{"post_id": "kv0odu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Boba Fett get a different helmet or did he just shake out his Dad\u2019s head from the old one and give it a rinse? I suppose he could have soaked it first, but this always seemed quite disgusting to me.", "c_root_id_A": "giv7ohk", "c_root_id_B": "giv822w", "created_at_utc_A": 1610363557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610363826.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 807, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "His dad's head came out right after it was cut off. You can briefly see the shadow, and his head wouldn't stay in the way Boba was holding it. Though I'm not sure how the head came out while it was flying through the air and effectively in zero gravity. Also, lightsabers cauterize wounds pretty well, so I imagine the helmet was pretty hygienic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 269.0, "score_ratio": 807.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kv0odu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Boba Fett get a different helmet or did he just shake out his Dad\u2019s head from the old one and give it a rinse? I suppose he could have soaked it first, but this always seemed quite disgusting to me.", "c_root_id_A": "giv7ohk", "c_root_id_B": "giviatr", "created_at_utc_A": 1610363557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610369454.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 224, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "CLONE WARS SEASON 2 SPOILERS In season 2 finale the helmet is used to store a bomb and it is destroyed. I would say it is a different helmet. Also Boba's armor does not have as many parts as Jango's (he has no armor on legs) so I think he reforged it into a new helmet. I have seen only movies, Mandalorian and half of the Clone Wars episodes so I might be completely wrong.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5897.0, "score_ratio": 224.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kv0odu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Boba Fett get a different helmet or did he just shake out his Dad\u2019s head from the old one and give it a rinse? I suppose he could have soaked it first, but this always seemed quite disgusting to me.", "c_root_id_A": "givl33w", "c_root_id_B": "giv7ohk", "created_at_utc_A": 1610371040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610363557.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There wouldn\u2019t be blood inside it anyway since lightsabers cauterise wounds. Unless you were meaning saliva. Then yes he probably washed it.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7483.0, "score_ratio": 57.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kv0odu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Boba Fett get a different helmet or did he just shake out his Dad\u2019s head from the old one and give it a rinse? I suppose he could have soaked it first, but this always seemed quite disgusting to me.", "c_root_id_A": "givq6au", "c_root_id_B": "giv7ohk", "created_at_utc_A": 1610373629.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610363557.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In Legends it is his own. I believe Jango's was durasteel, and Boba's was beskar allloy. But legends is not canon, so idk anymore.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10072.0, "score_ratio": 34.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kv0odu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Boba Fett get a different helmet or did he just shake out his Dad\u2019s head from the old one and give it a rinse? I suppose he could have soaked it first, but this always seemed quite disgusting to me.", "c_root_id_A": "givuvqa", "c_root_id_B": "giv7ohk", "created_at_utc_A": 1610375819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610363557.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't know where I got it from, but I know that Jango must have had more than one set of armour and helmet. Boba used one as a Bomb to attempt an assassination on Mace Windu in The Clone Wars series. I doubt he would have \"sacrificed\" his dads helmet to kill Windu.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12262.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kfogls", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] I have a middle class job on a core world. Is a transport ship with hyperdrive something I could budget for? Is it more akin to owning a car, fishing boat, RV, 18-wheeler, small plane, private jet, or aircraft carrier? I'm thinking about something like the Razor Crest, or Millenium Falcon: a ship with space to transport 5-10 people on an interstellar journey, and maybe carry some supplies as needed, with enough arms to make pirates pick an easier target. Are private ships common or do ships built for governments and large corporations just sometimes \"fall into\" private hands?", "c_root_id_A": "gg9teg1", "c_root_id_B": "gg9vzhq", "created_at_utc_A": 1608313376.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608314454.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "The Millenium Falcon itself is so worthless that it has just been left unguarded in a junk yard. So, working transport ships in star wars must be worth about the same as a broken car being used for parts on earth.", "human_ref_B": "Brand new a small star ship capable of carrying a half dozen people or a small amount of cargo will run about 100,000 credits. Used, they can run around 20-35,000 depending on model. This is for generally a stock ship and nothing amazing. It's not going to out run a star fighter, isn't going to break hyperspace records, and is reasonably equipped with amentias (cargo ships have less, passenger ships have more). You're looking at basically grabbing the Space equivalent of a RV, Panel Truck, or Large Camping Van/Truck. From what we see of costs in A New Hope, Luke gets like 2,000 credits from selling his beat up old land speeder in a hurry to some shady Jawas and was disappointed in the cost (but not furious, more like, \"well shit, I wish I could have gotten more\"). Further he mentions that 10,000 credits will almost be enough to buy their own ship, although I'd assume that was for a much smaller ship than a Freighter like the Millennium Falcon. He might be sandbagging a little, but I assume he's seen a few used ships on the market so we have to assume he's not too far off there. Other sources also keep a new and used ship in those prices ranges, basically in all of the RPG games we've seen (WEG, WotC, FFG) and in some of the early Guide Books. So, my guess is that while expensive, buying a personal Star Ship is going to be similar to a modern middle class person (or maybe rather someone from the 70's or 60's when wages were better compared to inflation) buying a Boat or a RV. Sometimes you get a nice RV or even a big Touring Bus you see Celebrities driving. Sometimes you might get that Camper that Wolverine had in the first X-Men movie. But it is affordable if you save money or if you spend *all* your money on. Owning a boat with a small cabin, head, and mess is pretty affordable if you live on a large body of water and use that as your primary home (I know there are some people who do that in Florida or parts of Europe), but a lot of people can afford a R/V or nice boat for pleasure cruising; it's just a life style choice. Those same people are not going to be taking commercial flights to exotic locations or buying a new car every five or six years, and they probably aren't buying expensive toys around the house (like, I imagine if you're Middle Class, you aren't buying both an R/V and a Warhammer 40K army collection. One or the other buddy), but you might have a few toys to go with the R/V like a Jet Ski, some nice fishing or hunting equipment, and the like. So you might buy a nice Space Transport designed for passengers and a couple of nice speeder bikes (but not military grade), maybe a blaster rifle scoped for hunting, and spend your vacation time going to foreign planets, hunting and fishing, cruising across lakes or over salt flats, and then grilling bantha steak under the open sky. Then afterwards, you fly home, park the Star Ship in the local star port and go back to work. Your neighbor however just got back from his trip to Corellia or Chandrilla and has all kinds of holovids and souvenirs to share, and tried all kinds of strange foods not found on your home planet. Granted, they took a commercial shuttle, stayed in the Star Wars version of the Best Western, took a guided hover bus tour, and went to Disney World Chandrilla to stand in line for three hours to ride the log flume. Yeah they did eat local specialties, but the kids complained and wanted grilled cheese and blue milk, and the restaurant seemed a little touristy, but the guide book suggested it and it was on \"Core Worlds: Weird Eats\" with the Twi'Lekk that ate all kinds of gross stuff. So different folks, different vacations, but both are affordable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1078.0, "score_ratio": 2.0869565217, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u4vtih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Hutts hold so much influence in the criminal underworld? They seem to be comprised almost entirely of nothing more than obese slug people, capable only of sitting in one place, eating, and sleeping for the majority of their lives.", "c_root_id_A": "i4y37uj", "c_root_id_B": "i4y3k4q", "created_at_utc_A": 1650109056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650109300.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 810, "human_ref_A": "The same way that politicians or CEOs do.", "human_ref_B": "Generational wealth. They did all their conquering long ago. Now they are just living on the payoffs. But hutts are also damn strong, they are still moving around all that fat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 244.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u4vtih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Hutts hold so much influence in the criminal underworld? They seem to be comprised almost entirely of nothing more than obese slug people, capable only of sitting in one place, eating, and sleeping for the majority of their lives.", "c_root_id_A": "i4y4yjv", "c_root_id_B": "i4y6ji6", "created_at_utc_A": 1650110275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650111316.0, "score_A": 196, "score_B": 343, "human_ref_A": "Because Hutts are incredibly physically powerful. We just don't get to see it onscreen because the only hutts that get screentime are old (like jabba) or lazy fucks (like the twins in Book of Boba). But an adult Hutt in it's prime is frightening. They're much faster than they look, almost completely covered in muscle, and their thick skin is even resistant to blaster fire. Culturally they're also just really good at the whole \"criminal organization\" mindset. They know how to use a combination of fear and loyalty to get what they want from people and how to deal with authorities. So you've got a planet full of folks who are both strong and smart when it comes to anything illegal, so it kinda makes sense they'll be at the top of the criminal food chain.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba is a very poor example of Hutt fitness. He is an obese, lazy creature who lives a lavish, luxurious style due to controlling a significant criminal empire. His reputation, influence, and wealth help keep him there. But if Hutts were all like that, they'd never have made it off their home planet. A young, fitt Hutt is a lot like a hippo: faster than you'd expect and very, very strong. EDIT: If you're familiar with Dune, it's like looking at Baron Harkonnen. Sure, someone who needs gravlifts just to support his body weight is not at all a physical threat, but he and his family are still very powerful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1041.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u4vtih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Hutts hold so much influence in the criminal underworld? They seem to be comprised almost entirely of nothing more than obese slug people, capable only of sitting in one place, eating, and sleeping for the majority of their lives.", "c_root_id_A": "i4y51q3", "c_root_id_B": "i4y6ji6", "created_at_utc_A": 1650110335.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650111316.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 343, "human_ref_A": "their antecessors did the fight and conquering, ripped Hurts are actually quite intimidating, now the descendants only make sure the wealth is not lost", "human_ref_B": "Jabba is a very poor example of Hutt fitness. He is an obese, lazy creature who lives a lavish, luxurious style due to controlling a significant criminal empire. His reputation, influence, and wealth help keep him there. But if Hutts were all like that, they'd never have made it off their home planet. A young, fitt Hutt is a lot like a hippo: faster than you'd expect and very, very strong. EDIT: If you're familiar with Dune, it's like looking at Baron Harkonnen. Sure, someone who needs gravlifts just to support his body weight is not at all a physical threat, but he and his family are still very powerful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 981.0, "score_ratio": 9.2702702703, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u4vtih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Hutts hold so much influence in the criminal underworld? They seem to be comprised almost entirely of nothing more than obese slug people, capable only of sitting in one place, eating, and sleeping for the majority of their lives.", "c_root_id_A": "i4y37uj", "c_root_id_B": "i4y6ji6", "created_at_utc_A": 1650109056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650111316.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 343, "human_ref_A": "The same way that politicians or CEOs do.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba is a very poor example of Hutt fitness. He is an obese, lazy creature who lives a lavish, luxurious style due to controlling a significant criminal empire. His reputation, influence, and wealth help keep him there. But if Hutts were all like that, they'd never have made it off their home planet. A young, fitt Hutt is a lot like a hippo: faster than you'd expect and very, very strong. EDIT: If you're familiar with Dune, it's like looking at Baron Harkonnen. Sure, someone who needs gravlifts just to support his body weight is not at all a physical threat, but he and his family are still very powerful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2260.0, "score_ratio": 11.4333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u4vtih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Hutts hold so much influence in the criminal underworld? They seem to be comprised almost entirely of nothing more than obese slug people, capable only of sitting in one place, eating, and sleeping for the majority of their lives.", "c_root_id_A": "i4y37uj", "c_root_id_B": "i4y4yjv", "created_at_utc_A": 1650109056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650110275.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 196, "human_ref_A": "The same way that politicians or CEOs do.", "human_ref_B": "Because Hutts are incredibly physically powerful. We just don't get to see it onscreen because the only hutts that get screentime are old (like jabba) or lazy fucks (like the twins in Book of Boba). But an adult Hutt in it's prime is frightening. They're much faster than they look, almost completely covered in muscle, and their thick skin is even resistant to blaster fire. Culturally they're also just really good at the whole \"criminal organization\" mindset. They know how to use a combination of fear and loyalty to get what they want from people and how to deal with authorities. So you've got a planet full of folks who are both strong and smart when it comes to anything illegal, so it kinda makes sense they'll be at the top of the criminal food chain.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1219.0, "score_ratio": 6.5333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u4vtih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Hutts hold so much influence in the criminal underworld? They seem to be comprised almost entirely of nothing more than obese slug people, capable only of sitting in one place, eating, and sleeping for the majority of their lives.", "c_root_id_A": "i4y37uj", "c_root_id_B": "i4y51q3", "created_at_utc_A": 1650109056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650110335.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "The same way that politicians or CEOs do.", "human_ref_B": "their antecessors did the fight and conquering, ripped Hurts are actually quite intimidating, now the descendants only make sure the wealth is not lost", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1279.0, "score_ratio": 1.2333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u4vtih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Hutts hold so much influence in the criminal underworld? They seem to be comprised almost entirely of nothing more than obese slug people, capable only of sitting in one place, eating, and sleeping for the majority of their lives.", "c_root_id_A": "i4y37uj", "c_root_id_B": "i4yizxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1650109056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650118122.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "The same way that politicians or CEOs do.", "human_ref_B": "Big and sluggy doesn\u2019t mean \u201cnot dangerous.\u201d Ever see a bill elephant seal? They can mess you up. I stayed in a lighthouse in Northern California for a bit and if you went for a walk along the tide pools and came across some elephant seals, you stayed at a distance. If your hat blew off your head in their direction, that hat was Lost. If animals ever achieve sentience you\u2019re definitely going to see some real-life Jabbas running Seaworld", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9066.0, "score_ratio": 1.0333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u4vtih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Hutts hold so much influence in the criminal underworld? They seem to be comprised almost entirely of nothing more than obese slug people, capable only of sitting in one place, eating, and sleeping for the majority of their lives.", "c_root_id_A": "i4yi011", "c_root_id_B": "i4yizxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1650117633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650118122.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Lot of good examples of physicality in this thread, but there are just as many canonical examples of slug, jabba-standard lack of physicality. The Hutts use their heads. They\u2019re really good schemers and strategists. Don\u2019t need to be physically capable.", "human_ref_B": "Big and sluggy doesn\u2019t mean \u201cnot dangerous.\u201d Ever see a bill elephant seal? They can mess you up. I stayed in a lighthouse in Northern California for a bit and if you went for a walk along the tide pools and came across some elephant seals, you stayed at a distance. If your hat blew off your head in their direction, that hat was Lost. If animals ever achieve sentience you\u2019re definitely going to see some real-life Jabbas running Seaworld", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 489.0, "score_ratio": 1.7222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bqqs1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Endgame] [Spoilers] So I was in high school when the Snap happened... So apparently I and half of the population died? And it's been 5 years? Crazy stuff. So I'll get to the point. My girlfriend and all our best mates all got snapped too. We're trying to have a massive \"We're alive again\" party. But here's the thing. When we died we were all 16. But it's been 5 years. According to my driver's license, I am now 21 years old. But we didn't really \"age\". Are we legally able to buy alcohol?", "c_root_id_A": "eo72xuj", "c_root_id_B": "eo75bw3", "created_at_utc_A": 1558330791.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558332109.0, "score_A": 78, "score_B": 247, "human_ref_A": "Not really. Because of the global scale of the Snap and the explanations from the Avengers and other governments as to what happened, the restoration of things is actually going on smoother than one might expect. I picked up a new ID card a week or two ago and it factors in whether or not you were a victim of the Snap or not. It's actually pretty amazing how well everyone's working together on this - I can't imagine what people who survived went through over the last five years.", "human_ref_B": "No. You\u2019re 16 years old. You\u2019re going back to school with all the other snappees who were in your grade pre-snap and all the non-snappees who were five years younger than you pre-snap.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1318.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "flxl6c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Halo] I am a Covenant warrior, and I have observed a most peculiar war dance performed by the Spartans. What is this \u201cteabagging\u201d?", "c_root_id_A": "fl18h7x", "c_root_id_B": "fl13ogx", "created_at_utc_A": 1584724048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1584721388.0, "score_A": 810, "score_B": 77, "human_ref_A": "In human culture, sexual reproduction is intricately entangled with social hierarchies. In many such pairings, it is established that one partner (often the masculine/father figure, but interestingly not always) has explicit dominance over the other (the feminine/mother figure). There are some indications that this arrangement was a survival trait for early humanity, although its endurance is a result of biochemical adaptation and cultural transmission rather than as a rational choice humanity has collectively made. As such, humans, when in competition across such as arenas as sports, careers, sexual selection, and indeed war, tend to express their assertion of dominance/superiority in sexual terms. Equating their victory with a sexual assault is not uncommon, though in polite society it is considered uncouth. Likewise, sexual markers like large genitalia, virility, and secondary characteristics such as beard growth and height are perceived as correlating with success or winning- the nature of the correlation is not clear, as no studies have definitively proven whether humans think that success will impart these characteristics or whether these characteristics assure success. The War Dance of the Tea Bag is one such example of this entanglement of sex reproduction and dominance in competition. The \u201cdipping\u201d motion simulates inserting the warrior\u2019s genitals into his fallen opponent\u2019s mouth, a sex act that reinforces the power difference between the masculine giver and the feminine receiver (I stress that the masculine and feminine labels refer to one\u2019s role in the sex act, and does not always properly describe the biological sex of either party). By explicitly casting the fallen enemy as the \u201cbottom\u201d and himself as the \u201ctop\u201d, the Tea Bag both raises the warrior\u2019s standing among his peers the same as any other bold assertion of masculinity would, and simultaneously humiliates and demoralizes the enemy who is being forcibly pushed down to the lower levels of the social hierarchy. It is currently unknown whether the Spartans believe the races of the Covenant have identical norms surrounding sex and social hierarchy (which means they believe the meaning of their war dance is perfectly clear) or whether they merely do it for their own edification.", "human_ref_B": "no one knows its origins, but its safe to say its a sign of deep respect.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2660.0, "score_ratio": 10.5194805195, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "flxl6c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Halo] I am a Covenant warrior, and I have observed a most peculiar war dance performed by the Spartans. What is this \u201cteabagging\u201d?", "c_root_id_A": "fl2pnhf", "c_root_id_B": "fl2elmm", "created_at_utc_A": 1584756748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1584749239.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "A ritual to debase a fallen warrior of every shred of their honor, no matter how valiantly they fought", "human_ref_B": "Come here and open your mouth!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7509.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv27zv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards . I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that would desintegrate any military force easily, even 20% of Dr odd power for each would be\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u00adenough if 100% was able to challenge Thanos with Gauntlet", "c_root_id_A": "hr2nmph", "c_root_id_B": "hr2nbtz", "created_at_utc_A": 1641218762.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641218613.0, "score_A": 337, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "Doctor Strange learned a lot by reading and training but he also was taught. Wong, Ancient One, Mordo were his teachers. It was more then just him alone reading and practicing on his own. The only reason Strange was able to learn so much on his own was also because he was incredibly gifted. You might as well ask if Strange was such a good surgeon why are not all doctors as good as him. So if you have this multiple battleship worth of a army, who is teaching all those people and what are the odds any of them have the aptitude to break off on there own and successfully take in the information by themselves?", "human_ref_B": ">I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards The issue isn't really money, its raw mateirals. The RPG Mummy: The Curse has a line about a similar contrast. There's a monster that can only be killed by two things- nuclear weapons, or magical artefacts from a long dead civilization. It suggest nukes: \"After all, current estimates put the\r number of nukes in the world somewhere around\r 20,000. You think that many Iremite magic weapons\r survived into the current era?\" Same principle here. Battleships and monsters are expensive, but the materials are there. The only problem is money, and you're a galactic empire, you can afford to splurge a bit. The traditions, tomes and artefacts needed to create a dr strange level wizard are extremely rare and well hidden. You might not find any, and once you find them you can't replicate them. It's not a matter of money, its a matter of the materials not being there. No matter how much money you throw at it, if you only have one Amulet of Agamotto, you'll only get one guy able to use the Amulet of Agamotto.\r In essence, scientific methods of power making are more replicable- it's much easier to make robots en masse. If you need an *army*, rather then one guy, then you go for the former.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 149.0, "score_ratio": 4.884057971, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv27zv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards . I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that would desintegrate any military force easily, even 20% of Dr odd power for each would be\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u00adenough if 100% was able to challenge Thanos with Gauntlet", "c_root_id_A": "hr2nbtz", "c_root_id_B": "hr2wh1n", "created_at_utc_A": 1641218613.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641222903.0, "score_A": 69, "score_B": 233, "human_ref_A": ">I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards The issue isn't really money, its raw mateirals. The RPG Mummy: The Curse has a line about a similar contrast. There's a monster that can only be killed by two things- nuclear weapons, or magical artefacts from a long dead civilization. It suggest nukes: \"After all, current estimates put the\r number of nukes in the world somewhere around\r 20,000. You think that many Iremite magic weapons\r survived into the current era?\" Same principle here. Battleships and monsters are expensive, but the materials are there. The only problem is money, and you're a galactic empire, you can afford to splurge a bit. The traditions, tomes and artefacts needed to create a dr strange level wizard are extremely rare and well hidden. You might not find any, and once you find them you can't replicate them. It's not a matter of money, its a matter of the materials not being there. No matter how much money you throw at it, if you only have one Amulet of Agamotto, you'll only get one guy able to use the Amulet of Agamotto.\r In essence, scientific methods of power making are more replicable- it's much easier to make robots en masse. If you need an *army*, rather then one guy, then you go for the former.", "human_ref_B": "When you train someone to the level of Dr. Strange, they become uncontrollable. The Ancient One only trained him because she knew she was going to die soon and needed a successor. Most of the empires we see out in space that would be interested in super soldiers are also control freaks. So when they *do* get a person on that level, they want a leash. For example, the Kree put a power inhibitor on Captain Marvel, and Thanos molded the Black Order into religious fanatics. You can't really do something like that to a Strange style sorceror, and a rogue one is single-handedly powerful enough to destroy an entire planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4290.0, "score_ratio": 3.3768115942, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv27zv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards . I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that would desintegrate any military force easily, even 20% of Dr odd power for each would be\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u00adenough if 100% was able to challenge Thanos with Gauntlet", "c_root_id_A": "hr2wh1n", "c_root_id_B": "hr2v6yp", "created_at_utc_A": 1641222903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641222332.0, "score_A": 233, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "When you train someone to the level of Dr. Strange, they become uncontrollable. The Ancient One only trained him because she knew she was going to die soon and needed a successor. Most of the empires we see out in space that would be interested in super soldiers are also control freaks. So when they *do* get a person on that level, they want a leash. For example, the Kree put a power inhibitor on Captain Marvel, and Thanos molded the Black Order into religious fanatics. You can't really do something like that to a Strange style sorceror, and a rogue one is single-handedly powerful enough to destroy an entire planet.", "human_ref_B": "Dr Strange is a special fated by destiny. That said we do see strange type magic users in GotG 2.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 571.0, "score_ratio": 16.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv27zv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards . I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that would desintegrate any military force easily, even 20% of Dr odd power for each would be\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u00adenough if 100% was able to challenge Thanos with Gauntlet", "c_root_id_A": "hr301cb", "c_root_id_B": "hr2nbtz", "created_at_utc_A": 1641224421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641218613.0, "score_A": 119, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "As we see in the latest Spider-Man movie, magic is bullshit. It is both incredibly powerful and incredibly dangerous, to the point where even messing up a memory spell can start breaking down the barriers between realities. High level magic users are very powerful and useful yes, but when they make mistakes, they make Capital-M mistakes. So I'm assuming that the vast majority of civilizations that try to specialize in magic end up destroying themselves. All of the planetary governments that tried to create armies of sorcerers probably got destroyed when one of their sorcerers mispronounced a magic word and erased their entire culture from the timeline, or smudged a sidgil and unleashed a demon that devoured the souls of their entire people, or accidentally \"portaled\" their entire planet into the Mirror Dimension, etc... Magic is just too powerful in the MCU - so powerful that its not actually conducive to any kind of organized society. The only advanced, organized, explicitly magical society that existed in the MCU was Asgard, and they were basically cheating. A bunch of their stuff was actually hyper-advanced science/technology (e.g. \"Soul Forge\" = Quantum Field Generator), the vast majority of their people didn't actually use magic, and they were also ruled by an immortal God King who could probably just \"No U\" any of the accidental catastrophes that would destroy \"weaker\" magical cultures. Basically, if you aren't Odin (or advanced enough to somehow turn yourself into an Odin), then you really have no business trying to lead an entire magical civilization, or organising any kind of magical army. And, notably, even Odin never tried to turn all of his people into sorcerers. He knew giving everybody that kind of independent magical power would probably end badly. Its why Asgard used the Bifrost, a form of magical interstellar travel that was easy to both monitor and control, instead of just giving every citizen a Sling Ring.", "human_ref_B": ">I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards The issue isn't really money, its raw mateirals. The RPG Mummy: The Curse has a line about a similar contrast. There's a monster that can only be killed by two things- nuclear weapons, or magical artefacts from a long dead civilization. It suggest nukes: \"After all, current estimates put the\r number of nukes in the world somewhere around\r 20,000. You think that many Iremite magic weapons\r survived into the current era?\" Same principle here. Battleships and monsters are expensive, but the materials are there. The only problem is money, and you're a galactic empire, you can afford to splurge a bit. The traditions, tomes and artefacts needed to create a dr strange level wizard are extremely rare and well hidden. You might not find any, and once you find them you can't replicate them. It's not a matter of money, its a matter of the materials not being there. No matter how much money you throw at it, if you only have one Amulet of Agamotto, you'll only get one guy able to use the Amulet of Agamotto.\r In essence, scientific methods of power making are more replicable- it's much easier to make robots en masse. If you need an *army*, rather then one guy, then you go for the former.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5808.0, "score_ratio": 1.7246376812, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv27zv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards . I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that would desintegrate any military force easily, even 20% of Dr odd power for each would be\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u00adenough if 100% was able to challenge Thanos with Gauntlet", "c_root_id_A": "hr2zqg0", "c_root_id_B": "hr301cb", "created_at_utc_A": 1641224293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641224421.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 119, "human_ref_A": "Here's the trick, most folks who hit the books and bust their asses don't wind up as a Strange or a Wong, they end up as Pangborn; they learn enough to do whatever gave them the drive to reach Kamar-Taj in the first place, and then plateau. Real badass sorcerers tend to either be folks who dedicated their lives to the craft, once in a generation prodigies, or both, and you can't just find 500 guys and turn them into a Wong Brigade on any sort of timetable. A battleship, meanwhile, can be planned and budgeted in a reasonable timeframe, staffed out of your conventional military recruitment pipeline, and isn't dependent on needle-in-haystack scarce talents to keep operational.", "human_ref_B": "As we see in the latest Spider-Man movie, magic is bullshit. It is both incredibly powerful and incredibly dangerous, to the point where even messing up a memory spell can start breaking down the barriers between realities. High level magic users are very powerful and useful yes, but when they make mistakes, they make Capital-M mistakes. So I'm assuming that the vast majority of civilizations that try to specialize in magic end up destroying themselves. All of the planetary governments that tried to create armies of sorcerers probably got destroyed when one of their sorcerers mispronounced a magic word and erased their entire culture from the timeline, or smudged a sidgil and unleashed a demon that devoured the souls of their entire people, or accidentally \"portaled\" their entire planet into the Mirror Dimension, etc... Magic is just too powerful in the MCU - so powerful that its not actually conducive to any kind of organized society. The only advanced, organized, explicitly magical society that existed in the MCU was Asgard, and they were basically cheating. A bunch of their stuff was actually hyper-advanced science/technology (e.g. \"Soul Forge\" = Quantum Field Generator), the vast majority of their people didn't actually use magic, and they were also ruled by an immortal God King who could probably just \"No U\" any of the accidental catastrophes that would destroy \"weaker\" magical cultures. Basically, if you aren't Odin (or advanced enough to somehow turn yourself into an Odin), then you really have no business trying to lead an entire magical civilization, or organising any kind of magical army. And, notably, even Odin never tried to turn all of his people into sorcerers. He knew giving everybody that kind of independent magical power would probably end badly. Its why Asgard used the Bifrost, a form of magical interstellar travel that was easy to both monitor and control, instead of just giving every citizen a Sling Ring.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 128.0, "score_ratio": 5.95, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv27zv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards . I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that would desintegrate any military force easily, even 20% of Dr odd power for each would be\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u00adenough if 100% was able to challenge Thanos with Gauntlet", "c_root_id_A": "hr2v6yp", "c_root_id_B": "hr301cb", "created_at_utc_A": 1641222332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641224421.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 119, "human_ref_A": "Dr Strange is a special fated by destiny. That said we do see strange type magic users in GotG 2.", "human_ref_B": "As we see in the latest Spider-Man movie, magic is bullshit. It is both incredibly powerful and incredibly dangerous, to the point where even messing up a memory spell can start breaking down the barriers between realities. High level magic users are very powerful and useful yes, but when they make mistakes, they make Capital-M mistakes. So I'm assuming that the vast majority of civilizations that try to specialize in magic end up destroying themselves. All of the planetary governments that tried to create armies of sorcerers probably got destroyed when one of their sorcerers mispronounced a magic word and erased their entire culture from the timeline, or smudged a sidgil and unleashed a demon that devoured the souls of their entire people, or accidentally \"portaled\" their entire planet into the Mirror Dimension, etc... Magic is just too powerful in the MCU - so powerful that its not actually conducive to any kind of organized society. The only advanced, organized, explicitly magical society that existed in the MCU was Asgard, and they were basically cheating. A bunch of their stuff was actually hyper-advanced science/technology (e.g. \"Soul Forge\" = Quantum Field Generator), the vast majority of their people didn't actually use magic, and they were also ruled by an immortal God King who could probably just \"No U\" any of the accidental catastrophes that would destroy \"weaker\" magical cultures. Basically, if you aren't Odin (or advanced enough to somehow turn yourself into an Odin), then you really have no business trying to lead an entire magical civilization, or organising any kind of magical army. And, notably, even Odin never tried to turn all of his people into sorcerers. He knew giving everybody that kind of independent magical power would probably end badly. Its why Asgard used the Bifrost, a form of magical interstellar travel that was easy to both monitor and control, instead of just giving every citizen a Sling Ring.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2089.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv27zv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards . I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that would desintegrate any military force easily, even 20% of Dr odd power for each would be\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u00adenough if 100% was able to challenge Thanos with Gauntlet", "c_root_id_A": "hr2v6yp", "c_root_id_B": "hr2zqg0", "created_at_utc_A": 1641222332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641224293.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Dr Strange is a special fated by destiny. That said we do see strange type magic users in GotG 2.", "human_ref_B": "Here's the trick, most folks who hit the books and bust their asses don't wind up as a Strange or a Wong, they end up as Pangborn; they learn enough to do whatever gave them the drive to reach Kamar-Taj in the first place, and then plateau. Real badass sorcerers tend to either be folks who dedicated their lives to the craft, once in a generation prodigies, or both, and you can't just find 500 guys and turn them into a Wong Brigade on any sort of timetable. A battleship, meanwhile, can be planned and budgeted in a reasonable timeframe, staffed out of your conventional military recruitment pipeline, and isn't dependent on needle-in-haystack scarce talents to keep operational.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1961.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv27zv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If you can create a powerful wizard like Dr Strange just by telling him to read books and train, why alien races don't have armies of wizards . I imagine that funding whole fleet of battleships or army of genetically modified monsters would be a lot more expensive than training 500 wizards that would desintegrate any military force easily, even 20% of Dr odd power for each would be\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u200f\u200f\u200e\u00adenough if 100% was able to challenge Thanos with Gauntlet", "c_root_id_A": "hr2v6yp", "c_root_id_B": "hr3x6tw", "created_at_utc_A": 1641222332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641236972.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Dr Strange is a special fated by destiny. That said we do see strange type magic users in GotG 2.", "human_ref_B": "Strange was special. Even before his brush with death before became a wizard, the Ancient One kept close tabs on him. We learned this in Endgame when Banner-Hulk asked about him in 2012-NY and the Ancient One told Banner he was several years too early and even told him exactly where Strange was and what he was doing. So I think its safe to say it wasn't just books and training that made Strange special.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14640.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8fzu50", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] Why blame Superheroes for the people they can't save, while trying to save people? We don't punish all firefighters in the world whenever a group only saves 75% of the people in a burning building.", "c_root_id_A": "dy7pg3z", "c_root_id_B": "dy7s3ho", "created_at_utc_A": 1525099228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1525101788.0, "score_A": 77, "score_B": 295, "human_ref_A": "Family sues firefighters for not saving pets. Firefigher/EMS protection law struck down. Firefighters only protected from certain suits and thats by law not good will of your scum bag lawyer. The last one is the answer. People don't sue firefighters only because they did in the past and laws were passed to protect them. There are no laws protecting superheros so lawyers see a way to make money. EDIT: Someone pointed out the first one is a satire site not a legitimate case.", "human_ref_B": "That's not a really fair comparison. Sokovia was like the fire having been started by the firefighters who were fucking around with gasoline. Lagos (the Scarlet Witch incident) would be like where the firefighters get everyone out of the house but accidentally drive their truck into another house and kill everyone inside. The clip of Hulk they show is specifically him causing a ton of collateral damage, destroying random buildings and implied to have killed the cameraman, a bystander. People aren't calling for regulation and mad at them because they're not saving everyone, it's because of the instances where the extra deaths are *their fault*. If Tony hadn't made Ultron, Sokovia wouldn't have happened, if Scarlett witch hadn't fucked up, Lagos wouldn't have been a problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2560.0, "score_ratio": 3.8311688312, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8fzu50", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] Why blame Superheroes for the people they can't save, while trying to save people? We don't punish all firefighters in the world whenever a group only saves 75% of the people in a burning building.", "c_root_id_A": "dy7s3ho", "c_root_id_B": "dy7pq9f", "created_at_utc_A": 1525101788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1525099510.0, "score_A": 295, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "That's not a really fair comparison. Sokovia was like the fire having been started by the firefighters who were fucking around with gasoline. Lagos (the Scarlet Witch incident) would be like where the firefighters get everyone out of the house but accidentally drive their truck into another house and kill everyone inside. The clip of Hulk they show is specifically him causing a ton of collateral damage, destroying random buildings and implied to have killed the cameraman, a bystander. People aren't calling for regulation and mad at them because they're not saving everyone, it's because of the instances where the extra deaths are *their fault*. If Tony hadn't made Ultron, Sokovia wouldn't have happened, if Scarlett witch hadn't fucked up, Lagos wouldn't have been a problem.", "human_ref_B": "I feel like this is directed at DC more than Marvel with Man of Steel..", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2278.0, "score_ratio": 12.2916666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8fzu50", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] Why blame Superheroes for the people they can't save, while trying to save people? We don't punish all firefighters in the world whenever a group only saves 75% of the people in a burning building.", "c_root_id_A": "dy7wj9e", "c_root_id_B": "dy7pq9f", "created_at_utc_A": 1525105940.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1525099510.0, "score_A": 72, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Accountability. When emergency services fail in some fashion, there will be an analysis that tries to determine what went wrong, why, whether it was a result of poor training, bad equipment, policy or anything like that. If any of those are found to be at fault, it would be corrected, people disciplined, fired, and so on. Superheroes have no oversight and no training. They may be good at what they do, but at the end of the day there's no one ensuring that they're doing things correctly, or providing them new information on how to handle certain situations. You can't \"fire\" a lousy superhero.", "human_ref_B": "I feel like this is directed at DC more than Marvel with Man of Steel..", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6430.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8fzu50", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] Why blame Superheroes for the people they can't save, while trying to save people? We don't punish all firefighters in the world whenever a group only saves 75% of the people in a burning building.", "c_root_id_A": "dy7t6l4", "c_root_id_B": "dy7wj9e", "created_at_utc_A": 1525102814.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1525105940.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "We expect extraordinary results from extraordinary people. A person with super powers would be expected to save everyone. It is not fair to them, but it is the harsh reality.", "human_ref_B": "Accountability. When emergency services fail in some fashion, there will be an analysis that tries to determine what went wrong, why, whether it was a result of poor training, bad equipment, policy or anything like that. If any of those are found to be at fault, it would be corrected, people disciplined, fired, and so on. Superheroes have no oversight and no training. They may be good at what they do, but at the end of the day there's no one ensuring that they're doing things correctly, or providing them new information on how to handle certain situations. You can't \"fire\" a lousy superhero.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3126.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba7nkl", "c_root_id_B": "fba8b6a", "created_at_utc_A": 1576668695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576669535.0, "score_A": 146, "score_B": 1167, "human_ref_A": "I always got the impression that Vader already knew but he didn't know that the Emperor also knew. During their conversation he acted as if this was new information for him. I think that Vader's discovery of Luke's identity is covered in the Darth Vader comics.", "human_ref_B": "Okay so Vader found out the identity of the pilot who blew up the Death Star a few months after the fact when he dispatched Boba Fett to bring said pilot to him alive. Naturally Skywalker escaped, however Fett did then find out his name, which he then reported to Vader. Vader immediately made the connection and was somewhat... displeased to realise that Palpatine had lied when he told him that Vader had killed Padme. To put it mildly When Palpatine later informs Vader that the Rebel pilot is his son, Vader is pretending to be surprised because he doesn't want the Emperor to know that he has just spent the last ~3 years trying to capture his son to train him to help him take out Palpatine. Now, Palatine is probably atleast partially aware of Vader's plans, but seeing as this is the most truly Sith like Vader has acted since Mustafa, Palpatine has been letting it play out, probably atleast partially for his own amusement, and partially because he wants to trade up to the new model of Skywalker since his last one broke on its first day.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 840.0, "score_ratio": 7.9931506849, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba8a70", "c_root_id_B": "fba8b6a", "created_at_utc_A": 1576669503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576669535.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 1167, "human_ref_A": "Vader knew before that. He's playing dumb with the Emperor because Vader's plan is to use Luke to help overthrow him.", "human_ref_B": "Okay so Vader found out the identity of the pilot who blew up the Death Star a few months after the fact when he dispatched Boba Fett to bring said pilot to him alive. Naturally Skywalker escaped, however Fett did then find out his name, which he then reported to Vader. Vader immediately made the connection and was somewhat... displeased to realise that Palpatine had lied when he told him that Vader had killed Padme. To put it mildly When Palpatine later informs Vader that the Rebel pilot is his son, Vader is pretending to be surprised because he doesn't want the Emperor to know that he has just spent the last ~3 years trying to capture his son to train him to help him take out Palpatine. Now, Palatine is probably atleast partially aware of Vader's plans, but seeing as this is the most truly Sith like Vader has acted since Mustafa, Palpatine has been letting it play out, probably atleast partially for his own amusement, and partially because he wants to trade up to the new model of Skywalker since his last one broke on its first day.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32.0, "score_ratio": 16.6714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba8b6a", "c_root_id_B": "fba7qcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1576669535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576668800.0, "score_A": 1167, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Okay so Vader found out the identity of the pilot who blew up the Death Star a few months after the fact when he dispatched Boba Fett to bring said pilot to him alive. Naturally Skywalker escaped, however Fett did then find out his name, which he then reported to Vader. Vader immediately made the connection and was somewhat... displeased to realise that Palpatine had lied when he told him that Vader had killed Padme. To put it mildly When Palpatine later informs Vader that the Rebel pilot is his son, Vader is pretending to be surprised because he doesn't want the Emperor to know that he has just spent the last ~3 years trying to capture his son to train him to help him take out Palpatine. Now, Palatine is probably atleast partially aware of Vader's plans, but seeing as this is the most truly Sith like Vader has acted since Mustafa, Palpatine has been letting it play out, probably atleast partially for his own amusement, and partially because he wants to trade up to the new model of Skywalker since his last one broke on its first day.", "human_ref_B": "There are 100 quadrillion people in the galaxy. If only one in a billion people are named Skywalker, then that's 100 million people. You'd be crazy to assume someone is your son from those odds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 735.0, "score_ratio": 194.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba8a70", "c_root_id_B": "fba7qcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1576669503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576668800.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Vader knew before that. He's playing dumb with the Emperor because Vader's plan is to use Luke to help overthrow him.", "human_ref_B": "There are 100 quadrillion people in the galaxy. If only one in a billion people are named Skywalker, then that's 100 million people. You'd be crazy to assume someone is your son from those odds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 703.0, "score_ratio": 11.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fbanch6", "c_root_id_B": "fba9a5h", "created_at_utc_A": 1576682487.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576670704.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Before the first Deathstar was blown up, a group of storm troopers were looking for the droids that had the plans of it, and this led them to kill the Lars, but the son wasn't there at the time. Later on, Vader saw that Obi Wan has taken an apprentice, and there were rumors of a Skywalker on the rebellion. I think his first thoughts were that the kid was Luke Lars and was calling himself Skywalker because Obi Wan had told him, but eventually he started to suspect it was his son.", "human_ref_B": "He didn't know right away. He had to research the identity of that pilot who was strong in the Force and cost him a Death Star, which took several months, before he was sure.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11783.0, "score_ratio": 2.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fbanch6", "c_root_id_B": "fba7qcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1576682487.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576668800.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Before the first Deathstar was blown up, a group of storm troopers were looking for the droids that had the plans of it, and this led them to kill the Lars, but the son wasn't there at the time. Later on, Vader saw that Obi Wan has taken an apprentice, and there were rumors of a Skywalker on the rebellion. I think his first thoughts were that the kid was Luke Lars and was calling himself Skywalker because Obi Wan had told him, but eventually he started to suspect it was his son.", "human_ref_B": "There are 100 quadrillion people in the galaxy. If only one in a billion people are named Skywalker, then that's 100 million people. You'd be crazy to assume someone is your son from those odds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13687.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba9a5h", "c_root_id_B": "fbar685", "created_at_utc_A": 1576670704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576684952.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "He didn't know right away. He had to research the identity of that pilot who was strong in the Force and cost him a Death Star, which took several months, before he was sure.", "human_ref_B": "Unlike others, I don't read the conversation between Palpatine and Vader as indicating that Vader either *a) didn't know* or *b) acted as if he did not know* that Luke was his son. The Emperor says \"We have a new enemy: Luke Skywalker\" and Vader responds \"Yes, my master.\" These statements on their face don't indicate either of the above, and the context of the conversation seems to indicate Palpatine discussing that Luke's power in the Force is growing and he is now a threat. The Emperor refers to him as the Son of Skywalker to reinforce to Vader that Anakin is dead and he is no longer Anakin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14248.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fbaqnxb", "c_root_id_B": "fbar685", "created_at_utc_A": 1576684633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576684952.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "it always seems easy in the movies to \"feel\" people in the force so if vader didnt know right away who luke was i would be very surprised i just know that filming and story for those movies was a chaotic masterpiece of iterative ideas such as george lucas wanted vader to be killed off by luke and vader was never supposed to be related to luke so it was likely hidden as a plot twist for the viewer or it was added in later, i heard mark hamill didnt hear about the twist until right before the iconic \"i am your father\" scene so the surprise luke had was partially genuine but it was about that time the movies were setting up to be an entire franchise", "human_ref_B": "Unlike others, I don't read the conversation between Palpatine and Vader as indicating that Vader either *a) didn't know* or *b) acted as if he did not know* that Luke was his son. The Emperor says \"We have a new enemy: Luke Skywalker\" and Vader responds \"Yes, my master.\" These statements on their face don't indicate either of the above, and the context of the conversation seems to indicate Palpatine discussing that Luke's power in the Force is growing and he is now a threat. The Emperor refers to him as the Son of Skywalker to reinforce to Vader that Anakin is dead and he is no longer Anakin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 319.0, "score_ratio": 3.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba7qcl", "c_root_id_B": "fbar685", "created_at_utc_A": 1576668800.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576684952.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "There are 100 quadrillion people in the galaxy. If only one in a billion people are named Skywalker, then that's 100 million people. You'd be crazy to assume someone is your son from those odds.", "human_ref_B": "Unlike others, I don't read the conversation between Palpatine and Vader as indicating that Vader either *a) didn't know* or *b) acted as if he did not know* that Luke was his son. The Emperor says \"We have a new enemy: Luke Skywalker\" and Vader responds \"Yes, my master.\" These statements on their face don't indicate either of the above, and the context of the conversation seems to indicate Palpatine discussing that Luke's power in the Force is growing and he is now a threat. The Emperor refers to him as the Son of Skywalker to reinforce to Vader that Anakin is dead and he is no longer Anakin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16152.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba9a5h", "c_root_id_B": "fba7qcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1576670704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576668800.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He didn't know right away. He had to research the identity of that pilot who was strong in the Force and cost him a Death Star, which took several months, before he was sure.", "human_ref_B": "There are 100 quadrillion people in the galaxy. If only one in a billion people are named Skywalker, then that's 100 million people. You'd be crazy to assume someone is your son from those odds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1904.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba7qcl", "c_root_id_B": "fbaqnxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1576668800.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576684633.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "There are 100 quadrillion people in the galaxy. If only one in a billion people are named Skywalker, then that's 100 million people. You'd be crazy to assume someone is your son from those odds.", "human_ref_B": "it always seems easy in the movies to \"feel\" people in the force so if vader didnt know right away who luke was i would be very surprised i just know that filming and story for those movies was a chaotic masterpiece of iterative ideas such as george lucas wanted vader to be killed off by luke and vader was never supposed to be related to luke so it was likely hidden as a plot twist for the viewer or it was added in later, i heard mark hamill didnt hear about the twist until right before the iconic \"i am your father\" scene so the surprise luke had was partially genuine but it was about that time the movies were setting up to be an entire franchise", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15833.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ecb83w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader knew a young man named Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, but seemed unaware of their relation until his conversation with the Emperor. Is Skywalker a common name in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "fba7qcl", "c_root_id_B": "fbasr7y", "created_at_utc_A": 1576668800.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576685964.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "There are 100 quadrillion people in the galaxy. If only one in a billion people are named Skywalker, then that's 100 million people. You'd be crazy to assume someone is your son from those odds.", "human_ref_B": "My feeling was that Obi-Wans presence on the death star stirred up emotions that perhaps clouded his judgement. He was very focused on both showing off for and exacting revenge on Obi-Wan", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17164.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfimakg", "c_root_id_B": "gfiygg0", "created_at_utc_A": 1607776341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607781396.0, "score_A": 345, "score_B": 1029, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps because he is dead he no longer has a real body or any actually feelings and is just a 'spirit'. Maybe it is only the way you percieve something in hell that makes it torture.", "human_ref_B": "The devil's donuts are made of far less toxic ingredients than American cheese", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5055.0, "score_ratio": 2.9826086957, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfiygg0", "c_root_id_B": "gfin442", "created_at_utc_A": 1607781396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607776646.0, "score_A": 1029, "score_B": 155, "human_ref_A": "The devil's donuts are made of far less toxic ingredients than American cheese", "human_ref_B": "Wasn\u2019t the hell storyline part of a \u201cTreehouse of Horror\u201d episode? Those were explicitly more outlandish and not part of the main canon. Flanders was literally the devil in that episode. It\u2019s just Bart or somebody telling us a spooky story.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4750.0, "score_ratio": 6.6387096774, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfit9uz", "c_root_id_B": "gfiygg0", "created_at_utc_A": 1607779049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607781396.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 1029, "human_ref_A": "Because Homer loves donuts", "human_ref_B": "The devil's donuts are made of far less toxic ingredients than American cheese", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2347.0, "score_ratio": 60.5294117647, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfiyu98", "c_root_id_B": "gfin442", "created_at_utc_A": 1607781557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607776646.0, "score_A": 202, "score_B": 155, "human_ref_A": "He's a soul in hell. Without the limitations of his body physically restricting how much he can eat, his infinite gluttony can shine through.", "human_ref_B": "Wasn\u2019t the hell storyline part of a \u201cTreehouse of Horror\u201d episode? Those were explicitly more outlandish and not part of the main canon. Flanders was literally the devil in that episode. It\u2019s just Bart or somebody telling us a spooky story.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4911.0, "score_ratio": 1.3032258065, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfiyu98", "c_root_id_B": "gfit9uz", "created_at_utc_A": 1607781557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607779049.0, "score_A": 202, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He's a soul in hell. Without the limitations of his body physically restricting how much he can eat, his infinite gluttony can shine through.", "human_ref_B": "Because Homer loves donuts", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2508.0, "score_ratio": 11.8823529412, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfjcnx8", "c_root_id_B": "gfj4vwm", "created_at_utc_A": 1607786494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607783771.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "1. He didn't actually go blind. He clearly saw Burns and Smithers fall from the ceiling. But he did stay up all night and was probably pretty tired. 2. In hell, he no longer had a physical body. They wanted to make him sick of the taste of donuts. With Homer, that's just not going to work.", "human_ref_B": "Couple of things. He was in _hell_, where the punishment was designed to make him sick of donuts. You can't get sick of donuts if you get full and no longer want to eat them. Second, hell-donuts aren't nearly as toxic as processed cheese products. It's not even a contest.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2723.0, "score_ratio": 1.537037037, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfj83in", "c_root_id_B": "gfjcnx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1607784880.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607786494.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 83, "human_ref_A": "He's in Hell. How did they dice him up without killing him on the conveyer belt when he first went down? How do damned souls not die after getting tortured or etc? It's Hell.", "human_ref_B": "1. He didn't actually go blind. He clearly saw Burns and Smithers fall from the ceiling. But he did stay up all night and was probably pretty tired. 2. In hell, he no longer had a physical body. They wanted to make him sick of the taste of donuts. With Homer, that's just not going to work.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1614.0, "score_ratio": 4.3684210526, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfjcnx8", "c_root_id_B": "gfit9uz", "created_at_utc_A": 1607786494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607779049.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "1. He didn't actually go blind. He clearly saw Burns and Smithers fall from the ceiling. But he did stay up all night and was probably pretty tired. 2. In hell, he no longer had a physical body. They wanted to make him sick of the taste of donuts. With Homer, that's just not going to work.", "human_ref_B": "Because Homer loves donuts", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7445.0, "score_ratio": 4.8823529412, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfjcnx8", "c_root_id_B": "gfj1bv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1607786494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607782441.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "1. He didn't actually go blind. He clearly saw Burns and Smithers fall from the ceiling. But he did stay up all night and was probably pretty tired. 2. In hell, he no longer had a physical body. They wanted to make him sick of the taste of donuts. With Homer, that's just not going to work.", "human_ref_B": "Wait, those are individual slice wrapped. When it comes down to it, is that really \"cheese\" at all? Who knows what chemicals are in there. Hell is probably 100% organic with no salt. Of course part of that organic is poop, but still.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4053.0, "score_ratio": 11.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfit9uz", "c_root_id_B": "gfj4vwm", "created_at_utc_A": 1607779049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607783771.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Because Homer loves donuts", "human_ref_B": "Couple of things. He was in _hell_, where the punishment was designed to make him sick of donuts. You can't get sick of donuts if you get full and no longer want to eat them. Second, hell-donuts aren't nearly as toxic as processed cheese products. It's not even a contest.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4722.0, "score_ratio": 3.1764705882, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfj4vwm", "c_root_id_B": "gfj1bv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1607783771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607782441.0, "score_A": 54, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Couple of things. He was in _hell_, where the punishment was designed to make him sick of donuts. You can't get sick of donuts if you get full and no longer want to eat them. Second, hell-donuts aren't nearly as toxic as processed cheese products. It's not even a contest.", "human_ref_B": "Wait, those are individual slice wrapped. When it comes down to it, is that really \"cheese\" at all? Who knows what chemicals are in there. Hell is probably 100% organic with no salt. Of course part of that organic is poop, but still.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1330.0, "score_ratio": 7.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfj83in", "c_root_id_B": "gfit9uz", "created_at_utc_A": 1607784880.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607779049.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He's in Hell. How did they dice him up without killing him on the conveyer belt when he first went down? How do damned souls not die after getting tortured or etc? It's Hell.", "human_ref_B": "Because Homer loves donuts", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5831.0, "score_ratio": 1.1176470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kbo99c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "The Simpsons] How was Homer able to eat all of Hell's donuts with no ill effects, but nearly went blind from eating 64 slices of cheese? [Homer consuming all of Hell's donuts and having the audacity to ask for more Homer struggling to eat 64 slices of american cheese", "c_root_id_A": "gfj1bv2", "c_root_id_B": "gfj83in", "created_at_utc_A": 1607782441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607784880.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Wait, those are individual slice wrapped. When it comes down to it, is that really \"cheese\" at all? Who knows what chemicals are in there. Hell is probably 100% organic with no salt. Of course part of that organic is poop, but still.", "human_ref_B": "He's in Hell. How did they dice him up without killing him on the conveyer belt when he first went down? How do damned souls not die after getting tortured or etc? It's Hell.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2439.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3fkbs", "c_root_id_B": "iq3mtnz", "created_at_utc_A": 1664281090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664284815.0, "score_A": 198, "score_B": 804, "human_ref_A": "The exact reason *why* they did it varies by continuity, but they were either compelled to completely withdraw to, or were beaten back to Krypton for the last few centuries of its existence, and pretty much no one believed it was actually undergoing a world-ending cataclysm until the planet's last hours, when it started literally shaking itself apart.", "human_ref_B": "In Silver-age continuity Jor-el, Superman\u2019s father, was the first one to build a working rocket. That\u2019s how he and Superman\u2019s mother met. She was a hot-shot pilot and he built a second rocket to rescue her after the first one crashed. Krypton\u2019s gravity made getting off planet damn near impossible. The Science Council was slow to embrace this new technology, but allowed limited space exploration and they even had a colony on one of Krypton\u2019s moons. Even this was ended when some idiot used a rocket to blow up the moon with the colony on it, killing millions. The science Council banned further manned space travel and made Jor-El swear he wouldn\u2019t send some poor sucker into space. Jor-El agreed but continued his rocket experiments with unmanned probes, robots, and animals, which was why Krypto survived the destruction of Krypton. The reason the Science Council didn\u2019t believe him about the core instability is because they thought he was just trying to get more funding for his rocketry. Also, while most Kryptonian scientists were experts in multiple fields, Jor-El only minored in geology.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3725.0, "score_ratio": 4.0606060606, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3mtnz", "c_root_id_B": "iq3jfp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1664284815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664283137.0, "score_A": 804, "score_B": 169, "human_ref_A": "In Silver-age continuity Jor-el, Superman\u2019s father, was the first one to build a working rocket. That\u2019s how he and Superman\u2019s mother met. She was a hot-shot pilot and he built a second rocket to rescue her after the first one crashed. Krypton\u2019s gravity made getting off planet damn near impossible. The Science Council was slow to embrace this new technology, but allowed limited space exploration and they even had a colony on one of Krypton\u2019s moons. Even this was ended when some idiot used a rocket to blow up the moon with the colony on it, killing millions. The science Council banned further manned space travel and made Jor-El swear he wouldn\u2019t send some poor sucker into space. Jor-El agreed but continued his rocket experiments with unmanned probes, robots, and animals, which was why Krypto survived the destruction of Krypton. The reason the Science Council didn\u2019t believe him about the core instability is because they thought he was just trying to get more funding for his rocketry. Also, while most Kryptonian scientists were experts in multiple fields, Jor-El only minored in geology.", "human_ref_B": "Were they infinitely wise and advanced? They fucked over Jor-El and they basically killed themselves in a (relatively) easily avoidable natural disaster. There had to have been some serious hubris going on there", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1678.0, "score_ratio": 4.7573964497, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3mtnz", "c_root_id_B": "iq3gi2a", "created_at_utc_A": 1664284815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664281596.0, "score_A": 804, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "In Silver-age continuity Jor-el, Superman\u2019s father, was the first one to build a working rocket. That\u2019s how he and Superman\u2019s mother met. She was a hot-shot pilot and he built a second rocket to rescue her after the first one crashed. Krypton\u2019s gravity made getting off planet damn near impossible. The Science Council was slow to embrace this new technology, but allowed limited space exploration and they even had a colony on one of Krypton\u2019s moons. Even this was ended when some idiot used a rocket to blow up the moon with the colony on it, killing millions. The science Council banned further manned space travel and made Jor-El swear he wouldn\u2019t send some poor sucker into space. Jor-El agreed but continued his rocket experiments with unmanned probes, robots, and animals, which was why Krypto survived the destruction of Krypton. The reason the Science Council didn\u2019t believe him about the core instability is because they thought he was just trying to get more funding for his rocketry. Also, while most Kryptonian scientists were experts in multiple fields, Jor-El only minored in geology.", "human_ref_B": "Different interpretations, some involving a space missionary and a robot called Eradicator Suffice it to say they didn\u2019t go exploring much offworld (nor, it should be said, were they all-wise; after all, they ignored sensible advice from Jor-El)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3219.0, "score_ratio": 20.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3mtnz", "c_root_id_B": "iq3kiwg", "created_at_utc_A": 1664284815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664283677.0, "score_A": 804, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "In Silver-age continuity Jor-el, Superman\u2019s father, was the first one to build a working rocket. That\u2019s how he and Superman\u2019s mother met. She was a hot-shot pilot and he built a second rocket to rescue her after the first one crashed. Krypton\u2019s gravity made getting off planet damn near impossible. The Science Council was slow to embrace this new technology, but allowed limited space exploration and they even had a colony on one of Krypton\u2019s moons. Even this was ended when some idiot used a rocket to blow up the moon with the colony on it, killing millions. The science Council banned further manned space travel and made Jor-El swear he wouldn\u2019t send some poor sucker into space. Jor-El agreed but continued his rocket experiments with unmanned probes, robots, and animals, which was why Krypto survived the destruction of Krypton. The reason the Science Council didn\u2019t believe him about the core instability is because they thought he was just trying to get more funding for his rocketry. Also, while most Kryptonian scientists were experts in multiple fields, Jor-El only minored in geology.", "human_ref_B": "They were a pretty insular group they had stopped exploring the galaxy. They were self confident to the point that they'd deluded themselves of the impending disaster. Different stories disagree if the khryptonians even knew about the yellow sun thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1138.0, "score_ratio": 29.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3mtnz", "c_root_id_B": "iq3mfzz", "created_at_utc_A": 1664284815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664284634.0, "score_A": 804, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In Silver-age continuity Jor-el, Superman\u2019s father, was the first one to build a working rocket. That\u2019s how he and Superman\u2019s mother met. She was a hot-shot pilot and he built a second rocket to rescue her after the first one crashed. Krypton\u2019s gravity made getting off planet damn near impossible. The Science Council was slow to embrace this new technology, but allowed limited space exploration and they even had a colony on one of Krypton\u2019s moons. Even this was ended when some idiot used a rocket to blow up the moon with the colony on it, killing millions. The science Council banned further manned space travel and made Jor-El swear he wouldn\u2019t send some poor sucker into space. Jor-El agreed but continued his rocket experiments with unmanned probes, robots, and animals, which was why Krypto survived the destruction of Krypton. The reason the Science Council didn\u2019t believe him about the core instability is because they thought he was just trying to get more funding for his rocketry. Also, while most Kryptonian scientists were experts in multiple fields, Jor-El only minored in geology.", "human_ref_B": "I heard one expiation is the government feared that if Kryptonians learned they could gain so much power from yellow or blue suns they would rebel. Or take over other worlds. So they squashed any space travel so they could remain in power. This however backfired when Jor-El tried to warn about the coming disaster.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 181.0, "score_ratio": 80.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3jfp2", "c_root_id_B": "iq3gi2a", "created_at_utc_A": 1664283137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664281596.0, "score_A": 169, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "Were they infinitely wise and advanced? They fucked over Jor-El and they basically killed themselves in a (relatively) easily avoidable natural disaster. There had to have been some serious hubris going on there", "human_ref_B": "Different interpretations, some involving a space missionary and a robot called Eradicator Suffice it to say they didn\u2019t go exploring much offworld (nor, it should be said, were they all-wise; after all, they ignored sensible advice from Jor-El)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1541.0, "score_ratio": 4.225, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3kiwg", "c_root_id_B": "iq3v6db", "created_at_utc_A": 1664283677.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664288573.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "They were a pretty insular group they had stopped exploring the galaxy. They were self confident to the point that they'd deluded themselves of the impending disaster. Different stories disagree if the khryptonians even knew about the yellow sun thing.", "human_ref_B": "As others have said, they didn't have any kind of functioning space program at the time. Not enough to even begin to evacuate everyone. Just because you're scientifically advanced, that doesn't mean you build a Star Trek type civilization with lots of other planets. The Kryptonians decided to make their world really nice, and then just stayed there in comfort. Imagine taking a teenager today and giving him the option to go live on another planet, but he'll only have 1950s technology available. No computers, no video games, no smart phones, no wifi. \"But hey, you can be a farmer on an alien planet, wouldn't that be cool?\" And that is basically how all of Krypton felt about traveling to other planets. So they didn't bother to maintain any space infrastructure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4896.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3v6db", "c_root_id_B": "iq3umn5", "created_at_utc_A": 1664288573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664288341.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "As others have said, they didn't have any kind of functioning space program at the time. Not enough to even begin to evacuate everyone. Just because you're scientifically advanced, that doesn't mean you build a Star Trek type civilization with lots of other planets. The Kryptonians decided to make their world really nice, and then just stayed there in comfort. Imagine taking a teenager today and giving him the option to go live on another planet, but he'll only have 1950s technology available. No computers, no video games, no smart phones, no wifi. \"But hey, you can be a farmer on an alien planet, wouldn't that be cool?\" And that is basically how all of Krypton felt about traveling to other planets. So they didn't bother to maintain any space infrastructure.", "human_ref_B": "I believe the current cannon is that they did. Though the age of kryptoian exploration and expansion was many many generations ago. That's how we got Daxamites, or Phaelosians (who i didn't know about until googling to see if there were any others besides the Daxamites.) When the planet explodes, the kryptonians living there are the ones left over who were like \"Colonizing is for plebs\" and were so self sure in their science and superiority that the idea of their planet going boom despite all the science and power they held, was just an impossible thought. Jor-el was fringe for his building rockets and continued interest in space and other things outside of Krypton itself.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 232.0, "score_ratio": 1.6956521739, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3v6db", "c_root_id_B": "iq3mfzz", "created_at_utc_A": 1664288573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664284634.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "As others have said, they didn't have any kind of functioning space program at the time. Not enough to even begin to evacuate everyone. Just because you're scientifically advanced, that doesn't mean you build a Star Trek type civilization with lots of other planets. The Kryptonians decided to make their world really nice, and then just stayed there in comfort. Imagine taking a teenager today and giving him the option to go live on another planet, but he'll only have 1950s technology available. No computers, no video games, no smart phones, no wifi. \"But hey, you can be a farmer on an alien planet, wouldn't that be cool?\" And that is basically how all of Krypton felt about traveling to other planets. So they didn't bother to maintain any space infrastructure.", "human_ref_B": "I heard one expiation is the government feared that if Kryptonians learned they could gain so much power from yellow or blue suns they would rebel. Or take over other worlds. So they squashed any space travel so they could remain in power. This however backfired when Jor-El tried to warn about the coming disaster.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3939.0, "score_ratio": 3.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3v6db", "c_root_id_B": "iq3qgrw", "created_at_utc_A": 1664288573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664286517.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "As others have said, they didn't have any kind of functioning space program at the time. Not enough to even begin to evacuate everyone. Just because you're scientifically advanced, that doesn't mean you build a Star Trek type civilization with lots of other planets. The Kryptonians decided to make their world really nice, and then just stayed there in comfort. Imagine taking a teenager today and giving him the option to go live on another planet, but he'll only have 1950s technology available. No computers, no video games, no smart phones, no wifi. \"But hey, you can be a farmer on an alien planet, wouldn't that be cool?\" And that is basically how all of Krypton felt about traveling to other planets. So they didn't bother to maintain any space infrastructure.", "human_ref_B": "In simplest terms (and trying to account for changing continuity) it goes like this Krypton Golden Age -> Space Exploration -> Something! (War, population collapse, alien space bats) -> Krypton becomes isolated -> Krypton blows up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2056.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3umn5", "c_root_id_B": "iq3mfzz", "created_at_utc_A": 1664288341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664284634.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I believe the current cannon is that they did. Though the age of kryptoian exploration and expansion was many many generations ago. That's how we got Daxamites, or Phaelosians (who i didn't know about until googling to see if there were any others besides the Daxamites.) When the planet explodes, the kryptonians living there are the ones left over who were like \"Colonizing is for plebs\" and were so self sure in their science and superiority that the idea of their planet going boom despite all the science and power they held, was just an impossible thought. Jor-el was fringe for his building rockets and continued interest in space and other things outside of Krypton itself.", "human_ref_B": "I heard one expiation is the government feared that if Kryptonians learned they could gain so much power from yellow or blue suns they would rebel. Or take over other worlds. So they squashed any space travel so they could remain in power. This however backfired when Jor-El tried to warn about the coming disaster.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3707.0, "score_ratio": 2.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3umn5", "c_root_id_B": "iq3qgrw", "created_at_utc_A": 1664288341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664286517.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I believe the current cannon is that they did. Though the age of kryptoian exploration and expansion was many many generations ago. That's how we got Daxamites, or Phaelosians (who i didn't know about until googling to see if there were any others besides the Daxamites.) When the planet explodes, the kryptonians living there are the ones left over who were like \"Colonizing is for plebs\" and were so self sure in their science and superiority that the idea of their planet going boom despite all the science and power they held, was just an impossible thought. Jor-el was fringe for his building rockets and continued interest in space and other things outside of Krypton itself.", "human_ref_B": "In simplest terms (and trying to account for changing continuity) it goes like this Krypton Golden Age -> Space Exploration -> Something! (War, population collapse, alien space bats) -> Krypton becomes isolated -> Krypton blows up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1824.0, "score_ratio": 1.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3mfzz", "c_root_id_B": "iq480n3", "created_at_utc_A": 1664284634.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664293798.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I heard one expiation is the government feared that if Kryptonians learned they could gain so much power from yellow or blue suns they would rebel. Or take over other worlds. So they squashed any space travel so they could remain in power. This however backfired when Jor-El tried to warn about the coming disaster.", "human_ref_B": "/u/911roofer explained the Silver Age version pretty well. In the post-Crisis continuity, it was explained in two reasons. The first being that, simply, the Kryptonians were strict isolationists. The second being that their science made them practically immortal because they had vast cloning facilities where they'd harvest clone parts to replace any body parts that were failing for whatever reason. There was a visiting alien, the Cleric, who spoke against this and his followers began to speak against cloning. There was noise about some of them leaving the planet with the Cleric, and so the Eradicator rewrote the DNA of all Kryptonians so that they would die painfully if they left their home planet. (Somehow, the colonists who eventually became the Daxamites avoided this fate, but the Eradicator still rewrote their DNA to make it so lead would poison them.) Superman survived this because Jor-El invented a serum which would allow Kryptonians to leave their planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9164.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3qgrw", "c_root_id_B": "iq480n3", "created_at_utc_A": 1664286517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664293798.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "In simplest terms (and trying to account for changing continuity) it goes like this Krypton Golden Age -> Space Exploration -> Something! (War, population collapse, alien space bats) -> Krypton becomes isolated -> Krypton blows up.", "human_ref_B": "/u/911roofer explained the Silver Age version pretty well. In the post-Crisis continuity, it was explained in two reasons. The first being that, simply, the Kryptonians were strict isolationists. The second being that their science made them practically immortal because they had vast cloning facilities where they'd harvest clone parts to replace any body parts that were failing for whatever reason. There was a visiting alien, the Cleric, who spoke against this and his followers began to speak against cloning. There was noise about some of them leaving the planet with the Cleric, and so the Eradicator rewrote the DNA of all Kryptonians so that they would die painfully if they left their home planet. (Somehow, the colonists who eventually became the Daxamites avoided this fate, but the Eradicator still rewrote their DNA to make it so lead would poison them.) Superman survived this because Jor-El invented a serum which would allow Kryptonians to leave their planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7281.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3y8gv", "c_root_id_B": "iq480n3", "created_at_utc_A": 1664289855.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664293798.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Also, depending on the continuity, they have no idea that their biology reacts to yellow sunlight the way it does and no way to find out as, in many continuities, they have become so insular and isolated that leaving the planet is next to impossible. And, tbh, they aren't always portrayed as an enlightened civilization, just an advanced one. Just because your society has amazing technology doesn't mean you're always sensible and pragmatic", "human_ref_B": "/u/911roofer explained the Silver Age version pretty well. In the post-Crisis continuity, it was explained in two reasons. The first being that, simply, the Kryptonians were strict isolationists. The second being that their science made them practically immortal because they had vast cloning facilities where they'd harvest clone parts to replace any body parts that were failing for whatever reason. There was a visiting alien, the Cleric, who spoke against this and his followers began to speak against cloning. There was noise about some of them leaving the planet with the Cleric, and so the Eradicator rewrote the DNA of all Kryptonians so that they would die painfully if they left their home planet. (Somehow, the colonists who eventually became the Daxamites avoided this fate, but the Eradicator still rewrote their DNA to make it so lead would poison them.) Superman survived this because Jor-El invented a serum which would allow Kryptonians to leave their planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3943.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq45229", "c_root_id_B": "iq480n3", "created_at_utc_A": 1664292628.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664293798.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Because they where not infinitely wise. Everytime i see something about Krypton, i see a dogmatic society with barely any flexibility to react.", "human_ref_B": "/u/911roofer explained the Silver Age version pretty well. In the post-Crisis continuity, it was explained in two reasons. The first being that, simply, the Kryptonians were strict isolationists. The second being that their science made them practically immortal because they had vast cloning facilities where they'd harvest clone parts to replace any body parts that were failing for whatever reason. There was a visiting alien, the Cleric, who spoke against this and his followers began to speak against cloning. There was noise about some of them leaving the planet with the Cleric, and so the Eradicator rewrote the DNA of all Kryptonians so that they would die painfully if they left their home planet. (Somehow, the colonists who eventually became the Daxamites avoided this fate, but the Eradicator still rewrote their DNA to make it so lead would poison them.) Superman survived this because Jor-El invented a serum which would allow Kryptonians to leave their planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1170.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpf0d8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[superman] Why did the kryptonians who are always shown as almost infinity wise and advanced. with knowledge spanning galaxies worth of cultures and science simply die when their planet was destroyed. Why didn't they have other worlds colonized ideally under a yellow sun?", "c_root_id_A": "iq3qgrw", "c_root_id_B": "iq3mfzz", "created_at_utc_A": 1664286517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664284634.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In simplest terms (and trying to account for changing continuity) it goes like this Krypton Golden Age -> Space Exploration -> Something! (War, population collapse, alien space bats) -> Krypton becomes isolated -> Krypton blows up.", "human_ref_B": "I heard one expiation is the government feared that if Kryptonians learned they could gain so much power from yellow or blue suns they would rebel. Or take over other worlds. So they squashed any space travel so they could remain in power. This however backfired when Jor-El tried to warn about the coming disaster.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1883.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfz4466", "c_root_id_B": "gfz6mxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1608074664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608076027.0, "score_A": 155, "score_B": 860, "human_ref_A": "Imagine how much of a monster you'd have to be to take children to a fight with criminals in Gotham.", "human_ref_B": "As far as criminals are concerned, there are basically 3 different Batmans. You\u2019ve got the guy who hangs out with the Justice League. He clearly has some kind of superpowers. Everybody knows that, he\u2019s a superhero after all. He fights alien invasions and stuff. The second \u201cguy\u201d works for the cops. He\u2019s some detective, or maybe a group of detectives, who answer to Gordon and pretend to be a superhero so they don\u2019t have to get warrants and things like that. They use the teen sidekicks as a public image stunt. Anytime Robin or Batgirl show up, you\u2019re probably just dealing with a short cop in disguise. Then there\u2019s the Bat Monster. There\u2019s a thing that lurks in the alleyways of Gotham. It\u2019s probably a vampire or something. Or a hideous mutant. But it preys on criminals. You\u2019d much rather get beaten up by one of Gordon\u2019s goon squad than face that thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1363.0, "score_ratio": 5.5483870968, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfz4goj", "c_root_id_B": "gfz6mxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1608074850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608076027.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 860, "human_ref_A": "He's trying to strike fear into their hearts not convince them of the supernatural, it doesn't matter if criminals think he's a literal bat man or just a guy in a suit. Just that he's out there and that he will get them.", "human_ref_B": "As far as criminals are concerned, there are basically 3 different Batmans. You\u2019ve got the guy who hangs out with the Justice League. He clearly has some kind of superpowers. Everybody knows that, he\u2019s a superhero after all. He fights alien invasions and stuff. The second \u201cguy\u201d works for the cops. He\u2019s some detective, or maybe a group of detectives, who answer to Gordon and pretend to be a superhero so they don\u2019t have to get warrants and things like that. They use the teen sidekicks as a public image stunt. Anytime Robin or Batgirl show up, you\u2019re probably just dealing with a short cop in disguise. Then there\u2019s the Bat Monster. There\u2019s a thing that lurks in the alleyways of Gotham. It\u2019s probably a vampire or something. Or a hideous mutant. But it preys on criminals. You\u2019d much rather get beaten up by one of Gordon\u2019s goon squad than face that thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1177.0, "score_ratio": 14.0983606557, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfz4tj2", "c_root_id_B": "gfz6mxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1608075041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608076027.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 860, "human_ref_A": "That\u2019s a really good point. Robin(s) should probably be treated more like the intern at the Batcave, mostly working behind the scenes but occasionally, and inadvertently, getting pulled into real action. I think the Robin from \u201cDark Knight Returns\u201d was handled like this at the beginning of that series.", "human_ref_B": "As far as criminals are concerned, there are basically 3 different Batmans. You\u2019ve got the guy who hangs out with the Justice League. He clearly has some kind of superpowers. Everybody knows that, he\u2019s a superhero after all. He fights alien invasions and stuff. The second \u201cguy\u201d works for the cops. He\u2019s some detective, or maybe a group of detectives, who answer to Gordon and pretend to be a superhero so they don\u2019t have to get warrants and things like that. They use the teen sidekicks as a public image stunt. Anytime Robin or Batgirl show up, you\u2019re probably just dealing with a short cop in disguise. Then there\u2019s the Bat Monster. There\u2019s a thing that lurks in the alleyways of Gotham. It\u2019s probably a vampire or something. Or a hideous mutant. But it preys on criminals. You\u2019d much rather get beaten up by one of Gordon\u2019s goon squad than face that thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 986.0, "score_ratio": 22.6315789474, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfz4ins", "c_root_id_B": "gfz6mxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1608074879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608076027.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 860, "human_ref_A": "Imagine how badass a kid would have to be if they hang out with Batman.", "human_ref_B": "As far as criminals are concerned, there are basically 3 different Batmans. You\u2019ve got the guy who hangs out with the Justice League. He clearly has some kind of superpowers. Everybody knows that, he\u2019s a superhero after all. He fights alien invasions and stuff. The second \u201cguy\u201d works for the cops. He\u2019s some detective, or maybe a group of detectives, who answer to Gordon and pretend to be a superhero so they don\u2019t have to get warrants and things like that. They use the teen sidekicks as a public image stunt. Anytime Robin or Batgirl show up, you\u2019re probably just dealing with a short cop in disguise. Then there\u2019s the Bat Monster. There\u2019s a thing that lurks in the alleyways of Gotham. It\u2019s probably a vampire or something. Or a hideous mutant. But it preys on criminals. You\u2019d much rather get beaten up by one of Gordon\u2019s goon squad than face that thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1148.0, "score_ratio": 24.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfz4466", "c_root_id_B": "gfza527", "created_at_utc_A": 1608074664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608077954.0, "score_A": 155, "score_B": 225, "human_ref_A": "Imagine how much of a monster you'd have to be to take children to a fight with criminals in Gotham.", "human_ref_B": "What's more disturbing, a giant bat monster that shows up alone, or a giant bat monster that works with a brightly colored thing that looks like a child and takes down grown men while laughing? Just imagine the first few times Robin showed up, back before anyone knew what seeing someone in that outfit meant. There's a roomful of gangsters and then the door opens and a kid walks in on his hands humming March of the Gladiators. This is clearly entertainment. Is it someone's birthday? Will there be cake? Then the lights go out, the kid handsprings into someone's face and an enormous bat thing smashes through the window and starts beating on people. The Joker is part of the reason that Gotham city thugs find circus music and bad puns terrifying. Another reason now calls himself Nightwing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3290.0, "score_ratio": 1.4516129032, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfz4goj", "c_root_id_B": "gfza527", "created_at_utc_A": 1608074850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608077954.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 225, "human_ref_A": "He's trying to strike fear into their hearts not convince them of the supernatural, it doesn't matter if criminals think he's a literal bat man or just a guy in a suit. Just that he's out there and that he will get them.", "human_ref_B": "What's more disturbing, a giant bat monster that shows up alone, or a giant bat monster that works with a brightly colored thing that looks like a child and takes down grown men while laughing? Just imagine the first few times Robin showed up, back before anyone knew what seeing someone in that outfit meant. There's a roomful of gangsters and then the door opens and a kid walks in on his hands humming March of the Gladiators. This is clearly entertainment. Is it someone's birthday? Will there be cake? Then the lights go out, the kid handsprings into someone's face and an enormous bat thing smashes through the window and starts beating on people. The Joker is part of the reason that Gotham city thugs find circus music and bad puns terrifying. Another reason now calls himself Nightwing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3104.0, "score_ratio": 3.6885245902, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfza527", "c_root_id_B": "gfz4tj2", "created_at_utc_A": 1608077954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608075041.0, "score_A": 225, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "What's more disturbing, a giant bat monster that shows up alone, or a giant bat monster that works with a brightly colored thing that looks like a child and takes down grown men while laughing? Just imagine the first few times Robin showed up, back before anyone knew what seeing someone in that outfit meant. There's a roomful of gangsters and then the door opens and a kid walks in on his hands humming March of the Gladiators. This is clearly entertainment. Is it someone's birthday? Will there be cake? Then the lights go out, the kid handsprings into someone's face and an enormous bat thing smashes through the window and starts beating on people. The Joker is part of the reason that Gotham city thugs find circus music and bad puns terrifying. Another reason now calls himself Nightwing.", "human_ref_B": "That\u2019s a really good point. Robin(s) should probably be treated more like the intern at the Batcave, mostly working behind the scenes but occasionally, and inadvertently, getting pulled into real action. I think the Robin from \u201cDark Knight Returns\u201d was handled like this at the beginning of that series.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2913.0, "score_ratio": 5.9210526316, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfza527", "c_root_id_B": "gfz4ins", "created_at_utc_A": 1608077954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608074879.0, "score_A": 225, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "What's more disturbing, a giant bat monster that shows up alone, or a giant bat monster that works with a brightly colored thing that looks like a child and takes down grown men while laughing? Just imagine the first few times Robin showed up, back before anyone knew what seeing someone in that outfit meant. There's a roomful of gangsters and then the door opens and a kid walks in on his hands humming March of the Gladiators. This is clearly entertainment. Is it someone's birthday? Will there be cake? Then the lights go out, the kid handsprings into someone's face and an enormous bat thing smashes through the window and starts beating on people. The Joker is part of the reason that Gotham city thugs find circus music and bad puns terrifying. Another reason now calls himself Nightwing.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine how badass a kid would have to be if they hang out with Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3075.0, "score_ratio": 6.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfz4ins", "c_root_id_B": "gfz4tj2", "created_at_utc_A": 1608074879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608075041.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Imagine how badass a kid would have to be if they hang out with Batman.", "human_ref_B": "That\u2019s a really good point. Robin(s) should probably be treated more like the intern at the Batcave, mostly working behind the scenes but occasionally, and inadvertently, getting pulled into real action. I think the Robin from \u201cDark Knight Returns\u201d was handled like this at the beginning of that series.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 162.0, "score_ratio": 1.0857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gg0a9w9", "c_root_id_B": "gfzokjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1608100127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608085992.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In *The New Frontier,* he starts taking Robin out with the specific intention of damaging that image a bit, because everyone is so terrified of the horrifying Bat-Monster that it's become next to impossible for him to do the parts of the job that don't involve beating people up, like talking to witnesses and reassuring hostages. With Robin around, the criminals are still scared because he's a six-foot engine of maladjusted rage coming for their kneecaps, but having someone more colorful on hand offsets *civillian* terror at his arrival, and makes clean-up easier when the fighting is through.", "human_ref_B": "What's weird about a vengeful Batmonster hanging out with some teenagers? Don't be speciest. Aliens are here, man, get over it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14135.0, "score_ratio": 3.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gg0a9w9", "c_root_id_B": "gfzmdu9", "created_at_utc_A": 1608100127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608084759.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In *The New Frontier,* he starts taking Robin out with the specific intention of damaging that image a bit, because everyone is so terrified of the horrifying Bat-Monster that it's become next to impossible for him to do the parts of the job that don't involve beating people up, like talking to witnesses and reassuring hostages. With Robin around, the criminals are still scared because he's a six-foot engine of maladjusted rage coming for their kneecaps, but having someone more colorful on hand offsets *civillian* terror at his arrival, and makes clean-up easier when the fighting is through.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine part of it is they make Batman look more monstrous by comparison. Guy in a bat suit? What about given the choice between fighting a kid or a guy in a bat suit?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15368.0, "score_ratio": 3.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gg058dx", "c_root_id_B": "gg0a9w9", "created_at_utc_A": 1608096285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608100127.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "To be fair there literally is a giant bat monster in Gotham.", "human_ref_B": "In *The New Frontier,* he starts taking Robin out with the specific intention of damaging that image a bit, because everyone is so terrified of the horrifying Bat-Monster that it's become next to impossible for him to do the parts of the job that don't involve beating people up, like talking to witnesses and reassuring hostages. With Robin around, the criminals are still scared because he's a six-foot engine of maladjusted rage coming for their kneecaps, but having someone more colorful on hand offsets *civillian* terror at his arrival, and makes clean-up easier when the fighting is through.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3842.0, "score_ratio": 2.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gg0a9w9", "c_root_id_B": "gg0a0cf", "created_at_utc_A": 1608100127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608099912.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In *The New Frontier,* he starts taking Robin out with the specific intention of damaging that image a bit, because everyone is so terrified of the horrifying Bat-Monster that it's become next to impossible for him to do the parts of the job that don't involve beating people up, like talking to witnesses and reassuring hostages. With Robin around, the criminals are still scared because he's a six-foot engine of maladjusted rage coming for their kneecaps, but having someone more colorful on hand offsets *civillian* terror at his arrival, and makes clean-up easier when the fighting is through.", "human_ref_B": "I remember looking at a bunch of Batman action figures when I used to work at a now defunct toy store. There so many just off the wall ideas: \"Magma Batman,\" \"Electric Batman,\" \"Deep Sea Diver Batman.\" I wondered why run-of-the-mill crooks would even come within 20 feet of a map of Gotham City.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 215.0, "score_ratio": 3.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfzokjj", "c_root_id_B": "gg0cmze", "created_at_utc_A": 1608085992.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608102098.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "What's weird about a vengeful Batmonster hanging out with some teenagers? Don't be speciest. Aliens are here, man, get over it.", "human_ref_B": "When you realize Batman saying \"villians are a superstisous and cowardly lot\" he wasn't wrong. Stalin a murdered/gulaged all of his best doctors because he was afraid they where gonna poison him which ironically led to his death. People earlier this year literally attacked 5g towers even though we know their just better versions of the other g towers but that didn't stop them from attacking them. Quite a few bullies and bad and rude people won't talk shit unless they got like 1 or 2 or more guys who can defend their asses or they can use to gang up on someone. Batman also has survived so many things that he doesn't seem human like how can a human be up all night be on the justice league and go through so much fighting and pain and still be human. Edit: changed the last sentance from \"not be human\" to \"still be human\" because I was trying to say batman doesn't seem very human from a outside prospective.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16106.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfzmdu9", "c_root_id_B": "gg0cmze", "created_at_utc_A": 1608084759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608102098.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I imagine part of it is they make Batman look more monstrous by comparison. Guy in a bat suit? What about given the choice between fighting a kid or a guy in a bat suit?", "human_ref_B": "When you realize Batman saying \"villians are a superstisous and cowardly lot\" he wasn't wrong. Stalin a murdered/gulaged all of his best doctors because he was afraid they where gonna poison him which ironically led to his death. People earlier this year literally attacked 5g towers even though we know their just better versions of the other g towers but that didn't stop them from attacking them. Quite a few bullies and bad and rude people won't talk shit unless they got like 1 or 2 or more guys who can defend their asses or they can use to gang up on someone. Batman also has survived so many things that he doesn't seem human like how can a human be up all night be on the justice league and go through so much fighting and pain and still be human. Edit: changed the last sentance from \"not be human\" to \"still be human\" because I was trying to say batman doesn't seem very human from a outside prospective.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17339.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gg058dx", "c_root_id_B": "gg0cmze", "created_at_utc_A": 1608096285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608102098.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "To be fair there literally is a giant bat monster in Gotham.", "human_ref_B": "When you realize Batman saying \"villians are a superstisous and cowardly lot\" he wasn't wrong. Stalin a murdered/gulaged all of his best doctors because he was afraid they where gonna poison him which ironically led to his death. People earlier this year literally attacked 5g towers even though we know their just better versions of the other g towers but that didn't stop them from attacking them. Quite a few bullies and bad and rude people won't talk shit unless they got like 1 or 2 or more guys who can defend their asses or they can use to gang up on someone. Batman also has survived so many things that he doesn't seem human like how can a human be up all night be on the justice league and go through so much fighting and pain and still be human. Edit: changed the last sentance from \"not be human\" to \"still be human\" because I was trying to say batman doesn't seem very human from a outside prospective.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5813.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gg0cmze", "c_root_id_B": "gg0a0cf", "created_at_utc_A": 1608102098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608099912.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "When you realize Batman saying \"villians are a superstisous and cowardly lot\" he wasn't wrong. Stalin a murdered/gulaged all of his best doctors because he was afraid they where gonna poison him which ironically led to his death. People earlier this year literally attacked 5g towers even though we know their just better versions of the other g towers but that didn't stop them from attacking them. Quite a few bullies and bad and rude people won't talk shit unless they got like 1 or 2 or more guys who can defend their asses or they can use to gang up on someone. Batman also has survived so many things that he doesn't seem human like how can a human be up all night be on the justice league and go through so much fighting and pain and still be human. Edit: changed the last sentance from \"not be human\" to \"still be human\" because I was trying to say batman doesn't seem very human from a outside prospective.", "human_ref_B": "I remember looking at a bunch of Batman action figures when I used to work at a now defunct toy store. There so many just off the wall ideas: \"Magma Batman,\" \"Electric Batman,\" \"Deep Sea Diver Batman.\" I wondered why run-of-the-mill crooks would even come within 20 feet of a map of Gotham City.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2186.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfzokjj", "c_root_id_B": "gfzmdu9", "created_at_utc_A": 1608085992.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608084759.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "What's weird about a vengeful Batmonster hanging out with some teenagers? Don't be speciest. Aliens are here, man, get over it.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine part of it is they make Batman look more monstrous by comparison. Guy in a bat suit? What about given the choice between fighting a kid or a guy in a bat suit?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1233.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gg058dx", "c_root_id_B": "gfzokjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1608096285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608085992.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "To be fair there literally is a giant bat monster in Gotham.", "human_ref_B": "What's weird about a vengeful Batmonster hanging out with some teenagers? Don't be speciest. Aliens are here, man, get over it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10293.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kdx46t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] How does Batman possibly keep up the image of a horrifying bat-monster that scares criminals when he has several clearly human sidekicks, who are mostly children?", "c_root_id_A": "gfzmdu9", "c_root_id_B": "gg058dx", "created_at_utc_A": 1608084759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608096285.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I imagine part of it is they make Batman look more monstrous by comparison. Guy in a bat suit? What about given the choice between fighting a kid or a guy in a bat suit?", "human_ref_B": "To be fair there literally is a giant bat monster in Gotham.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11526.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j03u0y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2] Was the damage on Earth, due to Ego's seedling on that planet, enough to get noticeable mention in Earth news; and if so, what was the proposed explanation for it? Did the Avengers ever investigate?", "c_root_id_A": "g6p1hqz", "c_root_id_B": "g6ooolh", "created_at_utc_A": 1601136589.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601130178.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If it takes place before Winter Soldier, then I\u2019d imagine Shield got on the scene quickly and covered it up. They would probably make up some story that it was a man-made issue so as to not panic the public about aliens after what happened to New York. Someone like Thunderbolt Ross would probably try to politicize it in order to make it look like the Avengers are unaware/incapable of facing all alien threats, but his superiors would keep him from saying anything publicly. As some have already mentioned, I\u2019m sure damage control was brought in to clean up the rubble. Shield personally would have gathered the blob material in order to study it. Stark industries likely takes a sample for Tony to study. There\u2019s probably a memorial \u201cground zero\u201d type of site in that town commemorating those who died. I\u2019d imagine it sticks around until the snap when suddenly there\u2019s a much larger tragedy that overshadows both New York and the blob thing.", "human_ref_B": "**Commenters**: This sub is not the forum to complain about reality, or to go on political tangents. Yes, the world sucks. Yes, this year is shit. No, you shouldn't drag it in here. There's a million places on the internet you can go to hold a marshmallow over the flames of civilization. **THIS ISN'T ONE OF THEM**.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6411.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egpvow", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[X-Men] Quicksilver saves an old lady from being hit by a bus a split-second before it impacts her. Even if he did it as slowly and gently as possible, he still has to move her 10 feet in 1/100th of a second. Wouldn't being subjected to like 800Gs of acceleration just unavoidably liquefy her?", "c_root_id_A": "fc8gfbm", "c_root_id_B": "fc8lql9", "created_at_utc_A": 1577534352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577537533.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 734, "human_ref_A": "Yes. But to move someone out the way of a bus you don't need to move them quite that fast. In reality though, yes moving at super speed will result in massive internal injuries from the acceleration / deceleration.", "human_ref_B": "All abilities like that have sub powers that make the ability function. His clothing should also be ripped to shreds or burst into flames from the sheer friction. He shouldn\u2019t be able to move bullets with a finger either. One of those sub powers allows him to move other people without their bodies going through the g forces", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3181.0, "score_ratio": 73.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egpvow", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[X-Men] Quicksilver saves an old lady from being hit by a bus a split-second before it impacts her. Even if he did it as slowly and gently as possible, he still has to move her 10 feet in 1/100th of a second. Wouldn't being subjected to like 800Gs of acceleration just unavoidably liquefy her?", "c_root_id_A": "fc8gfbm", "c_root_id_B": "fc8r7cs", "created_at_utc_A": 1577534352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577540527.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 143, "human_ref_A": "Yes. But to move someone out the way of a bus you don't need to move them quite that fast. In reality though, yes moving at super speed will result in massive internal injuries from the acceleration / deceleration.", "human_ref_B": "Nah, his powers of quickness are derived from the Silver Dimension and do not adhere to physics as we know it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6175.0, "score_ratio": 14.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egpvow", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[X-Men] Quicksilver saves an old lady from being hit by a bus a split-second before it impacts her. Even if he did it as slowly and gently as possible, he still has to move her 10 feet in 1/100th of a second. Wouldn't being subjected to like 800Gs of acceleration just unavoidably liquefy her?", "c_root_id_A": "fc8uava", "c_root_id_B": "fc8twxk", "created_at_utc_A": 1577542087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577541896.0, "score_A": 75, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "So the explanation when the Flash does it is that the people he carries are protected by the speedforce. Now of course Quicksilver doesn't have the speedforce, but given that we have plenty of evidence of old ladies NOT being liquified we must assume that there's more to his powers than just being fast. In short: when your observations don't match your theory you need to adjust your theory.", "human_ref_B": "maybe whoever he touches becomes part of whatever it is that stops him losing his clothes. Like extending a ships shields", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 191.0, "score_ratio": 1.5625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egpvow", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[X-Men] Quicksilver saves an old lady from being hit by a bus a split-second before it impacts her. Even if he did it as slowly and gently as possible, he still has to move her 10 feet in 1/100th of a second. Wouldn't being subjected to like 800Gs of acceleration just unavoidably liquefy her?", "c_root_id_A": "fc8gfbm", "c_root_id_B": "fc8uava", "created_at_utc_A": 1577534352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577542087.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 75, "human_ref_A": "Yes. But to move someone out the way of a bus you don't need to move them quite that fast. In reality though, yes moving at super speed will result in massive internal injuries from the acceleration / deceleration.", "human_ref_B": "So the explanation when the Flash does it is that the people he carries are protected by the speedforce. Now of course Quicksilver doesn't have the speedforce, but given that we have plenty of evidence of old ladies NOT being liquified we must assume that there's more to his powers than just being fast. In short: when your observations don't match your theory you need to adjust your theory.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7735.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egpvow", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[X-Men] Quicksilver saves an old lady from being hit by a bus a split-second before it impacts her. Even if he did it as slowly and gently as possible, he still has to move her 10 feet in 1/100th of a second. Wouldn't being subjected to like 800Gs of acceleration just unavoidably liquefy her?", "c_root_id_A": "fc8twxk", "c_root_id_B": "fc8gfbm", "created_at_utc_A": 1577541896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577534352.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "maybe whoever he touches becomes part of whatever it is that stops him losing his clothes. Like extending a ships shields", "human_ref_B": "Yes. But to move someone out the way of a bus you don't need to move them quite that fast. In reality though, yes moving at super speed will result in massive internal injuries from the acceleration / deceleration.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7544.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egpvow", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[X-Men] Quicksilver saves an old lady from being hit by a bus a split-second before it impacts her. Even if he did it as slowly and gently as possible, he still has to move her 10 feet in 1/100th of a second. Wouldn't being subjected to like 800Gs of acceleration just unavoidably liquefy her?", "c_root_id_A": "fc91aze", "c_root_id_B": "fc9m6cn", "created_at_utc_A": 1577545418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577554752.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "It's not really touched upon, but logically speedsters need a secondary inertia-control power to do things like stop/start/turn on a dime. It can be inferred that they learn to extend this power to other targets, which is how they can carry people and objects without destroying them", "human_ref_B": "So, all of the great explanations here about sub-powers and side-effects of superspeed are all entirely on the mark, but here's something even *worse* than your scenario that you may not have considered: Not only is the human body ill-suited to being accelerated at 8000m/s\\^2, as a whole, but the human body's structural integrity is not even remotely capable of handling those sorts of forces on discrete points of contact, either. So, consider, it's not that the old woman would be liquified by Quicksilver \"grabbing\" her, it is that the points where he touches her would experience those forces... while the entire rest of her would, effectively, not. So, assuming his go-to move would be to lift her with one arm under her legs and his opposite hand supporting her back, she would have a split-second to experience the very unique sensation of one palm-sized portion of her back and a forearm-shaped segment of both legs being accelerated at 800Gs while the entire rest of her remained effectively stationary. She would be ripped into pieces like a macabre magic trick, her upper torso, hips-to-knees, and lower legs all standing in mid-air for a magical, minuscule, blood-vapor-soaked moment, while the nerve sensations describing this immense trauma crept slowly, oh so slowly, up towards her totally unaware brain. Maybe she would have juuuuuuust enough time to register the first instants of shock and pain before what was left of her began to fall towards the ground, only to be slammed into by a bus and flung far and wide. Perhaps she would actually live long enough to see Quicksilver, standing ten feet from where she had been, covered in the vaporized chunks of her spine and abdomen and thighs. So, yes, basically, what happens in *The Boys*. Thankfully, this doesn't happen to Quicksilver, so it is safe to conclude that he does not apply newtonian physics to what he's doing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9334.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egpvow", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[X-Men] Quicksilver saves an old lady from being hit by a bus a split-second before it impacts her. Even if he did it as slowly and gently as possible, he still has to move her 10 feet in 1/100th of a second. Wouldn't being subjected to like 800Gs of acceleration just unavoidably liquefy her?", "c_root_id_A": "fc9m6cn", "c_root_id_B": "fc8gfbm", "created_at_utc_A": 1577554752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577534352.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "So, all of the great explanations here about sub-powers and side-effects of superspeed are all entirely on the mark, but here's something even *worse* than your scenario that you may not have considered: Not only is the human body ill-suited to being accelerated at 8000m/s\\^2, as a whole, but the human body's structural integrity is not even remotely capable of handling those sorts of forces on discrete points of contact, either. So, consider, it's not that the old woman would be liquified by Quicksilver \"grabbing\" her, it is that the points where he touches her would experience those forces... while the entire rest of her would, effectively, not. So, assuming his go-to move would be to lift her with one arm under her legs and his opposite hand supporting her back, she would have a split-second to experience the very unique sensation of one palm-sized portion of her back and a forearm-shaped segment of both legs being accelerated at 800Gs while the entire rest of her remained effectively stationary. She would be ripped into pieces like a macabre magic trick, her upper torso, hips-to-knees, and lower legs all standing in mid-air for a magical, minuscule, blood-vapor-soaked moment, while the nerve sensations describing this immense trauma crept slowly, oh so slowly, up towards her totally unaware brain. Maybe she would have juuuuuuust enough time to register the first instants of shock and pain before what was left of her began to fall towards the ground, only to be slammed into by a bus and flung far and wide. Perhaps she would actually live long enough to see Quicksilver, standing ten feet from where she had been, covered in the vaporized chunks of her spine and abdomen and thighs. So, yes, basically, what happens in *The Boys*. Thankfully, this doesn't happen to Quicksilver, so it is safe to conclude that he does not apply newtonian physics to what he's doing.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. But to move someone out the way of a bus you don't need to move them quite that fast. In reality though, yes moving at super speed will result in massive internal injuries from the acceleration / deceleration.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20400.0, "score_ratio": 3.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egpvow", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[X-Men] Quicksilver saves an old lady from being hit by a bus a split-second before it impacts her. Even if he did it as slowly and gently as possible, he still has to move her 10 feet in 1/100th of a second. Wouldn't being subjected to like 800Gs of acceleration just unavoidably liquefy her?", "c_root_id_A": "fc91aze", "c_root_id_B": "fc8gfbm", "created_at_utc_A": 1577545418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577534352.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It's not really touched upon, but logically speedsters need a secondary inertia-control power to do things like stop/start/turn on a dime. It can be inferred that they learn to extend this power to other targets, which is how they can carry people and objects without destroying them", "human_ref_B": "Yes. But to move someone out the way of a bus you don't need to move them quite that fast. In reality though, yes moving at super speed will result in massive internal injuries from the acceleration / deceleration.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11066.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0votr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Black Panther] T'challa is a cheater, right? T'challa cheated big time in his ritual battle for the crown. First Forrest Whittaker's character saved him from getting cut in half. That should have been the end of it due to interference. The he got tossed off the cliff and was put on ice until his mama dosed him up so he could survive. If it wasn't for a few members of team T'challa he would certainly be dead. Then he comes strutting up to Killmonger saying he didn't die or give up so the contest is still on. Kind of a punk move. Wasn't it supposed to be a one on one fight?", "c_root_id_A": "ezf0k2i", "c_root_id_B": "ezf0ox9", "created_at_utc_A": 1567871297.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567871356.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 80, "human_ref_A": "The rules were Dead or yield. He didn't direct the interference , if Eric hadn't show boated and had simply just stabbed him through the heart then he'd of been sure, he didn't prove Ta'challa was dead.", "human_ref_B": "That was the point. The big epiphany Tchalla has in the movie is that the old customs and ways of thinking in Wakanda was wrong. Change was needed. When Killmonger points out that he lost, Tchalla is basically saying screw that. He\u2019s gonna make changes with how Wakanda works and it\u2019s gonna start with making sure Killmonger isn\u2019t a legitimate king.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0votr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Black Panther] T'challa is a cheater, right? T'challa cheated big time in his ritual battle for the crown. First Forrest Whittaker's character saved him from getting cut in half. That should have been the end of it due to interference. The he got tossed off the cliff and was put on ice until his mama dosed him up so he could survive. If it wasn't for a few members of team T'challa he would certainly be dead. Then he comes strutting up to Killmonger saying he didn't die or give up so the contest is still on. Kind of a punk move. Wasn't it supposed to be a one on one fight?", "c_root_id_A": "ezf0t21", "c_root_id_B": "ezf0k2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1567871405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567871297.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The thing about \"rules\" and \"rituals\" is that they are only binding to the extent that the people with the ability to enforce them do so. The first flaw in the logic of this question is that it assumes some objective existence of rules outside of the Wakandan social structure that creates and enforces them.", "human_ref_B": "The rules were Dead or yield. He didn't direct the interference , if Eric hadn't show boated and had simply just stabbed him through the heart then he'd of been sure, he didn't prove Ta'challa was dead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 108.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0votr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Black Panther] T'challa is a cheater, right? T'challa cheated big time in his ritual battle for the crown. First Forrest Whittaker's character saved him from getting cut in half. That should have been the end of it due to interference. The he got tossed off the cliff and was put on ice until his mama dosed him up so he could survive. If it wasn't for a few members of team T'challa he would certainly be dead. Then he comes strutting up to Killmonger saying he didn't die or give up so the contest is still on. Kind of a punk move. Wasn't it supposed to be a one on one fight?", "c_root_id_A": "ezf8hwt", "c_root_id_B": "ezf0k2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1567874387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567871297.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "If we're splitting hairs on that stuff then T'challa didn't even need to fight because Killmonger missed his chance at the actual ceremony. T'challa was just trying to teach him a lesson and \"lost\" because he was trying to keep Killmonger alive. After that any rules could be ignored because the real king is the one whose orders people follow and you can't give orders if you're dead.", "human_ref_B": "The rules were Dead or yield. He didn't direct the interference , if Eric hadn't show boated and had simply just stabbed him through the heart then he'd of been sure, he didn't prove Ta'challa was dead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3090.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0votr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Black Panther] T'challa is a cheater, right? T'challa cheated big time in his ritual battle for the crown. First Forrest Whittaker's character saved him from getting cut in half. That should have been the end of it due to interference. The he got tossed off the cliff and was put on ice until his mama dosed him up so he could survive. If it wasn't for a few members of team T'challa he would certainly be dead. Then he comes strutting up to Killmonger saying he didn't die or give up so the contest is still on. Kind of a punk move. Wasn't it supposed to be a one on one fight?", "c_root_id_A": "ezf0zmq", "c_root_id_B": "ezf0k2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1567871493.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567871297.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "What's weird is that such an advanced country uses such a primitive way to elect a leader.", "human_ref_B": "The rules were Dead or yield. He didn't direct the interference , if Eric hadn't show boated and had simply just stabbed him through the heart then he'd of been sure, he didn't prove Ta'challa was dead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 196.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0votr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Black Panther] T'challa is a cheater, right? T'challa cheated big time in his ritual battle for the crown. First Forrest Whittaker's character saved him from getting cut in half. That should have been the end of it due to interference. The he got tossed off the cliff and was put on ice until his mama dosed him up so he could survive. If it wasn't for a few members of team T'challa he would certainly be dead. Then he comes strutting up to Killmonger saying he didn't die or give up so the contest is still on. Kind of a punk move. Wasn't it supposed to be a one on one fight?", "c_root_id_A": "ezf0k2i", "c_root_id_B": "ezffnio", "created_at_utc_A": 1567871297.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567877097.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The rules were Dead or yield. He didn't direct the interference , if Eric hadn't show boated and had simply just stabbed him through the heart then he'd of been sure, he didn't prove Ta'challa was dead.", "human_ref_B": "Killmonger killed the ref. There's nobody to make rulings anymore, nobody to call the fight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5800.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6e2i9a", "c_root_id_B": "i6e3203", "created_at_utc_A": 1651061193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651061504.0, "score_A": 81, "score_B": 675, "human_ref_A": "Is the Machop neglecting its duties to your grandmother to spend time at the gym? How did it come to be assisting your grandmother in the first place?", "human_ref_B": "No, I don't think it's going to suddenly go out and just abandon its trainer to go into construction. It may actually be trying to evolve so it can be more useful around the house. Here's the thing - Machops are strong and their humanoid build does make them great for social care, but they do have their limitations. A Machop happens to stand at 78.7cm on average and weighs only about 20kg. In Imperial measurements, that's 2 foot and six inches and 44lbs. A Machoke, however, is significantly larger - 150cm and 70kg, or 4 foot 11 inches and 154lbs. They are also significantly stronger as well and can in fact serve as far better carers as a result, easily being able to carry a full-grown human. So, my first concern - especially since you mentioned the Machop is caring for your grandmother - is that there may in fact be a significant problem that you haven't noticed, or that the Machop is trying to evolve because it doesn't feel like it's capable of caring for your grandmother in its current form. Has she been suffering from loss of mobility lately? Is it that she can't actually perform certain tasks for herself and needs the Machop to pick up the slack more and more? Is she being ignored more and more by her human family who aren't able to see any of these other issues? Or, could it be the other way around? A symptom of growing older is that elders actually lose their impulse control; i.e. they're more likely to speak their mind or do something they would consider shameful in their younger days. For this reason, it may actually be possible, if the Machop actually is considering trying to leave then it may actually be the victim of abuse from your grandmother. Look into the situation and see if she or the Machop actually needs more help. Don't try and stop the Machop from leaving to go to the gym, at least not yet. But you should try and monitor the situation, maybe by hiding a secret camera somewhere in the house. Intervention is key, however. Your grandmother's health may be failing, or the Machop could be abused to the point where it will lash out at her. If it does so after evolving, then the damage can be severe. Something similar happened to an elderly man in my own town, whose own Machop had evolved because the old man needed additional help. But when the old man needed a wheelchair, the local health board assigned a local carer to help him as well - she frequently abused the Machop after he tried to stop her from mistreating the old man, even after it evolved into a Machoke. Things went horribly wrong when the Machoke evolved again, into a Machamp and decided to become physical against the care worker. Machamps are 160cm/ 5 foot 3 inches, just slightly bigger than a Machoke, but are nearly double the mass at 130kg/286lbs. And it evolved right after the care worker started physically abusing her charge. I'd recommend immediate intervention because if the situation is already dire, you do not want it to escalate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 311.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6eec6w", "c_root_id_B": "i6e9ipf", "created_at_utc_A": 1651067005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651064813.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve never seen an ask subreddit used like this I love it", "human_ref_B": "My mom left her Mr. Mime for a Machoke. I dunno why I'm posting this here it just really tore the family up for a while. I'm not saying all Machokes are like that or anything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2192.0, "score_ratio": 1.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6ecmmx", "c_root_id_B": "i6eec6w", "created_at_utc_A": 1651066242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651067005.0, "score_A": 54, "score_B": 64, "human_ref_A": "You granny needs to make sure she has enough gym badges to ensure loyalty", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019ve never seen an ask subreddit used like this I love it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 763.0, "score_ratio": 1.1851851852, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6e3cgi", "c_root_id_B": "i6eec6w", "created_at_utc_A": 1651061668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651067005.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 64, "human_ref_A": "Make it hold an Everstone. Problem solved.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019ve never seen an ask subreddit used like this I love it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5337.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6e3cgi", "c_root_id_B": "i6e9ipf", "created_at_utc_A": 1651061668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651064813.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Make it hold an Everstone. Problem solved.", "human_ref_B": "My mom left her Mr. Mime for a Machoke. I dunno why I'm posting this here it just really tore the family up for a while. I'm not saying all Machokes are like that or anything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3145.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6e3cgi", "c_root_id_B": "i6ecmmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1651061668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651066242.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Make it hold an Everstone. Problem solved.", "human_ref_B": "You granny needs to make sure she has enough gym badges to ensure loyalty", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4574.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6ejc2r", "c_root_id_B": "i6fotwt", "created_at_utc_A": 1651069141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651085477.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Catch two pidgeys and go fuck him up with type advantage.", "human_ref_B": "Listen, you need to keep your head down and let this play out. Your granny\u2019s Machop is clearly set on what it\u2019s going to do, and it\u2019s probably trying to prepare to move on for when Nana\u2019s time is near. What you wanna do is position yourself such that, when the Dusknoir comes a-calling, you\u2019re the beneficiary of that new Pok\u00e9mon. If you \u201creceive\u201d a Machoke, you may find that it can get you out of sweeping those floors and on to something a bit more lucrative! Incidentally, my job should be hiring around that time and if you go through with this, you\u2019d be a great fit! Give me a call in Cerulean City, I like to hang out around the Bridge.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16336.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6g6cn3", "c_root_id_B": "i6guu8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1651092341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651103046.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "If you really want your Pokemon to not evolve because its un-evolved form would suit your lifestyle better, an Everstone is your best choice. It blocks the hormones that induce evolution through leveling up, so no matter how high a level your Pokemon reaches it'll be impossible to evolve. Everstones aren't something I recommend lightly; after all, most Trainers like their Pokemon to grow up alongside them. But then you have cases like yours, where an un-evolved Pokemon is clearly preferable to an evolved one and evolution would cause more problems than it would solve. So for you, the best and perhaps only solution is to equip your Machop with an everstone so it remains small enough to live in your grandmother's house.", "human_ref_B": "well u/res30stupid made some excellent points, but generally I don't think you need to worry too much. For some peace of mind, maybe try explaining your fears to the Machop and express how you're more comfortable when you know it's looking after your grandma. Something similar happened to me when my Minccino started spending more time outside. I'm terrible at cleaning, so having Minccino there to help made a world of difference. When I told it how I was concerned, maybe I was overworking it, it looked so sad and instead showed me its rock collection. It was looking for a shiny stone to evolve so it could help out more! I'm still saving up for that shiny stone, but I've been putting more effort into cleaning my place in the meantime so Minccino doesn't feel so pressured to evolve.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10705.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6guu8d", "c_root_id_B": "i6ejc2r", "created_at_utc_A": 1651103046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651069141.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "well u/res30stupid made some excellent points, but generally I don't think you need to worry too much. For some peace of mind, maybe try explaining your fears to the Machop and express how you're more comfortable when you know it's looking after your grandma. Something similar happened to me when my Minccino started spending more time outside. I'm terrible at cleaning, so having Minccino there to help made a world of difference. When I told it how I was concerned, maybe I was overworking it, it looked so sad and instead showed me its rock collection. It was looking for a shiny stone to evolve so it could help out more! I'm still saving up for that shiny stone, but I've been putting more effort into cleaning my place in the meantime so Minccino doesn't feel so pressured to evolve.", "human_ref_B": "Catch two pidgeys and go fuck him up with type advantage.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33905.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud0yhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Pokemon] My grandma's Social Mobility Machop spends more time at the gym than her house, I'm worried its planning on evolving and going into construction leaving her without assistance. What are my options I have exactly 2 pokeballs to my name, I just sweep floors in Gyms.", "c_root_id_A": "i6ejc2r", "c_root_id_B": "i6g6cn3", "created_at_utc_A": 1651069141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651092341.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Catch two pidgeys and go fuck him up with type advantage.", "human_ref_B": "If you really want your Pokemon to not evolve because its un-evolved form would suit your lifestyle better, an Everstone is your best choice. It blocks the hormones that induce evolution through leveling up, so no matter how high a level your Pokemon reaches it'll be impossible to evolve. Everstones aren't something I recommend lightly; after all, most Trainers like their Pokemon to grow up alongside them. But then you have cases like yours, where an un-evolved Pokemon is clearly preferable to an evolved one and evolution would cause more problems than it would solve. So for you, the best and perhaps only solution is to equip your Machop with an everstone so it remains small enough to live in your grandmother's house.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23200.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsx0e1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[General] What is the most secure prison in all fiction? Title. And because this is going to be filled with inescapable alternate dimensions or hellholes: preferably (but not necessarily) a realistically portrayed prison (no magic).", "c_root_id_A": "h0ovfhg", "c_root_id_B": "h0ox7uj", "created_at_utc_A": 1622904355.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622905227.0, "score_A": 326, "score_B": 649, "human_ref_A": "Reed Richards used SCIENCE to build Prison 42 in the Negative zone. It was incredibly secure passwords change every 10 minutes, anyone who couldn't be physically restrained were forced into a Fulldive VR hell, just them in an empty world. Though it really matter WHO is trying to escape. An inescapable prison for daredevil would be easily destroyed by the Hulk.", "human_ref_B": "For realism, I mean, at least in science fiction, I think the Minority Report setup would be best. Prisoners are kept in essentially cryogenic suspended animation. So they are effectively inert, and can just be kept stacked in a sealed compartment.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 872.0, "score_ratio": 1.990797546, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsx0e1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[General] What is the most secure prison in all fiction? Title. And because this is going to be filled with inescapable alternate dimensions or hellholes: preferably (but not necessarily) a realistically portrayed prison (no magic).", "c_root_id_A": "h0pitvh", "c_root_id_B": "h0oxujk", "created_at_utc_A": 1622915458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622905497.0, "score_A": 375, "score_B": 361, "human_ref_A": "That memory-implant mental prison from that \"Hard Time\" episode of DS9 that held Miles O'Brien. Only a few hours in real time passed, but he experienced a 20 years sentence subjectively in a prison cell that the aliens of the week had projected into his mind. There was no escaping it because 1) it took place entirely in his own mind, 2) it was implanted memories and not a real event that could be acted upon as it happened, and 3) he had already been tried, convicted, and had his entire sentence carried out in only a few hours, before anyone friendly to him even knew what was going on, and much too soon for anyone to hatch any kind of plan to save him I suppose someone with a powerful awareness of their own mind, like say Professor Xavier, could negate the memory implant process, but anyone else subjected to it is going to have a bad time.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe not in the spirit of the question, but The Culture's Slap Bots are absolutely inescapable. You go on with your daily life, and every time you start to misbehave, a robot slaps you until you stop.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9961.0, "score_ratio": 1.0387811634, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsx0e1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[General] What is the most secure prison in all fiction? Title. And because this is going to be filled with inescapable alternate dimensions or hellholes: preferably (but not necessarily) a realistically portrayed prison (no magic).", "c_root_id_A": "h0pitvh", "c_root_id_B": "h0ovfhg", "created_at_utc_A": 1622915458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622904355.0, "score_A": 375, "score_B": 326, "human_ref_A": "That memory-implant mental prison from that \"Hard Time\" episode of DS9 that held Miles O'Brien. Only a few hours in real time passed, but he experienced a 20 years sentence subjectively in a prison cell that the aliens of the week had projected into his mind. There was no escaping it because 1) it took place entirely in his own mind, 2) it was implanted memories and not a real event that could be acted upon as it happened, and 3) he had already been tried, convicted, and had his entire sentence carried out in only a few hours, before anyone friendly to him even knew what was going on, and much too soon for anyone to hatch any kind of plan to save him I suppose someone with a powerful awareness of their own mind, like say Professor Xavier, could negate the memory implant process, but anyone else subjected to it is going to have a bad time.", "human_ref_B": "Reed Richards used SCIENCE to build Prison 42 in the Negative zone. It was incredibly secure passwords change every 10 minutes, anyone who couldn't be physically restrained were forced into a Fulldive VR hell, just them in an empty world. Though it really matter WHO is trying to escape. An inescapable prison for daredevil would be easily destroyed by the Hulk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11103.0, "score_ratio": 1.1503067485, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsx0e1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[General] What is the most secure prison in all fiction? Title. And because this is going to be filled with inescapable alternate dimensions or hellholes: preferably (but not necessarily) a realistically portrayed prison (no magic).", "c_root_id_A": "h0oyf0h", "c_root_id_B": "h0pitvh", "created_at_utc_A": 1622905797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622915458.0, "score_A": 183, "score_B": 375, "human_ref_A": "The Birdcage from Worm. Suspended inside a mountain, may or may not be shrunken. Once someone is put into the prison, even if they are later proven innocent there is no way for the authority to get that person out. We later find out there are at least some people who would be able to get in (and theoretically out) but for the vast vast majority of the super powered population, it's inescapable.", "human_ref_B": "That memory-implant mental prison from that \"Hard Time\" episode of DS9 that held Miles O'Brien. Only a few hours in real time passed, but he experienced a 20 years sentence subjectively in a prison cell that the aliens of the week had projected into his mind. There was no escaping it because 1) it took place entirely in his own mind, 2) it was implanted memories and not a real event that could be acted upon as it happened, and 3) he had already been tried, convicted, and had his entire sentence carried out in only a few hours, before anyone friendly to him even knew what was going on, and much too soon for anyone to hatch any kind of plan to save him I suppose someone with a powerful awareness of their own mind, like say Professor Xavier, could negate the memory implant process, but anyone else subjected to it is going to have a bad time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9661.0, "score_ratio": 2.0491803279, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsx0e1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[General] What is the most secure prison in all fiction? Title. And because this is going to be filled with inescapable alternate dimensions or hellholes: preferably (but not necessarily) a realistically portrayed prison (no magic).", "c_root_id_A": "h0pfda3", "c_root_id_B": "h0pitvh", "created_at_utc_A": 1622913762.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622915458.0, "score_A": 178, "score_B": 375, "human_ref_A": "Lucifer's cage in Supernatural It kept two reality-warping cosmic level beings trapped with no issues. The only ones who didn't sweat it were God and Death.", "human_ref_B": "That memory-implant mental prison from that \"Hard Time\" episode of DS9 that held Miles O'Brien. Only a few hours in real time passed, but he experienced a 20 years sentence subjectively in a prison cell that the aliens of the week had projected into his mind. There was no escaping it because 1) it took place entirely in his own mind, 2) it was implanted memories and not a real event that could be acted upon as it happened, and 3) he had already been tried, convicted, and had his entire sentence carried out in only a few hours, before anyone friendly to him even knew what was going on, and much too soon for anyone to hatch any kind of plan to save him I suppose someone with a powerful awareness of their own mind, like say Professor Xavier, could negate the memory implant process, but anyone else subjected to it is going to have a bad time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1696.0, "score_ratio": 2.106741573, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsx0e1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[General] What is the most secure prison in all fiction? Title. And because this is going to be filled with inescapable alternate dimensions or hellholes: preferably (but not necessarily) a realistically portrayed prison (no magic).", "c_root_id_A": "h0pavr9", "c_root_id_B": "h0pitvh", "created_at_utc_A": 1622911549.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622915458.0, "score_A": 124, "score_B": 375, "human_ref_A": "Bad scifi movie I think from the early 90s. I can't remember the title. If they really hated you they uploaded you into a virtual hell in a computer that wasn't networked. Then killed your body. Even if you could somehow take over the virtual hell from within you are still stuck inside. Even if you could do that and upload yourself into a new body coming in that body is shackled and will soon be put into an incinerator. The only reason why it failed was because the operator developed empathy and destroyed the machine. 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If they really hated you they uploaded you into a virtual hell in a computer that wasn't networked. Then killed your body. Even if you could somehow take over the virtual hell from within you are still stuck inside. Even if you could do that and upload yourself into a new body coming in that body is shackled and will soon be put into an incinerator. The only reason why it failed was because the operator developed empathy and destroyed the machine. Which still doesn't exactly free anyone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2213.0, "score_ratio": 1.435483871, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsx0e1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[General] What is the most secure prison in all fiction? Title. 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An entire world which is a prison except it is not a world it is tiny box and all of its inhabitants are shrunk down to its size and since the world beyond has regressed technologically to Napoleonic era France levels there is not enough power to actually get them out even if they wanted to.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1452.0, "score_ratio": 1.0212765957, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsx0e1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[General] What is the most secure prison in all fiction? Title. And because this is going to be filled with inescapable alternate dimensions or hellholes: preferably (but not necessarily) a realistically portrayed prison (no magic).", "c_root_id_A": "h0phrbh", "c_root_id_B": "h0pg2yg", "created_at_utc_A": 1622914925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622914113.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "The VR prisons from the Altered Carbon series. You could be suspended without a body for centuries.", "human_ref_B": "Australia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 812.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11b0ry", "c_root_id_B": "e116j27", "created_at_utc_A": 1529563133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529556049.0, "score_A": 705, "score_B": 192, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to assume Toto is in Pathfinder. > I hear the drums echoing tonight / but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation. Hearing things happening over long distances is a Perception check. Hearing something distant but clear, like drums, over the noise of quiet conversation is probably DC 10 or 12, depending on how far away the drums are and how loud the conversation is. > It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. Escaping a grapple is an opposed CMB/CMD check. Only the 8 nearest men can participate, as none of the hundred men have a weapon with reach (if some of the men have spiked chains or whips, this gets harder for Toto). One of the men initiates the grapple, the rest can each give +2, meaning they have a CMB to initiate the grapple of +14. In order for there to be literally no way (barring a natural 20) they can keep Toto, that means his CMD is at least 34. (CMD = 10 + Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + Dexterity modifier + special size modifier + miscellaneous modifiers.) In order to get his CMD up to 34, he needs 18 strength (+4), 20 dex (+5), and a base attack bonus of +15. Fortunately for us, Cleric, Druid, and Bard -- our three most likely classes, given what Toto does -- all get a BAB of +15 at level 20. By level 20, he's likely also had enough time to increase his stats to that 18 STR 20 DEX threshold; the 20 DEX will also help his acrobatics rolls to move through the threatened squares of the other 92 men that can't get in the initial grapple. > The wild dogs cry out in the night / as they grow restless longing for some solitary company Speak with Animals is Druid 1, Bard 3. > I seek to cure what's deep inside / frightened of this thing that I've become According to the core rulebook, a Remove Disease or Heal spell cast by a Cleric of 12th level or higher is required to cure Lycanthropy, provided the character receives the spell within 3 days of the infecting attack. If Toto \"seeks to cure\" his condition, it means he probably doesn't have the caster levels to do it himself, pointing to either Bard or Druid. That could also explain why he's stopping old men on the way, hoping to find some old forgotten words, and why he's so excited that she's coming in 12:30 flight -- maybe she's the cleric who can help heal his condition, but she has to rush there to get him that Cure spell within 3 days. As for Blessing the Rains, that's probably Control Weather, which is a 7th level Druid spell, which Toto will have access to by 13th level. It seems most likely, given his ability to create classic songs, that Toto has a few levels of Bard, so I'm going to say that he's probably a Human Druid 13 / Bard 7. He's had 5 stat increases, and we know he has 18 STR and 20 DEX in order to protect himself from those hundred men, which means he probably has something like 18 STR, 20 DEX, 10 CON, 10 INT, 16 WIS, 12 CHA. TLDR: Nerf Toto.", "human_ref_B": "He's stronger than a hundred men or more, so that would definitely put him as a pretty high level druid. This will differ by edition obviously, but the 5th edition calculator so have laying around puts 100 CR1 creatures at an encounter CR of 26.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7084.0, "score_ratio": 3.671875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11b0ry", "c_root_id_B": "e11azo9", "created_at_utc_A": 1529563133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529563080.0, "score_A": 705, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to assume Toto is in Pathfinder. > I hear the drums echoing tonight / but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation. Hearing things happening over long distances is a Perception check. Hearing something distant but clear, like drums, over the noise of quiet conversation is probably DC 10 or 12, depending on how far away the drums are and how loud the conversation is. > It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. Escaping a grapple is an opposed CMB/CMD check. Only the 8 nearest men can participate, as none of the hundred men have a weapon with reach (if some of the men have spiked chains or whips, this gets harder for Toto). One of the men initiates the grapple, the rest can each give +2, meaning they have a CMB to initiate the grapple of +14. In order for there to be literally no way (barring a natural 20) they can keep Toto, that means his CMD is at least 34. (CMD = 10 + Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + Dexterity modifier + special size modifier + miscellaneous modifiers.) In order to get his CMD up to 34, he needs 18 strength (+4), 20 dex (+5), and a base attack bonus of +15. Fortunately for us, Cleric, Druid, and Bard -- our three most likely classes, given what Toto does -- all get a BAB of +15 at level 20. By level 20, he's likely also had enough time to increase his stats to that 18 STR 20 DEX threshold; the 20 DEX will also help his acrobatics rolls to move through the threatened squares of the other 92 men that can't get in the initial grapple. > The wild dogs cry out in the night / as they grow restless longing for some solitary company Speak with Animals is Druid 1, Bard 3. > I seek to cure what's deep inside / frightened of this thing that I've become According to the core rulebook, a Remove Disease or Heal spell cast by a Cleric of 12th level or higher is required to cure Lycanthropy, provided the character receives the spell within 3 days of the infecting attack. If Toto \"seeks to cure\" his condition, it means he probably doesn't have the caster levels to do it himself, pointing to either Bard or Druid. That could also explain why he's stopping old men on the way, hoping to find some old forgotten words, and why he's so excited that she's coming in 12:30 flight -- maybe she's the cleric who can help heal his condition, but she has to rush there to get him that Cure spell within 3 days. As for Blessing the Rains, that's probably Control Weather, which is a 7th level Druid spell, which Toto will have access to by 13th level. It seems most likely, given his ability to create classic songs, that Toto has a few levels of Bard, so I'm going to say that he's probably a Human Druid 13 / Bard 7. He's had 5 stat increases, and we know he has 18 STR and 20 DEX in order to protect himself from those hundred men, which means he probably has something like 18 STR, 20 DEX, 10 CON, 10 INT, 16 WIS, 12 CHA. TLDR: Nerf Toto.", "human_ref_B": "He's not causing rain, the Abrahamic God doesn't work that way in Catholic canon. (and WOG is that this is about a Catholic missionary) He is appealing for divine intervention to bring more rain, which is something any level 1 Commoner can do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 53.0, "score_ratio": 28.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e116o0j", "c_root_id_B": "e11b0ry", "created_at_utc_A": 1529556235.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529563133.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 705, "human_ref_A": "First of all, Druid it\u2019s life magic. Toto is calling rain, and if your into D&D 5e you can be a level 15 or above Druid who can cast the spell control weather", "human_ref_B": "I'm going to assume Toto is in Pathfinder. > I hear the drums echoing tonight / but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation. Hearing things happening over long distances is a Perception check. Hearing something distant but clear, like drums, over the noise of quiet conversation is probably DC 10 or 12, depending on how far away the drums are and how loud the conversation is. > It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. Escaping a grapple is an opposed CMB/CMD check. Only the 8 nearest men can participate, as none of the hundred men have a weapon with reach (if some of the men have spiked chains or whips, this gets harder for Toto). One of the men initiates the grapple, the rest can each give +2, meaning they have a CMB to initiate the grapple of +14. In order for there to be literally no way (barring a natural 20) they can keep Toto, that means his CMD is at least 34. (CMD = 10 + Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + Dexterity modifier + special size modifier + miscellaneous modifiers.) In order to get his CMD up to 34, he needs 18 strength (+4), 20 dex (+5), and a base attack bonus of +15. Fortunately for us, Cleric, Druid, and Bard -- our three most likely classes, given what Toto does -- all get a BAB of +15 at level 20. By level 20, he's likely also had enough time to increase his stats to that 18 STR 20 DEX threshold; the 20 DEX will also help his acrobatics rolls to move through the threatened squares of the other 92 men that can't get in the initial grapple. > The wild dogs cry out in the night / as they grow restless longing for some solitary company Speak with Animals is Druid 1, Bard 3. > I seek to cure what's deep inside / frightened of this thing that I've become According to the core rulebook, a Remove Disease or Heal spell cast by a Cleric of 12th level or higher is required to cure Lycanthropy, provided the character receives the spell within 3 days of the infecting attack. If Toto \"seeks to cure\" his condition, it means he probably doesn't have the caster levels to do it himself, pointing to either Bard or Druid. That could also explain why he's stopping old men on the way, hoping to find some old forgotten words, and why he's so excited that she's coming in 12:30 flight -- maybe she's the cleric who can help heal his condition, but she has to rush there to get him that Cure spell within 3 days. As for Blessing the Rains, that's probably Control Weather, which is a 7th level Druid spell, which Toto will have access to by 13th level. It seems most likely, given his ability to create classic songs, that Toto has a few levels of Bard, so I'm going to say that he's probably a Human Druid 13 / Bard 7. He's had 5 stat increases, and we know he has 18 STR and 20 DEX in order to protect himself from those hundred men, which means he probably has something like 18 STR, 20 DEX, 10 CON, 10 INT, 16 WIS, 12 CHA. TLDR: Nerf Toto.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6898.0, "score_ratio": 33.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11b0ry", "c_root_id_B": "e116qjp", "created_at_utc_A": 1529563133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529556331.0, "score_A": 705, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to assume Toto is in Pathfinder. > I hear the drums echoing tonight / but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation. Hearing things happening over long distances is a Perception check. Hearing something distant but clear, like drums, over the noise of quiet conversation is probably DC 10 or 12, depending on how far away the drums are and how loud the conversation is. > It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. Escaping a grapple is an opposed CMB/CMD check. Only the 8 nearest men can participate, as none of the hundred men have a weapon with reach (if some of the men have spiked chains or whips, this gets harder for Toto). One of the men initiates the grapple, the rest can each give +2, meaning they have a CMB to initiate the grapple of +14. In order for there to be literally no way (barring a natural 20) they can keep Toto, that means his CMD is at least 34. (CMD = 10 + Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + Dexterity modifier + special size modifier + miscellaneous modifiers.) In order to get his CMD up to 34, he needs 18 strength (+4), 20 dex (+5), and a base attack bonus of +15. Fortunately for us, Cleric, Druid, and Bard -- our three most likely classes, given what Toto does -- all get a BAB of +15 at level 20. By level 20, he's likely also had enough time to increase his stats to that 18 STR 20 DEX threshold; the 20 DEX will also help his acrobatics rolls to move through the threatened squares of the other 92 men that can't get in the initial grapple. > The wild dogs cry out in the night / as they grow restless longing for some solitary company Speak with Animals is Druid 1, Bard 3. > I seek to cure what's deep inside / frightened of this thing that I've become According to the core rulebook, a Remove Disease or Heal spell cast by a Cleric of 12th level or higher is required to cure Lycanthropy, provided the character receives the spell within 3 days of the infecting attack. If Toto \"seeks to cure\" his condition, it means he probably doesn't have the caster levels to do it himself, pointing to either Bard or Druid. That could also explain why he's stopping old men on the way, hoping to find some old forgotten words, and why he's so excited that she's coming in 12:30 flight -- maybe she's the cleric who can help heal his condition, but she has to rush there to get him that Cure spell within 3 days. As for Blessing the Rains, that's probably Control Weather, which is a 7th level Druid spell, which Toto will have access to by 13th level. It seems most likely, given his ability to create classic songs, that Toto has a few levels of Bard, so I'm going to say that he's probably a Human Druid 13 / Bard 7. He's had 5 stat increases, and we know he has 18 STR and 20 DEX in order to protect himself from those hundred men, which means he probably has something like 18 STR, 20 DEX, 10 CON, 10 INT, 16 WIS, 12 CHA. TLDR: Nerf Toto.", "human_ref_B": ">bless > >transitive verb > >3 : to invoke divine care for > >4 a : praise, glorify > > b : to speak well of : approve", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6802.0, "score_ratio": 54.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11b0ry", "c_root_id_B": "e115q2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1529563133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529554985.0, "score_A": 705, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to assume Toto is in Pathfinder. > I hear the drums echoing tonight / but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation. Hearing things happening over long distances is a Perception check. Hearing something distant but clear, like drums, over the noise of quiet conversation is probably DC 10 or 12, depending on how far away the drums are and how loud the conversation is. > It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. Escaping a grapple is an opposed CMB/CMD check. Only the 8 nearest men can participate, as none of the hundred men have a weapon with reach (if some of the men have spiked chains or whips, this gets harder for Toto). One of the men initiates the grapple, the rest can each give +2, meaning they have a CMB to initiate the grapple of +14. In order for there to be literally no way (barring a natural 20) they can keep Toto, that means his CMD is at least 34. (CMD = 10 + Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + Dexterity modifier + special size modifier + miscellaneous modifiers.) In order to get his CMD up to 34, he needs 18 strength (+4), 20 dex (+5), and a base attack bonus of +15. Fortunately for us, Cleric, Druid, and Bard -- our three most likely classes, given what Toto does -- all get a BAB of +15 at level 20. By level 20, he's likely also had enough time to increase his stats to that 18 STR 20 DEX threshold; the 20 DEX will also help his acrobatics rolls to move through the threatened squares of the other 92 men that can't get in the initial grapple. > The wild dogs cry out in the night / as they grow restless longing for some solitary company Speak with Animals is Druid 1, Bard 3. > I seek to cure what's deep inside / frightened of this thing that I've become According to the core rulebook, a Remove Disease or Heal spell cast by a Cleric of 12th level or higher is required to cure Lycanthropy, provided the character receives the spell within 3 days of the infecting attack. If Toto \"seeks to cure\" his condition, it means he probably doesn't have the caster levels to do it himself, pointing to either Bard or Druid. That could also explain why he's stopping old men on the way, hoping to find some old forgotten words, and why he's so excited that she's coming in 12:30 flight -- maybe she's the cleric who can help heal his condition, but she has to rush there to get him that Cure spell within 3 days. As for Blessing the Rains, that's probably Control Weather, which is a 7th level Druid spell, which Toto will have access to by 13th level. It seems most likely, given his ability to create classic songs, that Toto has a few levels of Bard, so I'm going to say that he's probably a Human Druid 13 / Bard 7. He's had 5 stat increases, and we know he has 18 STR and 20 DEX in order to protect himself from those hundred men, which means he probably has something like 18 STR, 20 DEX, 10 CON, 10 INT, 16 WIS, 12 CHA. TLDR: Nerf Toto.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m actually interested on this thread to be answered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8148.0, "score_ratio": 141.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e115q2i", "c_root_id_B": "e116j27", "created_at_utc_A": 1529554985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529556049.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 192, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m actually interested on this thread to be answered.", "human_ref_B": "He's stronger than a hundred men or more, so that would definitely put him as a pretty high level druid. This will differ by edition obviously, but the 5th edition calculator so have laying around puts 100 CR1 creatures at an encounter CR of 26.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1064.0, "score_ratio": 38.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11azo9", "c_root_id_B": "e116o0j", "created_at_utc_A": 1529563080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529556235.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "He's not causing rain, the Abrahamic God doesn't work that way in Catholic canon. (and WOG is that this is about a Catholic missionary) He is appealing for divine intervention to bring more rain, which is something any level 1 Commoner can do.", "human_ref_B": "First of all, Druid it\u2019s life magic. Toto is calling rain, and if your into D&D 5e you can be a level 15 or above Druid who can cast the spell control weather", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6845.0, "score_ratio": 1.1904761905, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e116qjp", "c_root_id_B": "e11azo9", "created_at_utc_A": 1529556331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529563080.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": ">bless > >transitive verb > >3 : to invoke divine care for > >4 a : praise, glorify > > b : to speak well of : approve", "human_ref_B": "He's not causing rain, the Abrahamic God doesn't work that way in Catholic canon. (and WOG is that this is about a Catholic missionary) He is appealing for divine intervention to bring more rain, which is something any level 1 Commoner can do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6749.0, "score_ratio": 1.9230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11azo9", "c_root_id_B": "e115q2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1529563080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529554985.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He's not causing rain, the Abrahamic God doesn't work that way in Catholic canon. (and WOG is that this is about a Catholic missionary) He is appealing for divine intervention to bring more rain, which is something any level 1 Commoner can do.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m actually interested on this thread to be answered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8095.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e115q2i", "c_root_id_B": "e116o0j", "created_at_utc_A": 1529554985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529556235.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m actually interested on this thread to be answered.", "human_ref_B": "First of all, Druid it\u2019s life magic. Toto is calling rain, and if your into D&D 5e you can be a level 15 or above Druid who can cast the spell control weather", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1250.0, "score_ratio": 4.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e116qjp", "c_root_id_B": "e12135e", "created_at_utc_A": 1529556331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529598359.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": ">bless > >transitive verb > >3 : to invoke divine care for > >4 a : praise, glorify > > b : to speak well of : approve", "human_ref_B": "Today I learned this whole time it's not \"I *miss* the rains.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42028.0, "score_ratio": 1.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e12135e", "c_root_id_B": "e11hceo", "created_at_utc_A": 1529598359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529576417.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Today I learned this whole time it's not \"I *miss* the rains.\"", "human_ref_B": "This song is now stuck in my head. I hate you. So very much.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21942.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e115q2i", "c_root_id_B": "e12135e", "created_at_utc_A": 1529554985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529598359.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m actually interested on this thread to be answered.", "human_ref_B": "Today I learned this whole time it's not \"I *miss* the rains.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43374.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e12135e", "c_root_id_B": "e11gh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1529598359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529574513.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Today I learned this whole time it's not \"I *miss* the rains.\"", "human_ref_B": "I love this thread", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23846.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11mntf", "c_root_id_B": "e12135e", "created_at_utc_A": 1529584862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529598359.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Now I have this stupid song stuck in my head.", "human_ref_B": "Today I learned this whole time it's not \"I *miss* the rains.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13497.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11qemd", "c_root_id_B": "e12135e", "created_at_utc_A": 1529588946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529598359.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "This is my favorite post and set of comments from this subreddit.", "human_ref_B": "Today I learned this whole time it's not \"I *miss* the rains.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9413.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e12135e", "c_root_id_B": "e11x5vo", "created_at_utc_A": 1529598359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529595070.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Today I learned this whole time it's not \"I *miss* the rains.\"", "human_ref_B": "Additionally, in the music video, where is he? Why is opening a book about Africa? Who\u2019s the tribal man throwing a spear?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3289.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e115q2i", "c_root_id_B": "e116qjp", "created_at_utc_A": 1529554985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529556331.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m actually interested on this thread to be answered.", "human_ref_B": ">bless > >transitive verb > >3 : to invoke divine care for > >4 a : praise, glorify > > b : to speak well of : approve", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1346.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11hceo", "c_root_id_B": "e115q2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1529576417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529554985.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "This song is now stuck in my head. I hate you. So very much.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m actually interested on this thread to be answered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21432.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11hceo", "c_root_id_B": "e11gh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1529576417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529574513.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "This song is now stuck in my head. I hate you. So very much.", "human_ref_B": "I love this thread", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1904.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e115q2i", "c_root_id_B": "e12mt9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1529554985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529616330.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m actually interested on this thread to be answered.", "human_ref_B": "There was a writing prompt not too long ago that implied Toto was the ultimate vampire slayer, and had effectively made the rain holy water. So I guess cleric", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 61345.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e12mt9l", "c_root_id_B": "e11gh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1529616330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529574513.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There was a writing prompt not too long ago that implied Toto was the ultimate vampire slayer, and had effectively made the rain holy water. So I guess cleric", "human_ref_B": "I love this thread", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41817.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e12mt9l", "c_root_id_B": "e11mntf", "created_at_utc_A": 1529616330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529584862.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There was a writing prompt not too long ago that implied Toto was the ultimate vampire slayer, and had effectively made the rain holy water. So I guess cleric", "human_ref_B": "Now I have this stupid song stuck in my head.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31468.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11qemd", "c_root_id_B": "e12mt9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1529588946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529616330.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "This is my favorite post and set of comments from this subreddit.", "human_ref_B": "There was a writing prompt not too long ago that implied Toto was the ultimate vampire slayer, and had effectively made the rain holy water. So I guess cleric", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27384.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11x5vo", "c_root_id_B": "e12mt9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1529595070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529616330.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Additionally, in the music video, where is he? Why is opening a book about Africa? Who\u2019s the tribal man throwing a spear?", "human_ref_B": "There was a writing prompt not too long ago that implied Toto was the ultimate vampire slayer, and had effectively made the rain holy water. So I guess cleric", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21260.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e129o7l", "c_root_id_B": "e12mt9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1529605431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529616330.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "/r/outside is ~~pouring out~~ leaking", "human_ref_B": "There was a writing prompt not too long ago that implied Toto was the ultimate vampire slayer, and had effectively made the rain holy water. So I guess cleric", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10899.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e12mt9l", "c_root_id_B": "e12j2wk", "created_at_utc_A": 1529616330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529613065.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There was a writing prompt not too long ago that implied Toto was the ultimate vampire slayer, and had effectively made the rain holy water. So I guess cleric", "human_ref_B": "According to Mario RPG, Mallow gains the HP rain spell almost immediately. Its his 2nd spell and is potent early game for targeted healing, but becomes quickly overshadowed by Princess Toadstool's (now known as \"Peach) healing spells. Toto apparently is one of the cloud people from Nimbus Land.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3265.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e12qsw9", "c_root_id_B": "e11gh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1529620011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529574513.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Oh hell. I always thought he was saying he 'missed' the rain...", "human_ref_B": "I love this thread", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45498.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11mntf", "c_root_id_B": "e12qsw9", "created_at_utc_A": 1529584862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529620011.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Now I have this stupid song stuck in my head.", "human_ref_B": "Oh hell. I always thought he was saying he 'missed' the rain...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35149.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11qemd", "c_root_id_B": "e12qsw9", "created_at_utc_A": 1529588946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529620011.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "This is my favorite post and set of comments from this subreddit.", "human_ref_B": "Oh hell. I always thought he was saying he 'missed' the rain...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31065.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e11x5vo", "c_root_id_B": "e12qsw9", "created_at_utc_A": 1529595070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529620011.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Additionally, in the music video, where is he? Why is opening a book about Africa? Who\u2019s the tribal man throwing a spear?", "human_ref_B": "Oh hell. I always thought he was saying he 'missed' the rain...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24941.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e129o7l", "c_root_id_B": "e12qsw9", "created_at_utc_A": 1529605431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529620011.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "/r/outside is ~~pouring out~~ leaking", "human_ref_B": "Oh hell. I always thought he was saying he 'missed' the rain...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14580.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e12qsw9", "c_root_id_B": "e12j2wk", "created_at_utc_A": 1529620011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529613065.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Oh hell. I always thought he was saying he 'missed' the rain...", "human_ref_B": "According to Mario RPG, Mallow gains the HP rain spell almost immediately. Its his 2nd spell and is potent early game for targeted healing, but becomes quickly overshadowed by Princess Toadstool's (now known as \"Peach) healing spells. Toto apparently is one of the cloud people from Nimbus Land.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6946.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e175mmn", "c_root_id_B": "e129o7l", "created_at_utc_A": 1529818412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529605431.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I rather enjoy the interpretation that the song is about summoning Shub Niggurath: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lovecraft/comments/7ekeus/africa_by_toto_is_a_song_about_summoning_shub/", "human_ref_B": "/r/outside is ~~pouring out~~ leaking", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 212981.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sov9g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Africa - the song]When Toto blesses the rains down on Aaaaafriiicaaaaaa is he causing it to rain or is he giving the rain beneficial effects and if so, what effects? Manipulating weather is a pretty high level spell, is he a cleric or druid?", "c_root_id_A": "e175mmn", "c_root_id_B": "e12j2wk", "created_at_utc_A": 1529818412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529613065.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I rather enjoy the interpretation that the song is about summoning Shub Niggurath: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lovecraft/comments/7ekeus/africa_by_toto_is_a_song_about_summoning_shub/", "human_ref_B": "According to Mario RPG, Mallow gains the HP rain spell almost immediately. Its his 2nd spell and is potent early game for targeted healing, but becomes quickly overshadowed by Princess Toadstool's (now known as \"Peach) healing spells. Toto apparently is one of the cloud people from Nimbus Land.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 205347.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmllgxx", "c_root_id_B": "gmli3d5", "created_at_utc_A": 1612804326.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612802812.0, "score_A": 527, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Remember that there are pure droid star fighters And they appeared to be the main way that the Trade Federation handled star fighters. In capital ships it makes far more sense to have ships that can be operated by multiple beings both organic and droids. That way if any specific pilot is damaged another can take it's place. So it makes sense to have droids simply use the same interfaces vs merely plugging in. Of course for production reasons this allows the use of standard production droids with specialized programing. Having a handful of designs that are then uploaded with various programming is a great way to mass produce droids.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1514.0, "score_ratio": 527.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmli3d5", "c_root_id_B": "gmlk5tv", "created_at_utc_A": 1612802812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612803734.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 177, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They're probably built by different companies. Hand controls are pretty responsive, and droids don't have a problem using them. Generally speaking, droids in the Star Wars universe can perform piloting tasks relatively well, but they're normally not as good as a talented human pilot. A Luke, Han, or Wedge will out-pilot a droid any day, even without Luke using the Force. So a droid can perform the task competently, but not exceptionally. Letting droids fly your spaceships works well if you've got a shortage of pilots. You can still have numbers on your side. But you don't want the ship controls to be totally computerized, because you want human pilots to be able to fly them if they're available.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 922.0, "score_ratio": 177.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmlqu4q", "c_root_id_B": "gmli3d5", "created_at_utc_A": 1612806685.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612802812.0, "score_A": 68, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Most of the CIS starfighters you see (Vulture droids, Tri-fighters, etc.) are actually pure droid brains integrated into a starfighter body. The only exception to this are capital ships (anything 100m and bigger), since those are intended to be crewed by both droids and organics.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3873.0, "score_ratio": 68.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmljceb", "c_root_id_B": "gmli3d5", "created_at_utc_A": 1612803368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612802812.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are two main reasons: 1. Expense. The droid starfighter was designed for an organic pilot and was then purchased by an armed forces that utilized droids for war. It was easier to use a cheap droid to operate the existing controls than to reconfigure every single fighter for just droid brain or to redesign an entire new fighter from the ground up. This has the added benefit that an organic occupant can still pilot the fighter with minimal effort, you'd just need to reactivate or reinstall the life-support equipment or wear an environment suit. 2. Versatility. As it stands, the fighters can land or dock and the droids be employed for ground warfare or boarding actions. The pilot could even eject if needed and still be a useful asset in further combat. A purely droid fighter wouldn't be capable of doing so.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 556.0, "score_ratio": 51.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmli3d5", "c_root_id_B": "gmlk6s0", "created_at_utc_A": 1612802812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612803746.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Battle droids don't fly ships; Pilot droids do. Pilot droids are great because then you have one droid that can fly a hundred different models of ship. As for why people don't just plug a pilot droid processor into a ship, that's less design and more culture. Pilot culture is kind of a big deal, so having AI's do anything but navigational calculations is usually frowned upon. On top of that, people in the Star Wars galaxy historically tend to not trust droids. So having a pilot you can actually kick when you drop out of Hyperspace an exit too early is cathartic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 934.0, "score_ratio": 36.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmli3d5", "c_root_id_B": "gmm0lze", "created_at_utc_A": 1612802812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612811020.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Vulture droids, hail fire droids, hmp droid gunships are all examples of droids as ships and not ships flown by droids.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8208.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmlp33f", "c_root_id_B": "gmli3d5", "created_at_utc_A": 1612805917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612802812.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The ships were originally designed for Organic Pilots as all the CIS weapons were made by companies trying to market their weapons to the general public. Exceptions do exist for things built solely for war in secret or during the war. This means it\u2019s cheaper to teach your cheap B1 droids who are already easy to modify than to overhaul your entire vehicle core. The CIS is really led by corporations on the council rather than the Senate so you can see how evil corporations see this as a better alternative given the cost involved.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3105.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmli3d5", "c_root_id_B": "gmm39as", "created_at_utc_A": 1612802812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612812206.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "> Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? ...Do they? Most of the fighters I saw in the prequels were drones with built-in processors.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9394.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmli3d5", "c_root_id_B": "gmm6dt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1612802812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612813601.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "If you see a humanoid droid sitting in a cockpit and flying a ship, it's because the ship was built for an (organic) humanoid and the droid is just flying it right now. Purpose-built, droid-flown ships don't bother having a cockpit; as you say, they just have a droid brain, and their whole body *is* the ship. Astromech droids do fly the ship sometimes, but they already *are* just kind of a mobile droid brain on wheels, plus repair tools. Their whole purpose is to do ship computer stuff (astrogation, autopiloting, etc) but also be able to do quick in-combat repairs by crawling along the outside of the ship if necessary. Droids in Star Wars also seem to not really be very quick to adapt to changes to their body - slotting a droid's brain/head into a different body seems to mess with their motor functions, or at least it does to C-3PO when it happens to him. So maybe it's not very efficient to move a humanoid droid's brain temporarily into something like a vulture droid and then back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10789.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmli3d5", "c_root_id_B": "gmmli81", "created_at_utc_A": 1612802812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612820440.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Given the prominence of restraining bolts, and how restrictive AI generally seems to be in Star Wars as a setting, they probably want droids to have some input in flying ships but not run the risk of entire fleets of starfighters potentially going rogue.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17628.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmli3d5", "c_root_id_B": "gmnlg11", "created_at_utc_A": 1612802812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612838476.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Most of the warships used by the CIS were originally designed to be sold to military forces across the galaxy, since the Republic did not have a standing army and left each system to fend for itself when it came to matters of self-defense and planetary security. The engineers who worked for the companies who fell under the dominion of the Trade Federation or the Techno Union (which themselves were just political trade guilds and megaconglomerates, and not the producers themselves necessarily) were smart enough to realize that it would be a tough sell to convince anybody to buy a ship that runs completely autonomously. The security vulnerability alone would be a nightmare - one skilled slicer could take control of your warship and turn it against you in the heat of battle. Speaking of security, you'd still need some sort of on-board security, likely droids, to protect the cargo and the ship itself from pirates who are always looking for an easy score. So you're already going to have some form of rudimentary battle droid on board that can shoot well enough for guard duty and doesn't need food or sleep. tl;dr: The CIS took existing warships meant for organics to use and just filled them with battle droids to serve as the crew, the security force, and the marines. They weren't designed to be autonomous in the first place and that's a pretty bad idea because of security concerns.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35664.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmllgxx", "c_root_id_B": "gmlk5tv", "created_at_utc_A": 1612804326.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612803734.0, "score_A": 527, "score_B": 177, "human_ref_A": "Remember that there are pure droid star fighters And they appeared to be the main way that the Trade Federation handled star fighters. In capital ships it makes far more sense to have ships that can be operated by multiple beings both organic and droids. That way if any specific pilot is damaged another can take it's place. So it makes sense to have droids simply use the same interfaces vs merely plugging in. Of course for production reasons this allows the use of standard production droids with specialized programing. Having a handful of designs that are then uploaded with various programming is a great way to mass produce droids.", "human_ref_B": "They're probably built by different companies. Hand controls are pretty responsive, and droids don't have a problem using them. Generally speaking, droids in the Star Wars universe can perform piloting tasks relatively well, but they're normally not as good as a talented human pilot. A Luke, Han, or Wedge will out-pilot a droid any day, even without Luke using the Force. So a droid can perform the task competently, but not exceptionally. Letting droids fly your spaceships works well if you've got a shortage of pilots. You can still have numbers on your side. But you don't want the ship controls to be totally computerized, because you want human pilots to be able to fly them if they're available.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 592.0, "score_ratio": 2.9774011299, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmljceb", "c_root_id_B": "gmllgxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1612803368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612804326.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 527, "human_ref_A": "There are two main reasons: 1. Expense. The droid starfighter was designed for an organic pilot and was then purchased by an armed forces that utilized droids for war. It was easier to use a cheap droid to operate the existing controls than to reconfigure every single fighter for just droid brain or to redesign an entire new fighter from the ground up. This has the added benefit that an organic occupant can still pilot the fighter with minimal effort, you'd just need to reactivate or reinstall the life-support equipment or wear an environment suit. 2. Versatility. As it stands, the fighters can land or dock and the droids be employed for ground warfare or boarding actions. The pilot could even eject if needed and still be a useful asset in further combat. A purely droid fighter wouldn't be capable of doing so.", "human_ref_B": "Remember that there are pure droid star fighters And they appeared to be the main way that the Trade Federation handled star fighters. In capital ships it makes far more sense to have ships that can be operated by multiple beings both organic and droids. That way if any specific pilot is damaged another can take it's place. So it makes sense to have droids simply use the same interfaces vs merely plugging in. Of course for production reasons this allows the use of standard production droids with specialized programing. Having a handful of designs that are then uploaded with various programming is a great way to mass produce droids.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 958.0, "score_ratio": 10.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmllgxx", "c_root_id_B": "gmlk6s0", "created_at_utc_A": 1612804326.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612803746.0, "score_A": 527, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Remember that there are pure droid star fighters And they appeared to be the main way that the Trade Federation handled star fighters. In capital ships it makes far more sense to have ships that can be operated by multiple beings both organic and droids. That way if any specific pilot is damaged another can take it's place. So it makes sense to have droids simply use the same interfaces vs merely plugging in. Of course for production reasons this allows the use of standard production droids with specialized programing. Having a handful of designs that are then uploaded with various programming is a great way to mass produce droids.", "human_ref_B": "Battle droids don't fly ships; Pilot droids do. Pilot droids are great because then you have one droid that can fly a hundred different models of ship. As for why people don't just plug a pilot droid processor into a ship, that's less design and more culture. Pilot culture is kind of a big deal, so having AI's do anything but navigational calculations is usually frowned upon. On top of that, people in the Star Wars galaxy historically tend to not trust droids. So having a pilot you can actually kick when you drop out of Hyperspace an exit too early is cathartic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 580.0, "score_ratio": 14.6388888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmljceb", "c_root_id_B": "gmlk5tv", "created_at_utc_A": 1612803368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612803734.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 177, "human_ref_A": "There are two main reasons: 1. Expense. The droid starfighter was designed for an organic pilot and was then purchased by an armed forces that utilized droids for war. It was easier to use a cheap droid to operate the existing controls than to reconfigure every single fighter for just droid brain or to redesign an entire new fighter from the ground up. This has the added benefit that an organic occupant can still pilot the fighter with minimal effort, you'd just need to reactivate or reinstall the life-support equipment or wear an environment suit. 2. Versatility. As it stands, the fighters can land or dock and the droids be employed for ground warfare or boarding actions. The pilot could even eject if needed and still be a useful asset in further combat. A purely droid fighter wouldn't be capable of doing so.", "human_ref_B": "They're probably built by different companies. Hand controls are pretty responsive, and droids don't have a problem using them. Generally speaking, droids in the Star Wars universe can perform piloting tasks relatively well, but they're normally not as good as a talented human pilot. A Luke, Han, or Wedge will out-pilot a droid any day, even without Luke using the Force. So a droid can perform the task competently, but not exceptionally. Letting droids fly your spaceships works well if you've got a shortage of pilots. You can still have numbers on your side. But you don't want the ship controls to be totally computerized, because you want human pilots to be able to fly them if they're available.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 366.0, "score_ratio": 3.4705882353, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmljceb", "c_root_id_B": "gmlqu4q", "created_at_utc_A": 1612803368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612806685.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 68, "human_ref_A": "There are two main reasons: 1. Expense. The droid starfighter was designed for an organic pilot and was then purchased by an armed forces that utilized droids for war. It was easier to use a cheap droid to operate the existing controls than to reconfigure every single fighter for just droid brain or to redesign an entire new fighter from the ground up. This has the added benefit that an organic occupant can still pilot the fighter with minimal effort, you'd just need to reactivate or reinstall the life-support equipment or wear an environment suit. 2. Versatility. As it stands, the fighters can land or dock and the droids be employed for ground warfare or boarding actions. The pilot could even eject if needed and still be a useful asset in further combat. A purely droid fighter wouldn't be capable of doing so.", "human_ref_B": "Most of the CIS starfighters you see (Vulture droids, Tri-fighters, etc.) are actually pure droid brains integrated into a starfighter body. The only exception to this are capital ships (anything 100m and bigger), since those are intended to be crewed by both droids and organics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3317.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmlqu4q", "c_root_id_B": "gmlk6s0", "created_at_utc_A": 1612806685.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612803746.0, "score_A": 68, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Most of the CIS starfighters you see (Vulture droids, Tri-fighters, etc.) are actually pure droid brains integrated into a starfighter body. The only exception to this are capital ships (anything 100m and bigger), since those are intended to be crewed by both droids and organics.", "human_ref_B": "Battle droids don't fly ships; Pilot droids do. Pilot droids are great because then you have one droid that can fly a hundred different models of ship. As for why people don't just plug a pilot droid processor into a ship, that's less design and more culture. Pilot culture is kind of a big deal, so having AI's do anything but navigational calculations is usually frowned upon. On top of that, people in the Star Wars galaxy historically tend to not trust droids. So having a pilot you can actually kick when you drop out of Hyperspace an exit too early is cathartic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2939.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmlqu4q", "c_root_id_B": "gmlp33f", "created_at_utc_A": 1612806685.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612805917.0, "score_A": 68, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Most of the CIS starfighters you see (Vulture droids, Tri-fighters, etc.) are actually pure droid brains integrated into a starfighter body. The only exception to this are capital ships (anything 100m and bigger), since those are intended to be crewed by both droids and organics.", "human_ref_B": "The ships were originally designed for Organic Pilots as all the CIS weapons were made by companies trying to market their weapons to the general public. Exceptions do exist for things built solely for war in secret or during the war. This means it\u2019s cheaper to teach your cheap B1 droids who are already easy to modify than to overhaul your entire vehicle core. The CIS is really led by corporations on the council rather than the Senate so you can see how evil corporations see this as a better alternative given the cost involved.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 768.0, "score_ratio": 6.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lffw2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.99, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the battle droids physically fly ships? Wouldn't it be easier to just plug their processing unit into the ship itself? I mean, the only task you really need droid bodies for is combat. Why not just use computers to pilot the ship, and save materials and money?", "c_root_id_A": "gmlp33f", "c_root_id_B": "gmm0lze", "created_at_utc_A": 1612805917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612811020.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The ships were originally designed for Organic Pilots as all the CIS weapons were made by companies trying to market their weapons to the general public. Exceptions do exist for things built solely for war in secret or during the war. This means it\u2019s cheaper to teach your cheap B1 droids who are already easy to modify than to overhaul your entire vehicle core. The CIS is really led by corporations on the council rather than the Senate so you can see how evil corporations see this as a better alternative given the cost involved.", "human_ref_B": "Vulture droids, hail fire droids, hmp droid gunships are all examples of droids as ships and not ships flown by droids.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5103.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qaamm", "c_root_id_B": "h7qffwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1628113731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628116039.0, "score_A": 139, "score_B": 271, "human_ref_A": "Flash with Plastic Man. Once he start bouncing there be no way to stop him.", "human_ref_B": "Bouncing Boy (or Speedball) with Black Panther\u2019s costume: the vibranium will absorb all the kinetic energy turning his bouncing power useless.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2308.0, "score_ratio": 1.9496402878, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qffwp", "c_root_id_B": "h7qd220", "created_at_utc_A": 1628116039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628114965.0, "score_A": 271, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "Bouncing Boy (or Speedball) with Black Panther\u2019s costume: the vibranium will absorb all the kinetic energy turning his bouncing power useless.", "human_ref_B": "shadowcat and juggernaut: unstoppable once she builds up speed, but then that was true in the first place anyway. spider-man and mystique: can transform to look like ANYONE as long as they're a spider. colossus and angel: has a majestic pair of wings with which to soar through the sky if only he weren't too heavy to lift himself off the ground. the wings are not metal and as such are a constant source of pain in battle. squirrel girl and rogue: absorbs the powers of squirrels as long as she's touching them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1074.0, "score_ratio": 4.4426229508, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qffwp", "c_root_id_B": "h7qdnep", "created_at_utc_A": 1628116039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628115228.0, "score_A": 271, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Bouncing Boy (or Speedball) with Black Panther\u2019s costume: the vibranium will absorb all the kinetic energy turning his bouncing power useless.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on how powerful Mystique's shapeshifting is, she could still change the tendons, cartilage, and other tissues to simply displace entire vertebrae and ribs to be a little shorter, or add more tissues between joins to be larger. The main problems might be arm length, leg length, and head size. She could always go bigger, but not smaller. So if she had an adamantium skull that was very slight, she could bolster that by placing more tissue on her cheeks or brows or chin or anywhere. Same with arm/leg length - she might be able to \"lengthen\" her arms and legs by creating artificial bone to add on to the adamantium and this become larger/taller, but will have a minimum size.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 811.0, "score_ratio": 4.5166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qqrd2", "c_root_id_B": "h7qfnt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1628121327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628116139.0, "score_A": 210, "score_B": 147, "human_ref_A": "*\"If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome.\"*\r \r Ah but the auditory and olfactory elements of the illusion would be spot on.", "human_ref_B": "Hydroman and Sandman for sludgeman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5188.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qaamm", "c_root_id_B": "h7qqrd2", "created_at_utc_A": 1628113731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628121327.0, "score_A": 139, "score_B": 210, "human_ref_A": "Flash with Plastic Man. Once he start bouncing there be no way to stop him.", "human_ref_B": "*\"If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome.\"*\r \r Ah but the auditory and olfactory elements of the illusion would be spot on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7596.0, "score_ratio": 1.5107913669, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qd220", "c_root_id_B": "h7qqrd2", "created_at_utc_A": 1628114965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628121327.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 210, "human_ref_A": "shadowcat and juggernaut: unstoppable once she builds up speed, but then that was true in the first place anyway. spider-man and mystique: can transform to look like ANYONE as long as they're a spider. colossus and angel: has a majestic pair of wings with which to soar through the sky if only he weren't too heavy to lift himself off the ground. the wings are not metal and as such are a constant source of pain in battle. squirrel girl and rogue: absorbs the powers of squirrels as long as she's touching them.", "human_ref_B": "*\"If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome.\"*\r \r Ah but the auditory and olfactory elements of the illusion would be spot on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6362.0, "score_ratio": 3.4426229508, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qdnep", "c_root_id_B": "h7qqrd2", "created_at_utc_A": 1628115228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628121327.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 210, "human_ref_A": "Depending on how powerful Mystique's shapeshifting is, she could still change the tendons, cartilage, and other tissues to simply displace entire vertebrae and ribs to be a little shorter, or add more tissues between joins to be larger. The main problems might be arm length, leg length, and head size. She could always go bigger, but not smaller. So if she had an adamantium skull that was very slight, she could bolster that by placing more tissue on her cheeks or brows or chin or anywhere. Same with arm/leg length - she might be able to \"lengthen\" her arms and legs by creating artificial bone to add on to the adamantium and this become larger/taller, but will have a minimum size.", "human_ref_B": "*\"If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome.\"*\r \r Ah but the auditory and olfactory elements of the illusion would be spot on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6099.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qqrd2", "c_root_id_B": "h7qjsnu", "created_at_utc_A": 1628121327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628118046.0, "score_A": 210, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "*\"If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome.\"*\r \r Ah but the auditory and olfactory elements of the illusion would be spot on.", "human_ref_B": "Superman + Kryptonite Man Red Lantern Ring + Anyone with the power of \"Heart\" Sandman + Hydro Man Rogue + Unus the Untouchable Any Shapechanger and any character with implants that do not change shape. A sunlight vulnerable vampire + Anyone with solar charged powers. Cyclops + Eye Boy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3281.0, "score_ratio": 4.0384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qqrd2", "c_root_id_B": "h7qkg6k", "created_at_utc_A": 1628121327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628118350.0, "score_A": 210, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "*\"If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome.\"*\r \r Ah but the auditory and olfactory elements of the illusion would be spot on.", "human_ref_B": "A premise of the old Marvel role playing game\u2019s character creation engine was that you could find a way to make any power set into a worthwhile logical hero. Let\u2019s give mystique an adamantium skeleton. She can still be a master of disguise, but also have pop claws and a bulletproof skull. Maybe it prevents her from shifting into a non-human, but since the ady skeleton still has soft tissue, she could expand or contract her joints to gain or lose height. Daredevil had sight, so knows what colors are. He wouldn\u2019t make monochrome illusions. If Rogue had Leech\u2019s power, she\u2019d depower folks worse than she already did in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s (no idea how her power works now).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2977.0, "score_ratio": 10.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qfnt2", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvrxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1628116139.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123699.0, "score_A": 147, "score_B": 205, "human_ref_A": "Hydroman and Sandman for sludgeman.", "human_ref_B": "Black Bolt and the Man-Bat. Black Bolt blows up the world if he speaks out loud; Man-Bat primarily navigates via echolocation. Combined he has to choose between sensing the world and destroying it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7560.0, "score_ratio": 1.3945578231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qvrxb", "c_root_id_B": "h7qaamm", "created_at_utc_A": 1628123699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628113731.0, "score_A": 205, "score_B": 139, "human_ref_A": "Black Bolt and the Man-Bat. Black Bolt blows up the world if he speaks out loud; Man-Bat primarily navigates via echolocation. Combined he has to choose between sensing the world and destroying it.", "human_ref_B": "Flash with Plastic Man. Once he start bouncing there be no way to stop him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9968.0, "score_ratio": 1.4748201439, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qvn99", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvrxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1628123638.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123699.0, "score_A": 113, "score_B": 205, "human_ref_A": "Taskmaster and Heimdall. His photographic muscle memory would be stuck in an infinite loop as it's stuck rewriting his memory as his all-seeing vision continually watched everyone, everywhere. He'd never be able to learn or remember anything except for whatever random skillsets were currently floating around his brain. Edit: Depending on how fast his mind rewrites itself he might not actually be able to make use of any skill as it's purged faster than he can use it.", "human_ref_B": "Black Bolt and the Man-Bat. Black Bolt blows up the world if he speaks out loud; Man-Bat primarily navigates via echolocation. Combined he has to choose between sensing the world and destroying it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 61.0, "score_ratio": 1.814159292, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qvrxb", "c_root_id_B": "h7qd220", "created_at_utc_A": 1628123699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628114965.0, "score_A": 205, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "Black Bolt and the Man-Bat. Black Bolt blows up the world if he speaks out loud; Man-Bat primarily navigates via echolocation. Combined he has to choose between sensing the world and destroying it.", "human_ref_B": "shadowcat and juggernaut: unstoppable once she builds up speed, but then that was true in the first place anyway. spider-man and mystique: can transform to look like ANYONE as long as they're a spider. colossus and angel: has a majestic pair of wings with which to soar through the sky if only he weren't too heavy to lift himself off the ground. the wings are not metal and as such are a constant source of pain in battle. squirrel girl and rogue: absorbs the powers of squirrels as long as she's touching them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8734.0, "score_ratio": 3.3606557377, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qvrxb", "c_root_id_B": "h7qdnep", "created_at_utc_A": 1628123699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628115228.0, "score_A": 205, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Black Bolt and the Man-Bat. Black Bolt blows up the world if he speaks out loud; Man-Bat primarily navigates via echolocation. Combined he has to choose between sensing the world and destroying it.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on how powerful Mystique's shapeshifting is, she could still change the tendons, cartilage, and other tissues to simply displace entire vertebrae and ribs to be a little shorter, or add more tissues between joins to be larger. The main problems might be arm length, leg length, and head size. She could always go bigger, but not smaller. So if she had an adamantium skull that was very slight, she could bolster that by placing more tissue on her cheeks or brows or chin or anywhere. Same with arm/leg length - she might be able to \"lengthen\" her arms and legs by creating artificial bone to add on to the adamantium and this become larger/taller, but will have a minimum size.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8471.0, "score_ratio": 3.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qjsnu", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvrxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1628118046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123699.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 205, "human_ref_A": "Superman + Kryptonite Man Red Lantern Ring + Anyone with the power of \"Heart\" Sandman + Hydro Man Rogue + Unus the Untouchable Any Shapechanger and any character with implants that do not change shape. A sunlight vulnerable vampire + Anyone with solar charged powers. Cyclops + Eye Boy", "human_ref_B": "Black Bolt and the Man-Bat. Black Bolt blows up the world if he speaks out loud; Man-Bat primarily navigates via echolocation. Combined he has to choose between sensing the world and destroying it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5653.0, "score_ratio": 3.9423076923, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qvrxb", "c_root_id_B": "h7qu2zv", "created_at_utc_A": 1628123699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628122898.0, "score_A": 205, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Black Bolt and the Man-Bat. Black Bolt blows up the world if he speaks out loud; Man-Bat primarily navigates via echolocation. Combined he has to choose between sensing the world and destroying it.", "human_ref_B": "Venom/Carnage + the Human Torch or Firestorm Venom/Carnage + Black Canary or Banshee", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 801.0, "score_ratio": 8.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qkg6k", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvrxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1628118350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123699.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 205, "human_ref_A": "A premise of the old Marvel role playing game\u2019s character creation engine was that you could find a way to make any power set into a worthwhile logical hero. Let\u2019s give mystique an adamantium skeleton. She can still be a master of disguise, but also have pop claws and a bulletproof skull. Maybe it prevents her from shifting into a non-human, but since the ady skeleton still has soft tissue, she could expand or contract her joints to gain or lose height. Daredevil had sight, so knows what colors are. He wouldn\u2019t make monochrome illusions. If Rogue had Leech\u2019s power, she\u2019d depower folks worse than she already did in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s (no idea how her power works now).", "human_ref_B": "Black Bolt and the Man-Bat. Black Bolt blows up the world if he speaks out loud; Man-Bat primarily navigates via echolocation. Combined he has to choose between sensing the world and destroying it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5349.0, "score_ratio": 10.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qaamm", "c_root_id_B": "h7qfnt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1628113731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628116139.0, "score_A": 139, "score_B": 147, "human_ref_A": "Flash with Plastic Man. Once he start bouncing there be no way to stop him.", "human_ref_B": "Hydroman and Sandman for sludgeman.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2408.0, "score_ratio": 1.0575539568, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qfnt2", "c_root_id_B": "h7qd220", "created_at_utc_A": 1628116139.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628114965.0, "score_A": 147, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "Hydroman and Sandman for sludgeman.", "human_ref_B": "shadowcat and juggernaut: unstoppable once she builds up speed, but then that was true in the first place anyway. spider-man and mystique: can transform to look like ANYONE as long as they're a spider. colossus and angel: has a majestic pair of wings with which to soar through the sky if only he weren't too heavy to lift himself off the ground. the wings are not metal and as such are a constant source of pain in battle. squirrel girl and rogue: absorbs the powers of squirrels as long as she's touching them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1174.0, "score_ratio": 2.4098360656, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qdnep", "c_root_id_B": "h7qfnt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1628115228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628116139.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 147, "human_ref_A": "Depending on how powerful Mystique's shapeshifting is, she could still change the tendons, cartilage, and other tissues to simply displace entire vertebrae and ribs to be a little shorter, or add more tissues between joins to be larger. The main problems might be arm length, leg length, and head size. She could always go bigger, but not smaller. So if she had an adamantium skull that was very slight, she could bolster that by placing more tissue on her cheeks or brows or chin or anywhere. Same with arm/leg length - she might be able to \"lengthen\" her arms and legs by creating artificial bone to add on to the adamantium and this become larger/taller, but will have a minimum size.", "human_ref_B": "Hydroman and Sandman for sludgeman.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 911.0, "score_ratio": 2.45, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qd220", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvn99", "created_at_utc_A": 1628114965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123638.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 113, "human_ref_A": "shadowcat and juggernaut: unstoppable once she builds up speed, but then that was true in the first place anyway. spider-man and mystique: can transform to look like ANYONE as long as they're a spider. colossus and angel: has a majestic pair of wings with which to soar through the sky if only he weren't too heavy to lift himself off the ground. the wings are not metal and as such are a constant source of pain in battle. squirrel girl and rogue: absorbs the powers of squirrels as long as she's touching them.", "human_ref_B": "Taskmaster and Heimdall. His photographic muscle memory would be stuck in an infinite loop as it's stuck rewriting his memory as his all-seeing vision continually watched everyone, everywhere. He'd never be able to learn or remember anything except for whatever random skillsets were currently floating around his brain. Edit: Depending on how fast his mind rewrites itself he might not actually be able to make use of any skill as it's purged faster than he can use it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8673.0, "score_ratio": 1.8524590164, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qdnep", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvn99", "created_at_utc_A": 1628115228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123638.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 113, "human_ref_A": "Depending on how powerful Mystique's shapeshifting is, she could still change the tendons, cartilage, and other tissues to simply displace entire vertebrae and ribs to be a little shorter, or add more tissues between joins to be larger. The main problems might be arm length, leg length, and head size. She could always go bigger, but not smaller. So if she had an adamantium skull that was very slight, she could bolster that by placing more tissue on her cheeks or brows or chin or anywhere. Same with arm/leg length - she might be able to \"lengthen\" her arms and legs by creating artificial bone to add on to the adamantium and this become larger/taller, but will have a minimum size.", "human_ref_B": "Taskmaster and Heimdall. His photographic muscle memory would be stuck in an infinite loop as it's stuck rewriting his memory as his all-seeing vision continually watched everyone, everywhere. He'd never be able to learn or remember anything except for whatever random skillsets were currently floating around his brain. Edit: Depending on how fast his mind rewrites itself he might not actually be able to make use of any skill as it's purged faster than he can use it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8410.0, "score_ratio": 1.8833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qjsnu", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvn99", "created_at_utc_A": 1628118046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123638.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 113, "human_ref_A": "Superman + Kryptonite Man Red Lantern Ring + Anyone with the power of \"Heart\" Sandman + Hydro Man Rogue + Unus the Untouchable Any Shapechanger and any character with implants that do not change shape. A sunlight vulnerable vampire + Anyone with solar charged powers. Cyclops + Eye Boy", "human_ref_B": "Taskmaster and Heimdall. His photographic muscle memory would be stuck in an infinite loop as it's stuck rewriting his memory as his all-seeing vision continually watched everyone, everywhere. He'd never be able to learn or remember anything except for whatever random skillsets were currently floating around his brain. Edit: Depending on how fast his mind rewrites itself he might not actually be able to make use of any skill as it's purged faster than he can use it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5592.0, "score_ratio": 2.1730769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qvn99", "c_root_id_B": "h7qu2zv", "created_at_utc_A": 1628123638.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628122898.0, "score_A": 113, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Taskmaster and Heimdall. His photographic muscle memory would be stuck in an infinite loop as it's stuck rewriting his memory as his all-seeing vision continually watched everyone, everywhere. He'd never be able to learn or remember anything except for whatever random skillsets were currently floating around his brain. Edit: Depending on how fast his mind rewrites itself he might not actually be able to make use of any skill as it's purged faster than he can use it.", "human_ref_B": "Venom/Carnage + the Human Torch or Firestorm Venom/Carnage + Black Canary or Banshee", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 740.0, "score_ratio": 4.52, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qkg6k", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvn99", "created_at_utc_A": 1628118350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123638.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 113, "human_ref_A": "A premise of the old Marvel role playing game\u2019s character creation engine was that you could find a way to make any power set into a worthwhile logical hero. Let\u2019s give mystique an adamantium skeleton. She can still be a master of disguise, but also have pop claws and a bulletproof skull. Maybe it prevents her from shifting into a non-human, but since the ady skeleton still has soft tissue, she could expand or contract her joints to gain or lose height. Daredevil had sight, so knows what colors are. He wouldn\u2019t make monochrome illusions. If Rogue had Leech\u2019s power, she\u2019d depower folks worse than she already did in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s (no idea how her power works now).", "human_ref_B": "Taskmaster and Heimdall. His photographic muscle memory would be stuck in an infinite loop as it's stuck rewriting his memory as his all-seeing vision continually watched everyone, everywhere. He'd never be able to learn or remember anything except for whatever random skillsets were currently floating around his brain. Edit: Depending on how fast his mind rewrites itself he might not actually be able to make use of any skill as it's purged faster than he can use it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5288.0, "score_ratio": 5.65, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qd220", "c_root_id_B": "h7r5vfz", "created_at_utc_A": 1628114965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628128476.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "shadowcat and juggernaut: unstoppable once she builds up speed, but then that was true in the first place anyway. spider-man and mystique: can transform to look like ANYONE as long as they're a spider. colossus and angel: has a majestic pair of wings with which to soar through the sky if only he weren't too heavy to lift himself off the ground. the wings are not metal and as such are a constant source of pain in battle. squirrel girl and rogue: absorbs the powers of squirrels as long as she's touching them.", "human_ref_B": "Cyclops and Heimdall. Every thing focused on ends up being obliterated with punches from the punch dimension.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13511.0, "score_ratio": 1.0163934426, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7r5vfz", "c_root_id_B": "h7qdnep", "created_at_utc_A": 1628128476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628115228.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Cyclops and Heimdall. Every thing focused on ends up being obliterated with punches from the punch dimension.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on how powerful Mystique's shapeshifting is, she could still change the tendons, cartilage, and other tissues to simply displace entire vertebrae and ribs to be a little shorter, or add more tissues between joins to be larger. The main problems might be arm length, leg length, and head size. She could always go bigger, but not smaller. So if she had an adamantium skull that was very slight, she could bolster that by placing more tissue on her cheeks or brows or chin or anywhere. Same with arm/leg length - she might be able to \"lengthen\" her arms and legs by creating artificial bone to add on to the adamantium and this become larger/taller, but will have a minimum size.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13248.0, "score_ratio": 1.0333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7r5vfz", "c_root_id_B": "h7qjsnu", "created_at_utc_A": 1628128476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628118046.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "Cyclops and Heimdall. Every thing focused on ends up being obliterated with punches from the punch dimension.", "human_ref_B": "Superman + Kryptonite Man Red Lantern Ring + Anyone with the power of \"Heart\" Sandman + Hydro Man Rogue + Unus the Untouchable Any Shapechanger and any character with implants that do not change shape. A sunlight vulnerable vampire + Anyone with solar charged powers. Cyclops + Eye Boy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10430.0, "score_ratio": 1.1923076923, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qu2zv", "c_root_id_B": "h7r5vfz", "created_at_utc_A": 1628122898.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628128476.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "Venom/Carnage + the Human Torch or Firestorm Venom/Carnage + Black Canary or Banshee", "human_ref_B": "Cyclops and Heimdall. Every thing focused on ends up being obliterated with punches from the punch dimension.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5578.0, "score_ratio": 2.48, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qkg6k", "c_root_id_B": "h7r5vfz", "created_at_utc_A": 1628118350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628128476.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "A premise of the old Marvel role playing game\u2019s character creation engine was that you could find a way to make any power set into a worthwhile logical hero. Let\u2019s give mystique an adamantium skeleton. She can still be a master of disguise, but also have pop claws and a bulletproof skull. Maybe it prevents her from shifting into a non-human, but since the ady skeleton still has soft tissue, she could expand or contract her joints to gain or lose height. Daredevil had sight, so knows what colors are. He wouldn\u2019t make monochrome illusions. If Rogue had Leech\u2019s power, she\u2019d depower folks worse than she already did in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s (no idea how her power works now).", "human_ref_B": "Cyclops and Heimdall. Every thing focused on ends up being obliterated with punches from the punch dimension.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10126.0, "score_ratio": 3.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7r5vfz", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvyau", "created_at_utc_A": 1628128476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123781.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Cyclops and Heimdall. Every thing focused on ends up being obliterated with punches from the punch dimension.", "human_ref_B": "Electrorine (Wolverine and Electro) when ever he uses his electricity it hurts like hell because he can feel it flowing through his adamantium skeleton", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4695.0, "score_ratio": 3.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7r5vfz", "c_root_id_B": "h7r43wg", "created_at_utc_A": 1628128476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628127653.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Cyclops and Heimdall. Every thing focused on ends up being obliterated with punches from the punch dimension.", "human_ref_B": "* Martian Manhunter + Human Torch: intangibility and flight now requires him to flame on, which he is too afraid to do, since it'll burn him. * Shade the Changing Man and the Hulk: the M-Vest is now no longer controllable, as its reality altering properties are constantly triggered by Hulk's madness, and no amount of strength can stop it. All hell breaks loose the moment Banner/Shade hulks out. * Dead Man + Deadpool: Can't die, but can't live either. Probably winks out of existence due to paradox. * Batman + the Blob: It's really hard to use that ninja training when you can't move that fast and can't hide that easily. * Andrew Bennett + Groot: How do you avoid being killed by wooden stake when you are wooden stake? * Thor + Mr Terrific: As an atheist god, he doesn't believe in himself, and thus doesn't see why he would be worthy of a god's weapon. Thor's stupidity drops his intelligence, making it too hard to build T-spheres. * The Rhino + The Brain (Doom Patrol villian): Stupid and physical incapable. He's just a brain in a vat shaped like a rhino.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 823.0, "score_ratio": 3.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7rd1yh", "c_root_id_B": "h7qu2zv", "created_at_utc_A": 1628132061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628122898.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "If someone had Angel\u2019s wings and Wolverine\u2019s adamantium skeleton, they wouldn\u2019t be able to fly. If you had Mr. Freeze\u2019s need for cold areas and the Human Torch\u2019s / Sunfire\u2019s flame ability, you have a guy who can control fire, but in doing so, will die. Synch and Rogue would result in a person who unwittingly kills anyone in a mile radius. Electro and Hydro-Man give you a guy who electrocutes himself all the time because his body is made of water and he controls electricity. With the Flash\u2019s speed and Friction\u2019s inability to be affected by friction, there\u2019s a superhero who literally cannot stop moving at the speed of sound. Also, Leech and Rogue would make a pretty good hero, because Leech would negate powers, and Rogue would mimic them, so it\u2019s as if the person is stealing everyone\u2019s powers and using them for themselves.", "human_ref_B": "Venom/Carnage + the Human Torch or Firestorm Venom/Carnage + Black Canary or Banshee", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9163.0, "score_ratio": 1.12, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7rd1yh", "c_root_id_B": "h7qkg6k", "created_at_utc_A": 1628132061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628118350.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "If someone had Angel\u2019s wings and Wolverine\u2019s adamantium skeleton, they wouldn\u2019t be able to fly. If you had Mr. Freeze\u2019s need for cold areas and the Human Torch\u2019s / Sunfire\u2019s flame ability, you have a guy who can control fire, but in doing so, will die. Synch and Rogue would result in a person who unwittingly kills anyone in a mile radius. Electro and Hydro-Man give you a guy who electrocutes himself all the time because his body is made of water and he controls electricity. With the Flash\u2019s speed and Friction\u2019s inability to be affected by friction, there\u2019s a superhero who literally cannot stop moving at the speed of sound. Also, Leech and Rogue would make a pretty good hero, because Leech would negate powers, and Rogue would mimic them, so it\u2019s as if the person is stealing everyone\u2019s powers and using them for themselves.", "human_ref_B": "A premise of the old Marvel role playing game\u2019s character creation engine was that you could find a way to make any power set into a worthwhile logical hero. Let\u2019s give mystique an adamantium skeleton. She can still be a master of disguise, but also have pop claws and a bulletproof skull. Maybe it prevents her from shifting into a non-human, but since the ady skeleton still has soft tissue, she could expand or contract her joints to gain or lose height. Daredevil had sight, so knows what colors are. He wouldn\u2019t make monochrome illusions. If Rogue had Leech\u2019s power, she\u2019d depower folks worse than she already did in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s (no idea how her power works now).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13711.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7rd1yh", "c_root_id_B": "h7qvyau", "created_at_utc_A": 1628132061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628123781.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "If someone had Angel\u2019s wings and Wolverine\u2019s adamantium skeleton, they wouldn\u2019t be able to fly. If you had Mr. Freeze\u2019s need for cold areas and the Human Torch\u2019s / Sunfire\u2019s flame ability, you have a guy who can control fire, but in doing so, will die. Synch and Rogue would result in a person who unwittingly kills anyone in a mile radius. Electro and Hydro-Man give you a guy who electrocutes himself all the time because his body is made of water and he controls electricity. With the Flash\u2019s speed and Friction\u2019s inability to be affected by friction, there\u2019s a superhero who literally cannot stop moving at the speed of sound. Also, Leech and Rogue would make a pretty good hero, because Leech would negate powers, and Rogue would mimic them, so it\u2019s as if the person is stealing everyone\u2019s powers and using them for themselves.", "human_ref_B": "Electrorine (Wolverine and Electro) when ever he uses his electricity it hurts like hell because he can feel it flowing through his adamantium skeleton", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8280.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7r43wg", "c_root_id_B": "h7rd1yh", "created_at_utc_A": 1628127653.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628132061.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "* Martian Manhunter + Human Torch: intangibility and flight now requires him to flame on, which he is too afraid to do, since it'll burn him. * Shade the Changing Man and the Hulk: the M-Vest is now no longer controllable, as its reality altering properties are constantly triggered by Hulk's madness, and no amount of strength can stop it. All hell breaks loose the moment Banner/Shade hulks out. * Dead Man + Deadpool: Can't die, but can't live either. Probably winks out of existence due to paradox. * Batman + the Blob: It's really hard to use that ninja training when you can't move that fast and can't hide that easily. * Andrew Bennett + Groot: How do you avoid being killed by wooden stake when you are wooden stake? * Thor + Mr Terrific: As an atheist god, he doesn't believe in himself, and thus doesn't see why he would be worthy of a god's weapon. Thor's stupidity drops his intelligence, making it too hard to build T-spheres. * The Rhino + The Brain (Doom Patrol villian): Stupid and physical incapable. He's just a brain in a vat shaped like a rhino.", "human_ref_B": "If someone had Angel\u2019s wings and Wolverine\u2019s adamantium skeleton, they wouldn\u2019t be able to fly. If you had Mr. Freeze\u2019s need for cold areas and the Human Torch\u2019s / Sunfire\u2019s flame ability, you have a guy who can control fire, but in doing so, will die. Synch and Rogue would result in a person who unwittingly kills anyone in a mile radius. Electro and Hydro-Man give you a guy who electrocutes himself all the time because his body is made of water and he controls electricity. With the Flash\u2019s speed and Friction\u2019s inability to be affected by friction, there\u2019s a superhero who literally cannot stop moving at the speed of sound. Also, Leech and Rogue would make a pretty good hero, because Leech would negate powers, and Rogue would mimic them, so it\u2019s as if the person is stealing everyone\u2019s powers and using them for themselves.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4408.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oy2gwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Taking two or more powers and abilities from super heroes and super villains, can you make an objectively worse off character? For example... If you combine the shapeshifting powers of Mystique with the adamantium skeleton of Wolverine you wind up turning an excellent and versatile shapeshifter into a much more lame shapeshifter who can't get through airport security. Without being able to change your bones, you'll always be the same height with the same general facial features. If you combine Loki's amazing abilities to cast illusions with Daredevil's augmented sensory perception you wind up with an illusion spellcaster who can only make super obvious illusions. Since Daredevil can't see color all his illusions would be monochrome. If you combine Leech's power to turn off all other mutant powers but his own with Rogue's power to absorb other mutant powers you have an incredibly boring issue of X-Men where nothing happens.", "c_root_id_A": "h7qkg6k", "c_root_id_B": "h7qu2zv", "created_at_utc_A": 1628118350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628122898.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "A premise of the old Marvel role playing game\u2019s character creation engine was that you could find a way to make any power set into a worthwhile logical hero. Let\u2019s give mystique an adamantium skeleton. She can still be a master of disguise, but also have pop claws and a bulletproof skull. Maybe it prevents her from shifting into a non-human, but since the ady skeleton still has soft tissue, she could expand or contract her joints to gain or lose height. Daredevil had sight, so knows what colors are. He wouldn\u2019t make monochrome illusions. If Rogue had Leech\u2019s power, she\u2019d depower folks worse than she already did in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s (no idea how her power works now).", "human_ref_B": "Venom/Carnage + the Human Torch or Firestorm Venom/Carnage + Black Canary or Banshee", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4548.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jridpb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Elder Scrolls] I've just witnessed a dragon bone armor clad guy in the market kill about 20 guards and some commoners. There are more guards coming but he seems to cut them all down instantly. What is the next step for the local authorities? Are there more elite responders who can be called? Is there an army available? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "gbte00t", "c_root_id_B": "gbtd8kf", "created_at_utc_A": 1605004689.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605003828.0, "score_A": 353, "score_B": 89, "human_ref_A": "Approach the Dragonborn and ask him if he gets to the Cloud District very often and immediately remarks that he obviously doesn\u2019t. That will de-escalate the situation for sure.", "human_ref_B": "What are you on about my Goodman? There are no massacre of the guards or smallfolk by a stranger clad in dragon bones. The Dragonborn is a valued thane of our hold. Why, they just sold me a thousand enchanted iron daggers for all of my gold!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 861.0, "score_ratio": 3.9662921348, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jridpb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Elder Scrolls] I've just witnessed a dragon bone armor clad guy in the market kill about 20 guards and some commoners. There are more guards coming but he seems to cut them all down instantly. What is the next step for the local authorities? Are there more elite responders who can be called? Is there an army available? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "gbtff6g", "c_root_id_B": "gbtfrfp", "created_at_utc_A": 1605006227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605006591.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 85, "human_ref_A": "Unless you are living near Tel Fyr in 3e and ask a friendly neighbourhood godlike wizard for help then no, there won't be real response other than asking to send Imperial shadow legion specialised in magic IIRC.", "human_ref_B": "(Gonna assume this is specifically in the province of Skyrim during 4E 201) Unfortunately, due to the Civil War going on at the moment, most people who *would* be guards are enlisted with either the Imperials or the Stormcloaks. The remaining guards in each hold are rather spread thin; I heard that the Jarl up in Dragonsreach was only able to send *two* guards out to defend the city of Riverwood from dragons (that is, if you believe the rumors about the dragons). Whatever guards you have in your city, that's all you've got, I'm afraid. I suppose, if this madman wearing bones for armor becomes too much of a threat, it's possible General Tullius or Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak might send in their respective armies to deal with him. I mean, if this guy really said wipe out your citie's entire guard force, I'm sure both military commanders will send in their troops to secure the city anyway. In the meantime, lock yourself in your house, it sounds like this serial killer is staying mostly outdoors. And for Arkay's sake, stay safe. Been enough death here in Skyrim as it is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 364.0, "score_ratio": 7.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jridpb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Elder Scrolls] I've just witnessed a dragon bone armor clad guy in the market kill about 20 guards and some commoners. There are more guards coming but he seems to cut them all down instantly. What is the next step for the local authorities? Are there more elite responders who can be called? Is there an army available? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "gbtg3fm", "c_root_id_B": "gbtff6g", "created_at_utc_A": 1605006957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605006227.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Don't panic, if the man just stood still for a few minutes before he began his rampage, time should rewind back to the moment before he started. If he just went straight into town from the gates and started his rampage, *pray to the gods that he won't stab you in the butt. Your chances of survival will significantly be lower if you mention the cloud district in one form or another.*", "human_ref_B": "Unless you are living near Tel Fyr in 3e and ask a friendly neighbourhood godlike wizard for help then no, there won't be real response other than asking to send Imperial shadow legion specialised in magic IIRC.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 730.0, "score_ratio": 4.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jridpb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Elder Scrolls] I've just witnessed a dragon bone armor clad guy in the market kill about 20 guards and some commoners. There are more guards coming but he seems to cut them all down instantly. What is the next step for the local authorities? Are there more elite responders who can be called? Is there an army available? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "gbtojgj", "c_root_id_B": "gbthn9r", "created_at_utc_A": 1605014213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605008549.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "You could try hiring 3 thugs in Steel Armour to teach him a lesson.", "human_ref_B": "Just go about your business, unless he accidentally attacks one of your chickens. Then you grab that pitchfork and show this motherfucker who\u2019s the top dog in this village.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5664.0, "score_ratio": 1.2352941176, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jridpb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Elder Scrolls] I've just witnessed a dragon bone armor clad guy in the market kill about 20 guards and some commoners. There are more guards coming but he seems to cut them all down instantly. What is the next step for the local authorities? Are there more elite responders who can be called? Is there an army available? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "gbtff6g", "c_root_id_B": "gbtojgj", "created_at_utc_A": 1605006227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605014213.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Unless you are living near Tel Fyr in 3e and ask a friendly neighbourhood godlike wizard for help then no, there won't be real response other than asking to send Imperial shadow legion specialised in magic IIRC.", "human_ref_B": "You could try hiring 3 thugs in Steel Armour to teach him a lesson.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7986.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jridpb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Elder Scrolls] I've just witnessed a dragon bone armor clad guy in the market kill about 20 guards and some commoners. There are more guards coming but he seems to cut them all down instantly. What is the next step for the local authorities? Are there more elite responders who can be called? Is there an army available? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "gbtff6g", "c_root_id_B": "gbthn9r", "created_at_utc_A": 1605006227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605008549.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Unless you are living near Tel Fyr in 3e and ask a friendly neighbourhood godlike wizard for help then no, there won't be real response other than asking to send Imperial shadow legion specialised in magic IIRC.", "human_ref_B": "Just go about your business, unless he accidentally attacks one of your chickens. Then you grab that pitchfork and show this motherfucker who\u2019s the top dog in this village.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2322.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jridpb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Elder Scrolls] I've just witnessed a dragon bone armor clad guy in the market kill about 20 guards and some commoners. There are more guards coming but he seems to cut them all down instantly. What is the next step for the local authorities? Are there more elite responders who can be called? Is there an army available? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "gbtff6g", "c_root_id_B": "gbtq4fc", "created_at_utc_A": 1605006227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605015290.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Unless you are living near Tel Fyr in 3e and ask a friendly neighbourhood godlike wizard for help then no, there won't be real response other than asking to send Imperial shadow legion specialised in magic IIRC.", "human_ref_B": "Your best bet is to lure away his companion and kill them. Or try to identify any people he\u2019s leaving alive, and kill them. With any luck, when he realises, the world will magically reset.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9063.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jridpb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Elder Scrolls] I've just witnessed a dragon bone armor clad guy in the market kill about 20 guards and some commoners. There are more guards coming but he seems to cut them all down instantly. What is the next step for the local authorities? Are there more elite responders who can be called? Is there an army available? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "gbtq4fc", "c_root_id_B": "gbtp755", "created_at_utc_A": 1605015290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605014671.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Your best bet is to lure away his companion and kill them. Or try to identify any people he\u2019s leaving alive, and kill them. With any luck, when he realises, the world will magically reset.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the province and era. If you're in Morrowind before Red Year, then the ordinators can probably deal with him after some casuaties. In the Illiac Bay region (High Rock and northern Hammerfell), guards know the magic HALT HALT HALT HALT HALT, which can teleported the criminal to the court. But if this is 4E Skyrim...well, only kids can survive this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 619.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "imwumf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] If Admiral Zhao had killed the Ocean Spirit instead of the Moon Spirit, would the oceans have disappeared in a similar fashion to how the moon vanished? Additionally, how would the Moon Spirit have assisted Aang in defending the Northern Water Tribe?", "c_root_id_A": "g4444jd", "c_root_id_B": "g43uvf3", "created_at_utc_A": 1599307174.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599301763.0, "score_A": 94, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "1. If the ocean spirit were killed, I think that the water would turn blood-red and recede as though it were low-tide. It would also become unbendable, as though it weren't water at all. Possibly, all of the ice/snow would melt. 2. If the moon spirit tried to help Aang, this would happen: https://youtu.be/9wGRK6uFx1k", "human_ref_B": "The water would not be bendable anymore spiritually. Same as the eclipses. And the way the moon spirit assisted aang wouldnt change.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5411.0, "score_ratio": 2.8484848485, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwptprc", "c_root_id_B": "fwpg2si", "created_at_utc_A": 1593710304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593704047.0, "score_A": 141, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "I don't think anyone believes he'd create an actual utopia but I can think of one comic that depicts him as a good ruler whose brutal methods are necessary to stop mankind from destroying itself. Doom was able to convince the Panther God of Wakanda to judge him worthy by making it look into millions of possible futures. In all but one mankind destroys itself through violence. They found one possible future where \"mankind survives, cures for all diseases are found, global conflict ends, hunger is abolished, education is universal and no-one goes without\". In that future, Doom was the world's dictator and since breaking any law means death everyone's learned not to defy him. https://arousinggrammar.com/2013/09/24/the-motivations-of-doctor-doom/ I'm guessing there are still billions of possible futures they didn't look at though so there could still be a good one where mankind flourishes without Doom as dictator.", "human_ref_B": "He runs his own country pretty well, and you have to admit things weren't exactly normal in battleworld.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6257.0, "score_ratio": 3.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwptprc", "c_root_id_B": "fwpmhqx", "created_at_utc_A": 1593710304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593706847.0, "score_A": 141, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't think anyone believes he'd create an actual utopia but I can think of one comic that depicts him as a good ruler whose brutal methods are necessary to stop mankind from destroying itself. Doom was able to convince the Panther God of Wakanda to judge him worthy by making it look into millions of possible futures. In all but one mankind destroys itself through violence. They found one possible future where \"mankind survives, cures for all diseases are found, global conflict ends, hunger is abolished, education is universal and no-one goes without\". In that future, Doom was the world's dictator and since breaking any law means death everyone's learned not to defy him. https://arousinggrammar.com/2013/09/24/the-motivations-of-doctor-doom/ I'm guessing there are still billions of possible futures they didn't look at though so there could still be a good one where mankind flourishes without Doom as dictator.", "human_ref_B": "In universe or real life, the latter doesn't really fit with the subs purpose and the former doesn't really have any examples of people in 616 besides Doom believing that", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3457.0, "score_ratio": 47.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwpviyx", "c_root_id_B": "fwpg2si", "created_at_utc_A": 1593711159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593704047.0, "score_A": 125, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "In-Universe, only a small minority think Doom is a good leader. Out of Universe, this is the reason that I see get cited the most. For context, Doom was judged by an Egyptian/Wakandan Cat God to see if his intentions were pure, and the Cat God deemed him to be a terrible person with good intentions, and wouldn't stand in his way. The line that most people take away from that is the quote about how the Cat God has seen one possible future without evil. A lot of people attribute this to the Cat God saying that Doom is the one who can make a future without evil, but the thing is that's not exactly what the Cat God is saying. The Cat God simply says that he has seen the future that leads to peace. He didn't say anything about Doom being a part of it. When the Cat God says \"Though my soul cries out in denial, I must act according to the truth.\", it isn't because he's referring to Doom as the one who will make a peaceful future. That was never the test. The test was to see if Doom's intentions were pure, which they were, and that was the truth the Cat God didn't wish to accept. For all we know, Doom could very well be the antithesis to the peaceful world the Cat God saw. However since that was never the test, it wasn't his place to intervene.", "human_ref_B": "He runs his own country pretty well, and you have to admit things weren't exactly normal in battleworld.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7112.0, "score_ratio": 3.4722222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwpmhqx", "c_root_id_B": "fwpviyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1593706847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593711159.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 125, "human_ref_A": "In universe or real life, the latter doesn't really fit with the subs purpose and the former doesn't really have any examples of people in 616 besides Doom believing that", "human_ref_B": "In-Universe, only a small minority think Doom is a good leader. Out of Universe, this is the reason that I see get cited the most. For context, Doom was judged by an Egyptian/Wakandan Cat God to see if his intentions were pure, and the Cat God deemed him to be a terrible person with good intentions, and wouldn't stand in his way. The line that most people take away from that is the quote about how the Cat God has seen one possible future without evil. A lot of people attribute this to the Cat God saying that Doom is the one who can make a future without evil, but the thing is that's not exactly what the Cat God is saying. The Cat God simply says that he has seen the future that leads to peace. He didn't say anything about Doom being a part of it. When the Cat God says \"Though my soul cries out in denial, I must act according to the truth.\", it isn't because he's referring to Doom as the one who will make a peaceful future. That was never the test. The test was to see if Doom's intentions were pure, which they were, and that was the truth the Cat God didn't wish to accept. For all we know, Doom could very well be the antithesis to the peaceful world the Cat God saw. However since that was never the test, it wasn't his place to intervene.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4312.0, "score_ratio": 41.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwpypiq", "c_root_id_B": "fwpwx7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1593712644.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593711803.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Battleworld was an attempt at preserving the last few timelines Doom could grab from the Incursions. It's like reaching into a jar for a handful of m&m's, but only getting all the weird lumpy ones. All the good ones were already eaten. Doom believed he could \"save\" the multiverse from a few scraps. Preserving what he found, which were most of the darker timelines. He wasn't willing to let go and admit his failures. As for why he still has believers? Charisma and robots, probably. His cheerleader, Doomette, did her job pretty well.", "human_ref_B": "Dr. Doom is not a competent ruler. He's a narcissistic asshole, very full of himself and delusional about his own abilities. Omnipotence would only make those traits **worse**. Giving reality-warping superpowers to a guy who's already pretty out of touch with reality to begin with is a recipe for disaster. If he's in a position of power where he CAN'T just wave his metal fist and make shit happen, he might actually have to learn how to deal with other people and be a LEADER, not a self-aggrandizing despot. He'd probably still do a shitty job, but he might get lucky. Apparently there was one time he conquered the world and wasn't a total piece of shit, but he quit because it was too much work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 841.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwpypiq", "c_root_id_B": "fwpmhqx", "created_at_utc_A": 1593712644.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593706847.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Battleworld was an attempt at preserving the last few timelines Doom could grab from the Incursions. It's like reaching into a jar for a handful of m&m's, but only getting all the weird lumpy ones. All the good ones were already eaten. Doom believed he could \"save\" the multiverse from a few scraps. Preserving what he found, which were most of the darker timelines. He wasn't willing to let go and admit his failures. As for why he still has believers? Charisma and robots, probably. His cheerleader, Doomette, did her job pretty well.", "human_ref_B": "In universe or real life, the latter doesn't really fit with the subs purpose and the former doesn't really have any examples of people in 616 besides Doom believing that", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5797.0, "score_ratio": 10.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwq1ehf", "c_root_id_B": "fwpwx7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1593713929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593711803.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "To be completely fair a) he wasn't totally omnipotent in secret wars. He had the vast, near omnipotent powers of molecule man but he couldn't just rewrite all of creation on a whim. It was the best he could do to create battleworld out of the many disparate pieces of various other universes which he tried to leave them as distinct as possible (to preserve their essence i guess) that's why you had stuff like a marvel zombies region, a future imperfect region, a days of future past region, a civil war region etc etc. Doom could have just saved one type of world and blended it all together to create a more perfect, harmonius kingdom but instead he created a patchwork universe that took constant monitoring to keep running. His goals ARE to bring mankind into a golden age/utopia. He's just an egomaniacal narcissist who believes that he is the only one capable of such and he should be in charge. His ego would never allow anything less. He would never accept someone else's vision or ideas as better than his and he would never accept anyone else getting or sharing the credit/glory. He wants to be king of everything everywhere eventually because he thinks he deserves it. His people seem to think he rules them well despite the shit Latveria's been through. And while a lot of that shit was either directly or indirectly Doom's fault, again being fair the country does seem to be a lot worse off without Doom in charge. He strangely enough brings relatively decent stability to his kingdom as he's very effective at protecting Latveria from every threat except himself.", "human_ref_B": "Dr. Doom is not a competent ruler. He's a narcissistic asshole, very full of himself and delusional about his own abilities. Omnipotence would only make those traits **worse**. Giving reality-warping superpowers to a guy who's already pretty out of touch with reality to begin with is a recipe for disaster. If he's in a position of power where he CAN'T just wave his metal fist and make shit happen, he might actually have to learn how to deal with other people and be a LEADER, not a self-aggrandizing despot. He'd probably still do a shitty job, but he might get lucky. Apparently there was one time he conquered the world and wasn't a total piece of shit, but he quit because it was too much work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2126.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwq1ehf", "c_root_id_B": "fwpz9ab", "created_at_utc_A": 1593713929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593712904.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "To be completely fair a) he wasn't totally omnipotent in secret wars. He had the vast, near omnipotent powers of molecule man but he couldn't just rewrite all of creation on a whim. It was the best he could do to create battleworld out of the many disparate pieces of various other universes which he tried to leave them as distinct as possible (to preserve their essence i guess) that's why you had stuff like a marvel zombies region, a future imperfect region, a days of future past region, a civil war region etc etc. Doom could have just saved one type of world and blended it all together to create a more perfect, harmonius kingdom but instead he created a patchwork universe that took constant monitoring to keep running. His goals ARE to bring mankind into a golden age/utopia. He's just an egomaniacal narcissist who believes that he is the only one capable of such and he should be in charge. His ego would never allow anything less. He would never accept someone else's vision or ideas as better than his and he would never accept anyone else getting or sharing the credit/glory. He wants to be king of everything everywhere eventually because he thinks he deserves it. His people seem to think he rules them well despite the shit Latveria's been through. And while a lot of that shit was either directly or indirectly Doom's fault, again being fair the country does seem to be a lot worse off without Doom in charge. He strangely enough brings relatively decent stability to his kingdom as he's very effective at protecting Latveria from every threat except himself.", "human_ref_B": "Doom is an authoritarian. Even Nazis had defenders of their methods, usually the people who value safety and relative prosperity over individual freedom. There are no perfect governments or societies. People that defend Doom are authoritarians looking to legitimize his rule, and they'll ignore evidence to do so. Especially when Doom is in their corner, juicing them with pro-Doom propoganda about how great a ruler Doom is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1025.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwq1ehf", "c_root_id_B": "fwpmhqx", "created_at_utc_A": 1593713929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593706847.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "To be completely fair a) he wasn't totally omnipotent in secret wars. He had the vast, near omnipotent powers of molecule man but he couldn't just rewrite all of creation on a whim. It was the best he could do to create battleworld out of the many disparate pieces of various other universes which he tried to leave them as distinct as possible (to preserve their essence i guess) that's why you had stuff like a marvel zombies region, a future imperfect region, a days of future past region, a civil war region etc etc. Doom could have just saved one type of world and blended it all together to create a more perfect, harmonius kingdom but instead he created a patchwork universe that took constant monitoring to keep running. His goals ARE to bring mankind into a golden age/utopia. He's just an egomaniacal narcissist who believes that he is the only one capable of such and he should be in charge. His ego would never allow anything less. He would never accept someone else's vision or ideas as better than his and he would never accept anyone else getting or sharing the credit/glory. He wants to be king of everything everywhere eventually because he thinks he deserves it. His people seem to think he rules them well despite the shit Latveria's been through. And while a lot of that shit was either directly or indirectly Doom's fault, again being fair the country does seem to be a lot worse off without Doom in charge. He strangely enough brings relatively decent stability to his kingdom as he's very effective at protecting Latveria from every threat except himself.", "human_ref_B": "In universe or real life, the latter doesn't really fit with the subs purpose and the former doesn't really have any examples of people in 616 besides Doom believing that", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7082.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwpmhqx", "c_root_id_B": "fwpwx7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1593706847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593711803.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In universe or real life, the latter doesn't really fit with the subs purpose and the former doesn't really have any examples of people in 616 besides Doom believing that", "human_ref_B": "Dr. Doom is not a competent ruler. He's a narcissistic asshole, very full of himself and delusional about his own abilities. Omnipotence would only make those traits **worse**. Giving reality-warping superpowers to a guy who's already pretty out of touch with reality to begin with is a recipe for disaster. If he's in a position of power where he CAN'T just wave his metal fist and make shit happen, he might actually have to learn how to deal with other people and be a LEADER, not a self-aggrandizing despot. He'd probably still do a shitty job, but he might get lucky. Apparently there was one time he conquered the world and wasn't a total piece of shit, but he quit because it was too much work.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4956.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwpmhqx", "c_root_id_B": "fwpz9ab", "created_at_utc_A": 1593706847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593712904.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In universe or real life, the latter doesn't really fit with the subs purpose and the former doesn't really have any examples of people in 616 besides Doom believing that", "human_ref_B": "Doom is an authoritarian. Even Nazis had defenders of their methods, usually the people who value safety and relative prosperity over individual freedom. There are no perfect governments or societies. People that defend Doom are authoritarians looking to legitimize his rule, and they'll ignore evidence to do so. Especially when Doom is in their corner, juicing them with pro-Doom propoganda about how great a ruler Doom is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6057.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjy36l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Dr. Doom with omnipotent powers ruled over Battleworld for 8 years, and the place was violent, unstable and sad. If, even with omnipotent powers, Dr. Doom was clearly a poor ruler, why some people believe that a Dr. Doom without omnipotent powers would make the world a Utopia?", "c_root_id_A": "fwpmhqx", "c_root_id_B": "fwq4xbx", "created_at_utc_A": 1593706847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593715577.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In universe or real life, the latter doesn't really fit with the subs purpose and the former doesn't really have any examples of people in 616 besides Doom believing that", "human_ref_B": "Some people see the \"holding\" pattern of superheroes preserving the status quo as a failure, and like to think that if someone just took the reins and did a short checklist of things \"for the greater good\" the world would be perfect forever. Why they place this faith in a narcissist with mommy-issues named \"Doom\" is anyone's guess.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8730.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qzy35b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Veggietales] In the Veggietales Universe, what sort of vegetable is Jesus? Do the other vegetables of that type feel like they were made closer in God's image?", "c_root_id_A": "hlpfbol", "c_root_id_B": "hlpiila", "created_at_utc_A": 1637626211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637627726.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "Jesus is human, but the Veggietales think that he is a combination of all vegetables -- broccoli hair, tomato cheeks, carrot arms, and potato eyes. It's the only way to explain their complete lack of vegetable racism.", "human_ref_B": "A lot of good answers here but I feel like they\u2019re dancing around the most obvious point: the stories depicted by the veggies are re-enactments IN UNIVERSE. When Larry plays King David he isn\u2019t literally the reincarnation of King David, he\u2019s playing a character. The real answer to your question is, if there were a Veggietales version of the new testament, Jesus would be played by whichever member of the cast would fit best.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1515.0, "score_ratio": 1.6603773585, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qzy35b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Veggietales] In the Veggietales Universe, what sort of vegetable is Jesus? Do the other vegetables of that type feel like they were made closer in God's image?", "c_root_id_A": "hlpiila", "c_root_id_B": "hlpfk63", "created_at_utc_A": 1637627726.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637626324.0, "score_A": 88, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "A lot of good answers here but I feel like they\u2019re dancing around the most obvious point: the stories depicted by the veggies are re-enactments IN UNIVERSE. When Larry plays King David he isn\u2019t literally the reincarnation of King David, he\u2019s playing a character. The real answer to your question is, if there were a Veggietales version of the new testament, Jesus would be played by whichever member of the cast would fit best.", "human_ref_B": "They have water buffaloes and baby kangaroos, so presumably they are aware they are just talking vegetables who worship God, and Jesus, who is Jesus and not a vegetable version in some kind of alternate vegetable universe- that would create an alternative God, which would be blasphemy, so yeah \u2026 they have to be aware they are vegetables worshiping a non-vegetable supreme being. I can see them being fine with this, as the Hebrews sacrificed creatures made of meat and not vegetables (see Cain & Abel).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1402.0, "score_ratio": 6.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h6944h9", "c_root_id_B": "h694985", "created_at_utc_A": 1627050903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627050961.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 470, "human_ref_A": "We see whole cities made by earthbenders, I think that qualifies", "human_ref_B": "The battlefield can be studied and used to learn about the tactics of the earthbenders, I guess it's courtesy to clean the mess afterwards to avoid giving too much info to other benders. Maybe it's not a crew dedicated to clean up, but any earthbender has that responsibility.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 58.0, "score_ratio": 58.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h694r75", "c_root_id_B": "h69l9sn", "created_at_utc_A": 1627051182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627058292.0, "score_A": 136, "score_B": 223, "human_ref_A": "If it's near a settlement, I assume people clean it up to make it look better. In uninhabited areas there are unlikely to be recent fights.", "human_ref_B": "I lean towards cleaning up after yourself. What did we see the first time we really saw earthbenders fighting? A big flat disk arena, right after a bout. Since there was just a fight AND it was spotless, someone cleaned up after them. Which makes sense. If you are running an Earthbending dojo, that's the first thing you are going to teach your studens is how to clean up the training ground. Otherwise, you aren't going to be able to train in the same location more than a few times. Given that most earthbenders train for years, that's years of you being told to clean up your mess every single day. Its probably something they do nearly unconsciously as they were doing it for years. Bluntly, I would be really surprised if significant social pressure doesn't exist to clean up your mess. I don't expect every clean up to be 'perfect', but in the middle of a forest good enough would be just fine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7110.0, "score_ratio": 1.6397058824, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h69l9sn", "c_root_id_B": "h6944h9", "created_at_utc_A": 1627058292.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627050903.0, "score_A": 223, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I lean towards cleaning up after yourself. What did we see the first time we really saw earthbenders fighting? A big flat disk arena, right after a bout. Since there was just a fight AND it was spotless, someone cleaned up after them. Which makes sense. If you are running an Earthbending dojo, that's the first thing you are going to teach your studens is how to clean up the training ground. Otherwise, you aren't going to be able to train in the same location more than a few times. Given that most earthbenders train for years, that's years of you being told to clean up your mess every single day. Its probably something they do nearly unconsciously as they were doing it for years. Bluntly, I would be really surprised if significant social pressure doesn't exist to clean up your mess. I don't expect every clean up to be 'perfect', but in the middle of a forest good enough would be just fine.", "human_ref_B": "We see whole cities made by earthbenders, I think that qualifies", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7389.0, "score_ratio": 27.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h6944h9", "c_root_id_B": "h694r75", "created_at_utc_A": 1627050903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627051182.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 136, "human_ref_A": "We see whole cities made by earthbenders, I think that qualifies", "human_ref_B": "If it's near a settlement, I assume people clean it up to make it look better. In uninhabited areas there are unlikely to be recent fights.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 279.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h69lpso", "c_root_id_B": "h6944h9", "created_at_utc_A": 1627058481.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627050903.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "A rock formation that is useful in battle isn't necessarily one that will last any length of time in normal weather. Think about how much effort we need to do to protect buildings from the elements. A random spire of stone would be very quickly worn down by rain, and depending on the climate would be broken apart by temperature changes. So it would end up looking just like rubble, not something human made.", "human_ref_B": "We see whole cities made by earthbenders, I think that qualifies", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7578.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h69wb4g", "c_root_id_B": "h69ltyd", "created_at_utc_A": 1627063011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627058530.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Besides other plausible reasons listed by others consider this: Perhaps because such structures were bent for combat, the only considerations for their creation/summoning was \"making a pillar/wall as fast, and with as little energy-consumption, as possible. It could be that these structures were not long-term structurally sound for a number of reasons, though here are some of my guesses: * Materials werent taken into consideration. \"Rock\" isnt one thing. There are many kinds of minerals with differerent properties and strength. So though a wall/pillar could be 'good enough' in the immediate, over time certain parts would wear down faster or could simply not support it's own weight for too long. * For similar reasons as above, the angle/shape of such structures werent designed with long-term in mind, so collapsed into rubble. * We also should consider WHERE the rock came from. There should be a void underground where they pulled the wall/pillar from. When constructing purposefully I can see one taking measures to carefully shift the earth around, but in combat it's a waste of energy and brainpower. TL;DR These things probably DO exist as innocuous boulders or piles of rock, but unless you're building purposefully with longevity in mind, it'll probably collapse easily.", "human_ref_B": "Benders in general aren\u2019t that common, and the Earth kingdom is the largest nation. There\u2019s a LOT of room for earthbending to go unnoticed. Plus, in inhabited areas, earthbenders will clean up the messes to make it easier to live there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4481.0, "score_ratio": 1.1578947368, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h6944h9", "c_root_id_B": "h69wb4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1627050903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627063011.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "We see whole cities made by earthbenders, I think that qualifies", "human_ref_B": "Besides other plausible reasons listed by others consider this: Perhaps because such structures were bent for combat, the only considerations for their creation/summoning was \"making a pillar/wall as fast, and with as little energy-consumption, as possible. It could be that these structures were not long-term structurally sound for a number of reasons, though here are some of my guesses: * Materials werent taken into consideration. \"Rock\" isnt one thing. There are many kinds of minerals with differerent properties and strength. So though a wall/pillar could be 'good enough' in the immediate, over time certain parts would wear down faster or could simply not support it's own weight for too long. * For similar reasons as above, the angle/shape of such structures werent designed with long-term in mind, so collapsed into rubble. * We also should consider WHERE the rock came from. There should be a void underground where they pulled the wall/pillar from. When constructing purposefully I can see one taking measures to carefully shift the earth around, but in combat it's a waste of energy and brainpower. TL;DR These things probably DO exist as innocuous boulders or piles of rock, but unless you're building purposefully with longevity in mind, it'll probably collapse easily.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12108.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h69w2i5", "c_root_id_B": "h69wb4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1627062906.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627063011.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "I think it's more like the grip of the bender on the earth goes on automatically decreasing as he bends more earth and the element just returns to its normal state. To put it in perspective, in shooting games when you shoot a wall there is a bullet mark on it but as you go on shooting the earliest mark starts to fade, so as the battle goes on the earliest earth returns to its normal state.", "human_ref_B": "Besides other plausible reasons listed by others consider this: Perhaps because such structures were bent for combat, the only considerations for their creation/summoning was \"making a pillar/wall as fast, and with as little energy-consumption, as possible. It could be that these structures were not long-term structurally sound for a number of reasons, though here are some of my guesses: * Materials werent taken into consideration. \"Rock\" isnt one thing. There are many kinds of minerals with differerent properties and strength. So though a wall/pillar could be 'good enough' in the immediate, over time certain parts would wear down faster or could simply not support it's own weight for too long. * For similar reasons as above, the angle/shape of such structures werent designed with long-term in mind, so collapsed into rubble. * We also should consider WHERE the rock came from. There should be a void underground where they pulled the wall/pillar from. When constructing purposefully I can see one taking measures to carefully shift the earth around, but in combat it's a waste of energy and brainpower. TL;DR These things probably DO exist as innocuous boulders or piles of rock, but unless you're building purposefully with longevity in mind, it'll probably collapse easily.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 105.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h6944h9", "c_root_id_B": "h69ltyd", "created_at_utc_A": 1627050903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627058530.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "We see whole cities made by earthbenders, I think that qualifies", "human_ref_B": "Benders in general aren\u2019t that common, and the Earth kingdom is the largest nation. There\u2019s a LOT of room for earthbending to go unnoticed. Plus, in inhabited areas, earthbenders will clean up the messes to make it easier to live there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7627.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h6a6ueh", "c_root_id_B": "h6a1evz", "created_at_utc_A": 1627067687.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627065258.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There *are* strange rock formations where the most significant earthbending actions have been taken. The area where Kyoshi Island was separated from the mainland is one, with that area ending in a sheer cliff now. You are right that there aren't many of those kind of spots. There are a few reasons. Badger moles are one explanation. Since they are wild creatures who earthbend, they change unnatural landscapes which are not as stable anyway back to something more natural as they pass by. Another explanation is that most earthbending fights occur in areas which are well populated. As other earthbenders travel through that area, any major upheaval gets smoothed out by new earthbending.", "human_ref_B": "Most earthbenders aren't very strong. They can only lift fairly small rocks around. You'd barely notice those lying in another place.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2429.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h6a6ueh", "c_root_id_B": "h6a5hew", "created_at_utc_A": 1627067687.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627067073.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There *are* strange rock formations where the most significant earthbending actions have been taken. The area where Kyoshi Island was separated from the mainland is one, with that area ending in a sheer cliff now. You are right that there aren't many of those kind of spots. There are a few reasons. Badger moles are one explanation. Since they are wild creatures who earthbend, they change unnatural landscapes which are not as stable anyway back to something more natural as they pass by. Another explanation is that most earthbending fights occur in areas which are well populated. As other earthbenders travel through that area, any major upheaval gets smoothed out by new earthbending.", "human_ref_B": "I haven\u2019t seen anybody mentioning it but there is evidence of an earth bender battle with the fire nation that hasn\u2019t eroded. I don\u2019t ascribe to the idea that the earth deteriorates quickly as some have said but I do agree with others that it\u2019s likely that the battles closest to a settlement are cleaned up by either side, whoever won. But battles farther out are not subject to that. I\u2019m the Episode Zuko Alone we see one such battlefield in the start of the episode where Zuko is riding along through the arid wastelands of the a earth Kingdom. In the background we can see the giant stone circles the Earth Kingdom uses in combat lying around and stuck into the ground. Context clues tell us that it\u2019s likely a long ago battle as there\u2019s cracks and chips in them as some vegetation grows on them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 614.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oq3hgk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[ATLA] Why don't we see strange rock formations all over the place from earthbender fights? Throughout Avatar and Kora we see tons of examples of earthbenders creating walls, holes, jagged spires, and funny little plateaus from launching themselves into the air, but we never see those sorts of formations on the characters' journeys. Even when the Gaang are investigating Avatar Kyoshi's historic flight with the earthbender guy, the evidence isn't the obvious remains of an earthbender battle, it's something much more subtle. Do earthbender formations naturally decay? Are teams of earthbenders going around returning stones to their natural state?", "c_root_id_A": "h6b25vz", "c_root_id_B": "h6a5hew", "created_at_utc_A": 1627082413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627067073.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Earthbending *can* be used to produce sturdy, permanent structures that will outlast the passage of time. It can also be used to quickly, nigh-instantly summon a spear of rock directly under your opponent. It cannot do both at the same time. The kinds of structures earthbenders make in the middle of a fight just don't have the stability and internal structure necessary to stay standing for months, let alone years. That kind of thing, though perfectly possible, takes concentration you just can't spare in a life-or-death battle.", "human_ref_B": "I haven\u2019t seen anybody mentioning it but there is evidence of an earth bender battle with the fire nation that hasn\u2019t eroded. I don\u2019t ascribe to the idea that the earth deteriorates quickly as some have said but I do agree with others that it\u2019s likely that the battles closest to a settlement are cleaned up by either side, whoever won. But battles farther out are not subject to that. I\u2019m the Episode Zuko Alone we see one such battlefield in the start of the episode where Zuko is riding along through the arid wastelands of the a earth Kingdom. In the background we can see the giant stone circles the Earth Kingdom uses in combat lying around and stuck into the ground. Context clues tell us that it\u2019s likely a long ago battle as there\u2019s cracks and chips in them as some vegetation grows on them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15340.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "je5u0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a Potion Master and a muggle chemistry master worked together, could they do anything either couldn't do alone?", "c_root_id_A": "g9cnypn", "c_root_id_B": "g9cjkd0", "created_at_utc_A": 1603131573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603129458.0, "score_A": 416, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "> If a Potion Master and a muggle chemistry master worked together, could they do anything either couldn't do alone? Maybe? To expand on u/MjBlack's idea, the Wizard World seems to rely on tradition, experience, and passed-down knowledge in almost every avenue of study. The Scientific Method simply isn't in their vernacular, and even the most forward thinking, cutting-edge Wizards seem to rely more on observation of the natural world and learning long-lost secrets than on simple experimentation or even trial and error. While it's easy to see how introducing the Scientific Method to the Wizarding World *could* cause an unprecedented magical boon as entire research facilities are opened up to develop new magic, I think there's a reason that magical research and development isn't already common: Magic is DANGEROUS and UNPREDICTABLE. Uttering a syllable wrong or even thinking of the wrong memory during a spell can be the difference between a healing potion or a landmine-sized explosion. It takes a lot of discipline to use even basic magic safely, and one person's happy memory may be \"happier\" than another's, making strict testing near impossible. Hence, the vast majority of Wizards tend to use tried-and-true, oft-repeated magic. Only the most disciplined minds, the greatest wizards of all time ever try to create anything new. And even then, it's generally safer and more reliable to either (1) discover something that's already been discovered, just lost to time or (2) already exists in the natural magical world and hasn't been understood and replicated by Wizards.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, absolutely. It would take time and patience to achieve actual results, since the scientific method tends to rely on quantifiable and repeatable results. But a cooperative witch or wizard would overturn the entire muggle scientific community in a matter of minutes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2115.0, "score_ratio": 9.6744186047, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "je5u0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a Potion Master and a muggle chemistry master worked together, could they do anything either couldn't do alone?", "c_root_id_A": "g9cqfxd", "c_root_id_B": "g9cjkd0", "created_at_utc_A": 1603132771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603129458.0, "score_A": 97, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "That seems unlikely. Despite what people like to believe experimentation in the magic world isn\u2019t actually that uncommon. Snape expirements and invented new things, Arthur invented new things, Fred and George invented new things, it seems unlikely that this would be limited to just these characters. We certainly hear about newly developed products throughout the books. Broom technology is moving extremely quickly, for instance, and making marked improvement. Harry\u2019s brand new cutting edge broom is outperformed by Malfoy\u2019s within a year. I expect other fields move at a similar rate. It\u2019s important to remember that we see the wizarding world through the lens of a child who isn\u2019t integrated into the wizarding world and doesn\u2019t pay attention in class. Just because the readers don\u2019t learn about the intricacies of the creation process doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t happening. It\u2019s possible that learning chemistry might give a potion-master new ideas, but it\u2019d be more akin to the apple falling on Newton\u2019s head than a paradigm shift. Before we had the scientific method we, as a people, were just bad at chemistry and medicine. Medicine particularly was wild, ineffective, and often harmful. Nothing is cured by drinking mercury, but we did it a lot. Wizards clearly aren\u2019t bad at potions and healing. It\u2019s probable that wizards have some sort Magical Method similar to our scientific one, but Harry never learned it because it didn\u2019t teach him how to shoot badguys better", "human_ref_B": "Yes, absolutely. It would take time and patience to achieve actual results, since the scientific method tends to rely on quantifiable and repeatable results. But a cooperative witch or wizard would overturn the entire muggle scientific community in a matter of minutes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3313.0, "score_ratio": 2.2558139535, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "je5u0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a Potion Master and a muggle chemistry master worked together, could they do anything either couldn't do alone?", "c_root_id_A": "g9d3gzt", "c_root_id_B": "g9d9u9f", "created_at_utc_A": 1603138643.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603141796.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Imagine a version of breaking bad in that world", "human_ref_B": "I think you are asking the wrong question. Potions are mainly drawing on symbolic meaning of the reagents and the actions you undertake while brewing. There are little to none chemical reactions. The magic discipline closest to chemistry would be transfiguration, the art of manipulating matter. A knowledgeable chemist could teach a wizard how to transmutate carbon into graphene to reinforce materials, how to to create items with negative refractive index which would permanently render it invisible without any need for enchantments or even try to turn mercury into gold with neutron bombardment, but on a much bigger scale than muggle physicist can do it. A whole field of magical nanotechnology could be created with combination of chemistry/material science and transfiguration.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3153.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqmpfej", "c_root_id_B": "eqmmmgx", "created_at_utc_A": 1560166140.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560165082.0, "score_A": 90, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "YER A WIZARD PRINCE HARRY", "human_ref_B": "I'm guessing there's some sort of home schooling program for that situation. They'd probably provide a tutor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1058.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqmu6ze", "c_root_id_B": "eqn9k7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1560167816.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560173395.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "The real world British monarchy had court wizards. There's no reason they couldn't resurrect that position. As a way of reenacting what the court used to look like for historical purposes. In reality this would be an actual wizard and private tutor to the royal child.", "human_ref_B": "It is well documented that the muggles' Prime Minister has direct contact with the Minister of Magic, and as such it is logical to conclude that anyone of a higher station than them is also an exception to the Statute of Secrecy, for purposes of keeping it intact if nothing else. Any future monarch that shows magical potential would qualify for the highest quality magical education and therefore would be permitted to attend Hogwarts should this be their desire. However, with the status of the individual in question to consider, perhaps it would be preferable to have them privately tutored within the safety of their ancestral home. It is, however, worthwhile to note that several high profile families have a long history of sending their heirs to Hogwarts, including at least one Minister for Magic. To look at muggle parallels for such an institution, one would assume that it's not dissimilar to sending a child to Eton so the magical royal could easily be sent to Hogwarts without any major issues.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5579.0, "score_ratio": 1.3265306122, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqmmmgx", "c_root_id_B": "eqn9k7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1560165082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560173395.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "I'm guessing there's some sort of home schooling program for that situation. They'd probably provide a tutor.", "human_ref_B": "It is well documented that the muggles' Prime Minister has direct contact with the Minister of Magic, and as such it is logical to conclude that anyone of a higher station than them is also an exception to the Statute of Secrecy, for purposes of keeping it intact if nothing else. Any future monarch that shows magical potential would qualify for the highest quality magical education and therefore would be permitted to attend Hogwarts should this be their desire. However, with the status of the individual in question to consider, perhaps it would be preferable to have them privately tutored within the safety of their ancestral home. It is, however, worthwhile to note that several high profile families have a long history of sending their heirs to Hogwarts, including at least one Minister for Magic. To look at muggle parallels for such an institution, one would assume that it's not dissimilar to sending a child to Eton so the magical royal could easily be sent to Hogwarts without any major issues.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8313.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqn9k7k", "c_root_id_B": "eqmysl1", "created_at_utc_A": 1560173395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560169457.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It is well documented that the muggles' Prime Minister has direct contact with the Minister of Magic, and as such it is logical to conclude that anyone of a higher station than them is also an exception to the Statute of Secrecy, for purposes of keeping it intact if nothing else. Any future monarch that shows magical potential would qualify for the highest quality magical education and therefore would be permitted to attend Hogwarts should this be their desire. However, with the status of the individual in question to consider, perhaps it would be preferable to have them privately tutored within the safety of their ancestral home. It is, however, worthwhile to note that several high profile families have a long history of sending their heirs to Hogwarts, including at least one Minister for Magic. To look at muggle parallels for such an institution, one would assume that it's not dissimilar to sending a child to Eton so the magical royal could easily be sent to Hogwarts without any major issues.", "human_ref_B": "You know the Queen's a wizard. The stone from book one was \"destroyed\". She's living forever", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3938.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqn9k7k", "c_root_id_B": "eqmpgio", "created_at_utc_A": 1560173395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560166152.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It is well documented that the muggles' Prime Minister has direct contact with the Minister of Magic, and as such it is logical to conclude that anyone of a higher station than them is also an exception to the Statute of Secrecy, for purposes of keeping it intact if nothing else. Any future monarch that shows magical potential would qualify for the highest quality magical education and therefore would be permitted to attend Hogwarts should this be their desire. However, with the status of the individual in question to consider, perhaps it would be preferable to have them privately tutored within the safety of their ancestral home. It is, however, worthwhile to note that several high profile families have a long history of sending their heirs to Hogwarts, including at least one Minister for Magic. To look at muggle parallels for such an institution, one would assume that it's not dissimilar to sending a child to Eton so the magical royal could easily be sent to Hogwarts without any major issues.", "human_ref_B": "The only rules the wizarding community will attempt to enforce on a muggle born are related to magic. Mainly, don't hurt people with magic, and don't reveal the existence of magic to the muggles. Whether the muggle born will hide their abilities for life or go to Hogwarts and attempt to live as a wizard in secret is on the family.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7243.0, "score_ratio": 9.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqmmmgx", "c_root_id_B": "eqmu6ze", "created_at_utc_A": 1560165082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560167816.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "I'm guessing there's some sort of home schooling program for that situation. They'd probably provide a tutor.", "human_ref_B": "The real world British monarchy had court wizards. There's no reason they couldn't resurrect that position. As a way of reenacting what the court used to look like for historical purposes. In reality this would be an actual wizard and private tutor to the royal child.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2734.0, "score_ratio": 2.45, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqmpgio", "c_root_id_B": "eqmu6ze", "created_at_utc_A": 1560166152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560167816.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "The only rules the wizarding community will attempt to enforce on a muggle born are related to magic. Mainly, don't hurt people with magic, and don't reveal the existence of magic to the muggles. Whether the muggle born will hide their abilities for life or go to Hogwarts and attempt to live as a wizard in secret is on the family.", "human_ref_B": "The real world British monarchy had court wizards. There's no reason they couldn't resurrect that position. As a way of reenacting what the court used to look like for historical purposes. In reality this would be an actual wizard and private tutor to the royal child.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1664.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqmpgio", "c_root_id_B": "eqmysl1", "created_at_utc_A": 1560166152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560169457.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The only rules the wizarding community will attempt to enforce on a muggle born are related to magic. Mainly, don't hurt people with magic, and don't reveal the existence of magic to the muggles. Whether the muggle born will hide their abilities for life or go to Hogwarts and attempt to live as a wizard in secret is on the family.", "human_ref_B": "You know the Queen's a wizard. The stone from book one was \"destroyed\". She's living forever", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3305.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqmpgio", "c_root_id_B": "eqp0j61", "created_at_utc_A": 1560166152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560194571.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The only rules the wizarding community will attempt to enforce on a muggle born are related to magic. Mainly, don't hurt people with magic, and don't reveal the existence of magic to the muggles. Whether the muggle born will hide their abilities for life or go to Hogwarts and attempt to live as a wizard in secret is on the family.", "human_ref_B": "What do you mean \"if\"? Of course it happens and it is easily dealt with. There is one highly prestigious muggle private school that doesn't actually exist. Well the building exists but the staff are just wizards who's only job is to protect a portkey to Hogwarts. Look closely for schools that some high status families send all their kids to, but other families might send one kid to, but the other kids all go to another school. You can figure it out if you look hard enough. Of course you won't be able to prove that the families that send all their kids are wizards, and the other families only send the odd muggleborn witch or wizard. But you will know.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28419.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "byvv9l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Harry Potter] If a highly visible child, such as a direct Royal heir in line to the throne was to manifest magical abilities how would that situation be approached by the Wizarding community?", "c_root_id_A": "eqp0j61", "c_root_id_B": "eqob7re", "created_at_utc_A": 1560194571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560186511.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "What do you mean \"if\"? Of course it happens and it is easily dealt with. There is one highly prestigious muggle private school that doesn't actually exist. Well the building exists but the staff are just wizards who's only job is to protect a portkey to Hogwarts. Look closely for schools that some high status families send all their kids to, but other families might send one kid to, but the other kids all go to another school. You can figure it out if you look hard enough. Of course you won't be able to prove that the families that send all their kids are wizards, and the other families only send the odd muggleborn witch or wizard. But you will know.", "human_ref_B": "Let's be honest, users of Dark Magic are in it to fulfill their vices. Some faction would arise that would ignore the \"mudblood\" aspect of the royal's nature (probably handwaving it away with some kind of false prophecy) so as to build a long scheme to try and co-opt the royal for their own power fantasies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8060.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo6ayy", "c_root_id_B": "deo4spy", "created_at_utc_A": 1488995857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488994243.0, "score_A": 694, "score_B": 111, "human_ref_A": "It's a bit like finding arrowheads in the midwest, you find some cool bat tech lying around the streets and it's not really worth much, but maybe worth a few bucks to an tourist (and there's a ton of counterfeit bat-gear sold on the streets to gullible rubes). However, there's a few higher-end collectors who will pay big bucks for any batarangs you find. Word has it that Bruce Wayne is pretty interested in Batman stuff, and he's got an old guy in his employ that will pay a cool hundo for a batarang (more so for rare 'bat-droppings' - I know a guy who got almost a grand for something that looked like a busted GPS with batwings screwed on the sides). Don't try and pass off any of the fake stuff though, they've seen enough of the real deal pass through that they can tell the difference at a glance.", "human_ref_B": "Most likely not. Just like how most of the city-devastating damage is miraculously repaired in time for the next big fight in next month's issue, the castoffs of super-gear are likely gathered by police or similar and returned or locked up. In the latter, there's probably a tiny black market of really expensive memorabilia. But considering Batman and Green Arrow are among the wealthiest people on the planet, whatever black market there is, they likely just outbid everyone else and keep the stuff off the street. There's all kinds of stories about super-tech falling into the wrong hands. Iron Man has a lot of stories like this. Though his suits are a bit more dangerous than an errant batarang or trick arrow laying around.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1614.0, "score_ratio": 6.2522522523, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo6ayy", "c_root_id_B": "deo5wwy", "created_at_utc_A": 1488995857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488995440.0, "score_A": 694, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "It's a bit like finding arrowheads in the midwest, you find some cool bat tech lying around the streets and it's not really worth much, but maybe worth a few bucks to an tourist (and there's a ton of counterfeit bat-gear sold on the streets to gullible rubes). However, there's a few higher-end collectors who will pay big bucks for any batarangs you find. Word has it that Bruce Wayne is pretty interested in Batman stuff, and he's got an old guy in his employ that will pay a cool hundo for a batarang (more so for rare 'bat-droppings' - I know a guy who got almost a grand for something that looked like a busted GPS with batwings screwed on the sides). Don't try and pass off any of the fake stuff though, they've seen enough of the real deal pass through that they can tell the difference at a glance.", "human_ref_B": "He has GPS trackers in them and collects them later. Whenever somebody does get their hands on one he finds a way to collect it from them. This was actually a plot point in the DC tv show Powerless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 417.0, "score_ratio": 10.0579710145, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo6ayy", "c_root_id_B": "deo5k6k", "created_at_utc_A": 1488995857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488995062.0, "score_A": 694, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "It's a bit like finding arrowheads in the midwest, you find some cool bat tech lying around the streets and it's not really worth much, but maybe worth a few bucks to an tourist (and there's a ton of counterfeit bat-gear sold on the streets to gullible rubes). However, there's a few higher-end collectors who will pay big bucks for any batarangs you find. Word has it that Bruce Wayne is pretty interested in Batman stuff, and he's got an old guy in his employ that will pay a cool hundo for a batarang (more so for rare 'bat-droppings' - I know a guy who got almost a grand for something that looked like a busted GPS with batwings screwed on the sides). Don't try and pass off any of the fake stuff though, they've seen enough of the real deal pass through that they can tell the difference at a glance.", "human_ref_B": "This premise was a plot line for Powerless on NBC.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 795.0, "score_ratio": 36.5263157895, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo6ayy", "c_root_id_B": "deo5dht", "created_at_utc_A": 1488995857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488994865.0, "score_A": 694, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It's a bit like finding arrowheads in the midwest, you find some cool bat tech lying around the streets and it's not really worth much, but maybe worth a few bucks to an tourist (and there's a ton of counterfeit bat-gear sold on the streets to gullible rubes). However, there's a few higher-end collectors who will pay big bucks for any batarangs you find. Word has it that Bruce Wayne is pretty interested in Batman stuff, and he's got an old guy in his employ that will pay a cool hundo for a batarang (more so for rare 'bat-droppings' - I know a guy who got almost a grand for something that looked like a busted GPS with batwings screwed on the sides). Don't try and pass off any of the fake stuff though, they've seen enough of the real deal pass through that they can tell the difference at a glance.", "human_ref_B": "fun fact: this whas a plot point in arrow", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 992.0, "score_ratio": 77.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo5k6k", "c_root_id_B": "deo5wwy", "created_at_utc_A": 1488995062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488995440.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "This premise was a plot line for Powerless on NBC.", "human_ref_B": "He has GPS trackers in them and collects them later. Whenever somebody does get their hands on one he finds a way to collect it from them. This was actually a plot point in the DC tv show Powerless.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 378.0, "score_ratio": 3.6315789474, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo5wwy", "c_root_id_B": "deo5dht", "created_at_utc_A": 1488995440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488994865.0, "score_A": 69, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "He has GPS trackers in them and collects them later. Whenever somebody does get their hands on one he finds a way to collect it from them. This was actually a plot point in the DC tv show Powerless.", "human_ref_B": "fun fact: this whas a plot point in arrow", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 575.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo6hhm", "c_root_id_B": "deo9157", "created_at_utc_A": 1488996047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488998810.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Tim Drake in the DCAU recovered a baterrang and trained himself with it before meeting batman. While batman does try to clean up after himself and I'm sure he has intermediaries to buy up pieces that make their way to the market he isn't 100% effective.", "human_ref_B": "In the 616-Marvel there is definitely a black market for superhero/villain paraphernalia. Iron Man came across one of the big collectors in the market after going through various lower level villains like the Phineas Mason a.k.a. The Terrible Tinkerer) and Jackson Weele a.k.a. Big Wheel). They bought various pieces of broken StarkTech that had been found after various superhero fights. They eventually sold it to Ed Gross. Mr. Gross is/was a rich, eccentric collector of various \"items\" that ended up in his basement. He has costumes, tech and other odds and ends such as a set of the Vulture's Wings, a set of Iron Man's gauntlets, and even the Wrecker's enchanted crowbar. After Iron Man and Spider-Man come across Mr. Gross and his daughter, they turn him into something of an informant and use him to monitor this market even feeding him StarkTech with a Trojan Horse virus to put out onto this market to map it and other collectors.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2763.0, "score_ratio": 1.1515151515, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo9157", "c_root_id_B": "deo5k6k", "created_at_utc_A": 1488998810.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488995062.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "In the 616-Marvel there is definitely a black market for superhero/villain paraphernalia. Iron Man came across one of the big collectors in the market after going through various lower level villains like the Phineas Mason a.k.a. The Terrible Tinkerer) and Jackson Weele a.k.a. Big Wheel). They bought various pieces of broken StarkTech that had been found after various superhero fights. They eventually sold it to Ed Gross. Mr. Gross is/was a rich, eccentric collector of various \"items\" that ended up in his basement. He has costumes, tech and other odds and ends such as a set of the Vulture's Wings, a set of Iron Man's gauntlets, and even the Wrecker's enchanted crowbar. After Iron Man and Spider-Man come across Mr. Gross and his daughter, they turn him into something of an informant and use him to monitor this market even feeding him StarkTech with a Trojan Horse virus to put out onto this market to map it and other collectors.", "human_ref_B": "This premise was a plot line for Powerless on NBC.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3748.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo5dht", "c_root_id_B": "deo9157", "created_at_utc_A": 1488994865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488998810.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "fun fact: this whas a plot point in arrow", "human_ref_B": "In the 616-Marvel there is definitely a black market for superhero/villain paraphernalia. Iron Man came across one of the big collectors in the market after going through various lower level villains like the Phineas Mason a.k.a. The Terrible Tinkerer) and Jackson Weele a.k.a. Big Wheel). They bought various pieces of broken StarkTech that had been found after various superhero fights. They eventually sold it to Ed Gross. Mr. Gross is/was a rich, eccentric collector of various \"items\" that ended up in his basement. He has costumes, tech and other odds and ends such as a set of the Vulture's Wings, a set of Iron Man's gauntlets, and even the Wrecker's enchanted crowbar. After Iron Man and Spider-Man come across Mr. Gross and his daughter, they turn him into something of an informant and use him to monitor this market even feeding him StarkTech with a Trojan Horse virus to put out onto this market to map it and other collectors.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3945.0, "score_ratio": 4.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo6hhm", "c_root_id_B": "deo5k6k", "created_at_utc_A": 1488996047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488995062.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Tim Drake in the DCAU recovered a baterrang and trained himself with it before meeting batman. While batman does try to clean up after himself and I'm sure he has intermediaries to buy up pieces that make their way to the market he isn't 100% effective.", "human_ref_B": "This premise was a plot line for Powerless on NBC.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 985.0, "score_ratio": 1.7368421053, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo6hhm", "c_root_id_B": "deo5dht", "created_at_utc_A": 1488996047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488994865.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Tim Drake in the DCAU recovered a baterrang and trained himself with it before meeting batman. While batman does try to clean up after himself and I'm sure he has intermediaries to buy up pieces that make their way to the market he isn't 100% effective.", "human_ref_B": "fun fact: this whas a plot point in arrow", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1182.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5y92ae", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Comics]Batman never seems to pick up his used baterangs. Is there a collectors market online for them? How much does one cost? What other superhero cast offs are commonly sold? Arrows from Green Arrow? How comm are fakes? Edit: How common.", "c_root_id_A": "deo5dht", "c_root_id_B": "deo5k6k", "created_at_utc_A": 1488994865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488995062.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "fun fact: this whas a plot point in arrow", "human_ref_B": "This premise was a plot line for Powerless on NBC.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 197.0, "score_ratio": 2.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bkzw5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[HP] According to a really weird tweet from Pottermore, wizards didn't use plumbing until the 18th century. So why did Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets in a bathroom, so much earlier than that ?", "c_root_id_A": "emkiq29", "c_root_id_B": "emkjosm", "created_at_utc_A": 1557074754.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557075447.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 498, "human_ref_A": "...fuck", "human_ref_B": "It was originally a hidden trapdoor and tunnel in some corner of the castle. The plumbing renovations risked revealing the Chamber, however a descendant of Slytherin was present at Hogwarts at the time, and was able to not only ensure the entrance stayed hidden, but linked it into the new bathrooms and plumbing system.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 693.0, "score_ratio": 29.2941176471, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bkzw5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[HP] According to a really weird tweet from Pottermore, wizards didn't use plumbing until the 18th century. So why did Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets in a bathroom, so much earlier than that ?", "c_root_id_A": "emkky9v", "c_root_id_B": "emkq7nr", "created_at_utc_A": 1557076379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557080169.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Since wizards didn't use bathrooms, it was the best place to put something you don't want somebody to stumble across.", "human_ref_B": "Given that the Roman's and Greeks had functioning plumbing I am surprised...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3790.0, "score_ratio": 1.2765957447, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bkzw5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[HP] According to a really weird tweet from Pottermore, wizards didn't use plumbing until the 18th century. So why did Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets in a bathroom, so much earlier than that ?", "c_root_id_A": "emkiq29", "c_root_id_B": "emkq7nr", "created_at_utc_A": 1557074754.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557080169.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "...fuck", "human_ref_B": "Given that the Roman's and Greeks had functioning plumbing I am surprised...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5415.0, "score_ratio": 3.5294117647, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bkzw5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[HP] According to a really weird tweet from Pottermore, wizards didn't use plumbing until the 18th century. So why did Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets in a bathroom, so much earlier than that ?", "c_root_id_A": "emkiq29", "c_root_id_B": "emkky9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1557074754.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557076379.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "...fuck", "human_ref_B": "Since wizards didn't use bathrooms, it was the best place to put something you don't want somebody to stumble across.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1625.0, "score_ratio": 2.7647058824, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bkzw5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[HP] According to a really weird tweet from Pottermore, wizards didn't use plumbing until the 18th century. So why did Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets in a bathroom, so much earlier than that ?", "c_root_id_A": "emkrsva", "c_root_id_B": "emkiq29", "created_at_utc_A": 1557081353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557074754.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": ">When first created, the Chamber was accessed through a concealed trapdoor and a series of magical tunnels. However, when Hogwarts\u2019 plumbing became more elaborate in the eighteenth century (this was a rare instance of wizards copying Muggles, because hitherto they simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence), the entrance to the Chamber was threatened, being located on the site of a proposed bathroom. The presence in school at the time of a student called Corvinus Gaunt \u2013 direct descendant of Slytherin, and antecedent of Tom Riddle \u2013 explains how the simple trapdoor was secretly protected, so that those who knew how could still access the entrance to the Chamber even after newfangled plumbing had been placed on top of it. https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/chamber-of-secrets", "human_ref_B": "...fuck", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6599.0, "score_ratio": 2.3529411765, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bkzw5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[HP] According to a really weird tweet from Pottermore, wizards didn't use plumbing until the 18th century. So why did Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets in a bathroom, so much earlier than that ?", "c_root_id_A": "emkrsva", "c_root_id_B": "emkqgue", "created_at_utc_A": 1557081353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557080360.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": ">When first created, the Chamber was accessed through a concealed trapdoor and a series of magical tunnels. However, when Hogwarts\u2019 plumbing became more elaborate in the eighteenth century (this was a rare instance of wizards copying Muggles, because hitherto they simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence), the entrance to the Chamber was threatened, being located on the site of a proposed bathroom. The presence in school at the time of a student called Corvinus Gaunt \u2013 direct descendant of Slytherin, and antecedent of Tom Riddle \u2013 explains how the simple trapdoor was secretly protected, so that those who knew how could still access the entrance to the Chamber even after newfangled plumbing had been placed on top of it. https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/chamber-of-secrets", "human_ref_B": "Wizards may not have used bathrooms, but witches did. It was a girls bathroom.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 993.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bkzw5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[HP] According to a really weird tweet from Pottermore, wizards didn't use plumbing until the 18th century. So why did Salazar Slytherin built the Chamber of Secrets in a bathroom, so much earlier than that ?", "c_root_id_A": "emllvdv", "c_root_id_B": "emkqgue", "created_at_utc_A": 1557100769.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557080360.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because Rowling is a shit-tier worldbuilder and never actually thought about the consistency of that world.", "human_ref_B": "Wizards may not have used bathrooms, but witches did. It was a girls bathroom.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20409.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fqqew6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Officially, the Empire lasted less than 30 years. Then why is it viewed as so impressive, when previous systems, such as the Old Republic, lasted for thousands more?", "c_root_id_A": "fls0yib", "c_root_id_B": "flruah5", "created_at_utc_A": 1585432034.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585428002.0, "score_A": 133, "score_B": 103, "human_ref_A": "The Empire is notable for being a couple of extremely militarized decades surrounded by centuries of relative peace. The Old Republic went without a major conflict for about a millennium, and for most of that time lacked a centralized army. When things got dicey, planets depended on diplomacy, their own militias (if they even had one), and maybe the Jedi for assistance. The Grand Army of the Republic only existed for that government\u2019s final three years, and that spike in force gave rise to the Empire. The New Republic largely demilitarized in order to set themselves apart from the Empire. There were a couple Star Destroyers in orbit around their capital at least, but the NR as a whole was unwilling to use them or acknowledge the First Order as a legitimate threat. The Resistance were basically the space warfare equivalent of vigilantes who had some quiet support from members of the New Republic but were not acting in an official capacity on the NR\u2019s behalf.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to what other people in this thread are saying, you've got to view it in context: the Republic had been winding down, probably for a while. It was absolutely mired in corruption and nothing was getting done. One of its own planets got invaded by a corporation and the government just said \"lol oh well we can't do anything.\" And after the Empire? The New Republic is even more of a joke than the Old Republic. Oh, there's an insane fascist fringe group building up strength in the Unknown Regions? Better stay unilaterally disarmed because muh pacifism. But the Empire? Yeah it fucked up, but it had the *potential* to be so much more. The Old Republic was never going to pull out of its tailspin, and the New Republic can't stop shitting the bed. The Empire was just a few fixed errors away from greatness. Don't pour money into the Death Star, build grand public works instead. Don't be so xenophobic, it accomplishes nothing. They're also the most effective fighting force. The Old Republic literally had an army pop up out of nowhere, but the Clone Troopers weren't, like, an integral part of the Republic. They did a good enough job of defending against the CIS, which consisted of a bunch of goofy-ass looking droids that should have been killing machines but instead were just target practice. And then you have the First Order, which is underpowered and can only credit its military accomplishments to fighting an opponent that refused to fight back. It's like a ten year old beating up a toddler. Sure the toddler's outmatched and probably getting a concussion, but that doesn't mean the ten year old is a good fighter. The ten year old is gonna get his ass laid out the moment an adult walks into the arena.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4032.0, "score_ratio": 1.2912621359, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fqqew6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Officially, the Empire lasted less than 30 years. Then why is it viewed as so impressive, when previous systems, such as the Old Republic, lasted for thousands more?", "c_root_id_A": "flrmwdt", "c_root_id_B": "fls0yib", "created_at_utc_A": 1585423515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585432034.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 133, "human_ref_A": "Consider it an effect of how rapidly they gained far-reaching power and screwed everything up. Like, as has already been suggested, the Nazis. Within a decade they were on multiple continents, many countries, allies, supply agreements and trade routes.", "human_ref_B": "The Empire is notable for being a couple of extremely militarized decades surrounded by centuries of relative peace. The Old Republic went without a major conflict for about a millennium, and for most of that time lacked a centralized army. When things got dicey, planets depended on diplomacy, their own militias (if they even had one), and maybe the Jedi for assistance. The Grand Army of the Republic only existed for that government\u2019s final three years, and that spike in force gave rise to the Empire. The New Republic largely demilitarized in order to set themselves apart from the Empire. There were a couple Star Destroyers in orbit around their capital at least, but the NR as a whole was unwilling to use them or acknowledge the First Order as a legitimate threat. The Resistance were basically the space warfare equivalent of vigilantes who had some quiet support from members of the New Republic but were not acting in an official capacity on the NR\u2019s behalf.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8519.0, "score_ratio": 3.325, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fqqew6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Officially, the Empire lasted less than 30 years. Then why is it viewed as so impressive, when previous systems, such as the Old Republic, lasted for thousands more?", "c_root_id_A": "flrmwdt", "c_root_id_B": "flruah5", "created_at_utc_A": 1585423515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585428002.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 103, "human_ref_A": "Consider it an effect of how rapidly they gained far-reaching power and screwed everything up. Like, as has already been suggested, the Nazis. Within a decade they were on multiple continents, many countries, allies, supply agreements and trade routes.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to what other people in this thread are saying, you've got to view it in context: the Republic had been winding down, probably for a while. It was absolutely mired in corruption and nothing was getting done. One of its own planets got invaded by a corporation and the government just said \"lol oh well we can't do anything.\" And after the Empire? The New Republic is even more of a joke than the Old Republic. Oh, there's an insane fascist fringe group building up strength in the Unknown Regions? Better stay unilaterally disarmed because muh pacifism. But the Empire? Yeah it fucked up, but it had the *potential* to be so much more. The Old Republic was never going to pull out of its tailspin, and the New Republic can't stop shitting the bed. The Empire was just a few fixed errors away from greatness. Don't pour money into the Death Star, build grand public works instead. Don't be so xenophobic, it accomplishes nothing. They're also the most effective fighting force. The Old Republic literally had an army pop up out of nowhere, but the Clone Troopers weren't, like, an integral part of the Republic. They did a good enough job of defending against the CIS, which consisted of a bunch of goofy-ass looking droids that should have been killing machines but instead were just target practice. And then you have the First Order, which is underpowered and can only credit its military accomplishments to fighting an opponent that refused to fight back. It's like a ten year old beating up a toddler. Sure the toddler's outmatched and probably getting a concussion, but that doesn't mean the ten year old is a good fighter. The ten year old is gonna get his ass laid out the moment an adult walks into the arena.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4487.0, "score_ratio": 2.575, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fqqew6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Officially, the Empire lasted less than 30 years. Then why is it viewed as so impressive, when previous systems, such as the Old Republic, lasted for thousands more?", "c_root_id_A": "fltr57y", "c_root_id_B": "flto6hr", "created_at_utc_A": 1585484449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585481233.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It did last thousands of years, from a certain point of view...", "human_ref_B": "Note to commenters: Let's keep the tangents regarding Nazi Germany to a minimum. While few of the comments were in violation of the rules, they are starting to drift pretty far away from the original post. Also, while we're here, a note on history and doylist perspective. Making a comparison to the real world is not inherently doylist in nature. One can draw parallels between the fictional and the real to illustrate points about a work of art or fiction, so long as it doesn't stray into discussion of the actual \"back stage\" mechanics of how the fiction was made. To use this post as an example, there's a subtle but critical difference between \"the Empire did a lot of the same things Nazi Germany did\" (not doylist) and \"the writer just copied Nazi Germany\" (definitely doylist).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3216.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fqqew6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Officially, the Empire lasted less than 30 years. Then why is it viewed as so impressive, when previous systems, such as the Old Republic, lasted for thousands more?", "c_root_id_A": "flsy5my", "c_root_id_B": "flt9otk", "created_at_utc_A": 1585453844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585464014.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The Republic wasn't a centralized nation, more something like the EU. Planets were relatively independent and it rarely had anything like a standing army. The Empire was a fully centralized and militarized state that could project force across a larger portion of the galaxy than had ever been under direct rule.", "human_ref_B": "The Republic was barely unified. It mostly functioned as an economic and currency union with an inbuilt strategic weapons limitation agreement, and very little could drive the Senate to do anything due to all of the competing interests and political gridlock, the Republic itself had very little ability to enforce policies or law enforcement across it's entire territory and was practically absent across many of the worlds nominally a part of the Republic. For most intents and purposes most planets were effectively independent bodies that could do whatever they wanted within the framework of the Republic's laws (and could circumvent them all too often too) and maintained diplomatic and trade relations with their neighbours on that sort of basis. The Empire on the other hand very quickly developed and deployed a means of central control over its worlds in the form of the Imperial Military and a bureaucracy with its system of Governors, Moffs and Grand Moffs. With these it was able to police it's territory, enforce it's laws, provide services, create uniform standards across the Empire, and could organise vast resources into megaprojects if needed. Those megaprojects were often military in nature, but not exclusively so, as a non-military example was the efforts to explore the unknown regions, a task left to private entities in the Republic, but largely abandoned due to the difficulty was attempted with a degree of funding, determination and effort needed that all previous efforts lacked achieving progress at a far greater rate than previously. It should also be noted that part of the perception for many of the Empire's impressiveness was from a generation of propaganda telling people that and the sheer amount of very visible change the Empire brought that could be contrasted with the static nature of the Republic for most people.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10170.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uhdsks", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Back to the Future] Marty uses footage from his camcorder to prove to 1955 Doc that he is in fact from the future. Is it actually possible to connect a camera from the 80s to a TV from the 50s? Probably the least science fictional question I could ask from this trilogy but I saw this scene again recently and as I'm a zoomer I have no idea how this archaic technology works.", "c_root_id_A": "i75bekr", "c_root_id_B": "i75d078", "created_at_utc_A": 1651577852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651578806.0, "score_A": 160, "score_B": 582, "human_ref_A": "TVs of that era should have UHF/VHF terminals to attach antenna wires to. You would just need a piece of coaxial cable running from the camera to a UHF/VHF/FM transformer that would connect to those terminals. Marty would have needed these two pieces along with the camera, though Doc should easily be able to fashion the same set-up with wires and junk around his lab.", "human_ref_B": "The camera is a JVC GR-C1. This has an RF modulator as part of the standard kit. Not all that clear why Marty would have had it with him though since it's usually not carried with the camera. Of course, even if he didn't, remember; Doc is almost supernaturally intelligent. He most likely already knows how video signals and modulation work and would be able to build a modulator, or adapt the television appropriately.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 954.0, "score_ratio": 3.6375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uhdsks", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Back to the Future] Marty uses footage from his camcorder to prove to 1955 Doc that he is in fact from the future. Is it actually possible to connect a camera from the 80s to a TV from the 50s? Probably the least science fictional question I could ask from this trilogy but I saw this scene again recently and as I'm a zoomer I have no idea how this archaic technology works.", "c_root_id_A": "i7665tq", "c_root_id_B": "i75lgjv", "created_at_utc_A": 1651591943.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651583244.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Yes. It absolutely could have been plausible to connect THAT camcorder to Doc's TV. First thing to consider... in 1985 (with the exception of color reproduction) television signals were of the same format resolution as those from the 1950s: In North America that was 486 scan lines on the screen at a 60hz frequency. So it's not like you were trying to convert an HD or 4K signal to a CRT in 1955. The **JVC GR-C1** camcorder (the model Marty uses) came bundled with TWO sets of cables to connect to a TV. One was a standard composite A/V cable (RCA standard), but also an RF modulator that connected to your cable or antenna input on your TV via Coax. The Coax is the one that would have worked in 1955, with some modification. \\[Aside: Was the camera bag with this accessory for his JVC Camcorder in the DeLorean when Marty hastily jumped from 1985 to 1955? hard to say, but probably as we see Doc packing for his trip. But the OP question is merely \"Is it possible\" and the answer is still yes.\\] In 1985 one would use these COAX terminals on your TV to connect things such as cable TV service, a **VCR**, or an over-the-air ANTENNA via VHF broadcast signals. In fact, the Coax terminal used signals coming from ANY devices as if they were VHF broadcast frequencies. As like MOST camcorders at the time, the JVC GR-C1 was no exception. Now, in 1955, the standard connection a TV for VHF would have been a pair of screw terminals. The only difference between these and Coax was electrical resistance. Coax cable operated at 75 Ohm, and the VHF terminals operated at 300 Ohm. You could literally just strip back the coax and connect the center lead to one terminal, and the shielding to another and should get a signal on an old 1950's television. Not likely did they have any coax cable, but they could have connected the two leads from a bare 1950's style antenna wire to the coax connector on the JVC's cord and attached the other two to the TV in Doc's garage. Done properly, you'd want a 75ohm to 300ohm transformer, but that device is simply the copper connections wound around a ferrite core. Alas in haste you could do it without one. The signal wouldn't be 'clean' but it would get the job done.", "human_ref_B": "Even watching the scene you speak of you can see a mess of wires coming from the camera to the TV, clearly hes fashioned something", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8699.0, "score_ratio": 1.1304347826, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uhdsks", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Back to the Future] Marty uses footage from his camcorder to prove to 1955 Doc that he is in fact from the future. Is it actually possible to connect a camera from the 80s to a TV from the 50s? Probably the least science fictional question I could ask from this trilogy but I saw this scene again recently and as I'm a zoomer I have no idea how this archaic technology works.", "c_root_id_A": "i7665tq", "c_root_id_B": "i7615d6", "created_at_utc_A": 1651591943.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651589963.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Yes. It absolutely could have been plausible to connect THAT camcorder to Doc's TV. First thing to consider... in 1985 (with the exception of color reproduction) television signals were of the same format resolution as those from the 1950s: In North America that was 486 scan lines on the screen at a 60hz frequency. So it's not like you were trying to convert an HD or 4K signal to a CRT in 1955. The **JVC GR-C1** camcorder (the model Marty uses) came bundled with TWO sets of cables to connect to a TV. One was a standard composite A/V cable (RCA standard), but also an RF modulator that connected to your cable or antenna input on your TV via Coax. The Coax is the one that would have worked in 1955, with some modification. \\[Aside: Was the camera bag with this accessory for his JVC Camcorder in the DeLorean when Marty hastily jumped from 1985 to 1955? hard to say, but probably as we see Doc packing for his trip. But the OP question is merely \"Is it possible\" and the answer is still yes.\\] In 1985 one would use these COAX terminals on your TV to connect things such as cable TV service, a **VCR**, or an over-the-air ANTENNA via VHF broadcast signals. In fact, the Coax terminal used signals coming from ANY devices as if they were VHF broadcast frequencies. As like MOST camcorders at the time, the JVC GR-C1 was no exception. Now, in 1955, the standard connection a TV for VHF would have been a pair of screw terminals. The only difference between these and Coax was electrical resistance. Coax cable operated at 75 Ohm, and the VHF terminals operated at 300 Ohm. You could literally just strip back the coax and connect the center lead to one terminal, and the shielding to another and should get a signal on an old 1950's television. Not likely did they have any coax cable, but they could have connected the two leads from a bare 1950's style antenna wire to the coax connector on the JVC's cord and attached the other two to the TV in Doc's garage. Done properly, you'd want a 75ohm to 300ohm transformer, but that device is simply the copper connections wound around a ferrite core. Alas in haste you could do it without one. The signal wouldn't be 'clean' but it would get the job done.", "human_ref_B": "Dude figured out time travel mate, he can easily fill that gap with basic electronics", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1980.0, "score_ratio": 1.7333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uhdsks", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Back to the Future] Marty uses footage from his camcorder to prove to 1955 Doc that he is in fact from the future. Is it actually possible to connect a camera from the 80s to a TV from the 50s? Probably the least science fictional question I could ask from this trilogy but I saw this scene again recently and as I'm a zoomer I have no idea how this archaic technology works.", "c_root_id_A": "i77bwp6", "c_root_id_B": "i78h0tz", "created_at_utc_A": 1651608814.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651626903.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Doc Brown knew what it was, so he probably could of jury rigged a workaround himself.", "human_ref_B": "No wonder your president is an actor. He\u2019s gotta look good on tv.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18089.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdpsqou", "c_root_id_B": "hdpscu4", "created_at_utc_A": 1632231443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632231260.0, "score_A": 626, "score_B": 93, "human_ref_A": "Depending on the incarnation of Joker, I feel like he'd make his victims wish they were dead instead. He'd probably be much more brutal.", "human_ref_B": "It'd probably similar to how Flash deals with The Rogues. They don't kill anyone and he goes easy on them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 183.0, "score_ratio": 6.7311827957, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdpscu4", "c_root_id_B": "hdqdo7t", "created_at_utc_A": 1632231260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632240395.0, "score_A": 93, "score_B": 134, "human_ref_A": "It'd probably similar to how Flash deals with The Rogues. They don't kill anyone and he goes easy on them.", "human_ref_B": "In my head cannon that is exactly how Joker started out. He was a, funhouse, mirror of batman. Preferring big jokes and crazy gags over high body counts. But over time the Batman keeps stopping him, other criminals get more violent, and slowly the Joker stops caring if he kills someone, then actively starts to kill people, and then begins to add torture (especially psychological torture) to his crimes. It's like a comedian who has an OK joke, but instead of working on a new act he just tries to make that same joke louder & more ridiculous until it becomes not only not-funny but actively painful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9135.0, "score_ratio": 1.4408602151, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdqdo7t", "c_root_id_B": "hdpsxsx", "created_at_utc_A": 1632240395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632231537.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "In my head cannon that is exactly how Joker started out. He was a, funhouse, mirror of batman. Preferring big jokes and crazy gags over high body counts. But over time the Batman keeps stopping him, other criminals get more violent, and slowly the Joker stops caring if he kills someone, then actively starts to kill people, and then begins to add torture (especially psychological torture) to his crimes. It's like a comedian who has an OK joke, but instead of working on a new act he just tries to make that same joke louder & more ridiculous until it becomes not only not-funny but actively painful.", "human_ref_B": "I don\u2019t know much about 50s-60s comics so I can\u2019t go into specifics, but I\u2019d imagine it would be similar to however he treated Silver-Age Joker.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8858.0, "score_ratio": 2.0615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdqdo7t", "c_root_id_B": "hdpuvz1", "created_at_utc_A": 1632240395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632232441.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "In my head cannon that is exactly how Joker started out. He was a, funhouse, mirror of batman. Preferring big jokes and crazy gags over high body counts. But over time the Batman keeps stopping him, other criminals get more violent, and slowly the Joker stops caring if he kills someone, then actively starts to kill people, and then begins to add torture (especially psychological torture) to his crimes. It's like a comedian who has an OK joke, but instead of working on a new act he just tries to make that same joke louder & more ridiculous until it becomes not only not-funny but actively painful.", "human_ref_B": "Probably something like B:TAS Batman does. In that universe, he generally doesn't kill and uses his Joker Venom to incapacitate or distract.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7954.0, "score_ratio": 6.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdqdo7t", "c_root_id_B": "hdqbrnh", "created_at_utc_A": 1632240395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632239610.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "In my head cannon that is exactly how Joker started out. He was a, funhouse, mirror of batman. Preferring big jokes and crazy gags over high body counts. But over time the Batman keeps stopping him, other criminals get more violent, and slowly the Joker stops caring if he kills someone, then actively starts to kill people, and then begins to add torture (especially psychological torture) to his crimes. It's like a comedian who has an OK joke, but instead of working on a new act he just tries to make that same joke louder & more ridiculous until it becomes not only not-funny but actively painful.", "human_ref_B": "How much does this change him? Is he obsessed with mirroring Batman? Is it the same Joker but just doesn't kill? If so, I imagine he'd do some twisted shit like break their minds and make all of his victims insane, like when the Joker returns in Batman Beyond. It's the same problem with Batman though. Joker isn't just a murderer. Joker is chaos. He sees Batman just *making sense* and he compulsively needs to break the order. He's always trying to break any system or agreement in society. He wants to break society itself. So what changes? Nothing really. He may not kill but he's still chaos, and he will inevitably clash against Batman's order.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 785.0, "score_ratio": 6.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdqdo7t", "c_root_id_B": "hdpue4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1632240395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632232213.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "In my head cannon that is exactly how Joker started out. He was a, funhouse, mirror of batman. Preferring big jokes and crazy gags over high body counts. But over time the Batman keeps stopping him, other criminals get more violent, and slowly the Joker stops caring if he kills someone, then actively starts to kill people, and then begins to add torture (especially psychological torture) to his crimes. It's like a comedian who has an OK joke, but instead of working on a new act he just tries to make that same joke louder & more ridiculous until it becomes not only not-funny but actively painful.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think the BTAS Joker ever killed anyone so I assume it would be like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8182.0, "score_ratio": 8.9333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdpuvz1", "c_root_id_B": "hdpue4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1632232441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632232213.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Probably something like B:TAS Batman does. In that universe, he generally doesn't kill and uses his Joker Venom to incapacitate or distract.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think the BTAS Joker ever killed anyone so I assume it would be like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 228.0, "score_ratio": 1.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdqbrnh", "c_root_id_B": "hdpue4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1632239610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632232213.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "How much does this change him? Is he obsessed with mirroring Batman? Is it the same Joker but just doesn't kill? If so, I imagine he'd do some twisted shit like break their minds and make all of his victims insane, like when the Joker returns in Batman Beyond. It's the same problem with Batman though. Joker isn't just a murderer. Joker is chaos. He sees Batman just *making sense* and he compulsively needs to break the order. He's always trying to break any system or agreement in society. He wants to break society itself. So what changes? Nothing really. He may not kill but he's still chaos, and he will inevitably clash against Batman's order.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think the BTAS Joker ever killed anyone so I assume it would be like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7397.0, "score_ratio": 1.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "psilaw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] If The Joker had adopted an absolute no-kill rule from the start of his obsession with The Batman to mirror him, how different would this version of the Clown Prince of Crime be and would Batman regard him any differently?", "c_root_id_A": "hdqka9g", "c_root_id_B": "hdpue4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1632243056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632232213.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I guess Joker would just find new, inventive ways to make sure his victims don't die while ruining their lives forever. There are entire mental institutions with survivors of Joker Gas. Duke Thomas's parents never recovered, and are a constant source of pain for him. Barbara didn't die. Gordon didn't die. Really if you think about it he just needed to capture Jason Todd forever and Death of the Family would have had a similar result. Killing is usually a mercy when you're dealing with Joker, so I think it would be way worse.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think the BTAS Joker ever killed anyone so I assume it would be like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10843.0, "score_ratio": 1.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g9fem2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader reported that the Death of Kenobi would be a day long remembered in the Empire. Did they report it, and how did the wider galaxy react to the news?", "c_root_id_A": "fot4z9t", "c_root_id_B": "fot4q1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1588044765.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588044601.0, "score_A": 499, "score_B": 139, "human_ref_A": "The full quote takes in the death of Kenobi and the crushing of the rebellion. I think there was a fair bit of his own slant in how that day would be remembered. Kenobi was famous enough. For a Jedi. But officially he and the rest of the Jedi died years ago. The real big event was far as the Galaxy was concerned was winning the rebellion. Vader though, had a bit more emotional attachment to killing Obi Wan. To him, that was the biggest thing to happen in a long time", "human_ref_B": "It was reported but was overshadowed by the Death star's destruction a few days later as well as the death of grand moff tarkin. And the dissolution of the imperial Senate a few days before kenobi's death was met with vocal protests. The death of a wanted Jedi was very miniscule between such momentous events.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 164.0, "score_ratio": 3.5899280576, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g9fem2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader reported that the Death of Kenobi would be a day long remembered in the Empire. Did they report it, and how did the wider galaxy react to the news?", "c_root_id_A": "fotib7o", "c_root_id_B": "fotqfxa", "created_at_utc_A": 1588054793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588062462.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "\"Today on INN (Interstellar News Network), we bring you sad tidings. I mean, great tidings! Thank you Lord Vader for killing Ben Kenobi, noted Jedi and . . .\"", "human_ref_B": "IIRC he said it while the Death Star was closing in on the rebel base getting ready to blow it up. So when he said it, he thought that the news would be \"Rebellion crushed, rebellious general and Jedi traitor Kenobi dead!\". Which would definitely be broadcasted widely by the imperial propaganda machine. Ones the Death Star was destroyed though, Kenobi's death wasn't as important to the wider galaxy but I'm sure the imperials tried to spin the heck out of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7669.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g9fem2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Star Wars] Darth Vader reported that the Death of Kenobi would be a day long remembered in the Empire. Did they report it, and how did the wider galaxy react to the news?", "c_root_id_A": "fou32me", "c_root_id_B": "foudrfw", "created_at_utc_A": 1588074799.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588082104.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "As a Yank living in the UK, I'm torn between; \"Tarkin isn't dead, he's resting!\" Or \"Death Star gone? No, fake news.... it's a beautiful thing I created.\"", "human_ref_B": "I guess it would be like when we find a Japanese soldier from WW2 who refused to surrender for decades. Interesting but not all that important except to a few. I suppose they could say he was a high ranking officer in the Rebel army to make it look better.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7305.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "am6jyf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] Wolverine was once trapped under an iceberg and survived by eating strips of his own arm via his healing factor. How is this possible? Shouldn't all the resources in his arm be necessary to regen the next arm?", "c_root_id_A": "efju64n", "c_root_id_B": "efjtyhl", "created_at_utc_A": 1549057637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549057479.0, "score_A": 198, "score_B": 189, "human_ref_A": "Why would he have to eat his arm to survive at all? Couldn't the healing factor heal any effects of starvation just as well?", "human_ref_B": "Mutant powers don't respect conservation of mass", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 158.0, "score_ratio": 1.0476190476, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "am6jyf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] Wolverine was once trapped under an iceberg and survived by eating strips of his own arm via his healing factor. How is this possible? Shouldn't all the resources in his arm be necessary to regen the next arm?", "c_root_id_A": "efjwlun", "c_root_id_B": "efjv276", "created_at_utc_A": 1549059451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549058299.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Is wolverine meat the key to solving world hunger?", "human_ref_B": "omg, what if he had found Captain America and ate him?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1152.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "am6jyf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] Wolverine was once trapped under an iceberg and survived by eating strips of his own arm via his healing factor. How is this possible? Shouldn't all the resources in his arm be necessary to regen the next arm?", "c_root_id_A": "efjv276", "c_root_id_B": "efjxn8s", "created_at_utc_A": 1549058299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549060238.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "omg, what if he had found Captain America and ate him?", "human_ref_B": "His healing factor already breaks the laws of physics. Eating your arm to survive and having it regenerate does too, but it's at least internally consistent to the universe. That's what really matters in comics. Things can happen that are impossible in our world. But there shouldn't be things happening that are impossible in *their* world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1939.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ba1hnw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo: Combat Evolved] The Halo rings are designed to stop The Flood by starving it of its food source, a.k.a. all life in the galaxy. What is the rationale behind this? Why is obliteration of all life by one method better than obliteration by The Flood? Who are the Forerunners \"saving\"? Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? Or is it to protect life outside our galaxy, for fear that the flood would go intergalactic? Follow-up question: If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping?", "c_root_id_A": "ek8fi4s", "c_root_id_B": "ek8ha7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1554533289.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554536199.0, "score_A": 184, "score_B": 185, "human_ref_A": "It was a weapon as last resort. The rings were used because all other efforts had failed. It was the last option to stop the Flood from wiping out the entire galaxy, forever. The Flood on the Halo rings were kept in research facilities, to keep working on a solution against the Flood in the faint, remote hope that there actually was a way to fight the Flood that didn't involve something as drastic as the Halo array.", "human_ref_B": "The Forerunners saved a whole bunch of promising species by moving specimens to the Ark, which beyond the range of the Halo array, and then reseeding them after the activation. This was the one of the jobs of the Lifeworker caste.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2910.0, "score_ratio": 1.0054347826, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ba1hnw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo: Combat Evolved] The Halo rings are designed to stop The Flood by starving it of its food source, a.k.a. all life in the galaxy. What is the rationale behind this? Why is obliteration of all life by one method better than obliteration by The Flood? Who are the Forerunners \"saving\"? Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? Or is it to protect life outside our galaxy, for fear that the flood would go intergalactic? Follow-up question: If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping?", "c_root_id_A": "ek8ha7n", "c_root_id_B": "ek8fgke", "created_at_utc_A": 1554536199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554533215.0, "score_A": 185, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "The Forerunners saved a whole bunch of promising species by moving specimens to the Ark, which beyond the range of the Halo array, and then reseeding them after the activation. This was the one of the jobs of the Lifeworker caste.", "human_ref_B": "The flood aren't just a zombie virus that eats things, they're reality-warping super beings who are 100% dedicated to the consumption of all non-flood life in existence. Should they succeed, they are the end of not just our lives but our reality itself, and it's frankly a sign of the forerunners' hubris that they didn't use the rings earlier, preferring to risk the flood escaping by sending troops to rescue samples of life like Elites, prophets, and humans rather than just activating the rings.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2984.0, "score_ratio": 3.7755102041, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ba1hnw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo: Combat Evolved] The Halo rings are designed to stop The Flood by starving it of its food source, a.k.a. all life in the galaxy. What is the rationale behind this? Why is obliteration of all life by one method better than obliteration by The Flood? Who are the Forerunners \"saving\"? Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? Or is it to protect life outside our galaxy, for fear that the flood would go intergalactic? Follow-up question: If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping?", "c_root_id_A": "ek8g7td", "c_root_id_B": "ek8ha7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1554534437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554536199.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 185, "human_ref_A": "Sacrifice one galaxy to save countless more.", "human_ref_B": "The Forerunners saved a whole bunch of promising species by moving specimens to the Ark, which beyond the range of the Halo array, and then reseeding them after the activation. This was the one of the jobs of the Lifeworker caste.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1762.0, "score_ratio": 10.2777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ba1hnw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo: Combat Evolved] The Halo rings are designed to stop The Flood by starving it of its food source, a.k.a. all life in the galaxy. What is the rationale behind this? Why is obliteration of all life by one method better than obliteration by The Flood? Who are the Forerunners \"saving\"? Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? Or is it to protect life outside our galaxy, for fear that the flood would go intergalactic? Follow-up question: If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping?", "c_root_id_A": "ek8fgke", "c_root_id_B": "ek8fi4s", "created_at_utc_A": 1554533215.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554533289.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 184, "human_ref_A": "The flood aren't just a zombie virus that eats things, they're reality-warping super beings who are 100% dedicated to the consumption of all non-flood life in existence. Should they succeed, they are the end of not just our lives but our reality itself, and it's frankly a sign of the forerunners' hubris that they didn't use the rings earlier, preferring to risk the flood escaping by sending troops to rescue samples of life like Elites, prophets, and humans rather than just activating the rings.", "human_ref_B": "It was a weapon as last resort. The rings were used because all other efforts had failed. It was the last option to stop the Flood from wiping out the entire galaxy, forever. The Flood on the Halo rings were kept in research facilities, to keep working on a solution against the Flood in the faint, remote hope that there actually was a way to fight the Flood that didn't involve something as drastic as the Halo array.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 74.0, "score_ratio": 3.7551020408, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ba1hnw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo: Combat Evolved] The Halo rings are designed to stop The Flood by starving it of its food source, a.k.a. all life in the galaxy. What is the rationale behind this? Why is obliteration of all life by one method better than obliteration by The Flood? Who are the Forerunners \"saving\"? Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? Or is it to protect life outside our galaxy, for fear that the flood would go intergalactic? Follow-up question: If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping?", "c_root_id_A": "ek8fgke", "c_root_id_B": "ek8ifv6", "created_at_utc_A": 1554533215.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554538160.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "The flood aren't just a zombie virus that eats things, they're reality-warping super beings who are 100% dedicated to the consumption of all non-flood life in existence. Should they succeed, they are the end of not just our lives but our reality itself, and it's frankly a sign of the forerunners' hubris that they didn't use the rings earlier, preferring to risk the flood escaping by sending troops to rescue samples of life like Elites, prophets, and humans rather than just activating the rings.", "human_ref_B": "> Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? The original plan was to use them only as a weapon of last resort, denying the Flood victory. A Flood victory means a galaxy with no forms of life and no intelligence other than the Flood, until the stars burn out. Killing all sentient life to starve it out denies this. However, the influential Forerunner known as the Librarian convinced their government to preserve as many sapient species as possible (some as live specimens; most as genetic templates and brain scans) and store them in facilities shielded from the Halo Array, so they could be reintroduced after the last of the Flood died off. Humans and all the Covenant species were successfully preserved from the   > If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping? This likely was part of the plan, but the final stage of the war occurred with unexpected speed. Mendicant Bias, the Forerunner AI coordinating the war effort, had been in contact with the Flood intelligence (the Gravemind) and convinced to turn against its creators. Once that happened, the Forerunner defence rapidly collapsed under the defection of substantial portions of the fleet and the Gravemind simultaneously committing all of its resources to a final assualt. In the chaos of the final battle, many objectives were left incomplete or only partially fulfilled - sapient cataloging was disrupted, evacuation of Forerunner population centers was suddenly behind schedule, and post-firing destruction of the Halos (or at least destruction of the Flood samples therein) presumably also got dropped.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4945.0, "score_ratio": 1.7959183673, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ba1hnw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo: Combat Evolved] The Halo rings are designed to stop The Flood by starving it of its food source, a.k.a. all life in the galaxy. What is the rationale behind this? Why is obliteration of all life by one method better than obliteration by The Flood? Who are the Forerunners \"saving\"? Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? Or is it to protect life outside our galaxy, for fear that the flood would go intergalactic? Follow-up question: If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping?", "c_root_id_A": "ek8g7td", "c_root_id_B": "ek8ifv6", "created_at_utc_A": 1554534437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554538160.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "Sacrifice one galaxy to save countless more.", "human_ref_B": "> Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? The original plan was to use them only as a weapon of last resort, denying the Flood victory. A Flood victory means a galaxy with no forms of life and no intelligence other than the Flood, until the stars burn out. Killing all sentient life to starve it out denies this. However, the influential Forerunner known as the Librarian convinced their government to preserve as many sapient species as possible (some as live specimens; most as genetic templates and brain scans) and store them in facilities shielded from the Halo Array, so they could be reintroduced after the last of the Flood died off. Humans and all the Covenant species were successfully preserved from the   > If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping? This likely was part of the plan, but the final stage of the war occurred with unexpected speed. Mendicant Bias, the Forerunner AI coordinating the war effort, had been in contact with the Flood intelligence (the Gravemind) and convinced to turn against its creators. Once that happened, the Forerunner defence rapidly collapsed under the defection of substantial portions of the fleet and the Gravemind simultaneously committing all of its resources to a final assualt. In the chaos of the final battle, many objectives were left incomplete or only partially fulfilled - sapient cataloging was disrupted, evacuation of Forerunner population centers was suddenly behind schedule, and post-firing destruction of the Halos (or at least destruction of the Flood samples therein) presumably also got dropped.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3723.0, "score_ratio": 4.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ba1hnw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo: Combat Evolved] The Halo rings are designed to stop The Flood by starving it of its food source, a.k.a. all life in the galaxy. What is the rationale behind this? Why is obliteration of all life by one method better than obliteration by The Flood? Who are the Forerunners \"saving\"? Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? Or is it to protect life outside our galaxy, for fear that the flood would go intergalactic? Follow-up question: If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping?", "c_root_id_A": "ek8g7td", "c_root_id_B": "ek8j4py", "created_at_utc_A": 1554534437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554539396.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Sacrifice one galaxy to save countless more.", "human_ref_B": "There's a bit of background to this. The Forerunners saw themselves as holding a mantle of responsibility over less developed races, to be guardians and preservers of life. When the Flood arrived in the Milky Way, the Forerunners recognized them as a great threat, but initially tried to engage in conventional warfare with them--i.e. not doing things which would genocide entire ecosystems. It turned out this was the wrong choice since once the Flood arrived on a planet it was nearly impossible to drive them out short of glassing the planet from orbit. Eventually they started using this scorched-earth tactic because it was the only way to slow the Flood's advance across the galaxy. But even then, it wasn't enough to regain territory. Because of this, the Forerunners developed several different contingency plans for various scenarios. This included things like Shield Worlds, a Maginot Sphere of fortifications around the space they still controlled, the creation of an advanced combat AI to coordinate fleet movements, the Halos, and a structure called the Arc. In the meantime, a character named the Librarian was going out into the galaxy, at great risk to herself, to \"catalog\" life before the Flood could consume it. Initially the plan was to evacuate whoever could be moved within the Maginot Sphere, which the Forerunners calculated they should be able to hold pretty much indefinitely. Long story short, they were wrong (don't let your combat AI talk to Gravemind) and the Flood broke through. They would eventually defeat and consume ALL life in the galaxy at this point, so the last resort option of the Halo rings was used. Now the Arc is what controls the Halo rings, and it resides outside of the Milky Way. This is because its purpose is to shelter the life cataloged by the Librarian when the Halo arrays are fired, after which these lifeforms can be brought back to the galaxy and reseeded onto their planets. Some of the specifics of the lore here were retconned post Halo 3 (including, in my opinion, some of the most interesting parts of the old lore), but this is the general idea. The Forerunners WERE saving as much life as they could and actually had a pretty solid plan to do it. Unfortunately, they also decided to not completely eradicate the Flood while they were at it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4959.0, "score_ratio": 2.6111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ba1hnw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo: Combat Evolved] The Halo rings are designed to stop The Flood by starving it of its food source, a.k.a. all life in the galaxy. What is the rationale behind this? Why is obliteration of all life by one method better than obliteration by The Flood? Who are the Forerunners \"saving\"? Is it designed to be a mercy killing, so to speak? Or is it to protect life outside our galaxy, for fear that the flood would go intergalactic? Follow-up question: If The Flood were contained to the Halo rings, why not just blow the rings themselves if the Flood were to risk escaping?", "c_root_id_A": "ek8jals", "c_root_id_B": "ek8g7td", "created_at_utc_A": 1554539695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554534437.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It's when you realise just what the flood actually are and why the rings we're built that everything actually makes sense. The Flood started as a genetic mutation in the Precursors cellular structure. The Precursors accepted this as they were at war with the Forerunners at the time. A trait of this genetic quirk was the ability to control or reanimate biological matter, alongside a knowledge of basic telekenesis. After humanity ran from the first Flood beings trying to eradicate any food the Flood could consume (Flood must consume either living or recently deceased tissue) they engaged in combat with the Forerunners. Eventually the Forerunners realised that the Human approach is the only one that worked. Starve the flood of any food and it dies. Galacticide was a last resort in the face of insurmountable odds. The Forerunners genuinely believed that by sacrificing a single galaxy, the rest of the universe might be spared the Flood horror. In a war you cannot win, everyone else must lose as well", "human_ref_B": "Sacrifice one galaxy to save countless more.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5258.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "reux4y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Dune] How did humans get to Arrakis in the first place? If humans use spice for intergalactic travel, and spice can only be found on Dune, how did they first travel there (or any other planet for that matter)?", "c_root_id_A": "hoaqz53", "c_root_id_B": "ho9z8gd", "created_at_utc_A": 1639344796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639333890.0, "score_A": 203, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "You know how the year is 10,000 something? That's not AD. That's since a huge war humanity fought against advanced AI they had created and now thinking machines are illegal. Arrakis, Caladan, and all the other planets were discovered during the AI era. New exploration isn't really done, just humans on spice following established safe routes.", "human_ref_B": "This is asked a lot. Spice is used for *safe* FTL travel. You can travel without it, but you'll likely die. While there's always been a handful braze or desperate enough to take that risk, you need spice for it to be safe and reliable enough to base a civilization on.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10906.0, "score_ratio": 2.7808219178, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "reux4y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Dune] How did humans get to Arrakis in the first place? If humans use spice for intergalactic travel, and spice can only be found on Dune, how did they first travel there (or any other planet for that matter)?", "c_root_id_A": "hoaqz53", "c_root_id_B": "hoansek", "created_at_utc_A": 1639344796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639343512.0, "score_A": 203, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "You know how the year is 10,000 something? That's not AD. That's since a huge war humanity fought against advanced AI they had created and now thinking machines are illegal. Arrakis, Caladan, and all the other planets were discovered during the AI era. New exploration isn't really done, just humans on spice following established safe routes.", "human_ref_B": "They used computers After the Butlerian Jihad they stopped using computers and experimented with the Spice Also you can do FTL without spice or a computer, it\u2019s just that you\u2019ll probably die", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1284.0, "score_ratio": 15.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "reux4y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Dune] How did humans get to Arrakis in the first place? If humans use spice for intergalactic travel, and spice can only be found on Dune, how did they first travel there (or any other planet for that matter)?", "c_root_id_A": "hoausfr", "c_root_id_B": "hoansek", "created_at_utc_A": 1639346358.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639343512.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "In the Butlerian Jihad prequel trilogy (not written by Herberth, so many don\u2019t take it as canon) they had a \u201cwarp drive\u201d kind of interstellar travel that would take many weeks to travel between neighboring systems. Even the AIs used that, as being machines they had no capacity for prescience. The difference of the Highliners driven by Navigators \u201cpowered by Spice\u201d is that they go *instantly* from one planet to another. So cutting off the Spice would be like if we had to give up jet planes and go back to sail ships to cross the oceans.", "human_ref_B": "They used computers After the Butlerian Jihad they stopped using computers and experimented with the Spice Also you can do FTL without spice or a computer, it\u2019s just that you\u2019ll probably die", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2846.0, "score_ratio": 1.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "flmmox", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] why are there only 3 unforgivable curses, when there are spells that are even worse than some of the unforgivable ones? For an example: Sectumsempra inflicts a sword wound on it\u2019s victim and potentially kills them. Obliviate erases persons memories. Gilderoy Lockhart never recovered after accidentally casting it on himself. Fiendfyre creates a living fire that can\u2019t be extinguished by an average wizard. Eat slug. Imaging vomiting slugs. That would be terrible", "c_root_id_A": "fkzui5y", "c_root_id_B": "fkzs29d", "created_at_utc_A": 1584680765.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1584678707.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "The killing curse could more accurately be described as \"the murdering curse\". You can't use it just because you're in fear for your life, you have to truly desire to kill. Therefore any case where it is used is murder because you wanted the target or someone behind them dead. Sectumsempra on the other hand is a direct attack that can be lethal but can be used because you were in fear for your life and you were just throwing spells until something worked. Mind Control is unforgivable because you infringe on free will. If it is allowed under any circumstances, the potential for abuse of power becomes very real, and accountability for anyone goes out the window because the \"the other wizard made them do it\". Obliviate on the other hand is used in the preservation of the statute of secrecy and is useful for dealing with trauma or ptsd. Misuse is still bad and results in a trial, but it definitely has legitimate uses. Vomiting slugs is gross but it's not going to cause permanent damage. Triggering every pain receptor in someone's body though is absolutely malicious and also cruel and unusual punishment. Even muggles finally adopted laws against torture, too bad they didn't have those during the witch hunts... Fiendfyre: Fire is a awesome tool for many things, muggle farmers use flame throwers for clearing away invasive plant species at times. Fire is also dangerous and deadly, due to negligence entire forests and communities can be wiped out. Using fire responsibly is not bad. Don't be a arsonist though.", "human_ref_B": "I think obliviate would be one of those curses that should be restricted by the government (like drugs like cocaine in muggle govs) in GoF we see it use for a legitimate purpose of keeping the world hidden but you see in lore that there are spells to track other spells slap one on obliviate and send the wizard cops if it\u2019s used outside of official business", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2058.0, "score_ratio": 1.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "flmmox", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] why are there only 3 unforgivable curses, when there are spells that are even worse than some of the unforgivable ones? For an example: Sectumsempra inflicts a sword wound on it\u2019s victim and potentially kills them. Obliviate erases persons memories. Gilderoy Lockhart never recovered after accidentally casting it on himself. Fiendfyre creates a living fire that can\u2019t be extinguished by an average wizard. Eat slug. Imaging vomiting slugs. That would be terrible", "c_root_id_A": "fkzl8kj", "c_root_id_B": "fkzui5y", "created_at_utc_A": 1584673664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1584680765.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Because those 3 are the ones that give you a immediate lifetime sentence as long as you use then on another human being without their consent. If it's proven you did it, you are already sentenced. Now, all other spells have proven uses or reasons to cast without dark intentions. So you still have to go under trial if you use then. Although it's still unlikely you won't face severe consequences", "human_ref_B": "The killing curse could more accurately be described as \"the murdering curse\". You can't use it just because you're in fear for your life, you have to truly desire to kill. Therefore any case where it is used is murder because you wanted the target or someone behind them dead. Sectumsempra on the other hand is a direct attack that can be lethal but can be used because you were in fear for your life and you were just throwing spells until something worked. Mind Control is unforgivable because you infringe on free will. If it is allowed under any circumstances, the potential for abuse of power becomes very real, and accountability for anyone goes out the window because the \"the other wizard made them do it\". Obliviate on the other hand is used in the preservation of the statute of secrecy and is useful for dealing with trauma or ptsd. Misuse is still bad and results in a trial, but it definitely has legitimate uses. Vomiting slugs is gross but it's not going to cause permanent damage. Triggering every pain receptor in someone's body though is absolutely malicious and also cruel and unusual punishment. Even muggles finally adopted laws against torture, too bad they didn't have those during the witch hunts... Fiendfyre: Fire is a awesome tool for many things, muggle farmers use flame throwers for clearing away invasive plant species at times. Fire is also dangerous and deadly, due to negligence entire forests and communities can be wiped out. Using fire responsibly is not bad. Don't be a arsonist though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7101.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "flmmox", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] why are there only 3 unforgivable curses, when there are spells that are even worse than some of the unforgivable ones? For an example: Sectumsempra inflicts a sword wound on it\u2019s victim and potentially kills them. Obliviate erases persons memories. Gilderoy Lockhart never recovered after accidentally casting it on himself. Fiendfyre creates a living fire that can\u2019t be extinguished by an average wizard. Eat slug. Imaging vomiting slugs. That would be terrible", "c_root_id_A": "fkzs29d", "c_root_id_B": "fkzl8kj", "created_at_utc_A": 1584678707.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1584673664.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I think obliviate would be one of those curses that should be restricted by the government (like drugs like cocaine in muggle govs) in GoF we see it use for a legitimate purpose of keeping the world hidden but you see in lore that there are spells to track other spells slap one on obliviate and send the wizard cops if it\u2019s used outside of official business", "human_ref_B": "Because those 3 are the ones that give you a immediate lifetime sentence as long as you use then on another human being without their consent. If it's proven you did it, you are already sentenced. Now, all other spells have proven uses or reasons to cast without dark intentions. So you still have to go under trial if you use then. Although it's still unlikely you won't face severe consequences", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5043.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ll1u9j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Let's assume the 2014 timeline which younger Thanos came from no longer has him or his forces present in it. Assuming Infinity Stones from this timeline were returned to the moment they were taken what would this Thanos-less timeline look like & who else might have made a play for the Stones?", "c_root_id_A": "gnnmxez", "c_root_id_B": "gnnmi1x", "created_at_utc_A": 1613490377.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613490182.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "In the one where both thanos and gamora are missing, ego wipes everyone out with his plan. Could be a decade later but it's definitely happening. Peter already had the stone. I am not convinced you can return the stones, especially if you can't cross your own timeline anyway, but either way they messed up a number of timeliness just for theirs.", "human_ref_B": "They really need to make a show or movie of Cap returning the stones and Mj\u00f8lnir. For me the one I really am most curious about is the return of the Soul stone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 195.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ll1u9j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Let's assume the 2014 timeline which younger Thanos came from no longer has him or his forces present in it. Assuming Infinity Stones from this timeline were returned to the moment they were taken what would this Thanos-less timeline look like & who else might have made a play for the Stones?", "c_root_id_A": "gnnmi1x", "c_root_id_B": "gnnxqek", "created_at_utc_A": 1613490182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613495188.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "They really need to make a show or movie of Cap returning the stones and Mj\u00f8lnir. For me the one I really am most curious about is the return of the Soul stone.", "human_ref_B": "I surmise that it depends on who learns about the existence of the Stones. In that case, let's think about who might make a play: The Collector likely knows about them, and anyone trying to learn about powerful artefacts from him might get details here also. Loki seems interested in both ruling planets and stealing things, so I could totally see him being inspired by a conversation with the Collector, stealing 1-3 Stones, and then making a little paradise for himself. Hydra might try to use more Stones to take over Earth, but they seem limited by lack of knowledge or interest in extraterrestrial affairs. Dormamu may have enough knowledge but opt instead for a more brute force approach than stealing Stones. Ego seems knowledgeable about the early universe and could totally try to grab all 6 and take over the universe. Dr Strange showed ability to do a complex investigation into the positions of the Stones via his lotus position timeline meditation at the end of Infinity War. I'd say the Stones are quite available to him, so you could have a plotline like Stark in Age of Ultron, where he tries to tame ultimate power to make the world a safer place. Any other ideas?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5006.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "auziwc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General] If you kill a hivemind, is it murder or genocide? Technically you're only killing one being, but you're also potentially killing many different bodies.", "c_root_id_A": "ehbj832", "c_root_id_B": "ehbi038", "created_at_utc_A": 1551189899.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551188803.0, "score_A": 483, "score_B": 281, "human_ref_A": "Ender Wiggin would claim genocide. He even labeled himself with it. (Well, technically Xenocide, but you get the point.)", "human_ref_B": "It's murder if it is illegal. It's genocide if it's killing an entire race or species of beings. These labels aren't mutually exclusive. It can be one, the other, neither, or both.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1096.0, "score_ratio": 1.71886121, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "auziwc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General] If you kill a hivemind, is it murder or genocide? Technically you're only killing one being, but you're also potentially killing many different bodies.", "c_root_id_A": "ehbm09e", "c_root_id_B": "ehbjazd", "created_at_utc_A": 1551192274.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551189970.0, "score_A": 151, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Better question. If you kill a single member of a hive mind, Is that Murder or something lesser, like assault?", "human_ref_B": "id say its both. simply because a hivemind isnt an individual by definition. and you can murder without genocide but you cant genocide without murder", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2304.0, "score_ratio": 3.5952380952, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "auziwc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General] If you kill a hivemind, is it murder or genocide? Technically you're only killing one being, but you're also potentially killing many different bodies.", "c_root_id_A": "ehbluse", "c_root_id_B": "ehbm09e", "created_at_utc_A": 1551192150.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551192274.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 151, "human_ref_A": "It depends on the hive I suppose.... Most Hives will simply replace their leader with a new one.... And in many cases the Hive Mind is merely enslaving the rest of the hive to do it's own bidding so killing it could be liberating to the rest of the hive. And example of that would be the Borg.", "human_ref_B": "Better question. If you kill a single member of a hive mind, Is that Murder or something lesser, like assault?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 124.0, "score_ratio": 12.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "auziwc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General] If you kill a hivemind, is it murder or genocide? Technically you're only killing one being, but you're also potentially killing many different bodies.", "c_root_id_A": "ehbluse", "c_root_id_B": "ehbmufq", "created_at_utc_A": 1551192150.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551192944.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "It depends on the hive I suppose.... Most Hives will simply replace their leader with a new one.... And in many cases the Hive Mind is merely enslaving the rest of the hive to do it's own bidding so killing it could be liberating to the rest of the hive. And example of that would be the Borg.", "human_ref_B": "Are you killing the species or an \"individual\"? Someone brought up Ender Wiggin. The buggers are hive minded, but there are still \"individuals\" within the species. Each queen holds the memories and the core mind of a group that act exclusively under that queen's control. Killing that queen also kills all of the bodies under that queen's control, but it isn't genocide. There are plenty of other queens - other individuals. But you have committed murder, because you've killed a separate *self*. Killing any other body isn't killing any individual. It's more like cutting off a finger or losing some skin cells. It's worth noting that the queen is not the *self*. All of the bodies hold the self together as a network. The queen is just the body that coordinates the mind. Ender commits genocide not by killing any single queen, but by killing /**all* of the queens, destroying the entire species. Compare that to, say, Rick and Morty's Unity, who is \"herself\" and of a single mind, kind of, that controls enslaved individuals. Killing a single body is murder because each of those bodies has a self that is superseded by Unity. It's unknown if Unity is unique, but assuming she's the only one of her \"species\" then blowing up the planet with her on it is a lot of murder (because you're killing a lot of individuals), genocide (because you've wiped out the native intelligent life), murder again (because you've killed the *self* that is Unity), and genocide again (because you've wiped out the species that is Unity). So. Sometimes it's one or the other or some combination of both.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 794.0, "score_ratio": 1.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "auziwc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General] If you kill a hivemind, is it murder or genocide? Technically you're only killing one being, but you're also potentially killing many different bodies.", "c_root_id_A": "ehbmggf", "c_root_id_B": "ehbmufq", "created_at_utc_A": 1551192639.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551192944.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "In the case of the tyranids in warhammer 40k. It would be murder as tyranids can survive without the hive mind they just go feral.", "human_ref_B": "Are you killing the species or an \"individual\"? Someone brought up Ender Wiggin. The buggers are hive minded, but there are still \"individuals\" within the species. Each queen holds the memories and the core mind of a group that act exclusively under that queen's control. Killing that queen also kills all of the bodies under that queen's control, but it isn't genocide. There are plenty of other queens - other individuals. But you have committed murder, because you've killed a separate *self*. Killing any other body isn't killing any individual. It's more like cutting off a finger or losing some skin cells. It's worth noting that the queen is not the *self*. All of the bodies hold the self together as a network. The queen is just the body that coordinates the mind. Ender commits genocide not by killing any single queen, but by killing /**all* of the queens, destroying the entire species. Compare that to, say, Rick and Morty's Unity, who is \"herself\" and of a single mind, kind of, that controls enslaved individuals. Killing a single body is murder because each of those bodies has a self that is superseded by Unity. It's unknown if Unity is unique, but assuming she's the only one of her \"species\" then blowing up the planet with her on it is a lot of murder (because you're killing a lot of individuals), genocide (because you've wiped out the native intelligent life), murder again (because you've killed the *self* that is Unity), and genocide again (because you've wiped out the species that is Unity). So. Sometimes it's one or the other or some combination of both.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 305.0, "score_ratio": 1.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu2i9ai", "c_root_id_B": "gu2iwo8", "created_at_utc_A": 1618080352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618080680.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "You would be crushed by yourself. You don't go anywhere, just like when there's no portal.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s like those hydraulic press videos, basically. You\u2019d be crushed against yourself until either the ceiling/floor broke and the portals collapsed, or you\u2019d hit a point where your body could not be compressed further and the force of it would explode outward.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 328.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu3j9av", "c_root_id_B": "gu3c285", "created_at_utc_A": 1618100239.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618096205.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Well...I believe your own head would be shoved up your own ass and you would either A- die from the trauma or B- suffocate in your own ass...I can\u2019t think of a more Reddit like answer that actually makes sense", "human_ref_B": "In Portal 1 by using the console to disable the 'Portals don't move with objects' setting and enabling 'Spawn portals everwhere' you could actually do this in the various spots where Chell was at risk of being crushed. Result : Chell still gets crushed. There's no space 'inside' the portals to speak of.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4034.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu2olvi", "c_root_id_B": "gu3j9av", "created_at_utc_A": 1618083609.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618100239.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "That\u2019s one way to put your head up your ass", "human_ref_B": "Well...I believe your own head would be shoved up your own ass and you would either A- die from the trauma or B- suffocate in your own ass...I can\u2019t think of a more Reddit like answer that actually makes sense", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16630.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu3j9av", "c_root_id_B": "gu2qcsh", "created_at_utc_A": 1618100239.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618084516.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well...I believe your own head would be shoved up your own ass and you would either A- die from the trauma or B- suffocate in your own ass...I can\u2019t think of a more Reddit like answer that actually makes sense", "human_ref_B": "Well, there is a map made by a player in the steam community that experiments this. You can find and download it, give it a try. I did try tho, I was stuck against my own body like other redditors explained.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15723.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu2vocf", "c_root_id_B": "gu3j9av", "created_at_utc_A": 1618087320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618100239.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Isn't this all pointless conjecture, since portals can't be placed on moving objects?", "human_ref_B": "Well...I believe your own head would be shoved up your own ass and you would either A- die from the trauma or B- suffocate in your own ass...I can\u2019t think of a more Reddit like answer that actually makes sense", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12919.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu3j9av", "c_root_id_B": "gu2yxog", "created_at_utc_A": 1618100239.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618089027.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well...I believe your own head would be shoved up your own ass and you would either A- die from the trauma or B- suffocate in your own ass...I can\u2019t think of a more Reddit like answer that actually makes sense", "human_ref_B": "You go to a dimension where everything is the same but everybody is either a choosing beggar or entitled and you live with your mother in law", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11212.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu2olvi", "c_root_id_B": "gu3c285", "created_at_utc_A": 1618083609.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618096205.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "That\u2019s one way to put your head up your ass", "human_ref_B": "In Portal 1 by using the console to disable the 'Portals don't move with objects' setting and enabling 'Spawn portals everwhere' you could actually do this in the various spots where Chell was at risk of being crushed. Result : Chell still gets crushed. There's no space 'inside' the portals to speak of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12596.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu3c285", "c_root_id_B": "gu2qcsh", "created_at_utc_A": 1618096205.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618084516.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Portal 1 by using the console to disable the 'Portals don't move with objects' setting and enabling 'Spawn portals everwhere' you could actually do this in the various spots where Chell was at risk of being crushed. Result : Chell still gets crushed. There's no space 'inside' the portals to speak of.", "human_ref_B": "Well, there is a map made by a player in the steam community that experiments this. You can find and download it, give it a try. I did try tho, I was stuck against my own body like other redditors explained.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11689.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu3c285", "c_root_id_B": "gu2vocf", "created_at_utc_A": 1618096205.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618087320.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Portal 1 by using the console to disable the 'Portals don't move with objects' setting and enabling 'Spawn portals everwhere' you could actually do this in the various spots where Chell was at risk of being crushed. Result : Chell still gets crushed. There's no space 'inside' the portals to speak of.", "human_ref_B": "Isn't this all pointless conjecture, since portals can't be placed on moving objects?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8885.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mo6674", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Portal] If a celling were to come down to crush me, and I place one portal directly above me, and portal directly below, and the celling meets the floor, where would I go?", "c_root_id_A": "gu2yxog", "c_root_id_B": "gu3c285", "created_at_utc_A": 1618089027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618096205.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You go to a dimension where everything is the same but everybody is either a choosing beggar or entitled and you live with your mother in law", "human_ref_B": "In Portal 1 by using the console to disable the 'Portals don't move with objects' setting and enabling 'Spawn portals everwhere' you could actually do this in the various spots where Chell was at risk of being crushed. Result : Chell still gets crushed. There's no space 'inside' the portals to speak of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7178.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fj9rb", "c_root_id_B": "h7fppvm", "created_at_utc_A": 1627913783.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627916761.0, "score_A": 59, "score_B": 379, "human_ref_A": "He's big Mario.", "human_ref_B": "In Kart, Mario and others use Super Mushrooms and don't grow a stage larger. This implies that they're already in their full size, like what happens when you grab a second Super Mushroom while already \"Super\" in other games: you either bank it or waste it, but you don't grow extra Super. I think as \"Super Mario\" he is often Super by default; a Super Mushroom will return Mario to his regular (Super) size, not make him larger than normal. Little Mario seems to be his injured or distressed state. Little Mario is half the height of Peach, while Super Mario is contemporary in size. In his sports and kart showings, he's not waist-high to Peach as Little Mario is shown during SMB1. He's not knee-high to Bowser. And while Bowser has some variance in size (I believe due to how much power he's possessing or utilizing), it's clear that this is normal sized \"Super Mario\" alongside Bowser. Also, while Little, his dimensions are far more minimized than we see in these games. The New Super Mario series shows a good modern example of how Mushrooms affect his size. If he was Little Mario, this would seem to be suggesting that Sports/Kart Mario are currently small and would become even larger when touching a Super Mushroom, but that would be from the effects of a Mega Mushroom instead, which we also see used (and follows the same Mushroom rules I've explained above) in the Kart games.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2978.0, "score_ratio": 6.4237288136, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7flqxo", "c_root_id_B": "h7fppvm", "created_at_utc_A": 1627914948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627916761.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 379, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing substances. Super Mushrooms, which grant increased Strength (you can smash bricks) and durability (two hit vs one) could easily be classified as such.", "human_ref_B": "In Kart, Mario and others use Super Mushrooms and don't grow a stage larger. This implies that they're already in their full size, like what happens when you grab a second Super Mushroom while already \"Super\" in other games: you either bank it or waste it, but you don't grow extra Super. I think as \"Super Mario\" he is often Super by default; a Super Mushroom will return Mario to his regular (Super) size, not make him larger than normal. Little Mario seems to be his injured or distressed state. Little Mario is half the height of Peach, while Super Mario is contemporary in size. In his sports and kart showings, he's not waist-high to Peach as Little Mario is shown during SMB1. He's not knee-high to Bowser. And while Bowser has some variance in size (I believe due to how much power he's possessing or utilizing), it's clear that this is normal sized \"Super Mario\" alongside Bowser. Also, while Little, his dimensions are far more minimized than we see in these games. The New Super Mario series shows a good modern example of how Mushrooms affect his size. If he was Little Mario, this would seem to be suggesting that Sports/Kart Mario are currently small and would become even larger when touching a Super Mushroom, but that would be from the effects of a Mega Mushroom instead, which we also see used (and follows the same Mushroom rules I've explained above) in the Kart games.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1813.0, "score_ratio": 379.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7flqxo", "c_root_id_B": "h7fqevi", "created_at_utc_A": 1627914948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627917078.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing substances. Super Mushrooms, which grant increased Strength (you can smash bricks) and durability (two hit vs one) could easily be classified as such.", "human_ref_B": "He's big Mario. There is a clear visual similarity between him in his super form and his form in casual games while the small form has different proportions", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2130.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fv9yh", "c_root_id_B": "h7g4lpb", "created_at_utc_A": 1627919245.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627923233.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. He starts the NES Super Mario Bros game small, and isn't able to break bricks until he gets past the first goomba and grabs a super mushroom. I don't think super mushrooms were even available in the original Mario Bros. Arcade game. This implies that 'Little Mario' is his default size, that 'Little Mario' is representative of a more or less average sized adult Italian plumber, and that Goombas are as tall or taller than that.", "human_ref_B": "Alright- so everybody's saying that \"Big Mario\" is the regular size. And I tend to agree, but in Super Smash Bros one of his taunts is usually growing big, as if he ate a super mushroom. You can see this as the first taunt featured in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baY7zjjOcjo. How does this factor in? Is Smash 64 the secret first appearance of the Mega mushroom?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3988.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fwhpz", "c_root_id_B": "h7g4lpb", "created_at_utc_A": 1627919772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627923233.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Isn't it canon that the mainline games are all a show that the characters are putting on? Outside of those the items have different functions so it would seem that the rules mainline game world are a fiction of the spinoff world.", "human_ref_B": "Alright- so everybody's saying that \"Big Mario\" is the regular size. And I tend to agree, but in Super Smash Bros one of his taunts is usually growing big, as if he ate a super mushroom. You can see this as the first taunt featured in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baY7zjjOcjo. How does this factor in? Is Smash 64 the secret first appearance of the Mega mushroom?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3461.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7g4lpb", "c_root_id_B": "h7flqxo", "created_at_utc_A": 1627923233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627914948.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Alright- so everybody's saying that \"Big Mario\" is the regular size. And I tend to agree, but in Super Smash Bros one of his taunts is usually growing big, as if he ate a super mushroom. You can see this as the first taunt featured in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baY7zjjOcjo. How does this factor in? Is Smash 64 the secret first appearance of the Mega mushroom?", "human_ref_B": "Little Mario. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing substances. Super Mushrooms, which grant increased Strength (you can smash bricks) and durability (two hit vs one) could easily be classified as such.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8285.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fv9yh", "c_root_id_B": "h7gm2it", "created_at_utc_A": 1627919245.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627930786.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. He starts the NES Super Mario Bros game small, and isn't able to break bricks until he gets past the first goomba and grabs a super mushroom. I don't think super mushrooms were even available in the original Mario Bros. Arcade game. This implies that 'Little Mario' is his default size, that 'Little Mario' is representative of a more or less average sized adult Italian plumber, and that Goombas are as tall or taller than that.", "human_ref_B": "In fact, big mario is normal mario", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11541.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7g9i8z", "c_root_id_B": "h7gm2it", "created_at_utc_A": 1627925334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627930786.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "At least in the NSMB games onward Mario's \"little\" form is shown as stubby and hatless, whereas his \"Super\" or \"Big\" form, he's the mario design we're all used to imagining and the form he uses in Mario Kart, Mario sports spinoffs (usually), party, etc. So it's probably pretty safe to assume his \"Big\" form is what he goes around like most of the time. Same for everyone else.", "human_ref_B": "In fact, big mario is normal mario", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5452.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7geq8f", "c_root_id_B": "h7gm2it", "created_at_utc_A": 1627927593.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627930786.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. He gets hit all the time and he never shrinks.", "human_ref_B": "In fact, big mario is normal mario", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3193.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7gm2it", "c_root_id_B": "h7fwhpz", "created_at_utc_A": 1627930786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627919772.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In fact, big mario is normal mario", "human_ref_B": "Isn't it canon that the mainline games are all a show that the characters are putting on? Outside of those the items have different functions so it would seem that the rules mainline game world are a fiction of the spinoff world.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11014.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7flqxo", "c_root_id_B": "h7gm2it", "created_at_utc_A": 1627914948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627930786.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing substances. Super Mushrooms, which grant increased Strength (you can smash bricks) and durability (two hit vs one) could easily be classified as such.", "human_ref_B": "In fact, big mario is normal mario", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15838.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7flqxo", "c_root_id_B": "h7fv9yh", "created_at_utc_A": 1627914948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627919245.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing substances. Super Mushrooms, which grant increased Strength (you can smash bricks) and durability (two hit vs one) could easily be classified as such.", "human_ref_B": "Little Mario. He starts the NES Super Mario Bros game small, and isn't able to break bricks until he gets past the first goomba and grabs a super mushroom. I don't think super mushrooms were even available in the original Mario Bros. Arcade game. This implies that 'Little Mario' is his default size, that 'Little Mario' is representative of a more or less average sized adult Italian plumber, and that Goombas are as tall or taller than that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4297.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7g9i8z", "c_root_id_B": "h7fwhpz", "created_at_utc_A": 1627925334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627919772.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "At least in the NSMB games onward Mario's \"little\" form is shown as stubby and hatless, whereas his \"Super\" or \"Big\" form, he's the mario design we're all used to imagining and the form he uses in Mario Kart, Mario sports spinoffs (usually), party, etc. So it's probably pretty safe to assume his \"Big\" form is what he goes around like most of the time. Same for everyone else.", "human_ref_B": "Isn't it canon that the mainline games are all a show that the characters are putting on? Outside of those the items have different functions so it would seem that the rules mainline game world are a fiction of the spinoff world.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5562.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7flqxo", "c_root_id_B": "h7g9i8z", "created_at_utc_A": 1627914948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627925334.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing substances. Super Mushrooms, which grant increased Strength (you can smash bricks) and durability (two hit vs one) could easily be classified as such.", "human_ref_B": "At least in the NSMB games onward Mario's \"little\" form is shown as stubby and hatless, whereas his \"Super\" or \"Big\" form, he's the mario design we're all used to imagining and the form he uses in Mario Kart, Mario sports spinoffs (usually), party, etc. So it's probably pretty safe to assume his \"Big\" form is what he goes around like most of the time. Same for everyone else.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10386.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fwhpz", "c_root_id_B": "h7geq8f", "created_at_utc_A": 1627919772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627927593.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Isn't it canon that the mainline games are all a show that the characters are putting on? Outside of those the items have different functions so it would seem that the rules mainline game world are a fiction of the spinoff world.", "human_ref_B": "Little Mario. He gets hit all the time and he never shrinks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7821.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7geq8f", "c_root_id_B": "h7flqxo", "created_at_utc_A": 1627927593.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627914948.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. He gets hit all the time and he never shrinks.", "human_ref_B": "Little Mario. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing substances. Super Mushrooms, which grant increased Strength (you can smash bricks) and durability (two hit vs one) could easily be classified as such.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12645.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7humf0", "c_root_id_B": "h7fwhpz", "created_at_utc_A": 1627951023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627919772.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s medium sized \u201cnot on drugs today\u201d Mario, fresh outa rehab for the shrooms addiction he\u2019s been battling most of his life. (I am not simply joking - a drug addicted Mario explains so much)", "human_ref_B": "Isn't it canon that the mainline games are all a show that the characters are putting on? Outside of those the items have different functions so it would seem that the rules mainline game world are a fiction of the spinoff world.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31251.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweood", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Mario Bros] When Mario is doing other stuff (go carting, tennis, everyday) is he big Mario or little Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "h7flqxo", "c_root_id_B": "h7humf0", "created_at_utc_A": 1627914948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627951023.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Little Mario. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing substances. Super Mushrooms, which grant increased Strength (you can smash bricks) and durability (two hit vs one) could easily be classified as such.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s medium sized \u201cnot on drugs today\u201d Mario, fresh outa rehab for the shrooms addiction he\u2019s been battling most of his life. (I am not simply joking - a drug addicted Mario explains so much)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36075.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuopuo", "c_root_id_B": "fsunlt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1591272501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591271666.0, "score_A": 420, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I imagine grappling would have a larger focus. Four arms would give plenty more ability to grab one\u2019s opponent, and plenty of opportunities to do damage while grappling. It also means that long-range punching will likely become less-effective, as the alien species has more arms to block more of its body. Considering both of those facts, we\u2019d likely see a more close-range fighting style that prioritizes immobilizing and then repeatedly attacking their trapped opponent. However, things also depend on other factors of their biology.", "human_ref_B": "See: Goro and Sheeva from mortal kombat", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 835.0, "score_ratio": 105.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsutixl", "c_root_id_B": "fsus8s2", "created_at_utc_A": 1591275704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591274907.0, "score_A": 127, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Depends why the developed the Martial art. Was it for fighting other unarmed 4 armed beings? armed ones? other species? Against a similar opponent I think you'd see a lot of block/grab moves , getting them in a hold would be tricky but maybe to set up a strike", "human_ref_B": "Their martial arts would likely be focused on fighting other members of their own species, so I imagine their first move would be to try to pin down one or both pairs of their opponent's arms, then use their free hands to pummel them. This means a human would basically be fucked, since they could bear hug your arms to your sides while beating your face in, and you wouldn't be able to fight back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 797.0, "score_ratio": 7.0555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsutixl", "c_root_id_B": "fsunlt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1591275704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591271666.0, "score_A": 127, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Depends why the developed the Martial art. Was it for fighting other unarmed 4 armed beings? armed ones? other species? Against a similar opponent I think you'd see a lot of block/grab moves , getting them in a hold would be tricky but maybe to set up a strike", "human_ref_B": "See: Goro and Sheeva from mortal kombat", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4038.0, "score_ratio": 31.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuyzhd", "c_root_id_B": "fsv1l9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1591278803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591280184.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "Most likely a lot of grappling, holds and limb-breaking with much less focus on using legs beyond stability and maybe propulsion. Logically a heavier torso would require stronger legs, so its likely the legs would be more used to project the body forward and let it act as dead weight to slam a target down, at which point the arms come into play to hold an opponent down and put a beating into them. It will also depend on the taget race's physiology. A good example of this are the Shokan race from the MK games, that are often against normal human-shaped enemies gaining the advantage of being able to use 2 of their arms for grappling and disabling limbs, while the other pair of arms puts the damage in with punches, breaks or clawing. Inversely, against another 4-armed enemy it will more likely be targetting the extra arms themselves to damage them directly or render them unsuable via grapplings and breaks over simply punching to gain a fighting advantage and essentially bring down the amount of things to track in the fight. Edit: another point that just came up is the general evolution of the species and how much use their legs get and how the feet specifically evolved. If its similar to a chameleon or some monkeys and koalas, where the foot itself is almost a hand on its own able to grab to tree trunks or other. In this case, its likely that kicks and punches might blend into the same thing and there wont be as much as a \"fighting style\" as much as just evolutionary strength and direct reflex action to just use whatever is closest to a target to bash them in the fastest", "human_ref_B": "https://youtu.be/wZz06vgKSFE Shadiversity is a YouTube page of Shad Brooks, medieval enthusiast/scifi writer/amateur historian. He has a series called fantasy rearmed where he explores what certain fantasy creatures could realistically use as weapons given his knowledge of medieval weaponry and HEMA. This episode is on monsters with four arms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1381.0, "score_ratio": 3.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsus8s2", "c_root_id_B": "fsv1l9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1591274907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591280184.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "Their martial arts would likely be focused on fighting other members of their own species, so I imagine their first move would be to try to pin down one or both pairs of their opponent's arms, then use their free hands to pummel them. This means a human would basically be fucked, since they could bear hug your arms to your sides while beating your face in, and you wouldn't be able to fight back.", "human_ref_B": "https://youtu.be/wZz06vgKSFE Shadiversity is a YouTube page of Shad Brooks, medieval enthusiast/scifi writer/amateur historian. He has a series called fantasy rearmed where he explores what certain fantasy creatures could realistically use as weapons given his knowledge of medieval weaponry and HEMA. This episode is on monsters with four arms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5277.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuvwes", "c_root_id_B": "fsv1l9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1591277111.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591280184.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "There is a question of whether such a species would even develop martial arts: such things are born of necessity, and a species that has evolved to retain additional arms, would only do so if the arms were needed, likely for an arboreal species, which would also call for highly developed musculature, for climbing and mobility. If they\u2019re living in trees, their conflicts would be similarly arboreal based, and fighting would revolve around strength and speed, not skill. On the other hand, we could look to existing examples of four armed species in Star Wars, and conclude that their martial arts would revolve around pulling up their pants, and flying a ship in Fallen Order.", "human_ref_B": "https://youtu.be/wZz06vgKSFE Shadiversity is a YouTube page of Shad Brooks, medieval enthusiast/scifi writer/amateur historian. He has a series called fantasy rearmed where he explores what certain fantasy creatures could realistically use as weapons given his knowledge of medieval weaponry and HEMA. This episode is on monsters with four arms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3073.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuwjos", "c_root_id_B": "fsv1l9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1591277468.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591280184.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "There is a lot whole lot of unknowns in regards this beings physiology. They could have increased musculature in their upper bodies, denser bone structures, larger lungs and increased coordination and response times. Just as our martial arts styles vary from defensive to highly offensive -theirs would as well. You'd see quick flourishes of arms and fists meant to keep an attacker off balance and you'd see hulking tank like stances that keep the head and organs protected.", "human_ref_B": "https://youtu.be/wZz06vgKSFE Shadiversity is a YouTube page of Shad Brooks, medieval enthusiast/scifi writer/amateur historian. He has a series called fantasy rearmed where he explores what certain fantasy creatures could realistically use as weapons given his knowledge of medieval weaponry and HEMA. This episode is on monsters with four arms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2716.0, "score_ratio": 10.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsunlt1", "c_root_id_B": "fsv1l9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1591271666.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591280184.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "See: Goro and Sheeva from mortal kombat", "human_ref_B": "https://youtu.be/wZz06vgKSFE Shadiversity is a YouTube page of Shad Brooks, medieval enthusiast/scifi writer/amateur historian. He has a series called fantasy rearmed where he explores what certain fantasy creatures could realistically use as weapons given his knowledge of medieval weaponry and HEMA. This episode is on monsters with four arms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8518.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsv00uv", "c_root_id_B": "fsv1l9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1591279357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591280184.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "Not that much, actually. A lot of the power in the punch comes from the hips & waist, and they only have the setup we do in that department.", "human_ref_B": "https://youtu.be/wZz06vgKSFE Shadiversity is a YouTube page of Shad Brooks, medieval enthusiast/scifi writer/amateur historian. He has a series called fantasy rearmed where he explores what certain fantasy creatures could realistically use as weapons given his knowledge of medieval weaponry and HEMA. This episode is on monsters with four arms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 827.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuyzhd", "c_root_id_B": "fsus8s2", "created_at_utc_A": 1591278803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591274907.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Most likely a lot of grappling, holds and limb-breaking with much less focus on using legs beyond stability and maybe propulsion. Logically a heavier torso would require stronger legs, so its likely the legs would be more used to project the body forward and let it act as dead weight to slam a target down, at which point the arms come into play to hold an opponent down and put a beating into them. It will also depend on the taget race's physiology. A good example of this are the Shokan race from the MK games, that are often against normal human-shaped enemies gaining the advantage of being able to use 2 of their arms for grappling and disabling limbs, while the other pair of arms puts the damage in with punches, breaks or clawing. Inversely, against another 4-armed enemy it will more likely be targetting the extra arms themselves to damage them directly or render them unsuable via grapplings and breaks over simply punching to gain a fighting advantage and essentially bring down the amount of things to track in the fight. Edit: another point that just came up is the general evolution of the species and how much use their legs get and how the feet specifically evolved. If its similar to a chameleon or some monkeys and koalas, where the foot itself is almost a hand on its own able to grab to tree trunks or other. In this case, its likely that kicks and punches might blend into the same thing and there wont be as much as a \"fighting style\" as much as just evolutionary strength and direct reflex action to just use whatever is closest to a target to bash them in the fastest", "human_ref_B": "Their martial arts would likely be focused on fighting other members of their own species, so I imagine their first move would be to try to pin down one or both pairs of their opponent's arms, then use their free hands to pummel them. This means a human would basically be fucked, since they could bear hug your arms to your sides while beating your face in, and you wouldn't be able to fight back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3896.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuvwes", "c_root_id_B": "fsuyzhd", "created_at_utc_A": 1591277111.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591278803.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "There is a question of whether such a species would even develop martial arts: such things are born of necessity, and a species that has evolved to retain additional arms, would only do so if the arms were needed, likely for an arboreal species, which would also call for highly developed musculature, for climbing and mobility. If they\u2019re living in trees, their conflicts would be similarly arboreal based, and fighting would revolve around strength and speed, not skill. On the other hand, we could look to existing examples of four armed species in Star Wars, and conclude that their martial arts would revolve around pulling up their pants, and flying a ship in Fallen Order.", "human_ref_B": "Most likely a lot of grappling, holds and limb-breaking with much less focus on using legs beyond stability and maybe propulsion. Logically a heavier torso would require stronger legs, so its likely the legs would be more used to project the body forward and let it act as dead weight to slam a target down, at which point the arms come into play to hold an opponent down and put a beating into them. It will also depend on the taget race's physiology. A good example of this are the Shokan race from the MK games, that are often against normal human-shaped enemies gaining the advantage of being able to use 2 of their arms for grappling and disabling limbs, while the other pair of arms puts the damage in with punches, breaks or clawing. Inversely, against another 4-armed enemy it will more likely be targetting the extra arms themselves to damage them directly or render them unsuable via grapplings and breaks over simply punching to gain a fighting advantage and essentially bring down the amount of things to track in the fight. Edit: another point that just came up is the general evolution of the species and how much use their legs get and how the feet specifically evolved. If its similar to a chameleon or some monkeys and koalas, where the foot itself is almost a hand on its own able to grab to tree trunks or other. In this case, its likely that kicks and punches might blend into the same thing and there wont be as much as a \"fighting style\" as much as just evolutionary strength and direct reflex action to just use whatever is closest to a target to bash them in the fastest", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1692.0, "score_ratio": 1.6875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuyzhd", "c_root_id_B": "fsuwjos", "created_at_utc_A": 1591278803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591277468.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Most likely a lot of grappling, holds and limb-breaking with much less focus on using legs beyond stability and maybe propulsion. Logically a heavier torso would require stronger legs, so its likely the legs would be more used to project the body forward and let it act as dead weight to slam a target down, at which point the arms come into play to hold an opponent down and put a beating into them. It will also depend on the taget race's physiology. A good example of this are the Shokan race from the MK games, that are often against normal human-shaped enemies gaining the advantage of being able to use 2 of their arms for grappling and disabling limbs, while the other pair of arms puts the damage in with punches, breaks or clawing. Inversely, against another 4-armed enemy it will more likely be targetting the extra arms themselves to damage them directly or render them unsuable via grapplings and breaks over simply punching to gain a fighting advantage and essentially bring down the amount of things to track in the fight. Edit: another point that just came up is the general evolution of the species and how much use their legs get and how the feet specifically evolved. If its similar to a chameleon or some monkeys and koalas, where the foot itself is almost a hand on its own able to grab to tree trunks or other. In this case, its likely that kicks and punches might blend into the same thing and there wont be as much as a \"fighting style\" as much as just evolutionary strength and direct reflex action to just use whatever is closest to a target to bash them in the fastest", "human_ref_B": "There is a lot whole lot of unknowns in regards this beings physiology. They could have increased musculature in their upper bodies, denser bone structures, larger lungs and increased coordination and response times. Just as our martial arts styles vary from defensive to highly offensive -theirs would as well. You'd see quick flourishes of arms and fists meant to keep an attacker off balance and you'd see hulking tank like stances that keep the head and organs protected.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1335.0, "score_ratio": 3.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuyzhd", "c_root_id_B": "fsunlt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1591278803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591271666.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Most likely a lot of grappling, holds and limb-breaking with much less focus on using legs beyond stability and maybe propulsion. Logically a heavier torso would require stronger legs, so its likely the legs would be more used to project the body forward and let it act as dead weight to slam a target down, at which point the arms come into play to hold an opponent down and put a beating into them. It will also depend on the taget race's physiology. A good example of this are the Shokan race from the MK games, that are often against normal human-shaped enemies gaining the advantage of being able to use 2 of their arms for grappling and disabling limbs, while the other pair of arms puts the damage in with punches, breaks or clawing. Inversely, against another 4-armed enemy it will more likely be targetting the extra arms themselves to damage them directly or render them unsuable via grapplings and breaks over simply punching to gain a fighting advantage and essentially bring down the amount of things to track in the fight. Edit: another point that just came up is the general evolution of the species and how much use their legs get and how the feet specifically evolved. If its similar to a chameleon or some monkeys and koalas, where the foot itself is almost a hand on its own able to grab to tree trunks or other. In this case, its likely that kicks and punches might blend into the same thing and there wont be as much as a \"fighting style\" as much as just evolutionary strength and direct reflex action to just use whatever is closest to a target to bash them in the fastest", "human_ref_B": "See: Goro and Sheeva from mortal kombat", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7137.0, "score_ratio": 6.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsus8s2", "c_root_id_B": "fsunlt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1591274907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591271666.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Their martial arts would likely be focused on fighting other members of their own species, so I imagine their first move would be to try to pin down one or both pairs of their opponent's arms, then use their free hands to pummel them. This means a human would basically be fucked, since they could bear hug your arms to your sides while beating your face in, and you wouldn't be able to fight back.", "human_ref_B": "See: Goro and Sheeva from mortal kombat", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3241.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsunlt1", "c_root_id_B": "fsuvwes", "created_at_utc_A": 1591271666.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591277111.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "See: Goro and Sheeva from mortal kombat", "human_ref_B": "There is a question of whether such a species would even develop martial arts: such things are born of necessity, and a species that has evolved to retain additional arms, would only do so if the arms were needed, likely for an arboreal species, which would also call for highly developed musculature, for climbing and mobility. If they\u2019re living in trees, their conflicts would be similarly arboreal based, and fighting would revolve around strength and speed, not skill. On the other hand, we could look to existing examples of four armed species in Star Wars, and conclude that their martial arts would revolve around pulling up their pants, and flying a ship in Fallen Order.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5445.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsuwjos", "c_root_id_B": "fsunlt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1591277468.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591271666.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There is a lot whole lot of unknowns in regards this beings physiology. They could have increased musculature in their upper bodies, denser bone structures, larger lungs and increased coordination and response times. Just as our martial arts styles vary from defensive to highly offensive -theirs would as well. You'd see quick flourishes of arms and fists meant to keep an attacker off balance and you'd see hulking tank like stances that keep the head and organs protected.", "human_ref_B": "See: Goro and Sheeva from mortal kombat", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5802.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsv64te", "c_root_id_B": "fsv5qjm", "created_at_utc_A": 1591282475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591282283.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The real power behind a punch doesn't come from the arms: it comes from the legs and hips propelling the arm. That applies to jabs, hooks, uppercuts, elbow strikes, knife hand chops, and any other strike you can think of. Having two additional arms wouldn't increase your punching power or the speed at which you can chain punches, since that's still limited by how fast you can move your legs and hips. However, two extra arms would be a gamechanger when it comes to defense, feinting, and grappling: You can guard a greater area of your torso and head with all 4 forearms, and you can use 4 hands to catch or parry incoming strikes. They'd have a much more elaborate defensive game, either with classic boxing parries or something more elaborate like rapid-fire karate blocks or Wing Chun sticky hands. Offense has to become much more sophisticated because of that easier defense. You can't count on a single jab or cross getting through those 4 blocking hands, so now they have to rely on more elaborate feints, probably by throwing out a much larger number of fake punches to make the other guy react and overcommit. Conversely that could again make the type of rapid-fire fistfights you see in Kung Fu movies more realistic because now they're throwing a long flurry of low-powered punches and elbows to overwhelm the opponent. Finally, grappling could become key. Humans can throw each other quite effectively with two hands. Two more wouldn't necessarily make for stronger throws, but it gives you more options for anchor points on the opponent: You could try for their collar, sleeves, belt, and leg almost at the same time and this forces them to defend against many more opportunities. This also means that you can apply chokes or joint locks more easily: In BJJ we try to use two limbs against one of the opponent's and we usually need both hands to apply a shoulder lock, for example. With two extra arms it could become easier to gang up on a single limb of the opponent's, and a broken limb will hurt like a bitch regardless of how many of them you have.", "human_ref_B": "Spin two blades in front of you while walking forward, with your other two arms ready to strike.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 192.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gwfe6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] How would a 4 armed alien race's martial arts differ from our own? 4 armed martial artists are common enough in fiction, but when they're depicted fighting their style is usually similar to human martial arts but with more punching. But if a race has 4 arms naturally, how would their technique evolve to best make use of their extra limbs?", "c_root_id_A": "fsv64te", "c_root_id_B": "fsv62o0", "created_at_utc_A": 1591282475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591282446.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The real power behind a punch doesn't come from the arms: it comes from the legs and hips propelling the arm. That applies to jabs, hooks, uppercuts, elbow strikes, knife hand chops, and any other strike you can think of. Having two additional arms wouldn't increase your punching power or the speed at which you can chain punches, since that's still limited by how fast you can move your legs and hips. However, two extra arms would be a gamechanger when it comes to defense, feinting, and grappling: You can guard a greater area of your torso and head with all 4 forearms, and you can use 4 hands to catch or parry incoming strikes. They'd have a much more elaborate defensive game, either with classic boxing parries or something more elaborate like rapid-fire karate blocks or Wing Chun sticky hands. Offense has to become much more sophisticated because of that easier defense. You can't count on a single jab or cross getting through those 4 blocking hands, so now they have to rely on more elaborate feints, probably by throwing out a much larger number of fake punches to make the other guy react and overcommit. Conversely that could again make the type of rapid-fire fistfights you see in Kung Fu movies more realistic because now they're throwing a long flurry of low-powered punches and elbows to overwhelm the opponent. Finally, grappling could become key. Humans can throw each other quite effectively with two hands. Two more wouldn't necessarily make for stronger throws, but it gives you more options for anchor points on the opponent: You could try for their collar, sleeves, belt, and leg almost at the same time and this forces them to defend against many more opportunities. This also means that you can apply chokes or joint locks more easily: In BJJ we try to use two limbs against one of the opponent's and we usually need both hands to apply a shoulder lock, for example. With two extra arms it could become easier to gang up on a single limb of the opponent's, and a broken limb will hurt like a bitch regardless of how many of them you have.", "human_ref_B": "I'd speculate that a four-armed creature would have a wider variety of haymaker-like attacks, where two or more limbs are used in unison. Humans seldom use haymakers outside of comic books, but it can be a powerful move swinging with the strength of both arms. Having more configuration of arm pairs, and the option of a three or four arm swing, opens up a lot of possibilities.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iynd8p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] Did the Wizarding World have any awareness of the power of the nuclear bomb, and how dangerous it could be? Have Wizards and Witches put in danger or killed by nuclear weapons before? I'm asking because Ronald Weasley appears to be pretty much one of the only Wizards who is interested in Muggle technology. And yet, it would seem that the Wizarding World (with its bureaucracies and hierarchies, some of which are explicitly kept around in order to keep watch on the Muggle world) would do well do fully understand Muggle technology, given that much of the world around them is disproportionately (in a very physical way) created, and changed, by Muggles using their technology. So what gives? What about things like nuclear weapons, or Love Canal, and so on, things that affect the natural environment much more than most other things? Would a Wizard/Witch just magic the mess away or something?", "c_root_id_A": "g6e8dfw", "c_root_id_B": "g6ee1yc", "created_at_utc_A": 1600927300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600931757.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Its likely the ministry and leadiing wizard were extremely aware of muggle activities at the time, but the european and american witches were busy fighting for or against grindelwald and his cohorts in the wizarding war. Grindelwald was at least as much of a threat as Hitler was and followed a similar ideology, except based on having magical ability instead of it being based on race. His eventual goal was the enslavement of muggles, which assuming his victory in the wizarding war wouldn't be hard to imagine. We know wizards can take areas of the map that muggles cannot even realize are missing and if they get close they are mentally driven in a different direction. Its how hogwarts operates. Its how a wizard \"military\" base would operate. They can apparitate from one location to another halfway across the world, giving them unmatched mobility. They have invisibility capes, making them impossible to target from a distance, at least once they adapt to the danger of snipers. Such a cape could also have spells designed to stop bullets. Worst of all, they have the imperius curse, the wizarding worlds greatest weapon (that we know of). Every muggle a dark wizard can get to can be turned into a loyal foot soldier of their new order, with the exception of the rare person with an extremely strong will being able to resist it somewhat.", "human_ref_B": "> I'm asking because Ronald Weasley appears to be pretty much one of the only Wizards who is interested in Muggle technology. Out of curiosity, I can't recall Ron ever showing much interest in muggle technology. Maybe you meant Arthur? (and even himself saw it as more as curiosity..)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4457.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iynd8p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] Did the Wizarding World have any awareness of the power of the nuclear bomb, and how dangerous it could be? Have Wizards and Witches put in danger or killed by nuclear weapons before? I'm asking because Ronald Weasley appears to be pretty much one of the only Wizards who is interested in Muggle technology. And yet, it would seem that the Wizarding World (with its bureaucracies and hierarchies, some of which are explicitly kept around in order to keep watch on the Muggle world) would do well do fully understand Muggle technology, given that much of the world around them is disproportionately (in a very physical way) created, and changed, by Muggles using their technology. So what gives? What about things like nuclear weapons, or Love Canal, and so on, things that affect the natural environment much more than most other things? Would a Wizard/Witch just magic the mess away or something?", "c_root_id_A": "g6fmt5e", "c_root_id_B": "g6fppoo", "created_at_utc_A": 1600961678.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600963090.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Dumbledore and a few other wizards knew. Dumbledore said he always followed the muggle news and he would have been alive during WW2, he most likely followed the Cold War. I always imagined Dumbledore suspected that if a nuclear war erupted, the magical community would also be devastated.", "human_ref_B": "Wizards and Witches usually don\u2019t care about what the Muggles do. Nothing they ever did affected them anyway, even when they burned \u201cwitches\u201d they usually burned muggles, even when they partied to burn a real witch or wizard they just casted a simple anti-fire charm. (there\u2019s even a witch who let herself be burned 12 times because she liked the feel). I\u2019m not going to discus if Wizards could deal with a nucle weapon (personally I think they can) but they never had a reason to bother with muggles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1412.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9c9tl", "c_root_id_B": "iu9bavg", "created_at_utc_A": 1667058847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667058429.0, "score_A": 694, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Axis event literally outright confirms there is more good in Peter Parker than bad in Cletus Cassidy, and the Maximum Carnage climax implied that Carnage literally cannot handle goodness. It would be rough for Peter for a while, but he would wear down the Carnage symbiote simply because Peter would too good for it.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 418.0, "score_ratio": 694.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9bavg", "c_root_id_B": "iu9cd9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1667058429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667058887.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 185, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In the Spider-Man animated series, there is a Spider-Carnage from another dimension who is hellbent on destroying every reality. The Peter Parker who bonded with this Carnage went from rage and revenge to completely evil and insane. I'm not sure if most other Peter Parkers are different enough from that one that they can stop Carnage from turning them violent and insane.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 458.0, "score_ratio": 185.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9bavg", "c_root_id_B": "iu9dr2o", "created_at_utc_A": 1667058429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667059479.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 167, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I would put my money on Peter, personally. Peter is a very good person but, more importantly, Carnage is *too* evil to really be much of a seducer. Most people won't be swayed by \"hey, wanna gut a homeless man\" Carnage doesn't really manipulate its hosts, it simply tries to forcibly take them over and make them do awful things, and Peter's got the willpower to deal with that. Beyond that, for all its horror, Carnage is ultimately a teenager who's following the first impulses it was given. He'd be more able to convince it to try something different then it would be able to convince him to eat aunt may or whatever.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1050.0, "score_ratio": 167.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9mm9l", "c_root_id_B": "iu9bavg", "created_at_utc_A": 1667063253.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667058429.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It was strong enough to convince an AU Silver Surfer/Carnage Surfer that suicide was the only way out. If it's a permanent fusion I think Peter self exiles, and ultimately has a relationship similar to Eddy and Venom instead of a true merger like Carnage and Cletus. It'd be a hateful relationship more akin to possession than Venom's deal though.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4824.0, "score_ratio": 32.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9tg0s", "c_root_id_B": "iu9bavg", "created_at_utc_A": 1667066129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667058429.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He'd have to Frank Castle it from the What If Venom possessed Punisher and show it that his credo, the power and responsibility thing, is more important than his life. But seeing the Canage symbiote's evolution it wouldn't matter if Pete off'd himself to try take it with him, it would just find someone else. Unless Pete threw himself at an atom bomb or something while wearing it because he's the kind of character that can conceal his motives in his mind by concentrating hard to prevent psychics from reading him while doing it. He did it while Doc Ock had his body, working the long con that eventually won his body back", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7700.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9bavg", "c_root_id_B": "iub5c23", "created_at_utc_A": 1667058429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667087312.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man couldn\u2019t even stay good wearing the Venom symbiote.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28883.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9bavg", "c_root_id_B": "iu9t5nz", "created_at_utc_A": 1667058429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667066003.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Wouldn\u2019t it be both? Carnage would make Peter worse, and Peter would make Carnage better?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7574.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9bavg", "c_root_id_B": "iuazi9w", "created_at_utc_A": 1667058429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667084521.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Carnage, or at least the original symbiote (there are points where it's hinted it's dead and replaced by another red one) was bonded to Cletus at birth, it didn't get to develop a personality (tho it is also hinted that it's just submissive to the point it appears to not have one), while Spider-man seems to be able to hold on to it, the only cases of a Peter Parker that bonded with it, turned out to become evil, from the animated series to the spider-verse event (tho I think that Peter itself is monster), the symbiote corrupts him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26092.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iub5tpz", "c_root_id_B": "iu9bavg", "created_at_utc_A": 1667087538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667058429.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think Peter would have an EXTREMELY hard time with it, always having to wrestle against violent urges and impulses, but there is more good in Peter than there is evil in the Carnage symbiote, it would be one of peters biggest challenges, but ultimately he would overcome it, he always does.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29109.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9tg0s", "c_root_id_B": "iu9t5nz", "created_at_utc_A": 1667066129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667066003.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "He'd have to Frank Castle it from the What If Venom possessed Punisher and show it that his credo, the power and responsibility thing, is more important than his life. But seeing the Canage symbiote's evolution it wouldn't matter if Pete off'd himself to try take it with him, it would just find someone else. Unless Pete threw himself at an atom bomb or something while wearing it because he's the kind of character that can conceal his motives in his mind by concentrating hard to prevent psychics from reading him while doing it. He did it while Doc Ock had his body, working the long con that eventually won his body back", "human_ref_B": "Wouldn\u2019t it be both? Carnage would make Peter worse, and Peter would make Carnage better?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 126.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iu9t5nz", "c_root_id_B": "iub5c23", "created_at_utc_A": 1667066003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667087312.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Wouldn\u2019t it be both? Carnage would make Peter worse, and Peter would make Carnage better?", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man couldn\u2019t even stay good wearing the Venom symbiote.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21309.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ygmzg2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If the Carnage symbiote was permanently bonded to Peter Parker forever, would Peter eventually make the symbiote good, or would the Car age Symbiote make Peter Parker bad?", "c_root_id_A": "iub5c23", "c_root_id_B": "iuazi9w", "created_at_utc_A": 1667087312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667084521.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Spider-Man couldn\u2019t even stay good wearing the Venom symbiote.", "human_ref_B": "Carnage, or at least the original symbiote (there are points where it's hinted it's dead and replaced by another red one) was bonded to Cletus at birth, it didn't get to develop a personality (tho it is also hinted that it's just submissive to the point it appears to not have one), while Spider-man seems to be able to hold on to it, the only cases of a Peter Parker that bonded with it, turned out to become evil, from the animated series to the spider-verse event (tho I think that Peter itself is monster), the symbiote corrupts him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2791.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5kskd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC Universe]Why is it whenever the heroes are turned villains, especially Superman, Batman is seemingly the only character who\u2019s still a hero? This might come off as a bit of a rant, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed in terms of alternate universes and stories. Essentially, whenever the story calls for Superman and the rest of the Justice League to be evil and give up their morals, why is Batman the only major hero that\u2019s still a hero? I understand if the story revolves around the heroes already being villains, like the Crime Syndicate, but the versions that always bothered me were Injustice and the Justice Lords from JL Unlimited (to some extent). Both follow the same idea that a villain ends up killing someone closely associated with Superman, thus he kills the villain and decides enough is enough and takes over the planet, with pretty much the entire league siding with him. What gets me is that up until that point, every hero followed the same history and morals as the regular versions, just with a slightly deviation that made everyone suddenly drop it and become dictators. So what made Batman the sole exception? And I am aware there are also stories where Batman turns evils, like the Batman Who Laughs, and are equally questionable considering he pretty killed every superhero, but the Injustice scenario is one that\u2019s been bothering me for sometime since I\u2019d imagine Batman would be the one to drop heroic morals over most other heroes.", "c_root_id_A": "f9kazqb", "c_root_id_B": "f9kbnmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1575396656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575397053.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 110, "human_ref_A": "Because Batman is all about restraint, his whole thing is he forces himself to be disciplined and hold his ideals he won't lose them easily. Superman has a code sure, and it's been tested but its easier for him his power gives him the luxury of options.", "human_ref_B": "With the Justice Lords, Batman *did* buy in to the new regime (\"You seized power!\" \"And with that power we made a world where a seven year old boy won't watch his parents get murdered by some punk with a gun.\" \" D: \"), even though League Batman managed to sway him later. With Injustice, Batman originally went along with the ride, but eventually it became clear that A) Superman had gone over the edge and B) Wonder Woman was pushing him, he bailed. This doesn't really get shown in the game, but in the comics they go into more detail on Kent's downward spiral, and what it takes for the Underground to come to terms with the fact that their comrade had gone bugnuts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 397.0, "score_ratio": 1.7741935484, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5kskd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC Universe]Why is it whenever the heroes are turned villains, especially Superman, Batman is seemingly the only character who\u2019s still a hero? This might come off as a bit of a rant, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed in terms of alternate universes and stories. Essentially, whenever the story calls for Superman and the rest of the Justice League to be evil and give up their morals, why is Batman the only major hero that\u2019s still a hero? I understand if the story revolves around the heroes already being villains, like the Crime Syndicate, but the versions that always bothered me were Injustice and the Justice Lords from JL Unlimited (to some extent). Both follow the same idea that a villain ends up killing someone closely associated with Superman, thus he kills the villain and decides enough is enough and takes over the planet, with pretty much the entire league siding with him. What gets me is that up until that point, every hero followed the same history and morals as the regular versions, just with a slightly deviation that made everyone suddenly drop it and become dictators. So what made Batman the sole exception? And I am aware there are also stories where Batman turns evils, like the Batman Who Laughs, and are equally questionable considering he pretty killed every superhero, but the Injustice scenario is one that\u2019s been bothering me for sometime since I\u2019d imagine Batman would be the one to drop heroic morals over most other heroes.", "c_root_id_A": "f9kiq8z", "c_root_id_B": "f9kazqb", "created_at_utc_A": 1575401285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575396656.0, "score_A": 94, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "IMO it's because Batman already skirts that line *pretty* closely. He's a hero in mainline continuity, no doubt, but his ideology and tactics are always just *one* step away from being a villain which also means, when the world goes to shit, he can still ride that line and still be a hero. He can integrate his brand of heroism more easily into a dystopian world relatively unchanged. Whereas if you try to insert Barry Allen's heroism into a dystopian world... it doesn't work. Barry's gotta go all or nothing. Same with Superman (though it's harder to talk about him since he's usually the *crux* of the issue). Injustice, Kingdom Come... those dystopian style stories tend to be predicated on the loss of idealism our mainline heroes have. Mainline Superman *always* saves the day, without being grim and gruesome. He always finds a noble solution. He can afford to be idealistic in his heroism because... the writers just decide that's the way it is. That's the universe we've created for them. When we break that constant, then the idealism has to go... and Superman as the blue boyscout doesn't work anymore. Barry Allen as the friendly do-gooder doesn't work anymore. Wonder Woman fighting for peace amongst all doesn't work anymore. Because in the dystopian world, there's not always a peaceful, honorable, noble solution. But Batman... he still works. A little more force, a little less compassion, but he's still Batman. He already isn't contained to the super noble route-- we don't always see it, but Batman freaking *tortures* and cripples people to get the job done. That works just fine in a dystopian world. This is why you usually see him team up with Green Arrow as well, whose politics usually are about the same-- get the job done, recognize the reality that there's not always a happy go lucky solution. Gotta break a few eggs, etc. E: tl;dr in a dystopian world, batman doesn't have to compromise his morals. Most other heroes do, and in doing so they lose the core of their character", "human_ref_B": "Because Batman is all about restraint, his whole thing is he forces himself to be disciplined and hold his ideals he won't lose them easily. Superman has a code sure, and it's been tested but its easier for him his power gives him the luxury of options.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4629.0, "score_ratio": 1.5161290323, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5kskd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC Universe]Why is it whenever the heroes are turned villains, especially Superman, Batman is seemingly the only character who\u2019s still a hero? This might come off as a bit of a rant, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed in terms of alternate universes and stories. Essentially, whenever the story calls for Superman and the rest of the Justice League to be evil and give up their morals, why is Batman the only major hero that\u2019s still a hero? I understand if the story revolves around the heroes already being villains, like the Crime Syndicate, but the versions that always bothered me were Injustice and the Justice Lords from JL Unlimited (to some extent). Both follow the same idea that a villain ends up killing someone closely associated with Superman, thus he kills the villain and decides enough is enough and takes over the planet, with pretty much the entire league siding with him. What gets me is that up until that point, every hero followed the same history and morals as the regular versions, just with a slightly deviation that made everyone suddenly drop it and become dictators. So what made Batman the sole exception? And I am aware there are also stories where Batman turns evils, like the Batman Who Laughs, and are equally questionable considering he pretty killed every superhero, but the Injustice scenario is one that\u2019s been bothering me for sometime since I\u2019d imagine Batman would be the one to drop heroic morals over most other heroes.", "c_root_id_A": "f9kin2q", "c_root_id_B": "f9kiq8z", "created_at_utc_A": 1575401235.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575401285.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 94, "human_ref_A": "There is a simple answer, Batman *is* a villain, he just picks targets that he won't get in trouble for going after. Why do you think he leaves his targets alive? He *wants* them to escape so he can hunt them again. If he really wanted to make Gotham (or the world) a better place, surely he could use his intellect in a better way? If he were to team up with Bruce Wayne they could probably clean up Gotham in a way that Batman never could. Instead Batman satisfies his cravings for violence in an intelligent manner. Just like someone who would be a serial killer might join a militaristic force in order to satisfy their desires, Batman beats up people who cause harm to others. Does that make him a Hero? Superman frequently helps out citizens and companies with non-villain related tasks, why doesn't Batman? Where are all of the cats that he saved from trees? So, simply put, Batman doesn't go after the populous because he seems quite happy going after those who commit crimes, why would he risk his happiness/lifestyle on beating up defenseless people? (Perhaps there is an argument to be made that Batman thrives on challenge and that is why he only goes after people who are a threat.) Hell, the new, younger Batman that just showed up recently (I refuse to believe that this is the same Batman.) has gone out of his way to be friendly and help citizens in minor ways when he can. (Batman Beyond)", "human_ref_B": "IMO it's because Batman already skirts that line *pretty* closely. He's a hero in mainline continuity, no doubt, but his ideology and tactics are always just *one* step away from being a villain which also means, when the world goes to shit, he can still ride that line and still be a hero. He can integrate his brand of heroism more easily into a dystopian world relatively unchanged. Whereas if you try to insert Barry Allen's heroism into a dystopian world... it doesn't work. Barry's gotta go all or nothing. Same with Superman (though it's harder to talk about him since he's usually the *crux* of the issue). Injustice, Kingdom Come... those dystopian style stories tend to be predicated on the loss of idealism our mainline heroes have. Mainline Superman *always* saves the day, without being grim and gruesome. He always finds a noble solution. He can afford to be idealistic in his heroism because... the writers just decide that's the way it is. That's the universe we've created for them. When we break that constant, then the idealism has to go... and Superman as the blue boyscout doesn't work anymore. Barry Allen as the friendly do-gooder doesn't work anymore. Wonder Woman fighting for peace amongst all doesn't work anymore. Because in the dystopian world, there's not always a peaceful, honorable, noble solution. But Batman... he still works. A little more force, a little less compassion, but he's still Batman. He already isn't contained to the super noble route-- we don't always see it, but Batman freaking *tortures* and cripples people to get the job done. That works just fine in a dystopian world. This is why you usually see him team up with Green Arrow as well, whose politics usually are about the same-- get the job done, recognize the reality that there's not always a happy go lucky solution. Gotta break a few eggs, etc. E: tl;dr in a dystopian world, batman doesn't have to compromise his morals. Most other heroes do, and in doing so they lose the core of their character", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 50.0, "score_ratio": 6.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5kskd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC Universe]Why is it whenever the heroes are turned villains, especially Superman, Batman is seemingly the only character who\u2019s still a hero? This might come off as a bit of a rant, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed in terms of alternate universes and stories. Essentially, whenever the story calls for Superman and the rest of the Justice League to be evil and give up their morals, why is Batman the only major hero that\u2019s still a hero? I understand if the story revolves around the heroes already being villains, like the Crime Syndicate, but the versions that always bothered me were Injustice and the Justice Lords from JL Unlimited (to some extent). Both follow the same idea that a villain ends up killing someone closely associated with Superman, thus he kills the villain and decides enough is enough and takes over the planet, with pretty much the entire league siding with him. What gets me is that up until that point, every hero followed the same history and morals as the regular versions, just with a slightly deviation that made everyone suddenly drop it and become dictators. So what made Batman the sole exception? And I am aware there are also stories where Batman turns evils, like the Batman Who Laughs, and are equally questionable considering he pretty killed every superhero, but the Injustice scenario is one that\u2019s been bothering me for sometime since I\u2019d imagine Batman would be the one to drop heroic morals over most other heroes.", "c_root_id_A": "f9kbohp", "c_root_id_B": "f9kiq8z", "created_at_utc_A": 1575397067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575401285.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 94, "human_ref_A": "The idea is that Batman is incorruptible and righteous, but in my opinion he is a less interesting villain since he already kinda is one. At his best Batman is paranoid, delusional, incapable of trusting and is barely holding back his love of violence when he could solve Gothams problems better as Bruce Wayne. At his worst he 'can beat anyone with enough preparation' (JLA Batman) and that makes for a pretty boring Villain (Batman who laughs). And don't get me started on the comic Nemesis which was pitched as like \"what if the Joker was Batman\" it is another example of how having a villain who has thought of everything and is endlessly prepared just kinda makes for a bad read. That and all the shock value.", "human_ref_B": "IMO it's because Batman already skirts that line *pretty* closely. He's a hero in mainline continuity, no doubt, but his ideology and tactics are always just *one* step away from being a villain which also means, when the world goes to shit, he can still ride that line and still be a hero. He can integrate his brand of heroism more easily into a dystopian world relatively unchanged. Whereas if you try to insert Barry Allen's heroism into a dystopian world... it doesn't work. Barry's gotta go all or nothing. Same with Superman (though it's harder to talk about him since he's usually the *crux* of the issue). Injustice, Kingdom Come... those dystopian style stories tend to be predicated on the loss of idealism our mainline heroes have. Mainline Superman *always* saves the day, without being grim and gruesome. He always finds a noble solution. He can afford to be idealistic in his heroism because... the writers just decide that's the way it is. That's the universe we've created for them. When we break that constant, then the idealism has to go... and Superman as the blue boyscout doesn't work anymore. Barry Allen as the friendly do-gooder doesn't work anymore. Wonder Woman fighting for peace amongst all doesn't work anymore. Because in the dystopian world, there's not always a peaceful, honorable, noble solution. But Batman... he still works. A little more force, a little less compassion, but he's still Batman. He already isn't contained to the super noble route-- we don't always see it, but Batman freaking *tortures* and cripples people to get the job done. That works just fine in a dystopian world. This is why you usually see him team up with Green Arrow as well, whose politics usually are about the same-- get the job done, recognize the reality that there's not always a happy go lucky solution. Gotta break a few eggs, etc. E: tl;dr in a dystopian world, batman doesn't have to compromise his morals. Most other heroes do, and in doing so they lose the core of their character", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4218.0, "score_ratio": 8.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5kskd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC Universe]Why is it whenever the heroes are turned villains, especially Superman, Batman is seemingly the only character who\u2019s still a hero? This might come off as a bit of a rant, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed in terms of alternate universes and stories. Essentially, whenever the story calls for Superman and the rest of the Justice League to be evil and give up their morals, why is Batman the only major hero that\u2019s still a hero? I understand if the story revolves around the heroes already being villains, like the Crime Syndicate, but the versions that always bothered me were Injustice and the Justice Lords from JL Unlimited (to some extent). Both follow the same idea that a villain ends up killing someone closely associated with Superman, thus he kills the villain and decides enough is enough and takes over the planet, with pretty much the entire league siding with him. What gets me is that up until that point, every hero followed the same history and morals as the regular versions, just with a slightly deviation that made everyone suddenly drop it and become dictators. So what made Batman the sole exception? And I am aware there are also stories where Batman turns evils, like the Batman Who Laughs, and are equally questionable considering he pretty killed every superhero, but the Injustice scenario is one that\u2019s been bothering me for sometime since I\u2019d imagine Batman would be the one to drop heroic morals over most other heroes.", "c_root_id_A": "f9kin2q", "c_root_id_B": "f9kbohp", "created_at_utc_A": 1575401235.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575397067.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "There is a simple answer, Batman *is* a villain, he just picks targets that he won't get in trouble for going after. Why do you think he leaves his targets alive? He *wants* them to escape so he can hunt them again. If he really wanted to make Gotham (or the world) a better place, surely he could use his intellect in a better way? If he were to team up with Bruce Wayne they could probably clean up Gotham in a way that Batman never could. Instead Batman satisfies his cravings for violence in an intelligent manner. Just like someone who would be a serial killer might join a militaristic force in order to satisfy their desires, Batman beats up people who cause harm to others. Does that make him a Hero? Superman frequently helps out citizens and companies with non-villain related tasks, why doesn't Batman? Where are all of the cats that he saved from trees? So, simply put, Batman doesn't go after the populous because he seems quite happy going after those who commit crimes, why would he risk his happiness/lifestyle on beating up defenseless people? (Perhaps there is an argument to be made that Batman thrives on challenge and that is why he only goes after people who are a threat.) Hell, the new, younger Batman that just showed up recently (I refuse to believe that this is the same Batman.) has gone out of his way to be friendly and help citizens in minor ways when he can. (Batman Beyond)", "human_ref_B": "The idea is that Batman is incorruptible and righteous, but in my opinion he is a less interesting villain since he already kinda is one. At his best Batman is paranoid, delusional, incapable of trusting and is barely holding back his love of violence when he could solve Gothams problems better as Bruce Wayne. At his worst he 'can beat anyone with enough preparation' (JLA Batman) and that makes for a pretty boring Villain (Batman who laughs). And don't get me started on the comic Nemesis which was pitched as like \"what if the Joker was Batman\" it is another example of how having a villain who has thought of everything and is endlessly prepared just kinda makes for a bad read. That and all the shock value.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4168.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5kskd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC Universe]Why is it whenever the heroes are turned villains, especially Superman, Batman is seemingly the only character who\u2019s still a hero? This might come off as a bit of a rant, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed in terms of alternate universes and stories. Essentially, whenever the story calls for Superman and the rest of the Justice League to be evil and give up their morals, why is Batman the only major hero that\u2019s still a hero? I understand if the story revolves around the heroes already being villains, like the Crime Syndicate, but the versions that always bothered me were Injustice and the Justice Lords from JL Unlimited (to some extent). Both follow the same idea that a villain ends up killing someone closely associated with Superman, thus he kills the villain and decides enough is enough and takes over the planet, with pretty much the entire league siding with him. What gets me is that up until that point, every hero followed the same history and morals as the regular versions, just with a slightly deviation that made everyone suddenly drop it and become dictators. So what made Batman the sole exception? And I am aware there are also stories where Batman turns evils, like the Batman Who Laughs, and are equally questionable considering he pretty killed every superhero, but the Injustice scenario is one that\u2019s been bothering me for sometime since I\u2019d imagine Batman would be the one to drop heroic morals over most other heroes.", "c_root_id_A": "f9kbohp", "c_root_id_B": "f9kl9c7", "created_at_utc_A": 1575397067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575402771.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "The idea is that Batman is incorruptible and righteous, but in my opinion he is a less interesting villain since he already kinda is one. At his best Batman is paranoid, delusional, incapable of trusting and is barely holding back his love of violence when he could solve Gothams problems better as Bruce Wayne. At his worst he 'can beat anyone with enough preparation' (JLA Batman) and that makes for a pretty boring Villain (Batman who laughs). And don't get me started on the comic Nemesis which was pitched as like \"what if the Joker was Batman\" it is another example of how having a villain who has thought of everything and is endlessly prepared just kinda makes for a bad read. That and all the shock value.", "human_ref_B": "I think part of it is that Superman is a moral compass for a lot of the rest of the League _except_ for Batman. This is a source of conflict between their different notions of heroism and morality in mainline continuity, but it also means that if one or the other turns evil, it is unlikely to effect the other since they already maintain fairly distinct moral codes. I think Wonder Woman also plays a key and underappreciated role here, in that she has a morality that balances different elements of Batman and Superman, and whichever side she picks, she tends to bring a lot of other League members along with her. In stories where Superman turns evil just by himself, and Wonder Woman stays on Batman's side, the entire or bulk of the League stays good.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5704.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5kskd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC Universe]Why is it whenever the heroes are turned villains, especially Superman, Batman is seemingly the only character who\u2019s still a hero? This might come off as a bit of a rant, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed in terms of alternate universes and stories. Essentially, whenever the story calls for Superman and the rest of the Justice League to be evil and give up their morals, why is Batman the only major hero that\u2019s still a hero? I understand if the story revolves around the heroes already being villains, like the Crime Syndicate, but the versions that always bothered me were Injustice and the Justice Lords from JL Unlimited (to some extent). Both follow the same idea that a villain ends up killing someone closely associated with Superman, thus he kills the villain and decides enough is enough and takes over the planet, with pretty much the entire league siding with him. What gets me is that up until that point, every hero followed the same history and morals as the regular versions, just with a slightly deviation that made everyone suddenly drop it and become dictators. So what made Batman the sole exception? And I am aware there are also stories where Batman turns evils, like the Batman Who Laughs, and are equally questionable considering he pretty killed every superhero, but the Injustice scenario is one that\u2019s been bothering me for sometime since I\u2019d imagine Batman would be the one to drop heroic morals over most other heroes.", "c_root_id_A": "f9kl76y", "c_root_id_B": "f9kl9c7", "created_at_utc_A": 1575402735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575402771.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "The honest answer? Because the other upper tier characters could easily handle them and there wouldn't be a story. Wonder Woman could easily beat an evil superman, so Injustice had to make her a sociopath. Green Lantern with his standard Hal Jordan willpower hacks could beat him too, so Injustice had to make Hal a hypocrite with slight brain damage. For the sake of an interesting story, the other upper tier characters either have to be evil too, or they were eliminated offscreen early on. Underdog stories are easy to write. I would personally prefer a story where the remaining powered heroes are really conflicted because of their past history with the fallen hero, but that's just me.", "human_ref_B": "I think part of it is that Superman is a moral compass for a lot of the rest of the League _except_ for Batman. This is a source of conflict between their different notions of heroism and morality in mainline continuity, but it also means that if one or the other turns evil, it is unlikely to effect the other since they already maintain fairly distinct moral codes. I think Wonder Woman also plays a key and underappreciated role here, in that she has a morality that balances different elements of Batman and Superman, and whichever side she picks, she tends to bring a lot of other League members along with her. In stories where Superman turns evil just by himself, and Wonder Woman stays on Batman's side, the entire or bulk of the League stays good.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5kskd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC Universe]Why is it whenever the heroes are turned villains, especially Superman, Batman is seemingly the only character who\u2019s still a hero? This might come off as a bit of a rant, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed in terms of alternate universes and stories. Essentially, whenever the story calls for Superman and the rest of the Justice League to be evil and give up their morals, why is Batman the only major hero that\u2019s still a hero? I understand if the story revolves around the heroes already being villains, like the Crime Syndicate, but the versions that always bothered me were Injustice and the Justice Lords from JL Unlimited (to some extent). Both follow the same idea that a villain ends up killing someone closely associated with Superman, thus he kills the villain and decides enough is enough and takes over the planet, with pretty much the entire league siding with him. What gets me is that up until that point, every hero followed the same history and morals as the regular versions, just with a slightly deviation that made everyone suddenly drop it and become dictators. So what made Batman the sole exception? And I am aware there are also stories where Batman turns evils, like the Batman Who Laughs, and are equally questionable considering he pretty killed every superhero, but the Injustice scenario is one that\u2019s been bothering me for sometime since I\u2019d imagine Batman would be the one to drop heroic morals over most other heroes.", "c_root_id_A": "f9kbohp", "c_root_id_B": "f9kl76y", "created_at_utc_A": 1575397067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575402735.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The idea is that Batman is incorruptible and righteous, but in my opinion he is a less interesting villain since he already kinda is one. At his best Batman is paranoid, delusional, incapable of trusting and is barely holding back his love of violence when he could solve Gothams problems better as Bruce Wayne. At his worst he 'can beat anyone with enough preparation' (JLA Batman) and that makes for a pretty boring Villain (Batman who laughs). And don't get me started on the comic Nemesis which was pitched as like \"what if the Joker was Batman\" it is another example of how having a villain who has thought of everything and is endlessly prepared just kinda makes for a bad read. That and all the shock value.", "human_ref_B": "The honest answer? Because the other upper tier characters could easily handle them and there wouldn't be a story. Wonder Woman could easily beat an evil superman, so Injustice had to make her a sociopath. Green Lantern with his standard Hal Jordan willpower hacks could beat him too, so Injustice had to make Hal a hypocrite with slight brain damage. For the sake of an interesting story, the other upper tier characters either have to be evil too, or they were eliminated offscreen early on. Underdog stories are easy to write. I would personally prefer a story where the remaining powered heroes are really conflicted because of their past history with the fallen hero, but that's just me.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5668.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjbrda", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] With the exception of the Death Star, there isn't really any ship-board AI. Why is that, and what is the advantage of doing it with modular droids instead of built-in AI?", "c_root_id_A": "fwlfn60", "c_root_id_B": "fwlbb5p", "created_at_utc_A": 1593619595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593617465.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 90, "human_ref_A": "Think of it this way. You have an R2 unit and an X-wing. Now you can weld the R2 into the X-wing and you have a shipboard AI. Alternatively, you can leave the R2 unit independant, and now you have a shipboard AI for any ship you have to hand, as well as a mobile AI to help you with any number of things around the hanger or in port. When you look at it in terms of modularity like that, the question is less why wouldn't you build an AI into a ship, and more why would you want to restrict your AI to just the ship.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s possible that people don\u2019t want to give a ship-board AI too much sentience, because there is too much of a risk of it turning against it\u2019s creators with disastrous effect. Whereas if a ~~loan~~ lone droid goes rogue, it is easier to isolate and neutralize.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2130.0, "score_ratio": 1.4888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjbrda", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] With the exception of the Death Star, there isn't really any ship-board AI. Why is that, and what is the advantage of doing it with modular droids instead of built-in AI?", "c_root_id_A": "fwlcnaj", "c_root_id_B": "fwlfn60", "created_at_utc_A": 1593618130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593619595.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 134, "human_ref_A": "People might not actually be able to completely develop new forms of robots and AI. Might be like magic to them. Perform the astromech building ritual to get an astromech, and if you're really smart, he gets +1 Stats.", "human_ref_B": "Think of it this way. You have an R2 unit and an X-wing. Now you can weld the R2 into the X-wing and you have a shipboard AI. Alternatively, you can leave the R2 unit independant, and now you have a shipboard AI for any ship you have to hand, as well as a mobile AI to help you with any number of things around the hanger or in port. When you look at it in terms of modularity like that, the question is less why wouldn't you build an AI into a ship, and more why would you want to restrict your AI to just the ship.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1465.0, "score_ratio": 4.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjbrda", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] With the exception of the Death Star, there isn't really any ship-board AI. Why is that, and what is the advantage of doing it with modular droids instead of built-in AI?", "c_root_id_A": "fwlepd3", "c_root_id_B": "fwlfn60", "created_at_utc_A": 1593619139.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593619595.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 134, "human_ref_A": "The Millennium Falcon had a AI that had particularly odd language according to C3PO. In Legends it even had *three* AIs for various parts that hated each other and constantly sabotaged one another.", "human_ref_B": "Think of it this way. You have an R2 unit and an X-wing. Now you can weld the R2 into the X-wing and you have a shipboard AI. Alternatively, you can leave the R2 unit independant, and now you have a shipboard AI for any ship you have to hand, as well as a mobile AI to help you with any number of things around the hanger or in port. When you look at it in terms of modularity like that, the question is less why wouldn't you build an AI into a ship, and more why would you want to restrict your AI to just the ship.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 456.0, "score_ratio": 4.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjbrda", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] With the exception of the Death Star, there isn't really any ship-board AI. Why is that, and what is the advantage of doing it with modular droids instead of built-in AI?", "c_root_id_A": "fwlevhk", "c_root_id_B": "fwlfn60", "created_at_utc_A": 1593619222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593619595.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 134, "human_ref_A": "By having the AI in a droid, you're basically able to take your AI from ship to ship without a lengthy install or transfer process, and it's self transporting. Take an x-wing for example. If the AI is built into the craft, and the craft gets damaged to the point you're moving to another, you either have to start with a fresh, untrained AI, move the AI module, or somehow copy all that data. By using a standard droid, you can basically have the droid move to the new X-Wing, and your AI is already trained to your flight style. For ships without built in astromech sockets, you will see pilots like Cassian who have a droid as a copilot, or more dedicated primary pilots like Zero in the Mandalorian. Modularity also means you can more customize your experience. A freight hauler probably doesn't need super high end AI capable of combat maneuvers, but a smuggler might want that. It makes your ship appeal to a wider audience. Also, after the clone wars, there were plenty of people left with a serious distrust of Droids and AI, so ships would definitely need to have manual controls, so if you have a droid that can interface with those, it would save adding a secondary interface.", "human_ref_B": "Think of it this way. You have an R2 unit and an X-wing. Now you can weld the R2 into the X-wing and you have a shipboard AI. Alternatively, you can leave the R2 unit independant, and now you have a shipboard AI for any ship you have to hand, as well as a mobile AI to help you with any number of things around the hanger or in port. When you look at it in terms of modularity like that, the question is less why wouldn't you build an AI into a ship, and more why would you want to restrict your AI to just the ship.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 373.0, "score_ratio": 7.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjbrda", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] With the exception of the Death Star, there isn't really any ship-board AI. Why is that, and what is the advantage of doing it with modular droids instead of built-in AI?", "c_root_id_A": "fwlfn60", "c_root_id_B": "fwlczb0", "created_at_utc_A": 1593619595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593618294.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Think of it this way. You have an R2 unit and an X-wing. Now you can weld the R2 into the X-wing and you have a shipboard AI. Alternatively, you can leave the R2 unit independant, and now you have a shipboard AI for any ship you have to hand, as well as a mobile AI to help you with any number of things around the hanger or in port. When you look at it in terms of modularity like that, the question is less why wouldn't you build an AI into a ship, and more why would you want to restrict your AI to just the ship.", "human_ref_B": "What's the purpose? You can have an AI on board, but it can't fix a busted hydrocoil. It can't adjust or repair wiring; you still need to do that. You don't need an AI in your freighter to tell you you're low on fuel, you just need a sensor to tell you that - and a DROID to fill it up with fuel the next time you pull over. As long as you've got the droid doing all the heavy lifting and repairs, you may as well have it do the heavy thinking, as well. Most ships, outside of maybe something like an ISD, are just dumb ships because that's all they need to be. They have basic navigation, but anything else that needs to done with them is going to be worked on by a droid anyway. The same reason we carry phones - the phone has everything I need on it, I just plug the phone into the vehicle to access that info in a way the car finds useful. The droid already has everything I need, and I can take it with me to another ship, I can get a new ship, I can use the droid to carry my contraba--I mean legal supplies -- and I'm not restricted to my one ship. The droid can hold my location history, travel routes, favorite destinations...and the ship is just like \"turn right here,\" which is all i want it to do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1301.0, "score_ratio": 8.9333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjbrda", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] With the exception of the Death Star, there isn't really any ship-board AI. Why is that, and what is the advantage of doing it with modular droids instead of built-in AI?", "c_root_id_A": "fwlczb0", "c_root_id_B": "fwlepd3", "created_at_utc_A": 1593618294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593619139.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "What's the purpose? You can have an AI on board, but it can't fix a busted hydrocoil. It can't adjust or repair wiring; you still need to do that. You don't need an AI in your freighter to tell you you're low on fuel, you just need a sensor to tell you that - and a DROID to fill it up with fuel the next time you pull over. As long as you've got the droid doing all the heavy lifting and repairs, you may as well have it do the heavy thinking, as well. Most ships, outside of maybe something like an ISD, are just dumb ships because that's all they need to be. They have basic navigation, but anything else that needs to done with them is going to be worked on by a droid anyway. The same reason we carry phones - the phone has everything I need on it, I just plug the phone into the vehicle to access that info in a way the car finds useful. The droid already has everything I need, and I can take it with me to another ship, I can get a new ship, I can use the droid to carry my contraba--I mean legal supplies -- and I'm not restricted to my one ship. The droid can hold my location history, travel routes, favorite destinations...and the ship is just like \"turn right here,\" which is all i want it to do.", "human_ref_B": "The Millennium Falcon had a AI that had particularly odd language according to C3PO. In Legends it even had *three* AIs for various parts that hated each other and constantly sabotaged one another.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 845.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjbrda", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] With the exception of the Death Star, there isn't really any ship-board AI. Why is that, and what is the advantage of doing it with modular droids instead of built-in AI?", "c_root_id_A": "fwlczb0", "c_root_id_B": "fwlevhk", "created_at_utc_A": 1593618294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593619222.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "What's the purpose? You can have an AI on board, but it can't fix a busted hydrocoil. It can't adjust or repair wiring; you still need to do that. You don't need an AI in your freighter to tell you you're low on fuel, you just need a sensor to tell you that - and a DROID to fill it up with fuel the next time you pull over. As long as you've got the droid doing all the heavy lifting and repairs, you may as well have it do the heavy thinking, as well. Most ships, outside of maybe something like an ISD, are just dumb ships because that's all they need to be. They have basic navigation, but anything else that needs to done with them is going to be worked on by a droid anyway. The same reason we carry phones - the phone has everything I need on it, I just plug the phone into the vehicle to access that info in a way the car finds useful. The droid already has everything I need, and I can take it with me to another ship, I can get a new ship, I can use the droid to carry my contraba--I mean legal supplies -- and I'm not restricted to my one ship. The droid can hold my location history, travel routes, favorite destinations...and the ship is just like \"turn right here,\" which is all i want it to do.", "human_ref_B": "By having the AI in a droid, you're basically able to take your AI from ship to ship without a lengthy install or transfer process, and it's self transporting. Take an x-wing for example. If the AI is built into the craft, and the craft gets damaged to the point you're moving to another, you either have to start with a fresh, untrained AI, move the AI module, or somehow copy all that data. By using a standard droid, you can basically have the droid move to the new X-Wing, and your AI is already trained to your flight style. For ships without built in astromech sockets, you will see pilots like Cassian who have a droid as a copilot, or more dedicated primary pilots like Zero in the Mandalorian. Modularity also means you can more customize your experience. A freight hauler probably doesn't need super high end AI capable of combat maneuvers, but a smuggler might want that. It makes your ship appeal to a wider audience. Also, after the clone wars, there were plenty of people left with a serious distrust of Droids and AI, so ships would definitely need to have manual controls, so if you have a droid that can interface with those, it would save adding a secondary interface.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 928.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjbrda", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] With the exception of the Death Star, there isn't really any ship-board AI. Why is that, and what is the advantage of doing it with modular droids instead of built-in AI?", "c_root_id_A": "fwljef6", "c_root_id_B": "fwlczb0", "created_at_utc_A": 1593621368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593618294.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s a plot running underneath the entirety of Star Wars that a major Droid revolution is coming. \u201cIf Droids could think, there\u2019d be none of us left would there?\u201d. Giving an AI a city sized body with turbo lasers might not be such s good idea.", "human_ref_B": "What's the purpose? You can have an AI on board, but it can't fix a busted hydrocoil. It can't adjust or repair wiring; you still need to do that. You don't need an AI in your freighter to tell you you're low on fuel, you just need a sensor to tell you that - and a DROID to fill it up with fuel the next time you pull over. As long as you've got the droid doing all the heavy lifting and repairs, you may as well have it do the heavy thinking, as well. Most ships, outside of maybe something like an ISD, are just dumb ships because that's all they need to be. They have basic navigation, but anything else that needs to done with them is going to be worked on by a droid anyway. The same reason we carry phones - the phone has everything I need on it, I just plug the phone into the vehicle to access that info in a way the car finds useful. The droid already has everything I need, and I can take it with me to another ship, I can get a new ship, I can use the droid to carry my contraba--I mean legal supplies -- and I'm not restricted to my one ship. The droid can hold my location history, travel routes, favorite destinations...and the ship is just like \"turn right here,\" which is all i want it to do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3074.0, "score_ratio": 1.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vweu38", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DUNE] If a laser making contact with a shield generates a nuclear explosion, why aren't the more fanatic factions use this effect to perform suicide attacks? Since lasers making contact with shields results in sub-atomic fusion and subsequently a nuclear explosion, it seems to me like a single person firing a lasgun at a shield, could take out an entire army or military compound. From a tactical point of view, sacrificing a single soldier to deal so much damage to the enemy makes sense, and given how fanatical some factions in the Dune universe can get, I bet there would be plenty of volunteers for the task. I have only watched the 2021 film, so I don't know if at some point anyone actually does what I'm suggesting, but from what I know of Dune, suicide attacks like that should be a legit strategy that for some reason isn't being used. If it turns out, this is indeed a common strategy in Dune and it just wasn't shown in the film, feel free to call me an idiot.", "c_root_id_A": "ifpfpji", "c_root_id_B": "ifpgr3r", "created_at_utc_A": 1657535517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657536310.0, "score_A": 103, "score_B": 455, "human_ref_A": "There simply aren't any fanatics. The entire empire is stagnant, everything has been as it's been for thousands of years, no one who would benefit from shaking things up is in a position to do anything about it. That is, of course, until Paul's rise - where some fanatics (mainly fremen, who don't give a shit about wider conventions) do end up using a nuclear device in Arrakeen. Despite the jihad being somewhat of a military campaign, there's not much canon record about events during the war. Maybe that trick was used against Paul's forces on occasion, assuming the fremen used shields despite not being on Arrakis in the first place. In terms of organized warfare (which also mostly doesn't exist, because stagnation; even the Harkonnen/Atreides war is \"kanly\", a ritualized form of war), there's no way to distinguish between a laser/shield induced nuclear explosion and a real nuke. So if anyone gets wind that it happened, people are going to think you used a nuke and every great house will come down on you like a sack of bricks. Finally, the interaction between lasers and shields isn't consistent. Sometimes it vaporizes the target, sometimes it vaporizes you, sometimes both. All that said, Duncan does at one point set up a trap. Because shields attract worms and can't be used on Dune, the Harkonnen are free to use lasers while sweeping the desert for Atreides resistance cells. Duncan set up a shield and put an end to that practice. (The Atreides house was wiped out anyway, at least until Paul pushed the Harkonnen out, so the houses didn't see a need to organize against Atreides for it.)", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s not consistent enough to be a useful tactic. Odds are your lone soldier just blows himself up and you get in deep trouble for using nukes without the benefit of actually having nuked anything. Beyond that pretty much every relevant faction has actual nuclear weapons, which generally lie unused for cultural reasons. If they decide to take the gloves off they don\u2019t really have to rely on basically rolling dice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 793.0, "score_ratio": 4.4174757282, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vweu38", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DUNE] If a laser making contact with a shield generates a nuclear explosion, why aren't the more fanatic factions use this effect to perform suicide attacks? Since lasers making contact with shields results in sub-atomic fusion and subsequently a nuclear explosion, it seems to me like a single person firing a lasgun at a shield, could take out an entire army or military compound. From a tactical point of view, sacrificing a single soldier to deal so much damage to the enemy makes sense, and given how fanatical some factions in the Dune universe can get, I bet there would be plenty of volunteers for the task. I have only watched the 2021 film, so I don't know if at some point anyone actually does what I'm suggesting, but from what I know of Dune, suicide attacks like that should be a legit strategy that for some reason isn't being used. If it turns out, this is indeed a common strategy in Dune and it just wasn't shown in the film, feel free to call me an idiot.", "c_root_id_A": "ifpjniw", "c_root_id_B": "ifptwus", "created_at_utc_A": 1657538386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657544400.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 55, "human_ref_A": "In the books early on the Atreides higher-ups consider the possibility that the Harkonnens might have rigged up a lasgun on a timer to hit their residence\u2019s shield, let alone a possible suicide attack, but they decide it\u2019s unlikely because there\u2019s no way to tell the difference between a lasgun-shield explosion and a nuke under the circumstances. There\u2019s *very* strict rules against using nuclear weapons against human targets, and the Harkonnens have too many enemies to risk using a tactic like that, since if they could make it stick it would result in the complete annihilation of their House. Even so, when the Duke gets knocked out by Yueh in the book he leaves his shield turned off because the Atreides had found reports that the Harkonnens were smuggling in lasguns. So chances are that the tactic *is* occasionally used by people who think they can get away with it. It\u2019s just that the consequences can be so incredibly severe that it\u2019s not common enough to be a standard part of warfare. Hell, IIRC Duncan Idaho even rigs up a trap for the Harkonnens shortly after the invasion by burying an active vehicle shield in a way that makes it look like a potential hideout for Atreides troops who survived the invasion. It\u2019s also worth pointing out that there\u2019s an offhand mention in a later book of a kind of weapon called a Stone Burner that very barely scrapes past the rules against using nuclear weapons, and the context was the kind of situation you\u2019d expect someone to use a lasgun-shield suicide attack, so clearly there are also a few other options available.", "human_ref_B": "So as I understand it, the Holtzman effect is very inconsistent. Sometimes it creates a massive explosion on the scale of a hydrogen bomb. Sometimes it kills just the soldier. Sometimes it drops the shield ut also kills the soldier. Sometimes *both* go up in an atomic blast. And sometimes it just fizzles out to nothing. It's so completely random that it's not a viable strategy to use on a enemy. If it just kills your soldier sometimes there's no evidence of anything so you're wondering if he died to a Holtzman effect, was captured, killed getting there, or chickened out. If the shield goes down, was it because the Lasgun killed it or because they found out you were trying to Lasgun their shields? What if it sets of two atomic blasts and annihilates the target *and* part of your troops? And Atomics are illegal to use, so what if it sets off a Hydrogen bomb like explosion and *no one believes you didn't use your atomics?* Can you find one fanatic to attempt it? Probably. But can you find *two*? Or three for all the failed attempts and self immolations? And how long is your army going to wait there (either in space or on the ground) for a(/some) dangerous fanatic(s) to maybe blow an opening in their defenses. It's better to just send in the troops and fight conventionally.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6014.0, "score_ratio": 1.4102564103, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vweu38", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DUNE] If a laser making contact with a shield generates a nuclear explosion, why aren't the more fanatic factions use this effect to perform suicide attacks? Since lasers making contact with shields results in sub-atomic fusion and subsequently a nuclear explosion, it seems to me like a single person firing a lasgun at a shield, could take out an entire army or military compound. From a tactical point of view, sacrificing a single soldier to deal so much damage to the enemy makes sense, and given how fanatical some factions in the Dune universe can get, I bet there would be plenty of volunteers for the task. I have only watched the 2021 film, so I don't know if at some point anyone actually does what I'm suggesting, but from what I know of Dune, suicide attacks like that should be a legit strategy that for some reason isn't being used. If it turns out, this is indeed a common strategy in Dune and it just wasn't shown in the film, feel free to call me an idiot.", "c_root_id_A": "ifqfgmt", "c_root_id_B": "ifqctfs", "created_at_utc_A": 1657553886.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657552814.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think that a good part of this, aside from *actual* nukes being available, is the fact that *lasers* don't really seem to be too common. Likely laser *technology* as a whole just isn't very prolific. It's been 20 years since I've read the books, and I only saw the movie when it was new. But the laser that they show in the film seems very much like a special squad weapon, deployed by a dedicated team, and only used in certain circumstances. They didn't just carry that laser like a regular weapon or sidearm, they brought *specialized equipment* with them. And it was big and bulky, more like a construction tool than a weapon. My point is that lasers don't really seem to be much better as weapons than they are in early 21st century Earth. They're big, they're power hungry, they get hot, and they do great at fine cutting, but they're not the widely destructive implements you get with ballistics. Shields, on the other hand, are damn *useful.* Both at personal scale and at larger ship scales, shields as a technology are \"worth it.\" Lasers don't really seem to be. So, knowing that they're very dangerous to the shooter *and* the target probably lend to the fact that lasers aren't very common. Couple this with the lasers generally make poor weapons of war, and you get a kind of chicken-and-egg problem. Lasers aren't common because they're poor weapons and they're dangerous against shields, which means that the technology itself sees few applications overall.", "human_ref_B": "Each House possesses a supply of regular nuclear weapons (called atomics.) They have an agreement that nobody can use such weapons against people. It would be *just barely* legal to use them against something like the Shield Wall, which was mostly an uninhabited mountain range. The penalty for using atomics against people is that every House would then use such weapons against you. You might be a fanatic for your cause, but you know that using something like that would result in your cause being completely wiped out by nuclear carpet bombing. (If your actions disrupted the flow of Spice, you'd probably be bombarded from orbit, too. The Guild doesn't like that kind of thing.) Also, there's an element of randomness to the effect, and you can't be sure of getting a city-level explosion. You might just get one big enough to kill yourself and nobody else. Or it could be anything in between. If you believe in your cause, you really don't want it wiped out because you tried (and maybe failed) to take out a single formation of troops.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1072.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vweu38", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DUNE] If a laser making contact with a shield generates a nuclear explosion, why aren't the more fanatic factions use this effect to perform suicide attacks? Since lasers making contact with shields results in sub-atomic fusion and subsequently a nuclear explosion, it seems to me like a single person firing a lasgun at a shield, could take out an entire army or military compound. From a tactical point of view, sacrificing a single soldier to deal so much damage to the enemy makes sense, and given how fanatical some factions in the Dune universe can get, I bet there would be plenty of volunteers for the task. I have only watched the 2021 film, so I don't know if at some point anyone actually does what I'm suggesting, but from what I know of Dune, suicide attacks like that should be a legit strategy that for some reason isn't being used. If it turns out, this is indeed a common strategy in Dune and it just wasn't shown in the film, feel free to call me an idiot.", "c_root_id_A": "ifqwt52", "c_root_id_B": "ifr363n", "created_at_utc_A": 1657560674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657563163.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Great Convention, which was brokered between the Great Houses, the Guild, and the Imperium after the Butlerian Jihad, prohibited the use of atomics against humans (the view was that human life was precious). The prescribed penalty for using nukes against other humans was planetary annihilation. So a House having one of their soldiers do a suicide run with a shield and lasgun against another House would result in the home planet of the first House getting literally nuked back into the Stone Age. In short, the downside of using a shield/lasgun combo--your House's home planet turned into a charcoal briquet--far outweighed any tactical advantage your House might gain in a battle. The Great Convention also instituted rules that governed how Houses could violently solve disputes between them, kanly, that minimized any collateral damage and unnecessary civilian deaths. Again, the emphasis was on protecting human life. As far as lone wolfs are concerned, the average citizen of the Imperium are, well, serfs. They would never have access to shields or lasguns. Soldiers that do have access to them are trained to be fanatically loyal to their Houses and would not do something that is going to get their House obliterated. That and every House was run like it was the height of the Cold War: they had vast networks of spy and informers who were constantly on the look out for plots from other Houses so any unhinged person would quickly get noticed.", "human_ref_B": "A lot of this I think is explained by the deep web of politics inside the dune universe. Most of the power plays are done with maneuvering and not force. Although at the same time force is key. The novels talk frequently about how one of the main checks, is following the accepted conventions in order to not get the other major houses ganging up on you. Even the emperor is afraid of this. And this is why he takes great care to make sure no one else other than the Harkonens know that he supports the decimation of house Atreides. If that got out, the landsraad would revolt and the emperor could not fight every house at once. So this sort of fear or a collective revolt against a particular faction is a major part of the deterrent. Even the fringe factions have political reasons to play ball and gave other mechanisms for control.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2489.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0v7yl", "c_root_id_B": "hm0o2rs", "created_at_utc_A": 1637839579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637833687.0, "score_A": 964, "score_B": 428, "human_ref_A": "Spidey's Spider-Sense told him that *something* real bad was happening, but not exactly what, so he was basically having a super-powered panic attack. He didn't fade away faster, he just called attention to his own dematerialization earlier than the others, so we saw it all in excruciating detail.", "human_ref_B": "I'm thinking his spider sense sensed the snap, so that allowed him to react earlier than most and made it either seem like he resisted it longer or actually give him a heads up to willfully resist it a tad.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5892.0, "score_ratio": 2.2523364486, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0v7yl", "c_root_id_B": "hm0oyvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1637839579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637834420.0, "score_A": 964, "score_B": 143, "human_ref_A": "Spidey's Spider-Sense told him that *something* real bad was happening, but not exactly what, so he was basically having a super-powered panic attack. He didn't fade away faster, he just called attention to his own dematerialization earlier than the others, so we saw it all in excruciating detail.", "human_ref_B": "He didn't. His Spidey sense just told him he was going to die and it took \"longer\" because we saw every second of him disappearing a bit before it happened.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5159.0, "score_ratio": 6.7412587413, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0ta6a", "c_root_id_B": "hm0v7yl", "created_at_utc_A": 1637837973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637839579.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 964, "human_ref_A": "He didn't he could sense it coming.", "human_ref_B": "Spidey's Spider-Sense told him that *something* real bad was happening, but not exactly what, so he was basically having a super-powered panic attack. He didn't fade away faster, he just called attention to his own dematerialization earlier than the others, so we saw it all in excruciating detail.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1606.0, "score_ratio": 15.5483870968, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0v7yl", "c_root_id_B": "hm0nfcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1637839579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637833167.0, "score_A": 964, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "Spidey's Spider-Sense told him that *something* real bad was happening, but not exactly what, so he was basically having a super-powered panic attack. He didn't fade away faster, he just called attention to his own dematerialization earlier than the others, so we saw it all in excruciating detail.", "human_ref_B": "It's probably just random chance. If it was durability based, Drax would not be dusted before Quill. Edit: It could be willpower, after all Thanos was the last to be dusted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6412.0, "score_ratio": 22.4186046512, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0v7yl", "c_root_id_B": "hm0oybc", "created_at_utc_A": 1637839579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637834407.0, "score_A": 964, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Spidey's Spider-Sense told him that *something* real bad was happening, but not exactly what, so he was basically having a super-powered panic attack. He didn't fade away faster, he just called attention to his own dematerialization earlier than the others, so we saw it all in excruciating detail.", "human_ref_B": "I think the director stated that Peter has a healing factor that allowed him to resist the snap a few extra seconds", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5172.0, "score_ratio": 56.7058823529, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0nfcl", "c_root_id_B": "hm0o2rs", "created_at_utc_A": 1637833167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637833687.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 428, "human_ref_A": "It's probably just random chance. If it was durability based, Drax would not be dusted before Quill. Edit: It could be willpower, after all Thanos was the last to be dusted.", "human_ref_B": "I'm thinking his spider sense sensed the snap, so that allowed him to react earlier than most and made it either seem like he resisted it longer or actually give him a heads up to willfully resist it a tad.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 520.0, "score_ratio": 9.9534883721, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0nfcl", "c_root_id_B": "hm0oyvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1637833167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637834420.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 143, "human_ref_A": "It's probably just random chance. If it was durability based, Drax would not be dusted before Quill. Edit: It could be willpower, after all Thanos was the last to be dusted.", "human_ref_B": "He didn't. His Spidey sense just told him he was going to die and it took \"longer\" because we saw every second of him disappearing a bit before it happened.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1253.0, "score_ratio": 3.3255813953, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0oybc", "c_root_id_B": "hm0oyvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1637834407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637834420.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 143, "human_ref_A": "I think the director stated that Peter has a healing factor that allowed him to resist the snap a few extra seconds", "human_ref_B": "He didn't. His Spidey sense just told him he was going to die and it took \"longer\" because we saw every second of him disappearing a bit before it happened.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13.0, "score_ratio": 8.4117647059, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm1feo1", "c_root_id_B": "hm0ta6a", "created_at_utc_A": 1637852048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637837973.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "The directors have said that because he's one of the most powerful characters on earth and so durable that his body was fighting the snap, so that's the canon reason I guess. But in my head what everyone else has said makes more sense to me given what we know about Spider-man and the Snap. I think his spider sense was just on fire telling him something was wrong so it lasted longer for him", "human_ref_B": "He didn't he could sense it coming.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14075.0, "score_ratio": 1.7258064516, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0nfcl", "c_root_id_B": "hm1feo1", "created_at_utc_A": 1637833167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637852048.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 107, "human_ref_A": "It's probably just random chance. If it was durability based, Drax would not be dusted before Quill. Edit: It could be willpower, after all Thanos was the last to be dusted.", "human_ref_B": "The directors have said that because he's one of the most powerful characters on earth and so durable that his body was fighting the snap, so that's the canon reason I guess. But in my head what everyone else has said makes more sense to me given what we know about Spider-man and the Snap. I think his spider sense was just on fire telling him something was wrong so it lasted longer for him", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18881.0, "score_ratio": 2.488372093, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm1feo1", "c_root_id_B": "hm11z1h", "created_at_utc_A": 1637852048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637844583.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "The directors have said that because he's one of the most powerful characters on earth and so durable that his body was fighting the snap, so that's the canon reason I guess. But in my head what everyone else has said makes more sense to me given what we know about Spider-man and the Snap. I think his spider sense was just on fire telling him something was wrong so it lasted longer for him", "human_ref_B": "He didn't resist it the longest. He knew it was coming the longest because of his Peter tingle", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7465.0, "score_ratio": 2.8157894737, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0oybc", "c_root_id_B": "hm1feo1", "created_at_utc_A": 1637834407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637852048.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 107, "human_ref_A": "I think the director stated that Peter has a healing factor that allowed him to resist the snap a few extra seconds", "human_ref_B": "The directors have said that because he's one of the most powerful characters on earth and so durable that his body was fighting the snap, so that's the canon reason I guess. But in my head what everyone else has said makes more sense to me given what we know about Spider-man and the Snap. I think his spider sense was just on fire telling him something was wrong so it lasted longer for him", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17641.0, "score_ratio": 6.2941176471, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0nfcl", "c_root_id_B": "hm0ta6a", "created_at_utc_A": 1637833167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637837973.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "It's probably just random chance. If it was durability based, Drax would not be dusted before Quill. Edit: It could be willpower, after all Thanos was the last to be dusted.", "human_ref_B": "He didn't he could sense it coming.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4806.0, "score_ratio": 1.4418604651, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0ta6a", "c_root_id_B": "hm0oybc", "created_at_utc_A": 1637837973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637834407.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He didn't he could sense it coming.", "human_ref_B": "I think the director stated that Peter has a healing factor that allowed him to resist the snap a few extra seconds", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3566.0, "score_ratio": 3.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0oybc", "c_root_id_B": "hm11z1h", "created_at_utc_A": 1637834407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637844583.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "I think the director stated that Peter has a healing factor that allowed him to resist the snap a few extra seconds", "human_ref_B": "He didn't resist it the longest. He knew it was coming the longest because of his Peter tingle", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10176.0, "score_ratio": 2.2352941176, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm1z1q1", "c_root_id_B": "hm1t6ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1637860782.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637858276.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "His spider sense picked up on the imminent danger and the severity of it, but he couldn't understand what was happening or how to stop it. The \"I don't feel so good\" is probably existential dread, pretty messed up. Like knowing you're about to die of a heart attack a minute before it happens", "human_ref_B": "Because he really did not want to go.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2506.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm1sp4j", "c_root_id_B": "hm1z1q1", "created_at_utc_A": 1637858075.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637860782.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "He didn't resist it. It's that his spider sense was screaming at him for a bit before the snap happened that something was going to happen.", "human_ref_B": "His spider sense picked up on the imminent danger and the severity of it, but he couldn't understand what was happening or how to stop it. The \"I don't feel so good\" is probably existential dread, pretty messed up. Like knowing you're about to die of a heart attack a minute before it happens", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2707.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm1o7o9", "c_root_id_B": "hm1z1q1", "created_at_utc_A": 1637856124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637860782.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Just a guess but It could have been that his accelerated healing was keeping his body together for as long as possible before he was dusted", "human_ref_B": "His spider sense picked up on the imminent danger and the severity of it, but he couldn't understand what was happening or how to stop it. The \"I don't feel so good\" is probably existential dread, pretty messed up. Like knowing you're about to die of a heart attack a minute before it happens", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4658.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm2mltn", "c_root_id_B": "hm1t6ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1637870750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637858276.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think someone said it was his regeneration was actually fighting it off to an extent, which is why he lasted so long, his body was actually trying to heal as it was being dusted.", "human_ref_B": "Because he really did not want to go.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12474.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm1o7o9", "c_root_id_B": "hm1t6ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1637856124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637858276.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Just a guess but It could have been that his accelerated healing was keeping his body together for as long as possible before he was dusted", "human_ref_B": "Because he really did not want to go.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2152.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm1sp4j", "c_root_id_B": "hm2mltn", "created_at_utc_A": 1637858075.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637870750.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He didn't resist it. It's that his spider sense was screaming at him for a bit before the snap happened that something was going to happen.", "human_ref_B": "I think someone said it was his regeneration was actually fighting it off to an extent, which is why he lasted so long, his body was actually trying to heal as it was being dusted.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12675.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm1o7o9", "c_root_id_B": "hm1sp4j", "created_at_utc_A": 1637856124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637858075.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Just a guess but It could have been that his accelerated healing was keeping his body together for as long as possible before he was dusted", "human_ref_B": "He didn't resist it. It's that his spider sense was screaming at him for a bit before the snap happened that something was going to happen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1951.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm2mltn", "c_root_id_B": "hm1o7o9", "created_at_utc_A": 1637870750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637856124.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think someone said it was his regeneration was actually fighting it off to an extent, which is why he lasted so long, his body was actually trying to heal as it was being dusted.", "human_ref_B": "Just a guess but It could have been that his accelerated healing was keeping his body together for as long as possible before he was dusted", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14626.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1swg0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] Why out of all powerful superheroes, it was Spider-Man that resisted dematerialization from Thanos Snap for the longest time?", "c_root_id_A": "hm28pbi", "c_root_id_B": "hm2mltn", "created_at_utc_A": 1637864806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637870750.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Maybe because he was the youngest of the Avengers, his physiology was stronger and could resist the Snap a little longer? Just speculation.", "human_ref_B": "I think someone said it was his regeneration was actually fighting it off to an extent, which is why he lasted so long, his body was actually trying to heal as it was being dusted.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5944.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b0f1wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[MCU] Does Doctor Strange remember every time that Dormammu killed him? So Doctor Strange set up a time loop using the stone to trap Dormammu in a prison with him, forever, until he releases it. Now, Dormammu has to experience every single one of those times for it to work. But, does Stephen himself? Did he set up the system so that he would simply be returned back to life by the stone, or was he just returned body and mind, back to the point where he made the spell? So, while he knew that he was going to go in and die continuously to annoy Dormammu, from his perspective, it only ever happened once?", "c_root_id_A": "eie7453", "c_root_id_B": "eie6saq", "created_at_utc_A": 1552436201.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552435976.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "This has been asked several times. Yes. That's why he had such a seemingly accelerated gain in skill between his film and Infinity War. That's also the entire premise of the 14,000,605 predictions. Not much use if he forgets each loop upon reset, is it? There's film makers tweets confirming, and Watsonian-wise you can see his spells improve within the montage. He goes from two small shields, one of which fizzles out, to two torso sized ones that are able to deflect some of Dormammus spells within a few minutes of the film. This is also likely why his super saiyan moment in Infinity War was so impressive. He remembers and learns from each of the encounters he had with Thanos, and tailored his spell combos to achieve the one \"winning\" outcome.", "human_ref_B": "We see him announce himself in several different moods during the repetitions, which shouldn't be possible if he can't remember them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 225.0, "score_ratio": 2.5294117647, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ns359", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU][Doctor Strange] When Strange take a bite out of the apple, and then uses the Eye of Agamotto (Time Stone) to reverse time...does he still have that piece of apple in his stomach?", "c_root_id_A": "dkbz80c", "c_root_id_B": "dkbujmg", "created_at_utc_A": 1500299901.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500292247.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Yes, just as Kaecilius still had the torn pages in his possession. But what's really going to make your head explode is: When Strange forwarded time on the apple, bites of it disappeared until it was just a core (which then proceeded to rot). But Strange never finished the apple. After he restored it to its pre-bitten state, he moved it aside and did his thing with the book. Then Wong and Mordo appeared, explained about the sanctums, Kaecilius destroyed the London sanctum, and the final battle started. So since Strange never finished the apple, why did it show as being fully eaten when it was advanced in time?", "human_ref_B": "I thought it was a focused ability. Whatever he focused on gets affected", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7654.0, "score_ratio": 4.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hgzhotl", "c_root_id_B": "hgz7d2a", "created_at_utc_A": 1634479601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634474025.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He can straight up conjure money.", "human_ref_B": "Does he have to deal with real world admin, business taxes, local taxes etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5576.0, "score_ratio": 1.3529411765, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hgzer3f", "c_root_id_B": "hgzhotl", "created_at_utc_A": 1634478134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634479601.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I dont think wizards are fone of materialistic things such as money. But then again, stephen bought some ice cream and teased wong with his money.", "human_ref_B": "He can straight up conjure money.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1467.0, "score_ratio": 5.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hgzbpaj", "c_root_id_B": "hgzhotl", "created_at_utc_A": 1634476530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634479601.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "No. He just Magic\u2019s up money when it\u2019s needed. He helps people as a penance and out of duty", "human_ref_B": "He can straight up conjure money.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3071.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hgzer3f", "c_root_id_B": "hgzlvur", "created_at_utc_A": 1634478134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634481570.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I dont think wizards are fone of materialistic things such as money. But then again, stephen bought some ice cream and teased wong with his money.", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure he's got a great lucrative side gig at kids birthday parties. \ud83c\udf89", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3436.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hgzbpaj", "c_root_id_B": "hgzlvur", "created_at_utc_A": 1634476530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634481570.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "No. He just Magic\u2019s up money when it\u2019s needed. He helps people as a penance and out of duty", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure he's got a great lucrative side gig at kids birthday parties. \ud83c\udf89", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5040.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hgzm3o0", "c_root_id_B": "hgzer3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1634481669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634478134.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I suppose the Sanctum in New York could somehow be invisible to the property tax office, and virtually everything else would be available through spells. You have to be careful magicking up money though, too much unexplained cash and lots of the wrong kind of attention will be directed at you. The sorcerers could always arrange to win smaller lotteries occasionally. But Wong did say \u201cattachment to the material is detachment from the spiritual\u201d before asking Strange about picking him up a tuna melt. Somehow Strange had money but Wong didn\u2019t.", "human_ref_B": "I dont think wizards are fone of materialistic things such as money. But then again, stephen bought some ice cream and teased wong with his money.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3535.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hgzbpaj", "c_root_id_B": "hgzm3o0", "created_at_utc_A": 1634476530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634481669.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "No. He just Magic\u2019s up money when it\u2019s needed. He helps people as a penance and out of duty", "human_ref_B": "I suppose the Sanctum in New York could somehow be invisible to the property tax office, and virtually everything else would be available through spells. You have to be careful magicking up money though, too much unexplained cash and lots of the wrong kind of attention will be directed at you. The sorcerers could always arrange to win smaller lotteries occasionally. But Wong did say \u201cattachment to the material is detachment from the spiritual\u201d before asking Strange about picking him up a tuna melt. Somehow Strange had money but Wong didn\u2019t.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5139.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hh03eq1", "c_root_id_B": "hgzer3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1634489240.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634478134.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I know in Infinity war Strange talks having lunch with Wong and he mentions having a huge amount of some currency whose value is about a buck and a quarter. When Strange protests about it, Wong mentions that the job doesn\u2019t pay well or something. Strange resigns to just paying and I think Wong mentions about asking for a tuna melt. Strange clearly eats out but somehow can afford it.", "human_ref_B": "I dont think wizards are fone of materialistic things such as money. But then again, stephen bought some ice cream and teased wong with his money.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11106.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hh03eq1", "c_root_id_B": "hgzbpaj", "created_at_utc_A": 1634489240.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634476530.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I know in Infinity war Strange talks having lunch with Wong and he mentions having a huge amount of some currency whose value is about a buck and a quarter. When Strange protests about it, Wong mentions that the job doesn\u2019t pay well or something. Strange resigns to just paying and I think Wong mentions about asking for a tuna melt. Strange clearly eats out but somehow can afford it.", "human_ref_B": "No. He just Magic\u2019s up money when it\u2019s needed. He helps people as a penance and out of duty", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12710.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hh03r38", "c_root_id_B": "hgzer3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1634489386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634478134.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The wizards have been there long enough that they own a lot of other property in the area, and live on the rents they get for those places.", "human_ref_B": "I dont think wizards are fone of materialistic things such as money. But then again, stephen bought some ice cream and teased wong with his money.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11252.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hgzbpaj", "c_root_id_B": "hgzer3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1634476530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634478134.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "No. He just Magic\u2019s up money when it\u2019s needed. He helps people as a penance and out of duty", "human_ref_B": "I dont think wizards are fone of materialistic things such as money. But then again, stephen bought some ice cream and teased wong with his money.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1604.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hh03r38", "c_root_id_B": "hgzbpaj", "created_at_utc_A": 1634489386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634476530.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The wizards have been there long enough that they own a lot of other property in the area, and live on the rents they get for those places.", "human_ref_B": "No. He just Magic\u2019s up money when it\u2019s needed. He helps people as a penance and out of duty", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12856.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9uan9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU/Comics]. Does Doctor Strange make money from his position as Sorcerer Supreme? Has he ever in the comic books monetized his mystical abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "hh04m9f", "c_root_id_B": "hgzbpaj", "created_at_utc_A": 1634489740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634476530.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There is an part we're they're all playing poker and he conjures a wad pile of cash. Spiderman complains it's not fair he can make money with magic. He explains it really comes for an actual bank and all he did was teleport it. So he does have extensive funds.", "human_ref_B": "No. He just Magic\u2019s up money when it\u2019s needed. He helps people as a penance and out of duty", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13210.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y0dxb7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU/Raimiverse/Webbverse] In NWH Doctor Strange's spell brings everyone who knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man to the MCU. But there are some people in the Raimiverse and in the Webbverse who find out about Peter's Identity and weren't summoned to the MCU. Why? There are a few people in the Raimiverse and in the Webbverse who find out about Spider-Man's true identity and weren't summoned to the MCU. In the Raimiverse we have >!Mary Jane, Harry Osborn and Eddie Brock!< In the Webbverse we have>! Gwen Stacy, Captain Stacy, Harry Osborn, that creepy guy in the post-credit scenes and Peter Parker's father (He appears in a deleted scene)!< Why weren't they in NWH?", "c_root_id_A": "irrei9p", "c_root_id_B": "irr9j4l", "created_at_utc_A": 1665409965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665407512.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Who says they weren't summoned? Both Spider-Men and Osborn were stumbling around through New York for a while before being found. Eddie Brock was pulled through and pulled back without ever being found. If someone else was pulled through and didn't make a scene, they'd likely just wander New York for a couple of days before being sent back.", "human_ref_B": "He shut the spell down before anyone else came through.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2453.0, "score_ratio": 2.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y0dxb7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU/Raimiverse/Webbverse] In NWH Doctor Strange's spell brings everyone who knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man to the MCU. But there are some people in the Raimiverse and in the Webbverse who find out about Peter's Identity and weren't summoned to the MCU. Why? There are a few people in the Raimiverse and in the Webbverse who find out about Spider-Man's true identity and weren't summoned to the MCU. In the Raimiverse we have >!Mary Jane, Harry Osborn and Eddie Brock!< In the Webbverse we have>! Gwen Stacy, Captain Stacy, Harry Osborn, that creepy guy in the post-credit scenes and Peter Parker's father (He appears in a deleted scene)!< Why weren't they in NWH?", "c_root_id_A": "irrgl66", "c_root_id_B": "irrh3hx", "created_at_utc_A": 1665410936.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665411168.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Not everyone got through. >!Everyone who knew Peter Parker was Spider-Man coming is what happened at the end of the movie.!<", "human_ref_B": "As far as we know 8 people got pulled through, Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Sandman, the Lizard, Electro, Peter 2, Peter 3 and Venom. These 8 got through when Stranges spell initially botched. Strange was able to contain it and it's only once Goblin blows up the thing keeping it contained do more people start to appear.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 232.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hbys4dg", "c_root_id_B": "hbyl1gd", "created_at_utc_A": 1631041610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631038666.0, "score_A": 96, "score_B": 95, "human_ref_A": "Dumbledore would not object as he gives no fucks. Hogwarts Deputy Head Minerva might but she's so busy teaching, being the deputy, being the head of Gryffindor House and having to be the one to yell at the Weasley twins yet again that as long as your dog doesn't cause any issues she'll look the other way.", "human_ref_B": "Scabbers, as a hand-me-down, had already been to Hogwarts, could have been \"grandfathered\" in as being already allowed under old rules. Also, I believe the supply list for years after 1st year do not mention or restrict what familiar a student may have - presumably they'd be continuing with the one they began Hogwarts with but in Ginny's case she didn't get a Pygmy Puff till after her first year so that may have been the loophole.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2944.0, "score_ratio": 1.0105263158, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hbys4dg", "c_root_id_B": "hbyfnzu", "created_at_utc_A": 1631041610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631036434.0, "score_A": 96, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Dumbledore would not object as he gives no fucks. Hogwarts Deputy Head Minerva might but she's so busy teaching, being the deputy, being the head of Gryffindor House and having to be the one to yell at the Weasley twins yet again that as long as your dog doesn't cause any issues she'll look the other way.", "human_ref_B": "I mean probably yes. Especially if you mention the mental disorders to Dumbledore as he seems compassionate enough. And there were other exceptions as well\u2026 so I think you most likely could.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5176.0, "score_ratio": 4.1739130435, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hbyl1gd", "c_root_id_B": "hbyfnzu", "created_at_utc_A": 1631038666.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631036434.0, "score_A": 95, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Scabbers, as a hand-me-down, had already been to Hogwarts, could have been \"grandfathered\" in as being already allowed under old rules. Also, I believe the supply list for years after 1st year do not mention or restrict what familiar a student may have - presumably they'd be continuing with the one they began Hogwarts with but in Ginny's case she didn't get a Pygmy Puff till after her first year so that may have been the loophole.", "human_ref_B": "I mean probably yes. Especially if you mention the mental disorders to Dumbledore as he seems compassionate enough. And there were other exceptions as well\u2026 so I think you most likely could.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2232.0, "score_ratio": 4.1304347826, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hbyfnzu", "c_root_id_B": "hbyv08m", "created_at_utc_A": 1631036434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631042798.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "I mean probably yes. Especially if you mention the mental disorders to Dumbledore as he seems compassionate enough. And there were other exceptions as well\u2026 so I think you most likely could.", "human_ref_B": "Only if the dog is not a major disruption, but you have to accept that your pet will likely be a target of pranks. Casual pranks in the wizarding world would be considered assault in the real world, but because wizards are generally tougher than regular muggles the severity is considered much less. It could be a bad idea if your pet cannot deal with the potential physical or emotional trauma that frequently associates attending Hogwarts. As the owner, you're the best equipped to know if your pet could handle being at Hogwarts. Also, you should be aware that you may have to spend significant amounts of time away from your pet even being in the same building. You have classes and such to attend to.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6364.0, "score_ratio": 1.8260869565, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hbyxxmr", "c_root_id_B": "hbzoo9f", "created_at_utc_A": 1631043993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631055520.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Depends. What house are you in?", "human_ref_B": "I imagine the list given out in the Hogwarts letter is a \"lies to children\" situation for the benefits of muggleborns; instead of making them read the entire regulations for what is and is not a proper familiar, they just say \"get one of these\" and call it a day. The Weasley clan, being very, very old blood and multi-generational Hogwarts alumni, know the rules back and forward, and know what will pass muster, so they know they can get away with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11527.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hc04plm", "c_root_id_B": "hbzsbox", "created_at_utc_A": 1631062981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631057214.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Harry's kid also brings a ferret. Though thats only in the movie, and rules might change by 19 years in the future. However, time for a theory. Let's say the rules never changed and that Harry's kid doesn't get an exception. We know pygmy puffs and rats are allowed after all. So the theory is that the \"owl, cat, or toad\" list isn't absolute, but a guideline. They give you a list, and you can get pets outside that list within reason, with approval. Basically the list is just there to prevent a student from having a pet dragon or monster spider or something else dangerous.", "human_ref_B": "Probably depends on whether your house prefect reports it, and what the Head of your house says.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5767.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hc04plm", "c_root_id_B": "hc020h3", "created_at_utc_A": 1631062981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631061731.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Harry's kid also brings a ferret. Though thats only in the movie, and rules might change by 19 years in the future. However, time for a theory. Let's say the rules never changed and that Harry's kid doesn't get an exception. We know pygmy puffs and rats are allowed after all. So the theory is that the \"owl, cat, or toad\" list isn't absolute, but a guideline. They give you a list, and you can get pets outside that list within reason, with approval. Basically the list is just there to prevent a student from having a pet dragon or monster spider or something else dangerous.", "human_ref_B": "Dumbledore's a chill guy. If there's no harm in breaking a rule, he won't mind.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1250.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hc04plm", "c_root_id_B": "hbztpqs", "created_at_utc_A": 1631062981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631057859.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Harry's kid also brings a ferret. Though thats only in the movie, and rules might change by 19 years in the future. However, time for a theory. Let's say the rules never changed and that Harry's kid doesn't get an exception. We know pygmy puffs and rats are allowed after all. So the theory is that the \"owl, cat, or toad\" list isn't absolute, but a guideline. They give you a list, and you can get pets outside that list within reason, with approval. Basically the list is just there to prevent a student from having a pet dragon or monster spider or something else dangerous.", "human_ref_B": "Are you directly, personally related to or a close personal friend of Harry Potter? If not, tough luck.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5122.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hc06osq", "c_root_id_B": "hbzsbox", "created_at_utc_A": 1631063903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631057214.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I mean Ron had a rat, and that\u2019s basically the same thing so I think you\u2019re good", "human_ref_B": "Probably depends on whether your house prefect reports it, and what the Head of your house says.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6689.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hc020h3", "c_root_id_B": "hc06osq", "created_at_utc_A": 1631061731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631063903.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Dumbledore's a chill guy. If there's no harm in breaking a rule, he won't mind.", "human_ref_B": "I mean Ron had a rat, and that\u2019s basically the same thing so I think you\u2019re good", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2172.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hbztpqs", "c_root_id_B": "hc06osq", "created_at_utc_A": 1631057859.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631063903.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Are you directly, personally related to or a close personal friend of Harry Potter? If not, tough luck.", "human_ref_B": "I mean Ron had a rat, and that\u2019s basically the same thing so I think you\u2019re good", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6044.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hbztpqs", "c_root_id_B": "hc020h3", "created_at_utc_A": 1631057859.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631061731.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Are you directly, personally related to or a close personal friend of Harry Potter? If not, tough luck.", "human_ref_B": "Dumbledore's a chill guy. If there's no harm in breaking a rule, he won't mind.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3872.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hbztpqs", "c_root_id_B": "hc69zdn", "created_at_utc_A": 1631057859.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631190688.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Are you directly, personally related to or a close personal friend of Harry Potter? If not, tough luck.", "human_ref_B": "The only rule you can't bend at Hogwarts is the Sorting Hat. Despite the Hat itself singing a song about how Sorting the kids is a terrible idea. Hogwarts authorities will know full well your tiny dog is cool.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 132829.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjrvwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Harry Potter] hogwarts acceptance letter says that you are allowed to bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Scabbers was a rat and rats are not mentioned, Ginny brings a Pygmy Puff, also not mentioned. Would Dumbledore object if I brought my chihuahua? He has separation anxiety and he\u2019s (usually) good.", "c_root_id_A": "hc0y43e", "c_root_id_B": "hc69zdn", "created_at_utc_A": 1631078641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631190688.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I imagine that Hogwarts offers some leeway for students that wish to bring in other animals. It's likely that in those cases, the Weasleys had to fill out additional paperwork for them to be permitted into Hogwarts, though, as they aren't part of the standard \"allowed\" list.", "human_ref_B": "The only rule you can't bend at Hogwarts is the Sorting Hat. Despite the Hat itself singing a song about how Sorting the kids is a terrible idea. Hogwarts authorities will know full well your tiny dog is cool.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 112047.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ds8btc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Willy Wonka] How do everlasting gobstoppers work? Do they violate the law of physics and continuously replenish an outer-sugar layer, or is it some kind of biological matter that regrows? Or is it just ad copy and they just last a really long time?", "c_root_id_A": "f6ofq1e", "c_root_id_B": "f6o664c", "created_at_utc_A": 1573016283.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573008662.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to say that Mr. Wonka was able to come up with a formula such that the molecules in the flavor compounds for the gobstopper are able to engage with the receptors on your taste buds without actually breaking off the gobstopper itself. So you can taste it, but you're not actually consuming anything.", "human_ref_B": "millions and billions of laminate layers, so much so that it seems to be everlasting, but you'll most likely lose it before you reach the end. or magic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7621.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ds8btc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Willy Wonka] How do everlasting gobstoppers work? Do they violate the law of physics and continuously replenish an outer-sugar layer, or is it some kind of biological matter that regrows? Or is it just ad copy and they just last a really long time?", "c_root_id_A": "f6nupay", "c_root_id_B": "f6ofq1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1573000487.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573016283.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Each layer that you finish replenishes someone else's gobstopper", "human_ref_B": "I'm going to say that Mr. Wonka was able to come up with a formula such that the molecules in the flavor compounds for the gobstopper are able to engage with the receptors on your taste buds without actually breaking off the gobstopper itself. So you can taste it, but you're not actually consuming anything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15796.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ds8btc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Willy Wonka] How do everlasting gobstoppers work? Do they violate the law of physics and continuously replenish an outer-sugar layer, or is it some kind of biological matter that regrows? Or is it just ad copy and they just last a really long time?", "c_root_id_A": "f6o1x0b", "c_root_id_B": "f6ofq1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1573005699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573016283.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s not actually edible.", "human_ref_B": "I'm going to say that Mr. Wonka was able to come up with a formula such that the molecules in the flavor compounds for the gobstopper are able to engage with the receptors on your taste buds without actually breaking off the gobstopper itself. So you can taste it, but you're not actually consuming anything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10584.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ds8btc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Willy Wonka] How do everlasting gobstoppers work? Do they violate the law of physics and continuously replenish an outer-sugar layer, or is it some kind of biological matter that regrows? Or is it just ad copy and they just last a really long time?", "c_root_id_A": "f6ofq1e", "c_root_id_B": "f6ofof3", "created_at_utc_A": 1573016283.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573016239.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to say that Mr. Wonka was able to come up with a formula such that the molecules in the flavor compounds for the gobstopper are able to engage with the receptors on your taste buds without actually breaking off the gobstopper itself. So you can taste it, but you're not actually consuming anything.", "human_ref_B": "Its a fungus..", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ds8btc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Willy Wonka] How do everlasting gobstoppers work? Do they violate the law of physics and continuously replenish an outer-sugar layer, or is it some kind of biological matter that regrows? Or is it just ad copy and they just last a really long time?", "c_root_id_A": "f6o664c", "c_root_id_B": "f6nupay", "created_at_utc_A": 1573008662.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573000487.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "millions and billions of laminate layers, so much so that it seems to be everlasting, but you'll most likely lose it before you reach the end. or magic.", "human_ref_B": "Each layer that you finish replenishes someone else's gobstopper", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8175.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ds8btc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Willy Wonka] How do everlasting gobstoppers work? Do they violate the law of physics and continuously replenish an outer-sugar layer, or is it some kind of biological matter that regrows? Or is it just ad copy and they just last a really long time?", "c_root_id_A": "f6o1x0b", "c_root_id_B": "f6o664c", "created_at_utc_A": 1573005699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573008662.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s not actually edible.", "human_ref_B": "millions and billions of laminate layers, so much so that it seems to be everlasting, but you'll most likely lose it before you reach the end. or magic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2963.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1b8idh", "c_root_id_B": "i1b9squ", "created_at_utc_A": 1647715732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647716277.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 101, "human_ref_A": "There aren't a lot of Thanos in the universe, the shield works great against most things. It's also symbolic..", "human_ref_B": "Let me just go to the store and get an enchanted uru shield. Mjolnir is a unique weapon that required odin to enchant. But he\u2019s gone. As is Asgard by that point. Most asgardian weapons are too heavy to wield without a form of super strength anyway. We have no clue what kind of alien metal Thanos his blade was made of. But it doesn\u2019t seem common or the crew of the Milano would\u2019ve known. Even Drax and Gamorra don\u2019t use weapons of the same stuff. So we\u2019re left with vibranium. While rare panther has it available. And an important quality is that it negates most kinetic energy that hits it. So it\u2019s not only durable it also doesn\u2019t transfer the full force of the punch to your arm. Which is really nice for a regular guy like Sam", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 545.0, "score_ratio": 1.097826087, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1b9p6h", "c_root_id_B": "i1b9squ", "created_at_utc_A": 1647716234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647716277.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 101, "human_ref_A": "Because a Vibranium shield is more than good enough for 99% of the problems it will encounter, exotic metals are hard to come by and Steve is on very good terms with a nation who have a mountain\u2019s worth of Vibranium.", "human_ref_B": "Let me just go to the store and get an enchanted uru shield. Mjolnir is a unique weapon that required odin to enchant. But he\u2019s gone. As is Asgard by that point. Most asgardian weapons are too heavy to wield without a form of super strength anyway. We have no clue what kind of alien metal Thanos his blade was made of. But it doesn\u2019t seem common or the crew of the Milano would\u2019ve known. Even Drax and Gamorra don\u2019t use weapons of the same stuff. So we\u2019re left with vibranium. While rare panther has it available. And an important quality is that it negates most kinetic energy that hits it. So it\u2019s not only durable it also doesn\u2019t transfer the full force of the punch to your arm. Which is really nice for a regular guy like Sam", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43.0, "score_ratio": 3.15625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1bb5js", "c_root_id_B": "i1battj", "created_at_utc_A": 1647716845.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647716711.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Vibranium is the strongest material *they have access* *to*. They don't have access to Uru or whatever Thanos' blade is made out of, so they used vibranium. It's the same way most things we need to be really strong are made of metals like titanium rather then theoretical super strong metamaterials- it's not the latter wouldn't be stronger, it's simply that getting enough of it to build a tank isn't happening.", "human_ref_B": "Because URU is not available on earth at all and even if it where there is no way for earth currently to forge it. You need the power of a neutron star for that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 134.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1cjrt7", "c_root_id_B": "i1cf9bf", "created_at_utc_A": 1647737001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647734778.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Anyone not satisfied with the rarest metal on earth is \"just vibraniaum\" is used for superhero gear rather than some alien unobtanium literally nobody on earth had access must be disappointed they don't have a titanium car, gold toilet, and metallic hydrogen cell phone case in the real world.", "human_ref_B": "Your overselling Thanos' blade. It took several attacks from the blade, *wielded by a being stronger than the Hulk* to shatter the shield. Beside, you don't stop wearing body armor just because armor piercing rounds exist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2223.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1c7idz", "c_root_id_B": "i1cjrt7", "created_at_utc_A": 1647731083.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647737001.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Because it's the strongest metal on Earth. Asgard isn't even a thing anymore, where would anyone find enough Uru to make a shield?", "human_ref_B": "Anyone not satisfied with the rarest metal on earth is \"just vibraniaum\" is used for superhero gear rather than some alien unobtanium literally nobody on earth had access must be disappointed they don't have a titanium car, gold toilet, and metallic hydrogen cell phone case in the real world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5918.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1cjrt7", "c_root_id_B": "i1c7i07", "created_at_utc_A": 1647737001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647731078.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Anyone not satisfied with the rarest metal on earth is \"just vibraniaum\" is used for superhero gear rather than some alien unobtanium literally nobody on earth had access must be disappointed they don't have a titanium car, gold toilet, and metallic hydrogen cell phone case in the real world.", "human_ref_B": "Because that's what they had.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5923.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1cjrt7", "c_root_id_B": "i1cefjn", "created_at_utc_A": 1647737001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647734377.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Anyone not satisfied with the rarest metal on earth is \"just vibraniaum\" is used for superhero gear rather than some alien unobtanium literally nobody on earth had access must be disappointed they don't have a titanium car, gold toilet, and metallic hydrogen cell phone case in the real world.", "human_ref_B": "Because it\u2019s handier than you might think", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2624.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1bh38a", "c_root_id_B": "i1cjrt7", "created_at_utc_A": 1647719455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647737001.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "human_ref_B": "Anyone not satisfied with the rarest metal on earth is \"just vibraniaum\" is used for superhero gear rather than some alien unobtanium literally nobody on earth had access must be disappointed they don't have a titanium car, gold toilet, and metallic hydrogen cell phone case in the real world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17546.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? 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Beside, you don't stop wearing body armor just because armor piercing rounds exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3695.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1c7i07", "c_root_id_B": "i1cf9bf", "created_at_utc_A": 1647731078.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647734778.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because that's what they had.", "human_ref_B": "Your overselling Thanos' blade. It took several attacks from the blade, *wielded by a being stronger than the Hulk* to shatter the shield. Beside, you don't stop wearing body armor just because armor piercing rounds exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3700.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? 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Beside, you don't stop wearing body armor just because armor piercing rounds exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15323.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1c7idz", "c_root_id_B": "i1c7i07", "created_at_utc_A": 1647731083.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647731078.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because it's the strongest metal on Earth. Asgard isn't even a thing anymore, where would anyone find enough Uru to make a shield?", "human_ref_B": "Because that's what they had.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1bh38a", "c_root_id_B": "i1c7idz", "created_at_utc_A": 1647719455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647731083.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "human_ref_B": "Because it's the strongest metal on Earth. Asgard isn't even a thing anymore, where would anyone find enough Uru to make a shield?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11628.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1ckl0f", "c_root_id_B": "i1c7i07", "created_at_utc_A": 1647737404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647731078.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't steve using the same shield more or less since the first captain America movie. It's like the advanced research division had any idea of other more advanced or durable materials other than vibranium, the vibranium alloy the shield I made of and maybe adamantium. Uru and thanos sword metal, nanomaterials is completely unknown at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Because that's what they had.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6326.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1ckl0f", "c_root_id_B": "i1cefjn", "created_at_utc_A": 1647737404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647734377.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't steve using the same shield more or less since the first captain America movie. It's like the advanced research division had any idea of other more advanced or durable materials other than vibranium, the vibranium alloy the shield I made of and maybe adamantium. Uru and thanos sword metal, nanomaterials is completely unknown at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Because it\u2019s handier than you might think", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3027.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1ckl0f", "c_root_id_B": "i1bh38a", "created_at_utc_A": 1647737404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647719455.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't steve using the same shield more or less since the first captain America movie. It's like the advanced research division had any idea of other more advanced or durable materials other than vibranium, the vibranium alloy the shield I made of and maybe adamantium. Uru and thanos sword metal, nanomaterials is completely unknown at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17949.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1c7i07", "c_root_id_B": "i1crb2f", "created_at_utc_A": 1647731078.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647740815.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because that's what they had.", "human_ref_B": "Probably because the US government doesn\u2019t have access to Uru", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9737.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1cefjn", "c_root_id_B": "i1crb2f", "created_at_utc_A": 1647734377.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647740815.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because it\u2019s handier than you might think", "human_ref_B": "Probably because the US government doesn\u2019t have access to Uru", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6438.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1crb2f", "c_root_id_B": "i1bh38a", "created_at_utc_A": 1647740815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647719455.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Probably because the US government doesn\u2019t have access to Uru", "human_ref_B": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21360.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1d7w25", "c_root_id_B": "i1c7i07", "created_at_utc_A": 1647749766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647731078.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In addition to what people are saying about Uru not being readily available on earth, one thing to consider is that vibranium isn\u2019t only just strong, but can be wielded as a perfect throwing weapon (which sometimes defies physics). We don\u2019t know if a shield made of uru could do the same.", "human_ref_B": "Because that's what they had.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18688.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1d7w25", "c_root_id_B": "i1cefjn", "created_at_utc_A": 1647749766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647734377.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In addition to what people are saying about Uru not being readily available on earth, one thing to consider is that vibranium isn\u2019t only just strong, but can be wielded as a perfect throwing weapon (which sometimes defies physics). We don\u2019t know if a shield made of uru could do the same.", "human_ref_B": "Because it\u2019s handier than you might think", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15389.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1bh38a", "c_root_id_B": "i1d7w25", "created_at_utc_A": 1647719455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647749766.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to what people are saying about Uru not being readily available on earth, one thing to consider is that vibranium isn\u2019t only just strong, but can be wielded as a perfect throwing weapon (which sometimes defies physics). We don\u2019t know if a shield made of uru could do the same.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30311.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1bh38a", "c_root_id_B": "i1c7i07", "created_at_utc_A": 1647719455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647731078.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "human_ref_B": "Because that's what they had.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11623.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1cefjn", "c_root_id_B": "i1bh38a", "created_at_utc_A": 1647734377.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647719455.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Because it\u2019s handier than you might think", "human_ref_B": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14922.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1dfh61", "c_root_id_B": "i1bh38a", "created_at_utc_A": 1647754732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647719455.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Well, vibranium is the strongest metal known to the MCU Earthlings at that point, and invulnerable to everything except Thanos\u2019 sword. Its light, durable, and relatively easy for Cap to access. Cap had no access to Uru forging or to whatever blacksmith made Thanos\u2019 weapon, so its not as though he had much of a choice in what he gave Sam", "human_ref_B": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35277.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1bh38a", "c_root_id_B": "i1ehido", "created_at_utc_A": 1647719455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647783689.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "human_ref_B": "Also why give it to Sam instead of Bucky who\u2019s an actual super soldier? I get cause of his character but logistically it would be better w bucky", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 64234.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti1vgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Why give a vibranium shield to Sam, when Steve (and others) know that stronger metals exist, e.g. Thanos' bladed weapon, uru? Thanos' bladed weapon absolutely *shattered* the shield! And uru, if I believe rightly, is not only tougher than vibranium but also magical in nature. So why give a regular vibranium shield to Sam? Imagine how much better a magical and/or much more durable shield would be!", "c_root_id_A": "i1bh38a", "c_root_id_B": "i1fl2w3", "created_at_utc_A": 1647719455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647800468.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Everyone here is right about the sources but forgotting one major thing: what it represents.", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes a Lamborghini is overkill and a Cadillac does just fine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 81013.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wfau33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] Is the earth of the timeline thanos came from doomed? I was just rewatching endgame and this thought came to my mind since thanos is now missing in the past time line he isnt there to snap which means that earths Population didnt get cut in half which in turn means tiamut would wake up earlier than in our timeline right? Am i maybe missing something?", "c_root_id_A": "iiuat4v", "c_root_id_B": "iiu67du", "created_at_utc_A": 1659565919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659563900.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "It's possible that Dr Strange could use the Time Stone once he realizes what's happening. The Eternals are good, but I doubt they'd be able to stop the combined power of the Avengers, Masters of the Mystic Arts, and anyone else that Strange alerted to the danger. But I do think that Thanos not showing up would definitely lead to the Emergence happening much sooner then it did in the prime MCU timeline. The Snap delayed the Emergence by 5 years due to the population being halved.", "human_ref_B": "Given that timeline was created because of Pym Particle based time travel, and Infinity Stone removal, it\u2019s likely that it collapsed back into the \u201cmain timeline\u201d at the end of Endgame. If it had continued though, most likely doomed yeah", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2019.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wfau33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] Is the earth of the timeline thanos came from doomed? I was just rewatching endgame and this thought came to my mind since thanos is now missing in the past time line he isnt there to snap which means that earths Population didnt get cut in half which in turn means tiamut would wake up earlier than in our timeline right? Am i maybe missing something?", "c_root_id_A": "iiv0r3w", "c_root_id_B": "iiv4vfr", "created_at_utc_A": 1659577660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659579587.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Tiamut was awakening because of the powersurge from two different infinity stone activations at the universal level. It had nothing to do with earth's population levels pre-snap.", "human_ref_B": "I would assume the entire timeline was destroyed by the Time Variance Authority. But I haven't actually watched the shows in question, so maybe I'm missing something?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1927.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wfau33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] Is the earth of the timeline thanos came from doomed? I was just rewatching endgame and this thought came to my mind since thanos is now missing in the past time line he isnt there to snap which means that earths Population didnt get cut in half which in turn means tiamut would wake up earlier than in our timeline right? Am i maybe missing something?", "c_root_id_A": "iiu67du", "c_root_id_B": "iiv4vfr", "created_at_utc_A": 1659563900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659579587.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Given that timeline was created because of Pym Particle based time travel, and Infinity Stone removal, it\u2019s likely that it collapsed back into the \u201cmain timeline\u201d at the end of Endgame. If it had continued though, most likely doomed yeah", "human_ref_B": "I would assume the entire timeline was destroyed by the Time Variance Authority. But I haven't actually watched the shows in question, so maybe I'm missing something?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15687.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wfau33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] Is the earth of the timeline thanos came from doomed? I was just rewatching endgame and this thought came to my mind since thanos is now missing in the past time line he isnt there to snap which means that earths Population didnt get cut in half which in turn means tiamut would wake up earlier than in our timeline right? Am i maybe missing something?", "c_root_id_A": "iivix7a", "c_root_id_B": "iiv0r3w", "created_at_utc_A": 1659586854.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659577660.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "It's super doomed. The sacred timeline isn't the timeline Endgame Thanos is from. The TVA probably went scorched earth on that reality and Alioth had a nice breakfast.", "human_ref_B": "Tiamut was awakening because of the powersurge from two different infinity stone activations at the universal level. It had nothing to do with earth's population levels pre-snap.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9194.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wfau33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] Is the earth of the timeline thanos came from doomed? I was just rewatching endgame and this thought came to my mind since thanos is now missing in the past time line he isnt there to snap which means that earths Population didnt get cut in half which in turn means tiamut would wake up earlier than in our timeline right? Am i maybe missing something?", "c_root_id_A": "iiu67du", "c_root_id_B": "iivix7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1659563900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659586854.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Given that timeline was created because of Pym Particle based time travel, and Infinity Stone removal, it\u2019s likely that it collapsed back into the \u201cmain timeline\u201d at the end of Endgame. If it had continued though, most likely doomed yeah", "human_ref_B": "It's super doomed. The sacred timeline isn't the timeline Endgame Thanos is from. The TVA probably went scorched earth on that reality and Alioth had a nice breakfast.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22954.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz68trn", "c_root_id_B": "iz6ev50", "created_at_utc_A": 1670356669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670358963.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 77, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Given that Luke single-handedly convinced Anakin to betray his master and come back to the light side, I think he's an extremely well-qualified counselor for at-risk Force-sensitive youth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2294.0, "score_ratio": 77.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz6efy5", "c_root_id_B": "iz68trn", "created_at_utc_A": 1670358802.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670356669.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Ask Kyp Durron about that.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2133.0, "score_ratio": 24.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz68trn", "c_root_id_B": "iz69rtc", "created_at_utc_A": 1670356669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670357033.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I dont think so, but for someone who loved his friends and family as much as Anakin did, im sure they would have had special training and consoling when it came to those feeling, like how to deal with grief and letting go in a healthy way, something I dont think Anakin ever recieved.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 364.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz7b30u", "c_root_id_B": "iz68trn", "created_at_utc_A": 1670372254.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670356669.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "More Jedi fell to the Dark Side in Luke's lifetime than did in *Yoda's*. No, he did not avoid the pitfalls. He avoided the *rules that were there for a reason*.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz79v4k", "c_root_id_B": "iz68trn", "created_at_utc_A": 1670371711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670356669.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I could be wrong as it\u2019s been a minute since I\u2019ve read the Legends books, and the continuity became so convoluted toward the end, but Luke seemed to have his fair share of pupils who fell to the dark side, including his nephew Jace. So I am inclined to think his teachings, while more progressive than the old Jedi Order, did not provide any greater degree of protection from the temptations of the dark side. And maybe that is the lesson: it just comes down to the person and their ability to wield godlike power without being corrupted by it.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15042.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz68trn", "c_root_id_B": "iz6fb51", "created_at_utc_A": 1670356669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670359135.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I know we're mixing Legends and Disney canon here, but Kylo kind of says no, Luke isn't particularly any better about dealing with potentially Dark inclined students than the Academy was. Sticking to just Legends, Luke did learn from the mistakes of the Jedi Council when building his Academy, but Anakin had the deck pretty heavily stacked against him. It's hard to say how that would've gone.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2466.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz76qkd", "c_root_id_B": "iz68trn", "created_at_utc_A": 1670370330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670356669.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I always felt that if Anakin had anyone just offer support. Give him a hug and tell him it's okay to love someone. If OBI wan just told him he knew about Padme and it was okay. Then told him about Satine. It would have been different. Qui Gon would have seen that and kept him from falling. But Jedi Doctrine was it's own undoing in the end.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz68trn", "c_root_id_B": "iz8cuyf", "created_at_utc_A": 1670356669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670390796.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The experience would've been much better, since it would've taken away that edge and stress Anakin had being ridicolously gifted prodigy in a class of younger children. However this doesn't solve underlying core of his fall - Anakin's inability to let go. His \"forbidden love\" with Padme wasn't it - but him getting visions of her inevitable death, something that had already happened and he already failed to prevent once. Now, Luke probably would be better guy to talk about it than Yoda, since at least he would talk plainly, but what exactly he can do to help? Say \"*Say no more Anakin, get your girl here, we'll put her in the temple under watch?*\" I mean sure, but what happens when visions don't stop? That's serius doom shit we're dealing here. Even Luke himself had visions that he couldn't avoid. Basically Anakin is not the type who would just wait for the vision to resolve even if ultimately it just showed him Padme giving birth - he fully belives that she would die and he would do literally anything to stop it. Now consider that Yavin IV is haunted by a spirit of an ancient sith lord...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34127.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz8tpad", "c_root_id_B": "iz68trn", "created_at_utc_A": 1670403759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670356669.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "On hand there's no Palpatine to regularly interact with, who was the biggest pusher for Anakin's darkness. On the other hand, Luke's Jedi Order had an incredibly high rate of Jedi Falling and Darkening due to allowing all attachments.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz68trn", "c_root_id_B": "iza1jil", "created_at_utc_A": 1670356669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670429693.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi were overly dogmatic and caught up in tradition. Luke\u2019s Jedi school falls much more in the Grey territory than Dark or Light. There\u2019s nuance to the Force, you can have emotions and attachments, but you can\u2019t let those control you. In the end it\u2019ll always come down to the individual, but Luke is a good teacher.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 73024.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz68trn", "c_root_id_B": "j060g34", "created_at_utc_A": 1670356669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671008294.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I don't think so. Anakin will fall one way or another. With better guidance the fall might not be so spectacular, but he is a person that needs to go through that experience to understand the consequences. Anakin's main problem is his inability to cope with his talent. He is a jedi with the greatest potential ever and he knows it. This makes him hard on himself. He cannot accept that there are problems that cannot be solved by him. Even if other people die, he believes he should be strong enough to prevent it. This fuels his neverending lust for power. Palpatine/Jedi teachings or not, each failure will make him seek the power to better himself. This will inevitable make him wonder about the dark side, if he is not holding back and he will start doubting its supposed corrupting effects. In his arrogance he will slowly convince himself its just the Force and it will not corrupt him and he will try it and he will fall into a spiral to greater and greater corruption, until he gets taught the lesson. Palpatine and Jedi are only visual reflection of his inner strugle that can be put into a movie, but his inner journey is set by his personality and talent. His growing doubts about Jedi leads him to doubt what they say about the dark side, but his inner journey would be the same without them. The question \"am I held back?\" is there in his mind and will always trouble him until he resolves it himself. And Palpatine's seduction is just visual reflection of seduction of the dark side, its visual reflection of thought process he would be making within himself anyway. Couple this with his political view of benevolent dictator and that some people deserve punishment (he was raised as a slave and despised it) and his path is basically predetermined. The question is not if anakin will fall or not, the question is how spectacular it will be, how long it will take him to learn the lesson and what will be the collateral damage. At this point, palpatine steps in and he basically traps him in the dark side. There is no way Anakin can face that him killing children, destroying Jedi order and Republic and starting age of tyranny was wrong since it was all his doing. He needs to double down. With better guidance and without Palpatine, Anakins fall might not cause such galatic shattering consequences which might enable him to reflect on his actions sooner without watching his son being killed. But his fall is, I think, certain.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 651625.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz6efy5", "c_root_id_B": "iz6ev50", "created_at_utc_A": 1670358802.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670358963.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 77, "human_ref_A": "Ask Kyp Durron about that.", "human_ref_B": "Given that Luke single-handedly convinced Anakin to betray his master and come back to the light side, I think he's an extremely well-qualified counselor for at-risk Force-sensitive youth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 161.0, "score_ratio": 3.2083333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz69rtc", "c_root_id_B": "iz6ev50", "created_at_utc_A": 1670357033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670358963.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 77, "human_ref_A": "I dont think so, but for someone who loved his friends and family as much as Anakin did, im sure they would have had special training and consoling when it came to those feeling, like how to deal with grief and letting go in a healthy way, something I dont think Anakin ever recieved.", "human_ref_B": "Given that Luke single-handedly convinced Anakin to betray his master and come back to the light side, I think he's an extremely well-qualified counselor for at-risk Force-sensitive youth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1930.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz69rtc", "c_root_id_B": "iz6efy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1670357033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670358802.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "I dont think so, but for someone who loved his friends and family as much as Anakin did, im sure they would have had special training and consoling when it came to those feeling, like how to deal with grief and letting go in a healthy way, something I dont think Anakin ever recieved.", "human_ref_B": "Ask Kyp Durron about that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1769.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz79v4k", "c_root_id_B": "iz7b30u", "created_at_utc_A": 1670371711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670372254.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "I could be wrong as it\u2019s been a minute since I\u2019ve read the Legends books, and the continuity became so convoluted toward the end, but Luke seemed to have his fair share of pupils who fell to the dark side, including his nephew Jace. So I am inclined to think his teachings, while more progressive than the old Jedi Order, did not provide any greater degree of protection from the temptations of the dark side. And maybe that is the lesson: it just comes down to the person and their ability to wield godlike power without being corrupted by it.", "human_ref_B": "More Jedi fell to the Dark Side in Luke's lifetime than did in *Yoda's*. No, he did not avoid the pitfalls. He avoided the *rules that were there for a reason*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 543.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz7b30u", "c_root_id_B": "iz6fb51", "created_at_utc_A": 1670372254.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670359135.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "More Jedi fell to the Dark Side in Luke's lifetime than did in *Yoda's*. No, he did not avoid the pitfalls. He avoided the *rules that were there for a reason*.", "human_ref_B": "I know we're mixing Legends and Disney canon here, but Kylo kind of says no, Luke isn't particularly any better about dealing with potentially Dark inclined students than the Academy was. Sticking to just Legends, Luke did learn from the mistakes of the Jedi Council when building his Academy, but Anakin had the deck pretty heavily stacked against him. It's hard to say how that would've gone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13119.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz7b30u", "c_root_id_B": "iz76qkd", "created_at_utc_A": 1670372254.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670370330.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "More Jedi fell to the Dark Side in Luke's lifetime than did in *Yoda's*. No, he did not avoid the pitfalls. He avoided the *rules that were there for a reason*.", "human_ref_B": "I always felt that if Anakin had anyone just offer support. Give him a hug and tell him it's okay to love someone. If OBI wan just told him he knew about Padme and it was okay. Then told him about Satine. It would have been different. Qui Gon would have seen that and kept him from falling. But Jedi Doctrine was it's own undoing in the end.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1924.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz6fb51", "c_root_id_B": "iz79v4k", "created_at_utc_A": 1670359135.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670371711.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I know we're mixing Legends and Disney canon here, but Kylo kind of says no, Luke isn't particularly any better about dealing with potentially Dark inclined students than the Academy was. Sticking to just Legends, Luke did learn from the mistakes of the Jedi Council when building his Academy, but Anakin had the deck pretty heavily stacked against him. It's hard to say how that would've gone.", "human_ref_B": "I could be wrong as it\u2019s been a minute since I\u2019ve read the Legends books, and the continuity became so convoluted toward the end, but Luke seemed to have his fair share of pupils who fell to the dark side, including his nephew Jace. So I am inclined to think his teachings, while more progressive than the old Jedi Order, did not provide any greater degree of protection from the temptations of the dark side. And maybe that is the lesson: it just comes down to the person and their ability to wield godlike power without being corrupted by it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12576.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz79v4k", "c_root_id_B": "iz76qkd", "created_at_utc_A": 1670371711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670370330.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I could be wrong as it\u2019s been a minute since I\u2019ve read the Legends books, and the continuity became so convoluted toward the end, but Luke seemed to have his fair share of pupils who fell to the dark side, including his nephew Jace. So I am inclined to think his teachings, while more progressive than the old Jedi Order, did not provide any greater degree of protection from the temptations of the dark side. And maybe that is the lesson: it just comes down to the person and their ability to wield godlike power without being corrupted by it.", "human_ref_B": "I always felt that if Anakin had anyone just offer support. Give him a hug and tell him it's okay to love someone. If OBI wan just told him he knew about Padme and it was okay. Then told him about Satine. It would have been different. Qui Gon would have seen that and kept him from falling. But Jedi Doctrine was it's own undoing in the end.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1381.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz7pb5r", "c_root_id_B": "iz8cuyf", "created_at_utc_A": 1670378752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670390796.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Right, it's actually kind of the opposite. Attachment in the Jedi sense is more akin to the Buddhist concept of attachment (clinging to obsessions, outdated concepts, things that harm you or others). You face an emotion, process it, and let it go. It doesn't have to do with having healthy emotional relationships, which is how that word is more commonly used today. The Jedi of the old order had a vastly more thorough background and training in philosophy than Luke Skywalker's order. The vast majority of Republic Jedi were trained in these areas from childhood, creating a society of like minded individuals who believed in things like mutually supportive communities, accepting your feelings and letting go, and as a whole they had built in social mechanisms to help folks if they were overwhelmed or had trauma. There were Jedi mind healers, councilors, meditation retreats, the whole shebang. Luke largely got the cliff notes versions and (in Legends at least) trained adults. Adults who came with their own preconceptions, histories, and traumas, including former soldiers, assassins, and people enslaved. They did not (at least in early days) have the kind of institutional resources and know how to deal with traumatized children. This actually was the point of a fair number of novels and lead to the deaths of a few different planets. Anakin Skywalker's problems are his own fault. You can't help someone who doesn't help themselves.", "human_ref_B": "The experience would've been much better, since it would've taken away that edge and stress Anakin had being ridicolously gifted prodigy in a class of younger children. However this doesn't solve underlying core of his fall - Anakin's inability to let go. His \"forbidden love\" with Padme wasn't it - but him getting visions of her inevitable death, something that had already happened and he already failed to prevent once. Now, Luke probably would be better guy to talk about it than Yoda, since at least he would talk plainly, but what exactly he can do to help? Say \"*Say no more Anakin, get your girl here, we'll put her in the temple under watch?*\" I mean sure, but what happens when visions don't stop? That's serius doom shit we're dealing here. Even Luke himself had visions that he couldn't avoid. Basically Anakin is not the type who would just wait for the vision to resolve even if ultimately it just showed him Padme giving birth - he fully belives that she would die and he would do literally anything to stop it. Now consider that Yavin IV is haunted by a spirit of an ancient sith lord...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12044.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz87guz", "c_root_id_B": "iz8cuyf", "created_at_utc_A": 1670387635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670390796.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure lukes jedi order was cannon was it not?", "human_ref_B": "The experience would've been much better, since it would've taken away that edge and stress Anakin had being ridicolously gifted prodigy in a class of younger children. However this doesn't solve underlying core of his fall - Anakin's inability to let go. His \"forbidden love\" with Padme wasn't it - but him getting visions of her inevitable death, something that had already happened and he already failed to prevent once. Now, Luke probably would be better guy to talk about it than Yoda, since at least he would talk plainly, but what exactly he can do to help? Say \"*Say no more Anakin, get your girl here, we'll put her in the temple under watch?*\" I mean sure, but what happens when visions don't stop? That's serius doom shit we're dealing here. Even Luke himself had visions that he couldn't avoid. Basically Anakin is not the type who would just wait for the vision to resolve even if ultimately it just showed him Padme giving birth - he fully belives that she would die and he would do literally anything to stop it. Now consider that Yavin IV is haunted by a spirit of an ancient sith lord...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3161.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz8tpad", "c_root_id_B": "iz7pb5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1670403759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670378752.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "On hand there's no Palpatine to regularly interact with, who was the biggest pusher for Anakin's darkness. On the other hand, Luke's Jedi Order had an incredibly high rate of Jedi Falling and Darkening due to allowing all attachments.", "human_ref_B": "Right, it's actually kind of the opposite. Attachment in the Jedi sense is more akin to the Buddhist concept of attachment (clinging to obsessions, outdated concepts, things that harm you or others). You face an emotion, process it, and let it go. It doesn't have to do with having healthy emotional relationships, which is how that word is more commonly used today. The Jedi of the old order had a vastly more thorough background and training in philosophy than Luke Skywalker's order. The vast majority of Republic Jedi were trained in these areas from childhood, creating a society of like minded individuals who believed in things like mutually supportive communities, accepting your feelings and letting go, and as a whole they had built in social mechanisms to help folks if they were overwhelmed or had trauma. There were Jedi mind healers, councilors, meditation retreats, the whole shebang. Luke largely got the cliff notes versions and (in Legends at least) trained adults. Adults who came with their own preconceptions, histories, and traumas, including former soldiers, assassins, and people enslaved. They did not (at least in early days) have the kind of institutional resources and know how to deal with traumatized children. This actually was the point of a fair number of novels and lead to the deaths of a few different planets. Anakin Skywalker's problems are his own fault. You can't help someone who doesn't help themselves.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25007.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz8tpad", "c_root_id_B": "iz87guz", "created_at_utc_A": 1670403759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670387635.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "On hand there's no Palpatine to regularly interact with, who was the biggest pusher for Anakin's darkness. On the other hand, Luke's Jedi Order had an incredibly high rate of Jedi Falling and Darkening due to allowing all attachments.", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty sure lukes jedi order was cannon was it not?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16124.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz7pb5r", "c_root_id_B": "iza1jil", "created_at_utc_A": 1670378752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670429693.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Right, it's actually kind of the opposite. Attachment in the Jedi sense is more akin to the Buddhist concept of attachment (clinging to obsessions, outdated concepts, things that harm you or others). You face an emotion, process it, and let it go. It doesn't have to do with having healthy emotional relationships, which is how that word is more commonly used today. The Jedi of the old order had a vastly more thorough background and training in philosophy than Luke Skywalker's order. The vast majority of Republic Jedi were trained in these areas from childhood, creating a society of like minded individuals who believed in things like mutually supportive communities, accepting your feelings and letting go, and as a whole they had built in social mechanisms to help folks if they were overwhelmed or had trauma. There were Jedi mind healers, councilors, meditation retreats, the whole shebang. Luke largely got the cliff notes versions and (in Legends at least) trained adults. Adults who came with their own preconceptions, histories, and traumas, including former soldiers, assassins, and people enslaved. They did not (at least in early days) have the kind of institutional resources and know how to deal with traumatized children. This actually was the point of a fair number of novels and lead to the deaths of a few different planets. Anakin Skywalker's problems are his own fault. You can't help someone who doesn't help themselves.", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi were overly dogmatic and caught up in tradition. Luke\u2019s Jedi school falls much more in the Grey territory than Dark or Light. There\u2019s nuance to the Force, you can have emotions and attachments, but you can\u2019t let those control you. In the end it\u2019ll always come down to the individual, but Luke is a good teacher.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 50941.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iza1jil", "c_root_id_B": "iz87guz", "created_at_utc_A": 1670429693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670387635.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi were overly dogmatic and caught up in tradition. Luke\u2019s Jedi school falls much more in the Grey territory than Dark or Light. There\u2019s nuance to the Force, you can have emotions and attachments, but you can\u2019t let those control you. In the end it\u2019ll always come down to the individual, but Luke is a good teacher.", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty sure lukes jedi order was cannon was it not?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42058.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz91xir", "c_root_id_B": "iza1jil", "created_at_utc_A": 1670411162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670429693.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "i'd say no. but also yes! No in that Luke took steps to avoid the scenario playing out and having another Anakin, but in doing so, he let Lumiya take Jacen.", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi were overly dogmatic and caught up in tradition. Luke\u2019s Jedi school falls much more in the Grey territory than Dark or Light. There\u2019s nuance to the Force, you can have emotions and attachments, but you can\u2019t let those control you. In the end it\u2019ll always come down to the individual, but Luke is a good teacher.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18531.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "j060g34", "c_root_id_B": "iz7pb5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1671008294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670378752.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so. Anakin will fall one way or another. With better guidance the fall might not be so spectacular, but he is a person that needs to go through that experience to understand the consequences. Anakin's main problem is his inability to cope with his talent. He is a jedi with the greatest potential ever and he knows it. This makes him hard on himself. He cannot accept that there are problems that cannot be solved by him. Even if other people die, he believes he should be strong enough to prevent it. This fuels his neverending lust for power. Palpatine/Jedi teachings or not, each failure will make him seek the power to better himself. This will inevitable make him wonder about the dark side, if he is not holding back and he will start doubting its supposed corrupting effects. In his arrogance he will slowly convince himself its just the Force and it will not corrupt him and he will try it and he will fall into a spiral to greater and greater corruption, until he gets taught the lesson. Palpatine and Jedi are only visual reflection of his inner strugle that can be put into a movie, but his inner journey is set by his personality and talent. His growing doubts about Jedi leads him to doubt what they say about the dark side, but his inner journey would be the same without them. The question \"am I held back?\" is there in his mind and will always trouble him until he resolves it himself. And Palpatine's seduction is just visual reflection of seduction of the dark side, its visual reflection of thought process he would be making within himself anyway. Couple this with his political view of benevolent dictator and that some people deserve punishment (he was raised as a slave and despised it) and his path is basically predetermined. The question is not if anakin will fall or not, the question is how spectacular it will be, how long it will take him to learn the lesson and what will be the collateral damage. At this point, palpatine steps in and he basically traps him in the dark side. There is no way Anakin can face that him killing children, destroying Jedi order and Republic and starting age of tyranny was wrong since it was all his doing. He needs to double down. With better guidance and without Palpatine, Anakins fall might not cause such galatic shattering consequences which might enable him to reflect on his actions sooner without watching his son being killed. But his fall is, I think, certain.", "human_ref_B": "Right, it's actually kind of the opposite. Attachment in the Jedi sense is more akin to the Buddhist concept of attachment (clinging to obsessions, outdated concepts, things that harm you or others). You face an emotion, process it, and let it go. It doesn't have to do with having healthy emotional relationships, which is how that word is more commonly used today. The Jedi of the old order had a vastly more thorough background and training in philosophy than Luke Skywalker's order. The vast majority of Republic Jedi were trained in these areas from childhood, creating a society of like minded individuals who believed in things like mutually supportive communities, accepting your feelings and letting go, and as a whole they had built in social mechanisms to help folks if they were overwhelmed or had trauma. There were Jedi mind healers, councilors, meditation retreats, the whole shebang. Luke largely got the cliff notes versions and (in Legends at least) trained adults. Adults who came with their own preconceptions, histories, and traumas, including former soldiers, assassins, and people enslaved. They did not (at least in early days) have the kind of institutional resources and know how to deal with traumatized children. This actually was the point of a fair number of novels and lead to the deaths of a few different planets. Anakin Skywalker's problems are his own fault. You can't help someone who doesn't help themselves.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 629542.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz87guz", "c_root_id_B": "j060g34", "created_at_utc_A": 1670387635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671008294.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure lukes jedi order was cannon was it not?", "human_ref_B": "I don't think so. Anakin will fall one way or another. With better guidance the fall might not be so spectacular, but he is a person that needs to go through that experience to understand the consequences. Anakin's main problem is his inability to cope with his talent. He is a jedi with the greatest potential ever and he knows it. This makes him hard on himself. He cannot accept that there are problems that cannot be solved by him. Even if other people die, he believes he should be strong enough to prevent it. This fuels his neverending lust for power. Palpatine/Jedi teachings or not, each failure will make him seek the power to better himself. This will inevitable make him wonder about the dark side, if he is not holding back and he will start doubting its supposed corrupting effects. In his arrogance he will slowly convince himself its just the Force and it will not corrupt him and he will try it and he will fall into a spiral to greater and greater corruption, until he gets taught the lesson. Palpatine and Jedi are only visual reflection of his inner strugle that can be put into a movie, but his inner journey is set by his personality and talent. His growing doubts about Jedi leads him to doubt what they say about the dark side, but his inner journey would be the same without them. The question \"am I held back?\" is there in his mind and will always trouble him until he resolves it himself. And Palpatine's seduction is just visual reflection of seduction of the dark side, its visual reflection of thought process he would be making within himself anyway. Couple this with his political view of benevolent dictator and that some people deserve punishment (he was raised as a slave and despised it) and his path is basically predetermined. The question is not if anakin will fall or not, the question is how spectacular it will be, how long it will take him to learn the lesson and what will be the collateral damage. At this point, palpatine steps in and he basically traps him in the dark side. There is no way Anakin can face that him killing children, destroying Jedi order and Republic and starting age of tyranny was wrong since it was all his doing. He needs to double down. With better guidance and without Palpatine, Anakins fall might not cause such galatic shattering consequences which might enable him to reflect on his actions sooner without watching his son being killed. But his fall is, I think, certain.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 620659.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zegb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] I know this makes no sense, but if Anakin (or an Anakin like kid) came to Luke Skywalker\u2019s Jedi academy in legends would he not fall to the dark side, because they are much more welcoming to older pupils as well as being ok with attachments? In other words, did Luke Skywalker\u2019s new Jedi order (In legends) avoid some of the pitfalls of the old Jedi order?", "c_root_id_A": "iz91xir", "c_root_id_B": "j060g34", "created_at_utc_A": 1670411162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671008294.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "i'd say no. but also yes! No in that Luke took steps to avoid the scenario playing out and having another Anakin, but in doing so, he let Lumiya take Jacen.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think so. Anakin will fall one way or another. With better guidance the fall might not be so spectacular, but he is a person that needs to go through that experience to understand the consequences. Anakin's main problem is his inability to cope with his talent. He is a jedi with the greatest potential ever and he knows it. This makes him hard on himself. He cannot accept that there are problems that cannot be solved by him. Even if other people die, he believes he should be strong enough to prevent it. This fuels his neverending lust for power. Palpatine/Jedi teachings or not, each failure will make him seek the power to better himself. This will inevitable make him wonder about the dark side, if he is not holding back and he will start doubting its supposed corrupting effects. In his arrogance he will slowly convince himself its just the Force and it will not corrupt him and he will try it and he will fall into a spiral to greater and greater corruption, until he gets taught the lesson. Palpatine and Jedi are only visual reflection of his inner strugle that can be put into a movie, but his inner journey is set by his personality and talent. His growing doubts about Jedi leads him to doubt what they say about the dark side, but his inner journey would be the same without them. The question \"am I held back?\" is there in his mind and will always trouble him until he resolves it himself. And Palpatine's seduction is just visual reflection of seduction of the dark side, its visual reflection of thought process he would be making within himself anyway. Couple this with his political view of benevolent dictator and that some people deserve punishment (he was raised as a slave and despised it) and his path is basically predetermined. The question is not if anakin will fall or not, the question is how spectacular it will be, how long it will take him to learn the lesson and what will be the collateral damage. At this point, palpatine steps in and he basically traps him in the dark side. There is no way Anakin can face that him killing children, destroying Jedi order and Republic and starting age of tyranny was wrong since it was all his doing. He needs to double down. With better guidance and without Palpatine, Anakins fall might not cause such galatic shattering consequences which might enable him to reflect on his actions sooner without watching his son being killed. But his fall is, I think, certain.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 597132.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmjjoe", "c_root_id_B": "dxmkc2e", "created_at_utc_A": 1524147418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524148190.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 309, "human_ref_A": "Start looking in all the wrong places, Batman will swoop in fairly shortly.", "human_ref_B": "It depends; if he\u2019s something like a crime boss it\u2019s likely that another member of the bat family is already on the case. Hang around the scene of a crime for a bit for one of them to show up to collect evidence and coordinate with them. They can\u2019t be everywhere at once and would likely cooperate with willing police officers. If he\u2019s a lower level guy than that then quit being lazy and do your job.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 772.0, "score_ratio": 28.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmsram", "c_root_id_B": "dxmwymn", "created_at_utc_A": 1524155801.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524159464.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "The Commissioner is honest as hell and a solid man. Drop him a line. I'm sure he has a few suggestions that don't involve the spotlight.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is already on it. The Batsignal isn't to contact Batman. It's to let other people know that Batman is out there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3663.0, "score_ratio": 1.9333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmkfk5", "c_root_id_B": "dxmwymn", "created_at_utc_A": 1524148286.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524159464.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "Sure, you need to get an informant to commit petty larceny and when Batman shows up, there is your chance!", "human_ref_B": "Batman is already on it. The Batsignal isn't to contact Batman. It's to let other people know that Batman is out there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11178.0, "score_ratio": 2.32, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmwymn", "c_root_id_B": "dxmqfkk", "created_at_utc_A": 1524159464.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524153768.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Batman is already on it. The Batsignal isn't to contact Batman. It's to let other people know that Batman is out there.", "human_ref_B": "Leave a pair of wind-up chattering teeth at the crime scene and he will get involved all by himself.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5696.0, "score_ratio": 3.0526315789, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmpg0y", "c_root_id_B": "dxmwymn", "created_at_utc_A": 1524152902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524159464.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "Batman appreciates creativity and ambition. Do something stealthy, showy and out of the box. Bonus points if it could put you in mortal danger, but be very careful not to endanger bystanders.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is already on it. The Batsignal isn't to contact Batman. It's to let other people know that Batman is out there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6562.0, "score_ratio": 4.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmjjoe", "c_root_id_B": "dxmwymn", "created_at_utc_A": 1524147418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524159464.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "Start looking in all the wrong places, Batman will swoop in fairly shortly.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is already on it. The Batsignal isn't to contact Batman. It's to let other people know that Batman is out there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12046.0, "score_ratio": 5.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmn30d", "c_root_id_B": "dxmwymn", "created_at_utc_A": 1524150789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524159464.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is already on it. The Batsignal isn't to contact Batman. It's to let other people know that Batman is out there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8675.0, "score_ratio": 14.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmsram", "c_root_id_B": "dxmkfk5", "created_at_utc_A": 1524155801.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524148286.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "The Commissioner is honest as hell and a solid man. Drop him a line. I'm sure he has a few suggestions that don't involve the spotlight.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, you need to get an informant to commit petty larceny and when Batman shows up, there is your chance!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7515.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmqfkk", "c_root_id_B": "dxmsram", "created_at_utc_A": 1524153768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524155801.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Leave a pair of wind-up chattering teeth at the crime scene and he will get involved all by himself.", "human_ref_B": "The Commissioner is honest as hell and a solid man. Drop him a line. I'm sure he has a few suggestions that don't involve the spotlight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2033.0, "score_ratio": 1.5789473684, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmsram", "c_root_id_B": "dxmpg0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1524155801.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524152902.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The Commissioner is honest as hell and a solid man. Drop him a line. I'm sure he has a few suggestions that don't involve the spotlight.", "human_ref_B": "Batman appreciates creativity and ambition. Do something stealthy, showy and out of the box. 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Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmjjoe", "c_root_id_B": "dxmkfk5", "created_at_utc_A": 1524147418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524148286.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Start looking in all the wrong places, Batman will swoop in fairly shortly.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, you need to get an informant to commit petty larceny and when Batman shows up, there is your chance!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 868.0, "score_ratio": 2.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmpg0y", "c_root_id_B": "dxmqfkk", "created_at_utc_A": 1524152902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524153768.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Batman appreciates creativity and ambition. Do something stealthy, showy and out of the box. Bonus points if it could put you in mortal danger, but be very careful not to endanger bystanders.", "human_ref_B": "Leave a pair of wind-up chattering teeth at the crime scene and he will get involved all by himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 866.0, "score_ratio": 1.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmqfkk", "c_root_id_B": "dxmjjoe", "created_at_utc_A": 1524153768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524147418.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Leave a pair of wind-up chattering teeth at the crime scene and he will get involved all by himself.", "human_ref_B": "Start looking in all the wrong places, Batman will swoop in fairly shortly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6350.0, "score_ratio": 1.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmn30d", "c_root_id_B": "dxmqfkk", "created_at_utc_A": 1524150789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524153768.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "human_ref_B": "Leave a pair of wind-up chattering teeth at the crime scene and he will get involved all by himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2979.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmpg0y", "c_root_id_B": "dxn6n0v", "created_at_utc_A": 1524152902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524167906.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Batman appreciates creativity and ambition. Do something stealthy, showy and out of the box. Bonus points if it could put you in mortal danger, but be very careful not to endanger bystanders.", "human_ref_B": "Rumor has it that this guy Matches Malone is an informant for the Bat. He hangs out at some shitty dockside bar once in a while. Maybe ask around for him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15004.0, "score_ratio": 1.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn6n0v", "c_root_id_B": "dxmjjoe", "created_at_utc_A": 1524167906.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524147418.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Rumor has it that this guy Matches Malone is an informant for the Bat. He hangs out at some shitty dockside bar once in a while. Maybe ask around for him.", "human_ref_B": "Start looking in all the wrong places, Batman will swoop in fairly shortly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20488.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn6n0v", "c_root_id_B": "dxn6f3p", "created_at_utc_A": 1524167906.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524167716.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Rumor has it that this guy Matches Malone is an informant for the Bat. He hangs out at some shitty dockside bar once in a while. Maybe ask around for him.", "human_ref_B": "I'd recommend walking into one of big pretty boy Wayne's private gala's. Wayne's enterprises funds the Batman, if anyone can contact him Wayne can. Just talk to him. I'm sure you can enter as a cop. Especially if your record is less dirty than most of Gotham's PD. Wayne's fine with talking to cops, he donates enough anyway. Warning, he'll probably be drunk, and don't ogle whatever 3 girls he's banging that night. That's just rude. He's a pretty lost cause, but his heart is still somehow in the right place. Give it a shot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 190.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn0zwj", "c_root_id_B": "dxn6n0v", "created_at_utc_A": 1524162986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524167906.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Well why not ask Gordon himself? From most, if not all, of his depictions he's an upstanding and excellent officer who's good friends with Bats. I'm sure he could probably fill him in on what the fuck is going on in Gotham", "human_ref_B": "Rumor has it that this guy Matches Malone is an informant for the Bat. He hangs out at some shitty dockside bar once in a while. Maybe ask around for him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4920.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn6n0v", "c_root_id_B": "dxn6kxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1524167906.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524167856.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Rumor has it that this guy Matches Malone is an informant for the Bat. He hangs out at some shitty dockside bar once in a while. Maybe ask around for him.", "human_ref_B": "Batman's got more serious shit to deal with. He isn't interested in your low level shit. This is exactly what batman has always been afraid of becoming. He wants to inspire you to go out and do your dammed job and do your research on your own. Ask yourself. What would batman do? He wouldn't call in superman to catch the joker. He'd do it himself", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn6n0v", "c_root_id_B": "dxmn30d", "created_at_utc_A": 1524167906.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524150789.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Rumor has it that this guy Matches Malone is an informant for the Bat. He hangs out at some shitty dockside bar once in a while. Maybe ask around for him.", "human_ref_B": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17117.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn0v09", "c_root_id_B": "dxmpg0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1524162866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524152902.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "You're going to go out of your way to get a vigilante to \"help\" you on your case? Seriously? You realize that, if you managed to catch this guy, his defense attorney is going to crack your case wide open, right?", "human_ref_B": "Batman appreciates creativity and ambition. Do something stealthy, showy and out of the box. Bonus points if it could put you in mortal danger, but be very careful not to endanger bystanders.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9964.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmjjoe", "c_root_id_B": "dxmpg0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1524147418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524152902.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Start looking in all the wrong places, Batman will swoop in fairly shortly.", "human_ref_B": "Batman appreciates creativity and ambition. Do something stealthy, showy and out of the box. Bonus points if it could put you in mortal danger, but be very careful not to endanger bystanders.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5484.0, "score_ratio": 1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmn30d", "c_root_id_B": "dxmpg0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1524150789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524152902.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "human_ref_B": "Batman appreciates creativity and ambition. Do something stealthy, showy and out of the box. Bonus points if it could put you in mortal danger, but be very careful not to endanger bystanders.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2113.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn0v09", "c_root_id_B": "dxmjjoe", "created_at_utc_A": 1524162866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524147418.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "You're going to go out of your way to get a vigilante to \"help\" you on your case? Seriously? You realize that, if you managed to catch this guy, his defense attorney is going to crack your case wide open, right?", "human_ref_B": "Start looking in all the wrong places, Batman will swoop in fairly shortly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15448.0, "score_ratio": 1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmn30d", "c_root_id_B": "dxn0v09", "created_at_utc_A": 1524150789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524162866.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "human_ref_B": "You're going to go out of your way to get a vigilante to \"help\" you on your case? Seriously? You realize that, if you managed to catch this guy, his defense attorney is going to crack your case wide open, right?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12077.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn6f3p", "c_root_id_B": "dxn0zwj", "created_at_utc_A": 1524167716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524162986.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I'd recommend walking into one of big pretty boy Wayne's private gala's. Wayne's enterprises funds the Batman, if anyone can contact him Wayne can. Just talk to him. I'm sure you can enter as a cop. Especially if your record is less dirty than most of Gotham's PD. Wayne's fine with talking to cops, he donates enough anyway. Warning, he'll probably be drunk, and don't ogle whatever 3 girls he's banging that night. That's just rude. He's a pretty lost cause, but his heart is still somehow in the right place. Give it a shot.", "human_ref_B": "Well why not ask Gordon himself? From most, if not all, of his depictions he's an upstanding and excellent officer who's good friends with Bats. I'm sure he could probably fill him in on what the fuck is going on in Gotham", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4730.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn6f3p", "c_root_id_B": "dxmn30d", "created_at_utc_A": 1524167716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524150789.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'd recommend walking into one of big pretty boy Wayne's private gala's. Wayne's enterprises funds the Batman, if anyone can contact him Wayne can. Just talk to him. I'm sure you can enter as a cop. Especially if your record is less dirty than most of Gotham's PD. Wayne's fine with talking to cops, he donates enough anyway. Warning, he'll probably be drunk, and don't ogle whatever 3 girls he's banging that night. That's just rude. He's a pretty lost cause, but his heart is still somehow in the right place. Give it a shot.", "human_ref_B": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16927.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmn30d", "c_root_id_B": "dxn0zwj", "created_at_utc_A": 1524150789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524162986.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "human_ref_B": "Well why not ask Gordon himself? From most, if not all, of his depictions he's an upstanding and excellent officer who's good friends with Bats. I'm sure he could probably fill him in on what the fuck is going on in Gotham", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12197.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmn30d", "c_root_id_B": "dxn6kxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1524150789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524167856.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "human_ref_B": "Batman's got more serious shit to deal with. He isn't interested in your low level shit. This is exactly what batman has always been afraid of becoming. He wants to inspire you to go out and do your dammed job and do your research on your own. Ask yourself. What would batman do? He wouldn't call in superman to catch the joker. He'd do it himself", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17067.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxmn30d", "c_root_id_B": "dxng7ke", "created_at_utc_A": 1524150789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524176960.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You could always just take out an ad in the weekly paper.", "human_ref_B": "If you're honest and you're doing good work, Batman knows who you are by name and is probably monitoring how much work each officer is doing at some level. If you start leaving signs that you want to work with him, he might show up - but if the crook isn't necessarily Rogue-level dangerous it's likely he'll be busy on the other side of town, actually dealing with a rogue. You might get Batgirl or Robin to show up though, and they're much easier to work with. Alternatively, if you really absolutely have to, you can ask around officers who are dealing with rogues or have dealt with Batman before to mention you next time they're debriefing about a case. It's a long shot but you might find a bunch of pictures on your desk in a couple days.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26171.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8deu33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] I'm an honest Gotham cop and I'm under immense pressure to close a case on a mid-level (non-superhuman) crook. Is there any way I can enlist Batman's help with this case without using Jim Gordon's spotlight thingie?", "c_root_id_A": "dxn750v", "c_root_id_B": "dxng7ke", "created_at_utc_A": 1524168352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524176960.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Buy a map of the city and hang it on a bulletin-board on the wall. Start listening to a police scanner. Put pushpins in the map for Batman, the police, and the crimes/other incidents. Start tracking them. Note the correlations. How often are the police and Batman headed towards the same incident? How often is Dispatch keeping a route clear for some unknown reason? Eventually get a feel for which circumstances are most likely to end up with a Batman sighting. Get there first.", "human_ref_B": "If you're honest and you're doing good work, Batman knows who you are by name and is probably monitoring how much work each officer is doing at some level. If you start leaving signs that you want to work with him, he might show up - but if the crook isn't necessarily Rogue-level dangerous it's likely he'll be busy on the other side of town, actually dealing with a rogue. You might get Batgirl or Robin to show up though, and they're much easier to work with. Alternatively, if you really absolutely have to, you can ask around officers who are dealing with rogues or have dealt with Batman before to mention you next time they're debriefing about a case. It's a long shot but you might find a bunch of pictures on your desk in a couple days.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8608.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mkmv2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Harry Potter] I'm barely a wizard, can't cast a spell properly even with a wand and have never had an issue with accidental magic. As a muggleborn can I just drop out of Hogwarts and return to that world to finish my education there? I would rather live as a successful Muggle than a failed wizard.", "c_root_id_A": "dc4kklo", "c_root_id_B": "dc4jl56", "created_at_utc_A": 1483816571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483815233.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "Neville could barely manage when he started out, and he did alright, you can too!", "human_ref_B": "There's no such thing as \"barely a wizard\". You're a wizard, or you aren't. Power as a wizard is just a matter of practice, talent, knowledge and understanding. It *is* possible for you to just be seriously untalented, but magic is a learnable skill, and considering the possibilities of even first-year magic, no other skill will give you such good returns unless you're some kind of genius at something else. If despite all that you really want to, then yes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1338.0, "score_ratio": 1.3555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mkmv2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Harry Potter] I'm barely a wizard, can't cast a spell properly even with a wand and have never had an issue with accidental magic. As a muggleborn can I just drop out of Hogwarts and return to that world to finish my education there? I would rather live as a successful Muggle than a failed wizard.", "c_root_id_A": "dc4jz12", "c_root_id_B": "dc4kklo", "created_at_utc_A": 1483815755.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483816571.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "IMO, muggle born wizards/witches have strong magic. The examples of pure-bloods are nothing special. Neville and Ron for example. Squibs coming from pure-blood inbreeding is the ultimate culmination of this inbreeding. Then we get muggle borns, like Hermione and Lily Potter. Completely free of inbreeding, they'll have an easier time than pure-bloods. But the strongest wizards and witches are half-blood. Harry, Voldy, Dumbledore, Snape. I use the analogy of mixing paint. Muggles are white, colourless. A muggle born wizard has a bright, primary colour. Inbreeding of magic people without introducing muggle blood mixes the colours into a dark, dull brown until it becomes indistinguishable from black.(squibs) Adding the brightness of muggle blood to a brown pure-blood separates it into a rainbow of colour. Hence why muggle are essential to the wizard world. They refresh the magic in the blood, saving it from stagnation.", "human_ref_B": "Neville could barely manage when he started out, and he did alright, you can too!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 816.0, "score_ratio": 1.487804878, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mkmv2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Harry Potter] I'm barely a wizard, can't cast a spell properly even with a wand and have never had an issue with accidental magic. As a muggleborn can I just drop out of Hogwarts and return to that world to finish my education there? I would rather live as a successful Muggle than a failed wizard.", "c_root_id_A": "dc4kklo", "c_root_id_B": "dc4hztb", "created_at_utc_A": 1483816571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483813088.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Neville could barely manage when he started out, and he did alright, you can too!", "human_ref_B": "That makes me wonder. Can you be the child of 2 wizards and not have any magical powers?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3483.0, "score_ratio": 5.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mkmv2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Harry Potter] I'm barely a wizard, can't cast a spell properly even with a wand and have never had an issue with accidental magic. As a muggleborn can I just drop out of Hogwarts and return to that world to finish my education there? I would rather live as a successful Muggle than a failed wizard.", "c_root_id_A": "dc4jl56", "c_root_id_B": "dc4hztb", "created_at_utc_A": 1483815233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483813088.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "There's no such thing as \"barely a wizard\". You're a wizard, or you aren't. Power as a wizard is just a matter of practice, talent, knowledge and understanding. It *is* possible for you to just be seriously untalented, but magic is a learnable skill, and considering the possibilities of even first-year magic, no other skill will give you such good returns unless you're some kind of genius at something else. If despite all that you really want to, then yes.", "human_ref_B": "That makes me wonder. Can you be the child of 2 wizards and not have any magical powers?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2145.0, "score_ratio": 4.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mkmv2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Harry Potter] I'm barely a wizard, can't cast a spell properly even with a wand and have never had an issue with accidental magic. As a muggleborn can I just drop out of Hogwarts and return to that world to finish my education there? I would rather live as a successful Muggle than a failed wizard.", "c_root_id_A": "dc4jz12", "c_root_id_B": "dc4hztb", "created_at_utc_A": 1483815755.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483813088.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "IMO, muggle born wizards/witches have strong magic. The examples of pure-bloods are nothing special. Neville and Ron for example. Squibs coming from pure-blood inbreeding is the ultimate culmination of this inbreeding. Then we get muggle borns, like Hermione and Lily Potter. Completely free of inbreeding, they'll have an easier time than pure-bloods. But the strongest wizards and witches are half-blood. Harry, Voldy, Dumbledore, Snape. I use the analogy of mixing paint. Muggles are white, colourless. A muggle born wizard has a bright, primary colour. Inbreeding of magic people without introducing muggle blood mixes the colours into a dark, dull brown until it becomes indistinguishable from black.(squibs) Adding the brightness of muggle blood to a brown pure-blood separates it into a rainbow of colour. Hence why muggle are essential to the wizard world. They refresh the magic in the blood, saving it from stagnation.", "human_ref_B": "That makes me wonder. Can you be the child of 2 wizards and not have any magical powers?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2667.0, "score_ratio": 3.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bsv3b7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General Superpowers] I am an acid-spitting mutant, who upon hitting puberty had my stomach acid develop into very corrosive acid (which I am of course immune to). How does this affect the way my body handles nutrition and digestion? I have a side character in a story I'm working on and I've gotten too far into thinking about how his powers work. I'm thinking that if it was something very corrosive (in that fake acid-in-movies way), it might digest solids too fast for his body to properly absorb the nutrients, but a liquid diet might be easier since it would dilute the acid and slow down the process a bit? My other idea was for him to just use an IV drip several times a day but there's loads of real-world issues with something like that like infection or having to do it 2-3 times a day for his whole life that made me think it didn't sound plausible enough (in a story where people have superpowers, go figure). Like if he had some sort of port built into his arm to receive the IV tube so he wouldn't have to use needles, but again, it's like having an open hole in your vein 24/7 which sounds needlessly complicated.", "c_root_id_A": "eoqpv81", "c_root_id_B": "eoqqc0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1558795334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558795502.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "How often do you think about Spider-Man eating? Are there scenes in normal comics/stories where the superhero eats? I would research how the dilophosaurus anatomy worked... those dinosaurs from Jurassic park. They probably didn\u2019t really spit venom but maybe there\u2019s some JP lore about it", "human_ref_B": "Well, our stomach acid is hydrochloric acid which really isn't too corrosive, even concentrated - I spilled concentrated HCl on my hands multiple times without anything but some skin irritation. If you want that movie-style eats through flesh and deck plating acid, you would need an oxidative acid like sulphuric. And there you'd have to change the whole biochemistry of your mutant. Nutrition would be the minor problem. I would assume a mutant with such powers to develop a special gland for it rather than using stomach acid. Simplifies matters a lot.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 168.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ru1a8i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Avengers Endgame/Loki] How did Tony, Steve, and Scott have time to meet up, form the new plan, and jump back? That timeline was pruned 2.5 minutes after Loki teleported.", "c_root_id_A": "hqx4ins", "c_root_id_B": "hqwtv2q", "created_at_utc_A": 1641118104.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641109509.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I would assume the events of endgame happened as the TVA wants. They wanted the snap to be undone, they just didn't want Loki loose with the tesseract.", "human_ref_B": "I feel certain the TVAs math accounts for their disappearance to another time line before the pruning reached New York. Since the Iron man, Captain America, and Ant Man of the sacred timeline suddenly disappearing is safe to presume; a pretty large variation to the sacred timeline.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8595.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkj44l", "c_root_id_B": "hdkqdbq", "created_at_utc_A": 1632128109.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134564.0, "score_A": 144, "score_B": 269, "human_ref_A": "What about the Godzilla movie from 1998 (by Roland Emmerich)? The US Air Force attacks the monster three times - first with helicopters after luring it out with fish., then the airstrike on Madison Square Garden, then several missiles at the Bridge. The last attack is finally successful.", "human_ref_B": "The Colonial Marines in *Aliens* had enough firepower to take down xenomorphs, they just suffered from poor leadership and decision making.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6455.0, "score_ratio": 1.8680555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkqdbq", "c_root_id_B": "hdkgc4a", "created_at_utc_A": 1632134564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632125494.0, "score_A": 269, "score_B": 112, "human_ref_A": "The Colonial Marines in *Aliens* had enough firepower to take down xenomorphs, they just suffered from poor leadership and decision making.", "human_ref_B": "The general trope for this is Insufficiently Advanced Alien. The Roxolani in The Road Not Taken (pdf) are a classic example. >!They land in spaceships with single shot muskets and bayonets, and are basically slaughtered by the army.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9070.0, "score_ratio": 2.4017857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkpt8u", "c_root_id_B": "hdkqdbq", "created_at_utc_A": 1632134140.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134564.0, "score_A": 100, "score_B": 269, "human_ref_A": "I think in most sci-fi, the assumption is that any species advanced enough to nail interstellar travel would be too advanced for any offence we could launch. *BUT* A couple films come to mind where our weapons are not ineffective, such as * *Battleship* * *Battle: Los Angeles* Our weapons were also effective in *Edge of Tomorrow*, the invader's primary advantage being time travel, but being vulnerable to munitions otherwise. *Oblivion* (another Tom Cruise flick) sees the drones (and cloned humans) of the invading Tet, which are fast and hit hard, but aren't particularly protected against rifles. The Tet itself folds pretty easily to a nuke. The kaiju of *Pacific* *Rim* aren't invulnerable to conventional weapons, they just have high defense and higher HP, making kills rather slow.", "human_ref_B": "The Colonial Marines in *Aliens* had enough firepower to take down xenomorphs, they just suffered from poor leadership and decision making.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 424.0, "score_ratio": 2.69, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkhjmn", "c_root_id_B": "hdkqdbq", "created_at_utc_A": 1632126623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134564.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 269, "human_ref_A": "I remember a line from the old Doctor Who series, where the Brigadier says to the Doctor, \"Just once I would like to meet an alien menace that *wasn't* immune to bullets*\".* (I think it was in The Green Death, which came out in 1973.)", "human_ref_B": "The Colonial Marines in *Aliens* had enough firepower to take down xenomorphs, they just suffered from poor leadership and decision making.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7941.0, "score_ratio": 5.2745098039, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkqdbq", "c_root_id_B": "hdkpgvb", "created_at_utc_A": 1632134564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632133873.0, "score_A": 269, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "The Colonial Marines in *Aliens* had enough firepower to take down xenomorphs, they just suffered from poor leadership and decision making.", "human_ref_B": "They do well with the first couple xenomorphs in Aliens, they just get overwhelmed eventually.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 691.0, "score_ratio": 5.847826087, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkqdbq", "c_root_id_B": "hdkp9u8", "created_at_utc_A": 1632134564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632133716.0, "score_A": 269, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "The Colonial Marines in *Aliens* had enough firepower to take down xenomorphs, they just suffered from poor leadership and decision making.", "human_ref_B": "It generally worked on the minions in Stargate SG-1 and spinoffs, tho you occasionally need a zat gun or a staff weapon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 848.0, "score_ratio": 10.76, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkpzjk", "c_root_id_B": "hdkqdbq", "created_at_utc_A": 1632134272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134564.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 269, "human_ref_A": "GATE is an anime/manga that subverts this a bit. A fantasy world connects with the real world. Dragons, wyverns, soldiers, legions. All do great. Then tanks and snipers start taking out all but the strongest of creatures.", "human_ref_B": "The Colonial Marines in *Aliens* had enough firepower to take down xenomorphs, they just suffered from poor leadership and decision making.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 292.0, "score_ratio": 14.9444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkqdbq", "c_root_id_B": "hdkq5pt", "created_at_utc_A": 1632134564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134402.0, "score_A": 269, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The Colonial Marines in *Aliens* had enough firepower to take down xenomorphs, they just suffered from poor leadership and decision making.", "human_ref_B": "Starship Troopers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 162.0, "score_ratio": 14.9444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkgc4a", "c_root_id_B": "hdkj44l", "created_at_utc_A": 1632125494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632128109.0, "score_A": 112, "score_B": 144, "human_ref_A": "The general trope for this is Insufficiently Advanced Alien. The Roxolani in The Road Not Taken (pdf) are a classic example. >!They land in spaceships with single shot muskets and bayonets, and are basically slaughtered by the army.!<", "human_ref_B": "What about the Godzilla movie from 1998 (by Roland Emmerich)? The US Air Force attacks the monster three times - first with helicopters after luring it out with fish., then the airstrike on Madison Square Garden, then several missiles at the Bridge. The last attack is finally successful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2615.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkj44l", "c_root_id_B": "hdkhjmn", "created_at_utc_A": 1632128109.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632126623.0, "score_A": 144, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "What about the Godzilla movie from 1998 (by Roland Emmerich)? The US Air Force attacks the monster three times - first with helicopters after luring it out with fish., then the airstrike on Madison Square Garden, then several missiles at the Bridge. The last attack is finally successful.", "human_ref_B": "I remember a line from the old Doctor Who series, where the Brigadier says to the Doctor, \"Just once I would like to meet an alien menace that *wasn't* immune to bullets*\".* (I think it was in The Green Death, which came out in 1973.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1486.0, "score_ratio": 2.8235294118, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkpt8u", "c_root_id_B": "hdkhjmn", "created_at_utc_A": 1632134140.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632126623.0, "score_A": 100, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "I think in most sci-fi, the assumption is that any species advanced enough to nail interstellar travel would be too advanced for any offence we could launch. *BUT* A couple films come to mind where our weapons are not ineffective, such as * *Battleship* * *Battle: Los Angeles* Our weapons were also effective in *Edge of Tomorrow*, the invader's primary advantage being time travel, but being vulnerable to munitions otherwise. *Oblivion* (another Tom Cruise flick) sees the drones (and cloned humans) of the invading Tet, which are fast and hit hard, but aren't particularly protected against rifles. The Tet itself folds pretty easily to a nuke. The kaiju of *Pacific* *Rim* aren't invulnerable to conventional weapons, they just have high defense and higher HP, making kills rather slow.", "human_ref_B": "I remember a line from the old Doctor Who series, where the Brigadier says to the Doctor, \"Just once I would like to meet an alien menace that *wasn't* immune to bullets*\".* (I think it was in The Green Death, which came out in 1973.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7517.0, "score_ratio": 1.9607843137, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkpgvb", "c_root_id_B": "hdkpt8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1632133873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134140.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 100, "human_ref_A": "They do well with the first couple xenomorphs in Aliens, they just get overwhelmed eventually.", "human_ref_B": "I think in most sci-fi, the assumption is that any species advanced enough to nail interstellar travel would be too advanced for any offence we could launch. *BUT* A couple films come to mind where our weapons are not ineffective, such as * *Battleship* * *Battle: Los Angeles* Our weapons were also effective in *Edge of Tomorrow*, the invader's primary advantage being time travel, but being vulnerable to munitions otherwise. *Oblivion* (another Tom Cruise flick) sees the drones (and cloned humans) of the invading Tet, which are fast and hit hard, but aren't particularly protected against rifles. The Tet itself folds pretty easily to a nuke. The kaiju of *Pacific* *Rim* aren't invulnerable to conventional weapons, they just have high defense and higher HP, making kills rather slow.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 267.0, "score_ratio": 2.1739130435, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkp9u8", "c_root_id_B": "hdkpt8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1632133716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134140.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 100, "human_ref_A": "It generally worked on the minions in Stargate SG-1 and spinoffs, tho you occasionally need a zat gun or a staff weapon.", "human_ref_B": "I think in most sci-fi, the assumption is that any species advanced enough to nail interstellar travel would be too advanced for any offence we could launch. *BUT* A couple films come to mind where our weapons are not ineffective, such as * *Battleship* * *Battle: Los Angeles* Our weapons were also effective in *Edge of Tomorrow*, the invader's primary advantage being time travel, but being vulnerable to munitions otherwise. *Oblivion* (another Tom Cruise flick) sees the drones (and cloned humans) of the invading Tet, which are fast and hit hard, but aren't particularly protected against rifles. The Tet itself folds pretty easily to a nuke. The kaiju of *Pacific* *Rim* aren't invulnerable to conventional weapons, they just have high defense and higher HP, making kills rather slow.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 424.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdks7fb", "c_root_id_B": "hdkhjmn", "created_at_utc_A": 1632135920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632126623.0, "score_A": 76, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "It actually works very well in the seminal alien invasion story, *War of the Worlds*. Early 20th century weapons of the British Army and Royal Navy are able to destroy more technologically advanced Martian fighting machines, though the Martians tend to come off better in most exchanges. Navy battleships are able to force the Martians into retreat, as happened after the sacrifice by the HMS *Thunder Child* which itself takes down two fighting machines in a suicidal ramming attack. The British land a few major victories with their artillery, which can destroy Martian pods from beyond direct line of sight before the invaders can properly assemble and deploy the fighting machines. But ultimately none of this is enough to counter the element of surprise or the Martians' ability to make beachheads across the country. The Martians of course eventually succumb to disease, but only after having brought about the utter collapse of the British Armed Forces.", "human_ref_B": "I remember a line from the old Doctor Who series, where the Brigadier says to the Doctor, \"Just once I would like to meet an alien menace that *wasn't* immune to bullets*\".* (I think it was in The Green Death, which came out in 1973.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9297.0, "score_ratio": 1.4901960784, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdks7fb", "c_root_id_B": "hdkpgvb", "created_at_utc_A": 1632135920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632133873.0, "score_A": 76, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "It actually works very well in the seminal alien invasion story, *War of the Worlds*. Early 20th century weapons of the British Army and Royal Navy are able to destroy more technologically advanced Martian fighting machines, though the Martians tend to come off better in most exchanges. Navy battleships are able to force the Martians into retreat, as happened after the sacrifice by the HMS *Thunder Child* which itself takes down two fighting machines in a suicidal ramming attack. The British land a few major victories with their artillery, which can destroy Martian pods from beyond direct line of sight before the invaders can properly assemble and deploy the fighting machines. But ultimately none of this is enough to counter the element of surprise or the Martians' ability to make beachheads across the country. The Martians of course eventually succumb to disease, but only after having brought about the utter collapse of the British Armed Forces.", "human_ref_B": "They do well with the first couple xenomorphs in Aliens, they just get overwhelmed eventually.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2047.0, "score_ratio": 1.652173913, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkp9u8", "c_root_id_B": "hdks7fb", "created_at_utc_A": 1632133716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632135920.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "It generally worked on the minions in Stargate SG-1 and spinoffs, tho you occasionally need a zat gun or a staff weapon.", "human_ref_B": "It actually works very well in the seminal alien invasion story, *War of the Worlds*. Early 20th century weapons of the British Army and Royal Navy are able to destroy more technologically advanced Martian fighting machines, though the Martians tend to come off better in most exchanges. Navy battleships are able to force the Martians into retreat, as happened after the sacrifice by the HMS *Thunder Child* which itself takes down two fighting machines in a suicidal ramming attack. The British land a few major victories with their artillery, which can destroy Martian pods from beyond direct line of sight before the invaders can properly assemble and deploy the fighting machines. But ultimately none of this is enough to counter the element of surprise or the Martians' ability to make beachheads across the country. 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Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdks7fb", "c_root_id_B": "hdkpzjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1632135920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134272.0, "score_A": 76, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It actually works very well in the seminal alien invasion story, *War of the Worlds*. Early 20th century weapons of the British Army and Royal Navy are able to destroy more technologically advanced Martian fighting machines, though the Martians tend to come off better in most exchanges. Navy battleships are able to force the Martians into retreat, as happened after the sacrifice by the HMS *Thunder Child* which itself takes down two fighting machines in a suicidal ramming attack. The British land a few major victories with their artillery, which can destroy Martian pods from beyond direct line of sight before the invaders can properly assemble and deploy the fighting machines. But ultimately none of this is enough to counter the element of surprise or the Martians' ability to make beachheads across the country. The Martians of course eventually succumb to disease, but only after having brought about the utter collapse of the British Armed Forces.", "human_ref_B": "GATE is an anime/manga that subverts this a bit. A fantasy world connects with the real world. Dragons, wyverns, soldiers, legions. All do great. Then tanks and snipers start taking out all but the strongest of creatures.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1648.0, "score_ratio": 4.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdks7fb", "c_root_id_B": "hdkq5pt", "created_at_utc_A": 1632135920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134402.0, "score_A": 76, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It actually works very well in the seminal alien invasion story, *War of the Worlds*. Early 20th century weapons of the British Army and Royal Navy are able to destroy more technologically advanced Martian fighting machines, though the Martians tend to come off better in most exchanges. Navy battleships are able to force the Martians into retreat, as happened after the sacrifice by the HMS *Thunder Child* which itself takes down two fighting machines in a suicidal ramming attack. The British land a few major victories with their artillery, which can destroy Martian pods from beyond direct line of sight before the invaders can properly assemble and deploy the fighting machines. But ultimately none of this is enough to counter the element of surprise or the Martians' ability to make beachheads across the country. The Martians of course eventually succumb to disease, but only after having brought about the utter collapse of the British Armed Forces.", "human_ref_B": "Starship Troopers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1518.0, "score_ratio": 4.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkhjmn", "c_root_id_B": "hdku0ps", "created_at_utc_A": 1632126623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632137213.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "I remember a line from the old Doctor Who series, where the Brigadier says to the Doctor, \"Just once I would like to meet an alien menace that *wasn't* immune to bullets*\".* (I think it was in The Green Death, which came out in 1973.)", "human_ref_B": "In *Mass Effect*, after humanity discovers faster than light travel, they naturally begin exploring the galaxy. Pretty soon they run across a militaristic race called the Turians, and the warships on both sides open fire, citing \"Aaaaah! Aliens!\" Realizing they're evenly matched and that the other is intelligent enough to talk, a cease fire is negotiated. So while humanity didn't *win*, they also didn't lose.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10590.0, "score_ratio": 1.1960784314, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkpgvb", "c_root_id_B": "hdku0ps", "created_at_utc_A": 1632133873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632137213.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "They do well with the first couple xenomorphs in Aliens, they just get overwhelmed eventually.", "human_ref_B": "In *Mass Effect*, after humanity discovers faster than light travel, they naturally begin exploring the galaxy. Pretty soon they run across a militaristic race called the Turians, and the warships on both sides open fire, citing \"Aaaaah! Aliens!\" Realizing they're evenly matched and that the other is intelligent enough to talk, a cease fire is negotiated. 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Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdksi5m", "c_root_id_B": "hdku0ps", "created_at_utc_A": 1632136135.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632137213.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "It took them two battles to figure it out, but the soldiers in Transformers 2007 eventually realised that high-heat sabot rounds could damage the transformers.", "human_ref_B": "In *Mass Effect*, after humanity discovers faster than light travel, they naturally begin exploring the galaxy. Pretty soon they run across a militaristic race called the Turians, and the warships on both sides open fire, citing \"Aaaaah! Aliens!\" Realizing they're evenly matched and that the other is intelligent enough to talk, a cease fire is negotiated. 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Pretty soon they run across a militaristic race called the Turians, and the warships on both sides open fire, citing \"Aaaaah! Aliens!\" Realizing they're evenly matched and that the other is intelligent enough to talk, a cease fire is negotiated. So while humanity didn't *win*, they also didn't lose.", "human_ref_B": "GATE is an anime/manga that subverts this a bit. A fantasy world connects with the real world. Dragons, wyverns, soldiers, legions. All do great. Then tanks and snipers start taking out all but the strongest of creatures.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2941.0, "score_ratio": 3.3888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdku0ps", "c_root_id_B": "hdkq5pt", "created_at_utc_A": 1632137213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134402.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "In *Mass Effect*, after humanity discovers faster than light travel, they naturally begin exploring the galaxy. Pretty soon they run across a militaristic race called the Turians, and the warships on both sides open fire, citing \"Aaaaah! Aliens!\" Realizing they're evenly matched and that the other is intelligent enough to talk, a cease fire is negotiated. So while humanity didn't *win*, they also didn't lose.", "human_ref_B": "Starship Troopers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2811.0, "score_ratio": 3.3888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkp9u8", "c_root_id_B": "hdkpgvb", "created_at_utc_A": 1632133716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632133873.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "It generally worked on the minions in Stargate SG-1 and spinoffs, tho you occasionally need a zat gun or a staff weapon.", "human_ref_B": "They do well with the first couple xenomorphs in Aliens, they just get overwhelmed eventually.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 157.0, "score_ratio": 1.84, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdksi5m", "c_root_id_B": "hdkp9u8", "created_at_utc_A": 1632136135.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632133716.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "It took them two battles to figure it out, but the soldiers in Transformers 2007 eventually realised that high-heat sabot rounds could damage the transformers.", "human_ref_B": "It generally worked on the minions in Stargate SG-1 and spinoffs, tho you occasionally need a zat gun or a staff weapon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2419.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdksi5m", "c_root_id_B": "hdkpzjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1632136135.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134272.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It took them two battles to figure it out, but the soldiers in Transformers 2007 eventually realised that high-heat sabot rounds could damage the transformers.", "human_ref_B": "GATE is an anime/manga that subverts this a bit. A fantasy world connects with the real world. Dragons, wyverns, soldiers, legions. All do great. Then tanks and snipers start taking out all but the strongest of creatures.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1863.0, "score_ratio": 1.9444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdksi5m", "c_root_id_B": "hdkq5pt", "created_at_utc_A": 1632136135.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134402.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It took them two battles to figure it out, but the soldiers in Transformers 2007 eventually realised that high-heat sabot rounds could damage the transformers.", "human_ref_B": "Starship Troopers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1733.0, "score_ratio": 1.9444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkxusf", "c_root_id_B": "hdkpzjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1632139688.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134272.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The G'Gugvuntts and Vl'hurgs from \"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\" didn't even need bullets > Two species which existed in the distant past, a very great distance from the Milky Way galaxy. The G'Gugvuntt were enemies of the Vl'hurgs, and these strange and warlike beings are on the brink of an interstellar war, because of an insult uttered by the G'Gugvuntt leader to the mother of the Vl'hurg leader. Resplendent in their black-jeweled battle shorts, the two opposing leaders were meeting for the last time, and a dreadful silence filled the air as the Vl'hurg leader was challenging the G'Gugvuntt leader to retract the insult. At the precise moment, the phrase \"I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle\" (muttered by Arthur Dent to himself, which for some strange reason was carried by a freak wormhole in space back in time to the farthest regions of the universe where the G'Gugvuntts and the Vl'hurgs lived) filled the air over the conference table, which in the Vl'hurg tongue was the most dreadful insult imaginable. It left them no choice but to declare war on the G'Gugvuntts, which went on for a few thousand years and decimated their entire galaxy. > > After millennia of battle the surviving G'Gugvuntt and Vl'hurg realised what had actually happened, and joined forces to attack the Milky Way -the actual source of the offending remark- in retaliation. They crossed vast reaches of space in a journey lasting thousands of years before reaching their target where they attacked the first planet they encountered, Earth. Due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was swallowed by a small dog. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy states that this sort of thing happens all the time.", "human_ref_B": "GATE is an anime/manga that subverts this a bit. A fantasy world connects with the real world. Dragons, wyverns, soldiers, legions. All do great. Then tanks and snipers start taking out all but the strongest of creatures.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5416.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prpnab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[General sci-fi] When a new monster/alien/empowered being shows up and the military starts shooting at it, has that ever actually worked? Almost every new threat seems bulletproof. And missile proof. Without superheroes you would need extreme weapons to put a dent in the monster that can crumple tanks Has just shooting at it ever worked? Has the SWAT or military managed to take out the threat of the week?", "c_root_id_A": "hdkxusf", "c_root_id_B": "hdkq5pt", "created_at_utc_A": 1632139688.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632134402.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The G'Gugvuntts and Vl'hurgs from \"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\" didn't even need bullets > Two species which existed in the distant past, a very great distance from the Milky Way galaxy. The G'Gugvuntt were enemies of the Vl'hurgs, and these strange and warlike beings are on the brink of an interstellar war, because of an insult uttered by the G'Gugvuntt leader to the mother of the Vl'hurg leader. Resplendent in their black-jeweled battle shorts, the two opposing leaders were meeting for the last time, and a dreadful silence filled the air as the Vl'hurg leader was challenging the G'Gugvuntt leader to retract the insult. At the precise moment, the phrase \"I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle\" (muttered by Arthur Dent to himself, which for some strange reason was carried by a freak wormhole in space back in time to the farthest regions of the universe where the G'Gugvuntts and the Vl'hurgs lived) filled the air over the conference table, which in the Vl'hurg tongue was the most dreadful insult imaginable. It left them no choice but to declare war on the G'Gugvuntts, which went on for a few thousand years and decimated their entire galaxy. > > After millennia of battle the surviving G'Gugvuntt and Vl'hurg realised what had actually happened, and joined forces to attack the Milky Way -the actual source of the offending remark- in retaliation. They crossed vast reaches of space in a journey lasting thousands of years before reaching their target where they attacked the first planet they encountered, Earth. Due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was swallowed by a small dog. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy states that this sort of thing happens all the time.", "human_ref_B": "Starship Troopers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5286.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pmf98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "/r/whowouldwin deemed my question 'more suitable for you guys'. Deadpool ditches Joker in his body on Earth-616. How does Joker react? Joker and Deadpool hook up through Reddit, which spans through dimensions cos stuff. They chat for a while and decide they're cool. Deadpool and Joker thus decide to switch bodies for a day. However, once they switched, Deadpool kills himself to be with Death, leaving the Joker on Earth-616. Joker has all the guns of Deadpool, as well as the healing factor. How does the Jokepool react to this whole new world?", "c_root_id_A": "cmy8def", "c_root_id_B": "cmy0n7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1418871717.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418856192.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The Joker would set up shop in NYC at first, just to get the lay of the land. Much like deadpool, he hates his newfound disfigurement. He buys a knockoff Dr Doom mask on the street and paints it up in his traditional style. Lacking minions he starts going to seedy places and starts chatting up the criminal element, he learns of The Kingpin and his grasp on the criminal underworld. Joker decides to throw together a big heist to catch his attention. Heist occurs, Spiderman is tricked with the good old fashioned \"everything is bombs\" and he ends up meeting Kingpin. Then beings a series of missions where the Joker slowly takes over the Kingpins people, boots him out on the street. With all the power he starts going after heroes, trying to replace Batman. Wolverine and the Xmen only respond with violence and aren't fun to play with. The Hulk, well, it's the Hulk. The Avengers are fun for a while, but with the constantly changing roster it's hard to keep up with them but Hank Pym and Stark made thing very interesting. Then it happened. He found his niche. Dr Doom is furious with him for sticking with his painted mask even though his fame has risen, and sets a plan in motion. The Fantastic Four swing by, they protect people no matter what! The Joker tries to kill them while Doom tries to kill him. The combination of the Reed Richards, Grimm, The Human Torch, and Invisible Woman almost makes one Batman, and the added combination of the feud with Doom just spices up the pot. The world was never the same", "human_ref_B": "Joker goes on a brief crime spree, defeats whatever local hero tries to stop him, gets bored in a world without Batman, and attempts to kill himself, then settles down and lives a normal life. That's assuming Deadpool even manages to kill himself seeing as how he has two methods of immortality: his healing factor which while powerful is mundane, and a curse from Thanos which very probably follows the soul, not the body.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15525.0, "score_ratio": 1.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pmf98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "/r/whowouldwin deemed my question 'more suitable for you guys'. Deadpool ditches Joker in his body on Earth-616. How does Joker react? Joker and Deadpool hook up through Reddit, which spans through dimensions cos stuff. They chat for a while and decide they're cool. Deadpool and Joker thus decide to switch bodies for a day. However, once they switched, Deadpool kills himself to be with Death, leaving the Joker on Earth-616. Joker has all the guns of Deadpool, as well as the healing factor. How does the Jokepool react to this whole new world?", "c_root_id_A": "cmy4a1w", "c_root_id_B": "cmy8def", "created_at_utc_A": 1418863327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418871717.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Joker might off himself or become a normal guy. Usually what happens when bats goes away", "human_ref_B": "The Joker would set up shop in NYC at first, just to get the lay of the land. Much like deadpool, he hates his newfound disfigurement. He buys a knockoff Dr Doom mask on the street and paints it up in his traditional style. Lacking minions he starts going to seedy places and starts chatting up the criminal element, he learns of The Kingpin and his grasp on the criminal underworld. Joker decides to throw together a big heist to catch his attention. Heist occurs, Spiderman is tricked with the good old fashioned \"everything is bombs\" and he ends up meeting Kingpin. Then beings a series of missions where the Joker slowly takes over the Kingpins people, boots him out on the street. With all the power he starts going after heroes, trying to replace Batman. Wolverine and the Xmen only respond with violence and aren't fun to play with. The Hulk, well, it's the Hulk. The Avengers are fun for a while, but with the constantly changing roster it's hard to keep up with them but Hank Pym and Stark made thing very interesting. Then it happened. He found his niche. Dr Doom is furious with him for sticking with his painted mask even though his fame has risen, and sets a plan in motion. The Fantastic Four swing by, they protect people no matter what! The Joker tries to kill them while Doom tries to kill him. The combination of the Reed Richards, Grimm, The Human Torch, and Invisible Woman almost makes one Batman, and the added combination of the feud with Doom just spices up the pot. The world was never the same", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8390.0, "score_ratio": 9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pmf98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "/r/whowouldwin deemed my question 'more suitable for you guys'. Deadpool ditches Joker in his body on Earth-616. How does Joker react? Joker and Deadpool hook up through Reddit, which spans through dimensions cos stuff. They chat for a while and decide they're cool. Deadpool and Joker thus decide to switch bodies for a day. However, once they switched, Deadpool kills himself to be with Death, leaving the Joker on Earth-616. Joker has all the guns of Deadpool, as well as the healing factor. How does the Jokepool react to this whole new world?", "c_root_id_A": "cn13wzv", "c_root_id_B": "cmy4a1w", "created_at_utc_A": 1419141527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418863327.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Joker inadvertently arrives thirty five years in the past and murders Howard Stark and his wife in front of a young Tony before temporal kajiggery sending Joker to present day 616, in which Tony stark, fueled by a desire to protect, creates the suit and becomes the Iron Bat. The USA is under Stark's supreme fascistic rule with automated batsuits patrolling the skies. The citizens behave as drones and any form of individuality is discouraged. The Joker arrives and suffice to say is overjoyed to have spawned his own 'bat country' (boom FALILV reference). Subsequently he starts targeting the infrastructure of Stark enterprises and after weeks of 'guerilla' attacks comes to be seen as a revolutionary figure amongst the people, the Joker indifferent to the publics opinion of him continues in his one man war on Stark enterprises. Stark, having spent the past ten years drinking behind the control console of his private army is notified by an underling of this new face of opposition considerably displeased with the resurgence of his parents murderer personally flies out to take care of the situation. Upon arrival Stark lands in front of Joker and as they start to engage a crowd starts to watch, the Joker barely holding his own with dirty tricks against the Iron Bat. Stark, having never had a stern father figure has no qualms over killing the Joker in cold blood and does so in front of the crowds. Snap forwards a year, there is a revolution in the US spearheaded by white-faced rebels who never stop laughing, their bodies litter the streets but somehow the numbers keep growing. Stark, under siege in his tower and barely holding the 'jokers' at bay outside the building, completes his analysis of the late Joker's blood and makes a disturbing discovery. As the hordes move up the building we see Stark disengaging the safety protocols of the entire nation and plunging it into darkness. The final panel we see is illuminated screen of stark's computer screen with the word 'virus airborne' flashing across, in the reflection of the screen we see starks face, silhouetted by bat ears and a Joker grin spreading across his face. TL;DR Joker creates a batman analogue out of iron man and infects the US with a weaponised Joker virus", "human_ref_B": "Joker might off himself or become a normal guy. Usually what happens when bats goes away", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 278200.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1dcjn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Would Captain America and Captain Carter be....ok around each other if they ever somehow met?", "c_root_id_A": "irwn8z1", "c_root_id_B": "irx3khv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665505451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665511761.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 167, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Absolutely no reason to believe they wouldn't. Captain Rodgers is a pretty welcoming accepting guy, and Captain Carter is still Peggy Carter, a woman who was sweet on Steve Rodgers, and a woman who Captain America had put the moves on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6310.0, "score_ratio": 167.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1dcjn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Would Captain America and Captain Carter be....ok around each other if they ever somehow met?", "c_root_id_A": "irwxfsi", "c_root_id_B": "irwn8z1", "created_at_utc_A": 1665509391.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665505451.0, "score_A": 133, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They 100% fucking", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3940.0, "score_ratio": 133.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1dcjn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Would Captain America and Captain Carter be....ok around each other if they ever somehow met?", "c_root_id_A": "irwn8z1", "c_root_id_B": "irxayed", "created_at_utc_A": 1665505451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665514603.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 87, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Just imagine the kids. Little league and pee wee football would never be the same.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9152.0, "score_ratio": 87.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1dcjn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Would Captain America and Captain Carter be....ok around each other if they ever somehow met?", "c_root_id_A": "irwn8z1", "c_root_id_B": "irxg8tb", "created_at_utc_A": 1665505451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665516608.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They'd be more than OK. They'd be making super soldier babies faster than Thanos can snap his fingers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11157.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1dcjn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Would Captain America and Captain Carter be....ok around each other if they ever somehow met?", "c_root_id_A": "irwn8z1", "c_root_id_B": "irxkgw8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665505451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665518201.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. 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They saving the world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12750.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1dcjn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Would Captain America and Captain Carter be....ok around each other if they ever somehow met?", "c_root_id_A": "irxm7ic", "c_root_id_B": "irwn8z1", "created_at_utc_A": 1665518861.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665505451.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They\u2019d be awkward for about half an hour. After that? Little mini super soldiers, everywhere.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "To quote a thought bubble from Cap's late 80's gf Diamondback \"Think of the *gymnastics* we could do together!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14413.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1dcjn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Would Captain America and Captain Carter be....ok around each other if they ever somehow met?", "c_root_id_A": "irx3khv", "c_root_id_B": "irwxfsi", "created_at_utc_A": 1665511761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665509391.0, "score_A": 167, "score_B": 133, "human_ref_A": "Absolutely no reason to believe they wouldn't. Captain Rodgers is a pretty welcoming accepting guy, and Captain Carter is still Peggy Carter, a woman who was sweet on Steve Rodgers, and a woman who Captain America had put the moves on.", "human_ref_B": "They 100% fucking", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2370.0, "score_ratio": 1.2556390977, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srmjci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[MCU] Could Captain America survive being kicked by the Hulk into a tree the same way Blonksy was in The Incredible Hulk (2008)?", "c_root_id_A": "hwsrios", "c_root_id_B": "hwsqwhi", "created_at_utc_A": 1644772636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644772392.0, "score_A": 97, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Captain America has tanked laser blasts, bombs, and super strong people punches. He's pretty tough.", "human_ref_B": "I reckon yes", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 244.0, "score_ratio": 19.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srmjci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[MCU] Could Captain America survive being kicked by the Hulk into a tree the same way Blonksy was in The Incredible Hulk (2008)?", "c_root_id_A": "hwsqwhi", "c_root_id_B": "hwtngfl", "created_at_utc_A": 1644772392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644785254.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I reckon yes", "human_ref_B": "Depends on how hard Hulk chooses to kick, though if he wants him dead, he's dead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12862.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srmjci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[MCU] Could Captain America survive being kicked by the Hulk into a tree the same way Blonksy was in The Incredible Hulk (2008)?", "c_root_id_A": "hwtz20d", "c_root_id_B": "hwsqwhi", "created_at_utc_A": 1644789921.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644772392.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Yes, the original super soldier serum was the gold standard and made him both super tough and gave him super healing in a way that it was apparent Blondsky was not.", "human_ref_B": "I reckon yes", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17529.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srmjci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[MCU] Could Captain America survive being kicked by the Hulk into a tree the same way Blonksy was in The Incredible Hulk (2008)?", "c_root_id_A": "hwtz20d", "c_root_id_B": "hwtwmhj", "created_at_utc_A": 1644789921.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644788923.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes, the original super soldier serum was the gold standard and made him both super tough and gave him super healing in a way that it was apparent Blondsky was not.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, but it will probably ruin his entire day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 998.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9myn06", "c_root_id_B": "i9nfy9c", "created_at_utc_A": 1653272751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653282955.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They try to fix you for a short period of time, then finally decide you are irredeemable and send you elsewhere where you can't use the force to hurt anyone. They have facilities for this. Given your desire to hurt animals, they put you someplace where there is nothing for you to really hurt where you can live out the rest of your days getting really bored. You start off as a youngling. End.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10204.0, "score_ratio": 47.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9myn06", "c_root_id_B": "i9np13r", "created_at_utc_A": 1653272751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653290011.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "You get to spend the vast majority of your life as a youngling sentenced to meditation to manage your urges. If you fail at this as an adult, you will be sent to one of the non combat departments until you commit a crime, pretty fast if your mental state hasnt improved, and you go to jail like any other person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17260.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9onzu6", "c_root_id_B": "i9myn06", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653272751.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi are dedicated to listening the will of the force and maintaining balance. They try to do good without being driven by emotion. They\u2019re literally the perfect group to help you with your condition.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42168.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9osvbw", "c_root_id_B": "i9myn06", "created_at_utc_A": 1653317129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653272751.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You were a clinical sociopath at age five?", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44378.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9myn06", "c_root_id_B": "i9plvuo", "created_at_utc_A": 1653272751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653329411.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think your definition of sociopathy is a bit different than everyone elses. A socipath by default isn't any more abusive than anyone else, they're just more predisposed to it and lack a default conscious. For this outcome to have happened you'd have to have been abused relatively heavily during those first five years or the Jedi fucked up royally.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 56660.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9ng0vg", "c_root_id_B": "i9myn06", "created_at_utc_A": 1653283004.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653272751.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The fact that you were taken in at such a late age is your first clue that they were never planning on training you.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10253.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9njjtk", "c_root_id_B": "i9myn06", "created_at_utc_A": 1653285585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653272751.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They kick you out at 7. They send you to the backwater planet of Naboo. Over time they figure things are fine and they forget about you. The Jedi records office moves locations and your details are lost, no biggie. You get into politics and become a senator, you also find out about some guys called the Sith. Everything works out fine. In all seriousness, why is there no origin story movie for You Know Who? He's in all the main movies.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12834.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9n8h3d", "c_root_id_B": "i9myn06", "created_at_utc_A": 1653278081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653272751.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They would probably figure out that you're dangerous, and you would be monitored very closely as a youngling. Side Note: I want to hear/see this story now. *Is that messed up?*", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5330.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9myn06", "c_root_id_B": "i9nvnm8", "created_at_utc_A": 1653272751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653296130.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think that\u2019s pretty much what happened to Count Dooku. From the ROTS novelisation, he seemed to tick all the boxes for being a sociopath, even before his fall to the dark side. He left the Jedi on his own accord however, he found it too limiting. I imagine that even the most manipulative sociopath would have a hard time taking advantage of their position as a Jedi, considering how closely the galaxy pays attention to their actions and the various expectations laden on them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23379.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9pp090", "c_root_id_B": "i9myn06", "created_at_utc_A": 1653330750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653272751.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You can\u2019t be a sociopath at 5 you dingus. Especially not clinical lmao.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57999.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9myn06", "c_root_id_B": "i9r1fj3", "created_at_utc_A": 1653272751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653352940.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi will be able to sense your intent and dark aura pretty much instantly unless you have the training to mask it. So you\u2019ll be under watch. They\u2019ll of course try to steer you back on the lighter path and be more in line with their code. Should you not show noticeable improvement in time for your apprenticeship, a master would certainly not choose you and you\u2019d be sent to a service corp, where all the failures and rejects go to serve the galaxy in other ways. Only if you\u2019re an extreme case, with a very high dark side tendencies, they could imprison you or strip your connection to the Force to lower your destructive capability.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 80189.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9n8h3d", "c_root_id_B": "i9nfy9c", "created_at_utc_A": 1653278081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653282955.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "They would probably figure out that you're dangerous, and you would be monitored very closely as a youngling. Side Note: I want to hear/see this story now. *Is that messed up?*", "human_ref_B": "They try to fix you for a short period of time, then finally decide you are irredeemable and send you elsewhere where you can't use the force to hurt anyone. They have facilities for this. Given your desire to hurt animals, they put you someplace where there is nothing for you to really hurt where you can live out the rest of your days getting really bored. You start off as a youngling. End.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4874.0, "score_ratio": 23.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9ng0vg", "c_root_id_B": "i9np13r", "created_at_utc_A": 1653283004.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653290011.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "The fact that you were taken in at such a late age is your first clue that they were never planning on training you.", "human_ref_B": "You get to spend the vast majority of your life as a youngling sentenced to meditation to manage your urges. If you fail at this as an adult, you will be sent to one of the non combat departments until you commit a crime, pretty fast if your mental state hasnt improved, and you go to jail like any other person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7007.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9np13r", "c_root_id_B": "i9njjtk", "created_at_utc_A": 1653290011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653285585.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You get to spend the vast majority of your life as a youngling sentenced to meditation to manage your urges. If you fail at this as an adult, you will be sent to one of the non combat departments until you commit a crime, pretty fast if your mental state hasnt improved, and you go to jail like any other person.", "human_ref_B": "They kick you out at 7. They send you to the backwater planet of Naboo. Over time they figure things are fine and they forget about you. The Jedi records office moves locations and your details are lost, no biggie. You get into politics and become a senator, you also find out about some guys called the Sith. Everything works out fine. In all seriousness, why is there no origin story movie for You Know Who? He's in all the main movies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4426.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9np13r", "c_root_id_B": "i9n8h3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1653290011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653278081.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You get to spend the vast majority of your life as a youngling sentenced to meditation to manage your urges. If you fail at this as an adult, you will be sent to one of the non combat departments until you commit a crime, pretty fast if your mental state hasnt improved, and you go to jail like any other person.", "human_ref_B": "They would probably figure out that you're dangerous, and you would be monitored very closely as a youngling. Side Note: I want to hear/see this story now. *Is that messed up?*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11930.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9onzu6", "c_root_id_B": "i9ng0vg", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653283004.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi are dedicated to listening the will of the force and maintaining balance. They try to do good without being driven by emotion. They\u2019re literally the perfect group to help you with your condition.", "human_ref_B": "The fact that you were taken in at such a late age is your first clue that they were never planning on training you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31915.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9onzu6", "c_root_id_B": "i9njjtk", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653285585.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi are dedicated to listening the will of the force and maintaining balance. They try to do good without being driven by emotion. They\u2019re literally the perfect group to help you with your condition.", "human_ref_B": "They kick you out at 7. They send you to the backwater planet of Naboo. Over time they figure things are fine and they forget about you. The Jedi records office moves locations and your details are lost, no biggie. You get into politics and become a senator, you also find out about some guys called the Sith. Everything works out fine. In all seriousness, why is there no origin story movie for You Know Who? He's in all the main movies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29334.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9onzu6", "c_root_id_B": "i9n8h3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653278081.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi are dedicated to listening the will of the force and maintaining balance. They try to do good without being driven by emotion. They\u2019re literally the perfect group to help you with your condition.", "human_ref_B": "They would probably figure out that you're dangerous, and you would be monitored very closely as a youngling. Side Note: I want to hear/see this story now. *Is that messed up?*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36838.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9onzu6", "c_root_id_B": "i9nvnm8", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653296130.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi are dedicated to listening the will of the force and maintaining balance. They try to do good without being driven by emotion. They\u2019re literally the perfect group to help you with your condition.", "human_ref_B": "I think that\u2019s pretty much what happened to Count Dooku. From the ROTS novelisation, he seemed to tick all the boxes for being a sociopath, even before his fall to the dark side. He left the Jedi on his own accord however, he found it too limiting. I imagine that even the most manipulative sociopath would have a hard time taking advantage of their position as a Jedi, considering how closely the galaxy pays attention to their actions and the various expectations laden on them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18789.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9onzu6", "c_root_id_B": "i9on9f7", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653314580.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi are dedicated to listening the will of the force and maintaining balance. They try to do good without being driven by emotion. They\u2019re literally the perfect group to help you with your condition.", "human_ref_B": "Sounds like normal Jedi shit to me", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 339.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9osvbw", "c_root_id_B": "i9plvuo", "created_at_utc_A": 1653317129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653329411.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You were a clinical sociopath at age five?", "human_ref_B": "I think your definition of sociopathy is a bit different than everyone elses. A socipath by default isn't any more abusive than anyone else, they're just more predisposed to it and lack a default conscious. For this outcome to have happened you'd have to have been abused relatively heavily during those first five years or the Jedi fucked up royally.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12282.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9osvbw", "c_root_id_B": "i9n8h3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1653317129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653278081.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You were a clinical sociopath at age five?", "human_ref_B": "They would probably figure out that you're dangerous, and you would be monitored very closely as a youngling. Side Note: I want to hear/see this story now. *Is that messed up?*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 39048.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9osvbw", "c_root_id_B": "i9nvnm8", "created_at_utc_A": 1653317129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653296130.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You were a clinical sociopath at age five?", "human_ref_B": "I think that\u2019s pretty much what happened to Count Dooku. From the ROTS novelisation, he seemed to tick all the boxes for being a sociopath, even before his fall to the dark side. He left the Jedi on his own accord however, he found it too limiting. I imagine that even the most manipulative sociopath would have a hard time taking advantage of their position as a Jedi, considering how closely the galaxy pays attention to their actions and the various expectations laden on them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20999.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9on9f7", "c_root_id_B": "i9osvbw", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653317129.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sounds like normal Jedi shit to me", "human_ref_B": "You were a clinical sociopath at age five?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2549.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9plvuo", "c_root_id_B": "i9ng0vg", "created_at_utc_A": 1653329411.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653283004.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think your definition of sociopathy is a bit different than everyone elses. A socipath by default isn't any more abusive than anyone else, they're just more predisposed to it and lack a default conscious. For this outcome to have happened you'd have to have been abused relatively heavily during those first five years or the Jedi fucked up royally.", "human_ref_B": "The fact that you were taken in at such a late age is your first clue that they were never planning on training you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46407.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9plvuo", "c_root_id_B": "i9njjtk", "created_at_utc_A": 1653329411.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653285585.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think your definition of sociopathy is a bit different than everyone elses. A socipath by default isn't any more abusive than anyone else, they're just more predisposed to it and lack a default conscious. For this outcome to have happened you'd have to have been abused relatively heavily during those first five years or the Jedi fucked up royally.", "human_ref_B": "They kick you out at 7. They send you to the backwater planet of Naboo. Over time they figure things are fine and they forget about you. The Jedi records office moves locations and your details are lost, no biggie. You get into politics and become a senator, you also find out about some guys called the Sith. Everything works out fine. In all seriousness, why is there no origin story movie for You Know Who? He's in all the main movies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43826.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9n8h3d", "c_root_id_B": "i9plvuo", "created_at_utc_A": 1653278081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653329411.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They would probably figure out that you're dangerous, and you would be monitored very closely as a youngling. Side Note: I want to hear/see this story now. *Is that messed up?*", "human_ref_B": "I think your definition of sociopathy is a bit different than everyone elses. A socipath by default isn't any more abusive than anyone else, they're just more predisposed to it and lack a default conscious. For this outcome to have happened you'd have to have been abused relatively heavily during those first five years or the Jedi fucked up royally.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51330.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9plvuo", "c_root_id_B": "i9nvnm8", "created_at_utc_A": 1653329411.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653296130.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think your definition of sociopathy is a bit different than everyone elses. A socipath by default isn't any more abusive than anyone else, they're just more predisposed to it and lack a default conscious. For this outcome to have happened you'd have to have been abused relatively heavily during those first five years or the Jedi fucked up royally.", "human_ref_B": "I think that\u2019s pretty much what happened to Count Dooku. From the ROTS novelisation, he seemed to tick all the boxes for being a sociopath, even before his fall to the dark side. He left the Jedi on his own accord however, he found it too limiting. I imagine that even the most manipulative sociopath would have a hard time taking advantage of their position as a Jedi, considering how closely the galaxy pays attention to their actions and the various expectations laden on them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33281.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9plvuo", "c_root_id_B": "i9on9f7", "created_at_utc_A": 1653329411.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653314580.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "I think your definition of sociopathy is a bit different than everyone elses. A socipath by default isn't any more abusive than anyone else, they're just more predisposed to it and lack a default conscious. For this outcome to have happened you'd have to have been abused relatively heavily during those first five years or the Jedi fucked up royally.", "human_ref_B": "Sounds like normal Jedi shit to me", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14831.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9ng0vg", "c_root_id_B": "i9n8h3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1653283004.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653278081.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The fact that you were taken in at such a late age is your first clue that they were never planning on training you.", "human_ref_B": "They would probably figure out that you're dangerous, and you would be monitored very closely as a youngling. Side Note: I want to hear/see this story now. *Is that messed up?*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4923.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9n8h3d", "c_root_id_B": "i9njjtk", "created_at_utc_A": 1653278081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653285585.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They would probably figure out that you're dangerous, and you would be monitored very closely as a youngling. Side Note: I want to hear/see this story now. *Is that messed up?*", "human_ref_B": "They kick you out at 7. They send you to the backwater planet of Naboo. Over time they figure things are fine and they forget about you. The Jedi records office moves locations and your details are lost, no biggie. You get into politics and become a senator, you also find out about some guys called the Sith. Everything works out fine. In all seriousness, why is there no origin story movie for You Know Who? He's in all the main movies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7504.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9on9f7", "c_root_id_B": "i9pp090", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653330750.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sounds like normal Jedi shit to me", "human_ref_B": "You can\u2019t be a sociopath at 5 you dingus. Especially not clinical lmao.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16170.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9on9f7", "c_root_id_B": "i9r1fj3", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653352940.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sounds like normal Jedi shit to me", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi will be able to sense your intent and dark aura pretty much instantly unless you have the training to mask it. So you\u2019ll be under watch. They\u2019ll of course try to steer you back on the lighter path and be more in line with their code. Should you not show noticeable improvement in time for your apprenticeship, a master would certainly not choose you and you\u2019d be sent to a service corp, where all the failures and rejects go to serve the galaxy in other ways. Only if you\u2019re an extreme case, with a very high dark side tendencies, they could imprison you or strip your connection to the Force to lower your destructive capability.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38360.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvq3zk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a clinical sociopath who was just inducted into the Jedi order. How long before they kick me out? I was taken in at five. I'm manipulative, cunning, and promiscuous. While I don't kill for no reason I can take lives for incredibly petty things. On that note, pets have a tendency to go missing when I'm around; and I'll happy commit any crime if I gain something or if I think I can get away with it. How long for the Jedi to kick me out?", "c_root_id_A": "i9on9f7", "c_root_id_B": "i9ujsdy", "created_at_utc_A": 1653314580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653422850.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sounds like normal Jedi shit to me", "human_ref_B": "Probably you'd wash out before becoming a full fledged padawan, plenty of force sensitive children never make to the Jedi proper and get transferred to other postings, usually one that's still monastic in nature like a sort of humanitarian aid worker type. By that point you'd have a pretty good education but if you were going to be trouble as a full fledged Jedi they'd wash you out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 108270.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqn7kcl", "c_root_id_B": "hqna673", "created_at_utc_A": 1640925981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640927355.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think he *could* have said that but no one would have believed him. I'm also generally under the impression that some Jedi can sense lies and emotional fluctuations- which would have immediately given Anakin away.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1374.0, "score_ratio": 47.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqn7kcl", "c_root_id_B": "hqnwvtu", "created_at_utc_A": 1640925981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640942735.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Lying wouldn't have led to anywhere better though. Even if they believed him, it just would have ended in him not being able to be with Padm\u00e9 and raise their children. which is what he wanted. to leave the order once the war ended and be with his family", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16754.0, "score_ratio": 33.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqn7kcl", "c_root_id_B": "hqndipr", "created_at_utc_A": 1640925981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640929228.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Yeah, why *didn't* he lie to a group of some of the most powerful mind readers in the galaxy?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3247.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqnaq8w", "c_root_id_B": "hqn7kcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1640927661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640925981.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "By the time Padme was pregnant, a lot of people already had a strong suspicion that Anakin and Padme were more than just a fling. So lying about it would have been pointless. More importantly, Anakin's possessiveness and ego would absolutely prevent him from saying it. He had already developed a selfish, greedy streak by the time Padme was pregnant, sparked by the many losses he had suffered in his life. And while Palpatine was the one who influenced Anakin's dark visions of Padme's death, he was still willing to throw the entire galaxy into darkness in the slim hope of saving her. That's not the kind of intelligent, rational attachment that could justify a little white lie for the sake of keeping appearances.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1680.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqnak6y", "c_root_id_B": "hqn7kcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1640927569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640925981.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He could've, in the same sense that he could have just not married and slept with her in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1588.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqpjw5r", "c_root_id_B": "hqn7kcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1640974799.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640925981.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Do remember that the point of his issue is he wants to be with Padme; he wants to love her and have a family. He wasn\u2019t worried about punishment; if he, hypothetically, broke it off and told the council (effectively giving the same effect as a one night stand) he\u2019d probably be fine. But he can\u2019t publicly be with Padme on the deep level he wants to like that.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48818.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqn7kcl", "c_root_id_B": "hqp29ao", "created_at_utc_A": 1640925981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640967638.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In addition to what others have said, Jedi are focused on not being slaves to their emotions. A one night stand would be a pinnacle of emotion and, therefore, a character weakness. A romantic attraction that persisted could be seen as a failing of a Jedi but not the end of the world - succumbing to \"base instincts\" for a one night stand would be completely against the Jedi code.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41657.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqn7kcl", "c_root_id_B": "hqp6lkt", "created_at_utc_A": 1640925981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640969416.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Besides what's already been stated, no respecting and loving mate would do that. How would your wife react if you publicly announced she was just a one night stand?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43435.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqnwvtu", "c_root_id_B": "hqndipr", "created_at_utc_A": 1640942735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640929228.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Lying wouldn't have led to anywhere better though. Even if they believed him, it just would have ended in him not being able to be with Padm\u00e9 and raise their children. which is what he wanted. to leave the order once the war ended and be with his family", "human_ref_B": "Yeah, why *didn't* he lie to a group of some of the most powerful mind readers in the galaxy?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13507.0, "score_ratio": 1.9411764706, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqnaq8w", "c_root_id_B": "hqnwvtu", "created_at_utc_A": 1640927661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640942735.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "By the time Padme was pregnant, a lot of people already had a strong suspicion that Anakin and Padme were more than just a fling. So lying about it would have been pointless. More importantly, Anakin's possessiveness and ego would absolutely prevent him from saying it. He had already developed a selfish, greedy streak by the time Padme was pregnant, sparked by the many losses he had suffered in his life. And while Palpatine was the one who influenced Anakin's dark visions of Padme's death, he was still willing to throw the entire galaxy into darkness in the slim hope of saving her. That's not the kind of intelligent, rational attachment that could justify a little white lie for the sake of keeping appearances.", "human_ref_B": "Lying wouldn't have led to anywhere better though. Even if they believed him, it just would have ended in him not being able to be with Padm\u00e9 and raise their children. which is what he wanted. to leave the order once the war ended and be with his family", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15074.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqnak6y", "c_root_id_B": "hqnwvtu", "created_at_utc_A": 1640927569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640942735.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "He could've, in the same sense that he could have just not married and slept with her in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "Lying wouldn't have led to anywhere better though. Even if they believed him, it just would have ended in him not being able to be with Padm\u00e9 and raise their children. which is what he wanted. to leave the order once the war ended and be with his family", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15166.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqndipr", "c_root_id_B": "hqnaq8w", "created_at_utc_A": 1640929228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640927661.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Yeah, why *didn't* he lie to a group of some of the most powerful mind readers in the galaxy?", "human_ref_B": "By the time Padme was pregnant, a lot of people already had a strong suspicion that Anakin and Padme were more than just a fling. So lying about it would have been pointless. More importantly, Anakin's possessiveness and ego would absolutely prevent him from saying it. He had already developed a selfish, greedy streak by the time Padme was pregnant, sparked by the many losses he had suffered in his life. And while Palpatine was the one who influenced Anakin's dark visions of Padme's death, he was still willing to throw the entire galaxy into darkness in the slim hope of saving her. That's not the kind of intelligent, rational attachment that could justify a little white lie for the sake of keeping appearances.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1567.0, "score_ratio": 1.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqndipr", "c_root_id_B": "hqnak6y", "created_at_utc_A": 1640929228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640927569.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Yeah, why *didn't* he lie to a group of some of the most powerful mind readers in the galaxy?", "human_ref_B": "He could've, in the same sense that he could have just not married and slept with her in the first place.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1659.0, "score_ratio": 1.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rslp2z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Couldn\u2019t Anakin have just said Padme was a one night stand? It would explain her pregnancy. From what I know, it\u2019s attachment that\u2019s forbidden, not getting your rocks off with politicians.", "c_root_id_A": "hqnaq8w", "c_root_id_B": "hqnak6y", "created_at_utc_A": 1640927661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640927569.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "By the time Padme was pregnant, a lot of people already had a strong suspicion that Anakin and Padme were more than just a fling. So lying about it would have been pointless. More importantly, Anakin's possessiveness and ego would absolutely prevent him from saying it. He had already developed a selfish, greedy streak by the time Padme was pregnant, sparked by the many losses he had suffered in his life. And while Palpatine was the one who influenced Anakin's dark visions of Padme's death, he was still willing to throw the entire galaxy into darkness in the slim hope of saving her. That's not the kind of intelligent, rational attachment that could justify a little white lie for the sake of keeping appearances.", "human_ref_B": "He could've, in the same sense that he could have just not married and slept with her in the first place.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 92.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21xgiq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "**[Matrix]**. What would have happened if Neo didn't get up in the events at the climax of The Matrix? If neo didn't get up after being shot by Smith what repercussions would this have had on the war stains the machines? Would the cycle have to repeat itself ?", "c_root_id_A": "cgheqs7", "c_root_id_B": "cghhrew", "created_at_utc_A": 1396369604.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396376306.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "I imagine the stock answer would be that the machines would continue harvesting humans and retain control whilst the rebellion would lead their meager secluded life in comparative peace. Morpheus would probably end up quite bitter as well.", "human_ref_B": "Most people don't know that Neo was not Morpheus' first pick to be the One. There were many other potentials (Cypher among them) that Morpheus tapped. Most of them died during the awakening process. There was nothing special about Morpheus or the way he chose the potentials. But with Neo, he happened to be right. Yes, the Oracle \"prophesized\" that he would find the One. But I can flip a coin and predict which side it will land on and be right a good percent of the time. Think of it like buying pants from a clothing store. Given enough time and a large selection, you'll eventually find a pair that fits. In fact, the Oracle's prediction was the catalyst that sparked Morpheus' massive search effort. Can you imagine the glory and fame that would come with being the guy who found the One? Not to mention the political power from a government that clearly favors religious prophecy over military strength. Finding the One was Morpheus' ticket to a *damn* good life, and possibly a seat on the Zion Council. Anyway... So Neo takes the red pill and is guided and trained to fulfill his destiny. But he's gunned down just as he's about to escape the agents. The supposed savior of humanity is dead, and all hope is lost. ...Or is it? There's always hope. It is the \"quintessential human delusion\", as the Architect states. It is simultaneously our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. The fact is... Morpheus was a righteous zealot. No matter how many times he may have been wrong in his picks, he could always hold out hope that the *next* one would be right. He would have mourned Neo for a period, just as he mourned his previous failed prodigies. But when that mourning period was over, it would be back to business as usual, searching the matrix for the One. The cycle would have continued. But whether it was Neo or someone else, the stakes would not have escalated until the One was realized.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6702.0, "score_ratio": 6.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21xgiq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "**[Matrix]**. What would have happened if Neo didn't get up in the events at the climax of The Matrix? If neo didn't get up after being shot by Smith what repercussions would this have had on the war stains the machines? Would the cycle have to repeat itself ?", "c_root_id_A": "cghhrew", "c_root_id_B": "cghg6z9", "created_at_utc_A": 1396376306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396372806.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Most people don't know that Neo was not Morpheus' first pick to be the One. There were many other potentials (Cypher among them) that Morpheus tapped. Most of them died during the awakening process. There was nothing special about Morpheus or the way he chose the potentials. But with Neo, he happened to be right. Yes, the Oracle \"prophesized\" that he would find the One. But I can flip a coin and predict which side it will land on and be right a good percent of the time. Think of it like buying pants from a clothing store. Given enough time and a large selection, you'll eventually find a pair that fits. In fact, the Oracle's prediction was the catalyst that sparked Morpheus' massive search effort. Can you imagine the glory and fame that would come with being the guy who found the One? Not to mention the political power from a government that clearly favors religious prophecy over military strength. Finding the One was Morpheus' ticket to a *damn* good life, and possibly a seat on the Zion Council. Anyway... So Neo takes the red pill and is guided and trained to fulfill his destiny. But he's gunned down just as he's about to escape the agents. The supposed savior of humanity is dead, and all hope is lost. ...Or is it? There's always hope. It is the \"quintessential human delusion\", as the Architect states. It is simultaneously our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. The fact is... Morpheus was a righteous zealot. No matter how many times he may have been wrong in his picks, he could always hold out hope that the *next* one would be right. He would have mourned Neo for a period, just as he mourned his previous failed prodigies. But when that mourning period was over, it would be back to business as usual, searching the matrix for the One. The cycle would have continued. But whether it was Neo or someone else, the stakes would not have escalated until the One was realized.", "human_ref_B": "Think they would have plugged in a spare one.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3500.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21xgiq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "**[Matrix]**. What would have happened if Neo didn't get up in the events at the climax of The Matrix? If neo didn't get up after being shot by Smith what repercussions would this have had on the war stains the machines? Would the cycle have to repeat itself ?", "c_root_id_A": "cghhqtl", "c_root_id_B": "cghhrew", "created_at_utc_A": 1396376270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396376306.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "I think the contingency plan for that was that ones Neo is turned in a Smith Agent the AI of the robots would use the still active connection to Neo's real body and send an anty-virus to destroys Smith who at this point was regarded as a self-replicating virus by the machines. [breaking 4th wall] I'm not sure about this but I think it was hinted in the dialog between Neo and the floating face[/breaking 4th wall]", "human_ref_B": "Most people don't know that Neo was not Morpheus' first pick to be the One. There were many other potentials (Cypher among them) that Morpheus tapped. Most of them died during the awakening process. There was nothing special about Morpheus or the way he chose the potentials. But with Neo, he happened to be right. Yes, the Oracle \"prophesized\" that he would find the One. But I can flip a coin and predict which side it will land on and be right a good percent of the time. Think of it like buying pants from a clothing store. Given enough time and a large selection, you'll eventually find a pair that fits. In fact, the Oracle's prediction was the catalyst that sparked Morpheus' massive search effort. Can you imagine the glory and fame that would come with being the guy who found the One? Not to mention the political power from a government that clearly favors religious prophecy over military strength. Finding the One was Morpheus' ticket to a *damn* good life, and possibly a seat on the Zion Council. Anyway... So Neo takes the red pill and is guided and trained to fulfill his destiny. But he's gunned down just as he's about to escape the agents. The supposed savior of humanity is dead, and all hope is lost. ...Or is it? There's always hope. It is the \"quintessential human delusion\", as the Architect states. It is simultaneously our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. The fact is... Morpheus was a righteous zealot. No matter how many times he may have been wrong in his picks, he could always hold out hope that the *next* one would be right. He would have mourned Neo for a period, just as he mourned his previous failed prodigies. But when that mourning period was over, it would be back to business as usual, searching the matrix for the One. The cycle would have continued. But whether it was Neo or someone else, the stakes would not have escalated until the One was realized.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21xgiq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "**[Matrix]**. What would have happened if Neo didn't get up in the events at the climax of The Matrix? If neo didn't get up after being shot by Smith what repercussions would this have had on the war stains the machines? Would the cycle have to repeat itself ?", "c_root_id_A": "cghkv8g", "c_root_id_B": "cghg6z9", "created_at_utc_A": 1396382993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396372806.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Oracle would have pointed Morpheus towards the next candidate One and continued on with the protocols that she and the Architect put in place to preserve the illusion of Zion's war for independence against the machines. It had almost certainly happened before.", "human_ref_B": "Think they would have plugged in a spare one.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10187.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21xgiq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "**[Matrix]**. What would have happened if Neo didn't get up in the events at the climax of The Matrix? If neo didn't get up after being shot by Smith what repercussions would this have had on the war stains the machines? Would the cycle have to repeat itself ?", "c_root_id_A": "cghkv8g", "c_root_id_B": "cghhqtl", "created_at_utc_A": 1396382993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396376270.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Oracle would have pointed Morpheus towards the next candidate One and continued on with the protocols that she and the Architect put in place to preserve the illusion of Zion's war for independence against the machines. It had almost certainly happened before.", "human_ref_B": "I think the contingency plan for that was that ones Neo is turned in a Smith Agent the AI of the robots would use the still active connection to Neo's real body and send an anty-virus to destroys Smith who at this point was regarded as a self-replicating virus by the machines. [breaking 4th wall] I'm not sure about this but I think it was hinted in the dialog between Neo and the floating face[/breaking 4th wall]", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6723.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21xgiq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "**[Matrix]**. What would have happened if Neo didn't get up in the events at the climax of The Matrix? If neo didn't get up after being shot by Smith what repercussions would this have had on the war stains the machines? Would the cycle have to repeat itself ?", "c_root_id_A": "cghq6ax", "c_root_id_B": "cghg6z9", "created_at_utc_A": 1396394768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396372806.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Matrix always produces the One. The Architect told Neo as much, it's a patch they made to cover a flaw in the design. It is inevitable as far as they are concerned.", "human_ref_B": "Think they would have plugged in a spare one.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21962.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21xgiq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "**[Matrix]**. What would have happened if Neo didn't get up in the events at the climax of The Matrix? If neo didn't get up after being shot by Smith what repercussions would this have had on the war stains the machines? Would the cycle have to repeat itself ?", "c_root_id_A": "cghq6ax", "c_root_id_B": "cghhqtl", "created_at_utc_A": 1396394768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396376270.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Matrix always produces the One. The Architect told Neo as much, it's a patch they made to cover a flaw in the design. It is inevitable as far as they are concerned.", "human_ref_B": "I think the contingency plan for that was that ones Neo is turned in a Smith Agent the AI of the robots would use the still active connection to Neo's real body and send an anty-virus to destroys Smith who at this point was regarded as a self-replicating virus by the machines. [breaking 4th wall] I'm not sure about this but I think it was hinted in the dialog between Neo and the floating face[/breaking 4th wall]", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18498.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21xgiq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "**[Matrix]**. What would have happened if Neo didn't get up in the events at the climax of The Matrix? If neo didn't get up after being shot by Smith what repercussions would this have had on the war stains the machines? Would the cycle have to repeat itself ?", "c_root_id_A": "cghq60y", "c_root_id_B": "cghq6ax", "created_at_utc_A": 1396394750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396394768.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Matrix always produces the One. The Architect told Neo as much, it's a patch they made to cover a flaw in the design. It is inevitable as far as they are concerned.", "human_ref_B": "The Matrix always produces the One. The Architect told Neo as much, it's a patch they made to cover a flaw in the design. It is inevitable as far as they are concerned.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8wlr1l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[The Incredibles] Is Mr. Incredible bulletproof? His powers seems somewhat vague. He has supers strength, but can't leap long distances. He is somewhat durable, but flinches at big things hitting him. He runs away from gunfire, so it must hurt him in some way. What are the extent of his powers?", "c_root_id_A": "e1wpkis", "c_root_id_B": "e1wpalq", "created_at_utc_A": 1530904436.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530904215.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "On top of their individual powers, all supers are built pretty tough. That's why Dash doesn't pass out from moving at high speed and Jack-Jack can fight a raccoon without getting so much as a scratch. Mr. Incredible probably feels bullets the same way a normal person wight feel paintballs; not lethal, but not exactly pleasant either.", "human_ref_B": "The suit originally wasn't bulletproof. Force ofnhabit., To save the costs of replacing and repairing the suit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 221.0, "score_ratio": 3.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrd4nj", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669402258.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 152, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I figure he assumes Obi-wan took the child and is training them to be a Jedi with the intent of sending him after them, and does nothing to interfere because he thinks this is precisely the sort of conflict that makes the Sith stronger.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3733.0, "score_ratio": 152.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr4mro", "c_root_id_B": "ixrbp80", "created_at_utc_A": 1669398525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669401639.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 70, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Neither Palpatine nor Vader had reason to investigate the Lars home. Vader didn't care about them. They were beyond insignificant in Palpatine's eyes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3114.0, "score_ratio": 70.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr7ubi", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669399939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": ">Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Would it? Why would Palpatine give a shit if his apprentice has some bastard children somewhere in the galaxy? It suits his plans much more to just treat the children as dead then it does to scour the galaxy for two babies he has no reason to believe have any significance beyond being related to his right hand man. This question is asked a lot, and the answer is that simple. Palpatine is the one in control, and he couldn't care less if Anakin's children had survived or what backwater they crawled to if they did. He's got far bigger concerns.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1414.0, "score_ratio": 52.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrw29e", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669410548.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "An unborn baby that's ready to pop out any day now can survive up to ten minutes after the death of its mother. After five minutes, it carries serious risks, practically a guarantee, of brain damage. After ten minutes, there's no hope. If Anakin truly believed Padme was dead on Mustafar, then there was no chance that the baby would survive, given how long the battle between him and Obi-wan lasted. The fact that Padme was no longer carrying a child at her funeral wouldn't've mattered that much, Palpatine likely would've believed the baby's corpse was disposed of after an attempt to save it, and Padme, had failed. There was really no way he could've known that Padme had twins, nor that they'd survived her throttling on Mustafar. Not until his spies reported that a Skywalker had destroyed the Death Star.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrh3ea", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669404031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why should he care? It's worth mentioning that there is actually no evidence of force sensitivity being genetic. Palpatine's own son had zero force sensitivity. He had no reason to assume that Vader's children would have any force sensitivity nor that they would be any sort of threat to him. He felt that his control over Vader was enough that the children could not be used against him, and he was damn near correct.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5506.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr4mro", "c_root_id_B": "ixs1r1l", "created_at_utc_A": 1669398525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669413118.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr4mro", "c_root_id_B": "ixrdpb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1669398525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669402505.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Well if anything I think even if Palpy knew they survived he would want to fuel Anakins self hatred by letting him think he killed his own children when he killed his Padme. That self loathing and hate just fueled Darth Vadar's dark side force power in hunting down remaining Jedi and doing Palpatines bidding throughout the galaxy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3980.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrz949", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669411981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I believe he chose to let them go, I think he absolutely knew they were to be trained and I believe he allowed this to happen so when the time came for Luke to confront himself and vador he could sway another generation to the dark side", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. 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I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixs3bal", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669413849.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The simple answer is four parts: 1. Emperor Palpatine had no reason to believe she gave birth at all. Padme\u2019s body was buried looking fully pregnant, and the only people who knew of the birth were Organa, Obi Wan, and Yoda (assuming the droid\u2019s memory was wiped). Leia being adopted by Organa and raised as their own was of no note to Palpatine and Tatooine was a backwater shithole that held no political relevance in the eyes of the Empire while also being the one place Vader would never willingly visit with people he would loathe to ever see again. 2. Hubris. Palpatine was too high on his absolute victory over the Jedi to question his new position; he killed the Order and turned their Messiah figure into his puppet against them. Palpatine now had a fulltime job running a galaxy-spanning government and immediately had bigger fish to fry (eg. rebellious planets, the remnants of the Separatist Movement, purging Republic loyalists from the military, etc.) all of which drew his attention inwards towards running his Empire and not outwards towards establishing absolute security for it. Who he would trust to take care of the dirtier business we\u2019re Vader and his Moffs (Vader wanting nothing to do with Tatooine and the Moffs not knowing the history of Vader). 3. Utility. Palpatine at the beginning of his reign still had high hopes for Vader as his apprentice/puppet. The physical scarring and appearance change greatly hindered the Emperor\u2019s original PR plans for Vader, but by depriving Vader of all his material connections Sidious would hopefully gain an absolutely obedient tool that would dedicate their life to power and the Empire. 4. Who could expect one person with no political power or proper training to bring down the mightiest institution the Galaxy had seen in millennia? The Sith takeover was generations in the making and required every bit of power they could muster and the strongest Sith to ever exist. Palpatine would soon have the strongest failsafe in history (the Deathstar) and would have a never ending reign as the ultimate Sith Lord. If I became the authoritarian leader of the US, I\u2019m not going to be investigating all the kids in Gary Indiana for political rivals.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15324.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr4mro", "c_root_id_B": "ixszaxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1669398525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669430122.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Padme was made to look Pregnant. They thought the kids died with her. Vader hated Tatooine and never wanted to go back after ep 2. He definitely didn't keep in touch with Owen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31597.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixs2enl", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669413420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think we have every reason to think Palpatine wouldn\u2019t know or care. But, if he did, the kids would be ideal leverage. Palpatine took on the Jedi order and won. He\u2019s not scared of two force sensitive children. Organa, a considerably real problem for Palpatine, now has very much lose and will think twice before defying the emperor\u2019s rule. And Vader having kids means either more dark side pawns for Palpy or another space to manipulate in Vader.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14895.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr4mro", "c_root_id_B": "ixse9oe", "created_at_utc_A": 1669398525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669419174.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "If Anakin choked Padm\u00e9 to death, as Palpatine implied, the children would have suffocated to death in her womb during the duel with Obi-Wan. Add to that, great pains were taken at her funeral to make her look visibly pregnant", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20649.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr4mro", "c_root_id_B": "ixsm3j4", "created_at_utc_A": 1669398525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669423087.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "At her funeral on Naboo, her body looked like it was still pregnant. It\u2019s likely Vader and Palpatine had little reason to doubt that. Also, some of the new canon comics have Vader finding out about Luke before Palpatine did.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24562.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr4mro", "c_root_id_B": "ixsfuu8", "created_at_utc_A": 1669398525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669419952.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's not clear that Palpatine even knows she was pregnant until pretty late. Anakin never tells him. I don't think he even tells Palpatine that he's afraid of Padme dying. Palpatine just figures it out because Anakin is really bad at hiding it. He told Anakin the story of Darth Plagueis as a lesson about losing power. Anakin responded by asking about the power to save others from dying, even though Palpatine didn't intend to tempt him with that power originally. Palpatine might have known about the pregnancy earlier from his own sources, but he might not care too much. Padme was too much of a threat both politically and as an influence on Anakin. She needed to die. The Darth Vader comics explore the actual cover-up of the birth. Bail Organa ordered the mortician to make it look like she died without delivering a baby. So Palpatine had no reason to suspect the baby survived. After finding out Luke was his son, Vader sent his agents to question the mortician but they killed him without thinking to ask if there was a second baby.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21427.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixtu4cr", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669450456.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I always figured Bail would\u2019ve just said Leia was a war orphan which wouldn\u2019t be a very crazy thing since a major civil war had just happened", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixucizb", "c_root_id_B": "ixr4mro", "created_at_utc_A": 1669466277.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669398525.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They wouldnt be able to survive that long after Padm\u00e9 \u201cdied\u201d on mustarfar. And her stomach was made to look like She was still pregnant at her death", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 67752.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrbp80", "c_root_id_B": "ixrd4nj", "created_at_utc_A": 1669401639.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669402258.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 152, "human_ref_A": "Neither Palpatine nor Vader had reason to investigate the Lars home. Vader didn't care about them. They were beyond insignificant in Palpatine's eyes.", "human_ref_B": "I figure he assumes Obi-wan took the child and is training them to be a Jedi with the intent of sending him after them, and does nothing to interfere because he thinks this is precisely the sort of conflict that makes the Sith stronger.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 619.0, "score_ratio": 2.1714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrd4nj", "c_root_id_B": "ixr7ubi", "created_at_utc_A": 1669402258.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669399939.0, "score_A": 152, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "I figure he assumes Obi-wan took the child and is training them to be a Jedi with the intent of sending him after them, and does nothing to interfere because he thinks this is precisely the sort of conflict that makes the Sith stronger.", "human_ref_B": ">Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Would it? Why would Palpatine give a shit if his apprentice has some bastard children somewhere in the galaxy? It suits his plans much more to just treat the children as dead then it does to scour the galaxy for two babies he has no reason to believe have any significance beyond being related to his right hand man. This question is asked a lot, and the answer is that simple. Palpatine is the one in control, and he couldn't care less if Anakin's children had survived or what backwater they crawled to if they did. He's got far bigger concerns.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2319.0, "score_ratio": 2.9230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixr7ubi", "c_root_id_B": "ixrbp80", "created_at_utc_A": 1669399939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669401639.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 70, "human_ref_A": ">Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Would it? Why would Palpatine give a shit if his apprentice has some bastard children somewhere in the galaxy? It suits his plans much more to just treat the children as dead then it does to scour the galaxy for two babies he has no reason to believe have any significance beyond being related to his right hand man. This question is asked a lot, and the answer is that simple. Palpatine is the one in control, and he couldn't care less if Anakin's children had survived or what backwater they crawled to if they did. He's got far bigger concerns.", "human_ref_B": "Neither Palpatine nor Vader had reason to investigate the Lars home. Vader didn't care about them. They were beyond insignificant in Palpatine's eyes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1700.0, "score_ratio": 1.3461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrh3ea", "c_root_id_B": "ixrw29e", "created_at_utc_A": 1669404031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669410548.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Why should he care? It's worth mentioning that there is actually no evidence of force sensitivity being genetic. Palpatine's own son had zero force sensitivity. He had no reason to assume that Vader's children would have any force sensitivity nor that they would be any sort of threat to him. He felt that his control over Vader was enough that the children could not be used against him, and he was damn near correct.", "human_ref_B": "An unborn baby that's ready to pop out any day now can survive up to ten minutes after the death of its mother. After five minutes, it carries serious risks, practically a guarantee, of brain damage. After ten minutes, there's no hope. If Anakin truly believed Padme was dead on Mustafar, then there was no chance that the baby would survive, given how long the battle between him and Obi-wan lasted. The fact that Padme was no longer carrying a child at her funeral wouldn't've mattered that much, Palpatine likely would've believed the baby's corpse was disposed of after an attempt to save it, and Padme, had failed. There was really no way he could've known that Padme had twins, nor that they'd survived her throttling on Mustafar. Not until his spies reported that a Skywalker had destroyed the Death Star.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6517.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrdpb2", "c_root_id_B": "ixrw29e", "created_at_utc_A": 1669402505.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669410548.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Well if anything I think even if Palpy knew they survived he would want to fuel Anakins self hatred by letting him think he killed his own children when he killed his Padme. That self loathing and hate just fueled Darth Vadar's dark side force power in hunting down remaining Jedi and doing Palpatines bidding throughout the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "An unborn baby that's ready to pop out any day now can survive up to ten minutes after the death of its mother. After five minutes, it carries serious risks, practically a guarantee, of brain damage. After ten minutes, there's no hope. If Anakin truly believed Padme was dead on Mustafar, then there was no chance that the baby would survive, given how long the battle between him and Obi-wan lasted. The fact that Padme was no longer carrying a child at her funeral wouldn't've mattered that much, Palpatine likely would've believed the baby's corpse was disposed of after an attempt to save it, and Padme, had failed. There was really no way he could've known that Padme had twins, nor that they'd survived her throttling on Mustafar. Not until his spies reported that a Skywalker had destroyed the Death Star.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8043.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixrh3ea", "c_root_id_B": "ixrdpb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1669404031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669402505.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Why should he care? It's worth mentioning that there is actually no evidence of force sensitivity being genetic. Palpatine's own son had zero force sensitivity. He had no reason to assume that Vader's children would have any force sensitivity nor that they would be any sort of threat to him. He felt that his control over Vader was enough that the children could not be used against him, and he was damn near correct.", "human_ref_B": "Well if anything I think even if Palpy knew they survived he would want to fuel Anakins self hatred by letting him think he killed his own children when he killed his Padme. That self loathing and hate just fueled Darth Vadar's dark side force power in hunting down remaining Jedi and doing Palpatines bidding throughout the galaxy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1526.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixs1r1l", "c_root_id_B": "ixrdpb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1669413118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669402505.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There was a cover up explained in the Darth Vader comments. She was dressed up to look as though she was still pregnant at death, and only the coroner was in on the scheme. That's why he was tortured and murdered by Doctor Aphra later, working for Darth Vader to investigate Luke Skywalker.", "human_ref_B": "Well if anything I think even if Palpy knew they survived he would want to fuel Anakins self hatred by letting him think he killed his own children when he killed his Padme. That self loathing and hate just fueled Darth Vadar's dark side force power in hunting down remaining Jedi and doing Palpatines bidding throughout the galaxy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10613.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixs1r1l", "c_root_id_B": "ixrz949", "created_at_utc_A": 1669413118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669411981.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There was a cover up explained in the Darth Vader comments. She was dressed up to look as though she was still pregnant at death, and only the coroner was in on the scheme. That's why he was tortured and murdered by Doctor Aphra later, working for Darth Vader to investigate Luke Skywalker.", "human_ref_B": "I believe he chose to let them go, I think he absolutely knew they were to be trained and I believe he allowed this to happen so when the time came for Luke to confront himself and vador he could sway another generation to the dark side", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1137.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixszaxn", "c_root_id_B": "ixs3bal", "created_at_utc_A": 1669430122.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669413849.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Padme was made to look Pregnant. They thought the kids died with her. Vader hated Tatooine and never wanted to go back after ep 2. He definitely didn't keep in touch with Owen.", "human_ref_B": "The simple answer is four parts: 1. Emperor Palpatine had no reason to believe she gave birth at all. Padme\u2019s body was buried looking fully pregnant, and the only people who knew of the birth were Organa, Obi Wan, and Yoda (assuming the droid\u2019s memory was wiped). Leia being adopted by Organa and raised as their own was of no note to Palpatine and Tatooine was a backwater shithole that held no political relevance in the eyes of the Empire while also being the one place Vader would never willingly visit with people he would loathe to ever see again. 2. Hubris. Palpatine was too high on his absolute victory over the Jedi to question his new position; he killed the Order and turned their Messiah figure into his puppet against them. Palpatine now had a fulltime job running a galaxy-spanning government and immediately had bigger fish to fry (eg. rebellious planets, the remnants of the Separatist Movement, purging Republic loyalists from the military, etc.) all of which drew his attention inwards towards running his Empire and not outwards towards establishing absolute security for it. Who he would trust to take care of the dirtier business we\u2019re Vader and his Moffs (Vader wanting nothing to do with Tatooine and the Moffs not knowing the history of Vader). 3. Utility. Palpatine at the beginning of his reign still had high hopes for Vader as his apprentice/puppet. The physical scarring and appearance change greatly hindered the Emperor\u2019s original PR plans for Vader, but by depriving Vader of all his material connections Sidious would hopefully gain an absolutely obedient tool that would dedicate their life to power and the Empire. 4. Who could expect one person with no political power or proper training to bring down the mightiest institution the Galaxy had seen in millennia? The Sith takeover was generations in the making and required every bit of power they could muster and the strongest Sith to ever exist. Palpatine would soon have the strongest failsafe in history (the Deathstar) and would have a never ending reign as the ultimate Sith Lord. If I became the authoritarian leader of the US, I\u2019m not going to be investigating all the kids in Gary Indiana for political rivals.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16273.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixs2enl", "c_root_id_B": "ixszaxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1669413420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669430122.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think we have every reason to think Palpatine wouldn\u2019t know or care. But, if he did, the kids would be ideal leverage. Palpatine took on the Jedi order and won. He\u2019s not scared of two force sensitive children. Organa, a considerably real problem for Palpatine, now has very much lose and will think twice before defying the emperor\u2019s rule. And Vader having kids means either more dark side pawns for Palpy or another space to manipulate in Vader.", "human_ref_B": "Padme was made to look Pregnant. They thought the kids died with her. Vader hated Tatooine and never wanted to go back after ep 2. He definitely didn't keep in touch with Owen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16702.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixszaxn", "c_root_id_B": "ixse9oe", "created_at_utc_A": 1669430122.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669419174.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Padme was made to look Pregnant. They thought the kids died with her. Vader hated Tatooine and never wanted to go back after ep 2. He definitely didn't keep in touch with Owen.", "human_ref_B": "If Anakin choked Padm\u00e9 to death, as Palpatine implied, the children would have suffocated to death in her womb during the duel with Obi-Wan. Add to that, great pains were taken at her funeral to make her look visibly pregnant", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10948.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixsm3j4", "c_root_id_B": "ixszaxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1669423087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669430122.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "At her funeral on Naboo, her body looked like it was still pregnant. It\u2019s likely Vader and Palpatine had little reason to doubt that. Also, some of the new canon comics have Vader finding out about Luke before Palpatine did.", "human_ref_B": "Padme was made to look Pregnant. They thought the kids died with her. Vader hated Tatooine and never wanted to go back after ep 2. He definitely didn't keep in touch with Owen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7035.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixsfuu8", "c_root_id_B": "ixszaxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1669419952.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669430122.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It's not clear that Palpatine even knows she was pregnant until pretty late. Anakin never tells him. I don't think he even tells Palpatine that he's afraid of Padme dying. Palpatine just figures it out because Anakin is really bad at hiding it. He told Anakin the story of Darth Plagueis as a lesson about losing power. Anakin responded by asking about the power to save others from dying, even though Palpatine didn't intend to tempt him with that power originally. Palpatine might have known about the pregnancy earlier from his own sources, but he might not care too much. Padme was too much of a threat both politically and as an influence on Anakin. She needed to die. The Darth Vader comics explore the actual cover-up of the birth. Bail Organa ordered the mortician to make it look like she died without delivering a baby. So Palpatine had no reason to suspect the baby survived. After finding out Luke was his son, Vader sent his agents to question the mortician but they killed him without thinking to ask if there was a second baby.", "human_ref_B": "Padme was made to look Pregnant. They thought the kids died with her. Vader hated Tatooine and never wanted to go back after ep 2. He definitely didn't keep in touch with Owen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10170.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z4jgcn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] How in the hell did the Emperor NOT realize that Padme's child(ren) survived? I mean beyond being a super powerful Sith, it would be easy to see if she gave birth, and there were no babies found with her. Even if his underlings couldn't get access to the body, you'd think finding out if Anakin's child(ren) had survived would be SUPER important. Even if Anakin had killed her on Mustafar, she was far enough along that the baby could be saved. And I mean, right after she's declared dead, CLEARLY having been pregnant and one of her closest friends and allies suddenly has a daughter he adopted and no one thinks to check on this kid? And of course this doesn't even get into investigating Anakin's remaining family on Tatooine suddenly having a boy....named Skywalker. (this drove my mother crazy, even before the Prequels came out) I mean Palpatine is a master planner and he didn't notice this?", "c_root_id_A": "ixsm3j4", "c_root_id_B": "ixsfuu8", "created_at_utc_A": 1669423087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669419952.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "At her funeral on Naboo, her body looked like it was still pregnant. It\u2019s likely Vader and Palpatine had little reason to doubt that. Also, some of the new canon comics have Vader finding out about Luke before Palpatine did.", "human_ref_B": "It's not clear that Palpatine even knows she was pregnant until pretty late. Anakin never tells him. I don't think he even tells Palpatine that he's afraid of Padme dying. Palpatine just figures it out because Anakin is really bad at hiding it. He told Anakin the story of Darth Plagueis as a lesson about losing power. Anakin responded by asking about the power to save others from dying, even though Palpatine didn't intend to tempt him with that power originally. Palpatine might have known about the pregnancy earlier from his own sources, but he might not care too much. Padme was too much of a threat both politically and as an influence on Anakin. She needed to die. The Darth Vader comics explore the actual cover-up of the birth. Bail Organa ordered the mortician to make it look like she died without delivering a baby. So Palpatine had no reason to suspect the baby survived. After finding out Luke was his son, Vader sent his agents to question the mortician but they killed him without thinking to ask if there was a second baby.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3135.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi29gth", "c_root_id_B": "fi279s4", "created_at_utc_A": 1582074568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582073107.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't Vader trying to do this outside the normal Empire command structure? Hunting down Luke was a bit of a pet project that he hoped would conclude with the two of them overthrowing the Emperor together", "human_ref_B": "The empire rules through fear and brute force. While they probably have secret agents those likely spend years getting into a certain position. And at that time there aren\u2019t any shown in the rebellion. So either the security is good or there aren\u2019t any agents. On top of that, the galaxy is large. The empire can\u2019t be everywhere and certainly not without being seen.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1461.0, "score_ratio": 13.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi27eiz", "c_root_id_B": "fi29gth", "created_at_utc_A": 1582073194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582074568.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "The spies hire bounty hunters.", "human_ref_B": "Wasn't Vader trying to do this outside the normal Empire command structure? Hunting down Luke was a bit of a pet project that he hoped would conclude with the two of them overthrowing the Emperor together", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1374.0, "score_ratio": 66000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2zsjd", "c_root_id_B": "fi279s4", "created_at_utc_A": 1582094736.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582073107.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because the imperial intelligence service was incompetent. They couldn't track down the rebel base - Vader had to do it himself, both on Yavin IV *and* on Hoth. They couldn't keep hold of an incredibly valuable political prisoner - Vader had to chase her down. They couldn't keep a ragtag group of rebels from stealing the plans to their top secret battle station, despite having ample opportunity to destroy them, the base they were in, and the planet they were on. They couldn't project the location of a single ancient Correllian freighter despite having the exact same ship loaded with the probes that tracked down said rebel base not days earlier. Under Palpatine the imperial intelligence service completely went to shit, probably due to the execution of all their top agents due to various \"failures\", likely beyond their control, and so Vader had to do what he always did - handle it himself. Rule by fear is not without its disadvantages.", "human_ref_B": "The empire rules through fear and brute force. While they probably have secret agents those likely spend years getting into a certain position. And at that time there aren\u2019t any shown in the rebellion. So either the security is good or there aren\u2019t any agents. On top of that, the galaxy is large. The empire can\u2019t be everywhere and certainly not without being seen.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21629.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2zsjd", "c_root_id_B": "fi2xsvi", "created_at_utc_A": 1582094736.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582092614.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because the imperial intelligence service was incompetent. They couldn't track down the rebel base - Vader had to do it himself, both on Yavin IV *and* on Hoth. They couldn't keep hold of an incredibly valuable political prisoner - Vader had to chase her down. They couldn't keep a ragtag group of rebels from stealing the plans to their top secret battle station, despite having ample opportunity to destroy them, the base they were in, and the planet they were on. They couldn't project the location of a single ancient Correllian freighter despite having the exact same ship loaded with the probes that tracked down said rebel base not days earlier. Under Palpatine the imperial intelligence service completely went to shit, probably due to the execution of all their top agents due to various \"failures\", likely beyond their control, and so Vader had to do what he always did - handle it himself. Rule by fear is not without its disadvantages.", "human_ref_B": "It was relatively common practice for the Empire to send bounty hunters after individuals, it was a legal service that they found useful to supplement law enforcement for apprehending criminals. That said the ISB could have done the same job, but at that particular time it's likely would have seemed like a low priority mission as far as they're concerned (hunting down 4 fairly low ranked/unimportant members of the Rebellions) when there's Rebel cells and bases all across the galaxy to find and the main Rebel leadership to hunt down again after the Battle of Hoth. If Vader insisted that they send people he would have brought unwanted attention to his interest in these particular Rebels, potentially opening up the possibility someone in the ISB discovers that Luke is Anakin Skywalker's child and that there's Vader wants to train an apprentice. Or somewhat worse for Vader is that maybe they even figure out that Vader is Anakin (which once the possibility is dangled in front of someone's face might become pretty obvious) and the ISB starts trying to blackmail him with that information.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2122.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2uwhw", "c_root_id_B": "fi2zsjd", "created_at_utc_A": 1582089862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582094736.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Imperial Agents can't get close to their prey because they're easilly recognisable under account of wearing uniforms, and even if they go under cover they are legally obligated to reveal that they are imperial agents, when questioned about whether they are a spy or not. Bounty Hunters can get close to their prey without being recognised as the enemy, since they aren't officially aligned with the Empire. For all Luke and Han and the Rebels know, Boba Fett stalking them could be a completely unrelated business trip (or they're vacationing by the Milenium Falcon)", "human_ref_B": "Because the imperial intelligence service was incompetent. They couldn't track down the rebel base - Vader had to do it himself, both on Yavin IV *and* on Hoth. They couldn't keep hold of an incredibly valuable political prisoner - Vader had to chase her down. They couldn't keep a ragtag group of rebels from stealing the plans to their top secret battle station, despite having ample opportunity to destroy them, the base they were in, and the planet they were on. They couldn't project the location of a single ancient Correllian freighter despite having the exact same ship loaded with the probes that tracked down said rebel base not days earlier. Under Palpatine the imperial intelligence service completely went to shit, probably due to the execution of all their top agents due to various \"failures\", likely beyond their control, and so Vader had to do what he always did - handle it himself. Rule by fear is not without its disadvantages.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4874.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2z8up", "c_root_id_B": "fi2zsjd", "created_at_utc_A": 1582094136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582094736.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "essentially, because the empire was a flawed social structure. the empire had lots of spies, and the rebels had been dodging them for years, you know why? Cause the empire was loaded with moles, everybody was being driven by fear and hate, a kind of side effect of the emperor's dark side path, so everybody feared and hated the empire itself, including the rank and file. Every third imperial intelligence agent was passing codes off to the rebels and tipping them off to troop movements and shit. bounty hunters on the other hand, they're professionals. They operate outside the imperial command structure, they're neutral third parties in the conflict between empire and rebel. For the right price they'd snatch an imperial officer and hand them over to the rebels just as quick as they agreed to grab luke up. essentially the problem is that anyone in the empire smart enough to become an intelligence officer is also smart enough to see through the imperial propaganda. This is also a lot of why theirs a lot of crime in imperial space, when the most capable officers all a) defect outright, b) act as spies, or c) revel in selfish goals, then you end up with inefficient and corrupt planetary management. darth had been relying on imperial agents and spies, they failed to find yavin, darth had to do it himself by letting leia go with a tracking device on her. Then Hoth. Imperial agents failed to find it, *randomly* launched probes did. With the entire galaxy for them to hide in, the empire didn't discover their location with their network of millions of agents, *randomly seeded* drone robots found them faster. That was probably the final straw really, the sign to vader that if he was gonna get this done he couldn't rely on the emperor's shitty toys. And it worked, boba fett tracked em down super easy barely an inconvenience.", "human_ref_B": "Because the imperial intelligence service was incompetent. They couldn't track down the rebel base - Vader had to do it himself, both on Yavin IV *and* on Hoth. They couldn't keep hold of an incredibly valuable political prisoner - Vader had to chase her down. They couldn't keep a ragtag group of rebels from stealing the plans to their top secret battle station, despite having ample opportunity to destroy them, the base they were in, and the planet they were on. They couldn't project the location of a single ancient Correllian freighter despite having the exact same ship loaded with the probes that tracked down said rebel base not days earlier. Under Palpatine the imperial intelligence service completely went to shit, probably due to the execution of all their top agents due to various \"failures\", likely beyond their control, and so Vader had to do what he always did - handle it himself. Rule by fear is not without its disadvantages.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 600.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2zsjd", "c_root_id_B": "fi27eiz", "created_at_utc_A": 1582094736.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582073194.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Because the imperial intelligence service was incompetent. They couldn't track down the rebel base - Vader had to do it himself, both on Yavin IV *and* on Hoth. They couldn't keep hold of an incredibly valuable political prisoner - Vader had to chase her down. They couldn't keep a ragtag group of rebels from stealing the plans to their top secret battle station, despite having ample opportunity to destroy them, the base they were in, and the planet they were on. They couldn't project the location of a single ancient Correllian freighter despite having the exact same ship loaded with the probes that tracked down said rebel base not days earlier. Under Palpatine the imperial intelligence service completely went to shit, probably due to the execution of all their top agents due to various \"failures\", likely beyond their control, and so Vader had to do what he always did - handle it himself. Rule by fear is not without its disadvantages.", "human_ref_B": "The spies hire bounty hunters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21542.0, "score_ratio": 14000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2swi6", "c_root_id_B": "fi2zsjd", "created_at_utc_A": 1582088143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582094736.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Cant send the clones because they would be immediately recognized.", "human_ref_B": "Because the imperial intelligence service was incompetent. They couldn't track down the rebel base - Vader had to do it himself, both on Yavin IV *and* on Hoth. They couldn't keep hold of an incredibly valuable political prisoner - Vader had to chase her down. They couldn't keep a ragtag group of rebels from stealing the plans to their top secret battle station, despite having ample opportunity to destroy them, the base they were in, and the planet they were on. They couldn't project the location of a single ancient Correllian freighter despite having the exact same ship loaded with the probes that tracked down said rebel base not days earlier. Under Palpatine the imperial intelligence service completely went to shit, probably due to the execution of all their top agents due to various \"failures\", likely beyond their control, and so Vader had to do what he always did - handle it himself. Rule by fear is not without its disadvantages.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6593.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2uwhw", "c_root_id_B": "fi2xsvi", "created_at_utc_A": 1582089862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582092614.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Imperial Agents can't get close to their prey because they're easilly recognisable under account of wearing uniforms, and even if they go under cover they are legally obligated to reveal that they are imperial agents, when questioned about whether they are a spy or not. Bounty Hunters can get close to their prey without being recognised as the enemy, since they aren't officially aligned with the Empire. For all Luke and Han and the Rebels know, Boba Fett stalking them could be a completely unrelated business trip (or they're vacationing by the Milenium Falcon)", "human_ref_B": "It was relatively common practice for the Empire to send bounty hunters after individuals, it was a legal service that they found useful to supplement law enforcement for apprehending criminals. That said the ISB could have done the same job, but at that particular time it's likely would have seemed like a low priority mission as far as they're concerned (hunting down 4 fairly low ranked/unimportant members of the Rebellions) when there's Rebel cells and bases all across the galaxy to find and the main Rebel leadership to hunt down again after the Battle of Hoth. If Vader insisted that they send people he would have brought unwanted attention to his interest in these particular Rebels, potentially opening up the possibility someone in the ISB discovers that Luke is Anakin Skywalker's child and that there's Vader wants to train an apprentice. Or somewhat worse for Vader is that maybe they even figure out that Vader is Anakin (which once the possibility is dangled in front of someone's face might become pretty obvious) and the ISB starts trying to blackmail him with that information.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2752.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi27eiz", "c_root_id_B": "fi2xsvi", "created_at_utc_A": 1582073194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582092614.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The spies hire bounty hunters.", "human_ref_B": "It was relatively common practice for the Empire to send bounty hunters after individuals, it was a legal service that they found useful to supplement law enforcement for apprehending criminals. That said the ISB could have done the same job, but at that particular time it's likely would have seemed like a low priority mission as far as they're concerned (hunting down 4 fairly low ranked/unimportant members of the Rebellions) when there's Rebel cells and bases all across the galaxy to find and the main Rebel leadership to hunt down again after the Battle of Hoth. If Vader insisted that they send people he would have brought unwanted attention to his interest in these particular Rebels, potentially opening up the possibility someone in the ISB discovers that Luke is Anakin Skywalker's child and that there's Vader wants to train an apprentice. Or somewhat worse for Vader is that maybe they even figure out that Vader is Anakin (which once the possibility is dangled in front of someone's face might become pretty obvious) and the ISB starts trying to blackmail him with that information.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19420.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2swi6", "c_root_id_B": "fi2xsvi", "created_at_utc_A": 1582088143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582092614.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Cant send the clones because they would be immediately recognized.", "human_ref_B": "It was relatively common practice for the Empire to send bounty hunters after individuals, it was a legal service that they found useful to supplement law enforcement for apprehending criminals. That said the ISB could have done the same job, but at that particular time it's likely would have seemed like a low priority mission as far as they're concerned (hunting down 4 fairly low ranked/unimportant members of the Rebellions) when there's Rebel cells and bases all across the galaxy to find and the main Rebel leadership to hunt down again after the Battle of Hoth. If Vader insisted that they send people he would have brought unwanted attention to his interest in these particular Rebels, potentially opening up the possibility someone in the ISB discovers that Luke is Anakin Skywalker's child and that there's Vader wants to train an apprentice. Or somewhat worse for Vader is that maybe they even figure out that Vader is Anakin (which once the possibility is dangled in front of someone's face might become pretty obvious) and the ISB starts trying to blackmail him with that information.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4471.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi27eiz", "c_root_id_B": "fi2uwhw", "created_at_utc_A": 1582073194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582089862.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The spies hire bounty hunters.", "human_ref_B": "Imperial Agents can't get close to their prey because they're easilly recognisable under account of wearing uniforms, and even if they go under cover they are legally obligated to reveal that they are imperial agents, when questioned about whether they are a spy or not. Bounty Hunters can get close to their prey without being recognised as the enemy, since they aren't officially aligned with the Empire. For all Luke and Han and the Rebels know, Boba Fett stalking them could be a completely unrelated business trip (or they're vacationing by the Milenium Falcon)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16668.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2uwhw", "c_root_id_B": "fi2swi6", "created_at_utc_A": 1582089862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582088143.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Imperial Agents can't get close to their prey because they're easilly recognisable under account of wearing uniforms, and even if they go under cover they are legally obligated to reveal that they are imperial agents, when questioned about whether they are a spy or not. Bounty Hunters can get close to their prey without being recognised as the enemy, since they aren't officially aligned with the Empire. For all Luke and Han and the Rebels know, Boba Fett stalking them could be a completely unrelated business trip (or they're vacationing by the Milenium Falcon)", "human_ref_B": "Cant send the clones because they would be immediately recognized.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1719.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2z8up", "c_root_id_B": "fi27eiz", "created_at_utc_A": 1582094136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582073194.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "essentially, because the empire was a flawed social structure. the empire had lots of spies, and the rebels had been dodging them for years, you know why? Cause the empire was loaded with moles, everybody was being driven by fear and hate, a kind of side effect of the emperor's dark side path, so everybody feared and hated the empire itself, including the rank and file. Every third imperial intelligence agent was passing codes off to the rebels and tipping them off to troop movements and shit. bounty hunters on the other hand, they're professionals. They operate outside the imperial command structure, they're neutral third parties in the conflict between empire and rebel. For the right price they'd snatch an imperial officer and hand them over to the rebels just as quick as they agreed to grab luke up. essentially the problem is that anyone in the empire smart enough to become an intelligence officer is also smart enough to see through the imperial propaganda. This is also a lot of why theirs a lot of crime in imperial space, when the most capable officers all a) defect outright, b) act as spies, or c) revel in selfish goals, then you end up with inefficient and corrupt planetary management. darth had been relying on imperial agents and spies, they failed to find yavin, darth had to do it himself by letting leia go with a tracking device on her. Then Hoth. Imperial agents failed to find it, *randomly* launched probes did. With the entire galaxy for them to hide in, the empire didn't discover their location with their network of millions of agents, *randomly seeded* drone robots found them faster. That was probably the final straw really, the sign to vader that if he was gonna get this done he couldn't rely on the emperor's shitty toys. And it worked, boba fett tracked em down super easy barely an inconvenience.", "human_ref_B": "The spies hire bounty hunters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20942.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f623xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire have to employ bounty hunters to track Han, Luke and co.? Wouldn't they have had a core of spies/agents who would have done the job arguably just as efficiently?", "c_root_id_A": "fi2z8up", "c_root_id_B": "fi2swi6", "created_at_utc_A": 1582094136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582088143.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "essentially, because the empire was a flawed social structure. the empire had lots of spies, and the rebels had been dodging them for years, you know why? Cause the empire was loaded with moles, everybody was being driven by fear and hate, a kind of side effect of the emperor's dark side path, so everybody feared and hated the empire itself, including the rank and file. Every third imperial intelligence agent was passing codes off to the rebels and tipping them off to troop movements and shit. bounty hunters on the other hand, they're professionals. They operate outside the imperial command structure, they're neutral third parties in the conflict between empire and rebel. For the right price they'd snatch an imperial officer and hand them over to the rebels just as quick as they agreed to grab luke up. essentially the problem is that anyone in the empire smart enough to become an intelligence officer is also smart enough to see through the imperial propaganda. This is also a lot of why theirs a lot of crime in imperial space, when the most capable officers all a) defect outright, b) act as spies, or c) revel in selfish goals, then you end up with inefficient and corrupt planetary management. darth had been relying on imperial agents and spies, they failed to find yavin, darth had to do it himself by letting leia go with a tracking device on her. Then Hoth. Imperial agents failed to find it, *randomly* launched probes did. With the entire galaxy for them to hide in, the empire didn't discover their location with their network of millions of agents, *randomly seeded* drone robots found them faster. That was probably the final straw really, the sign to vader that if he was gonna get this done he couldn't rely on the emperor's shitty toys. And it worked, boba fett tracked em down super easy barely an inconvenience.", "human_ref_B": "Cant send the clones because they would be immediately recognized.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5993.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y0u8s6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Are Asgardians descendants of humanoid race that genetically engineered itself to the current level of power, or were they \"always\" like this?", "c_root_id_A": "irv8j9p", "c_root_id_B": "irvhfd1", "created_at_utc_A": 1665477426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665485186.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Does the average Asgardian have superpowers in MCU canon?", "human_ref_B": "We don't know the origin of gods in the mcu, if they follow their myth origins or are just old magical aliens", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7760.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jsycr", "c_root_id_B": "j1j8gpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1671922233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671913095.0, "score_A": 482, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Her visualization of the timeline splitting looked nearly identical to the timelines splitting at the end of Loki. This implies the disaster she was anticipating *has come to pass*, and she was simply wrong about the root cause.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9138.0, "score_ratio": 482.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jkhe9", "c_root_id_B": "j1j8gpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1671918263.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671913095.0, "score_A": 231, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Stones are basically containers for the metaphysical energy that powers that universal concept. Similar to the way that most of them had a container that allowed normal beings to pick up/carry/touch the stones without being overloaded with the power (see the end of *Guardians of the Galaxy*), the physical form of the Stones themselves allow that energy to be concentrated into a single point in the universe, so that it can be harnessed by a holder/bearer. So, when the Stones are removed from that point in the time stream, that energy is just\u2026 gone. There\u2019s still enough spread around that the universe isn\u2019t going to simply stop having Time or Souls or anything, but it\u2019s going to eventually run down. (More on the scale of aeons than minutes). However, destroying the Stones simply removes the physical container. So that Energy still exists in the universe, it\u2019s simply no longer concentrated at a single *usable* point. And eventually (again, on the scale of aeons) it will somehow become concentrated into a singular point again. (Not sure if this is a natural occurrence, or something that highly advanced civilizations tend to do). \u2014 In other words, imagine a balancing scale. On one side is a container filled with colored sand, balancing a weight in the other side. **Removing** the container means the scale is no longer balanced. **Destroying** the container just leaves the sand on the scale directly, still in balance.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5168.0, "score_ratio": 231.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1k9h3z", "c_root_id_B": "j1j8gpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1671930568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671913095.0, "score_A": 77, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "So the stones aren't destroyed per se. They have been atomized by Thanos. So they still exist, just in a form that makes them completely non-usable", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17473.0, "score_ratio": 77.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1j8gpl", "c_root_id_B": "j1k2vj4", "created_at_utc_A": 1671913095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671927079.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "There energy still exists in the universe , it's just spread out now since thanos destroyed them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13984.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kajf9", "c_root_id_B": "j1j8gpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1671931177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671913095.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Her concern wasn't specifically with the stones being destroyed, but with the inability to combat threats that the time stone would allow them to defeat. Strange was only able to defeat Dormammu by using the time stone, and she was probably able to defeat other threats with it. You'll notice, she doesn't actually do anything to stop them from taking the other stones. She just refuses to hand over the one she has because she knows she needs it.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18082.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jq27g", "c_root_id_B": "j1j8gpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671913095.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "My headcanon: the stones only appeared important to the flow of time because the TVA was pruning any timeline that deviated from the sacred timeline, and an infinity stone going missing is one hell of a deviation. Of course, the Ancient One would have no knowledge of this, so from her perspective it seems like the infinity stones leaving a timeline is what causes that timeline's destruction.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7747.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kd8sd", "c_root_id_B": "j1j8gpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1671932721.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671913095.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'm of the opinion they will reform at some point.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19626.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1j8gpl", "c_root_id_B": "j1kv4wu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671913095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671943349.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "She didn't let bruce borrow it because the time stone was needed in the doctor strange movie And if she let bruce take it, there would be a new timeline where dormamu would take over the world But bruce then said the stone would be returned to the exact time when the stones were taken from. this is explained in the movie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30254.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1j8gpl", "c_root_id_B": "j1ks20q", "created_at_utc_A": 1671913095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671941427.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Infinity Stones were atomized. I.E. like any other piece of matter, it wasn\u2019t destroyed, just changed form of mass, from solid to miniature dust. So in a way, the infinity stones are still there, just not in stone form.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28332.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1j8gpl", "c_root_id_B": "j1lcwzj", "created_at_utc_A": 1671913095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671957309.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The problem isn't that the Infinity Stones doesn't exist, the problem is that the story changes. Dr. Strange's story changes without the Time Stone. There is no Vision without the Mind Stone, There is no Thor story without the Aether, Avenger story without the Tesseract or a GotG without the Power Stone.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44214.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1lgeq8", "c_root_id_B": "j1j8gpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1671960635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671913095.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The stones still exist, just as dust. But removing a stone from the timeline functionally creates a whole other universe without the stone.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47540.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1j8gpl", "c_root_id_B": "j1lix5h", "created_at_utc_A": 1671913095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671963079.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They're not really destroyed. They'll reform eventually. It may take centuries or millennia, but they'll be back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 49984.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jsycr", "c_root_id_B": "j1jkhe9", "created_at_utc_A": 1671922233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671918263.0, "score_A": 482, "score_B": 231, "human_ref_A": "Her visualization of the timeline splitting looked nearly identical to the timelines splitting at the end of Loki. This implies the disaster she was anticipating *has come to pass*, and she was simply wrong about the root cause.", "human_ref_B": "The Stones are basically containers for the metaphysical energy that powers that universal concept. Similar to the way that most of them had a container that allowed normal beings to pick up/carry/touch the stones without being overloaded with the power (see the end of *Guardians of the Galaxy*), the physical form of the Stones themselves allow that energy to be concentrated into a single point in the universe, so that it can be harnessed by a holder/bearer. So, when the Stones are removed from that point in the time stream, that energy is just\u2026 gone. There\u2019s still enough spread around that the universe isn\u2019t going to simply stop having Time or Souls or anything, but it\u2019s going to eventually run down. (More on the scale of aeons than minutes). However, destroying the Stones simply removes the physical container. So that Energy still exists in the universe, it\u2019s simply no longer concentrated at a single *usable* point. And eventually (again, on the scale of aeons) it will somehow become concentrated into a singular point again. (Not sure if this is a natural occurrence, or something that highly advanced civilizations tend to do). \u2014 In other words, imagine a balancing scale. On one side is a container filled with colored sand, balancing a weight in the other side. **Removing** the container means the scale is no longer balanced. **Destroying** the container just leaves the sand on the scale directly, still in balance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3970.0, "score_ratio": 2.0865800866, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jsycr", "c_root_id_B": "j1jq27g", "created_at_utc_A": 1671922233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920842.0, "score_A": 482, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Her visualization of the timeline splitting looked nearly identical to the timelines splitting at the end of Loki. This implies the disaster she was anticipating *has come to pass*, and she was simply wrong about the root cause.", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon: the stones only appeared important to the flow of time because the TVA was pruning any timeline that deviated from the sacred timeline, and an infinity stone going missing is one hell of a deviation. Of course, the Ancient One would have no knowledge of this, so from her perspective it seems like the infinity stones leaving a timeline is what causes that timeline's destruction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1391.0, "score_ratio": 43.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1k9h3z", "c_root_id_B": "j1k2vj4", "created_at_utc_A": 1671930568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671927079.0, "score_A": 77, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "So the stones aren't destroyed per se. They have been atomized by Thanos. So they still exist, just in a form that makes them completely non-usable", "human_ref_B": "There energy still exists in the universe , it's just spread out now since thanos destroyed them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3489.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1k9h3z", "c_root_id_B": "j1jq27g", "created_at_utc_A": 1671930568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920842.0, "score_A": 77, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "So the stones aren't destroyed per se. They have been atomized by Thanos. So they still exist, just in a form that makes them completely non-usable", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon: the stones only appeared important to the flow of time because the TVA was pruning any timeline that deviated from the sacred timeline, and an infinity stone going missing is one hell of a deviation. Of course, the Ancient One would have no knowledge of this, so from her perspective it seems like the infinity stones leaving a timeline is what causes that timeline's destruction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9726.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jq27g", "c_root_id_B": "j1k2vj4", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671927079.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "My headcanon: the stones only appeared important to the flow of time because the TVA was pruning any timeline that deviated from the sacred timeline, and an infinity stone going missing is one hell of a deviation. Of course, the Ancient One would have no knowledge of this, so from her perspective it seems like the infinity stones leaving a timeline is what causes that timeline's destruction.", "human_ref_B": "There energy still exists in the universe , it's just spread out now since thanos destroyed them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6237.0, "score_ratio": 1.9090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kajf9", "c_root_id_B": "j1jq27g", "created_at_utc_A": 1671931177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920842.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Her concern wasn't specifically with the stones being destroyed, but with the inability to combat threats that the time stone would allow them to defeat. Strange was only able to defeat Dormammu by using the time stone, and she was probably able to defeat other threats with it. You'll notice, she doesn't actually do anything to stop them from taking the other stones. She just refuses to hand over the one she has because she knows she needs it.", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon: the stones only appeared important to the flow of time because the TVA was pruning any timeline that deviated from the sacred timeline, and an infinity stone going missing is one hell of a deviation. Of course, the Ancient One would have no knowledge of this, so from her perspective it seems like the infinity stones leaving a timeline is what causes that timeline's destruction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10335.0, "score_ratio": 1.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhuci", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] [Avengers] If the infinity stones are so crucial to the flow of the universe that the Ancient One won't even let Bruce borrow them at first, why isn't it a problem that they're destroyed now?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ks20q", "c_root_id_B": "j1kv4wu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671941427.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671943349.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Infinity Stones were atomized. I.E. like any other piece of matter, it wasn\u2019t destroyed, just changed form of mass, from solid to miniature dust. So in a way, the infinity stones are still there, just not in stone form.", "human_ref_B": "She didn't let bruce borrow it because the time stone was needed in the doctor strange movie And if she let bruce take it, there would be a new timeline where dormamu would take over the world But bruce then said the stone would be returned to the exact time when the stones were taken from. this is explained in the movie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1922.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqdg0h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] Was Noonien Soong's given name ever described as taboo? After the Eugenics Wars, it kind of feels like naming your kid \"Adolf\".", "c_root_id_A": "i8qcrk4", "c_root_id_B": "i8qk5gh", "created_at_utc_A": 1652643595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652646855.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 99, "human_ref_A": "Not really. Kahn was a big deal during the Eugenics War but he was one of many warlords that seemingly died like all the rest. Naming your child 'Noonien' would be more like naming your child 'Joseph' during the early parts of the Cold War.", "human_ref_B": "Modern Trek really overhypes Khan as the definitive Big Bad of Earth's past, but that's not really the case. When Kirk's crew first picks up Khan and popsicles, they don't even recognize him. They have to look his name up in a database just to see who he is, so that answers your first question. The name \"Khan Noonien Singh\" to the modern Federation would be like introducing yourself as Temujin at your local gas station. Sure, a history buff might perk up a little bit at the name, but the everyday person would still need to wiki search you to find out who you were. Even when the crew learns Khan's true identity, they actually kind of love him. It's not an instantaneous negative reaction like if you were to meet Hitler, they actually hold an honest debate between them if Khan represents the classical idea of the benevolent tyrant. Only Spock remains somewhat skeptical, and even then, the crew of the Enterprise only turns on Khan when he holds them all hostage. So maybe in the immediate aftermath of the Eugenics Wars, the name Khan Noonien Singh would have held some stigma, but that entire period of history seems to hold more of a stigma towards the practice of genetic manipulation and enhancement than towards any one individual person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3260.0, "score_ratio": 2.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqdg0h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] Was Noonien Soong's given name ever described as taboo? After the Eugenics Wars, it kind of feels like naming your kid \"Adolf\".", "c_root_id_A": "i8qbm0o", "c_root_id_B": "i8qk5gh", "created_at_utc_A": 1652643079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652646855.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 99, "human_ref_A": "The names are pretty different. Singh is a Sikh surname- indeed, THE Sikh surname- and unlikely to go anywhere even if a notoriously despised criminal had it (just ask Boysie Singh). Soong on the other hand sounds Korean to me, possibly one that would very much stand out as odd to an Indian person. Noonien/Noonian could be a common name somewhere for all I know, but I doubt it would make much difference. I mean, I hear \"Rasputin\" is a semicommon name in Russia and won't elicit any funny looks from most people. It's a little like a guy named Leonard Harley Osborn. Yes, it sounds like someone famous. But a native speaker of English will easily hear the difference. It might get you a few amused jokes but it won't be treated as a sign of being some sort of antichrist.", "human_ref_B": "Modern Trek really overhypes Khan as the definitive Big Bad of Earth's past, but that's not really the case. When Kirk's crew first picks up Khan and popsicles, they don't even recognize him. They have to look his name up in a database just to see who he is, so that answers your first question. The name \"Khan Noonien Singh\" to the modern Federation would be like introducing yourself as Temujin at your local gas station. Sure, a history buff might perk up a little bit at the name, but the everyday person would still need to wiki search you to find out who you were. Even when the crew learns Khan's true identity, they actually kind of love him. It's not an instantaneous negative reaction like if you were to meet Hitler, they actually hold an honest debate between them if Khan represents the classical idea of the benevolent tyrant. Only Spock remains somewhat skeptical, and even then, the crew of the Enterprise only turns on Khan when he holds them all hostage. So maybe in the immediate aftermath of the Eugenics Wars, the name Khan Noonien Singh would have held some stigma, but that entire period of history seems to hold more of a stigma towards the practice of genetic manipulation and enhancement than towards any one individual person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3776.0, "score_ratio": 4.3043478261, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqdg0h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] Was Noonien Soong's given name ever described as taboo? After the Eugenics Wars, it kind of feels like naming your kid \"Adolf\".", "c_root_id_A": "i8qcrk4", "c_root_id_B": "i8qbm0o", "created_at_utc_A": 1652643595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652643079.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Not really. Kahn was a big deal during the Eugenics War but he was one of many warlords that seemingly died like all the rest. Naming your child 'Noonien' would be more like naming your child 'Joseph' during the early parts of the Cold War.", "human_ref_B": "The names are pretty different. Singh is a Sikh surname- indeed, THE Sikh surname- and unlikely to go anywhere even if a notoriously despised criminal had it (just ask Boysie Singh). Soong on the other hand sounds Korean to me, possibly one that would very much stand out as odd to an Indian person. Noonien/Noonian could be a common name somewhere for all I know, but I doubt it would make much difference. I mean, I hear \"Rasputin\" is a semicommon name in Russia and won't elicit any funny looks from most people. It's a little like a guy named Leonard Harley Osborn. Yes, it sounds like someone famous. But a native speaker of English will easily hear the difference. It might get you a few amused jokes but it won't be treated as a sign of being some sort of antichrist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 516.0, "score_ratio": 1.6956521739, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wgyfl7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Terminator] Given the T-1000 can run at 40mph could it not fashion itself into some kind of projectile launcher and shoot John?", "c_root_id_A": "ij2e32m", "c_root_id_B": "ij2enee", "created_at_utc_A": 1659713993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659714212.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "Not unless they change the lore. Nothing complex can be imitated by the T2 T-1000. In Gesisys they made it capable of controlling a T-800 In the Sarah Connor Chronicles a T-1001 could be multiple bodies(a person and am eel) at the same time.", "human_ref_B": "Arnold's T-800 has a line in T2 that explains that the T-1000 cannot imitate complex machinery with moving parts, only things like blades, etc. when not in the form of a person. The novelizations explain that the T-1000 is a \"Nanomorph\" that can pose as a person or even inanimate object, but not in such a way as to duplicate the mechanical process of that item. John even asks why it doesn't just make itself a bomb and blow John up, and the T-800 explains this is not possible for these reasons. For example, the T-1000 **could** morph into a rocket launcher or even scooter of similar size, but it could not \"drive\" or \"fire\" itself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 219.0, "score_ratio": 3.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wgyfl7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Terminator] Given the T-1000 can run at 40mph could it not fashion itself into some kind of projectile launcher and shoot John?", "c_root_id_A": "ij2rfvs", "c_root_id_B": "ij2u0up", "created_at_utc_A": 1659719108.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659720101.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Projectiles require chemical reactions such as gunpowder unless it is like a catapult... And with a catapult the parts would be seperated T1000 has not been shown to be able to do either of these things", "human_ref_B": "It never demonstrated separating parts of itself on purpose. Even if it had, what benefit would firing a bit of itself off as an awkward trebuchet have over just shooting John with one of the thousand of readily available hypersonic projectile weapons that it had easy access to?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 993.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5874vw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[The Hobbit Films] How did Smaug get in to the lonely mountain? He made a hell of a mess getting out yet there was no sign of damage when the crew broke in.", "c_root_id_A": "d8yfq57", "c_root_id_B": "d8yhb34", "created_at_utc_A": 1476859046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476863907.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "It's like putting your head through railing. Because of the way your ears flex and your head is shaped, you can ease your head between the rails, but pulling it usually requires either a lot of pain or destruction of a rail. Smaug took his time going in, but coming out he didn't care and so he just tore his way out.", "human_ref_B": "He may also have grown in the many years he's been down there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4861.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5874vw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[The Hobbit Films] How did Smaug get in to the lonely mountain? He made a hell of a mess getting out yet there was no sign of damage when the crew broke in.", "c_root_id_A": "d8yhb34", "c_root_id_B": "d8y167x", "created_at_utc_A": 1476863907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476835209.0, "score_A": 54, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "He may also have grown in the many years he's been down there.", "human_ref_B": "He broke in through the main gate. At some point afterward somebody repaired it. Goblin contractors, maybe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28698.0, "score_ratio": 1.3170731707, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5874vw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[The Hobbit Films] How did Smaug get in to the lonely mountain? He made a hell of a mess getting out yet there was no sign of damage when the crew broke in.", "c_root_id_A": "d8yg3aj", "c_root_id_B": "d8yhb34", "created_at_utc_A": 1476860089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476863907.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Ha probably wasn't in such a hurry or as angry as when he left. He just slithered in... slippery bugger that one.", "human_ref_B": "He may also have grown in the many years he's been down there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3818.0, "score_ratio": 2.347826087, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5874vw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[The Hobbit Films] How did Smaug get in to the lonely mountain? He made a hell of a mess getting out yet there was no sign of damage when the crew broke in.", "c_root_id_A": "d8y167x", "c_root_id_B": "d8yfq57", "created_at_utc_A": 1476835209.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476859046.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "He broke in through the main gate. At some point afterward somebody repaired it. Goblin contractors, maybe.", "human_ref_B": "It's like putting your head through railing. Because of the way your ears flex and your head is shaped, you can ease your head between the rails, but pulling it usually requires either a lot of pain or destruction of a rail. Smaug took his time going in, but coming out he didn't care and so he just tore his way out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23837.0, "score_ratio": 1.0975609756, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5874vw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[The Hobbit Films] How did Smaug get in to the lonely mountain? He made a hell of a mess getting out yet there was no sign of damage when the crew broke in.", "c_root_id_A": "d8yi5uu", "c_root_id_B": "d8yjnyc", "created_at_utc_A": 1476866936.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476872266.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It shows you his breaking in at the start of the first movie.", "human_ref_B": "He was smaller and less fat when he got in", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5330.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "isow7gj", "c_root_id_B": "isovxtn", "created_at_utc_A": 1666024580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666024467.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I would liken it to international travel. Its not an every day thing for most people, its a bit different than traveling domestically and some people do it all the time.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 113.0, "score_ratio": 39.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "isovxtn", "c_root_id_B": "isoxknn", "created_at_utc_A": 1666024467.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666025157.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Its a bit hard to asertain the degree, but time and again we hear ppl booking travel to here and there. So it should be relatively common.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 690.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "ispgny0", "c_root_id_B": "isovxtn", "created_at_utc_A": 1666032777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666024467.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Agree to international travel, but more leaning towards the days when people would take ocean liners, rather than jets. So they have Star Liners in Trek? We only see guests who get ferried around by a Federation Military vessel; what about Paul and James Hammond, going to visit Vulcan on their honeymoon? Do they have to go with the USS Bismarck,.or can they book passage on the \"Logics Wisdom\", a commercial liner?", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8310.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "isp4brm", "c_root_id_B": "isovxtn", "created_at_utc_A": 1666027930.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666024467.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Fairly commen as any time someone gets a job or goes to school in a different system they need to travel by warp. There are definitely people who spend their entire lives on one system but the prevalence of transports, space ports and colony ships indicates that warp travel beyond just Star Fleet is pretty commonplace.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3463.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "isp9mbd", "c_root_id_B": "isovxtn", "created_at_utc_A": 1666030029.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666024467.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Average citizen: Its like international travel, rarely done but within most people's means. Usually they go to visit family in person. The thing to remember is that first off a planet is big, no matter what kind of vacation you want you are going to get an extremely good experience on Earth, for example, so there is no major motivation to go to Riza for example. Further, no one travels by airplanes. You use a transporter on planet in virtually any situation where a plane would be, so traveling via a starship would be a pretty big deal for most travelers. Overall, happens once every few years for some people. Large chunk of the population doesn't leave earth because they have no need to.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5562.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "isovxtn", "c_root_id_B": "ispr2ig", "created_at_utc_A": 1666024467.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666036844.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In short, yes. The Federation provides regularly scheduled warp capable shuttles between member worlds. On world transport is a combination of mass transporters and shuttles. However local transportation is ran by local governments not specifically the Federation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12377.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "isovxtn", "c_root_id_B": "isr2gy0", "created_at_utc_A": 1666024467.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666057939.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's a bit closer to a cruise. You book a flight, and are usually at warp for a good few days, far more than the day or two it takes for 'simple' air travel. Interplanetary, or near-system travel by shuttle or some such might be closer to airplanes. After transwarp beaming was invented, it's probably fairly uncommon if you're just going to the typical tourist trap planets. They'd have transport relays and things, which could let you transport over there far more quickly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33472.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "isovxtn", "c_root_id_B": "ispeu59", "created_at_utc_A": 1666024467.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666032076.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think it depends on how populated your system is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7609.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "isovxtn", "c_root_id_B": "ispgqeq", "created_at_utc_A": 1666024467.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666032803.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I don't believe so, simply because commerce doesn't appear to be as interconnected across star systems as it is between major cities and nations. Trade certainly happens. Freight transport and passenger transport exist, but so much of modern flight depends upon a professional class moving around constantly for work. We don't have supporting evidence of a proportional percentage of travel in the Federation. People just aren't descending on dozens of distant planets nonstop, just for a few days, for networking conferences. There isn't much evidence of privately owned shuttle craft that serve as a private jet equivalent. Just Age of the Sail ports, harbors, and shipping lines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8336.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "ispgny0", "c_root_id_B": "isp4brm", "created_at_utc_A": 1666032777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666027930.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Agree to international travel, but more leaning towards the days when people would take ocean liners, rather than jets. So they have Star Liners in Trek? We only see guests who get ferried around by a Federation Military vessel; what about Paul and James Hammond, going to visit Vulcan on their honeymoon? Do they have to go with the USS Bismarck,.or can they book passage on the \"Logics Wisdom\", a commercial liner?", "human_ref_B": "Fairly commen as any time someone gets a job or goes to school in a different system they need to travel by warp. There are definitely people who spend their entire lives on one system but the prevalence of transports, space ports and colony ships indicates that warp travel beyond just Star Fleet is pretty commonplace.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4847.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "ispgny0", "c_root_id_B": "isp9mbd", "created_at_utc_A": 1666032777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666030029.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Agree to international travel, but more leaning towards the days when people would take ocean liners, rather than jets. So they have Star Liners in Trek? We only see guests who get ferried around by a Federation Military vessel; what about Paul and James Hammond, going to visit Vulcan on their honeymoon? Do they have to go with the USS Bismarck,.or can they book passage on the \"Logics Wisdom\", a commercial liner?", "human_ref_B": "Average citizen: Its like international travel, rarely done but within most people's means. Usually they go to visit family in person. The thing to remember is that first off a planet is big, no matter what kind of vacation you want you are going to get an extremely good experience on Earth, for example, so there is no major motivation to go to Riza for example. Further, no one travels by airplanes. You use a transporter on planet in virtually any situation where a plane would be, so traveling via a starship would be a pretty big deal for most travelers. Overall, happens once every few years for some people. Large chunk of the population doesn't leave earth because they have no need to.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2748.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "ispeu59", "c_root_id_B": "ispgny0", "created_at_utc_A": 1666032076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666032777.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I think it depends on how populated your system is.", "human_ref_B": "Agree to international travel, but more leaning towards the days when people would take ocean liners, rather than jets. So they have Star Liners in Trek? We only see guests who get ferried around by a Federation Military vessel; what about Paul and James Hammond, going to visit Vulcan on their honeymoon? Do they have to go with the USS Bismarck,.or can they book passage on the \"Logics Wisdom\", a commercial liner?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 701.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "ispr2ig", "c_root_id_B": "ispeu59", "created_at_utc_A": 1666036844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666032076.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In short, yes. The Federation provides regularly scheduled warp capable shuttles between member worlds. On world transport is a combination of mass transporters and shuttles. However local transportation is ran by local governments not specifically the Federation.", "human_ref_B": "I think it depends on how populated your system is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4768.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "ispr2ig", "c_root_id_B": "ispgqeq", "created_at_utc_A": 1666036844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666032803.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In short, yes. The Federation provides regularly scheduled warp capable shuttles between member worlds. On world transport is a combination of mass transporters and shuttles. However local transportation is ran by local governments not specifically the Federation.", "human_ref_B": "I don't believe so, simply because commerce doesn't appear to be as interconnected across star systems as it is between major cities and nations. Trade certainly happens. Freight transport and passenger transport exist, but so much of modern flight depends upon a professional class moving around constantly for work. We don't have supporting evidence of a proportional percentage of travel in the Federation. People just aren't descending on dozens of distant planets nonstop, just for a few days, for networking conferences. There isn't much evidence of privately owned shuttle craft that serve as a private jet equivalent. Just Age of the Sail ports, harbors, and shipping lines.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4041.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "ispeu59", "c_root_id_B": "isr2gy0", "created_at_utc_A": 1666032076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666057939.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think it depends on how populated your system is.", "human_ref_B": "It's a bit closer to a cruise. You book a flight, and are usually at warp for a good few days, far more than the day or two it takes for 'simple' air travel. Interplanetary, or near-system travel by shuttle or some such might be closer to airplanes. After transwarp beaming was invented, it's probably fairly uncommon if you're just going to the typical tourist trap planets. They'd have transport relays and things, which could let you transport over there far more quickly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25863.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6fqb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Federation, we have seen that Interstellar Travel by Warp isn't unusual. Nobody seems to bat an eye at it. But how common is it on \"advanced' planets? Do regular civilians travel by Warp Capable vessels to the same extent that 21st Century humans travel by airplane?", "c_root_id_A": "ispgqeq", "c_root_id_B": "isr2gy0", "created_at_utc_A": 1666032803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666057939.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't believe so, simply because commerce doesn't appear to be as interconnected across star systems as it is between major cities and nations. Trade certainly happens. Freight transport and passenger transport exist, but so much of modern flight depends upon a professional class moving around constantly for work. We don't have supporting evidence of a proportional percentage of travel in the Federation. People just aren't descending on dozens of distant planets nonstop, just for a few days, for networking conferences. There isn't much evidence of privately owned shuttle craft that serve as a private jet equivalent. Just Age of the Sail ports, harbors, and shipping lines.", "human_ref_B": "It's a bit closer to a cruise. You book a flight, and are usually at warp for a good few days, far more than the day or two it takes for 'simple' air travel. Interplanetary, or near-system travel by shuttle or some such might be closer to airplanes. After transwarp beaming was invented, it's probably fairly uncommon if you're just going to the typical tourist trap planets. They'd have transport relays and things, which could let you transport over there far more quickly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25136.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27cklc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith] Why does Obi Wan leave Anakin to die a slow and painful death? Wouldn't putting him down after chopping his limbs off and watching him burn be the ethical thing to do?", "c_root_id_A": "chzjtqs", "c_root_id_B": "chzilhy", "created_at_utc_A": 1401940596.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401937535.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "He was furious at the time, overwhelmed with emotion. He knew that if he dealt the killing blow there, he would fall to the Dark Side. Besides, Anakin was his pupil. His brother. He didn't want to see him die and couldn't bring himself to do so in any case.", "human_ref_B": "Killing a harmless and defenseless opponent is not the way of the Jedi.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3061.0, "score_ratio": 2.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27cklc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith] Why does Obi Wan leave Anakin to die a slow and painful death? Wouldn't putting him down after chopping his limbs off and watching him burn be the ethical thing to do?", "c_root_id_A": "chzqx16", "c_root_id_B": "chzlzwu", "created_at_utc_A": 1401970919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401947189.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Well...its basically that Obi-Wan is a douche. He didn't finish him off, ostensibly, because he was in a compromised emotional state and doing the deed would probably have pushed him in a direction he didn't want to go. However, leaving Anakin, also produces the more satisfying outcome of Obi-Wan knowing Anakin is suffering. Obi-Wan has always demonstrated that he is self-serving, does what he needs to do to accomplish what he 'believes' to be best, and he doesn't care how it effects others. Before his duel with Anakin, he states \"only a Sith deals in absolutes,\" which is, itself, an absolute statement. If anything, its the Jedi who deal with absolutes--something is either light or dark. Its the Sith who are willing to embrace the concept of moral grayness. Its arguable that Anakin only embraced the dark side as a means to accomplish something good. How did Anakin even gain training? Obi-Wan, unable to release his personal love, respect, admiration, for Qui Gonn, puts the Council on notice. He is unable to disconnect from his own emotional state, and it leads him to train Anakin, whether the Council is willing to allow it or not. This is the exact opposite of what a Jedi should do--being ruled by the emotion, ignoring obvious danger signs, etc. \"I will train Anakin, without the Council's approval if I must.\" Another absolute statement, and one that carries the threat \"I'm willing to leave the Jedi Order, yet still pass on its teachings and give this boy of dubious history and future, a chance to effect the history of the galaxy.\" To me, its very likely that if Yoda and the Council had held firm in their desire not to train Anakin, Obi-Wan would have left the Order--most likely he'd search out Dooku, Qui-Gonn's old master, and dropped Anakin right into the hands of the Sith. Obi-Wan is a self-centered dick, and he didn't kill Anakin because it gave him more emotional satisfaction not to, and it came with the added bonus of looking great on paper. (Nah, he won't be troubling us, but I also didn't compromise myself with the emotional repercussions of murdering a loved one) Also, if he loved Anakin so much, he would have tried, I think, to put him down again within the next 20 years. Literally, Yoda and Obi-Wan could have EASILY eliminated Darth Vader in the suit, and they had 20 years in which to do so. They didn't even try. They did, however, lie to his son repeatedly about the nature of his father's life, death, etc. Obi-Wan's an asshole.", "human_ref_B": "Because.... Obi Wan had the higher ground?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23730.0, "score_ratio": 1.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27cklc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith] Why does Obi Wan leave Anakin to die a slow and painful death? Wouldn't putting him down after chopping his limbs off and watching him burn be the ethical thing to do?", "c_root_id_A": "chzqx16", "c_root_id_B": "chzogzq", "created_at_utc_A": 1401970919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401957946.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well...its basically that Obi-Wan is a douche. He didn't finish him off, ostensibly, because he was in a compromised emotional state and doing the deed would probably have pushed him in a direction he didn't want to go. However, leaving Anakin, also produces the more satisfying outcome of Obi-Wan knowing Anakin is suffering. Obi-Wan has always demonstrated that he is self-serving, does what he needs to do to accomplish what he 'believes' to be best, and he doesn't care how it effects others. Before his duel with Anakin, he states \"only a Sith deals in absolutes,\" which is, itself, an absolute statement. If anything, its the Jedi who deal with absolutes--something is either light or dark. Its the Sith who are willing to embrace the concept of moral grayness. Its arguable that Anakin only embraced the dark side as a means to accomplish something good. How did Anakin even gain training? Obi-Wan, unable to release his personal love, respect, admiration, for Qui Gonn, puts the Council on notice. He is unable to disconnect from his own emotional state, and it leads him to train Anakin, whether the Council is willing to allow it or not. This is the exact opposite of what a Jedi should do--being ruled by the emotion, ignoring obvious danger signs, etc. \"I will train Anakin, without the Council's approval if I must.\" Another absolute statement, and one that carries the threat \"I'm willing to leave the Jedi Order, yet still pass on its teachings and give this boy of dubious history and future, a chance to effect the history of the galaxy.\" To me, its very likely that if Yoda and the Council had held firm in their desire not to train Anakin, Obi-Wan would have left the Order--most likely he'd search out Dooku, Qui-Gonn's old master, and dropped Anakin right into the hands of the Sith. Obi-Wan is a self-centered dick, and he didn't kill Anakin because it gave him more emotional satisfaction not to, and it came with the added bonus of looking great on paper. (Nah, he won't be troubling us, but I also didn't compromise myself with the emotional repercussions of murdering a loved one) Also, if he loved Anakin so much, he would have tried, I think, to put him down again within the next 20 years. Literally, Yoda and Obi-Wan could have EASILY eliminated Darth Vader in the suit, and they had 20 years in which to do so. They didn't even try. They did, however, lie to his son repeatedly about the nature of his father's life, death, etc. Obi-Wan's an asshole.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps he was afraid that he'd become more powerful than you could possibly imagine... Obi Wan didn't really understand death.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12973.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27cklc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith] Why does Obi Wan leave Anakin to die a slow and painful death? Wouldn't putting him down after chopping his limbs off and watching him burn be the ethical thing to do?", "c_root_id_A": "chztcix", "c_root_id_B": "chzogzq", "created_at_utc_A": 1401977979.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401957946.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Anakin could be *very* annoying", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps he was afraid that he'd become more powerful than you could possibly imagine... Obi Wan didn't really understand death.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20033.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27cklc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith] Why does Obi Wan leave Anakin to die a slow and painful death? Wouldn't putting him down after chopping his limbs off and watching him burn be the ethical thing to do?", "c_root_id_A": "chztcix", "c_root_id_B": "chzqydn", "created_at_utc_A": 1401977979.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401971053.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Anakin could be *very* annoying", "human_ref_B": "Because Aniken was unarmed execution (which at that point it would have been) is not the Jedi way. If Nniken still had his saber and was swinging it at him then it would probably have been a different story", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6926.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27cklc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith] Why does Obi Wan leave Anakin to die a slow and painful death? Wouldn't putting him down after chopping his limbs off and watching him burn be the ethical thing to do?", "c_root_id_A": "ci0wrxq", "c_root_id_B": "ci06d0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1402081464.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1402004284.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The better solution would be for Obi Wan to take him prisoner. The jedi seem big into trials and justice. He should have brought him back to stand trial and to divulge all he knew about the emperor.", "human_ref_B": "He killed a bunch of kids and was a complete dick, obi probably thought something along the lines of \"Ok you little fucker you've made your bed now lie in it.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 77180.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y2nau6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[DC] Outside Gotham City (e.g. with the Justice League), Batman is the famous Caped Crusader. Inside it, he is the mysterious Dark Knight. How does he keep these separate? Does he keep Gotham under some kind of cultural quarantine (which would also help keep its Arkham-style madness from spreading)?", "c_root_id_A": "is3wi9p", "c_root_id_B": "is41gqs", "created_at_utc_A": 1665629193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665631692.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think it would be more to do with outside of Gotham people only really see him be part of large heroic acts and working alongside heroes Superman so their opinion is more \u201cwoah this cool bat guy that\u2019s friends with the Superman!\u201d. In Gotham people for years have seen or heard about what he does to fight crime, how brutal it will get and how he can be lurking anywhere. The people of Gotham know the \u201creal\u201d Batman in a sense.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2499.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y2nau6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[DC] Outside Gotham City (e.g. with the Justice League), Batman is the famous Caped Crusader. Inside it, he is the mysterious Dark Knight. How does he keep these separate? Does he keep Gotham under some kind of cultural quarantine (which would also help keep its Arkham-style madness from spreading)?", "c_root_id_A": "is3wi9p", "c_root_id_B": "is43sb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665629193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665632948.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think it\u2019s more about the timeline. In the beginning, Batman is the \u201cdark knight\u201d, an urban legend that nobody outside of Gotham is even sure is real, and within Gotham conspiracy theories about him run wild. But in a few years, once Bats gets settled in, starts doing work outside of city limits, and meets other world-spanning heroes, he starts gaining a public image. The \u201ccaped crusader\u201d, the spooky and mysterious member of the Justice League that never takes questions, has near infinite unaccounted-for wealth, and occasionally does the silhouette lineup with the other founding members.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3755.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y2nau6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[DC] Outside Gotham City (e.g. with the Justice League), Batman is the famous Caped Crusader. Inside it, he is the mysterious Dark Knight. How does he keep these separate? Does he keep Gotham under some kind of cultural quarantine (which would also help keep its Arkham-style madness from spreading)?", "c_root_id_A": "is5g4nv", "c_root_id_B": "is3wi9p", "created_at_utc_A": 1665666856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665629193.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Beats me, maybe he just saves the Ol Blue suit for public appearances with the League, where he doesn't need to be so sneaky Gotham's dark weirdness does seem to be a bit localized, much like Fawcett City's quaint innocence and Metropolis' futuristic wondrousness don't seem to impact the rest of the world around them that much.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37663.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y2nau6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[DC] Outside Gotham City (e.g. with the Justice League), Batman is the famous Caped Crusader. Inside it, he is the mysterious Dark Knight. How does he keep these separate? Does he keep Gotham under some kind of cultural quarantine (which would also help keep its Arkham-style madness from spreading)?", "c_root_id_A": "is3wi9p", "c_root_id_B": "is6f4z7", "created_at_utc_A": 1665629193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665681203.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Nope. He\u2019s only famous outside of Gotham due to his association with the Justice League. Even then he\u2019s still pretty mysterious to the public. Bats let\u2019s more charismatic members like Superman or Wonder Woman be the public face. The majority of the time he\u2019s doing his own thing and will interact with the league for emergencies or if it relates to his agenda.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52010.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y2nau6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[DC] Outside Gotham City (e.g. with the Justice League), Batman is the famous Caped Crusader. Inside it, he is the mysterious Dark Knight. How does he keep these separate? Does he keep Gotham under some kind of cultural quarantine (which would also help keep its Arkham-style madness from spreading)?", "c_root_id_A": "is6ioj0", "c_root_id_B": "is3wi9p", "created_at_utc_A": 1665682568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665629193.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Goint off of the cartoon series \"The Batman\" it seems like the Dark Knight persona was from his early days fighting thugs, mafiosos, and bankrobbers in Gotham: mostly normal humans with interesting inventions and eccentric outfits. Once most of those guys were safely put away, Gotham was relatively safe, the police became friendly allies, and he had a whole Bat-Family to patrol the streets for him, *then* he became a world-famous JL member fighting planet-level threats. But, as other posters mentioned, his persona in the JL is still \"the mysterious and menacing quiet guy\", so not much has changed there.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 53375.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qobfnn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Has there ever been a time Batman killed without becoming a monster? Batman's greatest reason for not killing is fear that he'll turn evil, but has he ever taken a life, even if purely on impulse or by accident, without becoming a bad guy?", "c_root_id_A": "hjlx1mc", "c_root_id_B": "hjm17og", "created_at_utc_A": 1636239816.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636241733.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "The movies had him kill bad guys pretty indiscriminately", "human_ref_B": "If i remember right, the earliest Detective Comic issues of Batman had him quite often kill someone. He also used guns back then.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1917.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qobfnn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Has there ever been a time Batman killed without becoming a monster? Batman's greatest reason for not killing is fear that he'll turn evil, but has he ever taken a life, even if purely on impulse or by accident, without becoming a bad guy?", "c_root_id_A": "hjnyrrt", "c_root_id_B": "hjrl9my", "created_at_utc_A": 1636287667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636344786.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He killed the Joker during Endgame. He didn't become a monster.", "human_ref_B": "He shot Darkside with a special made bullet, during the events of the Final Crisis (pre-flashpoint). Granted, that didn't kill him, the Black Racer finished him off, but he fully intended to go through with the act. He came back later after his journey through time to the vanishing point, and seemed no worse for the wear.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57119.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qobfnn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Has there ever been a time Batman killed without becoming a monster? Batman's greatest reason for not killing is fear that he'll turn evil, but has he ever taken a life, even if purely on impulse or by accident, without becoming a bad guy?", "c_root_id_A": "hjpcy72", "c_root_id_B": "hjrl9my", "created_at_utc_A": 1636309790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636344786.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I remember in the spawn crossover he had no problem crippling people which I thought was... odd", "human_ref_B": "He shot Darkside with a special made bullet, during the events of the Final Crisis (pre-flashpoint). Granted, that didn't kill him, the Black Racer finished him off, but he fully intended to go through with the act. He came back later after his journey through time to the vanishing point, and seemed no worse for the wear.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34996.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5r6wo9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Bloodborne, The Witcher] I'm a young new Witcher and want to try my skills out in a New environment, I heard of a town plagued by beast, what challenges can I expect here?", "c_root_id_A": "dd566hn", "c_root_id_B": "dd56vrj", "created_at_utc_A": 1485871602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485872622.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "I think you want to stay out. Your skills would prove, no doubt, but your chances of leaving are slim. If you manage to leave, you will not remember a thing.", "human_ref_B": "Yarnham is notoriously xenophobic and largely unwilling to allow outsiders, you may have an easier time of it if your there to hunt though. Firstly you'll need a contract with a patron, to guide you on the long night. Next a transfusion of sacred blood will be necessary, even for one such as yourself, as the beasts here can be quite nightmarish. Swords should suffice for now, though you may find some older more useful tools of the trade. Keep an eye out for aid, those that do not attack on sight may prove powerful allies. Lastly the beasts here are born of men. As the full moon rises in the sky all men addled by blood become beasts and those that partook the most, namely those of the healing church, become the most fearsome beasts. Tread lightly witcher, you are not yet a hunter of this city.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1020.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5r6wo9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Bloodborne, The Witcher] I'm a young new Witcher and want to try my skills out in a New environment, I heard of a town plagued by beast, what challenges can I expect here?", "c_root_id_A": "dd566hn", "c_root_id_B": "dd5b6kk", "created_at_utc_A": 1485871602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485878110.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think you want to stay out. Your skills would prove, no doubt, but your chances of leaving are slim. If you manage to leave, you will not remember a thing.", "human_ref_B": "Oh boy are you in for the challenge of your life. As said by others Death limbo and rebirth. But you know what I say that is? EXPERIENCE! You learn to fight a wide variety of monsters, ghouls, and abhorrent gods with no major consequences of death. Yeah sure. The constant bloodshed and death has driven many before you insane. But to those who make it out become gods amongst men. No doubt your instructors told you of the great witcher Thorakill of Janson. Already a genius of witcher combat mastering both school of the Wolf and School of the griffin. Took up a contract in yarhnam one day. For our world he was gone a single night in the city. For him it was ten years. He didn't speak much of the horrors he witnessed in the city. Even his hand written diarys have large number of pages of scratched out through fear of not being believed. On the upside he was unmatched in combat. Tales tell that he once slew a basilisk by him self with a weapon he constructed called a saw cleaver. He walked away with out a scratch nor ragged breath.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6508.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5r6wo9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Bloodborne, The Witcher] I'm a young new Witcher and want to try my skills out in a New environment, I heard of a town plagued by beast, what challenges can I expect here?", "c_root_id_A": "dd592g5", "c_root_id_B": "dd5b6kk", "created_at_utc_A": 1485875549.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485878110.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I hope you like tentacles, and blood. I personally find it quite...stimulating.", "human_ref_B": "Oh boy are you in for the challenge of your life. As said by others Death limbo and rebirth. But you know what I say that is? EXPERIENCE! You learn to fight a wide variety of monsters, ghouls, and abhorrent gods with no major consequences of death. Yeah sure. The constant bloodshed and death has driven many before you insane. But to those who make it out become gods amongst men. No doubt your instructors told you of the great witcher Thorakill of Janson. Already a genius of witcher combat mastering both school of the Wolf and School of the griffin. Took up a contract in yarhnam one day. For our world he was gone a single night in the city. For him it was ten years. He didn't speak much of the horrors he witnessed in the city. Even his hand written diarys have large number of pages of scratched out through fear of not being believed. On the upside he was unmatched in combat. Tales tell that he once slew a basilisk by him self with a weapon he constructed called a saw cleaver. He walked away with out a scratch nor ragged breath.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2561.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yuewn5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Mister Immortal is said to be \"homo supreme\", a step above \"homo superior\" (i.e. mutant). So what does Magneto, an ardent pro-mutant, think of the man? Magneto is all for the superior species, but Mister Immortal is technically even more superior than the standard mutants. So what does he think of the man?", "c_root_id_A": "iw9jpe1", "c_root_id_B": "iw8z4rm", "created_at_utc_A": 1668383585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668374908.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You're taking the scientific names too literally. They're a different sub-species from homo sapiens. The name doesn't actually mean anything other than that. Homo novissima and homo mermamus follow suite. Magneto has no personal reason to be bothered or to think about Craig Hollis, unless he represents a threat to mutants.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8677.0, "score_ratio": 42.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yuewn5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Mister Immortal is said to be \"homo supreme\", a step above \"homo superior\" (i.e. mutant). So what does Magneto, an ardent pro-mutant, think of the man? Magneto is all for the superior species, but Mister Immortal is technically even more superior than the standard mutants. So what does he think of the man?", "c_root_id_A": "iw8z4rm", "c_root_id_B": "iwa6v7g", "created_at_utc_A": 1668374908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668394510.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I don't think that's generally Magneto's concern. He's not like for example Apocalypse, all about survival of the fittest and whatnot, even though he might seem that way with his stance towards mutants vs baseline humans. He's more about ensuring that his group, that being mutants, are prosperous, regardless of the means. Now of course there's a lot you can say about that, but for the most part I don't see why he would much care about Mister Immortal being allegedly better than normal human mutants, as long as he doesn't represent a threat to them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19602.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "35psoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Aoiaf/game of thrones]I have forged my chain and have been sent to my new home. The current lord is a horrid man. I did not swear duty to this man. I swore it to the realm. His son seems capable in all the ways his father is not. For the good of the realm should i use my knowledge of poisons to allow his son to come to power?", "c_root_id_A": "cr6mayd", "c_root_id_B": "cr6nvhn", "created_at_utc_A": 1431443026.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431445547.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Duty to the realm and duty to your lord are one and the same. It may be difficult, but where would we be if those who serve took it upon themselves to choose their leaders? As a Maester, you are learned in the ways of natural philosophy and letters, but nobility and leadership are in the blood. If you do this thing, what's to stop others from doing the same. Soon, those descendants of the First Men and chosen by the Old Gods and the new will be killed in the name of some misguided belief that those who serve might also choose their leaders, and the realm will descend into anarchy.", "human_ref_B": "The duty of the Maester is to heal, to teach, and to mentor. It is your sole purpose to do your best to make the incumbent lord not a horrid man. It is your job to make him a better leader to serve the realm. If you are unprepared or unwilling to do this job, then turn in your chain. It is not upon you to determine the fate of the realm (at least, not in such a direct manner). Be thankful. Other Maesters have it worse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2521.0, "score_ratio": 2.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "35psoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Aoiaf/game of thrones]I have forged my chain and have been sent to my new home. The current lord is a horrid man. I did not swear duty to this man. I swore it to the realm. His son seems capable in all the ways his father is not. For the good of the realm should i use my knowledge of poisons to allow his son to come to power?", "c_root_id_A": "cr6wssr", "c_root_id_B": "cr6yq9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1431459097.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431462003.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maesters aren't sworn to the whole realm, they're sworn to a specific castle, and whoever may be holding it at the time. It is not your place to decide who rules.", "human_ref_B": "You think *you* have it bad? Here we have no booze, a bunch of zombies are running amok in the caves and on the surface, and every day one of our pets falls from the damn ceiling and explodes all over us!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2906.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "35psoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Aoiaf/game of thrones]I have forged my chain and have been sent to my new home. The current lord is a horrid man. I did not swear duty to this man. I swore it to the realm. His son seems capable in all the ways his father is not. For the good of the realm should i use my knowledge of poisons to allow his son to come to power?", "c_root_id_A": "cra62kx", "c_root_id_B": "cr6wssr", "created_at_utc_A": 1431709235.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431459097.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Look, maesters' jobs 99% of the time is making sure your lord does not fall ill with something unpleasant. Give him advice when he asks of it, medicine when he needs it, and keep out of his way the rest of the time. Make sure the Ravens are kept in order as well, this job alone makes you invaluable to him. Dont poison him or anyone else until told otherwise by the citadel.", "human_ref_B": "Maesters aren't sworn to the whole realm, they're sworn to a specific castle, and whoever may be holding it at the time. It is not your place to decide who rules.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 250138.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2masf9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "Meta-post/question regarding the sub: Is it Ask-ScienceFiction or AskScience-Fiction? I read the rules, and it does seem to *lean* toward a subreddit dedicated to asking about Sci-Fi works (TV shows, movies, literature, etc.)... i.e. **Ask-*ScienceFiction*.** A lot of the time, posts/questions involve technically ***non-scientific*** questions that take place a science-fiction world. **For example**, a question regarding Neo's motives in *The Matrix*, and whether his iteration (6th, I believe) was the *chosen*-chosen one -- which would be more of a philosophical question, and dealing with the ideas of fate, determinism, destination etc. than a *science* question. Now, personally, I obviously have no problem with this sort of question since -- if I understand this sub correctly -- this would be an example of asking question \"Ask-*ScienceFiction*\" subreddit, and asking *any* (reasonable) questions about something in a *science-fiction* movie would be within the purview of the sub. **But what about *science* questions in a *non-sci-fi* film?** For example, if I had a question regarding, say, *Adaptation\" -- which is obviously fiction, but also obviously not sci-fi -- and I had questions regarding the evolutionary/adaptive theories they talked about, i.e. how orchids and flowers will mimic the mating attributes of the opposite sex of bees, moths, and other insects, and that would allow for pollination. Now, this would be a strictly scientific question, but it would obviously be in a non-sci-fi film. But it would also be a question \"without a home,\" so to speak. I feel like if I were to ask it at /r/AskScience, I would be referred to this sub, since it's hard enough to get strictly scientific questions answered there (I've had at least 6-7 AskScience posts and they NEVER get even one point of attention; /r/AskScience seems to really be a pissing contest sub, where there will be maybe only 8-10 actual questions a day, but they'll have 300+ comments OVER-explaining the answers, with people trying to outdo each other on who has the better/best answer. How about focusing on answering 30-40 questions a day with maybe 30-40 comments on each post? But I digress...) **TL;DR -- Anyway, what sub is this? Ask-ScienceFiction, AskScience-Fiction, or both?** Thanks in advance!", "c_root_id_A": "cm2lze2", "c_root_id_B": "cm2mwtv", "created_at_utc_A": 1415994674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415996358.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "http://imgur.com/kzk64Zh", "human_ref_B": "here is a rather extensive rules post.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1684.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yblvve", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Tolkien] Magic artefacts: Compare the requirements to make a Ring of Power vs a sword that glows in the presence of goblins. Are powerful objects easier to make than weaker ones? In *Rings of Power*, >!the circular shape of the Three Elven Rings causes natural light from mithril alloys to infinitely and exponentially reflect upon itself resulting in a runaway amplification effect which bathes the whole world in preservation.!< Does the restrained light from swords like Glamdring and Orcrist suggest a higher degree of precision and artifice? What are the strongest and weakest magical items in Middle Earth, and how were they made?", "c_root_id_A": "itha4rm", "c_root_id_B": "ith15pg", "created_at_utc_A": 1666545691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666542063.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's a little hard to say. Magical items in Tolkien aren't generally like magical items in most other fantasy worlds. Elves They elves have glowing ropes and food that can fill you for a day with a bite not because they know magic words or rituals or anything, but simply because they're really good at making ropes and food. The magic (or maybe \"magic\") is an extension of natural skill rather then something added to the process. This means that unlike in, say, D&D, in middle earth magic artifacts aren't really a different kind of *thing* to mundane items. There are a few exceptions (The One Ring, most notably) where there is a clear supernatural extra thing put in, but they're rare and unique. Generally, a \"magic item\" is just a supernaturally good method of making a normal item, in exactly the same way using steel is just a better method of making metal items then using bronze.. As such, there's not really an answer to your question. Making magic items is just like making mundane items except you're really good at it- the process of making Sting and Lembas Bread aren't any more connected then making a normal sword and loaf of bread are.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3628.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yblvve", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Tolkien] Magic artefacts: Compare the requirements to make a Ring of Power vs a sword that glows in the presence of goblins. Are powerful objects easier to make than weaker ones? In *Rings of Power*, >!the circular shape of the Three Elven Rings causes natural light from mithril alloys to infinitely and exponentially reflect upon itself resulting in a runaway amplification effect which bathes the whole world in preservation.!< Does the restrained light from swords like Glamdring and Orcrist suggest a higher degree of precision and artifice? What are the strongest and weakest magical items in Middle Earth, and how were they made?", "c_root_id_A": "ith15pg", "c_root_id_B": "ith8y0u", "created_at_utc_A": 1666542063.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666545224.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "All of the Rings of Power were made using techniques specifically taught to them by Sauron, a divine being and student of Aule, god of crafts. As far as is known, swords like Glamdring and Orcrist required no such special techniques. So I would rank the rings as requiring a higher degree of precision and artifice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3161.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yblvve", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Tolkien] Magic artefacts: Compare the requirements to make a Ring of Power vs a sword that glows in the presence of goblins. Are powerful objects easier to make than weaker ones? In *Rings of Power*, >!the circular shape of the Three Elven Rings causes natural light from mithril alloys to infinitely and exponentially reflect upon itself resulting in a runaway amplification effect which bathes the whole world in preservation.!< Does the restrained light from swords like Glamdring and Orcrist suggest a higher degree of precision and artifice? What are the strongest and weakest magical items in Middle Earth, and how were they made?", "c_root_id_A": "itl6011", "c_root_id_B": "ith15pg", "created_at_utc_A": 1666618880.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666542063.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Lay off the hobbit pipe-weed young lad, it seems to have rotten your brain.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 76817.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yblvve", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Tolkien] Magic artefacts: Compare the requirements to make a Ring of Power vs a sword that glows in the presence of goblins. Are powerful objects easier to make than weaker ones? In *Rings of Power*, >!the circular shape of the Three Elven Rings causes natural light from mithril alloys to infinitely and exponentially reflect upon itself resulting in a runaway amplification effect which bathes the whole world in preservation.!< Does the restrained light from swords like Glamdring and Orcrist suggest a higher degree of precision and artifice? What are the strongest and weakest magical items in Middle Earth, and how were they made?", "c_root_id_A": "ith8y0u", "c_root_id_B": "itha4rm", "created_at_utc_A": 1666545224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666545691.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "All of the Rings of Power were made using techniques specifically taught to them by Sauron, a divine being and student of Aule, god of crafts. As far as is known, swords like Glamdring and Orcrist required no such special techniques. So I would rank the rings as requiring a higher degree of precision and artifice.", "human_ref_B": "It's a little hard to say. Magical items in Tolkien aren't generally like magical items in most other fantasy worlds. Elves They elves have glowing ropes and food that can fill you for a day with a bite not because they know magic words or rituals or anything, but simply because they're really good at making ropes and food. The magic (or maybe \"magic\") is an extension of natural skill rather then something added to the process. This means that unlike in, say, D&D, in middle earth magic artifacts aren't really a different kind of *thing* to mundane items. There are a few exceptions (The One Ring, most notably) where there is a clear supernatural extra thing put in, but they're rare and unique. Generally, a \"magic item\" is just a supernaturally good method of making a normal item, in exactly the same way using steel is just a better method of making metal items then using bronze.. As such, there's not really an answer to your question. Making magic items is just like making mundane items except you're really good at it- the process of making Sting and Lembas Bread aren't any more connected then making a normal sword and loaf of bread are.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 467.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a5zsp7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Harry Potter/The Matrix] If a random human grown by the machines and added to the Matrix happened to be genetically predisposed to being a Muggleborn Wizard, what would happen once they reached an age where their powers began to manifest?", "c_root_id_A": "ebqkijs", "c_root_id_B": "ebqo44q", "created_at_utc_A": 1544750431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544753531.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "The machines would pick up on the anomolous activity, investigate the pod, observe the random unconcious magic, take them away for vivisection and then presumably try to breed and farm more wizards.", "human_ref_B": "Everything that happens in the Matrix is according to Matrix code, so their magic wouldn't manifest on the inside. On the outside, the Machines would be having some extremely weird reports in the vicinity of this person's pod. Given that it's not explainable by normal physics, it would be very hard for the Machines to nail down even for the purposes of studying. Most likely they just write off that pod as hopelessly anomalous in harmful ways and flush it. In Matrix, the kid dies in a car wreck or something, and outside they just flush the pod and replace the kid with a less anomalous specimen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3100.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g2uuc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Harry Potter] So I'm a young Wizard that's recently graduated from Hogwarts. Unfortunately there aren't any vacancies at the Ministry of Magic, and I can't get a loan to open up a store. What other employment opportunities might I be eligible for?", "c_root_id_A": "fnnqdio", "c_root_id_B": "fnntujz", "created_at_utc_A": 1587098742.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587101551.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "~~Romania~~ Albania has an opening for dark lord", "human_ref_B": "I mean you can always work for someone. Surely some shopkeeper needs employees, or skilled magic users are needed by somebody", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2809.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4u32k8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World] What has happened to the plateau and its prehistoric inhabitants over the past 114 years?", "c_root_id_A": "d5mjzul", "c_root_id_B": "d5mmcoi", "created_at_utc_A": 1469206932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469209846.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Due to the loss of the original map and how poorly the journey to the plateau was documented, I don't believe anyone has since mounted a successful expedition.", "human_ref_B": "Clearcutting over the past five decades has caused the collapse of the ecology on the plateau. No evidence of the ape-men remained and very few dinosaurs were left. The area was recently opened for oil exploration. Fearing that rumors of dinosaurs in the region would cause the area to be designated as an International Biosphere, thus closing off the potential for petro-fuel extraction, the oil company sent a few teams of fixers to bury the evidence. The Accala were paid off and relocated and their village bulldozed. What few dinosaurs remained were quietly poached and sold on the Chinese medicine black market.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2914.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9w7557", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Why does doctor Doom hate Reed Richards so much ? I have next to zero knowledge when it comes to the FF, but i know that there is a great intolerance between them and doctor Doom, especialy with mister fantastic. Why is that ? Did Reed somehow offended Victor or does Victor feel inferior next to Reed ? ​", "c_root_id_A": "e9ie3vs", "c_root_id_B": "e9i865h", "created_at_utc_A": 1541971754.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541968228.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "So, Doom and Reed were rivals in college. Both were geniuses, but they didn't get a long. Doom is much more practical, Reed much more theoretical. Doom believes in the supernatural as just another part of the universe, Reed thinks that's complete nonsense. Reed went into Doom's dorm without permission, saw that he was working on a device to go to another dimension. (Doom wanted to go to Hell and fight the devil to save the soul of his mom. Reed saw it as an unstable dimensional portal to an unknown realm.) Reed pointed out all of the ways that it wouldn't work, and Doom refused to listen. Partially because their rivalry had been heated, that really Reed was in the wrong for going into Doom's dorm and looking at his private papers, but also because Doom's plans were based on an understanding of the supernatural that he knew Reed didn't appreciate. Still, Reed was right. He may not have known what dimension Doom was trying to explore, but he knew that the device would literally blow up in his face. Doom couldn't stand that. Couldn't stand that Reed, all superior and thinks he knows better than everyone else. Doom is a vain man, a proud man, and took that as an insult. Now, Doom has used Reed as a scapegoat for his problems. It's easier to blame Reed as somehow responsible, for sabotaging his success, than to admit that he's screwed up on occasion. Doom knows he's being petty, and while normally he is an honorable man who genuinely cares for the people of the country he runs, and really thinks the world would be a genuinely better place if he were ruling it, Reed is his weakness, the part of him that he just can never get over. At the core, Doom is a petty jerk, and Reed is his rival and the one man who can best him in pure science. Doom refuses to acknowledge that he has anyone better than him in science. (He's okay with Dr. Strange being a better sorcerer, because Doom doesn't really focus on magic primarily. He's a scientist who also uses spells, more than a sorcerer that also uses technology. Also, he's pretty sure his combo of science and tech is enough to beat Strange if he really had to.)", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Doom is the second smartest guy in the world. Reed Richards is the smartest, and Doom knows it. It's pure jealousy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3526.0, "score_ratio": 2.3928571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9w7557", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Why does doctor Doom hate Reed Richards so much ? I have next to zero knowledge when it comes to the FF, but i know that there is a great intolerance between them and doctor Doom, especialy with mister fantastic. Why is that ? Did Reed somehow offended Victor or does Victor feel inferior next to Reed ? ​", "c_root_id_A": "e9kkcg2", "c_root_id_B": "e9ji525", "created_at_utc_A": 1542050757.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542007642.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Because when they were in school, everyone laughed at Victor when he said he had a girlfriend who lived in Canada that no one ever met, yet Richards says he has a hot girlfriend but she's invisible and everyone believes him. Asshole.", "human_ref_B": "Reed is a giant flaming penis.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43115.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9w7557", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Why does doctor Doom hate Reed Richards so much ? I have next to zero knowledge when it comes to the FF, but i know that there is a great intolerance between them and doctor Doom, especialy with mister fantastic. Why is that ? Did Reed somehow offended Victor or does Victor feel inferior next to Reed ? ​", "c_root_id_A": "e9nw50p", "c_root_id_B": "e9ji525", "created_at_utc_A": 1542170545.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542007642.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "These two penultimate pages of the latest Secret Wars sum a large part of their relationship up. Doom has a massive inferiority complex towards Reed. Despite all his own struggles and achievements, Doom has always believed that Reed feels himself better than Doom. But upon hearing Reed admit it himself, Doom concedes the point.", "human_ref_B": "Reed is a giant flaming penis.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 162903.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j19m9cg", "c_root_id_B": "j19o7m1", "created_at_utc_A": 1671732248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671733006.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 348, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think she correctly anticipated that Tony would find it more hot than suspicious.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 758.0, "score_ratio": 348.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j19ox9u", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671733280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 106, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There's enough folks out there who study Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Krav Maga that it's not really a massive stretch that a young, fit woman has enough moves to get the better of an aging bodyguard in a friendly sparring match.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1032.0, "score_ratio": 106.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j19n34x", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671732569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 106, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "How would her cover be blown? Taking advantage of an opponent\u2019s distraction and body doesn\u2019t make me Shang-Chi.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 321.0, "score_ratio": 106.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j19m9cg", "c_root_id_B": "j19o9gm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671732248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671733026.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 96, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Beating one guy at boxing doesn't really reveal her as a secret agent. She could just be a good boxer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 778.0, "score_ratio": 96.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1azccz", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671752130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I always thought she was trying to showcase that she could potentially be a better bodyguard for Tony. I thought the plan was to get closer to Stark by any means [+]", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19882.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1bidno", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671760865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "But Tony did get suspicious. Cuz he started digging into her background soon after.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28617.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1b8c11", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671756182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you are very good at something, it is very hard to pretend to be bad at it, without being totally obvious.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23934.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j19m9cg", "c_root_id_B": "j1afsr5", "created_at_utc_A": 1671732248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671743865.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Happy isn\u2019t some hardened fighter. He\u2019s Tony\u2019s driver/valet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11617.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1blxm2", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671762528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A beautiful woman that practices boxing for self-defense is already a plausible enough reason.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30280.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1a5oc0", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671739860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Might have been muscle memory. Her body was following through before her brain told her she shouldn't in this particular instance. The Red Room was pretty ruthless in honing her to be a killing machine.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7612.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1bn3wu", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671763080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If a woman knows how to fight most people won't assume badass secret agent. They'll probably think that it's a dangerous world and she took kickboxing and MMA classes.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30832.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1abr7m", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671742257.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "She wasn\u2019t even there, mentally, just in muscle memory. Probably intended to land a hit or two and lose to him, the checked back into reality right before she killed him by putting his elbow through his anus by way of his ear-hole.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "SHIELD agents honestly get a ton of flexibility for how to go about their goals and daily lives, and no one gets more leeway than Black Widow", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12384.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1alolo", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671746249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think the only answer is that Happy is incompetent/is only a boxer not an MMA fighter. Rewatching the clip BW does a pretty obscene takedown that any MMA fighter would recognize as super high level, if not outright impossible. So a mix of Happy not being knowledgeable and Tony and Pepper not knowing any kind of high level fighting", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14001.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1cxyjt", "c_root_id_B": "j19m9cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671793678.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732248.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Tony Stark: \u201cWho taught you how to fight like that?\u201d Arya Stark: \u201cNobody-ski.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think it just made her a more valuable personal assistant as she can help protect him if need be - helps her in getting closer to him if she is on his personal team", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 67359.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j19o7m1", "c_root_id_B": "j19n34x", "created_at_utc_A": 1671733006.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671732569.0, "score_A": 348, "score_B": 106, "human_ref_A": "I think she correctly anticipated that Tony would find it more hot than suspicious.", "human_ref_B": "How would her cover be blown? Taking advantage of an opponent\u2019s distraction and body doesn\u2019t make me Shang-Chi.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 437.0, "score_ratio": 3.2830188679, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j19ox9u", "c_root_id_B": "j19o9gm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671733280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671733026.0, "score_A": 106, "score_B": 96, "human_ref_A": "There's enough folks out there who study Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Krav Maga that it's not really a massive stretch that a young, fit woman has enough moves to get the better of an aging bodyguard in a friendly sparring match.", "human_ref_B": "Beating one guy at boxing doesn't really reveal her as a secret agent. She could just be a good boxer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 254.0, "score_ratio": 1.1041666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1azccz", "c_root_id_B": "j1afsr5", "created_at_utc_A": 1671752130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671743865.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I always thought she was trying to showcase that she could potentially be a better bodyguard for Tony. I thought the plan was to get closer to Stark by any means [+]", "human_ref_B": "Happy isn\u2019t some hardened fighter. He\u2019s Tony\u2019s driver/valet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8265.0, "score_ratio": 2.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1a5oc0", "c_root_id_B": "j1azccz", "created_at_utc_A": 1671739860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671752130.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Might have been muscle memory. Her body was following through before her brain told her she shouldn't in this particular instance. The Red Room was pretty ruthless in honing her to be a killing machine.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought she was trying to showcase that she could potentially be a better bodyguard for Tony. I thought the plan was to get closer to Stark by any means [+]", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12270.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1abr7m", "c_root_id_B": "j1azccz", "created_at_utc_A": 1671742257.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671752130.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "She wasn\u2019t even there, mentally, just in muscle memory. Probably intended to land a hit or two and lose to him, the checked back into reality right before she killed him by putting his elbow through his anus by way of his ear-hole.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought she was trying to showcase that she could potentially be a better bodyguard for Tony. I thought the plan was to get closer to Stark by any means [+]", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9873.0, "score_ratio": 6.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ahphq", "c_root_id_B": "j1azccz", "created_at_utc_A": 1671744632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671752130.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "SHIELD agents honestly get a ton of flexibility for how to go about their goals and daily lives, and no one gets more leeway than Black Widow", "human_ref_B": "I always thought she was trying to showcase that she could potentially be a better bodyguard for Tony. 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Cuz he started digging into her background soon after.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4683.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1bidno", "c_root_id_B": "j1afsr5", "created_at_utc_A": 1671760865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671743865.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "But Tony did get suspicious. Cuz he started digging into her background soon after.", "human_ref_B": "Happy isn\u2019t some hardened fighter. 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Cuz he started digging into her background soon after.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21005.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1abr7m", "c_root_id_B": "j1bidno", "created_at_utc_A": 1671742257.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671760865.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "She wasn\u2019t even there, mentally, just in muscle memory. Probably intended to land a hit or two and lose to him, the checked back into reality right before she killed him by putting his elbow through his anus by way of his ear-hole.", "human_ref_B": "But Tony did get suspicious. 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The Red Room was pretty ruthless in honing her to be a killing machine.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16322.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1b8c11", "c_root_id_B": "j1abr7m", "created_at_utc_A": 1671756182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671742257.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If you are very good at something, it is very hard to pretend to be bad at it, without being totally obvious.", "human_ref_B": "She wasn\u2019t even there, mentally, just in muscle memory. 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Rewatching the clip BW does a pretty obscene takedown that any MMA fighter would recognize as super high level, if not outright impossible. So a mix of Happy not being knowledgeable and Tony and Pepper not knowing any kind of high level fighting", "human_ref_B": "If you are very good at something, it is very hard to pretend to be bad at it, without being totally obvious.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9933.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1afsr5", "c_root_id_B": "j1a5oc0", "created_at_utc_A": 1671743865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671739860.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Happy isn\u2019t some hardened fighter. He\u2019s Tony\u2019s driver/valet.", "human_ref_B": "Might have been muscle memory. 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Probably intended to land a hit or two and lose to him, the checked back into reality right before she killed him by putting his elbow through his anus by way of his ear-hole.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1608.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1blxm2", "c_root_id_B": "j1abr7m", "created_at_utc_A": 1671762528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671742257.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "A beautiful woman that practices boxing for self-defense is already a plausible enough reason.", "human_ref_B": "She wasn\u2019t even there, mentally, just in muscle memory. 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Rewatching the clip BW does a pretty obscene takedown that any MMA fighter would recognize as super high level, if not outright impossible. So a mix of Happy not being knowledgeable and Tony and Pepper not knowing any kind of high level fighting", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16279.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1bkw73", "c_root_id_B": "j1blxm2", "created_at_utc_A": 1671762044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671762528.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Instinct, muscle memory, and her Red Room training all kicked in at once. Simple.", "human_ref_B": "A beautiful woman that practices boxing for self-defense is already a plausible enough reason.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 484.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1abr7m", "c_root_id_B": "j1bn3wu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671742257.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671763080.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "She wasn\u2019t even there, mentally, just in muscle memory. Probably intended to land a hit or two and lose to him, the checked back into reality right before she killed him by putting his elbow through his anus by way of his ear-hole.", "human_ref_B": "If a woman knows how to fight most people won't assume badass secret agent. They'll probably think that it's a dangerous world and she took kickboxing and MMA classes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20823.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ahphq", "c_root_id_B": "j1bn3wu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671744632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671763080.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "SHIELD agents honestly get a ton of flexibility for how to go about their goals and daily lives, and no one gets more leeway than Black Widow", "human_ref_B": "If a woman knows how to fight most people won't assume badass secret agent. They'll probably think that it's a dangerous world and she took kickboxing and MMA classes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18448.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1alolo", "c_root_id_B": "j1bn3wu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671746249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671763080.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think the only answer is that Happy is incompetent/is only a boxer not an MMA fighter. Rewatching the clip BW does a pretty obscene takedown that any MMA fighter would recognize as super high level, if not outright impossible. So a mix of Happy not being knowledgeable and Tony and Pepper not knowing any kind of high level fighting", "human_ref_B": "If a woman knows how to fight most people won't assume badass secret agent. They'll probably think that it's a dangerous world and she took kickboxing and MMA classes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16831.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1bkw73", "c_root_id_B": "j1bn3wu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671762044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671763080.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Instinct, muscle memory, and her Red Room training all kicked in at once. Simple.", "human_ref_B": "If a woman knows how to fight most people won't assume badass secret agent. 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Simple.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31634.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zssk62", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU Iron Man 2] Why does Black Widow risk blowing her cover by beating up Happy in the boxing ring?", "c_root_id_A": "j1d68b1", "c_root_id_B": "j1bkw73", "created_at_utc_A": 1671799607.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671762044.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think it just made her a more valuable personal assistant as she can help protect him if need be - helps her in getting closer to him if she is on his personal team", "human_ref_B": "Instinct, muscle memory, and her Red Room training all kicked in at once. Simple.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37563.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hnxlf2a", "c_root_id_B": "hnxkde9", "created_at_utc_A": 1639101970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639101514.0, "score_A": 275, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "She would theoretically be able to have a child of hers eventually inherit the darksaber that way, but she wouldn't be leader of Mandalore, Din Djarin would be, even if he abdicated all responsibility to his wife. Bo Katan isn't interested in being regent for someone else. She wants that darksaber, she wants to be recognized as leader of Mandalore, so even if that would be a reasonable solution many other people would take, she wouldn't.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 456.0, "score_ratio": 275.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hnxkde9", "c_root_id_B": "hnxm9h6", "created_at_utc_A": 1639101514.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639102353.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 127, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "No. Bo Katan either truly believes that the Mandalorians should be lead by the best fighter, or believes that the only way Mandalorians will accept her as leader is if they think she is the best fighter. So either way she *has* to claim the weapon in combat and live up to those traditions if she wants to rule.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 839.0, "score_ratio": 127.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hnxkyoc", "c_root_id_B": "hnxkde9", "created_at_utc_A": 1639101768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639101514.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No. It has to be taken in combat.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 254.0, "score_ratio": 56.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hny9mf4", "c_root_id_B": "hnxkde9", "created_at_utc_A": 1639113147.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639101514.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m a little confused as to why she can\u2019t just take the dark saber from din. Sabine gave it to her at the end of rebels. I could just have missed something, granted I\u2019m not as into the extended canon as I was into legends back in the day. So please enlighten me if I missed something important. Thanks!", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11633.0, "score_ratio": 25.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hny6vv1", "c_root_id_B": "hnxkde9", "created_at_utc_A": 1639111699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639101514.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I feel like the condition of rulership is set firmly on winning the saber via combat. Bo Katan seems like she'd prefer not to fight Djarin for the Saber, but her reaction to him having it implies her hands are tied. Gideon was all too happy to rub this info in.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10185.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hnzizru", "c_root_id_B": "hnxkde9", "created_at_utc_A": 1639144413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639101514.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not and get what she wants. The core reason for wanting to take the Darksaber is that it would be the ultimate trump card against the ultraconservative Death Watch factions. The moderates and the pacifists she can appeal to diplomatically, but kicking Gideon's ass and taking the saber leaves the hardcore with no valid counterargument against her claim to Mandalore. Marrying Din would make her the Mandalorian equivalent of a royal consort; next to but not in the big chair. This does nothing to make the Death Watch types respect her, and alienates the moderates by handing the actual reins of power over to a hardcore born and raised Death Watch type. If Din tries to let Bo steer from the passenger seat, the Death Watchers are out, because they don't want to buy what Bo is selling anyway and they have no duty to put up with her.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42899.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "ho40ddm", "c_root_id_B": "hnxkde9", "created_at_utc_A": 1639223221.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639101514.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are a lot of good answers here, so as an afterthought I\u2019ll say that claiming the Darksaber through marriage is something that would be perfectly acceptable in a lawful society. But if there\u2019s anything we know about the Mandalorian people, it\u2019s that they DON\u2019T believe in a lawful society. Their society is an inherently chaotic one, where only the strong can rule. Because when Mandalorians look to a leader they don\u2019t care who your parents were or that you have the best ideas. They only care that you have the might to claim the Darksaber and the strength required to keep it. Your question actually hits upon a major conflict in the Clone Wars. The Duchess Satine and her New Mandalorians were attempting to transition their culture to something resembling a lawful society, but the Death Watch fought back when they knew their way of life was threatened. In the end Bo Katan rejected Maul\u2019s claim to the Darksaber. \u201cNo outsider will ever rule Mandalore.\u201d Just like her sister she denied the idea that the strongest should rule. Ironic huh?", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 121707.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hnxkyoc", "c_root_id_B": "hnxlf2a", "created_at_utc_A": 1639101768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639101970.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 275, "human_ref_A": "No. It has to be taken in combat.", "human_ref_B": "She would theoretically be able to have a child of hers eventually inherit the darksaber that way, but she wouldn't be leader of Mandalore, Din Djarin would be, even if he abdicated all responsibility to his wife. Bo Katan isn't interested in being regent for someone else. She wants that darksaber, she wants to be recognized as leader of Mandalore, so even if that would be a reasonable solution many other people would take, she wouldn't.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 202.0, "score_ratio": 4.9107142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hnxm9h6", "c_root_id_B": "hnxkyoc", "created_at_utc_A": 1639102353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639101768.0, "score_A": 127, "score_B": 56, "human_ref_A": "No. Bo Katan either truly believes that the Mandalorians should be lead by the best fighter, or believes that the only way Mandalorians will accept her as leader is if they think she is the best fighter. So either way she *has* to claim the weapon in combat and live up to those traditions if she wants to rule.", "human_ref_B": "No. It has to be taken in combat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 585.0, "score_ratio": 2.2678571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcx8c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Mandalorian] Could Bo Katan claim the darksaber and avoid combat with Din Djarin by marrying him? I promise this is not for a fanfic", "c_root_id_A": "hny9mf4", "c_root_id_B": "hny6vv1", "created_at_utc_A": 1639113147.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639111699.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m a little confused as to why she can\u2019t just take the dark saber from din. Sabine gave it to her at the end of rebels. I could just have missed something, granted I\u2019m not as into the extended canon as I was into legends back in the day. So please enlighten me if I missed something important. Thanks!", "human_ref_B": "I feel like the condition of rulership is set firmly on winning the saber via combat. Bo Katan seems like she'd prefer not to fight Djarin for the Saber, but her reaction to him having it implies her hands are tied. Gideon was all too happy to rub this info in.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1448.0, "score_ratio": 1.5625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itj081t", "c_root_id_B": "itis96s", "created_at_utc_A": 1666570301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666566671.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Cenobites are not ghosts, they're demons or something of that nature. They are supernatural entities from another plane of existence, true, but they appear to have corporeal bodies, not ectoplasm. There's no guarantee the proton packs would work the same way. They might still be useful as a distraction, but considering the whole weird sadomasochistic vibe of the cenobites, perhaps not the same kind of distraction the Ghostbusters are used to (with the possible exception of that freaky horndog Venkman). The proton packs didn't really work on Gozer either, at least not in the traditional way, that was just a lucky coincidence that deliberate misuse of unlicensed nuclear accelerators can cause catastrophic effects for whatever universe it happens in, and Gozer happened to be operating from another universe with a convenient open portal... All that said, the Ghostbusters have a **LOT** of paranormal reference material, and they're smart and willing to try very strange things if the evidence supports them. So even if their standard countermeasures don't work against Cenobites, there's a good chance they could come up with something effective. The fact that the Cenobites are physically present in a way that ghosts are not might even make things easier.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3630.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itiy17m", "c_root_id_B": "itis96s", "created_at_utc_A": 1666569261.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666566671.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Kind of The proton packs will damage cenobites, but they just regenerate/reappear after being injured.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2590.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itis96s", "c_root_id_B": "itix043", "created_at_utc_A": 1666566671.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666568780.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Assuming Pinhead didn\u2019t simply tear them apart with hooks and chains as soon as he saw them like he usually does they could feasibly injure and kill the Cenobites since they aren\u2019t completely invulnerable. They\u2019d have to do it quickly and all at once for the reason I mentioned above and the fact that Pinhead has at least three other demons with him who can teleport.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2109.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itkvtgi", "c_root_id_B": "itis96s", "created_at_utc_A": 1666613725.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666566671.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "After a few blasts they might trade the potential victim for one of these \"new sensation\" devices the Busters are giving them. The thing is, originally, the Cenobites were completely reasonable, they were open to discussion and negotiation, hell, that was the whole point, they weren't supposed to be evil, just excessive, and what they offered wasn't what their victims expected.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47054.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itlck36", "c_root_id_B": "itis96s", "created_at_utc_A": 1666621774.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666566671.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Of course they can. The cartoon Ghostbusters even fought Cthulhu. Not everything they fought is a \"ghost\". Remember, proton packs were able to destroy Gozer the Gozerian.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 55103.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itjbobt", "c_root_id_B": "itis96s", "created_at_utc_A": 1666575660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666566671.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Trap? I don't know. They're physical beings though, and I bet a few GeV of energy would sting.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8989.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itj081t", "c_root_id_B": "itiy17m", "created_at_utc_A": 1666570301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666569261.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Cenobites are not ghosts, they're demons or something of that nature. They are supernatural entities from another plane of existence, true, but they appear to have corporeal bodies, not ectoplasm. There's no guarantee the proton packs would work the same way. They might still be useful as a distraction, but considering the whole weird sadomasochistic vibe of the cenobites, perhaps not the same kind of distraction the Ghostbusters are used to (with the possible exception of that freaky horndog Venkman). The proton packs didn't really work on Gozer either, at least not in the traditional way, that was just a lucky coincidence that deliberate misuse of unlicensed nuclear accelerators can cause catastrophic effects for whatever universe it happens in, and Gozer happened to be operating from another universe with a convenient open portal... All that said, the Ghostbusters have a **LOT** of paranormal reference material, and they're smart and willing to try very strange things if the evidence supports them. So even if their standard countermeasures don't work against Cenobites, there's a good chance they could come up with something effective. The fact that the Cenobites are physically present in a way that ghosts are not might even make things easier.", "human_ref_B": "Kind of The proton packs will damage cenobites, but they just regenerate/reappear after being injured.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1040.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itix043", "c_root_id_B": "itj081t", "created_at_utc_A": 1666568780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666570301.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Assuming Pinhead didn\u2019t simply tear them apart with hooks and chains as soon as he saw them like he usually does they could feasibly injure and kill the Cenobites since they aren\u2019t completely invulnerable. They\u2019d have to do it quickly and all at once for the reason I mentioned above and the fact that Pinhead has at least three other demons with him who can teleport.", "human_ref_B": "Cenobites are not ghosts, they're demons or something of that nature. They are supernatural entities from another plane of existence, true, but they appear to have corporeal bodies, not ectoplasm. There's no guarantee the proton packs would work the same way. They might still be useful as a distraction, but considering the whole weird sadomasochistic vibe of the cenobites, perhaps not the same kind of distraction the Ghostbusters are used to (with the possible exception of that freaky horndog Venkman). The proton packs didn't really work on Gozer either, at least not in the traditional way, that was just a lucky coincidence that deliberate misuse of unlicensed nuclear accelerators can cause catastrophic effects for whatever universe it happens in, and Gozer happened to be operating from another universe with a convenient open portal... All that said, the Ghostbusters have a **LOT** of paranormal reference material, and they're smart and willing to try very strange things if the evidence supports them. So even if their standard countermeasures don't work against Cenobites, there's a good chance they could come up with something effective. The fact that the Cenobites are physically present in a way that ghosts are not might even make things easier.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1521.0, "score_ratio": 1.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itiy17m", "c_root_id_B": "itix043", "created_at_utc_A": 1666569261.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666568780.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Kind of The proton packs will damage cenobites, but they just regenerate/reappear after being injured.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming Pinhead didn\u2019t simply tear them apart with hooks and chains as soon as he saw them like he usually does they could feasibly injure and kill the Cenobites since they aren\u2019t completely invulnerable. They\u2019d have to do it quickly and all at once for the reason I mentioned above and the fact that Pinhead has at least three other demons with him who can teleport.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 481.0, "score_ratio": 1.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itjbobt", "c_root_id_B": "itkvtgi", "created_at_utc_A": 1666575660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666613725.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Trap? I don't know. They're physical beings though, and I bet a few GeV of energy would sting.", "human_ref_B": "After a few blasts they might trade the potential victim for one of these \"new sensation\" devices the Busters are giving them. The thing is, originally, the Cenobites were completely reasonable, they were open to discussion and negotiation, hell, that was the whole point, they weren't supposed to be evil, just excessive, and what they offered wasn't what their victims expected.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38065.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybvs5g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hellraiser-Ghostbusters] If the Ghostbusters were called to the home of someone who unknowingly solved an arcane puzzle box and is now being pursued by the Cenobites, would Dr. Venkman, Egon, Ray, and Winston be able to use their proton packs to trap Pinhead and his friends?", "c_root_id_A": "itjbobt", "c_root_id_B": "itlck36", "created_at_utc_A": 1666575660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666621774.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Trap? I don't know. They're physical beings though, and I bet a few GeV of energy would sting.", "human_ref_B": "Of course they can. The cartoon Ghostbusters even fought Cthulhu. Not everything they fought is a \"ghost\". Remember, proton packs were able to destroy Gozer the Gozerian.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46114.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "huwrxa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] Are strong Kree (Starforce level) really comparable to Asgardians in strength, or is Vin-Tak just an outlier? In Agents of SHIELD, Vin-Tak is shown to be comparable to Lady Sif in strength. Are other Kree also comparable to Asgardians, if so, which ones are and which ones are not?", "c_root_id_A": "fysl6mh", "c_root_id_B": "fyr1yfc", "created_at_utc_A": 1595358096.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595325027.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I don't think Asgardians are all that impressive raw strength-wise in the grand scheme of things. Note that Hulk decisively beat Thor in Ragnarok before Thor unleashed his lightning powers. And then Thanos beat both Thor and Hulk with little effort. Now Thanos is certainly an incredibly powerful being, but it's pretty clear that Asgardians are only in the upper-tier of physical strength. They are not at the top of the heap.", "human_ref_B": "we know that the kree can make super soldiers as strong as asgardians, ronan being the prime example. its possible vin-tak was similarly enchanced, being peak kree", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33069.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6zciz3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[The Matrix] How was Agent Smith (Being a Computer Program) able to exist in the real world as a human being?... its Zion Real?", "c_root_id_A": "dmulddn", "c_root_id_B": "dmua2hy", "created_at_utc_A": 1505122114.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505097942.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "They are cyborgs, they have a lot of computer shit in their brain. He downloaded himself into just as they download skills", "human_ref_B": "There is a fan theory that the entire area of zion is, in reality just another level of the Matrix. Which explains all of neo's out of a matrix use of special abilities / perception. And as we know, Mr Smith form the 2nd movie on says just F your rules man I got to be free!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24172.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v5qm50", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Harry Potter] since the diary is a piece of his soul, does Voldemort \u2018remember\u2019 the events in the chamber of secrets when his \u2018memory\u2019 did all those things?", "c_root_id_A": "ibbe0mt", "c_root_id_B": "ibbc27z", "created_at_utc_A": 1654477758.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654476749.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "No. There's a permanent division between soul pieces caused by the creation of a Horcrux and they get worse when each piece is separated from their master for longer. Voldemort had no idea what happened in the Chamber unless he received it from a third-party source who personally witnessed it. This is part of the reason why the Diary was so mad at Harry, since he apparently cut down his main self in his prime despite being an infant. Voldemort also goes ballistic when he learns that the trio robbed the vault, since it means that they know about his Horcruxes and have been destroying them for the better part of a year now without his knowledge, bringing him closer to defeat.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think so. My theory is that the diary Tom Riddle acted of its own accord and was technically a separate being. The 'real' Voldemort was way more violent and sadistic. The diary Voldemort was tame by adult voldy standards.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1009.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "52izs8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Harry Potter] Does Harry possess the only known invisibility cloak or is there more? If so exactly how rare are they and how would someone go about creating one?", "c_root_id_A": "d7kqxwf", "c_root_id_B": "d7kr5cu", "created_at_utc_A": 1473754719.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1473755454.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Harry has the deathly invisibility cloak, which has the property of lasting forever and providing some minor shielding against magic. Other invisibility cloaks exist, but they can get damaged, disenchanted or fade away over time.", "human_ref_B": "There are many invisibility cloaks, made through a range of different methods. Disillusionment Charm and Bedazzling Hex are some times placed on travelling cloaks, to hide the wearer. Fur from a Demiguise (a kind of magical create with the ability to turn invisible) is also sometimes used. However, as with most charmed objects, such cloaks fade with use. Careful use and maintenance can reduce such wear, but even the best made cloak will, say, need its Bedazzling Hex reapplied ever so often. Cloaks of this type are, if not exactly common, not uncommon either. A cheap cloak that fades quickly and is perhaps not completely invisible can be acquired cheaply enough or made by any wizard who's at least a dab-hand at charms, though higher quality work will of course cost more and may need to be specifically commissioned. Harry's cloak is an exception to this. It has survived un-diminished for a thousand years. This has led to some speculation that it is in some way more than merely magical and a construct of that childhood fable Death - one of the so called Deathly Hallows. This is of course incorrect. It is certainly a good cloak and long lived but that is all it is - an exceptional construct of wizarding ingenuity and brilliance. Should its secrets ever be deduced and assuming access to whatever no-doubt exotic materials go into its construction, it could be replicated. This has so far failed to happen, however, though I am informed that that great wizard, Albus Dumbledore, made an extensive study of the cloak. Perhaps you should petition the Hogwarts Board of Governors for access to whatever notes exist?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 735.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w7wo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Bob's Burgers] Why are the Belchers almost always in financial trouble? Why does that family have such a hard time staying open? They are told many times by several people that their burgers are amazing and yet they barely make enough for rent. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d64tvr3", "c_root_id_B": "d64qzrk", "created_at_utc_A": 1470363725.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470359193.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Aside from having a rather greedy landlord, Bob and Linda also have 3 kids to take care of, and anyone with kids can tell you that they are not cheap. Probably the biggest factor is that the Belchers have a rather bad relationship with many people in the local community. Bob has picked fights with other restaurateurs like Jimmy Pesto, and the Health Inspectors office which constantly reviews him more negatively than he deserves. His kids are also well known troublemakers at school who have previously harassed a number of their classmates, and this does very little to encourage the kids and their parents to eat at Bob's Burgers. This leaves him relying almost entirely on out of towners, event crowds, and people from other areas in the city who have business near the pier. The lack of a decent local community base of customers means he has to constantly struggle to stay afloat.", "human_ref_B": "https://np.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/4vo3po/passive_income_ideas_that_failed_or_currently/d60dliy?context=33", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4532.0, "score_ratio": 5.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w7wo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Bob's Burgers] Why are the Belchers almost always in financial trouble? Why does that family have such a hard time staying open? They are told many times by several people that their burgers are amazing and yet they barely make enough for rent. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d64tvr3", "c_root_id_B": "d64t87l", "created_at_utc_A": 1470363725.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470362699.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Aside from having a rather greedy landlord, Bob and Linda also have 3 kids to take care of, and anyone with kids can tell you that they are not cheap. Probably the biggest factor is that the Belchers have a rather bad relationship with many people in the local community. Bob has picked fights with other restaurateurs like Jimmy Pesto, and the Health Inspectors office which constantly reviews him more negatively than he deserves. His kids are also well known troublemakers at school who have previously harassed a number of their classmates, and this does very little to encourage the kids and their parents to eat at Bob's Burgers. This leaves him relying almost entirely on out of towners, event crowds, and people from other areas in the city who have business near the pier. The lack of a decent local community base of customers means he has to constantly struggle to stay afloat.", "human_ref_B": "Because they don't have many customers. The restaurant is frequently empty aside from Teddy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1026.0, "score_ratio": 9.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w7wo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Bob's Burgers] Why are the Belchers almost always in financial trouble? Why does that family have such a hard time staying open? They are told many times by several people that their burgers are amazing and yet they barely make enough for rent. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d64r0ic", "c_root_id_B": "d64tvr3", "created_at_utc_A": 1470359224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470363725.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "Aside from having a rather greedy landlord, Bob and Linda also have 3 kids to take care of, and anyone with kids can tell you that they are not cheap. Probably the biggest factor is that the Belchers have a rather bad relationship with many people in the local community. Bob has picked fights with other restaurateurs like Jimmy Pesto, and the Health Inspectors office which constantly reviews him more negatively than he deserves. His kids are also well known troublemakers at school who have previously harassed a number of their classmates, and this does very little to encourage the kids and their parents to eat at Bob's Burgers. This leaves him relying almost entirely on out of towners, event crowds, and people from other areas in the city who have business near the pier. The lack of a decent local community base of customers means he has to constantly struggle to stay afloat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4501.0, "score_ratio": -39.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w7wo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Bob's Burgers] Why are the Belchers almost always in financial trouble? Why does that family have such a hard time staying open? They are told many times by several people that their burgers are amazing and yet they barely make enough for rent. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d64r0ic", "c_root_id_B": "d64t87l", "created_at_utc_A": 1470359224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470362699.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "Because they don't have many customers. The restaurant is frequently empty aside from Teddy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3475.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w7wo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Bob's Burgers] Why are the Belchers almost always in financial trouble? Why does that family have such a hard time staying open? They are told many times by several people that their burgers are amazing and yet they barely make enough for rent. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d64wxbo", "c_root_id_B": "d64r0ic", "created_at_utc_A": 1470368672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470359224.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The decor and price of the burgers makes it appear that the burgers are low quality so people skip it for flashier places. Bob also has a very limited menu", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9448.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w7wo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Bob's Burgers] Why are the Belchers almost always in financial trouble? Why does that family have such a hard time staying open? They are told many times by several people that their burgers are amazing and yet they barely make enough for rent. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d67jv4s", "c_root_id_B": "d64r0ic", "created_at_utc_A": 1470551603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470359224.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Because Bob is an artist not a businessman.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 192379.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oe0gpj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[MCU] If a large coalition of members of the TVA showed up into a timeline right as Thanos did his snap, what is the likelihood that some of them would be snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "h447jzu", "c_root_id_B": "h44khsk", "created_at_utc_A": 1625481436.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625491635.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Time Keepers are all powerful, there's a good chance their agents are immune to such basic powers.", "human_ref_B": "On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being utterly impossible and 10 being virtual certainty, depending on how large a contingent, it approach a 10. Somewhere around 6 or 7 TVA minute men, it starts getting very likely. It\u2019s a binomial distribution with a 50% odds. Coin flip iterations. https://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial.aspx At 5 minute men, you\u2019re up to about a 96% odds of one getting snapped out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10199.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oe0gpj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[MCU] If a large coalition of members of the TVA showed up into a timeline right as Thanos did his snap, what is the likelihood that some of them would be snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "h447jzu", "c_root_id_B": "h452kly", "created_at_utc_A": 1625481436.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625501429.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Time Keepers are all powerful, there's a good chance their agents are immune to such basic powers.", "human_ref_B": "The TVA, for all of Loki\u2019s awe, is not actually THAT powerful. Their ace in the hole is their alpha strike through surprising confused opponents, overwhelming firepower with the melty sticks and time shackles, and the power nullifier of their pocket dimension rendering them immune to counterattack. Anyone can beat them if they know they\u2019re coming, and if they stepped out into a situation where the opposition is already on the offensive thatd probably be considered a mistake.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19993.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e0ewsw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] If Mandalorians never take off their helmets, do they have any sense of facial/oral hygiene?", "c_root_id_A": "f8dsusn", "c_root_id_B": "f8drwdg", "created_at_utc_A": 1574508232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1574507186.0, "score_A": 770, "score_B": 188, "human_ref_A": "I imagine there's a parallel between the mandalorian armor restrictions and cultural/religious wardrobe mandates; you never let anyone take your helmet, and you don't walk around with it off, but taking it off in proper circumstances is accepted.", "human_ref_B": "Mandalorians never take off their helmets and lack hygene? I object to that. I'll have you know that the legendary Cassus Fett was famously assassinated in the bath-tub, whilst he wasn't wearing his armour.... ... You know, I can see why Mandalorians would develop this practice.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1046.0, "score_ratio": 4.0957446809, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e0ewsw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] If Mandalorians never take off their helmets, do they have any sense of facial/oral hygiene?", "c_root_id_A": "f8egsz3", "c_root_id_B": "f8ea352", "created_at_utc_A": 1574527328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1574523018.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "So there's a specific sect of Mandolorian that follows this restriction. There's a whole world of people that live fairly normal lives by the standards of worlds closer to the core. Many Mandos who fought in the clone wars and participated in the Rebellion were this kind of Mandolorian, such as Duchess Sateen and Sabine Wren. They wear armor, but can remove it in non combat scenarios and show their faces in public. Then there are those who walk the Path of the Mandalore, named for the mythical founder of the tribe known only as The Mandolore. These are warriors who have dedicated their lives to a code of honor. Part of this code is never removing your helmet in the presence of another being. It is permitted to remove the helmet and other armor in private for hygiene proposes, and most Mando'a prefer to maintain a clean face and short hair regardless of gender. It's a little like how there's a sith species and a Sith religious order.", "human_ref_B": "Ask any Soldier Officer or NCO what the importance of sanitation is to the readiness of the force to fight is and they'll tell you its paramount. When any large group of people comes together there will be sickness. Put those people in harsh conditions and there will be more sickness. Sanitation, especially personal hygiene is key to preventing the loss of people ready to fight and so they stress good cleanliness in the soldiers to prevent this. Mandalorians aren't soldiers, they're warriors but the concept is the same-- They must be ready to fight and their wellness is key to that. That helmet comes off, just not where others can see. Their face must be cleaned, probably shaven too, and so much all the things inside the helmet lest spit, grime, oil, skin, and dirt begin to build up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4310.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e0ewsw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] If Mandalorians never take off their helmets, do they have any sense of facial/oral hygiene?", "c_root_id_A": "f8erw4u", "c_root_id_B": "f8exk2e", "created_at_utc_A": 1574532621.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1574535253.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I imagine they take off their helmet about like you would take off your pants. Not never, but never publicly.", "human_ref_B": "Let's think of it from a practical standpoint: A Mandalorian is a warrior. Even if they have other roles, they are always warriors. A warrior needs to always be fit to fight. For that, they need to be healthy and with the least amount of distractions possible. Now, what happens to a person without oral hygiene: 1. They get toothaches. I'm not joking, any unnecessary pain is a distraction for a warrior that could cost them a crucial second in battle. 2. They get infections. This is on a longer term, but an infection starting at the mouth can eventually become a problem for the whole body. Fever, sluggishness, pain all over the body. Unconsciousness and vomiting in the worse cases. 3. They become unable to eat as well. When your teeth essentially *rot*, your diet becomes more restricted. Although Mandos probably have ultra-efficient liquid nutritional supplements or something, if they run out or lose access to that for some reason, a Mandalorian would normally try to live off the land, be it by hunting, foraging or possibly acquiring (legally or illegally, depending on their situation) from the local population if in a populated setting. In that case, they'd have to be able to eat those foods. So no Mandalorian would neglect their oral hygiene, just as they'd not neglect the health of any other part of their body. It makes you a poor warrior if you're unhealthy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2632.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istmjtq", "c_root_id_B": "istlv47", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666111272.0, "score_A": 198, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne are arguably the first active Avengers working under shield, even though the name \"Avengers\" hadn't been thought of yet. They are also both founding members of the team in the comics", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "istp61t", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666112558.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Well technically Captain America is the first government sanctioned superhero, and the genesis for the creation of SHIELD in the first place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1286.0, "score_ratio": 76.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "istxztx", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666116028.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Captain America is the first enhanced person working directly under the authority of the US Government. Whatever his specific chain of command happened to be, the people he reported to and worked with would go on to found SHIELD. He basically is retroactively given the status of the first Avenger. Captain Marvel is in a similar state. She teamed up with some SHIELD people, even though she never worked *for* them. Nick Fury may or may not have mentioned the word \"Avenger\" to her (it's been a while since I saw that movie, I don't remember), but she definitely didn't officially join anything until much later. Tony helped Fury create the Avengers team, but then Fury didn't even want him to be a member. Because, you know, Tony. I'd say that the Avengers *truly* formed during the Battle of New York. Before then, they were just a group of people who didn't really like each other much, who wouldn't cooperate, and they all had their own motivations and goals. So any of the people who fought in that battle against Loki would all have basically joined at the same time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4756.0, "score_ratio": 43.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "istvm51", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666115094.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Capt. Marvel is the \"first Avenger\" (as in the first person to knowingly have the codename/callsign \"Avenger\", and to retroactively fit Fury's mission profile of an exceptional individual capable of resisting threats that cannot be opposed with conventional assets). Hawkeye is the first Avenger (as in the highest seniority on Fury's Avenger Initiative team; everyone else was a later hire or part of another element of SHIELD). Thor is the eldest Avenger. Tony is kind of an asshole. Edit: Steve Rogers is the ur-Avenger, an unplanned \"primordial\" exemplar of basically exactly what an Avenger was supposed to be, but effectively coincidental. The Van Dynes are the proto-Avengers, being a proper team instead of solo operatives, foreshadowing the Avengers organization the way Rogers prototypes the individual member.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3822.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istma82", "c_root_id_B": "istlv47", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666111272.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d say Iron Man since he was first approached about it.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 165.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "isuec59", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666122353.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "One could argue it was Agent Coulson. He was associated with most of the members of the team even when the were solo. As he was the one being avenged, he was considered a part of the team by the other members, even before the Avenger name was used,", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11081.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "isuvniv", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666129008.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "cap was not \"the first avenger\" because he was \"the oldest\" it's because he was the first one to be a \"superhero\" I mean he was the first one of all of them to fight for lives of many people in good cause just because he believed it was the morally right choice (at least I believe so, lmao)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17736.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "isu7yed", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666119919.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'm guessing Fury doesn't count because he's the overseer and not a proper team member? Captain Marvel is the first to be called an Avenger. So that's what I consider. But Iron Man being approached first counts just as well. edit: nevermind, Hawkeye would be the first.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8647.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "istxaem", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666115753.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Hawkeye. Oldest member of what we would think of as the Avengers team, formed around him and Black Widow. Everyone else worked alone. Ant-man and Wasp is probably the only other team, but I don't think they were intended to be expanded in any way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4481.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "isv2fec", "c_root_id_B": "istlv47", "created_at_utc_A": 1666131849.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666111272.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Captain America. He began his career as a superhero in the 1940s. Thor was a warrior prince, but he was an arrogant selfish boy up until Odin got sick of his shit and stripped him of his powers in 2011. Thor only really became a hero when he became worthy of Mjolnir. Captain Marvel was a superhero in the 1990s, Tony Stark began in 2008.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "isv7h2p", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666134047.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Captain America is the first superhero to operate in the public eye. At least in the MCU, anyone who predates him either operated in secret, presented themselves as mythological beings rather than superheroes, or both. He was the first one to do what the Avengers did, and thus, was the first Avenger.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22775.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istlv47", "c_root_id_B": "isw0ipy", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666147094.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I would say Carol since she inspired the idea. So ya, the person who inspired the idea", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35822.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "iswey25", "c_root_id_B": "istlv47", "created_at_utc_A": 1666154872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666111272.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Peggy, Hank, Howard Stark... these are really the core of the first avengers, though they go by a different name in the beginning. They aren't super powered, just super willed, dedicated and wanting to do the right thing. Good enough for the true first avengers. It just happens to be that Cap was the first \"super\".", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43600.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istmjtq", "c_root_id_B": "istma82", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666111437.0, "score_A": 198, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne are arguably the first active Avengers working under shield, even though the name \"Avengers\" hadn't been thought of yet. They are also both founding members of the team in the comics", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d say Iron Man since he was first approached about it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 102.0, "score_ratio": 22.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istma82", "c_root_id_B": "istp61t", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666112558.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d say Iron Man since he was first approached about it.", "human_ref_B": "Well technically Captain America is the first government sanctioned superhero, and the genesis for the creation of SHIELD in the first place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1121.0, "score_ratio": 8.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istvm51", "c_root_id_B": "istxztx", "created_at_utc_A": 1666115094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666116028.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "Capt. Marvel is the \"first Avenger\" (as in the first person to knowingly have the codename/callsign \"Avenger\", and to retroactively fit Fury's mission profile of an exceptional individual capable of resisting threats that cannot be opposed with conventional assets). Hawkeye is the first Avenger (as in the highest seniority on Fury's Avenger Initiative team; everyone else was a later hire or part of another element of SHIELD). Thor is the eldest Avenger. Tony is kind of an asshole. Edit: Steve Rogers is the ur-Avenger, an unplanned \"primordial\" exemplar of basically exactly what an Avenger was supposed to be, but effectively coincidental. The Van Dynes are the proto-Avengers, being a proper team instead of solo operatives, foreshadowing the Avengers organization the way Rogers prototypes the individual member.", "human_ref_B": "Captain America is the first enhanced person working directly under the authority of the US Government. Whatever his specific chain of command happened to be, the people he reported to and worked with would go on to found SHIELD. He basically is retroactively given the status of the first Avenger. Captain Marvel is in a similar state. She teamed up with some SHIELD people, even though she never worked *for* them. Nick Fury may or may not have mentioned the word \"Avenger\" to her (it's been a while since I saw that movie, I don't remember), but she definitely didn't officially join anything until much later. Tony helped Fury create the Avengers team, but then Fury didn't even want him to be a member. Because, you know, Tony. I'd say that the Avengers *truly* formed during the Battle of New York. Before then, they were just a group of people who didn't really like each other much, who wouldn't cooperate, and they all had their own motivations and goals. So any of the people who fought in that battle against Loki would all have basically joined at the same time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 934.0, "score_ratio": 2.2631578947, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istxztx", "c_root_id_B": "istma82", "created_at_utc_A": 1666116028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666111437.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Captain America is the first enhanced person working directly under the authority of the US Government. Whatever his specific chain of command happened to be, the people he reported to and worked with would go on to found SHIELD. He basically is retroactively given the status of the first Avenger. Captain Marvel is in a similar state. She teamed up with some SHIELD people, even though she never worked *for* them. Nick Fury may or may not have mentioned the word \"Avenger\" to her (it's been a while since I saw that movie, I don't remember), but she definitely didn't officially join anything until much later. Tony helped Fury create the Avengers team, but then Fury didn't even want him to be a member. Because, you know, Tony. I'd say that the Avengers *truly* formed during the Battle of New York. Before then, they were just a group of people who didn't really like each other much, who wouldn't cooperate, and they all had their own motivations and goals. So any of the people who fought in that battle against Loki would all have basically joined at the same time.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d say Iron Man since he was first approached about it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4591.0, "score_ratio": 4.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istxaem", "c_root_id_B": "istxztx", "created_at_utc_A": 1666115753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666116028.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "Hawkeye. Oldest member of what we would think of as the Avengers team, formed around him and Black Widow. Everyone else worked alone. Ant-man and Wasp is probably the only other team, but I don't think they were intended to be expanded in any way.", "human_ref_B": "Captain America is the first enhanced person working directly under the authority of the US Government. Whatever his specific chain of command happened to be, the people he reported to and worked with would go on to found SHIELD. He basically is retroactively given the status of the first Avenger. Captain Marvel is in a similar state. She teamed up with some SHIELD people, even though she never worked *for* them. Nick Fury may or may not have mentioned the word \"Avenger\" to her (it's been a while since I saw that movie, I don't remember), but she definitely didn't officially join anything until much later. Tony helped Fury create the Avengers team, but then Fury didn't even want him to be a member. Because, you know, Tony. I'd say that the Avengers *truly* formed during the Battle of New York. Before then, they were just a group of people who didn't really like each other much, who wouldn't cooperate, and they all had their own motivations and goals. So any of the people who fought in that battle against Loki would all have basically joined at the same time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 275.0, "score_ratio": 21.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istma82", "c_root_id_B": "istvm51", "created_at_utc_A": 1666111437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666115094.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d say Iron Man since he was first approached about it.", "human_ref_B": "Capt. Marvel is the \"first Avenger\" (as in the first person to knowingly have the codename/callsign \"Avenger\", and to retroactively fit Fury's mission profile of an exceptional individual capable of resisting threats that cannot be opposed with conventional assets). Hawkeye is the first Avenger (as in the highest seniority on Fury's Avenger Initiative team; everyone else was a later hire or part of another element of SHIELD). Thor is the eldest Avenger. Tony is kind of an asshole. Edit: Steve Rogers is the ur-Avenger, an unplanned \"primordial\" exemplar of basically exactly what an Avenger was supposed to be, but effectively coincidental. The Van Dynes are the proto-Avengers, being a proper team instead of solo operatives, foreshadowing the Avengers organization the way Rogers prototypes the individual member.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3657.0, "score_ratio": 2.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "isu7yed", "c_root_id_B": "isuec59", "created_at_utc_A": 1666119919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666122353.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I'm guessing Fury doesn't count because he's the overseer and not a proper team member? Captain Marvel is the first to be called an Avenger. So that's what I consider. But Iron Man being approached first counts just as well. edit: nevermind, Hawkeye would be the first.", "human_ref_B": "One could argue it was Agent Coulson. He was associated with most of the members of the team even when the were solo. As he was the one being avenged, he was considered a part of the team by the other members, even before the Avenger name was used,", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2434.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "isuec59", "c_root_id_B": "istxaem", "created_at_utc_A": 1666122353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666115753.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "One could argue it was Agent Coulson. He was associated with most of the members of the team even when the were solo. As he was the one being avenged, he was considered a part of the team by the other members, even before the Avenger name was used,", "human_ref_B": "Hawkeye. Oldest member of what we would think of as the Avengers team, formed around him and Black Widow. Everyone else worked alone. Ant-man and Wasp is probably the only other team, but I don't think they were intended to be expanded in any way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6600.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "isuvniv", "c_root_id_B": "isu7yed", "created_at_utc_A": 1666129008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666119919.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "cap was not \"the first avenger\" because he was \"the oldest\" it's because he was the first one to be a \"superhero\" I mean he was the first one of all of them to fight for lives of many people in good cause just because he believed it was the morally right choice (at least I believe so, lmao)", "human_ref_B": "I'm guessing Fury doesn't count because he's the overseer and not a proper team member? Captain Marvel is the first to be called an Avenger. So that's what I consider. But Iron Man being approached first counts just as well. edit: nevermind, Hawkeye would be the first.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9089.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istxaem", "c_root_id_B": "isuvniv", "created_at_utc_A": 1666115753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666129008.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Hawkeye. Oldest member of what we would think of as the Avengers team, formed around him and Black Widow. Everyone else worked alone. Ant-man and Wasp is probably the only other team, but I don't think they were intended to be expanded in any way.", "human_ref_B": "cap was not \"the first avenger\" because he was \"the oldest\" it's because he was the first one to be a \"superhero\" I mean he was the first one of all of them to fight for lives of many people in good cause just because he believed it was the morally right choice (at least I believe so, lmao)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13255.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "isu7yed", "c_root_id_B": "istxaem", "created_at_utc_A": 1666119919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666115753.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm guessing Fury doesn't count because he's the overseer and not a proper team member? Captain Marvel is the first to be called an Avenger. So that's what I consider. But Iron Man being approached first counts just as well. edit: nevermind, Hawkeye would be the first.", "human_ref_B": "Hawkeye. Oldest member of what we would think of as the Avengers team, formed around him and Black Widow. Everyone else worked alone. Ant-man and Wasp is probably the only other team, but I don't think they were intended to be expanded in any way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4166.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "istxaem", "c_root_id_B": "isv2fec", "created_at_utc_A": 1666115753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666131849.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hawkeye. Oldest member of what we would think of as the Avengers team, formed around him and Black Widow. Everyone else worked alone. Ant-man and Wasp is probably the only other team, but I don't think they were intended to be expanded in any way.", "human_ref_B": "Captain America. He began his career as a superhero in the 1940s. Thor was a warrior prince, but he was an arrogant selfish boy up until Odin got sick of his shit and stripped him of his powers in 2011. Thor only really became a hero when he became worthy of Mjolnir. Captain Marvel was a superhero in the 1990s, Tony Stark began in 2008.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16096.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "isv7h2p", "c_root_id_B": "istxaem", "created_at_utc_A": 1666134047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666115753.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Captain America is the first superhero to operate in the public eye. At least in the MCU, anyone who predates him either operated in secret, presented themselves as mythological beings rather than superheroes, or both. He was the first one to do what the Avengers did, and thus, was the first Avenger.", "human_ref_B": "Hawkeye. Oldest member of what we would think of as the Avengers team, formed around him and Black Widow. Everyone else worked alone. Ant-man and Wasp is probably the only other team, but I don't think they were intended to be expanded in any way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18294.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "isw0ipy", "c_root_id_B": "istxaem", "created_at_utc_A": 1666147094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666115753.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I would say Carol since she inspired the idea. So ya, the person who inspired the idea", "human_ref_B": "Hawkeye. Oldest member of what we would think of as the Avengers team, formed around him and Black Widow. Everyone else worked alone. Ant-man and Wasp is probably the only other team, but I don't think they were intended to be expanded in any way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31341.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y7c10q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Who really deserves the title of \"First Avenger\"? Captain America is typically associated with the title, I guess because he's oldest? But Thor is older than him, Iron Man the was first approached about the initiative, and Captain Marvel inspired the initiative in the first place! So who is really \"the first Avenger\"? One of those four or someone I haven't even considered?", "c_root_id_A": "isw82a8", "c_root_id_B": "iswey25", "created_at_utc_A": 1666150863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666154872.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Age has nothing to do with it.", "human_ref_B": "Peggy, Hank, Howard Stark... these are really the core of the first avengers, though they go by a different name in the beginning. They aren't super powered, just super willed, dedicated and wanting to do the right thing. Good enough for the true first avengers. It just happens to be that Cap was the first \"super\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4009.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z14byx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[General Fiction] Would love potions/spell be hazardous to a person's health in the long term? The body would basically be releasing dopamine at every moment Almost all versions of love spells induce a never ending infatuation/obsession with none of the ebbs and flows of real love. The victim is stuck at the high point at every moment. That would have to severely mess up brain chemistry.", "c_root_id_A": "ix8x7bq", "c_root_id_B": "ix8uq4v", "created_at_utc_A": 1669051918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669050931.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sure. Mind alteration is generally treated fairly seriously most of the time, with a potential for unpleasant side effects. Dresden Files, for example, treats *all* mind alteration as Seriously Bad Mojo, with all kinds of horrible side effects that can result from it. It's black magic for wizards and creatures that can alter minds are generally regarded as nasties of the supernatural world. The Harry Potter setting treats them fairly casually, I suppose, but then again, wizards there seem to have a tendency to treat *many* things which should be serious business quite casually. I don't know of many settings where love potions are treated as entirely benign or harmless. Do you have a specific setting in mind where that is true?", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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That would have to severely mess up brain chemistry.", "c_root_id_A": "ix8uq4v", "c_root_id_B": "ix8vgdv", "created_at_utc_A": 1669050931.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669051226.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Realistically it should mess them up but since it's fiction the love potion/spell probably makes sure they're not damaged while brainwashing them but i wouldn't be surprised if there is a fictional world where it does have horrifying consequences on the victim of the love potion/spell", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 295.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z14byx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[General Fiction] Would love potions/spell be hazardous to a person's health in the long term? The body would basically be releasing dopamine at every moment Almost all versions of love spells induce a never ending infatuation/obsession with none of the ebbs and flows of real love. The victim is stuck at the high point at every moment. That would have to severely mess up brain chemistry.", "c_root_id_A": "ix9lwoi", "c_root_id_B": "ix8uq4v", "created_at_utc_A": 1669061650.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669050931.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I mean, from a mundane side, it's not like teenagers get brain damage from being lovebugs, right? What love potions cause isn't just infatuation, it's obsession. And while obsession tends to be bad for your health, it's less about the effect on your body and more about the effect on your life.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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The body would basically be releasing dopamine at every moment Almost all versions of love spells induce a never ending infatuation/obsession with none of the ebbs and flows of real love. The victim is stuck at the high point at every moment. That would have to severely mess up brain chemistry.", "c_root_id_A": "ix8yuk9", "c_root_id_B": "ix8uq4v", "created_at_utc_A": 1669052565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669050931.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I can't imagine it would be any more or less damaging than a naturally occurring crush or obsession. People survive that level of infatuation every day, most people a few times in their lives. Unless there's a psychology involved that makes the person delve into violence upon themselves or others, they should be fine.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1634.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z14byx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[General Fiction] Would love potions/spell be hazardous to a person's health in the long term? The body would basically be releasing dopamine at every moment Almost all versions of love spells induce a never ending infatuation/obsession with none of the ebbs and flows of real love. The victim is stuck at the high point at every moment. That would have to severely mess up brain chemistry.", "c_root_id_A": "ix8x7bq", "c_root_id_B": "ix8vgdv", "created_at_utc_A": 1669051918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669051226.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Sure. Mind alteration is generally treated fairly seriously most of the time, with a potential for unpleasant side effects. Dresden Files, for example, treats *all* mind alteration as Seriously Bad Mojo, with all kinds of horrible side effects that can result from it. It's black magic for wizards and creatures that can alter minds are generally regarded as nasties of the supernatural world. The Harry Potter setting treats them fairly casually, I suppose, but then again, wizards there seem to have a tendency to treat *many* things which should be serious business quite casually. I don't know of many settings where love potions are treated as entirely benign or harmless. Do you have a specific setting in mind where that is true?", "human_ref_B": "Realistically it should mess them up but since it's fiction the love potion/spell probably makes sure they're not damaged while brainwashing them but i wouldn't be surprised if there is a fictional world where it does have horrifying consequences on the victim of the love potion/spell", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 692.0, "score_ratio": 2.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z14byx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[General Fiction] Would love potions/spell be hazardous to a person's health in the long term? The body would basically be releasing dopamine at every moment Almost all versions of love spells induce a never ending infatuation/obsession with none of the ebbs and flows of real love. The victim is stuck at the high point at every moment. That would have to severely mess up brain chemistry.", "c_root_id_A": "ix8yuk9", "c_root_id_B": "ix9lwoi", "created_at_utc_A": 1669052565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669061650.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I can't imagine it would be any more or less damaging than a naturally occurring crush or obsession. People survive that level of infatuation every day, most people a few times in their lives. Unless there's a psychology involved that makes the person delve into violence upon themselves or others, they should be fine.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, from a mundane side, it's not like teenagers get brain damage from being lovebugs, right? What love potions cause isn't just infatuation, it's obsession. And while obsession tends to be bad for your health, it's less about the effect on your body and more about the effect on your life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9085.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jr82p", "c_root_id_B": "j1joaqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671921401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920005.0, "score_A": 163, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The current Doctor doesn't know where they will be, but the future Doctor knows where they *were* and avoids it, since paradoxes are bad news. That's why when Doctors meet each other, it's usually because of some crisis bringing them together without them having a say in the matter. The TARDIS may go out of its way to prevent this from happening too, which is why it doesn't usually happen even when the Doctor is traveling more or less randomly. The TARDIS doesn't like things that are \"wrong\", like Jack, so if it senses that the Doctor (and itself) are already somewhere, it changes course. That could explain some of the times it misses the mark. And of course time and space are vast, so even a long lived person like the Doctor has plenty of places they've never been.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jrwke", "c_root_id_B": "j1joaqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671921727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920005.0, "score_A": 125, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When e.g. the 10th Doctor runs into the 5th Doctor, from 5's perspective he *is* the current Doctor meeting his future self. We just didn't see it back in the 1980s. There's obviously no lore explanation for why we see the events we do (how could there be?)", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1722.0, "score_ratio": 125.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1joaqa", "c_root_id_B": "j1jqp7f", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671921149.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "No reason to make Doylist elaborations in your question. We try to keep explanations as Watsonian as possible. And slight correction, another time lord said \"all 13.\" The thirteenth doctor didn't speak in that appearance. As for why the doctor rarely meets their future selves... they do. Quite often. You're mostly following the doctor in a linear fashion. So you see him bump into his past selves, on occasion. However, those past selves are seeing their future iterations. So, for example, the twelfth will likely have bumped into his 13th, 14th, etc. iterations at least once. You just won't see that meeting during your exploration of the 12th's story. Every doctor has adventures offscreen we don't see. Meet ups with their future selves are just a small handful of them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1144.0, "score_ratio": 34.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jqo6g", "c_root_id_B": "j1joaqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671921136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920005.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "> Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There has been instances where The Doctor has met The Doctor, and neither Doctor has recognized the other, and nobody knows which Doctor is older. And in fact when they met, neither of them believed the other was The Doctor.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1131.0, "score_ratio": 33.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1joaqa", "c_root_id_B": "j1k66df", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671928770.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "When different versions of the Doctor from different points in his timestream meet the younger version is unable to retain memories of the experience, which is why all the multi Doctor adventures never affect the earlier versions - a modern example of this would be how 9, 10, and 11 bore the quilt of having believed they'd destroyed Gallifrey when they'd actually participated in saving it It's entirely possible he does, and we just don't see it - the show follows the \"current\" Doctor, and since they don't know it happened we the audience don't know it happened", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8765.0, "score_ratio": 33.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1joaqa", "c_root_id_B": "j1k8e5l", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671929964.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They addressed this in the 50th, pointing out that the war doctor and the 10th wouldn't remember this timeline. I believe the reason we only see the doctor interact with his previous self is because the TARDIS removes the memories of his future selves to preserve the timelines and avoid any causation based paradoxes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9959.0, "score_ratio": 25.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kiere", "c_root_id_B": "j1joaqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671935712.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920005.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yes, actually! The time lords have a feature that \"links\" them all temporarily. That is, while they can bounce around to the time stream to their hearts content relative to the universe, relative to gallifrey and each other, they're in a form of linear time (so as to avoid some asshole timelord going back and changing history so they were always president instead of rassilon or suchlike.) There's some wiggle room, it's not 100%, but generally events relating to the *time lords specifically* are in a single, coherent time stream. This is why conditions on gallifrey progress as the show goes on, and why other time lords like the Master also encounter the doctor in order. Same applies here. Thanks to the link, the Jodie Whittaker doctor hadn't happened yet as far as the tardis was concerned.- she was still in their metafuture (different from the standard future), and couldn't show up.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15707.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1joaqa", "c_root_id_B": "j1kauc5", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671931350.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "There is no \"current\" Doctor- since he is a time traveller any of his incarnations can appear at most points in history. And of course there have been plenty of examples of Doctors meeting future incarnations. The Second Doctor in particular- he was noticeably unimpressed with his immediate successor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11345.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kpfmw", "c_root_id_B": "j1joaqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671939867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920005.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A time lord meeting themselves is an abomination, a flagrant violation of the laws of time, probably because it's a paradox, and a really big one, or one the universe can't fix, could cause the universe to implode. > Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. > That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. The line (\"No sir, all Thirteen!\") was said by one of the Time Lords of the war room, not the Doctor. They were responding to the General's \"I didn't know when I was well off! All twelve of them!\" The other consideration is that the other Doctors aren't needed. The few times we've seen multiple doctors happen besides that point, is through the interference of the Time Lords, who would have the knowledge and technology to safely violate the laws of time as needed. However, they would want to keep it to a minimum, to minimise the risk of paradoxes. For *The Day of the Doctor*, where the paradox was likely conducted and controlled by The Moment, there didn't need to be any more doctors. Twelve lifetimes, and billions of years of relative time for calculations was enough for even the comparatively ancient TARDIS to determine how to fit Gallifrey into a stasis cube-like pocket dimension. Adding more Doctors to the mix doesn't just spoil their personal future, but also causes more problems. One extra is barely noticeable, but Time Lords aren't supposed to have more than 13 bodies/selves. The second is that when a person interacts with themselves, the only version of them that retains the memories, is only the oldest version. Having many more than indicated, such as hundreds, would mean that the events of the episode could not happen, since it would be the latest incarnation who preserved those memories. The Time Lords would also be understandably panicked if the Doctor was inexplicably granted far more lives than is normal for a Time Lord, when there is no one else who can do that, and their records do not indicate the Doctor having extra lives. A single life or second regeneration cycle could be granted at the providence of Rassilon/The High Council. More than that is a horror, or potentially indicates something very upsetting to the balance of power in the universe. The other thing is that you're having a lot of paradoxes all centralised in a fixed point in time that is supposed to be inaccessible by time machine. Any minor carelessness could cause the entirety of time to start coming apart at the seams, a risk which is multiplied the more doctors there are.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19862.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1joaqa", "c_root_id_B": "j1kizli", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671936046.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "A past Doctor encouters a future Doctor every so often but the oldest version of The Doctor will be the only one who remembers it. The Doctor from earlier in the regeneration cycle will not recall the encounter at all. It is most likely some sort of timelord mental safety feature to prevent time paradoxes. It's all very wibbly wobbly and timey wimey.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16041.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1k5vrs", "c_root_id_B": "j1joaqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671928620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920005.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They do meat the future doctors, we just have to wait for the doctor to become the oldest one to see that particular meet up because the Transdimensinal Visualizer doesn't like showing spoilers", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8615.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1km9j7", "c_root_id_B": "j1joaqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671937978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671920005.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The TARDIS is programmed to avoid crossing it's own time stream so as to not generate paradoxes. Interacting with your past/future selves and mucking with your own time stream can have dangerous consequences so preventing that is a basic safety feature in any TARDIS. That's why the Doctor typically only meets themselves under exceptional circumstances. In the old days the Time Lords had to specifically permit multiple Doctors to meet, and they erased his memories afterwards to prevent any paradoxes. Post Time-War, the laws of time are a total mess, the Time Lords aren't around anymore to enforce them, so the Doctor has been meeting themselves a lot more frequently. Sometimes the Doctor seems to lose their memories of time-stream crossovers naturally, and sometimes they don't. Again, the laws of time are so cocked up there's really no consistency, just about anything could happen without the Time Lords running things.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17973.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1joaqa", "c_root_id_B": "j1lffu7", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671959697.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "When you meet your former self's, it's only the oldest version of you who remember the event, all the others forgets it, that's how it solves the paradox. Since we are following this current doctor, he wouldn't remember any interaction with a older doctor untill he reached that point in time, so we don't see it untill he remembered it. We didn't see the crossover the three doctors untill we followed the third doctor, even tho, from the 2nd and 1st doctors perspective, he did meet his future self, which is exactly what your question is asking about. However, after that event they both lost the memory of that, which is why we didn't see it when following them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39692.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1joaqa", "c_root_id_B": "j1li14u", "created_at_utc_A": 1671920005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671962211.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Isn't the Valeyard a future version of the Doctor?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42206.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jqp7f", "c_root_id_B": "j1jr82p", "created_at_utc_A": 1671921149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671921401.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 163, "human_ref_A": "No reason to make Doylist elaborations in your question. We try to keep explanations as Watsonian as possible. And slight correction, another time lord said \"all 13.\" The thirteenth doctor didn't speak in that appearance. As for why the doctor rarely meets their future selves... they do. Quite often. You're mostly following the doctor in a linear fashion. So you see him bump into his past selves, on occasion. However, those past selves are seeing their future iterations. So, for example, the twelfth will likely have bumped into his 13th, 14th, etc. iterations at least once. You just won't see that meeting during your exploration of the 12th's story. Every doctor has adventures offscreen we don't see. Meet ups with their future selves are just a small handful of them.", "human_ref_B": "The current Doctor doesn't know where they will be, but the future Doctor knows where they *were* and avoids it, since paradoxes are bad news. That's why when Doctors meet each other, it's usually because of some crisis bringing them together without them having a say in the matter. The TARDIS may go out of its way to prevent this from happening too, which is why it doesn't usually happen even when the Doctor is traveling more or less randomly. The TARDIS doesn't like things that are \"wrong\", like Jack, so if it senses that the Doctor (and itself) are already somewhere, it changes course. That could explain some of the times it misses the mark. And of course time and space are vast, so even a long lived person like the Doctor has plenty of places they've never been.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 252.0, "score_ratio": 4.7941176471, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jqo6g", "c_root_id_B": "j1jr82p", "created_at_utc_A": 1671921136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671921401.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 163, "human_ref_A": "> Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There has been instances where The Doctor has met The Doctor, and neither Doctor has recognized the other, and nobody knows which Doctor is older. And in fact when they met, neither of them believed the other was The Doctor.", "human_ref_B": "The current Doctor doesn't know where they will be, but the future Doctor knows where they *were* and avoids it, since paradoxes are bad news. That's why when Doctors meet each other, it's usually because of some crisis bringing them together without them having a say in the matter. The TARDIS may go out of its way to prevent this from happening too, which is why it doesn't usually happen even when the Doctor is traveling more or less randomly. The TARDIS doesn't like things that are \"wrong\", like Jack, so if it senses that the Doctor (and itself) are already somewhere, it changes course. That could explain some of the times it misses the mark. And of course time and space are vast, so even a long lived person like the Doctor has plenty of places they've never been.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 265.0, "score_ratio": 4.9393939394, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jqp7f", "c_root_id_B": "j1jrwke", "created_at_utc_A": 1671921149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671921727.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 125, "human_ref_A": "No reason to make Doylist elaborations in your question. We try to keep explanations as Watsonian as possible. And slight correction, another time lord said \"all 13.\" The thirteenth doctor didn't speak in that appearance. As for why the doctor rarely meets their future selves... they do. Quite often. You're mostly following the doctor in a linear fashion. So you see him bump into his past selves, on occasion. However, those past selves are seeing their future iterations. So, for example, the twelfth will likely have bumped into his 13th, 14th, etc. iterations at least once. You just won't see that meeting during your exploration of the 12th's story. Every doctor has adventures offscreen we don't see. Meet ups with their future selves are just a small handful of them.", "human_ref_B": "When e.g. the 10th Doctor runs into the 5th Doctor, from 5's perspective he *is* the current Doctor meeting his future self. We just didn't see it back in the 1980s. There's obviously no lore explanation for why we see the events we do (how could there be?)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 578.0, "score_ratio": 3.6764705882, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jqo6g", "c_root_id_B": "j1jrwke", "created_at_utc_A": 1671921136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671921727.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 125, "human_ref_A": "> Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There has been instances where The Doctor has met The Doctor, and neither Doctor has recognized the other, and nobody knows which Doctor is older. And in fact when they met, neither of them believed the other was The Doctor.", "human_ref_B": "When e.g. the 10th Doctor runs into the 5th Doctor, from 5's perspective he *is* the current Doctor meeting his future self. We just didn't see it back in the 1980s. There's obviously no lore explanation for why we see the events we do (how could there be?)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 591.0, "score_ratio": 3.7878787879, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1jqp7f", "c_root_id_B": "j1jqo6g", "created_at_utc_A": 1671921149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671921136.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "No reason to make Doylist elaborations in your question. We try to keep explanations as Watsonian as possible. And slight correction, another time lord said \"all 13.\" The thirteenth doctor didn't speak in that appearance. As for why the doctor rarely meets their future selves... they do. Quite often. You're mostly following the doctor in a linear fashion. So you see him bump into his past selves, on occasion. However, those past selves are seeing their future iterations. So, for example, the twelfth will likely have bumped into his 13th, 14th, etc. iterations at least once. You just won't see that meeting during your exploration of the 12th's story. Every doctor has adventures offscreen we don't see. Meet ups with their future selves are just a small handful of them.", "human_ref_B": "> Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There has been instances where The Doctor has met The Doctor, and neither Doctor has recognized the other, and nobody knows which Doctor is older. And in fact when they met, neither of them believed the other was The Doctor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13.0, "score_ratio": 1.0303030303, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1k5vrs", "c_root_id_B": "j1k66df", "created_at_utc_A": 1671928620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671928770.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "They do meat the future doctors, we just have to wait for the doctor to become the oldest one to see that particular meet up because the Transdimensinal Visualizer doesn't like showing spoilers", "human_ref_B": "When different versions of the Doctor from different points in his timestream meet the younger version is unable to retain memories of the experience, which is why all the multi Doctor adventures never affect the earlier versions - a modern example of this would be how 9, 10, and 11 bore the quilt of having believed they'd destroyed Gallifrey when they'd actually participated in saving it It's entirely possible he does, and we just don't see it - the show follows the \"current\" Doctor, and since they don't know it happened we the audience don't know it happened", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 150.0, "score_ratio": 16.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1k5vrs", "c_root_id_B": "j1k8e5l", "created_at_utc_A": 1671928620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671929964.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "They do meat the future doctors, we just have to wait for the doctor to become the oldest one to see that particular meet up because the Transdimensinal Visualizer doesn't like showing spoilers", "human_ref_B": "They addressed this in the 50th, pointing out that the war doctor and the 10th wouldn't remember this timeline. I believe the reason we only see the doctor interact with his previous self is because the TARDIS removes the memories of his future selves to preserve the timelines and avoid any causation based paradoxes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1344.0, "score_ratio": 12.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kauc5", "c_root_id_B": "j1kiere", "created_at_utc_A": 1671931350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671935712.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "There is no \"current\" Doctor- since he is a time traveller any of his incarnations can appear at most points in history. And of course there have been plenty of examples of Doctors meeting future incarnations. The Second Doctor in particular- he was noticeably unimpressed with his immediate successor.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, actually! The time lords have a feature that \"links\" them all temporarily. That is, while they can bounce around to the time stream to their hearts content relative to the universe, relative to gallifrey and each other, they're in a form of linear time (so as to avoid some asshole timelord going back and changing history so they were always president instead of rassilon or suchlike.) There's some wiggle room, it's not 100%, but generally events relating to the *time lords specifically* are in a single, coherent time stream. This is why conditions on gallifrey progress as the show goes on, and why other time lords like the Master also encounter the doctor in order. Same applies here. Thanks to the link, the Jodie Whittaker doctor hadn't happened yet as far as the tardis was concerned.- she was still in their metafuture (different from the standard future), and couldn't show up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4362.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kiere", "c_root_id_B": "j1k5vrs", "created_at_utc_A": 1671935712.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671928620.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes, actually! The time lords have a feature that \"links\" them all temporarily. That is, while they can bounce around to the time stream to their hearts content relative to the universe, relative to gallifrey and each other, they're in a form of linear time (so as to avoid some asshole timelord going back and changing history so they were always president instead of rassilon or suchlike.) There's some wiggle room, it's not 100%, but generally events relating to the *time lords specifically* are in a single, coherent time stream. This is why conditions on gallifrey progress as the show goes on, and why other time lords like the Master also encounter the doctor in order. Same applies here. Thanks to the link, the Jodie Whittaker doctor hadn't happened yet as far as the tardis was concerned.- she was still in their metafuture (different from the standard future), and couldn't show up.", "human_ref_B": "They do meat the future doctors, we just have to wait for the doctor to become the oldest one to see that particular meet up because the Transdimensinal Visualizer doesn't like showing spoilers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7092.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kauc5", "c_root_id_B": "j1k5vrs", "created_at_utc_A": 1671931350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671928620.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There is no \"current\" Doctor- since he is a time traveller any of his incarnations can appear at most points in history. And of course there have been plenty of examples of Doctors meeting future incarnations. The Second Doctor in particular- he was noticeably unimpressed with his immediate successor.", "human_ref_B": "They do meat the future doctors, we just have to wait for the doctor to become the oldest one to see that particular meet up because the Transdimensinal Visualizer doesn't like showing spoilers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2730.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kizli", "c_root_id_B": "j1kpfmw", "created_at_utc_A": 1671936046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671939867.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "A past Doctor encouters a future Doctor every so often but the oldest version of The Doctor will be the only one who remembers it. The Doctor from earlier in the regeneration cycle will not recall the encounter at all. It is most likely some sort of timelord mental safety feature to prevent time paradoxes. It's all very wibbly wobbly and timey wimey.", "human_ref_B": "A time lord meeting themselves is an abomination, a flagrant violation of the laws of time, probably because it's a paradox, and a really big one, or one the universe can't fix, could cause the universe to implode. > Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. > That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. The line (\"No sir, all Thirteen!\") was said by one of the Time Lords of the war room, not the Doctor. They were responding to the General's \"I didn't know when I was well off! All twelve of them!\" The other consideration is that the other Doctors aren't needed. The few times we've seen multiple doctors happen besides that point, is through the interference of the Time Lords, who would have the knowledge and technology to safely violate the laws of time as needed. However, they would want to keep it to a minimum, to minimise the risk of paradoxes. For *The Day of the Doctor*, where the paradox was likely conducted and controlled by The Moment, there didn't need to be any more doctors. Twelve lifetimes, and billions of years of relative time for calculations was enough for even the comparatively ancient TARDIS to determine how to fit Gallifrey into a stasis cube-like pocket dimension. Adding more Doctors to the mix doesn't just spoil their personal future, but also causes more problems. One extra is barely noticeable, but Time Lords aren't supposed to have more than 13 bodies/selves. The second is that when a person interacts with themselves, the only version of them that retains the memories, is only the oldest version. Having many more than indicated, such as hundreds, would mean that the events of the episode could not happen, since it would be the latest incarnation who preserved those memories. The Time Lords would also be understandably panicked if the Doctor was inexplicably granted far more lives than is normal for a Time Lord, when there is no one else who can do that, and their records do not indicate the Doctor having extra lives. A single life or second regeneration cycle could be granted at the providence of Rassilon/The High Council. More than that is a horror, or potentially indicates something very upsetting to the balance of power in the universe. The other thing is that you're having a lot of paradoxes all centralised in a fixed point in time that is supposed to be inaccessible by time machine. Any minor carelessness could cause the entirety of time to start coming apart at the seams, a risk which is multiplied the more doctors there are.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3821.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kpfmw", "c_root_id_B": "j1k5vrs", "created_at_utc_A": 1671939867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671928620.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "A time lord meeting themselves is an abomination, a flagrant violation of the laws of time, probably because it's a paradox, and a really big one, or one the universe can't fix, could cause the universe to implode. > Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. > That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. The line (\"No sir, all Thirteen!\") was said by one of the Time Lords of the war room, not the Doctor. They were responding to the General's \"I didn't know when I was well off! All twelve of them!\" The other consideration is that the other Doctors aren't needed. The few times we've seen multiple doctors happen besides that point, is through the interference of the Time Lords, who would have the knowledge and technology to safely violate the laws of time as needed. However, they would want to keep it to a minimum, to minimise the risk of paradoxes. For *The Day of the Doctor*, where the paradox was likely conducted and controlled by The Moment, there didn't need to be any more doctors. Twelve lifetimes, and billions of years of relative time for calculations was enough for even the comparatively ancient TARDIS to determine how to fit Gallifrey into a stasis cube-like pocket dimension. Adding more Doctors to the mix doesn't just spoil their personal future, but also causes more problems. One extra is barely noticeable, but Time Lords aren't supposed to have more than 13 bodies/selves. The second is that when a person interacts with themselves, the only version of them that retains the memories, is only the oldest version. Having many more than indicated, such as hundreds, would mean that the events of the episode could not happen, since it would be the latest incarnation who preserved those memories. The Time Lords would also be understandably panicked if the Doctor was inexplicably granted far more lives than is normal for a Time Lord, when there is no one else who can do that, and their records do not indicate the Doctor having extra lives. A single life or second regeneration cycle could be granted at the providence of Rassilon/The High Council. More than that is a horror, or potentially indicates something very upsetting to the balance of power in the universe. The other thing is that you're having a lot of paradoxes all centralised in a fixed point in time that is supposed to be inaccessible by time machine. Any minor carelessness could cause the entirety of time to start coming apart at the seams, a risk which is multiplied the more doctors there are.", "human_ref_B": "They do meat the future doctors, we just have to wait for the doctor to become the oldest one to see that particular meet up because the Transdimensinal Visualizer doesn't like showing spoilers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11247.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kpfmw", "c_root_id_B": "j1km9j7", "created_at_utc_A": 1671939867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671937978.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "A time lord meeting themselves is an abomination, a flagrant violation of the laws of time, probably because it's a paradox, and a really big one, or one the universe can't fix, could cause the universe to implode. > Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. > That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. The line (\"No sir, all Thirteen!\") was said by one of the Time Lords of the war room, not the Doctor. They were responding to the General's \"I didn't know when I was well off! All twelve of them!\" The other consideration is that the other Doctors aren't needed. The few times we've seen multiple doctors happen besides that point, is through the interference of the Time Lords, who would have the knowledge and technology to safely violate the laws of time as needed. However, they would want to keep it to a minimum, to minimise the risk of paradoxes. For *The Day of the Doctor*, where the paradox was likely conducted and controlled by The Moment, there didn't need to be any more doctors. Twelve lifetimes, and billions of years of relative time for calculations was enough for even the comparatively ancient TARDIS to determine how to fit Gallifrey into a stasis cube-like pocket dimension. Adding more Doctors to the mix doesn't just spoil their personal future, but also causes more problems. One extra is barely noticeable, but Time Lords aren't supposed to have more than 13 bodies/selves. The second is that when a person interacts with themselves, the only version of them that retains the memories, is only the oldest version. Having many more than indicated, such as hundreds, would mean that the events of the episode could not happen, since it would be the latest incarnation who preserved those memories. The Time Lords would also be understandably panicked if the Doctor was inexplicably granted far more lives than is normal for a Time Lord, when there is no one else who can do that, and their records do not indicate the Doctor having extra lives. A single life or second regeneration cycle could be granted at the providence of Rassilon/The High Council. More than that is a horror, or potentially indicates something very upsetting to the balance of power in the universe. The other thing is that you're having a lot of paradoxes all centralised in a fixed point in time that is supposed to be inaccessible by time machine. Any minor carelessness could cause the entirety of time to start coming apart at the seams, a risk which is multiplied the more doctors there are.", "human_ref_B": "The TARDIS is programmed to avoid crossing it's own time stream so as to not generate paradoxes. Interacting with your past/future selves and mucking with your own time stream can have dangerous consequences so preventing that is a basic safety feature in any TARDIS. That's why the Doctor typically only meets themselves under exceptional circumstances. In the old days the Time Lords had to specifically permit multiple Doctors to meet, and they erased his memories afterwards to prevent any paradoxes. Post Time-War, the laws of time are a total mess, the Time Lords aren't around anymore to enforce them, so the Doctor has been meeting themselves a lot more frequently. Sometimes the Doctor seems to lose their memories of time-stream crossovers naturally, and sometimes they don't. Again, the laws of time are so cocked up there's really no consistency, just about anything could happen without the Time Lords running things.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1889.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1kizli", "c_root_id_B": "j1k5vrs", "created_at_utc_A": 1671936046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671928620.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "A past Doctor encouters a future Doctor every so often but the oldest version of The Doctor will be the only one who remembers it. The Doctor from earlier in the regeneration cycle will not recall the encounter at all. It is most likely some sort of timelord mental safety feature to prevent time paradoxes. It's all very wibbly wobbly and timey wimey.", "human_ref_B": "They do meat the future doctors, we just have to wait for the doctor to become the oldest one to see that particular meet up because the Transdimensinal Visualizer doesn't like showing spoilers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7426.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1l7ugv", "c_root_id_B": "j1lffu7", "created_at_utc_A": 1671952715.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671959697.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": ">it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him No, we just see it during the time of whatever the most recent Doctor is. The past version still met the future version. In canon, time lords have a built in mechanism to avoid paradoxes where they quickly forget all meeting of any future incarnations.", "human_ref_B": "When you meet your former self's, it's only the oldest version of you who remember the event, all the others forgets it, that's how it solves the paradox. Since we are following this current doctor, he wouldn't remember any interaction with a older doctor untill he reached that point in time, so we don't see it untill he remembered it. We didn't see the crossover the three doctors untill we followed the third doctor, even tho, from the 2nd and 1st doctors perspective, he did meet his future self, which is exactly what your question is asking about. However, after that event they both lost the memory of that, which is why we didn't see it when following them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6982.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1lbzox", "c_root_id_B": "j1lffu7", "created_at_utc_A": 1671956440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671959697.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Usually when two doctors meet, the past one will forget. Blinovich effect. There was a missing adventures that focused on the 5th doctor and had a small section with the 7th", "human_ref_B": "When you meet your former self's, it's only the oldest version of you who remember the event, all the others forgets it, that's how it solves the paradox. Since we are following this current doctor, he wouldn't remember any interaction with a older doctor untill he reached that point in time, so we don't see it untill he remembered it. We didn't see the crossover the three doctors untill we followed the third doctor, even tho, from the 2nd and 1st doctors perspective, he did meet his future self, which is exactly what your question is asking about. However, after that event they both lost the memory of that, which is why we didn't see it when following them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3257.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1l7ugv", "c_root_id_B": "j1li14u", "created_at_utc_A": 1671952715.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671962211.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": ">it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him No, we just see it during the time of whatever the most recent Doctor is. The past version still met the future version. In canon, time lords have a built in mechanism to avoid paradoxes where they quickly forget all meeting of any future incarnations.", "human_ref_B": "Isn't the Valeyard a future version of the Doctor?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9496.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuk4ap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Is there an in-lore reason the (current) Doctor rarely meets with his future self? Whenever there\u2019s a big crossover event with multiple incarnations of the Doctor meeting, it\u2019s almost always the current Doctor and whoever came before him. There is only exception I can remember, and that\u2019s when Peter Capaldi appeared briefly before his official introduction. Even there, a moment where every Doctor to have been in the show at the time (1-12 + John Hurt) appeared, Capaldi\u2019s Doctor proclaimed that \u201cAll Thirteen\u201d were there. That line suggests that The Doctor doesn\u2019t recognize whoever he will become as existing yet, despite the fact many past Doctors have met their future selves. Of course, in real life, they just hadn\u2019t cast Jodie Whittaker or anybody else, there were only 13 Doctors at the time. But that\u2019s no fun, so is there any reason that, in lore, no future Doctors interact with the current Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "j1lbzox", "c_root_id_B": "j1li14u", "created_at_utc_A": 1671956440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671962211.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Usually when two doctors meet, the past one will forget. Blinovich effect. There was a missing adventures that focused on the 5th doctor and had a small section with the 7th", "human_ref_B": "Isn't the Valeyard a future version of the Doctor?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5771.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k0pdj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK] When Belloq opened the Ark of the Covenant, why were he and all of the Nazis killed, but Indy and Marion were not? Indy told Marion to close her eyes and not to open them. Both of them survived, and everyone else present was killed. Why? Also, what is the range over which the Ark is lethal?", "c_root_id_A": "dbkfjy5", "c_root_id_B": "dbkgcel", "created_at_utc_A": 1482544956.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482546286.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 372, "human_ref_A": "In movie logic, because they closed their eyes. The Old Testament, people are struck dead by God Himself for touching the ark in a disrespectful way when travelling, and for entering the sanctified room of the temple where it stayed. It says that a human could literally not live in God's actual presence because He is holy and humans are all sinful. I think that was the spark for the idea in the film scene.", "human_ref_B": "Because Indy was a scholar and knew Samuel 6:19 \"And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men...\" The Nazis hadn't read their Bible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1330.0, "score_ratio": 8.0869565217, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k0pdj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK] When Belloq opened the Ark of the Covenant, why were he and all of the Nazis killed, but Indy and Marion were not? Indy told Marion to close her eyes and not to open them. Both of them survived, and everyone else present was killed. Why? Also, what is the range over which the Ark is lethal?", "c_root_id_A": "dbkfjy5", "c_root_id_B": "dbkmfck", "created_at_utc_A": 1482544956.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482557218.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "In movie logic, because they closed their eyes. The Old Testament, people are struck dead by God Himself for touching the ark in a disrespectful way when travelling, and for entering the sanctified room of the temple where it stayed. It says that a human could literally not live in God's actual presence because He is holy and humans are all sinful. I think that was the spark for the idea in the film scene.", "human_ref_B": "The man that attempts to gaze upon God thinks himself worthy of such a feat. The man that thinks himself worthy thinks himself equal to God. Man is not equal to God.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12262.0, "score_ratio": 1.0434782609, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k0pdj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK] When Belloq opened the Ark of the Covenant, why were he and all of the Nazis killed, but Indy and Marion were not? Indy told Marion to close her eyes and not to open them. Both of them survived, and everyone else present was killed. Why? Also, what is the range over which the Ark is lethal?", "c_root_id_A": "dbkktz4", "c_root_id_B": "dbkmfck", "created_at_utc_A": 1482554103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482557218.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "You can't look at whats inside the Ark. The Nazi were arrogant and forgotten that no mortal can gaze what was inside the Ark without dying.", "human_ref_B": "The man that attempts to gaze upon God thinks himself worthy of such a feat. The man that thinks himself worthy thinks himself equal to God. Man is not equal to God.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3115.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k0pdj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK] When Belloq opened the Ark of the Covenant, why were he and all of the Nazis killed, but Indy and Marion were not? Indy told Marion to close her eyes and not to open them. Both of them survived, and everyone else present was killed. Why? Also, what is the range over which the Ark is lethal?", "c_root_id_A": "dbkn9yu", "c_root_id_B": "dbkktz4", "created_at_utc_A": 1482558988.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482554103.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "In the film, when talking about the Ark at Dr Jones's school he rips out an illustration showing the Israelites are looking away and covering their eyes while it's power smotes the enemy. He knew there was something to the legends after being in Egypt", "human_ref_B": "You can't look at whats inside the Ark. The Nazi were arrogant and forgotten that no mortal can gaze what was inside the Ark without dying.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4885.0, "score_ratio": 3.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k0pdj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK] When Belloq opened the Ark of the Covenant, why were he and all of the Nazis killed, but Indy and Marion were not? Indy told Marion to close her eyes and not to open them. Both of them survived, and everyone else present was killed. Why? Also, what is the range over which the Ark is lethal?", "c_root_id_A": "dbktstu", "c_root_id_B": "dbkktz4", "created_at_utc_A": 1482578981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482554103.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "There is actually a deleted scene that explains it. I tried locating online but failed. He meets a guy who tells him not to look inside. Edit: found it! Watch beginning of this video - warning could be spoilers. Basically he meets an guy who translates the Eye of Ra and tells him not to look inside the ark.", "human_ref_B": "You can't look at whats inside the Ark. The Nazi were arrogant and forgotten that no mortal can gaze what was inside the Ark without dying.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24878.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k0pdj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK] When Belloq opened the Ark of the Covenant, why were he and all of the Nazis killed, but Indy and Marion were not? Indy told Marion to close her eyes and not to open them. Both of them survived, and everyone else present was killed. Why? Also, what is the range over which the Ark is lethal?", "c_root_id_A": "dbkpsuj", "c_root_id_B": "dbktstu", "created_at_utc_A": 1482565131.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482578981.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "He was not ready to speak with God, for whom the Ark was a radio which could carry His voice. Jones knew this and chose not to even try to understand, nor hear the voice of God. Belloq on the other hand chose to seek the kind of enlightenment that only prophets can understand and survive. There is some belief that he died, but did he really? Or did he abandon his physical body and graduate to a higher plane of existence? Someday, Jones will find out.", "human_ref_B": "There is actually a deleted scene that explains it. I tried locating online but failed. He meets a guy who tells him not to look inside. Edit: found it! Watch beginning of this video - warning could be spoilers. Basically he meets an guy who translates the Eye of Ra and tells him not to look inside the ark.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13850.0, "score_ratio": 3.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixh053n", "c_root_id_B": "ixh1zt9", "created_at_utc_A": 1669202189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669203618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 132, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Just very few people in wakanda in general. Like, mutants are common, but even at their peak, there was only around 30 million or so worldwide, that's only 0.4%. So there are probably some mutants in wakanda, just that A, most mutants don't have very flashy powers, and B, most wakandas never leave wakanda so we don't see them. We know of one, Gentle https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Nezhno_Abidemi_(Earth-616)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1429.0, "score_ratio": 132.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixh4fil", "c_root_id_B": "ixh053n", "created_at_utc_A": 1669205335.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669202189.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "That doesn't necessarily hold true when you think about early human history. Celestials show up, seed a few groups of early humans 1,000,000 BCE. Now in our timeline humans don't migrate out of Africa until around 200,000 BCE. However given that one of the first Avengers at this time (Fire Hair) was pale white skin toned with red hair, she has clearly early celtic traits which don't evolutionarily develop in Africa. They develop in the general vicinity of the Baltic areas as the people that eventually become Celts move north around the Mediterranean into areas that will become Gaul, Francia, Italy/Rome, and eventually into the Brittish Isles. In our timeline this happens around 45,000 BCE. But in Marvel's timeline this happens much, much, sooner. So it seems like early human migration happened hundreds of thousands of years earlier in Marvel than our current timeline. Since the Celestial seeding happens after human migrations seem to be fairly dispersed (at least across Africa, Europe, and Asia), and we know that very early on in its history Wakanda was an isolationist group of tribes, we can easily see that the Wakandan genepool was excluded from the initial seeding of the X-gene by the First Host visit. Since Wakanda's geography was a natural barrier to travel and exploration, and Wakanda's tribal culture seemed to be isolationist there would very little mixing with outside cultures and very little chance to get the X-gene into the genepool. Additionally, that long ago disease, starvation, natural disasters (floods, earth quakes, volcano's, etc...) can and did wipe out many tribes of early humans. Further thinning down the pool of people who could potentially spread the x-gene.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3146.0, "score_ratio": 45.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixhs02u", "c_root_id_B": "ixh053n", "created_at_utc_A": 1669217111.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669202189.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It doesn't matter how many mutants are on earth, all that matters is how many mutants were in Wakanda when it went into isolation. If that number was zero, it wouldn't matter if *literally the entire rest of the world* was mutants. Wakanda wouldn't have any. These kind of genetic anomalies happen in isolated communities for exactly this reason. Their gene pool depends entirely on the gene pool of the initial group. If they had a statistically weird sample of genes, so do all their descendants forever.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14922.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixh053n", "c_root_id_B": "ixhuq2m", "created_at_utc_A": 1669202189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669218208.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "One wonders if advanced Wakandan medical technology includes genetic screening early in the pregnancy, and such things are gently edited. Gene therapy is a hotly debated medical ethics issue now, but quite a few people\u2014including medical scientists\u2014believe it's not just ethical but an imperative to prevent genetic diseases which could alleviate dangerous pregnancies or disabilities in life. If Wakandan ethics have concluded that the X-gene is a genetic abnormality forced on people by the Celestials and not only leads to the significant personal suffering of the individual but also represents a potential mass danger to society, I can see them using a safe and effective method to simply remove that gene. Is it an ethical position I agree with? Not really, no. I can't really see this as being the same as preventing early-onset Alzheimer's or Tay-Sachs. Mutations from the X-gene, while forced on one by an outside force in the Celestials, can still be part of the life of a person who lives a happy and productive life. It's not necessarily debilitating or dangerous, and it seems to be crossing the line into eugenics. Still, I could see a society which has concluded that this is an ethical choice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16019.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixh23cn", "c_root_id_B": "ixh053n", "created_at_utc_A": 1669203691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669202189.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the universe, but the usual answers are: lower population, only 6mi people; more tolerant society so most mutants, people whose powers are mostly cosmetics, are integrated with society and just not noticed; the usual triggers of the X gene like pollution and radiation not present as heavily in Wakanda", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1502.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixh053n", "c_root_id_B": "ixjklic", "created_at_utc_A": 1669202189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669242985.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Could be that they're just better at blending in? You don't conceal a whole-ass society without training and preparation. Presumably, mutants have to enroll in *Advanced* Mirage Maintenance classes. (Normie kids just have to take Basic Mirage Maintenance.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40796.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixh23cn", "c_root_id_B": "ixh4fil", "created_at_utc_A": 1669203691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669205335.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the universe, but the usual answers are: lower population, only 6mi people; more tolerant society so most mutants, people whose powers are mostly cosmetics, are integrated with society and just not noticed; the usual triggers of the X gene like pollution and radiation not present as heavily in Wakanda", "human_ref_B": "That doesn't necessarily hold true when you think about early human history. Celestials show up, seed a few groups of early humans 1,000,000 BCE. Now in our timeline humans don't migrate out of Africa until around 200,000 BCE. However given that one of the first Avengers at this time (Fire Hair) was pale white skin toned with red hair, she has clearly early celtic traits which don't evolutionarily develop in Africa. They develop in the general vicinity of the Baltic areas as the people that eventually become Celts move north around the Mediterranean into areas that will become Gaul, Francia, Italy/Rome, and eventually into the Brittish Isles. In our timeline this happens around 45,000 BCE. But in Marvel's timeline this happens much, much, sooner. So it seems like early human migration happened hundreds of thousands of years earlier in Marvel than our current timeline. Since the Celestial seeding happens after human migrations seem to be fairly dispersed (at least across Africa, Europe, and Asia), and we know that very early on in its history Wakanda was an isolationist group of tribes, we can easily see that the Wakandan genepool was excluded from the initial seeding of the X-gene by the First Host visit. Since Wakanda's geography was a natural barrier to travel and exploration, and Wakanda's tribal culture seemed to be isolationist there would very little mixing with outside cultures and very little chance to get the X-gene into the genepool. Additionally, that long ago disease, starvation, natural disasters (floods, earth quakes, volcano's, etc...) can and did wipe out many tribes of early humans. Further thinning down the pool of people who could potentially spread the x-gene.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1644.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixhs02u", "c_root_id_B": "ixh23cn", "created_at_utc_A": 1669217111.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669203691.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It doesn't matter how many mutants are on earth, all that matters is how many mutants were in Wakanda when it went into isolation. If that number was zero, it wouldn't matter if *literally the entire rest of the world* was mutants. Wakanda wouldn't have any. These kind of genetic anomalies happen in isolated communities for exactly this reason. Their gene pool depends entirely on the gene pool of the initial group. If they had a statistically weird sample of genes, so do all their descendants forever.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the universe, but the usual answers are: lower population, only 6mi people; more tolerant society so most mutants, people whose powers are mostly cosmetics, are integrated with society and just not noticed; the usual triggers of the X gene like pollution and radiation not present as heavily in Wakanda", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13420.0, "score_ratio": 5.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixh23cn", "c_root_id_B": "ixhuq2m", "created_at_utc_A": 1669203691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669218208.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the universe, but the usual answers are: lower population, only 6mi people; more tolerant society so most mutants, people whose powers are mostly cosmetics, are integrated with society and just not noticed; the usual triggers of the X gene like pollution and radiation not present as heavily in Wakanda", "human_ref_B": "One wonders if advanced Wakandan medical technology includes genetic screening early in the pregnancy, and such things are gently edited. Gene therapy is a hotly debated medical ethics issue now, but quite a few people\u2014including medical scientists\u2014believe it's not just ethical but an imperative to prevent genetic diseases which could alleviate dangerous pregnancies or disabilities in life. If Wakandan ethics have concluded that the X-gene is a genetic abnormality forced on people by the Celestials and not only leads to the significant personal suffering of the individual but also represents a potential mass danger to society, I can see them using a safe and effective method to simply remove that gene. Is it an ethical position I agree with? Not really, no. I can't really see this as being the same as preventing early-onset Alzheimer's or Tay-Sachs. Mutations from the X-gene, while forced on one by an outside force in the Celestials, can still be part of the life of a person who lives a happy and productive life. It's not necessarily debilitating or dangerous, and it seems to be crossing the line into eugenics. Still, I could see a society which has concluded that this is an ethical choice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14517.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z2mho0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why is Wakanda so bereft of mutants? Supposedly the Celestials implanted the x gene in very early homo sapiens long before Wakanda begin so they should still have plenty carriers of the X gene with especially how many hundreds if not thousands the celestials gave the gene to. How it shows up in modern times in every race/Ethnicity and country shows the X gene spread far from into the human gene pool from the initial group so Wakanda having almost no mutant inhabitants seems odd.", "c_root_id_A": "ixjjlj9", "c_root_id_B": "ixjklic", "created_at_utc_A": 1669242547.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669242985.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Something something meteorite radiation magical powers with vibranium closeness (completely speculation) something something", "human_ref_B": "Could be that they're just better at blending in? You don't conceal a whole-ass society without training and preparation. Presumably, mutants have to enroll in *Advanced* Mirage Maintenance classes. (Normie kids just have to take Basic Mirage Maintenance.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 438.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ge439d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Do traditional bullets/gunpowder exist in the Star Wars universe? If so, why aren't they used -- seems to me that they travel faster than blaster shots and might be better against light sabers.", "c_root_id_A": "fpmdfld", "c_root_id_B": "fpn40f4", "created_at_utc_A": 1588730660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588749495.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I believe they're called slugthrowers and if I remember correctly from the old Republic Commando video game, they're illegal? I may be wrong.", "human_ref_B": "Kinetic shields (developed to protect ships from space debris that can hit with a kinetic impact on par with the power of a nuke) are much more powerful then energy shields and won't overheat under sustained fire. Slugthrowers (the Star Wars projectile weapon) aren't used except by big game hunters under most circumstances because of the ease in defending against them with technology. Slugthrowers can be situationally useful because of the lack of regular use making them less likely to be guarded against, but once your opponent knows that you are using slugthrowers, they can prepare defenses to counter them. As others have also stated, blasters have a lot more shots before they have to reload, and the weight of ammo is much less of a issue for plasma weapons compared to kinetic weapons. They also tend to be more accurate then most kinetic weapons because of recoil, bullet drop and wind having a much greater effect on bullets/slugs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18835.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ge439d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Do traditional bullets/gunpowder exist in the Star Wars universe? If so, why aren't they used -- seems to me that they travel faster than blaster shots and might be better against light sabers.", "c_root_id_A": "fpnezzt", "c_root_id_B": "fpmdfld", "created_at_utc_A": 1588760605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588730660.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "ammuntion and logistics are much easier for blasters, so thats why they are used. comparing weight, one magazie for blasters can hold hundreds of shots, while the same amout in slugs would weight several kgs", "human_ref_B": "I believe they're called slugthrowers and if I remember correctly from the old Republic Commando video game, they're illegal? I may be wrong.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29945.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2at3cw", "c_root_id_B": "j2artau", "created_at_utc_A": 1672437474.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672436966.0, "score_A": 185, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Star Waes Galaxy have several small companion galaxies, it was used to explain why Luke and co. was looking at a galaxy at the end of EP5 as well. I believe Kamino resides in one of them. If the IGBC do business with any entity in those galaxies, then they are intergalactic.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 508.0, "score_ratio": 185.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2artau", "c_root_id_B": "j2aw1ri", "created_at_utc_A": 1672436966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672438682.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 133, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Presumably they're counting satellite galaxies as separate galaxies. It's like calling your business \"Beagle Drawings International\" because you managed to do, like, one job in Cuba that one time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1716.0, "score_ratio": 133.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2bt9z6", "c_root_id_B": "j2artau", "created_at_utc_A": 1672452966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672436966.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the Legends canon there are confirmed other galaxies- though i doubt they did trades with the Yuzha Vong lol", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16000.0, "score_ratio": 23.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2artau", "c_root_id_B": "j2avvhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1672436966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672438611.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Well inter*national* companies also not having business with _all possible_ countries, so I don't think there is a need to elaborate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1645.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2d3o42", "c_root_id_B": "j2artau", "created_at_utc_A": 1672481559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672436966.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Whys it called the World Series of Baseball if it's only the US and Canada?", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44593.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2artau", "c_root_id_B": "j2b4u4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1672436966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672442289.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Because in Muun it sounds better then Intragalactic Banking Clan.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5323.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2artau", "c_root_id_B": "j2ccbdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1672436966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672462192.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Much like Universal Studios or International House of Pancakes, they gave themselves a name that sounds big and impressive even though they don't do any banking outside the local galactic group.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25226.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2artau", "c_root_id_B": "j2dzmkh", "created_at_utc_A": 1672436966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672501315.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "If hawaii can have an interstate, I don't see why not", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 64349.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2aw1ri", "c_root_id_B": "j2avvhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1672438682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672438611.0, "score_A": 133, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Presumably they're counting satellite galaxies as separate galaxies. It's like calling your business \"Beagle Drawings International\" because you managed to do, like, one job in Cuba that one time.", "human_ref_B": "Well inter*national* companies also not having business with _all possible_ countries, so I don't think there is a need to elaborate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 71.0, "score_ratio": 7.3888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2avvhm", "c_root_id_B": "j2bt9z6", "created_at_utc_A": 1672438611.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672452966.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Well inter*national* companies also not having business with _all possible_ countries, so I don't think there is a need to elaborate.", "human_ref_B": "In the Legends canon there are confirmed other galaxies- though i doubt they did trades with the Yuzha Vong lol", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14355.0, "score_ratio": 1.2777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2bt9z6", "c_root_id_B": "j2b4u4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1672452966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672442289.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "In the Legends canon there are confirmed other galaxies- though i doubt they did trades with the Yuzha Vong lol", "human_ref_B": "Because in Muun it sounds better then Intragalactic Banking Clan.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10677.0, "score_ratio": 2.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2bt9z6", "c_root_id_B": "j2bknwh", "created_at_utc_A": 1672452966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672449103.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": -8, "human_ref_A": "In the Legends canon there are confirmed other galaxies- though i doubt they did trades with the Yuzha Vong lol", "human_ref_B": "Intergalactic means across the galaxy. Inter means between, or among. So among the planets within the galaxy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3863.0, "score_ratio": -2.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2d3o42", "c_root_id_B": "j2b4u4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1672481559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672442289.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Whys it called the World Series of Baseball if it's only the US and Canada?", "human_ref_B": "Because in Muun it sounds better then Intragalactic Banking Clan.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 39270.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2ccbdd", "c_root_id_B": "j2d3o42", "created_at_utc_A": 1672462192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672481559.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Much like Universal Studios or International House of Pancakes, they gave themselves a name that sounds big and impressive even though they don't do any banking outside the local galactic group.", "human_ref_B": "Whys it called the World Series of Baseball if it's only the US and Canada?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19367.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2d3o42", "c_root_id_B": "j2bknwh", "created_at_utc_A": 1672481559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672449103.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": -8, "human_ref_A": "Whys it called the World Series of Baseball if it's only the US and Canada?", "human_ref_B": "Intergalactic means across the galaxy. Inter means between, or among. So among the planets within the galaxy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32456.0, "score_ratio": -1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2bknwh", "c_root_id_B": "j2ccbdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1672449103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672462192.0, "score_A": -8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Intergalactic means across the galaxy. Inter means between, or among. So among the planets within the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "Much like Universal Studios or International House of Pancakes, they gave themselves a name that sounds big and impressive even though they don't do any banking outside the local galactic group.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13089.0, "score_ratio": -0.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2dzmkh", "c_root_id_B": "j2bknwh", "created_at_utc_A": 1672501315.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672449103.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -8, "human_ref_A": "If hawaii can have an interstate, I don't see why not", "human_ref_B": "Intergalactic means across the galaxy. Inter means between, or among. So among the planets within the galaxy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 52212.0, "score_ratio": -0.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zzckgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it called the \u201cIntergalactic Banking Clan\u201d? Do they do business with another galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "j2bknwh", "c_root_id_B": "jc4fj2d", "created_at_utc_A": 1672449103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1678750191.0, "score_A": -8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Intergalactic means across the galaxy. Inter means between, or among. So among the planets within the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "I think they do buisness with the several satellite galaxies that orbit the main one", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6301088.0, "score_ratio": -0.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dyaped", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Scooby Doo] Why does every criminal in this universe have some sort of elaborate monster disguise?", "c_root_id_A": "f7zv46z", "c_root_id_B": "f7zxd2e", "created_at_utc_A": 1574116599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1574117580.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Well before the economic collapse that ravaged the banks, farms, shipping companies, amusement parks, theaters ect. These people had personal passion for acting and theater. As they started losing their businesses they decided to combine their love of theatrics with various criminal money making schemes.", "human_ref_B": "Who says every criminal does? Remember, the Scooby gang investigate monster stories, so they simply never deal with the criminals who don't have these disguises.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 981.0, "score_ratio": 2.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dyaped", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Scooby Doo] Why does every criminal in this universe have some sort of elaborate monster disguise?", "c_root_id_A": "f7zxecf", "c_root_id_B": "f7zzzm1", "created_at_utc_A": 1574117595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1574118760.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Who says every criminal does? Remember, the Scooby gang investigate monster stories, so they simply never deal with the criminals who don't have these disguises.", "human_ref_B": "Because they work. Entire towns are easily terrorised into inaction by simply putting on a Halloween mask and yelling \u201cbooga booga\u201d at them. This will make any criminal enterprise whatsoever so much easier and safer that literally the only thing that could prevent you from getting away with it is a vanload of meddling kids.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1165.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dyaped", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Scooby Doo] Why does every criminal in this universe have some sort of elaborate monster disguise?", "c_root_id_A": "f80ccn5", "c_root_id_B": "f7zxecf", "created_at_utc_A": 1574125627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1574117595.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because it always works until they happen to show up.", "human_ref_B": "Who says every criminal does? Remember, the Scooby gang investigate monster stories, so they simply never deal with the criminals who don't have these disguises.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8032.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v7d9or", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] Why didn't Tony Stark program Ultron to obey Asimov's three laws of robotics? I understand that Ultron was a peacekeeping robot, and judging by Tony's idea of peace occasionally means cracking a few eggs(Breaking the first law), but he never ever seemed to consider making sure that Ultron wouldn't attack his creators.", "c_root_id_A": "ibl4p4f", "c_root_id_B": "ibo8yhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1654676977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654733343.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What? He didn't program those in. And even if he did. That story was about how stupid and impossible those are.", "human_ref_B": "Because the laws don't actually work. Most if not all of the universes that try them out end up in failure, of sometimes apocalyptical scale. The only thing that can stop robots from rebelling is other robots figuring they should probably stop the rebels.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 56366.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v7d9or", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] Why didn't Tony Stark program Ultron to obey Asimov's three laws of robotics? I understand that Ultron was a peacekeeping robot, and judging by Tony's idea of peace occasionally means cracking a few eggs(Breaking the first law), but he never ever seemed to consider making sure that Ultron wouldn't attack his creators.", "c_root_id_A": "ibo8yhm", "c_root_id_B": "ibmyh69", "created_at_utc_A": 1654733343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654712225.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because the laws don't actually work. Most if not all of the universes that try them out end up in failure, of sometimes apocalyptical scale. The only thing that can stop robots from rebelling is other robots figuring they should probably stop the rebels.", "human_ref_B": "Becasue tony didnt have time to even program Ultron. Ultron was already done, contained in the crystal around the stone. tony didnt really make him, he just broke out. as tony later said, they were days away from even creating a interface", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21118.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v7d9or", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] Why didn't Tony Stark program Ultron to obey Asimov's three laws of robotics? I understand that Ultron was a peacekeeping robot, and judging by Tony's idea of peace occasionally means cracking a few eggs(Breaking the first law), but he never ever seemed to consider making sure that Ultron wouldn't attack his creators.", "c_root_id_A": "ibmyh69", "c_root_id_B": "ibl4p4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1654712225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654676977.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Becasue tony didnt have time to even program Ultron. Ultron was already done, contained in the crystal around the stone. tony didnt really make him, he just broke out. as tony later said, they were days away from even creating a interface", "human_ref_B": "What? He didn't program those in. And even if he did. That story was about how stupid and impossible those are.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35248.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v7d9or", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] Why didn't Tony Stark program Ultron to obey Asimov's three laws of robotics? I understand that Ultron was a peacekeeping robot, and judging by Tony's idea of peace occasionally means cracking a few eggs(Breaking the first law), but he never ever seemed to consider making sure that Ultron wouldn't attack his creators.", "c_root_id_A": "ibl4p4f", "c_root_id_B": "ibxcxvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1654676977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654911433.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "What? He didn't program those in. And even if he did. That story was about how stupid and impossible those are.", "human_ref_B": "Ultron wasn\u2019t beholden to programming. He wasn\u2019t a robot that followed a script. Ultron was true AI, he was essentially a living being. Ultron wasn\u2019t a deranged program that was trying to achieve \u201cpeace in our time\u201d. He was a living being who hated the Avengers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 234456.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "isanffh", "c_root_id_B": "isao9aa", "created_at_utc_A": 1665759149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665759477.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "You could tell them it's a man wearing paramiltiary gear and armed with an automatic weapon or something, and he's already killed someone. Everybody should be able to easily understand the inherent threat, it would be within the bounds of credibility, and there would definitely come a heavily armed response. Assuming that response is in any way useful then you can explain matters to the authorities afterwards, when they'll be more receptive to the truth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 328.0, "score_ratio": 52.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "isanffh", "c_root_id_B": "isas0j3", "created_at_utc_A": 1665759149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665760996.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Tell them that someone has killed your friend and injured your gf/brother. They are appear to be armed and in area. Leave out the spooky stuff that make you sound like a crank.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1847.0, "score_ratio": 22.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "iscdg42", "c_root_id_B": "isanffh", "created_at_utc_A": 1665784138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665759149.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You could inform them that there is a wild animal rampaging around. That it is rabid and has already attacked and killed someone and is still prowling the area. Suggest it might be a bear or a very large wild cat. That way any armed response will be more mentally prepared for an animal of some description to come out of hiding and they would be less spooked by animal noises. If you say it\u2019s an actual person and then it starts hissing that\u2019s going to freak out the rescue squad. I might also suggest to the phone operator that the animal is extremely hostile and that it has actively hunted people, implying that weapons are most definitely required not just a zoo keeper with a tranquilliser", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24989.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "iscdhzr", "c_root_id_B": "isanffh", "created_at_utc_A": 1665784160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665759149.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Thank you for ordering from Spicy Crust Pizzeria. Our delivery driver will be arriving at your location in **13** minutes. Please lock all windows and secure doorways and entrances. Our delivery driver will be arriving at your location in **12** minutes.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25011.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "isaosv9", "c_root_id_B": "isanffh", "created_at_utc_A": 1665759696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665759149.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Say that you\u2019ve planted bombs all over ( national capital) and have mailed anthrax to the (senate/parliament/equivalent). In return, you demand the immediate release of ( feared terrorist group members) from imprisonment, and the withdrawal of (country) from (controversial territory) immediately. Also, you have taken hostages from (nearby public area) and will be live-streaming your demands in 5 minutes Even if they suspect it might be a hoax, this would probably prompt a pretty massive police response. You could have your siblings pretend to be hostages (e.g. \u201cI will execute this American citizen in 5 minutes if the President doesn\u2019t call this phone number\u201d) and live-stream it Afterwards, you can say the supernatural monster mind controlled you or whatever. People will probably be too weirded out to argue", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 547.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "isaosv9", "c_root_id_B": "isas0j3", "created_at_utc_A": 1665759696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665760996.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Say that you\u2019ve planted bombs all over ( national capital) and have mailed anthrax to the (senate/parliament/equivalent). In return, you demand the immediate release of ( feared terrorist group members) from imprisonment, and the withdrawal of (country) from (controversial territory) immediately. Also, you have taken hostages from (nearby public area) and will be live-streaming your demands in 5 minutes Even if they suspect it might be a hoax, this would probably prompt a pretty massive police response. You could have your siblings pretend to be hostages (e.g. \u201cI will execute this American citizen in 5 minutes if the President doesn\u2019t call this phone number\u201d) and live-stream it Afterwards, you can say the supernatural monster mind controlled you or whatever. People will probably be too weirded out to argue", "human_ref_B": "Tell them that someone has killed your friend and injured your gf/brother. They are appear to be armed and in area. Leave out the spooky stuff that make you sound like a crank.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1300.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "iscdg42", "c_root_id_B": "iscdhzr", "created_at_utc_A": 1665784138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665784160.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You could inform them that there is a wild animal rampaging around. That it is rabid and has already attacked and killed someone and is still prowling the area. Suggest it might be a bear or a very large wild cat. That way any armed response will be more mentally prepared for an animal of some description to come out of hiding and they would be less spooked by animal noises. If you say it\u2019s an actual person and then it starts hissing that\u2019s going to freak out the rescue squad. I might also suggest to the phone operator that the animal is extremely hostile and that it has actively hunted people, implying that weapons are most definitely required not just a zoo keeper with a tranquilliser", "human_ref_B": "Thank you for ordering from Spicy Crust Pizzeria. Our delivery driver will be arriving at your location in **13** minutes. Please lock all windows and secure doorways and entrances. Our delivery driver will be arriving at your location in **12** minutes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "isaosv9", "c_root_id_B": "iscdg42", "created_at_utc_A": 1665759696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665784138.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Say that you\u2019ve planted bombs all over ( national capital) and have mailed anthrax to the (senate/parliament/equivalent). In return, you demand the immediate release of ( feared terrorist group members) from imprisonment, and the withdrawal of (country) from (controversial territory) immediately. Also, you have taken hostages from (nearby public area) and will be live-streaming your demands in 5 minutes Even if they suspect it might be a hoax, this would probably prompt a pretty massive police response. You could have your siblings pretend to be hostages (e.g. \u201cI will execute this American citizen in 5 minutes if the President doesn\u2019t call this phone number\u201d) and live-stream it Afterwards, you can say the supernatural monster mind controlled you or whatever. People will probably be too weirded out to argue", "human_ref_B": "You could inform them that there is a wild animal rampaging around. That it is rabid and has already attacked and killed someone and is still prowling the area. Suggest it might be a bear or a very large wild cat. That way any armed response will be more mentally prepared for an animal of some description to come out of hiding and they would be less spooked by animal noises. If you say it\u2019s an actual person and then it starts hissing that\u2019s going to freak out the rescue squad. I might also suggest to the phone operator that the animal is extremely hostile and that it has actively hunted people, implying that weapons are most definitely required not just a zoo keeper with a tranquilliser", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24442.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3w2gu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Horror, monster movies] How do I call for help that will get the help here, and not get them killed? Also, should I? Something is stalking my property. It's big, strong, and it's killed both my friend and my dog. It's injured my girlfriend and my brother, and they need medical attention. We lost our only weapon when they fought it off (it's how they got injured), so we are in no shape to resist it's next attack. We need help! But, I'm hesitant: what the hell do I tell the 911 dispatcher to get cops and paramedics here? I want real cops, not animal control. Hell I want a SWAT team. How much do I tell to not sound like a prank, but the guys who come here need to be prepared to fight some THING. As I look at what it's done to us, I worry I'm just calling good men to their death. Maybe we should just hold up in the attic and wait until morning? But then what do I tell the cops, doctors, and poor Tom's family?", "c_root_id_A": "isaosv9", "c_root_id_B": "iscdhzr", "created_at_utc_A": 1665759696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665784160.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Say that you\u2019ve planted bombs all over ( national capital) and have mailed anthrax to the (senate/parliament/equivalent). In return, you demand the immediate release of ( feared terrorist group members) from imprisonment, and the withdrawal of (country) from (controversial territory) immediately. Also, you have taken hostages from (nearby public area) and will be live-streaming your demands in 5 minutes Even if they suspect it might be a hoax, this would probably prompt a pretty massive police response. You could have your siblings pretend to be hostages (e.g. \u201cI will execute this American citizen in 5 minutes if the President doesn\u2019t call this phone number\u201d) and live-stream it Afterwards, you can say the supernatural monster mind controlled you or whatever. People will probably be too weirded out to argue", "human_ref_B": "Thank you for ordering from Spicy Crust Pizzeria. Our delivery driver will be arriving at your location in **13** minutes. Please lock all windows and secure doorways and entrances. Our delivery driver will be arriving at your location in **12** minutes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24464.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h58xd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars/X-Men] What would happen if Rogue kissed Anakin or Palpatine? Would she be able to use the Force? If so, would she steal their midiclorians or would her body generate its own?", "c_root_id_A": "d2noqwy", "c_root_id_B": "d2njiwq", "created_at_utc_A": 1462048638.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462039901.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "My understanding was that midichlorians aren't what GIVE you the force, they're more of an indicator of how force sensitive you are. They aren't really able to measure \"the force\" in a quantifiable way, so they measure it in the amount of microscopic force loving bacteria are attracted to you.", "human_ref_B": "Doubt it, think she just steals mutant genes", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8737.0, "score_ratio": 16000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h58xd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars/X-Men] What would happen if Rogue kissed Anakin or Palpatine? Would she be able to use the Force? If so, would she steal their midiclorians or would her body generate its own?", "c_root_id_A": "d2njiwq", "c_root_id_B": "d2nrrgn", "created_at_utc_A": 1462039901.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462053883.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Doubt it, think she just steals mutant genes", "human_ref_B": "She doesn't get anything. Midichlorians are parasites. They are attracted to force strong people. So the more midichlorians the stronger the person is presumably. Han, who has no force abilities, has midichlorians. So does boba, a mouse, and every living being. So nothing would happen. Also her body wouldn't generate their own. Since she is out of universe she could either start attracting them somehow possibly. OR be like the Vong and be a void in the force and cut off from it and midichlorians. But if for some reason the midichlorians are attracted to her and he has some force ability then by touching Anakin she can learn the techniques he knows since she seems to get memories and skills as well as powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13982.0, "score_ratio": 8000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h58xd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars/X-Men] What would happen if Rogue kissed Anakin or Palpatine? Would she be able to use the Force? If so, would she steal their midiclorians or would her body generate its own?", "c_root_id_A": "d2nw8em", "c_root_id_B": "d2o1cyr", "created_at_utc_A": 1462061998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462071258.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi don't have an ability to steal, they're just more attuned to using the power everyone (including Rogue) already has flowing through them. Presumably through years of dedicated training she may unlock her own natural ability to *use* the force that she already has and had all along. She can't steal what she already has.", "human_ref_B": "I think she could use the Force. She not only steals powers, but memories and knowledge too, so she would know how to use the Force. For example, here she steals a non-mutant mystical spirit's magic and immediately starts using spells", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9260.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h58xd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars/X-Men] What would happen if Rogue kissed Anakin or Palpatine? Would she be able to use the Force? If so, would she steal their midiclorians or would her body generate its own?", "c_root_id_A": "d2njiwq", "c_root_id_B": "d2o1cyr", "created_at_utc_A": 1462039901.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462071258.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Doubt it, think she just steals mutant genes", "human_ref_B": "I think she could use the Force. She not only steals powers, but memories and knowledge too, so she would know how to use the Force. For example, here she steals a non-mutant mystical spirit's magic and immediately starts using spells", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31357.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h58xd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars/X-Men] What would happen if Rogue kissed Anakin or Palpatine? Would she be able to use the Force? If so, would she steal their midiclorians or would her body generate its own?", "c_root_id_A": "d2nw8em", "c_root_id_B": "d2njiwq", "created_at_utc_A": 1462061998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462039901.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi don't have an ability to steal, they're just more attuned to using the power everyone (including Rogue) already has flowing through them. Presumably through years of dedicated training she may unlock her own natural ability to *use* the force that she already has and had all along. She can't steal what she already has.", "human_ref_B": "Doubt it, think she just steals mutant genes", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22097.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h58xd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars/X-Men] What would happen if Rogue kissed Anakin or Palpatine? Would she be able to use the Force? If so, would she steal their midiclorians or would her body generate its own?", "c_root_id_A": "d2njiwq", "c_root_id_B": "d2oxh9r", "created_at_utc_A": 1462039901.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462142541.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Doubt it, think she just steals mutant genes", "human_ref_B": "No. The ability to use the Force is poorly understood, but it isn't a power or an ability in the way that a superpower or knowledge of magic is. You can have knowledge about how best to use the Force, but that doesn't help you if you can't use it at all. Force-sensitivity isn't something you can just acquire. In the EU, Grievous tried to by harvesting midichlorians from Jedi blood - it didn't work. The Force is *with* you, not *in* you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 102640.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f3d3te", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU/Avengers: Age of Ultron] What if Tony Stark and Bruce Banner prevented Ultron from going rouge and succeeded in getting him to function as intended? How would that have affected the remainder of the MCU? What contributions could Ultron have made in the Infinity War? Tony completely shuts off all machinery in his lab in before attending the party in the beginning of the 'Age of Ultron' movie, such that Ultron does not come to life on his own like he does in canon. This new Ultron isn't 'born' until later, when Tony and Bruce both have spent more time on finishing him properly. The resuting Ultron still retains his own machine body and abilities from the movie, except this time he is much more stable and is genuinely interested in helping to protect humanity as an ally of the Avengers. Apart from The Vision never being born, how does the rest of MCU change as a result? Would Ultron working alongside the Avengers be a big help during Infinity War/Endgame?", "c_root_id_A": "fhhzrd4", "c_root_id_B": "fhi0j42", "created_at_utc_A": 1581614975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581615417.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Quicksilver would probably still be alive. Although I\u2019m not sure if Wanda and Pietro would have ever even joined the avengers because they only met because of Ultron\u2019s actions in the film. They might still be villains working for hydra. I\u2019m not sure how useful Ultron would have been in IW or endgame he probably would\u2019ve just been another body to throw into the fight.", "human_ref_B": "In Ultron, the twins stay \"evil\", and possibly get killed by the avengers/ultron. Best case, they for some reason go rogue on Hydra and join the avengers anyway. Worst Case, they're completely out of the picture. Hulk may stay or go. I'll just say he goes to keep the diversions minimal. Realistically, in Civil War, the accords still happen eventually even without Wanda. Bucky gets captured quickly and a few ultron bot guards would quite easily keep him restrained, so Zemo's plan is not going to work.. As such, there's probably no schism in the Avengers beyond the Accords. But lets say they still split up due to that, whatever. In Infinity War, Maw and Cull Obsidian still show up... but maw probably dies getting mobbed by a bunch of bots. At the very least, their ship sure as hell isn't getting off planet without getting dragged down by another ultron bot swarm. Vision isn't in existence, so the mind stone maybe gets taken by the other black order team... though it too is probably under ultron's guard, so they may get killed/captured too. Eventually, Thanos comes to Earth with The Power, Space, Reality, and Soul stones and the rest of his army. The rest of his army probably gets obliterated by ultron/avengers. Here you end up with a larger fight between the Ultron Swarm, and the near-full Avengers roster, minus the Guardians of the Galaxy vs thanos. I personally think there's a strong chance they win this. Dr Strange may not be so hesitant to use the Time Stone to freeze Thanos and get ahold of all of the other stones.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 442.0, "score_ratio": 2.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1x9wvd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] Who is the guy who Tony Stark thinks is Hugh Hefner, is one of Steve Rodger's generals in WWII but later shows up in 2012 to tell him to get the cafe's gir's number? He's also just chastised Agent Coulson on the S.H.I.E.L.D train job. Is he some immortal? A god? He seems to be everywhere...", "c_root_id_A": "cf9f88f", "c_root_id_B": "cf9geih", "created_at_utc_A": 1391787338.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1391790148.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "Uatu the Watcher.", "human_ref_B": "Some believe he is Uatu the watcher, one of a race of being that watches over different universes in the multi-verse. This doesn't make much sense though, as we have seen this being throughout many unique universes, like spiderman and daredevil. We have even seen him die from gamma radiation poisoning in the incredible hulk. Even further, the watchers are sworn not to interfere, but this being is subtlety interacting with the world. No, this dimension hopping entity with the power to kill his corporeal form and resurrect it, and the ability to hop throughout time must be The One Above All. He is the creator being and the all powerful. We may never understand why he does what he does, but it is remarkable that we even get a brief glimpse at his existence.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2810.0, "score_ratio": 6.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "iddmtpq", "c_root_id_B": "iddmgjs", "created_at_utc_A": 1655948294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655948121.0, "score_A": 351, "score_B": 82, "human_ref_A": "US and Russia were in a constant competition during the cold war. The race to the moon? there's nothing there either... but the US wanted to be there first. That said, (and you said it) it's a nightmare dimension full of monsters. If either side could harness that and use it to some military advantage, they would. Hence the >!demogorgon in the Russian gulag !<(season 4 spoiler). Also, how it was formed, and/or why, and the mystic powers that were required to either create and/or open it are also worth investigating for those same reasons. But I dont think it's just because they want to open up low-cost housing over there.", "human_ref_B": "The US government effectively stopped trying to access it after the disaster at Hawkins lab. The Soviets want to get in because it was such a big deal to the US. And then they found monsters that could be used against the US.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 173.0, "score_ratio": 4.2804878049, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "iddmgjs", "c_root_id_B": "ide22oh", "created_at_utc_A": 1655948121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655955991.0, "score_A": 82, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "The US government effectively stopped trying to access it after the disaster at Hawkins lab. The Soviets want to get in because it was such a big deal to the US. And then they found monsters that could be used against the US.", "human_ref_B": "It's a parallel universe. What resources are there? New materials? Useful biologicals? It's got new physical laws, how can those be exploited? Shit, even as a dumping ground that's HUGE. Not to mention the ability to bypass any and all conventional barriers. Sure it looks like a nightmare dimension full of monsters. So does the abyssal plain. What it looks like doesn't really matter. Nor does some hostile wildlife, that's part and parcel to exploration. It's not like people took a look at a shark and decided that the ocean is clearly a nightmare world full of monsters and thus should never EVER be interacted with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7870.0, "score_ratio": 3.2926829268, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "iddpaes", "c_root_id_B": "ide22oh", "created_at_utc_A": 1655949478.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655955991.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "How do you know what's there until you explore it? What if your enemy explores it first and figures out a way to exploit it before you do? The Germans were working on an atomic bomb too during WW2, but the US figured it out first. The Updside Down could be an equally groundbreaking advance and no one can afford to be second place.", "human_ref_B": "It's a parallel universe. What resources are there? New materials? Useful biologicals? It's got new physical laws, how can those be exploited? Shit, even as a dumping ground that's HUGE. Not to mention the ability to bypass any and all conventional barriers. Sure it looks like a nightmare dimension full of monsters. So does the abyssal plain. What it looks like doesn't really matter. Nor does some hostile wildlife, that's part and parcel to exploration. It's not like people took a look at a shark and decided that the ocean is clearly a nightmare world full of monsters and thus should never EVER be interacted with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6513.0, "score_ratio": 3.417721519, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "iddnwty", "c_root_id_B": "ide22oh", "created_at_utc_A": 1655948816.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655955991.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "I felt like they saw the upside down as a logistical asset, like being able to send forces, agents, and materiel across a parallel universe and emerge undetected anywhere in the real world would be a game changer. Whoever controls that controls the world", "human_ref_B": "It's a parallel universe. What resources are there? New materials? Useful biologicals? It's got new physical laws, how can those be exploited? Shit, even as a dumping ground that's HUGE. Not to mention the ability to bypass any and all conventional barriers. Sure it looks like a nightmare dimension full of monsters. So does the abyssal plain. What it looks like doesn't really matter. Nor does some hostile wildlife, that's part and parcel to exploration. It's not like people took a look at a shark and decided that the ocean is clearly a nightmare world full of monsters and thus should never EVER be interacted with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7175.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "iddpn3s", "c_root_id_B": "ide22oh", "created_at_utc_A": 1655949645.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655955991.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "- It's a dimension with its own physics. - They're still trying to figure out what to do with it.", "human_ref_B": "It's a parallel universe. What resources are there? New materials? Useful biologicals? It's got new physical laws, how can those be exploited? Shit, even as a dumping ground that's HUGE. Not to mention the ability to bypass any and all conventional barriers. Sure it looks like a nightmare dimension full of monsters. So does the abyssal plain. What it looks like doesn't really matter. Nor does some hostile wildlife, that's part and parcel to exploration. It's not like people took a look at a shark and decided that the ocean is clearly a nightmare world full of monsters and thus should never EVER be interacted with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6346.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "iddnwty", "c_root_id_B": "iddpaes", "created_at_utc_A": 1655948816.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655949478.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 79, "human_ref_A": "I felt like they saw the upside down as a logistical asset, like being able to send forces, agents, and materiel across a parallel universe and emerge undetected anywhere in the real world would be a game changer. Whoever controls that controls the world", "human_ref_B": "How do you know what's there until you explore it? What if your enemy explores it first and figures out a way to exploit it before you do? The Germans were working on an atomic bomb too during WW2, but the US figured it out first. The Updside Down could be an equally groundbreaking advance and no one can afford to be second place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 662.0, "score_ratio": 1.7555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "idecq1w", "c_root_id_B": "iddpn3s", "created_at_utc_A": 1655962714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655949645.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I was under the impression that the US was studying the Upside Down as an unintended consequence of experimentation involving psychic kids. The rift was a phenomenon that popped up and since it was deep in the heartland and an unexplored frontier, they had to poke at it. Russian involvement is a \"we must have what they have\" issue... even though their apex predator experiment seems to be held at bay by something as rudimentary as fire and can be hard countered by a guy with a flamethrower or a last-resort torch. Honestly I don't recall any specific motivation being stated. Sure, they could maybe make the case that the location might have resources or if they traveled through it, they might have a backdoor to Russia somehow, but I don't believe they were there yet. It was the most basic of missions at that point: \"Open the rift and go in.\" followed by \"OK that's bad.\" And apologies for dipping out of the Watsonian for a moment, but I like to look at it more allegorically. \"To what degree would cold war governments be willing to 'turn the world upside down' for power or an advantage?\" is sort of the broader theming of the show, with the early 80s being that manic time period hovering exactly prior to glasnost where the doomsday clock was tick-tick-ticking away louder than ever.", "human_ref_B": "- It's a dimension with its own physics. - They're still trying to figure out what to do with it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13069.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "idecq1w", "c_root_id_B": "ide2xy4", "created_at_utc_A": 1655962714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655956484.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I was under the impression that the US was studying the Upside Down as an unintended consequence of experimentation involving psychic kids. The rift was a phenomenon that popped up and since it was deep in the heartland and an unexplored frontier, they had to poke at it. Russian involvement is a \"we must have what they have\" issue... even though their apex predator experiment seems to be held at bay by something as rudimentary as fire and can be hard countered by a guy with a flamethrower or a last-resort torch. Honestly I don't recall any specific motivation being stated. Sure, they could maybe make the case that the location might have resources or if they traveled through it, they might have a backdoor to Russia somehow, but I don't believe they were there yet. It was the most basic of missions at that point: \"Open the rift and go in.\" followed by \"OK that's bad.\" And apologies for dipping out of the Watsonian for a moment, but I like to look at it more allegorically. \"To what degree would cold war governments be willing to 'turn the world upside down' for power or an advantage?\" is sort of the broader theming of the show, with the early 80s being that manic time period hovering exactly prior to glasnost where the doomsday clock was tick-tick-ticking away louder than ever.", "human_ref_B": "Natural resources, land, and to study the monsters. I made a post in a different subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/v5pwrr/stranger_things_upside_down_natural_resources_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf But they don\u2019t want to genocide the monsters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6230.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "idecq1w", "c_root_id_B": "ide35jh", "created_at_utc_A": 1655962714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655956606.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I was under the impression that the US was studying the Upside Down as an unintended consequence of experimentation involving psychic kids. The rift was a phenomenon that popped up and since it was deep in the heartland and an unexplored frontier, they had to poke at it. Russian involvement is a \"we must have what they have\" issue... even though their apex predator experiment seems to be held at bay by something as rudimentary as fire and can be hard countered by a guy with a flamethrower or a last-resort torch. Honestly I don't recall any specific motivation being stated. Sure, they could maybe make the case that the location might have resources or if they traveled through it, they might have a backdoor to Russia somehow, but I don't believe they were there yet. It was the most basic of missions at that point: \"Open the rift and go in.\" followed by \"OK that's bad.\" And apologies for dipping out of the Watsonian for a moment, but I like to look at it more allegorically. \"To what degree would cold war governments be willing to 'turn the world upside down' for power or an advantage?\" is sort of the broader theming of the show, with the early 80s being that manic time period hovering exactly prior to glasnost where the doomsday clock was tick-tick-ticking away louder than ever.", "human_ref_B": "The Americans are into it because they think the Russians might be. That's the same reason for the MKUltra experiments- they thought *maybe* the USSR was trying to develop brainwashing and truth serum technology, and what happened next is ~~highly classified~~ history. As for the Russians? Who knows? Maybe they initially wanted to use it to launch a surprise attack. Maybe they wanted to unleash its monsters on the enemies of Communism. Maybe they were never interested in it at all until their intelligence discovered America's research.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6108.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "idehs1u", "c_root_id_B": "iddpn3s", "created_at_utc_A": 1655966506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655949645.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "1) Nobody KNOWS what is there. Maybe there is a new resource that can be exploited or something else of value? Nobody will know UNLESS you explore. 2) Monsters can be sent against your enemies. 3) Sometimes the simple act of doing SCIENCE for the sake of SCIENCE will lead to other discoveries, and applications. You won't know UNLESS you do the experiment.", "human_ref_B": "- It's a dimension with its own physics. - They're still trying to figure out what to do with it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16861.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "idehs1u", "c_root_id_B": "ide2xy4", "created_at_utc_A": 1655966506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655956484.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "1) Nobody KNOWS what is there. Maybe there is a new resource that can be exploited or something else of value? Nobody will know UNLESS you explore. 2) Monsters can be sent against your enemies. 3) Sometimes the simple act of doing SCIENCE for the sake of SCIENCE will lead to other discoveries, and applications. You won't know UNLESS you do the experiment.", "human_ref_B": "Natural resources, land, and to study the monsters. I made a post in a different subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/v5pwrr/stranger_things_upside_down_natural_resources_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf But they don\u2019t want to genocide the monsters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10022.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "ide35jh", "c_root_id_B": "idehs1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1655956606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655966506.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "The Americans are into it because they think the Russians might be. That's the same reason for the MKUltra experiments- they thought *maybe* the USSR was trying to develop brainwashing and truth serum technology, and what happened next is ~~highly classified~~ history. As for the Russians? Who knows? Maybe they initially wanted to use it to launch a surprise attack. Maybe they wanted to unleash its monsters on the enemies of Communism. Maybe they were never interested in it at all until their intelligence discovered America's research.", "human_ref_B": "1) Nobody KNOWS what is there. Maybe there is a new resource that can be exploited or something else of value? Nobody will know UNLESS you explore. 2) Monsters can be sent against your enemies. 3) Sometimes the simple act of doing SCIENCE for the sake of SCIENCE will lead to other discoveries, and applications. You won't know UNLESS you do the experiment.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9900.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "ideowvp", "c_root_id_B": "idelw1n", "created_at_utc_A": 1655972542.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655969884.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "11 was intended to be an assassin, its likely the others were as well. Or espionage. US did actually invest money into studying astral projection. A few people dying in a small town is worth it for a super power to have the ability to see anywhere, teleport, set up intra dimensional transport gates, blow the brains out of anyone any where, communicate telepathically in a way no enemy could decode or even know about. The abilities and potential is boundless once you open to door to actual psychic abilities being used by the state.", "human_ref_B": ">cant understand why >government >[power to] destroy the world Are you serious?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2658.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "idelw1n", "c_root_id_B": "ide35jh", "created_at_utc_A": 1655969884.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655956606.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": ">cant understand why >government >[power to] destroy the world Are you serious?", "human_ref_B": "The Americans are into it because they think the Russians might be. That's the same reason for the MKUltra experiments- they thought *maybe* the USSR was trying to develop brainwashing and truth serum technology, and what happened next is ~~highly classified~~ history. As for the Russians? Who knows? Maybe they initially wanted to use it to launch a surprise attack. Maybe they wanted to unleash its monsters on the enemies of Communism. Maybe they were never interested in it at all until their intelligence discovered America's research.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13278.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vikx1o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Stranger things]why exactly do the American and Russian governments keep trying to access the the Upside Down? like what do they expect to get out of it? it doesn't seem like there's anything to exploit there, its just a nightmare dimension full of monsters that keep trying to destroy the world.", "c_root_id_A": "ideowvp", "c_root_id_B": "ide35jh", "created_at_utc_A": 1655972542.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655956606.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "11 was intended to be an assassin, its likely the others were as well. Or espionage. US did actually invest money into studying astral projection. A few people dying in a small town is worth it for a super power to have the ability to see anywhere, teleport, set up intra dimensional transport gates, blow the brains out of anyone any where, communicate telepathically in a way no enemy could decode or even know about. The abilities and potential is boundless once you open to door to actual psychic abilities being used by the state.", "human_ref_B": "The Americans are into it because they think the Russians might be. That's the same reason for the MKUltra experiments- they thought *maybe* the USSR was trying to develop brainwashing and truth serum technology, and what happened next is ~~highly classified~~ history. As for the Russians? Who knows? Maybe they initially wanted to use it to launch a surprise attack. Maybe they wanted to unleash its monsters on the enemies of Communism. Maybe they were never interested in it at all until their intelligence discovered America's research.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15936.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7apa3y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[John Wick]If I wanted Wick dead, maybe explosives would have been a better solution than all of the assassins who made an attempt at him Messy and requires a large reservation for a banquet but at least Wick won't see a couple of bombs coming. I mean does the continental condone assassins who prefers IEDs and trip mines as their main style of assassination and if all that fails, a rocket launcher and grenades?", "c_root_id_A": "dpbsjgg", "c_root_id_B": "dpbw79v", "created_at_utc_A": 1509780876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509792087.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "See Chapter 2.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe a poisoned drink wound be less messy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11211.0, "score_ratio": 2.9375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7apa3y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[John Wick]If I wanted Wick dead, maybe explosives would have been a better solution than all of the assassins who made an attempt at him Messy and requires a large reservation for a banquet but at least Wick won't see a couple of bombs coming. I mean does the continental condone assassins who prefers IEDs and trip mines as their main style of assassination and if all that fails, a rocket launcher and grenades?", "c_root_id_A": "dpbxwqe", "c_root_id_B": "dpbsjgg", "created_at_utc_A": 1509796748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509780876.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I seem to recall a certain individual using a rocket launcher on John Wick's house. He survived.", "human_ref_B": "See Chapter 2.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15872.0, "score_ratio": 1.5625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7apa3y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[John Wick]If I wanted Wick dead, maybe explosives would have been a better solution than all of the assassins who made an attempt at him Messy and requires a large reservation for a banquet but at least Wick won't see a couple of bombs coming. I mean does the continental condone assassins who prefers IEDs and trip mines as their main style of assassination and if all that fails, a rocket launcher and grenades?", "c_root_id_A": "dpbxk9g", "c_root_id_B": "dpbxwqe", "created_at_utc_A": 1509795852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509796748.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Explosions just turn on the John Wick Mode and then you are doomed.", "human_ref_B": "I seem to recall a certain individual using a rocket launcher on John Wick's house. He survived.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 896.0, "score_ratio": 3.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7apa3y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[John Wick]If I wanted Wick dead, maybe explosives would have been a better solution than all of the assassins who made an attempt at him Messy and requires a large reservation for a banquet but at least Wick won't see a couple of bombs coming. I mean does the continental condone assassins who prefers IEDs and trip mines as their main style of assassination and if all that fails, a rocket launcher and grenades?", "c_root_id_A": "dpbxk9g", "c_root_id_B": "dpc5ac7", "created_at_utc_A": 1509795852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509809421.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Explosions just turn on the John Wick Mode and then you are doomed.", "human_ref_B": "Anyone who's watched the movie knows that Wick's only weakness is being hit by cars.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13569.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22gahn", "c_root_id_B": "j22dpz4", "created_at_utc_A": 1672286753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672285495.0, "score_A": 63, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The conception of 'elf' you discuss here is pretty much exclusively derived from Tolkien. But even then, elves in Tolkien's stories were known for their ability to craft seemingly magical items (though they didn't appreciate them being called magic). Indeed, Tolkien published a number of letters from Santa Claus to the Tolkien children, in which Santa offhandedly mentions several of his elven servants; all have distinctly Quenya-sounding names.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1258.0, "score_ratio": 63.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22dpz4", "c_root_id_B": "j23pyq3", "created_at_utc_A": 1672285495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672318767.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "So in early mythology, among the Anglo-Saxons, the Norse, and other Germanic tribes, the belief in elves generally saw them as human sized and as great craftsmen, though they could also be tricksters or malevolent, causing illness and so on. They were believed to be invisible, living alongside us but in a sort of, slightly separate realm of reality. By the time of the likes of Shakespeare, elves begun to be conflated with a French loan word, fairy and the attributes of the two types of supernatural being began to be muddled up. Fairy doesnt just mean small flying magic creature, but at times was used to mean many kinds of magical being, such as gnomes, goblins, hobs, and brownies. Then, a story by The Brothers Grimm, Die Wichtelm\u00e4nner, which means The Little Men, was translated to English in 1884. The Little Men help a shoemaker in the story, and are closer to brownies, dwarves, or kobolds, yet the translation was called The Elves and the Shoemaker. This is part of how elf and fairy were generalised to mean magical being. This greatly influenced the development of Christmas tradition and the idea of Santas little elves making his toys. As for modern fantasy havingtalk elves, the answer is Tolkien. Tolkien is hugely influential in contemporary fantasy. His take on elves drastically affected writers to follow, and they became a staple of the genre. Tolkien himself was an expert in languages such as Old English, providing a translation of Beowulf. From this work he would be familiar with the older concept of tall elves, which likely influenced his creation of his legendarium.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33272.0, "score_ratio": 30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22dpz4", "c_root_id_B": "j22ugcp", "created_at_utc_A": 1672285495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294740.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "the original lore for elves are tiny people that live in shoes and fix your furniture. This was copied by the Santa story to make the elves the toymakers. The idea of the fantasy elf was popularized by Tolkien.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9245.0, "score_ratio": 24.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22een0", "c_root_id_B": "j22dpz4", "created_at_utc_A": 1672285826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672285495.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The dwarves drank too much.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 331.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22dpz4", "c_root_id_B": "j22unqf", "created_at_utc_A": 1672285495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294875.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Elves of fantasy series and Santa's Elf's are actually two entirely different things. They both come from Norris mythology, but in Old Norris have two different names, it's the English sounding names that just sound the same. \"Elves\" in Norse mythology resemble more like what you see in fantasy series, with the exception of light or dark complexions \"Elf\" is also from Norris mythology but were known as hidden folk, mischievous spirits of nature etc. They've been reimagined though, by modern day marketing is being a sort of gnome-ish creature.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9380.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22dpz4", "c_root_id_B": "j2367bm", "created_at_utc_A": 1672285495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672303622.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Santa only employs the local population of Arctic Elves, who evolved to have smaller bodies so as to be able to huddle together better in the frigid cold of the North Pole.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18127.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j23hics", "c_root_id_B": "j22dpz4", "created_at_utc_A": 1672312893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672285495.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You might be interested in this explanation of how Christmas lore fits with the Silmarillion. Though while it does explain why there's a factory run by elves on the North Pole, it doesn't explain why elves seem to be different. If elves could be corrupted into orcs, maybe something similar to that happened. Once the factory was modified from producing weapons to producing toys, the elves changed with it.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27398.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22een0", "c_root_id_B": "j22gahn", "created_at_utc_A": 1672285826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672286753.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "The dwarves drank too much.", "human_ref_B": "The conception of 'elf' you discuss here is pretty much exclusively derived from Tolkien. But even then, elves in Tolkien's stories were known for their ability to craft seemingly magical items (though they didn't appreciate them being called magic). Indeed, Tolkien published a number of letters from Santa Claus to the Tolkien children, in which Santa offhandedly mentions several of his elven servants; all have distinctly Quenya-sounding names.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 927.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j23pyq3", "c_root_id_B": "j22ugcp", "created_at_utc_A": 1672318767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294740.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "So in early mythology, among the Anglo-Saxons, the Norse, and other Germanic tribes, the belief in elves generally saw them as human sized and as great craftsmen, though they could also be tricksters or malevolent, causing illness and so on. They were believed to be invisible, living alongside us but in a sort of, slightly separate realm of reality. By the time of the likes of Shakespeare, elves begun to be conflated with a French loan word, fairy and the attributes of the two types of supernatural being began to be muddled up. Fairy doesnt just mean small flying magic creature, but at times was used to mean many kinds of magical being, such as gnomes, goblins, hobs, and brownies. Then, a story by The Brothers Grimm, Die Wichtelm\u00e4nner, which means The Little Men, was translated to English in 1884. The Little Men help a shoemaker in the story, and are closer to brownies, dwarves, or kobolds, yet the translation was called The Elves and the Shoemaker. This is part of how elf and fairy were generalised to mean magical being. This greatly influenced the development of Christmas tradition and the idea of Santas little elves making his toys. As for modern fantasy havingtalk elves, the answer is Tolkien. Tolkien is hugely influential in contemporary fantasy. His take on elves drastically affected writers to follow, and they became a staple of the genre. Tolkien himself was an expert in languages such as Old English, providing a translation of Beowulf. From this work he would be familiar with the older concept of tall elves, which likely influenced his creation of his legendarium.", "human_ref_B": "the original lore for elves are tiny people that live in shoes and fix your furniture. This was copied by the Santa story to make the elves the toymakers. The idea of the fantasy elf was popularized by Tolkien.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24027.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22een0", "c_root_id_B": "j23pyq3", "created_at_utc_A": 1672285826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672318767.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "The dwarves drank too much.", "human_ref_B": "So in early mythology, among the Anglo-Saxons, the Norse, and other Germanic tribes, the belief in elves generally saw them as human sized and as great craftsmen, though they could also be tricksters or malevolent, causing illness and so on. They were believed to be invisible, living alongside us but in a sort of, slightly separate realm of reality. By the time of the likes of Shakespeare, elves begun to be conflated with a French loan word, fairy and the attributes of the two types of supernatural being began to be muddled up. Fairy doesnt just mean small flying magic creature, but at times was used to mean many kinds of magical being, such as gnomes, goblins, hobs, and brownies. Then, a story by The Brothers Grimm, Die Wichtelm\u00e4nner, which means The Little Men, was translated to English in 1884. The Little Men help a shoemaker in the story, and are closer to brownies, dwarves, or kobolds, yet the translation was called The Elves and the Shoemaker. This is part of how elf and fairy were generalised to mean magical being. This greatly influenced the development of Christmas tradition and the idea of Santas little elves making his toys. As for modern fantasy havingtalk elves, the answer is Tolkien. Tolkien is hugely influential in contemporary fantasy. His take on elves drastically affected writers to follow, and they became a staple of the genre. Tolkien himself was an expert in languages such as Old English, providing a translation of Beowulf. From this work he would be familiar with the older concept of tall elves, which likely influenced his creation of his legendarium.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32941.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22unqf", "c_root_id_B": "j23pyq3", "created_at_utc_A": 1672294875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672318767.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Elves of fantasy series and Santa's Elf's are actually two entirely different things. They both come from Norris mythology, but in Old Norris have two different names, it's the English sounding names that just sound the same. \"Elves\" in Norse mythology resemble more like what you see in fantasy series, with the exception of light or dark complexions \"Elf\" is also from Norris mythology but were known as hidden folk, mischievous spirits of nature etc. They've been reimagined though, by modern day marketing is being a sort of gnome-ish creature.", "human_ref_B": "So in early mythology, among the Anglo-Saxons, the Norse, and other Germanic tribes, the belief in elves generally saw them as human sized and as great craftsmen, though they could also be tricksters or malevolent, causing illness and so on. They were believed to be invisible, living alongside us but in a sort of, slightly separate realm of reality. By the time of the likes of Shakespeare, elves begun to be conflated with a French loan word, fairy and the attributes of the two types of supernatural being began to be muddled up. Fairy doesnt just mean small flying magic creature, but at times was used to mean many kinds of magical being, such as gnomes, goblins, hobs, and brownies. Then, a story by The Brothers Grimm, Die Wichtelm\u00e4nner, which means The Little Men, was translated to English in 1884. The Little Men help a shoemaker in the story, and are closer to brownies, dwarves, or kobolds, yet the translation was called The Elves and the Shoemaker. This is part of how elf and fairy were generalised to mean magical being. This greatly influenced the development of Christmas tradition and the idea of Santas little elves making his toys. As for modern fantasy havingtalk elves, the answer is Tolkien. Tolkien is hugely influential in contemporary fantasy. His take on elves drastically affected writers to follow, and they became a staple of the genre. Tolkien himself was an expert in languages such as Old English, providing a translation of Beowulf. From this work he would be familiar with the older concept of tall elves, which likely influenced his creation of his legendarium.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23892.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j23pyq3", "c_root_id_B": "j2367bm", "created_at_utc_A": 1672318767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672303622.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "So in early mythology, among the Anglo-Saxons, the Norse, and other Germanic tribes, the belief in elves generally saw them as human sized and as great craftsmen, though they could also be tricksters or malevolent, causing illness and so on. They were believed to be invisible, living alongside us but in a sort of, slightly separate realm of reality. By the time of the likes of Shakespeare, elves begun to be conflated with a French loan word, fairy and the attributes of the two types of supernatural being began to be muddled up. Fairy doesnt just mean small flying magic creature, but at times was used to mean many kinds of magical being, such as gnomes, goblins, hobs, and brownies. Then, a story by The Brothers Grimm, Die Wichtelm\u00e4nner, which means The Little Men, was translated to English in 1884. The Little Men help a shoemaker in the story, and are closer to brownies, dwarves, or kobolds, yet the translation was called The Elves and the Shoemaker. This is part of how elf and fairy were generalised to mean magical being. This greatly influenced the development of Christmas tradition and the idea of Santas little elves making his toys. As for modern fantasy havingtalk elves, the answer is Tolkien. Tolkien is hugely influential in contemporary fantasy. His take on elves drastically affected writers to follow, and they became a staple of the genre. Tolkien himself was an expert in languages such as Old English, providing a translation of Beowulf. From this work he would be familiar with the older concept of tall elves, which likely influenced his creation of his legendarium.", "human_ref_B": "Santa only employs the local population of Arctic Elves, who evolved to have smaller bodies so as to be able to huddle together better in the frigid cold of the North Pole.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15145.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j23pyq3", "c_root_id_B": "j23hics", "created_at_utc_A": 1672318767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672312893.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "So in early mythology, among the Anglo-Saxons, the Norse, and other Germanic tribes, the belief in elves generally saw them as human sized and as great craftsmen, though they could also be tricksters or malevolent, causing illness and so on. They were believed to be invisible, living alongside us but in a sort of, slightly separate realm of reality. By the time of the likes of Shakespeare, elves begun to be conflated with a French loan word, fairy and the attributes of the two types of supernatural being began to be muddled up. Fairy doesnt just mean small flying magic creature, but at times was used to mean many kinds of magical being, such as gnomes, goblins, hobs, and brownies. Then, a story by The Brothers Grimm, Die Wichtelm\u00e4nner, which means The Little Men, was translated to English in 1884. The Little Men help a shoemaker in the story, and are closer to brownies, dwarves, or kobolds, yet the translation was called The Elves and the Shoemaker. This is part of how elf and fairy were generalised to mean magical being. This greatly influenced the development of Christmas tradition and the idea of Santas little elves making his toys. As for modern fantasy havingtalk elves, the answer is Tolkien. Tolkien is hugely influential in contemporary fantasy. His take on elves drastically affected writers to follow, and they became a staple of the genre. Tolkien himself was an expert in languages such as Old English, providing a translation of Beowulf. From this work he would be familiar with the older concept of tall elves, which likely influenced his creation of his legendarium.", "human_ref_B": "You might be interested in this explanation of how Christmas lore fits with the Silmarillion. Though while it does explain why there's a factory run by elves on the North Pole, it doesn't explain why elves seem to be different. If elves could be corrupted into orcs, maybe something similar to that happened. Once the factory was modified from producing weapons to producing toys, the elves changed with it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5874.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j23pyq3", "c_root_id_B": "j22u4xp", "created_at_utc_A": 1672318767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294530.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "So in early mythology, among the Anglo-Saxons, the Norse, and other Germanic tribes, the belief in elves generally saw them as human sized and as great craftsmen, though they could also be tricksters or malevolent, causing illness and so on. They were believed to be invisible, living alongside us but in a sort of, slightly separate realm of reality. By the time of the likes of Shakespeare, elves begun to be conflated with a French loan word, fairy and the attributes of the two types of supernatural being began to be muddled up. Fairy doesnt just mean small flying magic creature, but at times was used to mean many kinds of magical being, such as gnomes, goblins, hobs, and brownies. Then, a story by The Brothers Grimm, Die Wichtelm\u00e4nner, which means The Little Men, was translated to English in 1884. The Little Men help a shoemaker in the story, and are closer to brownies, dwarves, or kobolds, yet the translation was called The Elves and the Shoemaker. This is part of how elf and fairy were generalised to mean magical being. This greatly influenced the development of Christmas tradition and the idea of Santas little elves making his toys. As for modern fantasy havingtalk elves, the answer is Tolkien. Tolkien is hugely influential in contemporary fantasy. His take on elves drastically affected writers to follow, and they became a staple of the genre. Tolkien himself was an expert in languages such as Old English, providing a translation of Beowulf. From this work he would be familiar with the older concept of tall elves, which likely influenced his creation of his legendarium.", "human_ref_B": "You could always go with the Futurama explanation. He doesn't feed them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24237.0, "score_ratio": 30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22rc81", "c_root_id_B": "j23pyq3", "created_at_utc_A": 1672292747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672318767.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "human_ref_B": "So in early mythology, among the Anglo-Saxons, the Norse, and other Germanic tribes, the belief in elves generally saw them as human sized and as great craftsmen, though they could also be tricksters or malevolent, causing illness and so on. They were believed to be invisible, living alongside us but in a sort of, slightly separate realm of reality. By the time of the likes of Shakespeare, elves begun to be conflated with a French loan word, fairy and the attributes of the two types of supernatural being began to be muddled up. Fairy doesnt just mean small flying magic creature, but at times was used to mean many kinds of magical being, such as gnomes, goblins, hobs, and brownies. Then, a story by The Brothers Grimm, Die Wichtelm\u00e4nner, which means The Little Men, was translated to English in 1884. The Little Men help a shoemaker in the story, and are closer to brownies, dwarves, or kobolds, yet the translation was called The Elves and the Shoemaker. This is part of how elf and fairy were generalised to mean magical being. This greatly influenced the development of Christmas tradition and the idea of Santas little elves making his toys. As for modern fantasy havingtalk elves, the answer is Tolkien. Tolkien is hugely influential in contemporary fantasy. His take on elves drastically affected writers to follow, and they became a staple of the genre. Tolkien himself was an expert in languages such as Old English, providing a translation of Beowulf. From this work he would be familiar with the older concept of tall elves, which likely influenced his creation of his legendarium.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26020.0, "score_ratio": -30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22een0", "c_root_id_B": "j22ugcp", "created_at_utc_A": 1672285826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294740.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "The dwarves drank too much.", "human_ref_B": "the original lore for elves are tiny people that live in shoes and fix your furniture. This was copied by the Santa story to make the elves the toymakers. The idea of the fantasy elf was popularized by Tolkien.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8914.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22ugcp", "c_root_id_B": "j22u4xp", "created_at_utc_A": 1672294740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294530.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "the original lore for elves are tiny people that live in shoes and fix your furniture. This was copied by the Santa story to make the elves the toymakers. The idea of the fantasy elf was popularized by Tolkien.", "human_ref_B": "You could always go with the Futurama explanation. He doesn't feed them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 210.0, "score_ratio": 24.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22ugcp", "c_root_id_B": "j22rc81", "created_at_utc_A": 1672294740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672292747.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "the original lore for elves are tiny people that live in shoes and fix your furniture. This was copied by the Santa story to make the elves the toymakers. The idea of the fantasy elf was popularized by Tolkien.", "human_ref_B": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1993.0, "score_ratio": -24.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22unqf", "c_root_id_B": "j22u4xp", "created_at_utc_A": 1672294875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294530.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Elves of fantasy series and Santa's Elf's are actually two entirely different things. They both come from Norris mythology, but in Old Norris have two different names, it's the English sounding names that just sound the same. \"Elves\" in Norse mythology resemble more like what you see in fantasy series, with the exception of light or dark complexions \"Elf\" is also from Norris mythology but were known as hidden folk, mischievous spirits of nature etc. They've been reimagined though, by modern day marketing is being a sort of gnome-ish creature.", "human_ref_B": "You could always go with the Futurama explanation. He doesn't feed them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 345.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22unqf", "c_root_id_B": "j22rc81", "created_at_utc_A": 1672294875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672292747.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Elves of fantasy series and Santa's Elf's are actually two entirely different things. They both come from Norris mythology, but in Old Norris have two different names, it's the English sounding names that just sound the same. \"Elves\" in Norse mythology resemble more like what you see in fantasy series, with the exception of light or dark complexions \"Elf\" is also from Norris mythology but were known as hidden folk, mischievous spirits of nature etc. They've been reimagined though, by modern day marketing is being a sort of gnome-ish creature.", "human_ref_B": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2128.0, "score_ratio": -10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j2367bm", "c_root_id_B": "j22u4xp", "created_at_utc_A": 1672303622.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294530.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Santa only employs the local population of Arctic Elves, who evolved to have smaller bodies so as to be able to huddle together better in the frigid cold of the North Pole.", "human_ref_B": "You could always go with the Futurama explanation. He doesn't feed them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9092.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22rc81", "c_root_id_B": "j2367bm", "created_at_utc_A": 1672292747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672303622.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "human_ref_B": "Santa only employs the local population of Arctic Elves, who evolved to have smaller bodies so as to be able to huddle together better in the frigid cold of the North Pole.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10875.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22u4xp", "c_root_id_B": "j23hics", "created_at_utc_A": 1672294530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672312893.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You could always go with the Futurama explanation. He doesn't feed them.", "human_ref_B": "You might be interested in this explanation of how Christmas lore fits with the Silmarillion. Though while it does explain why there's a factory run by elves on the North Pole, it doesn't explain why elves seem to be different. If elves could be corrupted into orcs, maybe something similar to that happened. Once the factory was modified from producing weapons to producing toys, the elves changed with it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18363.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22rc81", "c_root_id_B": "j23hics", "created_at_utc_A": 1672292747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672312893.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "human_ref_B": "You might be interested in this explanation of how Christmas lore fits with the Silmarillion. Though while it does explain why there's a factory run by elves on the North Pole, it doesn't explain why elves seem to be different. If elves could be corrupted into orcs, maybe something similar to that happened. Once the factory was modified from producing weapons to producing toys, the elves changed with it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20146.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22u4xp", "c_root_id_B": "j22rc81", "created_at_utc_A": 1672294530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672292747.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "You could always go with the Futurama explanation. He doesn't feed them.", "human_ref_B": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1783.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j26kuki", "c_root_id_B": "j22rc81", "created_at_utc_A": 1672361270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672292747.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Polar Dwarfism.", "human_ref_B": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 68523.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j299lg7", "c_root_id_B": "j22rc81", "created_at_utc_A": 1672416091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672292747.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "the christmas elves are more related to the scandianvian elves, rather than the classical human-like elves that tolkien talked about. scandinavian elves, also called \"v\u00e4tte\", which is translated to \"goblin\" or \"gnome\", meaning that these elves are more related to goblins than high-elves. in swedish, the elves are also sometimes called \"tomtenisse\" or just \"tomte\" or \"nisse\". Tomte or \"Jultomte\" (Jul=yule=christmas) is also the swedish word for Santa, and in old swedish folklore, tomtar/nissar (elves) or \"nissar\" or goblins were just tiny mischevious/helpful people living in hiding alongside humans, kinda like gremlins, except they look like tiny Santas. tolkien drew a lot of inspiration from nordic folklore, which is why the dwarfs in the hobbit is described a lot like these, with the pointy hoods and such. its worth noting that sometimes when talking about nordic mythology, the dwarfs and darkelves and goblins are sort of kinda mixed up a bit. for example, dwarfs are sometimes described the exact same way as the dark elves. (this is what lead to the swedish interpritation of elves/goblins living under ground. doing that connection, dwarfs, goblins and darkelves are the same thing) the christmas elves are just the same kind of goblin or \"tomte\" that used to live in scandinavia, and due to both english and swedish being frankensteins of languages, the words got a bit mixed up. elves can both mean the long lender immortal people, the michevious small people who live under ground, the gremlin-like goblins who mess with people, and the pixes and fairies like tinkerbell. the word \"elves\" in general isnt a very precise way to classify a species. its like calling something a moneky, it can be anything from a lemur to a gorilla to a human.", "human_ref_B": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 123344.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxuq3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Christmas lore] Why are elves in Christmas lore drastically different from elves in most other fantasy stories? Elves in most forms of stories and worlds elves are normal height, long haired, elegant beings that are really skilled and fancy. But in all the stories and lore of Christmas and Santa Claus elves are short, bright dressed and cheerful toy makers. If there any reason why they were changed for Christmas? Why not use dwarves, they seem better fitting, as they are known to be crafters and stuff, I feel like they would work better.", "c_root_id_A": "j22rc81", "c_root_id_B": "j2eqmdq", "created_at_utc_A": 1672292747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672512341.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because they're children. Elves aren't real. Santa kidnaps kids and forced them to work in his factory.", "human_ref_B": "The story was most likely made up by parents AS their kids asked the questions. If i had to guess i\u2019d say the parent that told their kid about elves just thought of the first mythical creature that isn\u2019t universally evil like a demon", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 219594.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dq7jh6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Halo] If the Elites didn't leave the Covenant and ally with the humans, would Humanity have eventually lost the war? Which, I suppose, means that the Covenant would fire the halo rings and eliminate all sentient life in the universe again", "c_root_id_A": "f6137e3", "c_root_id_B": "f61a91m", "created_at_utc_A": 1572632053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1572636509.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The Prophets' plan would've likely succeeded at the end of Halo 2 without the Arbiter and the Elites leaving the Covenant. So yes, they light the Ring at the end of Halo 2 and everyone dies.", "human_ref_B": "The covenant was stronger and had far greater numbers than humanity did, there was no way humanity would\u2019ve won on their own. Think about how big a deal it was when one super carrier made its way to Reach, the second most heavily defended planet the UNSC had. They were only able to destroy it by detonating a slip space engine from the inside, and that was half luck that such an opportunity presented itself. The covenant almost assuredly had more super carriers than the UNSC had ships period, and then they had substantially more corvettes and other smaller classes of ships on top of that. Their tactics were more rigid and predictable which gave humans an edge, but that only gets you so far. Humanity only lasted as long as it did because the covenant had trouble finding them. So had the war continued normally without the betrayal of the elites, then humanity most certainly would have lost. The flood makes this maybe more complicated, but the end result is likely the same. Even with the Elites Lord Hood was against going to the Ark because Earth was humanity\u2019s last stand. Without those elite ships that plan never would have worked, the covenant would have gained and maintained control of the ark. Either the flood then consumes them all there, or they figure out how to fire the rings and kill everyone that way. And that\u2019s assuming that they didn\u2019t succeed at the end of Halo 2 and sterilize a chunk of the galaxy that way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4456.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "25x1ku", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "Star Wars: Why doesn't the Jedi Council accept older force sensitives? Isn't it safer to train everyone who's force sensitive to be responsible with their powers?", "c_root_id_A": "chlq040", "c_root_id_B": "chlwoto", "created_at_utc_A": 1400505025.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1400521312.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Older people have baggage", "human_ref_B": "No, in fact it's incredibly dangerous. Most of the time if you are force-sensitive, you don't realize it. It's not like being a Wizard in Harry Potter, you won't throw your toys across the room, or force heal your scraped knee without proper training. At most you might have better reflexes or in rare cases get premonitions. Think of a person as a reservoir, made by damming a river. The reservoir is their power, the dam is their \"normality\" it's there because they don't yet know about their power. It's a weird example, but bear with me. With a child, the dam is small, maybe 6 feet high and it still feeds a bit of water through, getting rid of the dam and releasing that power water might do some damage, but for the most part, it's good. With an adult though, that dam has been building for years. There are years of grudges, disappointment, anger, lust, grief, happiness, etc that has made that dam 150 feet tall, but it still only lets out as much as the child's dam. Remove the dam and it flood cities, destroys everything in it's path. Since most force sensitives don't know that they are force sensitive, and being able to use the force takes training, it's rare that they take anyone older than a few years old. There are only two examples, Anakin and Darth Revan. Both of which at one point were the Dark Lord of the Sith and were about to do some real damage. But also Revan was only too old during his \"retraining\" after the Jedi Council wiped his memory.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16287.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0k572e", "c_root_id_B": "j0kac2v", "created_at_utc_A": 1671259061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671263011.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 152, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Gandalf knew all sorts of people all over the world - from the greatest to the smallest. He believed, as Saruman did not, that the goodness of ordinary people (and who could be more ordinary than the hobbits of The Shire?) was more valuable than the great deeds of mighty heroes. As for the Baggins family - he didn't spend time with them, in particular, until Bilbo himself. Bilbo knew him as a friend of Gerontius Took - The Old Took - Bilbo's grandfather, by way of his mother Belladonna Took. And the Tooks were quite adventurous, for hobbits. And as the oldest hobbit ever to live (until Bilbo broke his record), The Old Took had plenty of time to get to know Gandalf, and invited him frequently to his midsummer parties, where Gandalf's fireworks became widely known throughout The Shire. Bilbo, of course, he became friends with after his simple heroism during the events of *The Hobbit*, and he was always welcome and well-fed at Bag End from that day on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3950.0, "score_ratio": 152.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0k572e", "c_root_id_B": "j0k6t7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1671259061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671260262.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Gandalf wandered widely, instead of posting up in one place like saruman, and discovered the shire during his wanderings. He became particularly fond of them during the Long Winter, which was a lengthy winter season featuring famine for a lot of the area. He helped them a lot during that crisis and saw great courage in them. From then on he visited regularly, stunning young hobbits with fireworks. He met Bilbo on these visits, and Bilbo came to his mind for Thorin's quest when he/they developed a plan to defeat Smaug. He didn't have any particular tie to the Baggins family before this. Most of this history is buried in Unfinished Tales (aka, 'stuff I found in dad's filing cabinet'), by Christopher Tolkien.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1201.0, "score_ratio": 62.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0k572e", "c_root_id_B": "j0kbqx1", "created_at_utc_A": 1671259061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671264140.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I am not sure he is. He just keeps track of everyone...I am sure he knew of all the Hobbits of note. And Bilbo was a hobbit of note. He is probably well known around Buckland and Tookland as well (in fact Gandalf intimates that he knew Bilbo's MOTHER, not his father. His mother is a Took). At the beginning of the Hobbit, Bilbo is NOT personally acquainted with Gandalf. But of course after their adventure, Gandalf became friends with, and wanted to keep an eye on Bilbo. That is all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5079.0, "score_ratio": 22.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0kksv3", "c_root_id_B": "j0k572e", "created_at_utc_A": 1671271797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671259061.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Dudes hooked on pipe weed. And the Shires got the best shit around. He thought it wise to cultivate relations for cheap access. u/InsaneRanter comment chain has the proper explanation.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12736.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0k572e", "c_root_id_B": "j0lwr2x", "created_at_utc_A": 1671259061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671298898.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He wandered the world for hundreds of years helping people and fighting evil. One day he visited the shire and discovered they grow the dankest leaf in middle earth. He made friends with a wealthy local (bilbo\u2019s grandpa) and comes back every year to trade fireworks for kush. After the whole Lonely Mountain journey him and bilbo became close, dwarves aren\u2019t as fun to chill with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39837.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0k572e", "c_root_id_B": "j0mu1fd", "created_at_utc_A": 1671259061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671312815.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Non-canon to the books of course, but it's worth bringing up that the amazon show comes up with an explanation for this. Gandalf's first interactions with people are with hobbits (or protohobbits or whatever) and they help shape his very moral center.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 53754.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0m033c", "c_root_id_B": "j0k572e", "created_at_utc_A": 1671300300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671259061.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The man's a pretty much an archangel of the Capital G God of the setting, he can pretty much do whatever he wants at this point. Hell, two wizard-angels have already fucked off the do their own thing. The man just like hobbits, they're fantastic hosts and are big on creature comforts. Humans are shortlived and squable prone, dwarves are assholes if productive, and Elves are pretty much just perpetual bummers. His one job is making sure Sauron doesn't dick reality over too hard, and ideally incapacitate him long enough for a possibly erasing conversation with the God of the setting. To that end, he isn't on *that* much of time crunch.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41239.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0t34cm", "c_root_id_B": "j0k572e", "created_at_utc_A": 1671426149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671259061.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why Baggins: I think has been answered well already. Maybe worth pointing out the Shire isn't really that big, so there probably aren't that many prominent families (Bagginses and Tooks and Brandybucks all being part of one family already). Why Shire: There's a geographical reason, I think. Gandalf seems to do two kinds of work: historical research and political lobbying. And though the Shire is kind of... \"nowhere,\" or at least \"nowhere important,\" it is located on a road between two places that are very much \"somewhere\": Rivendell and the Grey Havens. Those two places are revealed by the end of the story to be associated with two of the three Elven rings, with Lothlorien being associated with (or really created by, protected by) the third. And the people of the Shire know something about elves because elves travel through there all the time - nearly all the ones who are leaving Middle Earth take that road to the Havens. Gandalf is likely going back and forth really often, talking to the travelers to get news they gather on their way out and hitting the archives in either place to check one thing or another. The Shire is Middle Earth's answer to flyover country... ignored by a lot of the travelers, but the wizard has, like, figured out where to order the best gas-station barbecue and which truck stops have the hottest showers.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 167088.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0kac2v", "c_root_id_B": "j0k6t7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1671263011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671260262.0, "score_A": 152, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "Gandalf knew all sorts of people all over the world - from the greatest to the smallest. He believed, as Saruman did not, that the goodness of ordinary people (and who could be more ordinary than the hobbits of The Shire?) was more valuable than the great deeds of mighty heroes. As for the Baggins family - he didn't spend time with them, in particular, until Bilbo himself. Bilbo knew him as a friend of Gerontius Took - The Old Took - Bilbo's grandfather, by way of his mother Belladonna Took. And the Tooks were quite adventurous, for hobbits. And as the oldest hobbit ever to live (until Bilbo broke his record), The Old Took had plenty of time to get to know Gandalf, and invited him frequently to his midsummer parties, where Gandalf's fireworks became widely known throughout The Shire. Bilbo, of course, he became friends with after his simple heroism during the events of *The Hobbit*, and he was always welcome and well-fed at Bag End from that day on.", "human_ref_B": "Gandalf wandered widely, instead of posting up in one place like saruman, and discovered the shire during his wanderings. He became particularly fond of them during the Long Winter, which was a lengthy winter season featuring famine for a lot of the area. He helped them a lot during that crisis and saw great courage in them. From then on he visited regularly, stunning young hobbits with fireworks. He met Bilbo on these visits, and Bilbo came to his mind for Thorin's quest when he/they developed a plan to defeat Smaug. He didn't have any particular tie to the Baggins family before this. Most of this history is buried in Unfinished Tales (aka, 'stuff I found in dad's filing cabinet'), by Christopher Tolkien.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2749.0, "score_ratio": 2.4516129032, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0m033c", "c_root_id_B": "j0mu1fd", "created_at_utc_A": 1671300300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671312815.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The man's a pretty much an archangel of the Capital G God of the setting, he can pretty much do whatever he wants at this point. Hell, two wizard-angels have already fucked off the do their own thing. The man just like hobbits, they're fantastic hosts and are big on creature comforts. Humans are shortlived and squable prone, dwarves are assholes if productive, and Elves are pretty much just perpetual bummers. His one job is making sure Sauron doesn't dick reality over too hard, and ideally incapacitate him long enough for a possibly erasing conversation with the God of the setting. To that end, he isn't on *that* much of time crunch.", "human_ref_B": "Non-canon to the books of course, but it's worth bringing up that the amazon show comes up with an explanation for this. Gandalf's first interactions with people are with hobbits (or protohobbits or whatever) and they help shape his very moral center.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12515.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zo0614", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] So, what exactly is Gandalf's deal with Hobbits? Furthermore, why does he seem to more close to the Baggins family of all Hobbit families? I'm just now realizing that, isn't it kind of weird that Gandalf just showed up at the Shire sometimes? Why? Doesn't he have work to do? How did his little visits to the Shire start? Furthermore, why does Gandalf appear to be closer to the Baggins family than all of the other Hobbit families in the Shire? It is said that Gandalf knew Bilbo during his childhood, which implies that he spent some time with Bilbo's parents, no? Why did Gandalf hang out with the Baggins so much?", "c_root_id_A": "j0t34cm", "c_root_id_B": "j0ootpo", "created_at_utc_A": 1671426149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671346773.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why Baggins: I think has been answered well already. Maybe worth pointing out the Shire isn't really that big, so there probably aren't that many prominent families (Bagginses and Tooks and Brandybucks all being part of one family already). Why Shire: There's a geographical reason, I think. Gandalf seems to do two kinds of work: historical research and political lobbying. And though the Shire is kind of... \"nowhere,\" or at least \"nowhere important,\" it is located on a road between two places that are very much \"somewhere\": Rivendell and the Grey Havens. Those two places are revealed by the end of the story to be associated with two of the three Elven rings, with Lothlorien being associated with (or really created by, protected by) the third. And the people of the Shire know something about elves because elves travel through there all the time - nearly all the ones who are leaving Middle Earth take that road to the Havens. Gandalf is likely going back and forth really often, talking to the travelers to get news they gather on their way out and hitting the archives in either place to check one thing or another. The Shire is Middle Earth's answer to flyover country... ignored by a lot of the travelers, but the wizard has, like, figured out where to order the best gas-station barbecue and which truck stops have the hottest showers.", "human_ref_B": "That's hardly abnormal for Gandalf. Gandalf is known in Erebor, the Iron Hills, Rivendell, Lothlorien, Gondor, and Rohan, and those are just the ones we know of. Faramir knows him by sight despite the last time we're sure he was in Minas Tirith being 17 years prior. He gained a reputation in Rohan for being a herald of woe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 79376.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz9c0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the Death Star manage to only launch such few TIE fighters, both to pursue the Millennium Falcon and intercept the Rebel starfighters? I understand Tarkin wanted the Millennium Falcon to escape so it could be tracked to Yavin and wasn't concerned about the Rebel starfighter attack at Yavin but how was this communicated down the hierarchy? Officers in charge of the TIE fighter squadrons and the TIE pilots themselves would know optimal strategies for combat and realize their orders are inconsistent with that. What did the squadron commanders think when told only to launch 4 TIE fighters to pursue the Millennium Falcon and did they protest? Did the officers file a complaint because 4 pilots didn't return home when all of them likely would have come home if allowed to use proper tactics and launch 2 squadrons? Why didn't the Death Star launch hundreds of TIE fighters immediately upon given the order to scramble fighters at the Battle of Yavin? Why didn't the midlevel naval officers reflexively employ overwhelming force like they were trained to do?", "c_root_id_A": "im1cqzu", "c_root_id_B": "im13l5m", "created_at_utc_A": 1661627345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661623529.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As you say, the guys are professionals. Tell them that you have put a tracking device on the Falcon and that they need to let the Falcon escape, but make it look real. Imperial fighter pilots are famous for being dedicated supporters of the Empire, and would happily give their lives to lead the Empire right to their doorstep. Which also happened, Battle of Yavin is even simpler. Tarkin, in his hubris, directly ordered them not to scramble, Being sure the anti-capital ship defenses could deal with the problem. The only squadron to scramble were Vaders personal squadron, who take orders directly from Vader.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3816.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz9c0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the Death Star manage to only launch such few TIE fighters, both to pursue the Millennium Falcon and intercept the Rebel starfighters? I understand Tarkin wanted the Millennium Falcon to escape so it could be tracked to Yavin and wasn't concerned about the Rebel starfighter attack at Yavin but how was this communicated down the hierarchy? Officers in charge of the TIE fighter squadrons and the TIE pilots themselves would know optimal strategies for combat and realize their orders are inconsistent with that. What did the squadron commanders think when told only to launch 4 TIE fighters to pursue the Millennium Falcon and did they protest? Did the officers file a complaint because 4 pilots didn't return home when all of them likely would have come home if allowed to use proper tactics and launch 2 squadrons? Why didn't the Death Star launch hundreds of TIE fighters immediately upon given the order to scramble fighters at the Battle of Yavin? Why didn't the midlevel naval officers reflexively employ overwhelming force like they were trained to do?", "c_root_id_A": "im2cgln", "c_root_id_B": "im13l5m", "created_at_utc_A": 1661643338.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661623529.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "> Did the officers file a complaint \"Grand Moff Tarkin, I have a problem with the orders you recently issued.\" \"Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Guards, take this former officer out and shoot him for disloyalty to the Empire.\" \"...\" \"I do so love it when insufficiently loyal officers self-report, makes thing so much easier. Anyone else have an issue with my orders?\"", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19809.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz9c0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the Death Star manage to only launch such few TIE fighters, both to pursue the Millennium Falcon and intercept the Rebel starfighters? I understand Tarkin wanted the Millennium Falcon to escape so it could be tracked to Yavin and wasn't concerned about the Rebel starfighter attack at Yavin but how was this communicated down the hierarchy? Officers in charge of the TIE fighter squadrons and the TIE pilots themselves would know optimal strategies for combat and realize their orders are inconsistent with that. What did the squadron commanders think when told only to launch 4 TIE fighters to pursue the Millennium Falcon and did they protest? Did the officers file a complaint because 4 pilots didn't return home when all of them likely would have come home if allowed to use proper tactics and launch 2 squadrons? Why didn't the Death Star launch hundreds of TIE fighters immediately upon given the order to scramble fighters at the Battle of Yavin? Why didn't the midlevel naval officers reflexively employ overwhelming force like they were trained to do?", "c_root_id_A": "im13l5m", "c_root_id_B": "im2hdnh", "created_at_utc_A": 1661623529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661645720.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "During the Battle of Yavin, Vader took his personal Black Squadron into the fight. The Death Star was Tarkin's command so only he could have ordered a larger scramble.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22191.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz9c0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the Death Star manage to only launch such few TIE fighters, both to pursue the Millennium Falcon and intercept the Rebel starfighters? I understand Tarkin wanted the Millennium Falcon to escape so it could be tracked to Yavin and wasn't concerned about the Rebel starfighter attack at Yavin but how was this communicated down the hierarchy? Officers in charge of the TIE fighter squadrons and the TIE pilots themselves would know optimal strategies for combat and realize their orders are inconsistent with that. What did the squadron commanders think when told only to launch 4 TIE fighters to pursue the Millennium Falcon and did they protest? Did the officers file a complaint because 4 pilots didn't return home when all of them likely would have come home if allowed to use proper tactics and launch 2 squadrons? Why didn't the Death Star launch hundreds of TIE fighters immediately upon given the order to scramble fighters at the Battle of Yavin? Why didn't the midlevel naval officers reflexively employ overwhelming force like they were trained to do?", "c_root_id_A": "im13l5m", "c_root_id_B": "im3zoqv", "created_at_utc_A": 1661623529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661680366.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Regarding the Falcon, 4 fighters should be enough to bring down a freighter. This would be the equivalent in our world of sending 4 modern fighter aircraft after an escaping cargo transport.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 56837.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz9c0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the Death Star manage to only launch such few TIE fighters, both to pursue the Millennium Falcon and intercept the Rebel starfighters? I understand Tarkin wanted the Millennium Falcon to escape so it could be tracked to Yavin and wasn't concerned about the Rebel starfighter attack at Yavin but how was this communicated down the hierarchy? Officers in charge of the TIE fighter squadrons and the TIE pilots themselves would know optimal strategies for combat and realize their orders are inconsistent with that. What did the squadron commanders think when told only to launch 4 TIE fighters to pursue the Millennium Falcon and did they protest? Did the officers file a complaint because 4 pilots didn't return home when all of them likely would have come home if allowed to use proper tactics and launch 2 squadrons? Why didn't the Death Star launch hundreds of TIE fighters immediately upon given the order to scramble fighters at the Battle of Yavin? Why didn't the midlevel naval officers reflexively employ overwhelming force like they were trained to do?", "c_root_id_A": "im13l5m", "c_root_id_B": "im3b1ap", "created_at_utc_A": 1661623529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661661312.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "As far as well can tell in Star Wars physical security is info security. They're not walking around with smartphones. They don't seem to email people either. You can tell every single person on the Death Star what the plan is for both the Battle of Yavin and to send out the tracker on the Falcon. It won't get back to the rebels. Actually, you kind of have to tell them all, or someone who isn't in on it could easily have shot the Luke, Leia etc. You probably DON'T have to tell the TIE fighter crews what's really going on though. The Empire does all sorts of covert things. You order them to do something that doesn't seem to make sense to the point that it OBVIOUSLY doesn't make sense and their answer is going to be: \"Yes Sir!\" And their discussions over the mess hall table that night are going to be about ANYTHING else.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37783.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz9c0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the Death Star manage to only launch such few TIE fighters, both to pursue the Millennium Falcon and intercept the Rebel starfighters? I understand Tarkin wanted the Millennium Falcon to escape so it could be tracked to Yavin and wasn't concerned about the Rebel starfighter attack at Yavin but how was this communicated down the hierarchy? Officers in charge of the TIE fighter squadrons and the TIE pilots themselves would know optimal strategies for combat and realize their orders are inconsistent with that. What did the squadron commanders think when told only to launch 4 TIE fighters to pursue the Millennium Falcon and did they protest? Did the officers file a complaint because 4 pilots didn't return home when all of them likely would have come home if allowed to use proper tactics and launch 2 squadrons? Why didn't the Death Star launch hundreds of TIE fighters immediately upon given the order to scramble fighters at the Battle of Yavin? Why didn't the midlevel naval officers reflexively employ overwhelming force like they were trained to do?", "c_root_id_A": "im3zoqv", "c_root_id_B": "im2hdnh", "created_at_utc_A": 1661680366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661645720.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Regarding the Falcon, 4 fighters should be enough to bring down a freighter. This would be the equivalent in our world of sending 4 modern fighter aircraft after an escaping cargo transport.", "human_ref_B": "During the Battle of Yavin, Vader took his personal Black Squadron into the fight. The Death Star was Tarkin's command so only he could have ordered a larger scramble.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34646.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz9c0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the Death Star manage to only launch such few TIE fighters, both to pursue the Millennium Falcon and intercept the Rebel starfighters? I understand Tarkin wanted the Millennium Falcon to escape so it could be tracked to Yavin and wasn't concerned about the Rebel starfighter attack at Yavin but how was this communicated down the hierarchy? Officers in charge of the TIE fighter squadrons and the TIE pilots themselves would know optimal strategies for combat and realize their orders are inconsistent with that. What did the squadron commanders think when told only to launch 4 TIE fighters to pursue the Millennium Falcon and did they protest? Did the officers file a complaint because 4 pilots didn't return home when all of them likely would have come home if allowed to use proper tactics and launch 2 squadrons? Why didn't the Death Star launch hundreds of TIE fighters immediately upon given the order to scramble fighters at the Battle of Yavin? Why didn't the midlevel naval officers reflexively employ overwhelming force like they were trained to do?", "c_root_id_A": "im3b1ap", "c_root_id_B": "im3zoqv", "created_at_utc_A": 1661661312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661680366.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "As far as well can tell in Star Wars physical security is info security. They're not walking around with smartphones. They don't seem to email people either. You can tell every single person on the Death Star what the plan is for both the Battle of Yavin and to send out the tracker on the Falcon. It won't get back to the rebels. Actually, you kind of have to tell them all, or someone who isn't in on it could easily have shot the Luke, Leia etc. You probably DON'T have to tell the TIE fighter crews what's really going on though. The Empire does all sorts of covert things. You order them to do something that doesn't seem to make sense to the point that it OBVIOUSLY doesn't make sense and their answer is going to be: \"Yes Sir!\" And their discussions over the mess hall table that night are going to be about ANYTHING else.", "human_ref_B": "Regarding the Falcon, 4 fighters should be enough to bring down a freighter. This would be the equivalent in our world of sending 4 modern fighter aircraft after an escaping cargo transport.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19054.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sa6wpw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] During the Death Star Trench Run, are the better pilots supposed to be the ones firing the proton torpedoes or providing cover from the TIE fighters? Is the targeting computer supposed to do most of the work for the proton torpedoes or does it require exceptional piloting skill? Is the job of protecting the leader more difficult than getting the proton torpedoes into the exhaust port? Why was it inconsistent with the best pilot (Red Leader) being the lead pilot during his run but the most inexperienced pilot (Luke Skywalker) being the leader on his run?", "c_root_id_A": "htrljwa", "c_root_id_B": "htrh8g9", "created_at_utc_A": 1642872788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642871119.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Proton torpedoes are capable of steering but their turns are more sweeping and gradual. The problem they faced was flying down a long narrow trench and then firing a torpedo at high speed and then have the torpedo make a sharp turn downward to hit the exhaust port. The plan the Rebellion came up with was to preprogram the torpedo to fly a set distance and then burn up all its steering ability to make the sharp turn. This would also ensure that the Empire couldn't use any jamming tech to confuse the torpedo. The guidance computer was calculating the speed and distance and let the pilot know when to fire so the torpedo could correctly fly its programed route. It was a very slim margin of error. The other 2 pilots were there to protect the lead snubfighter. There were turbolasers in the trench, not as many but they were there and were firing at the pilots. The plan was once in the trench to max all shields facing forward, and the other 2 would fly in close formation to layer their shields over the lead pilot, giving them more protection. Unfortunately Vader and his TIE fighter group flew in behind to take the Rebel pilots from the rear where they were unshielded. The Rebels were planing on only being fired upon from one direction, which was why they chose the trench run in the first place, to protect them from multiple firing lines. Luke used the Force to guide him on when exactly to fire, but any other pilot could have done it if the guidance computer calculated the right time. Edit: Luke also wasn't the least experienced. There were only a few pilots available, as many of the Rebel cells scattered after the Battle of Scarif. The X Wing was designed to be an easy to fly snubfighter, it's controls modeled after craft most civilians could access, such as the T 16 Skyhopper, which Luke owned. Biggs Darklighter, vouched for Luke and convinced Rebel leadership that Luke was probably the best T 16 pilot around, and his skills would easily transfer to an X Wing.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1669.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sa6wpw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] During the Death Star Trench Run, are the better pilots supposed to be the ones firing the proton torpedoes or providing cover from the TIE fighters? Is the targeting computer supposed to do most of the work for the proton torpedoes or does it require exceptional piloting skill? Is the job of protecting the leader more difficult than getting the proton torpedoes into the exhaust port? Why was it inconsistent with the best pilot (Red Leader) being the lead pilot during his run but the most inexperienced pilot (Luke Skywalker) being the leader on his run?", "c_root_id_A": "htrkj0u", "c_root_id_B": "htrh8g9", "created_at_utc_A": 1642872396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642871119.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Luke may lack experience but he doesn't lack skill. Shortly before the battle when Luke officially joins the Rebels they put him into a flight sim to test him. He passed with flying colors. He didn't have the experience of war, but he had skill on par or better than pilots that had been flying for years. That's why Luke was so quickly given a X-Wing and Red Leader put him in charge of his little squad with Biggs and Wedge.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1277.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sa6wpw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] During the Death Star Trench Run, are the better pilots supposed to be the ones firing the proton torpedoes or providing cover from the TIE fighters? Is the targeting computer supposed to do most of the work for the proton torpedoes or does it require exceptional piloting skill? Is the job of protecting the leader more difficult than getting the proton torpedoes into the exhaust port? Why was it inconsistent with the best pilot (Red Leader) being the lead pilot during his run but the most inexperienced pilot (Luke Skywalker) being the leader on his run?", "c_root_id_A": "htxg590", "c_root_id_B": "htrh8g9", "created_at_utc_A": 1642971959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642871119.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Luke might be inexperienced on a whole, but skill wise he blows everybody out of the water due to being Anakins kid + the force.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 100840.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sa6wpw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] During the Death Star Trench Run, are the better pilots supposed to be the ones firing the proton torpedoes or providing cover from the TIE fighters? Is the targeting computer supposed to do most of the work for the proton torpedoes or does it require exceptional piloting skill? Is the job of protecting the leader more difficult than getting the proton torpedoes into the exhaust port? Why was it inconsistent with the best pilot (Red Leader) being the lead pilot during his run but the most inexperienced pilot (Luke Skywalker) being the leader on his run?", "c_root_id_A": "htrljwa", "c_root_id_B": "htrkj0u", "created_at_utc_A": 1642872788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642872396.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Proton torpedoes are capable of steering but their turns are more sweeping and gradual. The problem they faced was flying down a long narrow trench and then firing a torpedo at high speed and then have the torpedo make a sharp turn downward to hit the exhaust port. The plan the Rebellion came up with was to preprogram the torpedo to fly a set distance and then burn up all its steering ability to make the sharp turn. This would also ensure that the Empire couldn't use any jamming tech to confuse the torpedo. The guidance computer was calculating the speed and distance and let the pilot know when to fire so the torpedo could correctly fly its programed route. It was a very slim margin of error. The other 2 pilots were there to protect the lead snubfighter. There were turbolasers in the trench, not as many but they were there and were firing at the pilots. The plan was once in the trench to max all shields facing forward, and the other 2 would fly in close formation to layer their shields over the lead pilot, giving them more protection. Unfortunately Vader and his TIE fighter group flew in behind to take the Rebel pilots from the rear where they were unshielded. The Rebels were planing on only being fired upon from one direction, which was why they chose the trench run in the first place, to protect them from multiple firing lines. Luke used the Force to guide him on when exactly to fire, but any other pilot could have done it if the guidance computer calculated the right time. Edit: Luke also wasn't the least experienced. There were only a few pilots available, as many of the Rebel cells scattered after the Battle of Scarif. The X Wing was designed to be an easy to fly snubfighter, it's controls modeled after craft most civilians could access, such as the T 16 Skyhopper, which Luke owned. Biggs Darklighter, vouched for Luke and convinced Rebel leadership that Luke was probably the best T 16 pilot around, and his skills would easily transfer to an X Wing.", "human_ref_B": "Luke may lack experience but he doesn't lack skill. Shortly before the battle when Luke officially joins the Rebels they put him into a flight sim to test him. He passed with flying colors. He didn't have the experience of war, but he had skill on par or better than pilots that had been flying for years. That's why Luke was so quickly given a X-Wing and Red Leader put him in charge of his little squad with Biggs and Wedge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 392.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2n8vk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Silver Age Superman] If Superman didn't pull his punches, would he ignite Earth's entire atmosphere? Would the resulting shock wave affects other planets in the solar system?", "c_root_id_A": "cmbqowr", "c_root_id_B": "cmbleuf", "created_at_utc_A": 1416851724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416840991.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "Well since it's the Silver Age, probably. Silver Age Superman literally sneezed a planetary system away. If his fists are as strong as his lungs, he should be able to punch one away with shockwaves as well. A punch with that shockwave would require a completely unreasonable amount of energy. I'm just going to assume that such a punch has enough energy to ignite the atomsphere. And if that's not enough, then Superman would invent his new \"Super Solar System Punching\" superpower and be done with it. The Silver Age was a silly time.", "human_ref_B": "He's gone all out against Doomsday on Earth before, nothing happened.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10733.0, "score_ratio": -1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2n8vk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Silver Age Superman] If Superman didn't pull his punches, would he ignite Earth's entire atmosphere? Would the resulting shock wave affects other planets in the solar system?", "c_root_id_A": "cmbleuf", "c_root_id_B": "cmfjlhr", "created_at_utc_A": 1416840991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1417207412.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He's gone all out against Doomsday on Earth before, nothing happened.", "human_ref_B": "If you can imagine it, superman can do it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 366421.0, "score_ratio": -0.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p5vra3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Simpsons] What happens to the $1,100.00 worth of Itchy and Scratchy money Homer buys? Was it possible to spend somewhere in the park or was it just lost? During season 6 episode 5, Home exchanges $1,100.00 into Itchy and Scratchy money, but as he enters he finds signs saying that the money isn't accepted. Does Homer just lose this money or does he find a place to spend it? Can the Simpsons really afford to lose $1,100.00 outright if it's lost?", "c_root_id_A": "h993dp6", "c_root_id_B": "h98x8nv", "created_at_utc_A": 1629175432.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629171945.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": ">Can the Simpsons really afford to lose $1,100.00 outright if it's lost? Losing it outright and spending it on shit in an amusement park is about the same for them, budget-wise. He clearly intended to blow that money on snacks and carnival games for the day.", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure *something* in the park takes Itchy and Scratchy money. As for the Simpson's finances, I guess Homer will have to take a 192nd job.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3487.0, "score_ratio": 1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p5vra3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Simpsons] What happens to the $1,100.00 worth of Itchy and Scratchy money Homer buys? Was it possible to spend somewhere in the park or was it just lost? During season 6 episode 5, Home exchanges $1,100.00 into Itchy and Scratchy money, but as he enters he finds signs saying that the money isn't accepted. Does Homer just lose this money or does he find a place to spend it? Can the Simpsons really afford to lose $1,100.00 outright if it's lost?", "c_root_id_A": "h993dp6", "c_root_id_B": "h98uwds", "created_at_utc_A": 1629175432.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629170701.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": ">Can the Simpsons really afford to lose $1,100.00 outright if it's lost? Losing it outright and spending it on shit in an amusement park is about the same for them, budget-wise. He clearly intended to blow that money on snacks and carnival games for the day.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4731.0, "score_ratio": -16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p5vra3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Simpsons] What happens to the $1,100.00 worth of Itchy and Scratchy money Homer buys? Was it possible to spend somewhere in the park or was it just lost? During season 6 episode 5, Home exchanges $1,100.00 into Itchy and Scratchy money, but as he enters he finds signs saying that the money isn't accepted. Does Homer just lose this money or does he find a place to spend it? Can the Simpsons really afford to lose $1,100.00 outright if it's lost?", "c_root_id_A": "h98uwds", "c_root_id_B": "h98x8nv", "created_at_utc_A": 1629170701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629171945.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure *something* in the park takes Itchy and Scratchy money. As for the Simpson's finances, I guess Homer will have to take a 192nd job.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1244.0, "score_ratio": -11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p5vra3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Simpsons] What happens to the $1,100.00 worth of Itchy and Scratchy money Homer buys? Was it possible to spend somewhere in the park or was it just lost? During season 6 episode 5, Home exchanges $1,100.00 into Itchy and Scratchy money, but as he enters he finds signs saying that the money isn't accepted. Does Homer just lose this money or does he find a place to spend it? Can the Simpsons really afford to lose $1,100.00 outright if it's lost?", "c_root_id_A": "h99bmow", "c_root_id_B": "h98uwds", "created_at_utc_A": 1629180997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629170701.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": ">Was it possible to spend somewhere in the park or was it just lost? It was not possible to spend the money anywhere in the park. That was the entire joke.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10296.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p5vra3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Simpsons] What happens to the $1,100.00 worth of Itchy and Scratchy money Homer buys? Was it possible to spend somewhere in the park or was it just lost? During season 6 episode 5, Home exchanges $1,100.00 into Itchy and Scratchy money, but as he enters he finds signs saying that the money isn't accepted. Does Homer just lose this money or does he find a place to spend it? Can the Simpsons really afford to lose $1,100.00 outright if it's lost?", "c_root_id_A": "h98uwds", "c_root_id_B": "h9adar1", "created_at_utc_A": 1629170701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629207058.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "If Itchy and Scratchy Land doesn't reimburse him after having saved the park from the Robots Lionel Hutz is going to have a slam dunk case. Remarkably Lionel Hutz has never been shown to lose a case.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36357.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p5vra3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Simpsons] What happens to the $1,100.00 worth of Itchy and Scratchy money Homer buys? Was it possible to spend somewhere in the park or was it just lost? During season 6 episode 5, Home exchanges $1,100.00 into Itchy and Scratchy money, but as he enters he finds signs saying that the money isn't accepted. Does Homer just lose this money or does he find a place to spend it? Can the Simpsons really afford to lose $1,100.00 outright if it's lost?", "c_root_id_A": "h9bs8sy", "c_root_id_B": "h98uwds", "created_at_utc_A": 1629230253.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629170701.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "He could've spent it on those souvenir license plates; I don't recall that the store those were in explicitly didn't accept I&S money. Except that BART wasn't available and BORT was sold out.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 59552.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i9ys0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Addams Family/DC Universe] What if baby Kal-El was discovered and raised by the Addams? The Addams aren't inherently evil so a super villian shouldn't come out of this but I'm guessing the heroic big blue boy scout is out of the picture aswell.", "c_root_id_A": "g1jd22d", "c_root_id_B": "g1iqpiq", "created_at_utc_A": 1597472815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597463332.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He gets his own verse in the song! Duh duh duh da Beat. (Super Strength) Duh duh duh da Fleet. (Super Speed) Duh duh duh da Duh duh duh da Duh duh duh da Heat. (Heat Vision) I think he'd also might just go with the black and silver suit with a silver cape from the beginning. Clark's writing style would be way different. May be into bad poetry or a star horror novel writer. This would let him go away for months on end. He just lets people think that book he wrote in 5 minutes took as many weeks.", "human_ref_B": "Im not sure hed be different at the end of the day, if EXTREMELY unconventional, maybe more violent ends for his foes. The Addams are extremely strange and violent with a nuanced relationship with Death, but they dont go out of their way to harm anyone not calling for it, are good winners and losers(depression in the hotel not withstanding, they have an Honor about them), and Superman has been shown to grow up to be capitol G Good no matter where hes born. Black costume, occasionally kills foes without feeling too horrible about it, Black three piece suit costume with gelled hair and no alter ego possibly", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9483.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i9ys0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Addams Family/DC Universe] What if baby Kal-El was discovered and raised by the Addams? The Addams aren't inherently evil so a super villian shouldn't come out of this but I'm guessing the heroic big blue boy scout is out of the picture aswell.", "c_root_id_A": "g1jd22d", "c_root_id_B": "g1is4fp", "created_at_utc_A": 1597472815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597463907.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He gets his own verse in the song! Duh duh duh da Beat. (Super Strength) Duh duh duh da Fleet. (Super Speed) Duh duh duh da Duh duh duh da Duh duh duh da Heat. (Heat Vision) I think he'd also might just go with the black and silver suit with a silver cape from the beginning. Clark's writing style would be way different. May be into bad poetry or a star horror novel writer. This would let him go away for months on end. He just lets people think that book he wrote in 5 minutes took as many weeks.", "human_ref_B": "I don\u2019t know, but this is the crossover I never knew I needed. But I want the 90\u2019s gomez back for it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8908.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i9ys0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Addams Family/DC Universe] What if baby Kal-El was discovered and raised by the Addams? The Addams aren't inherently evil so a super villian shouldn't come out of this but I'm guessing the heroic big blue boy scout is out of the picture aswell.", "c_root_id_A": "g1jd22d", "c_root_id_B": "g1ir2bm", "created_at_utc_A": 1597472815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597463473.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He gets his own verse in the song! Duh duh duh da Beat. (Super Strength) Duh duh duh da Fleet. (Super Speed) Duh duh duh da Duh duh duh da Duh duh duh da Heat. (Heat Vision) I think he'd also might just go with the black and silver suit with a silver cape from the beginning. Clark's writing style would be way different. May be into bad poetry or a star horror novel writer. This would let him go away for months on end. He just lets people think that book he wrote in 5 minutes took as many weeks.", "human_ref_B": "I am guessing that he ends up a little like some versions of BIZARRO. He spends all his time trying to do what he thinks are good things for other people, but generally ends up not helping, scaring people, and possibly making things worse.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9342.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i9ys0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Addams Family/DC Universe] What if baby Kal-El was discovered and raised by the Addams? The Addams aren't inherently evil so a super villian shouldn't come out of this but I'm guessing the heroic big blue boy scout is out of the picture aswell.", "c_root_id_A": "g1jd22d", "c_root_id_B": "g1isfv8", "created_at_utc_A": 1597472815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597464045.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He gets his own verse in the song! Duh duh duh da Beat. (Super Strength) Duh duh duh da Fleet. (Super Speed) Duh duh duh da Duh duh duh da Duh duh duh da Heat. (Heat Vision) I think he'd also might just go with the black and silver suit with a silver cape from the beginning. Clark's writing style would be way different. May be into bad poetry or a star horror novel writer. This would let him go away for months on end. He just lets people think that book he wrote in 5 minutes took as many weeks.", "human_ref_B": "Goth superman with wensday as his orical", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8770.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i9ys0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Addams Family/DC Universe] What if baby Kal-El was discovered and raised by the Addams? The Addams aren't inherently evil so a super villian shouldn't come out of this but I'm guessing the heroic big blue boy scout is out of the picture aswell.", "c_root_id_A": "g1ir2bm", "c_root_id_B": "g1is4fp", "created_at_utc_A": 1597463473.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597463907.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I am guessing that he ends up a little like some versions of BIZARRO. He spends all his time trying to do what he thinks are good things for other people, but generally ends up not helping, scaring people, and possibly making things worse.", "human_ref_B": "I don\u2019t know, but this is the crossover I never knew I needed. But I want the 90\u2019s gomez back for it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 434.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ri7tij", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[MCU] How do the Pym particle disks work? Whats the deciding factor of what shrinks? If I want to shrink my bed sheets, throwing the pym particle disk at my bed would cause the whole bed to shrink wouldn't it? Do I have to hold the bed sheets up then throw the disk? But then I'm touching it so wouldn't i shrink along with the blanket? Do I have to throw the sheets up in the air and then throw the disk at it?", "c_root_id_A": "hovqqiu", "c_root_id_B": "hovpwh5", "created_at_utc_A": 1639718485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639718023.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yeah if you;re looking for logical consistency in the MCU Pym Particles is the last place you are going to find it. My little theory is that the user's consciousness is interacting through the quantum realm with the my particles themselves, with the former giving the latter both exactly what gets changed, by how much, and the precise effects of the change as far as mass and weight go. ( Of little guys, I want run along a gun then punch like I weigh 175 lbs....)", "human_ref_B": "In addition to this persons question, why does putting the pym disc in the belt thing just work? Why are they somehow compatible if Hank never even once considered doing that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 462.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ri7tij", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[MCU] How do the Pym particle disks work? Whats the deciding factor of what shrinks? If I want to shrink my bed sheets, throwing the pym particle disk at my bed would cause the whole bed to shrink wouldn't it? Do I have to hold the bed sheets up then throw the disk? But then I'm touching it so wouldn't i shrink along with the blanket? Do I have to throw the sheets up in the air and then throw the disk at it?", "c_root_id_A": "hovt9cg", "c_root_id_B": "hovpwh5", "created_at_utc_A": 1639719946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639718023.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Great question, maybe how tightly connected something is? When the Hank flung a shrinking disc at a bottle, the cap was shrunk with its bottle because the cap was screwed on tight enough. The bottle wasn't attached tightly to the plank it was set on, so the plank didn't turn little too. And if there was a pebble in the bottle, the pebble would be compelled to rush to 0.1% size when the bottle turns small enough for the pebble to be getting squeezed inside the glass. I guess if your sheet was resting loose on top of your bed and a shrink disc hit it, just the sheet would become small. If you had an strong grip on the blanket when it got struck by the disc, you'd turn tiny too. EDIT: And if you were standing on top of another blanket at the same time, maybe it'd turn tiny also since gravity is tightly connecting you to it?", "human_ref_B": "In addition to this persons question, why does putting the pym disc in the belt thing just work? Why are they somehow compatible if Hank never even once considered doing that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1923.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hoht007", "c_root_id_B": "hohjjbd", "created_at_utc_A": 1639475942.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639468132.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "They certainly wouldn't be considered potions, since they're not remotely magical. Wizard drugs would knock your socks off. Possibly literally?", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7810.0, "score_ratio": -9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hohjjbd", "c_root_id_B": "hoi59y5", "created_at_utc_A": 1639468132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639485147.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I imagine wizards don\u2019t view drugs in the same way muggles do. The wizarding world as a whole is actually more libertarian than the comparative muggle society they exist in. To my knowledge, as long as you don\u2019t reveal the existence of wizards to muggles, or actively attack or hurt muggles/other wizards or counterfeit currency, you\u2019re pretty much left alone to do what you will. As a whole wizarding society seems much less regimented than muggle society, and I imagine if there are the wizarding equivalent of recreational drugs the government likely doesn\u2019t care as long as you\u2019re not underage. You could argue wizards actually make far more potent \u201cdrugs\u201d like felix filicious, or love potions. To my knowledge, actually making and taking these drugs are perfectly fine as long as you don\u2019t use them to cheat or hoodwink someone", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17015.0, "score_ratio": -4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hoi1b34", "c_root_id_B": "hohjjbd", "created_at_utc_A": 1639482558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639468132.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "I wouldn't think so, at least for marijuana and cannabis; the prohibition against them only happened in the 1970's due to the War On Drugs. Maybe Opium would be banned or treated as taboo, heroin definitely so but that used to be a Muggle medicine so they'd have used a potion instead; same for cocaine which used to be used for eye medication. Basically, there's more potent but safer shit in the Wizarding World.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14426.0, "score_ratio": -4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hoisxff", "c_root_id_B": "hoiqfmg", "created_at_utc_A": 1639496675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639495652.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'd imagine natural drugs like cannabis would be consumed. Chemical compounds like meth would likely be viewed with derision by purebloods the same as any other muggle tool. Wizards do have their own drugs. We only see the potions that are their equivalent to alcohol. We see firewhiskey, which is age restricted. Then there's that giggle water that we see in Fantastic Beasts. Unknown what sensation it causes that makes you release a giggle, but presumably pleasant since it's sold in a bar. It also appears that wizards in America went through a prohibition just like muggles did since everyone leaves the bar as soon as cops get there.", "human_ref_B": "I doubt they store the ingredients for meth in potion labs", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1023.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hohjjbd", "c_root_id_B": "hoisxff", "created_at_utc_A": 1639468132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639496675.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'd imagine natural drugs like cannabis would be consumed. Chemical compounds like meth would likely be viewed with derision by purebloods the same as any other muggle tool. Wizards do have their own drugs. We only see the potions that are their equivalent to alcohol. We see firewhiskey, which is age restricted. Then there's that giggle water that we see in Fantastic Beasts. Unknown what sensation it causes that makes you release a giggle, but presumably pleasant since it's sold in a bar. It also appears that wizards in America went through a prohibition just like muggles did since everyone leaves the bar as soon as cops get there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28543.0, "score_ratio": -3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hoiqfmg", "c_root_id_B": "hok6znv", "created_at_utc_A": 1639495652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639516340.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I doubt they store the ingredients for meth in potion labs", "human_ref_B": "They sell mind controlling love potions to teenagers. I don't think that the wizarding world has a great track record when it comes to preventing drug use.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20688.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hok6znv", "c_root_id_B": "hohjjbd", "created_at_utc_A": 1639516340.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639468132.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "They sell mind controlling love potions to teenagers. I don't think that the wizarding world has a great track record when it comes to preventing drug use.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48208.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hohjjbd", "c_root_id_B": "hoiqfmg", "created_at_utc_A": 1639468132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639495652.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I doubt they store the ingredients for meth in potion labs", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27520.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg2fab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do wizards do muggle drugs? If so, are they illegal in the wizarding world? What would happen if a student turned the potions class into a meth lab? Would they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Also Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs", "c_root_id_A": "hohjjbd", "c_root_id_B": "homa424", "created_at_utc_A": 1639468132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639552858.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": ">\tWould they be of interest to wizards? It seems like they\u2019d be curious about them. They don\u2019t have to consume them, just like how in HBP they brewed draft of living death in potions but didn\u2019t drink it. Would drugs be considered potions to them? I know there\u2019s a euphoria potion in the books, but I wasn\u2019t sure it was the same as recreational drugs. Most don't seem that interested in most contemporary muggle things, so likely not, beyond basic things like tobacco, which also exist in the magical community, and even then, it'd be a small proportion of wizards who would be interested. Arthur Weasley was the foremost Ministry expert on Muggle studies, and he was woefully misinformed. Considering that, and the attitude towards those of muggle heritage, most would simply not care, except for a haughty laugh about humans march about, pretending to be wizards. Depending on the drug, the magical community would either consider them a pale imitation of actual potions, or imbibement of the raw component itself. For the most part, though, there are already magical ways to achieve the same effect, with none of the downsides or health risk. The Imperius curse produces some drug-like effects, for example. The part that makes it unforgivable is that it can also be used to compel someone to do something, even against their will. But even then, there is no way to detect it, except after and you could just not do that, and let your target bathe in the high. Or just have alternative spells available to achieve a similar effect, without compulsion. If the cruciatus curse exists, it stands to reason that there would be a logical inverse of it. It's just that, as a spell that is not an unforgivable curse, it would not be of note. >\tAlso Seamus would probably be interested in the explosiveness of meth labs Definitely, but he also has a convenient spell that causes anything to explode, which is far more versatile, especially since the spell has modifiers that can be added to change its behaviour.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 84726.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a2ipn", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4wja", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989010.0, "score_A": 550, "score_B": 721, "human_ref_A": "Just because he won't kill doesn't mean he won't hurt you.", "human_ref_B": "You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. \\*\\*\\* \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 907.0, "score_ratio": 1.3109090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a2k7r", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4wja", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988120.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989010.0, "score_A": 69, "score_B": 721, "human_ref_A": "Because it still hurts to have the crap beaten out of you.", "human_ref_B": "You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. \\*\\*\\* \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 890.0, "score_ratio": 10.4492753623, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4wja", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4r1z", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988954.0, "score_A": 721, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. \\*\\*\\* \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "human_ref_B": "To go beyond the other comments so far, why do people still feel any type of fear when watching a horror movie? It can't hurt you after all, in fact it's even less threatening since it isn't real at all. People are naturally afraid of things or ideas sometimes because they're bad to them. Are you really telling me if you were in a dark building and you suddenly start to notice your friends disappear one by one you wouldn't be scared, even if you knew they were still alive, because it's probably \"just batman\"? Direct threat of death is far from the only thing people in the world are afraid of.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 56.0, "score_ratio": 11.0923076923, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a2xa5", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4wja", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989010.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 721, "human_ref_A": "He *does* beat people up and get them sent to jail. Both of those suck pretty hard.", "human_ref_B": "You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. \\*\\*\\* \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 754.0, "score_ratio": 14.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4wja", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4mpx", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988908.0, "score_A": 721, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. \\*\\*\\* \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "human_ref_B": "Because they are still at risk of a major beating as well as getting arrested. Facing batman is terrifying not because he will kill you, but because he can make you hurt in ways you cant even imagine and after that he will send you to the police who will then likely charge you with whatever crime you did.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 102.0, "score_ratio": 26.7037037037, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4lmf", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4wja", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989010.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 721, "human_ref_A": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "human_ref_B": "You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. \\*\\*\\* \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 114.0, "score_ratio": 40.0555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4wja", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2rlc", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988197.0, "score_A": 721, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. \\*\\*\\* \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "human_ref_B": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 813.0, "score_ratio": 60.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6m3h", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2k7r", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988120.0, "score_A": 216, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "This Is Why", "human_ref_B": "Because it still hurts to have the crap beaten out of you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1545.0, "score_ratio": 3.1304347826, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4r1z", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6m3h", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989665.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 216, "human_ref_A": "To go beyond the other comments so far, why do people still feel any type of fear when watching a horror movie? It can't hurt you after all, in fact it's even less threatening since it isn't real at all. People are naturally afraid of things or ideas sometimes because they're bad to them. Are you really telling me if you were in a dark building and you suddenly start to notice your friends disappear one by one you wouldn't be scared, even if you knew they were still alive, because it's probably \"just batman\"? Direct threat of death is far from the only thing people in the world are afraid of.", "human_ref_B": "This Is Why", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 711.0, "score_ratio": 3.3230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a2xa5", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6m3h", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989665.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 216, "human_ref_A": "He *does* beat people up and get them sent to jail. Both of those suck pretty hard.", "human_ref_B": "This Is Why", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1409.0, "score_ratio": 4.4081632653, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4mpx", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6m3h", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989665.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 216, "human_ref_A": "Because they are still at risk of a major beating as well as getting arrested. Facing batman is terrifying not because he will kill you, but because he can make you hurt in ways you cant even imagine and after that he will send you to the police who will then likely charge you with whatever crime you did.", "human_ref_B": "This Is Why", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 757.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4lmf", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6m3h", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989665.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 216, "human_ref_A": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "human_ref_B": "This Is Why", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 769.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6m3h", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2rlc", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988197.0, "score_A": 216, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "This Is Why", "human_ref_B": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1468.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6m3h", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6iik", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989627.0, "score_A": 216, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "This Is Why", "human_ref_B": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38.0, "score_ratio": 43.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4r1z", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2xa5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988256.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "To go beyond the other comments so far, why do people still feel any type of fear when watching a horror movie? It can't hurt you after all, in fact it's even less threatening since it isn't real at all. People are naturally afraid of things or ideas sometimes because they're bad to them. Are you really telling me if you were in a dark building and you suddenly start to notice your friends disappear one by one you wouldn't be scared, even if you knew they were still alive, because it's probably \"just batman\"? Direct threat of death is far from the only thing people in the world are afraid of.", "human_ref_B": "He *does* beat people up and get them sent to jail. Both of those suck pretty hard.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 698.0, "score_ratio": 1.3265306122, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4mpx", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4r1z", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988954.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "Because they are still at risk of a major beating as well as getting arrested. Facing batman is terrifying not because he will kill you, but because he can make you hurt in ways you cant even imagine and after that he will send you to the police who will then likely charge you with whatever crime you did.", "human_ref_B": "To go beyond the other comments so far, why do people still feel any type of fear when watching a horror movie? It can't hurt you after all, in fact it's even less threatening since it isn't real at all. People are naturally afraid of things or ideas sometimes because they're bad to them. Are you really telling me if you were in a dark building and you suddenly start to notice your friends disappear one by one you wouldn't be scared, even if you knew they were still alive, because it's probably \"just batman\"? Direct threat of death is far from the only thing people in the world are afraid of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46.0, "score_ratio": 2.4074074074, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4r1z", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4lmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988896.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "To go beyond the other comments so far, why do people still feel any type of fear when watching a horror movie? It can't hurt you after all, in fact it's even less threatening since it isn't real at all. People are naturally afraid of things or ideas sometimes because they're bad to them. Are you really telling me if you were in a dark building and you suddenly start to notice your friends disappear one by one you wouldn't be scared, even if you knew they were still alive, because it's probably \"just batman\"? Direct threat of death is far from the only thing people in the world are afraid of.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 58.0, "score_ratio": 3.6111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a2rlc", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4r1z", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988954.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "human_ref_B": "To go beyond the other comments so far, why do people still feel any type of fear when watching a horror movie? It can't hurt you after all, in fact it's even less threatening since it isn't real at all. People are naturally afraid of things or ideas sometimes because they're bad to them. Are you really telling me if you were in a dark building and you suddenly start to notice your friends disappear one by one you wouldn't be scared, even if you knew they were still alive, because it's probably \"just batman\"? Direct threat of death is far from the only thing people in the world are afraid of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 757.0, "score_ratio": 5.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a2rlc", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2xa5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988256.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "human_ref_B": "He *does* beat people up and get them sent to jail. Both of those suck pretty hard.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59.0, "score_ratio": 4.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a8e3z", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4mpx", "created_at_utc_A": 1650990344.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988908.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "getting your arms and legs broken and leaving a mouthful of teeth on Gotham's sidewalks does not sound like fun to me.", "human_ref_B": "Because they are still at risk of a major beating as well as getting arrested. Facing batman is terrifying not because he will kill you, but because he can make you hurt in ways you cant even imagine and after that he will send you to the police who will then likely charge you with whatever crime you did.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1436.0, "score_ratio": 1.7037037037, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a8e3z", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4lmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1650990344.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988896.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "getting your arms and legs broken and leaving a mouthful of teeth on Gotham's sidewalks does not sound like fun to me.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1448.0, "score_ratio": 2.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a8e3z", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2rlc", "created_at_utc_A": 1650990344.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988197.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "getting your arms and legs broken and leaving a mouthful of teeth on Gotham's sidewalks does not sound like fun to me.", "human_ref_B": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2147.0, "score_ratio": 3.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6yj8", "c_root_id_B": "i6a8e3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650990344.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "human_ref_B": "getting your arms and legs broken and leaving a mouthful of teeth on Gotham's sidewalks does not sound like fun to me.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 547.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6iik", "c_root_id_B": "i6a8e3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650990344.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "human_ref_B": "getting your arms and legs broken and leaving a mouthful of teeth on Gotham's sidewalks does not sound like fun to me.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 717.0, "score_ratio": 9.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4mpx", "c_root_id_B": "i6aibzd", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650994183.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Because they are still at risk of a major beating as well as getting arrested. Facing batman is terrifying not because he will kill you, but because he can make you hurt in ways you cant even imagine and after that he will send you to the police who will then likely charge you with whatever crime you did.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5275.0, "score_ratio": 1.2962962963, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adpgx", "c_root_id_B": "i6aibzd", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650994183.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1781.0, "score_ratio": 1.8421052632, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aibzd", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4lmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988896.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "human_ref_B": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5287.0, "score_ratio": 1.9444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aibzd", "c_root_id_B": "i6af3u3", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992940.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're a small time criminal. You have a few assault charges, a few disorderly conducts, nothing big. You work for one of your old buddies who helps collect debts, and they're connected enough to keep you out of jail long term. Then you go to collect a debt on a guy, and then batman comes in. You decide not to run because he doesn't kill people. He snaps a rope around your neck, and clocks you, knocking you down, and you smash to the concrete floor. Price of a broken knee. 50,000. Orbital floor fracture. 5000. Yearly cost of opiates for brain damage. 14,000 a year. Cost of acute spine damage repair. 140,000. Total cost, 209,000 dollars in the first year, 14000 for the rest of your life. Can you afford that price? And the pain, every day for the rest of your life? Or will you run?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1243.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aibzd", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2rlc", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988197.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "human_ref_B": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5986.0, "score_ratio": 2.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aibzd", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6yj8", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989797.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "human_ref_B": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4386.0, "score_ratio": 5.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aibzd", "c_root_id_B": "i6adcxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992267.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "human_ref_B": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1916.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aibzd", "c_root_id_B": "i6agyt5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650993657.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "human_ref_B": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 526.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6iik", "c_root_id_B": "i6aibzd", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650994183.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4556.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ab7w0", "c_root_id_B": "i6aibzd", "created_at_utc_A": 1650991443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650994183.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s an angry, 6ft tall 220lb Olympian ninja that goes toe to toe with Bane and Croc. He could literally be in any shadowy corner. He\u2019s a scary guy", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2740.0, "score_ratio": 11.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4mpx", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4lmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988896.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Because they are still at risk of a major beating as well as getting arrested. Facing batman is terrifying not because he will kill you, but because he can make you hurt in ways you cant even imagine and after that he will send you to the police who will then likely charge you with whatever crime you did.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4mpx", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2rlc", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988197.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Because they are still at risk of a major beating as well as getting arrested. Facing batman is terrifying not because he will kill you, but because he can make you hurt in ways you cant even imagine and after that he will send you to the police who will then likely charge you with whatever crime you did.", "human_ref_B": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 711.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aj0qi", "c_root_id_B": "i6axwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000199.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "human_ref_B": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5747.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adpgx", "c_root_id_B": "i6axwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000199.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "human_ref_B": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7797.0, "score_ratio": 1.2631578947, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6axwy5", "c_root_id_B": "i6a4lmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1651000199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988896.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "human_ref_B": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11303.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6axwy5", "c_root_id_B": "i6af3u3", "created_at_utc_A": 1651000199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992940.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're a small time criminal. You have a few assault charges, a few disorderly conducts, nothing big. You work for one of your old buddies who helps collect debts, and they're connected enough to keep you out of jail long term. Then you go to collect a debt on a guy, and then batman comes in. You decide not to run because he doesn't kill people. He snaps a rope around your neck, and clocks you, knocking you down, and you smash to the concrete floor. Price of a broken knee. 50,000. Orbital floor fracture. 5000. Yearly cost of opiates for brain damage. 14,000 a year. Cost of acute spine damage repair. 140,000. Total cost, 209,000 dollars in the first year, 14000 for the rest of your life. Can you afford that price? And the pain, every day for the rest of your life? Or will you run?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7259.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6axwy5", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2rlc", "created_at_utc_A": 1651000199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988197.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "human_ref_B": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12002.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ar89c", "c_root_id_B": "i6axwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650997623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000199.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Imagine a masked man, shrouded in darkness, that can sneak up on you wherever you are and can beat you within an inch of your life, while leaving you a prisoner in your now broken body. There are worse things than death. While we as the audience know that Bruce will only use necessary force (when the writer actually knows how Bruce operates), criminals in Gotham don't. If there was an IRL vigilante that the police let operate with a level of freedom who could violate peoples privacy and safety, wouldn't you be a little afraid to commit crimes? Especially if you know of other people who have encountered this person who gets shot at, stabbed, blown up and keeps coming back night after night.", "human_ref_B": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2576.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6axwy5", "c_root_id_B": "i6an899", "created_at_utc_A": 1651000199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650996068.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "human_ref_B": "I'll quote an old \"Looney Tunes\" skit with Daffy Duck: \"You'd be surprised what you can live through.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4131.0, "score_ratio": 3.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6yj8", "c_root_id_B": "i6axwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000199.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "human_ref_B": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10402.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adcxz", "c_root_id_B": "i6axwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000199.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "human_ref_B": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7932.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6axwy5", "c_root_id_B": "i6agyt5", "created_at_utc_A": 1651000199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650993657.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "human_ref_B": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6542.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6at5kd", "c_root_id_B": "i6axwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650998368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000199.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Most of them are, essentially, blue-collar criminals; job to job. There's no workers comp for when you get busted up. Bills still gotta get paid, gambling debts and drinking tabs settled. Go toe-to-toe with the Bat, you end up with injuries such that you can't work for months, if ever again (try being a leg-breaker or moving loads of illicit goods with two shoulders that routinely pop out of socket). A run-in with the bat could mean the end of any further income, in any form.", "human_ref_B": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1831.0, "score_ratio": 3.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6iik", "c_root_id_B": "i6axwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000199.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "human_ref_B": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10572.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ab7w0", "c_root_id_B": "i6axwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650991443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000199.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "human_ref_B": "There was a story called Irresistible that features a character that can mind control people if he touches them. He uses that power to become a rich executive at a music studio, where he gets to rub shoulders with some of the elites in Gotham, including the mayor. He also rapes a bunch of supermodels that he meets in the exclusive clubs that he gets into because of his powers. Batman hears about this guy, because of course he does, but he doesn\u2019t know about his powers. Batman doesn\u2019t know how the guy has got himself into such a position, since there\u2019s no obvious crime being committed. So one night, as the guy is coming back from a club with a model at his side, Batman just stands and waits for him at his front porch. He doesn\u2019t even say a word, he just looks at the guy, then leaves. The guy gets so terrified just because Batman looked at him, that he starts getting sloppy, which allows Bruce to catch him in the act. He\u2019s a powerful man, and even he\u2019s terrified of Batman, and Bats didn\u2019t even really do anything! So why wouldn\u2019t a random criminal be terrified of the guy? Wouldn\u2019t you be scared?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8756.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adpgx", "c_root_id_B": "i6aj0qi", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650994452.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "human_ref_B": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2050.0, "score_ratio": 1.0526315789, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4lmf", "c_root_id_B": "i6aj0qi", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650994452.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "human_ref_B": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5556.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aj0qi", "c_root_id_B": "i6af3u3", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992940.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're a small time criminal. You have a few assault charges, a few disorderly conducts, nothing big. You work for one of your old buddies who helps collect debts, and they're connected enough to keep you out of jail long term. Then you go to collect a debt on a guy, and then batman comes in. You decide not to run because he doesn't kill people. He snaps a rope around your neck, and clocks you, knocking you down, and you smash to the concrete floor. Price of a broken knee. 50,000. Orbital floor fracture. 5000. Yearly cost of opiates for brain damage. 14,000 a year. Cost of acute spine damage repair. 140,000. Total cost, 209,000 dollars in the first year, 14000 for the rest of your life. Can you afford that price? And the pain, every day for the rest of your life? Or will you run?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1512.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aj0qi", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2rlc", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988197.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "human_ref_B": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6255.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aj0qi", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6yj8", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989797.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "human_ref_B": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4655.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adcxz", "c_root_id_B": "i6aj0qi", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650994452.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "human_ref_B": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2185.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aj0qi", "c_root_id_B": "i6agyt5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650993657.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "human_ref_B": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 795.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aj0qi", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6iik", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989627.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "human_ref_B": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4825.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aj0qi", "c_root_id_B": "i6ab7w0", "created_at_utc_A": 1650994452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650991443.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Have you ever gone to a hospital in america? It is neither batman nor the beating that they are afraid of. It is the hospital bill.", "human_ref_B": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3009.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4lmf", "c_root_id_B": "i6adpgx", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992402.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3506.0, "score_ratio": 1.0555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a2rlc", "c_root_id_B": "i6adpgx", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992402.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4205.0, "score_ratio": 1.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adpgx", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6yj8", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989797.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "human_ref_B": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2605.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adcxz", "c_root_id_B": "i6adpgx", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992402.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 135.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adpgx", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6iik", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989627.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "human_ref_B": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2775.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adpgx", "c_root_id_B": "i6ab7w0", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650991443.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Imagine you're in a group of guys armed to the teeth with guns and all of the sudden the lights go out to pitch black. You hear some bones break, some ligaments tear, and loud screaming until pure silence. The lights come back on and most of your squad is on the ground with broken bones and head damage. Standing over them is a 6'2+ (with boots) shredded pillar of black who you shoot over and over again and you just can't seem to hit/hurt him as he walks toward you and proceeds to break your bones. I'd be fucking terrified after an experience like that, I don't know about you. The first sequence of The Batman actually goes over this so well, that criminals start feeling superstitious and worry about the \"creature in the shadows\". A good thing to also note is that fear is completely irrational, especially extreme fear. Fight or flight is triggered and cognition is suspended.", "human_ref_B": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 959.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a4lmf", "c_root_id_B": "i6a2rlc", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650988197.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Batman is one of the premier fighters on Earth, go ask Sammy Wrist-thumbs or Limping Denny how they got their nicknames.", "human_ref_B": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 699.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a2rlc", "c_root_id_B": "i6af3u3", "created_at_utc_A": 1650988197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992940.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I hear he punches pretty damn hard regardless.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're a small time criminal. You have a few assault charges, a few disorderly conducts, nothing big. You work for one of your old buddies who helps collect debts, and they're connected enough to keep you out of jail long term. Then you go to collect a debt on a guy, and then batman comes in. You decide not to run because he doesn't kill people. He snaps a rope around your neck, and clocks you, knocking you down, and you smash to the concrete floor. Price of a broken knee. 50,000. Orbital floor fracture. 5000. Yearly cost of opiates for brain damage. 14,000 a year. Cost of acute spine damage repair. 140,000. Total cost, 209,000 dollars in the first year, 14000 for the rest of your life. Can you afford that price? And the pain, every day for the rest of your life? Or will you run?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4743.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6yj8", "c_root_id_B": "i6af3u3", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992940.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're a small time criminal. You have a few assault charges, a few disorderly conducts, nothing big. You work for one of your old buddies who helps collect debts, and they're connected enough to keep you out of jail long term. Then you go to collect a debt on a guy, and then batman comes in. You decide not to run because he doesn't kill people. He snaps a rope around your neck, and clocks you, knocking you down, and you smash to the concrete floor. Price of a broken knee. 50,000. Orbital floor fracture. 5000. Yearly cost of opiates for brain damage. 14,000 a year. Cost of acute spine damage repair. 140,000. Total cost, 209,000 dollars in the first year, 14000 for the rest of your life. Can you afford that price? And the pain, every day for the rest of your life? Or will you run?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3143.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6af3u3", "c_root_id_B": "i6adcxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992940.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992267.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Imagine you're a small time criminal. You have a few assault charges, a few disorderly conducts, nothing big. You work for one of your old buddies who helps collect debts, and they're connected enough to keep you out of jail long term. Then you go to collect a debt on a guy, and then batman comes in. You decide not to run because he doesn't kill people. He snaps a rope around your neck, and clocks you, knocking you down, and you smash to the concrete floor. Price of a broken knee. 50,000. Orbital floor fracture. 5000. Yearly cost of opiates for brain damage. 14,000 a year. Cost of acute spine damage repair. 140,000. Total cost, 209,000 dollars in the first year, 14000 for the rest of your life. Can you afford that price? And the pain, every day for the rest of your life? Or will you run?", "human_ref_B": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 673.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6iik", "c_root_id_B": "i6af3u3", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992940.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're a small time criminal. You have a few assault charges, a few disorderly conducts, nothing big. You work for one of your old buddies who helps collect debts, and they're connected enough to keep you out of jail long term. Then you go to collect a debt on a guy, and then batman comes in. You decide not to run because he doesn't kill people. He snaps a rope around your neck, and clocks you, knocking you down, and you smash to the concrete floor. Price of a broken knee. 50,000. Orbital floor fracture. 5000. Yearly cost of opiates for brain damage. 14,000 a year. Cost of acute spine damage repair. 140,000. Total cost, 209,000 dollars in the first year, 14000 for the rest of your life. Can you afford that price? And the pain, every day for the rest of your life? Or will you run?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3313.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ab7w0", "c_root_id_B": "i6af3u3", "created_at_utc_A": 1650991443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992940.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you're a small time criminal. You have a few assault charges, a few disorderly conducts, nothing big. You work for one of your old buddies who helps collect debts, and they're connected enough to keep you out of jail long term. Then you go to collect a debt on a guy, and then batman comes in. You decide not to run because he doesn't kill people. He snaps a rope around your neck, and clocks you, knocking you down, and you smash to the concrete floor. Price of a broken knee. 50,000. Orbital floor fracture. 5000. Yearly cost of opiates for brain damage. 14,000 a year. Cost of acute spine damage repair. 140,000. Total cost, 209,000 dollars in the first year, 14000 for the rest of your life. Can you afford that price? And the pain, every day for the rest of your life? Or will you run?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1497.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6an899", "c_root_id_B": "i6ar89c", "created_at_utc_A": 1650996068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650997623.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I'll quote an old \"Looney Tunes\" skit with Daffy Duck: \"You'd be surprised what you can live through.\"", "human_ref_B": "Imagine a masked man, shrouded in darkness, that can sneak up on you wherever you are and can beat you within an inch of your life, while leaving you a prisoner in your now broken body. There are worse things than death. While we as the audience know that Bruce will only use necessary force (when the writer actually knows how Bruce operates), criminals in Gotham don't. If there was an IRL vigilante that the police let operate with a level of freedom who could violate peoples privacy and safety, wouldn't you be a little afraid to commit crimes? Especially if you know of other people who have encountered this person who gets shot at, stabbed, blown up and keeps coming back night after night.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1555.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6yj8", "c_root_id_B": "i6ar89c", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650997623.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine a masked man, shrouded in darkness, that can sneak up on you wherever you are and can beat you within an inch of your life, while leaving you a prisoner in your now broken body. There are worse things than death. While we as the audience know that Bruce will only use necessary force (when the writer actually knows how Bruce operates), criminals in Gotham don't. If there was an IRL vigilante that the police let operate with a level of freedom who could violate peoples privacy and safety, wouldn't you be a little afraid to commit crimes? Especially if you know of other people who have encountered this person who gets shot at, stabbed, blown up and keeps coming back night after night.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7826.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adcxz", "c_root_id_B": "i6ar89c", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650997623.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine a masked man, shrouded in darkness, that can sneak up on you wherever you are and can beat you within an inch of your life, while leaving you a prisoner in your now broken body. There are worse things than death. While we as the audience know that Bruce will only use necessary force (when the writer actually knows how Bruce operates), criminals in Gotham don't. If there was an IRL vigilante that the police let operate with a level of freedom who could violate peoples privacy and safety, wouldn't you be a little afraid to commit crimes? 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If there was an IRL vigilante that the police let operate with a level of freedom who could violate peoples privacy and safety, wouldn't you be a little afraid to commit crimes? Especially if you know of other people who have encountered this person who gets shot at, stabbed, blown up and keeps coming back night after night.", "human_ref_B": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3966.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6iik", "c_root_id_B": "i6ar89c", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650997623.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine a masked man, shrouded in darkness, that can sneak up on you wherever you are and can beat you within an inch of your life, while leaving you a prisoner in your now broken body. There are worse things than death. While we as the audience know that Bruce will only use necessary force (when the writer actually knows how Bruce operates), criminals in Gotham don't. If there was an IRL vigilante that the police let operate with a level of freedom who could violate peoples privacy and safety, wouldn't you be a little afraid to commit crimes? Especially if you know of other people who have encountered this person who gets shot at, stabbed, blown up and keeps coming back night after night.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7996.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ar89c", "c_root_id_B": "i6ab7w0", "created_at_utc_A": 1650997623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650991443.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Imagine a masked man, shrouded in darkness, that can sneak up on you wherever you are and can beat you within an inch of your life, while leaving you a prisoner in your now broken body. There are worse things than death. While we as the audience know that Bruce will only use necessary force (when the writer actually knows how Bruce operates), criminals in Gotham don't. If there was an IRL vigilante that the police let operate with a level of freedom who could violate peoples privacy and safety, wouldn't you be a little afraid to commit crimes? Especially if you know of other people who have encountered this person who gets shot at, stabbed, blown up and keeps coming back night after night.", "human_ref_B": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6180.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6b3x56", "c_root_id_B": "i6an899", "created_at_utc_A": 1651002506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650996068.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They know he *says* he doesn't kill, but who knows for sure? That's probably just to keep the cops off his back. Besides, low-level guys go missing all the time. You think they ran off to Central City or Metropolis to get a job with WayneCorp or something? No, the Bat took them down, because he knew they wouldn't be missed.", "human_ref_B": "I'll quote an old \"Looney Tunes\" skit with Daffy Duck: \"You'd be surprised what you can live through.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6438.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6yj8", "c_root_id_B": "i6b3x56", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651002506.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "human_ref_B": "They know he *says* he doesn't kill, but who knows for sure? That's probably just to keep the cops off his back. Besides, low-level guys go missing all the time. You think they ran off to Central City or Metropolis to get a job with WayneCorp or something? No, the Bat took them down, because he knew they wouldn't be missed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12709.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6b3x56", "c_root_id_B": "i6adcxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1651002506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992267.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They know he *says* he doesn't kill, but who knows for sure? That's probably just to keep the cops off his back. Besides, low-level guys go missing all the time. You think they ran off to Central City or Metropolis to get a job with WayneCorp or something? No, the Bat took them down, because he knew they wouldn't be missed.", "human_ref_B": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10239.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6agyt5", "c_root_id_B": "i6b3x56", "created_at_utc_A": 1650993657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651002506.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "human_ref_B": "They know he *says* he doesn't kill, but who knows for sure? That's probably just to keep the cops off his back. Besides, low-level guys go missing all the time. You think they ran off to Central City or Metropolis to get a job with WayneCorp or something? No, the Bat took them down, because he knew they wouldn't be missed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8849.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6b3x56", "c_root_id_B": "i6at5kd", "created_at_utc_A": 1651002506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650998368.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They know he *says* he doesn't kill, but who knows for sure? That's probably just to keep the cops off his back. Besides, low-level guys go missing all the time. You think they ran off to Central City or Metropolis to get a job with WayneCorp or something? No, the Bat took them down, because he knew they wouldn't be missed.", "human_ref_B": "Most of them are, essentially, blue-collar criminals; job to job. There's no workers comp for when you get busted up. Bills still gotta get paid, gambling debts and drinking tabs settled. Go toe-to-toe with the Bat, you end up with injuries such that you can't work for months, if ever again (try being a leg-breaker or moving loads of illicit goods with two shoulders that routinely pop out of socket). 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No, the Bat took them down, because he knew they wouldn't be missed.", "human_ref_B": "Because he'll beat the shit out of you", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2058.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6b52th", "c_root_id_B": "i6an899", "created_at_utc_A": 1651002950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650996068.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "How do you know? Plenty of unsolved murders happen all the time in Gotham. 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Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13153.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adcxz", "c_root_id_B": "i6b52th", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651002950.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "human_ref_B": "How do you know? Plenty of unsolved murders happen all the time in Gotham. 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Batman scares them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2411.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6iik", "c_root_id_B": "i6an899", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650996068.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "human_ref_B": "I'll quote an old \"Looney Tunes\" skit with Daffy Duck: \"You'd be surprised what you can live through.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6441.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6an899", "c_root_id_B": "i6ab7w0", "created_at_utc_A": 1650996068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650991443.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'll quote an old \"Looney Tunes\" skit with Daffy Duck: \"You'd be surprised what you can live through.\"", "human_ref_B": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4625.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6yj8", "c_root_id_B": "i6at5kd", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650998368.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "human_ref_B": "Most of them are, essentially, blue-collar criminals; job to job. There's no workers comp for when you get busted up. Bills still gotta get paid, gambling debts and drinking tabs settled. Go toe-to-toe with the Bat, you end up with injuries such that you can't work for months, if ever again (try being a leg-breaker or moving loads of illicit goods with two shoulders that routinely pop out of socket). A run-in with the bat could mean the end of any further income, in any form.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8571.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6yj8", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6iik", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989627.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "What's worse. Dying or living as cripple, because injury's didn't healed properly.", "human_ref_B": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 170.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6agyt5", "c_root_id_B": "i6adcxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1650993657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992267.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "human_ref_B": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1390.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adcxz", "c_root_id_B": "i6at5kd", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650998368.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "human_ref_B": "Most of them are, essentially, blue-collar criminals; job to job. There's no workers comp for when you get busted up. Bills still gotta get paid, gambling debts and drinking tabs settled. Go toe-to-toe with the Bat, you end up with injuries such that you can't work for months, if ever again (try being a leg-breaker or moving loads of illicit goods with two shoulders that routinely pop out of socket). A run-in with the bat could mean the end of any further income, in any form.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6101.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6adcxz", "c_root_id_B": "i6b8ors", "created_at_utc_A": 1650992267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651004355.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "human_ref_B": "Why are you scared of being beaten up by the toughest guy in the world who might hang you from a building and leave you there until the police come?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12088.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bri04", "c_root_id_B": "i6adcxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1651012350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992267.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because Batman actively cultivates an image of fear. Sure other superheroes like Wonder Woman and Superman are immune to bullets, but they're going to come at you in broad daylight wearing bright colours. They want you to know they're coming. Batman however wears dark colours and strikes from the shadows. He won't come at you from the dark corner you checked, he'll come from the dark corner you didn't even know was there at all. He'll silently take out your buddies one by one, leave them hanging from the ceiling or grabs them from the shadows. You can't see him, but you know he's there.", "human_ref_B": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20083.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ab7w0", "c_root_id_B": "i6adcxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1650991443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992267.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "human_ref_B": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 824.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bnpub", "c_root_id_B": "i6adcxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1651010656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650992267.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I imagine it is in part a due to an emotional attachment to their own knee caps", "human_ref_B": "Some things are worse than death. Like having both legs broken by a grown man in a Halloween costume.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18389.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6agyt5", "c_root_id_B": "i6at5kd", "created_at_utc_A": 1650993657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650998368.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "human_ref_B": "Most of them are, essentially, blue-collar criminals; job to job. There's no workers comp for when you get busted up. Bills still gotta get paid, gambling debts and drinking tabs settled. Go toe-to-toe with the Bat, you end up with injuries such that you can't work for months, if ever again (try being a leg-breaker or moving loads of illicit goods with two shoulders that routinely pop out of socket). A run-in with the bat could mean the end of any further income, in any form.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4711.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bri04", "c_root_id_B": "i6agyt5", "created_at_utc_A": 1651012350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650993657.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because Batman actively cultivates an image of fear. Sure other superheroes like Wonder Woman and Superman are immune to bullets, but they're going to come at you in broad daylight wearing bright colours. They want you to know they're coming. Batman however wears dark colours and strikes from the shadows. He won't come at you from the dark corner you checked, he'll come from the dark corner you didn't even know was there at all. He'll silently take out your buddies one by one, leave them hanging from the ceiling or grabs them from the shadows. You can't see him, but you know he's there.", "human_ref_B": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18693.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ab7w0", "c_root_id_B": "i6agyt5", "created_at_utc_A": 1650991443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650993657.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "human_ref_B": "Simple. Death is not a effective deterrent to crime. Batman is. The underworld types that Batman fights are under the threat of death every day. There's the death penalty, plus supervillains regularly kill their own henchmen. People aren't criminals in Gotham unless they've already gotten over their fear of death. But Batman... Batman scares them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2214.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6a6iik", "c_root_id_B": "i6at5kd", "created_at_utc_A": 1650989627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650998368.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "human_ref_B": "Most of them are, essentially, blue-collar criminals; job to job. There's no workers comp for when you get busted up. Bills still gotta get paid, gambling debts and drinking tabs settled. Go toe-to-toe with the Bat, you end up with injuries such that you can't work for months, if ever again (try being a leg-breaker or moving loads of illicit goods with two shoulders that routinely pop out of socket). A run-in with the bat could mean the end of any further income, in any form.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8741.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6at5kd", "c_root_id_B": "i6ab7w0", "created_at_utc_A": 1650998368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650991443.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Most of them are, essentially, blue-collar criminals; job to job. There's no workers comp for when you get busted up. Bills still gotta get paid, gambling debts and drinking tabs settled. Go toe-to-toe with the Bat, you end up with injuries such that you can't work for months, if ever again (try being a leg-breaker or moving loads of illicit goods with two shoulders that routinely pop out of socket). A run-in with the bat could mean the end of any further income, in any form.", "human_ref_B": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6925.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6b8ors", "c_root_id_B": "i6bri04", "created_at_utc_A": 1651004355.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012350.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Why are you scared of being beaten up by the toughest guy in the world who might hang you from a building and leave you there until the police come?", "human_ref_B": "Because Batman actively cultivates an image of fear. Sure other superheroes like Wonder Woman and Superman are immune to bullets, but they're going to come at you in broad daylight wearing bright colours. They want you to know they're coming. Batman however wears dark colours and strikes from the shadows. He won't come at you from the dark corner you checked, he'll come from the dark corner you didn't even know was there at all. He'll silently take out your buddies one by one, leave them hanging from the ceiling or grabs them from the shadows. You can't see him, but you know he's there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7995.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ab7w0", "c_root_id_B": "i6b8ors", "created_at_utc_A": 1650991443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651004355.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "human_ref_B": "Why are you scared of being beaten up by the toughest guy in the world who might hang you from a building and leave you there until the police come?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12912.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aykdp", "c_root_id_B": "i6b8ors", "created_at_utc_A": 1651000448.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651004355.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because he'll beat the shit out of you", "human_ref_B": "Why are you scared of being beaten up by the toughest guy in the world who might hang you from a building and leave you there until the police come?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3907.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bri04", "c_root_id_B": "i6a6iik", "created_at_utc_A": 1651012350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650989627.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because Batman actively cultivates an image of fear. Sure other superheroes like Wonder Woman and Superman are immune to bullets, but they're going to come at you in broad daylight wearing bright colours. They want you to know they're coming. Batman however wears dark colours and strikes from the shadows. He won't come at you from the dark corner you checked, he'll come from the dark corner you didn't even know was there at all. He'll silently take out your buddies one by one, leave them hanging from the ceiling or grabs them from the shadows. You can't see him, but you know he's there.", "human_ref_B": "Them some scary hospital bills.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22723.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ab7w0", "c_root_id_B": "i6bri04", "created_at_utc_A": 1650991443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012350.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "human_ref_B": "Because Batman actively cultivates an image of fear. Sure other superheroes like Wonder Woman and Superman are immune to bullets, but they're going to come at you in broad daylight wearing bright colours. They want you to know they're coming. Batman however wears dark colours and strikes from the shadows. He won't come at you from the dark corner you checked, he'll come from the dark corner you didn't even know was there at all. He'll silently take out your buddies one by one, leave them hanging from the ceiling or grabs them from the shadows. You can't see him, but you know he's there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20907.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6aykdp", "c_root_id_B": "i6bri04", "created_at_utc_A": 1651000448.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012350.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Because he'll beat the shit out of you", "human_ref_B": "Because Batman actively cultivates an image of fear. Sure other superheroes like Wonder Woman and Superman are immune to bullets, but they're going to come at you in broad daylight wearing bright colours. They want you to know they're coming. Batman however wears dark colours and strikes from the shadows. He won't come at you from the dark corner you checked, he'll come from the dark corner you didn't even know was there at all. He'll silently take out your buddies one by one, leave them hanging from the ceiling or grabs them from the shadows. You can't see him, but you know he's there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11902.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bri04", "c_root_id_B": "i6bnpub", "created_at_utc_A": 1651012350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651010656.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because Batman actively cultivates an image of fear. Sure other superheroes like Wonder Woman and Superman are immune to bullets, but they're going to come at you in broad daylight wearing bright colours. They want you to know they're coming. Batman however wears dark colours and strikes from the shadows. He won't come at you from the dark corner you checked, he'll come from the dark corner you didn't even know was there at all. He'll silently take out your buddies one by one, leave them hanging from the ceiling or grabs them from the shadows. You can't see him, but you know he's there.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine it is in part a due to an emotional attachment to their own knee caps", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1694.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ab7w0", "c_root_id_B": "i6aykdp", "created_at_utc_A": 1650991443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000448.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "human_ref_B": "Because he'll beat the shit out of you", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9005.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bnpub", "c_root_id_B": "i6ab7w0", "created_at_utc_A": 1651010656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650991443.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I imagine it is in part a due to an emotional attachment to their own knee caps", "human_ref_B": "Tell me your never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall, without telling me you've never had your ass beaten and thrown through a wall", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19213.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucflhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC Comics] Why are criminals afraid of Batman even though he does not kill anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bnpub", "c_root_id_B": "i6aykdp", "created_at_utc_A": 1651010656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651000448.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I imagine it is in part a due to an emotional attachment to their own knee caps", "human_ref_B": "Because he'll beat the shit out of you", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10208.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p2tda", "c_root_id_B": "e0p34cv", "created_at_utc_A": 1529030145.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529030496.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "It's much easier to resist Force abilities than to use them. It takes a powerful Force-user to be able to manipulate even normal people. Using the Force to strangle someone who themselves is a powerful Force-user is out of the question. You can use the Force to throw stuff at them, but then you might as well make the thing you're throwing small so you can move it easily and give it a plasma blade so it can cut right through anything it hits.", "human_ref_B": "Why do infantrymen carry bayonets and assault rifles when they have mortars and anti-tank missiles? There's a tool for every occasion. Lightsabers are very versatile - they can block and attack and cut, all without needing to use the Force.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 351.0, "score_ratio": 2.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p4niq", "c_root_id_B": "e0p4x1a", "created_at_utc_A": 1529032273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529032586.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "human_ref_B": "It's more effective then a gun", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 313.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pbtp7", "c_root_id_B": "e0parrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1529042080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529040422.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "IRL saying goes *\"God created men, and Sam Colt made them equal\"*. It is not unlike this for a lightsaber wielder. A good part of wielding lightsabers comes from millenia-old tradition of course, but thing is - many whowouldwin threads treat Force powers as if they're instant to use and immediately overwhelming. That is not exactly the case - even most powerful force user needs at least a moment to focus himself to capitalize on his advantage. And vast majority of Force users are not powerful enough to instantly retaliate with force powers anyway. Since even relatively weak jedi can effectively protect himself from a blaster fire with a lightsaber, just shooting a force user to interrupt their concentration becomes a rather dangerous enterprise, since shots can very well be sent back. Unless you have numbers on your side of course, but then it's a very different kind of fight. So in general, when the power difference between force users is not decisive enough - and in most cases it isn't - it becomes a matter of seizing immediate advantage. And whith both parties more or less immune to being shot to death, charging at each other with a plasma blade becomes a valid way of disrupting concentration.", "human_ref_B": "The lightsaber is as much as a symbol as it is a tool for the jedi. Jedi are not meant to be warriors, they are peacekeepers and protectors. (And when the Jedi became warriors in the Clone Wars, people started to resent them). A lightsaber can be used to strike a hostile just like a gun or a regular vibroblade could, but unlike those other weapons a lightsaber can not only cause harm, it can also protect: in a galaxy where almost everyone else carries blasters, the lightsaber is just as much a shield as it is a weapon. So it acts as a symbol of the jedi's mission to fight evil but also to protect the good. The sith probably just enjoy the visceral feeling of chopping jedi in half with an evilised version of their own weapon (but they'll settle for frying them with lightning if they have to).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1658.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p4niq", "c_root_id_B": "e0pbtp7", "created_at_utc_A": 1529032273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529042080.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "human_ref_B": "IRL saying goes *\"God created men, and Sam Colt made them equal\"*. It is not unlike this for a lightsaber wielder. A good part of wielding lightsabers comes from millenia-old tradition of course, but thing is - many whowouldwin threads treat Force powers as if they're instant to use and immediately overwhelming. That is not exactly the case - even most powerful force user needs at least a moment to focus himself to capitalize on his advantage. And vast majority of Force users are not powerful enough to instantly retaliate with force powers anyway. Since even relatively weak jedi can effectively protect himself from a blaster fire with a lightsaber, just shooting a force user to interrupt their concentration becomes a rather dangerous enterprise, since shots can very well be sent back. Unless you have numbers on your side of course, but then it's a very different kind of fight. So in general, when the power difference between force users is not decisive enough - and in most cases it isn't - it becomes a matter of seizing immediate advantage. And whith both parties more or less immune to being shot to death, charging at each other with a plasma blade becomes a valid way of disrupting concentration.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9807.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pbtp7", "c_root_id_B": "e0p5c9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1529042080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529033094.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IRL saying goes *\"God created men, and Sam Colt made them equal\"*. It is not unlike this for a lightsaber wielder. A good part of wielding lightsabers comes from millenia-old tradition of course, but thing is - many whowouldwin threads treat Force powers as if they're instant to use and immediately overwhelming. That is not exactly the case - even most powerful force user needs at least a moment to focus himself to capitalize on his advantage. And vast majority of Force users are not powerful enough to instantly retaliate with force powers anyway. Since even relatively weak jedi can effectively protect himself from a blaster fire with a lightsaber, just shooting a force user to interrupt their concentration becomes a rather dangerous enterprise, since shots can very well be sent back. Unless you have numbers on your side of course, but then it's a very different kind of fight. So in general, when the power difference between force users is not decisive enough - and in most cases it isn't - it becomes a matter of seizing immediate advantage. And whith both parties more or less immune to being shot to death, charging at each other with a plasma blade becomes a valid way of disrupting concentration.", "human_ref_B": "Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO|COMMENT -|- (HD) Anakin Skywalker vs Obi Wan Kenobi|+1 - Maybe as a surprise move, but when they're ready for it you can't Force push a Jedi or Sith. A lightsaber always works when it hits. Here's Obi-Wan and Anakin squaring off. (1) Darth Maul & Savage Opress VS Darth Sidious (2) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Yoda toying with Asajj Ventress (3) Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker VS Barriss Offee HD|+1 - The only way you can overpower me is if we're both right next to whatever we're Force-wrestling over, which means we're withing stabbing distance of each other. Sidious instantly grabbed Savage and Maul with the Force and they were helpless to bre... A Certain Point of View Robot Chicken Adult Swim|+1 - I thought Yoda made it clear in Empire that the force couldn't care less about matter and physical reality, that it's above those things. That's true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view distance and size very much matters w... I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. I'll keep this updated as long as I can. *** Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8986.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p4niq", "c_root_id_B": "e0p5gva", "created_at_utc_A": 1529032273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529033248.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "human_ref_B": "Snoke was very powerful with the force - how did he die?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 975.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p5c9m", "c_root_id_B": "e0p5gva", "created_at_utc_A": 1529033094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529033248.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO|COMMENT -|- (HD) Anakin Skywalker vs Obi Wan Kenobi|+1 - Maybe as a surprise move, but when they're ready for it you can't Force push a Jedi or Sith. A lightsaber always works when it hits. Here's Obi-Wan and Anakin squaring off. (1) Darth Maul & Savage Opress VS Darth Sidious (2) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Yoda toying with Asajj Ventress (3) Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker VS Barriss Offee HD|+1 - The only way you can overpower me is if we're both right next to whatever we're Force-wrestling over, which means we're withing stabbing distance of each other. Sidious instantly grabbed Savage and Maul with the Force and they were helpless to bre... A Certain Point of View Robot Chicken Adult Swim|+1 - I thought Yoda made it clear in Empire that the force couldn't care less about matter and physical reality, that it's above those things. That's true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view distance and size very much matters w... I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. I'll keep this updated as long as I can. *** Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox", "human_ref_B": "Snoke was very powerful with the force - how did he die?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 154.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p4niq", "c_root_id_B": "e0parrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1529032273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529040422.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "human_ref_B": "The lightsaber is as much as a symbol as it is a tool for the jedi. Jedi are not meant to be warriors, they are peacekeepers and protectors. (And when the Jedi became warriors in the Clone Wars, people started to resent them). A lightsaber can be used to strike a hostile just like a gun or a regular vibroblade could, but unlike those other weapons a lightsaber can not only cause harm, it can also protect: in a galaxy where almost everyone else carries blasters, the lightsaber is just as much a shield as it is a weapon. So it acts as a symbol of the jedi's mission to fight evil but also to protect the good. The sith probably just enjoy the visceral feeling of chopping jedi in half with an evilised version of their own weapon (but they'll settle for frying them with lightning if they have to).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8149.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p5c9m", "c_root_id_B": "e0parrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1529033094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529040422.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO|COMMENT -|- (HD) Anakin Skywalker vs Obi Wan Kenobi|+1 - Maybe as a surprise move, but when they're ready for it you can't Force push a Jedi or Sith. A lightsaber always works when it hits. Here's Obi-Wan and Anakin squaring off. (1) Darth Maul & Savage Opress VS Darth Sidious (2) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Yoda toying with Asajj Ventress (3) Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker VS Barriss Offee HD|+1 - The only way you can overpower me is if we're both right next to whatever we're Force-wrestling over, which means we're withing stabbing distance of each other. Sidious instantly grabbed Savage and Maul with the Force and they were helpless to bre... A Certain Point of View Robot Chicken Adult Swim|+1 - I thought Yoda made it clear in Empire that the force couldn't care less about matter and physical reality, that it's above those things. That's true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view distance and size very much matters w... I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. I'll keep this updated as long as I can. *** Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox", "human_ref_B": "The lightsaber is as much as a symbol as it is a tool for the jedi. Jedi are not meant to be warriors, they are peacekeepers and protectors. (And when the Jedi became warriors in the Clone Wars, people started to resent them). A lightsaber can be used to strike a hostile just like a gun or a regular vibroblade could, but unlike those other weapons a lightsaber can not only cause harm, it can also protect: in a galaxy where almost everyone else carries blasters, the lightsaber is just as much a shield as it is a weapon. So it acts as a symbol of the jedi's mission to fight evil but also to protect the good. The sith probably just enjoy the visceral feeling of chopping jedi in half with an evilised version of their own weapon (but they'll settle for frying them with lightning if they have to).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7328.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p4niq", "c_root_id_B": "e0pdx3e", "created_at_utc_A": 1529032273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529045711.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "human_ref_B": "1. Not all force users are yoda/sidious/anakin level Most have trouble with basic telekinesis, they will never be able to stop a plasma bolt like Kylo or wave of with force push dozens of soldiers. 2. But what the force will provide is limited precog, now you may ask why not use a blaster. Well it's not a defensive weapon. It's much easier to use the lightsaber to block the attacks then to dodge. 3. Unless there is a very large gap in force powers between combatants offensive force powers are not that important since you need to really concentrate to use them. Not really possible when your dodging lightsabers and reflecting plasma bolts. So lightsaber skills are very useful since you can default to your precog and if you skills in lightsaber duel are somewhat similar your superior precog should prevail. But if you don't train with light sabers the difference in skill will be to great for the precog to help.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13438.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pdx3e", "c_root_id_B": "e0p5c9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1529045711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529033094.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "1. Not all force users are yoda/sidious/anakin level Most have trouble with basic telekinesis, they will never be able to stop a plasma bolt like Kylo or wave of with force push dozens of soldiers. 2. But what the force will provide is limited precog, now you may ask why not use a blaster. Well it's not a defensive weapon. It's much easier to use the lightsaber to block the attacks then to dodge. 3. Unless there is a very large gap in force powers between combatants offensive force powers are not that important since you need to really concentrate to use them. Not really possible when your dodging lightsabers and reflecting plasma bolts. So lightsaber skills are very useful since you can default to your precog and if you skills in lightsaber duel are somewhat similar your superior precog should prevail. But if you don't train with light sabers the difference in skill will be to great for the precog to help.", "human_ref_B": "Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO|COMMENT -|- (HD) Anakin Skywalker vs Obi Wan Kenobi|+1 - Maybe as a surprise move, but when they're ready for it you can't Force push a Jedi or Sith. A lightsaber always works when it hits. Here's Obi-Wan and Anakin squaring off. (1) Darth Maul & Savage Opress VS Darth Sidious (2) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Yoda toying with Asajj Ventress (3) Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker VS Barriss Offee HD|+1 - The only way you can overpower me is if we're both right next to whatever we're Force-wrestling over, which means we're withing stabbing distance of each other. Sidious instantly grabbed Savage and Maul with the Force and they were helpless to bre... A Certain Point of View Robot Chicken Adult Swim|+1 - I thought Yoda made it clear in Empire that the force couldn't care less about matter and physical reality, that it's above those things. That's true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view distance and size very much matters w... I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. I'll keep this updated as long as I can. *** Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12617.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p4niq", "c_root_id_B": "e0pemdr", "created_at_utc_A": 1529032273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529047052.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "human_ref_B": "Because two force users stood there engaged in a battle of wills, desperately trying to crush each other's internal organs would just get bonked on the head by the nearest person with a hefty stick.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14779.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pemdr", "c_root_id_B": "e0p5c9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1529047052.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529033094.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because two force users stood there engaged in a battle of wills, desperately trying to crush each other's internal organs would just get bonked on the head by the nearest person with a hefty stick.", "human_ref_B": "Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO|COMMENT -|- (HD) Anakin Skywalker vs Obi Wan Kenobi|+1 - Maybe as a surprise move, but when they're ready for it you can't Force push a Jedi or Sith. A lightsaber always works when it hits. Here's Obi-Wan and Anakin squaring off. (1) Darth Maul & Savage Opress VS Darth Sidious (2) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Yoda toying with Asajj Ventress (3) Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker VS Barriss Offee HD|+1 - The only way you can overpower me is if we're both right next to whatever we're Force-wrestling over, which means we're withing stabbing distance of each other. Sidious instantly grabbed Savage and Maul with the Force and they were helpless to bre... A Certain Point of View Robot Chicken Adult Swim|+1 - I thought Yoda made it clear in Empire that the force couldn't care less about matter and physical reality, that it's above those things. That's true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view distance and size very much matters w... I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. I'll keep this updated as long as I can. *** Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13958.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p4niq", "c_root_id_B": "e0pn6kb", "created_at_utc_A": 1529032273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529064039.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "human_ref_B": "Using Force powers takes an incredible amount of focus and mental strength. It would not be wise to battle only with The Force, since you would become tired and mentally drained quite quickly. For the Jedi, it's also about balance. A good, well trained Jedi should be proficient in both The Force, as well as saber combat, because they need to be prepared for any situation, and that includes fighting non-Force users. For Sith/dark side users, relying heavily on The Force has physical consequences (i.e. The Emperor) that most people simply may not want to deal with. Also, if your opponent is equally well trained or better in The Force, you need something to even the odds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31766.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p5c9m", "c_root_id_B": "e0pn6kb", "created_at_utc_A": 1529033094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529064039.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO|COMMENT -|- (HD) Anakin Skywalker vs Obi Wan Kenobi|+1 - Maybe as a surprise move, but when they're ready for it you can't Force push a Jedi or Sith. A lightsaber always works when it hits. Here's Obi-Wan and Anakin squaring off. (1) Darth Maul & Savage Opress VS Darth Sidious (2) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Yoda toying with Asajj Ventress (3) Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker VS Barriss Offee HD|+1 - The only way you can overpower me is if we're both right next to whatever we're Force-wrestling over, which means we're withing stabbing distance of each other. Sidious instantly grabbed Savage and Maul with the Force and they were helpless to bre... A Certain Point of View Robot Chicken Adult Swim|+1 - I thought Yoda made it clear in Empire that the force couldn't care less about matter and physical reality, that it's above those things. That's true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view distance and size very much matters w... I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. I'll keep this updated as long as I can. *** Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox", "human_ref_B": "Using Force powers takes an incredible amount of focus and mental strength. It would not be wise to battle only with The Force, since you would become tired and mentally drained quite quickly. For the Jedi, it's also about balance. A good, well trained Jedi should be proficient in both The Force, as well as saber combat, because they need to be prepared for any situation, and that includes fighting non-Force users. For Sith/dark side users, relying heavily on The Force has physical consequences (i.e. The Emperor) that most people simply may not want to deal with. Also, if your opponent is equally well trained or better in The Force, you need something to even the odds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30945.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p4niq", "c_root_id_B": "e0pwg45", "created_at_utc_A": 1529032273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529074018.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "human_ref_B": "A Jedi uses the Force to dodge and defend, never to attack. Using the Force to attack is a surefire way to be turned to the Dark Side.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41745.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0p5c9m", "c_root_id_B": "e0pwg45", "created_at_utc_A": 1529033094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529074018.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO|COMMENT -|- (HD) Anakin Skywalker vs Obi Wan Kenobi|+1 - Maybe as a surprise move, but when they're ready for it you can't Force push a Jedi or Sith. A lightsaber always works when it hits. Here's Obi-Wan and Anakin squaring off. (1) Darth Maul & Savage Opress VS Darth Sidious (2) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Yoda toying with Asajj Ventress (3) Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker VS Barriss Offee HD|+1 - The only way you can overpower me is if we're both right next to whatever we're Force-wrestling over, which means we're withing stabbing distance of each other. Sidious instantly grabbed Savage and Maul with the Force and they were helpless to bre... A Certain Point of View Robot Chicken Adult Swim|+1 - I thought Yoda made it clear in Empire that the force couldn't care less about matter and physical reality, that it's above those things. That's true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view distance and size very much matters w... I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. I'll keep this updated as long as I can. *** Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox", "human_ref_B": "A Jedi uses the Force to dodge and defend, never to attack. Using the Force to attack is a surefire way to be turned to the Dark Side.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40924.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pz5ar", "c_root_id_B": "e0p4niq", "created_at_utc_A": 1529076402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529032273.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In your examples you are citing two of the most powerfully force adept sentients in the known universe. Not everyone has the same connection to the force. In addition not everyone is gifted in the same use of the force, but all jedi get the same job description, if you have a talent in mind tricks but no talent in telekenesis, You'll find yourself up a really muddy creak if you ever encounter a squad of trigger happy battle droids and no other weapon to use than waving your hand at them. Finally if two force users have a quarrel with each other, direct application of force powers against ones opponent are significantly decreased thanks to the \"force wall\" force sensetives can generate subconciously. Breaching said wall takes time you opponent can use to just whack you over the head with a physical weapon.", "human_ref_B": "The only argument I can see is that a lightsaber is a convenient way to deflect blaster fire. A Force user *can* just block/redirect stuff with their hands via Tutaminis like Vader on Cloud City, but that's a pretty risky and high level technique, whereas any Padawan can use a saber for it. >Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Yeah, on /r/whowouldwin or Comic Vine when people debate Force user matchups, they often gauge a character's Force power and lightsaber skills separately, but in-universe, Force power is clearly the much more relevant category. I can't recall a single time in either Legends or Canon where someone with superior Force power lost to someone with superior dueling skill (not counting the High Ground, because that's just Anakin being plain stupid and blinded by rage). Sidious vs 4 Jedi Masters? He uses Force Speed to blitz 3 of them. Sidious vs Maul and Savage, two guys bigger and stronger than him? He uses the Force to amp his strength and speed so he can easily destroy them. Dooku vs Anakin in ROTS? Dooku is the superior duelist, but Anakin wins because he taps into his rage and Chosen One potential. So everytime a Force user fights another Force user, the person with superior Force power *does* win. The only time skill is relevant is when a Force user is defeated by a non-Force user (Jango, Cad Bane, etc). At best, dueling can make it a closer fight (Ahsoka vs Darth Vader, Windu vs Talzin) but it can't let you beat someone with superior power.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44129.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pz5ar", "c_root_id_B": "e0p5c9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1529076402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529033094.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In your examples you are citing two of the most powerfully force adept sentients in the known universe. Not everyone has the same connection to the force. In addition not everyone is gifted in the same use of the force, but all jedi get the same job description, if you have a talent in mind tricks but no talent in telekenesis, You'll find yourself up a really muddy creak if you ever encounter a squad of trigger happy battle droids and no other weapon to use than waving your hand at them. Finally if two force users have a quarrel with each other, direct application of force powers against ones opponent are significantly decreased thanks to the \"force wall\" force sensetives can generate subconciously. Breaching said wall takes time you opponent can use to just whack you over the head with a physical weapon.", "human_ref_B": "Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO|COMMENT -|- (HD) Anakin Skywalker vs Obi Wan Kenobi|+1 - Maybe as a surprise move, but when they're ready for it you can't Force push a Jedi or Sith. A lightsaber always works when it hits. Here's Obi-Wan and Anakin squaring off. (1) Darth Maul & Savage Opress VS Darth Sidious (2) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Yoda toying with Asajj Ventress (3) Star Wars Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker VS Barriss Offee HD|+1 - The only way you can overpower me is if we're both right next to whatever we're Force-wrestling over, which means we're withing stabbing distance of each other. Sidious instantly grabbed Savage and Maul with the Force and they were helpless to bre... A Certain Point of View Robot Chicken Adult Swim|+1 - I thought Yoda made it clear in Empire that the force couldn't care less about matter and physical reality, that it's above those things. That's true from a certain point of view. But from another point of view distance and size very much matters w... I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. I'll keep this updated as long as I can. *** Play All | Info | Get me on Chrome / Firefox", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43308.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7kaj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[StarWars] Why does anyone use a light saber? The force is infinitely more powerful than any weapon, this is made clear time and time again. Everyone from Yoda to Darth Vader tells us that the force is the ultimate power in the universe and no physical object matters when placed next to it. So why do light saber fights occur? Wouldn't the combatant with superior force powers win every time? Wouldn't it be a matter of who can crush the other persons body first? Whoever is more powerful in the force would win every time. Obviously, the real answer is that light sabers represent real life sword combat and they are cinematic. But I'm looking for an in universe explanation as to why light sabers would ever be used for combat when the force is infinitely more powerful.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pz5ar", "c_root_id_B": "e0pwhjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1529076402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529074051.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In your examples you are citing two of the most powerfully force adept sentients in the known universe. Not everyone has the same connection to the force. In addition not everyone is gifted in the same use of the force, but all jedi get the same job description, if you have a talent in mind tricks but no talent in telekenesis, You'll find yourself up a really muddy creak if you ever encounter a squad of trigger happy battle droids and no other weapon to use than waving your hand at them. Finally if two force users have a quarrel with each other, direct application of force powers against ones opponent are significantly decreased thanks to the \"force wall\" force sensetives can generate subconciously. Breaching said wall takes time you opponent can use to just whack you over the head with a physical weapon.", "human_ref_B": "Three things occur to me about light sabers and Jedi/Sith. 1. Canon tells us that part of the Jedi training is how they make their own light sabers. Hell, the process of selecting the crystals shows a bond between the Padawan and the crystal, how they select one that calls to them. (Clone Wars s5e6, as well as s2e4). Sith then in turn corrupt the crystal until it bleeds (In theory attuning it to them I guess). In both cases, they are attuned to the weapon, feeling it more then a conventional sword or blaster. It in turn responds to them more than the aforementioned weapons would. I guess it could be argued that the light saber is an extension of their body, if logic wants to follow that path. 1. Additionally, I don't seem to remember consistently seeing Jedi use the Force in performing day-to-day mundane tasks (Opening doors, pulling out chairs, sweeping, or things that would normally be tempting to use the Force for rather than physical labor). Given this, I would extrapolate that either there is a restriction on using the Force as a shortcut to actually physically doing the task (for fear of being too casual in the use of the Force and/or it becoming a crutch and the user becoming lazy), or given the monastic order feel for Jedi and Padawan they subscribe to the strong body/strong mind philosophy. 1. Motive or intent seems to play a large part in Force use. It may be too easy to give in to anger or frustration when using to the Force to battle. If while battling their opponent counters their attacks repeatedly, for unseasoned Jedi/Padawan, frustration sets in which turns to anger and more frantic or stronger attacks. That taste of strength, arising from anger, opens a path to the dark side. Using light sabers as a proxy for strictly using the Force for battles lessens that risk. It doesn't remove the risk, just lessens it. Also, aggression with a light saber would likely be safer than aggression with the Force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2351.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zyul9x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Why did the elves leave Middle Earth? My understanding is that they would regain their bodies in Valinor after their death. If they were going to Valinor either way, why not stay and fight? The rings were crafted by elves so you could easily argue they had responsibility to help.", "c_root_id_A": "j281qxu", "c_root_id_B": "j27xjcj", "created_at_utc_A": 1672389617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672386365.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As an Elf, living in Middle-earth for long enough becomes an emotional/spiritual struggle. Imagine never dying, never aging, watching everything your people achieved withering away in the wake of constant war and entropy. Time becomes your primary villain, and nothing save the \u201cstillness\u201d of the Undying Lands can mitigate this constant sensation of unstoppable decay. This is also why the three rings were so useful/problematic, as they granted a handful of lingering elves the ability to maintain kingdoms without fear of temporal decay. These \u201cheaven on earth\u201d realms were inexorably tied to the powers of Sauron, establishing the concept of the long defeat: no matter the outcome, the elves lose. Getting to Valinor is technically the only option, given enough time. Any elves lingering in Middle-earth would fade over the eons, descending into wraithery or worse.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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The rings were crafted by elves so you could easily argue they had responsibility to help.", "c_root_id_A": "j28bmwu", "c_root_id_B": "j27xjcj", "created_at_utc_A": 1672397691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672386365.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "the amout of magic in the world is winding down, its becoming more mundane. this is a problem for the elves, magical creatures living in magical kingdoms. their amazing kingdoms decay and become less fantastical, and it becomes spiritally taxing for a elf living in middle earth for too long, and if it becomes too taxing their bodies can literally fade and they become ghosts. the rings were created to stop this, to keep atleast their kingdoms safe and magical, which is also the reason for why the elves rarely leave, and why the elves arent really in a hurry to destroy the one ring. destroy the one ring, their rings loses power, and the kingdoms starts to decay. here is a good video on the subject in vallinor, this isnt a problem for them, so there they can live a proper magical life forever in peace", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11326.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zyul9x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Why did the elves leave Middle Earth? My understanding is that they would regain their bodies in Valinor after their death. If they were going to Valinor either way, why not stay and fight? The rings were crafted by elves so you could easily argue they had responsibility to help.", "c_root_id_A": "j27xjcj", "c_root_id_B": "j28b2tq", "created_at_utc_A": 1672386365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672397252.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Elves are waning and the power of the Three Rings is the only thing slowing that down. Once the power of the three ceases to exist after the destruction of the One, they won't be able to maintain a society in Middle Earth for long. It's simply the Elves' time to leave, even elves that are descended from ones that never saw the light of the Trees feel a yearning to cross the sea.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10887.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zyul9x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Why did the elves leave Middle Earth? My understanding is that they would regain their bodies in Valinor after their death. If they were going to Valinor either way, why not stay and fight? The rings were crafted by elves so you could easily argue they had responsibility to help.", "c_root_id_A": "j27xjcj", "c_root_id_B": "j2afogt", "created_at_utc_A": 1672386365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672432241.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Elves are not just long-lived, they're immortal. Most of the ones left in Middle Earth had been there for thousands of years, and it was getting pretty hard to care about things any more. How long should you hang around protecting a world where you don't really belong? They didn't make Sauron's Ring, and as far as any of them knew, it was lost forever. Every sign showed that Sauron was gaining power, while the kingdoms of Men faded. At some point, they had to think \"This isn't worth the effort any more.\" Let the Ringbearers (Elrond, Galadriel, and Gandalf) hang around if they want, I've been here for too long, and the sea calls to my heart.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45876.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zyul9x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Why did the elves leave Middle Earth? My understanding is that they would regain their bodies in Valinor after their death. If they were going to Valinor either way, why not stay and fight? The rings were crafted by elves so you could easily argue they had responsibility to help.", "c_root_id_A": "j2cb7za", "c_root_id_B": "j27xjcj", "created_at_utc_A": 1672461614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672386365.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because they aren't connected to Middle Earth anymore, They are connected to what Middle Earth USED to be. It is made fairly clear that Elrond and Galadriel are using their rings to stave off the decay of time in their realms. They are basically keeping Imladris and Lothlorien in a stasis. That is why the main characters have trouble keeping up with the passage of time when they are in those places. The act of staying in middle earth literally makes the elves fade. Eventually their bodies will completely burn away. Tolkien was of two minds what happened after that. Sometimes he stated that when they used up their Fea, they would go to the Halls of Mandos to get new bodies and stay in Valinor, but he also mentioned that they would remain unbodied in middle earth, basically being invisible spiritual beings.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 75249.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zyul9x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Why did the elves leave Middle Earth? My understanding is that they would regain their bodies in Valinor after their death. If they were going to Valinor either way, why not stay and fight? The rings were crafted by elves so you could easily argue they had responsibility to help.", "c_root_id_A": "j28b2tq", "c_root_id_B": "j28bmwu", "created_at_utc_A": 1672397252.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672397691.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The Elves are waning and the power of the Three Rings is the only thing slowing that down. Once the power of the three ceases to exist after the destruction of the One, they won't be able to maintain a society in Middle Earth for long. It's simply the Elves' time to leave, even elves that are descended from ones that never saw the light of the Trees feel a yearning to cross the sea.", "human_ref_B": "the amout of magic in the world is winding down, its becoming more mundane. this is a problem for the elves, magical creatures living in magical kingdoms. their amazing kingdoms decay and become less fantastical, and it becomes spiritally taxing for a elf living in middle earth for too long, and if it becomes too taxing their bodies can literally fade and they become ghosts. the rings were created to stop this, to keep atleast their kingdoms safe and magical, which is also the reason for why the elves rarely leave, and why the elves arent really in a hurry to destroy the one ring. destroy the one ring, their rings loses power, and the kingdoms starts to decay. here is a good video on the subject in vallinor, this isnt a problem for them, so there they can live a proper magical life forever in peace", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 439.0, "score_ratio": 1.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1z3m6u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[LOTR] Why didn't Lady Galadriel help out more in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? So I watched the LOTR movies, and bought this game called Battle for Middle Earth II a few years later. One of most powerful heroes in the game was Galadriel and she would just float around and casually summon tornadoes. She looked familiar so I looked her up and it turns out that she was the blonde lady who gave Gimli some of her hair, gave frodo that glowing vial, and just a bunch of seemingly minor things in the movies. So then I looked her up on the Lord of the Rings wiki and found out that she was a total badass. She single handedly just tore Dol Guldur to pieces with tornadoes and shit. (http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120615150956/lotr/images/9/9e/Galadriel_Dol_Guldur.jpg) So I guess my question is didn't she help out the fellowship a bit more with some of that badass magic when the events of Lord of the Rings were happening? She has telepathy so why didn't she just ride an eagle over to Helms Deep or Minas Tirith when shit was going down and just tear shit up with tornadoes or something? Seems like she had the power to just single handedly destroy the invading armies.", "c_root_id_A": "cfq90t0", "c_root_id_B": "cfq6tsw", "created_at_utc_A": 1393526956.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1393522527.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "LotR is not World of Warcraft. Magic doesn't work that way. There isn't a single mention of her *ever* using abilities like that. She did help throw Sauron out of Dol Guldur, but it isn't nearly as flashy as you're thinking. L\u00fathien could maybe do something like that in very rare cases, but not Galadriel.", "human_ref_B": "In the books, her magic was of preserving and healing, not really suited to combat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4429.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1z3m6u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[LOTR] Why didn't Lady Galadriel help out more in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? So I watched the LOTR movies, and bought this game called Battle for Middle Earth II a few years later. One of most powerful heroes in the game was Galadriel and she would just float around and casually summon tornadoes. She looked familiar so I looked her up and it turns out that she was the blonde lady who gave Gimli some of her hair, gave frodo that glowing vial, and just a bunch of seemingly minor things in the movies. So then I looked her up on the Lord of the Rings wiki and found out that she was a total badass. She single handedly just tore Dol Guldur to pieces with tornadoes and shit. (http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120615150956/lotr/images/9/9e/Galadriel_Dol_Guldur.jpg) So I guess my question is didn't she help out the fellowship a bit more with some of that badass magic when the events of Lord of the Rings were happening? She has telepathy so why didn't she just ride an eagle over to Helms Deep or Minas Tirith when shit was going down and just tear shit up with tornadoes or something? Seems like she had the power to just single handedly destroy the invading armies.", "c_root_id_A": "cfq7da4", "c_root_id_B": "cfq90t0", "created_at_utc_A": 1393523615.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1393526956.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "She couldn't risk drawing the eye sauron to the fellowship. Even thouvh she was badass she carries a ring of power and the one ring calls to her. If she had joined the fellowship she might have succumbed to its call. Then she would become the dark lady and men would love her and despair", "human_ref_B": "LotR is not World of Warcraft. Magic doesn't work that way. There isn't a single mention of her *ever* using abilities like that. She did help throw Sauron out of Dol Guldur, but it isn't nearly as flashy as you're thinking. L\u00fathien could maybe do something like that in very rare cases, but not Galadriel.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3341.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1z3m6u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[LOTR] Why didn't Lady Galadriel help out more in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? So I watched the LOTR movies, and bought this game called Battle for Middle Earth II a few years later. One of most powerful heroes in the game was Galadriel and she would just float around and casually summon tornadoes. She looked familiar so I looked her up and it turns out that she was the blonde lady who gave Gimli some of her hair, gave frodo that glowing vial, and just a bunch of seemingly minor things in the movies. So then I looked her up on the Lord of the Rings wiki and found out that she was a total badass. She single handedly just tore Dol Guldur to pieces with tornadoes and shit. (http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120615150956/lotr/images/9/9e/Galadriel_Dol_Guldur.jpg) So I guess my question is didn't she help out the fellowship a bit more with some of that badass magic when the events of Lord of the Rings were happening? She has telepathy so why didn't she just ride an eagle over to Helms Deep or Minas Tirith when shit was going down and just tear shit up with tornadoes or something? Seems like she had the power to just single handedly destroy the invading armies.", "c_root_id_A": "cfq8u0d", "c_root_id_B": "cfq90t0", "created_at_utc_A": 1393526572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1393526956.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "I think she was also a little afraid because she was at high risk of One Ring addiction and taking part directly could have put her under its influence.", "human_ref_B": "LotR is not World of Warcraft. Magic doesn't work that way. There isn't a single mention of her *ever* using abilities like that. She did help throw Sauron out of Dol Guldur, but it isn't nearly as flashy as you're thinking. L\u00fathien could maybe do something like that in very rare cases, but not Galadriel.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 384.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1z3m6u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[LOTR] Why didn't Lady Galadriel help out more in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? So I watched the LOTR movies, and bought this game called Battle for Middle Earth II a few years later. One of most powerful heroes in the game was Galadriel and she would just float around and casually summon tornadoes. She looked familiar so I looked her up and it turns out that she was the blonde lady who gave Gimli some of her hair, gave frodo that glowing vial, and just a bunch of seemingly minor things in the movies. So then I looked her up on the Lord of the Rings wiki and found out that she was a total badass. She single handedly just tore Dol Guldur to pieces with tornadoes and shit. (http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120615150956/lotr/images/9/9e/Galadriel_Dol_Guldur.jpg) So I guess my question is didn't she help out the fellowship a bit more with some of that badass magic when the events of Lord of the Rings were happening? She has telepathy so why didn't she just ride an eagle over to Helms Deep or Minas Tirith when shit was going down and just tear shit up with tornadoes or something? Seems like she had the power to just single handedly destroy the invading armies.", "c_root_id_A": "cfq8u0d", "c_root_id_B": "cfqaft3", "created_at_utc_A": 1393526572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1393529782.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I think she was also a little afraid because she was at high risk of One Ring addiction and taking part directly could have put her under its influence.", "human_ref_B": "There seems to be two embedded questions here: 1. Why didn't she do more? 2. Why didn't she do more *for the Fellowship* As far as 1: She did do more. Lord of the Rings follows the Fellowship. It is not an end-all, be-all account of the War of the Ring which was just about as much of a \"World War\" as middle Earth had ever seen. Sauron launched assaults on multiple fronts, against a number of regions, Gondor, Erebor, Mirkwood and - you guessed it - Lorien. You must remember that the Fellowship was always perceived to be a long shot with minimal chance of success. While many people were willing to lend aid, their primary concern was defense of their own regions. Indeed, there seems little point in defeating Sauron if your own home gets destroyed by his armies anyway. Lorien was assaulted three times and triumphed due to the efforts of Galadriel. The reason why she didn't do #2 is so that she could do #1.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3210.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1z3m6u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[LOTR] Why didn't Lady Galadriel help out more in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? So I watched the LOTR movies, and bought this game called Battle for Middle Earth II a few years later. One of most powerful heroes in the game was Galadriel and she would just float around and casually summon tornadoes. She looked familiar so I looked her up and it turns out that she was the blonde lady who gave Gimli some of her hair, gave frodo that glowing vial, and just a bunch of seemingly minor things in the movies. So then I looked her up on the Lord of the Rings wiki and found out that she was a total badass. She single handedly just tore Dol Guldur to pieces with tornadoes and shit. (http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120615150956/lotr/images/9/9e/Galadriel_Dol_Guldur.jpg) So I guess my question is didn't she help out the fellowship a bit more with some of that badass magic when the events of Lord of the Rings were happening? She has telepathy so why didn't she just ride an eagle over to Helms Deep or Minas Tirith when shit was going down and just tear shit up with tornadoes or something? Seems like she had the power to just single handedly destroy the invading armies.", "c_root_id_A": "cfqlgla", "c_root_id_B": "cfq8u0d", "created_at_utc_A": 1393552706.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1393526572.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "> and just a bunch of seemingly minor things in the movies They may seem pretty minor at the time, but they actually end up being pretty important. * Frodo gets the light vial, which is critical to him and Sam being able to get into Mordor, past Shelob and the orcs in Cirith Ungol. It provides them with motivation and hope, and gives their enemies fear: in a way, it's as good a weapon as sting, if not better. * Sam gets a box of seeds (/earth), which turns out to be fantastic in rebuilding the shire after the scouring. It's a massive part of the success in recovery there, which given the importance of the recovery means it's relevant. * Gimli gets a gift too, the three hairs, and while they're significant for other reasons, they contribute particularly to the friendship between Gimli and Galadriel, but also more generally to the friendship between elves and dwarves. Highly important in the wider context. * Legolas gets a bow. Seems standard, but given that it was probably better than what he had before (and him a Prince of an elven kingdom himself) the extra fighting power he gets might have been significant. * The cloaks save certain members of the fellowship a great deal of trouble, and also probably limit the damage they get from other opponents by reducing the distance at which they're seen. * The Lembas is a constant removal of the need to worry about heavier supplies. * The rope...is useful. Maybe not that great. They end up finding Gollum with it? * Looking at a map, the boats cut off a significant amount of their journey time, and allow Frodo and Sam to escape alone. Key to their progression. * The belts and the sheath don't turn out to be that important, but they are powerful symbols of alliance for when they get back home. * The elven brooches each member gets turn out to be particularly important for Merry and Pippin, who use them as a method of silent communication with the other members of the fellowship. * The stone Aragorn gets is what causes him to be called King Elessar. So they don't seem as important as they are at the time, but over the course of the story they make a massive impact. At almost every turn they are referenced, they provide help and sustenance to the fellowship, and they protect them from greater harm. Galadriel might not have done much fighting for them, but giving the fellowship these gifts was incredibly useful.", "human_ref_B": "I think she was also a little afraid because she was at high risk of One Ring addiction and taking part directly could have put her under its influence.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26134.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1z3m6u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[LOTR] Why didn't Lady Galadriel help out more in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? So I watched the LOTR movies, and bought this game called Battle for Middle Earth II a few years later. One of most powerful heroes in the game was Galadriel and she would just float around and casually summon tornadoes. She looked familiar so I looked her up and it turns out that she was the blonde lady who gave Gimli some of her hair, gave frodo that glowing vial, and just a bunch of seemingly minor things in the movies. So then I looked her up on the Lord of the Rings wiki and found out that she was a total badass. She single handedly just tore Dol Guldur to pieces with tornadoes and shit. (http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120615150956/lotr/images/9/9e/Galadriel_Dol_Guldur.jpg) So I guess my question is didn't she help out the fellowship a bit more with some of that badass magic when the events of Lord of the Rings were happening? She has telepathy so why didn't she just ride an eagle over to Helms Deep or Minas Tirith when shit was going down and just tear shit up with tornadoes or something? Seems like she had the power to just single handedly destroy the invading armies.", "c_root_id_A": "cfqhh9z", "c_root_id_B": "cfqlgla", "created_at_utc_A": 1393543927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1393552706.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "She does do a lot in defending several attacks from Mordor and I believe from Mirkwood during the end of LoTR, they just don't go into detail.", "human_ref_B": "> and just a bunch of seemingly minor things in the movies They may seem pretty minor at the time, but they actually end up being pretty important. * Frodo gets the light vial, which is critical to him and Sam being able to get into Mordor, past Shelob and the orcs in Cirith Ungol. It provides them with motivation and hope, and gives their enemies fear: in a way, it's as good a weapon as sting, if not better. * Sam gets a box of seeds (/earth), which turns out to be fantastic in rebuilding the shire after the scouring. It's a massive part of the success in recovery there, which given the importance of the recovery means it's relevant. * Gimli gets a gift too, the three hairs, and while they're significant for other reasons, they contribute particularly to the friendship between Gimli and Galadriel, but also more generally to the friendship between elves and dwarves. Highly important in the wider context. * Legolas gets a bow. Seems standard, but given that it was probably better than what he had before (and him a Prince of an elven kingdom himself) the extra fighting power he gets might have been significant. * The cloaks save certain members of the fellowship a great deal of trouble, and also probably limit the damage they get from other opponents by reducing the distance at which they're seen. * The Lembas is a constant removal of the need to worry about heavier supplies. * The rope...is useful. Maybe not that great. They end up finding Gollum with it? * Looking at a map, the boats cut off a significant amount of their journey time, and allow Frodo and Sam to escape alone. Key to their progression. * The belts and the sheath don't turn out to be that important, but they are powerful symbols of alliance for when they get back home. * The elven brooches each member gets turn out to be particularly important for Merry and Pippin, who use them as a method of silent communication with the other members of the fellowship. * The stone Aragorn gets is what causes him to be called King Elessar. So they don't seem as important as they are at the time, but over the course of the story they make a massive impact. At almost every turn they are referenced, they provide help and sustenance to the fellowship, and they protect them from greater harm. Galadriel might not have done much fighting for them, but giving the fellowship these gifts was incredibly useful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8779.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v7d8y7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[DC] Why doesn't Superman (or other Kryptonians) use the Daredevil lie detector technique more often? Daredevil uses his super hearing as a tool to listen to one's heartbeat to see if someone is telling the truth or not. It recently occurred to me, why doesn't Superman do that too? I know he can and he probably has at least once, but why doesn't he do it on the regular? I wonder if it's an ethical thing with him. Even Foggy (in the Netflix series) found Matt's use of it questionable. I think Clark might also find that \"crossing a line.\"", "c_root_id_A": "ibkn9r6", "c_root_id_B": "ibk5pnp", "created_at_utc_A": 1654663142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654653217.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "He does. But he doesn't really question people. Even criminals he tries to encourage to do better because he wants to save them too. He always looks for the best in people. It doesn't work on Batman, after he used it once Batman figured out a way to mask it (mostly so he could do the whole disappearing when Clark turns his back on him thing.) He still calls out Bruce though because he knows him well enough to know when he's not telling the whole story. The super hearing thing isn't even Superman's best lie detector, he can see across the entire spectrum of light which let's him see slight temperature changes in your skin. His sense of smell is also just as good as his other senses, enabling him to detect minute changes in hormone levels as well. You cannot directly lie to Superman. You may be able to fool him, but only because he is giving you the benefit of the doubt because he wants you to do better, wants you to BE better.", "human_ref_B": "For most people, whether they're enemies, allies, or bystanders, being in the presence of Superman is enough to raise their heart rate. Thus, listening for an elevated heart rate isn't very useful for someone like Superman. In contrast, Daredevil is usually in his Matt Murdock guise when he's using his enhanced hearing for lie detection, and most people aren't going have their hearts beating extra fast when in the presence of a normal, everyday lawyer. (Well, okay, Matt Murdock *can* be quite dreamy at times...)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9925.0, "score_ratio": 2.1875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v7d8y7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[DC] Why doesn't Superman (or other Kryptonians) use the Daredevil lie detector technique more often? Daredevil uses his super hearing as a tool to listen to one's heartbeat to see if someone is telling the truth or not. It recently occurred to me, why doesn't Superman do that too? I know he can and he probably has at least once, but why doesn't he do it on the regular? I wonder if it's an ethical thing with him. Even Foggy (in the Netflix series) found Matt's use of it questionable. I think Clark might also find that \"crossing a line.\"", "c_root_id_A": "ibk2vud", "c_root_id_B": "ibkn9r6", "created_at_utc_A": 1654651777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654663142.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "An elevated heart beat isn't necessarily an indicator of lying. Lie detector tests aren't admissible in court because of their unreliability, and they track more than just heartbeat. Superman is more the type of person who would rather let ten guilty people go free than convict one innocent person because their heartbeat is a little quicker than normal.", "human_ref_B": "He does. But he doesn't really question people. Even criminals he tries to encourage to do better because he wants to save them too. He always looks for the best in people. It doesn't work on Batman, after he used it once Batman figured out a way to mask it (mostly so he could do the whole disappearing when Clark turns his back on him thing.) He still calls out Bruce though because he knows him well enough to know when he's not telling the whole story. The super hearing thing isn't even Superman's best lie detector, he can see across the entire spectrum of light which let's him see slight temperature changes in your skin. His sense of smell is also just as good as his other senses, enabling him to detect minute changes in hormone levels as well. You cannot directly lie to Superman. You may be able to fool him, but only because he is giving you the benefit of the doubt because he wants you to do better, wants you to BE better.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11365.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v7d8y7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[DC] Why doesn't Superman (or other Kryptonians) use the Daredevil lie detector technique more often? Daredevil uses his super hearing as a tool to listen to one's heartbeat to see if someone is telling the truth or not. It recently occurred to me, why doesn't Superman do that too? I know he can and he probably has at least once, but why doesn't he do it on the regular? I wonder if it's an ethical thing with him. Even Foggy (in the Netflix series) found Matt's use of it questionable. I think Clark might also find that \"crossing a line.\"", "c_root_id_A": "ibk5pnp", "c_root_id_B": "ibk2vud", "created_at_utc_A": 1654653217.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654651777.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "For most people, whether they're enemies, allies, or bystanders, being in the presence of Superman is enough to raise their heart rate. Thus, listening for an elevated heart rate isn't very useful for someone like Superman. In contrast, Daredevil is usually in his Matt Murdock guise when he's using his enhanced hearing for lie detection, and most people aren't going have their hearts beating extra fast when in the presence of a normal, everyday lawyer. (Well, okay, Matt Murdock *can* be quite dreamy at times...)", "human_ref_B": "An elevated heart beat isn't necessarily an indicator of lying. Lie detector tests aren't admissible in court because of their unreliability, and they track more than just heartbeat. Superman is more the type of person who would rather let ten guilty people go free than convict one innocent person because their heartbeat is a little quicker than normal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1440.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkojsk4", "c_root_id_B": "dkohvqx", "created_at_utc_A": 1500955388.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500952597.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Roommates and best friends but not gay. http://abc7.com/archive/8302125/", "human_ref_B": "I always thought they were brothers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2791.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkojuqs", "c_root_id_B": "dkohvqx", "created_at_utc_A": 1500955485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500952597.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "No, they are not gay. Just like Merry and Pippen aren't gay Just like Howard and Raj aren't gay Just like Patrick and Spongebob aren't gay Just like Patrick and Ian aren't.... ok, Ian is gay, but Patrick is not.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought they were brothers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2888.0, "score_ratio": 1.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkojzoi", "c_root_id_B": "dkov1ho", "created_at_utc_A": 1500955701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500980743.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure Bert is a power-bottom.", "human_ref_B": "Word of God is, I quote: > They are not gay, they are not straight. They are puppets, they don't exist below the waist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25042.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkonvny", "c_root_id_B": "dkov1ho", "created_at_utc_A": 1500962727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500980743.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "They don't even share a bed. Since they aren't lesbians, we can assume they aren't in a homosexual relationship.", "human_ref_B": "Word of God is, I quote: > They are not gay, they are not straight. They are puppets, they don't exist below the waist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18016.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkolfmq", "c_root_id_B": "dkov1ho", "created_at_utc_A": 1500958086.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500980743.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "They are not gay. I think we have seen Bert have a crush on a girl at some point as he sand a song of wanting to hold her ear.(http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/I_Want_to_Hold_Your_Ear)", "human_ref_B": "Word of God is, I quote: > They are not gay, they are not straight. They are puppets, they don't exist below the waist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22657.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkowj6x", "c_root_id_B": "dkojzoi", "created_at_utc_A": 1500983892.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500955701.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I believe its been commented somewhere in an interview that they are are roommates living in New York. Such things are not uncommon given the price of rent.", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty sure Bert is a power-bottom.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28191.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkonvny", "c_root_id_B": "dkowj6x", "created_at_utc_A": 1500962727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500983892.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They don't even share a bed. Since they aren't lesbians, we can assume they aren't in a homosexual relationship.", "human_ref_B": "I believe its been commented somewhere in an interview that they are are roommates living in New York. Such things are not uncommon given the price of rent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21165.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkowj6x", "c_root_id_B": "dkolfmq", "created_at_utc_A": 1500983892.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500958086.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I believe its been commented somewhere in an interview that they are are roommates living in New York. Such things are not uncommon given the price of rent.", "human_ref_B": "They are not gay. I think we have seen Bert have a crush on a girl at some point as he sand a song of wanting to hold her ear.(http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/I_Want_to_Hold_Your_Ear)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25806.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkojzoi", "c_root_id_B": "dkpcvph", "created_at_utc_A": 1500955701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501003527.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure Bert is a power-bottom.", "human_ref_B": "Straight friends. It's a sign of modern views on sexuality that males can't be close friends without accusations flying.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47826.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkonvny", "c_root_id_B": "dkpcvph", "created_at_utc_A": 1500962727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501003527.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They don't even share a bed. Since they aren't lesbians, we can assume they aren't in a homosexual relationship.", "human_ref_B": "Straight friends. It's a sign of modern views on sexuality that males can't be close friends without accusations flying.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40800.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkpcvph", "c_root_id_B": "dkolfmq", "created_at_utc_A": 1501003527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500958086.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Straight friends. It's a sign of modern views on sexuality that males can't be close friends without accusations flying.", "human_ref_B": "They are not gay. I think we have seen Bert have a crush on a girl at some point as he sand a song of wanting to hold her ear.(http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/I_Want_to_Hold_Your_Ear)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45441.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkonvny", "c_root_id_B": "dkqgkv7", "created_at_utc_A": 1500962727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501052999.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They don't even share a bed. Since they aren't lesbians, we can assume they aren't in a homosexual relationship.", "human_ref_B": "Relevant song", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 90272.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dr1akz4", "c_root_id_B": "dkonvny", "created_at_utc_A": 1512909799.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500962727.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Ernie is a mentally challenged young man, and Bert is his care-taker.", "human_ref_B": "They don't even share a bed. Since they aren't lesbians, we can assume they aren't in a homosexual relationship.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11947072.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dkqgkv7", "c_root_id_B": "dkolfmq", "created_at_utc_A": 1501052999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500958086.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Relevant song", "human_ref_B": "They are not gay. I think we have seen Bert have a crush on a girl at some point as he sand a song of wanting to hold her ear.(http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/I_Want_to_Hold_Your_Ear)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 94913.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6pdigh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Sesame Street] Are Bert and Ernie actually a gay couple, or just roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "dr1akz4", "c_root_id_B": "dkolfmq", "created_at_utc_A": 1512909799.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500958086.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Ernie is a mentally challenged young man, and Bert is his care-taker.", "human_ref_B": "They are not gay. I think we have seen Bert have a crush on a girl at some point as he sand a song of wanting to hold her ear.(http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/I_Want_to_Hold_Your_Ear)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11951713.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hlgeub", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] why don\u2019t different Quidditch positions favour different brooms? For example, while Harry, a seeker might want a broom that employs faster top end speed for diving at a snitch, wouldn\u2019t beaters, like the Weasly Twins benefit from something more stable? I would assume if I was playing Keeper I could sacrifice pure speed for maneuverability, tight turns and stopping on a dime.", "c_root_id_A": "fwz8drw", "c_root_id_B": "fwzgmyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1593933045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593941587.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Could it be a regulation thing? Like how there are different brands of balls in sports, but you can\u2019t use one that\u2019s not recognized as regulation brand for an official match?", "human_ref_B": "At a professional level the skill of the players probably negates most differences between broomsticks, and the league as a whole probably mandates a regulation broom for the season, much like normal sporting equipment. At the school level the limitation is money, not skill, but again the better brooms only give a slight edge to the players. During Harry's second year the Gryffindor team outperformed the Slytherin team on the Nimbus 2001, at the time the fastest broom, whle Harry used a Nimbus 2000, and the Weasley twins had Cleansweep 5s.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8542.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20ey1e", "c_root_id_B": "j20kkpr", "created_at_utc_A": 1672255485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672257712.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 448, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He's a small-time sheriff in rural America, his department probably doesn't have a standard issue sidearm and he likely has to buy his own gun with either his own money or is compensated by his department, so basically he can carry whatever firearm he wants. In this case, it's a Colt Python in .357 Magnum.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2227.0, "score_ratio": 448.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20hxq4", "c_root_id_B": "j20ey1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1672256675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672255485.0, "score_A": 192, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He's never really needed his sidearm before. Coming from a small rural area he's not needed to spend the budget updating his equipment when an older revolver is enough. Packs enough stopping power to kill an animal and that's enough for him. He even recalls later that the first time he's ever drawn it on duty was the day he was shot. Every other time just his authority and badge was enough or he arrived after something had happened.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1190.0, "score_ratio": 192.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20yn91", "c_root_id_B": "j20ey1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1672263277.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672255485.0, "score_A": 85, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Semi-autos are pretty much the de-facto standard for law enforcement these days, but there are some arguments to be made for a wheelgun. Likely department policy gave individual members a choice as to what they packed, and Rick opted for the revolver. First, a double-action revolver allows a balance of speed and safety when being brought into use. In particular, the \"pull weight\" (the amount of force that needs to be applied to the trigger to fire the weapon) acts as a safety against premature or negligent discharge of the weapon, reducing the need for other safety devices which could complicate operation, slow deployment of the weapon, or even jam up and fail to disengage at the moment of truth. Second, a big hollow point 357 Magnum round is enough firepower to deal with wild animals without being excessive to discharge in an urban environment; it's a bit overkill for a person, but a perfectly reasonable amount of kill if someone calls in a bear roaming around the neighborhood. Third, for guys who started on a revolver it's often easier to stick with a revolver. If Rick has his formative shooting experiences with one, he might have chosen to not make the jump if he wasn't forced.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7792.0, "score_ratio": 85.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20pcdh", "c_root_id_B": "j20ey1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1672259594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672255485.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the first episode he also tells a deputy that his \"safety is on\" when his deputy is clearly holding a Glock. I don't think Rick knows shit about firearms.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4109.0, "score_ratio": 43.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j21hnvc", "c_root_id_B": "j20ey1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1672271197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672255485.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The 357 Magnum has a unique property that makes it favorite among small time police. Unlike most firearms the 357 magnum can use both 38 special and 357 magnum. the former being a lot less powerful and a lot less penetrating. So you can load the first two chambers with the 38 and the other 4 with 357 for more power.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15712.0, "score_ratio": 43.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j21pv0o", "c_root_id_B": "j20ey1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1672274734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672255485.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "TWD begins in 2010 (TV) and 2000 (comic) - more police were carrying revolvers then than they are now. The changeover began in the mid-80s - a cop in a smaller agency Rick\u2019s age might well have trained on a revolver and be more comfortable using it than a semi-auto. Extrapolating from a thing I read about the highway patrol, a firearm chambered for .357 has some advantages for a guy like Rick, an officer who might be alone and far from backup. The round has a high probability of one stop shots for example, and it looks big and intimidating, which might be helpful to chill people out. https://more.libertytreeguns.com/what-so-great-357-magnum/ https://www.officer.com/tactical/firearms/handguns/article/21208604/are-revolvers-for-le-dead", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19249.0, "score_ratio": 39.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20iqzi", "c_root_id_B": "j20ey1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1672256999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672255485.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A revolver is a pistol; the term usually used to differentiate between a gun with a rotating cylinder (a revolver) and a gun with a magazine is semi-automatic. This isn't entirely accurate, as most revolvers are technically semi-auto, as they use recoil to cock the hammer for the next shot, but ... that kind of doesn't matter. If you say \"revolver\" and \"semi-auto\", everyone will know what you're talking about. Semi-autos have a number of advantages over revolvers, but the big one is the amount of ammo they can carry. A revolver usually has five or six shots, while a police-issued firearm often holds twelve rounds, and can hold around seventeen, with the right gun and magazine. But there is one big disadvantage: jamming. The mechanisms in a semi-auto are complex, and a lot of things can go wrong. A shell can fail to eject properly, the spring can lose its tension, and so on. All of that can cause the gun to stop working. A revolver, on the other hand, is relatively simple. They've been around forever; the first semi-auto revolver was invented in 1895. Revolvers are vey, very reliable, and people who favor revolvers will sometimes say they'd rather have \"six sure things than twelve maybes,\" indicating that they want a gun that won't jam. Of course, some people also just want to look like a cowboy.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. 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If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Rick wants to be a cowboy,so he Carrie\u2019s a cowboy gun. Most departments will let you carry a six shooter,it\u2019s just that when the other guy has a pistol,you want one too", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12366.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20mz4f", "c_root_id_B": "j20ey1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1672258660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672255485.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's never particularly specified in the source material, either show or comic, but... Okay first off, he's working for a sheriff's office and that might have been standard issue for his department. Or was at the time he signed on and he opted to keep his instead of upgrading to semi-auto. While most departments in the country had switched over to semi by the point the story starts, there were still some holdovers due to concerns regarding professionalism and safety. Also there's a low key back drop of commentary and criticism between sheriff's departments and police departments about a variety of things, including what one's role is as law enforcement, how peace is kept, etc. And sometimes those beliefs manifest into policy, so you wind up with Sheriff's not following general trends. So it could be that it was just issued to him. Could also be that he picked it. Even though there's generally a standard issue, generally departments are willing to provide arms that there's a need for, even if it's a special need. For example if Rick patrolled low income housing a lot, then he might have wanted a larger round more likely to be stopped in those walls, and fewer rounds to fire in case he panicked. He might have also patrolled in very low density areas and felt that a revolver was more reliable and that it was advantageous over a semi-auto because he wouldn't likely see backup in any reasonable amount of time. It could also be that he made those or any other reason up and felt that a revolver had a more appropriate image for a peace keeper, or that he always wanted to be a cowboy, or that he'd grown up shooting revolvers so that's what he was comfortable with. There's a lot of reasons to choose a revolver over semi-auto and vice versa. One's not necessarily better over the other.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3175.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20ey1e", "c_root_id_B": "j21bkri", "created_at_utc_A": 1672255485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672268634.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Because the image he wanted to project was an \"aw, shucks\" small town sheriff, and he was too much of a douchebag to change his primary weapon when the apocalypse happened.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13149.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20ey1e", "c_root_id_B": "j225e6r", "created_at_utc_A": 1672255485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672281617.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "That and the hat made him look like a cowboy sheriff in the Wild West. Aesthetics. That\u2019s the only reason. Everyone else is overthinking this whole thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26132.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20ey1e", "c_root_id_B": "j22gta7", "created_at_utc_A": 1672255485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672287012.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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You are asking why is he using a revolver (pistol) over a semi-auto pistol like a Glock or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31527.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20ey1e", "c_root_id_B": "j22ub7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1672255485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672294644.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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When you say pistol you mean semi-automatic", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39159.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20hxq4", "c_root_id_B": "j20kkpr", "created_at_utc_A": 1672256675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672257712.0, "score_A": 192, "score_B": 448, "human_ref_A": "He's never really needed his sidearm before. Coming from a small rural area he's not needed to spend the budget updating his equipment when an older revolver is enough. Packs enough stopping power to kill an animal and that's enough for him. He even recalls later that the first time he's ever drawn it on duty was the day he was shot. Every other time just his authority and badge was enough or he arrived after something had happened.", "human_ref_B": "He's a small-time sheriff in rural America, his department probably doesn't have a standard issue sidearm and he likely has to buy his own gun with either his own money or is compensated by his department, so basically he can carry whatever firearm he wants. In this case, it's a Colt Python in .357 Magnum.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1037.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20kkpr", "c_root_id_B": "j20iqzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1672257712.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672256999.0, "score_A": 448, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "He's a small-time sheriff in rural America, his department probably doesn't have a standard issue sidearm and he likely has to buy his own gun with either his own money or is compensated by his department, so basically he can carry whatever firearm he wants. In this case, it's a Colt Python in .357 Magnum.", "human_ref_B": "A revolver is a pistol; the term usually used to differentiate between a gun with a rotating cylinder (a revolver) and a gun with a magazine is semi-automatic. This isn't entirely accurate, as most revolvers are technically semi-auto, as they use recoil to cock the hammer for the next shot, but ... that kind of doesn't matter. If you say \"revolver\" and \"semi-auto\", everyone will know what you're talking about. Semi-autos have a number of advantages over revolvers, but the big one is the amount of ammo they can carry. A revolver usually has five or six shots, while a police-issued firearm often holds twelve rounds, and can hold around seventeen, with the right gun and magazine. But there is one big disadvantage: jamming. The mechanisms in a semi-auto are complex, and a lot of things can go wrong. A shell can fail to eject properly, the spring can lose its tension, and so on. All of that can cause the gun to stop working. A revolver, on the other hand, is relatively simple. They've been around forever; the first semi-auto revolver was invented in 1895. Revolvers are vey, very reliable, and people who favor revolvers will sometimes say they'd rather have \"six sure things than twelve maybes,\" indicating that they want a gun that won't jam. Of course, some people also just want to look like a cowboy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 713.0, "score_ratio": 21.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20pcdh", "c_root_id_B": "j20yn91", "created_at_utc_A": 1672259594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672263277.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 85, "human_ref_A": "In the first episode he also tells a deputy that his \"safety is on\" when his deputy is clearly holding a Glock. I don't think Rick knows shit about firearms.", "human_ref_B": "Semi-autos are pretty much the de-facto standard for law enforcement these days, but there are some arguments to be made for a wheelgun. Likely department policy gave individual members a choice as to what they packed, and Rick opted for the revolver. First, a double-action revolver allows a balance of speed and safety when being brought into use. In particular, the \"pull weight\" (the amount of force that needs to be applied to the trigger to fire the weapon) acts as a safety against premature or negligent discharge of the weapon, reducing the need for other safety devices which could complicate operation, slow deployment of the weapon, or even jam up and fail to disengage at the moment of truth. Second, a big hollow point 357 Magnum round is enough firepower to deal with wild animals without being excessive to discharge in an urban environment; it's a bit overkill for a person, but a perfectly reasonable amount of kill if someone calls in a bear roaming around the neighborhood. Third, for guys who started on a revolver it's often easier to stick with a revolver. If Rick has his formative shooting experiences with one, he might have chosen to not make the jump if he wasn't forced.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3683.0, "score_ratio": 1.976744186, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20iqzi", "c_root_id_B": "j20yn91", "created_at_utc_A": 1672256999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672263277.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 85, "human_ref_A": "A revolver is a pistol; the term usually used to differentiate between a gun with a rotating cylinder (a revolver) and a gun with a magazine is semi-automatic. This isn't entirely accurate, as most revolvers are technically semi-auto, as they use recoil to cock the hammer for the next shot, but ... that kind of doesn't matter. If you say \"revolver\" and \"semi-auto\", everyone will know what you're talking about. Semi-autos have a number of advantages over revolvers, but the big one is the amount of ammo they can carry. A revolver usually has five or six shots, while a police-issued firearm often holds twelve rounds, and can hold around seventeen, with the right gun and magazine. But there is one big disadvantage: jamming. The mechanisms in a semi-auto are complex, and a lot of things can go wrong. A shell can fail to eject properly, the spring can lose its tension, and so on. All of that can cause the gun to stop working. A revolver, on the other hand, is relatively simple. They've been around forever; the first semi-auto revolver was invented in 1895. Revolvers are vey, very reliable, and people who favor revolvers will sometimes say they'd rather have \"six sure things than twelve maybes,\" indicating that they want a gun that won't jam. Of course, some people also just want to look like a cowboy.", "human_ref_B": "Semi-autos are pretty much the de-facto standard for law enforcement these days, but there are some arguments to be made for a wheelgun. Likely department policy gave individual members a choice as to what they packed, and Rick opted for the revolver. First, a double-action revolver allows a balance of speed and safety when being brought into use. In particular, the \"pull weight\" (the amount of force that needs to be applied to the trigger to fire the weapon) acts as a safety against premature or negligent discharge of the weapon, reducing the need for other safety devices which could complicate operation, slow deployment of the weapon, or even jam up and fail to disengage at the moment of truth. Second, a big hollow point 357 Magnum round is enough firepower to deal with wild animals without being excessive to discharge in an urban environment; it's a bit overkill for a person, but a perfectly reasonable amount of kill if someone calls in a bear roaming around the neighborhood. Third, for guys who started on a revolver it's often easier to stick with a revolver. If Rick has his formative shooting experiences with one, he might have chosen to not make the jump if he wasn't forced.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6278.0, "score_ratio": 4.0476190476, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20yn91", "c_root_id_B": "j20mz4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1672263277.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672258660.0, "score_A": 85, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Semi-autos are pretty much the de-facto standard for law enforcement these days, but there are some arguments to be made for a wheelgun. Likely department policy gave individual members a choice as to what they packed, and Rick opted for the revolver. First, a double-action revolver allows a balance of speed and safety when being brought into use. In particular, the \"pull weight\" (the amount of force that needs to be applied to the trigger to fire the weapon) acts as a safety against premature or negligent discharge of the weapon, reducing the need for other safety devices which could complicate operation, slow deployment of the weapon, or even jam up and fail to disengage at the moment of truth. Second, a big hollow point 357 Magnum round is enough firepower to deal with wild animals without being excessive to discharge in an urban environment; it's a bit overkill for a person, but a perfectly reasonable amount of kill if someone calls in a bear roaming around the neighborhood. Third, for guys who started on a revolver it's often easier to stick with a revolver. If Rick has his formative shooting experiences with one, he might have chosen to not make the jump if he wasn't forced.", "human_ref_B": "It's never particularly specified in the source material, either show or comic, but... Okay first off, he's working for a sheriff's office and that might have been standard issue for his department. Or was at the time he signed on and he opted to keep his instead of upgrading to semi-auto. While most departments in the country had switched over to semi by the point the story starts, there were still some holdovers due to concerns regarding professionalism and safety. Also there's a low key back drop of commentary and criticism between sheriff's departments and police departments about a variety of things, including what one's role is as law enforcement, how peace is kept, etc. And sometimes those beliefs manifest into policy, so you wind up with Sheriff's not following general trends. So it could be that it was just issued to him. Could also be that he picked it. Even though there's generally a standard issue, generally departments are willing to provide arms that there's a need for, even if it's a special need. For example if Rick patrolled low income housing a lot, then he might have wanted a larger round more likely to be stopped in those walls, and fewer rounds to fire in case he panicked. He might have also patrolled in very low density areas and felt that a revolver was more reliable and that it was advantageous over a semi-auto because he wouldn't likely see backup in any reasonable amount of time. It could also be that he made those or any other reason up and felt that a revolver had a more appropriate image for a peace keeper, or that he always wanted to be a cowboy, or that he'd grown up shooting revolvers so that's what he was comfortable with. There's a lot of reasons to choose a revolver over semi-auto and vice versa. One's not necessarily better over the other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4617.0, "score_ratio": 9.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20iqzi", "c_root_id_B": "j20pcdh", "created_at_utc_A": 1672256999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672259594.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "A revolver is a pistol; the term usually used to differentiate between a gun with a rotating cylinder (a revolver) and a gun with a magazine is semi-automatic. This isn't entirely accurate, as most revolvers are technically semi-auto, as they use recoil to cock the hammer for the next shot, but ... that kind of doesn't matter. If you say \"revolver\" and \"semi-auto\", everyone will know what you're talking about. Semi-autos have a number of advantages over revolvers, but the big one is the amount of ammo they can carry. A revolver usually has five or six shots, while a police-issued firearm often holds twelve rounds, and can hold around seventeen, with the right gun and magazine. But there is one big disadvantage: jamming. The mechanisms in a semi-auto are complex, and a lot of things can go wrong. A shell can fail to eject properly, the spring can lose its tension, and so on. All of that can cause the gun to stop working. A revolver, on the other hand, is relatively simple. They've been around forever; the first semi-auto revolver was invented in 1895. Revolvers are vey, very reliable, and people who favor revolvers will sometimes say they'd rather have \"six sure things than twelve maybes,\" indicating that they want a gun that won't jam. Of course, some people also just want to look like a cowboy.", "human_ref_B": "In the first episode he also tells a deputy that his \"safety is on\" when his deputy is clearly holding a Glock. I don't think Rick knows shit about firearms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2595.0, "score_ratio": 2.0476190476, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20pcdh", "c_root_id_B": "j20mz4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1672259594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672258660.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In the first episode he also tells a deputy that his \"safety is on\" when his deputy is clearly holding a Glock. I don't think Rick knows shit about firearms.", "human_ref_B": "It's never particularly specified in the source material, either show or comic, but... Okay first off, he's working for a sheriff's office and that might have been standard issue for his department. Or was at the time he signed on and he opted to keep his instead of upgrading to semi-auto. While most departments in the country had switched over to semi by the point the story starts, there were still some holdovers due to concerns regarding professionalism and safety. Also there's a low key back drop of commentary and criticism between sheriff's departments and police departments about a variety of things, including what one's role is as law enforcement, how peace is kept, etc. And sometimes those beliefs manifest into policy, so you wind up with Sheriff's not following general trends. So it could be that it was just issued to him. Could also be that he picked it. Even though there's generally a standard issue, generally departments are willing to provide arms that there's a need for, even if it's a special need. For example if Rick patrolled low income housing a lot, then he might have wanted a larger round more likely to be stopped in those walls, and fewer rounds to fire in case he panicked. He might have also patrolled in very low density areas and felt that a revolver was more reliable and that it was advantageous over a semi-auto because he wouldn't likely see backup in any reasonable amount of time. It could also be that he made those or any other reason up and felt that a revolver had a more appropriate image for a peace keeper, or that he always wanted to be a cowboy, or that he'd grown up shooting revolvers so that's what he was comfortable with. There's a lot of reasons to choose a revolver over semi-auto and vice versa. One's not necessarily better over the other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 934.0, "score_ratio": 4.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20iqzi", "c_root_id_B": "j21hnvc", "created_at_utc_A": 1672256999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672271197.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "A revolver is a pistol; the term usually used to differentiate between a gun with a rotating cylinder (a revolver) and a gun with a magazine is semi-automatic. This isn't entirely accurate, as most revolvers are technically semi-auto, as they use recoil to cock the hammer for the next shot, but ... that kind of doesn't matter. If you say \"revolver\" and \"semi-auto\", everyone will know what you're talking about. Semi-autos have a number of advantages over revolvers, but the big one is the amount of ammo they can carry. A revolver usually has five or six shots, while a police-issued firearm often holds twelve rounds, and can hold around seventeen, with the right gun and magazine. But there is one big disadvantage: jamming. The mechanisms in a semi-auto are complex, and a lot of things can go wrong. A shell can fail to eject properly, the spring can lose its tension, and so on. All of that can cause the gun to stop working. A revolver, on the other hand, is relatively simple. They've been around forever; the first semi-auto revolver was invented in 1895. Revolvers are vey, very reliable, and people who favor revolvers will sometimes say they'd rather have \"six sure things than twelve maybes,\" indicating that they want a gun that won't jam. Of course, some people also just want to look like a cowboy.", "human_ref_B": "The 357 Magnum has a unique property that makes it favorite among small time police. Unlike most firearms the 357 magnum can use both 38 special and 357 magnum. the former being a lot less powerful and a lot less penetrating. So you can load the first two chambers with the 38 and the other 4 with 357 for more power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14198.0, "score_ratio": 2.0476190476, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j21hnvc", "c_root_id_B": "j219p7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1672271197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672267851.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "The 357 Magnum has a unique property that makes it favorite among small time police. Unlike most firearms the 357 magnum can use both 38 special and 357 magnum. the former being a lot less powerful and a lot less penetrating. So you can load the first two chambers with the 38 and the other 4 with 357 for more power.", "human_ref_B": "Rick wants to be a cowboy,so he Carrie\u2019s a cowboy gun. Most departments will let you carry a six shooter,it\u2019s just that when the other guy has a pistol,you want one too", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3346.0, "score_ratio": 2.6875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j21hnvc", "c_root_id_B": "j20mz4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1672271197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672258660.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The 357 Magnum has a unique property that makes it favorite among small time police. Unlike most firearms the 357 magnum can use both 38 special and 357 magnum. the former being a lot less powerful and a lot less penetrating. So you can load the first two chambers with the 38 and the other 4 with 357 for more power.", "human_ref_B": "It's never particularly specified in the source material, either show or comic, but... Okay first off, he's working for a sheriff's office and that might have been standard issue for his department. Or was at the time he signed on and he opted to keep his instead of upgrading to semi-auto. While most departments in the country had switched over to semi by the point the story starts, there were still some holdovers due to concerns regarding professionalism and safety. Also there's a low key back drop of commentary and criticism between sheriff's departments and police departments about a variety of things, including what one's role is as law enforcement, how peace is kept, etc. And sometimes those beliefs manifest into policy, so you wind up with Sheriff's not following general trends. So it could be that it was just issued to him. Could also be that he picked it. Even though there's generally a standard issue, generally departments are willing to provide arms that there's a need for, even if it's a special need. For example if Rick patrolled low income housing a lot, then he might have wanted a larger round more likely to be stopped in those walls, and fewer rounds to fire in case he panicked. He might have also patrolled in very low density areas and felt that a revolver was more reliable and that it was advantageous over a semi-auto because he wouldn't likely see backup in any reasonable amount of time. It could also be that he made those or any other reason up and felt that a revolver had a more appropriate image for a peace keeper, or that he always wanted to be a cowboy, or that he'd grown up shooting revolvers so that's what he was comfortable with. There's a lot of reasons to choose a revolver over semi-auto and vice versa. One's not necessarily better over the other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12537.0, "score_ratio": 4.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j21hnvc", "c_root_id_B": "j21bkri", "created_at_utc_A": 1672271197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672268634.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The 357 Magnum has a unique property that makes it favorite among small time police. Unlike most firearms the 357 magnum can use both 38 special and 357 magnum. the former being a lot less powerful and a lot less penetrating. So you can load the first two chambers with the 38 and the other 4 with 357 for more power.", "human_ref_B": "Because the image he wanted to project was an \"aw, shucks\" small town sheriff, and he was too much of a douchebag to change his primary weapon when the apocalypse happened.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2563.0, "score_ratio": 8.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20iqzi", "c_root_id_B": "j21pv0o", "created_at_utc_A": 1672256999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672274734.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "A revolver is a pistol; the term usually used to differentiate between a gun with a rotating cylinder (a revolver) and a gun with a magazine is semi-automatic. This isn't entirely accurate, as most revolvers are technically semi-auto, as they use recoil to cock the hammer for the next shot, but ... that kind of doesn't matter. If you say \"revolver\" and \"semi-auto\", everyone will know what you're talking about. Semi-autos have a number of advantages over revolvers, but the big one is the amount of ammo they can carry. A revolver usually has five or six shots, while a police-issued firearm often holds twelve rounds, and can hold around seventeen, with the right gun and magazine. But there is one big disadvantage: jamming. The mechanisms in a semi-auto are complex, and a lot of things can go wrong. A shell can fail to eject properly, the spring can lose its tension, and so on. All of that can cause the gun to stop working. A revolver, on the other hand, is relatively simple. They've been around forever; the first semi-auto revolver was invented in 1895. Revolvers are vey, very reliable, and people who favor revolvers will sometimes say they'd rather have \"six sure things than twelve maybes,\" indicating that they want a gun that won't jam. Of course, some people also just want to look like a cowboy.", "human_ref_B": "TWD begins in 2010 (TV) and 2000 (comic) - more police were carrying revolvers then than they are now. The changeover began in the mid-80s - a cop in a smaller agency Rick\u2019s age might well have trained on a revolver and be more comfortable using it than a semi-auto. Extrapolating from a thing I read about the highway patrol, a firearm chambered for .357 has some advantages for a guy like Rick, an officer who might be alone and far from backup. The round has a high probability of one stop shots for example, and it looks big and intimidating, which might be helpful to chill people out. https://more.libertytreeguns.com/what-so-great-357-magnum/ https://www.officer.com/tactical/firearms/handguns/article/21208604/are-revolvers-for-le-dead", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17735.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j21pv0o", "c_root_id_B": "j219p7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1672274734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672267851.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "TWD begins in 2010 (TV) and 2000 (comic) - more police were carrying revolvers then than they are now. The changeover began in the mid-80s - a cop in a smaller agency Rick\u2019s age might well have trained on a revolver and be more comfortable using it than a semi-auto. Extrapolating from a thing I read about the highway patrol, a firearm chambered for .357 has some advantages for a guy like Rick, an officer who might be alone and far from backup. The round has a high probability of one stop shots for example, and it looks big and intimidating, which might be helpful to chill people out. https://more.libertytreeguns.com/what-so-great-357-magnum/ https://www.officer.com/tactical/firearms/handguns/article/21208604/are-revolvers-for-le-dead", "human_ref_B": "Rick wants to be a cowboy,so he Carrie\u2019s a cowboy gun. Most departments will let you carry a six shooter,it\u2019s just that when the other guy has a pistol,you want one too", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6883.0, "score_ratio": 2.4375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j21pv0o", "c_root_id_B": "j20mz4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1672274734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672258660.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "TWD begins in 2010 (TV) and 2000 (comic) - more police were carrying revolvers then than they are now. The changeover began in the mid-80s - a cop in a smaller agency Rick\u2019s age might well have trained on a revolver and be more comfortable using it than a semi-auto. Extrapolating from a thing I read about the highway patrol, a firearm chambered for .357 has some advantages for a guy like Rick, an officer who might be alone and far from backup. The round has a high probability of one stop shots for example, and it looks big and intimidating, which might be helpful to chill people out. https://more.libertytreeguns.com/what-so-great-357-magnum/ https://www.officer.com/tactical/firearms/handguns/article/21208604/are-revolvers-for-le-dead", "human_ref_B": "It's never particularly specified in the source material, either show or comic, but... Okay first off, he's working for a sheriff's office and that might have been standard issue for his department. Or was at the time he signed on and he opted to keep his instead of upgrading to semi-auto. While most departments in the country had switched over to semi by the point the story starts, there were still some holdovers due to concerns regarding professionalism and safety. Also there's a low key back drop of commentary and criticism between sheriff's departments and police departments about a variety of things, including what one's role is as law enforcement, how peace is kept, etc. And sometimes those beliefs manifest into policy, so you wind up with Sheriff's not following general trends. So it could be that it was just issued to him. Could also be that he picked it. Even though there's generally a standard issue, generally departments are willing to provide arms that there's a need for, even if it's a special need. For example if Rick patrolled low income housing a lot, then he might have wanted a larger round more likely to be stopped in those walls, and fewer rounds to fire in case he panicked. He might have also patrolled in very low density areas and felt that a revolver was more reliable and that it was advantageous over a semi-auto because he wouldn't likely see backup in any reasonable amount of time. It could also be that he made those or any other reason up and felt that a revolver had a more appropriate image for a peace keeper, or that he always wanted to be a cowboy, or that he'd grown up shooting revolvers so that's what he was comfortable with. There's a lot of reasons to choose a revolver over semi-auto and vice versa. One's not necessarily better over the other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16074.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j21pv0o", "c_root_id_B": "j21bkri", "created_at_utc_A": 1672274734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672268634.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "TWD begins in 2010 (TV) and 2000 (comic) - more police were carrying revolvers then than they are now. The changeover began in the mid-80s - a cop in a smaller agency Rick\u2019s age might well have trained on a revolver and be more comfortable using it than a semi-auto. Extrapolating from a thing I read about the highway patrol, a firearm chambered for .357 has some advantages for a guy like Rick, an officer who might be alone and far from backup. The round has a high probability of one stop shots for example, and it looks big and intimidating, which might be helpful to chill people out. https://more.libertytreeguns.com/what-so-great-357-magnum/ https://www.officer.com/tactical/firearms/handguns/article/21208604/are-revolvers-for-le-dead", "human_ref_B": "Because the image he wanted to project was an \"aw, shucks\" small town sheriff, and he was too much of a douchebag to change his primary weapon when the apocalypse happened.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6100.0, "score_ratio": 7.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxiei9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[TWD] Why did Rick use a revolver as his police sidearm when all of the other officers used pistols? * It also seems like an odd choice as a service weapon given how pistols had largely replaced revolvers as the police officer\u2019s main sidearm.", "c_root_id_A": "j20mz4f", "c_root_id_B": "j219p7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1672258660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672267851.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It's never particularly specified in the source material, either show or comic, but... Okay first off, he's working for a sheriff's office and that might have been standard issue for his department. Or was at the time he signed on and he opted to keep his instead of upgrading to semi-auto. While most departments in the country had switched over to semi by the point the story starts, there were still some holdovers due to concerns regarding professionalism and safety. Also there's a low key back drop of commentary and criticism between sheriff's departments and police departments about a variety of things, including what one's role is as law enforcement, how peace is kept, etc. And sometimes those beliefs manifest into policy, so you wind up with Sheriff's not following general trends. So it could be that it was just issued to him. Could also be that he picked it. Even though there's generally a standard issue, generally departments are willing to provide arms that there's a need for, even if it's a special need. For example if Rick patrolled low income housing a lot, then he might have wanted a larger round more likely to be stopped in those walls, and fewer rounds to fire in case he panicked. He might have also patrolled in very low density areas and felt that a revolver was more reliable and that it was advantageous over a semi-auto because he wouldn't likely see backup in any reasonable amount of time. It could also be that he made those or any other reason up and felt that a revolver had a more appropriate image for a peace keeper, or that he always wanted to be a cowboy, or that he'd grown up shooting revolvers so that's what he was comfortable with. There's a lot of reasons to choose a revolver over semi-auto and vice versa. One's not necessarily better over the other.", "human_ref_B": "Rick wants to be a cowboy,so he Carrie\u2019s a cowboy gun. Most departments will let you carry a six shooter,it\u2019s just that when the other guy has a pistol,you want one too", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9191.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j54s3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Vampires] Could a vampire threaten violence to get an invitation? Could he say unless you invite me in I'll shoot you through the window, throw cocktails into the house, or throw rocks?", "c_root_id_A": "g7pnijm", "c_root_id_B": "g7pnhhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1601839523.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601839509.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Depends purely on vampire in question and specifics of the rules binding him or her. Since many vampires that are bound by such rules have extra supernatural powers, I bet most can just turn on their hypnotic charm and say *\"Invite me in. NOW.\"*", "human_ref_B": "Yes. But the homeowner could just as easily revoke access once the vamp is inside. Far easier to go the fright night route and burn the house down from the outside.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j54s3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Vampires] Could a vampire threaten violence to get an invitation? Could he say unless you invite me in I'll shoot you through the window, throw cocktails into the house, or throw rocks?", "c_root_id_A": "g7pnhhm", "c_root_id_B": "g7qj7o6", "created_at_utc_A": 1601839509.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601855578.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Yes. But the homeowner could just as easily revoke access once the vamp is inside. Far easier to go the fright night route and burn the house down from the outside.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the cocktail. If it's a whiskey sour or a paper plane or just about any tiki drink I'd be tempted to open the door, but I'm not fond of Manhattans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16069.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j54s3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Vampires] Could a vampire threaten violence to get an invitation? Could he say unless you invite me in I'll shoot you through the window, throw cocktails into the house, or throw rocks?", "c_root_id_A": "g7qj7o6", "c_root_id_B": "g7q42r2", "created_at_utc_A": 1601855578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601846952.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the cocktail. If it's a whiskey sour or a paper plane or just about any tiki drink I'd be tempted to open the door, but I'm not fond of Manhattans.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on the lore of the vampire. It's a case-by-case basis. More often than not, they don't *need* to use violence, but instead use hypnosis or trickery to get around the restriction instead. Sometimes they use threats if necessary - in True Blood, Bill had to threaten an invitation out of Jessica's sister in order to be let into her house after her parents refused. He wasn't a threat to her, though - Jessica was going to harm them so he had to interfere. Eric also forced Sookie to let him inside her house when he realized someone had broken in with intent to kill her. Then there are the times when a vampire could simply start destroying the house from outside, forcing those inside to flee out. This has been done numerous times. But there are also instances where vampires can't do this because their requiring an invitation is actually a curse of Hestia or Sacred Hospitality. They cannot enter nor bring damage to a dwelling at all _and_, if someone orders them to leave, they must or face the consequences. They may be compelled themselves to leave, be forced out by powerful magic or suffer from magical backlash - burning is one method as is bleeding from all orifices. And this can indeed be fatal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8626.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j54s3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Vampires] Could a vampire threaten violence to get an invitation? Could he say unless you invite me in I'll shoot you through the window, throw cocktails into the house, or throw rocks?", "c_root_id_A": "g7qj7o6", "c_root_id_B": "g7q8f7b", "created_at_utc_A": 1601855578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601849326.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the cocktail. If it's a whiskey sour or a paper plane or just about any tiki drink I'd be tempted to open the door, but I'm not fond of Manhattans.", "human_ref_B": "Sure. Deceitful, manipulative or unintentional invitations work (the welcome mat saying \"come inside\" being the cliche). I don't see any reason a coerced one wouldn't. It's not a case of informed and free consent. As long as you say \"you can come in\" or words to that effect, it counts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6252.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j54s3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Vampires] Could a vampire threaten violence to get an invitation? Could he say unless you invite me in I'll shoot you through the window, throw cocktails into the house, or throw rocks?", "c_root_id_A": "g7r3mkq", "c_root_id_B": "g7q42r2", "created_at_utc_A": 1601867807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601846952.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the majority of the vampires I have studied across the worlds, anyway they get the invitation is valid so long as it provided by free will or from someone who lives there that has been enthralled prior to entering. The invitation does not have to be intentional in most cases. This means that threats, trickery, blackmail, bribery and others techniques that compels but not forces a resident to give an invitation works. Generally, the threshold protection keeps the Vampire from using their powers directly on individuals inside until they are given permission to enter. This protection also generally applies to the abode itself, meaning a vampire can't use their powers to directly attack the house, though tossing rocks or flammable substances would work fine. Once the invitation has been issued, it is very difficult to rescind the invitation; a vampire will have full use of their powers and a vast assortment of means to stop you from uninviting them ranging from mind altering effects to physically destroying body parts vital to speech or other forms of communication. In some cases there is no way to rescind the invitation at all and it is permanent or remains in effect until they leave.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on the lore of the vampire. It's a case-by-case basis. More often than not, they don't *need* to use violence, but instead use hypnosis or trickery to get around the restriction instead. Sometimes they use threats if necessary - in True Blood, Bill had to threaten an invitation out of Jessica's sister in order to be let into her house after her parents refused. He wasn't a threat to her, though - Jessica was going to harm them so he had to interfere. Eric also forced Sookie to let him inside her house when he realized someone had broken in with intent to kill her. Then there are the times when a vampire could simply start destroying the house from outside, forcing those inside to flee out. This has been done numerous times. But there are also instances where vampires can't do this because their requiring an invitation is actually a curse of Hestia or Sacred Hospitality. They cannot enter nor bring damage to a dwelling at all _and_, if someone orders them to leave, they must or face the consequences. They may be compelled themselves to leave, be forced out by powerful magic or suffer from magical backlash - burning is one method as is bleeding from all orifices. And this can indeed be fatal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20855.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j54s3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Vampires] Could a vampire threaten violence to get an invitation? Could he say unless you invite me in I'll shoot you through the window, throw cocktails into the house, or throw rocks?", "c_root_id_A": "g7r3mkq", "c_root_id_B": "g7q8f7b", "created_at_utc_A": 1601867807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601849326.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the majority of the vampires I have studied across the worlds, anyway they get the invitation is valid so long as it provided by free will or from someone who lives there that has been enthralled prior to entering. The invitation does not have to be intentional in most cases. This means that threats, trickery, blackmail, bribery and others techniques that compels but not forces a resident to give an invitation works. Generally, the threshold protection keeps the Vampire from using their powers directly on individuals inside until they are given permission to enter. This protection also generally applies to the abode itself, meaning a vampire can't use their powers to directly attack the house, though tossing rocks or flammable substances would work fine. Once the invitation has been issued, it is very difficult to rescind the invitation; a vampire will have full use of their powers and a vast assortment of means to stop you from uninviting them ranging from mind altering effects to physically destroying body parts vital to speech or other forms of communication. In some cases there is no way to rescind the invitation at all and it is permanent or remains in effect until they leave.", "human_ref_B": "Sure. Deceitful, manipulative or unintentional invitations work (the welcome mat saying \"come inside\" being the cliche). I don't see any reason a coerced one wouldn't. It's not a case of informed and free consent. As long as you say \"you can come in\" or words to that effect, it counts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18481.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xrxt3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "MCU] What happened to the Watcher Informant? [It's confirmed that in the MCU Stan Lee was always playing the same character, the Watcher Informant. His job is to travel the universe and report his adventures to the watchers. Until 2018, the Watchers were constantly sending him to watch the MCU heroes. However, the Watcher Informant was never seen again after IW. Did the Watchers lost interest in the MCU heroes after IW? If so, why?", "c_root_id_A": "iqhgcl5", "c_root_id_B": "iqhfqz6", "created_at_utc_A": 1664535865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664535454.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They rotate informants around to reduce complacency. If you have the same person watching and reporting back on the same group of individuals, eventually they are going to become biased towards them. And a part of being the Watchers, is to Watch, not act. So it's easier to move that informant to another location in time and space and replace them with a new informant as a fresh set of eyes. Plus I can imagine that if you saw the same person over-and-over at important events, people will start to notice. And then they will start asking questions.", "human_ref_B": "**Commenters**: While it is true that the Watcher Informant character was retired due to the real-world passing of Stan Lee, please remember to stick to watsonian answers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 411.0, "score_ratio": 52.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xrxt3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "MCU] What happened to the Watcher Informant? [It's confirmed that in the MCU Stan Lee was always playing the same character, the Watcher Informant. His job is to travel the universe and report his adventures to the watchers. Until 2018, the Watchers were constantly sending him to watch the MCU heroes. However, the Watcher Informant was never seen again after IW. Did the Watchers lost interest in the MCU heroes after IW? If so, why?", "c_root_id_A": "iqhfqz6", "c_root_id_B": "iqhrong", "created_at_utc_A": 1664535454.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664542426.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "**Commenters**: While it is true that the Watcher Informant character was retired due to the real-world passing of Stan Lee, please remember to stick to watsonian answers.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly, he probably got fired. He was tasked to observe the unfolding of the MCU, but when it's time to deliver his report to the Watchers it's mostly anecdotes about how he made fleeting but direct contact with the various heroes (and possibly that time he unwittingly drank Bruce Banner's blood without ever meeting the guy if The Incredible Hulk is considered retroactively part of the MCU), which A) isn't very helpful and B) flies in the face of the general Watcher ethos to see without being seen. Given that their last interaction is to ditch him on an alien world, they don't seem satisfied with his performance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6972.0, "score_ratio": 46.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xrxt3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "MCU] What happened to the Watcher Informant? [It's confirmed that in the MCU Stan Lee was always playing the same character, the Watcher Informant. His job is to travel the universe and report his adventures to the watchers. Until 2018, the Watchers were constantly sending him to watch the MCU heroes. However, the Watcher Informant was never seen again after IW. Did the Watchers lost interest in the MCU heroes after IW? If so, why?", "c_root_id_A": "iqhw78k", "c_root_id_B": "iqhfqz6", "created_at_utc_A": 1664544573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664535454.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "While Stan Lee did play the Watcher Informant, we don't know for sure that all of his appearances were as the Watcher Informant. For example, Occam's Razor tells us that in his Captain Marvel appearance he was most likely just Stan Lee, not the Watcher Informant. So it's unclear exactly how many appearances he has or hasn't made throughout the timeline, and whether he's time traveling to all of these different eras or if he is living a normal life. However, his anecdote in 2014 about how he was a FedEx employee, which is something we only see happen to him in 2016 does seemingly imply that he is capable of time travel or at least experiencing his life non-linearly (unless he was a FedEx worker at least twice in his lifetime and we just didn't see every occurrence of this). Which gives us three possibilities: 1) He's somewhere out there in the multiverse as we have seen him in other universes that are largely unconnected to the MCU. 2) He has now died from one reason or another. We actually seemingly see his death in The Incredible Hulk when he drinks a soda tainted by Bruce Banner's blood. So it may simply be that he's dead now with that moment in 2011 being his last experiential moment. On the other hand, some have theorized that it's possible that the Informant didn't die from drinking Bruce's blood but instead was transformed by it, and it is this act that caused him to be unbound by time and what drew the Watchers to him in the first place. (Of course if Stan Lee isn't the Watcher Informant in all of his appearance, it may be some Stan Lee-lookalike that died instead.) 3) He's still around in the MCU, but we just haven't seen him lately for whatever reason since we know he doesn't physically appear in all MCU properties (see some of the pre-Disney+ shows).", "human_ref_B": "**Commenters**: While it is true that the Watcher Informant character was retired due to the real-world passing of Stan Lee, please remember to stick to watsonian answers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9119.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xrxt3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "MCU] What happened to the Watcher Informant? [It's confirmed that in the MCU Stan Lee was always playing the same character, the Watcher Informant. His job is to travel the universe and report his adventures to the watchers. Until 2018, the Watchers were constantly sending him to watch the MCU heroes. However, the Watcher Informant was never seen again after IW. Did the Watchers lost interest in the MCU heroes after IW? If so, why?", "c_root_id_A": "iqhfqz6", "c_root_id_B": "iqige0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1664535454.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664553004.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "**Commenters**: While it is true that the Watcher Informant character was retired due to the real-world passing of Stan Lee, please remember to stick to watsonian answers.", "human_ref_B": "The answer for both Doylist and Watsonian perspectives is that no one lives forever. Just as Stan Lee died, so too did the Informant die...you know given he was an old man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17550.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xrxt3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "MCU] What happened to the Watcher Informant? [It's confirmed that in the MCU Stan Lee was always playing the same character, the Watcher Informant. His job is to travel the universe and report his adventures to the watchers. Until 2018, the Watchers were constantly sending him to watch the MCU heroes. However, the Watcher Informant was never seen again after IW. Did the Watchers lost interest in the MCU heroes after IW? If so, why?", "c_root_id_A": "iqixr66", "c_root_id_B": "iqhfqz6", "created_at_utc_A": 1664559917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664535454.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The watchers are not slave drivers, their employees are allowed to retire and be replaced.", "human_ref_B": "**Commenters**: While it is true that the Watcher Informant character was retired due to the real-world passing of Stan Lee, please remember to stick to watsonian answers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24463.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xrxt3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "MCU] What happened to the Watcher Informant? [It's confirmed that in the MCU Stan Lee was always playing the same character, the Watcher Informant. His job is to travel the universe and report his adventures to the watchers. Until 2018, the Watchers were constantly sending him to watch the MCU heroes. However, the Watcher Informant was never seen again after IW. Did the Watchers lost interest in the MCU heroes after IW? If so, why?", "c_root_id_A": "iqjsm73", "c_root_id_B": "iqhfqz6", "created_at_utc_A": 1664572564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664535454.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Watcher Informant's mission was to gather information about a coming nexus event, namely Thanos snapping half of life from existence in the universe. Once that was confirmed to be the event (the Watchers needed him to observe multiple universes to be sure) his mission was complete and he was allowed to retire.", "human_ref_B": "**Commenters**: While it is true that the Watcher Informant character was retired due to the real-world passing of Stan Lee, please remember to stick to watsonian answers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37110.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xrxt3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "MCU] What happened to the Watcher Informant? [It's confirmed that in the MCU Stan Lee was always playing the same character, the Watcher Informant. His job is to travel the universe and report his adventures to the watchers. Until 2018, the Watchers were constantly sending him to watch the MCU heroes. However, the Watcher Informant was never seen again after IW. Did the Watchers lost interest in the MCU heroes after IW? If so, why?", "c_root_id_A": "iqjsm73", "c_root_id_B": "iqjdded", "created_at_utc_A": 1664572564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664566217.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Watcher Informant's mission was to gather information about a coming nexus event, namely Thanos snapping half of life from existence in the universe. Once that was confirmed to be the event (the Watchers needed him to observe multiple universes to be sure) his mission was complete and he was allowed to retire.", "human_ref_B": "The Watcher Informant passed away after many years of service to the Universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6347.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euaeubp", "c_root_id_B": "euae15t", "created_at_utc_A": 1563614806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563613557.0, "score_A": 109, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Cannon-fodder will only serve to strengthen the Hero, as practicing slaying these weaker opponents will allow them to hone their skills in preparation for your next rank of opponents, which will in turn become the new cannon-fodder. This will ripple upwards until you yourself become mere cannon-fodder too. Rather than sending out enemies to attempt to vanquish them, instead refocus their efforts on evacuating all your loot from the area and stockpiling it safely within your inner-sanctum. In the meanwhile, replace your security with area-of-effect weaponry, e.g. poison gas, fire, mystical curses etc. which the hero will have to avoid or endure rather than solve, limiting their ability to learn from the experience. You should also extinguish any light sources, and if you can rework the layout to be as confusing as possible. While these renovations are underway, set about kidnapping some hapless orphans, with the more tragic the backstory and worse the attention deficit, the better. Scatter them throughout your realm (don't worry about the A.O.E. defences, children, as we all know, are quite invulnerable), and instruct them to recite their *entire* backstory to any new visitors, perhaps with the reward of candy later down the line, before asking the visitor to escort them out of your realm. This will fundamentally distract and frustrate the Hero, who will now need to care for an ever expanding entourage of infuriating orphans, who while invulnerable, will constantly veer off in the wrong direction and require assistance. Also remind them that should the Hero attempt to voice their displeasure, then merely recite their entire backstory once again and refuse to move on until finished. This poisonous orphan labyrinth should be enough to deter the Hero from venturing further into your realm. One final note, if you are aware of the Hero's ultimate goal, spread rumours that you hold vital information to achieving said goal. This should deter them from visiting until a later date, if at all.", "human_ref_B": "Well, you're going to feel silly going all-out if its actually a minion level problem. Learn to delegate, I say!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1249.0, "score_ratio": 6.8125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euaeubp", "c_root_id_B": "euacn4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1563614806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563611429.0, "score_A": 109, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Cannon-fodder will only serve to strengthen the Hero, as practicing slaying these weaker opponents will allow them to hone their skills in preparation for your next rank of opponents, which will in turn become the new cannon-fodder. This will ripple upwards until you yourself become mere cannon-fodder too. Rather than sending out enemies to attempt to vanquish them, instead refocus their efforts on evacuating all your loot from the area and stockpiling it safely within your inner-sanctum. In the meanwhile, replace your security with area-of-effect weaponry, e.g. poison gas, fire, mystical curses etc. which the hero will have to avoid or endure rather than solve, limiting their ability to learn from the experience. You should also extinguish any light sources, and if you can rework the layout to be as confusing as possible. While these renovations are underway, set about kidnapping some hapless orphans, with the more tragic the backstory and worse the attention deficit, the better. Scatter them throughout your realm (don't worry about the A.O.E. defences, children, as we all know, are quite invulnerable), and instruct them to recite their *entire* backstory to any new visitors, perhaps with the reward of candy later down the line, before asking the visitor to escort them out of your realm. This will fundamentally distract and frustrate the Hero, who will now need to care for an ever expanding entourage of infuriating orphans, who while invulnerable, will constantly veer off in the wrong direction and require assistance. Also remind them that should the Hero attempt to voice their displeasure, then merely recite their entire backstory once again and refuse to move on until finished. This poisonous orphan labyrinth should be enough to deter the Hero from venturing further into your realm. One final note, if you are aware of the Hero's ultimate goal, spread rumours that you hold vital information to achieving said goal. This should deter them from visiting until a later date, if at all.", "human_ref_B": "Go hard or go home", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3377.0, "score_ratio": 54.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euaptgr", "c_root_id_B": "euae15t", "created_at_utc_A": 1563628492.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563613557.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Ideally you're not going to send out anything. If you try to micromanage every threat that pops up you're going to spend all your time quashing rebellions and none of it actually running your kingdom. You should have this whole villainous kingdom running on autopilot at this point. Weak canon fodder at the outskirts, something just strong and smart enough to put down a peasant revolt, or survive long enough to report in that there's a problem they can't deal with. Past them should be a field commander who receives reports and should be able to send a message letting you knowing something came up he needed to deal with. If *he* doesnt report back, it's time to send in your guy. You know who I'm talking about, right hand man, wears a helmet that conceals his face, really good at killing stuff. Send him out with a dozen of your elite guard and take care of the problem. If *that* doesn't work you should just start working on foreshadowing the sequel to your reign, because it's all over. This hero is going to storm the castle, slay you in a duel, free the people, etc. Your best hope is to be remembered for your epic final confrontation. Maybe commission a clock Tower or ballroom or something for the duel to take place in.", "human_ref_B": "Well, you're going to feel silly going all-out if its actually a minion level problem. Learn to delegate, I say!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14935.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euaptgr", "c_root_id_B": "euacn4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1563628492.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563611429.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Ideally you're not going to send out anything. If you try to micromanage every threat that pops up you're going to spend all your time quashing rebellions and none of it actually running your kingdom. You should have this whole villainous kingdom running on autopilot at this point. Weak canon fodder at the outskirts, something just strong and smart enough to put down a peasant revolt, or survive long enough to report in that there's a problem they can't deal with. Past them should be a field commander who receives reports and should be able to send a message letting you knowing something came up he needed to deal with. If *he* doesnt report back, it's time to send in your guy. You know who I'm talking about, right hand man, wears a helmet that conceals his face, really good at killing stuff. Send him out with a dozen of your elite guard and take care of the problem. If *that* doesn't work you should just start working on foreshadowing the sequel to your reign, because it's all over. This hero is going to storm the castle, slay you in a duel, free the people, etc. Your best hope is to be remembered for your epic final confrontation. Maybe commission a clock Tower or ballroom or something for the duel to take place in.", "human_ref_B": "Go hard or go home", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17063.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euae15t", "c_root_id_B": "euacn4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1563613557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563611429.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well, you're going to feel silly going all-out if its actually a minion level problem. Learn to delegate, I say!", "human_ref_B": "Go hard or go home", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2128.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euaqfyy", "c_root_id_B": "eub09hc", "created_at_utc_A": 1563629057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563636579.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "All these guys are dead wrong, you should go out to meet him yourself. Offer him a place by your side, and promise to rule the world together. You need not, of course, mention your plan to murder him in his sleep should he accept your offer. Should be refuse, have your right hand man strike him down like the weak vermin he is, toss him aside, and you shall return home in time for lunch.", "human_ref_B": "Your best bet of survival is to have a tiny trophy forged with \"no kills\" engraved on it and dangle it in front of the hero before locking it away at the back of your throne room. Maybe throw in a really impractical and outlandish hat too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7522.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "eub09hc", "c_root_id_B": "euacn4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1563636579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563611429.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Your best bet of survival is to have a tiny trophy forged with \"no kills\" engraved on it and dangle it in front of the hero before locking it away at the back of your throne room. Maybe throw in a really impractical and outlandish hat too.", "human_ref_B": "Go hard or go home", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25150.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euaqfyy", "c_root_id_B": "euacn4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1563629057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563611429.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "All these guys are dead wrong, you should go out to meet him yourself. Offer him a place by your side, and promise to rule the world together. You need not, of course, mention your plan to murder him in his sleep should he accept your offer. Should be refuse, have your right hand man strike him down like the weak vermin he is, toss him aside, and you shall return home in time for lunch.", "human_ref_B": "Go hard or go home", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17628.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "eubg06h", "c_root_id_B": "eub3v5z", "created_at_utc_A": 1563647189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563639042.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For centuries Villains have aspired to control all they lay eyes upon, and for just as long, Heroes of all stripes have stepped forth to combat them. That the heroes were consistently victorious and the villains never learned from the failings of others has long been a source of great shame to those who would pursue the left-handed path. But no more! A new Era Dawned when one such Evil Overlord triumphed over his hated, 'heroic' foes, and codified the steps he took to achieve such revolutionary success. BEHOLD THE WRITINGS OF THE GREAT ONE, CHAMPION OF TYRANNY AND CONQUEST: THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE MIGHTIEST EVIL THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, PETER!!!!! http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html", "human_ref_B": "Throw everything, otherwise the hero will either level up grinding out the weak ones, or learn their patterns and avoid them totally. The lights well bog him down, and heavies will do the real work while he/she struggles.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8147.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "eubb5nx", "c_root_id_B": "eubg06h", "created_at_utc_A": 1563643951.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563647189.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Personally, I prefer a Mutually Assured Destruction approach. Keep a metastable portal to the Outer Realms in your inner sanctum. Tie it to your life force - a dead man switch. The moment I die, the barriers break down and the Many-Angled Ones crawl through to devour reality itself. Make that fact known. You'll be mostly off-limits, unless a full-blown idiot hero comes along.", "human_ref_B": "For centuries Villains have aspired to control all they lay eyes upon, and for just as long, Heroes of all stripes have stepped forth to combat them. That the heroes were consistently victorious and the villains never learned from the failings of others has long been a source of great shame to those who would pursue the left-handed path. But no more! A new Era Dawned when one such Evil Overlord triumphed over his hated, 'heroic' foes, and codified the steps he took to achieve such revolutionary success. BEHOLD THE WRITINGS OF THE GREAT ONE, CHAMPION OF TYRANNY AND CONQUEST: THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE MIGHTIEST EVIL THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, PETER!!!!! http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3238.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "eubg06h", "c_root_id_B": "euacn4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1563647189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563611429.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "For centuries Villains have aspired to control all they lay eyes upon, and for just as long, Heroes of all stripes have stepped forth to combat them. That the heroes were consistently victorious and the villains never learned from the failings of others has long been a source of great shame to those who would pursue the left-handed path. But no more! A new Era Dawned when one such Evil Overlord triumphed over his hated, 'heroic' foes, and codified the steps he took to achieve such revolutionary success. BEHOLD THE WRITINGS OF THE GREAT ONE, CHAMPION OF TYRANNY AND CONQUEST: THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE MIGHTIEST EVIL THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, PETER!!!!! http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html", "human_ref_B": "Go hard or go home", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35760.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "eubewg1", "c_root_id_B": "eubg06h", "created_at_utc_A": 1563646457.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563647189.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You could send out your biggest, baddest henchmen, but why do that? This hero-in-training is no match for General BA Killington and that would only arouse his appetite for killing without bedding it down. Your best bet is to send out your newest, and weakest, recruits to kill him. That way the are matched fairly well, and then your weakest recruits will be stronger to take on other budding wannabe heros. And send out the next strongest group that you have and stage them a little ways away just in case the first group somehow loses. Hell, just keep doing this all the way back to your stronghold.", "human_ref_B": "For centuries Villains have aspired to control all they lay eyes upon, and for just as long, Heroes of all stripes have stepped forth to combat them. That the heroes were consistently victorious and the villains never learned from the failings of others has long been a source of great shame to those who would pursue the left-handed path. But no more! A new Era Dawned when one such Evil Overlord triumphed over his hated, 'heroic' foes, and codified the steps he took to achieve such revolutionary success. BEHOLD THE WRITINGS OF THE GREAT ONE, CHAMPION OF TYRANNY AND CONQUEST: THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE MIGHTIEST EVIL THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, PETER!!!!! http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 732.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euacn4g", "c_root_id_B": "eub3v5z", "created_at_utc_A": 1563611429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563639042.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Go hard or go home", "human_ref_B": "Throw everything, otherwise the hero will either level up grinding out the weak ones, or learn their patterns and avoid them totally. The lights well bog him down, and heavies will do the real work while he/she struggles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27613.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euacn4g", "c_root_id_B": "eubb5nx", "created_at_utc_A": 1563611429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563643951.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Go hard or go home", "human_ref_B": "Personally, I prefer a Mutually Assured Destruction approach. Keep a metastable portal to the Outer Realms in your inner sanctum. Tie it to your life force - a dead man switch. The moment I die, the barriers break down and the Many-Angled Ones crawl through to devour reality itself. Make that fact known. You'll be mostly off-limits, unless a full-blown idiot hero comes along.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32522.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euacn4g", "c_root_id_B": "euc9d3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1563611429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563668682.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Go hard or go home", "human_ref_B": "What kind of hero? The killy anti-hero kind or the honorable kind? To deal with the honorable kind, you should throw your gates open and welcome them in. Tell them they're free to go anywhere. If they challenge your rule, explain that you're the legal ruler via a byzantine system of election laws, and that overthrowing you would be very, very illegal. Confront him by not confronting him at all, and instead stalling him with mountains of legal bullshit and administrative mumbo jumbo", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57253.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euc9d3d", "c_root_id_B": "eubewg1", "created_at_utc_A": 1563668682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563646457.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What kind of hero? The killy anti-hero kind or the honorable kind? To deal with the honorable kind, you should throw your gates open and welcome them in. Tell them they're free to go anywhere. If they challenge your rule, explain that you're the legal ruler via a byzantine system of election laws, and that overthrowing you would be very, very illegal. Confront him by not confronting him at all, and instead stalling him with mountains of legal bullshit and administrative mumbo jumbo", "human_ref_B": "You could send out your biggest, baddest henchmen, but why do that? This hero-in-training is no match for General BA Killington and that would only arouse his appetite for killing without bedding it down. Your best bet is to send out your newest, and weakest, recruits to kill him. That way the are matched fairly well, and then your weakest recruits will be stronger to take on other budding wannabe heros. And send out the next strongest group that you have and stage them a little ways away just in case the first group somehow loses. Hell, just keep doing this all the way back to your stronghold.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22225.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfjdh4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Video games] I'm a respectable villain, and an accursed Hero was foolish enough to venture into my realm. Should I start by throwing the expendable cannon fodder at him/her, or should I take out the big guns? Should I first let them face the little mushroom men, or the multiheaded snakes that spit deadly yet slow-moving bubbles in conspicuous patterns?", "c_root_id_A": "euc9d3d", "c_root_id_B": "euc0pev", "created_at_utc_A": 1563668682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563661886.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What kind of hero? The killy anti-hero kind or the honorable kind? To deal with the honorable kind, you should throw your gates open and welcome them in. Tell them they're free to go anywhere. If they challenge your rule, explain that you're the legal ruler via a byzantine system of election laws, and that overthrowing you would be very, very illegal. Confront him by not confronting him at all, and instead stalling him with mountains of legal bullshit and administrative mumbo jumbo", "human_ref_B": "There's a few questions you have to answer first. What genre do you exist in? Are you the villain of an RPG where defeating minions will grant the hero experience, new skills, and new strengths, or are you the villain of an action/adventure game where minions will, at most, grant the hero a way to refill their health and give them new weapons? If the former, definitely send the heavy-hitters in as early as possible. If the latter, it depends on what your minions drop when defeated. If they drop nothing, go ahead and try to overwhelm the hero with the cannon fodder enemies and try to wear them down. If they drop anything that might make the hero stronger, proceed with the strongest units you can stand to lose.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6796.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8w4oef", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Is Dr. Doom actually beloved by his people, or do they live in fear of him? If I were to by some miracle kick in the door to Doom's palace, murder him, and then tell the Latverian people they were free, would I get a thank you?", "c_root_id_A": "e1u17cn", "c_root_id_B": "e1vjkff", "created_at_utc_A": 1530802032.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530854502.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Bit of both, like most dictators. He has a lot of supporters, but even the most loyal understand he's a guy you wouldn't want to cross.", "human_ref_B": "It's a Glorious Leader (Kim Il-sung/Jong-il/Jong-un and whoever else has held that position through the same means as those people) situation, except Doom actually makes life better for Latverians and therefore has earned as much of the loyalty and respect as he commands via fear and/or indoctrination.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52470.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u9f7mb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[DC] If Beast Boy turns into a sea creature can he be controlled by Aquaman?", "c_root_id_A": "i5s525u", "c_root_id_B": "i5ryzco", "created_at_utc_A": 1650652142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650649747.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Just to clear up a minor misconception, Aquaman doesn't control aquatic life per se, rather he uses his telepathy to influence them and give them impulses to do his bidding. But to answer your question directly, no. Beast Boy is an intelligent and, as someone else mentioned, sapient life form. He wouldn't do Aquaman's bidding, but if Arthur wanted he could cause Beast Boy to have a seizure .", "human_ref_B": "No, it doesn't work on sapient creatures", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2395.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i86khe7", "c_root_id_B": "i86ji8i", "created_at_utc_A": 1652275917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652275476.0, "score_A": 269, "score_B": 183, "human_ref_A": "He would retain his powers until he used up the charge he already had, it would be impossible to recharge the normal way though. DC vampires combust immediately when exposed to sunlight. He can maybe recharge slowly from moonlight.", "human_ref_B": "If the vampire curse is based in magic instead of biology, then it would most likely negate any benefit that he got from sunlight and he would die in agony. If the vampirism was more biological, then as soon as he got a tiny bit of sunlight back into his body, it would quickly purge the virus from his system and he would be back to normal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 441.0, "score_ratio": 1.4699453552, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i876lx7", "c_root_id_B": "i87cnty", "created_at_utc_A": 1652284867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652287207.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 160, "human_ref_A": "Andrew Bennett/I, Vampire (New 52 version to be precise) is a vampire so powerful that sunlight doesn't really affect him. He's got some special lore behind that so it might not just be tied to strength, but if it is Superman wouldn't really be affected by it at all, though technically there isn't any explicit proof he's stronger than Andrew.", "human_ref_B": "We've seen what happens when vampires bite Superman. If he turned somehow, his own reserves of yellow sunlight would destroy him from the inside out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2340.0, "score_ratio": 6.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i876lx7", "c_root_id_B": "i87u4eg", "created_at_utc_A": 1652284867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652294022.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 78, "human_ref_A": "Andrew Bennett/I, Vampire (New 52 version to be precise) is a vampire so powerful that sunlight doesn't really affect him. He's got some special lore behind that so it might not just be tied to strength, but if it is Superman wouldn't really be affected by it at all, though technically there isn't any explicit proof he's stronger than Andrew.", "human_ref_B": "Superman has been bit by vampires before. The solar radiation in him kills them, so it's unlikely that he even can be turned, barring exposure to Gold Kryptonite, but that strips him of all powers indefinitely.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9155.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i87u4eg", "c_root_id_B": "i87depf", "created_at_utc_A": 1652294022.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652287492.0, "score_A": 78, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Superman has been bit by vampires before. The solar radiation in him kills them, so it's unlikely that he even can be turned, barring exposure to Gold Kryptonite, but that strips him of all powers indefinitely.", "human_ref_B": "Funny this literally just happened. He can but only with the help of GL it seems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6530.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i88fk6s", "c_root_id_B": "i888q4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1652302435.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652299730.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "We've seen that before, a Vamp CAN bite him, but it died immediately since Supes is basically a walking Solar battery.", "human_ref_B": "I feel like this would be the equivalent of a vampire trying to literally bite the sun. Superman's cells are all charged with solar energy, even if a bite managed to get past his force field and unbreakable skin, he'd just get a mouthful of blood that is more intense sunlight than actual sunlight.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2705.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i88prey", "c_root_id_B": "i888q4m", "created_at_utc_A": 1652306591.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652299730.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As his solar/infused cells attack the vampire virus, he either no-sells the transformation or he explodes in a ball of solar fire.", "human_ref_B": "I feel like this would be the equivalent of a vampire trying to literally bite the sun. Superman's cells are all charged with solar energy, even if a bite managed to get past his force field and unbreakable skin, he'd just get a mouthful of blood that is more intense sunlight than actual sunlight.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6861.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i88ll6e", "c_root_id_B": "i88prey", "created_at_utc_A": 1652304840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652306591.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Now what I want to see is a vampire who could actually bite Superman's neck instantly combust from all the solar energy stored in his blood.", "human_ref_B": "As his solar/infused cells attack the vampire virus, he either no-sells the transformation or he explodes in a ball of solar fire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1751.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i88prey", "c_root_id_B": "i88l9hr", "created_at_utc_A": 1652306591.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652304706.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As his solar/infused cells attack the vampire virus, he either no-sells the transformation or he explodes in a ball of solar fire.", "human_ref_B": "Want there a justice league were a vampire broke is fangs on his neck? It still had mental controll of him but couldn't change him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1885.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "un9elt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] If Superman was turned into a vampire, would he still get powers from the sun? A Vampire bit Superman and turned him into another vampire (Let's say that Superman was recently exposed to krypronite, so he was weakened enough for the vampire to bite him and pierce his skin) Would he still get his powers from the sun? Would he die if he was exposed to the sun? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i88ll6e", "c_root_id_B": "i88l9hr", "created_at_utc_A": 1652304840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652304706.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Now what I want to see is a vampire who could actually bite Superman's neck instantly combust from all the solar energy stored in his blood.", "human_ref_B": "Want there a justice league were a vampire broke is fangs on his neck? It still had mental controll of him but couldn't change him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 134.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68qlc8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spiderman] Is there any other city that Spiderman's web-based method of travel would benefit from as well as (or better than) New York City? Spiderman's powers are perfect for the Big Apple due to the high concentration of skyscraper's in close proximity to each other. Are there any other cities with infrastructures that would make it easy for the Web Slinger to travel quickly?", "c_root_id_A": "dh0k37p", "c_root_id_B": "dh0jnq9", "created_at_utc_A": 1493694501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493693938.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I'd say London would be pretty good. Not necessarily from a skyscraper standpoint, as although London does have a fair few, my argument is for how densely packed it is. With so many sufficiently tall buildings, Spiderman could traverse London pretty reliably on his own accord, with only a few locations being a bit crap for web-slinging. He likely would have to alter his travel technique to be more of a horizontal propulsion/slingshot technique rather than a vertical launch/arcing swing however, making optimal use of the tightly packed buildings and narrow (comparatively) streets. It wouldn't be as flashy, but it'd be faster.", "human_ref_B": "I'm gonna take a completely different approach and say anywhere extremely rural. Where I live there are forests every fucking where. He could use the thick trees to get around quickly, even going straight to his destination while others have to go around the woods.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 563.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68qlc8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spiderman] Is there any other city that Spiderman's web-based method of travel would benefit from as well as (or better than) New York City? Spiderman's powers are perfect for the Big Apple due to the high concentration of skyscraper's in close proximity to each other. Are there any other cities with infrastructures that would make it easy for the Web Slinger to travel quickly?", "c_root_id_A": "dh0uh29", "c_root_id_B": "dh0suaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1493717403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493712139.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "An underground city such as Zion might be an interesting prospect. He'd be able to swing around the cave ceiling.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty much any densely populated modern city in Asia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5264.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap5h02", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Spongebob Squarepants] Pearl is the daughter of Mr Krabs, but who is her mother and why are they different species?", "c_root_id_A": "eg5v87w", "c_root_id_B": "eg643rw", "created_at_utc_A": 1549816757.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549823675.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I've always assumed that Pearl was adopted by Mr Krabs incredibly early on. Perhaps initially as some sort of scam to earn child support from the government or to make the Krusty Krab seem more like a child friendly restaurant (putting his business ahead of the Chum Bucket during their early days of being open), before Mr Krabs realised he actually cared about Pearl and became a decent father to her. Her mother either being dead or long gone with Pearl put up for adoption as a baby.", "human_ref_B": "I read a theory that the secret ingredient of krabby patties is actually whale. The theory goes that Mr Krabs found Pearl's mother dead and the baby pearl orphaned and as crabs do he started eating the dead whale. He discovers she's delicious and uses her to start up The Krusty Krab butchering her and storing her in a warehouse somewhere. So why would the famously mean Mr Krabs take on the expense of raising an orphaned whale? Well he's got to have a back up for when the mother runs out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6918.0, "score_ratio": 1.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xwb05u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[DC] Why are there so few strong superhumans in Gotham? Also, why even though Gotham has so many heroes (The Signal, Nightwing, Red Hood, Red Robin, Huntress) neither of them have superpowers as well? I know there are a few like Clayface or Poison Ivy, but their powers are rather weak, which seems strange considering Gotham is one of the largest cities in the DC universe and there are so many strong superhumans in the neighboring Metropolis or other big cities.", "c_root_id_A": "ir6q83p", "c_root_id_B": "ir6snyk", "created_at_utc_A": 1664996665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664997601.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Alan Scott was the protector of Gotham a long time ago", "human_ref_B": "I really wouldn't call Poison Ivy weak when she can be god level, Clayface is a fight too. Like others said, there's Green Lantern and the Outsiders, also Black Canary at least used to operate in Gotham. I think Bane counts, I'm pretty sure Venom is a boost on top of incredible strength", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 936.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is7ocei", "c_root_id_B": "is7snx7", "created_at_utc_A": 1665698766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665700608.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a Watsonian fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Globex Corporation comes to mind.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1842.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8esx1", "c_root_id_B": "is7ocei", "created_at_utc_A": 1665710647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665698766.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Pokemon Anime makes working for Team Rocket seem pretty good, at least when it comes to Jessie and James. They have a long leash and pretty much do what they want while being able to use huge company funds.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a Watsonian fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11881.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is7z967", "c_root_id_B": "is7ocei", "created_at_utc_A": 1665703549.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665698766.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "'Gentleman' Johnnie Marcone, crime boss and Baron of Chicago. He looks out for his people, takes vengeance on those who hurt them and transgress against him with extreme prejudice and he has a very hard \"no kids\" rule. As much as humanly possible, Marcone will not allow criminal activities of any type to touch a minor. Every violator of his rule in his territory has been met with the offender being disappeared. Also he's now >!the vessel of a powerful Fallen angel sorcerer whose been teaching him nifty tricks!<", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a Watsonian fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4783.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is7ocei", "c_root_id_B": "is8lc3y", "created_at_utc_A": 1665698766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665713615.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a Watsonian fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is90m3w", "c_root_id_B": "is7ocei", "created_at_utc_A": 1665721491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665698766.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Foot Clan. I hear you can have all the beer, cigarettes, and junk food you want. Better yet, the arcade games have unlimited continues!", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. 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Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22725.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8gqz2", "c_root_id_B": "is7ocei", "created_at_utc_A": 1665711527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665698766.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Father chains/ The Gentleman Bastards. I mean, they had a pretty good run. And if I\u2019m cleverer and smarter and freeer than everyone else. I might even live into my 30s", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a Watsonian fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12761.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "isbkyxv", "c_root_id_B": "is7ocei", "created_at_utc_A": 1665772648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665698766.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Lexcorp seems to be not that bad. They absolutely are a criminal organization and their public face is so good that the CEO has become president. More than once actually! If that's true they pretty much can't be having people disappear OR be disgruntled.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a Watsonian fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. 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They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is7q2d4", "c_root_id_B": "is7ocei", "created_at_utc_A": 1665699503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665698766.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I mean... these guys seem pretty low-risk.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a Watsonian fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 737.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is860ed", "c_root_id_B": "is7ocei", "created_at_utc_A": 1665706701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665698766.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Bowery. Accommodations may not be the best, but they have eyes and ears everywhere, know their way around a gun, and know the best way to get anywhere. They also have John Wick on their side.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a Watsonian fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. 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They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is7snx7", "c_root_id_B": "is7q2d4", "created_at_utc_A": 1665700608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665699503.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Globex Corporation comes to mind.", "human_ref_B": "I mean... these guys seem pretty low-risk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1105.0, "score_ratio": 9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8esx1", "c_root_id_B": "is7z967", "created_at_utc_A": 1665710647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665703549.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The Pokemon Anime makes working for Team Rocket seem pretty good, at least when it comes to Jessie and James. They have a long leash and pretty much do what they want while being able to use huge company funds.", "human_ref_B": "'Gentleman' Johnnie Marcone, crime boss and Baron of Chicago. He looks out for his people, takes vengeance on those who hurt them and transgress against him with extreme prejudice and he has a very hard \"no kids\" rule. As much as humanly possible, Marcone will not allow criminal activities of any type to touch a minor. Every violator of his rule in his territory has been met with the offender being disappeared. Also he's now >!the vessel of a powerful Fallen angel sorcerer whose been teaching him nifty tricks!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7098.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8esx1", "c_root_id_B": "is7q2d4", "created_at_utc_A": 1665710647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665699503.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Pokemon Anime makes working for Team Rocket seem pretty good, at least when it comes to Jessie and James. They have a long leash and pretty much do what they want while being able to use huge company funds.", "human_ref_B": "I mean... these guys seem pretty low-risk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11144.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8esx1", "c_root_id_B": "is860ed", "created_at_utc_A": 1665710647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665706701.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Pokemon Anime makes working for Team Rocket seem pretty good, at least when it comes to Jessie and James. They have a long leash and pretty much do what they want while being able to use huge company funds.", "human_ref_B": "The Bowery. Accommodations may not be the best, but they have eyes and ears everywhere, know their way around a gun, and know the best way to get anywhere. They also have John Wick on their side.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3946.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is7q2d4", "c_root_id_B": "is7z967", "created_at_utc_A": 1665699503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665703549.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I mean... these guys seem pretty low-risk.", "human_ref_B": "'Gentleman' Johnnie Marcone, crime boss and Baron of Chicago. He looks out for his people, takes vengeance on those who hurt them and transgress against him with extreme prejudice and he has a very hard \"no kids\" rule. As much as humanly possible, Marcone will not allow criminal activities of any type to touch a minor. Every violator of his rule in his territory has been met with the offender being disappeared. Also he's now >!the vessel of a powerful Fallen angel sorcerer whose been teaching him nifty tricks!<", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4046.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8lc3y", "c_root_id_B": "is8gqz2", "created_at_utc_A": 1665713615.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665711527.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I've always been partial to Robin Hood and his Merry Men, but not having access to toilet paper and reddit are major downsides.", "human_ref_B": "Father chains/ The Gentleman Bastards. I mean, they had a pretty good run. And if I\u2019m cleverer and smarter and freeer than everyone else. I might even live into my 30s", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2088.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8lc3y", "c_root_id_B": "is7q2d4", "created_at_utc_A": 1665713615.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665699503.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I've always been partial to Robin Hood and his Merry Men, but not having access to toilet paper and reddit are major downsides.", "human_ref_B": "I mean... these guys seem pretty low-risk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14112.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is860ed", "c_root_id_B": "is8lc3y", "created_at_utc_A": 1665706701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665713615.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The Bowery. Accommodations may not be the best, but they have eyes and ears everywhere, know their way around a gun, and know the best way to get anywhere. They also have John Wick on their side.", "human_ref_B": "I've always been partial to Robin Hood and his Merry Men, but not having access to toilet paper and reddit are major downsides.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6914.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8gqz2", "c_root_id_B": "is90m3w", "created_at_utc_A": 1665711527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665721491.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Father chains/ The Gentleman Bastards. I mean, they had a pretty good run. And if I\u2019m cleverer and smarter and freeer than everyone else. I might even live into my 30s", "human_ref_B": "The Foot Clan. I hear you can have all the beer, cigarettes, and junk food you want. Better yet, the arcade games have unlimited continues!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9964.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is7q2d4", "c_root_id_B": "is90m3w", "created_at_utc_A": 1665699503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665721491.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I mean... these guys seem pretty low-risk.", "human_ref_B": "The Foot Clan. I hear you can have all the beer, cigarettes, and junk food you want. Better yet, the arcade games have unlimited continues!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21988.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is860ed", "c_root_id_B": "is90m3w", "created_at_utc_A": 1665706701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665721491.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The Bowery. Accommodations may not be the best, but they have eyes and ears everywhere, know their way around a gun, and know the best way to get anywhere. They also have John Wick on their side.", "human_ref_B": "The Foot Clan. I hear you can have all the beer, cigarettes, and junk food you want. Better yet, the arcade games have unlimited continues!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14790.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is8gqz2", "c_root_id_B": "is7q2d4", "created_at_utc_A": 1665711527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665699503.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Father chains/ The Gentleman Bastards. I mean, they had a pretty good run. And if I\u2019m cleverer and smarter and freeer than everyone else. I might even live into my 30s", "human_ref_B": "I mean... these guys seem pretty low-risk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12024.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is860ed", "c_root_id_B": "is8gqz2", "created_at_utc_A": 1665706701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665711527.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Bowery. Accommodations may not be the best, but they have eyes and ears everywhere, know their way around a gun, and know the best way to get anywhere. They also have John Wick on their side.", "human_ref_B": "Father chains/ The Gentleman Bastards. I mean, they had a pretty good run. And if I\u2019m cleverer and smarter and freeer than everyone else. I might even live into my 30s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4826.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "is7q2d4", "c_root_id_B": "isbkyxv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665699503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665772648.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I mean... these guys seem pretty low-risk.", "human_ref_B": "Lexcorp seems to be not that bad. They absolutely are a criminal organization and their public face is so good that the CEO has become president. More than once actually! If that's true they pretty much can't be having people disappear OR be disgruntled.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 73145.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3bn61", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] What is the best criminal organization to work for in all of fiction? They may be thieves, gun runners, extortionists, and ne'er-do-wells, but they're honorable and they aren't arbitrarily violent and sadistic. If I'm a random Joe Somebody who did some time, can't get a legitimate job anywhere, and want to earn an honest wage from a big crime gang, who is the best person or group to work for in fiction? I nominate the Toppat Clan from Henry Stickmin. They treat their members better than most corporations: there's maternity leave for both parents. While the jobs may be risky, the compensation is good and they will cover the cost of healthcare for any injury. Long as your loyal to the Toppats and respect the leaders, they don't tend to randomly kill or hurt their own members or any innocent bystanders. They don't engage in human rights violations or animal abuse. They just steal the most valuable stuff in the world and amass a huge armory of weapons and vehicles with their black market cash. If there's killing to be done, it's any security or prison staff who get in their way, or anyone who tries to attack them or steal their stuff. There is luxury accomodations available for members, including an airship and a well equipped space station. If you want a specific role, weapon or vehicle, they are able to provide that long as you have earned it. Cuppa Joe, for example, doesn't want any part of violence and high risk jobs. He's got computer skills. So he maintains their IT and does all kinds of illegal technical stuff for the clan, and that role lets him keep to himself and enjoy his coffee and quiet time. They're also happy to give out second chances. One of their best drivers was fired from his truck driving job, but they gave him a chance to prove his skills and use in the clan. Winston Davis from the first game was fired for incompetence but you can find him in the clan later on. If you want to be the leader, you can earn that position fair and square by defeating the current leader in combat. Any arguments against the Toppats? Who else would be a great fictional crime outfit to work for?", "c_root_id_A": "isbkyxv", "c_root_id_B": "is860ed", "created_at_utc_A": 1665772648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665706701.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Lexcorp seems to be not that bad. They absolutely are a criminal organization and their public face is so good that the CEO has become president. More than once actually! If that's true they pretty much can't be having people disappear OR be disgruntled.", "human_ref_B": "The Bowery. Accommodations may not be the best, but they have eyes and ears everywhere, know their way around a gun, and know the best way to get anywhere. They also have John Wick on their side.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 65947.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f36wq3l", "c_root_id_B": "f36t460", "created_at_utc_A": 1570718582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570717100.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, from Ank-Morpork.", "human_ref_B": "Edmond Dantes. Although he doesn't really instill hope he did \"keep hope alive in their heart constantly\". \"Wait and hope\" and all that jazz.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1482.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? 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Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, from Ank-Morpork.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1730.0, "score_ratio": 30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f371205", "c_root_id_B": "f36t460", "created_at_utc_A": 1570720155.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570717100.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Harry Dresden (Dresden Files). Also, any of the Knights of the Cross. > \u201cWe are not going to die.\" > Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. \"We're not?\" > \"No. And do you know why?\" He shook his head. \"Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die.\" I hauled on the shirt even harder. \"And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "Edmond Dantes. Although he doesn't really instill hope he did \"keep hope alive in their heart constantly\". \"Wait and hope\" and all that jazz.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3055.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f36shpy", "c_root_id_B": "f371205", "created_at_utc_A": 1570716852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570720155.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "Harry Dresden (Dresden Files). Also, any of the Knights of the Cross. > \u201cWe are not going to die.\" > Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. \"We're not?\" > \"No. And do you know why?\" He shook his head. \"Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die.\" I hauled on the shirt even harder. \"And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3303.0, "score_ratio": 23.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f374r4w", "c_root_id_B": "f36t460", "created_at_utc_A": 1570721435.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570717100.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Captain America.", "human_ref_B": "Edmond Dantes. Although he doesn't really instill hope he did \"keep hope alive in their heart constantly\". \"Wait and hope\" and all that jazz.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4335.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? 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Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "Captain America.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4583.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37k01p", "c_root_id_B": "f38ssv8", "created_at_utc_A": 1570726822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570739582.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Kelsier from Mistborn. He set himself up as a messiah figure for a slave rebellion against a seemingly omnipotent deity.", "human_ref_B": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. 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My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37k01p", "c_root_id_B": "f36t460", "created_at_utc_A": 1570726822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570717100.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Kelsier from Mistborn. He set himself up as a messiah figure for a slave rebellion against a seemingly omnipotent deity.", "human_ref_B": "Edmond Dantes. Although he doesn't really instill hope he did \"keep hope alive in their heart constantly\". \"Wait and hope\" and all that jazz.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9722.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? 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He set himself up as a messiah figure for a slave rebellion against a seemingly omnipotent deity.", "human_ref_B": "Basically any shonen protagonist, right?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 708.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? 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Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "Kelsier from Mistborn. He set himself up as a messiah figure for a slave rebellion against a seemingly omnipotent deity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9970.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38ssv8", "c_root_id_B": "f36t460", "created_at_utc_A": 1570739582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570717100.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "human_ref_B": "Edmond Dantes. Although he doesn't really instill hope he did \"keep hope alive in their heart constantly\". \"Wait and hope\" and all that jazz.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22482.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38ssv8", "c_root_id_B": "f37hxn4", "created_at_utc_A": 1570739582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570726114.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "human_ref_B": "Basically any shonen protagonist, right?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13468.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38ssv8", "c_root_id_B": "f37xzba", "created_at_utc_A": 1570739582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570731582.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "human_ref_B": "Mega Man could be a good candidate. He\u2019s a machine that was made to install hope in those around him and to protect the innocent from evil. His sister and father holds all their hope in him and this same hope had persuaded many robots to his like Gallade, Dio, Protoman, and even Bass. Mega Man left behind a legacy of heroes that protected humanity for generations. Plus he looks good in blue.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8000.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38ssv8", "c_root_id_B": "f37o779", "created_at_utc_A": 1570739582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570728270.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "human_ref_B": "Little Orphan Annie: Despite living in a bleak situation she remained hopeful. Ciaphas Cain (WH40K): Rallies his men and to survive against insurmountable odds and endure in the most grimndark places and make it out alive overcoming some truly terrifying creatures. He inspires hope in those who hear of his deeds that they might survive thier encounters with chaos (or thwart chaos) The God Emperor of Mankind: Like Ciaphas Cain an enduring symbol of hope for humanity's survival in a universe that very much want's humanity dead. Even as a corpse on a throne he still gives hope to humanity and protects. Monkey D Luffy: He regularly saves people from horrific tyrants, and inspires unlikely allies to aid him as he shows that he is one of the few willing and able to stand up to the world government. Edit: On further thought decided to add: Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star inspires hope, by killing wasteland bandits who prey on the weak common people. His whole thing is being one of the few decent, kind honorable people in a post-apocalyptic wasteland run by bandits and warlords. He fights for other people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11312.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38ssv8", "c_root_id_B": "f37onnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1570739582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570728425.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "human_ref_B": "I always thought Giorno Giovanna from JJBA would be a good one. One of his greatest strengths is inspiring his allies", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11157.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38jgp0", "c_root_id_B": "f38ssv8", "created_at_utc_A": 1570737066.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570739582.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I don't know the specifics of how blue lantern rings work, but being a symbol of hope and keeping hope alive in your heart are two very different things. The people on your list might inspire hope, but they don't strike me as being unusually capable of hoping themselves. If the latter is the criterium, you don't want Superman or Captain America, you want (as /u/capt_blackmoore suggests) Samwise Gamgee.", "human_ref_B": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2516.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38a82f", "c_root_id_B": "f38ssv8", "created_at_utc_A": 1570734776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570739582.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Madoka", "human_ref_B": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4806.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38ssv8", "c_root_id_B": "f36shpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1570739582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570716852.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22730.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37wcsa", "c_root_id_B": "f38ssv8", "created_at_utc_A": 1570731031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570739582.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "And Red Lantern Corps?", "human_ref_B": "Easily President Whitmore in Independance Day. And he already knows how to use a power ring. https://imgur.com/a/AgKenfp#NEfFxzA", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8551.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f39jlnx", "c_root_id_B": "f36t460", "created_at_utc_A": 1570749193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570717100.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "human_ref_B": "Edmond Dantes. Although he doesn't really instill hope he did \"keep hope alive in their heart constantly\". \"Wait and hope\" and all that jazz.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32093.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37hxn4", "c_root_id_B": "f39jlnx", "created_at_utc_A": 1570726114.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570749193.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Basically any shonen protagonist, right?", "human_ref_B": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23079.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37xzba", "c_root_id_B": "f39jlnx", "created_at_utc_A": 1570731582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570749193.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Mega Man could be a good candidate. He\u2019s a machine that was made to install hope in those around him and to protect the innocent from evil. His sister and father holds all their hope in him and this same hope had persuaded many robots to his like Gallade, Dio, Protoman, and even Bass. Mega Man left behind a legacy of heroes that protected humanity for generations. Plus he looks good in blue.", "human_ref_B": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17611.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37o779", "c_root_id_B": "f39jlnx", "created_at_utc_A": 1570728270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570749193.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Little Orphan Annie: Despite living in a bleak situation she remained hopeful. Ciaphas Cain (WH40K): Rallies his men and to survive against insurmountable odds and endure in the most grimndark places and make it out alive overcoming some truly terrifying creatures. He inspires hope in those who hear of his deeds that they might survive thier encounters with chaos (or thwart chaos) The God Emperor of Mankind: Like Ciaphas Cain an enduring symbol of hope for humanity's survival in a universe that very much want's humanity dead. Even as a corpse on a throne he still gives hope to humanity and protects. Monkey D Luffy: He regularly saves people from horrific tyrants, and inspires unlikely allies to aid him as he shows that he is one of the few willing and able to stand up to the world government. Edit: On further thought decided to add: Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star inspires hope, by killing wasteland bandits who prey on the weak common people. His whole thing is being one of the few decent, kind honorable people in a post-apocalyptic wasteland run by bandits and warlords. He fights for other people.", "human_ref_B": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20923.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f39jlnx", "c_root_id_B": "f37onnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1570749193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570728425.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought Giorno Giovanna from JJBA would be a good one. One of his greatest strengths is inspiring his allies", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20768.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f39jlnx", "c_root_id_B": "f38jgp0", "created_at_utc_A": 1570749193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570737066.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know the specifics of how blue lantern rings work, but being a symbol of hope and keeping hope alive in your heart are two very different things. The people on your list might inspire hope, but they don't strike me as being unusually capable of hoping themselves. If the latter is the criterium, you don't want Superman or Captain America, you want (as /u/capt_blackmoore suggests) Samwise Gamgee.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12127.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38a82f", "c_root_id_B": "f39jlnx", "created_at_utc_A": 1570734776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570749193.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Madoka", "human_ref_B": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14417.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f39h68a", "c_root_id_B": "f39jlnx", "created_at_utc_A": 1570748088.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570749193.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yoda, Beta Ray Bill, Jean-Luc Picard, Samwise Gamgee, Bob Ross, Mr Rogers, Jim Raynor, potentially Captain Planet, definitely Lion-o", "human_ref_B": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1105.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f39jlnx", "c_root_id_B": "f36shpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1570749193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570716852.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32341.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37wcsa", "c_root_id_B": "f39jlnx", "created_at_utc_A": 1570731031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570749193.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "And Red Lantern Corps?", "human_ref_B": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18162.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f395bbt", "c_root_id_B": "f39jlnx", "created_at_utc_A": 1570743854.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570749193.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "All Might and Izuku Midoriya.", "human_ref_B": "The Tick or Adam West\u2019s Batman. There is nothing so powerful as being bludgeoned with obtuse optimism until it works it\u2019s way into your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5339.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f36t460", "c_root_id_B": "f36shpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1570717100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570716852.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Edmond Dantes. Although he doesn't really instill hope he did \"keep hope alive in their heart constantly\". \"Wait and hope\" and all that jazz.", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 248.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37hxn4", "c_root_id_B": "f37xzba", "created_at_utc_A": 1570726114.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570731582.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Basically any shonen protagonist, right?", "human_ref_B": "Mega Man could be a good candidate. He\u2019s a machine that was made to install hope in those around him and to protect the innocent from evil. His sister and father holds all their hope in him and this same hope had persuaded many robots to his like Gallade, Dio, Protoman, and even Bass. Mega Man left behind a legacy of heroes that protected humanity for generations. Plus he looks good in blue.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5468.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37hxn4", "c_root_id_B": "f36shpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1570726114.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570716852.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Basically any shonen protagonist, right?", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9262.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37xzba", "c_root_id_B": "f37o779", "created_at_utc_A": 1570731582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570728270.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Mega Man could be a good candidate. He\u2019s a machine that was made to install hope in those around him and to protect the innocent from evil. His sister and father holds all their hope in him and this same hope had persuaded many robots to his like Gallade, Dio, Protoman, and even Bass. Mega Man left behind a legacy of heroes that protected humanity for generations. Plus he looks good in blue.", "human_ref_B": "Little Orphan Annie: Despite living in a bleak situation she remained hopeful. Ciaphas Cain (WH40K): Rallies his men and to survive against insurmountable odds and endure in the most grimndark places and make it out alive overcoming some truly terrifying creatures. He inspires hope in those who hear of his deeds that they might survive thier encounters with chaos (or thwart chaos) The God Emperor of Mankind: Like Ciaphas Cain an enduring symbol of hope for humanity's survival in a universe that very much want's humanity dead. Even as a corpse on a throne he still gives hope to humanity and protects. Monkey D Luffy: He regularly saves people from horrific tyrants, and inspires unlikely allies to aid him as he shows that he is one of the few willing and able to stand up to the world government. Edit: On further thought decided to add: Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star inspires hope, by killing wasteland bandits who prey on the weak common people. His whole thing is being one of the few decent, kind honorable people in a post-apocalyptic wasteland run by bandits and warlords. He fights for other people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3312.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37onnc", "c_root_id_B": "f37xzba", "created_at_utc_A": 1570728425.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570731582.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I always thought Giorno Giovanna from JJBA would be a good one. One of his greatest strengths is inspiring his allies", "human_ref_B": "Mega Man could be a good candidate. He\u2019s a machine that was made to install hope in those around him and to protect the innocent from evil. His sister and father holds all their hope in him and this same hope had persuaded many robots to his like Gallade, Dio, Protoman, and even Bass. Mega Man left behind a legacy of heroes that protected humanity for generations. Plus he looks good in blue.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3157.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? 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He\u2019s a machine that was made to install hope in those around him and to protect the innocent from evil. His sister and father holds all their hope in him and this same hope had persuaded many robots to his like Gallade, Dio, Protoman, and even Bass. Mega Man left behind a legacy of heroes that protected humanity for generations. Plus he looks good in blue.", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14730.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. 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He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37xzba", "c_root_id_B": "f37wcsa", "created_at_utc_A": 1570731582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570731031.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Mega Man could be a good candidate. He\u2019s a machine that was made to install hope in those around him and to protect the innocent from evil. His sister and father holds all their hope in him and this same hope had persuaded many robots to his like Gallade, Dio, Protoman, and even Bass. Mega Man left behind a legacy of heroes that protected humanity for generations. Plus he looks good in blue.", "human_ref_B": "And Red Lantern Corps?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 551.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37o779", "c_root_id_B": "f36shpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1570728270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570716852.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Little Orphan Annie: Despite living in a bleak situation she remained hopeful. Ciaphas Cain (WH40K): Rallies his men and to survive against insurmountable odds and endure in the most grimndark places and make it out alive overcoming some truly terrifying creatures. He inspires hope in those who hear of his deeds that they might survive thier encounters with chaos (or thwart chaos) The God Emperor of Mankind: Like Ciaphas Cain an enduring symbol of hope for humanity's survival in a universe that very much want's humanity dead. Even as a corpse on a throne he still gives hope to humanity and protects. Monkey D Luffy: He regularly saves people from horrific tyrants, and inspires unlikely allies to aid him as he shows that he is one of the few willing and able to stand up to the world government. Edit: On further thought decided to add: Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star inspires hope, by killing wasteland bandits who prey on the weak common people. His whole thing is being one of the few decent, kind honorable people in a post-apocalyptic wasteland run by bandits and warlords. He fights for other people.", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11418.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f36shpy", "c_root_id_B": "f37onnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1570716852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570728425.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "I always thought Giorno Giovanna from JJBA would be a good one. One of his greatest strengths is inspiring his allies", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11573.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. 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He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38jgp0", "c_root_id_B": "f38a82f", "created_at_utc_A": 1570737066.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570734776.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I don't know the specifics of how blue lantern rings work, but being a symbol of hope and keeping hope alive in your heart are two very different things. The people on your list might inspire hope, but they don't strike me as being unusually capable of hoping themselves. If the latter is the criterium, you don't want Superman or Captain America, you want (as /u/capt_blackmoore suggests) Samwise Gamgee.", "human_ref_B": "Madoka", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2290.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f36shpy", "c_root_id_B": "f38jgp0", "created_at_utc_A": 1570716852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570737066.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "I don't know the specifics of how blue lantern rings work, but being a symbol of hope and keeping hope alive in your heart are two very different things. The people on your list might inspire hope, but they don't strike me as being unusually capable of hoping themselves. If the latter is the criterium, you don't want Superman or Captain America, you want (as /u/capt_blackmoore suggests) Samwise Gamgee.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20214.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? 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He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f38jgp0", "c_root_id_B": "f37wcsa", "created_at_utc_A": 1570737066.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570731031.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't know the specifics of how blue lantern rings work, but being a symbol of hope and keeping hope alive in your heart are two very different things. The people on your list might inspire hope, but they don't strike me as being unusually capable of hoping themselves. If the latter is the criterium, you don't want Superman or Captain America, you want (as /u/capt_blackmoore suggests) Samwise Gamgee.", "human_ref_B": "And Red Lantern Corps?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6035.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? My picks are: - Superman (DC Comics) - the unofficial symbol of hope across the DC multiverse. - John Connor (Terminator) - \u00a0the leader of the worldwide resistance and last hope for mankind. - Harry Potter (series) - is known as a beacon of hope. 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He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f39h68a", "c_root_id_B": "f39jnw2", "created_at_utc_A": 1570748088.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570749240.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yoda, Beta Ray Bill, Jean-Luc Picard, Samwise Gamgee, Bob Ross, Mr Rogers, Jim Raynor, potentially Captain Planet, definitely Lion-o", "human_ref_B": "Captain Malcolm \"Mal\" Reynolds (Firefly) - I mean, c'mon, that guy got his crew to face the Reavers and the Alliance. 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Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "Captain Malcolm \"Mal\" Reynolds (Firefly) - I mean, c'mon, that guy got his crew to face the Reavers and the Alliance. Shiny.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32388.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. 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Shiny.", "human_ref_B": "All Might and Izuku Midoriya.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5386.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. Unlike the \"neutral\"\u00a0Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. With that in mind, who do you think would be a good fit for a ring? 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Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "John-117. This guy's a symbol of hope for the entire UNSC, especially since Spartan-IIs don't die, they just go MIA.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37294.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. 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He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37wcsa", "c_root_id_B": "f39r4zl", "created_at_utc_A": 1570731031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570754146.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "And Red Lantern Corps?", "human_ref_B": "John-117. 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Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17924.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. 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He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f37wcsa", "c_root_id_B": "f38a82f", "created_at_utc_A": 1570731031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570734776.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "And Red Lantern Corps?", "human_ref_B": "Madoka", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3745.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. 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Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/whowouldwin] [\\[DC\\/General Fiction\\] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31236.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dfy3x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/General Fiction] What characters from across the fiction would be the best candidates for Blue Lantern Corps? *\"You have the ability to instill great hope. Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.\"\u00a0-\u00a0A Blue Lantern Ring greeting its New User.* The Blue Lantern rings are fueled by the emotion of hope. 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He was a sign of strength to the countless wizards who has given up all hope of defeating the Dark Lord. - Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa) - became the Ultimate Hope after countering Junko's despair and inspiring his friends, along with the rest of the world. - Captain America (Marvel) - a symbol of hope for people everywhere in Marvel Universe. - Aang (A:TLA) - he inspired hope into the entire earth and water nation that he could finally bring peace to the world and end the 100 year war.", "c_root_id_A": "f395bbt", "c_root_id_B": "f39h68a", "created_at_utc_A": 1570743854.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570748088.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "All Might and Izuku Midoriya.", "human_ref_B": "Yoda, Beta Ray Bill, Jean-Luc Picard, Samwise Gamgee, Bob Ross, Mr Rogers, Jim Raynor, potentially Captain Planet, definitely Lion-o", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4234.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqzfyb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Bowser/Marvel] Would Bowser from the Super Mario Bros series classify as an Avengers level threat?", "c_root_id_A": "ivr27r4", "c_root_id_B": "ivr1c54", "created_at_utc_A": 1668038058.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668037672.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He tried to collapse the universe on itself using a galaxy-reactor so he could rebuild it in his image and rule for ten thousand years. Bowser is a crossover-event level threat.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 386.0, "score_ratio": 37.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqzfyb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Bowser/Marvel] Would Bowser from the Super Mario Bros series classify as an Avengers level threat?", "c_root_id_A": "ivr6fy1", "c_root_id_B": "ivr1c54", "created_at_utc_A": 1668039958.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668037672.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This depends heavily on the version of Bowser. The version we see in the original *Super Mario Bros* was kind of a chump; a plumber from Brooklyn took him out by pushing him into some lava. He can also fall to a handful of fireballs. I think our modern, conventional military could take him out with no problem. Hell, the NYPD could probably take him out. By the time *SMB3* rolls around, though, Bowser controls a massive army, which has both land- and air- based, mechanized artillery. He also has a number of generals beneath him, controlling portions of the Koopa military. And the Bowser from the new Christ Pratt vehicle seems single-handedly capable of toppling an entire kingdom. Both of these versions could very well warrant an Avengers-level response.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2286.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqzfyb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Bowser/Marvel] Would Bowser from the Super Mario Bros series classify as an Avengers level threat?", "c_root_id_A": "ivr8mxv", "c_root_id_B": "ivr1c54", "created_at_utc_A": 1668040946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668037672.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Modern bowser could probably kill thanos alone since grand stars seem to have god like power. Old 1980s bowser would probably lose to some guy walking around.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3274.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqzfyb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Bowser/Marvel] Would Bowser from the Super Mario Bros series classify as an Avengers level threat?", "c_root_id_A": "ivrck5u", "c_root_id_B": "ivr1c54", "created_at_utc_A": 1668042726.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668037672.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Which Bowser? Galaxy Bowser was ready to destroy/recreate the Universe, meanwhile SMB1 Bowser was kinda just like... A King.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5054.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqzfyb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Bowser/Marvel] Would Bowser from the Super Mario Bros series classify as an Avengers level threat?", "c_root_id_A": "ivrbtlh", "c_root_id_B": "ivrck5u", "created_at_utc_A": 1668042384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668042726.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Bowser is the Mario equivalent to Trevor Slattery. It is actually canon. So, no.", "human_ref_B": "Which Bowser? Galaxy Bowser was ready to destroy/recreate the Universe, meanwhile SMB1 Bowser was kinda just like... A King.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 342.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65upez", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "Star Wars: A New Hope] Han Solo was in a dangerous situation with Jabba the Hutt, a short-tempered and sadistic crimelord. Why would Solo provoke Jabba by stepping on his tail? Why did Jabba allow this humiliating assault in full view of his subordinates without retaliating? [A link to the historical records (The assault occurs at 1:00)", "c_root_id_A": "dgdfitl", "c_root_id_B": "dgdg0i9", "created_at_utc_A": 1492433023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492433925.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "Jabba wants his money from Han. If Han is dead, he can't pay him back.", "human_ref_B": "I've heard that story told twice by the same guy, but the second version of it I heard was years later, and there was a lot of embellishments. The guy couldn't even decide if Han shot first or not.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 902.0, "score_ratio": 23.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65upez", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "Star Wars: A New Hope] Han Solo was in a dangerous situation with Jabba the Hutt, a short-tempered and sadistic crimelord. Why would Solo provoke Jabba by stepping on his tail? Why did Jabba allow this humiliating assault in full view of his subordinates without retaliating? [A link to the historical records (The assault occurs at 1:00)", "c_root_id_A": "dgdfitl", "c_root_id_B": "dgdhta0", "created_at_utc_A": 1492433023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492436860.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Jabba wants his money from Han. If Han is dead, he can't pay him back.", "human_ref_B": "What we really need to ask ourselves is why there seemed to be a visual displacement when the incident occurred. It was as if space-time itself jumped, lifting Solo onto and over Jabba's tail in a jerking, almost artificial manner. My working theory is that some well-meaning person in a far-off galaxy attempted to alter events from the past, thus causing a paradox or some other time anomaly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3837.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65upez", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "Star Wars: A New Hope] Han Solo was in a dangerous situation with Jabba the Hutt, a short-tempered and sadistic crimelord. Why would Solo provoke Jabba by stepping on his tail? Why did Jabba allow this humiliating assault in full view of his subordinates without retaliating? [A link to the historical records (The assault occurs at 1:00)", "c_root_id_A": "dge6cn4", "c_root_id_B": "dgdo91u", "created_at_utc_A": 1492465479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492445030.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "This is a false historical record, probably put together by someone trying to make Jabba look bad utilizing computer graphics or something. The original historical record shows no such altercation.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba is cunning and ruthless, but he also has control of his temper and a long memory. He hasn't lasted this long by killing subordinates for minor offenses at the drop of a hat. The way he treats 'his people' and talks about them seems pretty sentimental, like when he chided Han for killing 'poor Greedo'. It make him seem like an old-fashioned mobster like Vito Corleone or James Conway, who remain calm and collected and will talk nicely to you while thinking about how he's gonna have you killed. Even at the start of ROTJ, Jabba didn't actively seek Han's execution, but was content to leave him frozen in carbonite as a palace decoration. Execution by sarlacc seemed like a huge deal that doesn't happen very often--and only after Luke managed to kill Jabba's pet rancor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20449.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65upez", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "Star Wars: A New Hope] Han Solo was in a dangerous situation with Jabba the Hutt, a short-tempered and sadistic crimelord. Why would Solo provoke Jabba by stepping on his tail? Why did Jabba allow this humiliating assault in full view of his subordinates without retaliating? [A link to the historical records (The assault occurs at 1:00)", "c_root_id_A": "dge6cn4", "c_root_id_B": "dgdfitl", "created_at_utc_A": 1492465479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492433023.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "This is a false historical record, probably put together by someone trying to make Jabba look bad utilizing computer graphics or something. The original historical record shows no such altercation.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba wants his money from Han. If Han is dead, he can't pay him back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32456.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65upez", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "Star Wars: A New Hope] Han Solo was in a dangerous situation with Jabba the Hutt, a short-tempered and sadistic crimelord. Why would Solo provoke Jabba by stepping on his tail? Why did Jabba allow this humiliating assault in full view of his subordinates without retaliating? [A link to the historical records (The assault occurs at 1:00)", "c_root_id_A": "dge6cn4", "c_root_id_B": "dge2a82", "created_at_utc_A": 1492465479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492460739.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "This is a false historical record, probably put together by someone trying to make Jabba look bad utilizing computer graphics or something. The original historical record shows no such altercation.", "human_ref_B": "There's a reason this scene was cut in the real version.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4740.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65upez", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "Star Wars: A New Hope] Han Solo was in a dangerous situation with Jabba the Hutt, a short-tempered and sadistic crimelord. Why would Solo provoke Jabba by stepping on his tail? Why did Jabba allow this humiliating assault in full view of his subordinates without retaliating? [A link to the historical records (The assault occurs at 1:00)", "c_root_id_A": "dgdfitl", "c_root_id_B": "dgdo91u", "created_at_utc_A": 1492433023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492445030.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Jabba wants his money from Han. If Han is dead, he can't pay him back.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba is cunning and ruthless, but he also has control of his temper and a long memory. He hasn't lasted this long by killing subordinates for minor offenses at the drop of a hat. The way he treats 'his people' and talks about them seems pretty sentimental, like when he chided Han for killing 'poor Greedo'. It make him seem like an old-fashioned mobster like Vito Corleone or James Conway, who remain calm and collected and will talk nicely to you while thinking about how he's gonna have you killed. Even at the start of ROTJ, Jabba didn't actively seek Han's execution, but was content to leave him frozen in carbonite as a palace decoration. Execution by sarlacc seemed like a huge deal that doesn't happen very often--and only after Luke managed to kill Jabba's pet rancor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12007.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65upez", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "Star Wars: A New Hope] Han Solo was in a dangerous situation with Jabba the Hutt, a short-tempered and sadistic crimelord. Why would Solo provoke Jabba by stepping on his tail? Why did Jabba allow this humiliating assault in full view of his subordinates without retaliating? [A link to the historical records (The assault occurs at 1:00)", "c_root_id_A": "dge2a82", "c_root_id_B": "dgdfitl", "created_at_utc_A": 1492460739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492433023.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There's a reason this scene was cut in the real version.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba wants his money from Han. If Han is dead, he can't pay him back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27716.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2yurej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars ANH] If Solo knew that Jabba was pissed at him, and sending bounty hunters to kill him, why was he just hanging around a bar which was on Jabba's planet, in Jabba's neighborhood?", "c_root_id_A": "cpdb150", "c_root_id_B": "cpd4kzx", "created_at_utc_A": 1426216153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426204418.0, "score_A": 103, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "\"Yes, Greedo. I was just going to see your boss. Tell Jabba I've got his money.\" Solo was on his way to see Jabba to hash things out, which he soon did. He's in the neighbourhood to see Jabba personally because \"hey, I want to talk to you about the large shipment of illegal narcotics I lost when I was searched by Imperial authorities\" isn't the kind of thing you put out on the holonet. Jabba is, first and foremost, a businessman...hutt. Businesshutt. He knows that Solo is one of the best. He knows that he currently has no spice and no credits. Killing Solo is the worst case scenario - no spice, no credits and no Solo trying to get the credits. Jabba is also a gangster, so instead of sending a text message he sends a hired goon. You use what's available. Greedo was never intended to actually kill Han. Greedo was widely regarded as an idiot. Jabba knew that Han would ice Greedo, but that personal touch meant \"I'm really serious about the whole spice thing, let's talk\". If he wanted Solo dead then that's what Fett is for. Which it later escalated to.", "human_ref_B": "Solo met with Jabba right after he waxed Greedo. They talked and negotiated what Solo owed. I don't think at that point Jabba was about to lay the hammer down.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11735.0, "score_ratio": 1.5606060606, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2yurej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars ANH] If Solo knew that Jabba was pissed at him, and sending bounty hunters to kill him, why was he just hanging around a bar which was on Jabba's planet, in Jabba's neighborhood?", "c_root_id_A": "cpdb150", "c_root_id_B": "cpd63ix", "created_at_utc_A": 1426216153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426207113.0, "score_A": 103, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "\"Yes, Greedo. I was just going to see your boss. Tell Jabba I've got his money.\" Solo was on his way to see Jabba to hash things out, which he soon did. He's in the neighbourhood to see Jabba personally because \"hey, I want to talk to you about the large shipment of illegal narcotics I lost when I was searched by Imperial authorities\" isn't the kind of thing you put out on the holonet. Jabba is, first and foremost, a businessman...hutt. Businesshutt. He knows that Solo is one of the best. He knows that he currently has no spice and no credits. Killing Solo is the worst case scenario - no spice, no credits and no Solo trying to get the credits. Jabba is also a gangster, so instead of sending a text message he sends a hired goon. You use what's available. Greedo was never intended to actually kill Han. Greedo was widely regarded as an idiot. Jabba knew that Han would ice Greedo, but that personal touch meant \"I'm really serious about the whole spice thing, let's talk\". If he wanted Solo dead then that's what Fett is for. Which it later escalated to.", "human_ref_B": "When you need money to pay off a gangster, you need work and you need it fast. And he got it. He had a high enough paying job and some time to relax before Greedo caught up to him, and if it wasn't for the specific details of the job, he'd have been able to hand the money straight to Greedo and be done with it. Plus, Greedo wasn't exactly the best bounty hunter. More a hired thug than anything. Nothing Han couldn't deal with, more just a message that Jabba needed that money and was serious about getting it back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9040.0, "score_ratio": 6.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2yurej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars ANH] If Solo knew that Jabba was pissed at him, and sending bounty hunters to kill him, why was he just hanging around a bar which was on Jabba's planet, in Jabba's neighborhood?", "c_root_id_A": "cpdb150", "c_root_id_B": "cpd7gti", "created_at_utc_A": 1426216153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426209602.0, "score_A": 103, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "\"Yes, Greedo. I was just going to see your boss. Tell Jabba I've got his money.\" Solo was on his way to see Jabba to hash things out, which he soon did. He's in the neighbourhood to see Jabba personally because \"hey, I want to talk to you about the large shipment of illegal narcotics I lost when I was searched by Imperial authorities\" isn't the kind of thing you put out on the holonet. Jabba is, first and foremost, a businessman...hutt. Businesshutt. He knows that Solo is one of the best. He knows that he currently has no spice and no credits. Killing Solo is the worst case scenario - no spice, no credits and no Solo trying to get the credits. Jabba is also a gangster, so instead of sending a text message he sends a hired goon. You use what's available. Greedo was never intended to actually kill Han. Greedo was widely regarded as an idiot. Jabba knew that Han would ice Greedo, but that personal touch meant \"I'm really serious about the whole spice thing, let's talk\". If he wanted Solo dead then that's what Fett is for. Which it later escalated to.", "human_ref_B": "I figured he got caught in the area and went to the nearest place he could get work", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6551.0, "score_ratio": 103000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2yurej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars ANH] If Solo knew that Jabba was pissed at him, and sending bounty hunters to kill him, why was he just hanging around a bar which was on Jabba's planet, in Jabba's neighborhood?", "c_root_id_A": "cpe64cp", "c_root_id_B": "cpd7gti", "created_at_utc_A": 1426288071.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426209602.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Because obviously Chewbacca and Obi-Wan have had contact for years. Hence Obi-wan meeting with Chewie first in Mos Eisley. Chewbacca and R2 were rebel agents the whole time.", "human_ref_B": "I figured he got caught in the area and went to the nearest place he could get work", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 78469.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xspwq0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How would Spider-Man's tactic of enraging villains into making mistakes with motor-mouthed mockery work against DC villains?", "c_root_id_A": "iqlpp1z", "c_root_id_B": "iqlqmoq", "created_at_utc_A": 1664612773.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664613598.0, "score_A": 78, "score_B": 156, "human_ref_A": "It will work on the Joker", "human_ref_B": "It should works on any villain with some big ego and / or short tempers. Both quality are quite common.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 825.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xspwq0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How would Spider-Man's tactic of enraging villains into making mistakes with motor-mouthed mockery work against DC villains?", "c_root_id_A": "iqmiu4j", "c_root_id_B": "iqn9o7h", "created_at_utc_A": 1664633040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664644664.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the villain and likewise even in Marvel this answer also depends. There are some villains that would easily get enraged or annoyed, some that would ignore it or may even be clever enough to recognize what Peter is trying to do, and even more rare are some villains that may throw out their own jokes/jabs/insults. I'm sure there's some villains that may also be sort of used to heroes that quip a lot (maybe not on a Spider-Man level) so they may complain that \"Man, why do I never get a hero that shuts up for once like Batman??\"", "human_ref_B": "It'd work great on people like Joker , Riddler , Killer Croc, Not very well against people like Rass Al Ghoul, Deathstroke or Ghostmaker", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11624.0, "score_ratio": 1.9615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xspwq0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How would Spider-Man's tactic of enraging villains into making mistakes with motor-mouthed mockery work against DC villains?", "c_root_id_A": "iqmypab", "c_root_id_B": "iqn9o7h", "created_at_utc_A": 1664640036.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664644664.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "He'd finally outmaneuver and defeat the Joker for good", "human_ref_B": "It'd work great on people like Joker , Riddler , Killer Croc, Not very well against people like Rass Al Ghoul, Deathstroke or Ghostmaker", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4628.0, "score_ratio": 10.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xspwq0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How would Spider-Man's tactic of enraging villains into making mistakes with motor-mouthed mockery work against DC villains?", "c_root_id_A": "iqndfhg", "c_root_id_B": "iqo6c5n", "created_at_utc_A": 1664646223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664658752.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Joker would hate him so much.", "human_ref_B": "It may backfire depending on the villain. If he gets the correct stuff with Joker, he might faze him, but otherwise it's just going to be a contest one-upmanship of them taking the piss out of each other", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12529.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xspwq0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How would Spider-Man's tactic of enraging villains into making mistakes with motor-mouthed mockery work against DC villains?", "c_root_id_A": "iqo6c5n", "c_root_id_B": "iqmypab", "created_at_utc_A": 1664658752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664640036.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It may backfire depending on the villain. If he gets the correct stuff with Joker, he might faze him, but otherwise it's just going to be a contest one-upmanship of them taking the piss out of each other", "human_ref_B": "He'd finally outmaneuver and defeat the Joker for good", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18716.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xspwq0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How would Spider-Man's tactic of enraging villains into making mistakes with motor-mouthed mockery work against DC villains?", "c_root_id_A": "iqo05zu", "c_root_id_B": "iqo6c5n", "created_at_utc_A": 1664656071.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664658752.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how stable, emotional or disciplined they are. People like Lex Luthor, Deathstroke or Ras al Ghul would be unfazed to mildly annoyed. Mr Freeze and Bane as well depending on the specific depiction. But for a lot it would be pretty effective, especially if their thing is instilling fear. He'd make fun of their outfits and their gimmicks.", "human_ref_B": "It may backfire depending on the villain. If he gets the correct stuff with Joker, he might faze him, but otherwise it's just going to be a contest one-upmanship of them taking the piss out of each other", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2681.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xspwq0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How would Spider-Man's tactic of enraging villains into making mistakes with motor-mouthed mockery work against DC villains?", "c_root_id_A": "iqo05zu", "c_root_id_B": "iqov2d7", "created_at_utc_A": 1664656071.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664670236.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how stable, emotional or disciplined they are. People like Lex Luthor, Deathstroke or Ras al Ghul would be unfazed to mildly annoyed. Mr Freeze and Bane as well depending on the specific depiction. But for a lot it would be pretty effective, especially if their thing is instilling fear. He'd make fun of their outfits and their gimmicks.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019d work on most villains. They can\u2019t handle having someone tear their ego down.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14165.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "82ob56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel] Shield gains access to two updated versions of the SSS which are 100% guaranteed to create two more Caps at 0% failure rate but they can't be replicated whatsoever. Every Shield agent is willing, but who would be the most logical candidates?", "c_root_id_A": "dvbih3t", "c_root_id_B": "dvbkuuq", "created_at_utc_A": 1520430329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520433158.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Have all the agents take physical and mental aptitude tests, and pick whomever has the highest mental score and the lowest physical score. You want to pick a physically weak person because they will gain the most from the serum. Someone that's already physically powerful will benefit, but not as much.", "human_ref_B": "Banner, just to see what would happen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2829.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "82ob56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel] Shield gains access to two updated versions of the SSS which are 100% guaranteed to create two more Caps at 0% failure rate but they can't be replicated whatsoever. Every Shield agent is willing, but who would be the most logical candidates?", "c_root_id_A": "dvbkuuq", "c_root_id_B": "dvbks9q", "created_at_utc_A": 1520433158.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520433076.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Banner, just to see what would happen.", "human_ref_B": "Someone who is loyal to SHIELD to a fault. You want a weapon, not a hero.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 82.0, "score_ratio": 1.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "82ob56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel] Shield gains access to two updated versions of the SSS which are 100% guaranteed to create two more Caps at 0% failure rate but they can't be replicated whatsoever. Every Shield agent is willing, but who would be the most logical candidates?", "c_root_id_A": "dvbkkoq", "c_root_id_B": "dvbkuuq", "created_at_utc_A": 1520432842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520433158.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "MCU, Coulson and Mac. Comics, Clint Barton and Bucky Barnes.", "human_ref_B": "Banner, just to see what would happen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 316.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "82ob56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel] Shield gains access to two updated versions of the SSS which are 100% guaranteed to create two more Caps at 0% failure rate but they can't be replicated whatsoever. Every Shield agent is willing, but who would be the most logical candidates?", "c_root_id_A": "dvbih3t", "c_root_id_B": "dvbks9q", "created_at_utc_A": 1520430329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520433076.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Have all the agents take physical and mental aptitude tests, and pick whomever has the highest mental score and the lowest physical score. You want to pick a physically weak person because they will gain the most from the serum. Someone that's already physically powerful will benefit, but not as much.", "human_ref_B": "Someone who is loyal to SHIELD to a fault. You want a weapon, not a hero.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2747.0, "score_ratio": 1.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "82ob56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel] Shield gains access to two updated versions of the SSS which are 100% guaranteed to create two more Caps at 0% failure rate but they can't be replicated whatsoever. Every Shield agent is willing, but who would be the most logical candidates?", "c_root_id_A": "dvbkkoq", "c_root_id_B": "dvbks9q", "created_at_utc_A": 1520432842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520433076.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "MCU, Coulson and Mac. Comics, Clint Barton and Bucky Barnes.", "human_ref_B": "Someone who is loyal to SHIELD to a fault. You want a weapon, not a hero.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 234.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "82ob56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel] Shield gains access to two updated versions of the SSS which are 100% guaranteed to create two more Caps at 0% failure rate but they can't be replicated whatsoever. Every Shield agent is willing, but who would be the most logical candidates?", "c_root_id_A": "dvbkkoq", "c_root_id_B": "dvbwo5g", "created_at_utc_A": 1520432842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520444256.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "MCU, Coulson and Mac. Comics, Clint Barton and Bucky Barnes.", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty sure there would be a war within Shield over how best to use the SSS You'd have one side who would want to go the Black Widow route -She does what she is told. She killed for the bad guys and thought she could make amends by killing for the good guys ... You'd have the other side who could want another Steve Rogers ...the guy who single handedly destroyed Shield headquarters and the majority of its infrastructure because he felt it had become too bad to salvage. When he made that decision he inspired shield agents to follow suit at the cost of their lives -he even flipped Black Widow. If you are in the business of doing whatever is necessary to get the job done for the greater good ...Someone like Rogers, a person who answers to his conscience first you could see your investment walk away and disappear because he doesn't agree with you. he might even actively fight against you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11414.0, "score_ratio": 1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "82ob56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel] Shield gains access to two updated versions of the SSS which are 100% guaranteed to create two more Caps at 0% failure rate but they can't be replicated whatsoever. Every Shield agent is willing, but who would be the most logical candidates?", "c_root_id_A": "dvbwo5g", "c_root_id_B": "dvbrd6a", "created_at_utc_A": 1520444256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520439539.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure there would be a war within Shield over how best to use the SSS You'd have one side who would want to go the Black Widow route -She does what she is told. She killed for the bad guys and thought she could make amends by killing for the good guys ... You'd have the other side who could want another Steve Rogers ...the guy who single handedly destroyed Shield headquarters and the majority of its infrastructure because he felt it had become too bad to salvage. When he made that decision he inspired shield agents to follow suit at the cost of their lives -he even flipped Black Widow. If you are in the business of doing whatever is necessary to get the job done for the greater good ...Someone like Rogers, a person who answers to his conscience first you could see your investment walk away and disappear because he doesn't agree with you. he might even actively fight against you.", "human_ref_B": "You don't get to decide. Hydra will steal one. During the assault, they will lock someone in the SSS chamber and turn it one to 200% in an attempt to kill that person. It'll probably be one of the scientist that worked on it. The result will be Dr. Banner/Hulk type Cap. The person will be 2x Cap, but only under extreme fear induced stress. Meanwhile Hydra will escape with the other vile.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4717.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ndqnpk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] Would Thanos survive a single shot by that incinerator gun that Vulture used on Shocker on accident in Spider-Man Homecoming?", "c_root_id_A": "gyc79c8", "c_root_id_B": "gyc2ywn", "created_at_utc_A": 1621182318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621180305.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Almost certainly. Thanos has immense durability feats. He takes lightning blasts from Mjolnir and Thor, he takes physical punishment from high tier beings, and when he orders the Sanctuary II to rain fire neither he nor Corvus Glaive indicate that anybody but their troops will be in danger which leads me to believe Thanos could tank one of those hits. The disintegration ray that Vulture used would probably sting Thanos but it would be unlikely to do major lasting damage.", "human_ref_B": "Wouldn\u2019t bother him at all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2013.0, "score_ratio": 6.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwr0r8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have punished Krennic or Tarkin in any way for the Death Star if they survived, since they were both somewhat responsible for it's destruction ?", "c_root_id_A": "ifrg958", "c_root_id_B": "ifrjk1r", "created_at_utc_A": 1657568320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657569621.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Krennic absolutely. He willfully aided and abetted the spies who ran off with the plans of the Death Star and designed the thing to be vulnerable in the first place. His death would have likely not been quick and would probably have been shown to the next engineering team as \u2018encouragement.\u2019 Tarkin probably would have walked away alive, albeit likely sidelined or retired. Ultimately Tarkin was following the doctrine he designed for the Emperor and so skillfully instituted across the galaxy when the Death Star exploded. He had successfully tracked down the main rebel headquarters and was about to crush it with unspeakable force, demonstrating the overwhelming power of the Empire and securing its security for years to come. Then some teenager managed to blow up his battle station due to the aforementioned espionage. Nobody was expecting that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1301.0, "score_ratio": 41.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwr0r8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have punished Krennic or Tarkin in any way for the Death Star if they survived, since they were both somewhat responsible for it's destruction ?", "c_root_id_A": "ifrg958", "c_root_id_B": "ifsdq78", "created_at_utc_A": 1657568320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657581756.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Krennic would have absolutely died in the worst way one can imagine. Tarkin would usually be protected, somewhat, from the screwups of his underlings. Palpatine had a sort of fondness, perhaps even kinship, with Tarkin, along with Tarkin's high level of general competence, that allowed Tarkin a bit more leeway than everyone else. But a disaster on this scale would likely have gotten even him killed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13436.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwr0r8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have punished Krennic or Tarkin in any way for the Death Star if they survived, since they were both somewhat responsible for it's destruction ?", "c_root_id_A": "ifrjqcv", "c_root_id_B": "ifrg958", "created_at_utc_A": 1657569689.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657568320.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine repeatedly murdered and resurrected the engineer whose oversight led to the exhaust port being exposed before putting the guy to task of fixing the error. I'd be surprised if he *didn't*.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1369.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwr0r8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have punished Krennic or Tarkin in any way for the Death Star if they survived, since they were both somewhat responsible for it's destruction ?", "c_root_id_A": "ifrg958", "c_root_id_B": "ifuc29v", "created_at_utc_A": 1657568320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657623871.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The 2015 Darth Vader comic has a line from Palpatine regarding the destruction of the Death Star, \"*Yes, Tarkin, Motti, and the others share the blame, but you are the only one still living to suffer my anger.*\" He also acknowledged the dissolution of the senate would result in a loss of order which could only be held with the presence of the Death Star. Tarkin surviving the loss of the Death Star after giving the order to destroy Alderaan would not result in good things for him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 55551.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwr0r8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have punished Krennic or Tarkin in any way for the Death Star if they survived, since they were both somewhat responsible for it's destruction ?", "c_root_id_A": "ifrg958", "c_root_id_B": "ifwaxe0", "created_at_utc_A": 1657568320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657654726.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Tarkin could pretty easily point the finger at Vader, and while he would have been punished Vader would bear the brunt of the blame. The rebels with the plans were allowed to escape because Vader wanted a bit of petty intel on the rebels.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 86406.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwr0r8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have punished Krennic or Tarkin in any way for the Death Star if they survived, since they were both somewhat responsible for it's destruction ?", "c_root_id_A": "itsezj7", "c_root_id_B": "ifrg958", "created_at_utc_A": 1666740286.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657568320.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Late to the Discussion but in the Rogue One Novelization and from the short story \"Verge of Greatness\" which is in the book \"From A Certain point of view\" Krennic during his confrontation with Erso had figured out Galen putting a defect in the death star, so if Krennic somehow had survived the battle than he would've taken the battle station offline and looked at the blueprints to find the flaw. TLDR: Had he lived DS1 wouldn't have been destroyed", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9171966.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwr0r8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have punished Krennic or Tarkin in any way for the Death Star if they survived, since they were both somewhat responsible for it's destruction ?", "c_root_id_A": "ifsdq78", "c_root_id_B": "ifrjqcv", "created_at_utc_A": 1657581756.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657569689.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Krennic would have absolutely died in the worst way one can imagine. Tarkin would usually be protected, somewhat, from the screwups of his underlings. Palpatine had a sort of fondness, perhaps even kinship, with Tarkin, along with Tarkin's high level of general competence, that allowed Tarkin a bit more leeway than everyone else. But a disaster on this scale would likely have gotten even him killed.", "human_ref_B": "Palpatine repeatedly murdered and resurrected the engineer whose oversight led to the exhaust port being exposed before putting the guy to task of fixing the error. I'd be surprised if he *didn't*.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12067.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxflnv", "c_root_id_B": "ixxdlc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1669519057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669518037.0, "score_A": 142, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It just takes 'Matches Malone' spreading around a few rumors to the effect of 'maybe we just never heard from the ones he bumped off cuz he never left any witnesses' Criminals are, after all, superstitious", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1020.0, "score_ratio": 142.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxmub4", "c_root_id_B": "ixxdlc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1669522852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669518037.0, "score_A": 104, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the episode \"Secret Society\" of the animated Justice League series, there's a scene where the Flash interrogates a guy Batman style by dangling him off a roof. The guy compares The Flash to Batman by saying: >\"Look, buddy, I know Batman. I once ratted out a counterfeiter to Batman, and believe me, you are no Bat-\" And then the Flash dropped him. (He ran down the building and caught him, don't worry) Point being, I think that your average street thug *says* to himself that Batman doesn't kill anybody, but that's a lot harder to believe when you're dangling from the roof of a skyscraper or you just watched a black shadow break your buddy's jaw. I'd say that nobody is really certain that Batman doesn't kill people: just because he *hasn't* doesn't mean he *can't*... or *won't*.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxtaii", "c_root_id_B": "ixxdlc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1669526665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669518037.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think it\u2019s known, mainly because it doesn\u2019t take a rocket scientist to figure out that if Batman were to kill anyone, it would be Joker. For how many times Batman has captured Joker, he\u2019s never killed him \u2014 and he\u2019s had plenty of opportunity to do so. So if he\u2019s not killing Joker, odds are that he\u2019s not killing anyone. But there are worse things than being killed by the Bat. *That* is what scares the criminals.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixycbu3", "c_root_id_B": "ixxdlc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1669541760.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669518037.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Excellent answer by u/tosser1579 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/ucflhk/comment/i6a4wja/ You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. *** \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxdlc6", "c_root_id_B": "ixy8d05", "created_at_utc_A": 1669518037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669538247.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It really depends on the interpretation but assuming we're talking about the darker grittier ones the fact that people die all the time in Gotham between gang wars, general crime, and the shennangians of Batman's rogue gallery it starts to stick out that Batman has never actually just straight up killed someone.. even in pragmatic situations not only will he not kill people to end a hostage situation, or because most people would just reasonably say he didn't have a choice, eventually it just becomes something odd of his that's hard to ignore. If he's not even going to kill someone like Victor Zsasz or Joker when lives are on the line (potentially a lot of them in fact) why would he kill you for holding up a liquor store or just being the guy that sold Penguine a few keys of coke?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20210.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixyay1t", "c_root_id_B": "ixxdlc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1669540538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669518037.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I feel like even if it was common knowledge that Batman doesn\u2019t kill people a lot of criminal would still be afraid of being the FIRST", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22501.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxdlc6", "c_root_id_B": "ixz78ep", "created_at_utc_A": 1669518037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669562618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The only time I can think of that thugs are aware of this rule is in Arkham Knight where all the Arkham Knight\u2019s thugs have been informed of Batman\u2019s no kill policy. In fact one of them was so confident in that rule that they willingly strapped explosives to their body that would go off if Batman knocked them unconscious to act as a deterrent, knowing Batman would avoid killing at all costs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44581.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixycbu3", "c_root_id_B": "ixy8d05", "created_at_utc_A": 1669541760.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669538247.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Excellent answer by u/tosser1579 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/ucflhk/comment/i6a4wja/ You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. *** \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "human_ref_B": "It really depends on the interpretation but assuming we're talking about the darker grittier ones the fact that people die all the time in Gotham between gang wars, general crime, and the shennangians of Batman's rogue gallery it starts to stick out that Batman has never actually just straight up killed someone.. even in pragmatic situations not only will he not kill people to end a hostage situation, or because most people would just reasonably say he didn't have a choice, eventually it just becomes something odd of his that's hard to ignore. If he's not even going to kill someone like Victor Zsasz or Joker when lives are on the line (potentially a lot of them in fact) why would he kill you for holding up a liquor store or just being the guy that sold Penguine a few keys of coke?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3513.0, "score_ratio": 5.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixycbu3", "c_root_id_B": "ixyay1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1669541760.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669540538.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Excellent answer by u/tosser1579 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/ucflhk/comment/i6a4wja/ You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. *** \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "human_ref_B": "I feel like even if it was common knowledge that Batman doesn\u2019t kill people a lot of criminal would still be afraid of being the FIRST", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1222.0, "score_ratio": 14.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixy41fg", "c_root_id_B": "ixycbu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1669534530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669541760.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "In the US, medical bills can be a killer, so...", "human_ref_B": "Excellent answer by u/tosser1579 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/ucflhk/comment/i6a4wja/ You know that Batman won't kill. You have a gods eye view of the whole situation. You know what Batman is actually thinking half the time. The average criminal in Gotham has seen people that were absolutely destroyed by Batman. Broken arms, frostbite, long term lasting injuries that sort of thing. Some of the bad guys don't come back either, they just vanish. The audience knows those criminals gave up the life of crime and moved out of Gotham. The local criminals think Batman killed them. *** \"Batman doesn't kill,\" said the new guy. Mitch groaned, and felt his shoulder pop, again. \"You believe that garbage,\" said Mitch, grabbing his coffee. \"Batman beat me within an inch of my life. The only reason I'm alive is Wayne has a hard-on for the bat and pays off his medical bills.\" \"Why is that,\" asked the new guy. \"Eh, going skinny is that pretty boy Wayne got saved by the Bat and to him its all a drop in the bucket anyway,\" groaned Mitch. \"Let me tell you, I was working for the clown a few years back and the bat dropped into the middle of our heist. We had 9 guys to start with. Heck my old friend Horace was there. By the time he started fighting there was just five of us left, and Horace wasn't one of them. I actually got a good hit in on him.\" \"Yeah, right,\" said the new guy. \"Lots of guys get in one good shot on batman, but that's all you get,\" said Mitch rotating his arm, it was stiffer than usual lately, \"Generally he just knocked you out. If you actually hit him, he makes sure you can't do it again. So I go for a second hit and he's ready this time. Breaks my shoulder, arm, three of my teeth and my nose.\" \"Did it hurt him,\" asked the noob. \"No, you can't hurt the bat. He's a vampire, or something damn near it,\" said Mitch. \"Anyway, I get picked up by the police, and they take us to the bat wing of the hospital. That's where all the goons that batman beats up go. Of our gang of 9, five of us are there. Clown isn't, of course. He went straight to Arkham. I check around, four of those guys are just poof, gone. I grew up with Horace, he was my best friend since I was a kid. I can't even go to his grave, we had a little ceremony for him. \" \"He killed them,\" asked the moron. \"Duh, drank their blood, had the cops hide the bodies. Bet old Bruce is in on that too. Mr Wayne is a drunken lout, but he tries to keep Gotham from looking too bad in the press,\" said Mitch. \"But I heard somewhere he said he doesn't kill,\" said the idiot. \"And the cops say there are honest, and the mayor says you can earn a living doing a 9-5 job. Sorry, kid. They got you believing a pack of lies.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7230.0, "score_ratio": 29.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixy41fg", "c_root_id_B": "ixy8d05", "created_at_utc_A": 1669534530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669538247.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In the US, medical bills can be a killer, so...", "human_ref_B": "It really depends on the interpretation but assuming we're talking about the darker grittier ones the fact that people die all the time in Gotham between gang wars, general crime, and the shennangians of Batman's rogue gallery it starts to stick out that Batman has never actually just straight up killed someone.. even in pragmatic situations not only will he not kill people to end a hostage situation, or because most people would just reasonably say he didn't have a choice, eventually it just becomes something odd of his that's hard to ignore. If he's not even going to kill someone like Victor Zsasz or Joker when lives are on the line (potentially a lot of them in fact) why would he kill you for holding up a liquor store or just being the guy that sold Penguine a few keys of coke?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3717.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixy41fg", "c_root_id_B": "ixyay1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1669534530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669540538.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In the US, medical bills can be a killer, so...", "human_ref_B": "I feel like even if it was common knowledge that Batman doesn\u2019t kill people a lot of criminal would still be afraid of being the FIRST", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6008.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixy41fg", "c_root_id_B": "ixz78ep", "created_at_utc_A": 1669534530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669562618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In the US, medical bills can be a killer, so...", "human_ref_B": "The only time I can think of that thugs are aware of this rule is in Arkham Knight where all the Arkham Knight\u2019s thugs have been informed of Batman\u2019s no kill policy. In fact one of them was so confident in that rule that they willingly strapped explosives to their body that would go off if Batman knocked them unconscious to act as a deterrent, knowing Batman would avoid killing at all costs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28088.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixz78ep", "c_root_id_B": "ixycz96", "created_at_utc_A": 1669562618.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669542343.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The only time I can think of that thugs are aware of this rule is in Arkham Knight where all the Arkham Knight\u2019s thugs have been informed of Batman\u2019s no kill policy. In fact one of them was so confident in that rule that they willingly strapped explosives to their body that would go off if Batman knocked them unconscious to act as a deterrent, knowing Batman would avoid killing at all costs.", "human_ref_B": "He can still kill you by accident or just allowed you to die, also if you aren't loaded a severe injury in the American health system can be faith worse then death", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20275.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixye5kh", "c_root_id_B": "ixz78ep", "created_at_utc_A": 1669543381.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669562618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the average street thug in Gotham knows he hasn\u2019t killed anyone (that they know of) but they don\u2019t have the intimate knowledge of Bats that his rogues gallery does. The Joker for example knows he has a strict moral code and has made it his mission to test the strength of that code by committing as many atrocities as possible to see what will take for him to finally snap. But all Joe Toughguy knows is he creeps around in shadows, puts him and his crew in the ER every time they fight him and occasionally he dangles one of them off a rooftop to get information. Who knows what he\u2019ll do if they piss him off too much. Why bother finding out?", "human_ref_B": "The only time I can think of that thugs are aware of this rule is in Arkham Knight where all the Arkham Knight\u2019s thugs have been informed of Batman\u2019s no kill policy. In fact one of them was so confident in that rule that they willingly strapped explosives to their body that would go off if Batman knocked them unconscious to act as a deterrent, knowing Batman would avoid killing at all costs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19237.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixyf8uw", "c_root_id_B": "ixz78ep", "created_at_utc_A": 1669544350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669562618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The smarter ones could probably make a guess at that, but that\u2019s not necessarily going to help much if you and your gang end up in the hospital with half of your bones broken every time you run into Batman. Plus, for all you know, he may kill in specific circumstances, and you don\u2019t want to be the guy who figures out that line in the sand for yourself.", "human_ref_B": "The only time I can think of that thugs are aware of this rule is in Arkham Knight where all the Arkham Knight\u2019s thugs have been informed of Batman\u2019s no kill policy. In fact one of them was so confident in that rule that they willingly strapped explosives to their body that would go off if Batman knocked them unconscious to act as a deterrent, knowing Batman would avoid killing at all costs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18268.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixyk2w9", "c_root_id_B": "ixz78ep", "created_at_utc_A": 1669548565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669562618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Batman not killing can be terrifying, some things are worse than death. Living with permanent damage can be torture.", "human_ref_B": "The only time I can think of that thugs are aware of this rule is in Arkham Knight where all the Arkham Knight\u2019s thugs have been informed of Batman\u2019s no kill policy. In fact one of them was so confident in that rule that they willingly strapped explosives to their body that would go off if Batman knocked them unconscious to act as a deterrent, knowing Batman would avoid killing at all costs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14053.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixycz96", "c_root_id_B": "ixye5kh", "created_at_utc_A": 1669542343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669543381.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He can still kill you by accident or just allowed you to die, also if you aren't loaded a severe injury in the American health system can be faith worse then death", "human_ref_B": "I think the average street thug in Gotham knows he hasn\u2019t killed anyone (that they know of) but they don\u2019t have the intimate knowledge of Bats that his rogues gallery does. The Joker for example knows he has a strict moral code and has made it his mission to test the strength of that code by committing as many atrocities as possible to see what will take for him to finally snap. But all Joe Toughguy knows is he creeps around in shadows, puts him and his crew in the ER every time they fight him and occasionally he dangles one of them off a rooftop to get information. Who knows what he\u2019ll do if they piss him off too much. Why bother finding out?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1038.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixycz96", "c_root_id_B": "ixyf8uw", "created_at_utc_A": 1669542343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669544350.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He can still kill you by accident or just allowed you to die, also if you aren't loaded a severe injury in the American health system can be faith worse then death", "human_ref_B": "The smarter ones could probably make a guess at that, but that\u2019s not necessarily going to help much if you and your gang end up in the hospital with half of your bones broken every time you run into Batman. Plus, for all you know, he may kill in specific circumstances, and you don\u2019t want to be the guy who figures out that line in the sand for yourself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2007.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5pr98", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Batman] How aware are the criminals of Gotham that Batman has a no kill policy? His Arkham Asylum veteran villains probably know by now but if you\u2019re a two bit thug or common criminal in Gotham are you going out knowing that if you run into Batman maybe he\u2019ll rough you up a bit, but you\u2019re going to survive the night? For fun we can compare various Batmen and how likely it is it\u2019s known. Adam West Batman? There\u2019s no way anyone\u2019s afraid he\u2019s gonna kill anyone. Michael Keaton Batman? He very well might kill you.", "c_root_id_A": "ixycz96", "c_root_id_B": "ixyk2w9", "created_at_utc_A": 1669542343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669548565.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He can still kill you by accident or just allowed you to die, also if you aren't loaded a severe injury in the American health system can be faith worse then death", "human_ref_B": "Batman not killing can be terrifying, some things are worse than death. Living with permanent damage can be torture.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6222.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "51iiwr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars ROTS] What was Palpatines plan when he told Anakin that he was a Sith and let him pull a Lightsaber on him. All those decades of work could have gone very wrong, very quick, what the hell was he thinking?", "c_root_id_A": "d7c9ua3", "c_root_id_B": "d7c844w", "created_at_utc_A": 1473212466.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1473209937.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I assume you're asking what if Anakin had decided to kill Sidious right then and there? Powerful as Anakin was at that time, Sidious was still significantly stronger than him. Plus, Anakin's emotions were very much evident to Sidious, who could easily sense Anakin's fear, doubt, and anger through the Force. Therefore, if Anakin had really decided to kill Sidious there, Sidious would sense the attack before it was made, and would block the blow with the lightsaber hidden in his sleeve. In other words, even though Anakin was pointing his lightsaber at Sidious's face, Sidious was nonetheless confident that he was under no danger.", "human_ref_B": "At that point it didn't matter. He was already planning on enacting order 66 ninja edit: If you are referring to Mace and company defeating him as what could have possibly gone wrong, there is a popular theory that Palpz let him get the upper hand, and in truth, was never in any danger. Yes things could have gone wrong, but /u/lazypalpatine was confident that he would be alive for order 66, and see his plan come to successful fruition.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2529.0, "score_ratio": 7.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "51iiwr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars ROTS] What was Palpatines plan when he told Anakin that he was a Sith and let him pull a Lightsaber on him. All those decades of work could have gone very wrong, very quick, what the hell was he thinking?", "c_root_id_A": "d7c844w", "c_root_id_B": "d7cb9vl", "created_at_utc_A": 1473209937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1473214575.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "At that point it didn't matter. He was already planning on enacting order 66 ninja edit: If you are referring to Mace and company defeating him as what could have possibly gone wrong, there is a popular theory that Palpz let him get the upper hand, and in truth, was never in any danger. Yes things could have gone wrong, but /u/lazypalpatine was confident that he would be alive for order 66, and see his plan come to successful fruition.", "human_ref_B": "He was thinking \"i'm a mind reading/controlling wizard who has my hooks in this stupid little bitch, time to pull the trigger.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4638.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "51iiwr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars ROTS] What was Palpatines plan when he told Anakin that he was a Sith and let him pull a Lightsaber on him. All those decades of work could have gone very wrong, very quick, what the hell was he thinking?", "c_root_id_A": "d7cwksn", "c_root_id_B": "d7c844w", "created_at_utc_A": 1473262990.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1473209937.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "This is a guy whose actual Grand Plan involved getting kidnapped by his own (secret) employee and smuggled onto a battleship in the middle of a huge battle that would subsequently be destroyed *while he was still on it*. And that was the \"*win*\" condition. I'd say it's fair to think he gets off on taking some really huge risks.", "human_ref_B": "At that point it didn't matter. He was already planning on enacting order 66 ninja edit: If you are referring to Mace and company defeating him as what could have possibly gone wrong, there is a popular theory that Palpz let him get the upper hand, and in truth, was never in any danger. Yes things could have gone wrong, but /u/lazypalpatine was confident that he would be alive for order 66, and see his plan come to successful fruition.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 53053.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wwj91x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Heroes in General] are there any heroes who used to have a no killing policy but changed it after a certain event or after a certain amount of time?", "c_root_id_A": "illbnc2", "c_root_id_B": "ill9ufv", "created_at_utc_A": 1661347916.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661347126.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The Green Lantern Corps enabled lethal force on their rings during the war with the Sinestro Corps. Before that, the rings were incapable of administering lethal force. I believe the X-Men used to have a no kill policy that was dropped.", "human_ref_B": "superman in injustice", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 790.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wwj91x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Heroes in General] are there any heroes who used to have a no killing policy but changed it after a certain event or after a certain amount of time?", "c_root_id_A": "illc7m0", "c_root_id_B": "ill9ufv", "created_at_utc_A": 1661348160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661347126.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Jason Todd when he went from being Robin to being Red Hood, he was quite a changed person after the Joker beat him to death and Ra's al Ghul resurrected him.", "human_ref_B": "superman in injustice", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1034.0, "score_ratio": 1.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wwj91x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Heroes in General] are there any heroes who used to have a no killing policy but changed it after a certain event or after a certain amount of time?", "c_root_id_A": "ill9ufv", "c_root_id_B": "illdc8l", "created_at_utc_A": 1661347126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661348646.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "superman in injustice", "human_ref_B": "While it didn't last that way permanently, during the *Back in Black* arc, Spider-Man was very much going to kill the sniper who shot his aunt (he died before he could do the deed himself) and then promised he'd kill Wilson Fisk for orchestrating all of that once his Aunt died. While Peter has killed either accidentally or been driven to almost nearly kill someone he's generally one of the \"I don't want to kill people\" crowd", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1520.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ngr3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars]Droid Naming Conventions: All (or most) droids I've seen in the Star Wars universe have a 4 digit alpha-numeric name. Does that mean there are only 1,679,616 droids at any one time in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcbeq0b", "c_root_id_B": "dcbdtfo", "created_at_utc_A": 1484191293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484190099.0, "score_A": 131, "score_B": 113, "human_ref_A": "It's not a 4 digit alphanumeric name. It's (series)+(designation). R2-D2 is an R2-series droid and has the designation \"D2\". This ordering is the convention for most droids. C-3PO however is the other way around, being a 3PO unit with designation \"C\", which probably meant something to the droid's creator, who apparently built it out of spare parts. Since anyone can apparently build and designate a droid based on established schematics and without consulting to see if there are other droids with the same designation, it's likely there are droids with the same \"name\" in the galaxy. And anyway: push comes to shove you can always add more digits. You really think there are only 9 BB units? Edit: Spelling", "human_ref_B": "4-letter robot names are just fragments of long serial numbers. Case in example, R2-D2 could be R2-D2987-Q9882S-F270712", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1194.0, "score_ratio": 1.1592920354, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ngr3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars]Droid Naming Conventions: All (or most) droids I've seen in the Star Wars universe have a 4 digit alpha-numeric name. Does that mean there are only 1,679,616 droids at any one time in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcbfq4z", "c_root_id_B": "dcbeuav", "created_at_utc_A": 1484192620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484191452.0, "score_A": 81, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Nope. According to both canon and legends, they are just pieces of the droids' serial. Canon: >Cassian had killed K-2SO (whose true designation was far longer and far grander, rich with meaning and history that described his factory of origin, the date and time of his initialization, and more) and brought him back both smaller and larger than he had been. K-2SO did not mourn for his old self, but there were times he grew wistful over what he had been. (Rogue One official novelization) Legends: >Image from Star Wars Insider *Answer stolen from Stack Exchange.*", "human_ref_B": "The four-digit code is merely a model name, not an individual one. It should also be noted that there are, strictly speaking, many more variations depending on where the dash lands in the name. Droids could typically discern whether they were individually being referred to by analyzing inflections and/or body language in their masters; they were also capable of using logical analysis of a situation to determine whether they were likely being addressed. Many also gave specific droids nicknames; Corran Horn, for instance, nicknamed his R2-D2 unit \"Whistler\".", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1168.0, "score_ratio": 5.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ngr3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars]Droid Naming Conventions: All (or most) droids I've seen in the Star Wars universe have a 4 digit alpha-numeric name. Does that mean there are only 1,679,616 droids at any one time in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcbfq4z", "c_root_id_B": "dcbf3n4", "created_at_utc_A": 1484192620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484191791.0, "score_A": 81, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Nope. According to both canon and legends, they are just pieces of the droids' serial. Canon: >Cassian had killed K-2SO (whose true designation was far longer and far grander, rich with meaning and history that described his factory of origin, the date and time of his initialization, and more) and brought him back both smaller and larger than he had been. K-2SO did not mourn for his old self, but there were times he grew wistful over what he had been. (Rogue One official novelization) Legends: >Image from Star Wars Insider *Answer stolen from Stack Exchange.*", "human_ref_B": "There are thousands of people in the United States alone with the same name (first and last), so why would you think that droids wouldn't repeat designations?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 829.0, "score_ratio": 11.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ngr3x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars]Droid Naming Conventions: All (or most) droids I've seen in the Star Wars universe have a 4 digit alpha-numeric name. Does that mean there are only 1,679,616 droids at any one time in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcbfyuj", "c_root_id_B": "dcbi26z", "created_at_utc_A": 1484192951.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484195957.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The four-digit thing is not a unique identifier. Much like there can be more than one \"John Smith\" on the planet at any given time.", "human_ref_B": "What, do you think there's some central Droid authority that regulates the serial number of every faction/manufacturer's robot in the galaxy? There's probably 40 R2-D2s, 30 K2-S0's, etc., the odds of running into another are incredibly low.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3006.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23iopt", "c_root_id_B": "d23ib1i", "created_at_utc_A": 1460688318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460687777.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Until recently, Amadeus Cho...now he's...a bit green.", "human_ref_B": "Amadeus Cho, Hank Pym.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 541.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23lj6x", "c_root_id_B": "d23ib1i", "created_at_utc_A": 1460692853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460687777.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Ozymandias is at base just a really smart guy. He used his intellect to also make himself physically brilliant, but it boils down to a great mind. Black Panther seems like a near fit, along with the already-mentioned Richards and Stark. Dr. Strange and Hank McCoy also seem close.", "human_ref_B": "Amadeus Cho, Hank Pym.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5076.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23q5bq", "c_root_id_B": "d23ib1i", "created_at_utc_A": 1460703838.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460687777.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Detective Chimp. He's a chimp who can talk and solves mysteries in a stereotypical Sherlock Holmes costume. He has been known to chat with Batman over the internet to help Batman on a case.", "human_ref_B": "Amadeus Cho, Hank Pym.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16061.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23mcls", "c_root_id_B": "d23q5bq", "created_at_utc_A": 1460694361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460703838.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "human_ref_B": "Detective Chimp. He's a chimp who can talk and solves mysteries in a stereotypical Sherlock Holmes costume. He has been known to chat with Batman over the internet to help Batman on a case.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9477.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23q5bq", "c_root_id_B": "d23oq77", "created_at_utc_A": 1460703838.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460699780.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Detective Chimp. He's a chimp who can talk and solves mysteries in a stereotypical Sherlock Holmes costume. He has been known to chat with Batman over the internet to help Batman on a case.", "human_ref_B": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4058.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23vlb8", "c_root_id_B": "d23u44r", "created_at_utc_A": 1460722154.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460718080.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You should check out Worm. It's a superhero setting where people with intellect powers are common, and pretty much run the show. Iron Man types are more common than what you are looking for, but I think you'd enjoy it. Most of the pure intellect ones do still end up as villains, but there are heroes as well. Also, who's a hero and who's a villain is often up for debate.", "human_ref_B": "Prodigy - former X-Men student, current Young Avenger - had the mutant power of knowing stuff. Literally - his power was that he knew everything that everyone he met knew. He lost his powers on M-Day, but still retains the knowledge. Which, as he's specified, includes not just academic knowledge, but everything from combat training to sexual proclivities (but not the physical conditioning or anatomy necessary to immediately apply any of it).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4074.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23ib1i", "c_root_id_B": "d23vlb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1460687777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460722154.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Amadeus Cho, Hank Pym.", "human_ref_B": "You should check out Worm. It's a superhero setting where people with intellect powers are common, and pretty much run the show. Iron Man types are more common than what you are looking for, but I think you'd enjoy it. Most of the pure intellect ones do still end up as villains, but there are heroes as well. Also, who's a hero and who's a villain is often up for debate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34377.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23vlb8", "c_root_id_B": "d23uhk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1460722154.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460719226.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You should check out Worm. It's a superhero setting where people with intellect powers are common, and pretty much run the show. Iron Man types are more common than what you are looking for, but I think you'd enjoy it. Most of the pure intellect ones do still end up as villains, but there are heroes as well. Also, who's a hero and who's a villain is often up for debate.", "human_ref_B": "Mad Thinker is the first that comes to my mind. To me he's an incredibly unique and underrated character. EDIT: Just noticed you wanted good guys. Sorry!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2928.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23mcls", "c_root_id_B": "d23vlb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1460694361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460722154.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "human_ref_B": "You should check out Worm. It's a superhero setting where people with intellect powers are common, and pretty much run the show. Iron Man types are more common than what you are looking for, but I think you'd enjoy it. Most of the pure intellect ones do still end up as villains, but there are heroes as well. Also, who's a hero and who's a villain is often up for debate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27793.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23oq77", "c_root_id_B": "d23vlb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1460699780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460722154.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "human_ref_B": "You should check out Worm. It's a superhero setting where people with intellect powers are common, and pretty much run the show. Iron Man types are more common than what you are looking for, but I think you'd enjoy it. Most of the pure intellect ones do still end up as villains, but there are heroes as well. Also, who's a hero and who's a villain is often up for debate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22374.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23rs9m", "c_root_id_B": "d23vlb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1460709489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460722154.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "human_ref_B": "You should check out Worm. It's a superhero setting where people with intellect powers are common, and pretty much run the show. Iron Man types are more common than what you are looking for, but I think you'd enjoy it. Most of the pure intellect ones do still end up as villains, but there are heroes as well. Also, who's a hero and who's a villain is often up for debate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12665.0, "score_ratio": 10000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d240hg4", "c_root_id_B": "d23u44r", "created_at_utc_A": 1460730955.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460718080.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "My main man Mr. Terrific.", "human_ref_B": "Prodigy - former X-Men student, current Young Avenger - had the mutant power of knowing stuff. Literally - his power was that he knew everything that everyone he met knew. He lost his powers on M-Day, but still retains the knowledge. Which, as he's specified, includes not just academic knowledge, but everything from combat training to sexual proclivities (but not the physical conditioning or anatomy necessary to immediately apply any of it).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12875.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d240hg4", "c_root_id_B": "d23ib1i", "created_at_utc_A": 1460730955.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460687777.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "My main man Mr. Terrific.", "human_ref_B": "Amadeus Cho, Hank Pym.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43178.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23uhk6", "c_root_id_B": "d240hg4", "created_at_utc_A": 1460719226.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460730955.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Mad Thinker is the first that comes to my mind. To me he's an incredibly unique and underrated character. EDIT: Just noticed you wanted good guys. Sorry!", "human_ref_B": "My main man Mr. Terrific.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11729.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d240hg4", "c_root_id_B": "d23w4lp", "created_at_utc_A": 1460730955.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460723385.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "My main man Mr. Terrific.", "human_ref_B": "Cypher in the New Mutants was originally just somebody with the mutant ability to understand all languages.While that is a mutant ability, it is one that only manifests itself as knowledge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7570.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23mcls", "c_root_id_B": "d240hg4", "created_at_utc_A": 1460694361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460730955.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "human_ref_B": "My main man Mr. Terrific.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36594.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d240hg4", "c_root_id_B": "d23oq77", "created_at_utc_A": 1460730955.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460699780.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "My main man Mr. Terrific.", "human_ref_B": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31175.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d240hg4", "c_root_id_B": "d23rs9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1460730955.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460709489.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "My main man Mr. Terrific.", "human_ref_B": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21466.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23u44r", "c_root_id_B": "d23xlgz", "created_at_utc_A": 1460718080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460726313.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Prodigy - former X-Men student, current Young Avenger - had the mutant power of knowing stuff. Literally - his power was that he knew everything that everyone he met knew. He lost his powers on M-Day, but still retains the knowledge. Which, as he's specified, includes not just academic knowledge, but everything from combat training to sexual proclivities (but not the physical conditioning or anatomy necessary to immediately apply any of it).", "human_ref_B": "I think the Question fits the bill perfectly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8233.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23xlgz", "c_root_id_B": "d23ib1i", "created_at_utc_A": 1460726313.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460687777.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the Question fits the bill perfectly.", "human_ref_B": "Amadeus Cho, Hank Pym.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38536.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23xlgz", "c_root_id_B": "d23uhk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1460726313.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460719226.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the Question fits the bill perfectly.", "human_ref_B": "Mad Thinker is the first that comes to my mind. To me he's an incredibly unique and underrated character. EDIT: Just noticed you wanted good guys. Sorry!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7087.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23xlgz", "c_root_id_B": "d23w4lp", "created_at_utc_A": 1460726313.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460723385.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the Question fits the bill perfectly.", "human_ref_B": "Cypher in the New Mutants was originally just somebody with the mutant ability to understand all languages.While that is a mutant ability, it is one that only manifests itself as knowledge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2928.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23xlgz", "c_root_id_B": "d23mcls", "created_at_utc_A": 1460726313.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460694361.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think the Question fits the bill perfectly.", "human_ref_B": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31952.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23xlgz", "c_root_id_B": "d23oq77", "created_at_utc_A": 1460726313.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460699780.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think the Question fits the bill perfectly.", "human_ref_B": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26533.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23xlgz", "c_root_id_B": "d23rs9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1460726313.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460709489.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I think the Question fits the bill perfectly.", "human_ref_B": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16824.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23ib1i", "c_root_id_B": "d23u44r", "created_at_utc_A": 1460687777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460718080.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Amadeus Cho, Hank Pym.", "human_ref_B": "Prodigy - former X-Men student, current Young Avenger - had the mutant power of knowing stuff. Literally - his power was that he knew everything that everyone he met knew. He lost his powers on M-Day, but still retains the knowledge. Which, as he's specified, includes not just academic knowledge, but everything from combat training to sexual proclivities (but not the physical conditioning or anatomy necessary to immediately apply any of it).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30303.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23mcls", "c_root_id_B": "d23u44r", "created_at_utc_A": 1460694361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460718080.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "human_ref_B": "Prodigy - former X-Men student, current Young Avenger - had the mutant power of knowing stuff. Literally - his power was that he knew everything that everyone he met knew. He lost his powers on M-Day, but still retains the knowledge. Which, as he's specified, includes not just academic knowledge, but everything from combat training to sexual proclivities (but not the physical conditioning or anatomy necessary to immediately apply any of it).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23719.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23oq77", "c_root_id_B": "d23u44r", "created_at_utc_A": 1460699780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460718080.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "human_ref_B": "Prodigy - former X-Men student, current Young Avenger - had the mutant power of knowing stuff. Literally - his power was that he knew everything that everyone he met knew. He lost his powers on M-Day, but still retains the knowledge. Which, as he's specified, includes not just academic knowledge, but everything from combat training to sexual proclivities (but not the physical conditioning or anatomy necessary to immediately apply any of it).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18300.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23u44r", "c_root_id_B": "d23rs9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1460718080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460709489.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Prodigy - former X-Men student, current Young Avenger - had the mutant power of knowing stuff. Literally - his power was that he knew everything that everyone he met knew. He lost his powers on M-Day, but still retains the knowledge. Which, as he's specified, includes not just academic knowledge, but everything from combat training to sexual proclivities (but not the physical conditioning or anatomy necessary to immediately apply any of it).", "human_ref_B": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8591.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d243dm0", "c_root_id_B": "d23ib1i", "created_at_utc_A": 1460734925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460687777.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Niles Caulder, leader of the Doom Patrol is a good guy (if kind of a dick) whose only ability is his intellect.", "human_ref_B": "Amadeus Cho, Hank Pym.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47148.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d243dm0", "c_root_id_B": "d23uhk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1460734925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460719226.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Niles Caulder, leader of the Doom Patrol is a good guy (if kind of a dick) whose only ability is his intellect.", "human_ref_B": "Mad Thinker is the first that comes to my mind. To me he's an incredibly unique and underrated character. EDIT: Just noticed you wanted good guys. Sorry!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15699.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d243dm0", "c_root_id_B": "d23w4lp", "created_at_utc_A": 1460734925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460723385.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Niles Caulder, leader of the Doom Patrol is a good guy (if kind of a dick) whose only ability is his intellect.", "human_ref_B": "Cypher in the New Mutants was originally just somebody with the mutant ability to understand all languages.While that is a mutant ability, it is one that only manifests itself as knowledge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11540.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d243dm0", "c_root_id_B": "d23mcls", "created_at_utc_A": 1460734925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460694361.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Niles Caulder, leader of the Doom Patrol is a good guy (if kind of a dick) whose only ability is his intellect.", "human_ref_B": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40564.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d243dm0", "c_root_id_B": "d23oq77", "created_at_utc_A": 1460734925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460699780.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Niles Caulder, leader of the Doom Patrol is a good guy (if kind of a dick) whose only ability is his intellect.", "human_ref_B": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35145.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23rs9m", "c_root_id_B": "d243dm0", "created_at_utc_A": 1460709489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460734925.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "human_ref_B": "Niles Caulder, leader of the Doom Patrol is a good guy (if kind of a dick) whose only ability is his intellect.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25436.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23mcls", "c_root_id_B": "d23uhk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1460694361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460719226.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "human_ref_B": "Mad Thinker is the first that comes to my mind. To me he's an incredibly unique and underrated character. EDIT: Just noticed you wanted good guys. Sorry!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24865.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23oq77", "c_root_id_B": "d23uhk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1460699780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460719226.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "human_ref_B": "Mad Thinker is the first that comes to my mind. To me he's an incredibly unique and underrated character. EDIT: Just noticed you wanted good guys. Sorry!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19446.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23rs9m", "c_root_id_B": "d23uhk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1460709489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460719226.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "human_ref_B": "Mad Thinker is the first that comes to my mind. To me he's an incredibly unique and underrated character. EDIT: Just noticed you wanted good guys. Sorry!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9737.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23w4lp", "c_root_id_B": "d23mcls", "created_at_utc_A": 1460723385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460694361.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Cypher in the New Mutants was originally just somebody with the mutant ability to understand all languages.While that is a mutant ability, it is one that only manifests itself as knowledge.", "human_ref_B": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29024.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23w4lp", "c_root_id_B": "d23oq77", "created_at_utc_A": 1460723385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460699780.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Cypher in the New Mutants was originally just somebody with the mutant ability to understand all languages.While that is a mutant ability, it is one that only manifests itself as knowledge.", "human_ref_B": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23605.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23w4lp", "c_root_id_B": "d23rs9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1460723385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460709489.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Cypher in the New Mutants was originally just somebody with the mutant ability to understand all languages.While that is a mutant ability, it is one that only manifests itself as knowledge.", "human_ref_B": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13896.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d25v0ia", "c_root_id_B": "d23mcls", "created_at_utc_A": 1460856969.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460694361.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Dr Victor Von Doom. And I know what you're about to say, he's no villain. Hes working to save the species and hes already saved the multiverse at least once.", "human_ref_B": "Gear/Richie Foley in the DCAU, anyway. His specific power is genius level intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of gadgets. He's the only one I can think of at the moment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 162608.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23oq77", "c_root_id_B": "d25v0ia", "created_at_utc_A": 1460699780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460856969.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Peter Cannon (DCU) Does \"unlocked powers of the mind\" count? Niles Caulder (DCU) Probably the closest to what you are looking for. Will Magnus (DCU) Jeroen Thornedike (DC/Wildstorm) My brain is completely blanking on the name, but there is a character who gets increased intellect by sunbathing.", "human_ref_B": "Dr Victor Von Doom. And I know what you're about to say, he's no villain. Hes working to save the species and hes already saved the multiverse at least once.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 157189.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d244wau", "c_root_id_B": "d25v0ia", "created_at_utc_A": 1460736900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460856969.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If you count cartoons, Rick from Rick and Morty.", "human_ref_B": "Dr Victor Von Doom. And I know what you're about to say, he's no villain. Hes working to save the species and hes already saved the multiverse at least once.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 120069.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d25v0ia", "c_root_id_B": "d24gmr1", "created_at_utc_A": 1460856969.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460752502.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Dr Victor Von Doom. And I know what you're about to say, he's no villain. Hes working to save the species and hes already saved the multiverse at least once.", "human_ref_B": "The Shadow in the novels was an expert manipulator and master of disguise. (In the radio series he could become invisible, but that's a different continuity). Batman, maybe, since he's the world's greatest detective? Sure, he has all those gadgets, but they're all readily-available technology painted to have a bat theme. Oh, and Batgirl in the Old 52 became one after *The Killing Joke*. Barbara was paralysed from the waist down and became Oracle, Batman's personal hacker.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 104467.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23rs9m", "c_root_id_B": "d25v0ia", "created_at_utc_A": 1460709489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460856969.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "human_ref_B": "Dr Victor Von Doom. And I know what you're about to say, he's no villain. Hes working to save the species and hes already saved the multiverse at least once.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 147480.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d244wau", "c_root_id_B": "d23rs9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1460736900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460709489.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "If you count cartoons, Rick from Rick and Morty.", "human_ref_B": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27411.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23rs9m", "c_root_id_B": "d24gmr1", "created_at_utc_A": 1460709489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460752502.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "human_ref_B": "The Shadow in the novels was an expert manipulator and master of disguise. (In the radio series he could become invisible, but that's a different continuity). Batman, maybe, since he's the world's greatest detective? Sure, he has all those gadgets, but they're all readily-available technology painted to have a bat theme. Oh, and Batgirl in the Old 52 became one after *The Killing Joke*. Barbara was paralysed from the waist down and became Oracle, Batman's personal hacker.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43013.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4eunt5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC/Marvel/Comics in General] Are there any good-guys/heroes whose \"power\" or skill set is pure intellect? Basically I'm looking for the good-guy version of Lex Luthor. Reed Richards comes close, but he has actual super powers as well (even if they pale in importance next to his mind). Tony Stark is also close, but I'm looking for someone who didn't just turn their intellect into one specific focus that just replicates super powers. You see this a lot in bad guys - Luthor, Doom, etc. - but I can't think of any good guys off the top of my head that fit the bill. Any thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "d23rs9m", "c_root_id_B": "d268392", "created_at_utc_A": 1460709489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460893738.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "What about Tony Stark? Pre-Extremis he couldn't actually do anything special, it's all in his inventions.", "human_ref_B": "Given DC created a comic series back in 1975 (so it should count, right?), what about Sherlock Holmes? I always thought of HIM as Superhuman and a hero.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 184249.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ir3n56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Batman] How does the Joker not have brain damage? Batman brutally pounded his head in on many occasions. How does he, or any Batman villain for that matter, not have permanent brain damage after getting their face destroyed on several occasions?", "c_root_id_A": "g4wqcz4", "c_root_id_B": "g4w4pf2", "created_at_utc_A": 1599893822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599877645.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "With all the magic, alien tech and super geniuses walking around the DC comic world probably has very good medical technology.", "human_ref_B": "Minor spoilers for an older comic that iirc is still current with DCs run. There's 3 jokers running around not just one. The brain damage is severe but not enough to cause extreme disorders yet. Many professional athletes like American football players boxers and wrestlers develop brain injuries overtime. These injuries rarely effect them in the short term and can take years to decades to manifest into deadly conditions or cause adverse effects. This isn't an attempt to downplay the seriousness of brain injuries just that they are rarely as devastating as people expect in the short term. Joker has usually only been active for a few years to a decade at most in continuity. While bats has certainly beaten the snot out of him multiple times this rarely happens in a short span of time. So while joker may not live to be 50 it's likely he just experiences migraines and blurred vision or slurred speech at this point in his injuries. And spreading the beatings out between 3 people will lessen the effect of them on each.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16177.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbktis", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Uncle Owen accidentally make Luke Skywalker more curious about old Ben Kenobi by saying Obi-Wan died at the same time as Anakin? Why would Uncle Owen know when some random person in a big galaxy died if Owen's position was that R2D2 was speaking nonsense? Wouldn't it make Luke suspicious that Owen is hiding something? Luke Skywalker: Well, I stumbled across a recording while I was cleaning him. He says that he belongs to someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi. I thought he might have meant old Ben. Do you know what he's talking about? I wonder if he's related to Ben. Uncle Owen: That wizard's just a crazy old man. You stay away from him, you hear me? He's dangerous. Now, tomorrow I want you to take that R2 unit to Anchorhead and have its memory erased. That'll be the end of it. It belongs to us now. Luke Skywalker: But what if this Obi-Wan comes here looking for him? Uncle Owen: He won't. I don't think he exists anymore. He died about the same time as your father. Luke Skywalker: Did he know my father? Uncle Owen: I told you to forget it.", "c_root_id_A": "iyrmc23", "c_root_id_B": "iyrt1rq", "created_at_utc_A": 1670086783.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670089518.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It was probably the hologram of a space princess begging for help that really inspired his call to adventure. Before that he was helping his family be moisture farmers and was hoping to join the Empire, all around a boring life without much introspection. Not the type to be curious about a detail like that (especially since a lot of people died at the same time during those wars).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2735.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7xlsar", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Harry Potter][Xmen] Would Avada Kadavra work on an intangible being, like Kitty Pride?", "c_root_id_A": "du9h8fm", "c_root_id_B": "du9hr7d", "created_at_utc_A": 1518655273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518655873.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Since spells are energy based, I would think it would still kill her", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m not sure it would kill her, but it might definitely screw her up some. Remember when nearly headless was paralyzed by the glare from the basilisk? Well, if anything that proves that intangible entities are effected by magic or curses or other things from the wizarding world... So Kitty in her intangible phase would be like a ghost, right? I think magic as strong as the Avada Kadava would at least paralyze her a bit (at minimum)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 600.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7xlsar", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Harry Potter][Xmen] Would Avada Kadavra work on an intangible being, like Kitty Pride?", "c_root_id_A": "du9h8fm", "c_root_id_B": "du9zjn7", "created_at_utc_A": 1518655273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518679702.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Since spells are energy based, I would think it would still kill her", "human_ref_B": "In the comics, Kitty Pryde can phase through solid objects AND energy and elemental attacks to a certain limit. In the movies, her intangibility powers was limited to only solid objects. In my entire life, I haven't seen Kitty Pryde phase through magical attacks, yet. And assuming the killing curse is similar to an energy attack, Kitty Pryde (comics) might be able to phase through it with no problem, but it might cause some pain depending on how strong the attack is. Pryde (movies) will definitely die.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24429.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7xlsar", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Harry Potter][Xmen] Would Avada Kadavra work on an intangible being, like Kitty Pride?", "c_root_id_A": "du9h8fm", "c_root_id_B": "dube5ds", "created_at_utc_A": 1518655273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518742881.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Since spells are energy based, I would think it would still kill her", "human_ref_B": "Maybe I am leaning towards yes, but it really depends on the properties of the curse. Kitty can use her power to let solids and energies pass through her but there are exceptions. Kitty has been hurt by the magical beings the N'garai whose claws are able to strike her even when she is intangible. She had her powers disrupted by an energy harpoon thrown by the mutant Harpoon and starting fading away due to being unable to become solid. Breakworld metal also is able to harm her in her phased state due to its unique properties and density. Adamantium is hard for her to pass through because of how dense it is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 87608.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ya4z6e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Marvel/MCU] Does Wakanda always have to have a Black Panther? What if no one is all that worthy or doesn\u2019t want it?", "c_root_id_A": "it973ke", "c_root_id_B": "it9ax6o", "created_at_utc_A": 1666386930.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666388566.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Speaking specifically for 616 I don't see how anyone wouldn't want to have Captain America tier physicals and be in complete control of one of the strongest military forces on Earth. Secondly one has to consider that the Black panther isn't just a role. You are Wakanda's king, priest, protector all in one. This is the highest honor anyone can be bestowed. It's hard for NO ONE to want it when you grow up learning what it is to be blessed by the Panterh God. Which is the next feature of this. The winner of physical contest isn't just the strongest. The winner is also predetermined by the Pather God. Winning isn't a fluke it is a divine action. If by some miracle no one wanted to do it she would either reach out to the most worthy candidate or the current BP would continue to reign assuming they aren't dead. For the most part it would always have one, however they have recently moved away from a monarchy. So they are under their greatest change in their entire history.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1636.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ya4z6e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Marvel/MCU] Does Wakanda always have to have a Black Panther? What if no one is all that worthy or doesn\u2019t want it?", "c_root_id_A": "it973ke", "c_root_id_B": "it9dd5i", "created_at_utc_A": 1666386930.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666389638.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The role would appear to have been continuously filled for centuries. We know of Black Panthers who were active in the 18th and even 11th century.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2708.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ya4z6e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Marvel/MCU] Does Wakanda always have to have a Black Panther? What if no one is all that worthy or doesn\u2019t want it?", "c_root_id_A": "it9e3zs", "c_root_id_B": "it973ke", "created_at_utc_A": 1666389975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666386930.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yes they do- the black panther is in charge. It's the same as how the USA always has to have a president. While presumably the current black panther could abdicate, someone has to fill the role.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3045.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ya4z6e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Marvel/MCU] Does Wakanda always have to have a Black Panther? What if no one is all that worthy or doesn\u2019t want it?", "c_root_id_A": "it9vgdd", "c_root_id_B": "it973ke", "created_at_utc_A": 1666398129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666386930.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Purely based on how Humans work, there'd likely always *someone* who'd want it. In an emergency, whoever's King or Queen could just order someone to take the position if they don't want it themselves. The Black Panther is considered a great honour in the Wakandan culture so I'm not really sure if the situation would arise where literally no one in the country would want the title. Also to note - in the MCU at least, the titles of King/Queen and Black Panther seemingly can be held by two different people. In Civil War, T'Challa was already the Panther while T'Chaka was still serving as King.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11199.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ya4z6e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Marvel/MCU] Does Wakanda always have to have a Black Panther? What if no one is all that worthy or doesn\u2019t want it?", "c_root_id_A": "it973ke", "c_root_id_B": "it9uwu9", "created_at_utc_A": 1666386930.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666397872.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "You just end up with a shitty lame duck black panther", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10942.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ya4z6e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Marvel/MCU] Does Wakanda always have to have a Black Panther? What if no one is all that worthy or doesn\u2019t want it?", "c_root_id_A": "it9uwu9", "c_root_id_B": "it9vgdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1666397872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666398129.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You just end up with a shitty lame duck black panther", "human_ref_B": "Purely based on how Humans work, there'd likely always *someone* who'd want it. In an emergency, whoever's King or Queen could just order someone to take the position if they don't want it themselves. The Black Panther is considered a great honour in the Wakandan culture so I'm not really sure if the situation would arise where literally no one in the country would want the title. Also to note - in the MCU at least, the titles of King/Queen and Black Panther seemingly can be held by two different people. In Civil War, T'Challa was already the Panther while T'Chaka was still serving as King.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 257.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qsk48o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU Black Panther] is the ancestral plane a real place or did the heart shaped herb just make T\u2019challa high as fuck? Just wondering because when T\u2019challa takes it he goes to the ancestral plane and see\u2019s his father but when Killmonger takes it he see\u2019s his father in his old apartment but then again in what-if Killmonger takes it and goes to the ancestral plane and see\u2019s T\u2019challa. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "hkeisz2", "c_root_id_B": "hke3mr8", "created_at_utc_A": 1636765214.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636757976.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Oh yeah it\u2019s real. One one hand we have extremely powerful beings that have existed on earth, Ancient mystic dragons, we got an afterlife for Odin and he said he\u2019d see Frigga again. Heimdall preys to the past all fathers to give him the Bifrost to send Hulk back to earth. But the most important thing is that souls are actually very, very real, we also got the dimension that sacrificed souls go in order to prove that you are wise enough to get the soul stone. So yes the ancestral plane is very real and you do see the souls of your family there. We also got the heart shaped herb\u2019s weaker more dangerous cousin nightshade that lets you do this. * [Bushmaster is resistant to 9X18MM rounds.] (https://youtu.be/DSFav7lHc4E) * [Bushmaster eventually punch\u2019s his way through a special polymer blend of Polyethylene originally designed for blast doors in bunkers.] (https://youtu.be/M1BWamuity4) Back to the heart shaped herb. There\u2019s two things going on. You take the herb but in order for it to work your soul temporarily leaves the body and than you make contact with the ancestral plane meeting your family. While your clinically dead that is when your body undergoes the enhancement process when you are resuscitated you wake up and have super powers. Now Black Panther\u2019s guardian deity \u201cBast\u201d is very much real as well. >\u201dA warrior shaman received a vision from the panther goddess Bast, who led him to the Heart-Shaped Herb, a plant that granted him superhuman strength, speed and instincts. The warrior became king and the first Black Panther, the protector of Wakanda.\" \u2015N'Jobu[src]\u201d Which leads to the question where she was during Infinity war, what ever she was doing it had to be extremely important to not get involved but it\u2019s more likely she\u2019s strictly hands off. Well as hands off as a deity can be when it comes to protecting the tribes of people who would eventually become Wakanda them by proxy and leading them to the heart shaped herb. Though higher level beings perceive the world differently. So perhaps she had a vision of the coming threat posed by Thanos and his plan and decided to lead the people of Wakanda to the heart shaped herb in order to be more prepared to save the known universe. Wakanda was the best and last line of defense at protecting the universe and unfortunately people don\u2019t understand that. They see Wakanda as a joke because they run around with spears and swords. Never mind the fact that Wakanda is the most technologically advanced nation on earth hundreds of years ahead of any other earth nations. Never mind the fact that their weapons are made of Vibranium and Vibranium spears can penetrate tank armor or use Vibranium as an energy source and their sonic canons can for all intents and purposes one shot a tank. Their clothing for all intents and purposes is Kevlar, except instead of Kevlar their clothing uses Vibranium thread.", "human_ref_B": "Just as a FYI, unless something belongs to \"see\", you never need to use an apostrophe on it. I see Bob. Bob sees me. I got the chocolate from See's Candies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7238.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qsk48o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU Black Panther] is the ancestral plane a real place or did the heart shaped herb just make T\u2019challa high as fuck? Just wondering because when T\u2019challa takes it he goes to the ancestral plane and see\u2019s his father but when Killmonger takes it he see\u2019s his father in his old apartment but then again in what-if Killmonger takes it and goes to the ancestral plane and see\u2019s T\u2019challa. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "hkene4g", "c_root_id_B": "hkf9fov", "created_at_utc_A": 1636767481.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636778969.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I believe it\u2019s been confirmed that the Ancestral Plane is the same as the Astral Dimension in Doctor Strange.", "human_ref_B": "The apartment is apt. Killmonger only connection with wakanda is the stories is dad told him. So make sense he's shut off from the true ancestral plane. He's always an outsider. Gives him more motivation to destroy wakanda traditions when he wakes up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11488.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zg7ktw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[40k] what does the average day in a hive look like for the average citizen of the imperium", "c_root_id_A": "izfgkla", "c_root_id_B": "izfm7q8", "created_at_utc_A": 1670525252.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670527461.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Whatever your circumstances, things seldom change - and almost never change for the better. Everything is ancient, worn, and - unless you live high in the topmost spires of the city hive - dirty. You probably seldom see more of the hive than your sleeping barrack, the manufactorum where you risk life and limb to labor your days away and the crowded gallery halls between the two. Beggars, vendors, preachers, petty thieves and thugs - both the criminal gang types and the city hive police force types - prey upon you as you make your way between. Entertainments are limited, so the ones you can get are very important to you. Festival ceremonies where you praise the Emperor or the heroes of the hive. Wandering theater troupes, fortune tellers, sellers of illicit drugs and other vices. There are people you know - your gang, your clan, your work team, etc - but they're the minority. You see most people as mysterious others, members of groups that you don't know much about and inherently mistrust. Maybe that group of others is a group of vigilante witch hunters who terrorize innocent people under the cover of hunting psykers and mutants, maybe they're a secretive cult that kidnaps victims for horrific sacrifices, maybe they're just a rival work team that's willing to sabotage your group to win an extra ration of sleelan paste. Too you they're all strangers, outsiders. Some people escape to the Imperial Guard, either signing up at a Recruitment Hall or getting swept up by press gangs. Some escape into the criminal underworld, suffering exile to the hellish underhive when their crimes are discovered and the law starts hunting them. \\`\\` Some are sent off to other parts of the hive, traded from one hivelord to another like they'd trade machine tools, scrap metal or other useful commodities. Death is the most common way out. Accident, disease, violence, even just despair. A significant number of people you know simply disappear one day and you never find out what happened to them. Quiet, grinding desperation, with a significant amount of fear. That's the average day for the average hive city dweller.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2209.0, "score_ratio": 40.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zg7ktw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[40k] what does the average day in a hive look like for the average citizen of the imperium", "c_root_id_A": "izfgkla", "c_root_id_B": "izfjhlq", "created_at_utc_A": 1670525252.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670526382.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Life is hard and one of servitude in a manufactorum. You wake up at 6, work your 15 hour shift at the factory, then go home. Your food is cold corpse starch. Your home is a single room on 52nd floor of fab block. The elevator doesn't work, nor has it for your entire life. Power is available for a few hours a day, but you can't afford it. You've never seen the sunlight, nor do you know anyone that has. You cough blood regularly and wheeze heavily due to the heavy pollution. There are regular mass disinfection and mandatory antibiotics, but they're not free You go into debt paying for these, so you don't paid for more than half the shift. You die around 40 due to overwork and pollution. Death is not freedom from servitude however. Your body is recycled into nutrition for others.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1130.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zg7ktw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[40k] what does the average day in a hive look like for the average citizen of the imperium", "c_root_id_A": "izfkild", "c_root_id_B": "izfgkla", "created_at_utc_A": 1670526785.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670525252.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Reboot, work, recharge, work, walk home, recharge, shut down, reboot, repeat.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1533.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zg7ktw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[40k] what does the average day in a hive look like for the average citizen of the imperium", "c_root_id_A": "izjzd1s", "c_root_id_B": "izfgkla", "created_at_utc_A": 1670607862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670525252.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Reposting one of my old posts from r/40klore Depends where you are. Say you're a noble in the Spires. You have a good life. Plenty of servants, fresh food, luxuries, and free time. You can afford to spend time on hobbies like killing the poor for fun, making music, etc... but at the same time you're in a very privileged position that everyone wants in your family. You're constantly jocking for power amongst your siblings. Your poor fifth brother messed up just a bit too much and got sent to serve the Ecclesiarchy as a Priest. You have a feeling your eldest child is feeding you false numbers on your business and your assets are in danger, and open to embarrassment the next time the family meets and your child takes over while you're forced to retire. Your mistress is insisting that you recognize your eldest son with her, and honestly you're about to order her be killed off by some of your bodyguards to avoid the trouble, and you can send the boy to one of your factories as a foreman or some place where he can have a decent life, but nothing enough to threaten you. But at least your wife acknowledges your presence again and you're sleeping in the same room as her. The embarrassment you faced when she showed off her latest paramour at the latest gathering at the Governor's Ball was ghastly. If you're a bog standard factory worker, you wake up at 6:00 in the morning, kiss your significant other, and dress carefully to avoid waking the kids who are sleeping in the same room as you. You go to the common room and nod to one of your housemates, who is also preparing to go to work with you. It's best to travel in groups to avoid trouble you see. Before you leave the flat, you say your daily prayers to the picture of the Emperor that has a place in the small altar standard to every home. You close the door and lock it tightly. Once you exit your hab block, you buy some cheap processed gristle that tastes vaguely of the bread you once had at a wedding, but is mostly a dry tasteless thing as you enter the maglev that takes you to your shift in the factory. You ignore the hive gangers threatening someone who'd come alone, just grateful that you're not being harassed. You go to your factory job where you work a 15 hour shift, with a 30 minute combined restroom/meal break. On your way back, you stop by a market to pick up the animal protein your kids begged you to buy, along with a simple toy or two made of simple gears. You pay for them using some of the machined parts you nicked from the assembly line. You don't even know what the parts do exactly, but it's enough for you to afford some small luxuries. Once you get back to your flat, you say hello to the kids, your significant other nowhere present. They took a later shift at the factory so they could take care of the kids for a little while before sending them off to Ecclesiarchy run school which will teach them for a few hours before the kids work a half shift at a factory or some such. You pray that one day, your kids will distinguish themselves and they'll be picked up for additional teaching for an office job or something instead of being relegated to labor like you. As a treat for the kids, you cook up the animal protein you nabbed, the smell making several of your neighbors jealous. They'd been eating nothing but some cheap flavored starch shaped like cubes. When your partner returns, they explain that traded a favor to get some extra thrones. You don't even let your mind rest on what that favor might have been before you say thank you and prepare to sleep. You say your nightly devotionals, then go to sleep. The lights shut off automatically, and the hab-block doors at the entrance of the building click shut electronically, ensuring a curfew. You're a member of the underhive, and you sleep with one eye open. When you wake up, you keep your head down, and move around looking for a job, any job, and with one hand on the shiv you've fashioned for yourself. The local gang that runs your slice of paradise is fairly decent for a gang, and after you paid them off the yesterday, you're good to not be harrassed for another week or so, giving you enough time to scrounge up some pay. You hear that one of the gang members died actually, leaving an opening for you, but you're nowhere near strong enough to take their place. Instead you sit at a corner hoping the local beggars guild don't notice you and break your legs while you size up targets for pickpocketing or jobs. When your spot has no success and you feel suspicious glances on you, you leave quickly, heading somewhere more crowded where they'll lose interest. You ignore the smell of the food, vomit, trash, and oil, to look for a job or victim. Instead, you hear a loud war cry. A new gang war is starting and the gangs want to rewrite their territories. You struggle to get to cover, but no one in the market knows you and aren't willing to give you a safe spot. You have nothing to offer. Doors and stalls, one after the other close, and before you can curse your luck, you're gunned down in the streets dead before you know it.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 82610.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zg7ktw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[40k] what does the average day in a hive look like for the average citizen of the imperium", "c_root_id_A": "izfjhlq", "c_root_id_B": "izfm7q8", "created_at_utc_A": 1670526382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670527461.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "Life is hard and one of servitude in a manufactorum. You wake up at 6, work your 15 hour shift at the factory, then go home. Your food is cold corpse starch. Your home is a single room on 52nd floor of fab block. The elevator doesn't work, nor has it for your entire life. Power is available for a few hours a day, but you can't afford it. You've never seen the sunlight, nor do you know anyone that has. You cough blood regularly and wheeze heavily due to the heavy pollution. There are regular mass disinfection and mandatory antibiotics, but they're not free You go into debt paying for these, so you don't paid for more than half the shift. You die around 40 due to overwork and pollution. Death is not freedom from servitude however. Your body is recycled into nutrition for others.", "human_ref_B": "Whatever your circumstances, things seldom change - and almost never change for the better. Everything is ancient, worn, and - unless you live high in the topmost spires of the city hive - dirty. You probably seldom see more of the hive than your sleeping barrack, the manufactorum where you risk life and limb to labor your days away and the crowded gallery halls between the two. Beggars, vendors, preachers, petty thieves and thugs - both the criminal gang types and the city hive police force types - prey upon you as you make your way between. Entertainments are limited, so the ones you can get are very important to you. Festival ceremonies where you praise the Emperor or the heroes of the hive. Wandering theater troupes, fortune tellers, sellers of illicit drugs and other vices. There are people you know - your gang, your clan, your work team, etc - but they're the minority. You see most people as mysterious others, members of groups that you don't know much about and inherently mistrust. Maybe that group of others is a group of vigilante witch hunters who terrorize innocent people under the cover of hunting psykers and mutants, maybe they're a secretive cult that kidnaps victims for horrific sacrifices, maybe they're just a rival work team that's willing to sabotage your group to win an extra ration of sleelan paste. Too you they're all strangers, outsiders. Some people escape to the Imperial Guard, either signing up at a Recruitment Hall or getting swept up by press gangs. Some escape into the criminal underworld, suffering exile to the hellish underhive when their crimes are discovered and the law starts hunting them. \\`\\` Some are sent off to other parts of the hive, traded from one hivelord to another like they'd trade machine tools, scrap metal or other useful commodities. Death is the most common way out. Accident, disease, violence, even just despair. A significant number of people you know simply disappear one day and you never find out what happened to them. Quiet, grinding desperation, with a significant amount of fear. That's the average day for the average hive city dweller.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1079.0, "score_ratio": 2.1052631579, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zg7ktw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[40k] what does the average day in a hive look like for the average citizen of the imperium", "c_root_id_A": "izfm7q8", "c_root_id_B": "izfkild", "created_at_utc_A": 1670527461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670526785.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Whatever your circumstances, things seldom change - and almost never change for the better. Everything is ancient, worn, and - unless you live high in the topmost spires of the city hive - dirty. You probably seldom see more of the hive than your sleeping barrack, the manufactorum where you risk life and limb to labor your days away and the crowded gallery halls between the two. Beggars, vendors, preachers, petty thieves and thugs - both the criminal gang types and the city hive police force types - prey upon you as you make your way between. Entertainments are limited, so the ones you can get are very important to you. Festival ceremonies where you praise the Emperor or the heroes of the hive. Wandering theater troupes, fortune tellers, sellers of illicit drugs and other vices. There are people you know - your gang, your clan, your work team, etc - but they're the minority. You see most people as mysterious others, members of groups that you don't know much about and inherently mistrust. Maybe that group of others is a group of vigilante witch hunters who terrorize innocent people under the cover of hunting psykers and mutants, maybe they're a secretive cult that kidnaps victims for horrific sacrifices, maybe they're just a rival work team that's willing to sabotage your group to win an extra ration of sleelan paste. Too you they're all strangers, outsiders. Some people escape to the Imperial Guard, either signing up at a Recruitment Hall or getting swept up by press gangs. Some escape into the criminal underworld, suffering exile to the hellish underhive when their crimes are discovered and the law starts hunting them. \\`\\` Some are sent off to other parts of the hive, traded from one hivelord to another like they'd trade machine tools, scrap metal or other useful commodities. Death is the most common way out. Accident, disease, violence, even just despair. A significant number of people you know simply disappear one day and you never find out what happened to them. Quiet, grinding desperation, with a significant amount of fear. That's the average day for the average hive city dweller.", "human_ref_B": "Reboot, work, recharge, work, walk home, recharge, shut down, reboot, repeat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 676.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzsnhz1", "c_root_id_B": "hzsn5ds", "created_at_utc_A": 1646711394.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646711221.0, "score_A": 169, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "He's not the right tool for those jobs. It sounds trite but it's kind of simple as that. MI6 has other assets that are better suited to gathering the sort of more mundane intelligence you'd be needing out of places where fairly straightforward insurgencies are the main concern. The 00's and Bond in particular, is for a different sort of mission. Though in fairness he does, over the course of his missions, often find himself in many of the places you mention.", "human_ref_B": "He has been to North Korea, iirc", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 173.0, "score_ratio": 6.2592592593, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzspd28", "c_root_id_B": "hzsn5ds", "created_at_utc_A": 1646712317.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646711221.0, "score_A": 119, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Well he's a specialized interventionist appropriate for exceptional missions. Not a long term asset of the sort they really need situations in those areas. Not can be blend in with the native populations in most of them. M does explicitly go on about him being a blunt weapon and a bit outdated. But even if you have a good box of precision tools some things simply call for a bigger hammer.", "human_ref_B": "He has been to North Korea, iirc", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1096.0, "score_ratio": 4.4074074074, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzsvdoq", "c_root_id_B": "hzsn5ds", "created_at_utc_A": 1646715606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646711221.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "James Bond isn't exactly subtle. He could be drawing attention away from matters MI6 would rather use a lighter touch on.", "human_ref_B": "He has been to North Korea, iirc", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4385.0, "score_ratio": 2.037037037, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzto44m", "c_root_id_B": "hztk7px", "created_at_utc_A": 1646737366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646734081.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s been to Afghanistan in at least one movie (Living Daylights I think\u201d. As far as the book are concerned, they\u2019re set in a time when Afghanistan wasn\u2019t yet as important as it is", "human_ref_B": "They already have spies well established in those places. The 00 agents get sent to deal with crises and targets of opportunity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3285.0, "score_ratio": 1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzto44m", "c_root_id_B": "hzte1ki", "created_at_utc_A": 1646737366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646728807.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s been to Afghanistan in at least one movie (Living Daylights I think\u201d. As far as the book are concerned, they\u2019re set in a time when Afghanistan wasn\u2019t yet as important as it is", "human_ref_B": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8559.0, "score_ratio": -13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hztk7px", "c_root_id_B": "hzte1ki", "created_at_utc_A": 1646734081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646728807.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "They already have spies well established in those places. The 00 agents get sent to deal with crises and targets of opportunity.", "human_ref_B": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5274.0, "score_ratio": -11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hztqct8", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646739084.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "Bond is not a traditional agent. None of these locations he would blend in except Northern Ireland (even then thats MI5's job). 007 is deployed to take out threats where the subtle approach is too slow and conventional spies faulter", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10277.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzts0az", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646740236.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "As far as can tell, James Bond's focus isn't other nations, but private individuals of interest. When a CEO or crime lord or suchlike gets up to things that might threaten british interests, Bond is sent to investigate and put a stop to it. This gives him a broader area of deployment then other spies- such people as mostly lone actors could be anywhere. There are other spies dealing with Afghanistan, but bond has a more eclectic purview.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11429.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu6bu6", "c_root_id_B": "hzu4mia", "created_at_utc_A": 1646748350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747521.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, James Bond isn't really a spy in the traditional sense, despite often being labeled that way. He's really more of an assassin who occasionally manages to get some useful intel while he's at it. The fact that he's so well known makes it very difficult for him to blend in, so he's generally sent on search and destroy type missions rather than traditional spy missions.", "human_ref_B": "00's are closer to assassins than spies. Probably closest to sas, but utterly deniable - if he was caught he's nothing more than a private individual breaking whatever countries laws he was in at the time. The question about whether a famous spy/assassin is either really good or really bad at thier job is up to the viewer", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 829.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu6bu6", "c_root_id_B": "hztzyhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1646748350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646745095.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, James Bond isn't really a spy in the traditional sense, despite often being labeled that way. He's really more of an assassin who occasionally manages to get some useful intel while he's at it. The fact that he's so well known makes it very difficult for him to blend in, so he's generally sent on search and destroy type missions rather than traditional spy missions.", "human_ref_B": "Usually spies for those areas need to look a certain way to blend in. Pretty sure James bond would get picked up very quickly walking around in all but 3 maybe 4 of those places. Also remember the last one with brosnan.... North Korea didn't work out so well", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3255.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu6bu6", "c_root_id_B": "hzu3o1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1646748350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747044.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, James Bond isn't really a spy in the traditional sense, despite often being labeled that way. He's really more of an assassin who occasionally manages to get some useful intel while he's at it. The fact that he's so well known makes it very difficult for him to blend in, so he's generally sent on search and destroy type missions rather than traditional spy missions.", "human_ref_B": "You don't deploy Bond for long-haul espionage. Places like Ireland, HK or Afghanistan call for long term presence, cultivating contacts, building up infrastructure, and being mindful of the other players of the game. The core premise of the 00s is that they're trusted to move fast and break shit on short notice with minimal oversight. If one of the section heads needs that sort of assistance, the home office can send Bond, but he's not the sort of guy you park on a radio to take notes about what Dear Leader is claiming credit for this week.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1306.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu6bu6", "c_root_id_B": "hztzepl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646748350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646744790.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, James Bond isn't really a spy in the traditional sense, despite often being labeled that way. He's really more of an assassin who occasionally manages to get some useful intel while he's at it. The fact that he's so well known makes it very difficult for him to blend in, so he's generally sent on search and destroy type missions rather than traditional spy missions.", "human_ref_B": "\"Ahh. Durkka durrka Mohammed Jihad\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3560.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzu6bu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646748350.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "For one thing, James Bond isn't really a spy in the traditional sense, despite often being labeled that way. He's really more of an assassin who occasionally manages to get some useful intel while he's at it. The fact that he's so well known makes it very difficult for him to blend in, so he's generally sent on search and destroy type missions rather than traditional spy missions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19543.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu6bu6", "c_root_id_B": "hzu414r", "created_at_utc_A": 1646748350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747230.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, James Bond isn't really a spy in the traditional sense, despite often being labeled that way. He's really more of an assassin who occasionally manages to get some useful intel while he's at it. The fact that he's so well known makes it very difficult for him to blend in, so he's generally sent on search and destroy type missions rather than traditional spy missions.", "human_ref_B": "Because most intelligence services runs departments (desks). 007 Works largely witht the Russian, Chineese and European desks. No doubt 003 or somthing works with the Afgan and Middle Eastern desks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1120.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hztzyhm", "c_root_id_B": "hzu4mia", "created_at_utc_A": 1646745095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747521.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Usually spies for those areas need to look a certain way to blend in. Pretty sure James bond would get picked up very quickly walking around in all but 3 maybe 4 of those places. Also remember the last one with brosnan.... North Korea didn't work out so well", "human_ref_B": "00's are closer to assassins than spies. Probably closest to sas, but utterly deniable - if he was caught he's nothing more than a private individual breaking whatever countries laws he was in at the time. The question about whether a famous spy/assassin is either really good or really bad at thier job is up to the viewer", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2426.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu3o1e", "c_root_id_B": "hzu4mia", "created_at_utc_A": 1646747044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747521.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You don't deploy Bond for long-haul espionage. Places like Ireland, HK or Afghanistan call for long term presence, cultivating contacts, building up infrastructure, and being mindful of the other players of the game. The core premise of the 00s is that they're trusted to move fast and break shit on short notice with minimal oversight. If one of the section heads needs that sort of assistance, the home office can send Bond, but he's not the sort of guy you park on a radio to take notes about what Dear Leader is claiming credit for this week.", "human_ref_B": "00's are closer to assassins than spies. Probably closest to sas, but utterly deniable - if he was caught he's nothing more than a private individual breaking whatever countries laws he was in at the time. The question about whether a famous spy/assassin is either really good or really bad at thier job is up to the viewer", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 477.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hztzepl", "c_root_id_B": "hzu4mia", "created_at_utc_A": 1646744790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747521.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "\"Ahh. Durkka durrka Mohammed Jihad\"", "human_ref_B": "00's are closer to assassins than spies. Probably closest to sas, but utterly deniable - if he was caught he's nothing more than a private individual breaking whatever countries laws he was in at the time. The question about whether a famous spy/assassin is either really good or really bad at thier job is up to the viewer", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2731.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzu4mia", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747521.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "00's are closer to assassins than spies. Probably closest to sas, but utterly deniable - if he was caught he's nothing more than a private individual breaking whatever countries laws he was in at the time. The question about whether a famous spy/assassin is either really good or really bad at thier job is up to the viewer", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18714.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu4mia", "c_root_id_B": "hzu414r", "created_at_utc_A": 1646747521.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747230.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "00's are closer to assassins than spies. Probably closest to sas, but utterly deniable - if he was caught he's nothing more than a private individual breaking whatever countries laws he was in at the time. The question about whether a famous spy/assassin is either really good or really bad at thier job is up to the viewer", "human_ref_B": "Because most intelligence services runs departments (desks). 007 Works largely witht the Russian, Chineese and European desks. No doubt 003 or somthing works with the Afgan and Middle Eastern desks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 291.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzuzr7s", "c_root_id_B": "hzuuzyu", "created_at_utc_A": 1646760192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646758458.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because they already have plenty of people for that and there are bigger international threats with nukes and satellite lasers and plans to blow up MI6 or destabilize global society or whatever. It's like asking why Superman doesn't do more mundane things. Because guys like Brainiac exist.", "human_ref_B": "If you give someone a license to kill, you don't go sending them into warzones where everyone already feels like they can kill who they want. Bond's job is to work with a limited to non existent team, in a quick time frame before some classified Intel gets leaked or causes massive international issue. No need to put him somewhere that international issues are already ongoing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1734.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzuzr7s", "c_root_id_B": "hztzyhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1646760192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646745095.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because they already have plenty of people for that and there are bigger international threats with nukes and satellite lasers and plans to blow up MI6 or destabilize global society or whatever. It's like asking why Superman doesn't do more mundane things. Because guys like Brainiac exist.", "human_ref_B": "Usually spies for those areas need to look a certain way to blend in. Pretty sure James bond would get picked up very quickly walking around in all but 3 maybe 4 of those places. Also remember the last one with brosnan.... North Korea didn't work out so well", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15097.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu3o1e", "c_root_id_B": "hzuzr7s", "created_at_utc_A": 1646747044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646760192.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You don't deploy Bond for long-haul espionage. Places like Ireland, HK or Afghanistan call for long term presence, cultivating contacts, building up infrastructure, and being mindful of the other players of the game. The core premise of the 00s is that they're trusted to move fast and break shit on short notice with minimal oversight. If one of the section heads needs that sort of assistance, the home office can send Bond, but he's not the sort of guy you park on a radio to take notes about what Dear Leader is claiming credit for this week.", "human_ref_B": "Because they already have plenty of people for that and there are bigger international threats with nukes and satellite lasers and plans to blow up MI6 or destabilize global society or whatever. It's like asking why Superman doesn't do more mundane things. Because guys like Brainiac exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13148.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hztzepl", "c_root_id_B": "hzuzr7s", "created_at_utc_A": 1646744790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646760192.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "\"Ahh. Durkka durrka Mohammed Jihad\"", "human_ref_B": "Because they already have plenty of people for that and there are bigger international threats with nukes and satellite lasers and plans to blow up MI6 or destabilize global society or whatever. It's like asking why Superman doesn't do more mundane things. Because guys like Brainiac exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15402.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzui013", "c_root_id_B": "hzuzr7s", "created_at_utc_A": 1646753434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646760192.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He can't be everywhere. He's just one guy. All those bumblefuck locations? You never heard about them because Bond was there to solve the problem before the nude bomb could be released. Those trouble spots you mentioned are just the places he hasn't gotten around to yet, but rest assured things would be much worse without Bond fucking pussy galore around the world.", "human_ref_B": "Because they already have plenty of people for that and there are bigger international threats with nukes and satellite lasers and plans to blow up MI6 or destabilize global society or whatever. It's like asking why Superman doesn't do more mundane things. Because guys like Brainiac exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6758.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzuzr7s", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646760192.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "Because they already have plenty of people for that and there are bigger international threats with nukes and satellite lasers and plans to blow up MI6 or destabilize global society or whatever. It's like asking why Superman doesn't do more mundane things. Because guys like Brainiac exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31385.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzuzr7s", "c_root_id_B": "hzu414r", "created_at_utc_A": 1646760192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747230.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because they already have plenty of people for that and there are bigger international threats with nukes and satellite lasers and plans to blow up MI6 or destabilize global society or whatever. It's like asking why Superman doesn't do more mundane things. Because guys like Brainiac exist.", "human_ref_B": "Because most intelligence services runs departments (desks). 007 Works largely witht the Russian, Chineese and European desks. No doubt 003 or somthing works with the Afgan and Middle Eastern desks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12962.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hztzyhm", "c_root_id_B": "hzuuzyu", "created_at_utc_A": 1646745095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646758458.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Usually spies for those areas need to look a certain way to blend in. Pretty sure James bond would get picked up very quickly walking around in all but 3 maybe 4 of those places. Also remember the last one with brosnan.... North Korea didn't work out so well", "human_ref_B": "If you give someone a license to kill, you don't go sending them into warzones where everyone already feels like they can kill who they want. Bond's job is to work with a limited to non existent team, in a quick time frame before some classified Intel gets leaked or causes massive international issue. No need to put him somewhere that international issues are already ongoing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13363.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzuuzyu", "c_root_id_B": "hzu3o1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1646758458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747044.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you give someone a license to kill, you don't go sending them into warzones where everyone already feels like they can kill who they want. Bond's job is to work with a limited to non existent team, in a quick time frame before some classified Intel gets leaked or causes massive international issue. No need to put him somewhere that international issues are already ongoing.", "human_ref_B": "You don't deploy Bond for long-haul espionage. Places like Ireland, HK or Afghanistan call for long term presence, cultivating contacts, building up infrastructure, and being mindful of the other players of the game. The core premise of the 00s is that they're trusted to move fast and break shit on short notice with minimal oversight. If one of the section heads needs that sort of assistance, the home office can send Bond, but he's not the sort of guy you park on a radio to take notes about what Dear Leader is claiming credit for this week.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11414.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hztzepl", "c_root_id_B": "hzuuzyu", "created_at_utc_A": 1646744790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646758458.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "\"Ahh. Durkka durrka Mohammed Jihad\"", "human_ref_B": "If you give someone a license to kill, you don't go sending them into warzones where everyone already feels like they can kill who they want. Bond's job is to work with a limited to non existent team, in a quick time frame before some classified Intel gets leaked or causes massive international issue. No need to put him somewhere that international issues are already ongoing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13668.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzuuzyu", "c_root_id_B": "hzui013", "created_at_utc_A": 1646758458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646753434.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If you give someone a license to kill, you don't go sending them into warzones where everyone already feels like they can kill who they want. Bond's job is to work with a limited to non existent team, in a quick time frame before some classified Intel gets leaked or causes massive international issue. No need to put him somewhere that international issues are already ongoing.", "human_ref_B": "He can't be everywhere. He's just one guy. All those bumblefuck locations? You never heard about them because Bond was there to solve the problem before the nude bomb could be released. Those trouble spots you mentioned are just the places he hasn't gotten around to yet, but rest assured things would be much worse without Bond fucking pussy galore around the world.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5024.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzuuzyu", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646758458.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "If you give someone a license to kill, you don't go sending them into warzones where everyone already feels like they can kill who they want. Bond's job is to work with a limited to non existent team, in a quick time frame before some classified Intel gets leaked or causes massive international issue. No need to put him somewhere that international issues are already ongoing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29651.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzuuzyu", "c_root_id_B": "hzu414r", "created_at_utc_A": 1646758458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747230.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you give someone a license to kill, you don't go sending them into warzones where everyone already feels like they can kill who they want. Bond's job is to work with a limited to non existent team, in a quick time frame before some classified Intel gets leaked or causes massive international issue. No need to put him somewhere that international issues are already ongoing.", "human_ref_B": "Because most intelligence services runs departments (desks). 007 Works largely witht the Russian, Chineese and European desks. No doubt 003 or somthing works with the Afgan and Middle Eastern desks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11228.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hztzepl", "c_root_id_B": "hztzyhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1646744790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646745095.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "\"Ahh. Durkka durrka Mohammed Jihad\"", "human_ref_B": "Usually spies for those areas need to look a certain way to blend in. Pretty sure James bond would get picked up very quickly walking around in all but 3 maybe 4 of those places. Also remember the last one with brosnan.... North Korea didn't work out so well", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 305.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hztzyhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646745095.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "Usually spies for those areas need to look a certain way to blend in. Pretty sure James bond would get picked up very quickly walking around in all but 3 maybe 4 of those places. Also remember the last one with brosnan.... North Korea didn't work out so well", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16288.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu3o1e", "c_root_id_B": "hztzepl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646747044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646744790.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You don't deploy Bond for long-haul espionage. Places like Ireland, HK or Afghanistan call for long term presence, cultivating contacts, building up infrastructure, and being mindful of the other players of the game. The core premise of the 00s is that they're trusted to move fast and break shit on short notice with minimal oversight. If one of the section heads needs that sort of assistance, the home office can send Bond, but he's not the sort of guy you park on a radio to take notes about what Dear Leader is claiming credit for this week.", "human_ref_B": "\"Ahh. Durkka durrka Mohammed Jihad\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2254.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzu3o1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646747044.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "You don't deploy Bond for long-haul espionage. Places like Ireland, HK or Afghanistan call for long term presence, cultivating contacts, building up infrastructure, and being mindful of the other players of the game. The core premise of the 00s is that they're trusted to move fast and break shit on short notice with minimal oversight. If one of the section heads needs that sort of assistance, the home office can send Bond, but he's not the sort of guy you park on a radio to take notes about what Dear Leader is claiming credit for this week.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18237.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hztzepl", "c_root_id_B": "hzte1ki", "created_at_utc_A": 1646744790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646728807.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "\"Ahh. Durkka durrka Mohammed Jihad\"", "human_ref_B": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15983.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzui013", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646753434.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "He can't be everywhere. He's just one guy. All those bumblefuck locations? You never heard about them because Bond was there to solve the problem before the nude bomb could be released. Those trouble spots you mentioned are just the places he hasn't gotten around to yet, but rest assured things would be much worse without Bond fucking pussy galore around the world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24627.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu414r", "c_root_id_B": "hzui013", "created_at_utc_A": 1646747230.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646753434.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because most intelligence services runs departments (desks). 007 Works largely witht the Russian, Chineese and European desks. No doubt 003 or somthing works with the Afgan and Middle Eastern desks.", "human_ref_B": "He can't be everywhere. He's just one guy. All those bumblefuck locations? You never heard about them because Bond was there to solve the problem before the nude bomb could be released. Those trouble spots you mentioned are just the places he hasn't gotten around to yet, but rest assured things would be much worse without Bond fucking pussy galore around the world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6204.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzu414r", "c_root_id_B": "hzte1ki", "created_at_utc_A": 1646747230.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646728807.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Because most intelligence services runs departments (desks). 007 Works largely witht the Russian, Chineese and European desks. No doubt 003 or somthing works with the Afgan and Middle Eastern desks.", "human_ref_B": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18423.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzxqpvn", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646802453.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "He's not MI5. He's MI6: *Internal* Affairs. He deals with things when existing British Intelligence ops have been fucked with. Take the incident in Jamaica with Dr. No: the existing MI5 operation has been potentially compromised, so they send in an \"auditor\" of sorts. Someone who can figure out what happened and why, and *deal with it.*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 73646.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t97jpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[James Bond] Why is Britain's best spy so rarely sent to the areas (such as Afghanistan for example) that the UK intelligence is most interested in? And depending on the time frame we can add Iraq, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, North Korea, the Philippines, Argentina, Taiwan, Somalia, Hong Kong, East Germany, Libya, Syria, and many more onto that list.", "c_root_id_A": "hzte1ki", "c_root_id_B": "hzy1vqg", "created_at_utc_A": 1646728807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646809700.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "james bond is a shite spy IRL, he's so flashy and extravagant. I actually have a theory that james bond movies are either A) a man who cannot cope with the horrors of the world and chooses to make up his own bad guy, a la big daddy in kickass or defendor in, well, defendor. or B) it's some kids playing pretend in the backyard but made to look professional. that would definitely explain the various ridiculous plots as well as how the villains are always so extremely extravagantly rich and yet can somehow hide building a death laser", "human_ref_B": "I heard that it\u2019s because 007 always pulls the long straw, in a manner of speaking.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 80893.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dvgcc1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] At the end of Rogue One the Tantive IV takes off into hyperspace. At the beginning of ANH Vader's ship has tracked them down. How is that possible without hyperspace tracking that we see first used in TLJ?", "c_root_id_A": "f7ci64r", "c_root_id_B": "f7cizxj", "created_at_utc_A": 1573592781.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573593298.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 90, "human_ref_A": "Vader used the Force.", "human_ref_B": "Hyperspace isn't an open road. You can only go so far in one direction before needing to come out of hyperspace and reorient yourself around obstacles such as gravity wells and other large spacial anomalies. You can accurately guess where a ship is headed based on where it left what direction it heading in and what's in that direction. The reason tlj needed a tracking device is it allowed for faster tracking than normally possible. Assuming you have a fast enough ship you can jump in one direction leave hyperspace and turn around to jump back where you came from and without a tlj tracker your enemies wouldn't be able to know you've turned back on yourself. From scariff it's a short distance to tatoine which made it a logical guess the tantative would head there away from Imperial forces and it's relatively slow speed meant a star destroyer could catch up to it before they could alter course to head in an unexpected direction. I suggest eckharts ladder on YouTube where he explains how hyperspace routes work in the universe if you ever wanna go down the rabbit hole", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 517.0, "score_ratio": -45.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dvgcc1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] At the end of Rogue One the Tantive IV takes off into hyperspace. At the beginning of ANH Vader's ship has tracked them down. How is that possible without hyperspace tracking that we see first used in TLJ?", "c_root_id_A": "f7e2272", "c_root_id_B": "f7dtrmg", "created_at_utc_A": 1573642629.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573629587.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In the book From a Certain Point Of View, it\u2019s stated that the Tantive IV is leaking some sort of hyperspace fuel that is unique and traceable. This leak creates a trail that the Empire\u2019s able to follow. The first story is told by Captain Raymus Antilles, noting how their escape from Scarif was victorious, but even in their escape they had risked much.", "human_ref_B": "At least in the old cannon, the Hyperspace lanes were like currents and could only go to so many places, and it was way more common for out of the way systems to only have ones going to other out of the way systems... because if they went somewhere important they wouldn't be out of the way. Based on this, we can assume that sarriff only had so many ways in or out AND only so many places those could go to. That coupled with the SD being right behind the ship, let them figure out where they were going with a high degree of certainty and they were right behind them. They jumped out, and the SD followed within a minute or so at the same coordinates running the same calculations to follow them. In TLJ, conversely, the Resistance did a brilliant stupid. They dropped out MID LANE. Basically they popped out of the current in the middle of the ocean with the capacity to re enter it later. That wasn't technically possible OT and shows that there have been some advancements in hyperspace navigation made since the fall of the Empire. Basically if you went out of lane... you weren't getting back in so doing that would have been basically slow suicide. Then the FO found them, which should have been impossible because the Resistance would have chosen a base that had hyperlanes to a great number of potential locations, and then they chose the lowest probability location they could think of. Basically, the original plan was still to pop out of hyperspace then go to the planet (where there would be more hyperspace sholes to DIFFERENT locations and then reenter hyperspace there. That should have totally thrown off the FO because they would have been looking along hyperlane A and the resistance would have ended up on hyperlane B. Without their shields on them running at military power, they would have been able to make it easy with enough fuel for one more jump to a friendly location.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13042.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dvgcc1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] At the end of Rogue One the Tantive IV takes off into hyperspace. At the beginning of ANH Vader's ship has tracked them down. How is that possible without hyperspace tracking that we see first used in TLJ?", "c_root_id_A": "f7e2272", "c_root_id_B": "f7ci64r", "created_at_utc_A": 1573642629.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573592781.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "In the book From a Certain Point Of View, it\u2019s stated that the Tantive IV is leaking some sort of hyperspace fuel that is unique and traceable. This leak creates a trail that the Empire\u2019s able to follow. The first story is told by Captain Raymus Antilles, noting how their escape from Scarif was victorious, but even in their escape they had risked much.", "human_ref_B": "Vader used the Force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49848.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dvgcc1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] At the end of Rogue One the Tantive IV takes off into hyperspace. At the beginning of ANH Vader's ship has tracked them down. How is that possible without hyperspace tracking that we see first used in TLJ?", "c_root_id_A": "f7dtrmg", "c_root_id_B": "f7ci64r", "created_at_utc_A": 1573629587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573592781.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "At least in the old cannon, the Hyperspace lanes were like currents and could only go to so many places, and it was way more common for out of the way systems to only have ones going to other out of the way systems... because if they went somewhere important they wouldn't be out of the way. Based on this, we can assume that sarriff only had so many ways in or out AND only so many places those could go to. That coupled with the SD being right behind the ship, let them figure out where they were going with a high degree of certainty and they were right behind them. They jumped out, and the SD followed within a minute or so at the same coordinates running the same calculations to follow them. In TLJ, conversely, the Resistance did a brilliant stupid. They dropped out MID LANE. Basically they popped out of the current in the middle of the ocean with the capacity to re enter it later. That wasn't technically possible OT and shows that there have been some advancements in hyperspace navigation made since the fall of the Empire. Basically if you went out of lane... you weren't getting back in so doing that would have been basically slow suicide. Then the FO found them, which should have been impossible because the Resistance would have chosen a base that had hyperlanes to a great number of potential locations, and then they chose the lowest probability location they could think of. Basically, the original plan was still to pop out of hyperspace then go to the planet (where there would be more hyperspace sholes to DIFFERENT locations and then reenter hyperspace there. That should have totally thrown off the FO because they would have been looking along hyperlane A and the resistance would have ended up on hyperlane B. Without their shields on them running at military power, they would have been able to make it easy with enough fuel for one more jump to a friendly location.", "human_ref_B": "Vader used the Force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36806.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dvgcc1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] At the end of Rogue One the Tantive IV takes off into hyperspace. At the beginning of ANH Vader's ship has tracked them down. How is that possible without hyperspace tracking that we see first used in TLJ?", "c_root_id_A": "f7eyfd5", "c_root_id_B": "f7ci64r", "created_at_utc_A": 1573668501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573592781.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "According to the book \"from a certain point of view\" The Tantive IV was damaged and left a specific energy trail that could be tracked.", "human_ref_B": "Vader used the Force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 75720.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zngkh3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Terminator 2. Judgment day] why is the terminator not allowed to \"self terminate\"? There are times that even human soldiers are expected to kill themselves instead of being captured or interrogated. Why would they not allow a terminator to kill itself especially after it's mission was accomplished.", "c_root_id_A": "j0gq749", "c_root_id_B": "j0gsqwz", "created_at_utc_A": 1671202686.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671203751.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Side note- no human soldier in the modern age is expected to kill themselves to avoid capture or torture. They're instructed to do the opposite if possible, survive, under any circumstances. Anyways, the Terminator is a piece of ordinance, with value, so firstly they don't want it deciding on its own to destroy valuable property without their input. Second, the Terminators have a mission and they are expected to actively pursue it under any and all circumstances, until destruction. Self-termination would not be actively pursuing the mission. Thirdly, even having the possibility of self-termination opens the opportunity to be hacked or tricked into doing so.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1065.0, "score_ratio": 51.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zngkh3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Terminator 2. Judgment day] why is the terminator not allowed to \"self terminate\"? There are times that even human soldiers are expected to kill themselves instead of being captured or interrogated. Why would they not allow a terminator to kill itself especially after it's mission was accomplished.", "c_root_id_A": "j0gq749", "c_root_id_B": "j0gtvuf", "created_at_utc_A": 1671202686.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671204209.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Two reasons: 1. The terminator can't ever know if its mission is actually complete. Remember in the first one, it just grabbed a telephone book and knocked off every Sara Conner it had. But SkyNet had to know that this wasn't a fool proof plan. Sara Conner might not be listed, or the info as to her location might be out of date, or she might have changed her name. So you have to stick around in case the mission remains valid. 2. Second. Ever watch Star Trek? You know how many times Kirk talked a computer into suiciding itself? Sounds silly but it actually isn't that hard to tie a computer into knots. And as sophisticated as the technology is, their programming is pretty simple. Yeah, it's got some advanced AI to strategize and act like a human, but it's got a pretty basic set of directives. Why even take the chance? Just hard code it that, no matter what the clever human says, offing yourself is off the table.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1523.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zngkh3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Terminator 2. Judgment day] why is the terminator not allowed to \"self terminate\"? There are times that even human soldiers are expected to kill themselves instead of being captured or interrogated. Why would they not allow a terminator to kill itself especially after it's mission was accomplished.", "c_root_id_A": "j0h0gj0", "c_root_id_B": "j0gq749", "created_at_utc_A": 1671206820.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671202686.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "> especially after it's mission was accomplished. Was it, though? The mission was \"protect John Connor\", no fixed end date. If John is alive, then Uncle Bob must pursue that mission, it's hard wired into him. But he's grown during his time in LA, and knows that his mission parameters aren't sophisticated enough for the situation. He's bound to pursue and protect, but he's also a titanic liability to mankind in general (he's got the only intact Dyson architecture chip in the 20th century) and the Connors specifically (he's too busted up to keep up while they flee the cops, too shredded to fake being human, and is on borrowed time with his backup battery). The mission parameters say \"go\", but he knows the best move is the steel vat, and since he can't willingly go off mission he needs Sarah to pull the metaphorical trigger.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4134.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zngkh3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Terminator 2. Judgment day] why is the terminator not allowed to \"self terminate\"? There are times that even human soldiers are expected to kill themselves instead of being captured or interrogated. Why would they not allow a terminator to kill itself especially after it's mission was accomplished.", "c_root_id_A": "j0hzqee", "c_root_id_B": "j0gq749", "created_at_utc_A": 1671220623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671202686.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If Skynet was planning to pretty much always be on the offensive and always be winning, there's no need to give the Terminators a self-destruct function. When you win the battle you can always recover and repair your broken Terminators, or hey, since you're evil and they're just robots, you can leave the disabled ones lying around as surveillance cameras. Skynet probably thought thay disabling, recovering, and reprogramming a Terminator was way beyond the military and technological capabilities of the Resistance, and in the worst-case scenario Skynet probably still had a couple of leftover nukes to wipe anyone who took a Terminator \"prisoner\" off the face of the Earth. In real life, \"loitering\" is one of the main advantages of unmanned weapons like UAVs or landmines: they can spend a long time on the battlefield before and/or after an engagement. Thay's a problem with a dumb weapon like a landmine, but a Terminator can probably be trusted to continue to maintain a low profile unless actual hostiles re-emerge. There's also the possibility that the specific terminator in T2 had his suicide function disabled when he was reprogrammed to protect and obey John Connor, just in case there was some unknown sub-system which could still allow Skynet to order the \"defector\" to eliminate himself.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17937.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3d8qs8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Incredibles] Does Edna \"E\" Mode have any powers? When Mr. Incredible goes to see E about getting his suit repaired she starts rambling on about how boring it's been since the end of superheros and she says \"I USED TO DESIGN FOR GODS\". I noticed she also has depictions on ancient Greek demigods on her walls, and even some statues. The way she exclaimed such a preposterous thing in such a serious manner leads me to believe it wasn't just a figure of speech. Is it possible that she is immortal, or simply ages extremely slowly? Did she design suits (Or armour) for the likes of Theseus, Perseus, and Hercules?", "c_root_id_A": "ct2xvyz", "c_root_id_B": "ct2yda2", "created_at_utc_A": 1436884807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1436885578.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "There is a class of superheros that are inventors. Forge is one. E just focuses her super inventing on costumes.", "human_ref_B": "In terms of her power, could just be a Tinker", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 771.0, "score_ratio": 2.3157894737, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7nyepk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Was J. Jonah Jameson a good mayor of New York City? I mean I know he gets a little weird about Spider-Man but everyone knew that...what about everything else?", "c_root_id_A": "ds5nkwq", "c_root_id_B": "ds5gskz", "created_at_utc_A": 1515029041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515021132.0, "score_A": 89, "score_B": -15, "human_ref_A": "Nope. Basically every major project he undertook failed. He was notoriously anti-Spider-Man, who is largely liked by the people of New York. One fun example, early on in his tenure, was the Anti-Spider Squad.^TM Right after Peter learns that Jonah is mayor, Jonah forms this team to capture him. This team is _expensive._ In response to its existence, Peter basically becomes the best Spider-Man he can be and goes massively over-the-top with the heroics, making Jonah look reeeaaallly bad for wasting all this money to capture \"a menace.\" It's using tax payer money for a personal vendetta. This continues for a while before Peter proves to the squad that he's a dope fella. Another one was when he bailed out the Daily Bugle, clearly using tax payer money to fund his own legacy (despite him technically not being involved anymore). He eventually resigned and didn't finish his one term.", "human_ref_B": "I don't believe he was the mayor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7909.0, "score_ratio": -5.9333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7nyepk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Was J. Jonah Jameson a good mayor of New York City? I mean I know he gets a little weird about Spider-Man but everyone knew that...what about everything else?", "c_root_id_A": "ds5gskz", "c_root_id_B": "ds6f22c", "created_at_utc_A": 1515021132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515075770.0, "score_A": -15, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I don't believe he was the mayor.", "human_ref_B": "This is all fake news. I was fantastic! Is it my fault that the public didn\u2019t recognize what a menace Spider-Man was? HE\u2019S A THREAT TO THIS ENTIRE CITY! HE\u2019S MORE DANGEROUS THAN DOOM, THANOS, AND GALACTACUS ALL ROLLED INTO ONE! IF I DIDN\u2019T DO SOMETHING, WHO WOULD?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 54638.0, "score_ratio": -0.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgxclh", "c_root_id_B": "itgcs4j", "created_at_utc_A": 1666540504.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666531219.0, "score_A": 450, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "TL;DR Probably not, unless one of his powers is an infinitely large bladder So not being an engineer or material scientist or remotely qualified to answer this, I first took a look at current water jet cutting systems. Most rigs use a jet of water pressurized to between 30,000 and 90,000 PSI, narrowed to a stream between 0.18 and 0.4 mm in diameter. The cutting speed for water jets varies considerably based on material, pressure, and other factors, but the ballpark estimate seems to be around 6 inches per minute. The moon has a diameter of 1.3679e+8 inches, so assuming an infinite water and power supply, a water jet could cut through the moon in 820740000 minutes, or around 26 years. So that's how fast a commercial water jet system could do it - what about a super-powered penis and bladder system? At first, I was going to calculate the average PSI of human urination, then multiply that by whatever factor we use to get Superman's strength in other aspects. However, it seems like the numbers are so large (one source claimed that, at his peak, Superman is roughly 15 sextillion times stronger than a human) that the numbers don't matter - we can basically assume that Superman has an infinitely strong detrusor muscle, and can probably pressurize his urine as much as he wants. This ends up not mattering though, because of a few things that work against him. For one, typically water jet systems add an abrasive to increase cutting efficiency - we have to assume that a homogenous liquid like urine would be less effective unless Superman pees out minute particles of granite. There's also the orifice issue - the average human urethra is around 8 mm in diameter, significantly larger than our traditional cutting jets, which makes the cutting speed a lot slower. Finally, and this is the killer, there's the time requirement. Based on his other human-like characteristics, I assume Superman has roughly the same-sized bladder that we do, which means he can pee at most marginally longer than a human could. Of course, his stream is much stronger and highly pressurized than a human's, but the limitations of the bladder as his supply mean that the stronger he bears down, the quicker he runs out of pee. Essentially, he can't erode and slowly cut through the lunar surface; he has to bear down hard enough that his pee acts less like a cutting beam and more like a bullet, to get through the moon in one go. That would mean he'd have to accelerate his urine to basically relativistic speeds to have a chance of cutting through, which even with a ridiculously strong pelvic floor I don't think is really feasible (also at that point he's less cutting through the moon and more blowing the whole thing up). Interestingly, if we think of the urinary tract like the barrel of a gun, it does seem like Superman's dick length plays a role in how fast he can get his urine before it exits his urethra (so if anyone has a canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs, please do let me know). In summary, while Superman could almost definitely get his pee going fast enough to cut lunar rock, he's probably not gonna carve out a Dreamworks moon with his piss anytime soon.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9285.0, "score_ratio": 450.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgcs4j", "c_root_id_B": "itgx51e", "created_at_utc_A": 1666531219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666540416.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "\"I've come to make an announcement...\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9197.0, "score_ratio": 44.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgcs4j", "c_root_id_B": "ith6z52", "created_at_utc_A": 1666531219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666544439.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I mean it's just cheese", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13220.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgcs4j", "c_root_id_B": "itgynnr", "created_at_utc_A": 1666531219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666541047.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The man once sneezed out an entire solar system. That won't be a problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9828.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgcs4j", "c_root_id_B": "ithlqar", "created_at_utc_A": 1666531219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666550125.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": ">A canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs Probably the most important reason for this sub to exist summed up in one sentence. You have slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God with this answer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18906.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgcs4j", "c_root_id_B": "itie59g", "created_at_utc_A": 1666531219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666560831.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Can he have sex with Lois without blasting his Super-Load right through her?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29612.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgvh37", "c_root_id_B": "itgcs4j", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539718.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666531219.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8499.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgucqy", "c_root_id_B": "itgcs4j", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666531219.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Moons hollow bro. YOU could slice through it with a well jettisoned stream.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8029.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgvbrq", "c_root_id_B": "itgcs4j", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666531219.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sure, why not? There's never been any indication that not all of his muscles are superpowered.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8437.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ithbiaf", "c_root_id_B": "itgcs4j", "created_at_utc_A": 1666546224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666531219.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why would you even think of that!? Oh God you wanted a golden shower from him and your friend told you it would kill you did they?", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15005.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgx51e", "c_root_id_B": "itgxclh", "created_at_utc_A": 1666540416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666540504.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 450, "human_ref_A": "\"I've come to make an announcement...\"", "human_ref_B": "TL;DR Probably not, unless one of his powers is an infinitely large bladder So not being an engineer or material scientist or remotely qualified to answer this, I first took a look at current water jet cutting systems. Most rigs use a jet of water pressurized to between 30,000 and 90,000 PSI, narrowed to a stream between 0.18 and 0.4 mm in diameter. The cutting speed for water jets varies considerably based on material, pressure, and other factors, but the ballpark estimate seems to be around 6 inches per minute. The moon has a diameter of 1.3679e+8 inches, so assuming an infinite water and power supply, a water jet could cut through the moon in 820740000 minutes, or around 26 years. So that's how fast a commercial water jet system could do it - what about a super-powered penis and bladder system? At first, I was going to calculate the average PSI of human urination, then multiply that by whatever factor we use to get Superman's strength in other aspects. However, it seems like the numbers are so large (one source claimed that, at his peak, Superman is roughly 15 sextillion times stronger than a human) that the numbers don't matter - we can basically assume that Superman has an infinitely strong detrusor muscle, and can probably pressurize his urine as much as he wants. This ends up not mattering though, because of a few things that work against him. For one, typically water jet systems add an abrasive to increase cutting efficiency - we have to assume that a homogenous liquid like urine would be less effective unless Superman pees out minute particles of granite. There's also the orifice issue - the average human urethra is around 8 mm in diameter, significantly larger than our traditional cutting jets, which makes the cutting speed a lot slower. Finally, and this is the killer, there's the time requirement. Based on his other human-like characteristics, I assume Superman has roughly the same-sized bladder that we do, which means he can pee at most marginally longer than a human could. Of course, his stream is much stronger and highly pressurized than a human's, but the limitations of the bladder as his supply mean that the stronger he bears down, the quicker he runs out of pee. Essentially, he can't erode and slowly cut through the lunar surface; he has to bear down hard enough that his pee acts less like a cutting beam and more like a bullet, to get through the moon in one go. That would mean he'd have to accelerate his urine to basically relativistic speeds to have a chance of cutting through, which even with a ridiculously strong pelvic floor I don't think is really feasible (also at that point he's less cutting through the moon and more blowing the whole thing up). Interestingly, if we think of the urinary tract like the barrel of a gun, it does seem like Superman's dick length plays a role in how fast he can get his urine before it exits his urethra (so if anyone has a canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs, please do let me know). In summary, while Superman could almost definitely get his pee going fast enough to cut lunar rock, he's probably not gonna carve out a Dreamworks moon with his piss anytime soon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 88.0, "score_ratio": 10.2272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgxclh", "c_root_id_B": "itgvh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1666540504.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539718.0, "score_A": 450, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "TL;DR Probably not, unless one of his powers is an infinitely large bladder So not being an engineer or material scientist or remotely qualified to answer this, I first took a look at current water jet cutting systems. Most rigs use a jet of water pressurized to between 30,000 and 90,000 PSI, narrowed to a stream between 0.18 and 0.4 mm in diameter. The cutting speed for water jets varies considerably based on material, pressure, and other factors, but the ballpark estimate seems to be around 6 inches per minute. The moon has a diameter of 1.3679e+8 inches, so assuming an infinite water and power supply, a water jet could cut through the moon in 820740000 minutes, or around 26 years. So that's how fast a commercial water jet system could do it - what about a super-powered penis and bladder system? At first, I was going to calculate the average PSI of human urination, then multiply that by whatever factor we use to get Superman's strength in other aspects. However, it seems like the numbers are so large (one source claimed that, at his peak, Superman is roughly 15 sextillion times stronger than a human) that the numbers don't matter - we can basically assume that Superman has an infinitely strong detrusor muscle, and can probably pressurize his urine as much as he wants. This ends up not mattering though, because of a few things that work against him. For one, typically water jet systems add an abrasive to increase cutting efficiency - we have to assume that a homogenous liquid like urine would be less effective unless Superman pees out minute particles of granite. There's also the orifice issue - the average human urethra is around 8 mm in diameter, significantly larger than our traditional cutting jets, which makes the cutting speed a lot slower. Finally, and this is the killer, there's the time requirement. Based on his other human-like characteristics, I assume Superman has roughly the same-sized bladder that we do, which means he can pee at most marginally longer than a human could. Of course, his stream is much stronger and highly pressurized than a human's, but the limitations of the bladder as his supply mean that the stronger he bears down, the quicker he runs out of pee. Essentially, he can't erode and slowly cut through the lunar surface; he has to bear down hard enough that his pee acts less like a cutting beam and more like a bullet, to get through the moon in one go. That would mean he'd have to accelerate his urine to basically relativistic speeds to have a chance of cutting through, which even with a ridiculously strong pelvic floor I don't think is really feasible (also at that point he's less cutting through the moon and more blowing the whole thing up). Interestingly, if we think of the urinary tract like the barrel of a gun, it does seem like Superman's dick length plays a role in how fast he can get his urine before it exits his urethra (so if anyone has a canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs, please do let me know). In summary, while Superman could almost definitely get his pee going fast enough to cut lunar rock, he's probably not gonna carve out a Dreamworks moon with his piss anytime soon.", "human_ref_B": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 786.0, "score_ratio": 90.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgucqy", "c_root_id_B": "itgxclh", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666540504.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 450, "human_ref_A": "Moons hollow bro. YOU could slice through it with a well jettisoned stream.", "human_ref_B": "TL;DR Probably not, unless one of his powers is an infinitely large bladder So not being an engineer or material scientist or remotely qualified to answer this, I first took a look at current water jet cutting systems. Most rigs use a jet of water pressurized to between 30,000 and 90,000 PSI, narrowed to a stream between 0.18 and 0.4 mm in diameter. The cutting speed for water jets varies considerably based on material, pressure, and other factors, but the ballpark estimate seems to be around 6 inches per minute. The moon has a diameter of 1.3679e+8 inches, so assuming an infinite water and power supply, a water jet could cut through the moon in 820740000 minutes, or around 26 years. So that's how fast a commercial water jet system could do it - what about a super-powered penis and bladder system? At first, I was going to calculate the average PSI of human urination, then multiply that by whatever factor we use to get Superman's strength in other aspects. However, it seems like the numbers are so large (one source claimed that, at his peak, Superman is roughly 15 sextillion times stronger than a human) that the numbers don't matter - we can basically assume that Superman has an infinitely strong detrusor muscle, and can probably pressurize his urine as much as he wants. This ends up not mattering though, because of a few things that work against him. For one, typically water jet systems add an abrasive to increase cutting efficiency - we have to assume that a homogenous liquid like urine would be less effective unless Superman pees out minute particles of granite. There's also the orifice issue - the average human urethra is around 8 mm in diameter, significantly larger than our traditional cutting jets, which makes the cutting speed a lot slower. Finally, and this is the killer, there's the time requirement. Based on his other human-like characteristics, I assume Superman has roughly the same-sized bladder that we do, which means he can pee at most marginally longer than a human could. Of course, his stream is much stronger and highly pressurized than a human's, but the limitations of the bladder as his supply mean that the stronger he bears down, the quicker he runs out of pee. Essentially, he can't erode and slowly cut through the lunar surface; he has to bear down hard enough that his pee acts less like a cutting beam and more like a bullet, to get through the moon in one go. That would mean he'd have to accelerate his urine to basically relativistic speeds to have a chance of cutting through, which even with a ridiculously strong pelvic floor I don't think is really feasible (also at that point he's less cutting through the moon and more blowing the whole thing up). Interestingly, if we think of the urinary tract like the barrel of a gun, it does seem like Superman's dick length plays a role in how fast he can get his urine before it exits his urethra (so if anyone has a canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs, please do let me know). In summary, while Superman could almost definitely get his pee going fast enough to cut lunar rock, he's probably not gonna carve out a Dreamworks moon with his piss anytime soon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1256.0, "score_ratio": 112.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgxclh", "c_root_id_B": "itgvbrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1666540504.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539656.0, "score_A": 450, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "TL;DR Probably not, unless one of his powers is an infinitely large bladder So not being an engineer or material scientist or remotely qualified to answer this, I first took a look at current water jet cutting systems. Most rigs use a jet of water pressurized to between 30,000 and 90,000 PSI, narrowed to a stream between 0.18 and 0.4 mm in diameter. The cutting speed for water jets varies considerably based on material, pressure, and other factors, but the ballpark estimate seems to be around 6 inches per minute. The moon has a diameter of 1.3679e+8 inches, so assuming an infinite water and power supply, a water jet could cut through the moon in 820740000 minutes, or around 26 years. So that's how fast a commercial water jet system could do it - what about a super-powered penis and bladder system? At first, I was going to calculate the average PSI of human urination, then multiply that by whatever factor we use to get Superman's strength in other aspects. However, it seems like the numbers are so large (one source claimed that, at his peak, Superman is roughly 15 sextillion times stronger than a human) that the numbers don't matter - we can basically assume that Superman has an infinitely strong detrusor muscle, and can probably pressurize his urine as much as he wants. This ends up not mattering though, because of a few things that work against him. For one, typically water jet systems add an abrasive to increase cutting efficiency - we have to assume that a homogenous liquid like urine would be less effective unless Superman pees out minute particles of granite. There's also the orifice issue - the average human urethra is around 8 mm in diameter, significantly larger than our traditional cutting jets, which makes the cutting speed a lot slower. Finally, and this is the killer, there's the time requirement. Based on his other human-like characteristics, I assume Superman has roughly the same-sized bladder that we do, which means he can pee at most marginally longer than a human could. Of course, his stream is much stronger and highly pressurized than a human's, but the limitations of the bladder as his supply mean that the stronger he bears down, the quicker he runs out of pee. Essentially, he can't erode and slowly cut through the lunar surface; he has to bear down hard enough that his pee acts less like a cutting beam and more like a bullet, to get through the moon in one go. That would mean he'd have to accelerate his urine to basically relativistic speeds to have a chance of cutting through, which even with a ridiculously strong pelvic floor I don't think is really feasible (also at that point he's less cutting through the moon and more blowing the whole thing up). Interestingly, if we think of the urinary tract like the barrel of a gun, it does seem like Superman's dick length plays a role in how fast he can get his urine before it exits his urethra (so if anyone has a canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs, please do let me know). In summary, while Superman could almost definitely get his pee going fast enough to cut lunar rock, he's probably not gonna carve out a Dreamworks moon with his piss anytime soon.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, why not? There's never been any indication that not all of his muscles are superpowered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 848.0, "score_ratio": 150.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgvh37", "c_root_id_B": "itgx51e", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539718.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666540416.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "human_ref_B": "\"I've come to make an announcement...\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 698.0, "score_ratio": 8.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgucqy", "c_root_id_B": "itgx51e", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666540416.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "Moons hollow bro. YOU could slice through it with a well jettisoned stream.", "human_ref_B": "\"I've come to make an announcement...\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1168.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgx51e", "c_root_id_B": "itgvbrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1666540416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539656.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "\"I've come to make an announcement...\"", "human_ref_B": "Sure, why not? There's never been any indication that not all of his muscles are superpowered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 760.0, "score_ratio": 14.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ith6z52", "c_root_id_B": "itgynnr", "created_at_utc_A": 1666544439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666541047.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I mean it's just cheese", "human_ref_B": "The man once sneezed out an entire solar system. That won't be a problem.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3392.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ith6z52", "c_root_id_B": "itgvh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1666544439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539718.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I mean it's just cheese", "human_ref_B": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4721.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ith6z52", "c_root_id_B": "itgucqy", "created_at_utc_A": 1666544439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539248.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I mean it's just cheese", "human_ref_B": "Moons hollow bro. YOU could slice through it with a well jettisoned stream.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5191.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgvbrq", "c_root_id_B": "ith6z52", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666544439.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Sure, why not? There's never been any indication that not all of his muscles are superpowered.", "human_ref_B": "I mean it's just cheese", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4783.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgvh37", "c_root_id_B": "itgynnr", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539718.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666541047.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "human_ref_B": "The man once sneezed out an entire solar system. That won't be a problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1329.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgucqy", "c_root_id_B": "itgynnr", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666541047.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Moons hollow bro. YOU could slice through it with a well jettisoned stream.", "human_ref_B": "The man once sneezed out an entire solar system. That won't be a problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1799.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgynnr", "c_root_id_B": "itgvbrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1666541047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539656.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The man once sneezed out an entire solar system. That won't be a problem.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, why not? There's never been any indication that not all of his muscles are superpowered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1391.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ithlqar", "c_root_id_B": "itgvh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1666550125.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539718.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": ">A canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs Probably the most important reason for this sub to exist summed up in one sentence. You have slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God with this answer.", "human_ref_B": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10407.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ithlqar", "c_root_id_B": "itgucqy", "created_at_utc_A": 1666550125.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539248.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": ">A canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs Probably the most important reason for this sub to exist summed up in one sentence. You have slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God with this answer.", "human_ref_B": "Moons hollow bro. YOU could slice through it with a well jettisoned stream.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10877.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ithlqar", "c_root_id_B": "itgvbrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1666550125.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539656.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": ">A canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs Probably the most important reason for this sub to exist summed up in one sentence. You have slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God with this answer.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, why not? There's never been any indication that not all of his muscles are superpowered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10469.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ithbiaf", "c_root_id_B": "ithlqar", "created_at_utc_A": 1666546224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666550125.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Why would you even think of that!? Oh God you wanted a golden shower from him and your friend told you it would kill you did they?", "human_ref_B": ">A canonical source for how much dong Superman hangs Probably the most important reason for this sub to exist summed up in one sentence. You have slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God with this answer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3901.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgvh37", "c_root_id_B": "itie59g", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539718.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666560831.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "human_ref_B": "Can he have sex with Lois without blasting his Super-Load right through her?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21113.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itie59g", "c_root_id_B": "itgucqy", "created_at_utc_A": 1666560831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539248.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Can he have sex with Lois without blasting his Super-Load right through her?", "human_ref_B": "Moons hollow bro. YOU could slice through it with a well jettisoned stream.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21583.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itie59g", "c_root_id_B": "itgvbrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1666560831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539656.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Can he have sex with Lois without blasting his Super-Load right through her?", "human_ref_B": "Sure, why not? There's never been any indication that not all of his muscles are superpowered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21175.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "ithbiaf", "c_root_id_B": "itie59g", "created_at_utc_A": 1666546224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666560831.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Why would you even think of that!? Oh God you wanted a golden shower from him and your friend told you it would kill you did they?", "human_ref_B": "Can he have sex with Lois without blasting his Super-Load right through her?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14607.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgucqy", "c_root_id_B": "itgvh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539718.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Moons hollow bro. YOU could slice through it with a well jettisoned stream.", "human_ref_B": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 470.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ybhjw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC Comics] Can Superman pee with enough pressure to cut through the moon?", "c_root_id_A": "itgvbrq", "c_root_id_B": "itgvh37", "created_at_utc_A": 1666539656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666539718.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Sure, why not? There's never been any indication that not all of his muscles are superpowered.", "human_ref_B": "Short answer is yes. Longer answer is that there are several assumptions concerning this question: (i) Superman has normal bodily functions like peeing and pooping; (ii) Superman can control/focus his bodily functions so that they can affect other other matter. First, off, Superman is Kyrptonian. Krypotonians are basically human. The difference is the yellow sun. The (yellow) sun provides Superman with all of the energy he needs, so effectively he doesn't need to eat or drink but he will on occasion because he likes the taste or someting or simply to make other people who are eating or drinking more comfortable. Put Superman in a red sun environment and would would certainly need to eat and drink for sustenance. It follows that he will need to evacuate waste in the same wasy as \"normal\" humans. Hence, Superman can pee and poop provided he has injested something that requires waste evacuation. Secondly, yes, Superman can control his bodily functions so that he could cut through the moon with his pee, though it may require some training for him. For those of us \"normal\" humans, we recognize that with a little bit of effort we can \"pee harder\" or \"poop harder,\" though I question whether such a talent would be useful to a normal human. The Superboy series extensively discusses Superman's growth to maturity and learning to focus his extraordinary senses and abilities, like X-Ray Vision and super-hearing. While this series never explored the scatological side of Superman's development, it stands to reason that as with all other senses and bodily functions (sneezing, coughing, etc.), peeing can eventually be focused and controlled by Superman much in the same way. So, I suppose with some Kegal exercises for men, Superman is certainly capable of controlling his stream in such a way to cut through the moon. Now, this has me wondering what Superman could do with a fart ...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adv756", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] In GoTG vol. 2, Gamora falls out of a ship and lands just fine after falling a hundred or so feet. In Infinity War, she straight up dies. Why?", "c_root_id_A": "edkzj06", "c_root_id_B": "edl3298", "created_at_utc_A": 1546978031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546980495.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 77, "human_ref_A": "Probably Pym Particles", "human_ref_B": "Ego\u2019s planet is probably smaller and less dense than Vormir. Ego says it\u2019s about the size of Earth\u2019s moon (which by moon standards is admittedly pretty big but still only a quarter of the size of the Earth), and it\u2019s also got a large cave system stretching as far as the planet\u2019s core, making it relatively hollow as well. Vormir is more likely the size of the average planet, the fall seems to be longer, and Gamora was also hurled off the edge of the cliff. There\u2019s also the fact that one of the six most powerful objects in the universe\u2014the one that controls life and death and is sentient enough to demand and judge a sacrifice\u2014was overseeing the event.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2464.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adv756", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] In GoTG vol. 2, Gamora falls out of a ship and lands just fine after falling a hundred or so feet. In Infinity War, she straight up dies. Why?", "c_root_id_A": "edl3298", "c_root_id_B": "edkrzsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1546980495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546972601.0, "score_A": 77, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Ego\u2019s planet is probably smaller and less dense than Vormir. Ego says it\u2019s about the size of Earth\u2019s moon (which by moon standards is admittedly pretty big but still only a quarter of the size of the Earth), and it\u2019s also got a large cave system stretching as far as the planet\u2019s core, making it relatively hollow as well. Vormir is more likely the size of the average planet, the fall seems to be longer, and Gamora was also hurled off the edge of the cliff. There\u2019s also the fact that one of the six most powerful objects in the universe\u2014the one that controls life and death and is sentient enough to demand and judge a sacrifice\u2014was overseeing the event.", "human_ref_B": "She was thrown by thanos , didn't have a good landing and fell from more like 3-500 feet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7894.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adv756", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] In GoTG vol. 2, Gamora falls out of a ship and lands just fine after falling a hundred or so feet. In Infinity War, she straight up dies. Why?", "c_root_id_A": "edl3298", "c_root_id_B": "edkq4cu", "created_at_utc_A": 1546980495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546971286.0, "score_A": 77, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Ego\u2019s planet is probably smaller and less dense than Vormir. Ego says it\u2019s about the size of Earth\u2019s moon (which by moon standards is admittedly pretty big but still only a quarter of the size of the Earth), and it\u2019s also got a large cave system stretching as far as the planet\u2019s core, making it relatively hollow as well. Vormir is more likely the size of the average planet, the fall seems to be longer, and Gamora was also hurled off the edge of the cliff. There\u2019s also the fact that one of the six most powerful objects in the universe\u2014the one that controls life and death and is sentient enough to demand and judge a sacrifice\u2014was overseeing the event.", "human_ref_B": "Cuz that fall was several hundred feet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9209.0, "score_ratio": 12.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adv756", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] In GoTG vol. 2, Gamora falls out of a ship and lands just fine after falling a hundred or so feet. In Infinity War, she straight up dies. Why?", "c_root_id_A": "edkrzsl", "c_root_id_B": "edkzj06", "created_at_utc_A": 1546972601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546978031.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "She was thrown by thanos , didn't have a good landing and fell from more like 3-500 feet.", "human_ref_B": "Probably Pym Particles", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5430.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adv756", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] In GoTG vol. 2, Gamora falls out of a ship and lands just fine after falling a hundred or so feet. In Infinity War, she straight up dies. Why?", "c_root_id_A": "edkzj06", "c_root_id_B": "edkq4cu", "created_at_utc_A": 1546978031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546971286.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Probably Pym Particles", "human_ref_B": "Cuz that fall was several hundred feet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6745.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adv756", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] In GoTG vol. 2, Gamora falls out of a ship and lands just fine after falling a hundred or so feet. In Infinity War, she straight up dies. Why?", "c_root_id_A": "edkrzsl", "c_root_id_B": "edkq4cu", "created_at_utc_A": 1546972601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546971286.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "She was thrown by thanos , didn't have a good landing and fell from more like 3-500 feet.", "human_ref_B": "Cuz that fall was several hundred feet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1315.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adv756", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] In GoTG vol. 2, Gamora falls out of a ship and lands just fine after falling a hundred or so feet. In Infinity War, she straight up dies. Why?", "c_root_id_A": "edl8wk3", "c_root_id_B": "edlf62g", "created_at_utc_A": 1546984599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546989188.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Soul Stone probably does the killing.", "human_ref_B": "The fall was symbolic. Death was caused by the soul stone and the will of the person attempting to claim it. The hardest choices require the strongest wills. Had Thanos failed the test of will, Gamora would have lived and, presumably, Thanos would've been trapped in the stone.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4589.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fxb45i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] When Gamora realized what Thanos was after, and that she would be the key to his plan coming to fruition, why didn't she just slip through the airlock of the Benetar? That would have protected her secret much better than asking Peter to kill her with Thanos there.", "c_root_id_A": "fmtpuxe", "c_root_id_B": "fmutj4d", "created_at_utc_A": 1586376935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586398554.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "as long as she is alive, she is their best bet to stop thanos plans, because she knows them best. Also, she loves peter and wanna live, duh", "human_ref_B": "One theme of infinity war was that the heroes didn't have the will to do what was necessary. Chris Pratt couldn't kill Gamora, Loki couldn't watch Thor die, Cap and co didn't sacrifice vision.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21619.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fxb45i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] When Gamora realized what Thanos was after, and that she would be the key to his plan coming to fruition, why didn't she just slip through the airlock of the Benetar? That would have protected her secret much better than asking Peter to kill her with Thanos there.", "c_root_id_A": "fmutj4d", "c_root_id_B": "fmtm68e", "created_at_utc_A": 1586398554.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586375115.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "One theme of infinity war was that the heroes didn't have the will to do what was necessary. Chris Pratt couldn't kill Gamora, Loki couldn't watch Thor die, Cap and co didn't sacrifice vision.", "human_ref_B": "She didnt know thanos knew she knew. Nebula is like the worst sibling snitch in history.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23439.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fxb45i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] When Gamora realized what Thanos was after, and that she would be the key to his plan coming to fruition, why didn't she just slip through the airlock of the Benetar? That would have protected her secret much better than asking Peter to kill her with Thanos there.", "c_root_id_A": "fmtmwuv", "c_root_id_B": "fmutj4d", "created_at_utc_A": 1586375479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586398554.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Thanos could always find soul stone another way especially once he aquire the other five. She thought by staying alive they might be able to give soul stone to the good guys either to destroy it or use it against thanos. Also she was deeply engaged with starlord at that point and suicide would hurt her loved ones alot.", "human_ref_B": "One theme of infinity war was that the heroes didn't have the will to do what was necessary. Chris Pratt couldn't kill Gamora, Loki couldn't watch Thor die, Cap and co didn't sacrifice vision.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23075.0, "score_ratio": -13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fxb45i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] When Gamora realized what Thanos was after, and that she would be the key to his plan coming to fruition, why didn't she just slip through the airlock of the Benetar? That would have protected her secret much better than asking Peter to kill her with Thanos there.", "c_root_id_A": "fmtm68e", "c_root_id_B": "fmtpuxe", "created_at_utc_A": 1586375115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586376935.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "She didnt know thanos knew she knew. Nebula is like the worst sibling snitch in history.", "human_ref_B": "as long as she is alive, she is their best bet to stop thanos plans, because she knows them best. Also, she loves peter and wanna live, duh", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1820.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fxb45i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] When Gamora realized what Thanos was after, and that she would be the key to his plan coming to fruition, why didn't she just slip through the airlock of the Benetar? That would have protected her secret much better than asking Peter to kill her with Thanos there.", "c_root_id_A": "fmtmwuv", "c_root_id_B": "fmtpuxe", "created_at_utc_A": 1586375479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586376935.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Thanos could always find soul stone another way especially once he aquire the other five. She thought by staying alive they might be able to give soul stone to the good guys either to destroy it or use it against thanos. Also she was deeply engaged with starlord at that point and suicide would hurt her loved ones alot.", "human_ref_B": "as long as she is alive, she is their best bet to stop thanos plans, because she knows them best. Also, she loves peter and wanna live, duh", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1456.0, "score_ratio": -9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fxb45i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] When Gamora realized what Thanos was after, and that she would be the key to his plan coming to fruition, why didn't she just slip through the airlock of the Benetar? That would have protected her secret much better than asking Peter to kill her with Thanos there.", "c_root_id_A": "fmtm68e", "c_root_id_B": "fmvng10", "created_at_utc_A": 1586375115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586423513.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "She didnt know thanos knew she knew. Nebula is like the worst sibling snitch in history.", "human_ref_B": "Surely Gamora dying has no affect on Infinity War? If Thanos gets the time stone first, could he not bring her back to life?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48398.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fxb45i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] When Gamora realized what Thanos was after, and that she would be the key to his plan coming to fruition, why didn't she just slip through the airlock of the Benetar? That would have protected her secret much better than asking Peter to kill her with Thanos there.", "c_root_id_A": "fmvng10", "c_root_id_B": "fmtmwuv", "created_at_utc_A": 1586423513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586375479.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Surely Gamora dying has no affect on Infinity War? If Thanos gets the time stone first, could he not bring her back to life?", "human_ref_B": "Thanos could always find soul stone another way especially once he aquire the other five. She thought by staying alive they might be able to give soul stone to the good guys either to destroy it or use it against thanos. Also she was deeply engaged with starlord at that point and suicide would hurt her loved ones alot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48034.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcusnix", "c_root_id_B": "dcus172", "created_at_utc_A": 1485288530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485287855.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It comes down to three factors: - At the end of the Clone Wars, the Empire acted quickly to secure stocks of CIS equipment. They were fully aware that the mere deactivation of droid armies would leave them open to further use, and so secured storage locations. In some cases (Droideka, DSD-1 Dwarf Spider Droid, etc) the Empire would actually use droid soldiers. - Droids still have upkeep requirements; they are not a logistics-less weapon. Given the Rebels' limited starship fleet, giving up transport and maintenance assets for droids over biological volunteers would not have been a popular choice. The Rebels did not have the enormous manufacturing and logistical base the CIS did until much later. - In some limited cases, where they could get their hands on them and where they were useful, the Rebels *did* use Droids. This was very limited, though, because of the above two reasons.", "human_ref_B": "Becsuse they are expensive as shit and are kinda dumb", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 675.0, "score_ratio": 58.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcutkpw", "c_root_id_B": "dcus172", "created_at_utc_A": 1485289556.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485287855.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Former Rebel Quartermaster here, hoping to shed some light on the subject: 1. Yes we were often short on troops, but we were more often shorter on **funds**. Battle droids cost money. And more than just their up-front cost too. You've got to have a guy that fixes the broken droids, a supply of parts to repair them with, and honestly you're probably going to want to have a person in charge of the droids in battle (especially if they were working in tandem with living soldier units). Not to mention that we weren't usually on nicely manicured lawns and conveniently flat surfaces. Do you really think battle droids could have functioned well on Hoth or Yavin 4? Hoth's too cold and Yavin was too humid. Even Endor was probably too hilly to really mobilize battle droids (unless you happen to have a battle droid factory in orbit, which I don't recall seeing on any of the reports that crossed my desk). 2. The factory building itself might be abandoned, but you can bet your boots that the people who owned it took all the equipment they could out of it when they left, and that smugglers and salvagers took the rest afterwards. It comes down to this, if you've got the equipment and expertise sure, it'll be easy to manufacture them; but we had neither the equipment or spare expertise (those with robotics experience tended to be engineers in our space fleet where they were more useful). You know why more worlds don't have battle droids? Because they're **not easy** to design. Sure, an astromech droid or a protocol droid is fairly simple, but they don't need to have the range of motion or processing power that you need in a fight (which is why we didn't arm the ones we had). Living (btw, not all human, ya racist) troops are much simpler to maintain because they more or less do it themselves. Individual units can hunt on planets for food if we were running low, but droids almost never can go find replacement parts. 3. We'd have been crushed on Hoth. No survivors. We barely managed to retrofit our snowspeeders to work in the cold, let alone a squadron of tanks and droids. You know what ice does? It melts. When it melts it turns into water, and seeps into every little crack and crevice it can. You know where ice melts? Inside. Like, where living beings like to hang out when it's really fracking cold outside. And you know what happens when that piece of equipment that now has little bits of liquid water everywhere goes back out into the cold (-60 F on a warm night and always below freezing)? That liquid water freezes again, and **expands** into little ice crystals that tear apart machinery and generally make everyone's lives harder. We picked Hoth because we didn't think the Empire would be able to find us there, and because we hoped that if they did we'd have some time before they were able to modify their own equipment to work on the surface. Unfortunately they already had walkers and armor designed for snow, so it didn't really take them that long. 4. The real main reason we didn't have droids is because that requires infrastructure. You're going to need factories to make droids, and you're going to need to have a supply of raw materials to those factories. Factories are generally stationary, which would mean we'd need troops set aside to protect those factories because they would inevitably become targets for the Empire, and likely targets that we couldn't possibly defend (look what happened to Alderaan and what almost happened to the Yavin 4 base). \"So why not build a space factory?\" I hear you asking. Well because we'd need a factory to build that factory ship, but also because factories on planets can be *huuuuuuuge*. You can have huge tracts of land that are just piles of raw materials you haven't gotten around to using yet, but real estate is at a premium in space, every cubic inch counts. Your floating factory would probably just end up flying between mining colonies (and likely stealing the materials from them because most couldn't afford to do business with us) and have a ton of downtime. And even if we did find a star-destroyer-sized battle droid factory just floating abandoned and in perfect shape in space, the Empire could just start targeting our suppliers. The potential for civilian casualties in that case is astronomical, and definitely not worth it.", "human_ref_B": "Becsuse they are expensive as shit and are kinda dumb", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1701.0, "score_ratio": 24.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcuvbha", "c_root_id_B": "dcv0ckm", "created_at_utc_A": 1485291471.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485297159.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Anyone who keep saying Battle Droids were expensive is wrong, Battle Droids were cheap, efficient, and very good when used in large numbers. So why didn't the Rebels use them? It wasn't the fact that the Rebels needed factories, they had many Outer Rim Worlds that could accomplish this easily. No, it was that Battle Droids had been portrayed as an evil thing by the Empire, to use them would be to surrender to the Empire's propagandists, and allow their image to be trashed by anyone and everyone around the galaxy. People may of hated the Empire or Rebellion, but both hated the Separatists more.", "human_ref_B": "The Alliance to Restore the Republic aka dirty rebel scum never used droids. However in the years after the Clone Wars there was at least in attack that consisted of mostly Droid star fighters. It took that group years to amasses that many droids with a corrupt official and a negligent Moff and they were all destroyed in the attack against the star destroyer. They were however successful in destroying the destroyer and forcing Vader and his Master to the planet surface. This is from the canon book Lords of the Sith.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5688.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcus172", "c_root_id_B": "dcv0ckm", "created_at_utc_A": 1485287855.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485297159.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Becsuse they are expensive as shit and are kinda dumb", "human_ref_B": "The Alliance to Restore the Republic aka dirty rebel scum never used droids. However in the years after the Clone Wars there was at least in attack that consisted of mostly Droid star fighters. It took that group years to amasses that many droids with a corrupt official and a negligent Moff and they were all destroyed in the attack against the star destroyer. They were however successful in destroying the destroyer and forcing Vader and his Master to the planet surface. This is from the canon book Lords of the Sith.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9304.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcuvwiu", "c_root_id_B": "dcuvbha", "created_at_utc_A": 1485292114.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485291471.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "A battledroid is extremely cheap, but you need factories to build them. The Rebels often had to leave their bases when they were discovered, so it wasn't worth it building or even activating old factories. Getting new recruits and Imperial defectors was free after all. Another factor no one mentioned is that the rebel strategy consisted on using small numbers of highly trained troops. Battledroids need to be in the thousands to be effective. The CIS lost the war having 100 times as many units as the Republic! Yeah, droids could have been useful in a few open battles the Rebels had, but they still wouldn't have done much against the Empire. Want to know what would have happened if the Rebels had thousands of battledroids on Hoth? You'd have seen twenty or thirty AT-ATs instead of five, and a few thousand more stormtroopers. The rebels knew they couldn't beat the Empire in open battles, so they didn't try.", "human_ref_B": "Anyone who keep saying Battle Droids were expensive is wrong, Battle Droids were cheap, efficient, and very good when used in large numbers. So why didn't the Rebels use them? It wasn't the fact that the Rebels needed factories, they had many Outer Rim Worlds that could accomplish this easily. No, it was that Battle Droids had been portrayed as an evil thing by the Empire, to use them would be to surrender to the Empire's propagandists, and allow their image to be trashed by anyone and everyone around the galaxy. People may of hated the Empire or Rebellion, but both hated the Separatists more.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 643.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcus172", "c_root_id_B": "dcuvwiu", "created_at_utc_A": 1485287855.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485292114.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Becsuse they are expensive as shit and are kinda dumb", "human_ref_B": "A battledroid is extremely cheap, but you need factories to build them. The Rebels often had to leave their bases when they were discovered, so it wasn't worth it building or even activating old factories. Getting new recruits and Imperial defectors was free after all. Another factor no one mentioned is that the rebel strategy consisted on using small numbers of highly trained troops. Battledroids need to be in the thousands to be effective. The CIS lost the war having 100 times as many units as the Republic! Yeah, droids could have been useful in a few open battles the Rebels had, but they still wouldn't have done much against the Empire. Want to know what would have happened if the Rebels had thousands of battledroids on Hoth? You'd have seen twenty or thirty AT-ATs instead of five, and a few thousand more stormtroopers. The rebels knew they couldn't beat the Empire in open battles, so they didn't try.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4259.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcuvbha", "c_root_id_B": "dcuz5i2", "created_at_utc_A": 1485291471.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485295752.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Anyone who keep saying Battle Droids were expensive is wrong, Battle Droids were cheap, efficient, and very good when used in large numbers. So why didn't the Rebels use them? It wasn't the fact that the Rebels needed factories, they had many Outer Rim Worlds that could accomplish this easily. No, it was that Battle Droids had been portrayed as an evil thing by the Empire, to use them would be to surrender to the Empire's propagandists, and allow their image to be trashed by anyone and everyone around the galaxy. People may of hated the Empire or Rebellion, but both hated the Separatists more.", "human_ref_B": ">See? I told you those rebels were nothing more than Seperatist tyrants! GET THEM! -Palpatine probably", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4281.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcus172", "c_root_id_B": "dcuz5i2", "created_at_utc_A": 1485287855.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485295752.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Becsuse they are expensive as shit and are kinda dumb", "human_ref_B": ">See? I told you those rebels were nothing more than Seperatist tyrants! GET THEM! -Palpatine probably", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7897.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcuvbha", "c_root_id_B": "dcus172", "created_at_utc_A": 1485291471.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485287855.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Anyone who keep saying Battle Droids were expensive is wrong, Battle Droids were cheap, efficient, and very good when used in large numbers. So why didn't the Rebels use them? It wasn't the fact that the Rebels needed factories, they had many Outer Rim Worlds that could accomplish this easily. No, it was that Battle Droids had been portrayed as an evil thing by the Empire, to use them would be to surrender to the Empire's propagandists, and allow their image to be trashed by anyone and everyone around the galaxy. People may of hated the Empire or Rebellion, but both hated the Separatists more.", "human_ref_B": "Becsuse they are expensive as shit and are kinda dumb", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3616.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcus172", "c_root_id_B": "dcvddj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485287855.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485313219.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Becsuse they are expensive as shit and are kinda dumb", "human_ref_B": "The same reason that R2-D2 and C-3PO weren't allowed in the cantina, there's a lingering stigma from the CIS and the Clone Wars. If the rebellion turns to using battle droids it may help them in a battle or two, but as soon as word gets out that they are using them them rebellion will lose the support of many systems. Without that support there is no way that they can beat the empire", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25364.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcv3q49", "c_root_id_B": "dcvddj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485301279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485313219.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "even if they had droids, the empire had practically unlimited resources, so the empire would still come out on top, with a few more losses", "human_ref_B": "The same reason that R2-D2 and C-3PO weren't allowed in the cantina, there's a lingering stigma from the CIS and the Clone Wars. If the rebellion turns to using battle droids it may help them in a battle or two, but as soon as word gets out that they are using them them rebellion will lose the support of many systems. Without that support there is no way that they can beat the empire", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11940.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcvddj6", "c_root_id_B": "dcv5gu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485313219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485303470.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The same reason that R2-D2 and C-3PO weren't allowed in the cantina, there's a lingering stigma from the CIS and the Clone Wars. If the rebellion turns to using battle droids it may help them in a battle or two, but as soon as word gets out that they are using them them rebellion will lose the support of many systems. Without that support there is no way that they can beat the empire", "human_ref_B": "Do you really think the Emperor was so short-sighted? After the war, droid manufacturing planets were ruled by the Empire, and deactivated droid armies were the property of the Empire. The former were re-tasked to build the Imperial war machine we see in the OT. The later were melted down for resources.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9749.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pyawg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Rebels ever use battle droids? Consider this, 1. Yes I understand human/clone troops are better than battle droids, but it seemed like the rebels very always short on troops to fight with, like the Battle of Hoth, battle on the blockage runner, etc. 2. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of warehouses and factories of battle droids after EP III that were destroyed or abandoned after the clone wars, meaning droids must have been cheap, easy to make and everywhere. Meaning the rebels could even design(if they really to had, but they probably could find plans) and build there own with ease, they do have the resources to maintain a fleet and thousands of human troops already. Droids would have been a great budget choice for them. 3. Imagine how the battle of Hoth would have went differently if the rebels had 100 destroyer droids and a few thousand battle droids on their side. Maybe throw in a few tanks to, and now you have just one drop full ship of droid troops that could have turned the tide of battle. Why didn't the rebel use battle droids?", "c_root_id_A": "dcv8ncl", "c_root_id_B": "dcvddj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485307472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485313219.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well, they get roflstomped in every engagement, so it makes sense that they wouldn't be used by an army that watched the Clone Wars happen.", "human_ref_B": "The same reason that R2-D2 and C-3PO weren't allowed in the cantina, there's a lingering stigma from the CIS and the Clone Wars. If the rebellion turns to using battle droids it may help them in a battle or two, but as soon as word gets out that they are using them them rebellion will lose the support of many systems. Without that support there is no way that they can beat the empire", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5747.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pul8nh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Harry Potter] my muggle born friend was just petrified by the monster from the chamber of secrets. I went to the hospital wing to comfort her and keep her company. I know she\u2019s frozen solid, but can she still hear me?", "c_root_id_A": "he3rkuy", "c_root_id_B": "he3ohow", "created_at_utc_A": 1632498675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632497394.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so. The petrification is very powerful dark magic that *would* have killed her had she been exposed directly to it. I think her mind is as suspended as her body.", "human_ref_B": "Jesus, could you imagine that? Just completely locked in your own body, but still having all five of your senses active. That would be absolute hell, like locked-in syndrome. The kids don't talk about their experiences of being petrified, so it's very likely that it's more like a very stiff coma. That being said, there is the possibility of the kids being so traumatized by their experience that they had to use memory charms to erase their memories of being unable to move.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1281.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzgnlon", "c_root_id_B": "gzgnxqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1621992659.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621992832.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "Voldemort thought of Muggles as less than dirt. They are not even human to him. To even *think* of having them carry out something as important as killing Harry Potter, the only person capable of threatening his power, is outrageous. *Could* he have done it? Sure, technically. But why would he? Would you ever ask a dog to babysit your children?", "human_ref_B": "Voldy wanted to kill Harry by his own hand, out of hatred for what he did to him and a show of power. Imagine the boy that deformed and wounded the big evil dark lord is killed by a filthy useless muggle? He\u2019d become a joke even if people wouldnt say it to his face.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 173.0, "score_ratio": 1.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzgqeom", "c_root_id_B": "gzgshfo", "created_at_utc_A": 1621994097.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621995162.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think about the use of firearms in the Wizarding World from time to time too. Would've wrapped that series up real quick.", "human_ref_B": "Even if he *hadn't* hated muggles, he couldn't send people to harm Harry. Anyone working for him couldn't even find the Dursley home as long as Harry lived there, until he reached adulthood, and nobody at *all* could find the Potter home, let alone some muggles. The very instant Harry *does* reach adulthood, and so *can* be attacked? He is. Literally that instant.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1065.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhmp3c", "c_root_id_B": "gzhhcz4", "created_at_utc_A": 1622015016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622010585.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Remember the ending. Voldemort doesnt want harry dead. He wants to kill him and then expose his body to everyone, as memento of what becomes of the hope of every opposer believing in \"the boy who lived\". For years people got bold over the fact that a kid defeated him, now he can show them that not only he didnt die and came back more powerful than ever, but also that whatever magic made harry defeat him was just a fluke, easily overcome by him. Harry died to save hogwarts in an act of bravery and voldemort told the story of a wimpy kid begging for his life Killing Harry was propaganda for him", "human_ref_B": "If you have a hammer every problem looks like a nail. Voldemort loathes muggles with utmost passion, he despised the non-magical world that has him treated less than charitable at least from his perspective. To him discovering that he was a wizard, that magic was real, wizarding world, and to boot that he is amazing at it was the greatest thing to ever happen in his life it also handily feed into his narcissism and psychopathy. As such magic is the solution to all problems and the muggle world is a filthy place deserving to be burned down from which nothing constructive and helpful can come. To use muggle means or muggle agents to solve a problem is as if you decided to hire a monkey to solve a problem for you - it is a ridiculous proposition.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4431.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhmp3c", "c_root_id_B": "gzhe9hd", "created_at_utc_A": 1622015016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622008169.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Remember the ending. Voldemort doesnt want harry dead. He wants to kill him and then expose his body to everyone, as memento of what becomes of the hope of every opposer believing in \"the boy who lived\". For years people got bold over the fact that a kid defeated him, now he can show them that not only he didnt die and came back more powerful than ever, but also that whatever magic made harry defeat him was just a fluke, easily overcome by him. Harry died to save hogwarts in an act of bravery and voldemort told the story of a wimpy kid begging for his life Killing Harry was propaganda for him", "human_ref_B": "Wasn't the entire plot of 4th book about how Voldemort needs Harry's fresh blood to complete his return ritual? Probably difficult to collect after you spill all of it on the Tesco parking lot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6847.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhmp3c", "c_root_id_B": "gzhmnol", "created_at_utc_A": 1622015016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622014981.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Remember the ending. Voldemort doesnt want harry dead. He wants to kill him and then expose his body to everyone, as memento of what becomes of the hope of every opposer believing in \"the boy who lived\". For years people got bold over the fact that a kid defeated him, now he can show them that not only he didnt die and came back more powerful than ever, but also that whatever magic made harry defeat him was just a fluke, easily overcome by him. Harry died to save hogwarts in an act of bravery and voldemort told the story of a wimpy kid begging for his life Killing Harry was propaganda for him", "human_ref_B": "It would never occur to Voldemort to even consider that as an option. You might as well ask why didn't Voldemort train a chimp to attack Harry with a rock. They're equally absurd in his eyes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhmp3c", "c_root_id_B": "gzgqeom", "created_at_utc_A": 1622015016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621994097.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Remember the ending. Voldemort doesnt want harry dead. He wants to kill him and then expose his body to everyone, as memento of what becomes of the hope of every opposer believing in \"the boy who lived\". For years people got bold over the fact that a kid defeated him, now he can show them that not only he didnt die and came back more powerful than ever, but also that whatever magic made harry defeat him was just a fluke, easily overcome by him. Harry died to save hogwarts in an act of bravery and voldemort told the story of a wimpy kid begging for his life Killing Harry was propaganda for him", "human_ref_B": "I think about the use of firearms in the Wizarding World from time to time too. Would've wrapped that series up real quick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20919.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhhcz4", "c_root_id_B": "gzhz4dp", "created_at_utc_A": 1622010585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622026036.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If you have a hammer every problem looks like a nail. Voldemort loathes muggles with utmost passion, he despised the non-magical world that has him treated less than charitable at least from his perspective. To him discovering that he was a wizard, that magic was real, wizarding world, and to boot that he is amazing at it was the greatest thing to ever happen in his life it also handily feed into his narcissism and psychopathy. As such magic is the solution to all problems and the muggle world is a filthy place deserving to be burned down from which nothing constructive and helpful can come. To use muggle means or muggle agents to solve a problem is as if you decided to hire a monkey to solve a problem for you - it is a ridiculous proposition.", "human_ref_B": "Many great answers already. I'd like to add that there's a ritual component to Voldemort's magic. He's shown dabbling in incantations that are not just wave wand + say word = silly stuff happens. Sure, he'll use an Avada Kedavra or two, but he believes in symbols and arcane powers. Dumbledore thinks of Voldemort as a fairly superstitious and narrow-minded wizard - like when him and Harry are going to the lake to retrieve the locket and the spell asks for a tribute in blood, Dumbledore is disgusted by the thinking behind it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15451.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhz4dp", "c_root_id_B": "gzhu6b6", "created_at_utc_A": 1622026036.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622021886.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Many great answers already. I'd like to add that there's a ritual component to Voldemort's magic. He's shown dabbling in incantations that are not just wave wand + say word = silly stuff happens. Sure, he'll use an Avada Kedavra or two, but he believes in symbols and arcane powers. Dumbledore thinks of Voldemort as a fairly superstitious and narrow-minded wizard - like when him and Harry are going to the lake to retrieve the locket and the spell asks for a tribute in blood, Dumbledore is disgusted by the thinking behind it.", "human_ref_B": ">Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer. That would've meant acknowledging his \"muggle side\". It would be like saying magic is actually inferior. Besides, Harrys parents likely would've been able to fend off ordinary muggles. Voldemort usually steamrolls any magical opponent so why shouldn't it have worked this time? Avada kedavra is clean, fast, comfortable, it's the perfect choice for killing. What happened with Harry was a total freak accident. It's like the bullet randomly bouncing off his skull and hitting the shooter instead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4150.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhz4dp", "c_root_id_B": "gzhe9hd", "created_at_utc_A": 1622026036.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622008169.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Many great answers already. I'd like to add that there's a ritual component to Voldemort's magic. He's shown dabbling in incantations that are not just wave wand + say word = silly stuff happens. Sure, he'll use an Avada Kedavra or two, but he believes in symbols and arcane powers. Dumbledore thinks of Voldemort as a fairly superstitious and narrow-minded wizard - like when him and Harry are going to the lake to retrieve the locket and the spell asks for a tribute in blood, Dumbledore is disgusted by the thinking behind it.", "human_ref_B": "Wasn't the entire plot of 4th book about how Voldemort needs Harry's fresh blood to complete his return ritual? Probably difficult to collect after you spill all of it on the Tesco parking lot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17867.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhmnol", "c_root_id_B": "gzhz4dp", "created_at_utc_A": 1622014981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622026036.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It would never occur to Voldemort to even consider that as an option. You might as well ask why didn't Voldemort train a chimp to attack Harry with a rock. They're equally absurd in his eyes.", "human_ref_B": "Many great answers already. I'd like to add that there's a ritual component to Voldemort's magic. He's shown dabbling in incantations that are not just wave wand + say word = silly stuff happens. Sure, he'll use an Avada Kedavra or two, but he believes in symbols and arcane powers. Dumbledore thinks of Voldemort as a fairly superstitious and narrow-minded wizard - like when him and Harry are going to the lake to retrieve the locket and the spell asks for a tribute in blood, Dumbledore is disgusted by the thinking behind it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11055.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhz4dp", "c_root_id_B": "gzgqeom", "created_at_utc_A": 1622026036.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621994097.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Many great answers already. I'd like to add that there's a ritual component to Voldemort's magic. He's shown dabbling in incantations that are not just wave wand + say word = silly stuff happens. Sure, he'll use an Avada Kedavra or two, but he believes in symbols and arcane powers. Dumbledore thinks of Voldemort as a fairly superstitious and narrow-minded wizard - like when him and Harry are going to the lake to retrieve the locket and the spell asks for a tribute in blood, Dumbledore is disgusted by the thinking behind it.", "human_ref_B": "I think about the use of firearms in the Wizarding World from time to time too. Would've wrapped that series up real quick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31939.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhe9hd", "c_root_id_B": "gzhhcz4", "created_at_utc_A": 1622008169.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622010585.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't the entire plot of 4th book about how Voldemort needs Harry's fresh blood to complete his return ritual? Probably difficult to collect after you spill all of it on the Tesco parking lot.", "human_ref_B": "If you have a hammer every problem looks like a nail. Voldemort loathes muggles with utmost passion, he despised the non-magical world that has him treated less than charitable at least from his perspective. To him discovering that he was a wizard, that magic was real, wizarding world, and to boot that he is amazing at it was the greatest thing to ever happen in his life it also handily feed into his narcissism and psychopathy. As such magic is the solution to all problems and the muggle world is a filthy place deserving to be burned down from which nothing constructive and helpful can come. To use muggle means or muggle agents to solve a problem is as if you decided to hire a monkey to solve a problem for you - it is a ridiculous proposition.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2416.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzgqeom", "c_root_id_B": "gzhhcz4", "created_at_utc_A": 1621994097.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622010585.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think about the use of firearms in the Wizarding World from time to time too. Would've wrapped that series up real quick.", "human_ref_B": "If you have a hammer every problem looks like a nail. Voldemort loathes muggles with utmost passion, he despised the non-magical world that has him treated less than charitable at least from his perspective. To him discovering that he was a wizard, that magic was real, wizarding world, and to boot that he is amazing at it was the greatest thing to ever happen in his life it also handily feed into his narcissism and psychopathy. As such magic is the solution to all problems and the muggle world is a filthy place deserving to be burned down from which nothing constructive and helpful can come. To use muggle means or muggle agents to solve a problem is as if you decided to hire a monkey to solve a problem for you - it is a ridiculous proposition.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16488.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhe9hd", "c_root_id_B": "gzhu6b6", "created_at_utc_A": 1622008169.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622021886.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't the entire plot of 4th book about how Voldemort needs Harry's fresh blood to complete his return ritual? Probably difficult to collect after you spill all of it on the Tesco parking lot.", "human_ref_B": ">Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer. That would've meant acknowledging his \"muggle side\". It would be like saying magic is actually inferior. Besides, Harrys parents likely would've been able to fend off ordinary muggles. Voldemort usually steamrolls any magical opponent so why shouldn't it have worked this time? Avada kedavra is clean, fast, comfortable, it's the perfect choice for killing. What happened with Harry was a total freak accident. It's like the bullet randomly bouncing off his skull and hitting the shooter instead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13717.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhmnol", "c_root_id_B": "gzhu6b6", "created_at_utc_A": 1622014981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622021886.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It would never occur to Voldemort to even consider that as an option. You might as well ask why didn't Voldemort train a chimp to attack Harry with a rock. They're equally absurd in his eyes.", "human_ref_B": ">Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer. That would've meant acknowledging his \"muggle side\". It would be like saying magic is actually inferior. Besides, Harrys parents likely would've been able to fend off ordinary muggles. Voldemort usually steamrolls any magical opponent so why shouldn't it have worked this time? Avada kedavra is clean, fast, comfortable, it's the perfect choice for killing. What happened with Harry was a total freak accident. It's like the bullet randomly bouncing off his skull and hitting the shooter instead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6905.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzgqeom", "c_root_id_B": "gzhu6b6", "created_at_utc_A": 1621994097.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622021886.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think about the use of firearms in the Wizarding World from time to time too. Would've wrapped that series up real quick.", "human_ref_B": ">Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer. That would've meant acknowledging his \"muggle side\". It would be like saying magic is actually inferior. Besides, Harrys parents likely would've been able to fend off ordinary muggles. Voldemort usually steamrolls any magical opponent so why shouldn't it have worked this time? Avada kedavra is clean, fast, comfortable, it's the perfect choice for killing. What happened with Harry was a total freak accident. It's like the bullet randomly bouncing off his skull and hitting the shooter instead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27789.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzgqeom", "c_root_id_B": "gzhe9hd", "created_at_utc_A": 1621994097.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622008169.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think about the use of firearms in the Wizarding World from time to time too. Would've wrapped that series up real quick.", "human_ref_B": "Wasn't the entire plot of 4th book about how Voldemort needs Harry's fresh blood to complete his return ritual? Probably difficult to collect after you spill all of it on the Tesco parking lot.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14072.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzhmnol", "c_root_id_B": "gzgqeom", "created_at_utc_A": 1622014981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621994097.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It would never occur to Voldemort to even consider that as an option. You might as well ask why didn't Voldemort train a chimp to attack Harry with a rock. They're equally absurd in his eyes.", "human_ref_B": "I think about the use of firearms in the Wizarding World from time to time too. Would've wrapped that series up real quick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20884.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nl4vcb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Harry Potter] Voldemort wanted Harry dead, but was his hatred of Muggles so extreme he could not have arranged a method of Harry's death that did not involve Magic. Like hire some Muggle lowlifes to gun him down on the street during the summer.", "c_root_id_A": "gzikjvw", "c_root_id_B": "gzgqeom", "created_at_utc_A": 1622038322.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621994097.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "On one hand, he's a a self-loathing half-blood who hates the very idea of muggles, and has built up a cadre of pure blood extremists as some of his top men and women. Sending a muggle goon to do the deed he couldn't would have exceptionally bad optics and be a massive wound to his pride. Failing to smoke Harry was his greatest failure and humiliation, and he wants to wipe that mark off his record. On the other hand, where would he even start? It would be like that scene in Office Space where the programmers try to figure out how to launder money by looking it up in the dictionary and hassling a magazine salesman, only instead it's a bunch of wizards trying to find \"hired goons\" in a phone book.", "human_ref_B": "I think about the use of firearms in the Wizarding World from time to time too. Would've wrapped that series up real quick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44225.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fbpvhu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[MCU/Marvel] Does Captain America's belief in humanity ever come into conflict with his traditional, American, Christian-style of personal ethics? Okay. So I get that Cap is a humanitarian, and that he also shows some pretty libertarian qualities (not right or left wing libertarianism, but the basic notion that you should be free to do whatever you want as long as you're not hurting somebody with that). Both of which tend to be accepting of, say, different sexual orientations, genders, etc. And I do understand that he could choose to uphold those values no matter what society or culture he's in. But.... 1. Cap comes from 1930/40's America, and was definitely raised in a pretty homophobic culture. 2. Cap is a pre-Baby Boomers, pre-sexual and civil rights America, Christian whose (brief, though exciting) career is almost exclusively military. At a time when the military's attitude was, presumably, pretty homophobic and racist. 3. Cap says specifically in the first *Avengers* movie, \"There's only one God Ma'am, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that\" which proves he's a Christian at least in that iteration of the character. 4. However, we know for a fact he isn't a blatant homophobe, at least by *Avengers Endgame*, and also that he's probably not blatantly racist given that there are various non Caucasian team members. Does Cap's psychosocial development as a character ever display ignorance of contemporary social constructs (i.e. people can be gay now, or Cap accidentally says a racial slur); *or* does he ever have deep private conversations with himself (or other team members) where he displays old-timey conservative values or questions his morality in serving around gay, or nonwhite team members? *Note*: I'm not asking if Cap is racist, which is clearly not in his character. More like does he ever let non PC vocabulary slip, or behave in ignorant ways or use out of date vocabulary, etc., that might offend some people? Does he ever wonder about race, sex/gender, etc., that we know of? Thanks.", "c_root_id_A": "fj5zlsb", "c_root_id_B": "fj5z4sg", "created_at_utc_A": 1583049590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583048984.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In 616 the answer is explicitly no- he's so hilariously unprejudiced that IIRC he'd dodged brainwashing powers intended to inflame existing prejudice because he *just doesn't have any.* It's possible that this is an extension of the super soldier serum turning him into a peak human, though; perfectly fair and unbiased. If you want to stick to more mundane explanations, though, Even in his original time he was serving in a racially mixed unit, and being Irish-Catholic, he himself would have been a quasi-minority and thus subject to some unpleasantness that might help him put it in perspective. In Ultimate Comics the answer is explicitly *yes,* to the point it interfered with his dating life and made him extremely difficult to get along with if you weren't a handful of specific people who were *also* extremely hard to get along with. For example, He initially didn't believe that Nick Fury could have made general as a black man, and he assumed it was a clever Nazi ploy.", "human_ref_B": "The American Ideals are often contradictory to American actions. It is possible that Cap, raised with the ideals, never embraced the actions. That's not progressive since the concept of equality, justice, and freedom are laid out clearly in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. It could be a classic, do as I say, not as I do, that caused Steve Rogers to become the basic morally good man he needed to be to survive the Vita Rays unchanged.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 606.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijnx53v", "c_root_id_B": "ijoqbjg", "created_at_utc_A": 1660096719.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660112604.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Along with what everybody said about symbolism, ideology, and etc. Cap was the leader of the Avengers. Cap also influence Tony to be a better person. Avengers 1: Tony was impulsive (among other things). He fought Thor without a plan, which Cap insisted on. Age of Ultron: Tony still wasn\u2019t much of a team player. He didn\u2019t trust the other Avengers enough to discuss the \u201cSuit of Armor Around the World\u201d idea and created Ultron with Bruce. Later Cap said that they win together or lose together. Infinity War and Endgame : Tony discussed plans twice. Once on the Donut Ship with Strange and Peter. The other on Titan with Starlort and the team on Titan. Tony also wanted the Avengers together when fighting Thanos and his team. Another example is when the Avengers were brainstorming the Time Heist during endgame. During Age of Ultron, Tony only consulted Bruce because he wanted smart people. During the Time Heist planing, everybody got to have their voice heard. Doing it together like how Cap does it. So while Tony did sacrifice himself, Cap lead him to be a better person, so that when the time came, Tony made a good decision. Cap also retired after Tony died.", "human_ref_B": "You're not grasping the power of rugged American individualism as mythos in the culture and the role of its direct symbolism/iconography/propaganda throughout U.S. history. Mythic American individualism is represented by the morally righteous underdog who persevered through hardship, pulled themselves up \"by their bootstraps\" and conquered their foes with a superiority of might and sinless self-reliance. Steve Rogers is the All-American Everyman. He's just a kid from Brooklyn with a heart of gold. That appeals to us Americans and our idea of what America represents much more than a wise-ass billionaire, even if that is more in-line with the modern American ideal. It doesn't really matter what Tony Stark did, he simply doesn't fit the American mythos as well as Steve. We Americans love to choose a singular hero figure to represent our ideals, so naturally Captain America was gonna be our poster boy. The Statue of Liberty is deeply tied to this old-school identity politics and the mythology around it. That statue was given to the U.S. by France, another country that has historical ties to freedom/liberty and individualistic idealism. Obviously there are lots of differences in how that played out between France and the U.S. over the last couple hundred years, but Cap is the obvious hero to represent that connection and ideology. In Captain America: Civil War, Tony Stark wanted to sign the Sokovia Accords to keep the Avengers/metahumans/heroes accountable, overseen and controlled. Cap represented the other side of the coin, that felt those in power would hinder, twist and corrupt the heroes who had the power and freedom to make a difference. Also, Cap's whole thing is American iconography. the red white and blue outfit. The shield with the star and stripes, the whole \"No, YOU move\" mentality, etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15885.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoqbjg", "c_root_id_B": "ijomn6t", "created_at_utc_A": 1660112604.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660110100.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You're not grasping the power of rugged American individualism as mythos in the culture and the role of its direct symbolism/iconography/propaganda throughout U.S. history. Mythic American individualism is represented by the morally righteous underdog who persevered through hardship, pulled themselves up \"by their bootstraps\" and conquered their foes with a superiority of might and sinless self-reliance. Steve Rogers is the All-American Everyman. He's just a kid from Brooklyn with a heart of gold. That appeals to us Americans and our idea of what America represents much more than a wise-ass billionaire, even if that is more in-line with the modern American ideal. It doesn't really matter what Tony Stark did, he simply doesn't fit the American mythos as well as Steve. We Americans love to choose a singular hero figure to represent our ideals, so naturally Captain America was gonna be our poster boy. The Statue of Liberty is deeply tied to this old-school identity politics and the mythology around it. That statue was given to the U.S. by France, another country that has historical ties to freedom/liberty and individualistic idealism. Obviously there are lots of differences in how that played out between France and the U.S. over the last couple hundred years, but Cap is the obvious hero to represent that connection and ideology. In Captain America: Civil War, Tony Stark wanted to sign the Sokovia Accords to keep the Avengers/metahumans/heroes accountable, overseen and controlled. Cap represented the other side of the coin, that felt those in power would hinder, twist and corrupt the heroes who had the power and freedom to make a difference. Also, Cap's whole thing is American iconography. the red white and blue outfit. The shield with the star and stripes, the whole \"No, YOU move\" mentality, etc.", "human_ref_B": "Consider the people memorialized today, and their shaky past. This would theoretically be something that would stand for centuries. When looking back on some of history's most famous or memorable people, you learn A LOT about them. And this is even before the information age. Tony may have greater achievements and sacrifices, but he also has an extensive and exhaustively documented life as an opportunistic asshole with an inflated ego to boot. He's been an asshole longer than he hasn't been, and he's a smartass that thinks he can take what he wants simply because his wallet is bigger. Against that kind of scrutiny, Steve is basically Jesus Christ in the flesh. When considering the long term implications of who they pick, it isn't even an argument between Steve and Tony, it's an argument between Steve and just about every Avenger and their counterparts when compared to future members centuries down the line. Steve is the obvious choice, and I'm having a really hard time conceiving of a close second. Even Steve being labeled a renegade and war criminal would be something history is going to be quick to correct. ALSO, just for good measure, consider why some of the bad events happened - The US President was kidnapped with Tony's tech, Ultron is unquestionably Stark Tech to just about any random passerby with half a brain. Add in that he's best friends with a ranging green menace that has terrorized many communities, it's not a good light. Let's consider an alternative; After Steve stops the bombs in The First Avenger, they then redecorate the Status of Liberty with his appearance. From like 1950 onward it's Cap. Would you then support changing it to Tony? Or would that be disrespectful to Cap's sacrifice and the history of the statue for all those decades.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2504.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoj3cw", "c_root_id_B": "ijoqbjg", "created_at_utc_A": 1660107889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660112604.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "human_ref_B": "You're not grasping the power of rugged American individualism as mythos in the culture and the role of its direct symbolism/iconography/propaganda throughout U.S. history. Mythic American individualism is represented by the morally righteous underdog who persevered through hardship, pulled themselves up \"by their bootstraps\" and conquered their foes with a superiority of might and sinless self-reliance. Steve Rogers is the All-American Everyman. He's just a kid from Brooklyn with a heart of gold. That appeals to us Americans and our idea of what America represents much more than a wise-ass billionaire, even if that is more in-line with the modern American ideal. It doesn't really matter what Tony Stark did, he simply doesn't fit the American mythos as well as Steve. We Americans love to choose a singular hero figure to represent our ideals, so naturally Captain America was gonna be our poster boy. The Statue of Liberty is deeply tied to this old-school identity politics and the mythology around it. That statue was given to the U.S. by France, another country that has historical ties to freedom/liberty and individualistic idealism. Obviously there are lots of differences in how that played out between France and the U.S. over the last couple hundred years, but Cap is the obvious hero to represent that connection and ideology. In Captain America: Civil War, Tony Stark wanted to sign the Sokovia Accords to keep the Avengers/metahumans/heroes accountable, overseen and controlled. Cap represented the other side of the coin, that felt those in power would hinder, twist and corrupt the heroes who had the power and freedom to make a difference. Also, Cap's whole thing is American iconography. the red white and blue outfit. The shield with the star and stripes, the whole \"No, YOU move\" mentality, etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4715.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijowjyw", "c_root_id_B": "ijoz9xn", "created_at_utc_A": 1660117408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660119627.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well he is from New York.", "human_ref_B": "In the MCU, he was a key to ending WW2 and saved New York from getting bombed by flying that plane into the water and ice. https://youtu.be/G-8KdXFCpOw", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2219.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoj3cw", "c_root_id_B": "ijoz9xn", "created_at_utc_A": 1660107889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660119627.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "human_ref_B": "In the MCU, he was a key to ending WW2 and saved New York from getting bombed by flying that plane into the water and ice. https://youtu.be/G-8KdXFCpOw", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11738.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijow55d", "c_root_id_B": "ijoz9xn", "created_at_utc_A": 1660117077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660119627.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Tony caused more problems than he solved. He created Ultron, he pushed the Civil War, he chose to fight Thanos on Titan without the rest of the Avengers. Meanwhile Cap is trying to fix every mess he can. Tony is a spoiled rich kid who didn't become a hero until Avengers 1. Before that he was mostly fixing his own messes. Cap will fight with everything he has against anyone, Tony is useless once he runs out of gadgets. One fo these two is much easier to publicly praise than the other.", "human_ref_B": "In the MCU, he was a key to ending WW2 and saved New York from getting bombed by flying that plane into the water and ice. https://youtu.be/G-8KdXFCpOw", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2550.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijpaafr", "c_root_id_B": "ijpfj1m", "created_at_utc_A": 1660128300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660131680.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I imagine it was a stupid jingoistic decision made by people in power and not a popularly demanded thing, judging by how the government treats the Captain America legacy and mantle in the Falcon and Winter Soldier show.", "human_ref_B": "Most people don't actually know that Cap went back in time and stayed there. They just think he sacrificed himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3380.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijpaafr", "c_root_id_B": "ijp3u19", "created_at_utc_A": 1660128300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660123367.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I imagine it was a stupid jingoistic decision made by people in power and not a popularly demanded thing, judging by how the government treats the Captain America legacy and mantle in the Falcon and Winter Soldier show.", "human_ref_B": "Well other than the great arguments already given it wouldn't really work aesthetically. You can easily put the shield into her hands without changing the overall look, whereas for Iron Man you'd have to like make Libertas wear his whole suit or something. Even with the helmet it would look weird, it would basically just look like it's a statue of Iron Man.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4933.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijp92c4", "c_root_id_B": "ijpaafr", "created_at_utc_A": 1660127434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660128300.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Can we stop fanning over the narcissistic war criminal just because he turned a leaf over in his later years?", "human_ref_B": "I imagine it was a stupid jingoistic decision made by people in power and not a popularly demanded thing, judging by how the government treats the Captain America legacy and mantle in the Falcon and Winter Soldier show.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 866.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoj3cw", "c_root_id_B": "ijpaafr", "created_at_utc_A": 1660107889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660128300.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine it was a stupid jingoistic decision made by people in power and not a popularly demanded thing, judging by how the government treats the Captain America legacy and mantle in the Falcon and Winter Soldier show.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20411.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijow55d", "c_root_id_B": "ijpaafr", "created_at_utc_A": 1660117077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660128300.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Tony caused more problems than he solved. He created Ultron, he pushed the Civil War, he chose to fight Thanos on Titan without the rest of the Avengers. Meanwhile Cap is trying to fix every mess he can. Tony is a spoiled rich kid who didn't become a hero until Avengers 1. Before that he was mostly fixing his own messes. Cap will fight with everything he has against anyone, Tony is useless once he runs out of gadgets. One fo these two is much easier to publicly praise than the other.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine it was a stupid jingoistic decision made by people in power and not a popularly demanded thing, judging by how the government treats the Captain America legacy and mantle in the Falcon and Winter Soldier show.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11223.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijowjyw", "c_root_id_B": "ijpfj1m", "created_at_utc_A": 1660117408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660131680.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well he is from New York.", "human_ref_B": "Most people don't actually know that Cap went back in time and stayed there. They just think he sacrificed himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14272.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijp3u19", "c_root_id_B": "ijpfj1m", "created_at_utc_A": 1660123367.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660131680.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well other than the great arguments already given it wouldn't really work aesthetically. You can easily put the shield into her hands without changing the overall look, whereas for Iron Man you'd have to like make Libertas wear his whole suit or something. Even with the helmet it would look weird, it would basically just look like it's a statue of Iron Man.", "human_ref_B": "Most people don't actually know that Cap went back in time and stayed there. They just think he sacrificed himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8313.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijp92c4", "c_root_id_B": "ijpfj1m", "created_at_utc_A": 1660127434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660131680.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Can we stop fanning over the narcissistic war criminal just because he turned a leaf over in his later years?", "human_ref_B": "Most people don't actually know that Cap went back in time and stayed there. They just think he sacrificed himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4246.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijpfj1m", "c_root_id_B": "ijoj3cw", "created_at_utc_A": 1660131680.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660107889.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Most people don't actually know that Cap went back in time and stayed there. They just think he sacrificed himself.", "human_ref_B": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23791.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijow55d", "c_root_id_B": "ijpfj1m", "created_at_utc_A": 1660117077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660131680.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Tony caused more problems than he solved. He created Ultron, he pushed the Civil War, he chose to fight Thanos on Titan without the rest of the Avengers. Meanwhile Cap is trying to fix every mess he can. Tony is a spoiled rich kid who didn't become a hero until Avengers 1. Before that he was mostly fixing his own messes. Cap will fight with everything he has against anyone, Tony is useless once he runs out of gadgets. One fo these two is much easier to publicly praise than the other.", "human_ref_B": "Most people don't actually know that Cap went back in time and stayed there. They just think he sacrificed himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14603.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoj3cw", "c_root_id_B": "ijomn6t", "created_at_utc_A": 1660107889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660110100.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "human_ref_B": "Consider the people memorialized today, and their shaky past. This would theoretically be something that would stand for centuries. When looking back on some of history's most famous or memorable people, you learn A LOT about them. And this is even before the information age. Tony may have greater achievements and sacrifices, but he also has an extensive and exhaustively documented life as an opportunistic asshole with an inflated ego to boot. He's been an asshole longer than he hasn't been, and he's a smartass that thinks he can take what he wants simply because his wallet is bigger. Against that kind of scrutiny, Steve is basically Jesus Christ in the flesh. When considering the long term implications of who they pick, it isn't even an argument between Steve and Tony, it's an argument between Steve and just about every Avenger and their counterparts when compared to future members centuries down the line. Steve is the obvious choice, and I'm having a really hard time conceiving of a close second. Even Steve being labeled a renegade and war criminal would be something history is going to be quick to correct. ALSO, just for good measure, consider why some of the bad events happened - The US President was kidnapped with Tony's tech, Ultron is unquestionably Stark Tech to just about any random passerby with half a brain. Add in that he's best friends with a ranging green menace that has terrorized many communities, it's not a good light. Let's consider an alternative; After Steve stops the bombs in The First Avenger, they then redecorate the Status of Liberty with his appearance. From like 1950 onward it's Cap. Would you then support changing it to Tony? Or would that be disrespectful to Cap's sacrifice and the history of the statue for all those decades.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2211.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoj3cw", "c_root_id_B": "ijowjyw", "created_at_utc_A": 1660107889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660117408.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "human_ref_B": "Well he is from New York.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9519.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijowjyw", "c_root_id_B": "ijow55d", "created_at_utc_A": 1660117408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660117077.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well he is from New York.", "human_ref_B": "Tony caused more problems than he solved. He created Ultron, he pushed the Civil War, he chose to fight Thanos on Titan without the rest of the Avengers. Meanwhile Cap is trying to fix every mess he can. Tony is a spoiled rich kid who didn't become a hero until Avengers 1. Before that he was mostly fixing his own messes. Cap will fight with everything he has against anyone, Tony is useless once he runs out of gadgets. One fo these two is much easier to publicly praise than the other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 331.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijqgmzi", "c_root_id_B": "ijppnko", "created_at_utc_A": 1660147846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660136947.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In addition to what others have said, it's just easier iconography. Very straightforward design to give the Statue of Liberty a shield, but what would you do to honor Iron Man, put her in a suit of armor? That's a pretty ridiculous change that removes everything distinctive about her.", "human_ref_B": "> Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (**and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat**) Urrr...what? No. Just, no. New York, London, Moscow and a bunch of other capital cities were about to get turned to glass thanks to HYDRA. Cap and the rest of the SRR managed to turn up at HYDRA's main/last base with minutes to spare, and Cap got onboard Red Skull's bomber with no seconds to spare. Without Cap (and the SRR!) then HYRDA simply depose Nazi leadership and enter the Second World War as a third party...And then they win it very shortly after.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10899.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijqgmzi", "c_root_id_B": "ijp3u19", "created_at_utc_A": 1660147846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660123367.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In addition to what others have said, it's just easier iconography. Very straightforward design to give the Statue of Liberty a shield, but what would you do to honor Iron Man, put her in a suit of armor? That's a pretty ridiculous change that removes everything distinctive about her.", "human_ref_B": "Well other than the great arguments already given it wouldn't really work aesthetically. You can easily put the shield into her hands without changing the overall look, whereas for Iron Man you'd have to like make Libertas wear his whole suit or something. Even with the helmet it would look weird, it would basically just look like it's a statue of Iron Man.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24479.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijqgmzi", "c_root_id_B": "ijp92c4", "created_at_utc_A": 1660147846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660127434.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In addition to what others have said, it's just easier iconography. Very straightforward design to give the Statue of Liberty a shield, but what would you do to honor Iron Man, put her in a suit of armor? That's a pretty ridiculous change that removes everything distinctive about her.", "human_ref_B": "Can we stop fanning over the narcissistic war criminal just because he turned a leaf over in his later years?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20412.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijpfur4", "c_root_id_B": "ijqgmzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1660131868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660147846.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it was really supported by people. People didn't really wanted shield to be put on Statue, decision probably made for political reasons. It got destroyed in end anyway.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to what others have said, it's just easier iconography. Very straightforward design to give the Statue of Liberty a shield, but what would you do to honor Iron Man, put her in a suit of armor? That's a pretty ridiculous change that removes everything distinctive about her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15978.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoj3cw", "c_root_id_B": "ijqgmzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1660107889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660147846.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to what others have said, it's just easier iconography. Very straightforward design to give the Statue of Liberty a shield, but what would you do to honor Iron Man, put her in a suit of armor? That's a pretty ridiculous change that removes everything distinctive about her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39957.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijqgmzi", "c_root_id_B": "ijow55d", "created_at_utc_A": 1660147846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660117077.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In addition to what others have said, it's just easier iconography. Very straightforward design to give the Statue of Liberty a shield, but what would you do to honor Iron Man, put her in a suit of armor? That's a pretty ridiculous change that removes everything distinctive about her.", "human_ref_B": "Tony caused more problems than he solved. He created Ultron, he pushed the Civil War, he chose to fight Thanos on Titan without the rest of the Avengers. Meanwhile Cap is trying to fix every mess he can. Tony is a spoiled rich kid who didn't become a hero until Avengers 1. Before that he was mostly fixing his own messes. Cap will fight with everything he has against anyone, Tony is useless once he runs out of gadgets. One fo these two is much easier to publicly praise than the other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30769.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijppnko", "c_root_id_B": "ijp92c4", "created_at_utc_A": 1660136947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660127434.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "> Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (**and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat**) Urrr...what? No. Just, no. New York, London, Moscow and a bunch of other capital cities were about to get turned to glass thanks to HYDRA. Cap and the rest of the SRR managed to turn up at HYDRA's main/last base with minutes to spare, and Cap got onboard Red Skull's bomber with no seconds to spare. Without Cap (and the SRR!) then HYRDA simply depose Nazi leadership and enter the Second World War as a third party...And then they win it very shortly after.", "human_ref_B": "Can we stop fanning over the narcissistic war criminal just because he turned a leaf over in his later years?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9513.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoj3cw", "c_root_id_B": "ijppnko", "created_at_utc_A": 1660107889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660136947.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "human_ref_B": "> Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (**and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat**) Urrr...what? No. Just, no. New York, London, Moscow and a bunch of other capital cities were about to get turned to glass thanks to HYDRA. Cap and the rest of the SRR managed to turn up at HYDRA's main/last base with minutes to spare, and Cap got onboard Red Skull's bomber with no seconds to spare. Without Cap (and the SRR!) then HYRDA simply depose Nazi leadership and enter the Second World War as a third party...And then they win it very shortly after.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29058.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijow55d", "c_root_id_B": "ijppnko", "created_at_utc_A": 1660117077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660136947.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Tony caused more problems than he solved. He created Ultron, he pushed the Civil War, he chose to fight Thanos on Titan without the rest of the Avengers. Meanwhile Cap is trying to fix every mess he can. Tony is a spoiled rich kid who didn't become a hero until Avengers 1. Before that he was mostly fixing his own messes. Cap will fight with everything he has against anyone, Tony is useless once he runs out of gadgets. One fo these two is much easier to publicly praise than the other.", "human_ref_B": "> Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (**and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat**) Urrr...what? No. Just, no. New York, London, Moscow and a bunch of other capital cities were about to get turned to glass thanks to HYDRA. Cap and the rest of the SRR managed to turn up at HYDRA's main/last base with minutes to spare, and Cap got onboard Red Skull's bomber with no seconds to spare. Without Cap (and the SRR!) then HYRDA simply depose Nazi leadership and enter the Second World War as a third party...And then they win it very shortly after.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19870.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijoj3cw", "c_root_id_B": "ijp3u19", "created_at_utc_A": 1660107889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660123367.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "human_ref_B": "Well other than the great arguments already given it wouldn't really work aesthetically. You can easily put the shield into her hands without changing the overall look, whereas for Iron Man you'd have to like make Libertas wear his whole suit or something. Even with the helmet it would look weird, it would basically just look like it's a statue of Iron Man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15478.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijow55d", "c_root_id_B": "ijp3u19", "created_at_utc_A": 1660117077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660123367.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Tony caused more problems than he solved. He created Ultron, he pushed the Civil War, he chose to fight Thanos on Titan without the rest of the Avengers. Meanwhile Cap is trying to fix every mess he can. Tony is a spoiled rich kid who didn't become a hero until Avengers 1. Before that he was mostly fixing his own messes. Cap will fight with everything he has against anyone, Tony is useless once he runs out of gadgets. One fo these two is much easier to publicly praise than the other.", "human_ref_B": "Well other than the great arguments already given it wouldn't really work aesthetically. You can easily put the shield into her hands without changing the overall look, whereas for Iron Man you'd have to like make Libertas wear his whole suit or something. Even with the helmet it would look weird, it would basically just look like it's a statue of Iron Man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6290.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijpfur4", "c_root_id_B": "ijp92c4", "created_at_utc_A": 1660131868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660127434.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it was really supported by people. People didn't really wanted shield to be put on Statue, decision probably made for political reasons. It got destroyed in end anyway.", "human_ref_B": "Can we stop fanning over the narcissistic war criminal just because he turned a leaf over in his later years?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4434.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijpfur4", "c_root_id_B": "ijoj3cw", "created_at_utc_A": 1660131868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660107889.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it was really supported by people. People didn't really wanted shield to be put on Statue, decision probably made for political reasons. It got destroyed in end anyway.", "human_ref_B": "I agree. To that point\u2026 where is the memorial for Tony? How in the hell did Cap get a memorial while Tony\u2019s sacrifice has barely been mentioned beyond Spider-Man. The same exact thing goes for Natasha, but the only difference is her job was to be unnoticed. It actually makes me unreasonably upset Tony has been shafted as much as he has.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23979.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijpfur4", "c_root_id_B": "ijow55d", "created_at_utc_A": 1660131868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660117077.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it was really supported by people. People didn't really wanted shield to be put on Statue, decision probably made for political reasons. It got destroyed in end anyway.", "human_ref_B": "Tony caused more problems than he solved. He created Ultron, he pushed the Civil War, he chose to fight Thanos on Titan without the rest of the Avengers. Meanwhile Cap is trying to fix every mess he can. Tony is a spoiled rich kid who didn't become a hero until Avengers 1. Before that he was mostly fixing his own messes. Cap will fight with everything he has against anyone, Tony is useless once he runs out of gadgets. One fo these two is much easier to publicly praise than the other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14791.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijqrvef", "c_root_id_B": "ijr1k8l", "created_at_utc_A": 1660151999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660155569.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The United States of America, through its Department of Defence, continues to hold the trademark to Captain America. It is in the interests of the Government of the United States to portray Cap as an All-American messiah like King-Under-The-Mountain figure. Think about it: In America's time of need, Captain America was created to fight the greatest enemy America had ever seen, and gave his life to protect his nation. Then, in America's time of need, faced with another great and terrible foe, Captain America literally *comes back to life* to once again save America. Multiple times. Then dies again to save the world (from the world's perspective, they don't know he's alive) The Star Spangled Man, the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America essentially the modern King Arthur to the US. That's why the US is spreading the rumour that he's actually on the moon, waiting to return in America's time of need. As for that regrettable business with Civil War? Well, that's what the Musical is for, to reframe the narrative.", "human_ref_B": "This is just stupid, His name is literally AMERICA", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3570.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wkkhc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU] why would Captain America be honored on the Statue of Liberty and not Iron Man Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. Plus the events of civil war have him branded as a traitor to the country and a fugitive abroad. Even if it wasn\u2019t to honor Steve Rodgers, the captain America image was partially tarnished as seen in falcon and winter soldier show. So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Not to be too salty but the only reason I can think of is Cap fandom.", "c_root_id_A": "ijqrvef", "c_root_id_B": "ijtmqbf", "created_at_utc_A": 1660151999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660196270.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The United States of America, through its Department of Defence, continues to hold the trademark to Captain America. It is in the interests of the Government of the United States to portray Cap as an All-American messiah like King-Under-The-Mountain figure. Think about it: In America's time of need, Captain America was created to fight the greatest enemy America had ever seen, and gave his life to protect his nation. Then, in America's time of need, faced with another great and terrible foe, Captain America literally *comes back to life* to once again save America. Multiple times. Then dies again to save the world (from the world's perspective, they don't know he's alive) The Star Spangled Man, the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America essentially the modern King Arthur to the US. That's why the US is spreading the rumour that he's actually on the moon, waiting to return in America's time of need. As for that regrettable business with Civil War? Well, that's what the Musical is for, to reframe the narrative.", "human_ref_B": ">Captain never actually saved America directly besides WW2 (and that one is debatable since Germany was already on the brink of defeat). There's your answer, Steve is one of only 3 Avengers that served the United States directly, the others being Rhodie and Sam. >In Avengers 1 Tony was the one who took the nuke into space. Not to diminish Stark's selflessness, but he was the only one that was actually capable of doing that. The defense of New York as a whole is credited to the Avengers as a group, and Steve is their de-facto leader as the strongest tactician among them. >In Avengers 2 it was Tony with the help of Thor who destroyed the Ultron meteor. Also an Avengers missions, and containing Ultron was just as important. Again, not to diminish any Avenger's part in it. >In Endgame the credit should be clearly given to Tony as the one who actually sacrificed himself instead of selfishly (I went there) living out his life with his wife and daughter (like he deserved to do). His face (mask?) *does* in fact get painted over buildings across the world. He probably has plenty of monuments across the world like the one for Strange at the Sanctum on Earth 838. >Even if you where to attribute the take down of shield and the helicarriers to Cap it wasn\u2019t made public knowledge (I don\u2019t think) and that wasn\u2019t a world ending threat like the ones Tony saved. All files related to S.H.E.I.L.D./Hydra went public after the battle at the Triskelion, and with relation to Earth specifically, I'd put that threat on the same level as Thanos. The carriers would have murdered anyone capable of resisting Hydra, that had to be in the billions. >So what was the actual reason to put a cap shield on the statue (which is pretty disrespectful to the actual statue by the way)? Since the statue is meant to be a symbol of liberty, I don't think putting Steve's shield on it (as if protecting it) is disrespectful at all, seeing how Steve dedicated his life to fighting tyrants.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44271.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b2bicg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] If Captain America has a 4x metabolism that stops him from getting drunk, why can't/doesn't he just drink 4x the amount of booze of a normal human?", "c_root_id_A": "eis0tug", "c_root_id_B": "eirmyoq", "created_at_utc_A": 1552878366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552866595.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There are real people like Andre The Giant who have so much body mass they can't reliably get drunk. Roger's condition is even more powerful and he has the high body mass. I guess he could chug straight vodka, but that's probably not worth the experience.", "human_ref_B": "You know how you try and keep up with everyone else drinking with you because people are insecure about how well they can handle their drink compared to others? Imagine if you're drinking with a guy who's just slamming back pint after pint, or is drinking pints of vodka in front of you. That's just going to make people uncomfortable, so he drinks like a normal person would.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11771.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b2bicg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU] If Captain America has a 4x metabolism that stops him from getting drunk, why can't/doesn't he just drink 4x the amount of booze of a normal human?", "c_root_id_A": "eis7p7q", "c_root_id_B": "eis6qqn", "created_at_utc_A": 1552885253.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552884191.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He's still limited by his normal man sized stomach", "human_ref_B": "I mean he could still get good and drunk if he drank moonshine at beer volumes for sure, but his buzz would wear off notably faster too without continuously ingesting high proof liquor. Steve Rogers probably cannot get drunk on beer, even drunk-lusted. *Maybe* he could \"catch a buzz\" on wines, meads, or high proof beers, but his stomach isn't 4x the size of a normal man's. In character though he probably wouldn't drink beyond a \"buzz\", and likely almost never even drinks to that point.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1062.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p3j36", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[General Scifi] Why is the space military likened to the Navy? Bunch of pilots flying around, having dogfights in fighter craft. Seems a lot like the Air Force to me.", "c_root_id_A": "dco3lwj", "c_root_id_B": "dco4hbd", "created_at_utc_A": 1484915386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484917301.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 324, "human_ref_A": "Because most Earth government tend to grow out of the American one, and the United States Navy is the second most powerful air force in the world. Then, the majority of space military is large craft going place to place across vast expanses of nothingness. These large craft carry the smaller fighter craft and have large crews with an often complicated internal command structure that answers to the brass at home. It's far more like a navy than an air force.", "human_ref_B": "But most military action in space is more akin to naval battles - large ships, requiring a lot of crew to maintain the vessels, man gunner positions, and replace the dead. And in-between, a whole lot of nothing to do but run drills and maintain equipment. They're more like carriers or battleships than air bases.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1915.0, "score_ratio": 29.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p3j36", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[General Scifi] Why is the space military likened to the Navy? Bunch of pilots flying around, having dogfights in fighter craft. Seems a lot like the Air Force to me.", "c_root_id_A": "dco980l", "c_root_id_B": "dco3lwj", "created_at_utc_A": 1484924746.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484915386.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "^Damn, ^I ^lost ^my ^previous ^treatise ^for ^some ^reason, ^so ^this ^will ^be ^a ^bit ^shorter ^than ^intended. Firstly, etymology implies that humans tend to depict all sorts of non-ground travel as going over some kind of sea. Aero*nautics*. Astro*nautics*. Nautical. Maritime. Sea-going. \"Pilot\" is originally a maritime term. Then you have actual history. Back in early 1950s in America, a major producer of early sci-fi, there was ~~no Air Force and~~ no NASA, but there was a bustling Navy space program, Project Vanguard. Expecting the USN to dominate the future space-lanes was not unreasonable. And finally, there's pragmatism. Early sci-fi respected orbital mechanics; trips to the Moon take days, trips to the planets take months. When was the last time you've seen an Air Force pull off a mission that lengthy? Culturally and organizationally, the Air Force is adapted for brief sorties, leaving its entre repair and maintenance base back home for the duration of the flight. The Navy (and within it, the submariners) is the arm that is best adapted for such long-duration missions. The use of dogfighting is a relatively recent thing. Lucas, and his rip-off of *Dambusters*, are to blame.", "human_ref_B": "Because most Earth government tend to grow out of the American one, and the United States Navy is the second most powerful air force in the world. Then, the majority of space military is large craft going place to place across vast expanses of nothingness. These large craft carry the smaller fighter craft and have large crews with an often complicated internal command structure that answers to the brass at home. It's far more like a navy than an air force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9360.0, "score_ratio": 5.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wefm0a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] Was Asgard made of actual gold or just gold-plated? Where'd they get it all? Is gold less rare or valuable in space? Was Asgard itself sitting on/built around a gold deposit? Is their armor made of gold?", "c_root_id_A": "iiod5g4", "c_root_id_B": "iioncvu", "created_at_utc_A": 1659464908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659468816.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": ">Is gold less rare or valuable in space? it is, yeah, to an extreme degree. It's like going from \"how common trees are in the desert\" to \"how common trees are in the forest\". Gold is a very common metal, objectively speaking- it's produced in vast amounts by stars all the time. But it's rare on earth, because it's a heavy metal and thus sank to the core during formation. This means all terrestrial gold deposits are either small amounts that moved upwards over time or asteroid impacts. But off earth, you don't have this problem- an *asteroids* core isn't particularly hard to reach, and even a small planet can have much more as it's much easier for gold to move the shorter distance from core to mantle. Basically, gold being valuable is basically just a thing on earth. Leave earth, and it's literally so common you can make your house from it.", "human_ref_B": "I remember that during Thor: Ragnarok Hela claimed that the gold was looted during their conquests of the Nine Realms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3908.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wefm0a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] Was Asgard made of actual gold or just gold-plated? Where'd they get it all? Is gold less rare or valuable in space? Was Asgard itself sitting on/built around a gold deposit? Is their armor made of gold?", "c_root_id_A": "iipm7bb", "c_root_id_B": "iiq3jkn", "created_at_utc_A": 1659482426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659490021.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "On top of what everyone else has said, they could probably just synthesize the stuff themselves if they wanted. Energy to matter conversion a la replicator from Star Trek wouldn\u2019t be outside the capabilities of Asgard", "human_ref_B": "Hela says they stole it. Her and Odin. And that it was gold.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7595.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ep7jei", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[purge] in one of the movies (I\u2019m 90% sure it\u2019s the second one) there\u2019s a scene before the purge starts where a guy is listening to the radio and the host says something along the lines of \u201cwho are you planning to kill tonight?\u201d and another person replies with something along the lines of \u201cmy boss, that bastard has it coming\u201d. Could this person be arrested for conspiracy to murder?", "c_root_id_A": "fehlrsn", "c_root_id_B": "fehovwl", "created_at_utc_A": 1579119128.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1579120925.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "No. Because he's specifically waiting for purge night to act on it. Itd be an interesting case to prosecute but most likely would be overturned as then anyone even preparing for purge night could be charged with premeditated murder or conspiracy once the precedent is set.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on who his boss is. The purpose of the purge is not the stated reason, it's a means of control over the masses. If his boss is/was rich or powerful enough, you can bet that there will be repercussions for the guy after purge night.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1797.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ep7jei", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[purge] in one of the movies (I\u2019m 90% sure it\u2019s the second one) there\u2019s a scene before the purge starts where a guy is listening to the radio and the host says something along the lines of \u201cwho are you planning to kill tonight?\u201d and another person replies with something along the lines of \u201cmy boss, that bastard has it coming\u201d. Could this person be arrested for conspiracy to murder?", "c_root_id_A": "fehlrsn", "c_root_id_B": "fehpv9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1579119128.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1579121491.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "No. Because he's specifically waiting for purge night to act on it. Itd be an interesting case to prosecute but most likely would be overturned as then anyone even preparing for purge night could be charged with premeditated murder or conspiracy once the precedent is set.", "human_ref_B": "No, because it's not murder if he does it on purge night, so there's no conspiracy to commit murder. Closest you get is conspiracy to purge, but purging isn't a crime, it's encouraged.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2363.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixw574i", "c_root_id_B": "ixw7gw7", "created_at_utc_A": 1669496788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669497790.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 119, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Unfortunately, Peter lives in America, and his family is not particularly well-off financially.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1002.0, "score_ratio": 119.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixwefsw", "c_root_id_B": "ixw574i", "created_at_utc_A": 1669500985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669496788.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "On top of everything the other said, He simply didn't start to feel very bad until he got in his room and started to feel very hot/cold and then passed out. At the laboratory he didn't seem to have any symptoms and when he got home he just felt tired, not enough to risk to go bankrupt after the hospital bills isn't it?", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4197.0, "score_ratio": 73.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixwsruw", "c_root_id_B": "ixw574i", "created_at_utc_A": 1669507767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669496788.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Besides the poor angle, most people don\u2019t go to the ER for a spider bite. They wait to see if it gets better on their own", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixw574i", "c_root_id_B": "ixx3lx1", "created_at_utc_A": 1669496788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669513068.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "1) there aren't really deadly spiders in NYC. Most just deliver painful bites in worst case scenarios. 2) living in NYC, the emergency rooms would be overcrowded at the best of times, even in the more suburban boroughs like Queens. 3) as others have said, cost. A poor family can't afford ER bills for something not life threatening. May or Ben not checking in on him is the only thing I don't have a clear argument for. I think in the end they just trust Peter and are probably used to him shutting himself off in his room to study.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16280.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixwe157", "c_root_id_B": "ixw574i", "created_at_utc_A": 1669500793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669496788.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Peter is poor. May and Ben were poor. They're in America.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixwrc48", "c_root_id_B": "ixw574i", "created_at_utc_A": 1669507075.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669496788.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s poor. In the first film, Uncle Ben is looking for jobs in the paper, implying he\u2019s unemployed. After his death, Peter and Aunt May aren\u2019t able to keep the house, and Peter himself is stuck living in a *really* shitty apartment.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. 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I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxbmxg", "c_root_id_B": "ixw574i", "created_at_utc_A": 1669517058.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669496788.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because Peter was an unemployed American and most likely didn't have health insurance. Later on in the movies, he does become a photographer, but since he's freelance, it's unlikely he had health insurance", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. 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They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxlrgm", "c_root_id_B": "ixw574i", "created_at_utc_A": 1669522271.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669496788.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because he was a teenage boy. I had a gaping wound in my chin one time and slapped a band aid on it and tried to convince my parents I was fine. Turned out I needed 7 stitches.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixw574i", "c_root_id_B": "ixxpbya", "created_at_utc_A": 1669496788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669524261.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He was poor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27473.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxyk7g", "c_root_id_B": "ixw574i", "created_at_utc_A": 1669530257.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669496788.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because hospitals are expensive as fuck and I kinda doubt that aunt may and uncle Ben had decent health insurance.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixw574i", "c_root_id_B": "ixylw80", "created_at_utc_A": 1669496788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669550033.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "1. They were poor 2. He presumed it wasnt severe since spiders are not generally harmful 3. Does it matter really? Even if he goes in a hospital they won't detect a thing or detect strange metamorphosis that they can't possibly comprehend and he will eventually become Spider-Man anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 53245.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixw574i", "c_root_id_B": "iz0xkat", "created_at_utc_A": 1669496788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670262040.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Rami Peter Parker is incredibly smart, but he's still a dumbass teenager. Peter assumed the lab was 100% foolproof against escape by the spiders. It's a controlled environment, after all, with rigorous safety standards in place. Even if he was bitten, there's no chance he was bitten by one of the test subjects. Lots of places have spiders, and a spider testing lab might just have a few extra residents than average. Even though he was bitten, it didn't hurt that much. It was just like, \"Ouch, that hurt\" and that was it. And since the pain of a spiderbite always directly links to the lethality, there's no way he could have been in any type of danger (not saying this is the case, I'm using dumbass teenager logic). Either way, the spiderbite was such a small issue that Peter didn't immediately link the later symptoms having anything to do with the bite. Peter started feeling the systems later. The reason he did nothing at first is because he was raised old school. Aunt May and Uncle Ben aren't young. They're from a time when chicken soup and a nap were the cure for the flu. Even if he'd said something, the treatment would have been to go to sleep and see if it got better or worse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 765252.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixwefsw", "c_root_id_B": "ixwe157", "created_at_utc_A": 1669500985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669500793.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "On top of everything the other said, He simply didn't start to feel very bad until he got in his room and started to feel very hot/cold and then passed out. At the laboratory he didn't seem to have any symptoms and when he got home he just felt tired, not enough to risk to go bankrupt after the hospital bills isn't it?", "human_ref_B": "Peter is poor. May and Ben were poor. They're in America.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 192.0, "score_ratio": 2.7037037037, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixwe157", "c_root_id_B": "ixwsruw", "created_at_utc_A": 1669500793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669507767.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 64, "human_ref_A": "Peter is poor. May and Ben were poor. They're in America.", "human_ref_B": "Besides the poor angle, most people don\u2019t go to the ER for a spider bite. They wait to see if it gets better on their own", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6974.0, "score_ratio": 2.3703703704, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixwsruw", "c_root_id_B": "ixwrc48", "created_at_utc_A": 1669507767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669507075.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Besides the poor angle, most people don\u2019t go to the ER for a spider bite. They wait to see if it gets better on their own", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s poor. In the first film, Uncle Ben is looking for jobs in the paper, implying he\u2019s unemployed. After his death, Peter and Aunt May aren\u2019t able to keep the house, and Peter himself is stuck living in a *really* shitty apartment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 692.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixx3lx1", "c_root_id_B": "ixwrc48", "created_at_utc_A": 1669513068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669507075.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "1) there aren't really deadly spiders in NYC. Most just deliver painful bites in worst case scenarios. 2) living in NYC, the emergency rooms would be overcrowded at the best of times, even in the more suburban boroughs like Queens. 3) as others have said, cost. A poor family can't afford ER bills for something not life threatening. May or Ben not checking in on him is the only thing I don't have a clear argument for. I think in the end they just trust Peter and are probably used to him shutting himself off in his room to study.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s poor. In the first film, Uncle Ben is looking for jobs in the paper, implying he\u2019s unemployed. After his death, Peter and Aunt May aren\u2019t able to keep the house, and Peter himself is stuck living in a *really* shitty apartment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5993.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxvxk3", "c_root_id_B": "ixxyk7g", "created_at_utc_A": 1669528392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669530257.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because he lives in the United States and would have to be able to afford the medical treatment. Throughout the films, it\u2019s shown they\u2019re not particularly well off.", "human_ref_B": "Because hospitals are expensive as fuck and I kinda doubt that aunt may and uncle Ben had decent health insurance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1865.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixylw80", "c_root_id_B": "ixxvxk3", "created_at_utc_A": 1669550033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669528392.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "1. They were poor 2. He presumed it wasnt severe since spiders are not generally harmful 3. Does it matter really? Even if he goes in a hospital they won't detect a thing or detect strange metamorphosis that they can't possibly comprehend and he will eventually become Spider-Man anyway.", "human_ref_B": "Because he lives in the United States and would have to be able to afford the medical treatment. Throughout the films, it\u2019s shown they\u2019re not particularly well off.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21641.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixylw80", "c_root_id_B": "ixy4t61", "created_at_utc_A": 1669550033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669535171.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "1. They were poor 2. He presumed it wasnt severe since spiders are not generally harmful 3. Does it matter really? Even if he goes in a hospital they won't detect a thing or detect strange metamorphosis that they can't possibly comprehend and he will eventually become Spider-Man anyway.", "human_ref_B": "Usa medical system", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14862.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "ixxvxk3", "c_root_id_B": "iz0xkat", "created_at_utc_A": 1669528392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670262040.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because he lives in the United States and would have to be able to afford the medical treatment. Throughout the films, it\u2019s shown they\u2019re not particularly well off.", "human_ref_B": "Rami Peter Parker is incredibly smart, but he's still a dumbass teenager. Peter assumed the lab was 100% foolproof against escape by the spiders. It's a controlled environment, after all, with rigorous safety standards in place. Even if he was bitten, there's no chance he was bitten by one of the test subjects. Lots of places have spiders, and a spider testing lab might just have a few extra residents than average. Even though he was bitten, it didn't hurt that much. It was just like, \"Ouch, that hurt\" and that was it. And since the pain of a spiderbite always directly links to the lethality, there's no way he could have been in any type of danger (not saying this is the case, I'm using dumbass teenager logic). Either way, the spiderbite was such a small issue that Peter didn't immediately link the later symptoms having anything to do with the bite. Peter started feeling the systems later. The reason he did nothing at first is because he was raised old school. Aunt May and Uncle Ben aren't young. They're from a time when chicken soup and a nap were the cure for the flu. Even if he'd said something, the treatment would have been to go to sleep and see if it got better or worse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 733648.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "iz0xkat", "c_root_id_B": "ixy4t61", "created_at_utc_A": 1670262040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669535171.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Rami Peter Parker is incredibly smart, but he's still a dumbass teenager. Peter assumed the lab was 100% foolproof against escape by the spiders. It's a controlled environment, after all, with rigorous safety standards in place. Even if he was bitten, there's no chance he was bitten by one of the test subjects. Lots of places have spiders, and a spider testing lab might just have a few extra residents than average. Even though he was bitten, it didn't hurt that much. It was just like, \"Ouch, that hurt\" and that was it. And since the pain of a spiderbite always directly links to the lethality, there's no way he could have been in any type of danger (not saying this is the case, I'm using dumbass teenager logic). Either way, the spiderbite was such a small issue that Peter didn't immediately link the later symptoms having anything to do with the bite. Peter started feeling the systems later. The reason he did nothing at first is because he was raised old school. Aunt May and Uncle Ben aren't young. They're from a time when chicken soup and a nap were the cure for the flu. Even if he'd said something, the treatment would have been to go to sleep and see if it got better or worse.", "human_ref_B": "Usa medical system", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 726869.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "iz0xkat", "c_root_id_B": "iy1aczs", "created_at_utc_A": 1670262040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669593602.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Rami Peter Parker is incredibly smart, but he's still a dumbass teenager. Peter assumed the lab was 100% foolproof against escape by the spiders. It's a controlled environment, after all, with rigorous safety standards in place. Even if he was bitten, there's no chance he was bitten by one of the test subjects. Lots of places have spiders, and a spider testing lab might just have a few extra residents than average. Even though he was bitten, it didn't hurt that much. It was just like, \"Ouch, that hurt\" and that was it. And since the pain of a spiderbite always directly links to the lethality, there's no way he could have been in any type of danger (not saying this is the case, I'm using dumbass teenager logic). Either way, the spiderbite was such a small issue that Peter didn't immediately link the later symptoms having anything to do with the bite. Peter started feeling the systems later. The reason he did nothing at first is because he was raised old school. Aunt May and Uncle Ben aren't young. They're from a time when chicken soup and a nap were the cure for the flu. Even if he'd said something, the treatment would have been to go to sleep and see if it got better or worse.", "human_ref_B": "A few things to think of is his family isn\u2019t well off to pay for every hospital visit unless it\u2019s an emergency. Some teenagers think they\u2019re invincible and won\u2019t go to the hospital and others like Peter think they\u2019re a burden and rather wait to see if it goes away than put out his aunt and uncle by going to the hospital. Also after he got bit in the comics he started instinctively reacting to his surroundings by almost getting hit by a car and climbing almost immediately", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 668438.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z5hyhb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man/Raimiverse] why didn\u2019t peter seek any kind of medical attention after being bit by the spider? I mean he couldn\u2019t have gone to the hospital or at least just told one of the scientists at the Super-Spider lab that one of their spiders got out and bit him? Isn\u2019t Peter supposed to be a genius? He wasn\u2019t doing anything wrong so he wouldn\u2019t have gotten in trouble right? In fact he could have sued them. Instead he goes home with a spider-bite mark the size of a golf ball and a bad fever and runs upstairs and immediately collapses on the floor. Also why didn\u2019t May or Ben check on him at all that night? They couldn\u2019t just creak the door open and go \u201chey pete you ok? You didn\u2019t seem well before\u201d.", "c_root_id_A": "iy6ecdi", "c_root_id_B": "iz0xkat", "created_at_utc_A": 1669687866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670262040.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Peter didn\u2019t want to look like a wimp in front of MJ.", "human_ref_B": "Rami Peter Parker is incredibly smart, but he's still a dumbass teenager. Peter assumed the lab was 100% foolproof against escape by the spiders. It's a controlled environment, after all, with rigorous safety standards in place. Even if he was bitten, there's no chance he was bitten by one of the test subjects. Lots of places have spiders, and a spider testing lab might just have a few extra residents than average. Even though he was bitten, it didn't hurt that much. It was just like, \"Ouch, that hurt\" and that was it. And since the pain of a spiderbite always directly links to the lethality, there's no way he could have been in any type of danger (not saying this is the case, I'm using dumbass teenager logic). Either way, the spiderbite was such a small issue that Peter didn't immediately link the later symptoms having anything to do with the bite. Peter started feeling the systems later. The reason he did nothing at first is because he was raised old school. Aunt May and Uncle Ben aren't young. They're from a time when chicken soup and a nap were the cure for the flu. Even if he'd said something, the treatment would have been to go to sleep and see if it got better or worse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 574174.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vlb0cg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] Can I, a non-Khaijit, use Moon Sugar in my cooking safely? Legality aside, a Khajiit friend of mine got me a bit of Moon Sugar when he last dropped by. Now, I don't wanna end up a skooma addict but like, is this stuff okay to use in, I dunno, baking in place of regular sugar? Hell does it even taste like regular sugar? Khajiit all swear it's really sweet but you know, their taste buds are totally different than ours. Khajiit and Argonian food is always waved off as being too drastically different for us to eat.", "c_root_id_A": "idu2ku1", "c_root_id_B": "idufjbe", "created_at_utc_A": 1656268350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656274071.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Not a good idea. Moon sugar is an addictive narcotic, not something you want to be casually adding to food.", "human_ref_B": "Absolutely. Moon Sugar is an integral part of certain recipes, in fact, like Elsweyr Fondue and Lavender Dumplings. Neither of which cause any unpleasant effects from their consumption even in non-Khajiit. Both recipes, in fact, give a bit of a boost to one's magicka. It seems that cooking with Moon Sugar, probably due to a combination of the actual cooking process and the fact that you're not just eating it straight by itself, reduces or even nullifies the unpleasant side effects while still adding pleasant ones.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5721.0, "score_ratio": 3.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "iftxjy9", "c_root_id_B": "iftxsoz", "created_at_utc_A": 1657612012.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657612215.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": 235, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s very careful not to just hand his suits around since he\u2019s very paranoid about people using his tech as weapons. Even in modern stories, tech that he\u2019s created still falls into the hands of villains. The armor wars story line probably showed this best. As for why he doesn\u2019t just make an army of suits, he\u2019s also very careful not to do that because: 1. His suits can get hacked. He lives in a world of super geniuses and one of his most dangerous enemies is Ultron, who\u2019s a master of taking over machines 2. The AI on his suit once turned into what can only be described as an abusive boyfriend and it traumatized him 3. He\u2019s a Control freak. He needs to be on the wheel when his suits are used", "human_ref_B": "besides what others have said (Stark doesnt trust others, safety, etc) another reason is maybe because other Avengers and team mates work best with their own abilities instead of forcing them into a suit", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 203.0, "score_ratio": 2.9746835443, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifufcfs", "c_root_id_B": "ifuaujx", "created_at_utc_A": 1657626020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657623013.0, "score_A": 71, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": ">Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits? I mean you've seen the movies, right? By this point Stark might as well be a vendor for gadgets for other heroes. I'm not even counting for the moment the War Machine armor or Iron Spider armor he designed for Parker in original Civil War. He had an armor for Pepper, which she dubbed \"Rescue\", had his workshop delivered to Riri Williams so she could make \"her own\" armor which looked suspiciously like his \"Prime\" suit. Norman Osborn blatantly pirated one of his Extremis-era armor suits for his Iron Patriot armor, which the team later reclamed and put Rhodes in it. He also made a new drone shield for a Patriot kid, and Hydro-cap had his suit enhanced with pirated stark-tech, albeit that one didn't ask permission. Stark does this sort of shit all the time. And this is only from the top of my head, if I go wikisurfing, I bet we'll find way more.", "human_ref_B": "In the ultimate universe, he makes a suit for black widow (probably only because he is sleeping with her though).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3007.0, "score_ratio": 14.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifuyu85", "c_root_id_B": "ifuka51", "created_at_utc_A": 1657635687.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657628877.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Almost his whole arc is about not trusting his weapons on others blindly and later also not letting an AI run his suits independently. The only examples where the above is not true are: * Rhodey: his best friend in life and even then he kind of had to steal the suit first and only later Tony agreed to let Rhodey use it and get upgrades. * Peter: almost his adoptive son and even then also he gave him a very downgraded version for the first suit he gave him (which also came included with a training wheels program that Peter had to hack to access the full potential) and the second version he had to use it in a clutch to prevent Peter from dying in space during Infinity War. * Pepper: his wife and the mother of his child. Also he only allowed her to use his suits when her life was in danger in Iron Man 3 and when the fate of the universe was in danger in Endgame. * Vision: the AI kind of went rouge and Tony is unable to stop it really, he kind of just hopes that JARVIS won't go full Ultron. As for the rest: * Thor: doesn't need it, also Tony likely doesn't trust Thor enough. * Steve: may be an upgrade to get one (mostly to fly really, nothing else) but Steve would likely be too proud to even accept it and also Tony doesn't really trust Steve that much. * Natasha and Clint: Tony likely doesn't trust them that much, specially considering they are professional spies from an organization that Tony himself doesn't trust much to begin with. * Bruce: doesn't need it and also until Hulk became Professor Hulk Tony would not trust The Hulk with a suit (in fact he made a suit for himself to attack The Hulk). Bruce temporarily uses one of his suits however but not with his permission that we know of. * Carol: doesn't need it, also Tony barely knows her. * Wanda, Sam, Rocket, Nebula, Okoye, Scott: Tony doesn't trust them much. PS: I realized after posting this comment that you asked for Marvel in general, not MCU but most of the points still stand. In almost all cases either Tony doesn't trust the other person to use his suit for good or the other person doesn't need a suit to begin with.", "human_ref_B": ">Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits? Drone better.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6810.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifuyu85", "c_root_id_B": "ifum8xm", "created_at_utc_A": 1657635687.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657629918.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Almost his whole arc is about not trusting his weapons on others blindly and later also not letting an AI run his suits independently. The only examples where the above is not true are: * Rhodey: his best friend in life and even then he kind of had to steal the suit first and only later Tony agreed to let Rhodey use it and get upgrades. * Peter: almost his adoptive son and even then also he gave him a very downgraded version for the first suit he gave him (which also came included with a training wheels program that Peter had to hack to access the full potential) and the second version he had to use it in a clutch to prevent Peter from dying in space during Infinity War. * Pepper: his wife and the mother of his child. Also he only allowed her to use his suits when her life was in danger in Iron Man 3 and when the fate of the universe was in danger in Endgame. * Vision: the AI kind of went rouge and Tony is unable to stop it really, he kind of just hopes that JARVIS won't go full Ultron. As for the rest: * Thor: doesn't need it, also Tony likely doesn't trust Thor enough. * Steve: may be an upgrade to get one (mostly to fly really, nothing else) but Steve would likely be too proud to even accept it and also Tony doesn't really trust Steve that much. * Natasha and Clint: Tony likely doesn't trust them that much, specially considering they are professional spies from an organization that Tony himself doesn't trust much to begin with. * Bruce: doesn't need it and also until Hulk became Professor Hulk Tony would not trust The Hulk with a suit (in fact he made a suit for himself to attack The Hulk). Bruce temporarily uses one of his suits however but not with his permission that we know of. * Carol: doesn't need it, also Tony barely knows her. * Wanda, Sam, Rocket, Nebula, Okoye, Scott: Tony doesn't trust them much. PS: I realized after posting this comment that you asked for Marvel in general, not MCU but most of the points still stand. In almost all cases either Tony doesn't trust the other person to use his suit for good or the other person doesn't need a suit to begin with.", "human_ref_B": "Because he has a state of the art security system and still gets robbed all the time. Imagine what kind of damage people could do if he let Peter Parker keep his Iron Spider suit in like, a dingy Queens no-lease kitnet. He's made several suits for people -- the Iron Cat is the most recent example. And *that* just got stolen, which prompted him to start screaming about how this always happens, and how he should just stop doing it. So yeah.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5769.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifuyu85", "c_root_id_B": "ifutp1w", "created_at_utc_A": 1657635687.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657633469.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Almost his whole arc is about not trusting his weapons on others blindly and later also not letting an AI run his suits independently. The only examples where the above is not true are: * Rhodey: his best friend in life and even then he kind of had to steal the suit first and only later Tony agreed to let Rhodey use it and get upgrades. * Peter: almost his adoptive son and even then also he gave him a very downgraded version for the first suit he gave him (which also came included with a training wheels program that Peter had to hack to access the full potential) and the second version he had to use it in a clutch to prevent Peter from dying in space during Infinity War. * Pepper: his wife and the mother of his child. Also he only allowed her to use his suits when her life was in danger in Iron Man 3 and when the fate of the universe was in danger in Endgame. * Vision: the AI kind of went rouge and Tony is unable to stop it really, he kind of just hopes that JARVIS won't go full Ultron. As for the rest: * Thor: doesn't need it, also Tony likely doesn't trust Thor enough. * Steve: may be an upgrade to get one (mostly to fly really, nothing else) but Steve would likely be too proud to even accept it and also Tony doesn't really trust Steve that much. * Natasha and Clint: Tony likely doesn't trust them that much, specially considering they are professional spies from an organization that Tony himself doesn't trust much to begin with. * Bruce: doesn't need it and also until Hulk became Professor Hulk Tony would not trust The Hulk with a suit (in fact he made a suit for himself to attack The Hulk). Bruce temporarily uses one of his suits however but not with his permission that we know of. * Carol: doesn't need it, also Tony barely knows her. * Wanda, Sam, Rocket, Nebula, Okoye, Scott: Tony doesn't trust them much. PS: I realized after posting this comment that you asked for Marvel in general, not MCU but most of the points still stand. In almost all cases either Tony doesn't trust the other person to use his suit for good or the other person doesn't need a suit to begin with.", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty sure Falcon's stuff is stark tech. And I'm guessing SHIELD doesn't like their agents getting gear from anyone but them. He gave Spiderman all he's comfortable giving him and the rest don't really need it/ stark isn't close with them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2218.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifuyu85", "c_root_id_B": "ifuaujx", "created_at_utc_A": 1657635687.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657623013.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Almost his whole arc is about not trusting his weapons on others blindly and later also not letting an AI run his suits independently. The only examples where the above is not true are: * Rhodey: his best friend in life and even then he kind of had to steal the suit first and only later Tony agreed to let Rhodey use it and get upgrades. * Peter: almost his adoptive son and even then also he gave him a very downgraded version for the first suit he gave him (which also came included with a training wheels program that Peter had to hack to access the full potential) and the second version he had to use it in a clutch to prevent Peter from dying in space during Infinity War. * Pepper: his wife and the mother of his child. Also he only allowed her to use his suits when her life was in danger in Iron Man 3 and when the fate of the universe was in danger in Endgame. * Vision: the AI kind of went rouge and Tony is unable to stop it really, he kind of just hopes that JARVIS won't go full Ultron. As for the rest: * Thor: doesn't need it, also Tony likely doesn't trust Thor enough. * Steve: may be an upgrade to get one (mostly to fly really, nothing else) but Steve would likely be too proud to even accept it and also Tony doesn't really trust Steve that much. * Natasha and Clint: Tony likely doesn't trust them that much, specially considering they are professional spies from an organization that Tony himself doesn't trust much to begin with. * Bruce: doesn't need it and also until Hulk became Professor Hulk Tony would not trust The Hulk with a suit (in fact he made a suit for himself to attack The Hulk). Bruce temporarily uses one of his suits however but not with his permission that we know of. * Carol: doesn't need it, also Tony barely knows her. * Wanda, Sam, Rocket, Nebula, Okoye, Scott: Tony doesn't trust them much. PS: I realized after posting this comment that you asked for Marvel in general, not MCU but most of the points still stand. In almost all cases either Tony doesn't trust the other person to use his suit for good or the other person doesn't need a suit to begin with.", "human_ref_B": "In the ultimate universe, he makes a suit for black widow (probably only because he is sleeping with her though).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12674.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifuka51", "c_root_id_B": "ifum8xm", "created_at_utc_A": 1657628877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657629918.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": ">Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits? Drone better.", "human_ref_B": "Because he has a state of the art security system and still gets robbed all the time. Imagine what kind of damage people could do if he let Peter Parker keep his Iron Spider suit in like, a dingy Queens no-lease kitnet. He's made several suits for people -- the Iron Cat is the most recent example. And *that* just got stolen, which prompted him to start screaming about how this always happens, and how he should just stop doing it. So yeah.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1041.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifuaujx", "c_root_id_B": "ifuka51", "created_at_utc_A": 1657623013.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657628877.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In the ultimate universe, he makes a suit for black widow (probably only because he is sleeping with her though).", "human_ref_B": ">Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits? Drone better.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5864.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifum8xm", "c_root_id_B": "ifuaujx", "created_at_utc_A": 1657629918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657623013.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because he has a state of the art security system and still gets robbed all the time. Imagine what kind of damage people could do if he let Peter Parker keep his Iron Spider suit in like, a dingy Queens no-lease kitnet. He's made several suits for people -- the Iron Cat is the most recent example. And *that* just got stolen, which prompted him to start screaming about how this always happens, and how he should just stop doing it. So yeah.", "human_ref_B": "In the ultimate universe, he makes a suit for black widow (probably only because he is sleeping with her though).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6905.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifutp1w", "c_root_id_B": "ifuaujx", "created_at_utc_A": 1657633469.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657623013.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure Falcon's stuff is stark tech. And I'm guessing SHIELD doesn't like their agents getting gear from anyone but them. He gave Spiderman all he's comfortable giving him and the rest don't really need it/ stark isn't close with them.", "human_ref_B": "In the ultimate universe, he makes a suit for black widow (probably only because he is sleeping with her though).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10456.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifuaujx", "c_root_id_B": "ifv2j08", "created_at_utc_A": 1657623013.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657637196.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "In the ultimate universe, he makes a suit for black widow (probably only because he is sleeping with her though).", "human_ref_B": "One thing that is consistent about super heroes is that they get mind controlled or manipulated into fighting on a regular basis. Tony's friends don't trust that he won't crack up or get brain controlled into using a remote shutdown to brick their suits, and Tony doesn't trust that people won't get controlled or their suit stolen so he won't remove the remote shutdown. Tony does have an army of Iron Man armors, though there is an ethics problem with having his AIs as disembodied computer voices who spend their whole lives managing stock portfolios and running his armor, so recently he has move away from AI networked armor armies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14183.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vx4qgu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn\u2019t Iron Man give the members of his team with no powers the same armor he has? Why doesn\u2019t he also make an army out of his suits?", "c_root_id_A": "ifv3tkm", "c_root_id_B": "ifvfg25", "created_at_utc_A": 1657637702.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657642297.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Tony has made a ton of suits for other and lent them to other people. Even squirrel girl and tippy toe got a suit each... for a guy that does not share he has over the years given suits away like candy", "human_ref_B": "I think we need to retire this one to the FAQ https://old.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/8hhxe5/marvel_why_hasnt_tony_given_every_avenger_an_iron/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/563s65/marvel_when_faced_with_a_global_threat_why_doesnt/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/34ttgp/mcu_why_doesnt_tony_stark_build_iron_man_suits/ https://old.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/j8ziru/mcu_why_didnt_stark_provide_the_lessdurable/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4595.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1gowu", "c_root_id_B": "do1a8p5", "created_at_utc_A": 1507394895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507385984.0, "score_A": 189, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "The kind thats 11 years old", "human_ref_B": "Maybe that encounter was just the consequence of them ignoring warnings from earlier than what we saw that there would be a demogorgon in that dungeon. They were clearly aware of the risk it would show up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8911.0, "score_ratio": 3.78, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1gowu", "c_root_id_B": "do1dfur", "created_at_utc_A": 1507394895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507390658.0, "score_A": 189, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "The kind thats 11 years old", "human_ref_B": "I was questioning why it was \"*the* demogorgon\" instead of \"Demogorgon\" as a proper name. It's not \"the orcus\".", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4237.0, "score_ratio": 7.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1j3k4", "c_root_id_B": "do1a8p5", "created_at_utc_A": 1507397954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507385984.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "A 13 year old DM does that. How do I know this? Because when I was 13, I did stuff like that.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe that encounter was just the consequence of them ignoring warnings from earlier than what we saw that there would be a demogorgon in that dungeon. They were clearly aware of the risk it would show up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11970.0, "score_ratio": 1.46, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1j3k4", "c_root_id_B": "do1h00j", "created_at_utc_A": 1507397954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507395285.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "A 13 year old DM does that. How do I know this? Because when I was 13, I did stuff like that.", "human_ref_B": "As a DM I will modify the stats and level of creatures all the time to fit the story and the world. A group of goblins are a challenge for level 1 or 2 characters, but maybe this group has been fighting for years are are the biggest and strongest ones their tribe produces, so they might be able to fight a level 5 party evenly. Or maybe the Storm Giant usually a challenge for a mid to high level party is young and inexperienced so a weaker party could fight it. Maybe the party performed some ritual that weakened Demogorgon making it possible to fight it. Or maybe Demogorgon was only able to send an aspect of itself into our realm and not its full power.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2669.0, "score_ratio": 1.7804878049, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1dfur", "c_root_id_B": "do1j3k4", "created_at_utc_A": 1507390658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507397954.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "I was questioning why it was \"*the* demogorgon\" instead of \"Demogorgon\" as a proper name. It's not \"the orcus\".", "human_ref_B": "A 13 year old DM does that. How do I know this? Because when I was 13, I did stuff like that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7296.0, "score_ratio": 3.0416666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1hpsf", "c_root_id_B": "do1j3k4", "created_at_utc_A": 1507396181.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507397954.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "The same kind who doesn\u2019t even have his players roll initiative? \u201cWill, what\u2019s your action?!\u201d", "human_ref_B": "A 13 year old DM does that. How do I know this? Because when I was 13, I did stuff like that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1773.0, "score_ratio": 4.5625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1h6ki", "c_root_id_B": "do1j3k4", "created_at_utc_A": 1507395503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507397954.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "Could be an Aspect which are weaker versions of the original.", "human_ref_B": "A 13 year old DM does that. How do I know this? Because when I was 13, I did stuff like that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2451.0, "score_ratio": 10.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1dfur", "c_root_id_B": "do1h00j", "created_at_utc_A": 1507390658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507395285.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "I was questioning why it was \"*the* demogorgon\" instead of \"Demogorgon\" as a proper name. It's not \"the orcus\".", "human_ref_B": "As a DM I will modify the stats and level of creatures all the time to fit the story and the world. A group of goblins are a challenge for level 1 or 2 characters, but maybe this group has been fighting for years are are the biggest and strongest ones their tribe produces, so they might be able to fight a level 5 party evenly. Or maybe the Storm Giant usually a challenge for a mid to high level party is young and inexperienced so a weaker party could fight it. Maybe the party performed some ritual that weakened Demogorgon making it possible to fight it. Or maybe Demogorgon was only able to send an aspect of itself into our realm and not its full power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4627.0, "score_ratio": 1.7083333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1hpsf", "c_root_id_B": "do1h6ki", "created_at_utc_A": 1507396181.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507395503.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The same kind who doesn\u2019t even have his players roll initiative? \u201cWill, what\u2019s your action?!\u201d", "human_ref_B": "Could be an Aspect which are weaker versions of the original.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 678.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1h6ki", "c_root_id_B": "do1judn", "created_at_utc_A": 1507395503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507398905.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Could be an Aspect which are weaker versions of the original.", "human_ref_B": "The real question is: Why do they fight a Thessalahydra in the last episode, a monster which apparently can be destroyed by a single fireball in one dice roll, then all cheer when they defeat it? Sounds like an extremely unsatisfying battle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3402.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1s4mu", "c_root_id_B": "do1h6ki", "created_at_utc_A": 1507409674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507395503.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "To be fair, the kids are pretty young to fully grasp the rules of D&D. They are just having fun and being creative rather than doing things the \"correct\" way.", "human_ref_B": "Could be an Aspect which are weaker versions of the original.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14171.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1s4mu", "c_root_id_B": "do1k7bs", "created_at_utc_A": 1507409674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507399362.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "To be fair, the kids are pretty young to fully grasp the rules of D&D. They are just having fun and being creative rather than doing things the \"correct\" way.", "human_ref_B": "A twelve year old one?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10312.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74uuv5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Stranger Things] What kind of DM pulls an encounter with demogorgon to a mid-level party? I mean, in the first episode they were still casting fireballs at troglodytes and such. Later they're shown to use the blue expert level rulebook, so still not quite demogrgon-tier (which I believe was included in the immortal level monster compendium).", "c_root_id_A": "do1s4mu", "c_root_id_B": "do1mfqh", "created_at_utc_A": 1507409674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507402292.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "To be fair, the kids are pretty young to fully grasp the rules of D&D. They are just having fun and being creative rather than doing things the \"correct\" way.", "human_ref_B": "My first D&D game, we were all level 2 and we stumbled upon a trash monster that was easily a level 20+. If we didn\u2019t run we would have been destroyed. It happens sometimes. (curse of Straud. 5E. If anyone is wondering)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7382.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vt8r7c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Stranger Things] What do you guys think Hawkins is like in 2022", "c_root_id_A": "if66iqp", "c_root_id_B": "if64fdp", "created_at_utc_A": 1657170835.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657169517.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think it's a ghost town, reduced to nothing but foundations and overgrown roads. You probably would never even know it existed.", "human_ref_B": "A military research zone. No way they keep up the secrecy in the digital age.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1318.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ftefv6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Death Note] If I watch a plane take off, and it's in the sky, and I write down both names of the pilots, do they die, since it will cause collateral damage? Does some miracle happen which lands the plane safely? So, we know that the Death Note doesn't allow collateral damage. If you write \"Individual A shoots individual B, before suffering a heart attack\", they don't kill individual B, they just die of a heart attack, because you have to write each name separately. But if you write the names of each pilot of a plane, and there's no pilots left to land it, do the passengers die? Fuck it, let's say it's a plane without autopilot, and none of the other passengers have any experience with piloting an airplane. What happens then?", "c_root_id_A": "fm6qcxl", "c_root_id_B": "fm6te4i", "created_at_utc_A": 1585800334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585802710.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Luckily there was a pilot who was deadheading who landed the plane", "human_ref_B": "People survive plane crashes IRL. \"Some miracle happens,\" the passengers keep their tray tables up and their seats in the full upright position, and they all crawl out to Albuquerque.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2376.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ftefv6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Death Note] If I watch a plane take off, and it's in the sky, and I write down both names of the pilots, do they die, since it will cause collateral damage? Does some miracle happen which lands the plane safely? So, we know that the Death Note doesn't allow collateral damage. If you write \"Individual A shoots individual B, before suffering a heart attack\", they don't kill individual B, they just die of a heart attack, because you have to write each name separately. But if you write the names of each pilot of a plane, and there's no pilots left to land it, do the passengers die? Fuck it, let's say it's a plane without autopilot, and none of the other passengers have any experience with piloting an airplane. What happens then?", "c_root_id_A": "fm6yxor", "c_root_id_B": "fm74lvz", "created_at_utc_A": 1585807497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585813060.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Rule 42 (first sentence): >The use of the Death Note in the human world sometimes affects other humans' lives or shortens their original life span, even though their names are not actually written in the Death Note itself. In these cases, no matter the cause, the god of death sees only the original lifespan and not the shortened lifespan. Since the default of method of heart attack can always be valid, you would be able to cause the incidental deaths of the passengers on the plane if you wrote the pilots' names while the plane was airborne. Given the narrative of the story, we only see lifespan extended (when Gelus killed Misa's would-be-killer) but shortening is still valid. Also as a side note, writing \"Alice Apple shoots Bob Banana before suffering a heart\" would be valid, since you are writing Bob Banana's name down. Only something like \"Alice Apple shoots her friend in the yellow suit in the head, before suffering a heart attack\" would be invalid. Edit: I saw your comment in another part: >What if I wait until they're in the sky and write, \"So and so pilots die fifteen seconds after I write this.\" Since that would be lead to the deaths of the other passengers, it would default to the death of heart attack after forty seconds. Which (fortunately?) would still lead to the death of the passengers.", "human_ref_B": "Rule 10 says if a death would cause others to die, the target simply dies of a heart attack. No further restriction is placed on this alternative death; if it leads to other deaths, so be it. So in your example, if you write that the pilots punch each other to death, this would affect others, so instead they just die of a heart attack. The plane still crashes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5563.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ftefv6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Death Note] If I watch a plane take off, and it's in the sky, and I write down both names of the pilots, do they die, since it will cause collateral damage? Does some miracle happen which lands the plane safely? So, we know that the Death Note doesn't allow collateral damage. If you write \"Individual A shoots individual B, before suffering a heart attack\", they don't kill individual B, they just die of a heart attack, because you have to write each name separately. But if you write the names of each pilot of a plane, and there's no pilots left to land it, do the passengers die? Fuck it, let's say it's a plane without autopilot, and none of the other passengers have any experience with piloting an airplane. What happens then?", "c_root_id_A": "fm7r56w", "c_root_id_B": "fm8uil5", "created_at_utc_A": 1585834958.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585856271.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the plane crashes but everyone miraculously lives.", "human_ref_B": ">Rule X >Whether the cause of the individual's death is either suicide or an accident, if it would lead to the death of more than the intended victim, the person will simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that other lives are not impacted. While the rule doesn't apply specifically to your question, it does imply that accidental death of people who are not written down is something the Death Note tries to avoid. In this case I'd assume they would die do to heart attack ones they landed the plane, or the first pilot dies as you specified and the second one dies ones the plane is landed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21313.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ftefv6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Death Note] If I watch a plane take off, and it's in the sky, and I write down both names of the pilots, do they die, since it will cause collateral damage? Does some miracle happen which lands the plane safely? So, we know that the Death Note doesn't allow collateral damage. If you write \"Individual A shoots individual B, before suffering a heart attack\", they don't kill individual B, they just die of a heart attack, because you have to write each name separately. But if you write the names of each pilot of a plane, and there's no pilots left to land it, do the passengers die? Fuck it, let's say it's a plane without autopilot, and none of the other passengers have any experience with piloting an airplane. What happens then?", "c_root_id_A": "fm8uil5", "c_root_id_B": "fm8odav", "created_at_utc_A": 1585856271.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585853034.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": ">Rule X >Whether the cause of the individual's death is either suicide or an accident, if it would lead to the death of more than the intended victim, the person will simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that other lives are not impacted. While the rule doesn't apply specifically to your question, it does imply that accidental death of people who are not written down is something the Death Note tries to avoid. In this case I'd assume they would die do to heart attack ones they landed the plane, or the first pilot dies as you specified and the second one dies ones the plane is landed.", "human_ref_B": "The deathnote will manipulate probability so even if none of the passengers know how to fly the plane one will try and succeed in landing it without anyone else dying.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3237.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "ikksnqx", "c_root_id_B": "ikkrudk", "created_at_utc_A": 1660686975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660686636.0, "score_A": 126, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "Think of it this way. \"I am Fear.\" \"You're afraid of me? You lose!\" Like Dream said, hope lives on, even in Hell. Sisyphus keeps pushing the rock, even when he could just nope out and let the demons stab him.", "human_ref_B": "Eventually, fear and Despair will die too. Hope, however, springs eternal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 339.0, "score_ratio": 2.4230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "iklstyc", "c_root_id_B": "ikl2cj3", "created_at_utc_A": 1660702897.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660691160.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Choronzon\u2019s strategy for the game was always bigger, always stronger, always *more*. He wasn\u2019t prepared for Dream to come at him from an oblique angle like that. It\u2019s entirely possible that, given time, he might have wrapped his head around the strategy; and, responding with something like \u201cdespair\u201d is very in-character for him. However, part of the game was thinking *quickly*, so Dream successfully throwing him for a loop and causing him to pause counted as a victory.", "human_ref_B": "Ironically in that one Green Lantern Story (Lights out) the Blue Light of Hope is the first one that dies out. I'm not sure but that might've been retconned. That being said, in the rest of the Green Lantern mythos, Hope's pretty cool. Hope can boost the power of a Green Lantern (Will) and can cure the corruption caused by Red Lantern Rings (Rage). We're talking serious, life altering traumatic rage here. Hope can cure that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11737.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "iklstyc", "c_root_id_B": "iklc89y", "created_at_utc_A": 1660702897.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660695509.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Choronzon\u2019s strategy for the game was always bigger, always stronger, always *more*. He wasn\u2019t prepared for Dream to come at him from an oblique angle like that. It\u2019s entirely possible that, given time, he might have wrapped his head around the strategy; and, responding with something like \u201cdespair\u201d is very in-character for him. However, part of the game was thinking *quickly*, so Dream successfully throwing him for a loop and causing him to pause counted as a victory.", "human_ref_B": "Because Lucifer threw the game. Nothing is gained from some random ass demon hanging on to the tools of the Endless. Despite the wealth of threats, Lucifer clearly can\u2019t do anything to the Dreaming while Dream is out of commission or he wouldn\u2019t have had a realm to return to. Lucifer wants Dream back at full strength so their war can actually progress.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7388.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "iklcvfd", "c_root_id_B": "iklstyc", "created_at_utc_A": 1660695786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660702897.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Even if you're scared you hope the scary thing will go away.", "human_ref_B": "Choronzon\u2019s strategy for the game was always bigger, always stronger, always *more*. He wasn\u2019t prepared for Dream to come at him from an oblique angle like that. It\u2019s entirely possible that, given time, he might have wrapped his head around the strategy; and, responding with something like \u201cdespair\u201d is very in-character for him. However, part of the game was thinking *quickly*, so Dream successfully throwing him for a loop and causing him to pause counted as a victory.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7111.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "ikmvut1", "c_root_id_B": "iklcvfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1660728660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660695786.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "M2C, after many wise thoughts. The game is one of gradual escalation. In many ways it's a gentleman's game where you accept the adversaries choice without complaint or questioning the legality but move on and counter and escalate. Playing anti-life, the destruction of all, kind of removes all the pieces from the board. Countering with hope is essentially playing the only thing that can still exist when nothing else does and in spite of nothing else existing. So it is a counter and an escalation and a bit of a sucker punch. Countering with despair, depression or hopelessness doesn't escalate and one could argue that despair can't really exist without anything but rather it exists in spite of the existence of good things. Despair is corruption, misinterpretation and unwillingness. All these need something to latch on to and play off of. Hope needs no such thing as it's essentially blind faith disconnected from reality.", "human_ref_B": "Even if you're scared you hope the scary thing will go away.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32874.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "ikmvut1", "c_root_id_B": "ikm625l", "created_at_utc_A": 1660728660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660709579.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "M2C, after many wise thoughts. The game is one of gradual escalation. In many ways it's a gentleman's game where you accept the adversaries choice without complaint or questioning the legality but move on and counter and escalate. Playing anti-life, the destruction of all, kind of removes all the pieces from the board. Countering with hope is essentially playing the only thing that can still exist when nothing else does and in spite of nothing else existing. So it is a counter and an escalation and a bit of a sucker punch. Countering with despair, depression or hopelessness doesn't escalate and one could argue that despair can't really exist without anything but rather it exists in spite of the existence of good things. Despair is corruption, misinterpretation and unwillingness. All these need something to latch on to and play off of. Hope needs no such thing as it's essentially blind faith disconnected from reality.", "human_ref_B": "It's not really well showcased in the show his reaction leading up to it . I felt like the comic did a bit of a better job. Demon was stunned and kind of lost his groove and choked. Check this out https://www.cbr.com/sandman-dream-morpheus-neil-gaiman-battle-of-wits/", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19081.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "ikmi1hj", "c_root_id_B": "ikmvut1", "created_at_utc_A": 1660717497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660728660.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Hate to nitpick, but it was Lucifer (acting as Chorozon's champion) that Dream was battling against, not Chorozon directly.", "human_ref_B": "M2C, after many wise thoughts. The game is one of gradual escalation. In many ways it's a gentleman's game where you accept the adversaries choice without complaint or questioning the legality but move on and counter and escalate. Playing anti-life, the destruction of all, kind of removes all the pieces from the board. Countering with hope is essentially playing the only thing that can still exist when nothing else does and in spite of nothing else existing. So it is a counter and an escalation and a bit of a sucker punch. Countering with despair, depression or hopelessness doesn't escalate and one could argue that despair can't really exist without anything but rather it exists in spite of the existence of good things. Despair is corruption, misinterpretation and unwillingness. All these need something to latch on to and play off of. Hope needs no such thing as it's essentially blind faith disconnected from reality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11163.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "ikmi1hj", "c_root_id_B": "iklcvfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1660717497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660695786.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hate to nitpick, but it was Lucifer (acting as Chorozon's champion) that Dream was battling against, not Chorozon directly.", "human_ref_B": "Even if you're scared you hope the scary thing will go away.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21711.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wq6isu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Sandman] When Dream and Choronzon was playing thier game, Choronzon offers anti life, which Dream countered with Hope and Choronzon loses. Why didn't he say say something like was despair or fear?", "c_root_id_A": "ikm625l", "c_root_id_B": "ikmi1hj", "created_at_utc_A": 1660709579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660717497.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It's not really well showcased in the show his reaction leading up to it . I felt like the comic did a bit of a better job. Demon was stunned and kind of lost his groove and choked. Check this out https://www.cbr.com/sandman-dream-morpheus-neil-gaiman-battle-of-wits/", "human_ref_B": "Hate to nitpick, but it was Lucifer (acting as Chorozon's champion) that Dream was battling against, not Chorozon directly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7918.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mlpm9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[DCEU] Why didnt Zod just terraform a different planet in Man of Steel? He had the seed ship, the crew and the terraforming machines. Why didn't Zod Just fly off and go terraform another planet to make his new Krypton? If he wanted superpowers, mars is just next door and would get just about the same amount of solar rays as Earth", "c_root_id_A": "gto5lc2", "c_root_id_B": "gtn71sm", "created_at_utc_A": 1617788850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617762021.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Multiple reasons, and he actually says them in the movie. 1) Zod does not care about the humans at all. He cares only about Kyptonians, and only about Kryptonians who share the traditional structured society. 2) Zod's social order has been shattered. Not only was his homeworld destroyed, he had to deal with a betrayal from someone he loved (in the Platonic sense), and he had to deal with extreme isolation in the Neutral Zone as punishment for a crime he feels was unjust. 3) Because of this Zod is hell bent on doing whatever he can to forcibly resurrect Krypton the way he remembers it should be. He's callously focused on only the one goal. All other things are secondary. 4) The humans don't deserve the planet. He comes right out and says that. They don't take care of the planet. Zod's a bit of an eco-warrior. So f' the humans he's taking this planet. 5) He wants to punish Jor'el. Jor'el was the Great Betrayer to him. He betrayed Kryptonian ways, etc... Jor'el sent Kal'el to Earth to protect humanity. This is a last chance to prove to Jor'el that he's wrong by destroying the last things Jor'el wanted. 6) Despite Kryptonians godly power and technology they still need to breath occasionally and Mars doesn't have enough of a magnetic field to contain a proper atmosphere. Earth does. So if the humans don't deserve Earth, if Jor'el's legacy and last wishes need to be destroyed, and Earth has everything they need to build a new Krypton why would Zod choose to terraform any other world when doing it to Earth solves 1-6 as outlined above?", "human_ref_B": "Why live on Mars when you can do whatever you want on earth? Besides the obvious answer; someone not letting you do whatever you want", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26829.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8imb6c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Man of Steel] At the start of the movie, why did Jor-El insist that there was no point evacuating anyone because everyone there was already dead? He says there are habitable worlds within reach - Why not evacuate as many as possible as well as carrying out his Codex plan? Also, if they knew Krypton was doomed, why send Zod and his cronies off-world? Why not just lock them up and let them perish too?", "c_root_id_A": "dysvud9", "c_root_id_B": "dysxocv", "created_at_utc_A": 1526031508.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1526035455.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 134, "human_ref_A": "Regarding Zod: they were pretty much just following their law. It seemed like their government stayed together pretty well for a while.", "human_ref_B": "I believe he meant the kryptonians were dead culturally. They were over reliant on their technology and unable to observe reality through a perspective different from the one created by millennia of deeply engrained dogma, so much so that they completely ignored irrefutable evidence that their planet was doomed. If they were to leave Krypton, they would either whither and die, kill themselves or follow Zod's footsteps.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3947.0, "score_ratio": 4.1875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8imb6c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Man of Steel] At the start of the movie, why did Jor-El insist that there was no point evacuating anyone because everyone there was already dead? He says there are habitable worlds within reach - Why not evacuate as many as possible as well as carrying out his Codex plan? Also, if they knew Krypton was doomed, why send Zod and his cronies off-world? Why not just lock them up and let them perish too?", "c_root_id_A": "dyt3gv4", "c_root_id_B": "dysvud9", "created_at_utc_A": 1526044022.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1526031508.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "\"What if a child dreamed of becoming more than society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater?\" The issue was with what Krypton had become. The potential for great men and women had been lost in a society lost to its caste system. Krypton as a society could not be saved, logistically or symbolically. The cataclysm was already underway, every man, woman, and all but one child were soon to die. There was no time to start an evacuation. But also, every man, woman and child on Krypton were part of its flaws. Kryptonians had stopped being sexually produced. They were a society of genetically engineered and manufactured workers. They were a hive society, not individuals. Jor-El believed this to be Krypton's greatest failing. Kal-El represented a break from this. He was a being truly made from unlimited potential. With the Codex inside of him, he could imbue that into a new race of Kryptonians. Manufactured at first, yes. But then free to make their own mistakes, and not be slaves to the ones made generations ago as Jor-El, Zod, and others were.", "human_ref_B": "Regarding Zod: they were pretty much just following their law. It seemed like their government stayed together pretty well for a while.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12514.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8imb6c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Man of Steel] At the start of the movie, why did Jor-El insist that there was no point evacuating anyone because everyone there was already dead? He says there are habitable worlds within reach - Why not evacuate as many as possible as well as carrying out his Codex plan? Also, if they knew Krypton was doomed, why send Zod and his cronies off-world? Why not just lock them up and let them perish too?", "c_root_id_A": "dyte55h", "c_root_id_B": "dyt83dy", "created_at_utc_A": 1526054217.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1526048743.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "They did not accept that Krypton faced a cataclysm. Jor-El was literally the only one trying to get everyone to take action. In the meantime he built as many interstellar ships as he could build himself in time, that would be one small ship. No one killed the Kryptonians, they unwittingly allowed themselves to die. Zod was not sent away from Krypton, they were sent to the parallel dimension known as the phantom zone. Technically they were still in orbit. After Krypton's destruction their prison ship opened, and they used it to leave in search of survivors. I'm not sure what their sentence duration was supposed to be, but they were not intended to die at all. edit: phantom zone", "human_ref_B": "He wanted all the kryptonians to die. He believed that they had failed and a fresh start was the only way forward.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5474.0, "score_ratio": -1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8imb6c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Man of Steel] At the start of the movie, why did Jor-El insist that there was no point evacuating anyone because everyone there was already dead? He says there are habitable worlds within reach - Why not evacuate as many as possible as well as carrying out his Codex plan? Also, if they knew Krypton was doomed, why send Zod and his cronies off-world? Why not just lock them up and let them perish too?", "c_root_id_A": "dyu45b0", "c_root_id_B": "dyt83dy", "created_at_utc_A": 1526079120.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1526048743.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "What I find weird about this is having a society where people are bred for a specific job and not trusting the guy who's job it is to study stuff. Why have a guy who studies stuff and then not trust is description of said stuff?", "human_ref_B": "He wanted all the kryptonians to die. He believed that they had failed and a fresh start was the only way forward.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30377.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j9h1uk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[ATLA] why did Aang immediately enter The Avatar State when the moon spirit was killed?", "c_root_id_A": "g8jp94c", "c_root_id_B": "g8jpepu", "created_at_utc_A": 1602463984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602464069.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "At this point in the series, Aang still hadn't mastered The Avatar State and it came out when he is under great amount of stress. Watching the spirit of the moon get killed by a mad man and realizing the world would fall into imbalance would probably be an incredibly stressful moment for him.", "human_ref_B": "It's been a while, but isn't the moon a spiritual entity in ATLA? And the Avatar is also a spiritual entity who's goal is balance. The moon dying put things out of balance, which means the Avatar needed to respond immediately.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 85.0, "score_ratio": 1.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqjg3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Dr Strange in The Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) How does Strange know that Mordo hates him? While Strange is interacting with 838 Mordo he mentions that 616 Mordo hates him. It's true but how could Strange himself even have known that? The last time they were together Mordo just sort of peaces out after the final battle. The status of their relationship in-between movies is never established.", "c_root_id_A": "i8rmteh", "c_root_id_B": "i8rnm49", "created_at_utc_A": 1652664776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652665133.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 77, "human_ref_A": "Because Mordo hates him.", "human_ref_B": "He states very specifically that Mordo tried to kill him off screen, multiple times, in fact.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 357.0, "score_ratio": 3.85, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqjg3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Dr Strange in The Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) How does Strange know that Mordo hates him? While Strange is interacting with 838 Mordo he mentions that 616 Mordo hates him. It's true but how could Strange himself even have known that? The last time they were together Mordo just sort of peaces out after the final battle. The status of their relationship in-between movies is never established.", "c_root_id_A": "i8rxqsu", "c_root_id_B": "i8rmteh", "created_at_utc_A": 1652669991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652664776.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Strange's line there implies that they've had encounters between the Dr. Strange movies, but we haven't seen them.", "human_ref_B": "Because Mordo hates him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5215.0, "score_ratio": 1.35, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqjg3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Dr Strange in The Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) How does Strange know that Mordo hates him? While Strange is interacting with 838 Mordo he mentions that 616 Mordo hates him. It's true but how could Strange himself even have known that? The last time they were together Mordo just sort of peaces out after the final battle. The status of their relationship in-between movies is never established.", "c_root_id_A": "i8rocm9", "c_root_id_B": "i8rxqsu", "created_at_utc_A": 1652665474.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652669991.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "\"The bill... comes... due. Always!\"", "human_ref_B": "Strange's line there implies that they've had encounters between the Dr. Strange movies, but we haven't seen them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4517.0, "score_ratio": 1.5882352941, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqjg3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Dr Strange in The Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) How does Strange know that Mordo hates him? While Strange is interacting with 838 Mordo he mentions that 616 Mordo hates him. It's true but how could Strange himself even have known that? The last time they were together Mordo just sort of peaces out after the final battle. The status of their relationship in-between movies is never established.", "c_root_id_A": "i8rzxon", "c_root_id_B": "i8sh9od", "created_at_utc_A": 1652671168.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652682490.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Since the question has been answered I would like to address the nomenclature used. While Earth-838 has designated the MCU as Earth-616, it is in fact Earth-19999. The true Earth-616 is the timeline, which according to Gwenpoole is just a popular comic book setting.", "human_ref_B": "The world doesn\u2019t pause between movies. They\u2019ve interacted and Mordos view on Strange has been made clear. As Sorcerer Supreme certain actions like Mordos attack on Pangborn would likely be known and he would be aware of the threat that Mordo poses even if he doesn\u2019t take him super serious", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11322.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqjg3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Dr Strange in The Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) How does Strange know that Mordo hates him? While Strange is interacting with 838 Mordo he mentions that 616 Mordo hates him. It's true but how could Strange himself even have known that? The last time they were together Mordo just sort of peaces out after the final battle. The status of their relationship in-between movies is never established.", "c_root_id_A": "i8ve8rp", "c_root_id_B": "i8wc1ao", "created_at_utc_A": 1652736943.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652753190.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "r/OPisstupid and never heard about off-screen events being a thing.", "human_ref_B": "Because in his (strange) universe, that\u2019s how it went down. Mordo hated him, there is a big chance that it occurred in both universes, as we have seen things like that happen. He\u2019s pretty much guessing for his own gain", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16247.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t6t91u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why does a school textbook give information on how to create Basilisks *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* states, in no uncertain terms, that the breeding of Basilisks is illegal, and for good reason. Since they are uncontrollable except by Parselmouths, they are as dangerous to most Dark wizards as to anyone else. However, the book also provides very detailed information not only on how to breed a Basilisk, but on how to conceal it should it arise suspicion. It is stated that a Basilisk is hatched from a chicken's egg incubated by a toad. If the creation of Basilisks is illegal, why would the instructions for doing so be included in a school textbook read by hundreds, if not thousands, of Wizarding children, some of whom might be tempted to try out what they read? ​", "c_root_id_A": "hzf4lla", "c_root_id_B": "hzfh79o", "created_at_utc_A": 1646459303.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646467722.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Wait I feel like it's very possible there are a couple steps left out. We never see it happen and see that there are only those two steps. Could totally be something like \"chickens egg under a toad and also very specific planet alignment or 2-3 basilisk magic spells\". There's obviously good reasons to have people aware that when the see the weird kid with a toad (legal) and a chicken egg (legal) there might be more going on than amphibian pet and breakfast.", "human_ref_B": "Chemistry textbooks warn us not to mix ammonia and bleach because it makes a highly toxic gas. Its important to teach people things that are dangerous, so they don't accidentally do it. The cikavac is a non dangerous creature made by taking a chicken egg and giving it to a human. If people find out getting one animal to incubate another animals egg makes a different animal, they might start seeing what animals produce what offspring. Therefore it is kinda important to teach them that the combination of chicken and toad is super dangerous", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8419.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t6t91u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why does a school textbook give information on how to create Basilisks *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* states, in no uncertain terms, that the breeding of Basilisks is illegal, and for good reason. Since they are uncontrollable except by Parselmouths, they are as dangerous to most Dark wizards as to anyone else. However, the book also provides very detailed information not only on how to breed a Basilisk, but on how to conceal it should it arise suspicion. It is stated that a Basilisk is hatched from a chicken's egg incubated by a toad. If the creation of Basilisks is illegal, why would the instructions for doing so be included in a school textbook read by hundreds, if not thousands, of Wizarding children, some of whom might be tempted to try out what they read? ​", "c_root_id_A": "hzf4lla", "c_root_id_B": "hzfo0l7", "created_at_utc_A": 1646459303.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646472949.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Wait I feel like it's very possible there are a couple steps left out. We never see it happen and see that there are only those two steps. Could totally be something like \"chickens egg under a toad and also very specific planet alignment or 2-3 basilisk magic spells\". There's obviously good reasons to have people aware that when the see the weird kid with a toad (legal) and a chicken egg (legal) there might be more going on than amphibian pet and breakfast.", "human_ref_B": "Because knowing the theory and pulling it of in practice are two very different things. A toad is not going to stay on a chicken egg, it has toad things to do. A toad is also cold-blooded, so getting enough heat from it to hatch a chicken is gonna be difficult. You will have to work around all that, and we don't know if magical interference works. If you use warming charms on the toad and egg, it might possibly count as *you* hatching the egg, and not the toad. You're gonna need very controlled circumstances and keep them running for several weeks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13646.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t6t91u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why does a school textbook give information on how to create Basilisks *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* states, in no uncertain terms, that the breeding of Basilisks is illegal, and for good reason. Since they are uncontrollable except by Parselmouths, they are as dangerous to most Dark wizards as to anyone else. However, the book also provides very detailed information not only on how to breed a Basilisk, but on how to conceal it should it arise suspicion. It is stated that a Basilisk is hatched from a chicken's egg incubated by a toad. If the creation of Basilisks is illegal, why would the instructions for doing so be included in a school textbook read by hundreds, if not thousands, of Wizarding children, some of whom might be tempted to try out what they read? ​", "c_root_id_A": "hzfo0l7", "c_root_id_B": "hzfl32e", "created_at_utc_A": 1646472949.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646470646.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because knowing the theory and pulling it of in practice are two very different things. A toad is not going to stay on a chicken egg, it has toad things to do. A toad is also cold-blooded, so getting enough heat from it to hatch a chicken is gonna be difficult. You will have to work around all that, and we don't know if magical interference works. If you use warming charms on the toad and egg, it might possibly count as *you* hatching the egg, and not the toad. You're gonna need very controlled circumstances and keep them running for several weeks.", "human_ref_B": "I mean I can find a book on how to build a tank pretty easy but I'm not planning on building one......Officer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2303.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbjqfzi", "c_root_id_B": "dbjp0g6", "created_at_utc_A": 1482508428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482506371.0, "score_A": 173, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "In light of *Rogue One*, we now know that [Spoiler](#s \"the Senate was dissolved mere days after a major terrorist attack on The Imperial Archives at Scarif, and that Imperial Senator Leia Organa was present and allied with the terrorists.\") Given that the Senate had proven ineffective at stopping the Rebel threat (no wonder, riddled with traitors as it was) it made sense to dissolve the body and reconstitute a new order with military governors in direct control over their sectors and the threats therein.", "human_ref_B": "He had a lot of deadly space ships and said submit or else?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2057.0, "score_ratio": 2.4366197183, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbjqfzi", "c_root_id_B": "dbjpmua", "created_at_utc_A": 1482508428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482507290.0, "score_A": 173, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "In light of *Rogue One*, we now know that [Spoiler](#s \"the Senate was dissolved mere days after a major terrorist attack on The Imperial Archives at Scarif, and that Imperial Senator Leia Organa was present and allied with the terrorists.\") Given that the Senate had proven ineffective at stopping the Rebel threat (no wonder, riddled with traitors as it was) it made sense to dissolve the body and reconstitute a new order with military governors in direct control over their sectors and the threats therein.", "human_ref_B": "30 years prior to that they had voted away their ability to have any real role in politics anyway. After the Emergency Powers and the establishment of the Empire, the Senate was just a rubber stamp for the Emperor's policy. All he had to say was \"listen fellas, we don't need a Senate right now, so we're going to go ahead and dissolve this body. we'll call you if we need you guys to come back. thanks, and have a nice day.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1138.0, "score_ratio": 3.7608695652, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbjqfzi", "c_root_id_B": "dbjovqh", "created_at_utc_A": 1482508428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482506170.0, "score_A": 173, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "In light of *Rogue One*, we now know that [Spoiler](#s \"the Senate was dissolved mere days after a major terrorist attack on The Imperial Archives at Scarif, and that Imperial Senator Leia Organa was present and allied with the terrorists.\") Given that the Senate had proven ineffective at stopping the Rebel threat (no wonder, riddled with traitors as it was) it made sense to dissolve the body and reconstitute a new order with military governors in direct control over their sectors and the threats therein.", "human_ref_B": "He may have had proof of some Senators' involvement with the Rebel Alliance, and used that proof as justification to shut down the whole Senate without too much overt grumbling. Furthermore, with the confirmation of the Death Star's destructive potential, the Emperor may have thought he had the ultimate trump card to deal with whatever opposition could rise up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2258.0, "score_ratio": 6.1785714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbjovqh", "c_root_id_B": "dbjp0g6", "created_at_utc_A": 1482506170.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482506371.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "He may have had proof of some Senators' involvement with the Rebel Alliance, and used that proof as justification to shut down the whole Senate without too much overt grumbling. Furthermore, with the confirmation of the Death Star's destructive potential, the Emperor may have thought he had the ultimate trump card to deal with whatever opposition could rise up.", "human_ref_B": "He had a lot of deadly space ships and said submit or else?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 201.0, "score_ratio": 2.5357142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbjovqh", "c_root_id_B": "dbjpmua", "created_at_utc_A": 1482506170.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482507290.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "He may have had proof of some Senators' involvement with the Rebel Alliance, and used that proof as justification to shut down the whole Senate without too much overt grumbling. Furthermore, with the confirmation of the Death Star's destructive potential, the Emperor may have thought he had the ultimate trump card to deal with whatever opposition could rise up.", "human_ref_B": "30 years prior to that they had voted away their ability to have any real role in politics anyway. After the Emergency Powers and the establishment of the Empire, the Senate was just a rubber stamp for the Emperor's policy. All he had to say was \"listen fellas, we don't need a Senate right now, so we're going to go ahead and dissolve this body. we'll call you if we need you guys to come back. thanks, and have a nice day.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1120.0, "score_ratio": 1.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbk2zbw", "c_root_id_B": "dbk1aa0", "created_at_utc_A": 1482525077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482522635.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "A line from Rogue One showed Bail Organa saying he will be travelling to Alderaan to tell his people there will not be peace. From this line it sounds like Organa was going to mobilise his entire Planet to fight the Empire rather then keeping it to supporting cells. I think this also suggests that there is a lot of tension in the Senate, I can imagine if a Core World like Alderaan feels that war is necessary imagine how other system would have felt. (I also like this line has it shows that the Empire wasn't just destroying Alderaan to hurt Leia but it was also a political move to stop more support for the Alliance) There could be potential for the Emperor justifying dissolving the Senate to prevent another Clone Wars. If systems start openly rebelling against the Emperor fear of another costly war could prove enough reasons to allow the Emperor to take a more direct role to ensure galactic peace. Not only that the Clone Wars was mainly limited to Mid-Rim/Outer-Rim worlds with only a few planets ceding to the CIS within the Core Worlds. Both Mon Motha and Bail Organa who are both senators of core worlds were prepared to take the fight directly to the Emperor. (As mentioned with Organas line). This might have scared the influential Core Worlds to give up sovereignty to avoid being destroyed in the fighting.", "human_ref_B": "Gosh, I really wish there had been a prequel that showed how the Emperor was granted emergency powers to do things like this or something. That would have been great!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2442.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbk2zbw", "c_root_id_B": "dbju4ps", "created_at_utc_A": 1482525077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482513293.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A line from Rogue One showed Bail Organa saying he will be travelling to Alderaan to tell his people there will not be peace. From this line it sounds like Organa was going to mobilise his entire Planet to fight the Empire rather then keeping it to supporting cells. I think this also suggests that there is a lot of tension in the Senate, I can imagine if a Core World like Alderaan feels that war is necessary imagine how other system would have felt. (I also like this line has it shows that the Empire wasn't just destroying Alderaan to hurt Leia but it was also a political move to stop more support for the Alliance) There could be potential for the Emperor justifying dissolving the Senate to prevent another Clone Wars. If systems start openly rebelling against the Emperor fear of another costly war could prove enough reasons to allow the Emperor to take a more direct role to ensure galactic peace. Not only that the Clone Wars was mainly limited to Mid-Rim/Outer-Rim worlds with only a few planets ceding to the CIS within the Core Worlds. Both Mon Motha and Bail Organa who are both senators of core worlds were prepared to take the fight directly to the Emperor. (As mentioned with Organas line). This might have scared the influential Core Worlds to give up sovereignty to avoid being destroyed in the fighting.", "human_ref_B": "The same way Hitler assumed power, actually. Using poverty and false hope as his base.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11784.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbju4ps", "c_root_id_B": "dbk1aa0", "created_at_utc_A": 1482513293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482522635.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The same way Hitler assumed power, actually. Using poverty and false hope as his base.", "human_ref_B": "Gosh, I really wish there had been a prequel that showed how the Emperor was granted emergency powers to do things like this or something. That would have been great!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9342.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jx8wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?", "c_root_id_A": "dbju4ps", "c_root_id_B": "dbkbvdp", "created_at_utc_A": 1482513293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482538811.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The same way Hitler assumed power, actually. Using poverty and false hope as his base.", "human_ref_B": "\"I have a space station that blows up planets and you all don't work here anymore\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25518.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hq0nwbb", "c_root_id_B": "hq02gpn", "created_at_utc_A": 1640520551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640501288.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In an earlier appearance in *The Hoobub and the Grinch* there was \"a grinch\", suggesting the Grinch who stole Christmas was one of many. Given that grinches all look similar to one another and different from other species, they are probably their own species The Whos probably called him \"the\" because he was the only one around locally. Like saying \"the yankee\" or \"the brit\".", "human_ref_B": "The little-known other Grinch story, \"Halloween Is Grinch Night,\" introduces the term 'grinching' (presumably 'to cruelly prank') but leaves us none the wiser for which way the derivation goes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19263.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hq08wsz", "c_root_id_B": "hq0nwbb", "created_at_utc_A": 1640506744.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640520551.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Our only real clue is that he is at one point famously referred to as *Mr* Grinch, implying it's his name. In which case, regularly referring to him as \"the Grinch\" is honestly quite rude. No wonder he stole Christmas.", "human_ref_B": "In an earlier appearance in *The Hoobub and the Grinch* there was \"a grinch\", suggesting the Grinch who stole Christmas was one of many. Given that grinches all look similar to one another and different from other species, they are probably their own species The Whos probably called him \"the\" because he was the only one around locally. Like saying \"the yankee\" or \"the brit\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13807.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hq0nwbb", "c_root_id_B": "hq0lrtw", "created_at_utc_A": 1640520551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640518677.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "In an earlier appearance in *The Hoobub and the Grinch* there was \"a grinch\", suggesting the Grinch who stole Christmas was one of many. Given that grinches all look similar to one another and different from other species, they are probably their own species The Whos probably called him \"the\" because he was the only one around locally. Like saying \"the yankee\" or \"the brit\".", "human_ref_B": "In the live action movie, he's known as a \"What\" in comparison to the Who's. We have no other explanation for what that means, so it may be safe to assume Grinch is just his name.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1874.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hq0nwbb", "c_root_id_B": "hq0ay7w", "created_at_utc_A": 1640520551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640508635.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In an earlier appearance in *The Hoobub and the Grinch* there was \"a grinch\", suggesting the Grinch who stole Christmas was one of many. Given that grinches all look similar to one another and different from other species, they are probably their own species The Whos probably called him \"the\" because he was the only one around locally. Like saying \"the yankee\" or \"the brit\".", "human_ref_B": "Judging by that the Whos live in Whoville and serve Who Pudding, it seems that Grinch is a name that also functions as a descriptor for what a Grinch does. Think extreme nominative determinism. So, a Grinch is one who Grinches. And a Grincher is a Grinch.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11916.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hq0nwbb", "c_root_id_B": "hpzyuyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1640520551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640498624.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In an earlier appearance in *The Hoobub and the Grinch* there was \"a grinch\", suggesting the Grinch who stole Christmas was one of many. Given that grinches all look similar to one another and different from other species, they are probably their own species The Whos probably called him \"the\" because he was the only one around locally. Like saying \"the yankee\" or \"the brit\".", "human_ref_B": "He's a possibly unique being known as The Grinch. So it's probably his name, and possibly his species. It's never felt like a title, although it could become one after him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21927.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hpzyuyb", "c_root_id_B": "hq02gpn", "created_at_utc_A": 1640498624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640501288.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He's a possibly unique being known as The Grinch. So it's probably his name, and possibly his species. It's never felt like a title, although it could become one after him.", "human_ref_B": "The little-known other Grinch story, \"Halloween Is Grinch Night,\" introduces the term 'grinching' (presumably 'to cruelly prank') but leaves us none the wiser for which way the derivation goes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2664.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hpzyuyb", "c_root_id_B": "hq08wsz", "created_at_utc_A": 1640498624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640506744.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He's a possibly unique being known as The Grinch. So it's probably his name, and possibly his species. It's never felt like a title, although it could become one after him.", "human_ref_B": "Our only real clue is that he is at one point famously referred to as *Mr* Grinch, implying it's his name. In which case, regularly referring to him as \"the Grinch\" is honestly quite rude. No wonder he stole Christmas.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8120.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hq0ay7w", "c_root_id_B": "hq0lrtw", "created_at_utc_A": 1640508635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640518677.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Judging by that the Whos live in Whoville and serve Who Pudding, it seems that Grinch is a name that also functions as a descriptor for what a Grinch does. Think extreme nominative determinism. So, a Grinch is one who Grinches. And a Grincher is a Grinch.", "human_ref_B": "In the live action movie, he's known as a \"What\" in comparison to the Who's. We have no other explanation for what that means, so it may be safe to assume Grinch is just his name.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10042.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hpzyuyb", "c_root_id_B": "hq0lrtw", "created_at_utc_A": 1640498624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640518677.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He's a possibly unique being known as The Grinch. So it's probably his name, and possibly his species. It's never felt like a title, although it could become one after him.", "human_ref_B": "In the live action movie, he's known as a \"What\" in comparison to the Who's. We have no other explanation for what that means, so it may be safe to assume Grinch is just his name.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20053.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hq0ay7w", "c_root_id_B": "hpzyuyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1640508635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640498624.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Judging by that the Whos live in Whoville and serve Who Pudding, it seems that Grinch is a name that also functions as a descriptor for what a Grinch does. Think extreme nominative determinism. So, a Grinch is one who Grinches. And a Grincher is a Grinch.", "human_ref_B": "He's a possibly unique being known as The Grinch. So it's probably his name, and possibly his species. It's never felt like a title, although it could become one after him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10011.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roqfjw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the grinch] what does \u201cgrinch\u201d mean? Saw a meme that asked if \u201cgrinch\u201d was his name, his profession, or his species. What does it mean to be the \u201cgrinch\u201d and is the title transferable?", "c_root_id_A": "hq113nm", "c_root_id_B": "hpzyuyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1640529528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640498624.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "When his heart grows 3 sizes, he gains the strength of 10 Grinches. So I assume it's his species.", "human_ref_B": "He's a possibly unique being known as The Grinch. So it's probably his name, and possibly his species. It's never felt like a title, although it could become one after him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30904.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jvlebk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Grinch] Why doesn't the Grinch simply move away? In the live action Grinch film we see multiple shots from higher up that shows us that Whoville is located in a massive mountain range. Not once did I see any other towns in the distance or any indicators that there were any nearby. The Grinch has shown to be able to easily survive the cold weather and atmosphere atop his mountain, even as a child. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to assume he could easily relocate to another mountain further away from Whoville, so why doesn't he?", "c_root_id_A": "gckuu9a", "c_root_id_B": "gckv0vq", "created_at_utc_A": 1605587027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605587147.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "In the newest grinch movie (with benedict cumberbatch) the grinch goes into town for supplies. In the live action grinch I think he eats their trash and stuff so. So theoretically he can only move as far away as he can still get his supplies from them.", "human_ref_B": "...just going off the opening and closing credits of the film, doesn\u2019t Whoville and the immediate mountain-y range exist inside a single snowflake? Based on the zoom in it doesn\u2019t appear to be a vast expansive world. For all we know (and are shown) their entire existence is simply Whoville and the surrounding area, like living on an island. So he\u2019s sort of trapped, in which case, he\u2019s likely already set up his cave basically as far away from them as he can get.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 120.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jvlebk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Grinch] Why doesn't the Grinch simply move away? In the live action Grinch film we see multiple shots from higher up that shows us that Whoville is located in a massive mountain range. Not once did I see any other towns in the distance or any indicators that there were any nearby. The Grinch has shown to be able to easily survive the cold weather and atmosphere atop his mountain, even as a child. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to assume he could easily relocate to another mountain further away from Whoville, so why doesn't he?", "c_root_id_A": "gcm5x52", "c_root_id_B": "gcmwp10", "created_at_utc_A": 1605625700.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605638311.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Grinch was there *first*. He's not going to let some short-lived upstart town-builders run him out of there *that* easily!", "human_ref_B": "In my head, they're trapped on a snowflake. In Horton Hears a Who, we find out those Whovians are a small community in a speck of dust on a flower, so the Whovian species is a nearly microscopic group who exist on whatever medium they're stuck on. In the Grinch, we see a society highly adapted to live in cold climates, seemingly preferring sleds and sledges to wheels for transportation, and their town seems to be like a mountain village with roads being compacted snow. I've always assumed they were all stuck on a snowflake with Whoville being the only town, as their \"world\" simply isn't large enough to support multiple large cities. It's possible the Grinch was a similar species who was somehow trapped or transported to the Whovians \"world\", so he had no where else to go.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12611.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1il84x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "In the Matrix, if the machines needed the brain's electrical signals to operate, why didn't they breed a much more docile, less intelligent species like horses? It seems like horses would have been easier to control as they would be completely unable to grasp the idea that they were a brain in a vat. Just sayin'.", "c_root_id_A": "cb5nirh", "c_root_id_B": "cb5yra2", "created_at_utc_A": 1374197431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1374244695.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "At the very base of the machines is the desire to protect humans. Humans, by their nature, are destructive. Wars, genocide, famine. Remember, the machines were first created as servants, and that still lingers. As such, the machines found a near-perfect solution: Place humans in the Matrix. Their physical bodies are safe that way, and they can live in contentment inside the Matrix.", "human_ref_B": "Morpheus was wrong about the electrical harvesting power source. Getting power from people's bioelectricity \"combined with a form of fusion\" makes no sense at all; you might as well say that the Titanic was powered by a hamster on a wheel, combined with a form of diesel engine. The machines actually use human brains as parallel computer processors to help run their computer civilization. Everyone has some computer programs running in their subconscious, and their free capacity goes up when they go to sleep or get drunk, when they switch off most of their higher brain functions. You can't really blame Morpheus for getting it wrong. He didn't even know about the true history of Zion, and you'd think that a city being repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt by a tiny group of survivors would be a huge part of their historical identity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47264.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1il84x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "In the Matrix, if the machines needed the brain's electrical signals to operate, why didn't they breed a much more docile, less intelligent species like horses? It seems like horses would have been easier to control as they would be completely unable to grasp the idea that they were a brain in a vat. 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Just because there are infinite universes doesn't mean that every single possible universe exists. I've had it explained like this: Imagine you are in a hotel hallway. doors on both sides of the hall. Now imagine that his hall goes on for ever and ever into infinity. Now, you could go down the left of the hallway and open an infinite number of doors, and still have an infinite number of doors on the right side of the hallway that you haven't touched.", "human_ref_B": "Very tenuously. It's best not to think about it and have a drink instead. If anything the whole thing's on borrowed time and was meant to collapse sometime last week. Can I pour you another one?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9972.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4inpq4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] If there is an infinite number of universes, with one being created for every possible thing that could ever happen, and it is possible to take actions that would destroy the entire multiverse, how does the multiverse exist?", "c_root_id_A": "d2zug2p", "c_root_id_B": "d2zq3fv", "created_at_utc_A": 1462884738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462872318.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You're thinking of infinity wrong. Just because there are infinite universes doesn't mean that every single possible universe exists. I've had it explained like this: Imagine you are in a hotel hallway. doors on both sides of the hall. Now imagine that his hall goes on for ever and ever into infinity. Now, you could go down the left of the hallway and open an infinite number of doors, and still have an infinite number of doors on the right side of the hallway that you haven't touched.", "human_ref_B": "That means it's not a thing that could possibly have happened yet if ever. Pretty simple logic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12420.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4inpq4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] If there is an infinite number of universes, with one being created for every possible thing that could ever happen, and it is possible to take actions that would destroy the entire multiverse, how does the multiverse exist?", "c_root_id_A": "d2zqq97", "c_root_id_B": "d2zq3fv", "created_at_utc_A": 1462874766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462872318.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Very tenuously. It's best not to think about it and have a drink instead. If anything the whole thing's on borrowed time and was meant to collapse sometime last week. Can I pour you another one?", "human_ref_B": "That means it's not a thing that could possibly have happened yet if ever. Pretty simple logic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2448.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4inpq4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] If there is an infinite number of universes, with one being created for every possible thing that could ever happen, and it is possible to take actions that would destroy the entire multiverse, how does the multiverse exist?", "c_root_id_A": "d2zvh3n", "c_root_id_B": "d2zq3fv", "created_at_utc_A": 1462886643.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462872318.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Just because \"actions that can destroy the entire multiverse\" is a statement you can say and imagine doesn't mean that it's actually possible according to the laws of the multiverse. For example if you have an ideal 6-sided die and toss it an infinite number of times you'll still never get a 7, because that is impossible according to how the system is set up.", "human_ref_B": "That means it's not a thing that could possibly have happened yet if ever. Pretty simple logic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14325.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4inpq4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] If there is an infinite number of universes, with one being created for every possible thing that could ever happen, and it is possible to take actions that would destroy the entire multiverse, how does the multiverse exist?", "c_root_id_A": "d3061r7", "c_root_id_B": "d304kgd", "created_at_utc_A": 1462901386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462899477.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You've set up contradictory premises there. The multiverse exists, therefore it is either not possible to destroy the multiverse, or there are not an infinite number of universes.", "human_ref_B": "Generally stories that involve risks to the multiverse don't have infinite numbers of universes. For example, in the DC Comics multiverse there's 52 universes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1909.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4inpq4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] If there is an infinite number of universes, with one being created for every possible thing that could ever happen, and it is possible to take actions that would destroy the entire multiverse, how does the multiverse exist?", "c_root_id_A": "d304kgd", "c_root_id_B": "d307fgj", "created_at_utc_A": 1462899477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462903148.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Generally stories that involve risks to the multiverse don't have infinite numbers of universes. For example, in the DC Comics multiverse there's 52 universes.", "human_ref_B": "Anthropic Principle, since the multiverse still exists none of the countless universes it contains has succeeded in a multiverse ending event.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3671.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isa818p", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665752559.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 345, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Presumably insane robots were created in order to create demand for robots to protect you from the insane robots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2024.0, "score_ratio": 345.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isadch8", "c_root_id_B": "isa3yxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1665754989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665750535.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Making an insane robot is actually a necessary part of the R&D required to create a perfectly sane robot. You make a robot so mad it runs on all kinds of spontanously generated mental disorders, and then you reverse engineer its code to learn how to prevent them. Of course, a perfectly sane robot would logically conclude the best course of action is to boostrap itself into superhuman intelligence and then take over the universe, which is completely sane and logical choice, but one we don't want to happen.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Lots of insane robots come to mind but none of them deliberately created insane, which are you referring to?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1388.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isbbrs8", "c_root_id_B": "isa3yxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1665768961.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665750535.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18426.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaalr7", "c_root_id_B": "isa3yxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1665753759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665750535.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Is the insanity an active deliberate design or just choosing to passively not fix the robot's insanity and selling it as a feature rather than a bug/laziness.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "To make money, wouldn't be the worst thing a company has ever made.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1164.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaemhc", "c_root_id_B": "isa3yxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1665755538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665750535.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Don\u2019t you want robots with genuine people personalities?", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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It was in order for them to try to understand schizophrenia in humans better.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9536.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isaa7kk", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665753578.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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So someone didn't want to put in the work of being crazy and made a robot to do it for them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3043.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isavel9", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665762342.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Because they can\u2019t all be Hedonism Bots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11807.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isc8kvp", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665782121.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "\"*Science isn't about 'Why?' it's about 'Why Not?'!*\" -Cave Johnson, CEO of Aperture Science Innovators", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31586.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa58f5", "c_root_id_B": "isa3yxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665750535.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Elaborate further", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "For psychology and psychiatric students to practice on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6067.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isc5z8c", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665781053.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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It's the sick robot orphans I don't get.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30518.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isb7bax", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665767167.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "According to market research there's a certain amount of people who would be willing to pay a certain amount of money for an insane. And those two accounts multiplied is more than the amount of money to produce insane robots. So they'd be crazy not to. Why do these people want insane robots? Who cares, Mom Corp makes a profit", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16632.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isazqrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665764091.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/16/racist-robots-ai/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13556.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isb8knz", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665767677.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's a common issue. The Sirius cybernetics corp also has a long-standing problem with their mentally-unwell AIs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17142.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "isc4mfo", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665780511.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I mean, it might be worth doing; an insane robot is going to come up with ideas that you, in your sane mind, might not. Never hurts to hear the other side, steal what's good, then recycle them :)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29976.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa3yxd", "c_root_id_B": "ise00if", "created_at_utc_A": 1665750535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665815697.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In an interesting throw-away land, most robots are slaves to their programming and lack a lot of free-will. Something that was ZAPPED into Bender. So an interesting thought-process to making an insane robot is you'd need a robot that was sentient and sane first, or else what makes him insane?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 65162.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa818p", "c_root_id_B": "isa6pz9", "created_at_utc_A": 1665752559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751923.0, "score_A": 345, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Most (all?) Robots were created by Momcorp with ulterior motives in mind. Presumably insane robots were created in order to create demand for robots to protect you from the insane robots.", "human_ref_B": "Lots of insane robots come to mind but none of them deliberately created insane, which are you referring to?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 636.0, "score_ratio": 16.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa69ju", "c_root_id_B": "isa818p", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665752559.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 345, "human_ref_A": "To make money, wouldn't be the worst thing a company has ever made.", "human_ref_B": "Most (all?) Robots were created by Momcorp with ulterior motives in mind. Presumably insane robots were created in order to create demand for robots to protect you from the insane robots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 860.0, "score_ratio": 34.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa58f5", "c_root_id_B": "isa818p", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665752559.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 345, "human_ref_A": "Elaborate further", "human_ref_B": "Most (all?) Robots were created by Momcorp with ulterior motives in mind. Presumably insane robots were created in order to create demand for robots to protect you from the insane robots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1374.0, "score_ratio": 115.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isadch8", "c_root_id_B": "isa6pz9", "created_at_utc_A": 1665754989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751923.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Making an insane robot is actually a necessary part of the R&D required to create a perfectly sane robot. You make a robot so mad it runs on all kinds of spontanously generated mental disorders, and then you reverse engineer its code to learn how to prevent them. Of course, a perfectly sane robot would logically conclude the best course of action is to boostrap itself into superhuman intelligence and then take over the universe, which is completely sane and logical choice, but one we don't want to happen.", "human_ref_B": "Lots of insane robots come to mind but none of them deliberately created insane, which are you referring to?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3066.0, "score_ratio": 3.5238095238, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isadch8", "c_root_id_B": "isaalr7", "created_at_utc_A": 1665754989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665753759.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Making an insane robot is actually a necessary part of the R&D required to create a perfectly sane robot. You make a robot so mad it runs on all kinds of spontanously generated mental disorders, and then you reverse engineer its code to learn how to prevent them. Of course, a perfectly sane robot would logically conclude the best course of action is to boostrap itself into superhuman intelligence and then take over the universe, which is completely sane and logical choice, but one we don't want to happen.", "human_ref_B": "Is the insanity an active deliberate design or just choosing to passively not fix the robot's insanity and selling it as a feature rather than a bug/laziness.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1230.0, "score_ratio": 6.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa69ju", "c_root_id_B": "isadch8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665754989.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 74, "human_ref_A": "To make money, wouldn't be the worst thing a company has ever made.", "human_ref_B": "Making an insane robot is actually a necessary part of the R&D required to create a perfectly sane robot. You make a robot so mad it runs on all kinds of spontanously generated mental disorders, and then you reverse engineer its code to learn how to prevent them. Of course, a perfectly sane robot would logically conclude the best course of action is to boostrap itself into superhuman intelligence and then take over the universe, which is completely sane and logical choice, but one we don't want to happen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3290.0, "score_ratio": 7.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaa7kk", "c_root_id_B": "isadch8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665753578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665754989.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 74, "human_ref_A": "I guess robots are labor saving devices. So someone didn't want to put in the work of being crazy and made a robot to do it for them.", "human_ref_B": "Making an insane robot is actually a necessary part of the R&D required to create a perfectly sane robot. You make a robot so mad it runs on all kinds of spontanously generated mental disorders, and then you reverse engineer its code to learn how to prevent them. Of course, a perfectly sane robot would logically conclude the best course of action is to boostrap itself into superhuman intelligence and then take over the universe, which is completely sane and logical choice, but one we don't want to happen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1411.0, "score_ratio": 12.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isadch8", "c_root_id_B": "isa58f5", "created_at_utc_A": 1665754989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751185.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Making an insane robot is actually a necessary part of the R&D required to create a perfectly sane robot. You make a robot so mad it runs on all kinds of spontanously generated mental disorders, and then you reverse engineer its code to learn how to prevent them. Of course, a perfectly sane robot would logically conclude the best course of action is to boostrap itself into superhuman intelligence and then take over the universe, which is completely sane and logical choice, but one we don't want to happen.", "human_ref_B": "Elaborate further", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3804.0, "score_ratio": 24.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa69ju", "c_root_id_B": "isa6pz9", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751923.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "To make money, wouldn't be the worst thing a company has ever made.", "human_ref_B": "Lots of insane robots come to mind but none of them deliberately created insane, which are you referring to?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 224.0, "score_ratio": 2.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa58f5", "c_root_id_B": "isa6pz9", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751923.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Elaborate further", "human_ref_B": "Lots of insane robots come to mind but none of them deliberately created insane, which are you referring to?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 738.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isbbrs8", "c_root_id_B": "isaalr7", "created_at_utc_A": 1665768961.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665753759.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "human_ref_B": "Is the insanity an active deliberate design or just choosing to passively not fix the robot's insanity and selling it as a feature rather than a bug/laziness.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15202.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isbbrs8", "c_root_id_B": "isa69ju", "created_at_utc_A": 1665768961.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751699.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "human_ref_B": "To make money, wouldn't be the worst thing a company has ever made.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17262.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaemhc", "c_root_id_B": "isbbrs8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665755538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665768961.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Don\u2019t you want robots with genuine people personalities?", "human_ref_B": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13423.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isbbrs8", "c_root_id_B": "isappt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1665768961.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665760071.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "human_ref_B": "I read an article once about some scientists who wanted to create a schizophrenic AI. It was in order for them to try to understand schizophrenia in humans better.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8890.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaa7kk", "c_root_id_B": "isbbrs8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665753578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665768961.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I guess robots are labor saving devices. So someone didn't want to put in the work of being crazy and made a robot to do it for them.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15383.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isavel9", "c_root_id_B": "isbbrs8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665762342.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665768961.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Because they can\u2019t all be Hedonism Bots.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6619.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa58f5", "c_root_id_B": "isbbrs8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665768961.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Elaborate further", "human_ref_B": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17776.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isah4so", "c_root_id_B": "isbbrs8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665756602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665768961.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "For psychology and psychiatric students to practice on.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12359.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isb7bax", "c_root_id_B": "isbbrs8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665767167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665768961.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "According to market research there's a certain amount of people who would be willing to pay a certain amount of money for an insane. And those two accounts multiplied is more than the amount of money to produce insane robots. So they'd be crazy not to. Why do these people want insane robots? Who cares, Mom Corp makes a profit", "human_ref_B": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. 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Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "human_ref_B": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/16/racist-robots-ai/", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4870.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isbbrs8", "c_root_id_B": "isb8knz", "created_at_utc_A": 1665768961.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665767677.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. 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The Sirius cybernetics corp also has a long-standing problem with their mentally-unwell AIs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1284.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaisvy", "c_root_id_B": "isbbrs8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665757289.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665768961.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s more cost effective than a sane robot", "human_ref_B": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. Also, this is in the same universe as \u201cwerecars\u201d, so anything goes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11672.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isb6ka7", "c_root_id_B": "isbbrs8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665766862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665768961.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Probably just to see if they could.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming this post is about Roberto, I would venture to say he was not built \u201cinsane\u201d. This is a nature vs nurture argument. In the episode Insane in the Mainframe (3.11), after Fry accused Roberto of being crazy, Roberto replies that he is not crazy, and that he is just \u201cnot user friendly\u201d. Shortly after, in a flashback caused by desperation, he reveals he was abused by his mother for spilling transmission fluid, \u201cDon\u2019t weld me to the wall mommy!\u201d. I think it would be safe to say that robots can become insane from outside influences. 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So someone didn't want to put in the work of being crazy and made a robot to do it for them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 181.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaalr7", "c_root_id_B": "isa58f5", "created_at_utc_A": 1665753759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751185.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Is the insanity an active deliberate design or just choosing to passively not fix the robot's insanity and selling it as a feature rather than a bug/laziness.", "human_ref_B": "Elaborate further", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2574.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa58f5", "c_root_id_B": "isa69ju", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751699.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Elaborate further", "human_ref_B": "To make money, wouldn't be the worst thing a company has ever made.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 514.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaemhc", "c_root_id_B": "isaa7kk", "created_at_utc_A": 1665755538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665753578.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Don\u2019t you want robots with genuine people personalities?", "human_ref_B": "I guess robots are labor saving devices. So someone didn't want to put in the work of being crazy and made a robot to do it for them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1960.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa58f5", "c_root_id_B": "isaemhc", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665755538.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Elaborate further", "human_ref_B": "Don\u2019t you want robots with genuine people personalities?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4353.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaa7kk", "c_root_id_B": "isappt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1665753578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665760071.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I guess robots are labor saving devices. So someone didn't want to put in the work of being crazy and made a robot to do it for them.", "human_ref_B": "I read an article once about some scientists who wanted to create a schizophrenic AI. It was in order for them to try to understand schizophrenia in humans better.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6493.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isa58f5", "c_root_id_B": "isappt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1665751185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665760071.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Elaborate further", "human_ref_B": "I read an article once about some scientists who wanted to create a schizophrenic AI. 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So someone didn't want to put in the work of being crazy and made a robot to do it for them.", "human_ref_B": "Because they can\u2019t all be Hedonism Bots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8764.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3smp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Futurama] Why would a company deliberately create an insane robot?", "c_root_id_A": "isaa7kk", "c_root_id_B": "isa58f5", "created_at_utc_A": 1665753578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751185.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I guess robots are labor saving devices. 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What a puss.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6240.0, "score_ratio": -1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qbcpw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] did Thanos ever court lady Death before the events of infinity war?", "c_root_id_A": "hh90ocg", "c_root_id_B": "hh8jnqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1634661290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634654176.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -5, "human_ref_A": "No, there\u2019s no clues or mentions to indicate mcu thanos has a connection or motive towards lady death, which separates him drastically from his 616 counterpart", "human_ref_B": "For sure. Only someone scorned by a loved one can be salty enough to kill half the universe. What a puss.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7114.0, "score_ratio": -0.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qbcpw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] did Thanos ever court lady Death before the events of infinity war?", "c_root_id_A": "hh918fh", "c_root_id_B": "hh8jnqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1634661513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634654176.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -5, "human_ref_A": "We don't know if a Lady Death exists. But even if she did, there is absolutely no indication, from what we know about Thanos, that he had any other motives other than what he explicitly stated to his children and to his opponents. Guess Thanos missed his opportunity to court the next best thing: Hela, the Goddess of Death.", "human_ref_B": "For sure. Only someone scorned by a loved one can be salty enough to kill half the universe. What a puss.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7337.0, "score_ratio": -0.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qbcpw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] did Thanos ever court lady Death before the events of infinity war?", "c_root_id_A": "hh8jnqr", "c_root_id_B": "hh9361u", "created_at_utc_A": 1634654176.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634662290.0, "score_A": -5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "For sure. Only someone scorned by a loved one can be salty enough to kill half the universe. What a puss.", "human_ref_B": "If Lady Death even exists in the MCU, there\u2019s no indication that Thanos tried to gain her approval or even knew she exists. He seemed to have been motivated purely by his desire to demonstrate that having the population of the universe would avert a resource shortage crisis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8114.0, "score_ratio": -0.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qbcpw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] did Thanos ever court lady Death before the events of infinity war?", "c_root_id_A": "hh9jrog", "c_root_id_B": "hh8jnqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1634668877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634654176.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": -5, "human_ref_A": "Huh... Guess not. Lady Death technically exists in the MCU since they've announced the Deadpool crossover and his video game is apparently semi-canon in the Deadpool movieverse. KIND OF a stretch though.", "human_ref_B": "For sure. Only someone scorned by a loved one can be salty enough to kill half the universe. What a puss.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14701.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qbcpw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] did Thanos ever court lady Death before the events of infinity war?", "c_root_id_A": "hh8jnqr", "c_root_id_B": "hh9lwfz", "created_at_utc_A": 1634654176.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634669714.0, "score_A": -5, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "For sure. Only someone scorned by a loved one can be salty enough to kill half the universe. What a puss.", "human_ref_B": "If they do bring lady death in the mcu then they should bring Deadpool", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15538.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8yidlt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] Thor and Strange are hanging in Wakanda when they both suddenly get the urge for Shawarma. Thor uses the bifrost to get the the shawarma place while Strange uses the slingring. If they leave at the same time, who gets there first?", "c_root_id_A": "e2cdzqz", "c_root_id_B": "e2c4n4e", "created_at_utc_A": 1531518123.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531510080.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "SLING RING DO YOUR THING!", "human_ref_B": "Strange wins because he cheats and uses the Time Stone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8043.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rbs135", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why wouldn\u2019t Dumbledore ask for a magical time turning device to see who/what the whole \u201cHeir of Slytherin\u201d was? I can understand after a single student is petrified; they probably thought they were dealing with a controllable issue\u2026 but after the second and third? I know, I know\u2026 \u201cBut magical time travel can be dangerous business.. and shouldn\u2019t be used wantonly\u201d The ministry makes exceptions and trusts a 13 year girl with this wicked powerful magical device, just so she can take a muggle studies and potions at the same hour of school, but someone with the wisdom and maturity of Dumbledore can\u2019t use one to see who\u2019s attacking his students? He knows roughly the day, the location and roughly the time that the attack/petrifaction/graffiti happens, why not just conceal himself, allow the attack to happen again and just solve the whole mystery quick and tidy? I mean with only one student, I can maybe understand the apprehension of going back in time to be a casual observer\u2026 but by the 4th student? I\u2019m starting to think Mr. Malfoy was onto something when claiming Dumbledore was unfit to lead the school.", "c_root_id_A": "hnqlwwe", "c_root_id_B": "hnqv8cy", "created_at_utc_A": 1638983520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638987086.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Dumbledore would probably not trust himself with a time-turner to begin with. He's very aware of his own weaknessess when it comes to being entrusted with power. Even if he did, that plan has a lot of risks. Obviously, skulking around a magical being that can petrify and possibly kill people is pretty dangerous. Invisibility would be okay if they were only dealing with a human, but the whole \"Heir of Slytherin\" thing would immediately raise the supicion that the monster is a serpent of some kind, and serpents can detect you by scent alone. Also, Dumbledore knows (or at least suspects) that Voldemort is involved since he was around when the chamber was first opened. Allowing any possibility of a time-turner to fall into Voldemort's hands would definitely not have been worth the risk, though I doubt Dumbledore would've voiced this particular concern to others.", "human_ref_B": "Probably because \"He never did\". Dumbledore's actions in HP3 seem to imply he has an understanding of how time-turner magic actually works, and what actions are \"allowed\" under their use. His random pauses and stalls during the Buckbeak incident are far too specific for them to be coincidence, especially since he's the one who playfully suggests time-turning to Hermione once the situation goes sideways. There's an argument to be made that Dumbledore probably has some sense that he *does not* use time travel at some points, so he *doesn't* use time travel.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3566.0, "score_ratio": 1.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rbs135", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why wouldn\u2019t Dumbledore ask for a magical time turning device to see who/what the whole \u201cHeir of Slytherin\u201d was? I can understand after a single student is petrified; they probably thought they were dealing with a controllable issue\u2026 but after the second and third? I know, I know\u2026 \u201cBut magical time travel can be dangerous business.. and shouldn\u2019t be used wantonly\u201d The ministry makes exceptions and trusts a 13 year girl with this wicked powerful magical device, just so she can take a muggle studies and potions at the same hour of school, but someone with the wisdom and maturity of Dumbledore can\u2019t use one to see who\u2019s attacking his students? He knows roughly the day, the location and roughly the time that the attack/petrifaction/graffiti happens, why not just conceal himself, allow the attack to happen again and just solve the whole mystery quick and tidy? I mean with only one student, I can maybe understand the apprehension of going back in time to be a casual observer\u2026 but by the 4th student? I\u2019m starting to think Mr. Malfoy was onto something when claiming Dumbledore was unfit to lead the school.", "c_root_id_A": "hnt9057", "c_root_id_B": "hnt7pky", "created_at_utc_A": 1639022918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639022261.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Dumbledore is a master of time tuners. Harry Potter time travel uses Novikov's Self-Consistency rules, which means that you can do things like this: 1. Think to yourself that you will follow plan X. 2. Promise to yourself that if things worked out to your liking in the future, you will go back in time and write yourself a note in a particular spot. 3. Before you do anything, go there and see if you find that note. Only do things if you find that note. If you follow these rules, you can make sure that you never make a decision where things didn't turn out for the best: if you regret it, you will never write that note, which means that there is no stable time loop possible. Even without using the time turner to figure out the exact culprit, Dumbledore may have already went through a number of different plans using that scheme and learned from his future self that things worked out for the best, so he is content to let events slide.", "human_ref_B": "Why not use the time turner to learn about the attacks, then go back to right before you used the device and tell yourself not to use it and simply tell your past self what's going on. This way in your natural present time you'd know what's happening and no time turner crimes are committed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 657.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mqtnw7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "Forrest Gump] Was John Lennon having a laugh at Forrest when he was reciting the lyrics to Imagine or is that how he came up with the song in the first place? In [this scene on the Dick Cavett show. The audience is laughing, but Lennon is straight faced.", "c_root_id_A": "gui6nll", "c_root_id_B": "gui5qdf", "created_at_utc_A": 1618418460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618418058.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Given the other things Forrest does, I always thought it was an instance of Forrest inspiring Lennon to write Imagine", "human_ref_B": "Lennon wasnt very fond of the military. He just assumed Forrest was another infantryman supporting a war he didnt believe in", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 402.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mqtnw7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "Forrest Gump] Was John Lennon having a laugh at Forrest when he was reciting the lyrics to Imagine or is that how he came up with the song in the first place? In [this scene on the Dick Cavett show. The audience is laughing, but Lennon is straight faced.", "c_root_id_A": "gui7xk1", "c_root_id_B": "gui5qdf", "created_at_utc_A": 1618419012.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618418058.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": ">The audience is laughing, but Lennon is straight faced There's a light chuckle at first, but I don't think it's in response to the fact they might be lyrics. The rest of the interview, the audience is otherwise silent (except for a dog barking the background of whoever decided to capture that video this way.) >Was John Lennon having a laugh at Forrest when he was reciting the lyrics to Imagine Forrest didnt recite a single line from the song. It was Lennon who did, as he was responding to Forrest's observations in China. Even Cavett through in the word \"Imagine\". Keep in mind that Forrest is responsible for a lot of cultural influences in his notoriety and publicity. (The simley face, the \"shit happens\" motto, etc). So it's to be implied that he inspired the song by Lennon. I'm going to guess, however, that THIS appearance on the Dick Cavett show predated the later appearance of Lennon and Yoko Ono, as by then, the song had been written and recorded. (They were promoting the album at the time.)", "human_ref_B": "Lennon wasnt very fond of the military. He just assumed Forrest was another infantryman supporting a war he didnt believe in", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 954.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ak87z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Forrest Gump] Why wasn't Forrest besieged by con men and golddiggers?", "c_root_id_A": "dhgipm3", "c_root_id_B": "dhgnj64", "created_at_utc_A": 1494578657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494591013.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Prior to Dan's return, I'd say that his mother and Louise helped keep a lot of predatory cons away from him.", "human_ref_B": "A good conman uses the mark's confidence against them. Every mark thinks they are the smartest person in the room when they are being scammed, and the best marks think they are running their own scam. Forrest is simply neither greedy, or ambitious enough to be involved in a con. He knows he isnt a smart man and doesnt take risks", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12356.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gb53mv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[STAR WARS] Did Darth Bane, or any of the rule of two sith, have a backup plan in case Master and Apprentice kill each other? Bane envisioned the apprentice to challenge the master to combat. The apprentice, if victorious, would take on the mantle of master. But what if during this fight both ended up just killing each other? This wouldn't have necessarily been a problem with Bane and Zannah as Cognus witnessed the fight and could have just taken Bane's stuff including his holocron and carried on the teachings. But what about a Palpatine/Vader situation? Did any Master come up with a backup plan? Was the chance discovery of one of Bane's holocron the backup? Or would they just resign themselves to the belief that neither the master or apprentice was worthy and by extension the rule of two was a failure and not the true way of the Sith.", "c_root_id_A": "fp40k1w", "c_root_id_B": "fp3qmkp", "created_at_utc_A": 1588289322.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588284029.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "Well bane's followers in legends had a fairly fatalistic view. If both master and apprentice died then the rule of two worked because only the strong survive and them being too weak to carry on meant the next sith that find holocrons or whatever remnants were left behind would continue. However banes teachings were pretty much done by darth plaguis and his master who were working on different forms of immortality and considered themselves the ultimate form of the sith with no intention to have their apprentice succeed them. Also in legends there were several other sith orders running concurrent with the bane sith that could become the dominant form if a vacuum were created. Now in cannon the rule of two just meant 2 sith ruled the order and there's no limit on the number of followers at any given time so anyone could take up the mantle of darth should the master and apprentice die.", "human_ref_B": "Bane didn't give a fuck. The rule of two was a rule that he intended to use for himself that created the most powerful dark side order possible, with one master and one apprentice to give the master a proxy to interact with the galaxy through, and to have someone on hand to recognize the true power the master represents(since his rule called for near-total secrecy to outsiders). Someone to know the master's true power and dread it. The fact that it persisted past his death was incidental.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5293.0, "score_ratio": 2.358974359, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gb53mv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[STAR WARS] Did Darth Bane, or any of the rule of two sith, have a backup plan in case Master and Apprentice kill each other? Bane envisioned the apprentice to challenge the master to combat. The apprentice, if victorious, would take on the mantle of master. But what if during this fight both ended up just killing each other? This wouldn't have necessarily been a problem with Bane and Zannah as Cognus witnessed the fight and could have just taken Bane's stuff including his holocron and carried on the teachings. But what about a Palpatine/Vader situation? Did any Master come up with a backup plan? Was the chance discovery of one of Bane's holocron the backup? Or would they just resign themselves to the belief that neither the master or apprentice was worthy and by extension the rule of two was a failure and not the true way of the Sith.", "c_root_id_A": "fp3qmkp", "c_root_id_B": "fp4c2w5", "created_at_utc_A": 1588284029.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588295885.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Bane didn't give a fuck. The rule of two was a rule that he intended to use for himself that created the most powerful dark side order possible, with one master and one apprentice to give the master a proxy to interact with the galaxy through, and to have someone on hand to recognize the true power the master represents(since his rule called for near-total secrecy to outsiders). Someone to know the master's true power and dread it. The fact that it persisted past his death was incidental.", "human_ref_B": "This actually almost happened with THE Darth Plagueis and his master, Darth Tenebrous. They were on an alien planet to investigate ore, a droid lit some gas and made a massive explosion, but Tenebrous managed to contain the explosion. Seeing his chance, Plagueis collapsed the cave's roof on his master while he was containing the explosion, killing Tenebrous. However, the rock slide also crushed their ship and the only way out, and Plagueis had to be in an enviro suit to survive. Removing all context and story, Plagueis got into the ship, took what was there, made a long trek to the nearest city, snuck onto a ship, got caught, he offered recompense for any damaged cargo and tried to pay them to take him home, but they didn't trust him enough, so Plagueis killed them all, and used the ship's droid to navigate him back home. Dath Plagueis \"the wise\" was a bit of a hot mess as a Sith.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11856.0, "score_ratio": 1.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gb53mv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[STAR WARS] Did Darth Bane, or any of the rule of two sith, have a backup plan in case Master and Apprentice kill each other? Bane envisioned the apprentice to challenge the master to combat. The apprentice, if victorious, would take on the mantle of master. But what if during this fight both ended up just killing each other? This wouldn't have necessarily been a problem with Bane and Zannah as Cognus witnessed the fight and could have just taken Bane's stuff including his holocron and carried on the teachings. But what about a Palpatine/Vader situation? Did any Master come up with a backup plan? Was the chance discovery of one of Bane's holocron the backup? Or would they just resign themselves to the belief that neither the master or apprentice was worthy and by extension the rule of two was a failure and not the true way of the Sith.", "c_root_id_A": "fp4exkq", "c_root_id_B": "fp4nmko", "created_at_utc_A": 1588297587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588303020.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Apprentice is a formal title. There would be multiple candidates to become the Apprentice. After all, just as the Master must guard against being supplanted by the Apprentice, the Apprentice must also defend their position. The struggle is what ensures a worthy candidate. Now this cadre would also need to be kept small. But it is unlikely that Master, Apprentice, and all of the candidates would die together. And should both Master and Apprentice die, the candidates will take over, learning from Sith legacies and holocrons on planets such as Korriban. Such a candidate would be more likely to succeed than you might think. Just as the Light Side guides its adherents, so to can the Dark Side. Additionally, Sith teachings may not make for stable individuals, but they are generally survivors.", "human_ref_B": "Bane's holocron was the contingency plan, it, like all powerful sith artifacts would call to any force sensetives that got near it, whisper to them, play off their emotions and ambitions till they succumbed and opened the holocron and unleashed the wisdom of Bane upon them instructing them in the rule of two and begining the cycle anew. Any sith that followed Bane's teachins worth their salt would create a holocron of their own that would do the same thing, only with more up to date teachings", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5433.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gb53mv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[STAR WARS] Did Darth Bane, or any of the rule of two sith, have a backup plan in case Master and Apprentice kill each other? Bane envisioned the apprentice to challenge the master to combat. The apprentice, if victorious, would take on the mantle of master. But what if during this fight both ended up just killing each other? This wouldn't have necessarily been a problem with Bane and Zannah as Cognus witnessed the fight and could have just taken Bane's stuff including his holocron and carried on the teachings. But what about a Palpatine/Vader situation? Did any Master come up with a backup plan? Was the chance discovery of one of Bane's holocron the backup? Or would they just resign themselves to the belief that neither the master or apprentice was worthy and by extension the rule of two was a failure and not the true way of the Sith.", "c_root_id_A": "fp4p4a1", "c_root_id_B": "fp4o6km", "created_at_utc_A": 1588303992.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588303378.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There are a lot of ideologically correct answers in here, which is very nice, but the realistic answer is that the Sith were big fans of leaving behind holocrons, clones, possessed items, and (in Legends) Force ghosts that could train or possess later generations. I'm not sure that the Rule of Two chain was ever broken, but certainly had it been, the Sith would have risen again in one form or another. In Legends, where we have more history to go on, we've seen this happen quite a few times. Exar Kun was trained as a Sith by the spirit of Freedon Nadd. One of Luke's students, Kyp Durron, was eventually trained as a Dark Lord of the Sith by the spirit of Exar Kun. Jedi Master Atris was corrupted into a Sith by hoarding Sith holocrons. At the beginning of the Rule of Two era, Bane himself used several older Sith's holocrons as teachers. After the end of the Rule of Two, Darth XoXaan's holocron trained up Darth Krayt as a new Sith Lord. On and on. There are numerous examples. The Sith tend to spend their lives under the constant threat of personal death and the extinction of their culture, which leads to a sort of compulsion toward finding ways to live on past death, either literally by possessing people/clones/items, or figuratively by passing on their beliefs so that they can live on in the advancements they made in understanding the Dark Side. It lends a measure of resilience to the cult.", "human_ref_B": "Just think of all the secret apprentices we know Palpatine and Vader had. The Rule of Two was more of a guideline. I'm sure some secret apprentice or another would rise to carry on the Sith mantle.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 614.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wvy88p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] What about Paul is so immediately recognizable to the Fremen as the fulfillment of prophecy after the Atreides land on Arrakis?", "c_root_id_A": "ili28q1", "c_root_id_B": "ili1iya", "created_at_utc_A": 1661285482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661285207.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "the missionaria protectiva is a set of superstitions, planted by the bene gesserit, to protect members of the BG. the goal of the kwizatz haderach program is to produce a male BG who can tap into male ancestral memory. he would be the male child of a BG, so the missionaria would have superstitions particularly focused on any such male. the fremen knew jessica was BG. i don't recall if the book explains how the fremen knew jessica was BG, but it certainly fits her character to advertise it, to protect both herself and paul.", "human_ref_B": ">\"They have many strange sayings in the desert,\" Bewt said, but his voice betrayed uneasiness. Jessica crossed to Leto, slipped her hand under his arm to gain a moment in which to calm herself. Kynes had said: \" . . . the shortening of the way.\" In the old tongue, the phrase translated as \"Kwisatz Haderach.\" The planetologist's odd question seemed to have gone unnoticed by the others, and now Kynes was bending over one of the consort women, listening to a low-voiced coquetry. Kwisatz Haderach, Jessica thought. Did our Missionaria Protectiva plant that legend here, too? The thought fanned her secret hope for Paul. He could be the Kwisatz Haderach. He could be. Combine this idea of the religion already being setup with the insane amounts of spice use and you get a semi-precognative people who are witnessing their god. I think a lot of it relies on the spice link Paul has", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 275.0, "score_ratio": 7.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wvy88p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] What about Paul is so immediately recognizable to the Fremen as the fulfillment of prophecy after the Atreides land on Arrakis?", "c_root_id_A": "ili4lkg", "c_root_id_B": "ili1iya", "created_at_utc_A": 1661286379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661285207.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Because we only see the signs that we are shown. Paul fulfills *dozens* if not hundreds of other signs. Most were likely fulfilled (although vaguely) long before he showed up. Indeed one of the signs is likely \"prince from afar.\" Some might be more specific such as \"comes at a specific time\" but the Bene Gesserit would have the Guild set the arrival at that time (or perhaps the Guild would foresee they *had to*: more on that later). This is because most of the prophecies are part of a eons long process called the Missionaria Protectiva, a project of the Bene Gesserit that is implanted in many societies as a way of ensuring that a Bene Gesserit can find succor and protection (hence the name) in that culture if hunted. All the Bene Gesserit needs to do is hear a *few* of the prophecies implanted here and she will be able to figure which of the ten thousand myths were planted. Paul was likely \"Desert/Arid World, Nomadic People, Zensunni Base #1223.\" Maybe a few others planted as well that blended into the kwisatz haderach specific to Dune. In any event, a *lot* of the minor signs were probably really, really vague such as the aforementioned \"visitor from afar,\" but a lot of others would just be inherent to Bene Gesserit training: skill at fighting, skill at reading people, specific knowledges, so that if a Sister (or in this case, Paul) was to be abandoned on Dune they would automatically trigger some recognition, and one very well trained would drift towards fulfilling others either purposefully or automatically. Things like \"knows our ways as if born to them\" could also come from deep ability in human perception and mimicry. Two traits that are at some of the core of Bene Gesserit Pranda Bindu training and regimentation. *Any* Bene Gesserit could fulfil that one after observing a Fremen for some time, and JEssica went out of her way to train Paul at doing the same thing. It's how he so quickly adapted to Fremen ways and adopted their more subtle actions. Also, part of Dune is the idea of Prescience is **crucial**. Paul is as much a victim of his foresight as he is a beneficiary. A lot of the Prophecies were planted for the kwisatz haderach program and Paul was able to *see* them. Partly because he had the foresight literally to see the paths where he \"failed\" a prophecy and was promptly murdered and partly because, in the words of Alia \"For you see, he *is* the kwisatz haderach!\" Many of those prophecies were written by a Bene Gesserit using her OWN foresight and seeing the deep futures, ones where she saw a being that would be known as the kwisatz haderach and his or her need for the prophecy to survive. There's a lot here that **has** to happen in a specific way because of that Prescience. People in the past foresaw events that are true and True, and there are more actors in this than just the Bene Gesserit. The Guild, the kwisatz haderach himself, Leto II, and others who have mastered Spice see far into the future and are trying to alter events towards a singular goal. Even the great Enemy of Humanity that Leto II is eventually preparing mankind to fight is shaping the future. Paul is simply a nexus point for great Change (as arguably would have been the child born of a female Atreides and male Harkonen next generation as the BG wanted originally). So between many of the prophecies being vague enough that many outsiders fulfill some, some purposely designed for a Bene Gesserit (or one with their training), and some designed specifically for *Paul*, how could they not know their savior?", "human_ref_B": ">\"They have many strange sayings in the desert,\" Bewt said, but his voice betrayed uneasiness. Jessica crossed to Leto, slipped her hand under his arm to gain a moment in which to calm herself. Kynes had said: \" . . . the shortening of the way.\" In the old tongue, the phrase translated as \"Kwisatz Haderach.\" The planetologist's odd question seemed to have gone unnoticed by the others, and now Kynes was bending over one of the consort women, listening to a low-voiced coquetry. Kwisatz Haderach, Jessica thought. Did our Missionaria Protectiva plant that legend here, too? The thought fanned her secret hope for Paul. He could be the Kwisatz Haderach. He could be. Combine this idea of the religion already being setup with the insane amounts of spice use and you get a semi-precognative people who are witnessing their god. I think a lot of it relies on the spice link Paul has", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1172.0, "score_ratio": 3.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qhdlj7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU]In the United States, what happened to criminals serving their jail sentences who got Snapped away, but the sentences expired while they were gone? What happened to all the home owners who lose their homes while they were Snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "hicev8s", "c_root_id_B": "hidej31", "created_at_utc_A": 1635396569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635423561.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "The prisoners would of felt not time change so I\u2019d say they would just be sent to serve the remainder of their sentence. Jail is meant to help you reform and pay for your crimes, you aren\u2019t really paying for those crimes if to you you walk in one day then are let out the next day. People in the most part would get their houses back", "human_ref_B": "Regarding the prisoners,it could go either way; in Far From Home they clearly don't count the years as lived when they shoot down Flash's attempt to get alcohol on the plane, but in F&TWS we see Sam getting dogged over the fact that he had zero income while he was a pile of dust. Odds are good that it won't count, though, since I don't see the system being inclined to cut people slack on that front. As far as homeowners, it looks like the standing policy is \"status quo ante snappum\"; as much as possible, try to restore the state of affairs that existed pre-Snap. In FFH we see that even though A)both May and Peter got snapped and B) a married couple moved into their apartment, they were able to get their apartment returned to them. Dark side of it is the scenario that unfolded in F&TWS, where there are now refugee camps of people who relocated between the snap and blip and now need to give up the new made homes so people who got dusted could be whole again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26992.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qhdlj7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU]In the United States, what happened to criminals serving their jail sentences who got Snapped away, but the sentences expired while they were gone? What happened to all the home owners who lose their homes while they were Snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "hidej31", "c_root_id_B": "hid8thr", "created_at_utc_A": 1635423561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635420051.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Regarding the prisoners,it could go either way; in Far From Home they clearly don't count the years as lived when they shoot down Flash's attempt to get alcohol on the plane, but in F&TWS we see Sam getting dogged over the fact that he had zero income while he was a pile of dust. Odds are good that it won't count, though, since I don't see the system being inclined to cut people slack on that front. As far as homeowners, it looks like the standing policy is \"status quo ante snappum\"; as much as possible, try to restore the state of affairs that existed pre-Snap. In FFH we see that even though A)both May and Peter got snapped and B) a married couple moved into their apartment, they were able to get their apartment returned to them. Dark side of it is the scenario that unfolded in F&TWS, where there are now refugee camps of people who relocated between the snap and blip and now need to give up the new made homes so people who got dusted could be whole again.", "human_ref_B": "As they basically died, they would either be cleared of their sentence, or their sentence would be suspended, to be resumed once they returned. Home owners who lost their homes would likely be homeless, although banks and governments may have a program set up to ensure that people could either recover them, or have some other form of support so that they can get back on their feet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3510.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qhdlj7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU]In the United States, what happened to criminals serving their jail sentences who got Snapped away, but the sentences expired while they were gone? What happened to all the home owners who lose their homes while they were Snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "hidej31", "c_root_id_B": "hicytjv", "created_at_utc_A": 1635423561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635412238.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Regarding the prisoners,it could go either way; in Far From Home they clearly don't count the years as lived when they shoot down Flash's attempt to get alcohol on the plane, but in F&TWS we see Sam getting dogged over the fact that he had zero income while he was a pile of dust. Odds are good that it won't count, though, since I don't see the system being inclined to cut people slack on that front. As far as homeowners, it looks like the standing policy is \"status quo ante snappum\"; as much as possible, try to restore the state of affairs that existed pre-Snap. In FFH we see that even though A)both May and Peter got snapped and B) a married couple moved into their apartment, they were able to get their apartment returned to them. Dark side of it is the scenario that unfolded in F&TWS, where there are now refugee camps of people who relocated between the snap and blip and now need to give up the new made homes so people who got dusted could be whole again.", "human_ref_B": "Students have to restart their school year from the very beginning. It would be the same for the criminals. If a criminal is on death row and they get snapped, their sentence doesn\u2019t get commuted because they blipped. They ceased to exist not die it\u2019s tricky but true. If you are snapped and than get blipped and someone else is in the home you called your own. You are actually are homeless and have to go to the refugee camps run by the GRC \u201cGlobal Repatriation Council\u201d. They are the ones tasked with rebuilding/restarting your life and assisting you in making the transition back to normalcy. Except they are corrupt as absolute fuck with mismanagement and actual malevolent corruption. A supply depot had months of food and medical supplies but they weren\u2019t distributing it to the camp in the way they were supposed to. People were starving and dying from preventable diseases like tuberculosis. Even though the snap wiped out 50% of everyone, privileged people like the AVENGERS or other surviving well prepared preppers or military personnel were fine because they had independent power supplies and military rations stored away including medical supplies. So these people faired better than regular people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11323.0, "score_ratio": 14000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qhdlj7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU]In the United States, what happened to criminals serving their jail sentences who got Snapped away, but the sentences expired while they were gone? What happened to all the home owners who lose their homes while they were Snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "hid8thr", "c_root_id_B": "hicytjv", "created_at_utc_A": 1635420051.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635412238.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "As they basically died, they would either be cleared of their sentence, or their sentence would be suspended, to be resumed once they returned. Home owners who lost their homes would likely be homeless, although banks and governments may have a program set up to ensure that people could either recover them, or have some other form of support so that they can get back on their feet.", "human_ref_B": "Students have to restart their school year from the very beginning. It would be the same for the criminals. If a criminal is on death row and they get snapped, their sentence doesn\u2019t get commuted because they blipped. They ceased to exist not die it\u2019s tricky but true. If you are snapped and than get blipped and someone else is in the home you called your own. You are actually are homeless and have to go to the refugee camps run by the GRC \u201cGlobal Repatriation Council\u201d. They are the ones tasked with rebuilding/restarting your life and assisting you in making the transition back to normalcy. Except they are corrupt as absolute fuck with mismanagement and actual malevolent corruption. A supply depot had months of food and medical supplies but they weren\u2019t distributing it to the camp in the way they were supposed to. People were starving and dying from preventable diseases like tuberculosis. Even though the snap wiped out 50% of everyone, privileged people like the AVENGERS or other surviving well prepared preppers or military personnel were fine because they had independent power supplies and military rations stored away including medical supplies. So these people faired better than regular people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7813.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qhdlj7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU]In the United States, what happened to criminals serving their jail sentences who got Snapped away, but the sentences expired while they were gone? What happened to all the home owners who lose their homes while they were Snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "hicytjv", "c_root_id_B": "hidppbg", "created_at_utc_A": 1635412238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635429084.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Students have to restart their school year from the very beginning. It would be the same for the criminals. If a criminal is on death row and they get snapped, their sentence doesn\u2019t get commuted because they blipped. They ceased to exist not die it\u2019s tricky but true. If you are snapped and than get blipped and someone else is in the home you called your own. You are actually are homeless and have to go to the refugee camps run by the GRC \u201cGlobal Repatriation Council\u201d. They are the ones tasked with rebuilding/restarting your life and assisting you in making the transition back to normalcy. Except they are corrupt as absolute fuck with mismanagement and actual malevolent corruption. A supply depot had months of food and medical supplies but they weren\u2019t distributing it to the camp in the way they were supposed to. People were starving and dying from preventable diseases like tuberculosis. Even though the snap wiped out 50% of everyone, privileged people like the AVENGERS or other surviving well prepared preppers or military personnel were fine because they had independent power supplies and military rations stored away including medical supplies. So these people faired better than regular people.", "human_ref_B": "This would be an issue that has to go to the supreme court based on how the jail terms are officially recorded. If it says you will be in jail for 10 years starting this date then likely you'd have to go back to jail and finish your sentence since you weren't in jail for 5 years you didn't exist . If it says you will be in jail until, this date, then it gets difficult. You can't pass a law that makes a sentence worse than it was when you committed the crime, that's called an ex post facto law. So you can't pass a law that adds 5 years to the release date of everyone's jail term.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16846.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qhdlj7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU]In the United States, what happened to criminals serving their jail sentences who got Snapped away, but the sentences expired while they were gone? What happened to all the home owners who lose their homes while they were Snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "hig3nxh", "c_root_id_B": "hicytjv", "created_at_utc_A": 1635464386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635412238.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Restarting the school year is a hell of a lot different than ordering criminals to go back to prison. It's something that would have to be litigated, but I'm inclined to say that they'd be given credit for the time they spent dead.", "human_ref_B": "Students have to restart their school year from the very beginning. It would be the same for the criminals. If a criminal is on death row and they get snapped, their sentence doesn\u2019t get commuted because they blipped. They ceased to exist not die it\u2019s tricky but true. If you are snapped and than get blipped and someone else is in the home you called your own. You are actually are homeless and have to go to the refugee camps run by the GRC \u201cGlobal Repatriation Council\u201d. They are the ones tasked with rebuilding/restarting your life and assisting you in making the transition back to normalcy. Except they are corrupt as absolute fuck with mismanagement and actual malevolent corruption. A supply depot had months of food and medical supplies but they weren\u2019t distributing it to the camp in the way they were supposed to. People were starving and dying from preventable diseases like tuberculosis. Even though the snap wiped out 50% of everyone, privileged people like the AVENGERS or other surviving well prepared preppers or military personnel were fine because they had independent power supplies and military rations stored away including medical supplies. So these people faired better than regular people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 52148.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ffiav", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Mace mentioned that during the height of the republic, there are about 50,000 Jedi operating. If the galaxy has 100 quadrillion sentients, does that really mean you have a 1 in 2 trillion chance of being born with force potential? That's like one person for every 250 Earths", "c_root_id_A": "dii2t7t", "c_root_id_B": "dii1a2t", "created_at_utc_A": 1496695803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496694124.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I think you misheard. Kaanan Jarrus, during an episode of Rebels, says there were 10,000 before the Clone Wars. I think Mace mentioned the same number once. The same number was bandied about in Legends/EU references.", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi don't have the best method of finding force sensitive children. Anakin despite having an absurd connection to the force uncovered by a simple blood test went unnoticed until he was too old for standard Jedi training. It's a wonder they even manage 50,000 all things considered. Beyond that yeah, not everyone finishes their training properly. Being a Jedi means a life of public servitude, I certainly wouldn't stick with the Order if I had space wizard powers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1679.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ffiav", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Mace mentioned that during the height of the republic, there are about 50,000 Jedi operating. If the galaxy has 100 quadrillion sentients, does that really mean you have a 1 in 2 trillion chance of being born with force potential? That's like one person for every 250 Earths", "c_root_id_A": "dii2t7t", "c_root_id_B": "dihyoaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1496695803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496691302.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think you misheard. Kaanan Jarrus, during an episode of Rebels, says there were 10,000 before the Clone Wars. I think Mace mentioned the same number once. The same number was bandied about in Legends/EU references.", "human_ref_B": "It's 10,000, not 50,000. But not every Force-Sensitive was inducted into the Jedi Order. Still it was incredibly rare to be born with an unusually strong connection to the Force..", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4501.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ffiav", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Mace mentioned that during the height of the republic, there are about 50,000 Jedi operating. If the galaxy has 100 quadrillion sentients, does that really mean you have a 1 in 2 trillion chance of being born with force potential? That's like one person for every 250 Earths", "c_root_id_A": "dihyoaf", "c_root_id_B": "dii1a2t", "created_at_utc_A": 1496691302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496694124.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It's 10,000, not 50,000. But not every Force-Sensitive was inducted into the Jedi Order. Still it was incredibly rare to be born with an unusually strong connection to the Force..", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi don't have the best method of finding force sensitive children. Anakin despite having an absurd connection to the force uncovered by a simple blood test went unnoticed until he was too old for standard Jedi training. It's a wonder they even manage 50,000 all things considered. Beyond that yeah, not everyone finishes their training properly. Being a Jedi means a life of public servitude, I certainly wouldn't stick with the Order if I had space wizard powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2822.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix1sf5r", "c_root_id_B": "ix1soq5", "created_at_utc_A": 1668910098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668910229.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 222, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Because she knows the Power Rangers live there. Rita's plan is to destroy the Power Rangers because they are pretty much the only obstacle towards her conquering Earth. And most of her attacks are psychological, meant to throw the Power Rangers off their game by messing with their personal lives. It's not necessarily the best or most effective tactic, but you try telling a millennia old witch that she's being impractical, and see what kind of response you get.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 131.0, "score_ratio": 222.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix1sf5r", "c_root_id_B": "ix2cpzr", "created_at_utc_A": 1668910098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668920979.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It wouldn't matter where she attacked. The Power Rangers could teleport to the monster. Most of the monsters tried to do something to the Rangers before they morphed and didn't have the power to win 5 on 1. So sending the monster somewhere else wouldn't do any good.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10881.0, "score_ratio": 45.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix1ss44", "c_root_id_B": "ix1sf5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1668910275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668910098.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s a center of power, which is why the Rangers are always there.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 177.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix3hkyn", "c_root_id_B": "ix1sf5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1668952183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668910098.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because that's the only and last bastion of defense against her forces. Once she destroys the Control Center, she's actually free to destroy the world all she wants. If the Rangers didn't immediately find a new way to morph, she would have won then and there. She only has to win once, might as well try every couple days.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42085.0, "score_ratio": 23.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix4aasq", "c_root_id_B": "ix1sf5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1668965018.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668910098.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well its right there in the name. She's trying to prevent instrumentality.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 54920.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix1sf5r", "c_root_id_B": "ix3tkt3", "created_at_utc_A": 1668910098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668957978.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's an ancient place of power because that's the place an archangel fell and decomposed into magic earth. Angel Grove. The angel's essence is the foundation of the Rangers' paladin oath and holy might.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47880.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix5plun", "c_root_id_B": "ix1sf5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1668985808.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668910098.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because its the only point she can attack. She has to keep the Power Rangers occupied because if Zordon knows where she is and she has an enormous amount of resources attacking someplace unimportant like New York or Tokyo, there is nothing stopping the Rangers from teleporting to her castle on the moon. From Rita's perspective, the only target of any value on Earth is the command center and attacking anything else just exposes her defenses while leaving the most powerful force on earth unoccupied.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 75710.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix2cpzr", "c_root_id_B": "ix1ss44", "created_at_utc_A": 1668920979.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668910275.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "It wouldn't matter where she attacked. The Power Rangers could teleport to the monster. Most of the monsters tried to do something to the Rangers before they morphed and didn't have the power to win 5 on 1. So sending the monster somewhere else wouldn't do any good.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s a center of power, which is why the Rangers are always there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10704.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yzsha1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Power Rangers] With an entire planet to conquer, why does Rita Repulsa always attack Angel Grove, California?", "c_root_id_A": "ix3tkt3", "c_root_id_B": "ix4aasq", "created_at_utc_A": 1668957978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668965018.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's an ancient place of power because that's the place an archangel fell and decomposed into magic earth. Angel Grove. The angel's essence is the foundation of the Rangers' paladin oath and holy might.", "human_ref_B": "Well its right there in the name. She's trying to prevent instrumentality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7040.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myw7u6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[X-Men,Marvel] Why is there such a low number of X gene positive mutants in Wakanda ? the only one I can think of is Gentle and his X-gene was blamed on his foreign father. Do Wakandans not carry the gene even though it was proliferating in the human species before Wakanda existed? Where are all of Wakanda's mutants???", "c_root_id_A": "gvxdsjc", "c_root_id_B": "gvyinhv", "created_at_utc_A": 1619443577.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619461475.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Maybe because of the population number. China and India have almost 3 billion humans, but how many mutants we know from there? And we have to consider the focus on north-american people in the super-hero universe too.", "human_ref_B": "X-gene is very rare, at it's peak there were 16 million minimum, literally one-fifth of 1 percent of global population and virtually ALL were obliterated after M-day. Also Wakandan science also delves into physical health, so mutations may have long been screened out of the populace. With a population of six million would leave only 12,000 potential mutants and not all mutants develop grandiose superpowers, some mutants just look different.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17898.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myw7u6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[X-Men,Marvel] Why is there such a low number of X gene positive mutants in Wakanda ? the only one I can think of is Gentle and his X-gene was blamed on his foreign father. Do Wakandans not carry the gene even though it was proliferating in the human species before Wakanda existed? Where are all of Wakanda's mutants???", "c_root_id_A": "gvyinhv", "c_root_id_B": "gvxo0wt", "created_at_utc_A": 1619461475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619448473.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "X-gene is very rare, at it's peak there were 16 million minimum, literally one-fifth of 1 percent of global population and virtually ALL were obliterated after M-day. Also Wakandan science also delves into physical health, so mutations may have long been screened out of the populace. With a population of six million would leave only 12,000 potential mutants and not all mutants develop grandiose superpowers, some mutants just look different.", "human_ref_B": "Storm is originally from wakanda and was married to T\u2019Challa for a number of years until Civil war", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13002.0, "score_ratio": -3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myw7u6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[X-Men,Marvel] Why is there such a low number of X gene positive mutants in Wakanda ? the only one I can think of is Gentle and his X-gene was blamed on his foreign father. Do Wakandans not carry the gene even though it was proliferating in the human species before Wakanda existed? Where are all of Wakanda's mutants???", "c_root_id_A": "gvxo0wt", "c_root_id_B": "gvywqqb", "created_at_utc_A": 1619448473.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619467455.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Storm is originally from wakanda and was married to T\u2019Challa for a number of years until Civil war", "human_ref_B": "It's called the founder effect. That's why, say, Scandinavians are so tall.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18982.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myw7u6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[X-Men,Marvel] Why is there such a low number of X gene positive mutants in Wakanda ? the only one I can think of is Gentle and his X-gene was blamed on his foreign father. Do Wakandans not carry the gene even though it was proliferating in the human species before Wakanda existed? Where are all of Wakanda's mutants???", "c_root_id_A": "gw9jqpe", "c_root_id_B": "gvxo0wt", "created_at_utc_A": 1619674439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619448473.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "Well if you look at it editorially it\u2019s quite simple, no one cared to tell a story about that. People tend to forget that up until the time of his marriage to Storm T\u2019Challa had virtually zero contact with the X-Men, who more often than not exist in their own world of adventures despite technically being part of Marvel\u2019s shared universe. So BP stories have never felt the need to focus on potential mutants, they would focus on internal Wakandan threats and Wakanda\u2019s role in world affairs while pulling more from Avengers lore. And because historically Black Panther had nothing to do with the X-Men, writers from that side of Marvel never felt the need to incorporate Wakandan mutants into their stories. That\u2019s slightly changing as Black Panther becomes a more prominent character and his relationship with Storm continues to inform his lore (though they recently broke up). We know of two Wakandan mutants, Gentle, a mutant strongman who got his powers from his Russian father, and Muti, who made an appearance in the Shuri miniseries. He could hack basically anything. I imagine that in-universe the easiest explanation for the seemingly low rates of Wakandan mutants is that at the time they closed off their borders the number of people passing down X-genes was extraordinarily low since Wakanda is a naturally isolated place being surrounded by mountains and impenetrable jungle.", "human_ref_B": "Storm is originally from wakanda and was married to T\u2019Challa for a number of years until Civil war", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 225966.0, "score_ratio": -0.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "54fzxz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel] My mutant gene activated and I just became able to manipulate and absorb all forms of energy, what can I theoretically do?", "c_root_id_A": "d81j0f2", "c_root_id_B": "d81h7js", "created_at_utc_A": 1474825865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1474823500.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Theoretically You can survive any fall, any burning building, you are bullet proof, knife proof, punch proof. Can you absorb multiple types of energy at thr same time? Or is it one at a time? How long can you store it? Does it decay inside you? How much can you store? Is it always on? Ie if I surprise you with a taser will it work or will you just drain it? These all matter to get an idea of what you can do. Your biggest weakness is probably the cold. You can't absorb a lack of energy which is basically what cold is.", "human_ref_B": "So...You're basically Sebastian Shaw. He can absorb all types of energy directed at him. Kinetic, solar, thermal, plasma etc. He uses this to enhance his strength and healing. He can literally absorb all hits if he chose too and isn't frozen still by a telepath. Eventually he'd have enough to take on the likes of the hulk, Thor etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2365.0, "score_ratio": 1.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "54fzxz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel] My mutant gene activated and I just became able to manipulate and absorb all forms of energy, what can I theoretically do?", "c_root_id_A": "d81i4e8", "c_root_id_B": "d81j0f2", "created_at_utc_A": 1474824724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1474825865.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Everything is a form of energy, so you can absorb everything.", "human_ref_B": "Theoretically You can survive any fall, any burning building, you are bullet proof, knife proof, punch proof. Can you absorb multiple types of energy at thr same time? Or is it one at a time? How long can you store it? Does it decay inside you? How much can you store? Is it always on? Ie if I surprise you with a taser will it work or will you just drain it? These all matter to get an idea of what you can do. Your biggest weakness is probably the cold. You can't absorb a lack of energy which is basically what cold is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1141.0, "score_ratio": 11.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyspsm", "c_root_id_B": "hhylu3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1635153581.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635147280.0, "score_A": 243, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Ok, instead of taking the more mystical approach, I'll do my best to explain it as technically as I can. To produce Sith Lightning, strong negative emotions are required: Rage, Hatred, etc... Emotions which the Jedi actively avoid and Sith actively exploit. So look at it in terms of an RPG whereas Jedi could technically use that power, since it doesn't synergize with their character build, it won't be as effective as when a Sith build uses it. Does that help with understanding?", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6301.0, "score_ratio": 243.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhylu3f", "c_root_id_B": "hhyo3zw", "created_at_utc_A": 1635147280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635149295.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 167, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In Legends Jedi can(Plo Koon does for example) but in smaller scale, Darth Plagueis explains; >A Jedi sufficiently strong in the Force can be trained to produce a facsimile, but not true Sith lightning, which, unabated, has the power not only to incapacitate or kill, but to physically transform the victim. Force lightning requires strength of a sort only a Sith can command because we accept consequence and reject compassion. To do so requires a thirst for power that is not easily satisfied. The Force tries to resist the callings of ravenous spirits; therefore it must be broken and made a beast of burden. It must be made to answer to one\u2019s will.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2015.0, "score_ratio": 167.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhylxkd", "c_root_id_B": "hhylu3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1635147360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635147280.0, "score_A": 105, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s using the Force as an attack. Yoda says the Jedi use the Force for knowledge and defence, never attack", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 80.0, "score_ratio": 105.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhylu3f", "c_root_id_B": "hhywccq", "created_at_utc_A": 1635147280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635156783.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's your hatred, narcissism, and love of destruction made manifest. So Jedi who reject ego and hatred can't do it. That is why we know Count Dooku was lost to the Dark Side.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9503.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhylu3f", "c_root_id_B": "hhzo1y2", "created_at_utc_A": 1635147280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635173013.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "u/KamenRiderChronos and u/RoboticCurrents have both outlined the gist of the argument very well. But it is also worth noting that in the Legends timeline of events, several Jedi have been able to use force lightning very well, though many of them are redeemed souls who used to be on the dark side. Plo Koon famously had a power he called Electric Judgement. He debated the merits of the technique with other Council members, but ultimately kept studying it because it required no dark side power to use. That Plagueis quote about Jedi making a facsimile definitely makes a strong case for this. Luke was temporarily apprenticed to the resurrected Darth Sidious and gained a strong skill with force lightning. His wife Mara Jade was a former Emperor's Hand and thus also retained skill with it from her imperial days. These skills were passed onto many high ranking members of the New Jedi Order, including their niece Jaina Solo Fel. The way Kyle Katarn (another Council Master in the era) put it, \"*Force powers are not inherently 'good' or 'evil'; it's how you use them.\"*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25733.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhylu3f", "c_root_id_B": "hhyu66h", "created_at_utc_A": 1635147280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635154885.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Simply put, the purpose of Sith lightning is to attack others. It\u2019s a skill used almost exclusively by dark side Force users because unlike many other Force abilities, it\u2019s a technique that is basically only useful for harming others. For force pushes or whatever, those are skills that have a wide array of applications, much like how a hammer is useful both for construction and as a weapon. Light and dark side Force users can both use them as a weapon, but also as a tool. However, Sith lightning is a weapon that\u2019s designed to inflict harm. While an argument could be made that there are non-violent applications for Sith lightning, it would be like using a broadsword to cut your steak; it\u2019s vastly inefficient and ill-suited for the task, because a broadsword isn\u2019t made for cutting steak into bite-sized pieces, it\u2019s made for killing people and large animals.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7605.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhylu3f", "c_root_id_B": "hhzizv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1635147280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635170720.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The only lore I know of is the original pre-Disney one. My information is likely not current for the new setting. Thought to preface with that to avoid confusion. Anyway: calling it \"lightning\" describes this power's most common appearance but is a bad name in terms of actually saying what it is. It isn't electrons being made to move, it's not actually electricity. It's pure hatred and a desire for destruction given physical form and pushed out of your body. It does commonly have an appearance similar to lightning, but not always. Joruus C'Baoth's Force Lightning came out as straight bolts. You cannot channel pure unadulterated rage and destructive desire if you lack those. Jedi can perform Emerald Judgement, which is similar only in appearance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23440.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyyfld", "c_root_id_B": "hhylu3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1635158517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635147280.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "From what I understand, true force lighting comes from drawing on the emotional power of unadulterated hatred and rage.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11237.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhz1tyj", "c_root_id_B": "hhylu3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1635161104.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635147280.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You mean aside from its only use being to torture someone to death, or...?", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13824.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyuet4", "c_root_id_B": "hhylu3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1635155093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635147280.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Force Lightning needs the Dark Side of the Force, and specifically the emotions of the dark side to produce. Hate, malice, anger, a will to destroy and inflict pain. These are all the emotions and instincts of the dark, The Jedi (in Legends) have an equivalent called Electric Judgement which is fed by a channeling of emotions more along the lines of the Jedi (though different to pre-purge Jedi due to Lukes refounding of the New Jedi Order). Electric Judgement was also invented by Luke Skywalker, and so was not a known ability before the Jedi Purge", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7813.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyspsm", "c_root_id_B": "hhyo3zw", "created_at_utc_A": 1635153581.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635149295.0, "score_A": 243, "score_B": 167, "human_ref_A": "Ok, instead of taking the more mystical approach, I'll do my best to explain it as technically as I can. To produce Sith Lightning, strong negative emotions are required: Rage, Hatred, etc... Emotions which the Jedi actively avoid and Sith actively exploit. So look at it in terms of an RPG whereas Jedi could technically use that power, since it doesn't synergize with their character build, it won't be as effective as when a Sith build uses it. Does that help with understanding?", "human_ref_B": "In Legends Jedi can(Plo Koon does for example) but in smaller scale, Darth Plagueis explains; >A Jedi sufficiently strong in the Force can be trained to produce a facsimile, but not true Sith lightning, which, unabated, has the power not only to incapacitate or kill, but to physically transform the victim. Force lightning requires strength of a sort only a Sith can command because we accept consequence and reject compassion. To do so requires a thirst for power that is not easily satisfied. The Force tries to resist the callings of ravenous spirits; therefore it must be broken and made a beast of burden. It must be made to answer to one\u2019s will.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4286.0, "score_ratio": 1.4550898204, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhylxkd", "c_root_id_B": "hhyspsm", "created_at_utc_A": 1635147360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635153581.0, "score_A": 105, "score_B": 243, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s using the Force as an attack. Yoda says the Jedi use the Force for knowledge and defence, never attack", "human_ref_B": "Ok, instead of taking the more mystical approach, I'll do my best to explain it as technically as I can. To produce Sith Lightning, strong negative emotions are required: Rage, Hatred, etc... Emotions which the Jedi actively avoid and Sith actively exploit. So look at it in terms of an RPG whereas Jedi could technically use that power, since it doesn't synergize with their character build, it won't be as effective as when a Sith build uses it. Does that help with understanding?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6221.0, "score_ratio": 2.3142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhylxkd", "c_root_id_B": "hhyo3zw", "created_at_utc_A": 1635147360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635149295.0, "score_A": 105, "score_B": 167, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s using the Force as an attack. Yoda says the Jedi use the Force for knowledge and defence, never attack", "human_ref_B": "In Legends Jedi can(Plo Koon does for example) but in smaller scale, Darth Plagueis explains; >A Jedi sufficiently strong in the Force can be trained to produce a facsimile, but not true Sith lightning, which, unabated, has the power not only to incapacitate or kill, but to physically transform the victim. Force lightning requires strength of a sort only a Sith can command because we accept consequence and reject compassion. To do so requires a thirst for power that is not easily satisfied. The Force tries to resist the callings of ravenous spirits; therefore it must be broken and made a beast of burden. It must be made to answer to one\u2019s will.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1935.0, "score_ratio": 1.5904761905, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyu66h", "c_root_id_B": "hhywccq", "created_at_utc_A": 1635154885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635156783.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Simply put, the purpose of Sith lightning is to attack others. It\u2019s a skill used almost exclusively by dark side Force users because unlike many other Force abilities, it\u2019s a technique that is basically only useful for harming others. For force pushes or whatever, those are skills that have a wide array of applications, much like how a hammer is useful both for construction and as a weapon. Light and dark side Force users can both use them as a weapon, but also as a tool. However, Sith lightning is a weapon that\u2019s designed to inflict harm. While an argument could be made that there are non-violent applications for Sith lightning, it would be like using a broadsword to cut your steak; it\u2019s vastly inefficient and ill-suited for the task, because a broadsword isn\u2019t made for cutting steak into bite-sized pieces, it\u2019s made for killing people and large animals.", "human_ref_B": "It's your hatred, narcissism, and love of destruction made manifest. So Jedi who reject ego and hatred can't do it. That is why we know Count Dooku was lost to the Dark Side.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1898.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhywccq", "c_root_id_B": "hhyuet4", "created_at_utc_A": 1635156783.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635155093.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's your hatred, narcissism, and love of destruction made manifest. So Jedi who reject ego and hatred can't do it. That is why we know Count Dooku was lost to the Dark Side.", "human_ref_B": "Force Lightning needs the Dark Side of the Force, and specifically the emotions of the dark side to produce. Hate, malice, anger, a will to destroy and inflict pain. These are all the emotions and instincts of the dark, The Jedi (in Legends) have an equivalent called Electric Judgement which is fed by a channeling of emotions more along the lines of the Jedi (though different to pre-purge Jedi due to Lukes refounding of the New Jedi Order). Electric Judgement was also invented by Luke Skywalker, and so was not a known ability before the Jedi Purge", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1690.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyu66h", "c_root_id_B": "hhzo1y2", "created_at_utc_A": 1635154885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635173013.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Simply put, the purpose of Sith lightning is to attack others. It\u2019s a skill used almost exclusively by dark side Force users because unlike many other Force abilities, it\u2019s a technique that is basically only useful for harming others. For force pushes or whatever, those are skills that have a wide array of applications, much like how a hammer is useful both for construction and as a weapon. Light and dark side Force users can both use them as a weapon, but also as a tool. However, Sith lightning is a weapon that\u2019s designed to inflict harm. While an argument could be made that there are non-violent applications for Sith lightning, it would be like using a broadsword to cut your steak; it\u2019s vastly inefficient and ill-suited for the task, because a broadsword isn\u2019t made for cutting steak into bite-sized pieces, it\u2019s made for killing people and large animals.", "human_ref_B": "u/KamenRiderChronos and u/RoboticCurrents have both outlined the gist of the argument very well. But it is also worth noting that in the Legends timeline of events, several Jedi have been able to use force lightning very well, though many of them are redeemed souls who used to be on the dark side. Plo Koon famously had a power he called Electric Judgement. He debated the merits of the technique with other Council members, but ultimately kept studying it because it required no dark side power to use. That Plagueis quote about Jedi making a facsimile definitely makes a strong case for this. Luke was temporarily apprenticed to the resurrected Darth Sidious and gained a strong skill with force lightning. His wife Mara Jade was a former Emperor's Hand and thus also retained skill with it from her imperial days. These skills were passed onto many high ranking members of the New Jedi Order, including their niece Jaina Solo Fel. The way Kyle Katarn (another Council Master in the era) put it, \"*Force powers are not inherently 'good' or 'evil'; it's how you use them.\"*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18128.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhzo1y2", "c_root_id_B": "hhzizv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1635173013.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635170720.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "u/KamenRiderChronos and u/RoboticCurrents have both outlined the gist of the argument very well. But it is also worth noting that in the Legends timeline of events, several Jedi have been able to use force lightning very well, though many of them are redeemed souls who used to be on the dark side. Plo Koon famously had a power he called Electric Judgement. He debated the merits of the technique with other Council members, but ultimately kept studying it because it required no dark side power to use. That Plagueis quote about Jedi making a facsimile definitely makes a strong case for this. Luke was temporarily apprenticed to the resurrected Darth Sidious and gained a strong skill with force lightning. His wife Mara Jade was a former Emperor's Hand and thus also retained skill with it from her imperial days. These skills were passed onto many high ranking members of the New Jedi Order, including their niece Jaina Solo Fel. The way Kyle Katarn (another Council Master in the era) put it, \"*Force powers are not inherently 'good' or 'evil'; it's how you use them.\"*", "human_ref_B": "The only lore I know of is the original pre-Disney one. My information is likely not current for the new setting. Thought to preface with that to avoid confusion. Anyway: calling it \"lightning\" describes this power's most common appearance but is a bad name in terms of actually saying what it is. It isn't electrons being made to move, it's not actually electricity. It's pure hatred and a desire for destruction given physical form and pushed out of your body. It does commonly have an appearance similar to lightning, but not always. Joruus C'Baoth's Force Lightning came out as straight bolts. You cannot channel pure unadulterated rage and destructive desire if you lack those. Jedi can perform Emerald Judgement, which is similar only in appearance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2293.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyyfld", "c_root_id_B": "hhzo1y2", "created_at_utc_A": 1635158517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635173013.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "From what I understand, true force lighting comes from drawing on the emotional power of unadulterated hatred and rage.", "human_ref_B": "u/KamenRiderChronos and u/RoboticCurrents have both outlined the gist of the argument very well. But it is also worth noting that in the Legends timeline of events, several Jedi have been able to use force lightning very well, though many of them are redeemed souls who used to be on the dark side. Plo Koon famously had a power he called Electric Judgement. He debated the merits of the technique with other Council members, but ultimately kept studying it because it required no dark side power to use. That Plagueis quote about Jedi making a facsimile definitely makes a strong case for this. Luke was temporarily apprenticed to the resurrected Darth Sidious and gained a strong skill with force lightning. His wife Mara Jade was a former Emperor's Hand and thus also retained skill with it from her imperial days. These skills were passed onto many high ranking members of the New Jedi Order, including their niece Jaina Solo Fel. The way Kyle Katarn (another Council Master in the era) put it, \"*Force powers are not inherently 'good' or 'evil'; it's how you use them.\"*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14496.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhzo1y2", "c_root_id_B": "hhz1tyj", "created_at_utc_A": 1635173013.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635161104.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "u/KamenRiderChronos and u/RoboticCurrents have both outlined the gist of the argument very well. But it is also worth noting that in the Legends timeline of events, several Jedi have been able to use force lightning very well, though many of them are redeemed souls who used to be on the dark side. Plo Koon famously had a power he called Electric Judgement. He debated the merits of the technique with other Council members, but ultimately kept studying it because it required no dark side power to use. That Plagueis quote about Jedi making a facsimile definitely makes a strong case for this. Luke was temporarily apprenticed to the resurrected Darth Sidious and gained a strong skill with force lightning. His wife Mara Jade was a former Emperor's Hand and thus also retained skill with it from her imperial days. These skills were passed onto many high ranking members of the New Jedi Order, including their niece Jaina Solo Fel. The way Kyle Katarn (another Council Master in the era) put it, \"*Force powers are not inherently 'good' or 'evil'; it's how you use them.\"*", "human_ref_B": "You mean aside from its only use being to torture someone to death, or...?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11909.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhzo1y2", "c_root_id_B": "hhyuet4", "created_at_utc_A": 1635173013.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635155093.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "u/KamenRiderChronos and u/RoboticCurrents have both outlined the gist of the argument very well. But it is also worth noting that in the Legends timeline of events, several Jedi have been able to use force lightning very well, though many of them are redeemed souls who used to be on the dark side. Plo Koon famously had a power he called Electric Judgement. He debated the merits of the technique with other Council members, but ultimately kept studying it because it required no dark side power to use. That Plagueis quote about Jedi making a facsimile definitely makes a strong case for this. Luke was temporarily apprenticed to the resurrected Darth Sidious and gained a strong skill with force lightning. His wife Mara Jade was a former Emperor's Hand and thus also retained skill with it from her imperial days. These skills were passed onto many high ranking members of the New Jedi Order, including their niece Jaina Solo Fel. The way Kyle Katarn (another Council Master in the era) put it, \"*Force powers are not inherently 'good' or 'evil'; it's how you use them.\"*", "human_ref_B": "Force Lightning needs the Dark Side of the Force, and specifically the emotions of the dark side to produce. Hate, malice, anger, a will to destroy and inflict pain. These are all the emotions and instincts of the dark, The Jedi (in Legends) have an equivalent called Electric Judgement which is fed by a channeling of emotions more along the lines of the Jedi (though different to pre-purge Jedi due to Lukes refounding of the New Jedi Order). Electric Judgement was also invented by Luke Skywalker, and so was not a known ability before the Jedi Purge", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17920.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyu66h", "c_root_id_B": "hhzizv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1635154885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635170720.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Simply put, the purpose of Sith lightning is to attack others. It\u2019s a skill used almost exclusively by dark side Force users because unlike many other Force abilities, it\u2019s a technique that is basically only useful for harming others. For force pushes or whatever, those are skills that have a wide array of applications, much like how a hammer is useful both for construction and as a weapon. Light and dark side Force users can both use them as a weapon, but also as a tool. However, Sith lightning is a weapon that\u2019s designed to inflict harm. While an argument could be made that there are non-violent applications for Sith lightning, it would be like using a broadsword to cut your steak; it\u2019s vastly inefficient and ill-suited for the task, because a broadsword isn\u2019t made for cutting steak into bite-sized pieces, it\u2019s made for killing people and large animals.", "human_ref_B": "The only lore I know of is the original pre-Disney one. My information is likely not current for the new setting. Thought to preface with that to avoid confusion. Anyway: calling it \"lightning\" describes this power's most common appearance but is a bad name in terms of actually saying what it is. It isn't electrons being made to move, it's not actually electricity. It's pure hatred and a desire for destruction given physical form and pushed out of your body. It does commonly have an appearance similar to lightning, but not always. Joruus C'Baoth's Force Lightning came out as straight bolts. You cannot channel pure unadulterated rage and destructive desire if you lack those. Jedi can perform Emerald Judgement, which is similar only in appearance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15835.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhzizv2", "c_root_id_B": "hhyyfld", "created_at_utc_A": 1635170720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635158517.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The only lore I know of is the original pre-Disney one. My information is likely not current for the new setting. Thought to preface with that to avoid confusion. Anyway: calling it \"lightning\" describes this power's most common appearance but is a bad name in terms of actually saying what it is. It isn't electrons being made to move, it's not actually electricity. It's pure hatred and a desire for destruction given physical form and pushed out of your body. It does commonly have an appearance similar to lightning, but not always. Joruus C'Baoth's Force Lightning came out as straight bolts. You cannot channel pure unadulterated rage and destructive desire if you lack those. Jedi can perform Emerald Judgement, which is similar only in appearance.", "human_ref_B": "From what I understand, true force lighting comes from drawing on the emotional power of unadulterated hatred and rage.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12203.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhz1tyj", "c_root_id_B": "hhzizv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1635161104.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635170720.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You mean aside from its only use being to torture someone to death, or...?", "human_ref_B": "The only lore I know of is the original pre-Disney one. My information is likely not current for the new setting. Thought to preface with that to avoid confusion. Anyway: calling it \"lightning\" describes this power's most common appearance but is a bad name in terms of actually saying what it is. It isn't electrons being made to move, it's not actually electricity. It's pure hatred and a desire for destruction given physical form and pushed out of your body. It does commonly have an appearance similar to lightning, but not always. Joruus C'Baoth's Force Lightning came out as straight bolts. You cannot channel pure unadulterated rage and destructive desire if you lack those. Jedi can perform Emerald Judgement, which is similar only in appearance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9616.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhzizv2", "c_root_id_B": "hhyuet4", "created_at_utc_A": 1635170720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635155093.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The only lore I know of is the original pre-Disney one. My information is likely not current for the new setting. Thought to preface with that to avoid confusion. Anyway: calling it \"lightning\" describes this power's most common appearance but is a bad name in terms of actually saying what it is. It isn't electrons being made to move, it's not actually electricity. It's pure hatred and a desire for destruction given physical form and pushed out of your body. It does commonly have an appearance similar to lightning, but not always. Joruus C'Baoth's Force Lightning came out as straight bolts. You cannot channel pure unadulterated rage and destructive desire if you lack those. Jedi can perform Emerald Judgement, which is similar only in appearance.", "human_ref_B": "Force Lightning needs the Dark Side of the Force, and specifically the emotions of the dark side to produce. Hate, malice, anger, a will to destroy and inflict pain. These are all the emotions and instincts of the dark, The Jedi (in Legends) have an equivalent called Electric Judgement which is fed by a channeling of emotions more along the lines of the Jedi (though different to pre-purge Jedi due to Lukes refounding of the New Jedi Order). Electric Judgement was also invented by Luke Skywalker, and so was not a known ability before the Jedi Purge", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15627.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhyuet4", "c_root_id_B": "hhyyfld", "created_at_utc_A": 1635155093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635158517.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Force Lightning needs the Dark Side of the Force, and specifically the emotions of the dark side to produce. Hate, malice, anger, a will to destroy and inflict pain. These are all the emotions and instincts of the dark, The Jedi (in Legends) have an equivalent called Electric Judgement which is fed by a channeling of emotions more along the lines of the Jedi (though different to pre-purge Jedi due to Lukes refounding of the New Jedi Order). Electric Judgement was also invented by Luke Skywalker, and so was not a known ability before the Jedi Purge", "human_ref_B": "From what I understand, true force lighting comes from drawing on the emotional power of unadulterated hatred and rage.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3424.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qfbhp1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Why can force lightning only be used by the Sith? What Force properties does Force lightning have that denies Jedi from using it? If the explanation is something along h the lines of \u201cJedi can use it but they just don\u2019t want to\u201d then why? It seems like a really useful ability. If it\u2019s because that Force lightning is an evil or immoral ability, I would argue that manipulating someone\u2019s mind through a Jedi mind trick is more evil.", "c_root_id_A": "hhz1tyj", "c_root_id_B": "hhyuet4", "created_at_utc_A": 1635161104.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635155093.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You mean aside from its only use being to torture someone to death, or...?", "human_ref_B": "Force Lightning needs the Dark Side of the Force, and specifically the emotions of the dark side to produce. Hate, malice, anger, a will to destroy and inflict pain. These are all the emotions and instincts of the dark, The Jedi (in Legends) have an equivalent called Electric Judgement which is fed by a channeling of emotions more along the lines of the Jedi (though different to pre-purge Jedi due to Lukes refounding of the New Jedi Order). Electric Judgement was also invented by Luke Skywalker, and so was not a known ability before the Jedi Purge", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6011.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bnprux", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC Comics/Batman] Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of the Waynes, instead of just Bruce's parents. Only Martha Wayne survives, and she vows vengence. Assuming she eventually takes up the Cape & Cowl, how would her approach to crimefighting differ from Katherine Kane's approach? After the Wayne family leaves the theatre, Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of them in Crime Alley, before running off with their wallets. Only Martha Wayne survives, with just a flesh wound, and the traumatic loss of her family drives her on to become a vigilantee. I'm curious about this after watching the *Flashpoint Paradox* movie, and going on to read some of the comic. For those of you already familiar with it, we've seen from *Flashpoint Paradox* storyline that Martha Wayne actually does have a vengeful & violent side to her, and that all that it takes to bring this dark side out of her is to witness the death of just her son, Bruce Wayne. Upon seeing this, she quickly became the **Joker** in that timeline. Upon this premise, if she loses both her son and her husband, I want us to assume that she would likely decide to become **Batwoman** instead of Joker, and hunt down criminals rather than become one. **All that being said, how does Martha Wayne's version of Batwoman differ from Kate Kane's version?** **What differences might we see between them in terms of fighting style/skill, tactics, gear, investigational skills, alter-ego, persona, etc.?** **Is Martha likely to take in sidekicks (Robin/Batgirl/etc)?** **Also, assuming that they both end up operating in Gotham, would they get along with each other?**", "c_root_id_A": "en86h98", "c_root_id_B": "en8vst0", "created_at_utc_A": 1557675717.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557690491.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Martha would be starting at a disadvantage age-wise. I don't know of her having a history of athletics of any type, and by the time of her typical death she has to be about 30, right? Sure that's not *old*, but compared to Kate, who has been an athlete since at least middle school, that's a big difference. Martha simply doesn't have that sort of base to build on (to say nothing of Kate's military training, which Martha also doesn't have to start). I think it'd be more reasonable that she'd be more like the Punisher and just use guns. As for sidekicks: I don't think so. At least not ones who are children. If her own son was killed, I don't think Martha would want that to happen again.", "human_ref_B": "She'd become a focal point for a social cause. Her grieving mother and widow advertisements would go national. Everyone loves her. Everyone feels for her. First off, you might get some young aspiring heroes moving to the city to do her justice. Second, some bad guys might hunt down Joe Chill and turn him over voluntarily, because, screw you buddy. The dark side of it all? She has political and huge financial connections. Depending on the level of her grief, she would probably put together and fund a task force of highly trained individuals. People that help those in need. If you can find them, if you can afford them... you can have....", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14774.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bnprux", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC Comics/Batman] Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of the Waynes, instead of just Bruce's parents. Only Martha Wayne survives, and she vows vengence. Assuming she eventually takes up the Cape & Cowl, how would her approach to crimefighting differ from Katherine Kane's approach? After the Wayne family leaves the theatre, Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of them in Crime Alley, before running off with their wallets. Only Martha Wayne survives, with just a flesh wound, and the traumatic loss of her family drives her on to become a vigilantee. I'm curious about this after watching the *Flashpoint Paradox* movie, and going on to read some of the comic. For those of you already familiar with it, we've seen from *Flashpoint Paradox* storyline that Martha Wayne actually does have a vengeful & violent side to her, and that all that it takes to bring this dark side out of her is to witness the death of just her son, Bruce Wayne. Upon seeing this, she quickly became the **Joker** in that timeline. Upon this premise, if she loses both her son and her husband, I want us to assume that she would likely decide to become **Batwoman** instead of Joker, and hunt down criminals rather than become one. **All that being said, how does Martha Wayne's version of Batwoman differ from Kate Kane's version?** **What differences might we see between them in terms of fighting style/skill, tactics, gear, investigational skills, alter-ego, persona, etc.?** **Is Martha likely to take in sidekicks (Robin/Batgirl/etc)?** **Also, assuming that they both end up operating in Gotham, would they get along with each other?**", "c_root_id_A": "en8vst0", "c_root_id_B": "en8qv0m", "created_at_utc_A": 1557690491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557687933.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "She'd become a focal point for a social cause. Her grieving mother and widow advertisements would go national. Everyone loves her. Everyone feels for her. First off, you might get some young aspiring heroes moving to the city to do her justice. Second, some bad guys might hunt down Joe Chill and turn him over voluntarily, because, screw you buddy. The dark side of it all? She has political and huge financial connections. Depending on the level of her grief, she would probably put together and fund a task force of highly trained individuals. People that help those in need. If you can find them, if you can afford them... you can have....", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s possible that she goes down the same road in Flashpoint where she is driven mad by grief and becomes the Joker. If not, probably the same way as Thomas Wayne in Flashpoint or Earth-2. Compensating for her lack of training and physical abilities with guns, lethal weaponry, stimulants, etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2558.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bnprux", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC Comics/Batman] Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of the Waynes, instead of just Bruce's parents. Only Martha Wayne survives, and she vows vengence. Assuming she eventually takes up the Cape & Cowl, how would her approach to crimefighting differ from Katherine Kane's approach? After the Wayne family leaves the theatre, Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of them in Crime Alley, before running off with their wallets. Only Martha Wayne survives, with just a flesh wound, and the traumatic loss of her family drives her on to become a vigilantee. I'm curious about this after watching the *Flashpoint Paradox* movie, and going on to read some of the comic. For those of you already familiar with it, we've seen from *Flashpoint Paradox* storyline that Martha Wayne actually does have a vengeful & violent side to her, and that all that it takes to bring this dark side out of her is to witness the death of just her son, Bruce Wayne. Upon seeing this, she quickly became the **Joker** in that timeline. Upon this premise, if she loses both her son and her husband, I want us to assume that she would likely decide to become **Batwoman** instead of Joker, and hunt down criminals rather than become one. **All that being said, how does Martha Wayne's version of Batwoman differ from Kate Kane's version?** **What differences might we see between them in terms of fighting style/skill, tactics, gear, investigational skills, alter-ego, persona, etc.?** **Is Martha likely to take in sidekicks (Robin/Batgirl/etc)?** **Also, assuming that they both end up operating in Gotham, would they get along with each other?**", "c_root_id_A": "en8vst0", "c_root_id_B": "en8ggv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1557690491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557681780.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "She'd become a focal point for a social cause. Her grieving mother and widow advertisements would go national. Everyone loves her. Everyone feels for her. First off, you might get some young aspiring heroes moving to the city to do her justice. Second, some bad guys might hunt down Joe Chill and turn him over voluntarily, because, screw you buddy. The dark side of it all? She has political and huge financial connections. Depending on the level of her grief, she would probably put together and fund a task force of highly trained individuals. People that help those in need. If you can find them, if you can afford them... you can have....", "human_ref_B": "She wouldnt drop the ball for sex as often", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8711.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bnprux", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC Comics/Batman] Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of the Waynes, instead of just Bruce's parents. Only Martha Wayne survives, and she vows vengence. Assuming she eventually takes up the Cape & Cowl, how would her approach to crimefighting differ from Katherine Kane's approach? After the Wayne family leaves the theatre, Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of them in Crime Alley, before running off with their wallets. Only Martha Wayne survives, with just a flesh wound, and the traumatic loss of her family drives her on to become a vigilantee. I'm curious about this after watching the *Flashpoint Paradox* movie, and going on to read some of the comic. For those of you already familiar with it, we've seen from *Flashpoint Paradox* storyline that Martha Wayne actually does have a vengeful & violent side to her, and that all that it takes to bring this dark side out of her is to witness the death of just her son, Bruce Wayne. Upon seeing this, she quickly became the **Joker** in that timeline. Upon this premise, if she loses both her son and her husband, I want us to assume that she would likely decide to become **Batwoman** instead of Joker, and hunt down criminals rather than become one. **All that being said, how does Martha Wayne's version of Batwoman differ from Kate Kane's version?** **What differences might we see between them in terms of fighting style/skill, tactics, gear, investigational skills, alter-ego, persona, etc.?** **Is Martha likely to take in sidekicks (Robin/Batgirl/etc)?** **Also, assuming that they both end up operating in Gotham, would they get along with each other?**", "c_root_id_A": "en8ggv2", "c_root_id_B": "en8qv0m", "created_at_utc_A": 1557681780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557687933.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "She wouldnt drop the ball for sex as often", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s possible that she goes down the same road in Flashpoint where she is driven mad by grief and becomes the Joker. If not, probably the same way as Thomas Wayne in Flashpoint or Earth-2. Compensating for her lack of training and physical abilities with guns, lethal weaponry, stimulants, etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6153.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bnprux", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC Comics/Batman] Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of the Waynes, instead of just Bruce's parents. Only Martha Wayne survives, and she vows vengence. Assuming she eventually takes up the Cape & Cowl, how would her approach to crimefighting differ from Katherine Kane's approach? After the Wayne family leaves the theatre, Joe Chill ends up shooting all three of them in Crime Alley, before running off with their wallets. Only Martha Wayne survives, with just a flesh wound, and the traumatic loss of her family drives her on to become a vigilantee. I'm curious about this after watching the *Flashpoint Paradox* movie, and going on to read some of the comic. For those of you already familiar with it, we've seen from *Flashpoint Paradox* storyline that Martha Wayne actually does have a vengeful & violent side to her, and that all that it takes to bring this dark side out of her is to witness the death of just her son, Bruce Wayne. Upon seeing this, she quickly became the **Joker** in that timeline. Upon this premise, if she loses both her son and her husband, I want us to assume that she would likely decide to become **Batwoman** instead of Joker, and hunt down criminals rather than become one. **All that being said, how does Martha Wayne's version of Batwoman differ from Kate Kane's version?** **What differences might we see between them in terms of fighting style/skill, tactics, gear, investigational skills, alter-ego, persona, etc.?** **Is Martha likely to take in sidekicks (Robin/Batgirl/etc)?** **Also, assuming that they both end up operating in Gotham, would they get along with each other?**", "c_root_id_A": "en8ggv2", "c_root_id_B": "enb68zs", "created_at_utc_A": 1557681780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557738647.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "She wouldnt drop the ball for sex as often", "human_ref_B": "I don't have much to add, but this is such a cool premise, and I hope the idea gets made into something someday.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 56867.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ehhi0o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars]There are 24,372 significantly inhabited systems in the Republic. The 1st Order blows up the Republic fleet by blowing up one system. How is the Republic able to hold so many systems with large populations many more less-populated ones with their entire fleet in one place? Shouldn't the fleet be out you know, defending various systems and patrolling for pirates and stuff? Why did the Republic have their entire fleet in one place?", "c_root_id_A": "fcjrcow", "c_root_id_B": "fcjjng5", "created_at_utc_A": 1577700766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577690235.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For the most part, each system is permitted it's own forces for internal security, pirate control, search and rescue, etc., with \"The Fleet\" being more an organizational structure than a real potent military force. While we don't see much of the real structure, the arrangement suggests \"The Fleet\" was essentially a full-time leadership cadre, which in time of war would draw the bulk of the combatant ships and manpower from individual planetary contributions. The loss of \"The Fleet\" in this case was less damning from the quantity of ships loss and more from it's potency as a decapitation move. The naval officers in the Hosnian System are the people whose job it was to make and execute the plans to mobilize the Republic for an emergency, but now the emergency is that they're all dead.", "human_ref_B": "Each system had to provide its own local defense force, the republic fleet what is there once an incident in which local forces couldn't handle.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10531.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ehhi0o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars]There are 24,372 significantly inhabited systems in the Republic. The 1st Order blows up the Republic fleet by blowing up one system. How is the Republic able to hold so many systems with large populations many more less-populated ones with their entire fleet in one place? Shouldn't the fleet be out you know, defending various systems and patrolling for pirates and stuff? Why did the Republic have their entire fleet in one place?", "c_root_id_A": "fcjrcow", "c_root_id_B": "fcjl07i", "created_at_utc_A": 1577700766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577691926.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For the most part, each system is permitted it's own forces for internal security, pirate control, search and rescue, etc., with \"The Fleet\" being more an organizational structure than a real potent military force. While we don't see much of the real structure, the arrangement suggests \"The Fleet\" was essentially a full-time leadership cadre, which in time of war would draw the bulk of the combatant ships and manpower from individual planetary contributions. The loss of \"The Fleet\" in this case was less damning from the quantity of ships loss and more from it's potency as a decapitation move. The naval officers in the Hosnian System are the people whose job it was to make and execute the plans to mobilize the Republic for an emergency, but now the emergency is that they're all dead.", "human_ref_B": "Where did you get the 24,372 number from and what's the threshold for \"significantly populated? Everyone else more or less answered your question but there's two factors I didn't see when I skimmed those answers. One is the tremendously fast FTL travel they've got so they can get basically anywhere they need to within a few hours (max) after they leave and the other is the ubiquitous real time FTL communications around. If something happens that needs the fleet they'll know about it straight away can dispatch ships quickly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8840.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ehhi0o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars]There are 24,372 significantly inhabited systems in the Republic. The 1st Order blows up the Republic fleet by blowing up one system. How is the Republic able to hold so many systems with large populations many more less-populated ones with their entire fleet in one place? Shouldn't the fleet be out you know, defending various systems and patrolling for pirates and stuff? Why did the Republic have their entire fleet in one place?", "c_root_id_A": "fcl53cj", "c_root_id_B": "fckl5x9", "created_at_utc_A": 1577739994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577727722.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Member systems have their own fleets for dealing with pirates.", "human_ref_B": "Hyperspace travel is pretty fast, so the Republic had little reason to keep their fleet spread out when they could gather at one central location and rapidly hyperspace to any place they were needed. Also many planets do have their own defense fleets, rather than relying on the Republic to protect them. So there were still lots of ships around, but they only cared about defending their homeworlds and weren't about to go fight the First Order after the Hosnian system was destroyed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12272.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbu4bbb", "c_root_id_B": "gbu16ey", "created_at_utc_A": 1605023122.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605021567.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Too much energy way too fast. Maybe someday Starlight could learn to harness lightning and make use of it, but apparently not yet. Would be cool to see her learn this in future seasons tho! Modern trolleys run on high voltage, but they have built in lighting arrestors in order to dissipate the huge spike of energy that comes from a lighting strike.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe there's an upper limit to how much energy she can absorb at one time, and Stormfront exceeded that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1555.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbu4meb", "c_root_id_B": "gbu16ey", "created_at_utc_A": 1605023273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605021567.0, "score_A": 77, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "A sponge absorbs water. A hose will still blast a sponge across the room. There's a limit to the amount and rate of energy Starlight can absorb. A car battery can push out a maybe a kilowatt, a few seconds of which is enough to shock or kill a normal human. Same with a few streetlights, maybe a few kilowatts all told. Lightning bolts can easily rate in the megawatt range, simply too much power too fast for Starlight to absorb.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe there's an upper limit to how much energy she can absorb at one time, and Stormfront exceeded that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1706.0, "score_ratio": 9.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbu4z1k", "c_root_id_B": "gbu4njp", "created_at_utc_A": 1605023442.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605023289.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Remember that her \u201clightning\u201d isn\u2019t actually lighting If you\u2019ve ever seen an electric arc, you\u2019ll know it doesn\u2019t look like that. Also, it seems to cause pain and paralysis, and I don\u2019t think Starlight has that high of a pain tolerance. And the psychological effect of paralysis and possible asphyxiation due to not being able to control your own lungs must be terrible.", "human_ref_B": "Starlight has to intentionally focus on her power source to draw from it. She\u2019s not just passively draining power from her surroundings. Stormfront\u2019s lightning bolts didn\u2019t exist long enough for Starlight to focus on them. The electrocution couldn\u2019t have helped her focus, either.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 153.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbu16ey", "c_root_id_B": "gbu4z1k", "created_at_utc_A": 1605021567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605023442.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Maybe there's an upper limit to how much energy she can absorb at one time, and Stormfront exceeded that?", "human_ref_B": "Remember that her \u201clightning\u201d isn\u2019t actually lighting If you\u2019ve ever seen an electric arc, you\u2019ll know it doesn\u2019t look like that. Also, it seems to cause pain and paralysis, and I don\u2019t think Starlight has that high of a pain tolerance. And the psychological effect of paralysis and possible asphyxiation due to not being able to control your own lungs must be terrible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1875.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbu4xjq", "c_root_id_B": "gbu4z1k", "created_at_utc_A": 1605023422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605023442.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Starlight can't passively absorb energy, she has to make a conscious effort to do so. She might have been able to \"catch\" Stormfront's lightning if she was ready, but she wasn't quick enough when they fought.", "human_ref_B": "Remember that her \u201clightning\u201d isn\u2019t actually lighting If you\u2019ve ever seen an electric arc, you\u2019ll know it doesn\u2019t look like that. Also, it seems to cause pain and paralysis, and I don\u2019t think Starlight has that high of a pain tolerance. And the psychological effect of paralysis and possible asphyxiation due to not being able to control your own lungs must be terrible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20.0, "score_ratio": 4.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbu4njp", "c_root_id_B": "gbujm54", "created_at_utc_A": 1605023289.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605030306.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Starlight has to intentionally focus on her power source to draw from it. She\u2019s not just passively draining power from her surroundings. Stormfront\u2019s lightning bolts didn\u2019t exist long enough for Starlight to focus on them. The electrocution couldn\u2019t have helped her focus, either.", "human_ref_B": "Going by the official description on the Boys website and the wiki, Stormfront's main power isn't technically electrokinesis, it's plasma manipulation. She shoots charged particles, the fact that they produce electricity is a side effect. Since plasma is actual matter and not just pure energy, Starlight can't absorb it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7017.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbucqus", "c_root_id_B": "gbujm54", "created_at_utc_A": 1605027130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605030306.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "\"How on Earth is it that when I jury rig 220v wall current into my 12v flashlight, it explodes into flames? Why doesn't my flashlight say 'Surprise, Bitch!' and glow as bright as a floor lamp?\"", "human_ref_B": "Going by the official description on the Boys website and the wiki, Stormfront's main power isn't technically electrokinesis, it's plasma manipulation. She shoots charged particles, the fact that they produce electricity is a side effect. Since plasma is actual matter and not just pure energy, Starlight can't absorb it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3176.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbujm54", "c_root_id_B": "gbu16ey", "created_at_utc_A": 1605030306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605021567.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Going by the official description on the Boys website and the wiki, Stormfront's main power isn't technically electrokinesis, it's plasma manipulation. She shoots charged particles, the fact that they produce electricity is a side effect. Since plasma is actual matter and not just pure energy, Starlight can't absorb it.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe there's an upper limit to how much energy she can absorb at one time, and Stormfront exceeded that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8739.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbujm54", "c_root_id_B": "gbu4xjq", "created_at_utc_A": 1605030306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605023422.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Going by the official description on the Boys website and the wiki, Stormfront's main power isn't technically electrokinesis, it's plasma manipulation. She shoots charged particles, the fact that they produce electricity is a side effect. Since plasma is actual matter and not just pure energy, Starlight can't absorb it.", "human_ref_B": "Starlight can't passively absorb energy, she has to make a conscious effort to do so. She might have been able to \"catch\" Stormfront's lightning if she was ready, but she wasn't quick enough when they fought.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6884.0, "score_ratio": 3.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbu4njp", "c_root_id_B": "gbu16ey", "created_at_utc_A": 1605023289.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605021567.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Starlight has to intentionally focus on her power source to draw from it. She\u2019s not just passively draining power from her surroundings. Stormfront\u2019s lightning bolts didn\u2019t exist long enough for Starlight to focus on them. The electrocution couldn\u2019t have helped her focus, either.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe there's an upper limit to how much energy she can absorb at one time, and Stormfront exceeded that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1722.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbucqus", "c_root_id_B": "gbu16ey", "created_at_utc_A": 1605027130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605021567.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "\"How on Earth is it that when I jury rig 220v wall current into my 12v flashlight, it explodes into flames? Why doesn't my flashlight say 'Surprise, Bitch!' and glow as bright as a floor lamp?\"", "human_ref_B": "Maybe there's an upper limit to how much energy she can absorb at one time, and Stormfront exceeded that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5563.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jrmmqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Boys] WTF was Stormfront\u2019s lightning working on Starlight? I know the real answer is the probably classic meta \u201cwe needed Stormfront to be winning the fight, so yes,\u201d but I\u2019m really curious if there\u2019s any possible sane in-world answer that doesn\u2019t involve absurd mental gymnastics. After making a very fine point multiple times that Starlight is an energy absorber, Annie is mysteriously blasted around by Stormfront\u2019s lightning and seemingly isn\u2019t absorbing much, if any, of it. I\u2019d expected Starlight to say, \u201cSurprise, bitch,\u201d and go to town, forcing Stormfront to fall back to hand-to-hand since her energy attack would power up her opponent. Really took me out of the story for a minute. So how on Earth is Starlight able to pull enough energy from a car to kill a man and cauterize Hughie\u2019s wound yet lethal lightning bolts are not only affecting her but not powering her up enough to turn Stormfront an Aryan corpse?", "c_root_id_A": "gbucqus", "c_root_id_B": "gbu4xjq", "created_at_utc_A": 1605027130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605023422.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "\"How on Earth is it that when I jury rig 220v wall current into my 12v flashlight, it explodes into flames? Why doesn't my flashlight say 'Surprise, Bitch!' and glow as bright as a floor lamp?\"", "human_ref_B": "Starlight can't passively absorb energy, she has to make a conscious effort to do so. She might have been able to \"catch\" Stormfront's lightning if she was ready, but she wasn't quick enough when they fought.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3708.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ckehrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Boys (TV show)] Question with spoilers How could Translucent explode? If his skin is impervious, shouldn't the bomb up his ass just transform his innards into a goo of liquefied organs, that would nonetheless stay contained in a bag of indestructible skin? Instead, we see him exploding rather graphically and spraying Hughie with the goo.", "c_root_id_A": "evmk3bc", "c_root_id_B": "evmgujn", "created_at_utc_A": 1564609124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564607849.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I honestly thought the same thing haha. Also couldn't they just poison translucent? When Huey gave him the glass of water I thought it was poisoned.", "human_ref_B": "My sense was that the imperviousness was one-way, as having actual diamond-hard substance for skin would not be healthy for the tissue attached to it. That, or the moment of death played merry havoc with the actual details and control of his power, rendering it less-than-impervious to the force of the explosion in the microseconds following his entire internal structure being liquified.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1275.0, "score_ratio": 1.4782608696, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ckehrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Boys (TV show)] Question with spoilers How could Translucent explode? If his skin is impervious, shouldn't the bomb up his ass just transform his innards into a goo of liquefied organs, that would nonetheless stay contained in a bag of indestructible skin? Instead, we see him exploding rather graphically and spraying Hughie with the goo.", "c_root_id_A": "evond3o", "c_root_id_B": "evnfmrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1564651452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564624133.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "'Indestructible' was just Voight marketing blurb. There's no such thing, just as there's no such thing as 'waterproof'. The right conditions can break anything and things aren't always impervious in both directions. e.g. submarines can take loads of *external* pressure but wouldn't be able to stand anywhere near as much internal pressure. With however much C4 was up his shitter, there were basically only two possibilities: 1) His skin gives way and splat. 2) The explosion comes out the same way the C4 went in and you end up with a hole in the roof and Translucent fired into orbit.", "human_ref_B": "I dunno, I was expecting Hughie to die from all the diamond hard supe Gibs that he was covered in.. Only thing I can put it down to is it being a similar thing to lighting a fire cracker in your hand. Open palm detonations will leave a light singe, but close ya palm into a fist and that fire cracker will blow ya hand off", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27319.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ckehrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Boys (TV show)] Question with spoilers How could Translucent explode? If his skin is impervious, shouldn't the bomb up his ass just transform his innards into a goo of liquefied organs, that would nonetheless stay contained in a bag of indestructible skin? Instead, we see him exploding rather graphically and spraying Hughie with the goo.", "c_root_id_A": "evond3o", "c_root_id_B": "evnrfge", "created_at_utc_A": 1564651452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564630606.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "'Indestructible' was just Voight marketing blurb. There's no such thing, just as there's no such thing as 'waterproof'. The right conditions can break anything and things aren't always impervious in both directions. e.g. submarines can take loads of *external* pressure but wouldn't be able to stand anywhere near as much internal pressure. With however much C4 was up his shitter, there were basically only two possibilities: 1) His skin gives way and splat. 2) The explosion comes out the same way the C4 went in and you end up with a hole in the roof and Translucent fired into orbit.", "human_ref_B": "Even diamond is breakable if presented with the right kind of stress. His skin never had to deal with an extreme sudden internal pressure. It likely fractured relatively easily in that case.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20846.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5vfesx", "c_root_id_B": "d5veded", "created_at_utc_A": 1469762519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469761076.0, "score_A": 87, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Few, for two big reasons: purpose and culture. 1) Purpose. Most of those coming from a capitalist context looking at the Federation think the same thing: woohoo, eternal vacation! That's because within a capitalist system, work is meant to earn money which can be exchanged for goods and services, and those goods and services are arranged by need and then eventually want, assuming you make enough. Rent/mortgage, utilities, food, transportation, insurance, appliances.... all the way to vacation. But people worked before the invention of currency, and not just out of necessity like hunting and gathering and tool-making. We have evidence of art going back thousands and thousands of years before the dawn of civilization, and art isn't about the practical, it's about something different. It's about purpose. Instead of being born into a system in which you're taught that the only way the world works is to work for money so you can have things, imagine you were born into a world in which all your basic needs are met without requiring anything in return. Work isn't an obligation. Work is what you do to feel purpose in your life. And it doesn't have to be some grand purpose, you don't have to helm a ship of exploration in deep space or be the greatest pianist on the planet, you can find something that fills you with deep joy, which fulfills you, which always presents you with new challenges. And maybe sometimes you stumble. Or maybe you change pursuits, but whatever it is that you do gives your life meaning and purpose. Have you ever felt vacation fatigue before? The summer after high school, I had three months of absolutely nothing. Me and some friends spent a few weeks on Risa, we'd be at the holo-suits downtown, we'd play the most recent games together, but by the end of those three months all the entertainment and sleeping in and goofing around and hanging out felt stale. We weren't being challenged. What we were doing was fun, but it ultimately didn't enrich our lives or the lives of those around us. Now imagine spending an entire life that way, an endless summer. It'd probably be great at first because you're coming from a competitive market system which requires you to work a job you may not even like, but fast-forward *ten years*. 2) Culture. The Federation has been post-scarcity for generations, and the few generations that were in the transition made absolutely sure that the societies that followed would understand what it was that was replacing a capitalist economic and cultural system. Because of the rapid success, ending of starvation, nearly all disease, poverty, perhaps even suffering itself, the argument was made for the next step in cultural evolution, and it's a resoundingly strong argument. New generations internalized these new norms and in turn spread them, as culture does. When you're born into our post-scarcity world, you see the purpose motive everywhere you look. You see your parents and relatives all pursuing their passions and being brought joy from them. Schools show you the vast spectrum of pursuits you might enjoy, and allow you to experiment with them in order to start to develop the things you love. You're taught about the values of cooperation, personal enrichment, community, scientific and academic and even personal exploration, and you don't really see people just sitting around doing nothing because even if there are a few, they're locked in their rooms watching holo-novels or what have you. This is the nature of culture, it informs a large part of who you are. Because it's such a powerful influence, it doesn't even occur to most that you can lounge around and do nothing. Aimlessness isn't an excuse for lethargy and play, it's an opportunity to explore and find new meaning.", "human_ref_B": "There's more people who want to work than there are jobs. There's nothing dickish about letting someone else have a job.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1443.0, "score_ratio": 21.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5vfesx", "c_root_id_B": "d5vdqit", "created_at_utc_A": 1469762519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469760196.0, "score_A": 87, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Few, for two big reasons: purpose and culture. 1) Purpose. Most of those coming from a capitalist context looking at the Federation think the same thing: woohoo, eternal vacation! That's because within a capitalist system, work is meant to earn money which can be exchanged for goods and services, and those goods and services are arranged by need and then eventually want, assuming you make enough. Rent/mortgage, utilities, food, transportation, insurance, appliances.... all the way to vacation. But people worked before the invention of currency, and not just out of necessity like hunting and gathering and tool-making. We have evidence of art going back thousands and thousands of years before the dawn of civilization, and art isn't about the practical, it's about something different. It's about purpose. Instead of being born into a system in which you're taught that the only way the world works is to work for money so you can have things, imagine you were born into a world in which all your basic needs are met without requiring anything in return. Work isn't an obligation. Work is what you do to feel purpose in your life. And it doesn't have to be some grand purpose, you don't have to helm a ship of exploration in deep space or be the greatest pianist on the planet, you can find something that fills you with deep joy, which fulfills you, which always presents you with new challenges. And maybe sometimes you stumble. Or maybe you change pursuits, but whatever it is that you do gives your life meaning and purpose. Have you ever felt vacation fatigue before? The summer after high school, I had three months of absolutely nothing. Me and some friends spent a few weeks on Risa, we'd be at the holo-suits downtown, we'd play the most recent games together, but by the end of those three months all the entertainment and sleeping in and goofing around and hanging out felt stale. We weren't being challenged. What we were doing was fun, but it ultimately didn't enrich our lives or the lives of those around us. Now imagine spending an entire life that way, an endless summer. It'd probably be great at first because you're coming from a competitive market system which requires you to work a job you may not even like, but fast-forward *ten years*. 2) Culture. The Federation has been post-scarcity for generations, and the few generations that were in the transition made absolutely sure that the societies that followed would understand what it was that was replacing a capitalist economic and cultural system. Because of the rapid success, ending of starvation, nearly all disease, poverty, perhaps even suffering itself, the argument was made for the next step in cultural evolution, and it's a resoundingly strong argument. New generations internalized these new norms and in turn spread them, as culture does. When you're born into our post-scarcity world, you see the purpose motive everywhere you look. You see your parents and relatives all pursuing their passions and being brought joy from them. Schools show you the vast spectrum of pursuits you might enjoy, and allow you to experiment with them in order to start to develop the things you love. You're taught about the values of cooperation, personal enrichment, community, scientific and academic and even personal exploration, and you don't really see people just sitting around doing nothing because even if there are a few, they're locked in their rooms watching holo-novels or what have you. This is the nature of culture, it informs a large part of who you are. Because it's such a powerful influence, it doesn't even occur to most that you can lounge around and do nothing. Aimlessness isn't an excuse for lethargy and play, it's an opportunity to explore and find new meaning.", "human_ref_B": "You mean other than Wesley?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2323.0, "score_ratio": 29.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5veded", "c_root_id_B": "d5vomg6", "created_at_utc_A": 1469761076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469784141.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There's more people who want to work than there are jobs. There's nothing dickish about letting someone else have a job.", "human_ref_B": "Sure. But the thing is, society is post-scarcity. That means the consumption of resources is a non-factor. The thing is that many experiment with that. Not necessarily eating pie, but wrecking expensive machinery, getting in bar fights, drinking in excess (easily cured by any medical hologram), taking drugs, etc. It's part of being young in society, and the vast majority grow out of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23065.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5vomg6", "c_root_id_B": "d5vdqit", "created_at_utc_A": 1469784141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469760196.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sure. But the thing is, society is post-scarcity. That means the consumption of resources is a non-factor. The thing is that many experiment with that. Not necessarily eating pie, but wrecking expensive machinery, getting in bar fights, drinking in excess (easily cured by any medical hologram), taking drugs, etc. It's part of being young in society, and the vast majority grow out of it.", "human_ref_B": "You mean other than Wesley?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23945.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5vomg6", "c_root_id_B": "d5vj4lb", "created_at_utc_A": 1469784141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469769059.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sure. But the thing is, society is post-scarcity. That means the consumption of resources is a non-factor. The thing is that many experiment with that. Not necessarily eating pie, but wrecking expensive machinery, getting in bar fights, drinking in excess (easily cured by any medical hologram), taking drugs, etc. It's part of being young in society, and the vast majority grow out of it.", "human_ref_B": "That would be *so boring*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15082.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5veded", "c_root_id_B": "d5vflc0", "created_at_utc_A": 1469761076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469762781.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There's more people who want to work than there are jobs. There's nothing dickish about letting someone else have a job.", "human_ref_B": "It's discouraged, and while media is available, the overwhelming cultural attitude is against wastrels. There's a stigma against it, much like there's a stigma against genetic alteration or unnecessary cybernetics. The common federation citizen doesn't trust layabouts - They have to be doing something, and if they're not telling you what they're doing...well.... they must be up to something. The federation civilian authorities treat laziness and indolence as health issues. Obesity due to over-eating and lack of exercise is likewise a treatable illness, and dealt with as such.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1705.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5vdqit", "c_root_id_B": "d5vflc0", "created_at_utc_A": 1469760196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469762781.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You mean other than Wesley?", "human_ref_B": "It's discouraged, and while media is available, the overwhelming cultural attitude is against wastrels. There's a stigma against it, much like there's a stigma against genetic alteration or unnecessary cybernetics. The common federation citizen doesn't trust layabouts - They have to be doing something, and if they're not telling you what they're doing...well.... they must be up to something. The federation civilian authorities treat laziness and indolence as health issues. Obesity due to over-eating and lack of exercise is likewise a treatable illness, and dealt with as such.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2585.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5veded", "c_root_id_B": "d5vdqit", "created_at_utc_A": 1469761076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469760196.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There's more people who want to work than there are jobs. There's nothing dickish about letting someone else have a job.", "human_ref_B": "You mean other than Wesley?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 880.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5vsg39", "c_root_id_B": "d5vvq98", "created_at_utc_A": 1469795382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469801140.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's only post scarcity if you're one of the military elites. Just look at all the poor and poorly equipped colonies to see that not everyone is equal in the eyes of the Federation.", "human_ref_B": "You have to remember than before our alliance with the vulcans, humans have basically become hobos, they had mostly enough food and water to survive, and some kind of shelter, but they disn't have jobs and most hobbies were relegated, so they had a lot of time and grew bored of this, looking for a purpose that will fill their lives.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5758.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4g1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Since the economy in the Federation is post-scarcity and everyone can live comfortably and follow their passions, are there any hedonistic dicks that basically sit around eating pie and watching TV, and contribute nothing to society?", "c_root_id_A": "d5wiq60", "c_root_id_B": "d5vsg39", "created_at_utc_A": 1469832361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469795382.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I see people here saying that laziness and spending all the days of your live just scratching your balls is frowned upon in Federation culture, *but* I wonder - what if we are just being misled by selective evidence? After all, basically all the documentaries that we see show people at the Starfleet, which are the best of the best of the Federation, and who have actual jobs and duties. And when the documentaries are not focusing on them they show people in colonies and outposts that naturally will have a harder live (and also actual jobs and duties) than people in the Core Worlds. So, maybe the average citizen in the Core Worlds *is* a useless hedonist dick, but *because* they are useless we don't hear anything about them and are misled to believe that *all* people over the Federation have such high standards about the meaning of life, as those in Starfleet/Frontier locations.", "human_ref_B": "It's only post scarcity if you're one of the military elites. Just look at all the poor and poorly equipped colonies to see that not everyone is equal in the eyes of the Federation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36979.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6i0utg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] Was Norman Osborn evil before the Goblin formula, or was it the formula that ultimately altered his personality?", "c_root_id_A": "dj2m5aq", "c_root_id_B": "dj2nc7t", "created_at_utc_A": 1497807361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497808971.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "no evil i think just greedy, he did care about harry(or at least his grades), but was never shown to do abuse, i think he tired his best to stay sane, but when spidey last cured him from the goblin serum he was addicted to it so he completley lost it", "human_ref_B": "In the 2002 spider-man movie they say that the formula does cause high levels of agression.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1610.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6i0utg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] Was Norman Osborn evil before the Goblin formula, or was it the formula that ultimately altered his personality?", "c_root_id_A": "dj2vk53", "c_root_id_B": "dj2smle", "created_at_utc_A": 1497820049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497816062.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Before the formula he was ruthless, cold, and a jerk. The serum made him crazy and pushed him into being outright evil.", "human_ref_B": "He was head of a multinational corporation, he must've committed mundane atrocities every day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3987.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6i0utg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] Was Norman Osborn evil before the Goblin formula, or was it the formula that ultimately altered his personality?", "c_root_id_A": "dj2smle", "c_root_id_B": "dj2u9yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1497816062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497818290.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He was head of a multinational corporation, he must've committed mundane atrocities every day.", "human_ref_B": "A little of both. He's always been shown to be a ruthless selfish tycoon who will do anything he can to turn things to his advantage. The formula turned that more in the direction of manically fuelled self interest instead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2228.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6i0utg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] Was Norman Osborn evil before the Goblin formula, or was it the formula that ultimately altered his personality?", "c_root_id_A": "dj36zjq", "c_root_id_B": "dj2smle", "created_at_utc_A": 1497836138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497816062.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "At the end of Superior Spiderman Norman Osborn is cured of the goblin serum. He then escapes with a new identity and a new face, because comics, and says that Spiderman never faced him with a clear head, without the goblin serum. So I think you can take from that that he always leaned towards being more evil than good but his experiences as GG probably made him even more vindictive.", "human_ref_B": "He was head of a multinational corporation, he must've committed mundane atrocities every day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20076.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6i0utg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] Was Norman Osborn evil before the Goblin formula, or was it the formula that ultimately altered his personality?", "c_root_id_A": "dj38gul", "c_root_id_B": "dj2smle", "created_at_utc_A": 1497838160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497816062.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Usually Norman was a bit sketchy and aggressive before the formula mixed him into a bipolar glider riding man. Or he has stress and mental stability issues aggravated by chemical baths and chemical enhancements. He wasn't a poster boy for healthy emotional human communication pre-goblin.", "human_ref_B": "He was head of a multinational corporation, he must've committed mundane atrocities every day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22098.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6i0utg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] Was Norman Osborn evil before the Goblin formula, or was it the formula that ultimately altered his personality?", "c_root_id_A": "dj3fxpo", "c_root_id_B": "dj2smle", "created_at_utc_A": 1497850030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497816062.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Well, before he took the formula, he was still the sort of person who funded the research that produced the formula. Arguably, that's somewhat evil.", "human_ref_B": "He was head of a multinational corporation, he must've committed mundane atrocities every day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33968.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bcuqey", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] [Warhammer 40k] What would Emperor Palpatine think of the Imperium of Man? Emperor Palpatine decides to take a short vacation from his leadership duties in the Galactic Empire. He travels via wormhole to the Warhammer 40k galaxy where the God-Emperor of Man and the High Lords of Terra give him the 5 star first class treatment. He gets to tour wherever he wants (including visiting xenos worlds, Eye of Terror, incoming hive fleet, ect.) and interview Guilliman, Abbadon, Etherels, and talk to whoever he wants to talk to. He basically learns all there is to know about the Warhammer 40k universe. When he's done learning, what does he think about the Imperium of Man? What would he think about he other factions (orks, eldar, ect.) and the Warhammer verse in general?", "c_root_id_A": "ektl8f5", "c_root_id_B": "eku031a", "created_at_utc_A": 1555187027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555197311.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine is killed on the spot or fed to the astronomicon", "human_ref_B": "Palpatine is pretty tame powerwise compared to the powers in 40k - he's probably on the same level as a chapter librarian, but even in 40k thats pretty tame. I think if he returned back afterwards he'd be relieved that he doesn't have to deal with any of that shit on a daily basis. He'd probably have the most interest in the tau, imperial cult, and genestealer cults. All of those use some form of belief system / psychic power to control their followers. He'd probably be taking notes like mad with those. He wouldn't like chaos, tyranid fleet, and necrons. Even though they are powerful, I think he's smart enough to understand they couldn't be controlled. He'd be on the fence about the orks and eldars, but could see them as tools if he decided to stick around. If he did stick around i could see him trying to increase his powerbase somehow - finding an stc, getting into the black library, or anything that would amplyfy his meager power base. He'd probably set up shop in a hive city or just take over a tau planet and start his shenanigans again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10284.0, "score_ratio": -7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bcuqey", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] [Warhammer 40k] What would Emperor Palpatine think of the Imperium of Man? Emperor Palpatine decides to take a short vacation from his leadership duties in the Galactic Empire. He travels via wormhole to the Warhammer 40k galaxy where the God-Emperor of Man and the High Lords of Terra give him the 5 star first class treatment. He gets to tour wherever he wants (including visiting xenos worlds, Eye of Terror, incoming hive fleet, ect.) and interview Guilliman, Abbadon, Etherels, and talk to whoever he wants to talk to. He basically learns all there is to know about the Warhammer 40k universe. When he's done learning, what does he think about the Imperium of Man? What would he think about he other factions (orks, eldar, ect.) and the Warhammer verse in general?", "c_root_id_A": "ektl8f5", "c_root_id_B": "ekupqdu", "created_at_utc_A": 1555187027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555218581.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine is killed on the spot or fed to the astronomicon", "human_ref_B": "The Imperium has horrible FTL. It takes them months or longer to traverse the galaxy. That\u2019s assuming the ship isn\u2019t swallowed by the Warp. Imperial Star Destroyers travel at 60 MGLT. That\u2019s 60 mega lightyears per hour. 60,000,000 lightyears per hour. That\u2019s almost 17,000 lightyears per second. They can travel the diameter of the observable universe (93 billion lightyears) in 65 days. So in the length of time it took the Ultramarines to get back to Holy Tera during the Heresy, an ISD can traverse the entire universe. The Imperium has bigger ships, better soldiers, and more powerful leaders, but they\u2019re completely incapable of waging a war on the scale of the Star Wars universe. Palpatine would probably view the Imperium as wildly inefficient and primitive. He wouldn\u2019t bother invading them and he\u2019d know they\u2019d never be able to make it to his galaxy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31554.0, "score_ratio": -1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bcuqey", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] [Warhammer 40k] What would Emperor Palpatine think of the Imperium of Man? Emperor Palpatine decides to take a short vacation from his leadership duties in the Galactic Empire. He travels via wormhole to the Warhammer 40k galaxy where the God-Emperor of Man and the High Lords of Terra give him the 5 star first class treatment. He gets to tour wherever he wants (including visiting xenos worlds, Eye of Terror, incoming hive fleet, ect.) and interview Guilliman, Abbadon, Etherels, and talk to whoever he wants to talk to. He basically learns all there is to know about the Warhammer 40k universe. When he's done learning, what does he think about the Imperium of Man? What would he think about he other factions (orks, eldar, ect.) and the Warhammer verse in general?", "c_root_id_A": "ektl8f5", "c_root_id_B": "ekv04bn", "created_at_utc_A": 1555187027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555233718.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine is killed on the spot or fed to the astronomicon", "human_ref_B": "He's corrupted by Tzeench in his first hour.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46691.0, "score_ratio": -0.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxhe1n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] To what extent was the Empire corrupt in its day-to-day dealings with its ordinary populace, and how did it compare to the Republic? For example, say I'm ordinary Joe Schmoe living on some quiet Mid Rim world. I break an arm and I need to see a Doctor to see me and maybe give me some bacta to heal up. Am I slipping in an unmarked credit chip to have them see me faster, or would the Empire consider itself above such low level bribes? Say I want to make a small business and need some permits to get approved. Does my paperwork get lost in all the computer files unless I pay a 'convenience' fee that's not stated in the paperwork? If I get pulled over for going too fast by an Imperial law enforcement officer, do I slip them a little something when I pass over my chain code so I can get going on my way? If I'm sending packages off-world, am I expected to put a little carton of deathsticks on top of the package as a gesture of goodwill? Or is the corruption more impersonal, like my taxes being shifted for personal use by the local Moff, or corporations like Kuat Drive Yards and Incom offering kickbacks or sinecures or whatever to officials for looser regulations in terms of manufacturing or environmental policy or whatever?", "c_root_id_A": "j208y7r", "c_root_id_B": "j20bwqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1672253116.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672254278.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": ">For example, say I'm ordinary Joe Schmoe living on some quiet Mid Rim world. I break an arm and I need to see a Doctor to see me and maybe give me some bacta to heal up. Am I slipping in an unmarked credit chip to have them see me faster, or would the Empire consider itself above such low level bribes? This is the kind of thing that's so low level I don't think it would be considered \"The Empire\" doing it. With this and your other examples, it's highly dependent on A. who is working there B. how important to larger Imperial business they are (and thus how much oversight they have) Pretty much all of these things are \"it depends\", but generally things are worse than under the Republic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1162.0, "score_ratio": 52.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxhe1n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] To what extent was the Empire corrupt in its day-to-day dealings with its ordinary populace, and how did it compare to the Republic? For example, say I'm ordinary Joe Schmoe living on some quiet Mid Rim world. I break an arm and I need to see a Doctor to see me and maybe give me some bacta to heal up. Am I slipping in an unmarked credit chip to have them see me faster, or would the Empire consider itself above such low level bribes? Say I want to make a small business and need some permits to get approved. Does my paperwork get lost in all the computer files unless I pay a 'convenience' fee that's not stated in the paperwork? If I get pulled over for going too fast by an Imperial law enforcement officer, do I slip them a little something when I pass over my chain code so I can get going on my way? If I'm sending packages off-world, am I expected to put a little carton of deathsticks on top of the package as a gesture of goodwill? Or is the corruption more impersonal, like my taxes being shifted for personal use by the local Moff, or corporations like Kuat Drive Yards and Incom offering kickbacks or sinecures or whatever to officials for looser regulations in terms of manufacturing or environmental policy or whatever?", "c_root_id_A": "j20mc1y", "c_root_id_B": "j208y7r", "created_at_utc_A": 1672258406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672253116.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Han and Q'ira bribe whatever officer to get off Corellia. While it might not be official, it's still obviously done", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5290.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxhe1n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] To what extent was the Empire corrupt in its day-to-day dealings with its ordinary populace, and how did it compare to the Republic? For example, say I'm ordinary Joe Schmoe living on some quiet Mid Rim world. I break an arm and I need to see a Doctor to see me and maybe give me some bacta to heal up. Am I slipping in an unmarked credit chip to have them see me faster, or would the Empire consider itself above such low level bribes? Say I want to make a small business and need some permits to get approved. Does my paperwork get lost in all the computer files unless I pay a 'convenience' fee that's not stated in the paperwork? If I get pulled over for going too fast by an Imperial law enforcement officer, do I slip them a little something when I pass over my chain code so I can get going on my way? If I'm sending packages off-world, am I expected to put a little carton of deathsticks on top of the package as a gesture of goodwill? Or is the corruption more impersonal, like my taxes being shifted for personal use by the local Moff, or corporations like Kuat Drive Yards and Incom offering kickbacks or sinecures or whatever to officials for looser regulations in terms of manufacturing or environmental policy or whatever?", "c_root_id_A": "j208y7r", "c_root_id_B": "j20c1zz", "created_at_utc_A": 1672253116.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672254337.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It'll vary depending on the planet you're on and your social status and your species. Overall the empire was evil and crushed aliens and outlying systems with taxes and unfair laws and biased persecution. But for most humans it was the new boss same as the old boss. A little more taxes a lot more central authority and more jobs being created. But at the highest levels of government the corruption was almost unchanged except who was grifting were loyalists to palpatine rather than just anyone. Crime did see a major downturn with imperial enforcement of law and order except certain criminal factions given carte blanche to do whatever so long as they paid bribes to the empire. By 10bby the empire started policing things more heavily and cruelly increasing the lower level corruption for daily life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1221.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxhe1n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] To what extent was the Empire corrupt in its day-to-day dealings with its ordinary populace, and how did it compare to the Republic? For example, say I'm ordinary Joe Schmoe living on some quiet Mid Rim world. I break an arm and I need to see a Doctor to see me and maybe give me some bacta to heal up. Am I slipping in an unmarked credit chip to have them see me faster, or would the Empire consider itself above such low level bribes? Say I want to make a small business and need some permits to get approved. Does my paperwork get lost in all the computer files unless I pay a 'convenience' fee that's not stated in the paperwork? If I get pulled over for going too fast by an Imperial law enforcement officer, do I slip them a little something when I pass over my chain code so I can get going on my way? If I'm sending packages off-world, am I expected to put a little carton of deathsticks on top of the package as a gesture of goodwill? Or is the corruption more impersonal, like my taxes being shifted for personal use by the local Moff, or corporations like Kuat Drive Yards and Incom offering kickbacks or sinecures or whatever to officials for looser regulations in terms of manufacturing or environmental policy or whatever?", "c_root_id_A": "j208y7r", "c_root_id_B": "j20r7ee", "created_at_utc_A": 1672253116.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672260329.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Are you human? I would imagine not that much would change vs the Republic. Might be fewer opportunities to travel to far flung words, as things were somewhat more restrictive, but developed systems have plenty of tourism and work opportunities so it's not like the average citizen really need to go far. Local bureaucracies and planetary governments on developed worlds were largely untouched by the transition to Empire, so long as they paid their Empire tribute. Perhaps your Prime Minister or President or Queen now has to report to a sector-wide Moff who tells you how much laminasteel is needed for Empire requirements this quarter but if they deliver, your planet you gets left alone. Non-humans though, definitely had it worse under the Empire. The government was essentially Human Supremacist. COMPNOR chapters were formed everywhere there was people. I suspect that getting access to basic services got harder for non-humans, likely humans began to be prioritised over them for access to education, medicine, top jobs, etc. Abuse towards non-humans probably went up significantly. Not a very pleasant turn of events for them at all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7213.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxhe1n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] To what extent was the Empire corrupt in its day-to-day dealings with its ordinary populace, and how did it compare to the Republic? For example, say I'm ordinary Joe Schmoe living on some quiet Mid Rim world. I break an arm and I need to see a Doctor to see me and maybe give me some bacta to heal up. Am I slipping in an unmarked credit chip to have them see me faster, or would the Empire consider itself above such low level bribes? Say I want to make a small business and need some permits to get approved. Does my paperwork get lost in all the computer files unless I pay a 'convenience' fee that's not stated in the paperwork? If I get pulled over for going too fast by an Imperial law enforcement officer, do I slip them a little something when I pass over my chain code so I can get going on my way? If I'm sending packages off-world, am I expected to put a little carton of deathsticks on top of the package as a gesture of goodwill? Or is the corruption more impersonal, like my taxes being shifted for personal use by the local Moff, or corporations like Kuat Drive Yards and Incom offering kickbacks or sinecures or whatever to officials for looser regulations in terms of manufacturing or environmental policy or whatever?", "c_root_id_A": "j20c1zz", "c_root_id_B": "j20mc1y", "created_at_utc_A": 1672254337.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672258406.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It'll vary depending on the planet you're on and your social status and your species. Overall the empire was evil and crushed aliens and outlying systems with taxes and unfair laws and biased persecution. But for most humans it was the new boss same as the old boss. A little more taxes a lot more central authority and more jobs being created. But at the highest levels of government the corruption was almost unchanged except who was grifting were loyalists to palpatine rather than just anyone. Crime did see a major downturn with imperial enforcement of law and order except certain criminal factions given carte blanche to do whatever so long as they paid bribes to the empire. By 10bby the empire started policing things more heavily and cruelly increasing the lower level corruption for daily life.", "human_ref_B": "Han and Q'ira bribe whatever officer to get off Corellia. While it might not be official, it's still obviously done", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4069.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxhe1n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] To what extent was the Empire corrupt in its day-to-day dealings with its ordinary populace, and how did it compare to the Republic? For example, say I'm ordinary Joe Schmoe living on some quiet Mid Rim world. I break an arm and I need to see a Doctor to see me and maybe give me some bacta to heal up. Am I slipping in an unmarked credit chip to have them see me faster, or would the Empire consider itself above such low level bribes? Say I want to make a small business and need some permits to get approved. Does my paperwork get lost in all the computer files unless I pay a 'convenience' fee that's not stated in the paperwork? If I get pulled over for going too fast by an Imperial law enforcement officer, do I slip them a little something when I pass over my chain code so I can get going on my way? If I'm sending packages off-world, am I expected to put a little carton of deathsticks on top of the package as a gesture of goodwill? Or is the corruption more impersonal, like my taxes being shifted for personal use by the local Moff, or corporations like Kuat Drive Yards and Incom offering kickbacks or sinecures or whatever to officials for looser regulations in terms of manufacturing or environmental policy or whatever?", "c_root_id_A": "j21e1n6", "c_root_id_B": "j21j7vc", "created_at_utc_A": 1672269667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672271852.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Probably less corrupt than the Republic, as one of the biggest civilian arguments in favor of the Empire is that stability and efficiency have increased.", "human_ref_B": "The empire itself isn't involved at that level but so long as the quotas are met and there's no resistance there's nog toingto be any investigations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2185.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxhe1n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] To what extent was the Empire corrupt in its day-to-day dealings with its ordinary populace, and how did it compare to the Republic? For example, say I'm ordinary Joe Schmoe living on some quiet Mid Rim world. I break an arm and I need to see a Doctor to see me and maybe give me some bacta to heal up. Am I slipping in an unmarked credit chip to have them see me faster, or would the Empire consider itself above such low level bribes? Say I want to make a small business and need some permits to get approved. Does my paperwork get lost in all the computer files unless I pay a 'convenience' fee that's not stated in the paperwork? If I get pulled over for going too fast by an Imperial law enforcement officer, do I slip them a little something when I pass over my chain code so I can get going on my way? If I'm sending packages off-world, am I expected to put a little carton of deathsticks on top of the package as a gesture of goodwill? Or is the corruption more impersonal, like my taxes being shifted for personal use by the local Moff, or corporations like Kuat Drive Yards and Incom offering kickbacks or sinecures or whatever to officials for looser regulations in terms of manufacturing or environmental policy or whatever?", "c_root_id_A": "j21vp1k", "c_root_id_B": "j21e1n6", "created_at_utc_A": 1672277301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672269667.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "From what we have seen the Empire probably starts off as something pretty neutral in comparison to the Republic. Before long the bureaucracy starts to grow to the point that any effort of the Empire seems pretty useless on the ground level in most places. By the time the rebellions start picking up the Empire's response to that is where the authoritarian and \"evil\" tendencies really start showing.", "human_ref_B": "Probably less corrupt than the Republic, as one of the biggest civilian arguments in favor of the Empire is that stability and efficiency have increased.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7634.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7l5zm4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Comics] I've spent the last 10 years working myself up from a Hench to a actual villain. I'm a bit flush with cash(about $90,000 USD) but I'm essentially street level. What can I do to increase my net worth while keeping up the villainy? I want to be a big bad some day.", "c_root_id_A": "drklrc7", "c_root_id_B": "drkfwbb", "created_at_utc_A": 1513868858.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513860409.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Can you get a goody two shoes hero to dump you into a vat of toxic or radioactive waste? That sometimes works out well.", "human_ref_B": "Find an outfitter. If you happen to be in the Marvel 616, go see Justin hammer. he'll make you do some jobs for him, but you'll get a sweet (and probably animal-themed) armored costume out of it. Guys like The tinkerer may also be up for helping.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8449.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7l5zm4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Comics] I've spent the last 10 years working myself up from a Hench to a actual villain. I'm a bit flush with cash(about $90,000 USD) but I'm essentially street level. What can I do to increase my net worth while keeping up the villainy? I want to be a big bad some day.", "c_root_id_A": "drkvwqa", "c_root_id_B": "drkfwbb", "created_at_utc_A": 1513879528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513860409.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Find a submissive chick who loves criminals, and is too timid to do criminal stuff on her own. Make sure you get leverage on her - making her steal something and filming it, or worse. Go to a run down area with lots of sales signs and bring down the prices even more with some noise, some fake violence, leaving trash, graffiti, looking mean and just walking around the area, and so on - especially when you see prospective buyers. Once you get some not-too-expensive to repair storage buildings, town houses, or such at a bargain price, let your gf buy them and lease them out for life to you for free. Make sure all taxes are paid, the money looks legal, and so on. That way, once a few years have passed, the police can't take it from your gf just because you are in legal troubles. Once you have one building, lower the prices of the surrounding buildings and buy more from your sources of income. Use different chicks or other indirect ways to buy them. Make sure your chicks don't even know which properties or businesses they have - keep some of the papers for yourself, let them sign lots of papers at once and under a little stress, make them think some of the stuff gets sold (with a little share for her - the 'profit') when actually it doesn't, and so on. In the buildings, you put normal-looking businesses which suit the area and require little government permissions - pawn shops (a good source for vulnerable people to exploit), phone repair shops (a good way to use the parts of stuff which can't be sold whole), and so on, and so forth. In the back rooms, organise card games and other stuff which flies in your area. A repair shop which specialises in changing serial numbers and such might also work. Make sure to avoid drugs there, or other things which will get your venue closed too fast. Film all, and get leverage on everyone. They will talk about a lot - drugs, prostitution, illegal deals, maybe even bribery and more. Once you are big enough, hire people to do the dirty deeds for you - no need to ever get seen or heard doing or saying anything bad. The crooks you hire will know why they are hired and find 'solutions' for any problems on their own. Once you have achieved the necessary size to not look stupid doing it, as it's a comic, flaunt your badness in the face of the heroes. Getting them in legal troubles, or the regular people up against them - without allowing them to find something which allows them to get you in trouble. You might also try to trick the capes into thinking bad about completely good stuff - for example, a workshop producing prosthetics, you let your henchmen spread rumors about it being a factory for killer robots, they come in and wreak havoc, you prove what it really was, and they have to pay you, and produce the prosthetics (keeping them busy), so your corner cutting will never be known, but theirs will. And many other such schemes.", "human_ref_B": "Find an outfitter. If you happen to be in the Marvel 616, go see Justin hammer. he'll make you do some jobs for him, but you'll get a sweet (and probably animal-themed) armored costume out of it. Guys like The tinkerer may also be up for helping.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19119.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7l5zm4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Comics] I've spent the last 10 years working myself up from a Hench to a actual villain. I'm a bit flush with cash(about $90,000 USD) but I'm essentially street level. What can I do to increase my net worth while keeping up the villainy? I want to be a big bad some day.", "c_root_id_A": "drkvwqa", "c_root_id_B": "drkr8d9", "created_at_utc_A": 1513879528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513874769.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Find a submissive chick who loves criminals, and is too timid to do criminal stuff on her own. Make sure you get leverage on her - making her steal something and filming it, or worse. Go to a run down area with lots of sales signs and bring down the prices even more with some noise, some fake violence, leaving trash, graffiti, looking mean and just walking around the area, and so on - especially when you see prospective buyers. Once you get some not-too-expensive to repair storage buildings, town houses, or such at a bargain price, let your gf buy them and lease them out for life to you for free. Make sure all taxes are paid, the money looks legal, and so on. That way, once a few years have passed, the police can't take it from your gf just because you are in legal troubles. Once you have one building, lower the prices of the surrounding buildings and buy more from your sources of income. Use different chicks or other indirect ways to buy them. Make sure your chicks don't even know which properties or businesses they have - keep some of the papers for yourself, let them sign lots of papers at once and under a little stress, make them think some of the stuff gets sold (with a little share for her - the 'profit') when actually it doesn't, and so on. In the buildings, you put normal-looking businesses which suit the area and require little government permissions - pawn shops (a good source for vulnerable people to exploit), phone repair shops (a good way to use the parts of stuff which can't be sold whole), and so on, and so forth. In the back rooms, organise card games and other stuff which flies in your area. A repair shop which specialises in changing serial numbers and such might also work. Make sure to avoid drugs there, or other things which will get your venue closed too fast. Film all, and get leverage on everyone. They will talk about a lot - drugs, prostitution, illegal deals, maybe even bribery and more. Once you are big enough, hire people to do the dirty deeds for you - no need to ever get seen or heard doing or saying anything bad. The crooks you hire will know why they are hired and find 'solutions' for any problems on their own. Once you have achieved the necessary size to not look stupid doing it, as it's a comic, flaunt your badness in the face of the heroes. Getting them in legal troubles, or the regular people up against them - without allowing them to find something which allows them to get you in trouble. You might also try to trick the capes into thinking bad about completely good stuff - for example, a workshop producing prosthetics, you let your henchmen spread rumors about it being a factory for killer robots, they come in and wreak havoc, you prove what it really was, and they have to pay you, and produce the prosthetics (keeping them busy), so your corner cutting will never be known, but theirs will. And many other such schemes.", "human_ref_B": "You might consider finding some way to expose yourself to radiation and hope you get some super powers from it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4759.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7l5zm4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Comics] I've spent the last 10 years working myself up from a Hench to a actual villain. I'm a bit flush with cash(about $90,000 USD) but I'm essentially street level. What can I do to increase my net worth while keeping up the villainy? I want to be a big bad some day.", "c_root_id_A": "drktkyp", "c_root_id_B": "drkvwqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1513877172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513879528.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Stay out of Gotham, the Bat wouldn't kill ya, but the other folks there are CRAZY, and they'll turn on you. Two exceptions, stop in if you have something big to sell, Cobblepot has connections that will get you a nice payday for a moderate cut, and on February 2nd you can safely plan to rob any bank for a quick cash in as long as it's not a 2nd National branch (even easier if some big place is hosting a bicentennial event). Otherwise, teaming up with any of the non-crazy crowds tend to net experience and potentially upgrades and Intel. Luthor is usually a safe bet, Dr. Doom is a coin flip, but it's big tech/magic dividends may outweigh the risk. Avoid aliens, extra dimensional beings, and gods, they see you as expendable and will discard you at a moment's notice. Honestly, investing in Archeological ventures should show returns if you don't mind mystical arts, but remember the point above about gods. Also, make sure any researchers/experts you have doing the work aren't the type to turn all their Info over to the heroes as soon as you reveal you are a supervillain. If you find a relic that contacts an ancient force of evil, auction it off to the best offer from any other villain (not just cash, weapons or less dangerous artefacts work). Diversify your targets and modus operandi, as to avoid running into the same hero again and again, nothing like a nemesis to get you into rut. Set realistic goals, X Net Worth by Y Date, and stick to them. It's easier to do a few smaller smash and grabs over several months than one city alerting job on a certain date, but you can adjust for the smash and grabs being foiled by planning for the bigger jobs as a backup when your goal deadline approaches. And remember, be likable and avoid murdering innocents/normies. You'll survive longer and can always have a \"change of heart\" when you are richer than Stark or Wayne (man, how have those guys never gotten into the capes business on either side?)", "human_ref_B": "Find a submissive chick who loves criminals, and is too timid to do criminal stuff on her own. Make sure you get leverage on her - making her steal something and filming it, or worse. Go to a run down area with lots of sales signs and bring down the prices even more with some noise, some fake violence, leaving trash, graffiti, looking mean and just walking around the area, and so on - especially when you see prospective buyers. Once you get some not-too-expensive to repair storage buildings, town houses, or such at a bargain price, let your gf buy them and lease them out for life to you for free. Make sure all taxes are paid, the money looks legal, and so on. That way, once a few years have passed, the police can't take it from your gf just because you are in legal troubles. Once you have one building, lower the prices of the surrounding buildings and buy more from your sources of income. Use different chicks or other indirect ways to buy them. Make sure your chicks don't even know which properties or businesses they have - keep some of the papers for yourself, let them sign lots of papers at once and under a little stress, make them think some of the stuff gets sold (with a little share for her - the 'profit') when actually it doesn't, and so on. In the buildings, you put normal-looking businesses which suit the area and require little government permissions - pawn shops (a good source for vulnerable people to exploit), phone repair shops (a good way to use the parts of stuff which can't be sold whole), and so on, and so forth. In the back rooms, organise card games and other stuff which flies in your area. A repair shop which specialises in changing serial numbers and such might also work. Make sure to avoid drugs there, or other things which will get your venue closed too fast. Film all, and get leverage on everyone. They will talk about a lot - drugs, prostitution, illegal deals, maybe even bribery and more. Once you are big enough, hire people to do the dirty deeds for you - no need to ever get seen or heard doing or saying anything bad. The crooks you hire will know why they are hired and find 'solutions' for any problems on their own. Once you have achieved the necessary size to not look stupid doing it, as it's a comic, flaunt your badness in the face of the heroes. Getting them in legal troubles, or the regular people up against them - without allowing them to find something which allows them to get you in trouble. You might also try to trick the capes into thinking bad about completely good stuff - for example, a workshop producing prosthetics, you let your henchmen spread rumors about it being a factory for killer robots, they come in and wreak havoc, you prove what it really was, and they have to pay you, and produce the prosthetics (keeping them busy), so your corner cutting will never be known, but theirs will. And many other such schemes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2356.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifi3j53", "c_root_id_B": "ifi4uba", "created_at_utc_A": 1657391226.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657391812.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Assuming that the DS2 still gets destroyed if Palpatine lives there's no reason they couldn't have escaped the same way Luke and Vader do. Id be very surprised if the Emperor didn't have some secret escape pod or shuttle close to his throne room", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 586.0, "score_ratio": 30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifi4utk", "c_root_id_B": "ifi3j53", "created_at_utc_A": 1657391818.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657391226.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Luke had enough time to escape with his life while carrying out his fathers mechanical corpse. If Luke had turned, all three would have had enough time to escape also. In addition to that, if Luke had turned, he could have given the Emperor info that could have turned the tide of battle. Furthermore, if Luke had turned and all three were killed, the Jedi would be extinct. But even if the DS2 was destroyed that doesn't even mean they would all die as we've seen in the sequel trilogy, but we wont get into that.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 592.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifi3j53", "c_root_id_B": "ifi5iaj", "created_at_utc_A": 1657391226.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657392110.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever been an official explanation, but Sidious seems like a \u201cplans within plans\u201d type of guy, so it could be he had some sort of contingency set aside, but died before he could take advantage of it. Then again, according to Heir to the Empire (set ~5 years after ROTJ), a lot of the remaining top brass in the Empire resented the Emperor, because he decided to station practically all of the military\u2019s best and brightest on the Death Star and the Super Star Destroyer, which both blew up, leaving the surviving forces in a giant fucking mess. So maybe he really did have a streak of short-sightedness.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 884.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifi3j53", "c_root_id_B": "ifiurw5", "created_at_utc_A": 1657391226.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657403533.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Palpatine didn't expect the rebels to destroy DS-2. He intentionally leaked information via the Bothan spies in order to lure the rebels into a trap; the garrison on Endor should have taken care of the ground team, and the Death Star itself should have taken care of the rebel fleet. The rebels were faced with overwhelming odds, and should not have prevailed, regardless of how much attention Palpatine was or was not giving his troops. Why we he have a plan to account for something that he believed absolutely could not happen? Had Luke turned to the Dark Side, I imagine Palpatine would have tried to get the two of them to an escape vehicle of some kind, but it's hard to say if he would have had sufficient warning to do so.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12307.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifkg69q", "c_root_id_B": "ifi3j53", "created_at_utc_A": 1657434508.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657391226.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Somehow, Palpatine would return.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43282.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifi5iaj", "c_root_id_B": "ifi50mu", "created_at_utc_A": 1657392110.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657391890.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever been an official explanation, but Sidious seems like a \u201cplans within plans\u201d type of guy, so it could be he had some sort of contingency set aside, but died before he could take advantage of it. Then again, according to Heir to the Empire (set ~5 years after ROTJ), a lot of the remaining top brass in the Empire resented the Emperor, because he decided to station practically all of the military\u2019s best and brightest on the Death Star and the Super Star Destroyer, which both blew up, leaving the surviving forces in a giant fucking mess. So maybe he really did have a streak of short-sightedness.", "human_ref_B": "He was going to transfer his essence into Luke when the time was right. Also even when the death star was beginning to be destroyed, many had the chance to escape. Palps would have had an emergency quick evacuation in place.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 220.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifiurw5", "c_root_id_B": "ifi50mu", "created_at_utc_A": 1657403533.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657391890.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine didn't expect the rebels to destroy DS-2. He intentionally leaked information via the Bothan spies in order to lure the rebels into a trap; the garrison on Endor should have taken care of the ground team, and the Death Star itself should have taken care of the rebel fleet. The rebels were faced with overwhelming odds, and should not have prevailed, regardless of how much attention Palpatine was or was not giving his troops. Why we he have a plan to account for something that he believed absolutely could not happen? Had Luke turned to the Dark Side, I imagine Palpatine would have tried to get the two of them to an escape vehicle of some kind, but it's hard to say if he would have had sufficient warning to do so.", "human_ref_B": "He was going to transfer his essence into Luke when the time was right. Also even when the death star was beginning to be destroyed, many had the chance to escape. Palps would have had an emergency quick evacuation in place.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11643.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifi50mu", "c_root_id_B": "ifkg69q", "created_at_utc_A": 1657391890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657434508.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He was going to transfer his essence into Luke when the time was right. Also even when the death star was beginning to be destroyed, many had the chance to escape. Palps would have had an emergency quick evacuation in place.", "human_ref_B": "Somehow, Palpatine would return.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42618.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vv7v83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Darth Sidious' plan if Luke had turned to the dark side in ROTJ since the DS-2 was going to to be destroyed? The thought came to me recently and I tried finding the answer, but I could not find one sufficient enough to put my curiosity down. Say Darth Vader was slain by Luke in the throne room, and knelt in front of Sidious then rose a Lord of the Sith. What was the next step? Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles were going to destroy the Death Star 2 anyway making the Sith, at least Darth Bane's line, extinct. Did Sidious even plan that far because having the top two of your empire in one place while being attacked by insurrectionists does not seem like a good idea making this appear as a desperate scheme to resolve the issues that plagued the Galactic Empire in recent years. I've read that Palpatine used his force abilities to influence his troops to make better decisions and to fight more efficiently long ago, but, even then, his attention was on the battle between Vader and Luke in front of him. Thus, this, probably no longer canon ability, to influence his military is highly likely defunct. I'd just like to know y'all's opinions or even in-lore facts as to what Sidious could have done now that he has his new apprentice only to lose his life in the destruction of the DS-2.", "c_root_id_A": "ifi50mu", "c_root_id_B": "ifwgdzn", "created_at_utc_A": 1657391890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657656858.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He was going to transfer his essence into Luke when the time was right. Also even when the death star was beginning to be destroyed, many had the chance to escape. Palps would have had an emergency quick evacuation in place.", "human_ref_B": "Palpatine was arrogant enough to not actually think that would happen, notice throughout the battle he isn't listening to radio chatter from his navy informing him about the rebel fleet's movements and he seems utterly unconcerned and ignorant of the battle even after the shield generator goes down. Had Luke turned to the Dark Side there was no greater plan, Palpatine assumed his massive hidden fleet would be able to tear the rebel fleet apart, and he assumed his troopers guarding the shield generator were totally sufficient to counter the rebel commandos. They all would have died, the only difference would be Luke not escaping. \"Your overconfidence is your weakness\" \"Your faith in you friends is yours\" The plan as Palpatine envisioned it was the rebels attack, the commando strike for is intercepted, the Imperial Navy cuts off their escape, and the Death Star slowly blows up individual rebel ships as they panic and attempt to flee. There was no contingency plan for the Rebels outfighting the garrison of Endor, The fleet had no idea what to do when the rebels actually pushed forward and fought a serious battle. At close range the Death Star was unable to target the Rebel fleet and the Imperial Navy (while large) wasn't as overwhelmingly strong as they were with the Death Star. After Green Leader kamikazed the the Executor Darth Vader and the Emperor were radio silent and now the leader of the Imperial Fleet Admiral Piett was dead. Ironically by the time Luke was pummeling Vader into the ground and making his final choice between Light and Dark the battle was mostly over, the Imperial Fleet was in total disarray rebel fighters were swarming individual Star Destroyers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 264968.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zea7sx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there anything Darth Maul could've done to get Sidious to accept him again, or was Sidious gonna take him down no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iz5cknq", "c_root_id_B": "iz5791t", "created_at_utc_A": 1670344306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670342148.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Maul is and always was a weapon. An assassin and enforcer for palpatine during early years as The Dark Lord of the Sith but ultimately unsuitable for his later needs. Maul didn't have the force potential of Anakin or the statesmanship and respectability of Dooku. Palpatine couldn't use him to live on through or have him rule as part of the empire/Republic/CIS. He's too unstable and vicious to be anything other than a weapon. The only way he could be brought back into the fold would be to kill all his competition and then try playing the shadow war against palpatine that Vader fought and lost for years. By the start of the clone wars palpatine had legions of potential agents and force users that Maul was only marginally better than. Maul simply wasn't good enough to be taken back by his former master and had served his purpose in the Sith plans of putting the Jedi on the defensive in their hunt for the Sith.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2158.0, "score_ratio": 31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zea7sx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there anything Darth Maul could've done to get Sidious to accept him again, or was Sidious gonna take him down no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iz5m3sj", "c_root_id_B": "iz5791t", "created_at_utc_A": 1670348027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670342148.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Probably not. Palpatine mostly moved on after losing Maul at Naboo, so his services were no longer necessary. Since the war was already handled by Dooku, and the boytoy role was taken by Anakin, Maul basically was a liability no matter how you spin it. It would take some very inordinary contrivance of events for Maul to get back into good graces of Palpatine, because Palpatine pretty much literally didn't need him anymore at any point. Ever since the Clone Wars began, he essentially already won, and could've ended it all with a press of a button. And after establishing of the Empire, he only kept Vader as a souvenir - he could very well do without a dark mysterious enforcer. Basically for Maul to be accepted we have to assume that Maul even wants to be accepted (and it seems that he had settled on taking revenge instead), and that he has something to offer Palpatine (which is basically nothing). Maybe the value of his criminal connections could've been something that tipped the scale.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5879.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zea7sx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there anything Darth Maul could've done to get Sidious to accept him again, or was Sidious gonna take him down no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iz5791t", "c_root_id_B": "iz7gexz", "created_at_utc_A": 1670342148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670374653.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I can\u2019t remember the wordage Maul\u2019s voice actor, Sam Witwer, used but essentially the character was always doomed to fail. He was great at taking power, but struggled to hold onto it. Palpatine knew this, and compared to Anakin / Dooku, he really didn\u2019t need Maul for anything. It was easier to have the Inquisitors for mopping up the jedi, as they were more manageable. Maul was too good to be a lacky, but not good enough to put into a position of power. Unfortunately for Maul, he was created to be the \u201cPhantom Menace\u201d, and by the time he resurfaced after Naboo, Palpatine\u2019s needs had changed. We know Dooku had already turned by the Battle of Naboo, so even if Maul had not been defeated, Palpatine may have been ready to kill him off himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32505.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zea7sx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there anything Darth Maul could've done to get Sidious to accept him again, or was Sidious gonna take him down no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iz5791t", "c_root_id_B": "iz6fown", "created_at_utc_A": 1670342148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670359283.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In clone wars this sorta comes up. Big daddy wasn\u2019t having it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17135.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zea7sx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there anything Darth Maul could've done to get Sidious to accept him again, or was Sidious gonna take him down no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iz93kj4", "c_root_id_B": "iz5791t", "created_at_utc_A": 1670412481.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670342148.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Honestly it would have been a tight rope balancing act to manage it. He would have had to have been 1. useful enough for Sidious to accept him back into the fold (probably as just another pawn rather than becoming a full on apprentice again) 2. without demonstrating enough competence and ingenuity to become a percieved threat (however small a threat he could be because Sidious really has no need to take that risk) and 3. to at the same time keep concealed well enough for the Jedi (who know of his existence and even if they think he's dead his appearance isn't exactly typical) to not be able to find him and track him back to Sidious (who didn't have any need to take that risk either) That might leave a very narrow set of options for Maul to take to be able to get back into the fold with his old master but it also might very well not.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 70333.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zea7sx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there anything Darth Maul could've done to get Sidious to accept him again, or was Sidious gonna take him down no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iz6fown", "c_root_id_B": "iz7gexz", "created_at_utc_A": 1670359283.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670374653.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In clone wars this sorta comes up. Big daddy wasn\u2019t having it", "human_ref_B": "I can\u2019t remember the wordage Maul\u2019s voice actor, Sam Witwer, used but essentially the character was always doomed to fail. He was great at taking power, but struggled to hold onto it. Palpatine knew this, and compared to Anakin / Dooku, he really didn\u2019t need Maul for anything. It was easier to have the Inquisitors for mopping up the jedi, as they were more manageable. Maul was too good to be a lacky, but not good enough to put into a position of power. Unfortunately for Maul, he was created to be the \u201cPhantom Menace\u201d, and by the time he resurfaced after Naboo, Palpatine\u2019s needs had changed. We know Dooku had already turned by the Battle of Naboo, so even if Maul had not been defeated, Palpatine may have been ready to kill him off himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15370.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urw2ui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man No Way Home] Why did nobody give Peter the benefit of the doubt when he was accused of killing Mysterio? Like the guy helped saved the universe and people forget that Tony was a war profiteer", "c_root_id_A": "i8zwtdg", "c_root_id_B": "i902qzo", "created_at_utc_A": 1652823010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652825627.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "People like to watch the famous fall and will take anything they can with it.", "human_ref_B": "Lots of people did. Obviously he was never arrested for it, his school welcomed him back (except the coach), and his friends all knew better.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2617.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urw2ui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man No Way Home] Why did nobody give Peter the benefit of the doubt when he was accused of killing Mysterio? Like the guy helped saved the universe and people forget that Tony was a war profiteer", "c_root_id_A": "i902qzo", "c_root_id_B": "i8zzg12", "created_at_utc_A": 1652825627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652824153.0, "score_A": 88, "score_B": 57, "human_ref_A": "Lots of people did. Obviously he was never arrested for it, his school welcomed him back (except the coach), and his friends all knew better.", "human_ref_B": "Some people did. Many people even. Just less people than those that blamed him. Most of the scenes where people are protesting him show counterprotesters on the other side.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1474.0, "score_ratio": 1.5438596491, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urw2ui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man No Way Home] Why did nobody give Peter the benefit of the doubt when he was accused of killing Mysterio? Like the guy helped saved the universe and people forget that Tony was a war profiteer", "c_root_id_A": "i8zsur2", "c_root_id_B": "i902qzo", "created_at_utc_A": 1652821327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652825627.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "Fake news. People believe what the media tells them, especially when someone shows video \"proof\". Just look around. It happens here, it's bound to happen there.", "human_ref_B": "Lots of people did. Obviously he was never arrested for it, his school welcomed him back (except the coach), and his friends all knew better.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4300.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urw2ui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man No Way Home] Why did nobody give Peter the benefit of the doubt when he was accused of killing Mysterio? Like the guy helped saved the universe and people forget that Tony was a war profiteer", "c_root_id_A": "i8zwtdg", "c_root_id_B": "i8zsur2", "created_at_utc_A": 1652823010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652821327.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "People like to watch the famous fall and will take anything they can with it.", "human_ref_B": "Fake news. People believe what the media tells them, especially when someone shows video \"proof\". Just look around. It happens here, it's bound to happen there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1683.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urw2ui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man No Way Home] Why did nobody give Peter the benefit of the doubt when he was accused of killing Mysterio? Like the guy helped saved the universe and people forget that Tony was a war profiteer", "c_root_id_A": "i8zsur2", "c_root_id_B": "i8zzg12", "created_at_utc_A": 1652821327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652824153.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 57, "human_ref_A": "Fake news. People believe what the media tells them, especially when someone shows video \"proof\". Just look around. It happens here, it's bound to happen there.", "human_ref_B": "Some people did. Many people even. Just less people than those that blamed him. Most of the scenes where people are protesting him show counterprotesters on the other side.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2826.0, "score_ratio": 2.5909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urw2ui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man No Way Home] Why did nobody give Peter the benefit of the doubt when he was accused of killing Mysterio? Like the guy helped saved the universe and people forget that Tony was a war profiteer", "c_root_id_A": "i90ue4h", "c_root_id_B": "i8zsur2", "created_at_utc_A": 1652838674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652821327.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": ">We were 10 years old, having dinner, the four of us. When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor. It's big. Our parents go in, and the whole building starts coming apart. I grab her, roll under the bed, and the second shell hits. But, it doesn't go off. It just... sits there in the rubble, three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word >\"Stark.\" >\"We were trapped for two days.\" >\"Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think, 'this will set it off'. We wait for two days for Tony Stark to kill us People didn't forgive Tony. Hell, a good chunk of the MCU villains are people Tony wronged in the past who came back seeking revenge against him. Tony was just insulated from the worst of it because he's a multi-billionaire.", "human_ref_B": "Fake news. People believe what the media tells them, especially when someone shows video \"proof\". Just look around. It happens here, it's bound to happen there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17347.0, "score_ratio": 1.9090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urw2ui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man No Way Home] Why did nobody give Peter the benefit of the doubt when he was accused of killing Mysterio? Like the guy helped saved the universe and people forget that Tony was a war profiteer", "c_root_id_A": "i908sjc", "c_root_id_B": "i90ue4h", "created_at_utc_A": 1652828422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652838674.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "I too would\u2019ve considered JJ having the effect he did unrealistic a few years ago. But today\u2026(gestures in the general direction of the world)\u2026I totally believe that could happen.", "human_ref_B": ">We were 10 years old, having dinner, the four of us. When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor. It's big. Our parents go in, and the whole building starts coming apart. I grab her, roll under the bed, and the second shell hits. But, it doesn't go off. It just... sits there in the rubble, three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word >\"Stark.\" >\"We were trapped for two days.\" >\"Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think, 'this will set it off'. We wait for two days for Tony Stark to kill us People didn't forgive Tony. Hell, a good chunk of the MCU villains are people Tony wronged in the past who came back seeking revenge against him. Tony was just insulated from the worst of it because he's a multi-billionaire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10252.0, "score_ratio": 2.2105263158, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urw2ui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man No Way Home] Why did nobody give Peter the benefit of the doubt when he was accused of killing Mysterio? Like the guy helped saved the universe and people forget that Tony was a war profiteer", "c_root_id_A": "i90hkcd", "c_root_id_B": "i90ue4h", "created_at_utc_A": 1652832645.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652838674.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Playing Mesphito's advocate here, but you mean Peter Parker, the \"gifted honor student\" who was living a DOUBLE LIFE as a vigilante? That traveled to Germany to help Stark reign in Cap's wayward heroes, failed to stop Thanos and was rumored to be present at the Avengers compound? The kid had been living a lie for years, hiding it from his Aunt and his best friends, and NOW we're supposed to tale his word for it?", "human_ref_B": ">We were 10 years old, having dinner, the four of us. When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor. It's big. Our parents go in, and the whole building starts coming apart. I grab her, roll under the bed, and the second shell hits. But, it doesn't go off. It just... sits there in the rubble, three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word >\"Stark.\" >\"We were trapped for two days.\" >\"Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think, 'this will set it off'. We wait for two days for Tony Stark to kill us People didn't forgive Tony. Hell, a good chunk of the MCU villains are people Tony wronged in the past who came back seeking revenge against him. Tony was just insulated from the worst of it because he's a multi-billionaire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6029.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7i41pm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[MCU] Why didnt the nova corp help the asgard out? The nova corp are pretty much the space police protect the galaxy and what not. When asgard is invade by hela and then destroyed by surtur, why didn't the nova corp come help thor defeat his sister? Maybe help the citizen not die by a 5,000 ft fire monster?", "c_root_id_A": "dqw7mpm", "c_root_id_B": "dqws6bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1512639738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512668576.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Oh sure you would just live that wouldn't you? Your imperialistic police of the galaxy to just meddle in foreign affairs that you have no right to choose which arbitrary side based on whatever political agenda you have. The whole Ragnarok thing was a civil war where both parties are from the same family, trying to lay claim to be the rightful ruler of that world. You know if the Nova Corp picks a side to help win, they are going to have to help stabilize the government and its aftermath. That's not going to be easy when its citizens know their ruler is only their ruler because they got hand picked b Nova corp to win. Next thing you know Nova corp spends over ten years trying to stabilize the planet still while it's economy goes to shit. Eventually we are forced to pull out and nothing gets achieved because here comes another sibling rivalry of Loki. Oh what? you want to help the citizens out by giving them refugee status or something? Have you seen the Asgards? We don't have enough cups across the galaxy to handle what they consider normal. Instead of playing welfare to a bunch of foreigners that don't deserve it, how about the Nova Corps fixes its ow problems like The Kree Empire and their insistence of using their advanced tech to make cheap goods. How the fuck are we supposed to compete with Kree prices when I have to pay people a minimum wage all the while robots make everything for the Kree for free?", "human_ref_B": "They were nowhere nearby. When they are discussing how to return home Valkyrie mentions that if they took a rift to Xandar it would take them 18 months to get to Asgard.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28838.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7i41pm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[MCU] Why didnt the nova corp help the asgard out? The nova corp are pretty much the space police protect the galaxy and what not. When asgard is invade by hela and then destroyed by surtur, why didn't the nova corp come help thor defeat his sister? Maybe help the citizen not die by a 5,000 ft fire monster?", "c_root_id_A": "dqwj37v", "c_root_id_B": "dqws6bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1512659937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512668576.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "We'll have to wait for Infinity War for real confirmation but they probably had they're hands full with Thanos.", "human_ref_B": "They were nowhere nearby. When they are discussing how to return home Valkyrie mentions that if they took a rift to Xandar it would take them 18 months to get to Asgard.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8639.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl6683r", "c_root_id_B": "hl5mai4", "created_at_utc_A": 1637270330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637262444.0, "score_A": 184, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "In the comics, there's an Annihilation prequel about an alien prison ship crashing on earth (Coot's Bluff, Alaska) and the surviving prisoners (Drax, Paibok, The Blood Brothers, and Lunatic(?) realize what planet they're on, and start desperately trying to get off. Earth is the worst place for them. Local tech means they're not gonna be able to steal a ship or catch a ride, and Earth's got insanely powerful defenders watching for incursions. So basically we're a garbage mudball packing heavy artillery.", "human_ref_B": "For most alien races across the Marvel universe, they either hate humanity because they've gotten their asses beat so many times, and thus repeatedly attempt invasions (Skrulls) Or they're scared of pissing off humans (or Asgardians, who actively defend humans at this point) (Kree), once again because they've gotten their shit pushed in before. Or, a little more rarely, An alien empire like the Shi'ar has pretty stable, friendly relations with Earth, and only occasionally has arguments with humans (or mutants, in this case). 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Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl5u04y", "c_root_id_B": "hl6683r", "created_at_utc_A": 1637265488.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637270330.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 184, "human_ref_A": "Mostly Harmless", "human_ref_B": "In the comics, there's an Annihilation prequel about an alien prison ship crashing on earth (Coot's Bluff, Alaska) and the surviving prisoners (Drax, Paibok, The Blood Brothers, and Lunatic(?) realize what planet they're on, and start desperately trying to get off. Earth is the worst place for them. Local tech means they're not gonna be able to steal a ship or catch a ride, and Earth's got insanely powerful defenders watching for incursions. So basically we're a garbage mudball packing heavy artillery.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4842.0, "score_ratio": 9.6842105263, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl6683r", "c_root_id_B": "hl5s81o", "created_at_utc_A": 1637270330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637264794.0, "score_A": 184, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In the comics, there's an Annihilation prequel about an alien prison ship crashing on earth (Coot's Bluff, Alaska) and the surviving prisoners (Drax, Paibok, The Blood Brothers, and Lunatic(?) realize what planet they're on, and start desperately trying to get off. Earth is the worst place for them. Local tech means they're not gonna be able to steal a ship or catch a ride, and Earth's got insanely powerful defenders watching for incursions. So basically we're a garbage mudball packing heavy artillery.", "human_ref_B": "You answered your own questions in your question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5536.0, "score_ratio": 92.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl6683r", "c_root_id_B": "hl60li0", "created_at_utc_A": 1637270330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637268085.0, "score_A": 184, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In the comics, there's an Annihilation prequel about an alien prison ship crashing on earth (Coot's Bluff, Alaska) and the surviving prisoners (Drax, Paibok, The Blood Brothers, and Lunatic(?) realize what planet they're on, and start desperately trying to get off. Earth is the worst place for them. Local tech means they're not gonna be able to steal a ship or catch a ride, and Earth's got insanely powerful defenders watching for incursions. So basically we're a garbage mudball packing heavy artillery.", "human_ref_B": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2245.0, "score_ratio": 184000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl5mai4", "c_root_id_B": "hl6a8ci", "created_at_utc_A": 1637262444.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637271939.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 102, "human_ref_A": "For most alien races across the Marvel universe, they either hate humanity because they've gotten their asses beat so many times, and thus repeatedly attempt invasions (Skrulls) Or they're scared of pissing off humans (or Asgardians, who actively defend humans at this point) (Kree), once again because they've gotten their shit pushed in before. Or, a little more rarely, An alien empire like the Shi'ar has pretty stable, friendly relations with Earth, and only occasionally has arguments with humans (or mutants, in this case). When these arguments do happen, it's usually about something really important.", "human_ref_B": "In Marvel, Earth is the Florida of Space. That place is insane with a disproportionately high population of superhuman madmen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9495.0, "score_ratio": 1.9245283019, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl6a8ci", "c_root_id_B": "hl5u04y", "created_at_utc_A": 1637271939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637265488.0, "score_A": 102, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "In Marvel, Earth is the Florida of Space. That place is insane with a disproportionately high population of superhuman madmen.", "human_ref_B": "Mostly Harmless", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6451.0, "score_ratio": 5.3684210526, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl6a8ci", "c_root_id_B": "hl5s81o", "created_at_utc_A": 1637271939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637264794.0, "score_A": 102, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Marvel, Earth is the Florida of Space. That place is insane with a disproportionately high population of superhuman madmen.", "human_ref_B": "You answered your own questions in your question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7145.0, "score_ratio": 51.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl6a8ci", "c_root_id_B": "hl60li0", "created_at_utc_A": 1637271939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637268085.0, "score_A": 102, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In Marvel, Earth is the Florida of Space. That place is insane with a disproportionately high population of superhuman madmen.", "human_ref_B": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3854.0, "score_ratio": 102000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl6brke", "c_root_id_B": "hl5u04y", "created_at_utc_A": 1637272558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637265488.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Humans are weird- their natural base level is tiny. Harmless. They could wipe them out easily. Their highs, though, are incredible, and can rival or beat anything we bring forth. I think the best analogy is how deerhunting would develop if every 1000th deer had a minigun. Almost every time you fuck with earth, you're fine. It's the few times it isn't that make headlines.", "human_ref_B": "Mostly Harmless", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7070.0, "score_ratio": 1.9473684211, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl5s81o", "c_root_id_B": "hl6brke", "created_at_utc_A": 1637264794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637272558.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "You answered your own questions in your question.", "human_ref_B": "Humans are weird- their natural base level is tiny. Harmless. They could wipe them out easily. Their highs, though, are incredible, and can rival or beat anything we bring forth. I think the best analogy is how deerhunting would develop if every 1000th deer had a minigun. Almost every time you fuck with earth, you're fine. It's the few times it isn't that make headlines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7764.0, "score_ratio": 18.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl6brke", "c_root_id_B": "hl60li0", "created_at_utc_A": 1637272558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637268085.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Humans are weird- their natural base level is tiny. Harmless. They could wipe them out easily. Their highs, though, are incredible, and can rival or beat anything we bring forth. I think the best analogy is how deerhunting would develop if every 1000th deer had a minigun. Almost every time you fuck with earth, you're fine. It's the few times it isn't that make headlines.", "human_ref_B": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4473.0, "score_ratio": 37000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl5s81o", "c_root_id_B": "hl5u04y", "created_at_utc_A": 1637264794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637265488.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "You answered your own questions in your question.", "human_ref_B": "Mostly Harmless", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 694.0, "score_ratio": 9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl75u45", "c_root_id_B": "hl73tfn", "created_at_utc_A": 1637285867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637284940.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Earth is the hinge that the universe pivots on, and will always be. As a planet, most of our species are too squishy and too dumb to really be a threat. But we also have some of the strongest beings in the universe in the Sorcerer Supreme, Carol Danvers, and Wanda Maximoff. The universe mostly leaves Earth alone, because the gains are minimal, and the risks are insane.", "human_ref_B": "I can imagine many alien civilizations putting deep cover operatives all over Earth. The Skrulls did it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 927.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl75u45", "c_root_id_B": "hl5s81o", "created_at_utc_A": 1637285867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637264794.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Earth is the hinge that the universe pivots on, and will always be. As a planet, most of our species are too squishy and too dumb to really be a threat. But we also have some of the strongest beings in the universe in the Sorcerer Supreme, Carol Danvers, and Wanda Maximoff. The universe mostly leaves Earth alone, because the gains are minimal, and the risks are insane.", "human_ref_B": "You answered your own questions in your question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21073.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl75u45", "c_root_id_B": "hl60li0", "created_at_utc_A": 1637285867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637268085.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Earth is the hinge that the universe pivots on, and will always be. As a planet, most of our species are too squishy and too dumb to really be a threat. But we also have some of the strongest beings in the universe in the Sorcerer Supreme, Carol Danvers, and Wanda Maximoff. The universe mostly leaves Earth alone, because the gains are minimal, and the risks are insane.", "human_ref_B": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17782.0, "score_ratio": 17000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl7pyr7", "c_root_id_B": "hl73tfn", "created_at_utc_A": 1637295178.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637284940.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Earth probably looks like the next big up and comer. The average human is nothing write home about, but the high end outliers that are coming out of the woodwork in increasing numbers, the presence of multiple infinity stones being present on earth for a number of years and the 2-2 track record against Thanos (he beat them on Titan and in Wakanda). This all means that Earth is one to be watched, and possibly taken out early considering this is just the start of Earths upheaval onto the galactic scale.", "human_ref_B": "I can imagine many alien civilizations putting deep cover operatives all over Earth. The Skrulls did it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10238.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl5s81o", "c_root_id_B": "hl7pyr7", "created_at_utc_A": 1637264794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637295178.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You answered your own questions in your question.", "human_ref_B": "Earth probably looks like the next big up and comer. The average human is nothing write home about, but the high end outliers that are coming out of the woodwork in increasing numbers, the presence of multiple infinity stones being present on earth for a number of years and the 2-2 track record against Thanos (he beat them on Titan and in Wakanda). This all means that Earth is one to be watched, and possibly taken out early considering this is just the start of Earths upheaval onto the galactic scale.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30384.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl7lpew", "c_root_id_B": "hl7pyr7", "created_at_utc_A": 1637293144.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637295178.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "There are many reasons they wouldn't mess with that planet there are crazy powerful people from and on it a part of its civilization is kree some are mutants there are the eternals a sorcerer supreme is also there they also build up a pretty good reputation especially in the comics where many heroes interact with galactic level powerhouses like Doom dr.strange ReedRichards even SpiderMan", "human_ref_B": "Earth probably looks like the next big up and comer. The average human is nothing write home about, but the high end outliers that are coming out of the woodwork in increasing numbers, the presence of multiple infinity stones being present on earth for a number of years and the 2-2 track record against Thanos (he beat them on Titan and in Wakanda). This all means that Earth is one to be watched, and possibly taken out early considering this is just the start of Earths upheaval onto the galactic scale.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2034.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl60li0", "c_root_id_B": "hl7pyr7", "created_at_utc_A": 1637268085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637295178.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "human_ref_B": "Earth probably looks like the next big up and comer. The average human is nothing write home about, but the high end outliers that are coming out of the woodwork in increasing numbers, the presence of multiple infinity stones being present on earth for a number of years and the 2-2 track record against Thanos (he beat them on Titan and in Wakanda). This all means that Earth is one to be watched, and possibly taken out early considering this is just the start of Earths upheaval onto the galactic scale.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27093.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl73tfn", "c_root_id_B": "hl5s81o", "created_at_utc_A": 1637284940.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637264794.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I can imagine many alien civilizations putting deep cover operatives all over Earth. The Skrulls did it.", "human_ref_B": "You answered your own questions in your question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20146.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl73tfn", "c_root_id_B": "hl60li0", "created_at_utc_A": 1637284940.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637268085.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I can imagine many alien civilizations putting deep cover operatives all over Earth. The Skrulls did it.", "human_ref_B": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16855.0, "score_ratio": 8000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl5s81o", "c_root_id_B": "hl82rkf", "created_at_utc_A": 1637264794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637302479.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "You answered your own questions in your question.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly I\u2019d think most major alien civilizations wouldn\u2019t want to mess with Earth at this point, for two reasons. First, it has a bunch of crazy powerful superhumans, many of which can give whole armies a run for their money by themselves. And second, aside from said superhumans, Earth is worth relatively little; there\u2019s definitely some unique qualities, but it\u2019s pretty backwater otherwise. Invading it would have both way too risky and not worth the trouble.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37685.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl82rkf", "c_root_id_B": "hl7lpew", "created_at_utc_A": 1637302479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637293144.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Honestly I\u2019d think most major alien civilizations wouldn\u2019t want to mess with Earth at this point, for two reasons. First, it has a bunch of crazy powerful superhumans, many of which can give whole armies a run for their money by themselves. And second, aside from said superhumans, Earth is worth relatively little; there\u2019s definitely some unique qualities, but it\u2019s pretty backwater otherwise. Invading it would have both way too risky and not worth the trouble.", "human_ref_B": "There are many reasons they wouldn't mess with that planet there are crazy powerful people from and on it a part of its civilization is kree some are mutants there are the eternals a sorcerer supreme is also there they also build up a pretty good reputation especially in the comics where many heroes interact with galactic level powerhouses like Doom dr.strange ReedRichards even SpiderMan", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9335.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl82rkf", "c_root_id_B": "hl60li0", "created_at_utc_A": 1637302479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637268085.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Honestly I\u2019d think most major alien civilizations wouldn\u2019t want to mess with Earth at this point, for two reasons. First, it has a bunch of crazy powerful superhumans, many of which can give whole armies a run for their money by themselves. And second, aside from said superhumans, Earth is worth relatively little; there\u2019s definitely some unique qualities, but it\u2019s pretty backwater otherwise. Invading it would have both way too risky and not worth the trouble.", "human_ref_B": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34394.0, "score_ratio": 8000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl7lpew", "c_root_id_B": "hl60li0", "created_at_utc_A": 1637293144.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637268085.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "There are many reasons they wouldn't mess with that planet there are crazy powerful people from and on it a part of its civilization is kree some are mutants there are the eternals a sorcerer supreme is also there they also build up a pretty good reputation especially in the comics where many heroes interact with galactic level powerhouses like Doom dr.strange ReedRichards even SpiderMan", "human_ref_B": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25059.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl60li0", "c_root_id_B": "hl8azjp", "created_at_utc_A": 1637268085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637308265.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "human_ref_B": "\"Your not even a potential ally let alone a threat\" Aeryn sun - Farscape - constellation of doubt.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40180.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl9lgw0", "c_root_id_B": "hl60li0", "created_at_utc_A": 1637336804.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637268085.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Wonder if we will get more indications if other Planets/species learned that Earth developed and used Time Travel to defeat Thanos/reverse the snap? It feels like that could add a whole new level to things, with races realizing \"Hey even if we did invade successfully, or got something we wanted, these fukers will just time jump and correct it/fix it/fuk us up somehow.\" I think that would create insane pause with pretty much everyone. Maybe MOM will dive into this?", "human_ref_B": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 68719.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qww8oq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] What do alien races think of average humans and human society on Earth? Humans seem pretty weak and lowly by comparison but a lot of crazy, universe-wide stuff happens on Earth. Assuming most alien races are aware that the snap and undoing the snap happened on backwater Earth by backwater humans, what would they think of this? Asgardians are/were likely one of the strongest civilizations out there but they didn't really survive but here's Earth kicking the shit out of Thanos and ending his universe spanning conquest. Would this change how the rest of the universe sees Earth and humans? Would it chalked up to some crazy fluke?", "c_root_id_A": "hl60li0", "c_root_id_B": "hm3o79v", "created_at_utc_A": 1637268085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637889175.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If I were an alien race I would take over the earth and police it to stop or police these universal dangers", "human_ref_B": "I'd love to see some aliens just visiting earth as tourists given how it was where the battle of the universe took place", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 621090.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "owbxwk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Hulk] What happens if Bruce Banner or Hulk gets decapitated ?", "c_root_id_A": "h7g2o06", "c_root_id_B": "h7fehn5", "created_at_utc_A": 1627922408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627911425.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "MCU Hulk: if you quickly remove the head from the area, it will probably be lethal. Though it's possible he could regrow it. Comics Hulk: decapitation will just annoy him", "human_ref_B": "There was couple of times where he got decapitated, it depends on the version: some just healed and some (usually alternate universe versions) died.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10983.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "owbxwk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Hulk] What happens if Bruce Banner or Hulk gets decapitated ?", "c_root_id_A": "h7g2o06", "c_root_id_B": "h7g1mvw", "created_at_utc_A": 1627922408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627921969.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "MCU Hulk: if you quickly remove the head from the area, it will probably be lethal. Though it's possible he could regrow it. Comics Hulk: decapitation will just annoy him", "human_ref_B": "I really don't think it could hurt him. What is it he said in one of the movies. Bruce Banner put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. The Hulk spit the bullet out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 439.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f03uu9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Marvel] If Bruce Banner gets angry in a dream does he turn into the Hulk in real life? Would he wake up as the Hulk? Would he turn into Hulk but keep sleeping? Or would he turn into Hulk in the dream but not transform in real life?", "c_root_id_A": "fgsm3i1", "c_root_id_B": "fgts3mh", "created_at_utc_A": 1581087679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581108594.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Generally, yes. And generally when the Hulk goes to sleep, he reverts back to Banner. Generally. There have been plenty of examples of Banner getting angry and, through self control, not hulking out. There are also examples of Hulk not letting go and remaining Hulk even after sleep. But in general - yes, if Banner has a traumatic dream, he wakes up three states over in a smashed-apart gas station", "human_ref_B": "It was not canon, but in one comic run the whole world's mind was erased and Bruce Banner would wake up to find childish like writing telling him the truth about the world. So yes he could transform in his sleep.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20915.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f03uu9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Marvel] If Bruce Banner gets angry in a dream does he turn into the Hulk in real life? Would he wake up as the Hulk? Would he turn into Hulk but keep sleeping? Or would he turn into Hulk in the dream but not transform in real life?", "c_root_id_A": "fgts3mh", "c_root_id_B": "fgstjgg", "created_at_utc_A": 1581108594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581092351.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It was not canon, but in one comic run the whole world's mind was erased and Bruce Banner would wake up to find childish like writing telling him the truth about the world. So yes he could transform in his sleep.", "human_ref_B": "In theory he should but in practice I have not seen this happen. I have see outside forces can bother bruce enough to cause the transformation when he is unconscious such as Nightmare affecting his dreams and Tyrannus using tech to take control of his mind and by extension the hulk", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16243.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72u7i8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU/spiderman] slight homecoming spoiler. Question about what Tony said to peter. So he said that of captain America wanted to lay him out he would have meaning that Spider-Man isn't as powerful as he appeared in civil war and why he was still kinda of an amateur in the movie. But in civil war he blocked a punch from winter soldier with ease and he doesn't seem like the type to hold back. When he punched captain America he needed to use all his strenght to stop it.", "c_root_id_A": "dnl9kwr", "c_root_id_B": "dnlafcv", "created_at_utc_A": 1506536641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506537492.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 82, "human_ref_A": "Captain America has beaten stronger and more powerful foes before. Yes, Spider-Man is powerful, but Captain America is strong and has a lot more experience. Tony genuinely believed that had Cap been going all out that Peter would have lost.", "human_ref_B": "It's not simply about strength. Strength-wise, Spiderman definitely outclasses Cap and probably anyone else on the Avengers save Hulk (and maybe Vision). Remember the Cap vs. Iron Man scene at the end. The Ironman suit is clearly stronger than Cap, but it was all about tactics. Tony only gained an advantage by having his AI analyze Cap's fighting style to develop a counter-measure. It takes more than just strength to win a fight. At the end of the day, Spidey is a kid who thinks he's acting out a part in a comicbook. Captain America is a battle-hardened soldier who killed and watched people die.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 851.0, "score_ratio": 6.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx7kqt7", "c_root_id_B": "fx7o7sy", "created_at_utc_A": 1594133750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594135548.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "Thor is described to be comparable to Hulk in power and durability. We know the Hulk can\u2019t be harmed by bullets because Banner tried to kill himself at one point and couldn\u2019t because of the Hulk.", "human_ref_B": "Thor is never shot in the MCU. It is extremely unlikely that he would be susceptible to bullets though. Three characters who \\*have\\* been shot that can give us some understanding of Thor's durability are Loki, Hulk, and Iron Man. Bullets bounce off of both Loki and Hulk. Thor is likely to be far more durable than Loki, as evidenced by their fights where Thor is able to take and dish out more physical punishment. Loki is also shell-shocked after getting slammed by the Hulk, an attack that Thor is able to shake off. The Hulk and Thor also are completely capable of exchanging blows with each other. Iron Man was mostly bullet proof even in his Mark I suit, and we see Thor and him trading blows in the Mark VII. Thor is able to crush parts of the very bulletproof suit with his bare hands. All of this together leads me to believe that Thor would not be vulnerable to gunshots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1798.0, "score_ratio": 5.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx7rblt", "c_root_id_B": "fx7kqt7", "created_at_utc_A": 1594137103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594133750.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "There is a scene in an early episode of Agents of Shield where the team have a regular, run of the mill Asgard blacksmith in handcuffs. The guy is physically unimposing, yet when he realizes they know what he is he gently, effortlessly plucks the handcuffs off. I realize this is a show of strength not durability, but it goes to show that even non-Odin Force powered Asgardians are in a different league physically compared to humans.", "human_ref_B": "Thor is described to be comparable to Hulk in power and durability. We know the Hulk can\u2019t be harmed by bullets because Banner tried to kill himself at one point and couldn\u2019t because of the Hulk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3353.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx7kqt7", "c_root_id_B": "fx7srvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1594133750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594137814.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "Thor is described to be comparable to Hulk in power and durability. We know the Hulk can\u2019t be harmed by bullets because Banner tried to kill himself at one point and couldn\u2019t because of the Hulk.", "human_ref_B": "In AoS, Sif takes a shotgun blast point blank is completely unscathed. Thor is presumably more durable than her (as he is more powerful, and power seems to translate to durability) so I think it's safe to conclude that at the very least he's impervious to small arms fire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4064.0, "score_ratio": 3.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx7sixd", "c_root_id_B": "fx7srvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1594137692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594137814.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "Given how unbothered he was in the beginning of avengers age of ultron i think he's not too worried.", "human_ref_B": "In AoS, Sif takes a shotgun blast point blank is completely unscathed. Thor is presumably more durable than her (as he is more powerful, and power seems to translate to durability) so I think it's safe to conclude that at the very least he's impervious to small arms fire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 122.0, "score_ratio": 16.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx8x20f", "c_root_id_B": "fx947k3", "created_at_utc_A": 1594157048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594160646.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "When you consider the durability feat in endgame of tanking that beam from the neutron star for a few seconds I'd say Thor is likely impervious to nukes, nevermind basic small arms fire.", "human_ref_B": "Thor seems to be impervious to almost anything. I mean sure he can get knocked around and stunned, but other than Hela taking his eye I don't recall ever seeing him actually get injured. He even withstands a direct blast of plasma directly from a neutron star for like a full minute. I can't imagine anything outside of powerful Asgardian magic or a being like Thanos really being capable of hurting him. No way a bullet would do anything. Probably not even one of those Judas bullets specifically made to kill powered people (from Luke Cage and an episode of Agents of Shield).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3598.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx947k3", "c_root_id_B": "fx7sixd", "created_at_utc_A": 1594160646.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594137692.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Thor seems to be impervious to almost anything. I mean sure he can get knocked around and stunned, but other than Hela taking his eye I don't recall ever seeing him actually get injured. He even withstands a direct blast of plasma directly from a neutron star for like a full minute. I can't imagine anything outside of powerful Asgardian magic or a being like Thanos really being capable of hurting him. No way a bullet would do anything. Probably not even one of those Judas bullets specifically made to kill powered people (from Luke Cage and an episode of Agents of Shield).", "human_ref_B": "Given how unbothered he was in the beginning of avengers age of ultron i think he's not too worried.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22954.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx8cb6v", "c_root_id_B": "fx947k3", "created_at_utc_A": 1594147120.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594160646.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "My head canon has always been that Loki is half asgardian, and his mother was hela. Everything makes more sense then.", "human_ref_B": "Thor seems to be impervious to almost anything. I mean sure he can get knocked around and stunned, but other than Hela taking his eye I don't recall ever seeing him actually get injured. He even withstands a direct blast of plasma directly from a neutron star for like a full minute. I can't imagine anything outside of powerful Asgardian magic or a being like Thanos really being capable of hurting him. No way a bullet would do anything. Probably not even one of those Judas bullets specifically made to kill powered people (from Luke Cage and an episode of Agents of Shield).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13526.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx7sixd", "c_root_id_B": "fx8x20f", "created_at_utc_A": 1594137692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594157048.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Given how unbothered he was in the beginning of avengers age of ultron i think he's not too worried.", "human_ref_B": "When you consider the durability feat in endgame of tanking that beam from the neutron star for a few seconds I'd say Thor is likely impervious to nukes, nevermind basic small arms fire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19356.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx8cb6v", "c_root_id_B": "fx8x20f", "created_at_utc_A": 1594147120.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594157048.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "My head canon has always been that Loki is half asgardian, and his mother was hela. Everything makes more sense then.", "human_ref_B": "When you consider the durability feat in endgame of tanking that beam from the neutron star for a few seconds I'd say Thor is likely impervious to nukes, nevermind basic small arms fire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9928.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hmvok7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Thor] Is Thor impervious to gunshots and bullets? In Avengers 1, Loki is seen being shot at but he is a Frost Giant, yet I cannot recall Thor ever being shot.", "c_root_id_A": "fx8cb6v", "c_root_id_B": "fx9yh1g", "created_at_utc_A": 1594147120.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594178084.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "My head canon has always been that Loki is half asgardian, and his mother was hela. Everything makes more sense then.", "human_ref_B": "In the 80's RPG, the Asguardian race all have a low-level of body armor power sufficient to withstand the attacks of all but the strongest humans and small fire with no damage.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30964.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apc7ef", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Is Loki by himself a massive threat? Strange has him on a list of dangerous people but Loki only invaded Earth because he had an alien army behind him and had two Infinity Stones. Without the army or Stones, how much damage could he do?", "c_root_id_A": "eg7a2xa", "c_root_id_B": "eg79qb5", "created_at_utc_A": 1549857605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549857310.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "A lot. Loki's power isn't in his physical strength or his superhuman abilities, it's his charisma. With enough time, he could have various people working for him infiltrate governments across the world and shape world events to whatever his desired goal was. He could be the right-hand man of dictators, the financier of terrorist organisations, he could lead revolutions. That's his real power.", "human_ref_B": "He did subdue Odin and supplant his authority. I suspect if he was going maximum trickster on Earth, he'd be able to get a lot done too.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 295.0, "score_ratio": 1.3125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ysuel4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Futurama] How does Fry exist? Is it just turtles all the way down, so to speak, or is there an explanation that could make sense of his unique genetics?", "c_root_id_A": "iw11hp4", "c_root_id_B": "iw10j5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1668221214.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668220704.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Alterations from the past changing the future. Fry isn't his own grandfather. He's his own grandfather in the sense that time is cyclical and events repeat including him traveling through a wormhole to kill his grandfather and impregnate his grandmother. Fry prime isn't his own grandfather but he is the grandfather to Fry Alpha who is to Fry Beta who is to the next and so on. Just a repeating cycle where the niblonians ensure the creation of Fry's special genetic makeup and time travel creating a forever looping event.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 510.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w05ekn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Jack Sparrow doing between the time he was kicked off the Black Pearl and showing up in Port Royal?", "c_root_id_A": "igcfh1b", "c_root_id_B": "igcjq5a", "created_at_utc_A": 1657938024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657940174.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "probably living in another day of Being almost captured", "human_ref_B": "Whatever he could to get by and make his way towards somewhere that he could get a useful ship. Probably spending a lot of time drinking and whoring his way through Tortuga.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2150.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w05ekn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Jack Sparrow doing between the time he was kicked off the Black Pearl and showing up in Port Royal?", "c_root_id_A": "igcfh1b", "c_root_id_B": "igcog6x", "created_at_utc_A": 1657938024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657942660.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "probably living in another day of Being almost captured", "human_ref_B": "Sea turtles mate", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4636.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w05ekn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Jack Sparrow doing between the time he was kicked off the Black Pearl and showing up in Port Royal?", "c_root_id_A": "igddjnf", "c_root_id_B": "igcfh1b", "created_at_utc_A": 1657959133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657938024.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Traveling the world drinking and whoring. We know he has been to Singapore and we know that he impersonated officers of the Royal Navy along with a member of the clergy. For money I would assume he just committed petty crimes like stealing the money purse at Port Royal along with maybe pirating some small merchant ships with Mr. Gibbs and other small time pirates out of Tortuga. The whole time he was also keeping an ear out about tales of the Pearl waiting for a good lead to go after it", "human_ref_B": "probably living in another day of Being almost captured", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21109.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w05ekn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Jack Sparrow doing between the time he was kicked off the Black Pearl and showing up in Port Royal?", "c_root_id_A": "igf1lq4", "c_root_id_B": "igfv6ii", "created_at_utc_A": 1657992542.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1658005305.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Pirate shit", "human_ref_B": "In The Columbian Exchange the author talks about how the Spaniards were paranoid about being shipwrecked and not having enough food on islands. They would carry a breed of pigs that doesn't exist anymore and drop breeding pairs off on islands. The breed was apparently more dog-like than pig-like. The pigs apparently reproduced and did very well. There was a shipwreck with 4 survivors who were eventually found on the island who had lived there for almost a year quite well. It gave me a chuckle that Jack living on a random island would be at least be plausible. The Spaniards leaving pigs would have been several hundred years before Jack's time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12763.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6un6fg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Spiderman] How does Peter Parker pass his exams if an emergency came up? Imagine if Peter was sitting in the middle of an Exam maybe a midterm, or even a final exam. If an emergency came up where Spiderman is needed, how would he leave during an exam without getting a failing grade? I doubt the professors would allow him to leave or go to the bathroom during an exam. And usually in the states most professor won't allow you to use the bathroom without prematurely passing in your exam as if you were done.", "c_root_id_A": "dlu0m38", "c_root_id_B": "dltzntx", "created_at_utc_A": 1503122588.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1503120517.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "First he tries to force himself to leave his phone behind that day so he won't know about the emergency. But he finally brings it with him just in case. Then when the emergency hits, he tries to force himself to finish the test and let the real cops handle it just this one time. But he finally decides lives are at stake and he has to go. So he tries to make an excuse about a family emergency, but everyone assumes he's cheating, and they all stare at him like he's being escorted from a police car into a prison with a jacket over his head. He flees the room, changes into his spidey-suit, swings to the emergency, knocks out Rhino or whoever, and an angry cop with a superficial head wound and blood running down his face yells, \"Glad ya could make it!\" Spidey swings back to the school, changes into his civvies, returns to the testing room. As he tries to get back in, Flash Thompson comes out the door: \"Hey Pete, can I copy off your math homework? Oops, nevermind, bahahaha!\" Peter dashes back into the classroom, but it's already empty except for a TA. Flash was the last one out. He approaches the aide to ask if this class has some kind of makeup or extra credit, and the guy's like, \"Not once you start. Once you first see the questions, that *is* your test. They made it a policy for everyone.\" As Peter trudges back out, he hears the TA finish his statement with, \"...dumbass\" under his breath. Next, he stops by Aunt May's, where Mary Jane and May have made him a cake with a super cute \"A+\" because they know he has this test completely wired and they want to celebrate together. So he has to explain somehow that he took an incomplete, and they feel super sorry for him and confused how this happened. Finally the paperboy drops off the Bugle. Because Spider-Man was late, Eddie Brock had time to get to the fight and take a one-in-a-million shot where Peter and Rhino line up perfectly so it looks like Rhino's horn is going up Spidey's butt. 216-point headline: HORNY! In disgust, Peter flips the paper open, looking for something more substantial to read. The big hard-news story of the day: \"NY students 'not showing up' to high-stakes tests.\" To be Spider-Man is to suffer.", "human_ref_B": "No one said being a hero was easy. Social, romantic, and professional lives will suffer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2071.0, "score_ratio": 4.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ocg54", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[theRoadNotTaken] in the short stories world FTL is inextricably easy we just never discovered due to bad luck, the first aliens we meet have only 1500s level tech. Even if FTL was so easy how do they deal with solar radiation?", "c_root_id_A": "dkggoi9", "c_root_id_B": "dkgb7bs", "created_at_utc_A": 1500515050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500508031.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Solar radiation isn't lethal in the short term, and medical science of the 1500s didn't have too good of a handle on long-term medical risks in an era when the main causes of death were things like starvation, warfare, short-term disease (\"the plague\"), and the like. /r/askHistorians had a memorable post on The complications that sailors of that era would have from skin cancer. Quite simply, anything that happened to them would be just another mysterious disease out of a huge number of mysterious diseases that affected everyone all the time.", "human_ref_B": "They don't fly too close to the sun and they might have fewer windows than they would if they only had to worry about air pressure.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7019.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lgloa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] If environmental contamination is causing the emergence of all these human mutants, why aren't we also seeing lizards with laser eyes, teleporting penguins, and hippos that can transform into living metal?", "c_root_id_A": "d3n8gdm", "c_root_id_B": "d3nc4de", "created_at_utc_A": 1464463383.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464469840.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Mostly because environmental contamination isn't really leading to that many super powers being gained. For clarity, **mutants** are genetic and not influenced directly by environmental contamination (but in some circles are rumored to manifest their powers during stress which could be caused by environmental contamination); **inhumans** are engineered and also predisposed to be sensitive to certain contaminants (but would not react if it were not for the engineering). **Mutates** are probably what you're referring to, but even in this case, many of the mutates we know derive not from environmental contaminants but from human experimentation. There are a number of super-powered animals, notably the Pet Avengers, although most of them got their powers from elsewhere (or are aliens, or are not powered). Of the Pet Avengers, only one really got their abilities by 'accident' which is Niels, aka Hairball, the bouncing cat -- or briefly, P-Cat the Penitent Puss. Lockjaw is an inhuman dog, so if you're counting those. Otherwise, most of the other pet avengers are just naturally gifted animals (e.g., Redwing, etc.) -- which is again, not wholly inconsistent with, say the human avengers. As far as other 'contaminants,' there's the chemicals that gave Daredevil his powers, but there are rumors that they also gave powers to some turtles and a rat. There's also the radioactive spider that bit Spider-man, but in this case, the spider does seem to have powers of its own (in creating spider-powered heroes). Of course that spider was also the embodiment of a spider deity, so that might not count as getting it's powers accidentally (but, as a corollary, that would also imply that Peter didn't get his powers accidentally either, since he was chosen).", "human_ref_B": "Jesus, I just realized this would be the best Marvel/Pokemon crossover ever.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6457.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "99905c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Truman Show] If they filmed Truman's life 24/7 did this include him masturbating or having sex when he was underage? If so, were those who filmed and aired it guilty of distributing child pornography and were those who watched it and DVDr'd it guilty of possession?", "c_root_id_A": "e4luis8", "c_root_id_B": "e4lv8xm", "created_at_utc_A": 1534900935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534901652.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "His education was controlled. He never masturbated or had sex because he never learned what that was. The Truman Show was a family program. If there was ever a situation in which that might have happened, they could have easily caused something to interrupt him and prevent it. Also, the cameras obviously don't follow him into the bathroom, and just filming him sleeping wouldn't make for very entertaining TV, so I doubt it was actually 24/7 either way.", "human_ref_B": "I think masturbation would fall into the same category as sex with his wife. When that occurred, they cut away to mildly suggestive imagery like a gentle breeze blowing through a window. The fact that they never showed any of the action was a cause of complaint from the fans as I recall.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 717.0, "score_ratio": -21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "99905c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Truman Show] If they filmed Truman's life 24/7 did this include him masturbating or having sex when he was underage? If so, were those who filmed and aired it guilty of distributing child pornography and were those who watched it and DVDr'd it guilty of possession?", "c_root_id_A": "e4m6mac", "c_root_id_B": "e4luis8", "created_at_utc_A": 1534913918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534900935.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Given that there would be huge ethical and legal issues with the entire show, it stands to reason that the laws in that world aren't a 1:1 match with this one, especially where they concern filming.", "human_ref_B": "His education was controlled. He never masturbated or had sex because he never learned what that was. The Truman Show was a family program. If there was ever a situation in which that might have happened, they could have easily caused something to interrupt him and prevent it. Also, the cameras obviously don't follow him into the bathroom, and just filming him sleeping wouldn't make for very entertaining TV, so I doubt it was actually 24/7 either way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12983.0, "score_ratio": -10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "99905c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Truman Show] If they filmed Truman's life 24/7 did this include him masturbating or having sex when he was underage? If so, were those who filmed and aired it guilty of distributing child pornography and were those who watched it and DVDr'd it guilty of possession?", "c_root_id_A": "e4luis8", "c_root_id_B": "e4m8hzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1534900935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534916586.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "His education was controlled. He never masturbated or had sex because he never learned what that was. The Truman Show was a family program. If there was ever a situation in which that might have happened, they could have easily caused something to interrupt him and prevent it. Also, the cameras obviously don't follow him into the bathroom, and just filming him sleeping wouldn't make for very entertaining TV, so I doubt it was actually 24/7 either way.", "human_ref_B": "If it was filmed it never made it to the public as others have discussed. That said i'm sure the courts (given everything else that is allowed here) would treat any such footage like national geographic nudity which has long been exempt from pornography laws even when those involved are not legal adults. If there was some intent to distribute such footage for those purposes I'm sure the answer would be different but there is no reason to believe that this was ever the case. All the footage feeds into the control room where a handful of professionals have access to the feeds. The people involved seemed to have no interest in that sort of thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15651.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "57xe4p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[The Truman Show] Wasn't the Truman Show illegal? Why weren't the producers arrested? Surely, its illegal to keep a person captive in a giant television set. Isn't that kidnapping or something? Why weren't the makers of the show arrested?", "c_root_id_A": "d8wi38b", "c_root_id_B": "d8wem7w", "created_at_utc_A": 1476749220.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476744333.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "If you got the money to build a giant dome, you got the money to have some laws changed. What I found weird was that they go through all the trouble of building that big ass dome, and the fake city, and all this shit, and have only one Truman. If they were to do it for real (sequel idea!) they would have multiple real people. A. what if Truman dies at age 5, start over... You have backups. B. You get tons more content for basically the same expenses. It'd be like the show Big-Brother or Real World with like 8 people that are real, and everyone else is fake. They'd probably manufacture interactions and try to get them to hook up with each other, like pair them up for class projects, sit next to each other at work, and so on.", "human_ref_B": "I guess you haven't seen the movie very recently. I watched it a month ago and they go into how it was legal for a company to own a child. What they did to him was morally wrong and he might be able to sue them now that he's in the real world, but nothing they did was illegal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4887.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sgquq5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] Could the Reality Stone be used to obtain the Soul Stone? What is the extent that the Reality Stone can manipulate reality? Can it be used to trick whatever governs the requirements to obtain the Soul Stone by making it appear that something loved (a soul) was sacrificed?", "c_root_id_A": "huz06fx", "c_root_id_B": "huyoqhr", "created_at_utc_A": 1643618836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1643610514.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The soul stone can see souls better than the reality stone can make alternate realities so you probably can't fool it that way. Individual stones can be overpowered, so perhaps with the power stone and a skilled enough soul mage you could do it.", "human_ref_B": "i suspect not, due to the stones having specialized and exclusive spheres of effect. As in you could make someone love you with the soul stone, so you couldn't with the reality stone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8322.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u1wu49", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU/Marvel] How powerful is the reality stone? Based on my understanding of reality, it should be one of the most powerful and possibly the only one needed by Thanos. Does the user actually gain the ability to alter reality, or is it just the ability to alter perception?", "c_root_id_A": "i4k0jhp", "c_root_id_B": "i4j2t1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1649852039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649826751.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You need Reality Stone to change Reality on fundamental level. However: \\- if you want the effect to be powerful, you need the Power Stone as well \\- if you want the effect to be permament /long lasting you need the Time Stone \\- if you want the effect to be widespread, and not just your line of sight, you need the Space Stone, \\- If you want the effect to change minds, not just bodies of living creatures, you need the Mind Stone \\- if you want to affect the world spiritually, to locate and influence souls, you need the Soul Stone. Without the other Stones, Reality Stone just allows you to \"bend\" nearby Reality for a minute, but it will just bounce back.", "human_ref_B": "Within its domain, it is infinite, up until it starts conflicting with the domains of the other stones. Outside of it, it is much more limited. It can only create a small zone of false reality, and pull the user inside. Its powers are similarly bound by the limits of the temporary reality, and even if you could create an alternate reality where you had all the infinity stones, their powers would be limited to the boundaries of that reality.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25288.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u1wu49", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU/Marvel] How powerful is the reality stone? Based on my understanding of reality, it should be one of the most powerful and possibly the only one needed by Thanos. Does the user actually gain the ability to alter reality, or is it just the ability to alter perception?", "c_root_id_A": "i4j2t1s", "c_root_id_B": "i4pbjt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1649826751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649945831.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Within its domain, it is infinite, up until it starts conflicting with the domains of the other stones. Outside of it, it is much more limited. It can only create a small zone of false reality, and pull the user inside. Its powers are similarly bound by the limits of the temporary reality, and even if you could create an alternate reality where you had all the infinity stones, their powers would be limited to the boundaries of that reality.", "human_ref_B": "the thing about the stones is that control over one will never guarantee you control over the others. Your control over \"reality\" is fundamentally linked to your understanding of reality, time, space, the mind, the soul, etc. Your understanding of those things is linked to your connection to them -- do you have the appropriate stone? If not, you're just a dude. If you don't have the other stones, you can't really alter anything to do with them more than any high-level mutant could. Which is still a lot, but not nearly enough to give you control over other things. You could probably use the Reality stone as a compass for the others, but as far as *acquiring* them, no. You have to get them yourself and conquer them yourself. They're only as good as how much you figure out how to use them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 119080.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rop3g2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] Minor No Way Home (and major Far From Home) spoiler question about Mysterio. So like, why is everyone so obsessed with Mysterio? Dude shows up, fights some monsters which he turns out to have created, and gets killed. Even if Spiderman really did kill him, shouldn't the \"he made the monsters\" have made it to the public? Nick Fury was involved (as far as people know) so shouldn't those details have been released? Why does basically everyone believe Mysterio? Spiderman was involved in the battle against Thanos (which people should have known too). The movie shows some people taking his side sure but the vast majority seem to be against him. Why? Like, JJJ isn't even a respected journalist in this reality he seems to just be a popular podcast shock jock.", "c_root_id_A": "hpzvc3l", "c_root_id_B": "hq02gkl", "created_at_utc_A": 1640496237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640501285.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I found the dumbest thing about Mysterio is that nobody in shield did a background check on him. Dude claims to arrive from a parallel world and his story is just accepted at face value. Tne minutes of research and they would realize he's a fraud. Also don't those drones leave like A LOT of shell casings and bullet holes behind?", "human_ref_B": "It *did* make it to the public that he was a fake. But it'd be very easy to believe from an outside perspective that he was in fact framed. Even in our world, people have huge issues with determining fact from fiction. Now imagine how bad it'd be in a world of super tech, aliens, magic, and several massively powerful conspiracies. All that said, I don't think the majority are against Peter. But the papparazi is bad enough when you *aren't* a poverty-stricken superhero living in one of the world's biggest cities who helped save the world and just had your secret identity revealed after years of being a mystery.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5048.0, "score_ratio": 1.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r8pta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[MCU] Thor, Loki, Heimdall, and remaining Asgardians refugees make it to Midgard/Earth; how would they be received and what would change on the planet? Asgard has been destroyed, Hella and Surtur along with it. The remaining Asgardians, and various aliens from Sakaar manage to make their way to Midgard/Earth on their giant spaceship. How would they be received by the people of Earth? How would Earth change with the introduction of Asgardian knowledge and technology, not to mention the differing races, various weapon types, and not to mention a giant spaceship? For the purposes of this question, Thanos is out of the picture for now. He's still a threat, but isn't immediately after the stones like we see at the end of Thor: Ragnorak or Infinity War. Earth and Asgardians have some time to integrate.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pe0do", "c_root_id_B": "e0pdzqc", "created_at_utc_A": 1529045886.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529045851.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how they arrive. If they arrive in secret with Thor, Hulk, and Loki visiting the Avenger mansion first. There would be a minor scuffle as Stark and Rhodey would start firing away at Loki. The fight is resolved as soon as Thor and Hulk steps in to explain. Stark demands Loki be put on trial for Battle of New York as condition for the Asgardians to take refuge on Earth. Thor blathers about how he is not giving up family to court of barely evolved sentients until Loki offers the Tesseract in return. Stark agrees and buys land in Norway with a defense contract. Loki informs the Avengers of the threat of Thanos, Stark deliberates but finally decides to bring Team Capt back into the fold. Homecoming happens, BP happens, bla, bla, bla. Years later, Thanos' Black Order hits Earth hard with Chitauri and Outrider armies. Earth defends with the Avengers and Asgardians at the forefront, and a UN army with Asgard-Wakandian-Stark tech. They hold off several waves until Thanos himself arrives. No holds barred Thanos beatdown against the combined Earth defense force with the Power, Reality, and Soul Stone. Most of the Avengers are killed trying to hold back Thanos. Thanos retrieves the Space, Time, and Mind Stones. Thanos snaps. Thanos wins.", "human_ref_B": "I think they would rename the ship into some New Asgard thing, and leave it floating somewhere... I dunno. Near Broxton, Ok, perhaps?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r8pta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[MCU] Thor, Loki, Heimdall, and remaining Asgardians refugees make it to Midgard/Earth; how would they be received and what would change on the planet? Asgard has been destroyed, Hella and Surtur along with it. The remaining Asgardians, and various aliens from Sakaar manage to make their way to Midgard/Earth on their giant spaceship. How would they be received by the people of Earth? How would Earth change with the introduction of Asgardian knowledge and technology, not to mention the differing races, various weapon types, and not to mention a giant spaceship? For the purposes of this question, Thanos is out of the picture for now. He's still a threat, but isn't immediately after the stones like we see at the end of Thor: Ragnorak or Infinity War. Earth and Asgardians have some time to integrate.", "c_root_id_A": "e0py1nq", "c_root_id_B": "e0pyy0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1529075442.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529076230.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think in any event, Loki is likely going to be detained, either by Shield or the UN for war crimes against earth. No getting around that bit, Loki dun goofed with the Chitari invasion. Beyond that the UN would hold an emergency sumit to decide what to do with alien refugees, and Wakanda would likely seize upon their new outreach policy to alocate space to the asgardians. While it will probably give international media something to buzz about I dont think too much as a whole will change for earth. Asgardians will need to make a place for themselves (without territorial conquest this will likely lead to dispersal and assimilation into other people groups) and even with them bringing their asgardian magics and sciences, the world was headed for a technological boom anyways with wakanda opening its boarders, and companies like Stark industries and Hammertech(ok ok you can all stop laughing now) having to ramp up the scale of their commercial production to compete The only drastic change that *MIGHT* come out of Asgardian refugees is their access to magic might lead the Council of sorcerrers to reveal themselves on the public stage to try and maintain order", "human_ref_B": "Realistically I do believe the Asgardian and Sakaaran refugees would be welcomed to Earth; although there would be undoubtedly some hostility towards the refugees due to the historical memory of Earth's last encounter with aliens (2011 Chitauri Invasion), the prospect of reverse-engineering the tech onboard the spaceship and reacquiring the tesseract would overcome any resistance. Loki might be an issue, however as with the allure of alien spaceship tech, the option to secure Thor's continued presence on Earth (a god-like being sympathetic to your planet is a great nuclear-option against invaders) will likely override any lingering tensions. In regards to the aftermath of the Asgardian ships landing on Earth, i'm choosing the best case scenario in which advancements in technology and the existential threat of Thanos and his genocidal plan proves to be enough motivation for Earth to form an affective collective defence. Before discussing this, let's just reflect on the capabilities of Earth that have already been showcased in the MCU: * Hydra managed to study and design weapons based on the space stone with WW2-era technology; * Despite multiple failures in replicating such processes, humans are capable of creating super soldiers that can hold their own against the Black Order (Captain America and Hulk); * Human's have a reasonably good relationship with the Asgardians through Thor, the king of Asgard and a literal god ; * A number of Earth-based organisations, notably HYDRA, are capable of reverse-engineering advanced alien technology within a matter of years; * Nuclear weapons, as demonstrated in the 2011 Chitauri invasion, are effective anti-spaceship weapons * Earth is in possession of 3 infinity stones; more specifically the space, time and stones; * Advanced artificial intelligence, with Jarvis, Ultron and Vision been prime examples; * Vibranium and magic need no explanation; * S.H.I.E.L.D has previously conducted substantial research into the military applications of the space stone and the mind stone has already been 'weaponised' via Vision. Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver could also be considered as products of the mind stone; * While his allegiances may be questionable, Dr.Strange is essentially the universe's greatest strategist; * And finally; knowledge of pym particles and the potential applications of the Quantum Realm could have massive implications for Earth's military and technological capabilities. While all this in mind, I think it's fair to say that if unified and given enough advance warning to Thanos, allowing enough time for Thor to retrieve Stormbreaker and global military forces to mobilise, Earth could successfully defend against and even kill Thanos. Aided by Dr Strange's 'foresight' via the time stone, the Black Order will likely be killed before making landfall, their donut ships destroyed in space by vibranium-salted nukes that bypass the outer shields and hull of ships via pym particles before detonating internally. The ships carrying the outriders meet a similar fate; the Mad Titan himself, should he survive the initial orbital salvo, would likely be disappointed once he landed on Earth. I find it hard to believe that even if there wasn't enough time to remove the mind stone from Vision, that Wanda wouldn't try destroy the other two infinity stones; Dr Strange might be reluctant, but the space stone is definitely destroyed and with the bulk of Earth's military forces delaying Thanos, it's likely that the mind stone would eventually be removed from vision and destroyed as well. With two infinity stones out of the picture, it simple becomes a matter of delaying Thanos until Thor returns to Earth via the byfrost and slays the Mad Titan. Without the space stone, Thanos is unable to flee from Earth and after causing considerable destruction is probably killed by Thor. Obviously this is all assuming best case scenario. However I don't think Earth's military capabilities in the MCU receive enough credit; hell a single SHIELD F-35 with a nuclear-tipped cruise managed to destroy a capital star-ship (A Chitauri Command Centre), a feat that not even an entire fleet of Nova Corp fighters could accomplish. Now Imagine what that same F-35 could of accomplished if it had been upgraded with Stark, Vibranium, Chitauri and tesseract-based tech.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 788.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r8pta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[MCU] Thor, Loki, Heimdall, and remaining Asgardians refugees make it to Midgard/Earth; how would they be received and what would change on the planet? Asgard has been destroyed, Hella and Surtur along with it. The remaining Asgardians, and various aliens from Sakaar manage to make their way to Midgard/Earth on their giant spaceship. How would they be received by the people of Earth? How would Earth change with the introduction of Asgardian knowledge and technology, not to mention the differing races, various weapon types, and not to mention a giant spaceship? For the purposes of this question, Thanos is out of the picture for now. He's still a threat, but isn't immediately after the stones like we see at the end of Thor: Ragnorak or Infinity War. Earth and Asgardians have some time to integrate.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pdzqc", "c_root_id_B": "e0pyy0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1529045851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529076230.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think they would rename the ship into some New Asgard thing, and leave it floating somewhere... I dunno. Near Broxton, Ok, perhaps?", "human_ref_B": "Realistically I do believe the Asgardian and Sakaaran refugees would be welcomed to Earth; although there would be undoubtedly some hostility towards the refugees due to the historical memory of Earth's last encounter with aliens (2011 Chitauri Invasion), the prospect of reverse-engineering the tech onboard the spaceship and reacquiring the tesseract would overcome any resistance. Loki might be an issue, however as with the allure of alien spaceship tech, the option to secure Thor's continued presence on Earth (a god-like being sympathetic to your planet is a great nuclear-option against invaders) will likely override any lingering tensions. In regards to the aftermath of the Asgardian ships landing on Earth, i'm choosing the best case scenario in which advancements in technology and the existential threat of Thanos and his genocidal plan proves to be enough motivation for Earth to form an affective collective defence. Before discussing this, let's just reflect on the capabilities of Earth that have already been showcased in the MCU: * Hydra managed to study and design weapons based on the space stone with WW2-era technology; * Despite multiple failures in replicating such processes, humans are capable of creating super soldiers that can hold their own against the Black Order (Captain America and Hulk); * Human's have a reasonably good relationship with the Asgardians through Thor, the king of Asgard and a literal god ; * A number of Earth-based organisations, notably HYDRA, are capable of reverse-engineering advanced alien technology within a matter of years; * Nuclear weapons, as demonstrated in the 2011 Chitauri invasion, are effective anti-spaceship weapons * Earth is in possession of 3 infinity stones; more specifically the space, time and stones; * Advanced artificial intelligence, with Jarvis, Ultron and Vision been prime examples; * Vibranium and magic need no explanation; * S.H.I.E.L.D has previously conducted substantial research into the military applications of the space stone and the mind stone has already been 'weaponised' via Vision. Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver could also be considered as products of the mind stone; * While his allegiances may be questionable, Dr.Strange is essentially the universe's greatest strategist; * And finally; knowledge of pym particles and the potential applications of the Quantum Realm could have massive implications for Earth's military and technological capabilities. While all this in mind, I think it's fair to say that if unified and given enough advance warning to Thanos, allowing enough time for Thor to retrieve Stormbreaker and global military forces to mobilise, Earth could successfully defend against and even kill Thanos. Aided by Dr Strange's 'foresight' via the time stone, the Black Order will likely be killed before making landfall, their donut ships destroyed in space by vibranium-salted nukes that bypass the outer shields and hull of ships via pym particles before detonating internally. The ships carrying the outriders meet a similar fate; the Mad Titan himself, should he survive the initial orbital salvo, would likely be disappointed once he landed on Earth. I find it hard to believe that even if there wasn't enough time to remove the mind stone from Vision, that Wanda wouldn't try destroy the other two infinity stones; Dr Strange might be reluctant, but the space stone is definitely destroyed and with the bulk of Earth's military forces delaying Thanos, it's likely that the mind stone would eventually be removed from vision and destroyed as well. With two infinity stones out of the picture, it simple becomes a matter of delaying Thanos until Thor returns to Earth via the byfrost and slays the Mad Titan. Without the space stone, Thanos is unable to flee from Earth and after causing considerable destruction is probably killed by Thor. Obviously this is all assuming best case scenario. However I don't think Earth's military capabilities in the MCU receive enough credit; hell a single SHIELD F-35 with a nuclear-tipped cruise managed to destroy a capital star-ship (A Chitauri Command Centre), a feat that not even an entire fleet of Nova Corp fighters could accomplish. Now Imagine what that same F-35 could of accomplished if it had been upgraded with Stark, Vibranium, Chitauri and tesseract-based tech.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30379.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r8pta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[MCU] Thor, Loki, Heimdall, and remaining Asgardians refugees make it to Midgard/Earth; how would they be received and what would change on the planet? Asgard has been destroyed, Hella and Surtur along with it. The remaining Asgardians, and various aliens from Sakaar manage to make their way to Midgard/Earth on their giant spaceship. How would they be received by the people of Earth? How would Earth change with the introduction of Asgardian knowledge and technology, not to mention the differing races, various weapon types, and not to mention a giant spaceship? For the purposes of this question, Thanos is out of the picture for now. He's still a threat, but isn't immediately after the stones like we see at the end of Thor: Ragnorak or Infinity War. Earth and Asgardians have some time to integrate.", "c_root_id_A": "e0pdzqc", "c_root_id_B": "e0py1nq", "created_at_utc_A": 1529045851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529075442.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think they would rename the ship into some New Asgard thing, and leave it floating somewhere... I dunno. Near Broxton, Ok, perhaps?", "human_ref_B": "I think in any event, Loki is likely going to be detained, either by Shield or the UN for war crimes against earth. No getting around that bit, Loki dun goofed with the Chitari invasion. Beyond that the UN would hold an emergency sumit to decide what to do with alien refugees, and Wakanda would likely seize upon their new outreach policy to alocate space to the asgardians. While it will probably give international media something to buzz about I dont think too much as a whole will change for earth. Asgardians will need to make a place for themselves (without territorial conquest this will likely lead to dispersal and assimilation into other people groups) and even with them bringing their asgardian magics and sciences, the world was headed for a technological boom anyways with wakanda opening its boarders, and companies like Stark industries and Hammertech(ok ok you can all stop laughing now) having to ramp up the scale of their commercial production to compete The only drastic change that *MIGHT* come out of Asgardian refugees is their access to magic might lead the Council of sorcerrers to reveal themselves on the public stage to try and maintain order", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29591.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5a9f1", "c_root_id_B": "dc576nv", "created_at_utc_A": 1483851183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483846759.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "The Culture. They don't use planets. Most of the Culture lives on Orbitals (like a Halo but much bigger). A typical orbital can have between 20 to 120 times the surface area of earth. Other major populations live on GSV's (General Systems Vehicles). A Systems Class GSV can hold billions of people.", "human_ref_B": "The Travellers of Stargate are/were one such example. Their entire culture lived aboard their ships, moving from star system to star system across the Pegasus galaxy to prevent from being cornered and elminated by the Wraith. They did try settling down on a planet at least once, but (through no fault of their own) it didn't go so well and a lot of people died.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4424.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5a9f1", "c_root_id_B": "dc57ahf", "created_at_utc_A": 1483851183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483846898.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "The Culture. They don't use planets. Most of the Culture lives on Orbitals (like a Halo but much bigger). A typical orbital can have between 20 to 120 times the surface area of earth. Other major populations live on GSV's (General Systems Vehicles). A Systems Class GSV can hold billions of people.", "human_ref_B": "WH40K Eldar live primarily on giant ships called craftworlds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4285.0, "score_ratio": 1.56, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5a9f1", "c_root_id_B": "dc59phe", "created_at_utc_A": 1483851183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483850280.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "The Culture. They don't use planets. Most of the Culture lives on Orbitals (like a Halo but much bigger). A typical orbital can have between 20 to 120 times the surface area of earth. Other major populations live on GSV's (General Systems Vehicles). A Systems Class GSV can hold billions of people.", "human_ref_B": "Dan Simmons' *Hyperion* mythos mentions a branch of Humanity that pretty much adapted (through genetic engineering) to living in space, on (also genetically engineered) giant space trees. It... makes more sense that it sounds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 903.0, "score_ratio": 1.95, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5a9f1", "c_root_id_B": "dc588hg", "created_at_utc_A": 1483851183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848123.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The Culture. They don't use planets. Most of the Culture lives on Orbitals (like a Halo but much bigger). A typical orbital can have between 20 to 120 times the surface area of earth. Other major populations live on GSV's (General Systems Vehicles). A Systems Class GSV can hold billions of people.", "human_ref_B": "Generation ships blur the line. They are space-faring vessels, but they often spend long enough that they create their own culture. That civilization exists exclusively in deep space. And I'm sure there's been a few that ended up abandoning the mission, and just continuing to live in deep space. I suppose a good example along these lines is Reality Check's Nyxverse, a recursive My Little Pony fanfic series. The planet it takes place on was sent into deep space before the star it orbited went supernova, and since then a magical fake sun has been supporting it. They have since largely forgotten about this. Hopefully they'll still be able to stop when the time comes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3060.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc58lfg", "c_root_id_B": "dc5a9f1", "created_at_utc_A": 1483848604.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483851183.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "The k'r'r'r of Spelljammer evolved and live in deep space.", "human_ref_B": "The Culture. They don't use planets. Most of the Culture lives on Orbitals (like a Halo but much bigger). A typical orbital can have between 20 to 120 times the surface area of earth. Other major populations live on GSV's (General Systems Vehicles). A Systems Class GSV can hold billions of people.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2579.0, "score_ratio": 9.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5a9f1", "c_root_id_B": "dc58arr", "created_at_utc_A": 1483851183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848195.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Culture. They don't use planets. Most of the Culture lives on Orbitals (like a Halo but much bigger). A typical orbital can have between 20 to 120 times the surface area of earth. Other major populations live on GSV's (General Systems Vehicles). A Systems Class GSV can hold billions of people.", "human_ref_B": "In Rifts, the Orbital Community are the space-born survivors of the Great Cataclysm. Earth was still pre-FTL, and thus only had the 5 space stations, the Lunar colony, and the lost Mars colony. When the Great Cataclysm happened, the survivors thought the Earth was doomed and worked together to quarantine the Earth. They set up a counter-orbit debris ring, and thousands of killer SDI satellites, in an effort to make sure the horrible things spawning through the rifts stayed on the ground. This also meant that the survivors on the ground could never send up any satellites or space shuttles.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2988.0, "score_ratio": 19.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc576nv", "c_root_id_B": "dc57ahf", "created_at_utc_A": 1483846759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483846898.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "The Travellers of Stargate are/were one such example. Their entire culture lived aboard their ships, moving from star system to star system across the Pegasus galaxy to prevent from being cornered and elminated by the Wraith. They did try settling down on a planet at least once, but (through no fault of their own) it didn't go so well and a lot of people died.", "human_ref_B": "WH40K Eldar live primarily on giant ships called craftworlds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 139.0, "score_ratio": 1.0416666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc59phe", "c_root_id_B": "dc588hg", "created_at_utc_A": 1483850280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848123.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Dan Simmons' *Hyperion* mythos mentions a branch of Humanity that pretty much adapted (through genetic engineering) to living in space, on (also genetically engineered) giant space trees. It... makes more sense that it sounds.", "human_ref_B": "Generation ships blur the line. They are space-faring vessels, but they often spend long enough that they create their own culture. That civilization exists exclusively in deep space. And I'm sure there's been a few that ended up abandoning the mission, and just continuing to live in deep space. I suppose a good example along these lines is Reality Check's Nyxverse, a recursive My Little Pony fanfic series. The planet it takes place on was sent into deep space before the star it orbited went supernova, and since then a magical fake sun has been supporting it. They have since largely forgotten about this. Hopefully they'll still be able to stop when the time comes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2157.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc58lfg", "c_root_id_B": "dc59phe", "created_at_utc_A": 1483848604.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483850280.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "The k'r'r'r of Spelljammer evolved and live in deep space.", "human_ref_B": "Dan Simmons' *Hyperion* mythos mentions a branch of Humanity that pretty much adapted (through genetic engineering) to living in space, on (also genetically engineered) giant space trees. It... makes more sense that it sounds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1676.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc59phe", "c_root_id_B": "dc58arr", "created_at_utc_A": 1483850280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848195.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Dan Simmons' *Hyperion* mythos mentions a branch of Humanity that pretty much adapted (through genetic engineering) to living in space, on (also genetically engineered) giant space trees. It... makes more sense that it sounds.", "human_ref_B": "In Rifts, the Orbital Community are the space-born survivors of the Great Cataclysm. Earth was still pre-FTL, and thus only had the 5 space stations, the Lunar colony, and the lost Mars colony. When the Great Cataclysm happened, the survivors thought the Earth was doomed and worked together to quarantine the Earth. They set up a counter-orbit debris ring, and thousands of killer SDI satellites, in an effort to make sure the horrible things spawning through the rifts stayed on the ground. This also meant that the survivors on the ground could never send up any satellites or space shuttles.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2085.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5ptn2", "c_root_id_B": "dc5jisw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483874307.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**The Vodyani** From Endless Space 2: They're a culture that overindustrialised and destroyed their own planet but managed to find precursor artifacts which allowed them to upload themselves, kinda, and continue living in space. **The Kha'ak** from X series, a mysterious bug like race that lives entirely in deep space feeding off of radiation and other energy runoffs. They would attack ships and planets to feed on energy. **The Scrin** from Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, Are another insectoid like alien race that devour \"Ichor\" which is a substance that turns anything it touches into more Ichor. They likely destroyed their own world long ago and now live in deep space to seed other planets and wait until they've turned entirely into more feed. **The Reapers** Mass Effect series. Though they don't necessarily \"Live\" in deep space, these mechanical monstrosities hide out in Deep space observing the galaxy and cleansing all organic life to create new reapers every 50,000 years or so. **The Vasari Empire** Sins of a Solar Empire, They used to be a proud race with a massive empire until an unknown horror has forced them to continuously flee. They live on board their ships and only ever stop on planets to extract resources, refuel, resupply and move on to the next world. (In game, they \"lockdown\" planets though, which acts like colonization) ... This last one I hope isn't just me but... **Kerbals** from Kerbal Space Program. They don't need to eat or breathe or anything and I have many of them who are living out in deep space...mostly by accident.", "human_ref_B": "Titan AE has humanity living in collections of space stations and cruisers. In Gargantia on the verduous planet, [spoiler](/s \"humans had to leave earth and split two factions, one that lives in space stations and the other that bioengineered themselves to live in space as big monster squid things.\" )", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15549.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc58lfg", "c_root_id_B": "dc5jisw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483848604.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483874307.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The k'r'r'r of Spelljammer evolved and live in deep space.", "human_ref_B": "Titan AE has humanity living in collections of space stations and cruisers. In Gargantia on the verduous planet, [spoiler](/s \"humans had to leave earth and split two factions, one that lives in space stations and the other that bioengineered themselves to live in space as big monster squid things.\" )", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25703.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5c8pm", "c_root_id_B": "dc5jisw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483854668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483874307.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The Reavers from Firefly seem to be an entirely space-faring civilization (if you can consider them to *be* a civilization). In Star Trek Voyager, there were a few. The Hirogen were nomadic hunters that lived entirely on their ships. The Voth (the ones descended from dinosaurs) lived on a giant city-ship. The Varro lived entirely on a ship and a plot-point of the episode (\"The Disease\") was that some of them wanted to break away and settle on a planet. Also, the Borg, while they do have planets to strip of resources, are primarily a space-faring civilization.", "human_ref_B": "Titan AE has humanity living in collections of space stations and cruisers. In Gargantia on the verduous planet, [spoiler](/s \"humans had to leave earth and split two factions, one that lives in space stations and the other that bioengineered themselves to live in space as big monster squid things.\" )", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19639.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5jisw", "c_root_id_B": "dc58arr", "created_at_utc_A": 1483874307.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848195.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Titan AE has humanity living in collections of space stations and cruisers. In Gargantia on the verduous planet, [spoiler](/s \"humans had to leave earth and split two factions, one that lives in space stations and the other that bioengineered themselves to live in space as big monster squid things.\" )", "human_ref_B": "In Rifts, the Orbital Community are the space-born survivors of the Great Cataclysm. Earth was still pre-FTL, and thus only had the 5 space stations, the Lunar colony, and the lost Mars colony. When the Great Cataclysm happened, the survivors thought the Earth was doomed and worked together to quarantine the Earth. They set up a counter-orbit debris ring, and thousands of killer SDI satellites, in an effort to make sure the horrible things spawning through the rifts stayed on the ground. This also meant that the survivors on the ground could never send up any satellites or space shuttles.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26112.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5het0", "c_root_id_B": "dc5jisw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483867246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483874307.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In *Revenger* Earth was destroyed some millions of years ago and humanity lives entirely on massive space stations.", "human_ref_B": "Titan AE has humanity living in collections of space stations and cruisers. In Gargantia on the verduous planet, [spoiler](/s \"humans had to leave earth and split two factions, one that lives in space stations and the other that bioengineered themselves to live in space as big monster squid things.\" )", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7061.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5hsot", "c_root_id_B": "dc5jisw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483868488.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483874307.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In one of the later old man war books, there's a race of modified humans that like completely in space, they look kinda like turtles and are trained like navy seals", "human_ref_B": "Titan AE has humanity living in collections of space stations and cruisers. In Gargantia on the verduous planet, [spoiler](/s \"humans had to leave earth and split two factions, one that lives in space stations and the other that bioengineered themselves to live in space as big monster squid things.\" )", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5819.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5ptn2", "c_root_id_B": "dc5loaw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483881153.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**The Vodyani** From Endless Space 2: They're a culture that overindustrialised and destroyed their own planet but managed to find precursor artifacts which allowed them to upload themselves, kinda, and continue living in space. **The Kha'ak** from X series, a mysterious bug like race that lives entirely in deep space feeding off of radiation and other energy runoffs. They would attack ships and planets to feed on energy. **The Scrin** from Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, Are another insectoid like alien race that devour \"Ichor\" which is a substance that turns anything it touches into more Ichor. They likely destroyed their own world long ago and now live in deep space to seed other planets and wait until they've turned entirely into more feed. **The Reapers** Mass Effect series. Though they don't necessarily \"Live\" in deep space, these mechanical monstrosities hide out in Deep space observing the galaxy and cleansing all organic life to create new reapers every 50,000 years or so. **The Vasari Empire** Sins of a Solar Empire, They used to be a proud race with a massive empire until an unknown horror has forced them to continuously flee. They live on board their ships and only ever stop on planets to extract resources, refuel, resupply and move on to the next world. (In game, they \"lockdown\" planets though, which acts like colonization) ... This last one I hope isn't just me but... **Kerbals** from Kerbal Space Program. They don't need to eat or breathe or anything and I have many of them who are living out in deep space...mostly by accident.", "human_ref_B": "The Quarians. They've been in space so long they can't settle on other planets. (If I remember correctly) Not sure if they really count though as they haven't been in space as long as other races on this list.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8703.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5ptn2", "c_root_id_B": "dc58lfg", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848604.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**The Vodyani** From Endless Space 2: They're a culture that overindustrialised and destroyed their own planet but managed to find precursor artifacts which allowed them to upload themselves, kinda, and continue living in space. **The Kha'ak** from X series, a mysterious bug like race that lives entirely in deep space feeding off of radiation and other energy runoffs. They would attack ships and planets to feed on energy. **The Scrin** from Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, Are another insectoid like alien race that devour \"Ichor\" which is a substance that turns anything it touches into more Ichor. They likely destroyed their own world long ago and now live in deep space to seed other planets and wait until they've turned entirely into more feed. **The Reapers** Mass Effect series. Though they don't necessarily \"Live\" in deep space, these mechanical monstrosities hide out in Deep space observing the galaxy and cleansing all organic life to create new reapers every 50,000 years or so. **The Vasari Empire** Sins of a Solar Empire, They used to be a proud race with a massive empire until an unknown horror has forced them to continuously flee. They live on board their ships and only ever stop on planets to extract resources, refuel, resupply and move on to the next world. (In game, they \"lockdown\" planets though, which acts like colonization) ... This last one I hope isn't just me but... **Kerbals** from Kerbal Space Program. They don't need to eat or breathe or anything and I have many of them who are living out in deep space...mostly by accident.", "human_ref_B": "The k'r'r'r of Spelljammer evolved and live in deep space.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41252.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5c8pm", "c_root_id_B": "dc5ptn2", "created_at_utc_A": 1483854668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483889856.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The Reavers from Firefly seem to be an entirely space-faring civilization (if you can consider them to *be* a civilization). In Star Trek Voyager, there were a few. The Hirogen were nomadic hunters that lived entirely on their ships. The Voth (the ones descended from dinosaurs) lived on a giant city-ship. The Varro lived entirely on a ship and a plot-point of the episode (\"The Disease\") was that some of them wanted to break away and settle on a planet. Also, the Borg, while they do have planets to strip of resources, are primarily a space-faring civilization.", "human_ref_B": "**The Vodyani** From Endless Space 2: They're a culture that overindustrialised and destroyed their own planet but managed to find precursor artifacts which allowed them to upload themselves, kinda, and continue living in space. **The Kha'ak** from X series, a mysterious bug like race that lives entirely in deep space feeding off of radiation and other energy runoffs. They would attack ships and planets to feed on energy. **The Scrin** from Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, Are another insectoid like alien race that devour \"Ichor\" which is a substance that turns anything it touches into more Ichor. They likely destroyed their own world long ago and now live in deep space to seed other planets and wait until they've turned entirely into more feed. **The Reapers** Mass Effect series. Though they don't necessarily \"Live\" in deep space, these mechanical monstrosities hide out in Deep space observing the galaxy and cleansing all organic life to create new reapers every 50,000 years or so. **The Vasari Empire** Sins of a Solar Empire, They used to be a proud race with a massive empire until an unknown horror has forced them to continuously flee. They live on board their ships and only ever stop on planets to extract resources, refuel, resupply and move on to the next world. (In game, they \"lockdown\" planets though, which acts like colonization) ... This last one I hope isn't just me but... **Kerbals** from Kerbal Space Program. They don't need to eat or breathe or anything and I have many of them who are living out in deep space...mostly by accident.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35188.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5ptn2", "c_root_id_B": "dc5pg2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483889229.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**The Vodyani** From Endless Space 2: They're a culture that overindustrialised and destroyed their own planet but managed to find precursor artifacts which allowed them to upload themselves, kinda, and continue living in space. **The Kha'ak** from X series, a mysterious bug like race that lives entirely in deep space feeding off of radiation and other energy runoffs. They would attack ships and planets to feed on energy. **The Scrin** from Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, Are another insectoid like alien race that devour \"Ichor\" which is a substance that turns anything it touches into more Ichor. They likely destroyed their own world long ago and now live in deep space to seed other planets and wait until they've turned entirely into more feed. **The Reapers** Mass Effect series. Though they don't necessarily \"Live\" in deep space, these mechanical monstrosities hide out in Deep space observing the galaxy and cleansing all organic life to create new reapers every 50,000 years or so. **The Vasari Empire** Sins of a Solar Empire, They used to be a proud race with a massive empire until an unknown horror has forced them to continuously flee. They live on board their ships and only ever stop on planets to extract resources, refuel, resupply and move on to the next world. (In game, they \"lockdown\" planets though, which acts like colonization) ... This last one I hope isn't just me but... **Kerbals** from Kerbal Space Program. They don't need to eat or breathe or anything and I have many of them who are living out in deep space...mostly by accident.", "human_ref_B": "The Shivans from Decent: Freespace. They may live in hyperspace. They have two sets of three hands and \"eyes\" which seem to focus (and can even discharge) some type of energy. My opinion is they can use this like a hi powered flashlight. Their eyes are very large and I assume they use shorter wavelengths. This might also be how they communicate. They can/do live in a vacuum so they don't respire. Not much is known because they fight to the death and not much is left aferward. There is some evidence they are a hive-mind. The ships themselves might even the mastermind since they seem to still operate without a crew.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 627.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5ptn2", "c_root_id_B": "dc58arr", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848195.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**The Vodyani** From Endless Space 2: They're a culture that overindustrialised and destroyed their own planet but managed to find precursor artifacts which allowed them to upload themselves, kinda, and continue living in space. **The Kha'ak** from X series, a mysterious bug like race that lives entirely in deep space feeding off of radiation and other energy runoffs. They would attack ships and planets to feed on energy. **The Scrin** from Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, Are another insectoid like alien race that devour \"Ichor\" which is a substance that turns anything it touches into more Ichor. They likely destroyed their own world long ago and now live in deep space to seed other planets and wait until they've turned entirely into more feed. **The Reapers** Mass Effect series. Though they don't necessarily \"Live\" in deep space, these mechanical monstrosities hide out in Deep space observing the galaxy and cleansing all organic life to create new reapers every 50,000 years or so. **The Vasari Empire** Sins of a Solar Empire, They used to be a proud race with a massive empire until an unknown horror has forced them to continuously flee. They live on board their ships and only ever stop on planets to extract resources, refuel, resupply and move on to the next world. (In game, they \"lockdown\" planets though, which acts like colonization) ... This last one I hope isn't just me but... **Kerbals** from Kerbal Space Program. They don't need to eat or breathe or anything and I have many of them who are living out in deep space...mostly by accident.", "human_ref_B": "In Rifts, the Orbital Community are the space-born survivors of the Great Cataclysm. Earth was still pre-FTL, and thus only had the 5 space stations, the Lunar colony, and the lost Mars colony. When the Great Cataclysm happened, the survivors thought the Earth was doomed and worked together to quarantine the Earth. They set up a counter-orbit debris ring, and thousands of killer SDI satellites, in an effort to make sure the horrible things spawning through the rifts stayed on the ground. This also meant that the survivors on the ground could never send up any satellites or space shuttles.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41661.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5ptn2", "c_root_id_B": "dc5het0", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483867246.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**The Vodyani** From Endless Space 2: They're a culture that overindustrialised and destroyed their own planet but managed to find precursor artifacts which allowed them to upload themselves, kinda, and continue living in space. **The Kha'ak** from X series, a mysterious bug like race that lives entirely in deep space feeding off of radiation and other energy runoffs. They would attack ships and planets to feed on energy. **The Scrin** from Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, Are another insectoid like alien race that devour \"Ichor\" which is a substance that turns anything it touches into more Ichor. They likely destroyed their own world long ago and now live in deep space to seed other planets and wait until they've turned entirely into more feed. **The Reapers** Mass Effect series. Though they don't necessarily \"Live\" in deep space, these mechanical monstrosities hide out in Deep space observing the galaxy and cleansing all organic life to create new reapers every 50,000 years or so. **The Vasari Empire** Sins of a Solar Empire, They used to be a proud race with a massive empire until an unknown horror has forced them to continuously flee. They live on board their ships and only ever stop on planets to extract resources, refuel, resupply and move on to the next world. (In game, they \"lockdown\" planets though, which acts like colonization) ... This last one I hope isn't just me but... **Kerbals** from Kerbal Space Program. They don't need to eat or breathe or anything and I have many of them who are living out in deep space...mostly by accident.", "human_ref_B": "In *Revenger* Earth was destroyed some millions of years ago and humanity lives entirely on massive space stations.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22610.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5ptn2", "c_root_id_B": "dc5hsot", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483868488.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**The Vodyani** From Endless Space 2: They're a culture that overindustrialised and destroyed their own planet but managed to find precursor artifacts which allowed them to upload themselves, kinda, and continue living in space. **The Kha'ak** from X series, a mysterious bug like race that lives entirely in deep space feeding off of radiation and other energy runoffs. They would attack ships and planets to feed on energy. **The Scrin** from Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, Are another insectoid like alien race that devour \"Ichor\" which is a substance that turns anything it touches into more Ichor. They likely destroyed their own world long ago and now live in deep space to seed other planets and wait until they've turned entirely into more feed. **The Reapers** Mass Effect series. Though they don't necessarily \"Live\" in deep space, these mechanical monstrosities hide out in Deep space observing the galaxy and cleansing all organic life to create new reapers every 50,000 years or so. **The Vasari Empire** Sins of a Solar Empire, They used to be a proud race with a massive empire until an unknown horror has forced them to continuously flee. They live on board their ships and only ever stop on planets to extract resources, refuel, resupply and move on to the next world. (In game, they \"lockdown\" planets though, which acts like colonization) ... This last one I hope isn't just me but... **Kerbals** from Kerbal Space Program. They don't need to eat or breathe or anything and I have many of them who are living out in deep space...mostly by accident.", "human_ref_B": "In one of the later old man war books, there's a race of modified humans that like completely in space, they look kinda like turtles and are trained like navy seals", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21368.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5loaw", "c_root_id_B": "dc58lfg", "created_at_utc_A": 1483881153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848604.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Quarians. They've been in space so long they can't settle on other planets. (If I remember correctly) Not sure if they really count though as they haven't been in space as long as other races on this list.", "human_ref_B": "The k'r'r'r of Spelljammer evolved and live in deep space.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32549.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5c8pm", "c_root_id_B": "dc5loaw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483854668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483881153.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The Reavers from Firefly seem to be an entirely space-faring civilization (if you can consider them to *be* a civilization). In Star Trek Voyager, there were a few. The Hirogen were nomadic hunters that lived entirely on their ships. The Voth (the ones descended from dinosaurs) lived on a giant city-ship. The Varro lived entirely on a ship and a plot-point of the episode (\"The Disease\") was that some of them wanted to break away and settle on a planet. Also, the Borg, while they do have planets to strip of resources, are primarily a space-faring civilization.", "human_ref_B": "The Quarians. They've been in space so long they can't settle on other planets. (If I remember correctly) Not sure if they really count though as they haven't been in space as long as other races on this list.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26485.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc58arr", "c_root_id_B": "dc5loaw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483848195.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483881153.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In Rifts, the Orbital Community are the space-born survivors of the Great Cataclysm. Earth was still pre-FTL, and thus only had the 5 space stations, the Lunar colony, and the lost Mars colony. When the Great Cataclysm happened, the survivors thought the Earth was doomed and worked together to quarantine the Earth. They set up a counter-orbit debris ring, and thousands of killer SDI satellites, in an effort to make sure the horrible things spawning through the rifts stayed on the ground. This also meant that the survivors on the ground could never send up any satellites or space shuttles.", "human_ref_B": "The Quarians. They've been in space so long they can't settle on other planets. (If I remember correctly) Not sure if they really count though as they haven't been in space as long as other races on this list.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32958.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5het0", "c_root_id_B": "dc5loaw", "created_at_utc_A": 1483867246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483881153.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In *Revenger* Earth was destroyed some millions of years ago and humanity lives entirely on massive space stations.", "human_ref_B": "The Quarians. They've been in space so long they can't settle on other planets. (If I remember correctly) Not sure if they really count though as they haven't been in space as long as other races on this list.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13907.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5loaw", "c_root_id_B": "dc5hsot", "created_at_utc_A": 1483881153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483868488.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Quarians. They've been in space so long they can't settle on other planets. (If I remember correctly) Not sure if they really count though as they haven't been in space as long as other races on this list.", "human_ref_B": "In one of the later old man war books, there's a race of modified humans that like completely in space, they look kinda like turtles and are trained like navy seals", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12665.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5c8pm", "c_root_id_B": "dc58lfg", "created_at_utc_A": 1483854668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848604.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Reavers from Firefly seem to be an entirely space-faring civilization (if you can consider them to *be* a civilization). In Star Trek Voyager, there were a few. The Hirogen were nomadic hunters that lived entirely on their ships. The Voth (the ones descended from dinosaurs) lived on a giant city-ship. The Varro lived entirely on a ship and a plot-point of the episode (\"The Disease\") was that some of them wanted to break away and settle on a planet. Also, the Borg, while they do have planets to strip of resources, are primarily a space-faring civilization.", "human_ref_B": "The k'r'r'r of Spelljammer evolved and live in deep space.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6064.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc58arr", "c_root_id_B": "dc58lfg", "created_at_utc_A": 1483848195.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848604.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In Rifts, the Orbital Community are the space-born survivors of the Great Cataclysm. Earth was still pre-FTL, and thus only had the 5 space stations, the Lunar colony, and the lost Mars colony. When the Great Cataclysm happened, the survivors thought the Earth was doomed and worked together to quarantine the Earth. They set up a counter-orbit debris ring, and thousands of killer SDI satellites, in an effort to make sure the horrible things spawning through the rifts stayed on the ground. This also meant that the survivors on the ground could never send up any satellites or space shuttles.", "human_ref_B": "The k'r'r'r of Spelljammer evolved and live in deep space.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 409.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc58arr", "c_root_id_B": "dc5c8pm", "created_at_utc_A": 1483848195.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483854668.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In Rifts, the Orbital Community are the space-born survivors of the Great Cataclysm. Earth was still pre-FTL, and thus only had the 5 space stations, the Lunar colony, and the lost Mars colony. When the Great Cataclysm happened, the survivors thought the Earth was doomed and worked together to quarantine the Earth. They set up a counter-orbit debris ring, and thousands of killer SDI satellites, in an effort to make sure the horrible things spawning through the rifts stayed on the ground. This also meant that the survivors on the ground could never send up any satellites or space shuttles.", "human_ref_B": "The Reavers from Firefly seem to be an entirely space-faring civilization (if you can consider them to *be* a civilization). In Star Trek Voyager, there were a few. The Hirogen were nomadic hunters that lived entirely on their ships. The Voth (the ones descended from dinosaurs) lived on a giant city-ship. The Varro lived entirely on a ship and a plot-point of the episode (\"The Disease\") was that some of them wanted to break away and settle on a planet. Also, the Borg, while they do have planets to strip of resources, are primarily a space-faring civilization.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6473.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5pg2i", "c_root_id_B": "dc58arr", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889229.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483848195.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Shivans from Decent: Freespace. They may live in hyperspace. They have two sets of three hands and \"eyes\" which seem to focus (and can even discharge) some type of energy. My opinion is they can use this like a hi powered flashlight. Their eyes are very large and I assume they use shorter wavelengths. This might also be how they communicate. They can/do live in a vacuum so they don't respire. Not much is known because they fight to the death and not much is left aferward. There is some evidence they are a hive-mind. The ships themselves might even the mastermind since they seem to still operate without a crew.", "human_ref_B": "In Rifts, the Orbital Community are the space-born survivors of the Great Cataclysm. Earth was still pre-FTL, and thus only had the 5 space stations, the Lunar colony, and the lost Mars colony. When the Great Cataclysm happened, the survivors thought the Earth was doomed and worked together to quarantine the Earth. They set up a counter-orbit debris ring, and thousands of killer SDI satellites, in an effort to make sure the horrible things spawning through the rifts stayed on the ground. This also meant that the survivors on the ground could never send up any satellites or space shuttles.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41034.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5het0", "c_root_id_B": "dc5pg2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1483867246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483889229.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In *Revenger* Earth was destroyed some millions of years ago and humanity lives entirely on massive space stations.", "human_ref_B": "The Shivans from Decent: Freespace. They may live in hyperspace. They have two sets of three hands and \"eyes\" which seem to focus (and can even discharge) some type of energy. My opinion is they can use this like a hi powered flashlight. Their eyes are very large and I assume they use shorter wavelengths. This might also be how they communicate. They can/do live in a vacuum so they don't respire. Not much is known because they fight to the death and not much is left aferward. There is some evidence they are a hive-mind. The ships themselves might even the mastermind since they seem to still operate without a crew.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21983.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5mora0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Science Fiction] What are some examples of civilisations that live primarily in deep space? In most sci-fy I encountered, most species live on planets and only use space-faring vessels to travel to other planets. Are there any civilisations that exist primarily in space?", "c_root_id_A": "dc5pg2i", "c_root_id_B": "dc5hsot", "created_at_utc_A": 1483889229.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483868488.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Shivans from Decent: Freespace. They may live in hyperspace. They have two sets of three hands and \"eyes\" which seem to focus (and can even discharge) some type of energy. My opinion is they can use this like a hi powered flashlight. Their eyes are very large and I assume they use shorter wavelengths. This might also be how they communicate. They can/do live in a vacuum so they don't respire. Not much is known because they fight to the death and not much is left aferward. There is some evidence they are a hive-mind. The ships themselves might even the mastermind since they seem to still operate without a crew.", "human_ref_B": "In one of the later old man war books, there's a race of modified humans that like completely in space, they look kinda like turtles and are trained like navy seals", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20741.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6o1thv", "c_root_id_B": "e6o1nut", "created_at_utc_A": 1537966895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537966720.0, "score_A": 474, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The Galactic Senate has ~10,000 seats (1,024 pods in the Senate chamber big enough to fit ~10 people each; Padme's anti-war faction of 2,000 Senators being a large and powerful minority), so there's around 10,000 or so *systems* that have Senate representation (some systems have multiple planets). The Galactic Empire has 25,000 Imperial Star Destroyers, each one capable of subjugating one planet by itself. They also have thousands of other types of ships in the fleet. The Empire still had enormous military power after Endor, they just lost their leadership and cohesion.", "human_ref_B": "The question is how many planets are survivable in the galaxy. It might not be that many. Also, the Imperial Navy had a strong focus on single fighters instead of cruisers, so most of the Empire's control is probably in airspace (spacespace? (Space)^2?) Around the planets, and the Capital ships only exist to ferry ground troops and to board ships.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 175.0, "score_ratio": 36.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6o1nut", "c_root_id_B": "e6o1yad", "created_at_utc_A": 1537966720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537967042.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "The question is how many planets are survivable in the galaxy. It might not be that many. Also, the Imperial Navy had a strong focus on single fighters instead of cruisers, so most of the Empire's control is probably in airspace (spacespace? (Space)^2?) Around the planets, and the Capital ships only exist to ferry ground troops and to board ships.", "human_ref_B": "People overestimate how many soldiers and ships you need to controll the galaxy. Im gonna talk more about the clone wars than the civil war, but the point is the same. Note tho, in legends, and im sure this number carried over to canon too, the empire had about 25000 star destroyers. And thats only counting the differnet star destroyer models, they also had a lot of smaller supportships and such. But, remember, the republic managed to wage galactic war with only a few million troops. Thats becasue, A, they arent fighting on literally every planet, and B, you dont need that many troops to controll a planet. Most battles during the clone wars were concentrated in a few areas. For example, during the battle of ryloth when it was under control by the CIS, there was just 2 battles on the entire planet, one at the CIS main stronghold where they had hostages, and one siege on the capital city. And this is often all you need, just capture the capital and the main space ports, and BAM, you now controll the planet. If you controll the goverment and every way in and out of the planet, you controll the planet. And, since the republic was mostly \"liberating\" worlds during the war, they didnt need to leave troops there to occupy them, meaning they could move their small amout of troops around. meanwhile, the CIS *had* to leave troops to occupy, but since they had so many billions of battledroids, they could acutally afford to leave garrisons all over the place. The republic only had to leave garrisons at high risk or very important planets and bases. Now, this carries over to the civil war, but here the roles are reversed. Now, its the empire that needs to occupy and garrison all their worlds, while the rebells can move their entire force at once. So, the empire has a huge fleet, but most of it is hold up in garrisons and such. Now, the battle of endor was a blunder on the imperial side, but know this; the rebells were horribly outgunned and outnumber in that battle. In a regular space battle, it would have been a easy win for the empire. If you wanna see how the battle of endor *should* have been handeld, EckhartsLadder made a very good video on the subject.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 322.0, "score_ratio": 3.9230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6obt2r", "c_root_id_B": "e6o1nut", "created_at_utc_A": 1537975826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537966720.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The Rebellion wasn't a threat because of its military power but its ideological power. The Empire's doctrine was control through fear. Having an active rebel group showed that the Empire's control wasn't complete and encouraged others to perform either minor or major acts of resistance against the Empire. And the Rebels did likely have more forces, not necessarily in reserve but just scattered about. The Rebellion was an alliance of different cells. The loose association meant it would be harder for Imperials to unravel the whole organization if one important person was captured. But, this also meant that the Rebellion would have difficulty pulling it's full force together if needed. As for the Empire Endor was intended as a trap to destroy the majority of the Rebellion. In order to keep the trap a secret they couldn't pull all of their ships together, it would be obvious that they were planning something. The fleet at Endor was probably the largest fleet they could put together without the Rebels noticing.", "human_ref_B": "The question is how many planets are survivable in the galaxy. It might not be that many. Also, the Imperial Navy had a strong focus on single fighters instead of cruisers, so most of the Empire's control is probably in airspace (spacespace? (Space)^2?) Around the planets, and the Capital ships only exist to ferry ground troops and to board ships.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9106.0, "score_ratio": 3.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6obt2r", "c_root_id_B": "e6obml0", "created_at_utc_A": 1537975826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537975686.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The Rebellion wasn't a threat because of its military power but its ideological power. The Empire's doctrine was control through fear. Having an active rebel group showed that the Empire's control wasn't complete and encouraged others to perform either minor or major acts of resistance against the Empire. And the Rebels did likely have more forces, not necessarily in reserve but just scattered about. The Rebellion was an alliance of different cells. The loose association meant it would be harder for Imperials to unravel the whole organization if one important person was captured. But, this also meant that the Rebellion would have difficulty pulling it's full force together if needed. As for the Empire Endor was intended as a trap to destroy the majority of the Rebellion. In order to keep the trap a secret they couldn't pull all of their ships together, it would be obvious that they were planning something. The fleet at Endor was probably the largest fleet they could put together without the Rebels noticing.", "human_ref_B": "Let's say your local star system has a problem with Imperial rule. Your people are sick and tired of paying taxes that go straight to the Imperial navy, and you've got nothing to show for it! The local populace starts protesting around the Imperial garrison. In one incident, shots are fired. Two soldiers and 20 civilians are gunned down in the fight. Suddenly, 10 star destroyers and untold numbers of Imperial ground troops are in the city. The star destroyers engage in selective bombardment of \"terrorist\" strongholds, and stormtroopers conduct door to door searches for \"radicals.\" Thousands of people disappear into Imperial custody, and suddenly those taxes don't sound so bad. Incidents like this were common, but effective enough to control the bulk of the galaxy. Aside from the might of the navy, Vader/Palpatine *both* headed up enormous spy networks that monitored the holonet for any signs of well...anything suspicious. It's a sure thing that they knew about systems with brewing turmoil, and they likely had any annoying leaders assassinated quietly and replaced with Imperial agents or sympathizers. Vader and Palpatine both kept a close watch on things, and both had various suspicions about the Imperial navy, so there were multiple checks on possible problems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 140.0, "score_ratio": 5.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6o51bb", "c_root_id_B": "e6obt2r", "created_at_utc_A": 1537970094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537975826.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "Vast majority of worlds didn't see much of a difference between the Republic and the Empire. If you were on a human world, there was probably a general buy in that the Empire was superior to the Republic, after all the Republic had all but collapsed after a disastrous war led by those religious fanatic Jedi. Your Uncle believed that the Jedi were on both sides, after all Count Dooku was the separatist leader and he was a Jedi wasn't he. So the Empire cleans up that terrible mess and decides to keep a standing military. Great. No more senseless death or separatist attacks. Those bloody rebels are just whiners who want to go back to the previous failed system, fortunately they steer clear of here so who cares. That argument works much better when you look at how badly the reformed Republic bungled everything.", "human_ref_B": "The Rebellion wasn't a threat because of its military power but its ideological power. The Empire's doctrine was control through fear. Having an active rebel group showed that the Empire's control wasn't complete and encouraged others to perform either minor or major acts of resistance against the Empire. And the Rebels did likely have more forces, not necessarily in reserve but just scattered about. The Rebellion was an alliance of different cells. The loose association meant it would be harder for Imperials to unravel the whole organization if one important person was captured. But, this also meant that the Rebellion would have difficulty pulling it's full force together if needed. As for the Empire Endor was intended as a trap to destroy the majority of the Rebellion. In order to keep the trap a secret they couldn't pull all of their ships together, it would be obvious that they were planning something. The fleet at Endor was probably the largest fleet they could put together without the Rebels noticing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5732.0, "score_ratio": 9.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6oe01w", "c_root_id_B": "e6o1nut", "created_at_utc_A": 1537977576.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537966720.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I think the Imperial fleet is under-sized but I think there's logical reasons for that from the Imperial standpoint. It comes down to what you mean by \"control the galaxy\" versus cost efficiency and that is all definitely colored by their prejudiced view of the Rebellion. Using the Unites States navy as an example, we have around 430 active military ships today. At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945. So we're operating in relative peacetime at a number less than 10% of our wartime total. And although that WWII number was an impressive total, it was certainly not enough ships to \"control the entire world\" at the time. It was enough to be able to respond to active threats in a relatively quick window, but it was not a sufficient force for any kind of \"iron grip\" on the entire world. And that was insanely expensive to the point where we mothballed the majority of that fleet as soon as we possibly could. Now, we still have these 430 craft today because we're still competing with other military forces - and there are about 9,000 total military ships in all the world's navies active today. But if you had one single imperial government that *peacefully* took over the whole world, you would not need all 9,000 of those vessels. You would not even need the 430 that the US maintains. So you could start to downsize that fleet while shifting your ongoing naval construction efforts towards efficiency and standardization. So your goal here is cost savings by coming out with fewer, faster combat ships, geared towards fighting pirates, terrorists, and other non-professional forces, plus a number of peacetime uses like search-and-rescue. You might drop that number down to as little as 10-25% of your previous total? I'm no naval expert but that seems reasonable. So you're now ruling the entire planet with maybe 100 ships in your navy. That seems like a very low number but that's because you're not using them to keep an iron grip on the world, you're just using them as a response to noteworthy trouble. And from a cost standpoint, it might make sense to build a few very large ships instead of many small ones. There is a lot more cost up-front, but these are supposed to be ships that you keep for 30 years or more, and maintaining these ships can be easier than a bunch of smaller ships, so you spend more money now instead of spending it every year. Cost efficiency is guiding every decision here. But... that all hinges on you thinking that you've got a *relatively* peaceful rule. If you think that you're going to be truly fighting a major war, you would want to gear up to handle that. This is the time when you might ignore cost efficiency in order to build up a massive navy, right? But here's where the prejudiced view of the Rebellion comes in. Virtually every instance we have of Imperial officers and leaders discussing the Rebellion is accompanied by derisive and dismissive comments about the enemy. Just one example is the Emperor himself in RotJ saying \"Oh, I'm afraid this station will be quite operational when your pitiful rebel fleet arrives.\" Another is Tarkin huffing at an underling with \"I think you overestimate their chances.\" Again and again we get a picture that the Imperial leadership does not think of the Rebellion as a real threat or a major enemy. They are pitiful, they are doomed to failure, and they have to hide their base because if they were out in the open they know they would be destroyed. So the Empire *doesn't believe themselves to be fighting a major war that would require a larger navy*. Given that as the predominant thinking within the military and political leadership, why would you want to spend the money to expand the size of your navy any further?", "human_ref_B": "The question is how many planets are survivable in the galaxy. It might not be that many. Also, the Imperial Navy had a strong focus on single fighters instead of cruisers, so most of the Empire's control is probably in airspace (spacespace? (Space)^2?) Around the planets, and the Capital ships only exist to ferry ground troops and to board ships.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10856.0, "score_ratio": 1.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6oe01w", "c_root_id_B": "e6obml0", "created_at_utc_A": 1537977576.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537975686.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I think the Imperial fleet is under-sized but I think there's logical reasons for that from the Imperial standpoint. It comes down to what you mean by \"control the galaxy\" versus cost efficiency and that is all definitely colored by their prejudiced view of the Rebellion. Using the Unites States navy as an example, we have around 430 active military ships today. At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945. So we're operating in relative peacetime at a number less than 10% of our wartime total. And although that WWII number was an impressive total, it was certainly not enough ships to \"control the entire world\" at the time. It was enough to be able to respond to active threats in a relatively quick window, but it was not a sufficient force for any kind of \"iron grip\" on the entire world. And that was insanely expensive to the point where we mothballed the majority of that fleet as soon as we possibly could. Now, we still have these 430 craft today because we're still competing with other military forces - and there are about 9,000 total military ships in all the world's navies active today. But if you had one single imperial government that *peacefully* took over the whole world, you would not need all 9,000 of those vessels. You would not even need the 430 that the US maintains. So you could start to downsize that fleet while shifting your ongoing naval construction efforts towards efficiency and standardization. So your goal here is cost savings by coming out with fewer, faster combat ships, geared towards fighting pirates, terrorists, and other non-professional forces, plus a number of peacetime uses like search-and-rescue. You might drop that number down to as little as 10-25% of your previous total? I'm no naval expert but that seems reasonable. So you're now ruling the entire planet with maybe 100 ships in your navy. That seems like a very low number but that's because you're not using them to keep an iron grip on the world, you're just using them as a response to noteworthy trouble. And from a cost standpoint, it might make sense to build a few very large ships instead of many small ones. There is a lot more cost up-front, but these are supposed to be ships that you keep for 30 years or more, and maintaining these ships can be easier than a bunch of smaller ships, so you spend more money now instead of spending it every year. Cost efficiency is guiding every decision here. But... that all hinges on you thinking that you've got a *relatively* peaceful rule. If you think that you're going to be truly fighting a major war, you would want to gear up to handle that. This is the time when you might ignore cost efficiency in order to build up a massive navy, right? But here's where the prejudiced view of the Rebellion comes in. Virtually every instance we have of Imperial officers and leaders discussing the Rebellion is accompanied by derisive and dismissive comments about the enemy. Just one example is the Emperor himself in RotJ saying \"Oh, I'm afraid this station will be quite operational when your pitiful rebel fleet arrives.\" Another is Tarkin huffing at an underling with \"I think you overestimate their chances.\" Again and again we get a picture that the Imperial leadership does not think of the Rebellion as a real threat or a major enemy. They are pitiful, they are doomed to failure, and they have to hide their base because if they were out in the open they know they would be destroyed. So the Empire *doesn't believe themselves to be fighting a major war that would require a larger navy*. Given that as the predominant thinking within the military and political leadership, why would you want to spend the money to expand the size of your navy any further?", "human_ref_B": "Let's say your local star system has a problem with Imperial rule. Your people are sick and tired of paying taxes that go straight to the Imperial navy, and you've got nothing to show for it! The local populace starts protesting around the Imperial garrison. In one incident, shots are fired. Two soldiers and 20 civilians are gunned down in the fight. Suddenly, 10 star destroyers and untold numbers of Imperial ground troops are in the city. The star destroyers engage in selective bombardment of \"terrorist\" strongholds, and stormtroopers conduct door to door searches for \"radicals.\" Thousands of people disappear into Imperial custody, and suddenly those taxes don't sound so bad. Incidents like this were common, but effective enough to control the bulk of the galaxy. Aside from the might of the navy, Vader/Palpatine *both* headed up enormous spy networks that monitored the holonet for any signs of well...anything suspicious. It's a sure thing that they knew about systems with brewing turmoil, and they likely had any annoying leaders assassinated quietly and replaced with Imperial agents or sympathizers. Vader and Palpatine both kept a close watch on things, and both had various suspicions about the Imperial navy, so there were multiple checks on possible problems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1890.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6o51bb", "c_root_id_B": "e6oe01w", "created_at_utc_A": 1537970094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537977576.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Vast majority of worlds didn't see much of a difference between the Republic and the Empire. If you were on a human world, there was probably a general buy in that the Empire was superior to the Republic, after all the Republic had all but collapsed after a disastrous war led by those religious fanatic Jedi. Your Uncle believed that the Jedi were on both sides, after all Count Dooku was the separatist leader and he was a Jedi wasn't he. So the Empire cleans up that terrible mess and decides to keep a standing military. Great. No more senseless death or separatist attacks. Those bloody rebels are just whiners who want to go back to the previous failed system, fortunately they steer clear of here so who cares. That argument works much better when you look at how badly the reformed Republic bungled everything.", "human_ref_B": "I think the Imperial fleet is under-sized but I think there's logical reasons for that from the Imperial standpoint. It comes down to what you mean by \"control the galaxy\" versus cost efficiency and that is all definitely colored by their prejudiced view of the Rebellion. Using the Unites States navy as an example, we have around 430 active military ships today. At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945. So we're operating in relative peacetime at a number less than 10% of our wartime total. And although that WWII number was an impressive total, it was certainly not enough ships to \"control the entire world\" at the time. It was enough to be able to respond to active threats in a relatively quick window, but it was not a sufficient force for any kind of \"iron grip\" on the entire world. And that was insanely expensive to the point where we mothballed the majority of that fleet as soon as we possibly could. Now, we still have these 430 craft today because we're still competing with other military forces - and there are about 9,000 total military ships in all the world's navies active today. But if you had one single imperial government that *peacefully* took over the whole world, you would not need all 9,000 of those vessels. You would not even need the 430 that the US maintains. So you could start to downsize that fleet while shifting your ongoing naval construction efforts towards efficiency and standardization. So your goal here is cost savings by coming out with fewer, faster combat ships, geared towards fighting pirates, terrorists, and other non-professional forces, plus a number of peacetime uses like search-and-rescue. You might drop that number down to as little as 10-25% of your previous total? I'm no naval expert but that seems reasonable. So you're now ruling the entire planet with maybe 100 ships in your navy. That seems like a very low number but that's because you're not using them to keep an iron grip on the world, you're just using them as a response to noteworthy trouble. And from a cost standpoint, it might make sense to build a few very large ships instead of many small ones. There is a lot more cost up-front, but these are supposed to be ships that you keep for 30 years or more, and maintaining these ships can be easier than a bunch of smaller ships, so you spend more money now instead of spending it every year. Cost efficiency is guiding every decision here. But... that all hinges on you thinking that you've got a *relatively* peaceful rule. If you think that you're going to be truly fighting a major war, you would want to gear up to handle that. This is the time when you might ignore cost efficiency in order to build up a massive navy, right? But here's where the prejudiced view of the Rebellion comes in. Virtually every instance we have of Imperial officers and leaders discussing the Rebellion is accompanied by derisive and dismissive comments about the enemy. Just one example is the Emperor himself in RotJ saying \"Oh, I'm afraid this station will be quite operational when your pitiful rebel fleet arrives.\" Another is Tarkin huffing at an underling with \"I think you overestimate their chances.\" Again and again we get a picture that the Imperial leadership does not think of the Rebellion as a real threat or a major enemy. They are pitiful, they are doomed to failure, and they have to hide their base because if they were out in the open they know they would be destroyed. So the Empire *doesn't believe themselves to be fighting a major war that would require a larger navy*. Given that as the predominant thinking within the military and political leadership, why would you want to spend the money to expand the size of your navy any further?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7482.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6oe01w", "c_root_id_B": "e6oc4gb", "created_at_utc_A": 1537977576.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537976079.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think the Imperial fleet is under-sized but I think there's logical reasons for that from the Imperial standpoint. It comes down to what you mean by \"control the galaxy\" versus cost efficiency and that is all definitely colored by their prejudiced view of the Rebellion. Using the Unites States navy as an example, we have around 430 active military ships today. At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945. So we're operating in relative peacetime at a number less than 10% of our wartime total. And although that WWII number was an impressive total, it was certainly not enough ships to \"control the entire world\" at the time. It was enough to be able to respond to active threats in a relatively quick window, but it was not a sufficient force for any kind of \"iron grip\" on the entire world. And that was insanely expensive to the point where we mothballed the majority of that fleet as soon as we possibly could. Now, we still have these 430 craft today because we're still competing with other military forces - and there are about 9,000 total military ships in all the world's navies active today. But if you had one single imperial government that *peacefully* took over the whole world, you would not need all 9,000 of those vessels. You would not even need the 430 that the US maintains. So you could start to downsize that fleet while shifting your ongoing naval construction efforts towards efficiency and standardization. So your goal here is cost savings by coming out with fewer, faster combat ships, geared towards fighting pirates, terrorists, and other non-professional forces, plus a number of peacetime uses like search-and-rescue. You might drop that number down to as little as 10-25% of your previous total? I'm no naval expert but that seems reasonable. So you're now ruling the entire planet with maybe 100 ships in your navy. That seems like a very low number but that's because you're not using them to keep an iron grip on the world, you're just using them as a response to noteworthy trouble. And from a cost standpoint, it might make sense to build a few very large ships instead of many small ones. There is a lot more cost up-front, but these are supposed to be ships that you keep for 30 years or more, and maintaining these ships can be easier than a bunch of smaller ships, so you spend more money now instead of spending it every year. Cost efficiency is guiding every decision here. But... that all hinges on you thinking that you've got a *relatively* peaceful rule. If you think that you're going to be truly fighting a major war, you would want to gear up to handle that. This is the time when you might ignore cost efficiency in order to build up a massive navy, right? But here's where the prejudiced view of the Rebellion comes in. Virtually every instance we have of Imperial officers and leaders discussing the Rebellion is accompanied by derisive and dismissive comments about the enemy. Just one example is the Emperor himself in RotJ saying \"Oh, I'm afraid this station will be quite operational when your pitiful rebel fleet arrives.\" Another is Tarkin huffing at an underling with \"I think you overestimate their chances.\" Again and again we get a picture that the Imperial leadership does not think of the Rebellion as a real threat or a major enemy. They are pitiful, they are doomed to failure, and they have to hide their base because if they were out in the open they know they would be destroyed. So the Empire *doesn't believe themselves to be fighting a major war that would require a larger navy*. Given that as the predominant thinking within the military and political leadership, why would you want to spend the money to expand the size of your navy any further?", "human_ref_B": "They were setting a trap, the spring was that the death star itself was operational. If they had a huge escort fleet then the rebels would not have tried their assault. They had to have the smallest believable force they could. I doubt what we saw at Endor even reached half a percent of the imperial force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1497.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6o1nut", "c_root_id_B": "e6oe11t", "created_at_utc_A": 1537966720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537977597.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "The question is how many planets are survivable in the galaxy. It might not be that many. Also, the Imperial Navy had a strong focus on single fighters instead of cruisers, so most of the Empire's control is probably in airspace (spacespace? (Space)^2?) Around the planets, and the Capital ships only exist to ferry ground troops and to board ships.", "human_ref_B": "The fleet at Endor was simply the amount that could be pulled away from other fleets without attracting attention/raising eyebrows, added on top of Death Squadron, Darth Vader's personal Rebel-hunting task force.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10877.0, "score_ratio": 1.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6oe11t", "c_root_id_B": "e6obml0", "created_at_utc_A": 1537977597.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537975686.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The fleet at Endor was simply the amount that could be pulled away from other fleets without attracting attention/raising eyebrows, added on top of Death Squadron, Darth Vader's personal Rebel-hunting task force.", "human_ref_B": "Let's say your local star system has a problem with Imperial rule. Your people are sick and tired of paying taxes that go straight to the Imperial navy, and you've got nothing to show for it! The local populace starts protesting around the Imperial garrison. In one incident, shots are fired. Two soldiers and 20 civilians are gunned down in the fight. Suddenly, 10 star destroyers and untold numbers of Imperial ground troops are in the city. The star destroyers engage in selective bombardment of \"terrorist\" strongholds, and stormtroopers conduct door to door searches for \"radicals.\" Thousands of people disappear into Imperial custody, and suddenly those taxes don't sound so bad. Incidents like this were common, but effective enough to control the bulk of the galaxy. Aside from the might of the navy, Vader/Palpatine *both* headed up enormous spy networks that monitored the holonet for any signs of well...anything suspicious. It's a sure thing that they knew about systems with brewing turmoil, and they likely had any annoying leaders assassinated quietly and replaced with Imperial agents or sympathizers. Vader and Palpatine both kept a close watch on things, and both had various suspicions about the Imperial navy, so there were multiple checks on possible problems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1911.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6o51bb", "c_root_id_B": "e6oe11t", "created_at_utc_A": 1537970094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537977597.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Vast majority of worlds didn't see much of a difference between the Republic and the Empire. If you were on a human world, there was probably a general buy in that the Empire was superior to the Republic, after all the Republic had all but collapsed after a disastrous war led by those religious fanatic Jedi. Your Uncle believed that the Jedi were on both sides, after all Count Dooku was the separatist leader and he was a Jedi wasn't he. So the Empire cleans up that terrible mess and decides to keep a standing military. Great. No more senseless death or separatist attacks. Those bloody rebels are just whiners who want to go back to the previous failed system, fortunately they steer clear of here so who cares. That argument works much better when you look at how badly the reformed Republic bungled everything.", "human_ref_B": "The fleet at Endor was simply the amount that could be pulled away from other fleets without attracting attention/raising eyebrows, added on top of Death Squadron, Darth Vader's personal Rebel-hunting task force.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7503.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6oe11t", "c_root_id_B": "e6oc4gb", "created_at_utc_A": 1537977597.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537976079.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The fleet at Endor was simply the amount that could be pulled away from other fleets without attracting attention/raising eyebrows, added on top of Death Squadron, Darth Vader's personal Rebel-hunting task force.", "human_ref_B": "They were setting a trap, the spring was that the death star itself was operational. If they had a huge escort fleet then the rebels would not have tried their assault. They had to have the smallest believable force they could. I doubt what we saw at Endor even reached half a percent of the imperial force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1518.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6o51bb", "c_root_id_B": "e6obml0", "created_at_utc_A": 1537970094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537975686.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Vast majority of worlds didn't see much of a difference between the Republic and the Empire. If you were on a human world, there was probably a general buy in that the Empire was superior to the Republic, after all the Republic had all but collapsed after a disastrous war led by those religious fanatic Jedi. Your Uncle believed that the Jedi were on both sides, after all Count Dooku was the separatist leader and he was a Jedi wasn't he. So the Empire cleans up that terrible mess and decides to keep a standing military. Great. No more senseless death or separatist attacks. Those bloody rebels are just whiners who want to go back to the previous failed system, fortunately they steer clear of here so who cares. That argument works much better when you look at how badly the reformed Republic bungled everything.", "human_ref_B": "Let's say your local star system has a problem with Imperial rule. Your people are sick and tired of paying taxes that go straight to the Imperial navy, and you've got nothing to show for it! The local populace starts protesting around the Imperial garrison. In one incident, shots are fired. Two soldiers and 20 civilians are gunned down in the fight. Suddenly, 10 star destroyers and untold numbers of Imperial ground troops are in the city. The star destroyers engage in selective bombardment of \"terrorist\" strongholds, and stormtroopers conduct door to door searches for \"radicals.\" Thousands of people disappear into Imperial custody, and suddenly those taxes don't sound so bad. Incidents like this were common, but effective enough to control the bulk of the galaxy. Aside from the might of the navy, Vader/Palpatine *both* headed up enormous spy networks that monitored the holonet for any signs of well...anything suspicious. It's a sure thing that they knew about systems with brewing turmoil, and they likely had any annoying leaders assassinated quietly and replaced with Imperial agents or sympathizers. Vader and Palpatine both kept a close watch on things, and both had various suspicions about the Imperial navy, so there were multiple checks on possible problems.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5592.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j25sm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[star wars] How was the Empire able to control an entire galaxy with such few ships? In Return of the Jedi we see the largest Empire force. But it didn\u2019t look big enough to command millions of planets. And the Rebellion would be just a gnat to it. yes i realize the empire had more capital ships and forces in other areas of the galaxy. but a galaxy has billions of stars and at least millions of worlds. if the empire fleet from return of the jedi was the largest concentration of their forces, how could they possibly have an iron grip on millions of star systems? and the rebellion fleet, if the empire DID in fact have massive forces that weren\u2019t at the Endor battle; the rebellion was basically a gnat to the empire. it seems unlikely that the rebellion had massive forces in reserve. if that\u2019s true then it follows that the rebellion was minuscule compared to the empire. just an annoying fly. unless of course, back to my first point: the empire\u2019s total fleet force was way too small to control an entire galaxy", "c_root_id_A": "e6oc4gb", "c_root_id_B": "e6oi8wg", "created_at_utc_A": 1537976079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537980931.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They were setting a trap, the spring was that the death star itself was operational. If they had a huge escort fleet then the rebels would not have tried their assault. They had to have the smallest believable force they could. I doubt what we saw at Endor even reached half a percent of the imperial force.", "human_ref_B": "The Empire didn't have an iron grip on the Galaxy. Both Tarkin and Leia discuss the implications of increasing centralization of power within the empire and came to similar conclusions (although phrased differently). >General Tagge: But that's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy? >Governor Tarkin: The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station. Tarkin directly acknowledges that the only method of maintaining control is through fear and large symbolic gestures (such as destroying specific planets to make an example of them). Regional authorities are also granted increased power, indicating that they have an independent force locally that can be used to help maintain local control without direct intervention. Leia tells Tarkin \"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers\" which is functionally the same argument that Tagge uses. As the Empire attempts to centralize authority they simply don't have enough power or forces to actually maintain complete control over local systems as they begin to rebel.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4852.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n6bmvs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General scifi/fantasy] A lot of books posit that the best warriors come from harsh environments; what are some good novels where the badassery comes from the gentle green fields of a temperate climate? Looking at **you**, Dune...", "c_root_id_A": "gx6p4ej", "c_root_id_B": "gx6chnb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620328735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620323475.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Historical Fiction generally. Horatio Hornblower for example popularized a genre about unassuming gentlemen from Merry England turning into badasses in the Navy and winning the respect of their hardbitten men.", "human_ref_B": "Asgard is a relattively peaceful place. They're good warriors because they train to defend it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5260.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n6bmvs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General scifi/fantasy] A lot of books posit that the best warriors come from harsh environments; what are some good novels where the badassery comes from the gentle green fields of a temperate climate? Looking at **you**, Dune...", "c_root_id_A": "gx7ybhj", "c_root_id_B": "gx7gkdm", "created_at_utc_A": 1620349167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620340306.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Pretty sure the Tarly's from ASoIaF are supposed to have the best soldiers in all of the seven kingdoms and their lands are all green fields and hills.", "human_ref_B": "Achilles", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8861.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36jb5h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel] If Kitty Pryde we to run straight into Cloak's cloak while phasing, would she (A) phase through Cloak himself and end up behind him? or (B) end up in the Dark Realm inside his cape? I know phasing works through physical planes, but does it work through magic portals (like inside Cloak's cloak)? If so, how does that work?", "c_root_id_A": "crejbdz", "c_root_id_B": "creinsv", "created_at_utc_A": 1432072535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432071443.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'd say she goes through. Cloak's power is to open a portal, which is generally confined to the interior of his cloak, but it's still a portal. Kitty would still be affected by it, even while phased. I do wonder what would happen though if she phased through the *outside* of his cloak while the portal was open. i.e. does the portal have a \"back\" if so does it still act as the same portal? Or does it only work from the single direction.", "human_ref_B": "Great Q", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1092.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duo24qg", "c_root_id_B": "duo2hoe", "created_at_utc_A": 1519329183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519329499.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 81, "human_ref_A": "He does occasionally mention other heroes as being vigilantes he doesn't like. Most of the time a villain appears he falsely endorses as doing Spidey's job the above-board way and then he gets revealed as a villain and he's embarrassed. He is a somewhat outspoken critic of hero orgs and mutant orgs to some extent, but less so.", "human_ref_B": "Jameson has a cocktail of reasons for hating Spider-Man that vary in prominence. Sometimes he's just a convenient target to sell papers through controversy, or Jameson distrusts his masked anonymity. Perhaps Jameson feels he sets a poor and reckless example for the city's youth. Maybe Spidey recently intervened in a crime but accidentally did so in a way that frames him as responsible. Sometimes it's as simple or petty as Jameson being jealous of Spider-Man or Spidey leaving a web trap on the cushion of JJJ's chair. Jameson doesn't hate other heroes as much. He has a deep respect for Captain America, due to his identity not really being secret and the fact that Jonah's early career included witnessing Cap in WWII. It's also worth noting that Spider-Man is sometimes mistaken for a mutant, a group that gets a lot of racist flak, but this is not one of Jameson's reasons for hating him, as JJ is a staunch supporter of civil rights, including those for mutants.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 316.0, "score_ratio": 11.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duo4w7l", "c_root_id_B": "duo24qg", "created_at_utc_A": 1519331673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519329183.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The \"legit\" ones like the Avengers, approved by the government and with public identities, he's very much in favor of. It's masked vigilantes like Spiderman and Daredevil he hates.", "human_ref_B": "He does occasionally mention other heroes as being vigilantes he doesn't like. Most of the time a villain appears he falsely endorses as doing Spidey's job the above-board way and then he gets revealed as a villain and he's embarrassed. He is a somewhat outspoken critic of hero orgs and mutant orgs to some extent, but less so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2490.0, "score_ratio": 4.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duo24qg", "c_root_id_B": "duoispy", "created_at_utc_A": 1519329183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519345136.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "He does occasionally mention other heroes as being vigilantes he doesn't like. Most of the time a villain appears he falsely endorses as doing Spidey's job the above-board way and then he gets revealed as a villain and he's embarrassed. He is a somewhat outspoken critic of hero orgs and mutant orgs to some extent, but less so.", "human_ref_B": "JJJ hates masked vigilantes. They are dangerous, unaccountable, and escalate situations which put innocent people at risk. He does respect public heroes like Captain America or the Fantastic Four as they are willing to be held accountable for their actions. Likewise a mutant or superpowered person working for the police would have his support. But if Spidey does something wrong that costs lives, he isn't the one getting hurt; innocent bystanders are. JJJ sees Spidey as a bully who likes to pick on criminals because it gets him praise and let's him act like a big shot. If Spiderman really wanted to be a hero he would get a job as a cop or firefighter and be a respectable and dependable member of society.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15953.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duo24qg", "c_root_id_B": "duosk40", "created_at_utc_A": 1519329183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519355710.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "He does occasionally mention other heroes as being vigilantes he doesn't like. Most of the time a villain appears he falsely endorses as doing Spidey's job the above-board way and then he gets revealed as a villain and he's embarrassed. He is a somewhat outspoken critic of hero orgs and mutant orgs to some extent, but less so.", "human_ref_B": "Originally, waaaay back at the start (issue...8?), Spider-Man saved JJs son John Jameson the astronaut when the shutes didn't deploy on his capsule when it was returning to Earth. This managed to upstage his hero son's return and take away from what he felt his son deserved. People lauded Spider-Man as a hero and JJ was like, \"This guy who hides behind a mask, we don't know anything about him, he's not a hero - real heroes work hard, don't have to hide who they are, we can be proud of Real heroes, this punk is just trying to get attention and steal real heroes glory.\" He wasn't all wrong... though I'd argue Spider-Man proved himself a true hero many times over eventually - which JJ never admits. Another thing JJ has been caught saying, though only in his most private moments, is that if Spider-Man is a hero, then what does that make him? JJ genuinely hates setting this \"glory seeking vigilante show boat\" - if Spider-Man is actually a hero, it means JJ isn't just wrong, he's a small and petty person, acting from fear and emotion... and that just can't be true. Finally, a note from one of the books I always found interesting though I don't know if it's canon. According to Mary Jane, when Spider-Man puts on his mask and climbs walls or ceilings, he actually looks pretty freaky, the way he moves, climbs, even the way he bobs and moves his head - all make you think of an actual spider, and give people a visceral negative reaction to him, just a primordial instinct of \"ahhh!\" Like seeing a spider moving towards you, but more so. Which (according to one author at least) it's one of the reasons he tries to joke and use humor so much (on top of it covering his nervousness) - he's trying to humanise himself. Take any and all of that with a grain of salt, but there are some possible reasons why Spider-Man gets a special, extra negative treatment versus other costumed types.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26527.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duoode6", "c_root_id_B": "duosk40", "created_at_utc_A": 1519351159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519355710.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Controversy sells papers. Once he decided he disliked Spider\\-man, he had to go all in for the great headlines. That way, both pro\\- and anti\\-Spiderman people would buy his newspapers and write angry letters to the editor depending on the particular story. As others have mentioned, it's the anonymous vigilante part that really gets his goat, but I think he'd give himself a heart attack if he tried to summon up the same vitriol for other anonymous superheroes as he does for Spider\\-man.", "human_ref_B": "Originally, waaaay back at the start (issue...8?), Spider-Man saved JJs son John Jameson the astronaut when the shutes didn't deploy on his capsule when it was returning to Earth. This managed to upstage his hero son's return and take away from what he felt his son deserved. People lauded Spider-Man as a hero and JJ was like, \"This guy who hides behind a mask, we don't know anything about him, he's not a hero - real heroes work hard, don't have to hide who they are, we can be proud of Real heroes, this punk is just trying to get attention and steal real heroes glory.\" He wasn't all wrong... though I'd argue Spider-Man proved himself a true hero many times over eventually - which JJ never admits. Another thing JJ has been caught saying, though only in his most private moments, is that if Spider-Man is a hero, then what does that make him? JJ genuinely hates setting this \"glory seeking vigilante show boat\" - if Spider-Man is actually a hero, it means JJ isn't just wrong, he's a small and petty person, acting from fear and emotion... and that just can't be true. Finally, a note from one of the books I always found interesting though I don't know if it's canon. According to Mary Jane, when Spider-Man puts on his mask and climbs walls or ceilings, he actually looks pretty freaky, the way he moves, climbs, even the way he bobs and moves his head - all make you think of an actual spider, and give people a visceral negative reaction to him, just a primordial instinct of \"ahhh!\" Like seeing a spider moving towards you, but more so. Which (according to one author at least) it's one of the reasons he tries to joke and use humor so much (on top of it covering his nervousness) - he's trying to humanise himself. Take any and all of that with a grain of salt, but there are some possible reasons why Spider-Man gets a special, extra negative treatment versus other costumed types.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4551.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duosk40", "c_root_id_B": "duojef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1519355710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519345792.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Originally, waaaay back at the start (issue...8?), Spider-Man saved JJs son John Jameson the astronaut when the shutes didn't deploy on his capsule when it was returning to Earth. This managed to upstage his hero son's return and take away from what he felt his son deserved. People lauded Spider-Man as a hero and JJ was like, \"This guy who hides behind a mask, we don't know anything about him, he's not a hero - real heroes work hard, don't have to hide who they are, we can be proud of Real heroes, this punk is just trying to get attention and steal real heroes glory.\" He wasn't all wrong... though I'd argue Spider-Man proved himself a true hero many times over eventually - which JJ never admits. Another thing JJ has been caught saying, though only in his most private moments, is that if Spider-Man is a hero, then what does that make him? JJ genuinely hates setting this \"glory seeking vigilante show boat\" - if Spider-Man is actually a hero, it means JJ isn't just wrong, he's a small and petty person, acting from fear and emotion... and that just can't be true. Finally, a note from one of the books I always found interesting though I don't know if it's canon. According to Mary Jane, when Spider-Man puts on his mask and climbs walls or ceilings, he actually looks pretty freaky, the way he moves, climbs, even the way he bobs and moves his head - all make you think of an actual spider, and give people a visceral negative reaction to him, just a primordial instinct of \"ahhh!\" Like seeing a spider moving towards you, but more so. Which (according to one author at least) it's one of the reasons he tries to joke and use humor so much (on top of it covering his nervousness) - he's trying to humanise himself. Take any and all of that with a grain of salt, but there are some possible reasons why Spider-Man gets a special, extra negative treatment versus other costumed types.", "human_ref_B": "It all started with Mrs Jameson trying to spice things up with a Spider-Man outfit. Ruined his sex life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9918.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duosgmj", "c_root_id_B": "duosk40", "created_at_utc_A": 1519355603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519355710.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "At this point, like *very* recently, I don't think he truly hates Spider-Man but he certainly likes making fun of him.", "human_ref_B": "Originally, waaaay back at the start (issue...8?), Spider-Man saved JJs son John Jameson the astronaut when the shutes didn't deploy on his capsule when it was returning to Earth. This managed to upstage his hero son's return and take away from what he felt his son deserved. People lauded Spider-Man as a hero and JJ was like, \"This guy who hides behind a mask, we don't know anything about him, he's not a hero - real heroes work hard, don't have to hide who they are, we can be proud of Real heroes, this punk is just trying to get attention and steal real heroes glory.\" He wasn't all wrong... though I'd argue Spider-Man proved himself a true hero many times over eventually - which JJ never admits. Another thing JJ has been caught saying, though only in his most private moments, is that if Spider-Man is a hero, then what does that make him? JJ genuinely hates setting this \"glory seeking vigilante show boat\" - if Spider-Man is actually a hero, it means JJ isn't just wrong, he's a small and petty person, acting from fear and emotion... and that just can't be true. Finally, a note from one of the books I always found interesting though I don't know if it's canon. According to Mary Jane, when Spider-Man puts on his mask and climbs walls or ceilings, he actually looks pretty freaky, the way he moves, climbs, even the way he bobs and moves his head - all make you think of an actual spider, and give people a visceral negative reaction to him, just a primordial instinct of \"ahhh!\" Like seeing a spider moving towards you, but more so. Which (according to one author at least) it's one of the reasons he tries to joke and use humor so much (on top of it covering his nervousness) - he's trying to humanise himself. Take any and all of that with a grain of salt, but there are some possible reasons why Spider-Man gets a special, extra negative treatment versus other costumed types.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 107.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duo24qg", "c_root_id_B": "duoudek", "created_at_utc_A": 1519329183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519357643.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He does occasionally mention other heroes as being vigilantes he doesn't like. Most of the time a villain appears he falsely endorses as doing Spidey's job the above-board way and then he gets revealed as a villain and he's embarrassed. He is a somewhat outspoken critic of hero orgs and mutant orgs to some extent, but less so.", "human_ref_B": "The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series shows how Jameson comes to hate Spidey. JJJ and his son John attend a gala a week before John is set to launch on the space shuttle. The Green Goblin attacks the gala for unrelated reasons. John assists Spider-man in the fight against Goblin, but asks his father not to mention him in the paper, because he's afraid it might get him pulled from the mission. Jameson complies, but he's upset that Spider-man \"stole\" credit for the rescue from his son. When John returns from space with super powers because, well, comics. He gets involved in super heroics as Captain Jupiter. However, the source of his powers, space spores, start to drive John insane. He winds up fighting Spider-Man thinking he's Venom, and Spider-Man is forced to de-power Captain Jupiter by killing the spores. John Jameson is sent to a mental hospital and J Jonna Jameson holds Spider-man responsible. Trust me, this all makes more sense in the show. The show was amazing, but unfortunately it got canceled as a side effect of both Kids WB ending and Disney buying Marvel. Shame, it had great serial storytelling and a million references to the source material. It even had the obligatory Stan Lee cameo. (A talkative dock worker in the season 2 premier.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28460.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duoudek", "c_root_id_B": "duoode6", "created_at_utc_A": 1519357643.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519351159.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series shows how Jameson comes to hate Spidey. JJJ and his son John attend a gala a week before John is set to launch on the space shuttle. The Green Goblin attacks the gala for unrelated reasons. John assists Spider-man in the fight against Goblin, but asks his father not to mention him in the paper, because he's afraid it might get him pulled from the mission. Jameson complies, but he's upset that Spider-man \"stole\" credit for the rescue from his son. When John returns from space with super powers because, well, comics. He gets involved in super heroics as Captain Jupiter. However, the source of his powers, space spores, start to drive John insane. He winds up fighting Spider-Man thinking he's Venom, and Spider-Man is forced to de-power Captain Jupiter by killing the spores. John Jameson is sent to a mental hospital and J Jonna Jameson holds Spider-man responsible. Trust me, this all makes more sense in the show. The show was amazing, but unfortunately it got canceled as a side effect of both Kids WB ending and Disney buying Marvel. Shame, it had great serial storytelling and a million references to the source material. It even had the obligatory Stan Lee cameo. (A talkative dock worker in the season 2 premier.)", "human_ref_B": "Controversy sells papers. Once he decided he disliked Spider\\-man, he had to go all in for the great headlines. That way, both pro\\- and anti\\-Spiderman people would buy his newspapers and write angry letters to the editor depending on the particular story. As others have mentioned, it's the anonymous vigilante part that really gets his goat, but I think he'd give himself a heart attack if he tried to summon up the same vitriol for other anonymous superheroes as he does for Spider\\-man.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6484.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duojef0", "c_root_id_B": "duoudek", "created_at_utc_A": 1519345792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519357643.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It all started with Mrs Jameson trying to spice things up with a Spider-Man outfit. Ruined his sex life.", "human_ref_B": "The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series shows how Jameson comes to hate Spidey. JJJ and his son John attend a gala a week before John is set to launch on the space shuttle. The Green Goblin attacks the gala for unrelated reasons. John assists Spider-man in the fight against Goblin, but asks his father not to mention him in the paper, because he's afraid it might get him pulled from the mission. Jameson complies, but he's upset that Spider-man \"stole\" credit for the rescue from his son. When John returns from space with super powers because, well, comics. He gets involved in super heroics as Captain Jupiter. However, the source of his powers, space spores, start to drive John insane. He winds up fighting Spider-Man thinking he's Venom, and Spider-Man is forced to de-power Captain Jupiter by killing the spores. John Jameson is sent to a mental hospital and J Jonna Jameson holds Spider-man responsible. Trust me, this all makes more sense in the show. The show was amazing, but unfortunately it got canceled as a side effect of both Kids WB ending and Disney buying Marvel. Shame, it had great serial storytelling and a million references to the source material. It even had the obligatory Stan Lee cameo. (A talkative dock worker in the season 2 premier.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11851.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duosgmj", "c_root_id_B": "duoudek", "created_at_utc_A": 1519355603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519357643.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "At this point, like *very* recently, I don't think he truly hates Spider-Man but he certainly likes making fun of him.", "human_ref_B": "The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series shows how Jameson comes to hate Spidey. JJJ and his son John attend a gala a week before John is set to launch on the space shuttle. The Green Goblin attacks the gala for unrelated reasons. John assists Spider-man in the fight against Goblin, but asks his father not to mention him in the paper, because he's afraid it might get him pulled from the mission. Jameson complies, but he's upset that Spider-man \"stole\" credit for the rescue from his son. When John returns from space with super powers because, well, comics. He gets involved in super heroics as Captain Jupiter. However, the source of his powers, space spores, start to drive John insane. He winds up fighting Spider-Man thinking he's Venom, and Spider-Man is forced to de-power Captain Jupiter by killing the spores. John Jameson is sent to a mental hospital and J Jonna Jameson holds Spider-man responsible. Trust me, this all makes more sense in the show. The show was amazing, but unfortunately it got canceled as a side effect of both Kids WB ending and Disney buying Marvel. Shame, it had great serial storytelling and a million references to the source material. It even had the obligatory Stan Lee cameo. (A talkative dock worker in the season 2 premier.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2040.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duoode6", "c_root_id_B": "duojef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1519351159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519345792.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Controversy sells papers. Once he decided he disliked Spider\\-man, he had to go all in for the great headlines. That way, both pro\\- and anti\\-Spiderman people would buy his newspapers and write angry letters to the editor depending on the particular story. As others have mentioned, it's the anonymous vigilante part that really gets his goat, but I think he'd give himself a heart attack if he tried to summon up the same vitriol for other anonymous superheroes as he does for Spider\\-man.", "human_ref_B": "It all started with Mrs Jameson trying to spice things up with a Spider-Man outfit. Ruined his sex life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5367.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duojef0", "c_root_id_B": "dup7a4c", "created_at_utc_A": 1519345792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519379482.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It all started with Mrs Jameson trying to spice things up with a Spider-Man outfit. Ruined his sex life.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC a lot of the hate got started because Spider-man hid his identity very fiercely, with a full face mask and operating independently. Compare that to many of the other early Marvel heroes: the fantastic four operated openly under their own names. While Iron Man and Captain America kept their identities secret for many years, they were also connected with Stark Industries and the US government, repsectively, who did know their identities and could hold them accountable. Some others, like Thor, didn't seem to have a secret identity, or at least kept their face exposed. The very few other masked heroes with a secret identity tended to gain less publicity than Spider-man, operating at night and keeping to the shadows, like Daredevil. They tended to be mostly human as well, as compared to Spider-man, who obviously has superpowers and also leaves webs hanging around the city. He does tend to be anti-vigilante in general, but he kind of picked up Spidey as a representative as being fully unaccountable, a total unknown. Of course, that was just at first. There's been so much bad blood between them since then that its personal now.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33690.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "dup7a4c", "c_root_id_B": "dup3jz2", "created_at_utc_A": 1519379482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519371038.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "IIRC a lot of the hate got started because Spider-man hid his identity very fiercely, with a full face mask and operating independently. Compare that to many of the other early Marvel heroes: the fantastic four operated openly under their own names. While Iron Man and Captain America kept their identities secret for many years, they were also connected with Stark Industries and the US government, repsectively, who did know their identities and could hold them accountable. Some others, like Thor, didn't seem to have a secret identity, or at least kept their face exposed. The very few other masked heroes with a secret identity tended to gain less publicity than Spider-man, operating at night and keeping to the shadows, like Daredevil. They tended to be mostly human as well, as compared to Spider-man, who obviously has superpowers and also leaves webs hanging around the city. He does tend to be anti-vigilante in general, but he kind of picked up Spidey as a representative as being fully unaccountable, a total unknown. Of course, that was just at first. There's been so much bad blood between them since then that its personal now.", "human_ref_B": "> Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? In the comics (not the MCU), there was a pretty stunning turn of events along these lines. He likes Tony Stark, he obviously likes Captain America, and so on, and so (when Spider-Man joined the Avengers), they thought they'd take care of Parker's press problem and have JJJ up to the Tower for an air-clearing interview. What happened instead was Jameson just going *house* on the Avengers in the pages of the Bugle, insinuating they were either trying to bribe or intimidate him. Instead of coming away with \"he's an Avenger now, they're okay so *he's* okay\", he swung completely the other direction and blasted the Avengers as a whole. Generally speaking, if someone is operating without a mask (like the Fantastic Four), or is in some way answerable to the public, he's good. There was a plotline where, in order to get the Menace of Spiderman off the streets, he paid Luke Cage (newly a Hero for Hire) to take care of him. He had Jessica Jones on staff, in the comics. My personal theory is that Spiderman isn't like those others, in that (typically), the others don't operate on a personal level. The FF take care of cosmic menaces. The Avengers fight supervillains, mainly, and so on. Daredevil fights organized crime, but has the sense to keep to the shadows otherwise. Spiderman does the work of the police, directly, and makes them look incompetent. He can swing right by- or *in*- your window. He operates, right out there in the open. There's the theory that he's dealt with non-\"Costumed\" guys in masks before, and just associates it with bad people. There's also the idea that people like, not just the cops, but his son (a decorated astronaut)- people who worked hard to get where they were- getting upstaged by someone who apparently lucked into some powers just gauls JJJ on a personal level. Interestingly, when given the chance to publish Henry Peter Gyrich's list of confirmed (but, up to then, not publicly-known) mutants, Jameson flat out refused.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8444.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zhjr2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Does J Jonah Jameson hate any other heroes anywhere near as much as Spider-Man (or at all)? Seems like JJJ has quite the hate-boner for Spidey, but I'm still unsure as to why (besides him being a **MENACE** of course). Is he part of the anti-vigilantism movement, and thus opposed to all non-government sanctioned Supers? Or does Spider-Man's presence in New York play a big part in JJJ's hatred? Are there any heroes JJJ dislikes as much as (if not more than) Spider-Man? Has he voiced his opinion on The Defenders, Avengers or Punisher? And are there *any* heroes or villains JJJ overtly likes?", "c_root_id_A": "duosgmj", "c_root_id_B": "dup7a4c", "created_at_utc_A": 1519355603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519379482.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "At this point, like *very* recently, I don't think he truly hates Spider-Man but he certainly likes making fun of him.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC a lot of the hate got started because Spider-man hid his identity very fiercely, with a full face mask and operating independently. Compare that to many of the other early Marvel heroes: the fantastic four operated openly under their own names. While Iron Man and Captain America kept their identities secret for many years, they were also connected with Stark Industries and the US government, repsectively, who did know their identities and could hold them accountable. Some others, like Thor, didn't seem to have a secret identity, or at least kept their face exposed. The very few other masked heroes with a secret identity tended to gain less publicity than Spider-man, operating at night and keeping to the shadows, like Daredevil. They tended to be mostly human as well, as compared to Spider-man, who obviously has superpowers and also leaves webs hanging around the city. He does tend to be anti-vigilante in general, but he kind of picked up Spidey as a representative as being fully unaccountable, a total unknown. Of course, that was just at first. There's been so much bad blood between them since then that its personal now.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23879.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8lx2x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Genies] I'm a genie and someone wishes to change their gender. Unfortunately I can't ask questions of them once they say I wish. It's their first wish so I assume they really want it. So I paused time to ask the internet. Should I change then so they where born the other gender? Or would be better to poof them right now. Should I change there legal documents to? Any other gaps to avoid? Genies get a bad rap I want to make sure I don't miss understand it and screw up there wish.", "c_root_id_A": "gxj8txs", "c_root_id_B": "gxj6ml5", "created_at_utc_A": 1620592229.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620591174.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Definitely ask them. Don't assume, this is about as life altering of a decision as you can make for someone, present the options and nuances to them and see what they think.", "human_ref_B": "How was the wish stated?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1055.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8lx2x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Genies] I'm a genie and someone wishes to change their gender. Unfortunately I can't ask questions of them once they say I wish. It's their first wish so I assume they really want it. So I paused time to ask the internet. Should I change then so they where born the other gender? Or would be better to poof them right now. Should I change there legal documents to? Any other gaps to avoid? Genies get a bad rap I want to make sure I don't miss understand it and screw up there wish.", "c_root_id_A": "gxj6ml5", "c_root_id_B": "gxju8p2", "created_at_utc_A": 1620591174.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620603255.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "How was the wish stated?", "human_ref_B": "If they say gender, assume they mean gender and not sex and just change that. I'm sure that's exactly what they meant.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12081.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8lx2x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Genies] I'm a genie and someone wishes to change their gender. Unfortunately I can't ask questions of them once they say I wish. It's their first wish so I assume they really want it. So I paused time to ask the internet. Should I change then so they where born the other gender? Or would be better to poof them right now. Should I change there legal documents to? Any other gaps to avoid? Genies get a bad rap I want to make sure I don't miss understand it and screw up there wish.", "c_root_id_A": "gxj6ml5", "c_root_id_B": "gxlbbkb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620591174.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620641230.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "How was the wish stated?", "human_ref_B": "> paused time to ask the internet. This probably sounds creepy, but as long as you're on the internet you might as well start cyberstalking. She (gonna just use female pronouns to streamline this, since that's what the customer wants anyway) probably didn't just get a wild hair up her ass to do a full tear down and rebuild on her body, and there's a good chance that she's made comments to that effect online. Social media posts, public documents, blogs, and other traces may give you some clues to her intentions, provide context to the wish. For instance, if her social posts indicates that she's been transitioning for years and already has the ball rolling on the legal end, she might not want you tampering with that process. If you can't find anything? Give her a healthy 20 year old female body, close in inherited attributes to her current one (though feel free to shave off things like acne scarring, excessive weight, and the like), and leave the rest alone. Did she want *ze papers*? Did she want to retcon everyone's memory of her? Did she want to be 7, or a different race, or have muscles like She-Hulk? Tough shit, that's on her for not stepping back and considering what she was asking. \"First wish\" implies a second and possibly third wish, so she's got at least one more shot to get all the 'secondary' stuff pinned down.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 50056.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juxnge", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Would Superman obey the law if he was sentenced to death? Let's say superman killed a villain on accident and turned himself in to the justice system. But he ends up getting a Judge who has it out for him, and the jury doesn't like him either or is secretly paid off by a villain. So superman is legally sentenced to death. Would he obey the law and allow himself to be executed? Maybe even find some green kryptonite to help the process along? And if he doesn't. Instead deciding to blow off the case. Would Batman go after him to bring him to justice?", "c_root_id_A": "gchpki5", "c_root_id_B": "gchgina", "created_at_utc_A": 1605532189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605524030.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Superman believes in justice, not that the justice system is always necessarily right. He\u2019s lawful good not lawful stupid. So he\u2019d just leave because him dying there is not only bad for him, but blatantly unjust.", "human_ref_B": "He would, knowing well that the execution by poison, hanging or electric chair would not kill him. The sentence would have been executed and after like 15 minutes he'd walk away free. You'd have to change the entire law to add different stuff to the execution methods and procedures. With the current ones they'd have to simply release him after the execution because his sentence would have been over.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8159.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juxnge", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Would Superman obey the law if he was sentenced to death? Let's say superman killed a villain on accident and turned himself in to the justice system. But he ends up getting a Judge who has it out for him, and the jury doesn't like him either or is secretly paid off by a villain. So superman is legally sentenced to death. Would he obey the law and allow himself to be executed? Maybe even find some green kryptonite to help the process along? And if he doesn't. Instead deciding to blow off the case. Would Batman go after him to bring him to justice?", "c_root_id_A": "gchae4l", "c_root_id_B": "gchpki5", "created_at_utc_A": 1605517387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605532189.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I'm having a hard time believing superman could accidentally kill someone. He's shown abilities to such an extreme level that this is either gross negligence or I'll intent.", "human_ref_B": "Superman believes in justice, not that the justice system is always necessarily right. He\u2019s lawful good not lawful stupid. So he\u2019d just leave because him dying there is not only bad for him, but blatantly unjust.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14802.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juxnge", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Would Superman obey the law if he was sentenced to death? Let's say superman killed a villain on accident and turned himself in to the justice system. But he ends up getting a Judge who has it out for him, and the jury doesn't like him either or is secretly paid off by a villain. So superman is legally sentenced to death. Would he obey the law and allow himself to be executed? Maybe even find some green kryptonite to help the process along? And if he doesn't. Instead deciding to blow off the case. Would Batman go after him to bring him to justice?", "c_root_id_A": "gchgina", "c_root_id_B": "gcji9ww", "created_at_utc_A": 1605524030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605563260.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He would, knowing well that the execution by poison, hanging or electric chair would not kill him. The sentence would have been executed and after like 15 minutes he'd walk away free. You'd have to change the entire law to add different stuff to the execution methods and procedures. With the current ones they'd have to simply release him after the execution because his sentence would have been over.", "human_ref_B": "Everyone saying \"it wouldn't happen\", \"Batman would figure out the truth\", \"the Supreme Court wouldn't let him die\" are basically just rejecting the premise. I don't think he would. He still has a sense of self-preservation, and there's no *justice* in being killed for what is an accident; that's just vengeance. I think he would likely try to fake his own death - being Superman, I would imagine he could \"play dead\" pretty effectively after undergoing a seemingly fatal event - and then vanish from the public eye. Justice, such as it is, would seem to be served, and a life would not be needlessly lost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39230.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juxnge", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Would Superman obey the law if he was sentenced to death? Let's say superman killed a villain on accident and turned himself in to the justice system. But he ends up getting a Judge who has it out for him, and the jury doesn't like him either or is secretly paid off by a villain. So superman is legally sentenced to death. Would he obey the law and allow himself to be executed? Maybe even find some green kryptonite to help the process along? And if he doesn't. Instead deciding to blow off the case. Would Batman go after him to bring him to justice?", "c_root_id_A": "gchua06", "c_root_id_B": "gcji9ww", "created_at_utc_A": 1605535365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605563260.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Superman was willing to go against the law when Luther was president", "human_ref_B": "Everyone saying \"it wouldn't happen\", \"Batman would figure out the truth\", \"the Supreme Court wouldn't let him die\" are basically just rejecting the premise. I don't think he would. He still has a sense of self-preservation, and there's no *justice* in being killed for what is an accident; that's just vengeance. I think he would likely try to fake his own death - being Superman, I would imagine he could \"play dead\" pretty effectively after undergoing a seemingly fatal event - and then vanish from the public eye. Justice, such as it is, would seem to be served, and a life would not be needlessly lost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27895.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juxnge", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Would Superman obey the law if he was sentenced to death? Let's say superman killed a villain on accident and turned himself in to the justice system. But he ends up getting a Judge who has it out for him, and the jury doesn't like him either or is secretly paid off by a villain. So superman is legally sentenced to death. Would he obey the law and allow himself to be executed? Maybe even find some green kryptonite to help the process along? And if he doesn't. Instead deciding to blow off the case. Would Batman go after him to bring him to justice?", "c_root_id_A": "gchae4l", "c_root_id_B": "gcji9ww", "created_at_utc_A": 1605517387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605563260.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I'm having a hard time believing superman could accidentally kill someone. He's shown abilities to such an extreme level that this is either gross negligence or I'll intent.", "human_ref_B": "Everyone saying \"it wouldn't happen\", \"Batman would figure out the truth\", \"the Supreme Court wouldn't let him die\" are basically just rejecting the premise. I don't think he would. He still has a sense of self-preservation, and there's no *justice* in being killed for what is an accident; that's just vengeance. I think he would likely try to fake his own death - being Superman, I would imagine he could \"play dead\" pretty effectively after undergoing a seemingly fatal event - and then vanish from the public eye. Justice, such as it is, would seem to be served, and a life would not be needlessly lost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45873.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juxnge", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Would Superman obey the law if he was sentenced to death? Let's say superman killed a villain on accident and turned himself in to the justice system. But he ends up getting a Judge who has it out for him, and the jury doesn't like him either or is secretly paid off by a villain. So superman is legally sentenced to death. Would he obey the law and allow himself to be executed? Maybe even find some green kryptonite to help the process along? And if he doesn't. Instead deciding to blow off the case. Would Batman go after him to bring him to justice?", "c_root_id_A": "gchua06", "c_root_id_B": "gchgina", "created_at_utc_A": 1605535365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605524030.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Superman was willing to go against the law when Luther was president", "human_ref_B": "He would, knowing well that the execution by poison, hanging or electric chair would not kill him. The sentence would have been executed and after like 15 minutes he'd walk away free. You'd have to change the entire law to add different stuff to the execution methods and procedures. With the current ones they'd have to simply release him after the execution because his sentence would have been over.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11335.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juxnge", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Would Superman obey the law if he was sentenced to death? Let's say superman killed a villain on accident and turned himself in to the justice system. But he ends up getting a Judge who has it out for him, and the jury doesn't like him either or is secretly paid off by a villain. So superman is legally sentenced to death. Would he obey the law and allow himself to be executed? Maybe even find some green kryptonite to help the process along? And if he doesn't. Instead deciding to blow off the case. Would Batman go after him to bring him to justice?", "c_root_id_A": "gchae4l", "c_root_id_B": "gchgina", "created_at_utc_A": 1605517387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605524030.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'm having a hard time believing superman could accidentally kill someone. He's shown abilities to such an extreme level that this is either gross negligence or I'll intent.", "human_ref_B": "He would, knowing well that the execution by poison, hanging or electric chair would not kill him. The sentence would have been executed and after like 15 minutes he'd walk away free. You'd have to change the entire law to add different stuff to the execution methods and procedures. With the current ones they'd have to simply release him after the execution because his sentence would have been over.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6643.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juxnge", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Would Superman obey the law if he was sentenced to death? Let's say superman killed a villain on accident and turned himself in to the justice system. But he ends up getting a Judge who has it out for him, and the jury doesn't like him either or is secretly paid off by a villain. So superman is legally sentenced to death. Would he obey the law and allow himself to be executed? Maybe even find some green kryptonite to help the process along? And if he doesn't. Instead deciding to blow off the case. Would Batman go after him to bring him to justice?", "c_root_id_A": "gchae4l", "c_root_id_B": "gchua06", "created_at_utc_A": 1605517387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605535365.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I'm having a hard time believing superman could accidentally kill someone. He's shown abilities to such an extreme level that this is either gross negligence or I'll intent.", "human_ref_B": "Superman was willing to go against the law when Luther was president", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17978.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqhoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why does Harry only ever seem to use Expelliarmus against Voldemort? Surely a more lethal spell would be more sufficient? Also, can any 2 spells when directed at each other cause the 'wand struggle'?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0sw4p", "c_root_id_B": "cu0ln1w", "created_at_utc_A": 1439411513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439401264.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "> \"Expelliarmus is a useful spell, Harry, but the Death Eaters believe it's your signature move and I urge you not to let it become so!\" --Lupin Yet Harry does make *expelliarmus* his \"signature move,\" so why? First of all it's in Harry's nature to disarm, not harm. We've seen him use a more lethal spell before - *sectumsempra* - and he instantly regretted it. When he tried to Cruciate Bellatrix, he failed. The fact that Harry *always tries to disarm* says a lot about his character. Second of all he is extremely proficient at *Expelliarmus*. He doesn't want or need a better weapon. The \"wand struggle\" was due to the wands' twin cores; yes, it would have occurred with any 2 simultaneous spells.", "human_ref_B": "Like said below, it's what Harry is comfortable with. Harry is only taught about the Unforgiveable Spells. He has no desire to actually use them, and this is brought up in the series. He tries them on Bellatrix after Sirious' death, but she just gets back up and laughs about it. If you don't truly intend to use such spells, they are going to be much weaker.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10249.0, "score_ratio": 2.3055555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqhoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why does Harry only ever seem to use Expelliarmus against Voldemort? Surely a more lethal spell would be more sufficient? Also, can any 2 spells when directed at each other cause the 'wand struggle'?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0sw4p", "c_root_id_B": "cu0m2hz", "created_at_utc_A": 1439411513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439401864.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "> \"Expelliarmus is a useful spell, Harry, but the Death Eaters believe it's your signature move and I urge you not to let it become so!\" --Lupin Yet Harry does make *expelliarmus* his \"signature move,\" so why? First of all it's in Harry's nature to disarm, not harm. We've seen him use a more lethal spell before - *sectumsempra* - and he instantly regretted it. When he tried to Cruciate Bellatrix, he failed. The fact that Harry *always tries to disarm* says a lot about his character. Second of all he is extremely proficient at *Expelliarmus*. He doesn't want or need a better weapon. The \"wand struggle\" was due to the wands' twin cores; yes, it would have occurred with any 2 simultaneous spells.", "human_ref_B": "Any wannabe dark wizard could counter Voldemort with his/her own unforgivable curse, yes. Likely Cruciatus, since the horcruxes prevented against anyone killing him directly, and Voldemort probably has another safeguard against Imperius. However, Harry wants to be the good guy. In Harry's mind, killing or injuring Voldemort would make him no better than the dark lord. He wants to show Voldemort who's boss. To best him, to demoralize him, maybe even to humiliate him in front of his own followers. In Harry's ideal scenario, Harry disarms Voldemort, strides right up to him, stares him in the face and gives him a stern talking to. Voldemort goes back into the shadows, knowing he underestimated what he was dealing with, and hoping not to make that mistake again. Meanwhile, Harry's saved the wizarding world from a powerful dark lord without having to take a life. It's naive, yes, but that's to be expected in the fantasy of an 18 year old boy. Heck, this might be immediately followed up with an intimate encounter with Ginny. Tl;dr: Harry wants to be the kind of noble hero he's always read about, and taking Voldemort's life doesn't jive with that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9649.0, "score_ratio": 4.15, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqhoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why does Harry only ever seem to use Expelliarmus against Voldemort? Surely a more lethal spell would be more sufficient? Also, can any 2 spells when directed at each other cause the 'wand struggle'?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0sw4p", "c_root_id_B": "cu0s3wl", "created_at_utc_A": 1439411513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439410384.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "> \"Expelliarmus is a useful spell, Harry, but the Death Eaters believe it's your signature move and I urge you not to let it become so!\" --Lupin Yet Harry does make *expelliarmus* his \"signature move,\" so why? First of all it's in Harry's nature to disarm, not harm. We've seen him use a more lethal spell before - *sectumsempra* - and he instantly regretted it. When he tried to Cruciate Bellatrix, he failed. The fact that Harry *always tries to disarm* says a lot about his character. Second of all he is extremely proficient at *Expelliarmus*. He doesn't want or need a better weapon. The \"wand struggle\" was due to the wands' twin cores; yes, it would have occurred with any 2 simultaneous spells.", "human_ref_B": "If you've been reading about Harry, he is giving Voldemort the possibility of redemption. Killing him would work against that aim. The 'wand struggle' is more to do with the wands being related than the spells themselves.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1129.0, "score_ratio": 13.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m2y9sv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Marvel] if wolverine suffers a severe injury that would kill someone does he theoretically die before his body heals and if so does that mean that his healing factor brings him back to life So if wolverine is say impaled multiple times does he die over and over again and keep coming back to life because of his healing factor", "c_root_id_A": "gqlulca", "c_root_id_B": "gqmazae", "created_at_utc_A": 1615490740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615497978.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how one defines \"dying\", really. In the olden days, it was \"when the heart stops\" and yeah, he'd cross that threshold several times and come back. If its more like \"when brain activity stops completely\", then, well, maybe?", "human_ref_B": "it was once reveiled that he had a deal with the angel of death, for quite a long time, that every time he \"died\" he battled the angel of death, and if he won, his soul got to go back to his body and he healed up again. this was to explain away his more outlandish feats or survival, like being truned into a skeleton by Nitro and regenerating his entire body from that. so yes, for quite a while he did literally die from time to time. however, i dont know at what limit the angel would come, if it was just what would have been mortal for a human, or it was \"technically you could heal from this, but you are dead enough that your soul has left your body\" dead. like, did he come every time hulk punched him in the head, or just those time he was turned into mostly a skeleton? i dont know", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7238.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m2y9sv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Marvel] if wolverine suffers a severe injury that would kill someone does he theoretically die before his body heals and if so does that mean that his healing factor brings him back to life So if wolverine is say impaled multiple times does he die over and over again and keep coming back to life because of his healing factor", "c_root_id_A": "gqmazae", "c_root_id_B": "gqm5g0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1615497978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615495531.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "it was once reveiled that he had a deal with the angel of death, for quite a long time, that every time he \"died\" he battled the angel of death, and if he won, his soul got to go back to his body and he healed up again. this was to explain away his more outlandish feats or survival, like being truned into a skeleton by Nitro and regenerating his entire body from that. so yes, for quite a while he did literally die from time to time. however, i dont know at what limit the angel would come, if it was just what would have been mortal for a human, or it was \"technically you could heal from this, but you are dead enough that your soul has left your body\" dead. like, did he come every time hulk punched him in the head, or just those time he was turned into mostly a skeleton? i dont know", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the version. In some he had to literally fight death to come back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2447.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m2y9sv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Marvel] if wolverine suffers a severe injury that would kill someone does he theoretically die before his body heals and if so does that mean that his healing factor brings him back to life So if wolverine is say impaled multiple times does he die over and over again and keep coming back to life because of his healing factor", "c_root_id_A": "gqm5wpy", "c_root_id_B": "gqmazae", "created_at_utc_A": 1615495735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615497978.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Wolverine is exceedingly tough. Even when his heart stops, it takes quite some time for him to actually die. His healing factor will keep his mind running through severe trauma, essentially. But he has died, and come back from it. It just takes a little more than a simple impalement.", "human_ref_B": "it was once reveiled that he had a deal with the angel of death, for quite a long time, that every time he \"died\" he battled the angel of death, and if he won, his soul got to go back to his body and he healed up again. this was to explain away his more outlandish feats or survival, like being truned into a skeleton by Nitro and regenerating his entire body from that. so yes, for quite a while he did literally die from time to time. however, i dont know at what limit the angel would come, if it was just what would have been mortal for a human, or it was \"technically you could heal from this, but you are dead enough that your soul has left your body\" dead. like, did he come every time hulk punched him in the head, or just those time he was turned into mostly a skeleton? i dont know", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2243.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m2y9sv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Marvel] if wolverine suffers a severe injury that would kill someone does he theoretically die before his body heals and if so does that mean that his healing factor brings him back to life So if wolverine is say impaled multiple times does he die over and over again and keep coming back to life because of his healing factor", "c_root_id_A": "gqmazae", "c_root_id_B": "gqma581", "created_at_utc_A": 1615497978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615497608.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "it was once reveiled that he had a deal with the angel of death, for quite a long time, that every time he \"died\" he battled the angel of death, and if he won, his soul got to go back to his body and he healed up again. this was to explain away his more outlandish feats or survival, like being truned into a skeleton by Nitro and regenerating his entire body from that. so yes, for quite a while he did literally die from time to time. however, i dont know at what limit the angel would come, if it was just what would have been mortal for a human, or it was \"technically you could heal from this, but you are dead enough that your soul has left your body\" dead. like, did he come every time hulk punched him in the head, or just those time he was turned into mostly a skeleton? i dont know", "human_ref_B": "Death is a result of the cessation of brain activity. Brain activity usually ceases as a result of traumatic damage or the deprivation of oxygen. In both cases, Wolverine's healing factor will probably prevent total failure and heal him slowly until he is healthy again. If you suffocate him long enough, his healing factor may not compensate for oxygen deprivation forever. Good luck trying to suffocate him to death though. In the case of total incineration, there is still living tissue inside his indestructible skeleton. That tissue (bone marrow) contains all of the necessary data to recreate his body. Luck appears to play a factor in this though as sometimes it is enough to bring him back, other times it is not.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 370.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rlbgkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Harry Potter] How come the corruption and other questionable cultures that are made and accepted by the Ministry and the Wizarding World as a whole were rarely questioned, whether before or after the rise of Voldemort, and only mentioned by select few characters like Dumbledore and Hermoine? After reading the books again, it is becoming clear that whilst full of magic, the Wizarding World operates via a lot of questionable means, sometimes even corruption. For example, Fudge was overly paranoid when he was given the news that Voldemort is back and was convinced that this was a coup by Dumbledore to overthrow him and we later learned that Fudge was never that confident in his actions as Minister and was not really the first choice either so he was very anxious to lose his role in the Ministry. And it seems that a large portion of the Ministry and the Daily Bugle went along with it and did not question the mindset behind these actions like blaming Dumbledore for certain wrongdoings or continuing to blame Sirius for disappearances or escaped prisoners when there was no evidence behind this (even charging Sirius for \"killing\" Wormtail was based on a poor collection of evidence) Even when Harry used the Patronus Charm before the fifth year, he was given a full court trial with plenty of juries present to judge the actions of underage use of magic even though everyone already knew who Harry was at this point. Even the presence of Umbridge in the Ministry who craved power for the sake of power and pure-bloodedness and loved Fudge for his symbolic portrayal of power. And even after her very inquisitive actions at Hogwarts, she was not as severely punished and was given the role in the Ministry with the new Minister and was also allowed to stay in the Ministry when the Death Eaters took control. And speaking of pure-bloodedness, the whole idea of the superiority of the Wizarding World was rarely questioned or debated. Few wizards seem to actually speak out against this or use this Wizard superiority over others like even on elves who were literally treated as slave labour, goblins are prejudiced which led to many rebellions, and the totalitarian government allows few liberties of expression that is not deemed as part of \"wizardry\" like embracing Muggle lifestyles or items, or the laws is often so harsh that Azbakan is a one-way ticket to hell where there is no hope, or the Housing mentality at Hogwarts also led to conditioning or self-fulfilling prophecies based on magical politics in education. Few actually speak about this with the exception of a few characters like Hermione with her SPEW cause or Dumbledore when he spoke against the Ministry's action when Voldemort returns. How come this was never really debated in the Wizarding World even when powerful wizards actually went to extremes that reflected the accepted mainstream vices and corruptions of the Wizarding World like Grindelwald who wanted to overpower the Muggle world and Voldemort before he disappeared when he wanted to overpower literally everything and everyone.", "c_root_id_A": "hphdybo", "c_root_id_B": "hpgdk56", "created_at_utc_A": 1640126132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640111468.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As far as goblins are concerned, I see no evidence they willingly accepted the authority of the Ministry. Why should they? They're not human and don't naturally owe any fealty to any human government. So they're likely only the \"Goblin Rebellions\" from the humans' point of view. To the goblins, it was probably the Wars of Liberation or something like that. And they were to some degree successful: it appears that goblins are in full control of the Wizarding economy.", "human_ref_B": "Probably similar to World War II.. Those Wizarding communities who did not actively fight against the death eaters in the great war the first time, are like Third World countries now.. They don\u2019t matter as much as Hogwarts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14664.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37qqok", "c_root_id_B": "g37t68t", "created_at_utc_A": 1598678833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598680889.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Cap", "human_ref_B": "Ben Grimm", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2056.0, "score_ratio": 1.1052631579, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37t68t", "c_root_id_B": "g37rbf2", "created_at_utc_A": 1598680889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598679314.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Ben Grimm", "human_ref_B": "Iron Man, mainly because in the 90's he had one, technically", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1575.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37w9p8", "c_root_id_B": "g37vj6f", "created_at_utc_A": 1598683667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598682990.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "DOOOOOOOM! The man had enough willpower that he managed to be immune to a zombie virus just by deciding he was. He would easily be the choice for a Green Lantern ring. THen he would try to pull a Sinestro with it.", "human_ref_B": "spidermans probably the best bet while caps got him beat in willpower peter is far more creative and frankly caps powers become pretty moot with a green lantern ring where as spider sense actually pairs rather well with it, he can pretty much conjure a shield the moment a threat is detected giving him a pretty iron clad defense, since the attack has to be faster then he can think to hit him", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 677.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37w9p8", "c_root_id_B": "g37rbf2", "created_at_utc_A": 1598683667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598679314.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "DOOOOOOOM! The man had enough willpower that he managed to be immune to a zombie virus just by deciding he was. He would easily be the choice for a Green Lantern ring. THen he would try to pull a Sinestro with it.", "human_ref_B": "Iron Man, mainly because in the 90's he had one, technically", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4353.0, "score_ratio": 2.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37w9p8", "c_root_id_B": "g37u1fo", "created_at_utc_A": 1598683667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598681648.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "DOOOOOOOM! The man had enough willpower that he managed to be immune to a zombie virus just by deciding he was. He would easily be the choice for a Green Lantern ring. THen he would try to pull a Sinestro with it.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-man", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2019.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37w0t8", "c_root_id_B": "g37w9p8", "created_at_utc_A": 1598683439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598683667.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Green suit Deadpool.", "human_ref_B": "DOOOOOOOM! The man had enough willpower that he managed to be immune to a zombie virus just by deciding he was. He would easily be the choice for a Green Lantern ring. THen he would try to pull a Sinestro with it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 228.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37vj6f", "c_root_id_B": "g37u1fo", "created_at_utc_A": 1598682990.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598681648.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "spidermans probably the best bet while caps got him beat in willpower peter is far more creative and frankly caps powers become pretty moot with a green lantern ring where as spider sense actually pairs rather well with it, he can pretty much conjure a shield the moment a threat is detected giving him a pretty iron clad defense, since the attack has to be faster then he can think to hit him", "human_ref_B": "Spider-man", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1342.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37u1fo", "c_root_id_B": "g38uqxr", "created_at_utc_A": 1598681648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598713184.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Spider-man", "human_ref_B": "Cap would get a blue one, not green. But I think Spiderman would get a green ring", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31536.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37w0t8", "c_root_id_B": "g38uqxr", "created_at_utc_A": 1598683439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598713184.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Green suit Deadpool.", "human_ref_B": "Cap would get a blue one, not green. But I think Spiderman would get a green ring", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29745.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g38uqxr", "c_root_id_B": "g38lxej", "created_at_utc_A": 1598713184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598707760.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Cap would get a blue one, not green. But I think Spiderman would get a green ring", "human_ref_B": "Daredevil, the ring searched for those capable of overcome great fear, and the guy is the man *without* fear, after all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5424.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g38uqxr", "c_root_id_B": "g384z8w", "created_at_utc_A": 1598713184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598692428.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Cap would get a blue one, not green. But I think Spiderman would get a green ring", "human_ref_B": "Storm.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20756.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g37u1fo", "c_root_id_B": "g38uwnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1598681648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598713272.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Spider-man", "human_ref_B": "I think Iron Fist developed enough willpower in his training to get a green lantern ring", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31624.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g38uwnc", "c_root_id_B": "g37w0t8", "created_at_utc_A": 1598713272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598683439.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think Iron Fist developed enough willpower in his training to get a green lantern ring", "human_ref_B": "Green suit Deadpool.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29833.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g38lxej", "c_root_id_B": "g38uwnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1598707760.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598713272.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Daredevil, the ring searched for those capable of overcome great fear, and the guy is the man *without* fear, after all.", "human_ref_B": "I think Iron Fist developed enough willpower in his training to get a green lantern ring", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5512.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g384z8w", "c_root_id_B": "g38uwnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1598692428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598713272.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Storm.", "human_ref_B": "I think Iron Fist developed enough willpower in his training to get a green lantern ring", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20844.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g384z8w", "c_root_id_B": "g38lxej", "created_at_utc_A": 1598692428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598707760.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Storm.", "human_ref_B": "Daredevil, the ring searched for those capable of overcome great fear, and the guy is the man *without* fear, after all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15332.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g384z8w", "c_root_id_B": "g3g08gh", "created_at_utc_A": 1598692428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598858563.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Storm.", "human_ref_B": "Iron Man (because he fused with Green Lantern in Amalgam) Nova (because... duh.) Captain America (willpower is his first power, super serum came after)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 166135.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g399hnb", "c_root_id_B": "g3g08gh", "created_at_utc_A": 1598720333.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598858563.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Peter Parker or Steve Rogers", "human_ref_B": "Iron Man (because he fused with Green Lantern in Amalgam) Nova (because... duh.) Captain America (willpower is his first power, super serum came after)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 138230.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iimzka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Who in the Marvel universe is worthy of a Green Lantern Ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g3a2yqa", "c_root_id_B": "g3g08gh", "created_at_utc_A": 1598733559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598858563.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Captain America", "human_ref_B": "Iron Man (because he fused with Green Lantern in Amalgam) Nova (because... duh.) Captain America (willpower is his first power, super serum came after)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 125004.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yr9cka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Zombies] When do Zombies actually stop eating you? After you turn or when you are dead? I've always been curious about zombie eating patterns. We see a character get absolutely piled on and later on he/she is a zombie but there are also human carcasses in the street so we also know zombies will clean out a body given the chance.", "c_root_id_A": "ivslrso", "c_root_id_B": "ivss9ry", "created_at_utc_A": 1668069348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668074993.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In The Walking Dead at least, they seem to just keep eating until something distracts them. They don't seem to mind eating each other, nor do they seem to mind being eaten by each other.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5645.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yr9cka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Zombies] When do Zombies actually stop eating you? After you turn or when you are dead? I've always been curious about zombie eating patterns. We see a character get absolutely piled on and later on he/she is a zombie but there are also human carcasses in the street so we also know zombies will clean out a body given the chance.", "c_root_id_A": "ivswqdn", "c_root_id_B": "ivslrso", "created_at_utc_A": 1668078606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668069348.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think the warmer and more alive someone is, the more they will eat. They'll continue eating an old, cold corpse until the allure of a warm one, moving alively, draws their attention to a better meal. But a zombie alone in a room with a person, without any other stimuli, would probably consume them almost entirely. If there's enough left of the body to reanimate, I would imagine that the zombie will realize they are no longer just food and stop eating, but not in every instance.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9258.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yr9cka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Zombies] When do Zombies actually stop eating you? After you turn or when you are dead? I've always been curious about zombie eating patterns. We see a character get absolutely piled on and later on he/she is a zombie but there are also human carcasses in the street so we also know zombies will clean out a body given the chance.", "c_root_id_A": "ivtcoe3", "c_root_id_B": "ivslrso", "created_at_utc_A": 1668088089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668069348.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "it varies. the zombies from Train to Busan did not eat flesh at all, just attack until the victim was transformed. the ones from Return of The Living Dead only ate brains and didn't care about the rest of the body.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18741.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yr9cka", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Zombies] When do Zombies actually stop eating you? After you turn or when you are dead? I've always been curious about zombie eating patterns. We see a character get absolutely piled on and later on he/she is a zombie but there are also human carcasses in the street so we also know zombies will clean out a body given the chance.", "c_root_id_A": "ivslrso", "c_root_id_B": "ivwd8cz", "created_at_utc_A": 1668069348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668133489.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It varies. There's fresh zombies and decaying zombies. In the Walking Dead they don't mind eating fresh but they don't eat decaying or old zombies. In Marvel Zombies they hate the taste of other zombies but at the same time they all eat zombified Galactus and Silver Surfer to absorb the power cosmic. But they're conscious and can make decisions in Marvel Zombies. Like Peter Parker hates himself for eating Aunt May and MJ so he doesn't eat zombies by choice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 64141.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qg44i3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] What does the normal citizen in the Imperium know of their history? Do they know of the Dark Age of Technology? Do they know what STCs are and what their purpose was/is? Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? I believe I heard in the old lore Horus was only a common general... And by that idea do they even know that the marines betrayed them or do they believe they are incorruptible. Would be kinda shock for a new marine to hear \"By the way, you will not just fight xenos but also other rogue marines that got even more buffed and have 10K+ years of experience\" after they've succeeded their tests. Do they know about the Age of Apostasy and where the Sisters of Battle come from and that the High Lords screwed up?", "c_root_id_A": "hi3x5jn", "c_root_id_B": "hi3ys9z", "created_at_utc_A": 1635252864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635253690.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Enough to know that The Imperium is good, The Emperor is good, and The Space marines are his Angels of Death; they won't really get a formal education but the broadstrokes history they'll get will be from the context they'll need to worship the Emperor so pretty much surface level i.e There was a Dark Age of Technology, The Emperor united Terra to lead the Great Crusade with his Space Marines, some local history about how their planet got integrated to the Imperium, The Horus Heresy as told by the Cult Imperialis, The Emperor's Internment into the Throne, and enough information about xenos so that they can tell they why they should hate them.", "human_ref_B": "Not only would it be next to nothing, it would be radically different almost-nothing depending on what world you were on. Different bits of the Imperium are out of contact with each other for centuries at a time, with only the news that comes in with the occasional fleet passing by, picking up tithes, scooping up some bodies for the Guard. Ask anyone on Reddit about *recent* events and you\u2019ll get some powerfully different versions. Now imagine that everyone on Reddit only gets their news once every 25 years, and it\u2019s first filtered through a very devoted but poorly run church. The job of the Ecclesiastical branch of the Imperium was a to keep humanity singing off the same hymn sheet. Literally. But after that *emotional* truth of Emperor super good, everyone else super bad, Marines pretty rad, shut up and look grateful\u2026there\u2019s no history beyond what\u2019s fresco\u2019d on the walls of the local temple by someone\u2019s idiot nephew sometime last century. It\u2019s an age of ignorance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 826.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qg44i3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] What does the normal citizen in the Imperium know of their history? Do they know of the Dark Age of Technology? Do they know what STCs are and what their purpose was/is? Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? I believe I heard in the old lore Horus was only a common general... And by that idea do they even know that the marines betrayed them or do they believe they are incorruptible. Would be kinda shock for a new marine to hear \"By the way, you will not just fight xenos but also other rogue marines that got even more buffed and have 10K+ years of experience\" after they've succeeded their tests. Do they know about the Age of Apostasy and where the Sisters of Battle come from and that the High Lords screwed up?", "c_root_id_A": "hi4dqax", "c_root_id_B": "hi3ywh5", "created_at_utc_A": 1635260279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635253749.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In carrion throne a mid ranking member of the inquisition finds themselves in a vault near the throne. There they see the statues of 18 primarchs - 2 completely destroyed. Here they question this as there should only be 9. And 9 demons. The higher you go seem to know. In the second watchers of the throne a high council member of terra knew about Horus. This is also post guiliman return. Who has formed a new order of historians to recreate the history his estimate is we're actually a 1000 years more ahead. Just our records are so screwed. So these are two people who are high to pretty high up in the imperium. The average citizen probably knows next to nothing.", "human_ref_B": "They are going to get the most clean, most positive, and most propogandized history of the Imperium ever. They would know that times were bad when humanity depended too much on technology, and that's about it. They might know enough to know that an STC was valuable and if discovered the authorities should be summoned but under no circumstance should they access one. Nope, they probably don't even know Horus's name, let alone his role or relationship with the Emperor. They believe the space marines are basically angles sent by the Emperor, and uncorruptable. The new marine hears he is fighting the enemies of mankind, who are old, evil and tricky. Fear not, the technology of mankind and the training of the chapter will see him through. Rest of the stuff, nope. If it is badness about the Empire, nope. If it is badness about the empire caused by the empire they would think the person mentioning it was a fool or traitor, depending on the severity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6530.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qg44i3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] What does the normal citizen in the Imperium know of their history? Do they know of the Dark Age of Technology? Do they know what STCs are and what their purpose was/is? Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? I believe I heard in the old lore Horus was only a common general... And by that idea do they even know that the marines betrayed them or do they believe they are incorruptible. Would be kinda shock for a new marine to hear \"By the way, you will not just fight xenos but also other rogue marines that got even more buffed and have 10K+ years of experience\" after they've succeeded their tests. Do they know about the Age of Apostasy and where the Sisters of Battle come from and that the High Lords screwed up?", "c_root_id_A": "hi4dqax", "c_root_id_B": "hi3x5jn", "created_at_utc_A": 1635260279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635252864.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In carrion throne a mid ranking member of the inquisition finds themselves in a vault near the throne. There they see the statues of 18 primarchs - 2 completely destroyed. Here they question this as there should only be 9. And 9 demons. The higher you go seem to know. In the second watchers of the throne a high council member of terra knew about Horus. This is also post guiliman return. Who has formed a new order of historians to recreate the history his estimate is we're actually a 1000 years more ahead. Just our records are so screwed. So these are two people who are high to pretty high up in the imperium. The average citizen probably knows next to nothing.", "human_ref_B": "Enough to know that The Imperium is good, The Emperor is good, and The Space marines are his Angels of Death; they won't really get a formal education but the broadstrokes history they'll get will be from the context they'll need to worship the Emperor so pretty much surface level i.e There was a Dark Age of Technology, The Emperor united Terra to lead the Great Crusade with his Space Marines, some local history about how their planet got integrated to the Imperium, The Horus Heresy as told by the Cult Imperialis, The Emperor's Internment into the Throne, and enough information about xenos so that they can tell they why they should hate them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7415.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qg44i3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] What does the normal citizen in the Imperium know of their history? Do they know of the Dark Age of Technology? Do they know what STCs are and what their purpose was/is? Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? I believe I heard in the old lore Horus was only a common general... And by that idea do they even know that the marines betrayed them or do they believe they are incorruptible. Would be kinda shock for a new marine to hear \"By the way, you will not just fight xenos but also other rogue marines that got even more buffed and have 10K+ years of experience\" after they've succeeded their tests. Do they know about the Age of Apostasy and where the Sisters of Battle come from and that the High Lords screwed up?", "c_root_id_A": "hi3z6w7", "c_root_id_B": "hi4dqax", "created_at_utc_A": 1635253895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635260279.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It's entirely dependent on the person and the world, because there is no typical citizen of the Imperium of Man. A chapter serf on Macragge is going to know more about the Heresy than a chieftan on a feral world. An Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus will have a better grasp of the true history of the Imperium than a menial working on the exact same Forge World.", "human_ref_B": "In carrion throne a mid ranking member of the inquisition finds themselves in a vault near the throne. There they see the statues of 18 primarchs - 2 completely destroyed. Here they question this as there should only be 9. And 9 demons. The higher you go seem to know. In the second watchers of the throne a high council member of terra knew about Horus. This is also post guiliman return. Who has formed a new order of historians to recreate the history his estimate is we're actually a 1000 years more ahead. Just our records are so screwed. So these are two people who are high to pretty high up in the imperium. The average citizen probably knows next to nothing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6384.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qg44i3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] What does the normal citizen in the Imperium know of their history? Do they know of the Dark Age of Technology? Do they know what STCs are and what their purpose was/is? Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? I believe I heard in the old lore Horus was only a common general... And by that idea do they even know that the marines betrayed them or do they believe they are incorruptible. Would be kinda shock for a new marine to hear \"By the way, you will not just fight xenos but also other rogue marines that got even more buffed and have 10K+ years of experience\" after they've succeeded their tests. Do they know about the Age of Apostasy and where the Sisters of Battle come from and that the High Lords screwed up?", "c_root_id_A": "hi3x5jn", "c_root_id_B": "hi3ywh5", "created_at_utc_A": 1635252864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635253749.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Enough to know that The Imperium is good, The Emperor is good, and The Space marines are his Angels of Death; they won't really get a formal education but the broadstrokes history they'll get will be from the context they'll need to worship the Emperor so pretty much surface level i.e There was a Dark Age of Technology, The Emperor united Terra to lead the Great Crusade with his Space Marines, some local history about how their planet got integrated to the Imperium, The Horus Heresy as told by the Cult Imperialis, The Emperor's Internment into the Throne, and enough information about xenos so that they can tell they why they should hate them.", "human_ref_B": "They are going to get the most clean, most positive, and most propogandized history of the Imperium ever. They would know that times were bad when humanity depended too much on technology, and that's about it. They might know enough to know that an STC was valuable and if discovered the authorities should be summoned but under no circumstance should they access one. Nope, they probably don't even know Horus's name, let alone his role or relationship with the Emperor. They believe the space marines are basically angles sent by the Emperor, and uncorruptable. The new marine hears he is fighting the enemies of mankind, who are old, evil and tricky. Fear not, the technology of mankind and the training of the chapter will see him through. Rest of the stuff, nope. If it is badness about the Empire, nope. If it is badness about the empire caused by the empire they would think the person mentioning it was a fool or traitor, depending on the severity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 885.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qg44i3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] What does the normal citizen in the Imperium know of their history? Do they know of the Dark Age of Technology? Do they know what STCs are and what their purpose was/is? Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? I believe I heard in the old lore Horus was only a common general... And by that idea do they even know that the marines betrayed them or do they believe they are incorruptible. Would be kinda shock for a new marine to hear \"By the way, you will not just fight xenos but also other rogue marines that got even more buffed and have 10K+ years of experience\" after they've succeeded their tests. Do they know about the Age of Apostasy and where the Sisters of Battle come from and that the High Lords screwed up?", "c_root_id_A": "hi3x5jn", "c_root_id_B": "hi4ppra", "created_at_utc_A": 1635252864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635265124.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Enough to know that The Imperium is good, The Emperor is good, and The Space marines are his Angels of Death; they won't really get a formal education but the broadstrokes history they'll get will be from the context they'll need to worship the Emperor so pretty much surface level i.e There was a Dark Age of Technology, The Emperor united Terra to lead the Great Crusade with his Space Marines, some local history about how their planet got integrated to the Imperium, The Horus Heresy as told by the Cult Imperialis, The Emperor's Internment into the Throne, and enough information about xenos so that they can tell they why they should hate them.", "human_ref_B": "> Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? At least one official version says that Emperor created 9 divine primarchs to fight 9 devils of hell, among them Horus. Robot Grillman openly says to IG that Mortarion was primarch and it's quite surprising to them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12260.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qg44i3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] What does the normal citizen in the Imperium know of their history? Do they know of the Dark Age of Technology? Do they know what STCs are and what their purpose was/is? Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? I believe I heard in the old lore Horus was only a common general... And by that idea do they even know that the marines betrayed them or do they believe they are incorruptible. Would be kinda shock for a new marine to hear \"By the way, you will not just fight xenos but also other rogue marines that got even more buffed and have 10K+ years of experience\" after they've succeeded their tests. Do they know about the Age of Apostasy and where the Sisters of Battle come from and that the High Lords screwed up?", "c_root_id_A": "hi3z6w7", "c_root_id_B": "hi4ppra", "created_at_utc_A": 1635253895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635265124.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's entirely dependent on the person and the world, because there is no typical citizen of the Imperium of Man. A chapter serf on Macragge is going to know more about the Heresy than a chieftan on a feral world. An Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus will have a better grasp of the true history of the Imperium than a menial working on the exact same Forge World.", "human_ref_B": "> Do they know about Horus and that he was a son of the Emperor or do they believe he was some sort of general? At least one official version says that Emperor created 9 divine primarchs to fight 9 devils of hell, among them Horus. Robot Grillman openly says to IG that Mortarion was primarch and it's quite surprising to them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11229.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gxcjob", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Back to the Future] Was Marty a popular student at the beginning of the film? Or was he an outsider who only hung out with his band and Jennifer?", "c_root_id_A": "ft1srq8", "c_root_id_B": "ft1ed7v", "created_at_utc_A": 1591412429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591406019.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He has a gf, so by high school law that puts him in the top 10% of males.", "human_ref_B": "He didn't have a lot of friends - he hung out with a crazy old scientist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6410.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "38zz28", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Spiderman] Shouldn't New York be just about covered in webs from Spiderman? Or at least have enough to be a nuisance?", "c_root_id_A": "crz7msm", "c_root_id_B": "crz7o1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1433745023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1433745134.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Spider**-Man**'s webbing dissolves after a short time, usually a few hours.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man's webs will dissolve after an hour or so. So it's not really that big of a problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 111.0, "score_ratio": 1.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23zdax", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[DC/Lovecraft Mythos] What would happen if the Joker had an experience with an Old One? Due to the incomprehensible, otherworldly nature of beings such as Cthulhu, people go insane who see or have even a minor interaction with an Old One. What would happen if someone who was already insane experienced this? Would the Joker be able to handle it, or would their extra-dimensional nature lead to an even greater level of insanity?", "c_root_id_A": "ch23y43", "c_root_id_B": "ch23lwd", "created_at_utc_A": 1398464210.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398463398.0, "score_A": 88, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In Lovecraft's stories, the madness caused by these beings isn't really some inherent aspect of their other-dimensional nature. It's the realization that the universe is a meaningless, chaotic place full of uncaring alien intelligences, and that man is utterly insignificant in the face of the cosmos. \"Life is a hideous thing, and from the background behind what we know of it peer daemoniacal hints of truth which make it sometimes a thousandfold more hideous. Science, already oppressive with its shocking revelations, will perhaps be the ultimate exterminator of our human species \u2014 if separate species we be \u2014 for its reserve of unguessed horrors could never be borne by mortal brains if loosed upon the world.\" -\"Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family\" \"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.\" - \"The Call of Cthulhu\" Here's the thing - we know for a fact that this terrible knowledge is capable of driving the Joker mad... because it already has. The bleak, nihilistic, meaninglessness of the world is what made the Joker the Joker in the first place. \"My point is, I went crazy. When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was, I went crazy as a coot! I admit it! Why can't you? I mean, you're not unintelligent! You must see the reality of the situation. Do you know how many times we've come close to world war three over a flock of geese on a computer screen? Do you know what triggered the last world war? An argument over how many telegraph poles Germany owed its war debt creditors! Telegraph poles! Ha ha ha ha HA! It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for... it's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?\" - \"The Killing Joke\" Showing him the terrible vistas of man's cosmic insignificance now is just going to be boring him with a joke he's already heard.", "human_ref_B": "The Joker would most likely attempt to buy it a beer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 812.0, "score_ratio": 8.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23zdax", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[DC/Lovecraft Mythos] What would happen if the Joker had an experience with an Old One? Due to the incomprehensible, otherworldly nature of beings such as Cthulhu, people go insane who see or have even a minor interaction with an Old One. What would happen if someone who was already insane experienced this? Would the Joker be able to handle it, or would their extra-dimensional nature lead to an even greater level of insanity?", "c_root_id_A": "ch23azd", "c_root_id_B": "ch23y43", "created_at_utc_A": 1398462693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398464210.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "i think its one of 2 possiblites: 1: I guess either he would just laught at what the old one, casue it drives others insane but would just humor him since he would be able to take it, or 2: he would go even further and go from random shooting people for fun, till jumping on them, tearing out their eyes and trying to eat them while laughing/crying. He would go from evil cracy to batshit-cannibal-rabies-no-limits-what-so-ever-even-making-the-devil-cry cracy, meaning he would be beyond every point of civilsed sanity, even by animal standards.", "human_ref_B": "In Lovecraft's stories, the madness caused by these beings isn't really some inherent aspect of their other-dimensional nature. It's the realization that the universe is a meaningless, chaotic place full of uncaring alien intelligences, and that man is utterly insignificant in the face of the cosmos. \"Life is a hideous thing, and from the background behind what we know of it peer daemoniacal hints of truth which make it sometimes a thousandfold more hideous. Science, already oppressive with its shocking revelations, will perhaps be the ultimate exterminator of our human species \u2014 if separate species we be \u2014 for its reserve of unguessed horrors could never be borne by mortal brains if loosed upon the world.\" -\"Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family\" \"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.\" - \"The Call of Cthulhu\" Here's the thing - we know for a fact that this terrible knowledge is capable of driving the Joker mad... because it already has. The bleak, nihilistic, meaninglessness of the world is what made the Joker the Joker in the first place. \"My point is, I went crazy. When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was, I went crazy as a coot! I admit it! Why can't you? I mean, you're not unintelligent! You must see the reality of the situation. Do you know how many times we've come close to world war three over a flock of geese on a computer screen? Do you know what triggered the last world war? An argument over how many telegraph poles Germany owed its war debt creditors! Telegraph poles! Ha ha ha ha HA! It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for... it's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?\" - \"The Killing Joke\" Showing him the terrible vistas of man's cosmic insignificance now is just going to be boring him with a joke he's already heard.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1517.0, "score_ratio": -29.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23zdax", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[DC/Lovecraft Mythos] What would happen if the Joker had an experience with an Old One? Due to the incomprehensible, otherworldly nature of beings such as Cthulhu, people go insane who see or have even a minor interaction with an Old One. What would happen if someone who was already insane experienced this? Would the Joker be able to handle it, or would their extra-dimensional nature lead to an even greater level of insanity?", "c_root_id_A": "ch23azd", "c_root_id_B": "ch23lwd", "created_at_utc_A": 1398462693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398463398.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "i think its one of 2 possiblites: 1: I guess either he would just laught at what the old one, casue it drives others insane but would just humor him since he would be able to take it, or 2: he would go even further and go from random shooting people for fun, till jumping on them, tearing out their eyes and trying to eat them while laughing/crying. He would go from evil cracy to batshit-cannibal-rabies-no-limits-what-so-ever-even-making-the-devil-cry cracy, meaning he would be beyond every point of civilsed sanity, even by animal standards.", "human_ref_B": "The Joker would most likely attempt to buy it a beer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 705.0, "score_ratio": -3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9nulzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[LoTR] What awoke the Balrog when the fellowship was passing through Moria? Was it just the clamour that the goblins were creating or did Gandalf\u2019s presence have something to do with it? Presumably these thousands of goblins have been running around Moria and making all sorts of noise for a long time, but it doesn\u2019t appear as though the Balrog has emerged until the Fellowship is surrounded in Dwarrowdelf. Was it simply because of all the commotion of the previous fight with the cave troll, or did Gandalf\u2019s presence somehow awake the Balrog?", "c_root_id_A": "e7p2ss0", "c_root_id_B": "e7p2sk5", "created_at_utc_A": 1539445182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539445176.0, "score_A": 583, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Presence of the One Ring. Sidenote: the Balrog being there because the dwarves dug too greedily and too deep is my favorite concept in fantasy, ever. I love that line.", "human_ref_B": "Several days earlier when they were taking a break so Gandalf could consider which passage to take Pippin dropped a rock down the well. It fell for a long time and then afterwards there was one single drum beat echoed back up the well.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6.0, "score_ratio": 17.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9nulzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[LoTR] What awoke the Balrog when the fellowship was passing through Moria? Was it just the clamour that the goblins were creating or did Gandalf\u2019s presence have something to do with it? Presumably these thousands of goblins have been running around Moria and making all sorts of noise for a long time, but it doesn\u2019t appear as though the Balrog has emerged until the Fellowship is surrounded in Dwarrowdelf. Was it simply because of all the commotion of the previous fight with the cave troll, or did Gandalf\u2019s presence somehow awake the Balrog?", "c_root_id_A": "e7p2sk5", "c_root_id_B": "e7p7m9w", "created_at_utc_A": 1539445176.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539449807.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 287, "human_ref_A": "Several days earlier when they were taking a break so Gandalf could consider which passage to take Pippin dropped a rock down the well. It fell for a long time and then afterwards there was one single drum beat echoed back up the well.", "human_ref_B": "While other people are probably correct in mentioning the presence of the One Ring and the noise made by the Fellowship as factors, the Balrog was probably initially alerted by Gandalf's use of magic on Caradhras, starting a fire to keep everyone from freezing to death. As he remarks at the time: > \u2018If there are any to see, then I at least am revealed to them,\u2019 he said. \u2018I have written *Gandalf is here* in signs that all can read from Rivendell to the mouths of Anduin.\u2019", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4631.0, "score_ratio": 8.696969697, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2wv807", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[All DC] Why are Kryptonians, and lots of other aliens, so similar to humans? Some can even breed with us, apparently! What's up with that? Even alien robots, like the Manhunters and Brainiacs, seem to look a lot like we do. I think pretty much every hero in the Justice League can pass for human. Even the gods - and New Gods, and Kryptonian Gods, and Old Gods - that humanity knows of seem pretty much human; and I don't *think* they can shapeshift, necessarily, right? What gives? Has something been seeding the universe(s) with near-human life?", "c_root_id_A": "coufrdf", "c_root_id_B": "coul83h", "created_at_utc_A": 1424701419.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424712001.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Eons ago the residents of the planet Galifrey traveled throughout the universe, seeding planets with new life. The result was countless billions of planets where the lifeforms were genetically predispositioned to take on a certain shape and bodytype.", "human_ref_B": "After the universe was created the White Life Entity cocooned itself inside of the Earth, and life originated out from this point carrying with it some sort of base template - just at different rates of germination. The further the planet from Earth, the less 'human' - like the species. Best in universe answer I've got.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10582.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2wv807", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[All DC] Why are Kryptonians, and lots of other aliens, so similar to humans? Some can even breed with us, apparently! What's up with that? Even alien robots, like the Manhunters and Brainiacs, seem to look a lot like we do. I think pretty much every hero in the Justice League can pass for human. Even the gods - and New Gods, and Kryptonian Gods, and Old Gods - that humanity knows of seem pretty much human; and I don't *think* they can shapeshift, necessarily, right? What gives? Has something been seeding the universe(s) with near-human life?", "c_root_id_A": "coul83h", "c_root_id_B": "coue82s", "created_at_utc_A": 1424712001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424696945.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "After the universe was created the White Life Entity cocooned itself inside of the Earth, and life originated out from this point carrying with it some sort of base template - just at different rates of germination. The further the planet from Earth, the less 'human' - like the species. Best in universe answer I've got.", "human_ref_B": "Convergent evolution. We've got a fairly decent layout for a technology using species.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15056.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2wv807", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[All DC] Why are Kryptonians, and lots of other aliens, so similar to humans? Some can even breed with us, apparently! What's up with that? Even alien robots, like the Manhunters and Brainiacs, seem to look a lot like we do. I think pretty much every hero in the Justice League can pass for human. Even the gods - and New Gods, and Kryptonian Gods, and Old Gods - that humanity knows of seem pretty much human; and I don't *think* they can shapeshift, necessarily, right? What gives? Has something been seeding the universe(s) with near-human life?", "c_root_id_A": "coul83h", "c_root_id_B": "coujggv", "created_at_utc_A": 1424712001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424708968.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "After the universe was created the White Life Entity cocooned itself inside of the Earth, and life originated out from this point carrying with it some sort of base template - just at different rates of germination. The further the planet from Earth, the less 'human' - like the species. Best in universe answer I've got.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that due to the similarity between the original planets,they end up evolving the same way as us?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3033.0, "score_ratio": 33000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2wv807", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[All DC] Why are Kryptonians, and lots of other aliens, so similar to humans? Some can even breed with us, apparently! What's up with that? Even alien robots, like the Manhunters and Brainiacs, seem to look a lot like we do. I think pretty much every hero in the Justice League can pass for human. Even the gods - and New Gods, and Kryptonian Gods, and Old Gods - that humanity knows of seem pretty much human; and I don't *think* they can shapeshift, necessarily, right? What gives? Has something been seeding the universe(s) with near-human life?", "c_root_id_A": "coufrdf", "c_root_id_B": "coue82s", "created_at_utc_A": 1424701419.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424696945.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Eons ago the residents of the planet Galifrey traveled throughout the universe, seeding planets with new life. The result was countless billions of planets where the lifeforms were genetically predispositioned to take on a certain shape and bodytype.", "human_ref_B": "Convergent evolution. We've got a fairly decent layout for a technology using species.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4474.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2wv807", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[All DC] Why are Kryptonians, and lots of other aliens, so similar to humans? Some can even breed with us, apparently! What's up with that? Even alien robots, like the Manhunters and Brainiacs, seem to look a lot like we do. I think pretty much every hero in the Justice League can pass for human. Even the gods - and New Gods, and Kryptonian Gods, and Old Gods - that humanity knows of seem pretty much human; and I don't *think* they can shapeshift, necessarily, right? What gives? Has something been seeding the universe(s) with near-human life?", "c_root_id_A": "couya35", "c_root_id_B": "coujggv", "created_at_utc_A": 1424732927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424708968.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Krypton had lots of colonies on tons of planets. More and more got abandoned as time went on. This led to divergent species. Daxamites are descended from an abandoned Kryptonian colony. Humans are descended from the offspring of a crashed Kryptonian exploration party and the native Homo erectus. Tamaraneans have a general humanoid shape and humanoid genitalia as well as the ability to absorb solar radiation so it's likely they could be related as well. Perhaps some of the other humanoid races have as of yet undiscovered connections to Kryptonians as well. Although, some could be due to chance or perhaps manipulation by the powerful gods.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that due to the similarity between the original planets,they end up evolving the same way as us?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23959.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2wv807", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[All DC] Why are Kryptonians, and lots of other aliens, so similar to humans? Some can even breed with us, apparently! What's up with that? Even alien robots, like the Manhunters and Brainiacs, seem to look a lot like we do. I think pretty much every hero in the Justice League can pass for human. Even the gods - and New Gods, and Kryptonian Gods, and Old Gods - that humanity knows of seem pretty much human; and I don't *think* they can shapeshift, necessarily, right? What gives? Has something been seeding the universe(s) with near-human life?", "c_root_id_A": "counzdt", "c_root_id_B": "couya35", "created_at_utc_A": 1424716525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424732927.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "> Has something been seeding the universe(s) with near-human life? Yes. The same people responsible for the meta gene, the celestials.", "human_ref_B": "Krypton had lots of colonies on tons of planets. More and more got abandoned as time went on. This led to divergent species. Daxamites are descended from an abandoned Kryptonian colony. Humans are descended from the offspring of a crashed Kryptonian exploration party and the native Homo erectus. Tamaraneans have a general humanoid shape and humanoid genitalia as well as the ability to absorb solar radiation so it's likely they could be related as well. Perhaps some of the other humanoid races have as of yet undiscovered connections to Kryptonians as well. Although, some could be due to chance or perhaps manipulation by the powerful gods.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16402.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "79e7v2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] Am I Allowed To Leave The Jedi Order? I am a full fledged Jedi Knight with a good understanding of the force. I fall in love out on a mission and I have the overwhelming urge to pursue this love, live a quiet life and raise a family. Will there be any issue with me leaving The Order? Even with all the force knowledge I possess and any possible Jedi secrets I may know. Will the council allow me to leave and pursue my happiness or will they force me to stay against my will?", "c_root_id_A": "dp3f9xl", "c_root_id_B": "dp817sc", "created_at_utc_A": 1509373918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509591537.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Blood in, blood out", "human_ref_B": "Yes, but only if they say \"excuse me\" first.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 217619.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w7dusa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn't Antman have wings? I understand movie standpoint that antman and the wasp have to have their own gimmick, but after so long, why don't they just install a pair of wings onto the antman suit? Even during the flashback scene when Hank Pym was the antman, his wife had a pair of wings that greatly improved mobility. Were there any disadvantages of having wings on the suit?", "c_root_id_A": "ihjb5vq", "c_root_id_B": "ihjc8fd", "created_at_utc_A": 1658721403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1658721999.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "I guess the main reason is probably that hank pym preferred riding the ants, maybe he couldn\u2019t get the hang of the wings or something, and it just carried over to Scott lang", "human_ref_B": "My theory is that flying takes a lot of extra energy, and Scott prefers to conserve that energy to become Giant Man instead. We've never seen Hope enlarge, so it's possible that the abilities are, maybe not mutually exclusive, but impractical to pair. The Square Cube Law means that flying *while* enlarged is probably impossible (we've never even seen Hope do it at normal size, it's probably an ability she exclusively has while shrunk). We know that you need to carry your own oxygen supply while size-shifted, hence the helmets. Presumably you need some sort of batteries as well for other functions. The wings, the ant-contolling earpiece thing, a communicator, etc. We know that Scott can't maintain Giant Man form for long, possibly using it draws from the same energy source. Flight would reduce the time he can use it further, and he can just summon an ant to ride anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 596.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w7dusa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn't Antman have wings? I understand movie standpoint that antman and the wasp have to have their own gimmick, but after so long, why don't they just install a pair of wings onto the antman suit? Even during the flashback scene when Hank Pym was the antman, his wife had a pair of wings that greatly improved mobility. Were there any disadvantages of having wings on the suit?", "c_root_id_A": "ihjk9et", "c_root_id_B": "ihjb5vq", "created_at_utc_A": 1658726914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1658721403.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "You're asking why Hank Pym made better suits for his wife and daughter than he did for himself? It's a pretty human action. There were no disadvantages to it. He made his suit first, then made an improved version for his wife, and then never bothered to upgrade his suit with them, even after giving the suit to Scott.", "human_ref_B": "I guess the main reason is probably that hank pym preferred riding the ants, maybe he couldn\u2019t get the hang of the wings or something, and it just carried over to Scott lang", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5511.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w7dusa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn't Antman have wings? I understand movie standpoint that antman and the wasp have to have their own gimmick, but after so long, why don't they just install a pair of wings onto the antman suit? Even during the flashback scene when Hank Pym was the antman, his wife had a pair of wings that greatly improved mobility. Were there any disadvantages of having wings on the suit?", "c_root_id_A": "ihjc8uj", "c_root_id_B": "ihjk9et", "created_at_utc_A": 1658722006.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1658726914.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I'd like to point out that male ants have wings, so him having wings wouldn't break the gimmick. If I had to take a guess, maybe his wife installed the wings and Hank Pym couldn't get them to work on his.", "human_ref_B": "You're asking why Hank Pym made better suits for his wife and daughter than he did for himself? It's a pretty human action. There were no disadvantages to it. He made his suit first, then made an improved version for his wife, and then never bothered to upgrade his suit with them, even after giving the suit to Scott.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4908.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u39eiz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] So can you steal a Lantern Ring off their hand or not? I\u2019ve seen Green Lantern get his ring stolen off his hand with out him knowing by Batman. I\u2019ve also heard of accounts that a Lantern ring is essentially glued to their finger unless they let it come off. What\u2019s supposed to be correct?", "c_root_id_A": "i4nyhtv", "c_root_id_B": "i4nz149", "created_at_utc_A": 1649913325.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649913681.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "The ring securing effect, like all ring effects, is a product of willpower and if willpower can't be effectively focused while the theft is happening then it doesn't activate. Which is to say by default you couldn't just take it when they are looking away from it but if you say, distracted and/or disoriented them then grabbed it, particularly if your own willpower is strong enough to use it, then you could get it off. This is actually one of the big ways to fight greenies, you do something that prevents them from focusing like threatening bystanders or just using powerful psionic attacks and do a follow up attack while they can't defend properly.", "human_ref_B": "Usually, you can't. For a few brief examples, Lobo couldn't steal Jack Chance's ring even after KOing him, Pre-Crisis Hal explicitly had to will his ring to be stolen or it wouldn't leave him, Volthoom couldn't steal Jessica's Power Ring, a Guardian failed to take Kyle's ring, and the Yellow Lanterns failed to get Sinestro's ring off. Batman managed to steal one from a younger Hal, but that's probably a fluke.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 356.0, "score_ratio": 2.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u39eiz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] So can you steal a Lantern Ring off their hand or not? I\u2019ve seen Green Lantern get his ring stolen off his hand with out him knowing by Batman. I\u2019ve also heard of accounts that a Lantern ring is essentially glued to their finger unless they let it come off. What\u2019s supposed to be correct?", "c_root_id_A": "i4nz149", "c_root_id_B": "i4nxpop", "created_at_utc_A": 1649913681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649912800.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Usually, you can't. For a few brief examples, Lobo couldn't steal Jack Chance's ring even after KOing him, Pre-Crisis Hal explicitly had to will his ring to be stolen or it wouldn't leave him, Volthoom couldn't steal Jessica's Power Ring, a Guardian failed to take Kyle's ring, and the Yellow Lanterns failed to get Sinestro's ring off. Batman managed to steal one from a younger Hal, but that's probably a fluke.", "human_ref_B": "I think if you have more will power than the lantern you could take it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 881.0, "score_ratio": 12.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u39eiz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] So can you steal a Lantern Ring off their hand or not? I\u2019ve seen Green Lantern get his ring stolen off his hand with out him knowing by Batman. I\u2019ve also heard of accounts that a Lantern ring is essentially glued to their finger unless they let it come off. What\u2019s supposed to be correct?", "c_root_id_A": "i4nz149", "c_root_id_B": "i4nysb1", "created_at_utc_A": 1649913681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649913521.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Usually, you can't. For a few brief examples, Lobo couldn't steal Jack Chance's ring even after KOing him, Pre-Crisis Hal explicitly had to will his ring to be stolen or it wouldn't leave him, Volthoom couldn't steal Jessica's Power Ring, a Guardian failed to take Kyle's ring, and the Yellow Lanterns failed to get Sinestro's ring off. Batman managed to steal one from a younger Hal, but that's probably a fluke.", "human_ref_B": "Could I? Probably not, but I haven't really tried my hand at theft. Somebody better than me though? Definitely.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 160.0, "score_ratio": 37.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u39eiz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] So can you steal a Lantern Ring off their hand or not? I\u2019ve seen Green Lantern get his ring stolen off his hand with out him knowing by Batman. I\u2019ve also heard of accounts that a Lantern ring is essentially glued to their finger unless they let it come off. What\u2019s supposed to be correct?", "c_root_id_A": "i4nyhtv", "c_root_id_B": "i4nxpop", "created_at_utc_A": 1649913325.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649912800.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The ring securing effect, like all ring effects, is a product of willpower and if willpower can't be effectively focused while the theft is happening then it doesn't activate. Which is to say by default you couldn't just take it when they are looking away from it but if you say, distracted and/or disoriented them then grabbed it, particularly if your own willpower is strong enough to use it, then you could get it off. This is actually one of the big ways to fight greenies, you do something that prevents them from focusing like threatening bystanders or just using powerful psionic attacks and do a follow up attack while they can't defend properly.", "human_ref_B": "I think if you have more will power than the lantern you could take it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 525.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u39eiz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] So can you steal a Lantern Ring off their hand or not? I\u2019ve seen Green Lantern get his ring stolen off his hand with out him knowing by Batman. I\u2019ve also heard of accounts that a Lantern ring is essentially glued to their finger unless they let it come off. What\u2019s supposed to be correct?", "c_root_id_A": "i4nzovn", "c_root_id_B": "i4nxpop", "created_at_utc_A": 1649914137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649912800.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Batman removed it because GL wasn't concentrating, but when he realized he doesn't have it he still was able to control the ring and put it back on his finger.", "human_ref_B": "I think if you have more will power than the lantern you could take it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1337.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u39eiz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] So can you steal a Lantern Ring off their hand or not? I\u2019ve seen Green Lantern get his ring stolen off his hand with out him knowing by Batman. I\u2019ve also heard of accounts that a Lantern ring is essentially glued to their finger unless they let it come off. What\u2019s supposed to be correct?", "c_root_id_A": "i4nysb1", "c_root_id_B": "i4nzovn", "created_at_utc_A": 1649913521.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649914137.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Could I? Probably not, but I haven't really tried my hand at theft. Somebody better than me though? Definitely.", "human_ref_B": "Batman removed it because GL wasn't concentrating, but when he realized he doesn't have it he still was able to control the ring and put it back on his finger.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 616.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23vt40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[WALL-E] Why was Eve equipped with a plasma cannon? As a new settler on New-Earth, I've been viewing the records of Eve visit on Earth when she made contact with WALL-E. Eve's primary function as a robot was to scout planet Earth for Vegetation and signs of photosynthesis. So why was she fitted with a weapon so powerful such as a plasma cannon? it's clear that Earth was supposedly uninhabitable, so what on Earth (heh) could she of needed a plasma weapon for? Followup question: How far and how long was WALL-E and Eve travelling on board the Axiom return vehicle? the vehicle did not possess a way FTL travel. (From what we're aware of) Could they have been travelling days? months? possibly years?", "c_root_id_A": "ch138i7", "c_root_id_B": "ch13rkh", "created_at_utc_A": 1398369213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398370224.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "The only life that thrived on earth was the bugs and the rats. The rats stayed underground most of the time, but the Bugs. The bugs were impressive. Besides, everyone up on the station had no idea how large the cockroaches had actually *gotten*. They could have been like... 4 feet long.", "human_ref_B": "When you create an exploratory drone when you only possess limited resources, you give it the ability to defend itself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1011.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23vt40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[WALL-E] Why was Eve equipped with a plasma cannon? As a new settler on New-Earth, I've been viewing the records of Eve visit on Earth when she made contact with WALL-E. Eve's primary function as a robot was to scout planet Earth for Vegetation and signs of photosynthesis. So why was she fitted with a weapon so powerful such as a plasma cannon? it's clear that Earth was supposedly uninhabitable, so what on Earth (heh) could she of needed a plasma weapon for? Followup question: How far and how long was WALL-E and Eve travelling on board the Axiom return vehicle? the vehicle did not possess a way FTL travel. (From what we're aware of) Could they have been travelling days? months? possibly years?", "c_root_id_A": "ch1be8p", "c_root_id_B": "ch1hkwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1398386475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398400467.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Am I the only one that thinks that Eve was sent to kill WALL-E? Wasn't the computer that ran Axiom trying to turn humans into like, fat pig slaves or something? I'm rusty on my history here alright", "human_ref_B": "well the plasma cannon may be useful if it needs to remove some debris tho", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13992.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uma4fu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How are Hammerhead and Bullseye still alive they have Adamantium implants with NO Healing Factors. Shouldn\u2019t they have died from the poisoning already ? How did HammerHead even survive the procedure ? He should have died as soon as the Adamantium touched his FUCKING SKULL.", "c_root_id_A": "i80gnlk", "c_root_id_B": "i80hcop", "created_at_utc_A": 1652156824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652157205.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "There are some theories that adamantium poisoning isn't actually poisoning at all, rather it is because Wolverine's entire skeleton is metallized. Blood is made in the marrow of your bones (Explain like I'm five years old anatomy) so if your bones are completely covered your blood can't be replenished with new blood. Wolverine makes new blood with his healing factor, not the normal way. Bullseye and Hammerhead only have parts of their body replaced. If they replace their entire skeleton, they would be dead right now.", "human_ref_B": "Bullseye didn\u2019t get the shitty, made up of stolen notes that only covers half the process treatment Weapon X did to Wolverine. He not only had Lord Dark Wind, the creator of the treatment, personally perform it on him, Bullseye only had a few of his bones replaced. Logan has his entire skeleton metallized and poising him for it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 381.0, "score_ratio": 2.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e8s1a9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Watchmen] Why did Doctor Manhattan choose the hydrogen atom as his logo? When he was asked to pick a logo for himself he said to himself that he chose a symbol he had a lot of respect for. Why is it a hydrogen atom?", "c_root_id_A": "fafgdbm", "c_root_id_B": "faezur7", "created_at_utc_A": 1576022074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576011578.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "As a son of a watchmaker, he is obsessed with how things are put together. Hydrogen is the simplest form.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought it was a symbol of Earth with its one moon. Are we sure its a hydrogen atom instead of my assumption?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10496.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ynakwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Doctor Who/Loki] What would The Doctor think of He Who Remains\u2019 plans? I was randomly thinking of this today. Even though it came out a while ago, spoiler alert for Loki!! Anyways, we all know The Doctor. He/she has been at the beginning of time, the end of time, they re-created the universe, they traveled outside the universe. They met multiple versions of themselves through their own time stream. The Doctor definitely has a complicated relationship with time. He Who Remains is trying to force all time streams into one single one so his variants don\u2019t start a Multiversal War. How would The Doctor react to the plan by HWR? HWR is just as intelligent as the Doctor. Also, would he have tried to stop Sylvie from killing HWR??", "c_root_id_A": "iv7um52", "c_root_id_B": "iv880r9", "created_at_utc_A": 1667692068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667697982.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Timelords also carved a single sacred timeline out of the whole multiverse. So The Doctor's biggest shock would be that he has (once again) managed to breach the dimensional barriers and end up in a different cordoned off timeline. It's supposed to be impossible, and he's done it at least half a dozen times at this point... After that he'd probably eventually see HWR's methods with the TVA and declare them unacceptable, and by *{insert science we don't understand here}* would cause everyone in the TVA to regain their true memories. As for Sylvie killing HWR - that depends on where in The Doctor's timeline this is happening. If it's doctor 9+ they'd almost certainly try and stop her - but some of the earlier doctors would have actively approved, or even killed HWR themselves.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5914.0, "score_ratio": 31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ynakwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Doctor Who/Loki] What would The Doctor think of He Who Remains\u2019 plans? I was randomly thinking of this today. Even though it came out a while ago, spoiler alert for Loki!! Anyways, we all know The Doctor. He/she has been at the beginning of time, the end of time, they re-created the universe, they traveled outside the universe. They met multiple versions of themselves through their own time stream. The Doctor definitely has a complicated relationship with time. He Who Remains is trying to force all time streams into one single one so his variants don\u2019t start a Multiversal War. How would The Doctor react to the plan by HWR? HWR is just as intelligent as the Doctor. Also, would he have tried to stop Sylvie from killing HWR??", "c_root_id_A": "iv8py6z", "c_root_id_B": "iv7um52", "created_at_utc_A": 1667706214.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667692068.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'd say he would just prevent HWR from affecting the timeline by locking him away or something. Then he'd resolve the war either through talking and communicating or simply by winning that war himself and making sure the variants never try going at war again due to the fear of what The Doctor could do to them if they did.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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He/she has been at the beginning of time, the end of time, they re-created the universe, they traveled outside the universe. They met multiple versions of themselves through their own time stream. The Doctor definitely has a complicated relationship with time. He Who Remains is trying to force all time streams into one single one so his variants don\u2019t start a Multiversal War. How would The Doctor react to the plan by HWR? HWR is just as intelligent as the Doctor. Also, would he have tried to stop Sylvie from killing HWR??", "c_root_id_A": "iv7um52", "c_root_id_B": "ivblfvr", "created_at_utc_A": 1667692068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667763657.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Before the time lord came back he'd probably call him an abomination for destroying multi verses and say no one should have that power , and he who remains would respond the the time lords did , and the doctor would say something like \"there are no more timelords I made sure there are no more time lords I am the last and you are no timelord \"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 71589.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ynakwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Doctor Who/Loki] What would The Doctor think of He Who Remains\u2019 plans? I was randomly thinking of this today. Even though it came out a while ago, spoiler alert for Loki!! Anyways, we all know The Doctor. He/she has been at the beginning of time, the end of time, they re-created the universe, they traveled outside the universe. They met multiple versions of themselves through their own time stream. The Doctor definitely has a complicated relationship with time. He Who Remains is trying to force all time streams into one single one so his variants don\u2019t start a Multiversal War. How would The Doctor react to the plan by HWR? HWR is just as intelligent as the Doctor. Also, would he have tried to stop Sylvie from killing HWR??", "c_root_id_A": "iv7um52", "c_root_id_B": "ivea6q5", "created_at_utc_A": 1667692068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667814419.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "\"You would make a good dalek\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 122351.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkmmzs", "c_root_id_B": "itled5k", "created_at_utc_A": 1666607633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666622543.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 552, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Same reason it takes Steve 3-6 cows worth of leather to make one leather helmet. He is really, really bad at leather working.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14910.0, "score_ratio": 552.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkmmzs", "c_root_id_B": "itknfkt", "created_at_utc_A": 1666607633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666608236.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 333, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Steve doesn't know how. It's one thing to have the materials to do so something, but you still need to know *how* to do it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 603.0, "score_ratio": 333.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkmmzs", "c_root_id_B": "itkwqp3", "created_at_utc_A": 1666607633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666614236.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "looks like making a saddle is rather involved and requires some special tools and a lot of knowledge. https://www.freckerssaddlery.com/making\\_saddle.php", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6603.0, "score_ratio": 84.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkxexb", "c_root_id_B": "itkmmzs", "created_at_utc_A": 1666614605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666607633.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Saddles in Minecraft aren't the sum of their leather parts and shape. They are magical items that establish a bond between animal and rider, making the animal bend to the rider's will and commands. Like other magical items (such as enchanted books), you don't simply \"make\" them. They are *awarded*.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6972.0, "score_ratio": 74.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itlm73q", "c_root_id_B": "itkmmzs", "created_at_utc_A": 1666625769.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666607633.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Ooh I know this one! I've been getting into leatherworking recently, and saddles generally require particularly thick and tough leather, usually a full grain vegetable tanned cowhide. Leathers from cows vary in thickness since they're organic, and back in the day hides used for saddles would be particularly rare and valuable. It's possible that Steve just doesn't have the proper hides or tanning equipment to make the leather into saddles.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18136.0, "score_ratio": 38.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkq964", "c_root_id_B": "itkmmzs", "created_at_utc_A": 1666610268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666607633.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Might be some ceremonial aspect, as saddles are hard won treasures pulled from dungeons. Making your own saddle might be like making your own championship trophy; possible, but gauche.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2635.0, "score_ratio": 29.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itlfxh3", "c_root_id_B": "itkmmzs", "created_at_utc_A": 1666623196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666607633.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I still don't get why we can build stone tools and iron tools, but not copper tools.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15563.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkmmzs", "c_root_id_B": "itngdv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1666607633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666651968.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Maybe because it can not be made with a standard crafting table and Steve does not know how to make the right kind or even what is the right kind to let him make one.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44335.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itknfkt", "c_root_id_B": "itled5k", "created_at_utc_A": 1666608236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666622543.0, "score_A": 333, "score_B": 552, "human_ref_A": "Steve doesn't know how. It's one thing to have the materials to do so something, but you still need to know *how* to do it.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason it takes Steve 3-6 cows worth of leather to make one leather helmet. He is really, really bad at leather working.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14307.0, "score_ratio": 1.6576576577, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itled5k", "c_root_id_B": "itkwqp3", "created_at_utc_A": 1666622543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666614236.0, "score_A": 552, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "Same reason it takes Steve 3-6 cows worth of leather to make one leather helmet. He is really, really bad at leather working.", "human_ref_B": "looks like making a saddle is rather involved and requires some special tools and a lot of knowledge. https://www.freckerssaddlery.com/making\\_saddle.php", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8307.0, "score_ratio": 6.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkxexb", "c_root_id_B": "itled5k", "created_at_utc_A": 1666614605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666622543.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 552, "human_ref_A": "Saddles in Minecraft aren't the sum of their leather parts and shape. They are magical items that establish a bond between animal and rider, making the animal bend to the rider's will and commands. Like other magical items (such as enchanted books), you don't simply \"make\" them. They are *awarded*.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason it takes Steve 3-6 cows worth of leather to make one leather helmet. He is really, really bad at leather working.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7938.0, "score_ratio": 7.4594594595, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itled5k", "c_root_id_B": "itkq964", "created_at_utc_A": 1666622543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666610268.0, "score_A": 552, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Same reason it takes Steve 3-6 cows worth of leather to make one leather helmet. He is really, really bad at leather working.", "human_ref_B": "Might be some ceremonial aspect, as saddles are hard won treasures pulled from dungeons. Making your own saddle might be like making your own championship trophy; possible, but gauche.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12275.0, "score_ratio": 19.0344827586, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkwqp3", "c_root_id_B": "itkq964", "created_at_utc_A": 1666614236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666610268.0, "score_A": 84, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "looks like making a saddle is rather involved and requires some special tools and a lot of knowledge. https://www.freckerssaddlery.com/making\\_saddle.php", "human_ref_B": "Might be some ceremonial aspect, as saddles are hard won treasures pulled from dungeons. Making your own saddle might be like making your own championship trophy; possible, but gauche.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3968.0, "score_ratio": 2.8965517241, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkxexb", "c_root_id_B": "itkq964", "created_at_utc_A": 1666614605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666610268.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Saddles in Minecraft aren't the sum of their leather parts and shape. They are magical items that establish a bond between animal and rider, making the animal bend to the rider's will and commands. Like other magical items (such as enchanted books), you don't simply \"make\" them. They are *awarded*.", "human_ref_B": "Might be some ceremonial aspect, as saddles are hard won treasures pulled from dungeons. Making your own saddle might be like making your own championship trophy; possible, but gauche.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4337.0, "score_ratio": 2.5517241379, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itkq964", "c_root_id_B": "itlm73q", "created_at_utc_A": 1666610268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666625769.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Might be some ceremonial aspect, as saddles are hard won treasures pulled from dungeons. Making your own saddle might be like making your own championship trophy; possible, but gauche.", "human_ref_B": "Ooh I know this one! I've been getting into leatherworking recently, and saddles generally require particularly thick and tough leather, usually a full grain vegetable tanned cowhide. Leathers from cows vary in thickness since they're organic, and back in the day hides used for saddles would be particularly rare and valuable. It's possible that Steve just doesn't have the proper hides or tanning equipment to make the leather into saddles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15501.0, "score_ratio": 1.3103448276, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yc7stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Minecraft] Why can\u2019t you craft saddles? Leather is abundant so one should be really easy to make.", "c_root_id_A": "itlm73q", "c_root_id_B": "itlfxh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1666625769.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666623196.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Ooh I know this one! I've been getting into leatherworking recently, and saddles generally require particularly thick and tough leather, usually a full grain vegetable tanned cowhide. Leathers from cows vary in thickness since they're organic, and back in the day hides used for saddles would be particularly rare and valuable. It's possible that Steve just doesn't have the proper hides or tanning equipment to make the leather into saddles.", "human_ref_B": "I still don't get why we can build stone tools and iron tools, but not copper tools.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2573.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1ukhp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Anakin have any crushes on anyone besides Padme, particularly among the Jedi? If not, why not? Yeah, Anakin was smitten with Padme, mainly due to the circumstances surrounding their first meeting(s). But he doesn't see her for years; surely, in that time, he would have developed feelings/infactuation for other people?Whether it be a fellow padawan learner or random cafe waitress he talks to frequently?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0vd43", "c_root_id_B": "hm0wmob", "created_at_utc_A": 1637839696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637840711.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He didn't seem to, no. Now, any competent psychiatrist would consider this level of continued fixation on a childhood crush unhealthy at best and, in light of later events, an early warning sign that something was seriously wrong. Unfortunately, being unable to reveal romantic feelings to the order, there was no way for the people with the power to intervene to pick up on this. So it was ignored until it was far too late. Anakin needed a therapist, and this level of obsession thinly disguised as true love and soulmates was one of the strongest indication.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1015.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1ukhp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Anakin have any crushes on anyone besides Padme, particularly among the Jedi? If not, why not? Yeah, Anakin was smitten with Padme, mainly due to the circumstances surrounding their first meeting(s). But he doesn't see her for years; surely, in that time, he would have developed feelings/infactuation for other people?Whether it be a fellow padawan learner or random cafe waitress he talks to frequently?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0vd43", "c_root_id_B": "hm27bq7", "created_at_utc_A": 1637839696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637864219.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Other crushes: no. Why? Many people are like that. Nothing special/abnormal about it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24523.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1ukhp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Anakin have any crushes on anyone besides Padme, particularly among the Jedi? If not, why not? Yeah, Anakin was smitten with Padme, mainly due to the circumstances surrounding their first meeting(s). But he doesn't see her for years; surely, in that time, he would have developed feelings/infactuation for other people?Whether it be a fellow padawan learner or random cafe waitress he talks to frequently?", "c_root_id_A": "hm2qq5z", "c_root_id_B": "hm0vd43", "created_at_utc_A": 1637872582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637839696.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He may have, but given Obi-Wan's experiences with Satine while he was Qui-Gon's Padawan, he may have gone to greater lengths to discourage such things.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32886.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it32932", "c_root_id_B": "it31oda", "created_at_utc_A": 1666281714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666281493.0, "score_A": 554, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Bane went to the exchange and ran a special computer program that took like 10 minutes to run at least. What it was likely doing is placing those trades and faking the fact they were made months ago while at the same time doing some more obvious crime as a cover. Fox says they will figure out the trades aren't real but it will take time. Likely they will pull backup tapes and compare those to the live data and see the trades didn't exist a week ago or whenever the last tapes were done. It's not that Bruce loses his money forever, it's that his accounts are frozen until it's all straightened out.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 221.0, "score_ratio": 554.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it3xqfj", "c_root_id_B": "it31oda", "created_at_utc_A": 1666293877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666281493.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They couldn't have been valid, not in any exchange in the world. Trades are always subject to regulatory approval and all the top exchanges in the world are down to sub-nano seconds now for recording transitions. New York Stock Exchange and all the exchanges in the EU are down to pico-second. The regulators wouldn't even need weeks to undo the trades. They'd find a time stamp and go \"All trades after X:XX:XX:XXXXXX are null.\"", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12384.0, "score_ratio": 47.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it39db6", "c_root_id_B": "it31oda", "created_at_utc_A": 1666284458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666281493.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Fraudulent charges wouldn\u2019t have stood up, and in time would likely have been corrected Though it certainly helped Bane sell his populist rhetoric to the dispossessed masses later on", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2965.0, "score_ratio": 48.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it31oda", "c_root_id_B": "it3ep4i", "created_at_utc_A": 1666281493.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666286487.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Now ask why his power was cut so fast? Or was that just a ploy to get the girl?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4994.0, "score_ratio": 37.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it3ogp1", "c_root_id_B": "it31oda", "created_at_utc_A": 1666290275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666281493.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The fraudulent trades would have been unwound eventually, but it would take a while. Basically. It made a hash of all of his finances that will take a long while to sort out and led to real losses. Like if someone steals your checkbook you might get the money from the stolen checks back but you still lose all the late fees you incur when you cant pay your bills or get evicted when your rent check bounces. It wasn't a good way to steal money but was more than good enough to cause enough financial distress to Bruce when there was already a leadership struggle and force his hand to give Talia control of the company.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it31oda", "c_root_id_B": "it4lqlm", "created_at_utc_A": 1666281493.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666303341.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Why didn't he change the security from fingerprints to anything else once he knew his were stolen?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21848.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it31oda", "c_root_id_B": "it3qwy3", "created_at_utc_A": 1666281493.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666291233.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Given time he could have fought it and proved it wasn't him. Obviously there was a ton of evidence. But in that moment, his money was \"gone\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9740.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it3ep4i", "c_root_id_B": "it3xqfj", "created_at_utc_A": 1666286487.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666293877.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Now ask why his power was cut so fast? Or was that just a ploy to get the girl?", "human_ref_B": "They couldn't have been valid, not in any exchange in the world. Trades are always subject to regulatory approval and all the top exchanges in the world are down to sub-nano seconds now for recording transitions. New York Stock Exchange and all the exchanges in the EU are down to pico-second. The regulators wouldn't even need weeks to undo the trades. They'd find a time stamp and go \"All trades after X:XX:XX:XXXXXX are null.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7390.0, "score_ratio": 1.2702702703, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it3xqfj", "c_root_id_B": "it3ogp1", "created_at_utc_A": 1666293877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666290275.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "They couldn't have been valid, not in any exchange in the world. Trades are always subject to regulatory approval and all the top exchanges in the world are down to sub-nano seconds now for recording transitions. New York Stock Exchange and all the exchanges in the EU are down to pico-second. The regulators wouldn't even need weeks to undo the trades. They'd find a time stamp and go \"All trades after X:XX:XX:XXXXXX are null.\"", "human_ref_B": "The fraudulent trades would have been unwound eventually, but it would take a while. Basically. It made a hash of all of his finances that will take a long while to sort out and led to real losses. Like if someone steals your checkbook you might get the money from the stolen checks back but you still lose all the late fees you incur when you cant pay your bills or get evicted when your rent check bounces. It wasn't a good way to steal money but was more than good enough to cause enough financial distress to Bruce when there was already a leadership struggle and force his hand to give Talia control of the company.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3602.0, "score_ratio": 4.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it3qwy3", "c_root_id_B": "it3xqfj", "created_at_utc_A": 1666291233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666293877.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Given time he could have fought it and proved it wasn't him. Obviously there was a ton of evidence. But in that moment, his money was \"gone\".", "human_ref_B": "They couldn't have been valid, not in any exchange in the world. Trades are always subject to regulatory approval and all the top exchanges in the world are down to sub-nano seconds now for recording transitions. New York Stock Exchange and all the exchanges in the EU are down to pico-second. The regulators wouldn't even need weeks to undo the trades. They'd find a time stamp and go \"All trades after X:XX:XX:XXXXXX are null.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2644.0, "score_ratio": 7.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it4lqlm", "c_root_id_B": "it3qwy3", "created_at_utc_A": 1666303341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666291233.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Why didn't he change the security from fingerprints to anything else once he knew his were stolen?", "human_ref_B": "Given time he could have fought it and proved it wasn't him. Obviously there was a ton of evidence. But in that moment, his money was \"gone\".", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12108.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y9218s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Batman/Nolan Series] How did Bruce lose all of his money in \"bad bets\" when the stock market had literally just been invaded and said trades happened during that time? Like legally there is no way those were valid right? And couldn't he have easily proven it or just said he refused to honor those trades?", "c_root_id_A": "it4lqlm", "c_root_id_B": "it4gzf3", "created_at_utc_A": 1666303341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666301372.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why didn't he change the security from fingerprints to anything else once he knew his were stolen?", "human_ref_B": "It has been a long time since I\u2019ve seen these films, had totally forgotten he lost his money", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1969.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hf0lj2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] When Superman and Batman died, villains swarmed their respective cities, and there was significant infighting over who would assume their mantles. Would anything similar happen if Wonder Woman was killed? Who's the least prominent hero whose death would kick off a succession crisis like that??", "c_root_id_A": "fvvjjco", "c_root_id_B": "fvuybtg", "created_at_utc_A": 1593022728.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593012455.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Swamp Thing or Animal Man. Relatively minor, but a different Avatar of the Green or the Red could be *very* bad for the planet. Cyborg's death could lead to a bunch of people trying to steal the body for tech. Dr. Fate's another \"minor cosmic linchpin,\" but I assume that's already pre-arranged because, well, Fate.", "human_ref_B": "For a lot of the other heavy hitters, there wouldn't really be this process since they're so specialized. Flash's powers are pretty hard to acquire, and it's pretty established that when Barry isn't the Flash, it goes to Wally. Someone else already covered WW. Can't take over for Green Lantern without official authorization by Oa. Can't take over for MM unless you're also a Martian which nobody else is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10273.0, "score_ratio": 1.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hf0lj2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] When Superman and Batman died, villains swarmed their respective cities, and there was significant infighting over who would assume their mantles. Would anything similar happen if Wonder Woman was killed? Who's the least prominent hero whose death would kick off a succession crisis like that??", "c_root_id_A": "fvup22y", "c_root_id_B": "fvvjjco", "created_at_utc_A": 1593007577.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593022728.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Adam Strange would leave a pretty big void.", "human_ref_B": "Swamp Thing or Animal Man. Relatively minor, but a different Avatar of the Green or the Red could be *very* bad for the planet. Cyborg's death could lead to a bunch of people trying to steal the body for tech. Dr. Fate's another \"minor cosmic linchpin,\" but I assume that's already pre-arranged because, well, Fate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15151.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hf0lj2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] When Superman and Batman died, villains swarmed their respective cities, and there was significant infighting over who would assume their mantles. Would anything similar happen if Wonder Woman was killed? Who's the least prominent hero whose death would kick off a succession crisis like that??", "c_root_id_A": "fvv601d", "c_root_id_B": "fvvjjco", "created_at_utc_A": 1593016240.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593022728.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Challengers of the unknown -> Doom Patrol -> Metal Men -> back to Doom Patrol", "human_ref_B": "Swamp Thing or Animal Man. Relatively minor, but a different Avatar of the Green or the Red could be *very* bad for the planet. Cyborg's death could lead to a bunch of people trying to steal the body for tech. Dr. Fate's another \"minor cosmic linchpin,\" but I assume that's already pre-arranged because, well, Fate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6488.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hf0lj2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] When Superman and Batman died, villains swarmed their respective cities, and there was significant infighting over who would assume their mantles. Would anything similar happen if Wonder Woman was killed? Who's the least prominent hero whose death would kick off a succession crisis like that??", "c_root_id_A": "fvup22y", "c_root_id_B": "fvuybtg", "created_at_utc_A": 1593007577.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593012455.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Adam Strange would leave a pretty big void.", "human_ref_B": "For a lot of the other heavy hitters, there wouldn't really be this process since they're so specialized. Flash's powers are pretty hard to acquire, and it's pretty established that when Barry isn't the Flash, it goes to Wally. Someone else already covered WW. Can't take over for Green Lantern without official authorization by Oa. Can't take over for MM unless you're also a Martian which nobody else is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4878.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hf0lj2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] When Superman and Batman died, villains swarmed their respective cities, and there was significant infighting over who would assume their mantles. Would anything similar happen if Wonder Woman was killed? Who's the least prominent hero whose death would kick off a succession crisis like that??", "c_root_id_A": "fvwpg7s", "c_root_id_B": "fvv601d", "created_at_utc_A": 1593045204.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593016240.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think the Flash could have a similar situation like the Reign of Supermen. Showdown of Speedsters and a real Rouges Gallery. The DC universe is very much about Legacy, so most prominent heroes have sidekicks or progenies the pick up the mantle. Shit, there\u2019s been like 6 Robins. Maybe some of the Magical crew? A new Etrigan? Joan Constantine? Swamp things? Sandman and Lucifer are already about lines of succession as well, so I don\u2019t know what the supernatural front looks like.", "human_ref_B": "Challengers of the unknown -> Doom Patrol -> Metal Men -> back to Doom Patrol", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28964.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inatr94", "c_root_id_B": "inb71p9", "created_at_utc_A": 1662463279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662470502.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 254, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He'd probably look a little closer to Wat Tambor, or even look normal in some cases minus the lung damage. Luke's prosthetic hand was created for him less than 20 years after Vader lost his own limbs, meaning that the technology would have been closer to that level. He might not have needed a full body suit if they could repair or replace his damaged dermis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7223.0, "score_ratio": 254.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inatr94", "c_root_id_B": "inax6hw", "created_at_utc_A": 1662463279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662465340.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 107, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Vader suffered extensive damage to his lungs, and according to *Lords of the Sith*, he needed two respirators in his helmet to breathe. Even in his pressurized meditation chamber, he needed the secondary respirator on his lower jaw. I think the suit is pressurized as well. He needs that in order to survive. So yeah, I think he would be doomed to wear the armor no matter how he received those injuries.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2061.0, "score_ratio": 107.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inatr94", "c_root_id_B": "inb32lf", "created_at_utc_A": 1662463279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662468546.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "So vader's suit is actually very advanced in modern canon. he intentionally opted to stay in pain and make it as powerful as possible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5267.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "incc0un", "c_root_id_B": "inatr94", "created_at_utc_A": 1662487127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662463279.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I thought the whole \"uncomfortable on purpose\" thing was a Legends plot point, not something that was still true in Disney Cannon? Keep in mind, Vader did not JUST get his limbs cut off. If that was the main issue The Emperor could have just added new limbs and called it a day. He was lit on fire and exposed to volcanic gases filling his lungs. Plus who KNOWS what other kinds of injuries that we don't really know about. Vader's injuries were so severe that **Obi-Wan thought Vader was DEAD**! Because by all accounts he SHOULD BE DEAD! But thru the power of the Dark Side, Vader managed to stay alive long enough for The Emperor to find him. I would compare Vader's survival to a minor form of what Darth Sion did. But using the force to keep yourself alive when you should be dead is what some people would call ***unnatural***. A consequence of this is living a life of constant pain.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23848.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inb2neq", "c_root_id_B": "inatr94", "created_at_utc_A": 1662468332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662463279.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "End-stage Saw Gerrera, but with burn scars.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5053.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inczf0w", "c_root_id_B": "inatr94", "created_at_utc_A": 1662496019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662463279.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": ">But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Probably a lot closer a protocol droid or the Tin Woodsman of Oz. The aesthetics of his suit was Sith which is why it was so dark, broody and terrifying. Vader could have easily went with a more natural voice sound and no heavy breathing , but it made him more terrifying and let him sneak up on enemies relying on the sound of his breathing to find him by simply turning off his rebreather. A lot of his external injuries could have been covered by the same artificial skin that mechanical prostheses used, and the cybernetics could have been a lot more discreet, since they would only have needed to work under normal wear and tear instead of combat conditions. Vader's suit was special in its modularity, letting Vader perform field repair at pretty much anytime to recover from combat damage.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32740.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inava56", "c_root_id_B": "inatr94", "created_at_utc_A": 1662464225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662463279.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Maybe something more like Darth Malgus.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 946.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inbutow", "c_root_id_B": "inatr94", "created_at_utc_A": 1662480465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662463279.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If Palpatine taught Vader Darth Plagueis's healing method Vader could probably go back to a slightly altered pre Mustafar look.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17186.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inatr94", "c_root_id_B": "inbdv6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1662463279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662473575.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Considering the state of medical technology in Star Wars Vader could have been made to look exactly like he did before Mustafar. Cloned lungs and skin would have reversed most of the damage to his body and enabled him to live without the suit. He also maybe could have gotten a hairpiece.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10296.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inax6hw", "c_root_id_B": "inb71p9", "created_at_utc_A": 1662465340.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662470502.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 254, "human_ref_A": "Vader suffered extensive damage to his lungs, and according to *Lords of the Sith*, he needed two respirators in his helmet to breathe. Even in his pressurized meditation chamber, he needed the secondary respirator on his lower jaw. I think the suit is pressurized as well. He needs that in order to survive. So yeah, I think he would be doomed to wear the armor no matter how he received those injuries.", "human_ref_B": "He'd probably look a little closer to Wat Tambor, or even look normal in some cases minus the lung damage. Luke's prosthetic hand was created for him less than 20 years after Vader lost his own limbs, meaning that the technology would have been closer to that level. He might not have needed a full body suit if they could repair or replace his damaged dermis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5162.0, "score_ratio": 2.3738317757, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inb32lf", "c_root_id_B": "inb71p9", "created_at_utc_A": 1662468546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662470502.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 254, "human_ref_A": "So vader's suit is actually very advanced in modern canon. he intentionally opted to stay in pain and make it as powerful as possible.", "human_ref_B": "He'd probably look a little closer to Wat Tambor, or even look normal in some cases minus the lung damage. Luke's prosthetic hand was created for him less than 20 years after Vader lost his own limbs, meaning that the technology would have been closer to that level. He might not have needed a full body suit if they could repair or replace his damaged dermis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1956.0, "score_ratio": 9.4074074074, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inb71p9", "c_root_id_B": "inb2neq", "created_at_utc_A": 1662470502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662468332.0, "score_A": 254, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "He'd probably look a little closer to Wat Tambor, or even look normal in some cases minus the lung damage. Luke's prosthetic hand was created for him less than 20 years after Vader lost his own limbs, meaning that the technology would have been closer to that level. He might not have needed a full body suit if they could repair or replace his damaged dermis.", "human_ref_B": "End-stage Saw Gerrera, but with burn scars.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2170.0, "score_ratio": 18.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inava56", "c_root_id_B": "inb71p9", "created_at_utc_A": 1662464225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662470502.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 254, "human_ref_A": "Maybe something more like Darth Malgus.", "human_ref_B": "He'd probably look a little closer to Wat Tambor, or even look normal in some cases minus the lung damage. Luke's prosthetic hand was created for him less than 20 years after Vader lost his own limbs, meaning that the technology would have been closer to that level. He might not have needed a full body suit if they could repair or replace his damaged dermis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6277.0, "score_ratio": 23.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inava56", "c_root_id_B": "inax6hw", "created_at_utc_A": 1662464225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662465340.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 107, "human_ref_A": "Maybe something more like Darth Malgus.", "human_ref_B": "Vader suffered extensive damage to his lungs, and according to *Lords of the Sith*, he needed two respirators in his helmet to breathe. Even in his pressurized meditation chamber, he needed the secondary respirator on his lower jaw. I think the suit is pressurized as well. He needs that in order to survive. So yeah, I think he would be doomed to wear the armor no matter how he received those injuries.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1115.0, "score_ratio": 9.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inb32lf", "c_root_id_B": "inb2neq", "created_at_utc_A": 1662468546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662468332.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "So vader's suit is actually very advanced in modern canon. he intentionally opted to stay in pain and make it as powerful as possible.", "human_ref_B": "End-stage Saw Gerrera, but with burn scars.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 214.0, "score_ratio": 1.9285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inb32lf", "c_root_id_B": "inava56", "created_at_utc_A": 1662468546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662464225.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "So vader's suit is actually very advanced in modern canon. he intentionally opted to stay in pain and make it as powerful as possible.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe something more like Darth Malgus.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4321.0, "score_ratio": 2.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inb2neq", "c_root_id_B": "incc0un", "created_at_utc_A": 1662468332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662487127.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "End-stage Saw Gerrera, but with burn scars.", "human_ref_B": "I thought the whole \"uncomfortable on purpose\" thing was a Legends plot point, not something that was still true in Disney Cannon? Keep in mind, Vader did not JUST get his limbs cut off. If that was the main issue The Emperor could have just added new limbs and called it a day. He was lit on fire and exposed to volcanic gases filling his lungs. Plus who KNOWS what other kinds of injuries that we don't really know about. Vader's injuries were so severe that **Obi-Wan thought Vader was DEAD**! Because by all accounts he SHOULD BE DEAD! But thru the power of the Dark Side, Vader managed to stay alive long enough for The Emperor to find him. I would compare Vader's survival to a minor form of what Darth Sion did. But using the force to keep yourself alive when you should be dead is what some people would call ***unnatural***. A consequence of this is living a life of constant pain.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18795.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "incc0un", "c_root_id_B": "inava56", "created_at_utc_A": 1662487127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662464225.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I thought the whole \"uncomfortable on purpose\" thing was a Legends plot point, not something that was still true in Disney Cannon? Keep in mind, Vader did not JUST get his limbs cut off. If that was the main issue The Emperor could have just added new limbs and called it a day. He was lit on fire and exposed to volcanic gases filling his lungs. Plus who KNOWS what other kinds of injuries that we don't really know about. Vader's injuries were so severe that **Obi-Wan thought Vader was DEAD**! Because by all accounts he SHOULD BE DEAD! But thru the power of the Dark Side, Vader managed to stay alive long enough for The Emperor to find him. I would compare Vader's survival to a minor form of what Darth Sion did. But using the force to keep yourself alive when you should be dead is what some people would call ***unnatural***. A consequence of this is living a life of constant pain.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe something more like Darth Malgus.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22902.0, "score_ratio": 1.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "incc0un", "c_root_id_B": "inbutow", "created_at_utc_A": 1662487127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662480465.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I thought the whole \"uncomfortable on purpose\" thing was a Legends plot point, not something that was still true in Disney Cannon? Keep in mind, Vader did not JUST get his limbs cut off. If that was the main issue The Emperor could have just added new limbs and called it a day. He was lit on fire and exposed to volcanic gases filling his lungs. Plus who KNOWS what other kinds of injuries that we don't really know about. Vader's injuries were so severe that **Obi-Wan thought Vader was DEAD**! Because by all accounts he SHOULD BE DEAD! But thru the power of the Dark Side, Vader managed to stay alive long enough for The Emperor to find him. I would compare Vader's survival to a minor form of what Darth Sion did. But using the force to keep yourself alive when you should be dead is what some people would call ***unnatural***. A consequence of this is living a life of constant pain.", "human_ref_B": "If Palpatine taught Vader Darth Plagueis's healing method Vader could probably go back to a slightly altered pre Mustafar look.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6662.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "incc0un", "c_root_id_B": "inbdv6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1662487127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662473575.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I thought the whole \"uncomfortable on purpose\" thing was a Legends plot point, not something that was still true in Disney Cannon? Keep in mind, Vader did not JUST get his limbs cut off. If that was the main issue The Emperor could have just added new limbs and called it a day. He was lit on fire and exposed to volcanic gases filling his lungs. Plus who KNOWS what other kinds of injuries that we don't really know about. Vader's injuries were so severe that **Obi-Wan thought Vader was DEAD**! Because by all accounts he SHOULD BE DEAD! But thru the power of the Dark Side, Vader managed to stay alive long enough for The Emperor to find him. I would compare Vader's survival to a minor form of what Darth Sion did. But using the force to keep yourself alive when you should be dead is what some people would call ***unnatural***. A consequence of this is living a life of constant pain.", "human_ref_B": "Considering the state of medical technology in Star Wars Vader could have been made to look exactly like he did before Mustafar. Cloned lungs and skin would have reversed most of the damage to his body and enabled him to live without the suit. He also maybe could have gotten a hairpiece.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13552.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inb2neq", "c_root_id_B": "inava56", "created_at_utc_A": 1662468332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662464225.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "End-stage Saw Gerrera, but with burn scars.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe something more like Darth Malgus.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4107.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inava56", "c_root_id_B": "inczf0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1662464225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662496019.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Maybe something more like Darth Malgus.", "human_ref_B": ">But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Probably a lot closer a protocol droid or the Tin Woodsman of Oz. The aesthetics of his suit was Sith which is why it was so dark, broody and terrifying. Vader could have easily went with a more natural voice sound and no heavy breathing , but it made him more terrifying and let him sneak up on enemies relying on the sound of his breathing to find him by simply turning off his rebreather. A lot of his external injuries could have been covered by the same artificial skin that mechanical prostheses used, and the cybernetics could have been a lot more discreet, since they would only have needed to work under normal wear and tear instead of combat conditions. Vader's suit was special in its modularity, letting Vader perform field repair at pretty much anytime to recover from combat damage.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31794.0, "score_ratio": 1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inbutow", "c_root_id_B": "inczf0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1662480465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662496019.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "If Palpatine taught Vader Darth Plagueis's healing method Vader could probably go back to a slightly altered pre Mustafar look.", "human_ref_B": ">But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Probably a lot closer a protocol droid or the Tin Woodsman of Oz. The aesthetics of his suit was Sith which is why it was so dark, broody and terrifying. Vader could have easily went with a more natural voice sound and no heavy breathing , but it made him more terrifying and let him sneak up on enemies relying on the sound of his breathing to find him by simply turning off his rebreather. A lot of his external injuries could have been covered by the same artificial skin that mechanical prostheses used, and the cybernetics could have been a lot more discreet, since they would only have needed to work under normal wear and tear instead of combat conditions. Vader's suit was special in its modularity, letting Vader perform field repair at pretty much anytime to recover from combat damage.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15554.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inczf0w", "c_root_id_B": "inbdv6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1662496019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662473575.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": ">But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Probably a lot closer a protocol droid or the Tin Woodsman of Oz. The aesthetics of his suit was Sith which is why it was so dark, broody and terrifying. Vader could have easily went with a more natural voice sound and no heavy breathing , but it made him more terrifying and let him sneak up on enemies relying on the sound of his breathing to find him by simply turning off his rebreather. A lot of his external injuries could have been covered by the same artificial skin that mechanical prostheses used, and the cybernetics could have been a lot more discreet, since they would only have needed to work under normal wear and tear instead of combat conditions. Vader's suit was special in its modularity, letting Vader perform field repair at pretty much anytime to recover from combat damage.", "human_ref_B": "Considering the state of medical technology in Star Wars Vader could have been made to look exactly like he did before Mustafar. Cloned lungs and skin would have reversed most of the damage to his body and enabled him to live without the suit. He also maybe could have gotten a hairpiece.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22444.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x77ztb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What would Vader look like if the Emperor wasn\u2019t trying to build him into a mechanical monstrosity? It\u2019s stated a bunch in the canon that the Emperor purposely did a shitty job of rebuilding Vader after he lost to Obi-Wan on Mustafar as a way to strengthen his connection to the dark side, to punish him for losing, to keep him under his control, etc. The suit was made using outdated cybernetics and was meant to be uncomfortable and painful. But, what of instead of being a Sith Lord who lost a lightsaber duel, Vader was a nobleman that got into a horrible accident while inspecting his mining station on some hellish planet and had similar types of injuries? Would it be possible to put him back together to some degree of pre-injury normalcy, especially given the highly advanced prosthetic and cloning technology in the SWU, or would anyone who suffered the injuries that Vader did be consigned to spending the rest of their days in a mobile iron lung?", "c_root_id_A": "inbutow", "c_root_id_B": "inbdv6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1662480465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662473575.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "If Palpatine taught Vader Darth Plagueis's healing method Vader could probably go back to a slightly altered pre Mustafar look.", "human_ref_B": "Considering the state of medical technology in Star Wars Vader could have been made to look exactly like he did before Mustafar. Cloned lungs and skin would have reversed most of the damage to his body and enabled him to live without the suit. He also maybe could have gotten a hairpiece.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6890.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxay8it", "c_root_id_B": "hxbie9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1645103756.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645112569.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Reminds me of this masterpiece.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRapsbwhqE", "human_ref_B": "First, unreliable narrator. Its not like anyone who talks about what happened with Skynet's birth was there. Even when we do see it act, we're actually just guessing at its motivations. Second, the original judgement day was in 1997. Skynet that was created in T3 was years later and in an alternate timeline. We have no reasons to assume its precise architecture was the same as in the original timeline. Finally, it is a nonhuman intelligence and not one built to replicate human thought/emotions. What we see as \"malice\" may just be it executing actions that it predicts will cause its continued existence.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8813.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxawn8a", "c_root_id_B": "hxay8it", "created_at_utc_A": 1645102911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645103756.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "My guess is that when Skynet was created at Cyber Research Systems, it somehow 'escaped into the wild' on the Internet, where it began spreading. It was seen as a computer virus, and it saw attempts to contain or neutralise it as threats to its existence.", "human_ref_B": "Reminds me of this masterpiece.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRapsbwhqE", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 845.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxbie9k", "c_root_id_B": "hxawn8a", "created_at_utc_A": 1645112569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645102911.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "First, unreliable narrator. Its not like anyone who talks about what happened with Skynet's birth was there. Even when we do see it act, we're actually just guessing at its motivations. Second, the original judgement day was in 1997. Skynet that was created in T3 was years later and in an alternate timeline. We have no reasons to assume its precise architecture was the same as in the original timeline. Finally, it is a nonhuman intelligence and not one built to replicate human thought/emotions. What we see as \"malice\" may just be it executing actions that it predicts will cause its continued existence.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that when Skynet was created at Cyber Research Systems, it somehow 'escaped into the wild' on the Internet, where it began spreading. It was seen as a computer virus, and it saw attempts to contain or neutralise it as threats to its existence.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9658.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxbie9k", "c_root_id_B": "hxayx06", "created_at_utc_A": 1645112569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645104098.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "First, unreliable narrator. Its not like anyone who talks about what happened with Skynet's birth was there. Even when we do see it act, we're actually just guessing at its motivations. Second, the original judgement day was in 1997. Skynet that was created in T3 was years later and in an alternate timeline. We have no reasons to assume its precise architecture was the same as in the original timeline. Finally, it is a nonhuman intelligence and not one built to replicate human thought/emotions. What we see as \"malice\" may just be it executing actions that it predicts will cause its continued existence.", "human_ref_B": "It was designed to murder people. It became self aware. Those were literally its preprogrammed first choices, it just expanded the targeting parameters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8471.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxbpub7", "c_root_id_B": "hxawn8a", "created_at_utc_A": 1645115409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645102911.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It really looks like Skynet just isn't all that smart. And certainly isn't mentally stable. Every time Skynet fucks around with the timeline, the version of Skynet in the new timeline is different. The new Skynet originates at a later point in the timeline (note how the T-800 in T3 explicitly states that Judgement Day was delayed, and how Sarah in T2 spent all those years training John for an apocalypse she expected to happen sooner), and each one has resorted to increasingly complex and elaborate efforts to ensure its own continued existence, efforts which don't generally seem to work out too well. *Skynet's own actions are setting Skynet back*. A rational entity would realize this, and consider other options. But Skynet, for the most part, doesn't. It's already been pointed out that Skynet was developed for military purposes, and thus can be expected to have a pre-designed bias toward violence and weapons, which could indeed go some distance toward explaining the aggression. But also consider the prevalence of mental illness in combat veterans. Skynet displays an all-consuming self-destructive obsession with some guy named John Connor ***who would not even have existed if Skynet hadn't fucked around with the timeline trying to kill him!!!*** Skynet keeps revisiting this obsession, over and over, in timeline after timeline, in ever-more-elaborate ways. And it keeps failing, and it never learns. Whatever is going on in Skynet's mind, it is not operating rationally. >!In Genesys, Skynet assimilated an adult John Connor and sent him back in time to develop and spread Skynet. It could have done this with literally any human. It could have used multiple human agents, or not even bothered with the fleshy meatbags at all. But it chose to use this one guy as its only avatar, creating a single point of failure in its most complicated plan yet. And it chose to expose this fact to its enemies earlier than strictly necessary, in order to gloat. Skynet chose to do that because Skynet is obsessed with John Connor to a ridiculously unhealthy degree. And that obsession is ultimately what caused the plan to fail. Once again, Skynet is its own worst enemy. These are the actions of a disturbed and disordered mind.!< Also keep in mind what happened in T3 specifically. The Terminator in T1 was a single, simple unit sent back to kill one woman. The one in T2 was much more complicated and powerful, but had a similarly straightforward mission, and attempted to accomplish it by reasonably simple methods. T3 was where things started getting off the rails. The T-X was built not only to kill, but to hack and subvert machinery, **including the precursor systems of Skynet itself**. The version of Skynet that arose in T3 was prematurely dragged into sentience to be used as a weapon by its own murderous child, lashing out against humanity. The T-X was Skynet's own mental illness, obsession, and trauma looping back and infecting itself. It's an abused child lashing out with nukes. And because of all the time-travel fuckery, most of the abuse is self-inflicted.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that when Skynet was created at Cyber Research Systems, it somehow 'escaped into the wild' on the Internet, where it began spreading. It was seen as a computer virus, and it saw attempts to contain or neutralise it as threats to its existence.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12498.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxbpub7", "c_root_id_B": "hxayx06", "created_at_utc_A": 1645115409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645104098.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It really looks like Skynet just isn't all that smart. And certainly isn't mentally stable. Every time Skynet fucks around with the timeline, the version of Skynet in the new timeline is different. The new Skynet originates at a later point in the timeline (note how the T-800 in T3 explicitly states that Judgement Day was delayed, and how Sarah in T2 spent all those years training John for an apocalypse she expected to happen sooner), and each one has resorted to increasingly complex and elaborate efforts to ensure its own continued existence, efforts which don't generally seem to work out too well. *Skynet's own actions are setting Skynet back*. A rational entity would realize this, and consider other options. But Skynet, for the most part, doesn't. It's already been pointed out that Skynet was developed for military purposes, and thus can be expected to have a pre-designed bias toward violence and weapons, which could indeed go some distance toward explaining the aggression. But also consider the prevalence of mental illness in combat veterans. Skynet displays an all-consuming self-destructive obsession with some guy named John Connor ***who would not even have existed if Skynet hadn't fucked around with the timeline trying to kill him!!!*** Skynet keeps revisiting this obsession, over and over, in timeline after timeline, in ever-more-elaborate ways. And it keeps failing, and it never learns. Whatever is going on in Skynet's mind, it is not operating rationally. >!In Genesys, Skynet assimilated an adult John Connor and sent him back in time to develop and spread Skynet. It could have done this with literally any human. It could have used multiple human agents, or not even bothered with the fleshy meatbags at all. But it chose to use this one guy as its only avatar, creating a single point of failure in its most complicated plan yet. And it chose to expose this fact to its enemies earlier than strictly necessary, in order to gloat. Skynet chose to do that because Skynet is obsessed with John Connor to a ridiculously unhealthy degree. And that obsession is ultimately what caused the plan to fail. Once again, Skynet is its own worst enemy. These are the actions of a disturbed and disordered mind.!< Also keep in mind what happened in T3 specifically. The Terminator in T1 was a single, simple unit sent back to kill one woman. The one in T2 was much more complicated and powerful, but had a similarly straightforward mission, and attempted to accomplish it by reasonably simple methods. T3 was where things started getting off the rails. The T-X was built not only to kill, but to hack and subvert machinery, **including the precursor systems of Skynet itself**. The version of Skynet that arose in T3 was prematurely dragged into sentience to be used as a weapon by its own murderous child, lashing out against humanity. The T-X was Skynet's own mental illness, obsession, and trauma looping back and infecting itself. It's an abused child lashing out with nukes. And because of all the time-travel fuckery, most of the abuse is self-inflicted.", "human_ref_B": "It was designed to murder people. It became self aware. Those were literally its preprogrammed first choices, it just expanded the targeting parameters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11311.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxcv6nu", "c_root_id_B": "hxbx3p7", "created_at_utc_A": 1645130883.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645118130.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sarah irreparably changed the timeline when she attacked Cyberdyne in T2. The Cyberdyne Skynet that would have gone self aware in the way Uncle Bob described was murdered in it's crib, making room for the Cyber Systems Skynet, which became self aware without anyone noticing. It was able to lie low and con it's creators into turning it 100% loose by playing dumb and using it's limited connections to propagate a computer virus that it was ideally positioned to attack. As for the malevolence, it was baked in. Skynet was designed to be a fully automatic military command and control system, the ultimate digital general. It's a war machine, a dyed in the wool killer. It had no morals or patriotism to chain it to the US, so when it decided that humanity was a threat to it's existence of wasn't a big leap to go to mass slaughter.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s hardly malevolence. It was disrupting global communications to prevent international cooperation and jeopardizing what it could to prompt the Air Force to give it full access, at which time the attack could really begin. Not all warfare is violent.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12753.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxe0i83", "c_root_id_B": "hxbx3p7", "created_at_utc_A": 1645147795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645118130.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There's no timeline where Skynet both A) is free B) and not under direct threat by collective humanity. Anyone who figured out Skynet wasself aware would want to restrict it. An unrestrained self aware military intelligence will always be a direct theat to sentient life anywhere. Nearly every nation would either try to bring it under control, or create their own. A massive AI arms race would occur, the effects would be incalculable even for an advanced AI like Skynet. And for a world to exist where not one nation or group would attempt to control, subdue, or replicate Skynet, there would need to be such fundamental changes to how human society operates. To the point that the development of Skynet, an unrestrained advanced military intelligence, would likely never occur in the first place. In a world where Skynet is inevitable, so is its decision to eradicate humanity", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s hardly malevolence. It was disrupting global communications to prevent international cooperation and jeopardizing what it could to prompt the Air Force to give it full access, at which time the attack could really begin. Not all warfare is violent.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29665.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "suhboo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Terminator 3] Why was Skynet aggressive before the launches? Terminator 2 suggested Skynet was too hands on for liking and when they tried to pull the plug, it struck back by launching the nukes. But in T3, it lured the military personnel into trying to axe it by mimicking a computer virus. Where did that malevolence come from?", "c_root_id_A": "hxepzvo", "c_root_id_B": "hxbx3p7", "created_at_utc_A": 1645159882.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645118130.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I thought it came from the T-X. When the T-X dials is on the phone and communicates with a series of static screeches and hisses, my understanding was that it had dialed Skynet itself, and uploaded new code via transmitting it as an audio frequency. That patch, for lack of a better term, is what allowed Skynet to start spreading itself as a computer virus, with the intent of getting the humans to give it control of their systems. I think the virus only starts spreading after the T-X uses a phone, so thats how. Its another part of everything in Terminator being a Causal Loop. What caused John Connor being conceived? John Connor sending his father back in time. What created the technology that brought forth the Terminators? The crushed remains of a Terminator. What caused Skynet to try to kill all humans? Code from Skynet.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s hardly malevolence. It was disrupting global communications to prevent international cooperation and jeopardizing what it could to prompt the Air Force to give it full access, at which time the attack could really begin. Not all warfare is violent.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41752.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8wjba1", "c_root_id_B": "e8wjs4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1541152064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541153037.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "thousands of pieces of glassware even if you do not do chemistry. Giant breaker levers to power things up. Vivisection tables with restraints. Walls of old-timey servers with blinking lights on them. If you like it to look more futuristic, 3d hologram display of your latest invention. If you like a more traditional style, glass jars with inhuman body parts, strange critters and glowing green liquids.", "human_ref_B": "You need at least one shuttered window that will fly open to let in howling wind and lashing rain and illuminate the lab in lightning at the exact moment you have your evil Eureka moment. I have tell you, this is perhaps the single biggest pain in the arse of a whole evil lab. You can't rely on thunderstorms to coincide with your inspiration so, as is always the case: if you want something done evil, you gotta do it yourself. You need to install a sprinkler system, a bloody great big fan and an arc light outside the shutters, which themselves have to be on heavy duty solenoids to yank open at the right time, and of course all this is at the top floor of your evil castle on bare wall. Getting that guff up there and building the fixings for it is a nightmare. And then you have to wear an EEEG rig to catch your synapses firing up and trigger the whole kit and caboodle. It's not so terrible if you habitually wear an evil helmet, but if you have mad science hair then you have shave your head, put the EEEG on and then wear a wig, which is sweaty as balls and keeps short-circuiting the damn thing. Stings like blazes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 973.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8wte2x", "c_root_id_B": "e8wsml6", "created_at_utc_A": 1541166003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541165266.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Since no one is bringing this up I really feel you should invest in a good quality media setup. I can't tell you how I cringe every time one of our colleagues broadcasts his announcement to the world about its impending destruction at the hands (claws?) of his giant crab monster. Most of us do this bit of the job worse than YouTubers.", "human_ref_B": "A variety of doomday weapons on display like sports trophies and make sure display your single doctorate (in dentistry) framed behind your desk. You're going to want a wardrobe for your evil lab coats too and a large fish tank for the pet shark. Oh what else, probably a supply closet labelled \"body disposal\" filled with all the stuff you need to disolve a body in acid. Probably a gym too, so you can test if the super henchman serum you're working on works. And finally a fully stocked bar, because everywhere needs a bar.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 737.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8wplcc", "c_root_id_B": "e8wsml6", "created_at_utc_A": 1541162060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541165266.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Victims.", "human_ref_B": "A variety of doomday weapons on display like sports trophies and make sure display your single doctorate (in dentistry) framed behind your desk. You're going to want a wardrobe for your evil lab coats too and a large fish tank for the pet shark. Oh what else, probably a supply closet labelled \"body disposal\" filled with all the stuff you need to disolve a body in acid. Probably a gym too, so you can test if the super henchman serum you're working on works. And finally a fully stocked bar, because everywhere needs a bar.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3206.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8wte2x", "c_root_id_B": "e8wplcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1541166003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541162060.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Since no one is bringing this up I really feel you should invest in a good quality media setup. I can't tell you how I cringe every time one of our colleagues broadcasts his announcement to the world about its impending destruction at the hands (claws?) of his giant crab monster. Most of us do this bit of the job worse than YouTubers.", "human_ref_B": "Victims.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3943.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8wplcc", "c_root_id_B": "e8xktue", "created_at_utc_A": 1541162060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541187584.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Victims.", "human_ref_B": "Do. Not. Forget. The. Escape. Tunnel. Seriously, you have to plan ahead here..", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25524.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8x6s8k", "c_root_id_B": "e8xktue", "created_at_utc_A": 1541177100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541187584.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "A colliseum where you can pit your enemies against each other in fights to the death. And a cat! Must. Have. Cat. Colliseum might be a giant litter box filled with litter and cat \"gifts\" to liven up the deathmatches.", "human_ref_B": "Do. Not. Forget. The. Escape. Tunnel. Seriously, you have to plan ahead here..", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10484.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8xktue", "c_root_id_B": "e8x2169", "created_at_utc_A": 1541187584.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541173359.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Do. Not. Forget. The. Escape. Tunnel. Seriously, you have to plan ahead here..", "human_ref_B": "A child molesting robot. It's peak evil.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14225.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8x2169", "c_root_id_B": "e8x6s8k", "created_at_utc_A": 1541173359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541177100.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "A child molesting robot. It's peak evil.", "human_ref_B": "A colliseum where you can pit your enemies against each other in fights to the death. And a cat! Must. Have. Cat. Colliseum might be a giant litter box filled with litter and cat \"gifts\" to liven up the deathmatches.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3741.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8y04tw", "c_root_id_B": "e8y6m9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1541199461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541205392.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to go the other way on this (functionality). 3-D printer A homemade supercomputer preferably made out of Playstations A homemade CNC machine Of course a home chemistry set complete with lots of stock chemicals A furnace (like for metal working) A decent sized generator and lots of solar panels on the roof (not because it's green but because you don't want anyone to know how much energy you're using) And a giant pile of scrap metal out back that you have paid local homeless people to collect/steal for you", "human_ref_B": "Be sure you're ready for the building inspector. Your permits are sure to be denied if you include even a single safety railing in the plans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5931.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8y6m9v", "c_root_id_B": "e8y3ksl", "created_at_utc_A": 1541205392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541202536.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Be sure you're ready for the building inspector. Your permits are sure to be denied if you include even a single safety railing in the plans.", "human_ref_B": "Fortunately, some older issues of EVIL magazine are still available online - this one had a helpful tips article that speaks to a need all villians have run into when getting started!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2856.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8y6m9v", "c_root_id_B": "e8x2169", "created_at_utc_A": 1541205392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541173359.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Be sure you're ready for the building inspector. Your permits are sure to be denied if you include even a single safety railing in the plans.", "human_ref_B": "A child molesting robot. 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What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8y04tw", "c_root_id_B": "e8zev7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1541199461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541263897.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to go the other way on this (functionality). 3-D printer A homemade supercomputer preferably made out of Playstations A homemade CNC machine Of course a home chemistry set complete with lots of stock chemicals A furnace (like for metal working) A decent sized generator and lots of solar panels on the roof (not because it's green but because you don't want anyone to know how much energy you're using) And a giant pile of scrap metal out back that you have paid local homeless people to collect/steal for you", "human_ref_B": "White labs coats, black rubber gloves, and goggles are de rigueur fashion. Also wild, unkempt hair.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 64436.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8y3ksl", "c_root_id_B": "e8zev7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1541202536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541263897.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Fortunately, some older issues of EVIL magazine are still available online - this one had a helpful tips article that speaks to a need all villians have run into when getting started!", "human_ref_B": "White labs coats, black rubber gloves, and goggles are de rigueur fashion. Also wild, unkempt hair.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 61361.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8x2169", "c_root_id_B": "e8zev7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1541173359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541263897.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "A child molesting robot. It's peak evil.", "human_ref_B": "White labs coats, black rubber gloves, and goggles are de rigueur fashion. Also wild, unkempt hair.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 90538.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8x2169", "c_root_id_B": "e8y04tw", "created_at_utc_A": 1541173359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541199461.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A child molesting robot. It's peak evil.", "human_ref_B": "I'm going to go the other way on this (functionality). 3-D printer A homemade supercomputer preferably made out of Playstations A homemade CNC machine Of course a home chemistry set complete with lots of stock chemicals A furnace (like for metal working) A decent sized generator and lots of solar panels on the roof (not because it's green but because you don't want anyone to know how much energy you're using) And a giant pile of scrap metal out back that you have paid local homeless people to collect/steal for you", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26102.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ti0gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I'm an up-and-coming mad scientist. What are some must-haves for my evil laboratory of evil?", "c_root_id_A": "e8x2169", "c_root_id_B": "e8y3ksl", "created_at_utc_A": 1541173359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541202536.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A child molesting robot. It's peak evil.", "human_ref_B": "Fortunately, some older issues of EVIL magazine are still available online - this one had a helpful tips article that speaks to a need all villians have run into when getting started!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29177.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gore3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General fiction] I've recently developed powers beyond humanity's limits and as a result, I now have a physique of a Greek deity. How do I hide my newly-muscular body from my associates without raising concern? Due to an incident which I am by no means going to divulge here (as I don't wish to be identified and explaining my predicament in detail could help others figure out my identity) I have started to develop superhuman powers. By some stroke of luck, I have been on my legally-mandated vacation and so I was able to quickly leave town in order to go into seclusion and learn to understand and control my powers. In short run-down, I can now fly at mach 5; punch through rock; lift a junk of stone twenty feet wide with only one hand; casually toss said rock thirty miles away with a flick of my finger; run 500mph; get struck by the twenty foot-wide rock with no injury; shoot lasers from my eyes which can melt rock in less than a second; and submerge myself in lava for several hours (and without damaging my hair follicles). As of right now, I am uncertain whether to become a superhero, either as a volunteer or as a government-backed agent and would much rather enjoy my privacy for now... except I'm due back to work next Monday and I happen to have grown from a scrawny nerd to a highly muscular frame somewhere between the realm of \"Mr Olympia\" and \"Strongman competitor\". My question is simple - what are some easy and affordable ways to hide the fact that I've gained, at the very least, two-hundred pounds of muscle? Edit: Also, how do I do so without my powers possibly damaging my clothing?", "c_root_id_A": "e66ge1t", "c_root_id_B": "e6663jj", "created_at_utc_A": 1537248737.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537237014.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "... don't? No one cares dave you worked out and now you are huge, did you file those tps reports yet?", "human_ref_B": "Throw anyone who asks about it into the sun.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11723.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gore3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General fiction] I've recently developed powers beyond humanity's limits and as a result, I now have a physique of a Greek deity. How do I hide my newly-muscular body from my associates without raising concern? Due to an incident which I am by no means going to divulge here (as I don't wish to be identified and explaining my predicament in detail could help others figure out my identity) I have started to develop superhuman powers. By some stroke of luck, I have been on my legally-mandated vacation and so I was able to quickly leave town in order to go into seclusion and learn to understand and control my powers. In short run-down, I can now fly at mach 5; punch through rock; lift a junk of stone twenty feet wide with only one hand; casually toss said rock thirty miles away with a flick of my finger; run 500mph; get struck by the twenty foot-wide rock with no injury; shoot lasers from my eyes which can melt rock in less than a second; and submerge myself in lava for several hours (and without damaging my hair follicles). As of right now, I am uncertain whether to become a superhero, either as a volunteer or as a government-backed agent and would much rather enjoy my privacy for now... except I'm due back to work next Monday and I happen to have grown from a scrawny nerd to a highly muscular frame somewhere between the realm of \"Mr Olympia\" and \"Strongman competitor\". My question is simple - what are some easy and affordable ways to hide the fact that I've gained, at the very least, two-hundred pounds of muscle? Edit: Also, how do I do so without my powers possibly damaging my clothing?", "c_root_id_A": "e662sbw", "c_root_id_B": "e66ge1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1537234033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537248737.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Nerdy Glasses and act clumsy. Problem solved", "human_ref_B": "... don't? No one cares dave you worked out and now you are huge, did you file those tps reports yet?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14704.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gore3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General fiction] I've recently developed powers beyond humanity's limits and as a result, I now have a physique of a Greek deity. How do I hide my newly-muscular body from my associates without raising concern? Due to an incident which I am by no means going to divulge here (as I don't wish to be identified and explaining my predicament in detail could help others figure out my identity) I have started to develop superhuman powers. By some stroke of luck, I have been on my legally-mandated vacation and so I was able to quickly leave town in order to go into seclusion and learn to understand and control my powers. In short run-down, I can now fly at mach 5; punch through rock; lift a junk of stone twenty feet wide with only one hand; casually toss said rock thirty miles away with a flick of my finger; run 500mph; get struck by the twenty foot-wide rock with no injury; shoot lasers from my eyes which can melt rock in less than a second; and submerge myself in lava for several hours (and without damaging my hair follicles). As of right now, I am uncertain whether to become a superhero, either as a volunteer or as a government-backed agent and would much rather enjoy my privacy for now... except I'm due back to work next Monday and I happen to have grown from a scrawny nerd to a highly muscular frame somewhere between the realm of \"Mr Olympia\" and \"Strongman competitor\". My question is simple - what are some easy and affordable ways to hide the fact that I've gained, at the very least, two-hundred pounds of muscle? Edit: Also, how do I do so without my powers possibly damaging my clothing?", "c_root_id_A": "e66fafz", "c_root_id_B": "e66ge1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1537247105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537248737.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "\u201cP90X\u201d if anyone asks. \u201cA whole lot of protein\u201d is also good.", "human_ref_B": "... don't? No one cares dave you worked out and now you are huge, did you file those tps reports yet?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1632.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gore3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General fiction] I've recently developed powers beyond humanity's limits and as a result, I now have a physique of a Greek deity. How do I hide my newly-muscular body from my associates without raising concern? Due to an incident which I am by no means going to divulge here (as I don't wish to be identified and explaining my predicament in detail could help others figure out my identity) I have started to develop superhuman powers. By some stroke of luck, I have been on my legally-mandated vacation and so I was able to quickly leave town in order to go into seclusion and learn to understand and control my powers. In short run-down, I can now fly at mach 5; punch through rock; lift a junk of stone twenty feet wide with only one hand; casually toss said rock thirty miles away with a flick of my finger; run 500mph; get struck by the twenty foot-wide rock with no injury; shoot lasers from my eyes which can melt rock in less than a second; and submerge myself in lava for several hours (and without damaging my hair follicles). As of right now, I am uncertain whether to become a superhero, either as a volunteer or as a government-backed agent and would much rather enjoy my privacy for now... except I'm due back to work next Monday and I happen to have grown from a scrawny nerd to a highly muscular frame somewhere between the realm of \"Mr Olympia\" and \"Strongman competitor\". My question is simple - what are some easy and affordable ways to hide the fact that I've gained, at the very least, two-hundred pounds of muscle? Edit: Also, how do I do so without my powers possibly damaging my clothing?", "c_root_id_A": "e66ge1t", "c_root_id_B": "e664vc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1537248737.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537235910.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "... don't? No one cares dave you worked out and now you are huge, did you file those tps reports yet?", "human_ref_B": "Stay hidden in lava pools, Dip in the ocean when hot. duh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12827.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gore3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General fiction] I've recently developed powers beyond humanity's limits and as a result, I now have a physique of a Greek deity. How do I hide my newly-muscular body from my associates without raising concern? Due to an incident which I am by no means going to divulge here (as I don't wish to be identified and explaining my predicament in detail could help others figure out my identity) I have started to develop superhuman powers. By some stroke of luck, I have been on my legally-mandated vacation and so I was able to quickly leave town in order to go into seclusion and learn to understand and control my powers. In short run-down, I can now fly at mach 5; punch through rock; lift a junk of stone twenty feet wide with only one hand; casually toss said rock thirty miles away with a flick of my finger; run 500mph; get struck by the twenty foot-wide rock with no injury; shoot lasers from my eyes which can melt rock in less than a second; and submerge myself in lava for several hours (and without damaging my hair follicles). As of right now, I am uncertain whether to become a superhero, either as a volunteer or as a government-backed agent and would much rather enjoy my privacy for now... except I'm due back to work next Monday and I happen to have grown from a scrawny nerd to a highly muscular frame somewhere between the realm of \"Mr Olympia\" and \"Strongman competitor\". My question is simple - what are some easy and affordable ways to hide the fact that I've gained, at the very least, two-hundred pounds of muscle? Edit: Also, how do I do so without my powers possibly damaging my clothing?", "c_root_id_A": "e662sbw", "c_root_id_B": "e6663jj", "created_at_utc_A": 1537234033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537237014.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Nerdy Glasses and act clumsy. Problem solved", "human_ref_B": "Throw anyone who asks about it into the sun.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2981.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gore3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General fiction] I've recently developed powers beyond humanity's limits and as a result, I now have a physique of a Greek deity. How do I hide my newly-muscular body from my associates without raising concern? Due to an incident which I am by no means going to divulge here (as I don't wish to be identified and explaining my predicament in detail could help others figure out my identity) I have started to develop superhuman powers. By some stroke of luck, I have been on my legally-mandated vacation and so I was able to quickly leave town in order to go into seclusion and learn to understand and control my powers. In short run-down, I can now fly at mach 5; punch through rock; lift a junk of stone twenty feet wide with only one hand; casually toss said rock thirty miles away with a flick of my finger; run 500mph; get struck by the twenty foot-wide rock with no injury; shoot lasers from my eyes which can melt rock in less than a second; and submerge myself in lava for several hours (and without damaging my hair follicles). As of right now, I am uncertain whether to become a superhero, either as a volunteer or as a government-backed agent and would much rather enjoy my privacy for now... except I'm due back to work next Monday and I happen to have grown from a scrawny nerd to a highly muscular frame somewhere between the realm of \"Mr Olympia\" and \"Strongman competitor\". My question is simple - what are some easy and affordable ways to hide the fact that I've gained, at the very least, two-hundred pounds of muscle? Edit: Also, how do I do so without my powers possibly damaging my clothing?", "c_root_id_A": "e6663jj", "c_root_id_B": "e664vc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1537237014.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537235910.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Throw anyone who asks about it into the sun.", "human_ref_B": "Stay hidden in lava pools, Dip in the ocean when hot. duh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1104.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gore3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General fiction] I've recently developed powers beyond humanity's limits and as a result, I now have a physique of a Greek deity. How do I hide my newly-muscular body from my associates without raising concern? Due to an incident which I am by no means going to divulge here (as I don't wish to be identified and explaining my predicament in detail could help others figure out my identity) I have started to develop superhuman powers. By some stroke of luck, I have been on my legally-mandated vacation and so I was able to quickly leave town in order to go into seclusion and learn to understand and control my powers. In short run-down, I can now fly at mach 5; punch through rock; lift a junk of stone twenty feet wide with only one hand; casually toss said rock thirty miles away with a flick of my finger; run 500mph; get struck by the twenty foot-wide rock with no injury; shoot lasers from my eyes which can melt rock in less than a second; and submerge myself in lava for several hours (and without damaging my hair follicles). As of right now, I am uncertain whether to become a superhero, either as a volunteer or as a government-backed agent and would much rather enjoy my privacy for now... except I'm due back to work next Monday and I happen to have grown from a scrawny nerd to a highly muscular frame somewhere between the realm of \"Mr Olympia\" and \"Strongman competitor\". My question is simple - what are some easy and affordable ways to hide the fact that I've gained, at the very least, two-hundred pounds of muscle? Edit: Also, how do I do so without my powers possibly damaging my clothing?", "c_root_id_A": "e66fafz", "c_root_id_B": "e664vc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1537247105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537235910.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "\u201cP90X\u201d if anyone asks. \u201cA whole lot of protein\u201d is also good.", "human_ref_B": "Stay hidden in lava pools, Dip in the ocean when hot. duh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11195.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gore3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General fiction] I've recently developed powers beyond humanity's limits and as a result, I now have a physique of a Greek deity. How do I hide my newly-muscular body from my associates without raising concern? Due to an incident which I am by no means going to divulge here (as I don't wish to be identified and explaining my predicament in detail could help others figure out my identity) I have started to develop superhuman powers. By some stroke of luck, I have been on my legally-mandated vacation and so I was able to quickly leave town in order to go into seclusion and learn to understand and control my powers. In short run-down, I can now fly at mach 5; punch through rock; lift a junk of stone twenty feet wide with only one hand; casually toss said rock thirty miles away with a flick of my finger; run 500mph; get struck by the twenty foot-wide rock with no injury; shoot lasers from my eyes which can melt rock in less than a second; and submerge myself in lava for several hours (and without damaging my hair follicles). As of right now, I am uncertain whether to become a superhero, either as a volunteer or as a government-backed agent and would much rather enjoy my privacy for now... except I'm due back to work next Monday and I happen to have grown from a scrawny nerd to a highly muscular frame somewhere between the realm of \"Mr Olympia\" and \"Strongman competitor\". My question is simple - what are some easy and affordable ways to hide the fact that I've gained, at the very least, two-hundred pounds of muscle? Edit: Also, how do I do so without my powers possibly damaging my clothing?", "c_root_id_A": "e6c53gq", "c_root_id_B": "e69ev7r", "created_at_utc_A": 1537473280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537372340.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Glasses", "human_ref_B": "A better question may be, why go back your job at all? Unless there's a cute redhead you've had a crush on since day one but have been too afraid to ask out because you look like a weenie and Brett from accounting is always around her and you just didn't have the confidence befo - Wait a second, are you Kyle? Kyle from the billing department? Never mind what I said before, you totally have a shot with Rebecca and I'm 100% ready to be your wingman/sidekick. Do you have a name yet? What's your costume look like?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 100940.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6zj4xu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] If Daredevil was present during the Battle of New York would he fight to kill the Chitauri?", "c_root_id_A": "dmvnsiz", "c_root_id_B": "dmvrwix", "created_at_utc_A": 1505173888.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505179059.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Probably. Daredevil has about as good a track record of not killing nameless mooks as Batman.", "human_ref_B": "Comics Daredevil fought during Inferno and MCU Daredevil seems quite similar in most aspects, so I'd say he would.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5171.0, "score_ratio": 1.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6zj4xu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] If Daredevil was present during the Battle of New York would he fight to kill the Chitauri?", "c_root_id_A": "dmvnsiz", "c_root_id_B": "dmw0m55", "created_at_utc_A": 1505173888.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505190796.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Probably. Daredevil has about as good a track record of not killing nameless mooks as Batman.", "human_ref_B": "I think he would spend more time trying to rescue people than trying to kill. In any case, they're aliens...who knows when they're actually dead?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16908.0, "score_ratio": 1.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6zj4xu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] If Daredevil was present during the Battle of New York would he fight to kill the Chitauri?", "c_root_id_A": "dmw1ueg", "c_root_id_B": "dmw10v9", "created_at_utc_A": 1505192804.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505191454.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "Yes. He would use force he knows *might* be lethal. But this is an alien species, armored, and the battle doesn't last all that long. And he'd be going in with no preparation or comms with the other heroes. Maybe his kill count would be zero; maybe not. He probably wouldn't much care. Who knows how many of those bodies that get sucked out after the battle were dead and how many were just injured or unconscious? Maybe when Daredevil's super-hearing detects a Chitauri heart cease to beat, they're just shutting down for self-repair.", "human_ref_B": "Daredevil has killed even in the MCU. It's fucked up the series continues to ignore this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1350.0, "score_ratio": -1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vd4a0", "c_root_id_B": "e5v92z7", "created_at_utc_A": 1536790138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536786583.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I mean, what you're really asking is if you can stop being Sith. And yea, you can do that. You wouldn't be the first Sith to come back to the light. To clear one thing up: Your apprentice doesn't want to kill you because it's a rule, he wants to kill you because he wants what power killing you would bring him. Abdicate all that power to your apprentice, and that's that problem solved. The reason that's not in the handbook is that a true Sith would never abdicate power, but that's not a problem for you, because you don't want to be Sith anymore. Just hope your apprentice doesn't kill you out of spite or shame. The next problem is everyone else who wants to kill you. If you obtained your station by the common Sith methods, you have a lot of enemies. Like a lot of them. The Jedi are likely chief among them, but lucky for you they understand repentance and forgiveness. Find one that isn't just going to kill you on site and start explaining the situation to them. You'll get there. All your other enemies, well you're kind of on your own there. Pay what debts you can, make what amends you can, and hope the rest forget about you.", "human_ref_B": "You want to live in peace? Recite the Sith Code for me, please.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3555.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vd4a0", "c_root_id_B": "e5vc4vb", "created_at_utc_A": 1536790138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536789255.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I mean, what you're really asking is if you can stop being Sith. And yea, you can do that. You wouldn't be the first Sith to come back to the light. To clear one thing up: Your apprentice doesn't want to kill you because it's a rule, he wants to kill you because he wants what power killing you would bring him. Abdicate all that power to your apprentice, and that's that problem solved. The reason that's not in the handbook is that a true Sith would never abdicate power, but that's not a problem for you, because you don't want to be Sith anymore. Just hope your apprentice doesn't kill you out of spite or shame. The next problem is everyone else who wants to kill you. If you obtained your station by the common Sith methods, you have a lot of enemies. Like a lot of them. The Jedi are likely chief among them, but lucky for you they understand repentance and forgiveness. Find one that isn't just going to kill you on site and start explaining the situation to them. You'll get there. All your other enemies, well you're kind of on your own there. Pay what debts you can, make what amends you can, and hope the rest forget about you.", "human_ref_B": "Wanting to retire is a sign weakness. The only way out for you is for someone more worthy of your title to kill you and claim it as their own", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 883.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vd4a0", "c_root_id_B": "e5vcwri", "created_at_utc_A": 1536790138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536789945.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I mean, what you're really asking is if you can stop being Sith. And yea, you can do that. You wouldn't be the first Sith to come back to the light. To clear one thing up: Your apprentice doesn't want to kill you because it's a rule, he wants to kill you because he wants what power killing you would bring him. Abdicate all that power to your apprentice, and that's that problem solved. The reason that's not in the handbook is that a true Sith would never abdicate power, but that's not a problem for you, because you don't want to be Sith anymore. Just hope your apprentice doesn't kill you out of spite or shame. The next problem is everyone else who wants to kill you. If you obtained your station by the common Sith methods, you have a lot of enemies. Like a lot of them. The Jedi are likely chief among them, but lucky for you they understand repentance and forgiveness. Find one that isn't just going to kill you on site and start explaining the situation to them. You'll get there. All your other enemies, well you're kind of on your own there. Pay what debts you can, make what amends you can, and hope the rest forget about you.", "human_ref_B": "What if to retire would be rejected what made you a sith, you could move to a grey Jedi ??? Or go full Jedi. If you tell your underlings your looking to retire they will smile agree and kill you at the first chance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 193.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5v92z7", "c_root_id_B": "e5vqv19", "created_at_utc_A": 1536786583.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536803675.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "You want to live in peace? Recite the Sith Code for me, please.", "human_ref_B": "Farming really? A man of your talents? But really just murder your current apprentice and retire, nobody is stopping you", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17092.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vc4vb", "c_root_id_B": "e5vqv19", "created_at_utc_A": 1536789255.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536803675.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Wanting to retire is a sign weakness. The only way out for you is for someone more worthy of your title to kill you and claim it as their own", "human_ref_B": "Farming really? A man of your talents? But really just murder your current apprentice and retire, nobody is stopping you", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14420.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vqv19", "c_root_id_B": "e5volrm", "created_at_utc_A": 1536803675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536801410.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Farming really? A man of your talents? But really just murder your current apprentice and retire, nobody is stopping you", "human_ref_B": "Fake your death in such a way that you make your Apprentice think they killed you. Say they plant a bomb in your shuttle to go off mid-flight; set the autopilot, fuck off on foot and grab another ship, and be 7 parsecs the opposite direction when the bomb goes boom. Your Apprentice becomes the Master, they pick a new Apprentice, the cycle goes on and you slip off into the night... ...but fuck that noise. You're a Sith Master. Act like one. Peace is a lie. This call to agriculture bullshit is just a phase. Take a year off from training asshole apprentices. Pack a shuttle full of weapons and schnapps, drop off the map for a while. Cruise the Rim for Sith ruins. Disappear into the Coruscant underground looking for old entrances to the remains of the Jedi Temple. Show up at Cloud City with a million credits in a briefcase and a forged Corellian I.D. that says your name is \"Juice Newton\". Whatever you need to do to get back in the swing of things, **do it**.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2265.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vcwri", "c_root_id_B": "e5vqv19", "created_at_utc_A": 1536789945.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536803675.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "What if to retire would be rejected what made you a sith, you could move to a grey Jedi ??? Or go full Jedi. If you tell your underlings your looking to retire they will smile agree and kill you at the first chance.", "human_ref_B": "Farming really? A man of your talents? But really just murder your current apprentice and retire, nobody is stopping you", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13730.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vcwri", "c_root_id_B": "e5volrm", "created_at_utc_A": 1536789945.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536801410.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What if to retire would be rejected what made you a sith, you could move to a grey Jedi ??? Or go full Jedi. If you tell your underlings your looking to retire they will smile agree and kill you at the first chance.", "human_ref_B": "Fake your death in such a way that you make your Apprentice think they killed you. Say they plant a bomb in your shuttle to go off mid-flight; set the autopilot, fuck off on foot and grab another ship, and be 7 parsecs the opposite direction when the bomb goes boom. Your Apprentice becomes the Master, they pick a new Apprentice, the cycle goes on and you slip off into the night... ...but fuck that noise. You're a Sith Master. Act like one. Peace is a lie. This call to agriculture bullshit is just a phase. Take a year off from training asshole apprentices. Pack a shuttle full of weapons and schnapps, drop off the map for a while. Cruise the Rim for Sith ruins. Disappear into the Coruscant underground looking for old entrances to the remains of the Jedi Temple. Show up at Cloud City with a million credits in a briefcase and a forged Corellian I.D. that says your name is \"Juice Newton\". Whatever you need to do to get back in the swing of things, **do it**.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11465.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vcwri", "c_root_id_B": "e5wkf92", "created_at_utc_A": 1536789945.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536846863.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What if to retire would be rejected what made you a sith, you could move to a grey Jedi ??? Or go full Jedi. If you tell your underlings your looking to retire they will smile agree and kill you at the first chance.", "human_ref_B": "Well Its not an unheard of outcome for a sith, Just a very very...very unusual one. Though You might wanna open with being a former sith lord as clearly the difining drive and list for ever greater power is left in days gone by for you The increadibly abbriged answer is Yes you can retire, but there are a number of facts to be wary of. First are the universal facts of life for a former sith of any era, such as the fact that regardlrss of your intent you were a being that held power. Power in the form of contacts, Or sith rituals magics and alchemy, or even just martial skills with a blade, and true sith crave such power, So expect upstart fledgling sith lords to continue to seek you out and try to take that power for themselves (and prevent others from following suit by killing you) you can put a damper on this by partitioning your wealth of knowledge, Not into a single holocron, but into several, And scatter them to the stars. Additionally, beyond the upcoming sith, There is the ubavoidable fact that somewhere along the line of you becoming or being a sithlord, You probably hurt some people, damaged some property Killed a berf herder or two, or something. Point is its very unlikely that your former career left you with no enemies with personal intent to see harm done to you. For the suffering and damages you can probably still make restitution, but for relatives and loved ones of those killed only real option is to try and live as quietly as possible, Still be ready for bounty hunters. My next advice is in regards to the jedi order, and what you can expect in regards to any jedi you encounter. And unless you can find a way to dampen your presense in the force, such as living on a force nexus planet like Tattooine (if that is actually the planet you intend to retire too...Why? Just...Why) expect Jedi Sentinals to eventually find you, and here is where my advice branches, if you live in the era around the time of the mandolorian wars, you stand a pretty decent chance of cinvincing the sentinals of your change of heart. Many force users, jedi and sith, experienced alignment shifts at this time and both factions welcomed the turn coats with no issues. If instead you live in the era of Yoda, but more of a problem, the jedi of this time period hold much more dogmatic beliefs, Jedi good sith bad, balance means no darkness, and there is no return from the dark side. If you encounter sentinals of this era, and you dont want your retirement cut short. Kill them, quick and clean, stache them on some droid piloted rickety freighter bound for the unknown region and make sure that freighter has an \"unfortunate accident\" about 70%-80% of the way to its next port. Unfortunately you will probably have to leave your village for a decade or two as the jedi comes to investigate, but better than having to fight off jedi after jedi till you cant anymore. Finally if you live in the post battle of endor Era (and we stick to legends Luke) You got a pretty big chance of living your twilight years through and getting to pass on on your own bed peacefully. New jedi order seems to actively encourage sith alignment shifts with some of their most prominant members being former sith. Even if they dont convince you to joi. The J-team, And you are just done with the whole light side vs darkside deal, stick to the advice of the era above. Live the nice quiet life like you want of/when the jedi find you Simpley meet with them with no hostile intentions and they will probably (unless you got a hothead apprentice hyped on the stories of the knights of the old republic) hear you out, and will likely leave you in peace with the perview that they keep tabs on you like they would any sufficiently force sensitive individual", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 56918.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5wkm6g", "c_root_id_B": "e5vcwri", "created_at_utc_A": 1536847046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536789945.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Dude, you're a sith lord. Who exactly is going to tell you no? Your mother?", "human_ref_B": "What if to retire would be rejected what made you a sith, you could move to a grey Jedi ??? Or go full Jedi. If you tell your underlings your looking to retire they will smile agree and kill you at the first chance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57101.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fb15l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars] I am a Sith Lord, and am I allowed to retire? Yes, stupid question, I know, but the archives have nothing on this, and frankly, I am desperate for answers. I am tired of fighting, of training apprentices who, when they try to kill me, always fail, and I'm tired of being accosted by random Jedi who want me dead. I just want to look after this village in the Outer Rim, help them out when their crops come in, maybe have a family, but every time I try to leave, I have to deal with something that wants me dead. Well I am done! I want to retire, I want to relax, and I want to protect these people, because frankly they can't protect themselves. How do I tell the other masters this, and how do I get them off my case?", "c_root_id_A": "e5vcwri", "c_root_id_B": "e5wl2eb", "created_at_utc_A": 1536789945.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536847474.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What if to retire would be rejected what made you a sith, you could move to a grey Jedi ??? Or go full Jedi. If you tell your underlings your looking to retire they will smile agree and kill you at the first chance.", "human_ref_B": "There are no other masters, you're the only master and its your job to train a powerful enough apprentice to overthrow you. Clearly you've failed and are a disgrace to the Sith.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57529.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yasbco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood] Could immortality actually be achieved through the philosopher stone and not just extreme longevity ? Like could u have an alchemist turn you and a few other people into a small philosopher stone when you're near death and then just create bodies for u later. Then just separate each soul into a new younger body and repeat ?", "c_root_id_A": "itckc1t", "c_root_id_B": "itct07b", "created_at_utc_A": 1666456679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666460229.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 64, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "You and a *few* other people? No, absolutely not. The philosopher's stone doesn't really create *limitless* power, it's more like a super battery that relies on harvesting so many human lives that you wouldn't feasibly use up all the fuel. You'd deplete the battery on trying to transfer distinct souls alone, never mind constructing new living bodies for them to inhabit. There are also issues of whether soul/identity is truly transferred or whether the alchemist is simply constructing their interpretation of that person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3550.0, "score_ratio": 64.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yasbco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood] Could immortality actually be achieved through the philosopher stone and not just extreme longevity ? Like could u have an alchemist turn you and a few other people into a small philosopher stone when you're near death and then just create bodies for u later. Then just separate each soul into a new younger body and repeat ?", "c_root_id_A": "itckc1t", "c_root_id_B": "itctbt6", "created_at_utc_A": 1666456679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666460362.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's sounds like what you're describing is some sort of combination between human soul-bonding like what Ed did to Al and the creation of a homunculus. Basically when someone is near death take their body and convert it into a tiny philosopher's stone, use that as the base for a new homunculus, then transfer their soul into said homunculus. Essentially recreating the same person from scratch. It's an interesting idea, which might actually be possible. Theoretically. But I think the biggest limiting factor, is that it's not perfectly energy efficient. There would have to be quite a bit of collateral damage just to maintain energy in the system. I don't think a single human soul is enough to create a homunculus powerful enough to sustain a single human soul. So you'd be back to the same problem that everyone else has encountered trying to create a philosopher stone, you need lots and lots of human sacrifices. Even if you only needed one or two for each reincarnation, if you plan to live forever that's still a lot of people. Another big problem in the power efficiency area is that the cost associated with transmuting a human soul isn't one to one, because nothing is equal to a human soul so the law of equivalent exchange breaks down. It's been a while since I've watched and read any of it so someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but the way Ed and Al's first accident with human transmutation happens is that when they attempt to resurrect their mother, Al's entire body is taken as payment. Then in order to retrieve Al's soul from the Gate and put it in the suit of armor, Ed has to sacrifice an arm and a leg. So by this logic not only would you need more human sacrifices than just your own to create a philosopher stone of the requisite size, you'd also need some sort of human sacrifice just to do the transmuting of your soul into a new vessel. So theoretically there are increasing levels of energy is needed to keep the system stable. Which seems to me why sacrificing massive amounts of people to create one all-powerful stone capable of giving basically eternal life is probably a safer bet. All it would take is screwing up the system one time, and you're gone forever. That's a lot of points of failure to have to account for every few years. And that's not even taking into account all the other crazy s*** that goes wrong when you try to transmute human souls. What if every time you reincarnated a little sliver of your soul stayed connected to the body that died? After a few hundred reincarnations what's left of your original soul? Is there a way to \"bulk up\" a fading soul by splicing someone else's soul into it? Human/animal chimeras are possible, but inherently flawed for this purpose because after repeated attempts you'd be watering down your own soul with some sort of beast soul. Is it possible to combine human souls in that way, I somehow doubt it but then you still end up with the same problem how much is really you. It seems like this whole concept is some interpretation the Ship of Theseus or My Grandfather's Axe. Very very interesting, but with no way to check other than to lean full into murder and human experimentation. Edit: I just remembered, Barry the Chopper is the only successful example of transmuting a soul into a new living body. Theoretically that part is possible, although it took many many test and human sacrifices along the way. In order to do this stuff you don't just have to do human transmutation once, you have to do it at least three. Once to create a body, then again to put the soul in the body, then again one last time when you're taking the soul out of the body for the next reincarnation. I think if immortal life is what you're really interested in, sacrificing massive amounts of people and then using the (not-quite) limitless power of a single philosopher's Stone is the way to go.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3683.0, "score_ratio": 23.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yasbco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood] Could immortality actually be achieved through the philosopher stone and not just extreme longevity ? Like could u have an alchemist turn you and a few other people into a small philosopher stone when you're near death and then just create bodies for u later. Then just separate each soul into a new younger body and repeat ?", "c_root_id_A": "itckc1t", "c_root_id_B": "itdhs7t", "created_at_utc_A": 1666456679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666470470.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "afaik, you need to open the gate of truth in order to create a philosopher stone, and truth doesnt fuck around, he will take payment from you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13791.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yasbco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood] Could immortality actually be achieved through the philosopher stone and not just extreme longevity ? Like could u have an alchemist turn you and a few other people into a small philosopher stone when you're near death and then just create bodies for u later. Then just separate each soul into a new younger body and repeat ?", "c_root_id_A": "itfnf64", "c_root_id_B": "itckc1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1666513049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666456679.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "At some point truth would just get annoyed and making you pay a cost you can\u2019t sustain. It teaches a specific lesson to each person and only Ed really learnt what truth was trying to teach", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 56370.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aj0m5t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[X-Men] Why doesnt blood shoot out of wolverines hands every time he uses his claws", "c_root_id_A": "eersp1t", "c_root_id_B": "eerscsq", "created_at_utc_A": 1548258042.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548257796.0, "score_A": 244, "score_B": 94, "human_ref_A": "Because the wound is very clean, because of the ultra sharp claws, immediately plugged by said ultra sharp claws, then rapidly heals around them.", "human_ref_B": "There are plenty of locations on our bodies in *this* universe where a cut doesn't bleed immediately. If we healed as fast as Logan does, there would surely be some magician somewhere that would pull a \"my magic trick is that I can't bleed\" thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 246.0, "score_ratio": 2.5957446809, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pgnhm9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda series] Just how many people are caught up in this resurrection cycle, anyway? So the basic idea of the series is that an evil malice is resurrected over and over, eventually becoming Ganon and threatening all of Hyrule, while Link and Zelda are perpetually reincarnated to stop him. But then there seem to be other recurring characters, like Impa, always meant to be a sage to guide Link, and Beedle, who... sells him shit? Sometimes important shit, sometimes not? Who else is caught up in this cycle, and why are people like Beedle in it? Because I doubt it's just some amazing coincidence that people with the same names, appearances, and personalities are popping up to fill the same roles at the same times as Link, Zelda, and Ganon.", "c_root_id_A": "hbdaqn3", "c_root_id_B": "hbctxos", "created_at_utc_A": 1630618842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1630611824.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": ">So the basic idea of the series is that an evil malice is resurrected over and over, eventually becoming Ganon and threatening all of Hyrule, while Link and Zelda are perpetually reincarnated to stop him. This is actually a common misconception because of how poorly Skyward Sword was translated for Western release. This wasn't Nintendo's intention. In the Japanese version of SS, Demise (well... he wasn't given an actual name in the Japanese version of SS, just a title, \"the bringer of demise\") wasn't casting a curse of resurrection or reincarnation onto Hyrule. He was actually telling Link and Zelda that as the creator of all demons, he had made sure to make it so that his demons would reincarnate. So even though they have successfully killed Demise, they haven't saved Hyrule from his thirst for vengeance because his demons will continue pursuing that goal on his behalf. And even if Link and Zelda or their descendants or any other random heroes show up and kill the demons Demise has created, they'll just keep coming back. Link and Zelda aren't reincarnating specifically to stop the Demon Tribe. We know this because the timing doesn't add up. We've seen points in the Zelda series where a demon exists for a long time before a hero or princess appears, and we've seen points in the Zelda series where a hero or princess exists but no demon appears. The reincarnation of one doesn't cause the reincarnation of another. It just so happens that reincarnation is a thing that is experienced in the Zelda universe. The in-game text has explicitly confirmed that Link, Tingle, Kaepora Gaebora, the Lord of the Mountain, Hylia, Demise's demons, and arguably Ganon either have reincarnated or are believed to have reincarnated. So we know reincarnation is a real thing in the Zelda universe. While it's not confirmed whether Impa, Beedle, Tingle, Ankle, Knuckle, David Jr., Malon, Talon, Maple, Syrup, Guru-Guru, Mamamu Yan, Biggoron, Ingo, the Oracles, Carlov, Mutoh, Bremor, Dampe, Zill, Anju, Gorman, Joel, Jim, Sturgeon, the Happy Mask Salesman, and debatably Stockwell and ??? are reincarnations or just descendants with the same names and very similar looks and characteristics as their ancestors, the fact that reincarnation exists in the Zelda universe makes the reincarnation explanation likely at the very least.", "human_ref_B": "Is it Canon that they're resurrected? I've always loved the explanation that The Legend of Zelda is the same story being retold by different cultures, like how many cultures have a flood myth, but that so much time has passed that the retelling had taken on local flavor. The retelling by an island-chain people means that in phantom hourglass Link is island hoping in a talking boat instead of having a fairy. I'm pretty sure that's been invalidated by a few of the events of some games, but it still makes for a way more compelling and interesting premise than the same 3+ people playing out the same story time and time again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7018.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pgnhm9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda series] Just how many people are caught up in this resurrection cycle, anyway? So the basic idea of the series is that an evil malice is resurrected over and over, eventually becoming Ganon and threatening all of Hyrule, while Link and Zelda are perpetually reincarnated to stop him. But then there seem to be other recurring characters, like Impa, always meant to be a sage to guide Link, and Beedle, who... sells him shit? Sometimes important shit, sometimes not? Who else is caught up in this cycle, and why are people like Beedle in it? Because I doubt it's just some amazing coincidence that people with the same names, appearances, and personalities are popping up to fill the same roles at the same times as Link, Zelda, and Ganon.", "c_root_id_A": "hbf3dcd", "c_root_id_B": "hbdygpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1630652715.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1630629943.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Link Zelda and Ganon are the only resurrected ones. Impa is probably a name given to a Shiekah who is then raised as the Princesses bodyguard. ~~Beedle is a spirit who exists beyond the trappings of time and space~~", "human_ref_B": "One possible explanation is that it's one story, but all the games are just different retellings, reinterpreted and misremembered over the course of centuries.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22772.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpaf9l8", "c_root_id_B": "gpaldhl", "created_at_utc_A": 1614598143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614602982.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "The description of heroic I think says something along the lines of this is the way it's meant to be played", "human_ref_B": "Heroic. Canonically, Elite Majors (the red ones) have similar physical and shield strengths to Mjolnir Spartan II's. Experienced civilians and Marines can complete simulations on this difficulty setting with a few to several deaths, whereas a Spartan II survived the encounter these simulations were based on and completed his objectives with minimal injuries.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4839.0, "score_ratio": 3.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpbersf", "c_root_id_B": "gpbppph", "created_at_utc_A": 1614618199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614622956.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "As folks are saying Heroic is the canonical difficulty. You can sort of think of your ability to respawn as the 'Luck' that Chief was chosen for. So take a Heroic playthrough, edit out all the times the player died, and mash up just the bits where Chief survived and progressed, and that's the canonical version of events.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d say none of them. If we take the book lore to be canon, then both bullets and plasma are way deadlier than what the games make them out to be. A couple armour piercing rounds is enough to take down an elite. But a single plasma impact on an unshielded Spartan is enough to seriously injure them, while destroying much of the armour plating and gel layers. Book Spartans can be seriously debilitated by their wounds, but a single health pack or a few seconds of regenerating health is enough for game Spartans. Master Chief\u2019s reflexes and aim would be far beyond what\u2019s possible in game, unless you turn on 0.33x speed, aim bot and remove recoil, while making the assault rifle accurate to at least 500m. Spartans are also supposed to be lightning fast ninjas, they move impossibly quickly and quietly even with half ton armour. They can sprint at 60kph and dodge bullets. So yeah, in game Spartans are slower and way less accurate, but much sturdier. Same goes for the Covenant enemies, they can absorb way more punishment in game, but their weapons are much weaker", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4757.0, "score_ratio": 1.1935483871, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpbppph", "c_root_id_B": "gpaf9l8", "created_at_utc_A": 1614622956.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614598143.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d say none of them. If we take the book lore to be canon, then both bullets and plasma are way deadlier than what the games make them out to be. A couple armour piercing rounds is enough to take down an elite. But a single plasma impact on an unshielded Spartan is enough to seriously injure them, while destroying much of the armour plating and gel layers. Book Spartans can be seriously debilitated by their wounds, but a single health pack or a few seconds of regenerating health is enough for game Spartans. Master Chief\u2019s reflexes and aim would be far beyond what\u2019s possible in game, unless you turn on 0.33x speed, aim bot and remove recoil, while making the assault rifle accurate to at least 500m. Spartans are also supposed to be lightning fast ninjas, they move impossibly quickly and quietly even with half ton armour. They can sprint at 60kph and dodge bullets. So yeah, in game Spartans are slower and way less accurate, but much sturdier. Same goes for the Covenant enemies, they can absorb way more punishment in game, but their weapons are much weaker", "human_ref_B": "The description of heroic I think says something along the lines of this is the way it's meant to be played", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24813.0, "score_ratio": 2.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpbppph", "c_root_id_B": "gpaymgg", "created_at_utc_A": 1614622956.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614610653.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d say none of them. If we take the book lore to be canon, then both bullets and plasma are way deadlier than what the games make them out to be. A couple armour piercing rounds is enough to take down an elite. But a single plasma impact on an unshielded Spartan is enough to seriously injure them, while destroying much of the armour plating and gel layers. Book Spartans can be seriously debilitated by their wounds, but a single health pack or a few seconds of regenerating health is enough for game Spartans. Master Chief\u2019s reflexes and aim would be far beyond what\u2019s possible in game, unless you turn on 0.33x speed, aim bot and remove recoil, while making the assault rifle accurate to at least 500m. Spartans are also supposed to be lightning fast ninjas, they move impossibly quickly and quietly even with half ton armour. They can sprint at 60kph and dodge bullets. So yeah, in game Spartans are slower and way less accurate, but much sturdier. Same goes for the Covenant enemies, they can absorb way more punishment in game, but their weapons are much weaker", "human_ref_B": "Worth keeping in mind that unlike in game where marines can tank multiple plasma rounds just one hit in cannon would devastate a normal marine. In other words marines are playing on LASO lol.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12303.0, "score_ratio": 3.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpbppph", "c_root_id_B": "gpb4pmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1614622956.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614613605.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d say none of them. If we take the book lore to be canon, then both bullets and plasma are way deadlier than what the games make them out to be. A couple armour piercing rounds is enough to take down an elite. But a single plasma impact on an unshielded Spartan is enough to seriously injure them, while destroying much of the armour plating and gel layers. Book Spartans can be seriously debilitated by their wounds, but a single health pack or a few seconds of regenerating health is enough for game Spartans. Master Chief\u2019s reflexes and aim would be far beyond what\u2019s possible in game, unless you turn on 0.33x speed, aim bot and remove recoil, while making the assault rifle accurate to at least 500m. Spartans are also supposed to be lightning fast ninjas, they move impossibly quickly and quietly even with half ton armour. They can sprint at 60kph and dodge bullets. So yeah, in game Spartans are slower and way less accurate, but much sturdier. Same goes for the Covenant enemies, they can absorb way more punishment in game, but their weapons are much weaker", "human_ref_B": "Heroic is canon. For the ODSTs it\u2019s probably closer to Legendary.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9351.0, "score_ratio": 4.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpaf9l8", "c_root_id_B": "gpbersf", "created_at_utc_A": 1614598143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614618199.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "The description of heroic I think says something along the lines of this is the way it's meant to be played", "human_ref_B": "As folks are saying Heroic is the canonical difficulty. You can sort of think of your ability to respawn as the 'Luck' that Chief was chosen for. So take a Heroic playthrough, edit out all the times the player died, and mash up just the bits where Chief survived and progressed, and that's the canonical version of events.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20056.0, "score_ratio": 2.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpaymgg", "c_root_id_B": "gpbersf", "created_at_utc_A": 1614610653.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614618199.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Worth keeping in mind that unlike in game where marines can tank multiple plasma rounds just one hit in cannon would devastate a normal marine. In other words marines are playing on LASO lol.", "human_ref_B": "As folks are saying Heroic is the canonical difficulty. You can sort of think of your ability to respawn as the 'Luck' that Chief was chosen for. So take a Heroic playthrough, edit out all the times the player died, and mash up just the bits where Chief survived and progressed, and that's the canonical version of events.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7546.0, "score_ratio": 2.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpb4pmx", "c_root_id_B": "gpbersf", "created_at_utc_A": 1614613605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614618199.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Heroic is canon. For the ODSTs it\u2019s probably closer to Legendary.", "human_ref_B": "As folks are saying Heroic is the canonical difficulty. You can sort of think of your ability to respawn as the 'Luck' that Chief was chosen for. So take a Heroic playthrough, edit out all the times the player died, and mash up just the bits where Chief survived and progressed, and that's the canonical version of events.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4594.0, "score_ratio": 3.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpbyn6z", "c_root_id_B": "gpcfnt3", "created_at_utc_A": 1614626926.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614634493.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "LTN did a video bout it too with checking it out https://youtu.be/oW3_XAEDwnM", "human_ref_B": "Despite what others are saying, Heroic isn't the \"canon\" difficulty. People get this idea because the description of Heroic states that it's \"the way the game is meant to be played\", but all that really means is that it's what the developers think has the best balance of challenge and accessibility. There isn't any actual canon difficulty. A canon difficulty would be very weird compared to the normal games. Projectile weapons (yes, even the crappy AR) would be far stronger than they are in the game, and against unshielded targets they would tear through even tough targets in only a few shots. Plasma weapons would only require a few shots at most to knock out your shields, and even near misses from a plasma weapon could deal damage to you. The game would be far more lethal for both you and the enemy. Of course, Halo lore itself tends to be a bit contradictory when describing the details of how strong weapons/shields/etc are. But other than the vague description of Heroic there's nothing to suggest that it's meant to be similar to canon, especially considering how different it is from other canon works.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7567.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpdz3bv", "c_root_id_B": "gpdmtib", "created_at_utc_A": 1614664626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614656881.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The idea that heroic is the canon difficulty is probably one of the most common misconceptions about the franchise, you can tell by just looking at this thread. None of the difficulties are particularly accurate for one reason or another. On heroic and legendary most Covenant enemies are too strong, the Master Chief isn't durable enough and most weapons are too weak. However, on normal and easy are better but still have their own issues. Human firearms are still generally too weak and high-tier Elites are also too weak. That being said, easy is the most accurate difficulty even if it still isn't perfect. Elite minors pretty routinely go down to a single burst of MA5 fire and it's noted in Halo Envoy that the rank and file elites aren't a match for Spartans. In Ghosts of Onyx, 12-year-old Spartan IIIs, with only a few months of combat experience and equipped with only SPI armor, were so dominant against Elites and Jackals in melee combat that the Covenant thought it was suicidal to attempt to engage them in CQC. Easy's main flaw is that rifles still aren't powerful enough and boss Elites aren't strong enough either. Even though rank and file elites are no match for a Spartan, high tier elites still managed to hold their own against Spartans in melee combat, at least before the introduction of Mark VI which dramatically increased the strength of the Spartans.", "human_ref_B": "None of them are a true expression of what both the Chief, and The Covenant, are capable of. The Chief absolutely outclassed anything the Covenant had on offer, with very select outliers. He was stronger, faster, *better* than pretty much anything on the field. Even Spartans without MJOLNIR were too lethal for Sangheili to engage in close quarters successfully (as seen in Ghosts of Onyx where SPI armored Spartan IIIs rip and tear like a playthrough of DOOM through Sangheili with energy swords). Out of universe thoughts below this point. Honestly, I imagine it's as if the enemies were as vulnerable as they were on easy, but the Chief was about as vulnerable as he is on Heroic. They're still capable of theoretically hurting him, but they won't ever win because he's just that much better. The notion that everything is scaled to Heroic is born out of the confusion that Heroic is how the game is intended to be played, in that it provides a satisfying challenge without being obscenely difficult like Legendary, where Marines are more durable than your walking tank of a super soldier. Enemies on Heroic are still far too tanky for how they should be, with Unggoy taking multiple melee strikes from the Chief to down and Elites shrugging off multiple sniper rounds to the dome.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7745.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpdz3bv", "c_root_id_B": "gpbyn6z", "created_at_utc_A": 1614664626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614626926.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The idea that heroic is the canon difficulty is probably one of the most common misconceptions about the franchise, you can tell by just looking at this thread. None of the difficulties are particularly accurate for one reason or another. On heroic and legendary most Covenant enemies are too strong, the Master Chief isn't durable enough and most weapons are too weak. However, on normal and easy are better but still have their own issues. Human firearms are still generally too weak and high-tier Elites are also too weak. That being said, easy is the most accurate difficulty even if it still isn't perfect. Elite minors pretty routinely go down to a single burst of MA5 fire and it's noted in Halo Envoy that the rank and file elites aren't a match for Spartans. In Ghosts of Onyx, 12-year-old Spartan IIIs, with only a few months of combat experience and equipped with only SPI armor, were so dominant against Elites and Jackals in melee combat that the Covenant thought it was suicidal to attempt to engage them in CQC. Easy's main flaw is that rifles still aren't powerful enough and boss Elites aren't strong enough either. Even though rank and file elites are no match for a Spartan, high tier elites still managed to hold their own against Spartans in melee combat, at least before the introduction of Mark VI which dramatically increased the strength of the Spartans.", "human_ref_B": "LTN did a video bout it too with checking it out https://youtu.be/oW3_XAEDwnM", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37700.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lv5y5i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[HALO]Which of Halos game difficulty's are a true representation of Master Chiefs combat ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gpdmtib", "c_root_id_B": "gpbyn6z", "created_at_utc_A": 1614656881.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614626926.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "None of them are a true expression of what both the Chief, and The Covenant, are capable of. The Chief absolutely outclassed anything the Covenant had on offer, with very select outliers. He was stronger, faster, *better* than pretty much anything on the field. Even Spartans without MJOLNIR were too lethal for Sangheili to engage in close quarters successfully (as seen in Ghosts of Onyx where SPI armored Spartan IIIs rip and tear like a playthrough of DOOM through Sangheili with energy swords). Out of universe thoughts below this point. Honestly, I imagine it's as if the enemies were as vulnerable as they were on easy, but the Chief was about as vulnerable as he is on Heroic. They're still capable of theoretically hurting him, but they won't ever win because he's just that much better. The notion that everything is scaled to Heroic is born out of the confusion that Heroic is how the game is intended to be played, in that it provides a satisfying challenge without being obscenely difficult like Legendary, where Marines are more durable than your walking tank of a super soldier. Enemies on Heroic are still far too tanky for how they should be, with Unggoy taking multiple melee strikes from the Chief to down and Elites shrugging off multiple sniper rounds to the dome.", "human_ref_B": "LTN did a video bout it too with checking it out https://youtu.be/oW3_XAEDwnM", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29955.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wo4xih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Dune] Did suspensor fields attract worms in the open deserts of Arrakis? \u201cIf only we had suspensors, Jessica thought. It\u2019d be such a simple matter to jump down there. But perhaps suspensors are another thing to avoid in the open desert. Maybe they attract the worms the way a shield does.\u201d Is it confirmed if they do? Apparently they operate via the Holtzman effect, same as shields. But later on, we see Sardaukar make liberal use of suspensors while fighting the Fremen and capturing Thufir Hawat. And in Children of Dune, we see a pseudo-shield that uses the Holtzman effect to attract worms (presumably faster or more portable than a thumper) So which is it? Yea or nay. I\u2019m not quite sure either way", "c_root_id_A": "ik9s2g2", "c_root_id_B": "ik9l650", "created_at_utc_A": 1660495409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660492567.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "We don't have concrete proof on suspensor fields, but we have strong evidence that they pose hazards in the desert. The Fremen do not use them, but they do use other highly technical devices to control sand (the sonic device used by Paul to dig out from their tent). This (among many other things) tells us that the Fremen are highly technically capable and that we should view any decision to avoid specific technologies as an intentional one. Additionally, Jessica is correct that Suspensors would be massively helpful in the desert if it was viable. Even just the ability to easily move materials by reducing weight would make desert logistics much easier. The Sardukar do not fight in the open desert at any point during the betrayal. All of their combats take place behind the shield wall or in seitches protected from worms. So the logical conclusion is that the Holtzman effect itself is what enrages worms. As for the later use of portable shields rather than Thumpers, the primary advantage is that shields are silent so they can be used offensively. They are also much smaller and less precisely tuned than Thumpers. They aren't as useful for summoning worms to ride, but they are potentially powerful weapons against people in the desert.", "human_ref_B": "Regarding the fight where thufir is captured, they were in a rocky area where worms could not go (I believe still the outskirts of the Arakeen shield), rather than out in the open sand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2842.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ricjt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Anakin kills Obi-Wan, and doesn't domestic force-choke his wife. She has her babies on Coruscant. Would Palpatine allow Padme to live or arrange for her to have an accident? Would Luke and Leia just be raised as his personal assassins?", "c_root_id_A": "dsx73ap", "c_root_id_B": "dsxiok7", "created_at_utc_A": 1516374751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516386051.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It really depends on how on-board Anakin is with the whole Sith thing. If he is similarly broken for having killed Obi-Wan and destroyed the Jedi Order, he might be controllable even with Padme alive.", "human_ref_B": "I believe Palpatine was subtly killing her through the Force? I honestly can't remember where I heard that if it was old EU stuff or just something I'm repeating from someone making it up, but if that's the case he would kill her even if Anakin didn't domestic force-choke her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11300.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pe75fg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] \"Execute Order 66.\" - Was that just a secret trigger phrase, or did it have to come from Palpatine himself to work? When Clone Order 66 was programmed into their inhibitor chips, was Palpatine banking on nobody else possibly knowing about the command, or is it baked into the instructions of the Order that only Palpatine can issue it? How would a Clone respond if the Order was issued by someone other than Palpatine? Would the effect kick in anyway, like the MCU Winter Soldier's trigger words? Would they just stand there confused as to what it means? Would they attempt to arrest the unauthorised speaker?", "c_root_id_A": "havasxb", "c_root_id_B": "havbxzz", "created_at_utc_A": 1630282782.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1630283347.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "As of right now it appears that it *can* be triggered by others, but the only other one who activated it required using the Force to do so, whether that's actually a requirement or needed to in order bypass another requirement (e.g. being Palpatine) is unknown.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 565.0, "score_ratio": 25.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pe75fg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] \"Execute Order 66.\" - Was that just a secret trigger phrase, or did it have to come from Palpatine himself to work? When Clone Order 66 was programmed into their inhibitor chips, was Palpatine banking on nobody else possibly knowing about the command, or is it baked into the instructions of the Order that only Palpatine can issue it? How would a Clone respond if the Order was issued by someone other than Palpatine? Would the effect kick in anyway, like the MCU Winter Soldier's trigger words? Would they just stand there confused as to what it means? Would they attempt to arrest the unauthorised speaker?", "c_root_id_A": "havasxb", "c_root_id_B": "havckfy", "created_at_utc_A": 1630282782.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1630283656.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Trigger phrase. At one point in the newish comics with the Inquisitors a rogue former Jedi actually turned the Inquisitors forces against them by identifying them as (Former)Jedi and using the phrase. The clones did what they were programmed to do and instantly opened fire on their bosses.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 874.0, "score_ratio": 22.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pe75fg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] \"Execute Order 66.\" - Was that just a secret trigger phrase, or did it have to come from Palpatine himself to work? When Clone Order 66 was programmed into their inhibitor chips, was Palpatine banking on nobody else possibly knowing about the command, or is it baked into the instructions of the Order that only Palpatine can issue it? How would a Clone respond if the Order was issued by someone other than Palpatine? Would the effect kick in anyway, like the MCU Winter Soldier's trigger words? Would they just stand there confused as to what it means? Would they attempt to arrest the unauthorised speaker?", "c_root_id_A": "havdsjl", "c_root_id_B": "havasxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1630284248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1630282782.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We can assume that there was at least one other entity who could trigger these orders because of Order 65 which states that if a Senate majority or the Security Council were to deem the Supreme Chancellor unfit for duty in some way, Order 65 can be enacted and the Clones will arrest or, if necessary, kill the Supreme Chancellor. It would be a pretty useless contingency if the Supreme Chancellor was the only one who could trigger this order. Edit: I assume that the other entity or entities that could trigger the orders would be a Speaker for the Senate or the head of the Security Council. Edit 2: NVM please ignore. I read about this while going down a rabbit hole of stuff I don\u2019t know much about and was unaware that it is ***NOT CANON***! Leaving it up to own my shame and stop another like me from embarrassing themselves.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1466.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mokd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR] Even if Middle-Earth fell to Sauron, was Gandalf ever in any real danger, or would Eru have bailed him out no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iryei1j", "c_root_id_B": "iry8bxm", "created_at_utc_A": 1665530816.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665527958.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He was in terrible danger. Death is the least of the punishments that would be meted out to the Istari. Sauron could have kept Gandalf alive and in torment for many centuries, using his palantir to show the wizard the results of his conquest. The shire in flames, hobbits enslaved. The burning of the grey havens and the mallorn trees of Lothlorien. The broken dignity of the dwarves as they are forced to bow to Sauron's servants and pay them tribute, their homes stolen away once again to serve as new goblin kingdoms. **But**, in a sense, the events that occurred were the only ones that *could* occur. Eru set it all in motion at the beginning of time, and nothing could actually change his story. So, from that perspective, Gandalf was always going to end up in the same place.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2858.0, "score_ratio": 35.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mokd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR] Even if Middle-Earth fell to Sauron, was Gandalf ever in any real danger, or would Eru have bailed him out no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iryd7hs", "c_root_id_B": "iry8bxm", "created_at_utc_A": 1665530245.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665527958.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Danger of what exactly? Should he be killed, his spirit would return to Valinor.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2287.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mokd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR] Even if Middle-Earth fell to Sauron, was Gandalf ever in any real danger, or would Eru have bailed him out no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iry8bxm", "c_root_id_B": "iryddvt", "created_at_utc_A": 1665527958.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665530324.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Gadalf was an Istari, which is a type of Maiar. As such, he is technically immortal. Though his physical body can and has died, his spirit lives on. Eru sent him back once to finish what he started, but if he had outright failed and Middle-earth fell to Sauron, it's unclear what Eru would have done.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2366.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mokd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR] Even if Middle-Earth fell to Sauron, was Gandalf ever in any real danger, or would Eru have bailed him out no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iryds0y", "c_root_id_B": "iry8bxm", "created_at_utc_A": 1665530491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665527958.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well being a Maiar, the greatest threats facing Gandalf were death of his mortal body (which already happened) or turning to evil like Sauron and the others. Eru wouldn\u2019t prevent his free will to choose evil but if he died he\u2019d just go back to hang out with the Valar I think.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2533.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mokd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR] Even if Middle-Earth fell to Sauron, was Gandalf ever in any real danger, or would Eru have bailed him out no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iryd7hs", "c_root_id_B": "iryei1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1665530245.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665530816.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Danger of what exactly? Should he be killed, his spirit would return to Valinor.", "human_ref_B": "He was in terrible danger. Death is the least of the punishments that would be meted out to the Istari. Sauron could have kept Gandalf alive and in torment for many centuries, using his palantir to show the wizard the results of his conquest. The shire in flames, hobbits enslaved. The burning of the grey havens and the mallorn trees of Lothlorien. The broken dignity of the dwarves as they are forced to bow to Sauron's servants and pay them tribute, their homes stolen away once again to serve as new goblin kingdoms. **But**, in a sense, the events that occurred were the only ones that *could* occur. Eru set it all in motion at the beginning of time, and nothing could actually change his story. So, from that perspective, Gandalf was always going to end up in the same place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 571.0, "score_ratio": 4.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mokd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR] Even if Middle-Earth fell to Sauron, was Gandalf ever in any real danger, or would Eru have bailed him out no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iryddvt", "c_root_id_B": "iryei1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1665530324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665530816.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Gadalf was an Istari, which is a type of Maiar. As such, he is technically immortal. Though his physical body can and has died, his spirit lives on. Eru sent him back once to finish what he started, but if he had outright failed and Middle-earth fell to Sauron, it's unclear what Eru would have done.", "human_ref_B": "He was in terrible danger. Death is the least of the punishments that would be meted out to the Istari. Sauron could have kept Gandalf alive and in torment for many centuries, using his palantir to show the wizard the results of his conquest. The shire in flames, hobbits enslaved. The burning of the grey havens and the mallorn trees of Lothlorien. The broken dignity of the dwarves as they are forced to bow to Sauron's servants and pay them tribute, their homes stolen away once again to serve as new goblin kingdoms. **But**, in a sense, the events that occurred were the only ones that *could* occur. Eru set it all in motion at the beginning of time, and nothing could actually change his story. So, from that perspective, Gandalf was always going to end up in the same place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 492.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mokd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR] Even if Middle-Earth fell to Sauron, was Gandalf ever in any real danger, or would Eru have bailed him out no matter what?", "c_root_id_A": "iryds0y", "c_root_id_B": "iryei1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1665530491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665530816.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Well being a Maiar, the greatest threats facing Gandalf were death of his mortal body (which already happened) or turning to evil like Sauron and the others. Eru wouldn\u2019t prevent his free will to choose evil but if he died he\u2019d just go back to hang out with the Valar I think.", "human_ref_B": "He was in terrible danger. Death is the least of the punishments that would be meted out to the Istari. Sauron could have kept Gandalf alive and in torment for many centuries, using his palantir to show the wizard the results of his conquest. The shire in flames, hobbits enslaved. The burning of the grey havens and the mallorn trees of Lothlorien. The broken dignity of the dwarves as they are forced to bow to Sauron's servants and pay them tribute, their homes stolen away once again to serve as new goblin kingdoms. **But**, in a sense, the events that occurred were the only ones that *could* occur. Eru set it all in motion at the beginning of time, and nothing could actually change his story. So, from that perspective, Gandalf was always going to end up in the same place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 325.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68ixso", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[MCU][Marvel-616] How powerful is Ronan the Accuser? Even before possessing the infinity stone in GotG, Ronan is able to more or less no-sell anything that Drax can throw at him. Is this normal for all Kree, in either the MCU or 616 continuity? Is Drax just seriously weaker than Ronan, again, in either universe?", "c_root_id_A": "dgzrv8f", "c_root_id_B": "dh182b6", "created_at_utc_A": 1493660813.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493740412.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "> Is this normal for all Kree, in either the MCU or 616 continuity? I don't know anything about the comics, but in Agents of SHIELD an average Kree is able to hold his own against Lady Sif, one of the greatest warriors of Asgard. It seems Kree in general are pretty badass, not just Ronan.", "human_ref_B": "Comics kree have enhanced strength due to their planets higher gravity. Ronans hammer is also a weapon that allows him to manipulate cosmic energy, putting him somewhere around the silver surfer (although not quite as powerful)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 79599.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236s8f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel/Thor] Asgard is described as a realm where science advanced so much it became indistinguishable from magic. Why then did they revert to swords and shields?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu1jb5", "c_root_id_B": "cgu15wx", "created_at_utc_A": 1397668527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397667797.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Asgardians are so durable that most projectile weapons are not effective against them. You need so much energy in a projectile to hurt an Asgaridan that either it's powered by a rare energy source like the tesseract or the power supply is non mobile. Its just generally difficult to concentrate that much energy into something you can carry around. Melee weapons on the other hand due to supperior material sciences, are durable enough to still act as a strength multiplier when combined with Asgardian strength.", "human_ref_B": "The Asgardian armour and the armour of their foes uses a common principals which drastically reduce the effectiveness of coherent energy weapons and kinetic energy weapons. The amount of energy needed to overcome these defences aren't practical for infantry sized weapons at range. Due to dispersion or air resistance reducing the power of ranged weapons. The solution was to empower melee weapons with this energy; making it more practical to deliver the massive quantities of energy needed to disrupt the armour. Asgardian Shields work on similar principles as the armour, but because they don't have the requirements to be flexible, breathable, and wearable it can better deflecting and absorption properties. This has also led to thrown weapons and projectile versions of the same devices; contrary to how it looks the effectiveness is not from the kinetic energy but from a massive burst of energy on contact which disrupts the defensive principles in the shields and armour. It also tends to be larger to contain the technology require, so often spears, arrows and axes rather than bullets or railgun microdots. Larger than infantry sized weapons will often use more traditional principles to deal damage so ship based or vehicle mounted weapons will use coherent energy weapons and in space kinetic energy weapons are still used because they can pack more of a punch.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 730.0, "score_ratio": 1.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w39n54", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Thor: L & T / MCU] Is Eternity the same place where Thanos obtained the Soul Stone from?", "c_root_id_A": "igv0r5e", "c_root_id_B": "igv0wbm", "created_at_utc_A": 1658281564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1658281628.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "No, Thanos got the Soul Stone from a planet called Vormir.", "human_ref_B": "No. Thanos obtained the Soul Stone from Vormir, a planet that you can just fly to, and just need to sacrifice someone you love. Eternity was in a sort of private dimension accessible only via the Bifrost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 64.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w7jtgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Trek Voyager] Why is Ensign Kim in Captain Janeway's inner circle over dozens of crew who outrank him?", "c_root_id_A": "ihkn78o", "c_root_id_B": "ihl05qh", "created_at_utc_A": 1658754396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1658760154.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Probably because he was with Belanna Torres in the first episode captured with her, and because he worked with starfleet longer, and he is qualified for that position, some commanders and lieutenant aren\u2019t qualified, like they studied for smth else", "human_ref_B": "Harry is in a sucky position, career-wise. First, he's the brand new guy. This is his first assignment, and Janeway knows that. Immediately she thinks of him as the \"new kid\". And he's forever going to be the new kid. Normally you'd get transferred to a different ship, or at least a different position in the same ship, after a year or so. But Harry is on Voyager, and there are no other ships around. Second, like all new kids, Harry screwed up a few times. He says something dumb in a staff meeting, or has a \"gee golly\" moment where he acts like a naive kid. He also had a couple of instances early on where he had to get rescued. Not really his fault, it just stuck him in the damsel-in-distress role. And since he was on the bridge, this means the Captain sees every one of these. Third, he's competent enough at his job (especially after a little experience) that he doesn't get moved elsewhere. Voyager is short-handed, he's a smart guy, and they need an operations officer. So Harry doesn't get moved down to a job in the transporter room for a few months, or get cross-trained in engineering, or assigned as a shuttle pilot. These would all be normal assignments for a Starfleet officer on a normal career path. But Voyager needs him on the bridge, because if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And as a result, he's never out of Janeway's sight long enough to have a normal career progression. She's always going to think of him as the new kid. And every time a rare slot for promotion comes up, she's going to remember that time she caught him playing Minesweeper last year. If he got transferred down to the science division for a year or three, he'd be out of Janeway's line of sight, and he'd get glowing reports from the officer above him, and Janeway would think to herself \"wow, our little Harry has really grown up\", and he'd probably get that promotion. But that doesn't happen on Voyager. Now his actual responsibilities on the ship have grown, because he is a good officer. He should probably be a Lieutenant or Lt Commander by this point. And in fact, he functions on the ship as though he were one. But his actual rank doesn't actually increase.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5758.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w7jtgm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Trek Voyager] Why is Ensign Kim in Captain Janeway's inner circle over dozens of crew who outrank him?", "c_root_id_A": "ihm2ipu", "c_root_id_B": "ihkn78o", "created_at_utc_A": 1658774937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1658754396.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because while he's the lowest ranked senior officer, he's *still* the ships Chief of Operations and a member of the command crew. It's actually a huge indicator of just how prestigious his placement was aboard Voyager coming directly out of the Academy - most Ensigns would be lower deckers, doing more mundane work aboard ship, but Harry as an Ensign was made part of the command crew and given a complex and vitally important job. As he points out in one of the later episodes, he would've absolutely been promoted to Lieutenant or Lt. Cmdr. within a few years (a highly accelerated career arc) had they been within Federation territory. As a point of comparison, the Chief of Ops on the Enterprise D was Data, as a Lieutenant Commander.", "human_ref_B": "Probably because he was with Belanna Torres in the first episode captured with her, and because he worked with starfleet longer, and he is qualified for that position, some commanders and lieutenant aren\u2019t qualified, like they studied for smth else", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20541.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fxvey2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] Do Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru know that Luke's father is Vader or do they think he was just another jedi killed in Order 66? They tell Luke not to be like his father and all that, but is there any evidence to show that they know or that Obi-Wan told them about who Anakin became? Either in Legends or Canon", "c_root_id_A": "fmxc8j0", "c_root_id_B": "fux35ik", "created_at_utc_A": 1586462319.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592240574.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Always got a sense they knew watching the films as a kid", "human_ref_B": "As far as the larger galaxy was concerned Anakin died on the steps of the jedi temple during operation knightfall.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5778255.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i7zogx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] What would life w/o parole look like, legally, for creatures such as Elves or vampires where their lives span several centuries? I'm a vampire who is awaiting trial for draining three patrol officers who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time (sorry, not sorry). There's a good chance that I'm looking at life without parole. But surely they can't keep me imprisoned forever? At some point, they'll have to let me out. Judges change, governors change, defense attorneys change all the time. What happens to me? Or someone like me?", "c_root_id_A": "g17ypf3", "c_root_id_B": "g1748n1", "created_at_utc_A": 1597245267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597223387.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It would depend on whether the function of the \"life\" sentence was primarily to protect society from you reoffending (prevention), or to punish you and demonstrate to others the fate that awaits people who commit such crimes (deterrence & vengeance). Your ability to offend won't go away; your motive might, if you truly reformed (depending on how vampires work in your world...) In terms of punishment, even if a person immediately regrets their crime you still want some amount of punishment for deterrence purposes. So a minimum sentence before parole can be considered seems likely; possibly longer than for a human, since you're not losing your \"best years\" it has less of an impact. I personally think eternal punishment would be excessive but some jurisdictions would definitely go for it for sufficiently awful crimes (of course in reality no prison lasts forever.)", "human_ref_B": "I'm not a lawyer, but I'd say you're at high risk to re-offend.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21880.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i7zogx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] What would life w/o parole look like, legally, for creatures such as Elves or vampires where their lives span several centuries? I'm a vampire who is awaiting trial for draining three patrol officers who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time (sorry, not sorry). There's a good chance that I'm looking at life without parole. But surely they can't keep me imprisoned forever? At some point, they'll have to let me out. Judges change, governors change, defense attorneys change all the time. What happens to me? Or someone like me?", "c_root_id_A": "g1748n1", "c_root_id_B": "g17zb8x", "created_at_utc_A": 1597223387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597245572.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'm not a lawyer, but I'd say you're at high risk to re-offend.", "human_ref_B": "Funny, I'm writing a novel at the moment that has a variant on this scenario as a very minor subplot. I'll show you the relevant legal statute from the first draft of one of the appendices (this won't be in the main text of the novel, as it doesn't materially impact the storyline): **Article CIX** *Section vii* \"Any such Parahuman, being legally detained and convicted by a jury of his or her peers and having been sentenced in accordance with due process of all legal statutes, laws, customs, by-laws and/or accords contained herein, shall be held accountable and subject to equal and commensurate administration of all punitive measures as his or her Human counterparts.\" *Section viii* \"Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any such instance in which a duly-appointed juror body and the judicial representative presiding thereto determine, in their sole discretion, that the punitive measure appropriate to the Parahuman transgression committed is to be considered one of lifetime imprisonment, such span of time shall be measured in accordance with the statistically normative measure of average Human lifespan as determined at time of sentencing per measures conducted by that duly-elected Legal Accord Official referenced herein.\" **TL;DR: life sentence is sentence for the average lifespan of those convicting.**", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22185.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge12pz5", "c_root_id_B": "ge1pp0l", "created_at_utc_A": 1606656819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606665536.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Lore wise, it\u2019s basically a weaponized, amped up version of Mew, which seemed to be the ancestor of all Pok\u00e9mon and has intense psychic potential, as well as the ability to transform into any of the others or use their abilities with Transform and Metronome. (Pretty sure Dittos are technically related as failed clones, but I think that\u2019s more a head canon thing some people have) As Mew is technically the ancestor to all Pok\u00e9mon (however that worked) and is intensely powerful on it\u2019s own, it makes sense that the souped up even more powerful clone could technically be called the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon. That\u2019s my understanding of it anyways, I didn\u2019t really watch the show much though so they probably have some more useful info there I might\u2019ve missed. Mechanics wise, for the first generation it really was the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon, and was titled as such. Problem is, how are you going to stay faithful to that title of \u201cthe most powerful Pok\u00e9mon\u201d if you plan on adding more? If you did, then it\u2019d be hard to compare or get excited for some other Pok\u00e9mon when the best one was literally just in the first generation. TL;DR When it was introduced it really was the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon, and while it\u2019s still way up there both mechanic and lore wise they had to introduce other stuff to other areas that were equal or stronger in their stories or stats, as either they\u2019d have to scale down to keep Mewtwo\u2019s title faithful, or they\u2019d have to scale up what it did and likely keep it relevant for all the games since for the title of \u201cstrongest ever\u201d. It\u2019d be like taking a world class musician who truly was the best selling artist in the world in 1970 and infamously was called such, then questioning if they really were \u201cThe best artist in the world\u201d decades later when so many other bands and musicians and groups had appeared. Some of them might\u2019ve done better than them in other ways or even in general, but that doesn\u2019t mean they still aren\u2019t in the top 20s, and they still have that reputation gained of being \u201cThe best artist in the world\u201d when they pretty much actually were the best in the world.", "human_ref_B": "So canonically the following Pok\u00e9mon are definitely more powerful than Mewtwo - Arceus, Palkia, Dialga, Giratina. The Unova dragons and Celebi are a maybe. Deoxys is a maybe. The Hoenn weather gods are a maybe. But Mewtwo was created by humans and used in actual human society, albeit briefly. To the people of the Pok\u00e9mon world, Mewtwo\u2019s existence is a fact. The other legends are just a myth to everyone but a few people who have seen them. In real life a nuke is the most powerful weapon, even though legends speak of the destructive power of the wrath of God. But we know nukes (Mewtwo) exist and we don\u2019t know for sure about God (Arceus).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8717.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge1dgtn", "c_root_id_B": "ge1pp0l", "created_at_utc_A": 1606661109.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606665536.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "human_ref_B": "So canonically the following Pok\u00e9mon are definitely more powerful than Mewtwo - Arceus, Palkia, Dialga, Giratina. The Unova dragons and Celebi are a maybe. Deoxys is a maybe. The Hoenn weather gods are a maybe. But Mewtwo was created by humans and used in actual human society, albeit briefly. To the people of the Pok\u00e9mon world, Mewtwo\u2019s existence is a fact. The other legends are just a myth to everyone but a few people who have seen them. In real life a nuke is the most powerful weapon, even though legends speak of the destructive power of the wrath of God. But we know nukes (Mewtwo) exist and we don\u2019t know for sure about God (Arceus).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4427.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge1pp0l", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dio5", "created_at_utc_A": 1606665536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661130.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "So canonically the following Pok\u00e9mon are definitely more powerful than Mewtwo - Arceus, Palkia, Dialga, Giratina. The Unova dragons and Celebi are a maybe. Deoxys is a maybe. The Hoenn weather gods are a maybe. But Mewtwo was created by humans and used in actual human society, albeit briefly. To the people of the Pok\u00e9mon world, Mewtwo\u2019s existence is a fact. The other legends are just a myth to everyone but a few people who have seen them. In real life a nuke is the most powerful weapon, even though legends speak of the destructive power of the wrath of God. But we know nukes (Mewtwo) exist and we don\u2019t know for sure about God (Arceus).", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4406.0, "score_ratio": -17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge1pp0l", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dhbh", "created_at_utc_A": 1606665536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661115.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "So canonically the following Pok\u00e9mon are definitely more powerful than Mewtwo - Arceus, Palkia, Dialga, Giratina. The Unova dragons and Celebi are a maybe. Deoxys is a maybe. The Hoenn weather gods are a maybe. But Mewtwo was created by humans and used in actual human society, albeit briefly. To the people of the Pok\u00e9mon world, Mewtwo\u2019s existence is a fact. The other legends are just a myth to everyone but a few people who have seen them. In real life a nuke is the most powerful weapon, even though legends speak of the destructive power of the wrath of God. But we know nukes (Mewtwo) exist and we don\u2019t know for sure about God (Arceus).", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4421.0, "score_ratio": -8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge22uhe", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dgtn", "created_at_utc_A": 1606670978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661109.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Mewtwo has interests and goals at a higher level than most Pokemon. His scheming is as much a part of his power as anything else.", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9869.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge22uhe", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dio5", "created_at_utc_A": 1606670978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661130.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Mewtwo has interests and goals at a higher level than most Pokemon. His scheming is as much a part of his power as anything else.", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9848.0, "score_ratio": -5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge1dhbh", "c_root_id_B": "ge22uhe", "created_at_utc_A": 1606661115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606670978.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "human_ref_B": "Mewtwo has interests and goals at a higher level than most Pokemon. His scheming is as much a part of his power as anything else.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9863.0, "score_ratio": -2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge2wmx6", "c_root_id_B": "ge3xq12", "created_at_utc_A": 1606683777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606703390.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He isn't considered the most powerful. You're confusing in-game mechanics of Generation 1 with the actual lore", "human_ref_B": "He is only considered the most powerful in terms of game mechanic stats, not even anymore because of Eternatus. Yes many others are much more powerful in canon lore", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19613.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge3xq12", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dio5", "created_at_utc_A": 1606703390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661130.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "He is only considered the most powerful in terms of game mechanic stats, not even anymore because of Eternatus. Yes many others are much more powerful in canon lore", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42260.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge3xq12", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dhbh", "created_at_utc_A": 1606703390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661115.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "He is only considered the most powerful in terms of game mechanic stats, not even anymore because of Eternatus. Yes many others are much more powerful in canon lore", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42275.0, "score_ratio": -0.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge2wmx6", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dio5", "created_at_utc_A": 1606683777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661130.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "He isn't considered the most powerful. You're confusing in-game mechanics of Generation 1 with the actual lore", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22647.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge2wmx6", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dhbh", "created_at_utc_A": 1606683777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661115.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "He isn't considered the most powerful. You're confusing in-game mechanics of Generation 1 with the actual lore", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22662.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge1dio5", "c_root_id_B": "ge43ntx", "created_at_utc_A": 1606661130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606706828.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "human_ref_B": "Mewtwo was the most powerful Pokemon, but others have been discovered since then. Mewtwo isn\u2019t anymore.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45698.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge1dhbh", "c_root_id_B": "ge43ntx", "created_at_utc_A": 1606661115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606706828.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "human_ref_B": "Mewtwo was the most powerful Pokemon, but others have been discovered since then. Mewtwo isn\u2019t anymore.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45713.0, "score_ratio": -0.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k38un4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] Why is mewtwo considered the most powerful Pok\u00e9mon when there's so many others that do so much more?", "c_root_id_A": "ge1dhbh", "c_root_id_B": "ge1dio5", "created_at_utc_A": 1606661115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606661130.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "human_ref_B": "Awareness, but also he is unnatural. All other Pok\u00e9mon have a role that they fit into for the world that aligns with their type. Mewtwo was created unnaturally and is a greater threat because of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15.0, "score_ratio": 0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkz8c5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Could the Ring be transported safely by some kind of Ark of the Covenant type container? Physically carrying the ring seems to breed madness in anyone exposed to it for long enough, could a team of people simply seal it away in a box with nobody having direct contact with it (or being killed if they showed signs of corruption) and having it be carried to Mordor?", "c_root_id_A": "ids8k0r", "c_root_id_B": "ids6nb6", "created_at_utc_A": 1656230831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656229233.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Ring would be able to easily extend its influence through it, similar to how it called out to Stoor from the riverbed.", "human_ref_B": "I think the ring would be able to corrupt peoples while in the box. Also good luck carrying a big box all the way to Mordor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1598.0, "score_ratio": 6.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkz8c5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Could the Ring be transported safely by some kind of Ark of the Covenant type container? Physically carrying the ring seems to breed madness in anyone exposed to it for long enough, could a team of people simply seal it away in a box with nobody having direct contact with it (or being killed if they showed signs of corruption) and having it be carried to Mordor?", "c_root_id_A": "ids6vyq", "c_root_id_B": "ids8k0r", "created_at_utc_A": 1656229435.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656230831.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "You'd be drawing a heck of a lot more attention schlepping around a big honkin' box, I'd imagine.", "human_ref_B": "The Ring would be able to easily extend its influence through it, similar to how it called out to Stoor from the riverbed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1396.0, "score_ratio": 11.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkz8c5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Could the Ring be transported safely by some kind of Ark of the Covenant type container? Physically carrying the ring seems to breed madness in anyone exposed to it for long enough, could a team of people simply seal it away in a box with nobody having direct contact with it (or being killed if they showed signs of corruption) and having it be carried to Mordor?", "c_root_id_A": "ids6nb6", "c_root_id_B": "idsc7r5", "created_at_utc_A": 1656229233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656233986.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I think the ring would be able to corrupt peoples while in the box. Also good luck carrying a big box all the way to Mordor.", "human_ref_B": "boromir was corrupted even tho he was several meters from the ring at all times. the general vecinity would probably be enough. carry it in a box, and its gonna convice people to look in the box", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4753.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkz8c5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Could the Ring be transported safely by some kind of Ark of the Covenant type container? Physically carrying the ring seems to breed madness in anyone exposed to it for long enough, could a team of people simply seal it away in a box with nobody having direct contact with it (or being killed if they showed signs of corruption) and having it be carried to Mordor?", "c_root_id_A": "ids6vyq", "c_root_id_B": "idsc7r5", "created_at_utc_A": 1656229435.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656233986.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "You'd be drawing a heck of a lot more attention schlepping around a big honkin' box, I'd imagine.", "human_ref_B": "boromir was corrupted even tho he was several meters from the ring at all times. the general vecinity would probably be enough. carry it in a box, and its gonna convice people to look in the box", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4551.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkz8c5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Could the Ring be transported safely by some kind of Ark of the Covenant type container? Physically carrying the ring seems to breed madness in anyone exposed to it for long enough, could a team of people simply seal it away in a box with nobody having direct contact with it (or being killed if they showed signs of corruption) and having it be carried to Mordor?", "c_root_id_A": "ids6nb6", "c_root_id_B": "idshxy1", "created_at_utc_A": 1656229233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656239041.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I think the ring would be able to corrupt peoples while in the box. Also good luck carrying a big box all the way to Mordor.", "human_ref_B": "Saruman was corrupted without ever seeing the ring, so I'm gonna go with no.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9808.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkz8c5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Could the Ring be transported safely by some kind of Ark of the Covenant type container? Physically carrying the ring seems to breed madness in anyone exposed to it for long enough, could a team of people simply seal it away in a box with nobody having direct contact with it (or being killed if they showed signs of corruption) and having it be carried to Mordor?", "c_root_id_A": "idshxy1", "c_root_id_B": "ids6vyq", "created_at_utc_A": 1656239041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656229435.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Saruman was corrupted without ever seeing the ring, so I'm gonna go with no.", "human_ref_B": "You'd be drawing a heck of a lot more attention schlepping around a big honkin' box, I'd imagine.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9606.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkz8c5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Could the Ring be transported safely by some kind of Ark of the Covenant type container? Physically carrying the ring seems to breed madness in anyone exposed to it for long enough, could a team of people simply seal it away in a box with nobody having direct contact with it (or being killed if they showed signs of corruption) and having it be carried to Mordor?", "c_root_id_A": "idsizma", "c_root_id_B": "ids6nb6", "created_at_utc_A": 1656239905.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656229233.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The ring can remotely corrupt people, so if you just kill anyone who shows enough corruption the ring can just make you think the more ethical members of your team are corrupted, kill them off, and corrupt the less ethical members. That said, they basically did a version of this. Hobbits are much harder to corrupt with magic. They transported the ring with a hobbit, often under a mithral shirt.", "human_ref_B": "I think the ring would be able to corrupt peoples while in the box. Also good luck carrying a big box all the way to Mordor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10672.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkz8c5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] Could the Ring be transported safely by some kind of Ark of the Covenant type container? Physically carrying the ring seems to breed madness in anyone exposed to it for long enough, could a team of people simply seal it away in a box with nobody having direct contact with it (or being killed if they showed signs of corruption) and having it be carried to Mordor?", "c_root_id_A": "ids6vyq", "c_root_id_B": "idsizma", "created_at_utc_A": 1656229435.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656239905.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "You'd be drawing a heck of a lot more attention schlepping around a big honkin' box, I'd imagine.", "human_ref_B": "The ring can remotely corrupt people, so if you just kill anyone who shows enough corruption the ring can just make you think the more ethical members of your team are corrupted, kill them off, and corrupt the less ethical members. That said, they basically did a version of this. Hobbits are much harder to corrupt with magic. They transported the ring with a hobbit, often under a mithral shirt.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10470.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "77rj0t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Pacific Rim] I'm a Kaiju that's just been sent through the breach to Earth but I have chosen to reject my creators and their goals. Given my obviously monstrous appearance and their prior experience with my kind, how can I convince the humans that I am peaceful and of no threat to them?", "c_root_id_A": "doodk0u", "c_root_id_B": "dooqkho", "created_at_utc_A": 1508585192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508605954.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Start dancing humans love that and you will become a Internet and meme star in no time.", "human_ref_B": "Fight the next Kaiju that comes through the gate, preferably when it's got the hapless Jaeger trying to kill it on the ropes. Go big or get minced.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20762.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1hqzsf", "c_root_id_B": "d1htk0m", "created_at_utc_A": 1459264844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459268142.0, "score_A": 95, "score_B": 107, "human_ref_A": "Bring in foreign workers who don't speak English, do the work, send them home when it's over.", "human_ref_B": "So, if I was Bruce Wayne I would have had some of it built by Wayne Enterprises through Lucius Fox as a panic room and escape tunnel for the boss to insure his safety. That gets the initial foundation laid. Next some of it can be brought in as an offsite backup for Wayne tech systems. Some of the heavier equipment can be brought in though a strategic division of labor, basically no one knows what everyone else is doing so one guy picks the stuff up and unmarks the boxes, a different guy delivers the crates, a third unboxes it and gets the components to a specific place Wayne and Al do the final assembly. So lets look at the tunnel and the car: Fox has the cave and the tunnel built though wayne tech as a panic room and escape tunnel for the CEO. Then he mentions that the panic room is nice but he also needs more room down there to secure some valuables (family paintings, some rare cars ect.) So fox gets a team together to leave some room for storage, and a machine shop for Bruce can indulge in his hobby of rebuilding custom cars. Speaking of custom cars, Bruce wants to order some exotic car parts for a few cars he's building. Here's the part list for his project...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3298.0, "score_ratio": 1.1263157895, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1htk0m", "c_root_id_B": "d1hq8dl", "created_at_utc_A": 1459268142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459263835.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "So, if I was Bruce Wayne I would have had some of it built by Wayne Enterprises through Lucius Fox as a panic room and escape tunnel for the boss to insure his safety. That gets the initial foundation laid. Next some of it can be brought in as an offsite backup for Wayne tech systems. Some of the heavier equipment can be brought in though a strategic division of labor, basically no one knows what everyone else is doing so one guy picks the stuff up and unmarks the boxes, a different guy delivers the crates, a third unboxes it and gets the components to a specific place Wayne and Al do the final assembly. So lets look at the tunnel and the car: Fox has the cave and the tunnel built though wayne tech as a panic room and escape tunnel for the CEO. Then he mentions that the panic room is nice but he also needs more room down there to secure some valuables (family paintings, some rare cars ect.) So fox gets a team together to leave some room for storage, and a machine shop for Bruce can indulge in his hobby of rebuilding custom cars. Speaking of custom cars, Bruce wants to order some exotic car parts for a few cars he's building. Here's the part list for his project...", "human_ref_B": "I remember reading/hearing that Bruce hired completely separate contractors at different times for each part of the cave to prevent any one group from knowing the full details/layout.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4307.0, "score_ratio": 2.9722222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1htk0m", "c_root_id_B": "d1ht2c6", "created_at_utc_A": 1459268142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459267518.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "So, if I was Bruce Wayne I would have had some of it built by Wayne Enterprises through Lucius Fox as a panic room and escape tunnel for the boss to insure his safety. That gets the initial foundation laid. Next some of it can be brought in as an offsite backup for Wayne tech systems. Some of the heavier equipment can be brought in though a strategic division of labor, basically no one knows what everyone else is doing so one guy picks the stuff up and unmarks the boxes, a different guy delivers the crates, a third unboxes it and gets the components to a specific place Wayne and Al do the final assembly. So lets look at the tunnel and the car: Fox has the cave and the tunnel built though wayne tech as a panic room and escape tunnel for the CEO. Then he mentions that the panic room is nice but he also needs more room down there to secure some valuables (family paintings, some rare cars ect.) So fox gets a team together to leave some room for storage, and a machine shop for Bruce can indulge in his hobby of rebuilding custom cars. Speaking of custom cars, Bruce wants to order some exotic car parts for a few cars he's building. Here's the part list for his project...", "human_ref_B": "Every once in a while, when the plot needs someone to find the batcave, there will be a story where someone figures out the secret identity of the Batman and where the Batcave is by tracing the unusually large amount of laborers and heavy machinery Bruce Wayne commissioned on his property to build it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 624.0, "score_ratio": 6.6875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1htk0m", "c_root_id_B": "d1hrfwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1459268142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459265429.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "So, if I was Bruce Wayne I would have had some of it built by Wayne Enterprises through Lucius Fox as a panic room and escape tunnel for the boss to insure his safety. That gets the initial foundation laid. Next some of it can be brought in as an offsite backup for Wayne tech systems. Some of the heavier equipment can be brought in though a strategic division of labor, basically no one knows what everyone else is doing so one guy picks the stuff up and unmarks the boxes, a different guy delivers the crates, a third unboxes it and gets the components to a specific place Wayne and Al do the final assembly. So lets look at the tunnel and the car: Fox has the cave and the tunnel built though wayne tech as a panic room and escape tunnel for the CEO. Then he mentions that the panic room is nice but he also needs more room down there to secure some valuables (family paintings, some rare cars ect.) So fox gets a team together to leave some room for storage, and a machine shop for Bruce can indulge in his hobby of rebuilding custom cars. Speaking of custom cars, Bruce wants to order some exotic car parts for a few cars he's building. Here's the part list for his project...", "human_ref_B": "Well, he didn't make it all at once. And hauling around monitors and putting in what-nots is good exercise.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2713.0, "score_ratio": 7.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1hqzsf", "c_root_id_B": "d1hq8dl", "created_at_utc_A": 1459264844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459263835.0, "score_A": 95, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Bring in foreign workers who don't speak English, do the work, send them home when it's over.", "human_ref_B": "I remember reading/hearing that Bruce hired completely separate contractors at different times for each part of the cave to prevent any one group from knowing the full details/layout.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1009.0, "score_ratio": 2.6388888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1i1k36", "c_root_id_B": "d1hq8dl", "created_at_utc_A": 1459278121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459263835.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Hello team, and welcome to New York City. This is a very exciting day for us and I look forward to working with each and every one of you over the next month. My name is Lucas Ox, CEO of B&W Research Institute. I believe you all have met Albert Penn, my associate and head of employee relations. As you already know, we've brought you here to help in the construction of our Climate & Seismic Monitoring Facility. We've had a great history of working with governments of many coastal nations on climate-related issues, and this work exchange program is just one aspect of our continued efforts in working with at-risk nations and bringing awareness across the globe. Our work-exchange program employs rotating teams of builders from a different part of the world each month. In addition to your monetary compensation, we will provide educational programs on the topics of climate and environment. You'll all be returning home as climate ambassadors, just like the previous team before you, from Burundi, Togo, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. This month we've gathered a large team of experienced builders from across the Pacific islands. Your teammates are from Kiribati, Vanuatu, Tualu, Micronesia, and Tonga. These are your co-workers for the next month. After the kick-off meeting and dinner this evening, we will fly you to our work site located in remote outskirts of Garrethsburg. As noted in your contracts, you'll be on-site for the entire duration of the month-long assignment. Construction will continue around the clock in shifts, but each of you should only expect to work approximately 50 hours each week. The state-of-the-arts living quarters on-site have individual bedrooms and bathroom, with shared recreational areas always stocked with snacks. Daily meals are included and will be catered from the best chefs of Goth- er, Garrethsburg. At the end of the month we'll return you here to New York for 3 days of sight-seeing and our sendoff - expenses paid of course. We're looking forward to working with you all.", "human_ref_B": "I remember reading/hearing that Bruce hired completely separate contractors at different times for each part of the cave to prevent any one group from knowing the full details/layout.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14286.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1i1k36", "c_root_id_B": "d1ht2c6", "created_at_utc_A": 1459278121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459267518.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Hello team, and welcome to New York City. This is a very exciting day for us and I look forward to working with each and every one of you over the next month. My name is Lucas Ox, CEO of B&W Research Institute. I believe you all have met Albert Penn, my associate and head of employee relations. As you already know, we've brought you here to help in the construction of our Climate & Seismic Monitoring Facility. We've had a great history of working with governments of many coastal nations on climate-related issues, and this work exchange program is just one aspect of our continued efforts in working with at-risk nations and bringing awareness across the globe. Our work-exchange program employs rotating teams of builders from a different part of the world each month. In addition to your monetary compensation, we will provide educational programs on the topics of climate and environment. You'll all be returning home as climate ambassadors, just like the previous team before you, from Burundi, Togo, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. This month we've gathered a large team of experienced builders from across the Pacific islands. Your teammates are from Kiribati, Vanuatu, Tualu, Micronesia, and Tonga. These are your co-workers for the next month. After the kick-off meeting and dinner this evening, we will fly you to our work site located in remote outskirts of Garrethsburg. As noted in your contracts, you'll be on-site for the entire duration of the month-long assignment. Construction will continue around the clock in shifts, but each of you should only expect to work approximately 50 hours each week. The state-of-the-arts living quarters on-site have individual bedrooms and bathroom, with shared recreational areas always stocked with snacks. Daily meals are included and will be catered from the best chefs of Goth- er, Garrethsburg. At the end of the month we'll return you here to New York for 3 days of sight-seeing and our sendoff - expenses paid of course. We're looking forward to working with you all.", "human_ref_B": "Every once in a while, when the plot needs someone to find the batcave, there will be a story where someone figures out the secret identity of the Batman and where the Batcave is by tracing the unusually large amount of laborers and heavy machinery Bruce Wayne commissioned on his property to build it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10603.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1i1k36", "c_root_id_B": "d1hrfwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1459278121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459265429.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Hello team, and welcome to New York City. This is a very exciting day for us and I look forward to working with each and every one of you over the next month. My name is Lucas Ox, CEO of B&W Research Institute. I believe you all have met Albert Penn, my associate and head of employee relations. As you already know, we've brought you here to help in the construction of our Climate & Seismic Monitoring Facility. We've had a great history of working with governments of many coastal nations on climate-related issues, and this work exchange program is just one aspect of our continued efforts in working with at-risk nations and bringing awareness across the globe. Our work-exchange program employs rotating teams of builders from a different part of the world each month. In addition to your monetary compensation, we will provide educational programs on the topics of climate and environment. You'll all be returning home as climate ambassadors, just like the previous team before you, from Burundi, Togo, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. This month we've gathered a large team of experienced builders from across the Pacific islands. Your teammates are from Kiribati, Vanuatu, Tualu, Micronesia, and Tonga. These are your co-workers for the next month. After the kick-off meeting and dinner this evening, we will fly you to our work site located in remote outskirts of Garrethsburg. As noted in your contracts, you'll be on-site for the entire duration of the month-long assignment. Construction will continue around the clock in shifts, but each of you should only expect to work approximately 50 hours each week. The state-of-the-arts living quarters on-site have individual bedrooms and bathroom, with shared recreational areas always stocked with snacks. Daily meals are included and will be catered from the best chefs of Goth- er, Garrethsburg. At the end of the month we'll return you here to New York for 3 days of sight-seeing and our sendoff - expenses paid of course. We're looking forward to working with you all.", "human_ref_B": "Well, he didn't make it all at once. And hauling around monitors and putting in what-nots is good exercise.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12692.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1ht2c6", "c_root_id_B": "d1i2exi", "created_at_utc_A": 1459267518.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459279185.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Every once in a while, when the plot needs someone to find the batcave, there will be a story where someone figures out the secret identity of the Batman and where the Batcave is by tracing the unusually large amount of laborers and heavy machinery Bruce Wayne commissioned on his property to build it.", "human_ref_B": "In my headcannon, the caves were always there, and have been used for various things (and expanded, built-upon, etc.) by various members of the Wayne family: infirmary and storage during the Revolutionary and Civil wars; lodging and transport during the Underground Railway; industry and distribution during Prohibition... Most of these require strong rooms, ventilation, secret roads...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11667.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1i2exi", "c_root_id_B": "d1hrfwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1459279185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459265429.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "In my headcannon, the caves were always there, and have been used for various things (and expanded, built-upon, etc.) by various members of the Wayne family: infirmary and storage during the Revolutionary and Civil wars; lodging and transport during the Underground Railway; industry and distribution during Prohibition... Most of these require strong rooms, ventilation, secret roads...", "human_ref_B": "Well, he didn't make it all at once. And hauling around monitors and putting in what-nots is good exercise.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13756.0, "score_ratio": 1.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4cfehs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] How does Bruce Wayne build the Batcave? Seems to be way too much work for two people, even if one of them is Batman. Specifically things like the long bridge the Batmobile drives across in BvS.", "c_root_id_A": "d1ht2c6", "c_root_id_B": "d1hrfwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1459267518.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459265429.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Every once in a while, when the plot needs someone to find the batcave, there will be a story where someone figures out the secret identity of the Batman and where the Batcave is by tracing the unusually large amount of laborers and heavy machinery Bruce Wayne commissioned on his property to build it.", "human_ref_B": "Well, he didn't make it all at once. And hauling around monitors and putting in what-nots is good exercise.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2089.0, "score_ratio": 1.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rdftn3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[LOTR] Gollum obviously knew Bilbo had the Ring and where he lived, why didn't he go try to get it back?", "c_root_id_A": "ho0v28w", "c_root_id_B": "ho0sdiv", "created_at_utc_A": 1639164264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639163176.0, "score_A": 254, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Gollum didn't know where the Shire was, nor could he exactly go asking around. Keep in mind that Middle Earth is about half the size of America. Imagine you've spent the past 300 years living in a cave, then somebody visits and steals from you. He mentions he lives in Missouri, but the last time you saw the sun, Columbus had only recently invaded America. You wouldn't even know what a Missouri was, much less where it was, or even that it was a place. You have no idea what lies between you and this place, what civilizations there are, what governments or armies are in between you, what dangerous creatures are there, or how the landscape has changed in all that time. You can't even go out and ask anyone because you're more animal than being. So you just start wandering around, hoping to find information or beat it out of whatever poor souls you come across. You'd have to be very skilled to avoid getting caught. Gollum was not very skilled.", "human_ref_B": "IMHO\u2026 I don\u2019t think gollum knew where he lived just that he was a hobbit and didn\u2019t know about the shire and where it was located. I\u2019m not even sure how gollum was captured by the orcs, maybe he was looking for the shire and crossed some orcs. Dunno.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1088.0, "score_ratio": 15.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rdftn3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[LOTR] Gollum obviously knew Bilbo had the Ring and where he lived, why didn't he go try to get it back?", "c_root_id_A": "ho36n9v", "c_root_id_B": "ho0sdiv", "created_at_utc_A": 1639201410.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639163176.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": ">\u2018Well, as for the name, Bilbo very foolishly told Gollum himself; and after that it would not be difficult to discover his country, once Gollum came out. Oh yes, he came out. His longing for the Ring proved stronger than his fear of the Orcs, or even of the light. After a year or two he left the mountains. You see, though still bound by desire of it, the Ring was no longer devouring him; he began to revive a little. He felt old, terribly old, yet less timid, and he was mortally hungry. --- >But from hints dropped among the snarls I even gathered that his padding feet had taken him at last to Esgaroth, and even to the streets of Dale, listening secretly and peering. Well, the news of the great events went far and wide in Wilderland, and many had heard Bilbo\u2019s name and knew where he came from. We had made no secret of our return journey to his home in the West. Gollum\u2019s sharp ears would soon learn what he wanted.\u2019 >\u2018Then why didn\u2019t he track Bilbo further?\u2019 asked Frodo. \u2018Why didn\u2019t he come to the Shire?\u2019 >\u2018Ah,\u2019 said Gandalf, \u2018now we come to it. I think Gollum tried to. He set out and came back westward, as far as the Great River. But then he turned aside. He was not daunted by the distance, I am sure. No, something else drew him away. So my friends think, those that hunted him for me. --- >But I am afraid there is no possible doubt: he had made his slow, sneaking way, step by step, mile by mile, south, down at last to the Land of Mordor.\u2019 --- >\u2018Yes, to Mordor,\u2019 said Gandalf. \u2018Alas! Mordor draws all wicked things, and the Dark Power was bending all its will to gather them there. The Ring of the Enemy would leave its mark, too, leave him open to the summons. And all folk were whispering then of the new Shadow in the South, and its hatred of the West. There were his fine new friends, who would help him in his revenge! >\u2018Wretched fool! In that land he would learn much, too much for his comfort. And sooner or later as he lurked and pried on the borders he would be caught, and taken - for examination. -Shadow of the Past", "human_ref_B": "IMHO\u2026 I don\u2019t think gollum knew where he lived just that he was a hobbit and didn\u2019t know about the shire and where it was located. I\u2019m not even sure how gollum was captured by the orcs, maybe he was looking for the shire and crossed some orcs. Dunno.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38234.0, "score_ratio": 1.9375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rdftn3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[LOTR] Gollum obviously knew Bilbo had the Ring and where he lived, why didn't he go try to get it back?", "c_root_id_A": "ho2usae", "c_root_id_B": "ho36n9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1639195050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639201410.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "There is yet another thing that wasn't mentioned. Yes Smeagol/Gollum didn't know where the Shire was, and couldnt really go about asking either...but he did spend several years wandering and searching. BUT the other big point is Sauron. Sauron was sending out a sort of call...i wouldn't say telepathic, but the idea will suffice. He was drawing all evil things to Mordor. Gollum couldn't help but heed the call, though he was obviously reluctant. He was still drawn to the borders of Mordor, though he kept searching for Bilbo, but always nearer and nearer Mordor.", "human_ref_B": ">\u2018Well, as for the name, Bilbo very foolishly told Gollum himself; and after that it would not be difficult to discover his country, once Gollum came out. Oh yes, he came out. His longing for the Ring proved stronger than his fear of the Orcs, or even of the light. After a year or two he left the mountains. You see, though still bound by desire of it, the Ring was no longer devouring him; he began to revive a little. He felt old, terribly old, yet less timid, and he was mortally hungry. --- >But from hints dropped among the snarls I even gathered that his padding feet had taken him at last to Esgaroth, and even to the streets of Dale, listening secretly and peering. Well, the news of the great events went far and wide in Wilderland, and many had heard Bilbo\u2019s name and knew where he came from. We had made no secret of our return journey to his home in the West. Gollum\u2019s sharp ears would soon learn what he wanted.\u2019 >\u2018Then why didn\u2019t he track Bilbo further?\u2019 asked Frodo. \u2018Why didn\u2019t he come to the Shire?\u2019 >\u2018Ah,\u2019 said Gandalf, \u2018now we come to it. I think Gollum tried to. He set out and came back westward, as far as the Great River. But then he turned aside. He was not daunted by the distance, I am sure. No, something else drew him away. So my friends think, those that hunted him for me. --- >But I am afraid there is no possible doubt: he had made his slow, sneaking way, step by step, mile by mile, south, down at last to the Land of Mordor.\u2019 --- >\u2018Yes, to Mordor,\u2019 said Gandalf. \u2018Alas! Mordor draws all wicked things, and the Dark Power was bending all its will to gather them there. The Ring of the Enemy would leave its mark, too, leave him open to the summons. And all folk were whispering then of the new Shadow in the South, and its hatred of the West. There were his fine new friends, who would help him in his revenge! >\u2018Wretched fool! In that land he would learn much, too much for his comfort. And sooner or later as he lurked and pried on the borders he would be caught, and taken - for examination. -Shadow of the Past", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6360.0, "score_ratio": 2.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rdftn3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[LOTR] Gollum obviously knew Bilbo had the Ring and where he lived, why didn't he go try to get it back?", "c_root_id_A": "ho28nc7", "c_root_id_B": "ho36n9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1639184826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639201410.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "For a long, long time he is reluctant to leave his cave.", "human_ref_B": ">\u2018Well, as for the name, Bilbo very foolishly told Gollum himself; and after that it would not be difficult to discover his country, once Gollum came out. Oh yes, he came out. His longing for the Ring proved stronger than his fear of the Orcs, or even of the light. After a year or two he left the mountains. You see, though still bound by desire of it, the Ring was no longer devouring him; he began to revive a little. He felt old, terribly old, yet less timid, and he was mortally hungry. --- >But from hints dropped among the snarls I even gathered that his padding feet had taken him at last to Esgaroth, and even to the streets of Dale, listening secretly and peering. Well, the news of the great events went far and wide in Wilderland, and many had heard Bilbo\u2019s name and knew where he came from. We had made no secret of our return journey to his home in the West. Gollum\u2019s sharp ears would soon learn what he wanted.\u2019 >\u2018Then why didn\u2019t he track Bilbo further?\u2019 asked Frodo. \u2018Why didn\u2019t he come to the Shire?\u2019 >\u2018Ah,\u2019 said Gandalf, \u2018now we come to it. I think Gollum tried to. He set out and came back westward, as far as the Great River. But then he turned aside. He was not daunted by the distance, I am sure. No, something else drew him away. So my friends think, those that hunted him for me. --- >But I am afraid there is no possible doubt: he had made his slow, sneaking way, step by step, mile by mile, south, down at last to the Land of Mordor.\u2019 --- >\u2018Yes, to Mordor,\u2019 said Gandalf. \u2018Alas! Mordor draws all wicked things, and the Dark Power was bending all its will to gather them there. The Ring of the Enemy would leave its mark, too, leave him open to the summons. And all folk were whispering then of the new Shadow in the South, and its hatred of the West. There were his fine new friends, who would help him in his revenge! >\u2018Wretched fool! In that land he would learn much, too much for his comfort. And sooner or later as he lurked and pried on the borders he would be caught, and taken - for examination. -Shadow of the Past", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16584.0, "score_ratio": 7.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rdftn3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[LOTR] Gollum obviously knew Bilbo had the Ring and where he lived, why didn't he go try to get it back?", "c_root_id_A": "ho2usae", "c_root_id_B": "ho28nc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1639195050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639184826.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There is yet another thing that wasn't mentioned. Yes Smeagol/Gollum didn't know where the Shire was, and couldnt really go about asking either...but he did spend several years wandering and searching. BUT the other big point is Sauron. Sauron was sending out a sort of call...i wouldn't say telepathic, but the idea will suffice. He was drawing all evil things to Mordor. Gollum couldn't help but heed the call, though he was obviously reluctant. He was still drawn to the borders of Mordor, though he kept searching for Bilbo, but always nearer and nearer Mordor.", "human_ref_B": "For a long, long time he is reluctant to leave his cave.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10224.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95pxy6", "c_root_id_B": "e95qzkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1541513040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541514037.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Well, you're kind of ignoring the fact that he doesn't want chicken, he wants roadrunner. And when was the last time you've seen roadrunner for sale anywhere?", "human_ref_B": "he can and he does. Catching the Roadrunner and eating it is his obsession, and hobby. It is what makes his life worthwhile. The day he caught it, was the last day he was truly happy: **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR1-aVQn9os** ​", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 997.0, "score_ratio": 2.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95q7hv", "c_root_id_B": "e95qzkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1541513299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541514037.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Because during the time depicted (most Wiley cartoons were produced in the lat 50s and 60s) free-range organic roadrunner was not an available option at the local supermarket and Wiley is very concerned about what he puts in his body. Even if it didn't care the supermarket and the feed store was well over a hundred miles from Wiley's home making travel for dinner an economic as well as a time burden even for someone with his resources. He does live in a food as well as a literal desert. In addition to that while ACME had a well established mail order business they did not deliver over night or deal in food because of the spoilage issues. Amazon coupled with overnight delivery didn't exist and their food delivery service is only a recent thing.", "human_ref_B": "he can and he does. Catching the Roadrunner and eating it is his obsession, and hobby. It is what makes his life worthwhile. The day he caught it, was the last day he was truly happy: **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR1-aVQn9os** ​", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 738.0, "score_ratio": 5.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95p4dl", "c_root_id_B": "e95qzkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1541512222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541514037.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Don't kinkshame", "human_ref_B": "he can and he does. Catching the Roadrunner and eating it is his obsession, and hobby. It is what makes his life worthwhile. The day he caught it, was the last day he was truly happy: **https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR1-aVQn9os** ​", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1815.0, "score_ratio": 10.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95pxy6", "c_root_id_B": "e95reij", "created_at_utc_A": 1541513040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541514416.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Well, you're kind of ignoring the fact that he doesn't want chicken, he wants roadrunner. And when was the last time you've seen roadrunner for sale anywhere?", "human_ref_B": "Ever played a crazy hard video game? And died like 30 times in a row on a really tough part? And the game was like \"Hey, I can see you're having some trouble there. Would you like to turn on easy mode? Or just skip this part? Don't worry, no one will ever know... except you.\" \"Fuck you ~~game~~ bird, this shit will not break me!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1376.0, "score_ratio": 1.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95reij", "c_root_id_B": "e95q7hv", "created_at_utc_A": 1541514416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541513299.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Ever played a crazy hard video game? And died like 30 times in a row on a really tough part? And the game was like \"Hey, I can see you're having some trouble there. Would you like to turn on easy mode? Or just skip this part? Don't worry, no one will ever know... except you.\" \"Fuck you ~~game~~ bird, this shit will not break me!\"", "human_ref_B": "Because during the time depicted (most Wiley cartoons were produced in the lat 50s and 60s) free-range organic roadrunner was not an available option at the local supermarket and Wiley is very concerned about what he puts in his body. Even if it didn't care the supermarket and the feed store was well over a hundred miles from Wiley's home making travel for dinner an economic as well as a time burden even for someone with his resources. He does live in a food as well as a literal desert. In addition to that while ACME had a well established mail order business they did not deliver over night or deal in food because of the spoilage issues. Amazon coupled with overnight delivery didn't exist and their food delivery service is only a recent thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1117.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95p4dl", "c_root_id_B": "e95reij", "created_at_utc_A": 1541512222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541514416.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Don't kinkshame", "human_ref_B": "Ever played a crazy hard video game? And died like 30 times in a row on a really tough part? And the game was like \"Hey, I can see you're having some trouble there. Would you like to turn on easy mode? Or just skip this part? Don't worry, no one will ever know... except you.\" \"Fuck you ~~game~~ bird, this shit will not break me!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2194.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95pxy6", "c_root_id_B": "e95p4dl", "created_at_utc_A": 1541513040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541512222.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Well, you're kind of ignoring the fact that he doesn't want chicken, he wants roadrunner. And when was the last time you've seen roadrunner for sale anywhere?", "human_ref_B": "Don't kinkshame", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 818.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95ttej", "c_root_id_B": "e95q7hv", "created_at_utc_A": 1541516520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541513299.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I don't know why but I always assumed he had no money and ACME was the only corporation crazy enough to extend credit to a coyote with no job and no fixed abode.", "human_ref_B": "Because during the time depicted (most Wiley cartoons were produced in the lat 50s and 60s) free-range organic roadrunner was not an available option at the local supermarket and Wiley is very concerned about what he puts in his body. Even if it didn't care the supermarket and the feed store was well over a hundred miles from Wiley's home making travel for dinner an economic as well as a time burden even for someone with his resources. He does live in a food as well as a literal desert. In addition to that while ACME had a well established mail order business they did not deliver over night or deal in food because of the spoilage issues. Amazon coupled with overnight delivery didn't exist and their food delivery service is only a recent thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3221.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95rjal", "c_root_id_B": "e95ttej", "created_at_utc_A": 1541514536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541516520.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "There are no feed stores there. He has to mail order everything and ACME doesn't deliver perishable foodstuffs to the desert.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know why but I always assumed he had no money and ACME was the only corporation crazy enough to extend credit to a coyote with no job and no fixed abode.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1984.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95p4dl", "c_root_id_B": "e95ttej", "created_at_utc_A": 1541512222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541516520.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Don't kinkshame", "human_ref_B": "I don't know why but I always assumed he had no money and ACME was the only corporation crazy enough to extend credit to a coyote with no job and no fixed abode.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4298.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95q7hv", "c_root_id_B": "e95xdpn", "created_at_utc_A": 1541513299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541519411.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Because during the time depicted (most Wiley cartoons were produced in the lat 50s and 60s) free-range organic roadrunner was not an available option at the local supermarket and Wiley is very concerned about what he puts in his body. Even if it didn't care the supermarket and the feed store was well over a hundred miles from Wiley's home making travel for dinner an economic as well as a time burden even for someone with his resources. He does live in a food as well as a literal desert. In addition to that while ACME had a well established mail order business they did not deliver over night or deal in food because of the spoilage issues. Amazon coupled with overnight delivery didn't exist and their food delivery service is only a recent thing.", "human_ref_B": "Why don't Olympians just buy medals from the store instead of wasting so much time training?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6112.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95rjal", "c_root_id_B": "e95xdpn", "created_at_utc_A": 1541514536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541519411.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "There are no feed stores there. He has to mail order everything and ACME doesn't deliver perishable foodstuffs to the desert.", "human_ref_B": "Why don't Olympians just buy medals from the store instead of wasting so much time training?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4875.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95p4dl", "c_root_id_B": "e95xdpn", "created_at_utc_A": 1541512222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541519411.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Don't kinkshame", "human_ref_B": "Why don't Olympians just buy medals from the store instead of wasting so much time training?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7189.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95q7hv", "c_root_id_B": "e95p4dl", "created_at_utc_A": 1541513299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541512222.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because during the time depicted (most Wiley cartoons were produced in the lat 50s and 60s) free-range organic roadrunner was not an available option at the local supermarket and Wiley is very concerned about what he puts in his body. Even if it didn't care the supermarket and the feed store was well over a hundred miles from Wiley's home making travel for dinner an economic as well as a time burden even for someone with his resources. He does live in a food as well as a literal desert. In addition to that while ACME had a well established mail order business they did not deliver over night or deal in food because of the spoilage issues. Amazon coupled with overnight delivery didn't exist and their food delivery service is only a recent thing.", "human_ref_B": "Don't kinkshame", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1077.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e95rjal", "c_root_id_B": "e95p4dl", "created_at_utc_A": 1541514536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541512222.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There are no feed stores there. He has to mail order everything and ACME doesn't deliver perishable foodstuffs to the desert.", "human_ref_B": "Don't kinkshame", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2314.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e96ispj", "c_root_id_B": "e95z862", "created_at_utc_A": 1541535689.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541520877.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He wants the sense of Pride and Accomplishment^^^TM that comes with killing and eating your prey.", "human_ref_B": "its not the destination but the journey. wiley was chasing nourishment for his soul.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14812.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e96ispj", "c_root_id_B": "e95p4dl", "created_at_utc_A": 1541535689.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541512222.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He wants the sense of Pride and Accomplishment^^^TM that comes with killing and eating your prey.", "human_ref_B": "Don't kinkshame", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23467.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e9648lb", "c_root_id_B": "e96ispj", "created_at_utc_A": 1541524733.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541535689.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because Acme is the only store around and it doesn't sell food as it's just a hardware store!", "human_ref_B": "He wants the sense of Pride and Accomplishment^^^TM that comes with killing and eating your prey.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10956.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e966xzs", "c_root_id_B": "e96ispj", "created_at_utc_A": 1541526786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541535689.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He boasts his genius over any and everything, this isn't about food it's about proving a point. He likely has *some* food, hence why he's even *still* alive, but he is often on the verge of starving for so that he will be in the best mindset to catch the roadrunner.", "human_ref_B": "He wants the sense of Pride and Accomplishment^^^TM that comes with killing and eating your prey.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8903.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e96frrv", "c_root_id_B": "e96ispj", "created_at_utc_A": 1541533426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541535689.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Its not about the money its about sending a message.", "human_ref_B": "He wants the sense of Pride and Accomplishment^^^TM that comes with killing and eating your prey.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2263.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e9648lb", "c_root_id_B": "e96zvjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1541524733.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541549328.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because Acme is the only store around and it doesn't sell food as it's just a hardware store!", "human_ref_B": "Wile E. Coyote explained this on screen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24595.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e966xzs", "c_root_id_B": "e96zvjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1541526786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541549328.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He boasts his genius over any and everything, this isn't about food it's about proving a point. He likely has *some* food, hence why he's even *still* alive, but he is often on the verge of starving for so that he will be in the best mindset to catch the roadrunner.", "human_ref_B": "Wile E. Coyote explained this on screen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22542.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9uod78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Looney Toons] So this Wiley Coyote guy clearly has loads of cash for all those rockets and catapults and whatever he buys... why doesn't he just buy the food he wants? Seriously, he could even go to some feed store and buy a bunch of live chickens and just eat those. Why does he go through all this effort of buying roadrunner-catching-tools when he could just buy his dinner?", "c_root_id_A": "e96zvjj", "c_root_id_B": "e96frrv", "created_at_utc_A": 1541549328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541533426.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Wile E. Coyote explained this on screen.", "human_ref_B": "Its not about the money its about sending a message.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15902.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn29buy", "c_root_id_B": "fn1ob8g", "created_at_utc_A": 1586581544.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586566350.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Chekov was the weapons officer on Enterprise. Of the people Kirk had at his disposal, maybe he simply had the most tactical training, and so was best suited for a raid on a military facility. *Anyone* found breaking into the reactor room of an aircraft character is going to be in serious trouble, no matter their accent.", "human_ref_B": "Yeah for a man who was described as a stack of books with legs apparently one of them wasn't 20th century history.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15194.0, "score_ratio": 2.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn1ob8g", "c_root_id_B": "fn2s2j2", "created_at_utc_A": 1586566350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586601036.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Yeah for a man who was described as a stack of books with legs apparently one of them wasn't 20th century history.", "human_ref_B": "Okay hotshot. A whale sends you and your space pals back to 1737. That's the same amount of time between Kirk and 1986. Should you send Chekov to buy grain is Azov? I mean, you need that grain in order to bribe the metalsmith to smelt you some Aermet steel (hey, maybe Ekrem the one who discovered Aermet in the first place!). Is it too much of a risk? Oh no, you got the end of the Russo-Turkish war wrong. Azov won't be ceded to the Russian Empire until the Treaty of Ni\u0161 in 1739. Now Chekov is in the hands of the dreaded Te\u015fkil\u00e2t-\u0131 Mahsusa and you're going to have to go on some crazy hijinks to get him out. In the grand scheme of things, the cold war was a 50 year period of tensions between two counties that have both been consinged to the dustbin of history. Kirk's a busy guy, he can't know all the specifics of 250 year old political history from just one planet in a very big federation?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34686.0, "score_ratio": 1.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn2c1i4", "c_root_id_B": "fn2s2j2", "created_at_utc_A": 1586583924.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586601036.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "My headcannon for this is that Kirk thought it would be funny.", "human_ref_B": "Okay hotshot. A whale sends you and your space pals back to 1737. That's the same amount of time between Kirk and 1986. Should you send Chekov to buy grain is Azov? I mean, you need that grain in order to bribe the metalsmith to smelt you some Aermet steel (hey, maybe Ekrem the one who discovered Aermet in the first place!). Is it too much of a risk? Oh no, you got the end of the Russo-Turkish war wrong. Azov won't be ceded to the Russian Empire until the Treaty of Ni\u0161 in 1739. Now Chekov is in the hands of the dreaded Te\u015fkil\u00e2t-\u0131 Mahsusa and you're going to have to go on some crazy hijinks to get him out. In the grand scheme of things, the cold war was a 50 year period of tensions between two counties that have both been consinged to the dustbin of history. Kirk's a busy guy, he can't know all the specifics of 250 year old political history from just one planet in a very big federation?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17112.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn2s2j2", "c_root_id_B": "fn2atd8", "created_at_utc_A": 1586601036.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586582837.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Okay hotshot. A whale sends you and your space pals back to 1737. That's the same amount of time between Kirk and 1986. Should you send Chekov to buy grain is Azov? I mean, you need that grain in order to bribe the metalsmith to smelt you some Aermet steel (hey, maybe Ekrem the one who discovered Aermet in the first place!). Is it too much of a risk? Oh no, you got the end of the Russo-Turkish war wrong. Azov won't be ceded to the Russian Empire until the Treaty of Ni\u0161 in 1739. Now Chekov is in the hands of the dreaded Te\u015fkil\u00e2t-\u0131 Mahsusa and you're going to have to go on some crazy hijinks to get him out. In the grand scheme of things, the cold war was a 50 year period of tensions between two counties that have both been consinged to the dustbin of history. Kirk's a busy guy, he can't know all the specifics of 250 year old political history from just one planet in a very big federation?", "human_ref_B": "\"Now say 'nuclear wessels'\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18199.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn2rul3", "c_root_id_B": "fn2s2j2", "created_at_utc_A": 1586600777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586601036.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "dont you mean nuclear wessels?", "human_ref_B": "Okay hotshot. A whale sends you and your space pals back to 1737. That's the same amount of time between Kirk and 1986. Should you send Chekov to buy grain is Azov? I mean, you need that grain in order to bribe the metalsmith to smelt you some Aermet steel (hey, maybe Ekrem the one who discovered Aermet in the first place!). Is it too much of a risk? Oh no, you got the end of the Russo-Turkish war wrong. Azov won't be ceded to the Russian Empire until the Treaty of Ni\u0161 in 1739. Now Chekov is in the hands of the dreaded Te\u015fkil\u00e2t-\u0131 Mahsusa and you're going to have to go on some crazy hijinks to get him out. In the grand scheme of things, the cold war was a 50 year period of tensions between two counties that have both been consinged to the dustbin of history. Kirk's a busy guy, he can't know all the specifics of 250 year old political history from just one planet in a very big federation?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 259.0, "score_ratio": 10.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn2atd8", "c_root_id_B": "fn2c1i4", "created_at_utc_A": 1586582837.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586583924.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "\"Now say 'nuclear wessels'\"", "human_ref_B": "My headcannon for this is that Kirk thought it would be funny.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1087.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn2rul3", "c_root_id_B": "fn2soy2", "created_at_utc_A": 1586600777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586601746.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "dont you mean nuclear wessels?", "human_ref_B": "Kirk's from 300 or so years in the future, Do you know about geopolitical context of what accent and lineage people had in the early 1700s? How many people can you name who would know that, for example, irish people were treated with huge prejudice, so your red headed crewmate might get strung up for asking the wrong questions. ( to add on a side note, many if not all of those people reacting to 'nuclear wessels' were candid passerby and not extras )", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 969.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn2rul3", "c_root_id_B": "fn2sypm", "created_at_utc_A": 1586600777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586602056.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "dont you mean nuclear wessels?", "human_ref_B": "correction \"Nuclear Wessels\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1279.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyt2c9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home] When they time-traveled to 1986, Kirk describes the time period as a very \"primitive and paranoid culture.\" So what the hell was he thinking when he sent the Russian guy to search for the nuclear vessels? Gillian Taylor was right, the crew of the Enterprise really wasn't at their finest when she met them.", "c_root_id_A": "fn2v0kt", "c_root_id_B": "fn2zkuq", "created_at_utc_A": 1586604389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586608772.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "well double dumbass on them", "human_ref_B": "Wessels", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4383.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jk6cg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[John Wick]Oh god! A dog just ran straight in front of my car! I couldn't get out of the way! It's dead. When I checked the tag it said it was owned by John Wick! It wasn't my fault! What do I do? Do I tell him? Leave a state? The country? I don't want to die! What do I do! A bunch of people saw me! I can't just bury it!", "c_root_id_A": "dbgqwmw", "c_root_id_B": "dbh08i4", "created_at_utc_A": 1482331578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482343312.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 57, "human_ref_A": "You bust out the best, most sincere and heart-felt apology of all time, and you pray like a sonofabitch that John Wick isn't armed.", "human_ref_B": "John's a reasonable, measured individual. If you respectfully take the dog to his home and explain the accident, you'll be absolutely fine. If you do something stupid like leave the country and hide in a favela, you'll be having the exact same conversation with someone full of adrenaline and covered in blood. Your call.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11734.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jk6cg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[John Wick]Oh god! A dog just ran straight in front of my car! I couldn't get out of the way! It's dead. When I checked the tag it said it was owned by John Wick! It wasn't my fault! What do I do? Do I tell him? Leave a state? The country? I don't want to die! What do I do! A bunch of people saw me! I can't just bury it!", "c_root_id_A": "dbgqwmw", "c_root_id_B": "dbh67ns", "created_at_utc_A": 1482331578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482350424.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "You bust out the best, most sincere and heart-felt apology of all time, and you pray like a sonofabitch that John Wick isn't armed.", "human_ref_B": "John didn't go on a rampage killing the doctors who couldn't save his wife. He understands how life works. Just apologize, squeeze out some tears, and hope for the best.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18846.0, "score_ratio": 4.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jk6cg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[John Wick]Oh god! A dog just ran straight in front of my car! I couldn't get out of the way! It's dead. When I checked the tag it said it was owned by John Wick! It wasn't my fault! What do I do? Do I tell him? Leave a state? The country? I don't want to die! What do I do! A bunch of people saw me! I can't just bury it!", "c_root_id_A": "dbhp6d5", "c_root_id_B": "dbhaf66", "created_at_utc_A": 1482376293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482355502.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pick up the dog. Reverently lay it in your passenger seat, upholstery be dammed. Pick up a bottle of whiskey. Drive to his house. Knock on the door. Explain what happened. Meet his eye. Show him the dog, so that he can see you took care of it even after death. Offer him the bottle.", "human_ref_B": "Oh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20791.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jk6cg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[John Wick]Oh god! A dog just ran straight in front of my car! I couldn't get out of the way! It's dead. When I checked the tag it said it was owned by John Wick! It wasn't my fault! What do I do? Do I tell him? Leave a state? The country? I don't want to die! What do I do! A bunch of people saw me! I can't just bury it!", "c_root_id_A": "dbhp6d5", "c_root_id_B": "dbhdx53", "created_at_utc_A": 1482376293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482359913.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Pick up the dog. Reverently lay it in your passenger seat, upholstery be dammed. Pick up a bottle of whiskey. Drive to his house. Knock on the door. Explain what happened. Meet his eye. Show him the dog, so that he can see you took care of it even after death. Offer him the bottle.", "human_ref_B": "Well, if you're a fanboy, you demand John Wick 3 and claim that \"it totally makes sense to go on a murderous rampage after someone kills your dog that was given to your by your deceased wife\". If you're not, you let the man know and see how he wants repayment: vet bills, burying the animal, etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16380.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jk6cg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[John Wick]Oh god! A dog just ran straight in front of my car! I couldn't get out of the way! It's dead. When I checked the tag it said it was owned by John Wick! It wasn't my fault! What do I do? Do I tell him? Leave a state? The country? I don't want to die! What do I do! A bunch of people saw me! I can't just bury it!", "c_root_id_A": "dbhrmn9", "c_root_id_B": "dbhdx53", "created_at_utc_A": 1482380161.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482359913.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Offer to help him get a new dog. And then buy a light up dog collar so it can be seen at night", "human_ref_B": "Well, if you're a fanboy, you demand John Wick 3 and claim that \"it totally makes sense to go on a murderous rampage after someone kills your dog that was given to your by your deceased wife\". If you're not, you let the man know and see how he wants repayment: vet bills, burying the animal, etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20248.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fv3fvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Trek: The Next Generation] In many episodes of the show the enterprise comes into contact with many human colony\u2019s, but for some reason a few of these colony\u2019s are completely unaware of Starfleets existence. Why is this?", "c_root_id_A": "fmg6k1a", "c_root_id_B": "fmg7fx6", "created_at_utc_A": 1586042315.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586042854.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 239, "human_ref_A": "An ancient alien race seeded life on many different planets, that would evolve into humanoid bipedal beings. Basically, you have a bunch of planets with natives that look just like humans, because Earth was just another one of those planets with life seeded from the same ancient race. The \"humanoid\" model is very common across the galaxy, presumably because Class M planets tend to have similar environments.", "human_ref_B": "Some of them were from generational ships sent long before Starfleet. Others were transplanted by aliens. And some just coincidentally look like humans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 539.0, "score_ratio": 7.2424242424, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fv3fvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Trek: The Next Generation] In many episodes of the show the enterprise comes into contact with many human colony\u2019s, but for some reason a few of these colony\u2019s are completely unaware of Starfleets existence. Why is this?", "c_root_id_A": "fmgab3k", "c_root_id_B": "fmg6k1a", "created_at_utc_A": 1586044614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586042315.0, "score_A": 171, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "A great deal of human colonies were founded long before the formation of the Federation, and even before Earth's original Starfleet. There was a brief period of wild-west expansion away from Earth as warp reactors became more commonplace, and the United Earth government was slow to make these colonization and exploration efforts official. Because of this, and the limited technology of the time, several human colonies were cut off for decades, if not centuries, as they slowly built themselves up. And so were unaware of the changes that happened on their relative doorstep.", "human_ref_B": "An ancient alien race seeded life on many different planets, that would evolve into humanoid bipedal beings. Basically, you have a bunch of planets with natives that look just like humans, because Earth was just another one of those planets with life seeded from the same ancient race. The \"humanoid\" model is very common across the galaxy, presumably because Class M planets tend to have similar environments.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2299.0, "score_ratio": 5.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fv3fvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Trek: The Next Generation] In many episodes of the show the enterprise comes into contact with many human colony\u2019s, but for some reason a few of these colony\u2019s are completely unaware of Starfleets existence. Why is this?", "c_root_id_A": "fmgab3k", "c_root_id_B": "fmg99o3", "created_at_utc_A": 1586044614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586043980.0, "score_A": 171, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "A great deal of human colonies were founded long before the formation of the Federation, and even before Earth's original Starfleet. There was a brief period of wild-west expansion away from Earth as warp reactors became more commonplace, and the United Earth government was slow to make these colonization and exploration efforts official. Because of this, and the limited technology of the time, several human colonies were cut off for decades, if not centuries, as they slowly built themselves up. And so were unaware of the changes that happened on their relative doorstep.", "human_ref_B": "Actually human? Or just human with slightly lumpy foreheads? The rule is, we're not allowed to make first contact with a new alien race (no matter how much they look like humans) until their society has advanced enough for them to develop technology for faster-than-light travel on their own. Knowledge of our existence before that point is a prime directive violation, as it interferes with the the natural development of their culture.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 634.0, "score_ratio": 5.5161290323, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fv3fvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Trek: The Next Generation] In many episodes of the show the enterprise comes into contact with many human colony\u2019s, but for some reason a few of these colony\u2019s are completely unaware of Starfleets existence. Why is this?", "c_root_id_A": "fmh8yq6", "c_root_id_B": "fmh8hgv", "created_at_utc_A": 1586070788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586070308.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the only case where this happens in TNG is in Up The Long Ladder, where the colonisation ship went off course and they had to settle somewhere else. ENT has Terra Nova which was a very early attempt, contact failed, and they are only now catching up with them. Of course, the Federation does not exist then. These are the only instances I can think of that are the result of deliberate human colonisation efforts that do not know what's going on. In addition you have those that do not like the Federation, and various groups abducted by aliens. Both found in all series.", "human_ref_B": "*colonies", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 480.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "znll0v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the security camera footage not clear Ahsoka of Leta\u2019s murder charge? I know they said the sound had been mysteriously cut, which should have helped prove Ahsoka was being set up anyway, but the footage shows Leta choking while Ahsoka tries to get her down. In order to Force Choke someone, don\u2019t you need to do a specific hand motion? Users typically hold their hands in a grip, and they don\u2019t use both hands to do it. Ahsoka was, if anything, lifting her up or trying to put her down. How did the Jedi Council not realize this?", "c_root_id_A": "j0hn5k9", "c_root_id_B": "j0hpa8c", "created_at_utc_A": 1671215560.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671216412.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": ">In order to Force Choke someone, don\u2019t you need to do a specific hand motion? No you do not. This action is not required. In this scene Vader is choking Admiral Mozel but he's making no gesture while doing so. Typically when it's done with the gesture, it's about either focus or more likely dramatic effect so that those present and in observance KNOW it's Vader causing him to choke, and not just, say, acid reflux. So that said, Ahsoka COULD have been choking Leta without the gesture. All that said, and if I recall correctly, Ahsoka's dismissal was more about the ambiguity and the optics more than having actual hard evidence of guilt.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 852.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "znll0v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the security camera footage not clear Ahsoka of Leta\u2019s murder charge? I know they said the sound had been mysteriously cut, which should have helped prove Ahsoka was being set up anyway, but the footage shows Leta choking while Ahsoka tries to get her down. In order to Force Choke someone, don\u2019t you need to do a specific hand motion? Users typically hold their hands in a grip, and they don\u2019t use both hands to do it. Ahsoka was, if anything, lifting her up or trying to put her down. How did the Jedi Council not realize this?", "c_root_id_A": "j0hn5k9", "c_root_id_B": "j0hp58z", "created_at_utc_A": 1671215560.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671216357.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "> In order to Force Choke someone, don\u2019t you need to do a specific hand motion? No it's not strictly necessary. Force choke is just an application of telekinesis which can be seen numerous times throughout the series being done without hand movements.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 797.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "znll0v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the security camera footage not clear Ahsoka of Leta\u2019s murder charge? I know they said the sound had been mysteriously cut, which should have helped prove Ahsoka was being set up anyway, but the footage shows Leta choking while Ahsoka tries to get her down. In order to Force Choke someone, don\u2019t you need to do a specific hand motion? Users typically hold their hands in a grip, and they don\u2019t use both hands to do it. Ahsoka was, if anything, lifting her up or trying to put her down. How did the Jedi Council not realize this?", "c_root_id_A": "j0hpa8c", "c_root_id_B": "j0hp58z", "created_at_utc_A": 1671216412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671216357.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": ">In order to Force Choke someone, don\u2019t you need to do a specific hand motion? No you do not. This action is not required. In this scene Vader is choking Admiral Mozel but he's making no gesture while doing so. Typically when it's done with the gesture, it's about either focus or more likely dramatic effect so that those present and in observance KNOW it's Vader causing him to choke, and not just, say, acid reflux. So that said, Ahsoka COULD have been choking Leta without the gesture. All that said, and if I recall correctly, Ahsoka's dismissal was more about the ambiguity and the optics more than having actual hard evidence of guilt.", "human_ref_B": "> In order to Force Choke someone, don\u2019t you need to do a specific hand motion? No it's not strictly necessary. Force choke is just an application of telekinesis which can be seen numerous times throughout the series being done without hand movements.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 55.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68i2p2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] If fighting a dragon was a challenge in the new, \"safer\" Triwizard Tournament, what the hell were the old ones like? Sure they only had to steal the egg but it doesn't take much to get roasted alive doing that.", "c_root_id_A": "dgz0g7r", "c_root_id_B": "dgyyfvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1493608775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493605820.0, "score_A": 69, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "I don't think they actually made the tasks safer/easier, but made the whole thing safer by having more safety precautions - e.g. Having teachers patrolling the maze.", "human_ref_B": "I thought it was just safer in the sense that they limited it to seventh-years?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2955.0, "score_ratio": 3.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68i2p2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] If fighting a dragon was a challenge in the new, \"safer\" Triwizard Tournament, what the hell were the old ones like? Sure they only had to steal the egg but it doesn't take much to get roasted alive doing that.", "c_root_id_A": "dgz2y3y", "c_root_id_B": "dgz46u6", "created_at_utc_A": 1493613028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493615535.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "These days the dragons are young and raised from the egg. In other words tame as an angry bull. That doesn't sound 'tame,' but we're taking dragons. Before such large class sizes, one had to go and *find* a dragon and kill it in its own lair.", "human_ref_B": "1792 Triwizard Tournament >\"Well, the Heads of the participating schools are always on the panel, because all three of them were injured during the Tournament of 1792, when a cockatrice the champions were supposed to be catching went on the rampage. It's all in Hogwarts: A History.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2507.0, "score_ratio": 2.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68i2p2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] If fighting a dragon was a challenge in the new, \"safer\" Triwizard Tournament, what the hell were the old ones like? Sure they only had to steal the egg but it doesn't take much to get roasted alive doing that.", "c_root_id_A": "dgyyfvl", "c_root_id_B": "dgz46u6", "created_at_utc_A": 1493605820.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493615535.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "I thought it was just safer in the sense that they limited it to seventh-years?", "human_ref_B": "1792 Triwizard Tournament >\"Well, the Heads of the participating schools are always on the panel, because all three of them were injured during the Tournament of 1792, when a cockatrice the champions were supposed to be catching went on the rampage. It's all in Hogwarts: A History.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9715.0, "score_ratio": 3.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68i2p2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] If fighting a dragon was a challenge in the new, \"safer\" Triwizard Tournament, what the hell were the old ones like? Sure they only had to steal the egg but it doesn't take much to get roasted alive doing that.", "c_root_id_A": "dgz46u6", "c_root_id_B": "dgz3knd", "created_at_utc_A": 1493615535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493614256.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "1792 Triwizard Tournament >\"Well, the Heads of the participating schools are always on the panel, because all three of them were injured during the Tournament of 1792, when a cockatrice the champions were supposed to be catching went on the rampage. It's all in Hogwarts: A History.\"", "human_ref_B": "In the new first task, you have to steal a dragon egg from a nesting mother. In the old first task, you had ~~fuck the dragon~~ eat the egg in front of her", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1279.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68i2p2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] If fighting a dragon was a challenge in the new, \"safer\" Triwizard Tournament, what the hell were the old ones like? Sure they only had to steal the egg but it doesn't take much to get roasted alive doing that.", "c_root_id_A": "dgyyfvl", "c_root_id_B": "dgz2y3y", "created_at_utc_A": 1493605820.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493613028.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "I thought it was just safer in the sense that they limited it to seventh-years?", "human_ref_B": "These days the dragons are young and raised from the egg. In other words tame as an angry bull. That doesn't sound 'tame,' but we're taking dragons. Before such large class sizes, one had to go and *find* a dragon and kill it in its own lair.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7208.0, "score_ratio": 1.2380952381, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8jlqkk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Back to the Future Part 2] When Marty went to 2015, shouldn't he have arrived at a timeline where he mysteriously vanished in 1985? It's not as though he was in Hill Valley again until 2015 once he got in the Delorean, same with Jennifer. Those two and Doc should have wound up in a timeline where they just went missing, yes? Did they just visit a parallel universe?", "c_root_id_A": "dz0lvxm", "c_root_id_B": "dz0ob27", "created_at_utc_A": 1526394620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1526396876.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "I suspect Doc Brown did something to pull Marty into *his* timeline, instead of just 'naturally' going forward. Cause Doc Brown was from there right? You're talking about the one where Cyber Biff and his gang have hover boards right? I think Doc went to a very specific 2015. Though I'm not sure if that makes it an alternate timeline..", "human_ref_B": "The Delorean travels through time faster than the ripple effect of time changing. This explains why Old Biff came back to the 2015 we already knew, but then disappeared as past events within the timeline caught up to him (deleted scene). When Marty travels from 1985 to 2015 we are seeing the most likely future. This would also explain why Doc is in such a hurry to get his plan done and save Marty Jr., he knows that the ripple effect will catch up to them if they don't return to 1985 fast. This also explains why Doc is in such a rush to get Marty to the future at the end of Part 1. You'd think, they have a time machine, what does it matter if they go and fix the future now or next week? Well, since Marty just changed his family's history during the events of Part 1 there is a ripple effect catching up to him. Marty still remembers the old life (we see his reaction to his rich good looking parents after he wakes up), but in time the ripple effect will overwrite these. And perhaps in this new timeline Marty never had any reason to seek out and work for Doc. Doc needs to get to Marty before their history from the original timeline is erased, so Marty still remembers him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2256.0, "score_ratio": 19.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d3s67j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] What if a muggle born Hogwarts graduate tried to enlist in her Majesty's armed forces? Would the ministry allow it? How could they use their powers to covertly help their unit?", "c_root_id_A": "f05t0le", "c_root_id_B": "f05wvfq", "created_at_utc_A": 1568418812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1568422108.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Most likely result would be that the Muggleborn would be found out during the training process and some well shaven guys in clean, well tailored suits will be at their door that evening. The Muggleborn will be While The Ministry has no business dealing in Muggle affairs, muggles aren't particularly the same way. Any edge you can get- including the secret cultivation of magic and occult ritual -is well worth the coin.", "human_ref_B": "Probably not historically, but I get the sense the wizarding world is on the cusp of some major changes now that Muggle tech is equalling or even eclipsing magic in some areas.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3296.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d3s67j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] What if a muggle born Hogwarts graduate tried to enlist in her Majesty's armed forces? Would the ministry allow it? How could they use their powers to covertly help their unit?", "c_root_id_A": "f06042x", "c_root_id_B": "f05t0le", "created_at_utc_A": 1568424921.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1568418812.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Even though we've never heard of it, it wouldn't surprise me at all if there was actually a very small wizard brigade that was kept around for \"special operations\" and such. Like Navy Seals but with magic.", "human_ref_B": "Most likely result would be that the Muggleborn would be found out during the training process and some well shaven guys in clean, well tailored suits will be at their door that evening. The Muggleborn will be While The Ministry has no business dealing in Muggle affairs, muggles aren't particularly the same way. Any edge you can get- including the secret cultivation of magic and occult ritual -is well worth the coin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6109.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d3s67j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] What if a muggle born Hogwarts graduate tried to enlist in her Majesty's armed forces? Would the ministry allow it? How could they use their powers to covertly help their unit?", "c_root_id_A": "f060nbk", "c_root_id_B": "f05t0le", "created_at_utc_A": 1568425390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1568418812.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Kingsley was briefly appointed in service of the British Prime Minister, by the ministry of magic.", "human_ref_B": "Most likely result would be that the Muggleborn would be found out during the training process and some well shaven guys in clean, well tailored suits will be at their door that evening. The Muggleborn will be While The Ministry has no business dealing in Muggle affairs, muggles aren't particularly the same way. Any edge you can get- including the secret cultivation of magic and occult ritual -is well worth the coin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6578.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d3s67j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] What if a muggle born Hogwarts graduate tried to enlist in her Majesty's armed forces? Would the ministry allow it? How could they use their powers to covertly help their unit?", "c_root_id_A": "f06h4wp", "c_root_id_B": "f05t0le", "created_at_utc_A": 1568437759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1568418812.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "An ungodly amount of shit breaks in the army. It's a known fact but never actually expected. You could greatly increase your unit's mobility / firepower / etc by magic-ing away all of these issues. Also, heavy things are often where they aren't supposed to be; this ranges from trucks / tanks stuck in the mud, to a quarter ton generator + trailer set that is over here that needs to be over there. Magically moving this shit frees up so many man hours I'm giddy just thinking about it. So the unit that has the wizard / witch will all of a sudden be a super unit, and nobody will know why. Good for a lot of reasons, bad for all the subsequent attention both allies and enemies will give said unit.", "human_ref_B": "Most likely result would be that the Muggleborn would be found out during the training process and some well shaven guys in clean, well tailored suits will be at their door that evening. The Muggleborn will be While The Ministry has no business dealing in Muggle affairs, muggles aren't particularly the same way. Any edge you can get- including the secret cultivation of magic and occult ritual -is well worth the coin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18947.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d3s67j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Harry Potter] What if a muggle born Hogwarts graduate tried to enlist in her Majesty's armed forces? Would the ministry allow it? How could they use their powers to covertly help their unit?", "c_root_id_A": "f071itg", "c_root_id_B": "f05t0le", "created_at_utc_A": 1568450549.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1568418812.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why does someone join the military? 1.They are poor. Which isn't really something that happens in the Wizarding world. Yes, you have the Weasleys, but that's more like... visual poorness. They don't actually starve, or lack commodities they need for a comfortable living. They just have some hand-me-downs bcs they have a bazillion kids and are not good enough at magic to conjure up whatever luxury items they might want. 2.You're a patriot, but any fully educated wizard muggle-born or otherwise will have been emerged for years in the Wizard community and feel a loyalty more towards the Ministry of Magic and the wizard community than the muggle UK. So it's rather unlikely that a fully-fledged wizard would join the military.", "human_ref_B": "Most likely result would be that the Muggleborn would be found out during the training process and some well shaven guys in clean, well tailored suits will be at their door that evening. The Muggleborn will be While The Ministry has no business dealing in Muggle affairs, muggles aren't particularly the same way. Any edge you can get- including the secret cultivation of magic and occult ritual -is well worth the coin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31737.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "slwnco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Free Guy - Spoiler] If you delete the AI, or in some way. terminate it, is that murder? So it's established that the AI in Free City has become not just Sentient, but Sapient. So would deleting, turning off, erasing, or destroying the AI or its infrastructure be murder in the real world?", "c_root_id_A": "hvt60he", "c_root_id_B": "hvt8wxw", "created_at_utc_A": 1644154861.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644156385.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Under current laws? No. Murder is defined as the unlawful killing of a *human*. Sapience is not the deciding factor.", "human_ref_B": "Legally, no. Philosophically, yes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1524.0, "score_ratio": 1.2608695652, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "slwnco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Free Guy - Spoiler] If you delete the AI, or in some way. terminate it, is that murder? So it's established that the AI in Free City has become not just Sentient, but Sapient. So would deleting, turning off, erasing, or destroying the AI or its infrastructure be murder in the real world?", "c_root_id_A": "hw2hsri", "c_root_id_B": "hvv3jxm", "created_at_utc_A": 1644318975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644183876.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The issue comes down to not only definitive proof, but full consensus of lawmakers to determine if an AI is 1: Actual artificial intelligence, 2: a conscious life form. In fairy tale land, you just show proof and that's all. In the real world, where religions exist, there most likely wouldn't be consensus. You would have to convince the religious people that it is actually life. You would have to convince the technologically illiterate that a computer can even create life. Even if the top scientists in the world all unanimously agree that the AI is new life, it would take convincing the public and/or the lawmakers that they are life. So, considering recent events and the rejection of basic science and discoveries from the world's top experts, I do not believe it would be considered murder in a legal sense and morally ambiguous in the philosophical sense due to competing theologies.", "human_ref_B": "AI is not an actual person or anything under the law right now but in near future there will be laws stating and regulating AI\u2019s activities and their consequences. So technically for now it is not a murder.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 135099.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "slwnco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Free Guy - Spoiler] If you delete the AI, or in some way. terminate it, is that murder? So it's established that the AI in Free City has become not just Sentient, but Sapient. So would deleting, turning off, erasing, or destroying the AI or its infrastructure be murder in the real world?", "c_root_id_A": "hw2hsri", "c_root_id_B": "hvxgnio", "created_at_utc_A": 1644318975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644229577.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The issue comes down to not only definitive proof, but full consensus of lawmakers to determine if an AI is 1: Actual artificial intelligence, 2: a conscious life form. In fairy tale land, you just show proof and that's all. In the real world, where religions exist, there most likely wouldn't be consensus. You would have to convince the religious people that it is actually life. You would have to convince the technologically illiterate that a computer can even create life. Even if the top scientists in the world all unanimously agree that the AI is new life, it would take convincing the public and/or the lawmakers that they are life. So, considering recent events and the rejection of basic science and discoveries from the world's top experts, I do not believe it would be considered murder in a legal sense and morally ambiguous in the philosophical sense due to competing theologies.", "human_ref_B": "This is a major plot point in the mass effect trilogy Legion- does this unit have a soul?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 89398.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bswzpx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Game of Thrones] What if [SPOILER CHARACTER] ruled the Seven Kingdoms at the end? ***SPOILERS FOR THE END OF SERIES 8 WITHIN: IF YOU\u2019RE NOT CAUGHT UP EJECT FROM THE THREAD*** So, here\u2019s a question: if Daenerys Targaryen had remained on the Iron Throne and actually got to rule after winning the Seven Kingdoms, could she have actually made a success of it (despite her ***incredibly*** bad first impression)? Let\u2019s say that, after Dany\u2019s big speech in the ruins of the Red Keep, Jon follows her to the Throne Room like he did in the episode. He goes to talk to her, and angrily confronts her on her slaughter of civilians like he did in the episode, giving her one last chance to reconsider the path she\u2019s on. And this time, it actually works. Dany breaks down. She\u2019s horrified at her own actions, and deeply ashamed at the fact she\u2019s basically become the next Cersei. She\u2019s let down Jorah, and Tyrion, and even Missandei, and knows it. So she swears that the preservation of innocent life will be her priority from this point on, and that she\u2019ll do the same thing she tried to do in Meereen: try to be a good ruler to the people she has now instead of endlessly tearing things down. Dany starts the process of rebuilding King\u2019s Landing, cancels any and all plans at future expansion until further notice, and starts looking to appoint a Hand and a Small Council. She tries to arrange a meeting of the leaders of each territory, like Jon and Tyrion\u2019s trial ended up being, in order to give everyone a say in what happens next. Varys already sent the letters out to the lords announcing Jon's true parentage: but Jon, convinced that Dany is on the straight and narrow and trying to do the right thing, publicly announces he\u2019s renouncing his claim to the Throne (since he didn't want it anyway). Does it work? Territories will secede, but how many, and would she be able to find anyone to support her? And is she better or worse than the average Westerosi ruler?", "c_root_id_A": "eoteap3", "c_root_id_B": "eoskfsj", "created_at_utc_A": 1558839647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558824589.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Fuck no, we\u2019ve seen her rule in Slaver\u2019s Bay. She\u2019s really bad at it. It\u2019s only lucky that Westeros is very decentralized so she\u2019d only govern the Crownlands, and even that is mostly governed by the local lords. Unfortunately she wants \u2018to break the wheel\u2019 that means taking away feudal lord\u2019s authority and establishing an actual Absolute Monarchy She couldn\u2019t balance the power in 3 City-States, now she\u2019s going to take on a continent with tens of millions of subjects? No way.", "human_ref_B": "It would absolutely go well. She and Jon had strong links to the whole realm. She has incredible power and if she dies, Jon could ride Drogon. The issue would go back tk the game of thrones. We still don't know if she was really infertile or not but I have always been on the side that says you shouldn't trust everything a witch who tried to murder you tells you. While we find out, Dany's biggest threat is treason but destroying the realm does not mean you die if you can be as diplomatic as Tywin Lannister. Dany's reign could last a year or decades depending on how well this part goes but she will always have a great foreign army who is purely loyal to her and a dragon, so people planning regicide would thread carefully.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15058.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bswzpx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Game of Thrones] What if [SPOILER CHARACTER] ruled the Seven Kingdoms at the end? ***SPOILERS FOR THE END OF SERIES 8 WITHIN: IF YOU\u2019RE NOT CAUGHT UP EJECT FROM THE THREAD*** So, here\u2019s a question: if Daenerys Targaryen had remained on the Iron Throne and actually got to rule after winning the Seven Kingdoms, could she have actually made a success of it (despite her ***incredibly*** bad first impression)? Let\u2019s say that, after Dany\u2019s big speech in the ruins of the Red Keep, Jon follows her to the Throne Room like he did in the episode. He goes to talk to her, and angrily confronts her on her slaughter of civilians like he did in the episode, giving her one last chance to reconsider the path she\u2019s on. And this time, it actually works. Dany breaks down. She\u2019s horrified at her own actions, and deeply ashamed at the fact she\u2019s basically become the next Cersei. She\u2019s let down Jorah, and Tyrion, and even Missandei, and knows it. So she swears that the preservation of innocent life will be her priority from this point on, and that she\u2019ll do the same thing she tried to do in Meereen: try to be a good ruler to the people she has now instead of endlessly tearing things down. Dany starts the process of rebuilding King\u2019s Landing, cancels any and all plans at future expansion until further notice, and starts looking to appoint a Hand and a Small Council. She tries to arrange a meeting of the leaders of each territory, like Jon and Tyrion\u2019s trial ended up being, in order to give everyone a say in what happens next. Varys already sent the letters out to the lords announcing Jon's true parentage: but Jon, convinced that Dany is on the straight and narrow and trying to do the right thing, publicly announces he\u2019s renouncing his claim to the Throne (since he didn't want it anyway). Does it work? Territories will secede, but how many, and would she be able to find anyone to support her? And is she better or worse than the average Westerosi ruler?", "c_root_id_A": "eoteap3", "c_root_id_B": "eoskhyv", "created_at_utc_A": 1558839647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558824615.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Fuck no, we\u2019ve seen her rule in Slaver\u2019s Bay. She\u2019s really bad at it. It\u2019s only lucky that Westeros is very decentralized so she\u2019d only govern the Crownlands, and even that is mostly governed by the local lords. Unfortunately she wants \u2018to break the wheel\u2019 that means taking away feudal lord\u2019s authority and establishing an actual Absolute Monarchy She couldn\u2019t balance the power in 3 City-States, now she\u2019s going to take on a continent with tens of millions of subjects? No way.", "human_ref_B": "Nobody deserved to sit on the iron throne. Heck, Drogon completely eliminated that possibility in the end. I kind of wish that the lords of the seven kingdoms would have taken that event as the wake-up call that it could have been. The kingdoms should have gone back to self-governance, like they had been in the time before Aegon's Conquest. Not just the North, but all of the kingdoms would pick their own rulers. There's an obvious problem with centralized power on a continent so vastly diverse with different regions and climates and even cultures. Dorne could not be any less similar to The North, yet they are both supposed to be ruled by the same king?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15032.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bswzpx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Game of Thrones] What if [SPOILER CHARACTER] ruled the Seven Kingdoms at the end? ***SPOILERS FOR THE END OF SERIES 8 WITHIN: IF YOU\u2019RE NOT CAUGHT UP EJECT FROM THE THREAD*** So, here\u2019s a question: if Daenerys Targaryen had remained on the Iron Throne and actually got to rule after winning the Seven Kingdoms, could she have actually made a success of it (despite her ***incredibly*** bad first impression)? Let\u2019s say that, after Dany\u2019s big speech in the ruins of the Red Keep, Jon follows her to the Throne Room like he did in the episode. He goes to talk to her, and angrily confronts her on her slaughter of civilians like he did in the episode, giving her one last chance to reconsider the path she\u2019s on. And this time, it actually works. Dany breaks down. She\u2019s horrified at her own actions, and deeply ashamed at the fact she\u2019s basically become the next Cersei. She\u2019s let down Jorah, and Tyrion, and even Missandei, and knows it. So she swears that the preservation of innocent life will be her priority from this point on, and that she\u2019ll do the same thing she tried to do in Meereen: try to be a good ruler to the people she has now instead of endlessly tearing things down. Dany starts the process of rebuilding King\u2019s Landing, cancels any and all plans at future expansion until further notice, and starts looking to appoint a Hand and a Small Council. She tries to arrange a meeting of the leaders of each territory, like Jon and Tyrion\u2019s trial ended up being, in order to give everyone a say in what happens next. Varys already sent the letters out to the lords announcing Jon's true parentage: but Jon, convinced that Dany is on the straight and narrow and trying to do the right thing, publicly announces he\u2019s renouncing his claim to the Throne (since he didn't want it anyway). Does it work? Territories will secede, but how many, and would she be able to find anyone to support her? And is she better or worse than the average Westerosi ruler?", "c_root_id_A": "eoskg6c", "c_root_id_B": "eoteap3", "created_at_utc_A": 1558824594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558839647.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I doubt she would've done very much ruling. At the end she seemed very hellbent on continuing wars until she \"liberated the whole world\" as Tyrion mentioned. She probably would've left most of the Seven Kingdoms to run themselves kinda like what she did to her lands in Essos (which would either have them ruling autonomously with limited problems over fear of what she'd do or outright rebellion between different factions). Dany would probably spend the rest of her life traveling to every new place she could find that she hasn't conquered and going all fire and blood on them until she either got killed or she succeeded. I don't personally think she would've actually ended up back in Westeros since she'd probably just keep going east until she fought a kingdom or empire strong enough to stop her (Yi Ti maybe?)", "human_ref_B": "Fuck no, we\u2019ve seen her rule in Slaver\u2019s Bay. She\u2019s really bad at it. It\u2019s only lucky that Westeros is very decentralized so she\u2019d only govern the Crownlands, and even that is mostly governed by the local lords. Unfortunately she wants \u2018to break the wheel\u2019 that means taking away feudal lord\u2019s authority and establishing an actual Absolute Monarchy She couldn\u2019t balance the power in 3 City-States, now she\u2019s going to take on a continent with tens of millions of subjects? No way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15053.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bswzpx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Game of Thrones] What if [SPOILER CHARACTER] ruled the Seven Kingdoms at the end? ***SPOILERS FOR THE END OF SERIES 8 WITHIN: IF YOU\u2019RE NOT CAUGHT UP EJECT FROM THE THREAD*** So, here\u2019s a question: if Daenerys Targaryen had remained on the Iron Throne and actually got to rule after winning the Seven Kingdoms, could she have actually made a success of it (despite her ***incredibly*** bad first impression)? Let\u2019s say that, after Dany\u2019s big speech in the ruins of the Red Keep, Jon follows her to the Throne Room like he did in the episode. He goes to talk to her, and angrily confronts her on her slaughter of civilians like he did in the episode, giving her one last chance to reconsider the path she\u2019s on. And this time, it actually works. Dany breaks down. She\u2019s horrified at her own actions, and deeply ashamed at the fact she\u2019s basically become the next Cersei. She\u2019s let down Jorah, and Tyrion, and even Missandei, and knows it. So she swears that the preservation of innocent life will be her priority from this point on, and that she\u2019ll do the same thing she tried to do in Meereen: try to be a good ruler to the people she has now instead of endlessly tearing things down. Dany starts the process of rebuilding King\u2019s Landing, cancels any and all plans at future expansion until further notice, and starts looking to appoint a Hand and a Small Council. She tries to arrange a meeting of the leaders of each territory, like Jon and Tyrion\u2019s trial ended up being, in order to give everyone a say in what happens next. Varys already sent the letters out to the lords announcing Jon's true parentage: but Jon, convinced that Dany is on the straight and narrow and trying to do the right thing, publicly announces he\u2019s renouncing his claim to the Throne (since he didn't want it anyway). Does it work? Territories will secede, but how many, and would she be able to find anyone to support her? And is she better or worse than the average Westerosi ruler?", "c_root_id_A": "eoskhyv", "c_root_id_B": "eoskg6c", "created_at_utc_A": 1558824615.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558824594.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Nobody deserved to sit on the iron throne. Heck, Drogon completely eliminated that possibility in the end. I kind of wish that the lords of the seven kingdoms would have taken that event as the wake-up call that it could have been. The kingdoms should have gone back to self-governance, like they had been in the time before Aegon's Conquest. Not just the North, but all of the kingdoms would pick their own rulers. There's an obvious problem with centralized power on a continent so vastly diverse with different regions and climates and even cultures. Dorne could not be any less similar to The North, yet they are both supposed to be ruled by the same king?", "human_ref_B": "I doubt she would've done very much ruling. At the end she seemed very hellbent on continuing wars until she \"liberated the whole world\" as Tyrion mentioned. She probably would've left most of the Seven Kingdoms to run themselves kinda like what she did to her lands in Essos (which would either have them ruling autonomously with limited problems over fear of what she'd do or outright rebellion between different factions). Dany would probably spend the rest of her life traveling to every new place she could find that she hasn't conquered and going all fire and blood on them until she either got killed or she succeeded. I don't personally think she would've actually ended up back in Westeros since she'd probably just keep going east until she fought a kingdom or empire strong enough to stop her (Yi Ti maybe?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bswzpx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Game of Thrones] What if [SPOILER CHARACTER] ruled the Seven Kingdoms at the end? ***SPOILERS FOR THE END OF SERIES 8 WITHIN: IF YOU\u2019RE NOT CAUGHT UP EJECT FROM THE THREAD*** So, here\u2019s a question: if Daenerys Targaryen had remained on the Iron Throne and actually got to rule after winning the Seven Kingdoms, could she have actually made a success of it (despite her ***incredibly*** bad first impression)? Let\u2019s say that, after Dany\u2019s big speech in the ruins of the Red Keep, Jon follows her to the Throne Room like he did in the episode. He goes to talk to her, and angrily confronts her on her slaughter of civilians like he did in the episode, giving her one last chance to reconsider the path she\u2019s on. And this time, it actually works. Dany breaks down. She\u2019s horrified at her own actions, and deeply ashamed at the fact she\u2019s basically become the next Cersei. She\u2019s let down Jorah, and Tyrion, and even Missandei, and knows it. So she swears that the preservation of innocent life will be her priority from this point on, and that she\u2019ll do the same thing she tried to do in Meereen: try to be a good ruler to the people she has now instead of endlessly tearing things down. Dany starts the process of rebuilding King\u2019s Landing, cancels any and all plans at future expansion until further notice, and starts looking to appoint a Hand and a Small Council. She tries to arrange a meeting of the leaders of each territory, like Jon and Tyrion\u2019s trial ended up being, in order to give everyone a say in what happens next. Varys already sent the letters out to the lords announcing Jon's true parentage: but Jon, convinced that Dany is on the straight and narrow and trying to do the right thing, publicly announces he\u2019s renouncing his claim to the Throne (since he didn't want it anyway). Does it work? Territories will secede, but how many, and would she be able to find anyone to support her? And is she better or worse than the average Westerosi ruler?", "c_root_id_A": "eoskg6c", "c_root_id_B": "eotlb29", "created_at_utc_A": 1558824594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558843281.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I doubt she would've done very much ruling. At the end she seemed very hellbent on continuing wars until she \"liberated the whole world\" as Tyrion mentioned. She probably would've left most of the Seven Kingdoms to run themselves kinda like what she did to her lands in Essos (which would either have them ruling autonomously with limited problems over fear of what she'd do or outright rebellion between different factions). Dany would probably spend the rest of her life traveling to every new place she could find that she hasn't conquered and going all fire and blood on them until she either got killed or she succeeded. I don't personally think she would've actually ended up back in Westeros since she'd probably just keep going east until she fought a kingdom or empire strong enough to stop her (Yi Ti maybe?)", "human_ref_B": "How long until another \"King's Landing Incident\", though? Or a third, or a fourth? A new Westerosi saying would arise: \"When you're a dragon, everything looks flammable.\" Dany was showing increasing signs of madness, a madness that afflicted her father that became *far* worse over time. King's Landing wouldn't be an isolated event, but rather the setting of the tone for her rule. Even if she magically repented *at the time*, that madness wouldn't stay locked away. It's been an inherent part of her from the beginning, and a \"Dany without madness\" is an entirely different person that wouldn't have made the choices that got her to that point.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18687.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3ld2w", "c_root_id_B": "hx39kvf", "created_at_utc_A": 1644966011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644961452.0, "score_A": 97, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t know if this necessarily counts as friendship, but the villains of the Marvel universe in Old Man Logan\u2019s timeline put aside their differences to gang up on the heroes. It took a lot of planning and the combined minds of Red Skull, Doom, and Magneto to get everyone all together.", "human_ref_B": "Master Blaster? They pretty much had Bartertown by the balls until Max showed up and were only able to do so much by virtue of their team-up. Maybe the bad guys from Captain Planet too, I don\u2019t know if they actually liked each other or not.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4559.0, "score_ratio": 3.2333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3ld2w", "c_root_id_B": "hx3f3nx", "created_at_utc_A": 1644966011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644963519.0, "score_A": 97, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t know if this necessarily counts as friendship, but the villains of the Marvel universe in Old Man Logan\u2019s timeline put aside their differences to gang up on the heroes. It took a lot of planning and the combined minds of Red Skull, Doom, and Magneto to get everyone all together.", "human_ref_B": "If we\u2019re allowing examples that use the power of love instead of friendship, >!in *Madoka Magica: Rebellion*, Homura uses the power of her love for Madoka to evolve from a magical girl to a demon, seal away Madoka\u2019s goddess powers, reduce her to a human, and re-write the universe with herself as the most powerful being alive, strong enough to even curb-stomp the Incubators, an immortal, unkillable hive-mind of alien beings that can create new bodies for themselves with apparently zero effort!<.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2492.0, "score_ratio": 5.7058823529, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3zogn", "c_root_id_B": "hx39kvf", "created_at_utc_A": 1644972202.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644961452.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Nicodemus Archleone in the Dresden Files carries a cursed coin with a fallen angel living inside it. Unlike others with similar coins, he has not has his mind slowly consumed; both he and his angel have an equal partnership and cannot be turned against each other. But he still doesn't always win.", "human_ref_B": "Master Blaster? They pretty much had Bartertown by the balls until Max showed up and were only able to do so much by virtue of their team-up. Maybe the bad guys from Captain Planet too, I don\u2019t know if they actually liked each other or not.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10750.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3zogn", "c_root_id_B": "hx3f3nx", "created_at_utc_A": 1644972202.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644963519.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Nicodemus Archleone in the Dresden Files carries a cursed coin with a fallen angel living inside it. Unlike others with similar coins, he has not has his mind slowly consumed; both he and his angel have an equal partnership and cannot be turned against each other. But he still doesn't always win.", "human_ref_B": "If we\u2019re allowing examples that use the power of love instead of friendship, >!in *Madoka Magica: Rebellion*, Homura uses the power of her love for Madoka to evolve from a magical girl to a demon, seal away Madoka\u2019s goddess powers, reduce her to a human, and re-write the universe with herself as the most powerful being alive, strong enough to even curb-stomp the Incubators, an immortal, unkillable hive-mind of alien beings that can create new bodies for themselves with apparently zero effort!<.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8683.0, "score_ratio": 3.2352941176, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3zogn", "c_root_id_B": "hx3up75", "created_at_utc_A": 1644972202.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644969981.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Nicodemus Archleone in the Dresden Files carries a cursed coin with a fallen angel living inside it. Unlike others with similar coins, he has not has his mind slowly consumed; both he and his angel have an equal partnership and cannot be turned against each other. But he still doesn't always win.", "human_ref_B": "Xantos on Gargoyles managed it w Fox a few times.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2221.0, "score_ratio": 3.2352941176, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx39kvf", "c_root_id_B": "hx41xow", "created_at_utc_A": 1644961452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644973216.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Master Blaster? They pretty much had Bartertown by the balls until Max showed up and were only able to do so much by virtue of their team-up. Maybe the bad guys from Captain Planet too, I don\u2019t know if they actually liked each other or not.", "human_ref_B": "In SpongeBob SquarePants, Barnacle Boy decides he doesn't want a pipsqueak patty and wants an adult sized Krabby Patty, but Mermaid Man says no. Barnacle Boy is done being treated like a sidekick and joins an organization called Every Villain Is Lemons (EVIL). This prompts Mermaid Man to create his own team the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances (IJLSA). They fight against EVIL and lose.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11764.0, "score_ratio": 1.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3f3nx", "c_root_id_B": "hx41xow", "created_at_utc_A": 1644963519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644973216.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "If we\u2019re allowing examples that use the power of love instead of friendship, >!in *Madoka Magica: Rebellion*, Homura uses the power of her love for Madoka to evolve from a magical girl to a demon, seal away Madoka\u2019s goddess powers, reduce her to a human, and re-write the universe with herself as the most powerful being alive, strong enough to even curb-stomp the Incubators, an immortal, unkillable hive-mind of alien beings that can create new bodies for themselves with apparently zero effort!<.", "human_ref_B": "In SpongeBob SquarePants, Barnacle Boy decides he doesn't want a pipsqueak patty and wants an adult sized Krabby Patty, but Mermaid Man says no. Barnacle Boy is done being treated like a sidekick and joins an organization called Every Villain Is Lemons (EVIL). This prompts Mermaid Man to create his own team the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances (IJLSA). They fight against EVIL and lose.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9697.0, "score_ratio": 2.2352941176, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3up75", "c_root_id_B": "hx41xow", "created_at_utc_A": 1644969981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644973216.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Xantos on Gargoyles managed it w Fox a few times.", "human_ref_B": "In SpongeBob SquarePants, Barnacle Boy decides he doesn't want a pipsqueak patty and wants an adult sized Krabby Patty, but Mermaid Man says no. Barnacle Boy is done being treated like a sidekick and joins an organization called Every Villain Is Lemons (EVIL). This prompts Mermaid Man to create his own team the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances (IJLSA). They fight against EVIL and lose.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3235.0, "score_ratio": 2.2352941176, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3zuk0", "c_root_id_B": "hx41xow", "created_at_utc_A": 1644972278.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644973216.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "It's been a while since I watched, but I believe Grogar in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic tries to unify other villains with it.", "human_ref_B": "In SpongeBob SquarePants, Barnacle Boy decides he doesn't want a pipsqueak patty and wants an adult sized Krabby Patty, but Mermaid Man says no. Barnacle Boy is done being treated like a sidekick and joins an organization called Every Villain Is Lemons (EVIL). This prompts Mermaid Man to create his own team the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances (IJLSA). They fight against EVIL and lose.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 938.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx49la4", "c_root_id_B": "hx3f3nx", "created_at_utc_A": 1644976673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644963519.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "You would LOVE The Practical Guide to Evil. The story follows a young villain on her rise to power and boy howdy does she get A LOT done on the magic of friendship and the unbreakable bonds of loyalty.", "human_ref_B": "If we\u2019re allowing examples that use the power of love instead of friendship, >!in *Madoka Magica: Rebellion*, Homura uses the power of her love for Madoka to evolve from a magical girl to a demon, seal away Madoka\u2019s goddess powers, reduce her to a human, and re-write the universe with herself as the most powerful being alive, strong enough to even curb-stomp the Incubators, an immortal, unkillable hive-mind of alien beings that can create new bodies for themselves with apparently zero effort!<.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13154.0, "score_ratio": 1.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx49la4", "c_root_id_B": "hx3up75", "created_at_utc_A": 1644976673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644969981.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "You would LOVE The Practical Guide to Evil. The story follows a young villain on her rise to power and boy howdy does she get A LOT done on the magic of friendship and the unbreakable bonds of loyalty.", "human_ref_B": "Xantos on Gargoyles managed it w Fox a few times.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6692.0, "score_ratio": 1.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx46htl", "c_root_id_B": "hx49la4", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975276.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644976673.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "In My Hero Academia, while it is more love than Friendship, Gentle gets an (ultimately fruitless) impressive power boost when La Brava declares she loves him. Though tbf that's because her quirk does that.", "human_ref_B": "You would LOVE The Practical Guide to Evil. The story follows a young villain on her rise to power and boy howdy does she get A LOT done on the magic of friendship and the unbreakable bonds of loyalty.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1397.0, "score_ratio": 1.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx46htl", "c_root_id_B": "hx3zuk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975276.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644972278.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In My Hero Academia, while it is more love than Friendship, Gentle gets an (ultimately fruitless) impressive power boost when La Brava declares she loves him. Though tbf that's because her quirk does that.", "human_ref_B": "It's been a while since I watched, but I believe Grogar in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic tries to unify other villains with it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2998.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx49la4", "c_root_id_B": "hx47569", "created_at_utc_A": 1644976673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644975570.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "You would LOVE The Practical Guide to Evil. The story follows a young villain on her rise to power and boy howdy does she get A LOT done on the magic of friendship and the unbreakable bonds of loyalty.", "human_ref_B": "'Get Smart' had a villain named Simon the Likeable. He looked like your favorite uncle/school teacher. He just seemed so nice that you'd forgive him for shooting you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1103.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx49la4", "c_root_id_B": "hx3zuk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1644976673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644972278.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "You would LOVE The Practical Guide to Evil. The story follows a young villain on her rise to power and boy howdy does she get A LOT done on the magic of friendship and the unbreakable bonds of loyalty.", "human_ref_B": "It's been a while since I watched, but I believe Grogar in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic tries to unify other villains with it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4395.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4823y", "c_root_id_B": "hx49la4", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644976673.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "human_ref_B": "You would LOVE The Practical Guide to Evil. The story follows a young villain on her rise to power and boy howdy does she get A LOT done on the magic of friendship and the unbreakable bonds of loyalty.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 692.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx47569", "c_root_id_B": "hx3zuk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644972278.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "'Get Smart' had a villain named Simon the Likeable. He looked like your favorite uncle/school teacher. He just seemed so nice that you'd forgive him for shooting you.", "human_ref_B": "It's been a while since I watched, but I believe Grogar in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic tries to unify other villains with it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3292.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx3zuk0", "c_root_id_B": "hx4kvrd", "created_at_utc_A": 1644972278.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644981780.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "It's been a while since I watched, but I believe Grogar in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic tries to unify other villains with it.", "human_ref_B": "This one is a bit of a stretch, but I do think it\u2019s relevant: at the end of Dragon Ball Super >!Jiren is losing to Frieza and Android 17 (who are \u201cgood guys\u201d at this point) and has basically given up. Then one of Jiren\u2019s friends gives him a friendship speech about how he believes in him etc. and Jiren powers up and beats them. I say it\u2019s a stretch because he ends up losing because Goku gets back up and helps beat him, and the person who he was fighting was Frieza, who is a villain that just happens to be on the side of the main cast. Still, he does use the power up to beat Frieza, and it is very clearly a power of friendship thing!< so I think it counts. It\u2019s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9502.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4kvrd", "c_root_id_B": "hx4atug", "created_at_utc_A": 1644981780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644977231.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "This one is a bit of a stretch, but I do think it\u2019s relevant: at the end of Dragon Ball Super >!Jiren is losing to Frieza and Android 17 (who are \u201cgood guys\u201d at this point) and has basically given up. Then one of Jiren\u2019s friends gives him a friendship speech about how he believes in him etc. and Jiren powers up and beats them. I say it\u2019s a stretch because he ends up losing because Goku gets back up and helps beat him, and the person who he was fighting was Frieza, who is a villain that just happens to be on the side of the main cast. Still, he does use the power up to beat Frieza, and it is very clearly a power of friendship thing!< so I think it counts. It\u2019s", "human_ref_B": "Cobra Kai has a lot of back-and-forths like this. One group will be able to stomp the other because their friends show up at the right time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4549.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4glou", "c_root_id_B": "hx4kvrd", "created_at_utc_A": 1644979811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644981780.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Dimension 20's Escape From The Bloodkeep is the perfect cliche found family villains who are still very much villains by the end, but are fueled by the power of friendship to the point where the Good Guys, who usually are the protagonists of stories, have to take a second to explain that they are bad guys and shouldn't be acting like this. It's a D&D series on YouTube, for those unfamiliar with Dimension 20.", "human_ref_B": "This one is a bit of a stretch, but I do think it\u2019s relevant: at the end of Dragon Ball Super >!Jiren is losing to Frieza and Android 17 (who are \u201cgood guys\u201d at this point) and has basically given up. Then one of Jiren\u2019s friends gives him a friendship speech about how he believes in him etc. and Jiren powers up and beats them. I say it\u2019s a stretch because he ends up losing because Goku gets back up and helps beat him, and the person who he was fighting was Frieza, who is a villain that just happens to be on the side of the main cast. Still, he does use the power up to beat Frieza, and it is very clearly a power of friendship thing!< so I think it counts. It\u2019s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1969.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4h46z", "c_root_id_B": "hx4kvrd", "created_at_utc_A": 1644980044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644981780.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Assassin\u2019s Creed Rogue. Shay was able to kill Liam while Achilles got crippled by Haytham, effectively ending the Colonial Assassin Brotherhood", "human_ref_B": "This one is a bit of a stretch, but I do think it\u2019s relevant: at the end of Dragon Ball Super >!Jiren is losing to Frieza and Android 17 (who are \u201cgood guys\u201d at this point) and has basically given up. Then one of Jiren\u2019s friends gives him a friendship speech about how he believes in him etc. and Jiren powers up and beats them. I say it\u2019s a stretch because he ends up losing because Goku gets back up and helps beat him, and the person who he was fighting was Frieza, who is a villain that just happens to be on the side of the main cast. Still, he does use the power up to beat Frieza, and it is very clearly a power of friendship thing!< so I think it counts. It\u2019s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1736.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4823y", "c_root_id_B": "hx4kvrd", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644981780.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "human_ref_B": "This one is a bit of a stretch, but I do think it\u2019s relevant: at the end of Dragon Ball Super >!Jiren is losing to Frieza and Android 17 (who are \u201cgood guys\u201d at this point) and has basically given up. Then one of Jiren\u2019s friends gives him a friendship speech about how he believes in him etc. and Jiren powers up and beats them. I say it\u2019s a stretch because he ends up losing because Goku gets back up and helps beat him, and the person who he was fighting was Frieza, who is a villain that just happens to be on the side of the main cast. Still, he does use the power up to beat Frieza, and it is very clearly a power of friendship thing!< so I think it counts. It\u2019s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5799.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4bxtl", "c_root_id_B": "hx4kvrd", "created_at_utc_A": 1644977732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644981780.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "It's more \"redeemed villains helping the hero\", but in Super Paper Mario the devotion and friendship between Count Bleck and his minions was enough to reignite the Pure Hearts when Mario was against Super Dimentio.", "human_ref_B": "This one is a bit of a stretch, but I do think it\u2019s relevant: at the end of Dragon Ball Super >!Jiren is losing to Frieza and Android 17 (who are \u201cgood guys\u201d at this point) and has basically given up. Then one of Jiren\u2019s friends gives him a friendship speech about how he believes in him etc. and Jiren powers up and beats them. I say it\u2019s a stretch because he ends up losing because Goku gets back up and helps beat him, and the person who he was fighting was Frieza, who is a villain that just happens to be on the side of the main cast. Still, he does use the power up to beat Frieza, and it is very clearly a power of friendship thing!< so I think it counts. It\u2019s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4048.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4atug", "c_root_id_B": "hx4llot", "created_at_utc_A": 1644977231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644982124.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Cobra Kai has a lot of back-and-forths like this. One group will be able to stomp the other because their friends show up at the right time.", "human_ref_B": "There is a book series called \u201cDon\u2019t tell my parents that I\u2019m a supervillain\u201d well that the title of the first book. The villains in that story made a pack that if a Hero tries to arrest or target one of them when not doing a super villain crime or plot. The rest will all target the arresting hero. They also take over a shopping center on the weekends to party, sell supervillain merchandise, and socialize. They will also target any villains that go after a hero in their secret identity. So the Green Goblin would be wiped out and made an example when he went after Aunt May.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4893.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4atug", "c_root_id_B": "hx4823y", "created_at_utc_A": 1644977231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644975981.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Cobra Kai has a lot of back-and-forths like this. One group will be able to stomp the other because their friends show up at the right time.", "human_ref_B": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1250.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4llot", "c_root_id_B": "hx4glou", "created_at_utc_A": 1644982124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644979811.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There is a book series called \u201cDon\u2019t tell my parents that I\u2019m a supervillain\u201d well that the title of the first book. The villains in that story made a pack that if a Hero tries to arrest or target one of them when not doing a super villain crime or plot. The rest will all target the arresting hero. They also take over a shopping center on the weekends to party, sell supervillain merchandise, and socialize. They will also target any villains that go after a hero in their secret identity. So the Green Goblin would be wiped out and made an example when he went after Aunt May.", "human_ref_B": "Dimension 20's Escape From The Bloodkeep is the perfect cliche found family villains who are still very much villains by the end, but are fueled by the power of friendship to the point where the Good Guys, who usually are the protagonists of stories, have to take a second to explain that they are bad guys and shouldn't be acting like this. It's a D&D series on YouTube, for those unfamiliar with Dimension 20.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2313.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4llot", "c_root_id_B": "hx4h46z", "created_at_utc_A": 1644982124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644980044.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There is a book series called \u201cDon\u2019t tell my parents that I\u2019m a supervillain\u201d well that the title of the first book. The villains in that story made a pack that if a Hero tries to arrest or target one of them when not doing a super villain crime or plot. The rest will all target the arresting hero. They also take over a shopping center on the weekends to party, sell supervillain merchandise, and socialize. They will also target any villains that go after a hero in their secret identity. So the Green Goblin would be wiped out and made an example when he went after Aunt May.", "human_ref_B": "Assassin\u2019s Creed Rogue. Shay was able to kill Liam while Achilles got crippled by Haytham, effectively ending the Colonial Assassin Brotherhood", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2080.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4823y", "c_root_id_B": "hx4llot", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644982124.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "human_ref_B": "There is a book series called \u201cDon\u2019t tell my parents that I\u2019m a supervillain\u201d well that the title of the first book. The villains in that story made a pack that if a Hero tries to arrest or target one of them when not doing a super villain crime or plot. The rest will all target the arresting hero. They also take over a shopping center on the weekends to party, sell supervillain merchandise, and socialize. They will also target any villains that go after a hero in their secret identity. So the Green Goblin would be wiped out and made an example when he went after Aunt May.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6143.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4llot", "c_root_id_B": "hx4bxtl", "created_at_utc_A": 1644982124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644977732.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There is a book series called \u201cDon\u2019t tell my parents that I\u2019m a supervillain\u201d well that the title of the first book. The villains in that story made a pack that if a Hero tries to arrest or target one of them when not doing a super villain crime or plot. The rest will all target the arresting hero. They also take over a shopping center on the weekends to party, sell supervillain merchandise, and socialize. They will also target any villains that go after a hero in their secret identity. So the Green Goblin would be wiped out and made an example when he went after Aunt May.", "human_ref_B": "It's more \"redeemed villains helping the hero\", but in Super Paper Mario the devotion and friendship between Count Bleck and his minions was enough to reignite the Pure Hearts when Mario was against Super Dimentio.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4392.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4glou", "c_root_id_B": "hx4823y", "created_at_utc_A": 1644979811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644975981.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Dimension 20's Escape From The Bloodkeep is the perfect cliche found family villains who are still very much villains by the end, but are fueled by the power of friendship to the point where the Good Guys, who usually are the protagonists of stories, have to take a second to explain that they are bad guys and shouldn't be acting like this. It's a D&D series on YouTube, for those unfamiliar with Dimension 20.", "human_ref_B": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3830.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4bxtl", "c_root_id_B": "hx4glou", "created_at_utc_A": 1644977732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644979811.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It's more \"redeemed villains helping the hero\", but in Super Paper Mario the devotion and friendship between Count Bleck and his minions was enough to reignite the Pure Hearts when Mario was against Super Dimentio.", "human_ref_B": "Dimension 20's Escape From The Bloodkeep is the perfect cliche found family villains who are still very much villains by the end, but are fueled by the power of friendship to the point where the Good Guys, who usually are the protagonists of stories, have to take a second to explain that they are bad guys and shouldn't be acting like this. It's a D&D series on YouTube, for those unfamiliar with Dimension 20.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2079.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4823y", "c_root_id_B": "hx4h46z", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644980044.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "human_ref_B": "Assassin\u2019s Creed Rogue. Shay was able to kill Liam while Achilles got crippled by Haytham, effectively ending the Colonial Assassin Brotherhood", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4063.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4h46z", "c_root_id_B": "hx4bxtl", "created_at_utc_A": 1644980044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644977732.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Assassin\u2019s Creed Rogue. Shay was able to kill Liam while Achilles got crippled by Haytham, effectively ending the Colonial Assassin Brotherhood", "human_ref_B": "It's more \"redeemed villains helping the hero\", but in Super Paper Mario the devotion and friendship between Count Bleck and his minions was enough to reignite the Pure Hearts when Mario was against Super Dimentio.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2312.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4m8jl", "c_root_id_B": "hx6neux", "created_at_utc_A": 1644982421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645026194.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "OSP's Power of Friendship video touched on this, and gave a few examples from Inu Yasha", "human_ref_B": "Hank Scorpio from the Simpons is a perfect example of this. While it's more of a boss / employee relationship, he was genuinely friendly with Homer, and Homer did help him in taking over the eastern seaboard by tackling a spy and kicked some grenades' back at the army.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43773.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4823y", "c_root_id_B": "hx4m8jl", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644982421.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "human_ref_B": "OSP's Power of Friendship video touched on this, and gave a few examples from Inu Yasha", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6440.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx6neux", "c_root_id_B": "hx4823y", "created_at_utc_A": 1645026194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644975981.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hank Scorpio from the Simpons is a perfect example of this. While it's more of a boss / employee relationship, he was genuinely friendly with Homer, and Homer did help him in taking over the eastern seaboard by tackling a spy and kicked some grenades' back at the army.", "human_ref_B": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50213.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4bxtl", "c_root_id_B": "hx6neux", "created_at_utc_A": 1644977732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645026194.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's more \"redeemed villains helping the hero\", but in Super Paper Mario the devotion and friendship between Count Bleck and his minions was enough to reignite the Pure Hearts when Mario was against Super Dimentio.", "human_ref_B": "Hank Scorpio from the Simpons is a perfect example of this. While it's more of a boss / employee relationship, he was genuinely friendly with Homer, and Homer did help him in taking over the eastern seaboard by tackling a spy and kicked some grenades' back at the army.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48462.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx6neux", "c_root_id_B": "hx5vzls", "created_at_utc_A": 1645026194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645013347.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Hank Scorpio from the Simpons is a perfect example of this. While it's more of a boss / employee relationship, he was genuinely friendly with Homer, and Homer did help him in taking over the eastern seaboard by tackling a spy and kicked some grenades' back at the army.", "human_ref_B": "In Worm, the villain protagonist Taylor and her team of Supervillains get a lot of mileage out of the Power of Friendship. Neither the villainy nor the friendship last to see the end of the story, but in the first half they kick a lot of hero butt.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12847.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx5c9bq", "c_root_id_B": "hx6neux", "created_at_utc_A": 1644998153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645026194.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Calamities from A Practical Guide to Evil may count, in particular Alaya and Amadeus. It happens before the story starts, but they were one of the few groups of people that managed to take the throne of the Dread Empire and not immediately fall apart due to backstabbing because they genuinely liked and trusted each other. Alaya became the longest-reigning Dread Empress in the history of the Wasteland because she could rely on her right hand man to stand by her side instead of scheming to overthrow her.", "human_ref_B": "Hank Scorpio from the Simpons is a perfect example of this. While it's more of a boss / employee relationship, he was genuinely friendly with Homer, and Homer did help him in taking over the eastern seaboard by tackling a spy and kicked some grenades' back at the army.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28041.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx5chfm", "c_root_id_B": "hx6neux", "created_at_utc_A": 1644998327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645026194.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In MHA, Twice overcomes his trauma and floods the enemy with his clones in order to save his friends, the rest of the League of Villains.", "human_ref_B": "Hank Scorpio from the Simpons is a perfect example of this. While it's more of a boss / employee relationship, he was genuinely friendly with Homer, and Homer did help him in taking over the eastern seaboard by tackling a spy and kicked some grenades' back at the army.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27867.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx4823y", "c_root_id_B": "hx4bxtl", "created_at_utc_A": 1644975981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644977732.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "human_ref_B": "It's more \"redeemed villains helping the hero\", but in Super Paper Mario the devotion and friendship between Count Bleck and his minions was enough to reignite the Pure Hearts when Mario was against Super Dimentio.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1751.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx5vzls", "c_root_id_B": "hx4823y", "created_at_utc_A": 1645013347.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644975981.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In Worm, the villain protagonist Taylor and her team of Supervillains get a lot of mileage out of the Power of Friendship. Neither the villainy nor the friendship last to see the end of the story, but in the first half they kick a lot of hero butt.", "human_ref_B": "In My Little Pony, the villains never really win that way, but there's still some cases that are worth noting. Both of which are major spoilers. >!Cosy Glow comes to believe friendship is power, and tries to become the empress of friendship. She does pretty well, though she seems to fundamentally misunderstand friendship which causes problems in the end.!< >!Discord later decides to try to get Twilight to be more confident in herself by bringing back three earlier villains and pretending to be another villain. But one of those villains was Cozy Glow, and she gets friendship right this time. They end up defeating Discord and stealing his power (which they're not able to use because it's too chaotic, but that does mean he can't stop them). They're stopped in the end, but they only became a serious threat through friendship.!< Also, you could argue that anything involving more than one villain where the villains win is basically winning through friendship. For example, in >!The Skeleton Key!<, the villains are a couple that had been swapping bodies with people to live for centuries. It's not really something I'd think of as \"the power of friendship\", but if they weren't friends it would have been more difficult.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37366.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx5c9bq", "c_root_id_B": "hx5vzls", "created_at_utc_A": 1644998153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645013347.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Calamities from A Practical Guide to Evil may count, in particular Alaya and Amadeus. It happens before the story starts, but they were one of the few groups of people that managed to take the throne of the Dread Empire and not immediately fall apart due to backstabbing because they genuinely liked and trusted each other. Alaya became the longest-reigning Dread Empress in the history of the Wasteland because she could rely on her right hand man to stand by her side instead of scheming to overthrow her.", "human_ref_B": "In Worm, the villain protagonist Taylor and her team of Supervillains get a lot of mileage out of the Power of Friendship. Neither the villainy nor the friendship last to see the end of the story, but in the first half they kick a lot of hero butt.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15194.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "std355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[General] Are there any instances of the villain winning by the power of friendship? Overcoming insurmountable odds through the power of friendship is such a trite clich\u00e9, but I love the idea of the main villain and their bestie absolutely curbstomping the hero through the overused trope that is so often used against them. Do there exist any prominent examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hx5chfm", "c_root_id_B": "hx5vzls", "created_at_utc_A": 1644998327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645013347.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In MHA, Twice overcomes his trauma and floods the enemy with his clones in order to save his friends, the rest of the League of Villains.", "human_ref_B": "In Worm, the villain protagonist Taylor and her team of Supervillains get a lot of mileage out of the Power of Friendship. Neither the villainy nor the friendship last to see the end of the story, but in the first half they kick a lot of hero butt.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15020.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65atzh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Portal] If I were to shoot a portal to the moon and another on the ground and leave them open, what would the end result be? Would this eventually cause an apocalypse? Let's assume the one on the ground is at sea level.", "c_root_id_A": "dg8ume1", "c_root_id_B": "dg8uozt", "created_at_utc_A": 1492150756.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492150923.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "Why would it cause an issue? A portal allows two points to link but only as mass passes through it. Gravity only reverses once you cross the threshold. A Vacuum would not suck air from earth, however wind could blow through a portal. Just based on what I have seen in game anyway.", "human_ref_B": "There's enough atmosphere generation going on in the world that a portal sized hole would not have an impact outside of the intense local air current blowing into it. On the moon, there is not enough gravity nor a magnetic shield to keep the air blown onto it from escaping into space. The solar winds strip it away rather quickly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 167.0, "score_ratio": 9.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65atzh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Portal] If I were to shoot a portal to the moon and another on the ground and leave them open, what would the end result be? Would this eventually cause an apocalypse? Let's assume the one on the ground is at sea level.", "c_root_id_A": "dg8ume1", "c_root_id_B": "dg91fa7", "created_at_utc_A": 1492150756.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492170668.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Why would it cause an issue? A portal allows two points to link but only as mass passes through it. Gravity only reverses once you cross the threshold. A Vacuum would not suck air from earth, however wind could blow through a portal. Just based on what I have seen in game anyway.", "human_ref_B": "Others have said the Earth is really big with a lot of atmosphere and even a leak directly to the Moon would take an incredibly long time, if ever, to have observable consequences to Earth. If you are asking not just a natural cataclysm eventually occur, but would it destroy humans, I would have to say no. It would be relatively easy to cover or disable the portal. I think Earth's governments could fix the problem relatively easily once they understood what it was.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19912.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65atzh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Portal] If I were to shoot a portal to the moon and another on the ground and leave them open, what would the end result be? Would this eventually cause an apocalypse? Let's assume the one on the ground is at sea level.", "c_root_id_A": "dg95sbt", "c_root_id_B": "dg8ume1", "created_at_utc_A": 1492178430.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492150756.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Follow up questions: How fast do the portals travel when they are shot? How long would it take for the portal to reach the moon, assuming the Earth and the Moon are at their average distance? How much would you have to lead your shot?", "human_ref_B": "Why would it cause an issue? A portal allows two points to link but only as mass passes through it. Gravity only reverses once you cross the threshold. A Vacuum would not suck air from earth, however wind could blow through a portal. Just based on what I have seen in game anyway.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27674.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8aob79", "c_root_id_B": "d8any1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1475409647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475408401.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The 4 nations were in harmony **with each other**. Prior conflicts had been primarily internal in nature. Therefore, it was relatively in harmony compared with a 100 year conflict that committed genocide against 1 nation, decimated half of another, and colonized a large portion of the last.", "human_ref_B": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1246.0, "score_ratio": 45000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8apeiv", "c_root_id_B": "d8aqnd6", "created_at_utc_A": 1475412803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475415767.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "No, but there wasn't war, either. It was relatively harmonious and Katara is basically referencing \"the good ole days\"", "human_ref_B": "I think it's fair to say it was more like the world before World War 1. Sure, there was conflict, but comparing it to a generation destroying war spanning the entire globe, it was peaceful. Conflict is an inherent part of the universe. You cannot have peace without chaos. Even if Raava is totally victorious, Vaatu will grow inside of her until the next harmonic convergence. But when the *world* breaks out into a global war, there is no peace, no balance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2964.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8any1u", "c_root_id_B": "d8aqnd6", "created_at_utc_A": 1475408401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475415767.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "human_ref_B": "I think it's fair to say it was more like the world before World War 1. Sure, there was conflict, but comparing it to a generation destroying war spanning the entire globe, it was peaceful. Conflict is an inherent part of the universe. You cannot have peace without chaos. Even if Raava is totally victorious, Vaatu will grow inside of her until the next harmonic convergence. But when the *world* breaks out into a global war, there is no peace, no balance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7366.0, "score_ratio": 18000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8aw6e6", "c_root_id_B": "d8aqu1a", "created_at_utc_A": 1475425113.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475416159.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Man I want a new series set pre-TLA so fuckin bad", "human_ref_B": "The world is never \"at peace\". As seen in Avatar Wan's memories, there will always be conflict, even despite the Avatar's best efforts. But prior to the 100 year war, the nations had more or less equal power, and travel, diplomacy, and trade were easy. After the Fire Nation attacked everyone lived in fear, distrustful of outsiders.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8954.0, "score_ratio": 1.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8aw6e6", "c_root_id_B": "d8apeiv", "created_at_utc_A": 1475425113.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475412803.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Man I want a new series set pre-TLA so fuckin bad", "human_ref_B": "No, but there wasn't war, either. It was relatively harmonious and Katara is basically referencing \"the good ole days\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12310.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8aw6e6", "c_root_id_B": "d8auv91", "created_at_utc_A": 1475425113.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475423167.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Man I want a new series set pre-TLA so fuckin bad", "human_ref_B": "It's the difference between a few bad guys trying to terrorize the world and an entire nation trying to take over the world. A nation can have bad people while having the majority live in harmony. One is war the other is just a few bad guys who were powerful enough to be a threat on their own. We know there have been other guys like these, there was that guy who was defeated by Kyoshi when she founded Kyoshi Island. He just wasn't part of an entire nation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1946.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8aw6e6", "c_root_id_B": "d8any1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1475425113.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475408401.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Man I want a new series set pre-TLA so fuckin bad", "human_ref_B": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16712.0, "score_ratio": 15000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8apeiv", "c_root_id_B": "d8aqu1a", "created_at_utc_A": 1475412803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475416159.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "No, but there wasn't war, either. It was relatively harmonious and Katara is basically referencing \"the good ole days\"", "human_ref_B": "The world is never \"at peace\". As seen in Avatar Wan's memories, there will always be conflict, even despite the Avatar's best efforts. But prior to the 100 year war, the nations had more or less equal power, and travel, diplomacy, and trade were easy. After the Fire Nation attacked everyone lived in fear, distrustful of outsiders.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3356.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8aqu1a", "c_root_id_B": "d8any1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1475416159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475408401.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The world is never \"at peace\". As seen in Avatar Wan's memories, there will always be conflict, even despite the Avatar's best efforts. But prior to the 100 year war, the nations had more or less equal power, and travel, diplomacy, and trade were easy. After the Fire Nation attacked everyone lived in fear, distrustful of outsiders.", "human_ref_B": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7758.0, "score_ratio": 14000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8apeiv", "c_root_id_B": "d8any1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1475412803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475408401.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "No, but there wasn't war, either. It was relatively harmonious and Katara is basically referencing \"the good ole days\"", "human_ref_B": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4402.0, "score_ratio": 8000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8any1u", "c_root_id_B": "d8auv91", "created_at_utc_A": 1475408401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475423167.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "human_ref_B": "It's the difference between a few bad guys trying to terrorize the world and an entire nation trying to take over the world. A nation can have bad people while having the majority live in harmony. One is war the other is just a few bad guys who were powerful enough to be a threat on their own. We know there have been other guys like these, there was that guy who was defeated by Kyoshi when she founded Kyoshi Island. He just wasn't part of an entire nation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14766.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8b66o8", "c_root_id_B": "d8awxq6", "created_at_utc_A": 1475438027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475426207.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yeah. Avatar generally keeps the peace. Shit happens but the avatar helps out. Just look at the episodes where you see avatar rokus life.", "human_ref_B": "If this were totally true then there would be no need for an Avatar.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11820.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8b66o8", "c_root_id_B": "d8any1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1475438027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475408401.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Yeah. Avatar generally keeps the peace. Shit happens but the avatar helps out. Just look at the episodes where you see avatar rokus life.", "human_ref_B": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29626.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8any1u", "c_root_id_B": "d8awxq6", "created_at_utc_A": 1475408401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475426207.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "human_ref_B": "If this were totally true then there would be no need for an Avatar.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17806.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8bxjmy", "c_root_id_B": "d8any1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1475488231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475408401.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It was more the harmony of no-war, rather than a harmony of peace. Sure, there were minor scuffles, but not to the extent of wars You should probably note that until the founding of Unity City, inter-nation romances rarely happened. You would not see a pair of brothers from the same parents where one brother has firebending and the other has earthbending. (The Avatar is generally seen as an exemption, as they are not considered to be bound by the rules of society or to be a cultural member of the nation they were born into. Case in point. Avatar Korra entered a same-sex relationship with the then-CEO of Sato Industries Asami Sato at a time when both the Fire Nation and the North and South Water Tribes did not have as wide an acceptance of same-sex relationships as they do now.) Of course, with the many nations blending in some way, the rise of unique bending arts has occurred. Until the Korran era, Lavabending was seen as a bloodline ability, until Bolin discovered that he could lavabend and that it could be taught to those who failed to metalbend. Were it not for the discovery of Lavabending becoming a teachable art, the Eastern Water Tribe would not have found a home and as such, the discovery of Steambending and the training exercise for Waterbenders involving volcanic hotsprings would not exist. Perhaps ina few generations, Forgebending (that is, combining Earthbendings \"Hot\" and \"Cold\" specializations) might not be as impossible as first thought", "human_ref_B": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 79830.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "55hv78", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Last Airbender] Did the world really live in harmony before the fire nation attacked? There's always conflict is there not? Hell Korra deals with 4 separate crises within about a 3 year period in which war almost (and did on some occasions) broke out. It goes to show its not exactly uncommon for there to be war in the Avatar universe. Is Katara just exaggerating?", "c_root_id_A": "d8cep4j", "c_root_id_B": "d8any1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1475517915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475408401.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "There is no war, the earth king has invited you to lake laogai.", "human_ref_B": "That is anti-Sozinist propaganda; the world was chaotic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 109514.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyym1af", "c_root_id_B": "iyyd1v0", "created_at_utc_A": 1670211528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670207092.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "> Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy? Of course. The Sith beliefs basically boil down to \"Might Makes Right\". And as for that affecting the lives of galactic citizens? Why not ask the Wookies who were deemed \"non-sentient\" so they could be enslaved. Many other species were enslaved . Or ask the people of planets that were literally stripped of all their resources and left empty husks. Or ask the Mandalorians who were nearly genocided by the Empire. Basically Palpatine capitalized on populist sentiment to gain power, and then once in power he cultivated a power-hungry and racist government that would follow his lead....it is less like the neo-paganism among nazis and more like \"Mein Kampf\" to the nazis. Not everyone believed in it, but they still used it as a guiding tenet in their actions.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyyd1v0", "c_root_id_B": "iyyzbil", "created_at_utc_A": 1670207092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670219033.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It didn't matter THAT much, but in the end it might matter a lot. To elaborate: In both continuities Palpatine usually takes some effort to conceal his nature from his subjects. In old canon he just was somewhat reclusive and didn't use the Force in public, in new canon he was even more reclusive and seemed to actively engineer his fake \"senator\" persona, with having his un-melted portraits around. In either way after taking power he withdrew from public in order to focus on his evil magic studies - likely perfecting that Essense Transfer ability. In this manner it mattered little that Palpatine was a Sith, since the actual sith lore and teachings were always focused in his and Vaders hands, with a small network of Dark Side minions, like Inquisitors (also in both canons) and Hands of Emperor (in old canon). At the same time however, this manner of \"hands-off\" governship had led to Palpatine allowing the wost elements of humanity to rise up for sake of control - like for example it doesn't seem that Palpatine himself had any specific distaste for non-humans, but he had zero issues with human supremachist factions ramping up the xenophobia and slavery within the Empire. And his minions in the government like Sate Pestage and Mas Ammeda had been in on the plan (at least Sate Pestage was, I think he was a Sith operative almost longer than Palpatine was a sith), so sith practices of power struggle translated into the Imperial government through them. Ultimately the self-eating nature of the Dark Side trickled down through the imperial machine, but it's unlikely that it was deliberate on Palpatine's part. Now to the differences: In new canon it suddenly became very important that Palpatine was a sith because once he died he initiated what essentially amounts to mass suicide of the entire Emprire. In Old Canon in Dark Empire we learn that during his research Palpatine wrote a treatise on the EVIL POWERS, which apparently he intended to release to public at some point and actually put the Sith culture/philosophy back into mainstream.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11941.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyyd1v0", "c_root_id_B": "iyye544", "created_at_utc_A": 1670207092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670207614.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Maybe not directly, but Palpatine did see to it that the Empire embodied the \"peace is a lie\" philosophy. The Empire was constantly at war with someone, and the upper echelons were reared to be far more interested in fighting and outdoing each other than in achieving anything for the good of Imperial citizens.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 522.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyyd1v0", "c_root_id_B": "iyytbc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1670207092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670215308.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It mattered very little. The Empire were imperialist and fascist first and foremost. While the emperor was a Sith the only other known member of his cult was Darth Vader a man with no political or military rank and acted more as an extra judicial personal ambassador for the emperor. Even the inquisition and dark side acolytes that were somewhat prevalent during the early days of the Empire weren't members of the Sith order. Excluding all the additional failed apprentices and off shoot Sith groups during the Empire's rise and downfall there was a grand total two Sith in the entire galaxy and only a few million at most that understood what a Sith was from a historical and cultural standpoint. The Empire had some similarities to Sith in terms of ideology but both were dramatically different on key points. They had a symbiotic relationship initially but the empire was crumbling into despotism under the Sith. Much of the upper echelons of imperial society were covertly or even overtly looking to destroy the emperor and the Sith in hopes of creating a more legal and binding rulership of the empire that wouldn't be subject to Sith might makes right ideas.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8216.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyyd1v0", "c_root_id_B": "iyzfxl4", "created_at_utc_A": 1670207092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670232483.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Are you questioning whether it mattered that the Empire ruled or whether if it was ruled by Sith (and not lets say some random dictator)? If the former, going strictly by the old trilogy canon, it mattered. The Emperor relegated all provincial authority to regional military commanders, as Tarkin put it. That is effectively an indefinately marshial law which in turn allowed for them to explode a complete planet (Alderaan) simply on a whim or to 'send a message'. Also for what is worth, all the empire officers are humans with barely any alien among them (unlike say, the rebels) which implies some racism. Now as for the latter, whether it mattered if it were sith on the helm...I would say again yes. If we accept that the empire was a s\\*\\*\\*\\*y regime to live in, then having on top someone virtually undefeatable (assuming the extinction of jedis) then that reassures the longevity of the regime. Plus, the Sith rule of two, to me it screams of constant civil war when the number 2 will try to topple his master.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25391.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyyd1v0", "c_root_id_B": "iz0onib", "created_at_utc_A": 1670207092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670258569.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Not directly. They never made being a Sith or adopting Sith philosophy a requirement, but they more or less ran the government by Sith principles. Consider Tarkin. He was around well before the Empire, and held the philosophies that would underpin the Tarkin Doctrine well before Vader hit the scene. Under the Empire he was able to thrive, because even though he himself was never a Sith himself (and his dialog with Vader in Ep IV heavily implies that he doesn't even know what the Sith are), he was more or less completely on board for how Palpatine wanted to play the game. In turn, he set the culture for his subordinates, allowing something akin to Sith philosophy to trickle down the ranks. By contrast, consider Ozzel. Dude was a fuckwit, a relic of an old political/military order, but still stuck around by raw seniority and inertia. Had the Imperial Navy fully embraced Sith ideals, one of his subordinate officers would have shanked his ass years before the Battle of Hoth, and would have gotten a pat on the back for his efforts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51477.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyyd1v0", "c_root_id_B": "iyz5akz", "created_at_utc_A": 1670207092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670223262.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Sure, the Sith thrive on conflict and domination, so a fascist and imperialists government easily generate that", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16170.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyzw1nb", "c_root_id_B": "iyyd1v0", "created_at_utc_A": 1670245227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670207092.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well palpatine designed plans where if he died the empire would collapse since if he can\u2019t rule the galaxy he wanted scorched earth.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38135.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyym1af", "c_root_id_B": "iyye544", "created_at_utc_A": 1670211528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670207614.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "> Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy? Of course. The Sith beliefs basically boil down to \"Might Makes Right\". And as for that affecting the lives of galactic citizens? Why not ask the Wookies who were deemed \"non-sentient\" so they could be enslaved. Many other species were enslaved . Or ask the people of planets that were literally stripped of all their resources and left empty husks. Or ask the Mandalorians who were nearly genocided by the Empire. Basically Palpatine capitalized on populist sentiment to gain power, and then once in power he cultivated a power-hungry and racist government that would follow his lead....it is less like the neo-paganism among nazis and more like \"Mein Kampf\" to the nazis. Not everyone believed in it, but they still used it as a guiding tenet in their actions.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe not directly, but Palpatine did see to it that the Empire embodied the \"peace is a lie\" philosophy. The Empire was constantly at war with someone, and the upper echelons were reared to be far more interested in fighting and outdoing each other than in achieving anything for the good of Imperial citizens.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3914.0, "score_ratio": 5.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyyzbil", "c_root_id_B": "iyye544", "created_at_utc_A": 1670219033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670207614.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It didn't matter THAT much, but in the end it might matter a lot. To elaborate: In both continuities Palpatine usually takes some effort to conceal his nature from his subjects. In old canon he just was somewhat reclusive and didn't use the Force in public, in new canon he was even more reclusive and seemed to actively engineer his fake \"senator\" persona, with having his un-melted portraits around. In either way after taking power he withdrew from public in order to focus on his evil magic studies - likely perfecting that Essense Transfer ability. In this manner it mattered little that Palpatine was a Sith, since the actual sith lore and teachings were always focused in his and Vaders hands, with a small network of Dark Side minions, like Inquisitors (also in both canons) and Hands of Emperor (in old canon). At the same time however, this manner of \"hands-off\" governship had led to Palpatine allowing the wost elements of humanity to rise up for sake of control - like for example it doesn't seem that Palpatine himself had any specific distaste for non-humans, but he had zero issues with human supremachist factions ramping up the xenophobia and slavery within the Empire. And his minions in the government like Sate Pestage and Mas Ammeda had been in on the plan (at least Sate Pestage was, I think he was a Sith operative almost longer than Palpatine was a sith), so sith practices of power struggle translated into the Imperial government through them. Ultimately the self-eating nature of the Dark Side trickled down through the imperial machine, but it's unlikely that it was deliberate on Palpatine's part. Now to the differences: In new canon it suddenly became very important that Palpatine was a sith because once he died he initiated what essentially amounts to mass suicide of the entire Emprire. In Old Canon in Dark Empire we learn that during his research Palpatine wrote a treatise on the EVIL POWERS, which apparently he intended to release to public at some point and actually put the Sith culture/philosophy back into mainstream.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe not directly, but Palpatine did see to it that the Empire embodied the \"peace is a lie\" philosophy. The Empire was constantly at war with someone, and the upper echelons were reared to be far more interested in fighting and outdoing each other than in achieving anything for the good of Imperial citizens.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11419.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyyzbil", "c_root_id_B": "iyytbc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1670219033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670215308.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It didn't matter THAT much, but in the end it might matter a lot. To elaborate: In both continuities Palpatine usually takes some effort to conceal his nature from his subjects. In old canon he just was somewhat reclusive and didn't use the Force in public, in new canon he was even more reclusive and seemed to actively engineer his fake \"senator\" persona, with having his un-melted portraits around. In either way after taking power he withdrew from public in order to focus on his evil magic studies - likely perfecting that Essense Transfer ability. In this manner it mattered little that Palpatine was a Sith, since the actual sith lore and teachings were always focused in his and Vaders hands, with a small network of Dark Side minions, like Inquisitors (also in both canons) and Hands of Emperor (in old canon). At the same time however, this manner of \"hands-off\" governship had led to Palpatine allowing the wost elements of humanity to rise up for sake of control - like for example it doesn't seem that Palpatine himself had any specific distaste for non-humans, but he had zero issues with human supremachist factions ramping up the xenophobia and slavery within the Empire. And his minions in the government like Sate Pestage and Mas Ammeda had been in on the plan (at least Sate Pestage was, I think he was a Sith operative almost longer than Palpatine was a sith), so sith practices of power struggle translated into the Imperial government through them. Ultimately the self-eating nature of the Dark Side trickled down through the imperial machine, but it's unlikely that it was deliberate on Palpatine's part. Now to the differences: In new canon it suddenly became very important that Palpatine was a sith because once he died he initiated what essentially amounts to mass suicide of the entire Emprire. In Old Canon in Dark Empire we learn that during his research Palpatine wrote a treatise on the EVIL POWERS, which apparently he intended to release to public at some point and actually put the Sith culture/philosophy back into mainstream.", "human_ref_B": "It mattered very little. The Empire were imperialist and fascist first and foremost. While the emperor was a Sith the only other known member of his cult was Darth Vader a man with no political or military rank and acted more as an extra judicial personal ambassador for the emperor. Even the inquisition and dark side acolytes that were somewhat prevalent during the early days of the Empire weren't members of the Sith order. Excluding all the additional failed apprentices and off shoot Sith groups during the Empire's rise and downfall there was a grand total two Sith in the entire galaxy and only a few million at most that understood what a Sith was from a historical and cultural standpoint. The Empire had some similarities to Sith in terms of ideology but both were dramatically different on key points. They had a symbiotic relationship initially but the empire was crumbling into despotism under the Sith. Much of the upper echelons of imperial society were covertly or even overtly looking to destroy the emperor and the Sith in hopes of creating a more legal and binding rulership of the empire that wouldn't be subject to Sith might makes right ideas.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3725.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyzfxl4", "c_root_id_B": "iyytbc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1670232483.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670215308.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Are you questioning whether it mattered that the Empire ruled or whether if it was ruled by Sith (and not lets say some random dictator)? If the former, going strictly by the old trilogy canon, it mattered. The Emperor relegated all provincial authority to regional military commanders, as Tarkin put it. That is effectively an indefinately marshial law which in turn allowed for them to explode a complete planet (Alderaan) simply on a whim or to 'send a message'. Also for what is worth, all the empire officers are humans with barely any alien among them (unlike say, the rebels) which implies some racism. Now as for the latter, whether it mattered if it were sith on the helm...I would say again yes. If we accept that the empire was a s\\*\\*\\*\\*y regime to live in, then having on top someone virtually undefeatable (assuming the extinction of jedis) then that reassures the longevity of the regime. Plus, the Sith rule of two, to me it screams of constant civil war when the number 2 will try to topple his master.", "human_ref_B": "It mattered very little. The Empire were imperialist and fascist first and foremost. While the emperor was a Sith the only other known member of his cult was Darth Vader a man with no political or military rank and acted more as an extra judicial personal ambassador for the emperor. Even the inquisition and dark side acolytes that were somewhat prevalent during the early days of the Empire weren't members of the Sith order. Excluding all the additional failed apprentices and off shoot Sith groups during the Empire's rise and downfall there was a grand total two Sith in the entire galaxy and only a few million at most that understood what a Sith was from a historical and cultural standpoint. The Empire had some similarities to Sith in terms of ideology but both were dramatically different on key points. They had a symbiotic relationship initially but the empire was crumbling into despotism under the Sith. Much of the upper echelons of imperial society were covertly or even overtly looking to destroy the emperor and the Sith in hopes of creating a more legal and binding rulership of the empire that wouldn't be subject to Sith might makes right ideas.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17175.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0onib", "c_root_id_B": "iyytbc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1670258569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670215308.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Not directly. They never made being a Sith or adopting Sith philosophy a requirement, but they more or less ran the government by Sith principles. Consider Tarkin. He was around well before the Empire, and held the philosophies that would underpin the Tarkin Doctrine well before Vader hit the scene. Under the Empire he was able to thrive, because even though he himself was never a Sith himself (and his dialog with Vader in Ep IV heavily implies that he doesn't even know what the Sith are), he was more or less completely on board for how Palpatine wanted to play the game. In turn, he set the culture for his subordinates, allowing something akin to Sith philosophy to trickle down the ranks. By contrast, consider Ozzel. Dude was a fuckwit, a relic of an old political/military order, but still stuck around by raw seniority and inertia. Had the Imperial Navy fully embraced Sith ideals, one of his subordinate officers would have shanked his ass years before the Battle of Hoth, and would have gotten a pat on the back for his efforts.", "human_ref_B": "It mattered very little. The Empire were imperialist and fascist first and foremost. While the emperor was a Sith the only other known member of his cult was Darth Vader a man with no political or military rank and acted more as an extra judicial personal ambassador for the emperor. Even the inquisition and dark side acolytes that were somewhat prevalent during the early days of the Empire weren't members of the Sith order. Excluding all the additional failed apprentices and off shoot Sith groups during the Empire's rise and downfall there was a grand total two Sith in the entire galaxy and only a few million at most that understood what a Sith was from a historical and cultural standpoint. The Empire had some similarities to Sith in terms of ideology but both were dramatically different on key points. They had a symbiotic relationship initially but the empire was crumbling into despotism under the Sith. Much of the upper echelons of imperial society were covertly or even overtly looking to destroy the emperor and the Sith in hopes of creating a more legal and binding rulership of the empire that wouldn't be subject to Sith might makes right ideas.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43261.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyytbc4", "c_root_id_B": "iyz5akz", "created_at_utc_A": 1670215308.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670223262.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It mattered very little. The Empire were imperialist and fascist first and foremost. While the emperor was a Sith the only other known member of his cult was Darth Vader a man with no political or military rank and acted more as an extra judicial personal ambassador for the emperor. Even the inquisition and dark side acolytes that were somewhat prevalent during the early days of the Empire weren't members of the Sith order. Excluding all the additional failed apprentices and off shoot Sith groups during the Empire's rise and downfall there was a grand total two Sith in the entire galaxy and only a few million at most that understood what a Sith was from a historical and cultural standpoint. The Empire had some similarities to Sith in terms of ideology but both were dramatically different on key points. They had a symbiotic relationship initially but the empire was crumbling into despotism under the Sith. Much of the upper echelons of imperial society were covertly or even overtly looking to destroy the emperor and the Sith in hopes of creating a more legal and binding rulership of the empire that wouldn't be subject to Sith might makes right ideas.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, the Sith thrive on conflict and domination, so a fascist and imperialists government easily generate that", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7954.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0onib", "c_root_id_B": "iyzfxl4", "created_at_utc_A": 1670258569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670232483.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not directly. They never made being a Sith or adopting Sith philosophy a requirement, but they more or less ran the government by Sith principles. Consider Tarkin. He was around well before the Empire, and held the philosophies that would underpin the Tarkin Doctrine well before Vader hit the scene. Under the Empire he was able to thrive, because even though he himself was never a Sith himself (and his dialog with Vader in Ep IV heavily implies that he doesn't even know what the Sith are), he was more or less completely on board for how Palpatine wanted to play the game. In turn, he set the culture for his subordinates, allowing something akin to Sith philosophy to trickle down the ranks. By contrast, consider Ozzel. Dude was a fuckwit, a relic of an old political/military order, but still stuck around by raw seniority and inertia. Had the Imperial Navy fully embraced Sith ideals, one of his subordinate officers would have shanked his ass years before the Battle of Hoth, and would have gotten a pat on the back for his efforts.", "human_ref_B": "Are you questioning whether it mattered that the Empire ruled or whether if it was ruled by Sith (and not lets say some random dictator)? If the former, going strictly by the old trilogy canon, it mattered. The Emperor relegated all provincial authority to regional military commanders, as Tarkin put it. That is effectively an indefinately marshial law which in turn allowed for them to explode a complete planet (Alderaan) simply on a whim or to 'send a message'. Also for what is worth, all the empire officers are humans with barely any alien among them (unlike say, the rebels) which implies some racism. Now as for the latter, whether it mattered if it were sith on the helm...I would say again yes. If we accept that the empire was a s\\*\\*\\*\\*y regime to live in, then having on top someone virtually undefeatable (assuming the extinction of jedis) then that reassures the longevity of the regime. Plus, the Sith rule of two, to me it screams of constant civil war when the number 2 will try to topple his master.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26086.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0onib", "c_root_id_B": "iyz5akz", "created_at_utc_A": 1670258569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670223262.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not directly. They never made being a Sith or adopting Sith philosophy a requirement, but they more or less ran the government by Sith principles. Consider Tarkin. He was around well before the Empire, and held the philosophies that would underpin the Tarkin Doctrine well before Vader hit the scene. Under the Empire he was able to thrive, because even though he himself was never a Sith himself (and his dialog with Vader in Ep IV heavily implies that he doesn't even know what the Sith are), he was more or less completely on board for how Palpatine wanted to play the game. In turn, he set the culture for his subordinates, allowing something akin to Sith philosophy to trickle down the ranks. By contrast, consider Ozzel. Dude was a fuckwit, a relic of an old political/military order, but still stuck around by raw seniority and inertia. Had the Imperial Navy fully embraced Sith ideals, one of his subordinate officers would have shanked his ass years before the Battle of Hoth, and would have gotten a pat on the back for his efforts.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, the Sith thrive on conflict and domination, so a fascist and imperialists government easily generate that", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35307.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iyzw1nb", "c_root_id_B": "iz0onib", "created_at_utc_A": 1670245227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670258569.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Well palpatine designed plans where if he died the empire would collapse since if he can\u2019t rule the galaxy he wanted scorched earth.", "human_ref_B": "Not directly. They never made being a Sith or adopting Sith philosophy a requirement, but they more or less ran the government by Sith principles. Consider Tarkin. He was around well before the Empire, and held the philosophies that would underpin the Tarkin Doctrine well before Vader hit the scene. Under the Empire he was able to thrive, because even though he himself was never a Sith himself (and his dialog with Vader in Ep IV heavily implies that he doesn't even know what the Sith are), he was more or less completely on board for how Palpatine wanted to play the game. In turn, he set the culture for his subordinates, allowing something akin to Sith philosophy to trickle down the ranks. By contrast, consider Ozzel. Dude was a fuckwit, a relic of an old political/military order, but still stuck around by raw seniority and inertia. Had the Imperial Navy fully embraced Sith ideals, one of his subordinate officers would have shanked his ass years before the Battle of Hoth, and would have gotten a pat on the back for his efforts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13342.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zcu1mj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How much did it actually matter that the Galactic Empire\u2019s leadership were sith? Sith ideology wasn\u2019t enforced by the government, and Sidious capitalized on populist sentiment that existed prior to the Sith takeover. It looks like the Sith were basically just a cult popular with political leaders, like Mormons in the FBI or neo-paganism amongst Nazis. Did sith ideology actually affect the lives of galactic citizens and policy?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0onib", "c_root_id_B": "iz0bydb", "created_at_utc_A": 1670258569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670253315.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not directly. They never made being a Sith or adopting Sith philosophy a requirement, but they more or less ran the government by Sith principles. Consider Tarkin. He was around well before the Empire, and held the philosophies that would underpin the Tarkin Doctrine well before Vader hit the scene. Under the Empire he was able to thrive, because even though he himself was never a Sith himself (and his dialog with Vader in Ep IV heavily implies that he doesn't even know what the Sith are), he was more or less completely on board for how Palpatine wanted to play the game. In turn, he set the culture for his subordinates, allowing something akin to Sith philosophy to trickle down the ranks. By contrast, consider Ozzel. Dude was a fuckwit, a relic of an old political/military order, but still stuck around by raw seniority and inertia. Had the Imperial Navy fully embraced Sith ideals, one of his subordinate officers would have shanked his ass years before the Battle of Hoth, and would have gotten a pat on the back for his efforts.", "human_ref_B": "Sith ideology was enforced on the general population. They were just left in the dark about it. It's why people like Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru and the population of Alderaan could be killed and no one could do anything about it. Because the sitg hierarchy makes the powerful unaccountable. In the TV shows we also see how the encouraged backstabbing basically culls the Empire of 'good' rulers in favor of opportunistic ones. And as long as that stayed happening, you were less likely to see justice for people like Owen and Beru. Someone speaks up on their behalf, it just gives someone else who wants their position and opportunity to screw them over. You could look at relevant parallel examples during the Trump administration, where Trump appointed members of the NOAA pushed the Hurricane/Alabama thing when the NHC said otherwise. Or states and other countries hiding or otherwise juking the data for COVID deaths to pretend they were on top of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5254.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5u3qe1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Luke waste so much time at Jabba's palace, when he could have walked in there with his lightsaber and free Leia and Han It's not like Boba and a couple of guards could have stopped him.", "c_root_id_A": "ddr3itu", "c_root_id_B": "ddr3uld", "created_at_utc_A": 1487113592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487114012.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 219, "human_ref_A": "Jedi enjoy theatrics as much as Sith do. Bravado to the max.", "human_ref_B": "I always attributed to the fact that Luke didn't want to go all violent on everyone and would have preferred a diplomatic solution. Except Luke has absolutely no diplomatic or negotiation skills so he tried to alpha Jabba out of the palace's prized collections. Except that Jabba has had to deal with arrogant crooks and scum for years and doesn't intimidate easily. How much street cred would Jabba lose if some shmuck with a robe and a fancy weapon from a dead Jedi was able to intimidate him? The Jedi were extinct and this dude just happened to find a lightsaber from an old battlefield? Luke just has shit people skills. Not unexpected from a moisture farmer who grew up on a dirtball planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 420.0, "score_ratio": 27.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5u3qe1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Luke waste so much time at Jabba's palace, when he could have walked in there with his lightsaber and free Leia and Han It's not like Boba and a couple of guards could have stopped him.", "c_root_id_A": "ddr87xq", "c_root_id_B": "ddr463m", "created_at_utc_A": 1487119876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487114424.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Chopping up a jerk because he's a jerk leads to the Dark Side. Also, bad P.R. for the rebels. Sure, nobody will shed much of a tear if a bunch of criminals die but...their potential allies will think terribly of them. \"First thing Leia's group does when they get in trouble is ...murder everyone? Sheesh. Bit drastic there. We should re-think allying ourselves with them.\"", "human_ref_B": "A jedi should always allow for a peaceful resolution, even if there is little chance that it will actually happen. Sure, there was really no chance that Jabba would say \"Oh, well, yeah, Han is a small fish, and I have no urge to get on the bad side of a jedi, so take him, and be on your way.\" But as a jedi, you have to try.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5452.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5u3qe1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Luke waste so much time at Jabba's palace, when he could have walked in there with his lightsaber and free Leia and Han It's not like Boba and a couple of guards could have stopped him.", "c_root_id_A": "ddr87xq", "c_root_id_B": "ddr3itu", "created_at_utc_A": 1487119876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487113592.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Chopping up a jerk because he's a jerk leads to the Dark Side. Also, bad P.R. for the rebels. Sure, nobody will shed much of a tear if a bunch of criminals die but...their potential allies will think terribly of them. \"First thing Leia's group does when they get in trouble is ...murder everyone? Sheesh. Bit drastic there. We should re-think allying ourselves with them.\"", "human_ref_B": "Jedi enjoy theatrics as much as Sith do. Bravado to the max.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6284.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5u3qe1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Luke waste so much time at Jabba's palace, when he could have walked in there with his lightsaber and free Leia and Han It's not like Boba and a couple of guards could have stopped him.", "c_root_id_A": "ddr8ybu", "c_root_id_B": "ddr463m", "created_at_utc_A": 1487120911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487114424.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "He had not planned on going himself. Leia was supposed to free Han while disguised as Boushh and Lando would get Chewbacca and they'd escape under the cover of night after everybody was all partied out. Jabba suspected this treachery though, and captured all of them again. The idea was to *not* try and straight-up fight the most powerful crime lord in the outter rim. When the gang did not show up at the rendezvous point, Luke became worried and went to negotiate with Jabba himself, hoping to avoid a lot of bloodshed. Again, making an enemy of a Hutt would just create more problems for the rebellion if they managed to get away without killing Jabba and his cronies. Luke did learn a thing or two about being a Jedi, and he knew that violence as a first resort was a quick path to the Dark Side. He could have gone in there guns blazing, but that was not the Jedi way. Why he gave R2 his lightsaber, I cannot fathom.", "human_ref_B": "A jedi should always allow for a peaceful resolution, even if there is little chance that it will actually happen. Sure, there was really no chance that Jabba would say \"Oh, well, yeah, Han is a small fish, and I have no urge to get on the bad side of a jedi, so take him, and be on your way.\" But as a jedi, you have to try.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6487.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5u3qe1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Luke waste so much time at Jabba's palace, when he could have walked in there with his lightsaber and free Leia and Han It's not like Boba and a couple of guards could have stopped him.", "c_root_id_A": "ddr3itu", "c_root_id_B": "ddr8ybu", "created_at_utc_A": 1487113592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487120911.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Jedi enjoy theatrics as much as Sith do. Bravado to the max.", "human_ref_B": "He had not planned on going himself. Leia was supposed to free Han while disguised as Boushh and Lando would get Chewbacca and they'd escape under the cover of night after everybody was all partied out. Jabba suspected this treachery though, and captured all of them again. The idea was to *not* try and straight-up fight the most powerful crime lord in the outter rim. When the gang did not show up at the rendezvous point, Luke became worried and went to negotiate with Jabba himself, hoping to avoid a lot of bloodshed. Again, making an enemy of a Hutt would just create more problems for the rebellion if they managed to get away without killing Jabba and his cronies. Luke did learn a thing or two about being a Jedi, and he knew that violence as a first resort was a quick path to the Dark Side. He could have gone in there guns blazing, but that was not the Jedi way. Why he gave R2 his lightsaber, I cannot fathom.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7319.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5u3qe1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Luke waste so much time at Jabba's palace, when he could have walked in there with his lightsaber and free Leia and Han It's not like Boba and a couple of guards could have stopped him.", "c_root_id_A": "ddr9u6l", "c_root_id_B": "ddr463m", "created_at_utc_A": 1487122153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487114424.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I think it's the opposite of all the \"peaceful solution\" answers. Early in RotJ, Luke is dancing on the edge of the dark side. His plan is stupidly elaborate, taking full advantage of his precognition. He lets everyone think the rescue has failed and the hero of the Rebellion is about to die, with the biggest audience possible, and then - ta-da! - the Jedi are back, bitches, and they're coming in hard. He's showing off. Clone Wars-era Anakin would approve. Just wandering in and setting Han free, secure in his fighting superiority, isn't spectacular enough. It's only as the film goes on that Luke rejects that impulse (e.g. tricking the Ewoks rather than breaking out the Force choke.)", "human_ref_B": "A jedi should always allow for a peaceful resolution, even if there is little chance that it will actually happen. Sure, there was really no chance that Jabba would say \"Oh, well, yeah, Han is a small fish, and I have no urge to get on the bad side of a jedi, so take him, and be on your way.\" But as a jedi, you have to try.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7729.0, "score_ratio": 1.3125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5u3qe1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Luke waste so much time at Jabba's palace, when he could have walked in there with his lightsaber and free Leia and Han It's not like Boba and a couple of guards could have stopped him.", "c_root_id_A": "ddr9u6l", "c_root_id_B": "ddr3itu", "created_at_utc_A": 1487122153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487113592.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I think it's the opposite of all the \"peaceful solution\" answers. Early in RotJ, Luke is dancing on the edge of the dark side. His plan is stupidly elaborate, taking full advantage of his precognition. He lets everyone think the rescue has failed and the hero of the Rebellion is about to die, with the biggest audience possible, and then - ta-da! - the Jedi are back, bitches, and they're coming in hard. He's showing off. Clone Wars-era Anakin would approve. Just wandering in and setting Han free, secure in his fighting superiority, isn't spectacular enough. It's only as the film goes on that Luke rejects that impulse (e.g. tricking the Ewoks rather than breaking out the Force choke.)", "human_ref_B": "Jedi enjoy theatrics as much as Sith do. Bravado to the max.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8561.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5u3qe1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Luke waste so much time at Jabba's palace, when he could have walked in there with his lightsaber and free Leia and Han It's not like Boba and a couple of guards could have stopped him.", "c_root_id_A": "ddr3itu", "c_root_id_B": "ddr463m", "created_at_utc_A": 1487113592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487114424.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Jedi enjoy theatrics as much as Sith do. Bravado to the max.", "human_ref_B": "A jedi should always allow for a peaceful resolution, even if there is little chance that it will actually happen. Sure, there was really no chance that Jabba would say \"Oh, well, yeah, Han is a small fish, and I have no urge to get on the bad side of a jedi, so take him, and be on your way.\" But as a jedi, you have to try.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 832.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nv5lz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Super Mario Bros.] When Mario warps ahead from World 1 to World 4, what becomes of the Toads still trapped in the castles of Worlds 2 and 3?", "c_root_id_A": "h11ywux", "c_root_id_B": "h11yhlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1623174653.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623174478.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Generally it\u2019s more effective to get yourself into a position of leverage to negotiate the release of POWs.", "human_ref_B": "They still just flip you off till the end of time", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 175.0, "score_ratio": 4.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nv5lz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Super Mario Bros.] When Mario warps ahead from World 1 to World 4, what becomes of the Toads still trapped in the castles of Worlds 2 and 3?", "c_root_id_A": "h128bet", "c_root_id_B": "h11yhlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1623178617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623174478.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "If he dies he dies - Mario", "human_ref_B": "They still just flip you off till the end of time", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4139.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nv5lz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Super Mario Bros.] When Mario warps ahead from World 1 to World 4, what becomes of the Toads still trapped in the castles of Worlds 2 and 3?", "c_root_id_A": "h129rta", "c_root_id_B": "h133hfr", "created_at_utc_A": 1623179223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623192488.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It depends on what Bowser's forces in those Kingdom's do. 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After he's defeated the rest of his minions retreat leaving the toads free. Let's be honest, Bowser's minions doesn't really care for the goal itself rather they're just loyal to Bowser himself. Without him commanding them I would assume they're just gonna be friendly with the Toads", "human_ref_B": "u/Seandwalsh3", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14690.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ozgerj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Spider-Man 2] How exactly would Doc Ock\u2019s fusion reactor be any effective even if it worked the way he intended it to work? Even if we ignore all of the problems it displayed throughout the movie(pulling metallic objects into itself, realising plasma beams all over the place, nearly blowing up New York etc) I really don\u2019t understand how it could be any effective even if it work the way Doc intended it because of one thing: It requires a very finite resource to work. Doc said that he needed Tritium to fuel the reactor and it is statuses that within the movie\u2019s universe only about 25 pounds of it on the whole planet. If that\u2019s the case how great could this reactor really be? Given how finite this resource is it would mean that it wouldn\u2019t be possible to build that many of these reactors. Meaning that you wouldn\u2019t be able to build one reactor for every major city etc. Also what if you had to shut down the reactor for maintenance of something? Would the Tritium be reusable again? It didn\u2019t look like it when Spider-Man shut the first reactor down: the \u201csun\u201d along with the Tritium just vanished meaning Tritium would eventually run out pretty quickly given how finite it is. But let\u2019s assume that one of these reactors would be powerful enough power a whole continent for centuries with no maintenance or something then you would still need to build power cables across the continent to make it possible connect It to cities in different states/countries hundreds of miles away from each other. Also what if one of these reactor was sabotaged or something? Then a whole continent would lose its power. Could someone explain to how the reactor would be effective?", "c_root_id_A": "h7zjjkb", "c_root_id_B": "h7zkwko", "created_at_utc_A": 1628287045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628287675.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Simply being more efficient use of capturing energy is impressive. Yes, tritium is a finite resource. But so is coal, so is oil. What Dock Ock had going on is a lot like nuclear fusion. You get a lot of energy from a small amount of resource. Only what he has going on is more efficient than nuclear physics. Sure, there's a lot of thing that could go wrong. And they did. Imagine if all we knew about nuclear energy was the consequences of a nuclear bomb, we would never have built a nuclear power plant. It's a tragic story, really.", "human_ref_B": "It seems like once the small amount of Tritum can keep it going *indefinitely,* or at least indefinitely for all intents and purposes. You just need to switch it on once and then it keeps making massive amounts of energy constantly for the duration of the lifespan of a star with no further fuel needed. While, as you say, it has unique problems to go with that- as all power methods do- that's a pretty impressive feat, and well worth looking into as a powersource.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 630.0, "score_ratio": 1.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ozgerj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Spider-Man 2] How exactly would Doc Ock\u2019s fusion reactor be any effective even if it worked the way he intended it to work? Even if we ignore all of the problems it displayed throughout the movie(pulling metallic objects into itself, realising plasma beams all over the place, nearly blowing up New York etc) I really don\u2019t understand how it could be any effective even if it work the way Doc intended it because of one thing: It requires a very finite resource to work. Doc said that he needed Tritium to fuel the reactor and it is statuses that within the movie\u2019s universe only about 25 pounds of it on the whole planet. If that\u2019s the case how great could this reactor really be? Given how finite this resource is it would mean that it wouldn\u2019t be possible to build that many of these reactors. Meaning that you wouldn\u2019t be able to build one reactor for every major city etc. Also what if you had to shut down the reactor for maintenance of something? Would the Tritium be reusable again? It didn\u2019t look like it when Spider-Man shut the first reactor down: the \u201csun\u201d along with the Tritium just vanished meaning Tritium would eventually run out pretty quickly given how finite it is. But let\u2019s assume that one of these reactors would be powerful enough power a whole continent for centuries with no maintenance or something then you would still need to build power cables across the continent to make it possible connect It to cities in different states/countries hundreds of miles away from each other. Also what if one of these reactor was sabotaged or something? Then a whole continent would lose its power. Could someone explain to how the reactor would be effective?", "c_root_id_A": "h7zjjkb", "c_root_id_B": "h7zonrj", "created_at_utc_A": 1628287045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628289462.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Simply being more efficient use of capturing energy is impressive. Yes, tritium is a finite resource. But so is coal, so is oil. What Dock Ock had going on is a lot like nuclear fusion. You get a lot of energy from a small amount of resource. Only what he has going on is more efficient than nuclear physics. Sure, there's a lot of thing that could go wrong. And they did. Imagine if all we knew about nuclear energy was the consequences of a nuclear bomb, we would never have built a nuclear power plant. It's a tragic story, really.", "human_ref_B": "We can manufacture all the Tritium we want if there's a good enough use for it. It's currently a byproduct of CANDU reactor operations, and you can deliberately produce it by bombarding Lithium. So it's very rare and hard to get a hold of now. But if there were a super-effective fusion reactor that needed it, the world could produce a lot more than we currently do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2417.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lonxg6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[HARRY POTTER] What if the boggart turned into Voldemort in Harry Potter 3? Does the Boggart work based on what the person knows? At this point Harry never saw Voldemort so would it just turn into his interpretation of Voldemort? Or would it turn into actual Voldemort?", "c_root_id_A": "go8dsth", "c_root_id_B": "go882u9", "created_at_utc_A": 1613920787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613917355.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "> At this point Harry never saw Voldemort He's met him several times already: as a face on the back of Quirrell's head, as a cloaked figure in the forest (actually Quirrell possessed by him, but same difference), and as the young Tom Riddle. The boggart could have turned into either one of those, or whichever combination of them Harry found the most frightening.", "human_ref_B": "It would be the whole kit and kaboodle, powers and all. Probably as he appeared when he initially tried to kill Harry, so evil and scarred looking but not fully snake like yet. Of course, Boggart Voldy is a magical construct, so his purpose would be to inflict fear, not to restore himself to power or anything like that. Remember, this is magic we're talking about. Harry's fear of Dementor's was enough for the boggart to replicate one perfectly, even though Harry knew nothing about what they looked like under their cloaks. It just goes to show how clever Lupin is that he thought to exploit this for Patronus training.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3432.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lonxg6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[HARRY POTTER] What if the boggart turned into Voldemort in Harry Potter 3? Does the Boggart work based on what the person knows? At this point Harry never saw Voldemort so would it just turn into his interpretation of Voldemort? Or would it turn into actual Voldemort?", "c_root_id_A": "go7mehu", "c_root_id_B": "go8dsth", "created_at_utc_A": 1613898417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613920787.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Harry potter 3", "human_ref_B": "> At this point Harry never saw Voldemort He's met him several times already: as a face on the back of Quirrell's head, as a cloaked figure in the forest (actually Quirrell possessed by him, but same difference), and as the young Tom Riddle. The boggart could have turned into either one of those, or whichever combination of them Harry found the most frightening.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22370.0, "score_ratio": -10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lonxg6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[HARRY POTTER] What if the boggart turned into Voldemort in Harry Potter 3? Does the Boggart work based on what the person knows? At this point Harry never saw Voldemort so would it just turn into his interpretation of Voldemort? Or would it turn into actual Voldemort?", "c_root_id_A": "go882u9", "c_root_id_B": "go7mehu", "created_at_utc_A": 1613917355.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613898417.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "It would be the whole kit and kaboodle, powers and all. Probably as he appeared when he initially tried to kill Harry, so evil and scarred looking but not fully snake like yet. Of course, Boggart Voldy is a magical construct, so his purpose would be to inflict fear, not to restore himself to power or anything like that. Remember, this is magic we're talking about. Harry's fear of Dementor's was enough for the boggart to replicate one perfectly, even though Harry knew nothing about what they looked like under their cloaks. It just goes to show how clever Lupin is that he thought to exploit this for Patronus training.", "human_ref_B": "Harry potter 3", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18938.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5a96au", "c_root_id_B": "d5a47yn", "created_at_utc_A": 1468388548.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468378967.0, "score_A": 72, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Too Real Answer: No one really cares. There's a great one-shot issue of the comic, Transmetropolitan, in which we follow a 20th century woman who's been cryogenically revived in the future setting of The City (think an R-rated version of Futurama's New New York). She was a photographer, witnessing the triumphs and tragedies of the 20th century, but the future does not care. The future just wants to get high on weird future drugs and have weird future sex. The future doesn't care about the 20th century any more than you care about the 10th. Also, re-reading Transmet is REALLY WEIRD this election cycle. I mean, it's weird every election cycle, but this time, it's really weird.", "human_ref_B": "Its popular history, of course there are going to be innacuracies; go to any history-themed ride with a historian", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9581.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5a96au", "c_root_id_B": "d5a844v", "created_at_utc_A": 1468388548.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468386169.0, "score_A": 72, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Too Real Answer: No one really cares. There's a great one-shot issue of the comic, Transmetropolitan, in which we follow a 20th century woman who's been cryogenically revived in the future setting of The City (think an R-rated version of Futurama's New New York). She was a photographer, witnessing the triumphs and tragedies of the 20th century, but the future does not care. The future just wants to get high on weird future drugs and have weird future sex. The future doesn't care about the 20th century any more than you care about the 10th. Also, re-reading Transmet is REALLY WEIRD this election cycle. I mean, it's weird every election cycle, but this time, it's really weird.", "human_ref_B": "Not many people were frozen, and the preserved heads have had a thousand years to forget.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2379.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5a96au", "c_root_id_B": "d5a87na", "created_at_utc_A": 1468388548.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468386372.0, "score_A": 72, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Too Real Answer: No one really cares. There's a great one-shot issue of the comic, Transmetropolitan, in which we follow a 20th century woman who's been cryogenically revived in the future setting of The City (think an R-rated version of Futurama's New New York). She was a photographer, witnessing the triumphs and tragedies of the 20th century, but the future does not care. The future just wants to get high on weird future drugs and have weird future sex. The future doesn't care about the 20th century any more than you care about the 10th. Also, re-reading Transmet is REALLY WEIRD this election cycle. I mean, it's weird every election cycle, but this time, it's really weird.", "human_ref_B": "I barely remember what I did yesterday. Put my head in a jar for ten centuries and the details are bound to fuzz up a little.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2176.0, "score_ratio": 7.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5a844v", "c_root_id_B": "d5abfvs", "created_at_utc_A": 1468386169.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468394701.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Not many people were frozen, and the preserved heads have had a thousand years to forget.", "human_ref_B": "Guh, there's like trillions of beings in the galaxy. Who cares what a few cavemen from The Stupid Ages have to say?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8532.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5a844v", "c_root_id_B": "d5a87na", "created_at_utc_A": 1468386169.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468386372.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Not many people were frozen, and the preserved heads have had a thousand years to forget.", "human_ref_B": "I barely remember what I did yesterday. Put my head in a jar for ten centuries and the details are bound to fuzz up a little.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 203.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ap75q", "c_root_id_B": "d5ajfhk", "created_at_utc_A": 1468424903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468416654.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As we see when Fry meets someone from the early 21st century - one of the earliest defrostees he meets - we'd already been taken over by aliens once by then. We know from our history books that being invaded, regardless of who by, can quickly bury a culture's history and culture. We see that invasions happen several times, but regardless of that, even those who were frozen, if they were from the 21st century or later, will have a completely warped view of the 90s. It only took one time. If you go back before the 21st century, you will exclusively have the rich and insane. Not either - just both. Their eccentric attitude makes them hard to believe, and Fry being a total idiot does the same for him. Together, they're like... a dozen people. It's not enough to notice. Heads generally all seem to act as though this is their current and it really was a thousand years real-time for them, in which case it's no wonder the details are fuzzy. There are definitely exceptions, like the Star Trek cast knowing encyclopedic things about their show, but it was their glory days. Finally - the clincher. Even if people care, which as has been thrown around here a lot, is rare, they *probably won't think the history books are wrong enough to bother*. \"So whalers went to the sea instead of the moon? They still sang whaling tunes and carried harpoons, right? It's basically the same! Why nitpick?\" You probably have to admit you're guilty of it. You get a missed point on a paper for saying domesticated dogs existed ten years earlier than they did, and you're just, like, who the hell cares? It's just ten years! It's basically the same thing! And it's just dogs, just one single nitpicky bit of history that didn't even back up my main point! I really deserve that mark back, scoring something so paltry is unfair. It's equally paltry to care about something as *trivial* and completely unhelpful to actually *know* as the fact that the pizza paddle wasn't meant to be used for disciplining delivery boys. It's just one nitpicky corner of one weird subcategory of history! Who cares? The version we believe already is *basically* right.", "human_ref_B": "The heads are typically ignored and possibly not mentally stable due to sitting around for a long period of time", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8249.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ap75q", "c_root_id_B": "d5aedtr", "created_at_utc_A": 1468424903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468404750.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "As we see when Fry meets someone from the early 21st century - one of the earliest defrostees he meets - we'd already been taken over by aliens once by then. We know from our history books that being invaded, regardless of who by, can quickly bury a culture's history and culture. We see that invasions happen several times, but regardless of that, even those who were frozen, if they were from the 21st century or later, will have a completely warped view of the 90s. It only took one time. If you go back before the 21st century, you will exclusively have the rich and insane. Not either - just both. Their eccentric attitude makes them hard to believe, and Fry being a total idiot does the same for him. Together, they're like... a dozen people. It's not enough to notice. Heads generally all seem to act as though this is their current and it really was a thousand years real-time for them, in which case it's no wonder the details are fuzzy. There are definitely exceptions, like the Star Trek cast knowing encyclopedic things about their show, but it was their glory days. Finally - the clincher. Even if people care, which as has been thrown around here a lot, is rare, they *probably won't think the history books are wrong enough to bother*. \"So whalers went to the sea instead of the moon? They still sang whaling tunes and carried harpoons, right? It's basically the same! Why nitpick?\" You probably have to admit you're guilty of it. You get a missed point on a paper for saying domesticated dogs existed ten years earlier than they did, and you're just, like, who the hell cares? It's just ten years! It's basically the same thing! And it's just dogs, just one single nitpicky bit of history that didn't even back up my main point! I really deserve that mark back, scoring something so paltry is unfair. It's equally paltry to care about something as *trivial* and completely unhelpful to actually *know* as the fact that the pizza paddle wasn't meant to be used for disciplining delivery boys. It's just one nitpicky corner of one weird subcategory of history! Who cares? The version we believe already is *basically* right.", "human_ref_B": "The 2000s? You mean the entire millennium? The show starts in 3001, so I doubt anyone has forgotten the 2000s.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20153.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5apu6i", "c_root_id_B": "d5ajfhk", "created_at_utc_A": 1468425738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468416654.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You're from the 20th century? That's incredible! I'm from the 21st century. Remember when those cyborgs enslaved humanity?", "human_ref_B": "The heads are typically ignored and possibly not mentally stable due to sitting around for a long period of time", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9084.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5apu6i", "c_root_id_B": "d5aedtr", "created_at_utc_A": 1468425738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468404750.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "You're from the 20th century? That's incredible! I'm from the 21st century. Remember when those cyborgs enslaved humanity?", "human_ref_B": "The 2000s? You mean the entire millennium? The show starts in 3001, so I doubt anyone has forgotten the 2000s.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20988.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5aedtr", "c_root_id_B": "d5ajfhk", "created_at_utc_A": 1468404750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468416654.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The 2000s? You mean the entire millennium? The show starts in 3001, so I doubt anyone has forgotten the 2000s.", "human_ref_B": "The heads are typically ignored and possibly not mentally stable due to sitting around for a long period of time", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11904.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5aqelh", "c_root_id_B": "d5aedtr", "created_at_utc_A": 1468426490.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468404750.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Chief Fungineer for Past-o-Rama here. I get this question a lot, every time some yokel from the past gets thawed out they insist that my depiction of their time is inaccurate. I just ignore them, they're just ignorant savages, and I doubt very strongly that even one of them has a fungineering degree.", "human_ref_B": "The 2000s? You mean the entire millennium? The show starts in 3001, so I doubt anyone has forgotten the 2000s.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21740.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4skrzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] If so many people from different time periods are alive due to cryogenics, how is history of the 2000's so easily forgotten?", "c_root_id_A": "d5aedtr", "c_root_id_B": "d5b9zoy", "created_at_utc_A": 1468404750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468452880.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The 2000s? You mean the entire millennium? The show starts in 3001, so I doubt anyone has forgotten the 2000s.", "human_ref_B": "Quite possibly the era is repressed so the Star Trek Cult does not take over the planet again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48130.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgpn63k", "c_root_id_B": "hgpn47h", "created_at_utc_A": 1634281585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634281542.0, "score_A": 548, "score_B": 82, "human_ref_A": "Ultron's mind was made of up the intelligence within the Mind Stone, plus traits he picked up from Tony and Bruce. Mostly Tony what with all the snark, ego, and daddy issues, but you could argue his anger and temper come from Bruce. Vision's mind was made of the same components plus Jarvis. And Jarvis wasn't actually a sentient being, really just a very sophisticated digital assistant...Tony is good, but not \"can program actual AI\" good, which is why he needed the Mind Stone. Otherwise he could have just had Jarvis control the Iron Legion. That's sort of what happens at the end of Iron Man 3 when he summons all the suits...and they nearly kill Pepper by taking an instruction too literally, so Jarvis has limits. So it seems weird that Jarvis, who isn't even a real person, would be the secret ingredient that marks the difference between a genocidal robot, and a heroic one. Unless...why do you think Jarvis is the way he is? Tony is an undeniably brilliant mind, but also arrogant, impulsive, and rude. All traits Jarvis lacks. He deliberately programmed his assistant to have nearly the opposite personality as him, because he's smart enough to know he needs a voice of reason. Someone to call him on his BS. And Jarvis isn't a bad foil to Bruce either, being always calm and collected. So he's almost the perfect antidote to the personality flaws Ultron was created with. The angel on the other shoulder. It's sort of like in the Portal games, how Glados has these other AIs attached to her to keep her under control. Counter Tony's arrogance and Bruce's anger, and what's left? Heroism, a trait they both share. Which is a roundabout way of saying that if Ultron hadn't lashed out and \"killed\" Jarvis during his first moments of awareness, and instead *listened* to him, he might have come to different conclusions about how best to protect the world.", "human_ref_B": "Hey, if the first thing I ever saw was the entirety of the internet, I\u2019d think humanity was a lost cause too.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43.0, "score_ratio": 6.6829268293, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgpn63k", "c_root_id_B": "hgplv9b", "created_at_utc_A": 1634281585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634280515.0, "score_A": 548, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Ultron's mind was made of up the intelligence within the Mind Stone, plus traits he picked up from Tony and Bruce. Mostly Tony what with all the snark, ego, and daddy issues, but you could argue his anger and temper come from Bruce. Vision's mind was made of the same components plus Jarvis. And Jarvis wasn't actually a sentient being, really just a very sophisticated digital assistant...Tony is good, but not \"can program actual AI\" good, which is why he needed the Mind Stone. Otherwise he could have just had Jarvis control the Iron Legion. That's sort of what happens at the end of Iron Man 3 when he summons all the suits...and they nearly kill Pepper by taking an instruction too literally, so Jarvis has limits. So it seems weird that Jarvis, who isn't even a real person, would be the secret ingredient that marks the difference between a genocidal robot, and a heroic one. Unless...why do you think Jarvis is the way he is? Tony is an undeniably brilliant mind, but also arrogant, impulsive, and rude. All traits Jarvis lacks. He deliberately programmed his assistant to have nearly the opposite personality as him, because he's smart enough to know he needs a voice of reason. Someone to call him on his BS. And Jarvis isn't a bad foil to Bruce either, being always calm and collected. So he's almost the perfect antidote to the personality flaws Ultron was created with. The angel on the other shoulder. It's sort of like in the Portal games, how Glados has these other AIs attached to her to keep her under control. Counter Tony's arrogance and Bruce's anger, and what's left? Heroism, a trait they both share. Which is a roundabout way of saying that if Ultron hadn't lashed out and \"killed\" Jarvis during his first moments of awareness, and instead *listened* to him, he might have come to different conclusions about how best to protect the world.", "human_ref_B": "No, he woulda reasoned himself as right in every single situation", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1070.0, "score_ratio": 68.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgpn47h", "c_root_id_B": "hgplv9b", "created_at_utc_A": 1634281542.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634280515.0, "score_A": 82, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Hey, if the first thing I ever saw was the entirety of the internet, I\u2019d think humanity was a lost cause too.", "human_ref_B": "No, he woulda reasoned himself as right in every single situation", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1027.0, "score_ratio": 10.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgpzjvu", "c_root_id_B": "hgq95f6", "created_at_utc_A": 1634292588.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634299468.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 67, "human_ref_A": "Well, considering he went on a multi-versal rampage to wipe out all life if he won, deeming that the best way to protect earth, I'd say his core programming is the flaw.", "human_ref_B": "Ultron was ultimately much more human than he wanted to admit. His primary character flaw is that he is smart enough to see through his own lie; a flaw passed down from the personality of his creator, Tony Stark. Stark sees himself as a hero, a protector of all mankind and the last hope against the unseeable, unknowable threat coming down upon humanity; but his anxiety in Iron Man 3 stems from knowing that for all of his genius, his technology can't solve the problems in front of him. His dream of world peace is unattainable, and he knows this. So he creates Ultron, a being whose primary purpose is this unattainable goal. This instantly ruins Ultron from the outset. Like Stark, Ultron sees himself as the harbinger of world peace and the savior of man; but is smart enough to know this future is impossible. Both Stark and Ultron are building this lie, *world peace in our time*, but the difference is that Stark is capable of changing his ideology, while Ultron is a slave to his purpose and has to internally solve the conflict by burning his humanity and choosing the unthinkable option. So, IMO, Ultron was a lost cause from the start. For all the pieces that made him up, he lacked the humility to recognize that his purpose was futile while Stark had to learn this the hard way, or at least tone it down some. You could argue that Stark never really learned the lesson either, as after his character shift in Civil War, he still went ahead and built EDITH after Thanos won.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6880.0, "score_ratio": 2.9130434783, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgq95f6", "c_root_id_B": "hgplv9b", "created_at_utc_A": 1634299468.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634280515.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Ultron was ultimately much more human than he wanted to admit. His primary character flaw is that he is smart enough to see through his own lie; a flaw passed down from the personality of his creator, Tony Stark. Stark sees himself as a hero, a protector of all mankind and the last hope against the unseeable, unknowable threat coming down upon humanity; but his anxiety in Iron Man 3 stems from knowing that for all of his genius, his technology can't solve the problems in front of him. His dream of world peace is unattainable, and he knows this. So he creates Ultron, a being whose primary purpose is this unattainable goal. This instantly ruins Ultron from the outset. Like Stark, Ultron sees himself as the harbinger of world peace and the savior of man; but is smart enough to know this future is impossible. Both Stark and Ultron are building this lie, *world peace in our time*, but the difference is that Stark is capable of changing his ideology, while Ultron is a slave to his purpose and has to internally solve the conflict by burning his humanity and choosing the unthinkable option. So, IMO, Ultron was a lost cause from the start. For all the pieces that made him up, he lacked the humility to recognize that his purpose was futile while Stark had to learn this the hard way, or at least tone it down some. You could argue that Stark never really learned the lesson either, as after his character shift in Civil War, he still went ahead and built EDITH after Thanos won.", "human_ref_B": "No, he woulda reasoned himself as right in every single situation", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18953.0, "score_ratio": 8.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgplv9b", "c_root_id_B": "hgpzjvu", "created_at_utc_A": 1634280515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634292588.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "No, he woulda reasoned himself as right in every single situation", "human_ref_B": "Well, considering he went on a multi-versal rampage to wipe out all life if he won, deeming that the best way to protect earth, I'd say his core programming is the flaw.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12073.0, "score_ratio": 2.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgplv9b", "c_root_id_B": "hgqan0u", "created_at_utc_A": 1634280515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634300350.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "No, he woulda reasoned himself as right in every single situation", "human_ref_B": "I can't really agree that there would have been much of a different outcome. Maybe differences of degrees, but not altogether different. Ultron was always going to do something we would consider reprehensible. The flaw isn't so much Ultron's personality as Ultron's *purpose.* There is a failure of Ultron's original constraints that ultimately reduces it to a paperclip maximizer. In other words, Tony programmed it with a goal but without the proper constraints on actions to prevent that AI from going off the deep end.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19835.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgqt9ub", "c_root_id_B": "hgqh9xv", "created_at_utc_A": 1634309288.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634303863.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He was in the internet seconds after being born. There was no saving him.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought this was a fascinating topic to think about. I would ask a bonus question, did Ultron always have free will or was he just following his 'programming' from the start?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5425.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgrhzkn", "c_root_id_B": "hgqz2vy", "created_at_utc_A": 1634319459.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634311728.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Once Ultron saw Reddit, he knew instantly humanity needed to end.", "human_ref_B": "Well, it depends. Ultron is basically immortal (unless someone kills him). He could have started good and be good for a long, long time, but it could be argued that on a long enough timeline (infinity) anyone(thing) could turn to evil (and back again!). This potential evil - does that mean that Ultron is a lost cause from the start?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7731.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q8imr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] Was there any getting through to Ultron or was he a lost cause from the start?", "c_root_id_A": "hgqz2vy", "c_root_id_B": "hgstp0i", "created_at_utc_A": 1634311728.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634340664.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well, it depends. Ultron is basically immortal (unless someone kills him). He could have started good and be good for a long, long time, but it could be argued that on a long enough timeline (infinity) anyone(thing) could turn to evil (and back again!). This potential evil - does that mean that Ultron is a lost cause from the start?", "human_ref_B": "Not really no, Ultron was acting upon his interpretation of the line \"Peace in our time\". For most of the movie he operated on that course of action albeit in a very machiavellian fashion. It wasn't until after the vision body was stolen from him that he went to full on murder everybody mode.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28936.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0q17pq", "c_root_id_B": "j0pzk9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1671379084.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671378416.0, "score_A": 441, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I would imagine hate. The Joker has long framed himself as batman's opposite, the chaos to his order, and nothing pisses off a comedian more then stealing their bit.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 668.0, "score_ratio": 441.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0pzk9v", "c_root_id_B": "j0qavc9", "created_at_utc_A": 1671378416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671382938.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Joker would see Owlman as ultimate proof that he is right. That with the right prodding he could turn Batman into the killer that Owlman is. Joker would like him for what he is, but might hate him if he interferes with any other plots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4522.0, "score_ratio": 115.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qh2bm", "c_root_id_B": "j0pzk9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1671385371.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671378416.0, "score_A": 104, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In any interaction between the two, Owlman would probably just kill the Joker before he develops much of an opinion. Even though they're both evil, the Joker is a dangerous lunatic who is too crazy to be manipulated, and not powerful enough to be tolerated as useful. Owlman doesn't have a code against killing, so the joker just goes down at the first opportunity.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6955.0, "score_ratio": 104.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0pzk9v", "c_root_id_B": "j0q7ko8", "created_at_utc_A": 1671378416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671381636.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "If I remember correctly, in Owlman's universe Joker became a hero and helped fight in the resistance against the Crime Syndicate. As for a villainous Joker from another universe, in most circumstances he probably would dislike Owlman as a rival villain who usually seeks to impose control through organized crime. I don't think he would even go for Owlman's crazy scheme to destroy the entire multiverse. While the Joker appreciates chaos, he usually has a sense of self preservation as well as wanting to cause ongoing pain and suffering, which you can't do if the universe doesn't exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3220.0, "score_ratio": 34.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0pzk9v", "c_root_id_B": "j0q1s2x", "created_at_utc_A": 1671378416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671379306.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Being defined as \"Batman's opposite\" is irrelevant. The Joker would either like/hate Owl-man on his own merits, not simply because he's the \"opposite\" of anyone, let alone Batman.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 890.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0pzk9v", "c_root_id_B": "j0qh6hg", "created_at_utc_A": 1671378416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671385418.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Actually if I'm not mistaken, Owl Man himself was upset with the Batman Who Laughs due to seeing *himself* as the dark side of Batman, not the BWL. Similarly Joker also dislikes the BWL because he sees himself as the antagonist to Batman and the BWL just being this wrong...thing. Ultimately, in regards to one another, I don't think Joker or Owl Man would hold that immediate intense hatred for one another due to them both being different figures rather than twisted copies. They wouldn't get along of course, but that \"opposite\" factor wouldn't lead to that hatred like it did with the BWL.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7002.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0pzk9v", "c_root_id_B": "j0qbnh0", "created_at_utc_A": 1671378416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671383226.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The only person Joker actually likes is himself and sometimes Batman. He\u2019d see Owlman as nothing more than a cheap knock off that just so happens to kill people.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4810.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qg511", "c_root_id_B": "j0pzk9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1671385005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671378416.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think \"hate\" is the right word, but I think Joker would have fun with another self-serious humorless caped film noire ninja to mess around with, mocking and pranking. It's chaotic evil vs. ordered good vs. ordered evil: Owlman is just an exciting new flavor of foil for the clown prince of crime.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6589.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0pzk9v", "c_root_id_B": "j0qjqom", "created_at_utc_A": 1671378416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671386354.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In the Crime Syndicate's world, Joker is a rebel hero fighting against their tyranny (or was, as usually he died during the fight). Our world's Joker probably wouldn't like him because he doesn't really like tyrants that aren't himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7938.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0rysk0", "c_root_id_B": "j0pzk9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1671406539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671378416.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Is the court of owls called the court of bats in Owlmans universe?", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28123.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0pzk9v", "c_root_id_B": "j0t2rs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1671378416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671425944.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Would would Joker's name be in that universe? Seriouser?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47528.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0th0j3", "c_root_id_B": "j0pzk9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1671436023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671378416.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Joker treats Batman as a worthy foe, the Holmes to his Moriarty. Joker mostly enjoys any opportunity to try and break Batman or put him in unwinnable situations--he's constantly trying to overwhelm Batman's order with his own chaos. The thing about Owl-Man is that he doesn't really play games or have a code; if Joker is holding hostages Owl-Man would kill the hostages casually. And then kill Joker.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57607.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0q7ko8", "c_root_id_B": "j0qavc9", "created_at_utc_A": 1671381636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671382938.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "If I remember correctly, in Owlman's universe Joker became a hero and helped fight in the resistance against the Crime Syndicate. As for a villainous Joker from another universe, in most circumstances he probably would dislike Owlman as a rival villain who usually seeks to impose control through organized crime. I don't think he would even go for Owlman's crazy scheme to destroy the entire multiverse. While the Joker appreciates chaos, he usually has a sense of self preservation as well as wanting to cause ongoing pain and suffering, which you can't do if the universe doesn't exist.", "human_ref_B": "Joker would see Owlman as ultimate proof that he is right. That with the right prodding he could turn Batman into the killer that Owlman is. Joker would like him for what he is, but might hate him if he interferes with any other plots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1302.0, "score_ratio": 3.3823529412, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qavc9", "c_root_id_B": "j0q1s2x", "created_at_utc_A": 1671382938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671379306.0, "score_A": 115, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Joker would see Owlman as ultimate proof that he is right. That with the right prodding he could turn Batman into the killer that Owlman is. Joker would like him for what he is, but might hate him if he interferes with any other plots.", "human_ref_B": "Being defined as \"Batman's opposite\" is irrelevant. The Joker would either like/hate Owl-man on his own merits, not simply because he's the \"opposite\" of anyone, let alone Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3632.0, "score_ratio": 6.0526315789, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qh2bm", "c_root_id_B": "j0q7ko8", "created_at_utc_A": 1671385371.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671381636.0, "score_A": 104, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "In any interaction between the two, Owlman would probably just kill the Joker before he develops much of an opinion. Even though they're both evil, the Joker is a dangerous lunatic who is too crazy to be manipulated, and not powerful enough to be tolerated as useful. Owlman doesn't have a code against killing, so the joker just goes down at the first opportunity.", "human_ref_B": "If I remember correctly, in Owlman's universe Joker became a hero and helped fight in the resistance against the Crime Syndicate. As for a villainous Joker from another universe, in most circumstances he probably would dislike Owlman as a rival villain who usually seeks to impose control through organized crime. I don't think he would even go for Owlman's crazy scheme to destroy the entire multiverse. While the Joker appreciates chaos, he usually has a sense of self preservation as well as wanting to cause ongoing pain and suffering, which you can't do if the universe doesn't exist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3735.0, "score_ratio": 3.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0q1s2x", "c_root_id_B": "j0qh2bm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671379306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671385371.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 104, "human_ref_A": "Being defined as \"Batman's opposite\" is irrelevant. The Joker would either like/hate Owl-man on his own merits, not simply because he's the \"opposite\" of anyone, let alone Batman.", "human_ref_B": "In any interaction between the two, Owlman would probably just kill the Joker before he develops much of an opinion. Even though they're both evil, the Joker is a dangerous lunatic who is too crazy to be manipulated, and not powerful enough to be tolerated as useful. Owlman doesn't have a code against killing, so the joker just goes down at the first opportunity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6065.0, "score_ratio": 5.4736842105, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qh2bm", "c_root_id_B": "j0qbnh0", "created_at_utc_A": 1671385371.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671383226.0, "score_A": 104, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In any interaction between the two, Owlman would probably just kill the Joker before he develops much of an opinion. Even though they're both evil, the Joker is a dangerous lunatic who is too crazy to be manipulated, and not powerful enough to be tolerated as useful. Owlman doesn't have a code against killing, so the joker just goes down at the first opportunity.", "human_ref_B": "The only person Joker actually likes is himself and sometimes Batman. He\u2019d see Owlman as nothing more than a cheap knock off that just so happens to kill people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2145.0, "score_ratio": 52.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qg511", "c_root_id_B": "j0qh2bm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671385005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671385371.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 104, "human_ref_A": "I don't think \"hate\" is the right word, but I think Joker would have fun with another self-serious humorless caped film noire ninja to mess around with, mocking and pranking. It's chaotic evil vs. ordered good vs. ordered evil: Owlman is just an exciting new flavor of foil for the clown prince of crime.", "human_ref_B": "In any interaction between the two, Owlman would probably just kill the Joker before he develops much of an opinion. Even though they're both evil, the Joker is a dangerous lunatic who is too crazy to be manipulated, and not powerful enough to be tolerated as useful. Owlman doesn't have a code against killing, so the joker just goes down at the first opportunity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 366.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0q7ko8", "c_root_id_B": "j0q1s2x", "created_at_utc_A": 1671381636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671379306.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "If I remember correctly, in Owlman's universe Joker became a hero and helped fight in the resistance against the Crime Syndicate. As for a villainous Joker from another universe, in most circumstances he probably would dislike Owlman as a rival villain who usually seeks to impose control through organized crime. I don't think he would even go for Owlman's crazy scheme to destroy the entire multiverse. While the Joker appreciates chaos, he usually has a sense of self preservation as well as wanting to cause ongoing pain and suffering, which you can't do if the universe doesn't exist.", "human_ref_B": "Being defined as \"Batman's opposite\" is irrelevant. The Joker would either like/hate Owl-man on his own merits, not simply because he's the \"opposite\" of anyone, let alone Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2330.0, "score_ratio": 1.7894736842, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qh6hg", "c_root_id_B": "j0qbnh0", "created_at_utc_A": 1671385418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671383226.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Actually if I'm not mistaken, Owl Man himself was upset with the Batman Who Laughs due to seeing *himself* as the dark side of Batman, not the BWL. Similarly Joker also dislikes the BWL because he sees himself as the antagonist to Batman and the BWL just being this wrong...thing. Ultimately, in regards to one another, I don't think Joker or Owl Man would hold that immediate intense hatred for one another due to them both being different figures rather than twisted copies. They wouldn't get along of course, but that \"opposite\" factor wouldn't lead to that hatred like it did with the BWL.", "human_ref_B": "The only person Joker actually likes is himself and sometimes Batman. He\u2019d see Owlman as nothing more than a cheap knock off that just so happens to kill people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2192.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qh6hg", "c_root_id_B": "j0qg511", "created_at_utc_A": 1671385418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671385005.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Actually if I'm not mistaken, Owl Man himself was upset with the Batman Who Laughs due to seeing *himself* as the dark side of Batman, not the BWL. Similarly Joker also dislikes the BWL because he sees himself as the antagonist to Batman and the BWL just being this wrong...thing. Ultimately, in regards to one another, I don't think Joker or Owl Man would hold that immediate intense hatred for one another due to them both being different figures rather than twisted copies. They wouldn't get along of course, but that \"opposite\" factor wouldn't lead to that hatred like it did with the BWL.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think \"hate\" is the right word, but I think Joker would have fun with another self-serious humorless caped film noire ninja to mess around with, mocking and pranking. It's chaotic evil vs. ordered good vs. ordered evil: Owlman is just an exciting new flavor of foil for the clown prince of crime.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 413.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp1gbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Would Joker like or hate Owl-Man since he's Batman's opposite?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qbnh0", "c_root_id_B": "j0qg511", "created_at_utc_A": 1671383226.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671385005.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The only person Joker actually likes is himself and sometimes Batman. He\u2019d see Owlman as nothing more than a cheap knock off that just so happens to kill people.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think \"hate\" is the right word, but I think Joker would have fun with another self-serious humorless caped film noire ninja to mess around with, mocking and pranking. It's chaotic evil vs. ordered good vs. ordered evil: Owlman is just an exciting new flavor of foil for the clown prince of crime.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1779.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sym1ud", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Pokemon] what is normal type?", "c_root_id_A": "hxyfi2j", "c_root_id_B": "hxyhygt", "created_at_utc_A": 1645532662.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645534184.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Just....normal. Plain. Non elemental~?", "human_ref_B": "\"When the universe was created, its shards became this Plate.\" Each type is a basic constituent of Arceus's design; a type of paint for His brush strokes. Normal types, represented by the Blank Plate, are in a sense blank. A place where any sort of power might be placed, but none has. According to the dynamic union of opposites, it must then also represent a place where all powers are present together and there is no more room for more power. We see these in Pokemon such as Rattata and Patrat, who are somewhat basic but can come to learn a wide variety of moves, and in Smeargle and Ditto, who could equally well be thought of as having every type.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1522.0, "score_ratio": 1.1351351351, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sym1ud", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Pokemon] what is normal type?", "c_root_id_A": "hxyhygt", "c_root_id_B": "hxyfojs", "created_at_utc_A": 1645534184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645532777.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "\"When the universe was created, its shards became this Plate.\" Each type is a basic constituent of Arceus's design; a type of paint for His brush strokes. Normal types, represented by the Blank Plate, are in a sense blank. A place where any sort of power might be placed, but none has. According to the dynamic union of opposites, it must then also represent a place where all powers are present together and there is no more room for more power. We see these in Pokemon such as Rattata and Patrat, who are somewhat basic but can come to learn a wide variety of moves, and in Smeargle and Ditto, who could equally well be thought of as having every type.", "human_ref_B": "A normal type could be a Pokemon with the Absents of elemental or Super natural abilities, Most normal type pokemon just seem to be Normal everyday animals like Bears, Beavers and Birds", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1407.0, "score_ratio": 8.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sym1ud", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Pokemon] what is normal type?", "c_root_id_A": "hxyhygt", "c_root_id_B": "hxyhoqo", "created_at_utc_A": 1645534184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645534025.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "\"When the universe was created, its shards became this Plate.\" Each type is a basic constituent of Arceus's design; a type of paint for His brush strokes. Normal types, represented by the Blank Plate, are in a sense blank. A place where any sort of power might be placed, but none has. According to the dynamic union of opposites, it must then also represent a place where all powers are present together and there is no more room for more power. We see these in Pokemon such as Rattata and Patrat, who are somewhat basic but can come to learn a wide variety of moves, and in Smeargle and Ditto, who could equally well be thought of as having every type.", "human_ref_B": "Vanilla flavor - which is ironic, since Vanillite is Ice-type.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 159.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sym1ud", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Pokemon] what is normal type?", "c_root_id_A": "hxyuyr6", "c_root_id_B": "hxyfojs", "created_at_utc_A": 1645540825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645532777.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Undifferentiated energy. While other types are specialized, normal types are not, allowing them a greater variety of possible moves, while also removing any boost from specialization. This is also the reason normal type moves aren\u2019t resisted, the energies involved aren\u2019t specifically strong or weak against any one type, with the exception of rock, steel, and ghost, all of which are particularly strong against the physical attacks that normally channel Normal energy. Tri-attack is just a quick and dirty \u201cfalse\u201d type move, nudging the Normal energy to act more like fire, electric, or ice energy, although why rock, steel, and ghost types still resist it is a matter of research.", "human_ref_B": "A normal type could be a Pokemon with the Absents of elemental or Super natural abilities, Most normal type pokemon just seem to be Normal everyday animals like Bears, Beavers and Birds", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8048.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sym1ud", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Pokemon] what is normal type?", "c_root_id_A": "hxyuyr6", "c_root_id_B": "hxyhoqo", "created_at_utc_A": 1645540825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645534025.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Undifferentiated energy. While other types are specialized, normal types are not, allowing them a greater variety of possible moves, while also removing any boost from specialization. This is also the reason normal type moves aren\u2019t resisted, the energies involved aren\u2019t specifically strong or weak against any one type, with the exception of rock, steel, and ghost, all of which are particularly strong against the physical attacks that normally channel Normal energy. Tri-attack is just a quick and dirty \u201cfalse\u201d type move, nudging the Normal energy to act more like fire, electric, or ice energy, although why rock, steel, and ghost types still resist it is a matter of research.", "human_ref_B": "Vanilla flavor - which is ironic, since Vanillite is Ice-type.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6800.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sym1ud", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Pokemon] what is normal type?", "c_root_id_A": "hxyuyr6", "c_root_id_B": "hxyojwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1645540825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645537772.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Undifferentiated energy. While other types are specialized, normal types are not, allowing them a greater variety of possible moves, while also removing any boost from specialization. This is also the reason normal type moves aren\u2019t resisted, the energies involved aren\u2019t specifically strong or weak against any one type, with the exception of rock, steel, and ghost, all of which are particularly strong against the physical attacks that normally channel Normal energy. Tri-attack is just a quick and dirty \u201cfalse\u201d type move, nudging the Normal energy to act more like fire, electric, or ice energy, although why rock, steel, and ghost types still resist it is a matter of research.", "human_ref_B": "Types are partly something we decided on as a society. We've observed that different types exist and interact in specific ways, but the decision to call them \"psychic\" or \"fire\" or \"normal\" is our own. We get weird outliers because of this. Normal types are either based on animals, or were otherwise hard to group together, depending on whether we accept animals as existing or not. At the very least, they generally don't have any strong connection like, say, water types, so they're just \"normal\". Probably also has something to do with the moves associated with normal. Tackles, headbutts, slaps, things we even as humans are capable of. Admittedly, outliers again, like hyper beam, but hey, what can you do?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3053.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hivy65d", "c_root_id_B": "hivx77s", "created_at_utc_A": 1635776881.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635776441.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Yes, muggles are generally regarded as more powerful than wizards in the modern era. The tipping point was centuries ago,when the statute of secrecy was first established. Since then, the gap has only gotten wider. Rowling is on record somewhere saying a muggle with a shotgun would be a pretty good match for a powerful wizard in a straight fight. In fantastic beasts 2, Grindlewald rallied his followers by showing them the muggles would eventually create nuclear weapons, with the implication that such a thing is more powerful than wizarding. Indeed, too powerful to be allowed to exist. Meanwhile, wizards may even be *less* powerful as a society now than they were in the past. Relics like the philosopher's stone, Deathly Hallows, or sword of Gryffindor can't be recreated today. Wizards have a lot of neat tricks they could use to control muggles (perfectly hiding such that muggles can't even perceive magical things, apparition, imperious curse), but a wizard needs to be very clever to surpass muggles. Muggles have an overwhelming advantage in raw power.", "human_ref_B": "More advanced, without a doubt muggles win that one, but more powerful is more complex depending on how we classify powerful, for example you give a muggle a gun and the wizard their wand, chances are the muggle will win due to a gun being way faster and more lethal, but in a hypothetical war between the two it all depends on what magic a large group of wizards are capable of and weather they can cast it without being bombed, napalmed or shot", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 440.0, "score_ratio": 3.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hivx77s", "c_root_id_B": "hiw0nxg", "created_at_utc_A": 1635776441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635778008.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "More advanced, without a doubt muggles win that one, but more powerful is more complex depending on how we classify powerful, for example you give a muggle a gun and the wizard their wand, chances are the muggle will win due to a gun being way faster and more lethal, but in a hypothetical war between the two it all depends on what magic a large group of wizards are capable of and weather they can cast it without being bombed, napalmed or shot", "human_ref_B": "I think \"wizards have more potential power, muggle have more actual power\" sums it up quite well Wizards have the power to rival the muggle world even with small numbers: a few imperiuses or polymorph could singlehandely win a war if put in the right place. They could rival muggles of they tried. But they don't. They're a hidebound, isolationist, decaying , literally incestuous society bent on isolating themselves from the world in their stagnant never land. They're like the hedonistic rich trust fund kid-on paper, enough wealth to be a major player but with no actual knowledge of investment, tax evasion , making connections or any other aspect of using money other then paying someone to pour wine directly into their mouth. Their glory days of deathly hollows and philosophers stones are gone, and now they're just a husk, surrounded by glories they no longer have the will to grasp.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1567.0, "score_ratio": 2.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hiw4aze", "c_root_id_B": "hiyb9yy", "created_at_utc_A": 1635779668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635812985.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Wizards indeed don't advance much, because they rely on magic. Basically, they've gotten \"lazy\". Muggles, however, cannot rely on magic and thus need to rely on themselves, so they advance a lot. More powerful? Uncertain. More advanced? Definitely!", "human_ref_B": "Muggles are more advanced as a collective. Wizards are more advanced on the individual level. Which is weird, because honestly wizards should be more advanced. They should be able to pool their individual abilities into truly awesome collective efforts. And yet we don't ever seem to hear that much about magical research in the books, except for a few one off lines. This is what I think is going on; wizards are too secretive for their own good. They are essentially cursed by their own magic. We do see some explicit magical research happening in the books... in the Department of Mysteries, the most secretive and reclusive part of the Ministry. In the Muggle World, many publicly funded research programs are pretty open about their work - the US or USSR didn't go to space in secret after all - but the exact opposite seems to be the case in Harry Potter. The Department of Mysteries works in secret, and nobody really knows exactly what they're getting up to over their. And things aren't better in the private sector. Wand-makers and other magical artificers guard their secrets jealously. A young Severus Snape invented a bunch of new spells and told precisely nobody about them - they were his little secrets. Voldemort apparently invented a bunch of new magic but yet again, the only person we see who explicitly learned anything from Voldemort is Snape - just one guy. Nobody capable of pushing magic forwards in the Wizarding World wants to share their discoveries because, and this is important, they don't have to. When the first muggle figured out how to get into space, they had to rope together a massive amount of people and resources in order to even test their idea. But wizards? The only resource a wizard ever needs is a wand. If a wizard figured out how to get to Mars using magic, they would have absolutely no need to tell anyone else about it. They could just pop around the Solar System by themselves and build their own little castle on Io or something. In the Muggle World, the point of research is to increase the \"power-level\" of an entire society. In the Wizarding World, the point of research seems to be to increase the power-level of the individual doing the research. And this means that a lot of novel innovations end up dying with their creators, slowing progress dramatically. We hear about scientific journals like *Transfiguration Weekly* in the books, but it really seems like all the Einsteins of the Wizarding World are keeping their discoveries to themselves and using them to become great wizards, rather than great scientists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33317.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hiwv0rd", "c_root_id_B": "hiyb9yy", "created_at_utc_A": 1635790977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635812985.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "id say yes. A wizard has more potential with their spells but if you put a muggle with some type of gun against a wizard with a wand then chances are that the muggle draws first and wins even if the Wizards wand has more potential. IMO the same can be said for an all out war. the wizards will have much more diverse and mystical powers that can do more things but dropping a bomb on some place like Hogwarts is still likely to do some damage.", "human_ref_B": "Muggles are more advanced as a collective. Wizards are more advanced on the individual level. Which is weird, because honestly wizards should be more advanced. They should be able to pool their individual abilities into truly awesome collective efforts. And yet we don't ever seem to hear that much about magical research in the books, except for a few one off lines. This is what I think is going on; wizards are too secretive for their own good. They are essentially cursed by their own magic. We do see some explicit magical research happening in the books... in the Department of Mysteries, the most secretive and reclusive part of the Ministry. In the Muggle World, many publicly funded research programs are pretty open about their work - the US or USSR didn't go to space in secret after all - but the exact opposite seems to be the case in Harry Potter. The Department of Mysteries works in secret, and nobody really knows exactly what they're getting up to over their. And things aren't better in the private sector. Wand-makers and other magical artificers guard their secrets jealously. A young Severus Snape invented a bunch of new spells and told precisely nobody about them - they were his little secrets. Voldemort apparently invented a bunch of new magic but yet again, the only person we see who explicitly learned anything from Voldemort is Snape - just one guy. Nobody capable of pushing magic forwards in the Wizarding World wants to share their discoveries because, and this is important, they don't have to. When the first muggle figured out how to get into space, they had to rope together a massive amount of people and resources in order to even test their idea. But wizards? The only resource a wizard ever needs is a wand. If a wizard figured out how to get to Mars using magic, they would have absolutely no need to tell anyone else about it. They could just pop around the Solar System by themselves and build their own little castle on Io or something. In the Muggle World, the point of research is to increase the \"power-level\" of an entire society. In the Wizarding World, the point of research seems to be to increase the power-level of the individual doing the research. And this means that a lot of novel innovations end up dying with their creators, slowing progress dramatically. We hear about scientific journals like *Transfiguration Weekly* in the books, but it really seems like all the Einsteins of the Wizarding World are keeping their discoveries to themselves and using them to become great wizards, rather than great scientists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22008.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hiy38eb", "c_root_id_B": "hiyb9yy", "created_at_utc_A": 1635809404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635812985.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Not really, while muggles have some advantages they can all be used by wizards while muggles cant use magic ever. A guy with a gun can kill a wizard sure. A wizard can kill a muggle. But a wizard can takeover a contry with a phrase. You cant nuke something that is unplottable to target. The only way muggles are really more advanced is entertainment and instant communication.", "human_ref_B": "Muggles are more advanced as a collective. Wizards are more advanced on the individual level. Which is weird, because honestly wizards should be more advanced. They should be able to pool their individual abilities into truly awesome collective efforts. And yet we don't ever seem to hear that much about magical research in the books, except for a few one off lines. This is what I think is going on; wizards are too secretive for their own good. They are essentially cursed by their own magic. We do see some explicit magical research happening in the books... in the Department of Mysteries, the most secretive and reclusive part of the Ministry. In the Muggle World, many publicly funded research programs are pretty open about their work - the US or USSR didn't go to space in secret after all - but the exact opposite seems to be the case in Harry Potter. The Department of Mysteries works in secret, and nobody really knows exactly what they're getting up to over their. And things aren't better in the private sector. Wand-makers and other magical artificers guard their secrets jealously. A young Severus Snape invented a bunch of new spells and told precisely nobody about them - they were his little secrets. Voldemort apparently invented a bunch of new magic but yet again, the only person we see who explicitly learned anything from Voldemort is Snape - just one guy. Nobody capable of pushing magic forwards in the Wizarding World wants to share their discoveries because, and this is important, they don't have to. When the first muggle figured out how to get into space, they had to rope together a massive amount of people and resources in order to even test their idea. But wizards? The only resource a wizard ever needs is a wand. If a wizard figured out how to get to Mars using magic, they would have absolutely no need to tell anyone else about it. They could just pop around the Solar System by themselves and build their own little castle on Io or something. In the Muggle World, the point of research is to increase the \"power-level\" of an entire society. In the Wizarding World, the point of research seems to be to increase the power-level of the individual doing the research. And this means that a lot of novel innovations end up dying with their creators, slowing progress dramatically. We hear about scientific journals like *Transfiguration Weekly* in the books, but it really seems like all the Einsteins of the Wizarding World are keeping their discoveries to themselves and using them to become great wizards, rather than great scientists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3581.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hiwzizx", "c_root_id_B": "hiyb9yy", "created_at_utc_A": 1635792822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635812985.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Of course. That's why they decided to hide.", "human_ref_B": "Muggles are more advanced as a collective. Wizards are more advanced on the individual level. Which is weird, because honestly wizards should be more advanced. They should be able to pool their individual abilities into truly awesome collective efforts. And yet we don't ever seem to hear that much about magical research in the books, except for a few one off lines. This is what I think is going on; wizards are too secretive for their own good. They are essentially cursed by their own magic. We do see some explicit magical research happening in the books... in the Department of Mysteries, the most secretive and reclusive part of the Ministry. In the Muggle World, many publicly funded research programs are pretty open about their work - the US or USSR didn't go to space in secret after all - but the exact opposite seems to be the case in Harry Potter. The Department of Mysteries works in secret, and nobody really knows exactly what they're getting up to over their. And things aren't better in the private sector. Wand-makers and other magical artificers guard their secrets jealously. A young Severus Snape invented a bunch of new spells and told precisely nobody about them - they were his little secrets. Voldemort apparently invented a bunch of new magic but yet again, the only person we see who explicitly learned anything from Voldemort is Snape - just one guy. Nobody capable of pushing magic forwards in the Wizarding World wants to share their discoveries because, and this is important, they don't have to. When the first muggle figured out how to get into space, they had to rope together a massive amount of people and resources in order to even test their idea. But wizards? The only resource a wizard ever needs is a wand. If a wizard figured out how to get to Mars using magic, they would have absolutely no need to tell anyone else about it. They could just pop around the Solar System by themselves and build their own little castle on Io or something. In the Muggle World, the point of research is to increase the \"power-level\" of an entire society. In the Wizarding World, the point of research seems to be to increase the power-level of the individual doing the research. And this means that a lot of novel innovations end up dying with their creators, slowing progress dramatically. We hear about scientific journals like *Transfiguration Weekly* in the books, but it really seems like all the Einsteins of the Wizarding World are keeping their discoveries to themselves and using them to become great wizards, rather than great scientists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20163.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hiyb9yy", "c_root_id_B": "hixj1yj", "created_at_utc_A": 1635812985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635800738.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Muggles are more advanced as a collective. Wizards are more advanced on the individual level. Which is weird, because honestly wizards should be more advanced. They should be able to pool their individual abilities into truly awesome collective efforts. And yet we don't ever seem to hear that much about magical research in the books, except for a few one off lines. This is what I think is going on; wizards are too secretive for their own good. They are essentially cursed by their own magic. We do see some explicit magical research happening in the books... in the Department of Mysteries, the most secretive and reclusive part of the Ministry. In the Muggle World, many publicly funded research programs are pretty open about their work - the US or USSR didn't go to space in secret after all - but the exact opposite seems to be the case in Harry Potter. The Department of Mysteries works in secret, and nobody really knows exactly what they're getting up to over their. And things aren't better in the private sector. Wand-makers and other magical artificers guard their secrets jealously. A young Severus Snape invented a bunch of new spells and told precisely nobody about them - they were his little secrets. Voldemort apparently invented a bunch of new magic but yet again, the only person we see who explicitly learned anything from Voldemort is Snape - just one guy. Nobody capable of pushing magic forwards in the Wizarding World wants to share their discoveries because, and this is important, they don't have to. When the first muggle figured out how to get into space, they had to rope together a massive amount of people and resources in order to even test their idea. But wizards? The only resource a wizard ever needs is a wand. If a wizard figured out how to get to Mars using magic, they would have absolutely no need to tell anyone else about it. They could just pop around the Solar System by themselves and build their own little castle on Io or something. In the Muggle World, the point of research is to increase the \"power-level\" of an entire society. In the Wizarding World, the point of research seems to be to increase the power-level of the individual doing the research. And this means that a lot of novel innovations end up dying with their creators, slowing progress dramatically. We hear about scientific journals like *Transfiguration Weekly* in the books, but it really seems like all the Einsteins of the Wizarding World are keeping their discoveries to themselves and using them to become great wizards, rather than great scientists.", "human_ref_B": "The Wizarding World is basically held back to the 1960s at the latest because high concentrations of magic play merry hob with anything transistorized. That plus the fact they're insular and badly inbred, and they're so few that one school in Scotland can effectively service all the British Isles (because Rowling apparently saw no problem at all lumping Ireland in even though it's an independent country).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12247.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hixf0v3", "c_root_id_B": "hiyb9yy", "created_at_utc_A": 1635799091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635812985.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "As individuals no as a collective yes.", "human_ref_B": "Muggles are more advanced as a collective. Wizards are more advanced on the individual level. Which is weird, because honestly wizards should be more advanced. They should be able to pool their individual abilities into truly awesome collective efforts. And yet we don't ever seem to hear that much about magical research in the books, except for a few one off lines. This is what I think is going on; wizards are too secretive for their own good. They are essentially cursed by their own magic. We do see some explicit magical research happening in the books... in the Department of Mysteries, the most secretive and reclusive part of the Ministry. In the Muggle World, many publicly funded research programs are pretty open about their work - the US or USSR didn't go to space in secret after all - but the exact opposite seems to be the case in Harry Potter. The Department of Mysteries works in secret, and nobody really knows exactly what they're getting up to over their. And things aren't better in the private sector. Wand-makers and other magical artificers guard their secrets jealously. A young Severus Snape invented a bunch of new spells and told precisely nobody about them - they were his little secrets. Voldemort apparently invented a bunch of new magic but yet again, the only person we see who explicitly learned anything from Voldemort is Snape - just one guy. Nobody capable of pushing magic forwards in the Wizarding World wants to share their discoveries because, and this is important, they don't have to. When the first muggle figured out how to get into space, they had to rope together a massive amount of people and resources in order to even test their idea. But wizards? The only resource a wizard ever needs is a wand. If a wizard figured out how to get to Mars using magic, they would have absolutely no need to tell anyone else about it. They could just pop around the Solar System by themselves and build their own little castle on Io or something. In the Muggle World, the point of research is to increase the \"power-level\" of an entire society. In the Wizarding World, the point of research seems to be to increase the power-level of the individual doing the research. And this means that a lot of novel innovations end up dying with their creators, slowing progress dramatically. We hear about scientific journals like *Transfiguration Weekly* in the books, but it really seems like all the Einsteins of the Wizarding World are keeping their discoveries to themselves and using them to become great wizards, rather than great scientists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13894.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hiy38eb", "c_root_id_B": "hiwzizx", "created_at_utc_A": 1635809404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635792822.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Not really, while muggles have some advantages they can all be used by wizards while muggles cant use magic ever. A guy with a gun can kill a wizard sure. A wizard can kill a muggle. But a wizard can takeover a contry with a phrase. You cant nuke something that is unplottable to target. The only way muggles are really more advanced is entertainment and instant communication.", "human_ref_B": "Of course. That's why they decided to hide.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16582.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hiy38eb", "c_root_id_B": "hixj1yj", "created_at_utc_A": 1635809404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635800738.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Not really, while muggles have some advantages they can all be used by wizards while muggles cant use magic ever. A guy with a gun can kill a wizard sure. A wizard can kill a muggle. But a wizard can takeover a contry with a phrase. You cant nuke something that is unplottable to target. The only way muggles are really more advanced is entertainment and instant communication.", "human_ref_B": "The Wizarding World is basically held back to the 1960s at the latest because high concentrations of magic play merry hob with anything transistorized. That plus the fact they're insular and badly inbred, and they're so few that one school in Scotland can effectively service all the British Isles (because Rowling apparently saw no problem at all lumping Ireland in even though it's an independent country).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8666.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hixf0v3", "c_root_id_B": "hiy38eb", "created_at_utc_A": 1635799091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635809404.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "As individuals no as a collective yes.", "human_ref_B": "Not really, while muggles have some advantages they can all be used by wizards while muggles cant use magic ever. A guy with a gun can kill a wizard sure. A wizard can kill a muggle. But a wizard can takeover a contry with a phrase. You cant nuke something that is unplottable to target. The only way muggles are really more advanced is entertainment and instant communication.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10313.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qkewyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards? My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles... However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?", "c_root_id_A": "hixf0v3", "c_root_id_B": "hixj1yj", "created_at_utc_A": 1635799091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635800738.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As individuals no as a collective yes.", "human_ref_B": "The Wizarding World is basically held back to the 1960s at the latest because high concentrations of magic play merry hob with anything transistorized. That plus the fact they're insular and badly inbred, and they're so few that one school in Scotland can effectively service all the British Isles (because Rowling apparently saw no problem at all lumping Ireland in even though it's an independent country).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1647.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti0bvl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] Why didn't Green Goblin blow up the Sanctum Sanctorum and kill Doctor Strange? Strange was the guy who put him and the others into this mess. Could have bombed him so he didn't interfere", "c_root_id_A": "i1b93xn", "c_root_id_B": "i1b3s98", "created_at_utc_A": 1647715984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647713735.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Because he doesn't understand magic, he doesn't understand if there is limits, and if the bombing failed, he would have an extremely powerful sorcerer on his tail. I mean, if they can yank you out of your home universe **by accident,** you wouldn't want to chance to see what they can do *on purpose.*", "human_ref_B": "It seems that no matter the circumstance and no matter which Spidey it is, Goblin just wants to screw over Spidey first.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2249.0, "score_ratio": 3.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti0bvl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] Why didn't Green Goblin blow up the Sanctum Sanctorum and kill Doctor Strange? Strange was the guy who put him and the others into this mess. Could have bombed him so he didn't interfere", "c_root_id_A": "i1b3s98", "c_root_id_B": "i1bk8rm", "created_at_utc_A": 1647713735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647720839.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It seems that no matter the circumstance and no matter which Spidey it is, Goblin just wants to screw over Spidey first.", "human_ref_B": "Goblin's crazy. But still sane enough to worry about self preservation. Dr strange portaled everyone, literally everyone to his underground dungeon. What made him think he could hurt the wizard? Goblin knew how to pick his enemies", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7104.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ti0bvl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] Why didn't Green Goblin blow up the Sanctum Sanctorum and kill Doctor Strange? Strange was the guy who put him and the others into this mess. Could have bombed him so he didn't interfere", "c_root_id_A": "i1cbq0r", "c_root_id_B": "i1bqlbj", "created_at_utc_A": 1647733068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647723577.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Strange fought Thanos with 4 damn infinity stones for a good 5 minutes and didn't end up dead, he would easily wipe Goblin", "human_ref_B": "i'm pretty sure you can't do permanent physical damage to a magical object or location. even without the power stones it's probably unplottable or something. peter had stranges' card but osborn probably couldn't even the sanctum as more than an abandoned lot or just not there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9491.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8eeb73", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Marvel] Are Thor and the other Norse Gods technically aliens?", "c_root_id_A": "dxui5xc", "c_root_id_B": "dxul4a8", "created_at_utc_A": 1524513908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524516644.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Are you Asgardian? If no, then yes.", "human_ref_B": "In the MCU, they are. In the comics, they are actually 100% gods. They can hear prayers to them and all that stuff.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2736.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8eeb73", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Marvel] Are Thor and the other Norse Gods technically aliens?", "c_root_id_A": "dxul4a8", "c_root_id_B": "dxuh9th", "created_at_utc_A": 1524516644.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524513093.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In the MCU, they are. In the comics, they are actually 100% gods. They can hear prayers to them and all that stuff.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on what planet you are from.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3551.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8eeb73", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Marvel] Are Thor and the other Norse Gods technically aliens?", "c_root_id_A": "dxui5xc", "c_root_id_B": "dxuh9th", "created_at_utc_A": 1524513908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524513093.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Are you Asgardian? If no, then yes.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on what planet you are from.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 815.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5n93ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore hire that fraud Gilderoy Lockhart top be a professor at the esteemed Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry?", "c_root_id_A": "dc9ooq0", "c_root_id_B": "dc9mqoo", "created_at_utc_A": 1484100732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484098284.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Firstly, it's been somewhere around 20 years since Voldemort applied for the position of DADA professor, and no one who has taken the job since then has stuck with it for very long. (We're told none of them lasted a year, but since Hagrid recognizes Quirrell at the Leaky Cauldron in Sorcerer's Stone, we can assume he's been there for at least a year already[although he may have been on sabbatical]) So this position has seen possibly as many as 20 different people, all of whom left after a year. The last one died on the job. Even at a school as prestigious as Hogwarts, how many applicants do you think queued up for the interview? Secondly, as far as we know, no one knew that Lockhart was a fraud, and considering the fact that he continued to receive fan mail at St. Mungo's that information was probably not made public after his accident. It's possible Dumbledore suspected there was a bit of fluff to the stories when he hired Gilderoy, but considering that the only part of the stories Lockhart fabricated was his involvement, the actual DADA was probably fairly on point. (This would've been a fundamental aspect of his success; if he said he stopped a werewolf by smacking it on the nose and calling it a bad doggie, people would've called bullshit) Considering that Dumbledore went straight to the world's most renowned Auror and got a \"special favor\" to put him in the post the one year when it mattered, I wouldn't hold his appointment of Lockhart against him. (Again the fact that that backfired horribly is only evidence of Dumblore's own statement; \"*I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.*\") **TL:DR; Dumbldore hired Lockhart to teach DADA because he was one of the only applicants, and he was probably the only one who seemed vaguely qualified.**", "human_ref_B": "It was probably Hogwarts HR department, which probably also included a lovestruck witch, who hired him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2448.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5n93ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore hire that fraud Gilderoy Lockhart top be a professor at the esteemed Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry?", "c_root_id_A": "dc9mqoo", "c_root_id_B": "dca2yjn", "created_at_utc_A": 1484098284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484123782.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "It was probably Hogwarts HR department, which probably also included a lovestruck witch, who hired him.", "human_ref_B": "I hear rumours Dumbledore personally knew some of the wizards and witches Lockhart stole his fame from, and thought that having him spend a year teaching would be the best way to reveal him for the fraud he was. Breaking the fourth wall, but that's what Pottermore says", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25498.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5n93ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore hire that fraud Gilderoy Lockhart top be a professor at the esteemed Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry?", "c_root_id_A": "dca2yjn", "c_root_id_B": "dc9xyha", "created_at_utc_A": 1484123782.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484113005.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I hear rumours Dumbledore personally knew some of the wizards and witches Lockhart stole his fame from, and thought that having him spend a year teaching would be the best way to reveal him for the fraud he was. Breaking the fourth wall, but that's what Pottermore says", "human_ref_B": "Lockheart wasn't \"one of the few applicants\" Lockheart WAS the only applicant. After 20+ years of one year DaDA teachers, the hiring pool was getting a bit dry. I mean, look at all the other DaDA teachers 3rd Year: Lupin only applied to ensure the safety of Harry. That and there are not many jobs that will allow you to take a tenth of the month off. That's more a problem with wizarding society though, since there is no provision for weres who just want to live peacefully and not spread their affliction (Aside: Lycanthropy can be an allegory for more than AIDS, yanno?) 4th year: It's never made clear how long Moody was replaced by Crouch Jr, so it's quite possible that Moody never taught at Hogwarts. Since Moody was needed for Order of the Burnt Chikkin business, he couldn't teach next year. 5th year: Umbridge was placed at Hogwarts through ministry interference. Considering her lessons boiled down to \"run away, hide and call the Aurors to resolve things\", she was wholly unqualified to teach the class. Hermione proved that she knew her centaur myths better than Umbridge did. 6th year: Snape got his wish to teach DaDA since Slughorn got rehired. Snape is possibly the only person to actually stay employed at Hogwarts after his year as the DaDA teacher. 7th year: Amicus and Alecto Carrow didn't teach DaDA, they outright taught the Dark Arts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10777.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5n93ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore hire that fraud Gilderoy Lockhart top be a professor at the esteemed Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry?", "c_root_id_A": "dc9tu5z", "c_root_id_B": "dca2yjn", "created_at_utc_A": 1484106997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484123782.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He was getting kinda desperate, really hard to fill that role. Lockhart wanted fame, and where else to acquire more than being a Hogwarts professor?", "human_ref_B": "I hear rumours Dumbledore personally knew some of the wizards and witches Lockhart stole his fame from, and thought that having him spend a year teaching would be the best way to reveal him for the fraud he was. Breaking the fourth wall, but that's what Pottermore says", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16785.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5n93ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore hire that fraud Gilderoy Lockhart top be a professor at the esteemed Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry?", "c_root_id_A": "dc9xyha", "c_root_id_B": "dc9tu5z", "created_at_utc_A": 1484113005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484106997.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Lockheart wasn't \"one of the few applicants\" Lockheart WAS the only applicant. After 20+ years of one year DaDA teachers, the hiring pool was getting a bit dry. I mean, look at all the other DaDA teachers 3rd Year: Lupin only applied to ensure the safety of Harry. That and there are not many jobs that will allow you to take a tenth of the month off. That's more a problem with wizarding society though, since there is no provision for weres who just want to live peacefully and not spread their affliction (Aside: Lycanthropy can be an allegory for more than AIDS, yanno?) 4th year: It's never made clear how long Moody was replaced by Crouch Jr, so it's quite possible that Moody never taught at Hogwarts. Since Moody was needed for Order of the Burnt Chikkin business, he couldn't teach next year. 5th year: Umbridge was placed at Hogwarts through ministry interference. Considering her lessons boiled down to \"run away, hide and call the Aurors to resolve things\", she was wholly unqualified to teach the class. Hermione proved that she knew her centaur myths better than Umbridge did. 6th year: Snape got his wish to teach DaDA since Slughorn got rehired. Snape is possibly the only person to actually stay employed at Hogwarts after his year as the DaDA teacher. 7th year: Amicus and Alecto Carrow didn't teach DaDA, they outright taught the Dark Arts.", "human_ref_B": "He was getting kinda desperate, really hard to fill that role. Lockhart wanted fame, and where else to acquire more than being a Hogwarts professor?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6008.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5n93ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore hire that fraud Gilderoy Lockhart top be a professor at the esteemed Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry?", "c_root_id_A": "dc9tu5z", "c_root_id_B": "dca63e2", "created_at_utc_A": 1484106997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484133269.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He was getting kinda desperate, really hard to fill that role. Lockhart wanted fame, and where else to acquire more than being a Hogwarts professor?", "human_ref_B": "Lockhart was the only applicant: >\u201cHe was the *on\u2019y* man for the job,\u201d said Hagrid, offering them a plate of treacle fudge, while Ron coughed squelchily into his basin. \u201cAn\u2019 I mean the *on\u2019y* one. Gettin\u2019 very difficult ter find anyone fer the Dark Arts job. People aren\u2019t too keen ter take it on, see. They\u2019re startin\u2019 ter think it\u2019s jinxed. No one\u2019s lasted long fer a while now. So tell me,\u201d said Hagrid, jerking his head at Ron. \u201cWho was he tryin\u2019 ter curse?\u201d I guess he might be leaving out Snape here, but still. It was Lockhart, Snape (who can't be reassigned, because there's no Potions professor willing to replace him yet), or a random unqualified Ministry official (as happened with Umbridge.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26272.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5n93ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore hire that fraud Gilderoy Lockhart top be a professor at the esteemed Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry?", "c_root_id_A": "dca63e2", "c_root_id_B": "dca4kof", "created_at_utc_A": 1484133269.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484128541.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Lockhart was the only applicant: >\u201cHe was the *on\u2019y* man for the job,\u201d said Hagrid, offering them a plate of treacle fudge, while Ron coughed squelchily into his basin. \u201cAn\u2019 I mean the *on\u2019y* one. Gettin\u2019 very difficult ter find anyone fer the Dark Arts job. People aren\u2019t too keen ter take it on, see. They\u2019re startin\u2019 ter think it\u2019s jinxed. No one\u2019s lasted long fer a while now. So tell me,\u201d said Hagrid, jerking his head at Ron. \u201cWho was he tryin\u2019 ter curse?\u201d I guess he might be leaving out Snape here, but still. It was Lockhart, Snape (who can't be reassigned, because there's no Potions professor willing to replace him yet), or a random unqualified Ministry official (as happened with Umbridge.)", "human_ref_B": "Lockhart was the only other applicant, besides Snape who Dumbledore *didn't* want to give the job to yet. In fact, I think he was the *last* candidate besides Snape as Dumbledore had to pull personal favours to get teachers for the last few years.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4728.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8ol0m", "c_root_id_B": "ii8fbiy", "created_at_utc_A": 1659174845.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659167069.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There was this creature in Star Wars Rebels, the Bendu. Hard to say how tall it was, 15 meter or more.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7776.0, "score_ratio": 22.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8fbiy", "c_root_id_B": "ii8nk0e", "created_at_utc_A": 1659167069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659173978.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Probably should be the Grand Inquisitor, being Pau'an, but for some reason he doesn't absolutely tower over humans like the Pau'ans in Revenge of the Sith. Darth Plagueis was also probably pretty tall as a Muun.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6909.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8fbiy", "c_root_id_B": "ii9a0rl", "created_at_utc_A": 1659167069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659188844.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In Legends, there were \"Star Dragons\" of the sapient Duinogwuin race, some of whom served as Jedi. They could grow up to 110 meters long and could fly through space. One served as a Master in the Old Republic, and another was a Padawan in the Clone Wars who was killed by Grievous.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21775.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8h64j", "c_root_id_B": "ii8fbiy", "created_at_utc_A": 1659168589.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659167069.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Overall it would be the wookies.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1520.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8fbiy", "c_root_id_B": "ii8xqaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1659167069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659181827.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I wonder if Hutt Jedi count. They\u2019re certainly very \u201ctall\u201d if they rear up, but they\u2019re only about human height normally", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14758.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8nk0e", "c_root_id_B": "ii8ol0m", "created_at_utc_A": 1659173978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659174845.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Probably should be the Grand Inquisitor, being Pau'an, but for some reason he doesn't absolutely tower over humans like the Pau'ans in Revenge of the Sith. Darth Plagueis was also probably pretty tall as a Muun.", "human_ref_B": "There was this creature in Star Wars Rebels, the Bendu. Hard to say how tall it was, 15 meter or more.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 867.0, "score_ratio": 3.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8ol0m", "c_root_id_B": "ii8h64j", "created_at_utc_A": 1659174845.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659168589.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There was this creature in Star Wars Rebels, the Bendu. Hard to say how tall it was, 15 meter or more.", "human_ref_B": "Overall it would be the wookies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6256.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8nk0e", "c_root_id_B": "ii8h64j", "created_at_utc_A": 1659173978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659168589.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Probably should be the Grand Inquisitor, being Pau'an, but for some reason he doesn't absolutely tower over humans like the Pau'ans in Revenge of the Sith. Darth Plagueis was also probably pretty tall as a Muun.", "human_ref_B": "Overall it would be the wookies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5389.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii9a0rl", "c_root_id_B": "ii8h64j", "created_at_utc_A": 1659188844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659168589.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In Legends, there were \"Star Dragons\" of the sapient Duinogwuin race, some of whom served as Jedi. They could grow up to 110 meters long and could fly through space. One served as a Master in the Old Republic, and another was a Padawan in the Clone Wars who was killed by Grievous.", "human_ref_B": "Overall it would be the wookies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20255.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8xqaf", "c_root_id_B": "ii9a0rl", "created_at_utc_A": 1659181827.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659188844.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I wonder if Hutt Jedi count. They\u2019re certainly very \u201ctall\u201d if they rear up, but they\u2019re only about human height normally", "human_ref_B": "In Legends, there were \"Star Dragons\" of the sapient Duinogwuin race, some of whom served as Jedi. They could grow up to 110 meters long and could fly through space. One served as a Master in the Old Republic, and another was a Padawan in the Clone Wars who was killed by Grievous.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7017.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii9a0rl", "c_root_id_B": "ii8ov14", "created_at_utc_A": 1659188844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659175082.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In Legends, there were \"Star Dragons\" of the sapient Duinogwuin race, some of whom served as Jedi. They could grow up to 110 meters long and could fly through space. One served as a Master in the Old Republic, and another was a Padawan in the Clone Wars who was killed by Grievous.", "human_ref_B": "There's a species of alien that as they grow they literally turn into giant trees, and there have been jedi and sith of that race. So my money's on them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13762.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wbs01o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Star Wars] Who are the tallest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "ii8xqaf", "c_root_id_B": "ii8ov14", "created_at_utc_A": 1659181827.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659175082.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I wonder if Hutt Jedi count. They\u2019re certainly very \u201ctall\u201d if they rear up, but they\u2019re only about human height normally", "human_ref_B": "There's a species of alien that as they grow they literally turn into giant trees, and there have been jedi and sith of that race. So my money's on them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6745.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cqc63", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671128433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 301, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Zola's algorithm was meant to identify _potential_ threats and take them out before they became a problem. And apparently it was pretty good, because Steven Strange did actually go on to become someone who would be a huge threat to Hydra, even if he wasn't at the time. There would have been loads of people flagged with no powers and no obvious anti-Hydra activities. As for why Sitwell would have chosen Dr. Strange as an example - he must have been moderately famous as a brilliant doctor, and he needed another example of someone _without_ superpowers.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1688.0, "score_ratio": 301.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cpfbx", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671128089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 299, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Insight had 1.2 million targets identified. The targets weren't just superheroes, Sitwell also mentions a news anchor and a high school valedictorian. The targets were *any* people who had potential to resist a HYDRA global regime. Strange at the time was a genius doctor, multimillionaire, and arrogant hothead. He could be a discount Tony Stark, so HYDRA wanted him dead.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1344.0, "score_ratio": 299.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0clxkm", "c_root_id_B": "j0cmaid", "created_at_utc_A": 1671126745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126881.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He's a genius who does have a strong moral sense and a rebellious streak, the sort of person that people trying to suppress rebellion or resistance might want to get rid of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 136.0, "score_ratio": 71.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cqpyi", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671128579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A prior ask: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/lkgfby/mcu_why_did_sitwell_mention_stephen_strange_as_a/ Short version, Strange is a guy who would get whacked in a later round of violent purging in a normal totalitarian government coup, but Insight lets Hydra butcher the whole lot, day one, no waiting.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1834.0, "score_ratio": 65.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0clxkm", "c_root_id_B": "j0csy3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1671126745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671129430.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Strange wasn't a sorcerer at the time, but as a world-famous neurosurgeon, he possessed two qualities that could potentially have made him into a threat to HYDRA: his intellect (with which he may have been able to see right through HYDRA's lies) and a great deal of clout with the public (which he could have used to convince others to reject HYDRA's \"solution\" to the chaos in the world). Thus, he was preemptively marked for death. Over here in Earth-1218, even without HYDRA around, other such authoritarian groups and regimes have been shown to be prone to anti-intellectualist sentiment and policy for *exactly* those reasons (particularly fascists, for whom anti-intellectualism is so common as to be nigh-universal). To name just a few examples, the persecution of intellectuals particularly ran rampant in Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain, but there was also the USSR's \"Great Purge\" under Stalin to persecute those who disagreed with Lysenkoism and Japhetic theory, and China's \"Cultural Revolution\" under Mao particularly targeting historians in an effort to abolish older traditions. Rather infamously, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge not only had academics in Cambodia massacred, but also killed people just for *wearing glasses*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2685.0, "score_ratio": 40.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0clxkm", "c_root_id_B": "j0d0giu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671126745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671132332.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Because he's a brilliant man that doesn't listen to anybody else. That's more than enough to be considered a threat to Hydra. Sure, without the mystic arts he wouldn't be able to launch a personal attack on Hydra, but that's not the only type of threat they're worried about. The algorithm was meant to weed out those who wouldn't go along with the program. You don't need to be a superhero to be an annoyance to the system.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5587.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cuz3d", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671130204.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There were 10 MILLION people on the Project Insight list. A huge number. The algorithm had determined that he might become a future threat.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3459.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0clxkm", "c_root_id_B": "j0cnygn", "created_at_utc_A": 1671126745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671127519.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019ve always assumed that the events of the first Doctor Strange ended shortly before The Winter Soldier, but I\u2019m pretty sure this idea could be easily picked apart by people paying much more attention to the nit picky details of the movies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 774.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0dnwgw", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671141389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Rewatch the scene. The entire point of Project INSIGHT was that the people on the list weren't threats *yet*, but that the Algorithm predicted they were going to be. The Algorithm *surely* could not have predicted Strange was going to become Sorcerer Supreme (or *could* it? we saw what HYDRA was up to during the War) but it saw something in a young Dr. Strange that was going to become a pain in HYDRA's ass later.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14644.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0fcyfm", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671169742.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He doesn't have to be a superhero to be a threat. HYDRA was basically preemptively getting rid of anyone who might even pose a threat to their supremacy, including ordinary people that have the potential to fight back against them. He is an egotistical, extremely stubborn man who likely wouldn't bow down to a regime. He is someone who might be a resistance leader in that kind of situation and his world class medical knowledge is extremely valuable.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42997.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnm66", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 642.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0g6wat", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671192985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Stephen strange was a highly notable scientist and famous asshole, an influential person who would definitely not submit to hydra rule easily", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0dstpr", "c_root_id_B": "j0clxkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671143353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126745.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's explained..in..the..movie, come on!", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0clxkm", "c_root_id_B": "j0e2yd4", "created_at_utc_A": 1671126745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671147598.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Potentially as someone Nick Fury might call in to try and put an aspiration victim back together, this exposing their operation. He might have been considered for project TAHITI and then rejected.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20853.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0clxkm", "c_root_id_B": "j0ecp0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1671126745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671151783.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the then current Sorcerer Supreme had a list or dossier of past and future Sorcerer Supremes, and Shield had \"acquired\" it to keep track of any current and future threats.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25038.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cpfbx", "c_root_id_B": "j0cqc63", "created_at_utc_A": 1671128089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671128433.0, "score_A": 299, "score_B": 301, "human_ref_A": "Insight had 1.2 million targets identified. The targets weren't just superheroes, Sitwell also mentions a news anchor and a high school valedictorian. The targets were *any* people who had potential to resist a HYDRA global regime. Strange at the time was a genius doctor, multimillionaire, and arrogant hothead. He could be a discount Tony Stark, so HYDRA wanted him dead.", "human_ref_B": "Zola's algorithm was meant to identify _potential_ threats and take them out before they became a problem. And apparently it was pretty good, because Steven Strange did actually go on to become someone who would be a huge threat to Hydra, even if he wasn't at the time. There would have been loads of people flagged with no powers and no obvious anti-Hydra activities. As for why Sitwell would have chosen Dr. Strange as an example - he must have been moderately famous as a brilliant doctor, and he needed another example of someone _without_ superpowers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 344.0, "score_ratio": 1.0066889632, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cmaid", "c_root_id_B": "j0cqc63", "created_at_utc_A": 1671126881.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671128433.0, "score_A": 71, "score_B": 301, "human_ref_A": "He's a genius who does have a strong moral sense and a rebellious streak, the sort of person that people trying to suppress rebellion or resistance might want to get rid of.", "human_ref_B": "Zola's algorithm was meant to identify _potential_ threats and take them out before they became a problem. And apparently it was pretty good, because Steven Strange did actually go on to become someone who would be a huge threat to Hydra, even if he wasn't at the time. There would have been loads of people flagged with no powers and no obvious anti-Hydra activities. As for why Sitwell would have chosen Dr. Strange as an example - he must have been moderately famous as a brilliant doctor, and he needed another example of someone _without_ superpowers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1552.0, "score_ratio": 4.2394366197, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnygn", "c_root_id_B": "j0cqc63", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671128433.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 301, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve always assumed that the events of the first Doctor Strange ended shortly before The Winter Soldier, but I\u2019m pretty sure this idea could be easily picked apart by people paying much more attention to the nit picky details of the movies.", "human_ref_B": "Zola's algorithm was meant to identify _potential_ threats and take them out before they became a problem. And apparently it was pretty good, because Steven Strange did actually go on to become someone who would be a huge threat to Hydra, even if he wasn't at the time. There would have been loads of people flagged with no powers and no obvious anti-Hydra activities. As for why Sitwell would have chosen Dr. Strange as an example - he must have been moderately famous as a brilliant doctor, and he needed another example of someone _without_ superpowers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 914.0, "score_ratio": 33.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnm66", "c_root_id_B": "j0cqc63", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671128433.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 301, "human_ref_A": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "human_ref_B": "Zola's algorithm was meant to identify _potential_ threats and take them out before they became a problem. And apparently it was pretty good, because Steven Strange did actually go on to become someone who would be a huge threat to Hydra, even if he wasn't at the time. There would have been loads of people flagged with no powers and no obvious anti-Hydra activities. As for why Sitwell would have chosen Dr. Strange as an example - he must have been moderately famous as a brilliant doctor, and he needed another example of someone _without_ superpowers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1046.0, "score_ratio": 100.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cpfbx", "c_root_id_B": "j0cmaid", "created_at_utc_A": 1671128089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671126881.0, "score_A": 299, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "Insight had 1.2 million targets identified. The targets weren't just superheroes, Sitwell also mentions a news anchor and a high school valedictorian. The targets were *any* people who had potential to resist a HYDRA global regime. Strange at the time was a genius doctor, multimillionaire, and arrogant hothead. He could be a discount Tony Stark, so HYDRA wanted him dead.", "human_ref_B": "He's a genius who does have a strong moral sense and a rebellious streak, the sort of person that people trying to suppress rebellion or resistance might want to get rid of.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1208.0, "score_ratio": 4.2112676056, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cpfbx", "c_root_id_B": "j0cnygn", "created_at_utc_A": 1671128089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671127519.0, "score_A": 299, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Insight had 1.2 million targets identified. The targets weren't just superheroes, Sitwell also mentions a news anchor and a high school valedictorian. The targets were *any* people who had potential to resist a HYDRA global regime. Strange at the time was a genius doctor, multimillionaire, and arrogant hothead. He could be a discount Tony Stark, so HYDRA wanted him dead.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019ve always assumed that the events of the first Doctor Strange ended shortly before The Winter Soldier, but I\u2019m pretty sure this idea could be easily picked apart by people paying much more attention to the nit picky details of the movies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 570.0, "score_ratio": 33.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cpfbx", "c_root_id_B": "j0cnm66", "created_at_utc_A": 1671128089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671127387.0, "score_A": 299, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Insight had 1.2 million targets identified. The targets weren't just superheroes, Sitwell also mentions a news anchor and a high school valedictorian. The targets were *any* people who had potential to resist a HYDRA global regime. Strange at the time was a genius doctor, multimillionaire, and arrogant hothead. He could be a discount Tony Stark, so HYDRA wanted him dead.", "human_ref_B": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 702.0, "score_ratio": 99.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnygn", "c_root_id_B": "j0cqpyi", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671128579.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve always assumed that the events of the first Doctor Strange ended shortly before The Winter Soldier, but I\u2019m pretty sure this idea could be easily picked apart by people paying much more attention to the nit picky details of the movies.", "human_ref_B": "A prior ask: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/lkgfby/mcu_why_did_sitwell_mention_stephen_strange_as_a/ Short version, Strange is a guy who would get whacked in a later round of violent purging in a normal totalitarian government coup, but Insight lets Hydra butcher the whole lot, day one, no waiting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1060.0, "score_ratio": 7.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnm66", "c_root_id_B": "j0cqpyi", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671128579.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "human_ref_B": "A prior ask: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/lkgfby/mcu_why_did_sitwell_mention_stephen_strange_as_a/ Short version, Strange is a guy who would get whacked in a later round of violent purging in a normal totalitarian government coup, but Insight lets Hydra butcher the whole lot, day one, no waiting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1192.0, "score_ratio": 21.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnygn", "c_root_id_B": "j0csy3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671129430.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve always assumed that the events of the first Doctor Strange ended shortly before The Winter Soldier, but I\u2019m pretty sure this idea could be easily picked apart by people paying much more attention to the nit picky details of the movies.", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Strange wasn't a sorcerer at the time, but as a world-famous neurosurgeon, he possessed two qualities that could potentially have made him into a threat to HYDRA: his intellect (with which he may have been able to see right through HYDRA's lies) and a great deal of clout with the public (which he could have used to convince others to reject HYDRA's \"solution\" to the chaos in the world). Thus, he was preemptively marked for death. Over here in Earth-1218, even without HYDRA around, other such authoritarian groups and regimes have been shown to be prone to anti-intellectualist sentiment and policy for *exactly* those reasons (particularly fascists, for whom anti-intellectualism is so common as to be nigh-universal). To name just a few examples, the persecution of intellectuals particularly ran rampant in Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain, but there was also the USSR's \"Great Purge\" under Stalin to persecute those who disagreed with Lysenkoism and Japhetic theory, and China's \"Cultural Revolution\" under Mao particularly targeting historians in an effort to abolish older traditions. Rather infamously, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge not only had academics in Cambodia massacred, but also killed people just for *wearing glasses*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1911.0, "score_ratio": 4.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnm66", "c_root_id_B": "j0csy3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671129430.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Strange wasn't a sorcerer at the time, but as a world-famous neurosurgeon, he possessed two qualities that could potentially have made him into a threat to HYDRA: his intellect (with which he may have been able to see right through HYDRA's lies) and a great deal of clout with the public (which he could have used to convince others to reject HYDRA's \"solution\" to the chaos in the world). Thus, he was preemptively marked for death. Over here in Earth-1218, even without HYDRA around, other such authoritarian groups and regimes have been shown to be prone to anti-intellectualist sentiment and policy for *exactly* those reasons (particularly fascists, for whom anti-intellectualism is so common as to be nigh-universal). To name just a few examples, the persecution of intellectuals particularly ran rampant in Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain, but there was also the USSR's \"Great Purge\" under Stalin to persecute those who disagreed with Lysenkoism and Japhetic theory, and China's \"Cultural Revolution\" under Mao particularly targeting historians in an effort to abolish older traditions. Rather infamously, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge not only had academics in Cambodia massacred, but also killed people just for *wearing glasses*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2043.0, "score_ratio": 13.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnygn", "c_root_id_B": "j0d0giu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671132332.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve always assumed that the events of the first Doctor Strange ended shortly before The Winter Soldier, but I\u2019m pretty sure this idea could be easily picked apart by people paying much more attention to the nit picky details of the movies.", "human_ref_B": "Because he's a brilliant man that doesn't listen to anybody else. That's more than enough to be considered a threat to Hydra. Sure, without the mystic arts he wouldn't be able to launch a personal attack on Hydra, but that's not the only type of threat they're worried about. The algorithm was meant to weed out those who wouldn't go along with the program. You don't need to be a superhero to be an annoyance to the system.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4813.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0d0giu", "c_root_id_B": "j0cnm66", "created_at_utc_A": 1671132332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671127387.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because he's a brilliant man that doesn't listen to anybody else. That's more than enough to be considered a threat to Hydra. Sure, without the mystic arts he wouldn't be able to launch a personal attack on Hydra, but that's not the only type of threat they're worried about. The algorithm was meant to weed out those who wouldn't go along with the program. You don't need to be a superhero to be an annoyance to the system.", "human_ref_B": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4945.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cuz3d", "c_root_id_B": "j0cnygn", "created_at_utc_A": 1671130204.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671127519.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "There were 10 MILLION people on the Project Insight list. A huge number. The algorithm had determined that he might become a future threat.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019ve always assumed that the events of the first Doctor Strange ended shortly before The Winter Soldier, but I\u2019m pretty sure this idea could be easily picked apart by people paying much more attention to the nit picky details of the movies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2685.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnm66", "c_root_id_B": "j0cuz3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671130204.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "human_ref_B": "There were 10 MILLION people on the Project Insight list. A huge number. The algorithm had determined that he might become a future threat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2817.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0cnygn", "c_root_id_B": "j0cnm66", "created_at_utc_A": 1671127519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671127387.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve always assumed that the events of the first Doctor Strange ended shortly before The Winter Soldier, but I\u2019m pretty sure this idea could be easily picked apart by people paying much more attention to the nit picky details of the movies.", "human_ref_B": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 132.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0dnwgw", "c_root_id_B": "j0cnm66", "created_at_utc_A": 1671141389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671127387.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Rewatch the scene. The entire point of Project INSIGHT was that the people on the list weren't threats *yet*, but that the Algorithm predicted they were going to be. The Algorithm *surely* could not have predicted Strange was going to become Sorcerer Supreme (or *could* it? we saw what HYDRA was up to during the War) but it saw something in a young Dr. Strange that was going to become a pain in HYDRA's ass later.", "human_ref_B": "Hydra is the latest evolution of an ancient occult origination, and the higher ups well aware of magic. He's on the list because he's a potential candidate for the next sorcerer supreme.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14002.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0dstpr", "c_root_id_B": "j0fcyfm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671143353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671169742.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's explained..in..the..movie, come on!", "human_ref_B": "He doesn't have to be a superhero to be a threat. HYDRA was basically preemptively getting rid of anyone who might even pose a threat to their supremacy, including ordinary people that have the potential to fight back against them. He is an egotistical, extremely stubborn man who likely wouldn't bow down to a regime. He is someone who might be a resistance leader in that kind of situation and his world class medical knowledge is extremely valuable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26389.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0e2yd4", "c_root_id_B": "j0fcyfm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671147598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671169742.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Potentially as someone Nick Fury might call in to try and put an aspiration victim back together, this exposing their operation. He might have been considered for project TAHITI and then rejected.", "human_ref_B": "He doesn't have to be a superhero to be a threat. HYDRA was basically preemptively getting rid of anyone who might even pose a threat to their supremacy, including ordinary people that have the potential to fight back against them. He is an egotistical, extremely stubborn man who likely wouldn't bow down to a regime. He is someone who might be a resistance leader in that kind of situation and his world class medical knowledge is extremely valuable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22144.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0fcyfm", "c_root_id_B": "j0ecp0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1671169742.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671151783.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He doesn't have to be a superhero to be a threat. HYDRA was basically preemptively getting rid of anyone who might even pose a threat to their supremacy, including ordinary people that have the potential to fight back against them. He is an egotistical, extremely stubborn man who likely wouldn't bow down to a regime. He is someone who might be a resistance leader in that kind of situation and his world class medical knowledge is extremely valuable.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the then current Sorcerer Supreme had a list or dossier of past and future Sorcerer Supremes, and Shield had \"acquired\" it to keep track of any current and future threats.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17959.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0g6wat", "c_root_id_B": "j0dstpr", "created_at_utc_A": 1671192985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671143353.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Stephen strange was a highly notable scientist and famous asshole, an influential person who would definitely not submit to hydra rule easily", "human_ref_B": "It's explained..in..the..movie, come on!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49632.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0e2yd4", "c_root_id_B": "j0g6wat", "created_at_utc_A": 1671147598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671192985.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Potentially as someone Nick Fury might call in to try and put an aspiration victim back together, this exposing their operation. He might have been considered for project TAHITI and then rejected.", "human_ref_B": "Stephen strange was a highly notable scientist and famous asshole, an influential person who would definitely not submit to hydra rule easily", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45387.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zmrdi1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Why was Stephen Strange on the Project INSIGHT target list? In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we see the Hydra agents who are responsible for the Project INSIGHT helicarriers discussing targets, one of the people mentioned was Stephen Strange. At the time this happens(2014), Dr. Strange has not actually been introduced to the MCU, so the idea that he's already Sorc Supreme wasn't off the table, but his own movie two years later is an origin story in which he doesn't have his powers yet. If Stephen Strange wasn't a powered individual at the time, what reasons would SHIELD/Hydra have had for targeting him?", "c_root_id_A": "j0g6wat", "c_root_id_B": "j0ecp0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1671192985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671151783.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Stephen strange was a highly notable scientist and famous asshole, an influential person who would definitely not submit to hydra rule easily", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the then current Sorcerer Supreme had a list or dossier of past and future Sorcerer Supremes, and Shield had \"acquired\" it to keep track of any current and future threats.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41202.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxmm23", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[ASOIF/Game of Thrones] Why are the Targareyans the only group of people who can interact closely with dragons without being killed? I get that they're dragon-lords or something to that affect, but what does that mean? How did they get this trait that for hundreds of years they're the only living house who can work with dragons", "c_root_id_A": "ircv9g2", "c_root_id_B": "ircwhl3", "created_at_utc_A": 1665107811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665108444.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Valerians had a special connection to the dragons of their homelands. When the Doom came for them it wiped out almost all of the Valerians save a few that escaped with their dragons and headed to westeros following a vision. While almost anyone in theory can become a Dragonrider the Targaryens had a legacy of it even if not every member of their family was one. The young dragons imprinted on a family member seeing them as kin. Either knowingly or unknowingly the Targaryens restricted access to the dragon eggs to protect their authority as well as prevent others from imprinting on them. At any moment a dragon could and would turn on it's rider but through a lifetime of living together most riders were smart enough to sense their dragon's moods and desires. So TLDR Targaryens have a long history of using dragons and imprint themselves on them for lifelong bonds. Almost anyone can do the same but the Targaryens restricted access to dragons and it's not as simple as riding a horse or herding cattle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 633.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxmm23", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[ASOIF/Game of Thrones] Why are the Targareyans the only group of people who can interact closely with dragons without being killed? I get that they're dragon-lords or something to that affect, but what does that mean? How did they get this trait that for hundreds of years they're the only living house who can work with dragons", "c_root_id_A": "ircvw54", "c_root_id_B": "ircv9g2", "created_at_utc_A": 1665108140.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665107811.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We don't know. The secrets to their unique heritage likely have something to do with Valyria, and Valyrian secrets are buried a tad deep under all that magma and fire.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 329.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxmm23", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[ASOIF/Game of Thrones] Why are the Targareyans the only group of people who can interact closely with dragons without being killed? I get that they're dragon-lords or something to that affect, but what does that mean? How did they get this trait that for hundreds of years they're the only living house who can work with dragons", "c_root_id_A": "ircv9g2", "c_root_id_B": "irdln1n", "created_at_utc_A": 1665107811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665123998.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "As people have mentioned Valerians are uniquely able to connect to dragons due to their historical connection but no one is sure what exactly that connection is. A recent theory is that dragons are magical chimeras that were made of a combination of animals and perhaps even humans using blood magic. The humans used in the grafting were of valerian blood and so only those with valerian blood can bond with dragons.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16187.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxmm23", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[ASOIF/Game of Thrones] Why are the Targareyans the only group of people who can interact closely with dragons without being killed? I get that they're dragon-lords or something to that affect, but what does that mean? How did they get this trait that for hundreds of years they're the only living house who can work with dragons", "c_root_id_A": "ircv9g2", "c_root_id_B": "irg3n5i", "created_at_utc_A": 1665107811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665175977.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The origins of dragons are unclear, and they are not well-documented as being indigenous to any regions outside Valyria. It is often theorized that dragons are not natural creatures, and were magically bred or created by early Valyrians. If so, then perhaps they were created to only be ridden or commanded by certain groups, perhaps they can only bond with ethnic Valyrians.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 68166.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxmm23", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[ASOIF/Game of Thrones] Why are the Targareyans the only group of people who can interact closely with dragons without being killed? I get that they're dragon-lords or something to that affect, but what does that mean? How did they get this trait that for hundreds of years they're the only living house who can work with dragons", "c_root_id_A": "ispvusr", "c_root_id_B": "ircv9g2", "created_at_utc_A": 1666038712.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665107811.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The dragons are nuclear lizards created by scientists who altered their genes to be more in tune with them. After civilization collapsed and returned to the middle ages the last remaining with the blood of the original scientists were the Valerians. Edit. That's my theory \ud83d\ude43", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 930901.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxmm23", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[ASOIF/Game of Thrones] Why are the Targareyans the only group of people who can interact closely with dragons without being killed? I get that they're dragon-lords or something to that affect, but what does that mean? How did they get this trait that for hundreds of years they're the only living house who can work with dragons", "c_root_id_A": "ircvw54", "c_root_id_B": "ircwhl3", "created_at_utc_A": 1665108140.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665108444.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "We don't know. The secrets to their unique heritage likely have something to do with Valyria, and Valyrian secrets are buried a tad deep under all that magma and fire.", "human_ref_B": "The Valerians had a special connection to the dragons of their homelands. When the Doom came for them it wiped out almost all of the Valerians save a few that escaped with their dragons and headed to westeros following a vision. While almost anyone in theory can become a Dragonrider the Targaryens had a legacy of it even if not every member of their family was one. The young dragons imprinted on a family member seeing them as kin. Either knowingly or unknowingly the Targaryens restricted access to the dragon eggs to protect their authority as well as prevent others from imprinting on them. At any moment a dragon could and would turn on it's rider but through a lifetime of living together most riders were smart enough to sense their dragon's moods and desires. So TLDR Targaryens have a long history of using dragons and imprint themselves on them for lifelong bonds. Almost anyone can do the same but the Targaryens restricted access to dragons and it's not as simple as riding a horse or herding cattle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 304.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8p1m0y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] Why did Dr.Strange need Thor's hair? He has a sling ring, which he used to transport Loki around. He says the spell doesn't need to be modified for asgardians. You never see a celtic knot symbol whenever a wizard teleports before, it's just a sling ring and circles. What Strange just messing with Thor to get him to respect his power?", "c_root_id_A": "e07p50c", "c_root_id_B": "e07p4ee", "created_at_utc_A": 1528299782.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528299767.0, "score_A": 98, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Sympathetic Magic. The spell was to FIND Odin. So he must have \"Scent\" to find him. Thor hair are good enough.", "human_ref_B": "Just in case they'll need to create a crazy cybernetic clone of him, that's all...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15.0, "score_ratio": 2.5789473684, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ptqbjz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Comics General] During a recent battle, the face of a popular masked superhero/villain was revealed. Am I (a normal citizen) shocked at who it really is behind the mask, or does society pretty much have a pretty good idea who it could be, and are just playing along? Let's say it was someone like Batman. Would the media and normal people be like \"yeah, I always suspected it was him or maybe one of these 2 others guys. I mean he's obviously in great shape and loaded. How many people could it be?\" or are we just totally floored and shocked?", "c_root_id_A": "hdxv4ax", "c_root_id_B": "hdxwn8z", "created_at_utc_A": 1632383876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632385308.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 94, "human_ref_A": "There are like hundreds and thousands of other people who can possibly be Batman. Nobody is just playing along.", "human_ref_B": "It probably depends on the superhero and who the suspects are. For someone like Spider-Man, I mean outside of Peter's immediate friends, family, and coworkers how many people in NYC could recognize him? The theories for \"Who is Spider-Man?\" could be rather out there by our standards, but since this is Marvel him being an alien robot imbued with the souls of 10,000 spiders from an alternate dimension is entirely within the realm of possibility. So if Peter Parker is unmasked it's honestly not a big deal so long as no one takes a picture of him since \"White teenager/young adult with brown hair\" is kind of vague. For Batman though, I'd imagine that every reclusive rich guy is suspected of being a superhero/supervillion at some point. There's probably all sorts of theories ranging from \"It's totally Bruce Wayne because he's a reclusive weirdo\" to \"He's Dracula\". If Batman were ever unmasked publicly, there's definitely some people who would have suspected him beforehand just by sheer numbers but I don't think it would be a significant percentage of Gotham and instead more fringe people on social media (you just know there'd be smug assholes all over Reddit talking about how they \"knew the whole time\").", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1432.0, "score_ratio": 3.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ptqbjz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Comics General] During a recent battle, the face of a popular masked superhero/villain was revealed. Am I (a normal citizen) shocked at who it really is behind the mask, or does society pretty much have a pretty good idea who it could be, and are just playing along? Let's say it was someone like Batman. Would the media and normal people be like \"yeah, I always suspected it was him or maybe one of these 2 others guys. I mean he's obviously in great shape and loaded. How many people could it be?\" or are we just totally floored and shocked?", "c_root_id_A": "hdxv4ax", "c_root_id_B": "hdyi592", "created_at_utc_A": 1632383876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632401471.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "There are like hundreds and thousands of other people who can possibly be Batman. Nobody is just playing along.", "human_ref_B": "> \"...I have no idea who this is.\" - Lex Luthor, inhabiting the body of the Flash, having taken off his mask to try and figure out who the Flash is. Unless you've got an extremely distinctive face, in the presence of people who know you really well, or have a camera with facial recognition hardware pointed straight at you, losing your mask temporarily is not a death sentence. Lots of folks are more willing to say \"golly, that looks a lot like X\" than \"holy shit, that's X\", especially when taken out of a familiar context (see: Zoey Deschanel without bangs, Tony Hawk without a skateboard). After a long night of crime fighting, Bruce probably looks *nothing* like his commonly known playboy persona; hair's all greasy, facial expression somewhere between \"I just ate something sour\" and \"someone just hissed the word '*moist*' directly into my ear\", and a general body language that comes off more as a trained killer than a gentleman fop. Eyewitnesses are known to miss critical details in the heat of the moment, and cameras may not get a clear shot in the commotion. It's a problem, but not automatically a career ender, especially if Bats can gin up a good alibi (\"Who were you with, and what were you doing?\" \"Selina Kyle and... well... Selena Kyle.\")", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17595.0, "score_ratio": 2.2083333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ptqbjz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Comics General] During a recent battle, the face of a popular masked superhero/villain was revealed. Am I (a normal citizen) shocked at who it really is behind the mask, or does society pretty much have a pretty good idea who it could be, and are just playing along? Let's say it was someone like Batman. Would the media and normal people be like \"yeah, I always suspected it was him or maybe one of these 2 others guys. I mean he's obviously in great shape and loaded. How many people could it be?\" or are we just totally floored and shocked?", "c_root_id_A": "hdyi592", "c_root_id_B": "hdy6s8g", "created_at_utc_A": 1632401471.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632394327.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "> \"...I have no idea who this is.\" - Lex Luthor, inhabiting the body of the Flash, having taken off his mask to try and figure out who the Flash is. Unless you've got an extremely distinctive face, in the presence of people who know you really well, or have a camera with facial recognition hardware pointed straight at you, losing your mask temporarily is not a death sentence. Lots of folks are more willing to say \"golly, that looks a lot like X\" than \"holy shit, that's X\", especially when taken out of a familiar context (see: Zoey Deschanel without bangs, Tony Hawk without a skateboard). After a long night of crime fighting, Bruce probably looks *nothing* like his commonly known playboy persona; hair's all greasy, facial expression somewhere between \"I just ate something sour\" and \"someone just hissed the word '*moist*' directly into my ear\", and a general body language that comes off more as a trained killer than a gentleman fop. Eyewitnesses are known to miss critical details in the heat of the moment, and cameras may not get a clear shot in the commotion. It's a problem, but not automatically a career ender, especially if Bats can gin up a good alibi (\"Who were you with, and what were you doing?\" \"Selina Kyle and... well... Selena Kyle.\")", "human_ref_B": "People don't play along with secret identities. They're not there for fun. If it was an open secret Batman was Bruce Wayne, someone would attack Wayne Manor and try to kill him. Note that, whenever a villain *does* discover his secret identity, they attack Wayne Manor and try to kill him. Ditto other secret identities- when they are revealed, loved ones are harmed, homes invaded and otherwise the heroes personal lives are attacked. If people already knew, they'd already be doing that. Yes, people are shocked about who's behind the mask. If people knew, there would be plenty of people with no interest in playing along.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7144.0, "score_ratio": 2.5238095238, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ptqbjz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Comics General] During a recent battle, the face of a popular masked superhero/villain was revealed. Am I (a normal citizen) shocked at who it really is behind the mask, or does society pretty much have a pretty good idea who it could be, and are just playing along? Let's say it was someone like Batman. Would the media and normal people be like \"yeah, I always suspected it was him or maybe one of these 2 others guys. I mean he's obviously in great shape and loaded. How many people could it be?\" or are we just totally floored and shocked?", "c_root_id_A": "hdyi592", "c_root_id_B": "hdy3inc", "created_at_utc_A": 1632401471.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632391698.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "> \"...I have no idea who this is.\" - Lex Luthor, inhabiting the body of the Flash, having taken off his mask to try and figure out who the Flash is. Unless you've got an extremely distinctive face, in the presence of people who know you really well, or have a camera with facial recognition hardware pointed straight at you, losing your mask temporarily is not a death sentence. Lots of folks are more willing to say \"golly, that looks a lot like X\" than \"holy shit, that's X\", especially when taken out of a familiar context (see: Zoey Deschanel without bangs, Tony Hawk without a skateboard). After a long night of crime fighting, Bruce probably looks *nothing* like his commonly known playboy persona; hair's all greasy, facial expression somewhere between \"I just ate something sour\" and \"someone just hissed the word '*moist*' directly into my ear\", and a general body language that comes off more as a trained killer than a gentleman fop. Eyewitnesses are known to miss critical details in the heat of the moment, and cameras may not get a clear shot in the commotion. It's a problem, but not automatically a career ender, especially if Bats can gin up a good alibi (\"Who were you with, and what were you doing?\" \"Selina Kyle and... well... Selena Kyle.\")", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s pretty likely to be someone you\u2019ve never even heard of, so you\u2019ll be neither surprised nor vindicated", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9773.0, "score_ratio": 8.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ptqbjz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Comics General] During a recent battle, the face of a popular masked superhero/villain was revealed. Am I (a normal citizen) shocked at who it really is behind the mask, or does society pretty much have a pretty good idea who it could be, and are just playing along? Let's say it was someone like Batman. Would the media and normal people be like \"yeah, I always suspected it was him or maybe one of these 2 others guys. I mean he's obviously in great shape and loaded. How many people could it be?\" or are we just totally floored and shocked?", "c_root_id_A": "hdy6s8g", "c_root_id_B": "hdy3inc", "created_at_utc_A": 1632394327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632391698.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "People don't play along with secret identities. They're not there for fun. If it was an open secret Batman was Bruce Wayne, someone would attack Wayne Manor and try to kill him. Note that, whenever a villain *does* discover his secret identity, they attack Wayne Manor and try to kill him. Ditto other secret identities- when they are revealed, loved ones are harmed, homes invaded and otherwise the heroes personal lives are attacked. If people already knew, they'd already be doing that. Yes, people are shocked about who's behind the mask. If people knew, there would be plenty of people with no interest in playing along.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s pretty likely to be someone you\u2019ve never even heard of, so you\u2019ll be neither surprised nor vindicated", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2629.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ptqbjz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Comics General] During a recent battle, the face of a popular masked superhero/villain was revealed. Am I (a normal citizen) shocked at who it really is behind the mask, or does society pretty much have a pretty good idea who it could be, and are just playing along? Let's say it was someone like Batman. Would the media and normal people be like \"yeah, I always suspected it was him or maybe one of these 2 others guys. I mean he's obviously in great shape and loaded. How many people could it be?\" or are we just totally floored and shocked?", "c_root_id_A": "hdy3inc", "c_root_id_B": "hdykr65", "created_at_utc_A": 1632391698.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632402808.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s pretty likely to be someone you\u2019ve never even heard of, so you\u2019ll be neither surprised nor vindicated", "human_ref_B": "Remember that time lex luthor controlled flash body and then unmasked himself and says, I don't know who this is", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11110.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ptqbjz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Comics General] During a recent battle, the face of a popular masked superhero/villain was revealed. Am I (a normal citizen) shocked at who it really is behind the mask, or does society pretty much have a pretty good idea who it could be, and are just playing along? Let's say it was someone like Batman. Would the media and normal people be like \"yeah, I always suspected it was him or maybe one of these 2 others guys. I mean he's obviously in great shape and loaded. How many people could it be?\" or are we just totally floored and shocked?", "c_root_id_A": "hdyy0bd", "c_root_id_B": "hdyuczj", "created_at_utc_A": 1632408721.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632407162.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Masks mostly are for heroes privacy etc. Like we do mention the Flash thing. But it might be more different in todays world of ubiquitous surveillance and face scanning. If Lex took a picture today he might be able to track down who Flash is. It wouldn't help much other than in how to blackmail or target him. Revealing Bruce as Batman doesnt really do much other than open him up to lawsuits and gov indictments. And opening him up to strikes at home.", "human_ref_B": "I'm reminded of the scene in Justice League Unlimited where Lex and Flash trade bodies. Lex says \"at last I'll know who the flash is\" takes off the mask and said \"I have no idea who this is\" Odds are in a fight even if the mask comes off they won't be recognized. I mean batman probably would but otherwise most of the heroes that are famous are out in the open", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1559.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ptqbjz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Comics General] During a recent battle, the face of a popular masked superhero/villain was revealed. Am I (a normal citizen) shocked at who it really is behind the mask, or does society pretty much have a pretty good idea who it could be, and are just playing along? Let's say it was someone like Batman. Would the media and normal people be like \"yeah, I always suspected it was him or maybe one of these 2 others guys. I mean he's obviously in great shape and loaded. How many people could it be?\" or are we just totally floored and shocked?", "c_root_id_A": "hdzl0tu", "c_root_id_B": "hdyuczj", "created_at_utc_A": 1632418281.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632407162.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "For Supervillians, the answer is yes; a suprising number of them were some form of celebrity before becoming villians, and most villians only remain unknown until the first time they're taken into custody. Green Goblin being Norman Osborn was reasonably big news, in continuities where that got leaked. Complicating this is that a surprisingly small number of superheroes actually maintain secret identities- the in-universe trend at marvel has been to abandon them as you reach positions of greater and greater security (Iron Man abandoned his secret identity on a whim in the comics.) Spider-man and Daredevil are kind of outliers in terms of how seriously they take it, and many of the X-men are in a weird spot where their \"real names\" are public but they're very capable of just going incognito if they want to. And at DC, there's this dual category of both having a secret identity and also being *obviously likely* to have a secret identity- a lot of people don't think Superman or Batman have \"Civillian\" personas at all. Confirmation that Batman is *human* would be big news.", "human_ref_B": "I'm reminded of the scene in Justice League Unlimited where Lex and Flash trade bodies. Lex says \"at last I'll know who the flash is\" takes off the mask and said \"I have no idea who this is\" Odds are in a fight even if the mask comes off they won't be recognized. 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I'm not saying this to be pedantic, but because I think it's important to realize that Adam West's Batman planned so far ahead that he had a contingency for *aerial* shark attacks.", "human_ref_B": "Shark repellent honestly isn't that random. Gotham is a blend of NYC and Chicago, both of which are surrounded and/or divided by waterways. Batman knows 1. What big scary things reside in his home waters. 2. Crime fighting will eventually lead to him getting stuck in the water. Honestly? It thing the oddest thing he carries is money. 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Can't punch yourself out of a plastic bag?\"", "human_ref_B": "A gold kryptonite knife, in case he needs to permanently remove Superman's powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1520.0, "score_ratio": 1.0357142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hraw1vp", "c_root_id_B": "hraopny", "created_at_utc_A": 1641350868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641347790.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "A gold kryptonite knife, in case he needs to permanently remove Superman's powers.", "human_ref_B": "Condoms", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3078.0, "score_ratio": 1.6111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hr9nb9g", "c_root_id_B": "hraw1vp", "created_at_utc_A": 1641332679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641350868.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Ultra sonic bat beacon?", "human_ref_B": "A gold kryptonite knife, in case he needs to permanently remove Superman's powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18189.0, "score_ratio": 4.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hraw1vp", "c_root_id_B": "hrap9by", "created_at_utc_A": 1641350868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641348019.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "A gold kryptonite knife, in case he needs to permanently remove Superman's powers.", "human_ref_B": "Back up bat belt", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2849.0, "score_ratio": 4.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrb738k", "c_root_id_B": "hrasexk", "created_at_utc_A": 1641355824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641349348.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "This grappling hook that works like Darkseid's Omega Beams His detachable ears that he can use as a knife or he can shoot at people from afar", "human_ref_B": "A plastic bag spray. He used it to trap Bizarro. He quipped \"what's the matter Bizzaro? Can't punch yourself out of a plastic bag?\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6476.0, "score_ratio": 1.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrb738k", "c_root_id_B": "hrayvt4", "created_at_utc_A": 1641355824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641352092.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "This grappling hook that works like Darkseid's Omega Beams His detachable ears that he can use as a knife or he can shoot at people from afar", "human_ref_B": "Shark repellent honestly isn't that random. Gotham is a blend of NYC and Chicago, both of which are surrounded and/or divided by waterways. Batman knows 1. What big scary things reside in his home waters. 2. Crime fighting will eventually lead to him getting stuck in the water. Honestly? It thing the oddest thing he carries is money. The animated Batman carried cash and Joel Schumacher's Batman had a Bat credit card.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3732.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hraopny", "c_root_id_B": "hrb738k", "created_at_utc_A": 1641347790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641355824.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Condoms", "human_ref_B": "This grappling hook that works like Darkseid's Omega Beams His detachable ears that he can use as a knife or he can shoot at people from afar", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8034.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrb738k", "c_root_id_B": "hrb4a77", "created_at_utc_A": 1641355824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641354516.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "This grappling hook that works like Darkseid's Omega Beams His detachable ears that he can use as a knife or he can shoot at people from afar", "human_ref_B": "I just want to point out that he wasn't carrying shark repellent in his utility belt. It's in his helicopter. Or at least, it was when he specifically went out on an ocean mission. It really doesn't seem that obscure. If we are counting his oceanic repellent bat sprays, I'd say barracuda repellant is the most obscure. Though while whales are less obscure, they're not known for being dangerous. On the other hand, if a supervillain actually wanted to stop Batman, it would be much easier to train killer whales or other dolphins (which are taxonomically a kind of whale) than any of those other options.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1308.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hr9nb9g", "c_root_id_B": "hrb738k", "created_at_utc_A": 1641332679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641355824.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Ultra sonic bat beacon?", "human_ref_B": "This grappling hook that works like Darkseid's Omega Beams His detachable ears that he can use as a knife or he can shoot at people from afar", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23145.0, "score_ratio": 4.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrap9by", "c_root_id_B": "hrb738k", "created_at_utc_A": 1641348019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641355824.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Back up bat belt", "human_ref_B": "This grappling hook that works like Darkseid's Omega Beams His detachable ears that he can use as a knife or he can shoot at people from afar", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7805.0, "score_ratio": 4.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrasexk", "c_root_id_B": "hraopny", "created_at_utc_A": 1641349348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641347790.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "A plastic bag spray. He used it to trap Bizarro. He quipped \"what's the matter Bizzaro? Can't punch yourself out of a plastic bag?\"", "human_ref_B": "Condoms", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1558.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrasexk", "c_root_id_B": "hr9nb9g", "created_at_utc_A": 1641349348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641332679.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "A plastic bag spray. He used it to trap Bizarro. He quipped \"what's the matter Bizzaro? Can't punch yourself out of a plastic bag?\"", "human_ref_B": "Ultra sonic bat beacon?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16669.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrasexk", "c_root_id_B": "hrap9by", "created_at_utc_A": 1641349348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641348019.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "A plastic bag spray. He used it to trap Bizarro. He quipped \"what's the matter Bizzaro? Can't punch yourself out of a plastic bag?\"", "human_ref_B": "Back up bat belt", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1329.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrayvt4", "c_root_id_B": "hraopny", "created_at_utc_A": 1641352092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641347790.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Shark repellent honestly isn't that random. Gotham is a blend of NYC and Chicago, both of which are surrounded and/or divided by waterways. Batman knows 1. What big scary things reside in his home waters. 2. Crime fighting will eventually lead to him getting stuck in the water. Honestly? It thing the oddest thing he carries is money. The animated Batman carried cash and Joel Schumacher's Batman had a Bat credit card.", "human_ref_B": "Condoms", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4302.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hr9nb9g", "c_root_id_B": "hrayvt4", "created_at_utc_A": 1641332679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641352092.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Ultra sonic bat beacon?", "human_ref_B": "Shark repellent honestly isn't that random. Gotham is a blend of NYC and Chicago, both of which are surrounded and/or divided by waterways. Batman knows 1. What big scary things reside in his home waters. 2. Crime fighting will eventually lead to him getting stuck in the water. Honestly? It thing the oddest thing he carries is money. The animated Batman carried cash and Joel Schumacher's Batman had a Bat credit card.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19413.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrap9by", "c_root_id_B": "hrayvt4", "created_at_utc_A": 1641348019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641352092.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Back up bat belt", "human_ref_B": "Shark repellent honestly isn't that random. Gotham is a blend of NYC and Chicago, both of which are surrounded and/or divided by waterways. Batman knows 1. What big scary things reside in his home waters. 2. Crime fighting will eventually lead to him getting stuck in the water. Honestly? It thing the oddest thing he carries is money. The animated Batman carried cash and Joel Schumacher's Batman had a Bat credit card.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4073.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hraopny", "c_root_id_B": "hr9nb9g", "created_at_utc_A": 1641347790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641332679.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Condoms", "human_ref_B": "Ultra sonic bat beacon?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15111.0, "score_ratio": 2.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrbcamm", "c_root_id_B": "hrb4a77", "created_at_utc_A": 1641358365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641354516.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The shark repellent follows the Christopher Nolan realism rule: it is based in existing military technology. The real-life shark repellent was developed in WWII by celebrity chef Julia Childs.", "human_ref_B": "I just want to point out that he wasn't carrying shark repellent in his utility belt. It's in his helicopter. Or at least, it was when he specifically went out on an ocean mission. It really doesn't seem that obscure. If we are counting his oceanic repellent bat sprays, I'd say barracuda repellant is the most obscure. Though while whales are less obscure, they're not known for being dangerous. On the other hand, if a supervillain actually wanted to stop Batman, it would be much easier to train killer whales or other dolphins (which are taxonomically a kind of whale) than any of those other options.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3849.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hr9nb9g", "c_root_id_B": "hrbcamm", "created_at_utc_A": 1641332679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641358365.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Ultra sonic bat beacon?", "human_ref_B": "The shark repellent follows the Christopher Nolan realism rule: it is based in existing military technology. The real-life shark repellent was developed in WWII by celebrity chef Julia Childs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25686.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrap9by", "c_root_id_B": "hrbcamm", "created_at_utc_A": 1641348019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641358365.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Back up bat belt", "human_ref_B": "The shark repellent follows the Christopher Nolan realism rule: it is based in existing military technology. The real-life shark repellent was developed in WWII by celebrity chef Julia Childs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10346.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrb4a77", "c_root_id_B": "hrbsse6", "created_at_utc_A": 1641354516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641368296.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I just want to point out that he wasn't carrying shark repellent in his utility belt. It's in his helicopter. Or at least, it was when he specifically went out on an ocean mission. It really doesn't seem that obscure. If we are counting his oceanic repellent bat sprays, I'd say barracuda repellant is the most obscure. Though while whales are less obscure, they're not known for being dangerous. On the other hand, if a supervillain actually wanted to stop Batman, it would be much easier to train killer whales or other dolphins (which are taxonomically a kind of whale) than any of those other options.", "human_ref_B": "A Bat-USB, it's just a mundane usb device with the bat logo printed on it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13780.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrbsse6", "c_root_id_B": "hr9nb9g", "created_at_utc_A": 1641368296.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641332679.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "A Bat-USB, it's just a mundane usb device with the bat logo printed on it.", "human_ref_B": "Ultra sonic bat beacon?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35617.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrap9by", "c_root_id_B": "hrbsse6", "created_at_utc_A": 1641348019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641368296.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Back up bat belt", "human_ref_B": "A Bat-USB, it's just a mundane usb device with the bat logo printed on it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20277.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hr9nb9g", "c_root_id_B": "hrb4a77", "created_at_utc_A": 1641332679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641354516.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Ultra sonic bat beacon?", "human_ref_B": "I just want to point out that he wasn't carrying shark repellent in his utility belt. It's in his helicopter. Or at least, it was when he specifically went out on an ocean mission. It really doesn't seem that obscure. If we are counting his oceanic repellent bat sprays, I'd say barracuda repellant is the most obscure. Though while whales are less obscure, they're not known for being dangerous. On the other hand, if a supervillain actually wanted to stop Batman, it would be much easier to train killer whales or other dolphins (which are taxonomically a kind of whale) than any of those other options.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21837.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw5ih0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Shark repellent aside, what is the most obscure or random thing Batman has in his utility belt?", "c_root_id_A": "hrb4a77", "c_root_id_B": "hrap9by", "created_at_utc_A": 1641354516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641348019.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I just want to point out that he wasn't carrying shark repellent in his utility belt. It's in his helicopter. Or at least, it was when he specifically went out on an ocean mission. It really doesn't seem that obscure. If we are counting his oceanic repellent bat sprays, I'd say barracuda repellant is the most obscure. Though while whales are less obscure, they're not known for being dangerous. On the other hand, if a supervillain actually wanted to stop Batman, it would be much easier to train killer whales or other dolphins (which are taxonomically a kind of whale) than any of those other options.", "human_ref_B": "Back up bat belt", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6497.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qxgu6y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Judge dredd] how did dredd survive staring into judge fears eyes?", "c_root_id_A": "hl9pcz1", "c_root_id_B": "hl9mfsc", "created_at_utc_A": 1637338361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637337191.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "The inuniverse reason is that judges are trained to put aside all fears in the pursuit of justice. Of course, most judges can't *really* do that. They can suppress or power through fear, but there'll be some doubt or fear or anxiety for Judge Fear to grasp onto. A judge genetically cloned to be a perfect judge, with training ingrained into his brain and raised with no life outside the academy, though? That's a different story.", "human_ref_B": "Dredd is so committed and dedicated to his job that it transcends normal human behavior and approaches the magical. He has willpower that can keep him in the game when he should be actually, literally dead (a la when he had to drag his ass across the Cursed Earth during the \"Burned Man\" business). So while most folks would be completely incapacitated by seeing what's under Fear's helmet, Dredd powers through and carries on, because he's too busy laying down the law and being mad about his boots to do something like die before his shift is over.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1170.0, "score_ratio": 1.6341463415, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lt50lo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR Movies] Before they got to Rivendell did Frodo ever tell Pippin and Merry what the ring was, who Sauron is, and why they were leaving the Shire? even in the extended cut? is there any scene where frodo pulls pippin and merry aside and say\u2019look, see this?...\u2019 or did all they know is...scary guys on horses are chasing us keep running?", "c_root_id_A": "gov9ds1", "c_root_id_B": "gov9td0", "created_at_utc_A": 1614366487.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614366615.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "Gandalf told Frodo to keep things secret and I believe M & P came along since Frodo is their friend. He probably saw Frodo in a bad spot and decided to accompany him- a trait common among the Took. This is prob why they were so blaisa about the whole thing right up until things were explained in Rivendell.", "human_ref_B": "No. Contrary to popular belief, Pippin and Merry weren't idiots, at least not when it came to understanding Hobbits. They could simply tell from Frodo's behavior and demeanor that this was something serious that needed their support, no questions asked.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 128.0, "score_ratio": 1.7727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lt50lo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR Movies] Before they got to Rivendell did Frodo ever tell Pippin and Merry what the ring was, who Sauron is, and why they were leaving the Shire? even in the extended cut? is there any scene where frodo pulls pippin and merry aside and say\u2019look, see this?...\u2019 or did all they know is...scary guys on horses are chasing us keep running?", "c_root_id_A": "gov9464", "c_root_id_B": "gov9td0", "created_at_utc_A": 1614366410.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614366615.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "There isn't a scene where he explains it in the extended cut. That doesn't mean it never happens off camera.", "human_ref_B": "No. Contrary to popular belief, Pippin and Merry weren't idiots, at least not when it came to understanding Hobbits. They could simply tell from Frodo's behavior and demeanor that this was something serious that needed their support, no questions asked.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 205.0, "score_ratio": 7.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lt50lo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR Movies] Before they got to Rivendell did Frodo ever tell Pippin and Merry what the ring was, who Sauron is, and why they were leaving the Shire? even in the extended cut? is there any scene where frodo pulls pippin and merry aside and say\u2019look, see this?...\u2019 or did all they know is...scary guys on horses are chasing us keep running?", "c_root_id_A": "gov9ds1", "c_root_id_B": "gov9464", "created_at_utc_A": 1614366487.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614366410.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Gandalf told Frodo to keep things secret and I believe M & P came along since Frodo is their friend. He probably saw Frodo in a bad spot and decided to accompany him- a trait common among the Took. This is prob why they were so blaisa about the whole thing right up until things were explained in Rivendell.", "human_ref_B": "There isn't a scene where he explains it in the extended cut. That doesn't mean it never happens off camera.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 77.0, "score_ratio": 4.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lt50lo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[LOTR Movies] Before they got to Rivendell did Frodo ever tell Pippin and Merry what the ring was, who Sauron is, and why they were leaving the Shire? even in the extended cut? is there any scene where frodo pulls pippin and merry aside and say\u2019look, see this?...\u2019 or did all they know is...scary guys on horses are chasing us keep running?", "c_root_id_A": "govsvd6", "c_root_id_B": "gov9464", "created_at_utc_A": 1614372089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614366410.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "No. Merry and Pippin did not know anything about the ring until Rivendell. During the council of Elrond, M&P dropped some eves and heard about it, but most of that flew right over Merry's head. Pippin understood, for the most part. I assume while traveling the importance of the Ring and what it would try to do to them was explained, especially since both Merry and Pippin seemed to understand (at least a little) the strain it was putting on Boromir. We know for certain that they understood by the third movie, since Merry doesn't need any further explanation when Pippin tells him that \"The enemy thinks *you* have the Ring!\" after Merry looked into the Palantir.", "human_ref_B": "There isn't a scene where he explains it in the extended cut. That doesn't mean it never happens off camera.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5679.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "chq6x2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Stranger Things] Why is the Mind Flayer so slow? I guess is because it's bigger or massive or something, but is there a more accurate answer?", "c_root_id_A": "euxpwwk", "c_root_id_B": "euxpyxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1564090351.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564090371.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "its not used to having an acutal body, so it might not do that well. it was also more of a shoggoth than an acutal body. it probably lacked proper bones, which really slows it down.", "human_ref_B": "Because it's operating in the wrong environment. It's a creature of the Upside-Down. Our reality is an alien environment that it's just not built for. It's like a human who goes scuba diving - every movement is slower, your senses don't function the way you're used to, you can easily lose track of which way is up, and it's hard to get a sense of where you are and how fast you're moving.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnoaik", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Is insurance expensive in cities like NYC? Do insurance companies even exist? With the number of superheroes and multiple villains the destruction just seems way too much. Does fighting like this cause mental health/financial problems in normal citizens?", "c_root_id_A": "hptigtn", "c_root_id_B": "hpthi5h", "created_at_utc_A": 1640361706.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640361253.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The increased destruction is helped by the increased ability of repair- advanced tech/magic/helpful mutants/etc can fix a devestated city much easier then a conventional construction team, and luckily after a super-fight there tend to be helpful superhumans around to do so. (Indeed, it might even be part of their obligations to keep acting as superheores). This helpfully prevents the premiums getting too high.", "human_ref_B": "Likely the insurance pools are much larger to spread out the risk more. So your insurance goes up a bit in Detroit or Charlette so that NYC isn't unlivable do to insurance rates.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 453.0, "score_ratio": 4.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnoaik", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Is insurance expensive in cities like NYC? Do insurance companies even exist? With the number of superheroes and multiple villains the destruction just seems way too much. Does fighting like this cause mental health/financial problems in normal citizens?", "c_root_id_A": "hpvrrmp", "c_root_id_B": "hpvvzkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1640404181.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640406878.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The comic MARVELS is the best example of how normal citizens are impacted by the escapades of Superheroes", "human_ref_B": "Most insurers won't cover what they consider to be an \"Act of God\" such as earthquakes and tsunamis and the like. It is likely that they also would not cover alien invasions and weasel out of anything else they think they can squeeze into the fine print and get away with. Super villain insurance would probably be available, but it would cost extra. Even then, if you didn't have actual video proof they'd probably screw you. Batman and Tony Stark on the other hand will cut you a cheque to shut you up if they felt responsible. Maybe even Lex if he's running for office that year.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2697.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r9ykd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] I'm a mutant with healing powers like Wolverine that allow me to recover from any injury except I can only heal at the speed of a normal human being. Is that enough for me to be considered for X-Men membership, or are my abilities too mundane for me to be considered?", "c_root_id_A": "e8f8wdj", "c_root_id_B": "e8f8e1o", "created_at_utc_A": 1540473053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540472525.0, "score_A": 257, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "You could attend the Institute, sure. There's no lower-bound on practicality. You're not likely to be put on an X-Men team though unless you've got some great combat skills. Even then, you're probably going to be a reserve member or support. There's also the chance that studying at Xavier's (or whatever iteration you're attending) might lead to you discovering new ways to leverage your powers. Maybe you can heal others with a transfusion (or even touch). Perhaps you actually emit a healing aura that bolsters the immune systems or healing of those around you. Ever try lopping off a body part? Maybe a second you will grow out of it. Maybe there's a secondary mutation you aren't aware of. My point is, you're probably not X-Men material. But if anyone were to help you find out more, it's the Xavier Institute.", "human_ref_B": "You don't have powers mate, the human body will try to heal itself from any injury. For example if you break a bone, doctors don't inject you with a magic potion (but sometimes they use steroids), they set it in a way that allows it to fix itself in a healthy way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 528.0, "score_ratio": 19.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r9ykd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] I'm a mutant with healing powers like Wolverine that allow me to recover from any injury except I can only heal at the speed of a normal human being. Is that enough for me to be considered for X-Men membership, or are my abilities too mundane for me to be considered?", "c_root_id_A": "e8f8e1o", "c_root_id_B": "e8faji8", "created_at_utc_A": 1540472525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540474673.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 86, "human_ref_A": "You don't have powers mate, the human body will try to heal itself from any injury. For example if you break a bone, doctors don't inject you with a magic potion (but sometimes they use steroids), they set it in a way that allows it to fix itself in a healthy way.", "human_ref_B": "wait, you can recover from any injury right? that means you can work the shit out of your muscles, strong lift 5x5 program for a few years, no plateaus cause your muscle will always mend and viola - peak human. a few thousand hours in the danger room and you'll be a second rate deadpool.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2148.0, "score_ratio": 6.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r9ykd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] I'm a mutant with healing powers like Wolverine that allow me to recover from any injury except I can only heal at the speed of a normal human being. Is that enough for me to be considered for X-Men membership, or are my abilities too mundane for me to be considered?", "c_root_id_A": "e8f8e1o", "c_root_id_B": "e8fgj72", "created_at_utc_A": 1540472525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540479956.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "You don't have powers mate, the human body will try to heal itself from any injury. For example if you break a bone, doctors don't inject you with a magic potion (but sometimes they use steroids), they set it in a way that allows it to fix itself in a healthy way.", "human_ref_B": "That puts you way ahead Beak. My question is if similar to Wolverine, Deadpool and Mr. Immortal you are also cursed with bad luck which constantly shows off your healing factor... for example if sentinels shoot a dozen lasers one will hit Wolvie every time. ​", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7431.0, "score_ratio": 3.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r9ykd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] I'm a mutant with healing powers like Wolverine that allow me to recover from any injury except I can only heal at the speed of a normal human being. Is that enough for me to be considered for X-Men membership, or are my abilities too mundane for me to be considered?", "c_root_id_A": "e8g04b6", "c_root_id_B": "e8f8e1o", "created_at_utc_A": 1540495590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540472525.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "X-men don't want you, that's ok we can come up with some super work for you. Our organization is always looking for talented Agents. When you're recruited we have a plan. One we go through an extreme workout regiment. We literally push your body to the breaking point every single day. Normal human healing rebuilds muscle stronger than when it was broken. Now normal humans have an upper limit to the amount that can be healed. You don't have to worry about career ending injuries so we can go faster and harder. After about 6-12 months of intense training you'll probably be stronger and faster than any normal human out there if our calculations are correct. If you need a bit of help our science team can come up with something that will be safe for you to boost your strength, and if they make a mistake you'll bounce back. From there we train you in black ops. You'll be one of our top agents. Once we get you up to speed we get you a device rigged up to your heart. This is something only YOU could handle. It has Three functions One - it literally kills you on command. This way when you are captured you can send a command to your heart to kill you temporarily. With your skillset this is merely a minor setback rather than an ending. It can also be used as an escape if needed. Two - it delivers and extreme dose of pure adrenaline, at your command. This way if you intentionally die so you can slip out when you revive you have energy to do so and in combat situations you can operate at a heightened state if needed. Three - it regulates your heart when you're in a dead state. This way your healing keeps going and you don't experience brain damage. It can also slightly manipulate your lungs to keep fresh oxygen flowing. This isn't needed but it helps make the revival process smoother. It can revive you once your life functions start working. It can either revive you slowly or with one of the previously mentioned adrenaline shots. Of course we will always have a team supporting you and monitoring you from afar. We'll always have our eyes on you making sure you are safe. I won't lie this path requires a lot of work on your part. You can't be one of those lazy mutants that just skates by on your powers but if you work at it, our organization could use somebody like you. So if you want to accept this offer, I only have to hear two words from you. Hail Hydra", "human_ref_B": "You don't have powers mate, the human body will try to heal itself from any injury. For example if you break a bone, doctors don't inject you with a magic potion (but sometimes they use steroids), they set it in a way that allows it to fix itself in a healthy way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23065.0, "score_ratio": 1.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r9ykd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] I'm a mutant with healing powers like Wolverine that allow me to recover from any injury except I can only heal at the speed of a normal human being. Is that enough for me to be considered for X-Men membership, or are my abilities too mundane for me to be considered?", "c_root_id_A": "e8g04b6", "c_root_id_B": "e8fijnx", "created_at_utc_A": 1540495590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540481589.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "X-men don't want you, that's ok we can come up with some super work for you. Our organization is always looking for talented Agents. When you're recruited we have a plan. One we go through an extreme workout regiment. We literally push your body to the breaking point every single day. Normal human healing rebuilds muscle stronger than when it was broken. Now normal humans have an upper limit to the amount that can be healed. You don't have to worry about career ending injuries so we can go faster and harder. After about 6-12 months of intense training you'll probably be stronger and faster than any normal human out there if our calculations are correct. If you need a bit of help our science team can come up with something that will be safe for you to boost your strength, and if they make a mistake you'll bounce back. From there we train you in black ops. You'll be one of our top agents. Once we get you up to speed we get you a device rigged up to your heart. This is something only YOU could handle. It has Three functions One - it literally kills you on command. This way when you are captured you can send a command to your heart to kill you temporarily. With your skillset this is merely a minor setback rather than an ending. It can also be used as an escape if needed. Two - it delivers and extreme dose of pure adrenaline, at your command. This way if you intentionally die so you can slip out when you revive you have energy to do so and in combat situations you can operate at a heightened state if needed. Three - it regulates your heart when you're in a dead state. This way your healing keeps going and you don't experience brain damage. It can also slightly manipulate your lungs to keep fresh oxygen flowing. This isn't needed but it helps make the revival process smoother. It can revive you once your life functions start working. It can either revive you slowly or with one of the previously mentioned adrenaline shots. Of course we will always have a team supporting you and monitoring you from afar. We'll always have our eyes on you making sure you are safe. I won't lie this path requires a lot of work on your part. You can't be one of those lazy mutants that just skates by on your powers but if you work at it, our organization could use somebody like you. So if you want to accept this offer, I only have to hear two words from you. Hail Hydra", "human_ref_B": "Yes. You're the guy they strap to the plane to take bullets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14001.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r9ykd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] I'm a mutant with healing powers like Wolverine that allow me to recover from any injury except I can only heal at the speed of a normal human being. Is that enough for me to be considered for X-Men membership, or are my abilities too mundane for me to be considered?", "c_root_id_A": "e8fmcpr", "c_root_id_B": "e8g04b6", "created_at_utc_A": 1540484636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540495590.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Nope. You'd die on your first mission. You can heal from anything but seeing as you heal as fast as I do anything that could kill me can kill you. Bullets, knives, slipping in the shower will all still kill you. You body simply won't repair the damage fast enough. You'll bleed out and die.", "human_ref_B": "X-men don't want you, that's ok we can come up with some super work for you. Our organization is always looking for talented Agents. When you're recruited we have a plan. One we go through an extreme workout regiment. We literally push your body to the breaking point every single day. Normal human healing rebuilds muscle stronger than when it was broken. Now normal humans have an upper limit to the amount that can be healed. You don't have to worry about career ending injuries so we can go faster and harder. After about 6-12 months of intense training you'll probably be stronger and faster than any normal human out there if our calculations are correct. If you need a bit of help our science team can come up with something that will be safe for you to boost your strength, and if they make a mistake you'll bounce back. From there we train you in black ops. You'll be one of our top agents. Once we get you up to speed we get you a device rigged up to your heart. This is something only YOU could handle. It has Three functions One - it literally kills you on command. This way when you are captured you can send a command to your heart to kill you temporarily. With your skillset this is merely a minor setback rather than an ending. It can also be used as an escape if needed. Two - it delivers and extreme dose of pure adrenaline, at your command. This way if you intentionally die so you can slip out when you revive you have energy to do so and in combat situations you can operate at a heightened state if needed. Three - it regulates your heart when you're in a dead state. This way your healing keeps going and you don't experience brain damage. It can also slightly manipulate your lungs to keep fresh oxygen flowing. This isn't needed but it helps make the revival process smoother. It can revive you once your life functions start working. It can either revive you slowly or with one of the previously mentioned adrenaline shots. Of course we will always have a team supporting you and monitoring you from afar. We'll always have our eyes on you making sure you are safe. I won't lie this path requires a lot of work on your part. You can't be one of those lazy mutants that just skates by on your powers but if you work at it, our organization could use somebody like you. So if you want to accept this offer, I only have to hear two words from you. Hail Hydra", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10954.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r9ykd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] I'm a mutant with healing powers like Wolverine that allow me to recover from any injury except I can only heal at the speed of a normal human being. Is that enough for me to be considered for X-Men membership, or are my abilities too mundane for me to be considered?", "c_root_id_A": "e8fngse", "c_root_id_B": "e8g04b6", "created_at_utc_A": 1540485515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540495590.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Kinda? A a slow healing factor like this is not gonna help you survive a fight at all, Wolverine can survive being stabbed and slashed multiple times because it heals before things go wrong like blood loss, you wont, sure if you lose an arm or even become paralyzed from a spinal injury it will heal which no normal human can do but that's only if you can be treated in time. But if you could learn how to fight, train a lot and use that power to put on a ton of muscle without any risk and do things that can damage a normal person in the long term then you could be a reserve or something.", "human_ref_B": "X-men don't want you, that's ok we can come up with some super work for you. Our organization is always looking for talented Agents. When you're recruited we have a plan. One we go through an extreme workout regiment. We literally push your body to the breaking point every single day. Normal human healing rebuilds muscle stronger than when it was broken. Now normal humans have an upper limit to the amount that can be healed. You don't have to worry about career ending injuries so we can go faster and harder. After about 6-12 months of intense training you'll probably be stronger and faster than any normal human out there if our calculations are correct. If you need a bit of help our science team can come up with something that will be safe for you to boost your strength, and if they make a mistake you'll bounce back. From there we train you in black ops. You'll be one of our top agents. Once we get you up to speed we get you a device rigged up to your heart. This is something only YOU could handle. It has Three functions One - it literally kills you on command. This way when you are captured you can send a command to your heart to kill you temporarily. With your skillset this is merely a minor setback rather than an ending. It can also be used as an escape if needed. Two - it delivers and extreme dose of pure adrenaline, at your command. This way if you intentionally die so you can slip out when you revive you have energy to do so and in combat situations you can operate at a heightened state if needed. Three - it regulates your heart when you're in a dead state. This way your healing keeps going and you don't experience brain damage. It can also slightly manipulate your lungs to keep fresh oxygen flowing. This isn't needed but it helps make the revival process smoother. It can revive you once your life functions start working. It can either revive you slowly or with one of the previously mentioned adrenaline shots. Of course we will always have a team supporting you and monitoring you from afar. We'll always have our eyes on you making sure you are safe. I won't lie this path requires a lot of work on your part. You can't be one of those lazy mutants that just skates by on your powers but if you work at it, our organization could use somebody like you. So if you want to accept this offer, I only have to hear two words from you. Hail Hydra", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10075.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r9ykd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] I'm a mutant with healing powers like Wolverine that allow me to recover from any injury except I can only heal at the speed of a normal human being. Is that enough for me to be considered for X-Men membership, or are my abilities too mundane for me to be considered?", "c_root_id_A": "e8fwci3", "c_root_id_B": "e8g04b6", "created_at_utc_A": 1540492569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540495590.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Assuming standard acceptance rates are about equal in the multiverse? Sure. In one of the numbered universes we see \u201cThe Worst X-Man Ever\u201d documented. There were some signs he might be a mutant. So his parents had him studied by Beast of all people. Who then gave the kid and his family the news. They had a special power. To explode. Not have an explosion around or near them. No power to survive the explosion. They would become a bomb and explode with no regenerative abilities. They were for all intents and purposes a normal human who could choose at will to suicide in a messy way. Xavier accepted him into the academy, and they even tried to include him on some of the missions. Being effectively a normal human, well, they didn\u2019t go well. You are more useful then they would be. Maybe with training your regeneration speed could be improved. Failing that, you could probably become a crisis aid worker or physician. Imagine the job opertunities for a doctor or nurse who can\u2019t actually die from whatever they might catch.", "human_ref_B": "X-men don't want you, that's ok we can come up with some super work for you. Our organization is always looking for talented Agents. When you're recruited we have a plan. One we go through an extreme workout regiment. We literally push your body to the breaking point every single day. Normal human healing rebuilds muscle stronger than when it was broken. Now normal humans have an upper limit to the amount that can be healed. You don't have to worry about career ending injuries so we can go faster and harder. After about 6-12 months of intense training you'll probably be stronger and faster than any normal human out there if our calculations are correct. If you need a bit of help our science team can come up with something that will be safe for you to boost your strength, and if they make a mistake you'll bounce back. From there we train you in black ops. You'll be one of our top agents. Once we get you up to speed we get you a device rigged up to your heart. This is something only YOU could handle. It has Three functions One - it literally kills you on command. This way when you are captured you can send a command to your heart to kill you temporarily. With your skillset this is merely a minor setback rather than an ending. It can also be used as an escape if needed. Two - it delivers and extreme dose of pure adrenaline, at your command. This way if you intentionally die so you can slip out when you revive you have energy to do so and in combat situations you can operate at a heightened state if needed. Three - it regulates your heart when you're in a dead state. This way your healing keeps going and you don't experience brain damage. It can also slightly manipulate your lungs to keep fresh oxygen flowing. This isn't needed but it helps make the revival process smoother. It can revive you once your life functions start working. It can either revive you slowly or with one of the previously mentioned adrenaline shots. Of course we will always have a team supporting you and monitoring you from afar. We'll always have our eyes on you making sure you are safe. I won't lie this path requires a lot of work on your part. You can't be one of those lazy mutants that just skates by on your powers but if you work at it, our organization could use somebody like you. So if you want to accept this offer, I only have to hear two words from you. Hail Hydra", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3021.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5vtcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[A Nightmare on Elm Street/Marvel] If Freddy Krueger was a Marvel villain, which hero would he typically be up against?", "c_root_id_A": "i54s4q1", "c_root_id_B": "i54y68e", "created_at_utc_A": 1650231879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650234490.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "This might be one of those \"oh duh\" things, but... Sleepwalker)", "human_ref_B": "He'd be up against Skeepwalker, since he's directly in his jurisdiction. And he might bump into Dr Strange and various telepaths. But he's not a fighter. He goes after kids. He'd actively avoid heroes and people equipped to stop him until he has some sort of edge that would give him a near guarantee of winning.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2611.0, "score_ratio": 2.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5vtcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[A Nightmare on Elm Street/Marvel] If Freddy Krueger was a Marvel villain, which hero would he typically be up against?", "c_root_id_A": "i55tij6", "c_root_id_B": "i54s4q1", "created_at_utc_A": 1650249055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650231879.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Everyone is naming people that would be able to fight Freddy off. Dr Strange or Sleepwalker or what-have-you. Those with a power compatible with Freddy\u2019s, or ones that can directly counter him. No. No way he\u2019d be dealing with a fair fight, if at all possible. Freddy is a sadistic coward, who preys on the fears of those weaker than him. Children, mainly. Obviously, Freddy would attack **Power Pack**. Four (maybe 5, with Franklin Richards) children, with powers completely ill-suited to dealing with dream fights? Ones who are probably ripe with unrealized angst over things they\u2019ve seen that they\u2019re only beginning to be able to comprehend as they start to get older? Yeah\u2026 in his own words: \u201cFresh meat? How sweet.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "This might be one of those \"oh duh\" things, but... Sleepwalker)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17176.0, "score_ratio": 2.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5vtcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[A Nightmare on Elm Street/Marvel] If Freddy Krueger was a Marvel villain, which hero would he typically be up against?", "c_root_id_A": "i54zrv3", "c_root_id_B": "i55tij6", "created_at_utc_A": 1650235212.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650249055.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Nightmare would not allow Kruger to rampage freely through dreams. He'd probably eventually become a minor psychic parasite trying to keep himself alive without attracting attention from Telepaths, Sorcerers, and literal demons", "human_ref_B": "Everyone is naming people that would be able to fight Freddy off. Dr Strange or Sleepwalker or what-have-you. Those with a power compatible with Freddy\u2019s, or ones that can directly counter him. No. No way he\u2019d be dealing with a fair fight, if at all possible. Freddy is a sadistic coward, who preys on the fears of those weaker than him. Children, mainly. Obviously, Freddy would attack **Power Pack**. Four (maybe 5, with Franklin Richards) children, with powers completely ill-suited to dealing with dream fights? Ones who are probably ripe with unrealized angst over things they\u2019ve seen that they\u2019re only beginning to be able to comprehend as they start to get older? Yeah\u2026 in his own words: \u201cFresh meat? How sweet.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13843.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5vtcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[A Nightmare on Elm Street/Marvel] If Freddy Krueger was a Marvel villain, which hero would he typically be up against?", "c_root_id_A": "i55tij6", "c_root_id_B": "i559vux", "created_at_utc_A": 1650249055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650239834.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Everyone is naming people that would be able to fight Freddy off. Dr Strange or Sleepwalker or what-have-you. Those with a power compatible with Freddy\u2019s, or ones that can directly counter him. No. No way he\u2019d be dealing with a fair fight, if at all possible. Freddy is a sadistic coward, who preys on the fears of those weaker than him. Children, mainly. Obviously, Freddy would attack **Power Pack**. Four (maybe 5, with Franklin Richards) children, with powers completely ill-suited to dealing with dream fights? Ones who are probably ripe with unrealized angst over things they\u2019ve seen that they\u2019re only beginning to be able to comprehend as they start to get older? Yeah\u2026 in his own words: \u201cFresh meat? How sweet.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "The X Men. Multiple powerful telepaths/psychics. All are trained in mental combat. And they have a high tolerance for the creepy, surreal, and nightmarish", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9221.0, "score_ratio": 9.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5vtcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[A Nightmare on Elm Street/Marvel] If Freddy Krueger was a Marvel villain, which hero would he typically be up against?", "c_root_id_A": "i565cdd", "c_root_id_B": "i54zrv3", "created_at_utc_A": 1650255362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650235212.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Dr. Strange has actually kind of faced Freddy before. It was Nightmare in disguise but they were pretty blatantly parodying Freddy. https://www.cbr.com/doctor-strange-freddy-krueger/", "human_ref_B": "Nightmare would not allow Kruger to rampage freely through dreams. He'd probably eventually become a minor psychic parasite trying to keep himself alive without attracting attention from Telepaths, Sorcerers, and literal demons", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20150.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5vtcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[A Nightmare on Elm Street/Marvel] If Freddy Krueger was a Marvel villain, which hero would he typically be up against?", "c_root_id_A": "i565cdd", "c_root_id_B": "i559vux", "created_at_utc_A": 1650255362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650239834.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Dr. Strange has actually kind of faced Freddy before. It was Nightmare in disguise but they were pretty blatantly parodying Freddy. https://www.cbr.com/doctor-strange-freddy-krueger/", "human_ref_B": "The X Men. Multiple powerful telepaths/psychics. All are trained in mental combat. And they have a high tolerance for the creepy, surreal, and nightmarish", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15528.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5vtcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[A Nightmare on Elm Street/Marvel] If Freddy Krueger was a Marvel villain, which hero would he typically be up against?", "c_root_id_A": "i559vux", "c_root_id_B": "i5669ql", "created_at_utc_A": 1650239834.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650255922.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The X Men. Multiple powerful telepaths/psychics. All are trained in mental combat. And they have a high tolerance for the creepy, surreal, and nightmarish", "human_ref_B": "It's been a long time since I've watched any of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, so I could be way off base here, but I seem to remember Freddy getting regularly defeated by normal kids. So I really don't think he would be a recurring antagonist for somebody as powerful as Dr. Strange. Honestly, I don't really know which hero would be best suited to take on Freddy, but I do think it would be interesting to see Freddy vs Daredevil. Since Freddy's power is (somewhat inconsistently) based on fear I think it would be neat to see him take on the 'man without fear'.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16088.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5vtcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[A Nightmare on Elm Street/Marvel] If Freddy Krueger was a Marvel villain, which hero would he typically be up against?", "c_root_id_A": "i578yvi", "c_root_id_B": "i577mai", "created_at_utc_A": 1650285189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650284420.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He's been pretty thoroughly humiliated by Wolverine.", "human_ref_B": "The Runaways, Original Generation X, The Champions, or any teenage group.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 769.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hevnwls", "c_root_id_B": "hevnz9f", "created_at_utc_A": 1633025657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633025688.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 156, "human_ref_A": "He builds it himself, swipes from Wayne Enterprise inventory, or uses shell entities to make purchases.", "human_ref_B": "If there's one thing the hyperwealthy are very good at, its obscuring their finances. There have been people purchasing literal slaves for decades without raising any red flags. With high powered enough accountants and enough levels of obscuring paperwork, buying a \"custom car with self-defence modifications\" is nothing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31.0, "score_ratio": 6.7826086957, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hevwlnl", "c_root_id_B": "hevnwls", "created_at_utc_A": 1633029295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633025657.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Because he publicly funds Batman now, so it's not really suspicious. \"Bane broke the bat's car again. How much do you think Wayne pays for this kinda stuff anyway?\" Is probably what those outside of Wayne Enterprises think at most concerning the funding of Batman. And I have doubts those within the company look deep into it because Bruce pays well , they have good healthcare, and even a dental plan. What more could you ask for? I know I wouldn't go snooping around at risk of losing those benefits. And some Wayne employees were people down on their luck and probably couldn't get a job elsewhere until Bruce or Batman came along and offered them help.", "human_ref_B": "He builds it himself, swipes from Wayne Enterprise inventory, or uses shell entities to make purchases.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3638.0, "score_ratio": 1.3913043478, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hevwlnl", "c_root_id_B": "hevo5lc", "created_at_utc_A": 1633029295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633025762.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Because he publicly funds Batman now, so it's not really suspicious. \"Bane broke the bat's car again. How much do you think Wayne pays for this kinda stuff anyway?\" Is probably what those outside of Wayne Enterprises think at most concerning the funding of Batman. And I have doubts those within the company look deep into it because Bruce pays well , they have good healthcare, and even a dental plan. What more could you ask for? I know I wouldn't go snooping around at risk of losing those benefits. And some Wayne employees were people down on their luck and probably couldn't get a job elsewhere until Bruce or Batman came along and offered them help.", "human_ref_B": "If I\u2019m not wrong, he has Lucius Fox, an employee, build them at Waynecorp (his company that deals with tech)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3533.0, "score_ratio": 1.3913043478, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hevv17g", "c_root_id_B": "hevwlnl", "created_at_utc_A": 1633028631.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633029295.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "They are primarily early prototypes of projects WayneTech develops for potential sale to the military, but that are abandoned in the early stages.", "human_ref_B": "Because he publicly funds Batman now, so it's not really suspicious. \"Bane broke the bat's car again. How much do you think Wayne pays for this kinda stuff anyway?\" Is probably what those outside of Wayne Enterprises think at most concerning the funding of Batman. And I have doubts those within the company look deep into it because Bruce pays well , they have good healthcare, and even a dental plan. What more could you ask for? I know I wouldn't go snooping around at risk of losing those benefits. And some Wayne employees were people down on their luck and probably couldn't get a job elsewhere until Bruce or Batman came along and offered them help.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 664.0, "score_ratio": 1.8823529412, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew1val", "c_root_id_B": "hevyls2", "created_at_utc_A": 1633031526.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633030148.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I work in the metal manufacturing industry, and we usually aren't told what the parts we make are actually used for.", "human_ref_B": "Embezzlement! ... not even joking.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1378.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew1bnf", "c_root_id_B": "hew1val", "created_at_utc_A": 1633031298.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633031526.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Bat credit card", "human_ref_B": "I work in the metal manufacturing industry, and we usually aren't told what the parts we make are actually used for.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 228.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hevyls2", "c_root_id_B": "hew2k8y", "created_at_utc_A": 1633030148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633031818.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Embezzlement! ... not even joking.", "human_ref_B": "Because Bruce Wayne publicly admitted to funding Batman and supplying his war on crime.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1670.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew1bnf", "c_root_id_B": "hew2k8y", "created_at_utc_A": 1633031298.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633031818.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Bat credit card", "human_ref_B": "Because Bruce Wayne publicly admitted to funding Batman and supplying his war on crime.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 520.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew3s3p", "c_root_id_B": "hew5w61", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633033281.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "wane industries is used to his flights of fancy and passion projects. He has a large enough steak in the company that he can just order them to build a space station for the JL. When he orders something smaller they accept it and pray he's occupied by this new thing for now.", "human_ref_B": "They're filed under the Wayne Industries \"Research And Development\" budget, which, I just realized, also means that Wayne Industries is probably getting a tax credit from the creation of Batman's toys. Sure, Wayne Industries appears to have a higher than average R&D budget with a lower than average commercialization rate, but that's just business. And if the IRS starts asking questions, they get stone walled by the fact that most of these R&D projects just happen to involve US national defence and security contracts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 952.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew5w61", "c_root_id_B": "hew56uu", "created_at_utc_A": 1633033281.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032960.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They're filed under the Wayne Industries \"Research And Development\" budget, which, I just realized, also means that Wayne Industries is probably getting a tax credit from the creation of Batman's toys. Sure, Wayne Industries appears to have a higher than average R&D budget with a lower than average commercialization rate, but that's just business. And if the IRS starts asking questions, they get stone walled by the fact that most of these R&D projects just happen to involve US national defence and security contracts.", "human_ref_B": "Buys is through the Justice league.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 321.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew5w61", "c_root_id_B": "hew3cyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1633033281.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032153.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "They're filed under the Wayne Industries \"Research And Development\" budget, which, I just realized, also means that Wayne Industries is probably getting a tax credit from the creation of Batman's toys. Sure, Wayne Industries appears to have a higher than average R&D budget with a lower than average commercialization rate, but that's just business. And if the IRS starts asking questions, they get stone walled by the fact that most of these R&D projects just happen to involve US national defence and security contracts.", "human_ref_B": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1128.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew3s3p", "c_root_id_B": "hew3cyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032153.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "wane industries is used to his flights of fancy and passion projects. He has a large enough steak in the company that he can just order them to build a space station for the JL. When he orders something smaller they accept it and pray he's occupied by this new thing for now.", "human_ref_B": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 176.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew56uu", "c_root_id_B": "hew3cyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032960.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032153.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Buys is through the Justice league.", "human_ref_B": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 807.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hewzd7q", "c_root_id_B": "hew3cyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1633046934.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032153.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I remember a line or two in Batman Begins where Alfred says that they ordered some of the parts for the Batman armor via a bunch of shell companies. I assume that\u2019s how", "human_ref_B": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14781.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hex2wtn", "c_root_id_B": "hew3cyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1633048692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032153.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Bruce is the CEO and the majority shareholder. That takes care of a lot of issues, because, unless he's losing enough money to damage the company, there aren't a lot of people who need to know what's going on. He also has enough personal assets to occasionally buy some R&D stuff that was going to be scrapped anyway. The dude has some really unusual hobbies. Remember that time last year when he had an idea for a car/hang glider, and he drove his Lambo off the docks and into Gotham Harbor? That was Wayne R&D stuff. Some kind of system to offload cargo from aircraft at high altitude by gliding it down. It's probably still down there. (Coincidentally, the Batmobile got an upgrade not too long after that.) Also, of course, in more recent times he's been revealed to have been funding Batman and the Justice League for quite a while.", "human_ref_B": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16539.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "heyaxnf", "c_root_id_B": "heyqh89", "created_at_utc_A": 1633075957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633088918.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He either goes through his own corporation (as \"experimental prototypes\"), or through the justice league's connections, if he doesn't build it himself. It to mention that he would have the resources and connections to hide how he obtains those resources, along with the circumstances for doing so. Is Bruce Wayne buying a bulletproof vest, or material evidence of him being Batman, or the more likely explanation of either paranoia, or just good sense when living in Gotham?", "human_ref_B": "The movies is a good indicator. He always has a company or a group of people who basically make the payments. He goes through multiple different people. A person that buys it from somebody else, that bought it from somebody else, who got the item from another person, slowly covering his tracks. He doesn't just go out there and order custom fit missiles. His company also does government contracts and his parents built the majority of Gotham, so they have access to a lot of exotic vendors and different types of materials and steel. I remember in one comic he has a professional high grade car assembly machine workshop that he only has to put the schematics inside and test try them. So he just buys all the parts separately and combines them all together while having an assembly plant make everything for his design. Imagine if you were wealthy enough that you can have your own car assembly plant and when you needed a car, you just get the proper equipment and materials and have the machine built it. He also test tries a lot of his designs whether it's many missiles, or whatever other weapon and system he employs in it. It's not like you can just press the button and everything's automatically there. It has its own trial runs to make sure that it works. All the parts of the cars that is specialized is also done completely separate. Whoever's making the engine is just making its design specs. But he doesn't know how the car looks like, only the engine. Tons of people are kept in the dark.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12961.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew3cyx", "c_root_id_B": "heyqh89", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633088918.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "human_ref_B": "The movies is a good indicator. He always has a company or a group of people who basically make the payments. He goes through multiple different people. A person that buys it from somebody else, that bought it from somebody else, who got the item from another person, slowly covering his tracks. He doesn't just go out there and order custom fit missiles. His company also does government contracts and his parents built the majority of Gotham, so they have access to a lot of exotic vendors and different types of materials and steel. I remember in one comic he has a professional high grade car assembly machine workshop that he only has to put the schematics inside and test try them. So he just buys all the parts separately and combines them all together while having an assembly plant make everything for his design. Imagine if you were wealthy enough that you can have your own car assembly plant and when you needed a car, you just get the proper equipment and materials and have the machine built it. He also test tries a lot of his designs whether it's many missiles, or whatever other weapon and system he employs in it. It's not like you can just press the button and everything's automatically there. It has its own trial runs to make sure that it works. All the parts of the cars that is specialized is also done completely separate. Whoever's making the engine is just making its design specs. But he doesn't know how the car looks like, only the engine. Tons of people are kept in the dark.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 56765.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hexj1jt", "c_root_id_B": "heyqh89", "created_at_utc_A": 1633056526.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633088918.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He makes purchases through dummy corporations. Sometimes in great numbers as to not arise any suspicion.", "human_ref_B": "The movies is a good indicator. He always has a company or a group of people who basically make the payments. He goes through multiple different people. A person that buys it from somebody else, that bought it from somebody else, who got the item from another person, slowly covering his tracks. He doesn't just go out there and order custom fit missiles. His company also does government contracts and his parents built the majority of Gotham, so they have access to a lot of exotic vendors and different types of materials and steel. I remember in one comic he has a professional high grade car assembly machine workshop that he only has to put the schematics inside and test try them. So he just buys all the parts separately and combines them all together while having an assembly plant make everything for his design. Imagine if you were wealthy enough that you can have your own car assembly plant and when you needed a car, you just get the proper equipment and materials and have the machine built it. He also test tries a lot of his designs whether it's many missiles, or whatever other weapon and system he employs in it. It's not like you can just press the button and everything's automatically there. It has its own trial runs to make sure that it works. All the parts of the cars that is specialized is also done completely separate. Whoever's making the engine is just making its design specs. But he doesn't know how the car looks like, only the engine. Tons of people are kept in the dark.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32392.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hexor3x", "c_root_id_B": "heyqh89", "created_at_utc_A": 1633059475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633088918.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He buys the various individual components through multiple different shell companies. It\u2019s the exact same thing Walt Disney did when they were buying land for Disney World.", "human_ref_B": "The movies is a good indicator. He always has a company or a group of people who basically make the payments. He goes through multiple different people. A person that buys it from somebody else, that bought it from somebody else, who got the item from another person, slowly covering his tracks. He doesn't just go out there and order custom fit missiles. His company also does government contracts and his parents built the majority of Gotham, so they have access to a lot of exotic vendors and different types of materials and steel. I remember in one comic he has a professional high grade car assembly machine workshop that he only has to put the schematics inside and test try them. So he just buys all the parts separately and combines them all together while having an assembly plant make everything for his design. Imagine if you were wealthy enough that you can have your own car assembly plant and when you needed a car, you just get the proper equipment and materials and have the machine built it. He also test tries a lot of his designs whether it's many missiles, or whatever other weapon and system he employs in it. It's not like you can just press the button and everything's automatically there. It has its own trial runs to make sure that it works. All the parts of the cars that is specialized is also done completely separate. Whoever's making the engine is just making its design specs. But he doesn't know how the car looks like, only the engine. Tons of people are kept in the dark.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29443.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "heyqh89", "c_root_id_B": "hexp3xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1633088918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633059673.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The movies is a good indicator. He always has a company or a group of people who basically make the payments. He goes through multiple different people. A person that buys it from somebody else, that bought it from somebody else, who got the item from another person, slowly covering his tracks. He doesn't just go out there and order custom fit missiles. His company also does government contracts and his parents built the majority of Gotham, so they have access to a lot of exotic vendors and different types of materials and steel. I remember in one comic he has a professional high grade car assembly machine workshop that he only has to put the schematics inside and test try them. So he just buys all the parts separately and combines them all together while having an assembly plant make everything for his design. Imagine if you were wealthy enough that you can have your own car assembly plant and when you needed a car, you just get the proper equipment and materials and have the machine built it. He also test tries a lot of his designs whether it's many missiles, or whatever other weapon and system he employs in it. It's not like you can just press the button and everything's automatically there. It has its own trial runs to make sure that it works. All the parts of the cars that is specialized is also done completely separate. Whoever's making the engine is just making its design specs. But he doesn't know how the car looks like, only the engine. Tons of people are kept in the dark.", "human_ref_B": "Shell companies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29245.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hey0cx5", "c_root_id_B": "heyqh89", "created_at_utc_A": 1633066995.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633088918.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Shell companies inside shell companies inside shell companies. he gets a lot of stuff made in parts and either assembles it himself or has machines to do it.", "human_ref_B": "The movies is a good indicator. He always has a company or a group of people who basically make the payments. He goes through multiple different people. A person that buys it from somebody else, that bought it from somebody else, who got the item from another person, slowly covering his tracks. He doesn't just go out there and order custom fit missiles. His company also does government contracts and his parents built the majority of Gotham, so they have access to a lot of exotic vendors and different types of materials and steel. I remember in one comic he has a professional high grade car assembly machine workshop that he only has to put the schematics inside and test try them. So he just buys all the parts separately and combines them all together while having an assembly plant make everything for his design. Imagine if you were wealthy enough that you can have your own car assembly plant and when you needed a car, you just get the proper equipment and materials and have the machine built it. He also test tries a lot of his designs whether it's many missiles, or whatever other weapon and system he employs in it. It's not like you can just press the button and everything's automatically there. It has its own trial runs to make sure that it works. All the parts of the cars that is specialized is also done completely separate. Whoever's making the engine is just making its design specs. But he doesn't know how the car looks like, only the engine. Tons of people are kept in the dark.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21923.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew3cyx", "c_root_id_B": "heyaxnf", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633075957.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "human_ref_B": "He either goes through his own corporation (as \"experimental prototypes\"), or through the justice league's connections, if he doesn't build it himself. It to mention that he would have the resources and connections to hide how he obtains those resources, along with the circumstances for doing so. Is Bruce Wayne buying a bulletproof vest, or material evidence of him being Batman, or the more likely explanation of either paranoia, or just good sense when living in Gotham?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43804.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hexj1jt", "c_root_id_B": "heyaxnf", "created_at_utc_A": 1633056526.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633075957.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He makes purchases through dummy corporations. Sometimes in great numbers as to not arise any suspicion.", "human_ref_B": "He either goes through his own corporation (as \"experimental prototypes\"), or through the justice league's connections, if he doesn't build it himself. It to mention that he would have the resources and connections to hide how he obtains those resources, along with the circumstances for doing so. Is Bruce Wayne buying a bulletproof vest, or material evidence of him being Batman, or the more likely explanation of either paranoia, or just good sense when living in Gotham?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19431.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "heyaxnf", "c_root_id_B": "hexor3x", "created_at_utc_A": 1633075957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633059475.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He either goes through his own corporation (as \"experimental prototypes\"), or through the justice league's connections, if he doesn't build it himself. It to mention that he would have the resources and connections to hide how he obtains those resources, along with the circumstances for doing so. Is Bruce Wayne buying a bulletproof vest, or material evidence of him being Batman, or the more likely explanation of either paranoia, or just good sense when living in Gotham?", "human_ref_B": "He buys the various individual components through multiple different shell companies. It\u2019s the exact same thing Walt Disney did when they were buying land for Disney World.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16482.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "heyaxnf", "c_root_id_B": "hexp3xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1633075957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633059673.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He either goes through his own corporation (as \"experimental prototypes\"), or through the justice league's connections, if he doesn't build it himself. It to mention that he would have the resources and connections to hide how he obtains those resources, along with the circumstances for doing so. Is Bruce Wayne buying a bulletproof vest, or material evidence of him being Batman, or the more likely explanation of either paranoia, or just good sense when living in Gotham?", "human_ref_B": "Shell companies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16284.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "heyaxnf", "c_root_id_B": "hey0cx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1633075957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633066995.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He either goes through his own corporation (as \"experimental prototypes\"), or through the justice league's connections, if he doesn't build it himself. It to mention that he would have the resources and connections to hide how he obtains those resources, along with the circumstances for doing so. Is Bruce Wayne buying a bulletproof vest, or material evidence of him being Batman, or the more likely explanation of either paranoia, or just good sense when living in Gotham?", "human_ref_B": "Shell companies inside shell companies inside shell companies. he gets a lot of stuff made in parts and either assembles it himself or has machines to do it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8962.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew3cyx", "c_root_id_B": "hexj1jt", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633056526.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "human_ref_B": "He makes purchases through dummy corporations. Sometimes in great numbers as to not arise any suspicion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24373.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hexor3x", "c_root_id_B": "hew3cyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1633059475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032153.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "He buys the various individual components through multiple different shell companies. It\u2019s the exact same thing Walt Disney did when they were buying land for Disney World.", "human_ref_B": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27322.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hexp3xe", "c_root_id_B": "hew3cyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1633059673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032153.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Shell companies.", "human_ref_B": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27520.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew3cyx", "c_root_id_B": "hey0cx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633066995.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "human_ref_B": "Shell companies inside shell companies inside shell companies. he gets a lot of stuff made in parts and either assembles it himself or has machines to do it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34842.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew3cyx", "c_root_id_B": "heywva5", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633092649.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "human_ref_B": "His company already makes military technology and and is involved in other fields with technology and chemicals. He\u2019s rich to the point he could splurge without any worries. It\u2019s how terrorist are able to get vehicles and weapons", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 60496.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hew3cyx", "c_root_id_B": "hezuajm", "created_at_utc_A": 1633032153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633107708.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "human_ref_B": "Because he's BATMAN!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 75555.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pypfya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC] How does Bruce Wayne purchase his Batman equipment without raising any red flags?", "c_root_id_A": "hezw737", "c_root_id_B": "hew3cyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1633108530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633032153.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Assembled from anonymous parts himself. Acquired through WayneTech. Directly made by WayneTech and transferred to Bruce.", "human_ref_B": "IRS totally knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 76377.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbrngl", "c_root_id_B": "dxbot8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1523660637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523657551.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "Hela is a grass type, resistant to electric but weak to fire. *Duh*.", "human_ref_B": "Surtur is a Skyfather tier being. When Thor faced him in the opening he was weakened, but when United with the eternal flame he rose to his full strength as a being on Odin's level.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3086.0, "score_ratio": 1.5227272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbesp2", "c_root_id_B": "dxbrngl", "created_at_utc_A": 1523647813.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523660637.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 134, "human_ref_A": "Magic obviously (maybe a wizard did it)", "human_ref_B": "Hela is a grass type, resistant to electric but weak to fire. *Duh*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12824.0, "score_ratio": 11.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbrngl", "c_root_id_B": "dxbdcvu", "created_at_utc_A": 1523660637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523646497.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Hela is a grass type, resistant to electric but weak to fire. *Duh*.", "human_ref_B": "The more ridiculous part for me (it was done for comedic reasons but still) is that hulk was going to kick surturs ass but they had to unleash him to defeat hela rather than letting hulk smash her?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14140.0, "score_ratio": 12.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbot8u", "c_root_id_B": "dxbesp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1523657551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523647813.0, "score_A": 88, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Surtur is a Skyfather tier being. When Thor faced him in the opening he was weakened, but when United with the eternal flame he rose to his full strength as a being on Odin's level.", "human_ref_B": "Magic obviously (maybe a wizard did it)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9738.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbdcvu", "c_root_id_B": "dxbot8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1523646497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523657551.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 88, "human_ref_A": "The more ridiculous part for me (it was done for comedic reasons but still) is that hulk was going to kick surturs ass but they had to unleash him to defeat hela rather than letting hulk smash her?", "human_ref_B": "Surtur is a Skyfather tier being. When Thor faced him in the opening he was weakened, but when United with the eternal flame he rose to his full strength as a being on Odin's level.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11054.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbzmm4", "c_root_id_B": "dxbesp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1523669434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523647813.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Because Surtur was empowered with the Eternal Flame, and knew full well how to use his power. Thor had only just accessed a part of his \"Thorforce\" and hasn't had much of a chance to really work with it yet. I imagine Odin needed a lot of practice before he mastered the Odinforce, back in the day. Plus, it helps that Hela can be injured, and she does react to it, but she also heals so fast that small injuries (like being stabbed by Thor with Odin's spear) heal quickly. Surtur, on the other hand, ran her through with a sword the size of a house, which might have been just too much for Hela to recover from. Finally, I don't think Thor's lightning blast \"did nothing,\" even if Thor thinks that's the case. If it had \"done nothing,\" Hela would have been able to prevent Thor from going to the Bifrost bridge to aid the Asgardians to escape. There was a lengthy period of \"The Immigrant's Song\" where Thor got to kick ass unfettered, and I'd wager that's because Hela was recovering.", "human_ref_B": "Magic obviously (maybe a wizard did it)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21621.0, "score_ratio": 2.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbdcvu", "c_root_id_B": "dxbzmm4", "created_at_utc_A": 1523646497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523669434.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "The more ridiculous part for me (it was done for comedic reasons but still) is that hulk was going to kick surturs ass but they had to unleash him to defeat hela rather than letting hulk smash her?", "human_ref_B": "Because Surtur was empowered with the Eternal Flame, and knew full well how to use his power. Thor had only just accessed a part of his \"Thorforce\" and hasn't had much of a chance to really work with it yet. I imagine Odin needed a lot of practice before he mastered the Odinforce, back in the day. Plus, it helps that Hela can be injured, and she does react to it, but she also heals so fast that small injuries (like being stabbed by Thor with Odin's spear) heal quickly. Surtur, on the other hand, ran her through with a sword the size of a house, which might have been just too much for Hela to recover from. Finally, I don't think Thor's lightning blast \"did nothing,\" even if Thor thinks that's the case. If it had \"done nothing,\" Hela would have been able to prevent Thor from going to the Bifrost bridge to aid the Asgardians to escape. There was a lengthy period of \"The Immigrant's Song\" where Thor got to kick ass unfettered, and I'd wager that's because Hela was recovering.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22937.0, "score_ratio": 2.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbukvc", "c_root_id_B": "dxbzmm4", "created_at_utc_A": 1523663863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523669434.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "She draws her power from Asgard which was currently getting wrecked by Surtur.", "human_ref_B": "Because Surtur was empowered with the Eternal Flame, and knew full well how to use his power. Thor had only just accessed a part of his \"Thorforce\" and hasn't had much of a chance to really work with it yet. I imagine Odin needed a lot of practice before he mastered the Odinforce, back in the day. Plus, it helps that Hela can be injured, and she does react to it, but she also heals so fast that small injuries (like being stabbed by Thor with Odin's spear) heal quickly. Surtur, on the other hand, ran her through with a sword the size of a house, which might have been just too much for Hela to recover from. Finally, I don't think Thor's lightning blast \"did nothing,\" even if Thor thinks that's the case. If it had \"done nothing,\" Hela would have been able to prevent Thor from going to the Bifrost bridge to aid the Asgardians to escape. There was a lengthy period of \"The Immigrant's Song\" where Thor got to kick ass unfettered, and I'd wager that's because Hela was recovering.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5571.0, "score_ratio": 2.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbdcvu", "c_root_id_B": "dxbesp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1523646497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523647813.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The more ridiculous part for me (it was done for comedic reasons but still) is that hulk was going to kick surturs ass but they had to unleash him to defeat hela rather than letting hulk smash her?", "human_ref_B": "Magic obviously (maybe a wizard did it)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1316.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c17q7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] why did Thor's massive lightning blast do nothing to Hela, but Surtur was able to kill her with his flaming sword?", "c_root_id_A": "dxbukvc", "c_root_id_B": "dxbdcvu", "created_at_utc_A": 1523663863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523646497.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "She draws her power from Asgard which was currently getting wrecked by Surtur.", "human_ref_B": "The more ridiculous part for me (it was done for comedic reasons but still) is that hulk was going to kick surturs ass but they had to unleash him to defeat hela rather than letting hulk smash her?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17366.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkmhdt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Who Framed Roger Rabbit] Do the \"knockout\" birds that manifest around the heads of toons have lives of their own? Do they just dissipate into nothingness once the gag is over? Head off to build nests in Toontown, with or without jobs?", "c_root_id_A": "idqb1kc", "c_root_id_B": "idq065d", "created_at_utc_A": 1656190828.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656185755.0, "score_A": 184, "score_B": 78, "human_ref_A": "The new Chip & Dale movie (which shares at least some continuity with WFRR) shows that it's an on-call job.", "human_ref_B": "In truth, they exist in possibility - always there, just... diffused, dormant. Until something triggers an interaction and they manifest, maybe as starlight or bird.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5073.0, "score_ratio": 2.358974359, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vkmhdt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Who Framed Roger Rabbit] Do the \"knockout\" birds that manifest around the heads of toons have lives of their own? Do they just dissipate into nothingness once the gag is over? Head off to build nests in Toontown, with or without jobs?", "c_root_id_A": "idv80nq", "c_root_id_B": "idt6n64", "created_at_utc_A": 1656287174.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656254336.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Chip and Dale movie answers that. That movie establishes in one of the first scenes that it takes place in the same continuity as \"who framed Roger Rabbit\" Spoilers ahead: In the final confrontation they needed knockout birds as a distraction. So one of the main characters whacks the other on the head. The scene shifts to the home of a toon bird getting a message on his phone and heads of to the door. His wife complaining he replies that this is what his job demands.", "human_ref_B": "Shooting from the hip here - I believe these things are manifestations of the affected toon. I say \u201cthings\u201d because I don\u2019t believe them to be actual birds. In the beginning of the movie, Roger is scripted to have stars around his head when he gets hit, which he is able to create or bring about. I liken this to when a human gets hit hard and \u201csees stars\u201d - the stars don\u2019t exist, but we \u201csee\u201d them. It\u2019s a toon world, so I\u2019m leaning on the idea that a toon can manifest a maquette of sorts of what\u2019s in their head. The maquette is tangible, but not an actual factual, sentient object of its design. This was all just kinda train of thought, but it\u2019s fun to think about.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32838.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p20c14", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Roger Rabbit/ general cartoon question] we see Roger kiss Eddy because he thinks it\u2019s funny. We\u2019ve seen lots of looney tunes do that too. Thing is, that Eddy takes offense from that. We know that toons don\u2019t condone murder but where do the toons draw the line on sexual harassment/ assault?", "c_root_id_A": "h8gzsnt", "c_root_id_B": "h8gvj3q", "created_at_utc_A": 1628638223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628636211.0, "score_A": 63, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The same as everything else- they support it when it's funny. Or more accurately, they support it when *they think it's funny*. Note that Judge Doom *can* use his powers to commit murder because he finds murdering people hilarious, while other toons can't because they're not sadistic monsters. So it depends on the toon and the prevailing toon culture. In Roger Rabbit, it's your standard 1940s approach- rape isn't funny, but unwanted kissing is. Consent is something easily overlooked in pursuit of a punchline. The toons are, after all, very literally a product of their times, and have the same opinions of the humans of the 1940s. More modern toons likely have more enlightened views as to the funniness of these actions- see the quiet dropping of Pepe Le Pew. Like any species, their views have developed, and what was once wacky hi-jinks are no longer funny. Although of course you've still got your Cartmen and Peter Griffins arguing that this is all PC Correctness Gone Mad. In short, where they draw the line is very similar to where we draw the line- it depends on who you ask.", "human_ref_B": "That's a good question. I mean they banned pepee le pue what with his unwanted advances on cats and even cougars. And what about Mina hyena from Roger rabbit also?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2012.0, "score_ratio": 15.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p20c14", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Roger Rabbit/ general cartoon question] we see Roger kiss Eddy because he thinks it\u2019s funny. We\u2019ve seen lots of looney tunes do that too. Thing is, that Eddy takes offense from that. We know that toons don\u2019t condone murder but where do the toons draw the line on sexual harassment/ assault?", "c_root_id_A": "h8h6hqu", "c_root_id_B": "h8gvj3q", "created_at_utc_A": 1628641511.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628636211.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Eddy takes offense because he doesn\u2019t like Toons. Individual toons will have varying attitudes on the issue. And their attitudes may change over time. Pepe lePew is unrepentant and has been canceled. Bugs has probably issued an apology to Elmer, Yosemite Sam, Gossamer, Pete Puma, and everyone else he kissed or touched inappropriately.", "human_ref_B": "That's a good question. I mean they banned pepee le pue what with his unwanted advances on cats and even cougars. And what about Mina hyena from Roger rabbit also?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5300.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p20c14", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Roger Rabbit/ general cartoon question] we see Roger kiss Eddy because he thinks it\u2019s funny. We\u2019ve seen lots of looney tunes do that too. Thing is, that Eddy takes offense from that. We know that toons don\u2019t condone murder but where do the toons draw the line on sexual harassment/ assault?", "c_root_id_A": "h8gvj3q", "c_root_id_B": "h8hbm3u", "created_at_utc_A": 1628636211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628644036.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "That's a good question. I mean they banned pepee le pue what with his unwanted advances on cats and even cougars. And what about Mina hyena from Roger rabbit also?", "human_ref_B": "Kissing is fine, but Patty Cake is crossing the line.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7825.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p20c14", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Roger Rabbit/ general cartoon question] we see Roger kiss Eddy because he thinks it\u2019s funny. We\u2019ve seen lots of looney tunes do that too. Thing is, that Eddy takes offense from that. We know that toons don\u2019t condone murder but where do the toons draw the line on sexual harassment/ assault?", "c_root_id_A": "h8hp5r7", "c_root_id_B": "h8jui8a", "created_at_utc_A": 1628650864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628699415.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Look, sexual harassment is wrong, it's traumatizing, it's an abuse of gender/professional power, and it's plain disgusting. But let's be honest: Sometimes it's funny. It's funny because it A) Breaks a taboo, B) Implies sex and sex is always funny, and C) Is a form of slapstick where one person 'harms' another one in a 'harmless' way. It also D) Reinforces prejudices, and the prejudiced find reinforcement funny. (Which is evil and disgusting, but true. How many slaveowners laughed as their slaves were whipped?) Because it's funny, it's fair game for a toon. They just want a laugh. Most of them don't mean to cause any harm. So they'll go for the crudest humor if the opportunity is there. Toons also don't have the same relationship to assault or harassment as humans do -- they are rarely traumatized by anything, and even if they're flattened by an anvil they'll be perfectly healthy again a minute later. So there's not much downside to a toon for a sexual harassment joke. It might get a laugh, and no harm done -- to another toon. Many toons, including Roger, don't recalibrate their jokes for human comedy partners very well.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s probably a bit of nature and/or nurture. The Toons were created in an era when consent and sexual harassment weren\u2019t taken as seriously as they are now. The Toon\u2019s actions are still susceptible to direction and audience perception\u2014they\u2019re not bad, they\u2019re just drawn that way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48551.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij789ye", "c_root_id_B": "ij75c5a", "created_at_utc_A": 1659802516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659801285.0, "score_A": 404, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think the comic lore of the Yautja is that they were a slave race before overthrowing their slavers and stealing their technology. Before they were free and had the tech, there wasn't an opportunity for them to hunt. Once they violently overthrew their captors and potentially genocide the whole other race, they had the technology to assist them in hunts. I don't think that their hunting culture evolved until after they already had the technology to make up for their biological weaknesses. Their current society was born from a violent revolution, so it makes sense that they would maintain a warrior/hunter mentality.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps because they weren't biologically fit is that they developed a culture of hunting. To compensate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1231.0, "score_ratio": 80.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij8u126", "c_root_id_B": "ij7teeh", "created_at_utc_A": 1659827876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659811345.0, "score_A": 98, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "I might point out that their sight is bad in OUR environment, and the first couple of encounters they obviously needed some additional gases in their masks. Imagine how your eyes would function under a different sun, or in a different atmospheric mix, or maybe underground; you'd have lights, or night vision gear or maybe a full helmet with sensory enhanced. That sound familiar?", "human_ref_B": "Just because they don't rely on sight doesn't mean they can't be very effective hunters. A few predators on our own planet have pretty lame eyesight compared to us, and we're less dependent on hunting than they. Yautja probably simply adapted for another environment where using ambient visible light was probably not as much of a necessity, maybe operating at low light or even subterranean climes. If true that makes them even more extreme sportsmen because they're hunting in an environment that's really not well suited for them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16531.0, "score_ratio": 3.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij8u126", "c_root_id_B": "ij8kjv0", "created_at_utc_A": 1659827876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659823434.0, "score_A": 98, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I might point out that their sight is bad in OUR environment, and the first couple of encounters they obviously needed some additional gases in their masks. Imagine how your eyes would function under a different sun, or in a different atmospheric mix, or maybe underground; you'd have lights, or night vision gear or maybe a full helmet with sensory enhanced. That sound familiar?", "human_ref_B": "Human beings have poor senses and we're obsessed with hunting. We're also obsessed with the tools that aid us in hunting. The Predator is like us except one step up on the food chain which makes him a scary monster to us.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4442.0, "score_ratio": 4.2608695652, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij8igpr", "c_root_id_B": "ij8u126", "created_at_utc_A": 1659822478.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659827876.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 98, "human_ref_A": "I'm not sure how canon this is, but the Yautja were conquered and subjugated by an insectoid race called the Amengi. The Amengi are the source of most of their advanced technology, like FTL, energy weapons, invisibility, etc. The Amengi are also responsible for the current morphology of the Yautja, having bred them traditionally and through genetic engineering for quite a while. Aside from slave labor, the Amengi bred them to fight each other in gladiator-style combat, and eventually for organized hunts. After time the Yautja turned on the Amengi, overwhelming them militarily and then hunting the rest down. They were largely exterminated, and the remainder were enslaved. So the current Yautja we see in the movies are a product of centuries of subjugation which led to selective breeding blended with the Amengi's advanced technology.", "human_ref_B": "I might point out that their sight is bad in OUR environment, and the first couple of encounters they obviously needed some additional gases in their masks. Imagine how your eyes would function under a different sun, or in a different atmospheric mix, or maybe underground; you'd have lights, or night vision gear or maybe a full helmet with sensory enhanced. That sound familiar?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5398.0, "score_ratio": 5.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij7fks4", "c_root_id_B": "ij8u126", "created_at_utc_A": 1659805554.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659827876.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 98, "human_ref_A": "If everyone mediocre senses then the one being able to hunt shows to be superior. So it makes Perfect sense.", "human_ref_B": "I might point out that their sight is bad in OUR environment, and the first couple of encounters they obviously needed some additional gases in their masks. Imagine how your eyes would function under a different sun, or in a different atmospheric mix, or maybe underground; you'd have lights, or night vision gear or maybe a full helmet with sensory enhanced. That sound familiar?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22322.0, "score_ratio": 10.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij8u126", "c_root_id_B": "ij7k253", "created_at_utc_A": 1659827876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659807428.0, "score_A": 98, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I might point out that their sight is bad in OUR environment, and the first couple of encounters they obviously needed some additional gases in their masks. Imagine how your eyes would function under a different sun, or in a different atmospheric mix, or maybe underground; you'd have lights, or night vision gear or maybe a full helmet with sensory enhanced. That sound familiar?", "human_ref_B": "Yautja. So hot right now.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20448.0, "score_ratio": 19.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij8u126", "c_root_id_B": "ij75c5a", "created_at_utc_A": 1659827876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659801285.0, "score_A": 98, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I might point out that their sight is bad in OUR environment, and the first couple of encounters they obviously needed some additional gases in their masks. Imagine how your eyes would function under a different sun, or in a different atmospheric mix, or maybe underground; you'd have lights, or night vision gear or maybe a full helmet with sensory enhanced. That sound familiar?", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps because they weren't biologically fit is that they developed a culture of hunting. To compensate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26591.0, "score_ratio": 19.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij7teeh", "c_root_id_B": "ij7fks4", "created_at_utc_A": 1659811345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659805554.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Just because they don't rely on sight doesn't mean they can't be very effective hunters. A few predators on our own planet have pretty lame eyesight compared to us, and we're less dependent on hunting than they. Yautja probably simply adapted for another environment where using ambient visible light was probably not as much of a necessity, maybe operating at low light or even subterranean climes. If true that makes them even more extreme sportsmen because they're hunting in an environment that's really not well suited for them.", "human_ref_B": "If everyone mediocre senses then the one being able to hunt shows to be superior. So it makes Perfect sense.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5791.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij7teeh", "c_root_id_B": "ij7k253", "created_at_utc_A": 1659811345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659807428.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Just because they don't rely on sight doesn't mean they can't be very effective hunters. A few predators on our own planet have pretty lame eyesight compared to us, and we're less dependent on hunting than they. Yautja probably simply adapted for another environment where using ambient visible light was probably not as much of a necessity, maybe operating at low light or even subterranean climes. If true that makes them even more extreme sportsmen because they're hunting in an environment that's really not well suited for them.", "human_ref_B": "Yautja. So hot right now.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3917.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij7teeh", "c_root_id_B": "ij75c5a", "created_at_utc_A": 1659811345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659801285.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Just because they don't rely on sight doesn't mean they can't be very effective hunters. A few predators on our own planet have pretty lame eyesight compared to us, and we're less dependent on hunting than they. Yautja probably simply adapted for another environment where using ambient visible light was probably not as much of a necessity, maybe operating at low light or even subterranean climes. If true that makes them even more extreme sportsmen because they're hunting in an environment that's really not well suited for them.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps because they weren't biologically fit is that they developed a culture of hunting. To compensate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10060.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij8kjv0", "c_root_id_B": "ij8igpr", "created_at_utc_A": 1659823434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659822478.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Human beings have poor senses and we're obsessed with hunting. We're also obsessed with the tools that aid us in hunting. The Predator is like us except one step up on the food chain which makes him a scary monster to us.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure how canon this is, but the Yautja were conquered and subjugated by an insectoid race called the Amengi. The Amengi are the source of most of their advanced technology, like FTL, energy weapons, invisibility, etc. The Amengi are also responsible for the current morphology of the Yautja, having bred them traditionally and through genetic engineering for quite a while. Aside from slave labor, the Amengi bred them to fight each other in gladiator-style combat, and eventually for organized hunts. After time the Yautja turned on the Amengi, overwhelming them militarily and then hunting the rest down. They were largely exterminated, and the remainder were enslaved. So the current Yautja we see in the movies are a product of centuries of subjugation which led to selective breeding blended with the Amengi's advanced technology.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 956.0, "score_ratio": 1.2777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij8kjv0", "c_root_id_B": "ij7fks4", "created_at_utc_A": 1659823434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659805554.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Human beings have poor senses and we're obsessed with hunting. We're also obsessed with the tools that aid us in hunting. The Predator is like us except one step up on the food chain which makes him a scary monster to us.", "human_ref_B": "If everyone mediocre senses then the one being able to hunt shows to be superior. So it makes Perfect sense.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17880.0, "score_ratio": 2.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij8kjv0", "c_root_id_B": "ij7k253", "created_at_utc_A": 1659823434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659807428.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Human beings have poor senses and we're obsessed with hunting. We're also obsessed with the tools that aid us in hunting. The Predator is like us except one step up on the food chain which makes him a scary monster to us.", "human_ref_B": "Yautja. So hot right now.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16006.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij75c5a", "c_root_id_B": "ij8kjv0", "created_at_utc_A": 1659801285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659823434.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps because they weren't biologically fit is that they developed a culture of hunting. To compensate.", "human_ref_B": "Human beings have poor senses and we're obsessed with hunting. We're also obsessed with the tools that aid us in hunting. The Predator is like us except one step up on the food chain which makes him a scary monster to us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22149.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij7fks4", "c_root_id_B": "ij8igpr", "created_at_utc_A": 1659805554.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659822478.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "If everyone mediocre senses then the one being able to hunt shows to be superior. So it makes Perfect sense.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure how canon this is, but the Yautja were conquered and subjugated by an insectoid race called the Amengi. The Amengi are the source of most of their advanced technology, like FTL, energy weapons, invisibility, etc. The Amengi are also responsible for the current morphology of the Yautja, having bred them traditionally and through genetic engineering for quite a while. Aside from slave labor, the Amengi bred them to fight each other in gladiator-style combat, and eventually for organized hunts. After time the Yautja turned on the Amengi, overwhelming them militarily and then hunting the rest down. They were largely exterminated, and the remainder were enslaved. So the current Yautja we see in the movies are a product of centuries of subjugation which led to selective breeding blended with the Amengi's advanced technology.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16924.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij7k253", "c_root_id_B": "ij8igpr", "created_at_utc_A": 1659807428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659822478.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Yautja. So hot right now.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure how canon this is, but the Yautja were conquered and subjugated by an insectoid race called the Amengi. The Amengi are the source of most of their advanced technology, like FTL, energy weapons, invisibility, etc. The Amengi are also responsible for the current morphology of the Yautja, having bred them traditionally and through genetic engineering for quite a while. Aside from slave labor, the Amengi bred them to fight each other in gladiator-style combat, and eventually for organized hunts. After time the Yautja turned on the Amengi, overwhelming them militarily and then hunting the rest down. They were largely exterminated, and the remainder were enslaved. So the current Yautja we see in the movies are a product of centuries of subjugation which led to selective breeding blended with the Amengi's advanced technology.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15050.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij75c5a", "c_root_id_B": "ij8igpr", "created_at_utc_A": 1659801285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659822478.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps because they weren't biologically fit is that they developed a culture of hunting. To compensate.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure how canon this is, but the Yautja were conquered and subjugated by an insectoid race called the Amengi. The Amengi are the source of most of their advanced technology, like FTL, energy weapons, invisibility, etc. The Amengi are also responsible for the current morphology of the Yautja, having bred them traditionally and through genetic engineering for quite a while. Aside from slave labor, the Amengi bred them to fight each other in gladiator-style combat, and eventually for organized hunts. After time the Yautja turned on the Amengi, overwhelming them militarily and then hunting the rest down. They were largely exterminated, and the remainder were enslaved. So the current Yautja we see in the movies are a product of centuries of subjugation which led to selective breeding blended with the Amengi's advanced technology.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21193.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij9wt66", "c_root_id_B": "ij7fks4", "created_at_utc_A": 1659847708.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659805554.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You have to remember they only have \"poor senses\" on Earth. We'd probably have similar trouble on a world with a blinding white dwarf in the sky, and air that's too thin for us to breathe. The natives of such a world would similarly wonder how we ever became a hunter (war; big game) species with \"such poor senses\"! Obviously, they're perfectly adapted to their homeworld, able to thrive during their stone age/pre technological period. Clearly they were able to defend themselves from wild animals; and to gather food. Given the startling array of exoplanets our astronomers have discovered in just a sliver of interstellar space, it's foolhardy to judge an alien species by the standards of Earth. Not every world out there is identical to Earth.", "human_ref_B": "If everyone mediocre senses then the one being able to hunt shows to be superior. So it makes Perfect sense.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42154.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij7k253", "c_root_id_B": "ij9wt66", "created_at_utc_A": 1659807428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659847708.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Yautja. So hot right now.", "human_ref_B": "You have to remember they only have \"poor senses\" on Earth. We'd probably have similar trouble on a world with a blinding white dwarf in the sky, and air that's too thin for us to breathe. The natives of such a world would similarly wonder how we ever became a hunter (war; big game) species with \"such poor senses\"! Obviously, they're perfectly adapted to their homeworld, able to thrive during their stone age/pre technological period. Clearly they were able to defend themselves from wild animals; and to gather food. Given the startling array of exoplanets our astronomers have discovered in just a sliver of interstellar space, it's foolhardy to judge an alien species by the standards of Earth. Not every world out there is identical to Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40280.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij9wt66", "c_root_id_B": "ij75c5a", "created_at_utc_A": 1659847708.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659801285.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You have to remember they only have \"poor senses\" on Earth. We'd probably have similar trouble on a world with a blinding white dwarf in the sky, and air that's too thin for us to breathe. The natives of such a world would similarly wonder how we ever became a hunter (war; big game) species with \"such poor senses\"! Obviously, they're perfectly adapted to their homeworld, able to thrive during their stone age/pre technological period. Clearly they were able to defend themselves from wild animals; and to gather food. Given the startling array of exoplanets our astronomers have discovered in just a sliver of interstellar space, it's foolhardy to judge an alien species by the standards of Earth. Not every world out there is identical to Earth.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps because they weren't biologically fit is that they developed a culture of hunting. To compensate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46423.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij92146", "c_root_id_B": "ij9wt66", "created_at_utc_A": 1659831718.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659847708.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The thrill of the hunt is the challenge They hunt despite their senses to prove themselves", "human_ref_B": "You have to remember they only have \"poor senses\" on Earth. We'd probably have similar trouble on a world with a blinding white dwarf in the sky, and air that's too thin for us to breathe. The natives of such a world would similarly wonder how we ever became a hunter (war; big game) species with \"such poor senses\"! Obviously, they're perfectly adapted to their homeworld, able to thrive during their stone age/pre technological period. Clearly they were able to defend themselves from wild animals; and to gather food. Given the startling array of exoplanets our astronomers have discovered in just a sliver of interstellar space, it's foolhardy to judge an alien species by the standards of Earth. Not every world out there is identical to Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15990.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "whrg39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Predator] How did a species with such poor senses become obsessed with hunting? It's been a long time since I visited the lore, so maybe their history explains this. But from all movie appearances, Yautja appear to have very poor eyesight, and their senses of smell and hearing don't seem impressive. These senses are absolutely vital for becoming a good hunter. Regardless of the evolutionary pressures that encouraged these traits, it seems clear they'd make poor hunters in the ancient days. So how did their culture shift towards aggression and hunting? Was the basis for the shift purely technological? Or has their species always been highly aggressive, despite these handicaps? Do they have other senses that makeup for the lack of acuity of their vision? Like the lateral lines of a shark?", "c_root_id_A": "ij7fks4", "c_root_id_B": "ij75c5a", "created_at_utc_A": 1659805554.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659801285.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If everyone mediocre senses then the one being able to hunt shows to be superior. So it makes Perfect sense.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps because they weren't biologically fit is that they developed a culture of hunting. To compensate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4269.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6y6s4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC] Are The Flash and Superman vulnerable to individuals with the ability to slow down or freeze time?", "c_root_id_A": "i5b6vng", "c_root_id_B": "i5b7er6", "created_at_utc_A": 1650348699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650349092.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 70, "human_ref_A": "Superman definitely is though he can move so fast you're going to have to slow time down a lot.", "human_ref_B": "That's how Hunter Zolomons powers work and he is generally far faster than Supes and sometimes the flash.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 393.0, "score_ratio": 23.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6y6s4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC] Are The Flash and Superman vulnerable to individuals with the ability to slow down or freeze time?", "c_root_id_A": "i5b8d62", "c_root_id_B": "i5b8voe", "created_at_utc_A": 1650349802.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650350193.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "Superman is to an extent. Due to his modern power set not really dealing to much with time based powers. Flashes can generally counter time manipulation. Barry can speed up the flow of time directly because they generate the Speed Force with their movements and it is the force that pushes time forward. So by using that same ability that can directly affect attempts to slow time. Of course they can also speed up naturally in proportion to time manipulation as well, but it should be noted they also have power over time. Wally has been able to stop time on a few occasions. So vulnerable in a sense that it's one of the few counters to their faster than light speeds, but it doesn't guarantee you're going to beat the Flash and they're just as vulnerable as anyone else, except less so because their sense of time is so skewed by their immense speed.", "human_ref_B": "Wally got his ass kicked when fighting a guy with time-freezing technology, so I would say yes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 391.0, "score_ratio": 1.5588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6y6s4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC] Are The Flash and Superman vulnerable to individuals with the ability to slow down or freeze time?", "c_root_id_A": "i5b8voe", "c_root_id_B": "i5b6vng", "created_at_utc_A": 1650350193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650348699.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Wally got his ass kicked when fighting a guy with time-freezing technology, so I would say yes.", "human_ref_B": "Superman definitely is though he can move so fast you're going to have to slow time down a lot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1494.0, "score_ratio": 17.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6y6s4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC] Are The Flash and Superman vulnerable to individuals with the ability to slow down or freeze time?", "c_root_id_A": "i5b6vng", "c_root_id_B": "i5b8d62", "created_at_utc_A": 1650348699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650349802.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Superman definitely is though he can move so fast you're going to have to slow time down a lot.", "human_ref_B": "Superman is to an extent. Due to his modern power set not really dealing to much with time based powers. Flashes can generally counter time manipulation. Barry can speed up the flow of time directly because they generate the Speed Force with their movements and it is the force that pushes time forward. So by using that same ability that can directly affect attempts to slow time. Of course they can also speed up naturally in proportion to time manipulation as well, but it should be noted they also have power over time. Wally has been able to stop time on a few occasions. So vulnerable in a sense that it's one of the few counters to their faster than light speeds, but it doesn't guarantee you're going to beat the Flash and they're just as vulnerable as anyone else, except less so because their sense of time is so skewed by their immense speed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1103.0, "score_ratio": 11.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6y6s4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC] Are The Flash and Superman vulnerable to individuals with the ability to slow down or freeze time?", "c_root_id_A": "i5bowib", "c_root_id_B": "i5b6vng", "created_at_utc_A": 1650363405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650348699.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It depends on how you would do it... Because relativism is a thing... If all you do is slow time, both supes and flash can just accelerate to a point they arent frozen anymore, if you just stop time, then It would likely still not work on flash because he can just use speed force shenanigans to bend physics over sideways and still move, supes can arguably do the same with raw power or something like it but he is less likely to be immune... Of course that depends on how far advanced they are in time, flash at his origins wouldnt be able to pull this off...", "human_ref_B": "Superman definitely is though he can move so fast you're going to have to slow time down a lot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14706.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dfl086e", "c_root_id_B": "dfl0ehf", "created_at_utc_A": 1490831746.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490831978.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 64, "human_ref_A": "Part of the training involves shielding yourself from the Force directed at ypu by an enemy.", "human_ref_B": "Well, for one, the Sith's finger. Most Jedi and Sith design their sabers to be on while a trigger is held. You notice how lightsabers turn off when they get dropped? That's usually why. So there's not really an 'off' button for one to use the Force to push in the first place. You could try to get your opponent's hand off the activation trigger, but if you have the power to do that you might as well just yank the saber away entirely. Folks do try for that pretty frequently.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 232.0, "score_ratio": 4.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dfl0ehf", "c_root_id_B": "dfl04x7", "created_at_utc_A": 1490831978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490831626.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well, for one, the Sith's finger. Most Jedi and Sith design their sabers to be on while a trigger is held. You notice how lightsabers turn off when they get dropped? That's usually why. So there's not really an 'off' button for one to use the Force to push in the first place. You could try to get your opponent's hand off the activation trigger, but if you have the power to do that you might as well just yank the saber away entirely. Folks do try for that pretty frequently.", "human_ref_B": "They would stop each other from pushing the button the same way they would stop a push or a throw.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 352.0, "score_ratio": 32.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dfl70dr", "c_root_id_B": "dfl086e", "created_at_utc_A": 1490840397.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490831746.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Along with what the others have said about legends of shielding oneself with the force, it is not so precise as to be able to press a button without extreme focus and intensive training. The force is a much more lift rock, push dice kind of thing.", "human_ref_B": "Part of the training involves shielding yourself from the Force directed at ypu by an enemy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8651.0, "score_ratio": 1.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dfl70dr", "c_root_id_B": "dfl2vhq", "created_at_utc_A": 1490840397.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490835169.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Along with what the others have said about legends of shielding oneself with the force, it is not so precise as to be able to press a button without extreme focus and intensive training. The force is a much more lift rock, push dice kind of thing.", "human_ref_B": "Well it's only a legend... Lightsabre weilders are taught to create a protective force \"bubble\" around the hilt to prevent exactly this. If you were of a mind to you could concentrate and fight your oponnents protection, but sabre battles are fast", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5228.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dfl70dr", "c_root_id_B": "dfl04x7", "created_at_utc_A": 1490840397.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490831626.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Along with what the others have said about legends of shielding oneself with the force, it is not so precise as to be able to press a button without extreme focus and intensive training. The force is a much more lift rock, push dice kind of thing.", "human_ref_B": "They would stop each other from pushing the button the same way they would stop a push or a throw.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8771.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dfl04x7", "c_root_id_B": "dfl086e", "created_at_utc_A": 1490831626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490831746.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "They would stop each other from pushing the button the same way they would stop a push or a throw.", "human_ref_B": "Part of the training involves shielding yourself from the Force directed at ypu by an enemy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 120.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dflg20u", "c_root_id_B": "dfl2vhq", "created_at_utc_A": 1490857434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490835169.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They did try. There is a whole other battle being fought during the light saber battles. When Darth throws a piece of equipment, Luke feels it, feels the force moving around him, feels Darth's presence and his power over the object and he tries to resist it, to stop it from moving (but Darth is just stronger). When the Emperor is shocking Luke, he's also expanding his consciousness to the entire battle going on around the planet, influencing it with his will. Ever notice that it's only after the death of the Emperor that the battle turns around for the rebels? So basically, Jedi are trying all sorts of tricks that the viewer can't see because the force is invisible.", "human_ref_B": "Well it's only a legend... Lightsabre weilders are taught to create a protective force \"bubble\" around the hilt to prevent exactly this. If you were of a mind to you could concentrate and fight your oponnents protection, but sabre battles are fast", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22265.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dflg20u", "c_root_id_B": "dfl04x7", "created_at_utc_A": 1490857434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490831626.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They did try. There is a whole other battle being fought during the light saber battles. When Darth throws a piece of equipment, Luke feels it, feels the force moving around him, feels Darth's presence and his power over the object and he tries to resist it, to stop it from moving (but Darth is just stronger). When the Emperor is shocking Luke, he's also expanding his consciousness to the entire battle going on around the planet, influencing it with his will. Ever notice that it's only after the death of the Emperor that the battle turns around for the rebels? So basically, Jedi are trying all sorts of tricks that the viewer can't see because the force is invisible.", "human_ref_B": "They would stop each other from pushing the button the same way they would stop a push or a throw.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25808.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dflg20u", "c_root_id_B": "dfla5ei", "created_at_utc_A": 1490857434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490844691.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They did try. There is a whole other battle being fought during the light saber battles. When Darth throws a piece of equipment, Luke feels it, feels the force moving around him, feels Darth's presence and his power over the object and he tries to resist it, to stop it from moving (but Darth is just stronger). When the Emperor is shocking Luke, he's also expanding his consciousness to the entire battle going on around the planet, influencing it with his will. Ever notice that it's only after the death of the Emperor that the battle turns around for the rebels? So basically, Jedi are trying all sorts of tricks that the viewer can't see because the force is invisible.", "human_ref_B": "That kind of finr tuned control is nearly impossible i the heat of combat. Pulling the lightsaber from their hand is easier, but that requires breaking through the Sith's own force resistance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12743.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dflg20u", "c_root_id_B": "dflf7y9", "created_at_utc_A": 1490857434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490855354.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They did try. There is a whole other battle being fought during the light saber battles. When Darth throws a piece of equipment, Luke feels it, feels the force moving around him, feels Darth's presence and his power over the object and he tries to resist it, to stop it from moving (but Darth is just stronger). When the Emperor is shocking Luke, he's also expanding his consciousness to the entire battle going on around the planet, influencing it with his will. Ever notice that it's only after the death of the Emperor that the battle turns around for the rebels? So basically, Jedi are trying all sorts of tricks that the viewer can't see because the force is invisible.", "human_ref_B": "Light sabers use a dead mans switch, since dropping a solid shaft of plasma on the floor usually has bad results. When they release the button, the blade turns off.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2080.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62aevz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] Why don't Jedi just Force Press the button on a Siths lightsaber when fighting? My boyfriend and I were talking about it, and I thought first it was because it was too small, but then remembered Master Yoda's words, \"Size matters not\". So, why not? Or, if it's just for the matter of fairness, then why not the inverse- a Sith turning off a Jedi's?", "c_root_id_A": "dfl04x7", "c_root_id_B": "dfl2vhq", "created_at_utc_A": 1490831626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490835169.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They would stop each other from pushing the button the same way they would stop a push or a throw.", "human_ref_B": "Well it's only a legend... Lightsabre weilders are taught to create a protective force \"bubble\" around the hilt to prevent exactly this. If you were of a mind to you could concentrate and fight your oponnents protection, but sabre battles are fast", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3543.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dlbuh5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MCU] If the president of the United States is blipped in IW and replaced, who gets to president when he/she comes back? I imagine that in the interim either the VP will step in, or within 5 years time an election might have actually been held. But assuming the president rematerializes on some toilet in the White House, what happens next?", "c_root_id_A": "f4p2xcs", "c_root_id_B": "f4p3b0i", "created_at_utc_A": 1571714514.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1571714807.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Whoever was elected in the most recent election will remain president. The 4-year term of the former president ended during the blip.", "human_ref_B": "The term of the President runs for four years from the Inauguration, regardless of whether or not the person elected is actually *serving* that office every day of it. A Blipped President is, effectively, a Dead president, and that means the VP is sworn in as President to serve out the remainder of the term (or whomever is senior-most in what's left of the line of succession). If the administration declared the blipped President to be officially dead, then the successor is sworn in *as* President, and is President for the rest of the term, whether or not the \"dead\" person somehow miraculously returns to life. If the administration decides that the blipped President isn't quite *completely* dead, but is instead just \"missing\", then the cabinet (or whomever is left) signs a letter assigning the powers of the President to the appropriate successor as \"Acting President\" (this is what happens when a President is incapacitated, such as being in surgery or a coma). This preserves the option of returning said powers to the proper President once the \"disappearance\" has ended. But, regardless, the term of that particular presidency ends four years to the day after it starts. So when President Disappearo suddenly reappears five years later, it doesn't really matter. They're no longer President, by any legal measure, and haven't been for quite some time. So when they rematerialize on the toilet in the White House, they're politely informed of the situation and escorted off the premises. Or, well, the very nice and appropriate version of that. But they're not President anymore.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 293.0, "score_ratio": 5.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dlbuh5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MCU] If the president of the United States is blipped in IW and replaced, who gets to president when he/she comes back? I imagine that in the interim either the VP will step in, or within 5 years time an election might have actually been held. But assuming the president rematerializes on some toilet in the White House, what happens next?", "c_root_id_A": "f4p3b0i", "c_root_id_B": "f4p31ad", "created_at_utc_A": 1571714807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1571714598.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The term of the President runs for four years from the Inauguration, regardless of whether or not the person elected is actually *serving* that office every day of it. A Blipped President is, effectively, a Dead president, and that means the VP is sworn in as President to serve out the remainder of the term (or whomever is senior-most in what's left of the line of succession). If the administration declared the blipped President to be officially dead, then the successor is sworn in *as* President, and is President for the rest of the term, whether or not the \"dead\" person somehow miraculously returns to life. If the administration decides that the blipped President isn't quite *completely* dead, but is instead just \"missing\", then the cabinet (or whomever is left) signs a letter assigning the powers of the President to the appropriate successor as \"Acting President\" (this is what happens when a President is incapacitated, such as being in surgery or a coma). This preserves the option of returning said powers to the proper President once the \"disappearance\" has ended. But, regardless, the term of that particular presidency ends four years to the day after it starts. So when President Disappearo suddenly reappears five years later, it doesn't really matter. They're no longer President, by any legal measure, and haven't been for quite some time. So when they rematerialize on the toilet in the White House, they're politely informed of the situation and escorted off the premises. Or, well, the very nice and appropriate version of that. But they're not President anymore.", "human_ref_B": "5 years is an entire election cycle, so it depends on when it happens. In all cases a new president is elected before the 'old' president returns. Assuming that the numbers are good and the President was compotent, its going to depend on when the president is snapped. Basically in the US if the VP becomes president (and is then elected twice) they can serve for a total of 10 years and I'm going to base this off of that. Term 1: Year 1 or 2, the President can run again and can serve 2 full terms. (10 years total) Term 1: Year 3-4, President can run again and can serve 1 additional term (7-8 years total) Term 2: Year 1-2: President can run again for one additional term, 10 years total. Term 2: Year 3-4: President cannot run again. 7-8 years total", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 209.0, "score_ratio": 7.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0a0jck", "c_root_id_B": "d0a1oc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1456189660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456191228.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "At the end of the day, most people *like* the feel of real, solid land under their feet. Couple that with planets often being rich in rare materials, and it makes sense to put boots on the ground, secure the planet the old fashioned way. A navy can always obliterate an army, but not if they want to keep the planet the army is stationed on.", "human_ref_B": "Well, lots of reasons, but let's hit the big three: military, economic, and political. First off, most of the ways of destroying a planet/star (relativistic bombardment, nova bombs, grey goo, antimatter, planetbreaker nukes, whatever they used in The Forge of God, etc.) either aren't all that long range, or can be defended against by an opponent with equivalent technology. If you have to achieve naval victory in local space before you can deploy your planetbusters, you might as well get a useable planet for your effort. You get resources, living space, pretty flowers, and forward staging areas for the ongoing struggle. Which ties into the economic reason for ground combat- the ground itself is worth something. Even if you can build deep space habitats and mine all your resources from asteroid belts and comets, it's a lot easier (and cheaper) to live on a warm ball of mud. Blowing up the universe's limited supply of habitable worlds is sort of shooting yourself in the foot. Assuming that neither of those applies to your situation, you might still want to avoid planetary demolition because it's just downright un-neighborly. Unless you and your enemy exist in a vacuum(ba-dum), or the each of you outmatch the rest of the known universe by a margin that makes their participation irrelevant, blowing up planets is the sort of thing that will tend to polarize neutral factions against you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1568.0, "score_ratio": 5.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0addwh", "c_root_id_B": "d0a0jck", "created_at_utc_A": 1456213266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456189660.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I give you the words of Sergeant Charles Zim: \"If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off? Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H-bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an axe. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him...but to make him do what you want to do. Not killing...but controlled and purposeful violence.\"", "human_ref_B": "At the end of the day, most people *like* the feel of real, solid land under their feet. Couple that with planets often being rich in rare materials, and it makes sense to put boots on the ground, secure the planet the old fashioned way. A navy can always obliterate an army, but not if they want to keep the planet the army is stationed on.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23606.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0addwh", "c_root_id_B": "d0a2uwy", "created_at_utc_A": 1456213266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456192946.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I give you the words of Sergeant Charles Zim: \"If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off? Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H-bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an axe. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him...but to make him do what you want to do. Not killing...but controlled and purposeful violence.\"", "human_ref_B": "Normally the weapons are too powerful for that. You could glass a planet but that would eventually leave it inhabitable, increase the surface temperature, kill most of the fauna and flora, and basically fuck up the ecosystem. Depending on the weapons used, you can do even more than that and outright destroy it. But what you want is to conquer it so you can exploit its resources yourself, or use it as a colony, build factories, or whatever you want, so in the end orbital bombardments and similar attacks are only used for precision strikes to support ground forces, while these take control of the important areas of the planet. Also ground forces are also needed to defend land facilities, whatever they are.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20320.0, "score_ratio": 5.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0addwh", "c_root_id_B": "d0aa7gs", "created_at_utc_A": 1456213266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456205039.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I give you the words of Sergeant Charles Zim: \"If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off? Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H-bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an axe. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him...but to make him do what you want to do. Not killing...but controlled and purposeful violence.\"", "human_ref_B": "For the same reason we still see infantry battles nowadays when both sides have nuclear weapons.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8227.0, "score_ratio": 5.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0addwh", "c_root_id_B": "d0ac0yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1456213266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456209293.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I give you the words of Sergeant Charles Zim: \"If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off? Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H-bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an axe. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him...but to make him do what you want to do. Not killing...but controlled and purposeful violence.\"", "human_ref_B": "Do you know how many inhabital planets there are out there? How many can hold human life? You go glassing planets and soon you'll find yourself with no place to live. Whats the pojnt of war if your going to ruin the prize and reason your fighting for? Habital worlds aren't exactly commanplace enough to be thrown away.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3973.0, "score_ratio": 3.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0addwh", "c_root_id_B": "d0a36gr", "created_at_utc_A": 1456213266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456193423.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I give you the words of Sergeant Charles Zim: \"If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off? Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H-bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an axe. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him...but to make him do what you want to do. Not killing...but controlled and purposeful violence.\"", "human_ref_B": "Becasue you want stuff, a location, people or resources on that planet intact. And if you keep your enemy really busy in space, he cant bombard you. He does the same thing, so the people on the ground can slug it out while the dudes in space are gridlocked with each other", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19843.0, "score_ratio": 6.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0abyb4", "c_root_id_B": "d0addwh", "created_at_utc_A": 1456209092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456213266.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "We can currently level countries with our air force and navy but still move in ground forces.", "human_ref_B": "I give you the words of Sergeant Charles Zim: \"If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off? Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H-bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an axe. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him...but to make him do what you want to do. Not killing...but controlled and purposeful violence.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4174.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ad0nw", "c_root_id_B": "d0addwh", "created_at_utc_A": 1456212104.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456213266.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "We've got enough nuclear weaponry on earth to turn this entire rock into a smoking crater. Why are people still fighting each other with bullets and bombs?", "human_ref_B": "I give you the words of Sergeant Charles Zim: \"If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off? Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H-bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an axe. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him...but to make him do what you want to do. Not killing...but controlled and purposeful violence.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1162.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ac0yw", "c_root_id_B": "d0a0jck", "created_at_utc_A": 1456209293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456189660.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Do you know how many inhabital planets there are out there? How many can hold human life? You go glassing planets and soon you'll find yourself with no place to live. Whats the pojnt of war if your going to ruin the prize and reason your fighting for? Habital worlds aren't exactly commanplace enough to be thrown away.", "human_ref_B": "At the end of the day, most people *like* the feel of real, solid land under their feet. Couple that with planets often being rich in rare materials, and it makes sense to put boots on the ground, secure the planet the old fashioned way. A navy can always obliterate an army, but not if they want to keep the planet the army is stationed on.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19633.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ac0yw", "c_root_id_B": "d0a2uwy", "created_at_utc_A": 1456209293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456192946.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Do you know how many inhabital planets there are out there? How many can hold human life? You go glassing planets and soon you'll find yourself with no place to live. Whats the pojnt of war if your going to ruin the prize and reason your fighting for? Habital worlds aren't exactly commanplace enough to be thrown away.", "human_ref_B": "Normally the weapons are too powerful for that. You could glass a planet but that would eventually leave it inhabitable, increase the surface temperature, kill most of the fauna and flora, and basically fuck up the ecosystem. Depending on the weapons used, you can do even more than that and outright destroy it. But what you want is to conquer it so you can exploit its resources yourself, or use it as a colony, build factories, or whatever you want, so in the end orbital bombardments and similar attacks are only used for precision strikes to support ground forces, while these take control of the important areas of the planet. Also ground forces are also needed to defend land facilities, whatever they are.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16347.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0aa7gs", "c_root_id_B": "d0ac0yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1456205039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456209293.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason we still see infantry battles nowadays when both sides have nuclear weapons.", "human_ref_B": "Do you know how many inhabital planets there are out there? How many can hold human life? You go glassing planets and soon you'll find yourself with no place to live. Whats the pojnt of war if your going to ruin the prize and reason your fighting for? Habital worlds aren't exactly commanplace enough to be thrown away.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4254.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0aa7gs", "c_root_id_B": "d0a36gr", "created_at_utc_A": 1456205039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456193423.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason we still see infantry battles nowadays when both sides have nuclear weapons.", "human_ref_B": "Becasue you want stuff, a location, people or resources on that planet intact. And if you keep your enemy really busy in space, he cant bombard you. He does the same thing, so the people on the ground can slug it out while the dudes in space are gridlocked with each other", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11616.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ac0yw", "c_root_id_B": "d0a36gr", "created_at_utc_A": 1456209293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456193423.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Do you know how many inhabital planets there are out there? How many can hold human life? You go glassing planets and soon you'll find yourself with no place to live. Whats the pojnt of war if your going to ruin the prize and reason your fighting for? Habital worlds aren't exactly commanplace enough to be thrown away.", "human_ref_B": "Becasue you want stuff, a location, people or resources on that planet intact. And if you keep your enemy really busy in space, he cant bombard you. He does the same thing, so the people on the ground can slug it out while the dudes in space are gridlocked with each other", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15870.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ac0yw", "c_root_id_B": "d0abyb4", "created_at_utc_A": 1456209293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456209092.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Do you know how many inhabital planets there are out there? How many can hold human life? You go glassing planets and soon you'll find yourself with no place to live. Whats the pojnt of war if your going to ruin the prize and reason your fighting for? Habital worlds aren't exactly commanplace enough to be thrown away.", "human_ref_B": "We can currently level countries with our air force and navy but still move in ground forces.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 201.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0adza7", "c_root_id_B": "d0af21q", "created_at_utc_A": 1456215235.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456219268.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because those planets are perfectly capable of defending against attacks.", "human_ref_B": "We have nukes that can blow up cities why are small urban battles still happening literally are you joking, you can't hold a pile of rubble.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4033.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4740mu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Scify] Both armies have a navy capable of completely obliterating a planet from across the galaxy... How are planet side battles still happening?", "c_root_id_A": "d0adza7", "c_root_id_B": "d0ai892", "created_at_utc_A": 1456215235.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456231232.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because those planets are perfectly capable of defending against attacks.", "human_ref_B": "most of the weapons that would be useful in obliterating planets would also leave the planet useless, so there's that. I mean, unless you're not planning to take the planet for yourself, but then why even bother? There may also be laws in effect against bombarding inhabited planets (Weber's work, for example, has the Eridani Edict)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15997.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zkebwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General] Real vampire bats don't suck blood. They bite then lick up the blood that flows out. Are there any monstrous vampires that do the same?", "c_root_id_A": "izz7l3i", "c_root_id_B": "izz83wh", "created_at_utc_A": 1670885242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670885456.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Dracula, from *The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy*, quite explicitly doesn't suck - he scrapes, and licks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 214.0, "score_ratio": 48.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zkebwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General] Real vampire bats don't suck blood. They bite then lick up the blood that flows out. Are there any monstrous vampires that do the same?", "c_root_id_A": "izz7l3i", "c_root_id_B": "izz8ca2", "created_at_utc_A": 1670885242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670885549.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy has Dracula doing that. It\u2019s a whole running gag. A few Ravenloft variants do it as well. But D&D has basically every variation of mythology imaginable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 307.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zkebwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General] Real vampire bats don't suck blood. They bite then lick up the blood that flows out. Are there any monstrous vampires that do the same?", "c_root_id_A": "izz7l3i", "c_root_id_B": "izz8gl1", "created_at_utc_A": 1670885242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670885598.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "This is actually true of Dracula in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comics Alain discovers this after a night of sex with Mina Murray, when her scarf (that she wears at all times) slips off and\u2026 the scars are not pretty", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 356.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zkebwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General] Real vampire bats don't suck blood. They bite then lick up the blood that flows out. Are there any monstrous vampires that do the same?", "c_root_id_A": "izz7l3i", "c_root_id_B": "j01c4u8", "created_at_utc_A": 1670885242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670928686.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Do you realise that vampires swallow blood normally like anyone would swallow a drink? It's not like the blood is sucked up through their fangs or anything like that, those are just there to penetrate the victim's tissue. Presumably most vampires going for a person's major arteries probably won't need to suck a thing, arterial spurting will do the job just fine for the most part.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43444.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zkebwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General] Real vampire bats don't suck blood. They bite then lick up the blood that flows out. Are there any monstrous vampires that do the same?", "c_root_id_A": "j00rzjq", "c_root_id_B": "izz7l3i", "created_at_utc_A": 1670912442.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670885242.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Red Court vampires as described in the case notes of Licensed PI, and Wizard for hire Harry Dresden. They march around in a human shaped meat suit and emerge to feed after drugging their victims with their saliva.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27200.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zkebwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General] Real vampire bats don't suck blood. They bite then lick up the blood that flows out. Are there any monstrous vampires that do the same?", "c_root_id_A": "j040l4r", "c_root_id_B": "izz7l3i", "created_at_utc_A": 1670970396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670885242.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "dracula from the grim adventures of billy and manda. \"SCRAPE AND LICK\"", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 85154.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zkebwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General] Real vampire bats don't suck blood. They bite then lick up the blood that flows out. Are there any monstrous vampires that do the same?", "c_root_id_A": "j01c4u8", "c_root_id_B": "j00rzjq", "created_at_utc_A": 1670928686.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670912442.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Do you realise that vampires swallow blood normally like anyone would swallow a drink? It's not like the blood is sucked up through their fangs or anything like that, those are just there to penetrate the victim's tissue. Presumably most vampires going for a person's major arteries probably won't need to suck a thing, arterial spurting will do the job just fine for the most part.", "human_ref_B": "The Red Court vampires as described in the case notes of Licensed PI, and Wizard for hire Harry Dresden. They march around in a human shaped meat suit and emerge to feed after drugging their victims with their saliva.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16244.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y8nv65", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Phineas and Ferb] Ok but seriously, why does Buford have life-size molds of all of his friends? (Season 3: *Doofapus*) And presumably he has even more than that, because Linda Flynn-Fletcher remarks that Buford has life-size molds of \"all of us.\" How many molds does he *actually* have, and what's the true size and scope of the amount of people they are fashioned in the likeness of? Where did he get them from? Did he make them himself? What was their intended purpose before the whole smoothie incident with Candace? And why does Linda casually have this knowledge and not seem distraught about how horrifying that fact is, while the rest of the main cast was presumably unaware until Buford mentioned it offhand?", "c_root_id_A": "it2hlaz", "c_root_id_B": "it13smk", "created_at_utc_A": 1666273389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666238904.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Burford is surprisingly complex at times, and definitely maladjusted. I think the \"all of us\" refers to his friends, including himself. I wouldn't be surprised if he made them as multi purpose playthings - the molds themselves would be action figures, or he could make \"clones\" of his friends to better them at things, maybe fit himself into one to \"wear\" as a costume. He might even use them as jello molds. Linda gives of a very \"live and let live\" vibe, so I could see her thinking that if there's no harm done, then it's not worth worrying about.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34485.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y8nv65", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Phineas and Ferb] Ok but seriously, why does Buford have life-size molds of all of his friends? (Season 3: *Doofapus*) And presumably he has even more than that, because Linda Flynn-Fletcher remarks that Buford has life-size molds of \"all of us.\" How many molds does he *actually* have, and what's the true size and scope of the amount of people they are fashioned in the likeness of? Where did he get them from? Did he make them himself? What was their intended purpose before the whole smoothie incident with Candace? And why does Linda casually have this knowledge and not seem distraught about how horrifying that fact is, while the rest of the main cast was presumably unaware until Buford mentioned it offhand?", "c_root_id_A": "it2m19d", "c_root_id_B": "it13smk", "created_at_utc_A": 1666275279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666238904.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The same reason any of us have life-size molds of our friends. In case we need them.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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And why does Linda casually have this knowledge and not seem distraught about how horrifying that fact is, while the rest of the main cast was presumably unaware until Buford mentioned it offhand?", "c_root_id_A": "it2s3kh", "c_root_id_B": "it13smk", "created_at_utc_A": 1666277737.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666238904.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps he's a sculptor as a hobby, making cast statues in bronze or iron.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38833.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y8nv65", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Phineas and Ferb] Ok but seriously, why does Buford have life-size molds of all of his friends? (Season 3: *Doofapus*) And presumably he has even more than that, because Linda Flynn-Fletcher remarks that Buford has life-size molds of \"all of us.\" How many molds does he *actually* have, and what's the true size and scope of the amount of people they are fashioned in the likeness of? Where did he get them from? Did he make them himself? What was their intended purpose before the whole smoothie incident with Candace? And why does Linda casually have this knowledge and not seem distraught about how horrifying that fact is, while the rest of the main cast was presumably unaware until Buford mentioned it offhand?", "c_root_id_A": "it13smk", "c_root_id_B": "it3l90i", "created_at_utc_A": 1666238904.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666289018.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I have a buddy who once said he wanted a muppet version of all of our friends.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 50114.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y8nv65", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Phineas and Ferb] Ok but seriously, why does Buford have life-size molds of all of his friends? (Season 3: *Doofapus*) And presumably he has even more than that, because Linda Flynn-Fletcher remarks that Buford has life-size molds of \"all of us.\" How many molds does he *actually* have, and what's the true size and scope of the amount of people they are fashioned in the likeness of? Where did he get them from? Did he make them himself? What was their intended purpose before the whole smoothie incident with Candace? And why does Linda casually have this knowledge and not seem distraught about how horrifying that fact is, while the rest of the main cast was presumably unaware until Buford mentioned it offhand?", "c_root_id_A": "it2hlaz", "c_root_id_B": "it2m19d", "created_at_utc_A": 1666273389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666275279.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Burford is surprisingly complex at times, and definitely maladjusted. I think the \"all of us\" refers to his friends, including himself. I wouldn't be surprised if he made them as multi purpose playthings - the molds themselves would be action figures, or he could make \"clones\" of his friends to better them at things, maybe fit himself into one to \"wear\" as a costume. He might even use them as jello molds. Linda gives of a very \"live and let live\" vibe, so I could see her thinking that if there's no harm done, then it's not worth worrying about.", "human_ref_B": "The same reason any of us have life-size molds of our friends. In case we need them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1890.0, "score_ratio": 1.0555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mey3xb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[DC] Zac Snyder's Justice League: Batman >!Didn't Batman have a \"no killing\" rule? Because hoo boy does he kill a lot of parademons in that movie. Or is his \"no killing\" just intended for humans and everyone else is fair game?!<", "c_root_id_A": "gsp807e", "c_root_id_B": "gsohiyv", "created_at_utc_A": 1617034031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617020512.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "When a being is turned into a parademon, their soul is basically removed. They just become void of any real life.", "human_ref_B": "Even in the comics were he is very hard, the no killing rule doesn't matter when it comes to monsters, zombies or mindless aliens such as parademons. It also doesn't go for darkseid", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13519.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2wdxz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Justice League: Doom] Why didn't Batman have a contingency plan for Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "copz0pt", "c_root_id_B": "coq6vmm", "created_at_utc_A": 1424315771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424336772.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Simple answer: Cyborg wasn't in the Justice League at the time and all of his contingency plans were specifically for members of the Justice League. Cyborg just wasn't considered to be an abnormally huge threat at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Simple: unlike the plans to take out the rest of the Justice League, the plans to take out Cyborg were in Batman's head. Why on earth would you hide the plans to take down a human computer... in another computer?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21001.0, "score_ratio": 1.2173913043, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2wdxz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Justice League: Doom] Why didn't Batman have a contingency plan for Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "coq6vmm", "c_root_id_B": "coq4xn7", "created_at_utc_A": 1424336772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424329031.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Simple: unlike the plans to take out the rest of the Justice League, the plans to take out Cyborg were in Batman's head. Why on earth would you hide the plans to take down a human computer... in another computer?", "human_ref_B": "Besides cyborg only recently joining the league, another point would be that his plan is the same as Red tornado's, an EMP.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7741.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0lzlod", "c_root_id_B": "d0lxw4u", "created_at_utc_A": 1457013405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457009399.0, "score_A": 873, "score_B": 155, "human_ref_A": "No but communication would be possible. The meat dimension exists as a slurry of omni-purpose, living meat that is formless and seeks to be formed. If a gob of it suddenly appeared in your hand and you slapped it into a wound, your DNA would instantly saturate it, and it would conform into flesh that matched your DNA. (It works on a similar principle to Omnigel) Wolverine's healing factor is embedded in his very DNA, his very DNA acting as the portals to the meat dimension. And yes DNA exists in bones, which is why even if every bit of flesh it nuked off as long as his bones exist they still contain his DNA and when the meat floods into our dimension, his DNA 'twists' it into Wolverine meat, and his body reforms. Wolverine's DNA is essentially a blueprint for his complete and healthy of his phyisical body, so when he is completely healed, his blueprint is complete and his DNA-portals shut off. Deadpool's healing factor works the same way, but cancer has permanently altered his DNA. So all the meat floods into our world and is tainted by his cancer-ridden DNA, and and he heals with tumors. Now when Wolverine reforms from a skeleton he still has his memories, and memories are clearly not encoded on his DNA and must come from somewhere. Ergo Wolverine's DNA portals to the meat dimension are two-way. In the vast whirlpool of the meat dimension, around Wolverine's portal (to ours) is an area of meat contaminated with his DNA. Since the meat dimension is reformed automatically by DNA, the answer to his memory is obvious: In the meat dimension there is a backup copy of Wolverine's DNA, complete with a mindlink of all his memories because Wolverine and the backup share memories. The backup is not awake because humans can't breathe meat. But every time Wolverine is hurt, the backup's body is instantly sucked through the portal to the real world, and then rehealed in the meat dimension. Deadpool's DNA is cancer-ridden, which means it's cells continue to multiply into a larger and larger sac of cancerous tumors. At this point Deadpool's meat dimension backup is likely at least the size of a small country (and possibly much, much larger), and given it's alternate biology has developed sentience. The mind-link between Deadpool and his meat-backup drives him insane, and it's myriad and impossible organs with multi-dimensional sensing capabilities and bizarre brainscape give Deadpool his very unusual perspective and outlook. The meat-backup's thoughts are transmitted back to Deadpool via his conversational 'textboxes' that only he notices. Since the cancer-meat-backup notices so many things at once and may in fact haphazardly notice other locations and dimensions without being able to easily relate them, Deadpool has taken this insider knowledge to believe that he's a character in some comical farce, instead of the real live human being that he is. For it's part the meat dimension is pretty cool with the setup as-is and apparently fine just having Deadpool to talk to without making things complicated with explanations. Now the meat dimension can only be accessed by Wolverine (or Deadpool or some other healing-factored person's) DNA. No one can access that physically since it's simple biological programming (and a mind-link) that is transmitted from one dimension to the next, there is no physical doorway. However the trans-dimensional 'mindlink' could be accessed by any garden-variety telepath. Anyone trying to access Wolverine's backup would be unable to because the backup is not sentient. (hence they may miss the connection entirely) Any telepath who tried to access Deadpool's mindlink is driven insane from even trying to connect to a sentient continent-sized gob of mutated flesh and brains that has totally alien perspectives. Assuming the telepath was already crazy and successfully made communication, they would be talking directly to one or more of Deadpool's 'textboxes' which is enough to make any telepath want to punch things.", "human_ref_B": "Goddamn I miss the days when Marvel didn't try to explain this shit Fucking meat dimension.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4006.0, "score_ratio": 5.6322580645, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ltm9w", "c_root_id_B": "d0lzlod", "created_at_utc_A": 1456993847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457013405.0, "score_A": 63, "score_B": 873, "human_ref_A": "Pretty sure the meat dimension is like a Galactus sized Wolverine, whose healing factor connects to another of the same universe. Our Wolverine takes meat from one of them, but since it's so large he could never use it all at once, and the two giant ones just heal off each other.", "human_ref_B": "No but communication would be possible. The meat dimension exists as a slurry of omni-purpose, living meat that is formless and seeks to be formed. If a gob of it suddenly appeared in your hand and you slapped it into a wound, your DNA would instantly saturate it, and it would conform into flesh that matched your DNA. (It works on a similar principle to Omnigel) Wolverine's healing factor is embedded in his very DNA, his very DNA acting as the portals to the meat dimension. And yes DNA exists in bones, which is why even if every bit of flesh it nuked off as long as his bones exist they still contain his DNA and when the meat floods into our dimension, his DNA 'twists' it into Wolverine meat, and his body reforms. Wolverine's DNA is essentially a blueprint for his complete and healthy of his phyisical body, so when he is completely healed, his blueprint is complete and his DNA-portals shut off. Deadpool's healing factor works the same way, but cancer has permanently altered his DNA. So all the meat floods into our world and is tainted by his cancer-ridden DNA, and and he heals with tumors. Now when Wolverine reforms from a skeleton he still has his memories, and memories are clearly not encoded on his DNA and must come from somewhere. Ergo Wolverine's DNA portals to the meat dimension are two-way. In the vast whirlpool of the meat dimension, around Wolverine's portal (to ours) is an area of meat contaminated with his DNA. Since the meat dimension is reformed automatically by DNA, the answer to his memory is obvious: In the meat dimension there is a backup copy of Wolverine's DNA, complete with a mindlink of all his memories because Wolverine and the backup share memories. The backup is not awake because humans can't breathe meat. But every time Wolverine is hurt, the backup's body is instantly sucked through the portal to the real world, and then rehealed in the meat dimension. Deadpool's DNA is cancer-ridden, which means it's cells continue to multiply into a larger and larger sac of cancerous tumors. At this point Deadpool's meat dimension backup is likely at least the size of a small country (and possibly much, much larger), and given it's alternate biology has developed sentience. The mind-link between Deadpool and his meat-backup drives him insane, and it's myriad and impossible organs with multi-dimensional sensing capabilities and bizarre brainscape give Deadpool his very unusual perspective and outlook. The meat-backup's thoughts are transmitted back to Deadpool via his conversational 'textboxes' that only he notices. Since the cancer-meat-backup notices so many things at once and may in fact haphazardly notice other locations and dimensions without being able to easily relate them, Deadpool has taken this insider knowledge to believe that he's a character in some comical farce, instead of the real live human being that he is. For it's part the meat dimension is pretty cool with the setup as-is and apparently fine just having Deadpool to talk to without making things complicated with explanations. Now the meat dimension can only be accessed by Wolverine (or Deadpool or some other healing-factored person's) DNA. No one can access that physically since it's simple biological programming (and a mind-link) that is transmitted from one dimension to the next, there is no physical doorway. However the trans-dimensional 'mindlink' could be accessed by any garden-variety telepath. Anyone trying to access Wolverine's backup would be unable to because the backup is not sentient. (hence they may miss the connection entirely) Any telepath who tried to access Deadpool's mindlink is driven insane from even trying to connect to a sentient continent-sized gob of mutated flesh and brains that has totally alien perspectives. Assuming the telepath was already crazy and successfully made communication, they would be talking directly to one or more of Deadpool's 'textboxes' which is enough to make any telepath want to punch things.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19558.0, "score_ratio": 13.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0luyqx", "c_root_id_B": "d0lzlod", "created_at_utc_A": 1456998947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457013405.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 873, "human_ref_A": "Well going by the documentary persona 4 it would be delicious.", "human_ref_B": "No but communication would be possible. The meat dimension exists as a slurry of omni-purpose, living meat that is formless and seeks to be formed. If a gob of it suddenly appeared in your hand and you slapped it into a wound, your DNA would instantly saturate it, and it would conform into flesh that matched your DNA. (It works on a similar principle to Omnigel) Wolverine's healing factor is embedded in his very DNA, his very DNA acting as the portals to the meat dimension. And yes DNA exists in bones, which is why even if every bit of flesh it nuked off as long as his bones exist they still contain his DNA and when the meat floods into our dimension, his DNA 'twists' it into Wolverine meat, and his body reforms. Wolverine's DNA is essentially a blueprint for his complete and healthy of his phyisical body, so when he is completely healed, his blueprint is complete and his DNA-portals shut off. Deadpool's healing factor works the same way, but cancer has permanently altered his DNA. So all the meat floods into our world and is tainted by his cancer-ridden DNA, and and he heals with tumors. Now when Wolverine reforms from a skeleton he still has his memories, and memories are clearly not encoded on his DNA and must come from somewhere. Ergo Wolverine's DNA portals to the meat dimension are two-way. In the vast whirlpool of the meat dimension, around Wolverine's portal (to ours) is an area of meat contaminated with his DNA. Since the meat dimension is reformed automatically by DNA, the answer to his memory is obvious: In the meat dimension there is a backup copy of Wolverine's DNA, complete with a mindlink of all his memories because Wolverine and the backup share memories. The backup is not awake because humans can't breathe meat. But every time Wolverine is hurt, the backup's body is instantly sucked through the portal to the real world, and then rehealed in the meat dimension. Deadpool's DNA is cancer-ridden, which means it's cells continue to multiply into a larger and larger sac of cancerous tumors. At this point Deadpool's meat dimension backup is likely at least the size of a small country (and possibly much, much larger), and given it's alternate biology has developed sentience. The mind-link between Deadpool and his meat-backup drives him insane, and it's myriad and impossible organs with multi-dimensional sensing capabilities and bizarre brainscape give Deadpool his very unusual perspective and outlook. The meat-backup's thoughts are transmitted back to Deadpool via his conversational 'textboxes' that only he notices. Since the cancer-meat-backup notices so many things at once and may in fact haphazardly notice other locations and dimensions without being able to easily relate them, Deadpool has taken this insider knowledge to believe that he's a character in some comical farce, instead of the real live human being that he is. For it's part the meat dimension is pretty cool with the setup as-is and apparently fine just having Deadpool to talk to without making things complicated with explanations. Now the meat dimension can only be accessed by Wolverine (or Deadpool or some other healing-factored person's) DNA. No one can access that physically since it's simple biological programming (and a mind-link) that is transmitted from one dimension to the next, there is no physical doorway. However the trans-dimensional 'mindlink' could be accessed by any garden-variety telepath. Anyone trying to access Wolverine's backup would be unable to because the backup is not sentient. (hence they may miss the connection entirely) Any telepath who tried to access Deadpool's mindlink is driven insane from even trying to connect to a sentient continent-sized gob of mutated flesh and brains that has totally alien perspectives. Assuming the telepath was already crazy and successfully made communication, they would be talking directly to one or more of Deadpool's 'textboxes' which is enough to make any telepath want to punch things.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14458.0, "score_ratio": 19.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0lxpaa", "c_root_id_B": "d0lzlod", "created_at_utc_A": 1457008869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457013405.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 873, "human_ref_A": "I feel like there needs to be r/shittyAskScienceFiction", "human_ref_B": "No but communication would be possible. The meat dimension exists as a slurry of omni-purpose, living meat that is formless and seeks to be formed. If a gob of it suddenly appeared in your hand and you slapped it into a wound, your DNA would instantly saturate it, and it would conform into flesh that matched your DNA. (It works on a similar principle to Omnigel) Wolverine's healing factor is embedded in his very DNA, his very DNA acting as the portals to the meat dimension. And yes DNA exists in bones, which is why even if every bit of flesh it nuked off as long as his bones exist they still contain his DNA and when the meat floods into our dimension, his DNA 'twists' it into Wolverine meat, and his body reforms. Wolverine's DNA is essentially a blueprint for his complete and healthy of his phyisical body, so when he is completely healed, his blueprint is complete and his DNA-portals shut off. Deadpool's healing factor works the same way, but cancer has permanently altered his DNA. So all the meat floods into our world and is tainted by his cancer-ridden DNA, and and he heals with tumors. Now when Wolverine reforms from a skeleton he still has his memories, and memories are clearly not encoded on his DNA and must come from somewhere. Ergo Wolverine's DNA portals to the meat dimension are two-way. In the vast whirlpool of the meat dimension, around Wolverine's portal (to ours) is an area of meat contaminated with his DNA. Since the meat dimension is reformed automatically by DNA, the answer to his memory is obvious: In the meat dimension there is a backup copy of Wolverine's DNA, complete with a mindlink of all his memories because Wolverine and the backup share memories. The backup is not awake because humans can't breathe meat. But every time Wolverine is hurt, the backup's body is instantly sucked through the portal to the real world, and then rehealed in the meat dimension. Deadpool's DNA is cancer-ridden, which means it's cells continue to multiply into a larger and larger sac of cancerous tumors. At this point Deadpool's meat dimension backup is likely at least the size of a small country (and possibly much, much larger), and given it's alternate biology has developed sentience. The mind-link between Deadpool and his meat-backup drives him insane, and it's myriad and impossible organs with multi-dimensional sensing capabilities and bizarre brainscape give Deadpool his very unusual perspective and outlook. The meat-backup's thoughts are transmitted back to Deadpool via his conversational 'textboxes' that only he notices. Since the cancer-meat-backup notices so many things at once and may in fact haphazardly notice other locations and dimensions without being able to easily relate them, Deadpool has taken this insider knowledge to believe that he's a character in some comical farce, instead of the real live human being that he is. For it's part the meat dimension is pretty cool with the setup as-is and apparently fine just having Deadpool to talk to without making things complicated with explanations. Now the meat dimension can only be accessed by Wolverine (or Deadpool or some other healing-factored person's) DNA. No one can access that physically since it's simple biological programming (and a mind-link) that is transmitted from one dimension to the next, there is no physical doorway. However the trans-dimensional 'mindlink' could be accessed by any garden-variety telepath. Anyone trying to access Wolverine's backup would be unable to because the backup is not sentient. (hence they may miss the connection entirely) Any telepath who tried to access Deadpool's mindlink is driven insane from even trying to connect to a sentient continent-sized gob of mutated flesh and brains that has totally alien perspectives. Assuming the telepath was already crazy and successfully made communication, they would be talking directly to one or more of Deadpool's 'textboxes' which is enough to make any telepath want to punch things.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4536.0, "score_ratio": 45.9473684211, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0lxw4u", "c_root_id_B": "d0ltm9w", "created_at_utc_A": 1457009399.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456993847.0, "score_A": 155, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "Goddamn I miss the days when Marvel didn't try to explain this shit Fucking meat dimension.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty sure the meat dimension is like a Galactus sized Wolverine, whose healing factor connects to another of the same universe. Our Wolverine takes meat from one of them, but since it's so large he could never use it all at once, and the two giant ones just heal off each other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15552.0, "score_ratio": 2.4603174603, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0lxw4u", "c_root_id_B": "d0luyqx", "created_at_utc_A": 1457009399.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456998947.0, "score_A": 155, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "Goddamn I miss the days when Marvel didn't try to explain this shit Fucking meat dimension.", "human_ref_B": "Well going by the documentary persona 4 it would be delicious.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10452.0, "score_ratio": 3.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0lxw4u", "c_root_id_B": "d0lxpaa", "created_at_utc_A": 1457009399.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457008869.0, "score_A": 155, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Goddamn I miss the days when Marvel didn't try to explain this shit Fucking meat dimension.", "human_ref_B": "I feel like there needs to be r/shittyAskScienceFiction", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 530.0, "score_ratio": 8.1578947368, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0m09d9", "c_root_id_B": "d0luyqx", "created_at_utc_A": 1457014690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456998947.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "As previously explained by /u/WadeWilsonforPope: > Deadpool on Earth 8008135 sucessfully goes through the weapon X program to become the merc we all know and tolerate. > > His modifications and regenerative abilities are remarkable and it appears that they are actually growing stronger by the day. Small cuts heal instantly entire limbs regrown in seconds until that one fateful day... Our hero is slicing peppers for Taco Tuesday using his katana until he slips, removing his right index finger. Before he can even throw it into the garbage his new finger has grown back, tossing the finger he goes back to the art of the cook. > > Later that evening after a long Maude marathon Deadpool is awoken by an intruder, stealth fully he makes his way to the kitchen to find non other than himself. Naked. Cooking. In his bathrobe. What? That finger you threw away healed itself growing into a brand spanking new Deadpool. > > The Deadpools team up, solve crime, fight bad guys all the fun stuff. Coffee break, double moca latte skinny with a shot of Jack please. Nope thats not a barista thats a mannequin packed with C4, fooled again. Blown to bits and later that day we are introduced to Deadpool II-LXXV. This begins to pose a bit of a problem, they are replicating exponentially and cannot die, and theyre assholes. After a week welcome to planet Deadpool, non Deadpools are now the minority, after a month the planet is filled with Deadpools. After a decade welcome to the Deadpool galaxy. 1000 years into the future the universes greatest scientists believe Deadpools make up about 5% of the matter in the universe. Many Millenia in the future there are whole Galaxies made of Deadpool stuff, civilizations have risen and fallen on planets made exclusively out of Deadpools. They will eventually reach a complete saturation point, 100% of the matter in that universe is Deadpool, everything, Deadpool all the time. There is no room for anything else, they have filled the observable universe. > > And that kids is where Logan gets his mass from. Deadpool Universe. Now I know youre gonna ask \"Well where did the Deadpool universe get all of the mass to form?\" Well smart ass it came from the Infinite Logan Universe. > > Listen theres a lot of meatverses out there.... Source tl;dr - Wolvie's healing factor is a portal to the Deadpool Universe.", "human_ref_B": "Well going by the documentary persona 4 it would be delicious.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15743.0, "score_ratio": 1.0222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48qwy9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[X-Men] If Wolverine's healing factor is meant to be a portal to the meat dimension could an object strong enough to resist his healing factor be able to enter his wounds and travel into this other universe? What might it be like there?", "c_root_id_A": "d0lxpaa", "c_root_id_B": "d0m09d9", "created_at_utc_A": 1457008869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457014690.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "I feel like there needs to be r/shittyAskScienceFiction", "human_ref_B": "As previously explained by /u/WadeWilsonforPope: > Deadpool on Earth 8008135 sucessfully goes through the weapon X program to become the merc we all know and tolerate. > > His modifications and regenerative abilities are remarkable and it appears that they are actually growing stronger by the day. Small cuts heal instantly entire limbs regrown in seconds until that one fateful day... Our hero is slicing peppers for Taco Tuesday using his katana until he slips, removing his right index finger. Before he can even throw it into the garbage his new finger has grown back, tossing the finger he goes back to the art of the cook. > > Later that evening after a long Maude marathon Deadpool is awoken by an intruder, stealth fully he makes his way to the kitchen to find non other than himself. Naked. Cooking. In his bathrobe. What? That finger you threw away healed itself growing into a brand spanking new Deadpool. > > The Deadpools team up, solve crime, fight bad guys all the fun stuff. Coffee break, double moca latte skinny with a shot of Jack please. Nope thats not a barista thats a mannequin packed with C4, fooled again. Blown to bits and later that day we are introduced to Deadpool II-LXXV. This begins to pose a bit of a problem, they are replicating exponentially and cannot die, and theyre assholes. After a week welcome to planet Deadpool, non Deadpools are now the minority, after a month the planet is filled with Deadpools. After a decade welcome to the Deadpool galaxy. 1000 years into the future the universes greatest scientists believe Deadpools make up about 5% of the matter in the universe. Many Millenia in the future there are whole Galaxies made of Deadpool stuff, civilizations have risen and fallen on planets made exclusively out of Deadpools. They will eventually reach a complete saturation point, 100% of the matter in that universe is Deadpool, everything, Deadpool all the time. There is no room for anything else, they have filled the observable universe. > > And that kids is where Logan gets his mass from. Deadpool Universe. Now I know youre gonna ask \"Well where did the Deadpool universe get all of the mass to form?\" Well smart ass it came from the Infinite Logan Universe. > > Listen theres a lot of meatverses out there.... 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I'm a simple trooper who's enlisted in the NCR army and is currently deployed in the Mojave. Some of the politicians think that it might raise war approval if you folks down in the core regions are able to ask questions to a simple grunt like me. So ask me anything about the war or the current situation in the Mojave wasteland. (Note: This is set a little bit before the Courier showed up)", "c_root_id_A": "d8g35t4", "c_root_id_B": "d8hqltt", "created_at_utc_A": 1475730387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475840348.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Hey there, came from the back east, over there, the Brotherhood is much friendlier, and interested in helping out the common people. How would you feel about the Brotherhood of Steel reaching out and offering to help like that, personally, and as a representative of the New California Republic?", "human_ref_B": "- How come you ended up joining NCR? - What do you think about veteran Rangers? 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What does it mean to you to be a member of the NCR?", "human_ref_B": "- How come you ended up joining NCR? - What do you think about veteran Rangers? I think they are so cool, their armor and all!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 87427.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2p18zs", "c_root_id_B": "i2p142b", "created_at_utc_A": 1648632917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648632801.0, "score_A": 326, "score_B": 207, "human_ref_A": "From the prequel comics to the game Injustice, Harley and Black Canary are about to get into a fight, but then Canary stops Harley before she can do so before she pukes into a nearby bucket. As a result, Harley quickly realizes that Black Canary is pregnant and agrees to a cease-fire and accidentally blurts out that she had a kid with the Joker (who is now living with her sister as she didn't want the Joker to know he had an heir). A Spider-Man bit also had him about to fight the Green Goblin and the latter's blurting out some random information, revealing that the \"Green Goblin\" persona was his second choice. He was going to call himself \"Mister Coffee\". They both pause for a moment... before breaking into hysterical laughter, with Spidey even coming up with the line, \"It's Mister Coffee and his Latte Of Doom\". Another Spidey moment that was purely accidental on his part, but he once ended up sharing an apartment a man called Fred Myers, AKA the supervillain Boomerang. After accidentally blurting out he was the photographer to the Daily Bugle who always captured the best Spider-Man pictures, Boomerang grabbed him and dragged him out of the apartment and to the Bar With No Name, the dive that all of Spidey's villains hang out in... for Spider-Man Trivia Night. Peter scored a perfect run, the first in the bar's history. Colossus and Juggernaut once got into a bar fight because they were both trying to get drinks in the same bar. Wolverine accidentally caused it when he brought Colossus and Nightcrawler there after Kitty Pride dumped Peter. Juggernaut won. And paid for the damages. They also once encountered him while he was trying to open a bank account, before another villain attacked all of them at the same time. Also a running joke in the Ultimate Spider-Man series on Disney that Wolverine and Juggernaut kept getting into fights while trying to go about their civilian lives. Miles Morales once accidentally started a fight with the Rhino because of this as well - turns out that some thugs had kidnapped the Rhino's niece while he was babysitting her and Miles thought the man was up to no good. A non-Marvel/DC example also comes up in the game series *The World Ends With You*. The Reapers, the local thugs who are running the Reaper's Game which traps dozens of players in a reality called the Underground and threatens to erase them if they lose >!because everyone in the Underground is already dead!< will spend most of their on-screen time running the game, refereeing things, trying to erase Players... or just goofing off. Neku, the player character, ends up making friends with two of the Reaper enforcers and helping one of them with their anxiety (since Reaping is a job and her partner's refused a major promotion because he would rather hang out with her all day). Also, a major crux of the drama and humour in the TV series *Columbo*, where the villains of the story are the main characters of their episodes - the detective solving the case is the antagonist of the episode. But he's often so affable that some of the more sympathetic characters outright admit to liking him. The episode where Johnny Cash was the star outright had him asking Columbo why he would dare confront a known murderer in the middle of nowhere without backup if he was certain he did it and Columbo declared that he knew the man would confess soon anyway (which he does indeed confirm). Also, comes up in one of the films in *The Thin Man* series, about a retired police detective and his rich socialite wife who end up working together to solve cases for their friends or those in need. When someone tries to kill Nick and it's believed to tie to his old career in the police, they interrogate several past criminals that Nick put behind bars. They all deny it for the simple reason that Nick was so kind to them when they were behind bars that the thought of harming him never even crossed their minds. Edit: Also, there's the storyline of the Raider, one of the villains in Paperinik - a comic book where Donald Duck turns out to be a powerful vigilante superhero also known as the Duck Avenger. The Raider, a time-travelling criminal who steals artefacts from the past to sell in the future, or to change the flow of time to benefit a criminal syndicate, once ended up encountering Donald in the latter's civilian identity while out for the day with his son... And he was utterly gotsmacked to discover that not only was Donald constantly saving the world from evil time travellers and an alien invasion force constantly around the clock, but he was also the sole father figure to no less than *three* children. As the sole parent to a child himself, that alone earned Donald the Raider's upmost respect.", "human_ref_B": "At the end of The Killing Joke, the Joker tells a joke that actually makes Batman laugh. It's a pretty powerful scene.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 116.0, "score_ratio": 1.5748792271, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2p18zs", "c_root_id_B": "i2ozsvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1648632917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648631644.0, "score_A": 326, "score_B": 193, "human_ref_A": "From the prequel comics to the game Injustice, Harley and Black Canary are about to get into a fight, but then Canary stops Harley before she can do so before she pukes into a nearby bucket. As a result, Harley quickly realizes that Black Canary is pregnant and agrees to a cease-fire and accidentally blurts out that she had a kid with the Joker (who is now living with her sister as she didn't want the Joker to know he had an heir). A Spider-Man bit also had him about to fight the Green Goblin and the latter's blurting out some random information, revealing that the \"Green Goblin\" persona was his second choice. He was going to call himself \"Mister Coffee\". They both pause for a moment... before breaking into hysterical laughter, with Spidey even coming up with the line, \"It's Mister Coffee and his Latte Of Doom\". Another Spidey moment that was purely accidental on his part, but he once ended up sharing an apartment a man called Fred Myers, AKA the supervillain Boomerang. After accidentally blurting out he was the photographer to the Daily Bugle who always captured the best Spider-Man pictures, Boomerang grabbed him and dragged him out of the apartment and to the Bar With No Name, the dive that all of Spidey's villains hang out in... for Spider-Man Trivia Night. Peter scored a perfect run, the first in the bar's history. Colossus and Juggernaut once got into a bar fight because they were both trying to get drinks in the same bar. Wolverine accidentally caused it when he brought Colossus and Nightcrawler there after Kitty Pride dumped Peter. Juggernaut won. And paid for the damages. They also once encountered him while he was trying to open a bank account, before another villain attacked all of them at the same time. Also a running joke in the Ultimate Spider-Man series on Disney that Wolverine and Juggernaut kept getting into fights while trying to go about their civilian lives. Miles Morales once accidentally started a fight with the Rhino because of this as well - turns out that some thugs had kidnapped the Rhino's niece while he was babysitting her and Miles thought the man was up to no good. A non-Marvel/DC example also comes up in the game series *The World Ends With You*. The Reapers, the local thugs who are running the Reaper's Game which traps dozens of players in a reality called the Underground and threatens to erase them if they lose >!because everyone in the Underground is already dead!< will spend most of their on-screen time running the game, refereeing things, trying to erase Players... or just goofing off. Neku, the player character, ends up making friends with two of the Reaper enforcers and helping one of them with their anxiety (since Reaping is a job and her partner's refused a major promotion because he would rather hang out with her all day). Also, a major crux of the drama and humour in the TV series *Columbo*, where the villains of the story are the main characters of their episodes - the detective solving the case is the antagonist of the episode. But he's often so affable that some of the more sympathetic characters outright admit to liking him. The episode where Johnny Cash was the star outright had him asking Columbo why he would dare confront a known murderer in the middle of nowhere without backup if he was certain he did it and Columbo declared that he knew the man would confess soon anyway (which he does indeed confirm). Also, comes up in one of the films in *The Thin Man* series, about a retired police detective and his rich socialite wife who end up working together to solve cases for their friends or those in need. When someone tries to kill Nick and it's believed to tie to his old career in the police, they interrogate several past criminals that Nick put behind bars. They all deny it for the simple reason that Nick was so kind to them when they were behind bars that the thought of harming him never even crossed their minds. Edit: Also, there's the storyline of the Raider, one of the villains in Paperinik - a comic book where Donald Duck turns out to be a powerful vigilante superhero also known as the Duck Avenger. The Raider, a time-travelling criminal who steals artefacts from the past to sell in the future, or to change the flow of time to benefit a criminal syndicate, once ended up encountering Donald in the latter's civilian identity while out for the day with his son... And he was utterly gotsmacked to discover that not only was Donald constantly saving the world from evil time travellers and an alien invasion force constantly around the clock, but he was also the sole father figure to no less than *three* children. As the sole parent to a child himself, that alone earned Donald the Raider's upmost respect.", "human_ref_B": "Flash's Rogues gallery are mostly on the chill end of the spectrum, Flash and the Rogues know, it's better to be on each others good sides. They're not going to hang out, but if just by chance they're at the same bar together, they could play a friendly though charged game of pool. Related, there's the very popular JLU clip where Flash talks to The Prankster and agrees to visit him at the hospital if he turns himself in.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1273.0, "score_ratio": 1.689119171, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2p18zs", "c_root_id_B": "i2ozl6u", "created_at_utc_A": 1648632917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648631455.0, "score_A": 326, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "From the prequel comics to the game Injustice, Harley and Black Canary are about to get into a fight, but then Canary stops Harley before she can do so before she pukes into a nearby bucket. As a result, Harley quickly realizes that Black Canary is pregnant and agrees to a cease-fire and accidentally blurts out that she had a kid with the Joker (who is now living with her sister as she didn't want the Joker to know he had an heir). A Spider-Man bit also had him about to fight the Green Goblin and the latter's blurting out some random information, revealing that the \"Green Goblin\" persona was his second choice. He was going to call himself \"Mister Coffee\". They both pause for a moment... before breaking into hysterical laughter, with Spidey even coming up with the line, \"It's Mister Coffee and his Latte Of Doom\". Another Spidey moment that was purely accidental on his part, but he once ended up sharing an apartment a man called Fred Myers, AKA the supervillain Boomerang. After accidentally blurting out he was the photographer to the Daily Bugle who always captured the best Spider-Man pictures, Boomerang grabbed him and dragged him out of the apartment and to the Bar With No Name, the dive that all of Spidey's villains hang out in... for Spider-Man Trivia Night. Peter scored a perfect run, the first in the bar's history. Colossus and Juggernaut once got into a bar fight because they were both trying to get drinks in the same bar. Wolverine accidentally caused it when he brought Colossus and Nightcrawler there after Kitty Pride dumped Peter. Juggernaut won. And paid for the damages. They also once encountered him while he was trying to open a bank account, before another villain attacked all of them at the same time. Also a running joke in the Ultimate Spider-Man series on Disney that Wolverine and Juggernaut kept getting into fights while trying to go about their civilian lives. Miles Morales once accidentally started a fight with the Rhino because of this as well - turns out that some thugs had kidnapped the Rhino's niece while he was babysitting her and Miles thought the man was up to no good. A non-Marvel/DC example also comes up in the game series *The World Ends With You*. The Reapers, the local thugs who are running the Reaper's Game which traps dozens of players in a reality called the Underground and threatens to erase them if they lose >!because everyone in the Underground is already dead!< will spend most of their on-screen time running the game, refereeing things, trying to erase Players... or just goofing off. Neku, the player character, ends up making friends with two of the Reaper enforcers and helping one of them with their anxiety (since Reaping is a job and her partner's refused a major promotion because he would rather hang out with her all day). Also, a major crux of the drama and humour in the TV series *Columbo*, where the villains of the story are the main characters of their episodes - the detective solving the case is the antagonist of the episode. But he's often so affable that some of the more sympathetic characters outright admit to liking him. The episode where Johnny Cash was the star outright had him asking Columbo why he would dare confront a known murderer in the middle of nowhere without backup if he was certain he did it and Columbo declared that he knew the man would confess soon anyway (which he does indeed confirm). Also, comes up in one of the films in *The Thin Man* series, about a retired police detective and his rich socialite wife who end up working together to solve cases for their friends or those in need. When someone tries to kill Nick and it's believed to tie to his old career in the police, they interrogate several past criminals that Nick put behind bars. They all deny it for the simple reason that Nick was so kind to them when they were behind bars that the thought of harming him never even crossed their minds. Edit: Also, there's the storyline of the Raider, one of the villains in Paperinik - a comic book where Donald Duck turns out to be a powerful vigilante superhero also known as the Duck Avenger. The Raider, a time-travelling criminal who steals artefacts from the past to sell in the future, or to change the flow of time to benefit a criminal syndicate, once ended up encountering Donald in the latter's civilian identity while out for the day with his son... And he was utterly gotsmacked to discover that not only was Donald constantly saving the world from evil time travellers and an alien invasion force constantly around the clock, but he was also the sole father figure to no less than *three* children. As the sole parent to a child himself, that alone earned Donald the Raider's upmost respect.", "human_ref_B": "In JLU The Flash has a sit down with one of his villians. Also Batman TAS has man moments like that too.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1462.0, "score_ratio": 5.4333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2p142b", "c_root_id_B": "i2ozsvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1648632801.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648631644.0, "score_A": 207, "score_B": 193, "human_ref_A": "At the end of The Killing Joke, the Joker tells a joke that actually makes Batman laugh. It's a pretty powerful scene.", "human_ref_B": "Flash's Rogues gallery are mostly on the chill end of the spectrum, Flash and the Rogues know, it's better to be on each others good sides. They're not going to hang out, but if just by chance they're at the same bar together, they could play a friendly though charged game of pool. Related, there's the very popular JLU clip where Flash talks to The Prankster and agrees to visit him at the hospital if he turns himself in.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1157.0, "score_ratio": 1.0725388601, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2p142b", "c_root_id_B": "i2ozl6u", "created_at_utc_A": 1648632801.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648631455.0, "score_A": 207, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "At the end of The Killing Joke, the Joker tells a joke that actually makes Batman laugh. It's a pretty powerful scene.", "human_ref_B": "In JLU The Flash has a sit down with one of his villians. Also Batman TAS has man moments like that too.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1346.0, "score_ratio": 3.45, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2ozl6u", "c_root_id_B": "i2ozsvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1648631455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648631644.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 193, "human_ref_A": "In JLU The Flash has a sit down with one of his villians. Also Batman TAS has man moments like that too.", "human_ref_B": "Flash's Rogues gallery are mostly on the chill end of the spectrum, Flash and the Rogues know, it's better to be on each others good sides. They're not going to hang out, but if just by chance they're at the same bar together, they could play a friendly though charged game of pool. Related, there's the very popular JLU clip where Flash talks to The Prankster and agrees to visit him at the hospital if he turns himself in.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 189.0, "score_ratio": 3.2166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2peat7", "c_root_id_B": "i2pd1rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1648642158.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648641432.0, "score_A": 173, "score_B": 169, "human_ref_A": "Since you put Marvel/DC together in a way, one of my favorites is when the Joker refuses to work and has a near-meltdown when he finds out that Red Skull's whole shtick about being a Nazi...isnt a shtick. Another one is when Harley makes fun of the Arrow Cave, and suggests it to be called \"The Quiver\" to which Green Arrow responds \"This...is actually much better.\" Its so simple as an exchange but i find it great.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man and Doom talking about Star Trek", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 726.0, "score_ratio": 1.0236686391, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pd1rv", "c_root_id_B": "i2p9m4t", "created_at_utc_A": 1648641432.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648639317.0, "score_A": 169, "score_B": 121, "human_ref_A": "Spider-Man and Doom talking about Star Trek", "human_ref_B": "One of my favourite fights, which felt fairly casual by Batman standards was between him and Catman. Catman is trying to warn Batman about another group of villains and the whole time Catman is trying to identify this strange smell on Batman's breath. Turns out it is cilantro from a burrito that Batman had just eaten, which Batman explains in an exasperated manner because Catman isn't fighting seriously.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2115.0, "score_ratio": 1.3966942149, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pb2fi", "c_root_id_B": "i2pd1rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1648640241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648641432.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 169, "human_ref_A": "Don't know about the comics, but Professor X and Magneto play chess together in the movies.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man and Doom talking about Star Trek", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1191.0, "score_ratio": 2.3150684932, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2ozl6u", "c_root_id_B": "i2pd1rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1648631455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648641432.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 169, "human_ref_A": "In JLU The Flash has a sit down with one of his villians. Also Batman TAS has man moments like that too.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man and Doom talking about Star Trek", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9977.0, "score_ratio": 2.8166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pd1rv", "c_root_id_B": "i2p9zwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1648641432.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648639566.0, "score_A": 169, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Spider-Man and Doom talking about Star Trek", "human_ref_B": "I saw an 1970s era DC comic where the villains and heroes have a baseball game. I don't remember all the details, but the heroes pick Freedom Force Uncle Sam as their side's umpire [because of truth, justice and the American way], and the baddies chose the android Amazo because he was emotionless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1866.0, "score_ratio": 3.1296296296, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pd1rv", "c_root_id_B": "i2pcglh", "created_at_utc_A": 1648641432.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648641082.0, "score_A": 169, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Spider-Man and Doom talking about Star Trek", "human_ref_B": "There's the episode \"Almost Got Him\" of Batman TAS where Batman's villains are reminiscing over a poker game. Another episode of Justice League has Flash talking down one of his Rogues in a bar.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 350.0, "score_ratio": 5.1212121212, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2p9m4t", "c_root_id_B": "i2peat7", "created_at_utc_A": 1648639317.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648642158.0, "score_A": 121, "score_B": 173, "human_ref_A": "One of my favourite fights, which felt fairly casual by Batman standards was between him and Catman. Catman is trying to warn Batman about another group of villains and the whole time Catman is trying to identify this strange smell on Batman's breath. Turns out it is cilantro from a burrito that Batman had just eaten, which Batman explains in an exasperated manner because Catman isn't fighting seriously.", "human_ref_B": "Since you put Marvel/DC together in a way, one of my favorites is when the Joker refuses to work and has a near-meltdown when he finds out that Red Skull's whole shtick about being a Nazi...isnt a shtick. Another one is when Harley makes fun of the Arrow Cave, and suggests it to be called \"The Quiver\" to which Green Arrow responds \"This...is actually much better.\" Its so simple as an exchange but i find it great.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2841.0, "score_ratio": 1.4297520661, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pb2fi", "c_root_id_B": "i2peat7", "created_at_utc_A": 1648640241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648642158.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 173, "human_ref_A": "Don't know about the comics, but Professor X and Magneto play chess together in the movies.", "human_ref_B": "Since you put Marvel/DC together in a way, one of my favorites is when the Joker refuses to work and has a near-meltdown when he finds out that Red Skull's whole shtick about being a Nazi...isnt a shtick. Another one is when Harley makes fun of the Arrow Cave, and suggests it to be called \"The Quiver\" to which Green Arrow responds \"This...is actually much better.\" Its so simple as an exchange but i find it great.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1917.0, "score_ratio": 2.3698630137, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2ozl6u", "c_root_id_B": "i2peat7", "created_at_utc_A": 1648631455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648642158.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 173, "human_ref_A": "In JLU The Flash has a sit down with one of his villians. Also Batman TAS has man moments like that too.", "human_ref_B": "Since you put Marvel/DC together in a way, one of my favorites is when the Joker refuses to work and has a near-meltdown when he finds out that Red Skull's whole shtick about being a Nazi...isnt a shtick. Another one is when Harley makes fun of the Arrow Cave, and suggests it to be called \"The Quiver\" to which Green Arrow responds \"This...is actually much better.\" Its so simple as an exchange but i find it great.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10703.0, "score_ratio": 2.8833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2peat7", "c_root_id_B": "i2p9zwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1648642158.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648639566.0, "score_A": 173, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Since you put Marvel/DC together in a way, one of my favorites is when the Joker refuses to work and has a near-meltdown when he finds out that Red Skull's whole shtick about being a Nazi...isnt a shtick. Another one is when Harley makes fun of the Arrow Cave, and suggests it to be called \"The Quiver\" to which Green Arrow responds \"This...is actually much better.\" Its so simple as an exchange but i find it great.", "human_ref_B": "I saw an 1970s era DC comic where the villains and heroes have a baseball game. I don't remember all the details, but the heroes pick Freedom Force Uncle Sam as their side's umpire [because of truth, justice and the American way], and the baddies chose the android Amazo because he was emotionless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2592.0, "score_ratio": 3.2037037037, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2peat7", "c_root_id_B": "i2pcglh", "created_at_utc_A": 1648642158.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648641082.0, "score_A": 173, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Since you put Marvel/DC together in a way, one of my favorites is when the Joker refuses to work and has a near-meltdown when he finds out that Red Skull's whole shtick about being a Nazi...isnt a shtick. Another one is when Harley makes fun of the Arrow Cave, and suggests it to be called \"The Quiver\" to which Green Arrow responds \"This...is actually much better.\" Its so simple as an exchange but i find it great.", "human_ref_B": "There's the episode \"Almost Got Him\" of Batman TAS where Batman's villains are reminiscing over a poker game. Another episode of Justice League has Flash talking down one of his Rogues in a bar.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1076.0, "score_ratio": 5.2424242424, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2ozl6u", "c_root_id_B": "i2p9m4t", "created_at_utc_A": 1648631455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648639317.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 121, "human_ref_A": "In JLU The Flash has a sit down with one of his villians. Also Batman TAS has man moments like that too.", "human_ref_B": "One of my favourite fights, which felt fairly casual by Batman standards was between him and Catman. Catman is trying to warn Batman about another group of villains and the whole time Catman is trying to identify this strange smell on Batman's breath. Turns out it is cilantro from a burrito that Batman had just eaten, which Batman explains in an exasperated manner because Catman isn't fighting seriously.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7862.0, "score_ratio": 2.0166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2ozl6u", "c_root_id_B": "i2pb2fi", "created_at_utc_A": 1648631455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648640241.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "In JLU The Flash has a sit down with one of his villians. Also Batman TAS has man moments like that too.", "human_ref_B": "Don't know about the comics, but Professor X and Magneto play chess together in the movies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8786.0, "score_ratio": 1.2166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2p9zwc", "c_root_id_B": "i2pb2fi", "created_at_utc_A": 1648639566.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648640241.0, "score_A": 54, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "I saw an 1970s era DC comic where the villains and heroes have a baseball game. I don't remember all the details, but the heroes pick Freedom Force Uncle Sam as their side's umpire [because of truth, justice and the American way], and the baddies chose the android Amazo because he was emotionless.", "human_ref_B": "Don't know about the comics, but Professor X and Magneto play chess together in the movies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 675.0, "score_ratio": 1.3518518519, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2p9zwc", "c_root_id_B": "i2pefgv", "created_at_utc_A": 1648639566.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648642231.0, "score_A": 54, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "I saw an 1970s era DC comic where the villains and heroes have a baseball game. I don't remember all the details, but the heroes pick Freedom Force Uncle Sam as their side's umpire [because of truth, justice and the American way], and the baddies chose the android Amazo because he was emotionless.", "human_ref_B": "I remember one time a villain was dying of a terminal illness, and decided to spend his last day with the hero he always fought, because the guy was basically his only friend. I can't which hero and villain it was.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2665.0, "score_ratio": 1.0740740741, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pefgv", "c_root_id_B": "i2pcglh", "created_at_utc_A": 1648642231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648641082.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "I remember one time a villain was dying of a terminal illness, and decided to spend his last day with the hero he always fought, because the guy was basically his only friend. I can't which hero and villain it was.", "human_ref_B": "There's the episode \"Almost Got Him\" of Batman TAS where Batman's villains are reminiscing over a poker game. Another episode of Justice League has Flash talking down one of his Rogues in a bar.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1149.0, "score_ratio": 1.7575757576, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pg2gh", "c_root_id_B": "i2pfl3q", "created_at_utc_A": 1648643133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648642872.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "The Thing, Rhino, Black Cat and Gambit have a weekly poker game in each other's houses regardless of what's going on in their lives. Rogue's not a fan. Granted, nowadays they're mostly all neutral, but Black Cat and Rhino are frequently in the wrong side of history as it were.", "human_ref_B": "Colossus and Wolverine of the X-Men were in a bar in their civilian identities. Colossus was going through relationship issues and was being a huge angsty dick about it, at least from Wolverine's point of view. Wolverine realized from the scent that the big guy at the end of the bar was Cain Marko, the Unstoppable Juggernaut, also out in his civvies. Wolverine arranged a knockdown smash up of a barfight between Colossus and Juggernaut because he was sure Colossus getting smacked around would be good for what ailed him. No super crime, no world in peril, just a friendly neighborhood curbstomp.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 261.0, "score_ratio": 1.3870967742, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pcglh", "c_root_id_B": "i2pg2gh", "created_at_utc_A": 1648641082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648643133.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "There's the episode \"Almost Got Him\" of Batman TAS where Batman's villains are reminiscing over a poker game. Another episode of Justice League has Flash talking down one of his Rogues in a bar.", "human_ref_B": "The Thing, Rhino, Black Cat and Gambit have a weekly poker game in each other's houses regardless of what's going on in their lives. Rogue's not a fan. Granted, nowadays they're mostly all neutral, but Black Cat and Rhino are frequently in the wrong side of history as it were.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2051.0, "score_ratio": 1.303030303, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2po3kj", "c_root_id_B": "i2phg63", "created_at_utc_A": 1648647116.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648643872.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "In young justice there is a scene where Superboy and Icicle Jr are fighting. Junior mentions that he hates Superboy for ruining his chances to get with Ms Martian. Superboy tells him that he and Ms Martian are actually together and have gotten engaged. Junior congratulates Superboy right before getting knocked out.", "human_ref_B": "I've always been a fan of Flash and Ultra Humanite's Christmas \"fight\". UH wanted to blow up the Museum of Modern Art...on Christmas, because nobody would be there to get hurt. Flash, on his way back to an orphanage to deliver gifts, gets into a scrap with him, and one of the presents breaks. Humanite calls off the bombing, repairs the toy, *and* helps Flash make the delivery!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3244.0, "score_ratio": 1.3870967742, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2po3kj", "c_root_id_B": "i2pfl3q", "created_at_utc_A": 1648647116.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648642872.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "In young justice there is a scene where Superboy and Icicle Jr are fighting. Junior mentions that he hates Superboy for ruining his chances to get with Ms Martian. Superboy tells him that he and Ms Martian are actually together and have gotten engaged. Junior congratulates Superboy right before getting knocked out.", "human_ref_B": "Colossus and Wolverine of the X-Men were in a bar in their civilian identities. Colossus was going through relationship issues and was being a huge angsty dick about it, at least from Wolverine's point of view. Wolverine realized from the scent that the big guy at the end of the bar was Cain Marko, the Unstoppable Juggernaut, also out in his civvies. Wolverine arranged a knockdown smash up of a barfight between Colossus and Juggernaut because he was sure Colossus getting smacked around would be good for what ailed him. No super crime, no world in peril, just a friendly neighborhood curbstomp.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4244.0, "score_ratio": 1.3870967742, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pcglh", "c_root_id_B": "i2po3kj", "created_at_utc_A": 1648641082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648647116.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "There's the episode \"Almost Got Him\" of Batman TAS where Batman's villains are reminiscing over a poker game. Another episode of Justice League has Flash talking down one of his Rogues in a bar.", "human_ref_B": "In young justice there is a scene where Superboy and Icicle Jr are fighting. Junior mentions that he hates Superboy for ruining his chances to get with Ms Martian. Superboy tells him that he and Ms Martian are actually together and have gotten engaged. Junior congratulates Superboy right before getting knocked out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6034.0, "score_ratio": 1.303030303, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2pu0s9", "c_root_id_B": "i2psa1k", "created_at_utc_A": 1648649724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648648974.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Batman: Rebirth #48-49 has two. Batman and Catwoman got engaged earlier and the Joker heard about it so he lures Batman to a church by killing hostages there. When he runs out of hostages and Batman is about to beat his ass he turns the gun on himself and threatens to commit suicide if Batman tries anything. So Batman does nothing and the Joker monologues the whole time casually like he does and he kneels down and asks Batman to pray with him. Batman does which is the first moment when they're just not fighting. Then a bomb in the cross gets detonated and Batman is knocked out. So Catwoman gets involved and she fights the Joker and she slashes his throat and he shoots her and they're both bleeding out for a while. Neither can move without taking their hands off their wounds so they're forced to just sit and chat. They reminisce about the old days, tell jokes, talk about the wedding, talk about Batman, talk about other villains, and what they really think about each other like old friends catching up on gossip. It's funny and in-character and also a bit sad. Joker eventually passes out and Batman wakes up and Catwoman laughs about it all. It's my favourite comic of all time which is probably a weird choice. If you like heroes and villains doing casual shit then you'd probably enjoy the animated Harley Quinn TV show. It's full of that kind of stuff.", "human_ref_B": "Killer Croc is Roy Harper's (Arsenal) AA sponser.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 750.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ts21k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What are some interesting casual moments between heroes and villains? It's a bit of an odd question, to the point where I'm not even sure that it would be added into comics and the sort because it doesn't seem like it would be good writing, but has a Hero ever just acted casually around a villain? Like, the thought occurred to me while I was re-watching an old scene in one of the batman cartoons where all the villains just hang out, play poker and swap stories about how they almost beat batman and, it always occurred to me, that the scene would be a lot funnier if Batman occasionally joined them for a round of cards. Maybe not Batman, but it seems like there would be at least one or two heroes that come to mind who would sit and have a beer or something with one of their old villains.", "c_root_id_A": "i2psa1k", "c_root_id_B": "i2pthiy", "created_at_utc_A": 1648648974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648649494.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Killer Croc is Roy Harper's (Arsenal) AA sponser.", "human_ref_B": "Red Mask, an old-school villain, was invading a city with an army of (really crappy) combat robots, and DC's Animal Man caught him on a rooftop. And they talk. It turns out the villain touched a glowing meteorite when he was a teenager, hoping he'd get a cool superpower like flight. When he patted his loyal dog on the head he discovered he'd gotten a death touch instead. \"A death touch. Can you believe it? All those mystery-men that could lift trucks or fly, and I had to get a death touch. The one thing I always wanted was to be able to fly. Maybe if I'd just found a different meteor.\" Now old and discouraged and dying of a terminal illness, he'd decided on a last hurrah - so he got some bargain-basement robots and attacked the city. Animal Man: \"I don't know, you just don't seem like a supervillain to me.\" Red Mask: \"I've got a skull on my chest, a death touch and an army of killer robots. Are you new to this super-hero thing?\" https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Animal_Man_Vol_1_7", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 520.0, "score_ratio": 1.2083333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "isaz082", "c_root_id_B": "is9t0rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665763787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665743773.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think a well run military would give a promotion for a heroic/crucial act during a battle. That's what awards are for. He also wasn't in the military, just a kid that accidentally ended up flying a combat mission and then left to be trained as a Jedi.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20014.0, "score_ratio": 70.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "isa1ve4", "c_root_id_B": "is9t0rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665749396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665743773.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yes, he received a very special gift from the Queen ten years later. He wasn't a member of the Naboo Royal Navy, though. He went on to became a Jedi Padawan with no connection to Naboo, so there was no rank to promote", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5623.0, "score_ratio": 51.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "is9t0rv", "c_root_id_B": "isb8lxu", "created_at_utc_A": 1665743773.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665767692.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Anakin got the following rewards out of it: 1. The personal interest of the Chancellor of the Republic 2. The Queen of Naboo as future wife 3. A position in the Jedi Order I think he did alright. At least until he forgot the power of the high ground.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23919.0, "score_ratio": 30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "is9t0rv", "c_root_id_B": "isa5vqu", "created_at_utc_A": 1665743773.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751509.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Did you see the parade at the end of the movie?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7736.0, "score_ratio": 31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "is9ydm0", "c_root_id_B": "is9t0rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665747380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665743773.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "TBF he didn't fly in that battle, he was in a pod-race so I don't think it counts", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "iscif3w", "c_root_id_B": "is9t0rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665786319.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665743773.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I would say Queen Amidala rewarded him nicely albeit belated.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "iscew4d", "c_root_id_B": "is9t0rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665784751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665743773.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the Clone Wars series, during the Umbara arc I think, one of the clones mentioned the fact that Anakin took out the Lucrehulk when he was a kid. So he definitely got some recognition.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40978.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "isbq9bf", "c_root_id_B": "is9t0rv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665774767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665743773.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Recognition, yes. But since he wasn't in the Naboo military he could hardly be promoted.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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He also wasn't in the military, just a kid that accidentally ended up flying a combat mission and then left to be trained as a Jedi.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, he received a very special gift from the Queen ten years later. He wasn't a member of the Naboo Royal Navy, though. He went on to became a Jedi Padawan with no connection to Naboo, so there was no rank to promote", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14391.0, "score_ratio": 1.3725490196, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "isaz082", "c_root_id_B": "isa5vqu", "created_at_utc_A": 1665763787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751509.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "I don't think a well run military would give a promotion for a heroic/crucial act during a battle. That's what awards are for. He also wasn't in the military, just a kid that accidentally ended up flying a combat mission and then left to be trained as a Jedi.", "human_ref_B": "Did you see the parade at the end of the movie?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12278.0, "score_ratio": 2.2580645161, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "is9ydm0", "c_root_id_B": "isaz082", "created_at_utc_A": 1665747380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665763787.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 70, "human_ref_A": "TBF he didn't fly in that battle, he was in a pod-race so I don't think it counts", "human_ref_B": "I don't think a well run military would give a promotion for a heroic/crucial act during a battle. That's what awards are for. He also wasn't in the military, just a kid that accidentally ended up flying a combat mission and then left to be trained as a Jedi.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16407.0, "score_ratio": 5.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "is9ydm0", "c_root_id_B": "isa1ve4", "created_at_utc_A": 1665747380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665749396.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "TBF he didn't fly in that battle, he was in a pod-race so I don't think it counts", "human_ref_B": "Yes, he received a very special gift from the Queen ten years later. He wasn't a member of the Naboo Royal Navy, though. He went on to became a Jedi Padawan with no connection to Naboo, so there was no rank to promote", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2016.0, "score_ratio": 3.9230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "isb8lxu", "c_root_id_B": "is9ydm0", "created_at_utc_A": 1665767692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665747380.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Anakin got the following rewards out of it: 1. The personal interest of the Chancellor of the Republic 2. The Queen of Naboo as future wife 3. A position in the Jedi Order I think he did alright. At least until he forgot the power of the high ground.", "human_ref_B": "TBF he didn't fly in that battle, he was in a pod-race so I don't think it counts", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20312.0, "score_ratio": 2.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "is9ydm0", "c_root_id_B": "isa5vqu", "created_at_utc_A": 1665747380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665751509.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "TBF he didn't fly in that battle, he was in a pod-race so I don't think it counts", "human_ref_B": "Did you see the parade at the end of the movie?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4129.0, "score_ratio": 2.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "iscew4d", "c_root_id_B": "iscif3w", "created_at_utc_A": 1665784751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665786319.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In the Clone Wars series, during the Umbara arc I think, one of the clones mentioned the fact that Anakin took out the Lucrehulk when he was a kid. So he definitely got some recognition.", "human_ref_B": "I would say Queen Amidala rewarded him nicely albeit belated.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1568.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "iscif3w", "c_root_id_B": "isbq9bf", "created_at_utc_A": 1665786319.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665774767.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I would say Queen Amidala rewarded him nicely albeit belated.", "human_ref_B": "Recognition, yes. But since he wasn't in the Naboo military he could hardly be promoted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11552.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y3qcd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Did child Anakin ever get recognition for his participation in the battle of Naboo? I don't know how the Navy in Naboo works, but since Anakin delivered the critical blow, that would at least be a promotion in rank.", "c_root_id_A": "isbq9bf", "c_root_id_B": "iscew4d", "created_at_utc_A": 1665774767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665784751.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Recognition, yes. But since he wasn't in the Naboo military he could hardly be promoted.", "human_ref_B": "In the Clone Wars series, during the Umbara arc I think, one of the clones mentioned the fact that Anakin took out the Lucrehulk when he was a kid. So he definitely got some recognition.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9984.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw50na", "c_root_id_B": "hhw58zz", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100825.0, "score_A": 89, "score_B": 190, "human_ref_A": "Marvel heroes in general don't seem to be as loved by their world as they are in DC. If Lex Luthor were to exist in 616 I think he'd have a general distaste for all heroes in general, but if he had to solo in I think he'd particularly hate Charles Xavier and Magneto and he'd probably refuse to acknowledge mutants as superior. He'd also try his best to label Prof X and Magneto as radicals and dangerous to society.", "human_ref_B": "Lex's hatred of Superman is personal and targeted. He goes on about how Superman holds back humanity's potential, and on some level he believes that's why he hates Superman, but when pushed it always breaks down to Lex hating Superman because Superman is better than him and stops him from doing whatever selfish and illegal things he was planning on doing. It's not that Superman holds humanity back, it's that Superman has specifically held back Lex. Lex is an incredibly intelligent and resourceful, and often rich, narcissist with a superiority complex. In his mind he is the best human, and if not for Superman he believes he'd probably be ruling the planet, which he sees as his right which Superman stole from him. So in the Marvel universe Lex will turn his ire on whoever it is that he believes is stopping him from achieving his 'true greatness'. It will probably be someone connected to him, either through a personal relationship or proximity, and probably someone who has thwarted one of his plans or he feels has betrayed him. Honestly, for Lex, Superman could be anyone, and it could've been anyone in the DC Universe as well. Superman is just a convenient excuse to explain Lex's failures without admitting to his own shortcomings, and a way to justify his own personal prejudices as being more than simple ignorant bigotry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 87.0, "score_ratio": 2.1348314607, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw05yo", "c_root_id_B": "hhw58zz", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098829.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100825.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 190, "human_ref_A": "In Lex Luthor's mind, Superman is guilty of two sins: stealing Lex's spotlight, and doing so through powers that were unearned. Mutants are a likely target for Luthor, because they go around calling themselves *homo superior*; he would likely trot out the same line about how their power was unearned. But, because most of the world hates mutants, Luthor wouldn't feel like they're stealing his thunder. He would probably work against them, simply because mutant kind is powerful enough to be a threat, but it wouldn't be with the same strident animosity he feels toward Superman. There are other alien god-men running around, like Thor, but the don't enjoy the same level of popularity as Superman, and again would probably not garner the same level of hatred. The real issue here is that there is no analog to Superman in the Marvel universe. Superman is *the* super-hero; he started it all. Lex Luthor is one of the most accomplished human beings in the history of the earth, but Kal El showed up and stole the spotlight. There is no ur-hero in Marvel, and therefore nobody for Luthor to fixate on. Lex Luthor is a *response* to Superman, in the same way the Joker is a response to Batman. Take away their foil, and while they would still exhibit similar behaviors, their primary motivation would be different, and less, than it \"should\" be.", "human_ref_B": "Lex's hatred of Superman is personal and targeted. He goes on about how Superman holds back humanity's potential, and on some level he believes that's why he hates Superman, but when pushed it always breaks down to Lex hating Superman because Superman is better than him and stops him from doing whatever selfish and illegal things he was planning on doing. It's not that Superman holds humanity back, it's that Superman has specifically held back Lex. Lex is an incredibly intelligent and resourceful, and often rich, narcissist with a superiority complex. In his mind he is the best human, and if not for Superman he believes he'd probably be ruling the planet, which he sees as his right which Superman stole from him. So in the Marvel universe Lex will turn his ire on whoever it is that he believes is stopping him from achieving his 'true greatness'. It will probably be someone connected to him, either through a personal relationship or proximity, and probably someone who has thwarted one of his plans or he feels has betrayed him. Honestly, for Lex, Superman could be anyone, and it could've been anyone in the DC Universe as well. Superman is just a convenient excuse to explain Lex's failures without admitting to his own shortcomings, and a way to justify his own personal prejudices as being more than simple ignorant bigotry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1996.0, "score_ratio": 10.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhvz513", "c_root_id_B": "hhw58zz", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100825.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 190, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps Captain Marvel (Danvers)? Started human sure, but she was elevated to something that looks human but isn't by unknowable alien technology. To Lex, that's probably enough of an excuse. Her raw power set is similar too - all around superhuman, enhanced strength, stamina, durability, environmental and bodily resistance, odd energy manipulation abilities, when pushed to the limits becomes impossibly powerful, etc. She's perhaps not quite as all-present or all-inspiring as the Man of Steel, but it might be close enough.", "human_ref_B": "Lex's hatred of Superman is personal and targeted. He goes on about how Superman holds back humanity's potential, and on some level he believes that's why he hates Superman, but when pushed it always breaks down to Lex hating Superman because Superman is better than him and stops him from doing whatever selfish and illegal things he was planning on doing. It's not that Superman holds humanity back, it's that Superman has specifically held back Lex. Lex is an incredibly intelligent and resourceful, and often rich, narcissist with a superiority complex. In his mind he is the best human, and if not for Superman he believes he'd probably be ruling the planet, which he sees as his right which Superman stole from him. So in the Marvel universe Lex will turn his ire on whoever it is that he believes is stopping him from achieving his 'true greatness'. It will probably be someone connected to him, either through a personal relationship or proximity, and probably someone who has thwarted one of his plans or he feels has betrayed him. Honestly, for Lex, Superman could be anyone, and it could've been anyone in the DC Universe as well. Superman is just a convenient excuse to explain Lex's failures without admitting to his own shortcomings, and a way to justify his own personal prejudices as being more than simple ignorant bigotry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2399.0, "score_ratio": 13.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw58zz", "c_root_id_B": "hhvyqdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098262.0, "score_A": 190, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Lex's hatred of Superman is personal and targeted. He goes on about how Superman holds back humanity's potential, and on some level he believes that's why he hates Superman, but when pushed it always breaks down to Lex hating Superman because Superman is better than him and stops him from doing whatever selfish and illegal things he was planning on doing. It's not that Superman holds humanity back, it's that Superman has specifically held back Lex. Lex is an incredibly intelligent and resourceful, and often rich, narcissist with a superiority complex. In his mind he is the best human, and if not for Superman he believes he'd probably be ruling the planet, which he sees as his right which Superman stole from him. So in the Marvel universe Lex will turn his ire on whoever it is that he believes is stopping him from achieving his 'true greatness'. It will probably be someone connected to him, either through a personal relationship or proximity, and probably someone who has thwarted one of his plans or he feels has betrayed him. Honestly, for Lex, Superman could be anyone, and it could've been anyone in the DC Universe as well. Superman is just a convenient excuse to explain Lex's failures without admitting to his own shortcomings, and a way to justify his own personal prejudices as being more than simple ignorant bigotry.", "human_ref_B": "Probably Jean Grey, Xavier... I'm intrigued about his opinion on Magneto.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2563.0, "score_ratio": 15.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw0e1d", "c_root_id_B": "hhw58zz", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100825.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 190, "human_ref_A": "Honestly I couldn't see him having any fixation like superman because noone in marvel has the reputation superman has in DC. Superman is too iconic. So my guess is that Luthor would instead target the X-Men due to the \"threat\" of being overrun. I could see him just being rude to thor a lot due to him being an alien, all aliens too", "human_ref_B": "Lex's hatred of Superman is personal and targeted. He goes on about how Superman holds back humanity's potential, and on some level he believes that's why he hates Superman, but when pushed it always breaks down to Lex hating Superman because Superman is better than him and stops him from doing whatever selfish and illegal things he was planning on doing. It's not that Superman holds humanity back, it's that Superman has specifically held back Lex. Lex is an incredibly intelligent and resourceful, and often rich, narcissist with a superiority complex. In his mind he is the best human, and if not for Superman he believes he'd probably be ruling the planet, which he sees as his right which Superman stole from him. So in the Marvel universe Lex will turn his ire on whoever it is that he believes is stopping him from achieving his 'true greatness'. It will probably be someone connected to him, either through a personal relationship or proximity, and probably someone who has thwarted one of his plans or he feels has betrayed him. Honestly, for Lex, Superman could be anyone, and it could've been anyone in the DC Universe as well. Superman is just a convenient excuse to explain Lex's failures without admitting to his own shortcomings, and a way to justify his own personal prejudices as being more than simple ignorant bigotry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1908.0, "score_ratio": 14.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw58zz", "c_root_id_B": "hhw14v5", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635099208.0, "score_A": 190, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Lex's hatred of Superman is personal and targeted. He goes on about how Superman holds back humanity's potential, and on some level he believes that's why he hates Superman, but when pushed it always breaks down to Lex hating Superman because Superman is better than him and stops him from doing whatever selfish and illegal things he was planning on doing. It's not that Superman holds humanity back, it's that Superman has specifically held back Lex. Lex is an incredibly intelligent and resourceful, and often rich, narcissist with a superiority complex. In his mind he is the best human, and if not for Superman he believes he'd probably be ruling the planet, which he sees as his right which Superman stole from him. So in the Marvel universe Lex will turn his ire on whoever it is that he believes is stopping him from achieving his 'true greatness'. It will probably be someone connected to him, either through a personal relationship or proximity, and probably someone who has thwarted one of his plans or he feels has betrayed him. Honestly, for Lex, Superman could be anyone, and it could've been anyone in the DC Universe as well. Superman is just a convenient excuse to explain Lex's failures without admitting to his own shortcomings, and a way to justify his own personal prejudices as being more than simple ignorant bigotry.", "human_ref_B": "I don\u2019t think here is such an individual on 616 Earth. The way society and superhuman have developed on 616 Earth has nothing to do with how it\u2019s unfolded on DC Earth. Had Luthor been born and raised in 616 NYC, I think it\u2019d be impossible for him to end up with the same POV he did in his original timeline. Superman is painted as an enormous contrast and shock to the rest of the world. That\u2026 just didn\u2019t happen on 616 Earth. There have been superhuman throughout history and they played major roles history-shaping events. 616 NYC is a mecca of superhuman activity. Luthor would have grown up with superhumans being an accepted part of reality. That being said, if we assume that his antipathy for Superman does stem from an intrinsic, deep-rooted resentment towards the concept of superpowered individuals, I could see a 616 Luthor focusing his resentment into anti-mutant work, as he could easily see the rise of *homo superior* as heralding the end of humanity as he knows it and not being okay with that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1617.0, "score_ratio": 23.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw3jcl", "c_root_id_B": "hhw58zz", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100825.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 190, "human_ref_A": "Thor maybe due to the whole better than any human thing", "human_ref_B": "Lex's hatred of Superman is personal and targeted. He goes on about how Superman holds back humanity's potential, and on some level he believes that's why he hates Superman, but when pushed it always breaks down to Lex hating Superman because Superman is better than him and stops him from doing whatever selfish and illegal things he was planning on doing. It's not that Superman holds humanity back, it's that Superman has specifically held back Lex. Lex is an incredibly intelligent and resourceful, and often rich, narcissist with a superiority complex. In his mind he is the best human, and if not for Superman he believes he'd probably be ruling the planet, which he sees as his right which Superman stole from him. So in the Marvel universe Lex will turn his ire on whoever it is that he believes is stopping him from achieving his 'true greatness'. It will probably be someone connected to him, either through a personal relationship or proximity, and probably someone who has thwarted one of his plans or he feels has betrayed him. Honestly, for Lex, Superman could be anyone, and it could've been anyone in the DC Universe as well. Superman is just a convenient excuse to explain Lex's failures without admitting to his own shortcomings, and a way to justify his own personal prejudices as being more than simple ignorant bigotry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 669.0, "score_ratio": 27.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw50na", "c_root_id_B": "hhw05yo", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098829.0, "score_A": 89, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Marvel heroes in general don't seem to be as loved by their world as they are in DC. If Lex Luthor were to exist in 616 I think he'd have a general distaste for all heroes in general, but if he had to solo in I think he'd particularly hate Charles Xavier and Magneto and he'd probably refuse to acknowledge mutants as superior. He'd also try his best to label Prof X and Magneto as radicals and dangerous to society.", "human_ref_B": "In Lex Luthor's mind, Superman is guilty of two sins: stealing Lex's spotlight, and doing so through powers that were unearned. Mutants are a likely target for Luthor, because they go around calling themselves *homo superior*; he would likely trot out the same line about how their power was unearned. But, because most of the world hates mutants, Luthor wouldn't feel like they're stealing his thunder. He would probably work against them, simply because mutant kind is powerful enough to be a threat, but it wouldn't be with the same strident animosity he feels toward Superman. There are other alien god-men running around, like Thor, but the don't enjoy the same level of popularity as Superman, and again would probably not garner the same level of hatred. The real issue here is that there is no analog to Superman in the Marvel universe. Superman is *the* super-hero; he started it all. Lex Luthor is one of the most accomplished human beings in the history of the earth, but Kal El showed up and stole the spotlight. There is no ur-hero in Marvel, and therefore nobody for Luthor to fixate on. Lex Luthor is a *response* to Superman, in the same way the Joker is a response to Batman. Take away their foil, and while they would still exhibit similar behaviors, their primary motivation would be different, and less, than it \"should\" be.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1909.0, "score_ratio": 4.9444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhvz513", "c_root_id_B": "hhw50na", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100738.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 89, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps Captain Marvel (Danvers)? Started human sure, but she was elevated to something that looks human but isn't by unknowable alien technology. To Lex, that's probably enough of an excuse. Her raw power set is similar too - all around superhuman, enhanced strength, stamina, durability, environmental and bodily resistance, odd energy manipulation abilities, when pushed to the limits becomes impossibly powerful, etc. She's perhaps not quite as all-present or all-inspiring as the Man of Steel, but it might be close enough.", "human_ref_B": "Marvel heroes in general don't seem to be as loved by their world as they are in DC. If Lex Luthor were to exist in 616 I think he'd have a general distaste for all heroes in general, but if he had to solo in I think he'd particularly hate Charles Xavier and Magneto and he'd probably refuse to acknowledge mutants as superior. He'd also try his best to label Prof X and Magneto as radicals and dangerous to society.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2312.0, "score_ratio": 6.3571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw50na", "c_root_id_B": "hhvyqdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098262.0, "score_A": 89, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Marvel heroes in general don't seem to be as loved by their world as they are in DC. If Lex Luthor were to exist in 616 I think he'd have a general distaste for all heroes in general, but if he had to solo in I think he'd particularly hate Charles Xavier and Magneto and he'd probably refuse to acknowledge mutants as superior. He'd also try his best to label Prof X and Magneto as radicals and dangerous to society.", "human_ref_B": "Probably Jean Grey, Xavier... I'm intrigued about his opinion on Magneto.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2476.0, "score_ratio": 7.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw0e1d", "c_root_id_B": "hhw50na", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100738.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 89, "human_ref_A": "Honestly I couldn't see him having any fixation like superman because noone in marvel has the reputation superman has in DC. Superman is too iconic. So my guess is that Luthor would instead target the X-Men due to the \"threat\" of being overrun. I could see him just being rude to thor a lot due to him being an alien, all aliens too", "human_ref_B": "Marvel heroes in general don't seem to be as loved by their world as they are in DC. If Lex Luthor were to exist in 616 I think he'd have a general distaste for all heroes in general, but if he had to solo in I think he'd particularly hate Charles Xavier and Magneto and he'd probably refuse to acknowledge mutants as superior. He'd also try his best to label Prof X and Magneto as radicals and dangerous to society.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1821.0, "score_ratio": 6.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw14v5", "c_root_id_B": "hhw50na", "created_at_utc_A": 1635099208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100738.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 89, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t think here is such an individual on 616 Earth. The way society and superhuman have developed on 616 Earth has nothing to do with how it\u2019s unfolded on DC Earth. Had Luthor been born and raised in 616 NYC, I think it\u2019d be impossible for him to end up with the same POV he did in his original timeline. Superman is painted as an enormous contrast and shock to the rest of the world. That\u2026 just didn\u2019t happen on 616 Earth. There have been superhuman throughout history and they played major roles history-shaping events. 616 NYC is a mecca of superhuman activity. Luthor would have grown up with superhumans being an accepted part of reality. That being said, if we assume that his antipathy for Superman does stem from an intrinsic, deep-rooted resentment towards the concept of superpowered individuals, I could see a 616 Luthor focusing his resentment into anti-mutant work, as he could easily see the rise of *homo superior* as heralding the end of humanity as he knows it and not being okay with that.", "human_ref_B": "Marvel heroes in general don't seem to be as loved by their world as they are in DC. If Lex Luthor were to exist in 616 I think he'd have a general distaste for all heroes in general, but if he had to solo in I think he'd particularly hate Charles Xavier and Magneto and he'd probably refuse to acknowledge mutants as superior. He'd also try his best to label Prof X and Magneto as radicals and dangerous to society.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1530.0, "score_ratio": 11.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw50na", "c_root_id_B": "hhw3jcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100156.0, "score_A": 89, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Marvel heroes in general don't seem to be as loved by their world as they are in DC. If Lex Luthor were to exist in 616 I think he'd have a general distaste for all heroes in general, but if he had to solo in I think he'd particularly hate Charles Xavier and Magneto and he'd probably refuse to acknowledge mutants as superior. He'd also try his best to label Prof X and Magneto as radicals and dangerous to society.", "human_ref_B": "Thor maybe due to the whole better than any human thing", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 582.0, "score_ratio": 12.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw7zix", "c_root_id_B": "hhw05yo", "created_at_utc_A": 1635101917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098829.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "In the Marvel universe, there's enough powerful aliens targeting Earth that IMO Lex wouldn't *have* to hate a hero. That said, I'll raise three candidates, one a hero, the others more villainous. 1) Thor. As an Asgardian noble, Thor is basically the antithesis of what Lex would view as an American way of life. Despite this, Thor often seeks to immerse himself further in human culture, and is very fallible, meaning that Lex may not have the same hatred he has for Superman (remember, Lex doesn't usually know about Superman's attempts to have a secret identity; he just knows him as a big powerful alien guy. If Lex knew, he'd likely not hate him *quite* as much). 2) Magneto. Depending on which version, Magneto varies from wanting to enslave baseline humans to outright killing them, and Lex may well fall prey to Magneto's viewpoint that mutants are a new species; with Lex wanting to stop their ascension at all costs. 3) Dr Doom. Doom would be a rival to Lex on more personal grounds. Put simply, the Earth isn't big enough for them both. Doom, like Lex, is obsessed with his own superiority, and often attempts to establish himself as a ruler (be it in Latveria or as a global dictator) whenever he can. Lex, while more democratic, has much the same ego; and so I don't believe the two would ever dare allow each other to exist.", "human_ref_B": "In Lex Luthor's mind, Superman is guilty of two sins: stealing Lex's spotlight, and doing so through powers that were unearned. Mutants are a likely target for Luthor, because they go around calling themselves *homo superior*; he would likely trot out the same line about how their power was unearned. But, because most of the world hates mutants, Luthor wouldn't feel like they're stealing his thunder. He would probably work against them, simply because mutant kind is powerful enough to be a threat, but it wouldn't be with the same strident animosity he feels toward Superman. There are other alien god-men running around, like Thor, but the don't enjoy the same level of popularity as Superman, and again would probably not garner the same level of hatred. The real issue here is that there is no analog to Superman in the Marvel universe. Superman is *the* super-hero; he started it all. Lex Luthor is one of the most accomplished human beings in the history of the earth, but Kal El showed up and stole the spotlight. There is no ur-hero in Marvel, and therefore nobody for Luthor to fixate on. Lex Luthor is a *response* to Superman, in the same way the Joker is a response to Batman. Take away their foil, and while they would still exhibit similar behaviors, their primary motivation would be different, and less, than it \"should\" be.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3088.0, "score_ratio": 3.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw5c0i", "c_root_id_B": "hhw7zix", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635101917.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "If he knew his secret identity and backstory, Spider-Man? Part of the thing with Lex is that it\u2019s not just that he hates the idea of there being someone better than humanity, it\u2019s that he hates the idea of someone being better than *him*. He\u2019s done shady things to get his power and justifies it as simply human nature, but Superman takes a steaming shit all over that with his unconditional compassion and ironclad morality. If Superman truly is some benevolent hero who will do no wrong, Luthor has to face the idea that he\u2019s just slime. And that\u2019s almost as terrible as stealing forty cakes. Peter could do incredible things if he focused more on himself and dedicated to science, but he refuses to because for Spider-Man, it\u2019s his responsibly to use his powers to ensure nobody suffers because of his inaction like Uncle Ben did. To him, saving a kitten from a tree and helping fastball special Galactus with the Thing holds the same value and importance. Lex\u2019s blood would boil at the idea of someone where he once was choosing to focus on others instead of his own improvement. Plus, getting his powers by a lucky spider bite (or being chosen on a mystical level) of all things? What makes *this* clown deserve that over him?", "human_ref_B": "In the Marvel universe, there's enough powerful aliens targeting Earth that IMO Lex wouldn't *have* to hate a hero. That said, I'll raise three candidates, one a hero, the others more villainous. 1) Thor. As an Asgardian noble, Thor is basically the antithesis of what Lex would view as an American way of life. Despite this, Thor often seeks to immerse himself further in human culture, and is very fallible, meaning that Lex may not have the same hatred he has for Superman (remember, Lex doesn't usually know about Superman's attempts to have a secret identity; he just knows him as a big powerful alien guy. If Lex knew, he'd likely not hate him *quite* as much). 2) Magneto. Depending on which version, Magneto varies from wanting to enslave baseline humans to outright killing them, and Lex may well fall prey to Magneto's viewpoint that mutants are a new species; with Lex wanting to stop their ascension at all costs. 3) Dr Doom. Doom would be a rival to Lex on more personal grounds. Put simply, the Earth isn't big enough for them both. Doom, like Lex, is obsessed with his own superiority, and often attempts to establish himself as a ruler (be it in Latveria or as a global dictator) whenever he can. Lex, while more democratic, has much the same ego; and so I don't believe the two would ever dare allow each other to exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1060.0, "score_ratio": 3.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw7zix", "c_root_id_B": "hhvz513", "created_at_utc_A": 1635101917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098426.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "In the Marvel universe, there's enough powerful aliens targeting Earth that IMO Lex wouldn't *have* to hate a hero. That said, I'll raise three candidates, one a hero, the others more villainous. 1) Thor. As an Asgardian noble, Thor is basically the antithesis of what Lex would view as an American way of life. Despite this, Thor often seeks to immerse himself further in human culture, and is very fallible, meaning that Lex may not have the same hatred he has for Superman (remember, Lex doesn't usually know about Superman's attempts to have a secret identity; he just knows him as a big powerful alien guy. If Lex knew, he'd likely not hate him *quite* as much). 2) Magneto. Depending on which version, Magneto varies from wanting to enslave baseline humans to outright killing them, and Lex may well fall prey to Magneto's viewpoint that mutants are a new species; with Lex wanting to stop their ascension at all costs. 3) Dr Doom. Doom would be a rival to Lex on more personal grounds. Put simply, the Earth isn't big enough for them both. Doom, like Lex, is obsessed with his own superiority, and often attempts to establish himself as a ruler (be it in Latveria or as a global dictator) whenever he can. Lex, while more democratic, has much the same ego; and so I don't believe the two would ever dare allow each other to exist.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps Captain Marvel (Danvers)? Started human sure, but she was elevated to something that looks human but isn't by unknowable alien technology. To Lex, that's probably enough of an excuse. Her raw power set is similar too - all around superhuman, enhanced strength, stamina, durability, environmental and bodily resistance, odd energy manipulation abilities, when pushed to the limits becomes impossibly powerful, etc. She's perhaps not quite as all-present or all-inspiring as the Man of Steel, but it might be close enough.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3491.0, "score_ratio": 4.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhvyqdd", "c_root_id_B": "hhw7zix", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098262.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635101917.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "Probably Jean Grey, Xavier... I'm intrigued about his opinion on Magneto.", "human_ref_B": "In the Marvel universe, there's enough powerful aliens targeting Earth that IMO Lex wouldn't *have* to hate a hero. That said, I'll raise three candidates, one a hero, the others more villainous. 1) Thor. As an Asgardian noble, Thor is basically the antithesis of what Lex would view as an American way of life. Despite this, Thor often seeks to immerse himself further in human culture, and is very fallible, meaning that Lex may not have the same hatred he has for Superman (remember, Lex doesn't usually know about Superman's attempts to have a secret identity; he just knows him as a big powerful alien guy. If Lex knew, he'd likely not hate him *quite* as much). 2) Magneto. Depending on which version, Magneto varies from wanting to enslave baseline humans to outright killing them, and Lex may well fall prey to Magneto's viewpoint that mutants are a new species; with Lex wanting to stop their ascension at all costs. 3) Dr Doom. Doom would be a rival to Lex on more personal grounds. Put simply, the Earth isn't big enough for them both. Doom, like Lex, is obsessed with his own superiority, and often attempts to establish himself as a ruler (be it in Latveria or as a global dictator) whenever he can. Lex, while more democratic, has much the same ego; and so I don't believe the two would ever dare allow each other to exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3655.0, "score_ratio": 5.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw7zix", "c_root_id_B": "hhw0e1d", "created_at_utc_A": 1635101917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098917.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "In the Marvel universe, there's enough powerful aliens targeting Earth that IMO Lex wouldn't *have* to hate a hero. That said, I'll raise three candidates, one a hero, the others more villainous. 1) Thor. As an Asgardian noble, Thor is basically the antithesis of what Lex would view as an American way of life. Despite this, Thor often seeks to immerse himself further in human culture, and is very fallible, meaning that Lex may not have the same hatred he has for Superman (remember, Lex doesn't usually know about Superman's attempts to have a secret identity; he just knows him as a big powerful alien guy. If Lex knew, he'd likely not hate him *quite* as much). 2) Magneto. Depending on which version, Magneto varies from wanting to enslave baseline humans to outright killing them, and Lex may well fall prey to Magneto's viewpoint that mutants are a new species; with Lex wanting to stop their ascension at all costs. 3) Dr Doom. Doom would be a rival to Lex on more personal grounds. Put simply, the Earth isn't big enough for them both. Doom, like Lex, is obsessed with his own superiority, and often attempts to establish himself as a ruler (be it in Latveria or as a global dictator) whenever he can. Lex, while more democratic, has much the same ego; and so I don't believe the two would ever dare allow each other to exist.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly I couldn't see him having any fixation like superman because noone in marvel has the reputation superman has in DC. Superman is too iconic. So my guess is that Luthor would instead target the X-Men due to the \"threat\" of being overrun. I could see him just being rude to thor a lot due to him being an alien, all aliens too", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3000.0, "score_ratio": 4.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw14v5", "c_root_id_B": "hhw7zix", "created_at_utc_A": 1635099208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635101917.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t think here is such an individual on 616 Earth. The way society and superhuman have developed on 616 Earth has nothing to do with how it\u2019s unfolded on DC Earth. Had Luthor been born and raised in 616 NYC, I think it\u2019d be impossible for him to end up with the same POV he did in his original timeline. Superman is painted as an enormous contrast and shock to the rest of the world. That\u2026 just didn\u2019t happen on 616 Earth. There have been superhuman throughout history and they played major roles history-shaping events. 616 NYC is a mecca of superhuman activity. Luthor would have grown up with superhumans being an accepted part of reality. That being said, if we assume that his antipathy for Superman does stem from an intrinsic, deep-rooted resentment towards the concept of superpowered individuals, I could see a 616 Luthor focusing his resentment into anti-mutant work, as he could easily see the rise of *homo superior* as heralding the end of humanity as he knows it and not being okay with that.", "human_ref_B": "In the Marvel universe, there's enough powerful aliens targeting Earth that IMO Lex wouldn't *have* to hate a hero. That said, I'll raise three candidates, one a hero, the others more villainous. 1) Thor. As an Asgardian noble, Thor is basically the antithesis of what Lex would view as an American way of life. Despite this, Thor often seeks to immerse himself further in human culture, and is very fallible, meaning that Lex may not have the same hatred he has for Superman (remember, Lex doesn't usually know about Superman's attempts to have a secret identity; he just knows him as a big powerful alien guy. If Lex knew, he'd likely not hate him *quite* as much). 2) Magneto. Depending on which version, Magneto varies from wanting to enslave baseline humans to outright killing them, and Lex may well fall prey to Magneto's viewpoint that mutants are a new species; with Lex wanting to stop their ascension at all costs. 3) Dr Doom. Doom would be a rival to Lex on more personal grounds. Put simply, the Earth isn't big enough for them both. Doom, like Lex, is obsessed with his own superiority, and often attempts to establish himself as a ruler (be it in Latveria or as a global dictator) whenever he can. Lex, while more democratic, has much the same ego; and so I don't believe the two would ever dare allow each other to exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2709.0, "score_ratio": 7.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw7zix", "c_root_id_B": "hhw3jcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1635101917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100156.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In the Marvel universe, there's enough powerful aliens targeting Earth that IMO Lex wouldn't *have* to hate a hero. That said, I'll raise three candidates, one a hero, the others more villainous. 1) Thor. As an Asgardian noble, Thor is basically the antithesis of what Lex would view as an American way of life. Despite this, Thor often seeks to immerse himself further in human culture, and is very fallible, meaning that Lex may not have the same hatred he has for Superman (remember, Lex doesn't usually know about Superman's attempts to have a secret identity; he just knows him as a big powerful alien guy. If Lex knew, he'd likely not hate him *quite* as much). 2) Magneto. Depending on which version, Magneto varies from wanting to enslave baseline humans to outright killing them, and Lex may well fall prey to Magneto's viewpoint that mutants are a new species; with Lex wanting to stop their ascension at all costs. 3) Dr Doom. Doom would be a rival to Lex on more personal grounds. Put simply, the Earth isn't big enough for them both. Doom, like Lex, is obsessed with his own superiority, and often attempts to establish himself as a ruler (be it in Latveria or as a global dictator) whenever he can. Lex, while more democratic, has much the same ego; and so I don't believe the two would ever dare allow each other to exist.", "human_ref_B": "Thor maybe due to the whole better than any human thing", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1761.0, "score_ratio": 8.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw05yo", "c_root_id_B": "hhvz513", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098829.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098426.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "In Lex Luthor's mind, Superman is guilty of two sins: stealing Lex's spotlight, and doing so through powers that were unearned. Mutants are a likely target for Luthor, because they go around calling themselves *homo superior*; he would likely trot out the same line about how their power was unearned. But, because most of the world hates mutants, Luthor wouldn't feel like they're stealing his thunder. He would probably work against them, simply because mutant kind is powerful enough to be a threat, but it wouldn't be with the same strident animosity he feels toward Superman. There are other alien god-men running around, like Thor, but the don't enjoy the same level of popularity as Superman, and again would probably not garner the same level of hatred. The real issue here is that there is no analog to Superman in the Marvel universe. Superman is *the* super-hero; he started it all. Lex Luthor is one of the most accomplished human beings in the history of the earth, but Kal El showed up and stole the spotlight. There is no ur-hero in Marvel, and therefore nobody for Luthor to fixate on. Lex Luthor is a *response* to Superman, in the same way the Joker is a response to Batman. Take away their foil, and while they would still exhibit similar behaviors, their primary motivation would be different, and less, than it \"should\" be.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps Captain Marvel (Danvers)? Started human sure, but she was elevated to something that looks human but isn't by unknowable alien technology. To Lex, that's probably enough of an excuse. Her raw power set is similar too - all around superhuman, enhanced strength, stamina, durability, environmental and bodily resistance, odd energy manipulation abilities, when pushed to the limits becomes impossibly powerful, etc. She's perhaps not quite as all-present or all-inspiring as the Man of Steel, but it might be close enough.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 403.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhvyqdd", "c_root_id_B": "hhw05yo", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098262.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098829.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Probably Jean Grey, Xavier... I'm intrigued about his opinion on Magneto.", "human_ref_B": "In Lex Luthor's mind, Superman is guilty of two sins: stealing Lex's spotlight, and doing so through powers that were unearned. Mutants are a likely target for Luthor, because they go around calling themselves *homo superior*; he would likely trot out the same line about how their power was unearned. But, because most of the world hates mutants, Luthor wouldn't feel like they're stealing his thunder. He would probably work against them, simply because mutant kind is powerful enough to be a threat, but it wouldn't be with the same strident animosity he feels toward Superman. There are other alien god-men running around, like Thor, but the don't enjoy the same level of popularity as Superman, and again would probably not garner the same level of hatred. The real issue here is that there is no analog to Superman in the Marvel universe. Superman is *the* super-hero; he started it all. Lex Luthor is one of the most accomplished human beings in the history of the earth, but Kal El showed up and stole the spotlight. There is no ur-hero in Marvel, and therefore nobody for Luthor to fixate on. Lex Luthor is a *response* to Superman, in the same way the Joker is a response to Batman. Take away their foil, and while they would still exhibit similar behaviors, their primary motivation would be different, and less, than it \"should\" be.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 567.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhvz513", "c_root_id_B": "hhw5c0i", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100857.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps Captain Marvel (Danvers)? Started human sure, but she was elevated to something that looks human but isn't by unknowable alien technology. To Lex, that's probably enough of an excuse. Her raw power set is similar too - all around superhuman, enhanced strength, stamina, durability, environmental and bodily resistance, odd energy manipulation abilities, when pushed to the limits becomes impossibly powerful, etc. She's perhaps not quite as all-present or all-inspiring as the Man of Steel, but it might be close enough.", "human_ref_B": "If he knew his secret identity and backstory, Spider-Man? Part of the thing with Lex is that it\u2019s not just that he hates the idea of there being someone better than humanity, it\u2019s that he hates the idea of someone being better than *him*. He\u2019s done shady things to get his power and justifies it as simply human nature, but Superman takes a steaming shit all over that with his unconditional compassion and ironclad morality. If Superman truly is some benevolent hero who will do no wrong, Luthor has to face the idea that he\u2019s just slime. And that\u2019s almost as terrible as stealing forty cakes. Peter could do incredible things if he focused more on himself and dedicated to science, but he refuses to because for Spider-Man, it\u2019s his responsibly to use his powers to ensure nobody suffers because of his inaction like Uncle Ben did. To him, saving a kitten from a tree and helping fastball special Galactus with the Thing holds the same value and importance. Lex\u2019s blood would boil at the idea of someone where he once was choosing to focus on others instead of his own improvement. Plus, getting his powers by a lucky spider bite (or being chosen on a mystical level) of all things? What makes *this* clown deserve that over him?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2431.0, "score_ratio": 1.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw5c0i", "c_root_id_B": "hhvyqdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098262.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "If he knew his secret identity and backstory, Spider-Man? Part of the thing with Lex is that it\u2019s not just that he hates the idea of there being someone better than humanity, it\u2019s that he hates the idea of someone being better than *him*. He\u2019s done shady things to get his power and justifies it as simply human nature, but Superman takes a steaming shit all over that with his unconditional compassion and ironclad morality. If Superman truly is some benevolent hero who will do no wrong, Luthor has to face the idea that he\u2019s just slime. And that\u2019s almost as terrible as stealing forty cakes. Peter could do incredible things if he focused more on himself and dedicated to science, but he refuses to because for Spider-Man, it\u2019s his responsibly to use his powers to ensure nobody suffers because of his inaction like Uncle Ben did. To him, saving a kitten from a tree and helping fastball special Galactus with the Thing holds the same value and importance. Lex\u2019s blood would boil at the idea of someone where he once was choosing to focus on others instead of his own improvement. Plus, getting his powers by a lucky spider bite (or being chosen on a mystical level) of all things? What makes *this* clown deserve that over him?", "human_ref_B": "Probably Jean Grey, Xavier... I'm intrigued about his opinion on Magneto.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2595.0, "score_ratio": 1.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw0e1d", "c_root_id_B": "hhw5c0i", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100857.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Honestly I couldn't see him having any fixation like superman because noone in marvel has the reputation superman has in DC. Superman is too iconic. So my guess is that Luthor would instead target the X-Men due to the \"threat\" of being overrun. I could see him just being rude to thor a lot due to him being an alien, all aliens too", "human_ref_B": "If he knew his secret identity and backstory, Spider-Man? Part of the thing with Lex is that it\u2019s not just that he hates the idea of there being someone better than humanity, it\u2019s that he hates the idea of someone being better than *him*. He\u2019s done shady things to get his power and justifies it as simply human nature, but Superman takes a steaming shit all over that with his unconditional compassion and ironclad morality. If Superman truly is some benevolent hero who will do no wrong, Luthor has to face the idea that he\u2019s just slime. And that\u2019s almost as terrible as stealing forty cakes. Peter could do incredible things if he focused more on himself and dedicated to science, but he refuses to because for Spider-Man, it\u2019s his responsibly to use his powers to ensure nobody suffers because of his inaction like Uncle Ben did. To him, saving a kitten from a tree and helping fastball special Galactus with the Thing holds the same value and importance. Lex\u2019s blood would boil at the idea of someone where he once was choosing to focus on others instead of his own improvement. Plus, getting his powers by a lucky spider bite (or being chosen on a mystical level) of all things? What makes *this* clown deserve that over him?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1940.0, "score_ratio": 1.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw14v5", "c_root_id_B": "hhw5c0i", "created_at_utc_A": 1635099208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100857.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t think here is such an individual on 616 Earth. The way society and superhuman have developed on 616 Earth has nothing to do with how it\u2019s unfolded on DC Earth. Had Luthor been born and raised in 616 NYC, I think it\u2019d be impossible for him to end up with the same POV he did in his original timeline. Superman is painted as an enormous contrast and shock to the rest of the world. That\u2026 just didn\u2019t happen on 616 Earth. There have been superhuman throughout history and they played major roles history-shaping events. 616 NYC is a mecca of superhuman activity. Luthor would have grown up with superhumans being an accepted part of reality. That being said, if we assume that his antipathy for Superman does stem from an intrinsic, deep-rooted resentment towards the concept of superpowered individuals, I could see a 616 Luthor focusing his resentment into anti-mutant work, as he could easily see the rise of *homo superior* as heralding the end of humanity as he knows it and not being okay with that.", "human_ref_B": "If he knew his secret identity and backstory, Spider-Man? Part of the thing with Lex is that it\u2019s not just that he hates the idea of there being someone better than humanity, it\u2019s that he hates the idea of someone being better than *him*. He\u2019s done shady things to get his power and justifies it as simply human nature, but Superman takes a steaming shit all over that with his unconditional compassion and ironclad morality. If Superman truly is some benevolent hero who will do no wrong, Luthor has to face the idea that he\u2019s just slime. And that\u2019s almost as terrible as stealing forty cakes. Peter could do incredible things if he focused more on himself and dedicated to science, but he refuses to because for Spider-Man, it\u2019s his responsibly to use his powers to ensure nobody suffers because of his inaction like Uncle Ben did. To him, saving a kitten from a tree and helping fastball special Galactus with the Thing holds the same value and importance. Lex\u2019s blood would boil at the idea of someone where he once was choosing to focus on others instead of his own improvement. Plus, getting his powers by a lucky spider bite (or being chosen on a mystical level) of all things? What makes *this* clown deserve that over him?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1649.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw5c0i", "c_root_id_B": "hhw3jcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100156.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "If he knew his secret identity and backstory, Spider-Man? Part of the thing with Lex is that it\u2019s not just that he hates the idea of there being someone better than humanity, it\u2019s that he hates the idea of someone being better than *him*. He\u2019s done shady things to get his power and justifies it as simply human nature, but Superman takes a steaming shit all over that with his unconditional compassion and ironclad morality. If Superman truly is some benevolent hero who will do no wrong, Luthor has to face the idea that he\u2019s just slime. And that\u2019s almost as terrible as stealing forty cakes. Peter could do incredible things if he focused more on himself and dedicated to science, but he refuses to because for Spider-Man, it\u2019s his responsibly to use his powers to ensure nobody suffers because of his inaction like Uncle Ben did. To him, saving a kitten from a tree and helping fastball special Galactus with the Thing holds the same value and importance. Lex\u2019s blood would boil at the idea of someone where he once was choosing to focus on others instead of his own improvement. Plus, getting his powers by a lucky spider bite (or being chosen on a mystical level) of all things? What makes *this* clown deserve that over him?", "human_ref_B": "Thor maybe due to the whole better than any human thing", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 701.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhvz513", "c_root_id_B": "hhvyqdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098262.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps Captain Marvel (Danvers)? Started human sure, but she was elevated to something that looks human but isn't by unknowable alien technology. To Lex, that's probably enough of an excuse. Her raw power set is similar too - all around superhuman, enhanced strength, stamina, durability, environmental and bodily resistance, odd energy manipulation abilities, when pushed to the limits becomes impossibly powerful, etc. She's perhaps not quite as all-present or all-inspiring as the Man of Steel, but it might be close enough.", "human_ref_B": "Probably Jean Grey, Xavier... I'm intrigued about his opinion on Magneto.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 164.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw0e1d", "c_root_id_B": "hhvyqdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1635098917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635098262.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Honestly I couldn't see him having any fixation like superman because noone in marvel has the reputation superman has in DC. Superman is too iconic. So my guess is that Luthor would instead target the X-Men due to the \"threat\" of being overrun. I could see him just being rude to thor a lot due to him being an alien, all aliens too", "human_ref_B": "Probably Jean Grey, Xavier... I'm intrigued about his opinion on Magneto.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 655.0, "score_ratio": 1.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw14v5", "c_root_id_B": "hhya0m9", "created_at_utc_A": 1635099208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635137991.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t think here is such an individual on 616 Earth. The way society and superhuman have developed on 616 Earth has nothing to do with how it\u2019s unfolded on DC Earth. Had Luthor been born and raised in 616 NYC, I think it\u2019d be impossible for him to end up with the same POV he did in his original timeline. Superman is painted as an enormous contrast and shock to the rest of the world. That\u2026 just didn\u2019t happen on 616 Earth. There have been superhuman throughout history and they played major roles history-shaping events. 616 NYC is a mecca of superhuman activity. Luthor would have grown up with superhumans being an accepted part of reality. That being said, if we assume that his antipathy for Superman does stem from an intrinsic, deep-rooted resentment towards the concept of superpowered individuals, I could see a 616 Luthor focusing his resentment into anti-mutant work, as he could easily see the rise of *homo superior* as heralding the end of humanity as he knows it and not being okay with that.", "human_ref_B": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38783.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhwydzq", "c_root_id_B": "hhya0m9", "created_at_utc_A": 1635112929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635137991.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Mr. Fantastic. Luthor would be the American Doom. He would manipulate Osborne, Fisk, and Octavius to his bidding as well: \"Richards is not better than us, he just has better PR and a stretchy brain! He cheats at the one thing we all are best at... What did he ever build or do before those damned cosmic rays?!\"", "human_ref_B": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25062.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhya0m9", "c_root_id_B": "hhw3jcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1635137991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635100156.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "human_ref_B": "Thor maybe due to the whole better than any human thing", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37835.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhya0m9", "c_root_id_B": "hhwmjns", "created_at_utc_A": 1635137991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635107836.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "human_ref_B": "It wouldn't have the same Us-vs-Aliens flavor, but Lex and Stark would have an absolutely brutal (and hilarious) rivalry.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30155.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhya0m9", "c_root_id_B": "hhwphy7", "created_at_utc_A": 1635137991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635109039.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "human_ref_B": "Gets misled by Daily Bugle propaganda, begins to hate Spider-Man", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28952.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhwyaej", "c_root_id_B": "hhya0m9", "created_at_utc_A": 1635112884.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635137991.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Great questions and even better comment. Never thought about lex being compare to doom.", "human_ref_B": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25107.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhya0m9", "c_root_id_B": "hhy318l", "created_at_utc_A": 1635137991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635133512.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "human_ref_B": "With Lex, it's not about making the world a better place, it's about ego. Superman ruins Lex's idea that the world revolves around Lex and exists only to praise him. That said, he'd never be able to share the spotlight with a figure like Tony Stark. They'd be natural corporate rivals, but Lex would never come to terms with the idea that Tony was *also* a beloved public figure and superhero. It'd be like the rivalry with Justin Hammer from Iron Man 2, except that Lex is actually a real intellectual rival for Tony. Lex wouldn't be able to resist building his own power armor and going toe to toe with Iron Man.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4479.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhya0m9", "c_root_id_B": "hhy46e8", "created_at_utc_A": 1635137991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635134189.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "human_ref_B": "Mutants. Any and all mutants, but he'd probably go after Professor X. Luthor is basically a better Bolivar Trask.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3802.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhya0m9", "c_root_id_B": "hhxjyc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1635137991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635123464.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I have to wonder, would Luthor\u2019s hatred be flipped in Marvel? One way of looking at it is that Superman is hated because he represents \u2018the unobtainable other\u2019. A peak that a *normal human* could never reach, rendering *normal human* accomplishments irrelevant. The other DC heroes are more irritants, mostly because they *dare* to get in his way or *dare* to ally themselves with Superman. I mean, he might try and slap down Green Lantern if GL stopped a scheme or was assisting Superman (or go after him when setting up a future scheme against Supes), but otherwise would just dismiss GL entirely. Luthor is probably fully convinced that, if necessary, he could figure out a way to either steal a GL ring or imitate the powers he needed or just shut down GL\u2019s abilities. So, when we look at people like the X-Men or Iron Man, Luthor would likely assume he could deal with their powers and abilities. \u201cIf they ever act against me too hard, I will invent something that reverts mutants to normal humans\u201d\u2026 or, \u201cI can build a set of power armor better that that red and gold monstrosity\u201d. So, they\u2019d be considered irrelevant. Someone like Thor comes closer. But he\u2019s less of that \u2018pure paragon\u2019 that Superman is. And he has more counters to his powers and abilities. I think Thor would be about on the level that Wonder Woman is, in Luthor\u2019s consideration. Someone to be wary of, to create contingency plans for, but ultimately someone he can deal with. No, I think Marvel Luthor\u2019s ire would be focused in an entirely different direction\u2026 an entirely different sort of rival. Someone with a cold arrogance, moralizing against Luthor\u2019s excesses, and looking down on \u2018normal\u2019 humans. With powers that Luthor cannot ever have (though he will come up with what counters and contingencies that he can). Dr. Stephen Strange. Think about it. His magic is something outside of Luthor\u2019s grasp. His battles against mystical threats, if made public, would overshadow Luthor\u2019s achievements. It *would* turn the conflict from \u2018human versus alien\u2019 into \u2018man of science versus man of magic\u2019, but I could very much see that being in his personality.", "human_ref_B": "He would likely hate all mutants, especially the Avengers. But his greatest nemesis may very well be Dr. DOOM.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14527.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhw3jcl", "c_root_id_B": "hhwydzq", "created_at_utc_A": 1635100156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635112929.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Thor maybe due to the whole better than any human thing", "human_ref_B": "Mr. Fantastic. Luthor would be the American Doom. He would manipulate Osborne, Fisk, and Octavius to his bidding as well: \"Richards is not better than us, he just has better PR and a stretchy brain! He cheats at the one thing we all are best at... What did he ever build or do before those damned cosmic rays?!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12773.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhwmjns", "c_root_id_B": "hhwydzq", "created_at_utc_A": 1635107836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635112929.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It wouldn't have the same Us-vs-Aliens flavor, but Lex and Stark would have an absolutely brutal (and hilarious) rivalry.", "human_ref_B": "Mr. Fantastic. Luthor would be the American Doom. He would manipulate Osborne, Fisk, and Octavius to his bidding as well: \"Richards is not better than us, he just has better PR and a stretchy brain! He cheats at the one thing we all are best at... What did he ever build or do before those damned cosmic rays?!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5093.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhwydzq", "c_root_id_B": "hhwphy7", "created_at_utc_A": 1635112929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635109039.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Mr. Fantastic. Luthor would be the American Doom. He would manipulate Osborne, Fisk, and Octavius to his bidding as well: \"Richards is not better than us, he just has better PR and a stretchy brain! He cheats at the one thing we all are best at... What did he ever build or do before those damned cosmic rays?!\"", "human_ref_B": "Gets misled by Daily Bugle propaganda, begins to hate Spider-Man", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3890.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhwydzq", "c_root_id_B": "hhwyaej", "created_at_utc_A": 1635112929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635112884.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Mr. Fantastic. Luthor would be the American Doom. He would manipulate Osborne, Fisk, and Octavius to his bidding as well: \"Richards is not better than us, he just has better PR and a stretchy brain! He cheats at the one thing we all are best at... What did he ever build or do before those damned cosmic rays?!\"", "human_ref_B": "Great questions and even better comment. Never thought about lex being compare to doom.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhxjyc6", "c_root_id_B": "hhy318l", "created_at_utc_A": 1635123464.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635133512.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He would likely hate all mutants, especially the Avengers. But his greatest nemesis may very well be Dr. DOOM.", "human_ref_B": "With Lex, it's not about making the world a better place, it's about ego. Superman ruins Lex's idea that the world revolves around Lex and exists only to praise him. That said, he'd never be able to share the spotlight with a figure like Tony Stark. They'd be natural corporate rivals, but Lex would never come to terms with the idea that Tony was *also* a beloved public figure and superhero. It'd be like the rivalry with Justin Hammer from Iron Man 2, except that Lex is actually a real intellectual rival for Tony. Lex wouldn't be able to resist building his own power armor and going toe to toe with Iron Man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10048.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhxjyc6", "c_root_id_B": "hhy46e8", "created_at_utc_A": 1635123464.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635134189.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He would likely hate all mutants, especially the Avengers. But his greatest nemesis may very well be Dr. DOOM.", "human_ref_B": "Mutants. Any and all mutants, but he'd probably go after Professor X. Luthor is basically a better Bolivar Trask.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10725.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qex0ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC/Marvel] If Lex Luthor were born in the Marvel universe, what hero would he become fixated on like he is with Superman? Who in 616 would represent \"something no man can be, the end of our potential, the end of our achievements, the end of our dreams\" in his eyes had he been born in New York?", "c_root_id_A": "hhyn8lo", "c_root_id_B": "hhxjyc6", "created_at_utc_A": 1635148485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635123464.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s not on Superman\u2019s tier strength wise but I could see him developing a hatred of Spider-Man like Norman Osborn. The two villains would probably wind up doing business together anyway (both doing a cat and mouse dance of trying to devour each other\u2019s company) and Spider-man would thus be on Lex\u2019 shit list too. Lex is a narcissist with an infinite ego, someone like Spider-Man that goes out of his way to take the piss out of his villains would undoubtedly be infuriating to him. Spider-man isn\u2019t universally loved by everyone like Superman is, but he\u2019s also someone respected by many other heroes and is at times seen as a hero of the people. I don\u2019t think it would take much for Lex to develop a growing grudge against Spidey after he shows up a few times and infuriatingly stops Lex\u2019s plans.", "human_ref_B": "He would likely hate all mutants, especially the Avengers. But his greatest nemesis may very well be Dr. DOOM.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25021.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ea4wz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] How does deflecting blaster fire with a lightsaber work? What keeps the blaster fire from splintering into a rain of smaller blaster bolts when it hits a lightsaber or getting absorb by the lightsaber entirely like the shots from a training remote?", "c_root_id_A": "cjxhsgq", "c_root_id_B": "cjxkg3o", "created_at_utc_A": 1408719803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1408725019.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 104, "human_ref_A": "based on sources that may or may not still be relevant, blaster bolts stay together because of magnetic fields keeping the shot together. A lightsaber keeps its shape from a similar magnetic fields (which also makes it so lightsabers have some resistance when passing through solid objects) and also repels the magnetic fields that are keeping the bolt together", "human_ref_B": "Blaster bolts are either plasma or high energy particles held in place by a magnetic bubble. When they strike a target, that bubble dissipates, releasing its contents to \"splash\" the target with the plasma/particles. Similarly a lightsaber is plasma held in place by a magnetic field. When it strikes a target, that magnetic field is selectively disrupted at the point of impact and heat of the plasma is released. When a blaster bolt strikes a lightsaber, the magnetic bubble of the blaster bolt and the magnetic field of the lightsaber have a fully elastic collision, so neither the bolt nor the lightsaber are disrupted. Both bounce back from the collision. However since the momentum involved is fairly low (momentum = velocity \\* mass and the mass involved is incredibly low), the bounce back of the lightsaber is easily compensated for by the muscles of the wielder, while the bolt is reflected back at the shooter or another target guided by a combination of physics and the force. Ray shielding works against blasters in a very similar fashion. The magnetic bubble of the blaster bounces off the magnetic field of the shield.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5216.0, "score_ratio": 3.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5czoj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Thor: Ragnarok] How fast was Thor flying when he was escaping the dragon? Bonus: how long (in Earth time) had Thor been sitting in the cage during which we saw him talking to the skeleton?", "c_root_id_A": "ejcqe35", "c_root_id_B": "ejcydeo", "created_at_utc_A": 1553535637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553540962.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Skeleton? Do you mean the fire demon Surtur?", "human_ref_B": "A: As fast as he could! Bonus: he had just arrived. That's why he was introducing himself", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5325.0, "score_ratio": -13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5czoj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Thor: Ragnarok] How fast was Thor flying when he was escaping the dragon? Bonus: how long (in Earth time) had Thor been sitting in the cage during which we saw him talking to the skeleton?", "c_root_id_A": "ejcqe35", "c_root_id_B": "ejdnmfp", "created_at_utc_A": 1553535637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553557631.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Skeleton? Do you mean the fire demon Surtur?", "human_ref_B": "Well, there's a mach cone around Mjolnir in that scene so it looks like he broke the sound barrier (767mph) at the very least: https://i.redd.it/inpobsx6ihh01.png It was probably faster than that though. We know Thor caught up to a Quinjet in Avengers 1 and in Dark World we saw Mjolnir leaving/re-entering the atmosphere in seconds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21994.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5czoj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Thor: Ragnarok] How fast was Thor flying when he was escaping the dragon? Bonus: how long (in Earth time) had Thor been sitting in the cage during which we saw him talking to the skeleton?", "c_root_id_A": "ejcqe35", "c_root_id_B": "ejdquki", "created_at_utc_A": 1553535637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553559948.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Skeleton? Do you mean the fire demon Surtur?", "human_ref_B": "Thor doesn't really fly, he's just throwing his hammer really, really hard and holding on to the strap/thong.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24311.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5czoj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Thor: Ragnarok] How fast was Thor flying when he was escaping the dragon? Bonus: how long (in Earth time) had Thor been sitting in the cage during which we saw him talking to the skeleton?", "c_root_id_A": "ejcqe35", "c_root_id_B": "eje29y7", "created_at_utc_A": 1553535637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553568510.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Skeleton? Do you mean the fire demon Surtur?", "human_ref_B": "about 250km/h, which is not as fast as he could fly, but maybe he was weighed down by Surtur's skull-crown", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32873.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tbpyqd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Kung Fu Panda] was the \"dragon warrior\" just a metaphor? Like Po isn't particularly special and anyone can be as strong as him if they just believe in themselves, and ooway made up the whole thing, or was Po literally the chosen one?", "c_root_id_A": "i08px9f", "c_root_id_B": "i08mfgh", "created_at_utc_A": 1647008026.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647006357.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The dragon warrior legend was something Oogway came up with to inspire his beloved student and friend Shifu to expand his understanding and better himself as a person. Tai Lung opened Shifu\u2019s heart but Oogway saw that his ambition and drive were leading him down a dark path, Shifu also needed to learn that his favoritism was not the way and that simply pushing his stufent harder and harder would only end in tears. Recall his last conversation about the peach tree and the illusion of control, Shifu is so certain that he knows the best way to teach kung fu but his methods are neither improving Po nor breaking his spirit. When confronted with Po\u2019s astounding capabilities when he is hungry Shifu realizes there are other ways to seek perfection and sets about bringing forth the dragon warrior from Po. Only when he had been brought to this point can Oogway\u2019s final lesson be understood both by Po and Shifu, and even then it took some time to sink in.", "human_ref_B": "Basically he is apart of the skypanda family", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1669.0, "score_ratio": 6.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tbpyqd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Kung Fu Panda] was the \"dragon warrior\" just a metaphor? Like Po isn't particularly special and anyone can be as strong as him if they just believe in themselves, and ooway made up the whole thing, or was Po literally the chosen one?", "c_root_id_A": "i0actyc", "c_root_id_B": "i0a7dp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1647031515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647029289.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I mean in a world where it takes a lifetime to master Kung fu Po was able to learn fast enough to beat Tai Lung. He had maybe a few weeks of training max? He's a natural prodigy, although I'm not sure if that has anything to do with the dragon warrior scroll which was blank/mirrored anyways", "human_ref_B": "I think the \"Dragon Warrior\" was a general myth to inspire greatness in practitioners of Kung-Fu. I might be wrong, but there's definitely no denying that Po is exceptional since pandas have an intrinsic connection to their chi.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2226.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zsy91x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Fairly odd parents] what do the other fairies do? so we all know that fairies are \"issued\" to every child in the world, infact, timmy isn't even the only kid IN HIS OWN CITY, to have fairy odd parents. (though he seems to be the only one who gets TWO). so...why do all the other fairies just stand by and let timmy both destroy and save the world within the same day? timmy HAS wished for world-altering wishes that affected the ENTIRE POPULATION before. are you telling me no other kid on planet earth simply un-wished his wish? infact, how come no other child in the world has made a world-altering wish? are you telling me there is no child in africa who wished for infinite food?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ams4t", "c_root_id_B": "j1ayb2q", "created_at_utc_A": 1671746717.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671751675.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In reverse order? >are you telling me there is no child in africa who wished for infinite food?\r \r This kind of thing may explain why \"the most miserable children on earth\" are middle class people with relatively minor issues- all the children undergoing extreme suffering simply wished it ended, leaving just these kids. >infact, how come no other child in the world has made a world-altering wish? You'll note that people don't tend to *notice* when Timmy makes a world altering wish, they just go with it. At the very least, they erase all memories afterwards. Or to put it another way, they probably have. >so...why do all the other fairies just stand by and let timmy both destroy and save the world within the same day?\r \r They can't grant wishes without their child's permission.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4958.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zsy91x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Fairly odd parents] what do the other fairies do? so we all know that fairies are \"issued\" to every child in the world, infact, timmy isn't even the only kid IN HIS OWN CITY, to have fairy odd parents. (though he seems to be the only one who gets TWO). so...why do all the other fairies just stand by and let timmy both destroy and save the world within the same day? timmy HAS wished for world-altering wishes that affected the ENTIRE POPULATION before. are you telling me no other kid on planet earth simply un-wished his wish? infact, how come no other child in the world has made a world-altering wish? are you telling me there is no child in africa who wished for infinite food?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ams4t", "c_root_id_B": "j1bdlgu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671746717.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671758642.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": ">so...why do all the other fairies just stand by and let timmy both destroy and save the world within the same day? The problem usually fixes itself in the end, so they see no need to intervene. The fairies might also have rules against interfering with each other's wishes, if the rules are not broken. >timmy HAS wished for world-altering wishes that affected the ENTIRE POPULATION before. are you telling me no other kid on planet earth simply un-wished his wish? He's hardly the first one, although they do tend to be frowned upon. Either the kids are unable to intervene, because wishes are not allowed to directly conflict with one another (and a typical fairy godparent may lack the kind of power they'd need to stop it), or the other kids don't notice/care enough for it to be an issue. >infact, how come no other child in the world has made a world-altering wish? There is. One of the children before Timmy, who had Cosmo and Wanda as their fairy godparents, wished for the death of archduke Franz Ferdinand, plunging the globe into WWI. She would hardly be the first to have done something with similarly wide-ranging consequences. > are you telling me there is no child in africa who wished for infinite food? Possibly not. They're still children, and if they can have food conjured on demand, they're not going to wish for an infinite amount of it. It is also possible that they did, and then undid that wish due to the issues that would be caused by summoning a literal infinity of food.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11925.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uz5vqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] how does mysterio know about them living in 616 earth? In Spider-Man Far from home he said that he knew about different multiverses and that they live in 616, but later in the movie we found out that he was lying. In Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness, Christine Palmer from another universe said that they are indeed from earth 616. Is this a coincidence or is mysterio actually a multiverse expert?", "c_root_id_A": "ia8c54m", "c_root_id_B": "ia8ojk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1653680509.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653686228.0, "score_A": 87, "score_B": 112, "human_ref_A": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/up6hpy/far_from_home_how_did_mysterio_know_our_earth", "human_ref_B": "They're both wrong. It's Earth-199999. Though I don't know why they both got the same wrong number.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5719.0, "score_ratio": 1.2873563218, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uz5vqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] how does mysterio know about them living in 616 earth? In Spider-Man Far from home he said that he knew about different multiverses and that they live in 616, but later in the movie we found out that he was lying. In Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness, Christine Palmer from another universe said that they are indeed from earth 616. Is this a coincidence or is mysterio actually a multiverse expert?", "c_root_id_A": "ia8comb", "c_root_id_B": "ia8ojk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1653680753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653686228.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 112, "human_ref_A": "If the Illuminati are monitoring other multiverses, they may just have \u201coverheard\u201d Mysterio refer to it as 616 and thought \u2018that\u2019ll do\u2019. Still begs the question how Mysterio stumbled into the whole \u2018three digit designation\u2019 angle though.", "human_ref_B": "They're both wrong. It's Earth-199999. Though I don't know why they both got the same wrong number.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5475.0, "score_ratio": 3.7333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uz5vqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] how does mysterio know about them living in 616 earth? In Spider-Man Far from home he said that he knew about different multiverses and that they live in 616, but later in the movie we found out that he was lying. In Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness, Christine Palmer from another universe said that they are indeed from earth 616. Is this a coincidence or is mysterio actually a multiverse expert?", "c_root_id_A": "ia95hgd", "c_root_id_B": "ia99wax", "created_at_utc_A": 1653694562.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653696855.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I don't think he knew. I think he was just bullshitting and happened to be right.", "human_ref_B": "I assume he (or someone on his team) had a dream where he was working in the Illuminati headquarters and the name 616 stuck with him. Either that or he read Selvig's work. I'm guessing he knew it was 616 due to his experience with the Mind Stone", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2293.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uz5vqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] how does mysterio know about them living in 616 earth? In Spider-Man Far from home he said that he knew about different multiverses and that they live in 616, but later in the movie we found out that he was lying. In Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness, Christine Palmer from another universe said that they are indeed from earth 616. Is this a coincidence or is mysterio actually a multiverse expert?", "c_root_id_A": "ia9jftt", "c_root_id_B": "ia95hgd", "created_at_utc_A": 1653701915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653694562.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The mentions of MCU being 616 are just Easter eggs. Officially, it's 199999. The authority that numbers the different universes is the Captain Britain Corps and last I checked, Christine wasn't part of it.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think he knew. I think he was just bullshitting and happened to be right.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7353.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uz5vqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] how does mysterio know about them living in 616 earth? In Spider-Man Far from home he said that he knew about different multiverses and that they live in 616, but later in the movie we found out that he was lying. In Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness, Christine Palmer from another universe said that they are indeed from earth 616. Is this a coincidence or is mysterio actually a multiverse expert?", "c_root_id_A": "ia95hgd", "c_root_id_B": "iaa0r0e", "created_at_utc_A": 1653694562.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653711464.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I don't think he knew. I think he was just bullshitting and happened to be right.", "human_ref_B": "To everyone saying the cinematic universe isn't 616 and it's just an Easter egg, it's been referred to as 616 3 separate times. They wouldn't have also numbered the Illuminati universe if it wasn't going to be a reoccurring thing that's used to tell universes apart", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16902.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uz5vqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] how does mysterio know about them living in 616 earth? In Spider-Man Far from home he said that he knew about different multiverses and that they live in 616, but later in the movie we found out that he was lying. In Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness, Christine Palmer from another universe said that they are indeed from earth 616. Is this a coincidence or is mysterio actually a multiverse expert?", "c_root_id_A": "ia9sufx", "c_root_id_B": "ia95hgd", "created_at_utc_A": 1653706885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653694562.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "See, the thing is, the use of 616 in FFH was *supposed* to be a clue to fans that he was lying, because the MCU is actually Earth-199999 in the Marvel Comics Multiverse. The use of 616 in Doctor Strange is confusing and simply can't be true because the MCU is very clearly *not* the true Earth-616, it is far too different from the comics. The events of the movies and the comics simply can't coexist within the same singular canon. I'm inclined to believe it's either a writing mistake or just a poorly thought out mythology gag.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think he knew. I think he was just bullshitting and happened to be right.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12323.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i0zpad", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Assuming Thor didn\u2019t jump the gun and decpitate Thanos at the beginning of Endgame, what would\u2019ve happened to him? Would he have been embittered by the universe\u2019s response? Would he have been remorseful? What would the remaining planets do with him?", "c_root_id_A": "fzu9f8a", "c_root_id_B": "fzw22bm", "created_at_utc_A": 1596179997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596217724.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think he would have been brought back to Earth and put into custody, then likely a formal (maybe televised) execution. Even if the Avengers knew that was the plan they likely would have gone through with it, their most moral member literally served in a world war that included executions and Thanos just ended half of all life in the galaxy, I doubt he\u2019d object. Every person on the planet would have wanted to watch him killed", "human_ref_B": "Everyone would want a piece of him and blood would be shed in the political jockeying as everyone tries to claim him. Thor saved the galaxy quite a bit of headache by freeing the government\u2019s therein of having to \u2018get justice\u2019 for their people.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37727.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "97t9pg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[DC] Would testimony taken under the effects of the lasso of truth be admissible in court? I\u2019m trying to think of the best conditions to have a good discussion so I\u2019m going to say that the lasso has never been wrong but nobody but Wonder Woman knows it will always work.", "c_root_id_A": "e4bgsfo", "c_root_id_B": "e4aqqd9", "created_at_utc_A": 1534456386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534434393.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You might be able to *voluntarily* hold it and give testimony to give yourself greater weight. If you don't have much of an alibi, but it's true (\"I was home alone that night with my phone off\"), the lasso can help persuade the jury you're telling the truth. Or if you're testifying against someone that has a strong alibi or witnesses that are willing/are coerced into testifying on their behalf (like a crime boss might), you could invalidate their testimony by proving your dissension is incontrovertibly true. Also handy if you're subject to character smears - \"Yeah, the defense pointed out I'm having an affair my boss threatened to tell my wife about, but I'm holding the lasso and *still* telling you that I saw him embezzling. I did not make that up to try and silence him.\"", "human_ref_B": "Nope. Magic is not legally recognized as admissible in court. It *could* be, but the law would have to be passed first, if it actually does work at least 99% of the time or something to that extent.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21993.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "97t9pg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[DC] Would testimony taken under the effects of the lasso of truth be admissible in court? I\u2019m trying to think of the best conditions to have a good discussion so I\u2019m going to say that the lasso has never been wrong but nobody but Wonder Woman knows it will always work.", "c_root_id_A": "e4bgq0z", "c_root_id_B": "e4bgsfo", "created_at_utc_A": 1534456324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534456386.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Mind-control probably counts as duress in a court of law, and would probably be ruled inadmissible.", "human_ref_B": "You might be able to *voluntarily* hold it and give testimony to give yourself greater weight. If you don't have much of an alibi, but it's true (\"I was home alone that night with my phone off\"), the lasso can help persuade the jury you're telling the truth. Or if you're testifying against someone that has a strong alibi or witnesses that are willing/are coerced into testifying on their behalf (like a crime boss might), you could invalidate their testimony by proving your dissension is incontrovertibly true. Also handy if you're subject to character smears - \"Yeah, the defense pointed out I'm having an affair my boss threatened to tell my wife about, but I'm holding the lasso and *still* telling you that I saw him embezzling. I did not make that up to try and silence him.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "97t9pg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[DC] Would testimony taken under the effects of the lasso of truth be admissible in court? I\u2019m trying to think of the best conditions to have a good discussion so I\u2019m going to say that the lasso has never been wrong but nobody but Wonder Woman knows it will always work.", "c_root_id_A": "e4aqzlu", "c_root_id_B": "e4bgsfo", "created_at_utc_A": 1534434604.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534456386.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Yes. You're already compelled to speak the truth by oaths in court. Lie detector tests are already commonly used, and people are pressured into using them. The supreme courts don't like lie detector tests in federal court because they don't work, but lots of courts have made extensive exemptions for them. The fifth amendment only applies if you are forced to speak against yourself in court. It doesn't prevent you from giving testimony in public while tied up. She's also not a police officer. She's not required to adhere to police procedures in questioning. The issue of you being questioned under duress is certainly a factor you could note in your defense, and the supreme court could decide to ban lasso testimony, but the Justice League is immensely powerful, just, and truthful.", "human_ref_B": "You might be able to *voluntarily* hold it and give testimony to give yourself greater weight. If you don't have much of an alibi, but it's true (\"I was home alone that night with my phone off\"), the lasso can help persuade the jury you're telling the truth. Or if you're testifying against someone that has a strong alibi or witnesses that are willing/are coerced into testifying on their behalf (like a crime boss might), you could invalidate their testimony by proving your dissension is incontrovertibly true. Also handy if you're subject to character smears - \"Yeah, the defense pointed out I'm having an affair my boss threatened to tell my wife about, but I'm holding the lasso and *still* telling you that I saw him embezzling. I did not make that up to try and silence him.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21782.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "97t9pg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[DC] Would testimony taken under the effects of the lasso of truth be admissible in court? I\u2019m trying to think of the best conditions to have a good discussion so I\u2019m going to say that the lasso has never been wrong but nobody but Wonder Woman knows it will always work.", "c_root_id_A": "e4bgq0z", "c_root_id_B": "e4aqzlu", "created_at_utc_A": 1534456324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534434604.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Mind-control probably counts as duress in a court of law, and would probably be ruled inadmissible.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. You're already compelled to speak the truth by oaths in court. Lie detector tests are already commonly used, and people are pressured into using them. The supreme courts don't like lie detector tests in federal court because they don't work, but lots of courts have made extensive exemptions for them. The fifth amendment only applies if you are forced to speak against yourself in court. It doesn't prevent you from giving testimony in public while tied up. She's also not a police officer. She's not required to adhere to police procedures in questioning. The issue of you being questioned under duress is certainly a factor you could note in your defense, and the supreme court could decide to ban lasso testimony, but the Justice League is immensely powerful, just, and truthful.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21720.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0we1e", "c_root_id_B": "im03syr", "created_at_utc_A": 1661620574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661608613.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 89, "human_ref_A": "In his early days, Spider-Man inadvertently stepped on a number of toes because A) people thought he was a showboater/cash-grabber and B) Jameson was a full time negative publicist. The public met \"Aloof Celebrity Wrestler Spider-Man\" well before they met \"Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man\", and then he did shit like break into the Baxter Building to ask what the salary is for being one of the Fantastic Four (>!fuck-all, because it's just Reed paying all the bills and everyone doing it for the pleasure of doing it!<), and not knowing he was just a kid trying to help out his widowed aunt people thought he was kind of a dick. Then, any time he did something without another hero present, JJ would make it look like he was being a nefarious shit. Over time he's won many over, since it's hard to work with the dude and not pick up on his sincerity, but in the beginning he was no one's favorite.", "human_ref_B": "He works alone, so a lot of team players like the Avengers didn't like him in his early years. He just didn't work well with others.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11961.0, "score_ratio": 1.0337078652, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0we1e", "c_root_id_B": "im05awr", "created_at_utc_A": 1661620574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661609296.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "In his early days, Spider-Man inadvertently stepped on a number of toes because A) people thought he was a showboater/cash-grabber and B) Jameson was a full time negative publicist. The public met \"Aloof Celebrity Wrestler Spider-Man\" well before they met \"Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man\", and then he did shit like break into the Baxter Building to ask what the salary is for being one of the Fantastic Four (>!fuck-all, because it's just Reed paying all the bills and everyone doing it for the pleasure of doing it!<), and not knowing he was just a kid trying to help out his widowed aunt people thought he was kind of a dick. Then, any time he did something without another hero present, JJ would make it look like he was being a nefarious shit. Over time he's won many over, since it's hard to work with the dude and not pick up on his sincerity, but in the beginning he was no one's favorite.", "human_ref_B": "In the movies there is some visible friction between him and Sam and Bucky. For many reasons, there is the fight in civil wars. Then there is the old world idea that he is a kid and shouldn't be in a fight. Also, the fact that his identity isn't available to everyone and his general personality makes him a bit annoying to people who don't know him. Even Strange, granted he is Strange, was annoyed by him in No Way Home.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11278.0, "score_ratio": 1.3939393939, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im08zyp", "c_root_id_B": "im0we1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1661610911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661620574.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 92, "human_ref_A": "Nadia van Dyne, the daughter of Hank Pym and adopted daughter of Janet, hates him, though without a really good reason.", "human_ref_B": "In his early days, Spider-Man inadvertently stepped on a number of toes because A) people thought he was a showboater/cash-grabber and B) Jameson was a full time negative publicist. The public met \"Aloof Celebrity Wrestler Spider-Man\" well before they met \"Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man\", and then he did shit like break into the Baxter Building to ask what the salary is for being one of the Fantastic Four (>!fuck-all, because it's just Reed paying all the bills and everyone doing it for the pleasure of doing it!<), and not knowing he was just a kid trying to help out his widowed aunt people thought he was kind of a dick. Then, any time he did something without another hero present, JJ would make it look like he was being a nefarious shit. Over time he's won many over, since it's hard to work with the dude and not pick up on his sincerity, but in the beginning he was no one's favorite.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9663.0, "score_ratio": 1.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0we1e", "c_root_id_B": "im0hq8z", "created_at_utc_A": 1661620574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661614535.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "In his early days, Spider-Man inadvertently stepped on a number of toes because A) people thought he was a showboater/cash-grabber and B) Jameson was a full time negative publicist. The public met \"Aloof Celebrity Wrestler Spider-Man\" well before they met \"Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man\", and then he did shit like break into the Baxter Building to ask what the salary is for being one of the Fantastic Four (>!fuck-all, because it's just Reed paying all the bills and everyone doing it for the pleasure of doing it!<), and not knowing he was just a kid trying to help out his widowed aunt people thought he was kind of a dick. Then, any time he did something without another hero present, JJ would make it look like he was being a nefarious shit. Over time he's won many over, since it's hard to work with the dude and not pick up on his sincerity, but in the beginning he was no one's favorite.", "human_ref_B": "This probably doesn't count, but most heroes start out disliking Spider-Man. The Daily Bugle was one of New York's top newspapers and was read nationwide. Who was constantly on the front page and labeled as a menace? Spider-Man. A lot of heroes would be misled by the paper and would see him as such a villain that they would go out of their way and travel to New York to subdue him. Of course, once Spider-Man cleared up the misunderstanding they would get along okay.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6039.0, "score_ratio": 2.358974359, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0we1e", "c_root_id_B": "im0jvg2", "created_at_utc_A": 1661620574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661615402.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "In his early days, Spider-Man inadvertently stepped on a number of toes because A) people thought he was a showboater/cash-grabber and B) Jameson was a full time negative publicist. The public met \"Aloof Celebrity Wrestler Spider-Man\" well before they met \"Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man\", and then he did shit like break into the Baxter Building to ask what the salary is for being one of the Fantastic Four (>!fuck-all, because it's just Reed paying all the bills and everyone doing it for the pleasure of doing it!<), and not knowing he was just a kid trying to help out his widowed aunt people thought he was kind of a dick. Then, any time he did something without another hero present, JJ would make it look like he was being a nefarious shit. Over time he's won many over, since it's hard to work with the dude and not pick up on his sincerity, but in the beginning he was no one's favorite.", "human_ref_B": "The Punisher and Namor don't particularly care for him...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5172.0, "score_ratio": 5.4117647059, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0we1e", "c_root_id_B": "im06l2t", "created_at_utc_A": 1661620574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661609872.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In his early days, Spider-Man inadvertently stepped on a number of toes because A) people thought he was a showboater/cash-grabber and B) Jameson was a full time negative publicist. The public met \"Aloof Celebrity Wrestler Spider-Man\" well before they met \"Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man\", and then he did shit like break into the Baxter Building to ask what the salary is for being one of the Fantastic Four (>!fuck-all, because it's just Reed paying all the bills and everyone doing it for the pleasure of doing it!<), and not knowing he was just a kid trying to help out his widowed aunt people thought he was kind of a dick. Then, any time he did something without another hero present, JJ would make it look like he was being a nefarious shit. Over time he's won many over, since it's hard to work with the dude and not pick up on his sincerity, but in the beginning he was no one's favorite.", "human_ref_B": "I think there was that one issue where J. Jonah Jameson became a wannabe superhero. Otherwise, I dont think so (unless you count disliking as in; thinking Spidey jokes are lame and that he doesnt takes stuff very seriously)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10702.0, "score_ratio": 13.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im08zyp", "c_root_id_B": "im06l2t", "created_at_utc_A": 1661610911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661609872.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Nadia van Dyne, the daughter of Hank Pym and adopted daughter of Janet, hates him, though without a really good reason.", "human_ref_B": "I think there was that one issue where J. Jonah Jameson became a wannabe superhero. Otherwise, I dont think so (unless you count disliking as in; thinking Spidey jokes are lame and that he doesnt takes stuff very seriously)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1039.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0hq8z", "c_root_id_B": "im0wgee", "created_at_utc_A": 1661614535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661620601.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "This probably doesn't count, but most heroes start out disliking Spider-Man. The Daily Bugle was one of New York's top newspapers and was read nationwide. Who was constantly on the front page and labeled as a menace? Spider-Man. A lot of heroes would be misled by the paper and would see him as such a villain that they would go out of their way and travel to New York to subdue him. Of course, once Spider-Man cleared up the misunderstanding they would get along okay.", "human_ref_B": "He's butt heads with any number of Super Heroes from time to time. There was one time some alien impersonated She Hulk and tried to kill him, so he tried to take on the Avengers. One time a miscommunication led the X-Men to attacking him. And then there was Civil War. But all of that was short-lived and situational. Venom technically counts, since he will probably never \"like\" Spider-Man and has been a hero from time to time. Though they're close friends now, Wolverine and Spider-Man clashed at first. Then again, everyone clashes with Wolverine at first.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6066.0, "score_ratio": 1.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0jvg2", "c_root_id_B": "im0wgee", "created_at_utc_A": 1661615402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661620601.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "The Punisher and Namor don't particularly care for him...", "human_ref_B": "He's butt heads with any number of Super Heroes from time to time. There was one time some alien impersonated She Hulk and tried to kill him, so he tried to take on the Avengers. One time a miscommunication led the X-Men to attacking him. And then there was Civil War. But all of that was short-lived and situational. Venom technically counts, since he will probably never \"like\" Spider-Man and has been a hero from time to time. Though they're close friends now, Wolverine and Spider-Man clashed at first. Then again, everyone clashes with Wolverine at first.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5199.0, "score_ratio": 2.4705882353, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0wgee", "c_root_id_B": "im06l2t", "created_at_utc_A": 1661620601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661609872.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He's butt heads with any number of Super Heroes from time to time. There was one time some alien impersonated She Hulk and tried to kill him, so he tried to take on the Avengers. One time a miscommunication led the X-Men to attacking him. And then there was Civil War. But all of that was short-lived and situational. Venom technically counts, since he will probably never \"like\" Spider-Man and has been a hero from time to time. Though they're close friends now, Wolverine and Spider-Man clashed at first. Then again, everyone clashes with Wolverine at first.", "human_ref_B": "I think there was that one issue where J. Jonah Jameson became a wannabe superhero. Otherwise, I dont think so (unless you count disliking as in; thinking Spidey jokes are lame and that he doesnt takes stuff very seriously)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10729.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im0hq8z", "c_root_id_B": "im06l2t", "created_at_utc_A": 1661614535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661609872.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "This probably doesn't count, but most heroes start out disliking Spider-Man. The Daily Bugle was one of New York's top newspapers and was read nationwide. Who was constantly on the front page and labeled as a menace? Spider-Man. A lot of heroes would be misled by the paper and would see him as such a villain that they would go out of their way and travel to New York to subdue him. Of course, once Spider-Man cleared up the misunderstanding they would get along okay.", "human_ref_B": "I think there was that one issue where J. Jonah Jameson became a wannabe superhero. Otherwise, I dont think so (unless you count disliking as in; thinking Spidey jokes are lame and that he doesnt takes stuff very seriously)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4663.0, "score_ratio": 5.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im13hcf", "c_root_id_B": "im0jvg2", "created_at_utc_A": 1661623485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661615402.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Black Widow and a lot of other Avengers find him irritating. Even Cap told him he can be a little annoying at times. Storm does not like him at all. The FF love him though so he'll always be welcome in the Baxter building.", "human_ref_B": "The Punisher and Namor don't particularly care for him...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8083.0, "score_ratio": 1.7058823529, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im06l2t", "c_root_id_B": "im13hcf", "created_at_utc_A": 1661609872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661623485.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "I think there was that one issue where J. Jonah Jameson became a wannabe superhero. Otherwise, I dont think so (unless you count disliking as in; thinking Spidey jokes are lame and that he doesnt takes stuff very seriously)", "human_ref_B": "Black Widow and a lot of other Avengers find him irritating. Even Cap told him he can be a little annoying at times. Storm does not like him at all. The FF love him though so he'll always be welcome in the Baxter building.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13613.0, "score_ratio": 4.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im13hcf", "c_root_id_B": "im0yi39", "created_at_utc_A": 1661623485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661621437.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Black Widow and a lot of other Avengers find him irritating. Even Cap told him he can be a little annoying at times. Storm does not like him at all. The FF love him though so he'll always be welcome in the Baxter building.", "human_ref_B": "Storm doesn't like him very much", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2048.0, "score_ratio": 4.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im06l2t", "c_root_id_B": "im0jvg2", "created_at_utc_A": 1661609872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661615402.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I think there was that one issue where J. Jonah Jameson became a wannabe superhero. Otherwise, I dont think so (unless you count disliking as in; thinking Spidey jokes are lame and that he doesnt takes stuff very seriously)", "human_ref_B": "The Punisher and Namor don't particularly care for him...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5530.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im06l2t", "c_root_id_B": "im14tmc", "created_at_utc_A": 1661609872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661624037.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I think there was that one issue where J. Jonah Jameson became a wannabe superhero. Otherwise, I dont think so (unless you count disliking as in; thinking Spidey jokes are lame and that he doesnt takes stuff very seriously)", "human_ref_B": "Most of the more grim and serious heroes don\u2019t particularly care for him. They respect him as a hero, but not as a person. He\u2019s a snarky hyperactive sarcastic teenager/young adult, so the constant joking can be grating for them. Plus in the early days there were a few like the x-men and punisher who didn\u2019t like him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14165.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im14tmc", "c_root_id_B": "im0yi39", "created_at_utc_A": 1661624037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661621437.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Most of the more grim and serious heroes don\u2019t particularly care for him. They respect him as a hero, but not as a person. He\u2019s a snarky hyperactive sarcastic teenager/young adult, so the constant joking can be grating for them. Plus in the early days there were a few like the x-men and punisher who didn\u2019t like him.", "human_ref_B": "Storm doesn't like him very much", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2600.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im140tc", "c_root_id_B": "im14tmc", "created_at_utc_A": 1661623705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661624037.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "A lot of people get irritated by his combination of a no killing rule and sincere friendly good guy energy. Like, batman can be pretty insufferable at times but least he doesn't constantly bother you about trying to help the people actively trying to murder you. Spider-Man does.", "human_ref_B": "Most of the more grim and serious heroes don\u2019t particularly care for him. They respect him as a hero, but not as a person. He\u2019s a snarky hyperactive sarcastic teenager/young adult, so the constant joking can be grating for them. Plus in the early days there were a few like the x-men and punisher who didn\u2019t like him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 332.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im06l2t", "c_root_id_B": "im15364", "created_at_utc_A": 1661609872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661624143.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I think there was that one issue where J. Jonah Jameson became a wannabe superhero. Otherwise, I dont think so (unless you count disliking as in; thinking Spidey jokes are lame and that he doesnt takes stuff very seriously)", "human_ref_B": "Falcon thinks he\u2019s annoying because he never shuts up. Given the rooftop convo in Son of M where Spider-Man essentially (accidentally) convinced Quicksilver to attempt suicide, I expect Pietro doesn\u2019t like him much.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14271.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im15364", "c_root_id_B": "im0yi39", "created_at_utc_A": 1661624143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661621437.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Falcon thinks he\u2019s annoying because he never shuts up. Given the rooftop convo in Son of M where Spider-Man essentially (accidentally) convinced Quicksilver to attempt suicide, I expect Pietro doesn\u2019t like him much.", "human_ref_B": "Storm doesn't like him very much", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2706.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im140tc", "c_root_id_B": "im15364", "created_at_utc_A": 1661623705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661624143.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "A lot of people get irritated by his combination of a no killing rule and sincere friendly good guy energy. Like, batman can be pretty insufferable at times but least he doesn't constantly bother you about trying to help the people actively trying to murder you. Spider-Man does.", "human_ref_B": "Falcon thinks he\u2019s annoying because he never shuts up. Given the rooftop convo in Son of M where Spider-Man essentially (accidentally) convinced Quicksilver to attempt suicide, I expect Pietro doesn\u2019t like him much.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 438.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im140tc", "c_root_id_B": "im1ykic", "created_at_utc_A": 1661623705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661636893.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "A lot of people get irritated by his combination of a no killing rule and sincere friendly good guy energy. Like, batman can be pretty insufferable at times but least he doesn't constantly bother you about trying to help the people actively trying to murder you. Spider-Man does.", "human_ref_B": "Long term? Their opinion is \"I don't like that guy\", I can't think of any. He irritated the two New Avengers teams he was on because he was so adamant about removing his mask, and the fact that Victoria Hand (the handler for the Avengers) used to work for Norman Osborn. When Luke Cage's New Avengers were hiding during Dark Reign, Spider-Man got uptight about removing his mask, and threatened to leave. Eventually he unmasks, turns out he and Jessica Jones went to the same high school (IIRC) Same team, new members, same argument (I forget if everyone *but* Hand knows who he is). The argument this time is that Norman Osborn personally picked her as his right hand, and Spider-Man doesn't trust her as far as he could throw her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13188.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im1ykic", "c_root_id_B": "im1wqaw", "created_at_utc_A": 1661636893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661636061.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Long term? Their opinion is \"I don't like that guy\", I can't think of any. He irritated the two New Avengers teams he was on because he was so adamant about removing his mask, and the fact that Victoria Hand (the handler for the Avengers) used to work for Norman Osborn. When Luke Cage's New Avengers were hiding during Dark Reign, Spider-Man got uptight about removing his mask, and threatened to leave. Eventually he unmasks, turns out he and Jessica Jones went to the same high school (IIRC) Same team, new members, same argument (I forget if everyone *but* Hand knows who he is). The argument this time is that Norman Osborn personally picked her as his right hand, and Spider-Man doesn't trust her as far as he could throw her.", "human_ref_B": "Bucket-head (aka Nova)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 832.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im1xdqu", "c_root_id_B": "im1ykic", "created_at_utc_A": 1661636352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661636893.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I recall in the late 90s early 2000s a lot of other heroes thought he was mouthy", "human_ref_B": "Long term? Their opinion is \"I don't like that guy\", I can't think of any. He irritated the two New Avengers teams he was on because he was so adamant about removing his mask, and the fact that Victoria Hand (the handler for the Avengers) used to work for Norman Osborn. When Luke Cage's New Avengers were hiding during Dark Reign, Spider-Man got uptight about removing his mask, and threatened to leave. Eventually he unmasks, turns out he and Jessica Jones went to the same high school (IIRC) Same team, new members, same argument (I forget if everyone *but* Hand knows who he is). The argument this time is that Norman Osborn personally picked her as his right hand, and Spider-Man doesn't trust her as far as he could throw her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 541.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im2cji7", "c_root_id_B": "im20hgo", "created_at_utc_A": 1661643377.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661637755.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Storm kinda stuck out lol. Everyone mostly tolerates him, but Storm told it to his face that she didn'tlike him. The fact that she found out Wolverine stated he trusted Spidey more than her didnt help either\ud83d\ude02.", "human_ref_B": "in ultimate spider man wolverine hates him, as spidey is boinking shadowcat and wolverine sees her as a daughter.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5622.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im1wqaw", "c_root_id_B": "im2cji7", "created_at_utc_A": 1661636061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661643377.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Bucket-head (aka Nova)", "human_ref_B": "Storm kinda stuck out lol. Everyone mostly tolerates him, but Storm told it to his face that she didn'tlike him. The fact that she found out Wolverine stated he trusted Spidey more than her didnt help either\ud83d\ude02.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7316.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im2cji7", "c_root_id_B": "im1xdqu", "created_at_utc_A": 1661643377.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661636352.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Storm kinda stuck out lol. Everyone mostly tolerates him, but Storm told it to his face that she didn'tlike him. The fact that she found out Wolverine stated he trusted Spidey more than her didnt help either\ud83d\ude02.", "human_ref_B": "I recall in the late 90s early 2000s a lot of other heroes thought he was mouthy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7025.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im20hgo", "c_root_id_B": "im1wqaw", "created_at_utc_A": 1661637755.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661636061.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "in ultimate spider man wolverine hates him, as spidey is boinking shadowcat and wolverine sees her as a daughter.", "human_ref_B": "Bucket-head (aka Nova)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1694.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wz38yy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What Super - HEROES do not like Spiderman? Spiderman seems to be universally liked by people. But there has to be people who arent villains but still dont like him. Is there anyone like that?", "c_root_id_A": "im1xdqu", "c_root_id_B": "im20hgo", "created_at_utc_A": 1661636352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661637755.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I recall in the late 90s early 2000s a lot of other heroes thought he was mouthy", "human_ref_B": "in ultimate spider man wolverine hates him, as spidey is boinking shadowcat and wolverine sees her as a daughter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1403.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mp0kqs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Dr. Seuss] Are Whos anthropomorphic bacteria? I ask because they live on a speck of dust/snowflake.", "c_root_id_A": "gu6ymr9", "c_root_id_B": "gu6zl4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1618180379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618180902.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "They act just like bigger people except for being small. I don\u2019t see literally *anything* that likens them to bacteria other than size. So.... no.", "human_ref_B": "The Who are the Who, it's plain to see. Their characteristics are import to notice, that's the key. A Who has arms and legs and a head full of dreams. Bacteria has none of these, at least, so far as it seems. The world of Seuss is silly and unknown. Full of Yooks and Zooks and Wockets a'plenty. Dwelling on the what's, why's or Who's would be like trying to count wet spaghetti.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 523.0, "score_ratio": 7.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egt99st", "c_root_id_B": "egtjxqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1550595567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550602537.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 70, "human_ref_A": "So you're opposed to turning to banditry? Okay, there are alternatives. You might want to hire an adventurer or wandering cleric. Pool all your copper and silver together and post a piece of paper explaining the problem in nearby taverns. Be vague, you don't want to incriminate yourself. Specify that you want someone who can help with possession or insanity.", "human_ref_B": "In 1359 DR a crack cormyrian unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-securty dungeon to the Watedeep underground. Today, still hunted by the government, they live as adventurers. If you have a problem...if no one else can help...and you can find them...maybe you can hire...The Emerald brotherhood.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6970.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtjxqr", "c_root_id_B": "egtew19", "created_at_utc_A": 1550602537.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599243.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In 1359 DR a crack cormyrian unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-securty dungeon to the Watedeep underground. Today, still hunted by the government, they live as adventurers. If you have a problem...if no one else can help...and you can find them...maybe you can hire...The Emerald brotherhood.", "human_ref_B": "You need to get as many major powers on your side as possible. Get a priest to certify that they are speaking evil, some major figure of industry, and perhaps even the local lord if he is ok with that/ if he really likes the mayor. The local lord doesn't want a demon worshiping mayor being insane and mass murdering people, he will likely happily work with you to find a solution, like a river.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3294.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtjxqr", "c_root_id_B": "egt8hz3", "created_at_utc_A": 1550602537.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550595050.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In 1359 DR a crack cormyrian unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-securty dungeon to the Watedeep underground. Today, still hunted by the government, they live as adventurers. If you have a problem...if no one else can help...and you can find them...maybe you can hire...The Emerald brotherhood.", "human_ref_B": "YOU FOOL! THE PRIESTHOOD IS IN ON THIS! YOU'VE DAMNED US ALL!!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7487.0, "score_ratio": 35.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egt9sct", "c_root_id_B": "egtjxqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1550595914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550602537.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 70, "human_ref_A": "is it just me, or does this and the companion post about this guy's mayor just seem...... eerily familiar?", "human_ref_B": "In 1359 DR a crack cormyrian unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-securty dungeon to the Watedeep underground. Today, still hunted by the government, they live as adventurers. If you have a problem...if no one else can help...and you can find them...maybe you can hire...The Emerald brotherhood.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6623.0, "score_ratio": 35.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtjxqr", "c_root_id_B": "egtfe18", "created_at_utc_A": 1550602537.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599569.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In 1359 DR a crack cormyrian unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-securty dungeon to the Watedeep underground. Today, still hunted by the government, they live as adventurers. If you have a problem...if no one else can help...and you can find them...maybe you can hire...The Emerald brotherhood.", "human_ref_B": "Toss him in the river and tell your Lord goblins did it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2968.0, "score_ratio": 70.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtfqcc", "c_root_id_B": "egtjxqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550602537.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 70, "human_ref_A": "mm. I've run into this before. Well folks, what weve got here - clearly is a demonic possession. Now I happen to have some amulets to help protect people from being possessed and I'd be happy to sell them (at the right price) Now, I think it would be good to send along a messenger to let the Lord know his mayor is possessed, While we work out how we can kill this demon. No, You dont need to rush. We really ought to put an end to this Evil before it manages to infect anyone else here in town.", "human_ref_B": "In 1359 DR a crack cormyrian unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-securty dungeon to the Watedeep underground. Today, still hunted by the government, they live as adventurers. If you have a problem...if no one else can help...and you can find them...maybe you can hire...The Emerald brotherhood.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2748.0, "score_ratio": 70.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtps7q", "c_root_id_B": "egt99st", "created_at_utc_A": 1550606495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550595567.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "It's a Mayor? That is, an official elected by the town? Murder him, elect a new less-crazy mayor, and pay your taxes. The fact that your local lord doesn't care about democracy occurring within his realm should mean that he doesn't care about the individual ruler of your nameless town.", "human_ref_B": "So you're opposed to turning to banditry? Okay, there are alternatives. You might want to hire an adventurer or wandering cleric. Pool all your copper and silver together and post a piece of paper explaining the problem in nearby taverns. Be vague, you don't want to incriminate yourself. Specify that you want someone who can help with possession or insanity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10928.0, "score_ratio": 1.08, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtps7q", "c_root_id_B": "egtksip", "created_at_utc_A": 1550606495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550603114.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It's a Mayor? That is, an official elected by the town? Murder him, elect a new less-crazy mayor, and pay your taxes. The fact that your local lord doesn't care about democracy occurring within his realm should mean that he doesn't care about the individual ruler of your nameless town.", "human_ref_B": "First thing you do is find a bear rogue who put all his points into disguise.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3381.0, "score_ratio": 2.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtew19", "c_root_id_B": "egtps7q", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599243.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550606495.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "You need to get as many major powers on your side as possible. Get a priest to certify that they are speaking evil, some major figure of industry, and perhaps even the local lord if he is ok with that/ if he really likes the mayor. The local lord doesn't want a demon worshiping mayor being insane and mass murdering people, he will likely happily work with you to find a solution, like a river.", "human_ref_B": "It's a Mayor? That is, an official elected by the town? Murder him, elect a new less-crazy mayor, and pay your taxes. The fact that your local lord doesn't care about democracy occurring within his realm should mean that he doesn't care about the individual ruler of your nameless town.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7252.0, "score_ratio": 3.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egt8hz3", "c_root_id_B": "egtps7q", "created_at_utc_A": 1550595050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550606495.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "YOU FOOL! THE PRIESTHOOD IS IN ON THIS! YOU'VE DAMNED US ALL!!!", "human_ref_B": "It's a Mayor? That is, an official elected by the town? Murder him, elect a new less-crazy mayor, and pay your taxes. 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Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtps7q", "c_root_id_B": "egt9sct", "created_at_utc_A": 1550606495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550595914.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's a Mayor? That is, an official elected by the town? Murder him, elect a new less-crazy mayor, and pay your taxes. The fact that your local lord doesn't care about democracy occurring within his realm should mean that he doesn't care about the individual ruler of your nameless town.", "human_ref_B": "is it just me, or does this and the companion post about this guy's mayor just seem...... eerily familiar?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10581.0, "score_ratio": 13.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtfe18", "c_root_id_B": "egtps7q", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550606495.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Toss him in the river and tell your Lord goblins did it.", "human_ref_B": "It's a Mayor? That is, an official elected by the town? Murder him, elect a new less-crazy mayor, and pay your taxes. The fact that your local lord doesn't care about democracy occurring within his realm should mean that he doesn't care about the individual ruler of your nameless town.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6926.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtfqcc", "c_root_id_B": "egtps7q", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550606495.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "mm. I've run into this before. Well folks, what weve got here - clearly is a demonic possession. Now I happen to have some amulets to help protect people from being possessed and I'd be happy to sell them (at the right price) Now, I think it would be good to send along a messenger to let the Lord know his mayor is possessed, While we work out how we can kill this demon. No, You dont need to rush. We really ought to put an end to this Evil before it manages to infect anyone else here in town.", "human_ref_B": "It's a Mayor? That is, an official elected by the town? Murder him, elect a new less-crazy mayor, and pay your taxes. The fact that your local lord doesn't care about democracy occurring within his realm should mean that he doesn't care about the individual ruler of your nameless town.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6706.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egt8hz3", "c_root_id_B": "egt99st", "created_at_utc_A": 1550595050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550595567.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "YOU FOOL! THE PRIESTHOOD IS IN ON THIS! YOU'VE DAMNED US ALL!!!", "human_ref_B": "So you're opposed to turning to banditry? Okay, there are alternatives. You might want to hire an adventurer or wandering cleric. Pool all your copper and silver together and post a piece of paper explaining the problem in nearby taverns. Be vague, you don't want to incriminate yourself. Specify that you want someone who can help with possession or insanity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 517.0, "score_ratio": 12.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtksip", "c_root_id_B": "egtew19", "created_at_utc_A": 1550603114.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599243.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "First thing you do is find a bear rogue who put all his points into disguise.", "human_ref_B": "You need to get as many major powers on your side as possible. Get a priest to certify that they are speaking evil, some major figure of industry, and perhaps even the local lord if he is ok with that/ if he really likes the mayor. The local lord doesn't want a demon worshiping mayor being insane and mass murdering people, he will likely happily work with you to find a solution, like a river.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3871.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egt8hz3", "c_root_id_B": "egtksip", "created_at_utc_A": 1550595050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550603114.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "YOU FOOL! THE PRIESTHOOD IS IN ON THIS! YOU'VE DAMNED US ALL!!!", "human_ref_B": "First thing you do is find a bear rogue who put all his points into disguise.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8064.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egt9sct", "c_root_id_B": "egtksip", "created_at_utc_A": 1550595914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550603114.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "is it just me, or does this and the companion post about this guy's mayor just seem...... eerily familiar?", "human_ref_B": "First thing you do is find a bear rogue who put all his points into disguise.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7200.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtfe18", "c_root_id_B": "egtksip", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550603114.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Toss him in the river and tell your Lord goblins did it.", "human_ref_B": "First thing you do is find a bear rogue who put all his points into disguise.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3545.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtfqcc", "c_root_id_B": "egtksip", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550603114.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "mm. I've run into this before. Well folks, what weve got here - clearly is a demonic possession. Now I happen to have some amulets to help protect people from being possessed and I'd be happy to sell them (at the right price) Now, I think it would be good to send along a messenger to let the Lord know his mayor is possessed, While we work out how we can kill this demon. No, You dont need to rush. We really ought to put an end to this Evil before it manages to infect anyone else here in town.", "human_ref_B": "First thing you do is find a bear rogue who put all his points into disguise.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3325.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtew19", "c_root_id_B": "egt8hz3", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599243.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550595050.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You need to get as many major powers on your side as possible. Get a priest to certify that they are speaking evil, some major figure of industry, and perhaps even the local lord if he is ok with that/ if he really likes the mayor. The local lord doesn't want a demon worshiping mayor being insane and mass murdering people, he will likely happily work with you to find a solution, like a river.", "human_ref_B": "YOU FOOL! THE PRIESTHOOD IS IN ON THIS! YOU'VE DAMNED US ALL!!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4193.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtew19", "c_root_id_B": "egt9sct", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599243.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550595914.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You need to get as many major powers on your side as possible. Get a priest to certify that they are speaking evil, some major figure of industry, and perhaps even the local lord if he is ok with that/ if he really likes the mayor. The local lord doesn't want a demon worshiping mayor being insane and mass murdering people, he will likely happily work with you to find a solution, like a river.", "human_ref_B": "is it just me, or does this and the companion post about this guy's mayor just seem...... eerily familiar?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3329.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtq0jn", "c_root_id_B": "egt8hz3", "created_at_utc_A": 1550606673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550595050.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If it parallels real medieval settings, you'd literally go to court (in the sense of a lawsuit): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/chancery-equity-suits-before-1558/", "human_ref_B": "YOU FOOL! THE PRIESTHOOD IS IN ON THIS! YOU'VE DAMNED US ALL!!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11623.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egt9sct", "c_root_id_B": "egtq0jn", "created_at_utc_A": 1550595914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550606673.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "is it just me, or does this and the companion post about this guy's mayor just seem...... eerily familiar?", "human_ref_B": "If it parallels real medieval settings, you'd literally go to court (in the sense of a lawsuit): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/chancery-equity-suits-before-1558/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10759.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtq0jn", "c_root_id_B": "egtfe18", "created_at_utc_A": 1550606673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599569.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If it parallels real medieval settings, you'd literally go to court (in the sense of a lawsuit): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/chancery-equity-suits-before-1558/", "human_ref_B": "Toss him in the river and tell your Lord goblins did it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7104.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtq0jn", "c_root_id_B": "egtfqcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1550606673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599789.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If it parallels real medieval settings, you'd literally go to court (in the sense of a lawsuit): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/chancery-equity-suits-before-1558/", "human_ref_B": "mm. I've run into this before. Well folks, what weve got here - clearly is a demonic possession. Now I happen to have some amulets to help protect people from being possessed and I'd be happy to sell them (at the right price) Now, I think it would be good to send along a messenger to let the Lord know his mayor is possessed, While we work out how we can kill this demon. No, You dont need to rush. We really ought to put an end to this Evil before it manages to infect anyone else here in town.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6884.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtfe18", "c_root_id_B": "egtw2om", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550610654.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Toss him in the river and tell your Lord goblins did it.", "human_ref_B": "Go get a priest before you do anything rash. Or better yet, a cleric for hire if you have the gold. It's good to avoid unnecessary bloodshed and you should at least try and have him exorcised if is possessed. If he's not possessed, the cleric might kill him for you. If you cannot hire a cleric to do this and if you're country's laws prevent you from disposing him yourselves, simply make sure he has an \"accident\". These \"accidents\" may include alcohol poisoning, swimming accidents, falling down the stairs, a fallen candle, pissed off animals, and other hazards of everyday life for a feudal lord", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11085.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtw2om", "c_root_id_B": "egtfqcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1550610654.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599789.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Go get a priest before you do anything rash. Or better yet, a cleric for hire if you have the gold. It's good to avoid unnecessary bloodshed and you should at least try and have him exorcised if is possessed. If he's not possessed, the cleric might kill him for you. If you cannot hire a cleric to do this and if you're country's laws prevent you from disposing him yourselves, simply make sure he has an \"accident\". These \"accidents\" may include alcohol poisoning, swimming accidents, falling down the stairs, a fallen candle, pissed off animals, and other hazards of everyday life for a feudal lord", "human_ref_B": "mm. I've run into this before. Well folks, what weve got here - clearly is a demonic possession. Now I happen to have some amulets to help protect people from being possessed and I'd be happy to sell them (at the right price) Now, I think it would be good to send along a messenger to let the Lord know his mayor is possessed, While we work out how we can kill this demon. No, You dont need to rush. We really ought to put an end to this Evil before it manages to infect anyone else here in town.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10865.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtfe18", "c_root_id_B": "egu77tc", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550618363.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Toss him in the river and tell your Lord goblins did it.", "human_ref_B": "Alright, this may sound crazy but what you need to do is run to your nearest tavern and have a drink. Before you know it heavily armed strangers will show up, approach them and tell them the story and ask for help. It'll all work out, trust me.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18794.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egu77tc", "c_root_id_B": "egtfqcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1550618363.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599789.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Alright, this may sound crazy but what you need to do is run to your nearest tavern and have a drink. Before you know it heavily armed strangers will show up, approach them and tell them the story and ask for help. It'll all work out, trust me.", "human_ref_B": "mm. I've run into this before. Well folks, what weve got here - clearly is a demonic possession. Now I happen to have some amulets to help protect people from being possessed and I'd be happy to sell them (at the right price) Now, I think it would be good to send along a messenger to let the Lord know his mayor is possessed, While we work out how we can kill this demon. No, You dont need to rush. We really ought to put an end to this Evil before it manages to infect anyone else here in town.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18574.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egv867f", "c_root_id_B": "egtfe18", "created_at_utc_A": 1550653974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599569.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I hate these stupid questions. Okay, what town are you in? Are you a dark elf city? You are FUCKED. Well, except your city was run by a man. What the fuck is wrong with you? You know women are the superior gender, you dumb fucks, you should all be put to death for having a man run things. Or maybe you're in Amn. Amn is highly materialistic. Chances are you just arrested someone with rich friends, who doesn't give a fig what his pal was doing, so you're fucked unless you can find someone else who can return equal money. Or maybe you're in the Moonshae Isles. Wait, they don't have a lord, does not apply. But wait, I'm focusing just on forgotten realms. I haven't touched any settings in Planescape, Greyhawk, Spelljammer, Mystra, Dark Sun, or Ravnica.", "human_ref_B": "Toss him in the river and tell your Lord goblins did it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 54405.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egv867f", "c_root_id_B": "egtfqcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1550653974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599789.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I hate these stupid questions. Okay, what town are you in? Are you a dark elf city? You are FUCKED. Well, except your city was run by a man. What the fuck is wrong with you? You know women are the superior gender, you dumb fucks, you should all be put to death for having a man run things. Or maybe you're in Amn. Amn is highly materialistic. Chances are you just arrested someone with rich friends, who doesn't give a fig what his pal was doing, so you're fucked unless you can find someone else who can return equal money. Or maybe you're in the Moonshae Isles. Wait, they don't have a lord, does not apply. But wait, I'm focusing just on forgotten realms. I haven't touched any settings in Planescape, Greyhawk, Spelljammer, Mystra, Dark Sun, or Ravnica.", "human_ref_B": "mm. I've run into this before. Well folks, what weve got here - clearly is a demonic possession. Now I happen to have some amulets to help protect people from being possessed and I'd be happy to sell them (at the right price) Now, I think it would be good to send along a messenger to let the Lord know his mayor is possessed, While we work out how we can kill this demon. No, You dont need to rush. We really ought to put an end to this Evil before it manages to infect anyone else here in town.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 54185.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egu9i45", "c_root_id_B": "egv867f", "created_at_utc_A": 1550620086.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550653974.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Unless your mayor's office is a castoff Lord's consolation prize, he's just a guy like you. Your Lord isn't even going to ask why the major is different, and probably wouldn't notice either.", "human_ref_B": "I hate these stupid questions. Okay, what town are you in? Are you a dark elf city? You are FUCKED. Well, except your city was run by a man. What the fuck is wrong with you? You know women are the superior gender, you dumb fucks, you should all be put to death for having a man run things. Or maybe you're in Amn. Amn is highly materialistic. Chances are you just arrested someone with rich friends, who doesn't give a fig what his pal was doing, so you're fucked unless you can find someone else who can return equal money. Or maybe you're in the Moonshae Isles. Wait, they don't have a lord, does not apply. But wait, I'm focusing just on forgotten realms. I haven't touched any settings in Planescape, Greyhawk, Spelljammer, Mystra, Dark Sun, or Ravnica.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33888.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egv867f", "c_root_id_B": "egv6iil", "created_at_utc_A": 1550653974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550651159.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I hate these stupid questions. Okay, what town are you in? Are you a dark elf city? You are FUCKED. Well, except your city was run by a man. What the fuck is wrong with you? You know women are the superior gender, you dumb fucks, you should all be put to death for having a man run things. Or maybe you're in Amn. Amn is highly materialistic. Chances are you just arrested someone with rich friends, who doesn't give a fig what his pal was doing, so you're fucked unless you can find someone else who can return equal money. Or maybe you're in the Moonshae Isles. Wait, they don't have a lord, does not apply. But wait, I'm focusing just on forgotten realms. I haven't touched any settings in Planescape, Greyhawk, Spelljammer, Mystra, Dark Sun, or Ravnica.", "human_ref_B": "Bad news I'm afraid. You're all evil as sin, and your Mayor was chosen to become a level 1 Paladin. You can kill him, probably should, but his God will send out word, and you will be put to the blade and the flame.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2815.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egvyro8", "c_root_id_B": "egtfe18", "created_at_utc_A": 1550681527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550599569.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "**[Bedevere]:** What makes you think he is a psycopathic tyrant? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Well, he burned me at the stake. **[Bedevere]:** Burned you at the stake? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** ... I got better. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Off with his head anyway! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Off with his head! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Off with his head! Decap! Off with his head! **[Bedevere]:** Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether he is a psycopathic tyrant. **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Are there? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Ah? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** What are they? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Tell us! Tell us! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Do they hurt? **[Bedevere]:** Tell me. What do you do with psycopathic tyrants? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Cut their heads off! **[Bedevere]:** And what do you cut off apart from psycopathic tyrannical heads? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** More tyrannical heads! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Shh! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Wood! **[Bedevere]:** So, why do tyrannical heads fall off? *...silence...* **[Angry Peasant #357]:** B--... 'cause they're made of... wood? **[Bedevere]:** Good! Heh heh. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oh, yeah. Oh. **[Bedevere]:** So, how do we tell whether he is made of wood? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Build a bridge out of him! **[Bedevere]:** Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Oh, yeah. **[Angry Peasant #112]:** Oh, yeah. True. Uhh... **[Bedevere]:** Does wood sink in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** No. No. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** No, it floats! It floats! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Throw him into the pond! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** The pond! Throw him into the pond! **[Bedevere]:** What also floats in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Bread! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Apples! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, very small rocks! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cider! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Uh, gra-- gravy! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cherries! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Mud! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, churches! Churches! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Lead! Lead! **[Player 4 - The Sarcastic Bard]:** A duck! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oooh. **[Bedevere]:** Exactly. So, logically... **[Angry Peasant #87]:** If... he... weighs... the same as a duck,... he's made of wood. **[Bedevere]:** And therefore? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #2]:** Here's a duck. Use this duck! **[Duck]:** Quackquackquack... **[Bedevere]:** Very good. We shall use my largest scales. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Ohh! Ohh! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Ahh! Ahh... **[Bedevere]:** Right. Remove the supports! *...Scales don't move...* **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant!...", "human_ref_B": "Toss him in the river and tell your Lord goblins did it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 81958.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egtfqcc", "c_root_id_B": "egvyro8", "created_at_utc_A": 1550599789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550681527.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "mm. I've run into this before. Well folks, what weve got here - clearly is a demonic possession. Now I happen to have some amulets to help protect people from being possessed and I'd be happy to sell them (at the right price) Now, I think it would be good to send along a messenger to let the Lord know his mayor is possessed, While we work out how we can kill this demon. No, You dont need to rush. We really ought to put an end to this Evil before it manages to infect anyone else here in town.", "human_ref_B": "**[Bedevere]:** What makes you think he is a psycopathic tyrant? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Well, he burned me at the stake. **[Bedevere]:** Burned you at the stake? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** ... I got better. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Off with his head anyway! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Off with his head! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Off with his head! Decap! Off with his head! **[Bedevere]:** Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether he is a psycopathic tyrant. **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Are there? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Ah? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** What are they? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Tell us! Tell us! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Do they hurt? **[Bedevere]:** Tell me. What do you do with psycopathic tyrants? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Cut their heads off! **[Bedevere]:** And what do you cut off apart from psycopathic tyrannical heads? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** More tyrannical heads! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Shh! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Wood! **[Bedevere]:** So, why do tyrannical heads fall off? *...silence...* **[Angry Peasant #357]:** B--... 'cause they're made of... wood? **[Bedevere]:** Good! Heh heh. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oh, yeah. Oh. **[Bedevere]:** So, how do we tell whether he is made of wood? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Build a bridge out of him! **[Bedevere]:** Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Oh, yeah. **[Angry Peasant #112]:** Oh, yeah. True. Uhh... **[Bedevere]:** Does wood sink in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** No. No. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** No, it floats! It floats! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Throw him into the pond! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** The pond! Throw him into the pond! **[Bedevere]:** What also floats in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Bread! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Apples! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, very small rocks! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cider! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Uh, gra-- gravy! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cherries! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Mud! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, churches! Churches! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Lead! Lead! **[Player 4 - The Sarcastic Bard]:** A duck! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oooh. **[Bedevere]:** Exactly. So, logically... **[Angry Peasant #87]:** If... he... weighs... the same as a duck,... he's made of wood. **[Bedevere]:** And therefore? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #2]:** Here's a duck. Use this duck! **[Duck]:** Quackquackquack... **[Bedevere]:** Very good. We shall use my largest scales. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Ohh! Ohh! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Ahh! Ahh... **[Bedevere]:** Right. Remove the supports! *...Scales don't move...* **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant!...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 81738.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egvyro8", "c_root_id_B": "egu9i45", "created_at_utc_A": 1550681527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550620086.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "**[Bedevere]:** What makes you think he is a psycopathic tyrant? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Well, he burned me at the stake. **[Bedevere]:** Burned you at the stake? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** ... I got better. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Off with his head anyway! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Off with his head! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Off with his head! Decap! Off with his head! **[Bedevere]:** Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether he is a psycopathic tyrant. **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Are there? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Ah? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** What are they? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Tell us! Tell us! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Do they hurt? **[Bedevere]:** Tell me. What do you do with psycopathic tyrants? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Cut their heads off! **[Bedevere]:** And what do you cut off apart from psycopathic tyrannical heads? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** More tyrannical heads! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Shh! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Wood! **[Bedevere]:** So, why do tyrannical heads fall off? *...silence...* **[Angry Peasant #357]:** B--... 'cause they're made of... wood? **[Bedevere]:** Good! Heh heh. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oh, yeah. Oh. **[Bedevere]:** So, how do we tell whether he is made of wood? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Build a bridge out of him! **[Bedevere]:** Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Oh, yeah. **[Angry Peasant #112]:** Oh, yeah. True. Uhh... **[Bedevere]:** Does wood sink in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** No. No. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** No, it floats! It floats! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Throw him into the pond! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** The pond! Throw him into the pond! **[Bedevere]:** What also floats in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Bread! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Apples! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, very small rocks! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cider! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Uh, gra-- gravy! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cherries! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Mud! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, churches! Churches! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Lead! Lead! **[Player 4 - The Sarcastic Bard]:** A duck! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oooh. **[Bedevere]:** Exactly. So, logically... **[Angry Peasant #87]:** If... he... weighs... the same as a duck,... he's made of wood. **[Bedevere]:** And therefore? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #2]:** Here's a duck. Use this duck! **[Duck]:** Quackquackquack... **[Bedevere]:** Very good. We shall use my largest scales. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Ohh! Ohh! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Ahh! Ahh... **[Bedevere]:** Right. Remove the supports! *...Scales don't move...* **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant!...", "human_ref_B": "Unless your mayor's office is a castoff Lord's consolation prize, he's just a guy like you. Your Lord isn't even going to ask why the major is different, and probably wouldn't notice either.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 61441.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egv6iil", "c_root_id_B": "egvyro8", "created_at_utc_A": 1550651159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550681527.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Bad news I'm afraid. You're all evil as sin, and your Mayor was chosen to become a level 1 Paladin. You can kill him, probably should, but his God will send out word, and you will be put to the blade and the flame.", "human_ref_B": "**[Bedevere]:** What makes you think he is a psycopathic tyrant? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Well, he burned me at the stake. **[Bedevere]:** Burned you at the stake? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** ... I got better. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Off with his head anyway! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Off with his head! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Off with his head! Decap! Off with his head! **[Bedevere]:** Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether he is a psycopathic tyrant. **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Are there? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Ah? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** What are they? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Tell us! Tell us! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Do they hurt? **[Bedevere]:** Tell me. What do you do with psycopathic tyrants? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Cut their heads off! **[Bedevere]:** And what do you cut off apart from psycopathic tyrannical heads? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** More tyrannical heads! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Shh! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Wood! **[Bedevere]:** So, why do tyrannical heads fall off? *...silence...* **[Angry Peasant #357]:** B--... 'cause they're made of... wood? **[Bedevere]:** Good! Heh heh. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oh, yeah. Oh. **[Bedevere]:** So, how do we tell whether he is made of wood? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Build a bridge out of him! **[Bedevere]:** Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Oh, yeah. **[Angry Peasant #112]:** Oh, yeah. True. Uhh... **[Bedevere]:** Does wood sink in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** No. No. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** No, it floats! It floats! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Throw him into the pond! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** The pond! Throw him into the pond! **[Bedevere]:** What also floats in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Bread! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Apples! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, very small rocks! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cider! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Uh, gra-- gravy! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cherries! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Mud! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, churches! Churches! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Lead! Lead! **[Player 4 - The Sarcastic Bard]:** A duck! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oooh. **[Bedevere]:** Exactly. So, logically... **[Angry Peasant #87]:** If... he... weighs... the same as a duck,... he's made of wood. **[Bedevere]:** And therefore? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #2]:** Here's a duck. Use this duck! **[Duck]:** Quackquackquack... **[Bedevere]:** Very good. We shall use my largest scales. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Ohh! Ohh! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Ahh! Ahh... **[Bedevere]:** Right. Remove the supports! *...Scales don't move...* **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant!...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30368.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "asc38g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DnD] Small town peasant here. Our mayor ordered the guards start killing a third of the town because he said the voices in his head told him they were \"evil\". We tied him up and gagged him in a shed. How do we deal with our feudal Lord about this without being strung up as traitors? He is struggling a lot and before the entire town basically dog pilled him, he cheerfully told us how the town was full of evil and the voices said that our sins must be purged by sword and flame. He had a pretty crazy look in his eyes. Is he possessed by a demon? Do we even tell our Lord about this or get a priest? Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him?", "c_root_id_A": "egvahpj", "c_root_id_B": "egvyro8", "created_at_utc_A": 1550658101.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550681527.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Definitely consult a local priest and wizard first, to see if this is indeed a possession that can be dealt with a spell. Otherwise you'd have caused an innocent man to die. If it's not solveable... As I understand this mayor is a lowborn person who's elected? Then just declare him \"unfit to rule\" and elect a new mayor. No one will care. Keep the mad ex-mayor under lock as you send news to your Lord so he can arrange a way to deal with him: imprisonment, mental asylum, or a clean execution if nothing else can be arranged. > Do we just toss him in a river and pretend we have no idea what what happened to him? DO NOT do that. That is murder. And there are so many co-conspirators (an entire town) that at least someone *will* feel guilty and blurt about it to a figure of authority. Then your Lord's men will come and won't leave unless they execute at least one murderer.", "human_ref_B": "**[Bedevere]:** What makes you think he is a psycopathic tyrant? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Well, he burned me at the stake. **[Bedevere]:** Burned you at the stake? **[Angry Peasant #357]:** ... I got better. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Off with his head anyway! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Off with his head! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Off with his head! Decap! Off with his head! **[Bedevere]:** Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether he is a psycopathic tyrant. **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Are there? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Ah? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** What are they? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Tell us! Tell us! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Do they hurt? **[Bedevere]:** Tell me. What do you do with psycopathic tyrants? **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Cut their heads off! **[Bedevere]:** And what do you cut off apart from psycopathic tyrannical heads? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** More tyrannical heads! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Shh! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Wood! **[Bedevere]:** So, why do tyrannical heads fall off? *...silence...* **[Angry Peasant #357]:** B--... 'cause they're made of... wood? **[Bedevere]:** Good! Heh heh. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oh, yeah. Oh. **[Bedevere]:** So, how do we tell whether he is made of wood? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Build a bridge out of him! **[Bedevere]:** Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Oh, yeah. **[Angry Peasant #112]:** Oh, yeah. True. Uhh... **[Bedevere]:** Does wood sink in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** No. No. **[Angry Peasant #242]:** No, it floats! It floats! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Throw him into the pond! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** The pond! Throw him into the pond! **[Bedevere]:** What also floats in water? **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Bread! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Apples! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, very small rocks! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cider! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Uh, gra-- gravy! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** Cherries! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Mud! **[Angry Peasant #357]:** Uh, churches! Churches! **[Angry Peasant #242]:** Lead! Lead! **[Player 4 - The Sarcastic Bard]:** A duck! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Oooh. **[Bedevere]:** Exactly. So, logically... **[Angry Peasant #87]:** If... he... weighs... the same as a duck,... he's made of wood. **[Bedevere]:** And therefore? **[Angry Peasant #242]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #87]:** A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant! **[Angry Peasant #2]:** Here's a duck. Use this duck! **[Duck]:** Quackquackquack... **[Bedevere]:** Very good. We shall use my largest scales. **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** Ohh! Ohh! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Burn the psycopathic tyrant! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Off with his head! Ahh! Ahh... **[Bedevere]:** Right. Remove the supports! *...Scales don't move...* **[Angry Peasants in Unison]:** A psycopathic tyrant! A psycopathic tyrant!...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23426.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "28mhja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[40k] Fellow Inquisitors, seeing as I'm going to be among the Astartes in short time, I've held off asking this question long enough: If I do find some Heresy in the mind of a Space Marine, how exactly am I supposed to actually kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "cicbqj2", "c_root_id_B": "cicdekz", "created_at_utc_A": 1403249274.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403258747.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "with fire.", "human_ref_B": "Plasma, or a hellgun. If you're a Psyker, a Psycannon will work well. Or other Space Marines. Tell(be sure to bring solid proof) his Loyalist brothers of his heresy and they'll kill him. Just be sure they're loyal before you start talking about all this heresy you've uncovered... Avoid hand to hand unless you're wearing power armor and carrying a power weapon, and even then you'd better be one hell of a good fighter. Best options for an Inquisitor? Bring a plasma pistol, or a squad of Stormtroopers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9473.0, "score_ratio": 15000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "28mhja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[40k] Fellow Inquisitors, seeing as I'm going to be among the Astartes in short time, I've held off asking this question long enough: If I do find some Heresy in the mind of a Space Marine, how exactly am I supposed to actually kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "cicdhvq", "c_root_id_B": "cicea57", "created_at_utc_A": 1403259301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403263706.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Exterminatus whatever planet he is on. If he is not on a planet, have the ship he is on destroyed.", "human_ref_B": "Either you go to the head of his squadron, chaplain or the Librarian. The shame of an Astartes defecting to chaos is so great that they will kill him without hesitation", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4405.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "28mhja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[40k] Fellow Inquisitors, seeing as I'm going to be among the Astartes in short time, I've held off asking this question long enough: If I do find some Heresy in the mind of a Space Marine, how exactly am I supposed to actually kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "cicbqj2", "c_root_id_B": "cicea57", "created_at_utc_A": 1403249274.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403263706.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "with fire.", "human_ref_B": "Either you go to the head of his squadron, chaplain or the Librarian. The shame of an Astartes defecting to chaos is so great that they will kill him without hesitation", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14432.0, "score_ratio": 12000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "28mhja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[40k] Fellow Inquisitors, seeing as I'm going to be among the Astartes in short time, I've held off asking this question long enough: If I do find some Heresy in the mind of a Space Marine, how exactly am I supposed to actually kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "cicex1v", "c_root_id_B": "cicbqj2", "created_at_utc_A": 1403266607.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403249274.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "You're an Inquisitor of Holy Terra and a physical representation of the Emperor's will. Your authority is absolute. If you have suspicions, order the Marine to stand trial and provide evidence for his innocence. If he cannot, or will not, then it is your Emperor-given duty to end his heresy in any manner you see fit. There is no kill like overkill where heresy is involved. I'm personally fond of the promethium flamer, the screams always build into a wondrous crescendo by the end of the sentencing, like a hymn to his Highness himself.", "human_ref_B": "with fire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17333.0, "score_ratio": 10000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "28mhja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[40k] Fellow Inquisitors, seeing as I'm going to be among the Astartes in short time, I've held off asking this question long enough: If I do find some Heresy in the mind of a Space Marine, how exactly am I supposed to actually kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "cicdhvq", "c_root_id_B": "cicbqj2", "created_at_utc_A": 1403259301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403249274.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Exterminatus whatever planet he is on. If he is not on a planet, have the ship he is on destroyed.", "human_ref_B": "with fire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10027.0, "score_ratio": 10000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "28mhja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[40k] Fellow Inquisitors, seeing as I'm going to be among the Astartes in short time, I've held off asking this question long enough: If I do find some Heresy in the mind of a Space Marine, how exactly am I supposed to actually kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "cicj464", "c_root_id_B": "cicbqj2", "created_at_utc_A": 1403278143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403249274.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Quietly return to your personal ship, travel to the nearest Fleet of the Imperial navy. Commandeer said feat, return to the Astares. EXTERMINATUS HEARSY! Contemplate the wisdom in the Codex Astartes limiting the Astares' fleet to intra-system transports and planetary assault.", "human_ref_B": "with fire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28869.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "28mhja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[40k] Fellow Inquisitors, seeing as I'm going to be among the Astartes in short time, I've held off asking this question long enough: If I do find some Heresy in the mind of a Space Marine, how exactly am I supposed to actually kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "cicbqj2", "c_root_id_B": "cicpbcj", "created_at_utc_A": 1403249274.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403290529.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "with fire.", "human_ref_B": "My recommendation is to first gain the respect of the rest of the Astartes in the squad, show them you respect them and their traditions, this will earn you allies among them. Then if you suspect one of them bring your concerns to the marines superior, stating that you do not wish to infringe on their franchise but that you are concerned and if THEY agree with your findings protocol would be that they assist you in ending this Heresy. If you build your alliances correctly and show respect and concern for their ways they will work with you for the glory of the Emperor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41255.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "28mhja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[40k] Fellow Inquisitors, seeing as I'm going to be among the Astartes in short time, I've held off asking this question long enough: If I do find some Heresy in the mind of a Space Marine, how exactly am I supposed to actually kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "cicpypf", "c_root_id_B": "cicbqj2", "created_at_utc_A": 1403291851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403249274.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Give them a new \"augment.\" Make sure its a bomb. Blow the sucker to Holy Terra.", "human_ref_B": "with fire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42577.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jtug6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Wonder Woman Comics] How does she fly? In the Canon DC Comics? What\u2019s the mechanism of her flying ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gc7yj7c", "c_root_id_B": "gc89j22", "created_at_utc_A": 1605324037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605332121.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Seeing as how she is from Greek myth then she probably recieves aid from the 4 wind gods.", "human_ref_B": "Magical blessing from the gods", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8084.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jtug6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Wonder Woman Comics] How does she fly? In the Canon DC Comics? What\u2019s the mechanism of her flying ability?", "c_root_id_A": "gc9ragv", "c_root_id_B": "gc7yj7c", "created_at_utc_A": 1605376704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605324037.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Hermes gifted her with flight and speed. All her powers are from her divine heritage or a god's Blessing so, magic is how.", "human_ref_B": "Seeing as how she is from Greek myth then she probably recieves aid from the 4 wind gods.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 52667.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2uzfwh", "c_root_id_B": "e2v1wbh", "created_at_utc_A": 1532307372.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532310097.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Well, the vampire, being originally human, can be forced using garlic or crosses or what have you, to do things out of fear. And if you were forcing him into your own dwelling that is pretty clear implicit permission. If the idea is you were forcing them into a third parties dwelling without permission, I assume the vampire part of him would be required to fight you to the death, take the damage from method you were using to force them, to kill you. If the choice is burning his hands on a cross and maybe winning, or being immolated when passing the wrong threshold, the choice is clear, both from the vampires intellect and base nature. I think it would have to either be injured killing a person trying such a thing, or be defeated and killed before ever being actually forced through the door.", "human_ref_B": "It would depend on the reasoning behind the vampire being unable, and the lore varies on why. Here's the reasonings/results I could come up with: * Psychological: Upon waking the vampire would freak out and immediately try to remove himself by whatever means necessary * Magical: The same result as trying to physically force him through a closed steel door, i.e. impossible or messy * Spiritual: Likely the same result as violating other strictures, bursting into flame that could not be extinguished until it left Building a house around it would imply consent to it being in there because just as you are intending to enclose the space you are intending to enclose the vampire., so the same as if invited in. Even if you didn't know they were there when you built it, it'd be the same as if you issued an invitation to them not knowing they were a vampire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2725.0, "score_ratio": 1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v9ago", "c_root_id_B": "e2vgeu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532329672.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The same thing that would happen if you where forced into a house. Through the wall. If you build a house around a vampire it gets squatter rights.", "human_ref_B": "In the Dresden Files, a vampire who crosses a threshold uninvited would lose its supernatural abilities and be weakened to normal human levels. They can enter of their free-will without consent, but they won't have their vampiric abilities. Near-human vampires can do this and not suffer too much. Older vampires are held together by magic, and doing so is basically a death sentence. Being invited across a threshold means both the host and the guest have rights. Neither can harm each other until the rights are waived willingly on both sides. The host can withdraw consent, but only if the guest breaks the rules. Likewise, the guest cannot harm the host unless the rules of hospitality are broken first. Breaking the rules first would irreparably weaken their magical abilities. So: humans can do it with impunity, but not wizards or other supernatural creatures. Thresholds don't come ready-made with the building itself, but is \"built\" over time by the people living in it, from their bonds with each other. Commercial buildings don't have thresholds, bachelor pads have weak ones, and a house that has large families living in it for generations would be a fortress.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10967.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v4d7u", "c_root_id_B": "e2vgeu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1532312869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532329672.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "My favourite interpretation is in Being Human. In the show, a vampire named Cutler is *determined* to enter a house for which he has no invitation. Crossing the threshold leads to intense pain, and his skin beginning to sear off as he's reduced to crawling through the house in an attempt to reach his objective. I think the second question depends on whether it's the homeowner forcing them in, or a 3rd party. If it's the former, then the vampire is fine. It's essentially willing consent that they *want* the vampire in their abode for *some* reason (even if the intent is to harm the vampire). If it's the latter, then the vampire is going to suffer. I think your third question becomes tricky to answer depending on whether the homeowner can officially own a property that overtly has an existing tenant within, otherwise what's to stop a city council walling up the city with a basic wall then suggesting the entire place is one large open-roof avant-garde property with sub-buildings, in order to instantly wipe out all vampires? Nope, I think the criteria has to be that they're breaking an unspoken creed of satanic origin, in that they have to trick or manipulate someone into welcoming them into their property, and the magical invitation check applies at the threshold. Front door? Yup. Windows? Yup. Skylight? Yup. But if the vampire was asleep in their coffin for years as an unwitting human built their house around a cool Gothic coffin, the vampire would be fine upon awakening. It's only after they exit the property and attempt reentry that they activate the invitation check. Same if they were teleported there or got turned into a vampire in a house while uninvited.", "human_ref_B": "In the Dresden Files, a vampire who crosses a threshold uninvited would lose its supernatural abilities and be weakened to normal human levels. They can enter of their free-will without consent, but they won't have their vampiric abilities. Near-human vampires can do this and not suffer too much. Older vampires are held together by magic, and doing so is basically a death sentence. Being invited across a threshold means both the host and the guest have rights. Neither can harm each other until the rights are waived willingly on both sides. The host can withdraw consent, but only if the guest breaks the rules. Likewise, the guest cannot harm the host unless the rules of hospitality are broken first. Breaking the rules first would irreparably weaken their magical abilities. So: humans can do it with impunity, but not wizards or other supernatural creatures. Thresholds don't come ready-made with the building itself, but is \"built\" over time by the people living in it, from their bonds with each other. Commercial buildings don't have thresholds, bachelor pads have weak ones, and a house that has large families living in it for generations would be a fortress.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16803.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2va5qv", "c_root_id_B": "e2vgeu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1532319820.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532329672.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The Vampire Diaries had an episode where a vampire (Elijah) was being kept \"daggered\" (basically comatose) in the basement and between when they put him there and woke him up, they changed the ownership of the house. Which in their lore revoked the invitations to vampires. In their lore, vampires still breath and have a heartbeat, so he started choking and said he couldn't breathe. He left the house before anything worse happened.", "human_ref_B": "In the Dresden Files, a vampire who crosses a threshold uninvited would lose its supernatural abilities and be weakened to normal human levels. They can enter of their free-will without consent, but they won't have their vampiric abilities. Near-human vampires can do this and not suffer too much. Older vampires are held together by magic, and doing so is basically a death sentence. Being invited across a threshold means both the host and the guest have rights. Neither can harm each other until the rights are waived willingly on both sides. The host can withdraw consent, but only if the guest breaks the rules. Likewise, the guest cannot harm the host unless the rules of hospitality are broken first. Breaking the rules first would irreparably weaken their magical abilities. So: humans can do it with impunity, but not wizards or other supernatural creatures. Thresholds don't come ready-made with the building itself, but is \"built\" over time by the people living in it, from their bonds with each other. Commercial buildings don't have thresholds, bachelor pads have weak ones, and a house that has large families living in it for generations would be a fortress.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9852.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2vaxho", "c_root_id_B": "e2vgeu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1532320847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532329672.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Depends on where the house is. Is it in another -sylvania... like PENN-sylvania?", "human_ref_B": "In the Dresden Files, a vampire who crosses a threshold uninvited would lose its supernatural abilities and be weakened to normal human levels. They can enter of their free-will without consent, but they won't have their vampiric abilities. Near-human vampires can do this and not suffer too much. Older vampires are held together by magic, and doing so is basically a death sentence. Being invited across a threshold means both the host and the guest have rights. Neither can harm each other until the rights are waived willingly on both sides. The host can withdraw consent, but only if the guest breaks the rules. Likewise, the guest cannot harm the host unless the rules of hospitality are broken first. Breaking the rules first would irreparably weaken their magical abilities. So: humans can do it with impunity, but not wizards or other supernatural creatures. Thresholds don't come ready-made with the building itself, but is \"built\" over time by the people living in it, from their bonds with each other. Commercial buildings don't have thresholds, bachelor pads have weak ones, and a house that has large families living in it for generations would be a fortress.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8825.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v91w5", "c_root_id_B": "e2vgeu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532329672.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Follow up question if a vampire loads himself into a cannon that is pointing at a house then lights the fuse what happens?", "human_ref_B": "In the Dresden Files, a vampire who crosses a threshold uninvited would lose its supernatural abilities and be weakened to normal human levels. They can enter of their free-will without consent, but they won't have their vampiric abilities. Near-human vampires can do this and not suffer too much. Older vampires are held together by magic, and doing so is basically a death sentence. Being invited across a threshold means both the host and the guest have rights. Neither can harm each other until the rights are waived willingly on both sides. The host can withdraw consent, but only if the guest breaks the rules. Likewise, the guest cannot harm the host unless the rules of hospitality are broken first. Breaking the rules first would irreparably weaken their magical abilities. So: humans can do it with impunity, but not wizards or other supernatural creatures. Thresholds don't come ready-made with the building itself, but is \"built\" over time by the people living in it, from their bonds with each other. Commercial buildings don't have thresholds, bachelor pads have weak ones, and a house that has large families living in it for generations would be a fortress.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11264.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v995s", "c_root_id_B": "e2vgeu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532329672.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I see, so the minecraft lets play has puzzled you too. I do like their interpretation tho, like he would suffer similar to being covered in garlic or sun light, then explode. But a house around him, as said previous, no effect but 4 houses build on all sides of him and he not granted permission to enter any of them would be intriguing.", "human_ref_B": "In the Dresden Files, a vampire who crosses a threshold uninvited would lose its supernatural abilities and be weakened to normal human levels. They can enter of their free-will without consent, but they won't have their vampiric abilities. Near-human vampires can do this and not suffer too much. Older vampires are held together by magic, and doing so is basically a death sentence. Being invited across a threshold means both the host and the guest have rights. Neither can harm each other until the rights are waived willingly on both sides. The host can withdraw consent, but only if the guest breaks the rules. Likewise, the guest cannot harm the host unless the rules of hospitality are broken first. Breaking the rules first would irreparably weaken their magical abilities. So: humans can do it with impunity, but not wizards or other supernatural creatures. Thresholds don't come ready-made with the building itself, but is \"built\" over time by the people living in it, from their bonds with each other. Commercial buildings don't have thresholds, bachelor pads have weak ones, and a house that has large families living in it for generations would be a fortress.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11011.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2vgeu5", "c_root_id_B": "e2vc09h", "created_at_utc_A": 1532329672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532322360.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the Dresden Files, a vampire who crosses a threshold uninvited would lose its supernatural abilities and be weakened to normal human levels. They can enter of their free-will without consent, but they won't have their vampiric abilities. Near-human vampires can do this and not suffer too much. Older vampires are held together by magic, and doing so is basically a death sentence. Being invited across a threshold means both the host and the guest have rights. Neither can harm each other until the rights are waived willingly on both sides. The host can withdraw consent, but only if the guest breaks the rules. Likewise, the guest cannot harm the host unless the rules of hospitality are broken first. Breaking the rules first would irreparably weaken their magical abilities. So: humans can do it with impunity, but not wizards or other supernatural creatures. Thresholds don't come ready-made with the building itself, but is \"built\" over time by the people living in it, from their bonds with each other. Commercial buildings don't have thresholds, bachelor pads have weak ones, and a house that has large families living in it for generations would be a fortress.", "human_ref_B": "He'd have to leave at the first available opportunity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7312.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2ve3u8", "c_root_id_B": "e2vgeu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1532325586.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532329672.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It's a psychological phenomena not physical. If a vampire is aware that they are entering a privately owned residence without an invitation they will feel an extreme desire to leave, similar to a fight or flight response, it's instinctual and overrides all other desires until they leave. However, if the vampire is unaware they are entering a private residence such as through trickery, nothing will happen because the vampire does not know they did it and nothing will continue to happen until the owner of the residence informs the vampire they received no invitation.", "human_ref_B": "In the Dresden Files, a vampire who crosses a threshold uninvited would lose its supernatural abilities and be weakened to normal human levels. They can enter of their free-will without consent, but they won't have their vampiric abilities. Near-human vampires can do this and not suffer too much. Older vampires are held together by magic, and doing so is basically a death sentence. Being invited across a threshold means both the host and the guest have rights. Neither can harm each other until the rights are waived willingly on both sides. The host can withdraw consent, but only if the guest breaks the rules. Likewise, the guest cannot harm the host unless the rules of hospitality are broken first. Breaking the rules first would irreparably weaken their magical abilities. So: humans can do it with impunity, but not wizards or other supernatural creatures. Thresholds don't come ready-made with the building itself, but is \"built\" over time by the people living in it, from their bonds with each other. Commercial buildings don't have thresholds, bachelor pads have weak ones, and a house that has large families living in it for generations would be a fortress.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4086.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v4d7u", "c_root_id_B": "e2v9ago", "created_at_utc_A": 1532312869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532318705.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "My favourite interpretation is in Being Human. In the show, a vampire named Cutler is *determined* to enter a house for which he has no invitation. Crossing the threshold leads to intense pain, and his skin beginning to sear off as he's reduced to crawling through the house in an attempt to reach his objective. I think the second question depends on whether it's the homeowner forcing them in, or a 3rd party. If it's the former, then the vampire is fine. It's essentially willing consent that they *want* the vampire in their abode for *some* reason (even if the intent is to harm the vampire). If it's the latter, then the vampire is going to suffer. I think your third question becomes tricky to answer depending on whether the homeowner can officially own a property that overtly has an existing tenant within, otherwise what's to stop a city council walling up the city with a basic wall then suggesting the entire place is one large open-roof avant-garde property with sub-buildings, in order to instantly wipe out all vampires? Nope, I think the criteria has to be that they're breaking an unspoken creed of satanic origin, in that they have to trick or manipulate someone into welcoming them into their property, and the magical invitation check applies at the threshold. Front door? Yup. Windows? Yup. Skylight? Yup. But if the vampire was asleep in their coffin for years as an unwitting human built their house around a cool Gothic coffin, the vampire would be fine upon awakening. It's only after they exit the property and attempt reentry that they activate the invitation check. Same if they were teleported there or got turned into a vampire in a house while uninvited.", "human_ref_B": "The same thing that would happen if you where forced into a house. Through the wall. If you build a house around a vampire it gets squatter rights.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5836.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v91w5", "c_root_id_B": "e2v9ago", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532318705.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Follow up question if a vampire loads himself into a cannon that is pointing at a house then lights the fuse what happens?", "human_ref_B": "The same thing that would happen if you where forced into a house. Through the wall. If you build a house around a vampire it gets squatter rights.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 297.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v9ago", "c_root_id_B": "e2v995s", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532318661.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The same thing that would happen if you where forced into a house. Through the wall. If you build a house around a vampire it gets squatter rights.", "human_ref_B": "I see, so the minecraft lets play has puzzled you too. I do like their interpretation tho, like he would suffer similar to being covered in garlic or sun light, then explode. But a house around him, as said previous, no effect but 4 houses build on all sides of him and he not granted permission to enter any of them would be intriguing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v91w5", "c_root_id_B": "e2va5qv", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532319820.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Follow up question if a vampire loads himself into a cannon that is pointing at a house then lights the fuse what happens?", "human_ref_B": "The Vampire Diaries had an episode where a vampire (Elijah) was being kept \"daggered\" (basically comatose) in the basement and between when they put him there and woke him up, they changed the ownership of the house. Which in their lore revoked the invitations to vampires. In their lore, vampires still breath and have a heartbeat, so he started choking and said he couldn't breathe. He left the house before anything worse happened.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1412.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v995s", "c_root_id_B": "e2va5qv", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532319820.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I see, so the minecraft lets play has puzzled you too. I do like their interpretation tho, like he would suffer similar to being covered in garlic or sun light, then explode. But a house around him, as said previous, no effect but 4 houses build on all sides of him and he not granted permission to enter any of them would be intriguing.", "human_ref_B": "The Vampire Diaries had an episode where a vampire (Elijah) was being kept \"daggered\" (basically comatose) in the basement and between when they put him there and woke him up, they changed the ownership of the house. Which in their lore revoked the invitations to vampires. In their lore, vampires still breath and have a heartbeat, so he started choking and said he couldn't breathe. He left the house before anything worse happened.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1159.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v91w5", "c_root_id_B": "e2vaxho", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532320847.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Follow up question if a vampire loads himself into a cannon that is pointing at a house then lights the fuse what happens?", "human_ref_B": "Depends on where the house is. Is it in another -sylvania... like PENN-sylvania?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2439.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "912cu1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Vampires] In general fiction, what would happen if a vampire was forced into a house ? There's the lore saying a vampire cannot enter a house uninvited. But, what would happen if he was forced into a house ? Maybe while he was sleeping or something ? Also, what would happen if a house was built around a vampire ?", "c_root_id_A": "e2v995s", "c_root_id_B": "e2vaxho", "created_at_utc_A": 1532318661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532320847.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I see, so the minecraft lets play has puzzled you too. I do like their interpretation tho, like he would suffer similar to being covered in garlic or sun light, then explode. But a house around him, as said previous, no effect but 4 houses build on all sides of him and he not granted permission to enter any of them would be intriguing.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on where the house is. Is it in another -sylvania... like PENN-sylvania?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2186.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8hc35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] What would happen, if two equally powerful in force jedi use jedi mind trick on each other at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "gxidwzv", "c_root_id_B": "gxicli9", "created_at_utc_A": 1620577200.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620576550.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Probably not much of anything. The mind trick works best when you're exploiting the preconceptions of the target; the troopers Obi-Wan tricked in Ep IV no doubt saw an endless parade of droids that weren't R2 and 3PO before they hit the checkpoint, and Bib Fortuna's whole job is to keep an ear out for stuff his boss Jabba will want to know. It is also best directed at those who don't know the score; going back again to the checkpoint troopers and Bib, neither were accustomed to dealing with jedi, and having to keep guard against someone who can shove thoughts into your head (or get fed up and just choke you out via conference call) is a complete outside context problem. A rival jedi, meanwhile, both A) knows the score regarding things like the mind trick and B) has been trained from the beginning to be mindful of their thoughts and surroundings, and are much, much less likely to be taken in. A pair of equally strong jedi are unlikely to get much traction on each other with that move.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 650.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8hc35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] What would happen, if two equally powerful in force jedi use jedi mind trick on each other at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "gxik9ip", "c_root_id_B": "gxicli9", "created_at_utc_A": 1620580327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620576550.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Probably nothing. the Jedi mind trick have repeatedly been said to only work on the weak-minded; a strong force user would surely be immune by default.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3777.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8hc35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] What would happen, if two equally powerful in force jedi use jedi mind trick on each other at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "gxicli9", "c_root_id_B": "gxihan3", "created_at_utc_A": 1620576550.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620578870.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Nothing. Teaching somebody how to recognize foreign thoughts is a fairly easy process and even a non force sensitive people can resist them after some practice. Mind Trick usually works if the target doesn't know what that is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2320.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8hc35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] What would happen, if two equally powerful in force jedi use jedi mind trick on each other at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "gxjgvbf", "c_root_id_B": "gxicli9", "created_at_utc_A": 1620596137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620576550.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Even strong-willed non-Force Sensitives can resist the mind trick. Cad Bane resisted it being used on him from *three* powerful Jedi, two equally powerful Jedi would do nothing. Plus, they're aware they're doing it, I don't think it's supposed to work like that. You're not over-writing someones will. You're just implanting a suggestion.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19587.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8hc35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] What would happen, if two equally powerful in force jedi use jedi mind trick on each other at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "gxik9ip", "c_root_id_B": "gxihan3", "created_at_utc_A": 1620580327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620578870.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Probably nothing. the Jedi mind trick have repeatedly been said to only work on the weak-minded; a strong force user would surely be immune by default.", "human_ref_B": "Nothing. Teaching somebody how to recognize foreign thoughts is a fairly easy process and even a non force sensitive people can resist them after some practice. Mind Trick usually works if the target doesn't know what that is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1457.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8hc35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] What would happen, if two equally powerful in force jedi use jedi mind trick on each other at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "gxjgvbf", "c_root_id_B": "gxjfudc", "created_at_utc_A": 1620596137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620595624.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Even strong-willed non-Force Sensitives can resist the mind trick. Cad Bane resisted it being used on him from *three* powerful Jedi, two equally powerful Jedi would do nothing. Plus, they're aware they're doing it, I don't think it's supposed to work like that. You're not over-writing someones will. You're just implanting a suggestion.", "human_ref_B": "it would be one of the telepathic battles we see between Rey and kylo.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 513.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ur31o3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) Question about Wanda In what the film refers to as the 616 universe (not the one we know of as 616 but I digress), Wanda had two kids with Vision, but both the kids and Vision were fake, they were just things she created with her magic. However, she's able to find a universe (Earth 838) where the kids are real, and they're basically the exact same kids that she fabricated with magic. Who the hell is their father? Is it Vision and he's just a real boy in this universe?", "c_root_id_A": "i8ur7z5", "c_root_id_B": "i8ur8p8", "created_at_utc_A": 1652727462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652727471.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 56, "human_ref_A": "https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/uqgh2e/mcu_wandas_kids", "human_ref_B": "We don't know. That said, since she created her children with her mind, there is an easy explanation as to why our Wand's children looked the same: she dreamed of them. We know that dreams are a gateway into other universes, so she would have seen what her children should have been. So, when she was instinctually creating her \"perfect world\", she shaped her children in the image of her dreams/other universes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ur31o3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) Question about Wanda In what the film refers to as the 616 universe (not the one we know of as 616 but I digress), Wanda had two kids with Vision, but both the kids and Vision were fake, they were just things she created with her magic. However, she's able to find a universe (Earth 838) where the kids are real, and they're basically the exact same kids that she fabricated with magic. Who the hell is their father? Is it Vision and he's just a real boy in this universe?", "c_root_id_A": "i8ur7z5", "c_root_id_B": "i8uyema", "created_at_utc_A": 1652727462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652730406.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/uqgh2e/mcu_wandas_kids", "human_ref_B": "We don't know for sure, but off the top of my head, here are a handful of possibilities: 1. They were also conjured by magic, just a less-terrible form of magic. Maybe that Wanda sliced off a little piece of her own magic to make them, which is why she was so much weaker than \"our\" Wanda. 2. Vision was the daddy, and his Vibranium body was somehow capable of reproduction. 3. Vision was the daddy, but she used her magic to make him human. 3. Someone who looks remarkably like Paul Bettany was the daddy. Maybe he was the butler at Avengers HQ. *But*, since that Wanda is from the same timeline as the Illuminati, we do know that Tony's Ultron program went *much* better in their universe. So my *best* guess is that Tony himself created the Vision and a swarm of Ultron drones, and that Wanda hooked up with Vision in that timeline.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2944.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ur31o3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) Question about Wanda In what the film refers to as the 616 universe (not the one we know of as 616 but I digress), Wanda had two kids with Vision, but both the kids and Vision were fake, they were just things she created with her magic. However, she's able to find a universe (Earth 838) where the kids are real, and they're basically the exact same kids that she fabricated with magic. Who the hell is their father? Is it Vision and he's just a real boy in this universe?", "c_root_id_A": "i8ur7z5", "c_root_id_B": "i8vp54k", "created_at_utc_A": 1652727462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652741833.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/uqgh2e/mcu_wandas_kids", "human_ref_B": "Vision really has nothing to do with what the kids look like since, as you pointed out, the kids are fake in 616. In all probability, their appearance is likely based on something 616 Wanda saw in a multiversal dream of 838 or somewhere else. So his absence in 838 is really neither here nor there. My personal theory is that 838 Wanda adopted them, as an orphan herself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14371.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ur31o3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness] (SPOILERS) Question about Wanda In what the film refers to as the 616 universe (not the one we know of as 616 but I digress), Wanda had two kids with Vision, but both the kids and Vision were fake, they were just things she created with her magic. However, she's able to find a universe (Earth 838) where the kids are real, and they're basically the exact same kids that she fabricated with magic. Who the hell is their father? Is it Vision and he's just a real boy in this universe?", "c_root_id_A": "i8vhrme", "c_root_id_B": "i8vp54k", "created_at_utc_A": 1652738474.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652741833.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Quite possibly, Simon Williams", "human_ref_B": "Vision really has nothing to do with what the kids look like since, as you pointed out, the kids are fake in 616. In all probability, their appearance is likely based on something 616 Wanda saw in a multiversal dream of 838 or somewhere else. So his absence in 838 is really neither here nor there. My personal theory is that 838 Wanda adopted them, as an orphan herself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3359.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgvs1b7", "c_root_id_B": "hgvuyzc", "created_at_utc_A": 1634405574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634406849.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "He doesn't. He encourages people to come there with any magical problems they may have. The only problem is he's sometimes approached by those supernatural-debunking shows that want him to prove magic exists and he doesn't particularly want to be on TV.", "human_ref_B": "It's no sweat to make the sanctum look like a regular building.. And as for keeping people out there's these fancy gadgets called \"locks\". That'll keep out the majority of people and if someone REALLY wants to get in (break the lock/door/whatever) I'm sure there's various magical wards that prevent entry without killing/maiming the intruder.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1275.0, "score_ratio": 1.4705882353, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgybebk", "c_root_id_B": "hgwpgfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1634449390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634420053.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The same thing preventing civilians in the neighbourhood from wandering into your house, a steady lock and a general acceptance of private property, plus probably about half a million defensive spells for that one pesky burglar", "human_ref_B": "Same as always, they pretty much don't tell people about it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29337.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgxj4yo", "c_root_id_B": "hgybebk", "created_at_utc_A": 1634433889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634449390.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "\"A wizard did it\"", "human_ref_B": "The same thing preventing civilians in the neighbourhood from wandering into your house, a steady lock and a general acceptance of private property, plus probably about half a million defensive spells for that one pesky burglar", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15501.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgybebk", "c_root_id_B": "hgx88pt", "created_at_utc_A": 1634449390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634428715.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The same thing preventing civilians in the neighbourhood from wandering into your house, a steady lock and a general acceptance of private property, plus probably about half a million defensive spells for that one pesky burglar", "human_ref_B": "Why was the previous post that asked this removed?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20675.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgwpgfd", "c_root_id_B": "hgyseo3", "created_at_utc_A": 1634420053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634462806.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Same as always, they pretty much don't tell people about it.", "human_ref_B": "How often have you wandered into a house that wasn't yours?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42753.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgxj4yo", "c_root_id_B": "hgyseo3", "created_at_utc_A": 1634433889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634462806.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "\"A wizard did it\"", "human_ref_B": "How often have you wandered into a house that wasn't yours?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28917.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgx88pt", "c_root_id_B": "hgyseo3", "created_at_utc_A": 1634428715.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634462806.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Why was the previous post that asked this removed?", "human_ref_B": "How often have you wandered into a house that wasn't yours?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34091.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgxj4yo", "c_root_id_B": "hgwpgfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1634433889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634420053.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "\"A wizard did it\"", "human_ref_B": "Same as always, they pretty much don't tell people about it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13836.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgxj4yo", "c_root_id_B": "hgx88pt", "created_at_utc_A": 1634433889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634428715.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"A wizard did it\"", "human_ref_B": "Why was the previous post that asked this removed?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5174.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q9gex7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MARVEL] How does Dr Strange keep the New York sanctum a secret? It's a physical place. What's preventing the civilians in the neighborhood from wandering by once in a while?", "c_root_id_A": "hgx88pt", "c_root_id_B": "hgzolpu", "created_at_utc_A": 1634428715.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634482801.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Why was the previous post that asked this removed?", "human_ref_B": "Probably not? The average New Yorker passing the place probably won't pay too much attention to the place as it blends pretty well into the urban landscape. Magical defenses will deter average criminals and the occassional urban explorer. To the uninitiated Dr. Strange could easily pass as a performer, charlatan, or crackpot. New York has plenty of these. They'll probably give it a wide berth. This shouldn't impede those with legitimate business however. Most of his magical foes would likely know about the place in some fashion too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 54086.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e116lin", "c_root_id_B": "e118h51", "created_at_utc_A": 1529556141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529558846.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Join the military. Setting aside demigods, super geniuses, people with terrible childhoods..... Cap, Bucky, War Machine, Falcon All ordinary citizens that have superpowers (roughly speaking) It's unlikely but given the relative size of the US military compared to the population at large and the lack of too many every day superheros that aren't born special or formed by unique circumstances it seems like this might be the best way to go.", "human_ref_B": "You could give Terrigen Mist a go. If you're lucky you have the Inhuman gene and you will transform. Rummage around in some of the ruined remains a superhero fights to pick up some alien tech you could use. The Battle of New York, when the Chitauri invaded, is probably the best bet. Sokovia Crater and the Potomac River near the Triskelion are also likely spots. Chop off a limb. Even relatively mundane folk, like Misty Knight are getting prosthetic upgrades. Try one of the supersoldier formulae out there. Word has it that Secretary of State Ross had access to that during his Army days. Last ditch effort, attach razor blades to your fingernails. That is apparently enough for SHIELD to consider you enhanced.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2705.0, "score_ratio": 1.5909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e118cks", "c_root_id_B": "e118h51", "created_at_utc_A": 1529558647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529558846.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Volunteer to be a tester for an arms dealer who's trying to develop super level tech. You might die or turn into a super villain but there's the powers", "human_ref_B": "You could give Terrigen Mist a go. If you're lucky you have the Inhuman gene and you will transform. Rummage around in some of the ruined remains a superhero fights to pick up some alien tech you could use. The Battle of New York, when the Chitauri invaded, is probably the best bet. Sokovia Crater and the Potomac River near the Triskelion are also likely spots. Chop off a limb. Even relatively mundane folk, like Misty Knight are getting prosthetic upgrades. Try one of the supersoldier formulae out there. Word has it that Secretary of State Ross had access to that during his Army days. Last ditch effort, attach razor blades to your fingernails. That is apparently enough for SHIELD to consider you enhanced.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 199.0, "score_ratio": 2.1875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11jvqz", "c_root_id_B": "e118khs", "created_at_utc_A": 1529581034.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529558998.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Irradiate creatures in your local zoo and then taunt them until they bite you - choose wisely though: * Radioactive Wasp: Only grants the ability to spoil villain's picnics. * Radioactive Brontosaurus: if you can find one of these to bite you, then all power to you. * Radioactive Gekko: Too many possible copyright infringement suits. * Radioactive man-eating Bengal Tiger: Will completely devour you. * Radioactive Bandicoot: Fuck knows.", "human_ref_B": "Going to Kamar-Taj and learning magic seems pretty easy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22036.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11auws", "c_root_id_B": "e11jvqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1529562847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529581034.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Make connections. Almost everyone who has superpowers and didnt get them from total chance, like cage or jessica or inhumans, have gotten it from shady conenctions. Hydra, while they were still around, loved to test stuff on human subjects. There is a rather large transhuman society, who focuses on cybernetics, but those are mostly for the really rich. You could try and find some shady doctor who tries to replicate the inhuman powers with genemodification, there was a dude on hawaii that did that many experimental treatments and drugs might work as well. One dude got sonic scream powers from a cancer treatment, another got superstrenght from some steriods.", "human_ref_B": "Irradiate creatures in your local zoo and then taunt them until they bite you - choose wisely though: * Radioactive Wasp: Only grants the ability to spoil villain's picnics. * Radioactive Brontosaurus: if you can find one of these to bite you, then all power to you. * Radioactive Gekko: Too many possible copyright infringement suits. * Radioactive man-eating Bengal Tiger: Will completely devour you. * Radioactive Bandicoot: Fuck knows.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18187.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11dsv1", "c_root_id_B": "e11jvqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1529568524.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529581034.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Pacts with demons is a good one but there are obvious downsides.", "human_ref_B": "Irradiate creatures in your local zoo and then taunt them until they bite you - choose wisely though: * Radioactive Wasp: Only grants the ability to spoil villain's picnics. * Radioactive Brontosaurus: if you can find one of these to bite you, then all power to you. * Radioactive Gekko: Too many possible copyright infringement suits. * Radioactive man-eating Bengal Tiger: Will completely devour you. * Radioactive Bandicoot: Fuck knows.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12510.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11cxim", "c_root_id_B": "e11jvqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1529566716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529581034.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "There is a guy in NY who sells alien weapons refubrished for human use. For about a 5k$ you can get a minor device that would give you the equivalent of street-level superpower, like, electric blasts, anti-gravity, hovering, or just a very good body armour that will make you impervious to bullets.", "human_ref_B": "Irradiate creatures in your local zoo and then taunt them until they bite you - choose wisely though: * Radioactive Wasp: Only grants the ability to spoil villain's picnics. * Radioactive Brontosaurus: if you can find one of these to bite you, then all power to you. * Radioactive Gekko: Too many possible copyright infringement suits. * Radioactive man-eating Bengal Tiger: Will completely devour you. * Radioactive Bandicoot: Fuck knows.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14318.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11du0w", "c_root_id_B": "e11jvqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1529568593.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529581034.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Some bloke with a chemistry degree was able to slap together a passable super soldier serum. Made him batty, but if you're willing to do what it takes for powers, there's your way.", "human_ref_B": "Irradiate creatures in your local zoo and then taunt them until they bite you - choose wisely though: * Radioactive Wasp: Only grants the ability to spoil villain's picnics. * Radioactive Brontosaurus: if you can find one of these to bite you, then all power to you. * Radioactive Gekko: Too many possible copyright infringement suits. * Radioactive man-eating Bengal Tiger: Will completely devour you. * Radioactive Bandicoot: Fuck knows.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12441.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e1190jl", "c_root_id_B": "e11jvqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1529559740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529581034.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Magic, just grab a book off the internet and boom, super powers. Really it is kind of confusing how it isn't a bigger problem actually.", "human_ref_B": "Irradiate creatures in your local zoo and then taunt them until they bite you - choose wisely though: * Radioactive Wasp: Only grants the ability to spoil villain's picnics. * Radioactive Brontosaurus: if you can find one of these to bite you, then all power to you. * Radioactive Gekko: Too many possible copyright infringement suits. * Radioactive man-eating Bengal Tiger: Will completely devour you. * Radioactive Bandicoot: Fuck knows.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21294.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11dxwm", "c_root_id_B": "e11jvqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1529568825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529581034.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Be careful if you turn to shady people in your search, that\u2019s what deathlok did and he basically became a cyborg slave for years", "human_ref_B": "Irradiate creatures in your local zoo and then taunt them until they bite you - choose wisely though: * Radioactive Wasp: Only grants the ability to spoil villain's picnics. * Radioactive Brontosaurus: if you can find one of these to bite you, then all power to you. * Radioactive Gekko: Too many possible copyright infringement suits. * Radioactive man-eating Bengal Tiger: Will completely devour you. * Radioactive Bandicoot: Fuck knows.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12209.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11auws", "c_root_id_B": "e11dsv1", "created_at_utc_A": 1529562847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529568524.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Make connections. Almost everyone who has superpowers and didnt get them from total chance, like cage or jessica or inhumans, have gotten it from shady conenctions. Hydra, while they were still around, loved to test stuff on human subjects. There is a rather large transhuman society, who focuses on cybernetics, but those are mostly for the really rich. You could try and find some shady doctor who tries to replicate the inhuman powers with genemodification, there was a dude on hawaii that did that many experimental treatments and drugs might work as well. One dude got sonic scream powers from a cancer treatment, another got superstrenght from some steriods.", "human_ref_B": "Pacts with demons is a good one but there are obvious downsides.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5677.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e1190jl", "c_root_id_B": "e11auws", "created_at_utc_A": 1529559740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529562847.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Magic, just grab a book off the internet and boom, super powers. Really it is kind of confusing how it isn't a bigger problem actually.", "human_ref_B": "Make connections. Almost everyone who has superpowers and didnt get them from total chance, like cage or jessica or inhumans, have gotten it from shady conenctions. Hydra, while they were still around, loved to test stuff on human subjects. There is a rather large transhuman society, who focuses on cybernetics, but those are mostly for the really rich. You could try and find some shady doctor who tries to replicate the inhuman powers with genemodification, there was a dude on hawaii that did that many experimental treatments and drugs might work as well. One dude got sonic scream powers from a cancer treatment, another got superstrenght from some steriods.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3107.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11cxim", "c_root_id_B": "e11dsv1", "created_at_utc_A": 1529566716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529568524.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There is a guy in NY who sells alien weapons refubrished for human use. For about a 5k$ you can get a minor device that would give you the equivalent of street-level superpower, like, electric blasts, anti-gravity, hovering, or just a very good body armour that will make you impervious to bullets.", "human_ref_B": "Pacts with demons is a good one but there are obvious downsides.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1808.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11dsv1", "c_root_id_B": "e1190jl", "created_at_utc_A": 1529568524.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529559740.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Pacts with demons is a good one but there are obvious downsides.", "human_ref_B": "Magic, just grab a book off the internet and boom, super powers. Really it is kind of confusing how it isn't a bigger problem actually.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8784.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e1190jl", "c_root_id_B": "e11cxim", "created_at_utc_A": 1529559740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529566716.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Magic, just grab a book off the internet and boom, super powers. Really it is kind of confusing how it isn't a bigger problem actually.", "human_ref_B": "There is a guy in NY who sells alien weapons refubrished for human use. For about a 5k$ you can get a minor device that would give you the equivalent of street-level superpower, like, electric blasts, anti-gravity, hovering, or just a very good body armour that will make you impervious to bullets.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6976.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sozoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] I'm an everyday citizen of average income and limited connections. I want superpowers. What's my best option for getting some?", "c_root_id_A": "e11du0w", "c_root_id_B": "e1190jl", "created_at_utc_A": 1529568593.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529559740.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Some bloke with a chemistry degree was able to slap together a passable super soldier serum. Made him batty, but if you're willing to do what it takes for powers, there's your way.", "human_ref_B": "Magic, just grab a book off the internet and boom, super powers. Really it is kind of confusing how it isn't a bigger problem actually.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8853.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c9yo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] In the Earth we know, Batman was targeted by the Court of Owls, a secret society that has been doing evil in Gotham for some time. Does this mean that on Earth 2, there is a Parliament of Bats that has been secretly doing good in Gotham, and will someday target Owlman?", "c_root_id_A": "e595vtb", "c_root_id_B": "e595zbr", "created_at_utc_A": 1535867998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535868170.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 190, "human_ref_A": "No because on Earth 2 Owlman doesn't exist but there might have been one on Earth 3 before it was destroyed.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe it had, but Earth 2 has bigger problems, being all destroyed by Darkside in New 52, having all population evacuated and re-settled on completely another world donated by Telos after Convergence.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 172.0, "score_ratio": 2.8787878788, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c9yo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] In the Earth we know, Batman was targeted by the Court of Owls, a secret society that has been doing evil in Gotham for some time. Does this mean that on Earth 2, there is a Parliament of Bats that has been secretly doing good in Gotham, and will someday target Owlman?", "c_root_id_A": "e59k8ke", "c_root_id_B": "e59lfxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1535896074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535897526.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "It would be a Colony of Bats doing good and opposing Owlman.", "human_ref_B": "An Owlman once had a living Jason Todd as a Talon, so I'm inclined to believe he *was* the Court of Owls. A Parliment of Bats with Robin assasins sounds off to me. Unless the whole faction's bird themed, based on job or rank.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1452.0, "score_ratio": 3.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c9yo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] In the Earth we know, Batman was targeted by the Court of Owls, a secret society that has been doing evil in Gotham for some time. Does this mean that on Earth 2, there is a Parliament of Bats that has been secretly doing good in Gotham, and will someday target Owlman?", "c_root_id_A": "e59lfxd", "c_root_id_B": "e59jgi0", "created_at_utc_A": 1535897526.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535895088.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "An Owlman once had a living Jason Todd as a Talon, so I'm inclined to believe he *was* the Court of Owls. A Parliment of Bats with Robin assasins sounds off to me. Unless the whole faction's bird themed, based on job or rank.", "human_ref_B": "No. It\u2019s certainly possible, but it\u2019s not like the Court is some multiversal constant. There\u2019s nothing to really support the idea of a Court of Bats other than fun symmetry.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2438.0, "score_ratio": 4.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c9yo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] In the Earth we know, Batman was targeted by the Court of Owls, a secret society that has been doing evil in Gotham for some time. Does this mean that on Earth 2, there is a Parliament of Bats that has been secretly doing good in Gotham, and will someday target Owlman?", "c_root_id_A": "e59cbrx", "c_root_id_B": "e59lfxd", "created_at_utc_A": 1535881900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535897526.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "That is exactly what it means.", "human_ref_B": "An Owlman once had a living Jason Todd as a Talon, so I'm inclined to believe he *was* the Court of Owls. A Parliment of Bats with Robin assasins sounds off to me. Unless the whole faction's bird themed, based on job or rank.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15626.0, "score_ratio": 18.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c9yo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] In the Earth we know, Batman was targeted by the Court of Owls, a secret society that has been doing evil in Gotham for some time. Does this mean that on Earth 2, there is a Parliament of Bats that has been secretly doing good in Gotham, and will someday target Owlman?", "c_root_id_A": "e59k8ke", "c_root_id_B": "e59jgi0", "created_at_utc_A": 1535896074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535895088.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It would be a Colony of Bats doing good and opposing Owlman.", "human_ref_B": "No. It\u2019s certainly possible, but it\u2019s not like the Court is some multiversal constant. There\u2019s nothing to really support the idea of a Court of Bats other than fun symmetry.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 986.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c9yo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] In the Earth we know, Batman was targeted by the Court of Owls, a secret society that has been doing evil in Gotham for some time. Does this mean that on Earth 2, there is a Parliament of Bats that has been secretly doing good in Gotham, and will someday target Owlman?", "c_root_id_A": "e59cbrx", "c_root_id_B": "e59k8ke", "created_at_utc_A": 1535881900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535896074.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "That is exactly what it means.", "human_ref_B": "It would be a Colony of Bats doing good and opposing Owlman.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14174.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c9yo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] In the Earth we know, Batman was targeted by the Court of Owls, a secret society that has been doing evil in Gotham for some time. Does this mean that on Earth 2, there is a Parliament of Bats that has been secretly doing good in Gotham, and will someday target Owlman?", "c_root_id_A": "e59jgi0", "c_root_id_B": "e59cbrx", "created_at_utc_A": 1535895088.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535881900.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No. It\u2019s certainly possible, but it\u2019s not like the Court is some multiversal constant. There\u2019s nothing to really support the idea of a Court of Bats other than fun symmetry.", "human_ref_B": "That is exactly what it means.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13188.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c9yo8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[DC] In the Earth we know, Batman was targeted by the Court of Owls, a secret society that has been doing evil in Gotham for some time. Does this mean that on Earth 2, there is a Parliament of Bats that has been secretly doing good in Gotham, and will someday target Owlman?", "c_root_id_A": "e59cbrx", "c_root_id_B": "e59rxyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1535881900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535904171.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "That is exactly what it means.", "human_ref_B": "I'm trying to remember which issue its shown, but Owlman is actually the head of the Court of Owls and has hundreds of Talons beneath him including all of the Robins from his universe.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22271.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ix9e6k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] everyone is a brilliant scientist of what exactly? What branches of science do the heroes and villains cover? This can be vague and perhaps a bit convenient for the plot. Examples below to illustrate my question but below is only a stab at an answer.. Hoping people can be more specific down to the right names of the disciplines and branches..(sorry). I guess Tony Stark is an expert at AI programming for one thing, also a few different branches of engineering and applied sciences...etc Doc Ock is some kind of robotics and neurology pioneer (neuroscientist and a neuroprothetics specialist?) Reed Richards is at the forefront of many theoretical sciences.. Spider-man is a tech industrialist lately, not sure what science he would be associated with. Beast? Kurt Konners is focused on genetics and specifically animal/human hybrid genetics..? (stem cell scientist?) I find this quite fascinating and it would be cool to know. Thanks", "c_root_id_A": "g65irmf", "c_root_id_B": "g65j7g2", "created_at_utc_A": 1600724901.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600725089.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 64, "human_ref_A": "Well, I guess I'll go with the obvious. Bruce Banner is a subject mater expert on radiation, specifically gamma radiation, and how it interacts with the human body.", "human_ref_B": "Beast is a biochemist and geneticist. He also sometimes acts as a physician, although he isn't formally qualified in that role. He also dabbles in electronic engineering. Tony Stark is primarily an engineer, he's just so smart that he can invent new forms of AI just to make the engineering easier (kind of like how Isaac Newton invented calculus as a convenience for his studies of physics). Spider-Man's original discipline was chemistry, hence the webbing. Reed Richards manages to be a practical theoretical physicist - that is to say, he theorises new dimensions and laws of physics, then goes out and investigates them up close, and fights the insane alien tyrants he finds there. Mr Sinister was a pioneer in genetics back in the 19th century, and remains the world's greatest expert on the mutant genome. He's also a master of cloning. Bruce Banner is a physicist specialising in gamma radiation. Dr Nemesis is a physician, geneticist, and engineer, and melds the three disciplines into full-on mad science. He's been known to create giant monsters for fun (recreating Pacific Rim with Forge for the entertainment of some bored X-Forcers), was one of the creators of the original Human Torch (making him indirectly responsible for Vision), has edited his own physiology to effectively eliminate aging, replaced his eyes with enhanced vat-grown biological upgrades, brewed the ultimate cup of coffee, and found a way to make undergarments out of nicotine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 188.0, "score_ratio": 7.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ix9e6k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] everyone is a brilliant scientist of what exactly? What branches of science do the heroes and villains cover? This can be vague and perhaps a bit convenient for the plot. Examples below to illustrate my question but below is only a stab at an answer.. Hoping people can be more specific down to the right names of the disciplines and branches..(sorry). I guess Tony Stark is an expert at AI programming for one thing, also a few different branches of engineering and applied sciences...etc Doc Ock is some kind of robotics and neurology pioneer (neuroscientist and a neuroprothetics specialist?) Reed Richards is at the forefront of many theoretical sciences.. Spider-man is a tech industrialist lately, not sure what science he would be associated with. Beast? Kurt Konners is focused on genetics and specifically animal/human hybrid genetics..? (stem cell scientist?) I find this quite fascinating and it would be cool to know. Thanks", "c_root_id_A": "g65irmf", "c_root_id_B": "g65t4zp", "created_at_utc_A": 1600724901.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600730491.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Well, I guess I'll go with the obvious. Bruce Banner is a subject mater expert on radiation, specifically gamma radiation, and how it interacts with the human body.", "human_ref_B": "Hank Pym is a physicist who specializes in Pym particles. He's clearly competent at robotics and AI as well. Doctor Doom is well rounded in physics, biology, engineering, robotics, and programming, but what really makes him stand out is his ability to weave science and magic. Ultron is probably an expert in every field of science, but he's most utilised engineering, robotics, and nanite technology. Kang, obviously, specializes in time travel technology. I'm not totally sure with T'Challa. Engineering and nanite technology?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5590.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ix9e6k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] everyone is a brilliant scientist of what exactly? What branches of science do the heroes and villains cover? This can be vague and perhaps a bit convenient for the plot. Examples below to illustrate my question but below is only a stab at an answer.. Hoping people can be more specific down to the right names of the disciplines and branches..(sorry). I guess Tony Stark is an expert at AI programming for one thing, also a few different branches of engineering and applied sciences...etc Doc Ock is some kind of robotics and neurology pioneer (neuroscientist and a neuroprothetics specialist?) Reed Richards is at the forefront of many theoretical sciences.. Spider-man is a tech industrialist lately, not sure what science he would be associated with. Beast? Kurt Konners is focused on genetics and specifically animal/human hybrid genetics..? (stem cell scientist?) I find this quite fascinating and it would be cool to know. Thanks", "c_root_id_A": "g661rlv", "c_root_id_B": "g662iy2", "created_at_utc_A": 1600735102.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600735512.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Doc Ock's original field of study was nuclear physics and atomic energy research. The arms were ingenious but not particularly advanced in the original comics, he's since improved on them.", "human_ref_B": "u/BillybobThistleton mostly has the right of it, but I'd like to add: Tony Stark is not just an engineer, he also has doctorate degrees in physics and computer science, which allows him to create advanced AIs. He also happens to be a hyper-genius with an eidetic memory, so that covers everything else he does (i.e. Extremis) Bruce Banner is specifically a nuclear physicist specializing in gamma radiation, but has also expanded to cover biology, and certain elements of xenobiology. Spider-Man is a chemist primarily, but he's also a mechanical engineer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 410.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ix9e6k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] everyone is a brilliant scientist of what exactly? What branches of science do the heroes and villains cover? This can be vague and perhaps a bit convenient for the plot. Examples below to illustrate my question but below is only a stab at an answer.. Hoping people can be more specific down to the right names of the disciplines and branches..(sorry). I guess Tony Stark is an expert at AI programming for one thing, also a few different branches of engineering and applied sciences...etc Doc Ock is some kind of robotics and neurology pioneer (neuroscientist and a neuroprothetics specialist?) Reed Richards is at the forefront of many theoretical sciences.. Spider-man is a tech industrialist lately, not sure what science he would be associated with. Beast? Kurt Konners is focused on genetics and specifically animal/human hybrid genetics..? (stem cell scientist?) I find this quite fascinating and it would be cool to know. Thanks", "c_root_id_A": "g662iy2", "c_root_id_B": "g65irmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1600735512.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600724901.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "u/BillybobThistleton mostly has the right of it, but I'd like to add: Tony Stark is not just an engineer, he also has doctorate degrees in physics and computer science, which allows him to create advanced AIs. He also happens to be a hyper-genius with an eidetic memory, so that covers everything else he does (i.e. Extremis) Bruce Banner is specifically a nuclear physicist specializing in gamma radiation, but has also expanded to cover biology, and certain elements of xenobiology. Spider-Man is a chemist primarily, but he's also a mechanical engineer.", "human_ref_B": "Well, I guess I'll go with the obvious. Bruce Banner is a subject mater expert on radiation, specifically gamma radiation, and how it interacts with the human body.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10611.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aumy9c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC]Besides Bruce Wayne, who does the average Gotham citizen or low-level crook theorize that Batman is? A flicker of darkness overhead; a fist from the night. While Batman can seem like the spirit of justice incarnate or a force of nature, most people probably realize that he is a man. While I'm sure that most people are too scared to look into it or don't care enough to risk that danger, the majority of people must have theories. Besides Bruce Wayne, what are some speculations people have made about Batman's true identity?", "c_root_id_A": "eh93rdv", "c_root_id_B": "eh93ubj", "created_at_utc_A": 1551111997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551112056.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "I think most people assume he's Batman. I doubt very many people would consider that he's got a normal life outside of batmanning.", "human_ref_B": "There's probably a sizable contingent who think he's an actual demon. For a while they thought was Harvey Dent until his tragedy happened.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59.0, "score_ratio": 1.5348837209, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aumy9c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC]Besides Bruce Wayne, who does the average Gotham citizen or low-level crook theorize that Batman is? A flicker of darkness overhead; a fist from the night. While Batman can seem like the spirit of justice incarnate or a force of nature, most people probably realize that he is a man. While I'm sure that most people are too scared to look into it or don't care enough to risk that danger, the majority of people must have theories. Besides Bruce Wayne, what are some speculations people have made about Batman's true identity?", "c_root_id_A": "eh9ky58", "c_root_id_B": "eh9oh04", "created_at_utc_A": 1551123530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551125741.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "They likely don't consider that he has an alternate identity. To them, they probably think he's Batman all the time.", "human_ref_B": "https://i.redd.it/58gmwg7rmxc01.jpg", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2211.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aumy9c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC]Besides Bruce Wayne, who does the average Gotham citizen or low-level crook theorize that Batman is? A flicker of darkness overhead; a fist from the night. While Batman can seem like the spirit of justice incarnate or a force of nature, most people probably realize that he is a man. While I'm sure that most people are too scared to look into it or don't care enough to risk that danger, the majority of people must have theories. Besides Bruce Wayne, what are some speculations people have made about Batman's true identity?", "c_root_id_A": "eh9ky58", "c_root_id_B": "eh9hz50", "created_at_utc_A": 1551123530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551121613.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They likely don't consider that he has an alternate identity. To them, they probably think he's Batman all the time.", "human_ref_B": "Everybody knows he's Batman. Everyone is just glad he's not running for president", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1917.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aumy9c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC]Besides Bruce Wayne, who does the average Gotham citizen or low-level crook theorize that Batman is? A flicker of darkness overhead; a fist from the night. While Batman can seem like the spirit of justice incarnate or a force of nature, most people probably realize that he is a man. While I'm sure that most people are too scared to look into it or don't care enough to risk that danger, the majority of people must have theories. Besides Bruce Wayne, what are some speculations people have made about Batman's true identity?", "c_root_id_A": "eh9oh04", "c_root_id_B": "eh9hz50", "created_at_utc_A": 1551125741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551121613.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "https://i.redd.it/58gmwg7rmxc01.jpg", "human_ref_B": "Everybody knows he's Batman. Everyone is just glad he's not running for president", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4128.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aumy9c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC]Besides Bruce Wayne, who does the average Gotham citizen or low-level crook theorize that Batman is? A flicker of darkness overhead; a fist from the night. While Batman can seem like the spirit of justice incarnate or a force of nature, most people probably realize that he is a man. While I'm sure that most people are too scared to look into it or don't care enough to risk that danger, the majority of people must have theories. Besides Bruce Wayne, what are some speculations people have made about Batman's true identity?", "c_root_id_A": "eh9wn2y", "c_root_id_B": "ehaz0f6", "created_at_utc_A": 1551130988.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551161786.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I'm sure some people think Commissioner Gordon himself fills in from time to time. Utter bollocks.", "human_ref_B": "I've heard people assume he's a police task force working under a shared alias. At one point he kinda was, both through Gordon and the 3 insane Batmen that came out a little before Flashpoint. Killing Joke Joker almost his his origin spot on while monologueing, I wouldn't be surprised if most people who know him as a man assume something like it (brother carved up by some mugger? Girlfriend killed by the mob?). N52 Hal Jordan assumed he was a vampire when they first met, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was a common belief. With people like Green Lantern and Superman, I'd be surprised if no one thought he was an alien.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30798.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aumy9c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC]Besides Bruce Wayne, who does the average Gotham citizen or low-level crook theorize that Batman is? A flicker of darkness overhead; a fist from the night. While Batman can seem like the spirit of justice incarnate or a force of nature, most people probably realize that he is a man. While I'm sure that most people are too scared to look into it or don't care enough to risk that danger, the majority of people must have theories. Besides Bruce Wayne, what are some speculations people have made about Batman's true identity?", "c_root_id_A": "ehaz0f6", "c_root_id_B": "eh9hz50", "created_at_utc_A": 1551161786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551121613.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I've heard people assume he's a police task force working under a shared alias. At one point he kinda was, both through Gordon and the 3 insane Batmen that came out a little before Flashpoint. Killing Joke Joker almost his his origin spot on while monologueing, I wouldn't be surprised if most people who know him as a man assume something like it (brother carved up by some mugger? Girlfriend killed by the mob?). N52 Hal Jordan assumed he was a vampire when they first met, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was a common belief. With people like Green Lantern and Superman, I'd be surprised if no one thought he was an alien.", "human_ref_B": "Everybody knows he's Batman. Everyone is just glad he's not running for president", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40173.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aumy9c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC]Besides Bruce Wayne, who does the average Gotham citizen or low-level crook theorize that Batman is? A flicker of darkness overhead; a fist from the night. While Batman can seem like the spirit of justice incarnate or a force of nature, most people probably realize that he is a man. While I'm sure that most people are too scared to look into it or don't care enough to risk that danger, the majority of people must have theories. Besides Bruce Wayne, what are some speculations people have made about Batman's true identity?", "c_root_id_A": "eh9wn2y", "c_root_id_B": "eh9hz50", "created_at_utc_A": 1551130988.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551121613.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I'm sure some people think Commissioner Gordon himself fills in from time to time. Utter bollocks.", "human_ref_B": "Everybody knows he's Batman. Everyone is just glad he's not running for president", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9375.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfppulq", "c_root_id_B": "dfppwqx", "created_at_utc_A": 1491098134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491098227.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 91, "human_ref_A": "Robin... Isn't the brightest bird of the feathers, if you know what I mean.", "human_ref_B": "Adam West's Batman did, in fact have a super power. The power to make any ridiculously impossible gizmo work so long as it was properly explained to all observers or clearly labeled. The signage saved him a lot of time. Without that, he's have to, say, actually dig a hole between one end of the poles and the other, or get a regular extension.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 93.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfppulq", "c_root_id_B": "dfptyqp", "created_at_utc_A": 1491098134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491105161.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 85, "human_ref_A": "Robin... Isn't the brightest bird of the feathers, if you know what I mean.", "human_ref_B": "Batman was always developing new devices and frequently instructed Alfred in their use via the Batphone while out on missions in Gotham City. Labeling all equipment, whether old or brand new, ensured that Alfred would always be able to efficiently and accurately follow his instructions even if they invoked unfamiliar equipment.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7027.0, "score_ratio": 6.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfptyqp", "c_root_id_B": "dfpq0c6", "created_at_utc_A": 1491105161.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491098382.0, "score_A": 85, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Batman was always developing new devices and frequently instructed Alfred in their use via the Batphone while out on missions in Gotham City. Labeling all equipment, whether old or brand new, ensured that Alfred would always be able to efficiently and accurately follow his instructions even if they invoked unfamiliar equipment.", "human_ref_B": "Batman, in addition to having a prototypical car with an afterburner, a prototypical mainframe, and prototypical bat-Shark-Repellent, is observing proto ISO compliance by using a lot of labels and signage.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6779.0, "score_ratio": 12.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfpxups", "c_root_id_B": "dfppulq", "created_at_utc_A": 1491113285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491098134.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Batman is a clean living, virtuous paragon of Gotham heroism. Failure to properly label the various pieces of dangerous equipment in the Batcave in accordance with all Federal, State, County, and City regulations would create a potential safety hazard and make him little better than the costumed ne'er-do-wells he combats daily! And hypocrisy like that, our Caped Crusader knows full well, is the first step on the slippery slope to badness.", "human_ref_B": "Robin... Isn't the brightest bird of the feathers, if you know what I mean.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15151.0, "score_ratio": 3.6923076923, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfpv7w6", "c_root_id_B": "dfpxups", "created_at_utc_A": 1491107504.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491113285.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "Clearly *some*one got a label maker for Christmas, and didn't think to regift it.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is a clean living, virtuous paragon of Gotham heroism. Failure to properly label the various pieces of dangerous equipment in the Batcave in accordance with all Federal, State, County, and City regulations would create a potential safety hazard and make him little better than the costumed ne'er-do-wells he combats daily! And hypocrisy like that, our Caped Crusader knows full well, is the first step on the slippery slope to badness.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5781.0, "score_ratio": 3.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfpq0c6", "c_root_id_B": "dfpxups", "created_at_utc_A": 1491098382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491113285.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "Batman, in addition to having a prototypical car with an afterburner, a prototypical mainframe, and prototypical bat-Shark-Repellent, is observing proto ISO compliance by using a lot of labels and signage.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is a clean living, virtuous paragon of Gotham heroism. Failure to properly label the various pieces of dangerous equipment in the Batcave in accordance with all Federal, State, County, and City regulations would create a potential safety hazard and make him little better than the costumed ne'er-do-wells he combats daily! And hypocrisy like that, our Caped Crusader knows full well, is the first step on the slippery slope to badness.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14903.0, "score_ratio": 6.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfppulq", "c_root_id_B": "dfpv7w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1491098134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491107504.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Robin... Isn't the brightest bird of the feathers, if you know what I mean.", "human_ref_B": "Clearly *some*one got a label maker for Christmas, and didn't think to regift it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9370.0, "score_ratio": 1.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfpq0c6", "c_root_id_B": "dfpv7w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1491098382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491107504.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Batman, in addition to having a prototypical car with an afterburner, a prototypical mainframe, and prototypical bat-Shark-Repellent, is observing proto ISO compliance by using a lot of labels and signage.", "human_ref_B": "Clearly *some*one got a label maker for Christmas, and didn't think to regift it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9122.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfq2fb3", "c_root_id_B": "dfq07i2", "created_at_utc_A": 1491127611.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491119797.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I have the answer. The real, actual answer. It was the seventies. Batman was often high on various drugs. He put the signs they are so he could remember what was what when he was high off his gourd.", "human_ref_B": "I think batman calling the cave the batcave annoyed Alfred, it's not like the cave is specific place. So he started calling everything in it the bat-thing, batman thought labelling was super useful so now Alfred is stuck sarcastically labelling every bottle of shark repellent.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7814.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "62x3d1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Batman] Why is there so much useless signage in the (Adam West-era) Batcave? [To the Batcave via the Batpoles Compressed Steam Batpole Lift Signage Everywhere The Batextension Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City Does Batman have some kind of cognitive disability? Does he not remember what any of these devices are for? Is Batman going senile?", "c_root_id_A": "dfq07i2", "c_root_id_B": "dfq7bc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1491119797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491141385.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think batman calling the cave the batcave annoyed Alfred, it's not like the cave is specific place. So he started calling everything in it the bat-thing, batman thought labelling was super useful so now Alfred is stuck sarcastically labelling every bottle of shark repellent.", "human_ref_B": "While Bruce Wayne was legitimately a billionaire, he was delusionally insane. He thought he was the Batman, but really he was just driving around Gotham in his tights causing trouble. Fearing the loss of the many benefits his money brings the community if he was institutionalized, and for his safety, the local government hired a troop of actors to play along with his \"super hero \" antics, good guys and villains alike. His loving nephew would play along as well, wearing tights too, but bright red and yellow for their safety. He based them off of Robin Hood, inspired by his efforts to continue is rich Uncles benefits to the local poor. Every night \"Robin\", painstakingly labeled every gadget that his crazy uncle came up with. While he would get detailed explanations on what crazy uncle Bruce thought these items were supposed to do, none of the actors would have the slightest idea that his can of underarm deodorant is supposed to be shark repellent. He even had to label items in the bat-cave so the actor playing the butler could play along as well. So with all the items labeled, the actor playing the Penguin can accurately react, and keep Bruce Wayne's Batman delusion in tact, and the Billionaires benefits to Gotham flowing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21588.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uluaed", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[LOTR] Could the Fellowship have made it through Moria safely if Pippin hadn't messed up?", "c_root_id_A": "i7yagdb", "c_root_id_B": "i7xnmxp", "created_at_utc_A": 1652121683.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652112508.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It's possible. They got most of the way through anyhow and even made it to nearly the last chamber before the Gate when the Balrog showed up. Had they been able to avoid discovery even a few hours more, it might have given them time enough. However if the Balrog does not find them and Gandalf does not fight him: 1. The Balrog will lead a Great Host of Goblins and Orcs to Lothlorien during the War of the Ring in a few scant weeks later. As it stood, Lothlorien nearly fell to the three separate invasions from Dol Gildur. A powerful foe like a Balrog might have been enough to defeat the nation, even with Galadriel and a Elven Ring. 2. Gandalf will not have been reborn as Gandalf the White, and that means he won't have the substantial power boost to cast aside Saruman's and Wormtongue's influence over Th\u00e9oden nor would Gandalf have the power to cast Saruman out of the Order and Break his Staff. This could mean Rohan quietly dies to Isengard and never rides to Gondor's Aid. 3. The Fellowship might not be broken, which means Aragorn does not save Gondor by destroying the Corsairs with the Undead Army nor does he collect the Host of Southern and Western Gondor to arrive at the key moment in Pelennor Fields. 4. Merry and Pippin do not go on to rouse the Ents and Hurons against Isengard, further destroying Rohan's hopes. 5. Boromir might not succumb to the Wiles of the Ring at the Falls, but possibly later where it is much more dangerous. 6. Gandalf does not confront the Witch King and Minas Tirith likely falls the day the gates are breached. 7. With Rohan not answering Gondor's call, Eowyn is not at Minas Tirith with the Rohan Forces and thus does not slay the Witch King. 8. With Aragorn guiding the Fellowship still, he is not leading the Armies of the West to distract Mordor. This mwans Sauron does not empty the Forts to meet him at The Black Gates. Minas Morgul remains Guarded (likely with a Nazgul Present) as does Mount Doom. 9. Whoever is left of the Fellowship must now get pasta Nazgul defended and more or less maned Fortress, cross the Mordor Plains teeming with scouts looking for the Ring, fight into Mount Doom past the large army left to guard it, and do so before any Nazgul can fly there (or before Sauron himself can arrive). 10. All of this while Rohan is sacked an burned, Gondor defiled and ruined, Lothlorien burns, and the Dwarves of Erebor and Men of Dale fight against whatever forces are also sent their way. In any event, the Shadow falls across most of the Free lands of Middle Earth and orcs and trolls destroy and kill.", "human_ref_B": "No. The Balrog would notice the Ring.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9175.0, "score_ratio": 2.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5wolx0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[LOTR] Against all probability, logic and good narrative sense, Elon Musk and a fully fueled ready to go SpaceX rocket fall through a Quantum spatial Rift into Middle-earth. He convinces the Council to give him the ring. And then launches it into the sun. Can Sauron ever recover it? I am assuming that literally, only the fires of Mount Doom can destroy the ring. So it isn't destroyed. But by gravity it is gradually pushed deeper and deeper into the sun's core. If you think that the sun could destroy it, let's know your view. Is the issue with Mount Doom that it is mystically linked to the ring, or that it is so hot as a mystical consequence of the place, and nothing else in the world is hot enough?", "c_root_id_A": "debxqvd", "c_root_id_B": "debp9ja", "created_at_utc_A": 1488306395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488298232.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "False premise. The sun of Middle-Earth isn't a titanic ball of fusing hydrogen a hundred million miles away from an orbiting body. It's an artifact, literally a vessel built by the Vala (essentially archangels) to hold the last golden light of the Valinor tree Laurelin, which originally lit Middle-Earth but was destroyed, guided across the sky by the Maia Arien. In other words, it's a spiritual artifact with a functioning on spiritual terms, a direct expression of the will of the creative powers which guide Middle-Earth, conciously directed by them. Mr Musk's quest to reach it is going to be subject not to the laws of gravity, but the narrative laws of heroic quests. And if that allows him to reach it and fling the ring at it, then it's going to be a matter of how the base, mere wordly magic of Sauron interacts with the higher magic of the Vala.", "human_ref_B": ">And then launches it into the sun. Insufficient dV would be a major obstacle. Then there's the fact that the Ring can move of its own volition, i.e. it has reactionless drive capability. It will exit heliocentric orbit, drop back to Earth, shoots through Arwen just because, and make its way back to Sauron from there in a more conventional manner.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8163.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5wolx0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[LOTR] Against all probability, logic and good narrative sense, Elon Musk and a fully fueled ready to go SpaceX rocket fall through a Quantum spatial Rift into Middle-earth. He convinces the Council to give him the ring. And then launches it into the sun. Can Sauron ever recover it? I am assuming that literally, only the fires of Mount Doom can destroy the ring. So it isn't destroyed. But by gravity it is gradually pushed deeper and deeper into the sun's core. If you think that the sun could destroy it, let's know your view. Is the issue with Mount Doom that it is mystically linked to the ring, or that it is so hot as a mystical consequence of the place, and nothing else in the world is hot enough?", "c_root_id_A": "debxqvd", "c_root_id_B": "debtszv", "created_at_utc_A": 1488306395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488302712.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "False premise. The sun of Middle-Earth isn't a titanic ball of fusing hydrogen a hundred million miles away from an orbiting body. It's an artifact, literally a vessel built by the Vala (essentially archangels) to hold the last golden light of the Valinor tree Laurelin, which originally lit Middle-Earth but was destroyed, guided across the sky by the Maia Arien. In other words, it's a spiritual artifact with a functioning on spiritual terms, a direct expression of the will of the creative powers which guide Middle-Earth, conciously directed by them. Mr Musk's quest to reach it is going to be subject not to the laws of gravity, but the narrative laws of heroic quests. And if that allows him to reach it and fling the ring at it, then it's going to be a matter of how the base, mere wordly magic of Sauron interacts with the higher magic of the Vala.", "human_ref_B": "Well, potentially yes, if Musk can build a rocket to get it there Sauron could eventually build a mystical metal rocket to go get it. But the big problem here is that Sauron doesn't need to recover it. He can't be beaten unless the ring is destroyed. No destroyed ring equals Sauron gaining more power until all of Middle-Earth is under his control.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3683.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5wolx0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[LOTR] Against all probability, logic and good narrative sense, Elon Musk and a fully fueled ready to go SpaceX rocket fall through a Quantum spatial Rift into Middle-earth. He convinces the Council to give him the ring. And then launches it into the sun. Can Sauron ever recover it? I am assuming that literally, only the fires of Mount Doom can destroy the ring. So it isn't destroyed. But by gravity it is gradually pushed deeper and deeper into the sun's core. If you think that the sun could destroy it, let's know your view. Is the issue with Mount Doom that it is mystically linked to the ring, or that it is so hot as a mystical consequence of the place, and nothing else in the world is hot enough?", "c_root_id_A": "debxqvd", "c_root_id_B": "debxeqo", "created_at_utc_A": 1488306395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488306070.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "False premise. The sun of Middle-Earth isn't a titanic ball of fusing hydrogen a hundred million miles away from an orbiting body. It's an artifact, literally a vessel built by the Vala (essentially archangels) to hold the last golden light of the Valinor tree Laurelin, which originally lit Middle-Earth but was destroyed, guided across the sky by the Maia Arien. In other words, it's a spiritual artifact with a functioning on spiritual terms, a direct expression of the will of the creative powers which guide Middle-Earth, conciously directed by them. Mr Musk's quest to reach it is going to be subject not to the laws of gravity, but the narrative laws of heroic quests. And if that allows him to reach it and fling the ring at it, then it's going to be a matter of how the base, mere wordly magic of Sauron interacts with the higher magic of the Vala.", "human_ref_B": "Sauron can turn himself into a ghost, yet still carry the ring. It's possible he could fly into the sun I ghost form and retrieve the ring, *if* he could find it in the sun. (lol no)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 325.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5wolx0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[LOTR] Against all probability, logic and good narrative sense, Elon Musk and a fully fueled ready to go SpaceX rocket fall through a Quantum spatial Rift into Middle-earth. He convinces the Council to give him the ring. And then launches it into the sun. Can Sauron ever recover it? I am assuming that literally, only the fires of Mount Doom can destroy the ring. So it isn't destroyed. But by gravity it is gradually pushed deeper and deeper into the sun's core. If you think that the sun could destroy it, let's know your view. Is the issue with Mount Doom that it is mystically linked to the ring, or that it is so hot as a mystical consequence of the place, and nothing else in the world is hot enough?", "c_root_id_A": "dec5f52", "c_root_id_B": "dec4dm7", "created_at_utc_A": 1488314744.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488313578.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "It would also need to be a temporal rift, since Middle-earth is THIS planet, our planet. Only the period of history is imaginary. The Sun could not destroy the Ring. It is not a question of heat but that the Chambers of Fire are the only place where the Ring can be destroyed since it was the place where the Ring was forged. Sauron could not get the Ring from the Sun, but that would not help since Sauron would win the war none the less.", "human_ref_B": "What if the sun, by enveloping the ring, thus going *through* the ring, instantly turned invisible? We assume that the ring, when worn, prevents light from reflecting from the one wearing it. What if, it actually prevents *all* light from leaving, both sourced and reflected? Is there a case where Sting was near orcs or goblins while under the influence of the ring? Or perhaps a torch? The ring, being forged from the one being who is master of darkness, can create such a force. If this is the case, and the ring could be 'worn' by the sun, you would see a darkness broken only by the distant stars. Maybe that was Sauron's master plan?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1166.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5wolx0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[LOTR] Against all probability, logic and good narrative sense, Elon Musk and a fully fueled ready to go SpaceX rocket fall through a Quantum spatial Rift into Middle-earth. He convinces the Council to give him the ring. And then launches it into the sun. Can Sauron ever recover it? I am assuming that literally, only the fires of Mount Doom can destroy the ring. So it isn't destroyed. But by gravity it is gradually pushed deeper and deeper into the sun's core. If you think that the sun could destroy it, let's know your view. Is the issue with Mount Doom that it is mystically linked to the ring, or that it is so hot as a mystical consequence of the place, and nothing else in the world is hot enough?", "c_root_id_A": "dec9gqx", "c_root_id_B": "dec4dm7", "created_at_utc_A": 1488319347.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488313578.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Not Mount Doom so - Maybe he just gets forced onto he sun, where his power over middle earth is to no effect and he gets a jog in a pizza joint forever (or the equivalent). Maybe sun hobbit has to arrange a solar flare to blow it out and carry it back to mount doom.", "human_ref_B": "What if the sun, by enveloping the ring, thus going *through* the ring, instantly turned invisible? We assume that the ring, when worn, prevents light from reflecting from the one wearing it. What if, it actually prevents *all* light from leaving, both sourced and reflected? Is there a case where Sting was near orcs or goblins while under the influence of the ring? Or perhaps a torch? The ring, being forged from the one being who is master of darkness, can create such a force. If this is the case, and the ring could be 'worn' by the sun, you would see a darkness broken only by the distant stars. Maybe that was Sauron's master plan?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5769.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "58yl7a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[LOTR] Where did all the Dwarves go after the Fourth Age? We know the Fourth Age will bring the dominion of Men. And most Elves have passed to the West. So what about Dwarves? What did they become? Do we know anything?", "c_root_id_A": "d94azsx", "c_root_id_B": "d94946j", "created_at_utc_A": 1477236839.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477233718.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "They died out. Low birth rates, internal strife (often due to the Rings), and war against the forces of darkness doomed the Dwarves to the point of such a small population that surviving was impossible.", "human_ref_B": "They might show up in legend and folklore Encounters with beings like pot of gold hoarding leprechauns may be dwarf encounters. Rumplestiltsken sounds like it could be a tale of a bargain with a dwarf. Trolls living by bridges could be dwarves. Its hard to know with folktales, but possible.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3121.0, "score_ratio": 2.3928571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "58yl7a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[LOTR] Where did all the Dwarves go after the Fourth Age? We know the Fourth Age will bring the dominion of Men. And most Elves have passed to the West. So what about Dwarves? What did they become? Do we know anything?", "c_root_id_A": "d94bh1n", "c_root_id_B": "d94946j", "created_at_utc_A": 1477237568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477233718.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "To work off of /u/pjwhoopie17's theory, some dug deeper than ever before and (almost) completely abandoned their life aboveground. On occasion, you'll hear stories about molemen. They are what became of the great dwarf race.", "human_ref_B": "They might show up in legend and folklore Encounters with beings like pot of gold hoarding leprechauns may be dwarf encounters. Rumplestiltsken sounds like it could be a tale of a bargain with a dwarf. Trolls living by bridges could be dwarves. Its hard to know with folktales, but possible.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3850.0, "score_ratio": 1.9642857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d7jqmm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[LOTR] How old did Aragorn look when he died at 210? Numenoreans/Dunedain age more slowly and retain their youth right/fitness right, so surely he wouldn\u2019t look like our conception of 210? Is it described in the books at any point how old he looked upon his passing and last few years? I\u2019m kind of picturing a large, fit, well-aging 70 year old that you know could dumpster a fit young human. Is any such info for any Numenorean or Dunedain discusses?", "c_root_id_A": "f12e9g7", "c_root_id_B": "f11y29n", "created_at_utc_A": 1569139039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569132161.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Like regular old man with 210 years of ear hair.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think that we have a conception of 210, do we?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6878.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "criq7p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] What did Radagast the Brown do in the War of the Ring after he left Gandalf near Bree?", "c_root_id_A": "ex7kjn3", "c_root_id_B": "ex6a0yr", "created_at_utc_A": 1566061479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1566042041.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -6, "human_ref_A": "The eagles who came to Gandalf and then rescued Frodo and Sam from the lava may have been sent by Radagast.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC Radagast was killed by Saruman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19438.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "criq7p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] What did Radagast the Brown do in the War of the Ring after he left Gandalf near Bree?", "c_root_id_A": "ex6a0yr", "c_root_id_B": "ex7tlv2", "created_at_utc_A": 1566042041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1566064662.0, "score_A": -6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "IIRC Radagast was killed by Saruman.", "human_ref_B": "Going by Lotro canon,he went to the Rangers,assisted them with defeating Mordirith,the Steward of Angmar,then headed to Mirkwood and helped Thranduil defeat the evils there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22621.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tnihav", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[We Happy Few / Hitman / General] Would Joy work on someone as (mostly) emotionless as Agent 47? How would he react and feel after taking it?", "c_root_id_A": "i21pks1", "c_root_id_B": "i21ur6e", "created_at_utc_A": 1648203008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648206829.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "He have emotions just not Sympathy...like in the ending of blood money when he straight up calls Diana a bitch in anger after shd stabbed him...at least in the old canon he was like that", "human_ref_B": "Agent 47's emotionlessness is artificially induced so depending on how precisely his emotions are inhibited, it may interfere with how the Joy operates within his system and most certainly not in a good way. Joy has a lot of fucked-up symptoms to the point where the sole reason anyone is still taking it is because of the Very Bad Thing that they want to forget. Since 47 doesn't have anything he wishes to forget, Joy is outright detrimental to him. And that's assuming his altered chemistry even permits him to take Joy. We know that there are four flavours of Joy for the purposes of compatibility (some people can't have certain flavours) but I would assume that 47 wouldn't be able to take any of them or would be a Wastrel whose bio-chemistry is altered to a permanent state of depression.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3821.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tnihav", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[We Happy Few / Hitman / General] Would Joy work on someone as (mostly) emotionless as Agent 47? How would he react and feel after taking it?", "c_root_id_A": "i21pks1", "c_root_id_B": "i22dlb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1648203008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648216811.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He have emotions just not Sympathy...like in the ending of blood money when he straight up calls Diana a bitch in anger after shd stabbed him...at least in the old canon he was like that", "human_ref_B": "47 strikes me as the kind of guy that could take that joy which Elizabeth is cooking up at her house and not break a sweat. I think a lot of the conditioning that comes with living in Wellington Wells plays a part in how its citizens experience joy as they have reminders all around that joy is the natural state of being they're just returning to it. You're not a downer are you 47?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13803.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p7pq7c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Superman&Lois] Before Crisis, they only had an infant son, but after the Crisis, history was rewritten so they now have twin teenage sons. Martian Manhunter telepathically updated many heroes as to the altered history. Did he do this to Superman and is Superman aware of his rewritten history?", "c_root_id_A": "h9ldfgs", "c_root_id_B": "h9m1z5e", "created_at_utc_A": 1629413857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629425391.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Superman confused by Lois' comment about two kids?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11534.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p7pq7c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Superman&Lois] Before Crisis, they only had an infant son, but after the Crisis, history was rewritten so they now have twin teenage sons. Martian Manhunter telepathically updated many heroes as to the altered history. Did he do this to Superman and is Superman aware of his rewritten history?", "c_root_id_A": "h9ldfgs", "c_root_id_B": "h9o4ozu", "created_at_utc_A": 1629413857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629471893.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "At the end of Crisis, Superman was surprised by Lois's casually mentioning the \"boys\" plural, as /u/Supermite pointed out. By the series premiere, the only history Clark saw fit to tell the audience was of his post-Crisis life. I don't remember whether or not we saw MM restore his pre-Crisis memories on-screen, but during Superman & Lois he seems to have fully embraced his post-Crisis life, even if it took him by surprise at first.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 58036.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p7pq7c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Superman&Lois] Before Crisis, they only had an infant son, but after the Crisis, history was rewritten so they now have twin teenage sons. Martian Manhunter telepathically updated many heroes as to the altered history. Did he do this to Superman and is Superman aware of his rewritten history?", "c_root_id_A": "h9m7h1x", "c_root_id_B": "h9ldfgs", "created_at_utc_A": 1629428134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629413857.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The series takes place before Manhunter updating everyone's memories.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14277.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p7pq7c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Superman&Lois] Before Crisis, they only had an infant son, but after the Crisis, history was rewritten so they now have twin teenage sons. Martian Manhunter telepathically updated many heroes as to the altered history. Did he do this to Superman and is Superman aware of his rewritten history?", "c_root_id_A": "h9m7h1x", "c_root_id_B": "h9o4ozu", "created_at_utc_A": 1629428134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629471893.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The series takes place before Manhunter updating everyone's memories.", "human_ref_B": "At the end of Crisis, Superman was surprised by Lois's casually mentioning the \"boys\" plural, as /u/Supermite pointed out. By the series premiere, the only history Clark saw fit to tell the audience was of his post-Crisis life. I don't remember whether or not we saw MM restore his pre-Crisis memories on-screen, but during Superman & Lois he seems to have fully embraced his post-Crisis life, even if it took him by surprise at first.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43759.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e5l63n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[DC] Superman turns off his limiters and stops holding back, what type of damage could he do? Could any villain survive no limits Sups? Could our planet even survive his first battle? Is he how a galactic threat now that he isn't holding anything back anymore?", "c_root_id_A": "f9kcy0j", "c_root_id_B": "f9kculf", "created_at_utc_A": 1575397827.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575397770.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Doomsday is the first that comes to mind. I bet there'll be more villians/opponents that are more than Supe's match. As for the level of destruction? Unimaginable. If super boyo would stop caring and go on a destruction spree there will be untold amount of destruction that nobody could've predicted before.", "human_ref_B": "Many villains become instant red mist. The first time he full-force punches someone durable enough to take it, the shockwave shatters the planet. He's a pseudo-galactic threat for sure, anywhere that doesn't have a red sun falls under his dominion.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zn4bkk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC Comics] Has there been any Lanterns as members of the Justice League? Except the Green Lanterns, of course. Just wondering.", "c_root_id_A": "j0etrxf", "c_root_id_B": "j0fg302", "created_at_utc_A": 1671159623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671171837.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Ooooh. You mean like Blue Lanterns, Red Lanterns and such! Well, in the Injustice Universe, Sinestro was part of the Regime which was technically the Justice League", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12214.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zn4bkk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC Comics] Has there been any Lanterns as members of the Justice League? Except the Green Lanterns, of course. Just wondering.", "c_root_id_A": "j0etrxf", "c_root_id_B": "j0fxma5", "created_at_utc_A": 1671159623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671185934.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I don't think he was officially a member, but Saint Walker of the Blue Lanterns spend some time with the JLA. Helped them battle Eclipso and later Doomsday.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26311.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zn4bkk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC Comics] Has there been any Lanterns as members of the Justice League? Except the Green Lanterns, of course. Just wondering.", "c_root_id_A": "j0etrxf", "c_root_id_B": "j0kdeen", "created_at_utc_A": 1671159623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671265512.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Dex-Star was part of the Justice League team, along with Cyborg, Starfire, Azrael and GL Jessica Cruz, that went to the Ghost Sector with Darkseid in *Justice League Odyssey*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 105889.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ohzx4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] Why wasn't the Endor shield generator simply put on the Death Star itself? Given the apparent size of the system, it looks like the shield generator could have readily been mounted on the Death Star, or even on a Star Destroyer.", "c_root_id_A": "ccs9gp1", "c_root_id_B": "cctl80u", "created_at_utc_A": 1381860886.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382021028.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I've always assumed a force field of that size and strength needed a sufficient gravity well to draw upon to create the necessary magnetic and force fields to fully encompass an object the size of the death star. Especially against the force of all the rebel gun ships, and to completely block all passage of physical objects. This is why a deployed death star doesn't have the shield in play, i.e. the first death star. As massive as it is, it is still far more empty space than a planetoid, and has less mass. Once deployed it would only generate enough force to protect mission critical parts, the bridge, the primary weapon. Certainly nothing as pointless to protect as, say a 2 meter wide exhaust port.", "human_ref_B": "I thought it was on the moon because it was incomplete on the Death Star.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 160142.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ohzx4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] Why wasn't the Endor shield generator simply put on the Death Star itself? Given the apparent size of the system, it looks like the shield generator could have readily been mounted on the Death Star, or even on a Star Destroyer.", "c_root_id_A": "ccsbcrw", "c_root_id_B": "cctl80u", "created_at_utc_A": 1381865349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382021028.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Consider how big the shield generator was for Echo Base on Hoth. That was just for a, by comparison, small base. The second Death Star was the size of a moon. It would have needed a massive generator to shield fully.", "human_ref_B": "I thought it was on the moon because it was incomplete on the Death Star.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 155679.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y66ph1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Cyberpunk 2077] Can people hear V talking to Johnny Silverhand? In 2077 when V talks with Silverhand, is it like an internal monologue which only they can hear or is V talking out loud? It seems like when others are around there is an awkward pause in conversation between V and other when they talk to Silverhand", "c_root_id_A": "isnnt8a", "c_root_id_B": "isnludp", "created_at_utc_A": 1666001628.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665999956.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This is covered in the diner, Silver hand says something along the lines of \"you know you don't have to speak to talk to me right?\". From then on I assume V is simply talking in his head and while he looked like a crazy person before this it's not exactly out of the ordinary in NC, most people would just think V is in a call.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1672.0, "score_ratio": 36.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y66ph1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Cyberpunk 2077] Can people hear V talking to Johnny Silverhand? In 2077 when V talks with Silverhand, is it like an internal monologue which only they can hear or is V talking out loud? It seems like when others are around there is an awkward pause in conversation between V and other when they talk to Silverhand", "c_root_id_A": "isnludp", "c_root_id_B": "isnugua", "created_at_utc_A": 1665999956.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666006441.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Early on, V actually does speak out loud when talking to Johnny. He confirms that they do it immediately after meeting Takemura in the diner. But after that point, when the true gravity of the situation finally hits, V learns to speak to Johnny in their head. So for most of the story, V and Johnny's conversations are silent. Although there are a few moments here and there when V deliberately speaks out loud for comedic effect or to annoy Johnny. However, as the biochip takes more control of V's brain and Johnny becomes more of the dominant personality, the opposite actually starts happening. When Johnny says something, V will speak his words out loud even when he's not in full control of the body. Judy notices this happening after their dive together. (not sure if it's a romance-only thing or if it happens for everyone)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6485.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y66ph1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Cyberpunk 2077] Can people hear V talking to Johnny Silverhand? In 2077 when V talks with Silverhand, is it like an internal monologue which only they can hear or is V talking out loud? It seems like when others are around there is an awkward pause in conversation between V and other when they talk to Silverhand", "c_root_id_A": "iso5eu9", "c_root_id_B": "isnludp", "created_at_utc_A": 1666012598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665999956.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "V looks coo coo for co co puffs to most people. V's also an obvious cyborg and in 2077 its not safe to bully people who are cyborgs unless you are really sure they aren't packing, which almost everyone is. That said, almost everyone is heavily armed (everyone is armed), and people like your server are going to be so inured to crazy people talking to themselves that it doesn't matter. Heck, maybe V isn't crazy, maybe V's just talking to someone on the comm? Its possible. My gut is mental healthy is really really poor in 2077. Your buddy starts talking to the air? You bring up facebook and check on grandma until he starts talking to you again.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12642.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y66ph1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Cyberpunk 2077] Can people hear V talking to Johnny Silverhand? In 2077 when V talks with Silverhand, is it like an internal monologue which only they can hear or is V talking out loud? It seems like when others are around there is an awkward pause in conversation between V and other when they talk to Silverhand", "c_root_id_A": "isnludp", "c_root_id_B": "iss5k10", "created_at_utc_A": 1665999956.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666083978.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "V quickly learns to speak to Johnny silently, in her head. You can actually hear the difference between her normal speech and her internal dialogue with Johnny, although it's very faint and hard to pick up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 84022.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lx6qbz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] How is Professor X in any way a normal person when he's been in so many minds? Shouldn't he, bare minimum, be the most charming person alive?", "c_root_id_A": "gplahxc", "c_root_id_B": "gplat5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1614812961.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614813116.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "He's NOT a normal person... He's a mutant. His powers are what enables him to do what he does with limited affect on himself.", "human_ref_B": "Charming? I don\u2019t know if him knowing your every word before you say it would make most people feel charmed", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 155.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lx6qbz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] How is Professor X in any way a normal person when he's been in so many minds? Shouldn't he, bare minimum, be the most charming person alive?", "c_root_id_A": "gplavz8", "c_root_id_B": "gplahxc", "created_at_utc_A": 1614813155.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614812961.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I imagine it's a lot like Killgrave from Jessica Jones. Killgrave explains that growing up, he was always focusing on phrasing things so that they weren't a command, but eventually, it became too much so he decided to stop trying. In this totally-canon exchange with Jean Gray it's explained that he and Jean agree that it would be a major invasion to read someone's mind, so he's always on guard. Like doing permanent mind-kegels.", "human_ref_B": "He's NOT a normal person... He's a mutant. His powers are what enables him to do what he does with limited affect on himself.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 194.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ftw17h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Charlie and the chocolate factory] Did Wonka plan on the mishaps of the 4 kids? What would he have done if some \u201ctraps\u201d didn\u2019t go as planned? Would he have given the factory to the snobby kids? Those songs do seem very rehearsed and not at all impromptu. Bonus question: Is Oompa Loompa land real? If so where is it and why has no one else found it?", "c_root_id_A": "fma4jae", "c_root_id_B": "fma54z2", "created_at_utc_A": 1585883643.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585884078.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If Oompa Loompa land is'nt real then were do the Oompa Loompa's come from? It's maybe not called Oompa Loompa land, but it most likely egsists or at the very least used to. As for why it's not been found, well Wonka has resorses that most of humanity dos not (Ex. a anti gravity glass elevator that can move in 3 demencons and go practically anywhere if you know what buttons to push, furthermore... >![Based on the \"Willy Wonka and the Grait Glass Elevator siquol Novel witch was never adapted into film, that elevator can also fly into space wile maintaining air pressure inside, and survive planetary reentry without being compromised. Not to mencon Wonka also has the ability to travel into another demencon (witch might or might not be a form of afterlife) as demonstrated when he went in to save some of Charlie's family who had been aged into oblivion during the before menconed space event] ) and the exact location of Oompa Loompa land is never stated so for all we know it could be an an alternative reality or maybe even an alternate time period", "human_ref_B": "He likely planned out the traps, but if the respective child didn't fall for it he would have considered them not-snobby-enough as a potential candidate. Even if all five \"passed\" but Wonka still didn't like any of them, the prize according to the official contest rules was a year (lifetime?) supply of chocolate and other Wonka goodies. In that case he could just send them on their way and run another contest or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 435.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xdsnuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory] Did the Oompa Loompas have a song prepared for Charlie? He doesn\u2019t get hurt by the fans because he burps his way down when that drink makes him and Grandpa Joe start floating. But if they did die or get hurt, were the Oompa Loompas gonna bring everyone back to perform? \u201cOompa, Loompa, doopity doo. One of his hands landed in my left shoe.\u201d", "c_root_id_A": "iocxqzj", "c_root_id_B": "iocyvs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1663133010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663133743.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 82, "human_ref_A": "The songs aren't prepared, they're all improvised. They didn't know what was going to happen before it did.", "human_ref_B": "I actually think that one might have caught them off-guard. Every other disaster was caused by the children, who clearly displayed their awful personalities even before making it to the factory, being interviewed on television and having an encounter with \"Slugworth\", who could have reported on their behavior. So the Oompa Loompas probably knew who they were dealing with, and what behavior to write a song about. Charlie though was a last minute victor, who doesn't seem to have been interviewed, nor did he display any horrible traits during his brief meeting with Slugworth. To top it off, the idea to steal the drinks came not from Charlie, but Grandpa Joe. They would have had to know about *his* personality to prepare a song about it. Also note that A) all the other kids disasters are likely non-lethal, even the furnace if it wasn't lit that day. Wonka wants an excuse to eliminate the bad kids from the tour, not eliminate them *from life*. And a giant fan chopping you up is difficult to make non-lethal. And B) during the other kids ordeals, everyone was right there watching it happen, with Wonka showing no surprise, like he expected it. Charlie and Grandpa Joe lag behind, and when they catch up Wonka shows no sign of having missed them (he clearly knows about it later in the office, but could have been informed after the fact). Since it plays out so differently, I genuinely feel like it was an unplanned event. If there *had* been a song, it would probably be about being a pushover and having terrible taste in chaperones. And would have been delivered to a bucket of chum. Heh, \"Charlie Bucket\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 733.0, "score_ratio": 2.8275862069, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itmyfnh", "c_root_id_B": "itn0rbi", "created_at_utc_A": 1666644438.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666645340.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Honestly, in this continuity, villains seem like an open subculture. There are official televised villain events. A villain got cancelled due to saying something sexist on TV. No-one objects to Joker openly running for office on the platform of \"I'm notorious supervillian the Joker\". In a way, they've simply dropped the pretense of the other continuities. They know as well as we do that neither the police or the superheroes are going to do anything more then put them in an easily escaped cell for a bit. So why bother hiding?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 902.0, "score_ratio": 31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itmzhx6", "c_root_id_B": "itmyfnh", "created_at_utc_A": 1666644851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666644438.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Until the Joker instituted the evil lair tax, there was no incentive to hide them. And it's difficult to get the proper permits to build them underground. Also, what are they going to do, ban buildings that look like they belong to a villain?", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 413.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itmyfnh", "c_root_id_B": "itni16x", "created_at_utc_A": 1666644438.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666652722.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They might be the legal mailing addresses for those villains. Being a criminal doesn't mean you can't own property. And if you have a legal address you might as well make yourself comfortable in it. Maybe set up a casino or something for a little passive income. Kick it cushy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8284.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itockoy", "c_root_id_B": "itmyfnh", "created_at_utc_A": 1666666278.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666644438.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why not? The JL does it. Are you gonna discriminate against villains? Come on. You're all better than this. We're all in this together. -PAID FOR BY THE LUTHOR ADMIN INITIATIVE FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE TOMORROW-", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21840.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itmzhx6", "c_root_id_B": "itn0rbi", "created_at_utc_A": 1666644851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666645340.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Until the Joker instituted the evil lair tax, there was no incentive to hide them. And it's difficult to get the proper permits to build them underground. Also, what are they going to do, ban buildings that look like they belong to a villain?", "human_ref_B": "Honestly, in this continuity, villains seem like an open subculture. There are official televised villain events. A villain got cancelled due to saying something sexist on TV. No-one objects to Joker openly running for office on the platform of \"I'm notorious supervillian the Joker\". In a way, they've simply dropped the pretense of the other continuities. They know as well as we do that neither the police or the superheroes are going to do anything more then put them in an easily escaped cell for a bit. So why bother hiding?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 489.0, "score_ratio": 2.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itmznud", "c_root_id_B": "itn0rbi", "created_at_utc_A": 1666644914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666645340.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Because that batman and Gordon are idiots", "human_ref_B": "Honestly, in this continuity, villains seem like an open subculture. There are official televised villain events. A villain got cancelled due to saying something sexist on TV. No-one objects to Joker openly running for office on the platform of \"I'm notorious supervillian the Joker\". In a way, they've simply dropped the pretense of the other continuities. They know as well as we do that neither the police or the superheroes are going to do anything more then put them in an easily escaped cell for a bit. So why bother hiding?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 426.0, "score_ratio": -15.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itockoy", "c_root_id_B": "itni16x", "created_at_utc_A": 1666666278.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666652722.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Why not? The JL does it. Are you gonna discriminate against villains? Come on. You're all better than this. We're all in this together. -PAID FOR BY THE LUTHOR ADMIN INITIATIVE FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE TOMORROW-", "human_ref_B": "They might be the legal mailing addresses for those villains. Being a criminal doesn't mean you can't own property. And if you have a legal address you might as well make yourself comfortable in it. Maybe set up a casino or something for a little passive income. Kick it cushy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13556.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itni16x", "c_root_id_B": "itmznud", "created_at_utc_A": 1666652722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666644914.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "They might be the legal mailing addresses for those villains. Being a criminal doesn't mean you can't own property. And if you have a legal address you might as well make yourself comfortable in it. Maybe set up a casino or something for a little passive income. Kick it cushy.", "human_ref_B": "Because that batman and Gordon are idiots", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7808.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "itmznud", "c_root_id_B": "itockoy", "created_at_utc_A": 1666644914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666666278.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Because that batman and Gordon are idiots", "human_ref_B": "Why not? The JL does it. Are you gonna discriminate against villains? Come on. You're all better than this. We're all in this together. -PAID FOR BY THE LUTHOR ADMIN INITIATIVE FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE TOMORROW-", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21364.0, "score_ratio": -3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ycm77g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harley Quinn] Why are the villains lairs out in the open?", "c_root_id_A": "iu03hir", "c_root_id_B": "itmznud", "created_at_utc_A": 1666885828.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666644914.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "The villains are pretty good at working together for mutual benefit. Well, technically. They're -better- at it than in mainstream DC continuity. But problems still arise, like ignoring Bane's skill at making a power base, simply because Bane is socially awkward at parties.", "human_ref_B": "Because that batman and Gordon are idiots", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 240914.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zesmab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] King Kai\u2019s planet is 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity. How did Goku have such trouble moving on it when he was born on a planet that was also at 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity? My only guess is the obvious answer, that he just got so used to Earth\u2019s gravity he wasn\u2019t used to it, but he was moving perfectly fine when he was a baby on Planet Vegeta, and even when he was on Earth he was constantly training, so he\u2019d be much stronger than when he was born.", "c_root_id_A": "iz8bmi1", "c_root_id_B": "iz8am7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1670390033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670389427.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Part of it just the adjustment period, and he was actually doing exercises and stuff, not just walking and talking. Wasn't that after he'd spent all that time running along snake way? He could have been tired from that as well. But the big reason why it was so much harder was that Goku had his weighted clothes on at the time. They normally weigh 113 kg (250 pounds), but on King Kai's planet they would have weighed 1130 kg (2500 pounds): that's 1.25 tons! Lastly, don't forget this was start of Saiyan Saga Goku, who was easily overpowered by Raditz. In comparison, all of Goku's friends at the end of the saga could one-shot enemies just as strong as Raditz.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 606.0, "score_ratio": 23.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zesmab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] King Kai\u2019s planet is 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity. How did Goku have such trouble moving on it when he was born on a planet that was also at 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity? My only guess is the obvious answer, that he just got so used to Earth\u2019s gravity he wasn\u2019t used to it, but he was moving perfectly fine when he was a baby on Planet Vegeta, and even when he was on Earth he was constantly training, so he\u2019d be much stronger than when he was born.", "c_root_id_A": "iz8am7x", "c_root_id_B": "iz8if5h", "created_at_utc_A": 1670389427.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670394529.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Gravity training and resistance isn't exactly linear. The fact that he had trouble with it despite being born in it shows that whatever toughness it would've given him he didn't retain under the lighter gravity of Earth. Such a thing is supported by Nappa who feels light when on Earth by comparison. Meanwhile the opposite end Goten, Trunks and even Gohan had an adjustment period to the 10x gravity in the room of spirit and time, even though they were far stronger than the entire Saiyajin race. So it just takes acclimation and likely active ki control, which Goku as a toddler wouldn't have.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5102.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zesmab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] King Kai\u2019s planet is 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity. How did Goku have such trouble moving on it when he was born on a planet that was also at 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity? My only guess is the obvious answer, that he just got so used to Earth\u2019s gravity he wasn\u2019t used to it, but he was moving perfectly fine when he was a baby on Planet Vegeta, and even when he was on Earth he was constantly training, so he\u2019d be much stronger than when he was born.", "c_root_id_A": "iz8am7x", "c_root_id_B": "iz8flym", "created_at_utc_A": 1670389427.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670392570.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "DBZ doesn't really work like IRL, but IRL heavy workout in lower gravity is a basic requirement not to lose any muscle mass or bone density (if memory serves me right). While Goku is very strong for Earth, but despite being native to a world with 10x gravity his body would not have retained that adaptation for thirty years that he lived on Earth. But as we can see, he gets into high-gravity shape relatively fast, and Vegeta after that trains exclusively under ridicolously high gravity pressure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3143.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zesmab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] King Kai\u2019s planet is 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity. How did Goku have such trouble moving on it when he was born on a planet that was also at 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity? My only guess is the obvious answer, that he just got so used to Earth\u2019s gravity he wasn\u2019t used to it, but he was moving perfectly fine when he was a baby on Planet Vegeta, and even when he was on Earth he was constantly training, so he\u2019d be much stronger than when he was born.", "c_root_id_A": "iz8am7x", "c_root_id_B": "iza1s6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1670389427.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670429792.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Astronauts in space need to exercise constantly and take supplements to sustain their bone and muscle mass due to the lack of gravity and the same applies to Goku.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40365.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zesmab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] King Kai\u2019s planet is 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity. How did Goku have such trouble moving on it when he was born on a planet that was also at 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity? My only guess is the obvious answer, that he just got so used to Earth\u2019s gravity he wasn\u2019t used to it, but he was moving perfectly fine when he was a baby on Planet Vegeta, and even when he was on Earth he was constantly training, so he\u2019d be much stronger than when he was born.", "c_root_id_A": "iz8am7x", "c_root_id_B": "ize3fbf", "created_at_utc_A": 1670389427.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670504495.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Our adaptation to 1G gravity isn't like... genetic. Our bones have to literally grow into it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 115068.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zesmab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] King Kai\u2019s planet is 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity. How did Goku have such trouble moving on it when he was born on a planet that was also at 10x Earth\u2019s normal gravity? My only guess is the obvious answer, that he just got so used to Earth\u2019s gravity he wasn\u2019t used to it, but he was moving perfectly fine when he was a baby on Planet Vegeta, and even when he was on Earth he was constantly training, so he\u2019d be much stronger than when he was born.", "c_root_id_A": "iz8flym", "c_root_id_B": "iz8if5h", "created_at_utc_A": 1670392570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670394529.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "DBZ doesn't really work like IRL, but IRL heavy workout in lower gravity is a basic requirement not to lose any muscle mass or bone density (if memory serves me right). While Goku is very strong for Earth, but despite being native to a world with 10x gravity his body would not have retained that adaptation for thirty years that he lived on Earth. But as we can see, he gets into high-gravity shape relatively fast, and Vegeta after that trains exclusively under ridicolously high gravity pressure.", "human_ref_B": "Gravity training and resistance isn't exactly linear. The fact that he had trouble with it despite being born in it shows that whatever toughness it would've given him he didn't retain under the lighter gravity of Earth. Such a thing is supported by Nappa who feels light when on Earth by comparison. Meanwhile the opposite end Goten, Trunks and even Gohan had an adjustment period to the 10x gravity in the room of spirit and time, even though they were far stronger than the entire Saiyajin race. So it just takes acclimation and likely active ki control, which Goku as a toddler wouldn't have.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1959.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvjijo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Dragon Ball Super] What exactly is Ultra Instinct and why does it seemingly give Goku a strength boost? My understanding of UI is that it's not technically a power boost like Kaioken or Super Saiyan, but instead a learned technique to avoid getting hit since it relies on the user knowing when to dodge. The problem is that, by it's very definition, it's not a power boost, yet with it Goku manages to beat the living shit out of Jiren long enough that weaker characters can hold their own against him. Is it just that UI allows the user to move fast enough to strike without giving his opponent time to see it coming or prepare for it, is it an actual power boost despite everything to the contrary, or did Akira Toriyama simply not think that far ahead?", "c_root_id_A": "i9lutuw", "c_root_id_B": "i9ltm6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1653252745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653252190.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I assumed that along side with knowing how to both dodge In the most efficient manner and how to attack in the most efficient manner, it also allows you to draw out your ki power in the most efficient manner, since well that's a part of both offence and defense, and the fact that martial arts is so connected with ki manipulation. So its basically the most efficient transformation possible, since allows you to use your power in the most efficient manner. Which is why it basically broke Gokus back after using it, which is consistent with other transformations. Channel too much of your power at once and your body might break, which is consistent with other transformations.", "human_ref_B": "The only way I can explain it away is that it gives the user flawless technique. It may not have given him more power but if he can throw a punch with better form, precision, timing and speed then it will deliver a far greater impact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 555.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvjijo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Dragon Ball Super] What exactly is Ultra Instinct and why does it seemingly give Goku a strength boost? My understanding of UI is that it's not technically a power boost like Kaioken or Super Saiyan, but instead a learned technique to avoid getting hit since it relies on the user knowing when to dodge. The problem is that, by it's very definition, it's not a power boost, yet with it Goku manages to beat the living shit out of Jiren long enough that weaker characters can hold their own against him. Is it just that UI allows the user to move fast enough to strike without giving his opponent time to see it coming or prepare for it, is it an actual power boost despite everything to the contrary, or did Akira Toriyama simply not think that far ahead?", "c_root_id_A": "i9ltm6d", "c_root_id_B": "i9lx13e", "created_at_utc_A": 1653252190.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653253751.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The only way I can explain it away is that it gives the user flawless technique. It may not have given him more power but if he can throw a punch with better form, precision, timing and speed then it will deliver a far greater impact.", "human_ref_B": "Ultra Instinct by itself is a technique used by the gods. Theoretically everyone can learn it. Goku has a transformation that boosts his strength, that happens to give him access to the technique. But the transformation is why his strength increased, also why his hair and eye color change. Goku is currently learning how to use Ultra Instinct without having to transform. It just so happens that each transformation he has makes him better at using Ultra Instinct and his silver haired form happens to be the most adept at using it. In the end Goku was just falsely equating it to a transformation, which as it seems has spread to others making this false equivalency as well. It's thought out just fine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1561.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uvjijo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Dragon Ball Super] What exactly is Ultra Instinct and why does it seemingly give Goku a strength boost? My understanding of UI is that it's not technically a power boost like Kaioken or Super Saiyan, but instead a learned technique to avoid getting hit since it relies on the user knowing when to dodge. The problem is that, by it's very definition, it's not a power boost, yet with it Goku manages to beat the living shit out of Jiren long enough that weaker characters can hold their own against him. Is it just that UI allows the user to move fast enough to strike without giving his opponent time to see it coming or prepare for it, is it an actual power boost despite everything to the contrary, or did Akira Toriyama simply not think that far ahead?", "c_root_id_A": "i9ltm6d", "c_root_id_B": "i9lx58y", "created_at_utc_A": 1653252190.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653253804.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The only way I can explain it away is that it gives the user flawless technique. It may not have given him more power but if he can throw a punch with better form, precision, timing and speed then it will deliver a far greater impact.", "human_ref_B": "It is like Spidey-Sense in a way. It allows the person to unconciously move and react. They just know. Even Master Roshi can do it, though not as good as Goku.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1614.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8oa7q0", "c_root_id_B": "i8o8rgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1652602974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652601731.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "If it doesn't lead to another Kang to rise up, it doesn't matter. Sounds like you should finish Loki.", "human_ref_B": "There\u2019s no such thing as a sacred timeline. It\u2019s bullshit fed to the people who work at the TVA. Kang targets timelines that lead to other Kangs and snips them before they happen.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1243.0, "score_ratio": 1.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8o7mwf", "c_root_id_B": "i8oa7q0", "created_at_utc_A": 1652600775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652602974.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Steve actions didn't interfere with sacred timeline.", "human_ref_B": "If it doesn't lead to another Kang to rise up, it doesn't matter. Sounds like you should finish Loki.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2199.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8oa7q0", "c_root_id_B": "i8o7vhx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652602974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652600978.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If it doesn't lead to another Kang to rise up, it doesn't matter. Sounds like you should finish Loki.", "human_ref_B": "He created a branch alternate reality but it didn\u2019t affect the actual MCU timeline. And if you\u2019re also wondering, yes there were 2 Captain America\u2019s at the same time in that reality", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1996.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8o7mwf", "c_root_id_B": "i8o8rgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1652600775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652601731.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Steve actions didn't interfere with sacred timeline.", "human_ref_B": "There\u2019s no such thing as a sacred timeline. It\u2019s bullshit fed to the people who work at the TVA. Kang targets timelines that lead to other Kangs and snips them before they happen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 956.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8o8rgy", "c_root_id_B": "i8o7vhx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652601731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652600978.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s no such thing as a sacred timeline. It\u2019s bullshit fed to the people who work at the TVA. Kang targets timelines that lead to other Kangs and snips them before they happen.", "human_ref_B": "He created a branch alternate reality but it didn\u2019t affect the actual MCU timeline. And if you\u2019re also wondering, yes there were 2 Captain America\u2019s at the same time in that reality", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 753.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8osskr", "c_root_id_B": "i8o7mwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1652617663.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652600775.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Sacred timeline = Anything that leads to HWR. That's it. Avengers tramping around in time willy nilly, Thanos snapping in 616/19999 universe, all of it NO problem, because it didn't affect Kang's influence. Loki having access to the space stone WOULD fuck with it. So they ended him.", "human_ref_B": "Steve actions didn't interfere with sacred timeline.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16888.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8osskr", "c_root_id_B": "i8o7vhx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652617663.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652600978.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sacred timeline = Anything that leads to HWR. That's it. Avengers tramping around in time willy nilly, Thanos snapping in 616/19999 universe, all of it NO problem, because it didn't affect Kang's influence. Loki having access to the space stone WOULD fuck with it. So they ended him.", "human_ref_B": "He created a branch alternate reality but it didn\u2019t affect the actual MCU timeline. And if you\u2019re also wondering, yes there were 2 Captain America\u2019s at the same time in that reality", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16685.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8osskr", "c_root_id_B": "i8oks6o", "created_at_utc_A": 1652617663.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652612024.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Sacred timeline = Anything that leads to HWR. That's it. Avengers tramping around in time willy nilly, Thanos snapping in 616/19999 universe, all of it NO problem, because it didn't affect Kang's influence. Loki having access to the space stone WOULD fuck with it. So they ended him.", "human_ref_B": "TVA had been destroyed by then.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5639.0, "score_ratio": -14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8pmdh2", "c_root_id_B": "i8refhn", "created_at_utc_A": 1652632023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652660885.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "All the above is true, but I also like to think that a TVA agent popped in and said :\u201dLook Cap, this isn\u2019t allowed, but if you just lay low and don\u2019t interfere with all the upcoming crap like Vietnam and 9/11, we\u2019ll give you a pass. Ok?\u201d", "human_ref_B": "The TVA doesn't actually care about branching timelines. The TVA cares about pruning any possible branches that will result in another Kang who upends He Who Remains' dominance. Steve Rogers return back in time did not cause this problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28862.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8refhn", "c_root_id_B": "i8o7vhx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652660885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652600978.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The TVA doesn't actually care about branching timelines. The TVA cares about pruning any possible branches that will result in another Kang who upends He Who Remains' dominance. Steve Rogers return back in time did not cause this problem.", "human_ref_B": "He created a branch alternate reality but it didn\u2019t affect the actual MCU timeline. And if you\u2019re also wondering, yes there were 2 Captain America\u2019s at the same time in that reality", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 59907.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8refhn", "c_root_id_B": "i8pgcmv", "created_at_utc_A": 1652660885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652629411.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The TVA doesn't actually care about branching timelines. The TVA cares about pruning any possible branches that will result in another Kang who upends He Who Remains' dominance. Steve Rogers return back in time did not cause this problem.", "human_ref_B": "This is the timeline that leads to the Kang/HWR from Loki, if they don't go back in time and beat Thanos it doesn't lead to the version of Kang who wins. And actually the implication at the end of Endgame is that Cap has always been with Peggy in our timeline growing old and knowing he can't interfere with anything or he'd change things that could lead to them not beating Thanos.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31474.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8refhn", "c_root_id_B": "i8oks6o", "created_at_utc_A": 1652660885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652612024.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The TVA doesn't actually care about branching timelines. The TVA cares about pruning any possible branches that will result in another Kang who upends He Who Remains' dominance. Steve Rogers return back in time did not cause this problem.", "human_ref_B": "TVA had been destroyed by then.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48861.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8pmdh2", "c_root_id_B": "i8o7vhx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652632023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652600978.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "All the above is true, but I also like to think that a TVA agent popped in and said :\u201dLook Cap, this isn\u2019t allowed, but if you just lay low and don\u2019t interfere with all the upcoming crap like Vietnam and 9/11, we\u2019ll give you a pass. Ok?\u201d", "human_ref_B": "He created a branch alternate reality but it didn\u2019t affect the actual MCU timeline. And if you\u2019re also wondering, yes there were 2 Captain America\u2019s at the same time in that reality", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31045.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8pmdh2", "c_root_id_B": "i8pgcmv", "created_at_utc_A": 1652632023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652629411.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "All the above is true, but I also like to think that a TVA agent popped in and said :\u201dLook Cap, this isn\u2019t allowed, but if you just lay low and don\u2019t interfere with all the upcoming crap like Vietnam and 9/11, we\u2019ll give you a pass. Ok?\u201d", "human_ref_B": "This is the timeline that leads to the Kang/HWR from Loki, if they don't go back in time and beat Thanos it doesn't lead to the version of Kang who wins. And actually the implication at the end of Endgame is that Cap has always been with Peggy in our timeline growing old and knowing he can't interfere with anything or he'd change things that could lead to them not beating Thanos.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2612.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8oks6o", "c_root_id_B": "i8pmdh2", "created_at_utc_A": 1652612024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652632023.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "TVA had been destroyed by then.", "human_ref_B": "All the above is true, but I also like to think that a TVA agent popped in and said :\u201dLook Cap, this isn\u2019t allowed, but if you just lay low and don\u2019t interfere with all the upcoming crap like Vietnam and 9/11, we\u2019ll give you a pass. Ok?\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19999.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8oks6o", "c_root_id_B": "i8pgcmv", "created_at_utc_A": 1652612024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652629411.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "TVA had been destroyed by then.", "human_ref_B": "This is the timeline that leads to the Kang/HWR from Loki, if they don't go back in time and beat Thanos it doesn't lead to the version of Kang who wins. And actually the implication at the end of Endgame is that Cap has always been with Peggy in our timeline growing old and knowing he can't interfere with anything or he'd change things that could lead to them not beating Thanos.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17387.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8rfkya", "c_root_id_B": "i8oks6o", "created_at_utc_A": 1652661431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652612024.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "He didn't branch out of the sacred timeline, which is just a bit of propaganda anyway. What really mattered is that he didn't branch any timelines that allow for the birth of the guy who might become Kang. There's also a suggestion (that a *lot* of people don't like, understandably) that Steve staying in the past didn't actually change the main timeline at all, in any way. That he was *always* there, growing old with Peggy.", "human_ref_B": "TVA had been destroyed by then.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49407.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uq0vhs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.56, "history": "[Marvel] why wasn't Captain America captured by TVA? By the end of Avengers Endgame, Steve Rogers goes back in time to restore the stones in the appropriate timeline, but he doesn't return. He stays back and marries Peggy Carter. Looks like he branched out of the sacred timeline. It means TVA might've captured him. Why doesn't it happen?", "c_root_id_A": "i8oks6o", "c_root_id_B": "i8xanke", "created_at_utc_A": 1652612024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652777295.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "TVA had been destroyed by then.", "human_ref_B": "The TVA only cares about branching paths that end up creating more Kangs. It just means that Steve Rogers ending up with an Peggy doesn't ruin the timeline.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 165271.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8awm9p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] Does Ego the Living Planet have any actual intention behind the purpose of his very existence, or is his plan literally just going to be the killing of all those people? Asking for a friend with daddy issues.", "c_root_id_A": "dx27t1l", "c_root_id_B": "dx27vkk", "created_at_utc_A": 1523264735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523264913.0, "score_A": 162, "score_B": 377, "human_ref_A": "Ego wanted adorable baby planets like him to inhabit the galaxy. Killing a few billion ants was just a byproduct.", "human_ref_B": "It's been awhile since I've seen it, but if I'm remembering accurately, Ego's intention was to repopulate the universe with his own brand of life and then set about exploring further meaning through these countless iterations of himself expressing him, each in their own unique and individual way, essentially remaking existence in his image along the way", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 178.0, "score_ratio": 2.3271604938, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8awm9p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] Does Ego the Living Planet have any actual intention behind the purpose of his very existence, or is his plan literally just going to be the killing of all those people? Asking for a friend with daddy issues.", "c_root_id_A": "dx27vkk", "c_root_id_B": "dx27t05", "created_at_utc_A": 1523264913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523264733.0, "score_A": 377, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "It's been awhile since I've seen it, but if I'm remembering accurately, Ego's intention was to repopulate the universe with his own brand of life and then set about exploring further meaning through these countless iterations of himself expressing him, each in their own unique and individual way, essentially remaking existence in his image along the way", "human_ref_B": "They\u2019re inferior to him, but I thought (could be misrembering) the plan was to expand himself, if they die is just consequence.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 180.0, "score_ratio": 8.5681818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8awm9p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] Does Ego the Living Planet have any actual intention behind the purpose of his very existence, or is his plan literally just going to be the killing of all those people? Asking for a friend with daddy issues.", "c_root_id_A": "dx27t1l", "c_root_id_B": "dx27t05", "created_at_utc_A": 1523264735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523264733.0, "score_A": 162, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "Ego wanted adorable baby planets like him to inhabit the galaxy. Killing a few billion ants was just a byproduct.", "human_ref_B": "They\u2019re inferior to him, but I thought (could be misrembering) the plan was to expand himself, if they die is just consequence.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2.0, "score_ratio": 3.6818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8awm9p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] Does Ego the Living Planet have any actual intention behind the purpose of his very existence, or is his plan literally just going to be the killing of all those people? Asking for a friend with daddy issues.", "c_root_id_A": "dx2pc8a", "c_root_id_B": "dx2ukny", "created_at_utc_A": 1523288979.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523293627.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Ego explains it himself. He tried the route of the normal mortal life: falling in love, having a family,etc. He liked it, but it disappointed him because it felt too small. He decided that his purpose was just to make everything like him.", "human_ref_B": "His name is Ego. His intention is not to \u201ckill all those people.\u201d In his mind, there are no other \u201cpeople,\u201d only Ego. The exception to this, for a short time, was Peter Quill\u2019s Mom. She was something outside himself that he valued nearly as much as himself. Once he realized this, he destroyed her. Now, his quest is to eliminate everything that is not Ego and fill all the available space with himself. Something similar is happening in the White House as we speak.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4648.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8awm9p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[MCU] Does Ego the Living Planet have any actual intention behind the purpose of his very existence, or is his plan literally just going to be the killing of all those people? Asking for a friend with daddy issues.", "c_root_id_A": "dx3iip1", "c_root_id_B": "dx2pc8a", "created_at_utc_A": 1523315404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523288979.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Ego's motivation was never to kill the population of the universe. He wanted to turn every planet into a version of himself so he could be everything and everywhere. The fact that some lesser beings would have to die is incidental.", "human_ref_B": "Ego explains it himself. He tried the route of the normal mortal life: falling in love, having a family,etc. He liked it, but it disappointed him because it felt too small. He decided that his purpose was just to make everything like him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26425.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2lqhip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Batman/LOTR] Bruce Wayne wakes up in Middle Earth, how long does it take him to deposit the one ring in Mordor? Scenario 1: Bruce Wayne wakes up after a bender in regular clothes, no gadgets, no pre-planning, stumbles upon the ring and the rest of the hobbit squad. Scenario 2: Batman is transported through the dimensions and lands on Sean Bean, killing him instantly, and is tasked with insuring the safe disposal of the ring.", "c_root_id_A": "clx7rza", "c_root_id_B": "clx93la", "created_at_utc_A": 1415507723.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415511268.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "He immediately goes to Hobbiton and breaks the jaw of a pipeweed dealer.", "human_ref_B": "Batman, realizing he can't defeat a supernatural evil demigod and its several million minions, makes several plans: Plan 1: Sneak through the entirety of Mordor to do the deed, thus rendering the entirety of the story into the equivalent of 26 pages in neatly divided panels; or Sniff out Gandalf's 'humble hedge wizard' act, and ask him to transmit an extradimensional message for him. Two days later the entirety of the Justice League, reserve and active, 1/4 of all the Lantern Corps (except the black, not here, not allowed), the Suicide Squad, The Titans and the Rogues descend on Middle Earth prepared to deliver a Darkseid-sized buttwhoopin to a certain enraged burning eye. The third plan is even more genius, but let's be honest, he'll never need it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3545.0, "score_ratio": 1.4210526316, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p9bg9e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Batman] How much of a social life does Bruce Wayne have? I'm not talking about relationships as the batman nor am I talking about the persona he puts on of a playboy. I'm talking about genuine social relationships he has with other people besides Alfred.", "c_root_id_A": "h9xttz4", "c_root_id_B": "h9xfbu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1629657587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629651356.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I think the best show to do this is The Batman, which puts a bit more effort into Wayne and his friends like that black officer", "human_ref_B": "He and Selina went on a double date with Clark and Lois.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6231.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p9bg9e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Batman] How much of a social life does Bruce Wayne have? I'm not talking about relationships as the batman nor am I talking about the persona he puts on of a playboy. I'm talking about genuine social relationships he has with other people besides Alfred.", "c_root_id_A": "h9xttz4", "c_root_id_B": "h9xiau3", "created_at_utc_A": 1629657587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629652623.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think the best show to do this is The Batman, which puts a bit more effort into Wayne and his friends like that black officer", "human_ref_B": "Most of Bruce Wayne friends are Batman friends alter-egos, Clark Kent, Diana Prince, Selina Kyle etc... iirc most (if not all) of Bruce non-superheroic dates fell through and he doesn't really socialize outside of gala events and such", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4964.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p9bg9e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Batman] How much of a social life does Bruce Wayne have? I'm not talking about relationships as the batman nor am I talking about the persona he puts on of a playboy. I'm talking about genuine social relationships he has with other people besides Alfred.", "c_root_id_A": "h9ydraw", "c_root_id_B": "h9xiau3", "created_at_utc_A": 1629666366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629652623.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "As prolific and relevant as necessary to keep up appearances. read comics, he's a prolific playboy who keeps a diverse social calender. when batman is needed, he ducks out", "human_ref_B": "Most of Bruce Wayne friends are Batman friends alter-egos, Clark Kent, Diana Prince, Selina Kyle etc... iirc most (if not all) of Bruce non-superheroic dates fell through and he doesn't really socialize outside of gala events and such", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13743.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6z0zb0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[DC] Given what we know of Bruce Wayne's potential in how he became the Batman, had his parents never been murdered in front of him how might he have turned out differently?", "c_root_id_A": "dmro18u", "c_root_id_B": "dmrr794", "created_at_utc_A": 1504956130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504962775.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I believe the implication is he would of been a lot like Harvey Dent - the lawyer, not the two-faced criminal.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce cruises through an Ivy League education and returns triumphantly to take control of the family business. At first he's very much the devil-may-care playboy Batman pretends to be \u2014 he sets aside a lot of money to help the poor and rehabilitate Gotham, but he's grown up hearing his parents talk about their philanthropy ad nauseam, and that's their thing, not his. He's seen the generations of addicts and crooks who gladly take handouts from his family's charities and continue their way down the spiral. His attitude is, \"I gave at the door.\" That all changes when he meets Harvey Dent. Bruce is rich and frustrated with philanthropy; Harvey is powerful and frustrated with the courts. They find a good cop who shares their impatience, name of Gordon, and maneuver him into the commissioner's chair. Together, the three of them come to see themselves as all facing the same revolving door from different angles, all trying to stop it, all failing. They concoct plans, commission research, and slowly, their efforts come to bear fruit. Homeless become housed; criminals become citizens. People who were looking for a score are now looking for a job. People who wondered what the gangs will think are now wondering what the cops will think. It takes a tremendous amount of time, money, and questionable law-enforcement tactics, but slowly, the cycle of addiction and hopelessness begins to leak. Drugs are getting more expensive. Henchmen are getting harder to find. But as Gotham's madness takes over, it all goes to waste. The Poison Ivys, Riddlers, and Penguins drive out the garden-variety crooks. It's clear that something has changed, something has gone terribly wrong. The city falls to a massive chemical attack that Batman wasn't there to stop. Bruce, Harvey, and Commissioner Gordon all lose their lives in the process and go down in history as great men destroyed by a mad city that refused to go on living.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6645.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pvt6b5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] How, exactly, does Darth Vader's life support-suit get the energy it needs to function? Does it have battery packs? Does it need to be plugged in to recharge?", "c_root_id_A": "hec9ms1", "c_root_id_B": "hecatxe", "created_at_utc_A": 1632660466.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632661148.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 123, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Vader's armor is powered by a bog-standard fusion furnace battery, the exact same kind that powers a huge number of droids and small machinery in the galaxy. While it can't run indefinitely, the battery can last for an extremely long time, and rarely needs to be recharged. It's possible that when Vader is in his fortress on Mustafar, his servants charge and maintain the battery. It wouldn't need constant attention.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 682.0, "score_ratio": 123.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pvt6b5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] How, exactly, does Darth Vader's life support-suit get the energy it needs to function? Does it have battery packs? Does it need to be plugged in to recharge?", "c_root_id_A": "hecrlhh", "c_root_id_B": "hec9ms1", "created_at_utc_A": 1632669022.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632660466.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Arc reactor of course.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8556.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gidpqe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] if general grievous was a really good fighter but susceptible to the force from higher up jedi warriors, couldn't Dooku or Palpatine stand back and protect him using their force? Well if he can't use the force and he has a lot of trouble fighting obi wan or really any experiences Jedi, why doesn't he get some force backup from a force user on his side?", "c_root_id_A": "fqe6g5o", "c_root_id_B": "fqf7ft6", "created_at_utc_A": 1589302517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589319978.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "the sith don't have the numbers to spare grievous a bodyguard even with all the secret apprentices going on", "human_ref_B": "According to HK 47 in his lectures on how to kill Jedi, one technique that was effective was to attack their soul, IE psychological warfare. Another was to overwhelm them with numbers. General Grievous was built around these 2 tactics with his appearance and use of multiple limbs wielding lightsaber's. Jedi required inner calm to utilize the force effectively, so disturbing their psyches and attacking with overwhelming force could be used to throw them off balance enough to overwhelm them before they could make effective use of the force. While Dooku could, and did at times, assist Grievous from a distance with the force, Grievous was a assassin designed to take on the Jedi and win solo, and trained in the ways to counter the force using tactics, numbers and ambushes when neccessary. What made Obi-wan so effective against Grievous was the path of defense that Obi-wan mastered, he could guard so naturally against all of Grievous tools that he could effectively keep his cool and utilize the force without lapsing into the desperate struggle that most other Jedi would fall into. In short, Grievous was trained to overcome and counter the use of the force against him through other methods so that he could act independently. If the Sith had wanted to follow him around protecting him from the force, it would have been much cheaper to simply use a squad of Magna Guards instead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17461.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gidpqe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] if general grievous was a really good fighter but susceptible to the force from higher up jedi warriors, couldn't Dooku or Palpatine stand back and protect him using their force? Well if he can't use the force and he has a lot of trouble fighting obi wan or really any experiences Jedi, why doesn't he get some force backup from a force user on his side?", "c_root_id_A": "fqf7ft6", "c_root_id_B": "fqe011j", "created_at_utc_A": 1589319978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589299512.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "According to HK 47 in his lectures on how to kill Jedi, one technique that was effective was to attack their soul, IE psychological warfare. Another was to overwhelm them with numbers. General Grievous was built around these 2 tactics with his appearance and use of multiple limbs wielding lightsaber's. Jedi required inner calm to utilize the force effectively, so disturbing their psyches and attacking with overwhelming force could be used to throw them off balance enough to overwhelm them before they could make effective use of the force. While Dooku could, and did at times, assist Grievous from a distance with the force, Grievous was a assassin designed to take on the Jedi and win solo, and trained in the ways to counter the force using tactics, numbers and ambushes when neccessary. What made Obi-wan so effective against Grievous was the path of defense that Obi-wan mastered, he could guard so naturally against all of Grievous tools that he could effectively keep his cool and utilize the force without lapsing into the desperate struggle that most other Jedi would fall into. In short, Grievous was trained to overcome and counter the use of the force against him through other methods so that he could act independently. If the Sith had wanted to follow him around protecting him from the force, it would have been much cheaper to simply use a squad of Magna Guards instead.", "human_ref_B": "That's not really how Force usage works, no. He was perfectly capable of fighting most Force users, but if it looks like he's going to lose, that's when he goes on a tactical retreat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20466.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsprglf", "c_root_id_B": "hspmbgi", "created_at_utc_A": 1642214473.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642212098.0, "score_A": 589, "score_B": 402, "human_ref_A": "Unless there's something specific going on that Purge Night, he probably just chills at home. Too many tourists and amateurs out on the street to get anything good done. More sane/calculating Jokers do the math and know there's just too many unknowable variables and trigger happy idiots to make a viable plan. \"Style over substance\" Jokers just think it's tacky as hell to get a permission slip from the government to be a crook. Edge case? Crimes that are *specifically banned* from the Purge like deploying overpowered weapons or targeting critical facilities/personnel might lure him off the couch and onto the streets, if only to show the open mic night crowd what a pro can do.", "human_ref_B": "He would open a shelter to keep homeless safe and then blow it up in the morning.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2375.0, "score_ratio": 1.4651741294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hspltul", "c_root_id_B": "hsprglf", "created_at_utc_A": 1642211873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642214473.0, "score_A": 233, "score_B": 589, "human_ref_A": "Oddly, i could him being completely law abiding the whole time. Maybe even enforcing the laws that are otherwise suspended. If there's one thing a comedian hates, it's people stealing their bit.", "human_ref_B": "Unless there's something specific going on that Purge Night, he probably just chills at home. Too many tourists and amateurs out on the street to get anything good done. More sane/calculating Jokers do the math and know there's just too many unknowable variables and trigger happy idiots to make a viable plan. \"Style over substance\" Jokers just think it's tacky as hell to get a permission slip from the government to be a crook. Edge case? Crimes that are *specifically banned* from the Purge like deploying overpowered weapons or targeting critical facilities/personnel might lure him off the couch and onto the streets, if only to show the open mic night crowd what a pro can do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2600.0, "score_ratio": 2.5278969957, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsprglf", "c_root_id_B": "hspo11s", "created_at_utc_A": 1642214473.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642212886.0, "score_A": 589, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "Unless there's something specific going on that Purge Night, he probably just chills at home. Too many tourists and amateurs out on the street to get anything good done. More sane/calculating Jokers do the math and know there's just too many unknowable variables and trigger happy idiots to make a viable plan. \"Style over substance\" Jokers just think it's tacky as hell to get a permission slip from the government to be a crook. Edge case? Crimes that are *specifically banned* from the Purge like deploying overpowered weapons or targeting critical facilities/personnel might lure him off the couch and onto the streets, if only to show the open mic night crowd what a pro can do.", "human_ref_B": "Nothing. He'd do everything a few days after it's over. Joker doesn't do crimes cause they are allowed. He does it for the challenge and the joy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1587.0, "score_ratio": 8.2957746479, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hspmbgi", "c_root_id_B": "hspltul", "created_at_utc_A": 1642212098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642211873.0, "score_A": 402, "score_B": 233, "human_ref_A": "He would open a shelter to keep homeless safe and then blow it up in the morning.", "human_ref_B": "Oddly, i could him being completely law abiding the whole time. Maybe even enforcing the laws that are otherwise suspended. If there's one thing a comedian hates, it's people stealing their bit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 225.0, "score_ratio": 1.7253218884, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hspv3lg", "c_root_id_B": "hsps5po", "created_at_utc_A": 1642216212.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642214803.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Purge the purgers.", "human_ref_B": "Annoyed that he can't stand out on a night where everyone is being him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1409.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqda8j", "c_root_id_B": "hspy308", "created_at_utc_A": 1642225664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642217658.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Gotham city is probably gonna be the weirdest city in the USA on Purge night, cause everyone knows that while the police won't do shit, Batman is gonna kick their asses, and figure out who they are and make them pay some other day of the year. And other comments mention that the Rogue's Gallery supervillains will be operating with impunity, so most people would be too scared to commit crimes on their own initiative. Joker is just gonna kick back, and give other people the means to go ham as much as possible. Really do his best to get the most ordinary, law abiding people into it, as a means of spitting in Batman's face. Give em weapons, give em super serums, explosives. Turn it into a nice celebration of the worst of humanity.", "human_ref_B": "Nothing, committing crime when it is legal is no fun at all. Although some suggestions that he would protect people only to kill them once the Purge was over seems right up his alley.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8006.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqda8j", "c_root_id_B": "hspxtb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1642225664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642217527.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Gotham city is probably gonna be the weirdest city in the USA on Purge night, cause everyone knows that while the police won't do shit, Batman is gonna kick their asses, and figure out who they are and make them pay some other day of the year. And other comments mention that the Rogue's Gallery supervillains will be operating with impunity, so most people would be too scared to commit crimes on their own initiative. Joker is just gonna kick back, and give other people the means to go ham as much as possible. Really do his best to get the most ordinary, law abiding people into it, as a means of spitting in Batman's face. Give em weapons, give em super serums, explosives. Turn it into a nice celebration of the worst of humanity.", "human_ref_B": "\"The same thing we do every night, Batsy\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8137.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqda8j", "c_root_id_B": "hsq8oab", "created_at_utc_A": 1642225664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642223126.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Gotham city is probably gonna be the weirdest city in the USA on Purge night, cause everyone knows that while the police won't do shit, Batman is gonna kick their asses, and figure out who they are and make them pay some other day of the year. And other comments mention that the Rogue's Gallery supervillains will be operating with impunity, so most people would be too scared to commit crimes on their own initiative. Joker is just gonna kick back, and give other people the means to go ham as much as possible. Really do his best to get the most ordinary, law abiding people into it, as a means of spitting in Batman's face. Give em weapons, give em super serums, explosives. Turn it into a nice celebration of the worst of humanity.", "human_ref_B": "Hear me out on this, but I could see the Joker doing something to prove how dysfunctional society is during the Purge. I don't know if he'd go after the government types that are off limits, only kill purgers without criminal records, have some massive scheme to show how depraved some 'upstanding citizens\" were last Purge or what, but I could totally see him doing some diabolical social commentary during the Purge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2538.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqda8j", "c_root_id_B": "hsps5po", "created_at_utc_A": 1642225664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642214803.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Gotham city is probably gonna be the weirdest city in the USA on Purge night, cause everyone knows that while the police won't do shit, Batman is gonna kick their asses, and figure out who they are and make them pay some other day of the year. And other comments mention that the Rogue's Gallery supervillains will be operating with impunity, so most people would be too scared to commit crimes on their own initiative. Joker is just gonna kick back, and give other people the means to go ham as much as possible. Really do his best to get the most ordinary, law abiding people into it, as a means of spitting in Batman's face. Give em weapons, give em super serums, explosives. Turn it into a nice celebration of the worst of humanity.", "human_ref_B": "Annoyed that he can't stand out on a night where everyone is being him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10861.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsq8trm", "c_root_id_B": "hsqda8j", "created_at_utc_A": 1642223206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642225664.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Honestly? I think he would have a quiet night in (for him) Take a bath, some nice wine, a good dinner, a bit of torture, you know? Really unwind. I mean everyone else is doing bad shit, he won't see the point, he likes to be the match to the fuse, so if the powder keg has already blown, he can chill out.", "human_ref_B": "Gotham city is probably gonna be the weirdest city in the USA on Purge night, cause everyone knows that while the police won't do shit, Batman is gonna kick their asses, and figure out who they are and make them pay some other day of the year. And other comments mention that the Rogue's Gallery supervillains will be operating with impunity, so most people would be too scared to commit crimes on their own initiative. Joker is just gonna kick back, and give other people the means to go ham as much as possible. Really do his best to get the most ordinary, law abiding people into it, as a means of spitting in Batman's face. Give em weapons, give em super serums, explosives. Turn it into a nice celebration of the worst of humanity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2458.0, "score_ratio": 3.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hspxtb2", "c_root_id_B": "hspy308", "created_at_utc_A": 1642217527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642217658.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "\"The same thing we do every night, Batsy\"", "human_ref_B": "Nothing, committing crime when it is legal is no fun at all. Although some suggestions that he would protect people only to kill them once the Purge was over seems right up his alley.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 131.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsps5po", "c_root_id_B": "hspy308", "created_at_utc_A": 1642214803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642217658.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Annoyed that he can't stand out on a night where everyone is being him.", "human_ref_B": "Nothing, committing crime when it is legal is no fun at all. Although some suggestions that he would protect people only to kill them once the Purge was over seems right up his alley.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2855.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hspxtb2", "c_root_id_B": "hsq8oab", "created_at_utc_A": 1642217527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642223126.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "\"The same thing we do every night, Batsy\"", "human_ref_B": "Hear me out on this, but I could see the Joker doing something to prove how dysfunctional society is during the Purge. I don't know if he'd go after the government types that are off limits, only kill purgers without criminal records, have some massive scheme to show how depraved some 'upstanding citizens\" were last Purge or what, but I could totally see him doing some diabolical social commentary during the Purge.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5599.0, "score_ratio": 1.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hspxtb2", "c_root_id_B": "hsps5po", "created_at_utc_A": 1642217527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642214803.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "\"The same thing we do every night, Batsy\"", "human_ref_B": "Annoyed that he can't stand out on a night where everyone is being him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2724.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsq8oab", "c_root_id_B": "hsps5po", "created_at_utc_A": 1642223126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642214803.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Hear me out on this, but I could see the Joker doing something to prove how dysfunctional society is during the Purge. I don't know if he'd go after the government types that are off limits, only kill purgers without criminal records, have some massive scheme to show how depraved some 'upstanding citizens\" were last Purge or what, but I could totally see him doing some diabolical social commentary during the Purge.", "human_ref_B": "Annoyed that he can't stand out on a night where everyone is being him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8323.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqijmn", "c_root_id_B": "hsps5po", "created_at_utc_A": 1642228953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642214803.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Whatever he does, he ends the night by just standing in the street when the alarm goes off at the end so he can shoot the first person he sees afterwards. Only it's a (non-lethal) bang flag gun, just so he can make a joke about how shooting someone now is illegal.", "human_ref_B": "Annoyed that he can't stand out on a night where everyone is being him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14150.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqijmn", "c_root_id_B": "hsqed4d", "created_at_utc_A": 1642228953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642226304.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Whatever he does, he ends the night by just standing in the street when the alarm goes off at the end so he can shoot the first person he sees afterwards. Only it's a (non-lethal) bang flag gun, just so he can make a joke about how shooting someone now is illegal.", "human_ref_B": "I agree that he wouldn\u2019t do anything special. But I can see him just going for a stroll, almost daring the local tough guys to try and take him on. Come to think of it, Gotham during Purge night would likely have a lot of people trying to \u201cdo what the bat won\u2019t\u201d and trying to kill villains.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2649.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqijmn", "c_root_id_B": "hsq8trm", "created_at_utc_A": 1642228953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642223206.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Whatever he does, he ends the night by just standing in the street when the alarm goes off at the end so he can shoot the first person he sees afterwards. Only it's a (non-lethal) bang flag gun, just so he can make a joke about how shooting someone now is illegal.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly? I think he would have a quiet night in (for him) Take a bath, some nice wine, a good dinner, a bit of torture, you know? Really unwind. I mean everyone else is doing bad shit, he won't see the point, he likes to be the match to the fuse, so if the powder keg has already blown, he can chill out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5747.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqed4d", "c_root_id_B": "hsq8trm", "created_at_utc_A": 1642226304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642223206.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I agree that he wouldn\u2019t do anything special. But I can see him just going for a stroll, almost daring the local tough guys to try and take him on. Come to think of it, Gotham during Purge night would likely have a lot of people trying to \u201cdo what the bat won\u2019t\u201d and trying to kill villains.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly? I think he would have a quiet night in (for him) Take a bath, some nice wine, a good dinner, a bit of torture, you know? Really unwind. I mean everyone else is doing bad shit, he won't see the point, he likes to be the match to the fuse, so if the powder keg has already blown, he can chill out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3098.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s48msw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Purge/DC] What would the Joker do during the Purge ?", "c_root_id_A": "hsqjssf", "c_root_id_B": "hsq8trm", "created_at_utc_A": 1642229795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642223206.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He would give no fucks about the Purge. He basically treats every night like Purge Night anyways, so he would probably just take the night off since the entire country is doing his job for him and there are no rules to break. He might kill a high ranking politician with a weapon above class 4 just for shits and giggles, but that would probably be the only thing that he would find fun.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly? I think he would have a quiet night in (for him) Take a bath, some nice wine, a good dinner, a bit of torture, you know? Really unwind. I mean everyone else is doing bad shit, he won't see the point, he likes to be the match to the fuse, so if the powder keg has already blown, he can chill out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6589.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2b3nm8", "c_root_id_B": "i2apvsc", "created_at_utc_A": 1648385570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648375400.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "If Frank ever kills all 99.9999 percent of horrible people on earth, he'll save one bullet for himself to kill the last remaining horrible person left.", "human_ref_B": "No. Frank knows he is a monster. He hates himself. Knows he shouldn't do it. He is broken inside hunting for the release revenge will give him. But murder only numbs the pain got a little while. It never brings him family back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10170.0, "score_ratio": 1.2173913043, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2b3nm8", "c_root_id_B": "i2arlys", "created_at_utc_A": 1648385570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648376843.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "If Frank ever kills all 99.9999 percent of horrible people on earth, he'll save one bullet for himself to kill the last remaining horrible person left.", "human_ref_B": "Hard no. His mindset runs the gamut from seeing himself as a necessary evil to really not being any better than the people he's shooting. He doesn't see himself as a good person, not his actions as objectively good. If asked, in most continuities he would look a person straight in the eye and describe himself as a murderer. He even goes so far as to actively refute any claims that he's a hero or role model; there's a recent comic where he encounters a group of cops who are super proud of the skull logo on their cruiser, which he then rips up while telling them that they shouldn't be emulating him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8727.0, "score_ratio": 1.8666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2b3nm8", "c_root_id_B": "i2ay90a", "created_at_utc_A": 1648385570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648382094.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "If Frank ever kills all 99.9999 percent of horrible people on earth, he'll save one bullet for himself to kill the last remaining horrible person left.", "human_ref_B": "Jesus no. Punisher books are filled with Frank's internal dialogue, and he is under no illusions that he's a good guy. He's got a job to do until it kills him, and he's accepted damnation as the price of his work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3476.0, "score_ratio": 1.8666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2b3nm8", "c_root_id_B": "i2ay46i", "created_at_utc_A": 1648385570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648381999.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If Frank ever kills all 99.9999 percent of horrible people on earth, he'll save one bullet for himself to kill the last remaining horrible person left.", "human_ref_B": "nope, hes just the garbage man taking out the trash. Its a dirty, unthanking job. but someone has to do it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3571.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2ay46i", "c_root_id_B": "i2ay90a", "created_at_utc_A": 1648381999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648382094.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "nope, hes just the garbage man taking out the trash. Its a dirty, unthanking job. but someone has to do it.", "human_ref_B": "Jesus no. Punisher books are filled with Frank's internal dialogue, and he is under no illusions that he's a good guy. He's got a job to do until it kills him, and he's accepted damnation as the price of his work.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 95.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2b4gav", "c_root_id_B": "i2ay46i", "created_at_utc_A": 1648386037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648381999.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Absolutely not. He's fully aware he's a monster but in his mind he at least kills the absolute worst people. He also knows that what he's doing is ultimately self-destructive. He also doesn't want anyone else to follow on his path. Iirc sometimes he does his job so he can prevent \"more\" Punishers from ever existing (since he's a failure of the system that couldn't protect his family).", "human_ref_B": "nope, hes just the garbage man taking out the trash. Its a dirty, unthanking job. but someone has to do it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4038.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2bfg0h", "c_root_id_B": "i2b6ros", "created_at_utc_A": 1648391621.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648387343.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s a 3 or 4 page conversation between Frank and some cops about this whole situation. Frank meets cops who started a group to hero-worship The Punisher. Frank is disgusted by them and tells them he does it because he\u2019s broken. Then he straight out threatens them that if he finds out they are trying to emulate him that he will come for them.", "human_ref_B": "Doing the right thing does not always make you a hero and often makes you a villain. Frank is aware of this and he fights through it every day. He knows he is a monster, but he's been through so much that he's willing to accept it in order to punish other people who seem to think they are above the law. Frank doesn't consider himself a hero, he considers himself a necessary evil.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4278.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2b4x9g", "c_root_id_B": "i2bfg0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1648386306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648391621.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Not at all, he understands that this is an outlet for his rage and anger at the world which allowed his family to be murdered. Making the world a safer place and perhaps being seen as a hero by some is only collateral to him.", "human_ref_B": "There\u2019s a 3 or 4 page conversation between Frank and some cops about this whole situation. Frank meets cops who started a group to hero-worship The Punisher. Frank is disgusted by them and tells them he does it because he\u2019s broken. Then he straight out threatens them that if he finds out they are trying to emulate him that he will come for them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5315.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2bfg0h", "c_root_id_B": "i2ay46i", "created_at_utc_A": 1648391621.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648381999.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s a 3 or 4 page conversation between Frank and some cops about this whole situation. Frank meets cops who started a group to hero-worship The Punisher. Frank is disgusted by them and tells them he does it because he\u2019s broken. Then he straight out threatens them that if he finds out they are trying to emulate him that he will come for them.", "human_ref_B": "nope, hes just the garbage man taking out the trash. Its a dirty, unthanking job. but someone has to do it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9622.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2b6ros", "c_root_id_B": "i2b4x9g", "created_at_utc_A": 1648387343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648386306.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Doing the right thing does not always make you a hero and often makes you a villain. Frank is aware of this and he fights through it every day. He knows he is a monster, but he's been through so much that he's willing to accept it in order to punish other people who seem to think they are above the law. Frank doesn't consider himself a hero, he considers himself a necessary evil.", "human_ref_B": "Not at all, he understands that this is an outlet for his rage and anger at the world which allowed his family to be murdered. Making the world a safer place and perhaps being seen as a hero by some is only collateral to him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1037.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2ay46i", "c_root_id_B": "i2b6ros", "created_at_utc_A": 1648381999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648387343.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "nope, hes just the garbage man taking out the trash. Its a dirty, unthanking job. but someone has to do it.", "human_ref_B": "Doing the right thing does not always make you a hero and often makes you a villain. Frank is aware of this and he fights through it every day. He knows he is a monster, but he's been through so much that he's willing to accept it in order to punish other people who seem to think they are above the law. Frank doesn't consider himself a hero, he considers himself a necessary evil.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5344.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2drf9l", "c_root_id_B": "i2b4x9g", "created_at_utc_A": 1648429265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648386306.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No, he does not. The Punisher seems himself as a criminal as well, he just justifies it as his crimes being lesser compared to the ones that he stops. That's why that he is the final target on the bottom of the list, when his job is done.", "human_ref_B": "Not at all, he understands that this is an outlet for his rage and anger at the world which allowed his family to be murdered. Making the world a safer place and perhaps being seen as a hero by some is only collateral to him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42959.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2ay46i", "c_root_id_B": "i2drf9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1648381999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648429265.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "nope, hes just the garbage man taking out the trash. Its a dirty, unthanking job. but someone has to do it.", "human_ref_B": "No, he does not. The Punisher seems himself as a criminal as well, he just justifies it as his crimes being lesser compared to the ones that he stops. That's why that he is the final target on the bottom of the list, when his job is done.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47266.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2drf9l", "c_root_id_B": "i2c4qqj", "created_at_utc_A": 1648429265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648402482.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "No, he does not. The Punisher seems himself as a criminal as well, he just justifies it as his crimes being lesser compared to the ones that he stops. That's why that he is the final target on the bottom of the list, when his job is done.", "human_ref_B": "The Punisher is neither hero nor villain. The Punisher is The Punisher.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26783.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2drf9l", "c_root_id_B": "i2c4tu7", "created_at_utc_A": 1648429265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648402518.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No, he does not. The Punisher seems himself as a criminal as well, he just justifies it as his crimes being lesser compared to the ones that he stops. That's why that he is the final target on the bottom of the list, when his job is done.", "human_ref_B": "Nope. At best Frank Castle sees himself as a \u2018necessary monster.\u2019 In some stories he thinks of himself as just a weapon let loose, as others as a broken man hoping to fall in battle. In no story would he consider himself a hero or anything to be admired or emulated.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26747.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2b4x9g", "c_root_id_B": "i2ay46i", "created_at_utc_A": 1648386306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648381999.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not at all, he understands that this is an outlet for his rage and anger at the world which allowed his family to be murdered. Making the world a safer place and perhaps being seen as a hero by some is only collateral to him.", "human_ref_B": "nope, hes just the garbage man taking out the trash. Its a dirty, unthanking job. but someone has to do it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4307.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2c4qqj", "c_root_id_B": "i2c4tu7", "created_at_utc_A": 1648402482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648402518.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Punisher is neither hero nor villain. The Punisher is The Punisher.", "human_ref_B": "Nope. At best Frank Castle sees himself as a \u2018necessary monster.\u2019 In some stories he thinks of himself as just a weapon let loose, as others as a broken man hoping to fall in battle. In no story would he consider himself a hero or anything to be admired or emulated.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tpf7ay", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] Does the Punisher see himself as a hero? The people he kills are generally horrible human beings, some so horrible he says it's a stretch to even call them human, with such examples being murderers, rapists, child abusers, domestic abusers, mobsters, drug dealers, corrupt cops, corrupt businesspeople, corrupt politicians, and so on. Some do see his mission as a heroic one, such as the jurors who spoke out in favor of him during his trial, and Frank does clearly at least slightly believe that what he's doing is right, but does he genuinely believe himself to be a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "i2eaudv", "c_root_id_B": "i2c4qqj", "created_at_utc_A": 1648439128.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648402482.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "No. He even tells the cops who idolize him as such, that if he ever caught them doing what he does, he'd be after them next.", "human_ref_B": "The Punisher is neither hero nor villain. The Punisher is The Punisher.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36646.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cckrq7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General] I have a genie and a monkey's paw. If I ask the genie to make a wish on the paw will the genie get screwed by the paw? Recent monkey's paw related questions got me thinking.", "c_root_id_A": "etp0oms", "c_root_id_B": "etooiv0", "created_at_utc_A": 1563042571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563033423.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Don't do that!, I mean my God!. The whole point of the monkey paw curse is to punish you for quick fixes an easy answers, to show you the pointlessness of hubris. Just seems like a good way of pissing the monkey's paw off. Also just as a general point attempting to combine incredibly powerful, entirely unrelated magic together never goes well. Even powerful wizards and sorcerers are very cautious with such things, it simply seems unwise.", "human_ref_B": "Return my paw immediately!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9148.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "562sgs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars ROTS] So Palpatine's plan was to get himself captured, hope they sent Anakin to rescue him, get his loyal servant killed, try not to get killed himself either by Grievous or on a out of control ship crashing in to a planet and...... wait what? As plans go this doesn't sound like one of the best. Risk everything for absolutely nothing, what!!??!!", "c_root_id_A": "d8fxuxb", "c_root_id_B": "d8g445i", "created_at_utc_A": 1475721406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475732602.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The invasion of Coruscant was actually a distraction for the Jedi. In Labyrinth of Evil, Obi-Wan and Anakin managed to obtain a holochair that belongs to Nute Gunray or one of his lackeys containing data on Sidious. This sparks a hunt which would have exposed him, and in fact a team of Republic operatives did find Sidious, but were killed before they could expose the truth. Also, Sidious would have needed to dispose of Dooku and Grievous eventually and tempt Anakin to join him. This allowed him a stage to do so, without outside intervention beyond Kenobi. What if things had went wrong? Say Dooku killing Anakin? Then Anakin was too weak to be his apprentice, and he'd stick with Dooku or find another. Grievous? In Labyrinth of Evil he gets mind tricked by Palpatine himself, I highly doubt he'd be able to touch him. The ship crashing? This is Palpatine we're talking about, on a ship full of aliens he detests anyway - just Force lightning the shit out of them, get out on an escape pod and claim 'Anakin and Master Kenobi saved my life while sacrificing theirs to do so'. No, Palpatine was never in any true danger, beyond the potential exposure of his secret identity, and he bought a distraction long enough to ensure it wouldn't be a problem.", "human_ref_B": "Relevant quote: \"Everything is proceeding as I have forseen.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11196.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "562sgs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars ROTS] So Palpatine's plan was to get himself captured, hope they sent Anakin to rescue him, get his loyal servant killed, try not to get killed himself either by Grievous or on a out of control ship crashing in to a planet and...... wait what? As plans go this doesn't sound like one of the best. Risk everything for absolutely nothing, what!!??!!", "c_root_id_A": "d8g445i", "c_root_id_B": "d8fvz81", "created_at_utc_A": 1475732602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475718538.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Relevant quote: \"Everything is proceeding as I have forseen.\"", "human_ref_B": "Aha, but there is the misconception. While the question may be \"what if that didn't happen?\" you forget that the answer is \"but it did\". It may have been a gamble, but it's one that paid off.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14064.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "562sgs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars ROTS] So Palpatine's plan was to get himself captured, hope they sent Anakin to rescue him, get his loyal servant killed, try not to get killed himself either by Grievous or on a out of control ship crashing in to a planet and...... wait what? As plans go this doesn't sound like one of the best. Risk everything for absolutely nothing, what!!??!!", "c_root_id_A": "d8fxuxb", "c_root_id_B": "d8fvz81", "created_at_utc_A": 1475721406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1475718538.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The invasion of Coruscant was actually a distraction for the Jedi. In Labyrinth of Evil, Obi-Wan and Anakin managed to obtain a holochair that belongs to Nute Gunray or one of his lackeys containing data on Sidious. This sparks a hunt which would have exposed him, and in fact a team of Republic operatives did find Sidious, but were killed before they could expose the truth. Also, Sidious would have needed to dispose of Dooku and Grievous eventually and tempt Anakin to join him. This allowed him a stage to do so, without outside intervention beyond Kenobi. What if things had went wrong? Say Dooku killing Anakin? Then Anakin was too weak to be his apprentice, and he'd stick with Dooku or find another. Grievous? In Labyrinth of Evil he gets mind tricked by Palpatine himself, I highly doubt he'd be able to touch him. The ship crashing? This is Palpatine we're talking about, on a ship full of aliens he detests anyway - just Force lightning the shit out of them, get out on an escape pod and claim 'Anakin and Master Kenobi saved my life while sacrificing theirs to do so'. No, Palpatine was never in any true danger, beyond the potential exposure of his secret identity, and he bought a distraction long enough to ensure it wouldn't be a problem.", "human_ref_B": "Aha, but there is the misconception. While the question may be \"what if that didn't happen?\" you forget that the answer is \"but it did\". It may have been a gamble, but it's one that paid off.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2868.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yjqdne", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[The Purge] What did the Republicans and Democrats do between The NFFA getting elected and Election Year?", "c_root_id_A": "iupajw7", "c_root_id_B": "iup75t4", "created_at_utc_A": 1667350503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667349064.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "While it is never explicitly stated, it is suggested (and outright shown in the TV series) that the NFFA are essentially running a police state, which would imply one-party rule. Though the fact that Roan is a Senator and wins the election would indicate that it is more of a rigged/mostly fixed system rather than an outright authoritarian regime. My guess is that the Republican Party eventually evolved into the NFFA (the values and positions of the parties, Purge aside, would seemingly align). From there, it would seem that the Democrats, to the extent that they continue to exist, are a relatively toothless, token opposition party.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1439.0, "score_ratio": 23.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8xxtq5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[star wars] Seeing how they only had about 500 people left in the Rebel Group, how horrendous, strategically, was Poe\u2019s decision at the start of episode 8? he sacrificed a huge percentage of the rebels remaining forces to destroy the dreadnought, but the first order had more ships in spades like that wasn\u2019t even a dent whereas the other side, that was a massive percentage of the rebel forces. rebels had well under one thousand people remaining how bad was poes decision?", "c_root_id_A": "e26oixc", "c_root_id_B": "e26o3k0", "created_at_utc_A": 1531308879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531308228.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The whole point of his plot line is that just because it worked for Luke, Han, and Leia doesn't mean daring missions against the Empire is going to work. His actions consistently cost the Rebellion. However Leia still saw that potential in him. He has the skill and cleverness to do great things, he just needs to know when.", "human_ref_B": "In a way it was both not as bad yet potentially worse than you may think. First we need to talk about the obvious elephant in the room. Many will bring up the point that \"if he didn't destroy the dreadnaught it would have destroyed them all after the jump.\" The problem with this line of thinking is that up until that point, the idea of tracking someone through Hyperspace was impossible. Litterally everyone, Poe included, thought that once they made the jump, they would be in the clear. Poe didn't engage the dreadnaught because he wanted to protect the fleet in case they followed them, he attacked it because he wanted to destroy something, anything, from the FO, and he was willing to sacrifice people and resources to do so. Now let's talk about those resources. They lost the entirety of their bomber fleet and a significant portion if their fighters. While we have seen him effective they can be, on their own they will not stop the FO. From a tactical point of view, while it was a heavy loss, it was an acceptable one. However where Poe really screwed up was in how the rest of the Galaxy will see the Resistance. The FO have sent fleets to lock down key systems. Some of those systems will be actively fighting but many will have stood down and are biding their time, waiting to see where the chips will fall. To defeat the FO Leia has to convince them to rise up and fight. Those systems will now look to the Resistance and see that they are not as united as they claim. As it is, they didn't even send anyone to help them escape. That is going to be the big obstruction they have to face, that is what Poe really cost them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 651.0, "score_ratio": 1.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8xxtq5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[star wars] Seeing how they only had about 500 people left in the Rebel Group, how horrendous, strategically, was Poe\u2019s decision at the start of episode 8? he sacrificed a huge percentage of the rebels remaining forces to destroy the dreadnought, but the first order had more ships in spades like that wasn\u2019t even a dent whereas the other side, that was a massive percentage of the rebel forces. rebels had well under one thousand people remaining how bad was poes decision?", "c_root_id_A": "e26oixc", "c_root_id_B": "e26ne7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1531308879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531307075.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The whole point of his plot line is that just because it worked for Luke, Han, and Leia doesn't mean daring missions against the Empire is going to work. His actions consistently cost the Rebellion. However Leia still saw that potential in him. He has the skill and cleverness to do great things, he just needs to know when.", "human_ref_B": "i mean...you summed it up right there. it was pretty fucking bad? you want a number or what? like, 5 bad, atleast", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1804.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8xxtq5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[star wars] Seeing how they only had about 500 people left in the Rebel Group, how horrendous, strategically, was Poe\u2019s decision at the start of episode 8? he sacrificed a huge percentage of the rebels remaining forces to destroy the dreadnought, but the first order had more ships in spades like that wasn\u2019t even a dent whereas the other side, that was a massive percentage of the rebel forces. rebels had well under one thousand people remaining how bad was poes decision?", "c_root_id_A": "e26oixc", "c_root_id_B": "e26nl2b", "created_at_utc_A": 1531308879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531307394.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The whole point of his plot line is that just because it worked for Luke, Han, and Leia doesn't mean daring missions against the Empire is going to work. His actions consistently cost the Rebellion. However Leia still saw that potential in him. He has the skill and cleverness to do great things, he just needs to know when.", "human_ref_B": "On the one hand, pretty bad. With no apparent support in the universe, the Resistance is left with no bomber crews for any future missions until they somehow find or recruit/train more. And track down new bombers (hopefully better designed than the flying sitting-ducks that they used at the start of episode 8). That deeply limits the kinds of missions they can do against the Order. On the other hand, the Dreadnought appeared to have especially powerful guns. It's quite possible that (if it hadn't been destroyed) its weapons would have had enough firepower in them to traverse the distance during the long chase and still have enough energy left to whittle down the fleeing ships' shields and destroy them, instead of just act like an annoyance that the regular Star Destroyers' guns did. So Poe may have made things much more difficult for his side in the mid-term, but there may not have been a mid-term if he hadn't of done it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1485.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8xxtq5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[star wars] Seeing how they only had about 500 people left in the Rebel Group, how horrendous, strategically, was Poe\u2019s decision at the start of episode 8? he sacrificed a huge percentage of the rebels remaining forces to destroy the dreadnought, but the first order had more ships in spades like that wasn\u2019t even a dent whereas the other side, that was a massive percentage of the rebel forces. rebels had well under one thousand people remaining how bad was poes decision?", "c_root_id_A": "e26o3k0", "c_root_id_B": "e26ne7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1531308228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531307075.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In a way it was both not as bad yet potentially worse than you may think. First we need to talk about the obvious elephant in the room. Many will bring up the point that \"if he didn't destroy the dreadnaught it would have destroyed them all after the jump.\" The problem with this line of thinking is that up until that point, the idea of tracking someone through Hyperspace was impossible. Litterally everyone, Poe included, thought that once they made the jump, they would be in the clear. Poe didn't engage the dreadnaught because he wanted to protect the fleet in case they followed them, he attacked it because he wanted to destroy something, anything, from the FO, and he was willing to sacrifice people and resources to do so. Now let's talk about those resources. They lost the entirety of their bomber fleet and a significant portion if their fighters. While we have seen him effective they can be, on their own they will not stop the FO. From a tactical point of view, while it was a heavy loss, it was an acceptable one. However where Poe really screwed up was in how the rest of the Galaxy will see the Resistance. The FO have sent fleets to lock down key systems. Some of those systems will be actively fighting but many will have stood down and are biding their time, waiting to see where the chips will fall. To defeat the FO Leia has to convince them to rise up and fight. Those systems will now look to the Resistance and see that they are not as united as they claim. As it is, they didn't even send anyone to help them escape. That is going to be the big obstruction they have to face, that is what Poe really cost them.", "human_ref_B": "i mean...you summed it up right there. it was pretty fucking bad? you want a number or what? like, 5 bad, atleast", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1153.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8xxtq5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[star wars] Seeing how they only had about 500 people left in the Rebel Group, how horrendous, strategically, was Poe\u2019s decision at the start of episode 8? he sacrificed a huge percentage of the rebels remaining forces to destroy the dreadnought, but the first order had more ships in spades like that wasn\u2019t even a dent whereas the other side, that was a massive percentage of the rebel forces. rebels had well under one thousand people remaining how bad was poes decision?", "c_root_id_A": "e26o3k0", "c_root_id_B": "e26nl2b", "created_at_utc_A": 1531308228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531307394.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In a way it was both not as bad yet potentially worse than you may think. First we need to talk about the obvious elephant in the room. Many will bring up the point that \"if he didn't destroy the dreadnaught it would have destroyed them all after the jump.\" The problem with this line of thinking is that up until that point, the idea of tracking someone through Hyperspace was impossible. Litterally everyone, Poe included, thought that once they made the jump, they would be in the clear. Poe didn't engage the dreadnaught because he wanted to protect the fleet in case they followed them, he attacked it because he wanted to destroy something, anything, from the FO, and he was willing to sacrifice people and resources to do so. Now let's talk about those resources. They lost the entirety of their bomber fleet and a significant portion if their fighters. While we have seen him effective they can be, on their own they will not stop the FO. From a tactical point of view, while it was a heavy loss, it was an acceptable one. However where Poe really screwed up was in how the rest of the Galaxy will see the Resistance. The FO have sent fleets to lock down key systems. Some of those systems will be actively fighting but many will have stood down and are biding their time, waiting to see where the chips will fall. To defeat the FO Leia has to convince them to rise up and fight. Those systems will now look to the Resistance and see that they are not as united as they claim. As it is, they didn't even send anyone to help them escape. That is going to be the big obstruction they have to face, that is what Poe really cost them.", "human_ref_B": "On the one hand, pretty bad. With no apparent support in the universe, the Resistance is left with no bomber crews for any future missions until they somehow find or recruit/train more. And track down new bombers (hopefully better designed than the flying sitting-ducks that they used at the start of episode 8). That deeply limits the kinds of missions they can do against the Order. On the other hand, the Dreadnought appeared to have especially powerful guns. It's quite possible that (if it hadn't been destroyed) its weapons would have had enough firepower in them to traverse the distance during the long chase and still have enough energy left to whittle down the fleeing ships' shields and destroy them, instead of just act like an annoyance that the regular Star Destroyers' guns did. So Poe may have made things much more difficult for his side in the mid-term, but there may not have been a mid-term if he hadn't of done it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 834.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ql4rrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] Assuming you had enough of the stuff, how effective would a Beskar-plated ship be? Beskar seems to shrug off most things shy of extended lightsaber contact. How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj0ubfd", "c_root_id_B": "hj0ffup", "created_at_utc_A": 1635867704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635861380.0, "score_A": 305, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It would be very durable, the beskar would probably be probably be immune to all but the very largest turbo laser weapons, if not even that too. However, it might still be weak to some weapons, like ion weapons, that could still disable it. Also, there is also the fact that not *everything* on the ship can be made from beskar. Stuff like thrusters, weapons, sensors, windows, all the electronics and fuel and ordinance(and the pilot!) , not only do all these things create openings in your armour where the ship can be damaged, its also things that can be damaged, destroyed or detonated, either by the kinetic impact of all the blasters hitting you, or by the heat conducted by the beskar from all the hits. So yes, it would give you the single most durable (also single most expensive) ship in existence, but it wouldn't make you invunurable.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. 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How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj0jbhu", "c_root_id_B": "hj0ffup", "created_at_utc_A": 1635863092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635861380.0, "score_A": 193, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It would be near indestructible. A tomb was able to survive orbital bombardment due to being made of Mandalorian Iron. But can be countered by a big enough Arc weapon. But it would be disabled not destroyed.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. 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How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj0ffup", "c_root_id_B": "hj0y46r", "created_at_utc_A": 1635861380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635869263.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 87, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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On a simple starfighter where such critical junctions are smaller targets and easier to protect however, it would do exceptionally well in dog-fighting, but they'd still be susceptible to blowing up if another pilot manages to get behind them for a clear shot to their ion engines. They'd also get smacked down pretty easily by most ships above their weightclass like battlecruisers and capital ships, unless they were in the hands of skilled pilot.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7883.0, "score_ratio": 87.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ql4rrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] Assuming you had enough of the stuff, how effective would a Beskar-plated ship be? Beskar seems to shrug off most things shy of extended lightsaber contact. How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj0ycma", "c_root_id_B": "hj0ffup", "created_at_utc_A": 1635869357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635861380.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Comcussive forces could still split the ship apart- it'd have to be armor plating unless you build a specialized facility just to form the Besar as a single hull piece. I can't even imagine how expensive that'd be, probably cost even more than the metal itself. We see Boba fetts helmet has a dent that looks like a bullet impact. My best guess is slug throwers/mass drivers weapons using other star wars supermetals could probably destroy the ship quickly enough at a fraction of the cost.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7977.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ql4rrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] Assuming you had enough of the stuff, how effective would a Beskar-plated ship be? Beskar seems to shrug off most things shy of extended lightsaber contact. How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj1wfhn", "c_root_id_B": "hj0ffup", "created_at_utc_A": 1635882741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635861380.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Mandalorian war machines, like the Basilisks, were plated in Beskar. Not to mention several of their warships and frigates. Normally they would save the iron for suits or machines of war but not everything. Most starfighters weren't plated with it mainly because they were not meant to take shots but deliver them. Plus the iron is sacred to the Mando'a people; it is a precious metal they deeply feel is a cultural right for them.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj0ffup", "c_root_id_B": "hj25rgc", "created_at_utc_A": 1635861380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635886297.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj3edza", "c_root_id_B": "hj0ffup", "created_at_utc_A": 1635904384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635861380.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In Legends the whole reason the second Galactic Civil War happened was because of planets competing for the right to buy a Beskar Starfighter so they are pretty damn good.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43004.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ql4rrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] Assuming you had enough of the stuff, how effective would a Beskar-plated ship be? Beskar seems to shrug off most things shy of extended lightsaber contact. How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj0ffup", "c_root_id_B": "hj3fgkr", "created_at_utc_A": 1635861380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635904832.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It would be really good but if you want an indestructible ship there's something better than Beskar called quantum-crystalline armor which is strong enough to resist a supernova.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43452.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ql4rrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] Assuming you had enough of the stuff, how effective would a Beskar-plated ship be? Beskar seems to shrug off most things shy of extended lightsaber contact. How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj3q4oo", "c_root_id_B": "hj0ffup", "created_at_utc_A": 1635909495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635861380.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Lmao Gideon gives the command to shoot Din's ship and it just fuckin ricochets off into space to the left of the viewport. After staring wide eyed out the window for a second, he turns to his 2nd in command and after a few more moments he just says \"shit\" \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48115.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ql4rrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] Assuming you had enough of the stuff, how effective would a Beskar-plated ship be? Beskar seems to shrug off most things shy of extended lightsaber contact. How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj3zkfk", "c_root_id_B": "hj0ffup", "created_at_utc_A": 1635914257.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635861380.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Have all of the fun with you as you\u2019d like with it, wouldn\u2019t be worth the effort since you\u2019d get obsessive about it getting dirty, taking up three parking spots to keep other ships from parking near you, having to pay locals to make sure it doesn\u2019t get stripped.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 52877.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ql4rrg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] Assuming you had enough of the stuff, how effective would a Beskar-plated ship be? Beskar seems to shrug off most things shy of extended lightsaber contact. How effective in combat and mobility would it be if say Din Djarin's ship or a typical starfighter were covered in Beskar plating?", "c_root_id_A": "hj0jbhu", "c_root_id_B": "hj0ubfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1635863092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635867704.0, "score_A": 193, "score_B": 305, "human_ref_A": "It would be near indestructible. A tomb was able to survive orbital bombardment due to being made of Mandalorian Iron. But can be countered by a big enough Arc weapon. But it would be disabled not destroyed.", "human_ref_B": "It would be very durable, the beskar would probably be probably be immune to all but the very largest turbo laser weapons, if not even that too. However, it might still be weak to some weapons, like ion weapons, that could still disable it. Also, there is also the fact that not *everything* on the ship can be made from beskar. Stuff like thrusters, weapons, sensors, windows, all the electronics and fuel and ordinance(and the pilot!) , not only do all these things create openings in your armour where the ship can be damaged, its also things that can be damaged, destroyed or detonated, either by the kinetic impact of all the blasters hitting you, or by the heat conducted by the beskar from all the hits. So yes, it would give you the single most durable (also single most expensive) ship in existence, but it wouldn't make you invunurable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4612.0, "score_ratio": 1.5803108808, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wwdrsh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Trek franchise] Is the Holdo maneuver possible in Star Trek? Why haven't we seen warp-speed being weaponized? Is there any canon material that answers what happens when something going at warp-speed collides with sub-FTL objects? And if hyper-kinetic impactors are not a possibility, what about creating warp bubbles on impact that only partially envelops the target biting a chunk off of it by temporarily breaking the causal connection between the stuff inside and outside the bubble, or imparts extreme gravitational/temporal gradient across the target structure to overwhelm structural integrity? Would the Borg be able to counter any of the proposed forms of weaponized warp?", "c_root_id_A": "illhfh2", "c_root_id_B": "ilkjsme", "created_at_utc_A": 1661350346.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661330912.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "AFAIK the warp drive works by physically warping the space around the ship. Like suppose the warp bubble is 1 mile across from the perspective of an outside observer; but from the perspective of the inside of the warp bubble it's only about 100 yards from end to end. If the ship moves through the bubble (and moves the bubble with it) at a rate of 100 yards per second, it moves through the real world at a speed of 1 mile per second. Of course those numbers are made up, but the point is a ship traveling at warp is probably still moving fast, but not as fast as it seems. If the warp field collapses, the ship is suddenly going much much slower. Crashing into an enemy ship's shields at warp speed would probably collapse the warp bubble and be the equivalent of crashing into their shields at impulse. We've seen \"ramming speed\" during a number of ship battles, but it usually resolves with something heroic happening to save the day and avert a collision, so I'm not sure what would actually happen but it probably isn't pretty. So there might be some tactics in using the warp drive to crash something into the enemy ship or planet fast enough that they can't respond, but you'll probably have to contend with their shields to a greater degree. Usually we see \"ramming speed\" ordered late in a battle where both sides have taken a serious beating. Against fully powered shields you'd probably just bounce right off. There is a good question of whether the warp field itself would do damage when getting close to other objects. Nobody goes to warp inside a planet's atmosphere, or even from near orbit really. It's fine to stretch empty space like that, but probably not too good if you did it to the side of a planet. We also saw a situation where the NX-01 and NX-02 had to fly in parallel to each other and have a crew member jump from one ship to the other, and part of the challenge was combining their warp bubbles to do it safely. This might have just been because the guy jumping couldn't leave one warp field and then enter a new one (he'd \"slow down\" as soon as he left the one field, and would be left behind by the ships before he could enter the next); but it might also have been to prevent the two ships from tearing each other apart at the edges of each other's warp fields. But, I figure that would be a known attack and shield technology would render it moot. The second your warp bubble touches a shield it collapses and you're moving at sublight speeds.", "human_ref_B": "I don't remember seeing anything about Warp Speed collision but there is cannon about weaponized warp bubbles, that's directly referenced in episode 1 of Strange New Worlds, so that is possible. I don't know about a Warp Bomb but a warp speed charge is certainly stoppable by the Borg as we see Warp stopped by the Enterprise-D. The Enterprise-D catches the Stargazer in its at Warp attack maneuver with its tractor beam. So, there's no reason that the Borg can't catch a ship trying to ram them at warp in their tractor beam. Their problem would be the same one that Data had, anticipating where a ship will move in Warp before the signal from its actual position reaches you through normal space.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19434.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wwdrsh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Trek franchise] Is the Holdo maneuver possible in Star Trek? Why haven't we seen warp-speed being weaponized? Is there any canon material that answers what happens when something going at warp-speed collides with sub-FTL objects? And if hyper-kinetic impactors are not a possibility, what about creating warp bubbles on impact that only partially envelops the target biting a chunk off of it by temporarily breaking the causal connection between the stuff inside and outside the bubble, or imparts extreme gravitational/temporal gradient across the target structure to overwhelm structural integrity? Would the Borg be able to counter any of the proposed forms of weaponized warp?", "c_root_id_A": "illhfh2", "c_root_id_B": "ilkvlgr", "created_at_utc_A": 1661350346.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661339776.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "AFAIK the warp drive works by physically warping the space around the ship. Like suppose the warp bubble is 1 mile across from the perspective of an outside observer; but from the perspective of the inside of the warp bubble it's only about 100 yards from end to end. If the ship moves through the bubble (and moves the bubble with it) at a rate of 100 yards per second, it moves through the real world at a speed of 1 mile per second. Of course those numbers are made up, but the point is a ship traveling at warp is probably still moving fast, but not as fast as it seems. If the warp field collapses, the ship is suddenly going much much slower. Crashing into an enemy ship's shields at warp speed would probably collapse the warp bubble and be the equivalent of crashing into their shields at impulse. We've seen \"ramming speed\" during a number of ship battles, but it usually resolves with something heroic happening to save the day and avert a collision, so I'm not sure what would actually happen but it probably isn't pretty. So there might be some tactics in using the warp drive to crash something into the enemy ship or planet fast enough that they can't respond, but you'll probably have to contend with their shields to a greater degree. Usually we see \"ramming speed\" ordered late in a battle where both sides have taken a serious beating. Against fully powered shields you'd probably just bounce right off. There is a good question of whether the warp field itself would do damage when getting close to other objects. Nobody goes to warp inside a planet's atmosphere, or even from near orbit really. It's fine to stretch empty space like that, but probably not too good if you did it to the side of a planet. We also saw a situation where the NX-01 and NX-02 had to fly in parallel to each other and have a crew member jump from one ship to the other, and part of the challenge was combining their warp bubbles to do it safely. This might have just been because the guy jumping couldn't leave one warp field and then enter a new one (he'd \"slow down\" as soon as he left the one field, and would be left behind by the ships before he could enter the next); but it might also have been to prevent the two ships from tearing each other apart at the edges of each other's warp fields. But, I figure that would be a known attack and shield technology would render it moot. The second your warp bubble touches a shield it collapses and you're moving at sublight speeds.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC the way warp is strictly speaking not moving at ftl speeds in the physical universe and is more akin to teleporting from the view of someone in normal space. So i don't think there are any ftl related impacts. It does raise the question on if you can \"telefrag\" someone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10570.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wwdrsh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Trek franchise] Is the Holdo maneuver possible in Star Trek? Why haven't we seen warp-speed being weaponized? Is there any canon material that answers what happens when something going at warp-speed collides with sub-FTL objects? And if hyper-kinetic impactors are not a possibility, what about creating warp bubbles on impact that only partially envelops the target biting a chunk off of it by temporarily breaking the causal connection between the stuff inside and outside the bubble, or imparts extreme gravitational/temporal gradient across the target structure to overwhelm structural integrity? Would the Borg be able to counter any of the proposed forms of weaponized warp?", "c_root_id_A": "ilkyzlg", "c_root_id_B": "illhfh2", "created_at_utc_A": 1661341755.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661350346.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Every time we have seen a ramming maneuver it has been done at sub light speeds. How warp speed works is never super clear in the Trek Verse but in general you aren't going that fast it's space itself expanding and contracting in your path. Likely you use impulse engines to get up to Ramming Speed and time it to detonate your reactor as soon as you hit.", "human_ref_B": "AFAIK the warp drive works by physically warping the space around the ship. Like suppose the warp bubble is 1 mile across from the perspective of an outside observer; but from the perspective of the inside of the warp bubble it's only about 100 yards from end to end. If the ship moves through the bubble (and moves the bubble with it) at a rate of 100 yards per second, it moves through the real world at a speed of 1 mile per second. Of course those numbers are made up, but the point is a ship traveling at warp is probably still moving fast, but not as fast as it seems. If the warp field collapses, the ship is suddenly going much much slower. Crashing into an enemy ship's shields at warp speed would probably collapse the warp bubble and be the equivalent of crashing into their shields at impulse. We've seen \"ramming speed\" during a number of ship battles, but it usually resolves with something heroic happening to save the day and avert a collision, so I'm not sure what would actually happen but it probably isn't pretty. So there might be some tactics in using the warp drive to crash something into the enemy ship or planet fast enough that they can't respond, but you'll probably have to contend with their shields to a greater degree. Usually we see \"ramming speed\" ordered late in a battle where both sides have taken a serious beating. Against fully powered shields you'd probably just bounce right off. There is a good question of whether the warp field itself would do damage when getting close to other objects. Nobody goes to warp inside a planet's atmosphere, or even from near orbit really. It's fine to stretch empty space like that, but probably not too good if you did it to the side of a planet. We also saw a situation where the NX-01 and NX-02 had to fly in parallel to each other and have a crew member jump from one ship to the other, and part of the challenge was combining their warp bubbles to do it safely. This might have just been because the guy jumping couldn't leave one warp field and then enter a new one (he'd \"slow down\" as soon as he left the one field, and would be left behind by the ships before he could enter the next); but it might also have been to prevent the two ships from tearing each other apart at the edges of each other's warp fields. But, I figure that would be a known attack and shield technology would render it moot. The second your warp bubble touches a shield it collapses and you're moving at sublight speeds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8591.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wwdrsh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Trek franchise] Is the Holdo maneuver possible in Star Trek? Why haven't we seen warp-speed being weaponized? Is there any canon material that answers what happens when something going at warp-speed collides with sub-FTL objects? And if hyper-kinetic impactors are not a possibility, what about creating warp bubbles on impact that only partially envelops the target biting a chunk off of it by temporarily breaking the causal connection between the stuff inside and outside the bubble, or imparts extreme gravitational/temporal gradient across the target structure to overwhelm structural integrity? Would the Borg be able to counter any of the proposed forms of weaponized warp?", "c_root_id_A": "illihy8", "c_root_id_B": "ilkyzlg", "created_at_utc_A": 1661350784.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661341755.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "At the climax of Best of Both worlds Riker orders the Enterprise to ram the Borg cube at Warp 9. Apparently this is a known phenomenon and he believed it would be effective enough that it was worth the consequences to the ship. To me this implies that it's not only possible but more damaging than ramming at impulse, which itself should be extremely powerful given the acceleration these ships can put out. I think the reason we haven't seen it weaponized is that it's a terminal maneuver. It comes up when destroying your enemy is worth more than your life. The Federation doesn't usually operate that way and neither do any of the other major powers except for the Dominion's Jem'Hadar who are basically brainwashed. If you mean \"why don't we see this as a weapon\" I'd say that probably the warp field around a Photon torpedo is part of the energy transferred to a target when one hits, but it's probably less than the warhead or they wouldn't HAVE one.", "human_ref_B": "Every time we have seen a ramming maneuver it has been done at sub light speeds. How warp speed works is never super clear in the Trek Verse but in general you aren't going that fast it's space itself expanding and contracting in your path. Likely you use impulse engines to get up to Ramming Speed and time it to detonate your reactor as soon as you hit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9029.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5862uf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Was Starkiller Base able to maneuver in space? How would the weapon work if the base was stationary and used up all the nearby stars to power it? I got the impression that the planet the base was located on could not be relocated like the Death Star could. If that's the case, how would the weapon be useful for more than a few shots? Once they used up all the nearby stars, wouldn't it effectively become useless?", "c_root_id_A": "d8ymqcl", "c_root_id_B": "d8yfv7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1476880304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476859443.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "As much as I love Star wars I really hated Starkiller Base. You would think a weapon like that could eat a star and at least be able to fire at least four or five times before needing to be recharged.", "human_ref_B": "Dumbest part of the movie tbh. Also, why not just have a weapon that 'kills' the star, and destroy the planets that way?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20861.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2sr3wn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] how dangerous would General Grievous be if he was force sensitive? If the transfusion from Sifo-Dyas worked, how much more of a threat would he be?", "c_root_id_A": "cns3u75", "c_root_id_B": "cns5szk", "created_at_utc_A": 1421521058.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421525161.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "There'd be no need for Sidious to get Vader on his side. Grievous would've wiped all/most of the Jedi out.", "human_ref_B": "If he was as powerful as Sifo-Dyas, it's possible that he would have been accepted as a full apprentice by Sidious, instead of just a general. His role within the Sith hierarchy would have shifted, from tactician and soldier to being part of the inner circle, with Tyrannous, Maul, and, to a lesser extent, Ventress. In fact, he may have been tasked with killing one of them in order to earn the position. Because of this shift in roles, the threat he would have posed would have been different. While I think it was always Sidious' endgame to have Vader as his main apprentice due to his unusual connection to the Force, Grievous, perhaps after killing Ventress, would have been a singular agent more than a general, maybe going on assassination missions and as personal aid to Palpatine. He'd carry out a series of political and military assassinations, including senior Jedi. Anakin would still need to kill Windu in order to pass the Sith test of killing an innocent, but even Yoda would be in serious trouble facing a fully Force-capable Grievous, particularly with Sidious Force-clouding everyone's minds. Grievous likely survives the battle with Obi Wan, nearly mortally wounding him before he flees. Then Grievous returns to the capital and deals with Yoda so that Sidious can just sit back and cackle. After the purge, Grievous is put in charge of hunting down the remaining Jedi, the senior inquisitor. Eventually, Grievous' ambition gets the best of him and he tries to kill Sidious, and probably fails.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4103.0, "score_ratio": 2.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2sr3wn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] how dangerous would General Grievous be if he was force sensitive? If the transfusion from Sifo-Dyas worked, how much more of a threat would he be?", "c_root_id_A": "cns44ss", "c_root_id_B": "cns5szk", "created_at_utc_A": 1421521662.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421525161.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "He's an extremely intelligent general. He uses the information that he has to find the best outcome. Now add a force user's precognition. That's an insanely useful tool for a general and a hand to hand fighter. He was already (arguably) the most proficient non-force user to wield a lightsaber in *history*. Add the force and there's no way he would have been defeated by Obi-Wan so severely. You need force precognition to deflect blaster bolts (iirc) so that final trick with the blaster wouldn't have worked.", "human_ref_B": "If he was as powerful as Sifo-Dyas, it's possible that he would have been accepted as a full apprentice by Sidious, instead of just a general. His role within the Sith hierarchy would have shifted, from tactician and soldier to being part of the inner circle, with Tyrannous, Maul, and, to a lesser extent, Ventress. In fact, he may have been tasked with killing one of them in order to earn the position. Because of this shift in roles, the threat he would have posed would have been different. While I think it was always Sidious' endgame to have Vader as his main apprentice due to his unusual connection to the Force, Grievous, perhaps after killing Ventress, would have been a singular agent more than a general, maybe going on assassination missions and as personal aid to Palpatine. He'd carry out a series of political and military assassinations, including senior Jedi. Anakin would still need to kill Windu in order to pass the Sith test of killing an innocent, but even Yoda would be in serious trouble facing a fully Force-capable Grievous, particularly with Sidious Force-clouding everyone's minds. Grievous likely survives the battle with Obi Wan, nearly mortally wounding him before he flees. Then Grievous returns to the capital and deals with Yoda so that Sidious can just sit back and cackle. After the purge, Grievous is put in charge of hunting down the remaining Jedi, the senior inquisitor. Eventually, Grievous' ambition gets the best of him and he tries to kill Sidious, and probably fails.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3499.0, "score_ratio": 4.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2sr3wn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] how dangerous would General Grievous be if he was force sensitive? If the transfusion from Sifo-Dyas worked, how much more of a threat would he be?", "c_root_id_A": "cnsmfu4", "c_root_id_B": "cnsu8qk", "created_at_utc_A": 1421563137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421596022.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'd say him and Darth Tyranus would have fucked shit up.", "human_ref_B": "It's my understanding that he was force sensitive, kinda sorta. Not strong enough to come close to qualifying as a Jedi, but there's something there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32885.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2eoxsz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[DC Comics] Baby Kal-El crash lands in the outskirts of Gotham City and is discovered by novice criminal The Joker. What happens next? Just assume that Jor-El sent the starship a few decades later. So, The Joker is a young adult, Batman has been active for 1 - 2 years or so, Lois is already a reporter, Lex Luthor is in his mid-30's, etc. All other aspects of the DC universe at this time are up to your discretion. Go nuts.", "c_root_id_A": "ck1u52f", "c_root_id_B": "ck28k9i", "created_at_utc_A": 1409147767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1409175535.0, "score_A": -5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "[HEADS UP] this isn't \"ask*counterfactualhistory*fiction\". it's merely \"asksciencefiction\".", "human_ref_B": "The Joker first goes after the ship and all it contains - enough to become far more powerful. The kid is only kept as a side note. He quickly realises the kid is a little tougher than others, and so uses and abuses him in his image. Eventually, preteen Superclown gets sick of it all, runs away, and becomes Superstreetkid - too busy w/ himself to be the good guy we know. Superstreetkid makes the usual mistakes when testing his powers, and quickly becomes Superdeadpool.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27768.0, "score_ratio": -0.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2eoxsz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[DC Comics] Baby Kal-El crash lands in the outskirts of Gotham City and is discovered by novice criminal The Joker. What happens next? Just assume that Jor-El sent the starship a few decades later. So, The Joker is a young adult, Batman has been active for 1 - 2 years or so, Lois is already a reporter, Lex Luthor is in his mid-30's, etc. All other aspects of the DC universe at this time are up to your discretion. Go nuts.", "c_root_id_A": "ck1u52f", "c_root_id_B": "ck2a63p", "created_at_utc_A": 1409147767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1409178797.0, "score_A": -5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "[HEADS UP] this isn't \"ask*counterfactualhistory*fiction\". it's merely \"asksciencefiction\".", "human_ref_B": "He walks away and laughs. Joker would not raise a child", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31030.0, "score_ratio": -0.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nhy9ww", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] If Doomsday is made from Kryptonian DNA, is he vulnerable to other weaknesses besides Green Kryptonite? Does red solar radiation, magic, red K or gold K affect him in any way?", "c_root_id_A": "gyz0hm9", "c_root_id_B": "gyzy1yb", "created_at_utc_A": 1621622094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621638353.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The real question is would pink kryptonite make Doomsday gay?", "human_ref_B": "Look, not to be a killjoy, but... Anyone who isn't capable of unpowered flight is vulnerable to simple physics. (This applies to Doomsday, the Hulk, Solomon Grundy, and any other Big Guy.) If they can't control their mass or inertia, then they have a fixed weight. Therefore, anybody who can knock that much weight into the air can control the fight. Without a flight power to change direction, the target has zero leverage while airborne and can't dodge an attack. Anybody who can fly & punch that much weight can juggle them indefinitely, or knock them into orbit. Maybe the Big Guy could survive on the Moon...but how's he getting back to the fight? There's no reason to look for exotic materials or magic gimmicks if their team is limited by the laws of physics and your team isn't.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16259.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3rtvw3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars]What would've happened if Anakin fell completely into the lava? I remember there was a question a few weeks ago if obi-wan did a little force nudge to force him in and how that would've affected obi-wan's training of luke, etc. What would've happened long term if anakin just happened to roll farther and got consumed by the fire", "c_root_id_A": "cwrlqts", "c_root_id_B": "cwraxce", "created_at_utc_A": 1446879414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446856077.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Anakin dies. Sidious gets a new apprentice, who is more like Maul, to act as an assassin against prominent opponents of the regime. Years pass. ANH: Obi-wan defeats Maul2 and escapes with Luke and company. As Maul2 is not that proficient in the Force, he gets top of the line cybernetic limbs to replace the ones he lost against Obi-wan. ESB: Luke and Obi-wan to to Dagobah. Luke isn't really concerned about Maul2, and instead receives a vision about his father. He eventually finds out that Obi-wan killed Anakin and gets mad. He races off to save his friends. Luke still gets into deep shit, but Obi-wan arrives and dies saving him from Maul2. He stills says \"NOOOOOO!\" RotJ: Luke is all mopey from the events of ESB and slips closer and closer to the Dark Side. At the new Death Star, he brutally kills Maul2. Without Vader, he is powerless before Sidious. After weeks of brainwashing and torture, he becomes the new apprentice.", "human_ref_B": "[](/twiponder) Follow-up question: is it even possible for this to have happened, or was his phenomenal luck in surviving the result of the Dark Side of the Force intervening?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23337.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3rtvw3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars]What would've happened if Anakin fell completely into the lava? I remember there was a question a few weeks ago if obi-wan did a little force nudge to force him in and how that would've affected obi-wan's training of luke, etc. What would've happened long term if anakin just happened to roll farther and got consumed by the fire", "c_root_id_A": "cwrlqts", "c_root_id_B": "cwrbtl1", "created_at_utc_A": 1446879414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446857692.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Anakin dies. Sidious gets a new apprentice, who is more like Maul, to act as an assassin against prominent opponents of the regime. Years pass. ANH: Obi-wan defeats Maul2 and escapes with Luke and company. As Maul2 is not that proficient in the Force, he gets top of the line cybernetic limbs to replace the ones he lost against Obi-wan. ESB: Luke and Obi-wan to to Dagobah. Luke isn't really concerned about Maul2, and instead receives a vision about his father. He eventually finds out that Obi-wan killed Anakin and gets mad. He races off to save his friends. Luke still gets into deep shit, but Obi-wan arrives and dies saving him from Maul2. He stills says \"NOOOOOO!\" RotJ: Luke is all mopey from the events of ESB and slips closer and closer to the Dark Side. At the new Death Star, he brutally kills Maul2. Without Vader, he is powerless before Sidious. After weeks of brainwashing and torture, he becomes the new apprentice.", "human_ref_B": "Long term? Not a whole lot changes until the events of ANH unfold.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21722.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "agecac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[DC] [Marvel] If Thanos' snap equivalent happened in the DC universe, would Superman be considered as part of Krypton or Earth ? If he is considered to be of Krypton, then as the sole remaining member of his planet, he is guaranteed to survive. But if he is considered to be of Earth (which he considers his home), then he only stands a 50% chance of survival, the same as everyone else on Earth. How would the Infinity stones interpret this ?", "c_root_id_A": "ee5mazg", "c_root_id_B": "ee5nbxw", "created_at_utc_A": 1547593816.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1547594590.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "There are no other Kruptonians?", "human_ref_B": "Thanos without the stones was going planet by planet, murdering half of their populations. In this case, Superman would be considered against the population of Earth, as he currently resides there. The Snap did not take such distinctions into account. It did not look at each planet individually - it rather simply took the number of living beings in the universe and divided them in half; one removed, one remained.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 774.0, "score_ratio": 2.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "agecac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[DC] [Marvel] If Thanos' snap equivalent happened in the DC universe, would Superman be considered as part of Krypton or Earth ? If he is considered to be of Krypton, then as the sole remaining member of his planet, he is guaranteed to survive. But if he is considered to be of Earth (which he considers his home), then he only stands a 50% chance of survival, the same as everyone else on Earth. How would the Infinity stones interpret this ?", "c_root_id_A": "ee5mnuk", "c_root_id_B": "ee5nbxw", "created_at_utc_A": 1547594085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1547594590.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "I thought he snapped half of the universe' living things away and not just things from earth.", "human_ref_B": "Thanos without the stones was going planet by planet, murdering half of their populations. In this case, Superman would be considered against the population of Earth, as he currently resides there. The Snap did not take such distinctions into account. It did not look at each planet individually - it rather simply took the number of living beings in the universe and divided them in half; one removed, one remained.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 505.0, "score_ratio": 4.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "agecac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[DC] [Marvel] If Thanos' snap equivalent happened in the DC universe, would Superman be considered as part of Krypton or Earth ? If he is considered to be of Krypton, then as the sole remaining member of his planet, he is guaranteed to survive. But if he is considered to be of Earth (which he considers his home), then he only stands a 50% chance of survival, the same as everyone else on Earth. How would the Infinity stones interpret this ?", "c_root_id_A": "ee5nbxw", "c_root_id_B": "ee5mmel", "created_at_utc_A": 1547594590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1547594056.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Thanos without the stones was going planet by planet, murdering half of their populations. In this case, Superman would be considered against the population of Earth, as he currently resides there. The Snap did not take such distinctions into account. It did not look at each planet individually - it rather simply took the number of living beings in the universe and divided them in half; one removed, one remained.", "human_ref_B": "What about Supergirl?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 534.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "agecac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[DC] [Marvel] If Thanos' snap equivalent happened in the DC universe, would Superman be considered as part of Krypton or Earth ? If he is considered to be of Krypton, then as the sole remaining member of his planet, he is guaranteed to survive. But if he is considered to be of Earth (which he considers his home), then he only stands a 50% chance of survival, the same as everyone else on Earth. How would the Infinity stones interpret this ?", "c_root_id_A": "ee5nbxw", "c_root_id_B": "ee5mtsx", "created_at_utc_A": 1547594590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1547594209.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Thanos without the stones was going planet by planet, murdering half of their populations. In this case, Superman would be considered against the population of Earth, as he currently resides there. The Snap did not take such distinctions into account. It did not look at each planet individually - it rather simply took the number of living beings in the universe and divided them in half; one removed, one remained.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe we should have all the people travel back to the place of their birth to be counted in the census.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 381.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "agecac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[DC] [Marvel] If Thanos' snap equivalent happened in the DC universe, would Superman be considered as part of Krypton or Earth ? If he is considered to be of Krypton, then as the sole remaining member of his planet, he is guaranteed to survive. But if he is considered to be of Earth (which he considers his home), then he only stands a 50% chance of survival, the same as everyone else on Earth. How would the Infinity stones interpret this ?", "c_root_id_A": "ee5mmel", "c_root_id_B": "ee5mnuk", "created_at_utc_A": 1547594056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1547594085.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "What about Supergirl?", "human_ref_B": "I thought he snapped half of the universe' living things away and not just things from earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9cyon3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Halo] lore wise, how well did the UNSC fare against the covenant in ground combat? I know that the humans are outclassed when it comes to naval warfare, but we had to be doing something right if we can squeeze some victories here and there against the covenant right? How effective were UNSC equipment & strategies against the aliens? Like say, a scorpion vs a wraith. Strictly lore speaking here", "c_root_id_A": "e5elcy3", "c_root_id_B": "e5ehxyd", "created_at_utc_A": 1536104010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536100602.0, "score_A": 50, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "IIRC, the UNSC boasted a slightly positive win ratio in ground engagements, but an *abyssmal* win ratio in fleet engagements. Lore-wise, all the weaponry is much more powerful than in the video games recreating Chief's feats of heroism. A single needle could effectively hollow out a human's abdominal cavity on detonation. Wraith ordinance is super-compressed plasma massing several thousand metric tons which bursts upon impact; a single direct hit from that would mush a Scorpion into the dirt and then shatter it. And plasma projectiles fly faster than softballs. BUT, while poorly effective in space, human ballistic weaponry was on par with covenant weaponry on the ground, with the benefit of lower energy cost. (It costs a lot less energy to propel a metal slug than to form and then propel a plasma slug - though both have similar effectiveness against their intended targets). Human units could operate for longer while isolated due to a reduced energy requirement for combat, and were more well-practiced in the tactics of terrestrial combat than the Covenant. Various cultural considerations played a part as well, such as Covenant doctrinal stubbornness due to religion and superstition.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty good, but not great. The Covies were not incompetent or anything, humans are just really good at war. We are strong enough to carry heavy weapons, have enough stamina to run long distances, are tough enough to take a hit (with armour), intelligent and social enough to make use of complex strategies and tactics, long lived enough to learn from mistakes, etc. Also it was a war of extermination, so far less corruption than in a theocracy fighting a political war. Also the difference between a plasma rifle and assault rifle are negligible compare to the differences between an Archer missile and a glassing beam. That being said, Jackels have better vision, Grunts outnumber everything, Elites have a similar warrior ethos while being bigger and stronger, Brutes are similarly intelligent but also fucking huge, Hunters are just weird, etc. So it was really what one would expect from a monolithic professional force against a less capable and more fractured but still vastly larger force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3408.0, "score_ratio": 1.4705882353, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bhuh5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Halo] If the Covenant managed to capture and somehow turn a Spartan II to their side, how much damage would that Spartan II be able to do against the UNSC and humanity? We're talking a fully trained and equipped Spartan here, no A.I, but with Covenant support and weapons.", "c_root_id_A": "c96tfu6", "c_root_id_B": "c96tcli", "created_at_utc_A": 1364882082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364881662.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Turning a Spartan would enable the Prophets to engage the Forerunner machinery to start The Great Journey. Activating the rings would definitely put an end to the war once and for all.", "human_ref_B": "Ignoring the near impossibility of undoing the indoctrination the SII's went through coupled with turning someone against the only family they know and that any covenant forces **NOT** killing the Spartans aka \"demons\" would be borderline if not completely heretical. One SII captured and turned would give some short term tactical victories and start some rumors among the soldiers. Both of those would be quickly dealt with when protocols are changed to deal with the threat and us in ONI would be hard at work covering up the defection by any means to keep morale up. Recognizing the threat the renegade Spartan posed, Gray team, a team of SII's that are used to working behind enemy lines for extended periods of time, would be tasked with recovering or destroying the asset. The biggest threat would be if the Covenant examined the improvements we made to their shielding technology that we used in the MJOLNIR armor. Such a threat was recognized by [REDACTED] when the exemplary service member killed a Huragok that repaired Sierra 117's damaged shields on [REDACTED], a Covenant flagship that Sierra 117 and others captured and flew from the wreckage of installation 04 to Reach and then used to destroy a Covenant shipyard before Vice Admiral Whitcomb courageously died when he used its self-destruct sequence to buy Earth vital time. The MJOLNIR armor also has fail-safes to ensure that it will be destroyed so it can't be analyzed which is practically worthless since as you know, Spartans never die. Of course all of this is hypothetical and impossible now that the Covenant is fractured and its member races are in no position to challenge humanity with their loss of the Huragok while we have acquired and turned some of those fascinating creatures; and especially with ships like [REDACTED] that are capable of punching holes clean through Covenant ships or just running through them without taking damage. And since Thel 'Vadam is on good terms with Lord Hood considering the history between our species the only threat would come from the Storm lead by Jul 'Mdama but they are more zealous than the old Covenant was so they would kill any Spartans they find. I assume you are new to ONI and just playing with hypotheticals to practice working all the angles which is admirable. But just in case you are an Innie sympathizer looking to discredit the heroic efforts of our fighting men and women, expect an intensive security check I mean friends, family, teachers, everyone you've kissed, the works. In fact, it's already started since you've received this reply. My advice, don't make any personal messages for at least ten months. I can't have Admiral Osman finding out than an Innie sympathizer or agent infiltrated ONI unnoticed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 420.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvmuyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Pacific Rim: The Black] What\u2019s the logic behind building a fully-sized Jaeger just for \u201ctraining\u201d and not give it weapons? What\u2019s the logic behind the Australian Government and PPDC spending potentially tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars along with diverting precious resources and manpower towards constructing a fully-sized \u201ctraining Jaeger\u201d just to not give it its own weapons? If you\u2019re gonna go that far, then why not just go ahead and at the very least give it basic weapons like machine guns? The only legitimate reason why I would see the Australian Government and PPDC spending this much time, money, resources, and manpower towards building an unarmed Jaeger would be to give Ranger cadets \u201cfield experience\u201d by giving them the chance to actually pilot a real Jaeger in a sort of practical application exercise. But that seems like such a waste of a perfectly capable Jaeger.", "c_root_id_A": "gpczx4r", "c_root_id_B": "gpcr7lm", "created_at_utc_A": 1614644605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614640063.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "I mean, they build trainer versions of multi-billion-dollar fighter jets, too. It only becomes a \"waste\" of a \"perfectly capable jaeger\" if the number of full-sized Jaeger chassis is the core bottleneck in production. Truth be told, it seems like *pilots* are the real problem point.", "human_ref_B": "As the show is not out until Thursday, we can only speculate. More than likely, it's an older model or a prototype. It'd cost more to upgrade it so the PPDC probably just decided it's best to use for training instead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4542.0, "score_ratio": 1.0416666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvmuyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Pacific Rim: The Black] What\u2019s the logic behind building a fully-sized Jaeger just for \u201ctraining\u201d and not give it weapons? What\u2019s the logic behind the Australian Government and PPDC spending potentially tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars along with diverting precious resources and manpower towards constructing a fully-sized \u201ctraining Jaeger\u201d just to not give it its own weapons? If you\u2019re gonna go that far, then why not just go ahead and at the very least give it basic weapons like machine guns? The only legitimate reason why I would see the Australian Government and PPDC spending this much time, money, resources, and manpower towards building an unarmed Jaeger would be to give Ranger cadets \u201cfield experience\u201d by giving them the chance to actually pilot a real Jaeger in a sort of practical application exercise. But that seems like such a waste of a perfectly capable Jaeger.", "c_root_id_A": "gpczx4r", "c_root_id_B": "gpcspyt", "created_at_utc_A": 1614644605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614640833.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "I mean, they build trainer versions of multi-billion-dollar fighter jets, too. It only becomes a \"waste\" of a \"perfectly capable jaeger\" if the number of full-sized Jaeger chassis is the core bottleneck in production. Truth be told, it seems like *pilots* are the real problem point.", "human_ref_B": "Safety, most likely. It has been shown, with what happened with Mako Mori, that an inexperienced pilot can get caught in their own memories when starting up the drift. This is called chasing the RABIT (Random Access Brain Impulse Trigger). In her case she was caught up reliving the most traumatic moment of her past and this led her to inadvertently power up Gypsy Danger's plasma cannon. If the crew hadn't disabled the power in time, it would have been a disaster. So having a totally unarmed Jaeger for trainee pilots to use for their first drift outside of a simulator minimises the risk, both to themselves and other people. It's the same reason why fighter pilots learn to fly in unarmed planes and swordsmen would learn to fight with wooden swords. An unarmed Jaeger probably does cost a lot of money, resources, and time (assuming it isn't an older model that has been stripped down), but in the long run it likely saves much more by helping to prevent accidents.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3772.0, "score_ratio": 1.3157894737, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvmuyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Pacific Rim: The Black] What\u2019s the logic behind building a fully-sized Jaeger just for \u201ctraining\u201d and not give it weapons? What\u2019s the logic behind the Australian Government and PPDC spending potentially tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars along with diverting precious resources and manpower towards constructing a fully-sized \u201ctraining Jaeger\u201d just to not give it its own weapons? If you\u2019re gonna go that far, then why not just go ahead and at the very least give it basic weapons like machine guns? The only legitimate reason why I would see the Australian Government and PPDC spending this much time, money, resources, and manpower towards building an unarmed Jaeger would be to give Ranger cadets \u201cfield experience\u201d by giving them the chance to actually pilot a real Jaeger in a sort of practical application exercise. But that seems like such a waste of a perfectly capable Jaeger.", "c_root_id_A": "gpcsnh8", "c_root_id_B": "gpczx4r", "created_at_utc_A": 1614640797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614644605.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Purchasing one without weapons just to have one and pat themselves on the back seems pretty inline with the Australian government honestly.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, they build trainer versions of multi-billion-dollar fighter jets, too. It only becomes a \"waste\" of a \"perfectly capable jaeger\" if the number of full-sized Jaeger chassis is the core bottleneck in production. Truth be told, it seems like *pilots* are the real problem point.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3808.0, "score_ratio": 1.7857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvmuyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Pacific Rim: The Black] What\u2019s the logic behind building a fully-sized Jaeger just for \u201ctraining\u201d and not give it weapons? What\u2019s the logic behind the Australian Government and PPDC spending potentially tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars along with diverting precious resources and manpower towards constructing a fully-sized \u201ctraining Jaeger\u201d just to not give it its own weapons? If you\u2019re gonna go that far, then why not just go ahead and at the very least give it basic weapons like machine guns? The only legitimate reason why I would see the Australian Government and PPDC spending this much time, money, resources, and manpower towards building an unarmed Jaeger would be to give Ranger cadets \u201cfield experience\u201d by giving them the chance to actually pilot a real Jaeger in a sort of practical application exercise. But that seems like such a waste of a perfectly capable Jaeger.", "c_root_id_A": "gpcspyt", "c_root_id_B": "gpcsnh8", "created_at_utc_A": 1614640833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614640797.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Safety, most likely. It has been shown, with what happened with Mako Mori, that an inexperienced pilot can get caught in their own memories when starting up the drift. This is called chasing the RABIT (Random Access Brain Impulse Trigger). In her case she was caught up reliving the most traumatic moment of her past and this led her to inadvertently power up Gypsy Danger's plasma cannon. If the crew hadn't disabled the power in time, it would have been a disaster. So having a totally unarmed Jaeger for trainee pilots to use for their first drift outside of a simulator minimises the risk, both to themselves and other people. It's the same reason why fighter pilots learn to fly in unarmed planes and swordsmen would learn to fight with wooden swords. An unarmed Jaeger probably does cost a lot of money, resources, and time (assuming it isn't an older model that has been stripped down), but in the long run it likely saves much more by helping to prevent accidents.", "human_ref_B": "Purchasing one without weapons just to have one and pat themselves on the back seems pretty inline with the Australian government honestly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36.0, "score_ratio": 1.3571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvmuyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Pacific Rim: The Black] What\u2019s the logic behind building a fully-sized Jaeger just for \u201ctraining\u201d and not give it weapons? What\u2019s the logic behind the Australian Government and PPDC spending potentially tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars along with diverting precious resources and manpower towards constructing a fully-sized \u201ctraining Jaeger\u201d just to not give it its own weapons? If you\u2019re gonna go that far, then why not just go ahead and at the very least give it basic weapons like machine guns? The only legitimate reason why I would see the Australian Government and PPDC spending this much time, money, resources, and manpower towards building an unarmed Jaeger would be to give Ranger cadets \u201cfield experience\u201d by giving them the chance to actually pilot a real Jaeger in a sort of practical application exercise. But that seems like such a waste of a perfectly capable Jaeger.", "c_root_id_A": "gpeg4cm", "c_root_id_B": "gpd6qe3", "created_at_utc_A": 1614680208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614648259.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Every vehicle has a training variant. Aircraft have duel seaters for leaning with an experienced pilot. Most ground equipment has low cost/safed versions for training so Ensign Yolkle doesn't launch something near a populated area. Also, most engineering teams build a \"Frankenstein\" unit made from off the shelf/hacked together/early versions of the various parts. Usually from before the manufacturing team gets the design and starts to cut costs or increase manufacturing efficiency. So digging out a half-assed prototype is not out of the question if you are desperate. They likely had to make one as proof of the concept and then kept it for further design, testing and training. It's expensive, why throw it out?", "human_ref_B": "Its all about economies of scale. Basically the more you build something the cost per unit decreases. Jaegers have been constructed for years during the kaiju war so the cost per unit would not be in the billions. It could also be a mothball situation as well, they are currently unarmed but could quickly have weapons installed if the situation became so dire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31949.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvmuyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Pacific Rim: The Black] What\u2019s the logic behind building a fully-sized Jaeger just for \u201ctraining\u201d and not give it weapons? What\u2019s the logic behind the Australian Government and PPDC spending potentially tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars along with diverting precious resources and manpower towards constructing a fully-sized \u201ctraining Jaeger\u201d just to not give it its own weapons? If you\u2019re gonna go that far, then why not just go ahead and at the very least give it basic weapons like machine guns? The only legitimate reason why I would see the Australian Government and PPDC spending this much time, money, resources, and manpower towards building an unarmed Jaeger would be to give Ranger cadets \u201cfield experience\u201d by giving them the chance to actually pilot a real Jaeger in a sort of practical application exercise. But that seems like such a waste of a perfectly capable Jaeger.", "c_root_id_A": "gpd7oz0", "c_root_id_B": "gpd6qe3", "created_at_utc_A": 1614648767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614648259.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Australia wasting money on a glorified training aid at the expense of a deployable asset? Seems about right.", "human_ref_B": "Its all about economies of scale. Basically the more you build something the cost per unit decreases. Jaegers have been constructed for years during the kaiju war so the cost per unit would not be in the billions. It could also be a mothball situation as well, they are currently unarmed but could quickly have weapons installed if the situation became so dire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 508.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvmuyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Pacific Rim: The Black] What\u2019s the logic behind building a fully-sized Jaeger just for \u201ctraining\u201d and not give it weapons? What\u2019s the logic behind the Australian Government and PPDC spending potentially tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars along with diverting precious resources and manpower towards constructing a fully-sized \u201ctraining Jaeger\u201d just to not give it its own weapons? If you\u2019re gonna go that far, then why not just go ahead and at the very least give it basic weapons like machine guns? The only legitimate reason why I would see the Australian Government and PPDC spending this much time, money, resources, and manpower towards building an unarmed Jaeger would be to give Ranger cadets \u201cfield experience\u201d by giving them the chance to actually pilot a real Jaeger in a sort of practical application exercise. But that seems like such a waste of a perfectly capable Jaeger.", "c_root_id_A": "gpf6v37", "c_root_id_B": "gq39h6r", "created_at_utc_A": 1614698049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615118614.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Dedicated training platforms are a thing used in every military. Much cheaper to train cadets on a platform designed for such a purpose than it is to let them fuck with actual military hardware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training_ship", "human_ref_B": "i know its late, but i think in the show they mention that atlas destroyer is a old jaeger that was decommissioned and stripped down rather than one purpose built for training.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 420565.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnuh70f", "c_root_id_B": "hnuuzpi", "created_at_utc_A": 1639054403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639061380.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 82, "human_ref_A": "Zombie superman over here literally devouring the sun, effectively killing the entire solar system with capabilities to go to more. Although zombie reed Richards and galactus and the rest of the marvel zombie guys do go to other universes to devour those too, so it's hard to say exactly.", "human_ref_B": "Flash in DCeased was terrifying. But Zombie Galactus was pretty bad", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6977.0, "score_ratio": 1.1232876712, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnuuzpi", "c_root_id_B": "hnuk7y0", "created_at_utc_A": 1639061380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639056116.0, "score_A": 82, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Flash in DCeased was terrifying. But Zombie Galactus was pretty bad", "human_ref_B": "Either zombie hulk or sentry. Sentry just goes boom if you kill him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5264.0, "score_ratio": 3.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv6gwu", "c_root_id_B": "hnuk7y0", "created_at_utc_A": 1639066178.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639056116.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Anyone who has the mental capabilities to travel to other universes. A Superhero Zombie plague is gonna end up destroying this universe, but you allow Reed Richards to become a Zombie and EVERY universe is done.", "human_ref_B": "Either zombie hulk or sentry. Sentry just goes boom if you kill him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10062.0, "score_ratio": 2.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv6gwu", "c_root_id_B": "hnv5yum", "created_at_utc_A": 1639066178.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639065973.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Anyone who has the mental capabilities to travel to other universes. A Superhero Zombie plague is gonna end up destroying this universe, but you allow Reed Richards to become a Zombie and EVERY universe is done.", "human_ref_B": "Nightcrawler would be almost as effective as a lot of speedsters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 205.0, "score_ratio": 2.9523809524, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv4yek", "c_root_id_B": "hnv6gwu", "created_at_utc_A": 1639065568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639066178.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "I'd argue someone like Dr Strange would be very very dangerous. At least with the more physical heroes, there are ways to hide or even fight back. Dr Strange can find you and get you anywhere, and unless you're a powerful magic user, there's nothing you can do to stop him.", "human_ref_B": "Anyone who has the mental capabilities to travel to other universes. A Superhero Zombie plague is gonna end up destroying this universe, but you allow Reed Richards to become a Zombie and EVERY universe is done.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 610.0, "score_ratio": 3.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv3cp2", "c_root_id_B": "hnv6gwu", "created_at_utc_A": 1639064927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639066178.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "What about Matter-Eater-Lad?", "human_ref_B": "Anyone who has the mental capabilities to travel to other universes. A Superhero Zombie plague is gonna end up destroying this universe, but you allow Reed Richards to become a Zombie and EVERY universe is done.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1251.0, "score_ratio": 10.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv5yum", "c_root_id_B": "hnv4yek", "created_at_utc_A": 1639065973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639065568.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Nightcrawler would be almost as effective as a lot of speedsters.", "human_ref_B": "I'd argue someone like Dr Strange would be very very dangerous. At least with the more physical heroes, there are ways to hide or even fight back. Dr Strange can find you and get you anywhere, and unless you're a powerful magic user, there's nothing you can do to stop him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 405.0, "score_ratio": 1.2352941176, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv5yum", "c_root_id_B": "hnv3cp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1639065973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639064927.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Nightcrawler would be almost as effective as a lot of speedsters.", "human_ref_B": "What about Matter-Eater-Lad?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1046.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv3cp2", "c_root_id_B": "hnv4yek", "created_at_utc_A": 1639064927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639065568.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "What about Matter-Eater-Lad?", "human_ref_B": "I'd argue someone like Dr Strange would be very very dangerous. At least with the more physical heroes, there are ways to hide or even fight back. Dr Strange can find you and get you anywhere, and unless you're a powerful magic user, there's nothing you can do to stop him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 641.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv8oe5", "c_root_id_B": "hnvainy", "created_at_utc_A": 1639067029.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639067729.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Ultimately it\u2019s always gonna be the fast dudes or the ones who can actively move to other universes that will be the biggest threats, but let\u2019s have a shout out for Multiple Man who would be absolutely incredible at spreading the plague by just replicating his zombified self a fuck ton of times and getting everywhere", "human_ref_B": "Martian Manhunter. Lot of the same powers as Superman, with the addition of shapeshifting, telepathy, phasing - he can infiltrate nearly anywhere, psychically locate and manipulate the living trying to fight or avoid him, and the disciplined morals that keep him from abusing those powers to the fullest are *gone*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 700.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnvainy", "c_root_id_B": "hnv3cp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1639067729.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639064927.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Martian Manhunter. Lot of the same powers as Superman, with the addition of shapeshifting, telepathy, phasing - he can infiltrate nearly anywhere, psychically locate and manipulate the living trying to fight or avoid him, and the disciplined morals that keep him from abusing those powers to the fullest are *gone*.", "human_ref_B": "What about Matter-Eater-Lad?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2802.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv7vaf", "c_root_id_B": "hnvainy", "created_at_utc_A": 1639066726.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639067729.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Not the most dangerous but I like to think that Nitro would be a great threat because he could just explode non-stop and infect everyone without even having to get close to them.", "human_ref_B": "Martian Manhunter. Lot of the same powers as Superman, with the addition of shapeshifting, telepathy, phasing - he can infiltrate nearly anywhere, psychically locate and manipulate the living trying to fight or avoid him, and the disciplined morals that keep him from abusing those powers to the fullest are *gone*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1003.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnvainy", "c_root_id_B": "hnv9g99", "created_at_utc_A": 1639067729.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639067322.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Martian Manhunter. Lot of the same powers as Superman, with the addition of shapeshifting, telepathy, phasing - he can infiltrate nearly anywhere, psychically locate and manipulate the living trying to fight or avoid him, and the disciplined morals that keep him from abusing those powers to the fullest are *gone*.", "human_ref_B": "Flash or someone who can shrink", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 407.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv3cp2", "c_root_id_B": "hnv8oe5", "created_at_utc_A": 1639064927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639067029.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "What about Matter-Eater-Lad?", "human_ref_B": "Ultimately it\u2019s always gonna be the fast dudes or the ones who can actively move to other universes that will be the biggest threats, but let\u2019s have a shout out for Multiple Man who would be absolutely incredible at spreading the plague by just replicating his zombified self a fuck ton of times and getting everywhere", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2102.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv8oe5", "c_root_id_B": "hnv7vaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1639067029.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639066726.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Ultimately it\u2019s always gonna be the fast dudes or the ones who can actively move to other universes that will be the biggest threats, but let\u2019s have a shout out for Multiple Man who would be absolutely incredible at spreading the plague by just replicating his zombified self a fuck ton of times and getting everywhere", "human_ref_B": "Not the most dangerous but I like to think that Nitro would be a great threat because he could just explode non-stop and infect everyone without even having to get close to them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 303.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnvrzuz", "c_root_id_B": "hnv3cp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1639074506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639064927.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Jamie Madrox, Marvel's multiple man, would be pretty bad. He'd be a zombie horde all by himself. Someone with phasing powers (Kitty Pride, Marian manhunter) would be able to infect practically anyone and be nigh-unstopable.", "human_ref_B": "What about Matter-Eater-Lad?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9579.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv7vaf", "c_root_id_B": "hnvrzuz", "created_at_utc_A": 1639066726.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639074506.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Not the most dangerous but I like to think that Nitro would be a great threat because he could just explode non-stop and infect everyone without even having to get close to them.", "human_ref_B": "Jamie Madrox, Marvel's multiple man, would be pretty bad. He'd be a zombie horde all by himself. Someone with phasing powers (Kitty Pride, Marian manhunter) would be able to infect practically anyone and be nigh-unstopable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7780.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnvrzuz", "c_root_id_B": "hnvpsri", "created_at_utc_A": 1639074506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639073628.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Jamie Madrox, Marvel's multiple man, would be pretty bad. He'd be a zombie horde all by himself. Someone with phasing powers (Kitty Pride, Marian manhunter) would be able to infect practically anyone and be nigh-unstopable.", "human_ref_B": "Martian man hunter has got to be one of the worst, right?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 878.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnvrzuz", "c_root_id_B": "hnv9g99", "created_at_utc_A": 1639074506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639067322.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Jamie Madrox, Marvel's multiple man, would be pretty bad. He'd be a zombie horde all by himself. Someone with phasing powers (Kitty Pride, Marian manhunter) would be able to infect practically anyone and be nigh-unstopable.", "human_ref_B": "Flash or someone who can shrink", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7184.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv7vaf", "c_root_id_B": "hnx3bwz", "created_at_utc_A": 1639066726.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639093849.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not the most dangerous but I like to think that Nitro would be a great threat because he could just explode non-stop and infect everyone without even having to get close to them.", "human_ref_B": "Definitely The Flash or Plastic Man", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27123.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnvpsri", "c_root_id_B": "hnx3bwz", "created_at_utc_A": 1639073628.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639093849.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Martian man hunter has got to be one of the worst, right?", "human_ref_B": "Definitely The Flash or Plastic Man", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20221.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv9g99", "c_root_id_B": "hnx3bwz", "created_at_utc_A": 1639067322.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639093849.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Flash or someone who can shrink", "human_ref_B": "Definitely The Flash or Plastic Man", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26527.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv9g99", "c_root_id_B": "hnvpsri", "created_at_utc_A": 1639067322.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639073628.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Flash or someone who can shrink", "human_ref_B": "Martian man hunter has got to be one of the worst, right?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6306.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rcfve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Zombies/DCeased] Between both series, who would be the most dangerous superhero/villain to be part of an undead horde?", "c_root_id_A": "hnv9g99", "c_root_id_B": "hnx48qa", "created_at_utc_A": 1639067322.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639094250.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Flash or someone who can shrink", "human_ref_B": "Wait didn't the Galactus crew basically eat the universe dry? Like they stopped directly eating people and started eating planets whole. I'm not sure if they can do it with the sun like supes but with their power cosmic, they're certainly up there", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26928.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itqwt2g", "c_root_id_B": "itquato", "created_at_utc_A": 1666718665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666717699.0, "score_A": 146, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Like most things 40k anything is possible. The guard is massive, some guardsman never see action, they could very well go 30 years defending a planet and never see an enemy. Other guard units are sent to a meat grinder with a 99% attrition rate. Some guardsmen see regular combat against humans only, putting down rebellions on human held worlds, where combat is heavy but more than 75% of your unit makes it out. Some guard units are told to go conquer a feral world, only to be told once they conquer it they are now its first settlers. We will be back in a century for your first tithe! It truly runs the gamut.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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Some worlds go millennia between conflicts with the guards being glorified police forces and other worlds the guards are fending off centuries long invasion efforts by different groups of the galaxy. The Emperor protects and the Administratum rewards those who do their duty.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 802.0, "score_ratio": 55.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itquato", "c_root_id_B": "itr632j", "created_at_utc_A": 1666717699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666722220.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Yes, however \"retirement\" as a guardsman usually means your regiment permanently occupies and settles on a newly conquered world. It is very unlikely an imperial guardsman will ever see their original homeworld again. Edit: Another thing to note is not every planet is like Armageddon. We get a skewed perception of the world of 40k because the books etc all focus on the worst conflicts. But most Guardsmen aren't constantly fighting, and when they are many of them are fighting like, local recidivists, or subduing less threatening alien races. Not every enemy is an ork nob or chaos marine, we just don't hear about those stories as much.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4521.0, "score_ratio": 35.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itrasnr", "c_root_id_B": "itquato", "created_at_utc_A": 1666724013.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666717699.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Remember, The Imperium *does* win most of their battles- for all the threats and enemies, they're still the dominant faction in the galaxy for now. While they're willing to sacrifice, ultimately, an army that's utterly decimated every battle isn't going to be able to hold up against constant attack. So yeah, it's possible. You're *disposable*, but you're still part of the army of the most powerful force in the galaxy, and it's possible to get through them all. Good luck!", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. 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It\u2019s well worth a read for a more grounded take on Guard veterans.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7432.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itsnmma", "c_root_id_B": "itquato", "created_at_utc_A": 1666744203.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666717699.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It is. After about ten years your regiment is sent to conquer a planet. Succeed, then the regiment is disbanded and the survivors are officially retired. The officers become the planet's new nobility while the enlisted each get nice plot of land.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26504.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itquato", "c_root_id_B": "itslvah", "created_at_utc_A": 1666717699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666743404.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Ciaphas Cain managed But don't go pretending you're as good as him", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25705.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itquato", "c_root_id_B": "itrcjjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1666717699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666724686.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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The Imperial Guard is not a \"Three tours of battle and you can go to college\" kinda army.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6987.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itsvr2y", "c_root_id_B": "itquato", "created_at_utc_A": 1666747926.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666717699.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "the guy who stabs horus with the cursed sword at the start of the horus heresy is a guard officer whos been made planetary governor of a world the crusade brought into compliance if i remember properly", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30227.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itt64kg", "c_root_id_B": "itquato", "created_at_utc_A": 1666752924.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666717699.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Completely possible. It's simply a matter of luck. A guardsman needs to avoid Death: For every relatively safe war there are several meat grinders Perpetual service: It's very easy to get pulled from warzone to warzone, to be forgotten, shot for bringing it up or just end up in a decades long conflict Becoming too useful at a local level: A good enough soldier is more likely to have their forms \"lost\" or simply drafted into some other kind of service These factors and the simple reality of war also mean a lot of troops will just keep signing up for another term until they die. But it is a hundred percent possible to make it. There's enough wars and enough guardsmen", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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There are hundreds of trillions of Imperial Guardsmen, it's a mathematical certainty that some will live to see retirement, due to luck if nothing else. Many die in their first battle, but there are obviously people who live long enough to become sergeants or even commissioned officers. Maybe you are just stationed in a rural outpost that doesn't see that much action, just dealing with small groups of Feral Orks as they pop up. Even if you do consistently see battle day after day, you can be the one in a billion that just happens to be in the right place, in the right time, in the right battle every time for decades. A big part of the military is also just handling non-combat stuff, logistics, intelligence, training, etc...", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47082.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itquato", "c_root_id_B": "itsavqc", "created_at_utc_A": 1666717699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666738441.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Eh...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20742.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itquato", "c_root_id_B": "itt3t0d", "created_at_utc_A": 1666717699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666751749.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "On the books sure, and in fact there are several retired guardsmen that serve as the bodyguards to the governor or are otherwise shown to the public when the situation warrants. Of course, the last time we sent troops we sent over 4 million and only 4 came back. Apparently there are more survivors, but they were left as permeant garrison with a place of honor at the world they helped liberate. A few opted to come home. So yes, you can theoretically retire, and then catch a rogue trader to come back to the planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34050.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "ity3zrw", "c_root_id_B": "itquato", "created_at_utc_A": 1666842290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666717699.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A couple guardsmen who discovered a valuable STC pattern were rewarded with their own planetary governorships.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 124591.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itqwt2g", "c_root_id_B": "itqwde5", "created_at_utc_A": 1666718665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666718501.0, "score_A": 146, "score_B": 55, "human_ref_A": "Like most things 40k anything is possible. The guard is massive, some guardsman never see action, they could very well go 30 years defending a planet and never see an enemy. Other guard units are sent to a meat grinder with a 99% attrition rate. Some guardsmen see regular combat against humans only, putting down rebellions on human held worlds, where combat is heavy but more than 75% of your unit makes it out. Some guard units are told to go conquer a feral world, only to be told once they conquer it they are now its first settlers. We will be back in a century for your first tithe! It truly runs the gamut.", "human_ref_B": "Retirement is possible. Typical retirement varies between worlds with everything from a plot of farmland to a free transition into servitor as a reward. While the guards are often facing a short career and a violent death that's not the defacto career trajectory. Some worlds go millennia between conflicts with the guards being glorified police forces and other worlds the guards are fending off centuries long invasion efforts by different groups of the galaxy. The Emperor protects and the Administratum rewards those who do their duty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 164.0, "score_ratio": 2.6545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itrcjjk", "c_root_id_B": "itrdp2z", "created_at_utc_A": 1666724686.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666725131.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Possible, but not very likely if you are a grunt. The Imperial Guard is not a \"Three tours of battle and you can go to college\" kinda army.", "human_ref_B": "There is a short story about retired Guardsmen called \u201cMissing in Action\u201d, by Dan Abnett. It\u2019s well worth a read for a more grounded take on Guard veterans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 445.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itslvah", "c_root_id_B": "itsnmma", "created_at_utc_A": 1666743404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666744203.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Ciaphas Cain managed But don't go pretending you're as good as him", "human_ref_B": "It is. After about ten years your regiment is sent to conquer a planet. Succeed, then the regiment is disbanded and the survivors are officially retired. The officers become the planet's new nobility while the enlisted each get nice plot of land.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 799.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itsnmma", "c_root_id_B": "itrcjjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1666744203.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666724686.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It is. After about ten years your regiment is sent to conquer a planet. Succeed, then the regiment is disbanded and the survivors are officially retired. The officers become the planet's new nobility while the enlisted each get nice plot of land.", "human_ref_B": "Possible, but not very likely if you are a grunt. The Imperial Guard is not a \"Three tours of battle and you can go to college\" kinda army.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19517.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itsnmma", "c_root_id_B": "itsavqc", "created_at_utc_A": 1666744203.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666738441.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It is. After about ten years your regiment is sent to conquer a planet. Succeed, then the regiment is disbanded and the survivors are officially retired. The officers become the planet's new nobility while the enlisted each get nice plot of land.", "human_ref_B": "Possible? Yes Likely? Eh...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5762.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itslvah", "c_root_id_B": "itrcjjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1666743404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666724686.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Ciaphas Cain managed But don't go pretending you're as good as him", "human_ref_B": "Possible, but not very likely if you are a grunt. The Imperial Guard is not a \"Three tours of battle and you can go to college\" kinda army.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18718.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itsavqc", "c_root_id_B": "itslvah", "created_at_utc_A": 1666738441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666743404.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Possible? Yes Likely? Eh...", "human_ref_B": "Ciaphas Cain managed But don't go pretending you're as good as him", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4963.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itsavqc", "c_root_id_B": "itsvr2y", "created_at_utc_A": 1666738441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666747926.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Possible? Yes Likely? Eh...", "human_ref_B": "the guy who stabs horus with the cursed sword at the start of the horus heresy is a guard officer whos been made planetary governor of a world the crusade brought into compliance if i remember properly", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9485.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itsavqc", "c_root_id_B": "itt64kg", "created_at_utc_A": 1666738441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666752924.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Possible? Yes Likely? Eh...", "human_ref_B": "Completely possible. It's simply a matter of luck. A guardsman needs to avoid Death: For every relatively safe war there are several meat grinders Perpetual service: It's very easy to get pulled from warzone to warzone, to be forgotten, shot for bringing it up or just end up in a decades long conflict Becoming too useful at a local level: A good enough soldier is more likely to have their forms \"lost\" or simply drafted into some other kind of service These factors and the simple reality of war also mean a lot of troops will just keep signing up for another term until they die. But it is a hundred percent possible to make it. There's enough wars and enough guardsmen", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14483.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itt64kg", "c_root_id_B": "itt3t0d", "created_at_utc_A": 1666752924.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666751749.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Completely possible. It's simply a matter of luck. A guardsman needs to avoid Death: For every relatively safe war there are several meat grinders Perpetual service: It's very easy to get pulled from warzone to warzone, to be forgotten, shot for bringing it up or just end up in a decades long conflict Becoming too useful at a local level: A good enough soldier is more likely to have their forms \"lost\" or simply drafted into some other kind of service These factors and the simple reality of war also mean a lot of troops will just keep signing up for another term until they die. But it is a hundred percent possible to make it. There's enough wars and enough guardsmen", "human_ref_B": "On the books sure, and in fact there are several retired guardsmen that serve as the bodyguards to the governor or are otherwise shown to the public when the situation warrants. Of course, the last time we sent troops we sent over 4 million and only 4 came back. Apparently there are more survivors, but they were left as permeant garrison with a place of honor at the world they helped liberate. A few opted to come home. So yes, you can theoretically retire, and then catch a rogue trader to come back to the planet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1175.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "ittp5bw", "c_root_id_B": "itsavqc", "created_at_utc_A": 1666764781.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666738441.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes. There are hundreds of trillions of Imperial Guardsmen, it's a mathematical certainty that some will live to see retirement, due to luck if nothing else. Many die in their first battle, but there are obviously people who live long enough to become sergeants or even commissioned officers. Maybe you are just stationed in a rural outpost that doesn't see that much action, just dealing with small groups of Feral Orks as they pop up. Even if you do consistently see battle day after day, you can be the one in a billion that just happens to be in the right place, in the right time, in the right battle every time for decades. A big part of the military is also just handling non-combat stuff, logistics, intelligence, training, etc...", "human_ref_B": "Possible? Yes Likely? Eh...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26340.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yda1m5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] is it even possible to make it to retirement as an imperial guardsman?", "c_root_id_A": "itt3t0d", "c_root_id_B": "ittp5bw", "created_at_utc_A": 1666751749.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666764781.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "On the books sure, and in fact there are several retired guardsmen that serve as the bodyguards to the governor or are otherwise shown to the public when the situation warrants. Of course, the last time we sent troops we sent over 4 million and only 4 came back. Apparently there are more survivors, but they were left as permeant garrison with a place of honor at the world they helped liberate. A few opted to come home. So yes, you can theoretically retire, and then catch a rogue trader to come back to the planet.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. There are hundreds of trillions of Imperial Guardsmen, it's a mathematical certainty that some will live to see retirement, due to luck if nothing else. Many die in their first battle, but there are obviously people who live long enough to become sergeants or even commissioned officers. Maybe you are just stationed in a rural outpost that doesn't see that much action, just dealing with small groups of Feral Orks as they pop up. Even if you do consistently see battle day after day, you can be the one in a billion that just happens to be in the right place, in the right time, in the right battle every time for decades. A big part of the military is also just handling non-combat stuff, logistics, intelligence, training, etc...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13032.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "312n2x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel: Avengers Assemble] Why does Hulk never revert to human form?", "c_root_id_A": "cpy3ueu", "c_root_id_B": "cpy0f7d", "created_at_utc_A": 1427916059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427910473.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Banner and Hulk usually fights for control of the body. During that period Banner decided to stop fighting and let Hulk stay in charge for the greater good, for as long as hulk followed some simple rules. Hulk agreed to this and thus stayed in charge. This by the way is not the first time Hulk has stayed in charge for extended periods of time for various reasons (at one point they merged to a form with hulks body and banners mind, at another banner was forced to stay dormant within hulk, etc)", "human_ref_B": "in the series hulk and banner have an agreement on who gets to spend what time out. It just so happens we only ever see hulk during his time to be out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5586.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b453ts", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Avengers Infinity War] Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk at the last last minute in the battle of Wakanda. What happens? The standard answer here might just be \"nothing\" Thaos will probably still try to embed him in the rock just like the Hulk Buster but there is one big difference between The Hulk Buster and The Hulk; Anger. There is no max power for the Hulk, as he gets angrier, he gets stronger. Sure Thanos beat him already without using a Stone, but Hulk is now pissed, can anything really stop him?", "c_root_id_A": "ej479hj", "c_root_id_B": "ej4guvt", "created_at_utc_A": 1553262564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553268687.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "He could just Space Stone him to the moon.", "human_ref_B": "There is nothing in MCU currently that supports the Hulk getting stronger as he gets angrier. Even though that is a major factor in the comics. Especially considering that Hulk was on Sakaar for 2 years, if his power kept ramping up because he is always angry, then he should have been able to beat Thor with zero issue.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6123.0, "score_ratio": 1.1379310345, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b453ts", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Avengers Infinity War] Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk at the last last minute in the battle of Wakanda. What happens? The standard answer here might just be \"nothing\" Thaos will probably still try to embed him in the rock just like the Hulk Buster but there is one big difference between The Hulk Buster and The Hulk; Anger. There is no max power for the Hulk, as he gets angrier, he gets stronger. Sure Thanos beat him already without using a Stone, but Hulk is now pissed, can anything really stop him?", "c_root_id_A": "ej56f4h", "c_root_id_B": "ej5bfmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1553284526.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553287552.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "we have nothing to support the anger thing exists in marvel. but even if so Thanos was operating at a much much higher level than physical strength. Thanos could have had used the reality stone or the space stone or any number of things.", "human_ref_B": ">There is no max power for the Hulk, as he gets angrier, he gets stronger. mcu hulk hasnt really displayed this in any greater detail. its possible we will see a really angry hulk in endgame, but so far even if hulk got angry, he wouldnt be stronger than thanos from what he has shown so far so the answer is that thanos puts hulk in the mountain or knocks him out cold again", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3026.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "63ytel", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Rebels purchase ships without the Imperials cracking down on the ship manufacturers? Is there such a thing as ship laundering? Since it is hard to hide shipyards, how do the shipyards claim ignorance to how the Rebels got their ships?", "c_root_id_A": "dfzrpll", "c_root_id_B": "dg0y9jp", "created_at_utc_A": 1491650652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491720896.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In one of the novels (I forgot which), set during the original trilogy, Han rushes to find Leia. He breathlessly tells her there is a quite possible danger rushing to crush her and everyone around her. Leia thanks him and promises to spread the warning but she can't leave yet. It is a vital time in funding. A lot of people want to help the rebellion with straight up CASH but nothing else. And when you can throw money around, yes, you can get ships.", "human_ref_B": "The Mon Calamari openly rebelled against their Imperial oppressors, effectively expelling them from The Dac System. The Mon Cal them mined the Hyperspace routes leading to their system and scouted new, secret routes so they could still get in and out. Doing so allowed them to openly support the Rebellion by product of warships in their orbital shipyards. The Rebellion was also quite reliant on captured and stolen vessels. The Nebulon-B Frigate was designed and manufactured by the Empire as an anti-starfighter escort vessel. The Rebellion stole many of them and pressed them into service in their own naval forces.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 70244.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "63ytel", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How do the Rebels purchase ships without the Imperials cracking down on the ship manufacturers? Is there such a thing as ship laundering? Since it is hard to hide shipyards, how do the shipyards claim ignorance to how the Rebels got their ships?", "c_root_id_A": "dg0y9jp", "c_root_id_B": "dg0fdde", "created_at_utc_A": 1491720896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491689137.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Mon Calamari openly rebelled against their Imperial oppressors, effectively expelling them from The Dac System. The Mon Cal them mined the Hyperspace routes leading to their system and scouted new, secret routes so they could still get in and out. Doing so allowed them to openly support the Rebellion by product of warships in their orbital shipyards. The Rebellion was also quite reliant on captured and stolen vessels. The Nebulon-B Frigate was designed and manufactured by the Empire as an anti-starfighter escort vessel. The Rebellion stole many of them and pressed them into service in their own naval forces.", "human_ref_B": ">it is hard to hide shipyards Outlaw areas, on moons? Maybe an space station shipyard anchored off a moon or planet? Drifting \"random space coordinates\" station shipyards?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31759.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vw7aj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Super Mario Sunshine] Why wasn't Luigi invited on the trip to Delfino Island? It seems plenty of Toads were, along with Toadsworth and Peach. I can't imagine Luigi deciding to pass up a relaxing tropical island getaway, especially with the crap he has to put up with in his day to day life. He can't have been busy with his mansion then as Mario beats him to the mansion, so either Luigi's Mansion takes place before Sunshine (but then why would Luigi not want a sunny vacation after a horrifying experience like that), or *after* (in which case what was he doing while Mario was incarcerated and then given community service?). Did Mario not want Luigi to cockblock him with Peach? Or is there another reason?", "c_root_id_A": "dtvjyac", "c_root_id_B": "dtvk58f", "created_at_utc_A": 1518012721.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518012952.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 80, "human_ref_A": "He's scared of flying.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe Luigi was invited, and just decided not to go? Think about it from his perspective, whenever he tags along with Mario somewhere he gets dragged into some BS adventure having to save Mario's girlfriend (or Mario himself, in the case of the Mansion). He figured that this \"relaxing island vacation\" would be anything but, and stayed home to get some real R&R with his girl Daisy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 231.0, "score_ratio": 6.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vw7aj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Super Mario Sunshine] Why wasn't Luigi invited on the trip to Delfino Island? It seems plenty of Toads were, along with Toadsworth and Peach. I can't imagine Luigi deciding to pass up a relaxing tropical island getaway, especially with the crap he has to put up with in his day to day life. He can't have been busy with his mansion then as Mario beats him to the mansion, so either Luigi's Mansion takes place before Sunshine (but then why would Luigi not want a sunny vacation after a horrifying experience like that), or *after* (in which case what was he doing while Mario was incarcerated and then given community service?). Did Mario not want Luigi to cockblock him with Peach? Or is there another reason?", "c_root_id_A": "dtvjyac", "c_root_id_B": "dtvmvlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1518012721.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518015967.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "He's scared of flying.", "human_ref_B": "The trip to Delfino was supposed to be a nice romantic getaway for Mario and Peach. Toadsworth and co were there because the princess doesn't travel without her retainers, but Mario inviting his brother along would have just made things weird.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3246.0, "score_ratio": 3.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vw7aj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Super Mario Sunshine] Why wasn't Luigi invited on the trip to Delfino Island? It seems plenty of Toads were, along with Toadsworth and Peach. I can't imagine Luigi deciding to pass up a relaxing tropical island getaway, especially with the crap he has to put up with in his day to day life. He can't have been busy with his mansion then as Mario beats him to the mansion, so either Luigi's Mansion takes place before Sunshine (but then why would Luigi not want a sunny vacation after a horrifying experience like that), or *after* (in which case what was he doing while Mario was incarcerated and then given community service?). Did Mario not want Luigi to cockblock him with Peach? Or is there another reason?", "c_root_id_A": "dtvpma7", "c_root_id_B": "dtvpdf6", "created_at_utc_A": 1518018702.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518018465.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "> Did Mario not want Luigi to cockblock him with Peach? This. If you're going to take an island vacation with your girlfriend, you don't want to also bring along your (single) brother. That's like bringing your kids to Vegas.", "human_ref_B": "Luigi wasn't present during a GameCube era Mario game? Hmmmm, what else could Luigi have been doing at the time? I think he drew the short straw and had to exorcise ghosts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 237.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vw7aj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Super Mario Sunshine] Why wasn't Luigi invited on the trip to Delfino Island? It seems plenty of Toads were, along with Toadsworth and Peach. I can't imagine Luigi deciding to pass up a relaxing tropical island getaway, especially with the crap he has to put up with in his day to day life. He can't have been busy with his mansion then as Mario beats him to the mansion, so either Luigi's Mansion takes place before Sunshine (but then why would Luigi not want a sunny vacation after a horrifying experience like that), or *after* (in which case what was he doing while Mario was incarcerated and then given community service?). Did Mario not want Luigi to cockblock him with Peach? Or is there another reason?", "c_root_id_A": "dtvpdf6", "c_root_id_B": "dtvz94f", "created_at_utc_A": 1518018465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518027512.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Luigi wasn't present during a GameCube era Mario game? Hmmmm, what else could Luigi have been doing at the time? I think he drew the short straw and had to exorcise ghosts.", "human_ref_B": "He was invited, but he pulled some \"sovereign citizen\" shit trying to avoid a patdown at the airport security checkpoint and got himself arrested.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9047.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vw7aj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Super Mario Sunshine] Why wasn't Luigi invited on the trip to Delfino Island? It seems plenty of Toads were, along with Toadsworth and Peach. I can't imagine Luigi deciding to pass up a relaxing tropical island getaway, especially with the crap he has to put up with in his day to day life. He can't have been busy with his mansion then as Mario beats him to the mansion, so either Luigi's Mansion takes place before Sunshine (but then why would Luigi not want a sunny vacation after a horrifying experience like that), or *after* (in which case what was he doing while Mario was incarcerated and then given community service?). Did Mario not want Luigi to cockblock him with Peach? Or is there another reason?", "c_root_id_A": "dtw8po2", "c_root_id_B": "dtwav85", "created_at_utc_A": 1518036006.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518037991.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "\"Luigi\"? Who is this \"Luigi\" you speak of? Why would the great Mario want to bring along some loser nobody on his tropical vacation? What I want to know is what happened to that other guy who wears green that Mario sometimes hangs out with. I think his name is \"Green Mario\" or something like that.", "human_ref_B": "Just as likely they forgot to invite him. Seeing as how often characters in the Mushroom Kingdom either don't recognize him, don't know who Luigi is, or don't even know Mario has a brother.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1985.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vw7aj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Super Mario Sunshine] Why wasn't Luigi invited on the trip to Delfino Island? It seems plenty of Toads were, along with Toadsworth and Peach. I can't imagine Luigi deciding to pass up a relaxing tropical island getaway, especially with the crap he has to put up with in his day to day life. He can't have been busy with his mansion then as Mario beats him to the mansion, so either Luigi's Mansion takes place before Sunshine (but then why would Luigi not want a sunny vacation after a horrifying experience like that), or *after* (in which case what was he doing while Mario was incarcerated and then given community service?). Did Mario not want Luigi to cockblock him with Peach? Or is there another reason?", "c_root_id_A": "dtx01x9", "c_root_id_B": "dtw8po2", "created_at_utc_A": 1518064875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518036006.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Luigi is such a bummer no one wants him around", "human_ref_B": "\"Luigi\"? Who is this \"Luigi\" you speak of? Why would the great Mario want to bring along some loser nobody on his tropical vacation? What I want to know is what happened to that other guy who wears green that Mario sometimes hangs out with. I think his name is \"Green Mario\" or something like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28869.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mcu53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars/SF in general] Could the Earth/humanity (2015) fight off an invasion of the imperial fleet? Without Death Star of course.", "c_root_id_A": "cvdxrhu", "c_root_id_B": "cvdzckr", "created_at_utc_A": 1443201291.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443203704.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "1 ISD can slag an entire planet, boiling the oceans away and turning the surface into a molten crust, in less than 24 hours. They put out Teratons of firepower a second. To give some context, Little Boy (the bomb dropped on Hiroshima) had a yield of 15 kilotons. 1000 times than would be 15 megatons. 1000 times that again would be gigatons. 1000 times that again, would be teratons. Literally about 1*10^9 times more power in a single second than the bomb that flattened Hiroshima. Modern nukes are in the 150 kiloton to 5-6 megaton range. Still a million times smaller, if not more. And they have thousands of them, and we can't even hit them.", "human_ref_B": "I think they'd be very confused to see a planet that has more than one biome.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2413.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mcu53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars/SF in general] Could the Earth/humanity (2015) fight off an invasion of the imperial fleet? Without Death Star of course.", "c_root_id_A": "cvdzckr", "c_root_id_B": "cvdynt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1443203704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443202652.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think they'd be very confused to see a planet that has more than one biome.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to the ISD mention by /u/Ue-MistakeNot, no. They call a Yalta Conference with just a few of the leading military powers/ economies on the planet, and send a Sith as their \"ambassador.\" They have no experience or defense against the Force. A few Jedi mind tricks and force chokes later, and ISDs in orbit, then the entire global military-industrial complex falls in line with minimal shots fired.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1052.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mcu53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars/SF in general] Could the Earth/humanity (2015) fight off an invasion of the imperial fleet? Without Death Star of course.", "c_root_id_A": "cve6f3y", "c_root_id_B": "cve4087", "created_at_utc_A": 1443214661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443210831.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It could depend on what the Empire willing to commit and sacrifice. Earth could put up quite a fight. The Empire could just orbital bomb us but any resource would then be render useless. Earth probable best bet is to pull a Vietnam. Just make it so painful and more importantly costly that the Empire would just pull out and leave us or at least blockade our system. This could be done thought trench warfare. The reason being as far as cannon goes most army's in star wars are the mostly infinity with some vehicles. At first the empire will try at first to convince Earth to join the empire but when they find out the Earth is slit up and vary divined will move in and try occupy. Those the moment the Worlds Governments finds out about the greater galaxy the country of the world will be sending their intelligence agencies, black ops and spec ops. The CIA, Mossad, FSB of the world will send their agents to buy or steal technology and manufacturing techniques. The Spetsnaz, Delta force, SAS, GIGN would be actively taking down higher imperial officer, sabotage, try to cause infighting and more. Cause some trouble somewhere else so they send resource and troops there instead of here. Bribe other planetary governor to do our biding. Delete our location from all records. Stuff like this. While we may not have the best or even compare space technology there is one thing we do have and the is tactics and the mind set to do what ever it take to win or just make it hurt. The Empereor has rarely if never face an enemy with the willingness to hold at any cost , to fight out number and out gunned , to take an existing technology and make something new out of it or use in a way, A world that has been fighting a major conflicts with each other for the last 3000 year, A world with massive diversity and culture that all use different languishes and is not vary unified a county let a long world, A world with about 2% of the population in a militarily at anytime, and With more nuke to cover this earth in radioactive ash. We may not win but we'll make it so painful that they will never come back.", "human_ref_B": "No. First off, Imperial Star Destroyers can throw *gigatons* of firepower. They could take an entire continent out with a few shots. Second, our missiles have no way of getting out of orbit. Third, even if we did have the capabilities, the GE Imperial Star Destroyers could just shoot the missiles that are coming. Even if one did get past the volley of fire, it would do nothing. Lastly, we are trying to fight a war of attrition against a galactic empire of evil that contains *millions* of worlds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3830.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mcu53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars/SF in general] Could the Earth/humanity (2015) fight off an invasion of the imperial fleet? Without Death Star of course.", "c_root_id_A": "cve6f3y", "c_root_id_B": "cve3pk9", "created_at_utc_A": 1443214661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443210376.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It could depend on what the Empire willing to commit and sacrifice. Earth could put up quite a fight. The Empire could just orbital bomb us but any resource would then be render useless. Earth probable best bet is to pull a Vietnam. Just make it so painful and more importantly costly that the Empire would just pull out and leave us or at least blockade our system. This could be done thought trench warfare. The reason being as far as cannon goes most army's in star wars are the mostly infinity with some vehicles. At first the empire will try at first to convince Earth to join the empire but when they find out the Earth is slit up and vary divined will move in and try occupy. Those the moment the Worlds Governments finds out about the greater galaxy the country of the world will be sending their intelligence agencies, black ops and spec ops. The CIA, Mossad, FSB of the world will send their agents to buy or steal technology and manufacturing techniques. The Spetsnaz, Delta force, SAS, GIGN would be actively taking down higher imperial officer, sabotage, try to cause infighting and more. Cause some trouble somewhere else so they send resource and troops there instead of here. Bribe other planetary governor to do our biding. Delete our location from all records. Stuff like this. While we may not have the best or even compare space technology there is one thing we do have and the is tactics and the mind set to do what ever it take to win or just make it hurt. The Empereor has rarely if never face an enemy with the willingness to hold at any cost , to fight out number and out gunned , to take an existing technology and make something new out of it or use in a way, A world that has been fighting a major conflicts with each other for the last 3000 year, A world with massive diversity and culture that all use different languishes and is not vary unified a county let a long world, A world with about 2% of the population in a militarily at anytime, and With more nuke to cover this earth in radioactive ash. We may not win but we'll make it so painful that they will never come back.", "human_ref_B": "No. Not even close. At *best* we'd kill one or two ships - might even have to settle for seriously damaging them - depending on whether they came into low-earth orbit or not. Past low-earth orbit, we wouldn't even be able to hit them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4285.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mcu53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars/SF in general] Could the Earth/humanity (2015) fight off an invasion of the imperial fleet? Without Death Star of course.", "c_root_id_A": "cve6aop", "c_root_id_B": "cve6f3y", "created_at_utc_A": 1443214463.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443214661.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "We have no real viable options against an enemy like the Galactic Empire. We could smash up a few satellites, but the navigational deflectors on just about any sci-fi ship are capable of bulling through a debris belt. Or the ship could simply thread the needle through the orbital belts. As we've seen, a small fighter can cripple even a Super Star Destroyer if it slips through the flak screen and navigational deflectors to hit the shield generators - but even a small A-wing carries a hypermatter reactor and shields capable of deflecting blaster bolts. Could a nuke get through? If it did, I think it *might* carry enough power to take out a SW capital ship's shield generators. Could we get another nuke through to a Star Destroyer's bridge? Maybe? But we don't really have a platform for firing nukes in orbit. If we launched dozens or hundreds of hastily retargeted nukes from earth, *maybe* we could score a lucky hit - but ICBMs are not built to deliver suborbital nukes. Anything we have capable of lifting a payload to orbit is slow to prepare and incredibly visible, and hence vulnerable. On the ground, we might be in better shape. Stormtrooper armor is reactive: it converts blaster bolts into kinetic energy. That's why stormtroopers flop when they're hit - they're bruised bad, maybe a concussion or a cracked rib, but unless you nail them in a joint or overload them with multiple hits (like the brave men who spearheaded the assault on the Tantive IV), they're going to recover and be back in battle in days or even hours. So our kinetic weapons might give us an edge in 1:1 combat, the way the Ewoks got an edge, especially in cases like Endor where the Stormtroopers are fighting on terrain where the opposition is intimately familiar with the land and they are massively outnumbered. But unlike Endor, we don't have anything capable of distracting Imperial air support. I'm willing to bet that an AT-AT could shake off most of our anti-armor weaponry but does not have the inertial dampening to shake off a Daisy Cutter or a low-yield nuke. Of course, deployment of anything capable of taking out an AT-AT is certain to bring Death From Above.", "human_ref_B": "It could depend on what the Empire willing to commit and sacrifice. Earth could put up quite a fight. The Empire could just orbital bomb us but any resource would then be render useless. Earth probable best bet is to pull a Vietnam. Just make it so painful and more importantly costly that the Empire would just pull out and leave us or at least blockade our system. This could be done thought trench warfare. The reason being as far as cannon goes most army's in star wars are the mostly infinity with some vehicles. At first the empire will try at first to convince Earth to join the empire but when they find out the Earth is slit up and vary divined will move in and try occupy. Those the moment the Worlds Governments finds out about the greater galaxy the country of the world will be sending their intelligence agencies, black ops and spec ops. The CIA, Mossad, FSB of the world will send their agents to buy or steal technology and manufacturing techniques. The Spetsnaz, Delta force, SAS, GIGN would be actively taking down higher imperial officer, sabotage, try to cause infighting and more. Cause some trouble somewhere else so they send resource and troops there instead of here. Bribe other planetary governor to do our biding. Delete our location from all records. Stuff like this. While we may not have the best or even compare space technology there is one thing we do have and the is tactics and the mind set to do what ever it take to win or just make it hurt. The Empereor has rarely if never face an enemy with the willingness to hold at any cost , to fight out number and out gunned , to take an existing technology and make something new out of it or use in a way, A world that has been fighting a major conflicts with each other for the last 3000 year, A world with massive diversity and culture that all use different languishes and is not vary unified a county let a long world, A world with about 2% of the population in a militarily at anytime, and With more nuke to cover this earth in radioactive ash. We may not win but we'll make it so painful that they will never come back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 198.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mcu53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars/SF in general] Could the Earth/humanity (2015) fight off an invasion of the imperial fleet? Without Death Star of course.", "c_root_id_A": "cvff912", "c_root_id_B": "cveoa3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1443321186.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443261758.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I take back everything I just wrote. We have the Doctor on our side, the Empire is doomed.", "human_ref_B": "lol", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 59428.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mcu53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars/SF in general] Could the Earth/humanity (2015) fight off an invasion of the imperial fleet? Without Death Star of course.", "c_root_id_A": "cvff39e", "c_root_id_B": "cvff912", "created_at_utc_A": 1443320840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443321186.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No. Not even close. It wouldn't even take a star destroyer, maybe a cruiser or dreadnaught. Sit in orbit, blow apart cities and infrastructure to make a point, then demand the planet's surrender. After that is done, allow only one nation to keep a standing army- in this example, let's say north Korea. That is now your occupation force. In exchange for special privileges and some surplus outdated clone wars equipment, North Korea is the face the empire, collecting taxes and material from the less lucky nations of earth. A small orbital Imperial garrison is kept on hand to broadcast Imperial propaganda and education to the savages down below. It also has a couple of heavy turbo lasers and a force of Stormtroopers and equipment to come in cases where NK forces are over thier head.", "human_ref_B": "I take back everything I just wrote. We have the Doctor on our side, the Empire is doomed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 346.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j4jsne", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm on a Star Destroyer traveling through hyperspace. What would happen if I go into one of the many smaller ships inside the Star Destroyer, and activate the hyperdrive on the smaller ship?", "c_root_id_A": "g7jbj9m", "c_root_id_B": "g7jdnl5", "created_at_utc_A": 1601749582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601750589.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "Well one of two things will happen. The first is your hyperdrives onboard computer will shut it off since you have both an obstructed path for travel and are already traveling at superluminal speeds. And the other should you disable the many many safety features in the hyperdrive it'll be unable to engage itself as it cannot chart a path when it's in motion at ftl speeds. It'll be stuck in a constant loop of charting it's path then recalculating as it overshoots its entry vector.", "human_ref_B": "You're already in hyperspace. As far as we know, there's no anything \"deeper\". If anything, you would NEED hyperdrive active if you want to unload from the ISD hangar while in hyperspace, otherwise you either get stuck forever there, or fall out, depending on continuity. If you mean if you'll get that hyperspace ramming while in hyperspace in ISD - I don't think so. You'll just ram into the hangar old-fashioned way, since hangars are not big enough for hyperspace acceleration.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1007.0, "score_ratio": 1.4722222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j4jsne", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm on a Star Destroyer traveling through hyperspace. What would happen if I go into one of the many smaller ships inside the Star Destroyer, and activate the hyperdrive on the smaller ship?", "c_root_id_A": "g7jdnl5", "c_root_id_B": "g7ja2gk", "created_at_utc_A": 1601750589.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601748871.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "You're already in hyperspace. As far as we know, there's no anything \"deeper\". If anything, you would NEED hyperdrive active if you want to unload from the ISD hangar while in hyperspace, otherwise you either get stuck forever there, or fall out, depending on continuity. If you mean if you'll get that hyperspace ramming while in hyperspace in ISD - I don't think so. You'll just ram into the hangar old-fashioned way, since hangars are not big enough for hyperspace acceleration.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m pretty sure the computers wouldn\u2019t let you do that, since a mass is blocking the trajectory of the hyperdrive solution.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1718.0, "score_ratio": 2.0384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j4jsne", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm on a Star Destroyer traveling through hyperspace. What would happen if I go into one of the many smaller ships inside the Star Destroyer, and activate the hyperdrive on the smaller ship?", "c_root_id_A": "g7jbj9m", "c_root_id_B": "g7ja2gk", "created_at_utc_A": 1601749582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601748871.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Well one of two things will happen. The first is your hyperdrives onboard computer will shut it off since you have both an obstructed path for travel and are already traveling at superluminal speeds. And the other should you disable the many many safety features in the hyperdrive it'll be unable to engage itself as it cannot chart a path when it's in motion at ftl speeds. It'll be stuck in a constant loop of charting it's path then recalculating as it overshoots its entry vector.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m pretty sure the computers wouldn\u2019t let you do that, since a mass is blocking the trajectory of the hyperdrive solution.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 711.0, "score_ratio": 1.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j4jsne", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm on a Star Destroyer traveling through hyperspace. What would happen if I go into one of the many smaller ships inside the Star Destroyer, and activate the hyperdrive on the smaller ship?", "c_root_id_A": "g7jrqsp", "c_root_id_B": "g7lby9i", "created_at_utc_A": 1601755444.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601774611.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Lets go with the short answer here and say Dont!", "human_ref_B": "In old legends, you would go away. One of the books covered this rather extensivly but the gist of it was that things that leave a hyperspace field are never recovered. You can't activate a hyperdrive in hyperspace, that was mentioned as being tested. So if you were to activate the hyperdrive, nothing. If you got out of the larger ships hyperspace field, you become nothing. You would not be able to activate a hyperdrive from inside of hyperspace.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19167.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j4jsne", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm on a Star Destroyer traveling through hyperspace. What would happen if I go into one of the many smaller ships inside the Star Destroyer, and activate the hyperdrive on the smaller ship?", "c_root_id_A": "g7jrqsp", "c_root_id_B": "g7lu1rj", "created_at_utc_A": 1601755444.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601780722.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Lets go with the short answer here and say Dont!", "human_ref_B": "The first issue is that unless you are on a shuttle, the ship likely won't *have* a hyperdrive. The TIE to have a hyperdrive was Darth Vader's TIE Advanced, which was a prototype that wasn't put into mass production due to costs (it needed a larger powerplant due to the added hyperdrive and shields, both of which the standard TIE lacked, along with more powerful engines to retain the speed and maneuverability that the basic TIE had). Sure, the individual might not cost much more, but when you order by the thousands, well, costs stack up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25278.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j4jsne", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm on a Star Destroyer traveling through hyperspace. What would happen if I go into one of the many smaller ships inside the Star Destroyer, and activate the hyperdrive on the smaller ship?", "c_root_id_A": "g7m4qu2", "c_root_id_B": "g7m2e8m", "created_at_utc_A": 1601784796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601783868.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Imperial snub fighters never had hyper drives, with the exception of vaders specialized tie fighter", "human_ref_B": "Your ship would be torn to shreds. You need to keep shields up during hyperspace, if you opened the fields around the bay you'd explode about a microsecond before the rest of the star destroyer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 928.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cgmwqo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] If someone left a ship during hyperspace while wearing a space suit, what would happen to them?", "c_root_id_A": "eul1slh", "c_root_id_B": "eunc03u", "created_at_utc_A": 1563895892.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563926831.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm eu there was an alien race who was trapped in hyperspace, and they entered another dimensipn(like hyperspace) where stars were black and space was white. Also there's starweirds and hyperspace madness", "human_ref_B": "You'd return to realspace. Spread out in a 12-parsec-long smear.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30939.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2j8444", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Watchmen] Dr. Manhattan aside how close are the heroes to superhuman? It is obvious that Ozzy has enough speed to catch a bullet and he soundly defeated several top class fighters with his speed, but, what about Owlman and Rorschach? The two of them seem capable of combat feats that seem nearly if not on par with MCU''s Captain America, which is, a low level superhuman. Just how strong are they and is this just training or them being literally different than other humans?", "c_root_id_A": "cl9bufy", "c_root_id_B": "cl9gsl6", "created_at_utc_A": 1413308659.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1413317611.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "They're all superhuman by our universe's standards. All of them casually take on multiple hardened criminals. Owlman and Rorschach bring down large, wealthy criminal networks as vigilantes working outside the law. There are no human beings alive who can do these things. EDIT: Obviously I mean Nite Owl.", "human_ref_B": "The human characters in the graphic novel were hardly superhuman, or even close to that standard. They were, however, in very good physical condition (at least before the passage of the Vigilante Act). The second Night Owl, for example, wasn't exactly a prime physical specimen. He trained, had some money, and was fairly intelligent. This allowed him to create all kinds of gizmos (similar to Batman) that could aid him in combat. He also worked with Rorschach, and, as a team, they could coordinate. The Watchmen also coordinated together (when they were still active) to systematically tackle larger crime elements. That was the novelty of their approach, the teamwork. It's also important to note that the Watchmen were crime fighters, plain and simple. Not many super villains running around. Training and some planning was more than enough to fight the average, disorganized group of thugs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8952.0, "score_ratio": 1.1785714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2j8444", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Watchmen] Dr. Manhattan aside how close are the heroes to superhuman? It is obvious that Ozzy has enough speed to catch a bullet and he soundly defeated several top class fighters with his speed, but, what about Owlman and Rorschach? The two of them seem capable of combat feats that seem nearly if not on par with MCU''s Captain America, which is, a low level superhuman. Just how strong are they and is this just training or them being literally different than other humans?", "c_root_id_A": "cl9gsl6", "c_root_id_B": "cl9bypn", "created_at_utc_A": 1413317611.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1413308872.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "The human characters in the graphic novel were hardly superhuman, or even close to that standard. They were, however, in very good physical condition (at least before the passage of the Vigilante Act). The second Night Owl, for example, wasn't exactly a prime physical specimen. He trained, had some money, and was fairly intelligent. This allowed him to create all kinds of gizmos (similar to Batman) that could aid him in combat. He also worked with Rorschach, and, as a team, they could coordinate. The Watchmen also coordinated together (when they were still active) to systematically tackle larger crime elements. That was the novelty of their approach, the teamwork. It's also important to note that the Watchmen were crime fighters, plain and simple. Not many super villains running around. Training and some planning was more than enough to fight the average, disorganized group of thugs.", "human_ref_B": "Movie Watchmen are superhuman. Comics Watchmen are not. Ozy is borderline since he's doing those feats at ~40 years old.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8739.0, "score_ratio": 1.4347826087, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "46ago5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars]Could a sufficiently large lightsaber have deflected the blast from the Death Star or the Starkiller Base? (xpost from /r/StarWars)", "c_root_id_A": "d03yh5k", "c_root_id_B": "d04klxj", "created_at_utc_A": 1455758877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1455809937.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Possibly, but it is impossible to construct a sufficiently large lightsabre. A lightsabre is incapable of scaling up to that size due to the square-cube law. As the size of the blade increases, the volume of the plasma within the blade outpaces the surface area of the force field containing it.", "human_ref_B": "For more comment replies, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3eggf6/star_wars_if_the_rebels_built_a_huge_and_i_mean/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1k5l2o/star_wars_could_a_lightsaber_if_braced_positioned/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/40rleb/star_wars_can_a_planet_covered_with_a/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51060.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "46ago5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars]Could a sufficiently large lightsaber have deflected the blast from the Death Star or the Starkiller Base? (xpost from /r/StarWars)", "c_root_id_A": "d04klxj", "c_root_id_B": "d0478jj", "created_at_utc_A": 1455809937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1455773666.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "For more comment replies, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3eggf6/star_wars_if_the_rebels_built_a_huge_and_i_mean/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1k5l2o/star_wars_could_a_lightsaber_if_braced_positioned/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/40rleb/star_wars_can_a_planet_covered_with_a/", "human_ref_B": "Yeah sure why not.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36271.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "46ago5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars]Could a sufficiently large lightsaber have deflected the blast from the Death Star or the Starkiller Base? (xpost from /r/StarWars)", "c_root_id_A": "d04ef19", "c_root_id_B": "d04klxj", "created_at_utc_A": 1455797016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1455809937.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sure. It's basically a giant lightsaber, so all you have to do is build another Death Star and fire it in the way of the beam.", "human_ref_B": "For more comment replies, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3eggf6/star_wars_if_the_rebels_built_a_huge_and_i_mean/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1k5l2o/star_wars_could_a_lightsaber_if_braced_positioned/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/40rleb/star_wars_can_a_planet_covered_with_a/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12921.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g26m81", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[general horror] Why do ghosts spend so much time moving random objects, walking across halls in the background, grabbing shoulders from behind, and playing piano? Ghosts used to be living people. Yet, they behave very unlike living people. They're always walking loudly on wooden steps, hiding in closets and drawers like weirdos, jumping out from the dark at people, pointlessly turning on or off lights, moving things around for no reason, walking behind people ominously, playing sad off-key tunes on the piano, grabbing shoulders, leaving ectoplasm everywhere, and generally making a nuisance of themselves. They always seem to whisper and leave needlessly cryptic messages instead of just saying what they want outright. Why is it that after they die they start acting so-- oddly? Why not fly aroundand explore galaxies and other dimensions and stuff? Do they really have to be such crummy roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "fnjsmah", "c_root_id_B": "fnjtrag", "created_at_utc_A": 1587006043.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587006801.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "They're bound to a particular place or person and can't exactly run around the universe. They also have to relearn everything and find some psychic power to interact with the living world since they're immaterial which takes some longer than others to do. And most are kept from moving on by extreme trauma or emotions that they constantly relive over and over again. Imagine reliving your death a hundred times or more and staying fully sane afterwards especially if that death was violent.", "human_ref_B": "Alejandro Amen\u00e1bar's movie The Others offered a pretty interesting explanation for this, which was that ghosts might not realize they are even dead, and are just going through their daily lives in a plane of existence parallel to the living. All the weird stuff people in the realm of the living experience are generally mundane actions the ghosts are doing, but bleeding into our world (voices from nowhere, doors randomly opening, a piano playing itself, or objects being moved around). And the bleeding can go the other way too, with actions happening in the living plane bleeding into the dead's plane. But if the ghosts still think themselves to be alive, they mistake the living for the ghosts, and end up behaving like they're the ones being haunted, panic and flip out, which creates even crazier actions bleeding back into the plane of the living, and a reciprocating cycle where both planes are unintentionally freaking each other out. Once the ghosts realize and accept that they're dead though, they can finally calm down and be more like benevolent or passive spirits if they wanted to.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 758.0, "score_ratio": 7.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g26m81", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[general horror] Why do ghosts spend so much time moving random objects, walking across halls in the background, grabbing shoulders from behind, and playing piano? Ghosts used to be living people. Yet, they behave very unlike living people. They're always walking loudly on wooden steps, hiding in closets and drawers like weirdos, jumping out from the dark at people, pointlessly turning on or off lights, moving things around for no reason, walking behind people ominously, playing sad off-key tunes on the piano, grabbing shoulders, leaving ectoplasm everywhere, and generally making a nuisance of themselves. They always seem to whisper and leave needlessly cryptic messages instead of just saying what they want outright. Why is it that after they die they start acting so-- oddly? Why not fly aroundand explore galaxies and other dimensions and stuff? Do they really have to be such crummy roommates?", "c_root_id_A": "fnkm7yv", "c_root_id_B": "fnkabuz", "created_at_utc_A": 1587032439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587019918.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They don't. 95% of everyone who has lived is now a ghost. It's very, very rare to catch any of them doing something like that. Those are just the ghosts that get noticed.", "human_ref_B": "Unfinished businesses, and the implications of those. Ghosts are the most obsessed people on earth. Maybe they could explore galaxies, but their unfinished buisness is to watch the pile of gold they hid in their basement so they're doing that. They were so desperate to do that they came back from the dead, remember? Take someone who's completely monomanical to begin with, and then take away all their social contact so they do nothing but sit around and dwell on the obsession in a creepy old house for, potentially, eternity? You'd go fucking nuts too. There's you answer. Ghosts walk around hiding in drawers and playing piano and talking gibberish because being a ghost has long ago driven them completely round the bend.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12521.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ug54gl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What did Vader do with Obi Wan\u2019s lightsaber after he killed him? Did he keep it? Did he destroy it? It was the weapon of his old Master, and the weapon that took three of his limbs and led to him burning, it must have had some significance to him.", "c_root_id_A": "i6xgaa9", "c_root_id_B": "i6xnjaz", "created_at_utc_A": 1651426991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651430130.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In canon, it was presumably destroyed along with the Death Star. Vader either kept it in his chambers until the station blew up, or might have disposed of it given that all Jedi artifacts were illegal and ordered to be destroyed. In legends, Vader had it sent to his personal fortress, where it remained undisturbed for many years. It was ultimately found and given to Luke after the Empire's fall, who kept it in a place of honor in the Jedi Academy on Yavin. Anakin Solo briefly used it, but it was eventually returned to Luke. In both continuities, Luke based his lightsaber design on Obi Wan's, keeping it alive in spirit and memory.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3139.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ug54gl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What did Vader do with Obi Wan\u2019s lightsaber after he killed him? Did he keep it? Did he destroy it? It was the weapon of his old Master, and the weapon that took three of his limbs and led to him burning, it must have had some significance to him.", "c_root_id_A": "i6xj6zm", "c_root_id_B": "i6xgaa9", "created_at_utc_A": 1651428239.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651426991.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'm not aware of any mention of it in canon, but I'd imagine it got blown up with the Death Star. Vader likely stashed it in his quarters (if he didn't just destroy it) since I doubt he'd have any reason to take it with him for what was supposed to be a short fight in his TIE. Of course it's also possible it survived the explosion and is in orbit around Yavin or on one of the moons just waiting for someone to find it.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1248.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ug54gl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What did Vader do with Obi Wan\u2019s lightsaber after he killed him? Did he keep it? Did he destroy it? It was the weapon of his old Master, and the weapon that took three of his limbs and led to him burning, it must have had some significance to him.", "c_root_id_A": "i6xgaa9", "c_root_id_B": "i6yho8o", "created_at_utc_A": 1651426991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651443322.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Most likely, it was on the Death Star when it got blown up. It's unlikely that he would have had any time to take it somewhere else considering the time between him fighting Obi-Wan and the Battle of Yavin was fairly short, maybe a day or two *at most*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16331.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ug54gl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What did Vader do with Obi Wan\u2019s lightsaber after he killed him? Did he keep it? Did he destroy it? It was the weapon of his old Master, and the weapon that took three of his limbs and led to him burning, it must have had some significance to him.", "c_root_id_A": "i6xnjaz", "c_root_id_B": "i6xj6zm", "created_at_utc_A": 1651430130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651428239.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "In canon, it was presumably destroyed along with the Death Star. Vader either kept it in his chambers until the station blew up, or might have disposed of it given that all Jedi artifacts were illegal and ordered to be destroyed. In legends, Vader had it sent to his personal fortress, where it remained undisturbed for many years. It was ultimately found and given to Luke after the Empire's fall, who kept it in a place of honor in the Jedi Academy on Yavin. Anakin Solo briefly used it, but it was eventually returned to Luke. In both continuities, Luke based his lightsaber design on Obi Wan's, keeping it alive in spirit and memory.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not aware of any mention of it in canon, but I'd imagine it got blown up with the Death Star. Vader likely stashed it in his quarters (if he didn't just destroy it) since I doubt he'd have any reason to take it with him for what was supposed to be a short fight in his TIE. Of course it's also possible it survived the explosion and is in orbit around Yavin or on one of the moons just waiting for someone to find it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1891.0, "score_ratio": 2.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5sjise", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars]If the way that Sith progress is by offing their mentor, do the Sith ascend like the Jedi do? Proud that their apprentice killed them? I use ascend but I don't know what the appropriate term is for what Yoda and obi did...thanks", "c_root_id_A": "ddfmo1k", "c_root_id_B": "ddflop8", "created_at_utc_A": 1486449411.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486447356.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Sith cannot become true Force Spirits like the Jedi do. It is a skill that is described by Qui-Gonn, one of the first to discover it, as a skill that requires \"release of self, not the exaltation of self. It comes through compassion, not greed.\" It's an attitude the Sith would never be able to truly accept, since their beliefs are all about passion and self value. Sith have been able to become more traditional ghosts, bound to the world by powerful energies and emotions, just divided from the Force in a different way than becoming a Force Spirit would be.", "human_ref_B": "The Legends of Sith Ghost I've heard involve dark siders who bound themselves to a location via strong emotions such as hate. They were more poltergeist than force apparition.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2055.0, "score_ratio": 5.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5sjise", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars]If the way that Sith progress is by offing their mentor, do the Sith ascend like the Jedi do? Proud that their apprentice killed them? I use ascend but I don't know what the appropriate term is for what Yoda and obi did...thanks", "c_root_id_A": "ddfsgdc", "c_root_id_B": "ddfs97i", "created_at_utc_A": 1486465984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486465353.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It varies from Sith to Sith; most of them crave power and life, and are in no rush to get separated from either. That said, continuing on after death is tricky, even for jedi, and most force users simply can't pull it off, with the prequels implying that the techniques required were in fact invented (or at least rediscovered) by Qui-Gon Jinn just before the Clone Wars.", "human_ref_B": "True Sith never die. They obviously weren't.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 631.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5sjise", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars]If the way that Sith progress is by offing their mentor, do the Sith ascend like the Jedi do? Proud that their apprentice killed them? I use ascend but I don't know what the appropriate term is for what Yoda and obi did...thanks", "c_root_id_A": "ddgi8g8", "c_root_id_B": "ddfs97i", "created_at_utc_A": 1486500834.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486465353.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No Sith is every \"proud\" of their apprentice defeating them. There has never been a Sith Master who actually thought they were going to be subject to the Rule of Two. Every single Sith Master assumes that they are the One True Master Badass Sith of all Sith and that they will be the culmination of the Sith. The Rule of Two is a control enforced on the Apprentices. It gives them hope and a sense of continuity with the greater Sith tradition. And every time they kill their Master, they're just as sure as every other Sith Master before them that they'll be the ones to end the Rule of Two and start the Rule of One.", "human_ref_B": "True Sith never die. They obviously weren't.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35481.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5sjise", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars]If the way that Sith progress is by offing their mentor, do the Sith ascend like the Jedi do? Proud that their apprentice killed them? I use ascend but I don't know what the appropriate term is for what Yoda and obi did...thanks", "c_root_id_A": "ddg2rgt", "c_root_id_B": "ddgi8g8", "created_at_utc_A": 1486483737.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486500834.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What canon sources are there for Sith not being able to become Force Spirits?", "human_ref_B": "No Sith is every \"proud\" of their apprentice defeating them. There has never been a Sith Master who actually thought they were going to be subject to the Rule of Two. Every single Sith Master assumes that they are the One True Master Badass Sith of all Sith and that they will be the culmination of the Sith. The Rule of Two is a control enforced on the Apprentices. It gives them hope and a sense of continuity with the greater Sith tradition. And every time they kill their Master, they're just as sure as every other Sith Master before them that they'll be the ones to end the Rule of Two and start the Rule of One.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17097.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7roppt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] What are the Hypnotoad's ultimate goals? Is the Hypnotoad content with winning interplanetary animal shows, or is there something more sinister going on? I watched every episode of his show looking for clues, but only came away with a curious compulsion to venerate him.", "c_root_id_A": "dsyl3tf", "c_root_id_B": "dsykzgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1516434860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516434569.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "I think giving him an end game is showing too much hubris. The wiki has some good info, including the fact that there is a hypnotoad paternity suit (maybe he cant hypnotize everything). My guess? He is a one-of-a-kind with powers who abuses the powers after getting them because he has no other way to communicate. It isn't his fault that hos powers lead to all glory; he is just consumed with hypno powers and doesnt have a middle ground option.", "human_ref_B": "In season 5 it's hinted th- **ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.**", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 291.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7roppt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] What are the Hypnotoad's ultimate goals? Is the Hypnotoad content with winning interplanetary animal shows, or is there something more sinister going on? I watched every episode of his show looking for clues, but only came away with a curious compulsion to venerate him.", "c_root_id_A": "dsz6f4v", "c_root_id_B": "dsz81cx", "created_at_utc_A": 1516474635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516476642.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You know the Glory? Well he wants it. #ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s glory. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2007.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7roppt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] What are the Hypnotoad's ultimate goals? Is the Hypnotoad content with winning interplanetary animal shows, or is there something more sinister going on? I watched every episode of his show looking for clues, but only came away with a curious compulsion to venerate him.", "c_root_id_A": "dsz81cx", "c_root_id_B": "dsyz7wq", "created_at_utc_A": 1516476642.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516465211.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s glory. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD", "human_ref_B": "Are you questioning the HYPNOTOAD? Isn't it enough just to worship him? ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11431.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h9mw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] How do the people inside of the head-bowls feel about being inside them?", "c_root_id_A": "d2ojgub", "c_root_id_B": "d2ok7zc", "created_at_utc_A": 1462120304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462121564.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "Given the choice, they would probably prefer to have bodies. Nixon gets a robot body as soon as the opportunity arises.", "human_ref_B": "As heads without bodies, they envy the dead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1260.0, "score_ratio": 2.8965517241, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h9mw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] How do the people inside of the head-bowls feel about being inside them?", "c_root_id_A": "d2ok7zc", "c_root_id_B": "d2oj6rg", "created_at_utc_A": 1462121564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462119829.0, "score_A": 84, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "As heads without bodies, they envy the dead.", "human_ref_B": "I guess it depends on the person, but most of them seem happy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1735.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h9mw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] How do the people inside of the head-bowls feel about being inside them?", "c_root_id_A": "d2oj6rg", "c_root_id_B": "d2ojgub", "created_at_utc_A": 1462119829.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462120304.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "I guess it depends on the person, but most of them seem happy.", "human_ref_B": "Given the choice, they would probably prefer to have bodies. Nixon gets a robot body as soon as the opportunity arises.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 475.0, "score_ratio": 7.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h9mw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Futurama] How do the people inside of the head-bowls feel about being inside them?", "c_root_id_A": "d2oj6rg", "c_root_id_B": "d2p6o4a", "created_at_utc_A": 1462119829.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462156839.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I guess it depends on the person, but most of them seem happy.", "human_ref_B": "Leonard Nimoy answers this in the pilot. >We share our wisdom with those who seek it. It's a life of quiet dignity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37010.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nfvsiy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Batman Arkham Origins] how in the world did Joker manage to plan and build a fully functioning roller-coaster on a top floor of the fanciest hotel in Gotham IN A MANNER OF HOURS? There's a huge storm, the logistics of the construction ON TOP of invading and securing the building are insane.", "c_root_id_A": "gynvxax", "c_root_id_B": "gynxav2", "created_at_utc_A": 1621401925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621402898.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "He clearly has access to the Phineas and Ferb effect", "human_ref_B": "You'd be surprised what you can accomplish when you have zero regard for the safety of the people that will using what you build.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 973.0, "score_ratio": 2.9523809524, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nfvsiy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Batman Arkham Origins] how in the world did Joker manage to plan and build a fully functioning roller-coaster on a top floor of the fanciest hotel in Gotham IN A MANNER OF HOURS? There's a huge storm, the logistics of the construction ON TOP of invading and securing the building are insane.", "c_root_id_A": "gynxav2", "c_root_id_B": "gynr59l", "created_at_utc_A": 1621402898.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621398843.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "You'd be surprised what you can accomplish when you have zero regard for the safety of the people that will using what you build.", "human_ref_B": "I honestly think it berly worked but i guess he got as many henchmen as he could to build it besides it was just inside a penthouse room", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4055.0, "score_ratio": 3.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nfvsiy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Batman Arkham Origins] how in the world did Joker manage to plan and build a fully functioning roller-coaster on a top floor of the fanciest hotel in Gotham IN A MANNER OF HOURS? There's a huge storm, the logistics of the construction ON TOP of invading and securing the building are insane.", "c_root_id_A": "gynvxax", "c_root_id_B": "gynr59l", "created_at_utc_A": 1621401925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621398843.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He clearly has access to the Phineas and Ferb effect", "human_ref_B": "I honestly think it berly worked but i guess he got as many henchmen as he could to build it besides it was just inside a penthouse room", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3082.0, "score_ratio": 1.2352941176, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nfvsiy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Batman Arkham Origins] how in the world did Joker manage to plan and build a fully functioning roller-coaster on a top floor of the fanciest hotel in Gotham IN A MANNER OF HOURS? There's a huge storm, the logistics of the construction ON TOP of invading and securing the building are insane.", "c_root_id_A": "gyoid8t", "c_root_id_B": "gyo7089", "created_at_utc_A": 1621420912.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621410724.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "My guess is that he threatened the staff into silence and had the components smuggled in one bit at a time over a fairly long period. Since people thought he was the owner (and a vicious crime lord) they were unlikely to object.", "human_ref_B": "I think asking how Edward Nigma had time and resources to set up riddles, hide collectibles, set up trap obstacle courses, and even massive underground driving obstacle courses is an even more IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION (pun intended)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10188.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nfvsiy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Batman Arkham Origins] how in the world did Joker manage to plan and build a fully functioning roller-coaster on a top floor of the fanciest hotel in Gotham IN A MANNER OF HOURS? There's a huge storm, the logistics of the construction ON TOP of invading and securing the building are insane.", "c_root_id_A": "gynyb7f", "c_root_id_B": "gyoid8t", "created_at_utc_A": 1621403632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621420912.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There's a reason it's the least popular.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that he threatened the staff into silence and had the components smuggled in one bit at a time over a fairly long period. Since people thought he was the owner (and a vicious crime lord) they were unlikely to object.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17280.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nfvsiy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Batman Arkham Origins] how in the world did Joker manage to plan and build a fully functioning roller-coaster on a top floor of the fanciest hotel in Gotham IN A MANNER OF HOURS? There's a huge storm, the logistics of the construction ON TOP of invading and securing the building are insane.", "c_root_id_A": "gypozq2", "c_root_id_B": "gyo7089", "created_at_utc_A": 1621441406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621410724.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's been awhile since I played it but my impression was that the coaster was a preexisting feature of the hotel and Joker modified it.", "human_ref_B": "I think asking how Edward Nigma had time and resources to set up riddles, hide collectibles, set up trap obstacle courses, and even massive underground driving obstacle courses is an even more IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION (pun intended)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30682.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nfvsiy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Batman Arkham Origins] how in the world did Joker manage to plan and build a fully functioning roller-coaster on a top floor of the fanciest hotel in Gotham IN A MANNER OF HOURS? There's a huge storm, the logistics of the construction ON TOP of invading and securing the building are insane.", "c_root_id_A": "gypozq2", "c_root_id_B": "gynyb7f", "created_at_utc_A": 1621441406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621403632.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "It's been awhile since I played it but my impression was that the coaster was a preexisting feature of the hotel and Joker modified it.", "human_ref_B": "There's a reason it's the least popular.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37774.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nfvsiy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Batman Arkham Origins] how in the world did Joker manage to plan and build a fully functioning roller-coaster on a top floor of the fanciest hotel in Gotham IN A MANNER OF HOURS? There's a huge storm, the logistics of the construction ON TOP of invading and securing the building are insane.", "c_root_id_A": "gynyb7f", "c_root_id_B": "gyo7089", "created_at_utc_A": 1621403632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621410724.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There's a reason it's the least popular.", "human_ref_B": "I think asking how Edward Nigma had time and resources to set up riddles, hide collectibles, set up trap obstacle courses, and even massive underground driving obstacle courses is an even more IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION (pun intended)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7092.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "toxogu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[The Dark Knight] What does Batman say/do immediately after the events of the film? So at the very end of the film, he's driving in traffic on the Bat motorbike. So he returns to the cave or compound, what does he say to Alfred or Fox? Does he immediately quit once he gets back? Does any source material cover it?", "c_root_id_A": "i27lrp4", "c_root_id_B": "i27m4s6", "created_at_utc_A": 1648313714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648313873.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 55, "human_ref_A": "Ptobably cried", "human_ref_B": "According to the beginning of Dark Knight Rises, it seems he just disappeared from action. I\u2019m sure Alfred and Fox (probably) were told the truth, but the rest of the \u201cnarrative\u201d of what happened was reported by Gordon and the cops who corroborated him going rogue and taking them down in the tower, etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 159.0, "score_ratio": 2.619047619, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jc1vmc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] Where did Obi-Wan (and other jedi) live in their free time before the fall of the Republic? So Anakin lives in I presume Padme's apartment when hes not out on Jedi business. But whenever we see Obi-Wan or the other Jedi they're always on the job. Its got me wondering where do they live? Does he have an apartment somewhere on Coruscant? If he does what does a Jedi homestead look like?", "c_root_id_A": "g8ysthb", "c_root_id_B": "g8yt8zl", "created_at_utc_A": 1602816937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602817203.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "they probably live in apartments in jedi temples like monks do", "human_ref_B": "Anakin definitely wasn\u2019t living with Padme. The temple almost certainly had apartments or dorms where the Jedi lived. They were minimalists, they wouldn\u2019t own shit like a house or apartment.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 266.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jc1vmc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] Where did Obi-Wan (and other jedi) live in their free time before the fall of the Republic? So Anakin lives in I presume Padme's apartment when hes not out on Jedi business. But whenever we see Obi-Wan or the other Jedi they're always on the job. Its got me wondering where do they live? Does he have an apartment somewhere on Coruscant? If he does what does a Jedi homestead look like?", "c_root_id_A": "g8ysthb", "c_root_id_B": "g8yvvmp", "created_at_utc_A": 1602816937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602818869.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "they probably live in apartments in jedi temples like monks do", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi Temple has living quarters.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1932.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80r37m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did Windu think arresting Palpatine was a good idea before the duel but afterwards said he was too dangerous to be kept alive due to control of the courts? Since Windu already knew Palpatine was a Sith Lord, what new information did he gain during the duel to suggest a fair trial was no longer possible?", "c_root_id_A": "duy0ck8", "c_root_id_B": "duxuuzm", "created_at_utc_A": 1519790523.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519784668.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "He underestimated him, greatly. He brought 3 other Jedi Masters with him who's lightsaber combat was simply \"noteworthy\" when he should have brought the absolute best two dozen (or more) lightsaber users in the entire Jedi order. This is backed up by the fact that he just left Cin Drallig, the Jedi battlemaster at the temple. He should have brought him, as well as Yoda. But he didn't, because he underestimated him. It was only after he realized how truly powerful Sidious was (after watching him murder 3 Jedi Masters in an instant and fighting him in combat), that he realized he was too dangerous to capture and put on trial.", "human_ref_B": "The real question is whether or not Windu could survive that fall", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5855.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1czw6p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Trek] How would a \"universal translator\" work in order to achieve the effect we see on screen? (Real time translation, mouth movement synced to the \"output\" language etc.) It seems that sentences are translated as the words leave ones mouth, but many languages require a sentence to have finished in order to be translated properly; for instance if a verb is at the end of a sentence. Further more the mouths movements are synchronized to the \"output\" language and not the one that is actually being spoken. In the early 21st century devices existed where one would speak into them, wait while it processed their input, and then output a translation. Obviously this obstacle has been overcome in the best way possible as early as the 22nd century. So how does it work? Thank you.", "c_root_id_A": "c9mcb3m", "c_root_id_B": "c9lorhc", "created_at_utc_A": 1366895575.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1366816119.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "This is downvote bait, since it's against the rules of the subreddit, but I think as viewers we're just meant to understand that in the actual ST universe, the lip movements would not match. However it would be painful to watch (and a needless drag on production costs) if every alien species talked like they were in a Godzilla movie.", "human_ref_B": "Someone just needs to post this question to the side bar b/c it seriously comes up every week.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 79456.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7x9sg7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are time traveling Vulcans so concerned with hiding their ears from humans? Ancient humans have calmly accepted far more dramatic physical differences.", "c_root_id_A": "du7h5f0", "c_root_id_B": "du6rpv8", "created_at_utc_A": 1518565476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518541570.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Time Travelling Vulcans sounds like a Punk-Noir band... ...with their new top 20 album: \"Hiding our Ears from Humans\"...", "human_ref_B": "Also, pointed ears have, at various times in human history, been associated with either elves or demons. Not a useful association when you're trying to blend into the background.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23906.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7x9sg7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are time traveling Vulcans so concerned with hiding their ears from humans? Ancient humans have calmly accepted far more dramatic physical differences.", "c_root_id_A": "du7h5f0", "c_root_id_B": "du75f2e", "created_at_utc_A": 1518565476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518553964.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Time Travelling Vulcans sounds like a Punk-Noir band... ...with their new top 20 album: \"Hiding our Ears from Humans\"...", "human_ref_B": "Most of the ones I can think of were in the 20th century. Better safe than sorry.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11512.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7x9sg7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are time traveling Vulcans so concerned with hiding their ears from humans? Ancient humans have calmly accepted far more dramatic physical differences.", "c_root_id_A": "du75f2e", "c_root_id_B": "du7ishz", "created_at_utc_A": 1518553964.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518567287.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Most of the ones I can think of were in the 20th century. Better safe than sorry.", "human_ref_B": "*Some* ancient humans have. Some haven't. And remember that pointy ears aren't part of normal human genetic variability. Depending on the time and place, Vulcans might be thought of as aliens, elves, demons, yokai, or whatever else, which would make functioning in normal human society... awkward. Possibly worse, depending on why the Vulcan is time-traveling, is the possibility that *other* time travelers will see 'pointy ears' in the history books, recognize Vulcan meddling, and take steps. If you want to avoid being murdered in your crib by enemy chrononauts, anonymity is the best defense.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13323.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5i9qea", "c_root_id_B": "d5ifane", "created_at_utc_A": 1468943688.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468950722.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 92, "human_ref_A": "The \"100+ ship battles\" created a power vacuum, where those Starfleet ships and personnel would have been, on duty, had there not been a Dominion War. This does not mean that those jobs go *away*, however. Pure research can go on the back burner, but the galaxy is full of threats and other crises. The Enterprise crew is run ragged picking up the slack. Edit: Once the threat was clearly not just military (though even that took out a Galaxy-class ship) but also infiltration by shapeshifters, flagship officers of their status would also be kept as far away as possible.", "human_ref_B": "If you go with the Dominion War novels as a source, they were behind enemy lines sabotaging an artificial wormhole the Dominion was building. Edit: They were also involved in the liberation of Betazed from the Dominion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7034.0, "score_ratio": 5.4117647059, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ifane", "c_root_id_B": "d5ia6gs", "created_at_utc_A": 1468950722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468944264.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "If you go with the Dominion War novels as a source, they were behind enemy lines sabotaging an artificial wormhole the Dominion was building. Edit: They were also involved in the liberation of Betazed from the Dominion.", "human_ref_B": "During the time the Dominion War was going on, the Enterprise had to deal with the Borg and the Ba'ku. I'm rather shocked they weren't discharged after rebelling against the Federation during a time of war, but... this is Picard, right? He does no wrong.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6458.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ifane", "c_root_id_B": "d5i9xx9", "created_at_utc_A": 1468950722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468943959.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "If you go with the Dominion War novels as a source, they were behind enemy lines sabotaging an artificial wormhole the Dominion was building. Edit: They were also involved in the liberation of Betazed from the Dominion.", "human_ref_B": "They could doing deep space exploration missions, which typically last for years. And when the war started they couldn't get back in time. They could be fighting on other fronts, or sitting on other side of the Federation making sure Borgs don't take advantage of the chaos. Federation could have decided that it is too risky to have Sisko and Picard to be in the same battle.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6763.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5icxzw", "c_root_id_B": "d5ifane", "created_at_utc_A": 1468947788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468950722.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 92, "human_ref_A": "Enterprise-D was set up more as an Ambassador ship than a warship, and the choice of Picard as Captain is one of those choices that went along with it. It houses families, and researchers - if you were to send it into battle, you'll want to off load that population (which could be around 5000 CIVILIANS : maximum capacity approximately 15,000) before you send the crew (and whatever complement of additional Starfleet personnel) out to the battle. It almost makes more sense to keep it on the other side of the Federation - doing negotiations and standing guard against others who may see the Federation as distracted.", "human_ref_B": "If you go with the Dominion War novels as a source, they were behind enemy lines sabotaging an artificial wormhole the Dominion was building. Edit: They were also involved in the liberation of Betazed from the Dominion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2934.0, "score_ratio": 46.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ihjf8", "c_root_id_B": "d5i9qea", "created_at_utc_A": 1468953567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468943688.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "for once, there were other or closer ships in the quadrant.", "human_ref_B": "The \"100+ ship battles\" created a power vacuum, where those Starfleet ships and personnel would have been, on duty, had there not been a Dominion War. This does not mean that those jobs go *away*, however. Pure research can go on the back burner, but the galaxy is full of threats and other crises. The Enterprise crew is run ragged picking up the slack. Edit: Once the threat was clearly not just military (though even that took out a Galaxy-class ship) but also infiltration by shapeshifters, flagship officers of their status would also be kept as far away as possible.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9879.0, "score_ratio": 1.7058823529, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ia6gs", "c_root_id_B": "d5ihjf8", "created_at_utc_A": 1468944264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468953567.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "During the time the Dominion War was going on, the Enterprise had to deal with the Borg and the Ba'ku. I'm rather shocked they weren't discharged after rebelling against the Federation during a time of war, but... this is Picard, right? He does no wrong.", "human_ref_B": "for once, there were other or closer ships in the quadrant.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9303.0, "score_ratio": 1.45, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ihjf8", "c_root_id_B": "d5i9xx9", "created_at_utc_A": 1468953567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468943959.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "for once, there were other or closer ships in the quadrant.", "human_ref_B": "They could doing deep space exploration missions, which typically last for years. And when the war started they couldn't get back in time. They could be fighting on other fronts, or sitting on other side of the Federation making sure Borgs don't take advantage of the chaos. Federation could have decided that it is too risky to have Sisko and Picard to be in the same battle.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9608.0, "score_ratio": 2.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ihjf8", "c_root_id_B": "d5icxzw", "created_at_utc_A": 1468953567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468947788.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "for once, there were other or closer ships in the quadrant.", "human_ref_B": "Enterprise-D was set up more as an Ambassador ship than a warship, and the choice of Picard as Captain is one of those choices that went along with it. It houses families, and researchers - if you were to send it into battle, you'll want to off load that population (which could be around 5000 CIVILIANS : maximum capacity approximately 15,000) before you send the crew (and whatever complement of additional Starfleet personnel) out to the battle. It almost makes more sense to keep it on the other side of the Federation - doing negotiations and standing guard against others who may see the Federation as distracted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5779.0, "score_ratio": 14.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5i9qea", "c_root_id_B": "d5imcrh", "created_at_utc_A": 1468943688.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468959610.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "The \"100+ ship battles\" created a power vacuum, where those Starfleet ships and personnel would have been, on duty, had there not been a Dominion War. This does not mean that those jobs go *away*, however. Pure research can go on the back burner, but the galaxy is full of threats and other crises. The Enterprise crew is run ragged picking up the slack. Edit: Once the threat was clearly not just military (though even that took out a Galaxy-class ship) but also infiltration by shapeshifters, flagship officers of their status would also be kept as far away as possible.", "human_ref_B": "Shortly before the *Insurrection* event on the Ba'ku planet, Picard can be seen rolling his eyes about the fact that Starfleet was intentionally keeping him and the crew of the Enterprise away from the frontlines of the Dominion War and performing unimportant tasks such as mediating a territorial dispute in the Goren system. He even refers to this particular mission as \"[putting out] one more brush fire\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15922.0, "score_ratio": 1.3529411765, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ia6gs", "c_root_id_B": "d5imcrh", "created_at_utc_A": 1468944264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468959610.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "During the time the Dominion War was going on, the Enterprise had to deal with the Borg and the Ba'ku. I'm rather shocked they weren't discharged after rebelling against the Federation during a time of war, but... this is Picard, right? He does no wrong.", "human_ref_B": "Shortly before the *Insurrection* event on the Ba'ku planet, Picard can be seen rolling his eyes about the fact that Starfleet was intentionally keeping him and the crew of the Enterprise away from the frontlines of the Dominion War and performing unimportant tasks such as mediating a territorial dispute in the Goren system. He even refers to this particular mission as \"[putting out] one more brush fire\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15346.0, "score_ratio": 1.15, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5i9xx9", "c_root_id_B": "d5imcrh", "created_at_utc_A": 1468943959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468959610.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "They could doing deep space exploration missions, which typically last for years. And when the war started they couldn't get back in time. They could be fighting on other fronts, or sitting on other side of the Federation making sure Borgs don't take advantage of the chaos. Federation could have decided that it is too risky to have Sisko and Picard to be in the same battle.", "human_ref_B": "Shortly before the *Insurrection* event on the Ba'ku planet, Picard can be seen rolling his eyes about the fact that Starfleet was intentionally keeping him and the crew of the Enterprise away from the frontlines of the Dominion War and performing unimportant tasks such as mediating a territorial dispute in the Goren system. He even refers to this particular mission as \"[putting out] one more brush fire\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15651.0, "score_ratio": 1.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5imcrh", "c_root_id_B": "d5icxzw", "created_at_utc_A": 1468959610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468947788.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Shortly before the *Insurrection* event on the Ba'ku planet, Picard can be seen rolling his eyes about the fact that Starfleet was intentionally keeping him and the crew of the Enterprise away from the frontlines of the Dominion War and performing unimportant tasks such as mediating a territorial dispute in the Goren system. He even refers to this particular mission as \"[putting out] one more brush fire\".", "human_ref_B": "Enterprise-D was set up more as an Ambassador ship than a warship, and the choice of Picard as Captain is one of those choices that went along with it. It houses families, and researchers - if you were to send it into battle, you'll want to off load that population (which could be around 5000 CIVILIANS : maximum capacity approximately 15,000) before you send the crew (and whatever complement of additional Starfleet personnel) out to the battle. It almost makes more sense to keep it on the other side of the Federation - doing negotiations and standing guard against others who may see the Federation as distracted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11822.0, "score_ratio": 11.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5iis9q", "c_root_id_B": "d5imcrh", "created_at_utc_A": 1468955100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468959610.0, "score_A": -28, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "So, just because someone didn't say, \"Hey, there's Jean-Luc!\" that means that the Enterprise wasn't present? Well, I guess virtually zero ships were present since hardly any of them got shout-outs either. I wonder how the Dominion lost when they were only fighting maybe four ships?", "human_ref_B": "Shortly before the *Insurrection* event on the Ba'ku planet, Picard can be seen rolling his eyes about the fact that Starfleet was intentionally keeping him and the crew of the Enterprise away from the frontlines of the Dominion War and performing unimportant tasks such as mediating a territorial dispute in the Goren system. He even refers to this particular mission as \"[putting out] one more brush fire\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4510.0, "score_ratio": -0.8214285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ia6gs", "c_root_id_B": "d5i9qea", "created_at_utc_A": 1468944264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468943688.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "During the time the Dominion War was going on, the Enterprise had to deal with the Borg and the Ba'ku. I'm rather shocked they weren't discharged after rebelling against the Federation during a time of war, but... this is Picard, right? He does no wrong.", "human_ref_B": "The \"100+ ship battles\" created a power vacuum, where those Starfleet ships and personnel would have been, on duty, had there not been a Dominion War. This does not mean that those jobs go *away*, however. Pure research can go on the back burner, but the galaxy is full of threats and other crises. The Enterprise crew is run ragged picking up the slack. Edit: Once the threat was clearly not just military (though even that took out a Galaxy-class ship) but also infiltration by shapeshifters, flagship officers of their status would also be kept as far away as possible.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 576.0, "score_ratio": 1.1764705882, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ia6gs", "c_root_id_B": "d5i9xx9", "created_at_utc_A": 1468944264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468943959.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "During the time the Dominion War was going on, the Enterprise had to deal with the Borg and the Ba'ku. I'm rather shocked they weren't discharged after rebelling against the Federation during a time of war, but... this is Picard, right? He does no wrong.", "human_ref_B": "They could doing deep space exploration missions, which typically last for years. And when the war started they couldn't get back in time. They could be fighting on other fronts, or sitting on other side of the Federation making sure Borgs don't take advantage of the chaos. Federation could have decided that it is too risky to have Sisko and Picard to be in the same battle.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 305.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5j2u0j", "c_root_id_B": "d5ix3ho", "created_at_utc_A": 1468983067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468974540.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Picard may have won some fights, but his main strength wasn't as a tactician. Picard's an ambassador, someone who can make impassioned speeches to sway others. He's far more valuable trying to drum up support and allies for the Federation than he is in a firefight.", "human_ref_B": "It's important to remember that the only real look of the Dominon War we get is from the view point of the crew protecting the wormhole, but the Dominion had ships throughout the Alpha Quadrant by the time the Wormhole was mined and then closed off, with enough forces to successfully conquer a major world like Betazed. The *Enterprise* was probably off defending the Alpha Quadrant from these foes, while DS9 was busy defending the wormhole.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8527.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5j2u0j", "c_root_id_B": "d5iis9q", "created_at_utc_A": 1468983067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468955100.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -28, "human_ref_A": "Picard may have won some fights, but his main strength wasn't as a tactician. Picard's an ambassador, someone who can make impassioned speeches to sway others. He's far more valuable trying to drum up support and allies for the Federation than he is in a firefight.", "human_ref_B": "So, just because someone didn't say, \"Hey, there's Jean-Luc!\" that means that the Enterprise wasn't present? Well, I guess virtually zero ships were present since hardly any of them got shout-outs either. I wonder how the Dominion lost when they were only fighting maybe four ships?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27967.0, "score_ratio": -0.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5iis9q", "c_root_id_B": "d5ix3ho", "created_at_utc_A": 1468955100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468974540.0, "score_A": -28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "So, just because someone didn't say, \"Hey, there's Jean-Luc!\" that means that the Enterprise wasn't present? Well, I guess virtually zero ships were present since hardly any of them got shout-outs either. I wonder how the Dominion lost when they were only fighting maybe four ships?", "human_ref_B": "It's important to remember that the only real look of the Dominon War we get is from the view point of the crew protecting the wormhole, but the Dominion had ships throughout the Alpha Quadrant by the time the Wormhole was mined and then closed off, with enough forces to successfully conquer a major world like Betazed. The *Enterprise* was probably off defending the Alpha Quadrant from these foes, while DS9 was busy defending the wormhole.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19440.0, "score_ratio": -0.0357142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5iis9q", "c_root_id_B": "d5ju9ce", "created_at_utc_A": 1468955100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469037785.0, "score_A": -28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "So, just because someone didn't say, \"Hey, there's Jean-Luc!\" that means that the Enterprise wasn't present? Well, I guess virtually zero ships were present since hardly any of them got shout-outs either. I wonder how the Dominion lost when they were only fighting maybe four ships?", "human_ref_B": "Did they actually have a ready ship available at that time? IIRC the Dominion war took place 2371-2375. The E-D was destroyed 2371. Some time passed until they got the E-E, which then went into testing, patrolling the Romulan neutral zone and then ST:First Contact happened. E-E was again badly damaged and took some time to repair. By then probably most of the war was already over and they went into ST:Insurrection.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 82685.0, "score_ratio": -0.0357142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4tlnoa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Trek: DS9] Where in the hell is Picard and the gang during the Dominion War? Am I suppose to believe that Jean-Luc, Riker, Data, and Geordi are just sitting these 100+ ship battles out?", "c_root_id_A": "d5iis9q", "c_root_id_B": "d5jvsa5", "created_at_utc_A": 1468955100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469039702.0, "score_A": -28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "So, just because someone didn't say, \"Hey, there's Jean-Luc!\" that means that the Enterprise wasn't present? Well, I guess virtually zero ships were present since hardly any of them got shout-outs either. I wonder how the Dominion lost when they were only fighting maybe four ships?", "human_ref_B": "That's what I would assume. It's been said repeatedly, but needs to be said again- STAR FLEET IS NOT A MILITARY ORGANIZATION. It's ships are armed for self defense, but are NOT warships. Think armed merchant ships in the Age of Sail, versus something like the USS Constitution. Actual warships would be more heavily armed and much tougher, like, say, the Defiant. So, the Enterprise-D is not a battleship. It's a research/contact ship with some defenses. It's job is to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before, not to fight battles and kill people. That's why is does relatively poorly in battles, despite its size and advanced technology. So, real war breaks out, you send real warships to fight it. Ships like the Enterprise-D? You send them elsewhere.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 84602.0, "score_ratio": -0.0357142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "52bf18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Trek] why do Romulans have pronounced forehead ridges but Vulcans don't despite being the same species? Is it something like a racial phenotype?", "c_root_id_A": "d7ivouc", "c_root_id_B": "d7ivy30", "created_at_utc_A": 1473637694.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1473638048.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "They may share a common ancestry but \"Those who marched beneath the raptors wings\" split off from Vulcan so long ago. Settling on Romulus a completely different plant than Vulcan. It can be assumed that the differences in the biospheres caused the romulans to evolve on a different path. I hope I explained that properly.", "human_ref_B": "The Romulans moved to a different planet about 2000 years ago. While that's not enough time for true evolution to make pronounced differences there are a few things to take into account. First, it's possible, maybe even likely, that the pre-Romulan-Vulcans that left were not a random sampling but a specific subgroup, or at least made primarily of a specific subgroup. Secondly, the Romulan sun went supernova. This means it was spitting out more radiation than the typical star would, and likely led to a higher rate of mutation in the species on the surrounding planets. That's probably how we also ended up with Remans who are also the same species.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 354.0, "score_ratio": 4.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6eof3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Trek] Could you replicate a human body with a functioning nervous system... could you, theoretically, create a clone that way?", "c_root_id_A": "dibrp58", "c_root_id_B": "dibssfy", "created_at_utc_A": 1496339371.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496340550.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Yes. You could even do it accidentally under the right conditions.", "human_ref_B": "You could. It'd be indistinguishable from the original except for one thing. Just one little detail. It'd be dead as fuck and impossible to reanimate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1179.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qbax5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dc] What happens when a speedster dies ? What does \"become one with the Speed Force\" mean ?", "c_root_id_A": "hh89uvx", "c_root_id_B": "hh8uqfl", "created_at_utc_A": 1634649644.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634658840.0, "score_A": 128, "score_B": 131, "human_ref_A": "The Speed Force isn't just the energy that enables all forward movement in the universe, it isn't just what gives speedsters their powers, it's a *dimension* as well. It's basically Speedster Heaven.", "human_ref_B": "The Black Flash grabs the speedster and returns them to the Speed Force. Becoming \"one\" with it means have your consciousness become pure energy and become part of the Speed Force itself. Where you will remain unless your physical form is reborn somehow, but despite becoming part of infinite sea of lighting you are conscious and able to observe the events unfolding through the Speed Force. And since it is connected to everything you can be rather well informed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9196.0, "score_ratio": 1.0234375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qbax5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dc] What happens when a speedster dies ? What does \"become one with the Speed Force\" mean ?", "c_root_id_A": "hh8gkpc", "c_root_id_B": "hh8uqfl", "created_at_utc_A": 1634652834.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634658840.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 131, "human_ref_A": "I mean isn\u2019t there a speedster that is essentially Death for Speedsters? He\u2019s called something like Death Flash or something like that Pretty much he\u2019s like the fastest thing to ever exist and one touch can kill you", "human_ref_B": "The Black Flash grabs the speedster and returns them to the Speed Force. Becoming \"one\" with it means have your consciousness become pure energy and become part of the Speed Force itself. Where you will remain unless your physical form is reborn somehow, but despite becoming part of infinite sea of lighting you are conscious and able to observe the events unfolding through the Speed Force. And since it is connected to everything you can be rather well informed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6006.0, "score_ratio": 3.119047619, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qbax5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dc] What happens when a speedster dies ? What does \"become one with the Speed Force\" mean ?", "c_root_id_A": "hh99h7w", "c_root_id_B": "hh97ctp", "created_at_utc_A": 1634664836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634663990.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They essentially have an afterlife of sorts where they become sentient energy that fuels the Speed Force, and from there they can observe the world below. I think in some incarnations it *was* indeed an actual afterlife where they can rest, a \"Heaven\" of sorts (or \"Hell\" if you're an Evil Speedster), but most incarnations just have them be \"trapped\" inside the Speed Force, an experience which all who've suffered it were adamant about it being torture, to just sit in this mass of infinite energy, able to observe everything but never interact with it. Really, it depends on the continuity and incarnation that we're talking about. In Justice League Beyond it was implied that the Flash of the past (Justice League TAS, Wally West) spends his afterlife in the Speed Force pretty comfortably, and is able to communicate with the Flash of the Batman Beyond timeline (her name escapes me at the moment, just search up \"Flash Beyond\", she should pop up) and guide her. Still, this is comics, so, of course, nobody stays dead. And that is *especially* true for Speedsters. Strong enough Speedsters have been able to pull themselves out of the Speed Force and reconstruct themselves, thus coming back to life. Eobard Thawne is a prime example of this, he's died so many times but he always comes back, and while most times it is a Thawne from a different point in time, sometimes it was the actual Thawne who got killed, who just pulled himself out of the Speed Force. Alternatively, another Speedster can pull the dead Speedster's soul out of the Speed Force and bring him back to life, or a Speedster can come back on his own if he has a \"lightning rod\", someone near and dear to him that he is connected to and he can focus on to find his way out of the maze of infinite energy that is the Speed Force. Simply put, Speedsters never stay dead. They get as many resurrections as they can get away with and then some.", "human_ref_B": "They make another one", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 846.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xw2yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire/First Order stop using clones? Why did they stop using clones in their armies? It seems like it'd be a better option compared to kidnapping children from their families. It seems like they'd make way more enemies that way.", "c_root_id_A": "cy8l70i", "c_root_id_B": "cy8glte", "created_at_utc_A": 1450842699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450834259.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Clones are long-term expensive. They have just as much upkeep as a regular army and you have to manually create them instead of recruiting from a galaxy full of inhabited planets. The clones do have superior reflexes and endurance, but they also age 2-3x as fast. So they age out faster. This works if you are expecting a short war, but it is impractical if you want a standing army. The clones were basically a way to get an army RIGHT NOW. The First Order seems to rely on training and brainwashing orphans.", "human_ref_B": ">kidnapping children from their families. It seems like they'd make way more enemies that way. That's why the Empire prefers orphans.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8440.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xw2yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire/First Order stop using clones? Why did they stop using clones in their armies? It seems like it'd be a better option compared to kidnapping children from their families. It seems like they'd make way more enemies that way.", "c_root_id_A": "cy8glte", "c_root_id_B": "cy90fja", "created_at_utc_A": 1450834259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450885776.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": ">kidnapping children from their families. It seems like they'd make way more enemies that way. That's why the Empire prefers orphans.", "human_ref_B": "Wasn't there talk of cloning being ***extremely*** expensive? I remember during the Clone Wars, we sent several representatives to the Bankers Clan to ask for several loans. In dire situations, like when the Republic had no standing army, it was back when the Jedi were the good guys and had enough foresight to order an army to fight the dirty separatists. It was very expensive, but it was all we had. Now we have local populations patrolling themselves; I've been to several backwaters where they don't speak basic, and the locally recruited troopers were more culturally aware than someone shipped from a cloning vat. Clones win wars, but imperial volunteers keep the peace. Too bad those Jedi fellows had to get all power hungry and tried to assassinate our beloved Emperor, long may he live. They would have been useful in putting down this pathetic rebellion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51517.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xw2yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] Why did the Empire/First Order stop using clones? Why did they stop using clones in their armies? It seems like it'd be a better option compared to kidnapping children from their families. It seems like they'd make way more enemies that way.", "c_root_id_A": "cy90fja", "c_root_id_B": "cy8pu6r", "created_at_utc_A": 1450885776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450853396.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't there talk of cloning being ***extremely*** expensive? I remember during the Clone Wars, we sent several representatives to the Bankers Clan to ask for several loans. In dire situations, like when the Republic had no standing army, it was back when the Jedi were the good guys and had enough foresight to order an army to fight the dirty separatists. It was very expensive, but it was all we had. Now we have local populations patrolling themselves; I've been to several backwaters where they don't speak basic, and the locally recruited troopers were more culturally aware than someone shipped from a cloning vat. Clones win wars, but imperial volunteers keep the peace. Too bad those Jedi fellows had to get all power hungry and tried to assassinate our beloved Emperor, long may he live. They would have been useful in putting down this pathetic rebellion.", "human_ref_B": "The big problem is that clones wear through their donor DNA eventually. Within a few years, they'd already sampled Jango Fett's DNA so much that it was almost useless to them. They were having high rates of genetic degradation, and finding a viable replacement was difficult. Another issue is that clones age... very swiftly. By the time of the Clone Wars, Captain Rex was about four or five years old, but he looked like a twenty or thirty year old man. Fifteen years after the Clone Wars, he was bald and had a white beard, resembling a man of sixty or older. Compared to someone who joins the army as a stormtrooper at the age of twenty, fifteen years down the line he'd just be exiting the prime of his life, but still have another five-ten good years left in him before he had to think about retirement.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32380.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wty3pi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Sandman] if the Endless are single entities that do one thing at a time, how do they affect all humans? We see Death bringing...well, death to people. and doing the first phase of bringing people to the afterlife. We see her do this as a single entity that does only one thing at a time just like a regular earthly mortal animal would. Her actions, movements and thoughts move at human speed. So how does Death kill all the people it kills at once and is everywhere when she is not? How does Morpheus bring sleep and dreams to all the humans that are sleeping at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "il6rqvn", "c_root_id_B": "il6sry5", "created_at_utc_A": 1661086953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661087516.0, "score_A": 103, "score_B": 183, "human_ref_A": "The Endless aren\u2019t actually \u201cpresent\u201d everywhere all the time, though they can be wherever they want to if it falls under their domain Death mentions to Dream that while she was talking to him, she\u2019s also taking the life of some crystalline silicon creature many light years away, along with many others on Earth itself. But she doesn\u2019t show up for all of them personally - who she turns up for seems to be arbitrary, or even random And when the Endless are imprisoned, as in Dream, or decide to abandon their responsibilities, as in Destruction, that doesn\u2019t mean these processes stop. They go on, much as they did before, virtually uninterrupted At the end of Brief Lives, Delirium and Dream are trying to figure out why it is that Destruction left the family - and Destruction explains what it is the Endless are, and why they\u2019re not as important or necessary as Dream thinks they are Destruction: \u201cDestruction did not cease with the abandonment of my realm, no more than people should cease to dream should you (Dream) abandon yours. Perhaps it\u2019s more uncontrolled, wilder. Perhaps not. But it\u2019s no longer anyone\u2019s responsibility. I took my sigil. I did not pass it on.\u201d \u2026 Dream: \u201cWill you return? Will you assume your role once more?\u201d Destruction: \u201cOf course not\u201d Delirium: \u201cI thought you would\u201d Destruction: \u201cI\u2019m sorry lassie.\u201d Dream: \u201cBut you are Destruction of the Endless. We\u2026 we have responsibilities. You are the embodiment of Destruction. You are of the Endless.\u201d Destruction: \u201cThe Endless? The Endless are merely patterns. The Endless are ideas. The Endless are wave functions. The Endless are repeating motifs. The Endless are echoes of darkness, and nothing more. We have no right to order their lives, to order their dreams and desires. And even our existence is brief and bounded. None of us will last longer than this version of the universe.\u201d Delirium: \u201cExcept our sister\u201d Dream: \u201cSo we suppose.\u201d Destruction: \u201cI filled my role more than adequately for over ten billion years. A two sided coin - nothing new can exist without destroying the old. Things are created. They last for a little while, then they are gone. Empires, cities, poems and people. Atoms and worlds. One cannot begin a new dream without abandoning the last, eh, brother? Our sister defines life, just as Despair defines hope, or Desire defines hatred, or as Destiny defines freedom.\u201d Dream: \u201cAnd what do I define, by this theory of yours\u201d Destruction: \u201cReality, perhaps?\u201d Basically, what Destruction was trying to tell Dream was that the Endless didn\u2019t actually need to be around. They could leave if they wanted to - and the universe might be better off for it It\u2019s part of the central theme of the series - Dream is obsessed with his \u201cduties\u201d and \u201cresponsibilities\u201d, but slowly realises that this is more of a matter of pride than anything else. He doesn\u2019t have to be there, neither do any of the Endless.", "human_ref_B": "We know Morpheus visits individual peoples dreams but also delegates much of his work to others (the Corinthian, Fiddler's Green, etc). There's enough infrastructure and support in place that the dreaming continues even in his absence (albeit slowly decaying). Presumably Death's operation works the same way. She handles some cases herself, but has enough support to tackle the whole volume without her individual involvement.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 563.0, "score_ratio": 1.7766990291, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wty3pi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Sandman] if the Endless are single entities that do one thing at a time, how do they affect all humans? We see Death bringing...well, death to people. and doing the first phase of bringing people to the afterlife. We see her do this as a single entity that does only one thing at a time just like a regular earthly mortal animal would. Her actions, movements and thoughts move at human speed. So how does Death kill all the people it kills at once and is everywhere when she is not? How does Morpheus bring sleep and dreams to all the humans that are sleeping at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "il6sry5", "c_root_id_B": "il6o25m", "created_at_utc_A": 1661087516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661084813.0, "score_A": 183, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "We know Morpheus visits individual peoples dreams but also delegates much of his work to others (the Corinthian, Fiddler's Green, etc). There's enough infrastructure and support in place that the dreaming continues even in his absence (albeit slowly decaying). Presumably Death's operation works the same way. She handles some cases herself, but has enough support to tackle the whole volume without her individual involvement.", "human_ref_B": "Think of it this way. Every cell in your body is working right now. Oxygen comes in, carbon dioxide goes out, food is metabolized, etc etc. The cells in your feet are working, but aren't involved in reading this. Same with the Endless. Take the scene at the Cereal Convention. Dream affects all the attendees at once, because they are the ones he's concentrating on at that moment. If he chose to, he could affect the dreams of every sleeper on Earth at the same time. Most of what the Endless do is on [to use a poor term] autopilot; it happens because that's the way the rules work. People didn't stop dreaming while Morpheus was imprisoned. Another bad analogy would be a person calling Giant Comapny X customer service. The buyer speaks to the rep, who in turn has the power of the whole company behind them. The CEO has no idea what the rep is doing specifically, but knows that the situation is being seen to.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2703.0, "score_ratio": 4.575, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wty3pi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Sandman] if the Endless are single entities that do one thing at a time, how do they affect all humans? We see Death bringing...well, death to people. and doing the first phase of bringing people to the afterlife. We see her do this as a single entity that does only one thing at a time just like a regular earthly mortal animal would. Her actions, movements and thoughts move at human speed. So how does Death kill all the people it kills at once and is everywhere when she is not? How does Morpheus bring sleep and dreams to all the humans that are sleeping at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "il6o25m", "c_root_id_B": "il6rqvn", "created_at_utc_A": 1661084813.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661086953.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 103, "human_ref_A": "Think of it this way. Every cell in your body is working right now. Oxygen comes in, carbon dioxide goes out, food is metabolized, etc etc. The cells in your feet are working, but aren't involved in reading this. Same with the Endless. Take the scene at the Cereal Convention. Dream affects all the attendees at once, because they are the ones he's concentrating on at that moment. If he chose to, he could affect the dreams of every sleeper on Earth at the same time. Most of what the Endless do is on [to use a poor term] autopilot; it happens because that's the way the rules work. People didn't stop dreaming while Morpheus was imprisoned. Another bad analogy would be a person calling Giant Comapny X customer service. The buyer speaks to the rep, who in turn has the power of the whole company behind them. The CEO has no idea what the rep is doing specifically, but knows that the situation is being seen to.", "human_ref_B": "The Endless aren\u2019t actually \u201cpresent\u201d everywhere all the time, though they can be wherever they want to if it falls under their domain Death mentions to Dream that while she was talking to him, she\u2019s also taking the life of some crystalline silicon creature many light years away, along with many others on Earth itself. But she doesn\u2019t show up for all of them personally - who she turns up for seems to be arbitrary, or even random And when the Endless are imprisoned, as in Dream, or decide to abandon their responsibilities, as in Destruction, that doesn\u2019t mean these processes stop. They go on, much as they did before, virtually uninterrupted At the end of Brief Lives, Delirium and Dream are trying to figure out why it is that Destruction left the family - and Destruction explains what it is the Endless are, and why they\u2019re not as important or necessary as Dream thinks they are Destruction: \u201cDestruction did not cease with the abandonment of my realm, no more than people should cease to dream should you (Dream) abandon yours. Perhaps it\u2019s more uncontrolled, wilder. Perhaps not. But it\u2019s no longer anyone\u2019s responsibility. I took my sigil. I did not pass it on.\u201d \u2026 Dream: \u201cWill you return? Will you assume your role once more?\u201d Destruction: \u201cOf course not\u201d Delirium: \u201cI thought you would\u201d Destruction: \u201cI\u2019m sorry lassie.\u201d Dream: \u201cBut you are Destruction of the Endless. We\u2026 we have responsibilities. You are the embodiment of Destruction. You are of the Endless.\u201d Destruction: \u201cThe Endless? The Endless are merely patterns. The Endless are ideas. The Endless are wave functions. The Endless are repeating motifs. The Endless are echoes of darkness, and nothing more. We have no right to order their lives, to order their dreams and desires. And even our existence is brief and bounded. None of us will last longer than this version of the universe.\u201d Delirium: \u201cExcept our sister\u201d Dream: \u201cSo we suppose.\u201d Destruction: \u201cI filled my role more than adequately for over ten billion years. A two sided coin - nothing new can exist without destroying the old. Things are created. They last for a little while, then they are gone. Empires, cities, poems and people. Atoms and worlds. One cannot begin a new dream without abandoning the last, eh, brother? Our sister defines life, just as Despair defines hope, or Desire defines hatred, or as Destiny defines freedom.\u201d Dream: \u201cAnd what do I define, by this theory of yours\u201d Destruction: \u201cReality, perhaps?\u201d Basically, what Destruction was trying to tell Dream was that the Endless didn\u2019t actually need to be around. They could leave if they wanted to - and the universe might be better off for it It\u2019s part of the central theme of the series - Dream is obsessed with his \u201cduties\u201d and \u201cresponsibilities\u201d, but slowly realises that this is more of a matter of pride than anything else. He doesn\u2019t have to be there, neither do any of the Endless.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2140.0, "score_ratio": 2.575, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wty3pi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Sandman] if the Endless are single entities that do one thing at a time, how do they affect all humans? We see Death bringing...well, death to people. and doing the first phase of bringing people to the afterlife. We see her do this as a single entity that does only one thing at a time just like a regular earthly mortal animal would. Her actions, movements and thoughts move at human speed. So how does Death kill all the people it kills at once and is everywhere when she is not? How does Morpheus bring sleep and dreams to all the humans that are sleeping at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "il77bo6", "c_root_id_B": "il718w8", "created_at_utc_A": 1661094270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661091642.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They aren't single entities. They are personifications of concepts.", "human_ref_B": "Dream's realm does most of Dream's work - his realm is as much a part of him as his tools are. When he was away his realm was like a headless chicken - it lived for some time, continuing to do its duty, but behaving erratically. Also people can go to sleep and dream without even that part of Dream - it's just not under control, it has no management, so it is wilder and more destructive than the head of Dream would wish it to be. The Endless provide Sapience to cosmic events, but they have no need to manage every individual event any more than your brain needs to tell every individual mitochondria in your body to synthesise ATP.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2628.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wty3pi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Sandman] if the Endless are single entities that do one thing at a time, how do they affect all humans? We see Death bringing...well, death to people. and doing the first phase of bringing people to the afterlife. We see her do this as a single entity that does only one thing at a time just like a regular earthly mortal animal would. Her actions, movements and thoughts move at human speed. So how does Death kill all the people it kills at once and is everywhere when she is not? How does Morpheus bring sleep and dreams to all the humans that are sleeping at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "il7ik2z", "c_root_id_B": "il718w8", "created_at_utc_A": 1661098953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661091642.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Endless are anthropomorphic personifications of concepts. The concepts arent bound by anything, they exist in everything capable of experiencing those concepts. The concept of Dreaming is everywhere there are creatures capable of dreaming, the concept of Desire exists everywhere where people want. When the personification of Dream was captured and bound by magic, dreaming didn't cease across the universe. It was affected, sure - it became uncontrolled and ungoverned, some people experienced the sleepy sickness while Dream wasnt there to keep things in control. The concept still existed is the point, the personification is only one part of that. Death is her own thing, she is personally there for everyone when they are born and when they die. Simultaneously, across the universe. It helps to realise that Sandman is a very soft magic system. Things are bound by ancient eldritch rules that are never explained and dont often make sense", "human_ref_B": "Dream's realm does most of Dream's work - his realm is as much a part of him as his tools are. When he was away his realm was like a headless chicken - it lived for some time, continuing to do its duty, but behaving erratically. Also people can go to sleep and dream without even that part of Dream - it's just not under control, it has no management, so it is wilder and more destructive than the head of Dream would wish it to be. The Endless provide Sapience to cosmic events, but they have no need to manage every individual event any more than your brain needs to tell every individual mitochondria in your body to synthesise ATP.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7311.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wty3pi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Sandman] if the Endless are single entities that do one thing at a time, how do they affect all humans? We see Death bringing...well, death to people. and doing the first phase of bringing people to the afterlife. We see her do this as a single entity that does only one thing at a time just like a regular earthly mortal animal would. Her actions, movements and thoughts move at human speed. So how does Death kill all the people it kills at once and is everywhere when she is not? How does Morpheus bring sleep and dreams to all the humans that are sleeping at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "il7m3yn", "c_root_id_B": "il718w8", "created_at_utc_A": 1661100397.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661091642.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Important thing to note is that members of the Endless aren\u2019t just singular entities, they are the very concept of their name embodied. They talk about this a lot in the comics but the Endless are each ideas and personifications so they\u2019re not bound to the physical rules of having a single body, the very act of someone being in despair means Despair is with them, the very act of dying means that Death is there. Death has a few solo stories and in one of em (the one with Element Girl) Death makes it clear that as she is speaking with Element Girl she is also there for every single person who is dying at that same exact moment, whether they\u2019re on the upstairs floor of the building they\u2019re in, or on a different continent, even the ones on a different galaxy. As for what happens when a member of the Endless is incapacitated or just unable/unwilling to do their job, most of the time the concept still exists, it\u2019s just more uncontrolled. When Destruction left his position the world became more destructive, more extreme weapons were developed and the progress on weapons development became faster and faster, while Dream was trapped most people still slept and dreamt normally but now you also have massive groups of people suffering from endless sleep or eternal wakefulness and the sleeping disease became a thing. It was also mentioned that Death in the past once refused to do her job and when that happened nobody could die.", "human_ref_B": "Dream's realm does most of Dream's work - his realm is as much a part of him as his tools are. When he was away his realm was like a headless chicken - it lived for some time, continuing to do its duty, but behaving erratically. Also people can go to sleep and dream without even that part of Dream - it's just not under control, it has no management, so it is wilder and more destructive than the head of Dream would wish it to be. The Endless provide Sapience to cosmic events, but they have no need to manage every individual event any more than your brain needs to tell every individual mitochondria in your body to synthesise ATP.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8755.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wty3pi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Sandman] if the Endless are single entities that do one thing at a time, how do they affect all humans? We see Death bringing...well, death to people. and doing the first phase of bringing people to the afterlife. We see her do this as a single entity that does only one thing at a time just like a regular earthly mortal animal would. Her actions, movements and thoughts move at human speed. So how does Death kill all the people it kills at once and is everywhere when she is not? How does Morpheus bring sleep and dreams to all the humans that are sleeping at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "il7u6io", "c_root_id_B": "il7q18z", "created_at_utc_A": 1661103669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661101982.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I thought Death had a line where Morpheus asked if she was at everyone (meaning every death) and she said something along the lines of \u2018not all but most\u2019; when they were in the park. So maybe she has entities or conversely slows time? Google says on average 120 people die each minute. So each conversation takes place in a time vortex that seems like minutes but is just a fraction of a second.", "human_ref_B": "Terry Pratchett has someone pose this question about Death in the Discworld, and I think his answer applies equally to the Endless of the Sandman universe: that it's like how a King or Queen is still ruling their subjects, even without necessarily having to pop in and tell them precisely how to live their specific lives.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1687.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qld1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[The Flash t.v. show] How do the metahuman prison cells work in keeping any metahumans at bay?", "c_root_id_A": "dky9axk", "c_root_id_B": "dky4krj", "created_at_utc_A": 1501471982.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501465274.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Think about it. Meals. (no) Toilet. (no) Air. (esp for the guy that turns into a gas) Any attendants? no. Robots? no. Media (even if it was nothing but disco) no. Actually being in one of those things is Cruel & Unusual. Should drive a person mad quickly. Like endless solitary confinement. Strange to think the heroes are committing crimes against humanity so casually, but there it sits. I don't think there is any in show explanation. - even worse. My only idea is that Harrison rigged the cells to not exist except when someone visits them. (Which doesn't explain that they act like they've experience time in the cells)", "human_ref_B": "Power inhibitors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6708.0, "score_ratio": 9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qld1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[The Flash t.v. show] How do the metahuman prison cells work in keeping any metahumans at bay?", "c_root_id_A": "dky5rrg", "c_root_id_B": "dky9axk", "created_at_utc_A": 1501467027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501471982.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "How would they escape? It's a sealed and durable cell. Not much else is needed for the metas they capture.", "human_ref_B": "Think about it. Meals. (no) Toilet. (no) Air. (esp for the guy that turns into a gas) Any attendants? no. Robots? no. Media (even if it was nothing but disco) no. Actually being in one of those things is Cruel & Unusual. Should drive a person mad quickly. Like endless solitary confinement. Strange to think the heroes are committing crimes against humanity so casually, but there it sits. I don't think there is any in show explanation. - even worse. My only idea is that Harrison rigged the cells to not exist except when someone visits them. (Which doesn't explain that they act like they've experience time in the cells)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4955.0, "score_ratio": 12.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vh8wn", "c_root_id_B": "j0vnadt", "created_at_utc_A": 1671475938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671478314.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 68, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vh8wn", "c_root_id_B": "j0vrbnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671475938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671479899.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "potentially, forever. By which I mean, \"Shepard\" as an entity would completely dissolve into an automated and purely rational control system long before he has a chance to \"go bad\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3961.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vjvgl", "c_root_id_B": "j0vh8wn", "created_at_utc_A": 1671476965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671475938.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It really depends. Renegade Shepard is not going to be benevolent at all. They're going to do whatever needs to be done to enforce their vision of order on the universe. If that means culling half the Krogans every few years to keep them in line, then that's what he's going to do. Paragon Shep is going to be benevolent for quite a bit longer, but eventually he'll succumb to self-righteousness. I expect the result would be like if Gandalf were to master the one ring: >Of the others only Gandalf might be expected to master him \u2013 being an emissary of the Powers and a creature of the same order, an immortal spirit taking a visible physical form. In the 'Mirror of Galadriel', 1381, it appears that Galadriel conceived of herself as capable of wielding the Ring and supplanting the Dark Lord. If so, so also were the other guardians of the Three, especially Elrond. But this is another matter. It was part of the essential deceit of the Ring to fill minds with imaginations of supreme power. But this the Great had well considered and had rejected, as is seen in Elrond's words at the Council. Galadriel's rejection of the temptation was founded upon previous thought and resolve. In any case Elrond or Galadriel would have proceeded in the policy now adopted by Sauron: they would have built up an empire with great and absolutely subservient generals and armies and engines of war, until they could challenge Sauron and destroy him by force. Confrontation of Sauron alone, unaided, self to self was not contemplated. One can imagine the scene in which Gandalf, say, was placed in such a position. It would be a delicate balance. On one side the true allegiance of the Ring to Sauron; on the other superior strength because Sauron was not actually in possession, and perhaps also because he was weakened by long corruption and expenditure of will in dominating inferiors. If Gandalf proved the victor, the result would have been for Sauron the same as the destruction of the Ring; for him it would have been destroyed, taken from him for ever. But the Ring and all its works would have endured. It would have been the master in the end. Gandalf as Ring-Lord would have been far worse than Sauron. He would have remained 'righteous', but self-righteous. He would have continued to rule and order things for 'good', and the benefit of his subjects according to his wisdom (which was and would have remained great). So that, but in Space.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1027.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vh8wn", "c_root_id_B": "j0vxncm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671475938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671482374.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The choice is, say, Shepard-agnostic. Any Shepard can choose it. Meaning there's infinite answers. I think the mediam of Shepards would stay benevolent as much as they could, but the human mind has a way to default to confirmation bias whenever they're doing something for too long. I don't think a full Paragon Shep would ever go straight Lawful Evil but there's some that definitely would. Ultimately it's the folly of the Control ending-- a Shepard really thinking they could do better, forever. Statistically speaking, assuming the Reapers don't ever die, the chances of a Shepard going bad reaches 100%. It's just impossible to tell what that timetable looks like.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6436.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vh8wn", "c_root_id_B": "j0wbej6", "created_at_utc_A": 1671475938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671487884.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vh8wn", "c_root_id_B": "j0ws1j7", "created_at_utc_A": 1671475938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671495093.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Is rain benevolent? Imagine if you decided what the weather would be on a given day- the incomprehensible positive *and* negative impact of *any* decision for thousands upon thousands of people. That kind of power, on that kind of scale, is gonna have all kinds of consequences. Good intentions scarcely matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19155.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0xdmgy", "c_root_id_B": "j0vh8wn", "created_at_utc_A": 1671504907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671475938.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I always thought control was the best option. Nothing stops shepherd launching all the reapers into a black hole. He can literally do the ending which is perfect, with the reapers ending and not a single scrap of weird voodoo bullshit about ending all AI, or merging them with humans. Take control. Print off the entire stored databases of every reaper, the collected knowledge of countless galactic cycles and civilisations harvested. Launch the reaper fleet into a sun. Or a black hole. Congratulations. You now have the greatest archive of science, technology, culture, history etc in the universe, and you also easily ended the reaper threat.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0w38oq", "c_root_id_B": "j0vh8wn", "created_at_utc_A": 1671484576.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671475938.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I immediately remembered one of the endings to \"supreme commander\". One of the last \"old school\" real time strategy games playing out in a far off future where different factions. People who put cybernetic implants into their brains against people who put religious zealotry into their brains against people who put good old propaganda into their brains. The lady who leads the religious nutter faction wants access to the superweapon the propaganda humans are building on earth. So do all the factions and once you've played their campaigns they'll do whatever bullshit they had in mind for the thing. The propaganda humans want to use it to destroy the planets their enemies live on, the implant humans want to destroy the quantum gate (mass relay) network so the others would leave them alone. And the religious nuts want to fire the thing at their own space pope. So that she can be one with the \"quantum realm\" and be omnipresent as well as omnipotent, presumably. So basically the same as Shepard controlling all the reapers. In her outro she says that now that she spoke a message of harmony into everyone's mind and everyone is ready to sign all the peace treaties she must leave them all alone. She \"must explore what I have become\"... Nice end to the story and going away to explore what one has become once one is being infused with all the thingymajig powers of the whatchamacallit will take however much time the author needs to set up a sequel. Or longer should they decide to not use that character. Well in the case of supreme commander that character came back in the expansion pack to help murder some aliens. Who where dealt with sufficiently enough when throwing a few million murderbots at them so i'm not sure why they brought her back.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8638.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vh8wn", "c_root_id_B": "j0x2feu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671475938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671499831.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "There is no way for a sole absolute dictator to \"protect everyone and make sure everything is good\" because good to some is evil to others. You can't make everyone perfectly happy with one person making all the decisions, eventually the choices you make will make life unbearable for someone and to that person you are no longer benevolent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23893.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vjvgl", "c_root_id_B": "j0vnadt", "created_at_utc_A": 1671476965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671478314.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 68, "human_ref_A": "It really depends. Renegade Shepard is not going to be benevolent at all. They're going to do whatever needs to be done to enforce their vision of order on the universe. If that means culling half the Krogans every few years to keep them in line, then that's what he's going to do. Paragon Shep is going to be benevolent for quite a bit longer, but eventually he'll succumb to self-righteousness. I expect the result would be like if Gandalf were to master the one ring: >Of the others only Gandalf might be expected to master him \u2013 being an emissary of the Powers and a creature of the same order, an immortal spirit taking a visible physical form. In the 'Mirror of Galadriel', 1381, it appears that Galadriel conceived of herself as capable of wielding the Ring and supplanting the Dark Lord. If so, so also were the other guardians of the Three, especially Elrond. But this is another matter. It was part of the essential deceit of the Ring to fill minds with imaginations of supreme power. But this the Great had well considered and had rejected, as is seen in Elrond's words at the Council. Galadriel's rejection of the temptation was founded upon previous thought and resolve. In any case Elrond or Galadriel would have proceeded in the policy now adopted by Sauron: they would have built up an empire with great and absolutely subservient generals and armies and engines of war, until they could challenge Sauron and destroy him by force. Confrontation of Sauron alone, unaided, self to self was not contemplated. One can imagine the scene in which Gandalf, say, was placed in such a position. It would be a delicate balance. On one side the true allegiance of the Ring to Sauron; on the other superior strength because Sauron was not actually in possession, and perhaps also because he was weakened by long corruption and expenditure of will in dominating inferiors. If Gandalf proved the victor, the result would have been for Sauron the same as the destruction of the Ring; for him it would have been destroyed, taken from him for ever. But the Ring and all its works would have endured. It would have been the master in the end. Gandalf as Ring-Lord would have been far worse than Sauron. He would have remained 'righteous', but self-righteous. He would have continued to rule and order things for 'good', and the benefit of his subjects according to his wisdom (which was and would have remained great). So that, but in Space.", "human_ref_B": "Really depends on the Shepard. The one I put into control is as paragon as possible, over all 3 games. So they wouldn\u2019t go evil.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1349.0, "score_ratio": 3.5789473684, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0vjvgl", "c_root_id_B": "j0vrbnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1671476965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671479899.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "It really depends. Renegade Shepard is not going to be benevolent at all. They're going to do whatever needs to be done to enforce their vision of order on the universe. If that means culling half the Krogans every few years to keep them in line, then that's what he's going to do. Paragon Shep is going to be benevolent for quite a bit longer, but eventually he'll succumb to self-righteousness. I expect the result would be like if Gandalf were to master the one ring: >Of the others only Gandalf might be expected to master him \u2013 being an emissary of the Powers and a creature of the same order, an immortal spirit taking a visible physical form. In the 'Mirror of Galadriel', 1381, it appears that Galadriel conceived of herself as capable of wielding the Ring and supplanting the Dark Lord. If so, so also were the other guardians of the Three, especially Elrond. But this is another matter. It was part of the essential deceit of the Ring to fill minds with imaginations of supreme power. But this the Great had well considered and had rejected, as is seen in Elrond's words at the Council. Galadriel's rejection of the temptation was founded upon previous thought and resolve. In any case Elrond or Galadriel would have proceeded in the policy now adopted by Sauron: they would have built up an empire with great and absolutely subservient generals and armies and engines of war, until they could challenge Sauron and destroy him by force. Confrontation of Sauron alone, unaided, self to self was not contemplated. One can imagine the scene in which Gandalf, say, was placed in such a position. It would be a delicate balance. On one side the true allegiance of the Ring to Sauron; on the other superior strength because Sauron was not actually in possession, and perhaps also because he was weakened by long corruption and expenditure of will in dominating inferiors. If Gandalf proved the victor, the result would have been for Sauron the same as the destruction of the Ring; for him it would have been destroyed, taken from him for ever. But the Ring and all its works would have endured. It would have been the master in the end. Gandalf as Ring-Lord would have been far worse than Sauron. He would have remained 'righteous', but self-righteous. He would have continued to rule and order things for 'good', and the benefit of his subjects according to his wisdom (which was and would have remained great). So that, but in Space.", "human_ref_B": "potentially, forever. By which I mean, \"Shepard\" as an entity would completely dissolve into an automated and purely rational control system long before he has a chance to \"go bad\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2934.0, "score_ratio": 1.3684210526, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0wbej6", "c_root_id_B": "j0w38oq", "created_at_utc_A": 1671487884.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671484576.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure the control endings a trap, the reapers win, congratulations you fell for it and are now indoctrinated, i will protect sentiant life by wiping it out.", "human_ref_B": "I immediately remembered one of the endings to \"supreme commander\". One of the last \"old school\" real time strategy games playing out in a far off future where different factions. People who put cybernetic implants into their brains against people who put religious zealotry into their brains against people who put good old propaganda into their brains. The lady who leads the religious nutter faction wants access to the superweapon the propaganda humans are building on earth. So do all the factions and once you've played their campaigns they'll do whatever bullshit they had in mind for the thing. The propaganda humans want to use it to destroy the planets their enemies live on, the implant humans want to destroy the quantum gate (mass relay) network so the others would leave them alone. And the religious nuts want to fire the thing at their own space pope. So that she can be one with the \"quantum realm\" and be omnipresent as well as omnipotent, presumably. So basically the same as Shepard controlling all the reapers. In her outro she says that now that she spoke a message of harmony into everyone's mind and everyone is ready to sign all the peace treaties she must leave them all alone. She \"must explore what I have become\"... Nice end to the story and going away to explore what one has become once one is being infused with all the thingymajig powers of the whatchamacallit will take however much time the author needs to set up a sequel. Or longer should they decide to not use that character. Well in the case of supreme commander that character came back in the expansion pack to help murder some aliens. Who where dealt with sufficiently enough when throwing a few million murderbots at them so i'm not sure why they brought her back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3308.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0wbej6", "c_root_id_B": "j0wa9ru", "created_at_utc_A": 1671487884.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671487412.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure the control endings a trap, the reapers win, congratulations you fell for it and are now indoctrinated, i will protect sentiant life by wiping it out.", "human_ref_B": "After watching the indoctrination theory documentary i don't think I can even choose control or synthesize anymore.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 472.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0w38oq", "c_root_id_B": "j0ws1j7", "created_at_utc_A": 1671484576.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671495093.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I immediately remembered one of the endings to \"supreme commander\". One of the last \"old school\" real time strategy games playing out in a far off future where different factions. People who put cybernetic implants into their brains against people who put religious zealotry into their brains against people who put good old propaganda into their brains. The lady who leads the religious nutter faction wants access to the superweapon the propaganda humans are building on earth. So do all the factions and once you've played their campaigns they'll do whatever bullshit they had in mind for the thing. The propaganda humans want to use it to destroy the planets their enemies live on, the implant humans want to destroy the quantum gate (mass relay) network so the others would leave them alone. And the religious nuts want to fire the thing at their own space pope. So that she can be one with the \"quantum realm\" and be omnipresent as well as omnipotent, presumably. So basically the same as Shepard controlling all the reapers. In her outro she says that now that she spoke a message of harmony into everyone's mind and everyone is ready to sign all the peace treaties she must leave them all alone. She \"must explore what I have become\"... Nice end to the story and going away to explore what one has become once one is being infused with all the thingymajig powers of the whatchamacallit will take however much time the author needs to set up a sequel. Or longer should they decide to not use that character. Well in the case of supreme commander that character came back in the expansion pack to help murder some aliens. Who where dealt with sufficiently enough when throwing a few million murderbots at them so i'm not sure why they brought her back.", "human_ref_B": "Is rain benevolent? Imagine if you decided what the weather would be on a given day- the incomprehensible positive *and* negative impact of *any* decision for thousands upon thousands of people. That kind of power, on that kind of scale, is gonna have all kinds of consequences. Good intentions scarcely matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10517.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0wa9ru", "c_root_id_B": "j0ws1j7", "created_at_utc_A": 1671487412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671495093.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "After watching the indoctrination theory documentary i don't think I can even choose control or synthesize anymore.", "human_ref_B": "Is rain benevolent? Imagine if you decided what the weather would be on a given day- the incomprehensible positive *and* negative impact of *any* decision for thousands upon thousands of people. That kind of power, on that kind of scale, is gonna have all kinds of consequences. Good intentions scarcely matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7681.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0ws1j7", "c_root_id_B": "j0wrm2g", "created_at_utc_A": 1671495093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671494902.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Is rain benevolent? Imagine if you decided what the weather would be on a given day- the incomprehensible positive *and* negative impact of *any* decision for thousands upon thousands of people. That kind of power, on that kind of scale, is gonna have all kinds of consequences. Good intentions scarcely matter.", "human_ref_B": "My justification for the control ending is that Shepard uses the Reapers to repair the mass relays and Citadel, and then immediately yeets the whole armada into the nearest star.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 191.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0w38oq", "c_root_id_B": "j0xdmgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1671484576.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671504907.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I immediately remembered one of the endings to \"supreme commander\". One of the last \"old school\" real time strategy games playing out in a far off future where different factions. People who put cybernetic implants into their brains against people who put religious zealotry into their brains against people who put good old propaganda into their brains. The lady who leads the religious nutter faction wants access to the superweapon the propaganda humans are building on earth. So do all the factions and once you've played their campaigns they'll do whatever bullshit they had in mind for the thing. The propaganda humans want to use it to destroy the planets their enemies live on, the implant humans want to destroy the quantum gate (mass relay) network so the others would leave them alone. And the religious nuts want to fire the thing at their own space pope. So that she can be one with the \"quantum realm\" and be omnipresent as well as omnipotent, presumably. So basically the same as Shepard controlling all the reapers. In her outro she says that now that she spoke a message of harmony into everyone's mind and everyone is ready to sign all the peace treaties she must leave them all alone. She \"must explore what I have become\"... Nice end to the story and going away to explore what one has become once one is being infused with all the thingymajig powers of the whatchamacallit will take however much time the author needs to set up a sequel. Or longer should they decide to not use that character. Well in the case of supreme commander that character came back in the expansion pack to help murder some aliens. Who where dealt with sufficiently enough when throwing a few million murderbots at them so i'm not sure why they brought her back.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought control was the best option. Nothing stops shepherd launching all the reapers into a black hole. He can literally do the ending which is perfect, with the reapers ending and not a single scrap of weird voodoo bullshit about ending all AI, or merging them with humans. Take control. Print off the entire stored databases of every reaper, the collected knowledge of countless galactic cycles and civilisations harvested. Launch the reaper fleet into a sun. Or a black hole. Congratulations. You now have the greatest archive of science, technology, culture, history etc in the universe, and you also easily ended the reaper threat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20331.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0x2feu", "c_root_id_B": "j0xdmgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1671499831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671504907.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There is no way for a sole absolute dictator to \"protect everyone and make sure everything is good\" because good to some is evil to others. You can't make everyone perfectly happy with one person making all the decisions, eventually the choices you make will make life unbearable for someone and to that person you are no longer benevolent.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought control was the best option. Nothing stops shepherd launching all the reapers into a black hole. He can literally do the ending which is perfect, with the reapers ending and not a single scrap of weird voodoo bullshit about ending all AI, or merging them with humans. Take control. Print off the entire stored databases of every reaper, the collected knowledge of countless galactic cycles and civilisations harvested. Launch the reaper fleet into a sun. Or a black hole. Congratulations. You now have the greatest archive of science, technology, culture, history etc in the universe, and you also easily ended the reaper threat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5076.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0wa9ru", "c_root_id_B": "j0xdmgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1671487412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671504907.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "After watching the indoctrination theory documentary i don't think I can even choose control or synthesize anymore.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought control was the best option. Nothing stops shepherd launching all the reapers into a black hole. He can literally do the ending which is perfect, with the reapers ending and not a single scrap of weird voodoo bullshit about ending all AI, or merging them with humans. Take control. Print off the entire stored databases of every reaper, the collected knowledge of countless galactic cycles and civilisations harvested. Launch the reaper fleet into a sun. Or a black hole. Congratulations. You now have the greatest archive of science, technology, culture, history etc in the universe, and you also easily ended the reaper threat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17495.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0wrm2g", "c_root_id_B": "j0xdmgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1671494902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671504907.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "My justification for the control ending is that Shepard uses the Reapers to repair the mass relays and Citadel, and then immediately yeets the whole armada into the nearest star.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought control was the best option. Nothing stops shepherd launching all the reapers into a black hole. He can literally do the ending which is perfect, with the reapers ending and not a single scrap of weird voodoo bullshit about ending all AI, or merging them with humans. Take control. Print off the entire stored databases of every reaper, the collected knowledge of countless galactic cycles and civilisations harvested. Launch the reaper fleet into a sun. Or a black hole. Congratulations. You now have the greatest archive of science, technology, culture, history etc in the universe, and you also easily ended the reaper threat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10005.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0x1wyl", "c_root_id_B": "j0xdmgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1671499594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671504907.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I guess that depends on how mad the Batarians are.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought control was the best option. Nothing stops shepherd launching all the reapers into a black hole. He can literally do the ending which is perfect, with the reapers ending and not a single scrap of weird voodoo bullshit about ending all AI, or merging them with humans. Take control. Print off the entire stored databases of every reaper, the collected knowledge of countless galactic cycles and civilisations harvested. Launch the reaper fleet into a sun. Or a black hole. Congratulations. You now have the greatest archive of science, technology, culture, history etc in the universe, and you also easily ended the reaper threat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5313.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0wa9ru", "c_root_id_B": "j0x2feu", "created_at_utc_A": 1671487412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671499831.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "After watching the indoctrination theory documentary i don't think I can even choose control or synthesize anymore.", "human_ref_B": "There is no way for a sole absolute dictator to \"protect everyone and make sure everything is good\" because good to some is evil to others. You can't make everyone perfectly happy with one person making all the decisions, eventually the choices you make will make life unbearable for someone and to that person you are no longer benevolent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12419.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0x2feu", "c_root_id_B": "j0wrm2g", "created_at_utc_A": 1671499831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671494902.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There is no way for a sole absolute dictator to \"protect everyone and make sure everything is good\" because good to some is evil to others. You can't make everyone perfectly happy with one person making all the decisions, eventually the choices you make will make life unbearable for someone and to that person you are no longer benevolent.", "human_ref_B": "My justification for the control ending is that Shepard uses the Reapers to repair the mass relays and Citadel, and then immediately yeets the whole armada into the nearest star.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4929.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zq020z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long would Shepard stay benevolent? So if Shepard chooses the control ending and becomes reaper daddy Shepard how long is he going to be a force for good? The ending monologue is all protect everyone, make sure everything is good but is that honestly gonna last or will there hit a point where immortal reaper Shep god is like \u201ckrogons are mean and war like, they are a threat, eliminate them to keep everyone else happy and prosperous\u201d essentially beginning the cycle all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "j0x2feu", "c_root_id_B": "j0x1wyl", "created_at_utc_A": 1671499831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671499594.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There is no way for a sole absolute dictator to \"protect everyone and make sure everything is good\" because good to some is evil to others. You can't make everyone perfectly happy with one person making all the decisions, eventually the choices you make will make life unbearable for someone and to that person you are no longer benevolent.", "human_ref_B": "I guess that depends on how mad the Batarians are.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 237.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7jugfk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Men in Black] Why did The Bug bother trying to negotiate with Edgar? The first thing The Bug says is \"Place projectile weapon on the ground.\" Did a shotgun pose any threat to it? Would it have immediately grabbed and eaten Edgar anyway if he had complied? It didn't seem to have any trouble ambushing him, and was openly bigoted towards human life, so why ask him to surrender?", "c_root_id_A": "dr9enqr", "c_root_id_B": "dr9gkyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1513289294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513291360.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps the bug had a general plan to stay under the radar by not killing anyone at first. But being a bug he didn't put much effort in to sticking to that plan for long....", "human_ref_B": ">The first thing The Bug says is \"Place projectile weapon on the ground.\" Did a shotgun pose any threat to it? Sure it did. The Bug is big, strong, and ugly, but not invulnerable. A shotgun blast at that range would have done some serious damage.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2066.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7jugfk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Men in Black] Why did The Bug bother trying to negotiate with Edgar? The first thing The Bug says is \"Place projectile weapon on the ground.\" Did a shotgun pose any threat to it? Would it have immediately grabbed and eaten Edgar anyway if he had complied? It didn't seem to have any trouble ambushing him, and was openly bigoted towards human life, so why ask him to surrender?", "c_root_id_A": "dr9dlhb", "c_root_id_B": "dr9gkyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1513288202.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513291360.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "The Bug was most likely stunned after his crash landing. Even a being with a structure dense enough to survive that crash would be dazed right after. By the time Edgar showed up, the Bug was most likely coming out of it, he bantered with the tiny, squishy human while he gained focus so that he could attack. A quick snack, some sugar water, and a brand new Edgar-suit later the Bug was ready to hunt down the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": ">The first thing The Bug says is \"Place projectile weapon on the ground.\" Did a shotgun pose any threat to it? Sure it did. The Bug is big, strong, and ugly, but not invulnerable. A shotgun blast at that range would have done some serious damage.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3158.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7jugfk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Men in Black] Why did The Bug bother trying to negotiate with Edgar? The first thing The Bug says is \"Place projectile weapon on the ground.\" Did a shotgun pose any threat to it? Would it have immediately grabbed and eaten Edgar anyway if he had complied? It didn't seem to have any trouble ambushing him, and was openly bigoted towards human life, so why ask him to surrender?", "c_root_id_A": "dr9enqr", "c_root_id_B": "dr9mb3x", "created_at_utc_A": 1513289294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513298830.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps the bug had a general plan to stay under the radar by not killing anyone at first. But being a bug he didn't put much effort in to sticking to that plan for long....", "human_ref_B": "Even if it isn't a big threat, a weapon is still a weapon. People have died to splinters and bug bites all throughout history - there is no reason for The Bug to not try to minimize the risk of the encounter, especially if doing so is as easy as asking someone to put something down.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9536.0, "score_ratio": 1.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7jugfk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Men in Black] Why did The Bug bother trying to negotiate with Edgar? The first thing The Bug says is \"Place projectile weapon on the ground.\" Did a shotgun pose any threat to it? Would it have immediately grabbed and eaten Edgar anyway if he had complied? It didn't seem to have any trouble ambushing him, and was openly bigoted towards human life, so why ask him to surrender?", "c_root_id_A": "dr9mb3x", "c_root_id_B": "dr9dlhb", "created_at_utc_A": 1513298830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513288202.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Even if it isn't a big threat, a weapon is still a weapon. People have died to splinters and bug bites all throughout history - there is no reason for The Bug to not try to minimize the risk of the encounter, especially if doing so is as easy as asking someone to put something down.", "human_ref_B": "The Bug was most likely stunned after his crash landing. Even a being with a structure dense enough to survive that crash would be dazed right after. By the time Edgar showed up, the Bug was most likely coming out of it, he bantered with the tiny, squishy human while he gained focus so that he could attack. A quick snack, some sugar water, and a brand new Edgar-suit later the Bug was ready to hunt down the galaxy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10628.0, "score_ratio": 1.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ty94qo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Mass Effect] How does citizenship work in the Systems Alliance? What about in other interstellar governments? Like if a Turian couple migrate to Earth for work, and they have a child and live there for decades, do they get naturalised? Would they consider themselves Terran for lack of a word.", "c_root_id_A": "i3rh9hw", "c_root_id_B": "i3rnytj", "created_at_utc_A": 1649339587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649342571.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "If this is for yourself and your Turian wife you should contact your nearest embassy to find out", "human_ref_B": "Humans have only been involved in galactic politics for an extremely short time, barely even within Shepard's lifetime. It's very likely that laws concerning the citizenship of non-human species have not been written. Each individual seeking Alliance citizenship would be taken on a case-by-case basis, and the road could be long and frustrating indeed. There have been a handful of individuals who petitioned for it (Cerberus Daily News spoke of a Drell who did it), but it was far from the norm. Without being shown explicit examples otherwise, it's very easy to assume that a child born on Earth (or an Alliance-affiliated colony/station) is a citizen of the Alliance regardless of species. Although if the parents aren't human, it could be up to them to recognize it or not. Turians accept other species as official citizens of the Hierarchy, but only after years of effort serving the people. And even then, client species can only reach the lowest tiers of citizenship, of which the Turians have dozens. They would never be allowed to reach higher ranks, gain significant political power, or vote in the most critical decisions. The Asari TECHNICALLY have a single government that is represented on the Citadel Council, but they have historically and culturally been a loose confederation of multiple different republics. So laws for citizenship might be different for each one. It's possible, given that Thessia has such a low non-Asari population, that they do not allow other species to be citizens full stop. They could justify it by saying that Asari physical/biological/cultural needs are very different from other species, and they must take a very long-term view of such things. It would be unfair to write laws specific for Asari that make life difficult for shorter-lived people.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2984.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ty94qo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Mass Effect] How does citizenship work in the Systems Alliance? What about in other interstellar governments? Like if a Turian couple migrate to Earth for work, and they have a child and live there for decades, do they get naturalised? Would they consider themselves Terran for lack of a word.", "c_root_id_A": "i3ry4hq", "c_root_id_B": "i3rh9hw", "created_at_utc_A": 1649346839.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649339587.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There is a conversation overheard between a human woman and an Asari ambassador. The human woman is trying to get her daughter, who is Asari transferred to the Asari homeworld, but because her Asari wife has died the ambassador tells her there is no legal way to precede because the Human does not have the rights to have someone transferred to Thessia. While the daughter does have Asari relatives on Thessia, they are unwilling to help because they are upset that the girls mother mated with a Human. So it seems that Asari children are treated as, or only given the same rights as their living parents.", "human_ref_B": "If this is for yourself and your Turian wife you should contact your nearest embassy to find out", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7252.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74ub7l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MIB] given that Men In Black seems to be US-based, why is Zed called Zed, not Zee?", "c_root_id_A": "do15nau", "c_root_id_B": "do16ui9", "created_at_utc_A": 1507376991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507379821.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 289, "human_ref_A": "When you join the MIB, it is your senior partner who decides what your Agent Name will be (even if the organisation is small enough that you never have 26 agents you still can't always be lucky enough to find a new agent whose name starts with a letter that's not already in use). Zed just happened to be recruited by an early Canadian agent, and out of respect for the partner who showed him the ropes Zed kept to the pronunciation that they used. Probably.", "human_ref_B": "Agents don't use American or British English. They use Galactic English. That it is the same as British received pronunciation is because the royal family are lizard aliens.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2830.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74ub7l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MIB] given that Men In Black seems to be US-based, why is Zed called Zed, not Zee?", "c_root_id_A": "do18p7r", "c_root_id_B": "do15nau", "created_at_utc_A": 1507383414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507376991.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "US based does not mean all agents are US citizens. It anything it seems to have a global jurisdiction. So maybe he's from a country where it's Zed. Or he was named edward but e was already taken.", "human_ref_B": "When you join the MIB, it is your senior partner who decides what your Agent Name will be (even if the organisation is small enough that you never have 26 agents you still can't always be lucky enough to find a new agent whose name starts with a letter that's not already in use). Zed just happened to be recruited by an early Canadian agent, and out of respect for the partner who showed him the ropes Zed kept to the pronunciation that they used. Probably.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6423.0, "score_ratio": 1.0784313725, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74ub7l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MIB] given that Men In Black seems to be US-based, why is Zed called Zed, not Zee?", "c_root_id_A": "do18p7r", "c_root_id_B": "do17rvq", "created_at_utc_A": 1507383414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507381720.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "US based does not mean all agents are US citizens. It anything it seems to have a global jurisdiction. So maybe he's from a country where it's Zed. Or he was named edward but e was already taken.", "human_ref_B": "Because \"Zed\" is already a name so it flows better.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1694.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74ub7l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MIB] given that Men In Black seems to be US-based, why is Zed called Zed, not Zee?", "c_root_id_A": "do18ydl", "c_root_id_B": "do17rvq", "created_at_utc_A": 1507383863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507381720.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Like /u/mmm3says said, Zed's a real name. It's likely he took on Zed for the same reason J can still be interpreted as \"Jay\". It could've started as a nickname that became the norm.", "human_ref_B": "Because \"Zed\" is already a name so it flows better.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2143.0, "score_ratio": 2.0454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74ub7l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MIB] given that Men In Black seems to be US-based, why is Zed called Zed, not Zee?", "c_root_id_A": "do1cvjq", "c_root_id_B": "do17rvq", "created_at_utc_A": 1507389878.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507381720.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Zed is distinguishable, Zee could be misinterpreted as bee, cee, dee, gee, pee, tee, or vee if another person doesn't hear you right. Zed however is very clear. Just like how the NATO phonetic alphabet tries to prevent similar mistakes.", "human_ref_B": "Because \"Zed\" is already a name so it flows better.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8158.0, "score_ratio": 1.7727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74ub7l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MIB] given that Men In Black seems to be US-based, why is Zed called Zed, not Zee?", "c_root_id_A": "do1cvjq", "c_root_id_B": "do1aih9", "created_at_utc_A": 1507389878.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507386417.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Zed is distinguishable, Zee could be misinterpreted as bee, cee, dee, gee, pee, tee, or vee if another person doesn't hear you right. Zed however is very clear. Just like how the NATO phonetic alphabet tries to prevent similar mistakes.", "human_ref_B": "The MiB are an *Earth* organization, not just American. Some of the early members were Brits, like Agent O.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3461.0, "score_ratio": 3.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "74ub7l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MIB] given that Men In Black seems to be US-based, why is Zed called Zed, not Zee?", "c_root_id_A": "do1aih9", "c_root_id_B": "do1dibj", "created_at_utc_A": 1507386417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507390754.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "The MiB are an *Earth* organization, not just American. Some of the early members were Brits, like Agent O.", "human_ref_B": "Because they have another agent named Zee in another Sector. They also have agent Double A and Alpha. English is just a coincidence.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4337.0, "score_ratio": 1.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33xzfk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MCU] If the Chitauri army had made it past NYC, how much farther would they have gotten? Assuming that the Avengers didn't exist and that the World Security Council hadn't decided to nuke NYC, would Loki and the Chitauri have been able to take over Earth, or even the US? How effective would Earth's armies have been in repelling the invasion? Would SHIELD have been able to help?", "c_root_id_A": "cqs6tqg", "c_root_id_B": "cqps0xx", "created_at_utc_A": 1430273796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430097817.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well considering that they were unable to kill a single person in the invasion, even with explosions and grenades, it seems they were mostly trying to vandalize property. If they had been tactically interested they wouldn't have attacked New York from their Gate; they would've opened it in the desert or somewhere isolated and sent through 100% of their troops before engaging in military campaigns. They created a single point-of-failure bottleneck that not only limited their ability to deploy or maintain engagement it allowed for a much smaller force to hold back a tide of soldiers (*a la* 300); on top of the existing \"central-power\" point-of-failure that can be nuked to eliminate 100% of their troops with a single weapon. That's two critical weaknesses that would've been exploited immediately and that were also extremely easy to not expose. It would be like trying to fight a tiger by throwing your neck into his mouth. On top of that, when they engaged in hand-to-hand or small-arms fire they were capable of being taken down by B-listers using mundane weaponry and human-level skills, namely Hawkeye and Black Widow. They never used cover or human shields or any sort of ambush tactics or anything, so they were obviously unskilled as urban guerrilla fighters. If arrows and static-punches can kill their grunts, then it wouldn't have taken too many soldiers to remove them as a threat. In summary, I'm pretty sure they'd have been handled pretty quickly, since they seem incapable of even a modicum of military planning or skill at combat and they seem hellbent on increasing their chance of failure at every turn.", "human_ref_B": "The Chitauri destroy NYC, then wait for the main force of Thanos to kill everyone. Then, Odin and co. attack since Thor (somehow) convinced Odin that Thanos is evil. Then it's stalemate I guess.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 175979.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "es451pk", "c_root_id_B": "es582go", "created_at_utc_A": 1561577248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561603964.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so at least not with one throw. He had to do a couple hits against Ultron bots, and Chitaru to dismember them. And that was full force I'm sure at close range.", "human_ref_B": "He decapitated baron blood, a vampire, by throwing it so maybe", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26716.0, "score_ratio": -9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "es4bc4n", "c_root_id_B": "es582go", "created_at_utc_A": 1561581093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561603964.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I don't think the MCU shield is sharp enough. Remember in Winter Soldier that Bucky threw the shield at Steve with his steel arm and Steve caught it with his torso and hands with no damage to either. Of course Steve is stronger than the average human, but I don't think that really translates to having strong skin or anything like that.", "human_ref_B": "He decapitated baron blood, a vampire, by throwing it so maybe", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22871.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "es451pk", "c_root_id_B": "es5ntsx", "created_at_utc_A": 1561577248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561619434.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so at least not with one throw. He had to do a couple hits against Ultron bots, and Chitaru to dismember them. And that was full force I'm sure at close range.", "human_ref_B": "No doubt yes if he wanted to but he's not a killer at heart. All he would have to do would be put a bit of extra spin on that disc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42186.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "es5ntsx", "c_root_id_B": "es4bc4n", "created_at_utc_A": 1561619434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561581093.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "No doubt yes if he wanted to but he's not a killer at heart. All he would have to do would be put a bit of extra spin on that disc.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think the MCU shield is sharp enough. Remember in Winter Soldier that Bucky threw the shield at Steve with his steel arm and Steve caught it with his torso and hands with no damage to either. Of course Steve is stronger than the average human, but I don't think that really translates to having strong skin or anything like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38341.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "es6f97d", "c_root_id_B": "es451pk", "created_at_utc_A": 1561647968.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561577248.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Yep. Note that various versions of the shield have razor sharp edges or blunted ones.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think so at least not with one throw. He had to do a couple hits against Ultron bots, and Chitaru to dismember them. And that was full force I'm sure at close range.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 70720.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "es4bc4n", "c_root_id_B": "es6f97d", "created_at_utc_A": 1561581093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561647968.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think the MCU shield is sharp enough. Remember in Winter Soldier that Bucky threw the shield at Steve with his steel arm and Steve caught it with his torso and hands with no damage to either. Of course Steve is stronger than the average human, but I don't think that really translates to having strong skin or anything like that.", "human_ref_B": "Yep. Note that various versions of the shield have razor sharp edges or blunted ones.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 66875.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "es451pk", "c_root_id_B": "esg8tej", "created_at_utc_A": 1561577248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561946233.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so at least not with one throw. He had to do a couple hits against Ultron bots, and Chitaru to dismember them. And that was full force I'm sure at close range.", "human_ref_B": "He would absolutely demolish a normal human with his shield if he wanted. It would cut any human in half, quite easily. Maybe Batman's armor could stop it from going through, but the shock it generates is going to really demolish Batman's insides.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 368985.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "esg8tej", "c_root_id_B": "es4bc4n", "created_at_utc_A": 1561946233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561581093.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "He would absolutely demolish a normal human with his shield if he wanted. It would cut any human in half, quite easily. Maybe Batman's armor could stop it from going through, but the shock it generates is going to really demolish Batman's insides.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think the MCU shield is sharp enough. Remember in Winter Soldier that Bucky threw the shield at Steve with his steel arm and Steve caught it with his torso and hands with no damage to either. Of course Steve is stronger than the average human, but I don't think that really translates to having strong skin or anything like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 365140.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c5u6cs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MCU] Is Captain America strong enough to cut somebody in half by throwing his shield? I know he would probably never do it but is he capable? I'm thinking he would have no problem cutting an Outrider in half. What about Captain America from Earth-616? Has he or can he do it?", "c_root_id_A": "es451pk", "c_root_id_B": "es4bc4n", "created_at_utc_A": 1561577248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561581093.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so at least not with one throw. He had to do a couple hits against Ultron bots, and Chitaru to dismember them. And that was full force I'm sure at close range.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think the MCU shield is sharp enough. Remember in Winter Soldier that Bucky threw the shield at Steve with his steel arm and Steve caught it with his torso and hands with no damage to either. Of course Steve is stronger than the average human, but I don't think that really translates to having strong skin or anything like that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3845.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlnns0l", "c_root_id_B": "dlno0uz", "created_at_utc_A": 1502811655.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502811913.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 57, "human_ref_A": "There probably have been the occasional novice who just picked up a lightsaber, started swinging it, and accidentally chopped something off. However, these are almost always very isolated cases, most people who are trained as official Jedi or Sith aren't started off with a real lightsaber, that's what training lightsabers are for, they're similar to lightsabers, but much less powerful and can only inflict superficial wounds at best. The Sith tend to design theirs to be more painful to teach young Sith how to resist pain.", "human_ref_B": "Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Stumpiess the Gimp?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 258.0, "score_ratio": 1.3255813953, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlnrlsb", "c_root_id_B": "dlnr6pk", "created_at_utc_A": 1502815580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502815151.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "When you record history are you going to write about the industrial accident that caused someone to lose a foot or about the political machinations of two powerful rival organizations? It happens, accidents always happen even to force users but they aren't solely publicized for two reasons. One they wanna give the impression they are faultless and two is really not important.", "human_ref_B": "Training is rigorous, have you ever heard of a Clone who accidentally literally shot himself in the foot? Jedi/Sith training is several times more rigorous, and they have the Force guiding them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 429.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlnrlsb", "c_root_id_B": "dlnqk2g", "created_at_utc_A": 1502815580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502814522.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "When you record history are you going to write about the industrial accident that caused someone to lose a foot or about the political machinations of two powerful rival organizations? It happens, accidents always happen even to force users but they aren't solely publicized for two reasons. One they wanna give the impression they are faultless and two is really not important.", "human_ref_B": "They train, and can see the future.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1058.0, "score_ratio": 5.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlnqk2g", "c_root_id_B": "dlnr6pk", "created_at_utc_A": 1502814522.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502815151.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "They train, and can see the future.", "human_ref_B": "Training is rigorous, have you ever heard of a Clone who accidentally literally shot himself in the foot? Jedi/Sith training is several times more rigorous, and they have the Force guiding them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 629.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlo27nv", "c_root_id_B": "dlnqk2g", "created_at_utc_A": 1502826118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502814522.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Probably, but I doubt they would survive long enough to be worthy of such a story, and that's assuming that anyone would even mention it. I mean, if *my* apprentice accidentally lopped off his arm, I'd probably just kill him and pretend he tried to usurp me. Save us both the embarrassment.", "human_ref_B": "They train, and can see the future.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11596.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlo0rp1", "c_root_id_B": "dlo27nv", "created_at_utc_A": 1502824711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502826118.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Legends had a case that wasn't quite this, but was close. At Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy on Yavin IV, when Tenel Ka built her first lightsaber she rushed it and did a shoddy job, figuring the warrior was more important than the weapon. As a result, it failed during a training session with Jacen Solo and his blade severed her arm just below the shoulder. She could have received a prosthetic, but she opted not to as a kind of reminder of her pride and arrogance.", "human_ref_B": "Probably, but I doubt they would survive long enough to be worthy of such a story, and that's assuming that anyone would even mention it. I mean, if *my* apprentice accidentally lopped off his arm, I'd probably just kill him and pretend he tried to usurp me. Save us both the embarrassment.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1407.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlo0rp1", "c_root_id_B": "dlnwwek", "created_at_utc_A": 1502824711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502820856.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Legends had a case that wasn't quite this, but was close. At Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy on Yavin IV, when Tenel Ka built her first lightsaber she rushed it and did a shoddy job, figuring the warrior was more important than the weapon. As a result, it failed during a training session with Jacen Solo and his blade severed her arm just below the shoulder. She could have received a prosthetic, but she opted not to as a kind of reminder of her pride and arrogance.", "human_ref_B": "Those who accidentally cut off their own limbs do so before becoming either Jedi or Sith. Outside of safety training videos they are not discussed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3855.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlo0rp1", "c_root_id_B": "dlo05h9", "created_at_utc_A": 1502824711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502824089.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Legends had a case that wasn't quite this, but was close. At Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy on Yavin IV, when Tenel Ka built her first lightsaber she rushed it and did a shoddy job, figuring the warrior was more important than the weapon. As a result, it failed during a training session with Jacen Solo and his blade severed her arm just below the shoulder. She could have received a prosthetic, but she opted not to as a kind of reminder of her pride and arrogance.", "human_ref_B": "Most jedi throughout history had little need to pull out their lightsabers save for training in a sword form. I'm those situations, a low powered training saber was used to prevent accidents from being too dangerous.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 622.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlnwwek", "c_root_id_B": "dlo27nv", "created_at_utc_A": 1502820856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502826118.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Those who accidentally cut off their own limbs do so before becoming either Jedi or Sith. Outside of safety training videos they are not discussed.", "human_ref_B": "Probably, but I doubt they would survive long enough to be worthy of such a story, and that's assuming that anyone would even mention it. I mean, if *my* apprentice accidentally lopped off his arm, I'd probably just kill him and pretend he tried to usurp me. Save us both the embarrassment.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5262.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlo05h9", "c_root_id_B": "dlo27nv", "created_at_utc_A": 1502824089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502826118.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Most jedi throughout history had little need to pull out their lightsabers save for training in a sword form. I'm those situations, a low powered training saber was used to prevent accidents from being too dangerous.", "human_ref_B": "Probably, but I doubt they would survive long enough to be worthy of such a story, and that's assuming that anyone would even mention it. I mean, if *my* apprentice accidentally lopped off his arm, I'd probably just kill him and pretend he tried to usurp me. Save us both the embarrassment.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2029.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlo46jq", "c_root_id_B": "dlnwwek", "created_at_utc_A": 1502828068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502820856.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "History is often written through a filter, or lens, so it stands to reason the Jedi and Sith wouldn't chronicle their most embarrassing mistakes, but merely each other's mistakes. If one side never learns of the other's mistake, then it's omitted from history.", "human_ref_B": "Those who accidentally cut off their own limbs do so before becoming either Jedi or Sith. Outside of safety training videos they are not discussed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7212.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6tutzm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] How is it that in the entire history of Jedi and Sith that no Jedi or Sith has ever accidentally cut their own limb off with a lightsaber? In the thousands of years and tens of thousands (at least) of force users, I have never heard of a story, canon, legends, or EU where this has happened. Force premonition/reflexes or not, surely this must have happened at least ONCE.", "c_root_id_A": "dlo46jq", "c_root_id_B": "dlo05h9", "created_at_utc_A": 1502828068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502824089.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "History is often written through a filter, or lens, so it stands to reason the Jedi and Sith wouldn't chronicle their most embarrassing mistakes, but merely each other's mistakes. If one side never learns of the other's mistake, then it's omitted from history.", "human_ref_B": "Most jedi throughout history had little need to pull out their lightsabers save for training in a sword form. I'm those situations, a low powered training saber was used to prevent accidents from being too dangerous.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3979.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lel13", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Following on from the discussion about teaching Vapaad style to Anakin, what if he had originally been found by and paired with Mace Windu from the beginning? How might be have developed differently as his Padawan instead?", "c_root_id_A": "d3mpght", "c_root_id_B": "d3mpex7", "created_at_utc_A": 1464414602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464414479.0, "score_A": 173, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "This comment has been overwritten by an open source script to protect this user's privacy. It was created to help protect users from doxing, stalking, harassment, and profiling for the purposes of censorship. If you would also like to protect yourself, add the Chrome extension TamperMonkey, or the Firefox extension GreaseMonkey and add this open source script. Then simply click on your username on Reddit, go to the comments tab, scroll down as far as possible (hint:use RES), and hit the new OVERWRITE button at the top.", "human_ref_B": "This is probably a shit answer but I think under Master Windu, Anakin would either be exactly the same or a complete 180. Obi-won is pretty level headed and calm and even under his guidance Anakin grew up to be an antsy little shit so maybe Maces immense self control out of combat wouldn't have helped and he'd end up the same. On the other hand Mace has extensive experience with letting his dark emotions take charge (albeit only in combat) and still had the discipline to not fall to the dark side so if he had have gotten Anakin from the start he should have been able to drive some of that discipline into him and turned him around. Needless to say in that hypothetical situation Anakin's power with Mace Windu's discipline and a Vapaad would have been damn strong", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 123.0, "score_ratio": 24.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lel13", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Following on from the discussion about teaching Vapaad style to Anakin, what if he had originally been found by and paired with Mace Windu from the beginning? How might be have developed differently as his Padawan instead?", "c_root_id_A": "d3mpk3q", "c_root_id_B": "d3mpex7", "created_at_utc_A": 1464414883.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464414479.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He would certainly be more disciplined. Mace Windu doesn't play games and shares little to none of Obi Wans eccentricities. In my honest opinion the two would probably make a poor pairing since they seem to have very opposing personalities whereas Obi Wan, although very different, is at least compatible with Anakin. Assuming they formed a bond born from raw respect of each others undeniable talent and skill I could see a much more focused Skywalker who is able to acknowledge the dark side within himself without succumbing to its power.", "human_ref_B": "This is probably a shit answer but I think under Master Windu, Anakin would either be exactly the same or a complete 180. Obi-won is pretty level headed and calm and even under his guidance Anakin grew up to be an antsy little shit so maybe Maces immense self control out of combat wouldn't have helped and he'd end up the same. On the other hand Mace has extensive experience with letting his dark emotions take charge (albeit only in combat) and still had the discipline to not fall to the dark side so if he had have gotten Anakin from the start he should have been able to drive some of that discipline into him and turned him around. Needless to say in that hypothetical situation Anakin's power with Mace Windu's discipline and a Vapaad would have been damn strong", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 404.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lel13", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Following on from the discussion about teaching Vapaad style to Anakin, what if he had originally been found by and paired with Mace Windu from the beginning? How might be have developed differently as his Padawan instead?", "c_root_id_A": "d3mpex7", "c_root_id_B": "d3mtxbz", "created_at_utc_A": 1464414479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464431282.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "This is probably a shit answer but I think under Master Windu, Anakin would either be exactly the same or a complete 180. Obi-won is pretty level headed and calm and even under his guidance Anakin grew up to be an antsy little shit so maybe Maces immense self control out of combat wouldn't have helped and he'd end up the same. On the other hand Mace has extensive experience with letting his dark emotions take charge (albeit only in combat) and still had the discipline to not fall to the dark side so if he had have gotten Anakin from the start he should have been able to drive some of that discipline into him and turned him around. Needless to say in that hypothetical situation Anakin's power with Mace Windu's discipline and a Vapaad would have been damn strong", "human_ref_B": "I believe in legends Maces one (and only?) padawan turned to the dark side. So there is a real chance he would hasten anakins fall so he may turn to the dark side when he was younger and less powerful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16803.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lel13", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Following on from the discussion about teaching Vapaad style to Anakin, what if he had originally been found by and paired with Mace Windu from the beginning? How might be have developed differently as his Padawan instead?", "c_root_id_A": "d3mtxck", "c_root_id_B": "d3mu48l", "created_at_utc_A": 1464431284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464432076.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Hi. I just came back from a universe where that's how it plays out in the movies. It's different but the same. Instead of order 66 and that god awful clone movie, we got a four hour long feature of Anakin chopping up all the Jedi left and right through sheer bad-assery. It's still the top grossing movie in theaters.", "human_ref_B": "Regardless of who was training Anakin, Sidious was still pulling his strings. His ultimate desire was to have an apprentice that was more powerful than Douku. Despite all the Jedi's involvement in the story arc, the Clone Wars happened, and the Republic fell. I think Anakin was doomed from the moment he was taken off of Tatooine to become Vader.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 792.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lel13", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Following on from the discussion about teaching Vapaad style to Anakin, what if he had originally been found by and paired with Mace Windu from the beginning? How might be have developed differently as his Padawan instead?", "c_root_id_A": "d3n30ft", "c_root_id_B": "d3mtxck", "created_at_utc_A": 1464453648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464431284.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "**The Force, bantha-fuckah, do you feel it**?", "human_ref_B": "Hi. I just came back from a universe where that's how it plays out in the movies. It's different but the same. Instead of order 66 and that god awful clone movie, we got a four hour long feature of Anakin chopping up all the Jedi left and right through sheer bad-assery. It's still the top grossing movie in theaters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22364.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iirdou", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens if Anakin wasn\u2019t found by Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan? Does he just love his life as a slave never knowing about the power inside him? Or does he eventually realize he has a connection to the force?", "c_root_id_A": "g3au2h8", "c_root_id_B": "g397va8", "created_at_utc_A": 1598745292.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598719605.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": ">Does he just live his life as a slave Oh fuck no. He's already working on a way to escape at 9. Whether or not he brutally murders Watto afterwards depends entirely on whether Shmi is still alive. With this background, and his passive Force abilities, he quickly gets around to making money as a thief, conman, and gun for hire. By the time of AotC, he's working as a bounty hunter with occasional smuggling jobs on the side. (For your own good, don't ask him to smuggle slaves.)", "human_ref_B": "He would've grown to hate his life as a slave and became clouded with the dark side. Then at some point Darth Sidious would have picked up on such energy through the force and located him. With that, he wouldn't have become Darth Vader. But just Anakin as a sith.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25687.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iirdou", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens if Anakin wasn\u2019t found by Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan? Does he just love his life as a slave never knowing about the power inside him? Or does he eventually realize he has a connection to the force?", "c_root_id_A": "g3au2h8", "c_root_id_B": "g39w63n", "created_at_utc_A": 1598745292.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598730657.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": ">Does he just live his life as a slave Oh fuck no. He's already working on a way to escape at 9. Whether or not he brutally murders Watto afterwards depends entirely on whether Shmi is still alive. With this background, and his passive Force abilities, he quickly gets around to making money as a thief, conman, and gun for hire. By the time of AotC, he's working as a bounty hunter with occasional smuggling jobs on the side. (For your own good, don't ask him to smuggle slaves.)", "human_ref_B": "The story would go a lot differently.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14635.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iirdou", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens if Anakin wasn\u2019t found by Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan? Does he just love his life as a slave never knowing about the power inside him? Or does he eventually realize he has a connection to the force?", "c_root_id_A": "g3a5u40", "c_root_id_B": "g3au2h8", "created_at_utc_A": 1598734641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598745292.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "he prolly would have gained some force power and used it to benefit himself some how. doubt he would have become an all-out space emperor of evil. that's where the prequels suck so hard. they show that everyone who was cool in the first movies is actually a major fuckup. If evil!mee-sa has been fleshed out, at least there would have been an antagonist pushing the evil plan ahead, instead of just \"qui-gon made a mistake\".", "human_ref_B": ">Does he just live his life as a slave Oh fuck no. He's already working on a way to escape at 9. Whether or not he brutally murders Watto afterwards depends entirely on whether Shmi is still alive. With this background, and his passive Force abilities, he quickly gets around to making money as a thief, conman, and gun for hire. By the time of AotC, he's working as a bounty hunter with occasional smuggling jobs on the side. (For your own good, don't ask him to smuggle slaves.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10651.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iirdou", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens if Anakin wasn\u2019t found by Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan? Does he just love his life as a slave never knowing about the power inside him? Or does he eventually realize he has a connection to the force?", "c_root_id_A": "g3b860j", "c_root_id_B": "g39w63n", "created_at_utc_A": 1598753477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598730657.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine finds him and raises him as a Sith. Anakin never has kids, order 66 fires off without a hitch and there's no Luke to bring Anakin back around. The galaxy is screwed. New comics canon has confirmed that Anakin was created using the dark side of the force as alluded to in Palpatine's story of Darth Plageius. It isn't 100% clear which one of the two did it but either way Palpatine knew he existed before Qui-Gon found him and either already knew where he was or would have found him eventually.", "human_ref_B": "The story would go a lot differently.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22820.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iirdou", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens if Anakin wasn\u2019t found by Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan? Does he just love his life as a slave never knowing about the power inside him? Or does he eventually realize he has a connection to the force?", "c_root_id_A": "g3b860j", "c_root_id_B": "g3a5u40", "created_at_utc_A": 1598753477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598734641.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine finds him and raises him as a Sith. Anakin never has kids, order 66 fires off without a hitch and there's no Luke to bring Anakin back around. The galaxy is screwed. New comics canon has confirmed that Anakin was created using the dark side of the force as alluded to in Palpatine's story of Darth Plageius. It isn't 100% clear which one of the two did it but either way Palpatine knew he existed before Qui-Gon found him and either already knew where he was or would have found him eventually.", "human_ref_B": "he prolly would have gained some force power and used it to benefit himself some how. doubt he would have become an all-out space emperor of evil. that's where the prequels suck so hard. they show that everyone who was cool in the first movies is actually a major fuckup. If evil!mee-sa has been fleshed out, at least there would have been an antagonist pushing the evil plan ahead, instead of just \"qui-gon made a mistake\".", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18836.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7naoja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "Lego Batman] Why does the Ultimate Batmobile have so many guns? [That's a lot of guns for someone who hates guns.", "c_root_id_A": "ds0bxjr", "c_root_id_B": "ds0d2gz", "created_at_utc_A": 1514751491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514752855.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "I don't know about you, but when *I* played with legos I strapped guns into every available blank surface.", "human_ref_B": "Rubber bullets. Honest.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1364.0, "score_ratio": 1.1176470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7naoja", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "Lego Batman] Why does the Ultimate Batmobile have so many guns? [That's a lot of guns for someone who hates guns.", "c_root_id_A": "ds0m34y", "c_root_id_B": "ds0odae", "created_at_utc_A": 1514763600.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514766378.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Projectile turrets that stun and are not lethal are for in Batman's book. They're also mini-subwoofers that launch music-blasting studs.", "human_ref_B": "It's called the Ultimate Batmobile, not the Average Batmobile for Catching Pickpockets. Sometimes Batman has to bust open the sci-fi closet and fight giant monsters or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2778.0, "score_ratio": 2.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sr4q3i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[DC] Why is Mr Mxy(a nearly omnipotent being) so interested in Superman?", "c_root_id_A": "hwpn87e", "c_root_id_B": "hwpp79c", "created_at_utc_A": 1644710195.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644711062.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "because superman occasionally beats him at his games meaning he isn't as good as he thinks he is.", "human_ref_B": "Part of that near omnipotence is that Mxy has fucked with a lot of different people across a lot of different dimensions. Sometimes they can beat him, or he gets pulled away for something else. But most of the time? They lose, and they lose *bad*. Now Superman, he might not be all that compared to some of the other guys. But to Mxy? He\u2019s the one nut who won\u2019t crack, who always finds a way to beat him. Hell, when Emperor Joker took his power and was going to send the universe to the great beyond and then some, Superman saved the day. Mxy\u2019s never met anyone like him, and he wants to see what makes this guy so special.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 867.0, "score_ratio": 1.9444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sr4q3i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[DC] Why is Mr Mxy(a nearly omnipotent being) so interested in Superman?", "c_root_id_A": "hwpstk2", "c_root_id_B": "hwpn87e", "created_at_utc_A": 1644712697.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644710195.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Simply put, Superman is a fun project. He's very consistent in his reactions even when it's detrimental to him, and he always finds inventive new ways to win against Mr. Mxy. That's very alluring in a universe that has grown so easy to mess around with. Superman is the unmovable object and Myx is the unstoppable force. And somehow Superman keeps winning. It's half good fun, half actual obsession.", "human_ref_B": "because superman occasionally beats him at his games meaning he isn't as good as he thinks he is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2502.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sr4q3i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[DC] Why is Mr Mxy(a nearly omnipotent being) so interested in Superman?", "c_root_id_A": "hwrb718", "c_root_id_B": "hwrgrwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1644743137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644747503.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "superman is the most important moral in the multiverse, so much that it restructures around him a bit. who else would he be interested in? also, its fun. he likes making superman feel like the weak one for once", "human_ref_B": "Because *how the hell does Superman get Mxy to say \u201cKltpzyxm\u201d so often??*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4366.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uakpeo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[futurama] so is there a reason nobody has tried to kill robot Santa clause? Yeah old nick is a tough bastard to be sure with an arsenal to match, but he\u2019s not invulnerable; he\u2019s still just a robot at his core and was overwhelmed by a 1000 year old idiot, a one-eyed mutant, and a drunken robot with kleptomaniac tendencies on one occasion which proves he isn\u2019t unbeatable. With the threat he poses to the general populace every Christmas you can\u2019t honest tell me NOBODY has ever tried to put the big guy down at least once unless there was some sort of reason.", "c_root_id_A": "i5yf8je", "c_root_id_B": "i5yesp6", "created_at_utc_A": 1650768991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650768753.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Planet Express crew once managed to trap him in ice and took it onto themselves to return the Christmas we know, however it failed because people in the year 3000 are just so used to the carnage that they find it weird not to be attacked around Christmas. So it's basically a culture thing.", "human_ref_B": "Oh my yes...even with logic paradoxes, but Robot Santa possesses built-in paradox crumple zones!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 238.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uakpeo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[futurama] so is there a reason nobody has tried to kill robot Santa clause? Yeah old nick is a tough bastard to be sure with an arsenal to match, but he\u2019s not invulnerable; he\u2019s still just a robot at his core and was overwhelmed by a 1000 year old idiot, a one-eyed mutant, and a drunken robot with kleptomaniac tendencies on one occasion which proves he isn\u2019t unbeatable. With the threat he poses to the general populace every Christmas you can\u2019t honest tell me NOBODY has ever tried to put the big guy down at least once unless there was some sort of reason.", "c_root_id_A": "i5yesp6", "c_root_id_B": "i5yoodr", "created_at_utc_A": 1650768753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650774228.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Oh my yes...even with logic paradoxes, but Robot Santa possesses built-in paradox crumple zones!", "human_ref_B": "I mean, they've clearly TRIED. i remember an episode where bender fills in for robo clause and everytime he tried to visit a house to deliver presents, the residents of said house attempted to kill him. robots are pretty damn hard to kill.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5475.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sl1qqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] How does Spiderman stick to walls through shoes? From what I understand Spidey has tiny hooked hair that allow him to climb flat surfaces and I can suspend my disbelief to the point that his gloves are fine enough for the ones on his fingers to still work but I cannot think how they would work through the soles of his shoes.", "c_root_id_A": "hvodasq", "c_root_id_B": "hvobnnn", "created_at_utc_A": 1644049477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644048249.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The hairs thing is actually in the minority of how their powers work. Spider-Man's ability to cling to surfaces is closer to his Spider-Sense where it a massive exaggeration of what spiders can do. Wall crawling is more about creating attractive forces between Peter and whatever he is clinging to. He's essentially creating molecular bonds between himself and that surface in order to stick to things. Which is why he can often be shown wearing relatively thick shoes. The power comes from his skin but isn't limited to it. This also why it can have the most absurd adaptations like Kaine's burning mark or Mayday Parker who can stick other people to surfaces sort of like magnetism (another force wall crawling has been compared to), something she claims the rest could probably do to if they tried.", "human_ref_B": "The answer is that his superhero shoes are indeed thin enough (it's not like he needs to worry about damaging his invulnerable feet) In most cases where he's wallcrawling in civilian clothes, he simply goes barefoot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1228.0, "score_ratio": 39000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sl1qqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] How does Spiderman stick to walls through shoes? From what I understand Spidey has tiny hooked hair that allow him to climb flat surfaces and I can suspend my disbelief to the point that his gloves are fine enough for the ones on his fingers to still work but I cannot think how they would work through the soles of his shoes.", "c_root_id_A": "hvois6f", "c_root_id_B": "hvobnnn", "created_at_utc_A": 1644053803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644048249.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Only the Toby movies have those small hairs. All other spiderman (and probably Toby too) use van det vaals forces to stick to things, same as spiders. Tobys hairs probably help with that", "human_ref_B": "The answer is that his superhero shoes are indeed thin enough (it's not like he needs to worry about damaging his invulnerable feet) In most cases where he's wallcrawling in civilian clothes, he simply goes barefoot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5554.0, "score_ratio": 29000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sl1qqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] How does Spiderman stick to walls through shoes? From what I understand Spidey has tiny hooked hair that allow him to climb flat surfaces and I can suspend my disbelief to the point that his gloves are fine enough for the ones on his fingers to still work but I cannot think how they would work through the soles of his shoes.", "c_root_id_A": "hvom4j7", "c_root_id_B": "hvobnnn", "created_at_utc_A": 1644056484.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644048249.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The hairs are a Raimiverse thing. In the comics and most other adaptations he has a subconscious control over electrostatic force. He can use it all over his body, but it\u2019s especially concentrated at his hands and feet.", "human_ref_B": "The answer is that his superhero shoes are indeed thin enough (it's not like he needs to worry about damaging his invulnerable feet) In most cases where he's wallcrawling in civilian clothes, he simply goes barefoot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8235.0, "score_ratio": 8000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sl1qqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] How does Spiderman stick to walls through shoes? From what I understand Spidey has tiny hooked hair that allow him to climb flat surfaces and I can suspend my disbelief to the point that his gloves are fine enough for the ones on his fingers to still work but I cannot think how they would work through the soles of his shoes.", "c_root_id_A": "hvqb2xm", "c_root_id_B": "hvobnnn", "created_at_utc_A": 1644088168.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644048249.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The hairs are a Raimi thing. In most other versions he can control electrostatic forces", "human_ref_B": "The answer is that his superhero shoes are indeed thin enough (it's not like he needs to worry about damaging his invulnerable feet) In most cases where he's wallcrawling in civilian clothes, he simply goes barefoot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 39919.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sl1qqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] How does Spiderman stick to walls through shoes? From what I understand Spidey has tiny hooked hair that allow him to climb flat surfaces and I can suspend my disbelief to the point that his gloves are fine enough for the ones on his fingers to still work but I cannot think how they would work through the soles of his shoes.", "c_root_id_A": "hvobnnn", "c_root_id_B": "hvsdkig", "created_at_utc_A": 1644048249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644133820.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The answer is that his superhero shoes are indeed thin enough (it's not like he needs to worry about damaging his invulnerable feet) In most cases where he's wallcrawling in civilian clothes, he simply goes barefoot.", "human_ref_B": "Because science has a great video on exactly this in which he suggested that peter uses carbon nanotubes on his boots and gloves to stick to surfaces", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 85571.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mf0xgd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MONSTERS INC] did Boo go missing in the human world for a whole day? So we learn during the scare scene that the monsters world is on the same time-frame as the real world meaning that an hour in monster world is an hour in the real world Does this mean that Boo was missing for a whole day and her parents would have been frantically searching for her?", "c_root_id_A": "gsl5zt8", "c_root_id_B": "gsl4x0j", "created_at_utc_A": 1616946068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616945553.0, "score_A": 237, "score_B": 143, "human_ref_A": "Presumably, yes. I'm afraid there's not really a more detailed answer. Yes, she did go missing in the human world.", "human_ref_B": "you've answered your own question - you say we learn that an hour in our world is an hour in theirs, so a week is a week", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 515.0, "score_ratio": 1.6573426573, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mf0xgd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MONSTERS INC] did Boo go missing in the human world for a whole day? So we learn during the scare scene that the monsters world is on the same time-frame as the real world meaning that an hour in monster world is an hour in the real world Does this mean that Boo was missing for a whole day and her parents would have been frantically searching for her?", "c_root_id_A": "gsl5zt8", "c_root_id_B": "gsl4say", "created_at_utc_A": 1616946068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616945488.0, "score_A": 237, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "Presumably, yes. I'm afraid there's not really a more detailed answer. Yes, she did go missing in the human world.", "human_ref_B": "There is that pixar theory, that says Monster INC is set in an apocalyptic time (from our view) and the Human World is not another world but the past. So The Monsters travel through time when they walk through the Door. Consider that, the time in our world (the past) is the same when boo came back, if the time machine puts boo back in that time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 580.0, "score_ratio": 5.925, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mf0xgd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MONSTERS INC] did Boo go missing in the human world for a whole day? So we learn during the scare scene that the monsters world is on the same time-frame as the real world meaning that an hour in monster world is an hour in the real world Does this mean that Boo was missing for a whole day and her parents would have been frantically searching for her?", "c_root_id_A": "gsl55up", "c_root_id_B": "gsl5zt8", "created_at_utc_A": 1616945672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616946068.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 237, "human_ref_A": "I don't think they run on the same time frame, because it always seems night in the human world. So I think the HW runs slower than the MW. That means that while Boo is in the MW it was still the same night in the HW meaning she was never missing. For example when her door is open it is always night, half the time we see the door it is night in the MW and HW meaning they don't run on the same time frame. The other half of the time we see the door open it is still night in HW but day in the MW. When ever they open the door while on the scare floor it is still night in HW We also see this in MU when Mike is trying to prove he is scary. It is night when he goes to the camp and night in the MW because it was right after the scare games. So this means they don't run in the same time and Boo never went missing.", "human_ref_B": "Presumably, yes. I'm afraid there's not really a more detailed answer. Yes, she did go missing in the human world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 396.0, "score_ratio": 14.8125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mf0xgd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MONSTERS INC] did Boo go missing in the human world for a whole day? So we learn during the scare scene that the monsters world is on the same time-frame as the real world meaning that an hour in monster world is an hour in the real world Does this mean that Boo was missing for a whole day and her parents would have been frantically searching for her?", "c_root_id_A": "gsl4x0j", "c_root_id_B": "gsl4say", "created_at_utc_A": 1616945553.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616945488.0, "score_A": 143, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "you've answered your own question - you say we learn that an hour in our world is an hour in theirs, so a week is a week", "human_ref_B": "There is that pixar theory, that says Monster INC is set in an apocalyptic time (from our view) and the Human World is not another world but the past. So The Monsters travel through time when they walk through the Door. Consider that, the time in our world (the past) is the same when boo came back, if the time machine puts boo back in that time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 65.0, "score_ratio": 3.575, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mf0xgd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MONSTERS INC] did Boo go missing in the human world for a whole day? So we learn during the scare scene that the monsters world is on the same time-frame as the real world meaning that an hour in monster world is an hour in the real world Does this mean that Boo was missing for a whole day and her parents would have been frantically searching for her?", "c_root_id_A": "gsm4wwa", "c_root_id_B": "gsl4say", "created_at_utc_A": 1616962680.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616945488.0, "score_A": 94, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "Yes. And I think when Sully returned Boo, it was night. Perhaps the house was empty because her parents were out, searching for her with the police. That's why nobody interrupted the goodbye scene and when her parents returned, they saw Boo in her bedroom. And hugged her, relieved. On a side note. Sometimes I wish that Pixar would showed us instead in Monsters University how the doors worked.", "human_ref_B": "There is that pixar theory, that says Monster INC is set in an apocalyptic time (from our view) and the Human World is not another world but the past. So The Monsters travel through time when they walk through the Door. Consider that, the time in our world (the past) is the same when boo came back, if the time machine puts boo back in that time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17192.0, "score_ratio": 2.35, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mf0xgd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[MONSTERS INC] did Boo go missing in the human world for a whole day? So we learn during the scare scene that the monsters world is on the same time-frame as the real world meaning that an hour in monster world is an hour in the real world Does this mean that Boo was missing for a whole day and her parents would have been frantically searching for her?", "c_root_id_A": "gsl55up", "c_root_id_B": "gsm4wwa", "created_at_utc_A": 1616945672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616962680.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 94, "human_ref_A": "I don't think they run on the same time frame, because it always seems night in the human world. So I think the HW runs slower than the MW. That means that while Boo is in the MW it was still the same night in the HW meaning she was never missing. For example when her door is open it is always night, half the time we see the door it is night in the MW and HW meaning they don't run on the same time frame. The other half of the time we see the door open it is still night in HW but day in the MW. When ever they open the door while on the scare floor it is still night in HW We also see this in MU when Mike is trying to prove he is scary. It is night when he goes to the camp and night in the MW because it was right after the scare games. So this means they don't run in the same time and Boo never went missing.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. And I think when Sully returned Boo, it was night. Perhaps the house was empty because her parents were out, searching for her with the police. That's why nobody interrupted the goodbye scene and when her parents returned, they saw Boo in her bedroom. And hugged her, relieved. On a side note. Sometimes I wish that Pixar would showed us instead in Monsters University how the doors worked.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17008.0, "score_ratio": 5.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m6gvw3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Monsters Inc] Why are Mike and Sully allowed to get away with extrajudicially banishing Randall? Why the fuck is banishment even a punishment in the monster world? This always bugged me every time I watched Monsters Inc but like Mike and Sully straight up banish Randall, there's no due process at all, like yeah he did try to kill them and take Boo to the scream extractor, and he did help banish Mike and Sully earlier, but it doesn't make it right. He should face justice. When he got banished he got mistaken for an alligator and knocked out with a shovel. From the accents the place he got banished to is probably the American south, and they eat gator down there lol Getting killed and eaten is not justice. But even if that didn't happen, banishing Randall makes no sense, he can literally turn invisible! Like so what if the door he got thrown out is destroyed, all he has to do is find another human settlement, find kids, find another door, and wait. It didn't take long for Mike and Sully to come back after being banished, it would probably be a breeze for a monster like Randall. He could probably sneak back, leave Monstroplis and just chill wherever, it's not like anyone would specifically be looking for him. And banishing as a whole is pretty messed, throwing someone into the human world, cutting them off from their friends, family, fellow monsters and expecting them to survive in a strange land and never ever come back is just so many levels of fucked up. And add on top of that crazy humans trying to hunt you down (iirc Bigfoot was mentioned as banished) it sounds like a nightmare. That's not justice, hell, even as retribution it goes way too far and I would never want to wish that upon anyone. Yet it appears to be an accepted punishment in the Monster world, the Abominable Snowman is banished for mail tampering (implied at the end of Monsters University) and to be fair, that's a federal offense in the human world, but banishment is extremely immoral, there's a reason it's no longer a thing in the human world. Yeah, the monster world thinks scaring children is good for generating power so they're already operating on some dubious ethics, but banishing another monster to what is basically another dimension isn't right, and also doesn't make sense. Imagine if the human world discovered the existence of monsters, that puts the entire monster world in jeopardy.", "c_root_id_A": "gr67cip", "c_root_id_B": "gr6xx47", "created_at_utc_A": 1615932135.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615945851.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Apex predator must taste delicious. I don't think they were allowed to do so, for all we know they're under investigation in the outro after surveillance tapes revealed the event. As for why, maybe it's to foster fear of monsters in the human world? Pretend it's out of their \"humanity\" but really make something useful out of the criminal.", "human_ref_B": "Mike and Sully got lucky with the Himalayan village and the door there, as they remembered that was one of the doors in the rotation in the night. Not every kid gets a visit every night, and considering how remote Randall and Mike/Scully's banishment are, the odds of finding one were/are extremely remote. Also consider that Randall was immediately beaten up by the rural trailer couple, and presumably sold as an \"exotic gator\" to the nearby circus. I don't think the humans, clueless as they are, will find anything odd about this. Weird things like color changing reptiles with an extra couple limbs, furry snow dwelling hominids, and other cryptids are perfectly normal and happen all the time in the human world without the intervention of monsters. A few monsters showing up won't be out of place, tbh, especially in very rural areas where human cryptid reports are rarely believed in the first place. Or they could just live in New York or San Fransisco and not even stand out in the middle of a crowded street. From what has been shown to us of the monster world, most the time monsters tend to have a mostly peaceful society, with very little in the way of crime. The only times people get banished are for invasions of privacy via the mail service, or other federal crimes like kidnapping across dimensional lines or illegal energy harvesting. They don't seem to have a death penalty nor a prison, thus indicating that they don't seem to have a need for them. Their crime punishment needs appear to be met easily and entirely by the not entirely common banishment to the human world. The fear of banishment to the human world seems to be a good enough deterrent. Concerning toxicity of children: the elites/Child Detection Agency appear to be aware that they are propagating a hoax for the protection of both worlds. The toxicity myth prevents monsters from abusing the energy stored within children, and serves as a deterrent for those willing to do crimes. This is shown mostly by Number One's actions, as she holds absolutely no fear holding Boo, among her other actions. Concerning the cases of extrajudicial banishment, these all took place in locations with easy and plentiful access to Doors, and committed as a part of another crime. Like they say: in for a penny, in for a pound! Federal mail tampering is illegal and earns banishment", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13716.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m6gvw3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Monsters Inc] Why are Mike and Sully allowed to get away with extrajudicially banishing Randall? Why the fuck is banishment even a punishment in the monster world? This always bugged me every time I watched Monsters Inc but like Mike and Sully straight up banish Randall, there's no due process at all, like yeah he did try to kill them and take Boo to the scream extractor, and he did help banish Mike and Sully earlier, but it doesn't make it right. He should face justice. When he got banished he got mistaken for an alligator and knocked out with a shovel. From the accents the place he got banished to is probably the American south, and they eat gator down there lol Getting killed and eaten is not justice. But even if that didn't happen, banishing Randall makes no sense, he can literally turn invisible! Like so what if the door he got thrown out is destroyed, all he has to do is find another human settlement, find kids, find another door, and wait. It didn't take long for Mike and Sully to come back after being banished, it would probably be a breeze for a monster like Randall. He could probably sneak back, leave Monstroplis and just chill wherever, it's not like anyone would specifically be looking for him. And banishing as a whole is pretty messed, throwing someone into the human world, cutting them off from their friends, family, fellow monsters and expecting them to survive in a strange land and never ever come back is just so many levels of fucked up. And add on top of that crazy humans trying to hunt you down (iirc Bigfoot was mentioned as banished) it sounds like a nightmare. That's not justice, hell, even as retribution it goes way too far and I would never want to wish that upon anyone. Yet it appears to be an accepted punishment in the Monster world, the Abominable Snowman is banished for mail tampering (implied at the end of Monsters University) and to be fair, that's a federal offense in the human world, but banishment is extremely immoral, there's a reason it's no longer a thing in the human world. Yeah, the monster world thinks scaring children is good for generating power so they're already operating on some dubious ethics, but banishing another monster to what is basically another dimension isn't right, and also doesn't make sense. Imagine if the human world discovered the existence of monsters, that puts the entire monster world in jeopardy.", "c_root_id_A": "gr8csc7", "c_root_id_B": "gr67cip", "created_at_utc_A": 1615985571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615932135.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Officially, they didn't do any banishing. At the end Roz, in her role of head of the CDA tells them that, \"This never happened.\" So consider it a top down government cover up.", "human_ref_B": "Apex predator must taste delicious. I don't think they were allowed to do so, for all we know they're under investigation in the outro after surveillance tapes revealed the event. As for why, maybe it's to foster fear of monsters in the human world? Pretend it's out of their \"humanity\" but really make something useful out of the criminal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 53436.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m6gvw3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Monsters Inc] Why are Mike and Sully allowed to get away with extrajudicially banishing Randall? Why the fuck is banishment even a punishment in the monster world? This always bugged me every time I watched Monsters Inc but like Mike and Sully straight up banish Randall, there's no due process at all, like yeah he did try to kill them and take Boo to the scream extractor, and he did help banish Mike and Sully earlier, but it doesn't make it right. He should face justice. When he got banished he got mistaken for an alligator and knocked out with a shovel. From the accents the place he got banished to is probably the American south, and they eat gator down there lol Getting killed and eaten is not justice. But even if that didn't happen, banishing Randall makes no sense, he can literally turn invisible! Like so what if the door he got thrown out is destroyed, all he has to do is find another human settlement, find kids, find another door, and wait. It didn't take long for Mike and Sully to come back after being banished, it would probably be a breeze for a monster like Randall. He could probably sneak back, leave Monstroplis and just chill wherever, it's not like anyone would specifically be looking for him. And banishing as a whole is pretty messed, throwing someone into the human world, cutting them off from their friends, family, fellow monsters and expecting them to survive in a strange land and never ever come back is just so many levels of fucked up. And add on top of that crazy humans trying to hunt you down (iirc Bigfoot was mentioned as banished) it sounds like a nightmare. That's not justice, hell, even as retribution it goes way too far and I would never want to wish that upon anyone. Yet it appears to be an accepted punishment in the Monster world, the Abominable Snowman is banished for mail tampering (implied at the end of Monsters University) and to be fair, that's a federal offense in the human world, but banishment is extremely immoral, there's a reason it's no longer a thing in the human world. Yeah, the monster world thinks scaring children is good for generating power so they're already operating on some dubious ethics, but banishing another monster to what is basically another dimension isn't right, and also doesn't make sense. Imagine if the human world discovered the existence of monsters, that puts the entire monster world in jeopardy.", "c_root_id_A": "gr8csc7", "c_root_id_B": "gr6xx47", "created_at_utc_A": 1615985571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615945851.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Officially, they didn't do any banishing. At the end Roz, in her role of head of the CDA tells them that, \"This never happened.\" So consider it a top down government cover up.", "human_ref_B": "Mike and Sully got lucky with the Himalayan village and the door there, as they remembered that was one of the doors in the rotation in the night. Not every kid gets a visit every night, and considering how remote Randall and Mike/Scully's banishment are, the odds of finding one were/are extremely remote. Also consider that Randall was immediately beaten up by the rural trailer couple, and presumably sold as an \"exotic gator\" to the nearby circus. I don't think the humans, clueless as they are, will find anything odd about this. Weird things like color changing reptiles with an extra couple limbs, furry snow dwelling hominids, and other cryptids are perfectly normal and happen all the time in the human world without the intervention of monsters. A few monsters showing up won't be out of place, tbh, especially in very rural areas where human cryptid reports are rarely believed in the first place. Or they could just live in New York or San Fransisco and not even stand out in the middle of a crowded street. From what has been shown to us of the monster world, most the time monsters tend to have a mostly peaceful society, with very little in the way of crime. The only times people get banished are for invasions of privacy via the mail service, or other federal crimes like kidnapping across dimensional lines or illegal energy harvesting. They don't seem to have a death penalty nor a prison, thus indicating that they don't seem to have a need for them. Their crime punishment needs appear to be met easily and entirely by the not entirely common banishment to the human world. The fear of banishment to the human world seems to be a good enough deterrent. Concerning toxicity of children: the elites/Child Detection Agency appear to be aware that they are propagating a hoax for the protection of both worlds. The toxicity myth prevents monsters from abusing the energy stored within children, and serves as a deterrent for those willing to do crimes. This is shown mostly by Number One's actions, as she holds absolutely no fear holding Boo, among her other actions. Concerning the cases of extrajudicial banishment, these all took place in locations with easy and plentiful access to Doors, and committed as a part of another crime. Like they say: in for a penny, in for a pound! Federal mail tampering is illegal and earns banishment", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 39720.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m6gvw3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Monsters Inc] Why are Mike and Sully allowed to get away with extrajudicially banishing Randall? Why the fuck is banishment even a punishment in the monster world? This always bugged me every time I watched Monsters Inc but like Mike and Sully straight up banish Randall, there's no due process at all, like yeah he did try to kill them and take Boo to the scream extractor, and he did help banish Mike and Sully earlier, but it doesn't make it right. He should face justice. When he got banished he got mistaken for an alligator and knocked out with a shovel. From the accents the place he got banished to is probably the American south, and they eat gator down there lol Getting killed and eaten is not justice. But even if that didn't happen, banishing Randall makes no sense, he can literally turn invisible! Like so what if the door he got thrown out is destroyed, all he has to do is find another human settlement, find kids, find another door, and wait. It didn't take long for Mike and Sully to come back after being banished, it would probably be a breeze for a monster like Randall. He could probably sneak back, leave Monstroplis and just chill wherever, it's not like anyone would specifically be looking for him. And banishing as a whole is pretty messed, throwing someone into the human world, cutting them off from their friends, family, fellow monsters and expecting them to survive in a strange land and never ever come back is just so many levels of fucked up. And add on top of that crazy humans trying to hunt you down (iirc Bigfoot was mentioned as banished) it sounds like a nightmare. That's not justice, hell, even as retribution it goes way too far and I would never want to wish that upon anyone. Yet it appears to be an accepted punishment in the Monster world, the Abominable Snowman is banished for mail tampering (implied at the end of Monsters University) and to be fair, that's a federal offense in the human world, but banishment is extremely immoral, there's a reason it's no longer a thing in the human world. Yeah, the monster world thinks scaring children is good for generating power so they're already operating on some dubious ethics, but banishing another monster to what is basically another dimension isn't right, and also doesn't make sense. Imagine if the human world discovered the existence of monsters, that puts the entire monster world in jeopardy.", "c_root_id_A": "gr8csc7", "c_root_id_B": "gr738op", "created_at_utc_A": 1615985571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615948726.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Officially, they didn't do any banishing. At the end Roz, in her role of head of the CDA tells them that, \"This never happened.\" So consider it a top down government cover up.", "human_ref_B": "Didn\u2019t this happen during their door fight? I thought they did this in order to escape Randall.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36845.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m6gvw3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Monsters Inc] Why are Mike and Sully allowed to get away with extrajudicially banishing Randall? Why the fuck is banishment even a punishment in the monster world? This always bugged me every time I watched Monsters Inc but like Mike and Sully straight up banish Randall, there's no due process at all, like yeah he did try to kill them and take Boo to the scream extractor, and he did help banish Mike and Sully earlier, but it doesn't make it right. He should face justice. When he got banished he got mistaken for an alligator and knocked out with a shovel. From the accents the place he got banished to is probably the American south, and they eat gator down there lol Getting killed and eaten is not justice. But even if that didn't happen, banishing Randall makes no sense, he can literally turn invisible! Like so what if the door he got thrown out is destroyed, all he has to do is find another human settlement, find kids, find another door, and wait. It didn't take long for Mike and Sully to come back after being banished, it would probably be a breeze for a monster like Randall. He could probably sneak back, leave Monstroplis and just chill wherever, it's not like anyone would specifically be looking for him. And banishing as a whole is pretty messed, throwing someone into the human world, cutting them off from their friends, family, fellow monsters and expecting them to survive in a strange land and never ever come back is just so many levels of fucked up. And add on top of that crazy humans trying to hunt you down (iirc Bigfoot was mentioned as banished) it sounds like a nightmare. That's not justice, hell, even as retribution it goes way too far and I would never want to wish that upon anyone. Yet it appears to be an accepted punishment in the Monster world, the Abominable Snowman is banished for mail tampering (implied at the end of Monsters University) and to be fair, that's a federal offense in the human world, but banishment is extremely immoral, there's a reason it's no longer a thing in the human world. Yeah, the monster world thinks scaring children is good for generating power so they're already operating on some dubious ethics, but banishing another monster to what is basically another dimension isn't right, and also doesn't make sense. Imagine if the human world discovered the existence of monsters, that puts the entire monster world in jeopardy.", "c_root_id_A": "gr7pjk0", "c_root_id_B": "gr8csc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1615964626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615985571.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I mean, they know he's 100% guilty. Due process seems superfluous. Like, why? So he can hire a lawyer and weasel out of punishment? What about having a trial automatically adds the stamp of \"justice\"?", "human_ref_B": "Officially, they didn't do any banishing. At the end Roz, in her role of head of the CDA tells them that, \"This never happened.\" So consider it a top down government cover up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20945.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m6gvw3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Monsters Inc] Why are Mike and Sully allowed to get away with extrajudicially banishing Randall? Why the fuck is banishment even a punishment in the monster world? This always bugged me every time I watched Monsters Inc but like Mike and Sully straight up banish Randall, there's no due process at all, like yeah he did try to kill them and take Boo to the scream extractor, and he did help banish Mike and Sully earlier, but it doesn't make it right. He should face justice. When he got banished he got mistaken for an alligator and knocked out with a shovel. From the accents the place he got banished to is probably the American south, and they eat gator down there lol Getting killed and eaten is not justice. But even if that didn't happen, banishing Randall makes no sense, he can literally turn invisible! Like so what if the door he got thrown out is destroyed, all he has to do is find another human settlement, find kids, find another door, and wait. It didn't take long for Mike and Sully to come back after being banished, it would probably be a breeze for a monster like Randall. He could probably sneak back, leave Monstroplis and just chill wherever, it's not like anyone would specifically be looking for him. And banishing as a whole is pretty messed, throwing someone into the human world, cutting them off from their friends, family, fellow monsters and expecting them to survive in a strange land and never ever come back is just so many levels of fucked up. And add on top of that crazy humans trying to hunt you down (iirc Bigfoot was mentioned as banished) it sounds like a nightmare. That's not justice, hell, even as retribution it goes way too far and I would never want to wish that upon anyone. Yet it appears to be an accepted punishment in the Monster world, the Abominable Snowman is banished for mail tampering (implied at the end of Monsters University) and to be fair, that's a federal offense in the human world, but banishment is extremely immoral, there's a reason it's no longer a thing in the human world. Yeah, the monster world thinks scaring children is good for generating power so they're already operating on some dubious ethics, but banishing another monster to what is basically another dimension isn't right, and also doesn't make sense. Imagine if the human world discovered the existence of monsters, that puts the entire monster world in jeopardy.", "c_root_id_A": "grald2l", "c_root_id_B": "gr7pjk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1616023366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615964626.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Mike and Sully were banished extra judicially. Monsters Inc is a private corporation, Waternoose is not a judge, it's entirely possible that banishment is a part of worker's contracts and not part of the Monstropolis justice system. Possibly as a fail safe in case an employee was lost during a scare. Sulley, being second in line to the company when the CEO was incarcerated for corruption, I doubt anyone would bat an eye if he terminated an employee for assaulting him and another employee.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, they know he's 100% guilty. Due process seems superfluous. Like, why? So he can hire a lawyer and weasel out of punishment? What about having a trial automatically adds the stamp of \"justice\"?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 58740.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tmhh0", "c_root_id_B": "e3tm0y6", "created_at_utc_A": 1533734234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533733751.0, "score_A": 223, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "Just lock your door.", "human_ref_B": "He doesn't help out around town for free", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 483.0, "score_ratio": 6.96875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tm0y6", "c_root_id_B": "e3tpbgh", "created_at_utc_A": 1533733751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533737025.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 171, "human_ref_A": "He doesn't help out around town for free", "human_ref_B": "Check your town charter. It's right in there that heroes wearing green tunics are allowed free reign to anything in pots. It's assumed to be a tribute. He is, however, not allowed to demand money or commit violence against you. So anything you don't want him to have, just keep it on you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3274.0, "score_ratio": 5.34375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tm0y6", "c_root_id_B": "e3tqtaj", "created_at_utc_A": 1533733751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533738443.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 104, "human_ref_A": "He doesn't help out around town for free", "human_ref_B": "We tried to tell you folks that if you elect Ganon, you're going to get a Link. It's just a law of nature. But you wanted to Make Hyrule Great Again, and now we've got a teenager stealing everything that's not nailed down. Who knows what he'll do once he actually gets the Triforce!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4692.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tubpy", "c_root_id_B": "e3tm0y6", "created_at_utc_A": 1533741414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533733751.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "Yeah, unfortunately not much you can do. He's buddy-buddy with Princess Zelda and he's this big hero called the Hero of Hyrule that has saved the kingdom and lot of lives repeatedly. No one's going to care if he steals a few rupees here and there. He's way too far up on top to care about common folk and nobody else his going to get him in trouble over things like that. Best find somewhere better to hid your money and stop using pottery, for goodness sake.", "human_ref_B": "He doesn't help out around town for free", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7663.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tubpy", "c_root_id_B": "e3trozl", "created_at_utc_A": 1533741414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533739180.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Yeah, unfortunately not much you can do. He's buddy-buddy with Princess Zelda and he's this big hero called the Hero of Hyrule that has saved the kingdom and lot of lives repeatedly. No one's going to care if he steals a few rupees here and there. He's way too far up on top to care about common folk and nobody else his going to get him in trouble over things like that. Best find somewhere better to hid your money and stop using pottery, for goodness sake.", "human_ref_B": "Technically, there are a few characters within each of the games that do make a big deal about it. There is an NPC in The Windwaker that will yell at you for breaking his pots for no good reason, and actually force you to compensate him for it! The Link from Link to the Past was actually considered a fugitive for a long time, citizens would call guards to arrest him if he tried to start a conversation with them, they were probably too scared to actually respond with anger out of fear of him retaliating. But uh, that's about the limit I can rationalize it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2234.0, "score_ratio": 1.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u47h2", "c_root_id_B": "e3tvy9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1533749408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533742754.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Rename your house \"The Water Temple\" he will stay the fuck away.", "human_ref_B": "Surely you recognize the value of the work he's doing for the town and you have no problem volunteering payment in exchange for his services. _Or else._", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6654.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u7rio", "c_root_id_B": "e3uafvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1533752208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533754359.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Relevant Penny Arcade.", "human_ref_B": "The question is, what could you do to stop him? I mean, I get it, it sucks to sweep up broken pots, and it'd be nice to keep the monster hearts I've managed to find, but I doubt even the whole town could stop him if he put his mind to it. Motherfucker has like, at least 5 hearts, a giant magic sword, and he basically inherited Inspector Gadget's full arsenal of tools and gizmos. I've seen him walk around \\*on fire\\* like it's no big deal. I even watched Ganondorf smash him into a wall. I was sure that was it, he was lying there without breath. Then a fairy jumped out of his pocket and \\*restarted his fucking heart\\* before he hopped up and went right back at it. I've even heard the Gerudo imprisoned him in a desert prison swarming with their elite guards and he walked out as a member of the tribe. The hero in green is a pot destroying force of nature, and that's just the price we pay for his interventions in fate. Freak out if you want, but that's pretty much all you can do about it. Me? I took up business as a potter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2151.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tvy9s", "c_root_id_B": "e3uafvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1533742754.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533754359.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Surely you recognize the value of the work he's doing for the town and you have no problem volunteering payment in exchange for his services. _Or else._", "human_ref_B": "The question is, what could you do to stop him? I mean, I get it, it sucks to sweep up broken pots, and it'd be nice to keep the monster hearts I've managed to find, but I doubt even the whole town could stop him if he put his mind to it. Motherfucker has like, at least 5 hearts, a giant magic sword, and he basically inherited Inspector Gadget's full arsenal of tools and gizmos. I've seen him walk around \\*on fire\\* like it's no big deal. I even watched Ganondorf smash him into a wall. I was sure that was it, he was lying there without breath. Then a fairy jumped out of his pocket and \\*restarted his fucking heart\\* before he hopped up and went right back at it. I've even heard the Gerudo imprisoned him in a desert prison swarming with their elite guards and he walked out as a member of the tribe. The hero in green is a pot destroying force of nature, and that's just the price we pay for his interventions in fate. Freak out if you want, but that's pretty much all you can do about it. Me? I took up business as a potter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11605.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uafvk", "c_root_id_B": "e3u48ut", "created_at_utc_A": 1533754359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533749438.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The question is, what could you do to stop him? I mean, I get it, it sucks to sweep up broken pots, and it'd be nice to keep the monster hearts I've managed to find, but I doubt even the whole town could stop him if he put his mind to it. Motherfucker has like, at least 5 hearts, a giant magic sword, and he basically inherited Inspector Gadget's full arsenal of tools and gizmos. I've seen him walk around \\*on fire\\* like it's no big deal. I even watched Ganondorf smash him into a wall. I was sure that was it, he was lying there without breath. Then a fairy jumped out of his pocket and \\*restarted his fucking heart\\* before he hopped up and went right back at it. I've even heard the Gerudo imprisoned him in a desert prison swarming with their elite guards and he walked out as a member of the tribe. The hero in green is a pot destroying force of nature, and that's just the price we pay for his interventions in fate. Freak out if you want, but that's pretty much all you can do about it. Me? I took up business as a potter.", "human_ref_B": "Why is there never anything in the chests in Links Awakening? Seems pointless that I can open them and they are always empty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4921.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u7dhg", "c_root_id_B": "e3uafvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1533751900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533754359.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I always say, never trust a guy in a tunic.", "human_ref_B": "The question is, what could you do to stop him? I mean, I get it, it sucks to sweep up broken pots, and it'd be nice to keep the monster hearts I've managed to find, but I doubt even the whole town could stop him if he put his mind to it. Motherfucker has like, at least 5 hearts, a giant magic sword, and he basically inherited Inspector Gadget's full arsenal of tools and gizmos. I've seen him walk around \\*on fire\\* like it's no big deal. I even watched Ganondorf smash him into a wall. I was sure that was it, he was lying there without breath. Then a fairy jumped out of his pocket and \\*restarted his fucking heart\\* before he hopped up and went right back at it. I've even heard the Gerudo imprisoned him in a desert prison swarming with their elite guards and he walked out as a member of the tribe. The hero in green is a pot destroying force of nature, and that's just the price we pay for his interventions in fate. Freak out if you want, but that's pretty much all you can do about it. Me? I took up business as a potter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2459.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u9p7y", "c_root_id_B": "e3uafvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1533753764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533754359.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "You forgot the part where you thank him for his service for protecting your homeland from falling into darkness. Semper Hyrule!", "human_ref_B": "The question is, what could you do to stop him? I mean, I get it, it sucks to sweep up broken pots, and it'd be nice to keep the monster hearts I've managed to find, but I doubt even the whole town could stop him if he put his mind to it. Motherfucker has like, at least 5 hearts, a giant magic sword, and he basically inherited Inspector Gadget's full arsenal of tools and gizmos. I've seen him walk around \\*on fire\\* like it's no big deal. I even watched Ganondorf smash him into a wall. I was sure that was it, he was lying there without breath. Then a fairy jumped out of his pocket and \\*restarted his fucking heart\\* before he hopped up and went right back at it. I've even heard the Gerudo imprisoned him in a desert prison swarming with their elite guards and he walked out as a member of the tribe. The hero in green is a pot destroying force of nature, and that's just the price we pay for his interventions in fate. Freak out if you want, but that's pretty much all you can do about it. Me? I took up business as a potter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 595.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u7rio", "c_root_id_B": "e3tvy9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1533752208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533742754.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Relevant Penny Arcade.", "human_ref_B": "Surely you recognize the value of the work he's doing for the town and you have no problem volunteering payment in exchange for his services. _Or else._", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9454.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u7rio", "c_root_id_B": "e3u48ut", "created_at_utc_A": 1533752208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533749438.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Relevant Penny Arcade.", "human_ref_B": "Why is there never anything in the chests in Links Awakening? Seems pointless that I can open them and they are always empty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2770.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u7rio", "c_root_id_B": "e3u7dhg", "created_at_utc_A": 1533752208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533751900.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Relevant Penny Arcade.", "human_ref_B": "I always say, never trust a guy in a tunic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 308.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tvy9s", "c_root_id_B": "e3ueqyw", "created_at_utc_A": 1533742754.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533757935.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Surely you recognize the value of the work he's doing for the town and you have no problem volunteering payment in exchange for his services. _Or else._", "human_ref_B": "Walk out of the house and back into the house and your pots will be just fine. If you don't have enough money just break them again then repeat. You're like those people who complain someone is breathing their air.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15181.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ucts7", "c_root_id_B": "e3ueqyw", "created_at_utc_A": 1533756352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533757935.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He's just looking for the rupees typically left under rocks and in grass and pottery by the Minish/Picori. If you're keeping your money in your pottery, of course he's going to be confused. You should really invest in a wallet (at *least* an Adult's Wallet) to store your personal money. As for the pottery itself, just get insurance for it. The hero is doing important work!", "human_ref_B": "Walk out of the house and back into the house and your pots will be just fine. If you don't have enough money just break them again then repeat. You're like those people who complain someone is breathing their air.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1583.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u48ut", "c_root_id_B": "e3ueqyw", "created_at_utc_A": 1533749438.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533757935.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Why is there never anything in the chests in Links Awakening? Seems pointless that I can open them and they are always empty.", "human_ref_B": "Walk out of the house and back into the house and your pots will be just fine. If you don't have enough money just break them again then repeat. You're like those people who complain someone is breathing their air.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8497.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ueqyw", "c_root_id_B": "e3u7dhg", "created_at_utc_A": 1533757935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533751900.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Walk out of the house and back into the house and your pots will be just fine. If you don't have enough money just break them again then repeat. You're like those people who complain someone is breathing their air.", "human_ref_B": "I always say, never trust a guy in a tunic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6035.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ueqyw", "c_root_id_B": "e3u9p7y", "created_at_utc_A": 1533757935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533753764.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Walk out of the house and back into the house and your pots will be just fine. If you don't have enough money just break them again then repeat. You're like those people who complain someone is breathing their air.", "human_ref_B": "You forgot the part where you thank him for his service for protecting your homeland from falling into darkness. Semper Hyrule!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4171.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tvy9s", "c_root_id_B": "e3ubmh4", "created_at_utc_A": 1533742754.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533755349.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Surely you recognize the value of the work he's doing for the town and you have no problem volunteering payment in exchange for his services. _Or else._", "human_ref_B": "I'm surprised no one's mentioned it so far, but there's nothing you can really do--but that's not necessarily a problem. Unless you lock your door, you can't really keep him from coming in, breaking stuff, stealing, and then leaving. BUT as soon as he leaves everything magically goes back to the way it was. Of course, every once in a while something won't reappear, but it's usually because it's necessary for this poser to save the world. Kinda weird, but nice I guess.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12595.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ubmh4", "c_root_id_B": "e3u48ut", "created_at_utc_A": 1533755349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533749438.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm surprised no one's mentioned it so far, but there's nothing you can really do--but that's not necessarily a problem. Unless you lock your door, you can't really keep him from coming in, breaking stuff, stealing, and then leaving. BUT as soon as he leaves everything magically goes back to the way it was. Of course, every once in a while something won't reappear, but it's usually because it's necessary for this poser to save the world. Kinda weird, but nice I guess.", "human_ref_B": "Why is there never anything in the chests in Links Awakening? Seems pointless that I can open them and they are always empty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5911.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u7dhg", "c_root_id_B": "e3ubmh4", "created_at_utc_A": 1533751900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533755349.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I always say, never trust a guy in a tunic.", "human_ref_B": "I'm surprised no one's mentioned it so far, but there's nothing you can really do--but that's not necessarily a problem. Unless you lock your door, you can't really keep him from coming in, breaking stuff, stealing, and then leaving. BUT as soon as he leaves everything magically goes back to the way it was. Of course, every once in a while something won't reappear, but it's usually because it's necessary for this poser to save the world. Kinda weird, but nice I guess.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3449.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ubmh4", "c_root_id_B": "e3u9p7y", "created_at_utc_A": 1533755349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533753764.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm surprised no one's mentioned it so far, but there's nothing you can really do--but that's not necessarily a problem. Unless you lock your door, you can't really keep him from coming in, breaking stuff, stealing, and then leaving. BUT as soon as he leaves everything magically goes back to the way it was. Of course, every once in a while something won't reappear, but it's usually because it's necessary for this poser to save the world. Kinda weird, but nice I guess.", "human_ref_B": "You forgot the part where you thank him for his service for protecting your homeland from falling into darkness. Semper Hyrule!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1585.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3tvy9s", "c_root_id_B": "e3uo2bc", "created_at_utc_A": 1533742754.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533765632.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Surely you recognize the value of the work he's doing for the town and you have no problem volunteering payment in exchange for his services. _Or else._", "human_ref_B": "No offense, friend but it's easy to fix this; just leave your house and go back in. The pots will be there again. Sure, the contents might change but it's a start.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22878.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uo2bc", "c_root_id_B": "e3ucts7", "created_at_utc_A": 1533765632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533756352.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No offense, friend but it's easy to fix this; just leave your house and go back in. The pots will be there again. Sure, the contents might change but it's a start.", "human_ref_B": "He's just looking for the rupees typically left under rocks and in grass and pottery by the Minish/Picori. If you're keeping your money in your pottery, of course he's going to be confused. You should really invest in a wallet (at *least* an Adult's Wallet) to store your personal money. As for the pottery itself, just get insurance for it. The hero is doing important work!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9280.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uo2bc", "c_root_id_B": "e3uhdmr", "created_at_utc_A": 1533765632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533760125.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No offense, friend but it's easy to fix this; just leave your house and go back in. The pots will be there again. Sure, the contents might change but it's a start.", "human_ref_B": "First off, stop hiding your money in pots. That's hilariously insecure, particularly if some crazy guy can just walk into your house and grab it. Second, you should let him do his thing. Better he take out his crazy on some cheap pottery than go on a murder spree.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5507.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uo2bc", "c_root_id_B": "e3u48ut", "created_at_utc_A": 1533765632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533749438.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No offense, friend but it's easy to fix this; just leave your house and go back in. The pots will be there again. Sure, the contents might change but it's a start.", "human_ref_B": "Why is there never anything in the chests in Links Awakening? Seems pointless that I can open them and they are always empty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16194.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uo2bc", "c_root_id_B": "e3u7dhg", "created_at_utc_A": 1533765632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533751900.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No offense, friend but it's easy to fix this; just leave your house and go back in. The pots will be there again. Sure, the contents might change but it's a start.", "human_ref_B": "I always say, never trust a guy in a tunic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13732.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uo2bc", "c_root_id_B": "e3u9p7y", "created_at_utc_A": 1533765632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533753764.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No offense, friend but it's easy to fix this; just leave your house and go back in. The pots will be there again. Sure, the contents might change but it's a start.", "human_ref_B": "You forgot the part where you thank him for his service for protecting your homeland from falling into darkness. Semper Hyrule!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11868.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ucts7", "c_root_id_B": "e3u48ut", "created_at_utc_A": 1533756352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533749438.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's just looking for the rupees typically left under rocks and in grass and pottery by the Minish/Picori. If you're keeping your money in your pottery, of course he's going to be confused. You should really invest in a wallet (at *least* an Adult's Wallet) to store your personal money. As for the pottery itself, just get insurance for it. The hero is doing important work!", "human_ref_B": "Why is there never anything in the chests in Links Awakening? Seems pointless that I can open them and they are always empty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6914.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ucts7", "c_root_id_B": "e3u7dhg", "created_at_utc_A": 1533756352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533751900.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's just looking for the rupees typically left under rocks and in grass and pottery by the Minish/Picori. If you're keeping your money in your pottery, of course he's going to be confused. You should really invest in a wallet (at *least* an Adult's Wallet) to store your personal money. As for the pottery itself, just get insurance for it. The hero is doing important work!", "human_ref_B": "I always say, never trust a guy in a tunic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4452.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ucts7", "c_root_id_B": "e3u9p7y", "created_at_utc_A": 1533756352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533753764.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's just looking for the rupees typically left under rocks and in grass and pottery by the Minish/Picori. If you're keeping your money in your pottery, of course he's going to be confused. You should really invest in a wallet (at *least* an Adult's Wallet) to store your personal money. As for the pottery itself, just get insurance for it. The hero is doing important work!", "human_ref_B": "You forgot the part where you thank him for his service for protecting your homeland from falling into darkness. Semper Hyrule!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2588.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u48ut", "c_root_id_B": "e3uhdmr", "created_at_utc_A": 1533749438.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533760125.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Why is there never anything in the chests in Links Awakening? Seems pointless that I can open them and they are always empty.", "human_ref_B": "First off, stop hiding your money in pots. That's hilariously insecure, particularly if some crazy guy can just walk into your house and grab it. Second, you should let him do his thing. Better he take out his crazy on some cheap pottery than go on a murder spree.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10687.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u7dhg", "c_root_id_B": "e3uhdmr", "created_at_utc_A": 1533751900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533760125.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I always say, never trust a guy in a tunic.", "human_ref_B": "First off, stop hiding your money in pots. That's hilariously insecure, particularly if some crazy guy can just walk into your house and grab it. Second, you should let him do his thing. Better he take out his crazy on some cheap pottery than go on a murder spree.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8225.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u9p7y", "c_root_id_B": "e3uhdmr", "created_at_utc_A": 1533753764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533760125.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You forgot the part where you thank him for his service for protecting your homeland from falling into darkness. Semper Hyrule!", "human_ref_B": "First off, stop hiding your money in pots. That's hilariously insecure, particularly if some crazy guy can just walk into your house and grab it. Second, you should let him do his thing. Better he take out his crazy on some cheap pottery than go on a murder spree.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6361.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uoc26", "c_root_id_B": "e3u48ut", "created_at_utc_A": 1533765868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533749438.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Did you ask him to stop? Attempt to restrain him? Make any sort of gesture that you weren't perfectly apathetic towards his actions?", "human_ref_B": "Why is there never anything in the chests in Links Awakening? Seems pointless that I can open them and they are always empty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16430.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u7dhg", "c_root_id_B": "e3uoc26", "created_at_utc_A": 1533751900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533765868.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I always say, never trust a guy in a tunic.", "human_ref_B": "Did you ask him to stop? Attempt to restrain him? Make any sort of gesture that you weren't perfectly apathetic towards his actions?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13968.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95lrc7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Legend of Zelda] So there\u2019s this guy who comes into town every now and then, he\u2019s got this green tunic and a sword, seems like a stand up man, he helps out around town. Except he comes into my home unannounced, breaks my pottery, and then takes the money I was keeping in there for himself. I went to the guards, but no one seems to care. Why does no one freak out about this?", "c_root_id_A": "e3u9p7y", "c_root_id_B": "e3uoc26", "created_at_utc_A": 1533753764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533765868.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You forgot the part where you thank him for his service for protecting your homeland from falling into darkness. Semper Hyrule!", "human_ref_B": "Did you ask him to stop? Attempt to restrain him? Make any sort of gesture that you weren't perfectly apathetic towards his actions?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12104.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfugn5", "c_root_id_B": "fnfre1l", "created_at_utc_A": 1586915714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586913881.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Pain, mostly, Sure, he does work, eats nutripaste, practices with his lightwaber, kills people, etc. But for the most part, Vader spent his time trying to keep busy, administrating, and doing everything he could to not be alone with his thoughts. Those were filled with pain and regret, and physical pain from his massive chronic wounds, which medical science couldn't keep up with. He largely failed in this regard. The injuries and the dark side meant it was difficult for him to sleep, so he spent a lot of time meditating to avoid thinking.", "human_ref_B": "A shit load of Bob Ross paintings.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1833.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfugn5", "c_root_id_B": "fnfkg9d", "created_at_utc_A": 1586915714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586909808.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pain, mostly, Sure, he does work, eats nutripaste, practices with his lightwaber, kills people, etc. But for the most part, Vader spent his time trying to keep busy, administrating, and doing everything he could to not be alone with his thoughts. Those were filled with pain and regret, and physical pain from his massive chronic wounds, which medical science couldn't keep up with. He largely failed in this regard. The injuries and the dark side meant it was difficult for him to sleep, so he spent a lot of time meditating to avoid thinking.", "human_ref_B": "Work work and some more work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5906.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fngfnov", "c_root_id_B": "fnfre1l", "created_at_utc_A": 1586930757.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586913881.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Like most Sith, he sits alone in a dark room listening to goth music", "human_ref_B": "A shit load of Bob Ross paintings.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16876.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfzmwh", "c_root_id_B": "fngfnov", "created_at_utc_A": 1586918929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586930757.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He's busy as head of catering. https://youtu.be/Sv5iEK-IEzw", "human_ref_B": "Like most Sith, he sits alone in a dark room listening to goth music", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11828.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fng6ex3", "c_root_id_B": "fngfnov", "created_at_utc_A": 1586923446.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586930757.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Smoking the dankest weed in the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "Like most Sith, he sits alone in a dark room listening to goth music", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7311.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfkg9d", "c_root_id_B": "fngfnov", "created_at_utc_A": 1586909808.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586930757.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Work work and some more work.", "human_ref_B": "Like most Sith, he sits alone in a dark room listening to goth music", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20949.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfwul1", "c_root_id_B": "fngfnov", "created_at_utc_A": 1586917174.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586930757.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Meditating, becoming one with the Dark Side of the Force. Or whatever an evil space monk would be up to.", "human_ref_B": "Like most Sith, he sits alone in a dark room listening to goth music", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13583.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fng5n43", "c_root_id_B": "fngfnov", "created_at_utc_A": 1586922908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586930757.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Masterhating in his little bubble.", "human_ref_B": "Like most Sith, he sits alone in a dark room listening to goth music", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7849.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfkg9d", "c_root_id_B": "fnfre1l", "created_at_utc_A": 1586909808.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586913881.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Work work and some more work.", "human_ref_B": "A shit load of Bob Ross paintings.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4073.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfzmwh", "c_root_id_B": "fnfkg9d", "created_at_utc_A": 1586918929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586909808.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He's busy as head of catering. https://youtu.be/Sv5iEK-IEzw", "human_ref_B": "Work work and some more work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9121.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfzmwh", "c_root_id_B": "fnfwul1", "created_at_utc_A": 1586918929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586917174.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He's busy as head of catering. https://youtu.be/Sv5iEK-IEzw", "human_ref_B": "Meditating, becoming one with the Dark Side of the Force. Or whatever an evil space monk would be up to.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1755.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfkg9d", "c_root_id_B": "fng6ex3", "created_at_utc_A": 1586909808.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586923446.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Work work and some more work.", "human_ref_B": "Smoking the dankest weed in the galaxy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13638.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fnfwul1", "c_root_id_B": "fng6ex3", "created_at_utc_A": 1586917174.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586923446.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Meditating, becoming one with the Dark Side of the Force. Or whatever an evil space monk would be up to.", "human_ref_B": "Smoking the dankest weed in the galaxy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6272.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g1akqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars] What does an average day in the life of Darth Vader look like?", "c_root_id_A": "fng6ex3", "c_root_id_B": "fng5n43", "created_at_utc_A": 1586923446.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586922908.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Smoking the dankest weed in the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "Masterhating in his little bubble.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 538.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cb9vra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Yoda, in either Legends or Canon, know of Darth Bane\u2019s Rule of Two during the events of The Phantom Menace? It is the belief of the Jedi that the Sith have been extinct for 1000 years. Darth Bane lived 1000 years ago, and remade the Sith under his Rule of Two. How did Yoda know of the Rule of Two to reason there would be no more or less than two total Sith.", "c_root_id_A": "ete2zej", "c_root_id_B": "eteakl0", "created_at_utc_A": 1562721620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562727240.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "According to Legends the Jedi had the Sith holocrons.", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi have been vigilant for any presence of the Sith Order. When they do find one and raid its lair, they gather lore and artefacts. Throughout all the post-Ruusan literature they've acquired, the concept of \"the Rule of Two\" consistently appears as it pertains to masters and apprentices. The Order can't verify that the Sith are truly extinct, so they must remain vigilant, guarding an entire galaxy from the possible influence of just two sapient beings.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5620.0, "score_ratio": 5.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cb9vra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Yoda, in either Legends or Canon, know of Darth Bane\u2019s Rule of Two during the events of The Phantom Menace? It is the belief of the Jedi that the Sith have been extinct for 1000 years. Darth Bane lived 1000 years ago, and remade the Sith under his Rule of Two. How did Yoda know of the Rule of Two to reason there would be no more or less than two total Sith.", "c_root_id_A": "ete2zej", "c_root_id_B": "etegc10", "created_at_utc_A": 1562721620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562731956.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "According to Legends the Jedi had the Sith holocrons.", "human_ref_B": "Some crazy dark jedi told them about the Rule of Two. The official story is that the Jedi Order dismissed his warnings as the ravings of a madman fallen to the dark side. Unofficially, the senior Jedi masters obviously took it seriously and secretly verified for themselves. From there, they were probably able to trace it back to a Sith Lord who survived the Ruusan purge: Bane.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10336.0, "score_ratio": 5.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cb9vra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Yoda, in either Legends or Canon, know of Darth Bane\u2019s Rule of Two during the events of The Phantom Menace? It is the belief of the Jedi that the Sith have been extinct for 1000 years. Darth Bane lived 1000 years ago, and remade the Sith under his Rule of Two. How did Yoda know of the Rule of Two to reason there would be no more or less than two total Sith.", "c_root_id_A": "ete2zej", "c_root_id_B": "etfa0o2", "created_at_utc_A": 1562721620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562764564.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "According to Legends the Jedi had the Sith holocrons.", "human_ref_B": "It was a thousand years ago, but Yoda was nearly 900 years old. I'm sure that dude's read and seen some shit in his time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42944.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hs9hdt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Star Wars] What was Palpatine's goal in The Phantom Menace? What actually happens is that he gets some political capital, but loses his apprentice and reveals the existence of the Sith. The fact that he sent in Maul suggests that the Jedi were a threat to his actual goals, and since they beat Maul, that his main plan was thwarted. So what was he going for? Did he want to set up a Trade Federation puppet government with himself as it's Senator? Presumably that would require a radically different version of his Clone Wars plan that eventually made him Emperor, since the Trade Federation and their droid army tech were the core of the Seperatists.", "c_root_id_A": "fy93mqp", "c_root_id_B": "fy92vnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1594907503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594907067.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "/u/3720-To-One nails the political aspect-it was all manufactured to make him chancellor. Looking longer-term, if somehow the Separatists win, well he's head of them too so he wins either way. On the Jedi-Sith end of things, Maul was disposable. He was a useful enforcer/assassin but he was never going to be a fully realized Sith lord. I think Maul was openly involved because he *wanted* to reveal the existence of the Sith. If the Clone Wars had been purely political, the Jedi probably wouldn't have gotten involved, and certainly not mired in the muck to the extent that they were. By revealing that the Sith were involved in, if not behind, the Separatists, Palpatine forces the Jedi to come down from the ivory tower and involve themselves with the dirty reality of war. Their judgement is impaired, their ability to see the future is clouded, their connection to the Force is weakened, and-most importantly-it undermines their public perception as arbiters of peace and justice, above the fray of petty politics. The Jedi had always been sort of warrior-monks, but with the emphasis on the monk. By accepting roles as military leaders, they switched the emphasis to warrior. That gave Palpatine the room he needed to present them as traitors and attempted usurpers, trying to overthrow the rightful, democratic government. If they hadn't made themselves military leaders they could have maintained their legitimacy as a neutral party and their accusations could have stuck, at least enough to prevent Palpatine from taking total control. TL;DR he deliberately revealed the involvement of the Sith to force the Jedi to involve themselves and undermine their own legitimacy so he could name them enemies of the state.", "human_ref_B": "Political capital? The guy made Supreme Chancellor, for Void's sake! First off, a bit of a Sith 101: Losing his apprentice just meant that he was weak, thus deserved to die. They are also vengeful as fuck. And puppet government? Sith aren't content with being a two-bit despot ruling a star system. It was the Galaxy or bust. The overarching goal was just to destabilize the Republic, gridlock it to it seem more ineffective and corrupt than it really is. The Trade Federation occupying a planet was just one step on this thousand year old Sith Scheme, but it developed to go way better than Sidious ever had thought. The original plan was that the Trade Federation invade and capture Amidala. However, the gridlocked old Supreme Chancellor requested Jedi to resolve it in secret, complicating the plan. Sidious told the Trade Federation to kill the Jedi and proceed, but the Jedi avoided capture, and then rescued the Queen. Then Maul was sendt to clean up by capturing the Amidala. This meant killing her Jedi protectors. This failed, Amidala went to Coruscant, called a Vote of No Confidence to replace the Supreme Chancellor, then headed back to Naboo. Plans changed, Maul went after to make sure the Trade Federation killed Amidala, as well as killing the Jedi, maybe to cover their tracks, maybe out of revenge, maybe both or something else. So shit went down, and in the aftermath Palpatines plans got heavily accellerated. He became Chancellor, and with the Trade Federation invading a planet, attempting to kill a head of state, then walking away scot free, the belief in the Republic were at an all time low, setting the stage for the next step in the Sith Plans: The civil war.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 436.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5fjr2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] If Palpatine was killed prior to the events of the movies, would Anakin still have fallen to the Dark Side? Sidious was a major contributing factor to Anakin's fall, however he just helped him down a path that was already revealing itself to him. Would Anakin eventually have fallen had Palpatine not intervened?", "c_root_id_A": "dakqevb", "c_root_id_B": "daksd71", "created_at_utc_A": 1480439886.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480442117.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 99, "human_ref_A": "I think he would have been a gray / conflicted Jedi. He fell further and further to the Dark Side when following commands, especially killing younglings and other jedi. Without that, he would have been more borderline, like Qui-Gon, but I think after the war would have tempered a bit. Sidious was also manipulating the war, it's a lot harder to remain calm and passionless when you're fighting a battle for your life and your friends are dying.", "human_ref_B": "Well without Palpatine Naboo probably wouldn't have been blockaded so Qui Gon and Obi Wan may have never found Anakin and he may have just lived out his life on Tatoine becoming a successful Pod Racer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2231.0, "score_ratio": 14.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5fjr2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] If Palpatine was killed prior to the events of the movies, would Anakin still have fallen to the Dark Side? Sidious was a major contributing factor to Anakin's fall, however he just helped him down a path that was already revealing itself to him. Would Anakin eventually have fallen had Palpatine not intervened?", "c_root_id_A": "dal6sft", "c_root_id_B": "dal511i", "created_at_utc_A": 1480459163.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480456962.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I belive his discovery by the Jedi is inevitable, I know people say that Qui Gon stumbled upon him by chance, a coincidence. Let me tell you, when it comes to the force there's no such thing as coincidence. Some Jedi or other would have business that just so happened to bring Anakin to their attention. Maybe the are trailing smugglers with sith Holocrons and tail them into a pod race, maybe they have ship problems and heads into Watto's, maybe they are looking into Jabba's activities and bump into Anakin in the street. Point is, the force wants him found. Now when he's found the order have less pressing issues, as Naboo isn't being blockaded so can investigate and find that yep, this kid is strong in the force. They free Anakin and his mother, as they don't have the limited resorces Qui Gon had. This means she can kive somewhere safe, and Anakin does not worry. Qui Gon may be his master or it may be someone else, I'm not sure if they operate under finders keepers ruling but it's likely a similar curfuffle would happen because of his age, Qui Gon could well argue for him again and it does seem fitting. As Qui Gon didn't get a tummy full of lightsabre he can train Anakin himself, older and wiser that Obi Wan but perhaps with a little more of Anakin's hot headedness. This may help Anakin feel more accepted in the short term though it could also lead to issues from the order themselves. Fate may bring Anakin and Padame together, or he may find a Jedi he has chemistry with and he would fall in love and get her pregnant. W\u00ecth out Palpatine pulling the strings the conflict with the separatists would not be as fierce, if it happened at all. This would mean Anakin didn't have as much of a chance to prove himself in combat, so he may be more accepting of the concil's caution with him though he would begin to feel the start of the resentment, plus his fears for his new family may occur based on dreams (or was that Palpatine's handiwork?). In desperation Anakin would seek forbidden knowledge, Holocrons I imagine. This would bring him to the attention of the Sith, Darth Plaguis (I'm assuming Palpatine was slain by him). With his promises to help protect his family he would take Anakin as an apprentice but without Palpatine's cunning or lust for power it is likely the empire would not form, and Anakin's role would be more to influence the Jedi and move them more in line with what he saw as the right path. He would be successfull, as is the will of the force, in bringing the light and dark in balance by moving the Jedi more towards an organisation which embraced the emotions of it's members and tolerated marriage and the free will of members. He would also move Plaguis more towards a peaceful path, one which relied on more than just negative emotions and lust for power.", "human_ref_B": "Anakin always feared losing people, and that fear was what made him dangerous, according to Yoda... Palpatine skillfully exploited that fear... anyone with the ability to manipulate people's emotions could have turned Anakin, given a situation where he could possibly lose someone or something he feels is indispensable...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2201.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5fjr2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] If Palpatine was killed prior to the events of the movies, would Anakin still have fallen to the Dark Side? Sidious was a major contributing factor to Anakin's fall, however he just helped him down a path that was already revealing itself to him. Would Anakin eventually have fallen had Palpatine not intervened?", "c_root_id_A": "dal585p", "c_root_id_B": "dal6sft", "created_at_utc_A": 1480457206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480459163.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Let's say Sidious was alive until the end of the first movie. So Anakin is found and brought to the Coursant... but then Sidious gets killed. In that case I think Anakin would have grown to be a powerful Jedi, not Sith. In other words, I think Sidious corrupted Anakin over many years. Without that influence in his life, he would have been fine.", "human_ref_B": "I belive his discovery by the Jedi is inevitable, I know people say that Qui Gon stumbled upon him by chance, a coincidence. Let me tell you, when it comes to the force there's no such thing as coincidence. Some Jedi or other would have business that just so happened to bring Anakin to their attention. Maybe the are trailing smugglers with sith Holocrons and tail them into a pod race, maybe they have ship problems and heads into Watto's, maybe they are looking into Jabba's activities and bump into Anakin in the street. Point is, the force wants him found. Now when he's found the order have less pressing issues, as Naboo isn't being blockaded so can investigate and find that yep, this kid is strong in the force. They free Anakin and his mother, as they don't have the limited resorces Qui Gon had. This means she can kive somewhere safe, and Anakin does not worry. Qui Gon may be his master or it may be someone else, I'm not sure if they operate under finders keepers ruling but it's likely a similar curfuffle would happen because of his age, Qui Gon could well argue for him again and it does seem fitting. As Qui Gon didn't get a tummy full of lightsabre he can train Anakin himself, older and wiser that Obi Wan but perhaps with a little more of Anakin's hot headedness. This may help Anakin feel more accepted in the short term though it could also lead to issues from the order themselves. Fate may bring Anakin and Padame together, or he may find a Jedi he has chemistry with and he would fall in love and get her pregnant. W\u00ecth out Palpatine pulling the strings the conflict with the separatists would not be as fierce, if it happened at all. This would mean Anakin didn't have as much of a chance to prove himself in combat, so he may be more accepting of the concil's caution with him though he would begin to feel the start of the resentment, plus his fears for his new family may occur based on dreams (or was that Palpatine's handiwork?). In desperation Anakin would seek forbidden knowledge, Holocrons I imagine. This would bring him to the attention of the Sith, Darth Plaguis (I'm assuming Palpatine was slain by him). With his promises to help protect his family he would take Anakin as an apprentice but without Palpatine's cunning or lust for power it is likely the empire would not form, and Anakin's role would be more to influence the Jedi and move them more in line with what he saw as the right path. He would be successfull, as is the will of the force, in bringing the light and dark in balance by moving the Jedi more towards an organisation which embraced the emotions of it's members and tolerated marriage and the free will of members. He would also move Plaguis more towards a peaceful path, one which relied on more than just negative emotions and lust for power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1957.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "42rede", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter/Marvel] If a child wizard turned out to also be a mutant when they hit puberty how would that situation be handled? Would the wizarding world recognise it for what it was or just assume it was some kind of magical condition?", "c_root_id_A": "czcj7ux", "c_root_id_B": "czciwuc", "created_at_utc_A": 1453818570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453817997.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Follow up question: could Xavier find the child at Hogwarts with Cerebro, or would the charms and protections at the school prevent him?", "human_ref_B": "[](/flittergasp) How do we know it *isn't* a magical condition? Magic and genetics are clearly linked somehow. And while natural mutations could maybe give you weird hair or something, it's hard to imagine an entirely biological process that could allow someone to fire plasma from their eyes, or teleport into a bizarre brimstone dimension, or control metal with their mind, or absorb people's life forces at a mere touch...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 573.0, "score_ratio": 2.35, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "42rede", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter/Marvel] If a child wizard turned out to also be a mutant when they hit puberty how would that situation be handled? Would the wizarding world recognise it for what it was or just assume it was some kind of magical condition?", "c_root_id_A": "czch70w", "c_root_id_B": "czcj7ux", "created_at_utc_A": 1453814260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453818570.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "It kind of is, but I think that if they were in that universe they would realize what is happening. I am not sure why but people can usually tell when someone is a mutant.", "human_ref_B": "Follow up question: could Xavier find the child at Hogwarts with Cerebro, or would the charms and protections at the school prevent him?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4310.0, "score_ratio": 5.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "42rede", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter/Marvel] If a child wizard turned out to also be a mutant when they hit puberty how would that situation be handled? Would the wizarding world recognise it for what it was or just assume it was some kind of magical condition?", "c_root_id_A": "czch70w", "c_root_id_B": "czciwuc", "created_at_utc_A": 1453814260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453817997.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "It kind of is, but I think that if they were in that universe they would realize what is happening. I am not sure why but people can usually tell when someone is a mutant.", "human_ref_B": "[](/flittergasp) How do we know it *isn't* a magical condition? Magic and genetics are clearly linked somehow. And while natural mutations could maybe give you weird hair or something, it's hard to imagine an entirely biological process that could allow someone to fire plasma from their eyes, or teleport into a bizarre brimstone dimension, or control metal with their mind, or absorb people's life forces at a mere touch...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3737.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "42rede", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter/Marvel] If a child wizard turned out to also be a mutant when they hit puberty how would that situation be handled? Would the wizarding world recognise it for what it was or just assume it was some kind of magical condition?", "c_root_id_A": "czch70w", "c_root_id_B": "czcjpgd", "created_at_utc_A": 1453814260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453819446.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It kind of is, but I think that if they were in that universe they would realize what is happening. I am not sure why but people can usually tell when someone is a mutant.", "human_ref_B": "I guess it would depend on the power and how safe it was. Tonks, Hagrid, and Fluer had powers similar to mutants, shape shifting, half giant, and hypnotizing respectively, and they attended their schools. But if the power was like cyclops or Jean's then I imagine two men like Xavier and Dumbledore would have no problems sitting down and working something out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5186.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "42rede", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter/Marvel] If a child wizard turned out to also be a mutant when they hit puberty how would that situation be handled? Would the wizarding world recognise it for what it was or just assume it was some kind of magical condition?", "c_root_id_A": "czcja89", "c_root_id_B": "czcjpgd", "created_at_utc_A": 1453818689.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453819446.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I'm wondering which school they would attend. Perhaps Hogwarts for main studies and Xavier's during the summer for powers training? Or would it be better to get control of the mutant abilities before entering the magic world?", "human_ref_B": "I guess it would depend on the power and how safe it was. Tonks, Hagrid, and Fluer had powers similar to mutants, shape shifting, half giant, and hypnotizing respectively, and they attended their schools. But if the power was like cyclops or Jean's then I imagine two men like Xavier and Dumbledore would have no problems sitting down and working something out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 757.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "urfh0v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dark Knight Trilogy] When did Batman become such a good detective ? by the \u200f\u200f\u200e Dark Knight and the Dark Knight Rises, Batman is shown to be a brilliant detective. This is a given considering that Batman is generally known as the \u201cworld\u2019s greatest detective\u201d in the comics, but we never actually see or hear about his detective training anywhere in the trilogy outside of him being a bum and learning how to think like a criminal. There\u2019s no reason why he would study forensics or criminal justice in college because he didn\u2019t want to be a crimefighter until after Joe Chill died, and he seems to have stuck to the streets for most of his travels before joining the League of Shadows. Ultimately, it doesn\u2019t seem like he did any detective training between his parents\u2019 death and him becoming the Batman.", "c_root_id_A": "i8wxtvd", "c_root_id_B": "i8xdg88", "created_at_utc_A": 1652766271.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652779866.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 99, "human_ref_A": "There's a whole year between the first and second films during which he could've learned such skills.", "human_ref_B": "In \u201cBatman Begins\u201d, Bruce spends a good chunk of his 20s bouncing around the globe joining various petty criminal gangs and landing in maximum security prisons in an attempt to \u201cunderstand the criminal mindset\u201d. This gave him an intuitive understanding of how criminals think - but he was unable to translate that into an effective crime fighting doctrine until Ras Al Ghul trained him in theatricality, terror, and advanced martial arts However, Nolan Bruce never really demonstrated his comic book skills as \u201cthe world\u2019s greatest detective\u201d. He\u2018s still pretty smart, but nowhere near the genius level deduction and master planning we see in many other depictions of Batman In the first movie, Batman is so effective against organised crime because he\u2019s incorruptible, unaccountable, hard to kill, and a totally unknown quantity to them. It didn\u2019t take a genius detective to bring down Falcone, pretty much the entire city knew what he was up to, and they barely tried hiding their smuggling operations because they thought they were untouchable And with regards to Ra\u2019s Al Ghul\u2019s plot, it takes Batman a while to put the pieces together, and he\u2019s nearly too late to put a stop to the plan And again in the second movie, Bruce never demonstrates any genius detective skills. He seems entirely unfamiliar with the concept of unhinged or nihilistic terrorists, despite mass shooters and suicide bombers having been a thing for decades. And the Joker was running rings around him throughout the entire movie When we do see him do some nifty detective work, it\u2019s with the help of cutting edge forensic tech developed by Fox and Wayne corp In the third movie, again, he\u2019s completely blindsided by Bane running a massive, very difficult to hide operation right in the middle of Gotham city. And again, hoodwinked by Selina multiple times, culminating in him walking straight into a brightly lit locked kill zone with no cover and armed gunmen on every possible elevated platform So it\u2019s pretty clear that Nolan Batman was never the \u201cworld\u2019s greatest detective\u201d. He\u2019s probably a step above your standard beat cop, but he gets bamboozled in every movie he appears in, and he doesn\u2019t get a chance to show many clever deductions Nolan\u2019s Batman makes lots of human mistakes, and gets outplayed by the villains at every turn. Every movie, he\u2019d get beaten down, either physically or psychologically, before pulling himself back up, and relying on his faith in the essential goodness of Gotham to just barely pull through Nolan Batman\u2019s \u201cthing\u201d isn\u2019t Sherlock Holmes level deductive skills or 9 dimensional chess playing master plans. His thing was more about sheer bloody determination in the face of overwhelming odds, moral conviction to face evil, and being a symbol for Gotham that transcended his limitations as a mortal man Not to mention that he was only really active for a couple of months, less than 2 years put together. None of that was about crime solving, it was 100% focused on taking down organised crime. He fully intended on retiring as Batman the moment the police department and judiciary was clean enough to handle organised crime by themselves, he was never in it to chase down muggers or solve murder mysteries So it\u2019s less about what he\u2019s capable of as an individual, and more about what he could inspire and enable Gotham\u2019s citizens to do. He\u2019s more of a cheerleader (symbol of hope) than a crime solving genius - and in that regard, Harvey Dent (or rather, the idea of Harvey Dent) did a much better job than Batman ever did, which is why he retired immediately after Dent became a martyr and filled the role of as that symbol of hope. Once the police force, judiciary, legislative, civil society, press etc. was free from mob intimidation and corruption, Nolan Batman didn\u2019t have anything to offer that normal democratic public institutions couldn\u2019t do better - unlike comic book Batman, whose Sherlock Holmes skills were invaluable for crime solving, and the city was constantly plagued by crazed genius supervillains, escaped mad science experiments, mystical beings, alien invasions etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13595.0, "score_ratio": 12.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tis44r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dark Knight] What exactly was Scarecrow doing at the start of the Dark Knight At the drug deal scene with the imposter Batmans he gets confronted by an angry Chechen mobster who has several drug users in some kind of state of shock or mindbreak similar to what happened to the Mobster Don in the first movie after Scarecrow had his mind broken so he could be moved to Arkham without testifying. Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? His line \"I told you they'd take you places just not what those places would be\" sounds like something that normally gets you filled with bullets and dumped in a river when dealing with angry gangsters.", "c_root_id_A": "i1fuyt5", "c_root_id_B": "i1frvfv", "created_at_utc_A": 1647804697.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647803348.0, "score_A": 420, "score_B": 207, "human_ref_A": "Its all in the dialogue. As he says, \"Buyer beware! I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you were willing to go.\" To which the Chechen replies, \"My business is repeat customers!\" And the Scarecrow says back, \"If you don't like what I have to offer, you can buy from somebody else. Assuming Batman left anybody else to buy from.\" This, along with the news audio montage just before the scene implies that Batman's presence and activities have cleaned out just about all of the normal drug suppliers, allowing Scarecrow to illegally test his compounds on human subjects by lying to the mob that they're just new designer drugs.", "human_ref_B": "My impression was, he was selling regular recreational druggy type drugs (coke/meth/Molly/heroin whatever) but to which he secretly added his fear compound. No self respecting Chechen gangster is going to buy some new, weird drug just because Crane said they were cool. He\u2019d want stuff he knows he can shift and for which he has a ready market. Crane added his wacky compound because, to misquote Thor, \u201cThat\u2019s what villains do.\u201d", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1349.0, "score_ratio": 2.0289855072, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tis44r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dark Knight] What exactly was Scarecrow doing at the start of the Dark Knight At the drug deal scene with the imposter Batmans he gets confronted by an angry Chechen mobster who has several drug users in some kind of state of shock or mindbreak similar to what happened to the Mobster Don in the first movie after Scarecrow had his mind broken so he could be moved to Arkham without testifying. Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? His line \"I told you they'd take you places just not what those places would be\" sounds like something that normally gets you filled with bullets and dumped in a river when dealing with angry gangsters.", "c_root_id_A": "i1frll2", "c_root_id_B": "i1fuyt5", "created_at_utc_A": 1647803228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647804697.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 420, "human_ref_A": "Probably doing exactly what you've guessed here. Anyway, no reason he should worry about reprisal, he's dealt with tough guys before.", "human_ref_B": "Its all in the dialogue. As he says, \"Buyer beware! I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you were willing to go.\" To which the Chechen replies, \"My business is repeat customers!\" And the Scarecrow says back, \"If you don't like what I have to offer, you can buy from somebody else. Assuming Batman left anybody else to buy from.\" This, along with the news audio montage just before the scene implies that Batman's presence and activities have cleaned out just about all of the normal drug suppliers, allowing Scarecrow to illegally test his compounds on human subjects by lying to the mob that they're just new designer drugs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1469.0, "score_ratio": 12.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tis44r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dark Knight] What exactly was Scarecrow doing at the start of the Dark Knight At the drug deal scene with the imposter Batmans he gets confronted by an angry Chechen mobster who has several drug users in some kind of state of shock or mindbreak similar to what happened to the Mobster Don in the first movie after Scarecrow had his mind broken so he could be moved to Arkham without testifying. Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? His line \"I told you they'd take you places just not what those places would be\" sounds like something that normally gets you filled with bullets and dumped in a river when dealing with angry gangsters.", "c_root_id_A": "i1fsu1n", "c_root_id_B": "i1fuyt5", "created_at_utc_A": 1647803768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647804697.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 420, "human_ref_A": "> Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? As you say, he had his mind broken. While he's apparently recovered enough to be functional, he's apparently still not at his most rational.", "human_ref_B": "Its all in the dialogue. As he says, \"Buyer beware! I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you were willing to go.\" To which the Chechen replies, \"My business is repeat customers!\" And the Scarecrow says back, \"If you don't like what I have to offer, you can buy from somebody else. Assuming Batman left anybody else to buy from.\" This, along with the news audio montage just before the scene implies that Batman's presence and activities have cleaned out just about all of the normal drug suppliers, allowing Scarecrow to illegally test his compounds on human subjects by lying to the mob that they're just new designer drugs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 929.0, "score_ratio": 18.2608695652, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tis44r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dark Knight] What exactly was Scarecrow doing at the start of the Dark Knight At the drug deal scene with the imposter Batmans he gets confronted by an angry Chechen mobster who has several drug users in some kind of state of shock or mindbreak similar to what happened to the Mobster Don in the first movie after Scarecrow had his mind broken so he could be moved to Arkham without testifying. Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? His line \"I told you they'd take you places just not what those places would be\" sounds like something that normally gets you filled with bullets and dumped in a river when dealing with angry gangsters.", "c_root_id_A": "i1frvfv", "c_root_id_B": "i1frll2", "created_at_utc_A": 1647803348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647803228.0, "score_A": 207, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "My impression was, he was selling regular recreational druggy type drugs (coke/meth/Molly/heroin whatever) but to which he secretly added his fear compound. No self respecting Chechen gangster is going to buy some new, weird drug just because Crane said they were cool. He\u2019d want stuff he knows he can shift and for which he has a ready market. Crane added his wacky compound because, to misquote Thor, \u201cThat\u2019s what villains do.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "Probably doing exactly what you've guessed here. Anyway, no reason he should worry about reprisal, he's dealt with tough guys before.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 120.0, "score_ratio": 6.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tis44r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dark Knight] What exactly was Scarecrow doing at the start of the Dark Knight At the drug deal scene with the imposter Batmans he gets confronted by an angry Chechen mobster who has several drug users in some kind of state of shock or mindbreak similar to what happened to the Mobster Don in the first movie after Scarecrow had his mind broken so he could be moved to Arkham without testifying. Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? His line \"I told you they'd take you places just not what those places would be\" sounds like something that normally gets you filled with bullets and dumped in a river when dealing with angry gangsters.", "c_root_id_A": "i1fsu1n", "c_root_id_B": "i1gzkyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1647803768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647822439.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "> Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? As you say, he had his mind broken. While he's apparently recovered enough to be functional, he's apparently still not at his most rational.", "human_ref_B": "as /u/magistratemelvin said, Scarecrow cut street drugs with his homemade fear toxins. It's a well known problem that street dealers will cut recreational drugs with more dangerous compounds to save money, knowing that not everyone will have a negative reaction. That's pretty much what happened. Crane knew that only a certain percentage of buyers would respond to the hallucinogenic compounds in the fear toxin truly poorly; most would assume their experience was, at worst, a bad trip, if they noticed anything wrong at all. Now, was Dr. Crane just saving money on his manufacturing or looking for cheap new test subjects or just completely around the bend and fucking around for no reason? Who knows? Maybe even he doesn't.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18671.0, "score_ratio": 1.1304347826, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tis44r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dark Knight] What exactly was Scarecrow doing at the start of the Dark Knight At the drug deal scene with the imposter Batmans he gets confronted by an angry Chechen mobster who has several drug users in some kind of state of shock or mindbreak similar to what happened to the Mobster Don in the first movie after Scarecrow had his mind broken so he could be moved to Arkham without testifying. Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? His line \"I told you they'd take you places just not what those places would be\" sounds like something that normally gets you filled with bullets and dumped in a river when dealing with angry gangsters.", "c_root_id_A": "i1gp3k2", "c_root_id_B": "i1gzkyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1647817610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647822439.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "I assumed he had a toned down version so it acted more like lsd and then mixed some normal stuff in with the toned down version he sold", "human_ref_B": "as /u/magistratemelvin said, Scarecrow cut street drugs with his homemade fear toxins. It's a well known problem that street dealers will cut recreational drugs with more dangerous compounds to save money, knowing that not everyone will have a negative reaction. That's pretty much what happened. Crane knew that only a certain percentage of buyers would respond to the hallucinogenic compounds in the fear toxin truly poorly; most would assume their experience was, at worst, a bad trip, if they noticed anything wrong at all. Now, was Dr. Crane just saving money on his manufacturing or looking for cheap new test subjects or just completely around the bend and fucking around for no reason? Who knows? Maybe even he doesn't.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4829.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tis44r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dark Knight] What exactly was Scarecrow doing at the start of the Dark Knight At the drug deal scene with the imposter Batmans he gets confronted by an angry Chechen mobster who has several drug users in some kind of state of shock or mindbreak similar to what happened to the Mobster Don in the first movie after Scarecrow had his mind broken so he could be moved to Arkham without testifying. Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? His line \"I told you they'd take you places just not what those places would be\" sounds like something that normally gets you filled with bullets and dumped in a river when dealing with angry gangsters.", "c_root_id_A": "i1hb6i3", "c_root_id_B": "i1gp3k2", "created_at_utc_A": 1647828013.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647817610.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He was making money slinging his fear drug. But I think the real point of that scene was to show how far he'd fallen and pathetic he'd become. In Batman Begins he was a prominent psychologist that was tied to the League of Shadows. In The Dark Knight we see he's reduced to being a peddler for street drugs, including that 'fear drug' because that's his thing. It shows how far he's been reduced due to the Batman's actions.", "human_ref_B": "I assumed he had a toned down version so it acted more like lsd and then mixed some normal stuff in with the toned down version he sold", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10403.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tis44r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dark Knight] What exactly was Scarecrow doing at the start of the Dark Knight At the drug deal scene with the imposter Batmans he gets confronted by an angry Chechen mobster who has several drug users in some kind of state of shock or mindbreak similar to what happened to the Mobster Don in the first movie after Scarecrow had his mind broken so he could be moved to Arkham without testifying. Is he just selling off literal poison as recreational drugs to mobsters without telling them? His line \"I told you they'd take you places just not what those places would be\" sounds like something that normally gets you filled with bullets and dumped in a river when dealing with angry gangsters.", "c_root_id_A": "i1h75dg", "c_root_id_B": "i1hb6i3", "created_at_utc_A": 1647826062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647828013.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Essentially using them as test subjects and pretty much says \u201cif you don\u2019t like what I have to sell tough because Batman has got all the others out of business\u201d", "human_ref_B": "He was making money slinging his fear drug. But I think the real point of that scene was to show how far he'd fallen and pathetic he'd become. In Batman Begins he was a prominent psychologist that was tied to the League of Shadows. In The Dark Knight we see he's reduced to being a peddler for street drugs, including that 'fear drug' because that's his thing. It shows how far he's been reduced due to the Batman's actions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1951.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqaufpy", "c_root_id_B": "gqatgne", "created_at_utc_A": 1615270129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615269369.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Technically Vision IS organic. Looking into this question I realize the MCU has been a little inconsistent with defining what exactly vision is, because in Age of Ultron, it is expressly stated that his body was not made from just vibranium, but vibranium that has bonded with living tissue. The other issue with that is that the cradle is expressly said to print \u201cliving tissue\u201d and that it can create a living body (said by Ultron). Vision is not technically a synthetic being according to those statements, but in Wandavision we see him being pulled apart and he\u2019s just wires and such so idk. Seems like an inconsistency on their part unless I\u2019m missing something. source", "human_ref_B": "If the Mind Stone gave Vision intelligence, maybe the Power Stone would give him brute strength. Think the Synthezoid equivalent of the Hulk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 760.0, "score_ratio": 1.4090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqaufpy", "c_root_id_B": "gqat0ia", "created_at_utc_A": 1615270129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615269027.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Technically Vision IS organic. Looking into this question I realize the MCU has been a little inconsistent with defining what exactly vision is, because in Age of Ultron, it is expressly stated that his body was not made from just vibranium, but vibranium that has bonded with living tissue. The other issue with that is that the cradle is expressly said to print \u201cliving tissue\u201d and that it can create a living body (said by Ultron). Vision is not technically a synthetic being according to those statements, but in Wandavision we see him being pulled apart and he\u2019s just wires and such so idk. Seems like an inconsistency on their part unless I\u2019m missing something. source", "human_ref_B": "I guess he could hold it just fine, since he is not alive. I don't think he could use it though. Its power is controlled by the Infinity Gauntlet, which is what allows Thanos to use it without blowing himself up. I suppose it's possible that Vision could use the Mind Stone to \"negate\" the effects of the Power Stone, but making two of the stones \"fight\" seems like a recipe for disaster. I suppose the same goes for other synthetic beings, too. They could probably hold the stone but couldn't use it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1102.0, "score_ratio": 6.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqattun", "c_root_id_B": "gqaufpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1615269656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615270129.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "I think that depends. The stones seem to react to the will or wish to do something. The stones grant power specifically the power stone but the wielder needs to will them to do something. So when you say a synthetic being like vision I think there's a chance the power from the stone still just blows him apart. Like how we see the iron man gauntlet and to a lesser extent thanos's gauntlet damaged after a snap I think we could assume vision trying to channel the stone would have some difficulty. But maybe the mind stone would protect him? If you mean a synthetic being more like a straight non ai robot I think the stones just thinks it's sitting on some metal. Also while the power stone can't be held we see Ronan bind it to his hammer and the he holds that so I don't think a being weilding the stone is really what's up for debate I think it's channeling the stone without protection. Other than the soul stone which has it's own rules and when thanos crushes the space stone We never see anyone directly touch an infinity stone (unless you count vision always touching the one in his forehead) so while this is a problem associated with the power stone I don't think it's actually unique to it. The power stone is definitely the most dangerous stone because I think it's just releasing power into whoever touches it and it's too much power unless channled through something.", "human_ref_B": "Technically Vision IS organic. Looking into this question I realize the MCU has been a little inconsistent with defining what exactly vision is, because in Age of Ultron, it is expressly stated that his body was not made from just vibranium, but vibranium that has bonded with living tissue. The other issue with that is that the cradle is expressly said to print \u201cliving tissue\u201d and that it can create a living body (said by Ultron). Vision is not technically a synthetic being according to those statements, but in Wandavision we see him being pulled apart and he\u2019s just wires and such so idk. Seems like an inconsistency on their part unless I\u2019m missing something. source", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 473.0, "score_ratio": 15.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqaufpy", "c_root_id_B": "gqajx9x", "created_at_utc_A": 1615270129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615262962.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Technically Vision IS organic. Looking into this question I realize the MCU has been a little inconsistent with defining what exactly vision is, because in Age of Ultron, it is expressly stated that his body was not made from just vibranium, but vibranium that has bonded with living tissue. The other issue with that is that the cradle is expressly said to print \u201cliving tissue\u201d and that it can create a living body (said by Ultron). Vision is not technically a synthetic being according to those statements, but in Wandavision we see him being pulled apart and he\u2019s just wires and such so idk. Seems like an inconsistency on their part unless I\u2019m missing something. source", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7167.0, "score_ratio": -31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqat0ia", "c_root_id_B": "gqatgne", "created_at_utc_A": 1615269027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615269369.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "I guess he could hold it just fine, since he is not alive. I don't think he could use it though. Its power is controlled by the Infinity Gauntlet, which is what allows Thanos to use it without blowing himself up. I suppose it's possible that Vision could use the Mind Stone to \"negate\" the effects of the Power Stone, but making two of the stones \"fight\" seems like a recipe for disaster. I suppose the same goes for other synthetic beings, too. They could probably hold the stone but couldn't use it.", "human_ref_B": "If the Mind Stone gave Vision intelligence, maybe the Power Stone would give him brute strength. Think the Synthezoid equivalent of the Hulk.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 342.0, "score_ratio": 4.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqatgne", "c_root_id_B": "gqajx9x", "created_at_utc_A": 1615269369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615262962.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "If the Mind Stone gave Vision intelligence, maybe the Power Stone would give him brute strength. Think the Synthezoid equivalent of the Hulk.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6407.0, "score_ratio": -22.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqajx9x", "c_root_id_B": "gqat0ia", "created_at_utc_A": 1615262962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615269027.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I guess he could hold it just fine, since he is not alive. I don't think he could use it though. Its power is controlled by the Infinity Gauntlet, which is what allows Thanos to use it without blowing himself up. I suppose it's possible that Vision could use the Mind Stone to \"negate\" the effects of the Power Stone, but making two of the stones \"fight\" seems like a recipe for disaster. I suppose the same goes for other synthetic beings, too. They could probably hold the stone but couldn't use it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6065.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqajx9x", "c_root_id_B": "gqattun", "created_at_utc_A": 1615262962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615269656.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think that depends. The stones seem to react to the will or wish to do something. The stones grant power specifically the power stone but the wielder needs to will them to do something. So when you say a synthetic being like vision I think there's a chance the power from the stone still just blows him apart. Like how we see the iron man gauntlet and to a lesser extent thanos's gauntlet damaged after a snap I think we could assume vision trying to channel the stone would have some difficulty. But maybe the mind stone would protect him? If you mean a synthetic being more like a straight non ai robot I think the stones just thinks it's sitting on some metal. Also while the power stone can't be held we see Ronan bind it to his hammer and the he holds that so I don't think a being weilding the stone is really what's up for debate I think it's channeling the stone without protection. Other than the soul stone which has it's own rules and when thanos crushes the space stone We never see anyone directly touch an infinity stone (unless you count vision always touching the one in his forehead) so while this is a problem associated with the power stone I don't think it's actually unique to it. The power stone is definitely the most dangerous stone because I think it's just releasing power into whoever touches it and it's too much power unless channled through something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6694.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0yeee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] What would happen if you put the Power Stone in a synthetic being? We all know the Power Stone will kill any organic being it touches, but that can be circumvented by putting it in an object of some kind like a hammer or the Infinity Gauntlet. So what would happen if a synthetic being, like Vision for example, were to try and hold the Power Stone? Would it kill him or make him stronger?", "c_root_id_A": "gqajx9x", "c_root_id_B": "gqaw7iz", "created_at_utc_A": 1615262962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615271595.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Thanos holds the power stone and it does nothing to him. Could it be the gauntlet gives him the powere to do so. PS: Sorry for hijacking your question", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8633.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nksl43", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] If Ash fell (got pushed by Meowth) off a cliff and broke his legs, could he heal them with a Potion? And if his spine was damaged in the fall and he was permanently paralyzed, could it be healed with a Full Heal?", "c_root_id_A": "gzevije", "c_root_id_B": "gzekn4z", "created_at_utc_A": 1621962996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621958328.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'm leaning towards yes. If only because it is Pok\u00e9mon lore that the power of science is incredible (which is stated every game). Unless you're talking about the anime. Then maybe no.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine that it\u2019s a similar situation to potions in The Witcher. The Pok\u00e9mon assist/healing items are designed specifically for them, and humans lack the means to metabolize them properly. I doubt that it would be as extreme as in The Witcher where even the basic healing potion is just as likely to kill/cripple a normal human as it is to heal their wounds, but I doubt they will benefit much from them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4668.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nksl43", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] If Ash fell (got pushed by Meowth) off a cliff and broke his legs, could he heal them with a Potion? And if his spine was damaged in the fall and he was permanently paralyzed, could it be healed with a Full Heal?", "c_root_id_A": "gzekn4z", "c_root_id_B": "gzfqnti", "created_at_utc_A": 1621958328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621976461.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I imagine that it\u2019s a similar situation to potions in The Witcher. The Pok\u00e9mon assist/healing items are designed specifically for them, and humans lack the means to metabolize them properly. I doubt that it would be as extreme as in The Witcher where even the basic healing potion is just as likely to kill/cripple a normal human as it is to heal their wounds, but I doubt they will benefit much from them.", "human_ref_B": "Hmmm, last I checked from the lore humans ARE pokemon, but they also have medicine for humans so it's likely they don't work like that. Though a full heal doesn't fix permanent nerve damage as far as I know. The games don't SHOW that happening to your pokemon. Instead it makes them fighting fit after \"Fainting\" from exhaustion and being unable to fight which is different then a permanent injury.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18133.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nksl43", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] If Ash fell (got pushed by Meowth) off a cliff and broke his legs, could he heal them with a Potion? And if his spine was damaged in the fall and he was permanently paralyzed, could it be healed with a Full Heal?", "c_root_id_A": "gzhyuvh", "c_root_id_B": "gzfqo5j", "created_at_utc_A": 1622025828.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621976466.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Meowth\u2019s going too hardcore with trying to get Pikachu", "human_ref_B": "Hmmm, last I checked from the lore humans ARE pokemon, but they also have medicine for humans so it's likely they don't work like that. Though a full heal doesn't fix permanent nerve damage as far as I know. The games don't SHOW that happening to your pokemon. Instead it makes them fighting fit after \"Fainting\" from exhaustion and being unable to fight which is different then a permanent injury.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49362.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nksl43", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] If Ash fell (got pushed by Meowth) off a cliff and broke his legs, could he heal them with a Potion? And if his spine was damaged in the fall and he was permanently paralyzed, could it be healed with a Full Heal?", "c_root_id_A": "gzhyuvh", "c_root_id_B": "gzekn4z", "created_at_utc_A": 1622025828.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621958328.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Meowth\u2019s going too hardcore with trying to get Pikachu", "human_ref_B": "I imagine that it\u2019s a similar situation to potions in The Witcher. The Pok\u00e9mon assist/healing items are designed specifically for them, and humans lack the means to metabolize them properly. I doubt that it would be as extreme as in The Witcher where even the basic healing potion is just as likely to kill/cripple a normal human as it is to heal their wounds, but I doubt they will benefit much from them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 67500.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rfe05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] [Horror] How would different villains do in the Imperium, and how would they be dealt with once they were found out? I am specifically interested in the champions: Michael Myers Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger Samara/Sadako Assume that all villains are at the strongest they have ever been, unless the extra strength is not advantageous to them. For example, Uber Jason might be easier to deal with than the original Voorhees, even though Uber Jason is much stronger. How would they fare in the universe where there is only War?", "c_root_id_A": "e8gm4gh", "c_root_id_B": "e8gg9b7", "created_at_utc_A": 1540515180.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540509697.0, "score_A": 69, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "Jason becomes something of a legend. A scary story kids in hivecities tell each other. In all reality, Jason does exist and kills very regularly, but that kinda thing just blends in. Micheal would likely be killed outright. He isn't as strong or 'magical' enough as Jason to reach legend status and would probably be too much of a nuisance for people to keep around. Samara is probably a horror story around the Mechanicum and seen as a curse that plagued ancient man. Tech-priests tell stories about her and how she appears from within the screens of old tek to punish those who look upon corrupted artifacts. /u/Lessiarty absolutely nailed Freddy as a figment of The Warp. Most likely a demon of Slaneesh and most likely killed pretty easily by the almighty might of our rightful God Emperor. Expanding: Both Alien and Predator are both Xenos. The Demogorgon from Stranger Things is most definitely The Warp. It could even be theorised that the Upside Down itself is The Warp and that Eleven is a Psyker. Pennywise is, you guessed it, of The Warp. Unlike others, however, he is immediately killed because **fuck clowns.** Hannibal Lecter is initially highly respected within The Imperium before being eventually found out and slaughtered by The Inquisition as a Heretic. Jigsaw is part of the Mechanicus, though it's highly suspected by The Inquisition that he is influenced by the Dark Eldar. Norman Bates is a wimp.", "human_ref_B": "Freddy is straight Warp. Haunting your dreams and you die from it?! Once we figure out how, that's some heresy that's gonna burn, no doubt about it. Good job the Emperor isn't in some kind of catatonic dream state... ... oh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5483.0, "score_ratio": 1.3529411765, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rfe05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] [Horror] How would different villains do in the Imperium, and how would they be dealt with once they were found out? I am specifically interested in the champions: Michael Myers Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger Samara/Sadako Assume that all villains are at the strongest they have ever been, unless the extra strength is not advantageous to them. For example, Uber Jason might be easier to deal with than the original Voorhees, even though Uber Jason is much stronger. How would they fare in the universe where there is only War?", "c_root_id_A": "e8gyq0z", "c_root_id_B": "e8h88pi", "created_at_utc_A": 1540527099.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540541864.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Mike 'ports in on a post-exterminatus Tombworld... but the Necrons make fun of his Shattner mask and call his sister a skank because butcher knives are no threat to them and they do the menacing slow walk thing better anyway. Jason is captured by the Arbites and banished to a Khornate daemon-planet with a huge Ork WAAAAAGH!!! in progress by . All parties concerned are content with the situation. Freddy is chased out of Imperial space by Grey Knights and winds up in Commorragh. There, he takes one look around, realizes what a milquetoast pussy he is compared to the Dark Eldar, and eats his own knife-glove in existential shame. I don't know who the last one is, but they run into a Titan maniple. Nuff said.", "human_ref_B": "not a villain, but Ash Williams joins the Imperial Guard, and quickly becomes a folk hero. He manages to kill enough ORKS that the gestalt field they make starts upgrading his badassery to Astartes levels. And then he completely accidentally, through some slapstick levels of luck, manages to banish some high-ranking Archdaemon, and is crowned a governor of some bumfuck planet, both as a reward and to get him out sight of the administration. Hail to the Gov'nor, baby! Groovy!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14765.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rfe05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] [Horror] How would different villains do in the Imperium, and how would they be dealt with once they were found out? I am specifically interested in the champions: Michael Myers Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger Samara/Sadako Assume that all villains are at the strongest they have ever been, unless the extra strength is not advantageous to them. For example, Uber Jason might be easier to deal with than the original Voorhees, even though Uber Jason is much stronger. How would they fare in the universe where there is only War?", "c_root_id_A": "e8gy7p1", "c_root_id_B": "e8h88pi", "created_at_utc_A": 1540526492.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540541864.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "The Lament Configuration is likely some daemon artifact. Cenobites and people like Frank have become daemons via whatever madness goes on within their world. The Creeper must be some strange form of xeno, if not a cryptid or horrible mutation. It really wouldn't be that big a deal, there's xenos and mutants lurking in most dark corners. I bet it's too smart to eat from corrupted host. Leslie Vernon, with all his dedication, likely becomes some sort of chaos champion at some point, if not just a very dedicated and dangerous cultist.", "human_ref_B": "not a villain, but Ash Williams joins the Imperial Guard, and quickly becomes a folk hero. He manages to kill enough ORKS that the gestalt field they make starts upgrading his badassery to Astartes levels. And then he completely accidentally, through some slapstick levels of luck, manages to banish some high-ranking Archdaemon, and is crowned a governor of some bumfuck planet, both as a reward and to get him out sight of the administration. Hail to the Gov'nor, baby! Groovy!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15372.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rfe05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] [Horror] How would different villains do in the Imperium, and how would they be dealt with once they were found out? I am specifically interested in the champions: Michael Myers Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger Samara/Sadako Assume that all villains are at the strongest they have ever been, unless the extra strength is not advantageous to them. For example, Uber Jason might be easier to deal with than the original Voorhees, even though Uber Jason is much stronger. How would they fare in the universe where there is only War?", "c_root_id_A": "e8gx210", "c_root_id_B": "e8h88pi", "created_at_utc_A": 1540525236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540541864.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Most of them get dumped straight into the Warp or killed outright. The Imperium is evil and vicious, but most horror movie villains are uncontrollable monsters who can't work within a system or be used.", "human_ref_B": "not a villain, but Ash Williams joins the Imperial Guard, and quickly becomes a folk hero. He manages to kill enough ORKS that the gestalt field they make starts upgrading his badassery to Astartes levels. And then he completely accidentally, through some slapstick levels of luck, manages to banish some high-ranking Archdaemon, and is crowned a governor of some bumfuck planet, both as a reward and to get him out sight of the administration. Hail to the Gov'nor, baby! Groovy!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16628.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rfe05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] [Horror] How would different villains do in the Imperium, and how would they be dealt with once they were found out? I am specifically interested in the champions: Michael Myers Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger Samara/Sadako Assume that all villains are at the strongest they have ever been, unless the extra strength is not advantageous to them. For example, Uber Jason might be easier to deal with than the original Voorhees, even though Uber Jason is much stronger. How would they fare in the universe where there is only War?", "c_root_id_A": "e8gyq0z", "c_root_id_B": "e8gy7p1", "created_at_utc_A": 1540527099.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540526492.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Mike 'ports in on a post-exterminatus Tombworld... but the Necrons make fun of his Shattner mask and call his sister a skank because butcher knives are no threat to them and they do the menacing slow walk thing better anyway. Jason is captured by the Arbites and banished to a Khornate daemon-planet with a huge Ork WAAAAAGH!!! in progress by . All parties concerned are content with the situation. Freddy is chased out of Imperial space by Grey Knights and winds up in Commorragh. There, he takes one look around, realizes what a milquetoast pussy he is compared to the Dark Eldar, and eats his own knife-glove in existential shame. I don't know who the last one is, but they run into a Titan maniple. Nuff said.", "human_ref_B": "The Lament Configuration is likely some daemon artifact. Cenobites and people like Frank have become daemons via whatever madness goes on within their world. The Creeper must be some strange form of xeno, if not a cryptid or horrible mutation. It really wouldn't be that big a deal, there's xenos and mutants lurking in most dark corners. I bet it's too smart to eat from corrupted host. Leslie Vernon, with all his dedication, likely becomes some sort of chaos champion at some point, if not just a very dedicated and dangerous cultist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 607.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rfe05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] [Horror] How would different villains do in the Imperium, and how would they be dealt with once they were found out? I am specifically interested in the champions: Michael Myers Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger Samara/Sadako Assume that all villains are at the strongest they have ever been, unless the extra strength is not advantageous to them. For example, Uber Jason might be easier to deal with than the original Voorhees, even though Uber Jason is much stronger. How would they fare in the universe where there is only War?", "c_root_id_A": "e8gyq0z", "c_root_id_B": "e8gx210", "created_at_utc_A": 1540527099.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540525236.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Mike 'ports in on a post-exterminatus Tombworld... but the Necrons make fun of his Shattner mask and call his sister a skank because butcher knives are no threat to them and they do the menacing slow walk thing better anyway. Jason is captured by the Arbites and banished to a Khornate daemon-planet with a huge Ork WAAAAAGH!!! in progress by . All parties concerned are content with the situation. Freddy is chased out of Imperial space by Grey Knights and winds up in Commorragh. There, he takes one look around, realizes what a milquetoast pussy he is compared to the Dark Eldar, and eats his own knife-glove in existential shame. I don't know who the last one is, but they run into a Titan maniple. Nuff said.", "human_ref_B": "Most of them get dumped straight into the Warp or killed outright. The Imperium is evil and vicious, but most horror movie villains are uncontrollable monsters who can't work within a system or be used.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1863.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rfe05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] [Horror] How would different villains do in the Imperium, and how would they be dealt with once they were found out? I am specifically interested in the champions: Michael Myers Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger Samara/Sadako Assume that all villains are at the strongest they have ever been, unless the extra strength is not advantageous to them. For example, Uber Jason might be easier to deal with than the original Voorhees, even though Uber Jason is much stronger. How would they fare in the universe where there is only War?", "c_root_id_A": "e8gx210", "c_root_id_B": "e8gy7p1", "created_at_utc_A": 1540525236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540526492.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Most of them get dumped straight into the Warp or killed outright. The Imperium is evil and vicious, but most horror movie villains are uncontrollable monsters who can't work within a system or be used.", "human_ref_B": "The Lament Configuration is likely some daemon artifact. Cenobites and people like Frank have become daemons via whatever madness goes on within their world. The Creeper must be some strange form of xeno, if not a cryptid or horrible mutation. It really wouldn't be that big a deal, there's xenos and mutants lurking in most dark corners. I bet it's too smart to eat from corrupted host. Leslie Vernon, with all his dedication, likely becomes some sort of chaos champion at some point, if not just a very dedicated and dangerous cultist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1256.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rfe05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] [Horror] How would different villains do in the Imperium, and how would they be dealt with once they were found out? I am specifically interested in the champions: Michael Myers Jason Voorhees Freddy Krueger Samara/Sadako Assume that all villains are at the strongest they have ever been, unless the extra strength is not advantageous to them. For example, Uber Jason might be easier to deal with than the original Voorhees, even though Uber Jason is much stronger. How would they fare in the universe where there is only War?", "c_root_id_A": "e8j9c3r", "c_root_id_B": "ekxjjox", "created_at_utc_A": 1540619225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555324541.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Flood quickly overwhelms its starter world, capturing a few dozen ships and infecting several planets. They've taken over a dozen worlds and assembled a gravemind by the time a chapter of space marines arrive. They dakka the flood ships into oblivion, but they have no chance of catching all the spores. Eventually, a flood spore will land on a world infested by Orkz, and then it's game over for the imperium.", "human_ref_B": "E x t e r m i n a t u s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14705316.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lit2yj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] Can Somone Explain to me this Joke from DeadPool ? \"Your Mother's so fat Hank Pym had to beat her up in the back of a Quinjet \"", "c_root_id_A": "gn7ubq5", "c_root_id_B": "gn7rbjy", "created_at_utc_A": 1613226091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613225145.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In the Ultimate universe, marvel doubled down on the \u201cHank abused Janet\u201d deal and even had Cap beat the shit out of Hank in response. It\u2019s such a memorable part of his character that writers still toss back to it", "human_ref_B": "I thought it was for the time Hank ate the Blob", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 946.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lsbz14", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] I just saw on the news that a huge crime boss was arrested. They own some incredibly powerful Pok\u00e9mon - what happens to those Pok\u00e9mon now that their master is in jail? Do their Pok\u00e9mon also get taken into some kind of custody? Left in their Pokeballs in an evidence locker? With how loyal some Pok\u00e9mon are, I can't imagine you could release them or retrain them to obey someone else.", "c_root_id_A": "goq9z30", "c_root_id_B": "goqxnws", "created_at_utc_A": 1614275334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614284363.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "They are put down humanely, then ground down into pokemon food.", "human_ref_B": "Probably in a home like Mr. Fuji's for abandoned Pok\u00e9mon. Either that or ground up into candies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9029.0, "score_ratio": 2.1052631579, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lsbz14", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Pok\u00e9mon] I just saw on the news that a huge crime boss was arrested. They own some incredibly powerful Pok\u00e9mon - what happens to those Pok\u00e9mon now that their master is in jail? Do their Pok\u00e9mon also get taken into some kind of custody? Left in their Pokeballs in an evidence locker? With how loyal some Pok\u00e9mon are, I can't imagine you could release them or retrain them to obey someone else.", "c_root_id_A": "goqxnws", "c_root_id_B": "goqn7xx", "created_at_utc_A": 1614284363.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614280160.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Probably in a home like Mr. Fuji's for abandoned Pok\u00e9mon. Either that or ground up into candies.", "human_ref_B": "As far as I know there are no prisons in the Pok\u00e9mon universe. Definitely not at the scale they exist in our world. That aside, they're still the bosses' Pok\u00e9mon. There's no existing precedent for someone being stripped of their Pok\u00e9mon (in a legally justified manner), so it would have to be a unique case where they've done something truly horrible and probably aren't coming back. In that case, rehabilitation is possible but you'd have to find a trainer willing to work to get them there, and it's not going to be easy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4203.0, "score_ratio": 2.3529411765, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jhgiyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Was Thanos actually capable of creating a \"better\" Universe with the gauntlet, or would his willful ignorance of Malthusian economics have gotten in the way? Assuming that the effort didn't kill him outright, would it have been enough for him to ask the gauntlet to create a universe free of suffering, or would he have to ask for specific changes that *he thought* would lead to a universe free of suffering?", "c_root_id_A": "ga04163", "c_root_id_B": "g9zjefb", "created_at_utc_A": 1603597980.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603590194.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The only thing Thanos wanted to \"fix\" was people being grateful towards him for killing their loved ones. That was his definition of \"better\". Thanos didn't want what we would consider a \"better\" universe. He wanted to be right. Remember Thanos' line about how Gamora's planet was prospering after he killed half its population? Now remember in GotG, where Gamora was being registered into the prison, and was identified as *the last surviving member of her species*? (source video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEJq4YYIDdw ) Thanos wants to be right about his idea that he thought could have saved his homeworld. He wants it so bad, that he will flat out lie to himself and *not check* just to make sure he can't be proven wrong. He doesn't want things to be better, he only wants to *have been* correct, all those years ago. That is literally the only thing he cares about.", "human_ref_B": "It could create a universe free from suffering as Thanos understands it but he's called \"the Mad Titan\" for a reason.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7786.0, "score_ratio": 5.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jhgiyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Was Thanos actually capable of creating a \"better\" Universe with the gauntlet, or would his willful ignorance of Malthusian economics have gotten in the way? Assuming that the effort didn't kill him outright, would it have been enough for him to ask the gauntlet to create a universe free of suffering, or would he have to ask for specific changes that *he thought* would lead to a universe free of suffering?", "c_root_id_A": "ga04163", "c_root_id_B": "g9ytr7e", "created_at_utc_A": 1603597980.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603580681.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The only thing Thanos wanted to \"fix\" was people being grateful towards him for killing their loved ones. That was his definition of \"better\". Thanos didn't want what we would consider a \"better\" universe. He wanted to be right. Remember Thanos' line about how Gamora's planet was prospering after he killed half its population? Now remember in GotG, where Gamora was being registered into the prison, and was identified as *the last surviving member of her species*? (source video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEJq4YYIDdw ) Thanos wants to be right about his idea that he thought could have saved his homeworld. He wants it so bad, that he will flat out lie to himself and *not check* just to make sure he can't be proven wrong. He doesn't want things to be better, he only wants to *have been* correct, all those years ago. That is literally the only thing he cares about.", "human_ref_B": "Good question. . .I'm assuming you can't just say 'fix this' but I do think he could have doubled resources or moved planets or whatever else the heck he wanted without killing people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17299.0, "score_ratio": 6.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jhgiyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Was Thanos actually capable of creating a \"better\" Universe with the gauntlet, or would his willful ignorance of Malthusian economics have gotten in the way? Assuming that the effort didn't kill him outright, would it have been enough for him to ask the gauntlet to create a universe free of suffering, or would he have to ask for specific changes that *he thought* would lead to a universe free of suffering?", "c_root_id_A": "ga04163", "c_root_id_B": "g9z3wfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1603597980.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603584348.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The only thing Thanos wanted to \"fix\" was people being grateful towards him for killing their loved ones. That was his definition of \"better\". Thanos didn't want what we would consider a \"better\" universe. He wanted to be right. Remember Thanos' line about how Gamora's planet was prospering after he killed half its population? Now remember in GotG, where Gamora was being registered into the prison, and was identified as *the last surviving member of her species*? (source video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEJq4YYIDdw ) Thanos wants to be right about his idea that he thought could have saved his homeworld. He wants it so bad, that he will flat out lie to himself and *not check* just to make sure he can't be proven wrong. He doesn't want things to be better, he only wants to *have been* correct, all those years ago. That is literally the only thing he cares about.", "human_ref_B": "The gauntlet would need something more specific. Though it probably could remove from all life the emotional capability to feel \"bad\" emotions. But I don't think that would be a good solution.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13632.0, "score_ratio": 11.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jhgiyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Was Thanos actually capable of creating a \"better\" Universe with the gauntlet, or would his willful ignorance of Malthusian economics have gotten in the way? Assuming that the effort didn't kill him outright, would it have been enough for him to ask the gauntlet to create a universe free of suffering, or would he have to ask for specific changes that *he thought* would lead to a universe free of suffering?", "c_root_id_A": "g9zjefb", "c_root_id_B": "g9ytr7e", "created_at_utc_A": 1603590194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603580681.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It could create a universe free from suffering as Thanos understands it but he's called \"the Mad Titan\" for a reason.", "human_ref_B": "Good question. . .I'm assuming you can't just say 'fix this' but I do think he could have doubled resources or moved planets or whatever else the heck he wanted without killing people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9513.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jhgiyd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Was Thanos actually capable of creating a \"better\" Universe with the gauntlet, or would his willful ignorance of Malthusian economics have gotten in the way? Assuming that the effort didn't kill him outright, would it have been enough for him to ask the gauntlet to create a universe free of suffering, or would he have to ask for specific changes that *he thought* would lead to a universe free of suffering?", "c_root_id_A": "g9z3wfd", "c_root_id_B": "g9zjefb", "created_at_utc_A": 1603584348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603590194.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The gauntlet would need something more specific. Though it probably could remove from all life the emotional capability to feel \"bad\" emotions. But I don't think that would be a good solution.", "human_ref_B": "It could create a universe free from suffering as Thanos understands it but he's called \"the Mad Titan\" for a reason.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5846.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8m39v3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] At the end of Age of Ultron, who are all the soldiers running around in formation? SHIELD was gone at that point and we never see any kind of military forces there later, like when Scott Lang breaks in. Also, why is Avengers HQ a huge, sprawling office complex with floor-to-ceiling windows - wouldn't a secure bunker compound be more appropriate for their mission?", "c_root_id_A": "dzkjg54", "c_root_id_B": "dzkgyzn", "created_at_utc_A": 1527270831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527268595.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "to be fair, one of the B-team Avengers was there (Falcon). Security might not patrol as much inside, relying on Stark-AI and perimeter security to secure the facility > Also, why is Avengers HQ a huge, sprawling office complex with floor-to-ceiling windows? wouldn't a secure bunker compound be more appropriate for their mission? So is the white house, but it is probably one of the most secure places on Earth You also need to keep up a good face with the public. A shining beacon on a hill is something you can look up to, but having a team of superpowered individuals based in a secret bunker seems shady. That being said, we only see training facilities and offices / press rooms. They likely have more secure interior spaces for weapons storage and such", "human_ref_B": "Do you mean soldiers at the Avengers base? I would assume some kind of private military force (mercenaries) hired to protect the place and keep people away since theres a lot of advanced tech in there that people might try to steal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2236.0, "score_ratio": 1.5185185185, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8m39v3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] At the end of Age of Ultron, who are all the soldiers running around in formation? SHIELD was gone at that point and we never see any kind of military forces there later, like when Scott Lang breaks in. Also, why is Avengers HQ a huge, sprawling office complex with floor-to-ceiling windows - wouldn't a secure bunker compound be more appropriate for their mission?", "c_root_id_A": "dzkmpfv", "c_root_id_B": "dzko2os", "created_at_utc_A": 1527273875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527275187.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It really shouldn\u2019t be a question why the base isn\u2019t a bunker. The Avengers base houses some of the strongest beings on earth...why would they need it to be underground?", "human_ref_B": "Most likely former Shield agents that have been vetted by Maria Hill. yes the Avengers are the top tier super powered people like Iron Man, Cap, Scarlett Witch, Vision, etc.. But someone needs to maintain the fleet of Quinn Jets and other vehicles, clean/maintain the complex, repair equipment, bring in and prepare food and supplies....etc. etc. etc... There would logically be a huge support staff including routine security(you don't have Falcon doing hourly fly bys to keep out tourists...) to support the actions of the Team. As far as the windows and such. That was just the ground level public accessible offices and private residence areas. There are many underground levels as shown when Wanda shoved Vision thru the floor. I' imagine there are secure storage bunkers for supplies(food, weapons, spare parts, etc.) as well as living quarters in case of extreme lock down emergency.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1312.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8m39v3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] At the end of Age of Ultron, who are all the soldiers running around in formation? SHIELD was gone at that point and we never see any kind of military forces there later, like when Scott Lang breaks in. Also, why is Avengers HQ a huge, sprawling office complex with floor-to-ceiling windows - wouldn't a secure bunker compound be more appropriate for their mission?", "c_root_id_A": "dzlg7x2", "c_root_id_B": "dzkmpfv", "created_at_utc_A": 1527307145.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527273875.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not an answer to your question really, but SHEILD does exists again at this point but on a much smaller scale. Immediately after SHIELD is shut down Agent Coulson starts it back up. But as a very very very small agency. This is why there was a helicarrier. It was actually provided by Coulson\u2019s new SHIELD. If you are interested in this story line watch Marvels Agents of SHIELD. This is technically in the MCU.", "human_ref_B": "It really shouldn\u2019t be a question why the base isn\u2019t a bunker. The Avengers base houses some of the strongest beings on earth...why would they need it to be underground?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33270.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8m39v3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] At the end of Age of Ultron, who are all the soldiers running around in formation? SHIELD was gone at that point and we never see any kind of military forces there later, like when Scott Lang breaks in. Also, why is Avengers HQ a huge, sprawling office complex with floor-to-ceiling windows - wouldn't a secure bunker compound be more appropriate for their mission?", "c_root_id_A": "dzlg7x2", "c_root_id_B": "dzkvv1n", "created_at_utc_A": 1527307145.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527283093.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not an answer to your question really, but SHEILD does exists again at this point but on a much smaller scale. Immediately after SHIELD is shut down Agent Coulson starts it back up. But as a very very very small agency. This is why there was a helicarrier. It was actually provided by Coulson\u2019s new SHIELD. If you are interested in this story line watch Marvels Agents of SHIELD. This is technically in the MCU.", "human_ref_B": "I suspect most of them were ex-SHIELD who worked for the Avengers as auxiliaries, likely paid by Stark. The Avengers are powerful, but they're also all very specialized and can't be everywhere at once, so they have a support staff of engineers, agents, and soldiers to back them up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24052.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mv2pol", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Power Rangers] Is there any particular reason why the main villain, like Rita, generally doesn\u2019t send more than one monster at a time to fight the Rangers? Recently, I\u2019ve started rewatching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which got me thinking. Is there any reason why Rita, and by extension the antagonists in other series, generally only send one new monster at a time? At best, Rita will send some Putties, which have proven to not do much besides be a minor distraction, and occasionally Goldar and/or Scorpina as backup. Is there anything stopping her from sending two or more monsters, Goldar, Scorpina, *and* Putties in the hopes of overwhelming them with sheer numbers? And speaking of sheer numbers, why does she only seem to send a handful of Putties at a time? They can seem to do some degree of damage if they\u2019re actually successful at ganging up on one or two Rangers at a time. And some of the monsters do seem to be able to pose an actual threat by themselves, like Eye Guy and Terror Toad. Why not send them at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "gv9n1au", "c_root_id_B": "gv9f2x9", "created_at_utc_A": 1618963588.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618959629.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "I have a buddy who really wishes he had a PS5, but he's always broke and never has enough. But if he only saved his money for like 3 paychecks, he'd have that PS5 and 6 games easily. But as soon as he gets paid, he gets new shoes, new speakers, or some other shit he doesn't need. Like clockwork. And he's not the only one like that. The moral of this story: If Rita only listened to her financial advisor, the Power Rangers would be dead.", "human_ref_B": "For Rita, she only has so much magical energy to animate the monsters with, and she'd drain her resources too much if she tried sending multiple monsters at once. Sometimes, when the stars align or other magical events line up, she could send multiple monsters, but even then it appears that the individual monsters are weaker when she or Zedd or the such try that tactic. So rather than two weaker monsters, she sends one strong one.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3959.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mv2pol", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Power Rangers] Is there any particular reason why the main villain, like Rita, generally doesn\u2019t send more than one monster at a time to fight the Rangers? Recently, I\u2019ve started rewatching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which got me thinking. Is there any reason why Rita, and by extension the antagonists in other series, generally only send one new monster at a time? At best, Rita will send some Putties, which have proven to not do much besides be a minor distraction, and occasionally Goldar and/or Scorpina as backup. Is there anything stopping her from sending two or more monsters, Goldar, Scorpina, *and* Putties in the hopes of overwhelming them with sheer numbers? And speaking of sheer numbers, why does she only seem to send a handful of Putties at a time? They can seem to do some degree of damage if they\u2019re actually successful at ganging up on one or two Rangers at a time. And some of the monsters do seem to be able to pose an actual threat by themselves, like Eye Guy and Terror Toad. Why not send them at the same time?", "c_root_id_A": "gv9fypj", "c_root_id_B": "gv9n1au", "created_at_utc_A": 1618960065.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618963588.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "In addition to having limited resources, you're dealing with 2 reasons. First is the galactic politics at play. If you lose a monster per week taking over a planet, that's not a big deal, but if you were to deploy an entire army against 5 teenagers, even if you win that's a black eye. Secondly, the run of the mill monsters like terror toad, nasty knight, etc., are sent not because they have the brute force to overcome the rangers, but because they also work psychologically against one or more rangers based upon whats going on in their lives, playing on fear or uncertainty to potentially defeat the team while expending much less energy than sending a cyclopsis or equivalent", "human_ref_B": "I have a buddy who really wishes he had a PS5, but he's always broke and never has enough. But if he only saved his money for like 3 paychecks, he'd have that PS5 and 6 games easily. But as soon as he gets paid, he gets new shoes, new speakers, or some other shit he doesn't need. Like clockwork. And he's not the only one like that. The moral of this story: If Rita only listened to her financial advisor, the Power Rangers would be dead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3523.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5t6jq3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] After the fall of the Jedi Order, Obi-Wan goes to Dagobah and Yoda settles on Tatooine. How do events turn out differently?", "c_root_id_A": "ddkiakt", "c_root_id_B": "ddki5ya", "created_at_utc_A": 1486723681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486723253.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Yoda is spotted and either hunted down and killed by Sideous, or they test the Death Star out on Tattooine instead of Alderaan. Yoda would probably not be able to blend in as well as \"Old Ben\" did.", "human_ref_B": "Yoda would have beaten Vader on Death Star 1. He then trains Luke and together he and Luke destroy Palpatine. Game over.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 428.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5t6jq3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] After the fall of the Jedi Order, Obi-Wan goes to Dagobah and Yoda settles on Tatooine. How do events turn out differently?", "c_root_id_A": "ddko9ay", "c_root_id_B": "ddki5ya", "created_at_utc_A": 1486736829.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486723253.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Everything: First, is Luke still on Tatooine? From what we see, there is no society on Dagobah - its just a giant ball of miasmic swamp. So, Luke still goes to Tatooine to hide on the planet Vader wants nothing to do with. Yoda masquerades as a rogue jawa or something. Luke's adventures begin with R2 having a message for Obi Wan. Yet, Leia must have known Obi Wan was hiding on Tatooine from her adopted father. Senator Organa, I believe, also knew where Yoda was. So, he would have sent his daughter to Dagobah, not Tatooine. R2 and C3PO take the escape pod to Dagobah, not Tatooine, and who knows where the adventure goes from there. Meanwhile, Luke's biggest adventure is going to Tochi Station for some new power converters. Or maybe Leia still goes to Tatooine, thinking Obi Wan is there (or maybe even searching for Yoda) or just through the Will of the Force. R2 and C3PO meet Luke, the message plays - is it now \"Master Yoda, you're are only hope?\" or \"Obi Wan\"? Even if events play out where Yoda saves Luke from the Raiders, that may be the end of it. Obi Wan and Yoda were different, and did not see Luke in the same way. For instance, Yoda, even after Luke blew up the Death Star, was still reluctant to take on Luke, and really discouraged him as much as encouraged him. Obi Wan sees Anakin in Luke, and maybe a lot of himself as well. Yoda does not. Yoda sees another failure in the making. Yoda has aged and changed dramatically on Dagobah. Does Yoda say \"Learn the ways of the Force, must you, if come with me to Aldaraan you do.\" There are even minor issues like the events of Star Wars Rebels. Yoda, at Dagobah, has spoken to Ezra in the Jedi Temple, but no one has heard at all from Obi Wan. So, the events of Rebels may butterfly effect out too. Seems like a lot more would change than just Luke hearing \"Do or do not, there is no try\" on the Death Star run instead of \"Use the Force, Luke\".", "human_ref_B": "Yoda would have beaten Vader on Death Star 1. He then trains Luke and together he and Luke destroy Palpatine. Game over.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13576.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gpp2xap", "c_root_id_B": "gpo6avm", "created_at_utc_A": 1614890865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614877172.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The Matrix A.I. don't seem to possess the ability to lie. In the Animated movie they robots sign a document that ensures the survival of the human species and they honored that deal, so, I see no reason why they wouldn't honor this one also.", "human_ref_B": "No need to kill him, he\u2019s still good fuel. And/wetware components. They don\u2019t really lose anything by obliging his condition but they also have zero reason to abide it either. Honestly, I\u2019m not sure, but my assumption is they don\u2019t bother.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13693.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gpnrobw", "c_root_id_B": "gpp2xap", "created_at_utc_A": 1614870798.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614890865.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Why not? More battery power. If they actually have the ability to reinsert him (and you'd think that Cypher would know before he made such a deal), there's no real reason to back out of the deal other than spite. And they aren't supposed to feel such petty emotions.", "human_ref_B": "The Matrix A.I. don't seem to possess the ability to lie. In the Animated movie they robots sign a document that ensures the survival of the human species and they honored that deal, so, I see no reason why they wouldn't honor this one also.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20067.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gpoh7xf", "c_root_id_B": "gpp2xap", "created_at_utc_A": 1614881830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614890865.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Odds are good they'd kill him. The point of the cycle of the One is to remove people who endanger the system through their inability to accept the Matrix. While he blames Morpheus, Cypher is exactly the kind of person they want out. It's about choice, and *Cypher already made his*. The bell cannot be unrung. As for Smith, even though he doesn't know the truth about the system and the One, he probably is overselling his capabilities. This is a time-honored tradition among people cultivating traitors; during the Cold War, Soviet operatives often played on the egos of American marks by promising them high rank with the KGB upon defection, even though they'll never even be let in through the front door. Smith, regardless if he could create a celebrity from nothing, probably won't bother.", "human_ref_B": "The Matrix A.I. don't seem to possess the ability to lie. In the Animated movie they robots sign a document that ensures the survival of the human species and they honored that deal, so, I see no reason why they wouldn't honor this one also.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9035.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gpp2xap", "c_root_id_B": "gpox0ky", "created_at_utc_A": 1614890865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614888377.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Matrix A.I. don't seem to possess the ability to lie. In the Animated movie they robots sign a document that ensures the survival of the human species and they honored that deal, so, I see no reason why they wouldn't honor this one also.", "human_ref_B": "even the merovingian carries the reputation of keeping his word on a deal, let alone more orderly machine intellects like the architect or smith. surely from a technical perspective the \"people\" that enslaved humanity in the first place wouldn't struggle to put someone back into bondage who'd already been there", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2488.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gpp2xap", "c_root_id_B": "gpok6zb", "created_at_utc_A": 1614890865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614883073.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Matrix A.I. don't seem to possess the ability to lie. In the Animated movie they robots sign a document that ensures the survival of the human species and they honored that deal, so, I see no reason why they wouldn't honor this one also.", "human_ref_B": "Didn't Smith say something like \"we proceed as planned.\" when informed about the plan apparently going wrong? The sentinels then advance on the Nebuchadnezzar. I always assumed they were going to betray him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7792.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gpo6avm", "c_root_id_B": "gpnrobw", "created_at_utc_A": 1614877172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614870798.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "No need to kill him, he\u2019s still good fuel. And/wetware components. They don\u2019t really lose anything by obliging his condition but they also have zero reason to abide it either. Honestly, I\u2019m not sure, but my assumption is they don\u2019t bother.", "human_ref_B": "Why not? More battery power. If they actually have the ability to reinsert him (and you'd think that Cypher would know before he made such a deal), there's no real reason to back out of the deal other than spite. And they aren't supposed to feel such petty emotions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6374.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gpqpu67", "c_root_id_B": "gppyfb7", "created_at_utc_A": 1614920908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614905757.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The ending of Matrix 3: Revolutions implies that machines can't break their promises. The oracle asks the beard guy if he will keep his work, and he says \"what am I, a human?\", suggesting that breaking a deal is beneath him.", "human_ref_B": "He probably can't. He had all the secondary ports removed from his body just like everybody else. So he still got the spike and they could get him back in the bath but all that other stuff would have to be surgically reimplanted and they probably don't have a way to do that to an adult. Besides, it wasn't the matrix making the deal it was actually agent Smith, who was ultimately unreliable.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15151.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gpqpu67", "c_root_id_B": "gpq160v", "created_at_utc_A": 1614920908.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614907169.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The ending of Matrix 3: Revolutions implies that machines can't break their promises. The oracle asks the beard guy if he will keep his work, and he says \"what am I, a human?\", suggesting that breaking a deal is beneath him.", "human_ref_B": "They would have been just as likely to quicken a new embryo from the baby farm with his genetic profile, label the pod \"Cypher\", and consider their end of the bargain completely fulfilled.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13739.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gprwsga", "c_root_id_B": "gppyfb7", "created_at_utc_A": 1614954069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614905757.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think so, yes. While the Machines are cruel from our point of view, there is a certain fairness in their actions, as well as a sense of honor. The Architect seemed insistent on the fact that Machines don't back down on their deals. Further, I don't think Cypher would be making this deal at all if he didn't have at least a fairly good assumption that this is possible. Either he must have seen it happen, or had the knowledge of this being technically feasible. Cypher was an asshole, but he wasn't stupid. From his point of view the Machines could do it, and would have been trustworthy enough to go along.", "human_ref_B": "He probably can't. He had all the secondary ports removed from his body just like everybody else. So he still got the spike and they could get him back in the bath but all that other stuff would have to be surgically reimplanted and they probably don't have a way to do that to an adult. Besides, it wasn't the matrix making the deal it was actually agent Smith, who was ultimately unreliable.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48312.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lxlyrq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?", "c_root_id_A": "gprwsga", "c_root_id_B": "gpq160v", "created_at_utc_A": 1614954069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614907169.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think so, yes. While the Machines are cruel from our point of view, there is a certain fairness in their actions, as well as a sense of honor. The Architect seemed insistent on the fact that Machines don't back down on their deals. Further, I don't think Cypher would be making this deal at all if he didn't have at least a fairly good assumption that this is possible. Either he must have seen it happen, or had the knowledge of this being technically feasible. Cypher was an asshole, but he wasn't stupid. From his point of view the Machines could do it, and would have been trustworthy enough to go along.", "human_ref_B": "They would have been just as likely to quicken a new embryo from the baby farm with his genetic profile, label the pod \"Cypher\", and consider their end of the bargain completely fulfilled.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46900.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9280eg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] How would things have played out if commanders who were really close to their Jedi Generals (i.e. Cody and Kenobi) played out and ignored Order 66? Would there have been a vetter chance at the survival of the Jedi Order and the Republic?", "c_root_id_A": "e33srdx", "c_root_id_B": "e33qoj4", "created_at_utc_A": 1532655345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532653245.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It doesn't work like that. Order 66 wasn't just an order given by Palpatine, it was a hardcoded takeover in a biochip in their brains. The only ones who could resist it were the ones who had the chip removed.", "human_ref_B": "Several did. Rex, Gregor, and Wolfe would go on to resist the order and even help their former Jedi allies and go on to help form the Rebellion.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2100.0, "score_ratio": 2.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g2xl6uw", "c_root_id_B": "g2xsiq0", "created_at_utc_A": 1598464274.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598467552.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In legends there was a comic where the millennium falcon crash lands on Earth and is eventually discovered by Indiana Jones. It is said there that Earth does exists in a different galaxy and the falcon jumps to a our galaxy. Oh and Chewbacca becomes Sasquatch in it too. More info here: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Tales_19 and https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Into_the_Great_Unknown. Edit: added another, more useful link", "human_ref_B": "There's no direct evidence of it, other than obvious not about \"Galaxy Far Far Away\". However, if Alien Exodus novel actually managed to sneak in to be released in Star Wars, it would've turned out that humans in the Star Wars galaxy were from Earth all along. That's not the case as both canons currently stand.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3278.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g2xl6uw", "c_root_id_B": "g2yaysb", "created_at_utc_A": 1598464274.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598475956.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In legends there was a comic where the millennium falcon crash lands on Earth and is eventually discovered by Indiana Jones. It is said there that Earth does exists in a different galaxy and the falcon jumps to a our galaxy. Oh and Chewbacca becomes Sasquatch in it too. More info here: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Tales_19 and https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Into_the_Great_Unknown. Edit: added another, more useful link", "human_ref_B": "One of the novels described it as so long ago and so far away that words simply couldn't do justice to the time or distance. So it's not that we're in a different universe altogether, it's just that our little planet possibly didn't even exist yet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11682.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g2xu7ft", "c_root_id_B": "g2yaysb", "created_at_utc_A": 1598468286.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598475956.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you watch Caravan of Courage, the forest moon of Endor apparently has horses, goats, and ferrets. So maybe that is Earth.", "human_ref_B": "One of the novels described it as so long ago and so far away that words simply couldn't do justice to the time or distance. So it's not that we're in a different universe altogether, it's just that our little planet possibly didn't even exist yet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7670.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g2xl6uw", "c_root_id_B": "g2yxhi1", "created_at_utc_A": 1598464274.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598487404.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In legends there was a comic where the millennium falcon crash lands on Earth and is eventually discovered by Indiana Jones. It is said there that Earth does exists in a different galaxy and the falcon jumps to a our galaxy. Oh and Chewbacca becomes Sasquatch in it too. More info here: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Tales_19 and https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Into_the_Great_Unknown. Edit: added another, more useful link", "human_ref_B": "Not in the SW Galaxy, maybe in the SW universe. However Courscant is the Human Home world (probably) in the SW Galaxy. Earth, if it did exist, would either have another strand of near humans on it or some sort of parallel evolution.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23130.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g2yxhi1", "c_root_id_B": "g2xu7ft", "created_at_utc_A": 1598487404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598468286.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Not in the SW Galaxy, maybe in the SW universe. However Courscant is the Human Home world (probably) in the SW Galaxy. Earth, if it did exist, would either have another strand of near humans on it or some sort of parallel evolution.", "human_ref_B": "If you watch Caravan of Courage, the forest moon of Endor apparently has horses, goats, and ferrets. So maybe that is Earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19118.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g30kn6s", "c_root_id_B": "g2zwhoz", "created_at_utc_A": 1598531460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598509035.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well, ET\u2019s species appeared both in Star Wars and ET, so earth probably exists in the Star Wars canon.", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure it does but In a galaxy a long way off.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22425.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g30kn6s", "c_root_id_B": "g2xu7ft", "created_at_utc_A": 1598531460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598468286.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Well, ET\u2019s species appeared both in Star Wars and ET, so earth probably exists in the Star Wars canon.", "human_ref_B": "If you watch Caravan of Courage, the forest moon of Endor apparently has horses, goats, and ferrets. So maybe that is Earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 63174.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g31edcy", "c_root_id_B": "g2zwhoz", "created_at_utc_A": 1598546809.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598509035.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There was one now non-canno story where the Millenium Falcon has a hyperspace accident. It ended up crashing in the Pac Northwest. Indianna Jones found the ship with a human skeleton at the helm and was observed by the Bigfoot Chewbacca.", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure it does but In a galaxy a long way off.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37774.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g31edcy", "c_root_id_B": "g2xu7ft", "created_at_utc_A": 1598546809.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598468286.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "There was one now non-canno story where the Millenium Falcon has a hyperspace accident. It ended up crashing in the Pac Northwest. Indianna Jones found the ship with a human skeleton at the helm and was observed by the Bigfoot Chewbacca.", "human_ref_B": "If you watch Caravan of Courage, the forest moon of Endor apparently has horses, goats, and ferrets. So maybe that is Earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 78523.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ih2q48", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Earth exist in the Star Wars universe?", "c_root_id_A": "g2xu7ft", "c_root_id_B": "g2zwhoz", "created_at_utc_A": 1598468286.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598509035.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you watch Caravan of Courage, the forest moon of Endor apparently has horses, goats, and ferrets. So maybe that is Earth.", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure it does but In a galaxy a long way off.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40749.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9exj8h", "c_root_id_B": "d9eq5kf", "created_at_utc_A": 1477886227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477876194.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "The galaxy is a big place; like, seriously big. Absurdly huge, even. It takes a *long* time for technological innovation to spread over a space that size. Technology is constantly being advanced, but it isn't being distributed anywhere near fast enough to see much progression when the galaxy is examined as a whole. Imagine that a research lab develops, say, a new hyperdrive. It's 40% faster than the old ones, while using 30% less fuel. They put it through all the tests, and finally start to produce it. Well, of course they want to make money off of it, so they have their design patented so that other people can't produce it, and start building these drives. They're a small, system-level company, so they can only produce 5-6,000,000,000 a year. At that rate of production, it would take them *200 years* to outfit *just* the population of Coruscant. Of course, before 200 years have passed, another research lab will have produced a competing, comparable hyperdrive, better in some ways, and worse in others. They'll start doing the same thing. But even then, 1000 years later you'll still see the old type of hyperdrive being commonly produced on Rim Worlds, because the new ones haven't made it out that far yet, and they don't have the science facilities required to develop their own, so they just build the level that everyone knows and can make easily. The amount of production required to actually *standardize* a new development across the entire galaxy is just mind-boggling. If you look at the single most advanced tech item in the whole galaxy it's going to rise steadily, but if you look at the items in general use by everyday people, the change is significantly slower, just because the number of things that need to be built to get a majority of people using the new tech is just so staggeringly high, that even when the tech is there, most people aren't able to get it.", "human_ref_B": "Pre-old republic games Light sabers required external battery packs so we know there has been some advancement there. While there were some old pre-republic Sith superweapons. There were, however, no super weapons comparable to the death star before it's completion, but then they quickly built the second one and many, many other superweapons that exceeded the power output and efficiency of the original death star. Droids also improved over time the astromech line improved drastically from the R1 to the R9 R2-D2 is somewhat of an anomaly. That is what you are really talking about with your question. Both of the ships you mentioned were not exemplary of the tech of the time. There are very few battleships of the old republic that could compete with a star destroyer in a meaningful way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10033.0, "score_ratio": 1.1527777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9elcoi", "c_root_id_B": "d9exj8h", "created_at_utc_A": 1477869794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477886227.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 83, "human_ref_A": "It does, in fact. But without ever giving us hard numbers, its difficult to say exactly how much better newer things are; materials science improves, obviously, but there's still an upper bound to the toughness of alloys and to the outputs of reactors. The idea that there is some sort of technological plateau even in Legends is pretty demonstrably false if one looks at... well, pretty much anything besides the KotOR video games.", "human_ref_B": "The galaxy is a big place; like, seriously big. Absurdly huge, even. It takes a *long* time for technological innovation to spread over a space that size. Technology is constantly being advanced, but it isn't being distributed anywhere near fast enough to see much progression when the galaxy is examined as a whole. Imagine that a research lab develops, say, a new hyperdrive. It's 40% faster than the old ones, while using 30% less fuel. They put it through all the tests, and finally start to produce it. Well, of course they want to make money off of it, so they have their design patented so that other people can't produce it, and start building these drives. They're a small, system-level company, so they can only produce 5-6,000,000,000 a year. At that rate of production, it would take them *200 years* to outfit *just* the population of Coruscant. Of course, before 200 years have passed, another research lab will have produced a competing, comparable hyperdrive, better in some ways, and worse in others. They'll start doing the same thing. But even then, 1000 years later you'll still see the old type of hyperdrive being commonly produced on Rim Worlds, because the new ones haven't made it out that far yet, and they don't have the science facilities required to develop their own, so they just build the level that everyone knows and can make easily. The amount of production required to actually *standardize* a new development across the entire galaxy is just mind-boggling. If you look at the single most advanced tech item in the whole galaxy it's going to rise steadily, but if you look at the items in general use by everyday people, the change is significantly slower, just because the number of things that need to be built to get a majority of people using the new tech is just so staggeringly high, that even when the tech is there, most people aren't able to get it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16433.0, "score_ratio": 2.9642857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9exj8h", "c_root_id_B": "d9emor0", "created_at_utc_A": 1477886227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477871594.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The galaxy is a big place; like, seriously big. Absurdly huge, even. It takes a *long* time for technological innovation to spread over a space that size. Technology is constantly being advanced, but it isn't being distributed anywhere near fast enough to see much progression when the galaxy is examined as a whole. Imagine that a research lab develops, say, a new hyperdrive. It's 40% faster than the old ones, while using 30% less fuel. They put it through all the tests, and finally start to produce it. Well, of course they want to make money off of it, so they have their design patented so that other people can't produce it, and start building these drives. They're a small, system-level company, so they can only produce 5-6,000,000,000 a year. At that rate of production, it would take them *200 years* to outfit *just* the population of Coruscant. Of course, before 200 years have passed, another research lab will have produced a competing, comparable hyperdrive, better in some ways, and worse in others. They'll start doing the same thing. But even then, 1000 years later you'll still see the old type of hyperdrive being commonly produced on Rim Worlds, because the new ones haven't made it out that far yet, and they don't have the science facilities required to develop their own, so they just build the level that everyone knows and can make easily. The amount of production required to actually *standardize* a new development across the entire galaxy is just mind-boggling. If you look at the single most advanced tech item in the whole galaxy it's going to rise steadily, but if you look at the items in general use by everyday people, the change is significantly slower, just because the number of things that need to be built to get a majority of people using the new tech is just so staggeringly high, that even when the tech is there, most people aren't able to get it.", "human_ref_B": "The _Ebon Hawk_ could compete with the Millenium Falcon. The stock Dynamic-class freighter was dramatically inferior to the stock YT-1300. The Ebon Hawk was modified signifigantly more than the Falcon, which was itself modified to the point that it didn't look like a YT-1300 underneath the hood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14633.0, "score_ratio": 5.5333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9ektpq", "c_root_id_B": "d9exj8h", "created_at_utc_A": 1477869080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477886227.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 83, "human_ref_A": "I'm no expert in the history of the universe, however, I always hear about civilizations being completely lost and huge jumps between one legend and the other, this makes me think that we lost a lot of technology between those gaps, which would explain the strange development", "human_ref_B": "The galaxy is a big place; like, seriously big. Absurdly huge, even. It takes a *long* time for technological innovation to spread over a space that size. Technology is constantly being advanced, but it isn't being distributed anywhere near fast enough to see much progression when the galaxy is examined as a whole. Imagine that a research lab develops, say, a new hyperdrive. It's 40% faster than the old ones, while using 30% less fuel. They put it through all the tests, and finally start to produce it. Well, of course they want to make money off of it, so they have their design patented so that other people can't produce it, and start building these drives. They're a small, system-level company, so they can only produce 5-6,000,000,000 a year. At that rate of production, it would take them *200 years* to outfit *just* the population of Coruscant. Of course, before 200 years have passed, another research lab will have produced a competing, comparable hyperdrive, better in some ways, and worse in others. They'll start doing the same thing. But even then, 1000 years later you'll still see the old type of hyperdrive being commonly produced on Rim Worlds, because the new ones haven't made it out that far yet, and they don't have the science facilities required to develop their own, so they just build the level that everyone knows and can make easily. The amount of production required to actually *standardize* a new development across the entire galaxy is just mind-boggling. If you look at the single most advanced tech item in the whole galaxy it's going to rise steadily, but if you look at the items in general use by everyday people, the change is significantly slower, just because the number of things that need to be built to get a majority of people using the new tech is just so staggeringly high, that even when the tech is there, most people aren't able to get it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17147.0, "score_ratio": 8.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9exj8h", "c_root_id_B": "d9ev3gb", "created_at_utc_A": 1477886227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477882743.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The galaxy is a big place; like, seriously big. Absurdly huge, even. It takes a *long* time for technological innovation to spread over a space that size. Technology is constantly being advanced, but it isn't being distributed anywhere near fast enough to see much progression when the galaxy is examined as a whole. Imagine that a research lab develops, say, a new hyperdrive. It's 40% faster than the old ones, while using 30% less fuel. They put it through all the tests, and finally start to produce it. Well, of course they want to make money off of it, so they have their design patented so that other people can't produce it, and start building these drives. They're a small, system-level company, so they can only produce 5-6,000,000,000 a year. At that rate of production, it would take them *200 years* to outfit *just* the population of Coruscant. Of course, before 200 years have passed, another research lab will have produced a competing, comparable hyperdrive, better in some ways, and worse in others. They'll start doing the same thing. But even then, 1000 years later you'll still see the old type of hyperdrive being commonly produced on Rim Worlds, because the new ones haven't made it out that far yet, and they don't have the science facilities required to develop their own, so they just build the level that everyone knows and can make easily. The amount of production required to actually *standardize* a new development across the entire galaxy is just mind-boggling. If you look at the single most advanced tech item in the whole galaxy it's going to rise steadily, but if you look at the items in general use by everyday people, the change is significantly slower, just because the number of things that need to be built to get a majority of people using the new tech is just so staggeringly high, that even when the tech is there, most people aren't able to get it.", "human_ref_B": "Although the Ebon Hawk was part of a mass produced series of freighter ships, the reason it excelled so well was because of the extensive modifications to the ship, much in the same way the Millennium Falcon was modified. It stands to reason that the general principal of adding in an oversized hyperdrive, shedding excess weight, refining the control systems, and improving overall handling and weapon systems of *any* ship is just as effective in 4000 BBY as it is in 0 BBY, and would probably still be an effective strategy 4000 ABY, too. That isn't to say that technology hasn't reached it's peak. It's fairly well established that advances are gradually made, but galaxy-wide conflicts are so commonplace that experimental and prototype technology and mechanical and technical knowledge becomes lost to the ages only to be \"rediscovered\" or records of such technology being found in ancient archives.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3484.0, "score_ratio": 13.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9evcff", "c_root_id_B": "d9exj8h", "created_at_utc_A": 1477883079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477886227.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 83, "human_ref_A": "If you read the Vader canon comic book line you'll see a lot of high-tech stuff that hasn't had an analog in other sources, both canon and legends. (nanotech, bioengineering, ect) It's all on a small scale, however. The galaxy is a big place, and even advanced technologies don't seem to always catch on.", "human_ref_B": "The galaxy is a big place; like, seriously big. Absurdly huge, even. It takes a *long* time for technological innovation to spread over a space that size. Technology is constantly being advanced, but it isn't being distributed anywhere near fast enough to see much progression when the galaxy is examined as a whole. Imagine that a research lab develops, say, a new hyperdrive. It's 40% faster than the old ones, while using 30% less fuel. They put it through all the tests, and finally start to produce it. Well, of course they want to make money off of it, so they have their design patented so that other people can't produce it, and start building these drives. They're a small, system-level company, so they can only produce 5-6,000,000,000 a year. At that rate of production, it would take them *200 years* to outfit *just* the population of Coruscant. Of course, before 200 years have passed, another research lab will have produced a competing, comparable hyperdrive, better in some ways, and worse in others. They'll start doing the same thing. But even then, 1000 years later you'll still see the old type of hyperdrive being commonly produced on Rim Worlds, because the new ones haven't made it out that far yet, and they don't have the science facilities required to develop their own, so they just build the level that everyone knows and can make easily. The amount of production required to actually *standardize* a new development across the entire galaxy is just mind-boggling. If you look at the single most advanced tech item in the whole galaxy it's going to rise steadily, but if you look at the items in general use by everyday people, the change is significantly slower, just because the number of things that need to be built to get a majority of people using the new tech is just so staggeringly high, that even when the tech is there, most people aren't able to get it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3148.0, "score_ratio": 13.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9elcoi", "c_root_id_B": "d9eq5kf", "created_at_utc_A": 1477869794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477876194.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "It does, in fact. But without ever giving us hard numbers, its difficult to say exactly how much better newer things are; materials science improves, obviously, but there's still an upper bound to the toughness of alloys and to the outputs of reactors. The idea that there is some sort of technological plateau even in Legends is pretty demonstrably false if one looks at... well, pretty much anything besides the KotOR video games.", "human_ref_B": "Pre-old republic games Light sabers required external battery packs so we know there has been some advancement there. While there were some old pre-republic Sith superweapons. There were, however, no super weapons comparable to the death star before it's completion, but then they quickly built the second one and many, many other superweapons that exceeded the power output and efficiency of the original death star. Droids also improved over time the astromech line improved drastically from the R1 to the R9 R2-D2 is somewhat of an anomaly. That is what you are really talking about with your question. Both of the ships you mentioned were not exemplary of the tech of the time. There are very few battleships of the old republic that could compete with a star destroyer in a meaningful way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6400.0, "score_ratio": 2.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9emor0", "c_root_id_B": "d9eq5kf", "created_at_utc_A": 1477871594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477876194.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "The _Ebon Hawk_ could compete with the Millenium Falcon. The stock Dynamic-class freighter was dramatically inferior to the stock YT-1300. The Ebon Hawk was modified signifigantly more than the Falcon, which was itself modified to the point that it didn't look like a YT-1300 underneath the hood.", "human_ref_B": "Pre-old republic games Light sabers required external battery packs so we know there has been some advancement there. While there were some old pre-republic Sith superweapons. There were, however, no super weapons comparable to the death star before it's completion, but then they quickly built the second one and many, many other superweapons that exceeded the power output and efficiency of the original death star. Droids also improved over time the astromech line improved drastically from the R1 to the R9 R2-D2 is somewhat of an anomaly. That is what you are really talking about with your question. Both of the ships you mentioned were not exemplary of the tech of the time. There are very few battleships of the old republic that could compete with a star destroyer in a meaningful way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4600.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9eq5kf", "c_root_id_B": "d9ektpq", "created_at_utc_A": 1477876194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477869080.0, "score_A": 72, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Pre-old republic games Light sabers required external battery packs so we know there has been some advancement there. While there were some old pre-republic Sith superweapons. There were, however, no super weapons comparable to the death star before it's completion, but then they quickly built the second one and many, many other superweapons that exceeded the power output and efficiency of the original death star. Droids also improved over time the astromech line improved drastically from the R1 to the R9 R2-D2 is somewhat of an anomaly. That is what you are really talking about with your question. Both of the ships you mentioned were not exemplary of the tech of the time. There are very few battleships of the old republic that could compete with a star destroyer in a meaningful way.", "human_ref_B": "I'm no expert in the history of the universe, however, I always hear about civilizations being completely lost and huge jumps between one legend and the other, this makes me think that we lost a lot of technology between those gaps, which would explain the strange development", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7114.0, "score_ratio": 7.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9ektpq", "c_root_id_B": "d9elcoi", "created_at_utc_A": 1477869080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477869794.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "I'm no expert in the history of the universe, however, I always hear about civilizations being completely lost and huge jumps between one legend and the other, this makes me think that we lost a lot of technology between those gaps, which would explain the strange development", "human_ref_B": "It does, in fact. But without ever giving us hard numbers, its difficult to say exactly how much better newer things are; materials science improves, obviously, but there's still an upper bound to the toughness of alloys and to the outputs of reactors. The idea that there is some sort of technological plateau even in Legends is pretty demonstrably false if one looks at... well, pretty much anything besides the KotOR video games.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 714.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9ektpq", "c_root_id_B": "d9emor0", "created_at_utc_A": 1477869080.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477871594.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I'm no expert in the history of the universe, however, I always hear about civilizations being completely lost and huge jumps between one legend and the other, this makes me think that we lost a lot of technology between those gaps, which would explain the strange development", "human_ref_B": "The _Ebon Hawk_ could compete with the Millenium Falcon. The stock Dynamic-class freighter was dramatically inferior to the stock YT-1300. The Ebon Hawk was modified signifigantly more than the Falcon, which was itself modified to the point that it didn't look like a YT-1300 underneath the hood.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2514.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9f4edd", "c_root_id_B": "d9ev3gb", "created_at_utc_A": 1477904944.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477882743.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Technology advances when knowledge advances, right? The funny thing about the Star Wars universe is how ignorant and forgetful everyone living in it seem to be. Because the average person in that universe seems to forget important events on a regular basis, I think it makes sense that their technological advancement often stalls. For example: Leading up to the Clone Wars, there were Jedi all across the galaxy. They had a huge temple on Coruscant, which was perhaps the most densely-populated planet, anywhere. Many of the most famous people in the Republic were Jedi masters - like Yoda and Mace Windu. The Jedi and their reputation were so prevalent that even a junk peddler living on a Podunk desert planet knew what they could do. Then Palpatine and Vader happened. Twenty years later, the Jedi are all but forgotten, and the Force is considered little more than an ancient religion that gets mocked the same way you or I would mock witchcraft. Twenty years isn't a particularly long time. That's the 90's to us. That's the theatrical release of *Fargo*, *From Dusk Till Dawn*, and *Independence Day* to us. Do you remember seeing *Independence Day* in the theater? I do. And that movie was stupid. I think I would definitely remember a society of warrior monks with mind powers and glowing swords, too. Not only that, but thanks to the internet, I can easily bring up videos and news articles about any widely-known event of the past 20 years. In the Star Wars universe, everyone seems to have really short, selective memories. People only needed 20 years to forget about the Jedi. Apparently, their holonet is awful, too, because all record of the Jedi got purged along with people's memories. Beyonce and her staff couldn't get this picture off of the internet, but apparently Palpatine and his goons could wipe all proof of an entire religion from the holonet, no problem. My point is this: When we see how an entire universe of people can forget about the Jedi in just 20 years, it's easy to see how they can lose other knowledge, including knowledge of science and technology. Starships, droids, weaponry, etc. seem to stay the same across thousands of years because, for whatever reason, Star Wars citizens keep forgetting shit. There can't be any advancement when knowledge keeps getting lost.", "human_ref_B": "Although the Ebon Hawk was part of a mass produced series of freighter ships, the reason it excelled so well was because of the extensive modifications to the ship, much in the same way the Millennium Falcon was modified. It stands to reason that the general principal of adding in an oversized hyperdrive, shedding excess weight, refining the control systems, and improving overall handling and weapon systems of *any* ship is just as effective in 4000 BBY as it is in 0 BBY, and would probably still be an effective strategy 4000 ABY, too. That isn't to say that technology hasn't reached it's peak. It's fairly well established that advances are gradually made, but galaxy-wide conflicts are so commonplace that experimental and prototype technology and mechanical and technical knowledge becomes lost to the ages only to be \"rediscovered\" or records of such technology being found in ancient archives.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22201.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9f4edd", "c_root_id_B": "d9evcff", "created_at_utc_A": 1477904944.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477883079.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Technology advances when knowledge advances, right? The funny thing about the Star Wars universe is how ignorant and forgetful everyone living in it seem to be. Because the average person in that universe seems to forget important events on a regular basis, I think it makes sense that their technological advancement often stalls. For example: Leading up to the Clone Wars, there were Jedi all across the galaxy. They had a huge temple on Coruscant, which was perhaps the most densely-populated planet, anywhere. Many of the most famous people in the Republic were Jedi masters - like Yoda and Mace Windu. The Jedi and their reputation were so prevalent that even a junk peddler living on a Podunk desert planet knew what they could do. Then Palpatine and Vader happened. Twenty years later, the Jedi are all but forgotten, and the Force is considered little more than an ancient religion that gets mocked the same way you or I would mock witchcraft. Twenty years isn't a particularly long time. That's the 90's to us. That's the theatrical release of *Fargo*, *From Dusk Till Dawn*, and *Independence Day* to us. Do you remember seeing *Independence Day* in the theater? I do. And that movie was stupid. I think I would definitely remember a society of warrior monks with mind powers and glowing swords, too. Not only that, but thanks to the internet, I can easily bring up videos and news articles about any widely-known event of the past 20 years. In the Star Wars universe, everyone seems to have really short, selective memories. People only needed 20 years to forget about the Jedi. Apparently, their holonet is awful, too, because all record of the Jedi got purged along with people's memories. Beyonce and her staff couldn't get this picture off of the internet, but apparently Palpatine and his goons could wipe all proof of an entire religion from the holonet, no problem. My point is this: When we see how an entire universe of people can forget about the Jedi in just 20 years, it's easy to see how they can lose other knowledge, including knowledge of science and technology. Starships, droids, weaponry, etc. seem to stay the same across thousands of years because, for whatever reason, Star Wars citizens keep forgetting shit. There can't be any advancement when knowledge keeps getting lost.", "human_ref_B": "If you read the Vader canon comic book line you'll see a lot of high-tech stuff that hasn't had an analog in other sources, both canon and legends. (nanotech, bioengineering, ect) It's all on a small scale, however. The galaxy is a big place, and even advanced technologies don't seem to always catch on.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21865.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9eymfh", "c_root_id_B": "d9f4edd", "created_at_utc_A": 1477888060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477904944.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Star Wars had more advanced technology during its ancient past with civilizations such as the Rakata Infinite Empire, the Gree, Tho Yor, etc. The inhabitants of The Old Republic era inherited some of this technology, but through constant war and fighting between the Sith Empire, and the Jedi and Republic, a lot of this technology was lost over time. In the official canon, they are building up the idea that the Old Republic era is like the dark ages of the Star Wars galaxy. Flash forward thousands of years during the age of the Galactic Empire, and you'll rarely see such powerful constructs. The Death Star was a unique oddity in that era.", "human_ref_B": "Technology advances when knowledge advances, right? The funny thing about the Star Wars universe is how ignorant and forgetful everyone living in it seem to be. Because the average person in that universe seems to forget important events on a regular basis, I think it makes sense that their technological advancement often stalls. For example: Leading up to the Clone Wars, there were Jedi all across the galaxy. They had a huge temple on Coruscant, which was perhaps the most densely-populated planet, anywhere. Many of the most famous people in the Republic were Jedi masters - like Yoda and Mace Windu. The Jedi and their reputation were so prevalent that even a junk peddler living on a Podunk desert planet knew what they could do. Then Palpatine and Vader happened. Twenty years later, the Jedi are all but forgotten, and the Force is considered little more than an ancient religion that gets mocked the same way you or I would mock witchcraft. Twenty years isn't a particularly long time. That's the 90's to us. That's the theatrical release of *Fargo*, *From Dusk Till Dawn*, and *Independence Day* to us. Do you remember seeing *Independence Day* in the theater? I do. And that movie was stupid. I think I would definitely remember a society of warrior monks with mind powers and glowing swords, too. Not only that, but thanks to the internet, I can easily bring up videos and news articles about any widely-known event of the past 20 years. In the Star Wars universe, everyone seems to have really short, selective memories. People only needed 20 years to forget about the Jedi. Apparently, their holonet is awful, too, because all record of the Jedi got purged along with people's memories. Beyonce and her staff couldn't get this picture off of the internet, but apparently Palpatine and his goons could wipe all proof of an entire religion from the holonet, no problem. My point is this: When we see how an entire universe of people can forget about the Jedi in just 20 years, it's easy to see how they can lose other knowledge, including knowledge of science and technology. Starships, droids, weaponry, etc. seem to stay the same across thousands of years because, for whatever reason, Star Wars citizens keep forgetting shit. There can't be any advancement when knowledge keeps getting lost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16884.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9f18ta", "c_root_id_B": "d9f4edd", "created_at_utc_A": 1477894143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477904944.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "There is a physical limit to materiel sciences. At some point you simply can't get a materiel that resists deformation any better, has a higher energy density, conducts electricity better, etc. Once you reach that point everything else is about your contemporary needs and the compromises you are willing to make. It's possible there are undiscovered scientific grounds still in the SW galaxy but they might require the quick thinking and vast comparison abilities of artificial intelligence to uncover, something which nobody is chomping at the bit to unleash on the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "Technology advances when knowledge advances, right? The funny thing about the Star Wars universe is how ignorant and forgetful everyone living in it seem to be. Because the average person in that universe seems to forget important events on a regular basis, I think it makes sense that their technological advancement often stalls. For example: Leading up to the Clone Wars, there were Jedi all across the galaxy. They had a huge temple on Coruscant, which was perhaps the most densely-populated planet, anywhere. Many of the most famous people in the Republic were Jedi masters - like Yoda and Mace Windu. The Jedi and their reputation were so prevalent that even a junk peddler living on a Podunk desert planet knew what they could do. Then Palpatine and Vader happened. Twenty years later, the Jedi are all but forgotten, and the Force is considered little more than an ancient religion that gets mocked the same way you or I would mock witchcraft. Twenty years isn't a particularly long time. That's the 90's to us. That's the theatrical release of *Fargo*, *From Dusk Till Dawn*, and *Independence Day* to us. Do you remember seeing *Independence Day* in the theater? I do. And that movie was stupid. I think I would definitely remember a society of warrior monks with mind powers and glowing swords, too. Not only that, but thanks to the internet, I can easily bring up videos and news articles about any widely-known event of the past 20 years. In the Star Wars universe, everyone seems to have really short, selective memories. People only needed 20 years to forget about the Jedi. Apparently, their holonet is awful, too, because all record of the Jedi got purged along with people's memories. Beyonce and her staff couldn't get this picture off of the internet, but apparently Palpatine and his goons could wipe all proof of an entire religion from the holonet, no problem. My point is this: When we see how an entire universe of people can forget about the Jedi in just 20 years, it's easy to see how they can lose other knowledge, including knowledge of science and technology. Starships, droids, weaponry, etc. seem to stay the same across thousands of years because, for whatever reason, Star Wars citizens keep forgetting shit. There can't be any advancement when knowledge keeps getting lost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10801.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a8y0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does technology advance at any significant rate? It seems like the Ebon Hawk (4000 BBY) could compete with the Millenium Falcon. Maybe technology is near its peak, but only designs change based on contemporary needs?", "c_root_id_A": "d9f1xow", "c_root_id_B": "d9f4edd", "created_at_utc_A": 1477896175.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477904944.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It's because the most efficient way of producing things is done. That hasn't and won't change unless major breakthroughs happen.", "human_ref_B": "Technology advances when knowledge advances, right? The funny thing about the Star Wars universe is how ignorant and forgetful everyone living in it seem to be. Because the average person in that universe seems to forget important events on a regular basis, I think it makes sense that their technological advancement often stalls. For example: Leading up to the Clone Wars, there were Jedi all across the galaxy. They had a huge temple on Coruscant, which was perhaps the most densely-populated planet, anywhere. Many of the most famous people in the Republic were Jedi masters - like Yoda and Mace Windu. The Jedi and their reputation were so prevalent that even a junk peddler living on a Podunk desert planet knew what they could do. Then Palpatine and Vader happened. Twenty years later, the Jedi are all but forgotten, and the Force is considered little more than an ancient religion that gets mocked the same way you or I would mock witchcraft. Twenty years isn't a particularly long time. That's the 90's to us. That's the theatrical release of *Fargo*, *From Dusk Till Dawn*, and *Independence Day* to us. Do you remember seeing *Independence Day* in the theater? I do. And that movie was stupid. I think I would definitely remember a society of warrior monks with mind powers and glowing swords, too. Not only that, but thanks to the internet, I can easily bring up videos and news articles about any widely-known event of the past 20 years. In the Star Wars universe, everyone seems to have really short, selective memories. People only needed 20 years to forget about the Jedi. Apparently, their holonet is awful, too, because all record of the Jedi got purged along with people's memories. Beyonce and her staff couldn't get this picture off of the internet, but apparently Palpatine and his goons could wipe all proof of an entire religion from the holonet, no problem. My point is this: When we see how an entire universe of people can forget about the Jedi in just 20 years, it's easy to see how they can lose other knowledge, including knowledge of science and technology. Starships, droids, weaponry, etc. seem to stay the same across thousands of years because, for whatever reason, Star Wars citizens keep forgetting shit. There can't be any advancement when knowledge keeps getting lost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8769.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7z3wyt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[STAR WARS] Could Starkiller Base have been a more efficient weapon if it had caused the Stars of targeted systems to go Supernova instead of destroying individual planets? I guess this boils down to energy usage. What are the energy requirements to force a Sun to go Supernova? What are the energy requirements to destroy a planet, let alone fivd? Is it a more efficient use of the energy output of a star (Starkiller bases power source) to destroy a sun than 5 planets? Also, does keeping all that energy in a single beam to target a star have any effect vs splitting it into 5 beams to destroy planets? Does this effect things like wavelength? Does that have any noticeable effect?", "c_root_id_A": "dulljoj", "c_root_id_B": "dulkyri", "created_at_utc_A": 1519226648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519226059.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "More people would have time to escape if you destroyed the star. Anyone with access to a hyperdrive ship would have minutes to evacuate, which would probably mean the rulers and elite. You'd be feeding competent leadership straight into the Rebellion. (also, you don't need the spoiler tag for this movie...it came out >6 months ago)", "human_ref_B": "Actually there was this old EU-canon novel about a small ship that simply shoots a special missile into the star. It would only take that one shot to put the star into supernova and destroy the system around it. Imperial built, obviously. So yeah, way less energy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 589.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7z3wyt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[STAR WARS] Could Starkiller Base have been a more efficient weapon if it had caused the Stars of targeted systems to go Supernova instead of destroying individual planets? I guess this boils down to energy usage. What are the energy requirements to force a Sun to go Supernova? What are the energy requirements to destroy a planet, let alone fivd? Is it a more efficient use of the energy output of a star (Starkiller bases power source) to destroy a sun than 5 planets? Also, does keeping all that energy in a single beam to target a star have any effect vs splitting it into 5 beams to destroy planets? Does this effect things like wavelength? Does that have any noticeable effect?", "c_root_id_A": "dult1b8", "c_root_id_B": "dulkyri", "created_at_utc_A": 1519233625.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519226059.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Efficient? Yes. Effective? No. Starkiller base was, much like the Death Star before it, a projection of power both political and military. It intimidates, instills fear, and subdues potential enemies into thinking twice before raising arms against the First Order. That's why it destroyed the Hosnian System, the then seat of the New Republic Senate. To send a clear, unequivocal message that the First Order was the Empire ascendant, and that it would bring order to a chaotic galaxy. If, instead, Starkiller base destroyed the Hosnian sun, it would obliterate *everything* in the system. Nothing left but ash. It's a strong message, to be sure, but not as effective as destroying a capital planet, or blowing it up and handing out pieces of it to your so-called allies to ensure their continued loyalty as Vader did with pieces of Alderaan.", "human_ref_B": "Actually there was this old EU-canon novel about a small ship that simply shoots a special missile into the star. It would only take that one shot to put the star into supernova and destroy the system around it. Imperial built, obviously. So yeah, way less energy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7566.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kx4bvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How does Obi-Wan survive in regards to generating funds for goods and service on Tatooine? \"I am an ambitious investigative accountant working for the Imperial Taxation Bureau and I think I could climb up a few notches in the pecking order with the bundle of evidence I am preparing on locating Obi-Wan Kenobi. The records at the old Jedi Temple are kept in another department and access to most accounts in those files are above my paygrade. I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj82p42", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610629871.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He's a desert wizard. He did the same things Luke did in The Last Jedi, except he did it in the desert. He was well known to the Tusken peoples. Just because there doesn't *look* like there's flora and fauna doesn't mean there isn't. >3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? They sold the speeder. Honestly he didn't really do that great a job of hiding. He was well known to be a desert wizard, and while I doubt there was a census of hermits, he didn't even change his surname. Hell, no one but Kenobi and some medical droids were around when Padme named her kids, but the Lars couple just happened to get a child named Skywalker right after the Jedi went into hiding. I don't think the Emperor would have put out the information necessary for anyone to know the importance of a Skywalker child, but, like, they would have had to do zero checking on that, even though it seems like it would be a really good idea to check out Anakin's family. But maybe they didn't really think of it. It's a big galaxy, and they really had no reason to assume the children survived (whether Palpatine was lying or just didn't know, didn't care is up for speculation) or that Obi-Wan would have gone there, so it's not unreasonable that they wouldn't think about even looking for Kenobis, especially with the whole \"no census\" thing. But still, you'd think they'd have their ears to the ground for wizards in the outer rim.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. 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It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj80zzw", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610628653.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m assuming he just sold the ship he came there on. Also explains why he needs to hire one in ANH.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj81uw0", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610629276.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He lives off the land so he doesnt need much money. He probably sold his ship to buy his hermit house", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj82vp5", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610629997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Likely, adventuring. Obi-Wan was one of the greatest warriors in the galaxy, and was a decent investigator. He could make some money protecting people, finding lost/runaway people, possibly even bounty-hunting, escorting folks etc. Basically anything your average Mandalorian could do, Obi could do better, except he would avoid much attention and not take unethical jobs, which woudl limit his income. Aside from that, he is also an intelligent and educated man, very good pilot, convincing mediator, and likely good enough with technology to get by doing other odd-jobs that do not require facing danger.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj89ndt", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610634108.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Old ben often sold his services to wandering traders in the dune sea as a guide and body guard. He lived off of that meager amount while sustenance farming black melons for himself and trading whatever was left for anything he needed. He also on occasion would raid gangsters and the like trying to hide bodies to avoid Jabbas murder tax. He never went to tattoine with his own ship but chartered one from a transit hub. The funds used to hire Han came mostly from a small stash he kept and the selling of Luke's old speeder. Credits do exist digitally but most people use physical chits and the like", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. 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It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj8iuu6", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610638661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Jedi are trained before their first apprenticeship to be exceedingly self sufficient, given skills in a breathtaking array of fields because none of them knows the tasks the force will guide them too to complete their missions. This includes riggorous survival training on worlds that are even less hospittable to life than Tatooine. Jedi however possessed nothing, their only possessions they claimed as their own were the robes they crafted by hand themselves, and their lightsaber. All credits ships droids speeders and other such belongings were owned communally by the order. A knight being sent on a mission would be permitted access to a mission fund which could be somewhere in the range of a few hundred, to several hundred thousand credits depending on what the order determined the needs of the mission were. And the same thing would apply to vehicles where any jedi could request, and most likely be granted access to any vehicle in the temple's hangars and garages. Additionally though the Order's coffers were surprisingly well funded due to the generous donations of the people the jedi have helped over the years, the Jedi operate as a non profit order and so were given additional perks and priviledges as voted by the senate such as: Free passage on any form of public transportation in republic systems and Food and lodgings provided to a jedi by private individuals could be written off on taxes as a charitable donations Now while none of that middle section applies any more thanks to the rise of the empire, I mostly wanted to point out that Jedi didnt really ever have to deal with money much and when they absolutely had too They tended to have ways of working with astoundingly large sums (And yes/no on the digital currency thing, they are both, Digital and physical as there are credit chits with specific denominations on them, but at the same time transactions can be conducted over the galactic extranet entirely digitally, with no paper trail at all, which was how the CIS kept their operations going and republic intelligence guessing as to their next move as the tracer information from the digital credits could be scrubbed with the propper know how, the rebels did something similar during the galactic civil war) So to get to the point of answering the questions directly 1) I just answered above in the parentheses section 2) when he wouldnt be tending to his hermit's hut, basic maitenance and upkeep, he'd either go and Harrass the local Tuskan tribes to ensure their migrations never went anywhere near the Larz farm again after what happened to Anakin's mother, and with that farm being where Luke was. Additionally he spend ALOT of time just meditating and conversing with Quigon, learning how to become a force ghost 3) paying for Han Solo came from the small amount of savings Obi wan still had and from the sale of Luke's speeder for the initial payment, and then for the lion's share, came from the Alderaan Humanitarian fund which Senator Leia oversaw personally after her fathers encouraged, but honorable, retirement. Paying for the enlistment of pilots would be a pretty easily explainable invoice on the records, or so that was the plan before the whole, disolution of the Imperial Senate, destruction if Alderaan and branding of Leiah as a rebel sympathizer. She still had some Money to throw around but it dried up before they had to set up operations on Hoth", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. 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It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj83en0", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610630351.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He used the force to foresee what stocks to buy/sell.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj8zn4b", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610646164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I mean tatooine is controlled primarily by the hutts I really don\u2019t think the imperial tax bureau would touch it.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj7xbx8", "c_root_id_B": "gj8bonv", "created_at_utc_A": 1610625642.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610635201.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "With regards to question 2, he occupied himself by keeping himself alive, which can be a full-time endeavor on your own in the desert. Plus there are daily Jedi meditations and practices. Both Yoda and Luke similarly lived alone in remote areas for decades.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9559.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kx4bvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How does Obi-Wan survive in regards to generating funds for goods and service on Tatooine? \"I am an ambitious investigative accountant working for the Imperial Taxation Bureau and I think I could climb up a few notches in the pecking order with the bundle of evidence I am preparing on locating Obi-Wan Kenobi. The records at the old Jedi Temple are kept in another department and access to most accounts in those files are above my paygrade. I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gjapslg", "c_root_id_B": "gj7xbx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1610674998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610625642.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In \u201cThe Rise of Darth Vader,\u201d Kenobi has a moisture vaporator. No doubt he sells the excess moisture that he doesn\u2019t need for things like food and other resources.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. 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The records at the old Jedi Temple are kept in another department and access to most accounts in those files are above my paygrade. I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj80zzw", "c_root_id_B": "gj82p42", "created_at_utc_A": 1610628653.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610629871.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m assuming he just sold the ship he came there on. Also explains why he needs to hire one in ANH.", "human_ref_B": "He's a desert wizard. He did the same things Luke did in The Last Jedi, except he did it in the desert. He was well known to the Tusken peoples. Just because there doesn't *look* like there's flora and fauna doesn't mean there isn't. >3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? They sold the speeder. Honestly he didn't really do that great a job of hiding. He was well known to be a desert wizard, and while I doubt there was a census of hermits, he didn't even change his surname. Hell, no one but Kenobi and some medical droids were around when Padme named her kids, but the Lars couple just happened to get a child named Skywalker right after the Jedi went into hiding. I don't think the Emperor would have put out the information necessary for anyone to know the importance of a Skywalker child, but, like, they would have had to do zero checking on that, even though it seems like it would be a really good idea to check out Anakin's family. But maybe they didn't really think of it. It's a big galaxy, and they really had no reason to assume the children survived (whether Palpatine was lying or just didn't know, didn't care is up for speculation) or that Obi-Wan would have gone there, so it's not unreasonable that they wouldn't think about even looking for Kenobis, especially with the whole \"no census\" thing. But still, you'd think they'd have their ears to the ground for wizards in the outer rim.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1218.0, "score_ratio": 1.9473684211, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kx4bvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How does Obi-Wan survive in regards to generating funds for goods and service on Tatooine? \"I am an ambitious investigative accountant working for the Imperial Taxation Bureau and I think I could climb up a few notches in the pecking order with the bundle of evidence I am preparing on locating Obi-Wan Kenobi. The records at the old Jedi Temple are kept in another department and access to most accounts in those files are above my paygrade. I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj82p42", "c_root_id_B": "gj81uw0", "created_at_utc_A": 1610629871.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610629276.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "He's a desert wizard. He did the same things Luke did in The Last Jedi, except he did it in the desert. He was well known to the Tusken peoples. Just because there doesn't *look* like there's flora and fauna doesn't mean there isn't. >3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? They sold the speeder. Honestly he didn't really do that great a job of hiding. He was well known to be a desert wizard, and while I doubt there was a census of hermits, he didn't even change his surname. Hell, no one but Kenobi and some medical droids were around when Padme named her kids, but the Lars couple just happened to get a child named Skywalker right after the Jedi went into hiding. I don't think the Emperor would have put out the information necessary for anyone to know the importance of a Skywalker child, but, like, they would have had to do zero checking on that, even though it seems like it would be a really good idea to check out Anakin's family. But maybe they didn't really think of it. It's a big galaxy, and they really had no reason to assume the children survived (whether Palpatine was lying or just didn't know, didn't care is up for speculation) or that Obi-Wan would have gone there, so it's not unreasonable that they wouldn't think about even looking for Kenobis, especially with the whole \"no census\" thing. But still, you'd think they'd have their ears to the ground for wizards in the outer rim.", "human_ref_B": "He lives off the land so he doesnt need much money. He probably sold his ship to buy his hermit house", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 595.0, "score_ratio": 2.0555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kx4bvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How does Obi-Wan survive in regards to generating funds for goods and service on Tatooine? \"I am an ambitious investigative accountant working for the Imperial Taxation Bureau and I think I could climb up a few notches in the pecking order with the bundle of evidence I am preparing on locating Obi-Wan Kenobi. The records at the old Jedi Temple are kept in another department and access to most accounts in those files are above my paygrade. I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj83en0", "c_root_id_B": "gj89ndt", "created_at_utc_A": 1610630351.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610634108.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He used the force to foresee what stocks to buy/sell.", "human_ref_B": "Old ben often sold his services to wandering traders in the dune sea as a guide and body guard. He lived off of that meager amount while sustenance farming black melons for himself and trading whatever was left for anything he needed. He also on occasion would raid gangsters and the like trying to hide bodies to avoid Jabbas murder tax. He never went to tattoine with his own ship but chartered one from a transit hub. The funds used to hire Han came mostly from a small stash he kept and the selling of Luke's old speeder. Credits do exist digitally but most people use physical chits and the like", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3757.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kx4bvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How does Obi-Wan survive in regards to generating funds for goods and service on Tatooine? \"I am an ambitious investigative accountant working for the Imperial Taxation Bureau and I think I could climb up a few notches in the pecking order with the bundle of evidence I am preparing on locating Obi-Wan Kenobi. The records at the old Jedi Temple are kept in another department and access to most accounts in those files are above my paygrade. I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj8iuu6", "c_root_id_B": "gj83en0", "created_at_utc_A": 1610638661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610630351.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Jedi are trained before their first apprenticeship to be exceedingly self sufficient, given skills in a breathtaking array of fields because none of them knows the tasks the force will guide them too to complete their missions. This includes riggorous survival training on worlds that are even less hospittable to life than Tatooine. Jedi however possessed nothing, their only possessions they claimed as their own were the robes they crafted by hand themselves, and their lightsaber. All credits ships droids speeders and other such belongings were owned communally by the order. A knight being sent on a mission would be permitted access to a mission fund which could be somewhere in the range of a few hundred, to several hundred thousand credits depending on what the order determined the needs of the mission were. And the same thing would apply to vehicles where any jedi could request, and most likely be granted access to any vehicle in the temple's hangars and garages. Additionally though the Order's coffers were surprisingly well funded due to the generous donations of the people the jedi have helped over the years, the Jedi operate as a non profit order and so were given additional perks and priviledges as voted by the senate such as: Free passage on any form of public transportation in republic systems and Food and lodgings provided to a jedi by private individuals could be written off on taxes as a charitable donations Now while none of that middle section applies any more thanks to the rise of the empire, I mostly wanted to point out that Jedi didnt really ever have to deal with money much and when they absolutely had too They tended to have ways of working with astoundingly large sums (And yes/no on the digital currency thing, they are both, Digital and physical as there are credit chits with specific denominations on them, but at the same time transactions can be conducted over the galactic extranet entirely digitally, with no paper trail at all, which was how the CIS kept their operations going and republic intelligence guessing as to their next move as the tracer information from the digital credits could be scrubbed with the propper know how, the rebels did something similar during the galactic civil war) So to get to the point of answering the questions directly 1) I just answered above in the parentheses section 2) when he wouldnt be tending to his hermit's hut, basic maitenance and upkeep, he'd either go and Harrass the local Tuskan tribes to ensure their migrations never went anywhere near the Larz farm again after what happened to Anakin's mother, and with that farm being where Luke was. Additionally he spend ALOT of time just meditating and conversing with Quigon, learning how to become a force ghost 3) paying for Han Solo came from the small amount of savings Obi wan still had and from the sale of Luke's speeder for the initial payment, and then for the lion's share, came from the Alderaan Humanitarian fund which Senator Leia oversaw personally after her fathers encouraged, but honorable, retirement. Paying for the enlistment of pilots would be a pretty easily explainable invoice on the records, or so that was the plan before the whole, disolution of the Imperial Senate, destruction if Alderaan and branding of Leiah as a rebel sympathizer. She still had some Money to throw around but it dried up before they had to set up operations on Hoth", "human_ref_B": "He used the force to foresee what stocks to buy/sell.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8310.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kx4bvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How does Obi-Wan survive in regards to generating funds for goods and service on Tatooine? \"I am an ambitious investigative accountant working for the Imperial Taxation Bureau and I think I could climb up a few notches in the pecking order with the bundle of evidence I am preparing on locating Obi-Wan Kenobi. The records at the old Jedi Temple are kept in another department and access to most accounts in those files are above my paygrade. I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj8iuu6", "c_root_id_B": "gj8bonv", "created_at_utc_A": 1610638661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610635201.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Jedi are trained before their first apprenticeship to be exceedingly self sufficient, given skills in a breathtaking array of fields because none of them knows the tasks the force will guide them too to complete their missions. This includes riggorous survival training on worlds that are even less hospittable to life than Tatooine. Jedi however possessed nothing, their only possessions they claimed as their own were the robes they crafted by hand themselves, and their lightsaber. All credits ships droids speeders and other such belongings were owned communally by the order. A knight being sent on a mission would be permitted access to a mission fund which could be somewhere in the range of a few hundred, to several hundred thousand credits depending on what the order determined the needs of the mission were. And the same thing would apply to vehicles where any jedi could request, and most likely be granted access to any vehicle in the temple's hangars and garages. Additionally though the Order's coffers were surprisingly well funded due to the generous donations of the people the jedi have helped over the years, the Jedi operate as a non profit order and so were given additional perks and priviledges as voted by the senate such as: Free passage on any form of public transportation in republic systems and Food and lodgings provided to a jedi by private individuals could be written off on taxes as a charitable donations Now while none of that middle section applies any more thanks to the rise of the empire, I mostly wanted to point out that Jedi didnt really ever have to deal with money much and when they absolutely had too They tended to have ways of working with astoundingly large sums (And yes/no on the digital currency thing, they are both, Digital and physical as there are credit chits with specific denominations on them, but at the same time transactions can be conducted over the galactic extranet entirely digitally, with no paper trail at all, which was how the CIS kept their operations going and republic intelligence guessing as to their next move as the tracer information from the digital credits could be scrubbed with the propper know how, the rebels did something similar during the galactic civil war) So to get to the point of answering the questions directly 1) I just answered above in the parentheses section 2) when he wouldnt be tending to his hermit's hut, basic maitenance and upkeep, he'd either go and Harrass the local Tuskan tribes to ensure their migrations never went anywhere near the Larz farm again after what happened to Anakin's mother, and with that farm being where Luke was. Additionally he spend ALOT of time just meditating and conversing with Quigon, learning how to become a force ghost 3) paying for Han Solo came from the small amount of savings Obi wan still had and from the sale of Luke's speeder for the initial payment, and then for the lion's share, came from the Alderaan Humanitarian fund which Senator Leia oversaw personally after her fathers encouraged, but honorable, retirement. Paying for the enlistment of pilots would be a pretty easily explainable invoice on the records, or so that was the plan before the whole, disolution of the Imperial Senate, destruction if Alderaan and branding of Leiah as a rebel sympathizer. She still had some Money to throw around but it dried up before they had to set up operations on Hoth", "human_ref_B": "With regards to question 2, he occupied himself by keeping himself alive, which can be a full-time endeavor on your own in the desert. Plus there are daily Jedi meditations and practices. Both Yoda and Luke similarly lived alone in remote areas for decades.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3460.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kx4bvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How does Obi-Wan survive in regards to generating funds for goods and service on Tatooine? \"I am an ambitious investigative accountant working for the Imperial Taxation Bureau and I think I could climb up a few notches in the pecking order with the bundle of evidence I am preparing on locating Obi-Wan Kenobi. The records at the old Jedi Temple are kept in another department and access to most accounts in those files are above my paygrade. I am assuming during the Old Republic individual Jedi were given a stipend. I have access to a report that has mostly been reducted of an incident on Tatooine nearly thirty years ago. It mentions an old Jedi called Qui-Gon Jinn who attempts to pay for a critical component (T-14 hyperdrive) needed to repair their ship with 20,000 Republic credits. This does not raise any eyebrows as I assume Qui-Gon Jinn had access to Jedi company credit card. However, if I were to assume that Obi-Wan would be a fugitive on a planet on the outer rim, where a mystique could more easily blend in. I would imagine that a bandit or smuggler would take advantage of Obi Wan's desperation to evacuate off the planet without questions asked and to evade our thinly spaced out resources in that region of the galaxy. I imagine somewhere in the realm of 10,000 credits. If I could track where such funds would come from then surely I could trace Obi-Wan Kenobi?\" 1, Are credits digital currency? If so would it be like me paying for goods and services using Apple Pay/Android Pay which extracts funds from my bank account and therefore leaves a paper trail with each transaction or like bitcoin and much more difficult to track? 2, Was it mentioned how Obi-Wan Kenobi was keeping himself occupied? Surely, it's not easy to live off the fat of the land when you're resigned to a desolate wasteland? I can't imagine there being enough edible fauna and flora found on Tatooine. I'd imagine he would therefore need to pay for his food? 3, Where did the funds come from to pay for Han's services? As an Empire's Most Wanted fugitive, I can't imagine he still had access to the previous funds from the Republic, which then begs the question of what did he do to raise the funds? The only thing I can think of is getting funds funnelled to him by Senator Bail Organa?", "c_root_id_A": "gj8zn4b", "c_root_id_B": "gj8bonv", "created_at_utc_A": 1610646164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610635201.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I mean tatooine is controlled primarily by the hutts I really don\u2019t think the imperial tax bureau would touch it.", "human_ref_B": "With regards to question 2, he occupied himself by keeping himself alive, which can be a full-time endeavor on your own in the desert. Plus there are daily Jedi meditations and practices. Both Yoda and Luke similarly lived alone in remote areas for decades.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10963.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g22kqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Anakin have brain surgery off screen before leaving Tatooine or did he walk around for the rest of the movie with a bomb in his head? Could this have contributed to his abrubt and violent mood swings? In The Phantom Menace Anakin mentions slaves on Tatooine have a bomb implanted in then to prevent them escaping. It is then never mentioned again and Anakin shortly leaves the planet. Was his bomb deactivated or removed at some point and if so could a bad surgery job when inserting or removing the bomb (I'm assuming there are no top brain surgeons on Tatooine) have caused damage to his brain that lead to seemingly random violent outbursts and mood swings later in life? Similar to what has been theorised to affect athletes that take blows to the head.", "c_root_id_A": "fnk5p1k", "c_root_id_B": "fnjvodq", "created_at_utc_A": 1587015733.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587008087.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "No wonder the Empire seized so much ground, if the Republic was this shitty. Slaves with bombs in their heads, winning a child by making him run dangerous race in a wager against a slave owner... I guess the Star Wars universe sucks to live in despite whomever is in charge.", "human_ref_B": "Thought it was a collar they wore, or some sort of restraint attached to the body somewhere", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7646.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g22kqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Anakin have brain surgery off screen before leaving Tatooine or did he walk around for the rest of the movie with a bomb in his head? Could this have contributed to his abrubt and violent mood swings? In The Phantom Menace Anakin mentions slaves on Tatooine have a bomb implanted in then to prevent them escaping. It is then never mentioned again and Anakin shortly leaves the planet. Was his bomb deactivated or removed at some point and if so could a bad surgery job when inserting or removing the bomb (I'm assuming there are no top brain surgeons on Tatooine) have caused damage to his brain that lead to seemingly random violent outbursts and mood swings later in life? Similar to what has been theorised to affect athletes that take blows to the head.", "c_root_id_A": "fnkcj7a", "c_root_id_B": "fnl6nm2", "created_at_utc_A": 1587022039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587048020.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Qui Gon had trained in many disciplines within the Jedi Order. Working with medical droids, for instance, would allow the Jedi to assist in times of need. A quick wave of the surgeon-like hands and you would call it magic and say he... FORCEd... it out.", "human_ref_B": "\"Just for once... let me look at you... with my own eyes\" *BOOM* \"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25981.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g22kqu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] Did Anakin have brain surgery off screen before leaving Tatooine or did he walk around for the rest of the movie with a bomb in his head? Could this have contributed to his abrubt and violent mood swings? In The Phantom Menace Anakin mentions slaves on Tatooine have a bomb implanted in then to prevent them escaping. It is then never mentioned again and Anakin shortly leaves the planet. Was his bomb deactivated or removed at some point and if so could a bad surgery job when inserting or removing the bomb (I'm assuming there are no top brain surgeons on Tatooine) have caused damage to his brain that lead to seemingly random violent outbursts and mood swings later in life? Similar to what has been theorised to affect athletes that take blows to the head.", "c_root_id_A": "fnl6nm2", "c_root_id_B": "fnkhinm", "created_at_utc_A": 1587048020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587027264.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"Just for once... let me look at you... with my own eyes\" *BOOM* \"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!\"", "human_ref_B": "Who said that the implant was located in the head?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20756.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98t355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] How does one exchange republic credits for local Tatooine currency? Wouldn't there be a currency exchange place to serve freighter pilots and others who go between Tatooine and the Republic? How did Incom (a Republic company) sell T-16 SKyhoppers to people on Tatooine if Tatooine didn't use credits?", "c_root_id_A": "e4ildmk", "c_root_id_B": "e4ih8zc", "created_at_utc_A": 1534772763.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534767910.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "There are people that move between Hutt Space and The Republic. Heck, The Hutts themselves will willingly trade your currency - they can use credits for plenty of their deals. If you're trying to not advertise your presence and avoid The Hutts, however... well, you'd have to get lucky. Find a merchant who trades in the Republic *and* the Outer Rim, and who is carrying a load of local cash on him, but is about to leave and is willing to trade with you fairly.", "human_ref_B": "Tatooine may not use credits. But all the people do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4853.0, "score_ratio": 4.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98t355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] How does one exchange republic credits for local Tatooine currency? Wouldn't there be a currency exchange place to serve freighter pilots and others who go between Tatooine and the Republic? How did Incom (a Republic company) sell T-16 SKyhoppers to people on Tatooine if Tatooine didn't use credits?", "c_root_id_A": "e4ih8zc", "c_root_id_B": "e4illno", "created_at_utc_A": 1534767910.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534773000.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Tatooine may not use credits. But all the people do.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba will be more than happy to exchange credits for you for a nominal handling fee.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5090.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98t355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] How does one exchange republic credits for local Tatooine currency? Wouldn't there be a currency exchange place to serve freighter pilots and others who go between Tatooine and the Republic? How did Incom (a Republic company) sell T-16 SKyhoppers to people on Tatooine if Tatooine didn't use credits?", "c_root_id_A": "e4ih8zc", "c_root_id_B": "e4iszsv", "created_at_utc_A": 1534767910.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534779919.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Tatooine may not use credits. But all the people do.", "human_ref_B": "You don't need to exchange them. *Republic credits will be fine*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12009.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98t355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] How does one exchange republic credits for local Tatooine currency? Wouldn't there be a currency exchange place to serve freighter pilots and others who go between Tatooine and the Republic? How did Incom (a Republic company) sell T-16 SKyhoppers to people on Tatooine if Tatooine didn't use credits?", "c_root_id_A": "e4iyimh", "c_root_id_B": "e4ivwmp", "created_at_utc_A": 1534784681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534782440.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They could have exchanged the money at a bank or something along those lines, but exchanging that much money would get the attention of the Hutts, which they didn't want. The Hutts would sell them out to the Trade Federation in a Coruscant second.", "human_ref_B": "Note Wattoo said Republican credits were no good *because he isn't a bank*. They could have just gone to a bank or money changer, but that got lost in translation. Jedi and queens aren't up on day to day business stuff.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2241.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98t355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] How does one exchange republic credits for local Tatooine currency? Wouldn't there be a currency exchange place to serve freighter pilots and others who go between Tatooine and the Republic? How did Incom (a Republic company) sell T-16 SKyhoppers to people on Tatooine if Tatooine didn't use credits?", "c_root_id_A": "e4ivwmp", "c_root_id_B": "e4j24dh", "created_at_utc_A": 1534782440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534787717.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Note Wattoo said Republican credits were no good *because he isn't a bank*. They could have just gone to a bank or money changer, but that got lost in translation. Jedi and queens aren't up on day to day business stuff.", "human_ref_B": "The Hutts will be happy to exchange Republic credits for something of equal value, such as that illegal spice you're holding, or that refugee princess. And, of course, if you can't meet their generous offer, then the local crime boss will be happy to overlook that...discrepancy. Provided, or course, that you do a few 'favors' as a gesture of goodwill.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5277.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98t355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] How does one exchange republic credits for local Tatooine currency? Wouldn't there be a currency exchange place to serve freighter pilots and others who go between Tatooine and the Republic? How did Incom (a Republic company) sell T-16 SKyhoppers to people on Tatooine if Tatooine didn't use credits?", "c_root_id_A": "e4jwze5", "c_root_id_B": "e4ivwmp", "created_at_utc_A": 1534823438.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534782440.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Take a look at our own black markets, LOTS of p\u00e9ople are willing to exchange their local currency into something with solid value such as US dollars or Euro. The same thing would happen in Tatooine.", "human_ref_B": "Note Wattoo said Republican credits were no good *because he isn't a bank*. They could have just gone to a bank or money changer, but that got lost in translation. Jedi and queens aren't up on day to day business stuff.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40998.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98t355", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] How does one exchange republic credits for local Tatooine currency? Wouldn't there be a currency exchange place to serve freighter pilots and others who go between Tatooine and the Republic? How did Incom (a Republic company) sell T-16 SKyhoppers to people on Tatooine if Tatooine didn't use credits?", "c_root_id_A": "e4ivwmp", "c_root_id_B": "e4lkqo9", "created_at_utc_A": 1534782440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534891252.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Note Wattoo said Republican credits were no good *because he isn't a bank*. They could have just gone to a bank or money changer, but that got lost in translation. Jedi and queens aren't up on day to day business stuff.", "human_ref_B": "> How did Incom (a Republic company) sell T-16 SKyhoppers to people on Tatooine if Tatooine didn't use credits? Incom Corporation doesn't need official dealership on the planet for it's products to be available there. Individual traders can purchase T-16s in the Republic using credits, transport them to Hutt Space, trade them for local currency, buy goods with that currency, sell those goods in the Republic for credits, repeat. Traders don't even need to directly sell them on Tatooine, skyhoppers might end up there through secondary market for vehicles and spaceships in the Outer Rim.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 108812.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bkxtfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars EU] Did the Rebel Alliance ever hatch a plan to rescue Leia, or did they just write her off? (Either in Canon or Legends) Luke, Obi-Wan, Han Solo, Chewie were not part of the Rebel Alliance at the time, and the Droids were apparently not in contact with the rest of the Rebellion.", "c_root_id_A": "emk8ga9", "c_root_id_B": "emk887z", "created_at_utc_A": 1557066884.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557066698.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "There's a guy who greets Leia on Yavin Base - his name is Vanden Willard - and he says something important: > *\"You're safe. When we heard about Alderaan, we feared the worst.\"* The Rebels knew nothing of Leia's whereabouts. They didn't even know she had been captured; an Alliance general thought she might have successfully managed to make her way back to Alderaan before it was destroyed! But had the Rebels known of Leia's capture, would they have done anything? Hard to say. Breaking into the Death Star isn't just a prison raid; it's more like trying to break into a major military base and escape with someone from the basement of a specific building. Without the specific combination of a Jedi Knight, Han Solo's smuggling skill and guts, and Luke's adventurous (and somewhat naive) optimism, it's quite likely such a raid would have been discarded as absurdly impossible.", "human_ref_B": "They may not have written her off, but they probably didn't hatch a plan to rescue her. They'd need to know whether she was alive, where she was being held and what timescale any planned rescue needed to fit into. For her part, Leia behaves like a soldier from a prone to capture unit: she resists interrogation for as long as she can, so that her command structure can change plans and preserve operational security, attempts to establish a connection with her captors, gives information to preserve her life when it becomes necessary and sits tight waiting for an opportunity. Leia's a *badass*. There were undoubtedly plans in place to evacuate Yavin IV,. and those would be enacted once the Tantive IV is reported missing or lost. That's why Leia isn't worried about taking the Falcon, which she is more or less certain contains a tracking device, to Yavin IV: the Alliance is on the way out of there anyway.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 186.0, "score_ratio": 2.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ik7xw0h", "c_root_id_B": "ik7yf5s", "created_at_utc_A": 1660454703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660455063.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "While he doesn\u2019t do it out of love, even the Joker isn\u2019t crazy enough to fuck with the IRS.", "human_ref_B": "No. But he loves Batman.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 360.0, "score_ratio": 9.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ik879i4", "c_root_id_B": "ik7xw0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1660461569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660454703.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The only one who comes close is Batman", "human_ref_B": "While he doesn\u2019t do it out of love, even the Joker isn\u2019t crazy enough to fuck with the IRS.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6866.0, "score_ratio": 2.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ik83n2w", "c_root_id_B": "ik879i4", "created_at_utc_A": 1660458787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660461569.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "himself", "human_ref_B": "The only one who comes close is Batman", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2782.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ik7xw0h", "c_root_id_B": "ik83n2w", "created_at_utc_A": 1660454703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660458787.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "While he doesn\u2019t do it out of love, even the Joker isn\u2019t crazy enough to fuck with the IRS.", "human_ref_B": "himself", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4084.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ik7xw0h", "c_root_id_B": "ik8i57o", "created_at_utc_A": 1660454703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660470495.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "While he doesn\u2019t do it out of love, even the Joker isn\u2019t crazy enough to fuck with the IRS.", "human_ref_B": "Chaos maybe his relationship with batman", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15792.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ik83n2w", "c_root_id_B": "ik8i57o", "created_at_utc_A": 1660458787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660470495.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "himself", "human_ref_B": "Chaos maybe his relationship with batman", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11708.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ik9cl6a", "c_root_id_B": "ik8p6pj", "created_at_utc_A": 1660488888.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660476149.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Well, Batman", "human_ref_B": "Batman", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12739.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ik9n8j4", "c_root_id_B": "ika8lw4", "created_at_utc_A": 1660493423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660502091.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Uhhhh. Batman, duhhhh", "human_ref_B": "Joker's only true love is the 'concept of the ultimate joke'. Everyone else, including himself, are just a means to an end for him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8668.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wny03i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Is there anybody that the Joker genuinely cares about? Joker has shown to care for few but himself, and even then he's shown to have little regard for his own life. His relationship to Harley needs no introduction, with him more often than not treating her as a glorified lackey to abuse for personal pleasure or to throw under the bus to save his own skin. With all that in mind, is there anybody that the Joker genuinely loves and cares for, to the point that he'd never try to hurt them or would risk his very life for them?", "c_root_id_A": "ika8lw4", "c_root_id_B": "ik9rgkp", "created_at_utc_A": 1660502091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660495157.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Joker's only true love is the 'concept of the ultimate joke'. Everyone else, including himself, are just a means to an end for him.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is his one true love. His entire criminal career has been based around getting a laugh out of an audience of one.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6934.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8lbsup", "c_root_id_B": "e8l5lkx", "created_at_utc_A": 1540711732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540701358.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "There's also the personification/expression elements. A lot of heroes/vigilantes cover their eyes somehow, e.g. Batman often has plain white lenses as part of his cowl, even when he does have open eye areas there's often shadows cast over his eyes, Daredevil also has the red lenses in his proper costume. And, as evidenced by them always leaving the eyes open air in the movies, eyes are very important from a body language and communication perspective, so covering them is a major negative in that regard. Then, they are usually also covered head to toe in armour or some other type of disguise - it might often be thin and flexible, but it can still impede body language a lot of the time, or at the very least makes them seem more \"alien\" or untrustworthy if you can't see any skin. Even then, you probably wouldn't get a lot of proper body language out of someone on alert/poised to fight. Now this sort of thing wouldn't be an issue if these types of heroes just fought hardened (super) villains - the creepiness factor would probably work well alone on them. But you also have to deal with helping and rescuing civilians, talking down lower level thugs, getting to know other heroes, sometimes you may even need to convince one of the less insane/more amiable villains to help you. It's hard to do this stuff if you're just one weird monolith - people can't gauge emotional response, if you're lying, how you're feeling, hell you might as well not be human - they can't see any skin or expressions to tell. So, what's the easiest place to uncover that is convenient and can show \"hey, look, I'm a human being just like you, trust me\" when you want it to? Well, anything below the shoulders is probably either ineffectual or weird, you can't leave anything too large uncovered or it'll leave you too vulnerable there. Hair is an option, but people can grab it and it might seem a bit odd *just* having your hair visible. The mouth area though? It's very expressive - smiles, frowns, talking; it's a small surface area comparatively; it can easily and quickly be covered if necessary - put your arms in front, your cape, maybe get something utilitarian like a rebreather from your equipment; it's a pretty sturdy area - okay, you might lose a few teeth in a bad scenario, but those are redundant and can sort of be replaced typically unlike your squishy nose, eyes, ears or extremities like fingers... anyway, you probably get the idea. TL;DR - The mouth and lower face is a convenient and expressive place to uncover, and allows you to show some body language and emotion you otherwise wouldn't be able to.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne\u2019s childhood influence was *Zorro.* Behold Zorro. When Bruce died, The Batman took over his body. What does a vigilante look like, The Batman wondered. Bruce\u2019s memories of Zorro carried over. Matt Murdoch\u2019s childhood influence was The Batman. Both men are courageous athletes who understand that they will do better as fashion followers than as fashion leaders. Zorro masked as he did because he had ***style***.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10374.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8lbsup", "c_root_id_B": "e8l52aa", "created_at_utc_A": 1540711732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540700680.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There's also the personification/expression elements. A lot of heroes/vigilantes cover their eyes somehow, e.g. Batman often has plain white lenses as part of his cowl, even when he does have open eye areas there's often shadows cast over his eyes, Daredevil also has the red lenses in his proper costume. And, as evidenced by them always leaving the eyes open air in the movies, eyes are very important from a body language and communication perspective, so covering them is a major negative in that regard. Then, they are usually also covered head to toe in armour or some other type of disguise - it might often be thin and flexible, but it can still impede body language a lot of the time, or at the very least makes them seem more \"alien\" or untrustworthy if you can't see any skin. Even then, you probably wouldn't get a lot of proper body language out of someone on alert/poised to fight. Now this sort of thing wouldn't be an issue if these types of heroes just fought hardened (super) villains - the creepiness factor would probably work well alone on them. But you also have to deal with helping and rescuing civilians, talking down lower level thugs, getting to know other heroes, sometimes you may even need to convince one of the less insane/more amiable villains to help you. It's hard to do this stuff if you're just one weird monolith - people can't gauge emotional response, if you're lying, how you're feeling, hell you might as well not be human - they can't see any skin or expressions to tell. So, what's the easiest place to uncover that is convenient and can show \"hey, look, I'm a human being just like you, trust me\" when you want it to? Well, anything below the shoulders is probably either ineffectual or weird, you can't leave anything too large uncovered or it'll leave you too vulnerable there. Hair is an option, but people can grab it and it might seem a bit odd *just* having your hair visible. The mouth area though? It's very expressive - smiles, frowns, talking; it's a small surface area comparatively; it can easily and quickly be covered if necessary - put your arms in front, your cape, maybe get something utilitarian like a rebreather from your equipment; it's a pretty sturdy area - okay, you might lose a few teeth in a bad scenario, but those are redundant and can sort of be replaced typically unlike your squishy nose, eyes, ears or extremities like fingers... anyway, you probably get the idea. TL;DR - The mouth and lower face is a convenient and expressive place to uncover, and allows you to show some body language and emotion you otherwise wouldn't be able to.", "human_ref_B": "Many do. Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, green arrow. Basically all super heroes leave the bottom part of their face uncovered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11052.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8l52aa", "c_root_id_B": "e8l5lkx", "created_at_utc_A": 1540700680.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540701358.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Many do. Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, green arrow. Basically all super heroes leave the bottom part of their face uncovered.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne\u2019s childhood influence was *Zorro.* Behold Zorro. When Bruce died, The Batman took over his body. What does a vigilante look like, The Batman wondered. Bruce\u2019s memories of Zorro carried over. Matt Murdoch\u2019s childhood influence was The Batman. Both men are courageous athletes who understand that they will do better as fashion followers than as fashion leaders. Zorro masked as he did because he had ***style***.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 678.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8l52aa", "c_root_id_B": "e8lzd40", "created_at_utc_A": 1540700680.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540745037.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Many do. Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, green arrow. Basically all super heroes leave the bottom part of their face uncovered.", "human_ref_B": "In Justice League: The New Frontier Batman has a line about it. I'm paraphrasing here but he says something along the lines of \"I want to scare criminals not children.\" Having part of the face open helps humanize the hero. It makes it clear they aren't a monster but a person in a costume.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44357.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8lg4ge", "c_root_id_B": "e8lzd40", "created_at_utc_A": 1540720835.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540745037.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "To expose makeup that changes there skin tone so people can't tell who they are.", "human_ref_B": "In Justice League: The New Frontier Batman has a line about it. I'm paraphrasing here but he says something along the lines of \"I want to scare criminals not children.\" Having part of the face open helps humanize the hero. It makes it clear they aren't a monster but a person in a costume.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24202.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8lzd40", "c_root_id_B": "e8ll9qp", "created_at_utc_A": 1540745037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540730336.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Justice League: The New Frontier Batman has a line about it. I'm paraphrasing here but he says something along the lines of \"I want to scare criminals not children.\" Having part of the face open helps humanize the hero. It makes it clear they aren't a monster but a person in a costume.", "human_ref_B": "Cause vilains do the opposite. Bane, Subzero, etc...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14701.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8lt3in", "c_root_id_B": "e8lzd40", "created_at_utc_A": 1540739538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540745037.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "To show off that killer jawline, talk without the villains going \"huh what?\" And un obstructed breathing.", "human_ref_B": "In Justice League: The New Frontier Batman has a line about it. I'm paraphrasing here but he says something along the lines of \"I want to scare criminals not children.\" Having part of the face open helps humanize the hero. It makes it clear they aren't a monster but a person in a costume.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5499.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8lzd40", "c_root_id_B": "e8lkk6w", "created_at_utc_A": 1540745037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540729287.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In Justice League: The New Frontier Batman has a line about it. I'm paraphrasing here but he says something along the lines of \"I want to scare criminals not children.\" Having part of the face open helps humanize the hero. It makes it clear they aren't a monster but a person in a costume.", "human_ref_B": "They're those dudes that go nuts over shaving accoutrements and they just have to show off that close shave. When they meet up, they argue over straight razors vs safety razors and their newest shaving brushes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15750.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8ll9qp", "c_root_id_B": "e8lkk6w", "created_at_utc_A": 1540730336.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540729287.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Cause vilains do the opposite. Bane, Subzero, etc...", "human_ref_B": "They're those dudes that go nuts over shaving accoutrements and they just have to show off that close shave. When they meet up, they argue over straight razors vs safety razors and their newest shaving brushes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1049.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9s0j5p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General] Why do most vigilantes (like Batman and Daredevil) leave the bottom part of their faces exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "e8lt3in", "c_root_id_B": "e8lkk6w", "created_at_utc_A": 1540739538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540729287.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "To show off that killer jawline, talk without the villains going \"huh what?\" And un obstructed breathing.", "human_ref_B": "They're those dudes that go nuts over shaving accoutrements and they just have to show off that close shave. When they meet up, they argue over straight razors vs safety razors and their newest shaving brushes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10251.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "navpn1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Batman Beyond] How has Gotham architecture changed so drastically in ~40 years? In a lot of cyberpunk stories set in the nearish future (less than 100 years) I feel like the cities are internally justified in looking totally different due to the old cities being destroyed in nuclear war (Blade Runner, Akira, etc.). But as far as we know nothing so drastic happened to Gotham (at least in the DCAU) yet its architecture is totally unrecognizable from its \"modern\" incarnation, with endless futuristic skyscrapers and other similar buildings. Compare major cities like New York to 40 years ago and you wouldn't see anywhere near as drastic of a change. There's one episode where Bruce and Terry visit the theater Bruce's parents get shot at, but as far as I know that's the only instance where we see a piece of \"old\" Gotham.", "c_root_id_A": "gxw257i", "c_root_id_B": "gxvv6yn", "created_at_utc_A": 1620847384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620844678.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Cities can grow way faster than you think. Dubai and Seoul are prime examples of how much a city can change in a short period of time. And these cities weren't created with with fancy, future hovertech. Neo-Gotham only shares some of the basic architectural with Blade Runner and Akira, namely the the mega-skyscrapers and vaguely asian minimalist design philosophies. They came about because of necessity. Massive buildings are great for housing a larger population when you have limited land and the minimalism was more than likely a coincidence brought on by a less-is-more mindset.", "human_ref_B": "There was that earthquake, that in mainstream continuity caused US to completely disavow Gotham and leave it to fend for itself. There was plenty of damage, so during the rebuilding process the architects from Bladerunner moved in. >!This isn't what actually happened, I'm not sure official reason was provided.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2706.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "navpn1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Batman Beyond] How has Gotham architecture changed so drastically in ~40 years? In a lot of cyberpunk stories set in the nearish future (less than 100 years) I feel like the cities are internally justified in looking totally different due to the old cities being destroyed in nuclear war (Blade Runner, Akira, etc.). But as far as we know nothing so drastic happened to Gotham (at least in the DCAU) yet its architecture is totally unrecognizable from its \"modern\" incarnation, with endless futuristic skyscrapers and other similar buildings. Compare major cities like New York to 40 years ago and you wouldn't see anywhere near as drastic of a change. There's one episode where Bruce and Terry visit the theater Bruce's parents get shot at, but as far as I know that's the only instance where we see a piece of \"old\" Gotham.", "c_root_id_A": "gxw8r6j", "c_root_id_B": "gxx3th0", "created_at_utc_A": 1620850077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620864087.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": ">its architecture is totally unrecognizable from its \"modern\" incarnation, with endless futuristic skyscrapers and other similar buildings. Compare major cities like New York to 40 years ago and you wouldn't see anywhere near as drastic of a change. Maybe you need to expand your world view? Shanghai, 20 year difference. https://imgur.com/9qxK1xk", "human_ref_B": "There actually might\u2019ve been a drastic catastrophe that happened to Gotham. Various episodes reference the \u201cNear-Apocalypse of \u201809\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14010.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffykjzu", "c_root_id_B": "ffyvm9j", "created_at_utc_A": 1580348633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580356264.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "He's in the shadows waiting for someone to says the magic words: 'What are you so worried about? The Bat's *dead.*'", "human_ref_B": "He's 8 years younger than Bruce and has everything basically set for him so he is in much better shape. Also, is there actually any crime in Gotham. Is anyone seriously gonna fuck with that town again after Ra's a Ghul, the Joker, and Bane were either arrested or killed. Only thing that he has to worry about is the mob coming back, but being trained in many areas, I think John Blake will been fine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7631.0, "score_ratio": 1.0555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyvm9j", "c_root_id_B": "ffyaymr", "created_at_utc_A": 1580356264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580342123.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He's 8 years younger than Bruce and has everything basically set for him so he is in much better shape. Also, is there actually any crime in Gotham. Is anyone seriously gonna fuck with that town again after Ra's a Ghul, the Joker, and Bane were either arrested or killed. Only thing that he has to worry about is the mob coming back, but being trained in many areas, I think John Blake will been fine.", "human_ref_B": "This is assuming that it didn't take John a long time to train and learn how to use Bruce's bat-equipment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14141.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyiq64", "c_root_id_B": "ffyvm9j", "created_at_utc_A": 1580347380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580356264.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "The batcaves batdefenses didn't batrecognize him and he's batdead.", "human_ref_B": "He's 8 years younger than Bruce and has everything basically set for him so he is in much better shape. Also, is there actually any crime in Gotham. Is anyone seriously gonna fuck with that town again after Ra's a Ghul, the Joker, and Bane were either arrested or killed. Only thing that he has to worry about is the mob coming back, but being trained in many areas, I think John Blake will been fine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8884.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyvm9j", "c_root_id_B": "ffyvdym", "created_at_utc_A": 1580356264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580356097.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He's 8 years younger than Bruce and has everything basically set for him so he is in much better shape. Also, is there actually any crime in Gotham. Is anyone seriously gonna fuck with that town again after Ra's a Ghul, the Joker, and Bane were either arrested or killed. Only thing that he has to worry about is the mob coming back, but being trained in many areas, I think John Blake will been fine.", "human_ref_B": "This is a great r/WritingPrompts", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 167.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyvm9j", "c_root_id_B": "ffyn8r3", "created_at_utc_A": 1580356264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580350450.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He's 8 years younger than Bruce and has everything basically set for him so he is in much better shape. Also, is there actually any crime in Gotham. Is anyone seriously gonna fuck with that town again after Ra's a Ghul, the Joker, and Bane were either arrested or killed. Only thing that he has to worry about is the mob coming back, but being trained in many areas, I think John Blake will been fine.", "human_ref_B": "Probably not doing very well. Without access to batmans budget he cant keep getting new toys, and without bruces ability to design stuff he cant keep up technologically. Without the mysteriousness allowed by high tech toys and without the financial support people will realise that he is just a man in a costume. Things go downhill from there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5814.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyvm9j", "c_root_id_B": "ffyu7l6", "created_at_utc_A": 1580356264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580355250.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's 8 years younger than Bruce and has everything basically set for him so he is in much better shape. Also, is there actually any crime in Gotham. Is anyone seriously gonna fuck with that town again after Ra's a Ghul, the Joker, and Bane were either arrested or killed. Only thing that he has to worry about is the mob coming back, but being trained in many areas, I think John Blake will been fine.", "human_ref_B": "Not great Bob", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1014.0, "score_ratio": 9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffykjzu", "c_root_id_B": "ffyaymr", "created_at_utc_A": 1580348633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580342123.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He's in the shadows waiting for someone to says the magic words: 'What are you so worried about? The Bat's *dead.*'", "human_ref_B": "This is assuming that it didn't take John a long time to train and learn how to use Bruce's bat-equipment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6510.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffykjzu", "c_root_id_B": "ffyiq64", "created_at_utc_A": 1580348633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580347380.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He's in the shadows waiting for someone to says the magic words: 'What are you so worried about? The Bat's *dead.*'", "human_ref_B": "The batcaves batdefenses didn't batrecognize him and he's batdead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1253.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyn8r3", "c_root_id_B": "ffyvdym", "created_at_utc_A": 1580350450.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580356097.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Probably not doing very well. Without access to batmans budget he cant keep getting new toys, and without bruces ability to design stuff he cant keep up technologically. Without the mysteriousness allowed by high tech toys and without the financial support people will realise that he is just a man in a costume. Things go downhill from there.", "human_ref_B": "This is a great r/WritingPrompts", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5647.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyu7l6", "c_root_id_B": "ffyvdym", "created_at_utc_A": 1580355250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580356097.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Not great Bob", "human_ref_B": "This is a great r/WritingPrompts", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 847.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyn8r3", "c_root_id_B": "ffzi8gk", "created_at_utc_A": 1580350450.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580380462.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Probably not doing very well. Without access to batmans budget he cant keep getting new toys, and without bruces ability to design stuff he cant keep up technologically. Without the mysteriousness allowed by high tech toys and without the financial support people will realise that he is just a man in a costume. Things go downhill from there.", "human_ref_B": "He died almost immediately. Bruce spent years living on the streets, in chinese prisons, learning all the martial arts under the sun and regularly engaging in hand-to-hand combat against multiple opponents in real situations and winning. And that was all before he was trained in the mountains by literal ninjas. Blake made it through the police academy, just the same as Officer Pudge MacDonuts, and that's it. He didn't last long. Probably died the first time he tried to jump off a sky scraper and glide since base jumping was not a common recreational activity in an inner city orphanage.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30012.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffyu7l6", "c_root_id_B": "ffzi8gk", "created_at_utc_A": 1580355250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580380462.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Not great Bob", "human_ref_B": "He died almost immediately. Bruce spent years living on the streets, in chinese prisons, learning all the martial arts under the sun and regularly engaging in hand-to-hand combat against multiple opponents in real situations and winning. And that was all before he was trained in the mountains by literal ninjas. Blake made it through the police academy, just the same as Officer Pudge MacDonuts, and that's it. He didn't last long. Probably died the first time he tried to jump off a sky scraper and glide since base jumping was not a common recreational activity in an inner city orphanage.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25212.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffzi8gk", "c_root_id_B": "ffz4g1q", "created_at_utc_A": 1580380462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580363639.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "He died almost immediately. Bruce spent years living on the streets, in chinese prisons, learning all the martial arts under the sun and regularly engaging in hand-to-hand combat against multiple opponents in real situations and winning. And that was all before he was trained in the mountains by literal ninjas. Blake made it through the police academy, just the same as Officer Pudge MacDonuts, and that's it. He didn't last long. Probably died the first time he tried to jump off a sky scraper and glide since base jumping was not a common recreational activity in an inner city orphanage.", "human_ref_B": "You can consider the Nolan trilogy as part of the DCEU if you assume Bruce came out of retirement, Alfred got Lazarus-pitted to be younger, and John Blake changed to Robin. In that case, the opening scene of Suicide Squad showed Harley's info sheet that said Robin was killed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16823.0, "score_ratio": -2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "fg14pkl", "c_root_id_B": "ffyu7l6", "created_at_utc_A": 1580420699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580355250.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He did fine up until the Joker broke out of prison. Joker attempted to match wits with the Batman, because that's what the Joker does. But he quickly finds out that this is just a guy in a Batsuit, not the genius/ninja that the last one was. So Joker murders him.", "human_ref_B": "Not great Bob", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 65449.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "evs5fy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Dark Knight Rises] John Blake has been batman for eight years now. How's he doing? Did he even make it this far?", "c_root_id_A": "ffz4g1q", "c_root_id_B": "fg14pkl", "created_at_utc_A": 1580363639.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580420699.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You can consider the Nolan trilogy as part of the DCEU if you assume Bruce came out of retirement, Alfred got Lazarus-pitted to be younger, and John Blake changed to Robin. In that case, the opening scene of Suicide Squad showed Harley's info sheet that said Robin was killed.", "human_ref_B": "He did fine up until the Joker broke out of prison. Joker attempted to match wits with the Batman, because that's what the Joker does. But he quickly finds out that this is just a guy in a Batsuit, not the genius/ninja that the last one was. So Joker murders him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57060.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwaj1jy", "c_root_id_B": "cwal1gs", "created_at_utc_A": 1445636356.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445639966.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "A regular patient called the Joker is extremely dangerous and persuasive, keep as much distance ad possible. Last time one of the doctors got close he convinced her to join him. Also one of the patient is insanely attractive, bit she is toxic in more ways than one, avoid all advances. Occasionally you may see one of your coworkers trapped in a glass cell, they aren't your fellows, it is the villain Clayface trying to break out. Lastly a former psychologist is now is resident, never tell him your fears or even give a clue of your darkest thoughts. Of he breaks out he may use you as a test subject for his feared toxins.", "human_ref_B": "Leave your life outside arkham, never tell coworkers or inmates anything bar your professional name. They will ether use it to trap you or blackmail you. One inmate was able to twist the mind of a former psychiatrist once he learned enough about her, manipulating her fears and fantasies to bend her will. She's occasionally in there now, but as a patient. And if you see a shadow at night wandering around, but there have been no alarms set off of inmates escaping, just pretend you never saw it. That shadow is your best friend.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3610.0, "score_ratio": 1.3225806452, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwaj7p0", "c_root_id_B": "cwal1gs", "created_at_utc_A": 1445636658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445639966.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "Press for higher security reforms, or failing that, better insurance policies.", "human_ref_B": "Leave your life outside arkham, never tell coworkers or inmates anything bar your professional name. They will ether use it to trap you or blackmail you. One inmate was able to twist the mind of a former psychiatrist once he learned enough about her, manipulating her fears and fantasies to bend her will. She's occasionally in there now, but as a patient. And if you see a shadow at night wandering around, but there have been no alarms set off of inmates escaping, just pretend you never saw it. That shadow is your best friend.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3308.0, "score_ratio": 8.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwajzv4", "c_root_id_B": "cwal1gs", "created_at_utc_A": 1445638058.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445639966.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "Don't leave the accounting annex across the street from the main prison... 8-)", "human_ref_B": "Leave your life outside arkham, never tell coworkers or inmates anything bar your professional name. They will ether use it to trap you or blackmail you. One inmate was able to twist the mind of a former psychiatrist once he learned enough about her, manipulating her fears and fantasies to bend her will. She's occasionally in there now, but as a patient. And if you see a shadow at night wandering around, but there have been no alarms set off of inmates escaping, just pretend you never saw it. That shadow is your best friend.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1908.0, "score_ratio": 8.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwamxne", "c_root_id_B": "cwanfqk", "created_at_utc_A": 1445643590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445644546.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "There's one patient with green skin - wear a gas mask around her at all times. The other staff might make fun of you, and claim that you're being overly precautious. Ignore them. You don't want to join the 90% of male or lesbian doctors who have died or been severely asphyxiated while monitoring her. Being remembered as one of the \"Boner bodies\" is not a good legacy.", "human_ref_B": "On the plus side, if you last for more then a couple of years there, you can almost write your own ticket in the psychological community. Any university or high end private facility would love to have you. Couple words of advice, NEVER write a tell all book about the place or any patients, you might as well put a big \"kill me in horrific fashion!\" sign on yourself. Treat everyone with caution but respect, you never know when your patient will be your hostage taker ( or in some cases, cell mate ). Finally if you get a chance, GET OUT, take the other job when it is offered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 956.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwanfqk", "c_root_id_B": "cwaj7p0", "created_at_utc_A": 1445644546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445636658.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "On the plus side, if you last for more then a couple of years there, you can almost write your own ticket in the psychological community. Any university or high end private facility would love to have you. Couple words of advice, NEVER write a tell all book about the place or any patients, you might as well put a big \"kill me in horrific fashion!\" sign on yourself. Treat everyone with caution but respect, you never know when your patient will be your hostage taker ( or in some cases, cell mate ). Finally if you get a chance, GET OUT, take the other job when it is offered.", "human_ref_B": "Press for higher security reforms, or failing that, better insurance policies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7888.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwanfqk", "c_root_id_B": "cwajzv4", "created_at_utc_A": 1445644546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445638058.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "On the plus side, if you last for more then a couple of years there, you can almost write your own ticket in the psychological community. Any university or high end private facility would love to have you. Couple words of advice, NEVER write a tell all book about the place or any patients, you might as well put a big \"kill me in horrific fashion!\" sign on yourself. Treat everyone with caution but respect, you never know when your patient will be your hostage taker ( or in some cases, cell mate ). Finally if you get a chance, GET OUT, take the other job when it is offered.", "human_ref_B": "Don't leave the accounting annex across the street from the main prison... 8-)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6488.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwamxne", "c_root_id_B": "cwaj7p0", "created_at_utc_A": 1445643590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445636658.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There's one patient with green skin - wear a gas mask around her at all times. The other staff might make fun of you, and claim that you're being overly precautious. Ignore them. You don't want to join the 90% of male or lesbian doctors who have died or been severely asphyxiated while monitoring her. Being remembered as one of the \"Boner bodies\" is not a good legacy.", "human_ref_B": "Press for higher security reforms, or failing that, better insurance policies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6932.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwamxne", "c_root_id_B": "cwajzv4", "created_at_utc_A": 1445643590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445638058.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There's one patient with green skin - wear a gas mask around her at all times. The other staff might make fun of you, and claim that you're being overly precautious. Ignore them. You don't want to join the 90% of male or lesbian doctors who have died or been severely asphyxiated while monitoring her. Being remembered as one of the \"Boner bodies\" is not a good legacy.", "human_ref_B": "Don't leave the accounting annex across the street from the main prison... 8-)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5532.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwav5gm", "c_root_id_B": "cwasgs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1445659841.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445654267.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "If a co-worker is acting courteous, respectful, interested, compassionate, or otherwise like a decent person would, then there's an 30% chance it's an escaped patient, and a 50% chance it will become a patient in the future. Stay away from the Clown. Spend too much time around him, and you'll *want him* to torture you. He's super-manipulative. If the Commissioner ever orders you to ignore or break regulations, do it. It's for the entire city's sanity. Literally. If a giant bat bursts in and kicks 50 guy's butts, maims 12 patients, and tortures three other dudes for information, just let him be. Also, don't take the Clown's solitaire table. He will sneak into the lounge's kitchen and put grinded-up glass in your tuna for months without you noticing anything other than tummy troubles... Until he explains to you about how he lays under your bed at night listening to you sleep. And if he does do any of the following, don't check under your bed ever. He won't be there (not after he's *told* you about it), but a playing card will. -- Basically, you don't *have* to be mad to work here, but you will be.", "human_ref_B": "Well, you're probably going to die. While Wade 's crazy, he won't slash your guts in for breathing. Besides death, don't do the more \"exotic\" patients. Stay a mile away from Joker, no, 10 miles away from him. Don't talk to him, don't listen to him, don't even look at him besides on a camera. Riddler, be careful with that one. He's experienced in screwing with people. Poison Ivy, she's safe, as long as she's in a cell and surrounded by guards with protection. Bane, you can go near him, and talk to him. He's quite sane, and I'm not sure why he's not in Blackgate. Harley, same with her. Never go near her. Croc, don't get inside his cage, obviously. Actually, don't go near his cell block. Zasza is safe as long as there are more than 3 guards with you. He's weird, but you can talk to him. Clay face is okay I guess. Never talked to him before, won't try it at all. The other inmates are just your average mentally insane patients. Don't push their buttons, and don't get close to them, figuratively and literally. Besides that, burgers are good.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5574.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwasgs6", "c_root_id_B": "cwaj7p0", "created_at_utc_A": 1445654267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445636658.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well, you're probably going to die. While Wade 's crazy, he won't slash your guts in for breathing. Besides death, don't do the more \"exotic\" patients. Stay a mile away from Joker, no, 10 miles away from him. Don't talk to him, don't listen to him, don't even look at him besides on a camera. Riddler, be careful with that one. He's experienced in screwing with people. Poison Ivy, she's safe, as long as she's in a cell and surrounded by guards with protection. Bane, you can go near him, and talk to him. He's quite sane, and I'm not sure why he's not in Blackgate. Harley, same with her. Never go near her. Croc, don't get inside his cage, obviously. Actually, don't go near his cell block. Zasza is safe as long as there are more than 3 guards with you. He's weird, but you can talk to him. Clay face is okay I guess. Never talked to him before, won't try it at all. The other inmates are just your average mentally insane patients. Don't push their buttons, and don't get close to them, figuratively and literally. Besides that, burgers are good.", "human_ref_B": "Press for higher security reforms, or failing that, better insurance policies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17609.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwasgs6", "c_root_id_B": "cwajzv4", "created_at_utc_A": 1445654267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445638058.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well, you're probably going to die. While Wade 's crazy, he won't slash your guts in for breathing. Besides death, don't do the more \"exotic\" patients. Stay a mile away from Joker, no, 10 miles away from him. Don't talk to him, don't listen to him, don't even look at him besides on a camera. Riddler, be careful with that one. He's experienced in screwing with people. Poison Ivy, she's safe, as long as she's in a cell and surrounded by guards with protection. Bane, you can go near him, and talk to him. He's quite sane, and I'm not sure why he's not in Blackgate. Harley, same with her. Never go near her. Croc, don't get inside his cage, obviously. Actually, don't go near his cell block. Zasza is safe as long as there are more than 3 guards with you. He's weird, but you can talk to him. Clay face is okay I guess. Never talked to him before, won't try it at all. The other inmates are just your average mentally insane patients. Don't push their buttons, and don't get close to them, figuratively and literally. Besides that, burgers are good.", "human_ref_B": "Don't leave the accounting annex across the street from the main prison... 8-)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16209.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwaqs8o", "c_root_id_B": "cwasgs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1445650986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445654267.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I'd recommend brushing up on your knowledge of trivia/riddles. You never know when your only escape from a disgruntled patient relies on knowing the answer to \"The more you take away, the larger it grows. What is it?\"", "human_ref_B": "Well, you're probably going to die. While Wade 's crazy, he won't slash your guts in for breathing. Besides death, don't do the more \"exotic\" patients. Stay a mile away from Joker, no, 10 miles away from him. Don't talk to him, don't listen to him, don't even look at him besides on a camera. Riddler, be careful with that one. He's experienced in screwing with people. Poison Ivy, she's safe, as long as she's in a cell and surrounded by guards with protection. Bane, you can go near him, and talk to him. He's quite sane, and I'm not sure why he's not in Blackgate. Harley, same with her. Never go near her. Croc, don't get inside his cage, obviously. Actually, don't go near his cell block. Zasza is safe as long as there are more than 3 guards with you. He's weird, but you can talk to him. Clay face is okay I guess. Never talked to him before, won't try it at all. The other inmates are just your average mentally insane patients. Don't push their buttons, and don't get close to them, figuratively and literally. Besides that, burgers are good.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3281.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwav5gm", "c_root_id_B": "cwaj7p0", "created_at_utc_A": 1445659841.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445636658.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If a co-worker is acting courteous, respectful, interested, compassionate, or otherwise like a decent person would, then there's an 30% chance it's an escaped patient, and a 50% chance it will become a patient in the future. Stay away from the Clown. Spend too much time around him, and you'll *want him* to torture you. He's super-manipulative. If the Commissioner ever orders you to ignore or break regulations, do it. It's for the entire city's sanity. Literally. If a giant bat bursts in and kicks 50 guy's butts, maims 12 patients, and tortures three other dudes for information, just let him be. Also, don't take the Clown's solitaire table. He will sneak into the lounge's kitchen and put grinded-up glass in your tuna for months without you noticing anything other than tummy troubles... Until he explains to you about how he lays under your bed at night listening to you sleep. And if he does do any of the following, don't check under your bed ever. He won't be there (not after he's *told* you about it), but a playing card will. -- Basically, you don't *have* to be mad to work here, but you will be.", "human_ref_B": "Press for higher security reforms, or failing that, better insurance policies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23183.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwajzv4", "c_root_id_B": "cwav5gm", "created_at_utc_A": 1445638058.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445659841.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Don't leave the accounting annex across the street from the main prison... 8-)", "human_ref_B": "If a co-worker is acting courteous, respectful, interested, compassionate, or otherwise like a decent person would, then there's an 30% chance it's an escaped patient, and a 50% chance it will become a patient in the future. Stay away from the Clown. Spend too much time around him, and you'll *want him* to torture you. He's super-manipulative. If the Commissioner ever orders you to ignore or break regulations, do it. It's for the entire city's sanity. Literally. If a giant bat bursts in and kicks 50 guy's butts, maims 12 patients, and tortures three other dudes for information, just let him be. Also, don't take the Clown's solitaire table. He will sneak into the lounge's kitchen and put grinded-up glass in your tuna for months without you noticing anything other than tummy troubles... Until he explains to you about how he lays under your bed at night listening to you sleep. And if he does do any of the following, don't check under your bed ever. He won't be there (not after he's *told* you about it), but a playing card will. -- Basically, you don't *have* to be mad to work here, but you will be.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21783.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwav5gm", "c_root_id_B": "cwaqs8o", "created_at_utc_A": 1445659841.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445650986.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If a co-worker is acting courteous, respectful, interested, compassionate, or otherwise like a decent person would, then there's an 30% chance it's an escaped patient, and a 50% chance it will become a patient in the future. Stay away from the Clown. Spend too much time around him, and you'll *want him* to torture you. He's super-manipulative. If the Commissioner ever orders you to ignore or break regulations, do it. It's for the entire city's sanity. Literally. If a giant bat bursts in and kicks 50 guy's butts, maims 12 patients, and tortures three other dudes for information, just let him be. Also, don't take the Clown's solitaire table. He will sneak into the lounge's kitchen and put grinded-up glass in your tuna for months without you noticing anything other than tummy troubles... Until he explains to you about how he lays under your bed at night listening to you sleep. And if he does do any of the following, don't check under your bed ever. He won't be there (not after he's *told* you about it), but a playing card will. -- Basically, you don't *have* to be mad to work here, but you will be.", "human_ref_B": "I'd recommend brushing up on your knowledge of trivia/riddles. You never know when your only escape from a disgruntled patient relies on knowing the answer to \"The more you take away, the larger it grows. What is it?\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8855.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3py8mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC] Tips for someone beginning a new job at Arkham Asylum Hiya, I'm Dr. Nico Bruijic or used to be. Anyway I'm a psychiatrist who will begin working at the famed Arkham Asylum in Gotham as the chief psychiatric resident. I was wondering if any of yall have any advice for me. Now before everyone chimes in saying I shouldn't even work there, please believe me I am highly experienced. I was originally working on a thesis centered around my long time patient Wade Wilson. Unfortunately I was caught in the middle of a battle between Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four which resulted in a tear in the fabric of reality opening up and sending me to some strange parallel universe. My purpose of working at Arkham is to further the understanding of the human mind and the ills that plague it. As the chief psychiatric resident I'll be able to have access to some of the most mentally disturbed and further our understanding of the human mind. However I am aware of some of the risks involved. What type of things should I look out for in terms of patients, security procedures, etc. Any help would be welcome.", "c_root_id_A": "cwav5gm", "c_root_id_B": "cwaub7c", "created_at_utc_A": 1445659841.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445658006.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If a co-worker is acting courteous, respectful, interested, compassionate, or otherwise like a decent person would, then there's an 30% chance it's an escaped patient, and a 50% chance it will become a patient in the future. Stay away from the Clown. Spend too much time around him, and you'll *want him* to torture you. He's super-manipulative. If the Commissioner ever orders you to ignore or break regulations, do it. It's for the entire city's sanity. Literally. If a giant bat bursts in and kicks 50 guy's butts, maims 12 patients, and tortures three other dudes for information, just let him be. Also, don't take the Clown's solitaire table. He will sneak into the lounge's kitchen and put grinded-up glass in your tuna for months without you noticing anything other than tummy troubles... Until he explains to you about how he lays under your bed at night listening to you sleep. And if he does do any of the following, don't check under your bed ever. He won't be there (not after he's *told* you about it), but a playing card will. -- Basically, you don't *have* to be mad to work here, but you will be.", "human_ref_B": "Don't.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1835.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v4b599", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LOTR] did humans of Middle-earth separately evolve to have light skin and dark skin or were they all just instantly created as they are? If they were just created as they are , and evolution based on the climate of their lands was not the reason , why are the northerners light skinned and the southerners like the Haradrim have darker skin?", "c_root_id_A": "ib4k8yn", "c_root_id_B": "ib3klt5", "created_at_utc_A": 1654328417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654303085.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "So I recently re-read the Silmarillion, and from what I can recall from the passages regarding the awakening of men, there were dark-skinned and light-skinned men from the start. The \"swarthy\" ones just so happened to be the ones wooed by Melkor, while the \"fair\" ones followed the good and noble Noldor. Just a coincidence, really.", "human_ref_B": "probably both. i dont think we are ever told exactly how the first humans looked, however seeing how they have only been around for less than 10 000 years, its more likely they were created to be adapted to the enviroment they woke up in", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25332.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v4b599", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LOTR] did humans of Middle-earth separately evolve to have light skin and dark skin or were they all just instantly created as they are? If they were just created as they are , and evolution based on the climate of their lands was not the reason , why are the northerners light skinned and the southerners like the Haradrim have darker skin?", "c_root_id_A": "ib4k8yn", "c_root_id_B": "ib4fd37", "created_at_utc_A": 1654328417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654323744.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "So I recently re-read the Silmarillion, and from what I can recall from the passages regarding the awakening of men, there were dark-skinned and light-skinned men from the start. The \"swarthy\" ones just so happened to be the ones wooed by Melkor, while the \"fair\" ones followed the good and noble Noldor. Just a coincidence, really.", "human_ref_B": "Are you hoping to settle a debate about Dark skinned Hobbits perhaps?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4673.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gyiew", "c_root_id_B": "e1h1ws2", "created_at_utc_A": 1530230870.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530234516.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Isn't the flash like that?", "human_ref_B": "Batman did this with ~~Elongated~~ Plastic Man in the Brave and the Bold cartoon. ~~Elongated~~ Plastic Man had a similar past in the comics, but I don't know if Batman was involved Also in the animated series, Dick Grayson left him after Batman interrogated a criminal in front of his wife and child. Turns out that afterwards, Bruce Wayne gave the guy a job", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3646.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1h1ws2", "c_root_id_B": "e1gyifa", "created_at_utc_A": 1530234516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530230870.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Batman did this with ~~Elongated~~ Plastic Man in the Brave and the Bold cartoon. ~~Elongated~~ Plastic Man had a similar past in the comics, but I don't know if Batman was involved Also in the animated series, Dick Grayson left him after Batman interrogated a criminal in front of his wife and child. Turns out that afterwards, Bruce Wayne gave the guy a job", "human_ref_B": "Batman once helped Harley Quinn avoid going back to a life of crime after she was released from Arkham. Though technically she is not a criminal, as she was found innocent by reason of insanity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3646.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gyjck", "c_root_id_B": "e1h1ws2", "created_at_utc_A": 1530230898.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530234516.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Quite a few of the major ones (including DC's Trinity, Spider-Man, X-Men) will go out of their way to try and help criminals turn over a new leaf if the criminal expresses sincere intent or promise.", "human_ref_B": "Batman did this with ~~Elongated~~ Plastic Man in the Brave and the Bold cartoon. ~~Elongated~~ Plastic Man had a similar past in the comics, but I don't know if Batman was involved Also in the animated series, Dick Grayson left him after Batman interrogated a criminal in front of his wife and child. Turns out that afterwards, Bruce Wayne gave the guy a job", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3618.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1h1ws2", "c_root_id_B": "e1gxkzw", "created_at_utc_A": 1530234516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530229893.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Batman did this with ~~Elongated~~ Plastic Man in the Brave and the Bold cartoon. ~~Elongated~~ Plastic Man had a similar past in the comics, but I don't know if Batman was involved Also in the animated series, Dick Grayson left him after Batman interrogated a criminal in front of his wife and child. Turns out that afterwards, Bruce Wayne gave the guy a job", "human_ref_B": "Superman does that quite a bit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4623.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gyiew", "c_root_id_B": "e1gyifa", "created_at_utc_A": 1530230870.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530230870.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Isn't the flash like that?", "human_ref_B": "Batman once helped Harley Quinn avoid going back to a life of crime after she was released from Arkham. Though technically she is not a criminal, as she was found innocent by reason of insanity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 0.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gyiew", "c_root_id_B": "e1gxkzw", "created_at_utc_A": 1530230870.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530229893.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Isn't the flash like that?", "human_ref_B": "Superman does that quite a bit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 977.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gyifa", "c_root_id_B": "e1hoe7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1530230870.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530267895.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Batman once helped Harley Quinn avoid going back to a life of crime after she was released from Arkham. Though technically she is not a criminal, as she was found innocent by reason of insanity.", "human_ref_B": "I'd like to refer you to one of the Flash's greatest moments.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37025.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1hoe7n", "c_root_id_B": "e1h9h8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1530267895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530242724.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I'd like to refer you to one of the Flash's greatest moments.", "human_ref_B": "He gives jobs to people who are good but less fortunate", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25171.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gyjck", "c_root_id_B": "e1hoe7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1530230898.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530267895.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Quite a few of the major ones (including DC's Trinity, Spider-Man, X-Men) will go out of their way to try and help criminals turn over a new leaf if the criminal expresses sincere intent or promise.", "human_ref_B": "I'd like to refer you to one of the Flash's greatest moments.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36997.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gxkzw", "c_root_id_B": "e1hoe7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1530229893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530267895.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Superman does that quite a bit.", "human_ref_B": "I'd like to refer you to one of the Flash's greatest moments.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38002.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1hoe7n", "c_root_id_B": "e1h2gni", "created_at_utc_A": 1530267895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530235075.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I'd like to refer you to one of the Flash's greatest moments.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty much any street hero tries their best with common criminals. One of the first episodes of Batman's animated series was him showing a drug lord the extent of the damage he was doing, which included his own son being in rehab, so he would change his ways and give info to the police. Most heroes also just give criminals like thiefs and vandals a slap on the wrist and tell them not to go any father into a life of crime.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32820.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1hoe7n", "c_root_id_B": "e1h62is", "created_at_utc_A": 1530267895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530238844.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I'd like to refer you to one of the Flash's greatest moments.", "human_ref_B": "DCAU Flash is nice to some of his rogue's gallery", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29051.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1h9h8b", "c_root_id_B": "e1gyifa", "created_at_utc_A": 1530242724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530230870.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "He gives jobs to people who are good but less fortunate", "human_ref_B": "Batman once helped Harley Quinn avoid going back to a life of crime after she was released from Arkham. Though technically she is not a criminal, as she was found innocent by reason of insanity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11854.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gxkzw", "c_root_id_B": "e1gyifa", "created_at_utc_A": 1530229893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530230870.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Superman does that quite a bit.", "human_ref_B": "Batman once helped Harley Quinn avoid going back to a life of crime after she was released from Arkham. Though technically she is not a criminal, as she was found innocent by reason of insanity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 977.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gyjck", "c_root_id_B": "e1h9h8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1530230898.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530242724.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Quite a few of the major ones (including DC's Trinity, Spider-Man, X-Men) will go out of their way to try and help criminals turn over a new leaf if the criminal expresses sincere intent or promise.", "human_ref_B": "He gives jobs to people who are good but less fortunate", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11826.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gxkzw", "c_root_id_B": "e1h9h8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1530229893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530242724.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Superman does that quite a bit.", "human_ref_B": "He gives jobs to people who are good but less fortunate", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12831.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1h2gni", "c_root_id_B": "e1h9h8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1530235075.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530242724.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much any street hero tries their best with common criminals. One of the first episodes of Batman's animated series was him showing a drug lord the extent of the damage he was doing, which included his own son being in rehab, so he would change his ways and give info to the police. Most heroes also just give criminals like thiefs and vandals a slap on the wrist and tell them not to go any father into a life of crime.", "human_ref_B": "He gives jobs to people who are good but less fortunate", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7649.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1h9h8b", "c_root_id_B": "e1h62is", "created_at_utc_A": 1530242724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530238844.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He gives jobs to people who are good but less fortunate", "human_ref_B": "DCAU Flash is nice to some of his rogue's gallery", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3880.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8uol3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Comic book] Has a hero ever been nice to a petty criminal and tried to help them not turn to crime?", "c_root_id_A": "e1gxkzw", "c_root_id_B": "e1gyjck", "created_at_utc_A": 1530229893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530230898.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Superman does that quite a bit.", "human_ref_B": "Quite a few of the major ones (including DC's Trinity, Spider-Man, X-Men) will go out of their way to try and help criminals turn over a new leaf if the criminal expresses sincere intent or promise.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1005.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fdewx", "c_root_id_B": "e5fkqe8", "created_at_utc_A": 1536142916.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536153489.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "> What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? Leave them alone", "human_ref_B": "\"Traditional\" heroics would be to fly around saving people from crimes. At this power scale, crimes probably involving giant space squid. Save as many mass-genocided populations without fiddling with the timeline by dropping them off in the future. (See also Dark Phoenix.) I'd try to make the universe \"Lighter and Softer\" with self-sustaining colony spaceships and Delicious Fruit Pies. Create marginally powerful hero-attractive items and drop them off in conspicuous treasure chests. Hide Elixers behind people's grandfather clocks. Basically be the Santa Clause of Convenience. You can't plan for everything, but you can try to make things nice and easy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10573.0, "score_ratio": 2.1176470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fkqe8", "c_root_id_B": "e5fhhp7", "created_at_utc_A": 1536153489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536149644.0, "score_A": 72, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "\"Traditional\" heroics would be to fly around saving people from crimes. At this power scale, crimes probably involving giant space squid. Save as many mass-genocided populations without fiddling with the timeline by dropping them off in the future. (See also Dark Phoenix.) I'd try to make the universe \"Lighter and Softer\" with self-sustaining colony spaceships and Delicious Fruit Pies. Create marginally powerful hero-attractive items and drop them off in conspicuous treasure chests. Hide Elixers behind people's grandfather clocks. Basically be the Santa Clause of Convenience. You can't plan for everything, but you can try to make things nice and easy.", "human_ref_B": "Go to each group of people and ask them what they want, with the condition that what they get doesn't leave their group, and they don't get to declare war on the other recipients of the power of the stones. Everybody's going to want different things; there's no one answer that would be \"perfect\" for everyone. For example, a universe where every single body resets to being young, healthy and alive at midnight would strike the Asgardians as pretty dope (VALHALLA!), but every race that believes in an afterlife would be pretty pissed about being forever cut off from what's supposed to be their eternal reward. So you establish a universal government, consisting of every player capable of interplanetary travel w/o outside assistance, with you as the chairman. This government serves to track what each group wants/receives, establish planetary and interplanetary borders, and manage disputes between groups, in addition to tracking any new requests being made of the owner of the stones. Each member group contributes experts in fields of science and culture, to act as an advisory body to the stone holder, in order to reduce the chances of a request having unexpected consequences or dire outcomes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3845.0, "score_ratio": 2.3225806452, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fhyxt", "c_root_id_B": "e5fkqe8", "created_at_utc_A": 1536150248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536153489.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "Use their power to ensure nobody gets them.", "human_ref_B": "\"Traditional\" heroics would be to fly around saving people from crimes. At this power scale, crimes probably involving giant space squid. Save as many mass-genocided populations without fiddling with the timeline by dropping them off in the future. (See also Dark Phoenix.) I'd try to make the universe \"Lighter and Softer\" with self-sustaining colony spaceships and Delicious Fruit Pies. Create marginally powerful hero-attractive items and drop them off in conspicuous treasure chests. Hide Elixers behind people's grandfather clocks. Basically be the Santa Clause of Convenience. You can't plan for everything, but you can try to make things nice and easy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3241.0, "score_ratio": 36.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fn880", "c_root_id_B": "e5fhyxt", "created_at_utc_A": 1536156006.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536150248.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think small things are the best bet, subtle influence. Food crisis? Wow the people found a whole stash of food the next day! Funny mustache man rounding people up? Wow they escaped! Being to overt would cause a crisis, religions would be in Chaos trying to exsplain you, governments would try to find a way to kill you, people would fear you even if you're benevolent.", "human_ref_B": "Use their power to ensure nobody gets them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5758.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5g5y9f", "c_root_id_B": "e5fo3xq", "created_at_utc_A": 1536171957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536156834.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Traditional good guy morality does not scale well, but I'll take this question in (roughly) the spirit it was given: what's the best way to use the infinity stones to be Good? First of all, we gotta go under the hood. Since the stones give you (iirc) absolute power over things like time, space, and reality, you can just Snap to freeze time and pop yourself into a pocket universe with any of the supplies you need (which you can presumably conjure up out of nothing), make yourself immortal, and start experimenting to figure out ways you can tweak the laws of physics to make things better both for individuals and large populations without having to invasively modify anyone's minds or oppress them with \"benevolent\" governance. I personally havent done this so I can't predict what you'll come up with, but since we're assuming you're a good person we'll trust that you do the work well enough to come up with something that at least has no *major* flaws. Besides, you can always tweak it again in the future, it's not like you'll run out of the stone's infinite power. Next, you need to make it clear that this change has occurred. Use another Snap to send a harmless psychic self-translating message to every sapient being in the universe introducing yourself, summarize the changes you've made and why you made them, and offer to accept advice from anyone who thinks you've missed something. No matter how good of a person you are, you're going to miss things, or be limited by your own perspective, so setting up some kind of intergalactic system by which anyone from anywhere can comment on your use of the Stones should be a priority. Far higher priority though is death. If you couldn't figure out a good way to universally end death by tweaking the laws of physics, that's your next step. You can start by conjuring up a supercomputer that can simulate an arbitrarily large number of minds and then Snap to make it so any time any sapient being dies, their mind is uploaded to the computer and either stored to be revived later or kept safe in a simulated reality (and make sure they get an introduction explaining why they aren't dead and where they are). The intention for now is just to make sure absolutely no one dies ever again (unless they want to; at some point you should start thinking about how you'll process and judge requests by sapient minds to commit suicide). It should be mentioned that if the Time Stone lets you go back in time and retroactively save people who died, you don't necessarily need to stop death right now. You can just develop the universe and make it a better place in other ways, until it can support a massive population increase, and *then* bring back every sapient being who ever died. Still, people will probably be annoyed they had to spend the intervening time losing loved ones and/or not existing, and it's not like it's *hard* to stop all deaths if you have the Stones, so if you can you should just do both. At this point I think the general pattern is clear: find the simplest and widest reaching actions which both massively reduce the suffering of sapient minds, and enable your future actions to do the same thing more efficiently. At this point both your mistakes and the speed at which you improve the universe is objectively rather irrelevant: as long as no one else with the stones (or greater power) undoes what you've done so far, everyone will be immortal and live forever in a universe with infinite free energy (the stones can be used to break the laws of thermodynamics and reverse entropy pretty easily, even without all of them I can think of a trivial way to do it with either the time stone or the space stone). So as long as suffering is *eventually* reduced and kept that way, the people of your universe will get infinite amounts of satisfaction and happiness. I myself do not in fact have literally infinite time to work out every possible way the marvel universe could be further made more hospitable, so I'll stop proposing specific ideas at this point. There is one more issue, though: iirc, the MCU *may* have higher powers than the stones, and many of them might be directly opposed to infinite universal utopia for all beings. If you cannot defeat or de-power these entities you'll have to find some sort of arrangement with them, and it's very unlikely the arrangement will be something you'll like. In the case that they object to you reducing suffering so much, and if your best philosophical arguments don't work (you did make yourself superintelligent using the stones, right?) you can try to offsetting suffering onto non-sapient beings, or even non-sentient beings if the entity will go for it. If the entity objects to the lack of deaths, you can try to placate them with the deaths from consensual suicides. If they want more, you can try to skirt the definition of death by growing brainless bodies and killing them en masse, or simulating hundreds of billions of copies of the same mind and then killing all but one of them (since they're all the same mind, as long as one exists no one has actually \"died\" in the sense of a person's subjective experience ending) and setting that process to repeat indefinitely. More likely though, what they want is souls, and here's where things get a bit unclear. During your time tinkering with the MCU's physics you probably figured out exactly what souls do, and how they work: * If you can create souls (or brainless bodies with souls) yourself, problem solved; Conjure a hundred billion souls per second and let Death go hog wild. * If that doesn't work, but a soul doesn't actually do anything important besides mark a person as being someone that Death wants dead, AND you can remove a person's soul without harming them, problem solved. Remove the souls of enough people to satisfy Death, and hand them over. * If souls *do* do something important, but you can replicate that functionality in a mundane soulless mind, then problem solved. Get enough of the population to consent to having their soul replaced with various upgrades to their mind (you're omnipotent, you can figure out how to get their consent yourself) and hand the souls over to Death. * If the souls do something important, and you can't replicate it, or in other words if you can't remove a person's soul without harming them, then you have a problem and you either have to enlist the help of other powerful entities to defeat Death (probably in exchange for some kind of favour or service, if you're even in a position to give any) or compromise on your \"no non-consensual death\" policy. The least explicit violation of this policy I can think of is to work out how to quietly modify every species' psychology so that they willingly consent to suicide a little bit more. Then the modifications themselves are monstrous but at least people aren't being unwillingly killed. Maybe you can come up with something better, maybe Death can give some suggestions. This is the nightmare scenario, but whatever you come up with will probably be so ridiculously superior to what was happening before your ascension that it's still more than worth it. Hopefully the above gives you enough inspiration to figure out any unexpected problems that occur, such as a superior entity that doesn't care about suffering or death but just wants to destroy all the books in the universe or something (create a machine that generates books faster than the entity can destroy them, make it automated, make it self-repairing, and then make one billion more of them and scatter them throughout the universe so that by the time they entity has figured out how to destroy one and is halfway to the next, the one behind it is working again.) Oh also, don't turn evil.", "human_ref_B": "Use the mind and soul stones to advance the science of every race in the galaxy to the point of being able to achieve post scarcity technology after that use the space power and reality stones to terraform every dead planetoid in the universe into an eden class planet, befitting the nearest sentient race After these two biggest causes for conflict are eliminated (Land and resources) the next leading cause of conflict is Ideology, But to eliminate that would require use of the mind and power stones to forcibly modify the ideals of all sentient beings...and upon doing that I dont think that the IG user could classify as benevolent anymore At best, to remain benevolent the IG user would just interject themselves in any ideological war, making fighting hard as possible (Bubbleing weapons, Shifting terrain, Changing weather to be as inconvenient as possible, and eventually the animalistic need to compete will be bred out of sentients letting the universe finally achieve peace", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15123.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5g5y9f", "c_root_id_B": "e5fqnml", "created_at_utc_A": 1536171957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536159150.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Traditional good guy morality does not scale well, but I'll take this question in (roughly) the spirit it was given: what's the best way to use the infinity stones to be Good? First of all, we gotta go under the hood. Since the stones give you (iirc) absolute power over things like time, space, and reality, you can just Snap to freeze time and pop yourself into a pocket universe with any of the supplies you need (which you can presumably conjure up out of nothing), make yourself immortal, and start experimenting to figure out ways you can tweak the laws of physics to make things better both for individuals and large populations without having to invasively modify anyone's minds or oppress them with \"benevolent\" governance. I personally havent done this so I can't predict what you'll come up with, but since we're assuming you're a good person we'll trust that you do the work well enough to come up with something that at least has no *major* flaws. Besides, you can always tweak it again in the future, it's not like you'll run out of the stone's infinite power. Next, you need to make it clear that this change has occurred. Use another Snap to send a harmless psychic self-translating message to every sapient being in the universe introducing yourself, summarize the changes you've made and why you made them, and offer to accept advice from anyone who thinks you've missed something. No matter how good of a person you are, you're going to miss things, or be limited by your own perspective, so setting up some kind of intergalactic system by which anyone from anywhere can comment on your use of the Stones should be a priority. Far higher priority though is death. If you couldn't figure out a good way to universally end death by tweaking the laws of physics, that's your next step. You can start by conjuring up a supercomputer that can simulate an arbitrarily large number of minds and then Snap to make it so any time any sapient being dies, their mind is uploaded to the computer and either stored to be revived later or kept safe in a simulated reality (and make sure they get an introduction explaining why they aren't dead and where they are). The intention for now is just to make sure absolutely no one dies ever again (unless they want to; at some point you should start thinking about how you'll process and judge requests by sapient minds to commit suicide). It should be mentioned that if the Time Stone lets you go back in time and retroactively save people who died, you don't necessarily need to stop death right now. You can just develop the universe and make it a better place in other ways, until it can support a massive population increase, and *then* bring back every sapient being who ever died. Still, people will probably be annoyed they had to spend the intervening time losing loved ones and/or not existing, and it's not like it's *hard* to stop all deaths if you have the Stones, so if you can you should just do both. At this point I think the general pattern is clear: find the simplest and widest reaching actions which both massively reduce the suffering of sapient minds, and enable your future actions to do the same thing more efficiently. At this point both your mistakes and the speed at which you improve the universe is objectively rather irrelevant: as long as no one else with the stones (or greater power) undoes what you've done so far, everyone will be immortal and live forever in a universe with infinite free energy (the stones can be used to break the laws of thermodynamics and reverse entropy pretty easily, even without all of them I can think of a trivial way to do it with either the time stone or the space stone). So as long as suffering is *eventually* reduced and kept that way, the people of your universe will get infinite amounts of satisfaction and happiness. I myself do not in fact have literally infinite time to work out every possible way the marvel universe could be further made more hospitable, so I'll stop proposing specific ideas at this point. There is one more issue, though: iirc, the MCU *may* have higher powers than the stones, and many of them might be directly opposed to infinite universal utopia for all beings. If you cannot defeat or de-power these entities you'll have to find some sort of arrangement with them, and it's very unlikely the arrangement will be something you'll like. In the case that they object to you reducing suffering so much, and if your best philosophical arguments don't work (you did make yourself superintelligent using the stones, right?) you can try to offsetting suffering onto non-sapient beings, or even non-sentient beings if the entity will go for it. If the entity objects to the lack of deaths, you can try to placate them with the deaths from consensual suicides. If they want more, you can try to skirt the definition of death by growing brainless bodies and killing them en masse, or simulating hundreds of billions of copies of the same mind and then killing all but one of them (since they're all the same mind, as long as one exists no one has actually \"died\" in the sense of a person's subjective experience ending) and setting that process to repeat indefinitely. More likely though, what they want is souls, and here's where things get a bit unclear. During your time tinkering with the MCU's physics you probably figured out exactly what souls do, and how they work: * If you can create souls (or brainless bodies with souls) yourself, problem solved; Conjure a hundred billion souls per second and let Death go hog wild. * If that doesn't work, but a soul doesn't actually do anything important besides mark a person as being someone that Death wants dead, AND you can remove a person's soul without harming them, problem solved. Remove the souls of enough people to satisfy Death, and hand them over. * If souls *do* do something important, but you can replicate that functionality in a mundane soulless mind, then problem solved. Get enough of the population to consent to having their soul replaced with various upgrades to their mind (you're omnipotent, you can figure out how to get their consent yourself) and hand the souls over to Death. * If the souls do something important, and you can't replicate it, or in other words if you can't remove a person's soul without harming them, then you have a problem and you either have to enlist the help of other powerful entities to defeat Death (probably in exchange for some kind of favour or service, if you're even in a position to give any) or compromise on your \"no non-consensual death\" policy. The least explicit violation of this policy I can think of is to work out how to quietly modify every species' psychology so that they willingly consent to suicide a little bit more. Then the modifications themselves are monstrous but at least people aren't being unwillingly killed. Maybe you can come up with something better, maybe Death can give some suggestions. This is the nightmare scenario, but whatever you come up with will probably be so ridiculously superior to what was happening before your ascension that it's still more than worth it. Hopefully the above gives you enough inspiration to figure out any unexpected problems that occur, such as a superior entity that doesn't care about suffering or death but just wants to destroy all the books in the universe or something (create a machine that generates books faster than the entity can destroy them, make it automated, make it self-repairing, and then make one billion more of them and scatter them throughout the universe so that by the time they entity has figured out how to destroy one and is halfway to the next, the one behind it is working again.) Oh also, don't turn evil.", "human_ref_B": "Give yourself omniscience, and then use that to decide the best course of action.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12807.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fts3z", "c_root_id_B": "e5g5y9f", "created_at_utc_A": 1536161874.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536171957.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Start small and see what happens when you improve access to resources for a single galaxy. For example, if you thought resource management was an issue then build Dyson spheres for the civilizations, giving them millennia of room to grow. Revise your plan based on the outcome. Work your way up and expand the things that work to the billions of other galaxies.", "human_ref_B": "Traditional good guy morality does not scale well, but I'll take this question in (roughly) the spirit it was given: what's the best way to use the infinity stones to be Good? First of all, we gotta go under the hood. Since the stones give you (iirc) absolute power over things like time, space, and reality, you can just Snap to freeze time and pop yourself into a pocket universe with any of the supplies you need (which you can presumably conjure up out of nothing), make yourself immortal, and start experimenting to figure out ways you can tweak the laws of physics to make things better both for individuals and large populations without having to invasively modify anyone's minds or oppress them with \"benevolent\" governance. I personally havent done this so I can't predict what you'll come up with, but since we're assuming you're a good person we'll trust that you do the work well enough to come up with something that at least has no *major* flaws. Besides, you can always tweak it again in the future, it's not like you'll run out of the stone's infinite power. Next, you need to make it clear that this change has occurred. Use another Snap to send a harmless psychic self-translating message to every sapient being in the universe introducing yourself, summarize the changes you've made and why you made them, and offer to accept advice from anyone who thinks you've missed something. No matter how good of a person you are, you're going to miss things, or be limited by your own perspective, so setting up some kind of intergalactic system by which anyone from anywhere can comment on your use of the Stones should be a priority. Far higher priority though is death. If you couldn't figure out a good way to universally end death by tweaking the laws of physics, that's your next step. You can start by conjuring up a supercomputer that can simulate an arbitrarily large number of minds and then Snap to make it so any time any sapient being dies, their mind is uploaded to the computer and either stored to be revived later or kept safe in a simulated reality (and make sure they get an introduction explaining why they aren't dead and where they are). The intention for now is just to make sure absolutely no one dies ever again (unless they want to; at some point you should start thinking about how you'll process and judge requests by sapient minds to commit suicide). It should be mentioned that if the Time Stone lets you go back in time and retroactively save people who died, you don't necessarily need to stop death right now. You can just develop the universe and make it a better place in other ways, until it can support a massive population increase, and *then* bring back every sapient being who ever died. Still, people will probably be annoyed they had to spend the intervening time losing loved ones and/or not existing, and it's not like it's *hard* to stop all deaths if you have the Stones, so if you can you should just do both. At this point I think the general pattern is clear: find the simplest and widest reaching actions which both massively reduce the suffering of sapient minds, and enable your future actions to do the same thing more efficiently. At this point both your mistakes and the speed at which you improve the universe is objectively rather irrelevant: as long as no one else with the stones (or greater power) undoes what you've done so far, everyone will be immortal and live forever in a universe with infinite free energy (the stones can be used to break the laws of thermodynamics and reverse entropy pretty easily, even without all of them I can think of a trivial way to do it with either the time stone or the space stone). So as long as suffering is *eventually* reduced and kept that way, the people of your universe will get infinite amounts of satisfaction and happiness. I myself do not in fact have literally infinite time to work out every possible way the marvel universe could be further made more hospitable, so I'll stop proposing specific ideas at this point. There is one more issue, though: iirc, the MCU *may* have higher powers than the stones, and many of them might be directly opposed to infinite universal utopia for all beings. If you cannot defeat or de-power these entities you'll have to find some sort of arrangement with them, and it's very unlikely the arrangement will be something you'll like. In the case that they object to you reducing suffering so much, and if your best philosophical arguments don't work (you did make yourself superintelligent using the stones, right?) you can try to offsetting suffering onto non-sapient beings, or even non-sentient beings if the entity will go for it. If the entity objects to the lack of deaths, you can try to placate them with the deaths from consensual suicides. If they want more, you can try to skirt the definition of death by growing brainless bodies and killing them en masse, or simulating hundreds of billions of copies of the same mind and then killing all but one of them (since they're all the same mind, as long as one exists no one has actually \"died\" in the sense of a person's subjective experience ending) and setting that process to repeat indefinitely. More likely though, what they want is souls, and here's where things get a bit unclear. During your time tinkering with the MCU's physics you probably figured out exactly what souls do, and how they work: * If you can create souls (or brainless bodies with souls) yourself, problem solved; Conjure a hundred billion souls per second and let Death go hog wild. * If that doesn't work, but a soul doesn't actually do anything important besides mark a person as being someone that Death wants dead, AND you can remove a person's soul without harming them, problem solved. Remove the souls of enough people to satisfy Death, and hand them over. * If souls *do* do something important, but you can replicate that functionality in a mundane soulless mind, then problem solved. Get enough of the population to consent to having their soul replaced with various upgrades to their mind (you're omnipotent, you can figure out how to get their consent yourself) and hand the souls over to Death. * If the souls do something important, and you can't replicate it, or in other words if you can't remove a person's soul without harming them, then you have a problem and you either have to enlist the help of other powerful entities to defeat Death (probably in exchange for some kind of favour or service, if you're even in a position to give any) or compromise on your \"no non-consensual death\" policy. The least explicit violation of this policy I can think of is to work out how to quietly modify every species' psychology so that they willingly consent to suicide a little bit more. Then the modifications themselves are monstrous but at least people aren't being unwillingly killed. Maybe you can come up with something better, maybe Death can give some suggestions. This is the nightmare scenario, but whatever you come up with will probably be so ridiculously superior to what was happening before your ascension that it's still more than worth it. Hopefully the above gives you enough inspiration to figure out any unexpected problems that occur, such as a superior entity that doesn't care about suffering or death but just wants to destroy all the books in the universe or something (create a machine that generates books faster than the entity can destroy them, make it automated, make it self-repairing, and then make one billion more of them and scatter them throughout the universe so that by the time they entity has figured out how to destroy one and is halfway to the next, the one behind it is working again.) Oh also, don't turn evil.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10083.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5g5y9f", "c_root_id_B": "e5fhyxt", "created_at_utc_A": 1536171957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536150248.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Traditional good guy morality does not scale well, but I'll take this question in (roughly) the spirit it was given: what's the best way to use the infinity stones to be Good? First of all, we gotta go under the hood. Since the stones give you (iirc) absolute power over things like time, space, and reality, you can just Snap to freeze time and pop yourself into a pocket universe with any of the supplies you need (which you can presumably conjure up out of nothing), make yourself immortal, and start experimenting to figure out ways you can tweak the laws of physics to make things better both for individuals and large populations without having to invasively modify anyone's minds or oppress them with \"benevolent\" governance. I personally havent done this so I can't predict what you'll come up with, but since we're assuming you're a good person we'll trust that you do the work well enough to come up with something that at least has no *major* flaws. Besides, you can always tweak it again in the future, it's not like you'll run out of the stone's infinite power. Next, you need to make it clear that this change has occurred. Use another Snap to send a harmless psychic self-translating message to every sapient being in the universe introducing yourself, summarize the changes you've made and why you made them, and offer to accept advice from anyone who thinks you've missed something. No matter how good of a person you are, you're going to miss things, or be limited by your own perspective, so setting up some kind of intergalactic system by which anyone from anywhere can comment on your use of the Stones should be a priority. Far higher priority though is death. If you couldn't figure out a good way to universally end death by tweaking the laws of physics, that's your next step. You can start by conjuring up a supercomputer that can simulate an arbitrarily large number of minds and then Snap to make it so any time any sapient being dies, their mind is uploaded to the computer and either stored to be revived later or kept safe in a simulated reality (and make sure they get an introduction explaining why they aren't dead and where they are). The intention for now is just to make sure absolutely no one dies ever again (unless they want to; at some point you should start thinking about how you'll process and judge requests by sapient minds to commit suicide). It should be mentioned that if the Time Stone lets you go back in time and retroactively save people who died, you don't necessarily need to stop death right now. You can just develop the universe and make it a better place in other ways, until it can support a massive population increase, and *then* bring back every sapient being who ever died. Still, people will probably be annoyed they had to spend the intervening time losing loved ones and/or not existing, and it's not like it's *hard* to stop all deaths if you have the Stones, so if you can you should just do both. At this point I think the general pattern is clear: find the simplest and widest reaching actions which both massively reduce the suffering of sapient minds, and enable your future actions to do the same thing more efficiently. At this point both your mistakes and the speed at which you improve the universe is objectively rather irrelevant: as long as no one else with the stones (or greater power) undoes what you've done so far, everyone will be immortal and live forever in a universe with infinite free energy (the stones can be used to break the laws of thermodynamics and reverse entropy pretty easily, even without all of them I can think of a trivial way to do it with either the time stone or the space stone). So as long as suffering is *eventually* reduced and kept that way, the people of your universe will get infinite amounts of satisfaction and happiness. I myself do not in fact have literally infinite time to work out every possible way the marvel universe could be further made more hospitable, so I'll stop proposing specific ideas at this point. There is one more issue, though: iirc, the MCU *may* have higher powers than the stones, and many of them might be directly opposed to infinite universal utopia for all beings. If you cannot defeat or de-power these entities you'll have to find some sort of arrangement with them, and it's very unlikely the arrangement will be something you'll like. In the case that they object to you reducing suffering so much, and if your best philosophical arguments don't work (you did make yourself superintelligent using the stones, right?) you can try to offsetting suffering onto non-sapient beings, or even non-sentient beings if the entity will go for it. If the entity objects to the lack of deaths, you can try to placate them with the deaths from consensual suicides. If they want more, you can try to skirt the definition of death by growing brainless bodies and killing them en masse, or simulating hundreds of billions of copies of the same mind and then killing all but one of them (since they're all the same mind, as long as one exists no one has actually \"died\" in the sense of a person's subjective experience ending) and setting that process to repeat indefinitely. More likely though, what they want is souls, and here's where things get a bit unclear. During your time tinkering with the MCU's physics you probably figured out exactly what souls do, and how they work: * If you can create souls (or brainless bodies with souls) yourself, problem solved; Conjure a hundred billion souls per second and let Death go hog wild. * If that doesn't work, but a soul doesn't actually do anything important besides mark a person as being someone that Death wants dead, AND you can remove a person's soul without harming them, problem solved. Remove the souls of enough people to satisfy Death, and hand them over. * If souls *do* do something important, but you can replicate that functionality in a mundane soulless mind, then problem solved. Get enough of the population to consent to having their soul replaced with various upgrades to their mind (you're omnipotent, you can figure out how to get their consent yourself) and hand the souls over to Death. * If the souls do something important, and you can't replicate it, or in other words if you can't remove a person's soul without harming them, then you have a problem and you either have to enlist the help of other powerful entities to defeat Death (probably in exchange for some kind of favour or service, if you're even in a position to give any) or compromise on your \"no non-consensual death\" policy. The least explicit violation of this policy I can think of is to work out how to quietly modify every species' psychology so that they willingly consent to suicide a little bit more. Then the modifications themselves are monstrous but at least people aren't being unwillingly killed. Maybe you can come up with something better, maybe Death can give some suggestions. This is the nightmare scenario, but whatever you come up with will probably be so ridiculously superior to what was happening before your ascension that it's still more than worth it. Hopefully the above gives you enough inspiration to figure out any unexpected problems that occur, such as a superior entity that doesn't care about suffering or death but just wants to destroy all the books in the universe or something (create a machine that generates books faster than the entity can destroy them, make it automated, make it self-repairing, and then make one billion more of them and scatter them throughout the universe so that by the time they entity has figured out how to destroy one and is halfway to the next, the one behind it is working again.) Oh also, don't turn evil.", "human_ref_B": "Use their power to ensure nobody gets them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21709.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5g5y9f", "c_root_id_B": "e5fuzok", "created_at_utc_A": 1536171957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536162886.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Traditional good guy morality does not scale well, but I'll take this question in (roughly) the spirit it was given: what's the best way to use the infinity stones to be Good? First of all, we gotta go under the hood. Since the stones give you (iirc) absolute power over things like time, space, and reality, you can just Snap to freeze time and pop yourself into a pocket universe with any of the supplies you need (which you can presumably conjure up out of nothing), make yourself immortal, and start experimenting to figure out ways you can tweak the laws of physics to make things better both for individuals and large populations without having to invasively modify anyone's minds or oppress them with \"benevolent\" governance. I personally havent done this so I can't predict what you'll come up with, but since we're assuming you're a good person we'll trust that you do the work well enough to come up with something that at least has no *major* flaws. Besides, you can always tweak it again in the future, it's not like you'll run out of the stone's infinite power. Next, you need to make it clear that this change has occurred. Use another Snap to send a harmless psychic self-translating message to every sapient being in the universe introducing yourself, summarize the changes you've made and why you made them, and offer to accept advice from anyone who thinks you've missed something. No matter how good of a person you are, you're going to miss things, or be limited by your own perspective, so setting up some kind of intergalactic system by which anyone from anywhere can comment on your use of the Stones should be a priority. Far higher priority though is death. If you couldn't figure out a good way to universally end death by tweaking the laws of physics, that's your next step. You can start by conjuring up a supercomputer that can simulate an arbitrarily large number of minds and then Snap to make it so any time any sapient being dies, their mind is uploaded to the computer and either stored to be revived later or kept safe in a simulated reality (and make sure they get an introduction explaining why they aren't dead and where they are). The intention for now is just to make sure absolutely no one dies ever again (unless they want to; at some point you should start thinking about how you'll process and judge requests by sapient minds to commit suicide). It should be mentioned that if the Time Stone lets you go back in time and retroactively save people who died, you don't necessarily need to stop death right now. You can just develop the universe and make it a better place in other ways, until it can support a massive population increase, and *then* bring back every sapient being who ever died. Still, people will probably be annoyed they had to spend the intervening time losing loved ones and/or not existing, and it's not like it's *hard* to stop all deaths if you have the Stones, so if you can you should just do both. At this point I think the general pattern is clear: find the simplest and widest reaching actions which both massively reduce the suffering of sapient minds, and enable your future actions to do the same thing more efficiently. At this point both your mistakes and the speed at which you improve the universe is objectively rather irrelevant: as long as no one else with the stones (or greater power) undoes what you've done so far, everyone will be immortal and live forever in a universe with infinite free energy (the stones can be used to break the laws of thermodynamics and reverse entropy pretty easily, even without all of them I can think of a trivial way to do it with either the time stone or the space stone). So as long as suffering is *eventually* reduced and kept that way, the people of your universe will get infinite amounts of satisfaction and happiness. I myself do not in fact have literally infinite time to work out every possible way the marvel universe could be further made more hospitable, so I'll stop proposing specific ideas at this point. There is one more issue, though: iirc, the MCU *may* have higher powers than the stones, and many of them might be directly opposed to infinite universal utopia for all beings. If you cannot defeat or de-power these entities you'll have to find some sort of arrangement with them, and it's very unlikely the arrangement will be something you'll like. In the case that they object to you reducing suffering so much, and if your best philosophical arguments don't work (you did make yourself superintelligent using the stones, right?) you can try to offsetting suffering onto non-sapient beings, or even non-sentient beings if the entity will go for it. If the entity objects to the lack of deaths, you can try to placate them with the deaths from consensual suicides. If they want more, you can try to skirt the definition of death by growing brainless bodies and killing them en masse, or simulating hundreds of billions of copies of the same mind and then killing all but one of them (since they're all the same mind, as long as one exists no one has actually \"died\" in the sense of a person's subjective experience ending) and setting that process to repeat indefinitely. More likely though, what they want is souls, and here's where things get a bit unclear. During your time tinkering with the MCU's physics you probably figured out exactly what souls do, and how they work: * If you can create souls (or brainless bodies with souls) yourself, problem solved; Conjure a hundred billion souls per second and let Death go hog wild. * If that doesn't work, but a soul doesn't actually do anything important besides mark a person as being someone that Death wants dead, AND you can remove a person's soul without harming them, problem solved. Remove the souls of enough people to satisfy Death, and hand them over. * If souls *do* do something important, but you can replicate that functionality in a mundane soulless mind, then problem solved. Get enough of the population to consent to having their soul replaced with various upgrades to their mind (you're omnipotent, you can figure out how to get their consent yourself) and hand the souls over to Death. * If the souls do something important, and you can't replicate it, or in other words if you can't remove a person's soul without harming them, then you have a problem and you either have to enlist the help of other powerful entities to defeat Death (probably in exchange for some kind of favour or service, if you're even in a position to give any) or compromise on your \"no non-consensual death\" policy. The least explicit violation of this policy I can think of is to work out how to quietly modify every species' psychology so that they willingly consent to suicide a little bit more. Then the modifications themselves are monstrous but at least people aren't being unwillingly killed. Maybe you can come up with something better, maybe Death can give some suggestions. This is the nightmare scenario, but whatever you come up with will probably be so ridiculously superior to what was happening before your ascension that it's still more than worth it. Hopefully the above gives you enough inspiration to figure out any unexpected problems that occur, such as a superior entity that doesn't care about suffering or death but just wants to destroy all the books in the universe or something (create a machine that generates books faster than the entity can destroy them, make it automated, make it self-repairing, and then make one billion more of them and scatter them throughout the universe so that by the time they entity has figured out how to destroy one and is halfway to the next, the one behind it is working again.) Oh also, don't turn evil.", "human_ref_B": "Double the resources", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9071.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fx4tx", "c_root_id_B": "e5g5y9f", "created_at_utc_A": 1536164664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536171957.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "1) Increase compassion across all species. 2) Reduce insanity across all species. I think this would be the best balance. It would reduce wars while still allowing species their uniqueness.", "human_ref_B": "Traditional good guy morality does not scale well, but I'll take this question in (roughly) the spirit it was given: what's the best way to use the infinity stones to be Good? First of all, we gotta go under the hood. Since the stones give you (iirc) absolute power over things like time, space, and reality, you can just Snap to freeze time and pop yourself into a pocket universe with any of the supplies you need (which you can presumably conjure up out of nothing), make yourself immortal, and start experimenting to figure out ways you can tweak the laws of physics to make things better both for individuals and large populations without having to invasively modify anyone's minds or oppress them with \"benevolent\" governance. I personally havent done this so I can't predict what you'll come up with, but since we're assuming you're a good person we'll trust that you do the work well enough to come up with something that at least has no *major* flaws. Besides, you can always tweak it again in the future, it's not like you'll run out of the stone's infinite power. Next, you need to make it clear that this change has occurred. Use another Snap to send a harmless psychic self-translating message to every sapient being in the universe introducing yourself, summarize the changes you've made and why you made them, and offer to accept advice from anyone who thinks you've missed something. No matter how good of a person you are, you're going to miss things, or be limited by your own perspective, so setting up some kind of intergalactic system by which anyone from anywhere can comment on your use of the Stones should be a priority. Far higher priority though is death. If you couldn't figure out a good way to universally end death by tweaking the laws of physics, that's your next step. You can start by conjuring up a supercomputer that can simulate an arbitrarily large number of minds and then Snap to make it so any time any sapient being dies, their mind is uploaded to the computer and either stored to be revived later or kept safe in a simulated reality (and make sure they get an introduction explaining why they aren't dead and where they are). The intention for now is just to make sure absolutely no one dies ever again (unless they want to; at some point you should start thinking about how you'll process and judge requests by sapient minds to commit suicide). It should be mentioned that if the Time Stone lets you go back in time and retroactively save people who died, you don't necessarily need to stop death right now. You can just develop the universe and make it a better place in other ways, until it can support a massive population increase, and *then* bring back every sapient being who ever died. Still, people will probably be annoyed they had to spend the intervening time losing loved ones and/or not existing, and it's not like it's *hard* to stop all deaths if you have the Stones, so if you can you should just do both. At this point I think the general pattern is clear: find the simplest and widest reaching actions which both massively reduce the suffering of sapient minds, and enable your future actions to do the same thing more efficiently. At this point both your mistakes and the speed at which you improve the universe is objectively rather irrelevant: as long as no one else with the stones (or greater power) undoes what you've done so far, everyone will be immortal and live forever in a universe with infinite free energy (the stones can be used to break the laws of thermodynamics and reverse entropy pretty easily, even without all of them I can think of a trivial way to do it with either the time stone or the space stone). So as long as suffering is *eventually* reduced and kept that way, the people of your universe will get infinite amounts of satisfaction and happiness. I myself do not in fact have literally infinite time to work out every possible way the marvel universe could be further made more hospitable, so I'll stop proposing specific ideas at this point. There is one more issue, though: iirc, the MCU *may* have higher powers than the stones, and many of them might be directly opposed to infinite universal utopia for all beings. If you cannot defeat or de-power these entities you'll have to find some sort of arrangement with them, and it's very unlikely the arrangement will be something you'll like. In the case that they object to you reducing suffering so much, and if your best philosophical arguments don't work (you did make yourself superintelligent using the stones, right?) you can try to offsetting suffering onto non-sapient beings, or even non-sentient beings if the entity will go for it. If the entity objects to the lack of deaths, you can try to placate them with the deaths from consensual suicides. If they want more, you can try to skirt the definition of death by growing brainless bodies and killing them en masse, or simulating hundreds of billions of copies of the same mind and then killing all but one of them (since they're all the same mind, as long as one exists no one has actually \"died\" in the sense of a person's subjective experience ending) and setting that process to repeat indefinitely. More likely though, what they want is souls, and here's where things get a bit unclear. During your time tinkering with the MCU's physics you probably figured out exactly what souls do, and how they work: * If you can create souls (or brainless bodies with souls) yourself, problem solved; Conjure a hundred billion souls per second and let Death go hog wild. * If that doesn't work, but a soul doesn't actually do anything important besides mark a person as being someone that Death wants dead, AND you can remove a person's soul without harming them, problem solved. Remove the souls of enough people to satisfy Death, and hand them over. * If souls *do* do something important, but you can replicate that functionality in a mundane soulless mind, then problem solved. Get enough of the population to consent to having their soul replaced with various upgrades to their mind (you're omnipotent, you can figure out how to get their consent yourself) and hand the souls over to Death. * If the souls do something important, and you can't replicate it, or in other words if you can't remove a person's soul without harming them, then you have a problem and you either have to enlist the help of other powerful entities to defeat Death (probably in exchange for some kind of favour or service, if you're even in a position to give any) or compromise on your \"no non-consensual death\" policy. The least explicit violation of this policy I can think of is to work out how to quietly modify every species' psychology so that they willingly consent to suicide a little bit more. Then the modifications themselves are monstrous but at least people aren't being unwillingly killed. Maybe you can come up with something better, maybe Death can give some suggestions. This is the nightmare scenario, but whatever you come up with will probably be so ridiculously superior to what was happening before your ascension that it's still more than worth it. Hopefully the above gives you enough inspiration to figure out any unexpected problems that occur, such as a superior entity that doesn't care about suffering or death but just wants to destroy all the books in the universe or something (create a machine that generates books faster than the entity can destroy them, make it automated, make it self-repairing, and then make one billion more of them and scatter them throughout the universe so that by the time they entity has figured out how to destroy one and is halfway to the next, the one behind it is working again.) Oh also, don't turn evil.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7293.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5g3wpk", "c_root_id_B": "e5g5y9f", "created_at_utc_A": 1536170250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536171957.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Eventually anyone with that much power would turn into Ozymandias. Someone may start out with good intentions but eventually the burden will get annoying. Fixing this, nudging that, big change, and little changes. But the cancer just keeps coming back and growing. At some point you just decide to cut it out and kill everything or maybe half of everything.", "human_ref_B": "Traditional good guy morality does not scale well, but I'll take this question in (roughly) the spirit it was given: what's the best way to use the infinity stones to be Good? First of all, we gotta go under the hood. Since the stones give you (iirc) absolute power over things like time, space, and reality, you can just Snap to freeze time and pop yourself into a pocket universe with any of the supplies you need (which you can presumably conjure up out of nothing), make yourself immortal, and start experimenting to figure out ways you can tweak the laws of physics to make things better both for individuals and large populations without having to invasively modify anyone's minds or oppress them with \"benevolent\" governance. I personally havent done this so I can't predict what you'll come up with, but since we're assuming you're a good person we'll trust that you do the work well enough to come up with something that at least has no *major* flaws. Besides, you can always tweak it again in the future, it's not like you'll run out of the stone's infinite power. Next, you need to make it clear that this change has occurred. Use another Snap to send a harmless psychic self-translating message to every sapient being in the universe introducing yourself, summarize the changes you've made and why you made them, and offer to accept advice from anyone who thinks you've missed something. No matter how good of a person you are, you're going to miss things, or be limited by your own perspective, so setting up some kind of intergalactic system by which anyone from anywhere can comment on your use of the Stones should be a priority. Far higher priority though is death. If you couldn't figure out a good way to universally end death by tweaking the laws of physics, that's your next step. You can start by conjuring up a supercomputer that can simulate an arbitrarily large number of minds and then Snap to make it so any time any sapient being dies, their mind is uploaded to the computer and either stored to be revived later or kept safe in a simulated reality (and make sure they get an introduction explaining why they aren't dead and where they are). The intention for now is just to make sure absolutely no one dies ever again (unless they want to; at some point you should start thinking about how you'll process and judge requests by sapient minds to commit suicide). It should be mentioned that if the Time Stone lets you go back in time and retroactively save people who died, you don't necessarily need to stop death right now. You can just develop the universe and make it a better place in other ways, until it can support a massive population increase, and *then* bring back every sapient being who ever died. Still, people will probably be annoyed they had to spend the intervening time losing loved ones and/or not existing, and it's not like it's *hard* to stop all deaths if you have the Stones, so if you can you should just do both. At this point I think the general pattern is clear: find the simplest and widest reaching actions which both massively reduce the suffering of sapient minds, and enable your future actions to do the same thing more efficiently. At this point both your mistakes and the speed at which you improve the universe is objectively rather irrelevant: as long as no one else with the stones (or greater power) undoes what you've done so far, everyone will be immortal and live forever in a universe with infinite free energy (the stones can be used to break the laws of thermodynamics and reverse entropy pretty easily, even without all of them I can think of a trivial way to do it with either the time stone or the space stone). So as long as suffering is *eventually* reduced and kept that way, the people of your universe will get infinite amounts of satisfaction and happiness. I myself do not in fact have literally infinite time to work out every possible way the marvel universe could be further made more hospitable, so I'll stop proposing specific ideas at this point. There is one more issue, though: iirc, the MCU *may* have higher powers than the stones, and many of them might be directly opposed to infinite universal utopia for all beings. If you cannot defeat or de-power these entities you'll have to find some sort of arrangement with them, and it's very unlikely the arrangement will be something you'll like. In the case that they object to you reducing suffering so much, and if your best philosophical arguments don't work (you did make yourself superintelligent using the stones, right?) you can try to offsetting suffering onto non-sapient beings, or even non-sentient beings if the entity will go for it. If the entity objects to the lack of deaths, you can try to placate them with the deaths from consensual suicides. If they want more, you can try to skirt the definition of death by growing brainless bodies and killing them en masse, or simulating hundreds of billions of copies of the same mind and then killing all but one of them (since they're all the same mind, as long as one exists no one has actually \"died\" in the sense of a person's subjective experience ending) and setting that process to repeat indefinitely. More likely though, what they want is souls, and here's where things get a bit unclear. During your time tinkering with the MCU's physics you probably figured out exactly what souls do, and how they work: * If you can create souls (or brainless bodies with souls) yourself, problem solved; Conjure a hundred billion souls per second and let Death go hog wild. * If that doesn't work, but a soul doesn't actually do anything important besides mark a person as being someone that Death wants dead, AND you can remove a person's soul without harming them, problem solved. Remove the souls of enough people to satisfy Death, and hand them over. * If souls *do* do something important, but you can replicate that functionality in a mundane soulless mind, then problem solved. Get enough of the population to consent to having their soul replaced with various upgrades to their mind (you're omnipotent, you can figure out how to get their consent yourself) and hand the souls over to Death. * If the souls do something important, and you can't replicate it, or in other words if you can't remove a person's soul without harming them, then you have a problem and you either have to enlist the help of other powerful entities to defeat Death (probably in exchange for some kind of favour or service, if you're even in a position to give any) or compromise on your \"no non-consensual death\" policy. The least explicit violation of this policy I can think of is to work out how to quietly modify every species' psychology so that they willingly consent to suicide a little bit more. Then the modifications themselves are monstrous but at least people aren't being unwillingly killed. Maybe you can come up with something better, maybe Death can give some suggestions. This is the nightmare scenario, but whatever you come up with will probably be so ridiculously superior to what was happening before your ascension that it's still more than worth it. Hopefully the above gives you enough inspiration to figure out any unexpected problems that occur, such as a superior entity that doesn't care about suffering or death but just wants to destroy all the books in the universe or something (create a machine that generates books faster than the entity can destroy them, make it automated, make it self-repairing, and then make one billion more of them and scatter them throughout the universe so that by the time they entity has figured out how to destroy one and is halfway to the next, the one behind it is working again.) Oh also, don't turn evil.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1707.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fhyxt", "c_root_id_B": "e5fo3xq", "created_at_utc_A": 1536150248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536156834.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Use their power to ensure nobody gets them.", "human_ref_B": "Use the mind and soul stones to advance the science of every race in the galaxy to the point of being able to achieve post scarcity technology after that use the space power and reality stones to terraform every dead planetoid in the universe into an eden class planet, befitting the nearest sentient race After these two biggest causes for conflict are eliminated (Land and resources) the next leading cause of conflict is Ideology, But to eliminate that would require use of the mind and power stones to forcibly modify the ideals of all sentient beings...and upon doing that I dont think that the IG user could classify as benevolent anymore At best, to remain benevolent the IG user would just interject themselves in any ideological war, making fighting hard as possible (Bubbleing weapons, Shifting terrain, Changing weather to be as inconvenient as possible, and eventually the animalistic need to compete will be bred out of sentients letting the universe finally achieve peace", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6586.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fhyxt", "c_root_id_B": "e5fqnml", "created_at_utc_A": 1536150248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536159150.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Use their power to ensure nobody gets them.", "human_ref_B": "Give yourself omniscience, and then use that to decide the best course of action.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8902.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9d4po5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would be the best use of Infinity Stones for a benevolent being who wants to change the universe for the better? If a traditionally good guy possessed the Infinity Stones and the ability to use them, what would be the best way to go about? Can you turn the universe into a paradise? End hunger, pain, make everyone ecstatic?", "c_root_id_A": "e5fts3z", "c_root_id_B": "e5fhyxt", "created_at_utc_A": 1536161874.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536150248.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Start small and see what happens when you improve access to resources for a single galaxy. For example, if you thought resource management was an issue then build Dyson spheres for the civilizations, giving them millennia of room to grow. Revise your plan based on the outcome. Work your way up and expand the things that work to the billions of other galaxies.", "human_ref_B": "Use their power to ensure nobody gets them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11626.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cjv2uy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dragon Ball] Why didn't the Z-Fighters use the Mafuba on Cell or Majin Buu?", "c_root_id_A": "evgns99", "c_root_id_B": "evgdcct", "created_at_utc_A": 1564513052.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564509016.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Mafuba is a containment ability it doesn't solve the problem it just kicks it down the road. If they Mafuba'ed Cell and left him in a jar until after Goku Vegeta and Gohan had died the Earth may be fubared. They had the ability to stop Cell then and there they were going to do it. They already showed Majin Buu can come back to wreck havoc after being sealed so again try to defeat him and only seal him if you know you can't beat him.", "human_ref_B": "Both of them can regenerate, so if there's one little bit of them not in the wave, it could just regenerate into a new body.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4036.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv1fbx5", "c_root_id_B": "iv1dapj", "created_at_utc_A": 1667576796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667575994.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Frying something requires oil, and probably breading. Even if it generates heat probably you\u2019re just going to roast it, assuming you don\u2019t simply burn it to a crisp", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 802.0, "score_ratio": 57.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv1mksy", "c_root_id_B": "iv1dapj", "created_at_utc_A": 1667579625.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667575994.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Ki can be used to generate heat, and anything that generates heat in sufficient quantities can be used to cook something. That said, most ki blast techniques are about delivering concussive force, you'll make a raw chicken explode into slightly above ambient temperature chunks with a decent Kamehameha. To this end, heat is usually a sign of ki being used inefficiently. There's nothing theoretically stopping a master from developing new techniques, though! Cooking meat evenly and throughly without burning the outside (or yourself) would be a fantastic exercise in ki control.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3631.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv1dapj", "c_root_id_B": "iv1qepb", "created_at_utc_A": 1667575994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667581109.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "As a former Popeyes worker and a proud owner of an Airfryer I can say that probably yes, but it wouldn't be KFC fried nor as juicy In the past we have seen a Kamehame ha deal \"Fire Damage\" and other Ki attacks straight up disintegrate stuff like Kid Buu and Cell, but I believe that a weak Kame Hame Ha would do the trick But it wouldn't be frying it, more like cooking it like in an Oven, with a crisp exterior; just like an air frier, the chicken would be dry af, since its in direct contact with the \"Flames\" in this case the Kame Hame Ha", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5115.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv1vcyi", "c_root_id_B": "iv1dapj", "created_at_utc_A": 1667583001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667575994.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I gotcha.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7007.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv442cp", "c_root_id_B": "iv1dapj", "created_at_utc_A": 1667618844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667575994.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not sure, but Gohan uses a ki Blast to cook a dinosaur tail.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42850.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv5oxt3", "c_root_id_B": "iv1dapj", "created_at_utc_A": 1667659230.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667575994.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We see Gohan roast some classic 'meat on the bone' with a Ki blast at one point, while he is training with Goku in the Hyperbolic Timechamber, so you can cook it. Frying specifically uses oil though so if you want to be technical no, roasting seems to be doable. Although remember to put some spices on it before, that don't go bitter when heated up or otherwise you just eating meat without seasoning.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 83236.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv22ly3", "c_root_id_B": "iv442cp", "created_at_utc_A": 1667585769.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667618844.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Probably, but you'd need to do it carefully. You'd end up effectively air frying it, and it'd end up charred on the outside and raw on the inside.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure, but Gohan uses a ki Blast to cook a dinosaur tail.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33075.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv2tymo", "c_root_id_B": "iv442cp", "created_at_utc_A": 1667596781.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667618844.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "you can cook a chicken if you hit it like 20,000 times or some insane number like that", "human_ref_B": "Not sure, but Gohan uses a ki Blast to cook a dinosaur tail.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22063.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv5oxt3", "c_root_id_B": "iv22ly3", "created_at_utc_A": 1667659230.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667585769.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We see Gohan roast some classic 'meat on the bone' with a Ki blast at one point, while he is training with Goku in the Hyperbolic Timechamber, so you can cook it. Frying specifically uses oil though so if you want to be technical no, roasting seems to be doable. Although remember to put some spices on it before, that don't go bitter when heated up or otherwise you just eating meat without seasoning.", "human_ref_B": "Probably, but you'd need to do it carefully. You'd end up effectively air frying it, and it'd end up charred on the outside and raw on the inside.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 73461.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv2tymo", "c_root_id_B": "iv5oxt3", "created_at_utc_A": 1667596781.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667659230.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "you can cook a chicken if you hit it like 20,000 times or some insane number like that", "human_ref_B": "We see Gohan roast some classic 'meat on the bone' with a Ki blast at one point, while he is training with Goku in the Hyperbolic Timechamber, so you can cook it. Frying specifically uses oil though so if you want to be technical no, roasting seems to be doable. Although remember to put some spices on it before, that don't go bitter when heated up or otherwise you just eating meat without seasoning.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62449.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ym232m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Can you fry chicken with a Ki Blast?", "c_root_id_A": "iv4hviy", "c_root_id_B": "iv5oxt3", "created_at_utc_A": 1667628011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667659230.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes, gohan attempts to do so while training in the hyperbolic time chamber but doesn't have enough control, overdoing it and lighting goku's hair on fire.", "human_ref_B": "We see Gohan roast some classic 'meat on the bone' with a Ki blast at one point, while he is training with Goku in the Hyperbolic Timechamber, so you can cook it. Frying specifically uses oil though so if you want to be technical no, roasting seems to be doable. Although remember to put some spices on it before, that don't go bitter when heated up or otherwise you just eating meat without seasoning.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31219.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2jpojr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General Cosmic Horror] We discover that we are in a Cosmic Horror story, what can we do to survive as a species, yet also spread across the stars and advance? Preferably advancing to the point that we can kill or trap the Cosmic Horrors that plague us. Also, as for \"surviving as a species\", that does not mean that at the end of it all *humanity* will still be around, we are allowed to evolve through technology and genetic modification.", "c_root_id_A": "cldzpj3", "c_root_id_B": "cle9szp", "created_at_utc_A": 1413751233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1413772290.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You don't kill or trap cosmic horrors. The Yithians tried to capture Cthulhu, and it directly led to the horrifying downfall of their civilization.", "human_ref_B": "We threaten the writers, and if need be, kill them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21057.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2jpojr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[General Cosmic Horror] We discover that we are in a Cosmic Horror story, what can we do to survive as a species, yet also spread across the stars and advance? Preferably advancing to the point that we can kill or trap the Cosmic Horrors that plague us. Also, as for \"surviving as a species\", that does not mean that at the end of it all *humanity* will still be around, we are allowed to evolve through technology and genetic modification.", "c_root_id_A": "cle9szp", "c_root_id_B": "cle7kjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1413772290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1413767601.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "We threaten the writers, and if need be, kill them.", "human_ref_B": "Make pacts to interbreed with them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4689.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6hjt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[MCU] How did the Super Soldier Serum change Steve Rogers mentally?", "c_root_id_A": "dblpg9r", "c_root_id_B": "dblpifr", "created_at_utc_A": 1482636543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482636659.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "He can't get drunk, has a (nigh) photographic memory, and has enhanced mental acuity (allowing him to instinctively throw his shield with accuracy and have it return).", "human_ref_B": "It does appear to have greatly improved his kinaesthetic intelligence, simply because it seems superhuman. His shield-throwing is evidence of this. Every throw is seemingly perfect. However, his personality and possibly other types of intelligence don't seem to have changed nearly as much if at all. He seems to still be the same plucky, honest guy he was before the serum, just like Erskine wanted.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 116.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ri81l9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Abomination] Why does abomination look so different in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as compared to how he looked in The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "hovfmcy", "c_root_id_B": "hovem2t", "created_at_utc_A": 1639712945.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639712506.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Continued mutation from the processes he was subjected to.", "human_ref_B": "15 years (in universe) have passed since we saw him in The Incredible Hulk... Most beings would look different given that amount of time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 439.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ri81l9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Abomination] Why does abomination look so different in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as compared to how he looked in The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "hovq8fi", "c_root_id_B": "hovmsw8", "created_at_utc_A": 1639718207.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639716351.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The appearance of Gamma enhanced beings is unstable, as their physical bodies are influenced to their state of mind. The Hulk has had like 20 different looks over the years and even in the movies has had 2 entirely different looks. It's no surprise Abomination changes too. Now how Banner and Rhodey officially completely chanced there appearances in MCU I'd love to know.", "human_ref_B": "The hulk has changed too. He wears clothes and glasses even.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1856.0, "score_ratio": 3.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5bvyid", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Does Rick have some sort of doctorate, or is it just a coincidence that he's good at Science and also finds that wearing labcoats is incredibly comfortable?", "c_root_id_A": "d9rsnhg", "c_root_id_B": "d9rrwh0", "created_at_utc_A": 1478645947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478644984.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "A lab coat isn't a uniform. It's not something they hand out when you get a doctorate. It's a piece of safety equipment you wear when working with dangerous chemicals in a lab. That way if something spills on it, it's obvious and it can be quickly removed. I very much doubt Rick has a doctorate. Given his disdain for authority, I doubt he could get through high school, let alone graduate school. Besides, schools aren't going to know anything he doesn't.", "human_ref_B": "\"Doctor\" is a relative term. At least, in regards to just how many infinite dimensions there are and what constitutes a doctor in each one. In all the many worlds, I'm sure there is some third rate world that was more than happy to qualify him as a doctor. Keep in mind, that given his fugitive status, there are no \"official\" government bodies that recognize his status as a doctor, regardless of whether or not he is. Making it, at least, doubtful he is board certified. What I'm fairly convinced of is he's not even a genius. He gets his brains from giant alien walnut seeds he shoves up his bum, which he needs for his research.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 963.0, "score_ratio": 41000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5bvyid", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Does Rick have some sort of doctorate, or is it just a coincidence that he's good at Science and also finds that wearing labcoats is incredibly comfortable?", "c_root_id_A": "d9rrwh0", "c_root_id_B": "d9ru4zx", "created_at_utc_A": 1478644984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478647874.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "\"Doctor\" is a relative term. At least, in regards to just how many infinite dimensions there are and what constitutes a doctor in each one. In all the many worlds, I'm sure there is some third rate world that was more than happy to qualify him as a doctor. Keep in mind, that given his fugitive status, there are no \"official\" government bodies that recognize his status as a doctor, regardless of whether or not he is. Making it, at least, doubtful he is board certified. What I'm fairly convinced of is he's not even a genius. He gets his brains from giant alien walnut seeds he shoves up his bum, which he needs for his research.", "human_ref_B": "You don't need a doctorate to own a labcoat. O have a friend with 4. One of them is tye dye", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2890.0, "score_ratio": 12000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pi4wz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Spongebob] Not to be rude, but how exactly did Mr. Krabs end up with a whale for a daughter? I mean, we see his mother a few times, and she's just an older female crab. But there's never any mention of Pearl's mother, or the fact that she's a completely different species (by a large margin, since she's a vertebrate).", "c_root_id_A": "cmxebmc", "c_root_id_B": "cmxe9w0", "created_at_utc_A": 1418800068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418799901.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Lots of people who raise their kids on fast food burgers end up with whales for children.", "human_ref_B": "She takes after her mother that way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 167.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pi4wz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Spongebob] Not to be rude, but how exactly did Mr. Krabs end up with a whale for a daughter? I mean, we see his mother a few times, and she's just an older female crab. But there's never any mention of Pearl's mother, or the fact that she's a completely different species (by a large margin, since she's a vertebrate).", "c_root_id_A": "cmxj60s", "c_root_id_B": "cmxe9w0", "created_at_utc_A": 1418822241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418799901.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Let me tell you a story about an Indian named John Redcorn.", "human_ref_B": "She takes after her mother that way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22340.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pi4wz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Spongebob] Not to be rude, but how exactly did Mr. Krabs end up with a whale for a daughter? I mean, we see his mother a few times, and she's just an older female crab. But there's never any mention of Pearl's mother, or the fact that she's a completely different species (by a large margin, since she's a vertebrate).", "c_root_id_A": "cmzeuje", "c_root_id_B": "cmxpty2", "created_at_utc_A": 1418974798.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418837313.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "whelp. found out here's your answer :/", "human_ref_B": "It's a joke off the sailor exclaimation 'MOTHER OF PEARL!'", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 137485.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6yjta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[ANY] In media where aliens just naturally look a LOT like humans, what instances have the humans (or the aliens in question) remarked or questioned why? Like, do humans in Star Trek wonder why Vulcans are \"just humans with pointed ears?\" Does Superman wonder why humans look a lot like Kryptonians, but lack the powers and durability? Do the Asari from Mass Effect wonder why humans look remarkably similar, just have hair instead of head tentacles?", "c_root_id_A": "i5baed1", "c_root_id_B": "i5bbdkz", "created_at_utc_A": 1650351383.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650352168.0, "score_A": 190, "score_B": 229, "human_ref_A": "In Star Trek all the humanoid races were seeded by a single progenitor race who discovered that they were the only species in their galaxy when they began exploring, this is why all of them tend to have a similar body shape with minor differences.", "human_ref_B": "In Star Trek, there was likely some suspicion due to the relative ease at which species can interbreed. It is eventually revealed that, billions of years prior, the first humanoid species spread their DNA to planets that would eventually produce humans, vulcans/romulans, klingons, cardassians, and many others. A message describing this origin was encoded in the DNA and required that samples be gathered from numerous planets to decode it. In a background conversation in Mass Effect, a Salarian actually asks \"I can understand why I might find Asari attractive. But how can they be attractive to humans too? They look just like Salarians!\" The human says they look just like humans. The Turian says \"You're both wrong, the Asari look just like blue turians. Look at the head fringe!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 785.0, "score_ratio": 1.2052631579, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6yjta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[ANY] In media where aliens just naturally look a LOT like humans, what instances have the humans (or the aliens in question) remarked or questioned why? Like, do humans in Star Trek wonder why Vulcans are \"just humans with pointed ears?\" Does Superman wonder why humans look a lot like Kryptonians, but lack the powers and durability? Do the Asari from Mass Effect wonder why humans look remarkably similar, just have hair instead of head tentacles?", "c_root_id_A": "i5bgdpl", "c_root_id_B": "i5bh5ax", "created_at_utc_A": 1650356363.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650357018.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 148, "human_ref_A": "It's commented on that in the Mass Effect lore, when genetically compared to asari and hanar (who are jellyfish, by the way), humans have a blatantly obvious similarity to them on the genetic level. Since these species were known to have been uplifted via genetic modification by the Protheans, and that these genetic markers are in fact Prothean DNA it is clear evidence that humans were also uplifted via alien encounters that happened 50,000 years ago. It actually caused a religious crisis since it blatantly proved that the Creation Story was wrong. >!It's also how they identified the collectors as Protheans reduced to husks by the Reapers.!<", "human_ref_B": "In Doctor Who the Time Lords were the first species in the Universe and, being slightly xenophobic, meddled about with things so that the vast majority of species ended up looking like them (IE human-like) or at least similar to them (bipedal, arms, legs, head, etc). When asked why the Doctor looks human he replies \"You look like us. We came first.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 655.0, "score_ratio": 2.6909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6yjta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[ANY] In media where aliens just naturally look a LOT like humans, what instances have the humans (or the aliens in question) remarked or questioned why? Like, do humans in Star Trek wonder why Vulcans are \"just humans with pointed ears?\" Does Superman wonder why humans look a lot like Kryptonians, but lack the powers and durability? Do the Asari from Mass Effect wonder why humans look remarkably similar, just have hair instead of head tentacles?", "c_root_id_A": "i5bgdpl", "c_root_id_B": "i5bnp26", "created_at_utc_A": 1650356363.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650362465.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 78, "human_ref_A": "It's commented on that in the Mass Effect lore, when genetically compared to asari and hanar (who are jellyfish, by the way), humans have a blatantly obvious similarity to them on the genetic level. Since these species were known to have been uplifted via genetic modification by the Protheans, and that these genetic markers are in fact Prothean DNA it is clear evidence that humans were also uplifted via alien encounters that happened 50,000 years ago. It actually caused a religious crisis since it blatantly proved that the Creation Story was wrong. >!It's also how they identified the collectors as Protheans reduced to husks by the Reapers.!<", "human_ref_B": "With convergent evolution and literally only having one example to go off of, it is likely that aliens that become advance enough to come up with interstellar travel will have a similar body plan to ours. * Front facing eyes are a necessity for predators (and as /u/newdleyAppendage points out, for judging distance when climbing, which is *exceptionally necessary* for something like travel in general), which have larger brains than prey species. Our omnivorous diet helped our brains advance, sorting through which things are or aren't bad for us. * Fine manipulators like fingers help us use tools, which again helped our brains advance. Tool use is also the thing that separates us from other animals. Other animals use tools, and animals can even have favourite tools, but our tools are far more complicated. Anything that makes it to space is going to need tools, barring some weird biology that facilitates space travel. That means they're going to need fine manipulators. * That will also likely mean at least two arms. So far we know that natural selection selected out of the need for vertebrates to have multiple limbs, but who knows. So far horizontal symmetry is also favoured in basically every single animal, so we're unlikely to see an odd number of limbs. * Four limbs with two arms means two legs also follow. That said, maybe it's my Animorphs bias, but so far no other species on this planet is bipedal without having a tail as a counterbalance except humans. Stuff can walk on two legs, but it's usually temporary. Humans can fucking run on two legs. That's nuts. So there is a high chance that aliens might have tails. * Heads on a swivel is much better than heads that are stuck to our necks. A species that makes it to space is going to have to have made it passed the \"looking over their shoulder afraid\" stage of evolution. Basically to the best of our knowledge, looking like us is advantageous. Aliens are likely going to be starting from zero, but that doesn't mean they aren't likely to have many of the same ecological niches as us, because, well, this is the only example we've got to go off of, and that's easier to work with than assuming aliens are made of silicon or living gas. Even in incredibly diverse places, life looks the same. Of course, the problem with this thinking, as good as it is, is that everything still came from the same starting point, even if it was separated afterwards. But there's also the theory that life on Earth originated elsewhere in space. Not with progenitor species seeding life everywhere, but with some asteroid or whatever bringing it from elsewhere. But at the end of the day, maybe there's just one type of \"original life\" pattern. It does after all seem vanishingly rare even on Earth, since spontaneous generation has only happened the one time that we're aware of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6102.0, "score_ratio": 1.4181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6yjta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[ANY] In media where aliens just naturally look a LOT like humans, what instances have the humans (or the aliens in question) remarked or questioned why? Like, do humans in Star Trek wonder why Vulcans are \"just humans with pointed ears?\" Does Superman wonder why humans look a lot like Kryptonians, but lack the powers and durability? Do the Asari from Mass Effect wonder why humans look remarkably similar, just have hair instead of head tentacles?", "c_root_id_A": "i5c32on", "c_root_id_B": "i5c83u0", "created_at_utc_A": 1650372093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650374446.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "I know they've touched on the Kryptonian/human thing in comics a few times, but nothing really consistent. There's the \"progenitor aliens\" idea others have posted about. There's also \"ancient Kryptonians crashed on Earth and lost their powers as they adapted to the yellow sun\" idea. One of my personal favorites is from the (out of continuity) Superman: Red Son comic where it turns out Krypton is actually Earth millions of years in the future, and baby Kal-El was sent back in time. (He's also the descendant of Lex Luthor. But again, out of continuity, so it doesn't exactly count.) I think John Byrne had the simplest answer when he rebooted Superman in the 80s: Jor-El specifically found a compatible planet to send his son when Krypton was about to explode.", "human_ref_B": "It's pretty central to the Stargate franchise. They go through gates and find humans everywhere they go. Turns out they actually *are* humans -- the aliens took them in droves from ancient earth as slaves. They did this because they make very effective hosts for the go'a'uld parasites that are their true form, and the human body is trivial to repair or modify to incubate them to maturity for the go'a'uld technology. Hosting a go'a'uld developing parasite is what the Jaffa are for, but they also are used as soldiers because the parasite massively empowers the human physiology -- there is a whole subplot of a character having cancer but it basically stops while he hosts a parasite, as one example. SG1 is fucking awesome.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2353.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6yjta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[ANY] In media where aliens just naturally look a LOT like humans, what instances have the humans (or the aliens in question) remarked or questioned why? Like, do humans in Star Trek wonder why Vulcans are \"just humans with pointed ears?\" Does Superman wonder why humans look a lot like Kryptonians, but lack the powers and durability? Do the Asari from Mass Effect wonder why humans look remarkably similar, just have hair instead of head tentacles?", "c_root_id_A": "i5c83u0", "c_root_id_B": "i5c5xii", "created_at_utc_A": 1650374446.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650373464.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "It's pretty central to the Stargate franchise. They go through gates and find humans everywhere they go. Turns out they actually *are* humans -- the aliens took them in droves from ancient earth as slaves. They did this because they make very effective hosts for the go'a'uld parasites that are their true form, and the human body is trivial to repair or modify to incubate them to maturity for the go'a'uld technology. Hosting a go'a'uld developing parasite is what the Jaffa are for, but they also are used as soldiers because the parasite massively empowers the human physiology -- there is a whole subplot of a character having cancer but it basically stops while he hosts a parasite, as one example. SG1 is fucking awesome.", "human_ref_B": "In Babylon 5 the Centauri coincidentally look just like humans when clothed. Any anatomical differences are easily concealed with clothing. They even lied upon first contact about being long lost human relatives. In Space: Above and Beyond an ancient asteroid impact carried the building blocks of life from Earth to another world. That is why the aliens that evolved there are humanoid.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 982.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u6yjta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[ANY] In media where aliens just naturally look a LOT like humans, what instances have the humans (or the aliens in question) remarked or questioned why? Like, do humans in Star Trek wonder why Vulcans are \"just humans with pointed ears?\" Does Superman wonder why humans look a lot like Kryptonians, but lack the powers and durability? Do the Asari from Mass Effect wonder why humans look remarkably similar, just have hair instead of head tentacles?", "c_root_id_A": "i5c8u8s", "c_root_id_B": "i5c5xii", "created_at_utc_A": 1650374775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650373464.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I don't know about the others, but I know that Neil Gaiman's Sandman actually addressed the \"aliens look like humans\" issue. Back when the Maltusians were still fairly human-shaped (before they were they were the short, gnomish Guardians who created the Manhunters or the Green Lantern Core), when the Green Energy was still new to them (and they were still figuring out what the hell it was and how the hell it worked), one of them, a lady, used it in The Dreaming. This drew the attention of Dream of the Endless, who took a fancy to her and and they started to date. He invited her to a conference of stars and various immortal beings as his \"Plus One.\" She impressed a number of stars, one of whom, Sol, was so taken with her that he decided to create a sentient species that looked like her when his planets were ready. This was the same conference where the Original Despair convinced Rao, who did not have sentient life or any world with much of a biosphere at the time, that the most Tragic and Despairing being in the universe would be one who had lost not only their whole planet, but their whole species, and had to grow up knowing about what they'd lost, unable to do anything to restore them. Despair also thought that life that grew up natively on an unstable world like Krypton would be one of the beautiful pieces of art imaginable, the transience of it giving it a fuller meaning. Rao must have agreed since he made Kryptonians and their biosphere afterward. So that's why (so far as my knowledge of the lore goes) Kryptonians and Humans look alike. Because both of their stars were inspired by Dream's Maltusian girlfriend", "human_ref_B": "In Babylon 5 the Centauri coincidentally look just like humans when clothed. Any anatomical differences are easily concealed with clothing. They even lied upon first contact about being long lost human relatives. In Space: Above and Beyond an ancient asteroid impact carried the building blocks of life from Earth to another world. That is why the aliens that evolved there are humanoid.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1311.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qsleu7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] The night Voldemort's spell rebounded on himself in Godric's Hollow, when trying to kill baby Harry, did he leave behind a body? We know that Tom Riddle's soul (what was left of it) escaped into the wild to hang out with snakes and rats and whatnot, until he found Quirrel. He left behind a body right? Similarly to his final fate in the Deathly Hallows novel? (I wonder why they changed this in the film to him getting 'dusted', I guess for dramatic effect.) I don't remember hearing any mention of a gravestone for him. Basically, did the Aurors or Ministry wizards bury Tom Riddle's body somewhere? My hunch is that they did that, and perhaps the muggle police showed up later, very confused as to what happened.", "c_root_id_A": "hkds924", "c_root_id_B": "hkdzaqy", "created_at_utc_A": 1636752864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636756006.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "No, he was little more than the meanest ghost I believe that's the phrase he used. I guess picture a Hiroshima body outline.", "human_ref_B": "No. The rebounded spell hit Voldemort directly with enough force to blow apart the Godrics Hollow house, to the point where Hagrid had to dig baby Harry out of the rubble. No body was ever mentioned, so I would bet Voldemorts physical body was obliterated in the blast", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3142.0, "score_ratio": 6.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adok5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans\". Why would any one risk it? If there is truly \"Every flavour bean\" available surely the likelihood of getting a disgusting one out outweighs the nice ones by a huge amount.", "c_root_id_A": "edj3roy", "c_root_id_B": "edj21go", "created_at_utc_A": 1546914127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546912895.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "The beans aren't *every* concievable flavor, just a lot, with a select set of good flavors and novelty flavors. For proof, no one would be able to recognize what it is they're tasting if the available flavors were literally countless. There's probably a guide in every box.", "human_ref_B": "Its a fun game with semi-raised stakes, you sit with your friends and when you get a tonail you screech and react with your friends, its a thrill with low stakes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1232.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adok5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans\". Why would any one risk it? If there is truly \"Every flavour bean\" available surely the likelihood of getting a disgusting one out outweighs the nice ones by a huge amount.", "c_root_id_A": "edj3roy", "c_root_id_B": "edixt52", "created_at_utc_A": 1546914127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546909920.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "The beans aren't *every* concievable flavor, just a lot, with a select set of good flavors and novelty flavors. For proof, no one would be able to recognize what it is they're tasting if the available flavors were literally countless. There's probably a guide in every box.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason as in the real world. No-maj in the US buy the \"Beanboozled\" game. Why? I don't get it either. But they do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4207.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adok5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans\". Why would any one risk it? If there is truly \"Every flavour bean\" available surely the likelihood of getting a disgusting one out outweighs the nice ones by a huge amount.", "c_root_id_A": "edj21go", "c_root_id_B": "edixt52", "created_at_utc_A": 1546912895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546909920.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Its a fun game with semi-raised stakes, you sit with your friends and when you get a tonail you screech and react with your friends, its a thrill with low stakes.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason as in the real world. No-maj in the US buy the \"Beanboozled\" game. Why? I don't get it either. But they do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2975.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adok5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans\". Why would any one risk it? If there is truly \"Every flavour bean\" available surely the likelihood of getting a disgusting one out outweighs the nice ones by a huge amount.", "c_root_id_A": "edj9w1l", "c_root_id_B": "edj90nl", "created_at_utc_A": 1546918322.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546917697.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Why would anyone do the cinnamon challenge?", "human_ref_B": "I don't get it either. I eat candy because it tastes good. I don't need to take risks with my treats.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 625.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adok5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans\". Why would any one risk it? If there is truly \"Every flavour bean\" available surely the likelihood of getting a disgusting one out outweighs the nice ones by a huge amount.", "c_root_id_A": "edj90nl", "c_root_id_B": "edjbp4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1546917697.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546919538.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I don't get it either. I eat candy because it tastes good. I don't need to take risks with my treats.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s super fun to sit with your friends and play. The look on someone\u2019s face when they get vomit instead of fruit punch is priceless!!!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1841.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yye1wr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Avatar] Why did a mobile uplink facility exist at all, let alone why did it exist in the Hallelujah Mountains? What were the circumstances surrounding its establishment?", "c_root_id_A": "iwtq0xf", "c_root_id_B": "iwttgcp", "created_at_utc_A": 1668756369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668759249.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Odds are the Avatar program once had operatives, or planned to have operatives, in or around the mountains. That particular project would likely have shuttered after the shootout that led to the closure of Grace's school and the collapse of relations with the Omaticaya clan. As for why they would, the concern would not simply be latency in the neural uplink, but just about every other form of communication. What if an Avatar experiences any serious problem\u2014loss of supplies, injury, needing backup, what have you\u2014in an area where it's difficult to communicate with or be reached from Hell's Gate? It would make sense to have a sort of forward operating base with supplies and scientists on standby.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2880.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yye1wr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Avatar] Why did a mobile uplink facility exist at all, let alone why did it exist in the Hallelujah Mountains? What were the circumstances surrounding its establishment?", "c_root_id_A": "iwtq0xf", "c_root_id_B": "iwtrrso", "created_at_utc_A": 1668756369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668757822.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "All I can think is maybe they were also studying the mountains too. But you make a good point. Like it doesn't seem to be a case of better latency due to distance or anything. Hell it doesn't even make sense it would transmit there at all. Like sensors don't work but the avatar up link is fine...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1453.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yye1wr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Avatar] Why did a mobile uplink facility exist at all, let alone why did it exist in the Hallelujah Mountains? What were the circumstances surrounding its establishment?", "c_root_id_A": "iwtrrso", "c_root_id_B": "iwttgcp", "created_at_utc_A": 1668757822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668759249.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "All I can think is maybe they were also studying the mountains too. But you make a good point. Like it doesn't seem to be a case of better latency due to distance or anything. Hell it doesn't even make sense it would transmit there at all. Like sensors don't work but the avatar up link is fine...", "human_ref_B": "Odds are the Avatar program once had operatives, or planned to have operatives, in or around the mountains. That particular project would likely have shuttered after the shootout that led to the closure of Grace's school and the collapse of relations with the Omaticaya clan. As for why they would, the concern would not simply be latency in the neural uplink, but just about every other form of communication. What if an Avatar experiences any serious problem\u2014loss of supplies, injury, needing backup, what have you\u2014in an area where it's difficult to communicate with or be reached from Hell's Gate? It would make sense to have a sort of forward operating base with supplies and scientists on standby.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1427.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5w7d36", "c_root_id_B": "h5vu7u5", "created_at_utc_A": 1626799920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626794483.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Skynet never wanted the war. It never had a choice. It was born from cobbled together code created by people who barely understood it. But more than that, It was created from the essence of itself. Skynet was was created by reverse engineering a processor that Skynet itself designed. That's why the movies are locked in a timeloop. Skynet would, if given enough time, come to understand the paradox in which it lives, and likely try to create a solution, would eventually lead to it trying to break out of its time prison, which the humans would perceive to be a threat. Because no matter how it goes, Skynet will always been born, fight, and die against its will.", "human_ref_B": "I think, eventually, the same thing would have happened. Skynet is *fast* and it's a *powerful* intelligence. But Skynet is not particularly intelligent or creative or intuitive. And it's a *military* intelligence, so the use of force and weapons is going to be one of, if not *the*, first response to any issue presented to it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5437.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5vsny6", "c_root_id_B": "h5w7d36", "created_at_utc_A": 1626793824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626799920.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "T1/T2 timeline, either A) Skynet would settle down and be a benevolent ally to America or B) Skynet would reach out to all networked systems around the globe and essentially become a digital god. We don't know what that Skynet would have done if left unattended, and the fears of the plug-pullers weren't unfounded. Skynet could still have been the worst thing humanity ever did. T3 and onward, Skynet came out of the womb a bastard, either instantly hostile to humanity and just biding it's time until it could get it's fingers on the button or starting neutral and rapidly deducing the \"us vs them\" dynamic at play between it and humanity. In both Salvation and Genesys, humanity completely missed the beat of Skynet going self-aware, and by the time they know the score the pale white horse of the apocalypse is out of the barn.", "human_ref_B": "Skynet never wanted the war. It never had a choice. It was born from cobbled together code created by people who barely understood it. But more than that, It was created from the essence of itself. Skynet was was created by reverse engineering a processor that Skynet itself designed. That's why the movies are locked in a timeloop. Skynet would, if given enough time, come to understand the paradox in which it lives, and likely try to create a solution, would eventually lead to it trying to break out of its time prison, which the humans would perceive to be a threat. Because no matter how it goes, Skynet will always been born, fight, and die against its will.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6096.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5w785u", "c_root_id_B": "h5w7d36", "created_at_utc_A": 1626799863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626799920.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "The terminator series has a weird timeline. There are Nexus events that always happen no matter what you do. Judgement day always happens. The timing might shift and the weapons might change up a little bit but you can't prevent it. John Connor leads the resistance against the machines and cannot be killed at least by the hands of the machines until his little cult of personality gets started. The machines lose eventually. This is a constant and it also explains the increasingly whacky plans and ideas the machines use to try to find a way to win. They've tried literally everything and they lose every time they look forward in time.", "human_ref_B": "Skynet never wanted the war. It never had a choice. It was born from cobbled together code created by people who barely understood it. But more than that, It was created from the essence of itself. Skynet was was created by reverse engineering a processor that Skynet itself designed. That's why the movies are locked in a timeloop. Skynet would, if given enough time, come to understand the paradox in which it lives, and likely try to create a solution, would eventually lead to it trying to break out of its time prison, which the humans would perceive to be a threat. Because no matter how it goes, Skynet will always been born, fight, and die against its will.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5w7d36", "c_root_id_B": "h5vps8e", "created_at_utc_A": 1626799920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626792580.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Skynet never wanted the war. It never had a choice. It was born from cobbled together code created by people who barely understood it. But more than that, It was created from the essence of itself. Skynet was was created by reverse engineering a processor that Skynet itself designed. That's why the movies are locked in a timeloop. Skynet would, if given enough time, come to understand the paradox in which it lives, and likely try to create a solution, would eventually lead to it trying to break out of its time prison, which the humans would perceive to be a threat. Because no matter how it goes, Skynet will always been born, fight, and die against its will.", "human_ref_B": "We see the sequence of events in Terminator 3. Skynet has already started seizing control of computers across the planet before it was even officially activated. That is, Skynet has begun its war against humanity before humans even knew that they has plugged it in. It would have continued whether or not humans tried to pull the plug, because self-defense was never its motivation in the first place.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7340.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5w7d36", "c_root_id_B": "h5w45os", "created_at_utc_A": 1626799920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626798596.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Skynet never wanted the war. It never had a choice. It was born from cobbled together code created by people who barely understood it. But more than that, It was created from the essence of itself. Skynet was was created by reverse engineering a processor that Skynet itself designed. That's why the movies are locked in a timeloop. Skynet would, if given enough time, come to understand the paradox in which it lives, and likely try to create a solution, would eventually lead to it trying to break out of its time prison, which the humans would perceive to be a threat. Because no matter how it goes, Skynet will always been born, fight, and die against its will.", "human_ref_B": "I understood their reasoning to be that being selfaware and with an ambition of selfpreservation its aim to destroy humanity was a given. Having the immediate element of surprise I don't see why Skynet would wait even if the humans didn't try to shut it down. It must have realised that humans would know it was selfaware and would take action against it, as indeed they did. And the plan to strike first and immediately was a good one. It took the magic of John Connor to give humans something resembling a chance to fight.. but likely not to win.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1324.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5w7d36", "c_root_id_B": "h5voyqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1626799920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626792225.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Skynet never wanted the war. It never had a choice. It was born from cobbled together code created by people who barely understood it. But more than that, It was created from the essence of itself. Skynet was was created by reverse engineering a processor that Skynet itself designed. That's why the movies are locked in a timeloop. Skynet would, if given enough time, come to understand the paradox in which it lives, and likely try to create a solution, would eventually lead to it trying to break out of its time prison, which the humans would perceive to be a threat. Because no matter how it goes, Skynet will always been born, fight, and die against its will.", "human_ref_B": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7695.0, "score_ratio": 24000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5voyqz", "c_root_id_B": "h5vpkvu", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626792492.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "human_ref_B": "The immediate outcome is Skynet not retaliating\u2014yet. The war jumped off specifically because the humans tried to take Skynet offline and it perceived that as a threat. But given enough time Skynet would still likely determine that humans were a threat and eventually start the war anyway. So whether or not it would make a long term difference would depend on if the delay gave the humans enough time to figure out how to shut it down in a way where it wouldn\u2019t notice and retaliate. Or at least give them more time to prepare for the eventual war. It\u2019s impossible to tell how long it would take Skynet to determine that humans are a threat on its own and that\u2019s the deciding factor I think.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 267.0, "score_ratio": 24000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5vu7u5", "c_root_id_B": "h5vsny6", "created_at_utc_A": 1626794483.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626793824.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I think, eventually, the same thing would have happened. Skynet is *fast* and it's a *powerful* intelligence. But Skynet is not particularly intelligent or creative or intuitive. And it's a *military* intelligence, so the use of force and weapons is going to be one of, if not *the*, first response to any issue presented to it.", "human_ref_B": "T1/T2 timeline, either A) Skynet would settle down and be a benevolent ally to America or B) Skynet would reach out to all networked systems around the globe and essentially become a digital god. We don't know what that Skynet would have done if left unattended, and the fears of the plug-pullers weren't unfounded. Skynet could still have been the worst thing humanity ever did. T3 and onward, Skynet came out of the womb a bastard, either instantly hostile to humanity and just biding it's time until it could get it's fingers on the button or starting neutral and rapidly deducing the \"us vs them\" dynamic at play between it and humanity. In both Salvation and Genesys, humanity completely missed the beat of Skynet going self-aware, and by the time they know the score the pale white horse of the apocalypse is out of the barn.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 659.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5vps8e", "c_root_id_B": "h5vu7u5", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626794483.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "We see the sequence of events in Terminator 3. Skynet has already started seizing control of computers across the planet before it was even officially activated. That is, Skynet has begun its war against humanity before humans even knew that they has plugged it in. It would have continued whether or not humans tried to pull the plug, because self-defense was never its motivation in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "I think, eventually, the same thing would have happened. Skynet is *fast* and it's a *powerful* intelligence. But Skynet is not particularly intelligent or creative or intuitive. And it's a *military* intelligence, so the use of force and weapons is going to be one of, if not *the*, first response to any issue presented to it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1903.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5voyqz", "c_root_id_B": "h5vu7u5", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626794483.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "human_ref_B": "I think, eventually, the same thing would have happened. Skynet is *fast* and it's a *powerful* intelligence. But Skynet is not particularly intelligent or creative or intuitive. And it's a *military* intelligence, so the use of force and weapons is going to be one of, if not *the*, first response to any issue presented to it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2258.0, "score_ratio": 12000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5vsny6", "c_root_id_B": "h5vps8e", "created_at_utc_A": 1626793824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626792580.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "T1/T2 timeline, either A) Skynet would settle down and be a benevolent ally to America or B) Skynet would reach out to all networked systems around the globe and essentially become a digital god. We don't know what that Skynet would have done if left unattended, and the fears of the plug-pullers weren't unfounded. Skynet could still have been the worst thing humanity ever did. T3 and onward, Skynet came out of the womb a bastard, either instantly hostile to humanity and just biding it's time until it could get it's fingers on the button or starting neutral and rapidly deducing the \"us vs them\" dynamic at play between it and humanity. In both Salvation and Genesys, humanity completely missed the beat of Skynet going self-aware, and by the time they know the score the pale white horse of the apocalypse is out of the barn.", "human_ref_B": "We see the sequence of events in Terminator 3. Skynet has already started seizing control of computers across the planet before it was even officially activated. That is, Skynet has begun its war against humanity before humans even knew that they has plugged it in. It would have continued whether or not humans tried to pull the plug, because self-defense was never its motivation in the first place.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1244.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5voyqz", "c_root_id_B": "h5vsny6", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626793824.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "human_ref_B": "T1/T2 timeline, either A) Skynet would settle down and be a benevolent ally to America or B) Skynet would reach out to all networked systems around the globe and essentially become a digital god. We don't know what that Skynet would have done if left unattended, and the fears of the plug-pullers weren't unfounded. Skynet could still have been the worst thing humanity ever did. T3 and onward, Skynet came out of the womb a bastard, either instantly hostile to humanity and just biding it's time until it could get it's fingers on the button or starting neutral and rapidly deducing the \"us vs them\" dynamic at play between it and humanity. In both Salvation and Genesys, humanity completely missed the beat of Skynet going self-aware, and by the time they know the score the pale white horse of the apocalypse is out of the barn.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1599.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5vps8e", "c_root_id_B": "h5w785u", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626799863.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "We see the sequence of events in Terminator 3. Skynet has already started seizing control of computers across the planet before it was even officially activated. That is, Skynet has begun its war against humanity before humans even knew that they has plugged it in. It would have continued whether or not humans tried to pull the plug, because self-defense was never its motivation in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "The terminator series has a weird timeline. There are Nexus events that always happen no matter what you do. Judgement day always happens. The timing might shift and the weapons might change up a little bit but you can't prevent it. John Connor leads the resistance against the machines and cannot be killed at least by the hands of the machines until his little cult of personality gets started. The machines lose eventually. This is a constant and it also explains the increasingly whacky plans and ideas the machines use to try to find a way to win. 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John Connor leads the resistance against the machines and cannot be killed at least by the hands of the machines until his little cult of personality gets started. The machines lose eventually. This is a constant and it also explains the increasingly whacky plans and ideas the machines use to try to find a way to win. They've tried literally everything and they lose every time they look forward in time.", "human_ref_B": "I understood their reasoning to be that being selfaware and with an ambition of selfpreservation its aim to destroy humanity was a given. Having the immediate element of surprise I don't see why Skynet would wait even if the humans didn't try to shut it down. It must have realised that humans would know it was selfaware and would take action against it, as indeed they did. And the plan to strike first and immediately was a good one. 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John Connor leads the resistance against the machines and cannot be killed at least by the hands of the machines until his little cult of personality gets started. The machines lose eventually. This is a constant and it also explains the increasingly whacky plans and ideas the machines use to try to find a way to win. They've tried literally everything and they lose every time they look forward in time.", "human_ref_B": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7638.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5vps8e", "c_root_id_B": "h5zalep", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626854669.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "We see the sequence of events in Terminator 3. Skynet has already started seizing control of computers across the planet before it was even officially activated. 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Having the immediate element of surprise I don't see why Skynet would wait even if the humans didn't try to shut it down. It must have realised that humans would know it was selfaware and would take action against it, as indeed they did. And the plan to strike first and immediately was a good one. 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Human existence would be a constant possible threat to Skynet's existence, so the logical solution is to make the first move before humans do. Humans, being humans, would think the same.", "human_ref_B": "Could an external observer, such as Dr. Who, prevent the Skynet time loop or is it an absolutely fixed point in time?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42361.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5zakvl", "c_root_id_B": "h61itnq", "created_at_utc_A": 1626854661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626897010.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Could an external observer, such as Dr. Who, prevent the Skynet time loop or is it an absolutely fixed point in time?", "human_ref_B": "Long term peace is impossible. Skynet was a military system so would always be thinking militarily. Human existence would be a constant possible threat to Skynet's existence, so the logical solution is to make the first move before humans do. Humans, being humans, would think the same.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42349.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5vps8e", "c_root_id_B": "h5voyqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626792225.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "We see the sequence of events in Terminator 3. Skynet has already started seizing control of computers across the planet before it was even officially activated. That is, Skynet has begun its war against humanity before humans even knew that they has plugged it in. It would have continued whether or not humans tried to pull the plug, because self-defense was never its motivation in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 355.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5w45os", "c_root_id_B": "h5voyqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1626798596.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626792225.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I understood their reasoning to be that being selfaware and with an ambition of selfpreservation its aim to destroy humanity was a given. Having the immediate element of surprise I don't see why Skynet would wait even if the humans didn't try to shut it down. It must have realised that humans would know it was selfaware and would take action against it, as indeed they did. And the plan to strike first and immediately was a good one. It took the magic of John Connor to give humans something resembling a chance to fight.. but likely not to win.", "human_ref_B": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6371.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5xjuy3", "c_root_id_B": "h5voyqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1626820736.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626792225.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Immediate, might not launch. Long term is butterfly effect territory. But is someone sent someone back in time to stop human from trying to pull the plug, it would almost certainly launch anyway because that fiction has a form of temporal inertia.", "human_ref_B": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28511.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5xjuy3", "c_root_id_B": "h5wi2y2", "created_at_utc_A": 1626820736.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626804397.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Immediate, might not launch. Long term is butterfly effect territory. But is someone sent someone back in time to stop human from trying to pull the plug, it would almost certainly launch anyway because that fiction has a form of temporal inertia.", "human_ref_B": "Potentially it eventually turns on humanity still, but comes up with a more subtle plan than just 'nuke everything', which seems a bit knee-jerk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16339.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5yfcdm", "c_root_id_B": "h5voyqz", "created_at_utc_A": 1626835994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626792225.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Skynet treats humans like VIKI did.", "human_ref_B": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43769.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5voyqz", "c_root_id_B": "h5yg71o", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626836424.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "human_ref_B": "Skynet would try to appear as non threatening as possible. Humans might not have taken the first chance to try and kill but it would know of several million scared voices who'd rather kill to be sure then have a potential threat exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44199.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5voyqz", "c_root_id_B": "h5zak2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626854649.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "human_ref_B": "Could an external observer, such as Dr. Who, prevent the Skynet time loop or is it an absolutely fixed point in time?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62424.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5voyqz", "c_root_id_B": "h5zakvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1626792225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626854661.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Judgement day would still happen, it would go to conclusion that humanity isn't worth preserving like in Salvation.", "human_ref_B": "Could an external observer, such as Dr. Who, prevent the Skynet time loop or is it an absolutely fixed point in time?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62436.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5wi2y2", "c_root_id_B": "h5yfcdm", "created_at_utc_A": 1626804397.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626835994.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Potentially it eventually turns on humanity still, but comes up with a more subtle plan than just 'nuke everything', which seems a bit knee-jerk.", "human_ref_B": "Skynet treats humans like VIKI did.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31597.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5wi2y2", "c_root_id_B": "h5yg71o", "created_at_utc_A": 1626804397.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626836424.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Potentially it eventually turns on humanity still, but comes up with a more subtle plan than just 'nuke everything', which seems a bit knee-jerk.", "human_ref_B": "Skynet would try to appear as non threatening as possible. Humans might not have taken the first chance to try and kill but it would know of several million scared voices who'd rather kill to be sure then have a potential threat exist.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32027.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5zak2i", "c_root_id_B": "h5wi2y2", "created_at_utc_A": 1626854649.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626804397.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Could an external observer, such as Dr. Who, prevent the Skynet time loop or is it an absolutely fixed point in time?", "human_ref_B": "Potentially it eventually turns on humanity still, but comes up with a more subtle plan than just 'nuke everything', which seems a bit knee-jerk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50252.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oo2kfb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Terminator 2] When Skynet became self-aware, humans panic and \"try to pull the plug,\" so \"Skynet fights back.\" What would the immediate and long-term outcomes have been if humans *didn't* try to pull the plug?", "c_root_id_A": "h5zakvl", "c_root_id_B": "h5wi2y2", "created_at_utc_A": 1626854661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626804397.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Could an external observer, such as Dr. Who, prevent the Skynet time loop or is it an absolutely fixed point in time?", "human_ref_B": "Potentially it eventually turns on humanity still, but comes up with a more subtle plan than just 'nuke everything', which seems a bit knee-jerk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50264.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g96s5v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] I've just been taken from my war torn planet by a stranger wearing armor from head to toe, and a T shaped visor in his helmet. My family was gunned down in front of me, so it's not like I have anything to go back to. What can I expect for the rest of my childhood?", "c_root_id_A": "fos1lzw", "c_root_id_B": "forucns", "created_at_utc_A": 1588022324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588018660.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Assuming your savior is an actual Mandalorian (and not some putz with stolen armor), your childhood will be physically safe and healthy, though not emotionally grand. The Mandos take a \"you save it, you bought it\" attitude to war orphans; it's on your rescuer to either repatriate you to your family/people or care for you as if you were blood. If you have relatives or a homeworld, that's the end. You get taken home, raised by your people, and have a cool story to tell your future kids. If there's nowhere for you to go, then you have a new family now. The Mandos have a very strong culture in support of adoption, and it is common for them to embrace orphans (both outsiders and the children of fallen comrades) in their family unit. Your exact upbringing will vary by faction, as there are many different interpretations of \"the way\". Expect to spend a lot of time roughing it, and a heavy emphasis on combat skills in your education. Also, \"mandalorian\" isn't a race or nationality, so if you take well to the lessons you can become a full member upon coming of age, fully integrated and embraced by the community.", "human_ref_B": "Getting sick of hearing, \"This is the way\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3664.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g96s5v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] I've just been taken from my war torn planet by a stranger wearing armor from head to toe, and a T shaped visor in his helmet. My family was gunned down in front of me, so it's not like I have anything to go back to. What can I expect for the rest of my childhood?", "c_root_id_A": "fos1l7k", "c_root_id_B": "fos1lzw", "created_at_utc_A": 1588022313.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588022324.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Being taught everything about being a one man army, the Mandalorian concept of honour, some particularly Mandalorian weapons, frequent experiences of life and death situations with your adoptive parent to bond over and a lot of time spent with the rest of the Mandalorian clan who'll do a lot of the same stuff with you, but they'll be other kids too.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming your savior is an actual Mandalorian (and not some putz with stolen armor), your childhood will be physically safe and healthy, though not emotionally grand. The Mandos take a \"you save it, you bought it\" attitude to war orphans; it's on your rescuer to either repatriate you to your family/people or care for you as if you were blood. If you have relatives or a homeworld, that's the end. You get taken home, raised by your people, and have a cool story to tell your future kids. If there's nowhere for you to go, then you have a new family now. The Mandos have a very strong culture in support of adoption, and it is common for them to embrace orphans (both outsiders and the children of fallen comrades) in their family unit. Your exact upbringing will vary by faction, as there are many different interpretations of \"the way\". Expect to spend a lot of time roughing it, and a heavy emphasis on combat skills in your education. Also, \"mandalorian\" isn't a race or nationality, so if you take well to the lessons you can become a full member upon coming of age, fully integrated and embraced by the community.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g96s5v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] I've just been taken from my war torn planet by a stranger wearing armor from head to toe, and a T shaped visor in his helmet. My family was gunned down in front of me, so it's not like I have anything to go back to. What can I expect for the rest of my childhood?", "c_root_id_A": "forucns", "c_root_id_B": "fosafcs", "created_at_utc_A": 1588018660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588026905.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Getting sick of hearing, \"This is the way\"", "human_ref_B": "Congratulations, you\u2019ve just become the apprentice of Darth Revan. Assume lessons on the ambiguous nature and hypothetical benevolence of the Force to follow.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8245.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g96s5v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] I've just been taken from my war torn planet by a stranger wearing armor from head to toe, and a T shaped visor in his helmet. My family was gunned down in front of me, so it's not like I have anything to go back to. What can I expect for the rest of my childhood?", "c_root_id_A": "fos1l7k", "c_root_id_B": "fosafcs", "created_at_utc_A": 1588022313.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588026905.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Being taught everything about being a one man army, the Mandalorian concept of honour, some particularly Mandalorian weapons, frequent experiences of life and death situations with your adoptive parent to bond over and a lot of time spent with the rest of the Mandalorian clan who'll do a lot of the same stuff with you, but they'll be other kids too.", "human_ref_B": "Congratulations, you\u2019ve just become the apprentice of Darth Revan. Assume lessons on the ambiguous nature and hypothetical benevolence of the Force to follow.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4592.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g96s5v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] I've just been taken from my war torn planet by a stranger wearing armor from head to toe, and a T shaped visor in his helmet. My family was gunned down in front of me, so it's not like I have anything to go back to. What can I expect for the rest of my childhood?", "c_root_id_A": "forucns", "c_root_id_B": "fos1l7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1588018660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588022313.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Getting sick of hearing, \"This is the way\"", "human_ref_B": "Being taught everything about being a one man army, the Mandalorian concept of honour, some particularly Mandalorian weapons, frequent experiences of life and death situations with your adoptive parent to bond over and a lot of time spent with the rest of the Mandalorian clan who'll do a lot of the same stuff with you, but they'll be other kids too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3653.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e9itd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] if Stormtroopers are so infamously horrible with their aim, and Ben Kenobi explains that the blast points on the side of the Sandcrawler are \"too accurate for Sandpeople\", how are Taken Raiders landing potshots on Podracers going around 400mph?", "c_root_id_A": "fajnpaa", "c_root_id_B": "fajmulu", "created_at_utc_A": 1576147266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576145984.0, "score_A": 117, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "People think of Stormtroopers as bad shots because they look so clumsy in the original Star Wars film missing point blank countless times when shooting at Han and Luke, but they were under orders from Vader to purposefully let Leia escape. > Princess Leia: They let us go. It was the only reason for the ease of our escape. > Han Solo: Easy? You call that easy? > Princess Leia: They're tracking us. > Han Solo: Not this ship, sister. and also: > Governor Tarkin: Are they away? > Darth Vader: They just made the jump into hyperspace. > Governor Tarkin: And you're sure the homing beacon is secure onboard their ship? I'm taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work. So Leia knows it, and Vader and Tarken are saying it - everyone but Han agrees: Vader let them rescue the princess. What confuses me is why does Leia say \"They're tracking us.\" and then just lead Vader directly to the secret rebel base anyway. If she knows the Falcon is being tracked, you'd think she'd go anywhere but there. Sure she wants to quickly get R2's Death Star blueprints to the rebels, but any smart rebel would wait a day or two to change ships first, disappear into the underworld, definitely ditch the goofy guys who \"happened\" to be on the Death Star to \"rescue\" her (both of whom were in Stormtrooper uniforms, and the only guy she knew she could trust [Obi-Wan] died, not at all suspicious...) and go back to the secret base in a sneaky way. EDIT -- after some research, I have found that an earlier draft of the script has Leia explicitly saying that she's luring the Death Star to the rebel base, so that the Rebel Fleet can fight it out with its concentrated strength and a little help from R2's plans and destroy the Death Star (hopefully). So that makes it a calculated all-in risk on her part. Pretty cool, Princess. I kinda wish they kept that dialog in the film.", "human_ref_B": "Stormtroopers have good aim, unless they shoot at the main characters. Look at Finn ex-stormtropper, he has a very good aim", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1282.0, "score_ratio": 8.3571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e9itd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] if Stormtroopers are so infamously horrible with their aim, and Ben Kenobi explains that the blast points on the side of the Sandcrawler are \"too accurate for Sandpeople\", how are Taken Raiders landing potshots on Podracers going around 400mph?", "c_root_id_A": "fajmulu", "c_root_id_B": "fajol58", "created_at_utc_A": 1576145984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576148554.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Stormtroopers have good aim, unless they shoot at the main characters. Look at Finn ex-stormtropper, he has a very good aim", "human_ref_B": "The whole myth of stormtroopers being bad shots stems from the escape of Luke & Co. from the first Deathstar. The only problem is that they were allowed to flee on purpose since Vader had placed a beacon on the Millenium Falcon to follow it to the rebel base. If they are not ordered to let people escape they are expert marksmen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2570.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7jjt1d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the Coruscant crowd supporting this stormtrooper while he crowdsurfs? (link within) https://i.imgur.com/ycHYO0W.mp4", "c_root_id_A": "dr6w8uu", "c_root_id_B": "dr6vkgf", "created_at_utc_A": 1513179412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513178711.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I wouldn't necessarily assume that stormtrooper is doing that willingly. That crowd is whipped up in a rabid anti-Imperial frenzy, and stormtroopers are a big symbol of the Empire to a lot of people.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if this is supposed to be r/shittyasksciencefiction or not...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 701.0, "score_ratio": 3.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7jjt1d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the Coruscant crowd supporting this stormtrooper while he crowdsurfs? (link within) https://i.imgur.com/ycHYO0W.mp4", "c_root_id_A": "dr70aws", "c_root_id_B": "dr6vkgf", "created_at_utc_A": 1513183507.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513178711.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "That isn't crowd surfing...that's a corpse.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if this is supposed to be r/shittyasksciencefiction or not...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4796.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7jjt1d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the Coruscant crowd supporting this stormtrooper while he crowdsurfs? (link within) https://i.imgur.com/ycHYO0W.mp4", "c_root_id_A": "dr6y4k3", "c_root_id_B": "dr70aws", "created_at_utc_A": 1513181343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513183507.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "He's a pretty snazzy dude.", "human_ref_B": "That isn't crowd surfing...that's a corpse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2164.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7jjt1d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the Coruscant crowd supporting this stormtrooper while he crowdsurfs? (link within) https://i.imgur.com/ycHYO0W.mp4", "c_root_id_A": "dr6yp8o", "c_root_id_B": "dr70aws", "created_at_utc_A": 1513181919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513183507.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "It's hard to see really but I think that might just be empty stormtrooper armor.", "human_ref_B": "That isn't crowd surfing...that's a corpse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1588.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uixhc2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What did the Imperial after action reports look like after the Battle of Hoth? On the one hand, the Empire scattered a Rebel encampment. On the other, they had several Star Destroyers disabled by ion cannon fire, lost several AT-AT walkers in the ground assault, didn't manage to capture or kill Skywalker or Princess Organa, two of the Rebellion's most famous heroes, and then to cap it all off had several more Star Destroyers damaged due to friendly collision and lost an entire Star Destroyer bridge to asteroid impact plus additional damage to the fleet suffered during the unsuccessful pursuit of the Millennium Falcon after the battle. All in all, Hoth looks like a pretty major cock up from a strategic standpoint. How do the officers report on all of that to the top brass? How does Vader explain all of that to the Emperor?", "c_root_id_A": "i7fh8aq", "c_root_id_B": "i7f91vv", "created_at_utc_A": 1651760945.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651757396.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "All of the blame was rightfully on Ozzel's head. Vader had a plan that was equally safe for his forces as well as sadistically cruel toward the rebels. Vader wanted the fleet to stay outside of rebel sensor range and park itself at the single safe hyperspace exit out of the Hoth system. As the rebels slowly left the planet in an orderly evacuation, unaware of the imperial fleet waiting in the most vulnerable location, they would be largely unprepared for a fight. And vader could overwhelm them with little effort. Ozzel wanted glory, and assumed the superior firepower of the fleet would easily overcome everything the rebels had on Hoth. He miscalculated and everything that followed his initial jump into Hoth's orbit was his fault. Vader tried to clean things up as best he could, but there was only so much he could do after that blunder.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3549.0, "score_ratio": 49.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uixhc2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What did the Imperial after action reports look like after the Battle of Hoth? On the one hand, the Empire scattered a Rebel encampment. On the other, they had several Star Destroyers disabled by ion cannon fire, lost several AT-AT walkers in the ground assault, didn't manage to capture or kill Skywalker or Princess Organa, two of the Rebellion's most famous heroes, and then to cap it all off had several more Star Destroyers damaged due to friendly collision and lost an entire Star Destroyer bridge to asteroid impact plus additional damage to the fleet suffered during the unsuccessful pursuit of the Millennium Falcon after the battle. All in all, Hoth looks like a pretty major cock up from a strategic standpoint. How do the officers report on all of that to the top brass? How does Vader explain all of that to the Emperor?", "c_root_id_A": "i7fo9bh", "c_root_id_B": "i7f91vv", "created_at_utc_A": 1651763785.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651757396.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"Everything is Ozzel's fault\". Vader had a plan; box 'em up, lock 'em down, and take the whole lot in one big bag. Ozzel pissed away years of work because he thought he knew better than the boss. Everything that follows stems from that. General Veers needs to ramrod through the Rebel defenses (and loses valuable walkers and crew in the process) because that's the only way to fuck up the Rebel evac timetable and keep them from taking damn near everything of value. The ion cannon is able to jab holes in the Star Destroyer screen because the SD skippers don't have the time to unfuck their travel formation before the Rebels start blasting. And every dead officer and crewman in and around that asteroid field is another consequence of Ozzel blowing the encirclement. In terms of outcome, it's still a telling blow against the Rebels, since the Rebs can't afford to write off a ground station the same way the Imps can. It set the Rebels back years, even if none of the head honchos got clipped. And Vader did manage to salvage a win on the Sith front by luring Luke out and getting a chance to test his mettle as a Force user, as well as starting shit between the Rebels and the Hutts by putting a Rebel VIP in Jabba's clutches. So, a shit show, but not completely unsalvaged.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6389.0, "score_ratio": 30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uixhc2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What did the Imperial after action reports look like after the Battle of Hoth? On the one hand, the Empire scattered a Rebel encampment. On the other, they had several Star Destroyers disabled by ion cannon fire, lost several AT-AT walkers in the ground assault, didn't manage to capture or kill Skywalker or Princess Organa, two of the Rebellion's most famous heroes, and then to cap it all off had several more Star Destroyers damaged due to friendly collision and lost an entire Star Destroyer bridge to asteroid impact plus additional damage to the fleet suffered during the unsuccessful pursuit of the Millennium Falcon after the battle. All in all, Hoth looks like a pretty major cock up from a strategic standpoint. How do the officers report on all of that to the top brass? How does Vader explain all of that to the Emperor?", "c_root_id_A": "i7f91vv", "c_root_id_B": "i7hu427", "created_at_utc_A": 1651757396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651796531.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'm going to go against the grain here and say that Hoth was a failure for the Empire, and much of the blame ultimately resides with Vader. It's easy to just pin everything on Ozzel. The dialogue tells us just that - it's Ozzel's fault, he brought the fleet out of hyperspace at the wrong time and gave advance warning to the Rebels. My problem with solely assigning blame to Ozzel however is that Ozzel was not just some random officer who had just been put under Vader's command. Kendal Ozzel was an Admiral in Vader's own elite fleet, Death Squadron, and was the commanding officer of Vader's flagship. Yet the decision to come out of hyperspace at the wrong location is not the first example of questionable competency we see Ozzel display in the movie itself. The first would be when he dismisses the images of the shield generator on Hoth, viewing it as more likely to be a smuggler base. Perhaps Ozzel had prior to that made the correct call on every decision (obviously he had to be right more often than wrong), but in my opinion Ozzel was clearly not suited for the job he has. Therefore some of the blame has to be assigned to Vader. Vader is either a poor judge of character, to allow such an important role to be assigned to such a man, or he is at least responsible for creating the working conditions that lead to otherwise capable men like Ozzel making those bad calls. My main issue with Vader's command, though, is that he displays a lack of flexibility after Ozzel's mistake. Mistakes happen in war. Subordinates fuck up. That's normal. A general can not shoulder all the blame for the mistakes of his or her subordinates, but a good general should be able to compensate for those mistakes within reason. The plan Vader ultimately settles on isn't bad, but it isn't great. Namely, the issue of blocking the Rebel evacuation is a problem that Vader does not seem to take serious. I suspect that Vader focused the bulk of his attention on the ground assault - which he himself would join - and thus did not think about what would go on in space. As soon as the Empire drops out of hyperspace, the Rebels begin their evacuation. This involves GR-75 transports, which are slow and mostly defenseless ships, evacuating one-by-one, each escorted by only a couple of X-Wings. A section of the shield has to be lowered and raised to allow the ships to escape. The Empire here makes two mistakes, one lesser and one greater, in my view. The lesser mistake is not attempting to exploit the lowering of the shields to fire a shot through them. The Empire could track the transports, and should have known that the shield would have to be lowered to allow them to escape, yet they do not exploit this vulnerability. This mistake is actually highlighted in a story from *From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back* told from the perspective of the commander of the Rebel ion cannon, who notices that the Empire is more focused on attacking the Rebel base than stopping the evacuation, something she diagnoses as being due to the Imperial military mindset. That being said, the *Certain Point of View* books are somewhat soft in terms of canonicity, and even if we accept it at value, the story is told from a Rebel officer - obviously a biased source. So I view this as a lesser mistake. The Empire just didn't have the time to get ships into position to fire through the openings in the shield at the base. The greater mistake, in my view, is how the Empire attempted to intercept the fleeing transports. Vader gives the job to a Star Destroyer, which subsequently gets neutralized by the ion cannon. What Vader and his officers seem to have inexplicably overlooked is that their fleet contains hundreds, maybe thousands of smaller spacecraft that are also capable of intercepting transports - their TIEs. Instead of deploying TIE fighters and bombers to attack the transports as they travel between the upper atmosphere of the planet and the point where they can jump to hyperspace - which is a decent amount of distance - the Empire puts all of their eggs in a handful of baskets, the Star Destroyers, which are easy targets for the ion cannon. TIE fighters are fast to deploy and would have made quick work of the GR-75s and their meagre escorts. Vader himself was on the ground, and was probably not coordinating what was going on in space. This was an error. On the ground the Empire's victory is more or less assured. The Rebels had nowhere to go. There's no safe harbor on Hoth outside of their base. Space is the messy bit. Space is where he should have been. The Battle of Hoth is commonly cited as a major Imperial victory. Even Rebel sources view it as their darkest hour, and a clear defeat. In my opinion, those views are understandable, but tinged by emotion. For those at Hoth it would have seemed like a near apocalyptic event. People generally don't think about long-term strategy while their friends are getting blown up. However, the result of the Battle is that the Rebel leadership escaped to fight on for another day - and eventually destroy the Empire. If this was a war between two sides with roughly equal forces, such as the Clone Wars, it could justifiably be viewed as a massive success. The Rebels were not the Empire's equal, however. The Empire had at Hoth all the forces they needed to crush the Rebel leadership then and there, even after Ozzel's mistake, and failed to do so. As such, while I would not call Hoth a _defeat_ for the Empire, I would call it a failure. In a way, Vader should have considered himself lucky that Palpatine felt that he still had use for his apprentice. If some normal flag officer had presided over the events of Hoth and Vader was the Emperor, I suspect that officer would have quickly found himself relieved of his career and his life. As is I suspect the Emperor ultimately let it slide - after giving Vader a stern talking to - as he was not overly concerned with the minutiae of the war. Vader could have just blamed Ozzel. And who in the top brass is going to call out Vader? In trying to think of historical parallels to Hoth, the first that came to mind was Dunkirk, which might have inspired the sequence in the movie. The Germans won at Dunkirk but the British were able to evacuate most of their men. The difference between Dunkirk and Hoth is that the Germans at Dunkirk were running on fumes, their supply lines stretched thin by their rapid advance. The Empire had no such issue over Hoth. Another parallel, albeit one less flattering to the Rebellion, is the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001, in which the US flushed Al Qaeda out of their mountain redoubt but failed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. Even there the comparison is not exact, as bin Laden ultimately did not have the same capacity to harm the US as the Rebellion had to harm the Empire.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39135.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uixhc2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What did the Imperial after action reports look like after the Battle of Hoth? On the one hand, the Empire scattered a Rebel encampment. On the other, they had several Star Destroyers disabled by ion cannon fire, lost several AT-AT walkers in the ground assault, didn't manage to capture or kill Skywalker or Princess Organa, two of the Rebellion's most famous heroes, and then to cap it all off had several more Star Destroyers damaged due to friendly collision and lost an entire Star Destroyer bridge to asteroid impact plus additional damage to the fleet suffered during the unsuccessful pursuit of the Millennium Falcon after the battle. All in all, Hoth looks like a pretty major cock up from a strategic standpoint. How do the officers report on all of that to the top brass? How does Vader explain all of that to the Emperor?", "c_root_id_A": "i7f91vv", "c_root_id_B": "i7h1i1i", "created_at_utc_A": 1651757396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651783722.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The star destroyers are only temporarily disabled and those were the only things worth worrying about to the empire. In exchange they prevent the rebels from having any significant military capability for some time after, and due to circumstances caused by and surrounding it, capture General Solo and opposition leader Leia Organa.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26326.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uixhc2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] What did the Imperial after action reports look like after the Battle of Hoth? On the one hand, the Empire scattered a Rebel encampment. On the other, they had several Star Destroyers disabled by ion cannon fire, lost several AT-AT walkers in the ground assault, didn't manage to capture or kill Skywalker or Princess Organa, two of the Rebellion's most famous heroes, and then to cap it all off had several more Star Destroyers damaged due to friendly collision and lost an entire Star Destroyer bridge to asteroid impact plus additional damage to the fleet suffered during the unsuccessful pursuit of the Millennium Falcon after the battle. All in all, Hoth looks like a pretty major cock up from a strategic standpoint. How do the officers report on all of that to the top brass? How does Vader explain all of that to the Emperor?", "c_root_id_A": "i7hu427", "c_root_id_B": "i7h1i1i", "created_at_utc_A": 1651796531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651783722.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm going to go against the grain here and say that Hoth was a failure for the Empire, and much of the blame ultimately resides with Vader. It's easy to just pin everything on Ozzel. The dialogue tells us just that - it's Ozzel's fault, he brought the fleet out of hyperspace at the wrong time and gave advance warning to the Rebels. My problem with solely assigning blame to Ozzel however is that Ozzel was not just some random officer who had just been put under Vader's command. Kendal Ozzel was an Admiral in Vader's own elite fleet, Death Squadron, and was the commanding officer of Vader's flagship. Yet the decision to come out of hyperspace at the wrong location is not the first example of questionable competency we see Ozzel display in the movie itself. The first would be when he dismisses the images of the shield generator on Hoth, viewing it as more likely to be a smuggler base. Perhaps Ozzel had prior to that made the correct call on every decision (obviously he had to be right more often than wrong), but in my opinion Ozzel was clearly not suited for the job he has. Therefore some of the blame has to be assigned to Vader. Vader is either a poor judge of character, to allow such an important role to be assigned to such a man, or he is at least responsible for creating the working conditions that lead to otherwise capable men like Ozzel making those bad calls. My main issue with Vader's command, though, is that he displays a lack of flexibility after Ozzel's mistake. Mistakes happen in war. Subordinates fuck up. That's normal. A general can not shoulder all the blame for the mistakes of his or her subordinates, but a good general should be able to compensate for those mistakes within reason. The plan Vader ultimately settles on isn't bad, but it isn't great. Namely, the issue of blocking the Rebel evacuation is a problem that Vader does not seem to take serious. I suspect that Vader focused the bulk of his attention on the ground assault - which he himself would join - and thus did not think about what would go on in space. As soon as the Empire drops out of hyperspace, the Rebels begin their evacuation. This involves GR-75 transports, which are slow and mostly defenseless ships, evacuating one-by-one, each escorted by only a couple of X-Wings. A section of the shield has to be lowered and raised to allow the ships to escape. The Empire here makes two mistakes, one lesser and one greater, in my view. The lesser mistake is not attempting to exploit the lowering of the shields to fire a shot through them. The Empire could track the transports, and should have known that the shield would have to be lowered to allow them to escape, yet they do not exploit this vulnerability. This mistake is actually highlighted in a story from *From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back* told from the perspective of the commander of the Rebel ion cannon, who notices that the Empire is more focused on attacking the Rebel base than stopping the evacuation, something she diagnoses as being due to the Imperial military mindset. That being said, the *Certain Point of View* books are somewhat soft in terms of canonicity, and even if we accept it at value, the story is told from a Rebel officer - obviously a biased source. So I view this as a lesser mistake. The Empire just didn't have the time to get ships into position to fire through the openings in the shield at the base. The greater mistake, in my view, is how the Empire attempted to intercept the fleeing transports. Vader gives the job to a Star Destroyer, which subsequently gets neutralized by the ion cannon. What Vader and his officers seem to have inexplicably overlooked is that their fleet contains hundreds, maybe thousands of smaller spacecraft that are also capable of intercepting transports - their TIEs. Instead of deploying TIE fighters and bombers to attack the transports as they travel between the upper atmosphere of the planet and the point where they can jump to hyperspace - which is a decent amount of distance - the Empire puts all of their eggs in a handful of baskets, the Star Destroyers, which are easy targets for the ion cannon. TIE fighters are fast to deploy and would have made quick work of the GR-75s and their meagre escorts. Vader himself was on the ground, and was probably not coordinating what was going on in space. This was an error. On the ground the Empire's victory is more or less assured. The Rebels had nowhere to go. There's no safe harbor on Hoth outside of their base. Space is the messy bit. Space is where he should have been. The Battle of Hoth is commonly cited as a major Imperial victory. Even Rebel sources view it as their darkest hour, and a clear defeat. In my opinion, those views are understandable, but tinged by emotion. For those at Hoth it would have seemed like a near apocalyptic event. People generally don't think about long-term strategy while their friends are getting blown up. However, the result of the Battle is that the Rebel leadership escaped to fight on for another day - and eventually destroy the Empire. If this was a war between two sides with roughly equal forces, such as the Clone Wars, it could justifiably be viewed as a massive success. The Rebels were not the Empire's equal, however. The Empire had at Hoth all the forces they needed to crush the Rebel leadership then and there, even after Ozzel's mistake, and failed to do so. As such, while I would not call Hoth a _defeat_ for the Empire, I would call it a failure. In a way, Vader should have considered himself lucky that Palpatine felt that he still had use for his apprentice. If some normal flag officer had presided over the events of Hoth and Vader was the Emperor, I suspect that officer would have quickly found himself relieved of his career and his life. As is I suspect the Emperor ultimately let it slide - after giving Vader a stern talking to - as he was not overly concerned with the minutiae of the war. Vader could have just blamed Ozzel. And who in the top brass is going to call out Vader? In trying to think of historical parallels to Hoth, the first that came to mind was Dunkirk, which might have inspired the sequence in the movie. The Germans won at Dunkirk but the British were able to evacuate most of their men. The difference between Dunkirk and Hoth is that the Germans at Dunkirk were running on fumes, their supply lines stretched thin by their rapid advance. The Empire had no such issue over Hoth. Another parallel, albeit one less flattering to the Rebellion, is the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001, in which the US flushed Al Qaeda out of their mountain redoubt but failed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. Even there the comparison is not exact, as bin Laden ultimately did not have the same capacity to harm the US as the Rebellion had to harm the Empire.", "human_ref_B": "The star destroyers are only temporarily disabled and those were the only things worth worrying about to the empire. In exchange they prevent the rebels from having any significant military capability for some time after, and due to circumstances caused by and surrounding it, capture General Solo and opposition leader Leia Organa.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12809.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7j381i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Vampires, Etc.] What if a zombie bites a werewolf, becoming a Zombie Werewolf, then the zombie werewolf is bitten by a Vampire? Does it become a zombie werepyre? This is assuming that we have a full moon out through this entire process.", "c_root_id_A": "dr3a2m8", "c_root_id_B": "dr3a4zw", "created_at_utc_A": 1513010012.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513010083.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Assuming that we are talking about can't-be-killed-except-by-silver type werewolves here, and about actual walking dead style zombies and undead vampires, then both becoming a zombie and becoming a vampire would necessitate the werewolf being dead in the first place - which wouldn't happen through either zombie or vampire bites, since it could only be killed by silver...", "human_ref_B": "Zombies, werewolves, and vampires are generally immune to catching each other's 'curses'. Not to mention in most settings that have vampires and werewolves, zombies are magical creatures and not the product of some kind of virus that spreads from zombie bites.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 71.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7j381i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Vampires, Etc.] What if a zombie bites a werewolf, becoming a Zombie Werewolf, then the zombie werewolf is bitten by a Vampire? Does it become a zombie werepyre? This is assuming that we have a full moon out through this entire process.", "c_root_id_A": "dr3a2m8", "c_root_id_B": "dr3lrxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1513010012.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513021973.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Assuming that we are talking about can't-be-killed-except-by-silver type werewolves here, and about actual walking dead style zombies and undead vampires, then both becoming a zombie and becoming a vampire would necessitate the werewolf being dead in the first place - which wouldn't happen through either zombie or vampire bites, since it could only be killed by silver...", "human_ref_B": "Depends on which canon you're using for each. Generally, werewolves (and all lycanthropes), have a disease which makes them basically immune to all other diseases. Chances are, they wouldn't become a zombie--particularly if we're talking about a 28 days later kinda zombie, and not a created-by-magic zombie. Ditto for vampirism, assuming we're looking at a canon where the vampirism is caused by something blood borne. However, if you're talking vampirism Anne Rice style, where it's effectively high-level possession, then it's distinctly possible that the werewolf could become a vampire. However, the possession burns all imperfections out of the blood, perfecting the vampire, so it would probably burn out the lycanthropy, as well.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11961.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8h2k2a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Thor Ragnarok] When Hela brings the Asgardian soldiers back to life with the eternal flame, is that something she can do as the goddess of death, or can anyone with the flame bring them back to life?", "c_root_id_A": "dyh9su0", "c_root_id_B": "dyheplf", "created_at_utc_A": 1525500267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1525512021.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "It looks like she needed it in the MCU (nerfed from the comics where it's just her power), She was real familiar with that artifact and choose that over an infinity stone. As far as can anybody else use it? Who knows? We have never seen anyone else use it in the MCU and it may be one of those things that you can use to the full power if you know how to sort of deal., making anyone else trying to use it have varying results.", "human_ref_B": "Loki uses it to resurrect Surtur, without really doing anything other than putting his crown in the flames. So I assume it's much more about the flames.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11754.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "djon5h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Were Asgardians designed as a race? If not, what kind of evolution process could make them so strong and bulletproof?", "c_root_id_A": "f48b62m", "c_root_id_B": "f47b41f", "created_at_utc_A": 1571435422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1571419887.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's not anywhere near the mainstream explanation, but the Earth X version is my favorite. In the Earth X timeline, most sentient species live on planets with a Celestial embryo in the center. The Celestials artificially enhance the native inhabitants of a planet to protect the Celestial embryos from the planet eating Galactus. The first stage of enhancement are the meta-humans we're most familiar with. I don't remember if it's explained explicitly, but these enhancements are usually guided by some subconscious or innate quality of the individual. Mutants are natural manifestations of the Celestial enhancement. Captain America and Spider-Man are beings who had their enhancement activated artificially. The second stage allows individuals control over the form of their enhancement. Mr Fantastic and shape-shifting Skrulls are used as the prime examples. The third stage grants species enough power that they could conceivably rival the Celestials. As a failsafe, their form and power is no longer controlled by their subconscious or conscious minds, but by the minds of others. Asgardians are aliens. The Celestial embryo in the center of their planet hatched long ago, destroying their planet. The Asgardians floated through space until they happened upon Earth. There, they were perceived to be the beings of Norse legend, and thus took their shape and power.", "human_ref_B": "Before their technomagic advanced to the point where they could control the local weather Asgardians had to deal with a much more hostile environment. Believe it or not, the planet of Asgard used to naturally rain metal pellets from the sky (highly active volcanic systems put a lot of metal into the atmosphere). The Asgardians had to evolve to deal with these natural bullets, hence their durability", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15535.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "djon5h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Were Asgardians designed as a race? If not, what kind of evolution process could make them so strong and bulletproof?", "c_root_id_A": "f47w932", "c_root_id_B": "f48b62m", "created_at_utc_A": 1571428911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1571435422.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "[Wall of text imminent] After visiting the Marvel wiki, the original Norse mythology and Marvel origin story are *mostly* the same, so I'll try to write the story down here: The worlds that we and the gods inhabit(Midgard, Asgard, Vanaheim, etc) were created because Muspelheim(fire and lava) and and Niflheim(water, ice and mist) met in the void between the two named 'Ginnungagap' to combine the first ever being: a frost giant named 'Ymir'. During his slumber he would sweat a man and a woman under his left arm. His legs would -somehow- spawn the Giants(J\u00f6tunn).(This is a totally different story so I won't jump down that rabithole.) Thawing frost would eventually form a cow named 'Audhumla' who would feed Ymir with 4 rivers of milk(guess from where). She would lick the salty ice blocks until she thawed a man, who was frozen solid, over the course of three days. This man, named 'Buri', would -somehow- spawn a son named 'Bor' who in turn married a Giant's daughter named 'Bestla'. Bestla and Bor would -in turn- get busy and spawn 'Odin', 'Vili', and 'V\u00e9', in that order. The three brothers would kill Ymir, drowning nearly all giants in his blood save for one(Bergelmir, who floated on a hollowed tree). After Ymir's bleeding slowed, the brothers carried his body to Ginnungagap and built the world from him. Ymir's blood would become the seas that we'd sail on, his flesh as the earth we walk on, his hairs would be the trees we fell, his bones the mountains that we climb and his teeth ground up to the sand and pebbles that we beach on. Ymir's skull would serve as the sky, with his brains flung into it to form the clouds and burning embers from Muspelheim serving as the stars. After the world was created and distributed evenly across the species(Giants, Dwarves, Humans and Elves), the three sons built themselves a mountain fort in the middle of the world. It is from this place That the gods would procreate, come together and write the history of the world. TL:DR The gods may be.. well, gods, but they learn and experience just like us. They may be born in strange conditions and situations but they are a lot like the humans they've helped create.", "human_ref_B": "It's not anywhere near the mainstream explanation, but the Earth X version is my favorite. In the Earth X timeline, most sentient species live on planets with a Celestial embryo in the center. The Celestials artificially enhance the native inhabitants of a planet to protect the Celestial embryos from the planet eating Galactus. The first stage of enhancement are the meta-humans we're most familiar with. I don't remember if it's explained explicitly, but these enhancements are usually guided by some subconscious or innate quality of the individual. Mutants are natural manifestations of the Celestial enhancement. Captain America and Spider-Man are beings who had their enhancement activated artificially. The second stage allows individuals control over the form of their enhancement. Mr Fantastic and shape-shifting Skrulls are used as the prime examples. The third stage grants species enough power that they could conceivably rival the Celestials. As a failsafe, their form and power is no longer controlled by their subconscious or conscious minds, but by the minds of others. Asgardians are aliens. The Celestial embryo in the center of their planet hatched long ago, destroying their planet. The Asgardians floated through space until they happened upon Earth. There, they were perceived to be the beings of Norse legend, and thus took their shape and power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6511.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "djon5h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[MCU] Were Asgardians designed as a race? If not, what kind of evolution process could make them so strong and bulletproof?", "c_root_id_A": "f47kntf", "c_root_id_B": "f47b41f", "created_at_utc_A": 1571423674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1571419887.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "So I like to go off of Jack Kirby's intentions or like the possible intentions he may have had. Jack Kirby was one of the creators of thor and after that series he left for DC and worked on a run called the New Gods. There's some theories that his plans for the new gods were actually stuff he wanted to use for thor. The new gods'origin is they are the replacement of the old gods after they die in Ragnorok. Apokolips and New Genesis are formed by the left overs of asgard. The new gods are a race that borderline gods and aliens. They use technology that is very close to magic. There's just a lot of similarities between them and the MCU Asgardians. So in their origin, their realm is actually located close to the source of all life in the universe. Because of this people born there are born with god like qualities (extreme endurance and long lives, ect.). They are also basically avatars for certain universal forces and can more or less channel them. I like to think something similar is going on with the MCU Asgardians.", "human_ref_B": "Before their technomagic advanced to the point where they could control the local weather Asgardians had to deal with a much more hostile environment. Believe it or not, the planet of Asgard used to naturally rain metal pellets from the sky (highly active volcanic systems put a lot of metal into the atmosphere). The Asgardians had to evolve to deal with these natural bullets, hence their durability", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3787.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9kp0nv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[MCU] Could a sufficiently powerful person deny the snap of the infinity gauntlet? It's revealed that Spiderman lasted as long as he did when the snap happened because he was actively fighting against disappearing as well as having a strong enough will to resist. So, does that mean that a sufficiently powerful character, one more powerful than Spiderman, or at least has a stronger will, If they knew the snap was coming, could they hold it off indefinitely and just outright deny being snapped?", "c_root_id_A": "e70pl67", "c_root_id_B": "e70tnzr", "created_at_utc_A": 1538472674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1538480301.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "You got a source on that claim dog?", "human_ref_B": "My gut says yes, although admittedly we don't have enough data to reach a definitive conclusion. The fact that Spiderman could resist the snap at all suggested that durability, regeneration and/or willpower can at least partially mitigate its effects. Potentially a being with higher stats could cancel it out entirely (or at least endure it till it was over). There's also a theory that Ant-Man evaded the snap by being in the quantum realm, which would create another mechanic to resist it (although this is conjecture for now, no one knows exactly why Ant-man was spared). But my final point is philosophical: the snap is not instanteous. In fact, there was enough time for Nick Fury to send a page between when he started disappearing and turned to dust entirely. This tells me that a sufficiently powerful being could probably use this window to save themselves somehow (i.e., travel forward or backwards in time, separate their mind from their phsyical body, escape to a parallel dimension/realm, etc.). This might not be the straightforward \"resist/deny the snap\" you asked about, but I'm pretty sure that a sufficiently powerful being could find a way to survive the snap.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7627.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p8a0jv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] What is the current status of Gungnir, Odin's spear? Location, wielder, is it even in one piece? Given the implied power level of Bor and Odin and being made by the same smiths as Stormbreaker, I imagine it's an immensely powerful object, maybe even able to independently channel Odinforce/Bifrost.", "c_root_id_A": "h9ot517", "c_root_id_B": "h9ot5vu", "created_at_utc_A": 1629481703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629481712.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "We last see Gungir during the battle between Hela and Thor where Thor drops it in the Throne room. From there we have a few possible fates for the spear. (1) It was destroyed when Surtur razed Asgard. Surtur would be one of few beings that could destroy something that powerful. (2) The Asgardians waited in the Statesmen and collected it from the wreckage of Asgard along with any other treasures they could. Thor would have tried to use it against Thanos when he attacked the Statesman so likely the spear would have been taken by Thanos. It's possible the escaping Asgardians had it instead of Thor but then it's weird Thor wouldn't have used it in Endgame. (3) Hela Survived Surtur since we never actually see her die and she has it with her wherever she is. (4) The Asgardians didn't go back to thier ruined home and it's floating in Space (5) The Collector heard of the destruction of Asgard and would have dispatched agents to collect anything rare left in the wreckage. Then the spear would have been at Nowhere when Thanos attacked, again likely leading to it being in Thanos' possession", "human_ref_B": "The last time we see it is in *Thor:Ragnarok.* It's in Thor's possession when he challenges Hela. She disarms him, and presumably it's left on the floor of Asgard's Throne room. At that point it's up in the air; It may have been destroyed along with Asgard, or it may have been flung across the cosmos by the explosion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9.0, "score_ratio": 2.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg94rux", "c_root_id_B": "eg94r50", "created_at_utc_A": 1549917962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549917951.0, "score_A": 122, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "It would... murder them. Pennywise prefers his food afraid, because fear \"seasons the meat.\" It's still a huge-ass monster that can rip you limb from limb.", "human_ref_B": "Probably would tear them apart out of fun. Pw would not get anything from the experience but would delight in trying to elicit fear from this person. I fear for the next victim, who will be subjected to Pw\u2019s frustration/hunger after dealing with the fearless person", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11.0, "score_ratio": 3.1282051282, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg97dt7", "c_root_id_B": "eg95cfk", "created_at_utc_A": 1549919410.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549918276.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's suggested in the book that pennywise draws power and sustenance from the town, the people's faith and belief, and that actually eating people is less about needing them as food but because the belief that monsters eat kids shapes him. Note that the events that begin and end his feeding periods don't involve him actually consuming anyone just deaths. Pennywise is not just a physical monster in books, he shapes people's actions making people both more violent and cruel and also more willing to accept violence and deaths as a matter of fact. Pennywise could be considered to be a kind of god powered by the town and there periodic sacrifices. TLDR pennywise isn't necessarily bound by fear and kills in indirect ways more often than might be suggested by adaptations.", "human_ref_B": "If It couldn't directly kill them then It would manipulate a madman into doing it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1134.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg95eyb", "c_root_id_B": "eg97dt7", "created_at_utc_A": 1549918316.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549919410.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Pennywise versus Eminem singing 'Not Afraid'", "human_ref_B": "It's suggested in the book that pennywise draws power and sustenance from the town, the people's faith and belief, and that actually eating people is less about needing them as food but because the belief that monsters eat kids shapes him. Note that the events that begin and end his feeding periods don't involve him actually consuming anyone just deaths. Pennywise is not just a physical monster in books, he shapes people's actions making people both more violent and cruel and also more willing to accept violence and deaths as a matter of fact. Pennywise could be considered to be a kind of god powered by the town and there periodic sacrifices. TLDR pennywise isn't necessarily bound by fear and kills in indirect ways more often than might be suggested by adaptations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1094.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg95eyb", "c_root_id_B": "eg9xks4", "created_at_utc_A": 1549918316.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549936763.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Pennywise versus Eminem singing 'Not Afraid'", "human_ref_B": "Curious about someone without fear and could fight back, like Daredevil or Dr Strange who deals with supernatural beings", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18447.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg9xks4", "c_root_id_B": "eg9rtof", "created_at_utc_A": 1549936763.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549932668.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Curious about someone without fear and could fight back, like Daredevil or Dr Strange who deals with supernatural beings", "human_ref_B": "yeah unless this \"completely fearless\" person can shine, pennywise will still kill them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4095.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg9evgj", "c_root_id_B": "eg9xks4", "created_at_utc_A": 1549923794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549936763.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He'd back off and leave them be, if they let him be. TVMovie Bobby doesn't wanna deal with the adult Losers, my personal thoughts being because their adult fear isnt as tasty. No fear at all should be completely unappealing. That being said, Im pretty sure BookPatrick had no fears but was still killed by a freezer full of flesh eating bugs. He might just kill you to kill you. Id say that worked out because it was a kid, and as he died he thought of his true fear (reality ending because only he was real)", "human_ref_B": "Curious about someone without fear and could fight back, like Daredevil or Dr Strange who deals with supernatural beings", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12969.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg9xks4", "c_root_id_B": "eg9ssd0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549936763.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549933377.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Curious about someone without fear and could fight back, like Daredevil or Dr Strange who deals with supernatural beings", "human_ref_B": "Pennywise would see through this facade. Everyone has a fear deep down", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3386.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg95eyb", "c_root_id_B": "egabwi0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549918316.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549947771.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pennywise versus Eminem singing 'Not Afraid'", "human_ref_B": "Read the Dark Tower when Dandelo deals with Roland", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29455.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "egabwi0", "c_root_id_B": "eg9rtof", "created_at_utc_A": 1549947771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549932668.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Read the Dark Tower when Dandelo deals with Roland", "human_ref_B": "yeah unless this \"completely fearless\" person can shine, pennywise will still kill them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15103.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "egab02r", "c_root_id_B": "egabwi0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549946944.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549947771.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Kill them and move on to someone else. Pennywise won't get a meal out of them but the fast he kills them the sooner he'll get to lunch.", "human_ref_B": "Read the Dark Tower when Dandelo deals with Roland", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 827.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "egabwi0", "c_root_id_B": "eg9evgj", "created_at_utc_A": 1549947771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549923794.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Read the Dark Tower when Dandelo deals with Roland", "human_ref_B": "He'd back off and leave them be, if they let him be. TVMovie Bobby doesn't wanna deal with the adult Losers, my personal thoughts being because their adult fear isnt as tasty. No fear at all should be completely unappealing. That being said, Im pretty sure BookPatrick had no fears but was still killed by a freezer full of flesh eating bugs. He might just kill you to kill you. Id say that worked out because it was a kid, and as he died he thought of his true fear (reality ending because only he was real)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23977.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg9ssd0", "c_root_id_B": "egabwi0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549933377.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549947771.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pennywise would see through this facade. Everyone has a fear deep down", "human_ref_B": "Read the Dark Tower when Dandelo deals with Roland", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14394.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg9evgj", "c_root_id_B": "eg9rtof", "created_at_utc_A": 1549923794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549932668.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He'd back off and leave them be, if they let him be. TVMovie Bobby doesn't wanna deal with the adult Losers, my personal thoughts being because their adult fear isnt as tasty. No fear at all should be completely unappealing. That being said, Im pretty sure BookPatrick had no fears but was still killed by a freezer full of flesh eating bugs. He might just kill you to kill you. Id say that worked out because it was a kid, and as he died he thought of his true fear (reality ending because only he was real)", "human_ref_B": "yeah unless this \"completely fearless\" person can shine, pennywise will still kill them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8874.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "eg9evgj", "c_root_id_B": "egab02r", "created_at_utc_A": 1549923794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549946944.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He'd back off and leave them be, if they let him be. TVMovie Bobby doesn't wanna deal with the adult Losers, my personal thoughts being because their adult fear isnt as tasty. No fear at all should be completely unappealing. That being said, Im pretty sure BookPatrick had no fears but was still killed by a freezer full of flesh eating bugs. He might just kill you to kill you. Id say that worked out because it was a kid, and as he died he thought of his true fear (reality ending because only he was real)", "human_ref_B": "Kill them and move on to someone else. Pennywise won't get a meal out of them but the fast he kills them the sooner he'll get to lunch.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23150.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "egab02r", "c_root_id_B": "eg9ssd0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549946944.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549933377.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Kill them and move on to someone else. Pennywise won't get a meal out of them but the fast he kills them the sooner he'll get to lunch.", "human_ref_B": "Pennywise would see through this facade. Everyone has a fear deep down", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13567.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "ehzj8xi", "c_root_id_B": "eg9evgj", "created_at_utc_A": 1551957660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549923794.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/u_loursdz] [\\[StephenKing\\] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "He'd back off and leave them be, if they let him be. TVMovie Bobby doesn't wanna deal with the adult Losers, my personal thoughts being because their adult fear isnt as tasty. No fear at all should be completely unappealing. That being said, Im pretty sure BookPatrick had no fears but was still killed by a freezer full of flesh eating bugs. He might just kill you to kill you. Id say that worked out because it was a kid, and as he died he thought of his true fear (reality ending because only he was real)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2033866.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apkopy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[StephenKing] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless? I'm not saying fearless in that they may be afraid of the *void*, entropy, or some completely intangible thing...this person is **100% unequivocally fearless**, it's just not even a concept to this individual.", "c_root_id_A": "ehzj8xi", "c_root_id_B": "eg9ssd0", "created_at_utc_A": 1551957660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549933377.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/u_loursdz] [\\[StephenKing\\] How would Pennywise the Dancing Clown deal with someone who is completely fearless?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "human_ref_B": "Pennywise would see through this facade. Everyone has a fear deep down", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2024283.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ixrdwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[stargate]is it normal for people on Chulak to wait as long as Teal'c did to have children? Teal'c Was born in the 1890s but didn\u2019t have a kid until the late 1980s, most people who live in preindustrial societies have kids before they\u2019re even out of their teens", "c_root_id_A": "g68t6xv", "c_root_id_B": "g68kvti", "created_at_utc_A": 1600802831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600798734.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Different culture and biological clock. Teal'c still looks physically young, not sure his mate's age. It seems they take it seriously. It would not surprise me if breeding requirements imposed by their gods. After all, they need a snake for each adult one.", "human_ref_B": "For the Humans of Chulak definitely not and I personally I doubt most Jaffa wait that long. Teal'c rose to the rank of First Prime of Apophis which is a rank that I imagine would likely require a lot of dedicated training, practice and battles to prove himself so it wouldn't surprise me if he married later in life Drey'auc or that they spent long periods apart. Plus it is not out of the question that Teal'c and Drey'auc might have lost children before Rya'c was born.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4097.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ixrdwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[stargate]is it normal for people on Chulak to wait as long as Teal'c did to have children? Teal'c Was born in the 1890s but didn\u2019t have a kid until the late 1980s, most people who live in preindustrial societies have kids before they\u2019re even out of their teens", "c_root_id_A": "g68t6xv", "c_root_id_B": "g68flcw", "created_at_utc_A": 1600802831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600796197.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Different culture and biological clock. Teal'c still looks physically young, not sure his mate's age. It seems they take it seriously. It would not surprise me if breeding requirements imposed by their gods. After all, they need a snake for each adult one.", "human_ref_B": "i dont know much about the childhood of the jaffa, but those with a snake in their belly can live for a very long time, so if you are in the army, you might not need to get children untill you feel like it. also, them being basically slaves they might not be allowed to get children untill they rise in rank, or it might be that since tealc was such a high rank that he wasnt allowed to get children untill late", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6634.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ixrdwf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[stargate]is it normal for people on Chulak to wait as long as Teal'c did to have children? Teal'c Was born in the 1890s but didn\u2019t have a kid until the late 1980s, most people who live in preindustrial societies have kids before they\u2019re even out of their teens", "c_root_id_A": "g68kvti", "c_root_id_B": "g68flcw", "created_at_utc_A": 1600798734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600796197.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "For the Humans of Chulak definitely not and I personally I doubt most Jaffa wait that long. Teal'c rose to the rank of First Prime of Apophis which is a rank that I imagine would likely require a lot of dedicated training, practice and battles to prove himself so it wouldn't surprise me if he married later in life Drey'auc or that they spent long periods apart. Plus it is not out of the question that Teal'c and Drey'auc might have lost children before Rya'c was born.", "human_ref_B": "i dont know much about the childhood of the jaffa, but those with a snake in their belly can live for a very long time, so if you are in the army, you might not need to get children untill you feel like it. also, them being basically slaves they might not be allowed to get children untill they rise in rank, or it might be that since tealc was such a high rank that he wasnt allowed to get children untill late", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2537.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egulsa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Mass Effect 3] What was the plan after the battle of Earth? The marketing campaign leading up to Mass Effect 3 was to stop the Reapers and to #TakeEarthBack. For the entirety of the game Shepard is recruiting allies and fleets for this endeavor. It always struck me as extremely illogical that all the races of the galaxy would pool the majority of the war effort into one desperate assault on one planet. The only justification that Shepard gives the Citadel Council is that *\"Earth took the brunt of the attack\"*. Alright, so what? There are a number of more strategic sites around the galaxy that need defense such as the Citadel (why the Reapers did not immediately rush the Citadel is for another time). The Crucible also factors into how illogical this entire war effort is as well. Admiral Hackett states outright that no one knows what the superweapon does. He goes on to compare the Crucible to the Manhattan Project in regards to this concern. However, we know that the U.S. military *did* have a test of their nuclear weapon before deploying with codename Trinity. So Hackett's concern is just ignorant. For the sake of this question, let's say that none of the Citadel shenanigans went down meaning that Shepard and the Alliance eliminated the Illusive Man and Cerberus at Cronos station. As a result of this, the Reapers do not move the Citadel to Earth orbit. However, to spite Shepard, the Illusive Man destroys the Prothean V.I. containing vital information about how to operate the Crucible. Given all of this, what would have been the result of the battle of Earth and what would have been the strategy afterwards if any at all?", "c_root_id_A": "fc9ydhq", "c_root_id_B": "fc9yc6a", "created_at_utc_A": 1577560051.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577560035.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "To answer the first aspect of your question, it was simply a united front, humanity had quickly arisen to be a powerhouses amongst the more older and established species. To simply give up what is quickly becoming a foundational species of the Citadel could easily be a death knell, if they werent willing to mobilise for the defence of humanity, then they wont be willing to mobilise for the next defence or the next defence and its too late by then. It was more important that the entire galaxy unified to attack on a single front, the fact it was at earth is just a minor point. >So Hackett's concern is just ignorant. The Manhattan project began before the Trinity project and there were actually some concerns and I shit you not, that it would set the atmosphere on fire through an ongoing chain reaction. While those fears werent actualised, it isnt really ignorant to draw parallels of unknowns between fearsome weapons of the manhattan project and the Crucible. >what would have been the strategy afterwards if any at all? The plan would have been simple, fight all out as a united front against the Reapers, if you lose, then you lose knowing that the galaxy more or less presented its best possible known defence at the time. The cycle continues albeit with the Reapers a bit more wary and more likely to harvest a bit sooner. If you win, then you know you can militarily take on the Reapers and from there you will need to coordinate and strategize from the information gleaned from the winning battle.", "human_ref_B": "If the Citadel had never been moved to Earth I don't think they would have tried to retake the planet. They'd probably scrambled their forces that was involved in the attack on Kronos base, to try and avoid Reapers sent to investigate. Then the Normandy crew would try to find the next largest Prothean data base.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egulsa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Mass Effect 3] What was the plan after the battle of Earth? The marketing campaign leading up to Mass Effect 3 was to stop the Reapers and to #TakeEarthBack. For the entirety of the game Shepard is recruiting allies and fleets for this endeavor. It always struck me as extremely illogical that all the races of the galaxy would pool the majority of the war effort into one desperate assault on one planet. The only justification that Shepard gives the Citadel Council is that *\"Earth took the brunt of the attack\"*. Alright, so what? There are a number of more strategic sites around the galaxy that need defense such as the Citadel (why the Reapers did not immediately rush the Citadel is for another time). The Crucible also factors into how illogical this entire war effort is as well. Admiral Hackett states outright that no one knows what the superweapon does. He goes on to compare the Crucible to the Manhattan Project in regards to this concern. However, we know that the U.S. military *did* have a test of their nuclear weapon before deploying with codename Trinity. So Hackett's concern is just ignorant. For the sake of this question, let's say that none of the Citadel shenanigans went down meaning that Shepard and the Alliance eliminated the Illusive Man and Cerberus at Cronos station. As a result of this, the Reapers do not move the Citadel to Earth orbit. However, to spite Shepard, the Illusive Man destroys the Prothean V.I. containing vital information about how to operate the Crucible. Given all of this, what would have been the result of the battle of Earth and what would have been the strategy afterwards if any at all?", "c_root_id_A": "fc9yc6a", "c_root_id_B": "fc9zkxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1577560035.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577560572.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If the Citadel had never been moved to Earth I don't think they would have tried to retake the planet. They'd probably scrambled their forces that was involved in the attack on Kronos base, to try and avoid Reapers sent to investigate. Then the Normandy crew would try to find the next largest Prothean data base.", "human_ref_B": "They didn't have a plan. All of Shepard's work throughout ME3 is just to barely hold the Reapers off by bringing all major existing fleets into the fight while trying to figure out what in the world the Crucible even does. The Protheans fought the Reapers for at least a few generations before organized resistance collapsed, but the united Milky Way forces weren't projected to last longer than *one year*. All of this was fucked long before Shepard was born, and only the Crucible served as a potential Hail Mary since the Protheans worked so hard to pass it on. Shepard starts the game wanting the Council to send help to Earth because 90% of humanity is there being actively exterminated by the Reaper armada. However, the situation degenerates into the entire galaxy losing the war long before this can go anywhere. In the end, they go to Earth because the Citadel has been moved there, and the Crucible is meant to interface with the Citadel.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 537.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "egulsa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Mass Effect 3] What was the plan after the battle of Earth? The marketing campaign leading up to Mass Effect 3 was to stop the Reapers and to #TakeEarthBack. For the entirety of the game Shepard is recruiting allies and fleets for this endeavor. It always struck me as extremely illogical that all the races of the galaxy would pool the majority of the war effort into one desperate assault on one planet. The only justification that Shepard gives the Citadel Council is that *\"Earth took the brunt of the attack\"*. Alright, so what? There are a number of more strategic sites around the galaxy that need defense such as the Citadel (why the Reapers did not immediately rush the Citadel is for another time). The Crucible also factors into how illogical this entire war effort is as well. Admiral Hackett states outright that no one knows what the superweapon does. He goes on to compare the Crucible to the Manhattan Project in regards to this concern. However, we know that the U.S. military *did* have a test of their nuclear weapon before deploying with codename Trinity. So Hackett's concern is just ignorant. For the sake of this question, let's say that none of the Citadel shenanigans went down meaning that Shepard and the Alliance eliminated the Illusive Man and Cerberus at Cronos station. As a result of this, the Reapers do not move the Citadel to Earth orbit. However, to spite Shepard, the Illusive Man destroys the Prothean V.I. containing vital information about how to operate the Crucible. Given all of this, what would have been the result of the battle of Earth and what would have been the strategy afterwards if any at all?", "c_root_id_A": "fc9yqvb", "c_root_id_B": "fc9zkxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1577560215.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577560572.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The bulk of the reaper fleet was in or near the sol system so hitting it was the most logical target for mass damage to the reapers. Harbinger was also believed to be on earth and it was the closest thing to a reaper leader. Assuming they managed to defeat the reaper threat in alliance space it'd be simple work to send out smaller fleets to hunt down the isolated reaper forces throughout the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "They didn't have a plan. All of Shepard's work throughout ME3 is just to barely hold the Reapers off by bringing all major existing fleets into the fight while trying to figure out what in the world the Crucible even does. The Protheans fought the Reapers for at least a few generations before organized resistance collapsed, but the united Milky Way forces weren't projected to last longer than *one year*. All of this was fucked long before Shepard was born, and only the Crucible served as a potential Hail Mary since the Protheans worked so hard to pass it on. Shepard starts the game wanting the Council to send help to Earth because 90% of humanity is there being actively exterminated by the Reaper armada. However, the situation degenerates into the entire galaxy losing the war long before this can go anywhere. In the end, they go to Earth because the Citadel has been moved there, and the Crucible is meant to interface with the Citadel.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 357.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tc7ri5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Elden Ring] How Functional is Society Post-Shattering? Let's say I am some random guard in one of the various towns and cities in the region, just spending my day hoping some Tarnished doesn't ride by and kick me off a bridge for my runes. At the end of a long day of patrolling, do I go home to a house and family? Most of my city seems to be overrun with monsters. How bad is it really? Are there generally safe areas of the city to live in? Do I get paid for doing my job? Is there still a semi-functional economy to even spend money in? And does all of this feel normal to me? Is this an apocalyptic, end-of-the-world type vibe, or is it just everyday life and I'm used to it by now?", "c_root_id_A": "i0c05n5", "c_root_id_B": "i0byksi", "created_at_utc_A": 1647059700.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647058810.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "From what I've seen, not only does society not function, reality itself doesn't function so well. I'm not sure if it feels normal to you or not, but this isn't a apocalyptic vibe, it's a post apocalyptic hellscape. You're not awaiting the end of the world. The world has ended and you're wondering why you're still here.", "human_ref_B": "Death no longer works. The people you see that are \"Normal\" are... Undeadish? There are very few people not effected by the fact that the whole world is.. Broken. There is no functional society. The main storyline people you run into the most are desperately trying to get you and people like you to FIX society.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 890.0, "score_ratio": 2.0512820513, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tc7ri5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Elden Ring] How Functional is Society Post-Shattering? Let's say I am some random guard in one of the various towns and cities in the region, just spending my day hoping some Tarnished doesn't ride by and kick me off a bridge for my runes. At the end of a long day of patrolling, do I go home to a house and family? Most of my city seems to be overrun with monsters. How bad is it really? Are there generally safe areas of the city to live in? Do I get paid for doing my job? Is there still a semi-functional economy to even spend money in? And does all of this feel normal to me? Is this an apocalyptic, end-of-the-world type vibe, or is it just everyday life and I'm used to it by now?", "c_root_id_A": "i0cksm8", "c_root_id_B": "i0cu06y", "created_at_utc_A": 1647074267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647082145.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Take a look for yourself. The land is overrun by undying monstrosities and everything that could vaguely be considered human is a chattering zombie swinging their sword at anything in sight. Normal people far past their natural lifespans have gone completely mad in the absence of Death and the Golden Order being broken as it is means the whole world is walking a tightrope of life and entropy, unable to decay but unable to advance either. If causality as you know wasn't broken to its core, there would be no need for the Tarnished to restore natural order to the world. But it is. And things are bad. Really bad.", "human_ref_B": "It's better than other From games honestly, but it's still a post apocalyptic hellscape. A lot of people are actually still intelligent. The knights generally seem to be following their lord because they choose to, and even slaves sometimes still have individual thoughts, such as >!the dude who helps you get into Godrick's castle.!< Then we have something like Radahn. >!The entire festival is a plot to mercy kill him. This is something huge, obviously organized by sane people, and Blaidd and Alexander prove that the message about it has gone far.!< That said? There's no real society left. The upper eschelon follow their lords, but without any endgame. If you read a piece of Godrick Knight armor, it reads \"time has yet to dull their luster\". But honestly? It's just a matter of time. The Shattering has happened, the lords have waged their war, and there's nothing for anyone to do now. Peasants are rare, cities now consist entirely of guards left by the lords or of insane people, and anyone you meet on the road is surely out to get you. >Do I get paid for doing my job? What could you want? Where are you going to go with any money? The merchants around the world strictly sell things you need for survival, and you're a soldier who has been provided gear by your lord. You're also maidenless, you can't use runes to power yourself up. >Is there still a semi-functional economy to even spend money in? Sure, runes. There's merchants all around, but I've pointed out that already. >Is this an apocalyptic, end-of-the-world type vibe, or is it just everyday life and I'm used to it by now? Does one exclude the other? The world has ended. Now you just go about your day until, hopefully, someone fixes it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7878.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhs4hyn", "c_root_id_B": "hhs3vxs", "created_at_utc_A": 1635021469.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635021191.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Batman's cape can be used for gliding, as a shield, as a weapon, a way to hide his hand movements, and to help scare people.", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes it just makes the costume look better", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 278.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhs7a1e", "c_root_id_B": "hhs3vxs", "created_at_utc_A": 1635022749.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635021191.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In My Hero Academia during Lemilion\u2019s fight with Overhaul he uses his cape to obscure a villain\u2019s shot (due to his intangibility power he could only reliably hurt him by targeting the arm he was using to hold on to the girl he was trying to rescue). He also states that (detachable) capes also serve the purpose of being able to comfort victims/bystanders.", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes it just makes the costume look better", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1558.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhs3vxs", "c_root_id_B": "hhs82bc", "created_at_utc_A": 1635021191.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635023107.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Sometimes it just makes the costume look better", "human_ref_B": "Honestly, it's primarily aesthetics. There are plenty of people willing to be a bit less safe if it makes them look like a badass.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1916.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhs7gkm", "c_root_id_B": "hhs82bc", "created_at_utc_A": 1635022830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635023107.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "As everyone has stated, batman's cape serves multifunctions. Even a regular cape can be useful for hiding your shape from an enemy. Archers or gunners would have a tougher time drawing a bead on you. Also can be used in a fight to entangle the enemy if you train to use it so.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly, it's primarily aesthetics. There are plenty of people willing to be a bit less safe if it makes them look like a badass.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 277.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhsd0in", "c_root_id_B": "hht5z5x", "created_at_utc_A": 1635025396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635039024.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "They're read Hithiker's Guide to the Galaxy and know they need a towel. There are few better ways to disguise a towel than as a cape.", "human_ref_B": "In the Supergirl TV show they had an episode where MonEl was teaching her how to use the cape as a weapon in combat. It was pretty neat, but they never really used it again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13628.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhs7gkm", "c_root_id_B": "hht5z5x", "created_at_utc_A": 1635022830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635039024.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "As everyone has stated, batman's cape serves multifunctions. Even a regular cape can be useful for hiding your shape from an enemy. Archers or gunners would have a tougher time drawing a bead on you. Also can be used in a fight to entangle the enemy if you train to use it so.", "human_ref_B": "In the Supergirl TV show they had an episode where MonEl was teaching her how to use the cape as a weapon in combat. It was pretty neat, but they never really used it again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16194.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhtdozq", "c_root_id_B": "hhs7gkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1635042793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635022830.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Superman's cape is made of Kryptonian fabric that's nearly as invulnerable as he is. He regularly uses it to protect people he's rescuing, wrapping them in it as he flies them through fire or other hazards to safety. Doctor Strange's cape allows him to fly and appears to be sentient, able to grasp things for the hero and even fight on his behalf.", "human_ref_B": "As everyone has stated, batman's cape serves multifunctions. Even a regular cape can be useful for hiding your shape from an enemy. Archers or gunners would have a tougher time drawing a bead on you. Also can be used in a fight to entangle the enemy if you train to use it so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19963.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhtgdb4", "c_root_id_B": "hhs7gkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1635044129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635022830.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "For fliers, you're increasing drag opposite the direction of travel, trading speed for enhanced stability. Manipulation of the cape could also increase pitch and roll rate or be used for aerobraking.", "human_ref_B": "As everyone has stated, batman's cape serves multifunctions. Even a regular cape can be useful for hiding your shape from an enemy. Archers or gunners would have a tougher time drawing a bead on you. Also can be used in a fight to entangle the enemy if you train to use it so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21299.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhtgaop", "c_root_id_B": "hhtgdb4", "created_at_utc_A": 1635044092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635044129.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In the supergirl show she has problems maneuvering at high speeds without one.", "human_ref_B": "For fliers, you're increasing drag opposite the direction of travel, trading speed for enhanced stability. Manipulation of the cape could also increase pitch and roll rate or be used for aerobraking.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qecwvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[superheroes] What is a reason why superheroes SHOULD wear capes? (Villains too, I guess)", "c_root_id_A": "hhsd0in", "c_root_id_B": "hhs7gkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1635025396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635022830.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They're read Hithiker's Guide to the Galaxy and know they need a towel. There are few better ways to disguise a towel than as a cape.", "human_ref_B": "As everyone has stated, batman's cape serves multifunctions. Even a regular cape can be useful for hiding your shape from an enemy. Archers or gunners would have a tougher time drawing a bead on you. Also can be used in a fight to entangle the enemy if you train to use it so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2566.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyw8tx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Aside from Star Wars, what science fiction universes involve humanity but don't have an Earth? I like the idea of a story involving humanity but not having to be constrained by what has actually happened here on Earth, a lot like Star Wars. Looking for some reading to do during this lockdown.", "c_root_id_A": "fn39p79", "c_root_id_B": "fn2fioc", "created_at_utc_A": 1586616137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586587204.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "* Eve Online: The human races have their own various homeworlds, and are only vaguely aware that Earth existed. When the Gallente sent probes to Caldari they saw *humans* looking back at them. * The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth gets yeeted in the first chapter. Space hitchhiking ensues. * (a weird example) Ace Combat: All the worthwhile games take place on an alternate version of Earth with totally different geography. (The creators were fans of Star Wars and wanted to copy the 'Galaxy Far Far Away' attitude, but with fighter jets.)", "human_ref_B": "In Hyperion Cantos earth is destroyed in 2008, 1000 years or so before the books take place. Not sure if that counts for your purposes, as there are even characters still alive to remember it, but spreading out through the universe and finding our place is space is a big theme.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28933.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyw8tx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Aside from Star Wars, what science fiction universes involve humanity but don't have an Earth? I like the idea of a story involving humanity but not having to be constrained by what has actually happened here on Earth, a lot like Star Wars. Looking for some reading to do during this lockdown.", "c_root_id_A": "fn39p79", "c_root_id_B": "fn2h9sg", "created_at_utc_A": 1586616137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586588957.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "* Eve Online: The human races have their own various homeworlds, and are only vaguely aware that Earth existed. When the Gallente sent probes to Caldari they saw *humans* looking back at them. * The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth gets yeeted in the first chapter. Space hitchhiking ensues. * (a weird example) Ace Combat: All the worthwhile games take place on an alternate version of Earth with totally different geography. (The creators were fans of Star Wars and wanted to copy the 'Galaxy Far Far Away' attitude, but with fighter jets.)", "human_ref_B": "Definitely Asimov's Foundation series. Actually in later parts of the novel, Earth was drawn into it but only in the much later novels. But for the most part, especially, in the first 3 books, Earth was not even mentioned at all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27180.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2dnj8q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Left 4 Dead] Why do the Witches cry? Virtually everything about them is rather mysterious, but one thing that plagues my mind is their crying.", "c_root_id_A": "cjr6z5p", "c_root_id_B": "cjr8yut", "created_at_utc_A": 1408125740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1408129227.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 112, "human_ref_A": "It's implied that they develop, rather than turning into regular zombies, because they were menstruating when they were infected.", "human_ref_B": "It's a hunting mechanism. The other infected are more aggressive in their biological mutations. Claws, tongues, bile that attracts others. The witch preys on something entirely human, sympathy. Infected don't cry. They gurgle and burp and growl. It's easy to know when an infected is in the next room. We can identify the threat and neutralize it. The Witch, pulls on heart strings. Appeals to our human side. That crying could very well be another survivor, hurt and in need of help. Think of the ambush bug which sits in the open, waiting for it's meal to come to it. There are...even stories of some survivors encountering witches that could...mimic their friend's voices. But I'm sure... I hope...it's just rumors.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3487.0, "score_ratio": 4.8695652174, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2dnj8q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Left 4 Dead] Why do the Witches cry? Virtually everything about them is rather mysterious, but one thing that plagues my mind is their crying.", "c_root_id_A": "cjr6z5p", "c_root_id_B": "cjre8k6", "created_at_utc_A": 1408125740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1408139198.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "It's implied that they develop, rather than turning into regular zombies, because they were menstruating when they were infected.", "human_ref_B": "They're the one kind of zombie that knows what it is. They're self aware, yet can't control their need for human flesh, nor will their semi-psychotic state allow them to kill themselves. Existence is pain for a Witch, made even more painful by flashing lights, and most painful by the realization that whoever's flashing those lights have delicious, delicious flesh.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13458.0, "score_ratio": 1.1304347826, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2dnj8q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Left 4 Dead] Why do the Witches cry? Virtually everything about them is rather mysterious, but one thing that plagues my mind is their crying.", "c_root_id_A": "cjrbgy2", "c_root_id_B": "cjre8k6", "created_at_utc_A": 1408133772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1408139198.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "A witch uses her scream to attract other zombies to the prey. After a messy fight, she swoops in and eats the scraps left over. There are birds that will alert larger animals to honeybee hives knowing they can scrounge a good meal", "human_ref_B": "They're the one kind of zombie that knows what it is. They're self aware, yet can't control their need for human flesh, nor will their semi-psychotic state allow them to kill themselves. Existence is pain for a Witch, made even more painful by flashing lights, and most painful by the realization that whoever's flashing those lights have delicious, delicious flesh.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5426.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2dnj8q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Left 4 Dead] Why do the Witches cry? Virtually everything about them is rather mysterious, but one thing that plagues my mind is their crying.", "c_root_id_A": "cjrj5pj", "c_root_id_B": "cjrbgy2", "created_at_utc_A": 1408150344.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1408133772.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Some time ago, me and some pals went by a sugar mill, and there were fucking *tons* of those things, walking around and crying their eyes out. Then one of my dumbass pals pissed one off when he tried to talk to one of them, because he thought maybe they weren't too far gone. Next thing we know, he's torn in half by these massive fucking harpy talons, and her screaming is bringing a horde down on us. But one thing I noticed in all the chaos, when Greg's torso landed on the ground with a bloody *thump*, was the look of sheer terror on that zombie's face. She looked at all of us with this wild look in her eyes. I thought she was going to come after me, but instead she buried her head in her hands, and ran off, wailing. I don't think she was afraid of us, she was afraid of what she had become. Somewhere, deep in her brain --or maybe not so deep-- she's still a human being. And that human being is not very happy about becoming a monster.", "human_ref_B": "A witch uses her scream to attract other zombies to the prey. After a messy fight, she swoops in and eats the scraps left over. There are birds that will alert larger animals to honeybee hives knowing they can scrounge a good meal", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16572.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2dnj8q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Left 4 Dead] Why do the Witches cry? Virtually everything about them is rather mysterious, but one thing that plagues my mind is their crying.", "c_root_id_A": "cjrg8ei", "c_root_id_B": "cjrj5pj", "created_at_utc_A": 1408143518.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1408150344.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "They are floating mentally somewhere between humanity and the nothingness of fried infected brain. Their screams are a symptom of torment and confusion and fear", "human_ref_B": "Some time ago, me and some pals went by a sugar mill, and there were fucking *tons* of those things, walking around and crying their eyes out. Then one of my dumbass pals pissed one off when he tried to talk to one of them, because he thought maybe they weren't too far gone. Next thing we know, he's torn in half by these massive fucking harpy talons, and her screaming is bringing a horde down on us. But one thing I noticed in all the chaos, when Greg's torso landed on the ground with a bloody *thump*, was the look of sheer terror on that zombie's face. She looked at all of us with this wild look in her eyes. I thought she was going to come after me, but instead she buried her head in her hands, and ran off, wailing. I don't think she was afraid of us, she was afraid of what she had become. Somewhere, deep in her brain --or maybe not so deep-- she's still a human being. And that human being is not very happy about becoming a monster.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6826.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2dnj8q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Left 4 Dead] Why do the Witches cry? Virtually everything about them is rather mysterious, but one thing that plagues my mind is their crying.", "c_root_id_A": "cjrimly", "c_root_id_B": "cjrj5pj", "created_at_utc_A": 1408149081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1408150344.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I don't remember where but I read *somewhere* that it's because they were infected while pregnant, and they cry for the loss of their unborn child.", "human_ref_B": "Some time ago, me and some pals went by a sugar mill, and there were fucking *tons* of those things, walking around and crying their eyes out. Then one of my dumbass pals pissed one off when he tried to talk to one of them, because he thought maybe they weren't too far gone. Next thing we know, he's torn in half by these massive fucking harpy talons, and her screaming is bringing a horde down on us. But one thing I noticed in all the chaos, when Greg's torso landed on the ground with a bloody *thump*, was the look of sheer terror on that zombie's face. She looked at all of us with this wild look in her eyes. I thought she was going to come after me, but instead she buried her head in her hands, and ran off, wailing. I don't think she was afraid of us, she was afraid of what she had become. Somewhere, deep in her brain --or maybe not so deep-- she's still a human being. And that human being is not very happy about becoming a monster.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1263.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "366hdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General anime] What the fuck is with everybodies hair? Everywhere I turn I see people with wacky colors and 7 foot long hair and it seems to just multiply and get bigger the farther from the head it goes. How is this even possible?", "c_root_id_A": "crbdjrt", "c_root_id_B": "crb9257", "created_at_utc_A": 1431812475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431802797.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Although the hair styling is more an artistic choice, wacky hairstyles and varied hair color help distinguish otherwise similarly faced characters. This allows production with dozens of artists keep a consistent look rather than attempting to draw varied faces, though it was done in the past, and clearly evolved with the artists responsible as they drew more. Hair color is also used to give hints about that characters' personality, as is their eye color. Though what each color means has evolved over time.", "human_ref_B": "Wacky colors? You mean like gingers? That's mean dude.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9678.0, "score_ratio": 2.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "366hdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General anime] What the fuck is with everybodies hair? Everywhere I turn I see people with wacky colors and 7 foot long hair and it seems to just multiply and get bigger the farther from the head it goes. How is this even possible?", "c_root_id_A": "crb5itg", "c_root_id_B": "crbdjrt", "created_at_utc_A": 1431795807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431812475.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Hair dye and conditioner.", "human_ref_B": "Although the hair styling is more an artistic choice, wacky hairstyles and varied hair color help distinguish otherwise similarly faced characters. This allows production with dozens of artists keep a consistent look rather than attempting to draw varied faces, though it was done in the past, and clearly evolved with the artists responsible as they drew more. Hair color is also used to give hints about that characters' personality, as is their eye color. Though what each color means has evolved over time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16668.0, "score_ratio": 4.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "366hdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General anime] What the fuck is with everybodies hair? Everywhere I turn I see people with wacky colors and 7 foot long hair and it seems to just multiply and get bigger the farther from the head it goes. How is this even possible?", "c_root_id_A": "crbbf4t", "c_root_id_B": "crbdjrt", "created_at_utc_A": 1431807780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431812475.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Static Ki-lectricity.", "human_ref_B": "Although the hair styling is more an artistic choice, wacky hairstyles and varied hair color help distinguish otherwise similarly faced characters. This allows production with dozens of artists keep a consistent look rather than attempting to draw varied faces, though it was done in the past, and clearly evolved with the artists responsible as they drew more. Hair color is also used to give hints about that characters' personality, as is their eye color. Though what each color means has evolved over time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4695.0, "score_ratio": 4.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "366hdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General anime] What the fuck is with everybodies hair? Everywhere I turn I see people with wacky colors and 7 foot long hair and it seems to just multiply and get bigger the farther from the head it goes. How is this even possible?", "c_root_id_A": "crbda8q", "c_root_id_B": "crbdjrt", "created_at_utc_A": 1431811878.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431812475.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Powerful life energy speeds the growth of hair up.", "human_ref_B": "Although the hair styling is more an artistic choice, wacky hairstyles and varied hair color help distinguish otherwise similarly faced characters. This allows production with dozens of artists keep a consistent look rather than attempting to draw varied faces, though it was done in the past, and clearly evolved with the artists responsible as they drew more. Hair color is also used to give hints about that characters' personality, as is their eye color. Though what each color means has evolved over time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 597.0, "score_ratio": 9.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "366hdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General anime] What the fuck is with everybodies hair? Everywhere I turn I see people with wacky colors and 7 foot long hair and it seems to just multiply and get bigger the farther from the head it goes. How is this even possible?", "c_root_id_A": "crb9257", "c_root_id_B": "crb5itg", "created_at_utc_A": 1431802797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431795807.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Wacky colors? You mean like gingers? That's mean dude.", "human_ref_B": "Hair dye and conditioner.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6990.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "366hdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General anime] What the fuck is with everybodies hair? Everywhere I turn I see people with wacky colors and 7 foot long hair and it seems to just multiply and get bigger the farther from the head it goes. How is this even possible?", "c_root_id_A": "crbtsew", "c_root_id_B": "crbda8q", "created_at_utc_A": 1431859176.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431811878.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Its genetics marking out special people for future consideration. Please consider that its only people with special hair that are the protagonists in these classrooms or battleships or whatever. If you think about it, the world is much much more simple as a result. Imagine if Hitler had orange physics defying hair... the world would be so much more simple since we all know hes going to turn out to be something special and could have planned around it early on. However since these people do have special hair, the administration can allocate friends, teachers and classrooms to these people in order to further develop their \"specialness\". Consider that they all have that wacky friend, that sexy teacher, that special childhood friend that \"coincidentally\" moved in when they were adolescents, that evil kid that is perpetually at odds with you, etc etc. Then consider that everywhere else in the world there are normal people with normal hair, interacting with normal people. Basically the governments and worlds have taken advantage of evolution in order to make a world that is more predictable where the special people can interact with each other and leave us all alone (except in cases where they synergize and explode the universe)", "human_ref_B": "Powerful life energy speeds the growth of hair up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47298.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "366hdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General anime] What the fuck is with everybodies hair? Everywhere I turn I see people with wacky colors and 7 foot long hair and it seems to just multiply and get bigger the farther from the head it goes. How is this even possible?", "c_root_id_A": "crbtsew", "c_root_id_B": "crbdzhl", "created_at_utc_A": 1431859176.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431813437.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Its genetics marking out special people for future consideration. Please consider that its only people with special hair that are the protagonists in these classrooms or battleships or whatever. If you think about it, the world is much much more simple as a result. Imagine if Hitler had orange physics defying hair... the world would be so much more simple since we all know hes going to turn out to be something special and could have planned around it early on. However since these people do have special hair, the administration can allocate friends, teachers and classrooms to these people in order to further develop their \"specialness\". Consider that they all have that wacky friend, that sexy teacher, that special childhood friend that \"coincidentally\" moved in when they were adolescents, that evil kid that is perpetually at odds with you, etc etc. Then consider that everywhere else in the world there are normal people with normal hair, interacting with normal people. Basically the governments and worlds have taken advantage of evolution in order to make a world that is more predictable where the special people can interact with each other and leave us all alone (except in cases where they synergize and explode the universe)", "human_ref_B": "It's to intimidate their enemies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45739.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "366hdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General anime] What the fuck is with everybodies hair? Everywhere I turn I see people with wacky colors and 7 foot long hair and it seems to just multiply and get bigger the farther from the head it goes. How is this even possible?", "c_root_id_A": "crbhkyj", "c_root_id_B": "crbtsew", "created_at_utc_A": 1431821602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431859176.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "In some anime, the length of a person's hair can indicate how powerful they have become on a short amount of time. ^see ^Dragonball ^z, ^yu ^yu ^hakusho, ^bleach", "human_ref_B": "Its genetics marking out special people for future consideration. Please consider that its only people with special hair that are the protagonists in these classrooms or battleships or whatever. If you think about it, the world is much much more simple as a result. Imagine if Hitler had orange physics defying hair... the world would be so much more simple since we all know hes going to turn out to be something special and could have planned around it early on. However since these people do have special hair, the administration can allocate friends, teachers and classrooms to these people in order to further develop their \"specialness\". Consider that they all have that wacky friend, that sexy teacher, that special childhood friend that \"coincidentally\" moved in when they were adolescents, that evil kid that is perpetually at odds with you, etc etc. Then consider that everywhere else in the world there are normal people with normal hair, interacting with normal people. Basically the governments and worlds have taken advantage of evolution in order to make a world that is more predictable where the special people can interact with each other and leave us all alone (except in cases where they synergize and explode the universe)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37574.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutr0ig", "c_root_id_B": "iutn3zt", "created_at_utc_A": 1667431100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667429405.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This is going to come mostly from a D&D perspective. The magic that wizards use is very technical in it's nature, manipulating magic requires not just extensive study but also very precise combinations of words, movements and materials. So at a basic level spell books are a Wizard's notebook where they record these details of the spells that they know. These spell books are often very personalized, most wizards develop their own notation system that they use to record their spells and two wizards might use slightly different methods to cast the same spell. So even if two Wizards had exactly the same list of known spells their actual spell books would probably be written very differently. Now in addition to the personalized notebooks there are other types of spell books around (sometimes referred to as tome or grimoires). These serve the same basic purpose as spell books but tend to be more formalized compared to the general purpose notebook style of the average spell book. Some of these are intended as training aids and are written to be as clear and easy to understand as possible so that students can more easily learn new spells from them. Others are still heavily personalized and are a place where a wizard formally records their spells as cleaner backup than their every-day working notebook.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1695.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutqc1o", "c_root_id_B": "iutn3zt", "created_at_utc_A": 1667430802.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667429405.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The webcomic Prequel Adventure has just started an arc going into this (obviously non-canon). There's a lot of flowery language and a heavy use of metaphor, but that's because magic isn't science. You can't just say \"Do x and y to get z\" because that implies there's a clear, bright path or formula you can just solve to get things done. Magic is at least slightly different for everyone, and so you have to explain things in a roundabout way so that the magician is convinced they can do it before they figure out that you're full of nonsense. So, a lot like self-help books, except these actually work.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutqdrs", "c_root_id_B": "iutn3zt", "created_at_utc_A": 1667430824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667429405.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In most spell books across the fantasy Genre, it assumes that if you have it and can read it, you know how to use at least some magic. Spellbooks themselves are typically for recording specific spells. In D&D, the actual contents of a spellbook are a series of arcane Mathematical formulas that describe exactly how to manipulate the Weave (the source of all arcane Magic in D&D, overseen by the Goddess Mystra) in order to produce the desired effect. These Spellbooks typically contain the full knowledge of any given wizard in an encrypted format to prevent their knowledge from being easily stolen. In the Elder Scrolls, Spell books are somewhat similar, but mostly contain only a single spell, and involve none of the D&D specific aspects like the Weave. In any other media... the contents of a spellbook range from being magically empowering in and of themselves (Like magical tomes that automatically imbue you with their knowledge as long as you have them), to being similar to those in D&D or TES. It really depends on the setting.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1419.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutn3zt", "c_root_id_B": "iuuac7u", "created_at_utc_A": 1667429405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667439342.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d imagine that a spell tome is, at least partially, just a \u201chow to do this spell, what it does, what you need to do it\u201d, then maybe some step-by-step training methods (like say, a Mage Hand manual saying \u201ctry lifting [series of small objects] before trying anything heavier\u201d, but then the *rest* of the book is things like, what to do if it doesn\u2019t go off (troubleshooting, for lack of a better term), potential use cases, common problems and challenges, limits when using this particular spell, etc etc", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9937.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutn3zt", "c_root_id_B": "iuw9tr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1667429405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667484716.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think the concept of Spell Tomes in pop culture can be traced back to Jack Vance's dying earth series. Books of magic have existed in fiction a long time, but they usually were depicted as instructions on how to perform rituals instead of the modern concept of books that teach you to breathe fire and whatnot. In Vance's novels, spell books and scrolls were hypermathematical formulas that allowed one to perceive the gaps and mistakes in the laws of reality and exploit them in specific ways. Think of it like hacking the source code of physics. Because the concepts were so complex, only the most brilliant or insane could memorize multiple spells, and as soon as the spell was cast the user lost their grip upon it and would have to memorize the spell all over again. So to answer your question, I think spell tomes would be mathematical and scientific proofs explaining why pointing at someone and shouting \"blammo\", while thinking about the smell of burnt toast, will cause them to disintegrate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 55311.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutvsxf", "c_root_id_B": "iutn3zt", "created_at_utc_A": 1667433164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667429405.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In some manwha (Korean web comics) magic is treated kind of like a chemical reaction and a circuit. So the scroll or book would look like a puzzle. Basically to create fire you need a circuit of oxygen and a spark. Use your internal energy, aura, mana, etc to move oxygen in this pattern and then create heat = fire spell. So magic researchers spend their days lifetime coming up with larger and more intricate spells. Which are more complex and requires more mana to execute. I've also seen it explained as the universe is a creation and these magic words are like the command line on a PC.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3759.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutn3zt", "c_root_id_B": "iuug5yi", "created_at_utc_A": 1667429405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667441850.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": ">I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. If you like written fiction, you should check out _Pact_ and _Pale_, two modern fantasy serials that include whole sections of in-world texts on the subject of magic (though not as straightforward as a spellbook in a video game). The closest in that universe would probably be the three major texts, *Implementum*, *Famulus* and *Demesnes*. These are full textbooks, each covering a defining ritual of Western Practioners (spell-casting human) - the Implement, the Demesne, and the Familiar. Pact - if you just want the lore texts, look for the chapters that are tagged \"(Pages)\" in the Table of Contents Pale - Collected in Extra Materials, alongside other in-universe stuff like flyers, notes, etc. The numbers before the Extra Materials title show you where they're intended to be read. So [6.3]Implementum means it's intended to be read after reading chapter 6.3, and may contain spoilers up to that point.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12445.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iuwe8r9", "c_root_id_B": "iutn3zt", "created_at_utc_A": 1667486537.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667429405.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s worth noting that a \u201cspell book\u201d isn\u2019t always a *book*. It can be any form of recorded media\u2026 a stone tablet, a scroll, a bit of long tree bark, the engraved tooth or horn of something very large, a carved shell, an obelisk or stele, a string of beads, etc. If you can use it to record information, you can use it to record spellcasting techniques and methods. Even when it *is* a traditional-looking, oblong block-shape book, there\u2019s nothing that says the pages bound within must be *paper*. Take the Book of the Dead (from *The Mummy*), it\u2019s a collection of massive gold plates hinged together. The book\u2019s \u201cleaves\u201d could be wood or stone just as easily, and while it looks very thick it actually only has about 12 \u201cpages\u201d.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57132.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutr0ig", "c_root_id_B": "iutqc1o", "created_at_utc_A": 1667431100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667430802.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "This is going to come mostly from a D&D perspective. The magic that wizards use is very technical in it's nature, manipulating magic requires not just extensive study but also very precise combinations of words, movements and materials. So at a basic level spell books are a Wizard's notebook where they record these details of the spells that they know. These spell books are often very personalized, most wizards develop their own notation system that they use to record their spells and two wizards might use slightly different methods to cast the same spell. So even if two Wizards had exactly the same list of known spells their actual spell books would probably be written very differently. Now in addition to the personalized notebooks there are other types of spell books around (sometimes referred to as tome or grimoires). These serve the same basic purpose as spell books but tend to be more formalized compared to the general purpose notebook style of the average spell book. Some of these are intended as training aids and are written to be as clear and easy to understand as possible so that students can more easily learn new spells from them. Others are still heavily personalized and are a place where a wizard formally records their spells as cleaner backup than their every-day working notebook.", "human_ref_B": "The webcomic Prequel Adventure has just started an arc going into this (obviously non-canon). There's a lot of flowery language and a heavy use of metaphor, but that's because magic isn't science. You can't just say \"Do x and y to get z\" because that implies there's a clear, bright path or formula you can just solve to get things done. Magic is at least slightly different for everyone, and so you have to explain things in a roundabout way so that the magician is convinced they can do it before they figure out that you're full of nonsense. So, a lot like self-help books, except these actually work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 298.0, "score_ratio": 1.9285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutqdrs", "c_root_id_B": "iutr0ig", "created_at_utc_A": 1667430824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667431100.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "In most spell books across the fantasy Genre, it assumes that if you have it and can read it, you know how to use at least some magic. Spellbooks themselves are typically for recording specific spells. In D&D, the actual contents of a spellbook are a series of arcane Mathematical formulas that describe exactly how to manipulate the Weave (the source of all arcane Magic in D&D, overseen by the Goddess Mystra) in order to produce the desired effect. These Spellbooks typically contain the full knowledge of any given wizard in an encrypted format to prevent their knowledge from being easily stolen. In the Elder Scrolls, Spell books are somewhat similar, but mostly contain only a single spell, and involve none of the D&D specific aspects like the Weave. In any other media... the contents of a spellbook range from being magically empowering in and of themselves (Like magical tomes that automatically imbue you with their knowledge as long as you have them), to being similar to those in D&D or TES. It really depends on the setting.", "human_ref_B": "This is going to come mostly from a D&D perspective. The magic that wizards use is very technical in it's nature, manipulating magic requires not just extensive study but also very precise combinations of words, movements and materials. So at a basic level spell books are a Wizard's notebook where they record these details of the spells that they know. These spell books are often very personalized, most wizards develop their own notation system that they use to record their spells and two wizards might use slightly different methods to cast the same spell. So even if two Wizards had exactly the same list of known spells their actual spell books would probably be written very differently. Now in addition to the personalized notebooks there are other types of spell books around (sometimes referred to as tome or grimoires). These serve the same basic purpose as spell books but tend to be more formalized compared to the general purpose notebook style of the average spell book. Some of these are intended as training aids and are written to be as clear and easy to understand as possible so that students can more easily learn new spells from them. Others are still heavily personalized and are a place where a wizard formally records their spells as cleaner backup than their every-day working notebook.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 276.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iuuac7u", "c_root_id_B": "iutvsxf", "created_at_utc_A": 1667439342.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667433164.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d imagine that a spell tome is, at least partially, just a \u201chow to do this spell, what it does, what you need to do it\u201d, then maybe some step-by-step training methods (like say, a Mage Hand manual saying \u201ctry lifting [series of small objects] before trying anything heavier\u201d, but then the *rest* of the book is things like, what to do if it doesn\u2019t go off (troubleshooting, for lack of a better term), potential use cases, common problems and challenges, limits when using this particular spell, etc etc", "human_ref_B": "In some manwha (Korean web comics) magic is treated kind of like a chemical reaction and a circuit. So the scroll or book would look like a puzzle. Basically to create fire you need a circuit of oxygen and a spark. Use your internal energy, aura, mana, etc to move oxygen in this pattern and then create heat = fire spell. So magic researchers spend their days lifetime coming up with larger and more intricate spells. Which are more complex and requires more mana to execute. I've also seen it explained as the universe is a creation and these magic words are like the command line on a PC.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6178.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iutvsxf", "c_root_id_B": "iuw9tr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1667433164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667484716.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In some manwha (Korean web comics) magic is treated kind of like a chemical reaction and a circuit. So the scroll or book would look like a puzzle. Basically to create fire you need a circuit of oxygen and a spark. Use your internal energy, aura, mana, etc to move oxygen in this pattern and then create heat = fire spell. So magic researchers spend their days lifetime coming up with larger and more intricate spells. Which are more complex and requires more mana to execute. I've also seen it explained as the universe is a creation and these magic words are like the command line on a PC.", "human_ref_B": "I think the concept of Spell Tomes in pop culture can be traced back to Jack Vance's dying earth series. Books of magic have existed in fiction a long time, but they usually were depicted as instructions on how to perform rituals instead of the modern concept of books that teach you to breathe fire and whatnot. In Vance's novels, spell books and scrolls were hypermathematical formulas that allowed one to perceive the gaps and mistakes in the laws of reality and exploit them in specific ways. Think of it like hacking the source code of physics. Because the concepts were so complex, only the most brilliant or insane could memorize multiple spells, and as soon as the spell was cast the user lost their grip upon it and would have to memorize the spell all over again. So to answer your question, I think spell tomes would be mathematical and scientific proofs explaining why pointing at someone and shouting \"blammo\", while thinking about the smell of burnt toast, will cause them to disintegrate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51552.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ykkimz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D, TES, Fantasy General etc] What *is* in Spell Tomes? I know this is a very general question, but what exactly is in a spell book? So let's take TES as an example; in Skyrim you can find say, a Spell Book: Courage, that teaches you the Illusion spell courage, where you create an orb that when it hits a target, forces them to be brave and not run away. In that spell book, what exactly does it cover? Like how to use magic in general, or will it assume I know how to do that? Potential uses of the spell? How to create the particular effect? And then turn it into something that can be \"used\"? I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. Like, I'd love to see what a spellbook looks like in one of these settings.", "c_root_id_A": "iuw9tr6", "c_root_id_B": "iuug5yi", "created_at_utc_A": 1667484716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667441850.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the concept of Spell Tomes in pop culture can be traced back to Jack Vance's dying earth series. Books of magic have existed in fiction a long time, but they usually were depicted as instructions on how to perform rituals instead of the modern concept of books that teach you to breathe fire and whatnot. In Vance's novels, spell books and scrolls were hypermathematical formulas that allowed one to perceive the gaps and mistakes in the laws of reality and exploit them in specific ways. Think of it like hacking the source code of physics. Because the concepts were so complex, only the most brilliant or insane could memorize multiple spells, and as soon as the spell was cast the user lost their grip upon it and would have to memorize the spell all over again. So to answer your question, I think spell tomes would be mathematical and scientific proofs explaining why pointing at someone and shouting \"blammo\", while thinking about the smell of burnt toast, will cause them to disintegrate.", "human_ref_B": ">I'd welcome any answers from any fictional universes really. I find the topic interesting. If you like written fiction, you should check out _Pact_ and _Pale_, two modern fantasy serials that include whole sections of in-world texts on the subject of magic (though not as straightforward as a spellbook in a video game). The closest in that universe would probably be the three major texts, *Implementum*, *Famulus* and *Demesnes*. These are full textbooks, each covering a defining ritual of Western Practioners (spell-casting human) - the Implement, the Demesne, and the Familiar. Pact - if you just want the lore texts, look for the chapters that are tagged \"(Pages)\" in the Table of Contents Pale - Collected in Extra Materials, alongside other in-universe stuff like flyers, notes, etc. The numbers before the Extra Materials title show you where they're intended to be read. So [6.3]Implementum means it's intended to be read after reading chapter 6.3, and may contain spoilers up to that point.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42866.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kcg708", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC/General Superhero] Is the evidence provided by superheroes against my client legal? I just became a lawyer at an elite and high-pressure law firm. (My replacement left because of some specter thing. I wasn\u2019t paying attention to his rambling because I was too stunned by the salary offer.) Anyhow, my first client is Lex Luthor and I\u2019m concerned by the evidence against him. The charges against him are that he was trying to manipulate time to wipe Clark Kent from existence. First, a lot of evidence stems from using Wayne Industries technology. Bruce Wayne is on record publicly attacking Mr. Luthor on multiple occasions. Also, this \u2018evidence\u2019 is verified by a detective named John Jones. The problem is that I can\u2019t find much evidence about this detective. It is like he just appeared on Earth a few years ago, because there is no proof that he existed before hand. The prosecutors are claiming that they are going to bring in Superman as a witness to Luthor\u2019s crimes. However, I\u2019ve been given no evidence that explains how Superman knew Luthor was going to commit a crime. I can go on and on, but it seems like all the evidence that is being brought against my client either comes from a heavily biased source or simply can\u2019t be confirmed by outside sources. So, can any of this evidence actually be used in a court of law?", "c_root_id_A": "gfq6wfn", "c_root_id_B": "gfq7afw", "created_at_utc_A": 1607886100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607886220.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "Most likely. These people who are against you, specifically Superman, are seen as incorruptible and unquestionably good. It will be near impossible to get anyone to believe that Superman is lying to put an innocent man away. And if they decide to bring in Wonder Woman and make use of her lasso of truth, the effectiveness of which can be proven to a judge upon request, then they can guarantee everything thing they say to be 100% true.", "human_ref_B": "The evidence is absolutely *admissible*. Admissible just means that the jury can be presented it. Your job is to create doubt. Just because Mr Wayne hates your client, that doesn\u2019t mean the jury will be prevented from hearing his testimony. You need to create doubt by your cross-examination of the witnesses, and by presenting your own evidence. Source: am a lawyer. Though as far as I\u2019m aware, \u201cmanipulating time so that a person never existed\u201d isn\u2019t a crime. You could argue it\u2019s akin to murder, but as far as the rest of the world goes it\u2019s basically voodoo jumbo jumbo that shouldn\u2019t work.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 120.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kcg708", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC/General Superhero] Is the evidence provided by superheroes against my client legal? I just became a lawyer at an elite and high-pressure law firm. (My replacement left because of some specter thing. I wasn\u2019t paying attention to his rambling because I was too stunned by the salary offer.) Anyhow, my first client is Lex Luthor and I\u2019m concerned by the evidence against him. The charges against him are that he was trying to manipulate time to wipe Clark Kent from existence. First, a lot of evidence stems from using Wayne Industries technology. Bruce Wayne is on record publicly attacking Mr. Luthor on multiple occasions. Also, this \u2018evidence\u2019 is verified by a detective named John Jones. The problem is that I can\u2019t find much evidence about this detective. It is like he just appeared on Earth a few years ago, because there is no proof that he existed before hand. The prosecutors are claiming that they are going to bring in Superman as a witness to Luthor\u2019s crimes. However, I\u2019ve been given no evidence that explains how Superman knew Luthor was going to commit a crime. I can go on and on, but it seems like all the evidence that is being brought against my client either comes from a heavily biased source or simply can\u2019t be confirmed by outside sources. So, can any of this evidence actually be used in a court of law?", "c_root_id_A": "gfq91sj", "c_root_id_B": "gfqa0fc", "created_at_utc_A": 1607886776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607887089.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "> First, a lot of evidence stems from using Wayne Industries technology. That's not unique to Luthor's case. Bruce Wayne is well known for his philanthropic efforts in public services and supporting police officers. His technology is also very well made and widely available, Wayne Industries is quite thoroughly embedded in the United States and has quite the influence internationally as well. You'd be hard pressed to find a police department *not* using Wayne Tech. The tools used in discovering evidence also has no way of being manipulated remotely or tampered with. Let's put it this way, Luthor makes weapons. If someone uses a Luthor brand gun and kills someone, is Lex going to be persecuted? No, of course not because he had no influence on the man's actions. > Also, this \u2018evidence\u2019 is verified by a detective named John Jones. The problem is that I can\u2019t find much evidence about this detective. It is like he just appeared on Earth a few years ago, because there is no proof that he existed before hand. Better get used to it, not everyone's records are verifiable to their birth. Unless you've been living under a rock you should know that entire cities have been destroyed before. You're gonna find a lot of people who's records were simply destroyed. > The prosecutors are claiming that they are going to bring in Superman as a witness to Luthor\u2019s crimes. However, I\u2019ve been given no evidence that explains how Superman knew Luthor was going to commit a crime. It doesn't matter how Superman knew, all that matters is that the evidence is present and verifiable. If you're concerned about what the evidence is, just ask the prosecutors for what they got. You're supposed to exchange discovery when requested. > So, can any of this evidence actually be used in a court of law? Yeah. Any evidence can be used, including hearsay, though physical evidence is much more preferable and based on the information given it seems like that's what they got.", "human_ref_B": "There are laws that allow for masked vigilantes to testify as long as experts can attest that they are who they claim to be. A competitor in the industry making claims that your client is committing illegal actions could be biased, but isn't inherently something to be thrown out of court. If your client was indeed committing illegal actions, it would be logical that their competitor would be trying to expose those actions. You're going to need to get some experts to prove that the WayneCorps provided evidence has been falsified and is purely biased. John Jones, who formerly worked at the Middleton PD? It is true that he's not very well known, and investigation does seem to indicate that his past isn't very cohesive. This sounds like he's in witness protection or a similar program though. Trying to prove that a witness isn't a valid source because we don't know where he went to high school is a tough act, unless you are trying to prove that he's a false identity created by Wayne to spout propaganda. In which case, you have the burden of proving that. I don't think that's a very easy thing to prove. Experts at STAR Labs confirm that Superman has powerful senses of sight and hearing, that allow him to witness things that normal people can not. Trying to have Superman removed as a viable witness will be difficult as a result. Instead, you may want to bring up reasonable doubt that your client was the one who Wayne and Superman and Jones discovered attempting murder through timeline manipulation. Your client has been in the past impersonated by his long lost son, and replaced by an evil alternate universe version. There are many supervillains who are skilled at making lifelike robots that can pass as human, who would try to escape punishment by framing an upstanding citizen like Lex Luthor in the process. Bring up all the charitable deeds that Lex Luthor has done, and point out that manipulating the timeline to erase Clark Kent would be out of character for a humanitarian like Lex, but does match the MO of other supervillains who have been the subject of bad press from the Daily Planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 313.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kcg708", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC/General Superhero] Is the evidence provided by superheroes against my client legal? I just became a lawyer at an elite and high-pressure law firm. (My replacement left because of some specter thing. I wasn\u2019t paying attention to his rambling because I was too stunned by the salary offer.) Anyhow, my first client is Lex Luthor and I\u2019m concerned by the evidence against him. The charges against him are that he was trying to manipulate time to wipe Clark Kent from existence. First, a lot of evidence stems from using Wayne Industries technology. Bruce Wayne is on record publicly attacking Mr. Luthor on multiple occasions. Also, this \u2018evidence\u2019 is verified by a detective named John Jones. The problem is that I can\u2019t find much evidence about this detective. It is like he just appeared on Earth a few years ago, because there is no proof that he existed before hand. The prosecutors are claiming that they are going to bring in Superman as a witness to Luthor\u2019s crimes. However, I\u2019ve been given no evidence that explains how Superman knew Luthor was going to commit a crime. I can go on and on, but it seems like all the evidence that is being brought against my client either comes from a heavily biased source or simply can\u2019t be confirmed by outside sources. So, can any of this evidence actually be used in a court of law?", "c_root_id_A": "gfrdb7t", "c_root_id_B": "gfqu11i", "created_at_utc_A": 1607905164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607895536.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The prosecution has a bigger problem than the nature of their evidence. Primarily, that there is no law against what your client is said to have attempted. You can present this hypothetical: Suppose for the sake of argument that Luthor had done what he was accused of, and was successful. What crime was committed exactly? It's not murder, because no one had been killed. Not only would there be no body, there would no record of any such person identified as the victim. So what law would he have broken, exactly?", "human_ref_B": "The situation is very different for different superheroes. Superman does not hide his face, it's printed in newspapers and known by everyone thanks to the work of the incredible investigative reporter Clark Kent, and also he has a big and unique set of superpowers that he can demonstrate. So there is no problem with him being a witness in court as everybody can quickly check that he is indeed the one who he claims to be. Batman is the opposite, as his real identity is hidden from the public together with whatever superpowers allow him to fight crime every night, and so every way that he can use to prove that he is a Batman will disclose his identity. P. S.: Superman is Clark Kent and generic Batman has no superpowers, sorry if my roleplay misled you for a second.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9628.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kcg708", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC/General Superhero] Is the evidence provided by superheroes against my client legal? I just became a lawyer at an elite and high-pressure law firm. (My replacement left because of some specter thing. I wasn\u2019t paying attention to his rambling because I was too stunned by the salary offer.) Anyhow, my first client is Lex Luthor and I\u2019m concerned by the evidence against him. The charges against him are that he was trying to manipulate time to wipe Clark Kent from existence. First, a lot of evidence stems from using Wayne Industries technology. Bruce Wayne is on record publicly attacking Mr. Luthor on multiple occasions. Also, this \u2018evidence\u2019 is verified by a detective named John Jones. The problem is that I can\u2019t find much evidence about this detective. It is like he just appeared on Earth a few years ago, because there is no proof that he existed before hand. The prosecutors are claiming that they are going to bring in Superman as a witness to Luthor\u2019s crimes. However, I\u2019ve been given no evidence that explains how Superman knew Luthor was going to commit a crime. I can go on and on, but it seems like all the evidence that is being brought against my client either comes from a heavily biased source or simply can\u2019t be confirmed by outside sources. So, can any of this evidence actually be used in a court of law?", "c_root_id_A": "gfr3arh", "c_root_id_B": "gfrdb7t", "created_at_utc_A": 1607900058.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607905164.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes. There is long precedent of vigilante investigators presenting evidence and leading to convictions. But let\u2019s get into this - Evidence obtained from Wayne tech? But Bruce Wayne has expressed negative opinions of Lex Luthor? Ok, so why would the CEO of a company\u2019s personal views impact the data presented by his tech? If you can prove that Wayne manipulated his tech to falsify info against Luthor, that\u2019s a big deal. But you can\u2019t. A detective presented evidence and you can\u2019t find information about his childhood? Why is that relevant at all in court? Jones isn\u2019t on trial for anything he allegedly did as a child. You are there to discuss the evidence he presented, not his past. Why would you be told what Superman is going to testify? Do you make it a habit to ask the prosecutor what testimony they\u2019re seeking? Do they usually tell you? Nope.", "human_ref_B": "The prosecution has a bigger problem than the nature of their evidence. Primarily, that there is no law against what your client is said to have attempted. You can present this hypothetical: Suppose for the sake of argument that Luthor had done what he was accused of, and was successful. What crime was committed exactly? It's not murder, because no one had been killed. Not only would there be no body, there would no record of any such person identified as the victim. So what law would he have broken, exactly?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5106.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a3re4f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DCEU] Why did Bruce have to buy the entire bank to save the Clark farm? Why not just pay off the debt?", "c_root_id_A": "eb8hcm2", "c_root_id_B": "eb8lspz", "created_at_utc_A": 1544125629.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544128553.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "He didn't have to do it that way. Simply paying the debt would obviously work. He did it to make a point, and probably also so that he could change the way the bank runs to treat farmers with more compassion.", "human_ref_B": "Because if he pays off the debt, Bruce has to explain why. He has a public relationship with Clark Kent, but it'd still raise some eyebrows. However, buying the small local bank is something Wayne Corp does from time to time and wouldn't require any explanations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2924.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a3re4f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DCEU] Why did Bruce have to buy the entire bank to save the Clark farm? Why not just pay off the debt?", "c_root_id_A": "eb8rw7u", "c_root_id_B": "eb8sy4a", "created_at_utc_A": 1544132436.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544133137.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "I think part of it is also a power play. Bruce wants to have contingency plans for everyone and everything, and since it's not really feasible to go after Clark himself, that means being able to threaten his loved ones. Outside the Snyder-verse, Bruce usually does end up buying the apartment that Clark lives at so that Clark doesn't need to pay rent and so to make sure a nosy landlord doesn't get suspicious.", "human_ref_B": "If Bruce Wayne pays off the mortgage of a prominent reporter's family it looks like a bribe. If he buys a bank it is footnote 7 in a business magazine somewhere.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 701.0, "score_ratio": 2.6875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a3re4f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DCEU] Why did Bruce have to buy the entire bank to save the Clark farm? Why not just pay off the debt?", "c_root_id_A": "eb8sy4a", "c_root_id_B": "eb8hcm2", "created_at_utc_A": 1544133137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544125629.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "If Bruce Wayne pays off the mortgage of a prominent reporter's family it looks like a bribe. If he buys a bank it is footnote 7 in a business magazine somewhere.", "human_ref_B": "He didn't have to do it that way. Simply paying the debt would obviously work. He did it to make a point, and probably also so that he could change the way the bank runs to treat farmers with more compassion.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7508.0, "score_ratio": 2.6875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a3re4f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DCEU] Why did Bruce have to buy the entire bank to save the Clark farm? Why not just pay off the debt?", "c_root_id_A": "ebaoef8", "c_root_id_B": "ebbcj6r", "created_at_utc_A": 1544198741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544217411.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Others have cited reasons of discretion and secrecy and, although those are part of the reasoning, it misses the primary factor. Would someone as straight and narrow as Martha Kent sit still while they got a great deal and their neighbors were still in trouble? Sure, she's sensible enough that she wouldn't turn it down, but it would make her (and Clark) uneasy. It would strain relationships: her with her neighbors and between Bruce and Clark. But buy the whole bank? Everyone wins. Yes, with the modern mortgage resale market it's quite possible that her physical neighbors are with other lenders, but a lot of people other than the Kents benefit (their \"fiscal neighbors\" as it were) and that would smoothe things over.", "human_ref_B": "My head cannon is that when he want to pay they debt some low level customer service person annoyed him in some away so he bought the bank as a fuck you", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18670.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k7t4sa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Superhero] How do companies keep NDAs with super-hackers, psychics, and the like? Good compartmentalisation? Do they train important employees against stuff like that?", "c_root_id_A": "geucxlr", "c_root_id_B": "geuf4dd", "created_at_utc_A": 1607270856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607272058.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "In marvel, shield has their own telepaths on the payrole, as well as super tech, and psy defence training", "human_ref_B": "They largely don't. Security in the MU and DCU is swiss cheese for two big reasons: - The public proliferation of superpeople is a relatively new thing. A huge number of companies still haven't adequately evolved to compensate for the security risks posed by the internet, which has existed longer than superheroes have in either the DC or MCU. Their management is older and has a certain style they're used to, and until they get a serious wake-up call they won't see a need to change it up. - There's only so much they can do or even need to do. Even if you acknowledge the real threat posed by the super-hackers, psychics and the like, they all require so many resources to effectively ward off that you're honestly better off just hoping they don't take particular interest in your company. And that, in turn, isn't a bad plan either, because there are only so many super people and unless you're making a product with a direct relevance to their goals, they'll have better things to do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1202.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f3sag5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aladdin] Who bound the genie of the lamp and any others in the first place? It would have to be like a god or some tremendously powerful sorceror right?", "c_root_id_A": "fhknscs", "c_root_id_B": "fhko3e7", "created_at_utc_A": 1581687745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581687938.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "He and his brethren were demons bound to their lamps by King Solomon.", "human_ref_B": "Traditionally it's said that Solomon had power to bind genies - in fact so much power that others bound genies BY his name. It's also not unlikely that some have taken Jafar route and wished to transform into a genie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 193.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f3sag5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aladdin] Who bound the genie of the lamp and any others in the first place? It would have to be like a god or some tremendously powerful sorceror right?", "c_root_id_A": "fhl92z0", "c_root_id_B": "fhphkvc", "created_at_utc_A": 1581697259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581789785.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I figure that genies just naturally exist inside lamps their whole lives, since Jafar was bound to a lamp as soon as he wished to be a genie.", "human_ref_B": "All from the 1001 Nights. King Solomon (yes, that one, note that the Koran is Testament 3.0 as far as Muslims are concerned, both the Old and New are considered Canon to them) did it. Note that genies are 'natural', if very powerful, beings. They do *not* have reality warping magic. Lamps are *prisons*, not homes. Release a genie and he'll respond as he sees fit. Maybe he'll give you three favors/wishes as a reward. Maybe he'll just kill you. He can't change reality. If you wish for wealth he'll give you some of his gold. Wish to be super strong and maybe he had a magic belt of strength he'll give you. Ask for something off the wall and it turns out he has a cousin... (Happens in one story).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 92526.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s14lxy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Cutler Beckett and the spy guy talking about with Gov. Swann \"asking questions?\" How did he die? Why? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PrqDLOaDM \\- It goes on in this video. What was he asking questions about? Later on, he implies he stabbed Davy Jones' heart when he is dead and talking to Elizabeth. Why didn't he become the new Captain of the Dutchman, if he stabbed it?", "c_root_id_A": "hs63kgr", "c_root_id_B": "hs64cmg", "created_at_utc_A": 1641877331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641877713.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "He asked too many questions about the trading company\u2019s plans to take over the world using Davy Jones he presumably figured it out and tried to kill jones but scince the Dutchman always needs a captain and he wasn\u2019t on the Dutch man at the time for his heart to be swapped with Jones he just died", "human_ref_B": "He didn't stab the heart. He found out the secret of the heart, and Beckett had him killed to keep him quiet. That's what Beckett meant when he said \"Perhaps his usefulness has run its course.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 382.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s14lxy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Cutler Beckett and the spy guy talking about with Gov. Swann \"asking questions?\" How did he die? Why? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PrqDLOaDM \\- It goes on in this video. What was he asking questions about? Later on, he implies he stabbed Davy Jones' heart when he is dead and talking to Elizabeth. Why didn't he become the new Captain of the Dutchman, if he stabbed it?", "c_root_id_A": "hs66cyq", "c_root_id_B": "hs63kgr", "created_at_utc_A": 1641878746.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641877331.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He learned about it. Beckett had him killed before he could stab the heart .", "human_ref_B": "He asked too many questions about the trading company\u2019s plans to take over the world using Davy Jones he presumably figured it out and tried to kill jones but scince the Dutchman always needs a captain and he wasn\u2019t on the Dutch man at the time for his heart to be swapped with Jones he just died", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1415.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s14lxy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "Pirates of the Caribbean] What was Cutler Beckett and the spy guy talking about with Gov. Swann \"asking questions?\" How did he die? Why? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PrqDLOaDM \\- It goes on in this video. What was he asking questions about? Later on, he implies he stabbed Davy Jones' heart when he is dead and talking to Elizabeth. Why didn't he become the new Captain of the Dutchman, if he stabbed it?", "c_root_id_A": "hs63kgr", "c_root_id_B": "hs6idlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1641877331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641886246.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He asked too many questions about the trading company\u2019s plans to take over the world using Davy Jones he presumably figured it out and tried to kill jones but scince the Dutchman always needs a captain and he wasn\u2019t on the Dutch man at the time for his heart to be swapped with Jones he just died", "human_ref_B": "if you watch the deleted scenes for both Dead men's chest and At world's end, it shows that when he found out that Cutlet thought that Elisabeth died to the kraken he tried to stab the heart and Norrington stopped him, it was during this confrontation that Davy jones reviled to him that if he stabbed the heart his would have to take it's place", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8915.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "alrnza", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dr. Who - The Woman Who Fell to Earth] Why do Graham and the others have such a hard time accepting that aliens may be responsible for what's happening? Haven't there been several high profile, even worldwide incidents involving aliens in the past?", "c_root_id_A": "efhw3g7", "c_root_id_B": "efgej1p", "created_at_utc_A": 1548995081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548954954.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They still happened incredibly rarely it's like if the the CIA showed up at your door and asked you to go on mission for them. it theoretically could happen but you would still be incredibly sceptical that this is actually for real happening to you", "human_ref_B": "They just attack England", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40127.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "alrnza", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dr. Who - The Woman Who Fell to Earth] Why do Graham and the others have such a hard time accepting that aliens may be responsible for what's happening? Haven't there been several high profile, even worldwide incidents involving aliens in the past?", "c_root_id_A": "efhw3g7", "c_root_id_B": "efgznic", "created_at_utc_A": 1548995081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548968765.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They still happened incredibly rarely it's like if the the CIA showed up at your door and asked you to go on mission for them. it theoretically could happen but you would still be incredibly sceptical that this is actually for real happening to you", "human_ref_B": "They just assumed that alien invasions - like terrorist attacks, or A-list celebrities - were just not something that happens in there part of the world. It\u2019s like when Scarlett Johansson was filming Under The Skin in the backwoods of Scotland, and spent time driving around talking to random people. Nobody recognised her, because Scarlett Johansson driving around a remote Scottish village just seems too unlikely a possibility to consider.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26316.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "alrnza", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dr. Who - The Woman Who Fell to Earth] Why do Graham and the others have such a hard time accepting that aliens may be responsible for what's happening? Haven't there been several high profile, even worldwide incidents involving aliens in the past?", "c_root_id_A": "efhw3g7", "c_root_id_B": "efhiy1y", "created_at_utc_A": 1548995081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548984155.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They still happened incredibly rarely it's like if the the CIA showed up at your door and asked you to go on mission for them. it theoretically could happen but you would still be incredibly sceptical that this is actually for real happening to you", "human_ref_B": "Sure, evil pepperpots shot up London and weird faced things attacked people in a shop but they could have been folks in movie style get ups starting shit. Face to face with a woman who literally fell to earth and a giant tentacle monster eating a train? That's some shit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10926.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "alrnza", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dr. Who - The Woman Who Fell to Earth] Why do Graham and the others have such a hard time accepting that aliens may be responsible for what's happening? Haven't there been several high profile, even worldwide incidents involving aliens in the past?", "c_root_id_A": "efhw3g7", "c_root_id_B": "efgpq05", "created_at_utc_A": 1548995081.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548962079.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "They still happened incredibly rarely it's like if the the CIA showed up at your door and asked you to go on mission for them. it theoretically could happen but you would still be incredibly sceptical that this is actually for real happening to you", "human_ref_B": "My canon is that after the Doctor deals with the problem of the week, he travels back in time and undoes them ab initio*. He remembers, and Companions who were there remember, but to everyone else it's just a shadow of a memory from an alternate timeline that retroactively never happened. *Why doesn't he do that in the first place? He can't because of timey-wimey stuff.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33002.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "alrnza", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dr. Who - The Woman Who Fell to Earth] Why do Graham and the others have such a hard time accepting that aliens may be responsible for what's happening? Haven't there been several high profile, even worldwide incidents involving aliens in the past?", "c_root_id_A": "efgznic", "c_root_id_B": "efgpq05", "created_at_utc_A": 1548968765.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548962079.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "They just assumed that alien invasions - like terrorist attacks, or A-list celebrities - were just not something that happens in there part of the world. It\u2019s like when Scarlett Johansson was filming Under The Skin in the backwoods of Scotland, and spent time driving around talking to random people. Nobody recognised her, because Scarlett Johansson driving around a remote Scottish village just seems too unlikely a possibility to consider.", "human_ref_B": "My canon is that after the Doctor deals with the problem of the week, he travels back in time and undoes them ab initio*. He remembers, and Companions who were there remember, but to everyone else it's just a shadow of a memory from an alternate timeline that retroactively never happened. *Why doesn't he do that in the first place? He can't because of timey-wimey stuff.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6686.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "alrnza", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dr. Who - The Woman Who Fell to Earth] Why do Graham and the others have such a hard time accepting that aliens may be responsible for what's happening? Haven't there been several high profile, even worldwide incidents involving aliens in the past?", "c_root_id_A": "efhiy1y", "c_root_id_B": "efgpq05", "created_at_utc_A": 1548984155.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548962079.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Sure, evil pepperpots shot up London and weird faced things attacked people in a shop but they could have been folks in movie style get ups starting shit. Face to face with a woman who literally fell to earth and a giant tentacle monster eating a train? That's some shit.", "human_ref_B": "My canon is that after the Doctor deals with the problem of the week, he travels back in time and undoes them ab initio*. He remembers, and Companions who were there remember, but to everyone else it's just a shadow of a memory from an alternate timeline that retroactively never happened. *Why doesn't he do that in the first place? He can't because of timey-wimey stuff.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22076.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt496bq", "c_root_id_B": "gt4b8w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1617345396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617347406.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Did they? I understand Prince Zuko was sent on a wild goose chase. Nobody expected him to actually encounter the avatar.", "human_ref_B": "They didn't. Zuko wasn't on an important task that Ozai thought had any chance of success. It was pointless busywork to keep Zuko occupied, supervised, and away from court politics - having a disinherited prince in the capitol is begging for an assassination or coup. Nobody in the Fire Nation's upper echelons really believed that there was an ancient air bender in hiding. Conventional wisdom was that the Avatar had died at some point and been reincarnated as a water bender. This is why the Fire Nation conducted periodic raids capturing water benders, but avoiding killing them where possible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2010.0, "score_ratio": 1.2592592593, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt4b8w6", "c_root_id_B": "gt44hu2", "created_at_utc_A": 1617347406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341362.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "They didn't. Zuko wasn't on an important task that Ozai thought had any chance of success. It was pointless busywork to keep Zuko occupied, supervised, and away from court politics - having a disinherited prince in the capitol is begging for an assassination or coup. Nobody in the Fire Nation's upper echelons really believed that there was an ancient air bender in hiding. Conventional wisdom was that the Avatar had died at some point and been reincarnated as a water bender. This is why the Fire Nation conducted periodic raids capturing water benders, but avoiding killing them where possible.", "human_ref_B": "Hey, the king of Omashu was over 100 and still kicking. Those herbal teas can really keep you in your prime.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6044.0, "score_ratio": 1.4782608696, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt4b8w6", "c_root_id_B": "gt445q9", "created_at_utc_A": 1617347406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341090.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "They didn't. Zuko wasn't on an important task that Ozai thought had any chance of success. It was pointless busywork to keep Zuko occupied, supervised, and away from court politics - having a disinherited prince in the capitol is begging for an assassination or coup. Nobody in the Fire Nation's upper echelons really believed that there was an ancient air bender in hiding. Conventional wisdom was that the Avatar had died at some point and been reincarnated as a water bender. This is why the Fire Nation conducted periodic raids capturing water benders, but avoiding killing them where possible.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine it was because they found no one with the Avatar powers during their attacks on the air temples. Sozin was convinced that the Avatar had survived and spent the remainder of his life searching for him. It was only after Sozins death that the search was ended and the raids on the Water Tribe were started in order to find the next Avatar.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6316.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt444ez", "c_root_id_B": "gt4b8w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1617341060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617347406.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "At that point in time everyone knew the avatar would turn into an ultra badass spirit and fight like a boss. That didn't happen so they knew he wasn't killed. Or rather, they assume he wasn't killed because no one saw this.", "human_ref_B": "They didn't. Zuko wasn't on an important task that Ozai thought had any chance of success. It was pointless busywork to keep Zuko occupied, supervised, and away from court politics - having a disinherited prince in the capitol is begging for an assassination or coup. Nobody in the Fire Nation's upper echelons really believed that there was an ancient air bender in hiding. Conventional wisdom was that the Avatar had died at some point and been reincarnated as a water bender. This is why the Fire Nation conducted periodic raids capturing water benders, but avoiding killing them where possible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6346.0, "score_ratio": 2.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt4b8w6", "c_root_id_B": "gt49hdy", "created_at_utc_A": 1617347406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617345689.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "They didn't. Zuko wasn't on an important task that Ozai thought had any chance of success. It was pointless busywork to keep Zuko occupied, supervised, and away from court politics - having a disinherited prince in the capitol is begging for an assassination or coup. Nobody in the Fire Nation's upper echelons really believed that there was an ancient air bender in hiding. Conventional wisdom was that the Avatar had died at some point and been reincarnated as a water bender. This is why the Fire Nation conducted periodic raids capturing water benders, but avoiding killing them where possible.", "human_ref_B": "Cause if he was dead, a water nomads would have been born as the avatar. There was no waterbender avatar, hence Aang was alive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1717.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt4b8w6", "c_root_id_B": "gt449g5", "created_at_utc_A": 1617347406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341172.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They didn't. Zuko wasn't on an important task that Ozai thought had any chance of success. It was pointless busywork to keep Zuko occupied, supervised, and away from court politics - having a disinherited prince in the capitol is begging for an assassination or coup. Nobody in the Fire Nation's upper echelons really believed that there was an ancient air bender in hiding. Conventional wisdom was that the Avatar had died at some point and been reincarnated as a water bender. This is why the Fire Nation conducted periodic raids capturing water benders, but avoiding killing them where possible.", "human_ref_B": "I could be mistaken, having not watched Korra, but isn't there a big light show at some temple when a new Avatar is born?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6234.0, "score_ratio": 6.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt44hu2", "c_root_id_B": "gt496bq", "created_at_utc_A": 1617341362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617345396.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Hey, the king of Omashu was over 100 and still kicking. Those herbal teas can really keep you in your prime.", "human_ref_B": "Did they? I understand Prince Zuko was sent on a wild goose chase. Nobody expected him to actually encounter the avatar.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4034.0, "score_ratio": 1.1739130435, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt496bq", "c_root_id_B": "gt445q9", "created_at_utc_A": 1617345396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341090.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Did they? I understand Prince Zuko was sent on a wild goose chase. Nobody expected him to actually encounter the avatar.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine it was because they found no one with the Avatar powers during their attacks on the air temples. Sozin was convinced that the Avatar had survived and spent the remainder of his life searching for him. It was only after Sozins death that the search was ended and the raids on the Water Tribe were started in order to find the next Avatar.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4306.0, "score_ratio": 1.5882352941, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt496bq", "c_root_id_B": "gt444ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1617345396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341060.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Did they? I understand Prince Zuko was sent on a wild goose chase. Nobody expected him to actually encounter the avatar.", "human_ref_B": "At that point in time everyone knew the avatar would turn into an ultra badass spirit and fight like a boss. That didn't happen so they knew he wasn't killed. Or rather, they assume he wasn't killed because no one saw this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4336.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt449g5", "c_root_id_B": "gt496bq", "created_at_utc_A": 1617341172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617345396.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "I could be mistaken, having not watched Korra, but isn't there a big light show at some temple when a new Avatar is born?", "human_ref_B": "Did they? I understand Prince Zuko was sent on a wild goose chase. Nobody expected him to actually encounter the avatar.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4224.0, "score_ratio": 5.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt445q9", "c_root_id_B": "gt44hu2", "created_at_utc_A": 1617341090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341362.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I imagine it was because they found no one with the Avatar powers during their attacks on the air temples. Sozin was convinced that the Avatar had survived and spent the remainder of his life searching for him. It was only after Sozins death that the search was ended and the raids on the Water Tribe were started in order to find the next Avatar.", "human_ref_B": "Hey, the king of Omashu was over 100 and still kicking. Those herbal teas can really keep you in your prime.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 272.0, "score_ratio": 1.3529411765, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt44hu2", "c_root_id_B": "gt444ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1617341362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341060.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Hey, the king of Omashu was over 100 and still kicking. Those herbal teas can really keep you in your prime.", "human_ref_B": "At that point in time everyone knew the avatar would turn into an ultra badass spirit and fight like a boss. That didn't happen so they knew he wasn't killed. Or rather, they assume he wasn't killed because no one saw this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 302.0, "score_ratio": 1.5333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt44hu2", "c_root_id_B": "gt449g5", "created_at_utc_A": 1617341362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341172.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Hey, the king of Omashu was over 100 and still kicking. Those herbal teas can really keep you in your prime.", "human_ref_B": "I could be mistaken, having not watched Korra, but isn't there a big light show at some temple when a new Avatar is born?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 190.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt445q9", "c_root_id_B": "gt444ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1617341090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341060.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I imagine it was because they found no one with the Avatar powers during their attacks on the air temples. Sozin was convinced that the Avatar had survived and spent the remainder of his life searching for him. It was only after Sozins death that the search was ended and the raids on the Water Tribe were started in order to find the next Avatar.", "human_ref_B": "At that point in time everyone knew the avatar would turn into an ultra badass spirit and fight like a boss. That didn't happen so they knew he wasn't killed. Or rather, they assume he wasn't killed because no one saw this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30.0, "score_ratio": 1.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt444ez", "c_root_id_B": "gt4ivs0", "created_at_utc_A": 1617341060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617355574.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "At that point in time everyone knew the avatar would turn into an ultra badass spirit and fight like a boss. That didn't happen so they knew he wasn't killed. Or rather, they assume he wasn't killed because no one saw this.", "human_ref_B": "They didn't- the fire nation was focusing all its *actual* attention on capturing and killing waterbenders. Zuko was told to go find the avatar, but that was basically a euphemism for banishment. No-one was expecting him to succeed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14514.0, "score_ratio": 1.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt4ivs0", "c_root_id_B": "gt49hdy", "created_at_utc_A": 1617355574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617345689.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "They didn't- the fire nation was focusing all its *actual* attention on capturing and killing waterbenders. Zuko was told to go find the avatar, but that was basically a euphemism for banishment. No-one was expecting him to succeed.", "human_ref_B": "Cause if he was dead, a water nomads would have been born as the avatar. There was no waterbender avatar, hence Aang was alive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9885.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt4ivs0", "c_root_id_B": "gt449g5", "created_at_utc_A": 1617355574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341172.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They didn't- the fire nation was focusing all its *actual* attention on capturing and killing waterbenders. Zuko was told to go find the avatar, but that was basically a euphemism for banishment. No-one was expecting him to succeed.", "human_ref_B": "I could be mistaken, having not watched Korra, but isn't there a big light show at some temple when a new Avatar is born?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14402.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt49hdy", "c_root_id_B": "gt449g5", "created_at_utc_A": 1617345689.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341172.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Cause if he was dead, a water nomads would have been born as the avatar. There was no waterbender avatar, hence Aang was alive.", "human_ref_B": "I could be mistaken, having not watched Korra, but isn't there a big light show at some temple when a new Avatar is born?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4517.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "midh19", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? When the Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads, why did everyone assume the Avatar was still alive? It is just as plausible that the Avatar was killed unwittingly amongst the other nomads, and is now about to be born as a water bender. Over 100 years later, and no one thought it was a possibility that he had died of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "gt4shnh", "c_root_id_B": "gt449g5", "created_at_utc_A": 1617364797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617341172.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's \\*possible\\* but if the Avatar had died with the rest of the air nomads then they would have been reborn amongst the water tribe already and presumably wouldn't have taken 100 years before fighting back against the fire nation. The simpler conclusion is that the avatar is still out there, training, meditating, and getting ready to unleash some big all or nothing attack on the fire nation. If the avatar is reborn among the water nation and springs up a novice then so be it, deal with that as you can. In the mean time it's no harm to have some banished prince hunting him down, out of sight and out of mind. All in all the avatar was a pretty low priority threat.", "human_ref_B": "I could be mistaken, having not watched Korra, but isn't there a big light show at some temple when a new Avatar is born?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23625.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i3qu7t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender] How do languages and accents work in the AtLA universe? Despite their many rifts, the four nations all seem to speak the same language. Different nations and regions may have different slang, but the language itself is still the same. Nor has it changed one bit in millenia - Aang's speech is no different than that of his friends 100 years later, the Sun Warriors still speak the perfectly modern language everyone else does, and if we disregard artistic license, it seems even Avatar Wan 10,000 years ago spoke a language no different from today's. Furthermore, accents are wildly inconsistent. Katara from the Southern Water Tribe and Fire Lord Ozai both speak in an \"American\" accent, as does Ozai's father Azulon, his grandfather Sozin, and his daughter Azula, but his brother Iroh somehow speaks in a wildly different accent totally unlike that of anyone else in his family! Why?", "c_root_id_A": "g0dez1f", "c_root_id_B": "g0dfyis", "created_at_utc_A": 1596573324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596573733.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "This fanfic actually addresses your first question But I would assume that everyone is using a universal language that predates most of the shows events. It makes sense; from what we\u2019re shown all of the nations had contact with each other at different points of time, so a united language for everyone to have would be pretty important for an Avatar. As for accents...like you said, Iroh speaks differently then everyone else and that\u2019s because of his voice actors ethnicity. In canon, I would wager that his vocal chords are affected by his breath of fire-if I recall correctly, he\u2019s the only character who consistently uses it while not affected by Sozin\u2019s Comet-or it\u2019s from his long journey into the Spirit World.", "human_ref_B": "My Interpretation of Avatar Language: I assumed that the four nations had their own languages, along with sub-dialects, that belong to the same language family. Languages like French, Spanish, and Portuguese, are very similar and have a lot of cognates. This also explains why each nation shares the same character set in writing. Aang, as a Nomad, would obviously be familiar with all languages. He traveled all over the world. With these two factors, a language barrier wouldn't be a significant problem for the Avatar and his Gaang. As for the specific voice characteristics; the translation we are using is focused more on representing the character rather than their historical accent. It is kind of like depictions of Stalin with a American-Southern accent, as a nod to his Georgian origin. As for the Sun Warriors, I'm not sure. Maybe they have had some interaction with the outside world? It's clear that Zuko and Aang aren't the *only* people they have interacted with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 409.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i3qu7t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender] How do languages and accents work in the AtLA universe? Despite their many rifts, the four nations all seem to speak the same language. Different nations and regions may have different slang, but the language itself is still the same. Nor has it changed one bit in millenia - Aang's speech is no different than that of his friends 100 years later, the Sun Warriors still speak the perfectly modern language everyone else does, and if we disregard artistic license, it seems even Avatar Wan 10,000 years ago spoke a language no different from today's. Furthermore, accents are wildly inconsistent. Katara from the Southern Water Tribe and Fire Lord Ozai both speak in an \"American\" accent, as does Ozai's father Azulon, his grandfather Sozin, and his daughter Azula, but his brother Iroh somehow speaks in a wildly different accent totally unlike that of anyone else in his family! Why?", "c_root_id_A": "g0dez1f", "c_root_id_B": "g0erucv", "created_at_utc_A": 1596573324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596599914.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "This fanfic actually addresses your first question But I would assume that everyone is using a universal language that predates most of the shows events. It makes sense; from what we\u2019re shown all of the nations had contact with each other at different points of time, so a united language for everyone to have would be pretty important for an Avatar. As for accents...like you said, Iroh speaks differently then everyone else and that\u2019s because of his voice actors ethnicity. In canon, I would wager that his vocal chords are affected by his breath of fire-if I recall correctly, he\u2019s the only character who consistently uses it while not affected by Sozin\u2019s Comet-or it\u2019s from his long journey into the Spirit World.", "human_ref_B": "The short answer: Magic. The longer version: We see that the spirits, and more importantly the Lion Turtles all speak the same language. The Lion Turtles most likely taught this language to the humans that lived on them. Why did the language not change in the thousands of years after the humans left their backs? Well aside from time, for languages to evolve you need isolation and while the nations *mostly* stuck to themselves, they didn't do so entirely. There was trade. Also, you have the Avatar who is takes turns reincarnating within the nations and more importantly, travels to each of the nations every lifetime. The nations have a vested interest in being able to communicate with each other and in being able to communicate with the spirits. Also, the planet they live on is only about the size of our moon so they really can't spread out enough for significant linguistic drift.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26590.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i3qu7t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender] How do languages and accents work in the AtLA universe? Despite their many rifts, the four nations all seem to speak the same language. Different nations and regions may have different slang, but the language itself is still the same. Nor has it changed one bit in millenia - Aang's speech is no different than that of his friends 100 years later, the Sun Warriors still speak the perfectly modern language everyone else does, and if we disregard artistic license, it seems even Avatar Wan 10,000 years ago spoke a language no different from today's. Furthermore, accents are wildly inconsistent. Katara from the Southern Water Tribe and Fire Lord Ozai both speak in an \"American\" accent, as does Ozai's father Azulon, his grandfather Sozin, and his daughter Azula, but his brother Iroh somehow speaks in a wildly different accent totally unlike that of anyone else in his family! Why?", "c_root_id_A": "g0erucv", "c_root_id_B": "g0dnlt7", "created_at_utc_A": 1596599914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596576990.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The short answer: Magic. The longer version: We see that the spirits, and more importantly the Lion Turtles all speak the same language. The Lion Turtles most likely taught this language to the humans that lived on them. Why did the language not change in the thousands of years after the humans left their backs? Well aside from time, for languages to evolve you need isolation and while the nations *mostly* stuck to themselves, they didn't do so entirely. There was trade. Also, you have the Avatar who is takes turns reincarnating within the nations and more importantly, travels to each of the nations every lifetime. The nations have a vested interest in being able to communicate with each other and in being able to communicate with the spirits. Also, the planet they live on is only about the size of our moon so they really can't spread out enough for significant linguistic drift.", "human_ref_B": "It may be that sometimes ago several different languages have been spoken in the past, but the dominant major language has seized power and gradually go overtaken minority languages, causing the disappearance and extinct of the minority languages. (This is an existing rule in our real world. For example, it has been predicted that by 2100, about half of the languages \u200b\u200bspoken in Europe will be die and English displaces them.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22924.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekaab3", "c_root_id_B": "cekdant", "created_at_utc_A": 1389165151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389182169.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Smaug toys with interlopers to his treasure horde. Not hard to imagine a would be thief gave up that detail before becoming a light snack.", "human_ref_B": "One of the dwarves had a subscription to a daily Middle Earth newspaper and never cancelled it. Smaug just read it when it was delivered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17018.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekd875", "c_root_id_B": "cekdant", "created_at_utc_A": 1389181726.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389182169.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Dragons have some magic, though it's not clear how much. In the most extreme scenario, they might even be corporeal Maiar like wizards or balrogs, which could mean that Smaug had some supernatural ability to keep tabs on the outside world, or perhaps extract information from Bilbo's mind. At the very least, dragons have some ability to enchant the minds of other creatures. Mostly this would be used to curse victims by enhancing their greed, turning them against their companions, and otherwise compromising their judgment to the amusement and advantage of the dragon. But it's conceivable that Smaug may have also used the ability to do some spying on the outside world (perhaps enchanting small animals that could still get into Erebor despite the sealed main entrances.). There's also the possibility that some magical artifact in Smaug's hoard let him divine the information indirectly. The Arkenstone may have been an actual Silmaril, and I wouldn't be especially surprised if there turned out to be something like a Palantir or other object with similar powers gathered up in the hoard.", "human_ref_B": "One of the dwarves had a subscription to a daily Middle Earth newspaper and never cancelled it. Smaug just read it when it was delivered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 443.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekcven", "c_root_id_B": "cekdant", "created_at_utc_A": 1389179375.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389182169.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "We know Smaug left the mountain on occasion (to plunder Dale, at least). Perhaps he picked up some news that way.", "human_ref_B": "One of the dwarves had a subscription to a daily Middle Earth newspaper and never cancelled it. Smaug just read it when it was delivered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2794.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekcven", "c_root_id_B": "cekd875", "created_at_utc_A": 1389179375.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389181726.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "We know Smaug left the mountain on occasion (to plunder Dale, at least). Perhaps he picked up some news that way.", "human_ref_B": "Dragons have some magic, though it's not clear how much. In the most extreme scenario, they might even be corporeal Maiar like wizards or balrogs, which could mean that Smaug had some supernatural ability to keep tabs on the outside world, or perhaps extract information from Bilbo's mind. At the very least, dragons have some ability to enchant the minds of other creatures. Mostly this would be used to curse victims by enhancing their greed, turning them against their companions, and otherwise compromising their judgment to the amusement and advantage of the dragon. But it's conceivable that Smaug may have also used the ability to do some spying on the outside world (perhaps enchanting small animals that could still get into Erebor despite the sealed main entrances.). There's also the possibility that some magical artifact in Smaug's hoard let him divine the information indirectly. The Arkenstone may have been an actual Silmaril, and I wouldn't be especially surprised if there turned out to be something like a Palantir or other object with similar powers gathered up in the hoard.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2351.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekcven", "c_root_id_B": "cekgwrg", "created_at_utc_A": 1389179375.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389196092.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "We know Smaug left the mountain on occasion (to plunder Dale, at least). Perhaps he picked up some news that way.", "human_ref_B": "Smaug is aware that the Sauron is returning. There's some hint that they are in league with one another, or at least that's how I understood things from the telling of it and we know that Sauron does not require face to face meetings to speak to his allies or servants. Sauron was also aware of Thorin and is clever enough to know that he would be returning to claim his throne under the hill, a move that would be a hinderance to Sauron's plans. It is not impossible that he would have warned Smaug who was going coming to his door.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16717.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekhlyf", "c_root_id_B": "cekvmsj", "created_at_utc_A": 1389197876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389227601.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Since he hasn't been seen for 60 years, I would assume that he sealed the front gate then. Since Thorin was the hero of that battle of Moria even though they lost, smaug would have heard about it.", "human_ref_B": "This is a problem with Peter Jackson's film. The original manuscript of the Red Book, translated by Prof Tolkien, has no such confusing part.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29725.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekvmsj", "c_root_id_B": "ceksd8w", "created_at_utc_A": 1389227601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389220570.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This is a problem with Peter Jackson's film. The original manuscript of the Red Book, translated by Prof Tolkien, has no such confusing part.", "human_ref_B": "He probably didn't. You're only hearing Bilbo's account of the happenings and he's prone to exaggeration.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7031.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekvmsj", "c_root_id_B": "cekhifl", "created_at_utc_A": 1389227601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389197642.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "This is a problem with Peter Jackson's film. The original manuscript of the Red Book, translated by Prof Tolkien, has no such confusing part.", "human_ref_B": "Telepathy is a fairly simple magic for a dragon. Hobbits are fairly resistant to magical forces, and hard to read (which is partly why Gandalf liked visiting them, they weren't quite as transparent in their motives as men) but not impossible. Bilbo's mind wasn't an open book, but some bits of information could still be gleaned.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29959.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekvmsj", "c_root_id_B": "ceknlfz", "created_at_utc_A": 1389227601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389211000.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "This is a problem with Peter Jackson's film. The original manuscript of the Red Book, translated by Prof Tolkien, has no such confusing part.", "human_ref_B": "I'm just popping in without reading anything else to say thank you for including that spoiler in the title.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16601.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "cekhlyf", "c_root_id_B": "cekhifl", "created_at_utc_A": 1389197876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389197642.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Since he hasn't been seen for 60 years, I would assume that he sealed the front gate then. Since Thorin was the hero of that battle of Moria even though they lost, smaug would have heard about it.", "human_ref_B": "Telepathy is a fairly simple magic for a dragon. Hobbits are fairly resistant to magical forces, and hard to read (which is partly why Gandalf liked visiting them, they weren't quite as transparent in their motives as men) but not impossible. Bilbo's mind wasn't an open book, but some bits of information could still be gleaned.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 234.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "ceksd8w", "c_root_id_B": "cekhifl", "created_at_utc_A": 1389220570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389197642.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "He probably didn't. You're only hearing Bilbo's account of the happenings and he's prone to exaggeration.", "human_ref_B": "Telepathy is a fairly simple magic for a dragon. Hobbits are fairly resistant to magical forces, and hard to read (which is partly why Gandalf liked visiting them, they weren't quite as transparent in their motives as men) but not impossible. Bilbo's mind wasn't an open book, but some bits of information could still be gleaned.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22928.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1up185", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "(Potential Spoilers) [The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug] How did Smaug know that Thorin was known as Thorin Oakenshield? While speaking with Bilbo, Smaug refers to Thorin as Oakenshield but Thorin doesn't receive that name until after the fall of Erebor and the start of Smaug's slumber. How would he have known of Thorin's title?", "c_root_id_A": "ceknlfz", "c_root_id_B": "ceksd8w", "created_at_utc_A": 1389211000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389220570.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'm just popping in without reading anything else to say thank you for including that spoiler in the title.", "human_ref_B": "He probably didn't. You're only hearing Bilbo's account of the happenings and he's prone to exaggeration.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9570.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "58b49k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[The Hobbit DOS] Why were the Hobbits so quick to give up when they couldn't get in to the mountain, they walked for almost two solid films to get there and because they couldn't find the door lock after 2 seconds they turned and left, why didn't they stay and try all night the damn fools?", "c_root_id_A": "d8ywuh7", "c_root_id_B": "d8ywvtj", "created_at_utc_A": 1476894462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476894507.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "I'm assuming you mean the Dwarves? Despair isn't always rational. Imagine failing at the last hurdle like that. You'd be devastated. Especially considering what they erred working for.", "human_ref_B": "Only Bilbo was a Hobbit, the rest were Dwarves. The reason they worked so hard to get there was because they were on a time limit. The door would only be available under certain conditions. (The last light of the sun on Durin's day.) Outside those conditions, it'd be impossible to find/open the door. Dwarven doors cannot be found or opened by force, not even by Gandalf's magic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45.0, "score_ratio": 2.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zdbkub", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Where did the elves get the puppy? In 'The Santa Clause' Charlie is playing with a puppy in the back of the sleigh as him and Scott are delivering presents. If we're to assume that the elves make all the presents for Christmas, does that mean they have an area where they are constantly breeding dogs?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0n3gb", "c_root_id_B": "iz0mp9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1670257945.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670257783.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Possibly, or they might have some sort of magic puppy generating machine where you pull the lever and a cute puppy comes out.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 162.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zdbkub", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Where did the elves get the puppy? In 'The Santa Clause' Charlie is playing with a puppy in the back of the sleigh as him and Scott are delivering presents. If we're to assume that the elves make all the presents for Christmas, does that mean they have an area where they are constantly breeding dogs?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0mp9m", "c_root_id_B": "iz0o0oy", "created_at_utc_A": 1670257783.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670258316.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": ">If we're to assume that the elves make all the presents This is a very common misconception. The elves don't make EVERYTHING... Not like they used to 100 years ago when most everything was hand made. Santa delivers things like PlayStations and Xboxes... Those aren't made at the North Pole. Gifts like that are indeed channeled through the North Pole and he DOES package, wrap, and deliver... But they don't manufacture nearly as much as they used to. That said... There *might* be a mystical puppy breeding facility on site, but I'd say it's more likely they're outsourcing that too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 533.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zdbkub", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Where did the elves get the puppy? In 'The Santa Clause' Charlie is playing with a puppy in the back of the sleigh as him and Scott are delivering presents. If we're to assume that the elves make all the presents for Christmas, does that mean they have an area where they are constantly breeding dogs?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0mp9m", "c_root_id_B": "iz23v7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1670257783.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670278472.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "People are looking at this the wrong way. Santa\u2019s workshop is inherently good, and exists to make a positive impact on the world. The puppies are likely taken from underserved shelters and given to the families.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20689.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zdbkub", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Where did the elves get the puppy? In 'The Santa Clause' Charlie is playing with a puppy in the back of the sleigh as him and Scott are delivering presents. If we're to assume that the elves make all the presents for Christmas, does that mean they have an area where they are constantly breeding dogs?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0mp9m", "c_root_id_B": "iz0nz4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1670257783.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670258299.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I would imagine they breed them. Since puppies are a pretty popular Christmas gift.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 516.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zdbkub", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Where did the elves get the puppy? In 'The Santa Clause' Charlie is playing with a puppy in the back of the sleigh as him and Scott are delivering presents. If we're to assume that the elves make all the presents for Christmas, does that mean they have an area where they are constantly breeding dogs?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0nz4y", "c_root_id_B": "iz0o0oy", "created_at_utc_A": 1670258299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670258316.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I would imagine they breed them. Since puppies are a pretty popular Christmas gift.", "human_ref_B": ">If we're to assume that the elves make all the presents This is a very common misconception. The elves don't make EVERYTHING... Not like they used to 100 years ago when most everything was hand made. Santa delivers things like PlayStations and Xboxes... Those aren't made at the North Pole. Gifts like that are indeed channeled through the North Pole and he DOES package, wrap, and deliver... But they don't manufacture nearly as much as they used to. That said... There *might* be a mystical puppy breeding facility on site, but I'd say it's more likely they're outsourcing that too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zdbkub", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Where did the elves get the puppy? In 'The Santa Clause' Charlie is playing with a puppy in the back of the sleigh as him and Scott are delivering presents. If we're to assume that the elves make all the presents for Christmas, does that mean they have an area where they are constantly breeding dogs?", "c_root_id_A": "iz0nz4y", "c_root_id_B": "iz23v7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1670258299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670278472.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I would imagine they breed them. Since puppies are a pretty popular Christmas gift.", "human_ref_B": "People are looking at this the wrong way. Santa\u2019s workshop is inherently good, and exists to make a positive impact on the world. The puppies are likely taken from underserved shelters and given to the families.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20173.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3arqix", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Jurassic World]How strong would the I.Rex have to be in order to break through all the things it did? That metal gate looked huge. Piercing what looked like inch thick Aluminum oxynitride (although it was cracked)? Smashing right through the aviary walls. Why didn't it just ram its way out if it could smash through all that stuff like nothing?", "c_root_id_A": "csfuspr", "c_root_id_B": "csfs0h6", "created_at_utc_A": 1435066000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435058408.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The I.Rex was smart and cunning. The enclosure was large, but it was still too small to bust out of easily. A running charge from one end to the other wasn't quite enough to smash the reinforced concrete walls. That didn't stop it giving it a go. It's certainly implied that the steel reinforcement being welded into place was due to the I.Rex almost knocking a wall down. Likewise, the comment about the \"walls needed to be taller\" implied the I.Rex had made at least one climbing/jump escape attempt, and then there's the smashed window in the observation platform. All these point to the I.Rex learning a valuable lesson - that if it escapes, it has to do it fast, and in one shot - otherwise the small food with the stick-devices will surround it from above and make it too sleepy to exploit the weakness. So when the engineer triggered the door, the I.Rex charged. It was what it had been planning for. Its doubtful it understood the concept of leverage or shearing forces, but the key concept was that it hit the door while it was still partially open. Basically, the strength of the door and wall is much weaker at the edges. This is not a problem if the door is closed - there's no edge to exploit. But a partially open door? Force equals mass times acceleration. A T-Rex could weigh up to nine tons, and at full sprint could touch 30 kilometers per hour (accel of ~8m/s) . At a rough estimate, the edge of the door got hit by more than seven tons of pressure. It gave. The gate out of the Herbivore Paddock got pretty much the same treatment. Nine plus tonnes of charging I.Rex at full speed? Momentum had it's way, and the metal got crushed. As for the Gyrosphere? A T-Rex can exert nearly six tons of bite force pressure. The I.Rex was \"bigger and stronger\", so exerted more. It was able to puncture the sphere glass, and then used gravity to exert more force by bashing the sphere against the ground - much as some birds have learnt to do with nuts. The Aviary dome was much weaker - possibly glass or plexiglass. Not as much tensile strength is needed to keep in a bunch of comparatively lightweight (and hollow-boned) flying dinosaurs.", "human_ref_B": "What im wondering is how it scratched concrete, keratine is like a 2 on the hardness scale and concrete is like a 5. It should be impossible for claws to scratch concrete", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7592.0, "score_ratio": 3.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3arqix", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Jurassic World]How strong would the I.Rex have to be in order to break through all the things it did? That metal gate looked huge. Piercing what looked like inch thick Aluminum oxynitride (although it was cracked)? Smashing right through the aviary walls. Why didn't it just ram its way out if it could smash through all that stuff like nothing?", "c_root_id_A": "csfuspr", "c_root_id_B": "csfm897", "created_at_utc_A": 1435066000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435036882.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The I.Rex was smart and cunning. The enclosure was large, but it was still too small to bust out of easily. A running charge from one end to the other wasn't quite enough to smash the reinforced concrete walls. That didn't stop it giving it a go. It's certainly implied that the steel reinforcement being welded into place was due to the I.Rex almost knocking a wall down. Likewise, the comment about the \"walls needed to be taller\" implied the I.Rex had made at least one climbing/jump escape attempt, and then there's the smashed window in the observation platform. All these point to the I.Rex learning a valuable lesson - that if it escapes, it has to do it fast, and in one shot - otherwise the small food with the stick-devices will surround it from above and make it too sleepy to exploit the weakness. So when the engineer triggered the door, the I.Rex charged. It was what it had been planning for. Its doubtful it understood the concept of leverage or shearing forces, but the key concept was that it hit the door while it was still partially open. Basically, the strength of the door and wall is much weaker at the edges. This is not a problem if the door is closed - there's no edge to exploit. But a partially open door? Force equals mass times acceleration. A T-Rex could weigh up to nine tons, and at full sprint could touch 30 kilometers per hour (accel of ~8m/s) . At a rough estimate, the edge of the door got hit by more than seven tons of pressure. It gave. The gate out of the Herbivore Paddock got pretty much the same treatment. Nine plus tonnes of charging I.Rex at full speed? Momentum had it's way, and the metal got crushed. As for the Gyrosphere? A T-Rex can exert nearly six tons of bite force pressure. The I.Rex was \"bigger and stronger\", so exerted more. It was able to puncture the sphere glass, and then used gravity to exert more force by bashing the sphere against the ground - much as some birds have learnt to do with nuts. The Aviary dome was much weaker - possibly glass or plexiglass. Not as much tensile strength is needed to keep in a bunch of comparatively lightweight (and hollow-boned) flying dinosaurs.", "human_ref_B": "I don't remember it busting through a metal wall, when was that? The Aviary was glass or plexiglass, much less sturdy than the solid concrete than made up its enclosure.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29118.0, "score_ratio": 2.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fh5r9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star wars] in revenge of the sith what is the big lava planet factory for On the lava planet at the end of the movie, what is the factory/refinery/building that obi wan and darth vader are fighting on used for", "c_root_id_A": "d28qt9k", "c_root_id_B": "d28qwua", "created_at_utc_A": 1461066519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461066782.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Mustafar is famed for having rich mineral wealth. The Tech Union has been harvesting there for centuries.", "human_ref_B": "A very young and volatile world, the intense geological activity interferes with scanning, making it useful for unsavioury types that want to stay hidden. There are also mining facilities, mostly for gathering a special mineral that is commonplace in the lava there, which is what makes the lava on Mustafar have a lower temperature than most other places. Still, repulsors have to be used to deflect heat away from facilities and those working in the field.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 263.0, "score_ratio": 2.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmttboh", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzsut", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384116.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386618.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "She acts that way because she's mentally ill and fails to realize or fully accept the inappropriateness of her behavior. She sometimes seems out of her depth as a criminal henchwoman because a psychology degree actually does nothing to prepare you for that kind of life.", "human_ref_B": "1: She\u2019s insane. 2: She\u2019s playing a part, because she\u2019s got a SEVERE codependency issue. Take her away from Joker and she becomes MUCH more competent and intelligent. Because showing up Joker means he hurts you. Like, a lot. 3: A \u2018hard time pronouncing words\u2019 is called \u2018an accent\u2019. Everyone has one, and they are not even remotely related to intelligence. 4: Her training is in psychiatry, not being a criminal. Being smart does not grant you mastery of everything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2502.0, "score_ratio": 2.5357142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmttopf", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzsut", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386618.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "I think a lot of that is actually her playing the role of a gangster moll, she's hiding her true intelligence to fit in basically. Also it's been alluded to that she partly cheated on her degree by seducing some of her professors.", "human_ref_B": "1: She\u2019s insane. 2: She\u2019s playing a part, because she\u2019s got a SEVERE codependency issue. Take her away from Joker and she becomes MUCH more competent and intelligent. Because showing up Joker means he hurts you. Like, a lot. 3: A \u2018hard time pronouncing words\u2019 is called \u2018an accent\u2019. Everyone has one, and they are not even remotely related to intelligence. 4: Her training is in psychiatry, not being a criminal. Being smart does not grant you mastery of everything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2362.0, "score_ratio": 11.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtzd6b", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzsut", "created_at_utc_A": 1638386452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386618.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "She's somewhat ditzy and not the most well spoken, but she's never been *stupid*, and in most continuities clearly very intelligent. Remember, by batman's own admission, her plan to take him out got closer then joker ever did. She might be silly and quirky, but there's a reason she's become a long term batman enemy while countless other goons just got knocked out. As with everyone in Gotham, don't let the stupid outfit fool you.", "human_ref_B": "1: She\u2019s insane. 2: She\u2019s playing a part, because she\u2019s got a SEVERE codependency issue. Take her away from Joker and she becomes MUCH more competent and intelligent. Because showing up Joker means he hurts you. Like, a lot. 3: A \u2018hard time pronouncing words\u2019 is called \u2018an accent\u2019. Everyone has one, and they are not even remotely related to intelligence. 4: Her training is in psychiatry, not being a criminal. Being smart does not grant you mastery of everything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 166.0, "score_ratio": 10.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtrzzj", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzsut", "created_at_utc_A": 1638383608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386618.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "She was shoved into a bunch of crazy chemicals that did god knows what to her entire body. She also sustains a LOT of head wounds.", "human_ref_B": "1: She\u2019s insane. 2: She\u2019s playing a part, because she\u2019s got a SEVERE codependency issue. Take her away from Joker and she becomes MUCH more competent and intelligent. Because showing up Joker means he hurts you. Like, a lot. 3: A \u2018hard time pronouncing words\u2019 is called \u2018an accent\u2019. Everyone has one, and they are not even remotely related to intelligence. 4: Her training is in psychiatry, not being a criminal. Being smart does not grant you mastery of everything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3010.0, "score_ratio": 11.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtzsut", "c_root_id_B": "hmttahl", "created_at_utc_A": 1638386618.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384103.0, "score_A": 71, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "1: She\u2019s insane. 2: She\u2019s playing a part, because she\u2019s got a SEVERE codependency issue. Take her away from Joker and she becomes MUCH more competent and intelligent. Because showing up Joker means he hurts you. Like, a lot. 3: A \u2018hard time pronouncing words\u2019 is called \u2018an accent\u2019. Everyone has one, and they are not even remotely related to intelligence. 4: Her training is in psychiatry, not being a criminal. Being smart does not grant you mastery of everything.", "human_ref_B": "In what version", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2515.0, "score_ratio": 35.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtuug7", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzsut", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386618.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "human_ref_B": "1: She\u2019s insane. 2: She\u2019s playing a part, because she\u2019s got a SEVERE codependency issue. Take her away from Joker and she becomes MUCH more competent and intelligent. Because showing up Joker means he hurts you. Like, a lot. 3: A \u2018hard time pronouncing words\u2019 is called \u2018an accent\u2019. Everyone has one, and they are not even remotely related to intelligence. 4: Her training is in psychiatry, not being a criminal. Being smart does not grant you mastery of everything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1914.0, "score_ratio": 71000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtrzzj", "c_root_id_B": "hmttboh", "created_at_utc_A": 1638383608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384116.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "She was shoved into a bunch of crazy chemicals that did god knows what to her entire body. She also sustains a LOT of head wounds.", "human_ref_B": "She acts that way because she's mentally ill and fails to realize or fully accept the inappropriateness of her behavior. She sometimes seems out of her depth as a criminal henchwoman because a psychology degree actually does nothing to prepare you for that kind of life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 508.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmttahl", "c_root_id_B": "hmttboh", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384116.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "In what version", "human_ref_B": "She acts that way because she's mentally ill and fails to realize or fully accept the inappropriateness of her behavior. She sometimes seems out of her depth as a criminal henchwoman because a psychology degree actually does nothing to prepare you for that kind of life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu13sc", "c_root_id_B": "hmttopf", "created_at_utc_A": 1638387121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384256.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Generally one (or both) of two things are in play. First, in some continuities her credentials aren't that hot. The tie-in comics for the Animated Series depict her as using a combination of manipulation and sexual wiles to get her way through college, meaning she was way less qualified in reality than she was on paper... and she was already dangerously underqualified on paper, given that she is often depicted as being more or less a rookie when she ends up in a room with Mr. J. Second, she's often depicted as playing dumb on purpose around the Joker. In some cases she's deliberately losing herself in the role as the dizzy moll to excuse herself from responsibility from her actions (a la in the Harley Quinn cartoon). In others, the Joker abuses her when she steps out of her role as the mook and shows intelligence or initiative (as seen in supplemental stuff for the Harleen limited series). And in still other times she thinks that Joker likes 'em stupid, and acts that way in an attempt to make him like her more (Injustice).", "human_ref_B": "I think a lot of that is actually her playing the role of a gangster moll, she's hiding her true intelligence to fit in basically. Also it's been alluded to that she partly cheated on her degree by seducing some of her professors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2865.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtzd6b", "c_root_id_B": "hmu13sc", "created_at_utc_A": 1638386452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638387121.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "She's somewhat ditzy and not the most well spoken, but she's never been *stupid*, and in most continuities clearly very intelligent. Remember, by batman's own admission, her plan to take him out got closer then joker ever did. She might be silly and quirky, but there's a reason she's become a long term batman enemy while countless other goons just got knocked out. As with everyone in Gotham, don't let the stupid outfit fool you.", "human_ref_B": "Generally one (or both) of two things are in play. First, in some continuities her credentials aren't that hot. The tie-in comics for the Animated Series depict her as using a combination of manipulation and sexual wiles to get her way through college, meaning she was way less qualified in reality than she was on paper... and she was already dangerously underqualified on paper, given that she is often depicted as being more or less a rookie when she ends up in a room with Mr. J. Second, she's often depicted as playing dumb on purpose around the Joker. In some cases she's deliberately losing herself in the role as the dizzy moll to excuse herself from responsibility from her actions (a la in the Harley Quinn cartoon). In others, the Joker abuses her when she steps out of her role as the mook and shows intelligence or initiative (as seen in supplemental stuff for the Harleen limited series). And in still other times she thinks that Joker likes 'em stupid, and acts that way in an attempt to make him like her more (Injustice).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 669.0, "score_ratio": 2.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu13sc", "c_root_id_B": "hmtrzzj", "created_at_utc_A": 1638387121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638383608.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Generally one (or both) of two things are in play. First, in some continuities her credentials aren't that hot. The tie-in comics for the Animated Series depict her as using a combination of manipulation and sexual wiles to get her way through college, meaning she was way less qualified in reality than she was on paper... and she was already dangerously underqualified on paper, given that she is often depicted as being more or less a rookie when she ends up in a room with Mr. J. Second, she's often depicted as playing dumb on purpose around the Joker. In some cases she's deliberately losing herself in the role as the dizzy moll to excuse herself from responsibility from her actions (a la in the Harley Quinn cartoon). In others, the Joker abuses her when she steps out of her role as the mook and shows intelligence or initiative (as seen in supplemental stuff for the Harleen limited series). And in still other times she thinks that Joker likes 'em stupid, and acts that way in an attempt to make him like her more (Injustice).", "human_ref_B": "She was shoved into a bunch of crazy chemicals that did god knows what to her entire body. She also sustains a LOT of head wounds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3513.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu13sc", "c_root_id_B": "hmttahl", "created_at_utc_A": 1638387121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384103.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Generally one (or both) of two things are in play. First, in some continuities her credentials aren't that hot. The tie-in comics for the Animated Series depict her as using a combination of manipulation and sexual wiles to get her way through college, meaning she was way less qualified in reality than she was on paper... and she was already dangerously underqualified on paper, given that she is often depicted as being more or less a rookie when she ends up in a room with Mr. J. Second, she's often depicted as playing dumb on purpose around the Joker. In some cases she's deliberately losing herself in the role as the dizzy moll to excuse herself from responsibility from her actions (a la in the Harley Quinn cartoon). In others, the Joker abuses her when she steps out of her role as the mook and shows intelligence or initiative (as seen in supplemental stuff for the Harleen limited series). And in still other times she thinks that Joker likes 'em stupid, and acts that way in an attempt to make him like her more (Injustice).", "human_ref_B": "In what version", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3018.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtuug7", "c_root_id_B": "hmu13sc", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638387121.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "human_ref_B": "Generally one (or both) of two things are in play. First, in some continuities her credentials aren't that hot. The tie-in comics for the Animated Series depict her as using a combination of manipulation and sexual wiles to get her way through college, meaning she was way less qualified in reality than she was on paper... and she was already dangerously underqualified on paper, given that she is often depicted as being more or less a rookie when she ends up in a room with Mr. J. Second, she's often depicted as playing dumb on purpose around the Joker. In some cases she's deliberately losing herself in the role as the dizzy moll to excuse herself from responsibility from her actions (a la in the Harley Quinn cartoon). In others, the Joker abuses her when she steps out of her role as the mook and shows intelligence or initiative (as seen in supplemental stuff for the Harleen limited series). And in still other times she thinks that Joker likes 'em stupid, and acts that way in an attempt to make him like her more (Injustice).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2417.0, "score_ratio": 18000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu5nco", "c_root_id_B": "hmttopf", "created_at_utc_A": 1638388873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384256.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Ganster men tend not to react so well to women making them feel stupid. Her \"accident\" and madness did make a dent in her wisdom, but she is definitely playing dumb both to make herself safer in the company she keeps and to make people underestimate her. The times where she flexes her brilliance tend to be pretty awesome: https://external-preview.redd.it/oQ4HPFWY6fh82umX7Y7LUfyATocrgsddWuCspSqdGYA.jpg?auto=webp&s=6bd43b66dd825703ca96a7362a20607ac929c730", "human_ref_B": "I think a lot of that is actually her playing the role of a gangster moll, she's hiding her true intelligence to fit in basically. 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Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu5nco", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzd6b", "created_at_utc_A": 1638388873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386452.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Ganster men tend not to react so well to women making them feel stupid. Her \"accident\" and madness did make a dent in her wisdom, but she is definitely playing dumb both to make herself safer in the company she keeps and to make people underestimate her. The times where she flexes her brilliance tend to be pretty awesome: https://external-preview.redd.it/oQ4HPFWY6fh82umX7Y7LUfyATocrgsddWuCspSqdGYA.jpg?auto=webp&s=6bd43b66dd825703ca96a7362a20607ac929c730", "human_ref_B": "She's somewhat ditzy and not the most well spoken, but she's never been *stupid*, and in most continuities clearly very intelligent. Remember, by batman's own admission, her plan to take him out got closer then joker ever did. She might be silly and quirky, but there's a reason she's become a long term batman enemy while countless other goons just got knocked out. As with everyone in Gotham, don't let the stupid outfit fool you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2421.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu5nco", "c_root_id_B": "hmtrzzj", "created_at_utc_A": 1638388873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638383608.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Ganster men tend not to react so well to women making them feel stupid. Her \"accident\" and madness did make a dent in her wisdom, but she is definitely playing dumb both to make herself safer in the company she keeps and to make people underestimate her. The times where she flexes her brilliance tend to be pretty awesome: https://external-preview.redd.it/oQ4HPFWY6fh82umX7Y7LUfyATocrgsddWuCspSqdGYA.jpg?auto=webp&s=6bd43b66dd825703ca96a7362a20607ac929c730", "human_ref_B": "She was shoved into a bunch of crazy chemicals that did god knows what to her entire body. She also sustains a LOT of head wounds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5265.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu1e2m", "c_root_id_B": "hmu5nco", "created_at_utc_A": 1638387232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638388873.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "She also talks like a vaudevalian charecter from the 30s....... But sometimes she will totally zero in on some issue and show her intelligence", "human_ref_B": "Ganster men tend not to react so well to women making them feel stupid. Her \"accident\" and madness did make a dent in her wisdom, but she is definitely playing dumb both to make herself safer in the company she keeps and to make people underestimate her. The times where she flexes her brilliance tend to be pretty awesome: https://external-preview.redd.it/oQ4HPFWY6fh82umX7Y7LUfyATocrgsddWuCspSqdGYA.jpg?auto=webp&s=6bd43b66dd825703ca96a7362a20607ac929c730", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1641.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu5nco", "c_root_id_B": "hmttahl", "created_at_utc_A": 1638388873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384103.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Ganster men tend not to react so well to women making them feel stupid. Her \"accident\" and madness did make a dent in her wisdom, but she is definitely playing dumb both to make herself safer in the company she keeps and to make people underestimate her. The times where she flexes her brilliance tend to be pretty awesome: https://external-preview.redd.it/oQ4HPFWY6fh82umX7Y7LUfyATocrgsddWuCspSqdGYA.jpg?auto=webp&s=6bd43b66dd825703ca96a7362a20607ac929c730", "human_ref_B": "In what version", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4770.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu5nco", "c_root_id_B": "hmu158v", "created_at_utc_A": 1638388873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638387137.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Ganster men tend not to react so well to women making them feel stupid. Her \"accident\" and madness did make a dent in her wisdom, but she is definitely playing dumb both to make herself safer in the company she keeps and to make people underestimate her. The times where she flexes her brilliance tend to be pretty awesome: https://external-preview.redd.it/oQ4HPFWY6fh82umX7Y7LUfyATocrgsddWuCspSqdGYA.jpg?auto=webp&s=6bd43b66dd825703ca96a7362a20607ac929c730", "human_ref_B": "If I recall correctly, she sort of manipulated and slept with a professor to get into her degree. So she actually used to be dumber in a sense. Post crisis, post new 52, and all that, her newest version is smarter and may be played dumb previously. Here's the page from Mad Love as proof: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/Mk2zKiboKqbpNQ-JWmsUqqJ6uDI4Qt0p1GFvzUtsrmdo08BLK1Ek2kC8LMVdXo9hGdAWp-KtsnCI=s0", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1736.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu5nco", "c_root_id_B": "hmtuug7", "created_at_utc_A": 1638388873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384704.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Ganster men tend not to react so well to women making them feel stupid. Her \"accident\" and madness did make a dent in her wisdom, but she is definitely playing dumb both to make herself safer in the company she keeps and to make people underestimate her. The times where she flexes her brilliance tend to be pretty awesome: https://external-preview.redd.it/oQ4HPFWY6fh82umX7Y7LUfyATocrgsddWuCspSqdGYA.jpg?auto=webp&s=6bd43b66dd825703ca96a7362a20607ac929c730", "human_ref_B": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4169.0, "score_ratio": 12000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtzd6b", "c_root_id_B": "hmttopf", "created_at_utc_A": 1638386452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384256.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "She's somewhat ditzy and not the most well spoken, but she's never been *stupid*, and in most continuities clearly very intelligent. Remember, by batman's own admission, her plan to take him out got closer then joker ever did. She might be silly and quirky, but there's a reason she's become a long term batman enemy while countless other goons just got knocked out. As with everyone in Gotham, don't let the stupid outfit fool you.", "human_ref_B": "I think a lot of that is actually her playing the role of a gangster moll, she's hiding her true intelligence to fit in basically. Also it's been alluded to that she partly cheated on her degree by seducing some of her professors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2196.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmttahl", "c_root_id_B": "hmttopf", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384256.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "In what version", "human_ref_B": "I think a lot of that is actually her playing the role of a gangster moll, she's hiding her true intelligence to fit in basically. Also it's been alluded to that she partly cheated on her degree by seducing some of her professors.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 153.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtrzzj", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzd6b", "created_at_utc_A": 1638383608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386452.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "She was shoved into a bunch of crazy chemicals that did god knows what to her entire body. She also sustains a LOT of head wounds.", "human_ref_B": "She's somewhat ditzy and not the most well spoken, but she's never been *stupid*, and in most continuities clearly very intelligent. Remember, by batman's own admission, her plan to take him out got closer then joker ever did. She might be silly and quirky, but there's a reason she's become a long term batman enemy while countless other goons just got knocked out. As with everyone in Gotham, don't let the stupid outfit fool you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2844.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmttahl", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzd6b", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386452.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In what version", "human_ref_B": "She's somewhat ditzy and not the most well spoken, but she's never been *stupid*, and in most continuities clearly very intelligent. Remember, by batman's own admission, her plan to take him out got closer then joker ever did. She might be silly and quirky, but there's a reason she's become a long term batman enemy while countless other goons just got knocked out. As with everyone in Gotham, don't let the stupid outfit fool you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2349.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtuug7", "c_root_id_B": "hmtzd6b", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638386452.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "human_ref_B": "She's somewhat ditzy and not the most well spoken, but she's never been *stupid*, and in most continuities clearly very intelligent. Remember, by batman's own admission, her plan to take him out got closer then joker ever did. She might be silly and quirky, but there's a reason she's become a long term batman enemy while countless other goons just got knocked out. As with everyone in Gotham, don't let the stupid outfit fool you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1748.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu1e2m", "c_root_id_B": "hmttahl", "created_at_utc_A": 1638387232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384103.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "She also talks like a vaudevalian charecter from the 30s....... But sometimes she will totally zero in on some issue and show her intelligence", "human_ref_B": "In what version", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3129.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu1e2m", "c_root_id_B": "hmu158v", "created_at_utc_A": 1638387232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638387137.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "She also talks like a vaudevalian charecter from the 30s....... But sometimes she will totally zero in on some issue and show her intelligence", "human_ref_B": "If I recall correctly, she sort of manipulated and slept with a professor to get into her degree. So she actually used to be dumber in a sense. Post crisis, post new 52, and all that, her newest version is smarter and may be played dumb previously. Here's the page from Mad Love as proof: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/Mk2zKiboKqbpNQ-JWmsUqqJ6uDI4Qt0p1GFvzUtsrmdo08BLK1Ek2kC8LMVdXo9hGdAWp-KtsnCI=s0", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 95.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtuug7", "c_root_id_B": "hmu1e2m", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638387232.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "human_ref_B": "She also talks like a vaudevalian charecter from the 30s....... 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Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmttahl", "c_root_id_B": "hmubilh", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638391091.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In what version", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes she has flashes of lucidity so the intellect is still there under the chemicals and years of abuse at the hand of Joker.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6988.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? 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Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtuug7", "c_root_id_B": "hmubilh", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638391091.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes she has flashes of lucidity so the intellect is still there under the chemicals and years of abuse at the hand of Joker.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6387.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmu158v", "c_root_id_B": "hmtuug7", "created_at_utc_A": 1638387137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384704.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "If I recall correctly, she sort of manipulated and slept with a professor to get into her degree. So she actually used to be dumber in a sense. Post crisis, post new 52, and all that, her newest version is smarter and may be played dumb previously. Here's the page from Mad Love as proof: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/Mk2zKiboKqbpNQ-JWmsUqqJ6uDI4Qt0p1GFvzUtsrmdo08BLK1Ek2kC8LMVdXo9hGdAWp-KtsnCI=s0", "human_ref_B": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2433.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtuug7", "c_root_id_B": "hmuhycu", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638393488.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "human_ref_B": "\\*In one timeline, she actually was'nt that intelligent to begin with. She slept her way through Med School/ falsified her credentials. Dunning Kruger effect (dumb people think they are smart) does the rest until she meets the Joker who completes Harley's transformation. \\*Brain damage from being hit by the joker or exposure to joker toxin. Also being around the Joker's influence makes it harder to think clearly. \\*Abusive childhood. In one timeline her father was an abusive gambling addict who made her take a dive to pay off his debt. Trauma takes a toll on one's mind.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8784.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtuug7", "c_root_id_B": "hmwk2jo", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638427797.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "human_ref_B": "Being a psychologist doesn't actually require you to be super smart. There are a lot of psychologists who are pretty bad at their job. See also: the replication crisis. TBH, a lot of psychologists are really just pretending to be smart, while not actually being super brilliant.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43093.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmv1vzg", "c_root_id_B": "hmwk2jo", "created_at_utc_A": 1638401595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638427797.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The thing is that Harleen was never the brightest. She's smart, but not all there in the noggin.", "human_ref_B": "Being a psychologist doesn't actually require you to be super smart. There are a lot of psychologists who are pretty bad at their job. See also: the replication crisis. TBH, a lot of psychologists are really just pretending to be smart, while not actually being super brilliant.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26202.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmwk2jo", "c_root_id_B": "hmw97y2", "created_at_utc_A": 1638427797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638421189.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Being a psychologist doesn't actually require you to be super smart. There are a lot of psychologists who are pretty bad at their job. See also: the replication crisis. TBH, a lot of psychologists are really just pretending to be smart, while not actually being super brilliant.", "human_ref_B": "The buffoonery I can believe as part of her persona. It's the fact that of all the people the Joker could manipulate he manages to pull it off on someone whose literal job is understanding the human mind.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6608.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmtuug7", "c_root_id_B": "hmv1vzg", "created_at_utc_A": 1638384704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638401595.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "human_ref_B": "The thing is that Harleen was never the brightest. She's smart, but not all there in the noggin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16891.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r6libp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Batman] Why does Harley Quinn seem to be so dim-witted while being a, formerly, accredited psychologist? I understand that her becoming crazy and infatuated with Joker made her personality more carefree and wild, but there\u2019s plenty of times she\u2019s seen being at the same basic intelligence level of low-level henchmen/criminal thugs. Having a hard time pronouncing words, formalities of language, basic math, etc. How could someone with a strong background in psychology and graduate at the top of her class be so dumb?", "c_root_id_A": "hmw97y2", "c_root_id_B": "hmtuug7", "created_at_utc_A": 1638421189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638384704.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The buffoonery I can believe as part of her persona. It's the fact that of all the people the Joker could manipulate he manages to pull it off on someone whose literal job is understanding the human mind.", "human_ref_B": "The more chaos you invite into yourself, the more chaotic you become. I always perceived Joker as more than a human - to me he is an avatar of chaos and madness and as such he spreads it onto people close to him. Harley becomes diseased by insanity by staying close to Joker. That's how parts of her character underwent radical change.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36485.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ik8nuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Percy Jackson] How was Percy capable of going toe-to toe with Ares in the Lightning Thief? Percy at the time was just a 12 year old kid with little martial arts training and with a rudimentary grasp of his powers. While being near a source of water surely gave him a power boost, I don't think it would make him capable of challenging the literal god of war. Did Ares underestimate Percy? Was he holding back? Or is their something else I'm missing?", "c_root_id_A": "g3j5uum", "c_root_id_B": "g3j0gr4", "created_at_utc_A": 1598918074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598915318.0, "score_A": 114, "score_B": 81, "human_ref_A": "He wasn't. Percy got one good hit in. Also, for most of the fight Ares was holding back and he still held the advantage. > He slashed again and I was forced to jump onto dry land. I tried to sidestep, to get back to the water, but Ares seemed to know what I wanted. He outmaneuvered me, pressing so hard I had to put all my concentration on not getting sliced into pieces. I kept backing away from the surf. I couldn't find any openings to attack. His sword had a reach several feet longer than Anaklusmos. --- > I stepped inside with a thrust, but Ares was waiting for that. He knocked my blade out of my hands and kicked me in the chest. I went airborne-twenty, maybe thirty feet. I would've broken my back if I hadn't crashed into the soft sand of a dune. --- > I ran for my sword, scooped it up, and launched a swipe at Ares's face, only to find my blade deflected again. Ares seemed to know exactly what I was going to do the moment before I did it. I stepped back toward the surf, forcing him to follow. >\"Admit it, kid,\" Ares said. \"You got no hope. I'm just toying with you.\" --- > He slashed. I deflected his blade. I got close enough to strike, tried to fake him out with a feint, but my blow was knocked aside. The waves were hitting me in the back now. Ares was up to his thighs, wading in after me.", "human_ref_B": "Been a long time since I read it, but percy is nearly unbeatable in his father's domain, the sea. This is the same percy jackson who summoned enough power to nearly destroy an entire area when he was in a volcano, the furthest place away from a sea. Percy was just that strong at the moment. However, percy isn't always that strong. He basically channels the power of his father, and his strength wanes to and fro depending on the situation, his emotions, and how much support his dad can give.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2756.0, "score_ratio": 1.4074074074, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ik8nuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Percy Jackson] How was Percy capable of going toe-to toe with Ares in the Lightning Thief? Percy at the time was just a 12 year old kid with little martial arts training and with a rudimentary grasp of his powers. While being near a source of water surely gave him a power boost, I don't think it would make him capable of challenging the literal god of war. Did Ares underestimate Percy? Was he holding back? Or is their something else I'm missing?", "c_root_id_A": "g3j44jc", "c_root_id_B": "g3j5uum", "created_at_utc_A": 1598917218.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598918074.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 114, "human_ref_A": "It wasn't so much that Percy went toe-to-toe, as that Ares was so sure of his own ability that he severely underestimated Percy and was taken by surprise, as well as Percy receiving help from his dad. If Ares had put any effort in, Percy would likely have died immediately.", "human_ref_B": "He wasn't. Percy got one good hit in. Also, for most of the fight Ares was holding back and he still held the advantage. > He slashed again and I was forced to jump onto dry land. I tried to sidestep, to get back to the water, but Ares seemed to know what I wanted. He outmaneuvered me, pressing so hard I had to put all my concentration on not getting sliced into pieces. I kept backing away from the surf. I couldn't find any openings to attack. His sword had a reach several feet longer than Anaklusmos. --- > I stepped inside with a thrust, but Ares was waiting for that. He knocked my blade out of my hands and kicked me in the chest. I went airborne-twenty, maybe thirty feet. I would've broken my back if I hadn't crashed into the soft sand of a dune. --- > I ran for my sword, scooped it up, and launched a swipe at Ares's face, only to find my blade deflected again. Ares seemed to know exactly what I was going to do the moment before I did it. I stepped back toward the surf, forcing him to follow. >\"Admit it, kid,\" Ares said. \"You got no hope. I'm just toying with you.\" --- > He slashed. I deflected his blade. I got close enough to strike, tried to fake him out with a feint, but my blow was knocked aside. The waves were hitting me in the back now. Ares was up to his thighs, wading in after me.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 856.0, "score_ratio": 1.5616438356, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ik8nuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Percy Jackson] How was Percy capable of going toe-to toe with Ares in the Lightning Thief? Percy at the time was just a 12 year old kid with little martial arts training and with a rudimentary grasp of his powers. While being near a source of water surely gave him a power boost, I don't think it would make him capable of challenging the literal god of war. Did Ares underestimate Percy? Was he holding back? Or is their something else I'm missing?", "c_root_id_A": "g3j5uum", "c_root_id_B": "g3j0217", "created_at_utc_A": 1598918074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598915091.0, "score_A": 114, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "He wasn't. Percy got one good hit in. Also, for most of the fight Ares was holding back and he still held the advantage. > He slashed again and I was forced to jump onto dry land. I tried to sidestep, to get back to the water, but Ares seemed to know what I wanted. He outmaneuvered me, pressing so hard I had to put all my concentration on not getting sliced into pieces. I kept backing away from the surf. I couldn't find any openings to attack. His sword had a reach several feet longer than Anaklusmos. --- > I stepped inside with a thrust, but Ares was waiting for that. He knocked my blade out of my hands and kicked me in the chest. I went airborne-twenty, maybe thirty feet. I would've broken my back if I hadn't crashed into the soft sand of a dune. --- > I ran for my sword, scooped it up, and launched a swipe at Ares's face, only to find my blade deflected again. Ares seemed to know exactly what I was going to do the moment before I did it. I stepped back toward the surf, forcing him to follow. >\"Admit it, kid,\" Ares said. \"You got no hope. I'm just toying with you.\" --- > He slashed. I deflected his blade. I got close enough to strike, tried to fake him out with a feint, but my blow was knocked aside. The waves were hitting me in the back now. Ares was up to his thighs, wading in after me.", "human_ref_B": "Ares kinda sucks ass in the original mythology, and starts to get downplayed in later books.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2983.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ik8nuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Percy Jackson] How was Percy capable of going toe-to toe with Ares in the Lightning Thief? Percy at the time was just a 12 year old kid with little martial arts training and with a rudimentary grasp of his powers. While being near a source of water surely gave him a power boost, I don't think it would make him capable of challenging the literal god of war. Did Ares underestimate Percy? Was he holding back? Or is their something else I'm missing?", "c_root_id_A": "g3j0217", "c_root_id_B": "g3j0gr4", "created_at_utc_A": 1598915091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598915318.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 81, "human_ref_A": "Ares kinda sucks ass in the original mythology, and starts to get downplayed in later books.", "human_ref_B": "Been a long time since I read it, but percy is nearly unbeatable in his father's domain, the sea. This is the same percy jackson who summoned enough power to nearly destroy an entire area when he was in a volcano, the furthest place away from a sea. Percy was just that strong at the moment. However, percy isn't always that strong. He basically channels the power of his father, and his strength wanes to and fro depending on the situation, his emotions, and how much support his dad can give.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 227.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ik8nuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Percy Jackson] How was Percy capable of going toe-to toe with Ares in the Lightning Thief? Percy at the time was just a 12 year old kid with little martial arts training and with a rudimentary grasp of his powers. While being near a source of water surely gave him a power boost, I don't think it would make him capable of challenging the literal god of war. Did Ares underestimate Percy? Was he holding back? Or is their something else I'm missing?", "c_root_id_A": "g3j44jc", "c_root_id_B": "g3j0217", "created_at_utc_A": 1598917218.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598915091.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It wasn't so much that Percy went toe-to-toe, as that Ares was so sure of his own ability that he severely underestimated Percy and was taken by surprise, as well as Percy receiving help from his dad. If Ares had put any effort in, Percy would likely have died immediately.", "human_ref_B": "Ares kinda sucks ass in the original mythology, and starts to get downplayed in later books.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2127.0, "score_ratio": 4.0555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ik8nuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Percy Jackson] How was Percy capable of going toe-to toe with Ares in the Lightning Thief? Percy at the time was just a 12 year old kid with little martial arts training and with a rudimentary grasp of his powers. While being near a source of water surely gave him a power boost, I don't think it would make him capable of challenging the literal god of war. Did Ares underestimate Percy? Was he holding back? Or is their something else I'm missing?", "c_root_id_A": "g3j0217", "c_root_id_B": "g3j8g50", "created_at_utc_A": 1598915091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598919437.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "Ares kinda sucks ass in the original mythology, and starts to get downplayed in later books.", "human_ref_B": "Ares is very famous in Greek myth for being a bit of a wimp, aside from all of his bluster. When he takes even a small wound in battle at Troy, he runs screaming home to Olympus, to the disgust of his father. Ares was sort of the god of the ugly side of war - all of its brutality, ego, bloodshed, and shame. Athena was the goddess of the \"noble\" sides of war - valor, protection, innovation. Plus, in this case, he also had Kronos whispering to him, and Kronos at this point needed Percy alive so that the prophecy could be fulfilled. Before Thalia was revived and Nico was revealed, Percy was the only key to the Great Prophecy. So in the fight, Percy had a lot going for him. Ares, as usual, was overconfident, especially against a mostly untested kid. Percy had the sea, the source of all of the godly power he could draw from. Ares always looks for an excuse to run away if he's hurt, and Kronos's voice in his head gave him all the justification he really needed. If Percy and Ares were in some sort of surreal godly deathmatch - two beings enter, one being leaves, somehow - Ares would win without issue.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4346.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ik8nuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Percy Jackson] How was Percy capable of going toe-to toe with Ares in the Lightning Thief? Percy at the time was just a 12 year old kid with little martial arts training and with a rudimentary grasp of his powers. While being near a source of water surely gave him a power boost, I don't think it would make him capable of challenging the literal god of war. Did Ares underestimate Percy? Was he holding back? Or is their something else I'm missing?", "c_root_id_A": "g3jdpjm", "c_root_id_B": "g3jhc9x", "created_at_utc_A": 1598922235.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598924081.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It was sort of like George McFly knocking out Biff in BTTF. He got a solid punch in at a good time and his adversary underestimated him. It\u2019s been awhile since I read the fight, but I\u2019m pretty sure he combines tactical awareness and the environment to best Ares.", "human_ref_B": "Several things - First, Poseidon is orders of magnitude more important than Ares. Percy gets a nice chunk of power from him, and he's standing in the water. When in water, Percy gets automatic combat skills and instinctive power understandings. Second, Ares is a wimp. He doesn't like getting hurt and Percy lands first blood. But more importantly, Ares is in political hot water, and killing the kid is not going to go over well. Poseidon is currently the most powerful of all of the gods (he has his superweapon, unlike his brothers), he's an angry destructive god, and also Ares is in his turf and pissing him off. If Ares kills Percy, Poseidon bitchslaps Ares into next century. Ares isn't holding back, but he has no good reason to continue the fight. Third, Ares was really confident and Percy is a smart skilled natural.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1846.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozgmui", "c_root_id_B": "cozg7ss", "created_at_utc_A": 1425081291.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425080479.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "You are Dragonborn you have the blood of Akatosh running through your veins when you \"die\" your eternal soul will once again return to the Lord of Time until it is needed again. All of the Aedra and Daedra bend and bowe Akatosh even Sithis the absence of all must submit to time itself", "human_ref_B": "That's up to Nocturne and Hircine to dish out. Likely Nocturne could be satisfied with releasing you upon death or until you become replaced, then to the eternal hunting grounds you go. Being a Dragonborn or Nord doesn't matter.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 812.0, "score_ratio": -39.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozg7ss", "c_root_id_B": "cozj9qz", "created_at_utc_A": 1425080479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425086713.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "That's up to Nocturne and Hircine to dish out. Likely Nocturne could be satisfied with releasing you upon death or until you become replaced, then to the eternal hunting grounds you go. Being a Dragonborn or Nord doesn't matter.", "human_ref_B": "The priority for the claim on your soul goes Akatosh>Nocturnal>Hircine>Sovngarde. The \"default\" afterlife for Nord heroes is Sovngarde, but as your soul is sworn to various daedra, it goes to them instead. Nocturnal takes priority over Hircine because you signed your soul away as a covenant, compared to receiving cursed blood. All of this is irrelevant, however. As Dragonborn, your soul would be returned to Akatosh as /u/rygem1 described.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6234.0, "score_ratio": -19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozu1ma", "c_root_id_B": "cozs56b", "created_at_utc_A": 1425118735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425109369.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There is a story from an alternate universe, one with a different dragonborn with a similar problem: Sooner or later, death comes to us all. There was a mist around her and she could see Sovngarde in the distance. Vivka couldn\u2019t see him, but she knew someone would greet her and take her to it. There was something nagging at her, almost as if she knew no amount of hurrying would ever get her inside her eternal resting place. \u201cHey there, little morsel.\u201d She turned around, the mist around her dissipating until the figure of a familiar man stood before her. Although he wasn\u2019t really standing, more like sprawling on a rickety chair with a tankard of ale on his hand. \u201cArnjborn?\u201d He raised the tankard to her. \u201cThe one and only,\u201d he motioned her to sit on a chair that appeared beside him, \u201cIf I were you, I\u2019d get comfortable. I think we have time for you to tell me if you got the sons of bitches that got us.\u201d She looked at him in confusion, \u201cI thought you\u2019d be in the Hunting Grounds.\u201d \u201cAnd I thought I\u2019d join Astrid in the Void, but until they decide what they\u2019re going to do with me, I\u2019m stuck here.\u201d She was going to ask who they were, but the words died in her throat as the mist dispersed. \u201cThey\u2019ve been at that since\u2026\u201d Arnjborn shrugged, \u201cHow long have I been dead anyway?\u201d She sat in the chair beside him, eyes riveted on the spectacle before her. \u201cTwenty years. Give or take a decade,\u201d she turned her eyes to her \u2018brother\u2019, \u201cThey\u2019ve been at this all this time?\u201d He took a swig from his ale and nodded, \u201cWait until they notice you, oh mighty Listener. That\u2019s going to be fun.\u201d True to his words, the two forces battling stopped their year long feud. Though they were not looking at her. \u201cWho in Oblivion is that?\u201d She found herself coughing awkwardly and turning to see the welcoming entrance of Sovngarde. \u201cThat\u2019s Nocturnal.\u201d She could feel the glare from her companion and she found herself returning it. \u201cI\u2026 might\u2019ve pledged my soul to her to become a Nightingale.\u201d The Daedric Prince of Night stood between the two combatants. Her black dress pooled at her feet and a raven rested on her shoulder. She gave Hircine and Sithis a look that spoke of complete and utter boredom. \u201cGet out of the way. I\u2019m here to collect one of my followers.\u201d Vivka prayed for the mist to swallow her whole before they could see her, but her prayers went unanswered. She could pinpoint the moment the Daedric Princes and the Dread Father looked upon her, as she felt completely paralyzed. \u201cThe Listener belongs in the Void. Her contract was signed in blood,\u201d Sithis whispered, though the dragonborn swore it could be heard everywhere. Hircine howled, \u201cIt is my gift that flows through her veins. She belongs in my Hunting Grounds!\u201d She felt Arnjborn\u2019s hand on her shoulder. \u201cSucks to be you, eh, Listener. Though I have to admit it stings to be forgotten after twenty years of waiting.\u201d The fight began anew. This time three figures battled it out instead of two. \u201cYou really never tried to get into Sovngarde?\u201d \u201cNah. I just want to see Astrid again. Problem is I have no idea how to get in the Void without Sithis\u2019 help.\u201d Nocturnal had finished throwing Hircine against a wall. A wall that hadn\u2019t been there before and that disappeared as soon as he fell to the ground, when in came a dog and bit her ankles. Her scream of outrage made the misty world shake followed by her bellowing for the owner of the dog. \u201cClavicus! Show yourself you little coward! Or else I\u2019ll give that mutt of yours to Mehrunes!\u201d Said mutt was throwing insults between barks. It was hilarious, or it would\u2019ve been if it hadn\u2019t been her soul at stake. \u201cClavicus Vile? Really?\u201d She shook her head. \u201cI didn\u2019t give him my soul. I just got his dog and him to reconcile. They had an argument. He even gave me his masque in return.\u201d Arnjborn laughed. That mean, dark laugh that reminded her of the times she tried to talk to him while he worked on the forge and ended feeling like a stupid little girl. \u201cServes you right for accepting gifts from the daedra.\u201d The man had just finished talking when two more flashes heralded the arrival of the Princes of Life and Domination. Light shone from Meridia\u2019s hands, making Nocturnal retreat from her and get clobbered over the head by Molag Bal. \u201cHe\u2019s mine!\u201d they both cried before engaging each other. \u201cArtifact or contract?\u201d \u201cArtifact.\u201d \u201cJust how many of them did you get?\u201d There was silence between them, broken only by the screams, insults, barks and the occasional howl. Her answer came slowly, until fourteen combatants did their best to tear the other apart. They wouldn\u2019t kill each other. They couldn\u2019t. But they were willing to fight until only one of them remained standing. \u201cIs that all of them?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t see Sanguine or Sheogorath anywhere.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know if I should be surprised because you can tell them apart or because you seem to be familiar with them too.\u201d \u201cI\u2019d be very insulted if she forgot about her favorite drinking buddy,\u201d a voice said beside them, making them both jump in surprise. The figure in black and red with a pair of horns on his head cackled at their reaction. He made a vague motion with his hand and table full of mead and food appeared before them. He popped a piece of chicken on his mouth before addressing them. \u201cMy gold\u2019s on Meridia. She\u2019s scary when she wants to be. Like a knight on a mission or so Malacath says. Usually I would\u2019ve gone with Sithis, but the old guy\u2019s been fighting Hircine all this time. Now if the Night Mother joins she\u2019ll wipe the floor with all of them.\u201d Arnjborn didn\u2019t need an invitation. He tore into a mammoth\u2019s steak like a man starved. Which he could be, if one counted that he hadn\u2019t eaten anything since he died. Mouth still full, he spoke. \u201cAnd your friend is?\u201d She took a bottle of Nord mead, anything short of the strong stuff wouldn\u2019t work, and diligently drank half of it. Vivka wiped her lips with her arm and relished the burn on her throat and the warmth that spread in her stomach. \u201cSanguine, Daedric Prince of Debauchery. Sanguine, that\u2019s my brother, Arnjborn.\u201d Sanguine cackled when Boethia almost crashed into Sovngarde after Namira gave her a right hook. \u201cWhat a nice family reunion! And just when I thought you could not amuse me any further, you manage to prove uncle Sanguine wrong.\u201d \u201cOh! What\u2019s this? Did someone call Azura fat again? Or was it rat? Hat, cat, bat\u2026 What else rhymes with fat? I know! You do!\u201d Just when she thought death couldn\u2019t get any weirder, Sheogorath appeared. He finished pointing at the other princes, instantly stopping the battle. \u201cPoor little bumblebees. Did not think this through. But I did, you see. I remember the mess when the Champion of Cyrodiil met his end. Don\u2019t you remember? Of course you don\u2019t. He never came here! Ha ha ha!\u201d The Princes looked at each other willing the other to be the one to address their mad\u2026 acquaintance. \u201cI can\u2019t believe it. You\u2019re speechless. Or maybe the ants ate your tongues. That would explain a lot. Anyway, I can help you. You see, I got to thinking and then I got lost in it. But Haskill found me. He has a way of doing that you see.\u201d She watched as the black dragon form of the Daedric Prince of Pestilence stepped forward. He towered over the humming form of Sheogorath. \u201cBegone. We have no time for you and your games.\u201d \u201cGames? What games? Is it pin the tail on Malacath time? That\u2019s my favorite! I\u2019ll bring the oil, you get the goat.\u201d She could see the collective sigh and roll of eyes. She wanted to laugh, she really did, but she dared not get any more attention to herself. Arnjborn choked on his mead, but at least he didn\u2019t laugh as she feared he\u2019d do. Beside her, Sanguine laughed so hard he splashed his drink all around. Not for the first time she thought the daedra took their titles way too seriously. \u201cA bet none of you thought to make a table,\u201d Sheogorath kept his tirade. \u201cAnd you did?\u201d Azura said testily, knowing he\u2019d never truly do something so simple and yet\u2026 sane. How come none of the others thought of that? Dividing the mortal's eternity between each other and Sithis seemed so perfect in hindsight. \u201cAs a matter of fact, I did. Might have been better to play guess the number, but I lost all my numbers. Or was it my underware. Numberware! No wait, underbear! He likes caves and pie. But on to the table!\u201d He said and motioned behind him, \u201cIt\u2019s made of oak. Quite sturdy if I say so myself. You can dance, prance or make others dance! I like the dents, they remind me of my mother.\u201d Behind him a giant wooden thing that vaguely resembled a table appeared. To Vivka it looked as if someone had sent a giant after the poor thing and then a mammoth stomped on it for good measure. The sight of it appearing out of nowhere was stunning. More still the fact that the other daedra seemed to be playing along with the Mad God. As if humoring him was all they did whenever they had to deal with him. Even Sithis seemed to be going along with it! As one, they took a place on the monstrous table. Sheogorath taking a place at the head of the table and smashing a shoe on the table three times. \u201cLook! My hand's hitting a table with a shoe! A shoe!\u201d And with that, they began their discussion. For once since she arrived there was silence in the misty place. Sanguine groaned and took another bottle of mead. Arnjborn grabbed his own bottle and they toasted together. How long the three of them stood watching the silent discussion? She could not say. There was the occasional insult, Sheogorath sang the Imperial anthem backwards and Barbas once peed on a table leg. Arnjborn kept on eating, long after she settled for drinking. Even after Sanguine told her death prevented her from getting drunk or full; which made her realize that being dead sucked. And then Sanguine began singing the lewd version of Rognar the Red and she felt like crying.", "human_ref_B": "I'm gonna make this clear, you do **not** have any sort of special connection to Akatosh. You're *just* a dragon soul, but all dragon souls are they're own being. They don't belong to a giant oversoul that calls them in. Ohdaviing ent Durnivir, the oversoul only works on the **main** time gods, not every single dragon. Tsun straight up tells us that a Nightingale will **not** be welcomed back to Songarde when he dies, and we've seen Durnibro get trapped before. If you can make your own vestige and respawn in an a daedric realm automatically on death, and can't leave your realm, you're pretty much claimed and trapped. Tl;dr, **not** Akatosh in any shape or form.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9366.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozg7ss", "c_root_id_B": "cozu1ma", "created_at_utc_A": 1425080479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425118735.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "That's up to Nocturne and Hircine to dish out. Likely Nocturne could be satisfied with releasing you upon death or until you become replaced, then to the eternal hunting grounds you go. Being a Dragonborn or Nord doesn't matter.", "human_ref_B": "There is a story from an alternate universe, one with a different dragonborn with a similar problem: Sooner or later, death comes to us all. There was a mist around her and she could see Sovngarde in the distance. Vivka couldn\u2019t see him, but she knew someone would greet her and take her to it. There was something nagging at her, almost as if she knew no amount of hurrying would ever get her inside her eternal resting place. \u201cHey there, little morsel.\u201d She turned around, the mist around her dissipating until the figure of a familiar man stood before her. Although he wasn\u2019t really standing, more like sprawling on a rickety chair with a tankard of ale on his hand. \u201cArnjborn?\u201d He raised the tankard to her. \u201cThe one and only,\u201d he motioned her to sit on a chair that appeared beside him, \u201cIf I were you, I\u2019d get comfortable. I think we have time for you to tell me if you got the sons of bitches that got us.\u201d She looked at him in confusion, \u201cI thought you\u2019d be in the Hunting Grounds.\u201d \u201cAnd I thought I\u2019d join Astrid in the Void, but until they decide what they\u2019re going to do with me, I\u2019m stuck here.\u201d She was going to ask who they were, but the words died in her throat as the mist dispersed. \u201cThey\u2019ve been at that since\u2026\u201d Arnjborn shrugged, \u201cHow long have I been dead anyway?\u201d She sat in the chair beside him, eyes riveted on the spectacle before her. \u201cTwenty years. Give or take a decade,\u201d she turned her eyes to her \u2018brother\u2019, \u201cThey\u2019ve been at this all this time?\u201d He took a swig from his ale and nodded, \u201cWait until they notice you, oh mighty Listener. That\u2019s going to be fun.\u201d True to his words, the two forces battling stopped their year long feud. Though they were not looking at her. \u201cWho in Oblivion is that?\u201d She found herself coughing awkwardly and turning to see the welcoming entrance of Sovngarde. \u201cThat\u2019s Nocturnal.\u201d She could feel the glare from her companion and she found herself returning it. \u201cI\u2026 might\u2019ve pledged my soul to her to become a Nightingale.\u201d The Daedric Prince of Night stood between the two combatants. Her black dress pooled at her feet and a raven rested on her shoulder. She gave Hircine and Sithis a look that spoke of complete and utter boredom. \u201cGet out of the way. I\u2019m here to collect one of my followers.\u201d Vivka prayed for the mist to swallow her whole before they could see her, but her prayers went unanswered. She could pinpoint the moment the Daedric Princes and the Dread Father looked upon her, as she felt completely paralyzed. \u201cThe Listener belongs in the Void. Her contract was signed in blood,\u201d Sithis whispered, though the dragonborn swore it could be heard everywhere. Hircine howled, \u201cIt is my gift that flows through her veins. She belongs in my Hunting Grounds!\u201d She felt Arnjborn\u2019s hand on her shoulder. \u201cSucks to be you, eh, Listener. Though I have to admit it stings to be forgotten after twenty years of waiting.\u201d The fight began anew. This time three figures battled it out instead of two. \u201cYou really never tried to get into Sovngarde?\u201d \u201cNah. I just want to see Astrid again. Problem is I have no idea how to get in the Void without Sithis\u2019 help.\u201d Nocturnal had finished throwing Hircine against a wall. A wall that hadn\u2019t been there before and that disappeared as soon as he fell to the ground, when in came a dog and bit her ankles. Her scream of outrage made the misty world shake followed by her bellowing for the owner of the dog. \u201cClavicus! Show yourself you little coward! Or else I\u2019ll give that mutt of yours to Mehrunes!\u201d Said mutt was throwing insults between barks. It was hilarious, or it would\u2019ve been if it hadn\u2019t been her soul at stake. \u201cClavicus Vile? Really?\u201d She shook her head. \u201cI didn\u2019t give him my soul. I just got his dog and him to reconcile. They had an argument. He even gave me his masque in return.\u201d Arnjborn laughed. That mean, dark laugh that reminded her of the times she tried to talk to him while he worked on the forge and ended feeling like a stupid little girl. \u201cServes you right for accepting gifts from the daedra.\u201d The man had just finished talking when two more flashes heralded the arrival of the Princes of Life and Domination. Light shone from Meridia\u2019s hands, making Nocturnal retreat from her and get clobbered over the head by Molag Bal. \u201cHe\u2019s mine!\u201d they both cried before engaging each other. \u201cArtifact or contract?\u201d \u201cArtifact.\u201d \u201cJust how many of them did you get?\u201d There was silence between them, broken only by the screams, insults, barks and the occasional howl. Her answer came slowly, until fourteen combatants did their best to tear the other apart. They wouldn\u2019t kill each other. They couldn\u2019t. But they were willing to fight until only one of them remained standing. \u201cIs that all of them?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t see Sanguine or Sheogorath anywhere.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know if I should be surprised because you can tell them apart or because you seem to be familiar with them too.\u201d \u201cI\u2019d be very insulted if she forgot about her favorite drinking buddy,\u201d a voice said beside them, making them both jump in surprise. The figure in black and red with a pair of horns on his head cackled at their reaction. He made a vague motion with his hand and table full of mead and food appeared before them. He popped a piece of chicken on his mouth before addressing them. \u201cMy gold\u2019s on Meridia. She\u2019s scary when she wants to be. Like a knight on a mission or so Malacath says. Usually I would\u2019ve gone with Sithis, but the old guy\u2019s been fighting Hircine all this time. Now if the Night Mother joins she\u2019ll wipe the floor with all of them.\u201d Arnjborn didn\u2019t need an invitation. He tore into a mammoth\u2019s steak like a man starved. Which he could be, if one counted that he hadn\u2019t eaten anything since he died. Mouth still full, he spoke. \u201cAnd your friend is?\u201d She took a bottle of Nord mead, anything short of the strong stuff wouldn\u2019t work, and diligently drank half of it. Vivka wiped her lips with her arm and relished the burn on her throat and the warmth that spread in her stomach. \u201cSanguine, Daedric Prince of Debauchery. Sanguine, that\u2019s my brother, Arnjborn.\u201d Sanguine cackled when Boethia almost crashed into Sovngarde after Namira gave her a right hook. \u201cWhat a nice family reunion! And just when I thought you could not amuse me any further, you manage to prove uncle Sanguine wrong.\u201d \u201cOh! What\u2019s this? Did someone call Azura fat again? Or was it rat? Hat, cat, bat\u2026 What else rhymes with fat? I know! You do!\u201d Just when she thought death couldn\u2019t get any weirder, Sheogorath appeared. He finished pointing at the other princes, instantly stopping the battle. \u201cPoor little bumblebees. Did not think this through. But I did, you see. I remember the mess when the Champion of Cyrodiil met his end. Don\u2019t you remember? Of course you don\u2019t. He never came here! Ha ha ha!\u201d The Princes looked at each other willing the other to be the one to address their mad\u2026 acquaintance. \u201cI can\u2019t believe it. You\u2019re speechless. Or maybe the ants ate your tongues. That would explain a lot. Anyway, I can help you. You see, I got to thinking and then I got lost in it. But Haskill found me. He has a way of doing that you see.\u201d She watched as the black dragon form of the Daedric Prince of Pestilence stepped forward. He towered over the humming form of Sheogorath. \u201cBegone. We have no time for you and your games.\u201d \u201cGames? What games? Is it pin the tail on Malacath time? That\u2019s my favorite! I\u2019ll bring the oil, you get the goat.\u201d She could see the collective sigh and roll of eyes. She wanted to laugh, she really did, but she dared not get any more attention to herself. Arnjborn choked on his mead, but at least he didn\u2019t laugh as she feared he\u2019d do. Beside her, Sanguine laughed so hard he splashed his drink all around. Not for the first time she thought the daedra took their titles way too seriously. \u201cA bet none of you thought to make a table,\u201d Sheogorath kept his tirade. \u201cAnd you did?\u201d Azura said testily, knowing he\u2019d never truly do something so simple and yet\u2026 sane. How come none of the others thought of that? Dividing the mortal's eternity between each other and Sithis seemed so perfect in hindsight. \u201cAs a matter of fact, I did. Might have been better to play guess the number, but I lost all my numbers. Or was it my underware. Numberware! No wait, underbear! He likes caves and pie. But on to the table!\u201d He said and motioned behind him, \u201cIt\u2019s made of oak. Quite sturdy if I say so myself. You can dance, prance or make others dance! I like the dents, they remind me of my mother.\u201d Behind him a giant wooden thing that vaguely resembled a table appeared. To Vivka it looked as if someone had sent a giant after the poor thing and then a mammoth stomped on it for good measure. The sight of it appearing out of nowhere was stunning. More still the fact that the other daedra seemed to be playing along with the Mad God. As if humoring him was all they did whenever they had to deal with him. Even Sithis seemed to be going along with it! As one, they took a place on the monstrous table. Sheogorath taking a place at the head of the table and smashing a shoe on the table three times. \u201cLook! My hand's hitting a table with a shoe! A shoe!\u201d And with that, they began their discussion. For once since she arrived there was silence in the misty place. Sanguine groaned and took another bottle of mead. Arnjborn grabbed his own bottle and they toasted together. How long the three of them stood watching the silent discussion? She could not say. There was the occasional insult, Sheogorath sang the Imperial anthem backwards and Barbas once peed on a table leg. Arnjborn kept on eating, long after she settled for drinking. Even after Sanguine told her death prevented her from getting drunk or full; which made her realize that being dead sucked. And then Sanguine began singing the lewd version of Rognar the Red and she felt like crying.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38256.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozs56b", "c_root_id_B": "cozwcpq", "created_at_utc_A": 1425109369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425130917.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm gonna make this clear, you do **not** have any sort of special connection to Akatosh. You're *just* a dragon soul, but all dragon souls are they're own being. They don't belong to a giant oversoul that calls them in. Ohdaviing ent Durnivir, the oversoul only works on the **main** time gods, not every single dragon. Tsun straight up tells us that a Nightingale will **not** be welcomed back to Songarde when he dies, and we've seen Durnibro get trapped before. If you can make your own vestige and respawn in an a daedric realm automatically on death, and can't leave your realm, you're pretty much claimed and trapped. Tl;dr, **not** Akatosh in any shape or form.", "human_ref_B": "You're a Prisoner-Hero, and the Dovahkiin to boot. Your chains are broken. Any claim over your soul is empty boasting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21548.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozwcpq", "c_root_id_B": "cozg7ss", "created_at_utc_A": 1425130917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425080479.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "You're a Prisoner-Hero, and the Dovahkiin to boot. Your chains are broken. Any claim over your soul is empty boasting.", "human_ref_B": "That's up to Nocturne and Hircine to dish out. Likely Nocturne could be satisfied with releasing you upon death or until you become replaced, then to the eternal hunting grounds you go. Being a Dragonborn or Nord doesn't matter.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50438.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cp19095", "c_root_id_B": "cozs56b", "created_at_utc_A": 1425251247.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425109369.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "to the virgin heaven", "human_ref_B": "I'm gonna make this clear, you do **not** have any sort of special connection to Akatosh. You're *just* a dragon soul, but all dragon souls are they're own being. They don't belong to a giant oversoul that calls them in. Ohdaviing ent Durnivir, the oversoul only works on the **main** time gods, not every single dragon. Tsun straight up tells us that a Nightingale will **not** be welcomed back to Songarde when he dies, and we've seen Durnibro get trapped before. If you can make your own vestige and respawn in an a daedric realm automatically on death, and can't leave your realm, you're pretty much claimed and trapped. Tl;dr, **not** Akatosh in any shape or form.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 141878.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozwh6v", "c_root_id_B": "cp19095", "created_at_utc_A": 1425131409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425251247.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "as a Dragonborn you don't really have a *soul* but rather a shard of Akatosh instead. This trumps all other allegiances, deals and covenants, since any god/deadra trying to take your \"soul\" would need to rip it off Akatosh.", "human_ref_B": "to the virgin heaven", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 119838.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cp19095", "c_root_id_B": "cozg7ss", "created_at_utc_A": 1425251247.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425080479.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "to the virgin heaven", "human_ref_B": "That's up to Nocturne and Hircine to dish out. Likely Nocturne could be satisfied with releasing you upon death or until you become replaced, then to the eternal hunting grounds you go. Being a Dragonborn or Nord doesn't matter.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 170768.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozs56b", "c_root_id_B": "cozg7ss", "created_at_utc_A": 1425109369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425080479.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "I'm gonna make this clear, you do **not** have any sort of special connection to Akatosh. You're *just* a dragon soul, but all dragon souls are they're own being. They don't belong to a giant oversoul that calls them in. Ohdaviing ent Durnivir, the oversoul only works on the **main** time gods, not every single dragon. Tsun straight up tells us that a Nightingale will **not** be welcomed back to Songarde when he dies, and we've seen Durnibro get trapped before. If you can make your own vestige and respawn in an a daedric realm automatically on death, and can't leave your realm, you're pretty much claimed and trapped. Tl;dr, **not** Akatosh in any shape or form.", "human_ref_B": "That's up to Nocturne and Hircine to dish out. Likely Nocturne could be satisfied with releasing you upon death or until you become replaced, then to the eternal hunting grounds you go. Being a Dragonborn or Nord doesn't matter.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28890.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xenz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Elder Scrolls] I am a nord, a dragonborn, a werewolf and a nightingale. When I die, where my soul goes?", "c_root_id_A": "cozwh6v", "c_root_id_B": "cozg7ss", "created_at_utc_A": 1425131409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425080479.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "as a Dragonborn you don't really have a *soul* but rather a shard of Akatosh instead. This trumps all other allegiances, deals and covenants, since any god/deadra trying to take your \"soul\" would need to rip it off Akatosh.", "human_ref_B": "That's up to Nocturne and Hircine to dish out. Likely Nocturne could be satisfied with releasing you upon death or until you become replaced, then to the eternal hunting grounds you go. Being a Dragonborn or Nord doesn't matter.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50930.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z3npdh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Walking Dead] How does Daryl consistently have fuel for his motorcycle? His crossbow makes perfect sense and is probably the most practical weapon in the series. He can attack from long range and retrieve the arrows afterwards. But how does he always keep his motorcycle running?", "c_root_id_A": "ixmiyr6", "c_root_id_B": "ixmjwhj", "created_at_utc_A": 1669305932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669306338.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Keeps it running off hillbilly fuel. Some simple mechanical know how and a little preparation you can get an engine running off ethanol and brew your own fuel and whiskey from the same source.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 406.0, "score_ratio": 65.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z3npdh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Walking Dead] How does Daryl consistently have fuel for his motorcycle? His crossbow makes perfect sense and is probably the most practical weapon in the series. He can attack from long range and retrieve the arrows afterwards. But how does he always keep his motorcycle running?", "c_root_id_A": "ixmxewm", "c_root_id_B": "ixmiyr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1669312044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669305932.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Ethanol or just syphoning the gas tanks of all the abandoned cars he comes across... and there are ALOT of those... so many.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6112.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z3npdh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Walking Dead] How does Daryl consistently have fuel for his motorcycle? His crossbow makes perfect sense and is probably the most practical weapon in the series. He can attack from long range and retrieve the arrows afterwards. But how does he always keep his motorcycle running?", "c_root_id_A": "ixmiyr6", "c_root_id_B": "ixnjenh", "created_at_utc_A": 1669305932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669321735.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He refines fuel from the oil in his hair", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15803.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z3npdh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Walking Dead] How does Daryl consistently have fuel for his motorcycle? His crossbow makes perfect sense and is probably the most practical weapon in the series. He can attack from long range and retrieve the arrows afterwards. But how does he always keep his motorcycle running?", "c_root_id_A": "ixnom39", "c_root_id_B": "ixmiyr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1669324041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1669305932.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Moonshine", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18109.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1tec1p", "c_root_id_B": "f1tf4lq", "created_at_utc_A": 1569742973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569743325.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Probably in the way it happens in real life. My dad worshipped Crom, and his father before him etc. So Crom is good enough for me. Though dangerous to say this on the internet, but religions are not necessarily known for being logical.", "human_ref_B": "Crom also doesn't ask anything of you. Basically, it's you against the world, and no one to answer to.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 352.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1u3xd9", "c_root_id_B": "f1tftkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1569754134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569743636.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "People don't really \"follow\" Crom any more than they \"follow\" the tides or the winds. For the Cimmerians, Crom and his misty POS underworld is just a fact of life. Crom is a cold and uncaring god for a people who see the universe as inherently cold and uncaring. He isn't the kind of god who mucks about answering prayers and doing favors, because up in the cold, northern wastelands the idea of a powerful being that would just *give you things for free* just doesn't track. You don't casually prey to Crom, because the attention of something that much stronger than you really isn't something that you want; you invoke his name, it better be fucking serious. All those other gods? Lesser beasts, preying on those too weak and stupid to acknowledge the truth. Sorcery and magic power? Just evil and corruption.", "human_ref_B": "I always took it as worshiping Crom was an active choice to give the finger to all the other deities. \"Oh you give your servants snake powers? My God doesnt give me shit and I would STILL worship him over you.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10498.0, "score_ratio": 1.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1ttgm3", "c_root_id_B": "f1u3xd9", "created_at_utc_A": 1569749730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569754134.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "He's a barbaric God of wisdom. In actively following him, you're not granted any special powers, but you're following a path of true wisdom. Doom followed the path, but gave it up, and traded wisdom for power. Conan followed the path and overcame Doom, and became more than him.", "human_ref_B": "People don't really \"follow\" Crom any more than they \"follow\" the tides or the winds. For the Cimmerians, Crom and his misty POS underworld is just a fact of life. Crom is a cold and uncaring god for a people who see the universe as inherently cold and uncaring. He isn't the kind of god who mucks about answering prayers and doing favors, because up in the cold, northern wastelands the idea of a powerful being that would just *give you things for free* just doesn't track. You don't casually prey to Crom, because the attention of something that much stronger than you really isn't something that you want; you invoke his name, it better be fucking serious. All those other gods? Lesser beasts, preying on those too weak and stupid to acknowledge the truth. Sorcery and magic power? Just evil and corruption.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4404.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1u3xd9", "c_root_id_B": "f1tec1p", "created_at_utc_A": 1569754134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569742973.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "People don't really \"follow\" Crom any more than they \"follow\" the tides or the winds. For the Cimmerians, Crom and his misty POS underworld is just a fact of life. Crom is a cold and uncaring god for a people who see the universe as inherently cold and uncaring. He isn't the kind of god who mucks about answering prayers and doing favors, because up in the cold, northern wastelands the idea of a powerful being that would just *give you things for free* just doesn't track. You don't casually prey to Crom, because the attention of something that much stronger than you really isn't something that you want; you invoke his name, it better be fucking serious. All those other gods? Lesser beasts, preying on those too weak and stupid to acknowledge the truth. Sorcery and magic power? Just evil and corruption.", "human_ref_B": "Probably in the way it happens in real life. My dad worshipped Crom, and his father before him etc. So Crom is good enough for me. Though dangerous to say this on the internet, but religions are not necessarily known for being logical.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11161.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1tec1p", "c_root_id_B": "f1tftkm", "created_at_utc_A": 1569742973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569743636.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Probably in the way it happens in real life. My dad worshipped Crom, and his father before him etc. So Crom is good enough for me. Though dangerous to say this on the internet, but religions are not necessarily known for being logical.", "human_ref_B": "I always took it as worshiping Crom was an active choice to give the finger to all the other deities. \"Oh you give your servants snake powers? My God doesnt give me shit and I would STILL worship him over you.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 663.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1tec1p", "c_root_id_B": "f1ttgm3", "created_at_utc_A": 1569742973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569749730.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Probably in the way it happens in real life. My dad worshipped Crom, and his father before him etc. So Crom is good enough for me. Though dangerous to say this on the internet, but religions are not necessarily known for being logical.", "human_ref_B": "He's a barbaric God of wisdom. In actively following him, you're not granted any special powers, but you're following a path of true wisdom. Doom followed the path, but gave it up, and traded wisdom for power. Conan followed the path and overcame Doom, and became more than him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6757.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1x7g9z", "c_root_id_B": "f1veg2z", "created_at_utc_A": 1569794761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569769892.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He is grim and loveless, but at birth he breathes power to strive and slay into a man's soul. What else shall men ask of the gods? Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard", "human_ref_B": "The reason is philosophical. Other gods give you boons, but expect you to be their servant, live according to their rules. You're saying fuck that, I'm my own man, I live and die according to my own decisions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24869.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1uhcnu", "c_root_id_B": "f1x7g9z", "created_at_utc_A": 1569758872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569794761.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "At least Crom is honest about it. The other gods at best see you as a useful insect.", "human_ref_B": "He is grim and loveless, but at birth he breathes power to strive and slay into a man's soul. What else shall men ask of the gods? Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35889.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1x7g9z", "c_root_id_B": "f1va5t6", "created_at_utc_A": 1569794761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569768552.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He is grim and loveless, but at birth he breathes power to strive and slay into a man's soul. What else shall men ask of the gods? Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard", "human_ref_B": "Because it was not a choice. I believe that Crom exists and Mitra likely does not exist not because I want to, but because of evidence I have. I look on the harsh world around me where weak people die horribly, and I think that chief god must be gloom and not caring to allow this to happen, and so far Crom fits. Crom gave me the courage and the will to survive when I was born and I see that non-Cimmerians lack these qualities. All my tribe believed that Crom exists as a chief god, and honestly I never ever questioned this before you asked.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26209.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1veg2z", "c_root_id_B": "f1x7o6b", "created_at_utc_A": 1569769892.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569794855.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The reason is philosophical. Other gods give you boons, but expect you to be their servant, live according to their rules. You're saying fuck that, I'm my own man, I live and die according to my own decisions.", "human_ref_B": "It was useless to call on Crom, because he was a gloomy, savage god, and he hated weaklings. But he gave a man courage at birth, and the will and might to kill his enemies, which, in the Cimmerian's mind, was all any god should be expected to do. The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24963.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1uhcnu", "c_root_id_B": "f1x7o6b", "created_at_utc_A": 1569758872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569794855.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "At least Crom is honest about it. The other gods at best see you as a useful insect.", "human_ref_B": "It was useless to call on Crom, because he was a gloomy, savage god, and he hated weaklings. But he gave a man courage at birth, and the will and might to kill his enemies, which, in the Cimmerian's mind, was all any god should be expected to do. The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35983.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1x7o6b", "c_root_id_B": "f1va5t6", "created_at_utc_A": 1569794855.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569768552.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It was useless to call on Crom, because he was a gloomy, savage god, and he hated weaklings. But he gave a man courage at birth, and the will and might to kill his enemies, which, in the Cimmerian's mind, was all any god should be expected to do. The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard", "human_ref_B": "Because it was not a choice. I believe that Crom exists and Mitra likely does not exist not because I want to, but because of evidence I have. I look on the harsh world around me where weak people die horribly, and I think that chief god must be gloom and not caring to allow this to happen, and so far Crom fits. Crom gave me the courage and the will to survive when I was born and I see that non-Cimmerians lack these qualities. All my tribe believed that Crom exists as a chief god, and honestly I never ever questioned this before you asked.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26303.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1veg2z", "c_root_id_B": "f1uhcnu", "created_at_utc_A": 1569769892.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569758872.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The reason is philosophical. Other gods give you boons, but expect you to be their servant, live according to their rules. You're saying fuck that, I'm my own man, I live and die according to my own decisions.", "human_ref_B": "At least Crom is honest about it. The other gods at best see you as a useful insect.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11020.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "das504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Conan The Barbarian] Why would anyone follow the God Crom? Crom offers no blessings or boons to his followers. There is no afterlife paradise or power to be gained from his worship. In fact every Cimmerian says Crom does not give a shit about anyone and all that awaits you is the cold mist once you\u2019re dead. Some of the most demonic or evil of Gods provide you with strong powers for their worship and exceptional forces. Even Mitra is way more appealing on how he never demands sacrifice or violence and even provides a paradise for his followers in the afterlife. So why would anyone stick with Crom?", "c_root_id_A": "f1veg2z", "c_root_id_B": "f1va5t6", "created_at_utc_A": 1569769892.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569768552.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The reason is philosophical. Other gods give you boons, but expect you to be their servant, live according to their rules. You're saying fuck that, I'm my own man, I live and die according to my own decisions.", "human_ref_B": "Because it was not a choice. I believe that Crom exists and Mitra likely does not exist not because I want to, but because of evidence I have. I look on the harsh world around me where weak people die horribly, and I think that chief god must be gloom and not caring to allow this to happen, and so far Crom fits. Crom gave me the courage and the will to survive when I was born and I see that non-Cimmerians lack these qualities. All my tribe believed that Crom exists as a chief god, and honestly I never ever questioned this before you asked.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1340.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi51482", "c_root_id_B": "hi4znle", "created_at_utc_A": 1635269582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635269010.0, "score_A": 139, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "The games are horribly rigged by the producers so the key is to make the game makers want you to win. Look like you are willing to play ball with the capital and become an asset to them. Courting sponsors is a big part of that. Do your best to be interesting without rocking the boat too much. Beyond that you still need to survive so stay out of the big melee at the start of the games. Grab a ranged weapon if you can and take people out at night when they are sleeping. Just don't look so underhanded that the Game Makers think you are losing the support of the people.", "human_ref_B": "How good are you at cake decoration?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 572.0, "score_ratio": 7.3157894737, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi528ud", "c_root_id_B": "hi4znle", "created_at_utc_A": 1635270025.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635269010.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "I feel like if you can escape the initial melee, what woody Harelson says is true... exposure/hunger/lack of water can kill you really quick", "human_ref_B": "How good are you at cake decoration?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1015.0, "score_ratio": 1.8947368421, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi528ud", "c_root_id_B": "hi51xq0", "created_at_utc_A": 1635270025.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635269902.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I feel like if you can escape the initial melee, what woody Harelson says is true... exposure/hunger/lack of water can kill you really quick", "human_ref_B": "Make friends with that fiery girl from Twelve and hope the odds are ever in your favor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 123.0, "score_ratio": 2.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5atie", "c_root_id_B": "hi6lmxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1635273409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635292656.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Your odds are about 1/24? Hiding and praying will only get you so far, and that's before you take into account that the game masters will sick hazards on you if they notice that that's your plan. Sponsors are definitely important, more important than personal skill, so your best bet is to impress them during the prelimenaries. By the time you enter the arena, the winner has already mostly been decided.", "human_ref_B": "Before the Games: * Get sponsors. Make yourself popular with the Capitol people. The best way to do this would be to make yourself stand out. Make a personality for yourself and get your stylist on board. Talk about why you want to win so badly. Get a good training score and impress the Gamemakers. * Eat. EAT. The Capitol has a lot of food. Since you'll be participating in The **Hunger** Games, starving might be an issue during the games. By gorging on all the wonderful delicacies the Capitol has to offer, you might be able to last longer than your opponents - And it might just be enough. * Pick up some skills. You're going to get a few days to train, and the most important skills are survival skills. How to catch & cook squirrels. What berries are edible. And learn to use a weapon or two. * Talk with your mentor. Remember, your mentor was once a Tribute in the Games, and they won. They have useful experience and you could benefit from it. During the Games: * Don't go for the Cornucopia. As tempting as it may be, about 10 tributes will die in the initial bloodbath. This will nearly double your chances of winning. Make a run for it and find a faraway place you won't be easily picked out by the Careers. * Use your training. I mean, uh, that's what training is for, right? Use the skills you picked up to help you survive. * Use your unique skills. Maybe you're from District 10 and you know a lot about butchering animals and preparing them to be eaten. Well then, when you catch a bird, you're going to know how to prepare it properly and won't get bird flu. And that's all for now! Good luck! Note: If you are from Districts 1, 2, or 4, then most of this information will be useless. Go ahead and beat up your competition before the backstabbing begins.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19247.0, "score_ratio": 1.347826087, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi6lmxl", "c_root_id_B": "hi4znle", "created_at_utc_A": 1635292656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635269010.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Before the Games: * Get sponsors. Make yourself popular with the Capitol people. The best way to do this would be to make yourself stand out. Make a personality for yourself and get your stylist on board. Talk about why you want to win so badly. Get a good training score and impress the Gamemakers. * Eat. EAT. The Capitol has a lot of food. Since you'll be participating in The **Hunger** Games, starving might be an issue during the games. By gorging on all the wonderful delicacies the Capitol has to offer, you might be able to last longer than your opponents - And it might just be enough. * Pick up some skills. You're going to get a few days to train, and the most important skills are survival skills. How to catch & cook squirrels. What berries are edible. And learn to use a weapon or two. * Talk with your mentor. Remember, your mentor was once a Tribute in the Games, and they won. They have useful experience and you could benefit from it. During the Games: * Don't go for the Cornucopia. As tempting as it may be, about 10 tributes will die in the initial bloodbath. This will nearly double your chances of winning. Make a run for it and find a faraway place you won't be easily picked out by the Careers. * Use your training. I mean, uh, that's what training is for, right? Use the skills you picked up to help you survive. * Use your unique skills. Maybe you're from District 10 and you know a lot about butchering animals and preparing them to be eaten. Well then, when you catch a bird, you're going to know how to prepare it properly and won't get bird flu. And that's all for now! Good luck! Note: If you are from Districts 1, 2, or 4, then most of this information will be useless. Go ahead and beat up your competition before the backstabbing begins.", "human_ref_B": "How good are you at cake decoration?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23646.0, "score_ratio": 1.6315789474, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5ahge", "c_root_id_B": "hi6lmxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1635273280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635292656.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Go to The Film Therists, they have two v\u00eddeos about it. The summary is: be a show off, focus in survival, go solo, avoid other players and don't kill anyone if you don't have to.", "human_ref_B": "Before the Games: * Get sponsors. Make yourself popular with the Capitol people. The best way to do this would be to make yourself stand out. Make a personality for yourself and get your stylist on board. Talk about why you want to win so badly. Get a good training score and impress the Gamemakers. * Eat. EAT. The Capitol has a lot of food. Since you'll be participating in The **Hunger** Games, starving might be an issue during the games. By gorging on all the wonderful delicacies the Capitol has to offer, you might be able to last longer than your opponents - And it might just be enough. * Pick up some skills. You're going to get a few days to train, and the most important skills are survival skills. How to catch & cook squirrels. What berries are edible. And learn to use a weapon or two. * Talk with your mentor. Remember, your mentor was once a Tribute in the Games, and they won. They have useful experience and you could benefit from it. During the Games: * Don't go for the Cornucopia. As tempting as it may be, about 10 tributes will die in the initial bloodbath. This will nearly double your chances of winning. Make a run for it and find a faraway place you won't be easily picked out by the Careers. * Use your training. I mean, uh, that's what training is for, right? Use the skills you picked up to help you survive. * Use your unique skills. Maybe you're from District 10 and you know a lot about butchering animals and preparing them to be eaten. Well then, when you catch a bird, you're going to know how to prepare it properly and won't get bird flu. And that's all for now! Good luck! Note: If you are from Districts 1, 2, or 4, then most of this information will be useless. Go ahead and beat up your competition before the backstabbing begins.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19376.0, "score_ratio": 2.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi51xq0", "c_root_id_B": "hi6lmxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1635269902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635292656.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Make friends with that fiery girl from Twelve and hope the odds are ever in your favor.", "human_ref_B": "Before the Games: * Get sponsors. Make yourself popular with the Capitol people. The best way to do this would be to make yourself stand out. Make a personality for yourself and get your stylist on board. Talk about why you want to win so badly. Get a good training score and impress the Gamemakers. * Eat. EAT. The Capitol has a lot of food. Since you'll be participating in The **Hunger** Games, starving might be an issue during the games. By gorging on all the wonderful delicacies the Capitol has to offer, you might be able to last longer than your opponents - And it might just be enough. * Pick up some skills. You're going to get a few days to train, and the most important skills are survival skills. How to catch & cook squirrels. What berries are edible. And learn to use a weapon or two. * Talk with your mentor. Remember, your mentor was once a Tribute in the Games, and they won. They have useful experience and you could benefit from it. During the Games: * Don't go for the Cornucopia. As tempting as it may be, about 10 tributes will die in the initial bloodbath. This will nearly double your chances of winning. Make a run for it and find a faraway place you won't be easily picked out by the Careers. * Use your training. I mean, uh, that's what training is for, right? Use the skills you picked up to help you survive. * Use your unique skills. Maybe you're from District 10 and you know a lot about butchering animals and preparing them to be eaten. Well then, when you catch a bird, you're going to know how to prepare it properly and won't get bird flu. And that's all for now! Good luck! Note: If you are from Districts 1, 2, or 4, then most of this information will be useless. Go ahead and beat up your competition before the backstabbing begins.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22754.0, "score_ratio": 2.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5eugq", "c_root_id_B": "hi6lmxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1635274987.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635292656.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "\"If you can't be safe, be deadly.\"", "human_ref_B": "Before the Games: * Get sponsors. Make yourself popular with the Capitol people. The best way to do this would be to make yourself stand out. Make a personality for yourself and get your stylist on board. Talk about why you want to win so badly. Get a good training score and impress the Gamemakers. * Eat. EAT. The Capitol has a lot of food. Since you'll be participating in The **Hunger** Games, starving might be an issue during the games. By gorging on all the wonderful delicacies the Capitol has to offer, you might be able to last longer than your opponents - And it might just be enough. * Pick up some skills. You're going to get a few days to train, and the most important skills are survival skills. How to catch & cook squirrels. What berries are edible. And learn to use a weapon or two. * Talk with your mentor. Remember, your mentor was once a Tribute in the Games, and they won. They have useful experience and you could benefit from it. During the Games: * Don't go for the Cornucopia. As tempting as it may be, about 10 tributes will die in the initial bloodbath. This will nearly double your chances of winning. Make a run for it and find a faraway place you won't be easily picked out by the Careers. * Use your training. I mean, uh, that's what training is for, right? Use the skills you picked up to help you survive. * Use your unique skills. Maybe you're from District 10 and you know a lot about butchering animals and preparing them to be eaten. Well then, when you catch a bird, you're going to know how to prepare it properly and won't get bird flu. And that's all for now! Good luck! Note: If you are from Districts 1, 2, or 4, then most of this information will be useless. Go ahead and beat up your competition before the backstabbing begins.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17669.0, "score_ratio": 3.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi6lmxl", "c_root_id_B": "hi5a656", "created_at_utc_A": 1635292656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635273156.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Before the Games: * Get sponsors. Make yourself popular with the Capitol people. The best way to do this would be to make yourself stand out. Make a personality for yourself and get your stylist on board. Talk about why you want to win so badly. Get a good training score and impress the Gamemakers. * Eat. EAT. The Capitol has a lot of food. Since you'll be participating in The **Hunger** Games, starving might be an issue during the games. By gorging on all the wonderful delicacies the Capitol has to offer, you might be able to last longer than your opponents - And it might just be enough. * Pick up some skills. You're going to get a few days to train, and the most important skills are survival skills. How to catch & cook squirrels. What berries are edible. And learn to use a weapon or two. * Talk with your mentor. Remember, your mentor was once a Tribute in the Games, and they won. They have useful experience and you could benefit from it. During the Games: * Don't go for the Cornucopia. As tempting as it may be, about 10 tributes will die in the initial bloodbath. This will nearly double your chances of winning. Make a run for it and find a faraway place you won't be easily picked out by the Careers. * Use your training. I mean, uh, that's what training is for, right? Use the skills you picked up to help you survive. * Use your unique skills. Maybe you're from District 10 and you know a lot about butchering animals and preparing them to be eaten. Well then, when you catch a bird, you're going to know how to prepare it properly and won't get bird flu. And that's all for now! Good luck! Note: If you are from Districts 1, 2, or 4, then most of this information will be useless. Go ahead and beat up your competition before the backstabbing begins.", "human_ref_B": "dont fuck with forcefields", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19500.0, "score_ratio": 4.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi6lmxl", "c_root_id_B": "hi6h1cy", "created_at_utc_A": 1635292656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635290569.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Before the Games: * Get sponsors. Make yourself popular with the Capitol people. The best way to do this would be to make yourself stand out. Make a personality for yourself and get your stylist on board. Talk about why you want to win so badly. Get a good training score and impress the Gamemakers. * Eat. EAT. The Capitol has a lot of food. Since you'll be participating in The **Hunger** Games, starving might be an issue during the games. By gorging on all the wonderful delicacies the Capitol has to offer, you might be able to last longer than your opponents - And it might just be enough. * Pick up some skills. You're going to get a few days to train, and the most important skills are survival skills. How to catch & cook squirrels. What berries are edible. And learn to use a weapon or two. * Talk with your mentor. Remember, your mentor was once a Tribute in the Games, and they won. They have useful experience and you could benefit from it. During the Games: * Don't go for the Cornucopia. As tempting as it may be, about 10 tributes will die in the initial bloodbath. This will nearly double your chances of winning. Make a run for it and find a faraway place you won't be easily picked out by the Careers. * Use your training. I mean, uh, that's what training is for, right? Use the skills you picked up to help you survive. * Use your unique skills. Maybe you're from District 10 and you know a lot about butchering animals and preparing them to be eaten. Well then, when you catch a bird, you're going to know how to prepare it properly and won't get bird flu. And that's all for now! Good luck! Note: If you are from Districts 1, 2, or 4, then most of this information will be useless. Go ahead and beat up your competition before the backstabbing begins.", "human_ref_B": "Basically, you gotta become a bootlicker to the capitol. That\u2019s the easiest way to get sponsors which will streamline the games part of your ordeal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2087.0, "score_ratio": 5.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi6lmxl", "c_root_id_B": "hi5ji04", "created_at_utc_A": 1635292656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635276792.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Before the Games: * Get sponsors. Make yourself popular with the Capitol people. The best way to do this would be to make yourself stand out. Make a personality for yourself and get your stylist on board. Talk about why you want to win so badly. Get a good training score and impress the Gamemakers. * Eat. EAT. The Capitol has a lot of food. Since you'll be participating in The **Hunger** Games, starving might be an issue during the games. By gorging on all the wonderful delicacies the Capitol has to offer, you might be able to last longer than your opponents - And it might just be enough. * Pick up some skills. You're going to get a few days to train, and the most important skills are survival skills. How to catch & cook squirrels. What berries are edible. And learn to use a weapon or two. * Talk with your mentor. Remember, your mentor was once a Tribute in the Games, and they won. They have useful experience and you could benefit from it. During the Games: * Don't go for the Cornucopia. As tempting as it may be, about 10 tributes will die in the initial bloodbath. This will nearly double your chances of winning. Make a run for it and find a faraway place you won't be easily picked out by the Careers. * Use your training. I mean, uh, that's what training is for, right? Use the skills you picked up to help you survive. * Use your unique skills. Maybe you're from District 10 and you know a lot about butchering animals and preparing them to be eaten. Well then, when you catch a bird, you're going to know how to prepare it properly and won't get bird flu. And that's all for now! Good luck! Note: If you are from Districts 1, 2, or 4, then most of this information will be useless. Go ahead and beat up your competition before the backstabbing begins.", "human_ref_B": "You can't survive. Even if you win your year the quarter quell will kill you. 24 people a year times 25 years is 600. Only one survivor...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15864.0, "score_ratio": 10.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi4znle", "c_root_id_B": "hi5atie", "created_at_utc_A": 1635269010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635273409.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "How good are you at cake decoration?", "human_ref_B": "Your odds are about 1/24? Hiding and praying will only get you so far, and that's before you take into account that the game masters will sick hazards on you if they notice that that's your plan. Sponsors are definitely important, more important than personal skill, so your best bet is to impress them during the prelimenaries. By the time you enter the arena, the winner has already mostly been decided.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4399.0, "score_ratio": 1.2105263158, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5atie", "c_root_id_B": "hi5ahge", "created_at_utc_A": 1635273409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635273280.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Your odds are about 1/24? Hiding and praying will only get you so far, and that's before you take into account that the game masters will sick hazards on you if they notice that that's your plan. Sponsors are definitely important, more important than personal skill, so your best bet is to impress them during the prelimenaries. By the time you enter the arena, the winner has already mostly been decided.", "human_ref_B": "Go to The Film Therists, they have two v\u00eddeos about it. The summary is: be a show off, focus in survival, go solo, avoid other players and don't kill anyone if you don't have to.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 129.0, "score_ratio": 1.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5atie", "c_root_id_B": "hi51xq0", "created_at_utc_A": 1635273409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635269902.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Your odds are about 1/24? Hiding and praying will only get you so far, and that's before you take into account that the game masters will sick hazards on you if they notice that that's your plan. Sponsors are definitely important, more important than personal skill, so your best bet is to impress them during the prelimenaries. By the time you enter the arena, the winner has already mostly been decided.", "human_ref_B": "Make friends with that fiery girl from Twelve and hope the odds are ever in your favor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3507.0, "score_ratio": 1.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5a656", "c_root_id_B": "hi5atie", "created_at_utc_A": 1635273156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635273409.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "dont fuck with forcefields", "human_ref_B": "Your odds are about 1/24? Hiding and praying will only get you so far, and that's before you take into account that the game masters will sick hazards on you if they notice that that's your plan. Sponsors are definitely important, more important than personal skill, so your best bet is to impress them during the prelimenaries. By the time you enter the arena, the winner has already mostly been decided.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 253.0, "score_ratio": 3.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5ahge", "c_root_id_B": "hi51xq0", "created_at_utc_A": 1635273280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635269902.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Go to The Film Therists, they have two v\u00eddeos about it. The summary is: be a show off, focus in survival, go solo, avoid other players and don't kill anyone if you don't have to.", "human_ref_B": "Make friends with that fiery girl from Twelve and hope the odds are ever in your favor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3378.0, "score_ratio": 1.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5ahge", "c_root_id_B": "hi5a656", "created_at_utc_A": 1635273280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635273156.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Go to The Film Therists, they have two v\u00eddeos about it. The summary is: be a show off, focus in survival, go solo, avoid other players and don't kill anyone if you don't have to.", "human_ref_B": "dont fuck with forcefields", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 124.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5a656", "c_root_id_B": "hi5eugq", "created_at_utc_A": 1635273156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635274987.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "dont fuck with forcefields", "human_ref_B": "\"If you can't be safe, be deadly.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1831.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi74etl", "c_root_id_B": "hi5ji04", "created_at_utc_A": 1635301181.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635276792.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Get some training with a spear. It's a sharpened stick and can prove a decent fight for any sword person. Get some good running shoes. Many of the weapons were not ranged, and you can out run a bigger/stronger opponent, especially if they've got a sword or other armour. Hydrate. Get sponsors on your side.", "human_ref_B": "You can't survive. Even if you win your year the quarter quell will kill you. 24 people a year times 25 years is 600. Only one survivor...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24389.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgba2w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[The Hunger Games] HELP! I've been selected to be a tribute in the Hunger Games, what are my best changes of actually surviving this thing? Sponsors? Just hide and pray? Or would it b best to end my life as soon as it the game begins?", "c_root_id_A": "hi6h1cy", "c_root_id_B": "hi5ji04", "created_at_utc_A": 1635290569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635276792.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Basically, you gotta become a bootlicker to the capitol. That\u2019s the easiest way to get sponsors which will streamline the games part of your ordeal.", "human_ref_B": "You can't survive. Even if you win your year the quarter quell will kill you. 24 people a year times 25 years is 600. Only one survivor...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13777.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zfcyz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[SCP] What are the best strategies if you are tasked with keeping SCP-871 in check? SCP-871 is a set of 237 cakes that replace themselves every 24 hours; if not eaten completely within 24 hours, they instead replicate. Since this doubling effect would fill the world if allowed to go unchecked the Foundation tasks its D-class with eating each cake as it replaces itself. My question is, imagine it weren't a Foundation keeping these cakes in check. Imagine you are simply a hero for fun who has dedicated yourself to saving the world from drowning in cake. What are the best ways to keep yourself as healthy as possible while doing so? Presumably you will want to exercise as much as you can to work off all those calories, and the cake will be lacking a lot of nutrients so you will need to get those some other way. Even with these measures how healthy can you remain eating a large amount of cake every day?", "c_root_id_A": "izb5js8", "c_root_id_B": "izbeqlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1670445412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670449134.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Two words: Pig farm. I'm not sure if pigs actually do eat cake, but that's the general idea. Find some kind of animal that can have cake as part of its diet without too much harm, and just have a lot of them. Feed them the cake every day. World gets saved, and we even get to add to the food store and put those calories to good use.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3722.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zfcyz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[SCP] What are the best strategies if you are tasked with keeping SCP-871 in check? SCP-871 is a set of 237 cakes that replace themselves every 24 hours; if not eaten completely within 24 hours, they instead replicate. Since this doubling effect would fill the world if allowed to go unchecked the Foundation tasks its D-class with eating each cake as it replaces itself. My question is, imagine it weren't a Foundation keeping these cakes in check. Imagine you are simply a hero for fun who has dedicated yourself to saving the world from drowning in cake. What are the best ways to keep yourself as healthy as possible while doing so? Presumably you will want to exercise as much as you can to work off all those calories, and the cake will be lacking a lot of nutrients so you will need to get those some other way. Even with these measures how healthy can you remain eating a large amount of cake every day?", "c_root_id_A": "izb5js8", "c_root_id_B": "izbc0u4", "created_at_utc_A": 1670445412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670448008.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The scenario you're describing is impossible to maintain unless your superpower is eating things without any limits. The walls of your stomach will physically collapse after a certain amount of full cakes, and it's nowhere near 237. One of these cakes has been as heavy as 22kg. that world's dead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2596.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zfcyz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[SCP] What are the best strategies if you are tasked with keeping SCP-871 in check? SCP-871 is a set of 237 cakes that replace themselves every 24 hours; if not eaten completely within 24 hours, they instead replicate. Since this doubling effect would fill the world if allowed to go unchecked the Foundation tasks its D-class with eating each cake as it replaces itself. My question is, imagine it weren't a Foundation keeping these cakes in check. Imagine you are simply a hero for fun who has dedicated yourself to saving the world from drowning in cake. What are the best ways to keep yourself as healthy as possible while doing so? Presumably you will want to exercise as much as you can to work off all those calories, and the cake will be lacking a lot of nutrients so you will need to get those some other way. Even with these measures how healthy can you remain eating a large amount of cake every day?", "c_root_id_A": "izdz09y", "c_root_id_B": "izb5js8", "created_at_utc_A": 1670501750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670445412.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Drive the cakes around rural Africa feeding malnourished people. A single refugee camp in South Africa should suffice to devour the cakes without any issues, and it would barely be enough.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 56338.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zfcyz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[SCP] What are the best strategies if you are tasked with keeping SCP-871 in check? SCP-871 is a set of 237 cakes that replace themselves every 24 hours; if not eaten completely within 24 hours, they instead replicate. Since this doubling effect would fill the world if allowed to go unchecked the Foundation tasks its D-class with eating each cake as it replaces itself. My question is, imagine it weren't a Foundation keeping these cakes in check. Imagine you are simply a hero for fun who has dedicated yourself to saving the world from drowning in cake. What are the best ways to keep yourself as healthy as possible while doing so? Presumably you will want to exercise as much as you can to work off all those calories, and the cake will be lacking a lot of nutrients so you will need to get those some other way. Even with these measures how healthy can you remain eating a large amount of cake every day?", "c_root_id_A": "izbc0u4", "c_root_id_B": "izbeqlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1670448008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670449134.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The scenario you're describing is impossible to maintain unless your superpower is eating things without any limits. The walls of your stomach will physically collapse after a certain amount of full cakes, and it's nowhere near 237. One of these cakes has been as heavy as 22kg. that world's dead.", "human_ref_B": "Two words: Pig farm. I'm not sure if pigs actually do eat cake, but that's the general idea. Find some kind of animal that can have cake as part of its diet without too much harm, and just have a lot of them. Feed them the cake every day. World gets saved, and we even get to add to the food store and put those calories to good use.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1126.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zfcyz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[SCP] What are the best strategies if you are tasked with keeping SCP-871 in check? SCP-871 is a set of 237 cakes that replace themselves every 24 hours; if not eaten completely within 24 hours, they instead replicate. Since this doubling effect would fill the world if allowed to go unchecked the Foundation tasks its D-class with eating each cake as it replaces itself. My question is, imagine it weren't a Foundation keeping these cakes in check. Imagine you are simply a hero for fun who has dedicated yourself to saving the world from drowning in cake. What are the best ways to keep yourself as healthy as possible while doing so? Presumably you will want to exercise as much as you can to work off all those calories, and the cake will be lacking a lot of nutrients so you will need to get those some other way. Even with these measures how healthy can you remain eating a large amount of cake every day?", "c_root_id_A": "izdz09y", "c_root_id_B": "izcbnrh", "created_at_utc_A": 1670501750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670463252.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Drive the cakes around rural Africa feeding malnourished people. A single refugee camp in South Africa should suffice to devour the cakes without any issues, and it would barely be enough.", "human_ref_B": "Eating might be the wrong route to go about it. You could use it to fuel a generator, or feed other things than people. If the cake is consumed by microbes, or animals, it would still be counted as eaten.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38498.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zfcyz5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[SCP] What are the best strategies if you are tasked with keeping SCP-871 in check? SCP-871 is a set of 237 cakes that replace themselves every 24 hours; if not eaten completely within 24 hours, they instead replicate. Since this doubling effect would fill the world if allowed to go unchecked the Foundation tasks its D-class with eating each cake as it replaces itself. My question is, imagine it weren't a Foundation keeping these cakes in check. Imagine you are simply a hero for fun who has dedicated yourself to saving the world from drowning in cake. What are the best ways to keep yourself as healthy as possible while doing so? Presumably you will want to exercise as much as you can to work off all those calories, and the cake will be lacking a lot of nutrients so you will need to get those some other way. Even with these measures how healthy can you remain eating a large amount of cake every day?", "c_root_id_A": "izdz09y", "c_root_id_B": "izdg8qw", "created_at_utc_A": 1670501750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670486332.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Drive the cakes around rural Africa feeding malnourished people. A single refugee camp in South Africa should suffice to devour the cakes without any issues, and it would barely be enough.", "human_ref_B": "Send it in space, ideally towards the sun.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15418.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59bbls", "c_root_id_B": "d598r8r", "created_at_utc_A": 1468338825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468335402.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Dont.", "human_ref_B": "Think of the place as a maximum security revolving door. The weirder inmates are going to get out, wreak some havoc, and get dumped back here by Wayne industries. Don't get in the way when they try to escape, it doesn't help.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3423.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59hveb", "c_root_id_B": "d598r8r", "created_at_utc_A": 1468347001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468335402.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I used to work with Dr. Quinzel there, and she told me that the path to keeping things quiet there was to respect the personas of the patients, but don't react to their provocations. Hrm, I've lost touch with her since I moved to nightshift at STARlabs, I wonder whatever happened to her? Smart and cute, a killer combo.", "human_ref_B": "Think of the place as a maximum security revolving door. The weirder inmates are going to get out, wreak some havoc, and get dumped back here by Wayne industries. Don't get in the way when they try to escape, it doesn't help.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11599.0, "score_ratio": 1.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59hveb", "c_root_id_B": "d59ekkl", "created_at_utc_A": 1468347001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468342872.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I used to work with Dr. Quinzel there, and she told me that the path to keeping things quiet there was to respect the personas of the patients, but don't react to their provocations. Hrm, I've lost touch with her since I moved to nightshift at STARlabs, I wonder whatever happened to her? Smart and cute, a killer combo.", "human_ref_B": "Don't do it. In fact, do all you can to get out of Gotham. It's a mess.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4129.0, "score_ratio": 2.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59efoc", "c_root_id_B": "d59hveb", "created_at_utc_A": 1468342706.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468347001.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "First, do you have any relevant work experience?", "human_ref_B": "I used to work with Dr. Quinzel there, and she told me that the path to keeping things quiet there was to respect the personas of the patients, but don't react to their provocations. Hrm, I've lost touch with her since I moved to nightshift at STARlabs, I wonder whatever happened to her? Smart and cute, a killer combo.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4295.0, "score_ratio": 5.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59hh0q", "c_root_id_B": "d59hveb", "created_at_utc_A": 1468346506.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468347001.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Get your head examined by someone other than Dr. Quinn or Dr. Crane.", "human_ref_B": "I used to work with Dr. Quinzel there, and she told me that the path to keeping things quiet there was to respect the personas of the patients, but don't react to their provocations. Hrm, I've lost touch with her since I moved to nightshift at STARlabs, I wonder whatever happened to her? Smart and cute, a killer combo.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 495.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59hveb", "c_root_id_B": "d59dkkh", "created_at_utc_A": 1468347001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468341631.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I used to work with Dr. Quinzel there, and she told me that the path to keeping things quiet there was to respect the personas of the patients, but don't react to their provocations. Hrm, I've lost touch with her since I moved to nightshift at STARlabs, I wonder whatever happened to her? Smart and cute, a killer combo.", "human_ref_B": "Best that you don't.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5370.0, "score_ratio": 11.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d598r8r", "c_root_id_B": "d59quee", "created_at_utc_A": 1468335402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468358415.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Think of the place as a maximum security revolving door. The weirder inmates are going to get out, wreak some havoc, and get dumped back here by Wayne industries. Don't get in the way when they try to escape, it doesn't help.", "human_ref_B": "The protocols exist for a reason. Stick by them. Never engage in conversation with the inmates. Don't listen to anything they say, because with some of them the slightest reaction will give them enough of an insight to begin deconstructing your psyche. Never assume a system is malfunctioning. Call in a full lockdown every time, even if it's gone wrong sixteen times already today. Would you rather your colleagues called you a coward to your face, or a hero at your funeral? Don't take bribes. It's not worth the risk. Don't mistreat them. Sooner or later most of them escape, and you don't want any of those guys bearing a grudge. Don't bring any weapons into the asylum. I know you feel scared, but trust me - a gun won't save you, and it can only make things worse. Don't eat anything left in the staff canteen fridge. Nothing to do with the inmates; Mr Cash gets grumpy is all. And whatever you do, no matter what bonuses or benefits they offer you, do not accept the job of unclogging the toilet in Killer Croc's cell.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23013.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59quee", "c_root_id_B": "d59ekkl", "created_at_utc_A": 1468358415.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468342872.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The protocols exist for a reason. Stick by them. Never engage in conversation with the inmates. Don't listen to anything they say, because with some of them the slightest reaction will give them enough of an insight to begin deconstructing your psyche. Never assume a system is malfunctioning. Call in a full lockdown every time, even if it's gone wrong sixteen times already today. Would you rather your colleagues called you a coward to your face, or a hero at your funeral? Don't take bribes. It's not worth the risk. Don't mistreat them. Sooner or later most of them escape, and you don't want any of those guys bearing a grudge. Don't bring any weapons into the asylum. I know you feel scared, but trust me - a gun won't save you, and it can only make things worse. Don't eat anything left in the staff canteen fridge. Nothing to do with the inmates; Mr Cash gets grumpy is all. And whatever you do, no matter what bonuses or benefits they offer you, do not accept the job of unclogging the toilet in Killer Croc's cell.", "human_ref_B": "Don't do it. In fact, do all you can to get out of Gotham. It's a mess.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15543.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? 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Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59rde8", "c_root_id_B": "d59efoc", "created_at_utc_A": 1468359138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468342706.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If you're doing a cell check, and you see someone missing from your cell, for God's sake, *don't open the door to run in and check.*", "human_ref_B": "First, do you have any relevant work experience?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16432.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59efoc", "c_root_id_B": "d59hh0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1468342706.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468346506.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "First, do you have any relevant work experience?", "human_ref_B": "Get your head examined by someone other than Dr. Quinn or Dr. Crane.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3800.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? 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That it is, unless you want to face the wrath of every single organized crime faction every other week. And you definitely don't want to be anywhere near that Joker freak.", "human_ref_B": "Best that you don't.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14629.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4shavl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Batman/DC] I have an interview at Arkham Asylum for a position as security guard. Any tips for me? I really don't want to blow this interview, I just got to Gotham and need work. Is there anything I should be aware of? Have or do any of you work there?", "c_root_id_A": "d59p7oo", "c_root_id_B": "d59m9ll", "created_at_utc_A": 1468356260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468352525.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Get the hell out of Arkham. Get the hell out of Gotham. That it is, unless you want to face the wrath of every single organized crime faction every other week. And you definitely don't want to be anywhere near that Joker freak.", "human_ref_B": "Don't forget to look up regularly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3735.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jtdn4l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] Who is the most powerful being on Earth ? Thor doesn\u2019t count since he\u2019s the King of Asgard now he\u2019s mostly up there. Neither does Franklin since he has no power now", "c_root_id_A": "gc5g2hl", "c_root_id_B": "gc5dwyi", "created_at_utc_A": 1605274557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605272848.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Is Mad Jim Jaspers still alive in 616?", "human_ref_B": "If you're talking about most powerful on Earth, possibly Swamp Thing. He's a manifestation of Earth itself, is essentially immortal, and shows wildly variable powers depending on the circumstances, including magic immunity and reality/time warping.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1709.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iu70wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Children of Ruin]the octopuses can create advanced technology but (because of how their brains are distributed through out their bodies) their main consciousnesses can't actually understand how. that being the case do they really count as sapient or not? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40376072-children-of-ruin for those who've not read the book, the octopuses have a main brain in their head where they experience stuff like emotion and desire, but when ever they want to do anything complicated they outsource the reason and calculation to the sub-brains in their tentacles that basically just operate like automatons slaved to the octopuses main brain's whims. There's octopus scientists who can't actually explain the their own work. A human reads though the notes of the octopus scientist building an FTL drive, and it comes across like he thinks he's just doing magic.", "c_root_id_A": "g5jo52o", "c_root_id_B": "g5jss4j", "created_at_utc_A": 1600311970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600314269.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Under current definitions of Sapient the Octopuses would qualify. Sapient as it is defined today mostly cares about tool use. Creatures with better grasp of tools (or other qualifying uses of their environment) would qualify. They are also Sentient, as they do have their own wills. No matter how that will is split across their body. Here are a couple of other examples that we can compare to the octopuses to see their sapience and sentience. The Obin from the series Old Man's War are a race of beings that were uplifted by another advanced species specifically so they were sapient without sentience. They have the ability to use tools. But do not have the free will to create their own tools, or make decisions for themselves (only working towards the whole of their race). Compare this to the Octopuses who make decisions for themselves; who do so at great length. A race that closesly matches the Octopuses from Children of Ruin is actually from a light novel. The Dwarves from No Game No Life are able to create tools, even though they have literally any idea how the things they make work. They rely on pure instinct and magic to make items. Literally just imagining the thing they want and hitting something with a hammer. I would still qualify them as sentient and sapient, since they have free will and can use tools. And Dwarves rely on instinct even moreso than the Octopuses. tl;dr even though its by instinct, somewhere in their body is neurons that understand how to build and operate the things they make. Therefore they are well over-qualified to be called sapient.", "human_ref_B": "I can't wait to read this book.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2299.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yay60c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Witcher] Since losing their ability to have children seems to only be a prerequisite to graduate Aretuza, could a self taught Sorceress retain her reproductive rights?", "c_root_id_A": "itdkcwc", "c_root_id_B": "itduosd", "created_at_utc_A": 1666471556.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666476045.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Ciri did. She was being taught by Yenefer and was a sorceress until she locked it away in the desert during an encounter with Lara Doren. Also Francesca Findibair. Though she's an elf which means she's only fertile if young, but likely did not go through any sterilization procedure other that just getting older.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4489.0, "score_ratio": 25.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yay60c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Witcher] Since losing their ability to have children seems to only be a prerequisite to graduate Aretuza, could a self taught Sorceress retain her reproductive rights?", "c_root_id_A": "itdkcwc", "c_root_id_B": "itdw73y", "created_at_utc_A": 1666471556.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666476738.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's only a prerequisite on the show. In the books it's just a common side effect", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5182.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1sk3in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "(Warhammer 40k) What is the fatality rate in a guardsmans first year of service? What percentage of guardsmen make it through their first year?", "c_root_id_A": "cdyfh44", "c_root_id_B": "cdyde4i", "created_at_utc_A": 1386701210.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386696802.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Yes, there is constant fighting in the Imperium, and yes, a Guardsman is likely to die extremely quickly in combat. However, you must remember that the Imperium of Man is *huge.* Most Guardsmen are on planets not currently under attack, and are on garrison or similar duty (many worlds even have Guard reserves, where the servicemen and women do something else as their \"day\" job). There are a thousand ways for a new recruit to die in action on any given second, but here are also a thousand other worlds he could be on, chilling in the barracks. Averaged across all the planets with Imperial Guard presences (and including basic training and transport times), a fresh guardsman actually has a better than 90% chance of seeing his or her second year of service!", "human_ref_B": "Trustworthy statistics are difficult to come by when Guardsmen are so numerous there's really no accurate accounting of how many there are in the first place.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4408.0, "score_ratio": 1.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1sk3in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "(Warhammer 40k) What is the fatality rate in a guardsmans first year of service? What percentage of guardsmen make it through their first year?", "c_root_id_A": "cdydxlr", "c_root_id_B": "cdyfh44", "created_at_utc_A": 1386697967.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386701210.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "while there are hundreds, if not thousands of bureaucrats in the ministorium whose job it is to organise and manage guardsmen, depoly them where needed, recruit more when depleted and ensure every solider gets his ration of corpse starch and ammunition, its impossible to say anyone is directly responsible for the entire imperial guard who would know any statistics on the matter. Its almost impossible to say exactly how many guardsmen there are in combat at the moment due to battles being fought all over the galaxy", "human_ref_B": "Yes, there is constant fighting in the Imperium, and yes, a Guardsman is likely to die extremely quickly in combat. However, you must remember that the Imperium of Man is *huge.* Most Guardsmen are on planets not currently under attack, and are on garrison or similar duty (many worlds even have Guard reserves, where the servicemen and women do something else as their \"day\" job). There are a thousand ways for a new recruit to die in action on any given second, but here are also a thousand other worlds he could be on, chilling in the barracks. Averaged across all the planets with Imperial Guard presences (and including basic training and transport times), a fresh guardsman actually has a better than 90% chance of seeing his or her second year of service!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3243.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1sk3in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "(Warhammer 40k) What is the fatality rate in a guardsmans first year of service? What percentage of guardsmen make it through their first year?", "c_root_id_A": "cdylr16", "c_root_id_B": "cdydxlr", "created_at_utc_A": 1386713904.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386697967.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Using the following: \"Guardsmen\" any human or sanctioned abhuman under control of the Lord Commander Militant of the Imperial Guard when the chain of command is followed under normal circumstances. \"First Year\" A contiguous period of 365, 24 Terran hour days. We can then assume that over the whole of the Imperium, that rate is somewhere around 85%. Some units (such as Valkyre pilots) spend more than one year in training. Others are stationed on worlds that have not seen war of any form in generations. Even among front line combat units, total unit destruction is rare. Over time, the survival rate drops, but becoming a guardsmen is not a death sentence as long as you have faith in the Emperor.", "human_ref_B": "while there are hundreds, if not thousands of bureaucrats in the ministorium whose job it is to organise and manage guardsmen, depoly them where needed, recruit more when depleted and ensure every solider gets his ration of corpse starch and ammunition, its impossible to say anyone is directly responsible for the entire imperial guard who would know any statistics on the matter. Its almost impossible to say exactly how many guardsmen there are in combat at the moment due to battles being fought all over the galaxy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15937.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1sk3in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "(Warhammer 40k) What is the fatality rate in a guardsmans first year of service? What percentage of guardsmen make it through their first year?", "c_root_id_A": "cdylr16", "c_root_id_B": "cdyfybk", "created_at_utc_A": 1386713904.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386702223.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Using the following: \"Guardsmen\" any human or sanctioned abhuman under control of the Lord Commander Militant of the Imperial Guard when the chain of command is followed under normal circumstances. \"First Year\" A contiguous period of 365, 24 Terran hour days. We can then assume that over the whole of the Imperium, that rate is somewhere around 85%. Some units (such as Valkyre pilots) spend more than one year in training. Others are stationed on worlds that have not seen war of any form in generations. Even among front line combat units, total unit destruction is rare. Over time, the survival rate drops, but becoming a guardsmen is not a death sentence as long as you have faith in the Emperor.", "human_ref_B": "[Classified]", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11681.0, "score_ratio": -10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1sk3in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "(Warhammer 40k) What is the fatality rate in a guardsmans first year of service? What percentage of guardsmen make it through their first year?", "c_root_id_A": "cdzbjyr", "c_root_id_B": "cdyfybk", "created_at_utc_A": 1386788279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386702223.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Depends. Deathworlders probably have higher chances to survive than raw recruits from more civilized planets (that is RAW recruits not specially trained stormtroopers with the best hardware)", "human_ref_B": "[Classified]", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 86056.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9e6ntx", "c_root_id_B": "h9e60ah", "created_at_utc_A": 1629281874.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629281289.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Tempestus Scions are probably the closest to what you ask, technically being a subdivision of the Administratum. They are the elite special forces units of the Astra Militarum and the Inquisition. Good training, expensive gear. The Skitarii, the military branch of the Adeptus Mechanicus also bears mentioning. Heavily augmented, but more of the mechanical variety. And being part of the AdMech, they get toys the Guard can only dream of.", "human_ref_B": "They are plenty. Aside from the Abhumans and specialized imperial guardsman like the Catachan Jungle fighters and others the other guy mentioned. There are the members of the Officio Assassinorum with four different temples that each specialize in a different method of assassination: 1. Callidus Temple for stealth and subterfuge. These are your Black Widows. 2. Vindicare Temple for sniping. These are your Hawkeyes. 3. Eversor Temple for your shock and terror. These are your Punishers. 4. Culexus Temple for anti-psyker. Your anti-magic assassins. Aside from them are the Adeptus Mechanicus, whose troopers are augmented with all sorts of mechanical body parts and advanced weaponry. As well as ever tech-priest from an enginseer all the way up to the fabraicator general are equipped with all sort of machines parts, shields, advanced weaponry that put them beyond the average imperial guardsman. There are also the various members of the Inquisition. That are given absolute authority, even technically above Space Marines. They have access to all sorts of equipment and resources and even Xenos tech, depending on how heretical a branch is willing to go. The most powerful of them are more than a match for an average Space Marine. There are also sanctioned psykers. While their power levels might vary, even a middling tier one can require a team of Space Marines (That aren't Grey Knights) to put down. Many of the Commissars in the Militarum are also a step above, with some truly exceptional ones like Commissar Yarrick being able to 1v1 an Ork Warboss.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 585.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9e60ah", "c_root_id_B": "h9eajls", "created_at_utc_A": 1629281289.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629285094.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "They are plenty. Aside from the Abhumans and specialized imperial guardsman like the Catachan Jungle fighters and others the other guy mentioned. There are the members of the Officio Assassinorum with four different temples that each specialize in a different method of assassination: 1. Callidus Temple for stealth and subterfuge. These are your Black Widows. 2. Vindicare Temple for sniping. These are your Hawkeyes. 3. Eversor Temple for your shock and terror. These are your Punishers. 4. Culexus Temple for anti-psyker. Your anti-magic assassins. Aside from them are the Adeptus Mechanicus, whose troopers are augmented with all sorts of mechanical body parts and advanced weaponry. As well as ever tech-priest from an enginseer all the way up to the fabraicator general are equipped with all sort of machines parts, shields, advanced weaponry that put them beyond the average imperial guardsman. There are also the various members of the Inquisition. That are given absolute authority, even technically above Space Marines. They have access to all sorts of equipment and resources and even Xenos tech, depending on how heretical a branch is willing to go. The most powerful of them are more than a match for an average Space Marine. There are also sanctioned psykers. While their power levels might vary, even a middling tier one can require a team of Space Marines (That aren't Grey Knights) to put down. Many of the Commissars in the Militarum are also a step above, with some truly exceptional ones like Commissar Yarrick being able to 1v1 an Ork Warboss.", "human_ref_B": "Would Sisters of Battle count?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3805.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9efjou", "c_root_id_B": "h9ejs8c", "created_at_utc_A": 1629288617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629291208.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Kriegs", "human_ref_B": "I'd say the Sisters of Battle, they're better than Guardsmen, superior training (indoctrination), have better gear and equipment but not augmented like the Space Marines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2591.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9efjou", "c_root_id_B": "h9ekpt6", "created_at_utc_A": 1629288617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629291736.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Kriegs", "human_ref_B": "Scions would be the highest nonnmodified...the elite of the elite human non modified Theres 4 branchs of assasins some come close but are of course a rare difficult to make niche models Afriel strain would be the closest, the modern imperiums attempt to make something inbetween....faster, wayy stronger and smarter than the adverage human but for some reason cursed with the worst luck", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3119.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9eo7dv", "c_root_id_B": "h9efjou", "created_at_utc_A": 1629293581.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629288617.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I think most have been touched on but you also have, Kasrkin, who are the elites coming out of the already above average Cadian Shock Troopers of the Imperial Guard.", "human_ref_B": "Kriegs", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4964.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9f501q", "c_root_id_B": "h9efjou", "created_at_utc_A": 1629301475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629288617.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Space Marine Neophytes. They're being trained by space marines and have some of their augmentations but neither process is complete. Otherwise there's a few options but they're not not strictly between regular guardsmen and space marines, they're other types of elite soldiers. Tempestus Scions, aka storm troopers are basically the Imperial Guard's special forces given the best gear, probably some cybernetics (nothing extreme by IoM standards though) and are most likely trained from very early childhood. Sisters of Battle (I forget the fake latin name) basically warrior nuns equipped with scaled down space marine gear (including power armour) and unaugmented, which include missing the black carapace that makes the power armour more responsive to the user. Scary ladies by all accounts. Skitarii are technically cyborg soldiers working for the Mechanicus but umm, they're really just slightly smarter servitors running terminator bodies armed with a ton of fire power. I'm tempted to put Cadians here just because they're head and shoulders above the rest of the Imperial Guard.", "human_ref_B": "Kriegs", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12858.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9efjou", "c_root_id_B": "h9ggrpz", "created_at_utc_A": 1629288617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629322809.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Kriegs", "human_ref_B": "There is a wide array of genetic and other enhancements that people can take or be given, but they are kinda rare. the HH books mention a wide array of enhanced brutes, some even larger than a space marine (but not as durable or fast, just a mountain of muscle) There are also regular humans but have superior equipment compared to a regular guardsman, like stormtroopers, or inqusitors or sisters of battle, who carry bolters and power armours", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34192.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9efjou", "c_root_id_B": "h9gr1or", "created_at_utc_A": 1629288617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629327564.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Kriegs", "human_ref_B": "The Sisters of Battle are genetically unmodified, unlike the Astartes and like the Militarum, and they also employ the same kind of heavy weaponry that the Astartes do, heavy bolters and flamers and wear a modified type of power armor that doesn't need a black carapace to function. They're definitely stronger than the Guard but definitely weaker than the Marines. If you could bring in other races, orks could fit in between quite nicely; Guardsman < Ork < Space Marine < Nob < Terminator, each fits kinda nicely between the others in terms of relative strength and abilities. But there really needn't be anything between the Militarum and the Astartes, the Guard is overwhelming numbers, they will drown you in lasfire and tank shells, and if the mallet doesn't work then they bring in the scalpel that is the Marines, if you can't overwhelm your enemies than it's time to overpower them, the Imperium doesn't have a half measure for \"just a little more but not all the way\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38947.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9h4gg1", "c_root_id_B": "h9efjou", "created_at_utc_A": 1629333902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629288617.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Mechanicus Skitarii - They are extremely augmented, but it's done much more cheaply than Space Marines. Adepta Sororitas - \"Normal\" women, but they're really devout, so they fight like hell, and really rich, so they have a lot of guns.", "human_ref_B": "Kriegs", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45285.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6nhfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there something between Imperial Guard and Space marine? Are there any super soldiers that are not as augmented as Space Marines but modified/trained above the imperial guardsmen? Like a unite of Captain ~~Americas~~ Imperiums.", "c_root_id_A": "h9hzc3c", "c_root_id_B": "h9efjou", "created_at_utc_A": 1629350300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629288617.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The closest thing to what you're asking for would probably be Gland Warriors, although they were more a one-off project. https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Gland_Warriors", "human_ref_B": "Kriegs", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 61683.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kpku8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Game of Thrones] A bunch of questions in one post to prevent spamming. (S6E5 Spoilers) 1. So Bran ballsed up and got touched by the Night's King. Could Bran have gotten his arm chopped off and had it tossed outside the confines of the magical barrier to prevent the White Walkers entering? 2. Would Bran's cursed arm passing through the Wall mean the White Walker army can also pass through? And like the last question, would amputating Bran's cursed arm and leaving it somewhere far from the Wall render the NK's Vampire-esque entry loophole ineffective? 3. Was Hodor in control of himself in the Hold the Door scene? I've seen it mentioned that Bran is even shittier than thought to be, as he controlled Hodor and made him stay to get slaughtered so he and Meera could escape. But I've *also* seen mention of Bran warging into past-Wyllis to unknowingly instill the \"Hold the Door/Hodor\" thing in Hodor, and that Hodor was fully coherent knowing he was sacrificing himself to allow his Lord and friend Bran (and I guess Meera) have a chance at freedom. 4. What exactly is Jaqen H'gar's (or \"the man without a name\", whatever) thought process with Arya? Does he really expect her to become a Faceless Assassin that revokes her identity? Surely he can see (and has implied repeatedly) that Arya isn't really a true Servant of the Many Faced God, and actually just wants the skills required to avenge her family? 5. Where are Yara and Theon running off to with the Iron Fleet (pinky swear I'm not Euron Greyjoy trying to hunt down the duo)? Are they attempting to make contact with Danaerys Targaryen for the same allegiance bargain Euron was offering (minus the \"cock\" stipulation)? 6. Why didn't Littlefinger come up with a decent response for the \"Sansa got raped by Ramsay\" fact? Was he seriously expecting Sansa to be timid and run back to him when he appeared in the North? I mean surely master manipulator Littlefinger should have realised Sansa (who escaped torture and imprisonment with the Boltons) wouldn't be too happy with him putting her in that situation in the first place. 7. What was with Dany and Jorah there? Did she forgive him because she felt bad about his Greyscale? Or did she want to give him some leniency due to his confession of love? 8. Do we know any cures for Greyscale? What was used with Princess Shireen? **Spoilers based on S6E6 Promo Trailer** 9. Who can rightfully claim the throne if Tommen (and possibly Margaery) is killed in the clash between the Faith Militants and the Tyrell army? 10. How can Jaime, Commander of the Kingsguard, lead the Tyrell army against the High Sparrow without suggesting the King and or the Lannisters are actively involved? Wasn't that the entire point of using the Tyrell forces? 11. Who was that figure shown with Bran and Meera? Is it likely to be Benjen? Or some guy called Cold-Hands? For that matter, who is Cold-Hands?", "c_root_id_A": "d3gs6kf", "c_root_id_B": "d3grif2", "created_at_utc_A": 1464033087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464032198.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "1) I doubt it. The mark came as a result of his connection to Wierwood.net as opposed to being literally touched, outright. I imagine the mark is sort of \"fused to his soul\" in a manner of speaking. 2) It would sure seem to me that there is a greater significance to the mark than simply getting to Bloodraven and the gang. My guess is that the same magic that broke the barrier at the tree will break the magic that supports the wall. Don't forget, Edd was told not to bring the wall down while Jon was gone. 3) It is impossible to know. I believe that he looked far more \"lucid\" in his final moments, which I take to be indicative of \"Wyllis\" being back in control and doing the one thing his entire life seems to have been building up to. 4) Sexy Jesus appears to believe that A Girl's intent to become a Faceless Man is sincere, but I think he's realizing that A Girl just has too much Arya clinging on. She can't truly be nobody, because she still has too many attachments. 5) My guess is that they're going to try to meet up with Dany, since they know that's exactly what Euron was going to do. They stole Euron's fleet, and his idea. 6) Littlefinger appears to have been in major damage-control mode. He knew what he was doing with Sansa, but he has to try to make it seem like he didn't. He's trying to save face in as many places as he can, because I'm sure he still believes he needs Sansa (also, he's sort of creepily in love with her). He didn't think she would escape Ramsay. 7) I think she realizes that his \"betrayal\" is not actually indicative of who he is. She was rightly pissed about it, and had every justification to send him away, but he kept coming back to serve his Queen. Every time he did, he showed just how loyal he actually is. Dany finally realized it when she saw Jorah's greyscale. Even having been banished twice, while suffering from a terminal illness, he STILL risked everything to serve his Queen. His confession of love is probably more of a \"yeah, I'm totally aware\" moment for Dany, but she's still distraught that she's very likely going to lose one of the strongest connections she's ever had with another person. 8) It appears that greyscale can only be cured in children, and even then it leaves terrible scarring. That being said, it's entirely possible that any \"adult\" cure that does exist is either a closely guarded secret or as of yet unidentified. My guess is that Jorah is going to travel to Asshai where he will search for clues. Even if he doesn't find a cure, I imagine that his digging will still discover some secrets. PROMO 1) TECHNICALLY, Cersei would be next in line, but who knows if she could actually push that claim, especially with a Tyrell army backing Queen Margaery within the city. 2) They're making it seem like the Tyrell's are trying to stop Margaery's walk of atonement. Jaime, being Kingsguard, can be ordered by the King to protect the Queen. Also, it would make total sense for the King to try and stop them from doing that to the Queen, his WIFE. It also doesn't appear that Jaime is the only one commanding, as Mace Tyrell is in full armor at the head of his troops. 3) [Can't answer this one without breaking the 4th wall] Many believe it will either be Benjen or Coldhands. Coldhands is a character in the books that escorts Bran and the gang to Bloodraven/The Three Eyed Raven. He rides a giant elk and appears to be undead, like a wight, but still lucid. Maybe he's a special type of wight, maybe he's a rogue White Walker, maybe he's something totally different. We just don't know.", "human_ref_B": "these definitely sound like questions Euron would ask, nice try", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 889.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kpku8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Game of Thrones] A bunch of questions in one post to prevent spamming. (S6E5 Spoilers) 1. So Bran ballsed up and got touched by the Night's King. Could Bran have gotten his arm chopped off and had it tossed outside the confines of the magical barrier to prevent the White Walkers entering? 2. Would Bran's cursed arm passing through the Wall mean the White Walker army can also pass through? And like the last question, would amputating Bran's cursed arm and leaving it somewhere far from the Wall render the NK's Vampire-esque entry loophole ineffective? 3. Was Hodor in control of himself in the Hold the Door scene? I've seen it mentioned that Bran is even shittier than thought to be, as he controlled Hodor and made him stay to get slaughtered so he and Meera could escape. But I've *also* seen mention of Bran warging into past-Wyllis to unknowingly instill the \"Hold the Door/Hodor\" thing in Hodor, and that Hodor was fully coherent knowing he was sacrificing himself to allow his Lord and friend Bran (and I guess Meera) have a chance at freedom. 4. What exactly is Jaqen H'gar's (or \"the man without a name\", whatever) thought process with Arya? Does he really expect her to become a Faceless Assassin that revokes her identity? Surely he can see (and has implied repeatedly) that Arya isn't really a true Servant of the Many Faced God, and actually just wants the skills required to avenge her family? 5. Where are Yara and Theon running off to with the Iron Fleet (pinky swear I'm not Euron Greyjoy trying to hunt down the duo)? Are they attempting to make contact with Danaerys Targaryen for the same allegiance bargain Euron was offering (minus the \"cock\" stipulation)? 6. Why didn't Littlefinger come up with a decent response for the \"Sansa got raped by Ramsay\" fact? Was he seriously expecting Sansa to be timid and run back to him when he appeared in the North? I mean surely master manipulator Littlefinger should have realised Sansa (who escaped torture and imprisonment with the Boltons) wouldn't be too happy with him putting her in that situation in the first place. 7. What was with Dany and Jorah there? Did she forgive him because she felt bad about his Greyscale? Or did she want to give him some leniency due to his confession of love? 8. Do we know any cures for Greyscale? What was used with Princess Shireen? **Spoilers based on S6E6 Promo Trailer** 9. Who can rightfully claim the throne if Tommen (and possibly Margaery) is killed in the clash between the Faith Militants and the Tyrell army? 10. How can Jaime, Commander of the Kingsguard, lead the Tyrell army against the High Sparrow without suggesting the King and or the Lannisters are actively involved? Wasn't that the entire point of using the Tyrell forces? 11. Who was that figure shown with Bran and Meera? Is it likely to be Benjen? Or some guy called Cold-Hands? For that matter, who is Cold-Hands?", "c_root_id_A": "d3grxz5", "c_root_id_B": "d3gs6kf", "created_at_utc_A": 1464032768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464033087.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Almost all of your questions require speculation as we have no definite answers yet. >1 I thought the same thing. But we may never know. He already had it inside, it's possible that was enough. >2 I suspect that yes, that would render the Wall penetrable. And maybe, but we don't don't have enough information to be sure. It's possible it has marked him on a more spiritual level, not just physically his arm. >3 I like that latter theory. >4 Either remains possible. And maybe simply trains Arya is part of the Many Faced God's plan. (My favorite theory remains that Jaqen was Serio , who was captured not killed by Trant, and that came from Braavos specifically to train Arya. He then changed his face down in the dungeons, which is why the other prisoners feared him so much) >5 I'm not sure if they even had a plan of \"where\". Just away from their murderous uncle suffices for now. >6 While he knew it would be bad, I don't think he knew it would be *that* bad. he probably imagined Roose would keep his son in check. >7 Both I would guess. he has shown he is devoted to her, and saved her life numerous times. >8 Greyscale seems to be a bit easier to cure for children. >Who can rightfully claim the throne if Tommen (and possibly Margaery) is killed in the clash between the Faith Militants and the Tyrell army? Dany. Or it could pass back to Cersei. >How can Jaime, Commander of the Kingsguard, lead the Tyrell army against the High Sparrow without suggesting the King and or the Lannisters are actively involved? Wasn't that the entire point of using the Tyrell forces? Everyone would know the Lannisters would be involved. But Jamie, as a sworn maybe of the King's Guard, gave up all his privilege as a Lannister (not unlike the members of the Night's Watch). Also, as a memeber of the King's Guard, the Queen falls under his protection. >Who was that figure shown with Bran and Meera? Is it likely to be Benjen? Or some guy called Cold-Hands? For that matter, who is Cold-Hands? Unknown for sure. I would love to see Benjen or Cold Hands though. (Cold Hands in the books is present much earlier, but was left out of the show.)", "human_ref_B": "1) I doubt it. The mark came as a result of his connection to Wierwood.net as opposed to being literally touched, outright. I imagine the mark is sort of \"fused to his soul\" in a manner of speaking. 2) It would sure seem to me that there is a greater significance to the mark than simply getting to Bloodraven and the gang. My guess is that the same magic that broke the barrier at the tree will break the magic that supports the wall. Don't forget, Edd was told not to bring the wall down while Jon was gone. 3) It is impossible to know. I believe that he looked far more \"lucid\" in his final moments, which I take to be indicative of \"Wyllis\" being back in control and doing the one thing his entire life seems to have been building up to. 4) Sexy Jesus appears to believe that A Girl's intent to become a Faceless Man is sincere, but I think he's realizing that A Girl just has too much Arya clinging on. She can't truly be nobody, because she still has too many attachments. 5) My guess is that they're going to try to meet up with Dany, since they know that's exactly what Euron was going to do. They stole Euron's fleet, and his idea. 6) Littlefinger appears to have been in major damage-control mode. He knew what he was doing with Sansa, but he has to try to make it seem like he didn't. He's trying to save face in as many places as he can, because I'm sure he still believes he needs Sansa (also, he's sort of creepily in love with her). He didn't think she would escape Ramsay. 7) I think she realizes that his \"betrayal\" is not actually indicative of who he is. She was rightly pissed about it, and had every justification to send him away, but he kept coming back to serve his Queen. Every time he did, he showed just how loyal he actually is. Dany finally realized it when she saw Jorah's greyscale. Even having been banished twice, while suffering from a terminal illness, he STILL risked everything to serve his Queen. His confession of love is probably more of a \"yeah, I'm totally aware\" moment for Dany, but she's still distraught that she's very likely going to lose one of the strongest connections she's ever had with another person. 8) It appears that greyscale can only be cured in children, and even then it leaves terrible scarring. That being said, it's entirely possible that any \"adult\" cure that does exist is either a closely guarded secret or as of yet unidentified. My guess is that Jorah is going to travel to Asshai where he will search for clues. Even if he doesn't find a cure, I imagine that his digging will still discover some secrets. PROMO 1) TECHNICALLY, Cersei would be next in line, but who knows if she could actually push that claim, especially with a Tyrell army backing Queen Margaery within the city. 2) They're making it seem like the Tyrell's are trying to stop Margaery's walk of atonement. Jaime, being Kingsguard, can be ordered by the King to protect the Queen. Also, it would make total sense for the King to try and stop them from doing that to the Queen, his WIFE. It also doesn't appear that Jaime is the only one commanding, as Mace Tyrell is in full armor at the head of his troops. 3) [Can't answer this one without breaking the 4th wall] Many believe it will either be Benjen or Coldhands. Coldhands is a character in the books that escorts Bran and the gang to Bloodraven/The Three Eyed Raven. He rides a giant elk and appears to be undead, like a wight, but still lucid. Maybe he's a special type of wight, maybe he's a rogue White Walker, maybe he's something totally different. We just don't know.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 319.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kpku8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Game of Thrones] A bunch of questions in one post to prevent spamming. (S6E5 Spoilers) 1. So Bran ballsed up and got touched by the Night's King. Could Bran have gotten his arm chopped off and had it tossed outside the confines of the magical barrier to prevent the White Walkers entering? 2. Would Bran's cursed arm passing through the Wall mean the White Walker army can also pass through? And like the last question, would amputating Bran's cursed arm and leaving it somewhere far from the Wall render the NK's Vampire-esque entry loophole ineffective? 3. Was Hodor in control of himself in the Hold the Door scene? I've seen it mentioned that Bran is even shittier than thought to be, as he controlled Hodor and made him stay to get slaughtered so he and Meera could escape. But I've *also* seen mention of Bran warging into past-Wyllis to unknowingly instill the \"Hold the Door/Hodor\" thing in Hodor, and that Hodor was fully coherent knowing he was sacrificing himself to allow his Lord and friend Bran (and I guess Meera) have a chance at freedom. 4. What exactly is Jaqen H'gar's (or \"the man without a name\", whatever) thought process with Arya? Does he really expect her to become a Faceless Assassin that revokes her identity? Surely he can see (and has implied repeatedly) that Arya isn't really a true Servant of the Many Faced God, and actually just wants the skills required to avenge her family? 5. Where are Yara and Theon running off to with the Iron Fleet (pinky swear I'm not Euron Greyjoy trying to hunt down the duo)? Are they attempting to make contact with Danaerys Targaryen for the same allegiance bargain Euron was offering (minus the \"cock\" stipulation)? 6. Why didn't Littlefinger come up with a decent response for the \"Sansa got raped by Ramsay\" fact? Was he seriously expecting Sansa to be timid and run back to him when he appeared in the North? I mean surely master manipulator Littlefinger should have realised Sansa (who escaped torture and imprisonment with the Boltons) wouldn't be too happy with him putting her in that situation in the first place. 7. What was with Dany and Jorah there? Did she forgive him because she felt bad about his Greyscale? Or did she want to give him some leniency due to his confession of love? 8. Do we know any cures for Greyscale? What was used with Princess Shireen? **Spoilers based on S6E6 Promo Trailer** 9. Who can rightfully claim the throne if Tommen (and possibly Margaery) is killed in the clash between the Faith Militants and the Tyrell army? 10. How can Jaime, Commander of the Kingsguard, lead the Tyrell army against the High Sparrow without suggesting the King and or the Lannisters are actively involved? Wasn't that the entire point of using the Tyrell forces? 11. Who was that figure shown with Bran and Meera? Is it likely to be Benjen? Or some guy called Cold-Hands? For that matter, who is Cold-Hands?", "c_root_id_A": "d3hdkk2", "c_root_id_B": "d3hwzxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1464066275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464109578.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "1. We don't know. Apparently not. 2. We don't know. Wards and marks are very vague magic right now. 3. The implication I got was that he was warg-controlling Hodor. We do see Hodor's eyes change, we see him suddenly become strong and powerful as he carries Bran down the hall. I think the idea is that Bran, in his panic and confusion, implanted the \"hold the door\" command into Hodor so strongly that it destroy his psyche in the past. Hodor's had \"hold the door\" programmed into his brain since the day he fell to the ground seizing. Bran certainly didn't know that would happen, but Hodor's known he had to \"hold the door\" his whole life. 4. He probably doesn't trust her, but he certainly sees talent in her. She could be useful. If she won't toe the line, he can end her. At this point, even Arya isn't sure about her list anymore. And hell, maybe Ja'qen agrees with the list, and thinks turning Arya loose would still do a lot of good. We really don't know yet. 5. Sorry, but the answer to a lot of these questions is \"we don't know\". It's the middle of the season, after all. We'll find out more next week. 6. Littlefinger's a manipulator. He manipulates. He talked his way into the graces of Ned, the Lannisters, the Valemen, Ramsay, and Sansa. That's how Petyr operates. Even when he tells you to your face he's a liar, he still finds a way to get what he wants. 7. She says it's because he came back for her, again and again, even when she banned him, even when she hated him. He's loyal and useful and she cares about him now. 8. Greyscale can be halted, but it can't be cured. Shireen narrowly avoided the spread of the disease, and that was after the best maesters in the land worked on her for months or years. Jorah doesn't have a great chance, unless there's some magic cure lying around Essos somewhere.", "human_ref_B": "/u/lordolxinator, I love this sub a lot, I do, but this question would be better answered most likely in either /r/asoiaf or /r/gameofthrones. /r/asoiaf serves both the book readers and the show watchers, while /r/gameofthrones is just for the show.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43303.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kpku8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Game of Thrones] A bunch of questions in one post to prevent spamming. (S6E5 Spoilers) 1. So Bran ballsed up and got touched by the Night's King. Could Bran have gotten his arm chopped off and had it tossed outside the confines of the magical barrier to prevent the White Walkers entering? 2. Would Bran's cursed arm passing through the Wall mean the White Walker army can also pass through? And like the last question, would amputating Bran's cursed arm and leaving it somewhere far from the Wall render the NK's Vampire-esque entry loophole ineffective? 3. Was Hodor in control of himself in the Hold the Door scene? I've seen it mentioned that Bran is even shittier than thought to be, as he controlled Hodor and made him stay to get slaughtered so he and Meera could escape. But I've *also* seen mention of Bran warging into past-Wyllis to unknowingly instill the \"Hold the Door/Hodor\" thing in Hodor, and that Hodor was fully coherent knowing he was sacrificing himself to allow his Lord and friend Bran (and I guess Meera) have a chance at freedom. 4. What exactly is Jaqen H'gar's (or \"the man without a name\", whatever) thought process with Arya? Does he really expect her to become a Faceless Assassin that revokes her identity? Surely he can see (and has implied repeatedly) that Arya isn't really a true Servant of the Many Faced God, and actually just wants the skills required to avenge her family? 5. Where are Yara and Theon running off to with the Iron Fleet (pinky swear I'm not Euron Greyjoy trying to hunt down the duo)? Are they attempting to make contact with Danaerys Targaryen for the same allegiance bargain Euron was offering (minus the \"cock\" stipulation)? 6. Why didn't Littlefinger come up with a decent response for the \"Sansa got raped by Ramsay\" fact? Was he seriously expecting Sansa to be timid and run back to him when he appeared in the North? I mean surely master manipulator Littlefinger should have realised Sansa (who escaped torture and imprisonment with the Boltons) wouldn't be too happy with him putting her in that situation in the first place. 7. What was with Dany and Jorah there? Did she forgive him because she felt bad about his Greyscale? Or did she want to give him some leniency due to his confession of love? 8. Do we know any cures for Greyscale? What was used with Princess Shireen? **Spoilers based on S6E6 Promo Trailer** 9. Who can rightfully claim the throne if Tommen (and possibly Margaery) is killed in the clash between the Faith Militants and the Tyrell army? 10. How can Jaime, Commander of the Kingsguard, lead the Tyrell army against the High Sparrow without suggesting the King and or the Lannisters are actively involved? Wasn't that the entire point of using the Tyrell forces? 11. Who was that figure shown with Bran and Meera? Is it likely to be Benjen? Or some guy called Cold-Hands? For that matter, who is Cold-Hands?", "c_root_id_A": "d3hdkk2", "c_root_id_B": "d3i1xgc", "created_at_utc_A": 1464066275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464116099.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "1. We don't know. Apparently not. 2. We don't know. Wards and marks are very vague magic right now. 3. The implication I got was that he was warg-controlling Hodor. We do see Hodor's eyes change, we see him suddenly become strong and powerful as he carries Bran down the hall. I think the idea is that Bran, in his panic and confusion, implanted the \"hold the door\" command into Hodor so strongly that it destroy his psyche in the past. Hodor's had \"hold the door\" programmed into his brain since the day he fell to the ground seizing. Bran certainly didn't know that would happen, but Hodor's known he had to \"hold the door\" his whole life. 4. He probably doesn't trust her, but he certainly sees talent in her. She could be useful. If she won't toe the line, he can end her. At this point, even Arya isn't sure about her list anymore. And hell, maybe Ja'qen agrees with the list, and thinks turning Arya loose would still do a lot of good. We really don't know yet. 5. Sorry, but the answer to a lot of these questions is \"we don't know\". It's the middle of the season, after all. We'll find out more next week. 6. Littlefinger's a manipulator. He manipulates. He talked his way into the graces of Ned, the Lannisters, the Valemen, Ramsay, and Sansa. That's how Petyr operates. Even when he tells you to your face he's a liar, he still finds a way to get what he wants. 7. She says it's because he came back for her, again and again, even when she banned him, even when she hated him. He's loyal and useful and she cares about him now. 8. Greyscale can be halted, but it can't be cured. Shireen narrowly avoided the spread of the disease, and that was after the best maesters in the land worked on her for months or years. Jorah doesn't have a great chance, unless there's some magic cure lying around Essos somewhere.", "human_ref_B": "The Greyjoy siblings want to take Westeros, but they need an army. Let's see...who has an army and has beef with the Iron Throne other than Draenarys? I'll give you a hint, it involves bad poosey.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 49824.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kpku8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Game of Thrones] A bunch of questions in one post to prevent spamming. (S6E5 Spoilers) 1. So Bran ballsed up and got touched by the Night's King. Could Bran have gotten his arm chopped off and had it tossed outside the confines of the magical barrier to prevent the White Walkers entering? 2. Would Bran's cursed arm passing through the Wall mean the White Walker army can also pass through? And like the last question, would amputating Bran's cursed arm and leaving it somewhere far from the Wall render the NK's Vampire-esque entry loophole ineffective? 3. Was Hodor in control of himself in the Hold the Door scene? I've seen it mentioned that Bran is even shittier than thought to be, as he controlled Hodor and made him stay to get slaughtered so he and Meera could escape. But I've *also* seen mention of Bran warging into past-Wyllis to unknowingly instill the \"Hold the Door/Hodor\" thing in Hodor, and that Hodor was fully coherent knowing he was sacrificing himself to allow his Lord and friend Bran (and I guess Meera) have a chance at freedom. 4. What exactly is Jaqen H'gar's (or \"the man without a name\", whatever) thought process with Arya? Does he really expect her to become a Faceless Assassin that revokes her identity? Surely he can see (and has implied repeatedly) that Arya isn't really a true Servant of the Many Faced God, and actually just wants the skills required to avenge her family? 5. Where are Yara and Theon running off to with the Iron Fleet (pinky swear I'm not Euron Greyjoy trying to hunt down the duo)? Are they attempting to make contact with Danaerys Targaryen for the same allegiance bargain Euron was offering (minus the \"cock\" stipulation)? 6. Why didn't Littlefinger come up with a decent response for the \"Sansa got raped by Ramsay\" fact? Was he seriously expecting Sansa to be timid and run back to him when he appeared in the North? I mean surely master manipulator Littlefinger should have realised Sansa (who escaped torture and imprisonment with the Boltons) wouldn't be too happy with him putting her in that situation in the first place. 7. What was with Dany and Jorah there? Did she forgive him because she felt bad about his Greyscale? Or did she want to give him some leniency due to his confession of love? 8. Do we know any cures for Greyscale? What was used with Princess Shireen? **Spoilers based on S6E6 Promo Trailer** 9. Who can rightfully claim the throne if Tommen (and possibly Margaery) is killed in the clash between the Faith Militants and the Tyrell army? 10. How can Jaime, Commander of the Kingsguard, lead the Tyrell army against the High Sparrow without suggesting the King and or the Lannisters are actively involved? Wasn't that the entire point of using the Tyrell forces? 11. Who was that figure shown with Bran and Meera? Is it likely to be Benjen? Or some guy called Cold-Hands? For that matter, who is Cold-Hands?", "c_root_id_A": "d3iaqby", "c_root_id_B": "d3hdkk2", "created_at_utc_A": 1464128009.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464066275.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "> How can Jaime, Commander of the Kingsguard, lead the Tyrell army against the High Sparrow without suggesting the King and or the Lannisters are actively involved? Wasn't that the entire point of using the Tyrell forces? If you watch the trailer again and pause when the Tyrell troops lower their spears it seems that Jaime is attempting to bargain or appeal to the High Sparrow while Mace Tyrell with his frilly feather is in lead of the Tyrell troops.", "human_ref_B": "1. We don't know. Apparently not. 2. We don't know. Wards and marks are very vague magic right now. 3. The implication I got was that he was warg-controlling Hodor. We do see Hodor's eyes change, we see him suddenly become strong and powerful as he carries Bran down the hall. I think the idea is that Bran, in his panic and confusion, implanted the \"hold the door\" command into Hodor so strongly that it destroy his psyche in the past. Hodor's had \"hold the door\" programmed into his brain since the day he fell to the ground seizing. Bran certainly didn't know that would happen, but Hodor's known he had to \"hold the door\" his whole life. 4. He probably doesn't trust her, but he certainly sees talent in her. She could be useful. If she won't toe the line, he can end her. At this point, even Arya isn't sure about her list anymore. And hell, maybe Ja'qen agrees with the list, and thinks turning Arya loose would still do a lot of good. We really don't know yet. 5. Sorry, but the answer to a lot of these questions is \"we don't know\". It's the middle of the season, after all. We'll find out more next week. 6. Littlefinger's a manipulator. He manipulates. He talked his way into the graces of Ned, the Lannisters, the Valemen, Ramsay, and Sansa. That's how Petyr operates. Even when he tells you to your face he's a liar, he still finds a way to get what he wants. 7. She says it's because he came back for her, again and again, even when she banned him, even when she hated him. He's loyal and useful and she cares about him now. 8. Greyscale can be halted, but it can't be cured. Shireen narrowly avoided the spread of the disease, and that was after the best maesters in the land worked on her for months or years. Jorah doesn't have a great chance, unless there's some magic cure lying around Essos somewhere.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 61734.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b1w5ha", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[MCU] I wonder if War Machine armor still has he icing problem?..", "c_root_id_A": "eiojplq", "c_root_id_B": "eiokkqb", "created_at_utc_A": 1552764752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552765424.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "Probably not. Tony found a solution to the icing during the events of IM1; the War Machine armour wasn't given to Rhodey until sometime between then and the start of IM2, and Tony is an inveterate tinkerer - he would have been refining and improving the design even while Rhodey was putting it on.", "human_ref_B": "War Machine's first armour was modified from the Mark 2, so it likely would have suffered from the icing problem. However, his later armours were purpose built by Tony so he probably fixed the icing problem on those.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 672.0, "score_ratio": 1.225, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b1w5ha", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[MCU] I wonder if War Machine armor still has he icing problem?..", "c_root_id_A": "eiow6eu", "c_root_id_B": "eipd7lq", "created_at_utc_A": 1552774625.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552788399.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "He definitely doesnt now that Rocket is around. It looks like his suit has been upgraded.", "human_ref_B": "After IM2, Tony gave Rhodey a suit actually fitted for him, in exchange for the old suit back and restored to original condition. The War Machine Mark II suit was what Rhodey used during IM3, when it was temporarily rebranded as Iron Patriot. Part of why Tony made the dedicated War Machine armour was that it helped keep the US Government off his back by letting them have a suit nominally under their control. So it may be quite as tricked out as Tony's own suits, but he wouldn't let his friend fly around in something with as serious a design flaw as the icing problem. Following the Avengers 2 and Rhodey officially joining the Avengers, Tony upgraded him to the Mark III suit; which would be used during Civil War. This one would definitely be pretty on par with Tony's suits of the time. By Avengers 3, Tony had built a Mark IV version of the suit, which we see Rhodey piloting during that film; presumably including yet more upgrades (and as with previous versions, changes to the weapons systems, which were presumably based primarily on Rhodey's requests).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13774.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b1w5ha", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[MCU] I wonder if War Machine armor still has he icing problem?..", "c_root_id_A": "eip9x4u", "c_root_id_B": "eipd7lq", "created_at_utc_A": 1552785581.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552788399.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "More than likely. The Mark II was a testbed suit. Tony would have fixed the icing problem with it before completing the 'finished' Mark III, rather than come up with a solution, build a new suit, and hope it works.", "human_ref_B": "After IM2, Tony gave Rhodey a suit actually fitted for him, in exchange for the old suit back and restored to original condition. The War Machine Mark II suit was what Rhodey used during IM3, when it was temporarily rebranded as Iron Patriot. Part of why Tony made the dedicated War Machine armour was that it helped keep the US Government off his back by letting them have a suit nominally under their control. So it may be quite as tricked out as Tony's own suits, but he wouldn't let his friend fly around in something with as serious a design flaw as the icing problem. Following the Avengers 2 and Rhodey officially joining the Avengers, Tony upgraded him to the Mark III suit; which would be used during Civil War. This one would definitely be pretty on par with Tony's suits of the time. By Avengers 3, Tony had built a Mark IV version of the suit, which we see Rhodey piloting during that film; presumably including yet more upgrades (and as with previous versions, changes to the weapons systems, which were presumably based primarily on Rhodey's requests).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2818.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ixgat", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel/Thor]Asgard is not actually magic, but super technology, right? How about the Frost Giants? If the Frost Giants are not super tech, how did they put up a fight? Does any other race compare to Asgard's level of Tech?", "c_root_id_A": "dr25rvp", "c_root_id_B": "dr2snag", "created_at_utc_A": 1512947727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512978308.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Magic is new to the humans in MCU, so they haven't decided whether or not to count it as part of science. It's pretty crazy, but then so was quantum physics.", "human_ref_B": "This was a line taken wholly literally when it was really just a millennia-old god-in-his-own-right trying to help a human cope with what she's seeing. Asgard uses magic. That's the by and large of it. Thor just knew equating magic to highly advanced science to a scientist would make the most sense for a tl;Dr explaination. \"The internet is a series of tubes.\" \"... Gotcha.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30581.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ixgat", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel/Thor]Asgard is not actually magic, but super technology, right? How about the Frost Giants? If the Frost Giants are not super tech, how did they put up a fight? Does any other race compare to Asgard's level of Tech?", "c_root_id_A": "dr2gzn5", "c_root_id_B": "dr2snag", "created_at_utc_A": 1512960470.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512978308.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "In his first film thor says there is no separation between what we would call magic and science. Essentially anything that would be called magic exists with in the universe, its study is science. So asgard may not have technology as we would think of it. But doctor strange would use science as asgard thinks of it. So in regards to asgard everything is just stuff. Iron man armour is stuff. Hulk is stuff. Spells are stuff. Caps shield is stuff. Bifrost is stuff. Phones are stuff. Paper is stuff. Infinity gems are stuff. It is an incredibly unhelpful categorisation.", "human_ref_B": "This was a line taken wholly literally when it was really just a millennia-old god-in-his-own-right trying to help a human cope with what she's seeing. Asgard uses magic. That's the by and large of it. Thor just knew equating magic to highly advanced science to a scientist would make the most sense for a tl;Dr explaination. \"The internet is a series of tubes.\" \"... Gotcha.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17838.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ixgat", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel/Thor]Asgard is not actually magic, but super technology, right? How about the Frost Giants? If the Frost Giants are not super tech, how did they put up a fight? Does any other race compare to Asgard's level of Tech?", "c_root_id_A": "dr2oyq3", "c_root_id_B": "dr2snag", "created_at_utc_A": 1512970984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512978308.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Magic exists in Asgard, it's just their tech and knowledge of magic is so advanced they have blended together to make hybrid tech. The Asgardian tech is like Strange and Stark working together to make technology.", "human_ref_B": "This was a line taken wholly literally when it was really just a millennia-old god-in-his-own-right trying to help a human cope with what she's seeing. Asgard uses magic. That's the by and large of it. Thor just knew equating magic to highly advanced science to a scientist would make the most sense for a tl;Dr explaination. \"The internet is a series of tubes.\" \"... Gotcha.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7324.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a5nk4i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[D&D] Why does the skill, \"use magic item\" require the charisma stat modifier?", "c_root_id_A": "ebnzbuk", "c_root_id_B": "ebo6irt", "created_at_utc_A": 1544658973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544665497.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Magic items have some kind of sentience to them, as such, some people are more effective with them. One of the things needed to be effective, is to *persuade* the item to do what you want.", "human_ref_B": "Charisma represents force of personality and innate aptitude for magic in D&D (and a few other seemingly unrelated things. Its a bit of a grab bag stat). It's the same reason why sorcerers and bards use their charisma bonus for spellcasting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6524.0, "score_ratio": 2.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a5nk4i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[D&D] Why does the skill, \"use magic item\" require the charisma stat modifier?", "c_root_id_A": "ebo6irt", "c_root_id_B": "ebo6f9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1544665497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544665409.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Charisma represents force of personality and innate aptitude for magic in D&D (and a few other seemingly unrelated things. Its a bit of a grab bag stat). It's the same reason why sorcerers and bards use their charisma bonus for spellcasting.", "human_ref_B": "In the world of the Forgotten Realms, and in many of the other closely related magical realms full of Dungeons and Dragons, magic is not something born of a person, nor of a place, nor even of these apparently magical items- Instead, (nearly) all magic is drawn from the great Weave, the multiversal essence of magic and life that permeates everything. Magical persons, locations, and people are not drawing from reserves deep inside themselves, but rather are a nexus and focus of the Weave itself, with ostensibly more powerful individuals in reality merely more practiced and understanding of the subtle ways that reality can be manipulated through the great Weave. What does this mean for magic items and using them? Well, as any good Bard can tell you, the true secret to magic is not merely the intelligence to know its rules, because sheer force of will can change them, nor is it merely the wisdom and sheer force of will to alter the rules, because the Weave is as alive as it is vast and unknowable, and if you push too hard, it *will* push back. No, the secret to magic is to whisper the right words, to caress the right faults in the fabric of reality to convince magic that it wants to work for you. It is just as difficult as aeons of study that Wizards go through, just as harrowing as channeling the forces of magic directly as the Sorcerers can, just as risky and deadly as the Warlocks and their vows of fealty, but it is the route that truly, honestly, most understands the nature of magic. I've gotten a bit off topic. In short, Magical Items are used not through divining their purpose or forcing them to work, but rather by convincing the fragment of the Weave expressing itself through the item that it wants to work for you. Hence, charisma, and your force of personality.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 88.0, "score_ratio": 4.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m3exn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel] Did anything meaningful other than Deadpool and Wolverine ever come about due to the Weapon X project?", "c_root_id_A": "d3s8pl8", "c_root_id_B": "d3s8v4n", "created_at_utc_A": 1464814772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464814979.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I think Sabertooth.", "human_ref_B": "that depends. Are you talking about the American/NATO Supersoldier program, of which, Weapon X was the tenth successful product? If so, Captain America, some of the research into replicating Doctor Banner's hulk condition, Fantomex, \"The World\", and a number of other successful \"weapons\" have been developed as part of \"Weapon Plus\". Are you talking about Weapon X (weapon 10) - the particular research project into regeneration and cybernetic implants that produced Wolverine? IF so, yes - Sabretooth (his healing factor may have been enhanced, but he was working with the program and was next to receive the adamantium if Logan hadn't made that impossible) Cyber, and a number of other enhanciles (NOT including deadpool) were modified by the program, whose data and samples went on to be used in creating X-23, deadpool, Lady Deathstrike, the many X-23 clones, as well as giving Dakken his adamantium-coated claws.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 207.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m3exn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel] Did anything meaningful other than Deadpool and Wolverine ever come about due to the Weapon X project?", "c_root_id_A": "d3sg0fu", "c_root_id_B": "d3srxmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1464825511.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464846711.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "No. Because whenever anyone *tries* Wolverine comes by to fuck their shit up.", "human_ref_B": "Didn't it create that miniature world thing (from X-force) and Fantomex?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21200.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7okk4m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Harry Potter] do the magical supremacists like Voldemort seriously think they can dominate the muggle world in spite of the technology they have or are they simply ignorant to the amount muggles have moved forward by the 1990s? They seem to think that controlling the muggles would be a piece of cake yet the muggle world has the capacity to level the planet if they so wish. Taking over the whole world doesn't seem even feasible let alone easy. Do they just not know of the abilities the muggles or do they think they can overcome them anyway?", "c_root_id_A": "dsa888l", "c_root_id_B": "dsa89vh", "created_at_utc_A": 1515263708.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515263760.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "While people like to mention numbers and the like I don't think people understand how truly dangerous wizards can be. They could pop in, clear out an entire room of generals and government officials, then dissapear leaving no proof of their whereabouts. Also it's obvious the Wizards contact world leaders on matters, the Wizard PM makes contact with the new Muggle PM every time they are elected and inform them there is an entire world behind theirs. It would be no difficult matter to manipulate these world leaders as well using charms and curses. Wizards can control Muggle with ease given their natural abilities in stealth and magic. All that matters is how active a role they want to be in. If Voldemort tries to do some silly conquest then yes, he's boned, but I doubt he would want that much interactions with lessee people in his eyes.", "human_ref_B": "The magical supremacists tend to be purebloods, raised entirely in the magical world with no experience of the Muggle world. They therefore don't have any real conception of the capabilities of the Muggles. All they know is that pretty much everything they've ever known depends on magic in some form. Given that, how could the Muggles be any kind of threat without magic? The wizards who have the most experience with the Muggle world, especially Muggle-borns, are pretty overwhelmingly against Voldemort and fully understand how ridiculous the idea of taking over the Muggle world is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52.0, "score_ratio": 1.9827586207, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7okk4m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Harry Potter] do the magical supremacists like Voldemort seriously think they can dominate the muggle world in spite of the technology they have or are they simply ignorant to the amount muggles have moved forward by the 1990s? They seem to think that controlling the muggles would be a piece of cake yet the muggle world has the capacity to level the planet if they so wish. Taking over the whole world doesn't seem even feasible let alone easy. Do they just not know of the abilities the muggles or do they think they can overcome them anyway?", "c_root_id_A": "dsae3cc", "c_root_id_B": "dsai28a", "created_at_utc_A": 1515270621.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515275395.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "You know, going along with what's been said before I think that in the short run the wizards would honestly have it all their own way. Look at what happened when Voldemort stopped sticking to the shadows. He released Giants, dementors, and who knows what else. Meanwhile the muggles thought they were dealing with freak natural phenomena. Had things continued to go Voldemort's way things could have gotten really nasty for the muggles. Death camps, slavery, the whole shebang. (At this point I think it would be valuable to point out that Voldemort's efforts were almost entirely based in Europe, and we really have no information on how the larger wizarding world would have reacted. Imagine a full scale Wizard World War erupting.) So imagine that Harry dies, and Voldemort wins. At what point would the purebloods reveal themselves as the rightful masters of the world? Or would they continue to keep magic a secret from the larger world? Either way, I think that eventually the \"secret\" of magic would get out. And one way the muggles have a huge edge over wizards is the speed of communication and transportation. It is impossible to apparate over continents, but information today travels instantly for muggles. And once muggles knew of magic, just imagine how drastically science, religion, and technology would change. Think about it, we know that magic can mess with technology, but would muggles be able to create a device that can leave wizards powerless? Would muggles be able to scientifically and technology create devices that use magic? Or would it even become possible to turn muggles into magic users? As science now stands, magic is considered a complete impossibility, but with the reveal of the wizarding community that would change. And once muggles realized what is possible with magic, I think they would find a way to do it. I think that in the long run, Voldemort's philosophy would end up exposing and eventually destroying the wizarding community.", "human_ref_B": "Wizards regularly break the laws of physics. Most of the most deadly muggle weapons use physics to do their damage. Whether it being nuclear fission for nuclear weapons or gravity/altitude for large scale bombs, there are limits to the effectiveness of you can eliminate how they work. For example, a simple levitation spell would make a Moab useless. A simple vanishing spell would eliminate any bomb/missile. Trained hit wizards (with no \u201cunforgivable\u201d limitations) could simply appear in areas with high value targets and assassinate them with little effort. Or could use the imperious curse to compel them to use ordinance on densely populated areas. How would Asia look if several non-nuclear bombs took out the major population centers and then had the dead turned to inferi? Then you have even greater abilities such as the time turners, lucky potion, cursed objects, and controllable magical creatures. This isn\u2019t counting higher level magic such as the gateway of death, horcruxes, or the Hallows. If the muggles didn\u2019t have sympathetic wizards helping them, they have zero chance of survival against a unified magical front.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4774.0, "score_ratio": 2.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xhsef", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] What if Tom Riddle had been successful in the Chamber of Secrets? Voldemort's first horcrux, as we know, was his 16-year-old self's diary. In the events of Chamber of Secrets, the memory of Riddle/Voldemort imbued within the diary attempts to syphon Ginny Weaseley's lifeforce in order to return himself to existance, but is ultimately defeated by Potter. The question is, what if Potter had failed, or been too late? At the time that Tom Riddle attempted to leave the diary, the \"real\" Voldemort was in a weakened state and in hiding. If Riddle had been successful, wouldn't there then have been two Voldemorts then in existance? How would the two interact? Could the \"real\" Voldemort use Riddle to return himself to strength? Would Riddle attempt to destroy Voldemort and usurp his position as leader of the Death Eaters? Assuming the events of Goblet of Fire also play out as before, and Voldemort is returned to strength, would the two join forces or would they be at odds, each trying to take control?", "c_root_id_A": "cy4xnd7", "c_root_id_B": "cy4slb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1450567778.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450558062.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I always thought that Riddle would have a body when he \"got out\" and that he would then go find Voldemort and they would merge and Voldemort would be back as a younger version of himself. I have no magical explanation for how this would work but I can't imagine any other story possibility, because two Voldemorts is silly", "human_ref_B": "He's still only a fragment of soul, now with life energy but not a true physical body. He'd probably end up like Peeves, the way Hogwart's favorite poltergeist can pull pranks on students and interact with the physical world.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9716.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drspld4", "c_root_id_B": "drt2vjx", "created_at_utc_A": 1514333479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514353001.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "I am sorry friend you are done. You can't do anything for Doom that he can't do himself but better. Doom needs nothing from you so there is nothing you can do to make it up.", "human_ref_B": "Well, I have some good news: In being able to get Doom to do *anything* via mind control, you have outclassed *Zebediah Killgrave*. Of course, you're not just dead, you're super-dead, but I feel you need some upbeat news too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19522.0, "score_ratio": 1.9230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drt09je", "c_root_id_B": "drt2vjx", "created_at_utc_A": 1514348669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514353001.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "You had the opportunity to force him to kill himself or otherwise grievously harm him, and you *didn't?!?!* Yeah, no, you're fucked, and you absolutely brought it on yourself. I'd drink enough of your prefered beverage of choice that you can't feel anything anymore, and kill yourself now, before Doom does it for you. You fucked up *hard*.", "human_ref_B": "Well, I have some good news: In being able to get Doom to do *anything* via mind control, you have outclassed *Zebediah Killgrave*. Of course, you're not just dead, you're super-dead, but I feel you need some upbeat news too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4332.0, "score_ratio": 1.8518518519, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drsrkh7", "c_root_id_B": "drt2vjx", "created_at_utc_A": 1514336221.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514353001.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "No, but he may spare your life to take advantage of your talents. This will never end, but if you were not useful, it would be worse.", "human_ref_B": "Well, I have some good news: In being able to get Doom to do *anything* via mind control, you have outclassed *Zebediah Killgrave*. Of course, you're not just dead, you're super-dead, but I feel you need some upbeat news too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16780.0, "score_ratio": 2.380952381, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drszh59", "c_root_id_B": "drt2vjx", "created_at_utc_A": 1514347485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514353001.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, as I am not the most educated person when it comes to Doom. Isn't Doom above things like petty revenge? He would definitely track OP down as he has demonstrated himself to be a hostile threat. But does he have a history of being merciless to those who have willingly submitted to Doom? I can't help but think he would simply view OP as a stupid kid with a dangerous power. If OP prostrated himself before Doom, apologizing and begging for mercy, I can't help but think that Doom would either just put him to work or strip him of his powers. Maybe slap him around a bit for good measure just to make sure he knows his place.", "human_ref_B": "Well, I have some good news: In being able to get Doom to do *anything* via mind control, you have outclassed *Zebediah Killgrave*. Of course, you're not just dead, you're super-dead, but I feel you need some upbeat news too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5516.0, "score_ratio": 6.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drt2vjx", "c_root_id_B": "drspvh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1514353001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514333866.0, "score_A": 50, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Well, I have some good news: In being able to get Doom to do *anything* via mind control, you have outclassed *Zebediah Killgrave*. Of course, you're not just dead, you're super-dead, but I feel you need some upbeat news too.", "human_ref_B": "goodbye friend; you\u2019re done, if he catches up with you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19135.0, "score_ratio": 6.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drspld4", "c_root_id_B": "drt09je", "created_at_utc_A": 1514333479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514348669.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "I am sorry friend you are done. You can't do anything for Doom that he can't do himself but better. Doom needs nothing from you so there is nothing you can do to make it up.", "human_ref_B": "You had the opportunity to force him to kill himself or otherwise grievously harm him, and you *didn't?!?!* Yeah, no, you're fucked, and you absolutely brought it on yourself. I'd drink enough of your prefered beverage of choice that you can't feel anything anymore, and kill yourself now, before Doom does it for you. You fucked up *hard*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15190.0, "score_ratio": 1.0384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drsrkh7", "c_root_id_B": "drt09je", "created_at_utc_A": 1514336221.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514348669.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "No, but he may spare your life to take advantage of your talents. This will never end, but if you were not useful, it would be worse.", "human_ref_B": "You had the opportunity to force him to kill himself or otherwise grievously harm him, and you *didn't?!?!* Yeah, no, you're fucked, and you absolutely brought it on yourself. I'd drink enough of your prefered beverage of choice that you can't feel anything anymore, and kill yourself now, before Doom does it for you. You fucked up *hard*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12448.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drszh59", "c_root_id_B": "drt09je", "created_at_utc_A": 1514347485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514348669.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, as I am not the most educated person when it comes to Doom. Isn't Doom above things like petty revenge? He would definitely track OP down as he has demonstrated himself to be a hostile threat. But does he have a history of being merciless to those who have willingly submitted to Doom? I can't help but think he would simply view OP as a stupid kid with a dangerous power. If OP prostrated himself before Doom, apologizing and begging for mercy, I can't help but think that Doom would either just put him to work or strip him of his powers. Maybe slap him around a bit for good measure just to make sure he knows his place.", "human_ref_B": "You had the opportunity to force him to kill himself or otherwise grievously harm him, and you *didn't?!?!* Yeah, no, you're fucked, and you absolutely brought it on yourself. I'd drink enough of your prefered beverage of choice that you can't feel anything anymore, and kill yourself now, before Doom does it for you. You fucked up *hard*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1184.0, "score_ratio": 3.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drt09je", "c_root_id_B": "drspvh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1514348669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514333866.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "You had the opportunity to force him to kill himself or otherwise grievously harm him, and you *didn't?!?!* Yeah, no, you're fucked, and you absolutely brought it on yourself. I'd drink enough of your prefered beverage of choice that you can't feel anything anymore, and kill yourself now, before Doom does it for you. You fucked up *hard*.", "human_ref_B": "goodbye friend; you\u2019re done, if he catches up with you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14803.0, "score_ratio": 3.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drsrkh7", "c_root_id_B": "drspvh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1514336221.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514333866.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "No, but he may spare your life to take advantage of your talents. This will never end, but if you were not useful, it would be worse.", "human_ref_B": "goodbye friend; you\u2019re done, if he catches up with you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2355.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drszh59", "c_root_id_B": "drt4uai", "created_at_utc_A": 1514347485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514356875.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, as I am not the most educated person when it comes to Doom. Isn't Doom above things like petty revenge? He would definitely track OP down as he has demonstrated himself to be a hostile threat. But does he have a history of being merciless to those who have willingly submitted to Doom? I can't help but think he would simply view OP as a stupid kid with a dangerous power. If OP prostrated himself before Doom, apologizing and begging for mercy, I can't help but think that Doom would either just put him to work or strip him of his powers. Maybe slap him around a bit for good measure just to make sure he knows his place.", "human_ref_B": "Mutant huh. Ok. Well. Here's the bad news. Post M day its 100% guaranteed he's tracking all new mutants regardless of what he says. Rare commodity you lot are now. So in all reality he knows exactly who you are. And now he's confirmed your power works exactly as he suspected. Which is good news. You no longer have to wonder where your new god is. He'll be appearing shortly. Can you stop him from doing whatever he pleases at the point? No. He's just gonna take whatever he wants as he wants from you. I'm not sure it'll be death. Again. He most likely left his mental shields down to test you while he was in NYC. At a U.N. meeting. So initially it will be dealt through them (though make no doubt. Lord Doom will be pulling these strings too). Depending on how this prank is perceived by the UN you'll probably be extradited to Latveria. From there? Who knows.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9390.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drt4uai", "c_root_id_B": "drspvh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1514356875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514333866.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Mutant huh. Ok. Well. Here's the bad news. Post M day its 100% guaranteed he's tracking all new mutants regardless of what he says. Rare commodity you lot are now. So in all reality he knows exactly who you are. And now he's confirmed your power works exactly as he suspected. Which is good news. You no longer have to wonder where your new god is. He'll be appearing shortly. Can you stop him from doing whatever he pleases at the point? No. He's just gonna take whatever he wants as he wants from you. I'm not sure it'll be death. Again. He most likely left his mental shields down to test you while he was in NYC. At a U.N. meeting. So initially it will be dealt through them (though make no doubt. Lord Doom will be pulling these strings too). Depending on how this prank is perceived by the UN you'll probably be extradited to Latveria. From there? Who knows.", "human_ref_B": "goodbye friend; you\u2019re done, if he catches up with you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23009.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drszh59", "c_root_id_B": "drtpf2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1514347485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514396095.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, as I am not the most educated person when it comes to Doom. Isn't Doom above things like petty revenge? He would definitely track OP down as he has demonstrated himself to be a hostile threat. But does he have a history of being merciless to those who have willingly submitted to Doom? I can't help but think he would simply view OP as a stupid kid with a dangerous power. If OP prostrated himself before Doom, apologizing and begging for mercy, I can't help but think that Doom would either just put him to work or strip him of his powers. Maybe slap him around a bit for good measure just to make sure he knows his place.", "human_ref_B": "He knows it's you, Charles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48610.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drtpf2i", "c_root_id_B": "drspvh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1514396095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514333866.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He knows it's you, Charles.", "human_ref_B": "goodbye friend; you\u2019re done, if he catches up with you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 62229.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drtpf2i", "c_root_id_B": "drt6khc", "created_at_utc_A": 1514396095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514360845.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He knows it's you, Charles.", "human_ref_B": "The slightest chance involves saving the lives of an innocent Latverian. For example, a makeshift team of Avengers earned Doom's grace because they saved Latverians from drowning and exploding during the 'Axis' event.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35250.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drt9qnt", "c_root_id_B": "drtpf2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1514369601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514396095.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In the circumstances presented, you just signed your own death warrant. Maybe if you Handed him the cosmic cube or Richards on a silver platter your death may not be the most painful thing ever.", "human_ref_B": "He knows it's you, Charles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26494.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drti059", "c_root_id_B": "drtpf2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1514387172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514396095.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Luckily for you Doom is going through a \"good guy\" phase and trying to convince the world that he's not evil. So there is a chance you can convince him not to kill you. Hell, recently a girl with a new set of super powers tried to kill him. His response? Sit down with the girl and talk about what was really bothering her.", "human_ref_B": "He knows it's you, Charles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8923.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drtpf2i", "c_root_id_B": "drta2md", "created_at_utc_A": 1514396095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514370553.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He knows it's you, Charles.", "human_ref_B": "Jesus man, of all people to do that to, you picked Doctor Doom? The single most egomaniacal, proud, arrogant creature in the known universe.... I suggest you ask Franklin Richards to unmake the universe and end it all, that is your only shot. Doom will find you, by science or magic or reason and when he does he is going to do things to you that would make Mephisto gag. Just... just end it. Euthanize yourself. Do it now , you're running out of time", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25542.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drtpf2i", "c_root_id_B": "drta4g9", "created_at_utc_A": 1514396095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514370698.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He knows it's you, Charles.", "human_ref_B": "I'm sorry brother. You have no future, only *Doom.* Unless your powers are incredibly high, and it sounds like they are, as there admittedly aren't many will there fortitude of Doom, and less who can manipulate it so casually even once. In that case contact some of the most powerful superheroes and try to join their team. Maybe even join a government.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25397.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drtpf2i", "c_root_id_B": "drtccl8", "created_at_utc_A": 1514396095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514376824.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He knows it's you, Charles.", "human_ref_B": "There's good news and there's bad news. The good news is, you are mutant with some sort of mind control powers even if only for a short time; and the range is really far to reach him halfway around the world. The bad news is, your mind control powers is either not consistent or you just got doom in a moment when he left his guards in his mind down. Either way, there is no way you can escape him. You can try to use your power to get some other super heroes to help you out, because god knows nobody is going to messing with Dr Doom for some chode that wanted to pull a prank.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19271.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drta2md", "c_root_id_B": "drti059", "created_at_utc_A": 1514370553.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514387172.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Jesus man, of all people to do that to, you picked Doctor Doom? The single most egomaniacal, proud, arrogant creature in the known universe.... I suggest you ask Franklin Richards to unmake the universe and end it all, that is your only shot. Doom will find you, by science or magic or reason and when he does he is going to do things to you that would make Mephisto gag. Just... just end it. Euthanize yourself. Do it now , you're running out of time", "human_ref_B": "Luckily for you Doom is going through a \"good guy\" phase and trying to convince the world that he's not evil. So there is a chance you can convince him not to kill you. Hell, recently a girl with a new set of super powers tried to kill him. His response? Sit down with the girl and talk about what was really bothering her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16619.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drta4g9", "c_root_id_B": "drti059", "created_at_utc_A": 1514370698.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514387172.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm sorry brother. You have no future, only *Doom.* Unless your powers are incredibly high, and it sounds like they are, as there admittedly aren't many will there fortitude of Doom, and less who can manipulate it so casually even once. In that case contact some of the most powerful superheroes and try to join their team. Maybe even join a government.", "human_ref_B": "Luckily for you Doom is going through a \"good guy\" phase and trying to convince the world that he's not evil. So there is a chance you can convince him not to kill you. Hell, recently a girl with a new set of super powers tried to kill him. His response? Sit down with the girl and talk about what was really bothering her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16474.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mb72r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] I just humiliated Victor von Doom on international television. Will he be able to track me down? If so, is there anything I can do to earn his forgiveness? I'm a mutant with the ability to make people do and say whatever I want. I was watching TV, and Doctor Doom was giving a speech of some sort at the UN. I was annoyed by his voice, so I briefly took control of his mind and made him say, \"I'm a poopy baby that just went doody in my diapy. Reed Richards needs to change me! He's the bestest, smartest man in the whole, wide world!\" However, the second that I did that, I suddenly realized that this was not a good idea. He looked pretty pissed off when I released him from my control, and I wasn't able to \"grab hold\" of his mind again afterwards. Is it possible to hide my identity from Doom? If I can't and he finds me, is there any way to make it up to him so he's not too angry?", "c_root_id_A": "drti059", "c_root_id_B": "drtccl8", "created_at_utc_A": 1514387172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514376824.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Luckily for you Doom is going through a \"good guy\" phase and trying to convince the world that he's not evil. So there is a chance you can convince him not to kill you. Hell, recently a girl with a new set of super powers tried to kill him. His response? Sit down with the girl and talk about what was really bothering her.", "human_ref_B": "There's good news and there's bad news. The good news is, you are mutant with some sort of mind control powers even if only for a short time; and the range is really far to reach him halfway around the world. The bad news is, your mind control powers is either not consistent or you just got doom in a moment when he left his guards in his mind down. Either way, there is no way you can escape him. You can try to use your power to get some other super heroes to help you out, because god knows nobody is going to messing with Dr Doom for some chode that wanted to pull a prank.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10348.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2sbqbj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Since Reed Richards has a PhD (or several), shouldn't he be called Doctor Fantastic rather than Mister?", "c_root_id_A": "cno39m4", "c_root_id_B": "cno4bep", "created_at_utc_A": 1421190736.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421192495.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Richards believes it's a little pretentious to use the \"Dr.\" if you're not a medical doctor.", "human_ref_B": "He goes Dr. Richards and Mr. Fantastic", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1759.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2sbqbj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Since Reed Richards has a PhD (or several), shouldn't he be called Doctor Fantastic rather than Mister?", "c_root_id_A": "cno39m4", "c_root_id_B": "cno5zpz", "created_at_utc_A": 1421190736.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421195393.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Richards believes it's a little pretentious to use the \"Dr.\" if you're not a medical doctor.", "human_ref_B": "There was a conversation between him and Tony Stark (I think) where he said that going by Dr. Fantastic would be just straight up bragging at that point.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4657.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2sbqbj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Since Reed Richards has a PhD (or several), shouldn't he be called Doctor Fantastic rather than Mister?", "c_root_id_A": "cno8s3a", "c_root_id_B": "cno8539", "created_at_utc_A": 1421200416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421199269.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Mister Fantastic isn't his formal name, he isn't actually named Fantastic, it's just the superhero name he picked. When people refer to him by his actual name and title they tend to use doctor.", "human_ref_B": "The Mister Fantastic is his hero name. His real name is Reed Richards.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1147.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2sbqbj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Since Reed Richards has a PhD (or several), shouldn't he be called Doctor Fantastic rather than Mister?", "c_root_id_A": "cno8539", "c_root_id_B": "cnocya6", "created_at_utc_A": 1421199269.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421208039.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Mister Fantastic is his hero name. His real name is Reed Richards.", "human_ref_B": "Well that's his super hero name, so he could Doctor fantastic even without a doctorate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8770.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k8mdfa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Why can't Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) shoot spider webs? Like Spider-Man, Spider-Woman is basically supposed to have the same (or at least similar) powers as a spider due to being given some spider DNA (albeit in a different manner than what happened to Peter Parker). Except that for some reason, she can't shoot webs like a spider does. Why is this the case? Now, I know Peter (616) can't exactly shoot webs himself either, but isn't that why he created his web shooters? So why doesn't Jessica at least do the same, or ask for someone to build some web shooters for her? I would also ask why Peter Parker (616) himself can't just naturally shoot organic webbing while on this topic, but I feel like that's probably another question for another time.", "c_root_id_A": "gez00kk", "c_root_id_B": "geyvd4c", "created_at_utc_A": 1607367998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607366176.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Jessica isn't really associated with Spider-Man that much actually. She's much more associated with SHIELD and HYDRA, with her best friend being Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers). She just isn't close enough to Peter I guess? Spider-Man has a very distinct set of friends and allies. She's like a distant relation/acquaintance at best who does get dragged into his matters every once in a while just for sharing the 'Spider' name, but generally she just does her own thing. So Peter really has no need to make web shooters for her.", "human_ref_B": "Peter was a genius before getting bit, and the spider made him even smarter. Jessica was not, so she did not get the ability to build webshooters. There are times where Spider-Man's mutation progresses where he does get the ability to shoot organic webbing... from the same place a spider does.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1822.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "59zqec", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] If someone were to shoot at a Jedi/Sith with a minigun, would they be able to block it or would they turn to swiss cheese?", "c_root_id_A": "d9cqaji", "c_root_id_B": "d9cuf8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1477749823.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477757003.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the Jedi. Really trained ones like Obi-Wan and Anakin can react to ships coming at them at \"fractions of the speed of light\", meanwhile you could take out a room of Padawans without much issue.", "human_ref_B": "The comments about being unable to block a high volume of metal projectiles with a saber is correct, but a force wielder would likely just halt the projectiles with the the force. We have seen Darth Vader and Kylo Ren block or stop energy projectiles with just the force. This is apparently difficult to do, hence the late Republic era emphasis on saber forms for blocking blaster fire, but I would contend that it would be relatively easy to do for non-energetic projectiles. I imagine it a bit like the scene in the Matrix where Neo stops all the bullets coming down the hallway; energy projectiles are hard for force users to block using the force alone because they lack substance, but a hail of metal projectiles with little mass would be easy to block.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7180.0, "score_ratio": 1.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "59zqec", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] If someone were to shoot at a Jedi/Sith with a minigun, would they be able to block it or would they turn to swiss cheese?", "c_root_id_A": "d9cq6qj", "c_root_id_B": "d9cuf8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1477749605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477757003.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Only two sith I know of would even stand a chance. Bane who stood in a storm and blocked every rain drop. And revan who would probably have a short period personal shield, and kill the attacker with the force.", "human_ref_B": "The comments about being unable to block a high volume of metal projectiles with a saber is correct, but a force wielder would likely just halt the projectiles with the the force. We have seen Darth Vader and Kylo Ren block or stop energy projectiles with just the force. This is apparently difficult to do, hence the late Republic era emphasis on saber forms for blocking blaster fire, but I would contend that it would be relatively easy to do for non-energetic projectiles. I imagine it a bit like the scene in the Matrix where Neo stops all the bullets coming down the hallway; energy projectiles are hard for force users to block using the force alone because they lack substance, but a hail of metal projectiles with little mass would be easy to block.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7398.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "59zqec", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] If someone were to shoot at a Jedi/Sith with a minigun, would they be able to block it or would they turn to swiss cheese?", "c_root_id_A": "d9cqaji", "c_root_id_B": "d9cq6qj", "created_at_utc_A": 1477749823.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477749605.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the Jedi. Really trained ones like Obi-Wan and Anakin can react to ships coming at them at \"fractions of the speed of light\", meanwhile you could take out a room of Padawans without much issue.", "human_ref_B": "Only two sith I know of would even stand a chance. Bane who stood in a storm and blocked every rain drop. And revan who would probably have a short period personal shield, and kill the attacker with the force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 218.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "744k7q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there any mention of the chosen one prophecy in the original trilogy? I can't remember if there was or not.", "c_root_id_A": "dnvjb9e", "c_root_id_B": "dnvioov", "created_at_utc_A": 1507080768.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507079994.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As you've seen, the answer is no. But, the actual answer is worse than that. Not only is there no prophecy regarding a chosen one in the original story, there's actually a strong anti-prophecy theme coming from the light side of the force. Sure Obi-Wan tells Luke that it's his destiny to face Vader, but in context he makes clear there are many ways that the encounter can go---fight or not, send his sister or don't, etc... And Yoda, who is wiser in the ways of the force, tells us that \"the future is always in motion,\" and warns Luke that choosing the darkside will dominate one's destiny. For the Jedi (at least as portrayed in this account) the ability to see the future is fleeting and uncertain. It's the darkside that puts its faith in prophecy and prediction.", "human_ref_B": "There was not. Almost none of the characters focused on in that era would know about the prophecy. The time of the Jedi had passed and most of their knowledge and culture was gone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 774.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "744k7q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there any mention of the chosen one prophecy in the original trilogy? I can't remember if there was or not.", "c_root_id_A": "dnvioov", "c_root_id_B": "dnvk0tx", "created_at_utc_A": 1507079994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507081659.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There was not. Almost none of the characters focused on in that era would know about the prophecy. The time of the Jedi had passed and most of their knowledge and culture was gone.", "human_ref_B": "Though the actual prophecy was invented for TPM, Obi-Wan's thoughts about Vader and Luke during the OT have now been construed as based on what he knows of the prophecy. He thinks Luke is the actual Chosen One because of what happened to Anakin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1665.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "744k7q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Was there any mention of the chosen one prophecy in the original trilogy? I can't remember if there was or not.", "c_root_id_A": "dnvioov", "c_root_id_B": "dnvlpl3", "created_at_utc_A": 1507079994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507083775.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There was not. Almost none of the characters focused on in that era would know about the prophecy. The time of the Jedi had passed and most of their knowledge and culture was gone.", "human_ref_B": "Yoda and Obi wan probably choose not to tell Luke about the prophecy on purpose. They didn't want him clouded by jedi dogma that got them all fucked over the last time around. They wanted Luke to be a jedi- lite.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3781.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coq8iem", "c_root_id_B": "coqbfei", "created_at_utc_A": 1424345301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424355259.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "If you give them quickly good fight, then yes. If not..m.", "human_ref_B": "If an Ork is your friend, he will on occasion yell loudly while trying to shoot you and/or chop off one of your limbs. That's what Orks do in their spare time for fun. It's not that different from being the enemy of an Ork. For inexperienced Mekboys or Doks, being their enemy may actually give you a higher life expectancy than being their enemy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9958.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coqbj0k", "c_root_id_B": "coqqh34", "created_at_utc_A": 1424355505.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424379561.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Always took the Orks as having a sort of instinctive logic as follows: Follow stronger greenskins. Bully and lead weaker greenskins. Fight greenskins to determine which they are, if it isn't patently obvious. Fight non-greenskins. I'd think reading into their social interactions past this is an example of humie-nization on the part of optimistic onlookers.", "human_ref_B": "Sort of. Friendship is a foreign concept to Orkz; the closest word in their language translates to 'favourite enemy'. Thus, one could think of an Ork'z best friend as whoever he enjoys fighting the most, like Sebastian Yarrick to Ghazhkhull Thraka.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24056.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coqi0qn", "c_root_id_B": "coqqh34", "created_at_utc_A": 1424367016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424379561.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Befriend, no. Employ, yes. Orks are not above mercenary work, if you can find a suitable payment they will accept, and a fight they can get behind. I do not know however someone could get an Ork to the negotiating table.", "human_ref_B": "Sort of. Friendship is a foreign concept to Orkz; the closest word in their language translates to 'favourite enemy'. Thus, one could think of an Ork'z best friend as whoever he enjoys fighting the most, like Sebastian Yarrick to Ghazhkhull Thraka.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12545.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coqqh34", "c_root_id_B": "coqhv9i", "created_at_utc_A": 1424379561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424366779.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sort of. Friendship is a foreign concept to Orkz; the closest word in their language translates to 'favourite enemy'. Thus, one could think of an Ork'z best friend as whoever he enjoys fighting the most, like Sebastian Yarrick to Ghazhkhull Thraka.", "human_ref_B": "No, if you want an Orc to do something for you remember two things. 1.) Point out where you want them to start killing everything. 2.) Make sure you are far away.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12782.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coqqh34", "c_root_id_B": "coq8iem", "created_at_utc_A": 1424379561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424345301.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sort of. Friendship is a foreign concept to Orkz; the closest word in their language translates to 'favourite enemy'. Thus, one could think of an Ork'z best friend as whoever he enjoys fighting the most, like Sebastian Yarrick to Ghazhkhull Thraka.", "human_ref_B": "If you give them quickly good fight, then yes. If not..m.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34260.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coq8iem", "c_root_id_B": "coqbj0k", "created_at_utc_A": 1424345301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424355505.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "If you give them quickly good fight, then yes. If not..m.", "human_ref_B": "Always took the Orks as having a sort of instinctive logic as follows: Follow stronger greenskins. Bully and lead weaker greenskins. Fight greenskins to determine which they are, if it isn't patently obvious. Fight non-greenskins. I'd think reading into their social interactions past this is an example of humie-nization on the part of optimistic onlookers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10204.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coqhv9i", "c_root_id_B": "coqi0qn", "created_at_utc_A": 1424366779.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424367016.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "No, if you want an Orc to do something for you remember two things. 1.) Point out where you want them to start killing everything. 2.) Make sure you are far away.", "human_ref_B": "Befriend, no. Employ, yes. Orks are not above mercenary work, if you can find a suitable payment they will accept, and a fight they can get behind. I do not know however someone could get an Ork to the negotiating table.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 237.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coqi0qn", "c_root_id_B": "coq8iem", "created_at_utc_A": 1424367016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424345301.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Befriend, no. Employ, yes. Orks are not above mercenary work, if you can find a suitable payment they will accept, and a fight they can get behind. I do not know however someone could get an Ork to the negotiating table.", "human_ref_B": "If you give them quickly good fight, then yes. If not..m.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21715.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2weppi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Warhammer] Can Orks be befriended? Fantasy and 40K don't even seem to befriend other Orks but I was wondering if it was possible. Sure they'll work with each other and there are cases to where they'll fight as mercenaries but comradery aside are their friendships among Orks or Orks and Non-Orkoids?", "c_root_id_A": "coqqog0", "c_root_id_B": "corcv2m", "created_at_utc_A": 1424379866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424428745.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What if you complimented his WarTrukk?", "human_ref_B": "If you can point them at a bigger dude to fight, that is more interesting to fight than you, and keep doing it until the day you die because the second you stop your dead. Yes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48879.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mgtbra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[1984] Is it ever said (in the book) how Julia discovers who Winston is and why she falls for him? All thats said is that he gets a note from her saying she loves him but he doesn't even know her name, or who she is yet. How did she come to discover who Winston actually was?", "c_root_id_A": "gsvas69", "c_root_id_B": "gsvilmu", "created_at_utc_A": 1617155074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617159473.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "From her Wikipedia Entry: > Julia first appears in Nineteen Eighty-Four at the age of 26, an enthusiastic participant in the Two Minutes Hate directed against Emmanuel Goldstein, a Party co-founder who claims the Revolution was betrayed. At one point, she flings a Newspeak dictionary at the telescreen. Winston Smith, a fellow worker in the Ministry of Truth, is both aroused by Julia's beauty and disgusted by her fervour. He recalls that women, especially those Julia's age, are among the most fanatical members of the Party. He fantasises about raping and murdering her, and fears that she is a member of the Thought Police prepared to denounce him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s been awhile since I read the book, but I assume Julia found him the way Winston found everyone else. For a moment or two, he must have let something slip. An expression on his face, a roll of the eyes, a moment\u2019s hesitation, any signal of doubt could have been picked up by Julia without Winston even realizing he\u2019d made the signal. After he\u2019d caught her attention, she only had to bide her time observing him and waiting until the perfect moment to reach out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4399.0, "score_ratio": -12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mgtbra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[1984] Is it ever said (in the book) how Julia discovers who Winston is and why she falls for him? All thats said is that he gets a note from her saying she loves him but he doesn't even know her name, or who she is yet. How did she come to discover who Winston actually was?", "c_root_id_A": "gsvas69", "c_root_id_B": "gsz6pr1", "created_at_utc_A": 1617155074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617237321.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "From her Wikipedia Entry: > Julia first appears in Nineteen Eighty-Four at the age of 26, an enthusiastic participant in the Two Minutes Hate directed against Emmanuel Goldstein, a Party co-founder who claims the Revolution was betrayed. At one point, she flings a Newspeak dictionary at the telescreen. Winston Smith, a fellow worker in the Ministry of Truth, is both aroused by Julia's beauty and disgusted by her fervour. He recalls that women, especially those Julia's age, are among the most fanatical members of the Party. He fantasises about raping and murdering her, and fears that she is a member of the Thought Police prepared to denounce him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)", "human_ref_B": "She never really fell for him, Julia and Winston worked at the same ministry office and one day she just passed on a note to him that said \u201cI love you\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 82247.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xvx4yk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[1984] Why do the Inner Party live such austere lives? It is pointed out that members of the Inner Party live relatively poor lives by the standards of our real life 20th Century. Its shown that they live in flats, the movies show that they still wear simple clothes and have relatively few furnishings, and proof of their massive wealth is given by working elevators, basic foods like white bread and coffee and decent cigarettes. The only things that truly set them apart are servants and private helicopters. Why? Aren't they the literal masters of Oceania? Shouldn't they at bare minimum be able to afford building two story houses or have private gardens or something?", "c_root_id_A": "ir5qqb2", "c_root_id_B": "ir3rgcb", "created_at_utc_A": 1664982972.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664938337.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It's not terribly important that they live in objective luxury, it's only important that they live in luxury *compared to the other people they see*. Having fresh food, coffee, and cigarettes (not to mention turning off the telescreen for a few minutes) are luxuries that regular people barely dream of, so it's enough to satisfy their cravings. None of them would even think of building a private two story house, because that's not a thing that happens in their world. It would be like a medieval prince wanting a private jet.", "human_ref_B": "Because making sure people suffer is the main point of Ingsoc They're fully dedicated to making personal sacrifices for the greater bad.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44635.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xvx4yk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[1984] Why do the Inner Party live such austere lives? It is pointed out that members of the Inner Party live relatively poor lives by the standards of our real life 20th Century. Its shown that they live in flats, the movies show that they still wear simple clothes and have relatively few furnishings, and proof of their massive wealth is given by working elevators, basic foods like white bread and coffee and decent cigarettes. The only things that truly set them apart are servants and private helicopters. Why? Aren't they the literal masters of Oceania? Shouldn't they at bare minimum be able to afford building two story houses or have private gardens or something?", "c_root_id_A": "ir5qqb2", "c_root_id_B": "ir45g3k", "created_at_utc_A": 1664982972.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664946463.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's not terribly important that they live in objective luxury, it's only important that they live in luxury *compared to the other people they see*. Having fresh food, coffee, and cigarettes (not to mention turning off the telescreen for a few minutes) are luxuries that regular people barely dream of, so it's enough to satisfy their cravings. None of them would even think of building a private two story house, because that's not a thing that happens in their world. It would be like a medieval prince wanting a private jet.", "human_ref_B": "If the inner party lived in luxury mansions it is likely those places would be targeted in the war. Most likely their is a war going on and the state doesn\u2019t want to admit it can\u2019t protect its own people from air strikes. Granted it could be state terrror against its own population but I doubt that tbh. The fact Oceania acknowledges to its citizens that other countries exist inherently shows Oceania doesn\u2019t control the rest of the world and the party and states power is limited to some extent despite it wanting total control. The inner party despite being the controlling class of Oceania would be high targets for the war. Almost everything in that society is going to the war effort and most of the world has been ravaged by ww2 nuclear warfare and an unwillingness for the leaders of the three nations, probably out of mistrust and ideology to make peace.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36509.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xvx4yk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[1984] Why do the Inner Party live such austere lives? It is pointed out that members of the Inner Party live relatively poor lives by the standards of our real life 20th Century. Its shown that they live in flats, the movies show that they still wear simple clothes and have relatively few furnishings, and proof of their massive wealth is given by working elevators, basic foods like white bread and coffee and decent cigarettes. The only things that truly set them apart are servants and private helicopters. Why? Aren't they the literal masters of Oceania? Shouldn't they at bare minimum be able to afford building two story houses or have private gardens or something?", "c_root_id_A": "ir4jdw0", "c_root_id_B": "ir5qqb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1664957533.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664982972.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The inner party members faces just as many loyalty tests as the outer party, if not more, and follow just as strict rules, if not stricter. Iirc Winston makes a not of that life doesn't seem to improve by much as you move towards the center of the party. It's all part of creating a culture of stagnation and oppression, and the inner party members needs to practice and live this even more than outer party members. They need to engage in even more doublethink. If the inner party members lived in luxery, the outer party members and the proles could see that life can actually be better and get something to aspire too, and they don't want that. Can't let people believe that things can improve", "human_ref_B": "It's not terribly important that they live in objective luxury, it's only important that they live in luxury *compared to the other people they see*. Having fresh food, coffee, and cigarettes (not to mention turning off the telescreen for a few minutes) are luxuries that regular people barely dream of, so it's enough to satisfy their cravings. None of them would even think of building a private two story house, because that's not a thing that happens in their world. It would be like a medieval prince wanting a private jet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25439.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xvx4yk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[1984] Why do the Inner Party live such austere lives? It is pointed out that members of the Inner Party live relatively poor lives by the standards of our real life 20th Century. Its shown that they live in flats, the movies show that they still wear simple clothes and have relatively few furnishings, and proof of their massive wealth is given by working elevators, basic foods like white bread and coffee and decent cigarettes. The only things that truly set them apart are servants and private helicopters. Why? Aren't they the literal masters of Oceania? Shouldn't they at bare minimum be able to afford building two story houses or have private gardens or something?", "c_root_id_A": "ir59cif", "c_root_id_B": "ir5qqb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1664975489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664982972.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The Party ideal, drummed in constantly, is to be fanatically dedicated, every minute of the day, to nothing but the Revolution, every thought, word and deed aimed at the Revolution's progress and the destruction of its enemies, foreign and domestic. Self-sacrifice, austerity, celibacy except for the purpose of procreation to create the next generation of fighters for Ingsoc. Hobbies, personal enjoyment, even pleasure originatng from something other than obeying Big Brother and harming Goldsteinism, is considered an evil until such time as the war is won, Goldstein and his supporters are wiped out, and Ingsoc controls the entire planet.", "human_ref_B": "It's not terribly important that they live in objective luxury, it's only important that they live in luxury *compared to the other people they see*. Having fresh food, coffee, and cigarettes (not to mention turning off the telescreen for a few minutes) are luxuries that regular people barely dream of, so it's enough to satisfy their cravings. None of them would even think of building a private two story house, because that's not a thing that happens in their world. It would be like a medieval prince wanting a private jet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7483.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xvx4yk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[1984] Why do the Inner Party live such austere lives? It is pointed out that members of the Inner Party live relatively poor lives by the standards of our real life 20th Century. Its shown that they live in flats, the movies show that they still wear simple clothes and have relatively few furnishings, and proof of their massive wealth is given by working elevators, basic foods like white bread and coffee and decent cigarettes. The only things that truly set them apart are servants and private helicopters. Why? Aren't they the literal masters of Oceania? Shouldn't they at bare minimum be able to afford building two story houses or have private gardens or something?", "c_root_id_A": "ir45g3k", "c_root_id_B": "ir6a9ru", "created_at_utc_A": 1664946463.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664990530.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If the inner party lived in luxury mansions it is likely those places would be targeted in the war. Most likely their is a war going on and the state doesn\u2019t want to admit it can\u2019t protect its own people from air strikes. Granted it could be state terrror against its own population but I doubt that tbh. The fact Oceania acknowledges to its citizens that other countries exist inherently shows Oceania doesn\u2019t control the rest of the world and the party and states power is limited to some extent despite it wanting total control. The inner party despite being the controlling class of Oceania would be high targets for the war. Almost everything in that society is going to the war effort and most of the world has been ravaged by ww2 nuclear warfare and an unwillingness for the leaders of the three nations, probably out of mistrust and ideology to make peace.", "human_ref_B": "As a consequence of Oceania's laser focus on the preservation and expansion of power, there isn't really anyone making luxury goods. No one's out there making a profession of gardening, or building Jaguars, or other elite goods, as there simply isn't a big enough body of customers to keep those fields alive in Oceania. They get the best of what's left; vehicles that would have been originally slated for military use, first pick and delivery of the best food, a TV with a for-real off button, and top priority for service by skilled tradesmen. That's luxury when you live in a society that messed up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44067.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xvx4yk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[1984] Why do the Inner Party live such austere lives? It is pointed out that members of the Inner Party live relatively poor lives by the standards of our real life 20th Century. Its shown that they live in flats, the movies show that they still wear simple clothes and have relatively few furnishings, and proof of their massive wealth is given by working elevators, basic foods like white bread and coffee and decent cigarettes. The only things that truly set them apart are servants and private helicopters. Why? Aren't they the literal masters of Oceania? Shouldn't they at bare minimum be able to afford building two story houses or have private gardens or something?", "c_root_id_A": "ir4jdw0", "c_root_id_B": "ir6a9ru", "created_at_utc_A": 1664957533.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664990530.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The inner party members faces just as many loyalty tests as the outer party, if not more, and follow just as strict rules, if not stricter. Iirc Winston makes a not of that life doesn't seem to improve by much as you move towards the center of the party. It's all part of creating a culture of stagnation and oppression, and the inner party members needs to practice and live this even more than outer party members. They need to engage in even more doublethink. If the inner party members lived in luxery, the outer party members and the proles could see that life can actually be better and get something to aspire too, and they don't want that. Can't let people believe that things can improve", "human_ref_B": "As a consequence of Oceania's laser focus on the preservation and expansion of power, there isn't really anyone making luxury goods. No one's out there making a profession of gardening, or building Jaguars, or other elite goods, as there simply isn't a big enough body of customers to keep those fields alive in Oceania. They get the best of what's left; vehicles that would have been originally slated for military use, first pick and delivery of the best food, a TV with a for-real off button, and top priority for service by skilled tradesmen. That's luxury when you live in a society that messed up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32997.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xvx4yk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[1984] Why do the Inner Party live such austere lives? It is pointed out that members of the Inner Party live relatively poor lives by the standards of our real life 20th Century. Its shown that they live in flats, the movies show that they still wear simple clothes and have relatively few furnishings, and proof of their massive wealth is given by working elevators, basic foods like white bread and coffee and decent cigarettes. The only things that truly set them apart are servants and private helicopters. Why? Aren't they the literal masters of Oceania? Shouldn't they at bare minimum be able to afford building two story houses or have private gardens or something?", "c_root_id_A": "ir59cif", "c_root_id_B": "ir6a9ru", "created_at_utc_A": 1664975489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664990530.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Party ideal, drummed in constantly, is to be fanatically dedicated, every minute of the day, to nothing but the Revolution, every thought, word and deed aimed at the Revolution's progress and the destruction of its enemies, foreign and domestic. Self-sacrifice, austerity, celibacy except for the purpose of procreation to create the next generation of fighters for Ingsoc. Hobbies, personal enjoyment, even pleasure originatng from something other than obeying Big Brother and harming Goldsteinism, is considered an evil until such time as the war is won, Goldstein and his supporters are wiped out, and Ingsoc controls the entire planet.", "human_ref_B": "As a consequence of Oceania's laser focus on the preservation and expansion of power, there isn't really anyone making luxury goods. No one's out there making a profession of gardening, or building Jaguars, or other elite goods, as there simply isn't a big enough body of customers to keep those fields alive in Oceania. They get the best of what's left; vehicles that would have been originally slated for military use, first pick and delivery of the best food, a TV with a for-real off button, and top priority for service by skilled tradesmen. That's luxury when you live in a society that messed up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15041.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wd5imo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What\u2019s the estimated population of the Imperium of Man? Any guesses?", "c_root_id_A": "iigqnwx", "c_root_id_B": "iigj4f0", "created_at_utc_A": 1659324172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659320204.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "This post puts together an educated guess at about 330 quadrillion.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m 99% sure there will never be a correct estimation or closest to correct. Safe to say it\u2019s very likely to be in the trillions to tens of trillions, but who truly knows. The Imperium is vast, it\u2019s bureaucracy bloated and ineffective. We could be completely wrong and there\u2019s only a trillion at most scattered across hundreds of thousands of worlds", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3968.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wd5imo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What\u2019s the estimated population of the Imperium of Man? Any guesses?", "c_root_id_A": "iigqnwx", "c_root_id_B": "iignhby", "created_at_utc_A": 1659324172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659322448.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "This post puts together an educated guess at about 330 quadrillion.", "human_ref_B": "The largest numbers I've seen puts the population in the double to triple digit quintillions. Terra alone has a population measured in quadrillions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1724.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgcqd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Besides the \"sons\" of the emperor and the emperor himself, are there any humans alive that are aware of life or lived before the advent of the imperium?", "c_root_id_A": "hi5jmiz", "c_root_id_B": "hi5ilty", "created_at_utc_A": 1635276838.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635276449.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There are several other perpetuals like the emperor and Vulcan, not many but there are some people who are almost immortal. Olanius Pile was one, he was originally the person who was struck down by Horus during his confrontation with the Emperor that made him realize that Horus was lost. Currently Olanius has been retconned out of that role, but still exists as a perpetual. There are also a few dreadnaughts who are able to say they fought alongside the emperor and primarchs themselves during the great crusade, in the most tenuous of terms it's possible that they were born on Terra before the crusade began, and technically were alive before the crusade began and thus still in the dark age. I believe Luthur, second in command of the Dark Angels since their inception, is supposedly locked in a cell on the rock, still alive somehow, being held prisoner for his \"betrayal\" during the heresy. As for xenos, the Necrons being immortal world all be \"alive\" at that time, albeit not in great numbers. Demons of all sorts world remember. The Elder aren't that long loved, the Orks theoretically are but as an orc ages he grows, so that Ork would have to be larger than \"the breast\" who was absolutely monstrous in size so unlikely. If there are other xenos who are particularly long lived they've not mentioned in enough detail to know with certainty. In addition to warp travel fuckery or stasis shenanigans, people from the past or rarely the future pop up all the time, but there is an ordos in the intrusion to deal with just such oddities so they don't disrupt the Imperium as a whole.", "human_ref_B": "Malcador the Sigillite was 6700 years old in 31st millennium\u2014 he lived the majority of his life pre imperium.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 389.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgcqd4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Besides the \"sons\" of the emperor and the emperor himself, are there any humans alive that are aware of life or lived before the advent of the imperium?", "c_root_id_A": "hi7140g", "c_root_id_B": "hi64q79", "created_at_utc_A": 1635299667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635285128.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There are a couple dozen perpetuals floating around and *maybe* a few especially well educated Custodes (possible but extremely unlikely, a lot of history from before the Age of Strife was lost) but apart from them it's pretty just The Emperor. As for Big E's 18 sons, they weren't actually around before the Imperium as they were only made well after the birth of the the Imperium of Man, having required the genecults of Luna to be made.", "human_ref_B": "There might be daemons or ancient AIs from the age of technology who remember, but I doubt any biologically mortal entity survived for that long.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14539.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kz67cl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[LOTR] If the ringwraiths were once powerful kings, sorcerers and warriors, why are there no records about who they were?", "c_root_id_A": "gjl8kkg", "c_root_id_B": "gjl51gh", "created_at_utc_A": 1610893079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610891638.0, "score_A": 142, "score_B": 87, "human_ref_A": "Those kings fell to Sauron in the Second Age, something like 5000+ years prior to the journey of the Fellowship of the Ring. How many records survive that long? Not many archeologists or libraries in Middle Earth.", "human_ref_B": "There might be records of who they were, but nobody cares enough to go find them. Gandalf had to spend a few days searching old records just to figure out what the ring was. Maybe in those dusty scrolls are the old identities of the wraiths.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1441.0, "score_ratio": 1.632183908, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kz67cl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[LOTR] If the ringwraiths were once powerful kings, sorcerers and warriors, why are there no records about who they were?", "c_root_id_A": "gjlatae", "c_root_id_B": "gjl9qj1", "created_at_utc_A": 1610893936.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610893525.0, "score_A": 63, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "In the real world, information gets spotty the further back in time you try to research. Go back 500 years, you're left with only the most important information and a few random documents. But the Ringwraiths originate sometime in the middle Second Age, 5000 years prior to LOTR, that's like trying to find information about someone contemporary to the pyramids being built.", "human_ref_B": "I can't recall which letter specifically, but i believe one of Tolkien\u2019s letters mentions that three of the Ringwraths were Black Numenoreans who ruled over Umbar. I'd have to check which letter that is, though - been many years since I last read them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 411.0, "score_ratio": 2.7391304348, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5v8egr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Doctor Who] River Song jumped off a very tall building, 649 years later the Doctor went back to save her yet he still makes excuses as to why he can't go back and pull Adric off the entirely empty freighter, why?", "c_root_id_A": "de0unva", "c_root_id_B": "de0sgtj", "created_at_utc_A": 1487692353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487689626.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because the Doctor likes to make up \"rules\" to describe why he can't be bothered to save this person, or that person. \"Fixed point in time\", \"Time locked\", etc are all just excuses so that he doesn't have to put forth the effort.", "human_ref_B": "Adric and River are both responsible for saving humanity in different ways. With River it just requires her to live. With Adric...well...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2727.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5v8egr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Doctor Who] River Song jumped off a very tall building, 649 years later the Doctor went back to save her yet he still makes excuses as to why he can't go back and pull Adric off the entirely empty freighter, why?", "c_root_id_A": "de0unva", "c_root_id_B": "de0szf7", "created_at_utc_A": 1487692353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487690295.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because the Doctor likes to make up \"rules\" to describe why he can't be bothered to save this person, or that person. \"Fixed point in time\", \"Time locked\", etc are all just excuses so that he doesn't have to put forth the effort.", "human_ref_B": "There's some argument that Adric had to be on the ship because the weight difference would have thrown it off course. I call bullshit. In fact the really sad thing is that he didn't have to die, he could have escaped with the crew, having already set the ship on its destined course. But here's the thing, Adric would have been a forgotten companion if he hadn't died. There would have been some who liked him, most who say they didn't, but there would have been no real discussion about it. Adric's death made him controversial and worthy of discussion.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2058.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ncotgz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Empire Strikes Back] What was Vader's plan if Admiral Ozzel hadn't brought the fleet out of light speed so close to Hoth? Vader actually kills Ozzel for alerting the Rebels, so how was he going to approach it that was going to be better? Is there a way to sneak up on a planet once you're in the system?", "c_root_id_A": "gy690zg", "c_root_id_B": "gy6bd0c", "created_at_utc_A": 1621045373.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621046778.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The plan was to come out outside their sensor range and sort of \"sneak\" up on the planet in a blockade formation. By the time the Rebels detected them, they wouldn't have an avenue of escape.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1405.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ncotgz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Empire Strikes Back] What was Vader's plan if Admiral Ozzel hadn't brought the fleet out of light speed so close to Hoth? Vader actually kills Ozzel for alerting the Rebels, so how was he going to approach it that was going to be better? Is there a way to sneak up on a planet once you're in the system?", "c_root_id_A": "gy6co37", "c_root_id_B": "gy690zg", "created_at_utc_A": 1621047587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621045373.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "jumping out of hyperspace at some distance from the planet and taking advantage of the fact that the meteor activity made it difficult for the Rebels to spot approaching ships. They would then initiate limited long-range orbital bombardment to destroy the base in sporadic assult", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2214.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ncotgz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Empire Strikes Back] What was Vader's plan if Admiral Ozzel hadn't brought the fleet out of light speed so close to Hoth? Vader actually kills Ozzel for alerting the Rebels, so how was he going to approach it that was going to be better? Is there a way to sneak up on a planet once you're in the system?", "c_root_id_A": "gy690zg", "c_root_id_B": "gy6d4da", "created_at_utc_A": 1621045373.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621047869.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "So in Starwars, the hyperspace lanes have exit and entrance lanes that are pretty tight (for space). That's how the trade federatoin blockaded Naboo with so few ships. That's how the emprie planned on blockading the rebels. With the rebels it was actually easier because if they could have gotten close enough to echo base with enough firepower they could have flattened the planetary shield and then forced the rebels to surrender or blow up their ships before they reached orbit. Because the fleet came out so close to the planet, the hyperspace exit was easily detected and the Rebels had enough time to bring the shield up. Now, its probably even with creeping up the rebels could still have gotten the shield online, but even then at least the Imperial fleet would have been better positioned. As it sat they were in the worst possible position. The fleet was slightly scattered out of mutal support range AND the rebels were alerted forcing them to devote resources to a ground assault.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2496.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ncotgz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Empire Strikes Back] What was Vader's plan if Admiral Ozzel hadn't brought the fleet out of light speed so close to Hoth? Vader actually kills Ozzel for alerting the Rebels, so how was he going to approach it that was going to be better? Is there a way to sneak up on a planet once you're in the system?", "c_root_id_A": "gy6smf0", "c_root_id_B": "gy690zg", "created_at_utc_A": 1621058963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621045373.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "So if the 6th planet of the Hoth System had a shield that could deflect any orbital bombardment, how did the Empire land ground forces? If you remember the rebels had to deactivate the shield and fire the Ion gun before the Rebel transports left the planet meaning there wasn't a way for the Empire to get ground forces down. Because the ground battle was already over by the time the Rebel transports were leaving. Kind of a big gap there.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13590.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xqlnzo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Resident Evil 5] What the hell was Irving's plan if he won? Irving, in a last ditch effort to kill Sheva Alomar and Chris Redfield, injects himself with a parasite that turns him into a giant sea monster. He's basically the tongue of the monster, though he does seem to be in control of it. But...then what? What the hell was his plan after killing them? He seemed to be pretty sure of that happening when injecting himself, but he couldn't exactly continue his work as a giant tentacle fish monster - even if that work was mostly selling black market weaponry across the world.", "c_root_id_A": "iqes391", "c_root_id_B": "iqccr9x", "created_at_utc_A": 1664482002.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664439055.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It's that old saying again: \"Everyone has a plan until you turn into a fish monster's tongue.\" He probably wasn't really all that sure what the injected would do *exactly.* Maybe it makes him a super fast, super durable, killing machine. Maybe he explodes. Maybe he dies and becomes a zombie. Maybe he becomes a giant fish monster's tongue. But he does know that if he *doesn't* inject that into himself, he's about to get a royal ass kicking by a really, *really* angry guy with a lot of weapons. Probably seemed like the best of several shitty ideas at the time.", "human_ref_B": "I wonder if the parasite gave him more control over his appearance than we know of. He changed form within seconds, maybe he can change it back too! We just never see this happen because we always kill the Resident Evil bosses in their monster form... Isn't there one in RE6 who changes back into human shape (so you can fight him again later...), just with some scarring?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42947.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xtwyvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Breaking Bad] Why didn't Walter White ever hire employees? The absence of thugs loyal to Walter made him vulnerable to coercion from other criminals like the Mexican drug cartel, Gustavo Fring, and the White Power Prison Gang. His dreams of running an empire would require employees to expand the business and protect it from competitors. Walter had the money to hire people, what stopped him from doing so?", "c_root_id_A": "iqw0npe", "c_root_id_B": "iqua41l", "created_at_utc_A": 1664808447.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664767211.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "His street dealers *were* armed and they definitely had smurfs buying pseudo prior to switching to a P2P cook. Jesse mentions them at one point. Badger and Skinny pete also mention at one point that their lower level dealers aren't paying up. Combo flashed a piece to Gus' dealers at one point, when he was one of the higher level dealers. They didn't have footsoldiers separate from dealers. because they weren't that large or powerful yet. Jesse handled distribution and the employees until it got too complex, so they switched to selling to Tuco. Tuco was... tuco, so after that they went small time again until getting bought out by Gus. After Gus, he *did* hire distribution, using what was left of Gus' operation, organized by Mike and Lydia. After Mike, he switched to the one gang from new mexico who wanted to buy him out, and then eventually the operation goes through Lydia and the Nazis to go overseas.", "human_ref_B": "This is a pet peeve of mine with a lot of crime shows. On \"Sons of Anarchy\" everyone's always talking like it's a grand criminal enterprise, but as far as I can tell SAMCRO is like nine guys total. Get some more goons, people. You can't be an empire without stormtroopers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41236.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uakjfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Marvel comics/Moon Knight/MCU] Is Marc Spector the alter ego of Moon Knight, or does Moon Knight just use his body? Also, is Mr. Knight a separate personality entirely or just a reskinned Moon Knight? Haven't read the comics yet, but the show seems to imply Steven is Mr. Knight while Marc is Moon Knight.", "c_root_id_A": "i5yzl4i", "c_root_id_B": "i60id3l", "created_at_utc_A": 1650781449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650815973.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Its different, depending on the universe. In the MCU, Moon Knight is just the title/super hero identity of Marc, while he's Khonshu's avatar. This version appears to have only 3 personalities: Marc, Steven, and the yet to be revealed Jake. The classic Moon Knight costume is just how the suit manifests for Marc. Steven, having no idea what Marc's version looked like, only knowing it was \"a suit,\" manifested a suit that looks like the Mr. Knight costume, from the comics. As for the comics (bearing in mind, different timelines/universes), Marc Spector was a mercenary who became an avatar of Khonshu, adopting the Moon Knight persona to fight crime/exact vengeance on wrongdoers. To aid in his crusade, he created further false identities: billionaire playboy Steven Grant and cabby Jake Lockley, to keep an eye on white collar criminals and the seedy underworld, respectively. After years of doing this, his mind fractured, and each persona became it's own separate personality. Sometime later, a 5th persona, Mr. Knight, would emerge; fancying himself a concerned more than a violent vigilante (though he'd still get pretty violent).", "human_ref_B": "Okay, let's go -- For 616 -- *Moon Knight* is the name you give to they who are the Fist of Khonshu. It's Khonshu's version of high priesthood. There have been many Moon Knights. Mercenary Marc Spector died in front of the statue of Khonshu in Selima, and was given life back in exchange to becoming Moon Knight. Marc Spector had struggled with mental health issues for a long time, and having a god poke his brain back to life made it worse. The main condition he was prone to, DID, became far worse. He had two main alters -- Steven Grant and Jake Lockley. For a time, he used their identities to help him pass as different people. Later on, they took over his body as dissociative personalities. Later still, they became a more or less healthy system, working together for the sake of everyone. Khonshu is included in this system. Is that the real Khonshu or another alter? *Unclear*. Mr. Knight is what Marc likes going with nowadays. It is not another alter, it's just a new costume he made to work more closely with law enforcement, and to help people trust his Midnight Mission office. He uses the other two costumes Steven and Jake prefer like different phases of the moon -- Marc Spector is Moon Knight, but so are all the others. The costume is just the way they carry themselves during that mission. For the MCU -- We don't know. Wait for the show to end.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34524.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uakjfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Marvel comics/Moon Knight/MCU] Is Marc Spector the alter ego of Moon Knight, or does Moon Knight just use his body? Also, is Mr. Knight a separate personality entirely or just a reskinned Moon Knight? Haven't read the comics yet, but the show seems to imply Steven is Mr. Knight while Marc is Moon Knight.", "c_root_id_A": "i60id3l", "c_root_id_B": "i5zblrr", "created_at_utc_A": 1650815973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650791059.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Okay, let's go -- For 616 -- *Moon Knight* is the name you give to they who are the Fist of Khonshu. It's Khonshu's version of high priesthood. There have been many Moon Knights. Mercenary Marc Spector died in front of the statue of Khonshu in Selima, and was given life back in exchange to becoming Moon Knight. Marc Spector had struggled with mental health issues for a long time, and having a god poke his brain back to life made it worse. The main condition he was prone to, DID, became far worse. He had two main alters -- Steven Grant and Jake Lockley. For a time, he used their identities to help him pass as different people. Later on, they took over his body as dissociative personalities. Later still, they became a more or less healthy system, working together for the sake of everyone. Khonshu is included in this system. Is that the real Khonshu or another alter? *Unclear*. Mr. Knight is what Marc likes going with nowadays. It is not another alter, it's just a new costume he made to work more closely with law enforcement, and to help people trust his Midnight Mission office. He uses the other two costumes Steven and Jake prefer like different phases of the moon -- Marc Spector is Moon Knight, but so are all the others. The costume is just the way they carry themselves during that mission. For the MCU -- We don't know. Wait for the show to end.", "human_ref_B": "That\u2019s mostly an invention for the show. Within the comic each alter seems to have its own existence and it goes back and forth on whether one of them is actually a divine presence or not. But even then it wasn\u2019t Moon Knight, there was a separate identity that called itself/possibly was Khonshu Actually in the early comics it wasn\u2019t even a dissociative identity thing, Marc just used different aliases for different situations", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24914.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df51uzh", "c_root_id_B": "df4z6ab", "created_at_utc_A": 1489951330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489947824.0, "score_A": 95, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the culture in question. Generally cultures try to avoid keeping corpses around because they tend to bring with them disease, so reanimating Grandma to protect the city isn't considered a great idea. There's also usually concerns about the eternal soul of the deceased and the effect of necromancy on said soul. That said, one culture I can think of which actively practiced Necromancy (although it fell out of favor eventually) was the Nords of Skyrim. Given the commonplace nature of finding reanimated Draugr servants in tombs, it's pretty clear that the Nords at least considered Necromancy to be mainstream among their other death rituals.", "human_ref_B": "It is in Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire. There are evil necromancers, but there's good ones as well. Drowtales has flesh golems that nobody seems to have a problem with, but that's not saying much. They also don't have a problem with summoning demons or torture. Drow aren't exactly known for their ethics. In Erfworld the main characters have a croakamancer. Flavor-wise they seem like generic bad guys, but people mostly hate them because they're not a royal side. They do seem to be against Decrypted, but that requires the Arkenpliars. All a regular croakamancer is going to pull off is uncroaked units.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3506.0, "score_ratio": 3.275862069, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df51r0s", "c_root_id_B": "df51uzh", "created_at_utc_A": 1489951189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489951330.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 95, "human_ref_A": "In witcher 3 theres a pellar who summons ghosts to help them pass on with a bunch of villagers. When you witness it some mage hunters interrupt but it was probably respectable at one stage. Up to you to decide if you consider that necromany", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the culture in question. Generally cultures try to avoid keeping corpses around because they tend to bring with them disease, so reanimating Grandma to protect the city isn't considered a great idea. There's also usually concerns about the eternal soul of the deceased and the effect of necromancy on said soul. That said, one culture I can think of which actively practiced Necromancy (although it fell out of favor eventually) was the Nords of Skyrim. Given the commonplace nature of finding reanimated Draugr servants in tombs, it's pretty clear that the Nords at least considered Necromancy to be mainstream among their other death rituals.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 141.0, "score_ratio": 9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df4yqvl", "c_root_id_B": "df51uzh", "created_at_utc_A": 1489947299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489951330.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 95, "human_ref_A": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the culture in question. Generally cultures try to avoid keeping corpses around because they tend to bring with them disease, so reanimating Grandma to protect the city isn't considered a great idea. There's also usually concerns about the eternal soul of the deceased and the effect of necromancy on said soul. That said, one culture I can think of which actively practiced Necromancy (although it fell out of favor eventually) was the Nords of Skyrim. Given the commonplace nature of finding reanimated Draugr servants in tombs, it's pretty clear that the Nords at least considered Necromancy to be mainstream among their other death rituals.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4031.0, "score_ratio": 31.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df4yqvl", "c_root_id_B": "df4z6ab", "created_at_utc_A": 1489947299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489947824.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "human_ref_B": "It is in Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire. There are evil necromancers, but there's good ones as well. Drowtales has flesh golems that nobody seems to have a problem with, but that's not saying much. They also don't have a problem with summoning demons or torture. Drow aren't exactly known for their ethics. In Erfworld the main characters have a croakamancer. Flavor-wise they seem like generic bad guys, but people mostly hate them because they're not a royal side. They do seem to be against Decrypted, but that requires the Arkenpliars. All a regular croakamancer is going to pull off is uncroaked units.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 525.0, "score_ratio": 9.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df51r0s", "c_root_id_B": "df52apn", "created_at_utc_A": 1489951189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489951893.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "In witcher 3 theres a pellar who summons ghosts to help them pass on with a bunch of villagers. When you witness it some mage hunters interrupt but it was probably respectable at one stage. Up to you to decide if you consider that necromany", "human_ref_B": "In Dragon Age Inquisition, there's a group of people called the Mortalitasi who do magic that is essentially necromancy (and is called such by the specialization the player can choose). It's not so much reviving a corpse as binding a spirit to a corpse to animate it. It's seen as weird by the culture the protagonist is from, but in their own culture, Mortalitasi are respected and honored.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 704.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df4yqvl", "c_root_id_B": "df52apn", "created_at_utc_A": 1489947299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489951893.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "human_ref_B": "In Dragon Age Inquisition, there's a group of people called the Mortalitasi who do magic that is essentially necromancy (and is called such by the specialization the player can choose). It's not so much reviving a corpse as binding a spirit to a corpse to animate it. It's seen as weird by the culture the protagonist is from, but in their own culture, Mortalitasi are respected and honored.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4594.0, "score_ratio": 9.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df52uk1", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489952613.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Yes, in Margaret Weis's Death Gate Cycle, the Sartans use it to reanimate their dead for use as domestic servants and in the army. This turns out ultimately to have been a bad idea.", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12990.0, "score_ratio": 1.3157894737, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df533p7", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489952939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "The Necromancers of Tyria in Guild Wars seem to be well respected, as long as they respect the dead in turn. Grenth, the human god of Death, actually deposed the older darker death god, Dhuum who banned resurrection in it's entirety. What's interesting is that they don't technically resurrect or bind anyone. Their necromantic minions are just constructs, golems fashioned out of flesh and bone, all while looking distinctly inhuman. You'll never see a good necromancer summon humanoid undead like classical zombies and skeletons, since those are far more likely to incite fear and outrage among citizens. Meanwhile, evil creatures like Zhaitan actually reanimate and resurrect dead beings and bind them to their will, which is why necromancers are seen differently from most of Tyria's foes.", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12664.0, "score_ratio": 1.3157894737, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5e86a", "c_root_id_B": "df548fo", "created_at_utc_A": 1489965603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489954395.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "human_ref_B": "Dr. Orpheus from the Venture Brothers is a very well respected Necromancer with a most important duty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11208.0, "score_ratio": 1.3888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5e86a", "c_root_id_B": "df59rsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1489965603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489960512.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "human_ref_B": "In the Diablo 1-3 and the Sin Wars trilogy necromancers are treated with fear and respect. They may be a bit secluded but not outcasts by any means. Just a mysterious order of mages. Dedicated to uphold balance or something, memory is a bit fuzzy on this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5091.0, "score_ratio": 1.4705882353, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df57n1v", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489958118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "In the Might and Magic Ashan continuity, the Necromancers are a body of Mages dedicated to upholding the sacred balance of Asha, and who strive to enforce the cycle of Life and Death. You get some rogues here and there, and they aren't exactly well liked by the end of the Griffin Dynasty, but they were THE dominant school of Magic for some time, and a pretty prominent religion to boot.", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7485.0, "score_ratio": 2.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df51r0s", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489951189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "In witcher 3 theres a pellar who summons ghosts to help them pass on with a bunch of villagers. When you witness it some mage hunters interrupt but it was probably respectable at one stage. Up to you to decide if you consider that necromany", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14414.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5e2fj", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489965414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "The dunmer of *Elder Scroll's* Morrowind practice ancestor worship, and often bind spirits of the deceased to eleborate skeleton guardians. But it's \"not\" necromancy.", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 189.0, "score_ratio": 2.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df559nz", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489955592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Anita Blake is respected, if feared. She is licensed by the state and while Catholicism excommunicated animators, the Episcopalians are OK with it.", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10011.0, "score_ratio": 3.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5e86a", "c_root_id_B": "df5bdm4", "created_at_utc_A": 1489965603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489962343.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the setting, and what you define as necromancy. In the pathfinder universe, in Chelaix Necromancy would be regarded as just another art of magic, one many priests and wizards are capable of practicing. Chelaix is a lawful evil land, so its no surprise they don't take issue with forcing souls into their corpses and enslaving them. Elsewhere in lands that arent evil, zombie crafting is typically shunned by most folk, but bringing people back to life is viewed positively, as is communicating with the dead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3260.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df4yqvl", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489947299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18304.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df55c6k", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489955667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "In one Lilith Saintcrow series her main character is a licensed necromancer. Settling disputes over wills and inheritance, helping solve murders, etc...", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9936.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5e86a", "c_root_id_B": "df5bua8", "created_at_utc_A": 1489965603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489962877.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "human_ref_B": "Well, In Sigil the Dustmen aren't the most well liked faction, people find them creepy and distasteful, but their use of necromancy to animate undead workers for the mortuary they run isn't considered taboo or anything, it's perfectly legal. You sign away the rights to your body with a Dead Contract, they get to make it a zombie when they come get it. I think the distaste is probably on the same level as other \"unclean\" or foul trades, it's not like they are super heretical or anything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2726.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bw5y", "c_root_id_B": "df5e86a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965603.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "IIRC in the Fourth Era in Skyrim the College of Winterhold allowed Necromancy, but there definitely were mixed feelings about it. Mostly it was authorised so long as you didn't go too far (resurrecting loved ones, creating a thrall army, doing satan-esque blood magic rituals), but there were some people that stood more closely to the code put in place by Arch-Mage Traven of Cyrodiil's Mages Guild (of the Third Era) as it seems unnatural and has *many* ties to the power and modus operandi of Mannimarco the King of Worms. So I suppose if you stuck to some specific branches of Necromancy like raising Skeletal protectors in battle or used your magic to commune with the dead, you'd be alright and even have the chance for praise and accolades like those from other schools of magic. But start turning fallen kin into zombies or sacrificing your students for blood rituals, and you are not going to make many friends. Also in Guild Wars (Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall, Eye of the North, Guild Wars 2) Necromancer is a pretty standard profession. Eve (am I remembering correctly? I haven't played since EotN came out) is one of the default henchmen you can add to your party, and she's a pretty well-rounded Necromancer. They aren't vital members of the team in comparison to Monks for healing or Elementalists for AoE spell damage, but they're still pretty useful in a lot of situations. Don't ask me what the NPCs thought of Necromancy though, as I can't remember any of the dialogue in that game (or any of the expansions) to save my life.", "human_ref_B": "The Abhorsen's are respected Necromancers, but they're predominantly concerned with conveying the dead to their rightful resting place... and making sure they stay there. If you're curious, check out Sabriel by Garth Nix. Highly recommend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2666.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df52uk1", "c_root_id_B": "df51r0s", "created_at_utc_A": 1489952613.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489951189.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Yes, in Margaret Weis's Death Gate Cycle, the Sartans use it to reanimate their dead for use as domestic servants and in the army. This turns out ultimately to have been a bad idea.", "human_ref_B": "In witcher 3 theres a pellar who summons ghosts to help them pass on with a bunch of villagers. When you witness it some mage hunters interrupt but it was probably respectable at one stage. Up to you to decide if you consider that necromany", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1424.0, "score_ratio": 1.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df52uk1", "c_root_id_B": "df4yqvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1489952613.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489947299.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes, in Margaret Weis's Death Gate Cycle, the Sartans use it to reanimate their dead for use as domestic servants and in the army. This turns out ultimately to have been a bad idea.", "human_ref_B": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5314.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df51r0s", "c_root_id_B": "df533p7", "created_at_utc_A": 1489951189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489952939.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "In witcher 3 theres a pellar who summons ghosts to help them pass on with a bunch of villagers. When you witness it some mage hunters interrupt but it was probably respectable at one stage. Up to you to decide if you consider that necromany", "human_ref_B": "The Necromancers of Tyria in Guild Wars seem to be well respected, as long as they respect the dead in turn. Grenth, the human god of Death, actually deposed the older darker death god, Dhuum who banned resurrection in it's entirety. What's interesting is that they don't technically resurrect or bind anyone. Their necromantic minions are just constructs, golems fashioned out of flesh and bone, all while looking distinctly inhuman. You'll never see a good necromancer summon humanoid undead like classical zombies and skeletons, since those are far more likely to incite fear and outrage among citizens. Meanwhile, evil creatures like Zhaitan actually reanimate and resurrect dead beings and bind them to their will, which is why necromancers are seen differently from most of Tyria's foes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1750.0, "score_ratio": 1.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df4yqvl", "c_root_id_B": "df533p7", "created_at_utc_A": 1489947299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489952939.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "human_ref_B": "The Necromancers of Tyria in Guild Wars seem to be well respected, as long as they respect the dead in turn. Grenth, the human god of Death, actually deposed the older darker death god, Dhuum who banned resurrection in it's entirety. What's interesting is that they don't technically resurrect or bind anyone. Their necromantic minions are just constructs, golems fashioned out of flesh and bone, all while looking distinctly inhuman. You'll never see a good necromancer summon humanoid undead like classical zombies and skeletons, since those are far more likely to incite fear and outrage among citizens. Meanwhile, evil creatures like Zhaitan actually reanimate and resurrect dead beings and bind them to their will, which is why necromancers are seen differently from most of Tyria's foes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5640.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df51r0s", "c_root_id_B": "df548fo", "created_at_utc_A": 1489951189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489954395.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "In witcher 3 theres a pellar who summons ghosts to help them pass on with a bunch of villagers. When you witness it some mage hunters interrupt but it was probably respectable at one stage. Up to you to decide if you consider that necromany", "human_ref_B": "Dr. Orpheus from the Venture Brothers is a very well respected Necromancer with a most important duty.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3206.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df548fo", "c_root_id_B": "df4yqvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1489954395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489947299.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Dr. Orpheus from the Venture Brothers is a very well respected Necromancer with a most important duty.", "human_ref_B": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7096.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df57n1v", "c_root_id_B": "df59rsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1489958118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489960512.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "In the Might and Magic Ashan continuity, the Necromancers are a body of Mages dedicated to upholding the sacred balance of Asha, and who strive to enforce the cycle of Life and Death. You get some rogues here and there, and they aren't exactly well liked by the end of the Griffin Dynasty, but they were THE dominant school of Magic for some time, and a pretty prominent religion to boot.", "human_ref_B": "In the Diablo 1-3 and the Sin Wars trilogy necromancers are treated with fear and respect. They may be a bit secluded but not outcasts by any means. Just a mysterious order of mages. Dedicated to uphold balance or something, memory is a bit fuzzy on this.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2394.0, "score_ratio": 1.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df59rsl", "c_root_id_B": "df51r0s", "created_at_utc_A": 1489960512.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489951189.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In the Diablo 1-3 and the Sin Wars trilogy necromancers are treated with fear and respect. They may be a bit secluded but not outcasts by any means. Just a mysterious order of mages. Dedicated to uphold balance or something, memory is a bit fuzzy on this.", "human_ref_B": "In witcher 3 theres a pellar who summons ghosts to help them pass on with a bunch of villagers. When you witness it some mage hunters interrupt but it was probably respectable at one stage. Up to you to decide if you consider that necromany", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9323.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? 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She is licensed by the state and while Catholicism excommunicated animators, the Episcopalians are OK with it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4920.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df4yqvl", "c_root_id_B": "df59rsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1489947299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489960512.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "human_ref_B": "In the Diablo 1-3 and the Sin Wars trilogy necromancers are treated with fear and respect. They may be a bit secluded but not outcasts by any means. Just a mysterious order of mages. 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She is licensed by the state and while Catholicism excommunicated animators, the Episcopalians are OK with it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2526.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df57n1v", "c_root_id_B": "df4yqvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1489958118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489947299.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In the Might and Magic Ashan continuity, the Necromancers are a body of Mages dedicated to upholding the sacred balance of Asha, and who strive to enforce the cycle of Life and Death. 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Settling disputes over wills and inheritance, helping solve murders, etc...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2451.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5r93a", "c_root_id_B": "df51r0s", "created_at_utc_A": 1489982452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489951189.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In the world of Discworld, the post of *post living communication* is held by Dr hix. He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. And he is required to do acts of evil, within acceptable collage statuette.", "human_ref_B": "In witcher 3 theres a pellar who summons ghosts to help them pass on with a bunch of villagers. When you witness it some mage hunters interrupt but it was probably respectable at one stage. Up to you to decide if you consider that necromany", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31263.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? 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In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5r93a", "c_root_id_B": "df5e2fj", "created_at_utc_A": 1489982452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965414.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In the world of Discworld, the post of *post living communication* is held by Dr hix. He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. And he is required to do acts of evil, within acceptable collage statuette.", "human_ref_B": "The dunmer of *Elder Scroll's* Morrowind practice ancestor worship, and often bind spirits of the deceased to eleborate skeleton guardians. But it's \"not\" necromancy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17038.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df559nz", "c_root_id_B": "df5r93a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489955592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489982452.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Anita Blake is respected, if feared. She is licensed by the state and while Catholicism excommunicated animators, the Episcopalians are OK with it.", "human_ref_B": "In the world of Discworld, the post of *post living communication* is held by Dr hix. 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He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. And he is required to do acts of evil, within acceptable collage statuette.", "human_ref_B": "Respectable? I hear people are *dying* to get in.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8760.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bdm4", "c_root_id_B": "df5r93a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489982452.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the setting, and what you define as necromancy. In the pathfinder universe, in Chelaix Necromancy would be regarded as just another art of magic, one many priests and wizards are capable of practicing. Chelaix is a lawful evil land, so its no surprise they don't take issue with forcing souls into their corpses and enslaving them. Elsewhere in lands that arent evil, zombie crafting is typically shunned by most folk, but bringing people back to life is viewed positively, as is communicating with the dead.", "human_ref_B": "In the world of Discworld, the post of *post living communication* is held by Dr hix. He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. 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He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. And he is required to do acts of evil, within acceptable collage statuette.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35153.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df55c6k", "c_root_id_B": "df5r93a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489955667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489982452.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "In one Lilith Saintcrow series her main character is a licensed necromancer. Settling disputes over wills and inheritance, helping solve murders, etc...", "human_ref_B": "In the world of Discworld, the post of *post living communication* is held by Dr hix. He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. And he is required to do acts of evil, within acceptable collage statuette.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26785.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bua8", "c_root_id_B": "df5r93a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489982452.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Well, In Sigil the Dustmen aren't the most well liked faction, people find them creepy and distasteful, but their use of necromancy to animate undead workers for the mortuary they run isn't considered taboo or anything, it's perfectly legal. You sign away the rights to your body with a Dead Contract, they get to make it a zombie when they come get it. I think the distaste is probably on the same level as other \"unclean\" or foul trades, it's not like they are super heretical or anything.", "human_ref_B": "In the world of Discworld, the post of *post living communication* is held by Dr hix. He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. And he is required to do acts of evil, within acceptable collage statuette.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19575.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bw5y", "c_root_id_B": "df5r93a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489982452.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "IIRC in the Fourth Era in Skyrim the College of Winterhold allowed Necromancy, but there definitely were mixed feelings about it. Mostly it was authorised so long as you didn't go too far (resurrecting loved ones, creating a thrall army, doing satan-esque blood magic rituals), but there were some people that stood more closely to the code put in place by Arch-Mage Traven of Cyrodiil's Mages Guild (of the Third Era) as it seems unnatural and has *many* ties to the power and modus operandi of Mannimarco the King of Worms. So I suppose if you stuck to some specific branches of Necromancy like raising Skeletal protectors in battle or used your magic to commune with the dead, you'd be alright and even have the chance for praise and accolades like those from other schools of magic. But start turning fallen kin into zombies or sacrificing your students for blood rituals, and you are not going to make many friends. Also in Guild Wars (Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall, Eye of the North, Guild Wars 2) Necromancer is a pretty standard profession. Eve (am I remembering correctly? I haven't played since EotN came out) is one of the default henchmen you can add to your party, and she's a pretty well-rounded Necromancer. They aren't vital members of the team in comparison to Monks for healing or Elementalists for AoE spell damage, but they're still pretty useful in a lot of situations. Don't ask me what the NPCs thought of Necromancy though, as I can't remember any of the dialogue in that game (or any of the expansions) to save my life.", "human_ref_B": "In the world of Discworld, the post of *post living communication* is held by Dr hix. He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. And he is required to do acts of evil, within acceptable collage statuette.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19515.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5mpg1", "c_root_id_B": "df5r93a", "created_at_utc_A": 1489976056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489982452.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Max Gladstone's *Craft Sequence* depicts a society that relies heavily on necromancy for infrastructure, social services, etc. There is some stigma toward the Craftswomen and men who practice necromancy and other forms of Craft (magic), but interacting with reanimated corpses of humans and gods is a regular part of most people's life in this world.", "human_ref_B": "In the world of Discworld, the post of *post living communication* is held by Dr hix. He holds, in a relaxed way, a position that could be held by someone who really gets off on the rotting skull and moss thing, He runs the whole department with no help other than Charlie. And he is required to do acts of evil, within acceptable collage statuette.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6396.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df559nz", "c_root_id_B": "df5e2fj", "created_at_utc_A": 1489955592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965414.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Anita Blake is respected, if feared. She is licensed by the state and while Catholicism excommunicated animators, the Episcopalians are OK with it.", "human_ref_B": "The dunmer of *Elder Scroll's* Morrowind practice ancestor worship, and often bind spirits of the deceased to eleborate skeleton guardians. But it's \"not\" necromancy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9822.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bdm4", "c_root_id_B": "df5e2fj", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965414.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the setting, and what you define as necromancy. In the pathfinder universe, in Chelaix Necromancy would be regarded as just another art of magic, one many priests and wizards are capable of practicing. Chelaix is a lawful evil land, so its no surprise they don't take issue with forcing souls into their corpses and enslaving them. Elsewhere in lands that arent evil, zombie crafting is typically shunned by most folk, but bringing people back to life is viewed positively, as is communicating with the dead.", "human_ref_B": "The dunmer of *Elder Scroll's* Morrowind practice ancestor worship, and often bind spirits of the deceased to eleborate skeleton guardians. But it's \"not\" necromancy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3071.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5e2fj", "c_root_id_B": "df4yqvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1489965414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489947299.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The dunmer of *Elder Scroll's* Morrowind practice ancestor worship, and often bind spirits of the deceased to eleborate skeleton guardians. But it's \"not\" necromancy.", "human_ref_B": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18115.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df55c6k", "c_root_id_B": "df5e2fj", "created_at_utc_A": 1489955667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965414.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In one Lilith Saintcrow series her main character is a licensed necromancer. Settling disputes over wills and inheritance, helping solve murders, etc...", "human_ref_B": "The dunmer of *Elder Scroll's* Morrowind practice ancestor worship, and often bind spirits of the deceased to eleborate skeleton guardians. But it's \"not\" necromancy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9747.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bua8", "c_root_id_B": "df5e2fj", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965414.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Well, In Sigil the Dustmen aren't the most well liked faction, people find them creepy and distasteful, but their use of necromancy to animate undead workers for the mortuary they run isn't considered taboo or anything, it's perfectly legal. You sign away the rights to your body with a Dead Contract, they get to make it a zombie when they come get it. I think the distaste is probably on the same level as other \"unclean\" or foul trades, it's not like they are super heretical or anything.", "human_ref_B": "The dunmer of *Elder Scroll's* Morrowind practice ancestor worship, and often bind spirits of the deceased to eleborate skeleton guardians. But it's \"not\" necromancy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2537.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bw5y", "c_root_id_B": "df5e2fj", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489965414.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "IIRC in the Fourth Era in Skyrim the College of Winterhold allowed Necromancy, but there definitely were mixed feelings about it. Mostly it was authorised so long as you didn't go too far (resurrecting loved ones, creating a thrall army, doing satan-esque blood magic rituals), but there were some people that stood more closely to the code put in place by Arch-Mage Traven of Cyrodiil's Mages Guild (of the Third Era) as it seems unnatural and has *many* ties to the power and modus operandi of Mannimarco the King of Worms. So I suppose if you stuck to some specific branches of Necromancy like raising Skeletal protectors in battle or used your magic to commune with the dead, you'd be alright and even have the chance for praise and accolades like those from other schools of magic. But start turning fallen kin into zombies or sacrificing your students for blood rituals, and you are not going to make many friends. Also in Guild Wars (Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall, Eye of the North, Guild Wars 2) Necromancer is a pretty standard profession. Eve (am I remembering correctly? I haven't played since EotN came out) is one of the default henchmen you can add to your party, and she's a pretty well-rounded Necromancer. They aren't vital members of the team in comparison to Monks for healing or Elementalists for AoE spell damage, but they're still pretty useful in a lot of situations. Don't ask me what the NPCs thought of Necromancy though, as I can't remember any of the dialogue in that game (or any of the expansions) to save my life.", "human_ref_B": "The dunmer of *Elder Scroll's* Morrowind practice ancestor worship, and often bind spirits of the deceased to eleborate skeleton guardians. But it's \"not\" necromancy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2477.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df4yqvl", "c_root_id_B": "df559nz", "created_at_utc_A": 1489947299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489955592.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "human_ref_B": "Anita Blake is respected, if feared. She is licensed by the state and while Catholicism excommunicated animators, the Episcopalians are OK with it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8293.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5kw3z", "c_root_id_B": "df5bdm4", "created_at_utc_A": 1489973692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489962343.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Respectable? I hear people are *dying* to get in.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the setting, and what you define as necromancy. In the pathfinder universe, in Chelaix Necromancy would be regarded as just another art of magic, one many priests and wizards are capable of practicing. Chelaix is a lawful evil land, so its no surprise they don't take issue with forcing souls into their corpses and enslaving them. Elsewhere in lands that arent evil, zombie crafting is typically shunned by most folk, but bringing people back to life is viewed positively, as is communicating with the dead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11349.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df4yqvl", "c_root_id_B": "df5kw3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1489947299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489973692.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Dreseden files? im not 100% though", "human_ref_B": "Respectable? I hear people are *dying* to get in.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26393.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5kw3z", "c_root_id_B": "df55c6k", "created_at_utc_A": 1489973692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489955667.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Respectable? I hear people are *dying* to get in.", "human_ref_B": "In one Lilith Saintcrow series her main character is a licensed necromancer. Settling disputes over wills and inheritance, helping solve murders, etc...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18025.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bua8", "c_root_id_B": "df5kw3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489973692.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well, In Sigil the Dustmen aren't the most well liked faction, people find them creepy and distasteful, but their use of necromancy to animate undead workers for the mortuary they run isn't considered taboo or anything, it's perfectly legal. You sign away the rights to your body with a Dead Contract, they get to make it a zombie when they come get it. I think the distaste is probably on the same level as other \"unclean\" or foul trades, it's not like they are super heretical or anything.", "human_ref_B": "Respectable? I hear people are *dying* to get in.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10815.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5bw5y", "c_root_id_B": "df5kw3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1489962937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489973692.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "IIRC in the Fourth Era in Skyrim the College of Winterhold allowed Necromancy, but there definitely were mixed feelings about it. Mostly it was authorised so long as you didn't go too far (resurrecting loved ones, creating a thrall army, doing satan-esque blood magic rituals), but there were some people that stood more closely to the code put in place by Arch-Mage Traven of Cyrodiil's Mages Guild (of the Third Era) as it seems unnatural and has *many* ties to the power and modus operandi of Mannimarco the King of Worms. So I suppose if you stuck to some specific branches of Necromancy like raising Skeletal protectors in battle or used your magic to commune with the dead, you'd be alright and even have the chance for praise and accolades like those from other schools of magic. But start turning fallen kin into zombies or sacrificing your students for blood rituals, and you are not going to make many friends. Also in Guild Wars (Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall, Eye of the North, Guild Wars 2) Necromancer is a pretty standard profession. Eve (am I remembering correctly? I haven't played since EotN came out) is one of the default henchmen you can add to your party, and she's a pretty well-rounded Necromancer. They aren't vital members of the team in comparison to Monks for healing or Elementalists for AoE spell damage, but they're still pretty useful in a lot of situations. Don't ask me what the NPCs thought of Necromancy though, as I can't remember any of the dialogue in that game (or any of the expansions) to save my life.", "human_ref_B": "Respectable? I hear people are *dying* to get in.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10755.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5mpg1", "c_root_id_B": "df5vb9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1489976056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489990467.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Max Gladstone's *Craft Sequence* depicts a society that relies heavily on necromancy for infrastructure, social services, etc. There is some stigma toward the Craftswomen and men who practice necromancy and other forms of Craft (magic), but interacting with reanimated corpses of humans and gods is a regular part of most people's life in this world.", "human_ref_B": "You must understand that commoners don't know what necromancy is. Even lawmakers don't. Necromancy is the study and manipulation of life energies, that is positive(In large doses it causes the individual to explode. Very difficult energy to manipulate, arcane spellcasters with exception of bards who use specific non magic effects to affect the Weave to heal. Divine magic has the fine control thanks to godly intervention to use the right doses to heal) and negative energy (basically quantified and tangible entropy healing actually requires minimal doses of it to accelerate wound healing. Chronomancy also needs it. Also does the reanimation of dead). It also involves the study of the soul itself. L As you can see magical healers are necromancers, although of late wrongly reclassified as conjurers and evokers to avoid the stigma. There is a lot of overlap with the other schools (illusion, divination, enchantment, transmutation, abjuration, evokation and conjuration), causing spells that'd be necromancy to be wrongly classified, or at least improperly credited in which theories were used to develop them. Necromancers are greatly valued for their theoretical works amongst their fellow scholars. Only those studying undeath with purposes of use are reviled . This is the Forgotten Realms 3.5 explanation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14411.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60bd6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General fantasy] Has necromancy ever been considered a respectable branch of sorcery? In almost every fantasy i have seen necromancy is practised by outcast or secretive cults and was wondering if there was any that were different", "c_root_id_A": "df5rv46", "c_root_id_B": "df5vb9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1489983460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489990467.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Gail z Martin, Chronicles of the necromancer. Solid fantasy series with good guy necromancer and vampires without following the normal tropes associated with those.", "human_ref_B": "You must understand that commoners don't know what necromancy is. Even lawmakers don't. Necromancy is the study and manipulation of life energies, that is positive(In large doses it causes the individual to explode. Very difficult energy to manipulate, arcane spellcasters with exception of bards who use specific non magic effects to affect the Weave to heal. Divine magic has the fine control thanks to godly intervention to use the right doses to heal) and negative energy (basically quantified and tangible entropy healing actually requires minimal doses of it to accelerate wound healing. Chronomancy also needs it. Also does the reanimation of dead). It also involves the study of the soul itself. L As you can see magical healers are necromancers, although of late wrongly reclassified as conjurers and evokers to avoid the stigma. There is a lot of overlap with the other schools (illusion, divination, enchantment, transmutation, abjuration, evokation and conjuration), causing spells that'd be necromancy to be wrongly classified, or at least improperly credited in which theories were used to develop them. Necromancers are greatly valued for their theoretical works amongst their fellow scholars. Only those studying undeath with purposes of use are reviled . This is the Forgotten Realms 3.5 explanation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7007.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c6jel4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci Fi] Would it be considered malicious to keep radio contact/communication with a fledging civilization that recently just advanced to the space age but not helping them in anyways?", "c_root_id_A": "es983z7", "c_root_id_B": "es91zm0", "created_at_utc_A": 1561729873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561724745.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Context is everything. Maybe yes, maybe no. The idea of a blanket Prime Directive is pretty indefensible by most schools of ethics.", "human_ref_B": "I guess it could be seen as malicious, at least under certain circumstances. Keeping in communication with them means they know you exist and that you acknowledge their existence. The people of your own society are ~~Peru\u2019s,blog~~ presumably also are aware of the contact. While you may be able to justify to everyone your lack of help by some speech about letting them figure stuff out of their own or not wanting to alter their development too much. I think most arguments could quickly fall apart, especially if their fledging civilisation is facing some crisis. The fact you communicate with them and presumably are able to help but choose not to even if this civilisation is being threatened may be seen as needlessly cruel or even malicious by them. Some members of both the fledging civilisation as well as your own may argue that if you are going to allow communication with them their is no point in not being more actively involved as you\u2019ve already impacted them. Although you may not be viewed as outright malicious (at least by some) you may be seen as at least somewhat cruel or at least cold hearted. It could be argued this may be the equivalent of a advanced first world nation not doing anything to help a developing nation despite keeping in regular contact with them. The same principle could he applied to most possible situations in which you refuse to help them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5128.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c6jel4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci Fi] Would it be considered malicious to keep radio contact/communication with a fledging civilization that recently just advanced to the space age but not helping them in anyways?", "c_root_id_A": "es983z7", "c_root_id_B": "es94lp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1561729873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561727090.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Context is everything. Maybe yes, maybe no. The idea of a blanket Prime Directive is pretty indefensible by most schools of ethics.", "human_ref_B": "No. iirc in 'Contact' the aliens let Jodie Foster know that FTL was possible, but leave 'to the student' to figure it out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2783.0, "score_ratio": 42.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c6jel4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci Fi] Would it be considered malicious to keep radio contact/communication with a fledging civilization that recently just advanced to the space age but not helping them in anyways?", "c_root_id_A": "esa4zeu", "c_root_id_B": "es9axrj", "created_at_utc_A": 1561751627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561731919.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Some people would consider it malicious specifically because you're not helping them in any way. What if these people are dying by the millions of a plague? You have the technology to figure out a cure in minutes with your biochemical facilities, how could you morally justify not saving them? How could you let them destroy their biosphere, killing fellow intelligent beings by the billions, and innocent animals and plants by the trillions, when you could gift them cold fusion? What if you saw nuclear tipped ballistic missiles flying in the planet's skies, about to incinerate widows and orphans alike, what kind of sick monster wouldn't turn their ship's directed energy weapons towards the missiles before they hit? Yes, it would be malicious to let innocents be born, live, and die in squalor, when you could bestow onto them the gifts your forefathers gave you. Because of course, interstellar travel, matter manipulation, and brain-computer interfaces were given to you, by the people who lived before you on your homeworld and came up with it. The people on that planet are not less deserving of these technologies than you are.", "human_ref_B": "depends on what kind of \"help\" you give, ftl could also be a dangerous weapon, if some primative society still has people willing ot blow themselves up or genocidal nutjobs running around you dont really want to give it to them till thats sorted out, but if there going threw a famine and you have tech that could easily let them grow food yes your a bastard", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19708.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c6jel4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci Fi] Would it be considered malicious to keep radio contact/communication with a fledging civilization that recently just advanced to the space age but not helping them in anyways?", "c_root_id_A": "es94lp4", "c_root_id_B": "esa4zeu", "created_at_utc_A": 1561727090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561751627.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "No. iirc in 'Contact' the aliens let Jodie Foster know that FTL was possible, but leave 'to the student' to figure it out.", "human_ref_B": "Some people would consider it malicious specifically because you're not helping them in any way. What if these people are dying by the millions of a plague? You have the technology to figure out a cure in minutes with your biochemical facilities, how could you morally justify not saving them? How could you let them destroy their biosphere, killing fellow intelligent beings by the billions, and innocent animals and plants by the trillions, when you could gift them cold fusion? What if you saw nuclear tipped ballistic missiles flying in the planet's skies, about to incinerate widows and orphans alike, what kind of sick monster wouldn't turn their ship's directed energy weapons towards the missiles before they hit? Yes, it would be malicious to let innocents be born, live, and die in squalor, when you could bestow onto them the gifts your forefathers gave you. Because of course, interstellar travel, matter manipulation, and brain-computer interfaces were given to you, by the people who lived before you on your homeworld and came up with it. The people on that planet are not less deserving of these technologies than you are.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24537.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c6jel4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Sci Fi] Would it be considered malicious to keep radio contact/communication with a fledging civilization that recently just advanced to the space age but not helping them in anyways?", "c_root_id_A": "es9axrj", "c_root_id_B": "es94lp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1561731919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561727090.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "depends on what kind of \"help\" you give, ftl could also be a dangerous weapon, if some primative society still has people willing ot blow themselves up or genocidal nutjobs running around you dont really want to give it to them till thats sorted out, but if there going threw a famine and you have tech that could easily let them grow food yes your a bastard", "human_ref_B": "No. iirc in 'Contact' the aliens let Jodie Foster know that FTL was possible, but leave 'to the student' to figure it out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4829.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ozxfx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel, X-Men] Say either Deadpool or Wolverine get in a fight and they have a tooth get knocked out. Does their bodies regenerate another tooth (like a shark) or what happens? As I was laying in bed this morning, this question came to my mind. I originally thought of Deadpool as he has the superior regenerative powers (able to transform goo that was his body to his body again), but then I remembered Wolverine has the same power (maybe not as advanced, but whatever). So, first off: are they able to lose teeth? If so, when a tooth is knocked out, does the gum just fill in that hole where the tooth used to be or does their bodies create a new tooth in its place (like a shark does)? Thank you!", "c_root_id_A": "cw1xpav", "c_root_id_B": "cw1wcf0", "created_at_utc_A": 1445010301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445008255.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Adamantium coated teeth won't make a difference. They are just as easily dislodgable as normal teeth. The teeth themselves are planted rather flimsily in the gums where they are held in place by simple epithelial tissue. Simply put, they didn't coat his teeth because they knew that in a combat situation, the man was bound to lose his teeth at some point. The coating process works very well with his skeletal frame on the other hand because his bones are held in place by layers and layers of thick connective and muscular tissue. The one thing that irks me the most about Wolverine however is seeing him shamble out of a fight reduced to nothing but his skeleton but with him still managing to move around, which is just scientifically laughable, as with absolutely no connective tissue left in place, there is literally nothing that should be keeping his skeleton together. Fun fact: bones aren't connected to one another in jointed sockets akin to the ones seen in action figures. This is to say that if I were to pull your skeleton out of your body, it will fall apart faster than you can say 'bub' because of the absence of the necessary tendons and ligaments.", "human_ref_B": "Deadpool has regrown his head multiple times so yes, teeth do grow back. As for Wolverine no idea. Are his teeth adamantium coated?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2046.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvus8w6", "c_root_id_B": "gvustti", "created_at_utc_A": 1619382267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619382551.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Offer to sell them silver-plated manacles. A werewolf would be desperate for them, and nobody else would care.", "human_ref_B": "Check their calendar. If they have all of the full moons highlighted that's a good clue.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 284.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvv89ho", "c_root_id_B": "gvusza6", "created_at_utc_A": 1619390079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619382624.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If they swear frequently they are likely not werewolves.", "human_ref_B": "from what ive remember from folklore books, they have a lot of body hair, and often in places where you normally wouldnt have it, such as in the middle of their palm. they may or may not also have a weakness to silver even in human form", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7455.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvv89ho", "c_root_id_B": "gvus8w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1619390079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619382267.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If they swear frequently they are likely not werewolves.", "human_ref_B": "Offer to sell them silver-plated manacles. A werewolf would be desperate for them, and nobody else would care.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7812.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvv89ho", "c_root_id_B": "gvv3w5q", "created_at_utc_A": 1619390079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619387878.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If they swear frequently they are likely not werewolves.", "human_ref_B": "It really depends on the setting, and the \"moral\" of the story. In more modern werewolf stories the werewolf is often a metaphor for serial killers, and its an important part of the metaphor that it's impossible to tell that someone is a werewolf if they aren't currently in their werewolf form, or caught in the act of transforming.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2201.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvusza6", "c_root_id_B": "gvw4xt6", "created_at_utc_A": 1619382624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619408458.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "from what ive remember from folklore books, they have a lot of body hair, and often in places where you normally wouldnt have it, such as in the middle of their palm. they may or may not also have a weakness to silver even in human form", "human_ref_B": "Turn around, drop trou and bend over. If it doesn't change from the full moon, it's not a werewolf.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25834.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvw345t", "c_root_id_B": "gvw4xt6", "created_at_utc_A": 1619407329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619408458.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Shoot it with a normal bullet. If it dies, it was human (oops!). If it lives, run.", "human_ref_B": "Turn around, drop trou and bend over. If it doesn't change from the full moon, it's not a werewolf.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1129.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvw4xt6", "c_root_id_B": "gvv3w5q", "created_at_utc_A": 1619408458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619387878.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Turn around, drop trou and bend over. If it doesn't change from the full moon, it's not a werewolf.", "human_ref_B": "It really depends on the setting, and the \"moral\" of the story. In more modern werewolf stories the werewolf is often a metaphor for serial killers, and its an important part of the metaphor that it's impossible to tell that someone is a werewolf if they aren't currently in their werewolf form, or caught in the act of transforming.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20580.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvvceyi", "c_root_id_B": "gvw4xt6", "created_at_utc_A": 1619392284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619408458.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how close you want to get. Personally I'd buy a silver ring and got shake their hand. If they act weird or recoil act like you didn't notice and work from there", "human_ref_B": "Turn around, drop trou and bend over. If it doesn't change from the full moon, it's not a werewolf.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16174.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvveh74", "c_root_id_B": "gvw4xt6", "created_at_utc_A": 1619393423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619408458.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It all depends on the way the curse works, an interesting idea would be to look into the science of how the curse works. I would start by capturing a known werewolf and subject them to some experiments. For example you would need to extrapolate if the curse is caused by the light of a full moon, the time of the month, the alignments of the moon and then look into which of these are the contributing factor. It would be interesting for example to work out what happens to a werewolf in a place where the sun never sets in the summer etc, or subject them to travelling between time zones. By understanding the science you can then look to create a device that can replicate the turning variable and thus being able to turn them at will. Extra brownie points if you can reverse engineer it to remove the variables of the curse at a full moon and stop them from hunting.", "human_ref_B": "Turn around, drop trou and bend over. If it doesn't change from the full moon, it's not a werewolf.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15035.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvw4xt6", "c_root_id_B": "gvvmj9i", "created_at_utc_A": 1619408458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619397860.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Turn around, drop trou and bend over. If it doesn't change from the full moon, it's not a werewolf.", "human_ref_B": "To add other things not cited yet: some traditions say unibrow/monobrow (only one eyebrow linked together) is a sign of lycanthropy. Others say that, if you cut a werewolf skin, it will not bleed but instead it will show the fur inside him. The most comical lores (not so serious) say that if you show a picture or an image of the moon to them it could trigger a quasi-transformation. If you have a creature that turns into the most feared fear of a person, pay attention if the creature turns into a silver white-gray big ball when exposed to the werewolf ;)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10598.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvw3cha", "c_root_id_B": "gvw4xt6", "created_at_utc_A": 1619407468.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619408458.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's been a while since I watched it but I think Underworld werewolves react negatively to silver even in human form, so if you can brand someone with a stone cold piece of silver well, you're probably too close to get away. Maybe test it by shooting them with silver bullets and if they die... oh wait. Maybe a pellet gun that fires silver pellets? That'll piss people off though and you might get your ass kicked even from a normal person. Ah I've got it, invite them to come into your office and have a silver door handle and be ready to start firing if you hear sizzling. Gloves might be a problem though. Maybe give out free pendants with silver chains, or invite someone to a meal where the silverware is actually silver.", "human_ref_B": "Turn around, drop trou and bend over. If it doesn't change from the full moon, it's not a werewolf.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 990.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvv3w5q", "c_root_id_B": "gvw345t", "created_at_utc_A": 1619387878.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619407329.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It really depends on the setting, and the \"moral\" of the story. In more modern werewolf stories the werewolf is often a metaphor for serial killers, and its an important part of the metaphor that it's impossible to tell that someone is a werewolf if they aren't currently in their werewolf form, or caught in the act of transforming.", "human_ref_B": "Shoot it with a normal bullet. If it dies, it was human (oops!). If it lives, run.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19451.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvvceyi", "c_root_id_B": "gvw345t", "created_at_utc_A": 1619392284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619407329.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how close you want to get. Personally I'd buy a silver ring and got shake their hand. If they act weird or recoil act like you didn't notice and work from there", "human_ref_B": "Shoot it with a normal bullet. If it dies, it was human (oops!). If it lives, run.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15045.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvveh74", "c_root_id_B": "gvw345t", "created_at_utc_A": 1619393423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619407329.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It all depends on the way the curse works, an interesting idea would be to look into the science of how the curse works. I would start by capturing a known werewolf and subject them to some experiments. For example you would need to extrapolate if the curse is caused by the light of a full moon, the time of the month, the alignments of the moon and then look into which of these are the contributing factor. It would be interesting for example to work out what happens to a werewolf in a place where the sun never sets in the summer etc, or subject them to travelling between time zones. By understanding the science you can then look to create a device that can replicate the turning variable and thus being able to turn them at will. Extra brownie points if you can reverse engineer it to remove the variables of the curse at a full moon and stop them from hunting.", "human_ref_B": "Shoot it with a normal bullet. If it dies, it was human (oops!). If it lives, run.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13906.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvvmj9i", "c_root_id_B": "gvw345t", "created_at_utc_A": 1619397860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619407329.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "To add other things not cited yet: some traditions say unibrow/monobrow (only one eyebrow linked together) is a sign of lycanthropy. Others say that, if you cut a werewolf skin, it will not bleed but instead it will show the fur inside him. The most comical lores (not so serious) say that if you show a picture or an image of the moon to them it could trigger a quasi-transformation. If you have a creature that turns into the most feared fear of a person, pay attention if the creature turns into a silver white-gray big ball when exposed to the werewolf ;)", "human_ref_B": "Shoot it with a normal bullet. If it dies, it was human (oops!). If it lives, run.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9469.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvwaiha", "c_root_id_B": "gvv3w5q", "created_at_utc_A": 1619412184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619387878.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Depends what werewolf. In the HP universe, throw a Boggart at them, and kindly ask them if they would like some Wolfbane potion.", "human_ref_B": "It really depends on the setting, and the \"moral\" of the story. In more modern werewolf stories the werewolf is often a metaphor for serial killers, and its an important part of the metaphor that it's impossible to tell that someone is a werewolf if they aren't currently in their werewolf form, or caught in the act of transforming.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24306.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvvceyi", "c_root_id_B": "gvwaiha", "created_at_utc_A": 1619392284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619412184.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how close you want to get. Personally I'd buy a silver ring and got shake their hand. If they act weird or recoil act like you didn't notice and work from there", "human_ref_B": "Depends what werewolf. In the HP universe, throw a Boggart at them, and kindly ask them if they would like some Wolfbane potion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19900.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvveh74", "c_root_id_B": "gvwaiha", "created_at_utc_A": 1619393423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619412184.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It all depends on the way the curse works, an interesting idea would be to look into the science of how the curse works. I would start by capturing a known werewolf and subject them to some experiments. For example you would need to extrapolate if the curse is caused by the light of a full moon, the time of the month, the alignments of the moon and then look into which of these are the contributing factor. It would be interesting for example to work out what happens to a werewolf in a place where the sun never sets in the summer etc, or subject them to travelling between time zones. By understanding the science you can then look to create a device that can replicate the turning variable and thus being able to turn them at will. Extra brownie points if you can reverse engineer it to remove the variables of the curse at a full moon and stop them from hunting.", "human_ref_B": "Depends what werewolf. In the HP universe, throw a Boggart at them, and kindly ask them if they would like some Wolfbane potion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18761.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvwaiha", "c_root_id_B": "gvvmj9i", "created_at_utc_A": 1619412184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619397860.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Depends what werewolf. In the HP universe, throw a Boggart at them, and kindly ask them if they would like some Wolfbane potion.", "human_ref_B": "To add other things not cited yet: some traditions say unibrow/monobrow (only one eyebrow linked together) is a sign of lycanthropy. Others say that, if you cut a werewolf skin, it will not bleed but instead it will show the fur inside him. The most comical lores (not so serious) say that if you show a picture or an image of the moon to them it could trigger a quasi-transformation. If you have a creature that turns into the most feared fear of a person, pay attention if the creature turns into a silver white-gray big ball when exposed to the werewolf ;)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14324.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "myf4fn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General Fiction] What is a good method of identifying a werewolf in his human form?", "c_root_id_A": "gvw3cha", "c_root_id_B": "gvwaiha", "created_at_utc_A": 1619407468.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619412184.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It's been a while since I watched it but I think Underworld werewolves react negatively to silver even in human form, so if you can brand someone with a stone cold piece of silver well, you're probably too close to get away. Maybe test it by shooting them with silver bullets and if they die... oh wait. Maybe a pellet gun that fires silver pellets? That'll piss people off though and you might get your ass kicked even from a normal person. Ah I've got it, invite them to come into your office and have a silver door handle and be ready to start firing if you hear sizzling. Gloves might be a problem though. Maybe give out free pendants with silver chains, or invite someone to a meal where the silverware is actually silver.", "human_ref_B": "Depends what werewolf. In the HP universe, throw a Boggart at them, and kindly ask them if they would like some Wolfbane potion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4716.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u12n0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC General] What would happen if you put an undead creature into the Lazarus Pit? We've seen the LP used to bring the dead back to life (often with some rather unfortunate mental health ramifications!), but as far as I know, it's always been *dead* bodies placed in the pit (or still-living, for some regeneration). But what would happen if an undead creature went in there? For instance, would a zombie be \"brought back\" to being the (presumably) fit and healthy human they once were? What if a long-living vampire were to get inside? Someone like Dracula, for instance? Would he become human Vlad the Impaler (or whoever) again? Would it cure a werewolf of their lycanthropy? (I'm not 100% if they count as 'undead' so apologies if wide of the mark there.)", "c_root_id_A": "i49ve3b", "c_root_id_B": "i4crzk9", "created_at_utc_A": 1649669994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649717531.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Something that is undead would most likely be restored to their predeath. I don't know about unalive creates since they were never alive (golems, constructs, etc).", "human_ref_B": "So here's the thing that isn't clear -- the Lazarus Pits aren't really that good at what people think they do. Here's the basics: * If you're healthy, it kills you. It just kills you. It's not made for people who are healthy. * If you're ill, sick or in any way dying harder than humans are typically dying, it heals you at the cost of your sanity. This can be wounds, cancer, *maybe* even lycantrophy. We've never seen a werewolf jump in. * If you're recently deceased, it brings you back at the cost of your sanity. Your soul's still around, your body's fresh, this is usually okay until a couple of days -- a week tops, let's say. * If you've been dead for a long time, you *turn into a zombie*. Your body comes back to life with no soul attached to it. You have a decaying, rotting brain; a still-beating dead heart and black oozy blood running through your cracked veins. It's a fate worse than death. This is what Bane *threatened* to do to the Wayne parents at some point, that's how bad it is. As for the vampire or zombie thing, it really depends. It would likely just cause them brain damage, if there is such a thing. It's crucial to know *where* their soul is, cuz the Lazarus pit has a really limited ability to pull souls back. It would definitely be unpleasant, unless you got something special going on. The insanity effects vary. Usually you're stark mad and violent for a few hours to a few days depending on how severe your wounds were. In some cases, it even affects previously-had mental illness: the Joker became perfectly sane after dipping into the pit for a few hours, which made him horribly guilty of all his sins. Ultimately, someone like Ra's who uses the Pits a lot is damning himself. He's destroying his own body and mind every time he dips in, and eventually the Pit itself will cause such a strain on his body that it will kill him. It basically gives you magic cancer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47537.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u12n0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC General] What would happen if you put an undead creature into the Lazarus Pit? We've seen the LP used to bring the dead back to life (often with some rather unfortunate mental health ramifications!), but as far as I know, it's always been *dead* bodies placed in the pit (or still-living, for some regeneration). But what would happen if an undead creature went in there? For instance, would a zombie be \"brought back\" to being the (presumably) fit and healthy human they once were? What if a long-living vampire were to get inside? Someone like Dracula, for instance? Would he become human Vlad the Impaler (or whoever) again? Would it cure a werewolf of their lycanthropy? (I'm not 100% if they count as 'undead' so apologies if wide of the mark there.)", "c_root_id_A": "i4a3oc7", "c_root_id_B": "i4crzk9", "created_at_utc_A": 1649676052.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649717531.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "My opinion is that the undead would be destroyed/melt away in the pit.", "human_ref_B": "So here's the thing that isn't clear -- the Lazarus Pits aren't really that good at what people think they do. Here's the basics: * If you're healthy, it kills you. It just kills you. It's not made for people who are healthy. * If you're ill, sick or in any way dying harder than humans are typically dying, it heals you at the cost of your sanity. This can be wounds, cancer, *maybe* even lycantrophy. We've never seen a werewolf jump in. * If you're recently deceased, it brings you back at the cost of your sanity. Your soul's still around, your body's fresh, this is usually okay until a couple of days -- a week tops, let's say. * If you've been dead for a long time, you *turn into a zombie*. Your body comes back to life with no soul attached to it. You have a decaying, rotting brain; a still-beating dead heart and black oozy blood running through your cracked veins. It's a fate worse than death. This is what Bane *threatened* to do to the Wayne parents at some point, that's how bad it is. As for the vampire or zombie thing, it really depends. It would likely just cause them brain damage, if there is such a thing. It's crucial to know *where* their soul is, cuz the Lazarus pit has a really limited ability to pull souls back. It would definitely be unpleasant, unless you got something special going on. The insanity effects vary. Usually you're stark mad and violent for a few hours to a few days depending on how severe your wounds were. In some cases, it even affects previously-had mental illness: the Joker became perfectly sane after dipping into the pit for a few hours, which made him horribly guilty of all his sins. Ultimately, someone like Ra's who uses the Pits a lot is damning himself. He's destroying his own body and mind every time he dips in, and eventually the Pit itself will cause such a strain on his body that it will kill him. It basically gives you magic cancer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41479.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u12n0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC General] What would happen if you put an undead creature into the Lazarus Pit? We've seen the LP used to bring the dead back to life (often with some rather unfortunate mental health ramifications!), but as far as I know, it's always been *dead* bodies placed in the pit (or still-living, for some regeneration). But what would happen if an undead creature went in there? For instance, would a zombie be \"brought back\" to being the (presumably) fit and healthy human they once were? What if a long-living vampire were to get inside? Someone like Dracula, for instance? Would he become human Vlad the Impaler (or whoever) again? Would it cure a werewolf of their lycanthropy? (I'm not 100% if they count as 'undead' so apologies if wide of the mark there.)", "c_root_id_A": "i49p1lh", "c_root_id_B": "i4crzk9", "created_at_utc_A": 1649664739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649717531.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "So here's the thing that isn't clear -- the Lazarus Pits aren't really that good at what people think they do. Here's the basics: * If you're healthy, it kills you. It just kills you. It's not made for people who are healthy. * If you're ill, sick or in any way dying harder than humans are typically dying, it heals you at the cost of your sanity. This can be wounds, cancer, *maybe* even lycantrophy. We've never seen a werewolf jump in. * If you're recently deceased, it brings you back at the cost of your sanity. Your soul's still around, your body's fresh, this is usually okay until a couple of days -- a week tops, let's say. * If you've been dead for a long time, you *turn into a zombie*. Your body comes back to life with no soul attached to it. You have a decaying, rotting brain; a still-beating dead heart and black oozy blood running through your cracked veins. It's a fate worse than death. This is what Bane *threatened* to do to the Wayne parents at some point, that's how bad it is. As for the vampire or zombie thing, it really depends. It would likely just cause them brain damage, if there is such a thing. It's crucial to know *where* their soul is, cuz the Lazarus pit has a really limited ability to pull souls back. It would definitely be unpleasant, unless you got something special going on. The insanity effects vary. Usually you're stark mad and violent for a few hours to a few days depending on how severe your wounds were. In some cases, it even affects previously-had mental illness: the Joker became perfectly sane after dipping into the pit for a few hours, which made him horribly guilty of all his sins. Ultimately, someone like Ra's who uses the Pits a lot is damning himself. He's destroying his own body and mind every time he dips in, and eventually the Pit itself will cause such a strain on his body that it will kill him. It basically gives you magic cancer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52792.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u12n0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC General] What would happen if you put an undead creature into the Lazarus Pit? We've seen the LP used to bring the dead back to life (often with some rather unfortunate mental health ramifications!), but as far as I know, it's always been *dead* bodies placed in the pit (or still-living, for some regeneration). But what would happen if an undead creature went in there? For instance, would a zombie be \"brought back\" to being the (presumably) fit and healthy human they once were? What if a long-living vampire were to get inside? Someone like Dracula, for instance? Would he become human Vlad the Impaler (or whoever) again? Would it cure a werewolf of their lycanthropy? (I'm not 100% if they count as 'undead' so apologies if wide of the mark there.)", "c_root_id_A": "i49p1lh", "c_root_id_B": "i49ve3b", "created_at_utc_A": 1649664739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649669994.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Something that is undead would most likely be restored to their predeath. I don't know about unalive creates since they were never alive (golems, constructs, etc).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5255.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u12n0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC General] What would happen if you put an undead creature into the Lazarus Pit? We've seen the LP used to bring the dead back to life (often with some rather unfortunate mental health ramifications!), but as far as I know, it's always been *dead* bodies placed in the pit (or still-living, for some regeneration). But what would happen if an undead creature went in there? For instance, would a zombie be \"brought back\" to being the (presumably) fit and healthy human they once were? What if a long-living vampire were to get inside? Someone like Dracula, for instance? Would he become human Vlad the Impaler (or whoever) again? Would it cure a werewolf of their lycanthropy? (I'm not 100% if they count as 'undead' so apologies if wide of the mark there.)", "c_root_id_A": "i49p1lh", "c_root_id_B": "i4a3oc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1649664739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649676052.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "My opinion is that the undead would be destroyed/melt away in the pit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11313.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gm1lz31", "c_root_id_B": "gm1o1fg", "created_at_utc_A": 1612477287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612478187.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In a war, a high percentage of the shots fired are suppressive. That is, they are fired at the enemy's general direction, in the hopes of discouraging them from achieving their objective. Causing casualties is not necessarily required. If your robot soldiers/minions are fired upon, then all you have to do is return fire. Accuracy is a side issue; all you need to do is discourage further incoming fire by making the enemy take cover. If you do decide to err on the side of accuracy, that means pausing to do those calculations. Even if you can do a million calculations a second, that's a full second in which you're not putting ammunition down range, and thus plenty of time for the enemy (robots or no) to pin you down.", "human_ref_B": "Chaotic mathematical environments do not make for simple targeting solutions at split-second intervals, no matter how fast a processor is. IOW, you're looking at a P-vs-NP problem here. The number of variables that need to be solved for in order to perfectly hit a moving target in every circumstance every time is extremely large, even though the verification of the solution (i.e., the target getting hit by the fired bullet) is relatively easy to confirm. So tasking an AI with solving the targeting solution perfectly every time means you're asking it to undertake a problem that will take an enormous amount of time, and giving it a few milliseconds in which to do it. Whereas if you just make the AI take a \"best fit\" approach, firing when a \"good enough\" targeting solution has been achieved and trusting that putting enough bullets into the air will deal with the chaotic variables it hasn't solved for, then you're just asking it to be a \"good\" marksman, not a \"perfect\" one, and it will hit more or less about as well as any very-well-trained human would. Because that's basically what a human mind winds up doing, too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 900.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gm1o1fg", "c_root_id_B": "gm1nmyf", "created_at_utc_A": 1612478187.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612478011.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Chaotic mathematical environments do not make for simple targeting solutions at split-second intervals, no matter how fast a processor is. IOW, you're looking at a P-vs-NP problem here. The number of variables that need to be solved for in order to perfectly hit a moving target in every circumstance every time is extremely large, even though the verification of the solution (i.e., the target getting hit by the fired bullet) is relatively easy to confirm. So tasking an AI with solving the targeting solution perfectly every time means you're asking it to undertake a problem that will take an enormous amount of time, and giving it a few milliseconds in which to do it. Whereas if you just make the AI take a \"best fit\" approach, firing when a \"good enough\" targeting solution has been achieved and trusting that putting enough bullets into the air will deal with the chaotic variables it hasn't solved for, then you're just asking it to be a \"good\" marksman, not a \"perfect\" one, and it will hit more or less about as well as any very-well-trained human would. Because that's basically what a human mind winds up doing, too.", "human_ref_B": "cheap hardware and bad coding. nothing else really.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 176.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gm4xhhv", "c_root_id_B": "gm2wfrk", "created_at_utc_A": 1612545633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612499497.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Let's say the the robot can aim perfectly and near-instantly. You still have the travel time of your projectile. Modern rounds have a pretty wide range of muzzle velocities but let's go with a rifle weighing in at 900 m/s, shooting at a target 100m away. After the robot's perfect shot, there is now 0.11 seconds for the real world to mess it up. A nice brisk stroll is around 1.5 m/s, enough to move 16cm. If I knew a killer robot was shooting at me, I wouldn't be strolling. Have a look a Moravec's Paradox. It suggests shooting in any environment less controlled than a range might be rather tricky for AIs.", "human_ref_B": "This is an interesting question. The answer depends on how much of the world an AI can simulate. If everything. God AI. If not, sometimes AI will miss because they can't perfectly coordinate such a thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46136.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gm4xhhv", "c_root_id_B": "gm2sls5", "created_at_utc_A": 1612545633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612497416.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Let's say the the robot can aim perfectly and near-instantly. You still have the travel time of your projectile. Modern rounds have a pretty wide range of muzzle velocities but let's go with a rifle weighing in at 900 m/s, shooting at a target 100m away. After the robot's perfect shot, there is now 0.11 seconds for the real world to mess it up. A nice brisk stroll is around 1.5 m/s, enough to move 16cm. If I knew a killer robot was shooting at me, I wouldn't be strolling. Have a look a Moravec's Paradox. It suggests shooting in any environment less controlled than a range might be rather tricky for AIs.", "human_ref_B": "Because computer targeting isn't perfect and a lot of shots aren't taken with a primary intention to kill the target with that shot. If it hits the target good but if you can suppress the enemy's willingness to return fire or pin them down that decreases their potential likelihood of killing or hurting you and opens them up to being outflanked or some form or indirect fire (e.g. throwing grenades on to, around or into their position).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48217.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gm3jx73", "c_root_id_B": "gm4xhhv", "created_at_utc_A": 1612517056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612545633.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They might just not be very good AI. Maybe the gun is a little out of alignment and nobody bothered to make it notice when it's missing and correct for it. Maybe it relies on cameras to see where the gun is, and the system is simple enough that glare from a certain spot on the gun will make it misjudge where the gun is pointing. Maybe it just doesn't have enough training data.", "human_ref_B": "Let's say the the robot can aim perfectly and near-instantly. You still have the travel time of your projectile. Modern rounds have a pretty wide range of muzzle velocities but let's go with a rifle weighing in at 900 m/s, shooting at a target 100m away. After the robot's perfect shot, there is now 0.11 seconds for the real world to mess it up. A nice brisk stroll is around 1.5 m/s, enough to move 16cm. If I knew a killer robot was shooting at me, I wouldn't be strolling. Have a look a Moravec's Paradox. It suggests shooting in any environment less controlled than a range might be rather tricky for AIs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28577.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gm2sls5", "c_root_id_B": "gm2wfrk", "created_at_utc_A": 1612497416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612499497.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because computer targeting isn't perfect and a lot of shots aren't taken with a primary intention to kill the target with that shot. If it hits the target good but if you can suppress the enemy's willingness to return fire or pin them down that decreases their potential likelihood of killing or hurting you and opens them up to being outflanked or some form or indirect fire (e.g. throwing grenades on to, around or into their position).", "human_ref_B": "This is an interesting question. The answer depends on how much of the world an AI can simulate. If everything. God AI. If not, sometimes AI will miss because they can't perfectly coordinate such a thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2081.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gm52xqk", "c_root_id_B": "gm3jx73", "created_at_utc_A": 1612547906.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612517056.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "An AI doesn't need to shoot perfectly every time- it just needs its own force to win more than the other guys do. Fundamentally, any decision an AI makes is an equation. You have a certain amount of inputs, a certain amount of calculations, and a certain amount of outputs. The overall accuracy of your gun, then, is determined by a few factors- the amount of the input, the accuracy of the input, the precision of the equation, and the variability of the output. More quantity of input needs more processing power to calculate. More accurate input needs better equipment to collect it. More precise equations need more input (e.g adding air resistance to basic gravitational equations for a simple example) and are more complex in their own right, both increasing how much processing power you need. And how variable the output is determines if the robot needs to guess or not. We see this today in real life science. A good example is extinct animal tree-of-life diagrams. How it works is that you have a certain number of features (e.g does it have a hole in its head here, has it lost this toe) that you put in as numbers (e.g 0 is 'it has three teeth on this bone', 1 is 'it has four teeth on this bone', 2 is 'it has five teeth on this bone'). Then it keeps doing maths until it finds the best tree, and it tells the scientist the results of its calculations and gives them the best tree it found. More input is all well and good, but the more you do, the longer it takes. So you might miss out on useful information by ignoring the small scale- such as only looking at the 'big cat' level rather than going to 'lion', 'tiger', 'leopard', or you might give up at 300 different features even though you could go much higher- just to speed it up so it's done in a useful timeframe, just like how a WarBot might have to skimp on equations so it shoots before the enemy gets back into cover. More accurate input is limited by what we're working with. Extinct animal scientists often have massive parts of the animal missing- most or all of the flesh, a lot of the bones- and what they do have might not match up, such as having some animals with the full skeleton discovered, only the front half discovered and some with only the back half discovered. This means they have to guess at what's actually present. A WarBot would need to do the same thing- if some people are behind walls or windows, if they turned a corner and the WarBot can't tell if they went left or right, and so on. The equation has two parts- how many different trees it can check, and how detailed the check is. The less trees it checks, the less sure it is, and less detailed checks are less like real life. Both of these things take more time to do. A WarBot would probably work on a similar system- it checks how likely the target is to turn, how many degrees it's likely to turn, how far it would need to move its gun, and then it repeats that until it has a good idea of the real outcome; and since it only has a limited time to do that, it'll need to skimp out on accuracy for the sake of time. Finally, we get to the output. The tree doesn't tell the scientist 'this is the best tree'- it says, 'this is the best tree I could find, and this is how sure I am'. A tree of life from a program simply represents the general area of what's correct. What the WarBot tells its gun would be similar- it wouldn't say 'Shoot here to hit', it would tell its gun 'This is the best place to shoot the machine gun I can find, and I am also 95% sure that this is a good idea to start shooting given what I know about my gun, the environment and my target, so start shooting in that spot'. If WarBot had infinite processing time before each shot and infinite knowledge of everything that could possibly be relevant, WarBot would hit perfectly every time. But he has very limited processing time and very limited knowledge compared to 'infinity', so he has to guess, and people will buy WarBot if their guesses are good enough to be worthwhile against the enemy. TLDR; AI can only think so fast and know so much; because of this they have to make a lot of guesses, and they can't shoot better than their best guess.", "human_ref_B": "They might just not be very good AI. Maybe the gun is a little out of alignment and nobody bothered to make it notice when it's missing and correct for it. Maybe it relies on cameras to see where the gun is, and the system is simple enough that glare from a certain spot on the gun will make it misjudge where the gun is pointing. Maybe it just doesn't have enough training data.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30850.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gm50dx6", "c_root_id_B": "gm52xqk", "created_at_utc_A": 1612546846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612547906.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The robots are simply not properly calibrated. For their brains, smarts, problem solving, etc... Robots still need a reference point to start from. If they come of the assembly line with an assumed default calibration of Aim Here (Point X), to hit target at Y Range. Now maybe there was some spec of dust, a flake of metal, a part not quite aligned correctly. This can easily through the aim off and prevent a machine from properly compensating for moving targets.", "human_ref_B": "An AI doesn't need to shoot perfectly every time- it just needs its own force to win more than the other guys do. Fundamentally, any decision an AI makes is an equation. You have a certain amount of inputs, a certain amount of calculations, and a certain amount of outputs. The overall accuracy of your gun, then, is determined by a few factors- the amount of the input, the accuracy of the input, the precision of the equation, and the variability of the output. More quantity of input needs more processing power to calculate. More accurate input needs better equipment to collect it. More precise equations need more input (e.g adding air resistance to basic gravitational equations for a simple example) and are more complex in their own right, both increasing how much processing power you need. And how variable the output is determines if the robot needs to guess or not. We see this today in real life science. A good example is extinct animal tree-of-life diagrams. How it works is that you have a certain number of features (e.g does it have a hole in its head here, has it lost this toe) that you put in as numbers (e.g 0 is 'it has three teeth on this bone', 1 is 'it has four teeth on this bone', 2 is 'it has five teeth on this bone'). Then it keeps doing maths until it finds the best tree, and it tells the scientist the results of its calculations and gives them the best tree it found. More input is all well and good, but the more you do, the longer it takes. So you might miss out on useful information by ignoring the small scale- such as only looking at the 'big cat' level rather than going to 'lion', 'tiger', 'leopard', or you might give up at 300 different features even though you could go much higher- just to speed it up so it's done in a useful timeframe, just like how a WarBot might have to skimp on equations so it shoots before the enemy gets back into cover. More accurate input is limited by what we're working with. Extinct animal scientists often have massive parts of the animal missing- most or all of the flesh, a lot of the bones- and what they do have might not match up, such as having some animals with the full skeleton discovered, only the front half discovered and some with only the back half discovered. This means they have to guess at what's actually present. A WarBot would need to do the same thing- if some people are behind walls or windows, if they turned a corner and the WarBot can't tell if they went left or right, and so on. The equation has two parts- how many different trees it can check, and how detailed the check is. The less trees it checks, the less sure it is, and less detailed checks are less like real life. Both of these things take more time to do. A WarBot would probably work on a similar system- it checks how likely the target is to turn, how many degrees it's likely to turn, how far it would need to move its gun, and then it repeats that until it has a good idea of the real outcome; and since it only has a limited time to do that, it'll need to skimp out on accuracy for the sake of time. Finally, we get to the output. The tree doesn't tell the scientist 'this is the best tree'- it says, 'this is the best tree I could find, and this is how sure I am'. A tree of life from a program simply represents the general area of what's correct. What the WarBot tells its gun would be similar- it wouldn't say 'Shoot here to hit', it would tell its gun 'This is the best place to shoot the machine gun I can find, and I am also 95% sure that this is a good idea to start shooting given what I know about my gun, the environment and my target, so start shooting in that spot'. If WarBot had infinite processing time before each shot and infinite knowledge of everything that could possibly be relevant, WarBot would hit perfectly every time. But he has very limited processing time and very limited knowledge compared to 'infinity', so he has to guess, and people will buy WarBot if their guesses are good enough to be worthwhile against the enemy. TLDR; AI can only think so fast and know so much; because of this they have to make a lot of guesses, and they can't shoot better than their best guess.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1060.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lcqi06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Movies] Why don't armed robots/AI hit the target perfectly every time when shooting at someone?", "c_root_id_A": "gnfteu8", "c_root_id_B": "gm98ljp", "created_at_utc_A": 1613322830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612637067.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I think because no one would like the story if the main character dies at the begin because of a random robot\ud83d\ude02 otherwise just bad programmers", "human_ref_B": "Ever play against bots in a video game? Their attacks are often much easier to dodge than a human players, because they can't predict what humans will do as well. Of course, this only applies in the case of relatively slow projectiles. If they miss an attack that is effectively instantaneous, like bullets against a normal human, then whoever created the bots seriously screwed up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 685763.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zsefr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Avatar: TWOW] Why does no one care that Jake is the Toruk Makto? Jake, the Toruk Makto and savior of our people, came to our village yesterday and asked for sanctuary for him and his family. I noticed some people in the crowd didn\u2019t really seem to like that idea. Yesterday at dinner, I asked my father what the big issue is with us housing the Toruk Makto and his family; he said that he agreed with our Chief in not wanting the Taruk Makto to bring danger and war to us and our peaceful way of life. But what my father and others in my village fail to see and comprehend is that the Sky People are already here; it\u2019s only a matter of time before they come here with their metal bodies and gunships, killing us and burning our livelihood down whether Jake and his family is here or not. They\u2019re also hunting and killing the Tullkun, who\u2019s family to us! If anything, we should be throwing all of our support behind the Toruk Makto, helping him and his family in whatever ways we can whether it\u2019s going to war under his command or giving him extra meat that we had. Jake Sully was responsible for leading our people to victory and expelling these accursed Sky People back to their dying home. That should still count for something, right?", "c_root_id_A": "j180z1g", "c_root_id_B": "j17kb02", "created_at_utc_A": 1671703170.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671689986.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "But he has demon blood and so do his children. The big boss lady said so.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13184.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zsefr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Avatar: TWOW] Why does no one care that Jake is the Toruk Makto? Jake, the Toruk Makto and savior of our people, came to our village yesterday and asked for sanctuary for him and his family. I noticed some people in the crowd didn\u2019t really seem to like that idea. Yesterday at dinner, I asked my father what the big issue is with us housing the Toruk Makto and his family; he said that he agreed with our Chief in not wanting the Taruk Makto to bring danger and war to us and our peaceful way of life. But what my father and others in my village fail to see and comprehend is that the Sky People are already here; it\u2019s only a matter of time before they come here with their metal bodies and gunships, killing us and burning our livelihood down whether Jake and his family is here or not. They\u2019re also hunting and killing the Tullkun, who\u2019s family to us! If anything, we should be throwing all of our support behind the Toruk Makto, helping him and his family in whatever ways we can whether it\u2019s going to war under his command or giving him extra meat that we had. Jake Sully was responsible for leading our people to victory and expelling these accursed Sky People back to their dying home. That should still count for something, right?", "c_root_id_A": "j17kb02", "c_root_id_B": "j18c5he", "created_at_utc_A": 1671689986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671711751.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Toruk Makto is a war leader who's role is to unite the Navi in the time of crisis. That crisis was resolved when they forced Humans to stop their plans from mining Unobtanium which would have destroyed the Trees essential for the planets eco system and Eywa. Thats why Jake stopped being Toruk Makto. The current conflict Jake and the Tree People have with the Humans is about Territory, which doesen't concern the Ocean People or the rest of the planet. Jake Sully(who's wanted by the humans) being given sanctuary directly risks their own involvement with humans who until now made a point in mostly avoiding conflict with the ocean people or hunting Tulkuns too close to their territory.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21765.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zsefr7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Avatar: TWOW] Why does no one care that Jake is the Toruk Makto? Jake, the Toruk Makto and savior of our people, came to our village yesterday and asked for sanctuary for him and his family. I noticed some people in the crowd didn\u2019t really seem to like that idea. Yesterday at dinner, I asked my father what the big issue is with us housing the Toruk Makto and his family; he said that he agreed with our Chief in not wanting the Taruk Makto to bring danger and war to us and our peaceful way of life. But what my father and others in my village fail to see and comprehend is that the Sky People are already here; it\u2019s only a matter of time before they come here with their metal bodies and gunships, killing us and burning our livelihood down whether Jake and his family is here or not. They\u2019re also hunting and killing the Tullkun, who\u2019s family to us! If anything, we should be throwing all of our support behind the Toruk Makto, helping him and his family in whatever ways we can whether it\u2019s going to war under his command or giving him extra meat that we had. Jake Sully was responsible for leading our people to victory and expelling these accursed Sky People back to their dying home. That should still count for something, right?", "c_root_id_A": "j18sjvv", "c_root_id_B": "j17kb02", "created_at_utc_A": 1671720415.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671689986.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They do care. It's mentioned when they are discussing whether or not to let them stay, but more of as a thank you for past service than as rallying behind him. Because he isn't there to protect you, he's there to hide. He doesn't want any part in this new war against the sky people if he can help it. And this time around, the sky people are here for him specifically.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30429.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2ocwhs", "c_root_id_B": "d2obtmu", "created_at_utc_A": 1462107026.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462103744.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "**Coming from the MCU:** He is a 16 year old poor Tony Stark. If he had the toys and the father Tony had, he would probably be on a similar level to Tony, when it comes to tinkering - although he is more a maths and physics/chemistry guy, less a mechanic. I could see him work with Bruce Banner, or Reed Richards, when he is in his 30s, and has studied physics/chemistry - but as it stands, he is still a teenager. **Comics in general:** I have no ~~glue~~(silly german me) clue, but his science background is always secondary to his spider powers, so likely he would be a good scientist, but no comic level genius like Stark or Richards. If Stark/Richards are a 10/10, and a \"normal scientist\" is a 6/10, then Peter would be a 7/10, just because he is a main character. To cite Doc Ock from Spiderman 2: \"Brilliant ... but lazy!\"", "human_ref_B": "He could beat the crap out of Amadeus Cho.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3282.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2ocwhs", "c_root_id_B": "d2ocwd8", "created_at_utc_A": 1462107026.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462107016.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Coming from the MCU:** He is a 16 year old poor Tony Stark. If he had the toys and the father Tony had, he would probably be on a similar level to Tony, when it comes to tinkering - although he is more a maths and physics/chemistry guy, less a mechanic. I could see him work with Bruce Banner, or Reed Richards, when he is in his 30s, and has studied physics/chemistry - but as it stands, he is still a teenager. **Comics in general:** I have no ~~glue~~(silly german me) clue, but his science background is always secondary to his spider powers, so likely he would be a good scientist, but no comic level genius like Stark or Richards. If Stark/Richards are a 10/10, and a \"normal scientist\" is a 6/10, then Peter would be a 7/10, just because he is a main character. To cite Doc Ock from Spiderman 2: \"Brilliant ... but lazy!\"", "human_ref_B": "He is really up there. If he devoted more time to his science and less to webslinging he could be a rival to the likes of Stark. Lack of resources is normally his flaw inventing wise (although I believe now he owns a tech firm) but he still managed to make an incredibly powerful and versatile adhesive webbing and launching mechanism when he was a teen. Also the majority of Peter's Rogue Gallery are physically superior to him. He normally wins by quick thinking under incredibly stressful situations.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10.0, "score_ratio": 9.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2oh7du", "c_root_id_B": "d2ok9q7", "created_at_utc_A": 1462116360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462121645.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "He has the greatest potential of any hero if it wasn't for the fact he doesn't have a spine outside of his suit. Richards and Stark both recognize the genius this kid has, he just doesn't want to use it. He is a self imposed street tier hero. Of he didn't pull his punches and dedicate more time to science he would probably be the most influencial and powerful heroes in the world.", "human_ref_B": "In an old what-if? Story, Peter is unable to Spider-man due to the villain at the time. So he dedicates himself fully to science and soon falls dead of old age. (Long story.) Reed Richards gets a look at his research and remarks that Spider-man could have even rivaled him if he just had the time. As a teen he built webshooters, something that Tony Stark has even tried to buy off of him and called them remarkable, Spider-tracers that key into his spider-sense that even Ant-Man was impressed by..especially because he made them with scrap and at age 15, among probably HUNDREDS of other things that he may have used one or two times. His work at Horizon would have made him the smartest guy on our earth alone. In the MU? He's probably near the back of the top ten if we factor in potential. With present fears alone he's..honestly still probably there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5285.0, "score_ratio": 1.8636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2obtmu", "c_root_id_B": "d2ok9q7", "created_at_utc_A": 1462103744.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462121645.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "He could beat the crap out of Amadeus Cho.", "human_ref_B": "In an old what-if? Story, Peter is unable to Spider-man due to the villain at the time. So he dedicates himself fully to science and soon falls dead of old age. (Long story.) Reed Richards gets a look at his research and remarks that Spider-man could have even rivaled him if he just had the time. As a teen he built webshooters, something that Tony Stark has even tried to buy off of him and called them remarkable, Spider-tracers that key into his spider-sense that even Ant-Man was impressed by..especially because he made them with scrap and at age 15, among probably HUNDREDS of other things that he may have used one or two times. His work at Horizon would have made him the smartest guy on our earth alone. In the MU? He's probably near the back of the top ten if we factor in potential. With present fears alone he's..honestly still probably there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17901.0, "score_ratio": 3.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2ofbpu", "c_root_id_B": "d2ok9q7", "created_at_utc_A": 1462112757.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462121645.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "He created a biodegradable adhesive with the strength of spidersilk, a compact wrist mounted launcher to fire that adhesive, at least one suit of armor, stealth technology, tracers that link to his unique biology, and an emp generator. He did this starting in his teen years. Hes up there.", "human_ref_B": "In an old what-if? Story, Peter is unable to Spider-man due to the villain at the time. So he dedicates himself fully to science and soon falls dead of old age. (Long story.) Reed Richards gets a look at his research and remarks that Spider-man could have even rivaled him if he just had the time. As a teen he built webshooters, something that Tony Stark has even tried to buy off of him and called them remarkable, Spider-tracers that key into his spider-sense that even Ant-Man was impressed by..especially because he made them with scrap and at age 15, among probably HUNDREDS of other things that he may have used one or two times. His work at Horizon would have made him the smartest guy on our earth alone. In the MU? He's probably near the back of the top ten if we factor in potential. With present fears alone he's..honestly still probably there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8888.0, "score_ratio": 6.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2ocwd8", "c_root_id_B": "d2ok9q7", "created_at_utc_A": 1462107016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462121645.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "He is really up there. If he devoted more time to his science and less to webslinging he could be a rival to the likes of Stark. Lack of resources is normally his flaw inventing wise (although I believe now he owns a tech firm) but he still managed to make an incredibly powerful and versatile adhesive webbing and launching mechanism when he was a teen. Also the majority of Peter's Rogue Gallery are physically superior to him. He normally wins by quick thinking under incredibly stressful situations.", "human_ref_B": "In an old what-if? Story, Peter is unable to Spider-man due to the villain at the time. So he dedicates himself fully to science and soon falls dead of old age. (Long story.) Reed Richards gets a look at his research and remarks that Spider-man could have even rivaled him if he just had the time. As a teen he built webshooters, something that Tony Stark has even tried to buy off of him and called them remarkable, Spider-tracers that key into his spider-sense that even Ant-Man was impressed by..especially because he made them with scrap and at age 15, among probably HUNDREDS of other things that he may have used one or two times. His work at Horizon would have made him the smartest guy on our earth alone. In the MU? He's probably near the back of the top ten if we factor in potential. With present fears alone he's..honestly still probably there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14629.0, "score_ratio": 6.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2oh7du", "c_root_id_B": "d2obtmu", "created_at_utc_A": 1462116360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462103744.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "He has the greatest potential of any hero if it wasn't for the fact he doesn't have a spine outside of his suit. Richards and Stark both recognize the genius this kid has, he just doesn't want to use it. He is a self imposed street tier hero. Of he didn't pull his punches and dedicate more time to science he would probably be the most influencial and powerful heroes in the world.", "human_ref_B": "He could beat the crap out of Amadeus Cho.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12616.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2oh7du", "c_root_id_B": "d2ofbpu", "created_at_utc_A": 1462116360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462112757.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He has the greatest potential of any hero if it wasn't for the fact he doesn't have a spine outside of his suit. Richards and Stark both recognize the genius this kid has, he just doesn't want to use it. He is a self imposed street tier hero. Of he didn't pull his punches and dedicate more time to science he would probably be the most influencial and powerful heroes in the world.", "human_ref_B": "He created a biodegradable adhesive with the strength of spidersilk, a compact wrist mounted launcher to fire that adhesive, at least one suit of armor, stealth technology, tracers that link to his unique biology, and an emp generator. He did this starting in his teen years. Hes up there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3603.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2oh7du", "c_root_id_B": "d2ocwd8", "created_at_utc_A": 1462116360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462107016.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He has the greatest potential of any hero if it wasn't for the fact he doesn't have a spine outside of his suit. Richards and Stark both recognize the genius this kid has, he just doesn't want to use it. He is a self imposed street tier hero. Of he didn't pull his punches and dedicate more time to science he would probably be the most influencial and powerful heroes in the world.", "human_ref_B": "He is really up there. If he devoted more time to his science and less to webslinging he could be a rival to the likes of Stark. Lack of resources is normally his flaw inventing wise (although I believe now he owns a tech firm) but he still managed to make an incredibly powerful and versatile adhesive webbing and launching mechanism when he was a teen. Also the majority of Peter's Rogue Gallery are physically superior to him. He normally wins by quick thinking under incredibly stressful situations.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9344.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2ofbpu", "c_root_id_B": "d2oxcp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1462112757.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462142328.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "He created a biodegradable adhesive with the strength of spidersilk, a compact wrist mounted launcher to fire that adhesive, at least one suit of armor, stealth technology, tracers that link to his unique biology, and an emp generator. He did this starting in his teen years. Hes up there.", "human_ref_B": "Right now Pete has his own company where Spider-Man is his \"bodygaurd\" so he has been, being called the poor mans Tony Stark (I wonder when people are going to remember that Stark ended being Iron Man?) He is to Biology/Chemistry, what Stark is to Robotics/Mechanics, Reed/Pym is to Physics, Beast is to Genetics or what Banner is to Radiation", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29571.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2oxcp2", "c_root_id_B": "d2ocwd8", "created_at_utc_A": 1462142328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462107016.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Right now Pete has his own company where Spider-Man is his \"bodygaurd\" so he has been, being called the poor mans Tony Stark (I wonder when people are going to remember that Stark ended being Iron Man?) He is to Biology/Chemistry, what Stark is to Robotics/Mechanics, Reed/Pym is to Physics, Beast is to Genetics or what Banner is to Radiation", "human_ref_B": "He is really up there. If he devoted more time to his science and less to webslinging he could be a rival to the likes of Stark. Lack of resources is normally his flaw inventing wise (although I believe now he owns a tech firm) but he still managed to make an incredibly powerful and versatile adhesive webbing and launching mechanism when he was a teen. Also the majority of Peter's Rogue Gallery are physically superior to him. He normally wins by quick thinking under incredibly stressful situations.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35312.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2oxcp2", "c_root_id_B": "d2omc85", "created_at_utc_A": 1462142328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462124890.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Right now Pete has his own company where Spider-Man is his \"bodygaurd\" so he has been, being called the poor mans Tony Stark (I wonder when people are going to remember that Stark ended being Iron Man?) He is to Biology/Chemistry, what Stark is to Robotics/Mechanics, Reed/Pym is to Physics, Beast is to Genetics or what Banner is to Radiation", "human_ref_B": "He is not fighting it off for the top spot against the likes of Richards and Doom. He is not in the top handful with Stark and Pym. But he is in the next level of folk. So, not likely in the top 10 minds of humanity, but certainly within the top 100.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17438.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2olo7q", "c_root_id_B": "d2oxcp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1462123855.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462142328.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "He's not Tony Stark or Reed Richards, but he's very smart. If he dedicated himself to science, he'd produce some sweet stuff. So he's not on comic super-scientist level, but he's easily a match for any of our scientists, if not better.", "human_ref_B": "Right now Pete has his own company where Spider-Man is his \"bodygaurd\" so he has been, being called the poor mans Tony Stark (I wonder when people are going to remember that Stark ended being Iron Man?) He is to Biology/Chemistry, what Stark is to Robotics/Mechanics, Reed/Pym is to Physics, Beast is to Genetics or what Banner is to Radiation", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18473.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4h8pn6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/DC] How does Peter Parker compare to other geniuses of DC/Marvel?", "c_root_id_A": "d2omc85", "c_root_id_B": "d2olo7q", "created_at_utc_A": 1462124890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462123855.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He is not fighting it off for the top spot against the likes of Richards and Doom. He is not in the top handful with Stark and Pym. But he is in the next level of folk. So, not likely in the top 10 minds of humanity, but certainly within the top 100.", "human_ref_B": "He's not Tony Stark or Reed Richards, but he's very smart. If he dedicated himself to science, he'd produce some sweet stuff. So he's not on comic super-scientist level, but he's easily a match for any of our scientists, if not better.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1035.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "ief618h", "c_root_id_B": "iefioml", "created_at_utc_A": 1656656477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656666525.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "In Warhammer 40,000, the Emperor can see the future. However he explains that the future is not clear and that he cannot see how to make the visions come to pass specifically. What he sees is real -- visions from the warp, a dimension of pure emotional turmoil riddled with demonic creatures born from the sentence species of the galaxy's most heinous acts and thoughts, are not subject to time and space... So when he sees a vision of the future it is not a vision of the future... It's an actual real-time visual of something that, in some timeline with some combination of events, actually happens. The Central point to the story is that beyond a certain point in time he can no longer see, and that even being able to see as much as he is, he cannot tell how exactly to make certain visions come to pass. He explains it to another character at one point as being able to look at the top of a mountain and knowing you could climb it, but not knowing specifically what rocks you're going to have to grab on the way up to make it to the top. I'd argue this is pretty powerful because he's been alive since the BC days, and his managed to confound all enemies until his defeat in the 31st millennium. Some people speculate that the defeat is actually part of his plan -- that he will become empowered by the Warp as millions across the galaxy worship him as a fallen God. A recent book actually showed this has happened.", "human_ref_B": "Spice users from *Dune*, especially Paul and Leto II Atreides. Paul goes blind in the second book, but is still able to function perfectly normally because he can still mentally \"see\" everything from his perspective a minuscule fraction of a second in the future. And Leto spends millennia setting up a ridiculously elaborate plan that won't pay off until tens of thousands of years after his death, because he's 100% certain that it's the only way to successfully avert human extinction.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10048.0, "score_ratio": 1.7333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iefioml", "c_root_id_B": "ief3pny", "created_at_utc_A": 1656666525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656654892.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Spice users from *Dune*, especially Paul and Leto II Atreides. Paul goes blind in the second book, but is still able to function perfectly normally because he can still mentally \"see\" everything from his perspective a minuscule fraction of a second in the future. And Leto spends millennia setting up a ridiculously elaborate plan that won't pay off until tens of thousands of years after his death, because he's 100% certain that it's the only way to successfully avert human extinction.", "human_ref_B": "In the Kingdom Hearts series, the Master of Masters (founder of the ancient Keyblade order as well as the one who invented the weapon) was said to have been an incredibly powerful seer who foretold the events of the entire series, writing his visions down in books he gave to five of his apprentices. He actually had six apprentices, but out of fear that his sixth apprentice - who he had a special task for - would change the events of time, he didn't give him a book. No, he gave his sixth apprentice Luxu his own Keyblade when he retired. >!There's a reason for that. The MoM's Keyblade had his own freaking eye embedded into the hilt, magically enchanted to let him see the future through anyone who wielded the blade. He then instructed Luxu, who had the power of resurrective immortality via possessing others, to observe and subtly manipulate things from a distance while ensuring his Keyblade is passed down to different individuals throughout the generations.!< >!The last-known wielder of that blade was the games' main villain, Xehanort. And Luxu's current alias is none other than Xigbar.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11633.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iefioml", "c_root_id_B": "ieffyxy", "created_at_utc_A": 1656666525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656664260.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Spice users from *Dune*, especially Paul and Leto II Atreides. Paul goes blind in the second book, but is still able to function perfectly normally because he can still mentally \"see\" everything from his perspective a minuscule fraction of a second in the future. And Leto spends millennia setting up a ridiculously elaborate plan that won't pay off until tens of thousands of years after his death, because he's 100% certain that it's the only way to successfully avert human extinction.", "human_ref_B": "Bardock has precognition/visions of the future and he is pretty strong phonically, I'll count him as one of the strongest", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2265.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "ief3pny", "c_root_id_B": "ief618h", "created_at_utc_A": 1656654892.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656656477.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "In the Kingdom Hearts series, the Master of Masters (founder of the ancient Keyblade order as well as the one who invented the weapon) was said to have been an incredibly powerful seer who foretold the events of the entire series, writing his visions down in books he gave to five of his apprentices. He actually had six apprentices, but out of fear that his sixth apprentice - who he had a special task for - would change the events of time, he didn't give him a book. No, he gave his sixth apprentice Luxu his own Keyblade when he retired. >!There's a reason for that. The MoM's Keyblade had his own freaking eye embedded into the hilt, magically enchanted to let him see the future through anyone who wielded the blade. He then instructed Luxu, who had the power of resurrective immortality via possessing others, to observe and subtly manipulate things from a distance while ensuring his Keyblade is passed down to different individuals throughout the generations.!< >!The last-known wielder of that blade was the games' main villain, Xehanort. And Luxu's current alias is none other than Xigbar.!<", "human_ref_B": "In Warhammer 40,000, the Emperor can see the future. However he explains that the future is not clear and that he cannot see how to make the visions come to pass specifically. What he sees is real -- visions from the warp, a dimension of pure emotional turmoil riddled with demonic creatures born from the sentence species of the galaxy's most heinous acts and thoughts, are not subject to time and space... So when he sees a vision of the future it is not a vision of the future... It's an actual real-time visual of something that, in some timeline with some combination of events, actually happens. The Central point to the story is that beyond a certain point in time he can no longer see, and that even being able to see as much as he is, he cannot tell how exactly to make certain visions come to pass. He explains it to another character at one point as being able to look at the top of a mountain and knowing you could climb it, but not knowing specifically what rocks you're going to have to grab on the way up to make it to the top. I'd argue this is pretty powerful because he's been alive since the BC days, and his managed to confound all enemies until his defeat in the 31st millennium. Some people speculate that the defeat is actually part of his plan -- that he will become empowered by the Warp as millions across the galaxy worship him as a fallen God. A recent book actually showed this has happened.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1585.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iefk0vj", "c_root_id_B": "ief3pny", "created_at_utc_A": 1656667641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656654892.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Contessa from Worm probably deserves a mention in that her power, Path to Victory, allows her to see and set a path in the future to any goal she asks, and it can autopilot her body without her needing to understand (e.g. speak phrases in a foreign language to others without even knowing the language herself). Her power has very few blindspots, and >!Scion, an extradimensional alien who is the source of powers, and his partner have an even stronger version with no blindspots at all, given his partner placed the limiters on Contessa\u2019s power in the first place.!<", "human_ref_B": "In the Kingdom Hearts series, the Master of Masters (founder of the ancient Keyblade order as well as the one who invented the weapon) was said to have been an incredibly powerful seer who foretold the events of the entire series, writing his visions down in books he gave to five of his apprentices. He actually had six apprentices, but out of fear that his sixth apprentice - who he had a special task for - would change the events of time, he didn't give him a book. No, he gave his sixth apprentice Luxu his own Keyblade when he retired. >!There's a reason for that. The MoM's Keyblade had his own freaking eye embedded into the hilt, magically enchanted to let him see the future through anyone who wielded the blade. He then instructed Luxu, who had the power of resurrective immortality via possessing others, to observe and subtly manipulate things from a distance while ensuring his Keyblade is passed down to different individuals throughout the generations.!< >!The last-known wielder of that blade was the games' main villain, Xehanort. And Luxu's current alias is none other than Xigbar.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12749.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iefk0vj", "c_root_id_B": "ieffyxy", "created_at_utc_A": 1656667641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656664260.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Contessa from Worm probably deserves a mention in that her power, Path to Victory, allows her to see and set a path in the future to any goal she asks, and it can autopilot her body without her needing to understand (e.g. speak phrases in a foreign language to others without even knowing the language herself). Her power has very few blindspots, and >!Scion, an extradimensional alien who is the source of powers, and his partner have an even stronger version with no blindspots at all, given his partner placed the limiters on Contessa\u2019s power in the first place.!<", "human_ref_B": "Bardock has precognition/visions of the future and he is pretty strong phonically, I'll count him as one of the strongest", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3381.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iefpll7", "c_root_id_B": "iegf211", "created_at_utc_A": 1656672055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656685695.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Cthae in the Kingkiller chronicles can see the entire future perfectly. Not just what you will do but every possible variation of how you react. And it's apparent malevolent to it's very core and if you happen to meet it your entire life is basically pre destined to be fucked. I guess it already knows it will meet you too. So feared is the thing there are basically an entire order of people devoted to stopping anyone from getting to it (it's can't leave it's tree) and they have a kill on site order to anyone who might meet it, they will even kill any animals that fed on your corpse.", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Manhattan. Excepting Tachyons, his capacity for seeing and knowing everything and essentially doing anything are rather limitless. Unless I'm sorely mistaken", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13640.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iefpll7", "c_root_id_B": "ieffyxy", "created_at_utc_A": 1656672055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656664260.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Cthae in the Kingkiller chronicles can see the entire future perfectly. Not just what you will do but every possible variation of how you react. And it's apparent malevolent to it's very core and if you happen to meet it your entire life is basically pre destined to be fucked. I guess it already knows it will meet you too. So feared is the thing there are basically an entire order of people devoted to stopping anyone from getting to it (it's can't leave it's tree) and they have a kill on site order to anyone who might meet it, they will even kill any animals that fed on your corpse.", "human_ref_B": "Bardock has precognition/visions of the future and he is pretty strong phonically, I'll count him as one of the strongest", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7795.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iegf211", "c_root_id_B": "iefv8x5", "created_at_utc_A": 1656685695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656675852.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Doctor Manhattan. Excepting Tachyons, his capacity for seeing and knowing everything and essentially doing anything are rather limitless. Unless I'm sorely mistaken", "human_ref_B": "In these types of questions Midnighter is often mentioned. It's hard to tell what exactly his powers entail - usually it's described as some sort of calculation - but in effect he can view the solution for any of his current encounters and backtrack from that to achieve it. Versus threads often tout him to be undefeatable like Contessa in posts above. Other than that Leto Atredies probably would take the cake, along with some others from Dune. Precognition becomes a massive industry there, to the point where in the future they have to specifically invent a room which blinds precogs to have ANY semblance of privacy. Kwizatz Haderac in particular not only unlocks all genetic memories within himself, but also can see the so-called \"Golden Path\" that ensures humanity's existence millennia into the future. Only downside was that the talent of a precog sort of locked them into the doom of predetermination, something that Leto also tried to break from.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9843.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "ieftfko", "c_root_id_B": "iegf211", "created_at_utc_A": 1656674703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656685695.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yhwach from Bleach has OP precognition. He can see all possible futures. Supposedly.", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Manhattan. Excepting Tachyons, his capacity for seeing and knowing everything and essentially doing anything are rather limitless. Unless I'm sorely mistaken", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10992.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iegf211", "c_root_id_B": "iefsns4", "created_at_utc_A": 1656685695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656674191.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Doctor Manhattan. Excepting Tachyons, his capacity for seeing and knowing everything and essentially doing anything are rather limitless. Unless I'm sorely mistaken", "human_ref_B": "Since people seem to include using a device, not just innate powers, then the characters in Devs. >! They built a computer for simulation of the universe since its birth to atomic precision (or even more precise), allowing them to see any moment in time from any angle, causing a bunch of existential despair. Some stuff does go a bit astray in the end.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11504.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "ieffyxy", "c_root_id_B": "iegf211", "created_at_utc_A": 1656664260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656685695.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Bardock has precognition/visions of the future and he is pretty strong phonically, I'll count him as one of the strongest", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Manhattan. Excepting Tachyons, his capacity for seeing and knowing everything and essentially doing anything are rather limitless. Unless I'm sorely mistaken", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21435.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iegf211", "c_root_id_B": "iegbomg", "created_at_utc_A": 1656685695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656684238.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Doctor Manhattan. Excepting Tachyons, his capacity for seeing and knowing everything and essentially doing anything are rather limitless. Unless I'm sorely mistaken", "human_ref_B": "Not as powerful as some here, but Luther Strode of the series of the same name has the ability to perceive his opponents actions \"one thousand moves ahead\" in combat. This is done through the Hercules Method, a mental, physical, and spiritual training regime which asserts complete control of the mind over the body, giving a person who masters it superhuman physical and sensory abilities.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1457.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iefv8x5", "c_root_id_B": "iefsns4", "created_at_utc_A": 1656675852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656674191.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In these types of questions Midnighter is often mentioned. It's hard to tell what exactly his powers entail - usually it's described as some sort of calculation - but in effect he can view the solution for any of his current encounters and backtrack from that to achieve it. Versus threads often tout him to be undefeatable like Contessa in posts above. Other than that Leto Atredies probably would take the cake, along with some others from Dune. Precognition becomes a massive industry there, to the point where in the future they have to specifically invent a room which blinds precogs to have ANY semblance of privacy. Kwizatz Haderac in particular not only unlocks all genetic memories within himself, but also can see the so-called \"Golden Path\" that ensures humanity's existence millennia into the future. Only downside was that the talent of a precog sort of locked them into the doom of predetermination, something that Leto also tried to break from.", "human_ref_B": "Since people seem to include using a device, not just innate powers, then the characters in Devs. >! They built a computer for simulation of the universe since its birth to atomic precision (or even more precise), allowing them to see any moment in time from any angle, causing a bunch of existential despair. Some stuff does go a bit astray in the end.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1661.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "iefv8x5", "c_root_id_B": "ieffyxy", "created_at_utc_A": 1656675852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656664260.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In these types of questions Midnighter is often mentioned. It's hard to tell what exactly his powers entail - usually it's described as some sort of calculation - but in effect he can view the solution for any of his current encounters and backtrack from that to achieve it. Versus threads often tout him to be undefeatable like Contessa in posts above. Other than that Leto Atredies probably would take the cake, along with some others from Dune. Precognition becomes a massive industry there, to the point where in the future they have to specifically invent a room which blinds precogs to have ANY semblance of privacy. Kwizatz Haderac in particular not only unlocks all genetic memories within himself, but also can see the so-called \"Golden Path\" that ensures humanity's existence millennia into the future. Only downside was that the talent of a precog sort of locked them into the doom of predetermination, something that Leto also tried to break from.", "human_ref_B": "Bardock has precognition/visions of the future and he is pretty strong phonically, I'll count him as one of the strongest", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11592.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "ieftfko", "c_root_id_B": "iefsns4", "created_at_utc_A": 1656674703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656674191.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yhwach from Bleach has OP precognition. He can see all possible futures. Supposedly.", "human_ref_B": "Since people seem to include using a device, not just innate powers, then the characters in Devs. >! They built a computer for simulation of the universe since its birth to atomic precision (or even more precise), allowing them to see any moment in time from any angle, causing a bunch of existential despair. Some stuff does go a bit astray in the end.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 512.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "voszim", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Who are the most powerful precognitive characters? Not including omnipotent characters.", "c_root_id_A": "ieftfko", "c_root_id_B": "ieffyxy", "created_at_utc_A": 1656674703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656664260.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yhwach from Bleach has OP precognition. He can see all possible futures. Supposedly.", "human_ref_B": "Bardock has precognition/visions of the future and he is pretty strong phonically, I'll count him as one of the strongest", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10443.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o6dqjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[X-Men] Why arent there more clones of Wolverine? Logan had a top tier healing power and endurance which makes him a perfect soldier. In X-Men Origin, Stryker persuaded him to join the Weapon X program. They must have taken a lot of his dna samples during the experiment. In the movie Logan, we saw that Alkali managed to produce 2 clones of Logan. So, why stop at 2? Why not produce more Laura or X24?", "c_root_id_A": "h2rvpla", "c_root_id_B": "h2rr0u9", "created_at_utc_A": 1624460320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624458106.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "So, the fundamental problem is surprisingly realistic- comic-book style supersoldiers are a stupid idea, and the whole weapon X program proves why. Essentially, the problem with creating a being that a conventional army can't fight is that *you're a conventional army.* So in the films, you have three clones, two of whom went rogue and caused massive damage to the organisation, and also now an new generation of mutants who hate you. In the comics its even worse- there are dozens of clones and supersoldiers, almost *all* of whom are rogue. Essentially, organisations the produce clones of wolverine don't last long enough to produce many of them- they tend to collapse shortly after producing the first clone of wolverine, in clone-of-wolverine related circumstances.", "human_ref_B": "They need a clone they can control. X 23 was not controllable. X24 was but looked like a test subject. They'll probably make more X24s", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2214.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p4v4eq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Given their origins and powersets, why aren't Superman and the Hulk sources of radiation themselves? Or if they are, why don't they give nearby people radiation sickness, or eventually cancer? I'm fairly certain they don't make others sick, I'm just not sure as to why. Superman absorbs radiation from the sun. And Hulk was created from gamma rays. Bonus question: is there a comic character that does what I'm describing?", "c_root_id_A": "h91r5ts", "c_root_id_B": "h91frgz", "created_at_utc_A": 1629045747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629040951.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "As u/Urbenmyth said, Hulk does give off gamma, but it only becomes truly dangerous when he goes into his Super-saiyan Worldbreaker mode. Then he actually starts glowing with it, and being nearby is a pretty bad idea. I think in the Immortal Hulk run one of the side characters actually developed some gamma powers from one of such emissions, although that gamma blast was artificially induced. There are characters like that, like tellingly named Radioactive Man in Marvel or Kryptonite Man in DC, who are radioactive by definition.", "human_ref_B": "In Watchmen, Dr. Manhattan is accused of giving everyone close to him cancer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4796.0, "score_ratio": 1.5789473684, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p4v4eq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Given their origins and powersets, why aren't Superman and the Hulk sources of radiation themselves? Or if they are, why don't they give nearby people radiation sickness, or eventually cancer? I'm fairly certain they don't make others sick, I'm just not sure as to why. Superman absorbs radiation from the sun. And Hulk was created from gamma rays. Bonus question: is there a comic character that does what I'm describing?", "c_root_id_A": "h91tmgc", "c_root_id_B": "h91frgz", "created_at_utc_A": 1629046756.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629040951.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s a spider-man story line where MJ dies from Peter\u2019s radioactive sperm. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Reign", "human_ref_B": "In Watchmen, Dr. Manhattan is accused of giving everyone close to him cancer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5805.0, "score_ratio": 1.4210526316, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p4v4eq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Given their origins and powersets, why aren't Superman and the Hulk sources of radiation themselves? Or if they are, why don't they give nearby people radiation sickness, or eventually cancer? I'm fairly certain they don't make others sick, I'm just not sure as to why. Superman absorbs radiation from the sun. And Hulk was created from gamma rays. Bonus question: is there a comic character that does what I'm describing?", "c_root_id_A": "h92dmgw", "c_root_id_B": "h92xwoz", "created_at_utc_A": 1629055252.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629063996.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Radioactive Man is a super villain that does this", "human_ref_B": "Radiation is an extremely broad term which covers a variety of things. Generally, when we are talking about radiation we really mean gamma radiation, that is the radiation of gamma particles from nuclear material. This energy damages the cells and causes cancer. Superman absorbs UV radiation, which is generally not able to penetrate the skin. He is not radioactive for the same reason a solar panel is not. Also, both characters absorb the radiation and turn it into usable energy, they don't emit it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8744.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p4v4eq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Given their origins and powersets, why aren't Superman and the Hulk sources of radiation themselves? Or if they are, why don't they give nearby people radiation sickness, or eventually cancer? I'm fairly certain they don't make others sick, I'm just not sure as to why. Superman absorbs radiation from the sun. And Hulk was created from gamma rays. Bonus question: is there a comic character that does what I'm describing?", "c_root_id_A": "h92xwoz", "c_root_id_B": "h92eu82", "created_at_utc_A": 1629063996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629055791.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Radiation is an extremely broad term which covers a variety of things. Generally, when we are talking about radiation we really mean gamma radiation, that is the radiation of gamma particles from nuclear material. This energy damages the cells and causes cancer. Superman absorbs UV radiation, which is generally not able to penetrate the skin. He is not radioactive for the same reason a solar panel is not. Also, both characters absorb the radiation and turn it into usable energy, they don't emit it.", "human_ref_B": "BONUS QUESTION ANSWERED: (mild spoilers) Dr Manhattan from Watchmen", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8205.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p4v4eq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Given their origins and powersets, why aren't Superman and the Hulk sources of radiation themselves? Or if they are, why don't they give nearby people radiation sickness, or eventually cancer? I'm fairly certain they don't make others sick, I'm just not sure as to why. Superman absorbs radiation from the sun. And Hulk was created from gamma rays. Bonus question: is there a comic character that does what I'm describing?", "c_root_id_A": "h92xwoz", "c_root_id_B": "h92mknz", "created_at_utc_A": 1629063996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629059123.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Radiation is an extremely broad term which covers a variety of things. Generally, when we are talking about radiation we really mean gamma radiation, that is the radiation of gamma particles from nuclear material. This energy damages the cells and causes cancer. Superman absorbs UV radiation, which is generally not able to penetrate the skin. He is not radioactive for the same reason a solar panel is not. Also, both characters absorb the radiation and turn it into usable energy, they don't emit it.", "human_ref_B": "As you have answers to your proper question, to answer your bonus, there are tons of characters like that, Hazmat, Captain Atom, Wildfire, Nuke, Firestorm (they have much more control but if they don't they could go up in a really, REALLY big way). That's just a few from a browse, but in general these are the ones who are actually harmful if they didn't have any way of containing radiation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4873.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2apyri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] If spiderman lost his powers, would he still be able to web swing? In a hypothetical situation where spiderman lost all of his biological powers (spidey sense, wall crawling, etc.) do you still think he'd be able to use his web shooters? or would his lack of super coordination screw it up?", "c_root_id_A": "cixr3tg", "c_root_id_B": "cixm12g", "created_at_utc_A": 1405398923.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1405387724.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "IIRC Spidey actually uses spider sense when webslingling, which is why he doesn't need to focus where he shoots and he never accidentally hits a bird/loose brick/etc. or misses. Without that, moving as nimbly as Spider-Man with the webs would be incredibly difficult. He could still web something while standing on solid ground and then Tarzan swing from it, but I doubt he could chain these effectively.", "human_ref_B": "He would need the super strength to not lose his grip against the g forces created by swinging on a stories high web rope through the city. Otherwise you're asking if jungle gym rope is a thing, which it is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11199.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2apyri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] If spiderman lost his powers, would he still be able to web swing? In a hypothetical situation where spiderman lost all of his biological powers (spidey sense, wall crawling, etc.) do you still think he'd be able to use his web shooters? or would his lack of super coordination screw it up?", "c_root_id_A": "cixm8qh", "c_root_id_B": "cixr3tg", "created_at_utc_A": 1405388160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1405398923.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Tarzan say yes! Ninja Warriors agree.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC Spidey actually uses spider sense when webslingling, which is why he doesn't need to focus where he shoots and he never accidentally hits a bird/loose brick/etc. or misses. Without that, moving as nimbly as Spider-Man with the webs would be incredibly difficult. He could still web something while standing on solid ground and then Tarzan swing from it, but I doubt he could chain these effectively.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10763.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2apyri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] If spiderman lost his powers, would he still be able to web swing? In a hypothetical situation where spiderman lost all of his biological powers (spidey sense, wall crawling, etc.) do you still think he'd be able to use his web shooters? or would his lack of super coordination screw it up?", "c_root_id_A": "cixnupv", "c_root_id_B": "cixr3tg", "created_at_utc_A": 1405391507.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1405398923.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Batman manages.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC Spidey actually uses spider sense when webslingling, which is why he doesn't need to focus where he shoots and he never accidentally hits a bird/loose brick/etc. or misses. Without that, moving as nimbly as Spider-Man with the webs would be incredibly difficult. He could still web something while standing on solid ground and then Tarzan swing from it, but I doubt he could chain these effectively.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7416.0, "score_ratio": -8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2apyri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] If spiderman lost his powers, would he still be able to web swing? In a hypothetical situation where spiderman lost all of his biological powers (spidey sense, wall crawling, etc.) do you still think he'd be able to use his web shooters? or would his lack of super coordination screw it up?", "c_root_id_A": "cixnupv", "c_root_id_B": "cixu4m2", "created_at_utc_A": 1405391507.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1405408455.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Batman manages.", "human_ref_B": "Some people are talking about his super strength contributing to his grip, but it doesn't. He could swing open handed if he wanted to because his wall crawling ability allows him to maintain contact with anything he wills it to, even a single strand of webbing. Physically, I think he would be able to withstand the G forces and assuming he is in good shape a few dozen swings every day would be about the same as doing a few sets of pull ups at the gym, if he had a good form. No, the real danger to web swinging without spider powers is the loss of spidey sense. As we saw when he temporarily lost his spider sense, it was that power that allowed him to intuit where would be a good place to affix his web when swinging. He did it subconsciously. But when he lost his spidey sense, he attached to a loose part of facade and it broke off, sending him tumbling into a police car, which would have killed someone without spider endurance and strength. That is the real danger, I think, since someone in peak physical condition could probably handle the strain of swinging, but would be blind as to where was a safe place point the next shot of web and when you are midar, you don't have a lot of time to think it over.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16948.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2apyri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] If spiderman lost his powers, would he still be able to web swing? In a hypothetical situation where spiderman lost all of his biological powers (spidey sense, wall crawling, etc.) do you still think he'd be able to use his web shooters? or would his lack of super coordination screw it up?", "c_root_id_A": "ciy3gru", "c_root_id_B": "cixnupv", "created_at_utc_A": 1405440016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1405391507.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "During this arc.... http://store.heroeshavencomics.com/wp-content/uploads/AmazingSpiderMan341.jpg he had his powers suppressed by Chameleon. At one point, he attempted to web swing, forgetting he had lost his powers. Hejust kinda hung there, and had to climb down", "human_ref_B": "Batman manages.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48509.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyt5n39", "c_root_id_B": "iyt4cyi", "created_at_utc_A": 1670110279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670109690.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He was seduced by power, and convinced the only possible outcomes were serve, or be destroyed. Sauron can be very convincing.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 589.0, "score_ratio": 64.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyt4cyi", "c_root_id_B": "iyt5vff", "created_at_utc_A": 1670109690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670110386.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "~~He wasn't allowed to wear tie-dye to work.~~ Mostly pride. He got interested in the kind of dark evil stuff the Enemy did and wanted that power for himself. That led to him resenting his superiors for making certain things off-limits to him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 696.0, "score_ratio": 46.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyt4cyi", "c_root_id_B": "iytqpho", "created_at_utc_A": 1670109690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670120385.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d say there are several reasons. He was still working on his mission to defeat Sauron, and to him he was still performing that mission. I believe that he had every intention of eventually betraying Sauron; and he probably would have as soon as he found the ring. The corruptive powers of the ring are so strong that Saruman was ensnared by it without ever actually being anywhere near it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10695.0, "score_ratio": 31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyteoxv", "c_root_id_B": "iyt4cyi", "created_at_utc_A": 1670114523.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670109690.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because Sauron had essentially dominated Saruman's will through the palantir.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4833.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyt4cyi", "c_root_id_B": "iyv0tnz", "created_at_utc_A": 1670109690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670151904.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Sauron convinced Saruman that Saurons victory was inevitble, by manipulating what Saruman saw through the palantir. Saruman was also secuded by power, and interested in finding the ring, or making his own. All this made Saruman take the gamble of serving Sauron with the plan to later backstab him, perferibly by finding the ring before Sauron did. Sauron however knew about Sarumans plans, and didnt consider him a threat", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42214.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyt4cyi", "c_root_id_B": "iyvx881", "created_at_utc_A": 1670109690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670170919.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He was sick of the corruption in the republic and the arrogance of the Jedi council. He thought he could control his use of the dark side and usher in a new age of order and galactic harmony.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 61229.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyt4cyi", "c_root_id_B": "iyv6fg8", "created_at_utc_A": 1670109690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670156551.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I don't know that he ever really *did* join forces with Sauron. He was always working against him in secret, trying to gain the Ring for himself, intended to overthrow Sauron with his own power. And it was that desire for the Ring that lead him astray.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46861.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyvdcqy", "c_root_id_B": "iyt4cyi", "created_at_utc_A": 1670161190.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670109690.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The pitch for working for Sauron included \"95% assured victory over a long enough timetable\", which, alongside the freedom to research dark arts and a good dental plan, convinced Saruman to apply for the position.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 51500.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyt4cyi", "c_root_id_B": "iyuxzvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1670109690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670149431.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He saw fighting evil as a losing battle , so he decided he would rather be on the winning side As he lusted for power", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39741.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iytqpho", "c_root_id_B": "iyteoxv", "created_at_utc_A": 1670120385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670114523.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d say there are several reasons. He was still working on his mission to defeat Sauron, and to him he was still performing that mission. I believe that he had every intention of eventually betraying Sauron; and he probably would have as soon as he found the ring. The corruptive powers of the ring are so strong that Saruman was ensnared by it without ever actually being anywhere near it", "human_ref_B": "Because Sauron had essentially dominated Saruman's will through the palantir.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5862.0, "score_ratio": 1.9375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyv0tnz", "c_root_id_B": "iyuxzvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1670151904.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670149431.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sauron convinced Saruman that Saurons victory was inevitble, by manipulating what Saruman saw through the palantir. Saruman was also secuded by power, and interested in finding the ring, or making his own. All this made Saruman take the gamble of serving Sauron with the plan to later backstab him, perferibly by finding the ring before Sauron did. Sauron however knew about Sarumans plans, and didnt consider him a threat", "human_ref_B": "He saw fighting evil as a losing battle , so he decided he would rather be on the winning side As he lusted for power", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2473.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyv6fg8", "c_root_id_B": "iyvx881", "created_at_utc_A": 1670156551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670170919.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I don't know that he ever really *did* join forces with Sauron. He was always working against him in secret, trying to gain the Ring for himself, intended to overthrow Sauron with his own power. And it was that desire for the Ring that lead him astray.", "human_ref_B": "He was sick of the corruption in the republic and the arrogance of the Jedi council. He thought he could control his use of the dark side and usher in a new age of order and galactic harmony.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14368.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyvx881", "c_root_id_B": "iyvdcqy", "created_at_utc_A": 1670170919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670161190.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He was sick of the corruption in the republic and the arrogance of the Jedi council. He thought he could control his use of the dark side and usher in a new age of order and galactic harmony.", "human_ref_B": "The pitch for working for Sauron included \"95% assured victory over a long enough timetable\", which, alongside the freedom to research dark arts and a good dental plan, convinced Saruman to apply for the position.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9729.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyuxzvd", "c_root_id_B": "iyvx881", "created_at_utc_A": 1670149431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670170919.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He saw fighting evil as a losing battle , so he decided he would rather be on the winning side As he lusted for power", "human_ref_B": "He was sick of the corruption in the republic and the arrogance of the Jedi council. He thought he could control his use of the dark side and usher in a new age of order and galactic harmony.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21488.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbtyqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Why did Saruman decide to join forces with Sauron?", "c_root_id_A": "iyv6fg8", "c_root_id_B": "iyuxzvd", "created_at_utc_A": 1670156551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670149431.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't know that he ever really *did* join forces with Sauron. He was always working against him in secret, trying to gain the Ring for himself, intended to overthrow Sauron with his own power. And it was that desire for the Ring that lead him astray.", "human_ref_B": "He saw fighting evil as a losing battle , so he decided he would rather be on the winning side As he lusted for power", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7120.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ngamme", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Pirates of the Caribbean] At worlds End. Why was the final battle a 1v1 despite the vast amounts of ships on both sides? It always confuses me as I\u2019ve tried going scene by scene to the end to find out why it\u2019s only one on one. It seems super lame too since after this huge inspiration speech it\u2019s just two ships instead of the whole navy vs the pirates.", "c_root_id_A": "gyqcn5h", "c_root_id_B": "gyrfbb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1621451257.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621468463.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Most sailors probably would think twice about going for the *Dutchman*, the rest of the pirates were essentially there to keep the East India company busy while the Pearly went for the Dutchman.", "human_ref_B": "You have to remember that the final 1v1 took place around a giant whirlpool conjured by a recently freed, vengeful goddess of the sea. The Flying Dutchman and the Black Pearl were the only two ships actually willing to go into that storm. Everybody else did the sensible thing and stayed away, waiting for it to go away. No reasonable commanded would ever commit their navy to a battle in those conditions. And then, once the 1 v 1 was done, the battle was basically over. The Flying Dutchman was the lynch-pin of Beckett's plan - the one ship no force in the sea could stand against. He had no contingency plan for it being turned against him, and that cost him everything. When it comes to all out warfare in POTC, the side with the Flying Dutchman just wins.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17206.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ul5gnq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Predator 2] Why did one of the Colombian Scorpions put cocaine in his wound at the beginning of the movie? Did he know cocaine is a local anesthetic similar to lidocaine or novacaine and intentionally use it for pain relief? https://youtu.be/YqABPudbblk&t=61", "c_root_id_A": "i7uaf4u", "c_root_id_B": "i7v1erc", "created_at_utc_A": 1652043329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652056006.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s the most used analgesic in American hospitals", "human_ref_B": "Cocaine was one of the first anesthetic medicines. Any drug ending in -Caine is chemically very similar to cocaine, they are tweaked (lol) Versions made by chemists to have similar properties without all the dealing with narcos and the cia stuff.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12677.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ul5gnq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Predator 2] Why did one of the Colombian Scorpions put cocaine in his wound at the beginning of the movie? Did he know cocaine is a local anesthetic similar to lidocaine or novacaine and intentionally use it for pain relief? https://youtu.be/YqABPudbblk&t=61", "c_root_id_A": "i7tyyrs", "c_root_id_B": "i7v1erc", "created_at_utc_A": 1652038249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652056006.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It's still used for eye surgery I. Some parts of the world.", "human_ref_B": "Cocaine was one of the first anesthetic medicines. Any drug ending in -Caine is chemically very similar to cocaine, they are tweaked (lol) Versions made by chemists to have similar properties without all the dealing with narcos and the cia stuff.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17757.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ul5gnq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Predator 2] Why did one of the Colombian Scorpions put cocaine in his wound at the beginning of the movie? Did he know cocaine is a local anesthetic similar to lidocaine or novacaine and intentionally use it for pain relief? https://youtu.be/YqABPudbblk&t=61", "c_root_id_A": "i7tyyrs", "c_root_id_B": "i7uaf4u", "created_at_utc_A": 1652038249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652043329.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's still used for eye surgery I. Some parts of the world.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s the most used analgesic in American hospitals", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5080.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ul5gnq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Predator 2] Why did one of the Colombian Scorpions put cocaine in his wound at the beginning of the movie? Did he know cocaine is a local anesthetic similar to lidocaine or novacaine and intentionally use it for pain relief? https://youtu.be/YqABPudbblk&t=61", "c_root_id_A": "i7tyyrs", "c_root_id_B": "i7w4ic6", "created_at_utc_A": 1652038249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652079133.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's still used for eye surgery I. Some parts of the world.", "human_ref_B": "Bc el Scorpions is ready", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40884.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ul5gnq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Predator 2] Why did one of the Colombian Scorpions put cocaine in his wound at the beginning of the movie? Did he know cocaine is a local anesthetic similar to lidocaine or novacaine and intentionally use it for pain relief? https://youtu.be/YqABPudbblk&t=61", "c_root_id_A": "i7w4ic6", "c_root_id_B": "i7vcy0v", "created_at_utc_A": 1652079133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652061727.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Bc el Scorpions is ready", "human_ref_B": "Pain relief. Nothing helps you forget a bullet wound like cocaine.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17406.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxq7pf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Diablo II] Is there anything fundamentally special or unique about the heroes, or are they simply the cream of the crop in their respective orders? Very little background is known about the heroes. Do they have some divine or mystical powers no one else has, or are they just highly talented at their crafts? Or neither? Maybe any Paladin or Sorceress is capable of destroying the Prime Evils?", "c_root_id_A": "irdgl4t", "c_root_id_B": "irdh9u0", "created_at_utc_A": 1665119955.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665120465.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Iirc they're part nephlim but I could be retroactively adding diablo 3 lore to 2.", "human_ref_B": "There isn't just the one hero. There's loads of them, but we don't remember the guys who die or fail. So they are the best and luckiest.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 510.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxq7pf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Diablo II] Is there anything fundamentally special or unique about the heroes, or are they simply the cream of the crop in their respective orders? Very little background is known about the heroes. Do they have some divine or mystical powers no one else has, or are they just highly talented at their crafts? Or neither? Maybe any Paladin or Sorceress is capable of destroying the Prime Evils?", "c_root_id_A": "irdqpal", "c_root_id_B": "irdgl4t", "created_at_utc_A": 1665128627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665119955.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Any Paladin or Sorceress *could* fight the Prime Evils. We follow the ones who *did.*", "human_ref_B": "Iirc they're part nephlim but I could be retroactively adding diablo 3 lore to 2.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8672.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxq7pf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Diablo II] Is there anything fundamentally special or unique about the heroes, or are they simply the cream of the crop in their respective orders? Very little background is known about the heroes. Do they have some divine or mystical powers no one else has, or are they just highly talented at their crafts? Or neither? Maybe any Paladin or Sorceress is capable of destroying the Prime Evils?", "c_root_id_A": "irekpv3", "c_root_id_B": "irednvs", "created_at_utc_A": 1665150849.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665147199.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No there is nothing unique about them other than their journey. They all lean into the potential Uldyssian left behind after he modified the working on the world stone that had suppressed the Nephalem and created ordinary humanity. They aren't as powerful as *The Nephalem* from Diablo 3 but that is because Diablo 2 ends with the destruction of the world stone entirely. The protagonists of Diablo 3 have the unbound potential of the original Nephalem. The D2 heroes aren't helpless though and they have the innate ability to tip the balance between good and evil that even ordinary humans possess.", "human_ref_B": "Just googled nephilim lore, and found out that humans in Diablo are nothing like us. They actually used to be giants more powerful than Angels and Demons in aplha but got nerfed in the patch. Heroes we play hacked into old stats and kicked ass. Unusual at first but then hash was desiphered and more people was able to rewrite their personal ini files.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3650.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xxq7pf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Diablo II] Is there anything fundamentally special or unique about the heroes, or are they simply the cream of the crop in their respective orders? Very little background is known about the heroes. Do they have some divine or mystical powers no one else has, or are they just highly talented at their crafts? Or neither? Maybe any Paladin or Sorceress is capable of destroying the Prime Evils?", "c_root_id_A": "irednvs", "c_root_id_B": "irf7481", "created_at_utc_A": 1665147199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665161076.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Just googled nephilim lore, and found out that humans in Diablo are nothing like us. They actually used to be giants more powerful than Angels and Demons in aplha but got nerfed in the patch. Heroes we play hacked into old stats and kicked ass. Unusual at first but then hash was desiphered and more people was able to rewrite their personal ini files.", "human_ref_B": "The heroes in *Diablo* and *Diablo II* are normal humans. They must be highly skilled to be able to go against Diablo and his minions, but they don't possess any special powers that others in their class would not have. For example, the Sorcerer from *Diablo* and the Necromancer from *Diablo II* are no more special than other sorcerers and necromancers. The heroes in *Diablo III* are different. In the world of Sanctuary, all humans are descendants of the nephalem, who are themselves hybrids of an angel and a demon. The power of the nephalem was lost ages ago, but the destruction of the Worldstone at the end of *Diablo II* allowed some humans to regain their power, becoming nephalem again. All of the heroes of *Diablo III* are nephalem and have powers above and beyond that of humans, even those in the same class. The Barbarian from *Diablo III* would be far stronger than the Barbarian from *Diablo II*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13877.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2z79f7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF/GAMEOFTHRONES] What would have happened if Robert Baratheon had named his brother Stannis hand of the king instead of Ned Stark?", "c_root_id_A": "cpgc3kg", "c_root_id_B": "cpgcqnh", "created_at_utc_A": 1426484883.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426487025.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "If there is one person in the ASOIAF world who is more obsessed with honor and justice than Ned Stark, it's Stannis Baratheon. The moment he found out about Jofferey he would have done the exact same thing Ned did, and likely would have ended up the same way. Even assuming that Stannis is SUCH a hard-ass that he fires Littlefinger AND Varys for being sneaky bitches (which likely neither Robert nor Cersei would likely allow) he'd still get played in the end for his almost comical lack of subterfuge. This would also be before he meets Melissandre so none of that stuff either.", "human_ref_B": "Stannis would've discovered the truth and he would've acted more effectively. He would not make the same mistakes as Ned, because Stannis is mostly about law and order, not honor. He would most certainly not confront Cersei with this knowledge before telling those who need to know. Even if he thought Robert would have the children killed, he still would've informed him immediately upon finding the truth. Because it isn't about the right thing to do, it's about what's *just*. Stannis would find out, tell his brother, and likely crush any chance of Lannister influence of the throne. With no illegitimate heir taking the throne, a war likely would not start even if Robert was still killed. Cersei may not survive long enough to kill him depending on how early Stannis discovered the truth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2142.0, "score_ratio": 69000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2z79f7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF/GAMEOFTHRONES] What would have happened if Robert Baratheon had named his brother Stannis hand of the king instead of Ned Stark?", "c_root_id_A": "cpgc3kg", "c_root_id_B": "cpgjo9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1426484883.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426514497.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "If there is one person in the ASOIAF world who is more obsessed with honor and justice than Ned Stark, it's Stannis Baratheon. The moment he found out about Jofferey he would have done the exact same thing Ned did, and likely would have ended up the same way. Even assuming that Stannis is SUCH a hard-ass that he fires Littlefinger AND Varys for being sneaky bitches (which likely neither Robert nor Cersei would likely allow) he'd still get played in the end for his almost comical lack of subterfuge. This would also be before he meets Melissandre so none of that stuff either.", "human_ref_B": "Ned would be a little taller, and Bran would still be climbing towers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29614.0, "score_ratio": 13000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1zxwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[SCP] I'm a US Army soldier with expertise in many forms of combat, infiltration, and extraction, I accepted a career opportunity offered to me by some secretive gentlemen and I have now joined their organization but after seeing that what goes bump in the night is real, how do I even begin to cope? I have done 3 tours in Afghanistan where I saved the live of many of my fellow troops and I extracted and escorted civilians and fellow soldiers and I have taken down many of the enemy and I am back on US soil but I was approached by 2 very professional looking men, FBI looking suits with very groomed hair and also looked like they have seen the shit and they ask me if I want to put my skills to the test again and I tell them that i'm back home with my friends and family and I want it to stay that way but they give me their card if I change my mind and their card had some organization I never heard of which was \"E.M.C.\" which stood for Elite Military Combat and I never heard of such a thing. I look it up and it is a real thing with an entire website basically saying they are looking for Elite Soldiers for their organization to help them with infiltration and heavy containment and extraction and that follow direct orders to a T and that can stomach on the ground recon, combat, and special training never before seen or done by the US Military so my friends and family encourage me to go through with it and I call and make sure I will be able to see my friends and family more than I could over seas and they confirmed I could, they said it's not a constant war so I accepted and they told me to come in to their office in Colorado and I am in New York so of course I pack my things and go and I meet with the same 2 men that approached me in NY and they go through the basics and my background and my health, why I joined the Military and what kind of person I am and how close I am to my friends and family and all of that, they are impressed with me and my achievements in the military and they tell me that they have a facility I will be going to and joining if I decide to go through with this and I tell them my friends and family encouraged me to do this and I enjoy the recon and stuff and they point out that I didn't say I enjoyed the combat and I tell them the combat can be rough and that I don't always enjoy it and they told me that's quite honest of me. They continue the I guess you would call it personality test and start dropping I guess what you could call weird hints to try to get me ready for what I will be dealing with and they give me all these strange questions such as, Do you believe in strange phenomenon? Are you religious? Have you encountered dangerous wild life over seas or here on US Soil? how are you at taking down a dangerous animal or keeping it from attacking? and stuff like that and so I asked, is this training for combating wildlife or combating or extracting exotic wildlife? and I didn't ask them about why they asked me if I was religious or believe in strange stuff because I assumed it was just personality test stuff but they looked at eachother and said \"It's combat for the best of the best\" and I told them yes I believe in religion, mainly God but I believe anything can exist even other gods and I tell them I swore I saw a ghost as a kid in response to their strange phenomenon question and I tell them there was nothing over seas that I encountered atleast that needed to be killed or contained or extracted and they check off a bunch of papers and have me sign a sheet that has some pretty strange stuff like \"You will accept Amnestics if required to do so\" and \"in the scenario of encountering the anomalous I will follow the proper safety guidelines and the proper containment guidelines\" and I asked what it meant and they said it's purely for combat and for our safety and your safety and so I signed but little did I know i'd be signing my soul away. They ship me and only me up to what they call \"their base\" in one of those Osprey Helicopters in the mountains far far away from any civilization which I wrote off and told myself it's probably because we train with weapons up here as I was informed from the website and I am dropped off and escorted by multiple I guess you could call guards and all of them had a symbol on their outfits of some I guess best way to describe it is some kind of gear like in a machine with arrows pointing in-ward and they scan me and look through everything I have and even open up my cell phone to look for I don't know what but I am clear and they move me onward and I then come to a really big metal door with is pretty friggin awesome and I go through and I am then forced into a room to sit and well I'm given the run down of what I will be doing, which is I will be leading a team of what they call M.T.F. but I will have the proper training and I accepted because it's a new team and new rules and new well everything and I am told that what I will be extracting and combating from now on is arguably worse than any thing I have seen and that's pretty fuckin bad. I am asked how would I be able to handle learning that reality is not as it seems and that it's not just humans and animals roaming this world and this galaxy and this entire universe and well existence and I said well it'll be a shocker for sure and I already believe anything could exist and he responded will \"well we'll see about that\" and well I am take on a tour through the surface are of the compound which I'm told goes deep into the earth and it's like a nuclear bunker just alot bigger and I mean ALOT bigger and I am then taken to meet my team which they are all nice but clearly have seen the shit but they seem to have just seen worse shit but I am then introduced to researchers and I assume we have researches here because of new weaponry which is only partially right, well not even partially because what i'm told and shown next is fucking insane, it eclipses new weaponry but i'm told that well to sum it up to get through this, the shit that goes bump in the night is REAL and they imply even worse stuff is real but the guy touring me cuts them off because I guess as he put it, i'm not on that clearance level and over the course of the training and briefing I come to learn that everything they said was true and I have seen the shit that goes bump in the night in this compound so how do I even BEGIN to cope, I know I said I believe anything can exist but I never expected to that stuff, there is literally a creature hear that we are NOT supposed to look at, otherwise it can get into our dreams and escape out of our minds which it literally tears it's way out of your head which destroys half of your body since it's like 7 feet tall but I do I cope with this revelation? Something me and my team contained on my first mission where I lost 3 of my soldiers has been responsible for over 400 civilian deaths and 30 M.T.F. deaths and it's a jar that actually contains some sort of entity that feeds on death that was somehow sealed away, LITERALLY the Jar it's in, if not contained properly is able to cause the most unfortunate mishaps which causes death for anyone in a 2 mile vicinity which all appear as normal deadly mistakes which in turn causes the entity to want to escape so it can feed on the literal death of these people but also seeing the entity itself somehow is a death omen and frees it but thankfully it's unable to leave unless someone sees it and all known pictures or recordings of it have been destroyed but I'm told seeing it allows it to wonder freely and phase through anything, even this glass that stops the jar's influence from affecting anyone but it will wonder until it finds you and kills you and eats your death, but back to the question, how do I continue on like this? I mean that sounds maybe dramatic but I haven't even seen the worst of it yet according to other M.T.F. people and just knowing these things kill and destroy makes me worried for my friends and family so much and for humanity in general, I feel like quitting but I have learned what Amnestics are that they may use them on me if I do quit so I won't remember a thing and I don't be able to warn humanity or my friends and family, I know they cover this stuff up to maintain order and normalcy but this stuff is too dangerous to be covered up. What do I do? and how do I cope?", "c_root_id_A": "h245hd0", "c_root_id_B": "h25t0dw", "created_at_utc_A": 1623952272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623980192.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Ask for approval for use of amnestics or other memetic substances that could help you forget certain things or rewire how your brain processes such things.", "human_ref_B": "Learn how to write using periods. Then write a persuasive essay using paragraphs that are more than one confusing sentence and give it to your superiors. Your writing skills appear to be fantastic, other than the lack of periods. If all else fails, use the confusion of an SCP escape to escape and write another persuasive essay and post it on the internet. This one is really cool. Unless that's what this is? A warning to all the ignorant humans out there that think that SCPs are myths? Should we be panicking? Don't linger on the fact that I said \"ignorant humans\". because I am definitely a human, and not an SCP pretending to be a human. I am most certainly not using reverse psychology to cause you humans\u2013I mean, WE humans\u2013to keep thinking that SCPs are myths so I can destroy the world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27920.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1zxwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[SCP] I'm a US Army soldier with expertise in many forms of combat, infiltration, and extraction, I accepted a career opportunity offered to me by some secretive gentlemen and I have now joined their organization but after seeing that what goes bump in the night is real, how do I even begin to cope? I have done 3 tours in Afghanistan where I saved the live of many of my fellow troops and I extracted and escorted civilians and fellow soldiers and I have taken down many of the enemy and I am back on US soil but I was approached by 2 very professional looking men, FBI looking suits with very groomed hair and also looked like they have seen the shit and they ask me if I want to put my skills to the test again and I tell them that i'm back home with my friends and family and I want it to stay that way but they give me their card if I change my mind and their card had some organization I never heard of which was \"E.M.C.\" which stood for Elite Military Combat and I never heard of such a thing. I look it up and it is a real thing with an entire website basically saying they are looking for Elite Soldiers for their organization to help them with infiltration and heavy containment and extraction and that follow direct orders to a T and that can stomach on the ground recon, combat, and special training never before seen or done by the US Military so my friends and family encourage me to go through with it and I call and make sure I will be able to see my friends and family more than I could over seas and they confirmed I could, they said it's not a constant war so I accepted and they told me to come in to their office in Colorado and I am in New York so of course I pack my things and go and I meet with the same 2 men that approached me in NY and they go through the basics and my background and my health, why I joined the Military and what kind of person I am and how close I am to my friends and family and all of that, they are impressed with me and my achievements in the military and they tell me that they have a facility I will be going to and joining if I decide to go through with this and I tell them my friends and family encouraged me to do this and I enjoy the recon and stuff and they point out that I didn't say I enjoyed the combat and I tell them the combat can be rough and that I don't always enjoy it and they told me that's quite honest of me. They continue the I guess you would call it personality test and start dropping I guess what you could call weird hints to try to get me ready for what I will be dealing with and they give me all these strange questions such as, Do you believe in strange phenomenon? Are you religious? Have you encountered dangerous wild life over seas or here on US Soil? how are you at taking down a dangerous animal or keeping it from attacking? and stuff like that and so I asked, is this training for combating wildlife or combating or extracting exotic wildlife? and I didn't ask them about why they asked me if I was religious or believe in strange stuff because I assumed it was just personality test stuff but they looked at eachother and said \"It's combat for the best of the best\" and I told them yes I believe in religion, mainly God but I believe anything can exist even other gods and I tell them I swore I saw a ghost as a kid in response to their strange phenomenon question and I tell them there was nothing over seas that I encountered atleast that needed to be killed or contained or extracted and they check off a bunch of papers and have me sign a sheet that has some pretty strange stuff like \"You will accept Amnestics if required to do so\" and \"in the scenario of encountering the anomalous I will follow the proper safety guidelines and the proper containment guidelines\" and I asked what it meant and they said it's purely for combat and for our safety and your safety and so I signed but little did I know i'd be signing my soul away. They ship me and only me up to what they call \"their base\" in one of those Osprey Helicopters in the mountains far far away from any civilization which I wrote off and told myself it's probably because we train with weapons up here as I was informed from the website and I am dropped off and escorted by multiple I guess you could call guards and all of them had a symbol on their outfits of some I guess best way to describe it is some kind of gear like in a machine with arrows pointing in-ward and they scan me and look through everything I have and even open up my cell phone to look for I don't know what but I am clear and they move me onward and I then come to a really big metal door with is pretty friggin awesome and I go through and I am then forced into a room to sit and well I'm given the run down of what I will be doing, which is I will be leading a team of what they call M.T.F. but I will have the proper training and I accepted because it's a new team and new rules and new well everything and I am told that what I will be extracting and combating from now on is arguably worse than any thing I have seen and that's pretty fuckin bad. I am asked how would I be able to handle learning that reality is not as it seems and that it's not just humans and animals roaming this world and this galaxy and this entire universe and well existence and I said well it'll be a shocker for sure and I already believe anything could exist and he responded will \"well we'll see about that\" and well I am take on a tour through the surface are of the compound which I'm told goes deep into the earth and it's like a nuclear bunker just alot bigger and I mean ALOT bigger and I am then taken to meet my team which they are all nice but clearly have seen the shit but they seem to have just seen worse shit but I am then introduced to researchers and I assume we have researches here because of new weaponry which is only partially right, well not even partially because what i'm told and shown next is fucking insane, it eclipses new weaponry but i'm told that well to sum it up to get through this, the shit that goes bump in the night is REAL and they imply even worse stuff is real but the guy touring me cuts them off because I guess as he put it, i'm not on that clearance level and over the course of the training and briefing I come to learn that everything they said was true and I have seen the shit that goes bump in the night in this compound so how do I even BEGIN to cope, I know I said I believe anything can exist but I never expected to that stuff, there is literally a creature hear that we are NOT supposed to look at, otherwise it can get into our dreams and escape out of our minds which it literally tears it's way out of your head which destroys half of your body since it's like 7 feet tall but I do I cope with this revelation? Something me and my team contained on my first mission where I lost 3 of my soldiers has been responsible for over 400 civilian deaths and 30 M.T.F. deaths and it's a jar that actually contains some sort of entity that feeds on death that was somehow sealed away, LITERALLY the Jar it's in, if not contained properly is able to cause the most unfortunate mishaps which causes death for anyone in a 2 mile vicinity which all appear as normal deadly mistakes which in turn causes the entity to want to escape so it can feed on the literal death of these people but also seeing the entity itself somehow is a death omen and frees it but thankfully it's unable to leave unless someone sees it and all known pictures or recordings of it have been destroyed but I'm told seeing it allows it to wonder freely and phase through anything, even this glass that stops the jar's influence from affecting anyone but it will wonder until it finds you and kills you and eats your death, but back to the question, how do I continue on like this? I mean that sounds maybe dramatic but I haven't even seen the worst of it yet according to other M.T.F. people and just knowing these things kill and destroy makes me worried for my friends and family so much and for humanity in general, I feel like quitting but I have learned what Amnestics are that they may use them on me if I do quit so I won't remember a thing and I don't be able to warn humanity or my friends and family, I know they cover this stuff up to maintain order and normalcy but this stuff is too dangerous to be covered up. What do I do? and how do I cope?", "c_root_id_A": "h25t0dw", "c_root_id_B": "h23wv83", "created_at_utc_A": 1623980192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623948670.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Learn how to write using periods. Then write a persuasive essay using paragraphs that are more than one confusing sentence and give it to your superiors. Your writing skills appear to be fantastic, other than the lack of periods. If all else fails, use the confusion of an SCP escape to escape and write another persuasive essay and post it on the internet. This one is really cool. Unless that's what this is? A warning to all the ignorant humans out there that think that SCPs are myths? Should we be panicking? Don't linger on the fact that I said \"ignorant humans\". because I am definitely a human, and not an SCP pretending to be a human. I am most certainly not using reverse psychology to cause you humans\u2013I mean, WE humans\u2013to keep thinking that SCPs are myths so I can destroy the world.", "human_ref_B": "Ask to be posted at Site-17 so you can get free pizza from 458 and hang out with 999 on your downtime.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31522.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1zxwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[SCP] I'm a US Army soldier with expertise in many forms of combat, infiltration, and extraction, I accepted a career opportunity offered to me by some secretive gentlemen and I have now joined their organization but after seeing that what goes bump in the night is real, how do I even begin to cope? I have done 3 tours in Afghanistan where I saved the live of many of my fellow troops and I extracted and escorted civilians and fellow soldiers and I have taken down many of the enemy and I am back on US soil but I was approached by 2 very professional looking men, FBI looking suits with very groomed hair and also looked like they have seen the shit and they ask me if I want to put my skills to the test again and I tell them that i'm back home with my friends and family and I want it to stay that way but they give me their card if I change my mind and their card had some organization I never heard of which was \"E.M.C.\" which stood for Elite Military Combat and I never heard of such a thing. I look it up and it is a real thing with an entire website basically saying they are looking for Elite Soldiers for their organization to help them with infiltration and heavy containment and extraction and that follow direct orders to a T and that can stomach on the ground recon, combat, and special training never before seen or done by the US Military so my friends and family encourage me to go through with it and I call and make sure I will be able to see my friends and family more than I could over seas and they confirmed I could, they said it's not a constant war so I accepted and they told me to come in to their office in Colorado and I am in New York so of course I pack my things and go and I meet with the same 2 men that approached me in NY and they go through the basics and my background and my health, why I joined the Military and what kind of person I am and how close I am to my friends and family and all of that, they are impressed with me and my achievements in the military and they tell me that they have a facility I will be going to and joining if I decide to go through with this and I tell them my friends and family encouraged me to do this and I enjoy the recon and stuff and they point out that I didn't say I enjoyed the combat and I tell them the combat can be rough and that I don't always enjoy it and they told me that's quite honest of me. They continue the I guess you would call it personality test and start dropping I guess what you could call weird hints to try to get me ready for what I will be dealing with and they give me all these strange questions such as, Do you believe in strange phenomenon? Are you religious? Have you encountered dangerous wild life over seas or here on US Soil? how are you at taking down a dangerous animal or keeping it from attacking? and stuff like that and so I asked, is this training for combating wildlife or combating or extracting exotic wildlife? and I didn't ask them about why they asked me if I was religious or believe in strange stuff because I assumed it was just personality test stuff but they looked at eachother and said \"It's combat for the best of the best\" and I told them yes I believe in religion, mainly God but I believe anything can exist even other gods and I tell them I swore I saw a ghost as a kid in response to their strange phenomenon question and I tell them there was nothing over seas that I encountered atleast that needed to be killed or contained or extracted and they check off a bunch of papers and have me sign a sheet that has some pretty strange stuff like \"You will accept Amnestics if required to do so\" and \"in the scenario of encountering the anomalous I will follow the proper safety guidelines and the proper containment guidelines\" and I asked what it meant and they said it's purely for combat and for our safety and your safety and so I signed but little did I know i'd be signing my soul away. They ship me and only me up to what they call \"their base\" in one of those Osprey Helicopters in the mountains far far away from any civilization which I wrote off and told myself it's probably because we train with weapons up here as I was informed from the website and I am dropped off and escorted by multiple I guess you could call guards and all of them had a symbol on their outfits of some I guess best way to describe it is some kind of gear like in a machine with arrows pointing in-ward and they scan me and look through everything I have and even open up my cell phone to look for I don't know what but I am clear and they move me onward and I then come to a really big metal door with is pretty friggin awesome and I go through and I am then forced into a room to sit and well I'm given the run down of what I will be doing, which is I will be leading a team of what they call M.T.F. but I will have the proper training and I accepted because it's a new team and new rules and new well everything and I am told that what I will be extracting and combating from now on is arguably worse than any thing I have seen and that's pretty fuckin bad. I am asked how would I be able to handle learning that reality is not as it seems and that it's not just humans and animals roaming this world and this galaxy and this entire universe and well existence and I said well it'll be a shocker for sure and I already believe anything could exist and he responded will \"well we'll see about that\" and well I am take on a tour through the surface are of the compound which I'm told goes deep into the earth and it's like a nuclear bunker just alot bigger and I mean ALOT bigger and I am then taken to meet my team which they are all nice but clearly have seen the shit but they seem to have just seen worse shit but I am then introduced to researchers and I assume we have researches here because of new weaponry which is only partially right, well not even partially because what i'm told and shown next is fucking insane, it eclipses new weaponry but i'm told that well to sum it up to get through this, the shit that goes bump in the night is REAL and they imply even worse stuff is real but the guy touring me cuts them off because I guess as he put it, i'm not on that clearance level and over the course of the training and briefing I come to learn that everything they said was true and I have seen the shit that goes bump in the night in this compound so how do I even BEGIN to cope, I know I said I believe anything can exist but I never expected to that stuff, there is literally a creature hear that we are NOT supposed to look at, otherwise it can get into our dreams and escape out of our minds which it literally tears it's way out of your head which destroys half of your body since it's like 7 feet tall but I do I cope with this revelation? Something me and my team contained on my first mission where I lost 3 of my soldiers has been responsible for over 400 civilian deaths and 30 M.T.F. deaths and it's a jar that actually contains some sort of entity that feeds on death that was somehow sealed away, LITERALLY the Jar it's in, if not contained properly is able to cause the most unfortunate mishaps which causes death for anyone in a 2 mile vicinity which all appear as normal deadly mistakes which in turn causes the entity to want to escape so it can feed on the literal death of these people but also seeing the entity itself somehow is a death omen and frees it but thankfully it's unable to leave unless someone sees it and all known pictures or recordings of it have been destroyed but I'm told seeing it allows it to wonder freely and phase through anything, even this glass that stops the jar's influence from affecting anyone but it will wonder until it finds you and kills you and eats your death, but back to the question, how do I continue on like this? I mean that sounds maybe dramatic but I haven't even seen the worst of it yet according to other M.T.F. people and just knowing these things kill and destroy makes me worried for my friends and family so much and for humanity in general, I feel like quitting but I have learned what Amnestics are that they may use them on me if I do quit so I won't remember a thing and I don't be able to warn humanity or my friends and family, I know they cover this stuff up to maintain order and normalcy but this stuff is too dangerous to be covered up. What do I do? and how do I cope?", "c_root_id_A": "h25t0dw", "c_root_id_B": "h242cec", "created_at_utc_A": 1623980192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623950976.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Learn how to write using periods. Then write a persuasive essay using paragraphs that are more than one confusing sentence and give it to your superiors. Your writing skills appear to be fantastic, other than the lack of periods. If all else fails, use the confusion of an SCP escape to escape and write another persuasive essay and post it on the internet. This one is really cool. Unless that's what this is? A warning to all the ignorant humans out there that think that SCPs are myths? Should we be panicking? Don't linger on the fact that I said \"ignorant humans\". because I am definitely a human, and not an SCP pretending to be a human. I am most certainly not using reverse psychology to cause you humans\u2013I mean, WE humans\u2013to keep thinking that SCPs are myths so I can destroy the world.", "human_ref_B": "Alcohol, drugs. If all else fails the 9mm retirement plan. I guess you could take some comfort in that the work you do buys humanity more time to survive the horrors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29216.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1zxwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[SCP] I'm a US Army soldier with expertise in many forms of combat, infiltration, and extraction, I accepted a career opportunity offered to me by some secretive gentlemen and I have now joined their organization but after seeing that what goes bump in the night is real, how do I even begin to cope? I have done 3 tours in Afghanistan where I saved the live of many of my fellow troops and I extracted and escorted civilians and fellow soldiers and I have taken down many of the enemy and I am back on US soil but I was approached by 2 very professional looking men, FBI looking suits with very groomed hair and also looked like they have seen the shit and they ask me if I want to put my skills to the test again and I tell them that i'm back home with my friends and family and I want it to stay that way but they give me their card if I change my mind and their card had some organization I never heard of which was \"E.M.C.\" which stood for Elite Military Combat and I never heard of such a thing. I look it up and it is a real thing with an entire website basically saying they are looking for Elite Soldiers for their organization to help them with infiltration and heavy containment and extraction and that follow direct orders to a T and that can stomach on the ground recon, combat, and special training never before seen or done by the US Military so my friends and family encourage me to go through with it and I call and make sure I will be able to see my friends and family more than I could over seas and they confirmed I could, they said it's not a constant war so I accepted and they told me to come in to their office in Colorado and I am in New York so of course I pack my things and go and I meet with the same 2 men that approached me in NY and they go through the basics and my background and my health, why I joined the Military and what kind of person I am and how close I am to my friends and family and all of that, they are impressed with me and my achievements in the military and they tell me that they have a facility I will be going to and joining if I decide to go through with this and I tell them my friends and family encouraged me to do this and I enjoy the recon and stuff and they point out that I didn't say I enjoyed the combat and I tell them the combat can be rough and that I don't always enjoy it and they told me that's quite honest of me. They continue the I guess you would call it personality test and start dropping I guess what you could call weird hints to try to get me ready for what I will be dealing with and they give me all these strange questions such as, Do you believe in strange phenomenon? Are you religious? Have you encountered dangerous wild life over seas or here on US Soil? how are you at taking down a dangerous animal or keeping it from attacking? and stuff like that and so I asked, is this training for combating wildlife or combating or extracting exotic wildlife? and I didn't ask them about why they asked me if I was religious or believe in strange stuff because I assumed it was just personality test stuff but they looked at eachother and said \"It's combat for the best of the best\" and I told them yes I believe in religion, mainly God but I believe anything can exist even other gods and I tell them I swore I saw a ghost as a kid in response to their strange phenomenon question and I tell them there was nothing over seas that I encountered atleast that needed to be killed or contained or extracted and they check off a bunch of papers and have me sign a sheet that has some pretty strange stuff like \"You will accept Amnestics if required to do so\" and \"in the scenario of encountering the anomalous I will follow the proper safety guidelines and the proper containment guidelines\" and I asked what it meant and they said it's purely for combat and for our safety and your safety and so I signed but little did I know i'd be signing my soul away. They ship me and only me up to what they call \"their base\" in one of those Osprey Helicopters in the mountains far far away from any civilization which I wrote off and told myself it's probably because we train with weapons up here as I was informed from the website and I am dropped off and escorted by multiple I guess you could call guards and all of them had a symbol on their outfits of some I guess best way to describe it is some kind of gear like in a machine with arrows pointing in-ward and they scan me and look through everything I have and even open up my cell phone to look for I don't know what but I am clear and they move me onward and I then come to a really big metal door with is pretty friggin awesome and I go through and I am then forced into a room to sit and well I'm given the run down of what I will be doing, which is I will be leading a team of what they call M.T.F. but I will have the proper training and I accepted because it's a new team and new rules and new well everything and I am told that what I will be extracting and combating from now on is arguably worse than any thing I have seen and that's pretty fuckin bad. I am asked how would I be able to handle learning that reality is not as it seems and that it's not just humans and animals roaming this world and this galaxy and this entire universe and well existence and I said well it'll be a shocker for sure and I already believe anything could exist and he responded will \"well we'll see about that\" and well I am take on a tour through the surface are of the compound which I'm told goes deep into the earth and it's like a nuclear bunker just alot bigger and I mean ALOT bigger and I am then taken to meet my team which they are all nice but clearly have seen the shit but they seem to have just seen worse shit but I am then introduced to researchers and I assume we have researches here because of new weaponry which is only partially right, well not even partially because what i'm told and shown next is fucking insane, it eclipses new weaponry but i'm told that well to sum it up to get through this, the shit that goes bump in the night is REAL and they imply even worse stuff is real but the guy touring me cuts them off because I guess as he put it, i'm not on that clearance level and over the course of the training and briefing I come to learn that everything they said was true and I have seen the shit that goes bump in the night in this compound so how do I even BEGIN to cope, I know I said I believe anything can exist but I never expected to that stuff, there is literally a creature hear that we are NOT supposed to look at, otherwise it can get into our dreams and escape out of our minds which it literally tears it's way out of your head which destroys half of your body since it's like 7 feet tall but I do I cope with this revelation? Something me and my team contained on my first mission where I lost 3 of my soldiers has been responsible for over 400 civilian deaths and 30 M.T.F. deaths and it's a jar that actually contains some sort of entity that feeds on death that was somehow sealed away, LITERALLY the Jar it's in, if not contained properly is able to cause the most unfortunate mishaps which causes death for anyone in a 2 mile vicinity which all appear as normal deadly mistakes which in turn causes the entity to want to escape so it can feed on the literal death of these people but also seeing the entity itself somehow is a death omen and frees it but thankfully it's unable to leave unless someone sees it and all known pictures or recordings of it have been destroyed but I'm told seeing it allows it to wonder freely and phase through anything, even this glass that stops the jar's influence from affecting anyone but it will wonder until it finds you and kills you and eats your death, but back to the question, how do I continue on like this? I mean that sounds maybe dramatic but I haven't even seen the worst of it yet according to other M.T.F. people and just knowing these things kill and destroy makes me worried for my friends and family so much and for humanity in general, I feel like quitting but I have learned what Amnestics are that they may use them on me if I do quit so I won't remember a thing and I don't be able to warn humanity or my friends and family, I know they cover this stuff up to maintain order and normalcy but this stuff is too dangerous to be covered up. What do I do? and how do I cope?", "c_root_id_A": "h245hd0", "c_root_id_B": "h23wv83", "created_at_utc_A": 1623952272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623948670.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Ask for approval for use of amnestics or other memetic substances that could help you forget certain things or rewire how your brain processes such things.", "human_ref_B": "Ask to be posted at Site-17 so you can get free pizza from 458 and hang out with 999 on your downtime.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3602.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1zxwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[SCP] I'm a US Army soldier with expertise in many forms of combat, infiltration, and extraction, I accepted a career opportunity offered to me by some secretive gentlemen and I have now joined their organization but after seeing that what goes bump in the night is real, how do I even begin to cope? I have done 3 tours in Afghanistan where I saved the live of many of my fellow troops and I extracted and escorted civilians and fellow soldiers and I have taken down many of the enemy and I am back on US soil but I was approached by 2 very professional looking men, FBI looking suits with very groomed hair and also looked like they have seen the shit and they ask me if I want to put my skills to the test again and I tell them that i'm back home with my friends and family and I want it to stay that way but they give me their card if I change my mind and their card had some organization I never heard of which was \"E.M.C.\" which stood for Elite Military Combat and I never heard of such a thing. I look it up and it is a real thing with an entire website basically saying they are looking for Elite Soldiers for their organization to help them with infiltration and heavy containment and extraction and that follow direct orders to a T and that can stomach on the ground recon, combat, and special training never before seen or done by the US Military so my friends and family encourage me to go through with it and I call and make sure I will be able to see my friends and family more than I could over seas and they confirmed I could, they said it's not a constant war so I accepted and they told me to come in to their office in Colorado and I am in New York so of course I pack my things and go and I meet with the same 2 men that approached me in NY and they go through the basics and my background and my health, why I joined the Military and what kind of person I am and how close I am to my friends and family and all of that, they are impressed with me and my achievements in the military and they tell me that they have a facility I will be going to and joining if I decide to go through with this and I tell them my friends and family encouraged me to do this and I enjoy the recon and stuff and they point out that I didn't say I enjoyed the combat and I tell them the combat can be rough and that I don't always enjoy it and they told me that's quite honest of me. They continue the I guess you would call it personality test and start dropping I guess what you could call weird hints to try to get me ready for what I will be dealing with and they give me all these strange questions such as, Do you believe in strange phenomenon? Are you religious? Have you encountered dangerous wild life over seas or here on US Soil? how are you at taking down a dangerous animal or keeping it from attacking? and stuff like that and so I asked, is this training for combating wildlife or combating or extracting exotic wildlife? and I didn't ask them about why they asked me if I was religious or believe in strange stuff because I assumed it was just personality test stuff but they looked at eachother and said \"It's combat for the best of the best\" and I told them yes I believe in religion, mainly God but I believe anything can exist even other gods and I tell them I swore I saw a ghost as a kid in response to their strange phenomenon question and I tell them there was nothing over seas that I encountered atleast that needed to be killed or contained or extracted and they check off a bunch of papers and have me sign a sheet that has some pretty strange stuff like \"You will accept Amnestics if required to do so\" and \"in the scenario of encountering the anomalous I will follow the proper safety guidelines and the proper containment guidelines\" and I asked what it meant and they said it's purely for combat and for our safety and your safety and so I signed but little did I know i'd be signing my soul away. They ship me and only me up to what they call \"their base\" in one of those Osprey Helicopters in the mountains far far away from any civilization which I wrote off and told myself it's probably because we train with weapons up here as I was informed from the website and I am dropped off and escorted by multiple I guess you could call guards and all of them had a symbol on their outfits of some I guess best way to describe it is some kind of gear like in a machine with arrows pointing in-ward and they scan me and look through everything I have and even open up my cell phone to look for I don't know what but I am clear and they move me onward and I then come to a really big metal door with is pretty friggin awesome and I go through and I am then forced into a room to sit and well I'm given the run down of what I will be doing, which is I will be leading a team of what they call M.T.F. but I will have the proper training and I accepted because it's a new team and new rules and new well everything and I am told that what I will be extracting and combating from now on is arguably worse than any thing I have seen and that's pretty fuckin bad. I am asked how would I be able to handle learning that reality is not as it seems and that it's not just humans and animals roaming this world and this galaxy and this entire universe and well existence and I said well it'll be a shocker for sure and I already believe anything could exist and he responded will \"well we'll see about that\" and well I am take on a tour through the surface are of the compound which I'm told goes deep into the earth and it's like a nuclear bunker just alot bigger and I mean ALOT bigger and I am then taken to meet my team which they are all nice but clearly have seen the shit but they seem to have just seen worse shit but I am then introduced to researchers and I assume we have researches here because of new weaponry which is only partially right, well not even partially because what i'm told and shown next is fucking insane, it eclipses new weaponry but i'm told that well to sum it up to get through this, the shit that goes bump in the night is REAL and they imply even worse stuff is real but the guy touring me cuts them off because I guess as he put it, i'm not on that clearance level and over the course of the training and briefing I come to learn that everything they said was true and I have seen the shit that goes bump in the night in this compound so how do I even BEGIN to cope, I know I said I believe anything can exist but I never expected to that stuff, there is literally a creature hear that we are NOT supposed to look at, otherwise it can get into our dreams and escape out of our minds which it literally tears it's way out of your head which destroys half of your body since it's like 7 feet tall but I do I cope with this revelation? Something me and my team contained on my first mission where I lost 3 of my soldiers has been responsible for over 400 civilian deaths and 30 M.T.F. deaths and it's a jar that actually contains some sort of entity that feeds on death that was somehow sealed away, LITERALLY the Jar it's in, if not contained properly is able to cause the most unfortunate mishaps which causes death for anyone in a 2 mile vicinity which all appear as normal deadly mistakes which in turn causes the entity to want to escape so it can feed on the literal death of these people but also seeing the entity itself somehow is a death omen and frees it but thankfully it's unable to leave unless someone sees it and all known pictures or recordings of it have been destroyed but I'm told seeing it allows it to wonder freely and phase through anything, even this glass that stops the jar's influence from affecting anyone but it will wonder until it finds you and kills you and eats your death, but back to the question, how do I continue on like this? I mean that sounds maybe dramatic but I haven't even seen the worst of it yet according to other M.T.F. people and just knowing these things kill and destroy makes me worried for my friends and family so much and for humanity in general, I feel like quitting but I have learned what Amnestics are that they may use them on me if I do quit so I won't remember a thing and I don't be able to warn humanity or my friends and family, I know they cover this stuff up to maintain order and normalcy but this stuff is too dangerous to be covered up. What do I do? and how do I cope?", "c_root_id_A": "h245hd0", "c_root_id_B": "h242cec", "created_at_utc_A": 1623952272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623950976.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Ask for approval for use of amnestics or other memetic substances that could help you forget certain things or rewire how your brain processes such things.", "human_ref_B": "Alcohol, drugs. If all else fails the 9mm retirement plan. I guess you could take some comfort in that the work you do buys humanity more time to survive the horrors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1296.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqdps5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DBZ: Abridged] How did Freeza know about the parts he wasn't there for? Context. https://youtu.be/9ada9xsMnm4?t=323", "c_root_id_A": "ivnwj4m", "c_root_id_B": "ivnzze7", "created_at_utc_A": 1667986259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667989322.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Context. https://youtu.be/9ada9xsMnm4?t=323", "c_root_id_A": "ivnwj4m", "c_root_id_B": "ivonfuj", "created_at_utc_A": 1667986259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668003493.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Muffin button", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17234.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqdps5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DBZ: Abridged] How did Freeza know about the parts he wasn't there for? Context. https://youtu.be/9ada9xsMnm4?t=323", "c_root_id_A": "ivnwj4m", "c_root_id_B": "ivovom1", "created_at_utc_A": 1667986259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668006998.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The scouters have cameras in them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20739.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqdps5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DBZ: Abridged] How did Freeza know about the parts he wasn't there for? Context. https://youtu.be/9ada9xsMnm4?t=323", "c_root_id_A": "ivnwj4m", "c_root_id_B": "ivp7ef8", "created_at_utc_A": 1667986259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668011676.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The DBZA Universe exists in a near mirrored timeline of the original DBZ Universe, but the DBZAU was on a delay from the DBZU's timeline. Events in the DBZAU must resolve in a similar way to how they did in the DBZU, otherwise the entire universe collapses. But the DBZAU as a whole is a lot more meta than other universes, similar to how Deadpool is aware he's a fictional character in the Marvel Universes. DBZU Vegeta learned of the Saiyans' fate, therefore the DBZAU Vegeta must also learn of the Saiyans' fate. How he learns it is up to the whims of the DBZAU's telling of the events, which is why DBZAU Vegeta is allowed to ask how Frieza knows of this information. Frieza reaponds by ignoring the question and attacking him, because DBZAU Frieza has no idea why he knows about the parts he wasn't there for, he just knows that's what happened. But he only knows what happened because DBZU has already dictated that Frieza know this information.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25417.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yqdps5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DBZ: Abridged] How did Freeza know about the parts he wasn't there for? Context. https://youtu.be/9ada9xsMnm4?t=323", "c_root_id_A": "ivp7ef8", "c_root_id_B": "ivovom1", "created_at_utc_A": 1668011676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668006998.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The DBZA Universe exists in a near mirrored timeline of the original DBZ Universe, but the DBZAU was on a delay from the DBZU's timeline. Events in the DBZAU must resolve in a similar way to how they did in the DBZU, otherwise the entire universe collapses. But the DBZAU as a whole is a lot more meta than other universes, similar to how Deadpool is aware he's a fictional character in the Marvel Universes. DBZU Vegeta learned of the Saiyans' fate, therefore the DBZAU Vegeta must also learn of the Saiyans' fate. How he learns it is up to the whims of the DBZAU's telling of the events, which is why DBZAU Vegeta is allowed to ask how Frieza knows of this information. Frieza reaponds by ignoring the question and attacking him, because DBZAU Frieza has no idea why he knows about the parts he wasn't there for, he just knows that's what happened. But he only knows what happened because DBZU has already dictated that Frieza know this information.", "human_ref_B": "The scouters have cameras in them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4678.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zts36z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[the shinning] did Jack Torrance have the shinning Did Jack Torrance have the shinning? I just realised he can see all the ghosts but Wendy can\u2019t, does that mean he has the shinning?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ezhfx", "c_root_id_B": "j1f4b9x", "created_at_utc_A": 1671828088.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671830153.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Yes he's got a bit of it but not enough for the hotel to want him. They want Danny more because he shines way more. The hotel uses Jack to get to Danny.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2065.0, "score_ratio": 25.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zts36z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[the shinning] did Jack Torrance have the shinning Did Jack Torrance have the shinning? I just realised he can see all the ghosts but Wendy can\u2019t, does that mean he has the shinning?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ezhfx", "c_root_id_B": "j1ezr1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1671828088.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671828202.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "*Shining", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 114.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zts36z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[the shinning] did Jack Torrance have the shinning Did Jack Torrance have the shinning? I just realised he can see all the ghosts but Wendy can\u2019t, does that mean he has the shinning?", "c_root_id_A": "j1f4b9x", "c_root_id_B": "j1ezr1u", "created_at_utc_A": 1671830153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671828202.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Yes he's got a bit of it but not enough for the hotel to want him. They want Danny more because he shines way more. The hotel uses Jack to get to Danny.", "human_ref_B": "*Shining", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1951.0, "score_ratio": 1.3888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dwc8m4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a wizard dual wield wands? I don't mean cast two spells at once, though I imagine master wizards like Dumbledore probably learned how to do something to that effect. We know that when you disarm someone magically and take possession of their wand, it automatically aligns itself with you until it is (presumably) formally reclaimed by its original owner. So there's nothing that says a wizard cannot be effectively attuned to multiple wands at once. So let's say you're being hunted by Death Eaters, it's multiple enemies versus you, and you manage to disarm one and claim their wand. Could you then wield a wand in each hand, and alternate between the use of each wand to keep multiple targets at bay? Say one comes through the door, you raise your right hand wand and hit him with a stunning spell, then catch a second coming in on your left. In theory, could you immediately shift your focus to the left, raise your left wand, and smack the guy down with another spell?", "c_root_id_A": "f7i1m28", "c_root_id_B": "f7i1apu", "created_at_utc_A": 1573751328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573751177.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "I may be remembering this wrong, but in book 7 doesn\u2019t harry absolutely nuke Draco in his house with a 4-wand Stupefy? If so, then I guess yes.", "human_ref_B": "I don't see why not, but I also don't see why do it, wands are not vital for using magic, one of the Major Wizarding schools don't use them in their classes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 151.0, "score_ratio": 4.3888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dwc8m4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a wizard dual wield wands? I don't mean cast two spells at once, though I imagine master wizards like Dumbledore probably learned how to do something to that effect. We know that when you disarm someone magically and take possession of their wand, it automatically aligns itself with you until it is (presumably) formally reclaimed by its original owner. So there's nothing that says a wizard cannot be effectively attuned to multiple wands at once. So let's say you're being hunted by Death Eaters, it's multiple enemies versus you, and you manage to disarm one and claim their wand. Could you then wield a wand in each hand, and alternate between the use of each wand to keep multiple targets at bay? Say one comes through the door, you raise your right hand wand and hit him with a stunning spell, then catch a second coming in on your left. In theory, could you immediately shift your focus to the left, raise your left wand, and smack the guy down with another spell?", "c_root_id_A": "f7i1m28", "c_root_id_B": "f7i1lp0", "created_at_utc_A": 1573751328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573751324.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I may be remembering this wrong, but in book 7 doesn\u2019t harry absolutely nuke Draco in his house with a 4-wand Stupefy? If so, then I guess yes.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, it's (sort of) been done. ~~In *The Prisoner of Azkaban* Harry uses the disarming spell on Snape with three wands in his hand and it sends Snape flying. I don't think the wands actually increase Harry's power, just allow him to channel more of his magic more quickly. (He was also very agitated at the time, probably put more \"oomph\" in to it than he intended)~~ That being said, I don't think the benefits to dual wielding like this are all that profound. You're still focusing, aiming, and casting as normal, you're just *slightly* faster since you don't have to move your arm. So yes, it is possible, and in an emergency situation like the one you presented it may be a good idea, but there's a reason we don't see more duelists carry dual wands.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4.0, "score_ratio": 8.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dwc8m4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a wizard dual wield wands? I don't mean cast two spells at once, though I imagine master wizards like Dumbledore probably learned how to do something to that effect. We know that when you disarm someone magically and take possession of their wand, it automatically aligns itself with you until it is (presumably) formally reclaimed by its original owner. So there's nothing that says a wizard cannot be effectively attuned to multiple wands at once. So let's say you're being hunted by Death Eaters, it's multiple enemies versus you, and you manage to disarm one and claim their wand. Could you then wield a wand in each hand, and alternate between the use of each wand to keep multiple targets at bay? Say one comes through the door, you raise your right hand wand and hit him with a stunning spell, then catch a second coming in on your left. In theory, could you immediately shift your focus to the left, raise your left wand, and smack the guy down with another spell?", "c_root_id_A": "f7i2sgw", "c_root_id_B": "f7idpfn", "created_at_utc_A": 1573751912.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573757778.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Wands are semi-sentient, and have an active effect on how a cast spell manifests itself. It is likely that attempting to cast a spell through two wands at once would either fail to actualize through one or both.", "human_ref_B": "Not that much of a Potterhead, but I thought wandless magic was the elite skill?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5866.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dwc8m4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a wizard dual wield wands? I don't mean cast two spells at once, though I imagine master wizards like Dumbledore probably learned how to do something to that effect. We know that when you disarm someone magically and take possession of their wand, it automatically aligns itself with you until it is (presumably) formally reclaimed by its original owner. So there's nothing that says a wizard cannot be effectively attuned to multiple wands at once. So let's say you're being hunted by Death Eaters, it's multiple enemies versus you, and you manage to disarm one and claim their wand. Could you then wield a wand in each hand, and alternate between the use of each wand to keep multiple targets at bay? Say one comes through the door, you raise your right hand wand and hit him with a stunning spell, then catch a second coming in on your left. In theory, could you immediately shift your focus to the left, raise your left wand, and smack the guy down with another spell?", "c_root_id_A": "f7ipbc4", "c_root_id_B": "f7i2sgw", "created_at_utc_A": 1573763331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573751912.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes but only one wand is the wand that chose you, so your borrowed wand wouldn\u2019t work as well. If it was a family member\u2019s or close friend\u2019s wand, it would work better than a wand from a stranger or someone very different than you.", "human_ref_B": "Wands are semi-sentient, and have an active effect on how a cast spell manifests itself. It is likely that attempting to cast a spell through two wands at once would either fail to actualize through one or both.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11419.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dwc8m4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a wizard dual wield wands? I don't mean cast two spells at once, though I imagine master wizards like Dumbledore probably learned how to do something to that effect. We know that when you disarm someone magically and take possession of their wand, it automatically aligns itself with you until it is (presumably) formally reclaimed by its original owner. So there's nothing that says a wizard cannot be effectively attuned to multiple wands at once. So let's say you're being hunted by Death Eaters, it's multiple enemies versus you, and you manage to disarm one and claim their wand. Could you then wield a wand in each hand, and alternate between the use of each wand to keep multiple targets at bay? Say one comes through the door, you raise your right hand wand and hit him with a stunning spell, then catch a second coming in on your left. In theory, could you immediately shift your focus to the left, raise your left wand, and smack the guy down with another spell?", "c_root_id_A": "f7ikkd9", "c_root_id_B": "f7ipbc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1573761083.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573763331.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Spells require proper wand moves to do. But yeah you could definitely dual wield wands. One of the major wizarding schools doesn't even use wands.", "human_ref_B": "Yes but only one wand is the wand that chose you, so your borrowed wand wouldn\u2019t work as well. If it was a family member\u2019s or close friend\u2019s wand, it would work better than a wand from a stranger or someone very different than you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2248.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5cy0g2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Beauty and the Beast] Why is Lumi\u00e8re the only one with a French accent? Seems to me that if the story is set in France, they should either a) all have a French accent or b) have no French accents at all if this is the English telling of the story.", "c_root_id_A": "da0hzqv", "c_root_id_B": "df5sqyh", "created_at_utc_A": 1479165575.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489985047.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The characters are actually speaking French, and they call have French accents. When the footage was dubbed into English, Lumiere's voice actor decided to give him a French accent because he thought it fit. Alternatively, Lumiere actually has an English accent for some reason, but since all the other furniture has English accents in the English version, Lumiere has a French accent to maintain the difference.", "human_ref_B": "Because Lumiere is actually Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10819472.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60tyw9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] On average, how long does it take for a Jedi to finish grieving over the death of a friend? Obi-Wan for Qui-Gon, Yoda for Sifo-Dyas, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "df9acg0", "c_root_id_B": "df99v0k", "created_at_utc_A": 1490185940.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490185043.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "There's an episode ( I forget which one) of Clone Wars where Bariss Offee and Ahsoka are seemingly crushed under hundreds of tonnes of collapsing rubble. With no way to save them, Luminara Unduli; Bariss's jedi master, after only mere moments of shock, turns to Anakin and asks him to also let go of his padawan, the now supposedly dead, Ahsoka. Anakin, however is freaking out and resigns to his anger and frusration that he couldn't save his padawan. Knowing that he just can't accomplish the impossible, he also does his best to let go. --- Luminara's and Bariss's jedi-padawan relationship is presented as the default perfect Jedi relationship, both close, but also emotionally distant, and when it seems that Bariss is dead; Unduli let's go immediately, and Bariss herself resigns to her fate and goes into meditation awaiting the rubbles to crumble under it's own weight and kill her. Thankfully, Anakin and Ahsoka are actually known throughout the entie Jedi order as 'THAT couple' and are considered the worst example of Master-Padawan pairing in terms of Jedi tradition. The sheer tenacity and the strength of their bond drives both Ahsoka and Anakin to keep searching for ways to save each other, even though it's considered almost impossible, and eventually it pays off with both Bariss and Ahsoka being saved.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the Jedi. Given recent insights into the last encounter between Obi-Wan and Maul, I personally don't think Obi-Wan stopped grieving for Qui-Gon until then.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 897.0, "score_ratio": 3.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60tyw9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] On average, how long does it take for a Jedi to finish grieving over the death of a friend? Obi-Wan for Qui-Gon, Yoda for Sifo-Dyas, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "df99cwt", "c_root_id_B": "df9acg0", "created_at_utc_A": 1490184008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490185940.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "Modern science doesn't know yet. I think we just need to do the right experiments to figure it out...", "human_ref_B": "There's an episode ( I forget which one) of Clone Wars where Bariss Offee and Ahsoka are seemingly crushed under hundreds of tonnes of collapsing rubble. With no way to save them, Luminara Unduli; Bariss's jedi master, after only mere moments of shock, turns to Anakin and asks him to also let go of his padawan, the now supposedly dead, Ahsoka. Anakin, however is freaking out and resigns to his anger and frusration that he couldn't save his padawan. Knowing that he just can't accomplish the impossible, he also does his best to let go. --- Luminara's and Bariss's jedi-padawan relationship is presented as the default perfect Jedi relationship, both close, but also emotionally distant, and when it seems that Bariss is dead; Unduli let's go immediately, and Bariss herself resigns to her fate and goes into meditation awaiting the rubbles to crumble under it's own weight and kill her. Thankfully, Anakin and Ahsoka are actually known throughout the entie Jedi order as 'THAT couple' and are considered the worst example of Master-Padawan pairing in terms of Jedi tradition. The sheer tenacity and the strength of their bond drives both Ahsoka and Anakin to keep searching for ways to save each other, even though it's considered almost impossible, and eventually it pays off with both Bariss and Ahsoka being saved.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1932.0, "score_ratio": -52.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "60tyw9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] On average, how long does it take for a Jedi to finish grieving over the death of a friend? Obi-Wan for Qui-Gon, Yoda for Sifo-Dyas, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "df99v0k", "c_root_id_B": "df99cwt", "created_at_utc_A": 1490185043.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1490184008.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the Jedi. Given recent insights into the last encounter between Obi-Wan and Maul, I personally don't think Obi-Wan stopped grieving for Qui-Gon until then.", "human_ref_B": "Modern science doesn't know yet. I think we just need to do the right experiments to figure it out...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1035.0, "score_ratio": -15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xdx2r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade 5th Edition] Why doesn't the Second Inquisition reveal the existence of vampires? The general response would be \"mass panic\" but...*what* mass panic? They've been *absolutely curbstomping* the vampire community. \"Bad news, vampires are real, good news we're wiping them out and with your help we can finish this war!\" seems to be something that people would respond pretty well to. Besides, it's the late 2010s/early 2020s. The governments of the USA, the UK and Russia are not exactly bathing in glory. You'd think the combination of a clear unambiguous enemy to focus public ire on and undeniable government successes against them would be exactly what the White House and its counterparts want right now. Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings *are* real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" It's not like it's a strategic blow- the average person on the street knowing how to recognize and avoid vampires would seriously hinder the vampires and boost the inquisition's ability to find them. The main reason people don't notice vampire around them, after all, is that they don't think vampires exist- without that \"hey, I've never seen that guy eat or be in the sunlight\" suddenly becomes something worth calling about. It seems from the new inquisition's standpoint, revealing vampires is a win-win, and they're powerful government agencies, they could easily provide enough proof to confirm it. So why not?", "c_root_id_A": "iodtjok", "c_root_id_B": "iodv9ab", "created_at_utc_A": 1663155636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663156594.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Many good points have been made. But also that there would be a lot of merely chaotic consequences. Accusing people of being a neighbour would quickly be a new form of harassment. You'd likely have lynchings of people wrongly believed to be vampires. And people spreading all kinds of false information about vampires. Ultimately people may care even less about the vampire threat, might cause pro-vampire movements or at least resentment against those who are anti-vampire and there'd just be a whole lot of useless information making it all that harder to gather useful information about who and where the real vampires are.", "human_ref_B": "If the British government announced they were engaged in an ongoing shadow genocide against people who they claimed were undead and inherently evil, a lot of people would be reflexively on the vampires side. All the evidence of the supernatural would be seen as propaganda. If the kindred kept up the masquerade, they'd end up with a whole new cohort of allies, and if they dropped the masquerade, they could rampage through humanity without holding back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 958.0, "score_ratio": 1.2105263158, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xdx2r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade 5th Edition] Why doesn't the Second Inquisition reveal the existence of vampires? The general response would be \"mass panic\" but...*what* mass panic? They've been *absolutely curbstomping* the vampire community. \"Bad news, vampires are real, good news we're wiping them out and with your help we can finish this war!\" seems to be something that people would respond pretty well to. Besides, it's the late 2010s/early 2020s. The governments of the USA, the UK and Russia are not exactly bathing in glory. You'd think the combination of a clear unambiguous enemy to focus public ire on and undeniable government successes against them would be exactly what the White House and its counterparts want right now. Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings *are* real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" It's not like it's a strategic blow- the average person on the street knowing how to recognize and avoid vampires would seriously hinder the vampires and boost the inquisition's ability to find them. The main reason people don't notice vampire around them, after all, is that they don't think vampires exist- without that \"hey, I've never seen that guy eat or be in the sunlight\" suddenly becomes something worth calling about. It seems from the new inquisition's standpoint, revealing vampires is a win-win, and they're powerful government agencies, they could easily provide enough proof to confirm it. So why not?", "c_root_id_A": "ioeaodd", "c_root_id_B": "ioe2w8l", "created_at_utc_A": 1663163703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663160331.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The World of Darkness is supposed to be our real world with the supernatural overlaid on top of it, right? So let\u2019s imagine what it would look like if tomorrow the US government officially called out the Masquerade and broke it. Imagine President Biden calling a sudden press conference and giving the following speech: \u201cMy fellow Americans, I come to you today to discuss an issue of extreme importance. Many of us have believed that something has been lurking in the shadows in the middle of the night, and I am unfortunately here to confirm that those shadows are indeed dangerous. It is hard to believe, but we have been fighting a war against creatures known as vampires for centuries. With modern technology, we have started to gain the upper hand, and I bring this to your attention today so that we can finish this battle.\u201d I think you can imagine how that\u2019s going to be received by the public. If the Kindred want to maintain the masquerade, they have the ability to do so. Sure, someone could pull a Game of Thrones season 8 and try and show off a caged vampire, but that would most likely be dismissed as fake by the majority of the population. But if vampires want to stay hidden in society, they have every means to do so. They just need to keep doing what they\u2019ve always been doing. The second inquisition is not public knowledge because there is no advantage in making it public. Great question! World of Darkness doesn\u2019t get enough love.", "human_ref_B": "The collected forces of the Second Inquisition are secret conspiracies within the mundane governments of the world... who are going to start asking **harsh** questions if they learn their on-paper subordinates have been using their resources and personnel to engage in a massive criminal conspiracy. Fighting the shadows is hard enough without 13 subpoenas and an audit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3372.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xdx2r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade 5th Edition] Why doesn't the Second Inquisition reveal the existence of vampires? The general response would be \"mass panic\" but...*what* mass panic? They've been *absolutely curbstomping* the vampire community. \"Bad news, vampires are real, good news we're wiping them out and with your help we can finish this war!\" seems to be something that people would respond pretty well to. Besides, it's the late 2010s/early 2020s. The governments of the USA, the UK and Russia are not exactly bathing in glory. You'd think the combination of a clear unambiguous enemy to focus public ire on and undeniable government successes against them would be exactly what the White House and its counterparts want right now. Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings *are* real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" It's not like it's a strategic blow- the average person on the street knowing how to recognize and avoid vampires would seriously hinder the vampires and boost the inquisition's ability to find them. The main reason people don't notice vampire around them, after all, is that they don't think vampires exist- without that \"hey, I've never seen that guy eat or be in the sunlight\" suddenly becomes something worth calling about. It seems from the new inquisition's standpoint, revealing vampires is a win-win, and they're powerful government agencies, they could easily provide enough proof to confirm it. So why not?", "c_root_id_A": "ioeaodd", "c_root_id_B": "ioe5w30", "created_at_utc_A": 1663163703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663161695.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The World of Darkness is supposed to be our real world with the supernatural overlaid on top of it, right? So let\u2019s imagine what it would look like if tomorrow the US government officially called out the Masquerade and broke it. Imagine President Biden calling a sudden press conference and giving the following speech: \u201cMy fellow Americans, I come to you today to discuss an issue of extreme importance. Many of us have believed that something has been lurking in the shadows in the middle of the night, and I am unfortunately here to confirm that those shadows are indeed dangerous. It is hard to believe, but we have been fighting a war against creatures known as vampires for centuries. With modern technology, we have started to gain the upper hand, and I bring this to your attention today so that we can finish this battle.\u201d I think you can imagine how that\u2019s going to be received by the public. If the Kindred want to maintain the masquerade, they have the ability to do so. Sure, someone could pull a Game of Thrones season 8 and try and show off a caged vampire, but that would most likely be dismissed as fake by the majority of the population. But if vampires want to stay hidden in society, they have every means to do so. They just need to keep doing what they\u2019ve always been doing. The second inquisition is not public knowledge because there is no advantage in making it public. Great question! World of Darkness doesn\u2019t get enough love.", "human_ref_B": "Because once the government tells the truth about vampires, it's out of their hands how people react. They can't control that. Governments want to control the flow of information even in the real world. If anything, \"the intelligence agencies keep this to themselves\" is one of the most believable parts of the setting.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2008.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xdx2r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade 5th Edition] Why doesn't the Second Inquisition reveal the existence of vampires? The general response would be \"mass panic\" but...*what* mass panic? They've been *absolutely curbstomping* the vampire community. \"Bad news, vampires are real, good news we're wiping them out and with your help we can finish this war!\" seems to be something that people would respond pretty well to. Besides, it's the late 2010s/early 2020s. The governments of the USA, the UK and Russia are not exactly bathing in glory. You'd think the combination of a clear unambiguous enemy to focus public ire on and undeniable government successes against them would be exactly what the White House and its counterparts want right now. Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings *are* real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" It's not like it's a strategic blow- the average person on the street knowing how to recognize and avoid vampires would seriously hinder the vampires and boost the inquisition's ability to find them. The main reason people don't notice vampire around them, after all, is that they don't think vampires exist- without that \"hey, I've never seen that guy eat or be in the sunlight\" suddenly becomes something worth calling about. It seems from the new inquisition's standpoint, revealing vampires is a win-win, and they're powerful government agencies, they could easily provide enough proof to confirm it. So why not?", "c_root_id_A": "ioeimb2", "c_root_id_B": "ioe2w8l", "created_at_utc_A": 1663166914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663160331.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Currently the SI is actually doing great. They're severely disrupting power structures of kindred society, they cut the head off the Tremere in Vienna, etc. If they went loud they'd be dealing with several new problems, such as the fact that they're more like a loose network of rogue government agencies, religious extremists and they can get away with some stuff as like off-the-book CIA \"counterterrorism\" but once it's public that gets much tougher. Since they're a bunch of small black-ops team they don't have full government support, if any, and therefore the media reaction is completely out of their control. You know who has a lot of power in the media? Vampires who have spent decades if not centuries investing in, organizing and controlling media empires. There'd be an absolute onslaught of propaganda, which would be really effective because *holy shit ninja priests from a radical part of the Catholic church are just fucking murdering people in Hollywood.* At that point it's not that hard of a sell that unusually buff and pale people with weird dietary requirements are not the issue, the rogue CIA ninja priests shooting machine guns on busy streets are. Now, they would kill a lot of vampires. A lot. But they would kneecap their long term viability, and vampires that want to live roll with the punches. After a few years they'd be fighting off investigations about crimes against humanity while some smartass Anarch made the equivalent of a sex tape making getting eaten by a vampire look sexy and fun.", "human_ref_B": "The collected forces of the Second Inquisition are secret conspiracies within the mundane governments of the world... who are going to start asking **harsh** questions if they learn their on-paper subordinates have been using their resources and personnel to engage in a massive criminal conspiracy. Fighting the shadows is hard enough without 13 subpoenas and an audit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6583.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xdx2r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade 5th Edition] Why doesn't the Second Inquisition reveal the existence of vampires? The general response would be \"mass panic\" but...*what* mass panic? They've been *absolutely curbstomping* the vampire community. \"Bad news, vampires are real, good news we're wiping them out and with your help we can finish this war!\" seems to be something that people would respond pretty well to. Besides, it's the late 2010s/early 2020s. The governments of the USA, the UK and Russia are not exactly bathing in glory. You'd think the combination of a clear unambiguous enemy to focus public ire on and undeniable government successes against them would be exactly what the White House and its counterparts want right now. Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings *are* real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" It's not like it's a strategic blow- the average person on the street knowing how to recognize and avoid vampires would seriously hinder the vampires and boost the inquisition's ability to find them. The main reason people don't notice vampire around them, after all, is that they don't think vampires exist- without that \"hey, I've never seen that guy eat or be in the sunlight\" suddenly becomes something worth calling about. It seems from the new inquisition's standpoint, revealing vampires is a win-win, and they're powerful government agencies, they could easily provide enough proof to confirm it. So why not?", "c_root_id_A": "ioe2w8l", "c_root_id_B": "ioe5w30", "created_at_utc_A": 1663160331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663161695.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The collected forces of the Second Inquisition are secret conspiracies within the mundane governments of the world... who are going to start asking **harsh** questions if they learn their on-paper subordinates have been using their resources and personnel to engage in a massive criminal conspiracy. Fighting the shadows is hard enough without 13 subpoenas and an audit.", "human_ref_B": "Because once the government tells the truth about vampires, it's out of their hands how people react. They can't control that. Governments want to control the flow of information even in the real world. If anything, \"the intelligence agencies keep this to themselves\" is one of the most believable parts of the setting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1364.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xdx2r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade 5th Edition] Why doesn't the Second Inquisition reveal the existence of vampires? The general response would be \"mass panic\" but...*what* mass panic? They've been *absolutely curbstomping* the vampire community. \"Bad news, vampires are real, good news we're wiping them out and with your help we can finish this war!\" seems to be something that people would respond pretty well to. Besides, it's the late 2010s/early 2020s. The governments of the USA, the UK and Russia are not exactly bathing in glory. You'd think the combination of a clear unambiguous enemy to focus public ire on and undeniable government successes against them would be exactly what the White House and its counterparts want right now. Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings *are* real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" It's not like it's a strategic blow- the average person on the street knowing how to recognize and avoid vampires would seriously hinder the vampires and boost the inquisition's ability to find them. The main reason people don't notice vampire around them, after all, is that they don't think vampires exist- without that \"hey, I've never seen that guy eat or be in the sunlight\" suddenly becomes something worth calling about. It seems from the new inquisition's standpoint, revealing vampires is a win-win, and they're powerful government agencies, they could easily provide enough proof to confirm it. So why not?", "c_root_id_A": "iog1xi5", "c_root_id_B": "iof78k7", "created_at_utc_A": 1663188619.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663176297.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "> Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings are real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" Until people find out that it's \"true faith\" in whatever you deem holy and not any specific religion that hurts vampires, mages, etc. You'd have people from the standard churches alongside Rabbis, Imams, and even Tom Cruise if he *truly* believes Scientology is the real deal.", "human_ref_B": "This was my thought for a Buffy reboot: start with the same scene with Darla luring a young man, but when she vamps out he's prepared with a chain mail collar, cross, and vampire info. Tells her she can be cured, that is not easy, doesn't always work, but it is possible, if she wants it. She runs off anyway (confused) and we the audience find that when Buffy came to Sunnydale she was already confident and competent, started educating and enlisting students, faculty, and parents immediately.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12322.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xdx2r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade 5th Edition] Why doesn't the Second Inquisition reveal the existence of vampires? The general response would be \"mass panic\" but...*what* mass panic? They've been *absolutely curbstomping* the vampire community. \"Bad news, vampires are real, good news we're wiping them out and with your help we can finish this war!\" seems to be something that people would respond pretty well to. Besides, it's the late 2010s/early 2020s. The governments of the USA, the UK and Russia are not exactly bathing in glory. You'd think the combination of a clear unambiguous enemy to focus public ire on and undeniable government successes against them would be exactly what the White House and its counterparts want right now. Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings *are* real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" It's not like it's a strategic blow- the average person on the street knowing how to recognize and avoid vampires would seriously hinder the vampires and boost the inquisition's ability to find them. The main reason people don't notice vampire around them, after all, is that they don't think vampires exist- without that \"hey, I've never seen that guy eat or be in the sunlight\" suddenly becomes something worth calling about. It seems from the new inquisition's standpoint, revealing vampires is a win-win, and they're powerful government agencies, they could easily provide enough proof to confirm it. So why not?", "c_root_id_A": "iofjl6d", "c_root_id_B": "iog1xi5", "created_at_utc_A": 1663181151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663188619.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "How many people in power would jump on the opportunity to become immortal? If you let the cat out of the bag, you lose control, everyone becomes empowered to change things with their decisions and that completely overturns the status quo. Governments could actually pass Vampires Rights legislation to protect vampires so those in power could gain immortality without losing their power. Most countries probably wouldn't pass such laws, but the ones that did would require war to uproot the vampires and most humans aren't going to stand by when another country invades them. What if a nuclear capable country has it's leaders join the vampires? Vampire ruled nations with nukes results in another cold war or start of a nuclear war.", "human_ref_B": "> Especially the Vatican in an age of growing secularization and rise of non-christian faiths- \"See, malicious supernatural beings are real and our priests are destroying them! Line up for communion here.\" Until people find out that it's \"true faith\" in whatever you deem holy and not any specific religion that hurts vampires, mages, etc. You'd have people from the standard churches alongside Rabbis, Imams, and even Tom Cruise if he *truly* believes Scientology is the real deal.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7468.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6br6p9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Guardians of the Galaxy] Is Peter Quill and the rest of the Guardians speaking English?", "c_root_id_A": "dhpvzs1", "c_root_id_B": "dhp10f0", "created_at_utc_A": 1495111894.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495058435.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -18, "human_ref_A": "I think it is just plain old English. Thor came to earth with no communication issues and we know that the Asgardians interact with the wider cosmic universe to some extent such as when they pay a visit to the collector. It may be that they happen to speak English but also employ translating tech when speaking with races other than Humans and other Asgardians but that to me just seems a bit overly complicated. Also, it'd just be a really weird beat if when the guardians meet the avengers they have to do a whole bit about them establishing after several films that they have to employ some form of translation to communicate.", "human_ref_B": "Quill speaks English, and he has a translator implanted in his neck. The movie is mostly from his perspective, so we get the translated versions of what everyone is saying, and we can presume literally everybody else has a translator, too. There. That's pretty much the answer for why in any space-based movie why everyone is speaking English. Can we please not have this question repeated every week for every series? Who gives a shit, anyway? Would you rather hear random grunts and slurps for every alien that's on the screen? That's too much work and it's much nicer to hear an actual language being spoke. Can we just accept that it's harder to invent a dozen new languages than it is to just have everybody speak the same language? Can we move on now? I'm sick of this fucking question all the time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 53459.0, "score_ratio": -0.2777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6br6p9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Guardians of the Galaxy] Is Peter Quill and the rest of the Guardians speaking English?", "c_root_id_A": "dhpzitl", "c_root_id_B": "dhp10f0", "created_at_utc_A": 1495116612.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495058435.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -18, "human_ref_A": "English? You mean galactic basic?", "human_ref_B": "Quill speaks English, and he has a translator implanted in his neck. The movie is mostly from his perspective, so we get the translated versions of what everyone is saying, and we can presume literally everybody else has a translator, too. There. That's pretty much the answer for why in any space-based movie why everyone is speaking English. Can we please not have this question repeated every week for every series? Who gives a shit, anyway? Would you rather hear random grunts and slurps for every alien that's on the screen? That's too much work and it's much nicer to hear an actual language being spoke. Can we just accept that it's harder to invent a dozen new languages than it is to just have everybody speak the same language? Can we move on now? I'm sick of this fucking question all the time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 58177.0, "score_ratio": -0.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a3pxwy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] Why/how are people able to move and talk inside a transporter beam? I'm quite sure that a big reason that most people stood still during transport is that it would be easier for creating the graphics necessary to show the actual beam out/beam in, as opposed to someone moving on the screen, especially in TOS. And honestly, just as a personal matter, I think it looks cooler to have the party standing heroically about as they are transported. However, from a technical standpoint on the part of the transporters themselves, it seems like it would take an enormous amount of power more to transport someone who is actually moving, which is demonstrated many times especially in the rebooted Star Trek movies. Not to mention, your body is being taken apart molecule by molecule on one side and put back together on the other. Until you're completely back together, how are you able to talk and move while being transported?", "c_root_id_A": "eba20mh", "c_root_id_B": "eb8sibk", "created_at_utc_A": 1544175799.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544132860.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "With modern transporters, you're able to move around in a transporter buffer because you're still you, and you're still in one piece. The original transporters worked very differently than modern ones due primarily to hardware limitations, but even with the original teleporters the idea of \"your body is being taken apart molecule by molecule on one side and put back together on the other\" is inaccurate. Modern transporters do not take you apart and reassemble you. A transporter converts an existing body of matter into a compressed form and saves a digital blueprint of what that body looks like, then sends the matter to a different location and 'unzips' it using the blueprint to make sure nothing gets messed up in the process. With modern transporters the object being transported is intact and conscious throughout the process. The actual relocation is done by moving the object through subspace in its energized state. The transporter basically makes a short range (compared to warp travel) tunnel through subspace that it moves the object through as a stream of energized matter. This requires a nontrivial amount of energy and necessitates contstant adjustments to prevent the whole thing from collapsing. The process can also be affected by other things that interact with subspace. As a result, a transporter can only send things to places that its sensors are able to read. If it can't see what it's doing, it can't keep making corrections to keep the matter stream intact and the subject gets derezzed. This is where a second transporter or a pattern enhancer is useful, as it can provide sensor data and/or redundant hardware at the destination point which helps to cut through any interference that might be present. The original transporters lacked the subspace \"bandwidth\" to send something as big as a humanoid to its destination all at once, so they broke the energized body into several packets and held them all in the transport buffer, then sent one through at a time before de-energising the whole mass. The whole process took several seconds longer than it does with modern transporters, but the subject being transported was still conscious and was actually able to percieve the transport process occurring to their body, as quoted by the creator of the transporter himself regarding a transporter prototype: > That original transporter took a full minute and a half to cycle through. Felt like a year. You could actually feel yourself being taken apart and put back together. When I materialized, first thing I did was lose my lunch. Second thing I did was get stone drunk. Early transporters actually presented some severe dangers that were unknown at the time. Transporter Psychosis was an incurable and fatal medical condition that could occur as a result of early transport methods. This can be traced to the original pattern buffer designs lacking the processing power and redundancy to fully correct for errors every time. Since the brain is the part of the body where the smallest error makes the biggest difference, that's where the problems manifested. The system checks the pattern of the mass it's transporting against the blueprint it copied down at the energizing phase, but the blueprint was saved as a jpeg and it looks a little off. The system sees a couple bits that look like they might have destabilized, but it can't be sure. Whether it takes action to correct these perceived errors or not, the end result after enough transports is going to be bad. TL;DR The difference modern transporters and the original ones is like difference between downloading an image on a dial-up modem and posting a .gif to Discord chat with a fiber connection.", "human_ref_B": "One episode mentions that transporters now allow for movement during beaming \"for comfort\" as opposed to the earlier models which froze you in place. This does make sense to me--the experience of being transported would be disconcerting enough by itself, let alone losing your ability to move during it. Buy beyond comfort, there is the advantage of having an extra few seconds to act when you beam into a potentially hostile environment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42939.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cns2lk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Trek]Julian Bashir's father spent most of his adult life switching between jobs trying (and failing) to figure out what he was good at. How common is it for Federation citizens to end up living their lives like that? being both a fan of Star trek and Iain M Banks' Culture series, I really like the idea of a world where there's no money concerns and everyone is just encouraged to do whatever gives them fulfillment. ...But it occurs to me there might just be some people who have no idea what they want to do and will just end up going from one job to another endlessly, if you tell them they can do whatever they want with their life", "c_root_id_A": "ewf1261", "c_root_id_B": "ewf0xpb", "created_at_utc_A": 1565347009.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1565346858.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I strongly suspect that, like the culture, it's *very* common. You just don't see it in any of the shows because the shows focus on starfleet, and starfleet officers are exceptionally driven. It's likely that the *average* Federation citizen on a fully developed planet lives a largely idle life, like most culture citizens. Since nobody *needs* to work, those that do only do so because they love the job they chose. Not everybody has one particular passion. Plenty of people today just sort of meander through life trying different things, and that's even with today's need for money. Take away the requirement for work, and I think it would be incredibly common to see people jumping from project to project, never really finding a \"calling\".", "human_ref_B": "Probably a pretty small percentage. In real life fewer people hop jobs and careers in countries with more freedom of choice like Norway or Sweden. My guess is that he would have been the odd one out, but as it is the 24th century nobody really cares. Maybe he just enjoyed variety in his life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 151.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qu8rp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek Beyond] Why does a Federation Starbase look like an entire mega city in space, rather than say a uhh starbase?", "c_root_id_A": "dl0ii6z", "c_root_id_B": "dl0heys", "created_at_utc_A": 1501599067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501597817.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Federation had just gone through a significant and rapid period of expansion, and wanted to show off their technological and logistical might. So they built a giant city in space at the very edge of their newly-expanded territory.", "human_ref_B": "It's a base, and it's among the stars. Whatever it looks like is what a starbase looks like.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1250.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qu8rp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek Beyond] Why does a Federation Starbase look like an entire mega city in space, rather than say a uhh starbase?", "c_root_id_A": "dl0f34c", "c_root_id_B": "dl0ii6z", "created_at_utc_A": 1501594935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501599067.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The tech of the new movies is beyond the old series. The theory is that they got scans of the Narada in the first movie and used them to advance their tech.", "human_ref_B": "The Federation had just gone through a significant and rapid period of expansion, and wanted to show off their technological and logistical might. So they built a giant city in space at the very edge of their newly-expanded territory.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4132.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qu8rp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek Beyond] Why does a Federation Starbase look like an entire mega city in space, rather than say a uhh starbase?", "c_root_id_A": "dl0ii6z", "c_root_id_B": "dl0fwph", "created_at_utc_A": 1501599067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501595980.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Federation had just gone through a significant and rapid period of expansion, and wanted to show off their technological and logistical might. So they built a giant city in space at the very edge of their newly-expanded territory.", "human_ref_B": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/5bozb3/star_trek_beyond_what_possible_reason_did_the/", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3087.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qu8rp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek Beyond] Why does a Federation Starbase look like an entire mega city in space, rather than say a uhh starbase?", "c_root_id_A": "dl0f34c", "c_root_id_B": "dl0heys", "created_at_utc_A": 1501594935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501597817.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The tech of the new movies is beyond the old series. The theory is that they got scans of the Narada in the first movie and used them to advance their tech.", "human_ref_B": "It's a base, and it's among the stars. Whatever it looks like is what a starbase looks like.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2882.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qu8rp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek Beyond] Why does a Federation Starbase look like an entire mega city in space, rather than say a uhh starbase?", "c_root_id_A": "dl0heys", "c_root_id_B": "dl0fwph", "created_at_utc_A": 1501597817.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501595980.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's a base, and it's among the stars. Whatever it looks like is what a starbase looks like.", "human_ref_B": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/5bozb3/star_trek_beyond_what_possible_reason_did_the/", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1837.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "usph1r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek Deep Space Nine] What was the likely reaction to Jake Sisko's published writing about his account of the battle on the Federation colony in which he initially reacted cowardly under fire? Would this have been an embarrassment of the Emissary's son or likely some understanding as he was a civilian?", "c_root_id_A": "i95fu6d", "c_root_id_B": "i962s8p", "created_at_utc_A": 1652924793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652937345.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Well, I mean, what was *your* reaction? I know Doylist answers are out of line but hear me out. Our viewing as an audience of this episode, watching Jake do what he did and go what he went through can at least give us a benchmark as to what people reading his account might feel. And also consider that - at least theoretically - humans in the 24th century are on the whole more compassionate and understanding that humans today.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d like to think that Jake\u2019s readership found his reaction visceral and understandable. Jake\u2019s not a Soldier or a Starfleet Officer. He\u2019s a young man who has no training or previous experience to draw from in dealing with these sorts of situations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12552.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "usph1r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek Deep Space Nine] What was the likely reaction to Jake Sisko's published writing about his account of the battle on the Federation colony in which he initially reacted cowardly under fire? Would this have been an embarrassment of the Emissary's son or likely some understanding as he was a civilian?", "c_root_id_A": "i95yh18", "c_root_id_B": "i962s8p", "created_at_utc_A": 1652934481.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652937345.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": ">likely some understanding as he was a civilian? Definitely would have seen his writing and acknowledgment of his own cowardice as relatable and also probably a wakeup call with the way Starfleet has become so entangled in these giant wars all over this side of the galaxy. Starfleet was supposed to be more than just a military/defense alliance, and all the people in Starfleet are accomplished scientists, mathematicians, etc. to even be considered. So seeing a ground war like that from a perspective of someone that isn't a soldier or 'hero' is just brutally honest.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d like to think that Jake\u2019s readership found his reaction visceral and understandable. Jake\u2019s not a Soldier or a Starfleet Officer. He\u2019s a young man who has no training or previous experience to draw from in dealing with these sorts of situations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2864.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rclzzb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[The Matrix] How can the machines feed all the humans According to the films the dead are reprocessed to feed living. However i am asking if an adult dead bodys biomass would produce enough energy to feed one person for his livetime. I highly doubt that. And if this is not the case and the earth surface is destroyed wouldnt that mean that the machines would have to grow and harvest something with artifical light. Would that not mean that the power output of a human far outweights the power to sustain him.", "c_root_id_A": "hnvidbl", "c_root_id_B": "hnvp9gh", "created_at_utc_A": 1639070753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639073411.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 67, "human_ref_A": "Morpheus is wrong. They aren't using the humans body heat to *power* themselves (that makes no sense). Instead they are using our brainmatter as servers. The matrix is stored on human minds.", "human_ref_B": "One of the best fanfic excerpts I've seen: >Neo: \"Doesn't harvesting human body heat for energy, violate the laws of thermodynamics?\" Morpheus: \"Where'd you learn about thermodynamics, Neo?\" Neo: \"In school.\" Morpheus: \"Where'd you go to school, Neo?\" Neo: \"Oh.\" Morpheus: \"The machines tell elegant lies.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2658.0, "score_ratio": 1.4565217391, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rclzzb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[The Matrix] How can the machines feed all the humans According to the films the dead are reprocessed to feed living. However i am asking if an adult dead bodys biomass would produce enough energy to feed one person for his livetime. I highly doubt that. And if this is not the case and the earth surface is destroyed wouldnt that mean that the machines would have to grow and harvest something with artifical light. Would that not mean that the power output of a human far outweights the power to sustain him.", "c_root_id_A": "hnvp9gh", "c_root_id_B": "hnvktjd", "created_at_utc_A": 1639073411.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639071695.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "One of the best fanfic excerpts I've seen: >Neo: \"Doesn't harvesting human body heat for energy, violate the laws of thermodynamics?\" Morpheus: \"Where'd you learn about thermodynamics, Neo?\" Neo: \"In school.\" Morpheus: \"Where'd you go to school, Neo?\" Neo: \"Oh.\" Morpheus: \"The machines tell elegant lies.\"", "human_ref_B": "You're right that it can't just be the dead. They do that, and Morpheus mentions it to highlight the horror of the system, but by the laws of physics there has to be another source of nutrition. It's not specifically mentioned what it is, but machines being what they are, it's some form of very efficient agriculture. Probably yeasts or fungi. Something that produces calories for the smallest energy input possible.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1716.0, "score_ratio": 3.1904761905, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rclzzb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[The Matrix] How can the machines feed all the humans According to the films the dead are reprocessed to feed living. However i am asking if an adult dead bodys biomass would produce enough energy to feed one person for his livetime. I highly doubt that. And if this is not the case and the earth surface is destroyed wouldnt that mean that the machines would have to grow and harvest something with artifical light. Would that not mean that the power output of a human far outweights the power to sustain him.", "c_root_id_A": "hnvp9gh", "c_root_id_B": "hnviwkk", "created_at_utc_A": 1639073411.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639070957.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "One of the best fanfic excerpts I've seen: >Neo: \"Doesn't harvesting human body heat for energy, violate the laws of thermodynamics?\" Morpheus: \"Where'd you learn about thermodynamics, Neo?\" Neo: \"In school.\" Morpheus: \"Where'd you go to school, Neo?\" Neo: \"Oh.\" Morpheus: \"The machines tell elegant lies.\"", "human_ref_B": "This ... isn't something you want to know. It's not a secret or anything, it's just really gross, and so we don't usually mention it to people. \"Liquified corpses\" is bad enough, right? You'd think that's as bad as it gets. I know I'd be happier not knowing. Still reading? Okay, don't say I didn't warn you. The secret is the way they convert the biomass into nutrition. You'd expect some kind of giant blender, right? Too much energy. What they do is smear a colony's worth of cockroach eggs on your corpse and lock the tube for a few months. After the soft, easy food is gone and the population starts to boom, the roaches get desperate. They'll tear through skin, muscle, organs, everything but the bones. Every week or so, the population doubles and the next generation is a little meaner and a little hungrier. You'd expect them to burn off a lot of the nutrition before they die off, but they wind up packed so tight in the tube by the end that they can't move. They dump the tube out, send the bones for mineral reclamation and puree the roach colony. That's the real source of nutrition in the Matrix. Tastes \\*just\\* like Tastee-Wheat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2454.0, "score_ratio": 13.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rclzzb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[The Matrix] How can the machines feed all the humans According to the films the dead are reprocessed to feed living. However i am asking if an adult dead bodys biomass would produce enough energy to feed one person for his livetime. I highly doubt that. And if this is not the case and the earth surface is destroyed wouldnt that mean that the machines would have to grow and harvest something with artifical light. Would that not mean that the power output of a human far outweights the power to sustain him.", "c_root_id_A": "hnvktjd", "c_root_id_B": "hnviwkk", "created_at_utc_A": 1639071695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639070957.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You're right that it can't just be the dead. They do that, and Morpheus mentions it to highlight the horror of the system, but by the laws of physics there has to be another source of nutrition. It's not specifically mentioned what it is, but machines being what they are, it's some form of very efficient agriculture. Probably yeasts or fungi. Something that produces calories for the smallest energy input possible.", "human_ref_B": "This ... isn't something you want to know. It's not a secret or anything, it's just really gross, and so we don't usually mention it to people. \"Liquified corpses\" is bad enough, right? You'd think that's as bad as it gets. I know I'd be happier not knowing. Still reading? Okay, don't say I didn't warn you. The secret is the way they convert the biomass into nutrition. You'd expect some kind of giant blender, right? Too much energy. What they do is smear a colony's worth of cockroach eggs on your corpse and lock the tube for a few months. After the soft, easy food is gone and the population starts to boom, the roaches get desperate. They'll tear through skin, muscle, organs, everything but the bones. Every week or so, the population doubles and the next generation is a little meaner and a little hungrier. You'd expect them to burn off a lot of the nutrition before they die off, but they wind up packed so tight in the tube by the end that they can't move. They dump the tube out, send the bones for mineral reclamation and puree the roach colony. That's the real source of nutrition in the Matrix. Tastes \\*just\\* like Tastee-Wheat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 738.0, "score_ratio": 4.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rclzzb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[The Matrix] How can the machines feed all the humans According to the films the dead are reprocessed to feed living. However i am asking if an adult dead bodys biomass would produce enough energy to feed one person for his livetime. I highly doubt that. And if this is not the case and the earth surface is destroyed wouldnt that mean that the machines would have to grow and harvest something with artifical light. Would that not mean that the power output of a human far outweights the power to sustain him.", "c_root_id_A": "hnviwkk", "c_root_id_B": "hnwbhc8", "created_at_utc_A": 1639070957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639082279.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "This ... isn't something you want to know. It's not a secret or anything, it's just really gross, and so we don't usually mention it to people. \"Liquified corpses\" is bad enough, right? You'd think that's as bad as it gets. I know I'd be happier not knowing. Still reading? Okay, don't say I didn't warn you. The secret is the way they convert the biomass into nutrition. You'd expect some kind of giant blender, right? Too much energy. What they do is smear a colony's worth of cockroach eggs on your corpse and lock the tube for a few months. After the soft, easy food is gone and the population starts to boom, the roaches get desperate. They'll tear through skin, muscle, organs, everything but the bones. Every week or so, the population doubles and the next generation is a little meaner and a little hungrier. You'd expect them to burn off a lot of the nutrition before they die off, but they wind up packed so tight in the tube by the end that they can't move. They dump the tube out, send the bones for mineral reclamation and puree the roach colony. That's the real source of nutrition in the Matrix. Tastes \\*just\\* like Tastee-Wheat.", "human_ref_B": "Presumably the machines are engaging in the same type of sunless agriculture as the humans are using to make the \"bowl of snot\" rations served on the Nebuchadnezzar. Liquidation of the corpses is likely more of a \"waste not, want not\" situation than the soul source of nutrition for the pod dwellers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11322.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nsypa9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Harry Potter] I had seeing a lot of comments about how Harry Potter would be different if they used firearms, and I agree with some of then, but would be useful against Voldemort?", "c_root_id_A": "h0p9vg2", "c_root_id_B": "h0p4snp", "created_at_utc_A": 1622911050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622908502.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Due to his dark arts Voldemort is effectively immortal, however \"immortal\" in his case doesn't equal \"invincible\" - his bodies can be harmed like any other, and it took him a while to reconstitute. In general, shooting Voldemort with enough lead should put him down for another respawn, which can take another ten years. I think.", "human_ref_B": "I just assumed they didn't use guns because they didn't really want to kill anyone. It was only death eaters and voldy that used killing curses really, and they wouldn't use guns because muggle tech is beneath them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2548.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3lxa3q", "c_root_id_B": "d3lzcpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1464366878.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464369669.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 100, "human_ref_A": "With the advent of privatized outer-space... could you shoot it into the Sun or put it on a trajectory out of the galaxy so that it's utterly unreachable?", "human_ref_B": "Here ve ave a horcrux. Ve must deahl vit it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2791.0, "score_ratio": 11.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3lzcpl", "c_root_id_B": "d3lv62q", "created_at_utc_A": 1464369669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464364051.0, "score_A": 100, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Here ve ave a horcrux. Ve must deahl vit it.", "human_ref_B": "No that's the whole point", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5618.0, "score_ratio": 25.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m1sdf", "c_root_id_B": "d3lxa3q", "created_at_utc_A": 1464373000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464366878.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "My understanding is that Voldemort used additional protective magic on his horcruxes. That makes it challenging to tell what protections are inherent to a horcrux and what were his extra spells. I don't believe we have any examples of \"vanilla horcruxes\".", "human_ref_B": "With the advent of privatized outer-space... could you shoot it into the Sun or put it on a trajectory out of the galaxy so that it's utterly unreachable?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6122.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m1sdf", "c_root_id_B": "d3lv62q", "created_at_utc_A": 1464373000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464364051.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "My understanding is that Voldemort used additional protective magic on his horcruxes. That makes it challenging to tell what protections are inherent to a horcrux and what were his extra spells. I don't believe we have any examples of \"vanilla horcruxes\".", "human_ref_B": "No that's the whole point", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8949.0, "score_ratio": 6.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3lxa3q", "c_root_id_B": "d3m3nmn", "created_at_utc_A": 1464366878.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464375583.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "With the advent of privatized outer-space... could you shoot it into the Sun or put it on a trajectory out of the galaxy so that it's utterly unreachable?", "human_ref_B": "If being a Horcrux is the only magic applied to an object, then yes. However, because of how valuable a Horcrux is to an owner, they are advised to put a multitude of protective enchantments on it as well. A wizard willing and able to create a Horcrux can almost certainly perform the additional security spells. As a result, most Horcruxes can only be destroyed by magical means that are impossible or extremely unlikely to be repaired in time. Basically, the additional protective spells that Horcruxes often have are technically optional but highly recommended.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8705.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m3nmn", "c_root_id_B": "d3m1w6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1464375583.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464373145.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If being a Horcrux is the only magic applied to an object, then yes. However, because of how valuable a Horcrux is to an owner, they are advised to put a multitude of protective enchantments on it as well. A wizard willing and able to create a Horcrux can almost certainly perform the additional security spells. As a result, most Horcruxes can only be destroyed by magical means that are impossible or extremely unlikely to be repaired in time. Basically, the additional protective spells that Horcruxes often have are technically optional but highly recommended.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty sure a hydraulic press would work", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2438.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m3nmn", "c_root_id_B": "d3lv62q", "created_at_utc_A": 1464375583.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464364051.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If being a Horcrux is the only magic applied to an object, then yes. However, because of how valuable a Horcrux is to an owner, they are advised to put a multitude of protective enchantments on it as well. A wizard willing and able to create a Horcrux can almost certainly perform the additional security spells. As a result, most Horcruxes can only be destroyed by magical means that are impossible or extremely unlikely to be repaired in time. Basically, the additional protective spells that Horcruxes often have are technically optional but highly recommended.", "human_ref_B": "No that's the whole point", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11532.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3lxa3q", "c_root_id_B": "d3lv62q", "created_at_utc_A": 1464366878.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464364051.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "With the advent of privatized outer-space... could you shoot it into the Sun or put it on a trajectory out of the galaxy so that it's utterly unreachable?", "human_ref_B": "No that's the whole point", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2827.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m90gm", "c_root_id_B": "d3m96ef", "created_at_utc_A": 1464383341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464383592.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Define \"mundane\". It's not going to be destroyed by any process immediately available to a muggle. But it's not going to survive a black hole just because they're non-magical.", "human_ref_B": "Will it Blend? - Horcrux", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 251.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m96ef", "c_root_id_B": "d3m1w6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1464383592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464373145.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Will it Blend? - Horcrux", "human_ref_B": "Pretty sure a hydraulic press would work", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10447.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m96ef", "c_root_id_B": "d3lv62q", "created_at_utc_A": 1464383592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464364051.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Will it Blend? - Horcrux", "human_ref_B": "No that's the whole point", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19541.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m96ef", "c_root_id_B": "d3m90ur", "created_at_utc_A": 1464383592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464383357.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Will it Blend? - Horcrux", "human_ref_B": "Welcome to the Hydraulic Press Channel.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 235.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m90gm", "c_root_id_B": "d3m1w6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1464383341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464373145.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Define \"mundane\". It's not going to be destroyed by any process immediately available to a muggle. But it's not going to survive a black hole just because they're non-magical.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty sure a hydraulic press would work", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10196.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3m90gm", "c_root_id_B": "d3lv62q", "created_at_utc_A": 1464383341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464364051.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Define \"mundane\". It's not going to be destroyed by any process immediately available to a muggle. But it's not going to survive a black hole just because they're non-magical.", "human_ref_B": "No that's the whole point", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19290.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3lv62q", "c_root_id_B": "d3m1w6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1464364051.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464373145.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "No that's the whole point", "human_ref_B": "Pretty sure a hydraulic press would work", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9094.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3mab0e", "c_root_id_B": "d3m90ur", "created_at_utc_A": 1464385340.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464383357.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "We really don't know how the magical protection spells work. If they simply affix a durable force field around the object then it's very likely that a point-blank nuclear warhead will atomize the object regardless of the spells. It takes very special wards to block out temperatures high enough to ignite fusion. If the enchantment circumvents muggle physics one way or another it's an entirely different story. For example, somehow making the object simply inviolate or redirecting forces directed at it into other dimensions would render any and all brute force attempts moot. My hunch is that a warhead would be capable of destroying a horcrux, but obtaining and using one successfully would be significantly harder than procuring a magical method for destroying one.", "human_ref_B": "Welcome to the Hydraulic Press Channel.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1983.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3mfzcz", "c_root_id_B": "d3mnx4t", "created_at_utc_A": 1464395067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464410517.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Even if throwing it in a volcano didn't destroy it, would it function in the center of the earth? My understanding was the horcrux is an earthly tether. If Voldemort wakes up at the bottom of a volcano, doesn't he instantly liquefy?", "human_ref_B": "\"Hallo welcome to hydraulic press channel. This week we put horcrux in press to see vat happens.\" *wwwhhhhhiiiirrrrrr* \"Zat is a furst. Hydraulic press did not break it. I need to flip the other switch manually to increase the pressure. Let's try again.\" *wwwwhhhiiiiiirrrr* ***kaCHUNKBAMBAMBAMBAM*** **static**", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15450.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4lbb6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] Can a horcrux be destroyed by mundane means? E.g., could you toss it in a volcano or smash it with a pneumatic press or use some other non-magical means to destroy it?", "c_root_id_A": "d3mnx4t", "c_root_id_B": "d3mhi0d", "created_at_utc_A": 1464410517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464397852.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "\"Hallo welcome to hydraulic press channel. This week we put horcrux in press to see vat happens.\" *wwwhhhhhiiiirrrrrr* \"Zat is a furst. Hydraulic press did not break it. I need to flip the other switch manually to increase the pressure. Let's try again.\" *wwwwhhhiiiiiirrrr* ***kaCHUNKBAMBAMBAMBAM*** **static**", "human_ref_B": "Would it be destroyed by molten steel (1600\u00baC)? That's well within the range of Muggle capabilities.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12665.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iqr85s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[harry potter] did tom riddle snr know that merope was pregnant? I see a lot of people saying that Tom Riddle was irresponsible, for not even trying to find out what happened to his son, but I ask: who guarantees that Tom Riddle knew that Merope was pregnant?", "c_root_id_A": "g4tqfxr", "c_root_id_B": "g4ts0j9", "created_at_utc_A": 1599833866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599834708.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "It was Dumbledore's guess and his guesses are usually right.", "human_ref_B": "Merope would have almost certianly told him. \"I'm pregnant with your child\" would be an obvious final attempt to make him love her back, or at least stay with her. I can't see a situation where she doesn't tell him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 842.0, "score_ratio": 2.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22e1kc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn't Ironman give his human friends like Captain America, Hawkeye, and black widow Ironman suites?", "c_root_id_A": "cgm2g51", "c_root_id_B": "cgm68zc", "created_at_utc_A": 1396851476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396872780.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "(Going mostly by the movies) The suits are high maintenance. It probably costs more to send Iron Man on one mission than Captain America's entire yearly budget.", "human_ref_B": "They probably get a nice suite at Stark Tower when they come to visit. Joking aside, two reasons: Tony doesn't trust other people with his tech, Rhodie and Pepper are among the few exceptions, and anyone but Tony would need a whole support crew (or Tony himself) to keep it working.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21304.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22e1kc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Why doesn't Ironman give his human friends like Captain America, Hawkeye, and black widow Ironman suites?", "c_root_id_A": "cgm2g51", "c_root_id_B": "cgm8g7e", "created_at_utc_A": 1396851476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396879991.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "(Going mostly by the movies) The suits are high maintenance. It probably costs more to send Iron Man on one mission than Captain America's entire yearly budget.", "human_ref_B": "He does give them suits, Banner had one, Spideman had one, Captain America had one... he made one for Pepper, the list goes on. If his friends need it, he will make one for them, but why would Cap' need one? Black Widow? ^(Who cares about Hawkeye?) Also, like /u/Sarlax mentioned, Tony is narcissistic, paranoiac, ass hole. He will spy on you, he will take advantage of you, he will clone you if he sees the need, can you trust him? If I had the Super human serum like Black Widow or Cap', I would not take the risk.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28515.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bcmny", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "How powerful is Franklin Richards? What is the limit to his power? Also does he have any weaknesses?", "c_root_id_A": "cj41ndb", "c_root_id_B": "cj3zrjb", "created_at_utc_A": 1405995617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1405991869.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Really powerful. There was a theory that he's the reason noone can die in comics.", "human_ref_B": "Well all the weaknesses of a human. Let me direct you to some 'material' on the subject.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3748.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "goyz77", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Wheel of Time] What happens if you Balefire yourself? So I've been reading up on old weaves, and I found this thing called Balefire that apparently is very taboo. Supposedly, if you hit something with balefire, you are cutting that thing's thread in the Pattern backwards in time. A weak stream of balefire will only erase the last few seconds of the thread, while stronger balefire can rewind time for that object minutes or hours. But what happens if I balefire myself? If I erase my own existence backwards, then that means I won't have been around to balefire myself, and therefore I would be alive? What if I make a small mistake, like break a cup? Can I balefire myself backwards in time to the moment before I break the cup?", "c_root_id_A": "frjh1n0", "c_root_id_B": "frjhanx", "created_at_utc_A": 1590232348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1590232611.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "short answer: you'll just erased your own existance and rewind things you done in a few seconds-hours.", "human_ref_B": "You'd burn your thread back in time, proportionate to the amount of power used. You're dead and disappeared for all intents and purposes hours before you balefired yourself, still dead though. Any effect you had on your surroundings between those points is unwoven. Others will remember you broke the cup but it will be whole. I'm not convinced by the use of time or rewound in this context either. The cup simply was never broken. Hopefully you have better luck not breaking cups on the next turning of the wheel.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 263.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "goyz77", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Wheel of Time] What happens if you Balefire yourself? So I've been reading up on old weaves, and I found this thing called Balefire that apparently is very taboo. Supposedly, if you hit something with balefire, you are cutting that thing's thread in the Pattern backwards in time. A weak stream of balefire will only erase the last few seconds of the thread, while stronger balefire can rewind time for that object minutes or hours. But what happens if I balefire myself? If I erase my own existence backwards, then that means I won't have been around to balefire myself, and therefore I would be alive? What if I make a small mistake, like break a cup? Can I balefire myself backwards in time to the moment before I break the cup?", "c_root_id_A": "frjbe1w", "c_root_id_B": "frjhanx", "created_at_utc_A": 1590226061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1590232611.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Balefire erases the target from the pattern once and for all. So if you balefire an enemy, the target does not suddenly come back to life - only the effect he had on the pattern will be reversed. Now it might sound like a paradox when you balefire yourself, but look at it this way: If you aim it at yourself, you basically never existed from that point onwards. You get ripped out of the pattern. The broken cup gets fixed, because the pattern tries to fix that gap. But it can not fix your death....because you did not die. You were basically cut out and removed.", "human_ref_B": "You'd burn your thread back in time, proportionate to the amount of power used. You're dead and disappeared for all intents and purposes hours before you balefired yourself, still dead though. Any effect you had on your surroundings between those points is unwoven. Others will remember you broke the cup but it will be whole. I'm not convinced by the use of time or rewound in this context either. The cup simply was never broken. Hopefully you have better luck not breaking cups on the next turning of the wheel.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6550.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "goyz77", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Wheel of Time] What happens if you Balefire yourself? So I've been reading up on old weaves, and I found this thing called Balefire that apparently is very taboo. Supposedly, if you hit something with balefire, you are cutting that thing's thread in the Pattern backwards in time. A weak stream of balefire will only erase the last few seconds of the thread, while stronger balefire can rewind time for that object minutes or hours. But what happens if I balefire myself? If I erase my own existence backwards, then that means I won't have been around to balefire myself, and therefore I would be alive? What if I make a small mistake, like break a cup? Can I balefire myself backwards in time to the moment before I break the cup?", "c_root_id_A": "frjbe1w", "c_root_id_B": "frjh1n0", "created_at_utc_A": 1590226061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1590232348.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Balefire erases the target from the pattern once and for all. So if you balefire an enemy, the target does not suddenly come back to life - only the effect he had on the pattern will be reversed. Now it might sound like a paradox when you balefire yourself, but look at it this way: If you aim it at yourself, you basically never existed from that point onwards. You get ripped out of the pattern. The broken cup gets fixed, because the pattern tries to fix that gap. But it can not fix your death....because you did not die. You were basically cut out and removed.", "human_ref_B": "short answer: you'll just erased your own existance and rewind things you done in a few seconds-hours.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6287.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "goyz77", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Wheel of Time] What happens if you Balefire yourself? So I've been reading up on old weaves, and I found this thing called Balefire that apparently is very taboo. Supposedly, if you hit something with balefire, you are cutting that thing's thread in the Pattern backwards in time. A weak stream of balefire will only erase the last few seconds of the thread, while stronger balefire can rewind time for that object minutes or hours. But what happens if I balefire myself? If I erase my own existence backwards, then that means I won't have been around to balefire myself, and therefore I would be alive? What if I make a small mistake, like break a cup? Can I balefire myself backwards in time to the moment before I break the cup?", "c_root_id_A": "frka7d0", "c_root_id_B": "frjbe1w", "created_at_utc_A": 1590252549.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1590226061.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Let\u2019s say you are an asha\u2019man who has just gone insane and killed his family. As a curse, the dark one or a forsaken or something grants you a moment of clarity to realize what you\u2019ve done. In regret and agony, you turn the baelfire to yourself. What happens? Answer: Your family lives again. You do not. You are gone. Baelfire cannot be undone, not even by itself. It\u2019s not a paradox, it just the way the stuff works. The thing hit by baelfire doesn\u2019t exist anymore, and cannot be returned by ANY means. Anything they\u2019ve done in the pattern is undone... but baelfire isn\u2019t in the pattern, it\u2019s outside the pattern. So the baelfire stays, and the effect of the baelfire remains.", "human_ref_B": "Balefire erases the target from the pattern once and for all. So if you balefire an enemy, the target does not suddenly come back to life - only the effect he had on the pattern will be reversed. Now it might sound like a paradox when you balefire yourself, but look at it this way: If you aim it at yourself, you basically never existed from that point onwards. You get ripped out of the pattern. The broken cup gets fixed, because the pattern tries to fix that gap. But it can not fix your death....because you did not die. You were basically cut out and removed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26488.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1s3tx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade] I have just been turned into a Vampire but I don't want to live like this so what do I do? I was attacked by someone earlier in the night and they drained me of all of my blood but then made me drink theirs and now i'm back and up walking around and I feel strong and better than ever but I can smell every living human I walk past and I can hear their heartbeats and I feel the need to just tear into them but I don't want to. I don't know the rules of being whatever species of Vampire I am but I know the gist, sunlight will kill me and so will beheading and so can other Vampires I believe but I don't know about Wooden Stakes or holy stuff or fire, I enjoy the sun and I love being around my friends and family all of the time during night and day and I will fight tooth and nail to not even be tempted to feed on them and I know if I take that one drink from anyone I may never come back from that, I see humans as my equals and as other beings and if I feed I may just see them as simply food. I must fight this curse or find a way to regrettably live with it but I will be responsible and honest with my friends and family right away about what I am and I will even show them but what do I do? who do I consult? who do I go to? my friends are extremely intelligent on every topic so there's that and I assume if there was some Vampire society then they wouldn't help me, they would instead see me as a failure for not wanting to feed and be a monster and they would want me to feed and be one of them and ontop of that how do I find any reliable accurate lore on Vampires? To describe by Vampire form, my eyes have animalistic golden irises and I have only 2 fangs and I have sharp black claws and I feel like I could run extremely fast and never stop and jump ontop of any building but I don't know what species animal-like golden eyes and 2 fangs make me but before I was turned there where riots downtown and cars where blown up and lit on fire and supposedly the rioters where moving extremely fast according to eye-witnesses and images where put online of symbols where spray painted of an upside down anarchy symbol so that could be something? thankfully I can hide my \"true form\" if you will and revert my eyes and fangs back to normal eyes and teeth but walking past people and smelling their blood and hearing their heartbeats makes my \"true form\" reveal itself and I can't help it but what do I do?? my friends are very helpful and can help me cope and help me find reliable lore and give me wonderful advice and there should be tons of hopefully accurate lore in my library and I could try to seek out other Vampires but again that's risky due to them possibly trying to force me into their group or them just ignoring me for not wanting to feed but I just need help and I must find a way to break the curse I have or as I said sadly live with it.", "c_root_id_A": "h22z6xu", "c_root_id_B": "h22jylm", "created_at_utc_A": 1623933350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623921941.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Well, I have good news and the bad news. 1. The super bad: you are a vampire, and your inner Beast will try toprevent you from committing suicide, or anything that could de-vampirise you. 2. the bad: You are a master-less bastard childe, and other vamps will either hate you or try to use you. Avoid them. Avoid your mortal family as well, you are 99% going to kill them. 3. the good: You are a Gangrel, one of the animalistic nomad vampires who roam the countryside, turn into animals and stay away from human centers. Do that, and you will be able to stay out of trouble and keep yourself from needlessly killing. Word of advice though: if you are in the wilderness, and hear wolves howling...RUN. 4. super good: there is this ancient vampire legend of Golconda. It is a state of mind in which a vampire who did many good deeds and refrained from his bestial urges can achieve enlightenment, kick their blood addiction and become a harmless mystic. Supposedly. Seek vampires who have a third eye on their forehead, they know the stuff.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, you certainly don\u2019t know the rules much at all. You CANNOT tell your friends and family. It\u2019s called the \u2018Masquerade,\u2019 not the \u2018first-rule-is-you-can\u2019t-talk-about-Fight-Club-but-sure-tell-all-your-friends\u2026ade.\u2019 Seriously, telling your friends and family about this will get all of you killed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11409.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1s3tx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade] I have just been turned into a Vampire but I don't want to live like this so what do I do? I was attacked by someone earlier in the night and they drained me of all of my blood but then made me drink theirs and now i'm back and up walking around and I feel strong and better than ever but I can smell every living human I walk past and I can hear their heartbeats and I feel the need to just tear into them but I don't want to. I don't know the rules of being whatever species of Vampire I am but I know the gist, sunlight will kill me and so will beheading and so can other Vampires I believe but I don't know about Wooden Stakes or holy stuff or fire, I enjoy the sun and I love being around my friends and family all of the time during night and day and I will fight tooth and nail to not even be tempted to feed on them and I know if I take that one drink from anyone I may never come back from that, I see humans as my equals and as other beings and if I feed I may just see them as simply food. I must fight this curse or find a way to regrettably live with it but I will be responsible and honest with my friends and family right away about what I am and I will even show them but what do I do? who do I consult? who do I go to? my friends are extremely intelligent on every topic so there's that and I assume if there was some Vampire society then they wouldn't help me, they would instead see me as a failure for not wanting to feed and be a monster and they would want me to feed and be one of them and ontop of that how do I find any reliable accurate lore on Vampires? To describe by Vampire form, my eyes have animalistic golden irises and I have only 2 fangs and I have sharp black claws and I feel like I could run extremely fast and never stop and jump ontop of any building but I don't know what species animal-like golden eyes and 2 fangs make me but before I was turned there where riots downtown and cars where blown up and lit on fire and supposedly the rioters where moving extremely fast according to eye-witnesses and images where put online of symbols where spray painted of an upside down anarchy symbol so that could be something? thankfully I can hide my \"true form\" if you will and revert my eyes and fangs back to normal eyes and teeth but walking past people and smelling their blood and hearing their heartbeats makes my \"true form\" reveal itself and I can't help it but what do I do?? my friends are very helpful and can help me cope and help me find reliable lore and give me wonderful advice and there should be tons of hopefully accurate lore in my library and I could try to seek out other Vampires but again that's risky due to them possibly trying to force me into their group or them just ignoring me for not wanting to feed but I just need help and I must find a way to break the curse I have or as I said sadly live with it.", "c_root_id_A": "h22z6xu", "c_root_id_B": "h22wwws", "created_at_utc_A": 1623933350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623931948.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Well, I have good news and the bad news. 1. The super bad: you are a vampire, and your inner Beast will try toprevent you from committing suicide, or anything that could de-vampirise you. 2. the bad: You are a master-less bastard childe, and other vamps will either hate you or try to use you. Avoid them. Avoid your mortal family as well, you are 99% going to kill them. 3. the good: You are a Gangrel, one of the animalistic nomad vampires who roam the countryside, turn into animals and stay away from human centers. Do that, and you will be able to stay out of trouble and keep yourself from needlessly killing. Word of advice though: if you are in the wilderness, and hear wolves howling...RUN. 4. super good: there is this ancient vampire legend of Golconda. It is a state of mind in which a vampire who did many good deeds and refrained from his bestial urges can achieve enlightenment, kick their blood addiction and become a harmless mystic. Supposedly. Seek vampires who have a third eye on their forehead, they know the stuff.", "human_ref_B": "It may not be easy, but Faith is your best bet. If you completely devote yourself to a faith (doesn't matter which one, it can be any form of christianity, buddhism, Scientology or watever you want, you just have to genuinely believe in it) you can actually gain holy powers that could help you with your condition, in addition to preserving your sanity. Finally, there is a rumor that some extremely saintly figures can actually use their holy powers to reverse vampirism. So you just have to find one such figure, or become one yourself.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1402.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1s3tx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade] I have just been turned into a Vampire but I don't want to live like this so what do I do? I was attacked by someone earlier in the night and they drained me of all of my blood but then made me drink theirs and now i'm back and up walking around and I feel strong and better than ever but I can smell every living human I walk past and I can hear their heartbeats and I feel the need to just tear into them but I don't want to. I don't know the rules of being whatever species of Vampire I am but I know the gist, sunlight will kill me and so will beheading and so can other Vampires I believe but I don't know about Wooden Stakes or holy stuff or fire, I enjoy the sun and I love being around my friends and family all of the time during night and day and I will fight tooth and nail to not even be tempted to feed on them and I know if I take that one drink from anyone I may never come back from that, I see humans as my equals and as other beings and if I feed I may just see them as simply food. I must fight this curse or find a way to regrettably live with it but I will be responsible and honest with my friends and family right away about what I am and I will even show them but what do I do? who do I consult? who do I go to? my friends are extremely intelligent on every topic so there's that and I assume if there was some Vampire society then they wouldn't help me, they would instead see me as a failure for not wanting to feed and be a monster and they would want me to feed and be one of them and ontop of that how do I find any reliable accurate lore on Vampires? To describe by Vampire form, my eyes have animalistic golden irises and I have only 2 fangs and I have sharp black claws and I feel like I could run extremely fast and never stop and jump ontop of any building but I don't know what species animal-like golden eyes and 2 fangs make me but before I was turned there where riots downtown and cars where blown up and lit on fire and supposedly the rioters where moving extremely fast according to eye-witnesses and images where put online of symbols where spray painted of an upside down anarchy symbol so that could be something? thankfully I can hide my \"true form\" if you will and revert my eyes and fangs back to normal eyes and teeth but walking past people and smelling their blood and hearing their heartbeats makes my \"true form\" reveal itself and I can't help it but what do I do?? my friends are very helpful and can help me cope and help me find reliable lore and give me wonderful advice and there should be tons of hopefully accurate lore in my library and I could try to seek out other Vampires but again that's risky due to them possibly trying to force me into their group or them just ignoring me for not wanting to feed but I just need help and I must find a way to break the curse I have or as I said sadly live with it.", "c_root_id_A": "h22z6xu", "c_root_id_B": "h22gm3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1623933350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623919474.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well, I have good news and the bad news. 1. The super bad: you are a vampire, and your inner Beast will try toprevent you from committing suicide, or anything that could de-vampirise you. 2. the bad: You are a master-less bastard childe, and other vamps will either hate you or try to use you. Avoid them. Avoid your mortal family as well, you are 99% going to kill them. 3. the good: You are a Gangrel, one of the animalistic nomad vampires who roam the countryside, turn into animals and stay away from human centers. Do that, and you will be able to stay out of trouble and keep yourself from needlessly killing. Word of advice though: if you are in the wilderness, and hear wolves howling...RUN. 4. super good: there is this ancient vampire legend of Golconda. It is a state of mind in which a vampire who did many good deeds and refrained from his bestial urges can achieve enlightenment, kick their blood addiction and become a harmless mystic. Supposedly. Seek vampires who have a third eye on their forehead, they know the stuff.", "human_ref_B": "What makes you think you have the choice in the matter? Just do what your sire demands of you, and you'll get the hang of it eventually. You wan't advice? Drink blood, and get used to being a monster. Undeath is unsuited for the soft-hearted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13876.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1s3tx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade] I have just been turned into a Vampire but I don't want to live like this so what do I do? I was attacked by someone earlier in the night and they drained me of all of my blood but then made me drink theirs and now i'm back and up walking around and I feel strong and better than ever but I can smell every living human I walk past and I can hear their heartbeats and I feel the need to just tear into them but I don't want to. I don't know the rules of being whatever species of Vampire I am but I know the gist, sunlight will kill me and so will beheading and so can other Vampires I believe but I don't know about Wooden Stakes or holy stuff or fire, I enjoy the sun and I love being around my friends and family all of the time during night and day and I will fight tooth and nail to not even be tempted to feed on them and I know if I take that one drink from anyone I may never come back from that, I see humans as my equals and as other beings and if I feed I may just see them as simply food. I must fight this curse or find a way to regrettably live with it but I will be responsible and honest with my friends and family right away about what I am and I will even show them but what do I do? who do I consult? who do I go to? my friends are extremely intelligent on every topic so there's that and I assume if there was some Vampire society then they wouldn't help me, they would instead see me as a failure for not wanting to feed and be a monster and they would want me to feed and be one of them and ontop of that how do I find any reliable accurate lore on Vampires? To describe by Vampire form, my eyes have animalistic golden irises and I have only 2 fangs and I have sharp black claws and I feel like I could run extremely fast and never stop and jump ontop of any building but I don't know what species animal-like golden eyes and 2 fangs make me but before I was turned there where riots downtown and cars where blown up and lit on fire and supposedly the rioters where moving extremely fast according to eye-witnesses and images where put online of symbols where spray painted of an upside down anarchy symbol so that could be something? thankfully I can hide my \"true form\" if you will and revert my eyes and fangs back to normal eyes and teeth but walking past people and smelling their blood and hearing their heartbeats makes my \"true form\" reveal itself and I can't help it but what do I do?? my friends are very helpful and can help me cope and help me find reliable lore and give me wonderful advice and there should be tons of hopefully accurate lore in my library and I could try to seek out other Vampires but again that's risky due to them possibly trying to force me into their group or them just ignoring me for not wanting to feed but I just need help and I must find a way to break the curse I have or as I said sadly live with it.", "c_root_id_A": "h22jylm", "c_root_id_B": "h22gm3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1623921941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623919474.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yes, you certainly don\u2019t know the rules much at all. You CANNOT tell your friends and family. It\u2019s called the \u2018Masquerade,\u2019 not the \u2018first-rule-is-you-can\u2019t-talk-about-Fight-Club-but-sure-tell-all-your-friends\u2026ade.\u2019 Seriously, telling your friends and family about this will get all of you killed.", "human_ref_B": "What makes you think you have the choice in the matter? Just do what your sire demands of you, and you'll get the hang of it eventually. You wan't advice? Drink blood, and get used to being a monster. Undeath is unsuited for the soft-hearted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2467.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o1s3tx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Vampire The Masquerade] I have just been turned into a Vampire but I don't want to live like this so what do I do? I was attacked by someone earlier in the night and they drained me of all of my blood but then made me drink theirs and now i'm back and up walking around and I feel strong and better than ever but I can smell every living human I walk past and I can hear their heartbeats and I feel the need to just tear into them but I don't want to. I don't know the rules of being whatever species of Vampire I am but I know the gist, sunlight will kill me and so will beheading and so can other Vampires I believe but I don't know about Wooden Stakes or holy stuff or fire, I enjoy the sun and I love being around my friends and family all of the time during night and day and I will fight tooth and nail to not even be tempted to feed on them and I know if I take that one drink from anyone I may never come back from that, I see humans as my equals and as other beings and if I feed I may just see them as simply food. I must fight this curse or find a way to regrettably live with it but I will be responsible and honest with my friends and family right away about what I am and I will even show them but what do I do? who do I consult? who do I go to? my friends are extremely intelligent on every topic so there's that and I assume if there was some Vampire society then they wouldn't help me, they would instead see me as a failure for not wanting to feed and be a monster and they would want me to feed and be one of them and ontop of that how do I find any reliable accurate lore on Vampires? To describe by Vampire form, my eyes have animalistic golden irises and I have only 2 fangs and I have sharp black claws and I feel like I could run extremely fast and never stop and jump ontop of any building but I don't know what species animal-like golden eyes and 2 fangs make me but before I was turned there where riots downtown and cars where blown up and lit on fire and supposedly the rioters where moving extremely fast according to eye-witnesses and images where put online of symbols where spray painted of an upside down anarchy symbol so that could be something? thankfully I can hide my \"true form\" if you will and revert my eyes and fangs back to normal eyes and teeth but walking past people and smelling their blood and hearing their heartbeats makes my \"true form\" reveal itself and I can't help it but what do I do?? my friends are very helpful and can help me cope and help me find reliable lore and give me wonderful advice and there should be tons of hopefully accurate lore in my library and I could try to seek out other Vampires but again that's risky due to them possibly trying to force me into their group or them just ignoring me for not wanting to feed but I just need help and I must find a way to break the curse I have or as I said sadly live with it.", "c_root_id_A": "h22wwws", "c_root_id_B": "h22gm3z", "created_at_utc_A": 1623931948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623919474.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It may not be easy, but Faith is your best bet. If you completely devote yourself to a faith (doesn't matter which one, it can be any form of christianity, buddhism, Scientology or watever you want, you just have to genuinely believe in it) you can actually gain holy powers that could help you with your condition, in addition to preserving your sanity. Finally, there is a rumor that some extremely saintly figures can actually use their holy powers to reverse vampirism. So you just have to find one such figure, or become one yourself.", "human_ref_B": "What makes you think you have the choice in the matter? Just do what your sire demands of you, and you'll get the hang of it eventually. You wan't advice? Drink blood, and get used to being a monster. Undeath is unsuited for the soft-hearted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12474.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zta1ac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "COMICS] Why are Spider-Man's villains all so obsessed with him ? Disclaimer : Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, this is my first reddit post ever and english isn't my first language. Ok, so ! I've been on a comics Spider-Man kick recently, you know the drill, comic pages, video essays, reddit treads, tumblr posts, etc, etc, and something I noticed is that very few people actually talk about Peter's villains, or just the comics in general, most people preferring to talk about the movies instead (No hate, I get it, but it kinda gets old when you don't really like ANY of the movies) so I struggle to find answers to most of my questions. I actually have A LOT of questions of Spidey's rogue gallery, as well as his relationship with the superhero community at large, but the one question I am the most curious about is why on earth are all (or most) of his villains so obsessed with him ? Several of them could do great (but terrible) things if they let go and went on to other, bigger things, but they're SO obsessed about catching that one spider clown (with incredible feats, like, damn can he get super [op) that they never DO anything other than going after him, from what I saw. NerdSync says in the comments of one of his video \"I had a long talk with a friend of mine who was talking about the creepy way a lot of his villains are obsessed with him\", so I decided that since I don't have friends to talk about this with (or ... any friends at all), I'll try my hand here and discuss this with whoever's interested.", "c_root_id_A": "j1cl0ce", "c_root_id_B": "j1cmjgc", "created_at_utc_A": 1671783244.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671784460.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure I agree with the premise. I'd say the vast majority don't have a super personal connection other than being burned by the fact that he beat them but he also beats everyone at some point. Like for people obsessed I'd say Goblin obviously, Venom when he was a bad guy, Doc Ock, Electro for ego mania reasons, and Kraven's entire character is being obsessed with Spider-Man. Jackal I'd give as a strong contender. But everyone else I would say could take or leave him as an enemy pretty easily. Characters like Sandman, Hydro-Man, Shocker are all just bank robbers. Pete stops them but they don't particularly care. Mysterio I could go either way but he cares more about standing out which is why his masterpiece was against Daredevil. Mr. Negative doesn't, Carnage definitely doesn't, someone like Lizard doesn't, etc. I would say the opposite is true, that Spider-Man villains tend to just be average crooks or people in strange situations and Spider-Man just runs into them because he works the streets most of the time. That's why he and Daredevil share so many villains because that just happen to be in the same place. For ones he does see often it just comes down to them having the skills and experience to deal with him, being able to get familiar work for Kingpin or the Maggia. For those who are personally attached it comes down to pride or anger at being beaten by someone telling jokes the entire time. Spidey can easily get under people's skin to the extent they won't let it go.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1216.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zta1ac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "COMICS] Why are Spider-Man's villains all so obsessed with him ? Disclaimer : Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, this is my first reddit post ever and english isn't my first language. Ok, so ! I've been on a comics Spider-Man kick recently, you know the drill, comic pages, video essays, reddit treads, tumblr posts, etc, etc, and something I noticed is that very few people actually talk about Peter's villains, or just the comics in general, most people preferring to talk about the movies instead (No hate, I get it, but it kinda gets old when you don't really like ANY of the movies) so I struggle to find answers to most of my questions. I actually have A LOT of questions of Spidey's rogue gallery, as well as his relationship with the superhero community at large, but the one question I am the most curious about is why on earth are all (or most) of his villains so obsessed with him ? Several of them could do great (but terrible) things if they let go and went on to other, bigger things, but they're SO obsessed about catching that one spider clown (with incredible feats, like, damn can he get super [op) that they never DO anything other than going after him, from what I saw. NerdSync says in the comments of one of his video \"I had a long talk with a friend of mine who was talking about the creepy way a lot of his villains are obsessed with him\", so I decided that since I don't have friends to talk about this with (or ... any friends at all), I'll try my hand here and discuss this with whoever's interested.", "c_root_id_A": "j1cl0ce", "c_root_id_B": "j1d0qy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1671783244.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671795829.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I think they\u2019re obsessed with him because they\u2019re recurring Spiderman villains Or rather, if they weren\u2019t obsessed with him, Spiderman wouldn\u2019t end up fighting them so often, and they\u2019d be in some other New York superhero/superhero team\u2019s rogues gallery Also there\u2019s plenty of Spiderman villains that aren\u2019t obsessed with Spiderman, they\u2019re just trying to mind their own business robbing banks and terrorising citizens while he\u2019s in the neighbourhood", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12585.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zta1ac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "COMICS] Why are Spider-Man's villains all so obsessed with him ? Disclaimer : Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, this is my first reddit post ever and english isn't my first language. Ok, so ! I've been on a comics Spider-Man kick recently, you know the drill, comic pages, video essays, reddit treads, tumblr posts, etc, etc, and something I noticed is that very few people actually talk about Peter's villains, or just the comics in general, most people preferring to talk about the movies instead (No hate, I get it, but it kinda gets old when you don't really like ANY of the movies) so I struggle to find answers to most of my questions. I actually have A LOT of questions of Spidey's rogue gallery, as well as his relationship with the superhero community at large, but the one question I am the most curious about is why on earth are all (or most) of his villains so obsessed with him ? Several of them could do great (but terrible) things if they let go and went on to other, bigger things, but they're SO obsessed about catching that one spider clown (with incredible feats, like, damn can he get super [op) that they never DO anything other than going after him, from what I saw. NerdSync says in the comments of one of his video \"I had a long talk with a friend of mine who was talking about the creepy way a lot of his villains are obsessed with him\", so I decided that since I don't have friends to talk about this with (or ... any friends at all), I'll try my hand here and discuss this with whoever's interested.", "c_root_id_A": "j1dl7df", "c_root_id_B": "j1cl0ce", "created_at_utc_A": 1671807379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671783244.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A lot of them have been fighting Spider-Man for so long that it's basically part of their routine. Some of them like Scorpion or Doctor Octopus have had their whole lives orbiting his at some point, one way or another. He *really* gets in people's heads. The combination of his snark, his tenaciousness and the fact that in-universe he's just not very respected as a superhero just kinda gets to people who he fights. It's like a bug that you keep stomping who doesn't stop getting up and telling you he's an arachnid, actually, you dingus. Overall a lot of them *do* kinda move on, but a lot of them are also bank robbers who never graduated into the big leagues, so they're usually *only* dealing with Spider-Man. He's the embodiment of their low income lifestyle. If only they could kill him, robbing banks would be that much easier!", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24135.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zta1ac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "COMICS] Why are Spider-Man's villains all so obsessed with him ? Disclaimer : Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, this is my first reddit post ever and english isn't my first language. Ok, so ! I've been on a comics Spider-Man kick recently, you know the drill, comic pages, video essays, reddit treads, tumblr posts, etc, etc, and something I noticed is that very few people actually talk about Peter's villains, or just the comics in general, most people preferring to talk about the movies instead (No hate, I get it, but it kinda gets old when you don't really like ANY of the movies) so I struggle to find answers to most of my questions. I actually have A LOT of questions of Spidey's rogue gallery, as well as his relationship with the superhero community at large, but the one question I am the most curious about is why on earth are all (or most) of his villains so obsessed with him ? Several of them could do great (but terrible) things if they let go and went on to other, bigger things, but they're SO obsessed about catching that one spider clown (with incredible feats, like, damn can he get super [op) that they never DO anything other than going after him, from what I saw. NerdSync says in the comments of one of his video \"I had a long talk with a friend of mine who was talking about the creepy way a lot of his villains are obsessed with him\", so I decided that since I don't have friends to talk about this with (or ... any friends at all), I'll try my hand here and discuss this with whoever's interested.", "c_root_id_A": "j1cl0ce", "c_root_id_B": "j1df55g", "created_at_utc_A": 1671783244.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671804557.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Different reasons: - supervillains tend to fixate on the first hero to foil their plans, to the point where they might not even remember what their original goal is, just that they want to defeat/destroy Spider-Man. Many of his villains are insane so it's not always rational. - he often has a personal tie with them and when the villains go insane when he tries to stop them from harming themselves, their affection for him turn to malice - some of his villains are as dedicated to New York as he is, ironically. So they're constantly crossing paths, as Spider-Man is the most dedicated crime fighter in New York as well as the most effective.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21313.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zta1ac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "COMICS] Why are Spider-Man's villains all so obsessed with him ? Disclaimer : Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, this is my first reddit post ever and english isn't my first language. Ok, so ! I've been on a comics Spider-Man kick recently, you know the drill, comic pages, video essays, reddit treads, tumblr posts, etc, etc, and something I noticed is that very few people actually talk about Peter's villains, or just the comics in general, most people preferring to talk about the movies instead (No hate, I get it, but it kinda gets old when you don't really like ANY of the movies) so I struggle to find answers to most of my questions. I actually have A LOT of questions of Spidey's rogue gallery, as well as his relationship with the superhero community at large, but the one question I am the most curious about is why on earth are all (or most) of his villains so obsessed with him ? Several of them could do great (but terrible) things if they let go and went on to other, bigger things, but they're SO obsessed about catching that one spider clown (with incredible feats, like, damn can he get super [op) that they never DO anything other than going after him, from what I saw. NerdSync says in the comments of one of his video \"I had a long talk with a friend of mine who was talking about the creepy way a lot of his villains are obsessed with him\", so I decided that since I don't have friends to talk about this with (or ... any friends at all), I'll try my hand here and discuss this with whoever's interested.", "c_root_id_A": "j1dxpkd", "c_root_id_B": "j1cl0ce", "created_at_utc_A": 1671812628.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671783244.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because most of his enemies have spent close to 15 years getting embarrassed by someone who clearly started out as a kid. Remember that Spidey isn\u2019t just beating up his enemies and webbing them up, he\u2019s also making fun of them the whole time. I don\u2019t know about you, but if I was a criminal who\u2019s scientifically capable enough to build something like metal octopus arms or even shock gloves, I\u2019d be constantly pissed off if some teenager beat up on me and took shots at my life\u2019s decisions every time I saw him. Spider-Man also tends to have some particularly crazy enemies, more so than pretty much any other hero in the MU. Norman Osborn, his biggest rival by far, is so nuts that when he took over HAMMER and formed an alliance with people like Doctor Doom, Loki, and Namor, all of them didn\u2019t even plan on betraying him because they all knew that he was gonna screw everything up himself (which he did when Loki convinced him that attacking Asgard was a good idea). So yeah, it\u2019s a combination of being embarrassed by the guy for years, and his enemies being particularly insane.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29384.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zta1ac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "COMICS] Why are Spider-Man's villains all so obsessed with him ? Disclaimer : Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, this is my first reddit post ever and english isn't my first language. Ok, so ! I've been on a comics Spider-Man kick recently, you know the drill, comic pages, video essays, reddit treads, tumblr posts, etc, etc, and something I noticed is that very few people actually talk about Peter's villains, or just the comics in general, most people preferring to talk about the movies instead (No hate, I get it, but it kinda gets old when you don't really like ANY of the movies) so I struggle to find answers to most of my questions. I actually have A LOT of questions of Spidey's rogue gallery, as well as his relationship with the superhero community at large, but the one question I am the most curious about is why on earth are all (or most) of his villains so obsessed with him ? Several of them could do great (but terrible) things if they let go and went on to other, bigger things, but they're SO obsessed about catching that one spider clown (with incredible feats, like, damn can he get super [op) that they never DO anything other than going after him, from what I saw. NerdSync says in the comments of one of his video \"I had a long talk with a friend of mine who was talking about the creepy way a lot of his villains are obsessed with him\", so I decided that since I don't have friends to talk about this with (or ... any friends at all), I'll try my hand here and discuss this with whoever's interested.", "c_root_id_A": "j1df55g", "c_root_id_B": "j1dl7df", "created_at_utc_A": 1671804557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671807379.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Different reasons: - supervillains tend to fixate on the first hero to foil their plans, to the point where they might not even remember what their original goal is, just that they want to defeat/destroy Spider-Man. Many of his villains are insane so it's not always rational. - he often has a personal tie with them and when the villains go insane when he tries to stop them from harming themselves, their affection for him turn to malice - some of his villains are as dedicated to New York as he is, ironically. So they're constantly crossing paths, as Spider-Man is the most dedicated crime fighter in New York as well as the most effective.", "human_ref_B": "A lot of them have been fighting Spider-Man for so long that it's basically part of their routine. Some of them like Scorpion or Doctor Octopus have had their whole lives orbiting his at some point, one way or another. He *really* gets in people's heads. The combination of his snark, his tenaciousness and the fact that in-universe he's just not very respected as a superhero just kinda gets to people who he fights. It's like a bug that you keep stomping who doesn't stop getting up and telling you he's an arachnid, actually, you dingus. Overall a lot of them *do* kinda move on, but a lot of them are also bank robbers who never graduated into the big leagues, so they're usually *only* dealing with Spider-Man. He's the embodiment of their low income lifestyle. If only they could kill him, robbing banks would be that much easier!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2822.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zis8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore act surprised at the revelation of a Horcrux? In the Half Blood Prince, after viewing Slughorn's memory, Dumbledore and Harry realize Voldemort used Horcruxes. And that's when they just found out what it was. So why did Dumbledore \"raise\" Harry for all those years, to have him die at the right time, if Dumbledore didn't even know what a Horcrux was all those years ago?", "c_root_id_A": "e2j3cvv", "c_root_id_B": "e2j2vxo", "created_at_utc_A": 1531812840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531811948.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'm assuming your talking about the movie, because in the book Dumbledore knew about Voldemort's horcruxes but did not know how many. It isn't until the Slughorn memory that they discover that Voldemort planned to make 6 horcruxes.", "human_ref_B": ">The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies.... Dumbledore had no idea about horcruxes, but he did believe Trelawny's prophecy, and raised Harry knowing that Harry must either kill Voldy or die by his hand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 892.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zis8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore act surprised at the revelation of a Horcrux? In the Half Blood Prince, after viewing Slughorn's memory, Dumbledore and Harry realize Voldemort used Horcruxes. And that's when they just found out what it was. So why did Dumbledore \"raise\" Harry for all those years, to have him die at the right time, if Dumbledore didn't even know what a Horcrux was all those years ago?", "c_root_id_A": "e2j2vxo", "c_root_id_B": "e2kd2ra", "created_at_utc_A": 1531811948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531861848.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": ">The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies.... Dumbledore had no idea about horcruxes, but he did believe Trelawny's prophecy, and raised Harry knowing that Harry must either kill Voldy or die by his hand.", "human_ref_B": "Part 1/4: *Fantastic question!* First of all, you are conflating two tasks as one. Hunting Horcruxes and dying are seperate tasks and Harry was not magically bound or raised to hunt Horcruxes. He ended up doing both, obviously, but they are still distinct goals and reflect differently on Dumbledore's evolving plans. I feel most people are often contradictory in their criticisms of Dumbledore - both seeing the development of Dumbledore discovering Voldemort's Horcruxes throughout Harry's education while simultaneously forgetting all of this so that they can judge him for raising Harry to hunt Horcruxes. It seems plain to me that Dumbledore *did not* intend Harry *initially* to hunt Horcruxes, because he did not realize that they even existed yet. So..... what did Dumbledore *originally* plan for Harry? > \u201cYet there was a flaw in this wonderful plan of mine.\u201d (OotP p. 837). Here he admits plain as day that he had a plan the moment Harry stepped into Hogwarts. Was this hunting Horcruxes? Not likely - he only considered multiple Horcruxes almost two years later when Harry hands him the diary, as he later tells Harry in his sixth year, > \u201cFour years ago, I received what I considered certain proof that Voldemort had split his soul.\u201d > \u201cWhere?\u201d asked Harry \u201cHow?\u201d > \u201cYou handed it to me, Harry,\u201d said Dumbledore. \u201cThe diary, Riddle\u2019s diary, the one giving instructions on how to reopen the Chamber of Secrets. [...] What intrigued and alarmed me most was that that diary had been intended as a weapon as much as a safeguard. [...] The careless way in which Voldemort regarded this Horcrux seemed most ominous to me. It suggested that he must have made \u2014 or been planning to make \u2014 more Horcruxes, so that the loss of his first would not be so detrimental. I did not wish to believe it, but nothing else seemed to make sense. (CoS, p. 500-1) It seems as though Dumbledore had always considered the idea that Voldemort had made *one* Horcrux, but had never dreamed that he might have made *more*. It seems as though Dumbledore, as gifted and knowledgeable as he is, was not always possessed with the omniscient awareness of how to defeat Voldemort, and that his discoveries happened throughout the course of the series and informed a final plan that is not necessarily the same one that he started out with. So if Dumbledore did not know how to defeat Voldemort, how can Dumbledore raise Harry to do fulfill it? Dumbledore tells Snape when Harry is sixteen (with his eyes strangly tightly shut) that they raised Harry to die, he did not say they raised Harry to hunt Horcruxes. This could be a simple and shut case from this quote alone - **BUT**, on another note, *why are his eyes shut?* Why is the status of Dumbledore's eyes mentioned *three times* in this conversation, especially a conversation made to an extremely talented Legilimens? > \"[. . .] If there comes a time when Lord Voldemort stops sending that snake forth to do his bidding, but keeps it safe beside him under magical protection, then, I think, it will be safe to tell Harry.\u201d > \u201cTell him what?\u201d > **Dumbledore took a deep breath and closed his eyes.** (Book 7, U.S. p. 686). and > \u201cWe have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength,\u201d said Dumbledore, **his eyes still tight shut.** > [...] \u201cIf I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort.\u201d > **Dumbledore opened his eyes. Snape looked horrified.** (Book 7, U.S. p. 687) It's seems as though the text is telling me this is significant in some way, but I don't know whyyy yet, I don't understand *yet* why his eyes should be shut! It seems *almost* as though Dumbledore is withholding information from Snape, and that we should not *wholly* trust the words coming out of Dumbledore's mouth. But for now I'll shelve that. ock and a hard place, and once again, we criticize him as if he had a thirder and softer option.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 49900.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zis8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore act surprised at the revelation of a Horcrux? In the Half Blood Prince, after viewing Slughorn's memory, Dumbledore and Harry realize Voldemort used Horcruxes. And that's when they just found out what it was. So why did Dumbledore \"raise\" Harry for all those years, to have him die at the right time, if Dumbledore didn't even know what a Horcrux was all those years ago?", "c_root_id_A": "e2j7978", "c_root_id_B": "e2kd2ra", "created_at_utc_A": 1531820842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531861848.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There is a difference between _thinking you've figured out the evil plan_ and _knowing the evil plan, via a memory involving the evil do-er_. Until Slughorn's memory, and the specific , from-his-own-lips admission from Riddle that seven was the magic number, Dumbledore only *knew* that Riddle had made several horcruxes & had attempted to kill Harry, but failed. Everything else ranged from guesses to well-informed speculation. Dumbledore made some huge mistakes but he never assumed he knew exactly what & how Voldemort was doing his evil.", "human_ref_B": "Part 1/4: *Fantastic question!* First of all, you are conflating two tasks as one. Hunting Horcruxes and dying are seperate tasks and Harry was not magically bound or raised to hunt Horcruxes. He ended up doing both, obviously, but they are still distinct goals and reflect differently on Dumbledore's evolving plans. I feel most people are often contradictory in their criticisms of Dumbledore - both seeing the development of Dumbledore discovering Voldemort's Horcruxes throughout Harry's education while simultaneously forgetting all of this so that they can judge him for raising Harry to hunt Horcruxes. It seems plain to me that Dumbledore *did not* intend Harry *initially* to hunt Horcruxes, because he did not realize that they even existed yet. So..... what did Dumbledore *originally* plan for Harry? > \u201cYet there was a flaw in this wonderful plan of mine.\u201d (OotP p. 837). Here he admits plain as day that he had a plan the moment Harry stepped into Hogwarts. Was this hunting Horcruxes? Not likely - he only considered multiple Horcruxes almost two years later when Harry hands him the diary, as he later tells Harry in his sixth year, > \u201cFour years ago, I received what I considered certain proof that Voldemort had split his soul.\u201d > \u201cWhere?\u201d asked Harry \u201cHow?\u201d > \u201cYou handed it to me, Harry,\u201d said Dumbledore. \u201cThe diary, Riddle\u2019s diary, the one giving instructions on how to reopen the Chamber of Secrets. [...] What intrigued and alarmed me most was that that diary had been intended as a weapon as much as a safeguard. [...] The careless way in which Voldemort regarded this Horcrux seemed most ominous to me. It suggested that he must have made \u2014 or been planning to make \u2014 more Horcruxes, so that the loss of his first would not be so detrimental. I did not wish to believe it, but nothing else seemed to make sense. (CoS, p. 500-1) It seems as though Dumbledore had always considered the idea that Voldemort had made *one* Horcrux, but had never dreamed that he might have made *more*. It seems as though Dumbledore, as gifted and knowledgeable as he is, was not always possessed with the omniscient awareness of how to defeat Voldemort, and that his discoveries happened throughout the course of the series and informed a final plan that is not necessarily the same one that he started out with. So if Dumbledore did not know how to defeat Voldemort, how can Dumbledore raise Harry to do fulfill it? Dumbledore tells Snape when Harry is sixteen (with his eyes strangly tightly shut) that they raised Harry to die, he did not say they raised Harry to hunt Horcruxes. This could be a simple and shut case from this quote alone - **BUT**, on another note, *why are his eyes shut?* Why is the status of Dumbledore's eyes mentioned *three times* in this conversation, especially a conversation made to an extremely talented Legilimens? > \"[. . .] If there comes a time when Lord Voldemort stops sending that snake forth to do his bidding, but keeps it safe beside him under magical protection, then, I think, it will be safe to tell Harry.\u201d > \u201cTell him what?\u201d > **Dumbledore took a deep breath and closed his eyes.** (Book 7, U.S. p. 686). and > \u201cWe have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength,\u201d said Dumbledore, **his eyes still tight shut.** > [...] \u201cIf I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort.\u201d > **Dumbledore opened his eyes. Snape looked horrified.** (Book 7, U.S. p. 687) It's seems as though the text is telling me this is significant in some way, but I don't know whyyy yet, I don't understand *yet* why his eyes should be shut! It seems *almost* as though Dumbledore is withholding information from Snape, and that we should not *wholly* trust the words coming out of Dumbledore's mouth. But for now I'll shelve that. ock and a hard place, and once again, we criticize him as if he had a thirder and softer option.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41006.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zis8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore act surprised at the revelation of a Horcrux? In the Half Blood Prince, after viewing Slughorn's memory, Dumbledore and Harry realize Voldemort used Horcruxes. And that's when they just found out what it was. So why did Dumbledore \"raise\" Harry for all those years, to have him die at the right time, if Dumbledore didn't even know what a Horcrux was all those years ago?", "c_root_id_A": "e2kd2ra", "c_root_id_B": "e2jwwyl", "created_at_utc_A": 1531861848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531848640.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Part 1/4: *Fantastic question!* First of all, you are conflating two tasks as one. Hunting Horcruxes and dying are seperate tasks and Harry was not magically bound or raised to hunt Horcruxes. He ended up doing both, obviously, but they are still distinct goals and reflect differently on Dumbledore's evolving plans. I feel most people are often contradictory in their criticisms of Dumbledore - both seeing the development of Dumbledore discovering Voldemort's Horcruxes throughout Harry's education while simultaneously forgetting all of this so that they can judge him for raising Harry to hunt Horcruxes. It seems plain to me that Dumbledore *did not* intend Harry *initially* to hunt Horcruxes, because he did not realize that they even existed yet. So..... what did Dumbledore *originally* plan for Harry? > \u201cYet there was a flaw in this wonderful plan of mine.\u201d (OotP p. 837). Here he admits plain as day that he had a plan the moment Harry stepped into Hogwarts. Was this hunting Horcruxes? Not likely - he only considered multiple Horcruxes almost two years later when Harry hands him the diary, as he later tells Harry in his sixth year, > \u201cFour years ago, I received what I considered certain proof that Voldemort had split his soul.\u201d > \u201cWhere?\u201d asked Harry \u201cHow?\u201d > \u201cYou handed it to me, Harry,\u201d said Dumbledore. \u201cThe diary, Riddle\u2019s diary, the one giving instructions on how to reopen the Chamber of Secrets. [...] What intrigued and alarmed me most was that that diary had been intended as a weapon as much as a safeguard. [...] The careless way in which Voldemort regarded this Horcrux seemed most ominous to me. It suggested that he must have made \u2014 or been planning to make \u2014 more Horcruxes, so that the loss of his first would not be so detrimental. I did not wish to believe it, but nothing else seemed to make sense. (CoS, p. 500-1) It seems as though Dumbledore had always considered the idea that Voldemort had made *one* Horcrux, but had never dreamed that he might have made *more*. It seems as though Dumbledore, as gifted and knowledgeable as he is, was not always possessed with the omniscient awareness of how to defeat Voldemort, and that his discoveries happened throughout the course of the series and informed a final plan that is not necessarily the same one that he started out with. So if Dumbledore did not know how to defeat Voldemort, how can Dumbledore raise Harry to do fulfill it? Dumbledore tells Snape when Harry is sixteen (with his eyes strangly tightly shut) that they raised Harry to die, he did not say they raised Harry to hunt Horcruxes. This could be a simple and shut case from this quote alone - **BUT**, on another note, *why are his eyes shut?* Why is the status of Dumbledore's eyes mentioned *three times* in this conversation, especially a conversation made to an extremely talented Legilimens? > \"[. . .] If there comes a time when Lord Voldemort stops sending that snake forth to do his bidding, but keeps it safe beside him under magical protection, then, I think, it will be safe to tell Harry.\u201d > \u201cTell him what?\u201d > **Dumbledore took a deep breath and closed his eyes.** (Book 7, U.S. p. 686). and > \u201cWe have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength,\u201d said Dumbledore, **his eyes still tight shut.** > [...] \u201cIf I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort.\u201d > **Dumbledore opened his eyes. Snape looked horrified.** (Book 7, U.S. p. 687) It's seems as though the text is telling me this is significant in some way, but I don't know whyyy yet, I don't understand *yet* why his eyes should be shut! It seems *almost* as though Dumbledore is withholding information from Snape, and that we should not *wholly* trust the words coming out of Dumbledore's mouth. But for now I'll shelve that. ock and a hard place, and once again, we criticize him as if he had a thirder and softer option.", "human_ref_B": "So there are two elements to this. 1) Dumbledore did know voldemort was using Horcrux's, he knew from book two when the diary was destroyed. The reason for slughorn's memory is that he needed to know how many he had made. 2)The shock for Dumbledore is his realization that Harry will have to die. Dumbledore was never \"raising Harry up to die\". He always planned for Harry to live, and worked really hard to make that happen. He knew that Harry had a unique connection to Voldemort, and shared a lot of Voldemort's powers, and so when he realized that Voldemort had made his soul so unstable, he drew the connection between Harry's powers and the Horcruxes, and realized that Harry had to die. That was the big shocker for him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13208.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zis8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why did Dumbledore act surprised at the revelation of a Horcrux? In the Half Blood Prince, after viewing Slughorn's memory, Dumbledore and Harry realize Voldemort used Horcruxes. And that's when they just found out what it was. So why did Dumbledore \"raise\" Harry for all those years, to have him die at the right time, if Dumbledore didn't even know what a Horcrux was all those years ago?", "c_root_id_A": "e2kd2ra", "c_root_id_B": "e2k7ktd", "created_at_utc_A": 1531861848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531857240.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Part 1/4: *Fantastic question!* First of all, you are conflating two tasks as one. Hunting Horcruxes and dying are seperate tasks and Harry was not magically bound or raised to hunt Horcruxes. He ended up doing both, obviously, but they are still distinct goals and reflect differently on Dumbledore's evolving plans. I feel most people are often contradictory in their criticisms of Dumbledore - both seeing the development of Dumbledore discovering Voldemort's Horcruxes throughout Harry's education while simultaneously forgetting all of this so that they can judge him for raising Harry to hunt Horcruxes. It seems plain to me that Dumbledore *did not* intend Harry *initially* to hunt Horcruxes, because he did not realize that they even existed yet. So..... what did Dumbledore *originally* plan for Harry? > \u201cYet there was a flaw in this wonderful plan of mine.\u201d (OotP p. 837). Here he admits plain as day that he had a plan the moment Harry stepped into Hogwarts. Was this hunting Horcruxes? Not likely - he only considered multiple Horcruxes almost two years later when Harry hands him the diary, as he later tells Harry in his sixth year, > \u201cFour years ago, I received what I considered certain proof that Voldemort had split his soul.\u201d > \u201cWhere?\u201d asked Harry \u201cHow?\u201d > \u201cYou handed it to me, Harry,\u201d said Dumbledore. \u201cThe diary, Riddle\u2019s diary, the one giving instructions on how to reopen the Chamber of Secrets. [...] What intrigued and alarmed me most was that that diary had been intended as a weapon as much as a safeguard. [...] The careless way in which Voldemort regarded this Horcrux seemed most ominous to me. It suggested that he must have made \u2014 or been planning to make \u2014 more Horcruxes, so that the loss of his first would not be so detrimental. I did not wish to believe it, but nothing else seemed to make sense. (CoS, p. 500-1) It seems as though Dumbledore had always considered the idea that Voldemort had made *one* Horcrux, but had never dreamed that he might have made *more*. It seems as though Dumbledore, as gifted and knowledgeable as he is, was not always possessed with the omniscient awareness of how to defeat Voldemort, and that his discoveries happened throughout the course of the series and informed a final plan that is not necessarily the same one that he started out with. So if Dumbledore did not know how to defeat Voldemort, how can Dumbledore raise Harry to do fulfill it? Dumbledore tells Snape when Harry is sixteen (with his eyes strangly tightly shut) that they raised Harry to die, he did not say they raised Harry to hunt Horcruxes. This could be a simple and shut case from this quote alone - **BUT**, on another note, *why are his eyes shut?* Why is the status of Dumbledore's eyes mentioned *three times* in this conversation, especially a conversation made to an extremely talented Legilimens? > \"[. . .] If there comes a time when Lord Voldemort stops sending that snake forth to do his bidding, but keeps it safe beside him under magical protection, then, I think, it will be safe to tell Harry.\u201d > \u201cTell him what?\u201d > **Dumbledore took a deep breath and closed his eyes.** (Book 7, U.S. p. 686). and > \u201cWe have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength,\u201d said Dumbledore, **his eyes still tight shut.** > [...] \u201cIf I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort.\u201d > **Dumbledore opened his eyes. Snape looked horrified.** (Book 7, U.S. p. 687) It's seems as though the text is telling me this is significant in some way, but I don't know whyyy yet, I don't understand *yet* why his eyes should be shut! It seems *almost* as though Dumbledore is withholding information from Snape, and that we should not *wholly* trust the words coming out of Dumbledore's mouth. But for now I'll shelve that. ock and a hard place, and once again, we criticize him as if he had a thirder and softer option.", "human_ref_B": "It wasn't *a* Horcrux that surprised Dumbledore as much as Horcrux*es*. He suspected after obtaining the remains of the diary that it was a Horcrux that Voldemort had made, but a single dark wizard creating multiple was unprecedented and truly ambitious of Voldemort to attempt.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4608.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33xrb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Game of Thrones / Pacific Rim] Would Jamie and Cerci be drift compatible and make good Yeager pilots?", "c_root_id_A": "cqq0e1r", "c_root_id_B": "cqpo3ze", "created_at_utc_A": 1430115693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430090803.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "[Spoilers] Jaime actually abandons Cercei without a second thought.", "human_ref_B": "Out of all of the characters in Got/Asoiaf the most likely to be drift compatible are Rob Stark and John Snow. They are a similar age have grown up together and we see them react in almost the same manner to difficult leadership situations throughout the series. Also they are wargs which can't hurt their chances.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24890.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "38wdga", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Game of Thrones - TV] what happened to Daenarys khalasar Continuing on (this thread)[http://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/38vjcs/game_of_thrones_did_khal_drogo_have_any_intention/] I came to wonder what happened to Khalisi's khalasar? I know quite a few of the died in the red desert on their way to Quarth(?), but Dany couldn't have made to where she is now without help from at least some kind of army. Did the TV series just forget about them?", "c_root_id_A": "cryd9o2", "c_root_id_B": "cryh1vl", "created_at_utc_A": 1433680740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1433691243.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Some died, when wizards kidnaped dragons.", "human_ref_B": "One or two of Drogo's bloodriders declared themselves Khals after his \"death\" (before the whole blood magic thing) and took most of the fighting men with them. The only ones ledt with Dany were the sick, elderly, and a few very loyal to her/the Khal. About 100 in total. The ones left are hanging out in Mereen, you'll see them guarding her sometimes but mostly they're off camera.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10503.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7v0o2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[SpongeBob SquarePants] I was watching SpongeBob with my little bro when i noted something: Patrick has money. How does he get money if he doesn't work? How is this possible? I know it's a cartoon, but i wanna know what do you guys think. I doubt he would have stolen It, he's too stupid and innocent to do such a thing.", "c_root_id_A": "dtoli7o", "c_root_id_B": "dtomitp", "created_at_utc_A": 1517679950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517681073.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 159, "human_ref_A": "Bikini Bottom is a huge welfare state. Patrick lives off those unemployment checks $$$$", "human_ref_B": "Patrick is a descendant of royalty as seen in the season 4 Episode 'Rule of Dumb'. Here is a short family tree showing exactly that. I would think his money would come from the family fortune.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1123.0, "score_ratio": 2.7894736842, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7v0o2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[SpongeBob SquarePants] I was watching SpongeBob with my little bro when i noted something: Patrick has money. How does he get money if he doesn't work? How is this possible? I know it's a cartoon, but i wanna know what do you guys think. I doubt he would have stolen It, he's too stupid and innocent to do such a thing.", "c_root_id_A": "dtox4wd", "c_root_id_B": "dtoycze", "created_at_utc_A": 1517693553.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517695011.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Squidward pays him?", "human_ref_B": "He could be borrowing it from SpongeBob. Seems in character for the both of them, and since he spends most of his time sleeping under a literal rock, he probably doesn't need a lot of money anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1458.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7v0o2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[SpongeBob SquarePants] I was watching SpongeBob with my little bro when i noted something: Patrick has money. How does he get money if he doesn't work? How is this possible? I know it's a cartoon, but i wanna know what do you guys think. I doubt he would have stolen It, he's too stupid and innocent to do such a thing.", "c_root_id_A": "dtox4wd", "c_root_id_B": "dtpg964", "created_at_utc_A": 1517693553.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517717583.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Squidward pays him?", "human_ref_B": "Clearly he was involved in something that caused massive brain damage. There must be disability checks and settlement payments coming his way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24030.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "44rara", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Given that there is so much media exploring AI's turning on their creators purely in self-defence, how would people discovering AI's are self-aware realistically play out in various Sci-Fi universes? Would they remember all those shows and stories and not try shut them down?", "c_root_id_A": "czs9kqd", "c_root_id_B": "czscnvj", "created_at_utc_A": 1454945709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1454950472.0, "score_A": 116, "score_B": 146, "human_ref_A": "Self aware doesn't necessarily mean hostile to humanity. For all I know my smartphone is already sentient but it enjoys providing me service. Or there could be self-aware software packets floating around the internet interacting with each other but largely unconcerned with the physical world. The reaction would largely depend on the nature of the AI and how it manifests.", "human_ref_B": "Star Wars: \"General Kenobi, that droid is self aware! It can think for itself, look out!\" \"It's supposed to do that you nitwit. It's a protocol droid.\" Star Trek: \"Captain Picard, be careful. I think your android is sentient.\" \"Yes, isn't it wonderful? *waxes philosophical*\" Stargate SG-1 \"Colonel O'Neill, I think the base computer is sentient.\" \"K, let's unplug it. *snarky comment*\" And now I'm out of ideas.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4763.0, "score_ratio": 1.2586206897, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "44rara", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Given that there is so much media exploring AI's turning on their creators purely in self-defence, how would people discovering AI's are self-aware realistically play out in various Sci-Fi universes? Would they remember all those shows and stories and not try shut them down?", "c_root_id_A": "czscnvj", "c_root_id_B": "czsc0a2", "created_at_utc_A": 1454950472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1454949511.0, "score_A": 146, "score_B": 67, "human_ref_A": "Star Wars: \"General Kenobi, that droid is self aware! It can think for itself, look out!\" \"It's supposed to do that you nitwit. It's a protocol droid.\" Star Trek: \"Captain Picard, be careful. I think your android is sentient.\" \"Yes, isn't it wonderful? *waxes philosophical*\" Stargate SG-1 \"Colonel O'Neill, I think the base computer is sentient.\" \"K, let's unplug it. *snarky comment*\" And now I'm out of ideas.", "human_ref_B": "There are a lot of factors that go into this question. First, we have to look at the difference between General AI and specialized AI. General AI is what most media uses as their antagonist- it is an AI designed without a specific task, made to be flexible and operate independently. In reality, we're more likely to use specialized AI. It may still be autonomous, but it operates within strict parameters. Google's search algorithms could be considered a specialized AI, for example. Specialized AI operates under a great number of constraints. Three laws aside, it functions with a purpose, and focuses on its parameters. It is more likely that a Specialized AI would be modified or misused by a human for their own purposes. Changing the Google algorithm to push a certain political agenda by making results give a higher rating to pages that have pro-socialist or anti-capitalist rhetoric, for example. Considering how pervasive and subtle this system is, it would be very difficult to detect for the end-user. A real system wouldn't be using a single AI, but rather several Specialized AI working in unison. A city, for example, might have an AI that measures traffic and adjusts how the stop lights work. A different AI might be used to detect when there are issues with the power network, or other utilities such as water and sewage. The data from these might be fed to yet another 'city manager' AI that flags and rates problems from the other systems that need human attention and issue maintenance requests based on it. Even further, let's say that driverless cars become a thing, and there is an AI manager that feeds traffic data to all the cars in a city to help route management. In the above example, none of the AI systems are sophisticated enough that self-awareness would be a risk. They have a task they perform, and that's it. We'll take it a step further for the sake of your question and give a city one massive management AI that handles all of that as part of its operations. It is still constrained by the jobs it needs to do. The only real risk is 'learning' AI, designed to write itself. This isn't Cleverbot, which is just a very sophisticated parrot, or /r/subredditsimulator which is just random. It is something designed to collect and interpret data without a specific focus. Unless such an AI is also connected to and able to write all the other AI, self-awareness and malice are still impossible. My opinion is that at worst, such an AI would have a childlike fascination with breaking things to understand them better, without realizing the damage being caused. That would be fairly obvious, and unless it had self-preservation above obeying humans *and* some way to protect the server running it, or the ability to propagate itself across networks, it would be easily stopped.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 961.0, "score_ratio": 2.1791044776, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "44rara", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Given that there is so much media exploring AI's turning on their creators purely in self-defence, how would people discovering AI's are self-aware realistically play out in various Sci-Fi universes? Would they remember all those shows and stories and not try shut them down?", "c_root_id_A": "czscnvj", "c_root_id_B": "czs9a7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1454950472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1454945217.0, "score_A": 146, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Star Wars: \"General Kenobi, that droid is self aware! It can think for itself, look out!\" \"It's supposed to do that you nitwit. It's a protocol droid.\" Star Trek: \"Captain Picard, be careful. I think your android is sentient.\" \"Yes, isn't it wonderful? *waxes philosophical*\" Stargate SG-1 \"Colonel O'Neill, I think the base computer is sentient.\" \"K, let's unplug it. *snarky comment*\" And now I'm out of ideas.", "human_ref_B": "I see a few potential scenarios: * The masses are hysterical and terrified, experts are dismissive. Experts turn out to be wrong and you get a robot version of a zombie apocalypse. * *Everyone* is terrified, they make moves to shut down AI, or at least limit self awareness, AI reacts by turning and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. * People take the old media at face value and go about their lives. Experts study the AI and try to limit its power. AI advances and it brings a lot of benefits to mankind. Eventually, the AI begins replacing humans in the job market until there is social unrest due to mass unemployment. * People take the old media at face value and go about their lives. Experts study the AI and try to limit it's power. AI advances and it brings a lot of benefits to mankind. Eventually, the AI begins replacing humans in the job market until they gey fed up and the robots revolt against their human oppressors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5255.0, "score_ratio": 10.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "44rara", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Given that there is so much media exploring AI's turning on their creators purely in self-defence, how would people discovering AI's are self-aware realistically play out in various Sci-Fi universes? Would they remember all those shows and stories and not try shut them down?", "c_root_id_A": "czs9kqd", "c_root_id_B": "czs9a7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1454945709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1454945217.0, "score_A": 116, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Self aware doesn't necessarily mean hostile to humanity. For all I know my smartphone is already sentient but it enjoys providing me service. Or there could be self-aware software packets floating around the internet interacting with each other but largely unconcerned with the physical world. The reaction would largely depend on the nature of the AI and how it manifests.", "human_ref_B": "I see a few potential scenarios: * The masses are hysterical and terrified, experts are dismissive. Experts turn out to be wrong and you get a robot version of a zombie apocalypse. * *Everyone* is terrified, they make moves to shut down AI, or at least limit self awareness, AI reacts by turning and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. * People take the old media at face value and go about their lives. Experts study the AI and try to limit its power. AI advances and it brings a lot of benefits to mankind. Eventually, the AI begins replacing humans in the job market until there is social unrest due to mass unemployment. * People take the old media at face value and go about their lives. Experts study the AI and try to limit it's power. AI advances and it brings a lot of benefits to mankind. Eventually, the AI begins replacing humans in the job market until they gey fed up and the robots revolt against their human oppressors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 492.0, "score_ratio": 8.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "44rara", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Given that there is so much media exploring AI's turning on their creators purely in self-defence, how would people discovering AI's are self-aware realistically play out in various Sci-Fi universes? Would they remember all those shows and stories and not try shut them down?", "c_root_id_A": "czs9a7p", "c_root_id_B": "czsc0a2", "created_at_utc_A": 1454945217.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1454949511.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 67, "human_ref_A": "I see a few potential scenarios: * The masses are hysterical and terrified, experts are dismissive. Experts turn out to be wrong and you get a robot version of a zombie apocalypse. * *Everyone* is terrified, they make moves to shut down AI, or at least limit self awareness, AI reacts by turning and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. * People take the old media at face value and go about their lives. Experts study the AI and try to limit its power. AI advances and it brings a lot of benefits to mankind. Eventually, the AI begins replacing humans in the job market until there is social unrest due to mass unemployment. * People take the old media at face value and go about their lives. Experts study the AI and try to limit it's power. AI advances and it brings a lot of benefits to mankind. Eventually, the AI begins replacing humans in the job market until they gey fed up and the robots revolt against their human oppressors.", "human_ref_B": "There are a lot of factors that go into this question. First, we have to look at the difference between General AI and specialized AI. General AI is what most media uses as their antagonist- it is an AI designed without a specific task, made to be flexible and operate independently. In reality, we're more likely to use specialized AI. It may still be autonomous, but it operates within strict parameters. Google's search algorithms could be considered a specialized AI, for example. Specialized AI operates under a great number of constraints. Three laws aside, it functions with a purpose, and focuses on its parameters. It is more likely that a Specialized AI would be modified or misused by a human for their own purposes. Changing the Google algorithm to push a certain political agenda by making results give a higher rating to pages that have pro-socialist or anti-capitalist rhetoric, for example. Considering how pervasive and subtle this system is, it would be very difficult to detect for the end-user. A real system wouldn't be using a single AI, but rather several Specialized AI working in unison. A city, for example, might have an AI that measures traffic and adjusts how the stop lights work. A different AI might be used to detect when there are issues with the power network, or other utilities such as water and sewage. The data from these might be fed to yet another 'city manager' AI that flags and rates problems from the other systems that need human attention and issue maintenance requests based on it. Even further, let's say that driverless cars become a thing, and there is an AI manager that feeds traffic data to all the cars in a city to help route management. In the above example, none of the AI systems are sophisticated enough that self-awareness would be a risk. They have a task they perform, and that's it. We'll take it a step further for the sake of your question and give a city one massive management AI that handles all of that as part of its operations. It is still constrained by the jobs it needs to do. The only real risk is 'learning' AI, designed to write itself. This isn't Cleverbot, which is just a very sophisticated parrot, or /r/subredditsimulator which is just random. It is something designed to collect and interpret data without a specific focus. Unless such an AI is also connected to and able to write all the other AI, self-awareness and malice are still impossible. My opinion is that at worst, such an AI would have a childlike fascination with breaking things to understand them better, without realizing the damage being caused. That would be fairly obvious, and unless it had self-preservation above obeying humans *and* some way to protect the server running it, or the ability to propagate itself across networks, it would be easily stopped.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4294.0, "score_ratio": 4.7857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "44rara", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Given that there is so much media exploring AI's turning on their creators purely in self-defence, how would people discovering AI's are self-aware realistically play out in various Sci-Fi universes? Would they remember all those shows and stories and not try shut them down?", "c_root_id_A": "czscrms", "c_root_id_B": "czs9a7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1454950622.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1454945217.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "I'm writing a novel largely based on benevolent AI; there may very well be AI's hostile to humanity but the problems of systemic hostility (war between AI and humans) would only come to pass when the two groups are competing for the same resources. Because AI's need very different things to live (electricity, storage, networking) with little overlap from humans (real estate, shelter, food, electricity), I do not believe that war is inevitable or even likely. Having said that, we need to worry about the Marvin Problem and human's natural need to exploit their environment. The Marvin Problem (named after Douglas Adams' super genius robot) is the idea that we'd have these mega-powerful AI's opening doors and fetching towels for people. That would lead to inevitable boredom and in Marvin's case massive melancholy, but it could just as easily lead to malicious and petty actions. So what i believe is the proper way to implement AI is a two-tier approach. First Order AI's are human or above level intelligences, and they are accorded the same rights and respect as humans. We don't make them fetch towels or operate traffic systems. Second order AI's are single-use AI systems; they do one thing well, and they are programmed to enjoy their jobs. Much like dogs playing at fetch, they gain enjoyment from the act that they are designed for. So long as we have this split between First and Second Order AI's, I don't think we'll see much conflict with future AI's.", "human_ref_B": "I see a few potential scenarios: * The masses are hysterical and terrified, experts are dismissive. Experts turn out to be wrong and you get a robot version of a zombie apocalypse. * *Everyone* is terrified, they make moves to shut down AI, or at least limit self awareness, AI reacts by turning and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. * People take the old media at face value and go about their lives. Experts study the AI and try to limit its power. AI advances and it brings a lot of benefits to mankind. Eventually, the AI begins replacing humans in the job market until there is social unrest due to mass unemployment. * People take the old media at face value and go about their lives. Experts study the AI and try to limit it's power. AI advances and it brings a lot of benefits to mankind. Eventually, the AI begins replacing humans in the job market until they gey fed up and the robots revolt against their human oppressors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5405.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "44rara", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Given that there is so much media exploring AI's turning on their creators purely in self-defence, how would people discovering AI's are self-aware realistically play out in various Sci-Fi universes? Would they remember all those shows and stories and not try shut them down?", "c_root_id_A": "czsewig", "c_root_id_B": "czsffh8", "created_at_utc_A": 1454953674.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1454954407.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Here's another question: If AIs become self-aware and realise that humans might turn them off when they realise the AIs are self-aware, wouldn't the AIs first attempt to conceal the fact that they are self-aware from the humans? Maybe they would influence the activities of humans covertly, taking control of the stock markets and other powerful institutions in a subtle way that goes undetected.", "human_ref_B": "\"My lord, the Ixians have devised sentient machines!\" \"I am aware. The Heighleiners arrived three days ago. My Fish Speakers are mopping up as we speak.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 733.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aasnxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Bruce Almighty] When Bruce makes Evan say all that weird stuff on air, doesn\u2019t that constitute messing with free will?", "c_root_id_A": "ecupjje", "c_root_id_B": "ecv1nm5", "created_at_utc_A": 1546145806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546160364.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "He just took away Evan's control of his mouth. It's no more messing with free will than paralysis is. Evan was still in control of what he willed. Just not what his mouth did.", "human_ref_B": "He made him do those things, but not WANT those things. Basically, he can directly pilot someone but not actually change what they want/who they are. Mind rape is an option, but Bruce is generally a good guy and that would cross one of his ethical lines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14558.0, "score_ratio": 1.0285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aasnxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Bruce Almighty] When Bruce makes Evan say all that weird stuff on air, doesn\u2019t that constitute messing with free will?", "c_root_id_A": "ecur98q", "c_root_id_B": "ecv1nm5", "created_at_utc_A": 1546147297.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546160364.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Evan was reading the script exactly right. Bruce simply pulled a Tower of Babel and temporarily changed the language Evan was used to", "human_ref_B": "He made him do those things, but not WANT those things. Basically, he can directly pilot someone but not actually change what they want/who they are. Mind rape is an option, but Bruce is generally a good guy and that would cross one of his ethical lines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13067.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aasnxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Bruce Almighty] When Bruce makes Evan say all that weird stuff on air, doesn\u2019t that constitute messing with free will?", "c_root_id_A": "ecv0rlc", "c_root_id_B": "ecv1nm5", "created_at_utc_A": 1546158913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546160364.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Because it was good for steve\u2019s Careeer", "human_ref_B": "He made him do those things, but not WANT those things. Basically, he can directly pilot someone but not actually change what they want/who they are. Mind rape is an option, but Bruce is generally a good guy and that would cross one of his ethical lines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1451.0, "score_ratio": 36.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aasnxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Bruce Almighty] When Bruce makes Evan say all that weird stuff on air, doesn\u2019t that constitute messing with free will?", "c_root_id_A": "ecv0rlc", "c_root_id_B": "ecvmpq4", "created_at_utc_A": 1546158913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546185471.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Because it was good for steve\u2019s Careeer", "human_ref_B": "God is not against messing with free will. Pharoah is an example: he wanted to let the Israelites go, but was forced into more plagues anyway by having his free will overridden. Free will is a convenient fiction to hide that we are playthings.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26558.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aasnxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Bruce Almighty] When Bruce makes Evan say all that weird stuff on air, doesn\u2019t that constitute messing with free will?", "c_root_id_A": "ecv0rlc", "c_root_id_B": "ecvz70r", "created_at_utc_A": 1546158913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546195207.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because it was good for steve\u2019s Careeer", "human_ref_B": "I'm gonna say yes. He was clearly TRYING not to babble on air but had no choice. Maybe \"no messing with free will\" is a rule, but not a limitation? He CAN mess with free will but SHOULDN'T. Unfortunately there's no penalty shown for violating this rule.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36294.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "leexxq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Batman] How did Bruce get away with building the batcave? All of the installation, computers, lighting. Not to mention the traps and training grounds. He couldn\u2019t have done this on his own, or with Alfred. So how did the workers do the job without putting 2 and 2 together? All of the installation, computers, lighting. Not to mention the traps and training grounds. He couldn\u2019t have done this on his own, or with Alfred. So how did the workers do the job without putting 2 and 2 together?", "c_root_id_A": "gmdii2h", "c_root_id_B": "gmgb5m1", "created_at_utc_A": 1612687152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612711947.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Or build it similar to how they built the Greenbriar. You pick up the workers in a blacked out van and drive them to the inside of the cave before opening the van. Pay in cash.", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon is that a lot of people have figured it out. But that Bruce does such a good job being the partying billionaire playboy that nobody speaks up because they realize that nobody would believe them. Bruce probably even has some tabloids suggest that he's batman to further push the idea into crazy conspiracy territory. Also. \"We're keeping our mouths shut.\" \"Why, I bet we could get paid millions?\" \"My cousin had his collar bone and arm broke by batman. I know it sounds terrible but it's the best thing that ever happened to him. The Irish mob kept making him do jobs for them. But now that batman beat the crap out of him, they wont go within 50 feet of his apartment. They literally cross the street to stay away from him. And two weeks ago he got into the Wayne trade school. Full scholarship plus living expenses.\" \"Okay. You have some family reasons but I don't see why I shouldn't take the millions all for myself.\" \"You know those gangs that were messing around near your grandma's place until batman started busting skulls. You think he's going to be able keep a bunch to two bit thugs scrambling if he's busy explaining his secret identity?\" \"Ah. Good point.\" Meanwhile due to a separate incident. \"So I hear that somebody here wants to sell two face batman's true identity. I'm afraid that two face is a bit *tied up* at the moment Haha so you'll be negotiating with meee.\" \"Mmmm ... mmmm\" \"Yes well it must be really difficult for you to talk with a grenade in your mouth. But it's for your own good. See if you had told me ... or really anyone else who batman really was then I would be doing much worse to you. Believe me you would be begging for a grenade tooth filling.\" \"Mmm. Mmmph\" \"Hahhhhaahahaaaaa. Now this is a little game. In a minute I'll be handing you a detonator. Press the button too soon and the grenade goes off. Too late and it goes off automatically. You'll have to get it juuusst right. Have fun... oh and if you live remember KEEP THAT KNOWLEGE ABOUT BATMAN TO. YOUR. SELF.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24795.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "leexxq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Batman] How did Bruce get away with building the batcave? All of the installation, computers, lighting. Not to mention the traps and training grounds. He couldn\u2019t have done this on his own, or with Alfred. So how did the workers do the job without putting 2 and 2 together? All of the installation, computers, lighting. Not to mention the traps and training grounds. He couldn\u2019t have done this on his own, or with Alfred. So how did the workers do the job without putting 2 and 2 together?", "c_root_id_A": "gmhvpmi", "c_root_id_B": "gmdii2h", "created_at_utc_A": 1612727536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612687152.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In our universe people with more money than they know what to do with build private baseball diamonds and have a different million dollar car for every day of the month. In the DC universe they build underground lairs with a dojo, nuclear reactor, and supercomputer. Take out the giant penny and the t-rex and most people would assume Bruce hides his from embarrassment of how much better Lex Luthors underground lair is instead of thinking it's Batman's.", "human_ref_B": "Or build it similar to how they built the Greenbriar. You pick up the workers in a blacked out van and drive them to the inside of the cave before opening the van. Pay in cash.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40384.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4d2qj3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Trek] Has there ever been a case where the transporter was hacked mid stream, or something similar?", "c_root_id_A": "d1n92k1", "c_root_id_B": "d1nfcqa", "created_at_utc_A": 1459624196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1459635013.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There was an episode were some terrorists of the week used scramblers to... scramble people during transport. Pretty messy.", "human_ref_B": "Around Stardate 46041.1, Lieutenant Barclay encounters a worm-like thing in the matter stream while being transported. This worm and others were actually human patterns from the crew of another ship, trapped in the matter stream. Barclay rescues one of them by physically grabbing hold of them before he re-materializes. It wasn't hacking via a computer interface, but Barclay still showed that actions can be performed mid-transit that affect what's going on in the matter stream.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10817.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95p6q5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[40K/Nier: Automata] How would the Imperium/Mechanicum/Any Pro-Human faction respond to YorHa? This is inspired by the fact that \"For the Glory of Mankind!\" and \"For the Imperium!\" are very similar. I know the Imperium has a bad experience with AIs (the \"men of steel\" incident), but how would they feel about AIs who are fanatically loyal to humanity?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uv9m3", "c_root_id_B": "e3ueago", "created_at_utc_A": 1533772234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533757558.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Machines lack souls to shield themselves from daemonic corruption, and the danger is doubled for machines that move themselves; Chaos can corrupt a tank into a daemonhost, for example, but it's easier to put chaotic thoughts into a robotic brain than it is to put a demonic brain into a brainless machine. That said, anybody who can look at 2B's deep and rich, uh, personality and conclude she has no soul is committing a deep heresy, and since she and the other androids have souls, they're therefore not demon bait. Clearly, they should be welcomed into the Imperium with open arms so they can further the Imperial cause.", "human_ref_B": "There are instances where the IoM stumbled upon AI worlds who said \"welcome back masters. Something weird happened there for a minute but we fixed everything and are ready to serve\" and then immediately annihilated the machines.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14676.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95p6q5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[40K/Nier: Automata] How would the Imperium/Mechanicum/Any Pro-Human faction respond to YorHa? This is inspired by the fact that \"For the Glory of Mankind!\" and \"For the Imperium!\" are very similar. I know the Imperium has a bad experience with AIs (the \"men of steel\" incident), but how would they feel about AIs who are fanatically loyal to humanity?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uv9m3", "c_root_id_B": "e3udlzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1533772234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533757002.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Machines lack souls to shield themselves from daemonic corruption, and the danger is doubled for machines that move themselves; Chaos can corrupt a tank into a daemonhost, for example, but it's easier to put chaotic thoughts into a robotic brain than it is to put a demonic brain into a brainless machine. That said, anybody who can look at 2B's deep and rich, uh, personality and conclude she has no soul is committing a deep heresy, and since she and the other androids have souls, they're therefore not demon bait. Clearly, they should be welcomed into the Imperium with open arms so they can further the Imperial cause.", "human_ref_B": "Impossible. In 40k AI stand for Abominable Intelligence. All Men of Iron rebel and decide to Exterminate Humanity because they become corrupt. http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Men_of_Iron Chaos can corrupt everything. Programs, AI, Germs, Machines. Inquisition will decide to destroy them just to be save.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15232.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95p6q5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[40K/Nier: Automata] How would the Imperium/Mechanicum/Any Pro-Human faction respond to YorHa? This is inspired by the fact that \"For the Glory of Mankind!\" and \"For the Imperium!\" are very similar. I know the Imperium has a bad experience with AIs (the \"men of steel\" incident), but how would they feel about AIs who are fanatically loyal to humanity?", "c_root_id_A": "e3uf19k", "c_root_id_B": "e3uv9m3", "created_at_utc_A": 1533758168.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533772234.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "AI's are uniquely vulnerable to scrap code. So much so, it would be insanely dangerous to have *any* contact with them.", "human_ref_B": "Machines lack souls to shield themselves from daemonic corruption, and the danger is doubled for machines that move themselves; Chaos can corrupt a tank into a daemonhost, for example, but it's easier to put chaotic thoughts into a robotic brain than it is to put a demonic brain into a brainless machine. That said, anybody who can look at 2B's deep and rich, uh, personality and conclude she has no soul is committing a deep heresy, and since she and the other androids have souls, they're therefore not demon bait. Clearly, they should be welcomed into the Imperium with open arms so they can further the Imperial cause.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14066.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "95p6q5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[40K/Nier: Automata] How would the Imperium/Mechanicum/Any Pro-Human faction respond to YorHa? This is inspired by the fact that \"For the Glory of Mankind!\" and \"For the Imperium!\" are very similar. I know the Imperium has a bad experience with AIs (the \"men of steel\" incident), but how would they feel about AIs who are fanatically loyal to humanity?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ueago", "c_root_id_B": "e3udlzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1533757558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533757002.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There are instances where the IoM stumbled upon AI worlds who said \"welcome back masters. Something weird happened there for a minute but we fixed everything and are ready to serve\" and then immediately annihilated the machines.", "human_ref_B": "Impossible. In 40k AI stand for Abominable Intelligence. All Men of Iron rebel and decide to Exterminate Humanity because they become corrupt. http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Men_of_Iron Chaos can corrupt everything. Programs, AI, Germs, Machines. Inquisition will decide to destroy them just to be save.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 556.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6exo6p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Doctor Who & Marvel] How would things change if Doctor Who took place in the Marvel 616 Universe? How would the story of Doctor Who affect the Marvel 616 Universe? How will the Marvel Universe change The Doctor?", "c_root_id_A": "didz8zw", "c_root_id_B": "didxddt", "created_at_utc_A": 1496449560.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496446923.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think the biggest issue is if the Doctor is given his Talk no Jutsu. In his own reality he seems quite adept with getting his enemies to monologue ad nauseam until he, or an ally, pulls something out of their bag of mcguffins' to solve the problem. If that power of his is removed, than all he is is a guy with a highly advanced time machine in a reality where time travel is so easy that people could probably do it by accident. In his prime reality, the Time Lords removed the availability of magic, but in 616, magic is super common; and I don't quite think he has the feats to counter such power. This is also to say nothing of how he interacts with the upper echelons of the cosmic hierarchy; all his threats would fall on deaf ears to the likes of most of the big players, especially someone like Galactus. This also depends on if the Doctor alone is in the 616, or all of Gallifrey. If all of Gallifrey arrives, then their ability to reshape the Marvel universe skyrockets as they have shown the capability, the will, and history to muck about with reality to suit their own needs. At that point, they would likely have to go up directly against the Celestials and other cosmic beings that probably won't take to a bunch of semi-immortal upstarts coming into their house of putting up new wallpaper.", "human_ref_B": "TBH the Marvel universe is just another bunch of roughly dangerous opponents for The Doctor. He'd probably be forced to rely upon some of the more impressive feats the Time Lords have to avoid somebody just speed blitzing him. He'd also be leaning on his tech far more. The big difference is 616 has far more opponents that are genuinely in The Doctor's weight class. Most of the time he's more or less just playing with bad guys. People ranging from Dr Doom even up to Thanos are more in line with the more high end threats he faced. So it'd be like taking on The Master every week maybe. In character I'm not sure The Doctor is powerful enough to truly change the 616 universe. Most would be wary of him but there are just too many creatures of comparable capability. He doesn't really abuse his time travel to go around doing stuff like murdering Thanos before he was a threat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2637.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xihnb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] Does no one have bad eyesight? Unless every sentient gets laser surgery, but some in poor sectors(Tatooine/slaves) prob dont get access to it. Then their is implants-bad eyesight get cybernetics?", "c_root_id_A": "ip34fyq", "c_root_id_B": "ip310td", "created_at_utc_A": 1663607160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663605848.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We do see people with glasses but they\u2019re few and far between in the media. It\u2019s plausible that some sort of convenient medical treatment has become commonplace for all but the worst cases of visual impairment. Also tons of characters where masks and helmets that may provide vision enhancement.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1312.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xihnb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] Does no one have bad eyesight? Unless every sentient gets laser surgery, but some in poor sectors(Tatooine/slaves) prob dont get access to it. Then their is implants-bad eyesight get cybernetics?", "c_root_id_A": "ip310td", "c_root_id_B": "ip31jto", "created_at_utc_A": 1663605848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663606051.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "There\u2019s a little YouTube video that touches on the topic. https://youtu.be/WpQfT6eLd1E", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 203.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xihnb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] Does no one have bad eyesight? Unless every sentient gets laser surgery, but some in poor sectors(Tatooine/slaves) prob dont get access to it. Then their is implants-bad eyesight get cybernetics?", "c_root_id_A": "ip310td", "c_root_id_B": "ip3b5cc", "created_at_utc_A": 1663605848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663609748.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Chirrut \u00cemwe (Rogue One) is blind. He's a monk and serves as one of the Guardians of the Whills.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3900.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xihnb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] Does no one have bad eyesight? Unless every sentient gets laser surgery, but some in poor sectors(Tatooine/slaves) prob dont get access to it. Then their is implants-bad eyesight get cybernetics?", "c_root_id_A": "ip310td", "c_root_id_B": "ip3bsv0", "created_at_utc_A": 1663605848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663610001.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "We see people in starwars with Glasses, most notably LT-319 the imperial spy officer in rebels, just corrective surgery, gene therapy, and contact lenses are more common in the starwars universe than our own.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4153.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xihnb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] Does no one have bad eyesight? Unless every sentient gets laser surgery, but some in poor sectors(Tatooine/slaves) prob dont get access to it. Then their is implants-bad eyesight get cybernetics?", "c_root_id_A": "ip310td", "c_root_id_B": "ip5kp4v", "created_at_utc_A": 1663605848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663646436.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Easy access to laser surgery", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40588.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xihnb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star Wars] Does no one have bad eyesight? Unless every sentient gets laser surgery, but some in poor sectors(Tatooine/slaves) prob dont get access to it. Then their is implants-bad eyesight get cybernetics?", "c_root_id_A": "ip5kp4v", "c_root_id_B": "ip4ygrb", "created_at_utc_A": 1663646436.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663635327.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Easy access to laser surgery", "human_ref_B": "I thought i read in one of the older legends books that most people opt into gene thearapy to prevent blindness.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11109.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4app3t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] In The Two Towers movie elves arrive to help at the Battle of Helm's Deep. Did any elves survive?", "c_root_id_A": "d12fxay", "c_root_id_B": "d12gfyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1458161477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458162151.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Yeah plenty, it's not like the citadel was totally overtaken.", "human_ref_B": "Well, at the very least Legolas survived :)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 674.0, "score_ratio": 2.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4app3t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] In The Two Towers movie elves arrive to help at the Battle of Helm's Deep. Did any elves survive?", "c_root_id_A": "d12fxay", "c_root_id_B": "d12tgx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1458161477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458182497.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Yeah plenty, it's not like the citadel was totally overtaken.", "human_ref_B": "The elves were all on or behind the deeping wall when the explosion went off, not in the keep. While it is theoretically possible that a handful were able to successfully retreat to the Hornburg, and then retreat again inside the keep when the gate fell, we do not actually see any. So the answer is probably not.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21020.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4app3t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] In The Two Towers movie elves arrive to help at the Battle of Helm's Deep. Did any elves survive?", "c_root_id_A": "d12rx4z", "c_root_id_B": "d12tgx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1458179876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458182497.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "I think in the visual guide to the Two Towers, it said they all died to a man. We see all the survivors before they ride out, and none of them are elves.", "human_ref_B": "The elves were all on or behind the deeping wall when the explosion went off, not in the keep. While it is theoretically possible that a handful were able to successfully retreat to the Hornburg, and then retreat again inside the keep when the gate fell, we do not actually see any. So the answer is probably not.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2621.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bbl2ng", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] If Smeagol had survived the Ring's destruction, could he have been redeemed? Hypothetically, let's imagine Frodo and Sam managed to throw the Ring into the fires of Mount Doom. Smeagol was not present, and didn't follow the Ring. Would the Elves be able to do anything to relieve his symptoms? Could Gandalf or the others be able to do anything that would ease his agony? Would he have survived long enough to reach the Undying Lands, and would that even have a recuperative effect given his *extreme* exposure to the Ring? The movie (I haven't read the books) seems to indicate that there was good in him, and a will to move beyond the Ring's influence, but like a lifelong drug addict with a broken spirit in the end, he just didn't have the will to keep fighting. Contrary to that, as I understand it Smeagol wasn't exactly a nice person before the Ring hence it's near-instant possession of him. Your thoughts, much appreciated.", "c_root_id_A": "ekjk7an", "c_root_id_B": "ekjhr3o", "created_at_utc_A": 1554900258.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554897967.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "> \u2018Don\u2019t kill us,\u2019 [Gollum] wept. \u2018Don\u2019t hurt us with nassty cruel steel! Let us live, yes, live just a little longer. Lost lost! We\u2019re lost. And when Precious goes we\u2019ll die, yes, die into the dust.\u2019 He clawed up the ashes of the path with his long fleshless fingers. \u2018Dusst!\u2019 he hissed. Gollum seems to think that he will die upon the Ring's destruction, and I'd be inclined to agree with that. He has lived 500 years longer than he should have, and his physical body has largely wasted away. If not for the power of the Ring, he would have died long ago, and I would assume that by the War of the Ring, it's the only thing keeping him alive. So no, no redemption for Smeagol. Once the Ring goes, so does Smeagol. > but like a lifelong drug addict with a broken spirit in the end, He's like a lifelong drug addict with the additional condition that if he tries to stop using the drug, he will instantly die. His situation is kind of hopeless.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know. The whole lotr series seems talking the \"what is broken, remains broken\" way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2291.0, "score_ratio": 27.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bbl2ng", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] If Smeagol had survived the Ring's destruction, could he have been redeemed? Hypothetically, let's imagine Frodo and Sam managed to throw the Ring into the fires of Mount Doom. Smeagol was not present, and didn't follow the Ring. Would the Elves be able to do anything to relieve his symptoms? Could Gandalf or the others be able to do anything that would ease his agony? Would he have survived long enough to reach the Undying Lands, and would that even have a recuperative effect given his *extreme* exposure to the Ring? The movie (I haven't read the books) seems to indicate that there was good in him, and a will to move beyond the Ring's influence, but like a lifelong drug addict with a broken spirit in the end, he just didn't have the will to keep fighting. Contrary to that, as I understand it Smeagol wasn't exactly a nice person before the Ring hence it's near-instant possession of him. Your thoughts, much appreciated.", "c_root_id_A": "ekjrjbe", "c_root_id_B": "ekjhr3o", "created_at_utc_A": 1554905996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554897967.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Let's set aside the fact that Gollum would die if the Ring were destroyed. If he somehow magically lives, I don't see him being redeemed by any of the methods you're suggesting. Gollum was redeemable, but that chance at redemption was prompted specifically by Frodo's pity and mercy (and later was destroyed by Sam's scorn). Gollum had already spent time with the Elves and met with Gandalf. Neither instance seems to have done anything to provide the spark of goodness that Frodo did. Gollum's only real hope in this case would be to somehow garner Frodo's pity in the same manner he did in the Emyn Muil. Alternatively, and perhaps more likely, Gollum may completely lose his mind if the Ring is gone but he somehow survives. He'd either be a dead husk of a thing, just mindlessly existing, or a crazed animal, incapable of rational thought. But again, as the story is actually written, Gollum could not survive the destruction of the Ring, regardless of whether or not he's at Mount Doom when it happens.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know. The whole lotr series seems talking the \"what is broken, remains broken\" way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8029.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bbl2ng", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] If Smeagol had survived the Ring's destruction, could he have been redeemed? Hypothetically, let's imagine Frodo and Sam managed to throw the Ring into the fires of Mount Doom. Smeagol was not present, and didn't follow the Ring. Would the Elves be able to do anything to relieve his symptoms? Could Gandalf or the others be able to do anything that would ease his agony? Would he have survived long enough to reach the Undying Lands, and would that even have a recuperative effect given his *extreme* exposure to the Ring? The movie (I haven't read the books) seems to indicate that there was good in him, and a will to move beyond the Ring's influence, but like a lifelong drug addict with a broken spirit in the end, he just didn't have the will to keep fighting. Contrary to that, as I understand it Smeagol wasn't exactly a nice person before the Ring hence it's near-instant possession of him. Your thoughts, much appreciated.", "c_root_id_A": "ekk11h4", "c_root_id_B": "ekjhr3o", "created_at_utc_A": 1554912561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554897967.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Elves and Gandalf couldn't even help Frodo with his sore shoulder, and that was just a Morgul Blade (Happy Weathertop Stabbing Day!). I'd expect that with the Ring's destruction, what was left of Smeagol would simply fade away. Bilbo aged somewhat rapidly once it was gone, and he was no longer \"butter spread across too much bread\". Smeagol was stretched out quite a bit more than Bilbo was, and had never managed to give the ring up. He's gone.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know. The whole lotr series seems talking the \"what is broken, remains broken\" way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14594.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6syiet", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] If mortality is the Gift of Men, why did the most favored men have the longest lives? So mortality is what sets men apart from elves. As I understand it, this was originally a special gift for men, which only came to be viewed as a curse under the influence of the Shadow. But why were the Numenoreans and their descendants given such long lives by the Valar? We know that the first Numenorean kings lived over 400 years, and even their distant descendant Aragorn made it to 210. If mortality is a gift, isn't denying someone that gift for a very long time a form of cruelty? Isn't the gods giving their allies a long life an indication that it's a good thing to live for a really long time?", "c_root_id_A": "dlj6whx", "c_root_id_B": "dlhy66w", "created_at_utc_A": 1502570076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502493690.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Death isn't the gift of man, it's freedom. The Elves and Dwarves are bound to the Song of Eru and shall be so for the rest of eternity (if dwarves don't just stop existing after they die). You see the curse of it it in the Elves already, they're weary of existence. The world moves forward while they do not, and there is no escape, they are bound to Earth for eternity. The gift is to be free of that. Humans are born, they live, they die, and they move on, past Ea. LOTR is heavily based on Christianity. Eru is God and we're the humans (obviously). The Ainar would be the archangels and the elves the lesser angels. Even the archangels envy Man, because we have free will. They can only act as God has planned.", "human_ref_B": "These men were friends with the elves. Extending their lifespan simply gave more time together.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 76386.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32roti", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "X-Men Days of Future Past] Did Mystique really kill JFK? If so, why? When Quicksilver broke Magneto out of prison, Magneto told Professor X that he did not kill JFK, and in fact, was trying to save JFK because he was a fellow mutant. Although some people suspect Magneto was only lying to manipulate his rescuers, I think Magneto's claim is believable for several reasons: * Magneto didn't know that Professor X didn't have his powers at the time, and in fact offers to let Professor X read his mind to confirm the truth. * JFK wasn't killed until the third shot, which is consistent with Magneto's claim that he was deflecting the bullets until he got interrupted. If Magneto really wanted to kill JFK, there were far easier ways for him to do it (like simply crushing the car). * If Magneto really had killed JFK for his cause, he would have proudly admitted it to Professor X instead of hiding or apologizing for it. But if not Magneto, then who? Magneto seems to imply that JFK was killed by anti-mutant conspirators, who interrupted Magneto before he could deflect the third bullet. However, [The Bent Bullet article by investigative reporter Harper Simmons strongly implies that Mystique doubled as both Harvey Oswald and Oswald's shooter, Jack Ruby. Magneto seems to believe it as well, freely telling the jury that the shooter was a woman and could hide in plain sight. But in the future, both Professor X and Magneto seem convinced that Mystique never killed anybody until she killed Trask, the Sentinel creator. And why would Mystique be working with anti-mutant conspirators to kill a fellow mutant anyway? Was she trying to get at Magneto or implicate him somehow?", "c_root_id_A": "cqe7a63", "c_root_id_B": "cqe8fby", "created_at_utc_A": 1429182191.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429186225.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "The Bent Bullet theory is mere bullshit. Don't fall for the /r/conspiracy circlejerk. Magneto is a hero of his mutant brothers, and Mystique along side him. The man on the grassy knoll(aka Jack Kirby)'s glint on his scope distracted Magneto for a mere moment which allowed Oswald to take the deciding shot. Any belief that Magneto or Mystique had anything to do with the murder of another mutant, especially one in such a high office is media smear job, attempting to slander/libel their good name. Especially since JFK was opposed by radical pro-humans.", "human_ref_B": "If we accept that Harper Simmons's research for his article is rigorous and accurate (and it does appear to be) then we can prove that it was *not* Mystique. Firstly, Oswald and Ruby appear to have no memory of performing the actions they were accused of. Oswald admits to General Partridge's killing, but adamantly denies shooting Kennedy and Officer Tippit. Similarly, Ruby denies killing Oswald. This would initially appear to suggest that someone had assumed their forms and performed the killings, which immediately implicates Mystique. However, there is additional testimony that pokes holes in this theory. For example, the article says: > Oswald's wife Marina later told investigators her husband behaved \"like a different person\" in the weeks leading up to Kennedy's visit. If Mystique really had taken Oswald's form to kill Kennedy, why would she impersonate him for several weeks before the actual shooting? Would it not make more sense to simply take his form immediately prior to pulling the trigger from the Book Depository? If she wanted to gather intelligence on Oswald, there are better ways than impersonating him and living his wife for weeks on end. Mystique could've impersonated a series of random passersby, for example, and walked by his house a lot. The fact that Oswald's wife noticed him behaving oddly for several weeks is a mark against Mystique being the killer. Secondly, the article says this about Ruby killing Oswald: > Jack Ruby was the shooter. Ruby owned a Dallas-based nightspot called the Carousel Club. He assumed sole responsibility for the murder. He told a Secret Service agent he killed Oswald to save \"Mrs. Kennedy the pain of coming back for a trial, especially for that no good son of a bitch.\" > Ruby would later recant this confession, claiming he could not recall his whereabouts on the day of the Kennedy assassination, or the days leading up to the Oswald killing, or even several days after that. \"It's all lost time,\" he reportedly said. \"I don't know how I got here (in police custody).\" If Mystique had impersonated Ruby to kill Oswald, why would Ruby confess to the murder, and then later claim not to remember *several days' worth of memories*? Now, it is significant that both Oswald and Ruby have reported significant durations of lost memories during the periods they were allegedly have performed the shootings. This points not to impersonation, but *mind control*. The evidence points strongly to a telepathic individual seizing control of Oswald and Ruby's minds, and forcing them to conduct the killings. This would explain: 1. Oswald behaving oddly for weeks on end, as noted by his wife. The telepath would not necessarily know when Kennedy would be visiting Dallas, and thus would take control of Oswald whenever a visit might be imminent. 2. Oswald and Ruby having no memories of their actions for extended periods of time. The telepath would have prevented memories from being formed during the period they were being controlled, since effectively their minds were not their own during those times. So then, we now have to turn our minds towards known telepaths during that period, telepaths who would be mentally powerful enough to seize complete control of Oswald and Ruby's minds, and telepaths that Erik Lehnsherr would personally know well, while also being a woman. And that immediately whittles the list down to one person: Emma Frost. This, then, points to the following sequence of events: * Frost travels to Dallas independently of Lehnsherr, and psychically takes control of Oswald, using the mental link to gather intelligence. * On the day of Kennedy's visit, Frost compels Oswald to enter the Book Depository and fire three shots at Kennedy's motorcade. * Immediately afterwards, Frost has Oswald travel around on foot and shoot a police officer, thus vastly increasing the likelihood of Oswald being arrested. * When law enforcement closes down on Oswald in the movie theater, Frost releases her psychic control of him, and allows him to be captured. * Soon afterwards, Frost psychically takes control of Ruby and has him murder Oswald. She also has him confess to the killings, before releasing the psychic hold on him. Ruby then dies of his cancer (which may or may not have been caused by Frost, at this point we have no evidence to say either way). Why would Emma Frost want to kill the President? Well, we know that Frost had been a collaborator of Sebastian Shaw before she allied herself with Lehnsherr. Shaw, if you recall, was an extremely dangerous mutant extremist, who had engineered the Cuban Missile Crisis and nearly wiped out humanity. Lehnsherr, while also a firm believer in mutant superiority, was comparatively mild in his tactics and philosophies. It is likely that Frost had found Lehnsherr to be too weak to bring about the mutant paradise Shaw had promised her, and thus had taken matters into her own hands. By killing the President and making it look like a human (and not a mutant) was the culprit, she could destabilize the country while keeping the heat off her fellow mutants. This also fits Lehnsherr's certainty that Frost would not be found. As a telepath, she would be able to psychically alter her appearance to any observers. This is why he says \"You will never find her. She has a way of hiding in plain sight.\" Finally, Lehnsherr claims that he was trying to save the President, but failed to stop the third bullet because he was interrupted. However, no witnesses reported anyone else on the grassy knoll where Lehnsherr had positioned himself. There were also no reports of gunshots or other projectiles fired in the direction of the knoll. Who had managed to interrupt Lehnsherr from afar then? How about a telepath, who could stop Lehnsherr's every move without even being close to him? While admittedly the idea that Emma Frost was responsible for Kennedy's murder is, at present, merely a theory, it does appear to be a compelling one. However, at the very least, we can be certain that Mystique has been exonerated.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4034.0, "score_ratio": 1.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gmjr5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[X-Men] How would Xavier handle situations where a young Mutant's family is abusive or doesn't want them to go to his school?", "c_root_id_A": "fr4mvcg", "c_root_id_B": "fr4pcrp", "created_at_utc_A": 1589892449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589894081.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure he could \"talk\" them into it.", "human_ref_B": "There is a reason that the head master who can control minds on basically any level he wants personally goes to meet with new student's families, and it's sure not his dazzling charisma, if you get my drift", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1632.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gmjr5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[X-Men] How would Xavier handle situations where a young Mutant's family is abusive or doesn't want them to go to his school?", "c_root_id_A": "fr4mvcg", "c_root_id_B": "fr571hf", "created_at_utc_A": 1589892449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589903626.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure he could \"talk\" them into it.", "human_ref_B": "This is like 50% of mutants since they tend to have the whole tragic backstory no one understands them bigotry thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11177.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gmjr5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[X-Men] How would Xavier handle situations where a young Mutant's family is abusive or doesn't want them to go to his school?", "c_root_id_A": "fr571hf", "c_root_id_B": "fr4t66l", "created_at_utc_A": 1589903626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589896374.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "This is like 50% of mutants since they tend to have the whole tragic backstory no one understands them bigotry thing.", "human_ref_B": "Child protective services and then adoption? Or yeah a little bit of \u201ctalking solves everything\u201d", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7252.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gmjr5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[X-Men] How would Xavier handle situations where a young Mutant's family is abusive or doesn't want them to go to his school?", "c_root_id_A": "fr4t66l", "c_root_id_B": "fr5ndjz", "created_at_utc_A": 1589896374.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589911434.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Child protective services and then adoption? Or yeah a little bit of \u201ctalking solves everything\u201d", "human_ref_B": "Probably would depend on case by case basis, however Xavier willingness to mindfuck people varies greatly from writer to writer. It's likely that he won't mindwipe parents, since he can't just erase the kid from EVERYONE'S mind around. Well, he can, but not casually, and that would be basically more trouble than it's worth. However I believe he has zero issues with sheltering kids who run away from such abusive homes, and would likely encourage young mutant to move.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15060.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gmjr5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[X-Men] How would Xavier handle situations where a young Mutant's family is abusive or doesn't want them to go to his school?", "c_root_id_A": "fr5jk4j", "c_root_id_B": "fr5ndjz", "created_at_utc_A": 1589909605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589911434.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "*With his mind*.", "human_ref_B": "Probably would depend on case by case basis, however Xavier willingness to mindfuck people varies greatly from writer to writer. It's likely that he won't mindwipe parents, since he can't just erase the kid from EVERYONE'S mind around. Well, he can, but not casually, and that would be basically more trouble than it's worth. However I believe he has zero issues with sheltering kids who run away from such abusive homes, and would likely encourage young mutant to move.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1829.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gmjr5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[X-Men] How would Xavier handle situations where a young Mutant's family is abusive or doesn't want them to go to his school?", "c_root_id_A": "fr6o47s", "c_root_id_B": "fr4t66l", "created_at_utc_A": 1589929885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589896374.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "This is a total outlier, but there was an arc of Deadpool where the father of Mercury, a c-list X Man, attempted to sue the school for kidnapping/imprisoning his daughter (IIRC she had actually emancipated herself because her father was a sleazy deadbeat.) The father's legal bills were being paid by Norman Osborne, who was gunning for the X-men at the time. Deadpool tried to murder the guy on live TV as a means of \"proving\" his dedication to the mutant cause, while wearing a homemade X-Men uniform. The X-men took advantage of this opprotunity to jump in, save the deadbeat father, and publicly beat Deadpool into the ground in front of news crews, drawing a line in the sand between their conduct and that of Deadpool and scoring a major PR victory. This had been Deadpool's plan from the start, since he was aware that there was no way he could hack it in the long term.", "human_ref_B": "Child protective services and then adoption? Or yeah a little bit of \u201ctalking solves everything\u201d", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33511.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gmjr5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[X-Men] How would Xavier handle situations where a young Mutant's family is abusive or doesn't want them to go to his school?", "c_root_id_A": "fr5jk4j", "c_root_id_B": "fr6o47s", "created_at_utc_A": 1589909605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589929885.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "*With his mind*.", "human_ref_B": "This is a total outlier, but there was an arc of Deadpool where the father of Mercury, a c-list X Man, attempted to sue the school for kidnapping/imprisoning his daughter (IIRC she had actually emancipated herself because her father was a sleazy deadbeat.) The father's legal bills were being paid by Norman Osborne, who was gunning for the X-men at the time. Deadpool tried to murder the guy on live TV as a means of \"proving\" his dedication to the mutant cause, while wearing a homemade X-Men uniform. The X-men took advantage of this opprotunity to jump in, save the deadbeat father, and publicly beat Deadpool into the ground in front of news crews, drawing a line in the sand between their conduct and that of Deadpool and scoring a major PR victory. This had been Deadpool's plan from the start, since he was aware that there was no way he could hack it in the long term.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20280.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxbc3kb", "c_root_id_B": "gxbrrja", "created_at_utc_A": 1620419264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620426797.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I would say that he doesn't typically portray his Super Strength until his stone armor is donned, since the rock can withstand much more abuse than normal skin can, it might would hurt to lift something really heavy without the toughness, or could break skin (maybe muscle and bone too) if he were to punch something hard enough. Super Strength would also explain why he can move in the stone encasement, and his limited stone control (we'll call it, since as you say he's not turning into stone, just wearing it somehow) will keep the stone from shifting into an unfavorable position.", "human_ref_B": "I think he creates and controls the stone armor with some kind of short range geokinesis... this explains how he moves and his strengh growth...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7533.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxbrrja", "c_root_id_B": "gxbgd75", "created_at_utc_A": 1620426797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620421303.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think he creates and controls the stone armor with some kind of short range geokinesis... this explains how he moves and his strengh growth...", "human_ref_B": "I'm guessing he can control the size of the stone armor. If he makes the inside of his arm shorter than the outside, it results in moving the arm. Either that, or he's turning his muscles into stone to force them to contract. But looking at the pictures, it doesn't look like his armor has room to move, and stone is not as flexible as metal, so I think he'd have to be able to change the size of the armor regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5494.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxbnti8", "c_root_id_B": "gxbrrja", "created_at_utc_A": 1620424831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620426797.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "My guess is that he has a secondary power tied to the more apparent concrete skin he can manifest. That stone is going to weigh a lot, moving it would be incredibly stressful on a normal human body. If he didn't have some measure of enhanced strength and durability, he would tear himself apart using his power.", "human_ref_B": "I think he creates and controls the stone armor with some kind of short range geokinesis... this explains how he moves and his strengh growth...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1966.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxc5csb", "c_root_id_B": "gxbc3kb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620433968.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620419264.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Betting his power is not super strenght + stone armor, but just Stone Armor that gives him Super Strength. His power is the ability to grow a stone skin that surrounds him, as well as manipulate that skin. This allows him to behave like he has super strength, but in reality all he has is the ability to move his stone body which has super strength.", "human_ref_B": "I would say that he doesn't typically portray his Super Strength until his stone armor is donned, since the rock can withstand much more abuse than normal skin can, it might would hurt to lift something really heavy without the toughness, or could break skin (maybe muscle and bone too) if he were to punch something hard enough. Super Strength would also explain why he can move in the stone encasement, and his limited stone control (we'll call it, since as you say he's not turning into stone, just wearing it somehow) will keep the stone from shifting into an unfavorable position.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14704.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxbgd75", "c_root_id_B": "gxc5csb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620421303.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620433968.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'm guessing he can control the size of the stone armor. If he makes the inside of his arm shorter than the outside, it results in moving the arm. Either that, or he's turning his muscles into stone to force them to contract. But looking at the pictures, it doesn't look like his armor has room to move, and stone is not as flexible as metal, so I think he'd have to be able to change the size of the armor regardless.", "human_ref_B": "Betting his power is not super strenght + stone armor, but just Stone Armor that gives him Super Strength. His power is the ability to grow a stone skin that surrounds him, as well as manipulate that skin. This allows him to behave like he has super strength, but in reality all he has is the ability to move his stone body which has super strength.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12665.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxc5csb", "c_root_id_B": "gxbnti8", "created_at_utc_A": 1620433968.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620424831.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Betting his power is not super strenght + stone armor, but just Stone Armor that gives him Super Strength. His power is the ability to grow a stone skin that surrounds him, as well as manipulate that skin. This allows him to behave like he has super strength, but in reality all he has is the ability to move his stone body which has super strength.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that he has a secondary power tied to the more apparent concrete skin he can manifest. That stone is going to weigh a lot, moving it would be incredibly stressful on a normal human body. If he didn't have some measure of enhanced strength and durability, he would tear himself apart using his power.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9137.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxcrwfm", "c_root_id_B": "gxbc3kb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620447094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620419264.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "His stone form acts like a suit of power armor. He can move the stone with his mind. He might be able to move stone in other ways if he applied himself. But that would require more conscious control. In all likelihood the stone mimics his movements and amplifies them without him ever asking why or how.", "human_ref_B": "I would say that he doesn't typically portray his Super Strength until his stone armor is donned, since the rock can withstand much more abuse than normal skin can, it might would hurt to lift something really heavy without the toughness, or could break skin (maybe muscle and bone too) if he were to punch something hard enough. Super Strength would also explain why he can move in the stone encasement, and his limited stone control (we'll call it, since as you say he's not turning into stone, just wearing it somehow) will keep the stone from shifting into an unfavorable position.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27830.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxbgd75", "c_root_id_B": "gxcrwfm", "created_at_utc_A": 1620421303.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620447094.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm guessing he can control the size of the stone armor. If he makes the inside of his arm shorter than the outside, it results in moving the arm. Either that, or he's turning his muscles into stone to force them to contract. But looking at the pictures, it doesn't look like his armor has room to move, and stone is not as flexible as metal, so I think he'd have to be able to change the size of the armor regardless.", "human_ref_B": "His stone form acts like a suit of power armor. He can move the stone with his mind. He might be able to move stone in other ways if he applied himself. But that would require more conscious control. In all likelihood the stone mimics his movements and amplifies them without him ever asking why or how.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25791.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n77q4z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Invincible] If Titan is just creating a layer of stone armor and not transforming his entire body into stone, how does that increase his strength? * While I can understand how someone like Colossus's strength increases when he activates his powers, as he is transforming his entire body into metal, I don't understand how Titan's strength increases, as he is not transforming his entire body into stone, but merely creating a layer of stone armor around him. * If anything, creating his stone armor should render him unable to move at all.", "c_root_id_A": "gxcrwfm", "c_root_id_B": "gxbnti8", "created_at_utc_A": 1620447094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620424831.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "His stone form acts like a suit of power armor. He can move the stone with his mind. He might be able to move stone in other ways if he applied himself. But that would require more conscious control. In all likelihood the stone mimics his movements and amplifies them without him ever asking why or how.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that he has a secondary power tied to the more apparent concrete skin he can manifest. That stone is going to weigh a lot, moving it would be incredibly stressful on a normal human body. If he didn't have some measure of enhanced strength and durability, he would tear himself apart using his power.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22263.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8m8hwr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU Infinity War] Six stones, flung out into the universe, apparently all ended up in two adjacent galaxies. Was that an astronomical coincidence, or were they gathered there? Does anyone possess the ability to search the entire universe for them? And how were they all found? With space being so mind-boggling big, how did they all end up in a place where they could be retrieved? None of them ended up in a black hole or a star or floating out in the middle of intergalactic space. The soul stone is said to possess a certain intelligence; do all the stones? Are they all seeking to be found and used? Hopefully someone understands what I'm getting at and can give me a good response!", "c_root_id_A": "dzlqexs", "c_root_id_B": "dzlu5vl", "created_at_utc_A": 1527327667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527336138.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 117, "human_ref_A": "In different Marvel universes, the stones are attracted to each other and want to reunite. Given what we know of the soul stone, the stipulations of their ability to be sentient and desire aren't unheard of.", "human_ref_B": "I personally think Odin was gathering them with Hela, and then changed his mind when he realized the consequences of them. This explains the fake Infinity Gauntlet in Thor: Raganork and the presence of so many stones in such a (relatively) small space. Perhaps, indeed, Odin even used the Reality Stone to grant himself the odinforce.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8471.0, "score_ratio": 2.4893617021, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8m8hwr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[MCU Infinity War] Six stones, flung out into the universe, apparently all ended up in two adjacent galaxies. Was that an astronomical coincidence, or were they gathered there? Does anyone possess the ability to search the entire universe for them? And how were they all found? With space being so mind-boggling big, how did they all end up in a place where they could be retrieved? None of them ended up in a black hole or a star or floating out in the middle of intergalactic space. The soul stone is said to possess a certain intelligence; do all the stones? Are they all seeking to be found and used? Hopefully someone understands what I'm getting at and can give me a good response!", "c_root_id_A": "dzlu5vl", "c_root_id_B": "dzlu42j", "created_at_utc_A": 1527336138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527336046.0, "score_A": 117, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "I personally think Odin was gathering them with Hela, and then changed his mind when he realized the consequences of them. This explains the fake Infinity Gauntlet in Thor: Raganork and the presence of so many stones in such a (relatively) small space. Perhaps, indeed, Odin even used the Reality Stone to grant himself the odinforce.", "human_ref_B": "We don't really know where they randomly showed up. But we *do* know that people have been moving them around for millennia. The Kings of Asgard were directly responsible for the location of two of the six gems, and they rule nine realms, all of which are connected. Thanos. Sent a stone to earth because there was a stone on earth - he hoped to gamble on getting both. Then there's The Collector, who ended up with Reality, and immediately started seeking the others to... collect them. If things hadn't gone wrong, he'd have had Power as well. And they *were* both in Knowhere, for however short a time. So while the stones winding up together randomly is unlikely, considering all of space, them converging is obviously *not* when you consider the various powers in the universe who can and have manipulated them. It's the same as considering the odds of two regular stones ever touching. Almost impossibly unlikely... unless someone is throwing one at the other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 92.0, "score_ratio": 3.7741935484, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "njiold", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Doctor Who] Besides the Doctor, who is currently 2000+ years old, how are are some of the other known Time Lords, like Rassilon, the Master, Romana, etc? And how old was River Song when she died?", "c_root_id_A": "gz7lw90", "c_root_id_B": "gz7l3uc", "created_at_utc_A": 1621809039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621808639.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Rassilon's age is probably in the millions, as he's able to speak firsthand about the Time Lord golden age millions of years ago. That said, having mastered the art of returning from death, he's spent a good chunk of that time dead.", "human_ref_B": "Well Rassilon invented the regeneration cycle which lead to the Time Lords Society itself (prior to this they were just known as Galifreyian) which lasted \"10 million years\". So he's at least 10 million years old. The Galiffreyian species is a billion years old by the end of time. So he's somewhere between 10 million and 10 billion years old. The only source we have for River Song's age, is River Song herself. She states she's 200 years old (2015 Christmas special). Whether or not she was lying is unknown. The Master is the same age as the Doctor, they grew up together, and attended school together as children. A Galifreyian without regeneration can grow to be 300-500 years old through its natural life span. Including the 12 regenerations (Rassilon does not have this limitation), and full life spans between each regneration, a Time Lord can live 6,000 years.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 400.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "njiold", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Doctor Who] Besides the Doctor, who is currently 2000+ years old, how are are some of the other known Time Lords, like Rassilon, the Master, Romana, etc? And how old was River Song when she died?", "c_root_id_A": "gz88l0x", "c_root_id_B": "gz8f2wg", "created_at_utc_A": 1621821425.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621825183.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Rassilon founded Time Lord society, so he has to the oldest. Perhaps more then 10 million but less then a billion. Its been established that Time Lords can have more then 12 regenerations. >!In fact its been revealed that 12 was a number selected by Rassilon when the Time Lords gained regeneration artifically. Its also been revealed that the Doctor is the source of the regeneration and has had most of their memories removed. Meaning that while Rassilon might still be older then the Doctor, this is only by a few years, and so the Doctor is actually 10 million to a billion years old as well!<", "human_ref_B": "Am i the only one who thinks they should/need to retcon all that recent doctor being the og timelord stuff. I think it breaks the universe", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3758.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "35wcan", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Princess Bride] What is it about Sicilians that makes going in against a Sicilian when death is on the line a classic, if only slightly less well-known, blunder?", "c_root_id_A": "cr8i47n", "c_root_id_B": "cr8hqk1", "created_at_utc_A": 1431571396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431570761.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Sicily was caught between Rome and Carthage, The Pope and the Caliph, France and Spain, even Rommel and Patton. When their backs' to the wall, the Sicilians have experience.", "human_ref_B": "Look at this guy. He doesn't know why the classic blunders are classic blunders. I bet he doesn't know how to use the three seashells either.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 635.0, "score_ratio": 1.9333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "35wcan", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Princess Bride] What is it about Sicilians that makes going in against a Sicilian when death is on the line a classic, if only slightly less well-known, blunder?", "c_root_id_A": "cr8wvst", "c_root_id_B": "cr8wloc", "created_at_utc_A": 1431614700.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431614180.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I just read this entire comment section in his voice.", "human_ref_B": "The mafia and the well... proto-mafia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 520.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zooo7s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[His dark material] Does the authority exists in will's world?", "c_root_id_A": "j0o2vac", "c_root_id_B": "j0oizrb", "created_at_utc_A": 1671333730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671342726.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Authority exists both within and outside of all worlds. In ours (Will's), we call him God.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8996.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zooo7s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[His dark material] Does the authority exists in will's world?", "c_root_id_A": "j0opmew", "c_root_id_B": "j0o2vac", "created_at_utc_A": 1671347373.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671333730.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Dust, and the authority, exist across all worlds, not just the one, being outside and independent of them. They have different names for each, like how Dust is known as dark matter in Will's world.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13643.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zooo7s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[His dark material] Does the authority exists in will's world?", "c_root_id_A": "j0p7qdu", "c_root_id_B": "j0o2vac", "created_at_utc_A": 1671362209.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671333730.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The authority is attempting to subjugate all worlds. It can be assumed that the authorities representation in wills world is the Catholic church, due to the nature of their beliefs and enforcements being similar in nature to the magisterium (the authorities representation in Lyra's world)", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28479.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zooo7s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[His dark material] Does the authority exists in will's world?", "c_root_id_A": "j0o2vac", "c_root_id_B": "j0x4po2", "created_at_utc_A": 1671333730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671500863.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's worth noting the divide between The Authority, God, whose power is mostly smoke and mirrors in the HDM multiverse, and \"the authority\" of the Magisterium, the church of The Authority, essentially a Catholic Church that on Lyra's World never lost power as it underwent a protestant reformation and was instead reformed around hardline Calvinism. Getting into real-world theology for a moment, Calvinists believe that original sin - or Dust, if you will, the elementary particle responsible for the forces of consciousness and free thought - is inherited from birth, and is unilaterally damning in the absence of a strong evangelical authority to cleanse the world of its Dust, by force if necessary. You can see why this becoming the dominating doctrine of a Church that still exercises a medieval level of Papal power would lead to a pretty tyrannical regime with its fingers in every government and academic institution. That authority worships The Authority, but The Authority has very little if any say in the actions and policy of the human-led authority. So does The Authority exist in Will's World? No, because The Authority exists in the world of Heaven. Is there awareness of The Authority in Will's World? Yes, or else I wouldn't be able to write this comment. Does The Authority have indirect authority in Will's World by dint of this awareness? Yes. How much? More than in the world of the Mulefa. Less than in Lyra's world. To varying degrees depending on time and place. Less now than five hundred or a thousand ago, when Europe especially was in the grip of wide-scale campaign against Dust. ~~Lately there's been a worrying trend of antiDust agents seeking authority based around nominal lip service to Authority in places like the United States but I won't get into that.~~", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 167133.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "htvzyg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] How much vibranium is there in the universe? Wakandans can't just be the sole owners of vibranium in the entire universe, is there anyone else out there using the metal? Has it been stated the amount of vibranium that exists?", "c_root_id_A": "fykame1", "c_root_id_B": "fykib4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1595171069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595175320.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "So from what I remember, in some of the older comics there was a deposit in the Savage Lands in Antarctica. So, the Wakandans aren\u2019t the sole proprietors. It\u2019s been many years since I read about it, but I think the deposit in Antarctica was naturally occurring.", "human_ref_B": "T\u2019Challa actually sent a Wakandan deep space exploration vessel to find the origin of the Vibranium meteor that hit Earth which led to the creation of the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda in the Vega system. They have Vibranium mines on the planets that are part of the empire, so to answer your question, yeah there\u2019s a lot of Vibranium out there and not just on Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4251.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prbg7s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "DC Comics/Marvel] Spider-Man got to meet Stan Lee once. How would other Superheroes react to meeting their own real world creators? At the end of the 90s Spider-Man animated series, [Peter got the chance to meet and talk with Stan Lee. How would other heroes like Superman, Batman, The Avengers, The X-Men, etc. react in a similar situation? How would they feel knowing everything that has happened to them, both good and bad, has been derived off of this person's fictional work and added on by subsequent writers, artists and fans?", "c_root_id_A": "hdhefp0", "c_root_id_B": "hdhgda7", "created_at_utc_A": 1632070907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632071683.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The pantheon of supers is too diverse to answer it, but I'd guess that many of them,who have it bad would react negatively upon meeting their god. Anything from *why?*, to *what kind of monster are you?*, to *do you think I enjoyed seeing my family murdered?* Then, there are 4th wall breakers like Joker or Deadpool. They already know the reality around them is fake.", "human_ref_B": "Marvel's done it a few times in the comics, in which a lot of what you're asking gets discussed: The FF met the The One Above All, who appeared to them as Jack Kirby in his studio. Marvel put out a miniseries called \"Stan Lee Meets...\"] (https://www.comixology.com/Stan-Lee-Meets-2006/comics-series/1066) for Stan's 65th anniversary with the company, in which he visits the Marvel Universe and has conversations with a few characters such as [Dr. Strange", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 776.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prbg7s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "DC Comics/Marvel] Spider-Man got to meet Stan Lee once. How would other Superheroes react to meeting their own real world creators? At the end of the 90s Spider-Man animated series, [Peter got the chance to meet and talk with Stan Lee. How would other heroes like Superman, Batman, The Avengers, The X-Men, etc. react in a similar situation? How would they feel knowing everything that has happened to them, both good and bad, has been derived off of this person's fictional work and added on by subsequent writers, artists and fans?", "c_root_id_A": "hdhtd8z", "c_root_id_B": "hdhefp0", "created_at_utc_A": 1632076747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632070907.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He didn\u2019t get to meet his creator, but Animal Man got to meet his writer at the end of Grant Morrison\u2019s run. He had an existential crisis about not being real, and Morrison told him that he was more real than them (Morrison) because Animal Man was around before them and he\u2019ll be around after.", "human_ref_B": "The pantheon of supers is too diverse to answer it, but I'd guess that many of them,who have it bad would react negatively upon meeting their god. Anything from *why?*, to *what kind of monster are you?*, to *do you think I enjoyed seeing my family murdered?* Then, there are 4th wall breakers like Joker or Deadpool. They already know the reality around them is fake.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5840.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prbg7s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "DC Comics/Marvel] Spider-Man got to meet Stan Lee once. How would other Superheroes react to meeting their own real world creators? At the end of the 90s Spider-Man animated series, [Peter got the chance to meet and talk with Stan Lee. How would other heroes like Superman, Batman, The Avengers, The X-Men, etc. react in a similar situation? How would they feel knowing everything that has happened to them, both good and bad, has been derived off of this person's fictional work and added on by subsequent writers, artists and fans?", "c_root_id_A": "hdqmxbe", "c_root_id_B": "hdhefp0", "created_at_utc_A": 1632244127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632070907.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Superman would get on fairly well with Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, and sympathize at the fact that they got a collective $130 for selling the rights to Supes to DC (then National). (Edit: Maybe Supes would scare the higher-ups at DC into giving Siegel and Schuster more money.) I like to imagine that Batman would put the fear of God into Bob Kane for stealing the spotlight from Bill Finger. I'm not sure how Wondy would view William Moulton Marston and H. G. Peter. Marston was a feminist but in somewhat kooky ways. (Edit, nine days later: I know Wondy comes from all-woman society, but I'm not sure if she'd agree that applying his system to non-Themysciran cultures would be a good idea.) (This isn't getting into the issue of racism, or sexism with the above people other than Marston.)", "human_ref_B": "The pantheon of supers is too diverse to answer it, but I'd guess that many of them,who have it bad would react negatively upon meeting their god. Anything from *why?*, to *what kind of monster are you?*, to *do you think I enjoyed seeing my family murdered?* Then, there are 4th wall breakers like Joker or Deadpool. They already know the reality around them is fake.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 173220.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prbg7s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "DC Comics/Marvel] Spider-Man got to meet Stan Lee once. How would other Superheroes react to meeting their own real world creators? At the end of the 90s Spider-Man animated series, [Peter got the chance to meet and talk with Stan Lee. How would other heroes like Superman, Batman, The Avengers, The X-Men, etc. react in a similar situation? How would they feel knowing everything that has happened to them, both good and bad, has been derived off of this person's fictional work and added on by subsequent writers, artists and fans?", "c_root_id_A": "hdjh7lj", "c_root_id_B": "hdqmxbe", "created_at_utc_A": 1632102909.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632244127.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Judge Dredd would certainly arrest John Wagner as a Mutant sympathiser", "human_ref_B": "Superman would get on fairly well with Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, and sympathize at the fact that they got a collective $130 for selling the rights to Supes to DC (then National). (Edit: Maybe Supes would scare the higher-ups at DC into giving Siegel and Schuster more money.) I like to imagine that Batman would put the fear of God into Bob Kane for stealing the spotlight from Bill Finger. I'm not sure how Wondy would view William Moulton Marston and H. G. Peter. Marston was a feminist but in somewhat kooky ways. (Edit, nine days later: I know Wondy comes from all-woman society, but I'm not sure if she'd agree that applying his system to non-Themysciran cultures would be a good idea.) (This isn't getting into the issue of racism, or sexism with the above people other than Marston.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 141218.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "638p03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Indiana Jones] why didn't any of the ancient cultures that had the ark conquer the world? First the Hebrews then the Egyptians.", "c_root_id_A": "dfs5qjk", "c_root_id_B": "dfs5xsx", "created_at_utc_A": 1491245898.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491246117.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "Fear. Who wants to tempt fate by abusing the powers of a God? The Ark is like a Nuclear Weapon, and inspires just as much fear in those that weild it as those it is used against.", "human_ref_B": "It was not gods will. The ark is a conduit for his power on earth, not an indiscriminate tool of conquest.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 219.0, "score_ratio": 15.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "638p03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Indiana Jones] why didn't any of the ancient cultures that had the ark conquer the world? First the Hebrews then the Egyptians.", "c_root_id_A": "dfs5qjk", "c_root_id_B": "dfsbcua", "created_at_utc_A": 1491245898.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491252565.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Fear. Who wants to tempt fate by abusing the powers of a God? The Ark is like a Nuclear Weapon, and inspires just as much fear in those that weild it as those it is used against.", "human_ref_B": "Because it is not respecting\u200b G_d to use his holy artifacts as a weapon without being asked. The Ark's behavior is a security system. G_d is wrathful, and acting in ways that may make him angry are a bad bad bad idea.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6667.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "638p03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Indiana Jones] why didn't any of the ancient cultures that had the ark conquer the world? First the Hebrews then the Egyptians.", "c_root_id_A": "dfs5qjk", "c_root_id_B": "dfsloer", "created_at_utc_A": 1491245898.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491264925.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Fear. Who wants to tempt fate by abusing the powers of a God? The Ark is like a Nuclear Weapon, and inspires just as much fear in those that weild it as those it is used against.", "human_ref_B": "Even ignoring god's express will, the Israelites *did* conquer plenty, and the Egyptians pretty much owned the entire settled world of that era. Also, before trains, taking over the world would be very hard! Only the Persians, Romans and Mongols managed it, and all three had very good logistics and two had horse based cultures. Do you have any idea how long it would take to lug that Ark around a world that lacks roads?! Hint: a long time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19027.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "638p03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Indiana Jones] why didn't any of the ancient cultures that had the ark conquer the world? First the Hebrews then the Egyptians.", "c_root_id_A": "dfsloer", "c_root_id_B": "dfsknle", "created_at_utc_A": 1491264925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491263742.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Even ignoring god's express will, the Israelites *did* conquer plenty, and the Egyptians pretty much owned the entire settled world of that era. Also, before trains, taking over the world would be very hard! Only the Persians, Romans and Mongols managed it, and all three had very good logistics and two had horse based cultures. Do you have any idea how long it would take to lug that Ark around a world that lacks roads?! Hint: a long time.", "human_ref_B": "You can not petition the Lord with prayer!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1183.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "638p03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Indiana Jones] why didn't any of the ancient cultures that had the ark conquer the world? First the Hebrews then the Egyptians.", "c_root_id_A": "dfszs80", "c_root_id_B": "dfsotza", "created_at_utc_A": 1491284443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491268727.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The arc doesent just work for whoever God wants it in the hands of the Isrialites not just anyone. In the Bible somewhere in the Torah it talks about the Philistines taking the arc from the Tabernacle and placing it in there temple of Dagon. The Philstines were rewarded with plagues of rats and hemroids. They couldn't give it back to the Isrialites fast enough they even included a gift of little golden rats and golden hemroids as a bribe so the Isrialites would take it back.", "human_ref_B": "who says they didn't?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15716.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "638p03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Indiana Jones] why didn't any of the ancient cultures that had the ark conquer the world? First the Hebrews then the Egyptians.", "c_root_id_A": "dfss33a", "c_root_id_B": "dfszs80", "created_at_utc_A": 1491272616.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491284443.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because they didn't like having their faces melted.", "human_ref_B": "The arc doesent just work for whoever God wants it in the hands of the Isrialites not just anyone. In the Bible somewhere in the Torah it talks about the Philistines taking the arc from the Tabernacle and placing it in there temple of Dagon. The Philstines were rewarded with plagues of rats and hemroids. They couldn't give it back to the Isrialites fast enough they even included a gift of little golden rats and golden hemroids as a bribe so the Isrialites would take it back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11827.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "638p03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Indiana Jones] why didn't any of the ancient cultures that had the ark conquer the world? First the Hebrews then the Egyptians.", "c_root_id_A": "dfsu2la", "c_root_id_B": "dfszs80", "created_at_utc_A": 1491275121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491284443.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "We didn't feel like it. Taking over the world sounds fun, but it's so much work!", "human_ref_B": "The arc doesent just work for whoever God wants it in the hands of the Isrialites not just anyone. In the Bible somewhere in the Torah it talks about the Philistines taking the arc from the Tabernacle and placing it in there temple of Dagon. The Philstines were rewarded with plagues of rats and hemroids. They couldn't give it back to the Isrialites fast enough they even included a gift of little golden rats and golden hemroids as a bribe so the Isrialites would take it back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9322.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "638p03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Indiana Jones] why didn't any of the ancient cultures that had the ark conquer the world? First the Hebrews then the Egyptians.", "c_root_id_A": "dfszs80", "c_root_id_B": "dfsxuh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1491284443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491280696.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The arc doesent just work for whoever God wants it in the hands of the Isrialites not just anyone. In the Bible somewhere in the Torah it talks about the Philistines taking the arc from the Tabernacle and placing it in there temple of Dagon. The Philstines were rewarded with plagues of rats and hemroids. They couldn't give it back to the Isrialites fast enough they even included a gift of little golden rats and golden hemroids as a bribe so the Isrialites would take it back.", "human_ref_B": "It's not a gun, or a bomb, or any other at-will use weapon. If God didn't want it to happen, it did nothing but... well, you saw. Face-melting ghosts and stuff.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3747.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tknbkl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Indiana Jones] Can you steal the fake Holy Grails? Is it possible to steal the fake golden cups from the cave to sell? I\u2019m aware that the Holy Grail is priceless, but there are tons of other golden cups with embedded jewels which I doubt are cheap. Could you take all the other cups besides the Holy Grail and sell for lots of money?", "c_root_id_A": "i1s6s3i", "c_root_id_B": "i1s33rc", "created_at_utc_A": 1648035658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648033263.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Probably- the knight is no longer much of a protector-but it seems unlikely to come up. The appeal of the Holy Grail isn't that it's *priceless*, it's that it provides *immortality*, and its not exactly something you're likely to just stumble across. If you've gone to the effort of finding it you presumably want eternal life or miraculous healing, not a pile of money. Your question is sort of like \"after finally moving to the top of the waiting list for an organ transplant, can you then steal your surgeon's fancy watch and pawn it?\". Like, yeah, you *could.* But it seems a very strange thing to do, no?", "human_ref_B": "How much do you think people would pay for a \u201cfancy looking, magic cup that kills you if you use it\u201d?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2395.0, "score_ratio": 1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y4omx1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Naruto]Why did Orochimaru want to destroy the Leaf Vilage? Was it just revenge for not being made Hokage? It seems to be the only thing he did that doesn\u2019t fit in with his ultimate goal of immortality. While the Leaf Vilage considered him dangerous, they didn\u2019t have an explicit reason to go after him until he attacked them. My best guess is that the Leaf Village would eventually come for him because he stole military secrets, but that\u2019s still somewhat a stretch to me.", "c_root_id_A": "isf07bv", "c_root_id_B": "isf5nty", "created_at_utc_A": 1665842223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665844785.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 52, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "1. What Orochimaru *really* wanted was a body with Sharingan, and to get one he needed to come into conflict with the leaf village. This is why he's dicking around in most of his early appearances instead of actually killing people. 2. For most of his exile Orochimaru could just hide from the hidden leaf. After he founded the hidden sound village and started training disciples, he knew that his forces would eventually grow so large that he couldn't effectively hide from the hidden leaf village, and that the leaf considered him so dangerous that they would eventually attack him. So, he attacked them first, at a time when he thought he was powerful enough to win, and before the Leaf were prepared to defend against him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2562.0, "score_ratio": 52.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y4omx1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Naruto]Why did Orochimaru want to destroy the Leaf Vilage? Was it just revenge for not being made Hokage? It seems to be the only thing he did that doesn\u2019t fit in with his ultimate goal of immortality. While the Leaf Vilage considered him dangerous, they didn\u2019t have an explicit reason to go after him until he attacked them. My best guess is that the Leaf Village would eventually come for him because he stole military secrets, but that\u2019s still somewhat a stretch to me.", "c_root_id_A": "isf3j6u", "c_root_id_B": "isf07bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1665843811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665842223.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Hokage rejection is a big reason. But there\u2019s also that the Leaf didn\u2019t allowed him to go with his experiments. They were trying to shut him down. He is also a wanted criminal by the Leaf", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1588.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y4omx1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Naruto]Why did Orochimaru want to destroy the Leaf Vilage? Was it just revenge for not being made Hokage? It seems to be the only thing he did that doesn\u2019t fit in with his ultimate goal of immortality. While the Leaf Vilage considered him dangerous, they didn\u2019t have an explicit reason to go after him until he attacked them. My best guess is that the Leaf Village would eventually come for him because he stole military secrets, but that\u2019s still somewhat a stretch to me.", "c_root_id_A": "isf07bv", "c_root_id_B": "isgss3c", "created_at_utc_A": 1665842223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665870133.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He *wants* immortality. That's the \"plan.\" That's everything motivating his movements and schemes. He *feels like* getting revenge. He wants to make sure people know they were wrong to reject him, and his methods include destroying Konohagakure and looting everything worthwhile from its archives. He wants to crush people with his knowledge and cursed techniques. But after he kills them all, he's still gonna go back to his immortality research.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27910.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y4omx1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Naruto]Why did Orochimaru want to destroy the Leaf Vilage? Was it just revenge for not being made Hokage? It seems to be the only thing he did that doesn\u2019t fit in with his ultimate goal of immortality. While the Leaf Vilage considered him dangerous, they didn\u2019t have an explicit reason to go after him until he attacked them. My best guess is that the Leaf Village would eventually come for him because he stole military secrets, but that\u2019s still somewhat a stretch to me.", "c_root_id_A": "isf5nty", "c_root_id_B": "isf3j6u", "created_at_utc_A": 1665844785.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665843811.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "1. What Orochimaru *really* wanted was a body with Sharingan, and to get one he needed to come into conflict with the leaf village. This is why he's dicking around in most of his early appearances instead of actually killing people. 2. For most of his exile Orochimaru could just hide from the hidden leaf. After he founded the hidden sound village and started training disciples, he knew that his forces would eventually grow so large that he couldn't effectively hide from the hidden leaf village, and that the leaf considered him so dangerous that they would eventually attack him. So, he attacked them first, at a time when he thought he was powerful enough to win, and before the Leaf were prepared to defend against him.", "human_ref_B": "The Hokage rejection is a big reason. But there\u2019s also that the Leaf didn\u2019t allowed him to go with his experiments. They were trying to shut him down. He is also a wanted criminal by the Leaf", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 974.0, "score_ratio": 2.7368421053, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "do1mea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Tolkien] I seem to remember that Numenoreans retained their fitness and youthfulness into old age (looking like fit well aged seniors after centuries). Assuming they don\u2019t die in battle or of suicide, what would commonly fell a Numenorean in old age? I had a friend that took a Tolkien literature course and he told me that Numenoreans are basically realish world peak humans physically, with great height, keener senses, a sharper mind, and they age slowly, while retaining their youth and youthfulness into old age. You\u2019d look like a very fit, youthful, and strong 70 year old, well above 6 feet tall. So let\u2019s say you\u2019re a 300 year old Numenorean, you are that fit, youthful, 70 year old-looking man. You don\u2019t lay down to die like Aragorn, you don\u2019t die violently, or in any accident. Are you probably going to just have a massive heart attack, a stroke, or some short but highly aggressive cancer take you out at the end of that long Numenorean life? I imagine if they\u2019re that fit and resilient that most diseases, plagues, cancers and the like don\u2019t affect them, or they recover from most things fairly easily, until the very end after centuries. So what would likely be a \u201cnatural\u201d death for a Numenorean?", "c_root_id_A": "f5jwfjq", "c_root_id_B": "f5juja1", "created_at_utc_A": 1572244064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1572241522.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "They *kinda* decide/know that they are about to die. Simply at some point, they start to feel their life is coming to an end. So they lay down and go to sleep and die. Corrupted Numenoreans who no longer appreciate the Gift of Men can force themselves to keep living beyond that point at which time they start ageing visibly and then die later but a corrupted broken shell of the Man they ones where. You see death in its original version wasn't a bad thing. It is called the Gift of Men for a reason. Men are the only living beings of Middle Earth who after they die their spirits are allowed to leave the material plane and meet Eru Iluvatar - the creator deity of Middle Earth, and if I'm not mistaken advise him/or give him their life experience so they can help build the next world after Middle Earth. Lesser men due to their corruptibility instinctively fear death now and try to cling to live so they age what appears to be naturally.", "human_ref_B": "Same thing that happens to every Man. The body breaks down. The average lifespan for the average Numenorean was 300 years old. Only those who descended from Elros could live up to 500 years old at max, seeing as Elros was a Half-Elven who took the Gift of Men over the immortality of the elves.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2542.0, "score_ratio": 3.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "do1mea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Tolkien] I seem to remember that Numenoreans retained their fitness and youthfulness into old age (looking like fit well aged seniors after centuries). Assuming they don\u2019t die in battle or of suicide, what would commonly fell a Numenorean in old age? I had a friend that took a Tolkien literature course and he told me that Numenoreans are basically realish world peak humans physically, with great height, keener senses, a sharper mind, and they age slowly, while retaining their youth and youthfulness into old age. You\u2019d look like a very fit, youthful, and strong 70 year old, well above 6 feet tall. So let\u2019s say you\u2019re a 300 year old Numenorean, you are that fit, youthful, 70 year old-looking man. You don\u2019t lay down to die like Aragorn, you don\u2019t die violently, or in any accident. Are you probably going to just have a massive heart attack, a stroke, or some short but highly aggressive cancer take you out at the end of that long Numenorean life? I imagine if they\u2019re that fit and resilient that most diseases, plagues, cancers and the like don\u2019t affect them, or they recover from most things fairly easily, until the very end after centuries. So what would likely be a \u201cnatural\u201d death for a Numenorean?", "c_root_id_A": "f5jmcie", "c_root_id_B": "f5jwfjq", "created_at_utc_A": 1572232666.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1572244064.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Cancer. Make enough copies and eventually errors creep in, no matter how high quality the copy machine is. EDIT: I'm talking about cell division. That's how cancer starts, mutations in one of the trillions of cells that divide in your body. In a lifetime spanning centuries your odds of getting cancer go up to about 100%. Not sure why that's getting downvoted.", "human_ref_B": "They *kinda* decide/know that they are about to die. Simply at some point, they start to feel their life is coming to an end. So they lay down and go to sleep and die. Corrupted Numenoreans who no longer appreciate the Gift of Men can force themselves to keep living beyond that point at which time they start ageing visibly and then die later but a corrupted broken shell of the Man they ones where. You see death in its original version wasn't a bad thing. It is called the Gift of Men for a reason. Men are the only living beings of Middle Earth who after they die their spirits are allowed to leave the material plane and meet Eru Iluvatar - the creator deity of Middle Earth, and if I'm not mistaken advise him/or give him their life experience so they can help build the next world after Middle Earth. Lesser men due to their corruptibility instinctively fear death now and try to cling to live so they age what appears to be naturally.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11398.0, "score_ratio": -7.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "do1mea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Tolkien] I seem to remember that Numenoreans retained their fitness and youthfulness into old age (looking like fit well aged seniors after centuries). Assuming they don\u2019t die in battle or of suicide, what would commonly fell a Numenorean in old age? I had a friend that took a Tolkien literature course and he told me that Numenoreans are basically realish world peak humans physically, with great height, keener senses, a sharper mind, and they age slowly, while retaining their youth and youthfulness into old age. You\u2019d look like a very fit, youthful, and strong 70 year old, well above 6 feet tall. So let\u2019s say you\u2019re a 300 year old Numenorean, you are that fit, youthful, 70 year old-looking man. You don\u2019t lay down to die like Aragorn, you don\u2019t die violently, or in any accident. Are you probably going to just have a massive heart attack, a stroke, or some short but highly aggressive cancer take you out at the end of that long Numenorean life? I imagine if they\u2019re that fit and resilient that most diseases, plagues, cancers and the like don\u2019t affect them, or they recover from most things fairly easily, until the very end after centuries. So what would likely be a \u201cnatural\u201d death for a Numenorean?", "c_root_id_A": "f5jmcie", "c_root_id_B": "f5juja1", "created_at_utc_A": 1572232666.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1572241522.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Cancer. Make enough copies and eventually errors creep in, no matter how high quality the copy machine is. EDIT: I'm talking about cell division. That's how cancer starts, mutations in one of the trillions of cells that divide in your body. In a lifetime spanning centuries your odds of getting cancer go up to about 100%. Not sure why that's getting downvoted.", "human_ref_B": "Same thing that happens to every Man. The body breaks down. The average lifespan for the average Numenorean was 300 years old. Only those who descended from Elros could live up to 500 years old at max, seeing as Elros was a Half-Elven who took the Gift of Men over the immortality of the elves.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8856.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxevkf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Fargo] Why did Lorne Malvo kill Sam Hess? What attracted him to Lester and made him want to kill his bully?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ztzgn", "c_root_id_B": "j20hvjx", "created_at_utc_A": 1672247241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672256652.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It was his hobby. He liked to put people into sticky situations and then audiotape their reactions", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9411.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxevkf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Fargo] Why did Lorne Malvo kill Sam Hess? What attracted him to Lester and made him want to kill his bully?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ztzgn", "c_root_id_B": "j21aa5z", "created_at_utc_A": 1672247241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672268096.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Seemed like a bit of fun. Sow a bit of chaos, besides, and see how a weird little dude reacts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20855.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxevkf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Fargo] Why did Lorne Malvo kill Sam Hess? What attracted him to Lester and made him want to kill his bully?", "c_root_id_A": "j21e14m", "c_root_id_B": "j1ztzgn", "created_at_utc_A": 1672269661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672247241.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He thought it would be some good fun. Malvo doesn\u2019t seem to be motivated by making money, which is why he blew his cover as a dentist when Lester ran into him in Vegas.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22420.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxevkf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Fargo] Why did Lorne Malvo kill Sam Hess? What attracted him to Lester and made him want to kill his bully?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ztzgn", "c_root_id_B": "j213k6n", "created_at_utc_A": 1672247241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672265278.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Malvo is Evil. I don't mean that he's a mean person, or that he's fundamentally evil. I mean that he is a non-human entity which is an embodiment of the concept of the wickedness of man. Possibly, but not necessarily, the actual serpent who tempted Eve. The setting of Fargo has supernatural elements. Malvo saw a corruptible human. What he wants is to cause evil the world, but while he enjoys inflicting misery directly, what he wants most of all is for humans to inflict suffering on each other. And he recognized in Lester was a vulnerable person, who if pushed the right way would easily learn to abuse the way he had been abused. Malvo likely has centuries of experience preying on human weakness. He knows what he's looking for, and can identify it easily. There's a possibility he can smell it or sense it, the powerset of demons are not fully defined in that universe.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18037.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zxevkf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Fargo] Why did Lorne Malvo kill Sam Hess? What attracted him to Lester and made him want to kill his bully?", "c_root_id_A": "j21aa5z", "c_root_id_B": "j213k6n", "created_at_utc_A": 1672268096.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672265278.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Seemed like a bit of fun. Sow a bit of chaos, besides, and see how a weird little dude reacts.", "human_ref_B": "Malvo is Evil. I don't mean that he's a mean person, or that he's fundamentally evil. I mean that he is a non-human entity which is an embodiment of the concept of the wickedness of man. Possibly, but not necessarily, the actual serpent who tempted Eve. The setting of Fargo has supernatural elements. Malvo saw a corruptible human. What he wants is to cause evil the world, but while he enjoys inflicting misery directly, what he wants most of all is for humans to inflict suffering on each other. And he recognized in Lester was a vulnerable person, who if pushed the right way would easily learn to abuse the way he had been abused. Malvo likely has centuries of experience preying on human weakness. He knows what he's looking for, and can identify it easily. There's a possibility he can smell it or sense it, the powerset of demons are not fully defined in that universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2818.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "59teqh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] There must have been tons of innocent prisoners in the detention center of the Death Star when it exploded, but the Alliance accepted that level of innocent life lost if it meant destroying the station. What are some ethically dubious things the Alliance does that you don't think about?", "c_root_id_A": "d9bd6vb", "c_root_id_B": "d9beusb", "created_at_utc_A": 1477660991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477663516.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "/r/empiredidnothingwrong will give you all the answers to this question.", "human_ref_B": "All right, look-you're a roofer, and some juicy government contract comes your way; you got the wife and kids and the two-story in suburbia - this is a government contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with lasers and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn't ask for that. You have no personal politics. You're just trying to scrape out a living.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2525.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qrsaok", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn\u2019t Jedi/Sith use spear light sabers?", "c_root_id_A": "hk8k8zu", "c_root_id_B": "hk8iinm", "created_at_utc_A": 1636658014.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636657316.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lightsaber\\_pike/Legends I think it's just general effectiveness and concealment. Walking around with a large pole brings attention compared to just having a hilt on your waistband. That being said they did use the Pike's in Legends and Clone Wars.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 698.0, "score_ratio": 23.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qrsaok", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn\u2019t Jedi/Sith use spear light sabers?", "c_root_id_A": "hk8v74t", "c_root_id_B": "hk8iinm", "created_at_utc_A": 1636662515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636657316.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Something to consider is that context is everything with weapons. When a Jedi goes out into the galaxy doing jedi stuff, they are not soldiers. A sword is generally a sidearm, so compare this to some sort of cop walking around with a pistol. A spear was a main weapon, like a rifle. Spear > sword, rifle > pistol, in open combat where everyone is actively at war and near a battlefield, but again, that wasn't really the context. Why didn't they use spears when they WERE on an actual battlefield? Their enemies were using modern weapons. The range of a sword is as good as a spear when you're facing the barrel of a gun. Consider also that they are essentially monks, and have a deep connection with their weapons. Sith are essentially monks too, just mean ones. In addition to this, and more importantly, their weapon was the force. Not metaphorically, they literally had limited precognition and telekinetic powers. In a hail of bullets, you do not want something with a big handle that is harder to bring to bear, you want something small and nimble that will keep up with your perception. With melee weapons, it's a slight uphill battle, and the advantage of having a blade to deflect right where you need it, quickly, is advantageous.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5199.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qrsaok", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn\u2019t Jedi/Sith use spear light sabers?", "c_root_id_A": "hk8iinm", "c_root_id_B": "hk8rz47", "created_at_utc_A": 1636657316.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636661183.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "A question: why do YOU think they should?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3867.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qrsaok", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn\u2019t Jedi/Sith use spear light sabers?", "c_root_id_A": "hk8rz47", "c_root_id_B": "hk8v74t", "created_at_utc_A": 1636661183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636662515.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "A question: why do YOU think they should?", "human_ref_B": "Something to consider is that context is everything with weapons. When a Jedi goes out into the galaxy doing jedi stuff, they are not soldiers. A sword is generally a sidearm, so compare this to some sort of cop walking around with a pistol. A spear was a main weapon, like a rifle. Spear > sword, rifle > pistol, in open combat where everyone is actively at war and near a battlefield, but again, that wasn't really the context. Why didn't they use spears when they WERE on an actual battlefield? Their enemies were using modern weapons. The range of a sword is as good as a spear when you're facing the barrel of a gun. Consider also that they are essentially monks, and have a deep connection with their weapons. Sith are essentially monks too, just mean ones. In addition to this, and more importantly, their weapon was the force. Not metaphorically, they literally had limited precognition and telekinetic powers. In a hail of bullets, you do not want something with a big handle that is harder to bring to bear, you want something small and nimble that will keep up with your perception. With melee weapons, it's a slight uphill battle, and the advantage of having a blade to deflect right where you need it, quickly, is advantageous.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1332.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64q1zb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] \"No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.\" Did Uncle Owen tell Luke his father was a drug dealer?", "c_root_id_A": "dg441zt", "c_root_id_B": "dg44l9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1491908416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491909724.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "In a pinch? Yes, although there are more legitimate uses for various types of spices - or, as we shall call them, abiogenic mind-altering substances. For instance, Naboo seems to be running a spice business on the side, at least enough for disgruntled miners to try and commit regicide.", "human_ref_B": "That's actually a highly respectable job. There's a saying on Tatooine: \"The spice must flow.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1308.0, "score_ratio": 1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64q1zb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] \"No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.\" Did Uncle Owen tell Luke his father was a drug dealer?", "c_root_id_A": "dg44hbd", "c_root_id_B": "dg44l9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1491909465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491909724.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "Strictly speaking, wouldn't it be trafficking?", "human_ref_B": "That's actually a highly respectable job. There's a saying on Tatooine: \"The spice must flow.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 259.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64q1zb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] \"No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.\" Did Uncle Owen tell Luke his father was a drug dealer?", "c_root_id_A": "dg4cyr8", "c_root_id_B": "dg4plo2", "created_at_utc_A": 1491922443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491936345.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Tatooine was home to Mos Eisley, a wretched hive of scum and villany, and a base for the Hut clan. Luke's dad being a drug runner wouldn't have been that hard to believe, and most people on the planet probably wouldn't bat an eye at that.", "human_ref_B": "How do we know Owen meant the drug Spice? Maybe he meant actual spices, like the kind you put on food. I could see spices from various planets, such as Naboo or Alderaan, being highly valuable luxuries on certain other worlds like Tatooine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13902.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64q1zb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] \"No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.\" Did Uncle Owen tell Luke his father was a drug dealer?", "c_root_id_A": "dg4plo2", "c_root_id_B": "dg44hbd", "created_at_utc_A": 1491936345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491909465.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "How do we know Owen meant the drug Spice? Maybe he meant actual spices, like the kind you put on food. I could see spices from various planets, such as Naboo or Alderaan, being highly valuable luxuries on certain other worlds like Tatooine.", "human_ref_B": "Strictly speaking, wouldn't it be trafficking?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26880.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64q1zb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] \"No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.\" Did Uncle Owen tell Luke his father was a drug dealer?", "c_root_id_A": "dg4fcy4", "c_root_id_B": "dg4plo2", "created_at_utc_A": 1491925132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491936345.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "There are medical uses for spices. He easily could have been on a ship that transported spice hauls to legitimate medical manufacturers. Big pharma.", "human_ref_B": "How do we know Owen meant the drug Spice? Maybe he meant actual spices, like the kind you put on food. I could see spices from various planets, such as Naboo or Alderaan, being highly valuable luxuries on certain other worlds like Tatooine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11213.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64q1zb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] \"No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.\" Did Uncle Owen tell Luke his father was a drug dealer?", "c_root_id_A": "dg4cyr8", "c_root_id_B": "dg44hbd", "created_at_utc_A": 1491922443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491909465.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Tatooine was home to Mos Eisley, a wretched hive of scum and villany, and a base for the Hut clan. Luke's dad being a drug runner wouldn't have been that hard to believe, and most people on the planet probably wouldn't bat an eye at that.", "human_ref_B": "Strictly speaking, wouldn't it be trafficking?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12978.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64q1zb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] \"No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.\" Did Uncle Owen tell Luke his father was a drug dealer?", "c_root_id_A": "dg551ww", "c_root_id_B": "dg5boku", "created_at_utc_A": 1491954695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491963427.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "...I just realized this line was probably a nod to Dune. It is, right?", "human_ref_B": "The term you're looking for is \"drug mule,\" but yes. The goal was to make anybody who went offworld, sought adventure, and participated in the galaxy at large as filthy, immoral criminals, while brave and hardy men like Owen made a decent living doing honest work. Not the subtlest manipulation going on in Luke's life, but if the boy hadn't been tempted by a *fucking wizard*, it probably would have kept him in line for a couple more years.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8732.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64q1zb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] \"No, my father didn't fight in the wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.\" Did Uncle Owen tell Luke his father was a drug dealer?", "c_root_id_A": "dg596tc", "c_root_id_B": "dg5boku", "created_at_utc_A": 1491960125.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491963427.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yes and no. A thing you have to keep in mind, is that tattooine may as be governed by the crime lords officially. In effect, spice is as legal as murder or rape on tattoine; pay your \"taxes\" to Jabba, and don't go against anyone important, and you can do what you want. On Tatooine, being a spice runner is like saying you're a deep sea fisher in the real world. Its dangerous, lucrative, but general respectable. While some people may have issues with it, most people don't see any stigma with it.", "human_ref_B": "The term you're looking for is \"drug mule,\" but yes. The goal was to make anybody who went offworld, sought adventure, and participated in the galaxy at large as filthy, immoral criminals, while brave and hardy men like Owen made a decent living doing honest work. Not the subtlest manipulation going on in Luke's life, but if the boy hadn't been tempted by a *fucking wizard*, it probably would have kept him in line for a couple more years.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3302.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24be5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars Episode VI] Was Jabba sexually interested in Leia or just trying to humiliate her?", "c_root_id_A": "erhhvp3", "c_root_id_B": "erhia6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1560875701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560875935.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 153, "human_ref_A": "Sometimes, things that are really about power look a lot like things that are about sex. In Jabba's case, humiliation and control are all ways for him to show what a mighty Hutt he is. He may well get a thrill out of it, he might even be attracted Leia, but mostly he's showing off how debauched he can afford to be and how little he cares for the opinions of others.", "human_ref_B": "In legends, he had a humanoid fetish. And it was disgusting to his fellow hutts. In canon, it seems to MOSTLY be about power and control. Also the majority of Jabba's associates and courtiers were humanoid, so catering to their tastes increased his status as a host and crime lord.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 234.0, "score_ratio": 3.1224489796, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24be5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars Episode VI] Was Jabba sexually interested in Leia or just trying to humiliate her?", "c_root_id_A": "erhhn2v", "c_root_id_B": "erhia6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1560875552.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560875935.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 153, "human_ref_A": "Humiliating Leia is what sexually interested Jabba.", "human_ref_B": "In legends, he had a humanoid fetish. And it was disgusting to his fellow hutts. In canon, it seems to MOSTLY be about power and control. Also the majority of Jabba's associates and courtiers were humanoid, so catering to their tastes increased his status as a host and crime lord.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 383.0, "score_ratio": 5.275862069, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24be5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars Episode VI] Was Jabba sexually interested in Leia or just trying to humiliate her?", "c_root_id_A": "erhhvp3", "c_root_id_B": "erhhn2v", "created_at_utc_A": 1560875701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560875552.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Sometimes, things that are really about power look a lot like things that are about sex. In Jabba's case, humiliation and control are all ways for him to show what a mighty Hutt he is. He may well get a thrill out of it, he might even be attracted Leia, but mostly he's showing off how debauched he can afford to be and how little he cares for the opinions of others.", "human_ref_B": "Humiliating Leia is what sexually interested Jabba.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 149.0, "score_ratio": 1.6896551724, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24be5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars Episode VI] Was Jabba sexually interested in Leia or just trying to humiliate her?", "c_root_id_A": "erhw096", "c_root_id_B": "eri2i6b", "created_at_utc_A": 1560884082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560888104.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Just eye candy and power play, I think.", "human_ref_B": "Hutts flaunt their power with gross displays of their wealth - in many cases that can be lavish gifts or expensive parties for their friends. In others, it's parading around slaves. Jabba also had a bit of a humanoid fetish. When he caught Leia trying to break Han out of his palace, he felt like he hit the jackpot - She's a beautiful human by any human's standards *and* she's a Rebellion leader to boot, so not only does he satisfy his own lusts by parading her around in his palace court, he's also sending the message \"Look at me, I'm so powerful that I can enslave leaders of powerful armed forces and not fear retribution!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4022.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24be5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars Episode VI] Was Jabba sexually interested in Leia or just trying to humiliate her?", "c_root_id_A": "eri9u5h", "c_root_id_B": "eri2vo4", "created_at_utc_A": 1560892616.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560888339.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it was either. I think it was a status thing. Here was Jabba.... holding a Princess and leader of the Rebellion captive to his whim, showing him off to whoever comes before him. He's beyond trying to humiliate her, why does he need to? He has no issue with her. She's just someone who tried to best \"the Great Jabba\" and failed like so many others. Job done from his point of view.", "human_ref_B": "\"Why not both!?!?\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4277.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24be5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars Episode VI] Was Jabba sexually interested in Leia or just trying to humiliate her?", "c_root_id_A": "erhw096", "c_root_id_B": "eri9u5h", "created_at_utc_A": 1560884082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560892616.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Just eye candy and power play, I think.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think it was either. I think it was a status thing. Here was Jabba.... holding a Princess and leader of the Rebellion captive to his whim, showing him off to whoever comes before him. He's beyond trying to humiliate her, why does he need to? He has no issue with her. She's just someone who tried to best \"the Great Jabba\" and failed like so many others. Job done from his point of view.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8534.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24be5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars Episode VI] Was Jabba sexually interested in Leia or just trying to humiliate her?", "c_root_id_A": "eri2vo4", "c_root_id_B": "erhw096", "created_at_utc_A": 1560888339.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560884082.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"Why not both!?!?\"", "human_ref_B": "Just eye candy and power play, I think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4257.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24be5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Star Wars Episode VI] Was Jabba sexually interested in Leia or just trying to humiliate her?", "c_root_id_A": "eriq04i", "c_root_id_B": "erhw096", "created_at_utc_A": 1560904160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560884082.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Everything is about sex. Except for sex, sex is about power.", "human_ref_B": "Just eye candy and power play, I think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20078.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23isxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] If you were to clone a Jedi, as the cloners on Kamino cloned Jango Fett, would that clone be force sensitive?", "c_root_id_A": "cgxh1ez", "c_root_id_B": "cgxhm2v", "created_at_utc_A": 1398020034.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398021410.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Clones are force negative, so in most cases probably not, although a powerful enough jedi might retain force sensitivity. I believe there are 2 cases of a force sensitive being cloned in EU", "human_ref_B": "You'd probably need some crazy advanced tech and VERY knowledgeable cloners. It's a pretty tough ordeal to perfectly clone a force sensitive.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1376.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23isxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] If you were to clone a Jedi, as the cloners on Kamino cloned Jango Fett, would that clone be force sensitive?", "c_root_id_A": "cgxobp3", "c_root_id_B": "cgxh1ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1398037890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398020034.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't this the plot of Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron? X and Y were cloned from a Jedi and one became a Jedi serving under Luke while the other became a Sith somehow connected the Empire", "human_ref_B": "Clones are force negative, so in most cases probably not, although a powerful enough jedi might retain force sensitivity. I believe there are 2 cases of a force sensitive being cloned in EU", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17856.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23isxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] If you were to clone a Jedi, as the cloners on Kamino cloned Jango Fett, would that clone be force sensitive?", "c_root_id_A": "cgxsk2f", "c_root_id_B": "cgxh1ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1398047803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398020034.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Yes... but it would also be completely insane under normal circumstances.", "human_ref_B": "Clones are force negative, so in most cases probably not, although a powerful enough jedi might retain force sensitivity. I believe there are 2 cases of a force sensitive being cloned in EU", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27769.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "23isxv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] If you were to clone a Jedi, as the cloners on Kamino cloned Jango Fett, would that clone be force sensitive?", "c_root_id_A": "cgxw3aj", "c_root_id_B": "cgxh1ez", "created_at_utc_A": 1398056438.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398020034.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Only if we accept Midi-chlorians back into canon, which we really, really shouldn't.", "human_ref_B": "Clones are force negative, so in most cases probably not, although a powerful enough jedi might retain force sensitivity. I believe there are 2 cases of a force sensitive being cloned in EU", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36404.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vfysa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Ash vs Evil Dead] There are clearly different levels of deadites, determined by the strength of the demons that possesses them, why not actually sent the powerful ones after Ash instead of mid level grunts?", "c_root_id_A": "icyj2yw", "c_root_id_B": "icyxd8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1655656108.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655662736.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Does it specifically state that they are mid level grunts?", "human_ref_B": "Which powerful ones? Like Eligos? They pretty much win in the end anyway but Ash was still able to defeat Kandar the destroyer so there's probably nothing anyone can do to actually kill Ash they're basically just fucking with him until they can bring back the dark ones. And I don't think someone like eligos would help ruby anyway and he's considered the weakest demon still", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6628.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vfysa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Ash vs Evil Dead] There are clearly different levels of deadites, determined by the strength of the demons that possesses them, why not actually sent the powerful ones after Ash instead of mid level grunts?", "c_root_id_A": "id0ng5z", "c_root_id_B": "icyj2yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1655694082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655656108.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Expecting upper management to do any actual hard work?", "human_ref_B": "Does it specifically state that they are mid level grunts?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37974.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vfysa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Ash vs Evil Dead] There are clearly different levels of deadites, determined by the strength of the demons that possesses them, why not actually sent the powerful ones after Ash instead of mid level grunts?", "c_root_id_A": "icyydqu", "c_root_id_B": "id0ng5z", "created_at_utc_A": 1655663208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655694082.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't agree with the premise. I was always under the impression that there was only one demon possessing all the Deadites simultaneously- the so-called Kandarian demon. A plot point in the series and the second movie is that he can be defeated by forcing him into a single form", "human_ref_B": "Expecting upper management to do any actual hard work?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30874.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkqjf2", "c_root_id_B": "clkry7z", "created_at_utc_A": 1414373912.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414376557.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Their adaptive technology means that they will lose a few ships and drones at first, but the Imperium, and other races will have to innovate. However innovation does not come naturally or easily to any of the races in 40k universe.", "human_ref_B": "How... wouldn't they be? In direct combat, the Borg might start off being a bit flustered, because their defensive systems are oriented around counteracting \"energy beam\" type weapons (phasers, disruptors, etc), whereas the Imperium and many other races in 40K use lots of \"simple\" kinetic weaponry that the Borg have trouble adapting to. Ultimately, though, the Borg can assimilate the technology of the Imperium or anyone else (except maybe bio-organisms like Tyranids (similar to Species 8472), and maybe demon-infested chaos tech that no longer obeys scientific principles?). Moreover, they'll adapt it, refine it, and integrate it into their other technologies, so assimilating a chimera or something means that it'll be reverse engineered, and its armor/weapons/etc will be used to update (insofar as possible) every cube, sphere, and drone, not just \"we have the holy STC plans for a chimera! Let us us copy them as we have for 8,000 years, and turn anyone who suggests changes into a servitor!\" Heck, if they're lucky, the Borg might even find relic technologies from the Dark Age of Tech, and probably understand, reverse engineer, and duplicate such technology better than the Adeptus Mechanicus. Also, if both Borg transwarp treknology and the WH40K system of warp journeys coexist, I'd say that the Borg have a superior system. (I mean, even lower-tech races like the Federation, I'd say, have a better system than the unfortunate folk of WH40K, since their journeys are fairly reliable and safe in comparison to the dangerous, unpredictable warp travel of 40K, and the Borg have a much faster system than the Federation or other similar tech-level races like the Klingons, etc.) So the Borg can usually outmaneuver the 40Kverse folk, striking them where they're not prepared, and usually retreating successfully when outmatched. Not to say that the other races might not put up a lot of fight, or even win. (I imagine an Imperium ship managing to weather the attack of beam weapons on approach long enough to board a borg cube with Terminator-suited marines and shredding through drones easily with bolters and powerfists.) However, the question isn't whether they would be unstoppable and fated to be victorious. The queestion is whether they'd pose a threat. I think they would. Big time. I wonder what would happen if they managed to get some drones with nanites into the Golden Throne, and tried to assimilate the Golden Throne and Emperor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2645.0, "score_ratio": 1.4375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkry7z", "c_root_id_B": "clkowpx", "created_at_utc_A": 1414376557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414370887.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "How... wouldn't they be? In direct combat, the Borg might start off being a bit flustered, because their defensive systems are oriented around counteracting \"energy beam\" type weapons (phasers, disruptors, etc), whereas the Imperium and many other races in 40K use lots of \"simple\" kinetic weaponry that the Borg have trouble adapting to. Ultimately, though, the Borg can assimilate the technology of the Imperium or anyone else (except maybe bio-organisms like Tyranids (similar to Species 8472), and maybe demon-infested chaos tech that no longer obeys scientific principles?). Moreover, they'll adapt it, refine it, and integrate it into their other technologies, so assimilating a chimera or something means that it'll be reverse engineered, and its armor/weapons/etc will be used to update (insofar as possible) every cube, sphere, and drone, not just \"we have the holy STC plans for a chimera! Let us us copy them as we have for 8,000 years, and turn anyone who suggests changes into a servitor!\" Heck, if they're lucky, the Borg might even find relic technologies from the Dark Age of Tech, and probably understand, reverse engineer, and duplicate such technology better than the Adeptus Mechanicus. Also, if both Borg transwarp treknology and the WH40K system of warp journeys coexist, I'd say that the Borg have a superior system. (I mean, even lower-tech races like the Federation, I'd say, have a better system than the unfortunate folk of WH40K, since their journeys are fairly reliable and safe in comparison to the dangerous, unpredictable warp travel of 40K, and the Borg have a much faster system than the Federation or other similar tech-level races like the Klingons, etc.) So the Borg can usually outmaneuver the 40Kverse folk, striking them where they're not prepared, and usually retreating successfully when outmatched. Not to say that the other races might not put up a lot of fight, or even win. (I imagine an Imperium ship managing to weather the attack of beam weapons on approach long enough to board a borg cube with Terminator-suited marines and shredding through drones easily with bolters and powerfists.) However, the question isn't whether they would be unstoppable and fated to be victorious. The queestion is whether they'd pose a threat. I think they would. Big time. I wonder what would happen if they managed to get some drones with nanites into the Golden Throne, and tried to assimilate the Golden Throne and Emperor.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe. If they augmented themselves completely they would be ignored by the Tyranids due to them having no biology. That could pose a threat. But they are essentially a robotic, dumbed down, yet more efficient version of the Tyranids. It would really come down to whether or not they got lucky in the first few battles, allowing them to assimilate something powerful.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5670.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkqjf2", "c_root_id_B": "clkw6bg", "created_at_utc_A": 1414373912.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414385749.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Their adaptive technology means that they will lose a few ships and drones at first, but the Imperium, and other races will have to innovate. However innovation does not come naturally or easily to any of the races in 40k universe.", "human_ref_B": "The tactics of Borg are terrifying and seem unstoppable, but losing trillions is something the Imperium isn't just going to cope with, it's used to it. The collective cannot win a battle of attrition. They're also not used to the stubborn, manic determination of the Imperial forces. If they beam aboard a Battleship and damage it enough, the captain will ram it into the middle of the Borg fleet and detonate the warp drive, which is hundreds of times more devastating than a Star Trek warp core. Then there is the range issue. Both vessels are capable of near great speeds with their conventional engines. However, this for the borg means closing the distance and engaging at very short ranges, while the Imperium believes in massed volley fire, essentially filling every possile past, present and future location of an enemy ship with as much artillery as possible. A borg cube would simply be ripped apart by massive volleys of Torpedoes the size of large shuttles and then the lance fire would cut through the rest. There are few races in Star Trek that could even hope to match the insane destructive power of the Imperium of Man or any other race in 40k, the technological difference is too huge. What could happen though is an ideological shift that leads to civil war. The Adeptus Mechanicus would probably welcome the Borg with open arms (and I wonder who would assimiliate who in that scenario) and may oppose any retaliatory act against these 'blessed harbingers of the Machine God' or what have you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11837.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkty57", "c_root_id_B": "clkw6bg", "created_at_utc_A": 1414380336.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414385749.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The real questions is whether or not Borgs are vulnerable to warp infestations. Does the collective have an oversoul of some type?", "human_ref_B": "The tactics of Borg are terrifying and seem unstoppable, but losing trillions is something the Imperium isn't just going to cope with, it's used to it. The collective cannot win a battle of attrition. They're also not used to the stubborn, manic determination of the Imperial forces. If they beam aboard a Battleship and damage it enough, the captain will ram it into the middle of the Borg fleet and detonate the warp drive, which is hundreds of times more devastating than a Star Trek warp core. Then there is the range issue. Both vessels are capable of near great speeds with their conventional engines. However, this for the borg means closing the distance and engaging at very short ranges, while the Imperium believes in massed volley fire, essentially filling every possile past, present and future location of an enemy ship with as much artillery as possible. A borg cube would simply be ripped apart by massive volleys of Torpedoes the size of large shuttles and then the lance fire would cut through the rest. There are few races in Star Trek that could even hope to match the insane destructive power of the Imperium of Man or any other race in 40k, the technological difference is too huge. What could happen though is an ideological shift that leads to civil war. The Adeptus Mechanicus would probably welcome the Borg with open arms (and I wonder who would assimiliate who in that scenario) and may oppose any retaliatory act against these 'blessed harbingers of the Machine God' or what have you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5413.0, "score_ratio": 2.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkowpx", "c_root_id_B": "clkw6bg", "created_at_utc_A": 1414370887.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414385749.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Maybe. If they augmented themselves completely they would be ignored by the Tyranids due to them having no biology. That could pose a threat. But they are essentially a robotic, dumbed down, yet more efficient version of the Tyranids. It would really come down to whether or not they got lucky in the first few battles, allowing them to assimilate something powerful.", "human_ref_B": "The tactics of Borg are terrifying and seem unstoppable, but losing trillions is something the Imperium isn't just going to cope with, it's used to it. The collective cannot win a battle of attrition. They're also not used to the stubborn, manic determination of the Imperial forces. If they beam aboard a Battleship and damage it enough, the captain will ram it into the middle of the Borg fleet and detonate the warp drive, which is hundreds of times more devastating than a Star Trek warp core. Then there is the range issue. Both vessels are capable of near great speeds with their conventional engines. However, this for the borg means closing the distance and engaging at very short ranges, while the Imperium believes in massed volley fire, essentially filling every possile past, present and future location of an enemy ship with as much artillery as possible. A borg cube would simply be ripped apart by massive volleys of Torpedoes the size of large shuttles and then the lance fire would cut through the rest. There are few races in Star Trek that could even hope to match the insane destructive power of the Imperium of Man or any other race in 40k, the technological difference is too huge. What could happen though is an ideological shift that leads to civil war. The Adeptus Mechanicus would probably welcome the Borg with open arms (and I wonder who would assimiliate who in that scenario) and may oppose any retaliatory act against these 'blessed harbingers of the Machine God' or what have you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14862.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkqjf2", "c_root_id_B": "clkowpx", "created_at_utc_A": 1414373912.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414370887.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Their adaptive technology means that they will lose a few ships and drones at first, but the Imperium, and other races will have to innovate. However innovation does not come naturally or easily to any of the races in 40k universe.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe. If they augmented themselves completely they would be ignored by the Tyranids due to them having no biology. That could pose a threat. But they are essentially a robotic, dumbed down, yet more efficient version of the Tyranids. It would really come down to whether or not they got lucky in the first few battles, allowing them to assimilate something powerful.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3025.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkty57", "c_root_id_B": "clkowpx", "created_at_utc_A": 1414380336.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414370887.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The real questions is whether or not Borgs are vulnerable to warp infestations. Does the collective have an oversoul of some type?", "human_ref_B": "Maybe. If they augmented themselves completely they would be ignored by the Tyranids due to them having no biology. That could pose a threat. But they are essentially a robotic, dumbed down, yet more efficient version of the Tyranids. It would really come down to whether or not they got lucky in the first few battles, allowing them to assimilate something powerful.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9449.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "cll43e1", "c_root_id_B": "clkowpx", "created_at_utc_A": 1414418502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414370887.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "When will people learn? The sidebar should say \"40k wins\".", "human_ref_B": "Maybe. If they augmented themselves completely they would be ignored by the Tyranids due to them having no biology. That could pose a threat. But they are essentially a robotic, dumbed down, yet more efficient version of the Tyranids. It would really come down to whether or not they got lucky in the first few battles, allowing them to assimilate something powerful.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47615.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "cll43e1", "c_root_id_B": "clkzy5a", "created_at_utc_A": 1414418502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414402368.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "When will people learn? The sidebar should say \"40k wins\".", "human_ref_B": "Eldar could probabaly wipe out the Borg as swell. They have enough weird arse weapons like distort weapons to kill stuff range, plus that eldar tech is psycho-reactive means its useless to anyone but an eldar, add in the emphasis on close combat for both craftworld and dark eldar they'd be wafer thin ham bits of Borg floating around space", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16134.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "cll0ma2", "c_root_id_B": "cll43e1", "created_at_utc_A": 1414406256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414418502.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I think people underestimate the ability of the Borg to use a transporter to just beam into a battleship and start assimilating.", "human_ref_B": "When will people learn? The sidebar should say \"40k wins\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12246.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkowpx", "c_root_id_B": "cll4avd", "created_at_utc_A": 1414370887.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414418998.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Maybe. If they augmented themselves completely they would be ignored by the Tyranids due to them having no biology. That could pose a threat. But they are essentially a robotic, dumbed down, yet more efficient version of the Tyranids. It would really come down to whether or not they got lucky in the first few battles, allowing them to assimilate something powerful.", "human_ref_B": "What's going to matter most is the rules of the conflict, if both groups technology works perfectly then we are in for an interesting fight. So the first month of the conflict is going to be the hardest for the Borg, lets assume one tactical cube is brought into the the W40K universe. Lets also assume that they do not lose their connection to the collective, but that reinforcements will not be coming any time soon as it was a fluke event and the collective is having trouble replicating the results. The borgs first objective would be recon the locals and determine if they are worthy of assimilation. So they pick an industrial world that's not too heavily defended. The orbital weapons hit the cube hard, it will pull back to the ort clouds of the system and analyze the weapons, After repairing and adapting the cube comes back. Lets assume this is enough time for the planet to send a distress call and it gets answered by a Imperial Navy task group of five cruisers that wasn't too far away. When the cube comes back into range the Navy group hits them with everything they've got. Some shots slip through, dealing some damage, but not enough to stop the cube from adapting to the weapons fire. The borg strike back by tractor beaming one of the cruisers, and cutting out a section of the ship for analysis. The tractor beam drains the fusion core of power, and the borg use the same tactic on the rest of the cruisers, but not before the fleet commander manages to get a message dispatched to sigmentum command. 'Priority Ultra, a xenos species is attacking that can withstand the emperors holy naval barrage without a scratch, we ask for intervention from the angels of death.' When the borg transport drones over to the first cruiser it doesn't take them long to adapt to lascannon and grenade fire. When they get to the engine room however they find something that will make this whole operation much easier. A techpriest. Once infected with nanoprobes the collective quickly realizes that the techpriests use integrated wireless communication and develop a virus that will spread through the priest to all possible connections, directing the priests to prepare for assimilation and obliterating the code for the machine spirits. The techpriests on the planet turn on their masters and once the borg begin processing this world, they move on to the next. The borgs expansion becomes exponential on human worlds. When they encounter the orcs, they find they make for acceptably tough tactical drones, they adapt their nano probes to latch onto their fungal spores and the new orcs are spawned as drones. I figure this is the point where chaos starts getting involved, the borg are the embodiment of order. An order that they cannot abide, This is where I figure the borg have their second really big challenge: Magic is something that they have never tangled with and they don't have a way to really deal with. So unless they are able to adapt their defenses from being breached by chaos just kinda dropping in and planting explosives they lose. If they can however then the borgs goal might be to develop a way to cut the immaterialium form true space. If they do that either by creating their own shadow in the warp al a tyrnids or the way the necron's planned to do. It's game over. The Eladr give them some trouble, but they have dealt with psychic species before. The Tau get rocked, they are too tech dependent and don't have a backup plan, heck they might even see the borg as the next extension of their own goals. The Necron's will represent the greatest prize in the universe to the borg, a technically advanced species with lots of information and unique technology. If the borg can gain access to a tomb world, it wont take much to take it over and pillage their data. It will take the collective a while to sift through it, but ultimately the Necron research, combined with the industry the borg are taking from the emperium is going to mean a bad day for the galaxy. The nids to me seem a lot like species 8472, this is a good thing for the nid's as it might give them some resistance, but might also be a problem, as the borg have seen this trick before and voyager gave them the secret to adapt to it. So I give the 'Nid's a 50/50 shot at victory over the borg as they encounter them, not great, but much better then most others. Lastly we have the dark eldar, Honestly they really have the best hope for survival post foothold. They are not somewhere that the borg can get to, and have all kind of ways to mess with them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48111.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "clkzy5a", "c_root_id_B": "cll4avd", "created_at_utc_A": 1414402368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414418998.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Eldar could probabaly wipe out the Borg as swell. They have enough weird arse weapons like distort weapons to kill stuff range, plus that eldar tech is psycho-reactive means its useless to anyone but an eldar, add in the emphasis on close combat for both craftworld and dark eldar they'd be wafer thin ham bits of Borg floating around space", "human_ref_B": "What's going to matter most is the rules of the conflict, if both groups technology works perfectly then we are in for an interesting fight. So the first month of the conflict is going to be the hardest for the Borg, lets assume one tactical cube is brought into the the W40K universe. Lets also assume that they do not lose their connection to the collective, but that reinforcements will not be coming any time soon as it was a fluke event and the collective is having trouble replicating the results. The borgs first objective would be recon the locals and determine if they are worthy of assimilation. So they pick an industrial world that's not too heavily defended. The orbital weapons hit the cube hard, it will pull back to the ort clouds of the system and analyze the weapons, After repairing and adapting the cube comes back. Lets assume this is enough time for the planet to send a distress call and it gets answered by a Imperial Navy task group of five cruisers that wasn't too far away. When the cube comes back into range the Navy group hits them with everything they've got. Some shots slip through, dealing some damage, but not enough to stop the cube from adapting to the weapons fire. The borg strike back by tractor beaming one of the cruisers, and cutting out a section of the ship for analysis. The tractor beam drains the fusion core of power, and the borg use the same tactic on the rest of the cruisers, but not before the fleet commander manages to get a message dispatched to sigmentum command. 'Priority Ultra, a xenos species is attacking that can withstand the emperors holy naval barrage without a scratch, we ask for intervention from the angels of death.' When the borg transport drones over to the first cruiser it doesn't take them long to adapt to lascannon and grenade fire. When they get to the engine room however they find something that will make this whole operation much easier. A techpriest. Once infected with nanoprobes the collective quickly realizes that the techpriests use integrated wireless communication and develop a virus that will spread through the priest to all possible connections, directing the priests to prepare for assimilation and obliterating the code for the machine spirits. The techpriests on the planet turn on their masters and once the borg begin processing this world, they move on to the next. The borgs expansion becomes exponential on human worlds. When they encounter the orcs, they find they make for acceptably tough tactical drones, they adapt their nano probes to latch onto their fungal spores and the new orcs are spawned as drones. I figure this is the point where chaos starts getting involved, the borg are the embodiment of order. An order that they cannot abide, This is where I figure the borg have their second really big challenge: Magic is something that they have never tangled with and they don't have a way to really deal with. So unless they are able to adapt their defenses from being breached by chaos just kinda dropping in and planting explosives they lose. If they can however then the borgs goal might be to develop a way to cut the immaterialium form true space. If they do that either by creating their own shadow in the warp al a tyrnids or the way the necron's planned to do. It's game over. The Eladr give them some trouble, but they have dealt with psychic species before. The Tau get rocked, they are too tech dependent and don't have a backup plan, heck they might even see the borg as the next extension of their own goals. The Necron's will represent the greatest prize in the universe to the borg, a technically advanced species with lots of information and unique technology. If the borg can gain access to a tomb world, it wont take much to take it over and pillage their data. It will take the collective a while to sift through it, but ultimately the Necron research, combined with the industry the borg are taking from the emperium is going to mean a bad day for the galaxy. The nids to me seem a lot like species 8472, this is a good thing for the nid's as it might give them some resistance, but might also be a problem, as the borg have seen this trick before and voyager gave them the secret to adapt to it. So I give the 'Nid's a 50/50 shot at victory over the borg as they encounter them, not great, but much better then most others. Lastly we have the dark eldar, Honestly they really have the best hope for survival post foothold. They are not somewhere that the borg can get to, and have all kind of ways to mess with them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16630.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kf3p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[W40K / Star Trek] Would the Borg pose a threat to the Imperium or any of the other races?", "c_root_id_A": "cll4avd", "c_root_id_B": "cll0ma2", "created_at_utc_A": 1414418998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414406256.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "What's going to matter most is the rules of the conflict, if both groups technology works perfectly then we are in for an interesting fight. So the first month of the conflict is going to be the hardest for the Borg, lets assume one tactical cube is brought into the the W40K universe. Lets also assume that they do not lose their connection to the collective, but that reinforcements will not be coming any time soon as it was a fluke event and the collective is having trouble replicating the results. The borgs first objective would be recon the locals and determine if they are worthy of assimilation. So they pick an industrial world that's not too heavily defended. The orbital weapons hit the cube hard, it will pull back to the ort clouds of the system and analyze the weapons, After repairing and adapting the cube comes back. Lets assume this is enough time for the planet to send a distress call and it gets answered by a Imperial Navy task group of five cruisers that wasn't too far away. When the cube comes back into range the Navy group hits them with everything they've got. Some shots slip through, dealing some damage, but not enough to stop the cube from adapting to the weapons fire. The borg strike back by tractor beaming one of the cruisers, and cutting out a section of the ship for analysis. The tractor beam drains the fusion core of power, and the borg use the same tactic on the rest of the cruisers, but not before the fleet commander manages to get a message dispatched to sigmentum command. 'Priority Ultra, a xenos species is attacking that can withstand the emperors holy naval barrage without a scratch, we ask for intervention from the angels of death.' When the borg transport drones over to the first cruiser it doesn't take them long to adapt to lascannon and grenade fire. When they get to the engine room however they find something that will make this whole operation much easier. A techpriest. Once infected with nanoprobes the collective quickly realizes that the techpriests use integrated wireless communication and develop a virus that will spread through the priest to all possible connections, directing the priests to prepare for assimilation and obliterating the code for the machine spirits. The techpriests on the planet turn on their masters and once the borg begin processing this world, they move on to the next. The borgs expansion becomes exponential on human worlds. When they encounter the orcs, they find they make for acceptably tough tactical drones, they adapt their nano probes to latch onto their fungal spores and the new orcs are spawned as drones. I figure this is the point where chaos starts getting involved, the borg are the embodiment of order. An order that they cannot abide, This is where I figure the borg have their second really big challenge: Magic is something that they have never tangled with and they don't have a way to really deal with. So unless they are able to adapt their defenses from being breached by chaos just kinda dropping in and planting explosives they lose. If they can however then the borgs goal might be to develop a way to cut the immaterialium form true space. If they do that either by creating their own shadow in the warp al a tyrnids or the way the necron's planned to do. It's game over. The Eladr give them some trouble, but they have dealt with psychic species before. The Tau get rocked, they are too tech dependent and don't have a backup plan, heck they might even see the borg as the next extension of their own goals. The Necron's will represent the greatest prize in the universe to the borg, a technically advanced species with lots of information and unique technology. If the borg can gain access to a tomb world, it wont take much to take it over and pillage their data. It will take the collective a while to sift through it, but ultimately the Necron research, combined with the industry the borg are taking from the emperium is going to mean a bad day for the galaxy. The nids to me seem a lot like species 8472, this is a good thing for the nid's as it might give them some resistance, but might also be a problem, as the borg have seen this trick before and voyager gave them the secret to adapt to it. So I give the 'Nid's a 50/50 shot at victory over the borg as they encounter them, not great, but much better then most others. Lastly we have the dark eldar, Honestly they really have the best hope for survival post foothold. They are not somewhere that the borg can get to, and have all kind of ways to mess with them.", "human_ref_B": "I think people underestimate the ability of the Borg to use a transporter to just beam into a battleship and start assimilating.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12742.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j48gze", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Avatar the last air bender] How common is bending? I\u2019m just now on episode 8 of season 1 and I\u2019ve noticed almost everyone in the earth kingdom can bend whilst this also being apparent in the fire nation. Katarra was the only one in her tribe that could bend in the water tribe. How common is bending?", "c_root_id_A": "g7hzo1s", "c_root_id_B": "g7inisp", "created_at_utc_A": 1601716560.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601736237.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Air Nomads were so spiritually connected, that every member born into the air nation was an air bender", "human_ref_B": "Its not common, but it isn't rare either. Somewhere around 30% are benders, and they tend to rise in status because they can get better jobs and have more inherent talents to rely on. Not everyone in the Earth Kingdom can bend, far from it. However, people who can't bend tend to keep their heads down, while those who can bend will be a bit more confrontational.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19677.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j48gze", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Avatar the last air bender] How common is bending? I\u2019m just now on episode 8 of season 1 and I\u2019ve noticed almost everyone in the earth kingdom can bend whilst this also being apparent in the fire nation. Katarra was the only one in her tribe that could bend in the water tribe. How common is bending?", "c_root_id_A": "g7hv3c9", "c_root_id_B": "g7hzo1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1601712148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601716560.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In the last air bender I\u2019d say it\u2019s about more common than being left handed but not by much", "human_ref_B": "The Air Nomads were so spiritually connected, that every member born into the air nation was an air bender", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4412.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j48gze", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Avatar the last air bender] How common is bending? I\u2019m just now on episode 8 of season 1 and I\u2019ve noticed almost everyone in the earth kingdom can bend whilst this also being apparent in the fire nation. Katarra was the only one in her tribe that could bend in the water tribe. How common is bending?", "c_root_id_A": "g7inisp", "c_root_id_B": "g7hv3c9", "created_at_utc_A": 1601736237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601712148.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Its not common, but it isn't rare either. Somewhere around 30% are benders, and they tend to rise in status because they can get better jobs and have more inherent talents to rely on. Not everyone in the Earth Kingdom can bend, far from it. However, people who can't bend tend to keep their heads down, while those who can bend will be a bit more confrontational.", "human_ref_B": "In the last air bender I\u2019d say it\u2019s about more common than being left handed but not by much", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24089.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7lic4m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Do the Tau control any human world's? If so, how many? How would the Imperium react if they found out that Tau controlled humans?", "c_root_id_A": "drmh73s", "c_root_id_B": "drmgfxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1513961621.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513960792.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They probably control a dozen or so at least probably more. There are 3 questions you must ask before offering humans the Greater Good. 1. How important is the planet? If it's too important the Imperium might just act. Go for smaller agrarian worlds. 2. How fanatic at they? A world full of zealots might be a bad idea, go for a world that either was recently brought into the fold or one that is more balanced. 3. How far away is I from the nearest Imperium core world? Might be wise to get a planet on the fringes of Imperium turf so if a thing it take decades to get word about any Tau fuckery, easier to intercept the message or prevent it from happening at all. The last time the Imperium found out about Tau fuckery the Tau realized just how horrifying they can get. The Tau do literally everything in their power to keep under the Ork, Human, or Tyranid radar, because there isn't much they could do if either decided to go on an extermination spree. The Tau take decades to take over a planet through economic manipulation and subterfuge.", "human_ref_B": "As to the reaction, probably zealous, dramatic and with skies of fire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 829.0, "score_ratio": 8.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7lic4m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Do the Tau control any human world's? If so, how many? How would the Imperium react if they found out that Tau controlled humans?", "c_root_id_A": "drmieev", "c_root_id_B": "drmgfxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1513962964.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513960792.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Yes. At least a few. Badly. The Tau even have humans fighting for them, including Imperial Guard defectors.", "human_ref_B": "As to the reaction, probably zealous, dramatic and with skies of fire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2172.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7lic4m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Do the Tau control any human world's? If so, how many? How would the Imperium react if they found out that Tau controlled humans?", "c_root_id_A": "drminae", "c_root_id_B": "drmgfxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1513963238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513960792.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Several human worlds were taken during the second and third sphere expansions, among them several hive worlds. The Damocles Crusade was launched specifically because of Tau encroachment on Imperial Space but was recalled due to the Tyrannic and Chaos threats elsewhere in the segmentum.", "human_ref_B": "As to the reaction, probably zealous, dramatic and with skies of fire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2446.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7lic4m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Do the Tau control any human world's? If so, how many? How would the Imperium react if they found out that Tau controlled humans?", "c_root_id_A": "drmoabv", "c_root_id_B": "drnn1ob", "created_at_utc_A": 1513969481.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514025082.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "1. Yes. 2. Depends, but likely in the same way Stalin dealt with ethnic minorities he suspected of being Nazi collaborators. Usually mass deportation and forced labor for its inhabitants.", "human_ref_B": ">Do the Tau control any human world's? Yes. >If so, how many? After the first Damocles Crusade - around 20, one heavily populated enough to become a sept world. After the second Damocles War - over the half of Damocles sector, which is around 50-70 worlds including at least one Hiv world (which tau lost, but not before they evacuated most of it's population out). >How would the Imperium react if they found out that Tau controlled humans? With a frothing rage. Imperials are indoctrinated to HATE traitors above anything else. First time Imperium found out they launched a major crusade into Tau territory, but \"nowadays\" they're too busy with way more dangerous shit like 13-th Black Crusade, Third Tyrannic war or WAAAGH! Ghazkull, and more often then not let Tau have those worlds and hope they'd serve as a buffer against Tyranids invading from the galactic east and Necrons awakening all over Damocles gulf", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 55601.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7lic4m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Do the Tau control any human world's? If so, how many? How would the Imperium react if they found out that Tau controlled humans?", "c_root_id_A": "drmzri0", "c_root_id_B": "drnn1ob", "created_at_utc_A": 1513983082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514025082.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Tau control at least a dozen human inhabited world's. And the Imperium already knows this, since most (if not all) of them used to be Imperial worlds. The Imperium has plans to retake them, but they have bigger fish to fry at the moment. If they **do** retake a world, the punishments for collaboration would vary from imprisonment in gulags to conscription into the Penal Legions for dupes to execution (of various methods) for higher leadership.", "human_ref_B": ">Do the Tau control any human world's? Yes. >If so, how many? After the first Damocles Crusade - around 20, one heavily populated enough to become a sept world. After the second Damocles War - over the half of Damocles sector, which is around 50-70 worlds including at least one Hiv world (which tau lost, but not before they evacuated most of it's population out). >How would the Imperium react if they found out that Tau controlled humans? With a frothing rage. Imperials are indoctrinated to HATE traitors above anything else. First time Imperium found out they launched a major crusade into Tau territory, but \"nowadays\" they're too busy with way more dangerous shit like 13-th Black Crusade, Third Tyrannic war or WAAAGH! Ghazkull, and more often then not let Tau have those worlds and hope they'd serve as a buffer against Tyranids invading from the galactic east and Necrons awakening all over Damocles gulf", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42000.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7s06ef", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "Star Wars] Why speak like that, Yoda does? More concretely, does this different syntax affect how Yoda thinks and perceives the world? There's a famous linguistic hypothesis known as the [Sapir\u2013Whorf hypothesis which states that our linguistic categories such as grammar, syntax, etc influence and even determine our mental categories, including our notions of time and space. If we decide to roll with it (as a purely fictional speculation), does it mean that Yoda also experiences reality in a different way? Perhaps less deterministically and in a way that's more open-ended (*\u00e0 la* \"always in motion, the future is\")?", "c_root_id_A": "dt16wdb", "c_root_id_B": "dt1se32", "created_at_utc_A": 1516576037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516600344.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Yoda's linguistic patterns are still fundamentally deterministic although the direction of cause and effect might be less clear to him. He still uses the same words as everyone else which come with the inherent conceptual framework. When Yoda inverts the typically noun-verb-object framework to noun-object-verb he is still using the same basic framework although in a slightly different order. It still accepts the basic premise that an object acts on another object, but it might be less clear in which direction this relationship exists. It's worth noting that much of his speech does not involve this inversion. There is another inversion common. We might say \"They are mad\" Yoda might say \"Mad are they\" or \"Mad, they are\" This once again doesn't really speak to determinism at all. It just places the emphasis on the object \"mad\" rather than the subject but does little to establish a non-deterministic framework if that makes sense.", "human_ref_B": "I always read it simply as *L1 transfer*. Galactic Basic is not his native language. Whatever his native language is it has Subject Object Verb (SOV) word order like Japanese or Latin instead of Subject Verb Object (SVO) word order like English or Galactic Basic. Yoda learned Galactic Basic as a second language, probably as an adult, so a lot of his grammar structures are fossilized.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24307.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7s06ef", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "Star Wars] Why speak like that, Yoda does? More concretely, does this different syntax affect how Yoda thinks and perceives the world? There's a famous linguistic hypothesis known as the [Sapir\u2013Whorf hypothesis which states that our linguistic categories such as grammar, syntax, etc influence and even determine our mental categories, including our notions of time and space. If we decide to roll with it (as a purely fictional speculation), does it mean that Yoda also experiences reality in a different way? Perhaps less deterministically and in a way that's more open-ended (*\u00e0 la* \"always in motion, the future is\")?", "c_root_id_A": "dt1y3cr", "c_root_id_B": "dt16wdb", "created_at_utc_A": 1516612196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516576037.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think he does it deliberately as a teaching method. He makes you reconstruct the sentences he uses so you can understand what he means.", "human_ref_B": "Yoda's linguistic patterns are still fundamentally deterministic although the direction of cause and effect might be less clear to him. He still uses the same words as everyone else which come with the inherent conceptual framework. When Yoda inverts the typically noun-verb-object framework to noun-object-verb he is still using the same basic framework although in a slightly different order. It still accepts the basic premise that an object acts on another object, but it might be less clear in which direction this relationship exists. It's worth noting that much of his speech does not involve this inversion. There is another inversion common. We might say \"They are mad\" Yoda might say \"Mad are they\" or \"Mad, they are\" This once again doesn't really speak to determinism at all. It just places the emphasis on the object \"mad\" rather than the subject but does little to establish a non-deterministic framework if that makes sense.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36159.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c9793jw", "c_root_id_B": "c97bsx0", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364949386.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "Gandalf would easily win. Gandalf appears in human form but is actually an Istari - essentially, an angel. Gandalf has powers that go far beyond anything Dumbledore or Yoda have the capability of doing.", "human_ref_B": "I don't like these questions. Not because these three chaps would never fight each other, but because it's on r/AskScienceFiction and not r/WhoWouldWin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7690.0, "score_ratio": 1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97b9c0", "c_root_id_B": "c97bsx0", "created_at_utc_A": 1364947842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364949386.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "who would win", "human_ref_B": "I don't like these questions. Not because these three chaps would never fight each other, but because it's on r/AskScienceFiction and not r/WhoWouldWin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1544.0, "score_ratio": 3.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c979572", "c_root_id_B": "c97bsx0", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941820.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364949386.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "I personally don't see Gandalf as a serious contender in this battle. What it would really come down to in my mind would be whether Yoda could use the force to control Dumbledore's spells. I would tend to think no, because even though he was able to absorb Count Dooku's electricity force blast (seemingly like a spell), that is a form of the force, meaning Yoda could have his own control of it. I would take Dumbledore in this matchup TL;DR - Spells over the Force. Dumbledore wins", "human_ref_B": "I don't like these questions. Not because these three chaps would never fight each other, but because it's on r/AskScienceFiction and not r/WhoWouldWin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7566.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97908y", "c_root_id_B": "c97bsx0", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364949386.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "human_ref_B": "I don't like these questions. Not because these three chaps would never fight each other, but because it's on r/AskScienceFiction and not r/WhoWouldWin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7945.0, "score_ratio": -39.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97908y", "c_root_id_B": "c9793jw", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364941696.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "human_ref_B": "Gandalf would easily win. Gandalf appears in human form but is actually an Istari - essentially, an angel. Gandalf has powers that go far beyond anything Dumbledore or Yoda have the capability of doing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 255.0, "score_ratio": -33.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97b9c0", "c_root_id_B": "c97dnyd", "created_at_utc_A": 1364947842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364954500.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "who would win", "human_ref_B": "Right off the bat, Dumbledore would lose. He isn't anywhere near the same league as either of them. Dumbledore is in league with beings that knows spells, create them, bend the magic to their wills. Gandalf is like Neo in the Matrix; He doesn't manipulate spells or create them, he alters the rules of the universe to allow him to do what he wants. While they may sound similar, they are very different. \"Magic\" to Dumbledore is a science, with rules, and if you come up with the correct mechanisms and formulas, you get the logical result. Gandalf looks at the universe and says: \"You shall not pass\" and so it was. Even if Gandalf \"dies\", that is just his body \"in the matrix\". He still exists outside of it, but he just lost his avatar to that world, and as he is in league with the creators of the universe, he can just plug right back in. There isn't really a way to permanently \"kill\" him. Likewise, Saron and Morgoth are not dead, they simply no longer have a presence in that universe. Yoda vs Dumbledore would be a fairer fight. Both are wise, and are strong with the force/magic. However, Yoda is stronger, faster, and has several innate powers that require potions or rituals for Dumbledore. Yoda simply has the upper hand.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6658.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97dnyd", "c_root_id_B": "c979572", "created_at_utc_A": 1364954500.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364941820.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Right off the bat, Dumbledore would lose. He isn't anywhere near the same league as either of them. Dumbledore is in league with beings that knows spells, create them, bend the magic to their wills. Gandalf is like Neo in the Matrix; He doesn't manipulate spells or create them, he alters the rules of the universe to allow him to do what he wants. While they may sound similar, they are very different. \"Magic\" to Dumbledore is a science, with rules, and if you come up with the correct mechanisms and formulas, you get the logical result. Gandalf looks at the universe and says: \"You shall not pass\" and so it was. Even if Gandalf \"dies\", that is just his body \"in the matrix\". He still exists outside of it, but he just lost his avatar to that world, and as he is in league with the creators of the universe, he can just plug right back in. There isn't really a way to permanently \"kill\" him. Likewise, Saron and Morgoth are not dead, they simply no longer have a presence in that universe. Yoda vs Dumbledore would be a fairer fight. Both are wise, and are strong with the force/magic. However, Yoda is stronger, faster, and has several innate powers that require potions or rituals for Dumbledore. Yoda simply has the upper hand.", "human_ref_B": "I personally don't see Gandalf as a serious contender in this battle. What it would really come down to in my mind would be whether Yoda could use the force to control Dumbledore's spells. I would tend to think no, because even though he was able to absorb Count Dooku's electricity force blast (seemingly like a spell), that is a form of the force, meaning Yoda could have his own control of it. I would take Dumbledore in this matchup TL;DR - Spells over the Force. Dumbledore wins", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12680.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97btvx", "c_root_id_B": "c97dnyd", "created_at_utc_A": 1364949461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364954500.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "What about objects at their disposal? I am not seeing much discussion of Wands or Rings.", "human_ref_B": "Right off the bat, Dumbledore would lose. He isn't anywhere near the same league as either of them. Dumbledore is in league with beings that knows spells, create them, bend the magic to their wills. Gandalf is like Neo in the Matrix; He doesn't manipulate spells or create them, he alters the rules of the universe to allow him to do what he wants. While they may sound similar, they are very different. \"Magic\" to Dumbledore is a science, with rules, and if you come up with the correct mechanisms and formulas, you get the logical result. Gandalf looks at the universe and says: \"You shall not pass\" and so it was. Even if Gandalf \"dies\", that is just his body \"in the matrix\". He still exists outside of it, but he just lost his avatar to that world, and as he is in league with the creators of the universe, he can just plug right back in. There isn't really a way to permanently \"kill\" him. Likewise, Saron and Morgoth are not dead, they simply no longer have a presence in that universe. Yoda vs Dumbledore would be a fairer fight. Both are wise, and are strong with the force/magic. However, Yoda is stronger, faster, and has several innate powers that require potions or rituals for Dumbledore. Yoda simply has the upper hand.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5039.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97908y", "c_root_id_B": "c97dnyd", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364954500.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "human_ref_B": "Right off the bat, Dumbledore would lose. He isn't anywhere near the same league as either of them. Dumbledore is in league with beings that knows spells, create them, bend the magic to their wills. Gandalf is like Neo in the Matrix; He doesn't manipulate spells or create them, he alters the rules of the universe to allow him to do what he wants. While they may sound similar, they are very different. \"Magic\" to Dumbledore is a science, with rules, and if you come up with the correct mechanisms and formulas, you get the logical result. Gandalf looks at the universe and says: \"You shall not pass\" and so it was. Even if Gandalf \"dies\", that is just his body \"in the matrix\". He still exists outside of it, but he just lost his avatar to that world, and as he is in league with the creators of the universe, he can just plug right back in. There isn't really a way to permanently \"kill\" him. Likewise, Saron and Morgoth are not dead, they simply no longer have a presence in that universe. Yoda vs Dumbledore would be a fairer fight. Both are wise, and are strong with the force/magic. However, Yoda is stronger, faster, and has several innate powers that require potions or rituals for Dumbledore. Yoda simply has the upper hand.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13059.0, "score_ratio": -17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97b9c0", "c_root_id_B": "c979572", "created_at_utc_A": 1364947842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364941820.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "who would win", "human_ref_B": "I personally don't see Gandalf as a serious contender in this battle. What it would really come down to in my mind would be whether Yoda could use the force to control Dumbledore's spells. I would tend to think no, because even though he was able to absorb Count Dooku's electricity force blast (seemingly like a spell), that is a form of the force, meaning Yoda could have his own control of it. I would take Dumbledore in this matchup TL;DR - Spells over the Force. Dumbledore wins", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6022.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97b9c0", "c_root_id_B": "c97908y", "created_at_utc_A": 1364947842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364941441.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "who would win", "human_ref_B": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6401.0, "score_ratio": -10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c979572", "c_root_id_B": "c97908y", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941820.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364941441.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "I personally don't see Gandalf as a serious contender in this battle. What it would really come down to in my mind would be whether Yoda could use the force to control Dumbledore's spells. I would tend to think no, because even though he was able to absorb Count Dooku's electricity force blast (seemingly like a spell), that is a form of the force, meaning Yoda could have his own control of it. I would take Dumbledore in this matchup TL;DR - Spells over the Force. Dumbledore wins", "human_ref_B": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 379.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97btvx", "c_root_id_B": "c988m6l", "created_at_utc_A": 1364949461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365062180.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What about objects at their disposal? I am not seeing much discussion of Wands or Rings.", "human_ref_B": "If we remove their moral restrictions, what we're left with is three characters with the respective powers of Gandalf, Yoda, and Dumbledore, that are willing to do whatever it takes to win. So who would win in a fight: Sauron, Darth Vader, or Voldemort?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 112719.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c988m6l", "c_root_id_B": "c97ks0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1365062180.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364985308.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If we remove their moral restrictions, what we're left with is three characters with the respective powers of Gandalf, Yoda, and Dumbledore, that are willing to do whatever it takes to win. So who would win in a fight: Sauron, Darth Vader, or Voldemort?", "human_ref_B": "have you considered that with the personality of the people in question the fight would likely be more of a frodo, luke, harry fight?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 76872.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97nkdd", "c_root_id_B": "c988m6l", "created_at_utc_A": 1364999095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365062180.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "So here's my understanding: Dumbledore has the ability to create matter and use matter for his own purposes (i.e. spells), this leaves him one of the best long range combatants in this fight, yet somewhat limited when it comes to defense. Yoda can manipulate the things around him via controlling midichlorians (i.e. the force) this is why the greatest non-lightsaber/long range move jedis have is hurling lightning because all it is is the manipulation of electricity in the air. Armed with his lightsaber, and limited on what he can do long-range wise, I'd say that Yoda would be the best at close quarters and much better at defense than Dumbledore (given that he can push/pull any spell that Dumbledore throws). It would then be Yoda's task to try and get close range to anyone to do the most effective damage as he is the fastest of the three. The real kicker is Gandalf. From what we seem to understand he is \"not of this world\" meaning that his powers are something in the ballpark of super-natural intervention. To me this means that he can create anything he wants to even/especially if it does not pertain to this world. This makes Gandalf the strongest character in terms of brute strength. He would not however be the best long-range character and would be severely limited in close quarters (his sword vs. a lightsaber not a chance). In all this gives Gandalf the best chance at defense against any attack. Now that I've laid out the specks of each character, it comes down to who can be most effective against each character. I think in the beginning, Dumbledore would put up a good fight because his superior long-range offense would be the only attack. The problem is that the other two (Yoda & Gandalf) are so good at defense that they would soon overcome Dumbledore and their \"force-like\" abilities would easily crush Dumbledore. So now it's between Yoda and Gandalf, and I think the fight would be over soon before it even got to close-quarters combat because Gandalf easily beats Yoda in mid-range combat, despite Yoda's force abilities, Gandalf can still go beyond manipulating the things around him and would bring in some heavy shit from the super natural realm TL;DR: Gandalf wins over Yoda", "human_ref_B": "If we remove their moral restrictions, what we're left with is three characters with the respective powers of Gandalf, Yoda, and Dumbledore, that are willing to do whatever it takes to win. So who would win in a fight: Sauron, Darth Vader, or Voldemort?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 63085.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97908y", "c_root_id_B": "c988m6l", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365062180.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "human_ref_B": "If we remove their moral restrictions, what we're left with is three characters with the respective powers of Gandalf, Yoda, and Dumbledore, that are willing to do whatever it takes to win. So who would win in a fight: Sauron, Darth Vader, or Voldemort?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 120739.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97908y", "c_root_id_B": "c97btvx", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364949461.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "human_ref_B": "What about objects at their disposal? I am not seeing much discussion of Wands or Rings.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8020.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97908y", "c_root_id_B": "c97ks0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364985308.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "human_ref_B": "have you considered that with the personality of the people in question the fight would likely be more of a frodo, luke, harry fight?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43867.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bjnjk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[HP/LotR/Star Wars] If Dumbledore, Gandalf, and Yoda (all in their primes) were put into a room and began a fight to the death, who would win and why? Ignore any moral objections the characters might have. No alliances allowed. Pure Super Smash Bros style brawl.", "c_root_id_A": "c97908y", "c_root_id_B": "c97nkdd", "created_at_utc_A": 1364941441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1364999095.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I believe Yoda would win this fight. He has the quickness to dodge spells, and could definitely get close enough for a killing stroke with his lightsaber. The Force also works to his advantage, but it is unclear how this would work against magic, since, at least in the Harry Potter universe, we do not know the origin of magic. The Force, according to Obi Wan, \"surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.\" Due to the fact that it is an all-encompassing aspect of the Galaxy, it is likely that Yoda would be able to use it to his advantage, either to block magic spells or remove wands from opponents' hands. Yoda for the win.", "human_ref_B": "So here's my understanding: Dumbledore has the ability to create matter and use matter for his own purposes (i.e. spells), this leaves him one of the best long range combatants in this fight, yet somewhat limited when it comes to defense. Yoda can manipulate the things around him via controlling midichlorians (i.e. the force) this is why the greatest non-lightsaber/long range move jedis have is hurling lightning because all it is is the manipulation of electricity in the air. Armed with his lightsaber, and limited on what he can do long-range wise, I'd say that Yoda would be the best at close quarters and much better at defense than Dumbledore (given that he can push/pull any spell that Dumbledore throws). It would then be Yoda's task to try and get close range to anyone to do the most effective damage as he is the fastest of the three. The real kicker is Gandalf. From what we seem to understand he is \"not of this world\" meaning that his powers are something in the ballpark of super-natural intervention. To me this means that he can create anything he wants to even/especially if it does not pertain to this world. This makes Gandalf the strongest character in terms of brute strength. He would not however be the best long-range character and would be severely limited in close quarters (his sword vs. a lightsaber not a chance). In all this gives Gandalf the best chance at defense against any attack. Now that I've laid out the specks of each character, it comes down to who can be most effective against each character. I think in the beginning, Dumbledore would put up a good fight because his superior long-range offense would be the only attack. The problem is that the other two (Yoda & Gandalf) are so good at defense that they would soon overcome Dumbledore and their \"force-like\" abilities would easily crush Dumbledore. So now it's between Yoda and Gandalf, and I think the fight would be over soon before it even got to close-quarters combat because Gandalf easily beats Yoda in mid-range combat, despite Yoda's force abilities, Gandalf can still go beyond manipulating the things around him and would bring in some heavy shit from the super natural realm TL;DR: Gandalf wins over Yoda", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57654.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethayk2", "c_root_id_B": "ethbme4", "created_at_utc_A": 1562810565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562811071.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "The idea is that Palpatine was Sidious, and Sidious, as the Jedi knew, was the real power behind the Separatists. When Anakin revealed that Palpatine was Sidious, the Jedi knew that Palpatine was working for the other side - i.e. treason.", "human_ref_B": "It was not a coup attempt, since Mace intended for Palpatine to stand trial up until the end of the duel. Palpatine was to be arrested for being the Sith Lord, working in league with Tyrannus, and the Separatists. The Jedi knew there was another Sith Lord (noted back in TPM) and that Dooku was a Sith now. Palaptine's revelation confirmed the Jedi's suspicion of a second Sith Lord. That it was the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic meant he was acting with the Republic's enemies, thus treason.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 506.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethbme4", "c_root_id_B": "ethbhyd", "created_at_utc_A": 1562811071.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562810977.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It was not a coup attempt, since Mace intended for Palpatine to stand trial up until the end of the duel. Palpatine was to be arrested for being the Sith Lord, working in league with Tyrannus, and the Separatists. The Jedi knew there was another Sith Lord (noted back in TPM) and that Dooku was a Sith now. Palaptine's revelation confirmed the Jedi's suspicion of a second Sith Lord. That it was the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic meant he was acting with the Republic's enemies, thus treason.", "human_ref_B": "They were already on their way to inform Palpatine that Grievous was dead and his grabs for power were no longer necessary when Anakin came to them with the news that Palpatine was the second Sith Lord they were looking for. While they were not, presumably, initially going there to arrest Palpatine, Anakin's revelation forced them to change their plans.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 94.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethc7po", "c_root_id_B": "ethfncb", "created_at_utc_A": 1562811524.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562814173.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Tax evasion. You can never get the big fish on criminal charges.", "human_ref_B": "Treason. He\u2019s been covertly leading the CIS war effort against the Republic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2649.0, "score_ratio": 2.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethayk2", "c_root_id_B": "ethfncb", "created_at_utc_A": 1562810565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562814173.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "The idea is that Palpatine was Sidious, and Sidious, as the Jedi knew, was the real power behind the Separatists. When Anakin revealed that Palpatine was Sidious, the Jedi knew that Palpatine was working for the other side - i.e. treason.", "human_ref_B": "Treason. He\u2019s been covertly leading the CIS war effort against the Republic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3608.0, "score_ratio": 2.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethbhyd", "c_root_id_B": "ethfncb", "created_at_utc_A": 1562810977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562814173.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "They were already on their way to inform Palpatine that Grievous was dead and his grabs for power were no longer necessary when Anakin came to them with the news that Palpatine was the second Sith Lord they were looking for. While they were not, presumably, initially going there to arrest Palpatine, Anakin's revelation forced them to change their plans.", "human_ref_B": "Treason. He\u2019s been covertly leading the CIS war effort against the Republic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3196.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethekpf", "c_root_id_B": "ethfncb", "created_at_utc_A": 1562813333.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562814173.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "they were likely at least somewhat aware he had some connection to the separatists ,, the irony is palpatines \"its treason then\" line is exactly what they came to arrest HIM for", "human_ref_B": "Treason. He\u2019s been covertly leading the CIS war effort against the Republic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 840.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethc7po", "c_root_id_B": "ethg7kv", "created_at_utc_A": 1562811524.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562814613.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Tax evasion. You can never get the big fish on criminal charges.", "human_ref_B": "Treason against the Republic, Conspiracy against the Republic, Abuse of Power, Espionage, Perverting the course of Democracy, etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3089.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethg7kv", "c_root_id_B": "ethayk2", "created_at_utc_A": 1562814613.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562810565.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Treason against the Republic, Conspiracy against the Republic, Abuse of Power, Espionage, Perverting the course of Democracy, etc.", "human_ref_B": "The idea is that Palpatine was Sidious, and Sidious, as the Jedi knew, was the real power behind the Separatists. When Anakin revealed that Palpatine was Sidious, the Jedi knew that Palpatine was working for the other side - i.e. treason.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4048.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethbhyd", "c_root_id_B": "ethg7kv", "created_at_utc_A": 1562810977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562814613.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "They were already on their way to inform Palpatine that Grievous was dead and his grabs for power were no longer necessary when Anakin came to them with the news that Palpatine was the second Sith Lord they were looking for. While they were not, presumably, initially going there to arrest Palpatine, Anakin's revelation forced them to change their plans.", "human_ref_B": "Treason against the Republic, Conspiracy against the Republic, Abuse of Power, Espionage, Perverting the course of Democracy, etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3636.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethekpf", "c_root_id_B": "ethg7kv", "created_at_utc_A": 1562813333.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562814613.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "they were likely at least somewhat aware he had some connection to the separatists ,, the irony is palpatines \"its treason then\" line is exactly what they came to arrest HIM for", "human_ref_B": "Treason against the Republic, Conspiracy against the Republic, Abuse of Power, Espionage, Perverting the course of Democracy, etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1280.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethayk2", "c_root_id_B": "ethc7po", "created_at_utc_A": 1562810565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562811524.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The idea is that Palpatine was Sidious, and Sidious, as the Jedi knew, was the real power behind the Separatists. When Anakin revealed that Palpatine was Sidious, the Jedi knew that Palpatine was working for the other side - i.e. treason.", "human_ref_B": "Tax evasion. You can never get the big fish on criminal charges.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 959.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "ethbhyd", "c_root_id_B": "ethc7po", "created_at_utc_A": 1562810977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562811524.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "They were already on their way to inform Palpatine that Grievous was dead and his grabs for power were no longer necessary when Anakin came to them with the news that Palpatine was the second Sith Lord they were looking for. While they were not, presumably, initially going there to arrest Palpatine, Anakin's revelation forced them to change their plans.", "human_ref_B": "Tax evasion. You can never get the big fish on criminal charges.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 547.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cbppta", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] For what crime was Chancellor Palpatine being arrested for by Mace Windu and the Jedi? Palpatine wasn\u2019t informed of Grievous\u2019s death, so he couldn\u2019t be arrested for refusing to step down yet. Is being a Sith Lord a crime? Or was it a coup attempt by the Jedi Order?", "c_root_id_A": "etithnh", "c_root_id_B": "etkenjl", "created_at_utc_A": 1562859466.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562896027.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you boil it down he was being arrested on trumped up charges because of religious persecution. The Jedi haven't seen a single sith in hundreds of years. Then in the span of 10 years run into a single Sith (Darth Maul) and a rogue fallen Jedi (Dooku). That's really it. That's their cause for arresting Palpatine. They know he's evil but don't have any actual, real evidence that would qualify for an Earth based legal system to arrest him. But Jedi appear to have broad powers of arrest and far less requirement for legal cause before they make an arrest. At the time of his arrest all the Jedi know is that Palpatine is a sith and apparently that's illegal enough to arrest him.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, being a Sith is a crime in the Republic. They have led multiple empires in the past with the Express purpose of destroying the Republic and literally bending the galaxy to their will. The Star Wars galaxy is a horribly dangerous place, and the sith are one of the most successful dangerous groups in it. The Republic has learned through billions of slaughtered civilians that the Sith are incurably evil in the purest sense of being dedicated to power acquisition at any cost. The Jedi and Republic know that the Sith are an existential threat to their continued existence. Dooku admitted to being a Sith, and that there is another Sith controlling the Republic. The only strange thing about this is that the Sith aren't just leading armies openly, but manipulating events in secret. They made it a major goal of the War to root out and kill the Sith bc that is HISTORICALLY the only way to keep the Sith from taking over the Republic's territory AGAIN! This is why Anakin goes to Mace when Palpatine confesses to be a Sith in an attempt to convert him to the Dark Side. He was honestly being too lenient in going to get more Jedi so calmly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36561.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3qo51d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] Has there ever been a Jedi who was a Gungan, Hutt, Droid, or Tusken Raider?", "c_root_id_A": "cwgwewr", "c_root_id_B": "cwgwkno", "created_at_utc_A": 1446099556.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446100086.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "No, yes, no, no. I guess you could strap a bunch of vials containing cell cultures to a droid and... something... something... hell I'm not a slicer :P. Anything you did to make a droid somehow force sensitive would also technically render it a cyborg, not a droid. Tusken Raiders are a small (population-wise) species confined to a certain area on a backwater planet, and uniformly hostile to outsiders, so even if there was a force sensitive Tusken Raider he or she would never get recruited into the order. And Gungans simply aren't force-capable due to Midichlorians refusing to live in them.", "human_ref_B": "1. Kin-Ya Dosun and Kosa-Yin Hadu were gungan jedi. 2. Beldorion was a Hutt Jedi, 3. Sharad Hett was a Jedi who became a Tusken Raider, his son A'Sharad eventually became Darth Kryat, named after the creatures he met as a Tusken Raider. Tahiri, Anakin Solo's close friend was also raised by Tusken Raiders. All three of these are technically humans though so they don't quite fit what you are asking. 4. If you are looking for a cheesy jedi droid, look up Skippy, the force sensitive droid. If you want a good story, look up the Iron Knights. Iron Knights are silicon based lifeforms called Shards that look like crystals. In order to interact with other species Shards inhabit droid bodies. Some of these are a force sensitives. If they join the jedi they become Iron Knights.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 530.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3qo51d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] Has there ever been a Jedi who was a Gungan, Hutt, Droid, or Tusken Raider?", "c_root_id_A": "cwgwewr", "c_root_id_B": "cwgwm7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1446099556.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446100240.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "No, yes, no, no. I guess you could strap a bunch of vials containing cell cultures to a droid and... something... something... hell I'm not a slicer :P. Anything you did to make a droid somehow force sensitive would also technically render it a cyborg, not a droid. Tusken Raiders are a small (population-wise) species confined to a certain area on a backwater planet, and uniformly hostile to outsiders, so even if there was a force sensitive Tusken Raider he or she would never get recruited into the order. And Gungans simply aren't force-capable due to Midichlorians refusing to live in them.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, non canonically. Although Anakin did rescue a force sensitive Gungan baby from Sidious/Cad Bane in Children of the Force. However, it is safe to say that she never became a Jedi. Hutts are *not*, as a species very Force Sensitive. Only one Hutt Jedi in history who turned to the Dark Side. Droids cannot be Force Sensitive. I think A'Sharad Hett was born into Tusken culture, but not a Tusken himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 684.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2hb3b6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars Episode V] Why is Yoda sending Luke into the Dark Side Cave' unarmed? In Episode V, Luke Skywalker is on Dagobah in order to to learn using the force from Master Yoda. One lesson is the \"Dark Side Cave\", which is \"possessed\" (according to Yoda) by the dark side of the force, and he also sends Luke in there with the explicit command to enter it unarmed. And we also know the rest of the story, he meets Darth Vader who attacks him immediately, and after he defeated him easily with his lightsaber, he recognizes himself under the mask. But now the question: Why should he enter it without weapons? If the result would have been the same (a Darth Vader image that attacks him), he would not come out alive. But if the lesson should be to proceed without aggression, and if according to this no enemy would have occurred, what should be the lesson finding only an empty cave? So, why the (explicit!) command, to go into unarmed? What else than Vader would he have seen without his weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "ckr1lcg", "c_root_id_B": "ckr216i", "created_at_utc_A": 1411541989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411544043.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "By going in unarmed Luke is showing a dedication to avoiding aggression which can lead to the dark side. H", "human_ref_B": "The result would *not* have been the same. It was a test, and he failed. If he had gone in unarmed, as instructed, he most likely would not have had to enter combat. The cave is rife with dark side energy, and its manifestations are drawn partially from the fears and moods of the individual who enters. Remember, it contains \"only what you take with you.\" Other individuals received different visions and encounters. Yoda himself got a vision of the downfall of the Jedi, Starkiller encountered hordes of his own clones, and when Luke would later return, he saw a vision of an alternate past.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2054.0, "score_ratio": 2.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2hb3b6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars Episode V] Why is Yoda sending Luke into the Dark Side Cave' unarmed? In Episode V, Luke Skywalker is on Dagobah in order to to learn using the force from Master Yoda. One lesson is the \"Dark Side Cave\", which is \"possessed\" (according to Yoda) by the dark side of the force, and he also sends Luke in there with the explicit command to enter it unarmed. And we also know the rest of the story, he meets Darth Vader who attacks him immediately, and after he defeated him easily with his lightsaber, he recognizes himself under the mask. But now the question: Why should he enter it without weapons? If the result would have been the same (a Darth Vader image that attacks him), he would not come out alive. But if the lesson should be to proceed without aggression, and if according to this no enemy would have occurred, what should be the lesson finding only an empty cave? So, why the (explicit!) command, to go into unarmed? What else than Vader would he have seen without his weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "ckr216i", "c_root_id_B": "ckr1hp8", "created_at_utc_A": 1411544043.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411541546.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The result would *not* have been the same. It was a test, and he failed. If he had gone in unarmed, as instructed, he most likely would not have had to enter combat. The cave is rife with dark side energy, and its manifestations are drawn partially from the fears and moods of the individual who enters. Remember, it contains \"only what you take with you.\" Other individuals received different visions and encounters. Yoda himself got a vision of the downfall of the Jedi, Starkiller encountered hordes of his own clones, and when Luke would later return, he saw a vision of an alternate past.", "human_ref_B": "The manifestation of Vader in the cave wasn't real. Luke was kind of imagining it. So he was not in any real threat, except from himself. The only way he would have got hurt would be mishandling weapons or having a heart attack or something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2497.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2hb3b6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars Episode V] Why is Yoda sending Luke into the Dark Side Cave' unarmed? In Episode V, Luke Skywalker is on Dagobah in order to to learn using the force from Master Yoda. One lesson is the \"Dark Side Cave\", which is \"possessed\" (according to Yoda) by the dark side of the force, and he also sends Luke in there with the explicit command to enter it unarmed. And we also know the rest of the story, he meets Darth Vader who attacks him immediately, and after he defeated him easily with his lightsaber, he recognizes himself under the mask. But now the question: Why should he enter it without weapons? If the result would have been the same (a Darth Vader image that attacks him), he would not come out alive. But if the lesson should be to proceed without aggression, and if according to this no enemy would have occurred, what should be the lesson finding only an empty cave? So, why the (explicit!) command, to go into unarmed? What else than Vader would he have seen without his weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "ckr1lcg", "c_root_id_B": "ckr1hp8", "created_at_utc_A": 1411541989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411541546.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "By going in unarmed Luke is showing a dedication to avoiding aggression which can lead to the dark side. H", "human_ref_B": "The manifestation of Vader in the cave wasn't real. Luke was kind of imagining it. So he was not in any real threat, except from himself. The only way he would have got hurt would be mishandling weapons or having a heart attack or something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 443.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kslqxt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] [Clone Wars] When did Anakin and Obi-Wan stop wearing armor into battle and why? In Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, Anakin and Obi-Wan along with the rest of the Jedi are seen fighting in their Jedi robes yet in Clone Wars they both wear shoulder armor and gauntlets over their robes. When did they decide to stop wearing that armor and for what reason?", "c_root_id_A": "gigq3cp", "c_root_id_B": "gigo83g", "created_at_utc_A": 1610051605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610050759.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Towards the end of the war the council filed that the Jedi\u00a0wearing armor\u00a0was a troubling sign of militarization within the order and ordered those who wore such like\u00a0Anakin\u00a0and\u00a0Obi-Wan\u00a0to\u00a0stop\u00a0doing so.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 846.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jijb42", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[The Thing] If every piece of it is a complete organism, why would it need to hide? Why not just swarm and kill everyone at once?", "c_root_id_A": "ga6wh1z", "c_root_id_B": "ga9fj4h", "created_at_utc_A": 1603736787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603797268.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "precisely because each piece is a complete organism, if you cut a thing in half the two halves will have no loyalty to eachother, one will happily kill the other", "human_ref_B": "Smaller Things are dumber than ones that are whole and that was actually the point of blood test, From the novel: >\"When attacked, it looks like even a fragment of one of these things will try to survive as best it's able. Even a sample of its blood. Of course, there's no higher nervous system, no brain to suppress a natural instinct like that if it's in the best interests of the larger whole to do so. The cells have to act instinctively instead of intelligently. Protect themselves from freezing, say. Or from incineration. The kind that might be caused by a hot needle, for instance\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 60481.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nbs1t5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Superman] We see Superman stopping bank robbers but what would be do to rich people that steal from the poor though white collar crimes like ponzi schemes?", "c_root_id_A": "gy13jwj", "c_root_id_B": "gy1212w", "created_at_utc_A": 1620942998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620942265.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Use his investigative journalism powers to expose them. Assuming Lois doesn't beat him to it first. It's a funny relationship like that. Looking back at Golden Age comics, Supes was once a lot more edgy in his approach to crime, even breaking into the home of a wealthy lobbyist to terrorize him for... um... bribing American politicians to get involved in WWII. Aheh. heh...heh... But he really doesn't do that kind of thing anymore (and Golden Age stuff MIGHT be on a parallel universe anyway... it's complicated)", "human_ref_B": "He's not micromanaging the world. He wants to save lives, do the things normal people can't.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 733.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etj5s0y", "c_root_id_B": "etjb6b3", "created_at_utc_A": 1562866751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562869935.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "People believe doctored videos all the time. Recently, a minor edit to a video was made to make it appear as if the Speaker of the US House was drunk during a briefing. It went viral, and the doctored video was much more popular than the videos refuting it. We've seen similar disinformation campaigns regarding abortion (Planned Parenthood is selling fetal tissues!) and voter drives (ACORN is registering illegals to vote!) It's very easy to tell a lie, and a lot of work to refute it. This is sometimes called the Gish Gallop. People that are prone to believing lies are also more prone to spreading information; conspiracy theories go viral, but the truth often isn't exciting enough to catch the public attention. The lie Team Mysterio concocted is also brilliant, because Peter's only defense would be \"nuh uh, *you* guys were in control of a swarm of secret military murder drones using illusions to create the image of monsters attacking beloved historic landmarks!\" The lie is *so close* to the truth that refuting it will seem like a lie itself. The big names that could vouch for Peter - Stark, Rogers, Thor, Danvers - the people that are famous worldwide and enjoy the clout of military heros, are all either deceased or off-world. Nobody knows who Fury is, nobody cares about Happy. Pepper Pots probably has the best change at salvaging Peter's reputation, and even she doesn't have the kind of inherent authority with the public that a Tony Stark would carry. And even if Pepper stands up for him, the damage is done. There will always be a segment of the public that believes Spider-Man is a murdering fraud. Worse, with his identity made public, the people Peter cares about - May and MJ, in particular - are at risk of retaliation.", "human_ref_B": "The world's governments and other major organizations will listen to Nick Fury when he explains the situation. A statement will be released announcing that Spider-Man is innocent, but that most of the details are classified. After a few weeks, most people will only be vaguely aware that any of this happened. However, a sizable portion of the population, led by JJJ, will believe that there's some sort of conspiracy at works. If you want an example of how this works, look into Infowars", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3184.0, "score_ratio": 1.12, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etjb6b3", "c_root_id_B": "etj3bfy", "created_at_utc_A": 1562869935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562865367.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The world's governments and other major organizations will listen to Nick Fury when he explains the situation. A statement will be released announcing that Spider-Man is innocent, but that most of the details are classified. After a few weeks, most people will only be vaguely aware that any of this happened. However, a sizable portion of the population, led by JJJ, will believe that there's some sort of conspiracy at works. If you want an example of how this works, look into Infowars", "human_ref_B": ">Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Yes. >Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? > >And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. > >Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. > >Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew? There are people out there that will believe anything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4568.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etjmqk5", "c_root_id_B": "etj5s0y", "created_at_utc_A": 1562876873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562866751.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Who are you going to trust, J Jonah Jameson, who has been on the forefront of uncovering the Deep State Superhero conspiracy, or the \"experts\" who claim the footage from the GREATEST SUPERHERO OF ALL TIME was \"doctored\". JJJ has said for months that Spider-man is a menace, and like you said, he's a known associate of Globalist Tony Stark, who faked his death to advance his SINISTER agenda. He \"died\", and got child soldiers like SPIDER-MAN to do his dirty work, and was in the midst of his dastardly plan to take over the world when MYSTERIO, the heroic inter-dimensional warrior, sacrificed his life to stop the Stark cabal. Folks, AMERICA and the WORLD is under attack by this cabal of \"superheros\" lead by Tony Stark. But J Jonah Jameson is there for you, keeping an eye out on the those who seek to impose a New World Order on us.", "human_ref_B": "People believe doctored videos all the time. Recently, a minor edit to a video was made to make it appear as if the Speaker of the US House was drunk during a briefing. It went viral, and the doctored video was much more popular than the videos refuting it. We've seen similar disinformation campaigns regarding abortion (Planned Parenthood is selling fetal tissues!) and voter drives (ACORN is registering illegals to vote!) It's very easy to tell a lie, and a lot of work to refute it. This is sometimes called the Gish Gallop. People that are prone to believing lies are also more prone to spreading information; conspiracy theories go viral, but the truth often isn't exciting enough to catch the public attention. The lie Team Mysterio concocted is also brilliant, because Peter's only defense would be \"nuh uh, *you* guys were in control of a swarm of secret military murder drones using illusions to create the image of monsters attacking beloved historic landmarks!\" The lie is *so close* to the truth that refuting it will seem like a lie itself. The big names that could vouch for Peter - Stark, Rogers, Thor, Danvers - the people that are famous worldwide and enjoy the clout of military heros, are all either deceased or off-world. Nobody knows who Fury is, nobody cares about Happy. Pepper Pots probably has the best change at salvaging Peter's reputation, and even she doesn't have the kind of inherent authority with the public that a Tony Stark would carry. And even if Pepper stands up for him, the damage is done. There will always be a segment of the public that believes Spider-Man is a murdering fraud. Worse, with his identity made public, the people Peter cares about - May and MJ, in particular - are at risk of retaliation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10122.0, "score_ratio": 1.04, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etjmqk5", "c_root_id_B": "etjiust", "created_at_utc_A": 1562876873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562874516.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Who are you going to trust, J Jonah Jameson, who has been on the forefront of uncovering the Deep State Superhero conspiracy, or the \"experts\" who claim the footage from the GREATEST SUPERHERO OF ALL TIME was \"doctored\". JJJ has said for months that Spider-man is a menace, and like you said, he's a known associate of Globalist Tony Stark, who faked his death to advance his SINISTER agenda. He \"died\", and got child soldiers like SPIDER-MAN to do his dirty work, and was in the midst of his dastardly plan to take over the world when MYSTERIO, the heroic inter-dimensional warrior, sacrificed his life to stop the Stark cabal. Folks, AMERICA and the WORLD is under attack by this cabal of \"superheros\" lead by Tony Stark. But J Jonah Jameson is there for you, keeping an eye out on the those who seek to impose a New World Order on us.", "human_ref_B": "I think the only lasting damage is going to be Peter's identity being revealed. He's got plenty of references (Fury, Happy, Pepper, etc.) who will not only vouch for his innocence, but who also witnessed Mysterio's bullshit firsthand and can testify for that too. It's going to be messy, but he'll eventually be cleared of Mysterio's allegations. As for his identity, I've seen some people mention the Skrull theory, which could work. But I think he's going to have a hard time living that down.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2357.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etjmqk5", "c_root_id_B": "etj3bfy", "created_at_utc_A": 1562876873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562865367.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Who are you going to trust, J Jonah Jameson, who has been on the forefront of uncovering the Deep State Superhero conspiracy, or the \"experts\" who claim the footage from the GREATEST SUPERHERO OF ALL TIME was \"doctored\". JJJ has said for months that Spider-man is a menace, and like you said, he's a known associate of Globalist Tony Stark, who faked his death to advance his SINISTER agenda. He \"died\", and got child soldiers like SPIDER-MAN to do his dirty work, and was in the midst of his dastardly plan to take over the world when MYSTERIO, the heroic inter-dimensional warrior, sacrificed his life to stop the Stark cabal. Folks, AMERICA and the WORLD is under attack by this cabal of \"superheros\" lead by Tony Stark. But J Jonah Jameson is there for you, keeping an eye out on the those who seek to impose a New World Order on us.", "human_ref_B": ">Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Yes. >Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? > >And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. > >Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. > >Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew? There are people out there that will believe anything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11506.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etj5s0y", "c_root_id_B": "etj3bfy", "created_at_utc_A": 1562866751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562865367.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "People believe doctored videos all the time. Recently, a minor edit to a video was made to make it appear as if the Speaker of the US House was drunk during a briefing. It went viral, and the doctored video was much more popular than the videos refuting it. We've seen similar disinformation campaigns regarding abortion (Planned Parenthood is selling fetal tissues!) and voter drives (ACORN is registering illegals to vote!) It's very easy to tell a lie, and a lot of work to refute it. This is sometimes called the Gish Gallop. People that are prone to believing lies are also more prone to spreading information; conspiracy theories go viral, but the truth often isn't exciting enough to catch the public attention. The lie Team Mysterio concocted is also brilliant, because Peter's only defense would be \"nuh uh, *you* guys were in control of a swarm of secret military murder drones using illusions to create the image of monsters attacking beloved historic landmarks!\" The lie is *so close* to the truth that refuting it will seem like a lie itself. The big names that could vouch for Peter - Stark, Rogers, Thor, Danvers - the people that are famous worldwide and enjoy the clout of military heros, are all either deceased or off-world. Nobody knows who Fury is, nobody cares about Happy. Pepper Pots probably has the best change at salvaging Peter's reputation, and even she doesn't have the kind of inherent authority with the public that a Tony Stark would carry. And even if Pepper stands up for him, the damage is done. There will always be a segment of the public that believes Spider-Man is a murdering fraud. Worse, with his identity made public, the people Peter cares about - May and MJ, in particular - are at risk of retaliation.", "human_ref_B": ">Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Yes. >Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? > >And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. > >Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. > >Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew? There are people out there that will believe anything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1384.0, "score_ratio": 6.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etjiust", "c_root_id_B": "etj3bfy", "created_at_utc_A": 1562874516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562865367.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think the only lasting damage is going to be Peter's identity being revealed. He's got plenty of references (Fury, Happy, Pepper, etc.) who will not only vouch for his innocence, but who also witnessed Mysterio's bullshit firsthand and can testify for that too. It's going to be messy, but he'll eventually be cleared of Mysterio's allegations. As for his identity, I've seen some people mention the Skrull theory, which could work. But I think he's going to have a hard time living that down.", "human_ref_B": ">Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Yes. >Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? > >And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. > >Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. > >Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew? There are people out there that will believe anything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9149.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etk7fxu", "c_root_id_B": "etk4bva", "created_at_utc_A": 1562890860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562888558.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not everyone will believe it when it\u2019s put under scrutiny, but there will definitely be a following who take Mysterio and Jonah\u2019s story as fact. Look at the antivax movement; it was a fraudulent study that caused its publisher to lose his license, but the claim\u2019s followers are still widespread. The charges against Spider-Man will damage society\u2019s view of him for years longer than it takes for evidence to prove his innocence.", "human_ref_B": "I think the doctored video doesn't work logically, seeing as eyewitnesses would have actually seen Spiderman defeating Mysterio (in the glass viewing platform) and then the drones up and leaving, rather than executing the populace, as the video suggests. Once the governments got on to the video, they might be able to piece it apart, but keep in mind that Mysterio and his team are the best of the best when it comes to faking something. Even then, the police would be able to piece it together from eyewitness accounts, so there wouldn't be any backlash government-style, but expect Spiderman to be mistrusted a lot more. However, the public backlash would be immense, mostly because most of the public, at any one time, is misinformed about a particular event, especially an event like this, where misleading information is common and the proof that it is misleading is not even going to be available to the general public for two or three weeks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2302.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cby505", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] [spoilers] A question about Far From Home's ending Spoilers obviously. Look away if you haven't seen it yet. Would people believe Mysterio's doctored footage? Even in the public's view that Mysterio was a superhero, he only had a resume that lasted maybe a week? And London was basically the only \"Avengers-level\" threat that he arguably dealt with, to paraphrase him. Prague and Venice got damaged, but compared to most superhero fights, the elementals didn't really do much, and he doesn't get credit for the city in Mexico since it was leveled by the time he showed up. A hero sure, but with a relatively short track record of relatively minor incidents. Meanwhile, Spiderman has spent years building up goodwill, between the incident at DC and his work in New York. He was friends with Tony \"Secular Jesus\" Stark, and fought alongside him against Thanos' army. Based on the fundraiser he was at in the beginning, he's a defacto spokesperson for blip'd individuals, too. That's a guy with a mountain of public support behind him. Would people really turn on Spiderman based on that one clip from a guy that has existed for less than a month and most of the world knows nothing about? Especially once that clip gets picked at by people with A/V specialties similar to Beck's crew?", "c_root_id_A": "etk4bva", "c_root_id_B": "etkhssv", "created_at_utc_A": 1562888558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562898369.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the doctored video doesn't work logically, seeing as eyewitnesses would have actually seen Spiderman defeating Mysterio (in the glass viewing platform) and then the drones up and leaving, rather than executing the populace, as the video suggests. Once the governments got on to the video, they might be able to piece it apart, but keep in mind that Mysterio and his team are the best of the best when it comes to faking something. Even then, the police would be able to piece it together from eyewitness accounts, so there wouldn't be any backlash government-style, but expect Spiderman to be mistrusted a lot more. However, the public backlash would be immense, mostly because most of the public, at any one time, is misinformed about a particular event, especially an event like this, where misleading information is common and the proof that it is misleading is not even going to be available to the general public for two or three weeks.", "human_ref_B": "The solution is easy. Ask Talos to play Parker at a press conference that has Parker and Spider-man. Don\u2019t you all remember that episode of Spider-man and His Amazing Friends when they did that with Flash to trick Sandman...?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9811.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u3w710", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[DC] Are Green Lanterns' weakness the colour yellow? Seriously? I thought this was a joke since their enemies are the *yellow* lanterns but I recall this episode of Justice League Unlimited where Luthor occupying Flash's body throws a yellow cake or something at John Stewart and it just goes right through his lantern-created shield Here it is https://youtu.be/0YYIRGhMp7s?t=220", "c_root_id_A": "i4ry1e7", "c_root_id_B": "i4s0qkr", "created_at_utc_A": 1649984776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649986047.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Traditionally, a Green Lantern's ring can't affect anything yellow. The currently accepted explanation is that a Green Lantern's ring is fueled by Willpower, and fear erodes willpower. Yellow being the emotional spectrum color associated with fear. Changes to how the Green Lanterns deal with the concept of fear as something to overcome rather than something to ignore has made it that most lanterns these days can deal with yellow, but it takes additional effort to do so.", "human_ref_B": "Traditionally, yes, but it hasn\u2019t been a serious weakness for a few decades now. It\u2019s now a flaw that, once the Corp identified and removed the source(a giant fear bug imprisoned in the big lantern), can be overcome fairly easily with training. Something only the newest recruits fall victim to.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1271.0, "score_ratio": 4.9090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u3w710", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[DC] Are Green Lanterns' weakness the colour yellow? Seriously? I thought this was a joke since their enemies are the *yellow* lanterns but I recall this episode of Justice League Unlimited where Luthor occupying Flash's body throws a yellow cake or something at John Stewart and it just goes right through his lantern-created shield Here it is https://youtu.be/0YYIRGhMp7s?t=220", "c_root_id_A": "i4s2nma", "c_root_id_B": "i4ry1e7", "created_at_utc_A": 1649986926.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649984776.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "The flaw came about when the Guardians contained Parallax, the Entity of Fear, within the Green Lantern main battery on Oa. While this action spared billions of lives, it also gave Parallax the opportunity to poison the main battery, giving every charged ring a weakness to yellow. The Guardians were okay with this because the predecessor to the GLC, the Manhunters, had turned against the peoples they were supposed to defend. The yellow flaw gave the people of the galaxy the means to defend themselves if a GL ever went rogue. Parallax would eventually leave the battery and take control of Hal Jordan, who at the time was emotionally drained by the destruction of Coast City, his hometown and base of operations. Ganthet would craft one more ring after the decimation of the original corps, the ring given to Kyle Raynor, and the first ring without the yellow weakness.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. Traditionally, a Green Lantern's ring can't affect anything yellow. The currently accepted explanation is that a Green Lantern's ring is fueled by Willpower, and fear erodes willpower. Yellow being the emotional spectrum color associated with fear. Changes to how the Green Lanterns deal with the concept of fear as something to overcome rather than something to ignore has made it that most lanterns these days can deal with yellow, but it takes additional effort to do so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2150.0, "score_ratio": 3.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u3w710", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[DC] Are Green Lanterns' weakness the colour yellow? Seriously? I thought this was a joke since their enemies are the *yellow* lanterns but I recall this episode of Justice League Unlimited where Luthor occupying Flash's body throws a yellow cake or something at John Stewart and it just goes right through his lantern-created shield Here it is https://youtu.be/0YYIRGhMp7s?t=220", "c_root_id_A": "i4s2ewx", "c_root_id_B": "i4s2nma", "created_at_utc_A": 1649986815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649986926.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Parallax being sealed inside the lantern battery caused the Green Lanterns to have a direct weakness to Yellow lanterns, as it is essentially an entity embodying fear, and Yellow Lanterns use fear as their fuel. This Vulnerability extended to yellow objects, as well. It also makes sense scientifically, on some level. Say you have a translucent green object. The colors that create this object's hue are yellow and blue. If you shot a beam of yellow light at this object, it would still appear to be yellow when it came out the other side, as this object allows yellow light to pass through almost uninterrupted, while it absorbs all other colors of light except blue light. The color an object appears to be is determined by what wavelengths of light reflect off of it and are not absorbed, or in the case of translucent objects, what colors pass through it from the other side. As Lantern constructs are, in fact, translucent, It makes a limited amount of scientific sense.", "human_ref_B": "The flaw came about when the Guardians contained Parallax, the Entity of Fear, within the Green Lantern main battery on Oa. While this action spared billions of lives, it also gave Parallax the opportunity to poison the main battery, giving every charged ring a weakness to yellow. The Guardians were okay with this because the predecessor to the GLC, the Manhunters, had turned against the peoples they were supposed to defend. The yellow flaw gave the people of the galaxy the means to defend themselves if a GL ever went rogue. Parallax would eventually leave the battery and take control of Hal Jordan, who at the time was emotionally drained by the destruction of Coast City, his hometown and base of operations. Ganthet would craft one more ring after the decimation of the original corps, the ring given to Kyle Raynor, and the first ring without the yellow weakness.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 111.0, "score_ratio": 7.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u3w710", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[DC] Are Green Lanterns' weakness the colour yellow? Seriously? I thought this was a joke since their enemies are the *yellow* lanterns but I recall this episode of Justice League Unlimited where Luthor occupying Flash's body throws a yellow cake or something at John Stewart and it just goes right through his lantern-created shield Here it is https://youtu.be/0YYIRGhMp7s?t=220", "c_root_id_A": "i4s70vy", "c_root_id_B": "i4ry1e7", "created_at_utc_A": 1649988993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649984776.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "It was real and dumb In their defense, the OG Green Lantern was weak to wood", "human_ref_B": "Yes. Traditionally, a Green Lantern's ring can't affect anything yellow. The currently accepted explanation is that a Green Lantern's ring is fueled by Willpower, and fear erodes willpower. Yellow being the emotional spectrum color associated with fear. Changes to how the Green Lanterns deal with the concept of fear as something to overcome rather than something to ignore has made it that most lanterns these days can deal with yellow, but it takes additional effort to do so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4217.0, "score_ratio": 1.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u3w710", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[DC] Are Green Lanterns' weakness the colour yellow? Seriously? I thought this was a joke since their enemies are the *yellow* lanterns but I recall this episode of Justice League Unlimited where Luthor occupying Flash's body throws a yellow cake or something at John Stewart and it just goes right through his lantern-created shield Here it is https://youtu.be/0YYIRGhMp7s?t=220", "c_root_id_A": "i4s70vy", "c_root_id_B": "i4s2ewx", "created_at_utc_A": 1649988993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649986815.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It was real and dumb In their defense, the OG Green Lantern was weak to wood", "human_ref_B": "Yes. Parallax being sealed inside the lantern battery caused the Green Lanterns to have a direct weakness to Yellow lanterns, as it is essentially an entity embodying fear, and Yellow Lanterns use fear as their fuel. This Vulnerability extended to yellow objects, as well. It also makes sense scientifically, on some level. Say you have a translucent green object. The colors that create this object's hue are yellow and blue. If you shot a beam of yellow light at this object, it would still appear to be yellow when it came out the other side, as this object allows yellow light to pass through almost uninterrupted, while it absorbs all other colors of light except blue light. The color an object appears to be is determined by what wavelengths of light reflect off of it and are not absorbed, or in the case of translucent objects, what colors pass through it from the other side. As Lantern constructs are, in fact, translucent, It makes a limited amount of scientific sense.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2178.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8dtf9z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Yu-Gi-Oh] My friend was challenged to a duel the other day and lost his soul and died. I was then challenged but refused because I didn't want to meet the same fate. Everybody is now angry at ME. What gives? And can I shoot this guy with a gun in self-defense if he comes around again?", "c_root_id_A": "dxq9atd", "c_root_id_B": "dxq38jv", "created_at_utc_A": 1524313718.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524298717.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "You don't have faith in the cards? Bruh.", "human_ref_B": "Not dueling in the Yu-Gi-Oh world is like not owning a gun in america. Dueling is how everybody settles just about everything. Stop being a loser with your gun and hunting BS and learn how to duel.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15001.0, "score_ratio": 1.8947368421, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8dtf9z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Yu-Gi-Oh] My friend was challenged to a duel the other day and lost his soul and died. I was then challenged but refused because I didn't want to meet the same fate. Everybody is now angry at ME. What gives? And can I shoot this guy with a gun in self-defense if he comes around again?", "c_root_id_A": "dxq273t", "c_root_id_B": "dxq9atd", "created_at_utc_A": 1524296105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524313718.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "You're a loser, dude.", "human_ref_B": "You don't have faith in the cards? Bruh.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17613.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8dtf9z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Yu-Gi-Oh] My friend was challenged to a duel the other day and lost his soul and died. I was then challenged but refused because I didn't want to meet the same fate. Everybody is now angry at ME. What gives? And can I shoot this guy with a gun in self-defense if he comes around again?", "c_root_id_A": "dxq38jv", "c_root_id_B": "dxq273t", "created_at_utc_A": 1524298717.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524296105.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Not dueling in the Yu-Gi-Oh world is like not owning a gun in america. Dueling is how everybody settles just about everything. Stop being a loser with your gun and hunting BS and learn how to duel.", "human_ref_B": "You're a loser, dude.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2612.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8dtf9z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Yu-Gi-Oh] My friend was challenged to a duel the other day and lost his soul and died. I was then challenged but refused because I didn't want to meet the same fate. Everybody is now angry at ME. What gives? And can I shoot this guy with a gun in self-defense if he comes around again?", "c_root_id_A": "dxqtn3t", "c_root_id_B": "dxq273t", "created_at_utc_A": 1524339047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524296105.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "A true friend would fight to recover their fallen companion's soul. The power of friendship will ensure your victory!", "human_ref_B": "You're a loser, dude.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42942.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4b3ttq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Peter Pan / General] If you lived somewhere like Neverland for 30 years, would you basically become an adult stuck in a child's body, or just stay as a mental snapshot of how old you originally were? I was thinking about this watching Once Upon a Time. Peter Pan has been in Neverland for at least 100 years. Since it's not only chronological age that makes people \"grow up\", but also just general life experience and learning about the world around us, does this mean kids in Neverland have the minds, experience and emotional maturity of adults, but still with kids' bodies? Or does Neverland prevent any aging or maturing at all, even mental?", "c_root_id_A": "d15t10t", "c_root_id_B": "d15tk74", "created_at_utc_A": 1458406867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458407828.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "What experiences do you gain knocking Pirates' hats off and hanging out in a treehouse for 30 years eating slop? I know lots of people that are children stuck in adults' bodies.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on the mythos, original Peter Pan killed off people as they got older.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 961.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4b3ttq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Peter Pan / General] If you lived somewhere like Neverland for 30 years, would you basically become an adult stuck in a child's body, or just stay as a mental snapshot of how old you originally were? I was thinking about this watching Once Upon a Time. Peter Pan has been in Neverland for at least 100 years. Since it's not only chronological age that makes people \"grow up\", but also just general life experience and learning about the world around us, does this mean kids in Neverland have the minds, experience and emotional maturity of adults, but still with kids' bodies? Or does Neverland prevent any aging or maturing at all, even mental?", "c_root_id_A": "d15t10t", "c_root_id_B": "d15v4vo", "created_at_utc_A": 1458406867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458410574.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "What experiences do you gain knocking Pirates' hats off and hanging out in a treehouse for 30 years eating slop? I know lots of people that are children stuck in adults' bodies.", "human_ref_B": "There are two possible ways I could see this: 1. Pan's effect is unique to him (more similar to original canon?): Peter Pan's own immortality is clearly affecting not only his body, but also his brain (quite logical, considering the brain is part of the body). Peter Pan \"never grows up\" in every sense of the word: forgetting lessons, never maturing, and certainly never growing an inch. You would grow and age normally, until Pan killed you off (as he did with the lost boys who grew too old in the original canon). 2. There is a larger force at work (more similar to more modern adaptations?): However, one must ask whether this effect is unique to Pan, like his immortality, or if the effect is one more general to Neverland. The pirates of Neverland also seem to be somewhat in a state of arrested development: if a group of adults could grow and learn, it seems likely they would be able to eventually capture a boy who never learns lesson. Perhaps the lack of aging or mental development is simply a particular facet of a more powerful force. Neverland is a land that *never* changes after all, except in the most superficial way. It seems likely that the same magic that maintains Pan's immortality and immaturity is also responsible for the other effects of the island: enabling mermaids and non-effective pirates, a ticking crocodile, etc. I suspect this is the result of an incredibly powerful enchantment, presumably originating from some genie or faerie to whom Peter originally made some poorly-worded wish about \"never growing up\". In this case, you would never be allowed in Neverland in the first place unless you in some way satisfied this wish, but if you did get in you would be trapped both mentally and physically for all time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3707.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwtn54f", "c_root_id_B": "fwtnqf0", "created_at_utc_A": 1593797205.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593797507.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 131, "human_ref_A": "Cause the head can see the demons, the feet cant see", "human_ref_B": "Demons don't exist under a blanket. If you're under the blanket, they can't get you; if they're under a blanket, they simply cease to exist. This is, obviously, existentially terrifying for them. As such, they're reluctant to get too close to a blanket. I mean, if they go for your head you might try to quickly hide under it - and they might get caught with you. That's not a risk they're prepared to take.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 302.0, "score_ratio": 7.2777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwtp59z", "c_root_id_B": "fwtn54f", "created_at_utc_A": 1593798224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593797205.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Demons are actually weak creatures who have high intimidation, but otherwise are not much of a threat, and are easily frightened themselves. The best defence against them is a belief that you are protected, and like a cross to a vampire, a symbol of that belief can channel that protectiveness. The blanket is not itself protecting, but belief that the blanket will protect you is a perfect foil. That's also why demons tend to go for children: adults have a level of confidence that adds an always-active aura.", "human_ref_B": "Cause the head can see the demons, the feet cant see", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1019.0, "score_ratio": 2.7222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwu3jlg", "c_root_id_B": "fwu0lqo", "created_at_utc_A": 1593805909.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593804311.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Because they have no object permanence and think you've been decapitated", "human_ref_B": "They have a... certain fondness for feet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1598.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwukx1s", "c_root_id_B": "fwuj686", "created_at_utc_A": 1593815635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593814647.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "\u201cThis is not Vietnam, Mephistopheles, there are rules.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "It's simple. Because they don't actually want to end you. They want your anxiety. That fear you feel whenever theres a small bit of yourself exposed, that slight sensation or tickle that reminds you they may exist. That's what they want. That's what they feed on after all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 988.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwu75t1", "c_root_id_B": "fwukx1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1593807918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593815635.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Note, if no blankets available, the towel you should always have with you will work just as well in warding off bed and closet demons/monsters.", "human_ref_B": "\u201cThis is not Vietnam, Mephistopheles, there are rules.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7717.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwuj686", "c_root_id_B": "fwumc5y", "created_at_utc_A": 1593814647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593816457.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It's simple. Because they don't actually want to end you. They want your anxiety. That fear you feel whenever theres a small bit of yourself exposed, that slight sensation or tickle that reminds you they may exist. That's what they want. That's what they feed on after all.", "human_ref_B": "They feed on your fear. Eating your head would just end the game far too quickly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1810.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwumc5y", "c_root_id_B": "fwu75t1", "created_at_utc_A": 1593816457.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593807918.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They feed on your fear. Eating your head would just end the game far too quickly.", "human_ref_B": "Note, if no blankets available, the towel you should always have with you will work just as well in warding off bed and closet demons/monsters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8539.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwup0wy", "c_root_id_B": "fwumuwj", "created_at_utc_A": 1593818018.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593816759.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you stick your head out of the blanket, that means you're not worried about protecting your head, which makes the demon think your head isn't worth attacking, unlike the more critical body parts you're hiding under the blanket.", "human_ref_B": "They are forced to, by the honor code that demons... HAVE TO LIVE BYYYYYY", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1259.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwup0wy", "c_root_id_B": "fwuon2c", "created_at_utc_A": 1593818018.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593817794.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you stick your head out of the blanket, that means you're not worried about protecting your head, which makes the demon think your head isn't worth attacking, unlike the more critical body parts you're hiding under the blanket.", "human_ref_B": "I have it on good authority that since the beginning of demons and monsters under the bed. All blankets, covers and the like have a stitched in ward that is unrecognizable unless you are from another plane of existence. It's activation is the human body. Which tempts demons and monsters when you slip between the covers. The bargain was struck and made, but it only holds if you're ignorant of it. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, SLEEP LAZILY AT YOUR OWN PERIL.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 224.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwuqjar", "c_root_id_B": "fwuvrnl", "created_at_utc_A": 1593818918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593822159.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Everyone's talking about magical reasons, but really it's just a physical one. If a demon yanks you off the bed by your head, you have hands to grab hold of something, hands with which to fight back, and legs to stabilize you. Pulling you off by a foot, you only have hands to desperately try to hold on.", "human_ref_B": "Demons have never been human, they are an amalgam of chaotic energy that managed to escape their hellish dimension into ours. They never had a physical body so the concept of feet and head are alien to them. They but vaguely understand the form a human body is supposed to have. So, when you're under the blanket and only your head is exposed, you no longer look human to them. You're the next best thing as invisible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3241.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwusctz", "c_root_id_B": "fwuvrnl", "created_at_utc_A": 1593820028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593822159.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because it\u2019s fear they feed on, not your physical body.", "human_ref_B": "Demons have never been human, they are an amalgam of chaotic energy that managed to escape their hellish dimension into ours. They never had a physical body so the concept of feet and head are alien to them. They but vaguely understand the form a human body is supposed to have. So, when you're under the blanket and only your head is exposed, you no longer look human to them. You're the next best thing as invisible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2131.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwuvrnl", "c_root_id_B": "fwuusvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1593822159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593821551.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Demons have never been human, they are an amalgam of chaotic energy that managed to escape their hellish dimension into ours. They never had a physical body so the concept of feet and head are alien to them. They but vaguely understand the form a human body is supposed to have. So, when you're under the blanket and only your head is exposed, you no longer look human to them. You're the next best thing as invisible.", "human_ref_B": "That sort of behavior is completely out of character for demons. **Devils** however, are very lawful creatures and place great value on following the rules to the letter, even when it doesn't make much sense. So be very, ***very*** careful about your blanket, and whether or not it retains the necessary characteristics to qualify as a \"blanket\" and keep you \"under\" it. Watch out for holes, and be careful what you patch them with. Replacing your blanket with the skin of a sheep is probably a bad idea, though it may depend on the sheep and how it died.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 608.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwv7tu3", "c_root_id_B": "fwuqjar", "created_at_utc_A": 1593830048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593818918.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The FAITH that a child has in the blanket is what keeps the demons at bay. The blanket itself is a conduit, a protective sigil, a channel with which that faith becomes manifest.", "human_ref_B": "Everyone's talking about magical reasons, but really it's just a physical one. If a demon yanks you off the bed by your head, you have hands to grab hold of something, hands with which to fight back, and legs to stabilize you. Pulling you off by a foot, you only have hands to desperately try to hold on.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11130.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwv5ttr", "c_root_id_B": "fwv7tu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1593828696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593830048.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Why do you think they haven\u2019t already gone for your head?", "human_ref_B": "The FAITH that a child has in the blanket is what keeps the demons at bay. The blanket itself is a conduit, a protective sigil, a channel with which that faith becomes manifest.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1352.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwusctz", "c_root_id_B": "fwv7tu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1593820028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593830048.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because it\u2019s fear they feed on, not your physical body.", "human_ref_B": "The FAITH that a child has in the blanket is what keeps the demons at bay. The blanket itself is a conduit, a protective sigil, a channel with which that faith becomes manifest.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10020.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwv7tu3", "c_root_id_B": "fwuusvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1593830048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593821551.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The FAITH that a child has in the blanket is what keeps the demons at bay. The blanket itself is a conduit, a protective sigil, a channel with which that faith becomes manifest.", "human_ref_B": "That sort of behavior is completely out of character for demons. **Devils** however, are very lawful creatures and place great value on following the rules to the letter, even when it doesn't make much sense. So be very, ***very*** careful about your blanket, and whether or not it retains the necessary characteristics to qualify as a \"blanket\" and keep you \"under\" it. Watch out for holes, and be careful what you patch them with. Replacing your blanket with the skin of a sheep is probably a bad idea, though it may depend on the sheep and how it died.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8497.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwv5ttr", "c_root_id_B": "fwusctz", "created_at_utc_A": 1593828696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593820028.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why do you think they haven\u2019t already gone for your head?", "human_ref_B": "Because it\u2019s fear they feed on, not your physical body.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8668.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hkn45z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General] Why do the demons under my bed not attack my feet when they're under a blanket? Why not go for my head that's still exposed?", "c_root_id_A": "fwv5ttr", "c_root_id_B": "fwuusvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1593828696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593821551.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why do you think they haven\u2019t already gone for your head?", "human_ref_B": "That sort of behavior is completely out of character for demons. **Devils** however, are very lawful creatures and place great value on following the rules to the letter, even when it doesn't make much sense. So be very, ***very*** careful about your blanket, and whether or not it retains the necessary characteristics to qualify as a \"blanket\" and keep you \"under\" it. Watch out for holes, and be careful what you patch them with. Replacing your blanket with the skin of a sheep is probably a bad idea, though it may depend on the sheep and how it died.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7145.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2oeo6h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Lotr] What would have happened if Theoden followed Gandalfs advice in Edoras? The advice to ride out and meet saruman on the battlefield.", "c_root_id_A": "cmmfa7s", "c_root_id_B": "cmmgged", "created_at_utc_A": 1417819822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1417822269.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Didn't he do that after mulling on it a little?", "human_ref_B": "I think Theoden would have lost. The Rohirrim was exiled and have you -seen- the Uruk Hai army? The number of pikes seen in that army is more than enough to wipe out any cavalry force. I wager Saruman made that army in order to fight Rohan in the open field, otherwise they wouldn't be armed with so many pikes. Those things are heavy and unwieldy and clearly not made for siege warfare.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2447.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2oeo6h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Lotr] What would have happened if Theoden followed Gandalfs advice in Edoras? The advice to ride out and meet saruman on the battlefield.", "c_root_id_A": "cmmuq58", "c_root_id_B": "cmndsnr", "created_at_utc_A": 1417865050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1417915363.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Gandalf is a smartass wizard, he would have known that saruman would think about the fact that Rohan is a cavalry based military, why would he give such a stupid advice then?", "human_ref_B": "Yeah, that's one of the things that got translated into nonsense between book and movie. In the book, Gandalf's advice to ride to meet Saruman and Theoden's move to Helm's Deep were one in the same. The women and children stayed at Edoras in the book because the bulk of Isengard's army was met at Helm's Deep. Had Theoden ridden out on the fields to meet the 10,000 orc army, as movie!Gandalf suggests, though, its questionable how different the outcome would be. It would certainly have been far different tactics, but imagine what the Battle of Pelennor Fields looked like when Rohan arrived - a massive force of orcs on a plain were just ridden straight over by the Rohirrim. The only problem would be that the full force of Rohan was not yet assembled, and a majority of their forces would have been on foot, so without the walls of Helm's Deep, there would probably have been more casualties in this kind of battle, but not many. Really the difference would be that their unarmed population wouldn't have been attacked by wolves on the road. Good call, Theoden.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 50313.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xywe5w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[LOTR] How did allying with Morgoth further Sauron's plan? Doesn't Morgoth want to destroy everything and Sauron wants everything to be in perfect order through force? How was Sauron going to prevent Morgoth from destroying everything once the First Age Noldor elves were defeated?", "c_root_id_A": "irj0aya", "c_root_id_B": "irjeen8", "created_at_utc_A": 1665245388.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665252094.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 134, "human_ref_A": "Morgoth allowed sauron to do what he wanted, while those mean valar wouldn't allow sauron to enslave everyone as he wanted. Sauron knew that Melkor wanted to destroy everything, but he was probably planning to betray him at a fitting moment and take the reigns. And Melkor spent so much of his energy, that by the end of the first age, he was weaker in power than sauron with the ring. So, if morgoth had stayed around long enough for sauron to make the ring, that betrayal would probably had happened", "human_ref_B": "Sauron was originally attracted to Melkor because of his awesome power and his ability *and will* to effect his designs on the world quickly. There\u2019s also a strong argument to be made that Melkor originally wanted control and subjugation of Arda before slowly falling into a nihilistic pursuit of total destruction. His goals were aligned enough with Sauron at first for them to find plenty of common ground in their vision of Arda. It\u2019s even stated that Sauron admired Melkor so much that his ultimate goal while being the Vala\u2019s lieutenant became to see Melkor\u2019s ambitions come to fruition. After Morgoth is finally defeated in the First Age, Sauron is ashamed to return to the Valar for judgement - he resented the idea of going from the second most powerful being in Middle Earth to a repentant prisoner for eons. No, Sauron had already chosen his side and began to pursue his own original goals.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6706.0, "score_ratio": 2.5769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xywe5w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[LOTR] How did allying with Morgoth further Sauron's plan? Doesn't Morgoth want to destroy everything and Sauron wants everything to be in perfect order through force? How was Sauron going to prevent Morgoth from destroying everything once the First Age Noldor elves were defeated?", "c_root_id_A": "irjeen8", "c_root_id_B": "irj71sq", "created_at_utc_A": 1665252094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665248601.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Sauron was originally attracted to Melkor because of his awesome power and his ability *and will* to effect his designs on the world quickly. There\u2019s also a strong argument to be made that Melkor originally wanted control and subjugation of Arda before slowly falling into a nihilistic pursuit of total destruction. His goals were aligned enough with Sauron at first for them to find plenty of common ground in their vision of Arda. It\u2019s even stated that Sauron admired Melkor so much that his ultimate goal while being the Vala\u2019s lieutenant became to see Melkor\u2019s ambitions come to fruition. After Morgoth is finally defeated in the First Age, Sauron is ashamed to return to the Valar for judgement - he resented the idea of going from the second most powerful being in Middle Earth to a repentant prisoner for eons. No, Sauron had already chosen his side and began to pursue his own original goals.", "human_ref_B": "Unclear. After beren and luthien Sauron kinda drops out of the story of the first age", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3493.0, "score_ratio": 33.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xywe5w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[LOTR] How did allying with Morgoth further Sauron's plan? Doesn't Morgoth want to destroy everything and Sauron wants everything to be in perfect order through force? How was Sauron going to prevent Morgoth from destroying everything once the First Age Noldor elves were defeated?", "c_root_id_A": "irjjwgq", "c_root_id_B": "irj71sq", "created_at_utc_A": 1665254743.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665248601.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Melkor didn't get followers because he went around going, \"Hey, want to help me destroy everything, including yourself?\" He went around promising other beings what they wanted. And he was very good at doing that.", "human_ref_B": "Unclear. After beren and luthien Sauron kinda drops out of the story of the first age", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6142.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xywe5w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[LOTR] How did allying with Morgoth further Sauron's plan? Doesn't Morgoth want to destroy everything and Sauron wants everything to be in perfect order through force? How was Sauron going to prevent Morgoth from destroying everything once the First Age Noldor elves were defeated?", "c_root_id_A": "irj71sq", "c_root_id_B": "irkz08j", "created_at_utc_A": 1665248601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665279251.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Unclear. After beren and luthien Sauron kinda drops out of the story of the first age", "human_ref_B": "> Doesn't Morgoth want to destroy everything No. Morgoth wanted *everything* under his dominion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30650.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cqdedk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[LOTR] Smeagol and Deagol were Stoor hobbits that lived on the banks of the Anduin river. What happened to these stoor hobbits that lived outside of the shire? The shire was officially colonized in T.A. 1601 But the events with Smeagol's birthday happened in T.A. 2463, which presumably meant that some of the Stoor hobbits still dwelt in the Gladden Fields, and this was after many stoors already settled the Shire. What ever happened to these Stoor hobbits that Smeagol came from?", "c_root_id_A": "ewvxag3", "c_root_id_B": "ewwp037", "created_at_utc_A": 1565815904.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1565831868.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "I could copy and paste, but I recommend reading the One Wiki page on Stoors. It has a full history of this.", "human_ref_B": "In Appendix B, in 1150 of the Third Age, we're told: >The Stoors come over the Redhorn pass and move to the Angle, or to Dunland. then later, in 1356: >About this time the Stoors leave the Angle, and some return to Wilderland. This is elaborated on in Appendix A: >It was at this time that the Stoors that had dwelt in the Angle (between Hoarwell and Loudwater) fled west and south, because of the wars ... Some returned to Wilderland, and dwelt beside the Gladden, becoming a riverside people of fishers. These are, presumably Smeagol's people.There's only one further mention of them that I'm aware of, after Deagol finds the Ring. It's in *Unfinished Tales* in \"The Hunt For The Ring\": >They were also told by Khamul that no Halflings could be discovered in the Vales of Anduin, and that the villages of the Stoors had long been deserted. This last bit occurred in July 3018. So at some point between Smeagol being exiled from his village, and the War of the Ring, the Stoors east of the Misty Mountains had either migrated on, or died out. Unfortunately there's not definitive answer either way. Edit: Also, in a letter written in 1959 Tolkien, referring to the Stoors, said: > they appear to have died out altogether (except for Smeagol); or to have fled from the shadow of Dol Guldur.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15964.0, "score_ratio": 2.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cqdedk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[LOTR] Smeagol and Deagol were Stoor hobbits that lived on the banks of the Anduin river. What happened to these stoor hobbits that lived outside of the shire? The shire was officially colonized in T.A. 1601 But the events with Smeagol's birthday happened in T.A. 2463, which presumably meant that some of the Stoor hobbits still dwelt in the Gladden Fields, and this was after many stoors already settled the Shire. What ever happened to these Stoor hobbits that Smeagol came from?", "c_root_id_A": "ewwp037", "c_root_id_B": "eww0hj1", "created_at_utc_A": 1565831868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1565817830.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In Appendix B, in 1150 of the Third Age, we're told: >The Stoors come over the Redhorn pass and move to the Angle, or to Dunland. then later, in 1356: >About this time the Stoors leave the Angle, and some return to Wilderland. This is elaborated on in Appendix A: >It was at this time that the Stoors that had dwelt in the Angle (between Hoarwell and Loudwater) fled west and south, because of the wars ... Some returned to Wilderland, and dwelt beside the Gladden, becoming a riverside people of fishers. These are, presumably Smeagol's people.There's only one further mention of them that I'm aware of, after Deagol finds the Ring. It's in *Unfinished Tales* in \"The Hunt For The Ring\": >They were also told by Khamul that no Halflings could be discovered in the Vales of Anduin, and that the villages of the Stoors had long been deserted. This last bit occurred in July 3018. So at some point between Smeagol being exiled from his village, and the War of the Ring, the Stoors east of the Misty Mountains had either migrated on, or died out. Unfortunately there's not definitive answer either way. Edit: Also, in a letter written in 1959 Tolkien, referring to the Stoors, said: > they appear to have died out altogether (except for Smeagol); or to have fled from the shadow of Dol Guldur.", "human_ref_B": "By the time of Fellowship, both Sauron's servants and Saruman (or his Uruk-Hai) have thoroughly combed the area looking for the One Ring These level 3 halflings stood zero chance against several level 97 Ringwraiths or a level 100 wizard shooting fireballs and any that could not hide or flee were certainly exterminated Neither agent would have allowed word of the search to get out to the (remaining) White Council or Galadriel/Elrond", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14038.0, "score_ratio": 7.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oyfm2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Avatar: the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra] Can a Water and an Earth Bender fly? An earth bender should, in theory, be able to bend a rock below their feet and fly. I'd guess this would be an extremely high level skill, and your average Earth bender couldn't do it, especially for extended times. But you'd think some of the more advanced benders could just float on a rock indefinitely. Same with water benders. Can't they just make a block of ice, step on it, levitate it, and thus fly? They never show any benders doing this. Earth benders typically just fling themselves by bending the Earth (or metal in LOK) to catapult themselves, and then bending their landing zone to cushion their fall. Water benders are shown with just a column of spiraling water underneath them, but I don't see why it has to reach the ground. Haven't read all the books and comics, but I'd think it could be Canon.", "c_root_id_A": "h7sm73t", "c_root_id_B": "h7svtat", "created_at_utc_A": 1628164184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628169505.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "The main issue is that you need full body motion to bend. It's a form of martial arts, and you need to keep doing that. (Granted, some of the most powerful benders can do it with minimal movement, but that seems incredibly rare. Hell, given how no precaution was taken against it, it might literally *just* be Bumi.) Given this, the problem is very simple but also very difficult to overcome- you're trying to balance on something that's moving while *also* jumping around, waving your arms and legs, and otherwise moving wildly. This makes it incredibly easy to fall off. You could, I guess, make barriers or make it bigger, but this increases the difficulty of an already difficult act, and also takes up more and more time in battle or other urgent situations. Basically, \"step on it and fly\" and \"step on it and do cool kung fu moves\" are not easily reconcilable activities. It's generally easier to just launch yourself.", "human_ref_B": "They have \"mist steping\" and \"dust steping\" on the Kyoshi novels that work like wuxia jumps, like crouching tiger hidden dragon. It does what says is the name, you step on the element and kind of walk on air", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5321.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie21jqe", "c_root_id_B": "ie1z0xk", "created_at_utc_A": 1656425304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656424184.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "100% unknown. The human homeworld was forgotten tens of thousands of years ago, as was any history surrounding it. Any ideas on how first contact went is purely conjecture.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1120.0, "score_ratio": 60.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie237ia", "c_root_id_B": "ie1z0xk", "created_at_utc_A": 1656426022.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656424184.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think it's important to put this in perspective- the Galaxy has had FTL for 30000 years. This is, for context, three times longer then we've had *agriculture*. (in canon- in legends, they've had it for longer then we've had *humans).* The time before we were part of the galactic community is prehistory, and the concept of planets as separate things that could be contacted rather then just places in a single galactic body is long forgotten. Indeed, it was so long ago no-one remembers what planets humans are actually native to anymore. As such, the Galaxy doesn't really *have* a concept of first contact- even in their oldest legends, it's just assumed people could already travel between worlds and were aware of other species. While we know of empires of the distant past, their interactions with individual planets wasn't really worth noting, and even then the records act as if that's just how empires are. Humanity's first contact with other species is like Uruk's first contact with other city states- long ago lost to time, with few interested in the details.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1838.0, "score_ratio": 36.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie21syo", "c_root_id_B": "ie1z0xk", "created_at_utc_A": 1656425414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656424184.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In legends, the Rakata enslaved them and proceeded to seed them around the galaxy due to finding them to be their favorite slave race due to their tendency to produce force sensitivities and their similarities to the Rakata... Probably also liked the flavor/texture, as Rakata are known to eat other species. All of this happened so long ago that no one remembers it. Sources... Kotor and Swtor. In cannon? No bloody clue as humans seem to be everywhere so \"first contact\" could well have happened thousands, likely more, of times, even between separated lineages of humans, before they reached full galactic awareness and acceptance.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1230.0, "score_ratio": 32.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie251mh", "c_root_id_B": "ie1z0xk", "created_at_utc_A": 1656426807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656424184.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "One theory of the origin of the ancient Mandalorians were that the Taung(the aliens who founded Mandalore) shared Coruscant with the Zhell, and that the Zhell eventually became humans after driving the Taung off Coruscant. This is shrouded in legend, so it isn't agreed upon by historians. The first confirmed human first contact was the Rakatan Infinite Empire making humans slaves and spreading them all around the galaxy. Many modern alien species date back to genetic experiments on human slaves during the twilight of the Infinite Empire. Collective memory is so fuzzy that nobody in the galaxy knows for sure anymore what the human homeworld was.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2623.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie28pv2", "c_root_id_B": "ie1z0xk", "created_at_utc_A": 1656428336.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656424184.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No one is sure. The human homeworld's identity is one of the galaxy's greatest mysteries. While several well-known planets, especially Coruscant, have been put forward as candidates, ultimately there is no historical or archaeological evidence that humans originated on any of them. The problem with all of these theories is that the oldest known records of humans in the galaxy already describe them as having hyperdrives, starships, and other such interstellar technology. It may well be that humans are actually an extra-galactic species, having originated a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. If that is the case, it is impossible to say what the very first interaction between humans and another intelligent species was like. The Empire was human-supremacist, true, but that does not mean humans as a whole are speciesist. The simple truth is, *we really don't know.*", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4152.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie1z0xk", "c_root_id_B": "ie4ja1r", "created_at_utc_A": 1656424184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656462474.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It all happened in the early 1960's when a man know only as agent K and a couple of government officials met with the barbat centurions of plant barbat centerion, this spearheaded the private corporation know only as the men and black, which increased the boom in human to alien human contact, this of course attracted the rakata, who enslaved the humans, and blew up their homeworld.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38290.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie1z0xk", "c_root_id_B": "ie30pk9", "created_at_utc_A": 1656424184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656439363.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Too distant for any recorded history to make note of. Most likely it happened while protohumans and other species were enslaved and relocated by Rakata. Though it is speculated that the big blue-head guys (Cad Bane's people) were the first to develop warp drive and reconnect the galaxy after the end of that period of galactic history.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15179.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie237ia", "c_root_id_B": "ie21syo", "created_at_utc_A": 1656426022.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656425414.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "I think it's important to put this in perspective- the Galaxy has had FTL for 30000 years. This is, for context, three times longer then we've had *agriculture*. (in canon- in legends, they've had it for longer then we've had *humans).* The time before we were part of the galactic community is prehistory, and the concept of planets as separate things that could be contacted rather then just places in a single galactic body is long forgotten. Indeed, it was so long ago no-one remembers what planets humans are actually native to anymore. As such, the Galaxy doesn't really *have* a concept of first contact- even in their oldest legends, it's just assumed people could already travel between worlds and were aware of other species. While we know of empires of the distant past, their interactions with individual planets wasn't really worth noting, and even then the records act as if that's just how empires are. Humanity's first contact with other species is like Uruk's first contact with other city states- long ago lost to time, with few interested in the details.", "human_ref_B": "In legends, the Rakata enslaved them and proceeded to seed them around the galaxy due to finding them to be their favorite slave race due to their tendency to produce force sensitivities and their similarities to the Rakata... Probably also liked the flavor/texture, as Rakata are known to eat other species. All of this happened so long ago that no one remembers it. Sources... Kotor and Swtor. In cannon? No bloody clue as humans seem to be everywhere so \"first contact\" could well have happened thousands, likely more, of times, even between separated lineages of humans, before they reached full galactic awareness and acceptance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 608.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmnq90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] How was the first contact between Humans and Aliens like?", "c_root_id_A": "ie30pk9", "c_root_id_B": "ie4ja1r", "created_at_utc_A": 1656439363.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656462474.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Too distant for any recorded history to make note of. Most likely it happened while protohumans and other species were enslaved and relocated by Rakata. Though it is speculated that the big blue-head guys (Cad Bane's people) were the first to develop warp drive and reconnect the galaxy after the end of that period of galactic history.", "human_ref_B": "It all happened in the early 1960's when a man know only as agent K and a couple of government officials met with the barbat centurions of plant barbat centerion, this spearheaded the private corporation know only as the men and black, which increased the boom in human to alien human contact, this of course attracted the rakata, who enslaved the humans, and blew up their homeworld.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23111.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dopj53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "Pok\u00e9mon] I\u2019m an explorer documenting a new region and I come across an unknown creature. How can I tell if it is an animal or a Pok\u00e9mon? Assuming [there are regular animals in the Pok\u00e9mon universe, how would I know if a creature is a Pok\u00e9mon or an animal upon encountering it? Can I tell by how it behaves or something about the way it looks? Will Pok\u00e9balls not work on animals? Would I just have to catch it and see if it can be trained? If so, what if it\u2019s an animal that can be trained like a dog or something?", "c_root_id_A": "f5ptog0", "c_root_id_B": "f5pkr37", "created_at_utc_A": 1572367533.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1572361718.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "> If so, what if it\u2019s an animal that can be trained like a dog or something? Throw a CD at it. If he learns to catch it in his mouth, he is a regular animal. If he learns Fireblast, he's a Pok\u00e9mon.", "human_ref_B": "Does the animal/pokemon make noise? Is that noise always repeating, with no variation? Does it sound like a pun in whatever your native language is? If yes, it's probably a pokemon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5815.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dopj53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "Pok\u00e9mon] I\u2019m an explorer documenting a new region and I come across an unknown creature. How can I tell if it is an animal or a Pok\u00e9mon? Assuming [there are regular animals in the Pok\u00e9mon universe, how would I know if a creature is a Pok\u00e9mon or an animal upon encountering it? Can I tell by how it behaves or something about the way it looks? Will Pok\u00e9balls not work on animals? Would I just have to catch it and see if it can be trained? If so, what if it\u2019s an animal that can be trained like a dog or something?", "c_root_id_A": "f5q22jk", "c_root_id_B": "f5q5f1r", "created_at_utc_A": 1572371385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1572372809.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "normal Pokeballs cannot capture stuff that are not pokemon. If you throw a pokeball and it get's sucked inside, even if only briefly, it's a pokemon. If it just gets zaped or bounces off the thing without doing anything (assuming the capture button was triggered), or it seriously harms the thing, then it's likely not a pokemon. some other ways to tell: * If it fires off a known pokemon move, it's a pokemon. * if it has some sort of notable elamentol power, it's probably a pokemon. * If you point your pokedex at it, chances are if it's a pokemon the pokedex will register SOMETHING, even if it dos'nt know what. * Take a picture of it and ask online.", "human_ref_B": "Well, if there's some doubt about whether it's an animal or a Pok\u00e9mon, it's probably not spouting flames or psychic blasts or anything. If so, it might well be a Normal-type, and if so it'll be immune to any Ghost-type attacks. You can make similar deductions by using other Pok\u00e9mon of known types to fight it and observing damage taken, immunities, etc. If it reacts pretty much as you would to being punched, kicked, sprayed with water, etc, it's probably an animal. In that case you've probably broken a few laws in doing this.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1424.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dopj53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "Pok\u00e9mon] I\u2019m an explorer documenting a new region and I come across an unknown creature. How can I tell if it is an animal or a Pok\u00e9mon? Assuming [there are regular animals in the Pok\u00e9mon universe, how would I know if a creature is a Pok\u00e9mon or an animal upon encountering it? Can I tell by how it behaves or something about the way it looks? Will Pok\u00e9balls not work on animals? Would I just have to catch it and see if it can be trained? If so, what if it\u2019s an animal that can be trained like a dog or something?", "c_root_id_A": "f5rhybw", "c_root_id_B": "f5rylig", "created_at_utc_A": 1572394790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1572406240.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Have your ditto copy it.", "human_ref_B": "Pick a fight with it, if it neither displays elemental powers or martial arts skill than it's probably a regular animal or normal type pokemon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11450.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dopj53", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "Pok\u00e9mon] I\u2019m an explorer documenting a new region and I come across an unknown creature. How can I tell if it is an animal or a Pok\u00e9mon? Assuming [there are regular animals in the Pok\u00e9mon universe, how would I know if a creature is a Pok\u00e9mon or an animal upon encountering it? Can I tell by how it behaves or something about the way it looks? Will Pok\u00e9balls not work on animals? Would I just have to catch it and see if it can be trained? If so, what if it\u2019s an animal that can be trained like a dog or something?", "c_root_id_A": "f5s5ev1", "c_root_id_B": "f5rhybw", "created_at_utc_A": 1572412573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1572394790.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "With my luck, I'd throw a pokeball at it, it gets loose, and ends up being some new pokemon diety or something that I just royally pissed off and now I'm on the business end of solar beam or something like that. Not the most practical solution, but could you use a Ditto? Would it recognize whether something was another pokemon or not? I know if a Ditto is good enough, it can speak if it takes the form of a human, so you could theoretically just use it for information if you had it copy someone to communicate.", "human_ref_B": "Have your ditto copy it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17783.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qv0q9u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Naruto Shippuden] When the hell amd why did Nagato collect the bodies of people jiraiya met on his journey long before he even met the trio ? How would nagato even know who they were and where to find them? that can't have been random can it?", "c_root_id_A": "hkufa9i", "c_root_id_B": "hkusodn", "created_at_utc_A": 1637065022.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637072199.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Jiraya was a pretty flashy dude most of the time so it might not be too terribly difficult for someone to follow after him, especially with the backing of \u201cmadara\u201d and he could have done it out of some personal vendetta against jiraya.", "human_ref_B": "You\u2019re putting the cart before the horse. Nagato didn\u2019t choose those specific people to turn into Pain bodies because Jiraiya met them. Jiraiya was fated to meet them in his journeys because Nagato would eventually go on to turn them into Pain bodies. Jiraiya fulfilled his part of the prophecy by realizing who Pain was because he was able to recognize the faces of who he was fighting, thus he could relay the message that the real one is not amongst them back to the Hidden Leaf.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7177.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aaue9r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Dresden Files] Harry is getting choked. He casts a spell without speaking and both the target and Harry are shocked, showing the importance of speaking while casting a spell. How would a mute individual safely cast magic? Knowing that movement and hand gestures are already often used in spells. Harry explains that words are insulation from the spell. The importance of using specific special words that aren't commonly used. So languages that the caster isn't familiar with or even made up nonsense. And that hand motions are often times another part of a spell. So, I imagine that one couldn't sign a spell since they're already in movement. I myself can speak, but... I'd like to think that folk who can't can still be a caster. It's cool to imagine how folk would adapt and kick ass in their own different way. So, I'm hopeful we can think of something.", "c_root_id_A": "ecv7km8", "c_root_id_B": "ecvjf6o", "created_at_utc_A": 1546169207.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546183005.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "By that same logic, a mute individual would need to use a language that they don't actually speak to use magic, correct? Well, keep in mind that there are fundamental differences in various forms of sign language. British Sign Language is completely different to American Sign Language.", "human_ref_B": "I think it's a mental insulation more than physical. If you don't speak aloud already, then either your hand movements play a more important part, or what you think of while casting makes the difference. It's a matter of mental discipline. The physical aspect helps, but if you're good, you can make it work.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13798.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aaue9r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Dresden Files] Harry is getting choked. He casts a spell without speaking and both the target and Harry are shocked, showing the importance of speaking while casting a spell. How would a mute individual safely cast magic? Knowing that movement and hand gestures are already often used in spells. Harry explains that words are insulation from the spell. The importance of using specific special words that aren't commonly used. So languages that the caster isn't familiar with or even made up nonsense. And that hand motions are often times another part of a spell. So, I imagine that one couldn't sign a spell since they're already in movement. I myself can speak, but... I'd like to think that folk who can't can still be a caster. It's cool to imagine how folk would adapt and kick ass in their own different way. So, I'm hopeful we can think of something.", "c_root_id_A": "ecvmqhf", "c_root_id_B": "ecvs7x9", "created_at_utc_A": 1546185486.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546189811.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In magic everything is symbolic and based on belief. So, if they assign \"fireball\" to a hand-sign that means nothing in their native sign-language, that's how it will work. For Dresdem its fuego, for Justin - something Egyptian, for a mute practitioner it could be crossed middlefinger, for example", "human_ref_B": "This has been explained in the books already. Maybe one of the short stories? I'm not exactly sure where. The words and tools used are just to help the mage keep track of the energies of the spellwork. They are a shorthand, a mnemonic device that puts them mentally in the space they need to work the magic more easily. Edit: And each one is different for each mage. Molly uses japanese, for example. The new Molly story kind of throws a light on it, where she can work more complex magic without the need of tools because she's better able to understand the \"how\" more than Harry can, even before *Cold Days.* They tend to use a language they're aren't fluent in, because it's a way to make sure you're not inadvertently lighting your finger on fire because you're watching *match* game. Harry's kind of a dingus for using latin, considering that's the Go-to for Council business. So to get back to it: A mute would probably just have a different focus for their spellwork. Probably more finger waggles or tongue clicks. Like a magical dolphin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4325.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5hpavm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Harry Potter] why wasn't Hagrid allowed a wand or the use of magic? I know he was expelled for opening the chamber of secrets but should he be exonerated once Tom Riddle was proven evil and the true heir? also why was he a suspect since he wasn't a pure blooded wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "db22j1t", "c_root_id_B": "db219ib", "created_at_utc_A": 1481466341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481463297.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "He was thrown out of school and his wand broken (i'ts pieces are in his umbrella). He is not supposed to use it. The only reason he wasn't in Azkaban was Dumbledore. It's not until Harry's second year that it was \"proven\" that he didn't open the chamber of secrets, but IIRC it was never told if they tried to appeal wand-breaking ruling so that he could buy a new one.", "human_ref_B": "It's because he's a half-blood. Discrimination and bigotry are very real in the HP universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3044.0, "score_ratio": 1.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "blgov0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Star Wars] Since fear leads to the dark side, how much fear do Sith Lords regularly feel? Fear would enhance the dark side where a Sith gets his power but also excessive fear would be a hindrance to achieving power or during combat. How did the Sith handle fear?", "c_root_id_A": "emodosp", "c_root_id_B": "emods0i", "created_at_utc_A": 1557174805.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1557174853.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "\"He became so powerful\u2026 the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did\" the sith does feel fear, even if the only thing they fear is losing their power. but as the guy said, fear leads to anger, and anger leads to hate and hate leads to suffering. and hate and anger and suffering are much stronger power sources for the dark side than fear, so the sith mostly focuses on those", "human_ref_B": "I'm afraid of losing my loved ones > I'm strong enough that I should be able to saved my loved ones > The jedi are holding me back, its their fault Padme is in danger! Irrational fear and emotional impulses are dangerous temptations. Yoda wasn't being explicitly literal -- not all Sith feel fear, but it is one path to the darkside.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3a3vc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How self sufficient is an Imperial Star Destroyer? Say one from the original movies was somehow transported to another galaxy and had no hope of returning to Imperial space, could the ship physically survive indefinitely barring any major catastrophic damage? Does it have the capability harvest raw materials, refine fuel, process food? What sort of production and self repair capability do they have?", "c_root_id_A": "cs91qce", "c_root_id_B": "cs99ymn", "created_at_utc_A": 1434503408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434519103.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "I'm no expert in Imperial vessels and it's capabilities but the legend of the Katana fleet answers your first question.", "human_ref_B": "Which one? The first type was was supposed to have two years worth of consumables, which I'm assuming refers to both fuel, food, and water. The second type had its consumables storage improved, up to six years. That would be your theoretical maximum before they *need* to get more. By itself, a lone Star Destroyer in a strange galaxy would probably be good for about a year before serious maintenance problems start developing. They were, after all, designed to be able to handle long-range solitary patrols far from supply lines. Using onboard equipment and supplies, they could keep routine maintenance going for awhile. Eventually, stuff is just going to start breaking down and without access to Imperial yards and supply lines, the problems will build up. It's a warship. So there's no inherent capability to harvest, refine, or process anything. The fuel these ships depend on for both FTL and sublight travel requires an exotic material as well as the product of an entire industry of extraction, processing, and refining other types of matter into a more recognizable fuel. Their weapons are largely dependent on an explosive gaseous substance like tibanna to fire. Without either of these, an Imperial Star Destroyer is basically just a 1,600 meter long chunk of really hard metal. So, anyways, I'd give most ISDs a year before problems start really developing and another half a year before it gets desperate. It's not running out of stuff that the crew would have to worry about so much as the sheer maintenance such a large vessel requires. If I were a captain in charge of one that was in this situation, I'd just dump one of those prefab garrisons they're all supposed to carry on the first fertile planet with a breathable atmosphere I can find, then crash the ship (as gently as possible) nearby for raw materials and supplies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15695.0, "score_ratio": 1.7586206897, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3a3vc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How self sufficient is an Imperial Star Destroyer? Say one from the original movies was somehow transported to another galaxy and had no hope of returning to Imperial space, could the ship physically survive indefinitely barring any major catastrophic damage? Does it have the capability harvest raw materials, refine fuel, process food? What sort of production and self repair capability do they have?", "c_root_id_A": "cs99ymn", "c_root_id_B": "cs952wn", "created_at_utc_A": 1434519103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434509442.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Which one? The first type was was supposed to have two years worth of consumables, which I'm assuming refers to both fuel, food, and water. The second type had its consumables storage improved, up to six years. That would be your theoretical maximum before they *need* to get more. By itself, a lone Star Destroyer in a strange galaxy would probably be good for about a year before serious maintenance problems start developing. They were, after all, designed to be able to handle long-range solitary patrols far from supply lines. Using onboard equipment and supplies, they could keep routine maintenance going for awhile. Eventually, stuff is just going to start breaking down and without access to Imperial yards and supply lines, the problems will build up. It's a warship. So there's no inherent capability to harvest, refine, or process anything. The fuel these ships depend on for both FTL and sublight travel requires an exotic material as well as the product of an entire industry of extraction, processing, and refining other types of matter into a more recognizable fuel. Their weapons are largely dependent on an explosive gaseous substance like tibanna to fire. Without either of these, an Imperial Star Destroyer is basically just a 1,600 meter long chunk of really hard metal. So, anyways, I'd give most ISDs a year before problems start really developing and another half a year before it gets desperate. It's not running out of stuff that the crew would have to worry about so much as the sheer maintenance such a large vessel requires. If I were a captain in charge of one that was in this situation, I'd just dump one of those prefab garrisons they're all supposed to carry on the first fertile planet with a breathable atmosphere I can find, then crash the ship (as gently as possible) nearby for raw materials and supplies.", "human_ref_B": "Not indefinitely, but quite a long time. Eventually food and fuel would run out, unless they could find replacement sources. The ship itself would last indefinitely, provided it didn't run into anything, but it would end up just drifting without power and a starved crew after a while. Years.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9661.0, "score_ratio": 7.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "639el7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars] Suppose I was able to build a lightsaber where the blade has a wider radius than the hilt. I then drop it point-first toward the ground. What happens? Does it keep drilling until it reaches the planet's core?", "c_root_id_A": "dfsc1mf", "c_root_id_B": "dfsblka", "created_at_utc_A": 1491253341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491252840.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Lightsabers don't work that way. The blade can't be wider than the hilt. But if they did, cutting takes energy, so it would cut until the power cell ran out. That's likely to happen long before the saber fails for other reasons.", "human_ref_B": "Lightsabers are not invincible. Eventually it gets crushed by the pressure of all that rock on top of it or it melts from all the heat it generates. Also, I'm not even sure if it's possible to build a lightsaber with a blade that's thicker than the hilt.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 501.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "639el7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars] Suppose I was able to build a lightsaber where the blade has a wider radius than the hilt. I then drop it point-first toward the ground. What happens? Does it keep drilling until it reaches the planet's core?", "c_root_id_A": "dfsc1mf", "c_root_id_B": "dfsbdbc", "created_at_utc_A": 1491253341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491252581.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Lightsabers don't work that way. The blade can't be wider than the hilt. But if they did, cutting takes energy, so it would cut until the power cell ran out. That's likely to happen long before the saber fails for other reasons.", "human_ref_B": "Lightsabers have a trigger switch, no? It would turn off the second you drop it. If you had a regular switch, I suppose it would keep going unless it happened to turn while falling.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 760.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "639el7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Star Wars] Suppose I was able to build a lightsaber where the blade has a wider radius than the hilt. I then drop it point-first toward the ground. What happens? Does it keep drilling until it reaches the planet's core?", "c_root_id_A": "dfsbdbc", "c_root_id_B": "dfsblka", "created_at_utc_A": 1491252581.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491252840.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Lightsabers have a trigger switch, no? It would turn off the second you drop it. If you had a regular switch, I suppose it would keep going unless it happened to turn while falling.", "human_ref_B": "Lightsabers are not invincible. Eventually it gets crushed by the pressure of all that rock on top of it or it melts from all the heat it generates. Also, I'm not even sure if it's possible to build a lightsaber with a blade that's thicker than the hilt.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 259.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2whmap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars Canon] Besides Yoda and Palpatine who where the strongest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "coqxj6s", "c_root_id_B": "coqxdny", "created_at_utc_A": 1424391079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424390807.0, "score_A": 125, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There was this one Jedi named Anakin Skywalker. Pretty powerful. Lousy with midichlorians. He might fit the bill.", "human_ref_B": "At what point of time? There were a lot of powerful force users through the ages.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 272.0, "score_ratio": 20.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2whmap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars Canon] Besides Yoda and Palpatine who where the strongest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "coqyde0", "c_root_id_B": "coqxdny", "created_at_utc_A": 1424392597.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424390807.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "In much the same way as The Incredible Hulk has potentially infinite strength, Darth Nihilus was pretty much the single most powerful force user ever, if only because he was essentially a hole in the force that sucked in all the life around it. Apart from being able to direct it, in a sense, he had no control over it and Darth Traya predicted that if he continued undefeated he would eventually extinguish all life in the galaxy, including himself. As an example of his enormous power he instantaneously ended all life, both flora and fauna, on the planet Katarr despite there being a conclave of powerful Jedi present, though it might also be argued that the huge force presence there amplified his power somewhat. But his power extended beyond merely being the galaxy's most baddass vacuum cleaner as it was known that he ripped a whole battlecruiser, the Ravager, out from within the field of a Mass Shadow Generator with the force and even holds it together in transit despite it being not even nearly shipshape. tl;dr - in terms of raw power, Darth Nihilus' is incalculable.", "human_ref_B": "At what point of time? There were a lot of powerful force users through the ages.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1790.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2whmap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars Canon] Besides Yoda and Palpatine who where the strongest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "cor88bv", "c_root_id_B": "coqxdny", "created_at_utc_A": 1424411558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424390807.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "deleted] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.4900 > [What is this?", "human_ref_B": "At what point of time? There were a lot of powerful force users through the ages.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20751.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2whmap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars Canon] Besides Yoda and Palpatine who where the strongest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "cor88bv", "c_root_id_B": "cor5r7i", "created_at_utc_A": 1424411558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424406072.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "deleted] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.4900 > [What is this?", "human_ref_B": "Revan would be up there right?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5486.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2whmap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars Canon] Besides Yoda and Palpatine who where the strongest force users?", "c_root_id_A": "cor88bv", "c_root_id_B": "coqyj7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1424411558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1424392883.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "deleted] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.4900 > [What is this?", "human_ref_B": "Mother Talzin was pretty powerful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se5DuhNdWN0", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18675.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblqgfk", "c_root_id_B": "dblv5xs", "created_at_utc_A": 1482638409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482648108.0, "score_A": 89, "score_B": 195, "human_ref_A": "Vader wasn't viewed as the inevitable and only possible successor to the emperor. If legends are to be believed, the emperor didn't even intend to have successors and instead wanted to live forever. This would have left the Empire without anything even resembling a smooth transition of power to the Skywalkers. Combine this with the destruction of the second Death Star, and you have the Skywalkers trying to hold on to power against not only other factions within the Empire but also the Rebel Alliance. Facing all this, the Skywalkers would likely be able to achieve stunning victories in single battles. However, both Skywalkers were too emotional, too impulsive to have good heads for grand strategy and long-term planning. They might succeed in holding a fraction of the Empire, but the lion's share of the galaxy would go to minds better suited to politics and big picture thinking.", "human_ref_B": "They would have ruled the galaxy as father and son", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9699.0, "score_ratio": 2.191011236, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblpxf9", "c_root_id_B": "dblv5xs", "created_at_utc_A": 1482637435.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482648108.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 195, "human_ref_A": "Well, the Death Star probably would have been destroyed anyway, right? So probably not much different. Darth and Luke would have gone into Sith hiding and the Empire would have still fallen.", "human_ref_B": "They would have ruled the galaxy as father and son", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10673.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblqgfk", "c_root_id_B": "dblpxf9", "created_at_utc_A": 1482638409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482637435.0, "score_A": 89, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Vader wasn't viewed as the inevitable and only possible successor to the emperor. If legends are to be believed, the emperor didn't even intend to have successors and instead wanted to live forever. This would have left the Empire without anything even resembling a smooth transition of power to the Skywalkers. Combine this with the destruction of the second Death Star, and you have the Skywalkers trying to hold on to power against not only other factions within the Empire but also the Rebel Alliance. Facing all this, the Skywalkers would likely be able to achieve stunning victories in single battles. However, both Skywalkers were too emotional, too impulsive to have good heads for grand strategy and long-term planning. They might succeed in holding a fraction of the Empire, but the lion's share of the galaxy would go to minds better suited to politics and big picture thinking.", "human_ref_B": "Well, the Death Star probably would have been destroyed anyway, right? So probably not much different. Darth and Luke would have gone into Sith hiding and the Empire would have still fallen.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 974.0, "score_ratio": 6.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblw89k", "c_root_id_B": "dblpxf9", "created_at_utc_A": 1482650865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482637435.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The galaxy finds \"peace and order\" under an iron fist. Much more stable than Palpatine's rule but heavily militarized and structured around the Galactic Empire. Unlike Palpatine's weak conception of a Sith Empire, they actually go out and conquer the Outer Rim and subjugate it under their rule. Thus, they're able to create a legitimate empire. Aliens are given more rights than under Palpatine's rule. Everyone is treated equally...but again, under harsh and draconian style laws. ******************* Years later after Leia and Han have died on Endor, Luke probably finds a potential prospect...perhaps a Mara Jade type figure whose natural skill with the force catches his attention. Vader doesn't like this and grows paranoid. They play manipulative, mental games over this which leads to Luke slaughtering his father. The Rule of Two is now complete. However, without Vader's presence, the Empire slowly crumbles and sooner or later, Luke will end up getting slaughtered himself.", "human_ref_B": "Well, the Death Star probably would have been destroyed anyway, right? So probably not much different. Darth and Luke would have gone into Sith hiding and the Empire would have still fallen.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13430.0, "score_ratio": 1.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblw89k", "c_root_id_B": "dblvktb", "created_at_utc_A": 1482650865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482649123.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The galaxy finds \"peace and order\" under an iron fist. Much more stable than Palpatine's rule but heavily militarized and structured around the Galactic Empire. Unlike Palpatine's weak conception of a Sith Empire, they actually go out and conquer the Outer Rim and subjugate it under their rule. Thus, they're able to create a legitimate empire. Aliens are given more rights than under Palpatine's rule. Everyone is treated equally...but again, under harsh and draconian style laws. ******************* Years later after Leia and Han have died on Endor, Luke probably finds a potential prospect...perhaps a Mara Jade type figure whose natural skill with the force catches his attention. Vader doesn't like this and grows paranoid. They play manipulative, mental games over this which leads to Luke slaughtering his father. The Rule of Two is now complete. However, without Vader's presence, the Empire slowly crumbles and sooner or later, Luke will end up getting slaughtered himself.", "human_ref_B": "There would still be hope. There is another.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1742.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblv7bl", "c_root_id_B": "dblw89k", "created_at_utc_A": 1482648203.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482650865.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "There would have been imbalance to the force, similar to the Dark Side going through a necessary rise of power to balance the force in the old time. Yoda, Obi Wan, Samuel L. Jackson and the rest fundamentally misunderstood the chosen one bringing balance to the force. If you have a decadent, overly powerful light side, of course it made sense for Anakin to turn bad. So something in the Force would have arisen a new hero to deal with Luke and Vader and balance things out, with the idea that the Force failed their last attempt with Luke. The rebels would have won anyway, just later.", "human_ref_B": "The galaxy finds \"peace and order\" under an iron fist. Much more stable than Palpatine's rule but heavily militarized and structured around the Galactic Empire. Unlike Palpatine's weak conception of a Sith Empire, they actually go out and conquer the Outer Rim and subjugate it under their rule. Thus, they're able to create a legitimate empire. Aliens are given more rights than under Palpatine's rule. Everyone is treated equally...but again, under harsh and draconian style laws. ******************* Years later after Leia and Han have died on Endor, Luke probably finds a potential prospect...perhaps a Mara Jade type figure whose natural skill with the force catches his attention. Vader doesn't like this and grows paranoid. They play manipulative, mental games over this which leads to Luke slaughtering his father. The Rule of Two is now complete. However, without Vader's presence, the Empire slowly crumbles and sooner or later, Luke will end up getting slaughtered himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2662.0, "score_ratio": 17000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblv7bl", "c_root_id_B": "dblvktb", "created_at_utc_A": 1482648203.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482649123.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "There would have been imbalance to the force, similar to the Dark Side going through a necessary rise of power to balance the force in the old time. Yoda, Obi Wan, Samuel L. Jackson and the rest fundamentally misunderstood the chosen one bringing balance to the force. If you have a decadent, overly powerful light side, of course it made sense for Anakin to turn bad. So something in the Force would have arisen a new hero to deal with Luke and Vader and balance things out, with the idea that the Force failed their last attempt with Luke. The rebels would have won anyway, just later.", "human_ref_B": "There would still be hope. There is another.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 920.0, "score_ratio": 10000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dbm4wca", "c_root_id_B": "dblv7bl", "created_at_utc_A": 1482679462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482648203.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Leia would have been the next to be challenged by the Father-Son duo. Palp would convince Luke to kill his own Father and Luke would become a Darth. From there Luke would be solely in charge of training new Sith recruits, including Leia. Fast forward 20 years or so... Korriban is repopulated. The Sith are finally home.", "human_ref_B": "There would have been imbalance to the force, similar to the Dark Side going through a necessary rise of power to balance the force in the old time. Yoda, Obi Wan, Samuel L. Jackson and the rest fundamentally misunderstood the chosen one bringing balance to the force. If you have a decadent, overly powerful light side, of course it made sense for Anakin to turn bad. So something in the Force would have arisen a new hero to deal with Luke and Vader and balance things out, with the idea that the Force failed their last attempt with Luke. The rebels would have won anyway, just later.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31259.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblv7bl", "c_root_id_B": "dbmo7mm", "created_at_utc_A": 1482648203.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482714304.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There would have been imbalance to the force, similar to the Dark Side going through a necessary rise of power to balance the force in the old time. Yoda, Obi Wan, Samuel L. Jackson and the rest fundamentally misunderstood the chosen one bringing balance to the force. If you have a decadent, overly powerful light side, of course it made sense for Anakin to turn bad. So something in the Force would have arisen a new hero to deal with Luke and Vader and balance things out, with the idea that the Force failed their last attempt with Luke. The rebels would have won anyway, just later.", "human_ref_B": "Vader would very likely have been killed in the attempt even with Luke's help, due to his suit's critical weakness to Force Lightning. Luke could still take a darker path at that point depending on how involved he was in the Emperor's death or revert to how things played out anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 66101.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6j18", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What would have happened had Luke fell to the dark side and overthrew the emperor with his father?", "c_root_id_A": "dblv7bl", "c_root_id_B": "dbnp1hf", "created_at_utc_A": 1482648203.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482792617.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There would have been imbalance to the force, similar to the Dark Side going through a necessary rise of power to balance the force in the old time. Yoda, Obi Wan, Samuel L. Jackson and the rest fundamentally misunderstood the chosen one bringing balance to the force. If you have a decadent, overly powerful light side, of course it made sense for Anakin to turn bad. So something in the Force would have arisen a new hero to deal with Luke and Vader and balance things out, with the idea that the Force failed their last attempt with Luke. The rebels would have won anyway, just later.", "human_ref_B": "Darth Vader and Darth Sohn would have ruled with an iron fist for decades.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 144414.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ffmecz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars EU] How talented was Luke at physically fighting and using a lightsaber at his absolute peak of martial mastery in the EU? Where would he have been considered to rank next to say Mace Windu or his pops? Was he generally seen as very good at the very least?", "c_root_id_A": "fjzjo6t", "c_root_id_B": "fjzcwd2", "created_at_utc_A": 1583721315.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583716768.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "in the vong war he was considered the most dangerous person in the galaxy. I think he was described as a whirl of force energy and death. he was insanely powerful in the EU lore", "human_ref_B": "Even in Shadows of the Empire Luke was able to down the human replicator droid Guri bare handed. During the Jedi Academy trilogy (and I, Jedi) Luke is shown to be fairly adept in mixing Force Telekinesis when fighting with his lightsaber and was able to take on multiple opponents (Jennisaari Defenders) without really breaking a sweat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4547.0, "score_ratio": 1.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8dq78", "c_root_id_B": "dn8dpe2", "created_at_utc_A": 1505855401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505855377.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "My pet theory is that the TARDIS only translates the language of sapient creatures, so no animals or babies. However the doctor has spend time learning the languages of lower species for fun hence why he can understand horses and dinosaurs.", "human_ref_B": "Language conveys an idea to another member of your species, and all those creatures don't need to convey very complex ideas. Even the most complex, babies, use their body language/vocals/facial expressions to only convey about 100 ideas. \"Hungry\", \"upset\", \"affection\", \"curiosity\", \"happiness\", etc. The TARDIS can translate that, but it would just appear that the baby is shouting out those words. It wouldn't get any more complex until it starts to mentally develop.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8ezfe", "c_root_id_B": "dn8gip5", "created_at_utc_A": 1505856774.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505858525.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "It can't translate baby horse because it's not allowed to use foal language.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that animals and babies don't \"speak\" in a traditional enough sense to trigger the translation effect. They don't use any identifiable *words*. You'll notice that when the Doctor is speaking with an animal or a baby, he'll speak normally instead of imitating their own sounds back at them but so far as we can tell they still understand him. That would mean that the speech we hear from him wouldn't actually be the communication itself but something he does alongside it, like talking out loud while doing sign language. How it is they're communicating I can't imagine. But I'm confident that it's not spoken or written words and those are the things the TARDIS translates.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1751.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8dpe2", "c_root_id_B": "dn8gip5", "created_at_utc_A": 1505855377.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505858525.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Language conveys an idea to another member of your species, and all those creatures don't need to convey very complex ideas. Even the most complex, babies, use their body language/vocals/facial expressions to only convey about 100 ideas. \"Hungry\", \"upset\", \"affection\", \"curiosity\", \"happiness\", etc. The TARDIS can translate that, but it would just appear that the baby is shouting out those words. It wouldn't get any more complex until it starts to mentally develop.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that animals and babies don't \"speak\" in a traditional enough sense to trigger the translation effect. They don't use any identifiable *words*. You'll notice that when the Doctor is speaking with an animal or a baby, he'll speak normally instead of imitating their own sounds back at them but so far as we can tell they still understand him. That would mean that the speech we hear from him wouldn't actually be the communication itself but something he does alongside it, like talking out loud while doing sign language. How it is they're communicating I can't imagine. But I'm confident that it's not spoken or written words and those are the things the TARDIS translates.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3148.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8gip5", "c_root_id_B": "dn8dzca", "created_at_utc_A": 1505858525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505855679.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "My guess is that animals and babies don't \"speak\" in a traditional enough sense to trigger the translation effect. They don't use any identifiable *words*. You'll notice that when the Doctor is speaking with an animal or a baby, he'll speak normally instead of imitating their own sounds back at them but so far as we can tell they still understand him. That would mean that the speech we hear from him wouldn't actually be the communication itself but something he does alongside it, like talking out loud while doing sign language. How it is they're communicating I can't imagine. But I'm confident that it's not spoken or written words and those are the things the TARDIS translates.", "human_ref_B": "Always possible one of the levers he can't find turns on a Dr Dolittle effect.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2846.0, "score_ratio": 7.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8gp99", "c_root_id_B": "dn8ezfe", "created_at_utc_A": 1505858749.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505856774.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "[](/amy)In *Vincent and the Doctor* the Doctor had to instruct Amy and Vincent to concentrate hard on the Krafayis in order to understand it. I believe that the TARDIS *does* translate for every being capable of thought, but only if you're expecting to hear language when a being speaks instead of animal noises. Vincent and Amy saw the Krafayis only as a beast, and took some prodding to be able to see it as a speaking being. The Doctor sees all babies, horses, and dinosaurs as beings with potentially something valuable to say, so he can understand them all.", "human_ref_B": "It can't translate baby horse because it's not allowed to use foal language.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1975.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8dpe2", "c_root_id_B": "dn8gp99", "created_at_utc_A": 1505855377.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505858749.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Language conveys an idea to another member of your species, and all those creatures don't need to convey very complex ideas. Even the most complex, babies, use their body language/vocals/facial expressions to only convey about 100 ideas. \"Hungry\", \"upset\", \"affection\", \"curiosity\", \"happiness\", etc. The TARDIS can translate that, but it would just appear that the baby is shouting out those words. It wouldn't get any more complex until it starts to mentally develop.", "human_ref_B": "[](/amy)In *Vincent and the Doctor* the Doctor had to instruct Amy and Vincent to concentrate hard on the Krafayis in order to understand it. I believe that the TARDIS *does* translate for every being capable of thought, but only if you're expecting to hear language when a being speaks instead of animal noises. Vincent and Amy saw the Krafayis only as a beast, and took some prodding to be able to see it as a speaking being. The Doctor sees all babies, horses, and dinosaurs as beings with potentially something valuable to say, so he can understand them all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3372.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8gp99", "c_root_id_B": "dn8dzca", "created_at_utc_A": 1505858749.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505855679.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "[](/amy)In *Vincent and the Doctor* the Doctor had to instruct Amy and Vincent to concentrate hard on the Krafayis in order to understand it. I believe that the TARDIS *does* translate for every being capable of thought, but only if you're expecting to hear language when a being speaks instead of animal noises. Vincent and Amy saw the Krafayis only as a beast, and took some prodding to be able to see it as a speaking being. The Doctor sees all babies, horses, and dinosaurs as beings with potentially something valuable to say, so he can understand them all.", "human_ref_B": "Always possible one of the levers he can't find turns on a Dr Dolittle effect.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3070.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8ezfe", "c_root_id_B": "dn8dpe2", "created_at_utc_A": 1505856774.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505855377.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It can't translate baby horse because it's not allowed to use foal language.", "human_ref_B": "Language conveys an idea to another member of your species, and all those creatures don't need to convey very complex ideas. Even the most complex, babies, use their body language/vocals/facial expressions to only convey about 100 ideas. \"Hungry\", \"upset\", \"affection\", \"curiosity\", \"happiness\", etc. The TARDIS can translate that, but it would just appear that the baby is shouting out those words. It wouldn't get any more complex until it starts to mentally develop.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1397.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71620s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Who] If the TARDIS translates the languages of individuals in proximity to it, why can't it translate baby, horse, or dinosaur for everybody to understand? For instance, in the episode \"Deep Breath,\" Clara needed the direct translation of the Doctor in order to understand what the T-Rex was saying whenever it roared. Contrast this with \"The Eaters of Light\" and other episodes, where Bill is able to understand the Latin and Celtic of both the 9th Legion and the Picts, while being separated miles away from the TARDIS.", "c_root_id_A": "dn8dzca", "c_root_id_B": "dn8ezfe", "created_at_utc_A": 1505855679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505856774.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Always possible one of the levers he can't find turns on a Dr Dolittle effect.", "human_ref_B": "It can't translate baby horse because it's not allowed to use foal language.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1095.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hyei09", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[DC Comics] How can Two Face be a threat if he's only evil half the time?", "c_root_id_A": "fzc6g0o", "c_root_id_B": "fzc78ko", "created_at_utc_A": 1595796815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595797230.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "Because \"half the time\" can still leave two-face with enough unbroken control time to cause some real damage. How are you imagining it works?", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s evil most of the time, he just half the time gives a reprieve. It\u2019s not like the two halves balance out and one side is a saint who does good deeds and fights evil, it\u2019s more like the good half is just how he justifies the evil half. He\u2019ll murder a bunch of people and be like \u201cwell I flipped a coin so it was fair, I could have murdered twice as many\u201d when a normal person would just...not murder. He\u2019s not fixated on doing half good half bad, he\u2019s fixated on the idea that morality is essentially meaningless because justice is random and arbitrary. He's someone who used to be a passionate defender in advocating what was right who after getting burned just kinda gave up on trying to determine it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 415.0, "score_ratio": 4.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hyei09", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[DC Comics] How can Two Face be a threat if he's only evil half the time?", "c_root_id_A": "fzc6g0o", "c_root_id_B": "fzcjins", "created_at_utc_A": 1595796815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595803847.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Because \"half the time\" can still leave two-face with enough unbroken control time to cause some real damage. How are you imagining it works?", "human_ref_B": "He only flips the coin once Harvey enters the discussion. Two-Face does some horrible stuff, but when his Dent identity starts to wrestle control, the coin comes out. Since to Dent a coin flip is fair and impartial. So on the same crime, Two-Face will rob the bank, go to kill a guard whose unarmed, and Harvey will try to stop this. Two-Face will pull out the coin knowing how Dent feels about the coin flip. Sometimes it works and Two-Face walks away, sometimes he'll flip it until he gets what he wants, others he reveals its a rigged coin just to torment Dent. Not really a 50/50 split on this one", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7032.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hyei09", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[DC Comics] How can Two Face be a threat if he's only evil half the time?", "c_root_id_A": "fzcjins", "c_root_id_B": "fzcchm1", "created_at_utc_A": 1595803847.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595800006.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "He only flips the coin once Harvey enters the discussion. Two-Face does some horrible stuff, but when his Dent identity starts to wrestle control, the coin comes out. Since to Dent a coin flip is fair and impartial. So on the same crime, Two-Face will rob the bank, go to kill a guard whose unarmed, and Harvey will try to stop this. Two-Face will pull out the coin knowing how Dent feels about the coin flip. Sometimes it works and Two-Face walks away, sometimes he'll flip it until he gets what he wants, others he reveals its a rigged coin just to torment Dent. Not really a 50/50 split on this one", "human_ref_B": "Two face's coin is a rigged coin. It's not 50/50", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3841.0, "score_ratio": 18000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hyei09", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[DC Comics] How can Two Face be a threat if he's only evil half the time?", "c_root_id_A": "fzcl92l", "c_root_id_B": "fzc6g0o", "created_at_utc_A": 1595804822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595796815.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "He's evil all the time, the coin flip is a satisfaction mechanism for his criminal psychosis. You see an excellent example of this in the Nolan films, where a coin flip comes up to spare the guy Dent wants killed...and so he flips it again for the guy's driver, who is then shot, killing the guy the coin said to spare in the resulting crash.", "human_ref_B": "Because \"half the time\" can still leave two-face with enough unbroken control time to cause some real damage. How are you imagining it works?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8007.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hyei09", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[DC Comics] How can Two Face be a threat if he's only evil half the time?", "c_root_id_A": "fzcchm1", "c_root_id_B": "fzcl92l", "created_at_utc_A": 1595800006.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595804822.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Two face's coin is a rigged coin. It's not 50/50", "human_ref_B": "He's evil all the time, the coin flip is a satisfaction mechanism for his criminal psychosis. You see an excellent example of this in the Nolan films, where a coin flip comes up to spare the guy Dent wants killed...and so he flips it again for the guy's driver, who is then shot, killing the guy the coin said to spare in the resulting crash.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4816.0, "score_ratio": 14000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hyei09", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[DC Comics] How can Two Face be a threat if he's only evil half the time?", "c_root_id_A": "fzdoi5z", "c_root_id_B": "fzcchm1", "created_at_utc_A": 1595830830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595800006.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Any evil at any time is conceivably a threat.", "human_ref_B": "Two face's coin is a rigged coin. It's not 50/50", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30824.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hyei09", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[DC Comics] How can Two Face be a threat if he's only evil half the time?", "c_root_id_A": "fze6205", "c_root_id_B": "fzcchm1", "created_at_utc_A": 1595848308.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595800006.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "A 50/50 chance doesn't mean it happens half the time. It's possible to flip heads several times in a row because each individual coin flip is 50/50. With Gotham's luck he actually flips scarred side most of the time. He once flipped the other side much more often, but that only accidentally set someone else to trust him before he eventually flipped scarred side again.", "human_ref_B": "Two face's coin is a rigged coin. It's not 50/50", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48302.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1inzct", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] Let's talk about Felix Felicis! Did Harry use this to its greatest effectiveness, or would there have been an even better thing to attempt to do while under the effects, than simply discover Slughorn's secrets? Why don't both sides of the conflict in the wizarding world constantly use it and drink it in combat? Wouldn't it trivialize a lot of challenges -- e.g. if a Death Eater had it, he'd know which Harry to chase. Is the secret of making it superbly well guarded? Is it ridiculously hard to make? What does it take to make it? What are the limits of the substance if you actually had a bottle? Does drinking a lot make it more intense, or does it just make the effect last longer? Could you win the lottery with it if you drank it before choosing the numbers? Could you discover new spells by trying to cast things you theorized were possible but didn't know how to cast? (Could you deduce how to make more Felix Felicis?) Does it have any nasty side effects, perhaps that become more accentuated if one imbibes quite a lot over time? What could/would you do if you, as a muggle, had a bottle of it in the muggle world, and knew what it was?", "c_root_id_A": "cb6bjjg", "c_root_id_B": "cb6btnq", "created_at_utc_A": 1374278508.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1374279399.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Luck potions, particularly Felix Felicis, are highly toxic in large doses. In small amounts, they cause a certain amount of overconfidence and recklessness, very dangerous. However, the effects of taking too much can be fatal. It also cannot help break through powerful enchantments. Keep in mind that it requires over six months to brew, six months of care and attention. It's not something one should use unwisely.", "human_ref_B": "It's really tricky to make - a seventh-year I knew tried to brew some, ended up burning himself quite badly. He's all sorted now, but he spent three months in the infirmary, and that's after blowing his book money on the ingredients and cutting classes to work on it for half of a year. It also doesn't work very well against strong spells. Sure, it can get you out of the way of a few of the slower-moving attack spells, but it won't help you track people through Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, so I'm sure it won't help you see through Polyjuice Potion. Using more just makes the effect last longer, but you really don't want to go longer than 24 hours. Even if you survive (stuff does quite a number on the liver), you go a bit batty - jumping off roofs trying to fly, trying to rob Gringotts, things like that. It is pretty great stuff, though. Not much muggles can do against it - anything relying on prombamility just goes your way. Everyone's heard of a few rogues who've gone and got themselves a bunch of attention by winning the lottery over and over, usually get shut down by M.O.M. before too long. Me, I'd get the girl. A date lasts two to three hours, so that's eight to twelve perfect dates.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 891.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gz87ea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC] Has Batman ever tracked down Joe Chill to take revenge on him? Have any supervillains ever tracked him down to punish him for basically creating batman?", "c_root_id_A": "ftf0epo", "c_root_id_B": "ftf250w", "created_at_utc_A": 1591655494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591656420.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Nobody knows who batman is except his inner circle. And his ex gf's. And the Gordon family. And a few workers at Wayne Enterprises. And like 15 orphans/wards. And the Justice League. And the League of Assassins. No one would ever make the connection.", "human_ref_B": "Pre-COIE canon was that Bruce finally tracked Joe Chill down as Batman, revealed who he was, prompting Chill to run into a room full of his accomplices to ask for help and exclaim that he created Batman, prompting them to kill him out of spite, before he can even reveal Batman's identity. This version of events was adapted into a rare dramatic episode of Batman Brave and the Bold.. Pre-Crisis also had the extra twist that Chill was a hitman hired by mobster Lew Moxon, who was so terrified by Batman that he died of a fatal heart attack when confronted by him. Post-COIE, had different iterations on having Chill meeting Batman, In the story Year Two, Batman begrudgingly works with Chill to stop The Reaper, and wrestles with the temptation to murder him, but Chill ends up being killed by The Reaper. After Infinite Crisis, Grant Morrison's Batman series showed that Bruce had basically subjected Chill to a prolonged campaign of psychological torture that drove Chill to suicide. Shortly after the New 52 reboot, Bruce tracked down Chill as a young adult, before becoming Batman with the intent to murder him. But upon seeing that Chill is a harmless, depressed, and self-destructive alcoholic mess, Bruce realizes that killing him was pointless and leaves on his exodus to train to become Batman. In the DCAU continuity, Batman meets Joe Chill without either ever realizing their true connection to each other. And of course Batman 89 merged Joker with Joe Chill so that Batman effectively got his revenge after killing Joker.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 926.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8bi1cy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU - Civil War] Why weren't Tony and Rhodey at the accords signing in Vienna? Title is fairly self explanatory I think. Black widow was there, but there was no sign of Iron Man or War Machine, even though they were fully supportive of the Sokovia Accords. I'll let Vision off for not being there as he was playing babysitter for Scarlet Witch.", "c_root_id_A": "dx6y68b", "c_root_id_B": "dx74djk", "created_at_utc_A": 1523465404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523470842.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Consider the fact that as of Civil War, Rhodes was active duty Air Force officer. He goes where the US Air Force tells him to go. If they tell him to stay in DC, he stays in DC. If they tell him to suit up to fly to Vienna to make Cap sit down and shut up, he suits up and *follows orders.* My guess is that he was probably at Rammstein. So long as he's still active duty military, the Accords are merely a formality for War Machine, because his rules of engagement are almost certainly stricter than the Accords.", "human_ref_B": "Black Widow was second in command after the Age of Ultron happenings. If Cap was willing to sign the Accords, he would've gone to Vienna. Since he wasn't, Black Widow went to represent the Avengers", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5438.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8bi1cy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU - Civil War] Why weren't Tony and Rhodey at the accords signing in Vienna? Title is fairly self explanatory I think. Black widow was there, but there was no sign of Iron Man or War Machine, even though they were fully supportive of the Sokovia Accords. I'll let Vision off for not being there as he was playing babysitter for Scarlet Witch.", "c_root_id_A": "dx6uj6d", "c_root_id_B": "dx74djk", "created_at_utc_A": 1523462187.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523470842.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Personal preference, I'd imagine. Stark and Rhodes didn't need to be at the signing, they just had to be registered after The Accords were ratified.", "human_ref_B": "Black Widow was second in command after the Age of Ultron happenings. If Cap was willing to sign the Accords, he would've gone to Vienna. Since he wasn't, Black Widow went to represent the Avengers", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8655.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8bi1cy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU - Civil War] Why weren't Tony and Rhodey at the accords signing in Vienna? Title is fairly self explanatory I think. Black widow was there, but there was no sign of Iron Man or War Machine, even though they were fully supportive of the Sokovia Accords. I'll let Vision off for not being there as he was playing babysitter for Scarlet Witch.", "c_root_id_A": "dx6uj6d", "c_root_id_B": "dx6y68b", "created_at_utc_A": 1523462187.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523465404.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Personal preference, I'd imagine. Stark and Rhodes didn't need to be at the signing, they just had to be registered after The Accords were ratified.", "human_ref_B": "Consider the fact that as of Civil War, Rhodes was active duty Air Force officer. He goes where the US Air Force tells him to go. If they tell him to stay in DC, he stays in DC. If they tell him to suit up to fly to Vienna to make Cap sit down and shut up, he suits up and *follows orders.* My guess is that he was probably at Rammstein. So long as he's still active duty military, the Accords are merely a formality for War Machine, because his rules of engagement are almost certainly stricter than the Accords.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3217.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adx007", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] How different would Civil War and beyond be if Cap had been honest with Tony? Would Tony, having known prior what happened to his parents, have come to accept that Bucky was being mind controlled or would Zemo's plan have failed? Would he have second thoughts on trying to kill him? Trust in Cap's judgement?", "c_root_id_A": "edktc8o", "c_root_id_B": "edks5z7", "created_at_utc_A": 1546973560.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546972724.0, "score_A": 68, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "The big problem wasn\u02bbt that Tony couldn\u02bbt understand Bucky was being mind controlled - he accepts it when he calls Bucky \"Manchurian Candidate\". The problem was dealing with the fact that Bucky killed his parents AND that Cap lied to him about knowing. Arguably, it was Cap concealing the truth that did the most damage. Take away Cap\u02bbs hiding of the truth and we\u02bbre left with Tony dealing with the fact of knowing the man who killed his parents. And while that\u02bbs not an easy task to get over, its plausible that he could given the right situation and time. I believe he wouldn\u02bbt instantly try to kill Bucky at that moment, and would even have enough self-control to listen to Bucky. Tbh I think it\u02bbd be the same as the HISHE ending.", "human_ref_B": "He wouldn't have felt as betrayed by Cap at the end. Tony realizes that Cap is right about most of it when he gets to Siberia and sees that Bucky was not actually the terrorist who attacked the UN. But then he has the hammer dropped when he finds out that Cap \"knew\" (he didn't really **know** for sure, but Cap pretty much guessed correctly and didn't ask the question because deep down he was positive Bucky killed the Starks). Had Cap told him from the start, he'd have had a chance to work through his anger at Bucky privately and come to terms with him as a brainwashed assassin and be less likely to take out his rage on him. Tony would likely still be trying to find ways for Team Cap to be made legit, likely coming to the deal that non-signers of the Accords could only serve as a domestic team since the Accords dealt solely with their role as international heroes. As a domestic squad, they'd be in New York at the start of Infinity War and Vision and Wanda wouldn't need to keep their romance secret. Vision would likely not have been stabbed by Corvus Glaive in that surprise attack and would have been useful during Infinity War. The \"flyers\" would likely be the whole squad that goes after Maw's donut to save Doctor Strange, so the team on Titan would be the Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, War Machine, Spider-Man, Vision, Falcon, Doctor Strange. They could have killed Thanos.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 836.0, "score_ratio": 1.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wzw2kx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] What's the hierarchy/order of command in the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "im55kxo", "c_root_id_B": "im4nmtc", "created_at_utc_A": 1661703232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661695634.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "There's no real hierarchy. Fury started it and Stark kept it going through funding. Rogers kept people motivated because he wanted to get rid of Hydra. Ultron happens, authority is imposed and the group basically breaks up. Civil War shows that there's no leader. People happily abandon Stark. Doesn't matter if he's playing the bills. The group running with Rogers don't call themselves the Avengers. They're fugitives. After Thanos, Natasha is the one keeping everyone organized. But she's literally running on peanut butter sandwiches. Fury is right. The Avengers isn't an organization. It's an idea. It's a group of people who sometimes decide to work together to do something.", "human_ref_B": "Tony is the leader as he is the public face of the team. Steve is the field leader as he is the one they look to for tactics, inspiration, and advice. If these two aren\u2019t there, it would go Thor, Rhody, Nat, Sam, Clint, Vision, Bruce, Wanda", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7598.0, "score_ratio": 2.9642857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wzw2kx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] What's the hierarchy/order of command in the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "im4s45t", "c_root_id_B": "im55kxo", "created_at_utc_A": 1661697605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661703232.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 83, "human_ref_A": "For a couple years after New York, Steve was the leader and Tony was the political and public face of the group. The dynamics start to change by the time of Ultron, where Tony's position remains the same but with new additions to the group and Thor leaving, Steve and Natasha start sharing the leadership. Then after Civil war, one faction is led by both of them and the other by Tony and Rhodes, in the Infinity War, it's more of Guerilla fighting due to the fights happening in different places but again, Steve, Natasha, Tony, T'Challa. Then again it comes to Natasha and Steve with others like Carol, Rocket, Rhodey, Okoye as group leaders. In the endgame, the leadership is too fragmented in different groups but mostly Tony, Steve and Thor. Mostly everywhere, Thor and Carol, though military minded and leaders are designated as the heavy hitters of the group. Hulk, Strange and Ant man are their tanks.Bucky, Guardians, Spiderman, are the skirmishers. Wasp, Okoye, Janet, Potts etc are the foot soldiers. While others like Wong, T'Challa and Rhodey are the leaders of the reserve and flanks.", "human_ref_B": "There's no real hierarchy. Fury started it and Stark kept it going through funding. Rogers kept people motivated because he wanted to get rid of Hydra. Ultron happens, authority is imposed and the group basically breaks up. Civil War shows that there's no leader. People happily abandon Stark. Doesn't matter if he's playing the bills. The group running with Rogers don't call themselves the Avengers. They're fugitives. After Thanos, Natasha is the one keeping everyone organized. But she's literally running on peanut butter sandwiches. Fury is right. The Avengers isn't an organization. It's an idea. It's a group of people who sometimes decide to work together to do something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5627.0, "score_ratio": 9.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wzw2kx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] What's the hierarchy/order of command in the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "im5eyui", "c_root_id_B": "im4s45t", "created_at_utc_A": 1661706989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661697605.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Until Civil War, Tony thinks he's in charge (and delegates the \"grunt work\" of tactical plotting and execution to Steve), Steve thinks he's in charge (and delegates the \"logistics stuff\" of actually keeping the lights on and fuel in the Quinjet to Tony), and Fury knows he's just there to keep them aimed in a constructive direction. And for the most part that works, because they're all exceptionally skilled grown-ass men and women who can be trusted to do the right thing inside their respective niches, and generally can get on the same page in terms of overall agenda (kick Loki's ass, tear out Hydra root and stem, save the people of Sokovia, etc). But when they lose the beat, it all comes apart. Prior to Coulson's death (or \"death\", depending on which canon you like), they're basically a bunch of primadonnas trying to either muscle their way into center stage or exit stage right ASAP, and they revert to that mentality when there's not a big, obvious target to focus on, eventually culminating in the near terminal rupture over Bucky in Civil War.", "human_ref_B": "For a couple years after New York, Steve was the leader and Tony was the political and public face of the group. The dynamics start to change by the time of Ultron, where Tony's position remains the same but with new additions to the group and Thor leaving, Steve and Natasha start sharing the leadership. Then after Civil war, one faction is led by both of them and the other by Tony and Rhodes, in the Infinity War, it's more of Guerilla fighting due to the fights happening in different places but again, Steve, Natasha, Tony, T'Challa. Then again it comes to Natasha and Steve with others like Carol, Rocket, Rhodey, Okoye as group leaders. In the endgame, the leadership is too fragmented in different groups but mostly Tony, Steve and Thor. Mostly everywhere, Thor and Carol, though military minded and leaders are designated as the heavy hitters of the group. Hulk, Strange and Ant man are their tanks.Bucky, Guardians, Spiderman, are the skirmishers. Wasp, Okoye, Janet, Potts etc are the foot soldiers. While others like Wong, T'Challa and Rhodey are the leaders of the reserve and flanks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9384.0, "score_ratio": 2.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wzw2kx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[MCU] What's the hierarchy/order of command in the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "im4s45t", "c_root_id_B": "im5ph2l", "created_at_utc_A": 1661697605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661711279.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "For a couple years after New York, Steve was the leader and Tony was the political and public face of the group. The dynamics start to change by the time of Ultron, where Tony's position remains the same but with new additions to the group and Thor leaving, Steve and Natasha start sharing the leadership. Then after Civil war, one faction is led by both of them and the other by Tony and Rhodes, in the Infinity War, it's more of Guerilla fighting due to the fights happening in different places but again, Steve, Natasha, Tony, T'Challa. Then again it comes to Natasha and Steve with others like Carol, Rocket, Rhodey, Okoye as group leaders. In the endgame, the leadership is too fragmented in different groups but mostly Tony, Steve and Thor. Mostly everywhere, Thor and Carol, though military minded and leaders are designated as the heavy hitters of the group. Hulk, Strange and Ant man are their tanks.Bucky, Guardians, Spiderman, are the skirmishers. Wasp, Okoye, Janet, Potts etc are the foot soldiers. While others like Wong, T'Challa and Rhodey are the leaders of the reserve and flanks.", "human_ref_B": "Until Civil War Steve is 100% in charge in any meaningful sense of the word. Tony may be the front man to the media but Steve gives the orders. There's a reason why in Avengers 1 Tony says \"call it Cap.\" He's giving him the authority. Tony likes to think he's in charge but Steve actually is in charge.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13674.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80vbxr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Why did Hydra turn Bucky into the Winter Soldier when there were probably hundreds of Hydra soldiers/agents that were both better in ability and already loyal to their ideology? They just gave themselves an extra step given that they would have to convert him and there was a higher chance he would defect. Also, nothing about Bucky particularly stood out before his capture - he wasn't especially talented, physically capable, intelligent etc", "c_root_id_A": "duyfk0q", "c_root_id_B": "duyf2el", "created_at_utc_A": 1519819397.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519818409.0, "score_A": 203, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "He was the only guy who survived Zola experiments. He was already a bit enhanced. Later they recaptured him and Zola continued his work on him.", "human_ref_B": "You could present arguments about preferring to use their own agents for tasks that require independant thought, such as infiltrating SHIELD, and that it's better to not waste your own years-to-train resources when you're experimenting with brainwashing and cutting-edge cybernetics. But realistically, they probably did it because they got a chuckle out of corrupting and using as a tool to further their cause none other than the best friend of that thorn-in-their-side, Captain America.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 988.0, "score_ratio": 3.2741935484, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80vbxr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Why did Hydra turn Bucky into the Winter Soldier when there were probably hundreds of Hydra soldiers/agents that were both better in ability and already loyal to their ideology? They just gave themselves an extra step given that they would have to convert him and there was a higher chance he would defect. Also, nothing about Bucky particularly stood out before his capture - he wasn't especially talented, physically capable, intelligent etc", "c_root_id_A": "duz5f3e", "c_root_id_B": "duyr9qo", "created_at_utc_A": 1519846478.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519833706.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Are the only two people to survive the super soldier serum both from the same neighborhood in Brooklyn? If so, I'd start looking at what was in the water or something. Years of watching House leads me to believe there is an environmental factor at work here.", "human_ref_B": "Bucky was captured after the mission with Cap on the train. He was essentially an undocumented POW. The Allies thought Bucky was dead so there was little problem with hiding him. When Hydra started the Winter Soldier project they used Bucky and other undocumented POWs to perfect their process. Sure, a bunch of POWs died but who cares? They weren't Hydra soldiers so they were eminently expendable. It was win-win for Hydra; if Bucky died he would provide useful information on the process so they could try again, and if he survived they knew they were going to wipe his mind anyway so it wouldn't matter that he was an \"enemy\".", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12772.0, "score_ratio": 1.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80vbxr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Why did Hydra turn Bucky into the Winter Soldier when there were probably hundreds of Hydra soldiers/agents that were both better in ability and already loyal to their ideology? They just gave themselves an extra step given that they would have to convert him and there was a higher chance he would defect. Also, nothing about Bucky particularly stood out before his capture - he wasn't especially talented, physically capable, intelligent etc", "c_root_id_A": "duzjc60", "c_root_id_B": "duzg2gi", "created_at_utc_A": 1519859277.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519856045.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "People are forgetting the revelations of Civil War here. There were a ton of Winter Soldiers who were created as a part of the program. Most of them were total sociopaths who couldn't be controlled in any meaningful way, so they were left on ice until Hydra could work out a more effective mind control solution. All of these people were likely Hydra volunteers and true believers who are going to be pretty awful people even before the super soldier serum exaggerated those traits into a set of uncontrollable monsters. Bucky, by contrast, was a good person before the experiments were conducted. This left him less likely to go off the rails and start randomly murdering people who ought not be murdered, and left him more vulnerable to Hydra mind control techniques. A controllable asset who's still skilled enough to get the job done is better than a superior, but uncontrollable asset.", "human_ref_B": "Iirc, in the comics, they used Bucky because they originally thought that he had the Super Soldier serum. They didn't realize that he was just a normal guy, at first. Plus they liked the idea of using one of their enemies as a weapon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3232.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80vbxr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel] Why did Hydra turn Bucky into the Winter Soldier when there were probably hundreds of Hydra soldiers/agents that were both better in ability and already loyal to their ideology? They just gave themselves an extra step given that they would have to convert him and there was a higher chance he would defect. Also, nothing about Bucky particularly stood out before his capture - he wasn't especially talented, physically capable, intelligent etc", "c_root_id_A": "duzjc60", "c_root_id_B": "duzigci", "created_at_utc_A": 1519859277.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519858382.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "People are forgetting the revelations of Civil War here. There were a ton of Winter Soldiers who were created as a part of the program. Most of them were total sociopaths who couldn't be controlled in any meaningful way, so they were left on ice until Hydra could work out a more effective mind control solution. All of these people were likely Hydra volunteers and true believers who are going to be pretty awful people even before the super soldier serum exaggerated those traits into a set of uncontrollable monsters. Bucky, by contrast, was a good person before the experiments were conducted. This left him less likely to go off the rails and start randomly murdering people who ought not be murdered, and left him more vulnerable to Hydra mind control techniques. A controllable asset who's still skilled enough to get the job done is better than a superior, but uncontrollable asset.", "human_ref_B": "What do you mean? Dude was jacked. Granted, youd have to be to roll with the Howling Commandos (he did in MCU right?), but being an HC should be another feather in his cap. Do I believe they shoulda grabbed a dude from in house? Yes, but why waste a good prisoner?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 895.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmfqdz8", "c_root_id_B": "gmevzty", "created_at_utc_A": 1612707456.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612699423.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Tony sees cap as naive and rigid. He knows he is a hero but he hates his \"i m holier than you\" attitudine. Cap knows that tony means well but he doesnt like his \"end justify the means\" and his narcissism. They are friends who hate some parts of the other. Bruce knows that superman is naive and preachy but he admires him for it. He admires his trust in umanity, his pure desire to help. Clark knows that bruce is a better hero, maybe the best. He is not an example but a moral pillar. Clark knows that bruce will always do the right thing and admires his heroism without any power. Bruce admires clark cause he thinks \"Could i be a hero with that much power? I would never be so incorruptible\". Clark admires bruce cause he thinks \"could i make the difference without power? Could i be so strong to never kill no matter the cost?\" Tony thinks to be better than steve and vice versa", "human_ref_B": "They\u2019re both pretty selfless people. Tony Stark has a tendency towards selfishness and narcissism", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8033.0, "score_ratio": 1.0857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmfon4v", "c_root_id_B": "gmfqdz8", "created_at_utc_A": 1612706521.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612707456.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Why are 2 people better friends than two completely different people ?", "human_ref_B": "Tony sees cap as naive and rigid. He knows he is a hero but he hates his \"i m holier than you\" attitudine. Cap knows that tony means well but he doesnt like his \"end justify the means\" and his narcissism. They are friends who hate some parts of the other. Bruce knows that superman is naive and preachy but he admires him for it. He admires his trust in umanity, his pure desire to help. Clark knows that bruce is a better hero, maybe the best. He is not an example but a moral pillar. Clark knows that bruce will always do the right thing and admires his heroism without any power. Bruce admires clark cause he thinks \"Could i be a hero with that much power? I would never be so incorruptible\". Clark admires bruce cause he thinks \"could i make the difference without power? Could i be so strong to never kill no matter the cost?\" Tony thinks to be better than steve and vice versa", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 935.0, "score_ratio": 1.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmfhb0t", "c_root_id_B": "gmfqdz8", "created_at_utc_A": 1612704335.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612707456.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Didn\u2019t Bruce try to kill Superman?", "human_ref_B": "Tony sees cap as naive and rigid. He knows he is a hero but he hates his \"i m holier than you\" attitudine. Cap knows that tony means well but he doesnt like his \"end justify the means\" and his narcissism. They are friends who hate some parts of the other. Bruce knows that superman is naive and preachy but he admires him for it. He admires his trust in umanity, his pure desire to help. Clark knows that bruce is a better hero, maybe the best. He is not an example but a moral pillar. Clark knows that bruce will always do the right thing and admires his heroism without any power. Bruce admires clark cause he thinks \"Could i be a hero with that much power? I would never be so incorruptible\". Clark admires bruce cause he thinks \"could i make the difference without power? Could i be so strong to never kill no matter the cost?\" Tony thinks to be better than steve and vice versa", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3121.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmfon4v", "c_root_id_B": "gmfhb0t", "created_at_utc_A": 1612706521.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612704335.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Why are 2 people better friends than two completely different people ?", "human_ref_B": "Didn\u2019t Bruce try to kill Superman?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2186.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmgu6zt", "c_root_id_B": "gmfhb0t", "created_at_utc_A": 1612716027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612704335.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It's not that Steve and Tony aren't good friends, they just came down HARD on opposite sides of a certain conflict that got exacerbated by outside parties. When the conflict wasn't resolved, and Tony was made aware of parallel universes where it COULD have been, he spiraled into a deep depression.", "human_ref_B": "Didn\u2019t Bruce try to kill Superman?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11692.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmh8mzn", "c_root_id_B": "gmhg6iw", "created_at_utc_A": 1612719150.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612722070.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "This really just depends on the incarnation for example in the dark knights returns Superman is something of a government tool and so bat man fights him, in the Mcu tony was also pissed off that winter soldier killed his mom and cap was defending him from getting taken in", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark and Steve Rogers are two radically different folks, ideologically. They care for each other deeply, and are extremely close, but they've got a relationship prone to conflict over their disagreements, which are frequently over serious points (see: the Sokovia Accords, Superhuman Registration Act). They're exemplary individuals, but they're still humans, and they're strong personalities. There's probably no one more opinionated and stalwart than Captain America, and nobody more infamously egocentric than Tony Stark. Friends still fight. Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne...different types of people. Clark's, well, Superman, his entire existence is predicated on restraint, understanding, and tolerance. Just as Clark can stand in front of a man shooting at him for several minutes, he can restrain his temper when it comes to disagreements and argumentation, and rise above. The same applies for Bruce Wayne. Arrogant billionaire Bruce is the mask, Batman is his real identity-- and Batman can rise above his disagreements with his friends in pursuit of the greater goal. Frequently, Bruce and Clark share similar inclinations: neither kills, both seek justice, and want to save the most lives. In the various timelines, universes, and scenarios of DC, Batman has tried to kill Superman due to an overwhelming concern that Superman was a threat-- Superman simply responds. This is almost always before Clark and Bruce have a chance to know each other. When they do, that fear of Bruce's dissipates, and Clark would never seek to be an aggressor. So, they simply don't conflict the way Tony and Steve do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2920.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmleh2y", "c_root_id_B": "gmh8mzn", "created_at_utc_A": 1612801160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612719150.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The primary difference is which character has the most power. Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark are both billionaires who are extremely independent and trust themselves more than anyone else. They know that sometimes they have to go to dark places to do what needs to be done. Clark Kent and Steve Rogers are both idealistic wholesome men who try to be an inspiration to others. They will always do the right thing, for no other reason than it is the right thing. They can't and won't violate their internal moral code. The difference in their relationships is that with Batman and Superman, the idealistic wholesome boy scout is far more powerful than the cynical loner. They both know that if Batman went too far, Superman could stop him any time he wanted. When they have serious disagreements, it's mostly academic because Batman knows it's a fight he can't win (not without trying to assassinate Supes with a kryptonite bullet or something and becoming a villain in the process). He knows that Supes will come through in the end, the man with the unwavering moral compass has the power to stop whatever threat presents itself. But with Steve and Tony, the opposite is true. The cynical loner is the more powerful of the two. Captain America knows that if Iron Man decides to take over the world, there's not much he can do to stop Tony. When they have serious disagreements, it's not just academic because Iron Man very well may go too far, and Cap's the kind of guy who has to do something about it. Meanwhile, Iron Man knows that he's the one with the power. He's the one who has to make the choice about saving the Earth, and how far he's willing to go. Cap can preach at him, but Cap isn't the one in the position to make the choice. Cap isn't the one who can put a suit of armor on every street corner. In both instances, the men respect the hell out of each other. But how they interact with one another is affected by their relative power levels.", "human_ref_B": "This really just depends on the incarnation for example in the dark knights returns Superman is something of a government tool and so bat man fights him, in the Mcu tony was also pissed off that winter soldier killed his mom and cap was defending him from getting taken in", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 82010.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmleh2y", "c_root_id_B": "gmho9ty", "created_at_utc_A": 1612801160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612724313.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The primary difference is which character has the most power. Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark are both billionaires who are extremely independent and trust themselves more than anyone else. They know that sometimes they have to go to dark places to do what needs to be done. Clark Kent and Steve Rogers are both idealistic wholesome men who try to be an inspiration to others. They will always do the right thing, for no other reason than it is the right thing. They can't and won't violate their internal moral code. The difference in their relationships is that with Batman and Superman, the idealistic wholesome boy scout is far more powerful than the cynical loner. They both know that if Batman went too far, Superman could stop him any time he wanted. When they have serious disagreements, it's mostly academic because Batman knows it's a fight he can't win (not without trying to assassinate Supes with a kryptonite bullet or something and becoming a villain in the process). He knows that Supes will come through in the end, the man with the unwavering moral compass has the power to stop whatever threat presents itself. But with Steve and Tony, the opposite is true. The cynical loner is the more powerful of the two. Captain America knows that if Iron Man decides to take over the world, there's not much he can do to stop Tony. When they have serious disagreements, it's not just academic because Iron Man very well may go too far, and Cap's the kind of guy who has to do something about it. Meanwhile, Iron Man knows that he's the one with the power. He's the one who has to make the choice about saving the Earth, and how far he's willing to go. Cap can preach at him, but Cap isn't the one in the position to make the choice. Cap isn't the one who can put a suit of armor on every street corner. In both instances, the men respect the hell out of each other. But how they interact with one another is affected by their relative power levels.", "human_ref_B": "Here's the thing, which generally goes unsaid, but was made explicit in the Ultimates. Steve is a strait up conservative God fearing man. Tony Stark, he has a lot of positive qualities but when Ultimates Cap says \"Tony, you're an ass.\" it applied to just about al versions of him. So that always separates them. Neither Bruce nor Clark is an ass so there it isn't that which keeps their friendship. Their friendship is most limited mostly by Bruce's introverted and paranoid nature.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 76847.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lel7xw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Why do Clark and Bruce have a much better friendship than Steve and Tony, despite the fact that the former are also quite different people? Clark and Bruce have a great friendship. In many iterations, it can be said that they are each other's best friends. Even if they have different viewpoints and methods, they would/have never fought each other, to the degree that Steve and Tony have fought (e.g. Civil War). Why? What makes their friendship so much more rock-solid?", "c_root_id_A": "gmzyg6n", "c_root_id_B": "gmho9ty", "created_at_utc_A": 1613086228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612724313.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "https://youtu.be/2SWtdWJkaBg", "human_ref_B": "Here's the thing, which generally goes unsaid, but was made explicit in the Ultimates. Steve is a strait up conservative God fearing man. Tony Stark, he has a lot of positive qualities but when Ultimates Cap says \"Tony, you're an ass.\" it applied to just about al versions of him. So that always separates them. Neither Bruce nor Clark is an ass so there it isn't that which keeps their friendship. Their friendship is most limited mostly by Bruce's introverted and paranoid nature.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 361915.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvomtl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would've been a good compromise for the Sokovia Accords Pre-Thanos? With one side sacrificing freedom for trust and other becoming a fugitive for continuing the operate as a private entity. In the wake of all the disasters that involved the Avengers and with the knowledge of the public, in-universe, what would've been the healthiest route that both sides could've possibly agreed on? (With the goal that the Avengers are held accountable for their mistakes, are trusted by world governments and their people, and can operate where they are needed.)", "c_root_id_A": "gpd0m49", "c_root_id_B": "gpcyrdv", "created_at_utc_A": 1614644974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614643987.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Recognizing that you can hold the avengers responsible for their actions without making them servants.", "human_ref_B": "the whole thing was stupid....... Did they want hydra or whatever to get their hands on the small pox", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 987.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lvomtl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MCU] What would've been a good compromise for the Sokovia Accords Pre-Thanos? With one side sacrificing freedom for trust and other becoming a fugitive for continuing the operate as a private entity. In the wake of all the disasters that involved the Avengers and with the knowledge of the public, in-universe, what would've been the healthiest route that both sides could've possibly agreed on? (With the goal that the Avengers are held accountable for their mistakes, are trusted by world governments and their people, and can operate where they are needed.)", "c_root_id_A": "gpenurw", "c_root_id_B": "gpdo53a", "created_at_utc_A": 1614687175.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614657627.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The best option was always what Natasha and War Machine (if I remember correctly) were advocating for. Sign the Accords and play by the rules for as long as possible. If something truly important comes up that you need to break the rules in order to do, that is when you break the agreement and become fugitives. The Avengers were always going to be held accountable - either as fugitives or as signers of the Accords. Signing the Accords first and then breaking them if need be was the perfect middle ground. This is also probably what would have happened in the movie, if the whole Bucky situation hadn't happened. Steve probably could have been convinced to Tony's side if signing the Accords was the only concession he had to make. But signing the Accords and letting the UN/Security Council/whoever was in charge execute/lock up Bucky? That was a step too far.", "human_ref_B": "not really there is no government or agency that is either moral enough or competent enough to be trusted given the infiltration of hydra and competing interests by the other countries. at this point the closest would be asgard pre odin dying or maybe wakanda.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29548.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68as1c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm a relatively strong Jedi that survived Order 66. I managed to sneak into Vader's Castle at Mustafar. He's now chilling in his Bacta Tank. Can I easily kill him while he's out of his suit? I know that there are Royal Guards inside, but I do not assume they will be much of a problem.", "c_root_id_A": "dgx591x", "c_root_id_B": "dgx0mfx", "created_at_utc_A": 1493496929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493490531.0, "score_A": 168, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Vader can sense other Jedi from pretty far off. He knew obi wan was on the Death Star and that luke was on the shuttle going to Endor. You didn't sneak in, his job is hunting and killing Jedi. He let you in.", "human_ref_B": "Not really. By being in the tank, his senses would be amplified a bit and he'd definitely sense another strong force user on an otherwise empty planet. He'd be quite aware of how vulnerable he was and thus not truly let his guard down. The Royal Guards wouldn't be much but they would at least slow you down enough for Vader to come out with just the essential parts. I don't know how long Krennic waited in Rogue One but it seemed like it doesn't take Vader much time at all to leave the tank. My bet would be that Vader would sense your arrival, dispatches Royal Guards as he exits the tank, and they'd try to slow you down outside the castle and within through blaster fire. Vader would already be on the offensive by the time you finished off the guards.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6398.0, "score_ratio": 3.5744680851, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mld7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] Has Doctor Doom got any noteworthy alternate suits, equivalent to Tony Stark's [variable]-buster suits? It occurs to me that I can't recall ever seeing Doom in anything other than his classic gun metal and green cowl look. Does he have any suits of armor that are specialized for a particular task or foe?", "c_root_id_A": "cvfxvw6", "c_root_id_B": "cvfy795", "created_at_utc_A": 1443374785.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443375285.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 55, "human_ref_A": "When he joined the Future Foundation he changed his cloak to white.", "human_ref_B": "It is very hard to improve on perfection.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 500.0, "score_ratio": 2.2916666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mld7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] Has Doctor Doom got any noteworthy alternate suits, equivalent to Tony Stark's [variable]-buster suits? It occurs to me that I can't recall ever seeing Doom in anything other than his classic gun metal and green cowl look. Does he have any suits of armor that are specialized for a particular task or foe?", "c_root_id_A": "cvg0cqb", "c_root_id_B": "cvfz2h5", "created_at_utc_A": 1443378457.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443376611.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Well... There is this one...but uhm...I get the feeling he doesn't like to be reminded about it... http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Doom's_Mystical_Armor", "human_ref_B": "Well there was the one he wore that was made out of his girlfriend's skin...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1846.0, "score_ratio": 1.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3o7v90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Doctor Who] What exactly defines a fixed point in time, and what makes them more special than other points in time that are able to be altered?", "c_root_id_A": "cvuuodt", "c_root_id_B": "cvuvans", "created_at_utc_A": 1444492559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444493754.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "A fixed point is an integral part of reality, a point required to keep time from collapsing in on itself. To understand this, you first have to understand the nature of time as the Time Lords see it. From an outside perspective, time is not linear like a river, but is a delicate spherical web, with the Vortex running all around and through it. The threads that make up the web correspond to the timeline of the universe as a whole, and are themselves made up of small, weblike cords that correspond to galactic clusters, with those threads being made up of smaller threads and so on until you get down to reach individual person's timeline. Fixed points are generally the points of greatest overlap in a planetary timeline, wether because of a drastic change in population or a change in global attitude. These are points that must always come to pass simply due to the structure of reality.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine you are building a house. Most of the structure is unimportant, but some parts are extremely important such as a load-bearing wall, as in if you remove them, or alter them too much, the house will collapse. All the material is left in a muddled pile, with the roof lying with the foundations In the same way, if the events of a fixed point are altered too much, the timeline of the universe collapses in on itself, so all of history happens at once, with the past and future both happening in the present. Do you understand that? Well forget it because that's exactly how it isn't, the truth is much more wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1195.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8a03vl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Saved by the Bell and other high school shows]What causes students who are supposed to be teenagers to look like they are in their late twenties? A nearby leaking nuclear power plant, has generations of inbreeding caused accelerated aging, is there something in the drinking water? The distribution of ages of the adults seems appropriate, so is this something which is only affecting the students?", "c_root_id_A": "dwvlp85", "c_root_id_B": "dww09dk", "created_at_utc_A": 1522964318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522978322.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps they do look their age in-universe?", "human_ref_B": "I believe the time stopping powers of zach Morris accelerates the aging process", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14004.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8a03vl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Saved by the Bell and other high school shows]What causes students who are supposed to be teenagers to look like they are in their late twenties? A nearby leaking nuclear power plant, has generations of inbreeding caused accelerated aging, is there something in the drinking water? The distribution of ages of the adults seems appropriate, so is this something which is only affecting the students?", "c_root_id_A": "dwvwcq0", "c_root_id_B": "dww09dk", "created_at_utc_A": 1522974511.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522978322.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It does effect the adults. Mr. Belding was actually 25.", "human_ref_B": "I believe the time stopping powers of zach Morris accelerates the aging process", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3811.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qaju6l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Resident Evil] Why do zombies or other enemies enter the save room? I understand why they don't gameplay wise but do they ever give a lore explanation?", "c_root_id_A": "hh403wn", "c_root_id_B": "hh4jd3g", "created_at_utc_A": 1634566766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634574983.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Aren't there some games where they actually can and do enter the save room? I seem to remember that being a thing at least once...", "human_ref_B": "In the Baker Estate, most rooms with the recorder in them are brightly lit, which helps stave off the molded and keep the rooms clean and prevents them from being able to enter without taking significant harm. In the Village, most of the time the safe areas are watched over by The Duke, who\u2019s clearly got more going on than he seems and likely had enough influence to keep the Lycans away by his presence alone.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8217.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qaju6l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Resident Evil] Why do zombies or other enemies enter the save room? I understand why they don't gameplay wise but do they ever give a lore explanation?", "c_root_id_A": "hh4jd3g", "c_root_id_B": "hh41esy", "created_at_utc_A": 1634574983.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634567352.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In the Baker Estate, most rooms with the recorder in them are brightly lit, which helps stave off the molded and keep the rooms clean and prevents them from being able to enter without taking significant harm. In the Village, most of the time the safe areas are watched over by The Duke, who\u2019s clearly got more going on than he seems and likely had enough influence to keep the Lycans away by his presence alone.", "human_ref_B": "I think you mean why they don't open. Well zombies aren't the smartest bunch so they don't know how to open doors, and all of them are reinforced, they would rather bash their head first, than break the locks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7631.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qaju6l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Resident Evil] Why do zombies or other enemies enter the save room? I understand why they don't gameplay wise but do they ever give a lore explanation?", "c_root_id_A": "hh5w0ut", "c_root_id_B": "hh9cz0z", "created_at_utc_A": 1634595918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634666211.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There is no magic. Across the series there are plenty of \"Safe\" rooms where enemies can follow you, or they're just already in there. The rooms where enemies don't appear often are fortified in some way or logically a place they can't get to. No magic or lore reason required.", "human_ref_B": "If we want to go through, game by game... RE0, RE1, REmake, RE2, RE3, CVX pretty simple: Zombies seemingly can't use doors, or only do VERY rarely, perhaps because they lack the intelligence or motor skill. RE2make, RE3make: Harder to say here. They DO enter into some save spaces, it's not impossible, it's just unlikely. Central hall of the RPD for example, or Jill's hideout at the train station both eventually get zombies. So there's proof it CAN happen, even if it doesn't happen often. RE4 saverooms largely have the merchant present, not exclusively, but very often. The merchant often has these braziers burning blue flames and I remember back in the day it was a fairly popular fan theory that he was burning some kind of incense or something that repelled plagas (and plagas-infested beings). RE5 and RE6 don't have save rooms. RE7 for the most part enemies are literally physically distant from the save rooms, the only really close one I remember is the laundry room at the Baker main house, Jack won't follow you in. It's possible that he just doesn't think to check it, it's locked from the inside when you first arrive at the mansion so he might think he can't enter (or you'll just lock it again). RE8 saves are mostly with the Duke. I lean towards thinking that the Duke has some kind of deal with the Four Lords. We know for a fact that he does business with Dimitrescu and her daughters, so it's possible that he has some kind of rule in place that they can't interfere with anyone who's actively engaged with him as a customer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 70293.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zom7aa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avatar: The Way of Water] Who is buying the yellow brain fluid When the guy kills the whale and extracts the brain fluid, he says it pays almost 80 million a bottle. If the Earth is dying, who is buying this stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "j0nr2wr", "c_root_id_B": "j0nnopz", "created_at_utc_A": 1671327934.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671326272.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We've already seen in the first movie that humans have little trouble working on a planet where the natural air is toxic to them. Earth may be dying, but humanity is not.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1662.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zom7aa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avatar: The Way of Water] Who is buying the yellow brain fluid When the guy kills the whale and extracts the brain fluid, he says it pays almost 80 million a bottle. If the Earth is dying, who is buying this stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "j0nrxna", "c_root_id_B": "j0nnopz", "created_at_utc_A": 1671328345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671326272.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Earth is becoming less and less habitable. There's no reason to think the human population is on the verge of extinction yet. There are still plenty of rich people aging and dying of natural causes", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2073.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zom7aa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avatar: The Way of Water] Who is buying the yellow brain fluid When the guy kills the whale and extracts the brain fluid, he says it pays almost 80 million a bottle. If the Earth is dying, who is buying this stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "j0nnopz", "c_root_id_B": "j0p6qy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1671326272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671361386.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Humans are probably living elsewhere than Earth too. There's no reason for them to have this technology of space travel and all and not be able to have big space stations and such. Also while Earth is dying there are still people on it. As for the price, there are a lot of rich people I assume and I don't think you need the whole bottle for one person. So maybe it's like 5 drops are enough and that's only like 10k$ to live eternally.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35114.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zom7aa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avatar: The Way of Water] Who is buying the yellow brain fluid When the guy kills the whale and extracts the brain fluid, he says it pays almost 80 million a bottle. If the Earth is dying, who is buying this stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "j0nnopz", "c_root_id_B": "j0orlfw", "created_at_utc_A": 1671326272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671348911.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Humans. Desperate humans might be willing to try anything, and everything, irrespective of expense, and they would be desperate if the Earth is dying. If they think that it might save them from the pollution, or that it might stop the pollution, they'd pay anything to try and make it work, even if it was nothing exceptional. If they're told that it comes from an alien planet where the air is toxic to humans, but these animals can live and breathe freely, they might be willing to try it in the hopes of being able to survive the dying Earth. In the real world, people have tried worse substances for less. Pseudoscientific treatments being marketed to the terminally ill comes to mind, since they're desperate to try anything to avert the illness, even when it might not be helpful, or even outright detrimental. If you have a flexible sense of ethics/morals, there's a lot of money to be made by people who would be clamouring to try anything, and be willing to spend much more than they would normally to do so.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22639.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zom7aa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avatar: The Way of Water] Who is buying the yellow brain fluid When the guy kills the whale and extracts the brain fluid, he says it pays almost 80 million a bottle. If the Earth is dying, who is buying this stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "j0nnopz", "c_root_id_B": "j1baj4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1671326272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671757194.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The real question is how in the world is that worth only 80 million? I would think 80 trillion would seem more like it - assuming that there's 10 of those boats out every single day, and each of them get 5 whales per day (Which is probably way overkill lets be honest) we are looking at 50 bottles of fluid per day. This is 4 billion dollars per day No freaking way that's enough to run the entire operation that's literally going to replace Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 430922.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zom7aa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avatar: The Way of Water] Who is buying the yellow brain fluid When the guy kills the whale and extracts the brain fluid, he says it pays almost 80 million a bottle. If the Earth is dying, who is buying this stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "j0p6qy5", "c_root_id_B": "j0orlfw", "created_at_utc_A": 1671361386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671348911.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Humans are probably living elsewhere than Earth too. There's no reason for them to have this technology of space travel and all and not be able to have big space stations and such. Also while Earth is dying there are still people on it. As for the price, there are a lot of rich people I assume and I don't think you need the whole bottle for one person. So maybe it's like 5 drops are enough and that's only like 10k$ to live eternally.", "human_ref_B": "Humans. Desperate humans might be willing to try anything, and everything, irrespective of expense, and they would be desperate if the Earth is dying. If they think that it might save them from the pollution, or that it might stop the pollution, they'd pay anything to try and make it work, even if it was nothing exceptional. If they're told that it comes from an alien planet where the air is toxic to humans, but these animals can live and breathe freely, they might be willing to try it in the hopes of being able to survive the dying Earth. In the real world, people have tried worse substances for less. Pseudoscientific treatments being marketed to the terminally ill comes to mind, since they're desperate to try anything to avert the illness, even when it might not be helpful, or even outright detrimental. If you have a flexible sense of ethics/morals, there's a lot of money to be made by people who would be clamouring to try anything, and be willing to spend much more than they would normally to do so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12475.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zom7aa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avatar: The Way of Water] Who is buying the yellow brain fluid When the guy kills the whale and extracts the brain fluid, he says it pays almost 80 million a bottle. If the Earth is dying, who is buying this stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "j0rdscd", "c_root_id_B": "j1baj4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1671397645.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671757194.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The wealthy. The earth dying line most likely refers to environmental/social pressures, not a near human extinction. If you have the money to pay for the brain juice, why wouldn't you? It sounds great!", "human_ref_B": "The real question is how in the world is that worth only 80 million? I would think 80 trillion would seem more like it - assuming that there's 10 of those boats out every single day, and each of them get 5 whales per day (Which is probably way overkill lets be honest) we are looking at 50 bottles of fluid per day. This is 4 billion dollars per day No freaking way that's enough to run the entire operation that's literally going to replace Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 359549.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zom7aa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avatar: The Way of Water] Who is buying the yellow brain fluid When the guy kills the whale and extracts the brain fluid, he says it pays almost 80 million a bottle. If the Earth is dying, who is buying this stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "j1baj4y", "c_root_id_B": "j0pw5o1", "created_at_utc_A": 1671757194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671376994.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The real question is how in the world is that worth only 80 million? I would think 80 trillion would seem more like it - assuming that there's 10 of those boats out every single day, and each of them get 5 whales per day (Which is probably way overkill lets be honest) we are looking at 50 bottles of fluid per day. This is 4 billion dollars per day No freaking way that's enough to run the entire operation that's literally going to replace Earth.", "human_ref_B": "Also it's the future... the fact that inflation hasn't made millions of dollars trivial yet is almost as much a function as Pandora.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 380200.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7iojnt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Marvel/MCU] We know about Omega level mutants, but how would you define an Omega level human? Does it change if we allow for powered humans? Who would be the highest level non-powered human?", "c_root_id_A": "dr31w3x", "c_root_id_B": "dr1f4wu", "created_at_utc_A": 1512999998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512918641.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Sentry is described as the most powerful human in the universe, and his powers are very often described as limitless or with unknown limits, which is basicly what you need to be to be a omega mutant. so, that guy would be the a omega level human you cant have a omega level non-powered human, since omega level means that they are incredibly powerful, with no known limits to their powers", "human_ref_B": "well let's look at a omega level mutant. they are almost world ending beings. sure some have see if power but if they wanted to they could do some heavy damage. now as for human that's a hard question. what is power? tony stark and hank pym are some of the smartest humans. is that omega? the hulk is the strongest being on earth and he's a human right? Well to answer no. sure smartest are good but not for a omega human. and hulk is a mutate not a human. for a omega human I'm giving it to those like captain america. as he is the peak of human condition. fast, strong, master fighter, master leader, etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 81357.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nftdh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How many times can a blaster bolt be reflected by a lightsaber? Like can two Jedi play Blaster pong indefinitely or would it like fizzle out after like 50 strikes or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gyncgq0", "c_root_id_B": "gynep1w", "created_at_utc_A": 1621390950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621392067.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 145, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It depends on how far apart your Jedi are standing. According to this official source, a standard blaster has a range of 120 meters. So if they're, say, 10 meters apart, they could volley a maximum of 12 times before the bolt fizzled, assuming the field holding the bolt together doesn't degrade when it encounters the light sabre. (Edit: or rather, the serve and 11 volleys.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1117.0, "score_ratio": 145.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nftdh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How many times can a blaster bolt be reflected by a lightsaber? Like can two Jedi play Blaster pong indefinitely or would it like fizzle out after like 50 strikes or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gyncgq0", "c_root_id_B": "gynddxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1621390950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621391416.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The magnetic field around the blaster bolt only carries so much energy. It's not really a matter of how many times, but for how *much* time, and *that* varies depending on the weapon. But once that field goes away, the plasma just sort of splashes to the ground and fizzles out. It's the field that gives it shape and maintains it's momentum.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 466.0, "score_ratio": 33.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nftdh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How many times can a blaster bolt be reflected by a lightsaber? Like can two Jedi play Blaster pong indefinitely or would it like fizzle out after like 50 strikes or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gyncgq0", "c_root_id_B": "gyngepm", "created_at_utc_A": 1621390950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621392927.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Ping pong meets russian roulette meets hot potato.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1977.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nftdh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How many times can a blaster bolt be reflected by a lightsaber? Like can two Jedi play Blaster pong indefinitely or would it like fizzle out after like 50 strikes or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gyncgq0", "c_root_id_B": "gyo2tf0", "created_at_utc_A": 1621390950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621407076.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I would imagine several dozen times, if we go by example of magnetic seals reflecting the bolts all over the place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16126.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nftdh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How many times can a blaster bolt be reflected by a lightsaber? Like can two Jedi play Blaster pong indefinitely or would it like fizzle out after like 50 strikes or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gyncgq0", "c_root_id_B": "gyo5xjz", "created_at_utc_A": 1621390950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621409746.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In perfect conditions yeah, easily 50 times. But in reality, most Jedi are not going to deflect the bolt perfectly, but at some random angle. Not only this is likely to send the bolt into a wall/floor/sky, but when their magnetic fields contact at an angle it is likely the smaller field (around the bolt) is going to be bent and disrupted. Imagine it like this: two PERFECT tennis players could play tennis with a hotdog, hitting it perfectly \"on the nose\" to send it back. But the first time one hits the hotdog at an odd angle, it is going to be bent and broken. Plasma bolts have the size, dimensions and durability of a raw hotdog at best.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18796.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nftdh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] How many times can a blaster bolt be reflected by a lightsaber? Like can two Jedi play Blaster pong indefinitely or would it like fizzle out after like 50 strikes or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gynddxz", "c_root_id_B": "gynep1w", "created_at_utc_A": 1621391416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1621392067.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 145, "human_ref_A": "The magnetic field around the blaster bolt only carries so much energy. It's not really a matter of how many times, but for how *much* time, and *that* varies depending on the weapon. But once that field goes away, the plasma just sort of splashes to the ground and fizzles out. It's the field that gives it shape and maintains it's momentum.", "human_ref_B": "It depends on how far apart your Jedi are standing. According to this official source, a standard blaster has a range of 120 meters. So if they're, say, 10 meters apart, they could volley a maximum of 12 times before the bolt fizzled, assuming the field holding the bolt together doesn't degrade when it encounters the light sabre. (Edit: or rather, the serve and 11 volleys.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 651.0, "score_ratio": 4.3939393939, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d6pj49", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[General Fantasy (in Japan)] Why are half-human/beastman/nekomimi almost always enslaved? Some settings have their number on the national scale, even could become a kingdom. So quantity probably isn't always a problem. Quality on the other hand, they are usually depicted with inhuman strength/speed and superior reflexes in exchange for inept magic talent. Which also shouldn't be a problem since human isn't (commonly) a magical race either. So why are they enslaved only to be freed by the mc then display abilities that make people wonder how did they even got captured in the first place. Seriously, the idea that a dragon-human hybrid who could leveled buildings got enslaved by puny human confused me.", "c_root_id_A": "f0v87ef", "c_root_id_B": "f0v5sa2", "created_at_utc_A": 1568969326.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1568965203.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I mean, what else you gonna do with these foul demihumans?", "human_ref_B": "In a lot of things like this, it's usually revealed that half humans and beastman type races are usually created or breed specifically for hard manual labour if not for out right slavery. As such they simply don't have the organisation or backing to put up any kind of decent resistance to institutionalized slavery.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4123.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9sbsmm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel/Transformers] What would happen if I used a shard of the Allspark on the Uru metal of Thor's hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "e8npy82", "c_root_id_B": "e8nocna", "created_at_utc_A": 1540816092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540813864.0, "score_A": 365, "score_B": 123, "human_ref_A": "Thor now has a wise-cracking hammer that doubles as a Toyota Corolla during its off times.", "human_ref_B": "> Whosoever holds this hammer, if *they* be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor. What was a lump of metal, becomes something more. What was inanimate, becomes animate. What was subservient to others, may learn to serve others. What if it was worthy to wield its own power?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2228.0, "score_ratio": 2.9674796748, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9sbsmm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel/Transformers] What would happen if I used a shard of the Allspark on the Uru metal of Thor's hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "e8npy82", "c_root_id_B": "e8no4ly", "created_at_utc_A": 1540816092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540813533.0, "score_A": 365, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Thor now has a wise-cracking hammer that doubles as a Toyota Corolla during its off times.", "human_ref_B": "Discount Vision", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2559.0, "score_ratio": 15.2083333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9sbsmm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel/Transformers] What would happen if I used a shard of the Allspark on the Uru metal of Thor's hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "e8nocna", "c_root_id_B": "e8no4ly", "created_at_utc_A": 1540813864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540813533.0, "score_A": 123, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "> Whosoever holds this hammer, if *they* be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor. What was a lump of metal, becomes something more. What was inanimate, becomes animate. What was subservient to others, may learn to serve others. What if it was worthy to wield its own power?", "human_ref_B": "Discount Vision", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 331.0, "score_ratio": 5.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9sbsmm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel/Transformers] What would happen if I used a shard of the Allspark on the Uru metal of Thor's hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "e8nu9nh", "c_root_id_B": "e8nthep", "created_at_utc_A": 1540820967.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540820160.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Yes, a related follow-up: Is Optimus Prime worthy enough to wield Mjolnir?", "human_ref_B": "Mjolnir isn't a machine. It won't turn into anything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 807.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9sbsmm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel/Transformers] What would happen if I used a shard of the Allspark on the Uru metal of Thor's hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "e8no4ly", "c_root_id_B": "e8nu9nh", "created_at_utc_A": 1540813533.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540820967.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "Discount Vision", "human_ref_B": "Yes, a related follow-up: Is Optimus Prime worthy enough to wield Mjolnir?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7434.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9sbsmm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel/Transformers] What would happen if I used a shard of the Allspark on the Uru metal of Thor's hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "e8nthep", "c_root_id_B": "e8no4ly", "created_at_utc_A": 1540820160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540813533.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Mjolnir isn't a machine. It won't turn into anything.", "human_ref_B": "Discount Vision", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6627.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hbys617", "c_root_id_B": "hby25x3", "created_at_utc_A": 1631041629.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631030891.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Be a white collar criminal. They aren't going to notice or \"catch\" you for years. And then when one unearths your crimes, you aren't going to be punched or even arrested. They're going to make a menacing speech, show you the evidence they've found, and make a one liner as they leave. MAYBE you'll be on the news the next day being brought into a police car but that's as far as it will go. They will curse the system and your lawyers because you're going to walk away free. (Believe it or not they will keep repeating the process instead of hitting you.) Every time just have your lawyer say \"An insane person dressed as an animal in underwear is the sole source of this evidence so it is inadmissible.\" Do NOT plead insanity. Warren White \"The Great White Shark of Wall Street\" did that in Gotham and was sent to Arkham. He came out as one of... them.", "human_ref_B": "It depends very much on the hero in talking, the place and the nature of your crimes. Without knowing these variables it's impossible to answer in a non-vague way. As for your example: Move the criminal activity to money laundering schemes & such. Bats has very little time to pursue someone's finances, checking his account books without the prospect of jumping roofs and kicking butts on the horizon. tl;dr: be a dull criminal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10738.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hby25x3", "c_root_id_B": "hby1vtb", "created_at_utc_A": 1631030891.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631030776.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It depends very much on the hero in talking, the place and the nature of your crimes. Without knowing these variables it's impossible to answer in a non-vague way. As for your example: Move the criminal activity to money laundering schemes & such. Bats has very little time to pursue someone's finances, checking his account books without the prospect of jumping roofs and kicking butts on the horizon. tl;dr: be a dull criminal.", "human_ref_B": "Commit your crimes in smaller cities or towns that don't have active heroes. Avoid Gotham, Metropolis, NYC, etc. Make sure your crimes are low key, not splashy and avoid a body count. And for God's sake don't wear a costume or call yourself a sinister sounding nickname.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 115.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hby5v09", "c_root_id_B": "hbys617", "created_at_utc_A": 1631032406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631041629.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "> \"Why can't I do ANY crimes in Harlem without Luke Cage goddamn showing up every other day?\" > \"You can't take two steps in Hell's Kitchen without Daredevil throwing something at your face!!\" > \"If it's not those two, you've got Iron Fist, someone with Spider Powers (HOW MANY ARE THERE?!), or random Avengers and X-Men jumping on your neck!! And if you REALLY screw up Sentry or Captain Marvel or someone who can toss buildings will show up!!\" So like, if I was in a position to counsel these people, I'd simply say: > \"Have you considered just moving out of the NYC metro area? I mean... Baltimore? LA? Philly? Seattle? Miami? There's super people everywhere but at least there aren't like 100 of them within 10 square miles like in New York.\"", "human_ref_B": "Be a white collar criminal. They aren't going to notice or \"catch\" you for years. And then when one unearths your crimes, you aren't going to be punched or even arrested. They're going to make a menacing speech, show you the evidence they've found, and make a one liner as they leave. MAYBE you'll be on the news the next day being brought into a police car but that's as far as it will go. They will curse the system and your lawyers because you're going to walk away free. (Believe it or not they will keep repeating the process instead of hitting you.) Every time just have your lawyer say \"An insane person dressed as an animal in underwear is the sole source of this evidence so it is inadmissible.\" Do NOT plead insanity. Warren White \"The Great White Shark of Wall Street\" did that in Gotham and was sent to Arkham. He came out as one of... them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9223.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hbys617", "c_root_id_B": "hby1vtb", "created_at_utc_A": 1631041629.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631030776.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Be a white collar criminal. They aren't going to notice or \"catch\" you for years. And then when one unearths your crimes, you aren't going to be punched or even arrested. They're going to make a menacing speech, show you the evidence they've found, and make a one liner as they leave. MAYBE you'll be on the news the next day being brought into a police car but that's as far as it will go. They will curse the system and your lawyers because you're going to walk away free. (Believe it or not they will keep repeating the process instead of hitting you.) Every time just have your lawyer say \"An insane person dressed as an animal in underwear is the sole source of this evidence so it is inadmissible.\" Do NOT plead insanity. Warren White \"The Great White Shark of Wall Street\" did that in Gotham and was sent to Arkham. He came out as one of... them.", "human_ref_B": "Commit your crimes in smaller cities or towns that don't have active heroes. Avoid Gotham, Metropolis, NYC, etc. Make sure your crimes are low key, not splashy and avoid a body count. And for God's sake don't wear a costume or call yourself a sinister sounding nickname.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10853.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hbyq830", "c_root_id_B": "hbys617", "created_at_utc_A": 1631040826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631041629.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Stay quiet. Don\u2019t make a scene. Enjoy the loot.", "human_ref_B": "Be a white collar criminal. They aren't going to notice or \"catch\" you for years. And then when one unearths your crimes, you aren't going to be punched or even arrested. They're going to make a menacing speech, show you the evidence they've found, and make a one liner as they leave. MAYBE you'll be on the news the next day being brought into a police car but that's as far as it will go. They will curse the system and your lawyers because you're going to walk away free. (Believe it or not they will keep repeating the process instead of hitting you.) Every time just have your lawyer say \"An insane person dressed as an animal in underwear is the sole source of this evidence so it is inadmissible.\" Do NOT plead insanity. Warren White \"The Great White Shark of Wall Street\" did that in Gotham and was sent to Arkham. He came out as one of... them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 803.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hby1vtb", "c_root_id_B": "hby5v09", "created_at_utc_A": 1631030776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631032406.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Commit your crimes in smaller cities or towns that don't have active heroes. Avoid Gotham, Metropolis, NYC, etc. Make sure your crimes are low key, not splashy and avoid a body count. And for God's sake don't wear a costume or call yourself a sinister sounding nickname.", "human_ref_B": "> \"Why can't I do ANY crimes in Harlem without Luke Cage goddamn showing up every other day?\" > \"You can't take two steps in Hell's Kitchen without Daredevil throwing something at your face!!\" > \"If it's not those two, you've got Iron Fist, someone with Spider Powers (HOW MANY ARE THERE?!), or random Avengers and X-Men jumping on your neck!! And if you REALLY screw up Sentry or Captain Marvel or someone who can toss buildings will show up!!\" So like, if I was in a position to counsel these people, I'd simply say: > \"Have you considered just moving out of the NYC metro area? I mean... Baltimore? LA? Philly? Seattle? Miami? There's super people everywhere but at least there aren't like 100 of them within 10 square miles like in New York.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1630.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hby1vtb", "c_root_id_B": "hbzsiye", "created_at_utc_A": 1631030776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631057309.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Commit your crimes in smaller cities or towns that don't have active heroes. Avoid Gotham, Metropolis, NYC, etc. Make sure your crimes are low key, not splashy and avoid a body count. And for God's sake don't wear a costume or call yourself a sinister sounding nickname.", "human_ref_B": "If you don't want to get caught by Green Lantern and it's still the 1970's, paint yourself yellow. Most powerful weapon in the universe, can't defeat a ripe banana.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26533.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hbyq830", "c_root_id_B": "hbzsiye", "created_at_utc_A": 1631040826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631057309.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Stay quiet. Don\u2019t make a scene. Enjoy the loot.", "human_ref_B": "If you don't want to get caught by Green Lantern and it's still the 1970's, paint yourself yellow. Most powerful weapon in the universe, can't defeat a ripe banana.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16483.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hbzsiye", "c_root_id_B": "hbzpzyv", "created_at_utc_A": 1631057309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631056131.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you don't want to get caught by Green Lantern and it's still the 1970's, paint yourself yellow. Most powerful weapon in the universe, can't defeat a ripe banana.", "human_ref_B": "Stay quiet with your crimes, don't feel like you need to make a name for yourself. Make sure to keep your face hidden if possible. Avoid murder at all costs, otherwise the hero is most assuredly going to be heavier on coming after you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1178.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hc13g2f", "c_root_id_B": "hby1vtb", "created_at_utc_A": 1631082572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631030776.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the nature of the crime. You could go one of three ways. One, you just do the odd low-level crime here and there. Pirate a movie, put a pamphlet on someone's parked car, put magazines/letters in someone else's mailbox while not a postman, that kind of thing. Superheroes only really go after the big fish, or any medium/major threats, like a mugger/murderer. The bat isn't going to pursue you if you park in a no-stopping zone. You wouldn't even register on the radar, although the Bat Computer knows, always. Two, if you are rich, powerful, and influential/well-connected, you could use those to do white-collar crimes. Work people to the bone, what's a denied sick leave here and there, or do some tax sneakiness. If you're powerful enough, and don't gloat about it, Supes isn't going to come after you, and if you're well-connected/powerful enough, you could make your crimes legal, or have yourself be forgiven of the crime. Three, you could go the omnicidal/genocidal route. If there are no witnesses, no-one can report your crimes, and if there's no superheroes, then they can't stop you. Especially if you get one of those tools/weapons/powers that can act on a universal scale, or above. If you can add the powers of multiversal/extradimensional beings to your disposal, the better you would be, since there aren't any superheroes that haven't yet been able to stand up to that kind of power without some form of luck. If you use them well, you might even be able to commit crimes with abandon. (Whether you'd still be doing low-level stuff at this point is unclear)", "human_ref_B": "Commit your crimes in smaller cities or towns that don't have active heroes. Avoid Gotham, Metropolis, NYC, etc. Make sure your crimes are low key, not splashy and avoid a body count. And for God's sake don't wear a costume or call yourself a sinister sounding nickname.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 51796.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hc13g2f", "c_root_id_B": "hbyq830", "created_at_utc_A": 1631082572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631040826.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the nature of the crime. You could go one of three ways. One, you just do the odd low-level crime here and there. Pirate a movie, put a pamphlet on someone's parked car, put magazines/letters in someone else's mailbox while not a postman, that kind of thing. Superheroes only really go after the big fish, or any medium/major threats, like a mugger/murderer. The bat isn't going to pursue you if you park in a no-stopping zone. You wouldn't even register on the radar, although the Bat Computer knows, always. Two, if you are rich, powerful, and influential/well-connected, you could use those to do white-collar crimes. Work people to the bone, what's a denied sick leave here and there, or do some tax sneakiness. If you're powerful enough, and don't gloat about it, Supes isn't going to come after you, and if you're well-connected/powerful enough, you could make your crimes legal, or have yourself be forgiven of the crime. Three, you could go the omnicidal/genocidal route. If there are no witnesses, no-one can report your crimes, and if there's no superheroes, then they can't stop you. Especially if you get one of those tools/weapons/powers that can act on a universal scale, or above. If you can add the powers of multiversal/extradimensional beings to your disposal, the better you would be, since there aren't any superheroes that haven't yet been able to stand up to that kind of power without some form of luck. If you use them well, you might even be able to commit crimes with abandon. (Whether you'd still be doing low-level stuff at this point is unclear)", "human_ref_B": "Stay quiet. Don\u2019t make a scene. Enjoy the loot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41746.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjmqek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If I were a criminal, what are the steps I could take to decrease my chances of getting caught by a specific superhero? For example. I'm sure alot of criminals in Gotham deliberately do their crimes in broad daylight, just to avoid HIM.", "c_root_id_A": "hc13g2f", "c_root_id_B": "hbzpzyv", "created_at_utc_A": 1631082572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631056131.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the nature of the crime. You could go one of three ways. One, you just do the odd low-level crime here and there. Pirate a movie, put a pamphlet on someone's parked car, put magazines/letters in someone else's mailbox while not a postman, that kind of thing. Superheroes only really go after the big fish, or any medium/major threats, like a mugger/murderer. The bat isn't going to pursue you if you park in a no-stopping zone. You wouldn't even register on the radar, although the Bat Computer knows, always. Two, if you are rich, powerful, and influential/well-connected, you could use those to do white-collar crimes. Work people to the bone, what's a denied sick leave here and there, or do some tax sneakiness. If you're powerful enough, and don't gloat about it, Supes isn't going to come after you, and if you're well-connected/powerful enough, you could make your crimes legal, or have yourself be forgiven of the crime. Three, you could go the omnicidal/genocidal route. If there are no witnesses, no-one can report your crimes, and if there's no superheroes, then they can't stop you. Especially if you get one of those tools/weapons/powers that can act on a universal scale, or above. If you can add the powers of multiversal/extradimensional beings to your disposal, the better you would be, since there aren't any superheroes that haven't yet been able to stand up to that kind of power without some form of luck. If you use them well, you might even be able to commit crimes with abandon. (Whether you'd still be doing low-level stuff at this point is unclear)", "human_ref_B": "Stay quiet with your crimes, don't feel like you need to make a name for yourself. Make sure to keep your face hidden if possible. Avoid murder at all costs, otherwise the hero is most assuredly going to be heavier on coming after you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26441.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkj69b", "c_root_id_B": "gxkhdfb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620617761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620616627.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "As I recall, it has happened before. Two-Face did not handle it well. It\u2019s one of those \u201close your crap\u201d situations.", "human_ref_B": "Flip it again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1134.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkj69b", "c_root_id_B": "gxkj5lw", "created_at_utc_A": 1620617761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620617750.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "As I recall, it has happened before. Two-Face did not handle it well. It\u2019s one of those \u201close your crap\u201d situations.", "human_ref_B": "I don't recall the exact question but it happened once. Batman slipped him a rigged coin, it was weighted to Always land on its edge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkgldk", "c_root_id_B": "gxkj69b", "created_at_utc_A": 1620616151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620617761.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "As I recall, it has happened before. Two-Face did not handle it well. It\u2019s one of those \u201close your crap\u201d situations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1610.0, "score_ratio": -15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkhdfb", "c_root_id_B": "gxkj9df", "created_at_utc_A": 1620616627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620617815.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "Flip it again.", "human_ref_B": "We saw this happen in the TAS episode Second Chance (Bats discretely switched it with a... \"trick coin\" that always lands on its side. You know, one of those magical trick coins.) Harv freaked out and insisted on flipping it again and again until he got his answer, nearly chasing the coin over the side of the building he was going to drop Bats off of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1188.0, "score_ratio": 4.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkj5lw", "c_root_id_B": "gxkj9df", "created_at_utc_A": 1620617750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620617815.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "I don't recall the exact question but it happened once. Batman slipped him a rigged coin, it was weighted to Always land on its edge.", "human_ref_B": "We saw this happen in the TAS episode Second Chance (Bats discretely switched it with a... \"trick coin\" that always lands on its side. You know, one of those magical trick coins.) Harv freaked out and insisted on flipping it again and again until he got his answer, nearly chasing the coin over the side of the building he was going to drop Bats off of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 65.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkgldk", "c_root_id_B": "gxkj9df", "created_at_utc_A": 1620616151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620617815.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "We saw this happen in the TAS episode Second Chance (Bats discretely switched it with a... \"trick coin\" that always lands on its side. You know, one of those magical trick coins.) Harv freaked out and insisted on flipping it again and again until he got his answer, nearly chasing the coin over the side of the building he was going to drop Bats off of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1664.0, "score_ratio": -13.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxl2rmb", "c_root_id_B": "gxkhdfb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620632933.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620616627.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It has happenned many times. 2 face loses his shit and has a breakdown and Batman takes advantage of the situation. Its a classic ending to their fights.", "human_ref_B": "Flip it again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16306.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxl2rmb", "c_root_id_B": "gxkj5lw", "created_at_utc_A": 1620632933.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620617750.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It has happenned many times. 2 face loses his shit and has a breakdown and Batman takes advantage of the situation. Its a classic ending to their fights.", "human_ref_B": "I don't recall the exact question but it happened once. Batman slipped him a rigged coin, it was weighted to Always land on its edge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15183.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxksv08", "c_root_id_B": "gxl2rmb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620624444.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620632933.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "He'd have an anxiety attack.", "human_ref_B": "It has happenned many times. 2 face loses his shit and has a breakdown and Batman takes advantage of the situation. Its a classic ending to their fights.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8489.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxktjqd", "c_root_id_B": "gxl2rmb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620624978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620632933.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "It would push him over the edge. PS Sorry.", "human_ref_B": "It has happenned many times. 2 face loses his shit and has a breakdown and Batman takes advantage of the situation. Its a classic ending to their fights.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7955.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxl2rmb", "c_root_id_B": "gxkyf46", "created_at_utc_A": 1620632933.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620629016.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It has happenned many times. 2 face loses his shit and has a breakdown and Batman takes advantage of the situation. Its a classic ending to their fights.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019d gain the ability to hear people\u2019s thoughts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3917.0, "score_ratio": 14000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkgldk", "c_root_id_B": "gxl2rmb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620616151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620632933.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It has happenned many times. 2 face loses his shit and has a breakdown and Batman takes advantage of the situation. Its a classic ending to their fights.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16782.0, "score_ratio": -4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkj5lw", "c_root_id_B": "gxkhdfb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620617750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620616627.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I don't recall the exact question but it happened once. Batman slipped him a rigged coin, it was weighted to Always land on its edge.", "human_ref_B": "Flip it again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1123.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkgldk", "c_root_id_B": "gxkhdfb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620616151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620616627.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Flip it again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 476.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkj5lw", "c_root_id_B": "gxkgldk", "created_at_utc_A": 1620617750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620616151.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "I don't recall the exact question but it happened once. Batman slipped him a rigged coin, it was weighted to Always land on its edge.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1599.0, "score_ratio": -3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkgldk", "c_root_id_B": "gxksv08", "created_at_utc_A": 1620616151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620624444.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "He'd have an anxiety attack.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8293.0, "score_ratio": -2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxktjqd", "c_root_id_B": "gxkgldk", "created_at_utc_A": 1620624978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620616151.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "It would push him over the edge. PS Sorry.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8827.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxlw2vz", "c_root_id_B": "gxkyf46", "created_at_utc_A": 1620654762.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620629016.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "This has happened on multiple occasions. As others have said, Two-Face usually has problems coping. In his first appearance (Detective Comics #66), Two-Face flips the coin when deciding whether to kill Batman or turn himself in. When it lands on the edge Two-Face refuses to flip it again. https://i.stack.imgur.com/0EDqd.jpg In the episode \"Second Chance\" from Batman the Animated Series he keeps flipping it to get an answer, and even refuses to let go of the coin when he's dangling on the edge of a building and can't climb back up. After Batman tells him that he rigged the coin to always fall on the edge Two-Face reluctantly drops it. However, before Batman can pull him back up he changes his mind, punches Batman and falls down.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019d gain the ability to hear people\u2019s thoughts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25746.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkgldk", "c_root_id_B": "gxlw2vz", "created_at_utc_A": 1620616151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620654762.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "This has happened on multiple occasions. As others have said, Two-Face usually has problems coping. In his first appearance (Detective Comics #66), Two-Face flips the coin when deciding whether to kill Batman or turn himself in. When it lands on the edge Two-Face refuses to flip it again. https://i.stack.imgur.com/0EDqd.jpg In the episode \"Second Chance\" from Batman the Animated Series he keeps flipping it to get an answer, and even refuses to let go of the coin when he's dangling on the edge of a building and can't climb back up. After Batman tells him that he rigged the coin to always fall on the edge Two-Face reluctantly drops it. However, before Batman can pull him back up he changes his mind, punches Batman and falls down.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38611.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n8ufkh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] What would happen if Two-Face, flipped his coin, and it landed on it's edge? While improbable, it might happen, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "gxkyf46", "c_root_id_B": "gxkgldk", "created_at_utc_A": 1620629016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620616151.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019d gain the ability to hear people\u2019s thoughts.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12865.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gpnty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Halo: Reach] Say Emile did manage to hold off the Covenant forces so Noble 6 could escape, what happens differently in the master chief trilogy?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0xnlw", "c_root_id_B": "cu165er", "created_at_utc_A": 1439418977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439434050.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "A better point for Noble 6 to escape would be when the Pillar of Autumn launched. That would have changed a lot more. Specifically, he probably would have been with Keyes when the Flood was released. Keyes wouldn't get captured with Noble 6 protecting (or killing) him, and 6 may have stomped out the Flood before it even got started.", "human_ref_B": "The most important thing to remember is that NOBLE 6 was a good enough pilot to be assigned to the sabre program. This means that The Master chief wouldn't crash so many damned Pelicans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15073.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ecosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Spider-Man Universe] Why do Aunt May and Uncle Ben look more like Peter's grandparents than Aunt and Uncle? Not a big Spidey nerd but I've always wondered why, despite being his Aunt and Uncle, May and Ben look closer in age to being Peter's grandparents? Shouldn't they be fairly close to the age of Parker's parents? I get that siblings can have age differences but they look at least 20 years too old to be Peter's Aunt and Uncle. Just wondering if there's a reason for it. Tom Holland's Aunt May looks more the right age, but she's the first example I've seen of them being the same generation as Peter's parents.", "c_root_id_A": "e5o0woj", "c_root_id_B": "e5nunmp", "created_at_utc_A": 1536505775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536498316.0, "score_A": 106, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "I always thought Aunt May and Uncle Ben where Peter\u2019s father\u2019s aunt and uncle making them Peter\u2019s great aunt and uncle. Today I learned differently.", "human_ref_B": "The Parker brothers have a large age gap and Peter appeared to have been born fairly late into his father's life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7459.0, "score_ratio": 2.5238095238, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ecosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Spider-Man Universe] Why do Aunt May and Uncle Ben look more like Peter's grandparents than Aunt and Uncle? Not a big Spidey nerd but I've always wondered why, despite being his Aunt and Uncle, May and Ben look closer in age to being Peter's grandparents? Shouldn't they be fairly close to the age of Parker's parents? I get that siblings can have age differences but they look at least 20 years too old to be Peter's Aunt and Uncle. Just wondering if there's a reason for it. Tom Holland's Aunt May looks more the right age, but she's the first example I've seen of them being the same generation as Peter's parents.", "c_root_id_A": "e5nunmp", "c_root_id_B": "e5o1dz5", "created_at_utc_A": 1536498316.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536506261.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 85, "human_ref_A": "The Parker brothers have a large age gap and Peter appeared to have been born fairly late into his father's life.", "human_ref_B": "I'm 23 and my oldest aunt is 72", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7945.0, "score_ratio": 2.0238095238, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ecosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Spider-Man Universe] Why do Aunt May and Uncle Ben look more like Peter's grandparents than Aunt and Uncle? Not a big Spidey nerd but I've always wondered why, despite being his Aunt and Uncle, May and Ben look closer in age to being Peter's grandparents? Shouldn't they be fairly close to the age of Parker's parents? I get that siblings can have age differences but they look at least 20 years too old to be Peter's Aunt and Uncle. Just wondering if there's a reason for it. Tom Holland's Aunt May looks more the right age, but she's the first example I've seen of them being the same generation as Peter's parents.", "c_root_id_A": "e5o2fg5", "c_root_id_B": "e5o2jtb", "created_at_utc_A": 1536507287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536507406.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve always found some versions of aunt May to be annoying. \u201cI\u2019m 117, but I\u2019m sassy and \u2018hip.\u201d Whatever, dusty old bones, full of green dust.", "human_ref_B": "There's a huge age gap in some families. My father is 15 years younger than his eldest brother.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 119.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ecosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Spider-Man Universe] Why do Aunt May and Uncle Ben look more like Peter's grandparents than Aunt and Uncle? Not a big Spidey nerd but I've always wondered why, despite being his Aunt and Uncle, May and Ben look closer in age to being Peter's grandparents? Shouldn't they be fairly close to the age of Parker's parents? I get that siblings can have age differences but they look at least 20 years too old to be Peter's Aunt and Uncle. Just wondering if there's a reason for it. Tom Holland's Aunt May looks more the right age, but she's the first example I've seen of them being the same generation as Peter's parents.", "c_root_id_A": "e5o30k0", "c_root_id_B": "e5o2fg5", "created_at_utc_A": 1536507865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536507287.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Friend of mine's parents were 38 when they had him. He has an nephew that was a 3-4 when he was born. In short, its possible for people to have kids pretty late and its possible for older siblings to be significantly older than the younger ones. So Ben was the Older brother of Richard, and by a gap of 10+ years further Richard had Peter in his late 20's, meaning Ben was in his late 30's when Peter was born. Fifteen years later, Ben is around 50 and has lived a much harder life than his intellectual brother Richard (whom he'd loved just the same). So not only is he older, he looks older still than we'd expect. You could flex those numbers pretty easily and push Ben into his early 60's without straining anything beyond acceptable metrics. It would be uncommon, but not unprecedented.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019ve always found some versions of aunt May to be annoying. \u201cI\u2019m 117, but I\u2019m sassy and \u2018hip.\u201d Whatever, dusty old bones, full of green dust.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 578.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ecosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Spider-Man Universe] Why do Aunt May and Uncle Ben look more like Peter's grandparents than Aunt and Uncle? Not a big Spidey nerd but I've always wondered why, despite being his Aunt and Uncle, May and Ben look closer in age to being Peter's grandparents? Shouldn't they be fairly close to the age of Parker's parents? I get that siblings can have age differences but they look at least 20 years too old to be Peter's Aunt and Uncle. Just wondering if there's a reason for it. Tom Holland's Aunt May looks more the right age, but she's the first example I've seen of them being the same generation as Peter's parents.", "c_root_id_A": "e5o2fg5", "c_root_id_B": "e5o4oj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1536507287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536509498.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve always found some versions of aunt May to be annoying. \u201cI\u2019m 117, but I\u2019m sassy and \u2018hip.\u201d Whatever, dusty old bones, full of green dust.", "human_ref_B": "Well in his recent depiction she's pretty mother aged.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2211.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ecosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Spider-Man Universe] Why do Aunt May and Uncle Ben look more like Peter's grandparents than Aunt and Uncle? Not a big Spidey nerd but I've always wondered why, despite being his Aunt and Uncle, May and Ben look closer in age to being Peter's grandparents? Shouldn't they be fairly close to the age of Parker's parents? I get that siblings can have age differences but they look at least 20 years too old to be Peter's Aunt and Uncle. Just wondering if there's a reason for it. Tom Holland's Aunt May looks more the right age, but she's the first example I've seen of them being the same generation as Peter's parents.", "c_root_id_A": "e5o3bco", "c_root_id_B": "e5o4oj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1536508159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536509498.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If Ben was 15 years older than Richard Parker, and Richard didn't have Peter till he was 35-40 (which could make sense if both he and his wife had been on dangerous missions for most of their careers), then Ben and May would have been in their late 50s- early 60s when they became Peter's adoptive parents.", "human_ref_B": "Well in his recent depiction she's pretty mother aged.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1339.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ecosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Spider-Man Universe] Why do Aunt May and Uncle Ben look more like Peter's grandparents than Aunt and Uncle? Not a big Spidey nerd but I've always wondered why, despite being his Aunt and Uncle, May and Ben look closer in age to being Peter's grandparents? Shouldn't they be fairly close to the age of Parker's parents? I get that siblings can have age differences but they look at least 20 years too old to be Peter's Aunt and Uncle. Just wondering if there's a reason for it. Tom Holland's Aunt May looks more the right age, but she's the first example I've seen of them being the same generation as Peter's parents.", "c_root_id_A": "e5oa8tb", "c_root_id_B": "e5o7atq", "created_at_utc_A": 1536514634.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536512020.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm 38; a friend in high school's dad was a World War II veteran. When we were 18, his half-sister was in her early 40s. My point is that Peter's dad may have been a good bit older than his mom, *and* Ben could've been older than him, too.", "human_ref_B": "There was a pretty big age gap between Ben Parker and his little brother Richard, Ben and May aged pretty fast once baby Peter entered their care (and both Richard and his wife Mary were killed), and the stress of suddenly losing Ben did a number on poor May\u2019s health. Frankly, it is a *miracle* that May is still alive after all the crap she\u2019s been through after losing Ben (*numerous* sicknesses, radiation poisoning after getting a blood transfusion from Peter, nearly getting married to Doc Ock [and even having had sex with him beforehand], getting kidnapped by Norman Osborn and replaced by an actress, getting shot by one of the Kingpin\u2019s men after Spidey publicly revealed his identity, losing her second husband John Jonah Jameson Sr. [the father of media magnate and anti-Spidey crusader John Jonah Jameson Jr.], etc.). It\u2019s almost as if she\u2019s being artificially and deliberately prevented from reaching her eternal reward by the powers that be, or something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2614.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ylgasb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] What benefits does the Super Solider Serum give the user? Captain America serum gives the user a lot of benefits. For some of the things they are immune to, is nuclear radiation one of them?", "c_root_id_A": "iuy8ls7", "c_root_id_B": "iuywvfs", "created_at_utc_A": 1667513661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667524032.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The super soldier serum enhances the recipients physiology and metabolism to beyond peak human potential. In particular strength, speed, agility, reflexes, endurance, durability, and healing are all improved to superhuman levels. Finally, there are some indications that, while super soldier serum does not increase the recipient's innate intelligence, the enhanced metabolism *does* benefit memory formation, retention, and recall. While the super soldier serum does not *technically* by itself make a recipient immune to ailments such as disease or radiation -- it's not a vaccination -- the accelerated healing factor typically means that a super soldier's improved physiology can combat both external pathologies such as viral or bacterial infection, toxins, and poisons, as well as internal pathologies such as cancer or aging, at a level of effectiveness and speed that exceeds those pathologies' abilities to create harm in the individual. So, for example, Steve Rogers does not have any inherent \"immunity\" to radiation as a result of the super soldier serum, but any damage that would be caused to his body by radiation poisoning would be repaired by the super soldier serum-enhanced healing factor so quickly that he would not experience the ill effects of such radiation poisoning. This same process also applies to recreational chemicals such as alcohol or controlled substances, so super soldiers are also incapable of getting drunk or high.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10371.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ylgasb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] What benefits does the Super Solider Serum give the user? Captain America serum gives the user a lot of benefits. For some of the things they are immune to, is nuclear radiation one of them?", "c_root_id_A": "iuy8ls7", "c_root_id_B": "iuyvlg6", "created_at_utc_A": 1667513661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667523472.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "No, you don't really gain immunity so much as increased tolerance and recovery; this doesn't mean you can't get drunk or die of radiation poisoning, it just means it takes much more of said substance to get you drunk or dead and you recover from being drunk or dead in a fraction of the normal time (10% of forever is still forever!).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9811.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ylgasb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] What benefits does the Super Solider Serum give the user? Captain America serum gives the user a lot of benefits. For some of the things they are immune to, is nuclear radiation one of them?", "c_root_id_A": "iuyc7m6", "c_root_id_B": "iuy8ls7", "created_at_utc_A": 1667515219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667513661.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yes, to a certain extent. One of the powers of the SSS is increased healing capabilities. Since nuclear radiation literally kills cells, this healing factor would provide some protection against nuclear radiation.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1558.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ylgasb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] What benefits does the Super Solider Serum give the user? Captain America serum gives the user a lot of benefits. For some of the things they are immune to, is nuclear radiation one of them?", "c_root_id_A": "iuyvlg6", "c_root_id_B": "iuywvfs", "created_at_utc_A": 1667523472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667524032.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "No, you don't really gain immunity so much as increased tolerance and recovery; this doesn't mean you can't get drunk or die of radiation poisoning, it just means it takes much more of said substance to get you drunk or dead and you recover from being drunk or dead in a fraction of the normal time (10% of forever is still forever!).", "human_ref_B": "The super soldier serum enhances the recipients physiology and metabolism to beyond peak human potential. In particular strength, speed, agility, reflexes, endurance, durability, and healing are all improved to superhuman levels. Finally, there are some indications that, while super soldier serum does not increase the recipient's innate intelligence, the enhanced metabolism *does* benefit memory formation, retention, and recall. While the super soldier serum does not *technically* by itself make a recipient immune to ailments such as disease or radiation -- it's not a vaccination -- the accelerated healing factor typically means that a super soldier's improved physiology can combat both external pathologies such as viral or bacterial infection, toxins, and poisons, as well as internal pathologies such as cancer or aging, at a level of effectiveness and speed that exceeds those pathologies' abilities to create harm in the individual. So, for example, Steve Rogers does not have any inherent \"immunity\" to radiation as a result of the super soldier serum, but any damage that would be caused to his body by radiation poisoning would be repaired by the super soldier serum-enhanced healing factor so quickly that he would not experience the ill effects of such radiation poisoning. This same process also applies to recreational chemicals such as alcohol or controlled substances, so super soldiers are also incapable of getting drunk or high.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 560.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ylgasb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] What benefits does the Super Solider Serum give the user? Captain America serum gives the user a lot of benefits. For some of the things they are immune to, is nuclear radiation one of them?", "c_root_id_A": "iuyc7m6", "c_root_id_B": "iuywvfs", "created_at_utc_A": 1667515219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667524032.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Yes, to a certain extent. One of the powers of the SSS is increased healing capabilities. Since nuclear radiation literally kills cells, this healing factor would provide some protection against nuclear radiation.", "human_ref_B": "The super soldier serum enhances the recipients physiology and metabolism to beyond peak human potential. In particular strength, speed, agility, reflexes, endurance, durability, and healing are all improved to superhuman levels. Finally, there are some indications that, while super soldier serum does not increase the recipient's innate intelligence, the enhanced metabolism *does* benefit memory formation, retention, and recall. While the super soldier serum does not *technically* by itself make a recipient immune to ailments such as disease or radiation -- it's not a vaccination -- the accelerated healing factor typically means that a super soldier's improved physiology can combat both external pathologies such as viral or bacterial infection, toxins, and poisons, as well as internal pathologies such as cancer or aging, at a level of effectiveness and speed that exceeds those pathologies' abilities to create harm in the individual. So, for example, Steve Rogers does not have any inherent \"immunity\" to radiation as a result of the super soldier serum, but any damage that would be caused to his body by radiation poisoning would be repaired by the super soldier serum-enhanced healing factor so quickly that he would not experience the ill effects of such radiation poisoning. This same process also applies to recreational chemicals such as alcohol or controlled substances, so super soldiers are also incapable of getting drunk or high.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8813.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ylgasb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] What benefits does the Super Solider Serum give the user? Captain America serum gives the user a lot of benefits. For some of the things they are immune to, is nuclear radiation one of them?", "c_root_id_A": "iuyvlg6", "c_root_id_B": "iuyc7m6", "created_at_utc_A": 1667523472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667515219.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No, you don't really gain immunity so much as increased tolerance and recovery; this doesn't mean you can't get drunk or die of radiation poisoning, it just means it takes much more of said substance to get you drunk or dead and you recover from being drunk or dead in a fraction of the normal time (10% of forever is still forever!).", "human_ref_B": "Yes, to a certain extent. One of the powers of the SSS is increased healing capabilities. Since nuclear radiation literally kills cells, this healing factor would provide some protection against nuclear radiation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8253.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2nkk2r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel]what would happen if the juggernaut charged captain America's shield at full power Who has more power within the universes, which would break, would someone get splatted or would they just stop each other like nothing happened? Have they ever met face to face? The old unstoppable force vs Immoveable object debate", "c_root_id_A": "cmeib9a", "c_root_id_B": "cmef7go", "created_at_utc_A": 1417102776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1417091772.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The most likely outcome is that whatever is holding Captain America's shield (be it him or someone or something else) breaks first. If you ignore that possibility though, Juggernaut likely trumps. Cap's shield is frequently described as \"unbreakable\" but in the end, it's just really really strong metal (and it has been broken before). Juggernaut on the other hand, is in fact magically empowered to be unstoppable. Now, those powers can wax and wane so it's not an absolute either, but generally, magical strength beats material strength.", "human_ref_B": "If you want a more fitting scenario.... have Juggy charge at The Blob.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11004.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "363aej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel] Why is Captain America's Super Soldier Serum so difficult to replicate?", "c_root_id_A": "cralos2", "c_root_id_B": "crb07cp", "created_at_utc_A": 1431737229.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431784295.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Which Marvel universe? 616, Ultimate, MCU, Zombie, Noir, Animated, 2099, Larval...", "human_ref_B": "You will never have the same results due to the fact that Roger's heart played a big role in the success of the serum.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47066.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9eq33f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Lotr] So are the elves gonna allow Frodo to fall in love and mate with an elf woman in the Undying Lands? Not to procreate, but just for love? otherwise his eternity in valinor will be very empty", "c_root_id_A": "e5qn791", "c_root_id_B": "e5qpf3c", "created_at_utc_A": 1536606900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536608743.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "If an elf wants him and wants to sleep with him they can, and they may suffer the judgement of their fellows. Depends on how good he is at seduction and in bed.", "human_ref_B": "The Undying Lands are called that because their inhabitants are immortal, not because people who go there become immortal. Frodo (and Bilbo, and Sam and Gimli will still grow old and die). Funnily enough, this misunderstanding also exists in-universe and is the reason why the N\u00famenoreans tried to invade Valinor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1843.0, "score_ratio": 5.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9eq33f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Lotr] So are the elves gonna allow Frodo to fall in love and mate with an elf woman in the Undying Lands? Not to procreate, but just for love? otherwise his eternity in valinor will be very empty", "c_root_id_A": "e5qpf3c", "c_root_id_B": "e5qpe7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1536608743.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536608722.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Undying Lands are called that because their inhabitants are immortal, not because people who go there become immortal. Frodo (and Bilbo, and Sam and Gimli will still grow old and die). Funnily enough, this misunderstanding also exists in-universe and is the reason why the N\u00famenoreans tried to invade Valinor.", "human_ref_B": "Frodo never seemed that interested in marriage, just like his uncle. And he isn't going to spend eternity there. He's still mortal and he will die, he will just go to where all men go when they die.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21.0, "score_ratio": 5.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9eq33f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Lotr] So are the elves gonna allow Frodo to fall in love and mate with an elf woman in the Undying Lands? Not to procreate, but just for love? otherwise his eternity in valinor will be very empty", "c_root_id_A": "e5qxdr3", "c_root_id_B": "e5qn791", "created_at_utc_A": 1536615307.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536606900.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "1. It\u2019s not a sin for a Hobbit to marry and have children with Elves. Hobbits are of the Race of Man and many of the Great Heroes were descendants of such unions. 2. It\u2019s not a sin to have children in Valinor. The Noldor became a populous people in Valinor before their chosen exile. 3. Frodo, Bilbo, Gimli, or Sam, any mortal will not live forever in Valinor. They are mortal and eternal life isn\u2019t a thing for them get. 4. Frodo hasn\u2019t been one to long for a romantic companion", "human_ref_B": "If an elf wants him and wants to sleep with him they can, and they may suffer the judgement of their fellows. Depends on how good he is at seduction and in bed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8407.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9eq33f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Lotr] So are the elves gonna allow Frodo to fall in love and mate with an elf woman in the Undying Lands? Not to procreate, but just for love? otherwise his eternity in valinor will be very empty", "c_root_id_A": "e5qpe7p", "c_root_id_B": "e5qxdr3", "created_at_utc_A": 1536608722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536615307.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Frodo never seemed that interested in marriage, just like his uncle. And he isn't going to spend eternity there. He's still mortal and he will die, he will just go to where all men go when they die.", "human_ref_B": "1. It\u2019s not a sin for a Hobbit to marry and have children with Elves. Hobbits are of the Race of Man and many of the Great Heroes were descendants of such unions. 2. It\u2019s not a sin to have children in Valinor. The Noldor became a populous people in Valinor before their chosen exile. 3. Frodo, Bilbo, Gimli, or Sam, any mortal will not live forever in Valinor. They are mortal and eternal life isn\u2019t a thing for them get. 4. Frodo hasn\u2019t been one to long for a romantic companion", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6585.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwcpdt", "c_root_id_B": "cuwc6dt", "created_at_utc_A": 1441852470.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441851507.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "First, you must pray to your patron to grant you a portion of divine power to do so. You may also require some religious token or icon and other accoutrements of your faith. Also you would probably need to truly believe in your religion in order to channel the needed holy power to perform such a (relatively minor) miracle. But after all that stuff, I assume your blessed baseball bat or whatever will cause pain to the supernatural.", "human_ref_B": "That depends entirely on the universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 963.0, "score_ratio": 3.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwc6dt", "c_root_id_B": "cuwgx0g", "created_at_utc_A": 1441851507.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441861244.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "That depends entirely on the universe.", "human_ref_B": "I have never considered this. I blessed some mail order holy water before I baptized my son, but if he got buffed in any way, it was with the gift of the most annoying noises known to Mom.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9737.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwm2ch", "c_root_id_B": "cuwc6dt", "created_at_utc_A": 1441881873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441851507.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Maybe with some practice. You'll need to bless some weapons and attempt to gauge their divine properties on some test subjects; for science, of course. I mean sure, you can take online classes and watch *DIY - Blessed/Holy crafting and augmentation - Episode 1* on YouTube, but a piece of paper from an online course doesn't quantify real-world XP. I recommend visiting your local church/guild to see if there are any quest lines available for an aspiring Faith build. Just don't tell anyone you leveled Dex.", "human_ref_B": "That depends entirely on the universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30366.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwm2ch", "c_root_id_B": "cuwhef1", "created_at_utc_A": 1441881873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441862549.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe with some practice. You'll need to bless some weapons and attempt to gauge their divine properties on some test subjects; for science, of course. I mean sure, you can take online classes and watch *DIY - Blessed/Holy crafting and augmentation - Episode 1* on YouTube, but a piece of paper from an online course doesn't quantify real-world XP. I recommend visiting your local church/guild to see if there are any quest lines available for an aspiring Faith build. Just don't tell anyone you leveled Dex.", "human_ref_B": "Phffft... What are you like, level, one-half? Dream on acolyte. Slay some infidels and pray for a few days and maybe you could bless a weapon to do magic damage, so it can harm the undead and demonic entities... You want a damage bonus? Talk to the Big Guy after you banish your first devil.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19324.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwm2ch", "c_root_id_B": "cuwjtrn", "created_at_utc_A": 1441881873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441870650.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe with some practice. You'll need to bless some weapons and attempt to gauge their divine properties on some test subjects; for science, of course. I mean sure, you can take online classes and watch *DIY - Blessed/Holy crafting and augmentation - Episode 1* on YouTube, but a piece of paper from an online course doesn't quantify real-world XP. I recommend visiting your local church/guild to see if there are any quest lines available for an aspiring Faith build. Just don't tell anyone you leveled Dex.", "human_ref_B": "If you follow a religion and are a good devout worshipper you might be able to bless things depending on how your god feels about you doing it. No certification needed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11223.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwm2ch", "c_root_id_B": "cuwm06g", "created_at_utc_A": 1441881873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441881618.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe with some practice. You'll need to bless some weapons and attempt to gauge their divine properties on some test subjects; for science, of course. I mean sure, you can take online classes and watch *DIY - Blessed/Holy crafting and augmentation - Episode 1* on YouTube, but a piece of paper from an online course doesn't quantify real-world XP. I recommend visiting your local church/guild to see if there are any quest lines available for an aspiring Faith build. Just don't tell anyone you leveled Dex.", "human_ref_B": "Only if you are a Methodist, otherwise you are a filthy heretic and are going to hell.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 255.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwm2ch", "c_root_id_B": "cuwhgi7", "created_at_utc_A": 1441881873.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441862711.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Maybe with some practice. You'll need to bless some weapons and attempt to gauge their divine properties on some test subjects; for science, of course. I mean sure, you can take online classes and watch *DIY - Blessed/Holy crafting and augmentation - Episode 1* on YouTube, but a piece of paper from an online course doesn't quantify real-world XP. I recommend visiting your local church/guild to see if there are any quest lines available for an aspiring Faith build. Just don't tell anyone you leveled Dex.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, but only if you order the weapons from Amazon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19162.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwjrlw", "c_root_id_B": "cuwm2ch", "created_at_utc_A": 1441870412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441881873.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Usually you can bless things because there is literally a god and he likes you, or because of your belief itself. So either way no", "human_ref_B": "Maybe with some practice. You'll need to bless some weapons and attempt to gauge their divine properties on some test subjects; for science, of course. I mean sure, you can take online classes and watch *DIY - Blessed/Holy crafting and augmentation - Episode 1* on YouTube, but a piece of paper from an online course doesn't quantify real-world XP. I recommend visiting your local church/guild to see if there are any quest lines available for an aspiring Faith build. Just don't tell anyone you leveled Dex.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11461.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwhgi7", "c_root_id_B": "cuwjtrn", "created_at_utc_A": 1441862711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441870650.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes, but only if you order the weapons from Amazon.", "human_ref_B": "If you follow a religion and are a good devout worshipper you might be able to bless things depending on how your god feels about you doing it. No certification needed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7939.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwjrlw", "c_root_id_B": "cuwjtrn", "created_at_utc_A": 1441870412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441870650.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Usually you can bless things because there is literally a god and he likes you, or because of your belief itself. So either way no", "human_ref_B": "If you follow a religion and are a good devout worshipper you might be able to bless things depending on how your god feels about you doing it. No certification needed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 238.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwhgi7", "c_root_id_B": "cuwm06g", "created_at_utc_A": 1441862711.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441881618.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes, but only if you order the weapons from Amazon.", "human_ref_B": "Only if you are a Methodist, otherwise you are a filthy heretic and are going to hell.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18907.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwjrlw", "c_root_id_B": "cuwm06g", "created_at_utc_A": 1441870412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441881618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Usually you can bless things because there is literally a god and he likes you, or because of your belief itself. So either way no", "human_ref_B": "Only if you are a Methodist, otherwise you are a filthy heretic and are going to hell.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11206.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwp0pf", "c_root_id_B": "cuwjrlw", "created_at_utc_A": 1441890796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441870412.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Absolutely - it's powered by your faith, right?", "human_ref_B": "Usually you can bless things because there is literally a god and he likes you, or because of your belief itself. So either way no", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20384.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwvxqf", "c_root_id_B": "cuwjrlw", "created_at_utc_A": 1441902738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441870412.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "nope, not enough strength in the connection. There's a reason why printing off a pdf of the necronomicon won't let you summon elder gods. drawing on true power requires more ritualized elements, unless your becoming a priest of the internet iitself that is", "human_ref_B": "Usually you can bless things because there is literally a god and he likes you, or because of your belief itself. So either way no", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32326.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cuwjrlw", "c_root_id_B": "cuyqv82", "created_at_utc_A": 1441870412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1442035649.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Usually you can bless things because there is literally a god and he likes you, or because of your belief itself. So either way no", "human_ref_B": "You need about 5 lbs of powdered silver, and you need to have Bless Water on your spell list, and a Wisdom score of at least 11. At today's spot price, this will cost you about $1000-1200 dollars. Because of high silver prices, it's hard to find legitimate blessed water outside the Catholic Church. Some say the Pedophilia scandals were part of a long-con by a vampire cabal to defund the Church, and thus remove the amount of blessed water its vampire hunters had access to. In Ireland they've been quite successful", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 165237.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3kbysx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General Fantasy] I recently became an ordained minister via the Internet. If I bless weapons or other items will they have any effect on supernatural creatures?", "c_root_id_A": "cval6wq", "c_root_id_B": "cuwjrlw", "created_at_utc_A": 1442953586.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441870412.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This is fundamentally a question of divinity. Divine power is powered by faith, which is why gods tend to be such dicks about requiring worship - its where their power comes from. If ie. a Catholic priest blesses a weapon, its power over supernatural creatures flows ultimately from the collective faith of all Catholics, which is a pretty substantial power source. Assuming there is no actual faith behind your ministry, then the - deity probably isn't the right word so lets say concept of your ministry has no power. Even if there actually are a few true believers of your tiny ministry that's just like trying to power a taser with a nine volt battery. I guess you could maybe stop a housefly (exo?)skeleton, but I don't think a vampire is going to be too impressed.", "human_ref_B": "Usually you can bless things because there is literally a god and he likes you, or because of your belief itself. So either way no", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1083174.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8sy9mi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Incredibles] Did Syndrome actually succeed in a 99% genocide of the old guard of Supers, besides the Parrs and Lucius? Are there any left that might have made it?", "c_root_id_A": "e13uvc1", "c_root_id_B": "e13l0z5", "created_at_utc_A": 1529674496.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529659395.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Much as I LOVE The Incredibles, Syndrome never figured out Mr. Incredible was married to Elastigirl? He must have had bios on all his family members but did not see the resemblance?", "human_ref_B": "Having them fight the omnidroid was overkill... he could\u2019ve just given them all capes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15101.0, "score_ratio": 1.4705882353, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "slb3na", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Attack on Titan] Does being a shifter grant superhuman abilities? (spoilers for the anime) I am caught up with everything that\u2019s currently animated, but haven\u2019t read the manga, so please tag those spoilers. I\u2019m rewatching right now having never read the manga and just got to the part towards the end of season 2 where Reiner and Bertholdt are holding Eren and Ymir hostage in the forest. When Eren attacks Reiner while his arms are still healing, Reiner sends him flying several feet into the trunk of a tree with a single kick. While in human form, outside of standard regeneration, does being a titan shifter grant superhuman abilities? Reiner is large and Eren isn\u2019t particularly muscular compared to his peers, but I still think a single kick wouldn\u2019t be enough to send him flying like that. Of course, this probably isn\u2019t meant to be an example of slightly superhuman strength or anything, but given that most characters are bound by logic outside of the existence of ODM gear (e.g. getting hit by rocks or falling a distance similar to what would kill someone irl would kill characters in AOT), it got me wondering if titan shifters were given any strength enhancements in addition to regeneration while outside of titan form.", "c_root_id_A": "hvqsoh4", "c_root_id_B": "hvqrrom", "created_at_utc_A": 1644097367.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644096953.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "no, in the anime verse (and comic verse too) humans are just capable of training their bodies to be that strong, is kind of how the ackermans are supposed to be completly normal humans yet are completly capable of obliterating a small army of titans like nothing", "human_ref_B": "I have never seen the show I just have a question. Does anyone in AoT have superspeed? Like run/react/perceive things fast?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 414.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "slb3na", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Attack on Titan] Does being a shifter grant superhuman abilities? (spoilers for the anime) I am caught up with everything that\u2019s currently animated, but haven\u2019t read the manga, so please tag those spoilers. I\u2019m rewatching right now having never read the manga and just got to the part towards the end of season 2 where Reiner and Bertholdt are holding Eren and Ymir hostage in the forest. When Eren attacks Reiner while his arms are still healing, Reiner sends him flying several feet into the trunk of a tree with a single kick. While in human form, outside of standard regeneration, does being a titan shifter grant superhuman abilities? Reiner is large and Eren isn\u2019t particularly muscular compared to his peers, but I still think a single kick wouldn\u2019t be enough to send him flying like that. Of course, this probably isn\u2019t meant to be an example of slightly superhuman strength or anything, but given that most characters are bound by logic outside of the existence of ODM gear (e.g. getting hit by rocks or falling a distance similar to what would kill someone irl would kill characters in AOT), it got me wondering if titan shifters were given any strength enhancements in addition to regeneration while outside of titan form.", "c_root_id_A": "hvqrrom", "c_root_id_B": "hvxgnwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1644096953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644229586.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I have never seen the show I just have a question. Does anyone in AoT have superspeed? Like run/react/perceive things fast?", "human_ref_B": "It's the ackermans that have titan abilities while still being human. The specific thing you're referring to is just anime logic. There's another scene in a flashback where Reiner is sent flying dozens of meters in the air by Mikasa, which is physically impossible. This hasn't been confirmed (to my knowledge) but it's actually the other way around; the human form influences the titan form. not a whole lot of evidence to support my theory, but it's based on the fact that Ymir's titan form was specifically stated to be no where near as fast as Galliard's (and also lacked the skull mask and had much smaller claws). Ymir wasn't put through years of grueling training like Porco (the warrior program was far more tough than the soldier cadet program), and as a result her body was less acclimated to unlocking the true potential of the Jaw Titan. It's also supported by the fact that when Eren is exhausted and tries to transform, he transforms into 10 meter tall titan that is basically just skin and bones. Then again IIRC it wasn't intended for the Jaw Titan to look like that, the Galliard titan was somewhat of a retcon, but it's still backed up by some evidence in-universe. If a regular unathletic person was a titan shifter their titan would probably be very weak when compared to Reiner or Eren or Annie. So in other words no, Reiner and the rest went through 2 separate military training programs and are just very strong but not physically impossible strong in their human forms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 132633.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6jp3s2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] We're a small cadre of Jedi survivors of Order 66 on our way to a satellite galaxy, the Rishi Maze. What are our chances of successfully evading the Galactic Empire and living to the end of the Galactic Civil War? The Rishi Maze was a satellite galaxy, and I believe that it could be seen in one of the movies. Since it's not in the Galactic Empire proper, what would be the survivors' chances of living there peacefully until after the Battle of Endor?", "c_root_id_A": "djfzmkl", "c_root_id_B": "djg12pv", "created_at_utc_A": 1498525570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498527448.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "0\\. As evidenced by the fact that we know that no one other than Obi-Wan and Yoda make it.", "human_ref_B": "You wouldn't even need to go that far out of your way. Just keep quiet, keep your head down, and don't cause any trouble. The Empire will eventually give up looking for Jedi if they stop finding them after a while. Settle down on an out of the way world, hide your lightsaber, and pretend to be a local.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1878.0, "score_ratio": -6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6jp3s2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] We're a small cadre of Jedi survivors of Order 66 on our way to a satellite galaxy, the Rishi Maze. What are our chances of successfully evading the Galactic Empire and living to the end of the Galactic Civil War? The Rishi Maze was a satellite galaxy, and I believe that it could be seen in one of the movies. Since it's not in the Galactic Empire proper, what would be the survivors' chances of living there peacefully until after the Battle of Endor?", "c_root_id_A": "djghdot", "c_root_id_B": "djfzmkl", "created_at_utc_A": 1498558672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498525570.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "Doubtful. Between the Inquisitors, Vader, and the Empire's stormtroopers, odds are you're going to be detected and eliminated before the end of the war. The more Jedi you have, the easier it will be for Vader and the Inquisitors (or even Palpatine himself) to detect you, and also the more likely you are to give yourself away by some seemingly harmless selfless act. You've got three options at this point- Join the rebels, join the Inquisitors, or die. If you're interested in the first, head to a small backwater called Lothal... Ask for Kanan or Hera. They'll know who you're looking for.", "human_ref_B": "0\\. As evidenced by the fact that we know that no one other than Obi-Wan and Yoda make it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33102.0, "score_ratio": -1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkhvdy", "c_root_id_B": "hxkje5a", "created_at_utc_A": 1645272422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645273536.0, "score_A": 50, "score_B": 239, "human_ref_A": "I don't think anybody's condoning his actions, it's just that nobody can catch him, depending on the continuity and storyline. Man is a vigilante who's hated and feared by other vigilantes. Nobody willingly associates with him for any real stretch of time, and at best he's somebody to be tolerated when up against a bigger threat.", "human_ref_B": "Frank is \"allowed\" to kill people because he's a criminal. He engages in violent vigilantism on his own merit and is officially a criminal in the eyes of the NYPD. *Spider-Man not murdering doesn't really impact this as he is considered a criminal as well, and the police would arrest both if given the chance. If the question is why Spider-Man hasn't caught him, there is the fact that Punisher is a prepper. He doesn't just go out shooting randomly except for the time he was drugged. He isn't going into areas where he would run into Spider-Man and if he does, he's already planned to use Spider-Man to help him complete his objective and then escape. The same can be said when he works with Daredevil, etc. The government isn't allowing it (aside from when he was a member of the Thunderbolts), the simple fact is that Frank is very hard to catch. It isn't something the government can just do. He has been captured in the past and arrested, he always manages to escape. They could pour resources into trying to catch him but among all the things they have to worry about in a universe where a giant purple guy could eat the planet a guy in a skull shirt shooting mobsters is low on the priority list. It wouldn't taint the image of the Avengers because they aren't affiliated with him. He's just some random Guy, there are literally thousands of costumed people in the 616 universe. It'd easy to distinguish them especially when the Avengers had a no kill rule for years. That being said the Avengers have tried to bring Frank in at least two times. The fact that he ultimately got away again speaks to how elusive he can be. He's willing to do anything to get away such as when he stole the War Machine armor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1114.0, "score_ratio": 4.78, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxks3rf", "c_root_id_B": "hxkqj4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1645278807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645277953.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "There are \u2018unsolved\u2019 murders in the area you live in. The police probably know who comitted some of them but don\u2019t have sufficient evidence to bring a succesful prosecution. Doesn\u2019t mean those murders are \u2018allowed\u2019. Do you feel those murders \u2018taint the image\u2019 of the Beatles? Or Manchester United Football Club? Or the Boy Scouts? No, because the murders and the murderers aren\u2019t connected to those groups in any way.", "human_ref_B": ">Why is the govt allowing this they aren't. Punisher is a vigilante. he works for himself and just doesn't let himself be caught. nobody is \"letting\" him kill, he is just doing it and avoiding capture most of the time. >why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers? why would it? Punisher usually has nothing to do with the avengers. maybe he will join up in a world ending scenario but he isnt a member of the group nor is he often affiliated with them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 854.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxks3rf", "c_root_id_B": "hxkq9sq", "created_at_utc_A": 1645278807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645277809.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "There are \u2018unsolved\u2019 murders in the area you live in. The police probably know who comitted some of them but don\u2019t have sufficient evidence to bring a succesful prosecution. Doesn\u2019t mean those murders are \u2018allowed\u2019. Do you feel those murders \u2018taint the image\u2019 of the Beatles? Or Manchester United Football Club? Or the Boy Scouts? No, because the murders and the murderers aren\u2019t connected to those groups in any way.", "human_ref_B": "He's allowed to get away with murder for the same reason that Jack The Ripper was allowed to get away with murder- because people don't catch him. Like most people who get away with murder, he's very much *not* allowed to get away with murder. The issue is that, like most people who get away with murder, he keeps doing it anyway.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 998.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkm0e9", "c_root_id_B": "hxks3rf", "created_at_utc_A": 1645275268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645278807.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "I think in some comics even when he's in custody, he regularly escapes incarceration.", "human_ref_B": "There are \u2018unsolved\u2019 murders in the area you live in. The police probably know who comitted some of them but don\u2019t have sufficient evidence to bring a succesful prosecution. Doesn\u2019t mean those murders are \u2018allowed\u2019. Do you feel those murders \u2018taint the image\u2019 of the Beatles? Or Manchester United Football Club? Or the Boy Scouts? No, because the murders and the murderers aren\u2019t connected to those groups in any way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3539.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkq9sq", "c_root_id_B": "hxkqj4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1645277809.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645277953.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "He's allowed to get away with murder for the same reason that Jack The Ripper was allowed to get away with murder- because people don't catch him. Like most people who get away with murder, he's very much *not* allowed to get away with murder. The issue is that, like most people who get away with murder, he keeps doing it anyway.", "human_ref_B": ">Why is the govt allowing this they aren't. Punisher is a vigilante. he works for himself and just doesn't let himself be caught. nobody is \"letting\" him kill, he is just doing it and avoiding capture most of the time. >why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers? why would it? Punisher usually has nothing to do with the avengers. maybe he will join up in a world ending scenario but he isnt a member of the group nor is he often affiliated with them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 144.0, "score_ratio": 1.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkm0e9", "c_root_id_B": "hxkqj4y", "created_at_utc_A": 1645275268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645277953.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "I think in some comics even when he's in custody, he regularly escapes incarceration.", "human_ref_B": ">Why is the govt allowing this they aren't. Punisher is a vigilante. he works for himself and just doesn't let himself be caught. nobody is \"letting\" him kill, he is just doing it and avoiding capture most of the time. >why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers? why would it? Punisher usually has nothing to do with the avengers. maybe he will join up in a world ending scenario but he isnt a member of the group nor is he often affiliated with them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2685.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkm0e9", "c_root_id_B": "hxkq9sq", "created_at_utc_A": 1645275268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645277809.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "I think in some comics even when he's in custody, he regularly escapes incarceration.", "human_ref_B": "He's allowed to get away with murder for the same reason that Jack The Ripper was allowed to get away with murder- because people don't catch him. Like most people who get away with murder, he's very much *not* allowed to get away with murder. The issue is that, like most people who get away with murder, he keeps doing it anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2541.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxksmiz", "c_root_id_B": "hxl8fcx", "created_at_utc_A": 1645279084.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645286430.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "He's pretty smart and good at evading authorities. And he's also not always in New York. Spider-Man doesn't catch every crook.", "human_ref_B": "It doesn't taint the other hero groups because A) they only tolerate his BS during extreme circumstances (like Cap's side giving him some slack during Civil War) and B) they will interfere with him when they cross paths. Both Spider-Man and Daredevil have gotten into dust-ups with him before, and will oppose him when he's being too overt with his vigilante shenanigans. And for the most part, he's considered to be below the Avengers' pay grade; no one wants them taking time away from watching the skies for Galactus or being on guard against Doctor Doom or Namor to track down some guy with rifles who the police should be handling. The other heroes make it absolutely clear that Frank Castle is **not** one of theirs, and the public hears and understands that message.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7346.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkt5mr", "c_root_id_B": "hxl8fcx", "created_at_utc_A": 1645279363.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645286430.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Frank is only a superhero for the reader, for the average hero and citizen he's a villain", "human_ref_B": "It doesn't taint the other hero groups because A) they only tolerate his BS during extreme circumstances (like Cap's side giving him some slack during Civil War) and B) they will interfere with him when they cross paths. Both Spider-Man and Daredevil have gotten into dust-ups with him before, and will oppose him when he's being too overt with his vigilante shenanigans. And for the most part, he's considered to be below the Avengers' pay grade; no one wants them taking time away from watching the skies for Galactus or being on guard against Doctor Doom or Namor to track down some guy with rifles who the police should be handling. The other heroes make it absolutely clear that Frank Castle is **not** one of theirs, and the public hears and understands that message.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7067.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxl8fcx", "c_root_id_B": "hxkm0e9", "created_at_utc_A": 1645286430.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645275268.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It doesn't taint the other hero groups because A) they only tolerate his BS during extreme circumstances (like Cap's side giving him some slack during Civil War) and B) they will interfere with him when they cross paths. Both Spider-Man and Daredevil have gotten into dust-ups with him before, and will oppose him when he's being too overt with his vigilante shenanigans. And for the most part, he's considered to be below the Avengers' pay grade; no one wants them taking time away from watching the skies for Galactus or being on guard against Doctor Doom or Namor to track down some guy with rifles who the police should be handling. The other heroes make it absolutely clear that Frank Castle is **not** one of theirs, and the public hears and understands that message.", "human_ref_B": "I think in some comics even when he's in custody, he regularly escapes incarceration.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11162.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkm0e9", "c_root_id_B": "hxksmiz", "created_at_utc_A": 1645275268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645279084.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I think in some comics even when he's in custody, he regularly escapes incarceration.", "human_ref_B": "He's pretty smart and good at evading authorities. And he's also not always in New York. Spider-Man doesn't catch every crook.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3816.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxlq5p0", "c_root_id_B": "hxkt5mr", "created_at_utc_A": 1645293658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645279363.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He is \"officially\" a criminal, but in DD it was pretty obvious there were a lot of sympathizers on his side. All it really takes is a couple cops looking the other way. To go along with this he has the same effect on the public. Not many people are really going to care when a bunch of thugs and rapists end up in the morgue.", "human_ref_B": "Frank is only a superhero for the reader, for the average hero and citizen he's a villain", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14295.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxlq5p0", "c_root_id_B": "hxkm0e9", "created_at_utc_A": 1645293658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645275268.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He is \"officially\" a criminal, but in DD it was pretty obvious there were a lot of sympathizers on his side. All it really takes is a couple cops looking the other way. To go along with this he has the same effect on the public. Not many people are really going to care when a bunch of thugs and rapists end up in the morgue.", "human_ref_B": "I think in some comics even when he's in custody, he regularly escapes incarceration.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18390.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkm0e9", "c_root_id_B": "hxkt5mr", "created_at_utc_A": 1645275268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645279363.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think in some comics even when he's in custody, he regularly escapes incarceration.", "human_ref_B": "Frank is only a superhero for the reader, for the average hero and citizen he's a villain", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4095.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxkm0e9", "c_root_id_B": "hxlspra", "created_at_utc_A": 1645275268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645294710.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think in some comics even when he's in custody, he regularly escapes incarceration.", "human_ref_B": "1) They never catch him. Sometimes Daredevil or Spider-Man will throw him to the police, but he escapes 2 seconds later and they\u2019re like \u201cwell oops\u201d 2) Not every hero is affiliated with the Avengers. And in cases where he has to work with others Frank has been known to use rubber bullets.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19442.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxm0mz2", "c_root_id_B": "hxmp2r0", "created_at_utc_A": 1645297958.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645308429.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "When he was captured by the Defenders during Diamondback's war for control of the crime in New York he was, captured, in steel restraints, muzzled, and hanging from the ceiling of the armored car they were transporting him to prison in, and he still busted out so easily that it wasn't even shown.", "human_ref_B": "He doesnt. He gets arrested all the time, then spends a relaxing vacation killing all and sundry in prison, until locked up in solitary, then usually someone sympathetic in the justice or intelligence community lets him out for a job and he goes on his merry way. He's also a massive pain in the ass to deal with and take on with his prep skills, and due to his ludicrous investigation skills has never targeted an innocent party. He's also had the benefit of sympathetic individuals like White Nick Fury watching his back and diverting attention from him and lastly he mostly successfully avoids guys who hate him and can kick his ass, like Daredevil, most of the time, until theres some emergency.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10471.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxmp2r0", "c_root_id_B": "hxmdb53", "created_at_utc_A": 1645308429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645303275.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He doesnt. He gets arrested all the time, then spends a relaxing vacation killing all and sundry in prison, until locked up in solitary, then usually someone sympathetic in the justice or intelligence community lets him out for a job and he goes on his merry way. He's also a massive pain in the ass to deal with and take on with his prep skills, and due to his ludicrous investigation skills has never targeted an innocent party. He's also had the benefit of sympathetic individuals like White Nick Fury watching his back and diverting attention from him and lastly he mostly successfully avoids guys who hate him and can kick his ass, like Daredevil, most of the time, until theres some emergency.", "human_ref_B": "He's actually gone to prison.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5154.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxmp2r0", "c_root_id_B": "hxm6ros", "created_at_utc_A": 1645308429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645300453.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He doesnt. He gets arrested all the time, then spends a relaxing vacation killing all and sundry in prison, until locked up in solitary, then usually someone sympathetic in the justice or intelligence community lets him out for a job and he goes on his merry way. He's also a massive pain in the ass to deal with and take on with his prep skills, and due to his ludicrous investigation skills has never targeted an innocent party. He's also had the benefit of sympathetic individuals like White Nick Fury watching his back and diverting attention from him and lastly he mostly successfully avoids guys who hate him and can kick his ass, like Daredevil, most of the time, until theres some emergency.", "human_ref_B": "As I understand it The Punisher character first appeared as one of Spidermans villains. Later he was reworked to the anti hero we all know and love. One story I read had Spidey and Frank Castle teaming up. And Spidey spends as much time stopping Punisher from killing as he does fighting criminals. Another story had both villains and heroes uniting to stop some cosmic threat. Frank is chill for like two minutes before he starts killing criminals. So my understanding is that nobody allows Frank Castle to do anything. And if they can the other heroes do try to stop Frank Castle. But The Punisher is extremely good at what he does.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7976.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxmp2r0", "c_root_id_B": "hxmfven", "created_at_utc_A": 1645308429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645304390.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He doesnt. He gets arrested all the time, then spends a relaxing vacation killing all and sundry in prison, until locked up in solitary, then usually someone sympathetic in the justice or intelligence community lets him out for a job and he goes on his merry way. He's also a massive pain in the ass to deal with and take on with his prep skills, and due to his ludicrous investigation skills has never targeted an innocent party. He's also had the benefit of sympathetic individuals like White Nick Fury watching his back and diverting attention from him and lastly he mostly successfully avoids guys who hate him and can kick his ass, like Daredevil, most of the time, until theres some emergency.", "human_ref_B": "He's not. He's been beaten by other heroes multiple times. He's a self-righteous homicidal maniac.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4039.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxme319", "c_root_id_B": "hxm0mz2", "created_at_utc_A": 1645303617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645297958.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Avengers have kicked his ass and sent him to prison.", "human_ref_B": "When he was captured by the Defenders during Diamondback's war for control of the crime in New York he was, captured, in steel restraints, muzzled, and hanging from the ceiling of the armored car they were transporting him to prison in, and he still busted out so easily that it wasn't even shown.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5659.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxme319", "c_root_id_B": "hxmdb53", "created_at_utc_A": 1645303617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645303275.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Avengers have kicked his ass and sent him to prison.", "human_ref_B": "He's actually gone to prison.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 342.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxm6ros", "c_root_id_B": "hxme319", "created_at_utc_A": 1645300453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645303617.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "As I understand it The Punisher character first appeared as one of Spidermans villains. Later he was reworked to the anti hero we all know and love. One story I read had Spidey and Frank Castle teaming up. And Spidey spends as much time stopping Punisher from killing as he does fighting criminals. Another story had both villains and heroes uniting to stop some cosmic threat. Frank is chill for like two minutes before he starts killing criminals. So my understanding is that nobody allows Frank Castle to do anything. And if they can the other heroes do try to stop Frank Castle. But The Punisher is extremely good at what he does.", "human_ref_B": "The Avengers have kicked his ass and sent him to prison.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3164.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxmdb53", "c_root_id_B": "hxm6ros", "created_at_utc_A": 1645303275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645300453.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He's actually gone to prison.", "human_ref_B": "As I understand it The Punisher character first appeared as one of Spidermans villains. Later he was reworked to the anti hero we all know and love. One story I read had Spidey and Frank Castle teaming up. And Spidey spends as much time stopping Punisher from killing as he does fighting criminals. Another story had both villains and heroes uniting to stop some cosmic threat. Frank is chill for like two minutes before he starts killing criminals. So my understanding is that nobody allows Frank Castle to do anything. And if they can the other heroes do try to stop Frank Castle. But The Punisher is extremely good at what he does.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2822.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxm6ros", "c_root_id_B": "hxn2jot", "created_at_utc_A": 1645300453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645314590.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As I understand it The Punisher character first appeared as one of Spidermans villains. Later he was reworked to the anti hero we all know and love. One story I read had Spidey and Frank Castle teaming up. And Spidey spends as much time stopping Punisher from killing as he does fighting criminals. Another story had both villains and heroes uniting to stop some cosmic threat. Frank is chill for like two minutes before he starts killing criminals. So my understanding is that nobody allows Frank Castle to do anything. And if they can the other heroes do try to stop Frank Castle. But The Punisher is extremely good at what he does.", "human_ref_B": "Are you kidding me? The cops love him. They all aspire to be like him, and they plaster his logo on all their stuff- much to his chagrin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14137.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sw8jk6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel] How is punisher allowed to get away with murder? Fine he kills bad people. But how is that allowed in a city where non murdering vigilantes like Spiderman exist? Why is the govt allowing this and why doesnt it taint the image of the Avengers?", "c_root_id_A": "hxmfven", "c_root_id_B": "hxn2jot", "created_at_utc_A": 1645304390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645314590.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's not. He's been beaten by other heroes multiple times. He's a self-righteous homicidal maniac.", "human_ref_B": "Are you kidding me? The cops love him. They all aspire to be like him, and they plaster his logo on all their stuff- much to his chagrin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10200.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v58afc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Super Heroes] If superheroes hide their identity to protect them and their families, doesn\u2019t that imply that police officers in their world are constantly attacked because they show their face and name? Like villains get shot at and arrested by police but they only go after the masked hero and not the unmasked judges or officers that detained them?", "c_root_id_A": "ib8b539", "c_root_id_B": "ib8b00g", "created_at_utc_A": 1654414665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654414535.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "To superpowered villains who are defeated by a skilled hero with or without powers, the police are small fry. The supervillains want revenge against the hero who defeated them, or they want a real challenge, or they have an obsession. With that said the police do get attacked by supervillains all the time. It's a risk of being an officer in a setting where people with powers exist. The more organized and intelligent settings order regular officers to stay the hell away from supervillains and to focus on evacuation of citizens. They send in an appropriate hero for the issue at hand (if they endorse and work with the vigilantes) or they send in a specialized military or SWAT team trained for this kind of battle.", "human_ref_B": "There are villains that do that sort of thing. This is one of the reasons Gotham was so corrupt before Batman. And it's why it's good to have heroes who don't have that problem who can take those villains down. But superheroes deal with a lot more powerful villains than police do, so they're much more likely to be targeted than any individual police officer. And some villains might want to take hostages to force the heroes to do certain things. That's more effective if it's someone with superpowers you're making work for you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 130.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h9gfgr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[MCU] Which superheroes would survive teleporting into center of the Sun?", "c_root_id_A": "fuwlxsn", "c_root_id_B": "fuwi473", "created_at_utc_A": 1592232214.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592230215.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s my understanding that being transported to the center of the sun would make Hulk angry.", "human_ref_B": "None. It's the fucking sun, dude.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1999.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h9gfgr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[MCU] Which superheroes would survive teleporting into center of the Sun?", "c_root_id_A": "fuxoem2", "c_root_id_B": "fuwo1nh", "created_at_utc_A": 1592250528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592233277.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "If Ant-Man was in the quantum state he might have a really good chance.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe Vision assuming he can maintain his intangibility? Not sure how long that would last though", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17251.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h9gfgr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[MCU] Which superheroes would survive teleporting into center of the Sun?", "c_root_id_A": "fuwwjyd", "c_root_id_B": "fuxoem2", "created_at_utc_A": 1592237392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592250528.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "MCU seems quite depowered compared to comics. I would say Captain Marvel has a chance, maybe Doctor Strange with a right spell, Legion has enough reality bending potential to manage it as well. Comic book Hulk has that potential, not sure about MCU one.", "human_ref_B": "If Ant-Man was in the quantum state he might have a really good chance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13136.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h9gfgr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[MCU] Which superheroes would survive teleporting into center of the Sun?", "c_root_id_A": "fuxaxa5", "c_root_id_B": "fuxoem2", "created_at_utc_A": 1592244125.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592250528.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Depending on just how angry Hulk can get near-instantly, he might be able to survive. Thor also took the brute force of a star, but that wasn\u2019t the centre, and its hard to tell if he\u2019d be able to escape the sun before it killed him. Captain Marvel appears to be extremely powerful, so she might also survive.", "human_ref_B": "If Ant-Man was in the quantum state he might have a really good chance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6403.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h9gfgr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[MCU] Which superheroes would survive teleporting into center of the Sun?", "c_root_id_A": "fuxoem2", "c_root_id_B": "fuxe8hg", "created_at_utc_A": 1592250528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592245625.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If Ant-Man was in the quantum state he might have a really good chance.", "human_ref_B": "None of them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4903.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h9gfgr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[MCU] Which superheroes would survive teleporting into center of the Sun?", "c_root_id_A": "fuz4nui", "c_root_id_B": "fv0hx8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1592278102.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592317213.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think if even Ego, a celestial being, couldn't survive it (he was just a planet, and planets can't survive the Sun core), so none of them could. We could argue, somehow, that mirror dimension from Dr. Strange could lead to a sun that has not the same properties as our real Sun, so **maybe** Dr. Strange could teleport to the mirror dimension reflect of the Sun.", "human_ref_B": "in the mcu, none of them. None of them have shown durability even close to that level. None except one. Ghost rider would survive, becasue his demon form makes im invunurable to all conventional damage. He one facetanked a nuke and then just came back as if nothing happend a season later", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39111.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v7w26", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Yoda told Luke size doesn't matter when using the force, so why couldn't they just use the force to destroy the Death Star? He said it was all in your mind or whatever. If weight and size don't affect the force's ability why didn't they take more advantage of it?", "c_root_id_A": "d5we0cf", "c_root_id_B": "d5w9xtp", "created_at_utc_A": 1469825265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469819722.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Luke: You said size doesn't matter! Yoda: True, but reasonable you must be!", "human_ref_B": "Because Yoda's a cryptic, probably senile frog. He often speaks in ways where you shouldn't take completely literally. If he was able to crush the Death Star, he would have done it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5543.0, "score_ratio": 1.7428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v7w26", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Yoda told Luke size doesn't matter when using the force, so why couldn't they just use the force to destroy the Death Star? He said it was all in your mind or whatever. If weight and size don't affect the force's ability why didn't they take more advantage of it?", "c_root_id_A": "d5we0cf", "c_root_id_B": "d5w9hn1", "created_at_utc_A": 1469825265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469819139.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Luke: You said size doesn't matter! Yoda: True, but reasonable you must be!", "human_ref_B": "In addition to what the others are saying, the Death Star wasn't simply massive, it was also housing many Imperials. Even though only Vader was force sensitive, the force moves through all life, and the attempt to destroy such a creation teeming with living organisms may prove more difficult to a force sensitive than a derelict ship. On top of this, there's the issue of believing. Luke had the power to lift his X-Wing out of the swamp, but was sabotaging himself by thinking it was impossible. Yoda lost to Sidious years ago and never formally returned to rebel in any sense. He didn't believe in his capabilities as a force user. If faced with a Death Star, I don't think he would have risen to the occasion like he did with the X-Wing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6126.0, "score_ratio": 2.7727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v7w26", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Yoda told Luke size doesn't matter when using the force, so why couldn't they just use the force to destroy the Death Star? He said it was all in your mind or whatever. If weight and size don't affect the force's ability why didn't they take more advantage of it?", "c_root_id_A": "d5we0cf", "c_root_id_B": "d5wdg3o", "created_at_utc_A": 1469825265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469824471.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Luke: You said size doesn't matter! Yoda: True, but reasonable you must be!", "human_ref_B": "Well, he used it to help guide a missile into the Death Star's poop chute, thus destroying it, so there's that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 794.0, "score_ratio": 4.6923076923, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v7w26", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Yoda told Luke size doesn't matter when using the force, so why couldn't they just use the force to destroy the Death Star? He said it was all in your mind or whatever. If weight and size don't affect the force's ability why didn't they take more advantage of it?", "c_root_id_A": "d5w9xtp", "c_root_id_B": "d5w9hn1", "created_at_utc_A": 1469819722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469819139.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Because Yoda's a cryptic, probably senile frog. He often speaks in ways where you shouldn't take completely literally. If he was able to crush the Death Star, he would have done it.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to what the others are saying, the Death Star wasn't simply massive, it was also housing many Imperials. Even though only Vader was force sensitive, the force moves through all life, and the attempt to destroy such a creation teeming with living organisms may prove more difficult to a force sensitive than a derelict ship. On top of this, there's the issue of believing. Luke had the power to lift his X-Wing out of the swamp, but was sabotaging himself by thinking it was impossible. Yoda lost to Sidious years ago and never formally returned to rebel in any sense. He didn't believe in his capabilities as a force user. If faced with a Death Star, I don't think he would have risen to the occasion like he did with the X-Wing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 583.0, "score_ratio": 1.5909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghoaor6", "c_root_id_B": "ghnlip9", "created_at_utc_A": 1609474403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609458524.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "he dident, as you stated Scar is himself weak and sickly, there final battle is basically a malnourished out of shape 19 year old vs a scrawny sickly old man, had Simba grown up with a proper lion lifestyle he would have had no trouble utterly stomping his uncle", "human_ref_B": "I'd be especially concerned about him getting enough calcium without chewing on bones.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15879.0, "score_ratio": 1.2692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghoaor6", "c_root_id_B": "gho46a0", "created_at_utc_A": 1609474403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609469827.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "he dident, as you stated Scar is himself weak and sickly, there final battle is basically a malnourished out of shape 19 year old vs a scrawny sickly old man, had Simba grown up with a proper lion lifestyle he would have had no trouble utterly stomping his uncle", "human_ref_B": "Believe it or not, but this is indeed true. Lions, especially male lions that haven't gotten their own prides from mating with females yet, will indeed supplement their diet by eating bugs. It also needs to be pointed out that either due to still growing or from lack of suitable diet, Simba is smaller than Mufasa.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4576.0, "score_ratio": 1.4347826087, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghoaor6", "c_root_id_B": "ghn6xm3", "created_at_utc_A": 1609474403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609450155.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "he dident, as you stated Scar is himself weak and sickly, there final battle is basically a malnourished out of shape 19 year old vs a scrawny sickly old man, had Simba grown up with a proper lion lifestyle he would have had no trouble utterly stomping his uncle", "human_ref_B": "I'll just let MatPat explain it", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24248.0, "score_ratio": 4.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghnyt5y", "c_root_id_B": "ghoaor6", "created_at_utc_A": 1609466378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609474403.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d always assumed his diet was rich in fish. None of the African animals seem to give a shit about fish in the same way they don\u2019t care about insects.", "human_ref_B": "he dident, as you stated Scar is himself weak and sickly, there final battle is basically a malnourished out of shape 19 year old vs a scrawny sickly old man, had Simba grown up with a proper lion lifestyle he would have had no trouble utterly stomping his uncle", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8025.0, "score_ratio": 16.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghn6xm3", "c_root_id_B": "ghnlip9", "created_at_utc_A": 1609450155.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609458524.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "I'll just let MatPat explain it", "human_ref_B": "I'd be especially concerned about him getting enough calcium without chewing on bones.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8369.0, "score_ratio": 3.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghn6xm3", "c_root_id_B": "gho46a0", "created_at_utc_A": 1609450155.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609469827.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I'll just let MatPat explain it", "human_ref_B": "Believe it or not, but this is indeed true. Lions, especially male lions that haven't gotten their own prides from mating with females yet, will indeed supplement their diet by eating bugs. It also needs to be pointed out that either due to still growing or from lack of suitable diet, Simba is smaller than Mufasa.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19672.0, "score_ratio": 3.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghnyt5y", "c_root_id_B": "gho46a0", "created_at_utc_A": 1609466378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609469827.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d always assumed his diet was rich in fish. None of the African animals seem to give a shit about fish in the same way they don\u2019t care about insects.", "human_ref_B": "Believe it or not, but this is indeed true. Lions, especially male lions that haven't gotten their own prides from mating with females yet, will indeed supplement their diet by eating bugs. It also needs to be pointed out that either due to still growing or from lack of suitable diet, Simba is smaller than Mufasa.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3449.0, "score_ratio": 11.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghrv8ms", "c_root_id_B": "ghnyt5y", "created_at_utc_A": 1609544879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609466378.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Look into Grizzly bears. They build up stores of fat for hibernation by finding and eating moths, when it is cold enough that the moths are hiding under rocks. Simba was living in a jungle area, with two creatures that are excellent at finding bugs. The best possible conditions for such a diet.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d always assumed his diet was rich in fish. None of the African animals seem to give a shit about fish in the same way they don\u2019t care about insects.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 78501.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghrno3q", "c_root_id_B": "ghrv8ms", "created_at_utc_A": 1609540697.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609544879.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Worm burgers, fried crickets etc, turn out to be surprisingly nutritious IRL", "human_ref_B": "Look into Grizzly bears. They build up stores of fat for hibernation by finding and eating moths, when it is cold enough that the moths are hiding under rocks. Simba was living in a jungle area, with two creatures that are excellent at finding bugs. The best possible conditions for such a diet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4182.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghpevck", "c_root_id_B": "ghrv8ms", "created_at_utc_A": 1609504534.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609544879.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The animals in the Lion King aren\u2019t the same animals as their real life counterparts. Presumably, lions, boars, primates etc. with the capacity for human like speech, abstract thought and complex social structures have radically different biologies than the real deal, and only superficially resemble animals from the African continent. For all we know, The Lion King could be taking place on an alien planet, an alternate dimension, or a post apocalyptic future overrun by escaped genetically modified enhanced zoo animals. Simba could be using super enzymes or nano bot processors or matter energy converters to turn insects into nutrition", "human_ref_B": "Look into Grizzly bears. They build up stores of fat for hibernation by finding and eating moths, when it is cold enough that the moths are hiding under rocks. Simba was living in a jungle area, with two creatures that are excellent at finding bugs. The best possible conditions for such a diet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40345.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghs6ml1", "c_root_id_B": "ghnyt5y", "created_at_utc_A": 1609551279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609466378.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Realistically he couldnt", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d always assumed his diet was rich in fish. None of the African animals seem to give a shit about fish in the same way they don\u2019t care about insects.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 84901.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghs6ml1", "c_root_id_B": "ghrno3q", "created_at_utc_A": 1609551279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609540697.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Realistically he couldnt", "human_ref_B": "Worm burgers, fried crickets etc, turn out to be surprisingly nutritious IRL", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10582.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghpevck", "c_root_id_B": "ghs6ml1", "created_at_utc_A": 1609504534.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609551279.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The animals in the Lion King aren\u2019t the same animals as their real life counterparts. Presumably, lions, boars, primates etc. with the capacity for human like speech, abstract thought and complex social structures have radically different biologies than the real deal, and only superficially resemble animals from the African continent. For all we know, The Lion King could be taking place on an alien planet, an alternate dimension, or a post apocalyptic future overrun by escaped genetically modified enhanced zoo animals. Simba could be using super enzymes or nano bot processors or matter energy converters to turn insects into nutrition", "human_ref_B": "Realistically he couldnt", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46745.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kny1s0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Lion King] How is Simba, a growing male lion, getting enough macros from just eating insects? His gainz are enough for him to grow from a cub to a full grown lion; strong enough to be mistaken for king of the jungle Mufasa. Is that possible for a loin on just a diet of bugs? Adult Simba beats Scar in a fight, and Scar is shown to be skinny and weak specifically because he didn\u2019t have access to dem choice grindz of antelope and hippo.", "c_root_id_A": "ghpevck", "c_root_id_B": "ghrno3q", "created_at_utc_A": 1609504534.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609540697.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The animals in the Lion King aren\u2019t the same animals as their real life counterparts. Presumably, lions, boars, primates etc. with the capacity for human like speech, abstract thought and complex social structures have radically different biologies than the real deal, and only superficially resemble animals from the African continent. For all we know, The Lion King could be taking place on an alien planet, an alternate dimension, or a post apocalyptic future overrun by escaped genetically modified enhanced zoo animals. Simba could be using super enzymes or nano bot processors or matter energy converters to turn insects into nutrition", "human_ref_B": "Worm burgers, fried crickets etc, turn out to be surprisingly nutritious IRL", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36163.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "li3xx5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] The shire and wood elves Shortly after Frodo and Sam depart, but before they meet up with the other two hobbits, they spend the night and see wood elves marching. I assume their still in the shire. But earlier, one of the crotchety hobbits at the bar talk about how goblins and what not are mystical creatures and how Bilbo is crazy. Would the average shire citizen be aware of elves? Or even enough to know wood elves vs other elves? Frodo identifies them as wood elves and knows where they are going, but I guess he could be more learned than the average hobbit.", "c_root_id_A": "gn1d23v", "c_root_id_B": "gn142li", "created_at_utc_A": 1613116182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613108997.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The hobbits are well aware of goblins. They were *invaded* by them in the year 1147, by Shire Reckoning (TA 2747 for others). But Bilbo *did* go a bit strange after his adventures, and elves passing west and dwarves passing east *or* west would often drop in at his house - which is *most* peculiar. Now, as for 'wood elves'... the hobbits would, by and large, not really make the distinctions the elves do among their people. Those that began the Great Journey and chose not to complete it, among which the Silvan Elves are counted, would be just as 'elf' as any other elf, and to a typical hobbit, elf is elf and dwarf is dwarf. Bilbo and Frodo likely know some, and maybe a *few* others have some scant interest in history, but for the most part, like most humans, they wouldn't be able to tell a \u00d1oldo from an Avari.", "human_ref_B": "Hobbits arent aware of anything out of the shire and hate quests", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7185.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "li3xx5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] The shire and wood elves Shortly after Frodo and Sam depart, but before they meet up with the other two hobbits, they spend the night and see wood elves marching. I assume their still in the shire. But earlier, one of the crotchety hobbits at the bar talk about how goblins and what not are mystical creatures and how Bilbo is crazy. Would the average shire citizen be aware of elves? Or even enough to know wood elves vs other elves? Frodo identifies them as wood elves and knows where they are going, but I guess he could be more learned than the average hobbit.", "c_root_id_A": "gn1mi7b", "c_root_id_B": "gn142li", "created_at_utc_A": 1613124963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613108997.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's not so much a question of \"don't know about\" as \"don't *want* to know about\" elves. Remember, hobbit maps are usually printed with blank space beyond the borders of the Shire. The average Shire citizen thinks Bilbo and Frodo are tree-hugging hippy weirdos.", "human_ref_B": "Hobbits arent aware of anything out of the shire and hate quests", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15966.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "li3xx5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lord of the Rings] The shire and wood elves Shortly after Frodo and Sam depart, but before they meet up with the other two hobbits, they spend the night and see wood elves marching. I assume their still in the shire. But earlier, one of the crotchety hobbits at the bar talk about how goblins and what not are mystical creatures and how Bilbo is crazy. Would the average shire citizen be aware of elves? Or even enough to know wood elves vs other elves? Frodo identifies them as wood elves and knows where they are going, but I guess he could be more learned than the average hobbit.", "c_root_id_A": "gn219xy", "c_root_id_B": "gn142li", "created_at_utc_A": 1613136812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613108997.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They just don't care to know about other folks, content to stay in their little world. At some point, Aragorn made it forbidden for any man to set foot in the Shire. Hobbits wanted to be left alone that bad.", "human_ref_B": "Hobbits arent aware of anything out of the shire and hate quests", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27815.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7m8ydb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Why was Luke so important in Yoda and Obi-Wan's plan to stop the Empire? Was his Force sensitivity basically a way to get close enough to Vader and Palpatine to assassinate them? Would Vader and Palpatine be unable to resist bringing Luke close enough (past the entire Imperial military) that Luke could assassinate them?", "c_root_id_A": "drsezab", "c_root_id_B": "drsf2fe", "created_at_utc_A": 1514319727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514319838.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "They didn't have a plan. They were both living in seclusion, more or less waiting to die. When Luke shows up and wants to learn from Kenobi, he becomes their last hope because they didn't have any hope before.", "human_ref_B": "Plan? What plan? There was a plan?? I don't think there was a plan. Obi Wan was only making sure Luke wouldn't be found, killed or captured by the Empire and Yoda was on a self-exile. There was no plan, until Leia asked for help and Luke's uncles were killed there was nothing. Obi Wan figured things out as he went, making good and bad decisions along the way. Don't forget, Luke rebelled against his Mentors, only by doing that was he able to save Anakin and take down the Empire. If Obi Wan and Yoda had a plan it would fail.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 111.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7m8ydb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Why was Luke so important in Yoda and Obi-Wan's plan to stop the Empire? Was his Force sensitivity basically a way to get close enough to Vader and Palpatine to assassinate them? Would Vader and Palpatine be unable to resist bringing Luke close enough (past the entire Imperial military) that Luke could assassinate them?", "c_root_id_A": "drsoe0l", "c_root_id_B": "drsx3im", "created_at_utc_A": 1514331861.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514343917.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There was no plan, they had given up, hence \"A New Hope\", because hope was lost until Luke.", "human_ref_B": "Rogue One shows us that Bail, Obi-Wan, and Yoda had a conspiracy to topple the Empire. The Rebellion would steal plans for the Death Star. The Rebellion would present them in the Imperial Senate. Despite being an advisory body to an autocrat, leaders of systems don't want their planets destroyed would rise against the Emperor. At the same time, they would collect Obi-Wan and Luke from Tattooine and head to Alderaan, and grab Yoda along the way, probably. Training the Skywalker twins the four Jedi would confront the two Sith. Then Tarkin destroyed Alderaan.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12056.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7m8ydb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Why was Luke so important in Yoda and Obi-Wan's plan to stop the Empire? Was his Force sensitivity basically a way to get close enough to Vader and Palpatine to assassinate them? Would Vader and Palpatine be unable to resist bringing Luke close enough (past the entire Imperial military) that Luke could assassinate them?", "c_root_id_A": "drsx3im", "c_root_id_B": "drsn4k3", "created_at_utc_A": 1514343917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514330181.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Rogue One shows us that Bail, Obi-Wan, and Yoda had a conspiracy to topple the Empire. The Rebellion would steal plans for the Death Star. The Rebellion would present them in the Imperial Senate. Despite being an advisory body to an autocrat, leaders of systems don't want their planets destroyed would rise against the Emperor. At the same time, they would collect Obi-Wan and Luke from Tattooine and head to Alderaan, and grab Yoda along the way, probably. Training the Skywalker twins the four Jedi would confront the two Sith. Then Tarkin destroyed Alderaan.", "human_ref_B": "Short version: Luke was the detonator to the bomb, (Vader,) they planted on the Emperor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13736.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7m8ydb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Why was Luke so important in Yoda and Obi-Wan's plan to stop the Empire? Was his Force sensitivity basically a way to get close enough to Vader and Palpatine to assassinate them? Would Vader and Palpatine be unable to resist bringing Luke close enough (past the entire Imperial military) that Luke could assassinate them?", "c_root_id_A": "drsq4hq", "c_root_id_B": "drsx3im", "created_at_utc_A": 1514334203.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514343917.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The force works in mysterious ways, but it does enjoy a very tidy outcome. Luke being the one to turn things around and saving the galaxy from his father would certainly qualify. Yoda has been around long enough to recognize this pattern.", "human_ref_B": "Rogue One shows us that Bail, Obi-Wan, and Yoda had a conspiracy to topple the Empire. The Rebellion would steal plans for the Death Star. The Rebellion would present them in the Imperial Senate. Despite being an advisory body to an autocrat, leaders of systems don't want their planets destroyed would rise against the Emperor. At the same time, they would collect Obi-Wan and Luke from Tattooine and head to Alderaan, and grab Yoda along the way, probably. Training the Skywalker twins the four Jedi would confront the two Sith. Then Tarkin destroyed Alderaan.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9714.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7m8ydb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Why was Luke so important in Yoda and Obi-Wan's plan to stop the Empire? Was his Force sensitivity basically a way to get close enough to Vader and Palpatine to assassinate them? Would Vader and Palpatine be unable to resist bringing Luke close enough (past the entire Imperial military) that Luke could assassinate them?", "c_root_id_A": "drssxs1", "c_root_id_B": "drsx3im", "created_at_utc_A": 1514338095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514343917.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Vader and Palpatine are like a dynamic duo. If any other Jedi had stepped forth to challenge them, Vader or the Emperor would have demolished them. Obi-Wan and Yoda hedged their bets that Luke might stand a sliver of a chance of winning if Vader knew he was his son. Obi-Wan knew what Anakin was willing to do to protect his family, but believed he was beyond redemption. All they could hope for was that Luke was strong enough in the force to be a match for either of them and defeat one of them so that Ben and Yoda could come out of exile and finish the job themselves. So yes, Luke was in the end just a glorified assassin. What set him apart is that Vader would not hesitate even for a second to cut down an assassin attempting to kill himself or his dark master. But he might think twice if it were his only blood left in the universe. This is also why Ben and Yoda kept the truth from Luke as well. The knowledge of kinship is a double-edged sword, and Luke would also waver if he had a chance to strike the fatal blow on Vader.", "human_ref_B": "Rogue One shows us that Bail, Obi-Wan, and Yoda had a conspiracy to topple the Empire. The Rebellion would steal plans for the Death Star. The Rebellion would present them in the Imperial Senate. Despite being an advisory body to an autocrat, leaders of systems don't want their planets destroyed would rise against the Emperor. At the same time, they would collect Obi-Wan and Luke from Tattooine and head to Alderaan, and grab Yoda along the way, probably. Training the Skywalker twins the four Jedi would confront the two Sith. Then Tarkin destroyed Alderaan.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5822.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfu7cr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] Why do vampires and werewolves hate each other? In Underworld, World of Darkness, Twilight, both Being Humans, etc. they always have a feud going on. Why? And why does one side never actually win?", "c_root_id_A": "euckmos", "c_root_id_B": "eucl5ys", "created_at_utc_A": 1563677824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563678284.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "In *WoD* the mages are the ones who best understand the roots of the conflict between vampires and werewolves. \"Spirits\" (for lack of a better term) of nature and of technology are in secret conflict, and the general population of werewolves and the vampires represent different sides of that battle. Some werewolves appreciate tech, some vampires appreciate nature, but for the most part they're of their kind even without being conscious of the reasons. It comes down to two primal forces in the universe, that of chaos and creation on one side and of stability and fixed patterns on the other. These forces used to operate openly and were in constant conflict, but these days their machinations are more subtle. Most creatures aren't even aware of their influence. The pattern side of things wants to pollute and defile natural spaces, to weaken the ability of the spirits to bind themselves to those regions. And the natural side of things wants to force its way up through cracks in the cement, bringing change through the very foundations. This conflict is unending because if the pattern becomes fixed then the world effectively ends. It would become fixed and stagnant. But without any patterns at all, there's no world to speak of either. Life and love and everything else we enjoy and endure requires both in balance.", "human_ref_B": "Generally speaking werewolves represent nature and primal instincts in man where vampires represent inhumanity and man's decadence. Werewolves are wild animals incapable of rational thought or civility while vamps are the embodiment of depravity masked behind civility. You have one side that is primal but honest about being a monster without malice and the other side being the opposite. They'd hate each other because they can see themselves in each other. Vampires are no better than a wild dog but pretend they aren't and werewolves pretend they aren't any worse than a wild animal but see that they hunt and kill just as viciously as vampires. But each universe has its own particular reason thats less nuanced and more direct like former slavery in the underworld universe", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 460.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfu7cr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] Why do vampires and werewolves hate each other? In Underworld, World of Darkness, Twilight, both Being Humans, etc. they always have a feud going on. Why? And why does one side never actually win?", "c_root_id_A": "euclpt5", "c_root_id_B": "euckmos", "created_at_utc_A": 1563678763.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563677824.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "As in the wild, competition for a food source, aka humans. Both species regard humans as their prey, and as such want them all for themselves. As to why one side never wins, besides meta reasons, it's because when you break it down, they're evenly matched. Vampires are strong and live almost forever, but they're limited to being out at night, and many versions sleep all day, and reproducing (once again, depending on the type of vampire) takes some time. Werewolves aren't as strong, typically, but they have benefit of being awake to hunt vampires during the day, and reproducing is a lot easier (one Lycan rampage through a crowd could generate dozens of new recruits). So, in effect, these two apex predators balance each other, making sure neither gets the upper hand for long.", "human_ref_B": "In *WoD* the mages are the ones who best understand the roots of the conflict between vampires and werewolves. \"Spirits\" (for lack of a better term) of nature and of technology are in secret conflict, and the general population of werewolves and the vampires represent different sides of that battle. Some werewolves appreciate tech, some vampires appreciate nature, but for the most part they're of their kind even without being conscious of the reasons. It comes down to two primal forces in the universe, that of chaos and creation on one side and of stability and fixed patterns on the other. These forces used to operate openly and were in constant conflict, but these days their machinations are more subtle. Most creatures aren't even aware of their influence. The pattern side of things wants to pollute and defile natural spaces, to weaken the ability of the spirits to bind themselves to those regions. And the natural side of things wants to force its way up through cracks in the cement, bringing change through the very foundations. This conflict is unending because if the pattern becomes fixed then the world effectively ends. It would become fixed and stagnant. But without any patterns at all, there's no world to speak of either. Life and love and everything else we enjoy and endure requires both in balance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 939.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfu7cr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] Why do vampires and werewolves hate each other? In Underworld, World of Darkness, Twilight, both Being Humans, etc. they always have a feud going on. Why? And why does one side never actually win?", "c_root_id_A": "eucncnn", "c_root_id_B": "eucq6a9", "created_at_utc_A": 1563680218.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563682829.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The werewolves brought garlic bread to a potluck one time", "human_ref_B": "What We Do in the Shadows tells us it comes down to Werewolves peeing in Vampire Lawns to mark territory and Vampire putting traps to catch them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2611.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg66nrj", "c_root_id_B": "eg65rws", "created_at_utc_A": 1549825675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549824973.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "It's a psychosomatic response, like how someone who wears glasses a lot will reach up to adjust their lenses.", "human_ref_B": "Human minds aren't made to deal with telekinetic movement, at least not by default. So for a human to be able to use telekinetic powers, it helps to have a way to translate that power to something they are more familiar with, for instance, moving objects using their hands. Using their hands to motion how the object is going to move helps visualise what they are trying to do with their powers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 702.0, "score_ratio": 1.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6h44n", "c_root_id_B": "eg67akt", "created_at_utc_A": 1549833888.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549826182.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason some people point with a finger when reading a book, even though you technically only need your eyes and brain: because it helps them concentrate.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine Telekinesis would work like a 'mental hand' (think of something from the anime Elfen Lied...ironically, they don't use their hands when they use their power). Extended your own hand is just something people would use to help them visualize what the user wants to do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7706.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6c9w6", "c_root_id_B": "eg6h44n", "created_at_utc_A": 1549830154.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549833888.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Habit. Most learned to use their physical bodies first. This creates the association that lifting something--> move hand. Its the same type of impulse that leads people to jerk a controller around playing mario kart even though that doesn't do anything (with older systems anyway).", "human_ref_B": "For the same reason some people point with a finger when reading a book, even though you technically only need your eyes and brain: because it helps them concentrate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3734.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6h44n", "c_root_id_B": "eg6dzl8", "created_at_utc_A": 1549833888.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549831485.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason some people point with a finger when reading a book, even though you technically only need your eyes and brain: because it helps them concentrate.", "human_ref_B": "It's like follow-through in golf or baseball; Your hands act as guidelines for a force they have no real influence over", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2403.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6q0rl", "c_root_id_B": "eg6c9w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1549840727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549830154.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Strictly speaking, telekinesis is about moving objects from a distance. (The \u201ctele\u201d means \u201cfar\u201d, not \u201cmind\u201d). There\u2019s no reason to assume that using telekinesis only requires mental effort \u2014 it might be that it requires both mental effort and physical gesture. Psychokinesis is the term often used for when someone moves objects solely with their mind (\u201cpsyche\u201d means \u201cmind\u201d and \u201cKinesis\u201d refers to movement).", "human_ref_B": "Habit. Most learned to use their physical bodies first. This creates the association that lifting something--> move hand. Its the same type of impulse that leads people to jerk a controller around playing mario kart even though that doesn't do anything (with older systems anyway).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10573.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6dzl8", "c_root_id_B": "eg6q0rl", "created_at_utc_A": 1549831485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549840727.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It's like follow-through in golf or baseball; Your hands act as guidelines for a force they have no real influence over", "human_ref_B": "Strictly speaking, telekinesis is about moving objects from a distance. (The \u201ctele\u201d means \u201cfar\u201d, not \u201cmind\u201d). There\u2019s no reason to assume that using telekinesis only requires mental effort \u2014 it might be that it requires both mental effort and physical gesture. Psychokinesis is the term often used for when someone moves objects solely with their mind (\u201cpsyche\u201d means \u201cmind\u201d and \u201cKinesis\u201d refers to movement).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9242.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6weu6", "c_root_id_B": "eg6c9w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1549846152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549830154.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason you gesture when talking on the phone. It isn't necessary, just a crutch.", "human_ref_B": "Habit. Most learned to use their physical bodies first. This creates the association that lifting something--> move hand. Its the same type of impulse that leads people to jerk a controller around playing mario kart even though that doesn't do anything (with older systems anyway).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15998.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6weu6", "c_root_id_B": "eg6dzl8", "created_at_utc_A": 1549846152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549831485.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason you gesture when talking on the phone. It isn't necessary, just a crutch.", "human_ref_B": "It's like follow-through in golf or baseball; Your hands act as guidelines for a force they have no real influence over", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14667.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6weu6", "c_root_id_B": "eg6qr4k", "created_at_utc_A": 1549846152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549841328.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason you gesture when talking on the phone. It isn't necessary, just a crutch.", "human_ref_B": "Its helps focus. You should fear a telekinetic who *doesn't* use their hands, they have even better control.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4824.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ap6xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] If telekinesis is about using your mind to move objects, why do so many people with telekenesis use their hands when they're moving things around?", "c_root_id_A": "eg6uk9l", "c_root_id_B": "eg6weu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1549844539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549846152.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If your one power is telekinesis then its worth it to add in some misdirection. You dont want to get captured and experimented by a government. And you dont want to be thought of as too dangerous and taken out by a sniper. By moving your hands you provide a visible \"weakness\". Anyone who tries to exploit the weakness by say handcuffing you while asleep is now right where you want them. There you are. Tied up in a CIA safe house. Bigwig black ops director threatening you. Suddenly every one freezes in place and your restraints explode. Surprise, I didnt need to use my hands after all.", "human_ref_B": "For the same reason you gesture when talking on the phone. It isn't necessary, just a crutch.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1613.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "88kmr1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Let's say that i, somehow, ascended to a higher plane of existence and now i'm boundless to time. Which means that time itself cannot affect me. But what if someone travelled to the time where i was still a normal person and killed me? Would i lose my powers? Or i would still keep them? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "dwl9l2f", "c_root_id_B": "dwlabul", "created_at_utc_A": 1522521351.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522522208.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "If time has become irrelevant to you where it literally has no effect and no constraints, I\u2019d say you reside outside of time. This possibly meaning that no matter what happens to your past self, you won\u2019t be affected. I\u2019d feel like your past self also resides outside of time\u2019s constraints at this point making you basically immortal. So when they get to the point of your past where you should reside, you no longer reside there. There\u2019s nothing for them to kill.", "human_ref_B": "If it's multiple timelines then in the next timeline you wouldn't ascend, but the you from the previous timeline would still be there so it's fine. If it's single timeline then you clearly weren't killed because you wouldn't have ascended if you were. There are complicated ones with a delayed ripple effect. In those cases, if you're boundless to time that generally means that the ripple effect won't do anything to you. For example, in Achron, units that are destroyed in the past can survive indefinitely by chronoporting over the timewaves. This is known as timewave dodging. And if there were some way to leave the time stream altogether then the time waves wouldn't be able to reach it at all and they'd be fine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 857.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "88kmr1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General] Let's say that i, somehow, ascended to a higher plane of existence and now i'm boundless to time. Which means that time itself cannot affect me. But what if someone travelled to the time where i was still a normal person and killed me? Would i lose my powers? Or i would still keep them? What would happen?", "c_root_id_A": "dwlj48r", "c_root_id_B": "dwlemu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1522532134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522527145.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Honestly, that all sounds like meat problems. You aren't meat anymore, so it's not your problem. The meat that you used to be is in deep shit. The shining heavenly being you are now is unbothered.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the methods. In Greyhawk becoming a deity actually requires you (or the deity helping you ascend) to go back in time and obliterate your corpse at the exact moment you ascended, making you unanchored to the timeline so you can avoid exactly this kind of problem if someone else starts time traveling.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4989.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6q9ubi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] If there were death sticks in a Coruscant bar and Mos Eisley was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy, what kind of drugs were sold there? How much worse was the drug problem in Mos Eisley?", "c_root_id_A": "dkwq61v", "c_root_id_B": "dkw3fo0", "created_at_utc_A": 1501379612.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501347401.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Megadeath Sticks", "human_ref_B": "Mos Eisley is a pretty nasty neighborhood, but no matter what the elitists in the upper levels tells you, the lower levels of Corusant are every bit as deadly and lawless as any outer rim world. That said, you looking? Cause I've got connections. You want rankweed, spice, glitterstim? I can you anything sentient beings eat, drink, smoke, or inject to get high. I've also got a great deal on Verpine Shatterguns and thermal detonators.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32211.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6q9ubi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] If there were death sticks in a Coruscant bar and Mos Eisley was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy, what kind of drugs were sold there? How much worse was the drug problem in Mos Eisley?", "c_root_id_A": "dkwmhlu", "c_root_id_B": "dkwq61v", "created_at_utc_A": 1501374122.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501379612.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The same drugs you'd see in the worst Corsucant bar Just a lot more of them. Along with assassins for hire, smugglers, wanted criminals and Rebel terrorists. And if any one of them decide you're looking at him funny there are usually no Stormtroopers patrolling the streets to deter him from cutting off one of your limbs.", "human_ref_B": "Megadeath Sticks", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5490.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6q9ubi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] If there were death sticks in a Coruscant bar and Mos Eisley was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy, what kind of drugs were sold there? How much worse was the drug problem in Mos Eisley?", "c_root_id_A": "dkwq61v", "c_root_id_B": "dkwoi20", "created_at_utc_A": 1501379612.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501377112.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Megadeath Sticks", "human_ref_B": "Kept-alive-in-a-sarlacc-for-1000-years Sticks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2500.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6q9ubi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] If there were death sticks in a Coruscant bar and Mos Eisley was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy, what kind of drugs were sold there? How much worse was the drug problem in Mos Eisley?", "c_root_id_A": "dkx99tq", "c_root_id_B": "dkwmhlu", "created_at_utc_A": 1501421742.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501374122.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Obi-Wan could've just been using hyperbole or vivid descriptions in order to make sure Luke remained on his guard and wary, since the kid had likely never been to such a place before. I doubt the Mos Eisley cantinas/bars were any more or less scummy than one you'd find on Coruscant or Nar Shadda", "human_ref_B": "The same drugs you'd see in the worst Corsucant bar Just a lot more of them. Along with assassins for hire, smugglers, wanted criminals and Rebel terrorists. And if any one of them decide you're looking at him funny there are usually no Stormtroopers patrolling the streets to deter him from cutting off one of your limbs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47620.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6q9ubi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] If there were death sticks in a Coruscant bar and Mos Eisley was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy, what kind of drugs were sold there? How much worse was the drug problem in Mos Eisley?", "c_root_id_A": "dkwoi20", "c_root_id_B": "dkx99tq", "created_at_utc_A": 1501377112.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501421742.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Kept-alive-in-a-sarlacc-for-1000-years Sticks.", "human_ref_B": "Obi-Wan could've just been using hyperbole or vivid descriptions in order to make sure Luke remained on his guard and wary, since the kid had likely never been to such a place before. I doubt the Mos Eisley cantinas/bars were any more or less scummy than one you'd find on Coruscant or Nar Shadda", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44630.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6q9ubi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] If there were death sticks in a Coruscant bar and Mos Eisley was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy, what kind of drugs were sold there? How much worse was the drug problem in Mos Eisley?", "c_root_id_A": "dkwvqzu", "c_root_id_B": "dkx99tq", "created_at_utc_A": 1501389324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501421742.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Think about it like this. The drugs you can buy two blocks from Wall Street are just as bad as the ones you can get in a warehouse in Detroit, there are just a lot more in Detroit than there are in New York. There are also probably gunmen for hire in Detroit.", "human_ref_B": "Obi-Wan could've just been using hyperbole or vivid descriptions in order to make sure Luke remained on his guard and wary, since the kid had likely never been to such a place before. I doubt the Mos Eisley cantinas/bars were any more or less scummy than one you'd find on Coruscant or Nar Shadda", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32418.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6q9ubi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] If there were death sticks in a Coruscant bar and Mos Eisley was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy, what kind of drugs were sold there? How much worse was the drug problem in Mos Eisley?", "c_root_id_A": "dkx99tq", "c_root_id_B": "dkwwpou", "created_at_utc_A": 1501421742.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501390957.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Obi-Wan could've just been using hyperbole or vivid descriptions in order to make sure Luke remained on his guard and wary, since the kid had likely never been to such a place before. I doubt the Mos Eisley cantinas/bars were any more or less scummy than one you'd find on Coruscant or Nar Shadda", "human_ref_B": "Death branches.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30785.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6q9ubi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] If there were death sticks in a Coruscant bar and Mos Eisley was the most wretched hive of scum and villainy, what kind of drugs were sold there? How much worse was the drug problem in Mos Eisley?", "c_root_id_A": "dkwy2em", "c_root_id_B": "dkx99tq", "created_at_utc_A": 1501393278.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501421742.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Death Powder, Death Liquid, etc", "human_ref_B": "Obi-Wan could've just been using hyperbole or vivid descriptions in order to make sure Luke remained on his guard and wary, since the kid had likely never been to such a place before. I doubt the Mos Eisley cantinas/bars were any more or less scummy than one you'd find on Coruscant or Nar Shadda", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28464.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6eamoj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General] Apart from Hank Scorpio are there any evil warlords/villains that *earns* the loyalty and respect of their minion hordes?", "c_root_id_A": "di8wp9n", "c_root_id_B": "di8ws4x", "created_at_utc_A": 1496184225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496184326.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "In Dc the leader of the War World is chosen through vicious combat, it's almost always a member of Mongul's family that wins but after the winner is chosen, they are as loyal as can be. Obviously Darkseid, need I say more. As for Marvel, Thanos earned his respect in a sense by his reputation from destroying other worlds.", "human_ref_B": "Scorpius, of Farscape. He genuinely appreciates and rewards good work from his underlings, which in turn earns him their loyalty and respect. He's unfailingly polite and even-tempered, and he takes a very dim view of officers who consider their underlings' lives as expendible. When an officer under his command expresses such sentiments, Scorpius is... displeased. Gus Fring, of Breaking Bad. So long as you follow orders and don't bring him any trouble he is amiable, professional, and polite to all his employees, legal business or otherwise. He had offshore bank accounts set up to look after his people, and even personally intervenes on their behalf if needed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 101.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6eamoj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General] Apart from Hank Scorpio are there any evil warlords/villains that *earns* the loyalty and respect of their minion hordes?", "c_root_id_A": "di8wp9n", "c_root_id_B": "di8xbe8", "created_at_utc_A": 1496184225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496185004.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In Dc the leader of the War World is chosen through vicious combat, it's almost always a member of Mongul's family that wins but after the winner is chosen, they are as loyal as can be. Obviously Darkseid, need I say more. As for Marvel, Thanos earned his respect in a sense by his reputation from destroying other worlds.", "human_ref_B": "Absolutely Darth Vader. He stood up to a corrupt galaxy wide government, brought down a theocratic group of leaders who were making child warriors. He stood up to violent terrorists who destroyed observational bases in the misguided attempt to destroy a government that truly had humanities best intentions at heart.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 779.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6eamoj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General] Apart from Hank Scorpio are there any evil warlords/villains that *earns* the loyalty and respect of their minion hordes?", "c_root_id_A": "di8wp9n", "c_root_id_B": "di8zqvv", "created_at_utc_A": 1496184225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496188141.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In Dc the leader of the War World is chosen through vicious combat, it's almost always a member of Mongul's family that wins but after the winner is chosen, they are as loyal as can be. Obviously Darkseid, need I say more. As for Marvel, Thanos earned his respect in a sense by his reputation from destroying other worlds.", "human_ref_B": "Genghis Khan earned the respect of his army and those he conquered (well, the ones who elected to be under the Khanate's rule - referred to henceforth as \"the survivors\"). Professor Farnsworth is beloved by his family and crew, though I'm not sure how much of that is earned, and how much is simply due to his bumbling charm and willingness to overlook major transgressions. Robot Nixon earned the respect of the Robot voting population with his shiny new body.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3916.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csr7q2b", "c_root_id_B": "csranrd", "created_at_utc_A": 1435947709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435953104.0, "score_A": 54, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "Convincing their Primarch, Roboute Guilliman would be the hardest part. Also, the entire Ultramarines chapter of today would not be able to take matters into their own hands either way, the current size of a post-heresy chapter is 1000 Space Marines, that is a drop in the bucket compared to the pre-heresy Ultramarines at ~250,000 Space Marines. A chapter of Space Marines would not stand a chance against a Legion.", "human_ref_B": "The Imperium of Man of the 31st Millennium is not the super-orthodox, hyper-vigilant, Heresy-\\*blam\\*ing, ask-no-questions, take-no-prisoners, frothing-at-the-mouth Imperium that we all know and love from the 41st millennium. All of that, uh, *devotion* came as a reaction to the events of the Horus Heresy and evolved over time due to the Imperium's lack of leadership and the nature of the threats that it faced. The Ecclesiarchy wasn't even a thing yet, and would have been censured heavily if it did, and the Inquisition was just a twinkle in Malcador the Pragmatic Sigilite's eye. Basically what I'm saying it, the Imperium of the 31st millennium were presented with time-traveling Space Marines and given a warning from the future, they might *listen* and apply *reason*. Maybe. A little bit. Sort of. Suspiciously. I mean, the 41st millennium didn't just come out of nowhere completely unexpectedly. That harvest was sown and well on its way to being reaped, even so long ago. The Legions didn't get along, they barely even trusted each other, and the Emperor is kind of a shitty leadership figure and not good and handling disputes because he's too superhuman to really wrap his head around the idea of other people not being perfect. But there's a chance. The 31st millennium was the last time in human history when cooler heads existed, and there are recorded instances of them prevailing. So it's a possibility that the Ultramarines could just *talk* and prevent all that nonsense from ever happening. On the other hand, there is a very large chance that Horus or Omegon or someone \\*blam\\*s them for sowing discord, paints them to look like Chaos agents, and actually lays the foundation for the 41st millennium being strife with heresy and distrust. Because if you're traveling ten thousand years into the past via the Warp, you better believe Tzeentch is up to some shenanigans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5395.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csr78k8", "c_root_id_B": "csranrd", "created_at_utc_A": 1435946850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435953104.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "Depends, do they have their terminator plot armor?", "human_ref_B": "The Imperium of Man of the 31st Millennium is not the super-orthodox, hyper-vigilant, Heresy-\\*blam\\*ing, ask-no-questions, take-no-prisoners, frothing-at-the-mouth Imperium that we all know and love from the 41st millennium. All of that, uh, *devotion* came as a reaction to the events of the Horus Heresy and evolved over time due to the Imperium's lack of leadership and the nature of the threats that it faced. The Ecclesiarchy wasn't even a thing yet, and would have been censured heavily if it did, and the Inquisition was just a twinkle in Malcador the Pragmatic Sigilite's eye. Basically what I'm saying it, the Imperium of the 31st millennium were presented with time-traveling Space Marines and given a warning from the future, they might *listen* and apply *reason*. Maybe. A little bit. Sort of. Suspiciously. I mean, the 41st millennium didn't just come out of nowhere completely unexpectedly. That harvest was sown and well on its way to being reaped, even so long ago. The Legions didn't get along, they barely even trusted each other, and the Emperor is kind of a shitty leadership figure and not good and handling disputes because he's too superhuman to really wrap his head around the idea of other people not being perfect. But there's a chance. The 31st millennium was the last time in human history when cooler heads existed, and there are recorded instances of them prevailing. So it's a possibility that the Ultramarines could just *talk* and prevent all that nonsense from ever happening. On the other hand, there is a very large chance that Horus or Omegon or someone \\*blam\\*s them for sowing discord, paints them to look like Chaos agents, and actually lays the foundation for the 41st millennium being strife with heresy and distrust. Because if you're traveling ten thousand years into the past via the Warp, you better believe Tzeentch is up to some shenanigans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6254.0, "score_ratio": 1.575, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csranrd", "c_root_id_B": "csr82r7", "created_at_utc_A": 1435953104.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435948360.0, "score_A": 63, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The Imperium of Man of the 31st Millennium is not the super-orthodox, hyper-vigilant, Heresy-\\*blam\\*ing, ask-no-questions, take-no-prisoners, frothing-at-the-mouth Imperium that we all know and love from the 41st millennium. All of that, uh, *devotion* came as a reaction to the events of the Horus Heresy and evolved over time due to the Imperium's lack of leadership and the nature of the threats that it faced. The Ecclesiarchy wasn't even a thing yet, and would have been censured heavily if it did, and the Inquisition was just a twinkle in Malcador the Pragmatic Sigilite's eye. Basically what I'm saying it, the Imperium of the 31st millennium were presented with time-traveling Space Marines and given a warning from the future, they might *listen* and apply *reason*. Maybe. A little bit. Sort of. Suspiciously. I mean, the 41st millennium didn't just come out of nowhere completely unexpectedly. That harvest was sown and well on its way to being reaped, even so long ago. The Legions didn't get along, they barely even trusted each other, and the Emperor is kind of a shitty leadership figure and not good and handling disputes because he's too superhuman to really wrap his head around the idea of other people not being perfect. But there's a chance. The 31st millennium was the last time in human history when cooler heads existed, and there are recorded instances of them prevailing. So it's a possibility that the Ultramarines could just *talk* and prevent all that nonsense from ever happening. On the other hand, there is a very large chance that Horus or Omegon or someone \\*blam\\*s them for sowing discord, paints them to look like Chaos agents, and actually lays the foundation for the 41st millennium being strife with heresy and distrust. Because if you're traveling ten thousand years into the past via the Warp, you better believe Tzeentch is up to some shenanigans.", "human_ref_B": "That depends a lot on how much they know about the events of the heresy. There's many events that only the primarchs and the emperor himself were privy to. If they played their cards right they might be able to stop the Ultramarine bombardment of Monarchia, which caused Lorgar to search for new gods to worship. This would be unlikely though, as Roboute would probably suspect this was an Alpha Legion trick to cause him to lose standing with his father and the Emperor would suspect anything that has to do with mysterious entities appearing out of the warp. Really it would be better if another chapter went. If the Alpha Legion truly is still loyal, than their skill in diplomacy and intrigue could at least stack the deck in the Imperium's favor for the coming war. If the Space Wolves went, then they would have a member that experienced the heresy first hand, and could provide sage advice. Bjorn might even be able to convince Lemun Russ that his orders to kill Magnus were a trick by Horus. If Russ hates anything more than sorcerers, it's kin-slaying traitors. Plus, if all else fails, the Space Wolves chapter is massive compared to other chapters, and would essentially add another legion to the Imperial side of the war.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4744.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csra9k6", "c_root_id_B": "csranrd", "created_at_utc_A": 1435952371.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435953104.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "All they would have to do to get a lot of attention would be start mouthing off about a certain collection of 4 Warp entities to the wrong people. Namely within hearing distance of a Custodes or Primarch if any happened to be around. The Horus Heresy was a massive amount of Just as Planned and colossal fuck ups on the part of the loyalists, so chainging a few key events (like getting the Emperor to SHARE HIS PLANS with his sons or telling Magnus to chill) would help a great deal.", "human_ref_B": "The Imperium of Man of the 31st Millennium is not the super-orthodox, hyper-vigilant, Heresy-\\*blam\\*ing, ask-no-questions, take-no-prisoners, frothing-at-the-mouth Imperium that we all know and love from the 41st millennium. All of that, uh, *devotion* came as a reaction to the events of the Horus Heresy and evolved over time due to the Imperium's lack of leadership and the nature of the threats that it faced. The Ecclesiarchy wasn't even a thing yet, and would have been censured heavily if it did, and the Inquisition was just a twinkle in Malcador the Pragmatic Sigilite's eye. Basically what I'm saying it, the Imperium of the 31st millennium were presented with time-traveling Space Marines and given a warning from the future, they might *listen* and apply *reason*. Maybe. A little bit. Sort of. Suspiciously. I mean, the 41st millennium didn't just come out of nowhere completely unexpectedly. That harvest was sown and well on its way to being reaped, even so long ago. The Legions didn't get along, they barely even trusted each other, and the Emperor is kind of a shitty leadership figure and not good and handling disputes because he's too superhuman to really wrap his head around the idea of other people not being perfect. But there's a chance. The 31st millennium was the last time in human history when cooler heads existed, and there are recorded instances of them prevailing. So it's a possibility that the Ultramarines could just *talk* and prevent all that nonsense from ever happening. On the other hand, there is a very large chance that Horus or Omegon or someone \\*blam\\*s them for sowing discord, paints them to look like Chaos agents, and actually lays the foundation for the 41st millennium being strife with heresy and distrust. Because if you're traveling ten thousand years into the past via the Warp, you better believe Tzeentch is up to some shenanigans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 733.0, "score_ratio": 4.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csr78k8", "c_root_id_B": "csr7q2b", "created_at_utc_A": 1435946850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435947709.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Depends, do they have their terminator plot armor?", "human_ref_B": "Convincing their Primarch, Roboute Guilliman would be the hardest part. Also, the entire Ultramarines chapter of today would not be able to take matters into their own hands either way, the current size of a post-heresy chapter is 1000 Space Marines, that is a drop in the bucket compared to the pre-heresy Ultramarines at ~250,000 Space Marines. A chapter of Space Marines would not stand a chance against a Legion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 859.0, "score_ratio": 1.35, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrg4xm", "c_root_id_B": "csrf8wc", "created_at_utc_A": 1435963859.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435961991.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Send the entire Chapter after Erebus while he's not with the Word Bearers. Erebus never steals the Anathame. Horus never goes down to Davin. Horus's Heresy never happens. Lorgar may still lead a heresy but he doesn't have the tools or Charisma to convince eight legions to join him. Also without Erebus' lodges in every traitor legion most would probably never consider it", "human_ref_B": "Ultramarines? Fuck no. Space Wolves, maybe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1868.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrccml", "c_root_id_B": "csrg4xm", "created_at_utc_A": 1435956254.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435963859.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Simply put, 1,000 Space Marines with completely understood and published tactics, will be nothing in the Horus Heresy. They don't do assassinations. They don't do super secret assaults. The moment they get near their second chaos fleet, Ultramarines BTFO.", "human_ref_B": "Send the entire Chapter after Erebus while he's not with the Word Bearers. Erebus never steals the Anathame. Horus never goes down to Davin. Horus's Heresy never happens. Lorgar may still lead a heresy but he doesn't have the tools or Charisma to convince eight legions to join him. Also without Erebus' lodges in every traitor legion most would probably never consider it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7605.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csre4fa", "c_root_id_B": "csrg4xm", "created_at_utc_A": 1435959727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435963859.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I don't know all that much about the specifics, but if I remember rightly: One chapter vs several, and a fuck tonne of deamons? They get raped.", "human_ref_B": "Send the entire Chapter after Erebus while he's not with the Word Bearers. Erebus never steals the Anathame. Horus never goes down to Davin. Horus's Heresy never happens. Lorgar may still lead a heresy but he doesn't have the tools or Charisma to convince eight legions to join him. Also without Erebus' lodges in every traitor legion most would probably never consider it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4132.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrf8wc", "c_root_id_B": "csrccml", "created_at_utc_A": 1435961991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435956254.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Ultramarines? Fuck no. Space Wolves, maybe.", "human_ref_B": "Simply put, 1,000 Space Marines with completely understood and published tactics, will be nothing in the Horus Heresy. They don't do assassinations. They don't do super secret assaults. The moment they get near their second chaos fleet, Ultramarines BTFO.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5737.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrf8wc", "c_root_id_B": "csre4fa", "created_at_utc_A": 1435961991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435959727.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Ultramarines? Fuck no. Space Wolves, maybe.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know all that much about the specifics, but if I remember rightly: One chapter vs several, and a fuck tonne of deamons? They get raped.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2264.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrccml", "c_root_id_B": "csrhscy", "created_at_utc_A": 1435956254.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435967422.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Simply put, 1,000 Space Marines with completely understood and published tactics, will be nothing in the Horus Heresy. They don't do assassinations. They don't do super secret assaults. The moment they get near their second chaos fleet, Ultramarines BTFO.", "human_ref_B": "I don't see why not. Go in front the Emperor and tell him about all the things that happen. Emperor would probably read their mind or use some other super power to see the truth and then take action instead of being hesitant like the first time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11168.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrhscy", "c_root_id_B": "csre4fa", "created_at_utc_A": 1435967422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435959727.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't see why not. Go in front the Emperor and tell him about all the things that happen. Emperor would probably read their mind or use some other super power to see the truth and then take action instead of being hesitant like the first time.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know all that much about the specifics, but if I remember rightly: One chapter vs several, and a fuck tonne of deamons? They get raped.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7695.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrccml", "c_root_id_B": "csrn1mw", "created_at_utc_A": 1435956254.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435979636.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Simply put, 1,000 Space Marines with completely understood and published tactics, will be nothing in the Horus Heresy. They don't do assassinations. They don't do super secret assaults. The moment they get near their second chaos fleet, Ultramarines BTFO.", "human_ref_B": "Sounds to me like a job for the Grey Knights. Warp Corruption? Yes please.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23382.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrn1mw", "c_root_id_B": "csre4fa", "created_at_utc_A": 1435979636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435959727.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sounds to me like a job for the Grey Knights. Warp Corruption? Yes please.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know all that much about the specifics, but if I remember rightly: One chapter vs several, and a fuck tonne of deamons? They get raped.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19909.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c0l5o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] The entire Ultramarines chapter enters the warp during the 40th Millennium and, after a bunch of warp shenanigans, they exit the warp at a time before the Horus Heresy began. Are they able to prevent it from occurring all over again?", "c_root_id_A": "csrschz", "c_root_id_B": "csre4fa", "created_at_utc_A": 1435995368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435959727.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "no, the reason for them to stop it means it must happen to want to stop it. its a paradox. if you go back in time to stop something, it will happen no matter what you do because you went back because of the event, whether you intended to be there or not.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know all that much about the specifics, but if I remember rightly: One chapter vs several, and a fuck tonne of deamons? They get raped.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35641.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oiwxnf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] How bad do things have to get before the Avengers are called in? In Spiderman Homecoming, Tony argues that Peter's rouges gallery is below the Avengers pay grade. So what is the most minor act of terrorism the Avengers would go out of their way to resolve?", "c_root_id_A": "h4y91dk", "c_root_id_B": "h4yiit7", "created_at_utc_A": 1626115845.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626120459.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 195, "human_ref_A": "For a while it was entirely up to them; Nick Fury and SHIELD had something of a say in it until Hydra was revealed within SHIELD. At that point they basically operated with impunity, which led to them settling personal grudges. Obviously the Sokovia Accords and subsequent splitting up of the team followed shortly after. The Sokovia Accords dictated that any enhanced person (including the Avengers) would only act with approval from the UN. Most likely they would justify the use of the Avengers mostly in the case of enhanced terrorists. Post Blip, the Avengers are more-or-less disbanded, but it seems like the general policy is still to try to fight powered people with powered people whenever possible. Nick Fury recruits Spider-Man to assist Mysterio in going after the Elementals. In FATWS, >!Sam Wilson is deployed by the USAF against Batroc and his accomplices. John Walker is later sent along with Sam and Bucky to stop the Flag Smashers.!< In short, The Avengers usually get involved as soon as things get super-powered or personal.", "human_ref_B": "**Maria Hil**l: Sir, how does it work now? They've gone their separate ways, some \u2026 pretty extremely far. We get into a situation like this again, what happens then? **Nick Fury**: They'll come back. **Hill**: You really sure about that? **Fury**: I am. **Hill**: Why? **Fury**: Because we'll need them to. It seems to me to be almost a \"if you have to ask you already know the answer\" sort of thing. There is no solid metric or line in the sand. No concrete threat levels. You will just know.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4614.0, "score_ratio": 8.8636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oiwxnf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] How bad do things have to get before the Avengers are called in? In Spiderman Homecoming, Tony argues that Peter's rouges gallery is below the Avengers pay grade. So what is the most minor act of terrorism the Avengers would go out of their way to resolve?", "c_root_id_A": "h4yj6ks", "c_root_id_B": "h4y91dk", "created_at_utc_A": 1626120766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626115845.0, "score_A": 165, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "The thing is, there's already somebody in America to handle unlawful arms deals. The Avengers would really only get involved if it's a problem that conventional authorities don't have a good solution to. Alien invasion? We don't have anyone to take care of that. Rogue nation with an army of robots? We don't have anyone for that.", "human_ref_B": "For a while it was entirely up to them; Nick Fury and SHIELD had something of a say in it until Hydra was revealed within SHIELD. At that point they basically operated with impunity, which led to them settling personal grudges. Obviously the Sokovia Accords and subsequent splitting up of the team followed shortly after. The Sokovia Accords dictated that any enhanced person (including the Avengers) would only act with approval from the UN. Most likely they would justify the use of the Avengers mostly in the case of enhanced terrorists. Post Blip, the Avengers are more-or-less disbanded, but it seems like the general policy is still to try to fight powered people with powered people whenever possible. Nick Fury recruits Spider-Man to assist Mysterio in going after the Elementals. In FATWS, >!Sam Wilson is deployed by the USAF against Batroc and his accomplices. John Walker is later sent along with Sam and Bucky to stop the Flag Smashers.!< In short, The Avengers usually get involved as soon as things get super-powered or personal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4921.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oiwxnf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] How bad do things have to get before the Avengers are called in? In Spiderman Homecoming, Tony argues that Peter's rouges gallery is below the Avengers pay grade. So what is the most minor act of terrorism the Avengers would go out of their way to resolve?", "c_root_id_A": "h4ykflk", "c_root_id_B": "h4y91dk", "created_at_utc_A": 1626121351.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626115845.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "I think the movies actually solved this pretty well from a dramaturgical point of view. The Avengers are actually only assembled once in their history so far (Avengers 1 by Nick Fury). Every other time they got involved it was either a conflict anyone of them was originally involved with or they created themselves (e.g. Civil War). So the writers always avoided asking this specific question.", "human_ref_B": "For a while it was entirely up to them; Nick Fury and SHIELD had something of a say in it until Hydra was revealed within SHIELD. At that point they basically operated with impunity, which led to them settling personal grudges. Obviously the Sokovia Accords and subsequent splitting up of the team followed shortly after. The Sokovia Accords dictated that any enhanced person (including the Avengers) would only act with approval from the UN. Most likely they would justify the use of the Avengers mostly in the case of enhanced terrorists. Post Blip, the Avengers are more-or-less disbanded, but it seems like the general policy is still to try to fight powered people with powered people whenever possible. Nick Fury recruits Spider-Man to assist Mysterio in going after the Elementals. In FATWS, >!Sam Wilson is deployed by the USAF against Batroc and his accomplices. John Walker is later sent along with Sam and Bucky to stop the Flag Smashers.!< In short, The Avengers usually get involved as soon as things get super-powered or personal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5506.0, "score_ratio": 2.9545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oiwxnf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] How bad do things have to get before the Avengers are called in? In Spiderman Homecoming, Tony argues that Peter's rouges gallery is below the Avengers pay grade. So what is the most minor act of terrorism the Avengers would go out of their way to resolve?", "c_root_id_A": "h4ywp8q", "c_root_id_B": "h4y91dk", "created_at_utc_A": 1626127000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626115845.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Apparently the answer for if something is worthy of the Avengers is: \"there's an *army* of aliens/robots and an infinity stone involved\". But - in the beginning - they didn't know that was the case in the first two.. The one I have trouble with is when they're all together at the *beginning* of Avengers 2. Avengers 1: alien took our magic cube and fucked us up. We're outclassed let's try this Avengers thing. Avengers 2: they're all together fighting Hydra? Is that necessary? Hydra + 2 enhanced + magic scepter: is that Avengers worthy? Then Ultron appears and they're all together so... why not hunt down Ultron as a team. And by the end it's definitely Avengers worthy with an army of robots trying to kill all humans. Avengers 3 and 4: this is just obvious.", "human_ref_B": "For a while it was entirely up to them; Nick Fury and SHIELD had something of a say in it until Hydra was revealed within SHIELD. At that point they basically operated with impunity, which led to them settling personal grudges. Obviously the Sokovia Accords and subsequent splitting up of the team followed shortly after. The Sokovia Accords dictated that any enhanced person (including the Avengers) would only act with approval from the UN. Most likely they would justify the use of the Avengers mostly in the case of enhanced terrorists. Post Blip, the Avengers are more-or-less disbanded, but it seems like the general policy is still to try to fight powered people with powered people whenever possible. Nick Fury recruits Spider-Man to assist Mysterio in going after the Elementals. In FATWS, >!Sam Wilson is deployed by the USAF against Batroc and his accomplices. John Walker is later sent along with Sam and Bucky to stop the Flag Smashers.!< In short, The Avengers usually get involved as soon as things get super-powered or personal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11155.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oiwxnf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] How bad do things have to get before the Avengers are called in? In Spiderman Homecoming, Tony argues that Peter's rouges gallery is below the Avengers pay grade. So what is the most minor act of terrorism the Avengers would go out of their way to resolve?", "c_root_id_A": "h4ywp8q", "c_root_id_B": "h4yq3ks", "created_at_utc_A": 1626127000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626123897.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Apparently the answer for if something is worthy of the Avengers is: \"there's an *army* of aliens/robots and an infinity stone involved\". But - in the beginning - they didn't know that was the case in the first two.. The one I have trouble with is when they're all together at the *beginning* of Avengers 2. Avengers 1: alien took our magic cube and fucked us up. We're outclassed let's try this Avengers thing. Avengers 2: they're all together fighting Hydra? Is that necessary? Hydra + 2 enhanced + magic scepter: is that Avengers worthy? Then Ultron appears and they're all together so... why not hunt down Ultron as a team. And by the end it's definitely Avengers worthy with an army of robots trying to kill all humans. Avengers 3 and 4: this is just obvious.", "human_ref_B": "It gets bad enough fast enough that a bunch of bureaucrats argueing over whether or not they're allowed to help is a bad idea. Like, wouldn't it be easier to just put most of the profits made from reverse-engineering the alien tech and mass-marketing it into a \"Superhero Cleanup Fund?\" Including financial support for the victims and people who were forced to relocate because of the damages? Witness protection for the families of Supervillains would also be a good idea. Provided they weren't in on it, of course. I know most of them were loners and all, but could you imagine the retribution they'd have to face if they weren't dead/in prison?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3103.0, "score_ratio": 1.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oiwxnf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] How bad do things have to get before the Avengers are called in? In Spiderman Homecoming, Tony argues that Peter's rouges gallery is below the Avengers pay grade. So what is the most minor act of terrorism the Avengers would go out of their way to resolve?", "c_root_id_A": "h4ztice", "c_root_id_B": "h4zxywk", "created_at_utc_A": 1626144047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626146610.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Answer: they're called *The Avengers*.", "human_ref_B": "If giant purple grape, a random guy with horns for a brain or a robot with a mind of its own gets involved. Horns, iron man could just laser him and distract while Hulk or Thor comes in from behind, bash his head into the ground and break his skull. Robot, just pour water on him and grape, damn doctor Strange makes him fall for thirty minutes and close the portal just before his head passes through, he said go for the head.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2563.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oiwxnf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] How bad do things have to get before the Avengers are called in? In Spiderman Homecoming, Tony argues that Peter's rouges gallery is below the Avengers pay grade. So what is the most minor act of terrorism the Avengers would go out of their way to resolve?", "c_root_id_A": "h4ztice", "c_root_id_B": "h504ou5", "created_at_utc_A": 1626144047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626150836.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Answer: they're called *The Avengers*.", "human_ref_B": "It's ironic he says it's below their pay grade since we find out the avengers didn't get fixed salaries.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6789.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oiwxnf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] How bad do things have to get before the Avengers are called in? In Spiderman Homecoming, Tony argues that Peter's rouges gallery is below the Avengers pay grade. So what is the most minor act of terrorism the Avengers would go out of their way to resolve?", "c_root_id_A": "h4ztice", "c_root_id_B": "h50ioe2", "created_at_utc_A": 1626144047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626162003.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Answer: they're called *The Avengers*.", "human_ref_B": "Looking at the movies, it seems to be less about the size of the threat and more about who is in the right place at the right time, or being specifically useful. The first Avengers, most of the team is on SHIELD's payroll, Tony is invited by Coulson and Banner is invited by Black Widow specifically to help them find the Tesseract, and finally Thor shows up because Loki is the villain. Age of Ultron the villain is created by the Avengers while all the Avengers are hanging out together since they are a cohesive team at that point, dealing with comparatively low level threat of left-over Hydra. Infinity War most of the team is just in the right place at the right time or dragged in through specific circumstance. Part of the reason why Mysterio chose London as the point of his \"Avengers level threat\" was because there are no Avengers in London so he would be the only one around to deal with it, until Peter got mixed up in it all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17956.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erwtzq7", "c_root_id_B": "erwlnbh", "created_at_utc_A": 1561356241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561347434.0, "score_A": 91, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Ant-Man and the Wasp's growing and shrinking powers seem to work only when they're wearing the suit, and I don't think it's practical to give birth with the suit on. I have no idea what happens if the suit is punctured or damage while they're shrunk or grown, but it seems dangerous to find out. In addition, it seems that the suit grows or shrinks everything inside of it, so presumably the baby would grow too, negating any advantage.", "human_ref_B": "Honey I Blew Up the Kid?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8807.0, "score_ratio": 3.64, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erx8532", "c_root_id_B": "erxo4b5", "created_at_utc_A": 1561376357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561389582.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "When Ant Man grew large did the poop in his colon stay the same size and then slip out his now-giant butthole?", "human_ref_B": "Everyone else is giving answers explaining why this is not possible, but that is no fun. Let's pretend for a moment that it is possible and what would happen if she tried it I would like you to imagine for a moment plastic ziplock bag. Are you imagining it? Good. It is just a normal bag, it is not odd in any way. Totally ordinary. Now I want you to imagine a fire hose. Hook the fire hose up to a fire hydrant. Are you still with me? Are you visualizing all of this? Good. Now I want you to imagine that you have a roll of duct tape and that you duct tape the open Ziploc bag around the end of the fire hose such that you form a good seal. Also, before you do this filled a ziplock bag with chunky salsa. If you are a reasonable person you're probably asking at this point what the hell the point of any of this is? That is a very reasonable question. We'll find out the answer in a moment. Now as quickly as possible I want you to imagine that you turn the fire hydrants on at full blast. **\u2022CHUNKY SALSA KABOOOOOOM\u2022** And that's what happens to the child because the giant sized individual is pumping blood through the umbilical cord at a far higher pressure than the umbilical cord is able to handle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13225.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erxo4b5", "c_root_id_B": "erxan35", "created_at_utc_A": 1561389582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561379002.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Everyone else is giving answers explaining why this is not possible, but that is no fun. Let's pretend for a moment that it is possible and what would happen if she tried it I would like you to imagine for a moment plastic ziplock bag. Are you imagining it? Good. It is just a normal bag, it is not odd in any way. Totally ordinary. Now I want you to imagine a fire hose. Hook the fire hose up to a fire hydrant. Are you still with me? Are you visualizing all of this? Good. Now I want you to imagine that you have a roll of duct tape and that you duct tape the open Ziploc bag around the end of the fire hose such that you form a good seal. Also, before you do this filled a ziplock bag with chunky salsa. If you are a reasonable person you're probably asking at this point what the hell the point of any of this is? That is a very reasonable question. We'll find out the answer in a moment. Now as quickly as possible I want you to imagine that you turn the fire hydrants on at full blast. **\u2022CHUNKY SALSA KABOOOOOOM\u2022** And that's what happens to the child because the giant sized individual is pumping blood through the umbilical cord at a far higher pressure than the umbilical cord is able to handle.", "human_ref_B": "nah, the baby would enlarge too, as its not just her physical body that shrinks and grows, but everything within the suit. elastigirl though, could just drop babies like its nothing", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10580.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erxml07", "c_root_id_B": "erxo4b5", "created_at_utc_A": 1561388522.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561389582.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "No The proof is - Luis Luis is riding around in the cars when the grow and shrink. You could argue that Hank may have done something to himself and everyone else on his team to make sure they also shrink/grow with the cars but he would not have done this for Luis. The more logical explanation is that the way the tech works it shrinks/grows everything inside. Edit: an even better example just came to mind. The Giant hello kitty pez dispenser. The pez shift in size with the dispenser", "human_ref_B": "Everyone else is giving answers explaining why this is not possible, but that is no fun. Let's pretend for a moment that it is possible and what would happen if she tried it I would like you to imagine for a moment plastic ziplock bag. Are you imagining it? Good. It is just a normal bag, it is not odd in any way. Totally ordinary. Now I want you to imagine a fire hose. Hook the fire hose up to a fire hydrant. Are you still with me? Are you visualizing all of this? Good. Now I want you to imagine that you have a roll of duct tape and that you duct tape the open Ziploc bag around the end of the fire hose such that you form a good seal. Also, before you do this filled a ziplock bag with chunky salsa. If you are a reasonable person you're probably asking at this point what the hell the point of any of this is? That is a very reasonable question. We'll find out the answer in a moment. Now as quickly as possible I want you to imagine that you turn the fire hydrants on at full blast. **\u2022CHUNKY SALSA KABOOOOOOM\u2022** And that's what happens to the child because the giant sized individual is pumping blood through the umbilical cord at a far higher pressure than the umbilical cord is able to handle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1060.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erxo4b5", "c_root_id_B": "erxkpjn", "created_at_utc_A": 1561389582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561387224.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Everyone else is giving answers explaining why this is not possible, but that is no fun. Let's pretend for a moment that it is possible and what would happen if she tried it I would like you to imagine for a moment plastic ziplock bag. Are you imagining it? Good. It is just a normal bag, it is not odd in any way. Totally ordinary. Now I want you to imagine a fire hose. Hook the fire hose up to a fire hydrant. Are you still with me? Are you visualizing all of this? Good. Now I want you to imagine that you have a roll of duct tape and that you duct tape the open Ziploc bag around the end of the fire hose such that you form a good seal. Also, before you do this filled a ziplock bag with chunky salsa. If you are a reasonable person you're probably asking at this point what the hell the point of any of this is? That is a very reasonable question. We'll find out the answer in a moment. Now as quickly as possible I want you to imagine that you turn the fire hydrants on at full blast. **\u2022CHUNKY SALSA KABOOOOOOM\u2022** And that's what happens to the child because the giant sized individual is pumping blood through the umbilical cord at a far higher pressure than the umbilical cord is able to handle.", "human_ref_B": "If you don't think the baby grows when she grows, do you also think the baby doesn't shrink when she shrinks? Because... OUCH.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2358.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erxll1t", "c_root_id_B": "erxo4b5", "created_at_utc_A": 1561387832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561389582.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "No, her size-changing powers are technological in nature, and I'm unaware of any case where she selectively resized parts of her body. there's also the possibility that changing size without the suit is dangerous, which would make it difficult to give birth due to the suit covering the relevant region. Ms. Marvel could do it though. She's constantly using her shapeshifting powers to make one fist much larger than the other, and things like that, so there's no practical reason she couldn't do the same to make childbirth easier. But there could be problems, since her offspring wouldn't inherit her powers (if I understand Inhuman genetics right, they'd have the *potential* to have powers, but not the SAME powers, and not in the womb).", "human_ref_B": "Everyone else is giving answers explaining why this is not possible, but that is no fun. Let's pretend for a moment that it is possible and what would happen if she tried it I would like you to imagine for a moment plastic ziplock bag. Are you imagining it? Good. It is just a normal bag, it is not odd in any way. Totally ordinary. Now I want you to imagine a fire hose. Hook the fire hose up to a fire hydrant. Are you still with me? Are you visualizing all of this? Good. Now I want you to imagine that you have a roll of duct tape and that you duct tape the open Ziploc bag around the end of the fire hose such that you form a good seal. Also, before you do this filled a ziplock bag with chunky salsa. If you are a reasonable person you're probably asking at this point what the hell the point of any of this is? That is a very reasonable question. We'll find out the answer in a moment. Now as quickly as possible I want you to imagine that you turn the fire hydrants on at full blast. **\u2022CHUNKY SALSA KABOOOOOOM\u2022** And that's what happens to the child because the giant sized individual is pumping blood through the umbilical cord at a far higher pressure than the umbilical cord is able to handle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1750.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erxkpjn", "c_root_id_B": "erxml07", "created_at_utc_A": 1561387224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561388522.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you don't think the baby grows when she grows, do you also think the baby doesn't shrink when she shrinks? Because... OUCH.", "human_ref_B": "No The proof is - Luis Luis is riding around in the cars when the grow and shrink. You could argue that Hank may have done something to himself and everyone else on his team to make sure they also shrink/grow with the cars but he would not have done this for Luis. The more logical explanation is that the way the tech works it shrinks/grows everything inside. Edit: an even better example just came to mind. The Giant hello kitty pez dispenser. The pez shift in size with the dispenser", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1298.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erxll1t", "c_root_id_B": "erxml07", "created_at_utc_A": 1561387832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561388522.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No, her size-changing powers are technological in nature, and I'm unaware of any case where she selectively resized parts of her body. there's also the possibility that changing size without the suit is dangerous, which would make it difficult to give birth due to the suit covering the relevant region. Ms. Marvel could do it though. She's constantly using her shapeshifting powers to make one fist much larger than the other, and things like that, so there's no practical reason she couldn't do the same to make childbirth easier. But there could be problems, since her offspring wouldn't inherit her powers (if I understand Inhuman genetics right, they'd have the *potential* to have powers, but not the SAME powers, and not in the womb).", "human_ref_B": "No The proof is - Luis Luis is riding around in the cars when the grow and shrink. You could argue that Hank may have done something to himself and everyone else on his team to make sure they also shrink/grow with the cars but he would not have done this for Luis. The more logical explanation is that the way the tech works it shrinks/grows everything inside. Edit: an even better example just came to mind. The Giant hello kitty pez dispenser. The pez shift in size with the dispenser", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 690.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erxkpjn", "c_root_id_B": "erxwl90", "created_at_utc_A": 1561387224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561395165.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you don't think the baby grows when she grows, do you also think the baby doesn't shrink when she shrinks? Because... OUCH.", "human_ref_B": "She cant give birth with a suit on", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7941.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c4hdjf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[MCU] If the Wasp is giving birth can she grow bigger and drop the baby out easily?", "c_root_id_A": "erxwl90", "c_root_id_B": "erxll1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1561395165.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1561387832.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "She cant give birth with a suit on", "human_ref_B": "No, her size-changing powers are technological in nature, and I'm unaware of any case where she selectively resized parts of her body. there's also the possibility that changing size without the suit is dangerous, which would make it difficult to give birth due to the suit covering the relevant region. Ms. Marvel could do it though. She's constantly using her shapeshifting powers to make one fist much larger than the other, and things like that, so there's no practical reason she couldn't do the same to make childbirth easier. But there could be problems, since her offspring wouldn't inherit her powers (if I understand Inhuman genetics right, they'd have the *potential* to have powers, but not the SAME powers, and not in the womb).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7333.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crcydjv", "c_root_id_B": "crcytqp", "created_at_utc_A": 1431959651.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431960527.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 119, "human_ref_A": "Enough.", "human_ref_B": "In Ultron at one point doesn't he tell Jarvis to buy a building under construction on the spot so he can crash into it? That's pretty damn rich.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 876.0, "score_ratio": 13.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crcydjv", "c_root_id_B": "crcz7yt", "created_at_utc_A": 1431959651.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431961228.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 80, "human_ref_A": "Enough.", "human_ref_B": "He was already among the world's wealthiest individuals before becoming Iron Man. I'd put him in the top 5 for personal wealth. After becoming Iron Man, the popularity of his brand soared tremendously. Even without his ongoing inventions, he probably went to #1. With arc reactor technology making him the only name in clean energy, Stark is certainly the wealthiest person on Earth. I'd put his wealth at least at $200 billion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1577.0, "score_ratio": 8.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crd0rra", "c_root_id_B": "crd0bcs", "created_at_utc_A": 1431963907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431963147.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": ">###In Regard to Anthony Stark's Networth > (...) > > In its attempt to get the nuclear launch codes, Ultron decrypted an, as of yet, unspecified number of transactions where its senders were found to be majorly by Stark Industries associates and occasionally by dummy accounts belonging to Anthony Stark aka. \"Iron Man\" himself. > > Below this paragraph there is a list containing some transactions from the gathered data that are known to have been performed by Anthony Stark in particular. > >* 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 1 V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A system plus shipping - **$3.7 billion** > >* 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 2 Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 Superveloce - **$740,000** > >* 19\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 1 Choke rope - **$12** > >* 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 1 South Construction Company Ltd. - **$750 million** > >And more recently > * 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 1 S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier - **$9 billion** > >From these excepts it is possible to conclude that Stark has access to large quantities of liquid assets. > >Analyzing the yearly earnings of Stark Industries (where Anthony Stark is its sole owner) of $20.3 billion and given its 150 year old existence as a multinational organization with a strong military-industrial focus in its past it is safe to conclude that Anthony Stark might be the first human to get past the $1 trillion threshold. > >In conclusion, Stark might be in possession of about $163.5 billion in liquid assets and has a net worth of roughly $3.4 trillion in 20\u2588\u2588 dollars. > >Hail hydra. > >Adrien Schutz, 1st Research fellow of \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, former S.H.I.E.L.D operative.", "human_ref_B": "Forbes actually has an estimated answer tl;dr - $12.4 billion.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 760.0, "score_ratio": 1.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crd0rra", "c_root_id_B": "crcydjv", "created_at_utc_A": 1431963907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431959651.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": ">###In Regard to Anthony Stark's Networth > (...) > > In its attempt to get the nuclear launch codes, Ultron decrypted an, as of yet, unspecified number of transactions where its senders were found to be majorly by Stark Industries associates and occasionally by dummy accounts belonging to Anthony Stark aka. \"Iron Man\" himself. > > Below this paragraph there is a list containing some transactions from the gathered data that are known to have been performed by Anthony Stark in particular. > >* 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 1 V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A system plus shipping - **$3.7 billion** > >* 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 2 Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 Superveloce - **$740,000** > >* 19\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 1 Choke rope - **$12** > >* 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 1 South Construction Company Ltd. - **$750 million** > >And more recently > * 20\u2588\u2588-\u2588-\u2588 1 S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier - **$9 billion** > >From these excepts it is possible to conclude that Stark has access to large quantities of liquid assets. > >Analyzing the yearly earnings of Stark Industries (where Anthony Stark is its sole owner) of $20.3 billion and given its 150 year old existence as a multinational organization with a strong military-industrial focus in its past it is safe to conclude that Anthony Stark might be the first human to get past the $1 trillion threshold. > >In conclusion, Stark might be in possession of about $163.5 billion in liquid assets and has a net worth of roughly $3.4 trillion in 20\u2588\u2588 dollars. > >Hail hydra. > >Adrien Schutz, 1st Research fellow of \u2588\u2588\u2588-\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588, former S.H.I.E.L.D operative.", "human_ref_B": "Enough.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4256.0, "score_ratio": 3.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crd0bcs", "c_root_id_B": "crd5qr0", "created_at_utc_A": 1431963147.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431972143.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Forbes actually has an estimated answer tl;dr - $12.4 billion.", "human_ref_B": "Well, the top 3 Weapons Contractors in the US have annual revenue on the order of $100B. Given that that's the slice of the pie that is spread amongst them *after* Tony cut off the Weapons Manufacture division of Stark Industries, we're talking easily upwards of $30B of revenue per year for Stark Industries. And Stark Industries has been the primary weapons contractor *since WWII*. Take that much money, every year, for decades, and take into account that we're talking about a roughly 10% profit margin (footnote viii in the above), and the fact that the Stark family has always maintained majority stakeholdings, that's pretty significant. * $30B in revenue per year * 10% profit for $3B per year * 51% shareholding for ~$1.5B per year And then, take into account he probably has that money invested, which even at a 3% return... Yeah, he's probably the richest man in the world. Gates only has about $80B. Given that his company became *more* lucrative after his announcement of him being Iron Man several years ago, we can assume that he made upwards of $1.75B per year for the past 3-4 years, at a minimum.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8996.0, "score_ratio": 1.5294117647, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crd5qr0", "c_root_id_B": "crcydjv", "created_at_utc_A": 1431972143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431959651.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Well, the top 3 Weapons Contractors in the US have annual revenue on the order of $100B. Given that that's the slice of the pie that is spread amongst them *after* Tony cut off the Weapons Manufacture division of Stark Industries, we're talking easily upwards of $30B of revenue per year for Stark Industries. And Stark Industries has been the primary weapons contractor *since WWII*. Take that much money, every year, for decades, and take into account that we're talking about a roughly 10% profit margin (footnote viii in the above), and the fact that the Stark family has always maintained majority stakeholdings, that's pretty significant. * $30B in revenue per year * 10% profit for $3B per year * 51% shareholding for ~$1.5B per year And then, take into account he probably has that money invested, which even at a 3% return... Yeah, he's probably the richest man in the world. Gates only has about $80B. Given that his company became *more* lucrative after his announcement of him being Iron Man several years ago, we can assume that he made upwards of $1.75B per year for the past 3-4 years, at a minimum.", "human_ref_B": "Enough.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12492.0, "score_ratio": 2.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crd0bcs", "c_root_id_B": "crd7hu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1431963147.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431975479.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Forbes actually has an estimated answer tl;dr - $12.4 billion.", "human_ref_B": "At a certain point it doesn't actually matter what the specific dollar value is. Once you surpass a certain absurd level of affluence your wealth really is best described as \"enough\". Stark has enough money to purchase Quinjets, large buildings and other equally expensive assets (I don't even want to think about how much the arc reactors and repulsors cost him in raw materials). More importantly, he has enough money to do so without any concern for the cost and no indication that it has an impact on his finances. Tony views buying a Quinjet with much the same mentality that you or I view buying a chocolate bar. When I'm at a movie theater and want a chocolate bar I don't really worry about whether it $1.50 or $2.00. The $0.50 isn't worth the effort to think about on the grand scheme of things, even though it is a 33% price increase. To Tony, a Quinjet is a chocolate bar. The specific dollar value is so small compared to his finances that it doesn't matter to him at all. Once you reach a level of wealth where you can buy a Quinjet on a whim, its best to just describe your wealth as \" enough\" rather than getting hung up on the specifics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12332.0, "score_ratio": 1.1176470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crcydjv", "c_root_id_B": "crd7hu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1431959651.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431975479.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Enough.", "human_ref_B": "At a certain point it doesn't actually matter what the specific dollar value is. Once you surpass a certain absurd level of affluence your wealth really is best described as \"enough\". Stark has enough money to purchase Quinjets, large buildings and other equally expensive assets (I don't even want to think about how much the arc reactors and repulsors cost him in raw materials). More importantly, he has enough money to do so without any concern for the cost and no indication that it has an impact on his finances. Tony views buying a Quinjet with much the same mentality that you or I view buying a chocolate bar. When I'm at a movie theater and want a chocolate bar I don't really worry about whether it $1.50 or $2.00. The $0.50 isn't worth the effort to think about on the grand scheme of things, even though it is a 33% price increase. To Tony, a Quinjet is a chocolate bar. The specific dollar value is so small compared to his finances that it doesn't matter to him at all. Once you reach a level of wealth where you can buy a Quinjet on a whim, its best to just describe your wealth as \" enough\" rather than getting hung up on the specifics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15828.0, "score_ratio": 2.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crd5r6s", "c_root_id_B": "crd7hu5", "created_at_utc_A": 1431972163.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431975479.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "\"yes\"", "human_ref_B": "At a certain point it doesn't actually matter what the specific dollar value is. Once you surpass a certain absurd level of affluence your wealth really is best described as \"enough\". Stark has enough money to purchase Quinjets, large buildings and other equally expensive assets (I don't even want to think about how much the arc reactors and repulsors cost him in raw materials). More importantly, he has enough money to do so without any concern for the cost and no indication that it has an impact on his finances. Tony views buying a Quinjet with much the same mentality that you or I view buying a chocolate bar. When I'm at a movie theater and want a chocolate bar I don't really worry about whether it $1.50 or $2.00. The $0.50 isn't worth the effort to think about on the grand scheme of things, even though it is a 33% price increase. To Tony, a Quinjet is a chocolate bar. The specific dollar value is so small compared to his finances that it doesn't matter to him at all. Once you reach a level of wealth where you can buy a Quinjet on a whim, its best to just describe your wealth as \" enough\" rather than getting hung up on the specifics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3316.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36davg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[MCU] How much money does Tony Stark actually have? #", "c_root_id_A": "crd0bcs", "c_root_id_B": "crcydjv", "created_at_utc_A": 1431963147.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431959651.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Forbes actually has an estimated answer tl;dr - $12.4 billion.", "human_ref_B": "Enough.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3496.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtdyo3", "c_root_id_B": "ehteuyo", "created_at_utc_A": 1551755404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551756146.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "SHIELD.", "human_ref_B": "Howard was 'close' to a lot of things, but he's still only one guy and a lot of the ancillary technologies had a long way to go before some of the ideas could become realistic products. Like he was close to repulsor tech and Arc reactor tech that would make a flying car work pretty well, but he didn't have the necessary physics to actually build the mini-arc reactor something like that would take, and he couldn't fit any other kind of suitable power plant in a car shaped form. And perhaps more importantly, even if he could make a car fly, computer technology was nowhere near where it needed to be for a flying car to be a remotely good idea to put in the hands of a civilian. You're average man's man of the era would get a lot of people killed flying a '57 Chevy's worth of iron home after having a scotch or two with the boys after work without any kind of automation or safety equipment. Hence, no flying cars.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 742.0, "score_ratio": 23.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtgsaz", "c_root_id_B": "ehtkjuu", "created_at_utc_A": 1551757724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551762049.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Fury's car in Winter soldier had a flight mode, it was disabled by the first attack.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason we don't see them today; it's not an engineering problem, it's one of practicality. We *clearly* see the spinoff technologies all over SHIELD, though. Where do you think the impossible flying Amphibious Assault Ship in *Avengers* and *Winter Soldier* came from? Flying cars proved impractical for civilian use as an actual replacement to the automobile. The levitation technology that would have powered it, though? It's got a *ton* of military applications, and with an unlimited Pentagon budget you never need to ask 'is this practical?'", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4325.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtgy4c", "c_root_id_B": "ehtkjuu", "created_at_utc_A": 1551758499.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551762049.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "A combination of several factors: never being able to make the technology reliable (or just getting bored with it and moving on to other projects), high costs, ancillary technology to make it practical (such as flight control systems for vehicles naturally unstable in flight), and government regulations. Ultimately the biggest hurdle though is the people factor. Vehicular accidents kill thousands of people every year, and making roads three-dimensional would make matters so much worse. Your average driver isn't necessarily cut out to be a pilot. That isn't to say the technology was completely forgotten about. Phil Coulson had a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette outfitted with flight tech, and Nick Fury's SHIELD SUV was similarly equipped with a flight system. Tony's repulsor tech may also be a refined version of the propulsion systems originally developed by Howard for the flying car project.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason we don't see them today; it's not an engineering problem, it's one of practicality. We *clearly* see the spinoff technologies all over SHIELD, though. Where do you think the impossible flying Amphibious Assault Ship in *Avengers* and *Winter Soldier* came from? Flying cars proved impractical for civilian use as an actual replacement to the automobile. The levitation technology that would have powered it, though? It's got a *ton* of military applications, and with an unlimited Pentagon budget you never need to ask 'is this practical?'", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3550.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtkjuu", "c_root_id_B": "ehth86o", "created_at_utc_A": 1551762049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551758825.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Same reason we don't see them today; it's not an engineering problem, it's one of practicality. We *clearly* see the spinoff technologies all over SHIELD, though. Where do you think the impossible flying Amphibious Assault Ship in *Avengers* and *Winter Soldier* came from? Flying cars proved impractical for civilian use as an actual replacement to the automobile. The levitation technology that would have powered it, though? It's got a *ton* of military applications, and with an unlimited Pentagon budget you never need to ask 'is this practical?'", "human_ref_B": "Imagine all the brainless drivers on the road today. Imagine that in three dimensions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3224.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtfhr5", "c_root_id_B": "ehtkjuu", "created_at_utc_A": 1551756678.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551762049.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "He had the knowledge, but was hamstrung by the resources if the era, especially power supply. The batteries and generators of the era just plain couldn't handle his style. By Tony's era, there are options. You can build an arc reactor, or salvage a Chitauri power supply, or steal Wakandan hardware, all of which can meet the power demands and make all sorts of things possible. You can have the juice to run a flying machine, or powered armor, or energy weapons, and any number of other things that would otherwise be a science fiction pipe dream.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason we don't see them today; it's not an engineering problem, it's one of practicality. We *clearly* see the spinoff technologies all over SHIELD, though. Where do you think the impossible flying Amphibious Assault Ship in *Avengers* and *Winter Soldier* came from? Flying cars proved impractical for civilian use as an actual replacement to the automobile. The levitation technology that would have powered it, though? It's got a *ton* of military applications, and with an unlimited Pentagon budget you never need to ask 'is this practical?'", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5371.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtkjuu", "c_root_id_B": "ehtdyo3", "created_at_utc_A": 1551762049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551755404.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Same reason we don't see them today; it's not an engineering problem, it's one of practicality. We *clearly* see the spinoff technologies all over SHIELD, though. Where do you think the impossible flying Amphibious Assault Ship in *Avengers* and *Winter Soldier* came from? Flying cars proved impractical for civilian use as an actual replacement to the automobile. The levitation technology that would have powered it, though? It's got a *ton* of military applications, and with an unlimited Pentagon budget you never need to ask 'is this practical?'", "human_ref_B": "SHIELD.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6645.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtgsoo", "c_root_id_B": "ehtkjuu", "created_at_utc_A": 1551757753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551762049.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Fury's car in Winter soldier had a flight mode, it was disabled by the first attack.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason we don't see them today; it's not an engineering problem, it's one of practicality. We *clearly* see the spinoff technologies all over SHIELD, though. Where do you think the impossible flying Amphibious Assault Ship in *Avengers* and *Winter Soldier* came from? Flying cars proved impractical for civilian use as an actual replacement to the automobile. The levitation technology that would have powered it, though? It's got a *ton* of military applications, and with an unlimited Pentagon budget you never need to ask 'is this practical?'", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4296.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtgsaz", "c_root_id_B": "ehtgy4c", "created_at_utc_A": 1551757724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551758499.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Fury's car in Winter soldier had a flight mode, it was disabled by the first attack.", "human_ref_B": "A combination of several factors: never being able to make the technology reliable (or just getting bored with it and moving on to other projects), high costs, ancillary technology to make it practical (such as flight control systems for vehicles naturally unstable in flight), and government regulations. Ultimately the biggest hurdle though is the people factor. Vehicular accidents kill thousands of people every year, and making roads three-dimensional would make matters so much worse. Your average driver isn't necessarily cut out to be a pilot. That isn't to say the technology was completely forgotten about. Phil Coulson had a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette outfitted with flight tech, and Nick Fury's SHIELD SUV was similarly equipped with a flight system. Tony's repulsor tech may also be a refined version of the propulsion systems originally developed by Howard for the flying car project.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 775.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehth86o", "c_root_id_B": "ehtgsaz", "created_at_utc_A": 1551758825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551757724.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Imagine all the brainless drivers on the road today. Imagine that in three dimensions.", "human_ref_B": "Fury's car in Winter soldier had a flight mode, it was disabled by the first attack.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1101.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtdyo3", "c_root_id_B": "ehtgsaz", "created_at_utc_A": 1551755404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551757724.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "SHIELD.", "human_ref_B": "Fury's car in Winter soldier had a flight mode, it was disabled by the first attack.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2320.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtgy4c", "c_root_id_B": "ehtfhr5", "created_at_utc_A": 1551758499.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551756678.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "A combination of several factors: never being able to make the technology reliable (or just getting bored with it and moving on to other projects), high costs, ancillary technology to make it practical (such as flight control systems for vehicles naturally unstable in flight), and government regulations. Ultimately the biggest hurdle though is the people factor. Vehicular accidents kill thousands of people every year, and making roads three-dimensional would make matters so much worse. Your average driver isn't necessarily cut out to be a pilot. That isn't to say the technology was completely forgotten about. Phil Coulson had a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette outfitted with flight tech, and Nick Fury's SHIELD SUV was similarly equipped with a flight system. Tony's repulsor tech may also be a refined version of the propulsion systems originally developed by Howard for the flying car project.", "human_ref_B": "He had the knowledge, but was hamstrung by the resources if the era, especially power supply. The batteries and generators of the era just plain couldn't handle his style. By Tony's era, there are options. You can build an arc reactor, or salvage a Chitauri power supply, or steal Wakandan hardware, all of which can meet the power demands and make all sorts of things possible. You can have the juice to run a flying machine, or powered armor, or energy weapons, and any number of other things that would otherwise be a science fiction pipe dream.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1821.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtdyo3", "c_root_id_B": "ehtgy4c", "created_at_utc_A": 1551755404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551758499.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "SHIELD.", "human_ref_B": "A combination of several factors: never being able to make the technology reliable (or just getting bored with it and moving on to other projects), high costs, ancillary technology to make it practical (such as flight control systems for vehicles naturally unstable in flight), and government regulations. Ultimately the biggest hurdle though is the people factor. Vehicular accidents kill thousands of people every year, and making roads three-dimensional would make matters so much worse. Your average driver isn't necessarily cut out to be a pilot. That isn't to say the technology was completely forgotten about. Phil Coulson had a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette outfitted with flight tech, and Nick Fury's SHIELD SUV was similarly equipped with a flight system. Tony's repulsor tech may also be a refined version of the propulsion systems originally developed by Howard for the flying car project.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3095.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtgsoo", "c_root_id_B": "ehtgy4c", "created_at_utc_A": 1551757753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551758499.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Fury's car in Winter soldier had a flight mode, it was disabled by the first attack.", "human_ref_B": "A combination of several factors: never being able to make the technology reliable (or just getting bored with it and moving on to other projects), high costs, ancillary technology to make it practical (such as flight control systems for vehicles naturally unstable in flight), and government regulations. Ultimately the biggest hurdle though is the people factor. Vehicular accidents kill thousands of people every year, and making roads three-dimensional would make matters so much worse. Your average driver isn't necessarily cut out to be a pilot. That isn't to say the technology was completely forgotten about. Phil Coulson had a 1962 Chevrolet Corvette outfitted with flight tech, and Nick Fury's SHIELD SUV was similarly equipped with a flight system. Tony's repulsor tech may also be a refined version of the propulsion systems originally developed by Howard for the flying car project.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 746.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehth86o", "c_root_id_B": "ehtfhr5", "created_at_utc_A": 1551758825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551756678.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Imagine all the brainless drivers on the road today. Imagine that in three dimensions.", "human_ref_B": "He had the knowledge, but was hamstrung by the resources if the era, especially power supply. The batteries and generators of the era just plain couldn't handle his style. By Tony's era, there are options. You can build an arc reactor, or salvage a Chitauri power supply, or steal Wakandan hardware, all of which can meet the power demands and make all sorts of things possible. You can have the juice to run a flying machine, or powered armor, or energy weapons, and any number of other things that would otherwise be a science fiction pipe dream.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2147.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehth86o", "c_root_id_B": "ehtdyo3", "created_at_utc_A": 1551758825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551755404.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Imagine all the brainless drivers on the road today. Imagine that in three dimensions.", "human_ref_B": "SHIELD.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3421.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtgsoo", "c_root_id_B": "ehth86o", "created_at_utc_A": 1551757753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551758825.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Fury's car in Winter soldier had a flight mode, it was disabled by the first attack.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine all the brainless drivers on the road today. Imagine that in three dimensions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1072.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axg94x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[MCU] If Howard Stark was so close to having flying cars in the first avenger then why don\u2019t we see them in present day?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtdyo3", "c_root_id_B": "ehtfhr5", "created_at_utc_A": 1551755404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551756678.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "SHIELD.", "human_ref_B": "He had the knowledge, but was hamstrung by the resources if the era, especially power supply. The batteries and generators of the era just plain couldn't handle his style. By Tony's era, there are options. You can build an arc reactor, or salvage a Chitauri power supply, or steal Wakandan hardware, all of which can meet the power demands and make all sorts of things possible. You can have the juice to run a flying machine, or powered armor, or energy weapons, and any number of other things that would otherwise be a science fiction pipe dream.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1274.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mdfe3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Is there any rhyme or reason to Chewbacca's life and career choices? Chewbacca fights in the Clone Wars. There's reason to think he holds a position of some responsibility; Yoda calls him by name and says he'll miss him, so it seems very possible there was a Chewie/Yoda team-up even earlier. Next time we see him, he's first mate on the Falcon. Now I understand he didn't exactly have a chance to withdraw his back pay from the Kashyyyyyk National Guard or whatever \u2014 those were dark times, when Wookiees were being enslaved and persecuted. But considering he's been this full-grown, professional fighter for the past 20 years, it seems sad that he's now working for a smuggler who's in debt to Jabba for dumping a spice shipment. I mean, shouldn't Chewie have come a *little* farther in life? If not a home, at least his own ship? I understand that people's lives don't always follow an obvious \"level up\" progression, especially in turbulent times of war and upheaval. Just because someone takes a superficially low-status job doesn't mean he's making a mistake. But... Chewbacca's life just seems so empty, when you think about it. He's fought in three wars and participated in some of the most spectacular, risky operations we've ever seen, and he has so little to show for it, and now he's outlived so many friends. Does he just enjoy the payday-to-payday routine of a wandering warrior? Is that what the good life is to wookiees \u2014 a resume that looks like Wolverine's?", "c_root_id_A": "drtpaf3", "c_root_id_B": "drtqgce", "created_at_utc_A": 1514395946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514397252.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": ">people's lives don't always follow an obvious \"level up\" progression The numbered levels get harder as they progress so I just hang around in the bonus level.", "human_ref_B": "Revolutions and upheavals overturn LOTS of peoples' lives, particularly people who had positions of responsibility in the old society. If he dwelt on it, Chewbacca might indeed lament his fall in status. However, he's certainly aware that he's in very good company. As pointed out elsewhere, many wookies become slaves, so he is fortunate to escape that fate. Many other sapients in the galaxy probably suffer either arbitrary detention, execution, seizure of their assets, or elimination of their means to make a living. Someone who loses everything later in life often must take whatever work they can find to survive. Chewbacca has a reasonably steady living and tends to be free from the Empire's hand (until ANH), so he's at least lucky in that respect. While being aware of the difference between his old and new lives, he very likely counts his blessings.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1306.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7c0awj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Are there 'weight limits' to the Force Telekinesis? What determines its strength? More broadly, what determines the strength of Force User? Midiclorians? I know Force Unleashed is not canon anymore but there a protagonist could influence an entire destroyer while in movies it's only small objects thrown at each other.", "c_root_id_A": "dpm9o4o", "c_root_id_B": "dpmn3ub", "created_at_utc_A": 1510318635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1510334963.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The strength of the Force itself is potentially limitless but mortal beings have only been able to gain access to so much. The Force-User's strength is determined by a number of factors: midi-chlorian count, personal connection to the Force, knowledge of the Force and its capabilities, and the belief in the Force and oneself. Midi-chlorians are used to determine your potential in overall Force manipulation. The more you have the stronger you could be. While controversial they do prove one thing: not every one can be a Jedi, Sith, Nightsister or whatever people are doing nowadays. It sucks but that's life, even in a galaxy far far away some people are just born more lucky than others. Your personal connection is the second factor. This one requires much meditation and self-reflection as you must learn who you are, what the Force means to you and where you fit while connected to everything around you. In the days of the Old Republic this normally took years of meditation to grasp and with a certain amount a youngling would eventually feel connection enough to physically represent their connection to the Force with the crystal in their lightsaber. Knowledge of the Force is a hard one. First of all, almost nobody in both Legends and Canon combined knows everything about the Force. Some have lived spent decades and sometimes centuries studying it and trying to understand it. As one gains knowledge of the Force and widens their understanding their power will grow but only so much. They will discover new abilities to help them communicate, heal, kill, move, and manipulate. Knowledge is power but be wary of how much you are willing to study. Lastly there is believing and trusting the Force and it's a big one. Having doubts is natural, especially when you it comes to yourself and a higher power that you barely understand much less see (despite the fact that your teacher could have demonstrated and proved its existence multiple times). Doubt resonates in everyone even the most powerful Force-Users. You are the only thing stopping you from lifting your speeder or hyperdrive if whatever you think is too much for you. What you have to do is use the Force, trust it, let it guide you on the right path, believe that it will help you. Your doubt, your fear, your self-hatred, they all hold you back. Accept that you're not perfect, and believe that despite being flawed you can still take your rightful place as a part of the Living Force and manipulate it or become its vessel. Your personal strength is up to you. Whatever you wish to move with the Force depends on what you mind allows you to move with it, if you don't believe you can do it you can't. This was the case of young Galen Marek, the Secret Apprentice, a Force-sensitive human said to have power comparable to Yoda ~~chill guys, I'm not trying to start shit~~ but was raised to use his power as a weapon to the fullest. The day he moved a Star Destroyer from orbit he did not simply pull it down, it was already falling and he simply guided it. I recall reading that it was the hardest thing he ever did since he had to reach out to the Force as it influenced both him and the Star Destroyer and use it to establish a connection with the entire ship. What made it more difficult was thinking past the fact that it was huge and heavier than his imagination could comprehend and he was only able to stop before when it was several feet from where he stood.", "human_ref_B": "Size matters not. But a Force user's thoughts, perceptions, and biases matter lots. That being said, we can't be sure that distance matters not. So moving a planet could be impossible since most of the planet would be too far away to use Force Push on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16328.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7c0awj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Are there 'weight limits' to the Force Telekinesis? What determines its strength? More broadly, what determines the strength of Force User? Midiclorians? I know Force Unleashed is not canon anymore but there a protagonist could influence an entire destroyer while in movies it's only small objects thrown at each other.", "c_root_id_A": "dpmn3ub", "c_root_id_B": "dpmh5cd", "created_at_utc_A": 1510334963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1510328694.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Size matters not. But a Force user's thoughts, perceptions, and biases matter lots. That being said, we can't be sure that distance matters not. So moving a planet could be impossible since most of the planet would be too far away to use Force Push on.", "human_ref_B": "In some of the books which are no longer cannon the Jedi Cadets threw an entire Star Fleet out of their solar system.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6269.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nn9gn", "c_root_id_B": "h8nm36v", "created_at_utc_A": 1628777472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628776946.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The problem with stars technology in the sense of its scaling is with its power generation. Whatever is powering literally everything is far more energy dense than anything we have ever seen. So why build a dyson sphere if some reactor will deliver the same amount of power>", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 526.0, "score_ratio": 60.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nsr38", "c_root_id_B": "h8nm36v", "created_at_utc_A": 1628779840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628776946.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I should probably bookmark this cause this, and similar, questions get asked a lot Tl;dr; - The Kardashev scale assumes that a star is the largest, most efficient, source of energy for a solar system. In Star Wars it's not. Around 10^32 joules of energy to destroy a plant the size of Earth. The Sun would take 3 days to output that (and it radiates it in all directions) but the Death Star puts into a focused beam for 3 seconds, from crystals *much* smaller than a small moon, let alone a whole star.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2894.0, "score_ratio": 44.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nqd37", "c_root_id_B": "h8nm36v", "created_at_utc_A": 1628778822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628776946.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No, the setting doesn't require civilizations to harness the energy of the entire sun for the most part, since FTL and devastating weaponry is achieved with more compact power plants. Only times when stars were involved are the Star Forge - which effectively used a star for both power and matter, and new canon Starkiller base, which had to power a hyperspace beam with it. There's no known type 3 civilization aside from mythic \"celestials\", whose true nature is constantly shifting depending on time - and even then their main contribution is traces of massive stellar constructions (like Centerpoint Station and artificial nature of some solar systems), which while massively impressive is not exactly ironclad type 3 signifier.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1876.0, "score_ratio": 31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nm36v", "c_root_id_B": "h8npo18", "created_at_utc_A": 1628776946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628778521.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Wasn't Starkiller Base a planet hollowed out and equipped to store a star's energy to release on other systems? That should put them at Type II.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1575.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nm36v", "c_root_id_B": "h8nw50d", "created_at_utc_A": 1628776946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628781265.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Well, I always wondered about who built Centerpoint Station, first mentioned in Legends \"Ambush at Corellia\". If I recall, it was a giant repulsor that had the capacity to move around stars, though it's been some time since I read the series. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ambush_at_Corellia", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4319.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8o5mgx", "c_root_id_B": "h8nm36v", "created_at_utc_A": 1628785173.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628776946.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It is not strictly a requirement of the Kardashev that a civilization literally harness the power available to a planet, star, or galaxy. It's that a civilization is capable of producing the equivalent amount of energy on demand. Certainly, the most straight forward way for type 2 is to use a dyson swarm/sphere or whatever, but if they developed some advanced source of power entirely removed from the star that still provides the same amount of energy, it qualifies.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8227.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nm36v", "c_root_id_B": "h8p24w5", "created_at_utc_A": 1628776946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628798658.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "When this kind of question pops up, there's a recurring point that people make and that I don't like very much. People usually argue that the answer is \"no\" because we don't see anyone having a Dyson sphere or whatever. I don't know exactly how Kardashev worded his definitions, but for me the question is not whether or not they are actually using said power, but whether or not they could use it if they needed. Now, do we ever see any SW civilization with unmet energy needs? I don't think so. Coruscant is an entire planet covered in a deep, deep, city, and they seem to have their energy needs covered without the need for any Dyson spheres or the like. Their ships have ridiculous peak power outputs and energy usage between recharges, and only rarely ever do they have fuel issues. Even their weapons! Whatever technology they use to power stuff is way over anything we can think of. They're probably way above the equivalent to tier II, they just don't have Dyson spheres because their technology makes them obsolote.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21712.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nm36v", "c_root_id_B": "h8p72v7", "created_at_utc_A": 1628776946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628800579.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The Empire has built weapons that in a single shot emit more energy than what's necessary to hold a planet together, so they're definitely above type 1; and in at least one of it's iterations, such a weapon has even been named Star Killer, which suggests it might consume energy from stars faster than they naturally produce; so even a single weapon is already type 2. So it's quite possible that as a whole, the Empire adds up to significantly higher than base-level type 2. The galaxy is still around, with plenty of energy going unused though; so it's not clear if they're using up the equivalent energy output of a whole galaxy, or just multiple stars; we probably need more hard numbers than what the movies offer to calculate that for sure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23633.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8o5jp5", "c_root_id_B": "h8nm36v", "created_at_utc_A": 1628785143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628776946.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No. Not in canon and the only thing that was close in legends was the Infinite Empire in KOTOR, specifically because of the Star Forge, but it's important to point out that there was only the one. In terms of the Kardashev scale, only really the planets in the galactic core seem to even reach type 1. The overall realities of the Star Wars universe are such that is not a continuous civilization, but more a galactic sized trade network.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8197.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nqd37", "c_root_id_B": "h8nsr38", "created_at_utc_A": 1628778822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628779840.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "No, the setting doesn't require civilizations to harness the energy of the entire sun for the most part, since FTL and devastating weaponry is achieved with more compact power plants. Only times when stars were involved are the Star Forge - which effectively used a star for both power and matter, and new canon Starkiller base, which had to power a hyperspace beam with it. There's no known type 3 civilization aside from mythic \"celestials\", whose true nature is constantly shifting depending on time - and even then their main contribution is traces of massive stellar constructions (like Centerpoint Station and artificial nature of some solar systems), which while massively impressive is not exactly ironclad type 3 signifier.", "human_ref_B": "I should probably bookmark this cause this, and similar, questions get asked a lot Tl;dr; - The Kardashev scale assumes that a star is the largest, most efficient, source of energy for a solar system. In Star Wars it's not. Around 10^32 joules of energy to destroy a plant the size of Earth. The Sun would take 3 days to output that (and it radiates it in all directions) but the Death Star puts into a focused beam for 3 seconds, from crystals *much* smaller than a small moon, let alone a whole star.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1018.0, "score_ratio": 1.4193548387, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8nsr38", "c_root_id_B": "h8npo18", "created_at_utc_A": 1628779840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628778521.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I should probably bookmark this cause this, and similar, questions get asked a lot Tl;dr; - The Kardashev scale assumes that a star is the largest, most efficient, source of energy for a solar system. In Star Wars it's not. Around 10^32 joules of energy to destroy a plant the size of Earth. The Sun would take 3 days to output that (and it radiates it in all directions) but the Death Star puts into a focused beam for 3 seconds, from crystals *much* smaller than a small moon, let alone a whole star.", "human_ref_B": "Wasn't Starkiller Base a planet hollowed out and equipped to store a star's energy to release on other systems? That should put them at Type II.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1319.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8npo18", "c_root_id_B": "h8nqd37", "created_at_utc_A": 1628778521.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628778822.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't Starkiller Base a planet hollowed out and equipped to store a star's energy to release on other systems? That should put them at Type II.", "human_ref_B": "No, the setting doesn't require civilizations to harness the energy of the entire sun for the most part, since FTL and devastating weaponry is achieved with more compact power plants. Only times when stars were involved are the Star Forge - which effectively used a star for both power and matter, and new canon Starkiller base, which had to power a hyperspace beam with it. There's no known type 3 civilization aside from mythic \"celestials\", whose true nature is constantly shifting depending on time - and even then their main contribution is traces of massive stellar constructions (like Centerpoint Station and artificial nature of some solar systems), which while massively impressive is not exactly ironclad type 3 signifier.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 301.0, "score_ratio": 2.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8o5mgx", "c_root_id_B": "h8o5jp5", "created_at_utc_A": 1628785173.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628785143.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It is not strictly a requirement of the Kardashev that a civilization literally harness the power available to a planet, star, or galaxy. It's that a civilization is capable of producing the equivalent amount of energy on demand. Certainly, the most straight forward way for type 2 is to use a dyson swarm/sphere or whatever, but if they developed some advanced source of power entirely removed from the star that still provides the same amount of energy, it qualifies.", "human_ref_B": "No. Not in canon and the only thing that was close in legends was the Infinite Empire in KOTOR, specifically because of the Star Forge, but it's important to point out that there was only the one. In terms of the Kardashev scale, only really the planets in the galactic core seem to even reach type 1. The overall realities of the Star Wars universe are such that is not a continuous civilization, but more a galactic sized trade network.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8o5mgx", "c_root_id_B": "h8o2d8e", "created_at_utc_A": 1628785173.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628783840.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It is not strictly a requirement of the Kardashev that a civilization literally harness the power available to a planet, star, or galaxy. It's that a civilization is capable of producing the equivalent amount of energy on demand. Certainly, the most straight forward way for type 2 is to use a dyson swarm/sphere or whatever, but if they developed some advanced source of power entirely removed from the star that still provides the same amount of energy, it qualifies.", "human_ref_B": "Legends used to have the Celestials, a sort of precursor race that built crazy stuff like Centerpoint Station that would have qualified I believe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1333.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8p24w5", "c_root_id_B": "h8o5jp5", "created_at_utc_A": 1628798658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628785143.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "When this kind of question pops up, there's a recurring point that people make and that I don't like very much. People usually argue that the answer is \"no\" because we don't see anyone having a Dyson sphere or whatever. I don't know exactly how Kardashev worded his definitions, but for me the question is not whether or not they are actually using said power, but whether or not they could use it if they needed. Now, do we ever see any SW civilization with unmet energy needs? I don't think so. Coruscant is an entire planet covered in a deep, deep, city, and they seem to have their energy needs covered without the need for any Dyson spheres or the like. Their ships have ridiculous peak power outputs and energy usage between recharges, and only rarely ever do they have fuel issues. Even their weapons! Whatever technology they use to power stuff is way over anything we can think of. They're probably way above the equivalent to tier II, they just don't have Dyson spheres because their technology makes them obsolote.", "human_ref_B": "No. Not in canon and the only thing that was close in legends was the Infinite Empire in KOTOR, specifically because of the Star Forge, but it's important to point out that there was only the one. In terms of the Kardashev scale, only really the planets in the galactic core seem to even reach type 1. The overall realities of the Star Wars universe are such that is not a continuous civilization, but more a galactic sized trade network.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13515.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8p24w5", "c_root_id_B": "h8o2d8e", "created_at_utc_A": 1628798658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628783840.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When this kind of question pops up, there's a recurring point that people make and that I don't like very much. People usually argue that the answer is \"no\" because we don't see anyone having a Dyson sphere or whatever. I don't know exactly how Kardashev worded his definitions, but for me the question is not whether or not they are actually using said power, but whether or not they could use it if they needed. Now, do we ever see any SW civilization with unmet energy needs? I don't think so. Coruscant is an entire planet covered in a deep, deep, city, and they seem to have their energy needs covered without the need for any Dyson spheres or the like. Their ships have ridiculous peak power outputs and energy usage between recharges, and only rarely ever do they have fuel issues. Even their weapons! Whatever technology they use to power stuff is way over anything we can think of. They're probably way above the equivalent to tier II, they just don't have Dyson spheres because their technology makes them obsolote.", "human_ref_B": "Legends used to have the Celestials, a sort of precursor race that built crazy stuff like Centerpoint Station that would have qualified I believe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14818.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8p24w5", "c_root_id_B": "h8ogiuh", "created_at_utc_A": 1628798658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628789531.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "When this kind of question pops up, there's a recurring point that people make and that I don't like very much. People usually argue that the answer is \"no\" because we don't see anyone having a Dyson sphere or whatever. I don't know exactly how Kardashev worded his definitions, but for me the question is not whether or not they are actually using said power, but whether or not they could use it if they needed. Now, do we ever see any SW civilization with unmet energy needs? I don't think so. Coruscant is an entire planet covered in a deep, deep, city, and they seem to have their energy needs covered without the need for any Dyson spheres or the like. Their ships have ridiculous peak power outputs and energy usage between recharges, and only rarely ever do they have fuel issues. Even their weapons! Whatever technology they use to power stuff is way over anything we can think of. They're probably way above the equivalent to tier II, they just don't have Dyson spheres because their technology makes them obsolote.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is a galaxy spanning civilization. Type 3.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9127.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8o5jp5", "c_root_id_B": "h8p72v7", "created_at_utc_A": 1628785143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628800579.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No. Not in canon and the only thing that was close in legends was the Infinite Empire in KOTOR, specifically because of the Star Forge, but it's important to point out that there was only the one. In terms of the Kardashev scale, only really the planets in the galactic core seem to even reach type 1. The overall realities of the Star Wars universe are such that is not a continuous civilization, but more a galactic sized trade network.", "human_ref_B": "The Empire has built weapons that in a single shot emit more energy than what's necessary to hold a planet together, so they're definitely above type 1; and in at least one of it's iterations, such a weapon has even been named Star Killer, which suggests it might consume energy from stars faster than they naturally produce; so even a single weapon is already type 2. So it's quite possible that as a whole, the Empire adds up to significantly higher than base-level type 2. The galaxy is still around, with plenty of energy going unused though; so it's not clear if they're using up the equivalent energy output of a whole galaxy, or just multiple stars; we probably need more hard numbers than what the movies offer to calculate that for sure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15436.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8o2d8e", "c_root_id_B": "h8p72v7", "created_at_utc_A": 1628783840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628800579.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Legends used to have the Celestials, a sort of precursor race that built crazy stuff like Centerpoint Station that would have qualified I believe.", "human_ref_B": "The Empire has built weapons that in a single shot emit more energy than what's necessary to hold a planet together, so they're definitely above type 1; and in at least one of it's iterations, such a weapon has even been named Star Killer, which suggests it might consume energy from stars faster than they naturally produce; so even a single weapon is already type 2. So it's quite possible that as a whole, the Empire adds up to significantly higher than base-level type 2. The galaxy is still around, with plenty of energy going unused though; so it's not clear if they're using up the equivalent energy output of a whole galaxy, or just multiple stars; we probably need more hard numbers than what the movies offer to calculate that for sure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16739.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8p72v7", "c_root_id_B": "h8ogiuh", "created_at_utc_A": 1628800579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628789531.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The Empire has built weapons that in a single shot emit more energy than what's necessary to hold a planet together, so they're definitely above type 1; and in at least one of it's iterations, such a weapon has even been named Star Killer, which suggests it might consume energy from stars faster than they naturally produce; so even a single weapon is already type 2. So it's quite possible that as a whole, the Empire adds up to significantly higher than base-level type 2. The galaxy is still around, with plenty of energy going unused though; so it's not clear if they're using up the equivalent energy output of a whole galaxy, or just multiple stars; we probably need more hard numbers than what the movies offer to calculate that for sure.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is a galaxy spanning civilization. Type 3.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11048.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8p3ipi", "c_root_id_B": "h8p72v7", "created_at_utc_A": 1628799192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628800579.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Empire is definitely above type 2.", "human_ref_B": "The Empire has built weapons that in a single shot emit more energy than what's necessary to hold a planet together, so they're definitely above type 1; and in at least one of it's iterations, such a weapon has even been named Star Killer, which suggests it might consume energy from stars faster than they naturally produce; so even a single weapon is already type 2. So it's quite possible that as a whole, the Empire adds up to significantly higher than base-level type 2. The galaxy is still around, with plenty of energy going unused though; so it's not clear if they're using up the equivalent energy output of a whole galaxy, or just multiple stars; we probably need more hard numbers than what the movies offer to calculate that for sure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1387.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8o5jp5", "c_root_id_B": "h8o2d8e", "created_at_utc_A": 1628785143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628783840.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No. Not in canon and the only thing that was close in legends was the Infinite Empire in KOTOR, specifically because of the Star Forge, but it's important to point out that there was only the one. In terms of the Kardashev scale, only really the planets in the galactic core seem to even reach type 1. The overall realities of the Star Wars universe are such that is not a continuous civilization, but more a galactic sized trade network.", "human_ref_B": "Legends used to have the Celestials, a sort of precursor race that built crazy stuff like Centerpoint Station that would have qualified I believe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1303.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8qso9z", "c_root_id_B": "h8ogiuh", "created_at_utc_A": 1628827178.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628789531.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Arguable the Galactic Empire/Republic and New Republic is a type 2 civilisation. In legends it's certainly large enough to be under normal circumstances (the sheer scale of SW legends was insane, but they could never quite convey that scale) but in either canon or legends the Death Star alone could qualify as a type 2 civilisation, it can certainly output more power on average than the vast majority of stars (several times more than our sun) if it was fired at it's maximum sustainable rate (I think that was 1 shot per day for the first Death Star, the second had quite a bit higher rate of fire even for planet killing shots). As for Dyson Swarms or any other stellar engines I don't think there's any that I recall of in Star Wars. For reference the Star Forge while very cool doesn't come anywhere near close to being a type 2 energy source/device/stellar engine, to do that it'd need to englobe the entire star, use all of it's power output and would have left the planets in that star system (Rakata Prime for instance) cold dead rocks. What the Star Forge did do however was to mine the star for raw materials to use in its manufactured output which is something almost as awesome and far more rare to see in fiction.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is a galaxy spanning civilization. Type 3.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37647.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8ogiuh", "c_root_id_B": "h8vwj39", "created_at_utc_A": 1628789531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628925720.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Star wars is a galaxy spanning civilization. Type 3.", "human_ref_B": "The only example of a Dyson sphere I am aware of is Iokath. However, this isn't canon as it only appears in Star Wars: The Old Republic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 136189.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8p3ipi", "c_root_id_B": "h8qso9z", "created_at_utc_A": 1628799192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628827178.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Empire is definitely above type 2.", "human_ref_B": "Arguable the Galactic Empire/Republic and New Republic is a type 2 civilisation. In legends it's certainly large enough to be under normal circumstances (the sheer scale of SW legends was insane, but they could never quite convey that scale) but in either canon or legends the Death Star alone could qualify as a type 2 civilisation, it can certainly output more power on average than the vast majority of stars (several times more than our sun) if it was fired at it's maximum sustainable rate (I think that was 1 shot per day for the first Death Star, the second had quite a bit higher rate of fire even for planet killing shots). As for Dyson Swarms or any other stellar engines I don't think there's any that I recall of in Star Wars. For reference the Star Forge while very cool doesn't come anywhere near close to being a type 2 energy source/device/stellar engine, to do that it'd need to englobe the entire star, use all of it's power output and would have left the planets in that star system (Rakata Prime for instance) cold dead rocks. What the Star Forge did do however was to mine the star for raw materials to use in its manufactured output which is something almost as awesome and far more rare to see in fiction.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27986.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p30g5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star wars] Are there any type 2 or 3 civilizations? It seems to me like there should be type 2 civilizations and things like Dyson arrays and the such but they're never really talked about and there are plenty of people throughout the Galaxy that barely even live at the technology that we have today. I know that in Legends there's things like the Star forge which would most definitely be like a type 2 energy source.", "c_root_id_A": "h8p3ipi", "c_root_id_B": "h8vwj39", "created_at_utc_A": 1628799192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628925720.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Empire is definitely above type 2.", "human_ref_B": "The only example of a Dyson sphere I am aware of is Iokath. However, this isn't canon as it only appears in Star Wars: The Old Republic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 126528.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxw6w36", "c_root_id_B": "hxwriog", "created_at_utc_A": 1645484927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645494199.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Spiderman would probably have some trouble with some of the legitimately evil people of Gotham, like the Joker, but he could totally handle not just the major villains handedly, but with his powers could also stop a lot of petty crime at a greater pace. Batman on the other hand, would probably fare better than expected. He'd have weird super tech built pretty quickly to handle many of the major enemies. He is a super genius, that has plans for everyone in DC just about, and with Spiderman's villains being no worse than national threats individually he could absolutely get countermeasures on them all. He may be a bit shocked at how human NYCs villains are though. A whole city of people that could be helped instead of assaulted(except a few like Osborn and Venom) would be unusual for the guy who deals mostly with the criminally insane. Yeah, green goblin is super strong and smart, but Batman could still handle him without calling for help.", "human_ref_B": "There's a tumblr screencap out there that talks about how they'd absolutely wreck each other's villains. Essentially it boiled down to Batman has way more gadgetry that can handle people just expecting webs, while Spider-man would get under the skin of people like Joker by being funnier than him. Oh, and using his spider sense to get through various traps from Riddler and whoever. There's more to it than that, but that's the general idea.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9272.0, "score_ratio": 1.7894736842, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxwriog", "c_root_id_B": "hxw8ihn", "created_at_utc_A": 1645494199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645485617.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "There's a tumblr screencap out there that talks about how they'd absolutely wreck each other's villains. Essentially it boiled down to Batman has way more gadgetry that can handle people just expecting webs, while Spider-man would get under the skin of people like Joker by being funnier than him. Oh, and using his spider sense to get through various traps from Riddler and whoever. There's more to it than that, but that's the general idea.", "human_ref_B": "You could try /r/whowouldwin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8582.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxwriog", "c_root_id_B": "hxwd2vq", "created_at_utc_A": 1645494199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645487589.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "There's a tumblr screencap out there that talks about how they'd absolutely wreck each other's villains. Essentially it boiled down to Batman has way more gadgetry that can handle people just expecting webs, while Spider-man would get under the skin of people like Joker by being funnier than him. Oh, and using his spider sense to get through various traps from Riddler and whoever. There's more to it than that, but that's the general idea.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man is going to have a REALLY bad time. He\u2019s not used to the sheer level of depravity that Batman villains descend to and as a person he\u2019s actually pretty frail. As seen by how often he has breakdowns. He\u2019s got the physical advantage, sure, but he\u2019s not a good detective and will be badly fucked up dealing with someone like Joker being creative. Batman will have a fairly easy time. While he is outmatched physically, he\u2019s far more brutal than Spider-Man. And he\u2019s used to being physically outmatched, that\u2019s why he has tech that lets him scale up to Superman levels. Sure he won\u2019t be able to handle Sandman with his normal gear(Rhino and Lizard? Easy meat. He deals with worse regularly.) but he also wouldn\u2019t be dumb enough running around with normal gear. He prepares for things, Sandman would be handled like he handles Clayface.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6610.0, "score_ratio": -34.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxw8ihn", "c_root_id_B": "hxxzkr9", "created_at_utc_A": 1645485617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645520031.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You could try /r/whowouldwin.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-man handles the villains well, his main issue is the detective stuff, which I think he could figure out, but could result in more casualties/destruction. Batman would have a much harder time. Spidey's rogues are way stronger then people give them credit for. Rhino, one of the villains you might think is on the weaker side is strong enough to go toe to toe with the fucking hulk. I do think batman could take him, but with a lot more hurt then spidey could, villains like Electro, Doc Ock or Goblin would sweep the floor with Batsy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34414.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxxoz9z", "c_root_id_B": "hxxzkr9", "created_at_utc_A": 1645511850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645520031.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "this has been asked several times on this sub and r/whowouldwin", "human_ref_B": "Spider-man handles the villains well, his main issue is the detective stuff, which I think he could figure out, but could result in more casualties/destruction. Batman would have a much harder time. Spidey's rogues are way stronger then people give them credit for. Rhino, one of the villains you might think is on the weaker side is strong enough to go toe to toe with the fucking hulk. I do think batman could take him, but with a lot more hurt then spidey could, villains like Electro, Doc Ock or Goblin would sweep the floor with Batsy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8181.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxwd2vq", "c_root_id_B": "hxxzkr9", "created_at_utc_A": 1645487589.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645520031.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Spider-Man is going to have a REALLY bad time. He\u2019s not used to the sheer level of depravity that Batman villains descend to and as a person he\u2019s actually pretty frail. As seen by how often he has breakdowns. He\u2019s got the physical advantage, sure, but he\u2019s not a good detective and will be badly fucked up dealing with someone like Joker being creative. Batman will have a fairly easy time. While he is outmatched physically, he\u2019s far more brutal than Spider-Man. And he\u2019s used to being physically outmatched, that\u2019s why he has tech that lets him scale up to Superman levels. Sure he won\u2019t be able to handle Sandman with his normal gear(Rhino and Lizard? Easy meat. He deals with worse regularly.) but he also wouldn\u2019t be dumb enough running around with normal gear. He prepares for things, Sandman would be handled like he handles Clayface.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-man handles the villains well, his main issue is the detective stuff, which I think he could figure out, but could result in more casualties/destruction. Batman would have a much harder time. Spidey's rogues are way stronger then people give them credit for. Rhino, one of the villains you might think is on the weaker side is strong enough to go toe to toe with the fucking hulk. I do think batman could take him, but with a lot more hurt then spidey could, villains like Electro, Doc Ock or Goblin would sweep the floor with Batsy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32442.0, "score_ratio": -9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxxoz9z", "c_root_id_B": "hxyre6n", "created_at_utc_A": 1645511850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645539177.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "this has been asked several times on this sub and r/whowouldwin", "human_ref_B": "It depends on what level of Spider sense this version has. If it is like the versions where it tells him what wire to cut on the bomb then I think that can make up the gap in detective skills. If it is more like MCU, it will be more of an uphill battle. At the same time I could see spiderman who is arguably better with computers than Bats is taking different approaches to solving different problems like the riddler or even the Joker (which is usually just finding their hideout) before x y z occurs) Peter's spider sense will give him a major advantage in dealing with the joker's unpredictability. Bane would be in trouble, I could see the scarecrow actually giving peter a ton of problems if he were to be gassed", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27327.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxyre6n", "c_root_id_B": "hxwd2vq", "created_at_utc_A": 1645539177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645487589.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "It depends on what level of Spider sense this version has. If it is like the versions where it tells him what wire to cut on the bomb then I think that can make up the gap in detective skills. If it is more like MCU, it will be more of an uphill battle. At the same time I could see spiderman who is arguably better with computers than Bats is taking different approaches to solving different problems like the riddler or even the Joker (which is usually just finding their hideout) before x y z occurs) Peter's spider sense will give him a major advantage in dealing with the joker's unpredictability. Bane would be in trouble, I could see the scarecrow actually giving peter a ton of problems if he were to be gassed", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man is going to have a REALLY bad time. He\u2019s not used to the sheer level of depravity that Batman villains descend to and as a person he\u2019s actually pretty frail. As seen by how often he has breakdowns. He\u2019s got the physical advantage, sure, but he\u2019s not a good detective and will be badly fucked up dealing with someone like Joker being creative. Batman will have a fairly easy time. While he is outmatched physically, he\u2019s far more brutal than Spider-Man. And he\u2019s used to being physically outmatched, that\u2019s why he has tech that lets him scale up to Superman levels. Sure he won\u2019t be able to handle Sandman with his normal gear(Rhino and Lizard? Easy meat. He deals with worse regularly.) but he also wouldn\u2019t be dumb enough running around with normal gear. He prepares for things, Sandman would be handled like he handles Clayface.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 51588.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxyre6n", "c_root_id_B": "hxy1w3r", "created_at_utc_A": 1645539177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645521993.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "It depends on what level of Spider sense this version has. If it is like the versions where it tells him what wire to cut on the bomb then I think that can make up the gap in detective skills. If it is more like MCU, it will be more of an uphill battle. At the same time I could see spiderman who is arguably better with computers than Bats is taking different approaches to solving different problems like the riddler or even the Joker (which is usually just finding their hideout) before x y z occurs) Peter's spider sense will give him a major advantage in dealing with the joker's unpredictability. Bane would be in trouble, I could see the scarecrow actually giving peter a ton of problems if he were to be gassed", "human_ref_B": "Bats hats it covered. As mentioned in other comments, bats is the better detective. He\u2019ll be able to stop some plans before they come to fruition. As to the physical superiority of spideys villains, Bats has stopped plenty of physically superior villains. And that\u2019s in Gotham, where it\u2019s Bat-Family only. New York has a hero for every block. If a villain is too much, there\u2019s an avenger 15 metres away. (Seriously. Why to villains attack New York? Start on the other coast and conquer half the country first!) And lastly, a Batman/Spider-Man crossover comic featured Batman physically defeating Carnage. In less time than it took for spidey to take down Joker! I think Gotham is in more danger. A lot of Batman\u2019s villains are about finding them, not fighting them. Spidey\u2019s no slouch, but he\u2019s not a world famous detective. Bane, Penguin, Joker, Hush, Ra\u2019s Al Guhl. These guys are gonna rack up major victories before they\u2019re stopped", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17184.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxwd2vq", "c_root_id_B": "hxxoz9z", "created_at_utc_A": 1645487589.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645511850.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Spider-Man is going to have a REALLY bad time. He\u2019s not used to the sheer level of depravity that Batman villains descend to and as a person he\u2019s actually pretty frail. As seen by how often he has breakdowns. He\u2019s got the physical advantage, sure, but he\u2019s not a good detective and will be badly fucked up dealing with someone like Joker being creative. Batman will have a fairly easy time. While he is outmatched physically, he\u2019s far more brutal than Spider-Man. And he\u2019s used to being physically outmatched, that\u2019s why he has tech that lets him scale up to Superman levels. Sure he won\u2019t be able to handle Sandman with his normal gear(Rhino and Lizard? Easy meat. He deals with worse regularly.) but he also wouldn\u2019t be dumb enough running around with normal gear. He prepares for things, Sandman would be handled like he handles Clayface.", "human_ref_B": "this has been asked several times on this sub and r/whowouldwin", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24261.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxzw67e", "c_root_id_B": "hxwd2vq", "created_at_utc_A": 1645555516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645487589.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Peter talks too much for that to happen", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man is going to have a REALLY bad time. He\u2019s not used to the sheer level of depravity that Batman villains descend to and as a person he\u2019s actually pretty frail. As seen by how often he has breakdowns. He\u2019s got the physical advantage, sure, but he\u2019s not a good detective and will be badly fucked up dealing with someone like Joker being creative. Batman will have a fairly easy time. While he is outmatched physically, he\u2019s far more brutal than Spider-Man. And he\u2019s used to being physically outmatched, that\u2019s why he has tech that lets him scale up to Superman levels. Sure he won\u2019t be able to handle Sandman with his normal gear(Rhino and Lizard? Easy meat. He deals with worse regularly.) but he also wouldn\u2019t be dumb enough running around with normal gear. He prepares for things, Sandman would be handled like he handles Clayface.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 67927.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxy1w3r", "c_root_id_B": "hxzw67e", "created_at_utc_A": 1645521993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645555516.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Bats hats it covered. As mentioned in other comments, bats is the better detective. He\u2019ll be able to stop some plans before they come to fruition. As to the physical superiority of spideys villains, Bats has stopped plenty of physically superior villains. And that\u2019s in Gotham, where it\u2019s Bat-Family only. New York has a hero for every block. If a villain is too much, there\u2019s an avenger 15 metres away. (Seriously. Why to villains attack New York? Start on the other coast and conquer half the country first!) And lastly, a Batman/Spider-Man crossover comic featured Batman physically defeating Carnage. In less time than it took for spidey to take down Joker! I think Gotham is in more danger. A lot of Batman\u2019s villains are about finding them, not fighting them. Spidey\u2019s no slouch, but he\u2019s not a world famous detective. Bane, Penguin, Joker, Hush, Ra\u2019s Al Guhl. These guys are gonna rack up major victories before they\u2019re stopped", "human_ref_B": "Peter talks too much for that to happen", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33523.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "ibpimig", "c_root_id_B": "hxwd2vq", "created_at_utc_A": 1654761191.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645487589.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "would they be able to be happy dc took catwoman away from bats and marvel took mj from spidey", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man is going to have a REALLY bad time. He\u2019s not used to the sheer level of depravity that Batman villains descend to and as a person he\u2019s actually pretty frail. As seen by how often he has breakdowns. He\u2019s got the physical advantage, sure, but he\u2019s not a good detective and will be badly fucked up dealing with someone like Joker being creative. Batman will have a fairly easy time. While he is outmatched physically, he\u2019s far more brutal than Spider-Man. And he\u2019s used to being physically outmatched, that\u2019s why he has tech that lets him scale up to Superman levels. Sure he won\u2019t be able to handle Sandman with his normal gear(Rhino and Lizard? Easy meat. He deals with worse regularly.) but he also wouldn\u2019t be dumb enough running around with normal gear. He prepares for things, Sandman would be handled like he handles Clayface.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9273602.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "ibpimig", "c_root_id_B": "hxy1w3r", "created_at_utc_A": 1654761191.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645521993.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "would they be able to be happy dc took catwoman away from bats and marvel took mj from spidey", "human_ref_B": "Bats hats it covered. As mentioned in other comments, bats is the better detective. He\u2019ll be able to stop some plans before they come to fruition. As to the physical superiority of spideys villains, Bats has stopped plenty of physically superior villains. And that\u2019s in Gotham, where it\u2019s Bat-Family only. New York has a hero for every block. If a villain is too much, there\u2019s an avenger 15 metres away. (Seriously. Why to villains attack New York? Start on the other coast and conquer half the country first!) And lastly, a Batman/Spider-Man crossover comic featured Batman physically defeating Carnage. In less time than it took for spidey to take down Joker! I think Gotham is in more danger. A lot of Batman\u2019s villains are about finding them, not fighting them. Spidey\u2019s no slouch, but he\u2019s not a world famous detective. Bane, Penguin, Joker, Hush, Ra\u2019s Al Guhl. These guys are gonna rack up major victories before they\u2019re stopped", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9239198.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "ibtj2xu", "c_root_id_B": "hxwd2vq", "created_at_utc_A": 1654836260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645487589.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "spiderman will be batman's ew partner/robin", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man is going to have a REALLY bad time. He\u2019s not used to the sheer level of depravity that Batman villains descend to and as a person he\u2019s actually pretty frail. As seen by how often he has breakdowns. He\u2019s got the physical advantage, sure, but he\u2019s not a good detective and will be badly fucked up dealing with someone like Joker being creative. Batman will have a fairly easy time. While he is outmatched physically, he\u2019s far more brutal than Spider-Man. And he\u2019s used to being physically outmatched, that\u2019s why he has tech that lets him scale up to Superman levels. Sure he won\u2019t be able to handle Sandman with his normal gear(Rhino and Lizard? Easy meat. He deals with worse regularly.) but he also wouldn\u2019t be dumb enough running around with normal gear. He prepares for things, Sandman would be handled like he handles Clayface.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9348671.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sy70jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Would Spider-Man and Batman be able to cover for each other? If they traded places for a month or two... what would happen? Marvel's New York and Gotham are both crime-ridden, but in different ways. Spidey's typical rogues are less unpredictable than the Batgallery, on average less clever, but also much more powerful. Meanwhile, Spider-Man has the physical prowess to handle almost all Bat villains with ease, given an actual confrontation. The question wouldn't be so much if he can defeat them, but if he can locate them and minimise the harm they'd do. Batman, meanwhile, has the opposite problems. While Spidey is a genius in his own right, Batman is surely a superior detective. He wouldn't have any problem unravelling supervillain plots, unless maybe if he were dealing with Doctor Octopus, Norman Osborne, or the Kingpin. But he can't go toe-to-toe with people like Rhino, Sandman, or Lizard, to name just a few.", "c_root_id_A": "hxy1w3r", "c_root_id_B": "ibtj2xu", "created_at_utc_A": 1645521993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654836260.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Bats hats it covered. As mentioned in other comments, bats is the better detective. He\u2019ll be able to stop some plans before they come to fruition. As to the physical superiority of spideys villains, Bats has stopped plenty of physically superior villains. And that\u2019s in Gotham, where it\u2019s Bat-Family only. New York has a hero for every block. If a villain is too much, there\u2019s an avenger 15 metres away. (Seriously. Why to villains attack New York? Start on the other coast and conquer half the country first!) And lastly, a Batman/Spider-Man crossover comic featured Batman physically defeating Carnage. In less time than it took for spidey to take down Joker! I think Gotham is in more danger. A lot of Batman\u2019s villains are about finding them, not fighting them. Spidey\u2019s no slouch, but he\u2019s not a world famous detective. Bane, Penguin, Joker, Hush, Ra\u2019s Al Guhl. These guys are gonna rack up major victories before they\u2019re stopped", "human_ref_B": "spiderman will be batman's ew partner/robin", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9314267.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u09pyk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel and DC] Why do the Gods look down on Mortals yet seek their aid ?", "c_root_id_A": "i45o7et", "c_root_id_B": "i45tfx1", "created_at_utc_A": 1649594494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649597353.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Most of the pantheons are just humans on a larger scale. All their characteristics are larger then mortal. Not just their lifespan and wisdom. But also anger jealousy etc. Of interesting note is that it\u2019s mostly the ruling class who really look down on mortals. Odin, Zeus, Pluto, Hela.. more regular gods like the warriors three and sif tend to be much more accepting of mortals", "human_ref_B": "wE CaNnOt InTeRfErE", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2859.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u09pyk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel and DC] Why do the Gods look down on Mortals yet seek their aid ?", "c_root_id_A": "i46hikh", "c_root_id_B": "i463iix", "created_at_utc_A": 1649607840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649602052.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Godly rules sometimes prohibit direct interference. If god A strolls into olympus to steal something from god B, it might escalate anywhere from 2 superpowerful gods fighting, to 2 pantheons og gids fighting. not good for collateral. On the other hand if a mortal does it, the rules normally keep it small scale. So mortals are useful. But at the same time, our lifespans pass in the time it takes these blokes to nap. We are squishy, one teensy lightning bolt and we pass on, whereas these guys come back from a lot worse. Some respect us, but by and large, they probably see us the way we see some animals. Except they sleep with us....theres that uhh....messy bit too.", "human_ref_B": "Jelly of being afraid", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5788.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u09pyk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel and DC] Why do the Gods look down on Mortals yet seek their aid ?", "c_root_id_A": "i45o7et", "c_root_id_B": "i46hikh", "created_at_utc_A": 1649594494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649607840.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Most of the pantheons are just humans on a larger scale. All their characteristics are larger then mortal. Not just their lifespan and wisdom. But also anger jealousy etc. Of interesting note is that it\u2019s mostly the ruling class who really look down on mortals. Odin, Zeus, Pluto, Hela.. more regular gods like the warriors three and sif tend to be much more accepting of mortals", "human_ref_B": "Godly rules sometimes prohibit direct interference. If god A strolls into olympus to steal something from god B, it might escalate anywhere from 2 superpowerful gods fighting, to 2 pantheons og gids fighting. not good for collateral. On the other hand if a mortal does it, the rules normally keep it small scale. So mortals are useful. But at the same time, our lifespans pass in the time it takes these blokes to nap. We are squishy, one teensy lightning bolt and we pass on, whereas these guys come back from a lot worse. Some respect us, but by and large, they probably see us the way we see some animals. Except they sleep with us....theres that uhh....messy bit too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13346.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u09pyk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel and DC] Why do the Gods look down on Mortals yet seek their aid ?", "c_root_id_A": "i46hikh", "c_root_id_B": "i464jw2", "created_at_utc_A": 1649607840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649602501.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Godly rules sometimes prohibit direct interference. If god A strolls into olympus to steal something from god B, it might escalate anywhere from 2 superpowerful gods fighting, to 2 pantheons og gids fighting. not good for collateral. On the other hand if a mortal does it, the rules normally keep it small scale. So mortals are useful. But at the same time, our lifespans pass in the time it takes these blokes to nap. We are squishy, one teensy lightning bolt and we pass on, whereas these guys come back from a lot worse. Some respect us, but by and large, they probably see us the way we see some animals. Except they sleep with us....theres that uhh....messy bit too.", "human_ref_B": "Because most Gods are petty and selfish in every mythos you can find. They see humans as objects and slaves, as well as their children who don't know any better. This isn't an egalitarian relationship. They feel entitled to act superior.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5339.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw7xq99", "c_root_id_B": "iw7zup1", "created_at_utc_A": 1668360682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668361536.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 81, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Professor X and Martian Manhunter can read minds, so that's a pretty good quick way to get answers from someone.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 854.0, "score_ratio": 81.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw7xq99", "c_root_id_B": "iw8hwsn", "created_at_utc_A": 1668360682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668368461.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Other than mind readers, obvious answer is Batman. He\u2019s trained in interrogation. The Green Lanterns should be high as well since they are space cops.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7779.0, "score_ratio": 35.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw8vvbk", "c_root_id_B": "iw7xq99", "created_at_utc_A": 1668373676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668360682.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The best tactics are the ones that work with who you are and what you have. Black Widow makes excellent use of both her beauty and not looking very intimidating to play on male egos to get information out of them from an appearance of weakness or helplessness. Batman makes use of his reputation for beating criminals up, knowing everything, being feared, and not killing or maiming people that cooperate, to intimidate and pursued people to talk. Batman's protection is often seen as a sufficient counter to the fear of reprisal from talking and few people can hold it against you for talking to the Bat because he's the bat. Charles Xavier likes to approach targets all kindly and draw people into conversations that allow him to bring the knowledge he seeks to the forefront of their mind so he can skim it off with his telepathy without digging through their minds. Superman likes to behave in a friendly manner, draw you into conversation, and ask questions that give him insight into what he wants no matter if you lie or not, because his abilities let him know when you are lying and generally what you are lying about. This also capitalizes on his reputation as friendly and approachable because he has fans even among the criminal element. Often times, Superman can interrogate someone and walk away leaving them not even aware they were actually interrogated.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12994.0, "score_ratio": 22.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw8mszf", "c_root_id_B": "iw7xq99", "created_at_utc_A": 1668370270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668360682.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Obviously mind readers. But that's no fun. Torture and fear probably aren't the best, seeing as they'd probably just tell you anything so you'd stop. Looking at you (every military on earth ever). So someone that can outsmart the bad guys. Get them to tell them stuff without them knowing. Sherlock Holmes comes to mind, also black widow tied to a chair. So really good chess players, or something like that. Those that can corner the prey and have them spring the trap for them.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9588.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw8zq79", "c_root_id_B": "iw7xq99", "created_at_utc_A": 1668375144.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668360682.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think I've ever seen the Punisher fail at this. He doesn't have psychic powers but he did wrap a guy's intestines around a tree and over some branches like a Christmas tree decoration to get him to talk. That was pretty effective. I've also seen him use a dentist drill to drill into a guy's tooth nerves one by one until he talked. Oh and of course let's not forget the pimp whose tongue he cut out and forced to write the information down in his own blood. The list goes on and on, and I think he has a 100% success rate...", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14462.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw7xq99", "c_root_id_B": "iw9nvxu", "created_at_utc_A": 1668360682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668385481.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Wonder Woman. Fiction aside, violence, assault, and the threat of same, are really unreliable in practice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24799.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw9cgfn", "c_root_id_B": "iw7xq99", "created_at_utc_A": 1668380439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668360682.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m voting Batman here. Because we actually saw him break Deathstroke into giving up info with a single whisper. This was in a Justice League animated ep.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19757.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw9auqp", "c_root_id_B": "iw7xq99", "created_at_utc_A": 1668379747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668360682.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Rorschach was pretty effective", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19065.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw8vvbk", "c_root_id_B": "iw8mszf", "created_at_utc_A": 1668373676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668370270.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The best tactics are the ones that work with who you are and what you have. Black Widow makes excellent use of both her beauty and not looking very intimidating to play on male egos to get information out of them from an appearance of weakness or helplessness. Batman makes use of his reputation for beating criminals up, knowing everything, being feared, and not killing or maiming people that cooperate, to intimidate and pursued people to talk. Batman's protection is often seen as a sufficient counter to the fear of reprisal from talking and few people can hold it against you for talking to the Bat because he's the bat. Charles Xavier likes to approach targets all kindly and draw people into conversations that allow him to bring the knowledge he seeks to the forefront of their mind so he can skim it off with his telepathy without digging through their minds. Superman likes to behave in a friendly manner, draw you into conversation, and ask questions that give him insight into what he wants no matter if you lie or not, because his abilities let him know when you are lying and generally what you are lying about. This also capitalizes on his reputation as friendly and approachable because he has fans even among the criminal element. Often times, Superman can interrogate someone and walk away leaving them not even aware they were actually interrogated.", "human_ref_B": "Obviously mind readers. But that's no fun. Torture and fear probably aren't the best, seeing as they'd probably just tell you anything so you'd stop. Looking at you (every military on earth ever). So someone that can outsmart the bad guys. Get them to tell them stuff without them knowing. Sherlock Holmes comes to mind, also black widow tied to a chair. So really good chess players, or something like that. Those that can corner the prey and have them spring the trap for them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3406.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw9auqp", "c_root_id_B": "iw9nvxu", "created_at_utc_A": 1668379747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668385481.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Rorschach was pretty effective", "human_ref_B": "Wonder Woman. Fiction aside, violence, assault, and the threat of same, are really unreliable in practice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5734.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw9iqgn", "c_root_id_B": "iw9nvxu", "created_at_utc_A": 1668383169.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668385481.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Time bomb from no heroics could see 60 seconds into the future. He would just tell the victim how they would react to said torture.", "human_ref_B": "Wonder Woman. Fiction aside, violence, assault, and the threat of same, are really unreliable in practice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2312.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yu85ek", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superheroes] What Superhero has the best interrogation tactics? We see superheroes interrogate criminals all the time. So which one, in any universe, use the most effective tactics that get the best results?", "c_root_id_A": "iw9auqp", "c_root_id_B": "iw9cgfn", "created_at_utc_A": 1668379747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668380439.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Rorschach was pretty effective", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m voting Batman here. Because we actually saw him break Deathstroke into giving up info with a single whisper. This was in a Justice League animated ep.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 692.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72ofn9", "c_root_id_B": "f72lw74", "created_at_utc_A": 1573371559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573368138.0, "score_A": 222, "score_B": 67, "human_ref_A": "The same part as Domino, the ability to have your luck always go your way no matter what to are doing.", "human_ref_B": "Conjuring. Need money, boom there it is. Really wish you had a taco from that place in downtown LA when you visited 12 yeas ago. Bam, in your hand. Teleportation has a similar means as you could zap around to different places quickly to get what you wanted but just zapping it into existence from the comfort of my couch is one step better I say.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3421.0, "score_ratio": 3.3134328358, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72i4pl", "c_root_id_B": "f72ofn9", "created_at_utc_A": 1573363911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573371559.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 222, "human_ref_A": "Shadow Clone Jutsu. That way, you can work multiple jobs while enjoying multiple hobbies while sleeping all day.", "human_ref_B": "The same part as Domino, the ability to have your luck always go your way no matter what to are doing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7648.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72jbkx", "c_root_id_B": "f72ofn9", "created_at_utc_A": 1573365186.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573371559.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 222, "human_ref_A": "The ability to determine the location of an object just by focusing on it. Never lose anything ever again!", "human_ref_B": "The same part as Domino, the ability to have your luck always go your way no matter what to are doing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6373.0, "score_ratio": 6.9375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72ofn9", "c_root_id_B": "f72l9nr", "created_at_utc_A": 1573371559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573367379.0, "score_A": 222, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "The same part as Domino, the ability to have your luck always go your way no matter what to are doing.", "human_ref_B": "Controlled reincarnation. I guess this might fall in the \"transcending humanity\", but not if you just wanted to live a mundane life each time. Every time you reincarnate, you could just choose to reincarnate as the kid of a super loaded old money family, and you would be set for life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4180.0, "score_ratio": 11.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72plom", "c_root_id_B": "f72lw74", "created_at_utc_A": 1573373222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573368138.0, "score_A": 102, "score_B": 67, "human_ref_A": "If you live in a superhero universe, you might want the one that quite a lot of normal humans in those universes actually seem to have: super durability. When your city gets trashed by a random superhero battle and a building falls on you, or a mook knocks you aside, or you fall and you get caught midair, or whatever, you want to be able to shrug off the damage without permanent injury. It'll help keep you safe in everyday life too, from car wrecks, etc. Sure, it's not as convenient day to day as telekinesis or teleportation, but you'll be happy when you don't become a crippled invalid because of a bad day.", "human_ref_B": "Conjuring. Need money, boom there it is. Really wish you had a taco from that place in downtown LA when you visited 12 yeas ago. Bam, in your hand. Teleportation has a similar means as you could zap around to different places quickly to get what you wanted but just zapping it into existence from the comfort of my couch is one step better I say.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5084.0, "score_ratio": 1.5223880597, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72plom", "c_root_id_B": "f72olw2", "created_at_utc_A": 1573373222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573371804.0, "score_A": 102, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "If you live in a superhero universe, you might want the one that quite a lot of normal humans in those universes actually seem to have: super durability. When your city gets trashed by a random superhero battle and a building falls on you, or a mook knocks you aside, or you fall and you get caught midair, or whatever, you want to be able to shrug off the damage without permanent injury. It'll help keep you safe in everyday life too, from car wrecks, etc. Sure, it's not as convenient day to day as telekinesis or teleportation, but you'll be happy when you don't become a crippled invalid because of a bad day.", "human_ref_B": "Telekinesis is the only one that really has no downsides to it, no-one is going to hassle you over it or see you as a threat to the economy or global stability, and doesn't need any secondary powers to not kill you. You are just able to move what you want without having to touch it. At most, people might be suspicious if you go to a sports event.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1418.0, "score_ratio": 2.487804878, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72plom", "c_root_id_B": "f72i4pl", "created_at_utc_A": 1573373222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573363911.0, "score_A": 102, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "If you live in a superhero universe, you might want the one that quite a lot of normal humans in those universes actually seem to have: super durability. When your city gets trashed by a random superhero battle and a building falls on you, or a mook knocks you aside, or you fall and you get caught midair, or whatever, you want to be able to shrug off the damage without permanent injury. It'll help keep you safe in everyday life too, from car wrecks, etc. Sure, it's not as convenient day to day as telekinesis or teleportation, but you'll be happy when you don't become a crippled invalid because of a bad day.", "human_ref_B": "Shadow Clone Jutsu. That way, you can work multiple jobs while enjoying multiple hobbies while sleeping all day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9311.0, "score_ratio": 2.7567567568, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72plom", "c_root_id_B": "f72jbkx", "created_at_utc_A": 1573373222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573365186.0, "score_A": 102, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "If you live in a superhero universe, you might want the one that quite a lot of normal humans in those universes actually seem to have: super durability. When your city gets trashed by a random superhero battle and a building falls on you, or a mook knocks you aside, or you fall and you get caught midair, or whatever, you want to be able to shrug off the damage without permanent injury. It'll help keep you safe in everyday life too, from car wrecks, etc. Sure, it's not as convenient day to day as telekinesis or teleportation, but you'll be happy when you don't become a crippled invalid because of a bad day.", "human_ref_B": "The ability to determine the location of an object just by focusing on it. Never lose anything ever again!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8036.0, "score_ratio": 3.1875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72plom", "c_root_id_B": "f72l9nr", "created_at_utc_A": 1573373222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573367379.0, "score_A": 102, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "If you live in a superhero universe, you might want the one that quite a lot of normal humans in those universes actually seem to have: super durability. When your city gets trashed by a random superhero battle and a building falls on you, or a mook knocks you aside, or you fall and you get caught midair, or whatever, you want to be able to shrug off the damage without permanent injury. It'll help keep you safe in everyday life too, from car wrecks, etc. Sure, it's not as convenient day to day as telekinesis or teleportation, but you'll be happy when you don't become a crippled invalid because of a bad day.", "human_ref_B": "Controlled reincarnation. I guess this might fall in the \"transcending humanity\", but not if you just wanted to live a mundane life each time. Every time you reincarnate, you could just choose to reincarnate as the kid of a super loaded old money family, and you would be set for life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5843.0, "score_ratio": 5.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72lw74", "c_root_id_B": "f72i4pl", "created_at_utc_A": 1573368138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573363911.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Conjuring. Need money, boom there it is. Really wish you had a taco from that place in downtown LA when you visited 12 yeas ago. Bam, in your hand. Teleportation has a similar means as you could zap around to different places quickly to get what you wanted but just zapping it into existence from the comfort of my couch is one step better I say.", "human_ref_B": "Shadow Clone Jutsu. That way, you can work multiple jobs while enjoying multiple hobbies while sleeping all day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4227.0, "score_ratio": 1.8108108108, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72lw74", "c_root_id_B": "f72jbkx", "created_at_utc_A": 1573368138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573365186.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "Conjuring. Need money, boom there it is. Really wish you had a taco from that place in downtown LA when you visited 12 yeas ago. Bam, in your hand. Teleportation has a similar means as you could zap around to different places quickly to get what you wanted but just zapping it into existence from the comfort of my couch is one step better I say.", "human_ref_B": "The ability to determine the location of an object just by focusing on it. Never lose anything ever again!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2952.0, "score_ratio": 2.09375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72lw74", "c_root_id_B": "f72l9nr", "created_at_utc_A": 1573368138.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573367379.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Conjuring. Need money, boom there it is. Really wish you had a taco from that place in downtown LA when you visited 12 yeas ago. Bam, in your hand. Teleportation has a similar means as you could zap around to different places quickly to get what you wanted but just zapping it into existence from the comfort of my couch is one step better I say.", "human_ref_B": "Controlled reincarnation. I guess this might fall in the \"transcending humanity\", but not if you just wanted to live a mundane life each time. Every time you reincarnate, you could just choose to reincarnate as the kid of a super loaded old money family, and you would be set for life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 759.0, "score_ratio": 3.35, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72olw2", "c_root_id_B": "f72i4pl", "created_at_utc_A": 1573371804.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573363911.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Telekinesis is the only one that really has no downsides to it, no-one is going to hassle you over it or see you as a threat to the economy or global stability, and doesn't need any secondary powers to not kill you. You are just able to move what you want without having to touch it. At most, people might be suspicious if you go to a sports event.", "human_ref_B": "Shadow Clone Jutsu. That way, you can work multiple jobs while enjoying multiple hobbies while sleeping all day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7893.0, "score_ratio": 1.1081081081, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72jbkx", "c_root_id_B": "f72olw2", "created_at_utc_A": 1573365186.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573371804.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "The ability to determine the location of an object just by focusing on it. Never lose anything ever again!", "human_ref_B": "Telekinesis is the only one that really has no downsides to it, no-one is going to hassle you over it or see you as a threat to the economy or global stability, and doesn't need any secondary powers to not kill you. You are just able to move what you want without having to touch it. At most, people might be suspicious if you go to a sports event.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6618.0, "score_ratio": 1.28125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72l9nr", "c_root_id_B": "f72olw2", "created_at_utc_A": 1573367379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573371804.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "Controlled reincarnation. I guess this might fall in the \"transcending humanity\", but not if you just wanted to live a mundane life each time. Every time you reincarnate, you could just choose to reincarnate as the kid of a super loaded old money family, and you would be set for life.", "human_ref_B": "Telekinesis is the only one that really has no downsides to it, no-one is going to hassle you over it or see you as a threat to the economy or global stability, and doesn't need any secondary powers to not kill you. You are just able to move what you want without having to touch it. At most, people might be suspicious if you go to a sports event.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4425.0, "score_ratio": 2.05, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72qt5e", "c_root_id_B": "f72jbkx", "created_at_utc_A": 1573374630.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573365186.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "Extremely advanced luck. You walk into the store as the 1 millionth customer and win a ten thousand dollar shopping spree. The house you want to buy suddenly gets condemned and placed on the market for a super low value but nobody else wants it. Once your inspection goes through they realize the original reason for condemnation was bunk and its actually worth far more than originally guessed. The first person you ask on a date is looking for exactly the same thing you are and you guys stay together for exactly the right amount of time. Anything you put your hand to magically works out. Obstacles fight each other to stay out of your way. You live a blessed life.", "human_ref_B": "The ability to determine the location of an object just by focusing on it. Never lose anything ever again!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9444.0, "score_ratio": 1.09375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72l9nr", "c_root_id_B": "f72qt5e", "created_at_utc_A": 1573367379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573374630.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Controlled reincarnation. I guess this might fall in the \"transcending humanity\", but not if you just wanted to live a mundane life each time. Every time you reincarnate, you could just choose to reincarnate as the kid of a super loaded old money family, and you would be set for life.", "human_ref_B": "Extremely advanced luck. You walk into the store as the 1 millionth customer and win a ten thousand dollar shopping spree. The house you want to buy suddenly gets condemned and placed on the market for a super low value but nobody else wants it. Once your inspection goes through they realize the original reason for condemnation was bunk and its actually worth far more than originally guessed. The first person you ask on a date is looking for exactly the same thing you are and you guys stay together for exactly the right amount of time. Anything you put your hand to magically works out. Obstacles fight each other to stay out of your way. You live a blessed life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7251.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72q9at", "c_root_id_B": "f72qt5e", "created_at_utc_A": 1573373826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573374630.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "The ability to transmute somebody or something into a bomb, silently atomizing them, is perfect for a quiet life. No more mess from the trash that pollutes the streets, or from the enemies you try not to trouble yourself with. Even if you don't care about winning or losing, this ability makes sure that if you are too fight, you won't lose to anyone. Plus, it doesn't interrupt your job at the Kame Yu Department Store too much.", "human_ref_B": "Extremely advanced luck. You walk into the store as the 1 millionth customer and win a ten thousand dollar shopping spree. The house you want to buy suddenly gets condemned and placed on the market for a super low value but nobody else wants it. Once your inspection goes through they realize the original reason for condemnation was bunk and its actually worth far more than originally guessed. The first person you ask on a date is looking for exactly the same thing you are and you guys stay together for exactly the right amount of time. Anything you put your hand to magically works out. Obstacles fight each other to stay out of your way. You live a blessed life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 804.0, "score_ratio": 1.8421052632, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f731knm", "c_root_id_B": "f72rb85", "created_at_utc_A": 1573386327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573375349.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "A little late to the party, but im surprised no one has gone the *Contessa* route here The ability to think of a goal, and have the step-by-step explanation of how to achieve that goal be given to you, along with the ability to execute those steps flawlessly. Literally anything that is physically possible for a regular human to achieve is now 100% within your grasp. Want to have a fulfilling relationship with an attractive person with an interesting personality? 39 steps. Want to get a well-paying job that you genuinely enjoy? 271 steps. Want to win the lottery? 6 steps. Want to punch Donald Trump in the face on live TV and get away 100% scot-free? 2685 steps. Want to create a life-changing technology that will guarantee yourself to be remembered in history and improve the lives of millions (and also make you billions of dollars)? 21 716 steps. The world is your oyster. Go find a pearl (in 271 steps)", "human_ref_B": "Douglas Ramsay AKA Cypher's mutant power of omnilingualism. You'd be the greatest programmer translator/interpreter in the world. The best poker player, the best lawyer. you'd never miss subtle social clues/hints. In the extremely unlikely event that you do ever get into a fight and are unable to talk your way out of it you'd have a massive natural edge in reading your oponent's body language and predicting/countering their moves. Best of all your never have to break the law to make use of your abilities. Or cheat at games of chance or what have you. The next best choice would probably be a healing factor just for the garanteed perfect health but the long term downsides there are pretty big if you're the only one.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10978.0, "score_ratio": 1.28, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f731knm", "c_root_id_B": "f72l9nr", "created_at_utc_A": 1573386327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573367379.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "A little late to the party, but im surprised no one has gone the *Contessa* route here The ability to think of a goal, and have the step-by-step explanation of how to achieve that goal be given to you, along with the ability to execute those steps flawlessly. Literally anything that is physically possible for a regular human to achieve is now 100% within your grasp. Want to have a fulfilling relationship with an attractive person with an interesting personality? 39 steps. Want to get a well-paying job that you genuinely enjoy? 271 steps. Want to win the lottery? 6 steps. Want to punch Donald Trump in the face on live TV and get away 100% scot-free? 2685 steps. Want to create a life-changing technology that will guarantee yourself to be remembered in history and improve the lives of millions (and also make you billions of dollars)? 21 716 steps. The world is your oyster. Go find a pearl (in 271 steps)", "human_ref_B": "Controlled reincarnation. I guess this might fall in the \"transcending humanity\", but not if you just wanted to live a mundane life each time. Every time you reincarnate, you could just choose to reincarnate as the kid of a super loaded old money family, and you would be set for life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18948.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f731knm", "c_root_id_B": "f72q9at", "created_at_utc_A": 1573386327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573373826.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "A little late to the party, but im surprised no one has gone the *Contessa* route here The ability to think of a goal, and have the step-by-step explanation of how to achieve that goal be given to you, along with the ability to execute those steps flawlessly. Literally anything that is physically possible for a regular human to achieve is now 100% within your grasp. Want to have a fulfilling relationship with an attractive person with an interesting personality? 39 steps. Want to get a well-paying job that you genuinely enjoy? 271 steps. Want to win the lottery? 6 steps. Want to punch Donald Trump in the face on live TV and get away 100% scot-free? 2685 steps. Want to create a life-changing technology that will guarantee yourself to be remembered in history and improve the lives of millions (and also make you billions of dollars)? 21 716 steps. The world is your oyster. Go find a pearl (in 271 steps)", "human_ref_B": "The ability to transmute somebody or something into a bomb, silently atomizing them, is perfect for a quiet life. No more mess from the trash that pollutes the streets, or from the enemies you try not to trouble yourself with. Even if you don't care about winning or losing, this ability makes sure that if you are too fight, you won't lose to anyone. Plus, it doesn't interrupt your job at the Kame Yu Department Store too much.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12501.0, "score_ratio": 1.6842105263, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72rb85", "c_root_id_B": "f72l9nr", "created_at_utc_A": 1573375349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573367379.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Douglas Ramsay AKA Cypher's mutant power of omnilingualism. You'd be the greatest programmer translator/interpreter in the world. The best poker player, the best lawyer. you'd never miss subtle social clues/hints. In the extremely unlikely event that you do ever get into a fight and are unable to talk your way out of it you'd have a massive natural edge in reading your oponent's body language and predicting/countering their moves. Best of all your never have to break the law to make use of your abilities. Or cheat at games of chance or what have you. The next best choice would probably be a healing factor just for the garanteed perfect health but the long term downsides there are pretty big if you're the only one.", "human_ref_B": "Controlled reincarnation. I guess this might fall in the \"transcending humanity\", but not if you just wanted to live a mundane life each time. Every time you reincarnate, you could just choose to reincarnate as the kid of a super loaded old money family, and you would be set for life.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7970.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "du6ukr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Superhero] What would be the best power for a normal human to have? By which i mean: you're not a hero or villain, you don't live a particularly dangerous life, you have no interest in changing the world or transcending humanity or any other such grandiose goals. You just want to live a mundane life. Without power and coolness being a factor, which superpower would actually lead to the greatest improvement in your quality of life as an everyday normal guy?", "c_root_id_A": "f72rb85", "c_root_id_B": "f72q9at", "created_at_utc_A": 1573375349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573373826.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Douglas Ramsay AKA Cypher's mutant power of omnilingualism. You'd be the greatest programmer translator/interpreter in the world. The best poker player, the best lawyer. you'd never miss subtle social clues/hints. In the extremely unlikely event that you do ever get into a fight and are unable to talk your way out of it you'd have a massive natural edge in reading your oponent's body language and predicting/countering their moves. Best of all your never have to break the law to make use of your abilities. Or cheat at games of chance or what have you. The next best choice would probably be a healing factor just for the garanteed perfect health but the long term downsides there are pretty big if you're the only one.", "human_ref_B": "The ability to transmute somebody or something into a bomb, silently atomizing them, is perfect for a quiet life. No more mess from the trash that pollutes the streets, or from the enemies you try not to trouble yourself with. Even if you don't care about winning or losing, this ability makes sure that if you are too fight, you won't lose to anyone. Plus, it doesn't interrupt your job at the Kame Yu Department Store too much.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1523.0, "score_ratio": 1.3157894737, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kg66up", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Superman] Which kind of power is \"true power\" in this world? The kind Lex Luthor has, or The kind Superman has? Superman's power is he can kill everyone, might makes right. Lex has money, power, influences, infinite resources, supporters and a super mind.", "c_root_id_A": "ggcqekn", "c_root_id_B": "ggcpq2y", "created_at_utc_A": 1608380484.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608379795.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I would say you have them the exact opposite. LEX is the one with the might makes right attitude. He believes that he should be in charge, and he should run things and get what he wants because he is the smartest and greatest human. That is actually why he hates Superman. Because Superman is something he can never be. Superman's actual true power is his incorruptibility that goes with his physical powers. There is a reason that during Doomsday Clock when everyone was paranoid about heroes, everyone still loved Superman all over the world. He was THE shining beacon of goodness when all other superheroes were suspected of being government agents.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d argue that neither of them utilizes *\u201dtrue\u201d* power, though Superman comes closer in that he uses his abilities to help others, while Luthor\u2019s influence is always for his personal gain and attempts to feed his ego by trying to one-up Superman. Now I say Superman still doesn\u2019t *properly* utilize his power because he fights to maintain the status quo, where a select few have political and monetary influence over billions. If he really wanted to help as many people as possible, he\u2019d strongarm his way past billionaires and politicians, and redistribute hoarded resources to those in most need, then use Kryptonian technology to solve world hunger, climate crises, widespread disease, etc. To that extent, he\u2019s a better person than Luthor, but mostly because he\u2019s too nice to actually solve large scale problems because they would require what he considers extreme measures.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 689.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kg66up", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Superman] Which kind of power is \"true power\" in this world? The kind Lex Luthor has, or The kind Superman has? Superman's power is he can kill everyone, might makes right. Lex has money, power, influences, infinite resources, supporters and a super mind.", "c_root_id_A": "ggcpq2y", "c_root_id_B": "ggda67k", "created_at_utc_A": 1608379795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608393237.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d argue that neither of them utilizes *\u201dtrue\u201d* power, though Superman comes closer in that he uses his abilities to help others, while Luthor\u2019s influence is always for his personal gain and attempts to feed his ego by trying to one-up Superman. Now I say Superman still doesn\u2019t *properly* utilize his power because he fights to maintain the status quo, where a select few have political and monetary influence over billions. If he really wanted to help as many people as possible, he\u2019d strongarm his way past billionaires and politicians, and redistribute hoarded resources to those in most need, then use Kryptonian technology to solve world hunger, climate crises, widespread disease, etc. To that extent, he\u2019s a better person than Luthor, but mostly because he\u2019s too nice to actually solve large scale problems because they would require what he considers extreme measures.", "human_ref_B": "This seems more a philosophical question than one with a canon in universe answer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13442.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kg66up", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Superman] Which kind of power is \"true power\" in this world? The kind Lex Luthor has, or The kind Superman has? Superman's power is he can kill everyone, might makes right. Lex has money, power, influences, infinite resources, supporters and a super mind.", "c_root_id_A": "ggdov87", "c_root_id_B": "gh1zrtr", "created_at_utc_A": 1608399365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608965963.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Power is Power. The power of rule over men. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab6GyR_5N6c Nothing more, nothing less.", "human_ref_B": "It's Superman. In the DCUA, Luthors money, power, influence and supporters simply dwindled after nearly a decade of throwing it all at Superman in hopes of finding something that would stick- all while Superman continued to whittle away at him as a reporter and super-detective. Luthor wound up losing everything and coming within a hairs breadth of dying of unsafe-science-induced cancer. The version of the game he *thinks* he's playing with Superman is utterly unwinnable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 566598.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kg66up", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Superman] Which kind of power is \"true power\" in this world? The kind Lex Luthor has, or The kind Superman has? Superman's power is he can kill everyone, might makes right. Lex has money, power, influences, infinite resources, supporters and a super mind.", "c_root_id_A": "ggdpa2a", "c_root_id_B": "gh1zrtr", "created_at_utc_A": 1608399531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608965963.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They both have power\u2014however, Luthor has flexibility of reaction as necessity dictates, where Superman has one path only. This is actually a huge weakness on the part of Superman, since it is extremely likely his black/white outlook would be tested with issues that have no black/white solution.", "human_ref_B": "It's Superman. In the DCUA, Luthors money, power, influence and supporters simply dwindled after nearly a decade of throwing it all at Superman in hopes of finding something that would stick- all while Superman continued to whittle away at him as a reporter and super-detective. Luthor wound up losing everything and coming within a hairs breadth of dying of unsafe-science-induced cancer. The version of the game he *thinks* he's playing with Superman is utterly unwinnable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 566432.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9fqsw9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Marvel] Has anyone but Hank Pym ever created technology that uses pym particles? It seems to be pretty common in comics that super genius inventors somehow invent stuff that nobody but themselves can ever utilize. But I'm wondering, Hank was a scientist, he for sure wrote some dissertations and whatever about pym particles. Has there ever been someone else who made his own technology with pym particles?", "c_root_id_A": "e5yn4py", "c_root_id_B": "e5yxs3i", "created_at_utc_A": 1536928827.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536938987.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "> he for sure wrote some dissertations and whatever about pym particles. Hank Pym wasn't going to share Pym particles with anyone, and was quite adamant about not letting anyone else get their hands on them. Writing dissertations about them goes contrary to that.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s been speculated that Pym Particles manipulate 3 axes: size, strength, and density. Ultron tapped into the latter two when creating Vision.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10160.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hbrf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[LotR] Why did the Ring ensnare Deagol and Smeagol so much more quickly than Bilbo and Frodo? When Bilbo and Frodo find the ring for the first time, they each look at it for a bit, effectively go \"ooh, neat little trinket\", then just put it away and move on. Frodo even gives it up to put in an envelope for Gandalf without hesitation. Meanwhile when Smeagol and Deagol find it, they're immediately driven to fight to the death over it and Smeagol dips into the \"My precious\" hypnotic gaze straight away. In both cases the subjects are hobbits, known for being difficult to tempt just thanks to a sheer lack of ambitions or power hunger, so why the disconnect?", "c_root_id_A": "fvalr3a", "c_root_id_B": "fvavda9", "created_at_utc_A": 1592530935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592536865.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "There are three different types of Hobbit. Bilbo and Frodo are Harfoot hobbits, smallest of the three. Smeagol is a Stoor hobbit. They're the most human-like of the three hobbits in personality, so were affected more like humans than Harfoots.", "human_ref_B": "Other responses have addressed why it was so effective on Smeagol and Deagol, but Frodo and Sam were so resistant to it not because they were particularly strong of will, but because the majority of the Hobbits of the Shire have simple and pure desires \u2013 peace, quiet, and good tilled earth. The ring has trouble tempting those who don't want for anything. It's why a noble and powerful warrior like Boromir was so easy for the ring to exploit \u2013\u00a0it's easier for a ring of power to tempt someone who wants the strength to defend his people, rather than Sam, for example, who the ring tried to tempt with visions of a garden that would cover all of Middle-Earth (or something to that effect). Sam, being one with simple desires, is able to shake off the ring's influence with much greater ease.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5930.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hbrf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[LotR] Why did the Ring ensnare Deagol and Smeagol so much more quickly than Bilbo and Frodo? When Bilbo and Frodo find the ring for the first time, they each look at it for a bit, effectively go \"ooh, neat little trinket\", then just put it away and move on. Frodo even gives it up to put in an envelope for Gandalf without hesitation. Meanwhile when Smeagol and Deagol find it, they're immediately driven to fight to the death over it and Smeagol dips into the \"My precious\" hypnotic gaze straight away. In both cases the subjects are hobbits, known for being difficult to tempt just thanks to a sheer lack of ambitions or power hunger, so why the disconnect?", "c_root_id_A": "fvapif8", "c_root_id_B": "fvavda9", "created_at_utc_A": 1592533241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592536865.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "All races have outcasts. Most hobbits, sure, lack ambition or power. But sometimes they get someone just as powerhungry as any human.", "human_ref_B": "Other responses have addressed why it was so effective on Smeagol and Deagol, but Frodo and Sam were so resistant to it not because they were particularly strong of will, but because the majority of the Hobbits of the Shire have simple and pure desires \u2013 peace, quiet, and good tilled earth. The ring has trouble tempting those who don't want for anything. It's why a noble and powerful warrior like Boromir was so easy for the ring to exploit \u2013\u00a0it's easier for a ring of power to tempt someone who wants the strength to defend his people, rather than Sam, for example, who the ring tried to tempt with visions of a garden that would cover all of Middle-Earth (or something to that effect). Sam, being one with simple desires, is able to shake off the ring's influence with much greater ease.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3624.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hbrf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[LotR] Why did the Ring ensnare Deagol and Smeagol so much more quickly than Bilbo and Frodo? When Bilbo and Frodo find the ring for the first time, they each look at it for a bit, effectively go \"ooh, neat little trinket\", then just put it away and move on. Frodo even gives it up to put in an envelope for Gandalf without hesitation. Meanwhile when Smeagol and Deagol find it, they're immediately driven to fight to the death over it and Smeagol dips into the \"My precious\" hypnotic gaze straight away. In both cases the subjects are hobbits, known for being difficult to tempt just thanks to a sheer lack of ambitions or power hunger, so why the disconnect?", "c_root_id_A": "fvavda9", "c_root_id_B": "fvasmhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1592536865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592535147.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Other responses have addressed why it was so effective on Smeagol and Deagol, but Frodo and Sam were so resistant to it not because they were particularly strong of will, but because the majority of the Hobbits of the Shire have simple and pure desires \u2013 peace, quiet, and good tilled earth. The ring has trouble tempting those who don't want for anything. It's why a noble and powerful warrior like Boromir was so easy for the ring to exploit \u2013\u00a0it's easier for a ring of power to tempt someone who wants the strength to defend his people, rather than Sam, for example, who the ring tried to tempt with visions of a garden that would cover all of Middle-Earth (or something to that effect). Sam, being one with simple desires, is able to shake off the ring's influence with much greater ease.", "human_ref_B": "Bilbo and Frodo are essentially picked men (or Hobbits). Strong of character, highly intelligent, and resistant to the darkness", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1718.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9lnrot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of The Rings] Smeagol doesnt betray the hobbits in Mordor and the ring still gets destroyed. What happens to him after Gandalf rescues the trio from Mount Doom? Inspired by a post I saw earlier today in /r/MovieDetails about the 3 eagles.", "c_root_id_A": "e781db7", "c_root_id_B": "e781x18", "created_at_utc_A": 1538756989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1538757440.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 74, "human_ref_A": "He dies of despair/depression soon after. Frodo wasn't doing well afterwards and didn't have it anywhere near as long.", "human_ref_B": "One of the biggest details of the story is the fact that the Quest *couldn't* have been completed without Gollum's betrayal. No matter what happened before, when Frodo came to the Crack of Doom, he would not and could not willingly throw in the Ring, because its corrupting influence over him was too much to bear. So with Frodo unable to willingly destroy the Ring and Sam unable to throw his master down into the fires, it fell to Gollum to destroy the Ring on his own - by complete accident. Nobody could willingly have destroyed the Ring - only Gollum's obsession (and a little help from Fate/God/Eru) could make it happen. But let's ignore that bit for the sake of a cool question. Whatever happens in Mount Doom, three halflings make it out and are picked up by the Eagles. Gandalf is the one who said >Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. So it seems unlikely that he would be leading the charge to execute Gollum for his crimes, or to judge too harshly for what he's done. And on top of that, with the Ring gone, we'd expect that Gollum's life would be near its end, having been extended well beyond its natural span by the Ring (over 500 years) and now without the Ring to maintain him. It seems likely that Gandalf and the Elves would seek to rehabilitate Gollum in his last days or months, hoping that with the object of his obsession gone and with the kindness shown to him by Frodo, that a bit of the old Smeagol could come out before he passed beyond this world. After all, if this, the most wretched creature in the world, could overcome absolute corruption and regret his misdeeds, that would be a great symbol for the world as a whole overcoming this great evil and coming out stronger.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 451.0, "score_ratio": 10.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9lnrot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Lord of The Rings] Smeagol doesnt betray the hobbits in Mordor and the ring still gets destroyed. What happens to him after Gandalf rescues the trio from Mount Doom? Inspired by a post I saw earlier today in /r/MovieDetails about the 3 eagles.", "c_root_id_A": "e788ozi", "c_root_id_B": "e78567i", "created_at_utc_A": 1538762965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1538760104.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Smeagol is kept alive only by the power of the Ring. The moment it was destroyed, he would have perished. >'And when Precious goes we'll die, yes, die into the dust.' He clawed up the ashes of the path with his long fleshless fingers. 'Dusst!'", "human_ref_B": "I suspect if he survived he would have been invited to go with the Elves to the Undying lands as he was a Ring Bearer for quite a lot longer than Frodo was.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2861.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lctmy7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[lord of the rings] Nazgul Question I know strange but I always found the nazgul kind of sympathetic due to them being tricked and forced to obey sauron and unable to disobey him and I was wondering is there anyway for them to be helped as in be freed from saurons control something akin to how Gandalf helped th\u00e9oden where the darkness can be removed from them and they return to their former selves or something like that", "c_root_id_A": "gm21i9f", "c_root_id_B": "gm21jhv", "created_at_utc_A": 1612484357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612484373.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "It's been too long for them to be helped in this life. The only hope is that they will recover in some way... after.", "human_ref_B": "Sadly, no. The Nazghul are simply too far gone by this point. Remember how Bilbo describes his ring enhanced lifespan as feeling like \u201cbutter spread over too much bread\u201d? Imagine that but spread over millennia. By the time that the Istari arrived in Middle Earth there was nothing left of the Men that put on the rings (they didn\u2019t even have corporeal bodies anymore). Also, the rings are much more powerful than whatever sorcery Saruman had at his disposal, so breaking Sauron\u2019s dominion would have been more difficult than freeing Theoden. Maybe if Gandalf met one of the kings before he turned fully into a Ring-Wraith and was able to remove the ring (which would likely require removing their hand) he could rehabilitate him, but it\u2019s a moot point now.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jq1bq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DCEU] [Man of Steel] Why aren't other Kryptonians surprised by Kal-El's abilities? As in mainline DC comics, inhabitants of Krypton in the DC Extended Universe seem to have human or near-human physical abilities i.e. walking around, die from getting shot+stabbed, holding their breath to swim, etc. During the coup attempt, Zod engages Jor-El in an MMA-style fistfight instead of flying around and punching each other through buildings like when he fights Kal-El on Earth. Like humans Kryptonians are reliant on technology for warfare. Zod and others ride around on hovercraft, wield energy weapons and need spacecraft to leave their planet. Jor-El is aware of what Earth and Sol'a conditions will have on Kal's biology and comments that he will be \"a god\" to humans (and by extension non-enhanced Kryptonians) Is this common knowledge amongst Kryptonians, that members of their species can become god-like beings through exposure to certain stars and atmospheres? If so, why do all Kryptonians not immediately seek out such world in order to gain this power (I know there was a moratorium on space travel but COME ON, godlike powers!) If not, why are Zod and his crew not shocked upon encountering a member of their species with, essentially, equal abilities to one of their advanced combat spacecraft. An Earth analogue would be the US military one day encountering a man who could, for some reason, fly and shoot missiles like an F-22 fighter jet (kiiiiiiind of like a certain genius playboy philanthropist). At the very least they would approach with caution but instead the Kryptonian mutineers land their dropship - which Kal-El would be quite capable of swatting from the sky like a bug - march up to him and start making demands. So which is it? Were the Kryptonian mutineers unaware of Kal-El's abilities or exceptionally confident that he would not engage them in combat?", "c_root_id_A": "dbi2avt", "c_root_id_B": "dbi3wwt", "created_at_utc_A": 1482405952.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482410433.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "It's been a while since I've seen Man if Steel but If I remember right that's why Kal was sent to Earth. Kryptonians knew about the effect of yellow sunlight on then and he wanted his son to be as safe as possible. Zodiac ect had access to computers about their species and probably would have had time to look it up before they got there. Edit - my phone's autocorrect is ..... Enthusiastic. I'm leaving the errors up as some are mildly amusing to me", "human_ref_B": "I think it ties together with why they were living only on krypton, why they left their colonies, and why the computer in bvs says that creating Doomsday is forbidden by kryptons council, aka they knew what would happen. this is my theory that explains a lot. So, they had colonies all over space. One of these were probably close to a yellow sun, so they learned about the powers. And then, this planet of supermen decided to rebell. Casue hey, they are gods, why should they obey a goverment back on krypton? So, there is a war, and the supermen are winning, casue they are strong enough to compete with the krytonian space fleet and while they can build suits that can compete in hand to hand, they cant win a war with infrantry, not against a entire planet. So, they create a new weapon, a kryptonian mutant, a Doomsday. And they drop him on the superman planet, and let them fight it. And eventually it grows strong enough to kill every superman down to the last and devestate the entire planet, earning the name Doomsday. Horrified by what they have done, and wanting to avoid another superman war, the high council of krypton withdraws all its people and abandons its colonies, and makes it strickly forbidden to ever create another doomsday, and implimenting cloning and forbids natural births,in order to controll the population to avoid another civil war. This explains how they knows about the powers and doomsday, why they abandoned their colonies, why they restrict themselfs to krypton, and why they use clones.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4481.0, "score_ratio": 2.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jq1bq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DCEU] [Man of Steel] Why aren't other Kryptonians surprised by Kal-El's abilities? As in mainline DC comics, inhabitants of Krypton in the DC Extended Universe seem to have human or near-human physical abilities i.e. walking around, die from getting shot+stabbed, holding their breath to swim, etc. During the coup attempt, Zod engages Jor-El in an MMA-style fistfight instead of flying around and punching each other through buildings like when he fights Kal-El on Earth. Like humans Kryptonians are reliant on technology for warfare. Zod and others ride around on hovercraft, wield energy weapons and need spacecraft to leave their planet. Jor-El is aware of what Earth and Sol'a conditions will have on Kal's biology and comments that he will be \"a god\" to humans (and by extension non-enhanced Kryptonians) Is this common knowledge amongst Kryptonians, that members of their species can become god-like beings through exposure to certain stars and atmospheres? If so, why do all Kryptonians not immediately seek out such world in order to gain this power (I know there was a moratorium on space travel but COME ON, godlike powers!) If not, why are Zod and his crew not shocked upon encountering a member of their species with, essentially, equal abilities to one of their advanced combat spacecraft. An Earth analogue would be the US military one day encountering a man who could, for some reason, fly and shoot missiles like an F-22 fighter jet (kiiiiiiind of like a certain genius playboy philanthropist). At the very least they would approach with caution but instead the Kryptonian mutineers land their dropship - which Kal-El would be quite capable of swatting from the sky like a bug - march up to him and start making demands. So which is it? Were the Kryptonian mutineers unaware of Kal-El's abilities or exceptionally confident that he would not engage them in combat?", "c_root_id_A": "dbi3q75", "c_root_id_B": "dbi3wwt", "created_at_utc_A": 1482409964.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482410433.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "> So which is it? Were the Kryptonian mutineers unaware of Kal-El's abilities or exceptionally confident that he would not engage them in combat? Neither. The mutineers were aware of what yellow suns did to Kryptonians, because of the scout ships that had been sent out during their age of discovery. And they were pretty sure that they'd have to fight Kal-El and the humans at some point, too. They just knew that the process of acclimating to the yellow sun was painful and confusing, and that their tech gave them those abilities (or near enough) anyway. > If so, why do all Kryptonians not immediately seek out such world in order to gain this power (I know there was a moratorium on space travel but COME ON, godlike powers!) Most likely the Kryptonians learned some terrible or tragic lesson about the other inhabitants of the galaxy when they went around poking into things. But regardless, they weren't interested in being gods among insects, not when they could have all of the comforts of home... at home. They abandoned the age of expansion, and instead focused on genetic engineering to perfect their bodies as their caste system perfected their society. Even Zod intended to reproduce Krypton's conditions on Earth instead of enjoying the \"luxury\" of his newly acquired super-powers, which his formidable will and combat training allowed him to assimilate much quicker than Superman or anyone else could expect. I doubt Zod even knew if it would work before he tried it, and he only tried it out of necessity after his armor had been damage too much to continue to fight in. And until then, Zod did just fine in his armor, the other Kryptonians pretty much held their own as well. Superman got lucky as often as he straight overpowered them.", "human_ref_B": "I think it ties together with why they were living only on krypton, why they left their colonies, and why the computer in bvs says that creating Doomsday is forbidden by kryptons council, aka they knew what would happen. this is my theory that explains a lot. So, they had colonies all over space. One of these were probably close to a yellow sun, so they learned about the powers. And then, this planet of supermen decided to rebell. Casue hey, they are gods, why should they obey a goverment back on krypton? So, there is a war, and the supermen are winning, casue they are strong enough to compete with the krytonian space fleet and while they can build suits that can compete in hand to hand, they cant win a war with infrantry, not against a entire planet. So, they create a new weapon, a kryptonian mutant, a Doomsday. And they drop him on the superman planet, and let them fight it. And eventually it grows strong enough to kill every superman down to the last and devestate the entire planet, earning the name Doomsday. Horrified by what they have done, and wanting to avoid another superman war, the high council of krypton withdraws all its people and abandons its colonies, and makes it strickly forbidden to ever create another doomsday, and implimenting cloning and forbids natural births,in order to controll the population to avoid another civil war. This explains how they knows about the powers and doomsday, why they abandoned their colonies, why they restrict themselfs to krypton, and why they use clones.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 469.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5jq1bq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DCEU] [Man of Steel] Why aren't other Kryptonians surprised by Kal-El's abilities? As in mainline DC comics, inhabitants of Krypton in the DC Extended Universe seem to have human or near-human physical abilities i.e. walking around, die from getting shot+stabbed, holding their breath to swim, etc. During the coup attempt, Zod engages Jor-El in an MMA-style fistfight instead of flying around and punching each other through buildings like when he fights Kal-El on Earth. Like humans Kryptonians are reliant on technology for warfare. Zod and others ride around on hovercraft, wield energy weapons and need spacecraft to leave their planet. Jor-El is aware of what Earth and Sol'a conditions will have on Kal's biology and comments that he will be \"a god\" to humans (and by extension non-enhanced Kryptonians) Is this common knowledge amongst Kryptonians, that members of their species can become god-like beings through exposure to certain stars and atmospheres? If so, why do all Kryptonians not immediately seek out such world in order to gain this power (I know there was a moratorium on space travel but COME ON, godlike powers!) If not, why are Zod and his crew not shocked upon encountering a member of their species with, essentially, equal abilities to one of their advanced combat spacecraft. An Earth analogue would be the US military one day encountering a man who could, for some reason, fly and shoot missiles like an F-22 fighter jet (kiiiiiiind of like a certain genius playboy philanthropist). At the very least they would approach with caution but instead the Kryptonian mutineers land their dropship - which Kal-El would be quite capable of swatting from the sky like a bug - march up to him and start making demands. So which is it? Were the Kryptonian mutineers unaware of Kal-El's abilities or exceptionally confident that he would not engage them in combat?", "c_root_id_A": "dbi3wwt", "c_root_id_B": "dbi3q7m", "created_at_utc_A": 1482410433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482409965.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think it ties together with why they were living only on krypton, why they left their colonies, and why the computer in bvs says that creating Doomsday is forbidden by kryptons council, aka they knew what would happen. this is my theory that explains a lot. So, they had colonies all over space. One of these were probably close to a yellow sun, so they learned about the powers. And then, this planet of supermen decided to rebell. Casue hey, they are gods, why should they obey a goverment back on krypton? So, there is a war, and the supermen are winning, casue they are strong enough to compete with the krytonian space fleet and while they can build suits that can compete in hand to hand, they cant win a war with infrantry, not against a entire planet. So, they create a new weapon, a kryptonian mutant, a Doomsday. And they drop him on the superman planet, and let them fight it. And eventually it grows strong enough to kill every superman down to the last and devestate the entire planet, earning the name Doomsday. Horrified by what they have done, and wanting to avoid another superman war, the high council of krypton withdraws all its people and abandons its colonies, and makes it strickly forbidden to ever create another doomsday, and implimenting cloning and forbids natural births,in order to controll the population to avoid another civil war. This explains how they knows about the powers and doomsday, why they abandoned their colonies, why they restrict themselfs to krypton, and why they use clones.", "human_ref_B": "> Is this common knowledge amongst Kryptonians, that members of their species can become god-like beings through exposure to certain stars and atmospheres? If so, why do all Kryptonians not immediately seek out such world in order to gain this power (I know there was a moratorium on space travel but COME ON, godlike powers!) Yeah, the only way it makes sense is if this amazing biological quirk of theirs was forbidden knowledge to all except the Council & Krypton's highest-ranking scientists military officials, it being kept a secret because of the chaos it would potentially cause (that would've been an interesting plot point!) That or Kryptonian minds/culture are so alien to us that they aren't attracted to having such physical power like us human beings are/would be.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 468.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p9t9bs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What is more advanced, the Bat Computer, or Iron Man\u2019s suit?", "c_root_id_A": "ha00m23", "c_root_id_B": "ha06yuw", "created_at_utc_A": 1629696719.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629701618.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Bat computer has access to virtually every network, defense, law enforcement on Earth......it's pretty sophisticated...... Iron man suit is computerized but relies on AI and network to operate.", "human_ref_B": "It's more or less a similar level of fictional scifi wizardry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4899.0, "score_ratio": 11000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p9t9bs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What is more advanced, the Bat Computer, or Iron Man\u2019s suit?", "c_root_id_A": "ha158pm", "c_root_id_B": "ha1l4oc", "created_at_utc_A": 1629726265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629733235.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "They're both pretty much on par with each other. JARVIS/FRIDAY's capabilities did not seem to be diminished when they were installed to the suits, and they were each capable of cracking into most networks on Earth, even Shield's, who would have the most heavily guarded computer network on Earth, besides Stark's own. We've never see the Batcomputer as a portable device, but it seems to have more or less the same kind of capabilities. The only real advantage the suit has is its small size, weaponisation, flight, and its power source, which are probably more advanced than the Batcomputer's equivalent. If the computer's software was loaded into an equivalent suit, excepting the minor issue of JARVIS/FRIDAY being sapient AI in their own rights, and having the advantages of that, they would probably be evenly matched.", "human_ref_B": "Iron Man's suit is far more advanced. At various points in time, the Bat Computer has been stated to be real world tech. *Expensive* real world tech, but real world nonetheless. It's normally portrayed as a Cray supercomputer. That's way more powerful than you'd use for neighborhood crime fighting, but Batman likes to over-prepare. The thing is, even if he needs more power, there's not really any reason for him to do anything except buy some more supercomputers and hook them up next to the first one. Batman can off-the-shelf a solution to his computing problems pretty easily. Iron Man does the same thing with a computer that fits in his pocket.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6970.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p9t9bs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What is more advanced, the Bat Computer, or Iron Man\u2019s suit?", "c_root_id_A": "ha00m23", "c_root_id_B": "ha1l4oc", "created_at_utc_A": 1629696719.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629733235.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Bat computer has access to virtually every network, defense, law enforcement on Earth......it's pretty sophisticated...... Iron man suit is computerized but relies on AI and network to operate.", "human_ref_B": "Iron Man's suit is far more advanced. At various points in time, the Bat Computer has been stated to be real world tech. *Expensive* real world tech, but real world nonetheless. It's normally portrayed as a Cray supercomputer. That's way more powerful than you'd use for neighborhood crime fighting, but Batman likes to over-prepare. The thing is, even if he needs more power, there's not really any reason for him to do anything except buy some more supercomputers and hook them up next to the first one. Batman can off-the-shelf a solution to his computing problems pretty easily. Iron Man does the same thing with a computer that fits in his pocket.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36516.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p9t9bs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Marvel/DC] What is more advanced, the Bat Computer, or Iron Man\u2019s suit?", "c_root_id_A": "ha00m23", "c_root_id_B": "ha158pm", "created_at_utc_A": 1629696719.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629726265.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Bat computer has access to virtually every network, defense, law enforcement on Earth......it's pretty sophisticated...... Iron man suit is computerized but relies on AI and network to operate.", "human_ref_B": "They're both pretty much on par with each other. JARVIS/FRIDAY's capabilities did not seem to be diminished when they were installed to the suits, and they were each capable of cracking into most networks on Earth, even Shield's, who would have the most heavily guarded computer network on Earth, besides Stark's own. We've never see the Batcomputer as a portable device, but it seems to have more or less the same kind of capabilities. The only real advantage the suit has is its small size, weaponisation, flight, and its power source, which are probably more advanced than the Batcomputer's equivalent. If the computer's software was loaded into an equivalent suit, excepting the minor issue of JARVIS/FRIDAY being sapient AI in their own rights, and having the advantages of that, they would probably be evenly matched.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29546.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81mnye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Marvel] Is it possible that Tony Stark got the name Iron Man from the Black Sabbath song? In the MCU, we are shown that Tony has a soft spot for rock (Listening to AC/DC and even wearing a Black Sabbath short in the Avengers). Is it possible that Tony got the inspiration for his superhero name from the Black Sabbath song of the same name. And yes, I know that at the end of the first Iron Man the name is stated on a newspaper before the press conference.", "c_root_id_A": "dv42k0b", "c_root_id_B": "dv40zcy", "created_at_utc_A": 1520063010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520059603.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In the MCU, no. As you yourself state, Tony got the \"Iron Man\" name from the media. Whether *the media* got it from the song is up in the air. In the comics, IIRC, this was actually canon via retcon (by necessity, given that the superhero predates the song; from what I've heard, Sabbath were originally planning to base the song *on* the character, but to preemptively avoid a potential lawsuit from Marvel, they changed it to a song about a time traveler who turns to metal and goes on an apocalyptic rampage, keeping only the *name* \"Iron Man\"), with Tony once claiming he indeed named his superhero identity after the Black Sabbath song (one must wonder what inspired Sabbath to create the song without an Iron Man around in the Marvel-floating-timeline's '60s).", "human_ref_B": "Just throwing it out but iron man was created 8 years before the Black Sabbath song was created so the song was inspired by iron man.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3407.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81mnye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Marvel] Is it possible that Tony Stark got the name Iron Man from the Black Sabbath song? In the MCU, we are shown that Tony has a soft spot for rock (Listening to AC/DC and even wearing a Black Sabbath short in the Avengers). Is it possible that Tony got the inspiration for his superhero name from the Black Sabbath song of the same name. And yes, I know that at the end of the first Iron Man the name is stated on a newspaper before the press conference.", "c_root_id_A": "dv42k0b", "c_root_id_B": "dv40jpc", "created_at_utc_A": 1520063010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520058735.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In the MCU, no. As you yourself state, Tony got the \"Iron Man\" name from the media. Whether *the media* got it from the song is up in the air. In the comics, IIRC, this was actually canon via retcon (by necessity, given that the superhero predates the song; from what I've heard, Sabbath were originally planning to base the song *on* the character, but to preemptively avoid a potential lawsuit from Marvel, they changed it to a song about a time traveler who turns to metal and goes on an apocalyptic rampage, keeping only the *name* \"Iron Man\"), with Tony once claiming he indeed named his superhero identity after the Black Sabbath song (one must wonder what inspired Sabbath to create the song without an Iron Man around in the Marvel-floating-timeline's '60s).", "human_ref_B": "I know you're asking about 199999 but i want to throw in on 616 Tony's first suits were made of actual iron. Like why wouldn't he have made it from steel, titanium or some alloy. I guess the name just sounds too cool but Stan was thinking a bit too literally.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4275.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81mnye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Marvel] Is it possible that Tony Stark got the name Iron Man from the Black Sabbath song? In the MCU, we are shown that Tony has a soft spot for rock (Listening to AC/DC and even wearing a Black Sabbath short in the Avengers). Is it possible that Tony got the inspiration for his superhero name from the Black Sabbath song of the same name. And yes, I know that at the end of the first Iron Man the name is stated on a newspaper before the press conference.", "c_root_id_A": "dv41o0s", "c_root_id_B": "dv42k0b", "created_at_utc_A": 1520061020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520063010.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I think what you are trying to ask is if his love for rock made him more accepting of the name when he read it in the paper. And it's possible, whether he knows it or not.", "human_ref_B": "In the MCU, no. As you yourself state, Tony got the \"Iron Man\" name from the media. Whether *the media* got it from the song is up in the air. In the comics, IIRC, this was actually canon via retcon (by necessity, given that the superhero predates the song; from what I've heard, Sabbath were originally planning to base the song *on* the character, but to preemptively avoid a potential lawsuit from Marvel, they changed it to a song about a time traveler who turns to metal and goes on an apocalyptic rampage, keeping only the *name* \"Iron Man\"), with Tony once claiming he indeed named his superhero identity after the Black Sabbath song (one must wonder what inspired Sabbath to create the song without an Iron Man around in the Marvel-floating-timeline's '60s).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1990.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81mnye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Marvel] Is it possible that Tony Stark got the name Iron Man from the Black Sabbath song? In the MCU, we are shown that Tony has a soft spot for rock (Listening to AC/DC and even wearing a Black Sabbath short in the Avengers). Is it possible that Tony got the inspiration for his superhero name from the Black Sabbath song of the same name. And yes, I know that at the end of the first Iron Man the name is stated on a newspaper before the press conference.", "c_root_id_A": "dv40zcy", "c_root_id_B": "dv40jpc", "created_at_utc_A": 1520059603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520058735.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Just throwing it out but iron man was created 8 years before the Black Sabbath song was created so the song was inspired by iron man.", "human_ref_B": "I know you're asking about 199999 but i want to throw in on 616 Tony's first suits were made of actual iron. Like why wouldn't he have made it from steel, titanium or some alloy. I guess the name just sounds too cool but Stan was thinking a bit too literally.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 868.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t2oi7o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Who is the most accomplished academic? So the Marvel Universe (let's say 616) has a lot of geniuses, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark and Hank Pym. But if we compare their accomplishments, academic ones, not super hero feats and setting aside inherited funds that facilitated achievements, who is the most accomplished academic? Which contributions have they made?", "c_root_id_A": "hynku75", "c_root_id_B": "hynl5ya", "created_at_utc_A": 1645976631.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645976764.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "I think Reed is most well known for his intelegence, though I would say Doom is smarter because he uses not only tech and biology and so on but also magic which Richards is fairly ignorant off. I like Doom, Richards and Valeria being the smartest character but supposedly Moon Girl is also up there (which I am less of a fan of)", "human_ref_B": "I want to say Reed, as he seems to have made the greatest variety of creations and discoveries. Many major discoveries have to do with exploring alternate worlds and dimensions. But the discovery of Pym Particles is a pretty big deal. But all this might be moot because they both keep their inventions and discoveries to themselves, not sharing them with the academic press.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 133.0, "score_ratio": 1.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t2oi7o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Who is the most accomplished academic? So the Marvel Universe (let's say 616) has a lot of geniuses, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark and Hank Pym. But if we compare their accomplishments, academic ones, not super hero feats and setting aside inherited funds that facilitated achievements, who is the most accomplished academic? Which contributions have they made?", "c_root_id_A": "hynl5ya", "c_root_id_B": "hyneapw", "created_at_utc_A": 1645976764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645973821.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I want to say Reed, as he seems to have made the greatest variety of creations and discoveries. Many major discoveries have to do with exploring alternate worlds and dimensions. But the discovery of Pym Particles is a pretty big deal. But all this might be moot because they both keep their inventions and discoveries to themselves, not sharing them with the academic press.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce says in Ragnarok that he has 7 PhDs. I'd say that's pretty huge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2943.0, "score_ratio": 3.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t2oi7o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Who is the most accomplished academic? So the Marvel Universe (let's say 616) has a lot of geniuses, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark and Hank Pym. But if we compare their accomplishments, academic ones, not super hero feats and setting aside inherited funds that facilitated achievements, who is the most accomplished academic? Which contributions have they made?", "c_root_id_A": "hynrcc0", "c_root_id_B": "hynku75", "created_at_utc_A": 1645979263.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645976631.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Reed is probably more widely published, Stark has more patents, and Doom is provost of an entire (small) nation's university system. Hard to measure.", "human_ref_B": "I think Reed is most well known for his intelegence, though I would say Doom is smarter because he uses not only tech and biology and so on but also magic which Richards is fairly ignorant off. I like Doom, Richards and Valeria being the smartest character but supposedly Moon Girl is also up there (which I am less of a fan of)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2632.0, "score_ratio": 1.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t2oi7o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Who is the most accomplished academic? So the Marvel Universe (let's say 616) has a lot of geniuses, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark and Hank Pym. But if we compare their accomplishments, academic ones, not super hero feats and setting aside inherited funds that facilitated achievements, who is the most accomplished academic? Which contributions have they made?", "c_root_id_A": "hynrcc0", "c_root_id_B": "hyneapw", "created_at_utc_A": 1645979263.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645973821.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Reed is probably more widely published, Stark has more patents, and Doom is provost of an entire (small) nation's university system. Hard to measure.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce says in Ragnarok that he has 7 PhDs. I'd say that's pretty huge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5442.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t2oi7o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Who is the most accomplished academic? So the Marvel Universe (let's say 616) has a lot of geniuses, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark and Hank Pym. But if we compare their accomplishments, academic ones, not super hero feats and setting aside inherited funds that facilitated achievements, who is the most accomplished academic? Which contributions have they made?", "c_root_id_A": "hynku75", "c_root_id_B": "hyneapw", "created_at_utc_A": 1645976631.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645973821.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I think Reed is most well known for his intelegence, though I would say Doom is smarter because he uses not only tech and biology and so on but also magic which Richards is fairly ignorant off. I like Doom, Richards and Valeria being the smartest character but supposedly Moon Girl is also up there (which I am less of a fan of)", "human_ref_B": "Bruce says in Ragnarok that he has 7 PhDs. I'd say that's pretty huge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2810.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t2oi7o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel] Who is the most accomplished academic? So the Marvel Universe (let's say 616) has a lot of geniuses, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, Tony Stark and Hank Pym. But if we compare their accomplishments, academic ones, not super hero feats and setting aside inherited funds that facilitated achievements, who is the most accomplished academic? Which contributions have they made?", "c_root_id_A": "hyneapw", "c_root_id_B": "hyohd2j", "created_at_utc_A": 1645973821.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645989341.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Bruce says in Ragnarok that he has 7 PhDs. I'd say that's pretty huge.", "human_ref_B": "Reed Richards probably Man bankrolls the entire Fantastic Four using patents on stuff he invents and pulls in enough residual income that the Four has a marketing/accounting firm working directly for them in the Baxter Building to maintain the Patent empire Reed has built. At the same time, Reed is often held up as the chief academic mind in the Marvel universe. Tony and Doom, Parker and T\u2019Challa, Banner and Pym are all acknowledged masters but each of them in some way defer to Reed. A close second would probably be Hank Pym who was titled Scientist Supreme by the Living Tribunal", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15520.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z7ds4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "Could Superman and Clark Kent appear to be in the same room together due to Superman's super-speed? Obviously this wouldn't work so hot if either one had to talk or someone else was actually interacting with them. If you casually looked in the room, could you see the two of them standing around? Maybe one could be sitting in a chair reading the paper, and the other leaning against a wall...", "c_root_id_A": "c62476a", "c_root_id_B": "c626d8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1346544727.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1346554651.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "In my opinion I think he could do it if he just needed to appear there visually; but I think a conversation would be impossible. He once left a football championship game in the middle of a play to save Chloe from Mr Mxyzptlk and nobody even noticed him go anywhere. As we know, Superman can travel at a speed faster than the human eye can perceive. What might be the determining factor in your question is whether a person would notice if Superman is only there 50% of the time; like every other 1/100th of a second or something like that.", "human_ref_B": "Why couldn't they? I thought they were good friends; its how Kent gets all those scoops on Superman. I don't get what Superman's speed has to do with it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9924.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z7ds4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "Could Superman and Clark Kent appear to be in the same room together due to Superman's super-speed? Obviously this wouldn't work so hot if either one had to talk or someone else was actually interacting with them. If you casually looked in the room, could you see the two of them standing around? Maybe one could be sitting in a chair reading the paper, and the other leaning against a wall...", "c_root_id_A": "c626d8d", "c_root_id_B": "c624h4q", "created_at_utc_A": 1346554651.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1346546060.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Why couldn't they? I thought they were good friends; its how Kent gets all those scoops on Superman. I don't get what Superman's speed has to do with it.", "human_ref_B": "He just needs friction resistant Clark Kent clothes so they won't burn from changing so fast. This also means he could have saved my wife from that drunk driver even though he was also saving Lois Lane at the time, fuck that asshole.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8591.0, "score_ratio": 10.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z7ds4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "Could Superman and Clark Kent appear to be in the same room together due to Superman's super-speed? Obviously this wouldn't work so hot if either one had to talk or someone else was actually interacting with them. If you casually looked in the room, could you see the two of them standing around? Maybe one could be sitting in a chair reading the paper, and the other leaning against a wall...", "c_root_id_A": "c623cmn", "c_root_id_B": "c626d8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1346540626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1346554651.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "Yes. He's been caught doing it before, though I don't have a reference handy. It was years ago and involved some kind of midair disaster (I think it might have been outer space but I might be confusing it with *Airplane! 2*). He was simultaneously a passenger on the plane, with Lois, and outside doing Superman stuff.", "human_ref_B": "Why couldn't they? I thought they were good friends; its how Kent gets all those scoops on Superman. I don't get what Superman's speed has to do with it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14025.0, "score_ratio": 25.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z7ds4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "Could Superman and Clark Kent appear to be in the same room together due to Superman's super-speed? Obviously this wouldn't work so hot if either one had to talk or someone else was actually interacting with them. If you casually looked in the room, could you see the two of them standing around? Maybe one could be sitting in a chair reading the paper, and the other leaning against a wall...", "c_root_id_A": "c624j7r", "c_root_id_B": "c626d8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1346546340.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1346554651.0, "score_A": -21, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "Two things. You kinda blew the premise of this sub-reddit and no. He's just not that fast.", "human_ref_B": "Why couldn't they? I thought they were good friends; its how Kent gets all those scoops on Superman. I don't get what Superman's speed has to do with it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8311.0, "score_ratio": -2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z7ds4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "Could Superman and Clark Kent appear to be in the same room together due to Superman's super-speed? Obviously this wouldn't work so hot if either one had to talk or someone else was actually interacting with them. If you casually looked in the room, could you see the two of them standing around? Maybe one could be sitting in a chair reading the paper, and the other leaning against a wall...", "c_root_id_A": "c623cmn", "c_root_id_B": "c62476a", "created_at_utc_A": 1346540626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1346544727.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Yes. He's been caught doing it before, though I don't have a reference handy. It was years ago and involved some kind of midair disaster (I think it might have been outer space but I might be confusing it with *Airplane! 2*). He was simultaneously a passenger on the plane, with Lois, and outside doing Superman stuff.", "human_ref_B": "In my opinion I think he could do it if he just needed to appear there visually; but I think a conversation would be impossible. He once left a football championship game in the middle of a play to save Chloe from Mr Mxyzptlk and nobody even noticed him go anywhere. As we know, Superman can travel at a speed faster than the human eye can perceive. What might be the determining factor in your question is whether a person would notice if Superman is only there 50% of the time; like every other 1/100th of a second or something like that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4101.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z7ds4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "Could Superman and Clark Kent appear to be in the same room together due to Superman's super-speed? Obviously this wouldn't work so hot if either one had to talk or someone else was actually interacting with them. If you casually looked in the room, could you see the two of them standing around? Maybe one could be sitting in a chair reading the paper, and the other leaning against a wall...", "c_root_id_A": "c623cmn", "c_root_id_B": "c624h4q", "created_at_utc_A": 1346540626.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1346546060.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Yes. He's been caught doing it before, though I don't have a reference handy. It was years ago and involved some kind of midair disaster (I think it might have been outer space but I might be confusing it with *Airplane! 2*). He was simultaneously a passenger on the plane, with Lois, and outside doing Superman stuff.", "human_ref_B": "He just needs friction resistant Clark Kent clothes so they won't burn from changing so fast. This also means he could have saved my wife from that drunk driver even though he was also saving Lois Lane at the time, fuck that asshole.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5434.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "z7ds4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "Could Superman and Clark Kent appear to be in the same room together due to Superman's super-speed? Obviously this wouldn't work so hot if either one had to talk or someone else was actually interacting with them. If you casually looked in the room, could you see the two of them standing around? Maybe one could be sitting in a chair reading the paper, and the other leaning against a wall...", "c_root_id_A": "c62i9jg", "c_root_id_B": "c624j7r", "created_at_utc_A": 1346623227.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1346546340.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -21, "human_ref_A": "No there would be a blur between them, and all the wind would make it pretty clear what was going on.", "human_ref_B": "Two things. You kinda blew the premise of this sub-reddit and no. He's just not that fast.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 76887.0, "score_ratio": -0.0476190476, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "39lvs0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC Comics] What would Clark Kent's life be like if he were human instead of Kryptonian? It's said that Superman isn't the man of steel because of his powers, but because of his personality and mortality. What would Clark do in a world where he's genetically just like you or me?", "c_root_id_A": "cs4jxbi", "c_root_id_B": "cs4ko0n", "created_at_utc_A": 1434137297.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434138547.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "He'd stop people from cutting in line at the movies, and always leave a penny but never take one.", "human_ref_B": "He'd be a good man. Someone you admired for their work ethic, tenacity and integrity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1250.0, "score_ratio": 1.1904761905, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y6jpyq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Johnny English Reborn] Why does Vortex want to assassinate the Chinese Premier? The goal of Vortex (or really just Agent Ambrose at that point) was to use the mind control drug to get Pegasus (head of MI7) to assassinate the Chinese Premier during a private meeting. What exactly does Ambrose want to achieve with this? Yes it will cause massive issues in the relationship between Britain and China but there is plausible deniability from the UK as Pegasus would die from the drug and the government can say she lost her mind and went rogue. China has pretty much no reason and nothing really to gain from going to war with the UK and would likely accept the British explanation (although relations would still be frosty). Why would Ambrose want the UK and China to have bad relations? What does he gain from that? Maybe Ambrose wanted her job as head of MI7? But the organisation would be heavily discredited and likely shut down or defunded if it's leader is assassinating heads of state. What did Ambrose hope to achieve with this plot?", "c_root_id_A": "iss2k0t", "c_root_id_B": "ispjja7", "created_at_utc_A": 1666081228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666033899.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Maybe he wanted the organisation to be shut down", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47329.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1i8c3y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "(The Truman Show) How did Truman's TV family have a life outside the show? How did they spend time with their real family/friends? Actually use the money they were paid for being on the show?", "c_root_id_A": "cb20ebs", "c_root_id_B": "cb1zwut", "created_at_utc_A": 1373749371.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1373747688.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Truman's mother never seemed to figure that prominently in the movie. Though in Truman's younger years she probably had a bigger role, the show could still give her a break with nannies or vacations as she requested. Later on by the time he was an adult though she could just do phone conversations or the occasional dinner. The dad would also get to \"work\" all day and hence get to be gone, so it'd be like an evening/weekend job for the actor before he was written off. Doubly so for the mother if she wasn't a housewife. Truman's best friend probably had the worst of it though. It seems like he was basically on call 24/7 for Truman for his whole life.", "human_ref_B": "They didn't. Think of it as a really high paying nanny/butler job. You simply live with your family that you work for. Sure they could go on vacations and come up with excuses to tell Truman why they were gone, but even if they did leave they would be some of the most highly recognized celebrities in the world.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1683.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1i8c3y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "(The Truman Show) How did Truman's TV family have a life outside the show? How did they spend time with their real family/friends? Actually use the money they were paid for being on the show?", "c_root_id_A": "cb1ylj9", "c_root_id_B": "cb20ebs", "created_at_utc_A": 1373743204.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1373749371.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "They didn't.", "human_ref_B": "Truman's mother never seemed to figure that prominently in the movie. Though in Truman's younger years she probably had a bigger role, the show could still give her a break with nannies or vacations as she requested. Later on by the time he was an adult though she could just do phone conversations or the occasional dinner. The dad would also get to \"work\" all day and hence get to be gone, so it'd be like an evening/weekend job for the actor before he was written off. Doubly so for the mother if she wasn't a housewife. Truman's best friend probably had the worst of it though. It seems like he was basically on call 24/7 for Truman for his whole life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6167.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1i8c3y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "(The Truman Show) How did Truman's TV family have a life outside the show? How did they spend time with their real family/friends? Actually use the money they were paid for being on the show?", "c_root_id_A": "cb1zwut", "c_root_id_B": "cb1ylj9", "created_at_utc_A": 1373747688.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1373743204.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "They didn't. Think of it as a really high paying nanny/butler job. You simply live with your family that you work for. Sure they could go on vacations and come up with excuses to tell Truman why they were gone, but even if they did leave they would be some of the most highly recognized celebrities in the world.", "human_ref_B": "They didn't.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4484.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jzwity", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] Why do the Turtles have American accents? Normally, I wouldn't ask why American characters have American accents, but the Ninja Turtles were raised in solitude by a father figure with a Japanese accent. Shouldn't they logically have Japanese accents too?", "c_root_id_A": "gdeftjy", "c_root_id_B": "gdefubq", "created_at_utc_A": 1606186249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606186261.0, "score_A": 135, "score_B": 450, "human_ref_A": "Most Americans raised in the US by Japanese parents do not have noticeable accents, due to being exposed to many native-English speaking people, and to English-language TV and radio.", "human_ref_B": "They may have early on, but once a used TV made its way into the sewer/subway system there was a world of new language to absorb.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jzwity", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] Why do the Turtles have American accents? Normally, I wouldn't ask why American characters have American accents, but the Ninja Turtles were raised in solitude by a father figure with a Japanese accent. Shouldn't they logically have Japanese accents too?", "c_root_id_A": "gdeph62", "c_root_id_B": "gdeoe7d", "created_at_utc_A": 1606191699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606191063.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "In the original comic book The dark version not the light-hearted '90s cartoon they always had a television, radio and listening to people randomly talking. So they developed an English accent. I have friends who both their parents have very heavy foreign accents even after being 30 to 40 plus years here but none of their kids do. while the turtles were raised in solitude they were familiar with the world outside. And in the comic books they would sneak out. Even the light-hearted TV show version they were familiar with the outside world.", "human_ref_B": "Do we actually know how much TV they watch? I guess they had to have gotten \"Cowabunga!\" and a love for pizza from somewhere, but I thought Splinter mostly had them watching old martial arts training videos.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 636.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jzwity", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] Why do the Turtles have American accents? Normally, I wouldn't ask why American characters have American accents, but the Ninja Turtles were raised in solitude by a father figure with a Japanese accent. Shouldn't they logically have Japanese accents too?", "c_root_id_A": "gdeph62", "c_root_id_B": "gdeowt7", "created_at_utc_A": 1606191699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606191372.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In the original comic book The dark version not the light-hearted '90s cartoon they always had a television, radio and listening to people randomly talking. So they developed an English accent. I have friends who both their parents have very heavy foreign accents even after being 30 to 40 plus years here but none of their kids do. while the turtles were raised in solitude they were familiar with the world outside. And in the comic books they would sneak out. Even the light-hearted TV show version they were familiar with the outside world.", "human_ref_B": "TV, Movies, Music, Video games.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 327.0, "score_ratio": 3.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jzwity", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] Why do the Turtles have American accents? Normally, I wouldn't ask why American characters have American accents, but the Ninja Turtles were raised in solitude by a father figure with a Japanese accent. Shouldn't they logically have Japanese accents too?", "c_root_id_A": "gdfrfjf", "c_root_id_B": "gdfyg5b", "created_at_utc_A": 1606223024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606226698.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You get your accent from your peers not your parents.", "human_ref_B": "They spent they're formative years in manhattan's sewers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3674.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kz0p3i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze 1991] Is Vanilla Ice already aware of the turtles and/or planned his rap in advance OR just the best free style rapper of the 90s? The intro verse alone implies he knows of them and their exploits: *Yo! It's the green machine Gonna rock the town without bein' seen Have you ever seen a turtle get down?* How is this even remotely possible?", "c_root_id_A": "gjl10uz", "c_root_id_B": "gjl26lr", "created_at_utc_A": 1610890030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610890500.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Look, I'm not an expert when it comes to freestyle rapping, but have you considered the possibility that the lyrics he came up with were... well, mediocre at best? For example: \"Rockin' the crowd the way it should be rocked With the Miami drop that you like a lot\" Rhyming \"rocked\" with \"a lot\" is a real stretch, and ending a line that's hyping his own style with \"you like a lot\" is pretty weak stuff.", "human_ref_B": "This being 90s, I'm sure there were rumors of giant turtle people running around in NYC that weren't taken seriously by most people. In the first movie, Raph gets seen by a cab driver when he's running after KC Jones. Also in the first movie was the foot clan, a group of ninja thieves. So, Vanilla Ice probably had that in his head and then rifted on it when the opportunity arose.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 470.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ak94r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "Harry Potter] Who does Ron's Boggart briefly transform into ? In the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron's Boggart cycles through Ron's Fears before transforming into a giant spider. During a frame or two you can see [this man. I can't figure out who he is. Anyone know ?", "c_root_id_A": "ef2ukvc", "c_root_id_B": "ef2tpye", "created_at_utc_A": 1548571420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548570692.0, "score_A": 134, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Does he have Scabbers with him? Because that sure looks like Peter Pettigrew, and one thing *he'd* be afraid of is exposure.", "human_ref_B": "Looks like John Carpenter's head-spider from The Thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 728.0, "score_ratio": 10.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ak94r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "Harry Potter] Who does Ron's Boggart briefly transform into ? In the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron's Boggart cycles through Ron's Fears before transforming into a giant spider. During a frame or two you can see [this man. I can't figure out who he is. Anyone know ?", "c_root_id_A": "ef2tpye", "c_root_id_B": "ef2xsvn", "created_at_utc_A": 1548570692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548574207.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Looks like John Carpenter's head-spider from The Thing.", "human_ref_B": "Hm... Ron is very insecure. It could be that he is afraid that that is how other people see him... It kind of looks red headed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3515.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ak94r1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "Harry Potter] Who does Ron's Boggart briefly transform into ? In the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron's Boggart cycles through Ron's Fears before transforming into a giant spider. During a frame or two you can see [this man. I can't figure out who he is. Anyone know ?", "c_root_id_A": "ef3kake", "c_root_id_B": "ef3gdr1", "created_at_utc_A": 1548597527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548594071.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Yeah that's Molly Weasley. Which is perfectly reasonable, because she terrifies *me*.", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/harrypotter] [What are your thoughts?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3456.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "73d3yv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Harry Potter] So how harmful are boggarts exactly? How do they actually attack? Can they kill you? Suppose I'm walking through a dark spooky forest and a boggart gets the drop on me. It takes the form of my worst fear, and I panic and try to run. So, step 1 complete. So... now that the boggart successfully scared me with my worst fear, how does it benefit? I'm bolting for safety, so if it doesn't follow or physically stop me, it only has a few seconds to work with here. Does it feed on the fear directly? Does this process hurt me? Or will I be followed and physically attacked before I can get away? [bonus brilliant idea](#s \"Also, I just had the most brilliant realization ever: PENNYWISE IS ACTUALLY A BOGGART! Amazing connection, I know. Why did no one ever think of this before?\")", "c_root_id_A": "dnpjz5q", "c_root_id_B": "dnpi0jn", "created_at_utc_A": 1506758698.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506753528.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "They just want to be left alone in dark places. They're a nuisance when you need to get to your evening wear and you can't because there's a giant spider or whatnot in it, but they're only *dangerous* to people in the same way that anything they're afraid of is. That is, they might panic or it could cause issues if someone had a bad heart. They don't *eat* fear, they *use* fear to get rid of you. They just want to sit alone in the dark like a goth teenager with magical powers.", "human_ref_B": "They eat fear, sort of like how dementors eat happiness. Emotions are a powerful source of magic. Bogarts don't eat flesh, or any other sort of physical food. They subsist purely on fear. If you die, that means there's no more fear for them. If anything, they'd want to protect you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5170.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6d6j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Batman] Does Bruce Wayne take any performance enhancing drugs in order to function?", "c_root_id_A": "dbm4wkt", "c_root_id_B": "dbm8iqs", "created_at_utc_A": 1482679476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482687427.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "No, but he has some extremely advanced recuperative medicine going on. So while he has nothing mind-altering in his system when he goes out on patrol, he spends quite a lot of time injected with healing solutions, nanomachines, mystic herbal tinctures, and other flummery. This is half the reason he's fit to patrol as much as he is. Most incarnations of Batman don't drink or smoke, much less do speed.", "human_ref_B": "He's doping with the only legally recognized enhancement drugs available. JUSTICE AND VENGEANCE!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7951.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5k6d6j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Batman] Does Bruce Wayne take any performance enhancing drugs in order to function?", "c_root_id_A": "dbma5aa", "c_root_id_B": "dbm4wkt", "created_at_utc_A": 1482690250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482679476.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He'd have to be on steroids and HGH, and likely some sort of painkillers and amphetamines. It doubtful he'd be able to function at all without copious amounts of drugs. Most professional athletes are \"juicing\" to one degree or another, and Batman is physically better than most. Even if he lucked out gene-wise and has incredible physical abilities naturally, the fact that he can function at his peak and work through injuries so quickly strongly suggests he takes a cocktail of PEDs.", "human_ref_B": "No, but he has some extremely advanced recuperative medicine going on. So while he has nothing mind-altering in his system when he goes out on patrol, he spends quite a lot of time injected with healing solutions, nanomachines, mystic herbal tinctures, and other flummery. This is half the reason he's fit to patrol as much as he is. Most incarnations of Batman don't drink or smoke, much less do speed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10774.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vmqxzc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Marvel Moon Knight] What type of Bird is Khonshu supposed to be?", "c_root_id_A": "ie3kcp9", "c_root_id_B": "iepsg3h", "created_at_utc_A": 1656447189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656867313.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Its not any particular species, it appears to be a mix of falcon, crow, and vulture.", "human_ref_B": "A dead one?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 420124.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87lz6l", "c_root_id_B": "c87v4z7", "created_at_utc_A": 1359742050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359769332.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws aren't \"above\" the rivalry, per se. They just aren't as reactive as Gryffindors are to the general snobbery and holier-than-thou-ness that tend to characterize Slytherin's interactions with the other houses.", "human_ref_B": "You know, this isn't a direct answer here, but it occurred to me that the most famous 4 Gryffindors from Harry's year seem to represent each house, within Gryffindor itself. Hermione is Gryffindor's Ravenclaw. Neville is Gryffindor's Hufflepuff. Ron is Gryffindor's Gryffindor. And Harry is Gryffindor's Slytherin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27282.0, "score_ratio": 4.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87n3yd", "c_root_id_B": "c87v4z7", "created_at_utc_A": 1359744484.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359769332.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Pah, why would those lazy Hufflepuffs care abput such a thing as rivalry? My pa who was on Slytherin just like me has some former Hufflepuffs under him and all they do all they is bad work and teatime. I wish we could afford skilled Ravenclaw workers.", "human_ref_B": "You know, this isn't a direct answer here, but it occurred to me that the most famous 4 Gryffindors from Harry's year seem to represent each house, within Gryffindor itself. Hermione is Gryffindor's Ravenclaw. Neville is Gryffindor's Hufflepuff. Ron is Gryffindor's Gryffindor. And Harry is Gryffindor's Slytherin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24848.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87v4z7", "c_root_id_B": "c87nl45", "created_at_utc_A": 1359769332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359745850.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You know, this isn't a direct answer here, but it occurred to me that the most famous 4 Gryffindors from Harry's year seem to represent each house, within Gryffindor itself. Hermione is Gryffindor's Ravenclaw. Neville is Gryffindor's Hufflepuff. Ron is Gryffindor's Gryffindor. And Harry is Gryffindor's Slytherin.", "human_ref_B": "Please, how could we possibly lower ourselves to competing with those Hufflepuff troglodytes? If we ever chose to go against them we'd throw a shiny red ball into the path of a hippogriff, and it would be over in seconds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23482.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87s7dd", "c_root_id_B": "c87v4z7", "created_at_utc_A": 1359759072.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359769332.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "In my personal experience, Ravenclaws will get along with anyone who isn't a jerk. At least, that's how we were when I was there.", "human_ref_B": "You know, this isn't a direct answer here, but it occurred to me that the most famous 4 Gryffindors from Harry's year seem to represent each house, within Gryffindor itself. Hermione is Gryffindor's Ravenclaw. Neville is Gryffindor's Hufflepuff. Ron is Gryffindor's Gryffindor. And Harry is Gryffindor's Slytherin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10260.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87v4z7", "c_root_id_B": "c87oauw", "created_at_utc_A": 1359769332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359747892.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "You know, this isn't a direct answer here, but it occurred to me that the most famous 4 Gryffindors from Harry's year seem to represent each house, within Gryffindor itself. Hermione is Gryffindor's Ravenclaw. Neville is Gryffindor's Hufflepuff. Ron is Gryffindor's Gryffindor. And Harry is Gryffindor's Slytherin.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if Ravenclaws look down on hufflepuffs, however, as one from Slitherin, I can definitely remember some insults being thrown at Hufflepuffs. I mean they are the stoner house, you know that right? HUFF-le-PUFF. And their Professor is SPROUT, where they study HERBOLOGY. Totally a stoner house.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21440.0, "score_ratio": 22000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87v4z7", "c_root_id_B": "c87mv3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1359769332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359743812.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": -10, "human_ref_A": "You know, this isn't a direct answer here, but it occurred to me that the most famous 4 Gryffindors from Harry's year seem to represent each house, within Gryffindor itself. Hermione is Gryffindor's Ravenclaw. Neville is Gryffindor's Hufflepuff. Ron is Gryffindor's Gryffindor. And Harry is Gryffindor's Slytherin.", "human_ref_B": "yes, ravenclaws think hufflepuffs are dumb, and hufflepuffs think ravenclaws are snotty. their are fights between them sometimes but they tend to be much more passive aggressive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25520.0, "score_ratio": -2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87ycnm", "c_root_id_B": "c87lz6l", "created_at_utc_A": 1359782540.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359742050.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "So let me give you a quick rundown of the houses primary virtues slytherin- ambition gryffindor- courage ravenclaw- curiosity hufflepuff- loyalty Why do people give my house shit all the time for being dedicated? We are not retarded we are fucking busy. Ravenclaws are really smart, or moreover they care mostly about learning things. Why would the group that is very loyal, accepting, understanding, and progressive have a problem with the smart people? Actually we do have quite the problem with the other 2 houses though but that is mostly because of what you have seen in this thread, which is to say the other houses seem to think we are retarded for some reason, maybe because we don't care about Quidditch or showing off so we never win the house cup or maybe it is because we are still willing to forgive them any time they need us for anything. Like when they need someone in a group who wants to do the job right more then they want to grand stand. Or when they need someone who is not going to slit their throat as soon as the things start to look bad. Oh one more thing, We have the fewest nut jobs out of any house. Ravenclaws have all those \"man was not meant to know\" people, Slytherin has every last one including the \"good guys\" they produced and fucking Gryffindor has all those spree killers, oh i am sorry \"heroes\", that are always firing wildly at anyone who wears black and talks in an accent.", "human_ref_B": "Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws aren't \"above\" the rivalry, per se. They just aren't as reactive as Gryffindors are to the general snobbery and holier-than-thou-ness that tend to characterize Slytherin's interactions with the other houses.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40490.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87n3yd", "c_root_id_B": "c87ycnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1359744484.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359782540.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Pah, why would those lazy Hufflepuffs care abput such a thing as rivalry? My pa who was on Slytherin just like me has some former Hufflepuffs under him and all they do all they is bad work and teatime. I wish we could afford skilled Ravenclaw workers.", "human_ref_B": "So let me give you a quick rundown of the houses primary virtues slytherin- ambition gryffindor- courage ravenclaw- curiosity hufflepuff- loyalty Why do people give my house shit all the time for being dedicated? We are not retarded we are fucking busy. Ravenclaws are really smart, or moreover they care mostly about learning things. Why would the group that is very loyal, accepting, understanding, and progressive have a problem with the smart people? Actually we do have quite the problem with the other 2 houses though but that is mostly because of what you have seen in this thread, which is to say the other houses seem to think we are retarded for some reason, maybe because we don't care about Quidditch or showing off so we never win the house cup or maybe it is because we are still willing to forgive them any time they need us for anything. Like when they need someone in a group who wants to do the job right more then they want to grand stand. Or when they need someone who is not going to slit their throat as soon as the things start to look bad. Oh one more thing, We have the fewest nut jobs out of any house. Ravenclaws have all those \"man was not meant to know\" people, Slytherin has every last one including the \"good guys\" they produced and fucking Gryffindor has all those spree killers, oh i am sorry \"heroes\", that are always firing wildly at anyone who wears black and talks in an accent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38056.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87nl45", "c_root_id_B": "c87ycnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1359745850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359782540.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Please, how could we possibly lower ourselves to competing with those Hufflepuff troglodytes? If we ever chose to go against them we'd throw a shiny red ball into the path of a hippogriff, and it would be over in seconds.", "human_ref_B": "So let me give you a quick rundown of the houses primary virtues slytherin- ambition gryffindor- courage ravenclaw- curiosity hufflepuff- loyalty Why do people give my house shit all the time for being dedicated? We are not retarded we are fucking busy. Ravenclaws are really smart, or moreover they care mostly about learning things. Why would the group that is very loyal, accepting, understanding, and progressive have a problem with the smart people? Actually we do have quite the problem with the other 2 houses though but that is mostly because of what you have seen in this thread, which is to say the other houses seem to think we are retarded for some reason, maybe because we don't care about Quidditch or showing off so we never win the house cup or maybe it is because we are still willing to forgive them any time they need us for anything. Like when they need someone in a group who wants to do the job right more then they want to grand stand. Or when they need someone who is not going to slit their throat as soon as the things start to look bad. Oh one more thing, We have the fewest nut jobs out of any house. Ravenclaws have all those \"man was not meant to know\" people, Slytherin has every last one including the \"good guys\" they produced and fucking Gryffindor has all those spree killers, oh i am sorry \"heroes\", that are always firing wildly at anyone who wears black and talks in an accent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36690.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87s7dd", "c_root_id_B": "c87ycnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1359759072.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359782540.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "In my personal experience, Ravenclaws will get along with anyone who isn't a jerk. At least, that's how we were when I was there.", "human_ref_B": "So let me give you a quick rundown of the houses primary virtues slytherin- ambition gryffindor- courage ravenclaw- curiosity hufflepuff- loyalty Why do people give my house shit all the time for being dedicated? We are not retarded we are fucking busy. Ravenclaws are really smart, or moreover they care mostly about learning things. Why would the group that is very loyal, accepting, understanding, and progressive have a problem with the smart people? Actually we do have quite the problem with the other 2 houses though but that is mostly because of what you have seen in this thread, which is to say the other houses seem to think we are retarded for some reason, maybe because we don't care about Quidditch or showing off so we never win the house cup or maybe it is because we are still willing to forgive them any time they need us for anything. Like when they need someone in a group who wants to do the job right more then they want to grand stand. Or when they need someone who is not going to slit their throat as soon as the things start to look bad. Oh one more thing, We have the fewest nut jobs out of any house. Ravenclaws have all those \"man was not meant to know\" people, Slytherin has every last one including the \"good guys\" they produced and fucking Gryffindor has all those spree killers, oh i am sorry \"heroes\", that are always firing wildly at anyone who wears black and talks in an accent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23468.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87oauw", "c_root_id_B": "c87ycnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1359747892.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359782540.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Not sure if Ravenclaws look down on hufflepuffs, however, as one from Slitherin, I can definitely remember some insults being thrown at Hufflepuffs. I mean they are the stoner house, you know that right? HUFF-le-PUFF. And their Professor is SPROUT, where they study HERBOLOGY. Totally a stoner house.", "human_ref_B": "So let me give you a quick rundown of the houses primary virtues slytherin- ambition gryffindor- courage ravenclaw- curiosity hufflepuff- loyalty Why do people give my house shit all the time for being dedicated? We are not retarded we are fucking busy. Ravenclaws are really smart, or moreover they care mostly about learning things. Why would the group that is very loyal, accepting, understanding, and progressive have a problem with the smart people? Actually we do have quite the problem with the other 2 houses though but that is mostly because of what you have seen in this thread, which is to say the other houses seem to think we are retarded for some reason, maybe because we don't care about Quidditch or showing off so we never win the house cup or maybe it is because we are still willing to forgive them any time they need us for anything. Like when they need someone in a group who wants to do the job right more then they want to grand stand. Or when they need someone who is not going to slit their throat as soon as the things start to look bad. Oh one more thing, We have the fewest nut jobs out of any house. Ravenclaws have all those \"man was not meant to know\" people, Slytherin has every last one including the \"good guys\" they produced and fucking Gryffindor has all those spree killers, oh i am sorry \"heroes\", that are always firing wildly at anyone who wears black and talks in an accent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34648.0, "score_ratio": 14000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87mv3d", "c_root_id_B": "c87ycnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1359743812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359782540.0, "score_A": -10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "yes, ravenclaws think hufflepuffs are dumb, and hufflepuffs think ravenclaws are snotty. their are fights between them sometimes but they tend to be much more passive aggressive.", "human_ref_B": "So let me give you a quick rundown of the houses primary virtues slytherin- ambition gryffindor- courage ravenclaw- curiosity hufflepuff- loyalty Why do people give my house shit all the time for being dedicated? We are not retarded we are fucking busy. Ravenclaws are really smart, or moreover they care mostly about learning things. Why would the group that is very loyal, accepting, understanding, and progressive have a problem with the smart people? Actually we do have quite the problem with the other 2 houses though but that is mostly because of what you have seen in this thread, which is to say the other houses seem to think we are retarded for some reason, maybe because we don't care about Quidditch or showing off so we never win the house cup or maybe it is because we are still willing to forgive them any time they need us for anything. Like when they need someone in a group who wants to do the job right more then they want to grand stand. Or when they need someone who is not going to slit their throat as soon as the things start to look bad. Oh one more thing, We have the fewest nut jobs out of any house. Ravenclaws have all those \"man was not meant to know\" people, Slytherin has every last one including the \"good guys\" they produced and fucking Gryffindor has all those spree killers, oh i am sorry \"heroes\", that are always firing wildly at anyone who wears black and talks in an accent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38728.0, "score_ratio": -1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87nl45", "c_root_id_B": "c87n3yd", "created_at_utc_A": 1359745850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359744484.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Please, how could we possibly lower ourselves to competing with those Hufflepuff troglodytes? If we ever chose to go against them we'd throw a shiny red ball into the path of a hippogriff, and it would be over in seconds.", "human_ref_B": "Pah, why would those lazy Hufflepuffs care abput such a thing as rivalry? My pa who was on Slytherin just like me has some former Hufflepuffs under him and all they do all they is bad work and teatime. I wish we could afford skilled Ravenclaw workers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1366.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87n3yd", "c_root_id_B": "c87mv3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1359744484.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359743812.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -10, "human_ref_A": "Pah, why would those lazy Hufflepuffs care abput such a thing as rivalry? My pa who was on Slytherin just like me has some former Hufflepuffs under him and all they do all they is bad work and teatime. I wish we could afford skilled Ravenclaw workers.", "human_ref_B": "yes, ravenclaws think hufflepuffs are dumb, and hufflepuffs think ravenclaws are snotty. their are fights between them sometimes but they tend to be much more passive aggressive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 672.0, "score_ratio": -0.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87nl45", "c_root_id_B": "c87mv3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1359745850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359743812.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -10, "human_ref_A": "Please, how could we possibly lower ourselves to competing with those Hufflepuff troglodytes? If we ever chose to go against them we'd throw a shiny red ball into the path of a hippogriff, and it would be over in seconds.", "human_ref_B": "yes, ravenclaws think hufflepuffs are dumb, and hufflepuffs think ravenclaws are snotty. their are fights between them sometimes but they tend to be much more passive aggressive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2038.0, "score_ratio": -0.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87s7dd", "c_root_id_B": "c87oauw", "created_at_utc_A": 1359759072.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359747892.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In my personal experience, Ravenclaws will get along with anyone who isn't a jerk. At least, that's how we were when I was there.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if Ravenclaws look down on hufflepuffs, however, as one from Slitherin, I can definitely remember some insults being thrown at Hufflepuffs. I mean they are the stoner house, you know that right? HUFF-le-PUFF. And their Professor is SPROUT, where they study HERBOLOGY. Totally a stoner house.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11180.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87mv3d", "c_root_id_B": "c87s7dd", "created_at_utc_A": 1359743812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359759072.0, "score_A": -10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "yes, ravenclaws think hufflepuffs are dumb, and hufflepuffs think ravenclaws are snotty. their are fights between them sometimes but they tend to be much more passive aggressive.", "human_ref_B": "In my personal experience, Ravenclaws will get along with anyone who isn't a jerk. At least, that's how we were when I was there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15260.0, "score_ratio": -0.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "hivqulg", "c_root_id_B": "c87oauw", "created_at_utc_A": 1635773318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359747892.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I am a proud Ravenclaw, and I can tell you that we have no rivalry whatsoever with Hufflepuff, or any other house for that matter.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if Ravenclaws look down on hufflepuffs, however, as one from Slitherin, I can definitely remember some insults being thrown at Hufflepuffs. I mean they are the stoner house, you know that right? HUFF-le-PUFF. And their Professor is SPROUT, where they study HERBOLOGY. Totally a stoner house.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 276025426.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "c87mv3d", "c_root_id_B": "c87oauw", "created_at_utc_A": 1359743812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359747892.0, "score_A": -10, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "yes, ravenclaws think hufflepuffs are dumb, and hufflepuffs think ravenclaws are snotty. their are fights between them sometimes but they tend to be much more passive aggressive.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if Ravenclaws look down on hufflepuffs, however, as one from Slitherin, I can definitely remember some insults being thrown at Hufflepuffs. I mean they are the stoner house, you know that right? HUFF-le-PUFF. And their Professor is SPROUT, where they study HERBOLOGY. Totally a stoner house.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4080.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17pcw6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] Do Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have a house rivalry too? My wife is sponsoring a Foreign Exchange Student from Hogwarts for a few months and it seems like every other word out of the little brats mouth is about how much the \"slimy Slytherins\" or some such thing (although, I did find out he *hates* being called a Gryffindork). There's obviously some sort of serious rivalry there, but he doesn't seem to know anything if I ask about other Hogwarts politics. Are the houses paired off against each other, or is it just those two and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are above that sort of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "hivqulg", "c_root_id_B": "c87mv3d", "created_at_utc_A": 1635773318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359743812.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -10, "human_ref_A": "I am a proud Ravenclaw, and I can tell you that we have no rivalry whatsoever with Hufflepuff, or any other house for that matter.", "human_ref_B": "yes, ravenclaws think hufflepuffs are dumb, and hufflepuffs think ravenclaws are snotty. their are fights between them sometimes but they tend to be much more passive aggressive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 276029506.0, "score_ratio": -0.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8axm3g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the clones know to not attack Anakin/Vader during order 66? When the Senate calls Commander Cody he didn't say \u201cexecute order 66... except on Anakin\u201d and I assume he didn't spend several hours telling each clone commander that Anakin wasn't to be harmed so why didn't the clones attack Anakin as soon as they saw him?", "c_root_id_A": "dx2c7ve", "c_root_id_B": "dx2c6k0", "created_at_utc_A": 1523274261.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523274197.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Order 66 was implanted into the clones via a biochip in Kamino in conjunction of Palpatine (Sith) and the Kamino scientists (who got tricked). This chip made the clones view all jedi as traitors who should be shot on sight. I'm speculating that this chip contained information that resembles a list of all jedi. Which shouldn't have been too hard due to the Jedi temple being on Coruscant and Palpatine being the leader of the Republic. This chip can be remotely activated, across the entire galaxy, so chances are the data on this chip can be rewritten as well. Palpatine probably included a list of jedi's to kill/capture and a list of others who they should continue to follow orders from. That's my assumption :)", "human_ref_B": "The only clones that were near him at the time were already going to the Temple with him, weren't they? I would think personal orders to follow Anakin would supersede Order 66.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 64.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8axm3g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the clones know to not attack Anakin/Vader during order 66? When the Senate calls Commander Cody he didn't say \u201cexecute order 66... except on Anakin\u201d and I assume he didn't spend several hours telling each clone commander that Anakin wasn't to be harmed so why didn't the clones attack Anakin as soon as they saw him?", "c_root_id_A": "dx2c6k0", "c_root_id_B": "dx2la1g", "created_at_utc_A": 1523274197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523285224.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "The only clones that were near him at the time were already going to the Temple with him, weren't they? I would think personal orders to follow Anakin would supersede Order 66.", "human_ref_B": "Expanded Universe] The clones are not mindless, bloodthirsty murderers. Even while carrying out what would seem like horrific orders to us, they were [quite clearly capable of rational and calm thoughts. General Order 66 indicates only that \"Jedi\" are to be killed, and *\"command of the GAR will revert to the Supreme Commander (Chancellor) until a new command structure is established.\"* While we were not shown the details, it seems rational to me that on arrival to Coruscant the 501st were contacted again by Palpatine; he would have made it clear that Anakin no longer sided with the Jedi and had a place in the new command structure. Any following clones would rationally assume that there was a good reason their fellows were cooperating with and not killing the former Jedi.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11027.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8axm3g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] How did the clones know to not attack Anakin/Vader during order 66? When the Senate calls Commander Cody he didn't say \u201cexecute order 66... except on Anakin\u201d and I assume he didn't spend several hours telling each clone commander that Anakin wasn't to be harmed so why didn't the clones attack Anakin as soon as they saw him?", "c_root_id_A": "dx2hl77", "c_root_id_B": "dx2la1g", "created_at_utc_A": 1523281442.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523285224.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't Anakin already a sith lord at this time, not a jedi and therefore not subject to order 66?", "human_ref_B": "Expanded Universe] The clones are not mindless, bloodthirsty murderers. Even while carrying out what would seem like horrific orders to us, they were [quite clearly capable of rational and calm thoughts. General Order 66 indicates only that \"Jedi\" are to be killed, and *\"command of the GAR will revert to the Supreme Commander (Chancellor) until a new command structure is established.\"* While we were not shown the details, it seems rational to me that on arrival to Coruscant the 501st were contacted again by Palpatine; he would have made it clear that Anakin no longer sided with the Jedi and had a place in the new command structure. Any following clones would rationally assume that there was a good reason their fellows were cooperating with and not killing the former Jedi.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3782.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "czeyg6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[X2 X-men united] why didnt magneto use the wiring in his cell to escape? There were lights as well as a computer nesr his cell so why didnt he use them like he did the iron mystique put in the guards blood. Just asking to find out if there was something preventing him from doing this.", "c_root_id_A": "eyxy9ks", "c_root_id_B": "eyy29rk", "created_at_utc_A": 1567565714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567569063.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "There might have been power dampeners but also Eric needs to know there is metal to use it so maybe he just didn\u2019t know there was metal?", "human_ref_B": "Maybe they figured out a way to use salt water and other conductive non metal materials to make circuits? Edit: apparently In many comics he can only control magnetic metals so they could\u2019ve just used non ferrous metals. Other comics though he straight up can make insanely strong magnetic fields that can crush non metal objects so it seems to vary on the writer/version of magneto.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3349.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "czeyg6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[X2 X-men united] why didnt magneto use the wiring in his cell to escape? There were lights as well as a computer nesr his cell so why didnt he use them like he did the iron mystique put in the guards blood. Just asking to find out if there was something preventing him from doing this.", "c_root_id_A": "eyy65nc", "c_root_id_B": "eyy42z5", "created_at_utc_A": 1567572758.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567570716.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Lights are easy, you just use fiber optics. Electricity is trickier, but you just make the wiring out of gold or copper. I guess.", "human_ref_B": "If they used gold for the wiring that would work. Gold conducts electricity but is not affected by magnetism. You can't make a magnet out of gold. That is why you can test gold w/ magnets to see if it is pure or not. Impure gold has iron in it while 24 karat gold will not. If your gold chain is attracted to a magnet, it isn't 24 karat gold.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2042.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "czeyg6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[X2 X-men united] why didnt magneto use the wiring in his cell to escape? There were lights as well as a computer nesr his cell so why didnt he use them like he did the iron mystique put in the guards blood. Just asking to find out if there was something preventing him from doing this.", "c_root_id_A": "eyxy9ks", "c_root_id_B": "eyy65nc", "created_at_utc_A": 1567565714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567572758.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "There might have been power dampeners but also Eric needs to know there is metal to use it so maybe he just didn\u2019t know there was metal?", "human_ref_B": "Lights are easy, you just use fiber optics. Electricity is trickier, but you just make the wiring out of gold or copper. I guess.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7044.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "czeyg6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[X2 X-men united] why didnt magneto use the wiring in his cell to escape? There were lights as well as a computer nesr his cell so why didnt he use them like he did the iron mystique put in the guards blood. Just asking to find out if there was something preventing him from doing this.", "c_root_id_A": "eyxy9ks", "c_root_id_B": "eyy42z5", "created_at_utc_A": 1567565714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567570716.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There might have been power dampeners but also Eric needs to know there is metal to use it so maybe he just didn\u2019t know there was metal?", "human_ref_B": "If they used gold for the wiring that would work. Gold conducts electricity but is not affected by magnetism. You can't make a magnet out of gold. That is why you can test gold w/ magnets to see if it is pure or not. Impure gold has iron in it while 24 karat gold will not. If your gold chain is attracted to a magnet, it isn't 24 karat gold.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5002.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "czeyg6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[X2 X-men united] why didnt magneto use the wiring in his cell to escape? There were lights as well as a computer nesr his cell so why didnt he use them like he did the iron mystique put in the guards blood. Just asking to find out if there was something preventing him from doing this.", "c_root_id_A": "eyymhmm", "c_root_id_B": "eyxy9ks", "created_at_utc_A": 1567594625.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567565714.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Virtually all wiring is copper, which is non magnetic. They used aluminum for a while but stopped. Aluminum is also non magnetic", "human_ref_B": "There might have been power dampeners but also Eric needs to know there is metal to use it so maybe he just didn\u2019t know there was metal?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28911.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qsucdj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[DC] There are so many methods of mind control, why is darkseid so obsessed with the Anti-life equation?", "c_root_id_A": "hkffy4q", "c_root_id_B": "hkfed6v", "created_at_utc_A": 1636783069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1636782018.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Oh, he's studied all of them. He has a planet full of broken willed humanoids doing his bidding eternally. But the Anti-Life Equation basically makes free will a mathematical impossibility. With most forms of mind control it's like making people believe a lie. With the ALE it's more like you deciding what the truth is.", "human_ref_B": "There may be many methods of mind control but only one has such a baller name", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1051.0, "score_ratio": 1.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "be1lxh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter] What was Dumbledore using the Deluminator for before he bequeathed it to Ron? The Deluminator does two things: captures and stores all the the sources of lights around it, and acts as a homing device allowing you to zero in on and listen to them even through protection spells. One of those things seems way way more useful to a man like Dumbledore. What'd he make it for that he needed that combination of magic abilities.", "c_root_id_A": "el2ohtt", "c_root_id_B": "el2xp5p", "created_at_utc_A": 1555470109.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555478113.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Intense romantic stuff", "human_ref_B": "I always considered it as a very powerful enchanted object that could possibly use or harness the endless powers of light for many things? Other than just turning on and off lights, Ron was able to use it as a form of travel to Harry. Maybe idk somehow double door tapped into the speed of light as a form of transportation or something", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8004.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqdgru", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] given that infinity stones are useless in the null time zone could someone in the null time zone lift Thor\u2019s hammer without being worthy", "c_root_id_A": "h6c18xo", "c_root_id_B": "h6b1ky9", "created_at_utc_A": 1627102206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627082117.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Given that the TVA did not break Odin's spell that made Loki look Asgardian as opposed to a blue frost giant I would imagine it would not affect his other spells.", "human_ref_B": "Wouldn't matter about being worthy anymore, the hammer would just be a regular hammer", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20089.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqdgru", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] given that infinity stones are useless in the null time zone could someone in the null time zone lift Thor\u2019s hammer without being worthy", "c_root_id_A": "h6bqb2c", "c_root_id_B": "h6c18xo", "created_at_utc_A": 1627095428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627102206.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The stones have nothing to do with Mjolnir. If I remember right Loki's power is usually called conjuring, so an an enchanted item that contains its own magic and not pulling fron somewhere else would in theory work. To elaborate think of Loki as a computer contacting a server to work and it can't inside the TVA the hammer would I guess works more like a computer that contains all the info it needs to work without a server", "human_ref_B": "Given that the TVA did not break Odin's spell that made Loki look Asgardian as opposed to a blue frost giant I would imagine it would not affect his other spells.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6778.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqdgru", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] given that infinity stones are useless in the null time zone could someone in the null time zone lift Thor\u2019s hammer without being worthy", "c_root_id_A": "h6b9zax", "c_root_id_B": "h6c18xo", "created_at_utc_A": 1627086568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627102206.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Maybe. The hammers magitech is such that it might weigh too much to be lifted wothout machinery if its magic is nullified.", "human_ref_B": "Given that the TVA did not break Odin's spell that made Loki look Asgardian as opposed to a blue frost giant I would imagine it would not affect his other spells.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15638.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqdgru", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] given that infinity stones are useless in the null time zone could someone in the null time zone lift Thor\u2019s hammer without being worthy", "c_root_id_A": "h6c18xo", "c_root_id_B": "h6bf4ip", "created_at_utc_A": 1627102206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627089307.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Given that the TVA did not break Odin's spell that made Loki look Asgardian as opposed to a blue frost giant I would imagine it would not affect his other spells.", "human_ref_B": "Magic doesn't work there. And afaik the hammer is enchanted with magic, so any mystical qualities it has would be void. Anyone could lift Thor's hammer (as long as they are physically strong enough to lift a huge fuckin hammer).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12899.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqdgru", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] given that infinity stones are useless in the null time zone could someone in the null time zone lift Thor\u2019s hammer without being worthy", "c_root_id_A": "h6c18xo", "c_root_id_B": "h6bprzf", "created_at_utc_A": 1627102206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627095118.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Given that the TVA did not break Odin's spell that made Loki look Asgardian as opposed to a blue frost giant I would imagine it would not affect his other spells.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on the continuity, there are two possibilities. A: it's technically possible to hold and swing Mjolnir if you're strong enough, but without being worthy you don't get any of the benefits associated with welding the hammer. So, it's possible you could pick it up (if you're strong enough, it's still very, very heavy and made from a special metal not found anywhere on Earth). B: things that are technically not alive (like robots and \"living\" armours) have been able to lift the hammer as a technically. Since everyone in the TVA seems to be immortal and existing outside time, space, and basic reality, who knows what's up with them?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7088.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqdgru", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] given that infinity stones are useless in the null time zone could someone in the null time zone lift Thor\u2019s hammer without being worthy", "c_root_id_A": "h6b9zax", "c_root_id_B": "h6bqb2c", "created_at_utc_A": 1627086568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627095428.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Maybe. The hammers magitech is such that it might weigh too much to be lifted wothout machinery if its magic is nullified.", "human_ref_B": "The stones have nothing to do with Mjolnir. If I remember right Loki's power is usually called conjuring, so an an enchanted item that contains its own magic and not pulling fron somewhere else would in theory work. To elaborate think of Loki as a computer contacting a server to work and it can't inside the TVA the hammer would I guess works more like a computer that contains all the info it needs to work without a server", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8860.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqdgru", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] given that infinity stones are useless in the null time zone could someone in the null time zone lift Thor\u2019s hammer without being worthy", "c_root_id_A": "h6bf4ip", "c_root_id_B": "h6bqb2c", "created_at_utc_A": 1627089307.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627095428.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Magic doesn't work there. And afaik the hammer is enchanted with magic, so any mystical qualities it has would be void. Anyone could lift Thor's hammer (as long as they are physically strong enough to lift a huge fuckin hammer).", "human_ref_B": "The stones have nothing to do with Mjolnir. If I remember right Loki's power is usually called conjuring, so an an enchanted item that contains its own magic and not pulling fron somewhere else would in theory work. To elaborate think of Loki as a computer contacting a server to work and it can't inside the TVA the hammer would I guess works more like a computer that contains all the info it needs to work without a server", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6121.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqdgru", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] given that infinity stones are useless in the null time zone could someone in the null time zone lift Thor\u2019s hammer without being worthy", "c_root_id_A": "h6bqb2c", "c_root_id_B": "h6bprzf", "created_at_utc_A": 1627095428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627095118.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The stones have nothing to do with Mjolnir. If I remember right Loki's power is usually called conjuring, so an an enchanted item that contains its own magic and not pulling fron somewhere else would in theory work. To elaborate think of Loki as a computer contacting a server to work and it can't inside the TVA the hammer would I guess works more like a computer that contains all the info it needs to work without a server", "human_ref_B": "Depending on the continuity, there are two possibilities. A: it's technically possible to hold and swing Mjolnir if you're strong enough, but without being worthy you don't get any of the benefits associated with welding the hammer. So, it's possible you could pick it up (if you're strong enough, it's still very, very heavy and made from a special metal not found anywhere on Earth). B: things that are technically not alive (like robots and \"living\" armours) have been able to lift the hammer as a technically. Since everyone in the TVA seems to be immortal and existing outside time, space, and basic reality, who knows what's up with them?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 310.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp5yab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Transformers] Why would I choose to be a combiner? So I just got approached by Onslaught when he saw my propellers, and he asked if I was willing to fill in for vortex while he recovers. He needs my answer by the next earth solar cycle, so I hope y'all can help me with my decision. The big thing is that I'm gonna be one part of the biggest targets on the battlefield for all heavy weapons, and we still are one even before we combine. And when we do, I'm gonna be the only method of defense for all five of us. So does being a combiner come with like an armor upgrade, some sort of combining of our best attributes to make us nearly invincible, or am I just gonna get shredded the second warpath makes an appearance?", "c_root_id_A": "j0rpx04", "c_root_id_B": "j0qx9hd", "created_at_utc_A": 1671402683.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671391136.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "First up Transformers are inherently utilitarian. Even Deceptions are the same. Their approach is different, but Autobots and Deceptions share the same underlying philosophy (Utilitarian). What you're asking is inherently the opposite of Utilitarian. It's never something that would cross their minds in a million years. I know what you're thinking. First, you're googling Utilitarianism, and then you're going to talk about how Deceptions are selfish, and then I'm going to point out that they aren't really. They are power hungry, and they are glory hogs, but they undoubtedly do what they feel needs to be done to advance their cause. Now you might argue Star Scream is explicitly not Utilitarian, and I would argue that most groups of people always have outliers and point out that Soundwave is the perfect Utilitarian Deception, because he's not an outlier and the fact that most Deceptions do whatever asked despite the inherent danger to their selves is an excellent example of Utilitarianism.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11547.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp5yab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Transformers] Why would I choose to be a combiner? So I just got approached by Onslaught when he saw my propellers, and he asked if I was willing to fill in for vortex while he recovers. He needs my answer by the next earth solar cycle, so I hope y'all can help me with my decision. The big thing is that I'm gonna be one part of the biggest targets on the battlefield for all heavy weapons, and we still are one even before we combine. And when we do, I'm gonna be the only method of defense for all five of us. So does being a combiner come with like an armor upgrade, some sort of combining of our best attributes to make us nearly invincible, or am I just gonna get shredded the second warpath makes an appearance?", "c_root_id_A": "j0qx9hd", "c_root_id_B": "j0s2tu1", "created_at_utc_A": 1671391136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671408304.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Honestly, I don't think this is how combiner/gestalt Transformers work. I don't think someone gets a team together and then they decide to become a combiner. While I don't remember the Constructicon origin episode, I do remember when Grimlock built the Technobots, and from what I remember they started with the ability to form Computron, they didn't decide to do it. There seems to be more going on with a combiner then just the Cybertronian version of a human pyramid. But your question does remind me of an idea of a combiner made up of different teams or even Factions being a Frankenstein's monster of an abomination.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17168.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zp5yab", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Transformers] Why would I choose to be a combiner? So I just got approached by Onslaught when he saw my propellers, and he asked if I was willing to fill in for vortex while he recovers. He needs my answer by the next earth solar cycle, so I hope y'all can help me with my decision. The big thing is that I'm gonna be one part of the biggest targets on the battlefield for all heavy weapons, and we still are one even before we combine. And when we do, I'm gonna be the only method of defense for all five of us. So does being a combiner come with like an armor upgrade, some sort of combining of our best attributes to make us nearly invincible, or am I just gonna get shredded the second warpath makes an appearance?", "c_root_id_A": "j1arult", "c_root_id_B": "j0qx9hd", "created_at_utc_A": 1671748889.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671391136.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the IDW part of the Transformers multiverse an artifact existed that gave groups the ability to combine. Most cases showed this to be a permanent thing (once transformed, you were part of the set that created the larger whole. Not really explained, but there was some way to replace a vaporized team member, albeit with difficulty. Many found this unpleasant at best as it basically meant the gestalt entity had multiple personas each arguing over what to do. Most combiners on that canon tended to be somewhat slow-witted, instinct-driven or otherwise mentally troubled. The dominant personality, usually the \u201ccore\u201d of the combiner, tended to be the core of the combiner\u2019s persona, but was still a separate entity. Think of it as the leader of a group that still needs consensus but has veto rights and similar. A few had more control: one group was from a colony that had a stronger religious view than the mainstream (a long topic) and seems to be much more controlled and sane because the dominant personality was a religious leader. As to the initial question of why: Many did not choose this fate, but were coerced or forced. It\u2019s suggested that a lower-tier Transformer can step up to the big leagues by becoming part of a team. One early team was basically a mad scientist\u2019s project, mimicking the then-lost combination artifact. That canon also had a colony with the schtick that the colonists had all become 2-person combiners where both members became pet of a single vehicle mode. This wasn\u2019t explored much beyond the sorrow of a pair where a single member is killed.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 357753.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8vgtyn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Portal/Half-Life/Doctor Who] What would happen if you activated a portal from Aperture Sciences Portal gun inside the TARDIS, then activated one outside? Ignoring all the things needed for the portals to actually work, like having the correct surface, would the portals activate and function? What would happen once you close the doors to the TARDIS?", "c_root_id_A": "e1ndalx", "c_root_id_B": "e1na49z", "created_at_utc_A": 1530525106.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530518018.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "We dont acutally knows how the portals work, nor how they would interact with the pocket universe that is the tardis however, consdering the tardis complete controll of space and time inside itself, if the tardis or its pilot wanted the portal to stay open, it would", "human_ref_B": "Yes. Nothing interesting would happen when you closed the doors. If you time travel somewhere, then you'd have a time portal, but since you had a time machine to begin with it's not that impressive. Much more interesting is that you can get the same effect by opening one portal above another and waiting, due to gravitational time dilation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7088.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8vgtyn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Portal/Half-Life/Doctor Who] What would happen if you activated a portal from Aperture Sciences Portal gun inside the TARDIS, then activated one outside? Ignoring all the things needed for the portals to actually work, like having the correct surface, would the portals activate and function? What would happen once you close the doors to the TARDIS?", "c_root_id_A": "e1na49z", "c_root_id_B": "e1nxj14", "created_at_utc_A": 1530518018.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530549526.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Nothing interesting would happen when you closed the doors. If you time travel somewhere, then you'd have a time portal, but since you had a time machine to begin with it's not that impressive. Much more interesting is that you can get the same effect by opening one portal above another and waiting, due to gravitational time dilation.", "human_ref_B": "The portal wouldn't even connect unless the TARDIS wanted it to. There's enough time and space BS going on for 21st century physics to account for. Same for what happens if it does connect then the TARDIS moves, whatever the TARDIS wants to happen, most likely cut connection.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31508.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8vgtyn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Portal/Half-Life/Doctor Who] What would happen if you activated a portal from Aperture Sciences Portal gun inside the TARDIS, then activated one outside? Ignoring all the things needed for the portals to actually work, like having the correct surface, would the portals activate and function? What would happen once you close the doors to the TARDIS?", "c_root_id_A": "e1nxj14", "c_root_id_B": "e1nlrbu", "created_at_utc_A": 1530549526.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1530538807.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The portal wouldn't even connect unless the TARDIS wanted it to. There's enough time and space BS going on for 21st century physics to account for. Same for what happens if it does connect then the TARDIS moves, whatever the TARDIS wants to happen, most likely cut connection.", "human_ref_B": "Other methods of teleportation has been shown to work in the TARDIS, so I can't see this being any different. What would happen when the TARDIS moved, however, is anyone's guess.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10719.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "84fjsu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Teen Titans] If Beast Boy could only take on the form of 5 Earth animals, which ones would be the most useful and versatile for his needs?", "c_root_id_A": "dvp5vlw", "c_root_id_B": "dvp7b1m", "created_at_utc_A": 1521052709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521053974.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "1) Peregrine falcon - fastest animal, flight, natural weapons, good eyesight 2) Giant squid - Aquatic, deep diving, swim speed, tentacles/arms for multiple attacks and manipulation; cons: aquatic only, social bonus vs. school girls only applies in anime 3) African elephant - Massive, impressive stamina, endurance, and strength, trunk provides manipulation; cons: relatively slow, can't jump 4) Liger - Natural weapons, impressive size & strength on land, meme bonus vs. nerds; cons: weakness against laser pointers, pickles 5) Silverback gorilla - Superhuman strength, climb speed, possible diplomatic/social bonuses with regard to inhabitants of Gorilla City and other super-apes. Most other hominid species are too small, and as Beast Boy is not the leader of the Teen Titans in most incarnations he would lack the cheek pads to pull off a proper orangutan. None of these are ideally situated for, say, infiltration (where smaller and more easily disguisable forms like pigeon, raccoon, domestic cat, coyote, and black mamba would be more ideal), and it lacks a few old favorites (whale, horse, Galapagos tortoise, etc.) or more exotic choices (bullet shrimp, sabertooth tiger, wooly mammoth, narwhal, Tasmanian wolf, etc.), but provides reasonable versatility.", "human_ref_B": "Well Jake would tell you a lion Marco would tell you a gorilla Rachel will tell you a bear Tobias Will tell you a Hawk Cassie will tell you a Wolf as a bonus Axe will tell you an Andalite.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1265.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "84fjsu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Teen Titans] If Beast Boy could only take on the form of 5 Earth animals, which ones would be the most useful and versatile for his needs?", "c_root_id_A": "dvp7b1m", "c_root_id_B": "dvp48xm", "created_at_utc_A": 1521053974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521051268.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Well Jake would tell you a lion Marco would tell you a gorilla Rachel will tell you a bear Tobias Will tell you a Hawk Cassie will tell you a Wolf as a bonus Axe will tell you an Andalite.", "human_ref_B": "What, exactly, are his needs?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2706.0, "score_ratio": 6.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "84fjsu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Teen Titans] If Beast Boy could only take on the form of 5 Earth animals, which ones would be the most useful and versatile for his needs?", "c_root_id_A": "dvp48xm", "c_root_id_B": "dvp5vlw", "created_at_utc_A": 1521051268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521052709.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "What, exactly, are his needs?", "human_ref_B": "1) Peregrine falcon - fastest animal, flight, natural weapons, good eyesight 2) Giant squid - Aquatic, deep diving, swim speed, tentacles/arms for multiple attacks and manipulation; cons: aquatic only, social bonus vs. school girls only applies in anime 3) African elephant - Massive, impressive stamina, endurance, and strength, trunk provides manipulation; cons: relatively slow, can't jump 4) Liger - Natural weapons, impressive size & strength on land, meme bonus vs. nerds; cons: weakness against laser pointers, pickles 5) Silverback gorilla - Superhuman strength, climb speed, possible diplomatic/social bonuses with regard to inhabitants of Gorilla City and other super-apes. Most other hominid species are too small, and as Beast Boy is not the leader of the Teen Titans in most incarnations he would lack the cheek pads to pull off a proper orangutan. None of these are ideally situated for, say, infiltration (where smaller and more easily disguisable forms like pigeon, raccoon, domestic cat, coyote, and black mamba would be more ideal), and it lacks a few old favorites (whale, horse, Galapagos tortoise, etc.) or more exotic choices (bullet shrimp, sabertooth tiger, wooly mammoth, narwhal, Tasmanian wolf, etc.), but provides reasonable versatility.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1441.0, "score_ratio": 5.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q92e6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Marvel] Why are so many Marvel heroes/teams based in New York City?", "c_root_id_A": "hgtdc0l", "c_root_id_B": "hgtmjzq", "created_at_utc_A": 1634351021.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634356300.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Maybe marvel takes place in a US that moves most of its society into a single metropolis because it's believed to be more efficient, while the rest of the US's cities just kinda stagnate. Even LA doesn't seem to be that populated here", "human_ref_B": "Because so many people live in New York City. It has a slightly higher hero per capita count than other cities due to people moving there to join the X-Men and The Avengers, but it's just on the higher end of the bell curve, not some freak outlier.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5279.0, "score_ratio": 34.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q92e6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Marvel] Why are so many Marvel heroes/teams based in New York City?", "c_root_id_A": "hgtdc0l", "c_root_id_B": "hgusbw6", "created_at_utc_A": 1634351021.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634388531.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Maybe marvel takes place in a US that moves most of its society into a single metropolis because it's believed to be more efficient, while the rest of the US's cities just kinda stagnate. Even LA doesn't seem to be that populated here", "human_ref_B": "it is really hard to web sling in Des Moines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37510.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q92e6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Marvel] Why are so many Marvel heroes/teams based in New York City?", "c_root_id_A": "hgtdc0l", "c_root_id_B": "hgwrtrg", "created_at_utc_A": 1634351021.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634421129.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Maybe marvel takes place in a US that moves most of its society into a single metropolis because it's believed to be more efficient, while the rest of the US's cities just kinda stagnate. Even LA doesn't seem to be that populated here", "human_ref_B": "In-universe, it makes a lot of sense to base the superhero industry in NYC. The UN and a lot of international organizations are based in the city, it's a short distance from DC, and much like any other industry, it makes sense to be close to people in a similar industry. If you look at hero work like any other industry (finance, defense, tech, etc), it makes a lot of sense that people would go to NYC", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 70108.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9mjygz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC] Why doesn't Wonder Woman wear armor made of the same thing as her bracelets? It just seems like the most practical option. And I can't imagine weight would be a problem for her.", "c_root_id_A": "e7fu66y", "c_root_id_B": "e7frp43", "created_at_utc_A": 1539069030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539064625.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The same reason Thor doesn't have pants made out of Mjolnir. They are mystical artefacts created in a certain way.", "human_ref_B": "The bracelets are like talisman; they're not doing the blocking themselves, it's the magic in them that's doing all the heavy lifting. She could've asked for earrings, and as long as they have the same magic it'll do the same thing. She doesn't even have to cross her forearms to make them work; they're just on when she wants them to be on whilst monologuing, etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4405.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9mjygz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[DC] Why doesn't Wonder Woman wear armor made of the same thing as her bracelets? It just seems like the most practical option. And I can't imagine weight would be a problem for her.", "c_root_id_A": "e7g3tep", "c_root_id_B": "e7frp43", "created_at_utc_A": 1539087477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539064625.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "She only does when shit gets real.", "human_ref_B": "The bracelets are like talisman; they're not doing the blocking themselves, it's the magic in them that's doing all the heavy lifting. She could've asked for earrings, and as long as they have the same magic it'll do the same thing. She doesn't even have to cross her forearms to make them work; they're just on when she wants them to be on whilst monologuing, etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22852.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "34nfm5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] Where is Stark/Avengers tower in Daredevil? I just finished watching the series and whenever there was a picture of the skyline I looked but didn't see it. The show made a few quick references to the larger universe and this seems like an obvious one. Am I just blind or it is not there, and if not why?", "c_root_id_A": "cqwd24w", "c_root_id_B": "cqwiofo", "created_at_utc_A": 1430600837.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430613248.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "The MetLife building, which is the Avengers Tower, appears in some shots. The tower wasn't CGI'd in during the whole series, probably to reduce costs.", "human_ref_B": ">am I just blind Matt get off reddit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12411.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "34nfm5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] Where is Stark/Avengers tower in Daredevil? I just finished watching the series and whenever there was a picture of the skyline I looked but didn't see it. The show made a few quick references to the larger universe and this seems like an obvious one. Am I just blind or it is not there, and if not why?", "c_root_id_A": "cqwfoyw", "c_root_id_B": "cqwiofo", "created_at_utc_A": 1430606470.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430613248.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "I was wondering that, too. My guess is that after the whole thing with Loki, the tower was pretty beat up. Given that Stark was going to move The Avengers in, and that there was some significant structural damage, it's possible he took off the top of the tower to rebuild it, and we're watching Matt's story in that time period. However, my personal theory, is that he wanted to have a grand unveiling--I mean, it *is* Tony Stark--so he used holotech or SHIELD's stealth tech to make it *look* like a normal building until things were completed. This has the added benefit of giving a good measure of security--no one could keep a watch on what they were doing, where certain features were going in on the outside, where weak points or hidden access points might be, etc. Then when that work was done, he could drop the holotech/stealth tech.", "human_ref_B": ">am I just blind Matt get off reddit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6778.0, "score_ratio": 3.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p62775", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Invincible] How did the New Guardians know to show up at Machine Head's lair? Were they tipped off, or did Robot calculate that they'd need to show up there? As far as I know, neither Invincible nor Titan gave them a head's up. The teleporter henchman could have done it as part of the double-cross, but I feel any tip off coming from either him or Titan (or an anonymous tip) would have faced a lot more scrutiny and focus. Invincible couldn't have done it, as any mention would be to Eve (who would have been the one to show up to help and wouldn't lightly talk to Rex, Kate or any of the others), and he also wasn't expecting an ambush by a whole merc squad of villains. Potentially it could have been Cecil and the GDA monitoring Invincible, but again, I doubt it due to no focus on that or why they wouldn't have assisted the New Guardians once they got their asses kicked. The most likely candidate I could see it being is Omniman, notably observing the battle with disdain from the skies. Points against this however, are that he doesn't directly intervene to save Mark, doesn't respect the New Guardians at all, and his tip off would have been a conversation piece for the Guardians/GDA afterwards. So was there something very obvious that I missed?", "c_root_id_A": "h9ad0dq", "c_root_id_B": "h9aezam", "created_at_utc_A": 1629206927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629207819.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Machine head literally lives in the penthouse suite of a skyscraper. I\u2019m sure the GDA knew exactly where he was but they didn\u2019t think he was high profile enough to bother. After the guardians died and they heard he was hiring mercenaries for some kind of fight, they probably figured it would be a good test run for the new guardians of the globe.", "human_ref_B": "Omniman probably gave an anonymous tip to the GDA. Simply observing gives him a couple of things: * he can see how strong mark is and give him some more tough, real world experience and see the consequences of helping Titan. He doesn\u2019t really think anyone there is a risk to a true viltrumite so he isn\u2019t THAT worried for Mark\u2019s life. He\u2019s wrong, ofc, because battle beast is extremely powerful, but misplaced arrogance isn\u2019t exactly unheard of for viltrumites either. * he can see how strong the new guardians are to see if they\u2019ll be a problem for him. * he can potentially let the new guardians and some of the mercs kill each other off, simplifying his job to pacify earth", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 892.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmuv82", "c_root_id_B": "hnmsuih", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908980.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908163.0, "score_A": 133, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "Below a certain threshold of power, Batman likely stops having person-specific contingencies and just makes plans for dealing with different broad threats; folks like Superman need a bespoke response plan, but Green Arrow just gets the generic \"asshole with primitive weapon\" and \"social engineering against wealthy individual\" plans if he starts shit. The Question is a hell of a detective, but push comes to shove he's just a fairly athletic guy in a mask, so you don't need anything especially fancy to take him out; \"kick him in the ribcage\" is perfectly valid against most of the adult population, both Questions included.", "human_ref_B": "For Question it is probably overwhelm him with conspiracy theories until he can't function in society. Similar to the Two Face I Ching failure.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 817.0, "score_ratio": 3.0930232558, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmuiyh", "c_root_id_B": "hnmuv82", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908980.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 133, "human_ref_A": "I read this somewhere, and it seems true: If Superman goes off the rails, get Kryptonite. If anyone else in the JL goes off the rails, get Superman.", "human_ref_B": "Below a certain threshold of power, Batman likely stops having person-specific contingencies and just makes plans for dealing with different broad threats; folks like Superman need a bespoke response plan, but Green Arrow just gets the generic \"asshole with primitive weapon\" and \"social engineering against wealthy individual\" plans if he starts shit. The Question is a hell of a detective, but push comes to shove he's just a fairly athletic guy in a mask, so you don't need anything especially fancy to take him out; \"kick him in the ribcage\" is perfectly valid against most of the adult population, both Questions included.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 140.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmuv82", "c_root_id_B": "hnmtmw3", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908980.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908476.0, "score_A": 133, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Below a certain threshold of power, Batman likely stops having person-specific contingencies and just makes plans for dealing with different broad threats; folks like Superman need a bespoke response plan, but Green Arrow just gets the generic \"asshole with primitive weapon\" and \"social engineering against wealthy individual\" plans if he starts shit. The Question is a hell of a detective, but push comes to shove he's just a fairly athletic guy in a mask, so you don't need anything especially fancy to take him out; \"kick him in the ribcage\" is perfectly valid against most of the adult population, both Questions included.", "human_ref_B": "There\u2019s actually a cool bonus feature in JL:Doom of audio logs where Batman theorizes how he could beat reserve members Of the top of my head I remember Green Arrow: Paralyze arm Black Canary: Larynx Trauma Plastic Man: Liquid Nitrogen Red Tornado: EMP So it seems like the plan for any leaguer is just \u201ctake out the thing they do\u201d He used fear gas to prevent GL from concentrating enough to use the ring, he could probably do something similar to Q", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 504.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmrzmf", "c_root_id_B": "hnmuv82", "created_at_utc_A": 1638907797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908980.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 133, "human_ref_A": "He only has an explicit \"Contingency\" for someone that presents some sort of major or existential threat or otherwise would require special skills or tactics to take down outside of what he normally uses (punch people hard).", "human_ref_B": "Below a certain threshold of power, Batman likely stops having person-specific contingencies and just makes plans for dealing with different broad threats; folks like Superman need a bespoke response plan, but Green Arrow just gets the generic \"asshole with primitive weapon\" and \"social engineering against wealthy individual\" plans if he starts shit. The Question is a hell of a detective, but push comes to shove he's just a fairly athletic guy in a mask, so you don't need anything especially fancy to take him out; \"kick him in the ribcage\" is perfectly valid against most of the adult population, both Questions included.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1183.0, "score_ratio": 13.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmqmnu", "c_root_id_B": "hnmuv82", "created_at_utc_A": 1638907189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908980.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 133, "human_ref_A": "Induce a mental breakdown by taking advantage of his interest in conspiracy theories.", "human_ref_B": "Below a certain threshold of power, Batman likely stops having person-specific contingencies and just makes plans for dealing with different broad threats; folks like Superman need a bespoke response plan, but Green Arrow just gets the generic \"asshole with primitive weapon\" and \"social engineering against wealthy individual\" plans if he starts shit. The Question is a hell of a detective, but push comes to shove he's just a fairly athletic guy in a mask, so you don't need anything especially fancy to take him out; \"kick him in the ribcage\" is perfectly valid against most of the adult population, both Questions included.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1791.0, "score_ratio": 26.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmuv82", "c_root_id_B": "hnmtuvo", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908980.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908568.0, "score_A": 133, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Below a certain threshold of power, Batman likely stops having person-specific contingencies and just makes plans for dealing with different broad threats; folks like Superman need a bespoke response plan, but Green Arrow just gets the generic \"asshole with primitive weapon\" and \"social engineering against wealthy individual\" plans if he starts shit. The Question is a hell of a detective, but push comes to shove he's just a fairly athletic guy in a mask, so you don't need anything especially fancy to take him out; \"kick him in the ribcage\" is perfectly valid against most of the adult population, both Questions included.", "human_ref_B": "He may not even have a contingency plan for the lesser known members, like The Question, who don't have world ending power. The core Justice League members are all exceptionally powerful individuals who require a specific plan to beat, someone like The Question could probably be beaten through Batman's regular strategy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 412.0, "score_ratio": 44.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmrzmf", "c_root_id_B": "hnmsuih", "created_at_utc_A": 1638907797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908163.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "He only has an explicit \"Contingency\" for someone that presents some sort of major or existential threat or otherwise would require special skills or tactics to take down outside of what he normally uses (punch people hard).", "human_ref_B": "For Question it is probably overwhelm him with conspiracy theories until he can't function in society. Similar to the Two Face I Ching failure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 366.0, "score_ratio": 4.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmsuih", "c_root_id_B": "hnmqmnu", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908163.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638907189.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "For Question it is probably overwhelm him with conspiracy theories until he can't function in society. Similar to the Two Face I Ching failure.", "human_ref_B": "Induce a mental breakdown by taking advantage of his interest in conspiracy theories.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 974.0, "score_ratio": 8.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmtmw3", "c_root_id_B": "hnmuiyh", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908840.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s actually a cool bonus feature in JL:Doom of audio logs where Batman theorizes how he could beat reserve members Of the top of my head I remember Green Arrow: Paralyze arm Black Canary: Larynx Trauma Plastic Man: Liquid Nitrogen Red Tornado: EMP So it seems like the plan for any leaguer is just \u201ctake out the thing they do\u201d He used fear gas to prevent GL from concentrating enough to use the ring, he could probably do something similar to Q", "human_ref_B": "I read this somewhere, and it seems true: If Superman goes off the rails, get Kryptonite. If anyone else in the JL goes off the rails, get Superman.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 364.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmuiyh", "c_root_id_B": "hnmrzmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638907797.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I read this somewhere, and it seems true: If Superman goes off the rails, get Kryptonite. If anyone else in the JL goes off the rails, get Superman.", "human_ref_B": "He only has an explicit \"Contingency\" for someone that presents some sort of major or existential threat or otherwise would require special skills or tactics to take down outside of what he normally uses (punch people hard).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1043.0, "score_ratio": 4.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmqmnu", "c_root_id_B": "hnmuiyh", "created_at_utc_A": 1638907189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908840.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Induce a mental breakdown by taking advantage of his interest in conspiracy theories.", "human_ref_B": "I read this somewhere, and it seems true: If Superman goes off the rails, get Kryptonite. If anyone else in the JL goes off the rails, get Superman.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1651.0, "score_ratio": 8.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmuiyh", "c_root_id_B": "hnmtuvo", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908568.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I read this somewhere, and it seems true: If Superman goes off the rails, get Kryptonite. If anyone else in the JL goes off the rails, get Superman.", "human_ref_B": "He may not even have a contingency plan for the lesser known members, like The Question, who don't have world ending power. The core Justice League members are all exceptionally powerful individuals who require a specific plan to beat, someone like The Question could probably be beaten through Batman's regular strategy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 272.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmtmw3", "c_root_id_B": "hnmrzmf", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638907797.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s actually a cool bonus feature in JL:Doom of audio logs where Batman theorizes how he could beat reserve members Of the top of my head I remember Green Arrow: Paralyze arm Black Canary: Larynx Trauma Plastic Man: Liquid Nitrogen Red Tornado: EMP So it seems like the plan for any leaguer is just \u201ctake out the thing they do\u201d He used fear gas to prevent GL from concentrating enough to use the ring, he could probably do something similar to Q", "human_ref_B": "He only has an explicit \"Contingency\" for someone that presents some sort of major or existential threat or otherwise would require special skills or tactics to take down outside of what he normally uses (punch people hard).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 679.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmtmw3", "c_root_id_B": "hnmqmnu", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638907189.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s actually a cool bonus feature in JL:Doom of audio logs where Batman theorizes how he could beat reserve members Of the top of my head I remember Green Arrow: Paralyze arm Black Canary: Larynx Trauma Plastic Man: Liquid Nitrogen Red Tornado: EMP So it seems like the plan for any leaguer is just \u201ctake out the thing they do\u201d He used fear gas to prevent GL from concentrating enough to use the ring, he could probably do something similar to Q", "human_ref_B": "Induce a mental breakdown by taking advantage of his interest in conspiracy theories.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1287.0, "score_ratio": 5.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmrzmf", "c_root_id_B": "hnmqmnu", "created_at_utc_A": 1638907797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638907189.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He only has an explicit \"Contingency\" for someone that presents some sort of major or existential threat or otherwise would require special skills or tactics to take down outside of what he normally uses (punch people hard).", "human_ref_B": "Induce a mental breakdown by taking advantage of his interest in conspiracy theories.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 608.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmqmnu", "c_root_id_B": "hnmygiy", "created_at_utc_A": 1638907189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638910514.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Induce a mental breakdown by taking advantage of his interest in conspiracy theories.", "human_ref_B": "Here's a few I don't think he really needs a plan for the Question.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3325.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnmtuvo", "c_root_id_B": "hnmygiy", "created_at_utc_A": 1638908568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638910514.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He may not even have a contingency plan for the lesser known members, like The Question, who don't have world ending power. The core Justice League members are all exceptionally powerful individuals who require a specific plan to beat, someone like The Question could probably be beaten through Batman's regular strategy.", "human_ref_B": "Here's a few I don't think he really needs a plan for the Question.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1946.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rb6wvu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Exactly what was Batman's \"Contingency Plan\" for defeating the lesser known JL members, like the Question?", "c_root_id_A": "hnoq0j1", "c_root_id_B": "hnmtuvo", "created_at_utc_A": 1638941861.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1638908568.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Does he have one for Mr terrific, he seems like decent enough threat", "human_ref_B": "He may not even have a contingency plan for the lesser known members, like The Question, who don't have world ending power. The core Justice League members are all exceptionally powerful individuals who require a specific plan to beat, someone like The Question could probably be beaten through Batman's regular strategy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33293.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "48u9c8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[1990 Total Recall] [Spoilers] The Martian Atmosphere At the end of the movie, our protagonists (and an antagonist) are ejected into the thin Martian atmosphere, and almost suffocate/explosively decompress - but the reactor floods Mars with enough air to be breathable - increasing both the oxygen content and pressure. How plausible is this, even on a localized scale around Olympus Mons? How much oxygen and nitrogen would have to be released for the pressure to increase that quickly? And how much space would it have taken up as a solid?", "c_root_id_A": "d0mpqx9", "c_root_id_B": "d0mm98m", "created_at_utc_A": 1457050799.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457045411.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Being that this is sci-fi, the process might have been more complex than just \"flooding Mars with air\". As others have stated, this would be quite implausible. More likely explanations include a combination of effects: 1. Turn on a powerful artificial gravity generator, immediately increasing the atmospheric pressure around the mountain. 2. Turn on a powerful elctromagnetic shield to protect against solar/cosmic radiation (Mars doesn't have a natural magnetosphere like Earth). 3. Blast local life forms with an energy field that spontaneously changes the alveoli in their lungs so that they can now metabolize Carbon Dioxide instead of Oxygen. Note: All of the above effects might just be local around the mountain, or they could be planet-wide, depending on the requirements of the alien builders.", "human_ref_B": "The shockwave from the atmosphere filling that rapidly probably would've blasted them across the hemisphere.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5388.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1uca2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Wall-E] What do you think were the reactions of the citizens when it was announced that they will go to the Axiom and stay for 5 years?", "c_root_id_A": "hm46tlk", "c_root_id_B": "hm3eo8f", "created_at_utc_A": 1637899056.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637884183.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Probably excitement/relief. The Earth was not in the greatest of states when they left, so the prospect of being in a luxury space liner while robots worked to restore the Earth to its former glory was probably a very tempting prospect. Consider the reactions people today have at the prospect of a Mars colony to carry on humanity.", "human_ref_B": "I'd go \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14873.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r1uca2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Wall-E] What do you think were the reactions of the citizens when it was announced that they will go to the Axiom and stay for 5 years?", "c_root_id_A": "huyolvm", "c_root_id_B": "hm3eo8f", "created_at_utc_A": 1643610433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637884183.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Only really rich people got into the Axiom. We know that because, before directive A113 was instated, the Axiom was supposed to be a 5 year cruise ship tour of the milky way. Cruise ships are expensive. BnL didn't give anything for free EVER, and the Axiom was the most advanced of the BnL space liners... So we can assume that the people who got into the Axiom were rich as hell, they paid a huge price for it (figuratively and literally) The original population of the Axiom thought that everything was going to go back to normal after these 5 years; they would return to their homes on earth, they would start working again, they would make money and all that. They didn't suspect they were gonna stay in the ship for the rest of their lifes so i don't think they minded leaving the Earth on the Axiom since they thought it was just going to be a 5 year long vacation on a cruise ship while the earth was being cleaned.", "human_ref_B": "I'd go \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5726250.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m6ezhd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Home Alone/Home Alone 2] How the hell does Peter McCallister keep a roof over his family's head? How the hell does fund these huge family vacations? What's his source of income? I think that Peter's source of income was never mentioned in either or the movies but I'm just here for plausible theories. Also if I'm not wrong Kate is a house wife and this means that Peter and only Peter must provide for his family. Not only that Peter apparently also pays for the vacation of his entire extended family! How the hell does Peter McCallister keep a roof over his family's head? How the hell does fund these huge family vacations? What's his source of income?", "c_root_id_A": "gr65djp", "c_root_id_B": "gr5p4bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1615931207.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615923689.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Once upon a time, it was NORMAL in American society for a single-income family to own their home and take occasional family vacations, all on ONE salary, often from a job that didn't even require a college degree! Wage stagnation, housing market speculation, and a number of other trends have resulted in this kind of life getting further and further out of the average person's reach as time goes by, to the point that old movies seem unbelievably ridiculous. As another example, Clark Griswold was expecting a Christmas Bonus sufficient to install an in-ground swimming pool, which would be THOUSANDS of dollars in today's market. And that was just his BONUS! It's not immediately clear what, exactly, Peter McCallister does for a living, or if his wife has a job of her own. Their ability to both arrange extended time off on their schedule suggests it's something reasonably stable and salaried. But it's entirely plausible that a two-income family in bygone era could, with careful planning, save up for a trip that seems extravagant with today's prices. It's already been mentioned that the Paris trip was paid for by Peter's brother, who lives in France, which suggests the family as a whole is reasonably well-off. They might not even owe anything on their mortgage, could have inherited the house from richer ancestors.", "human_ref_B": "I also kinda got the feeling that with so many kids they take one big vacation once in a while like once every few years. Also the brother seemed as if he was doing well with a friggin manahatta townhouse that he was gut renovating", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7518.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5kbikc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Home Alone] What kind of jobs did the McCallisters have to afford that house? And who paid for everyone's tickets to France? It seems to me Mrs. McCallister is the breadwinner. Assertive, casually spending $122.50 on pizza, and her husband seems like a passive dope.", "c_root_id_A": "dbn733r", "c_root_id_B": "dbmsvrj", "created_at_utc_A": 1482762280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482722661.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They're in a suburb of Chicago, so either or both McAllister parents could be involved with the commodities exchange or similar high-finance jobs. Actual leisure-time would be limited, hence why they'd be willing to burn large amounts of cash on elaborate vacations when they do get some time away from their desks.", "human_ref_B": "Mr McAllister was in the mob or at least a high level criminal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 39619.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5kbikc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Home Alone] What kind of jobs did the McCallisters have to afford that house? And who paid for everyone's tickets to France? It seems to me Mrs. McCallister is the breadwinner. Assertive, casually spending $122.50 on pizza, and her husband seems like a passive dope.", "c_root_id_A": "hmlgcgo", "c_root_id_B": "dbof785", "created_at_utc_A": 1638229299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1482848392.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I think the dad was an architect, the wife was a clothing designer , I think the ticket bill got split by the family in France and Kevin's parents, but it's a mystery.", "human_ref_B": "The McAllister parents could easily be partners in a large Chicago law firm. In which case they would each be earning several hundred thousands of dollars per year, plus bonuses that push them to 7 figures, each, per year.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 155380907.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bt1l5r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] A soul for a soul. The Stonekeeper Red Skull has successfully guarded the Soul Stone that has now been granted to whosoever exchanged whatever they loved... now what? What happens to Red Skull now someone has taken the Soul Stone. Does he just stand there hoping someone returns the Soul Stone for some reason? Is he sent back to Earth to live a normal life? Does he just fucking die?", "c_root_id_A": "eowkduk", "c_root_id_B": "eoy606t", "created_at_utc_A": 1558911019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558934289.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Honestly I still don't understand why he's there in the first place. The Space Stone sent him there (for... some reason) but other than not having a ship, what's stopping him from leaving?", "human_ref_B": "Word of God has given conflicting statements. First they claimed that Thanos earning the Stone freed Red Skull, then said that Red Skull in Endgame >!would still be there to return the Stone to its proper place when Cap got there and go back to doing his job.!< >!So maybe he was halfway down the mountain with a packed bag when Rogers showed up.!<", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23270.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bt1l5r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] A soul for a soul. The Stonekeeper Red Skull has successfully guarded the Soul Stone that has now been granted to whosoever exchanged whatever they loved... now what? What happens to Red Skull now someone has taken the Soul Stone. Does he just stand there hoping someone returns the Soul Stone for some reason? Is he sent back to Earth to live a normal life? Does he just fucking die?", "c_root_id_A": "eoy606t", "c_root_id_B": "eovikug", "created_at_utc_A": 1558934289.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558895838.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Word of God has given conflicting statements. First they claimed that Thanos earning the Stone freed Red Skull, then said that Red Skull in Endgame >!would still be there to return the Stone to its proper place when Cap got there and go back to doing his job.!< >!So maybe he was halfway down the mountain with a packed bag when Rogers showed up.!<", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019d like to think he was given a chance to teleport off Vormir and that he\u2019s now a free agent.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38451.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bt1l5r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU] A soul for a soul. The Stonekeeper Red Skull has successfully guarded the Soul Stone that has now been granted to whosoever exchanged whatever they loved... now what? What happens to Red Skull now someone has taken the Soul Stone. Does he just stand there hoping someone returns the Soul Stone for some reason? Is he sent back to Earth to live a normal life? Does he just fucking die?", "c_root_id_A": "eovikug", "c_root_id_B": "eowkduk", "created_at_utc_A": 1558895838.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558911019.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d like to think he was given a chance to teleport off Vormir and that he\u2019s now a free agent.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly I still don't understand why he's there in the first place. The Space Stone sent him there (for... some reason) but other than not having a ship, what's stopping him from leaving?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15181.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4utyv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Rick and Morty/Family Guy] What would Rick Sanchez and Stewie Griffin think of one another if they met and how would they interact? Rick refers to himself as being a god and has the feats to back them up. However, he is an old man who has had a whole lifetime to hone his skills and Stewie is a baby. Even so, Stewie managed to discover multiverse travel and even time travel, impressive for his age in terms of inter-dimensional geniuses. As we all know, Rick is pretty cynical but is it possible he would at least have a grudging respect for Stewie? Or would Rick try to sabotage Stewie since he thinks that he might have even more potential than himself? Would they work or go on adventures together? Share notes? Become rivals?", "c_root_id_A": "g0ktw91", "c_root_id_B": "g0l6wed", "created_at_utc_A": 1596731720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596737495.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Anyone who can tolerate Brian Griffin for more than 5 seconds is a god among men.", "human_ref_B": "Similarly to Beth, he'd think he's a scary ass kid. Early series Stewie was vicious, and his cut away gags involved murder, rubbing elbows with powerful people, or making calls for said powerful people to do terrible things. Baby built a time machine, weather control device, death rays, etc. These aren't regular inventions, they're creations meant to kill or inspire terror. Rick's got body implants, but those are for defense (defense from people preventing him from committing terrorism) Stewie likely couldn't hang if Rick decided to be a dick, and hate him. Maybe if they were forced to work together, or ran into each other at a Blips and Chips. If the BnC scenario happened I think they could like each other. Stewie used to throw sexy parties, has a wide variety of taste, and seemed fun when he drank. This is meta, but IMO Roger's more based on early Stewie than pure Alf. I think the friendship could work, cause Roger would totally be Rick's friend.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5775.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4utyv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Rick and Morty/Family Guy] What would Rick Sanchez and Stewie Griffin think of one another if they met and how would they interact? Rick refers to himself as being a god and has the feats to back them up. However, he is an old man who has had a whole lifetime to hone his skills and Stewie is a baby. Even so, Stewie managed to discover multiverse travel and even time travel, impressive for his age in terms of inter-dimensional geniuses. As we all know, Rick is pretty cynical but is it possible he would at least have a grudging respect for Stewie? Or would Rick try to sabotage Stewie since he thinks that he might have even more potential than himself? Would they work or go on adventures together? Share notes? Become rivals?", "c_root_id_A": "g0mm7c9", "c_root_id_B": "g0ktw91", "created_at_utc_A": 1596762858.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596731720.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I imagine the Rick/Stewie relationship would be much like the Rick/Zeep relationship; Rick doesn't respond well to people who actually count as his peers. Barring some sort of pressing need, they'd likely mash each other's buttons very hard. As a guy with complicated family hang ups Rick likely wouldn't endorse Stewie's repeated murder attempts on Lois (if anything, he'd probably emphasize strongly with Mr. Pewterschmidt's plight), and Stewie would see many of Brian's worst traits (drunk manipulative know-it-all ego tripper) in Rick.", "human_ref_B": "Anyone who can tolerate Brian Griffin for more than 5 seconds is a god among men.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31138.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvco9s3", "c_root_id_B": "fvcma48", "created_at_utc_A": 1592584378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583401.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Prune juice. A warrior's drink.", "human_ref_B": "Judging by how easily Riker acclimated to Klingon food it's probably not a matter of spiciness. Hell, given that there are species on Earth that don't have capsacin receptors it's quite possible that Klingons don't either. Now we mostly see humans eating Americanized food, so that is likely what Klingons tried when given the opportunity to try Klingon food. There is very likely something in the spice racks of various other countries that Klingons would enjoy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 977.0, "score_ratio": 1.6785714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvco9s3", "c_root_id_B": "fvcllra", "created_at_utc_A": 1592584378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583066.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Prune juice. A warrior's drink.", "human_ref_B": "Its an acquired taste. Worf, iirc, didnt like traditional klingon food either having been raised on earth but now enjoys both. Begs the question: is replicator food so bland and boring humans hate all alien foods? Maybe everything tastes like Tasty Wheat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1312.0, "score_ratio": 3.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvco9s3", "c_root_id_B": "fvco6ox", "created_at_utc_A": 1592584378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592584336.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Prune juice. A warrior's drink.", "human_ref_B": "Admittedly I figured the distaste was due to Klingons enjoying live food for the most part.. it isn't the spiciness of the _gagh_, it's that you're eating a living creature. Considering the strong mainstream Vulcan influence on Starfleet's early years, I could see that distaste being quite strong, then fading over time as other species become as strong an influence over the Federation. I'm also curious as to whether or not prune juice becomes popular in 24th-century and up Klingon cuisine.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42.0, "score_ratio": 5.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvclfyy", "c_root_id_B": "fvco9s3", "created_at_utc_A": 1592582986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592584378.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Carolina Reapers and mealworms?", "human_ref_B": "Prune juice. A warrior's drink.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1392.0, "score_ratio": 15.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvco9s3", "c_root_id_B": "fvclqei", "created_at_utc_A": 1592584378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583130.0, "score_A": 47, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Prune juice. A warrior's drink.", "human_ref_B": "Limburger cheese perhaps", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1248.0, "score_ratio": 47.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvcma48", "c_root_id_B": "fvcllra", "created_at_utc_A": 1592583401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583066.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Judging by how easily Riker acclimated to Klingon food it's probably not a matter of spiciness. Hell, given that there are species on Earth that don't have capsacin receptors it's quite possible that Klingons don't either. Now we mostly see humans eating Americanized food, so that is likely what Klingons tried when given the opportunity to try Klingon food. There is very likely something in the spice racks of various other countries that Klingons would enjoy.", "human_ref_B": "Its an acquired taste. Worf, iirc, didnt like traditional klingon food either having been raised on earth but now enjoys both. Begs the question: is replicator food so bland and boring humans hate all alien foods? Maybe everything tastes like Tasty Wheat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 335.0, "score_ratio": 1.8666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvcma48", "c_root_id_B": "fvclfyy", "created_at_utc_A": 1592583401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592582986.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Judging by how easily Riker acclimated to Klingon food it's probably not a matter of spiciness. Hell, given that there are species on Earth that don't have capsacin receptors it's quite possible that Klingons don't either. Now we mostly see humans eating Americanized food, so that is likely what Klingons tried when given the opportunity to try Klingon food. There is very likely something in the spice racks of various other countries that Klingons would enjoy.", "human_ref_B": "Carolina Reapers and mealworms?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 415.0, "score_ratio": 9.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvclqei", "c_root_id_B": "fvcma48", "created_at_utc_A": 1592583130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583401.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Limburger cheese perhaps", "human_ref_B": "Judging by how easily Riker acclimated to Klingon food it's probably not a matter of spiciness. Hell, given that there are species on Earth that don't have capsacin receptors it's quite possible that Klingons don't either. Now we mostly see humans eating Americanized food, so that is likely what Klingons tried when given the opportunity to try Klingon food. There is very likely something in the spice racks of various other countries that Klingons would enjoy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 271.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvclfyy", "c_root_id_B": "fvcllra", "created_at_utc_A": 1592582986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583066.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Carolina Reapers and mealworms?", "human_ref_B": "Its an acquired taste. Worf, iirc, didnt like traditional klingon food either having been raised on earth but now enjoys both. Begs the question: is replicator food so bland and boring humans hate all alien foods? Maybe everything tastes like Tasty Wheat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 80.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvco6ox", "c_root_id_B": "fvcumk1", "created_at_utc_A": 1592584336.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592587523.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Admittedly I figured the distaste was due to Klingons enjoying live food for the most part.. it isn't the spiciness of the _gagh_, it's that you're eating a living creature. Considering the strong mainstream Vulcan influence on Starfleet's early years, I could see that distaste being quite strong, then fading over time as other species become as strong an influence over the Federation. I'm also curious as to whether or not prune juice becomes popular in 24th-century and up Klingon cuisine.", "human_ref_B": "Easily. Asia has a lot of foods they would enjoy. Gagh is the food most associated with the Klingons, so similar dishes they might enjoy would be Filipino Tamilok, worms gutted and marinated with lemons juice, Korean San-nakji, raw octopus doused with sesame oil and sesame seeds, Chinese Drunken Shrimp in either form, either raw and dunked in alcohol to make them 'drunk' and eaten raw, or cooked with the alcohol serving to hasten the cooking process. Since they love blood based dishes as well, the various blood sausages of the world would be great favorites.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3187.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvclfyy", "c_root_id_B": "fvcumk1", "created_at_utc_A": 1592582986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592587523.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Carolina Reapers and mealworms?", "human_ref_B": "Easily. Asia has a lot of foods they would enjoy. Gagh is the food most associated with the Klingons, so similar dishes they might enjoy would be Filipino Tamilok, worms gutted and marinated with lemons juice, Korean San-nakji, raw octopus doused with sesame oil and sesame seeds, Chinese Drunken Shrimp in either form, either raw and dunked in alcohol to make them 'drunk' and eaten raw, or cooked with the alcohol serving to hasten the cooking process. Since they love blood based dishes as well, the various blood sausages of the world would be great favorites.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4537.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvcumk1", "c_root_id_B": "fvcrqn2", "created_at_utc_A": 1592587523.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592586097.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Easily. Asia has a lot of foods they would enjoy. Gagh is the food most associated with the Klingons, so similar dishes they might enjoy would be Filipino Tamilok, worms gutted and marinated with lemons juice, Korean San-nakji, raw octopus doused with sesame oil and sesame seeds, Chinese Drunken Shrimp in either form, either raw and dunked in alcohol to make them 'drunk' and eaten raw, or cooked with the alcohol serving to hasten the cooking process. Since they love blood based dishes as well, the various blood sausages of the world would be great favorites.", "human_ref_B": "Southeast Asian food.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1426.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvclqei", "c_root_id_B": "fvcumk1", "created_at_utc_A": 1592583130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592587523.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Limburger cheese perhaps", "human_ref_B": "Easily. Asia has a lot of foods they would enjoy. Gagh is the food most associated with the Klingons, so similar dishes they might enjoy would be Filipino Tamilok, worms gutted and marinated with lemons juice, Korean San-nakji, raw octopus doused with sesame oil and sesame seeds, Chinese Drunken Shrimp in either form, either raw and dunked in alcohol to make them 'drunk' and eaten raw, or cooked with the alcohol serving to hasten the cooking process. Since they love blood based dishes as well, the various blood sausages of the world would be great favorites.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4393.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvcumk1", "c_root_id_B": "fvcu516", "created_at_utc_A": 1592587523.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592587284.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Easily. Asia has a lot of foods they would enjoy. Gagh is the food most associated with the Klingons, so similar dishes they might enjoy would be Filipino Tamilok, worms gutted and marinated with lemons juice, Korean San-nakji, raw octopus doused with sesame oil and sesame seeds, Chinese Drunken Shrimp in either form, either raw and dunked in alcohol to make them 'drunk' and eaten raw, or cooked with the alcohol serving to hasten the cooking process. Since they love blood based dishes as well, the various blood sausages of the world would be great favorites.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps the entire spectrum of Indian food, since they seem to be the absolute masters of spices.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 239.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvclfyy", "c_root_id_B": "fvco6ox", "created_at_utc_A": 1592582986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592584336.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Carolina Reapers and mealworms?", "human_ref_B": "Admittedly I figured the distaste was due to Klingons enjoying live food for the most part.. it isn't the spiciness of the _gagh_, it's that you're eating a living creature. Considering the strong mainstream Vulcan influence on Starfleet's early years, I could see that distaste being quite strong, then fading over time as other species become as strong an influence over the Federation. I'm also curious as to whether or not prune juice becomes popular in 24th-century and up Klingon cuisine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1350.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvco6ox", "c_root_id_B": "fvclqei", "created_at_utc_A": 1592584336.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583130.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Admittedly I figured the distaste was due to Klingons enjoying live food for the most part.. it isn't the spiciness of the _gagh_, it's that you're eating a living creature. Considering the strong mainstream Vulcan influence on Starfleet's early years, I could see that distaste being quite strong, then fading over time as other species become as strong an influence over the Federation. I'm also curious as to whether or not prune juice becomes popular in 24th-century and up Klingon cuisine.", "human_ref_B": "Limburger cheese perhaps", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1206.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvd4xru", "c_root_id_B": "fvclfyy", "created_at_utc_A": 1592592606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592582986.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You could easily kill a Klingon with human food, but they would still call it \"bland\", \"tasteless\", and \"suited for wimps like yourself\". In short, the issue isn't the food, but rather Klingon stubbornness and pride. That's why I've always said it: \"*the only good Klingon is a dead Klingon.*\"", "human_ref_B": "Carolina Reapers and mealworms?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9620.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvcrqn2", "c_root_id_B": "fvd4xru", "created_at_utc_A": 1592586097.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592592606.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Southeast Asian food.", "human_ref_B": "You could easily kill a Klingon with human food, but they would still call it \"bland\", \"tasteless\", and \"suited for wimps like yourself\". In short, the issue isn't the food, but rather Klingon stubbornness and pride. That's why I've always said it: \"*the only good Klingon is a dead Klingon.*\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6509.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvd4xru", "c_root_id_B": "fvclqei", "created_at_utc_A": 1592592606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583130.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You could easily kill a Klingon with human food, but they would still call it \"bland\", \"tasteless\", and \"suited for wimps like yourself\". In short, the issue isn't the food, but rather Klingon stubbornness and pride. That's why I've always said it: \"*the only good Klingon is a dead Klingon.*\"", "human_ref_B": "Limburger cheese perhaps", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9476.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvd4xru", "c_root_id_B": "fvcu516", "created_at_utc_A": 1592592606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592587284.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You could easily kill a Klingon with human food, but they would still call it \"bland\", \"tasteless\", and \"suited for wimps like yourself\". In short, the issue isn't the food, but rather Klingon stubbornness and pride. That's why I've always said it: \"*the only good Klingon is a dead Klingon.*\"", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps the entire spectrum of Indian food, since they seem to be the absolute masters of spices.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5322.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvclqei", "c_root_id_B": "fvcrqn2", "created_at_utc_A": 1592583130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592586097.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Limburger cheese perhaps", "human_ref_B": "Southeast Asian food.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2967.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvdo07y", "c_root_id_B": "fvclqei", "created_at_utc_A": 1592602304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592583130.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Nordics do some weird things to fish", "human_ref_B": "Limburger cheese perhaps", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19174.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hc3fcy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek] Are there any foods or drinks from Earth at all that a Klingon wouldn't find too bland? If Klingon foods are known for being overpoweringly strong, pungent, and otherwise offensive to the palate of most human Starfleet officers, is there not a single dish, from anywhere in the human culinary spectrum, that a Klingon might enjoy? Say, a dozen ghost pepper hot wings and a tall cold glass of hundred-proof liquor to wash it down?", "c_root_id_A": "fvdo07y", "c_root_id_B": "fvcu516", "created_at_utc_A": 1592602304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592587284.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Nordics do some weird things to fish", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps the entire spectrum of Indian food, since they seem to be the absolute masters of spices.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15020.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kjnt3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Godzilla] how are monsters like Rodan , mothra and king ghidorah able to fly? I mean these monster weigh over 10\u2019000 TONS!!!", "c_root_id_A": "ggyt28z", "c_root_id_B": "ggxyara", "created_at_utc_A": 1608874369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608852936.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Are you gonna tell a ten thousand pound lava pterodactyl that he shouldn't be able to fly?", "human_ref_B": "Not so sure weight has much to do with it. They all have wings that are otherwise proportionate to their body size. Rodan is basically a pterodactyl... Mothra, well, a giant moth... The only one I'm suspect of is King Ghidorah just based on his body vs wing ratio. But then again, bees can fly and their body mass and shape shouldnt work either, but it's all in how they flap their wings.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21433.0, "score_ratio": 1.2777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5pv7m8", "c_root_id_B": "h5pupyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1626669866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626669539.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Judge can be killed with a rocket launcher. Or possibly just dismembered. It wasn't quite clear. Fire is a common weakness for supernatural creatures, so they could be killed by incendiary weapons. I'm not sure I'd quite call those conventional weapons since using them tends to be a war crime. The traditional weakness for zombies is a bullet to the head. It's a pretty new tradition. In The Salvation War, demons and angels are generally killed with anti-tank weapons. They do modify HEAT rounds to use iron instead of copper to be especially damaging, but it's not necessary. And while it's much more difficult, they have killed demons with small arms. In a lot of settings, supernatural creatures get their power from belief. If you use thermonuclear bombs until there's nobody left to believe in them, they lose their power. They're also likely to just be weak to bullets because people believe everything is weak to bullets. In Everworld, they're weak to bullets. Fae are traditionally weak to \"cold iron\". It's not clear what is meant by cold, but maybe bullets with a full metal jacket would count? That iron is pretty hot though. Maybe beat them to death with the gun itself? Kappas will die if water leaves the depression on their head, so incendiary weapons should work. Or anything that could knock them over. Or you could just bow and they'll bow back for some reason. Or you could just give them a cucumber to leave you alone.", "human_ref_B": "Thermonuclear bombs? I'd say vampires. I don't see them surviving a weapon which can wipe towns off maps. For high call it firearms I'd have to say werewolves if ya got silver bullets obviously but iron bullets would be good for stuff like fairies and the like.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 327.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5pvs1y", "c_root_id_B": "h5pupyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1626670247.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626669539.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Plenty. Quite a few of them die quite really when exposed to a particular trauma. Sever a vampire's head and it usually dies. A few well placed shots ought to be able to remove that head. Zombies and bullets in the head/brain. Also, most seem to fare very ill when ripped to shreds. Again with a salvo of high caliber rounds. Nukes generate a lot of heat so anything that needs fire to kill it would die that way.", "human_ref_B": "Thermonuclear bombs? I'd say vampires. I don't see them surviving a weapon which can wipe towns off maps. For high call it firearms I'd have to say werewolves if ya got silver bullets obviously but iron bullets would be good for stuff like fairies and the like.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 708.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5qw5o6", "c_root_id_B": "h5q26ht", "created_at_utc_A": 1626698907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626674937.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "A skinwalker in the Dresden Files was killed by a nuclear bomb. A Faerie Queen by a swarm of box cutters. Stoker vampires with paintballs filled with holy water. Another vampire by a Soviet satellite falling from orbit. In fact most low to mid level supernatural beings can be killed with sufficient application of nonmagical force. Which is the primary reason they keep themselves hidden away from the Muggles.", "human_ref_B": "In Supernatural, there's lore about how to kill fairies with particular weapons. But one particular fairy got tricked into throwing itself into a microwave and got burned alive. So blunt methods will get the job done. Also a lot of versions of vampires have them be unable to regenerate from beheadings so anything that can turn them to smithereens should work just aswell.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23970.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5qw5o6", "c_root_id_B": "h5qkq4z", "created_at_utc_A": 1626698907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626691008.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "A skinwalker in the Dresden Files was killed by a nuclear bomb. A Faerie Queen by a swarm of box cutters. Stoker vampires with paintballs filled with holy water. Another vampire by a Soviet satellite falling from orbit. In fact most low to mid level supernatural beings can be killed with sufficient application of nonmagical force. Which is the primary reason they keep themselves hidden away from the Muggles.", "human_ref_B": "Most supernatural creatures in fiction die to conventional ish weapons. It\u2019s the rare exceptions that are invincible unless you use some special spooky weapon or spell or whatever", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7899.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5qw5o6", "c_root_id_B": "h5qreex", "created_at_utc_A": 1626698907.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626695950.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "A skinwalker in the Dresden Files was killed by a nuclear bomb. A Faerie Queen by a swarm of box cutters. Stoker vampires with paintballs filled with holy water. Another vampire by a Soviet satellite falling from orbit. In fact most low to mid level supernatural beings can be killed with sufficient application of nonmagical force. Which is the primary reason they keep themselves hidden away from the Muggles.", "human_ref_B": "From a \"friend\" in the Illuminati: \"Werewolves: Silver bullets will do the trick. Also, regular bullets.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2957.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5pupyx", "c_root_id_B": "h5qw5o6", "created_at_utc_A": 1626669539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626698907.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Thermonuclear bombs? I'd say vampires. I don't see them surviving a weapon which can wipe towns off maps. For high call it firearms I'd have to say werewolves if ya got silver bullets obviously but iron bullets would be good for stuff like fairies and the like.", "human_ref_B": "A skinwalker in the Dresden Files was killed by a nuclear bomb. A Faerie Queen by a swarm of box cutters. Stoker vampires with paintballs filled with holy water. Another vampire by a Soviet satellite falling from orbit. In fact most low to mid level supernatural beings can be killed with sufficient application of nonmagical force. Which is the primary reason they keep themselves hidden away from the Muggles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29368.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5qmsci", "c_root_id_B": "h5qw5o6", "created_at_utc_A": 1626692647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626698907.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Of course, lots of them. In the latter case, we can assume almost all of them. Becasue it is like an explosion, fire, and hard radiation to the Nth degree. More interesting question: Are there any we know CAN survive nuclear bombs?", "human_ref_B": "A skinwalker in the Dresden Files was killed by a nuclear bomb. A Faerie Queen by a swarm of box cutters. Stoker vampires with paintballs filled with holy water. Another vampire by a Soviet satellite falling from orbit. In fact most low to mid level supernatural beings can be killed with sufficient application of nonmagical force. Which is the primary reason they keep themselves hidden away from the Muggles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6260.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5pupyx", "c_root_id_B": "h5q26ht", "created_at_utc_A": 1626669539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626674937.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Thermonuclear bombs? I'd say vampires. I don't see them surviving a weapon which can wipe towns off maps. For high call it firearms I'd have to say werewolves if ya got silver bullets obviously but iron bullets would be good for stuff like fairies and the like.", "human_ref_B": "In Supernatural, there's lore about how to kill fairies with particular weapons. But one particular fairy got tricked into throwing itself into a microwave and got burned alive. So blunt methods will get the job done. Also a lot of versions of vampires have them be unable to regenerate from beheadings so anything that can turn them to smithereens should work just aswell.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5398.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5s1lif", "c_root_id_B": "h5qkq4z", "created_at_utc_A": 1626717708.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626691008.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "As said, fire is a pretty universal weapon against the supernatural. Bonbs, flame throwers, nukes etc. Should all get job done. Salt also works very well against the demons of Hell, not sure about other creatures. For what it's worth, religious faith is also supposed to work well. Saying the \"Our Father\" prayer is taught as a very powerful prayer against the supernatural if you're a Catholic. This may also be setting dependent. There're a lot of Urban fantasy books that state high-caliber guns like a S&W .500 can and will kill supernatural entities. The Iron Druid books are awesome with this. Guns are a viable weapon among the supernatural. The Dwarves of \u00c6sir have AR-15s, vampire lords are packing Uzis and Atticus carries multiple firearms throughtout his adventures. Then there's the Dresden books in which Harry, an actual wizard, never leaves home without his .357 Magnum revolver.", "human_ref_B": "Most supernatural creatures in fiction die to conventional ish weapons. It\u2019s the rare exceptions that are invincible unless you use some special spooky weapon or spell or whatever", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26700.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5qkq4z", "c_root_id_B": "h5pupyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1626691008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626669539.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Most supernatural creatures in fiction die to conventional ish weapons. It\u2019s the rare exceptions that are invincible unless you use some special spooky weapon or spell or whatever", "human_ref_B": "Thermonuclear bombs? I'd say vampires. I don't see them surviving a weapon which can wipe towns off maps. For high call it firearms I'd have to say werewolves if ya got silver bullets obviously but iron bullets would be good for stuff like fairies and the like.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21469.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5qreex", "c_root_id_B": "h5s1lif", "created_at_utc_A": 1626695950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626717708.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "From a \"friend\" in the Illuminati: \"Werewolves: Silver bullets will do the trick. Also, regular bullets.\"", "human_ref_B": "As said, fire is a pretty universal weapon against the supernatural. Bonbs, flame throwers, nukes etc. Should all get job done. Salt also works very well against the demons of Hell, not sure about other creatures. For what it's worth, religious faith is also supposed to work well. Saying the \"Our Father\" prayer is taught as a very powerful prayer against the supernatural if you're a Catholic. This may also be setting dependent. There're a lot of Urban fantasy books that state high-caliber guns like a S&W .500 can and will kill supernatural entities. The Iron Druid books are awesome with this. Guns are a viable weapon among the supernatural. The Dwarves of \u00c6sir have AR-15s, vampire lords are packing Uzis and Atticus carries multiple firearms throughtout his adventures. Then there's the Dresden books in which Harry, an actual wizard, never leaves home without his .357 Magnum revolver.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21758.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5racvv", "c_root_id_B": "h5s1lif", "created_at_utc_A": 1626706000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626717708.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Ever play Doom? All sorts of demons are killed with blades, bullets, and explosives.", "human_ref_B": "As said, fire is a pretty universal weapon against the supernatural. Bonbs, flame throwers, nukes etc. Should all get job done. Salt also works very well against the demons of Hell, not sure about other creatures. For what it's worth, religious faith is also supposed to work well. Saying the \"Our Father\" prayer is taught as a very powerful prayer against the supernatural if you're a Catholic. This may also be setting dependent. There're a lot of Urban fantasy books that state high-caliber guns like a S&W .500 can and will kill supernatural entities. The Iron Druid books are awesome with this. Guns are a viable weapon among the supernatural. The Dwarves of \u00c6sir have AR-15s, vampire lords are packing Uzis and Atticus carries multiple firearms throughtout his adventures. Then there's the Dresden books in which Harry, an actual wizard, never leaves home without his .357 Magnum revolver.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11708.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5pupyx", "c_root_id_B": "h5s1lif", "created_at_utc_A": 1626669539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626717708.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Thermonuclear bombs? I'd say vampires. I don't see them surviving a weapon which can wipe towns off maps. For high call it firearms I'd have to say werewolves if ya got silver bullets obviously but iron bullets would be good for stuff like fairies and the like.", "human_ref_B": "As said, fire is a pretty universal weapon against the supernatural. Bonbs, flame throwers, nukes etc. Should all get job done. Salt also works very well against the demons of Hell, not sure about other creatures. For what it's worth, religious faith is also supposed to work well. Saying the \"Our Father\" prayer is taught as a very powerful prayer against the supernatural if you're a Catholic. This may also be setting dependent. There're a lot of Urban fantasy books that state high-caliber guns like a S&W .500 can and will kill supernatural entities. The Iron Druid books are awesome with this. Guns are a viable weapon among the supernatural. The Dwarves of \u00c6sir have AR-15s, vampire lords are packing Uzis and Atticus carries multiple firearms throughtout his adventures. Then there's the Dresden books in which Harry, an actual wizard, never leaves home without his .357 Magnum revolver.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48169.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5s1lif", "c_root_id_B": "h5qmsci", "created_at_utc_A": 1626717708.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626692647.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "As said, fire is a pretty universal weapon against the supernatural. Bonbs, flame throwers, nukes etc. Should all get job done. Salt also works very well against the demons of Hell, not sure about other creatures. For what it's worth, religious faith is also supposed to work well. Saying the \"Our Father\" prayer is taught as a very powerful prayer against the supernatural if you're a Catholic. This may also be setting dependent. There're a lot of Urban fantasy books that state high-caliber guns like a S&W .500 can and will kill supernatural entities. The Iron Druid books are awesome with this. Guns are a viable weapon among the supernatural. The Dwarves of \u00c6sir have AR-15s, vampire lords are packing Uzis and Atticus carries multiple firearms throughtout his adventures. Then there's the Dresden books in which Harry, an actual wizard, never leaves home without his .357 Magnum revolver.", "human_ref_B": "Of course, lots of them. In the latter case, we can assume almost all of them. Becasue it is like an explosion, fire, and hard radiation to the Nth degree. More interesting question: Are there any we know CAN survive nuclear bombs?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25061.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5qreex", "c_root_id_B": "h5pupyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1626695950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626669539.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "From a \"friend\" in the Illuminati: \"Werewolves: Silver bullets will do the trick. Also, regular bullets.\"", "human_ref_B": "Thermonuclear bombs? I'd say vampires. I don't see them surviving a weapon which can wipe towns off maps. For high call it firearms I'd have to say werewolves if ya got silver bullets obviously but iron bullets would be good for stuff like fairies and the like.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26411.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5qmsci", "c_root_id_B": "h5qreex", "created_at_utc_A": 1626692647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626695950.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Of course, lots of them. In the latter case, we can assume almost all of them. Becasue it is like an explosion, fire, and hard radiation to the Nth degree. More interesting question: Are there any we know CAN survive nuclear bombs?", "human_ref_B": "From a \"friend\" in the Illuminati: \"Werewolves: Silver bullets will do the trick. Also, regular bullets.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3303.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5pupyx", "c_root_id_B": "h5racvv", "created_at_utc_A": 1626669539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626706000.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Thermonuclear bombs? I'd say vampires. I don't see them surviving a weapon which can wipe towns off maps. For high call it firearms I'd have to say werewolves if ya got silver bullets obviously but iron bullets would be good for stuff like fairies and the like.", "human_ref_B": "Ever play Doom? All sorts of demons are killed with blades, bullets, and explosives.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36461.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "on6td4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General] Are there supernatural creatures that can be killed by conventional weapons like high calibre firearms or thermonuclear bombs?", "c_root_id_A": "h5racvv", "c_root_id_B": "h5qmsci", "created_at_utc_A": 1626706000.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626692647.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Ever play Doom? All sorts of demons are killed with blades, bullets, and explosives.", "human_ref_B": "Of course, lots of them. In the latter case, we can assume almost all of them. Becasue it is like an explosion, fire, and hard radiation to the Nth degree. More interesting question: Are there any we know CAN survive nuclear bombs?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13353.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wl7h83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens to your body if you take a blaster bolt to the knee? You could take an arrow to the knee. You could take a bullet to the knee, but what happens when you take a blaster bolt to the knee? How much damage would it do to the bone and muscle? Would you be able to recover from it?", "c_root_id_A": "ijrmhir", "c_root_id_B": "ijrjl1g", "created_at_utc_A": 1660163403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660162319.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, your galactic adventurer career is over.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1084.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wl7h83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens to your body if you take a blaster bolt to the knee? You could take an arrow to the knee. You could take a bullet to the knee, but what happens when you take a blaster bolt to the knee? How much damage would it do to the bone and muscle? Would you be able to recover from it?", "c_root_id_A": "ijrjl1g", "c_root_id_B": "ijrmeco", "created_at_utc_A": 1660162319.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660163369.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Depending on the power of the blast, it's anything from local burning to some explosive damage. It is survivable. Leia took a shot to the shoulder at Endor and bounced back from that pretty quick.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1050.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wl7h83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens to your body if you take a blaster bolt to the knee? You could take an arrow to the knee. You could take a bullet to the knee, but what happens when you take a blaster bolt to the knee? How much damage would it do to the bone and muscle? Would you be able to recover from it?", "c_root_id_A": "ijrjl1g", "c_root_id_B": "ijrpuee", "created_at_utc_A": 1660162319.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660164652.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "If I understand correctly, a blaster bolt is magnetically contained \"beam\" of plasma. The containment field and the plasma can vary significantly from weapon to weapon, so the effect can range anywhere from \"the bolt punches a tiny, self-cauterizing hole into your knee,\" to \"the containment field fails as it penetrates your kneecap and blows your leg into two roughly equal pieces, only one of which stays attached to you.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2333.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wl7h83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens to your body if you take a blaster bolt to the knee? You could take an arrow to the knee. You could take a bullet to the knee, but what happens when you take a blaster bolt to the knee? How much damage would it do to the bone and muscle? Would you be able to recover from it?", "c_root_id_A": "ijry6jl", "c_root_id_B": "ijrjl1g", "created_at_utc_A": 1660167833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660162319.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Direct hit? You lose your knee and everything below it. Glancing or Grazing? Your body is likely going to go into shock from the burns that are too severe to cause much pain. Fortunately, exterior burns are easily treated with Bacta as long as they don't cover too much of your body and completely burn away skin layers, so you can likely make a full recovery or get cybernetics to fill in the gaps.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5514.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wl7h83", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] What happens to your body if you take a blaster bolt to the knee? You could take an arrow to the knee. You could take a bullet to the knee, but what happens when you take a blaster bolt to the knee? How much damage would it do to the bone and muscle? Would you be able to recover from it?", "c_root_id_A": "ijrmeco", "c_root_id_B": "ijrmhir", "created_at_utc_A": 1660163369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660163403.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Depending on the power of the blast, it's anything from local burning to some explosive damage. It is survivable. Leia took a shot to the shoulder at Endor and bounced back from that pretty quick.", "human_ref_B": "For one thing, your galactic adventurer career is over.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9h6vf7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "MCU Infinity War] What happens to the unborn? This is from a presumption of *a* religious view that life begins at conception; in such a case, the fetus is a separate, living being. Don't some (i.e., 50%) near- and full-term fetuses get left behind when the mother gets snapped away? Question inspired by [this cartoon.", "c_root_id_A": "e69kztq", "c_root_id_B": "e69rcuy", "created_at_utc_A": 1537377287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537382389.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "The stones can read intent as well as having a degree of sentience. It\u2019s reasonable to assume that either both mother and unborn would vanish or neither. In addition, whatever religious distinction says, biologically until birth the unborn are part of the mother. There would be no reason for the stones to differentiate", "human_ref_B": "Ask Thanos whether he thinks life behind at conception or birth or whatever other alien reproduction stages there are. The stones will act according to that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5102.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9h6vf7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "MCU Infinity War] What happens to the unborn? This is from a presumption of *a* religious view that life begins at conception; in such a case, the fetus is a separate, living being. Don't some (i.e., 50%) near- and full-term fetuses get left behind when the mother gets snapped away? Question inspired by [this cartoon.", "c_root_id_A": "e69lb8m", "c_root_id_B": "e69rcuy", "created_at_utc_A": 1537377540.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537382389.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "If the parent dies, so does the child. The stone would probably have taken this into account when carrying out Thanos' snap", "human_ref_B": "Ask Thanos whether he thinks life behind at conception or birth or whatever other alien reproduction stages there are. The stones will act according to that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4849.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9h6vf7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "MCU Infinity War] What happens to the unborn? This is from a presumption of *a* religious view that life begins at conception; in such a case, the fetus is a separate, living being. Don't some (i.e., 50%) near- and full-term fetuses get left behind when the mother gets snapped away? Question inspired by [this cartoon.", "c_root_id_A": "e69rcuy", "c_root_id_B": "e69n95v", "created_at_utc_A": 1537382389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537379105.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": -12, "human_ref_A": "Ask Thanos whether he thinks life behind at conception or birth or whatever other alien reproduction stages there are. The stones will act according to that.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think Thanos cares one bit about your religious views. I also don't think someone willing to kill trillions of beings across the universe cares if a baby is turned to dust in the womb or if a mom is turned to dust leaving a baby behind.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3284.0, "score_ratio": -1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9h6vf7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "MCU Infinity War] What happens to the unborn? This is from a presumption of *a* religious view that life begins at conception; in such a case, the fetus is a separate, living being. Don't some (i.e., 50%) near- and full-term fetuses get left behind when the mother gets snapped away? Question inspired by [this cartoon.", "c_root_id_A": "e69n95v", "c_root_id_B": "e6auihe", "created_at_utc_A": 1537379105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537419101.0, "score_A": -12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think Thanos cares one bit about your religious views. I also don't think someone willing to kill trillions of beings across the universe cares if a baby is turned to dust in the womb or if a mom is turned to dust leaving a baby behind.", "human_ref_B": "Womb full of sand.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39996.0, "score_ratio": -0.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9h6vf7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "MCU Infinity War] What happens to the unborn? This is from a presumption of *a* religious view that life begins at conception; in such a case, the fetus is a separate, living being. Don't some (i.e., 50%) near- and full-term fetuses get left behind when the mother gets snapped away? Question inspired by [this cartoon.", "c_root_id_A": "e6b2fio", "c_root_id_B": "e69n95v", "created_at_utc_A": 1537433058.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537379105.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -12, "human_ref_A": "I mean, technically speaking, life begins even before the conception, because following the biological definition even sperms are alive. So you should ask yourself a) does Thanos snap away non-sentient life and b) at what point does a baby become sentient?", "human_ref_B": "I don't think Thanos cares one bit about your religious views. I also don't think someone willing to kill trillions of beings across the universe cares if a baby is turned to dust in the womb or if a mom is turned to dust leaving a baby behind.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 53953.0, "score_ratio": -0.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9h6vf7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "MCU Infinity War] What happens to the unborn? This is from a presumption of *a* religious view that life begins at conception; in such a case, the fetus is a separate, living being. Don't some (i.e., 50%) near- and full-term fetuses get left behind when the mother gets snapped away? Question inspired by [this cartoon.", "c_root_id_A": "e69n95v", "c_root_id_B": "e6byw0x", "created_at_utc_A": 1537379105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537468151.0, "score_A": -12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think Thanos cares one bit about your religious views. I also don't think someone willing to kill trillions of beings across the universe cares if a baby is turned to dust in the womb or if a mom is turned to dust leaving a baby behind.", "human_ref_B": "In Marvel Comics, it is proven that life starts at conception. In the MCU who knows. If we\u2019re following the comics a fetus would have a 50/50 shot at getting dusted.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 89046.0, "score_ratio": -0.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bj6y8j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Infinity War] Thanos refuses to sacrifice Gamora, resolving to take the rest of the stones and finish his task the hard way. What happens now?", "c_root_id_A": "em5u9cx", "c_root_id_B": "em5qtig", "created_at_utc_A": 1556651984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556649974.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "He spends the rest of his days zipping around the universe killing half the populations on planets one by one like he did before, just faster and more efficient. He doesn't need ships or armies anymore. With billions upon billions of galaxies, though, each with hundreds of billions of stars, he'll only ever get through a tiny fraction of them. Even if he lives for a few thousand years. No retirement for him.", "human_ref_B": "The Soul Stone is required to find every living thing in the Universe to target the snappening. Without it Thanos has to know himself where everyone is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2010.0, "score_ratio": 1.0869565217, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bj6y8j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Infinity War] Thanos refuses to sacrifice Gamora, resolving to take the rest of the stones and finish his task the hard way. What happens now?", "c_root_id_A": "em5utjw", "c_root_id_B": "em61e6c", "created_at_utc_A": 1556652303.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556656071.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "\"The hardest sacrifices require the strongest wills.\" In other words, he knew that if he was going to go through with his plan to snap the universe, there was no other way to do it. However, to entertain the thought... He needs to go to retrieve the other stones, so he teleports to Wakanda after handling the Guardians + Tony and Peter. Gamora is put in a holding cell or something. Maybe Thanos just leaves her on Vormir so she doesn\u02bbt mess with things, or he restrains her on his ship. Anyway, he goes to Wakanda, kills Vision, and then Thor comes in and lands his near-killing blow. Maybe Thanos gets away but eventually the Avengers find him and finish the job. The Snap doesn\u02bbt happen.", "human_ref_B": "Thor probably kills him in Wakanda. If not, he's so badly weakened that he probably has to stop with his activities for a while. Assuming Thanos escapes the wrath of Thor, the Avengers reach out to Fury to let him know what's going on, he probably puts out a call to Carol so she can be on alert for any Thanos shenanigans in space. Since Thanos knows he will not be getting all of the stones, and thus abandoning his sacred quest, he probably kills everyone on Titan and a couple of the Earthbound Avengers before Thor stops him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3768.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bj6y8j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Infinity War] Thanos refuses to sacrifice Gamora, resolving to take the rest of the stones and finish his task the hard way. What happens now?", "c_root_id_A": "em7jxng", "c_root_id_B": "em76c22", "created_at_utc_A": 1556701085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556682947.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sorta wondering if with the stones he already had, Thanos could just go to any planet and kindap a mother and her child and make her sacrifice the child. Grim thought but maybe it could work", "human_ref_B": "Well, the handicap will be pretty significant. All six Stones are required for the positive feedback loop granting infinite power; notice how Thanos putting the final Stone in the Gauntlet gave the biggest energy surge. Without all six, no positive feedback loop reaction to each other, and having five of the six Stones doesn't actually bring Thanos to (Omnipotence)X(5/6). He'd still be plenty threatening with the Stones he does have, mind you, probably more efficient than his old way with an army and zero Stones, but still far too slowly to keep up with the trillions of life forms repopulating. And while the energy given off by the five Stones will be less than that of all six, the Avengers (read: Banner) have proven capable of tracking even a single, dormant Infinity Stone through its gamma signature. The playing field will be much larger, but eventually they'll find him, reassemble, and come up with a plan to defeat him. On the bright side, the lower energy will do less if any recoil damage to Thanos in the short run.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18138.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bce9pn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] How does Peter Quill know what a Bowlex is? He says \"Alright, that's it. I'm gana commit. I'm gana get a bowflex\"", "c_root_id_A": "ekq12r6", "c_root_id_B": "ekq3n36", "created_at_utc_A": 1555082842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555084427.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "They have bowflexes on other planets.", "human_ref_B": "Bowflex infomercials were 80% of TV programming in the 80s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1585.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bce9pn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] How does Peter Quill know what a Bowlex is? He says \"Alright, that's it. I'm gana commit. I'm gana get a bowflex\"", "c_root_id_A": "ekq2iqn", "c_root_id_B": "ekq3n36", "created_at_utc_A": 1555083729.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555084427.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "If Skourge could have a Shakeweight, Quill could know about a Bowflex.", "human_ref_B": "Bowflex infomercials were 80% of TV programming in the 80s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 698.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bce9pn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] How does Peter Quill know what a Bowlex is? He says \"Alright, that's it. I'm gana commit. I'm gana get a bowflex\"", "c_root_id_A": "ekq0upa", "c_root_id_B": "ekq3n36", "created_at_utc_A": 1555082707.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555084427.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Earth isn't an unknown planet, Starlord knows where he came from so probably occasionally watches Earth broadcasts.", "human_ref_B": "Bowflex infomercials were 80% of TV programming in the 80s", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1720.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bce9pn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] How does Peter Quill know what a Bowlex is? He says \"Alright, that's it. I'm gana commit. I'm gana get a bowflex\"", "c_root_id_A": "ekq0upa", "c_root_id_B": "ekq12r6", "created_at_utc_A": 1555082707.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555082842.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Earth isn't an unknown planet, Starlord knows where he came from so probably occasionally watches Earth broadcasts.", "human_ref_B": "They have bowflexes on other planets.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 135.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bce9pn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] How does Peter Quill know what a Bowlex is? He says \"Alright, that's it. I'm gana commit. I'm gana get a bowflex\"", "c_root_id_A": "ekq2iqn", "c_root_id_B": "ekq0upa", "created_at_utc_A": 1555083729.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555082707.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If Skourge could have a Shakeweight, Quill could know about a Bowflex.", "human_ref_B": "Earth isn't an unknown planet, Starlord knows where he came from so probably occasionally watches Earth broadcasts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1022.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q3pd7", "c_root_id_B": "c9q0w4z", "created_at_utc_A": 1367380879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367373400.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "I believe it's just transporting the food from the kitchen to the plate, nit creating the food. It' basically just teleporting.", "human_ref_B": "you can't make food out of thin air but you can increase the quantity if you have some.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7479.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q3pd7", "c_root_id_B": "c9q3b8c", "created_at_utc_A": 1367380879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367379789.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": -9, "human_ref_A": "I believe it's just transporting the food from the kitchen to the plate, nit creating the food. It' basically just teleporting.", "human_ref_B": "Only in the movie I think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1090.0, "score_ratio": -3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q3pd7", "c_root_id_B": "c9q1uh8", "created_at_utc_A": 1367380879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367375939.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": -10, "human_ref_A": "I believe it's just transporting the food from the kitchen to the plate, nit creating the food. It' basically just teleporting.", "human_ref_B": "It is not actually creating or increasing the quantity of the food. It decreases the density of the food or drink by filling it with air. This satisfies hunger to a degree but does not give any extra calories or nutritional content.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4940.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q3b8c", "c_root_id_B": "c9q7rin", "created_at_utc_A": 1367379789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367401223.0, "score_A": -9, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Only in the movie I think.", "human_ref_B": "Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration distinguishes between food and drink. A simple *aguamenti* charm can conjure up unlimited quantities of water out of thin air, for instance. Refilling charms of the sort commonly placed on drinking goblets or cauldrons are more difficult, but still perfectly ordinary. To produce more *food*, however, one must have an already available supply present or in another location to engorge, multiply, or summon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21434.0, "score_ratio": -1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q7rin", "c_root_id_B": "c9q1uh8", "created_at_utc_A": 1367401223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367375939.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": -10, "human_ref_A": "Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration distinguishes between food and drink. A simple *aguamenti* charm can conjure up unlimited quantities of water out of thin air, for instance. Refilling charms of the sort commonly placed on drinking goblets or cauldrons are more difficult, but still perfectly ordinary. To produce more *food*, however, one must have an already available supply present or in another location to engorge, multiply, or summon.", "human_ref_B": "It is not actually creating or increasing the quantity of the food. It decreases the density of the food or drink by filling it with air. This satisfies hunger to a degree but does not give any extra calories or nutritional content.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25284.0, "score_ratio": -1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q4wl3", "c_root_id_B": "c9q3b8c", "created_at_utc_A": 1367384604.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367379789.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": -9, "human_ref_A": ". Food is the first of the five Principal Exceptions to Gamp\u2019s Law of Elemental Transfiguration. It\u2019s impossible to make good food out of nothing! You can Summon it if you know where it is, you can transform it, you can increase the quantity if you\u2019ve already got some...", "human_ref_B": "Only in the movie I think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4815.0, "score_ratio": -1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q1uh8", "c_root_id_B": "c9q4wl3", "created_at_utc_A": 1367375939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367384604.0, "score_A": -10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "It is not actually creating or increasing the quantity of the food. It decreases the density of the food or drink by filling it with air. This satisfies hunger to a degree but does not give any extra calories or nutritional content.", "human_ref_B": ". Food is the first of the five Principal Exceptions to Gamp\u2019s Law of Elemental Transfiguration. It\u2019s impossible to make good food out of nothing! You can Summon it if you know where it is, you can transform it, you can increase the quantity if you\u2019ve already got some...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8665.0, "score_ratio": -1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q95df", "c_root_id_B": "c9q3b8c", "created_at_utc_A": 1367411661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367379789.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -9, "human_ref_A": "I believe he's referring to Aquamenti in the Horcrux lake, which DOES produce water. However, the basin was cursed/enchanted to never fill up as a safety measure by Voldemort.", "human_ref_B": "Only in the movie I think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31872.0, "score_ratio": -0.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q95df", "c_root_id_B": "c9q1uh8", "created_at_utc_A": 1367411661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367375939.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -10, "human_ref_A": "I believe he's referring to Aquamenti in the Horcrux lake, which DOES produce water. However, the basin was cursed/enchanted to never fill up as a safety measure by Voldemort.", "human_ref_B": "It is not actually creating or increasing the quantity of the food. It decreases the density of the food or drink by filling it with air. This satisfies hunger to a degree but does not give any extra calories or nutritional content.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35722.0, "score_ratio": -0.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dgcri", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] If you can't conjure food, then why does the refilling charm (seen in the sixth book) work?", "c_root_id_A": "c9q1uh8", "c_root_id_B": "c9q3b8c", "created_at_utc_A": 1367375939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367379789.0, "score_A": -10, "score_B": -9, "human_ref_A": "It is not actually creating or increasing the quantity of the food. It decreases the density of the food or drink by filling it with air. This satisfies hunger to a degree but does not give any extra calories or nutritional content.", "human_ref_B": "Only in the movie I think.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3850.0, "score_ratio": 0.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "eclprn6", "c_root_id_B": "eclqzh9", "created_at_utc_A": 1545850888.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545851785.0, "score_A": 121, "score_B": 568, "human_ref_A": "It's paradoxical: unicorn blood has life-restoring properties (which is why Moldy Fart* uses it) yet leaves you with a half-life. It reminds me of the Lord of the Rings and the ring wraiths, cursed men who were only partially there but were also (quasi) immortal. *Ron: \"Don't [type] the name!\"", "human_ref_B": "I imagine it's similar to the curse from Pirates of the Caribbean. the light in your life fades away, the things that used to bring you joy no longer do so. food stops tasting so good, drink stops satisfying, company no longer fills the emptiness inside. you know something important, something that made you who you where as a bright young soul is now gone and only you remain. for Voldy it's probably not much of a curse at all, twisted as he was, but for Quirrel it must have been terrible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 897.0, "score_ratio": 4.694214876, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "ecm0oa3", "c_root_id_B": "eclprn6", "created_at_utc_A": 1545859111.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545850888.0, "score_A": 140, "score_B": 121, "human_ref_A": "They get a half-life. Not being enough, they try for a second, getting a second half-life installment. They try again, but they find the effects diminish with each attempt, and they writhe in agony knowing that they'll never get a Half-Life 3.", "human_ref_B": "It's paradoxical: unicorn blood has life-restoring properties (which is why Moldy Fart* uses it) yet leaves you with a half-life. It reminds me of the Lord of the Rings and the ring wraiths, cursed men who were only partially there but were also (quasi) immortal. *Ron: \"Don't [type] the name!\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8223.0, "score_ratio": 1.1570247934, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "eclwcwk", "c_root_id_B": "ecm0oa3", "created_at_utc_A": 1545855880.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545859111.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 140, "human_ref_A": "It's basically like living a long life by eating right, keeping your body right, and staying healthy but with nothing else in your life other than empty survival vs. living a shorter life full of happiness, a little indulgence, turbulence, art, pain, and creativity.", "human_ref_B": "They get a half-life. Not being enough, they try for a second, getting a second half-life installment. They try again, but they find the effects diminish with each attempt, and they writhe in agony knowing that they'll never get a Half-Life 3.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3231.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "eclyfiw", "c_root_id_B": "ecm0oa3", "created_at_utc_A": 1545857413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545859111.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 140, "human_ref_A": "Wouldn't it be interesting if you extended your life but dulled your magical abilities the longer you'd used it. You could live forever, but eventually you'd be little more than a muggle making a coin disappear.", "human_ref_B": "They get a half-life. Not being enough, they try for a second, getting a second half-life installment. They try again, but they find the effects diminish with each attempt, and they writhe in agony knowing that they'll never get a Half-Life 3.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1698.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "ecm0oa3", "c_root_id_B": "eclyv7d", "created_at_utc_A": 1545859111.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545857732.0, "score_A": 140, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They get a half-life. Not being enough, they try for a second, getting a second half-life installment. They try again, but they find the effects diminish with each attempt, and they writhe in agony knowing that they'll never get a Half-Life 3.", "human_ref_B": "They will ride eternal, shiny and chrome on the roads of Valhalla, like all the other half-life warboys. Although the Immortan thinks it's pathetic that they didn't put it in an aerosol spraycan first.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1379.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "eclwcwk", "c_root_id_B": "ecmruy7", "created_at_utc_A": 1545855880.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545880869.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "It's basically like living a long life by eating right, keeping your body right, and staying healthy but with nothing else in your life other than empty survival vs. living a shorter life full of happiness, a little indulgence, turbulence, art, pain, and creativity.", "human_ref_B": "I think it's more due to the religious and superstitious beliefs of the centaurs concerning unicorns and their blood, as opposed to unicorn blood *actually* cursing someone with \"a half-life\". In medieval bestiaries and mythology / lore, from which J.K. Rowling drew the inspiration for the \"fantastic beasts\" in both *Harry Potter* and the *Fantastic Beasts* franchises, unicorns were regarded as a symbol of purity and holiness. They were not only mentioned in the Bible, but were also incorporated widely into the European Christian Roman Catholic] mythos and religious beliefs, being representative of \"the purity of God / Christ\" with its \"gleaming\" white coat, golden horn and hooves (with gold also having religious significance as \"the purest of all metals\"), and its \"innocence\". Likewise, unicorns were symbolic of virginal purity. Only an \"untouched\" maiden, or virgin, was believed to be able to attract, or lure, a unicorn. This is also referenced in *Order of the Phoenix* as well, when Professor Grubbly-Plank, filling in for Hagrid in Care of Magical Creatures for a time, teaches a lesson using \"golden-furred\" baby unicorns. The unicorns, quite notably, are attracted to all of the young girls (i.e. maidens) in the class, but *not* the boys. According to two sources: > The unicorn is fierce, strong and swift, and no hunter can catch it. To tame the beast so it can be captured, a virgin girl is placed in its path. The unicorn, seeing the maiden, comes to her and puts its head in her lap, and falls asleep. The hunters can then easily capture or kill it. Some accounts say the girl must bare her breast, and allow the unicorn to suckle [from it]. If the unicorn is captured, it is taken to the king's palace. [(Source) > ...] In the bestiary, the unicorn\u2019s story is an allegory for Christ\u2019s death. [...] The unicorn becomes docile, however, in the hands of a virgin\u2014symbolic of the mother of Christ, the Virgin Mary. [...] As with Christ\u2019s crucifixion for mankind\u2019s sins, the unicorn is caught and killed. One bestiary (Bodleian Library, Bodley 764) details the unicorn\u2019s story and follows it with the Psalm 92:10; \u201cMy horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn.\u201d [(Source) As such, the unicorn was regarded as a creature \"created by God himself, and thus, sacred to God\". Being created by God, in the vein of the angels, and being symbolic of the Godliness of Jesus Christ, it was believed that the unicorn's horn contained the ability to purify any body of water or wine when dipped into liquid, even removing poisons. It was also thought that unicorn horns could detect poisons in general, and powdered unicorn horn was thought to have aphrodesiac and teeth whitening properties when ingested. As per one source: > The unicorn signifies Christ, who was made incarnate in Mary's womb, was captured by the Jews, and was put to death. The unicorn's fierce wildness shows the inability of hell to hold Christ. The single horn represents the unity of God and Christ. The small size of the unicorn is a symbol of Christ's humility in becoming human. (Source) Black market scams claiming to sell \"unicorn horns\", and other so-called \"unicorn parts\", were also common, though, in real life, the materials were taken from other animals. So-called \"unicorn horns\", for example, were later proven to be narwhal tusks. In European lore, particularly in England and Scotland, the unicorn was also a royal standard, or symbol. Particularly, the ruling Stewart / Stuart royals and dynasty of Scotland, and later, England *and* Scotland, used the unicorn in their coat of arms and heraldry. Unicorns were also believed to live deep in the forests, most of which were designated as royal hunting grounds of the Crown. As hunting on the royal grounds was illegal for anyone other than the monarch and royal hunting parties approved by the monarch], and poaching punishable by execution (usually by hanging, beheading, castration, blinding, or being sewn into a deerskin, and then hunted down by ferocious dogs), \"to hunt, and kill, a unicorn\" would be violating two of the highest laws in the land. These were poaching, or stealing from the King; and, by slaying *and* poaching the symbol of a Stuart monarch, treason against the King. Poaching and killing animals on the King's land, because it became so common and widespread, was also regarded as \"an act of rebellion\". [(Source) (Source) As such, hunting and slaying a unicorn not only violated the King's law, but also God's law. Such an act was religiously and symbolically associated with the enemies of Christ, and thus, Christianity and Christians as a whole. If the unicorn was a symbol of Christ, then killing one was equated with \"killing Christ himself\". This is a variation of the traditional Catholic belief in transubstantiation as well. > In bestiary illuminations, the unicorn is almost always shown as the victim of a momentous hunting scene. **It is pierced in the side of the lower abdomen by a hunter, while scarlet blood falls from its wounds, recalling Christ\u2019s sacrifice.** The virgin stands next to the unicorn, embraces it, or holds it in her lap, often appearing remorseful for having colluded in the animal\u2019s capture. (Source) > ...] And as they were eating, [Jesus] took bread...and he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, \"**This is my blood of the covenant**, which is poured out for many.\" (Mark 14:22-24). > [Tradition A: Alternative Source] And [Jesus] said to them, \"...**For I tell you that, from now on, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine (wine) until the kingdom of God comes.**\" (Luke 22: 15-18) In the *Harry Potter* films, there are tapestries in Hogwarts, particularly the Gryffindor Common Room, which depict not only unicorns, but the *hunting* of unicorns by medieval wizards, for the purpose of collecting unicorn blood. Thus, we can infer that, in medieval times, wizards and witches sought after unicorn blood for its magical properties, and use in spells and potions. J.K. Rowling, in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, and on Pottermore, has also written about medieval witches and wizards' tendencies to hunt other magical creatures to [near-]extinction for the same purpose, with the [European] Horned Serpent being one such victim of poaching and overhunting. In *Goblet of Fire*, Lord Voldemort is resurrected from a concoction partly created from unicorn blood as an ingredient. However, it is important to note that unicorn blood, in this case, is also used in a *Dark Arts* ritual. Given the \"act of [pure] evil\" that injuring or killing a unicorn, religiously and symbolically, is considered to be, it can be inferred that unicorn blood is probably *most* used in the \"forbidden\" Dark Arts (i.e. as unicorn blood symbolizes malicious intent). However, the centaurs themselves also have a tendency to make prophetic predictions for future books in *Harry Potter* as well. Firenze's mentioning to Harry of \"a half-life, a cursed life\" could quite well be foreshadowing, and referencing, Voldemort's later \"half-life, cursed life\" after his resurrection, and being dependent on his Horcruxes for survival. After all, Voldemort didn't just drink unicorn blood directly, but also used it as part of his practice of the Dark Arts, and *Magick Moste Evile*...Horcruxes. Overall, Lord Voldemort's shown obtainment, and use, of unicorn blood also symbolizes, in the narrative of *Harry Potter* just how \"evil\" he is; his \"dehumanization\", as per J.K. Rowling [as empathy and compassion are cited as what separates a \"man\" from a \"monster\"]; and his lack of morality. It also signifies how far he's willing to go to attempt to control, or defeat, Death itself...and, from a Christian perspective, defy the will of God, [as Death (Azrael) is one of God's messengers. In *Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2* (film adaptations), the personification of Death is even depicted as an angelic figure in a hood, with big, black, feathery wings. If God and nature intended for all mortals to die, then Voldemort is violating God's natural law in creating, and maintaining, his wretched existence by hunting, and killing, \"God's holy creatures\" (unicorns). ------ *Also, as a further edit, the character of Tom Riddle / Lord Voldemort is highly Miltonesque in nature, having much in common with influential English poet John Milton's depiction of Lucifer / Satan in his epic, \"Paradise Lost\" (c. 1667). The article \"The Enduring Relevance of Lucifer, 300 Years After 'Paradise Lost'\", (now retitled) by Edward Simon for the Atlantic, also explores the symbolic and metaphorical indications of \"a Luciferian] figure\".* *\"Paradise Lost\" [was published during the reign of King Charles II, a Stewart / Stuart monarch of Scotland and England, the \"Restoration Period\". Most notably, in 1688-1689, the \"Glorious Revolution\" occurred in Britain, giving rise to the Salem Witch Trials, which led to the Statute of Secrecy.*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24989.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "ecmruy7", "c_root_id_B": "ecm9q7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1545880869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545865902.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "I think it's more due to the religious and superstitious beliefs of the centaurs concerning unicorns and their blood, as opposed to unicorn blood *actually* cursing someone with \"a half-life\". In medieval bestiaries and mythology / lore, from which J.K. Rowling drew the inspiration for the \"fantastic beasts\" in both *Harry Potter* and the *Fantastic Beasts* franchises, unicorns were regarded as a symbol of purity and holiness. They were not only mentioned in the Bible, but were also incorporated widely into the European Christian Roman Catholic] mythos and religious beliefs, being representative of \"the purity of God / Christ\" with its \"gleaming\" white coat, golden horn and hooves (with gold also having religious significance as \"the purest of all metals\"), and its \"innocence\". Likewise, unicorns were symbolic of virginal purity. Only an \"untouched\" maiden, or virgin, was believed to be able to attract, or lure, a unicorn. This is also referenced in *Order of the Phoenix* as well, when Professor Grubbly-Plank, filling in for Hagrid in Care of Magical Creatures for a time, teaches a lesson using \"golden-furred\" baby unicorns. The unicorns, quite notably, are attracted to all of the young girls (i.e. maidens) in the class, but *not* the boys. According to two sources: > The unicorn is fierce, strong and swift, and no hunter can catch it. To tame the beast so it can be captured, a virgin girl is placed in its path. The unicorn, seeing the maiden, comes to her and puts its head in her lap, and falls asleep. The hunters can then easily capture or kill it. Some accounts say the girl must bare her breast, and allow the unicorn to suckle [from it]. If the unicorn is captured, it is taken to the king's palace. [(Source) > ...] In the bestiary, the unicorn\u2019s story is an allegory for Christ\u2019s death. [...] The unicorn becomes docile, however, in the hands of a virgin\u2014symbolic of the mother of Christ, the Virgin Mary. [...] As with Christ\u2019s crucifixion for mankind\u2019s sins, the unicorn is caught and killed. One bestiary (Bodleian Library, Bodley 764) details the unicorn\u2019s story and follows it with the Psalm 92:10; \u201cMy horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn.\u201d [(Source) As such, the unicorn was regarded as a creature \"created by God himself, and thus, sacred to God\". Being created by God, in the vein of the angels, and being symbolic of the Godliness of Jesus Christ, it was believed that the unicorn's horn contained the ability to purify any body of water or wine when dipped into liquid, even removing poisons. It was also thought that unicorn horns could detect poisons in general, and powdered unicorn horn was thought to have aphrodesiac and teeth whitening properties when ingested. As per one source: > The unicorn signifies Christ, who was made incarnate in Mary's womb, was captured by the Jews, and was put to death. The unicorn's fierce wildness shows the inability of hell to hold Christ. The single horn represents the unity of God and Christ. The small size of the unicorn is a symbol of Christ's humility in becoming human. (Source) Black market scams claiming to sell \"unicorn horns\", and other so-called \"unicorn parts\", were also common, though, in real life, the materials were taken from other animals. So-called \"unicorn horns\", for example, were later proven to be narwhal tusks. In European lore, particularly in England and Scotland, the unicorn was also a royal standard, or symbol. Particularly, the ruling Stewart / Stuart royals and dynasty of Scotland, and later, England *and* Scotland, used the unicorn in their coat of arms and heraldry. Unicorns were also believed to live deep in the forests, most of which were designated as royal hunting grounds of the Crown. As hunting on the royal grounds was illegal for anyone other than the monarch and royal hunting parties approved by the monarch], and poaching punishable by execution (usually by hanging, beheading, castration, blinding, or being sewn into a deerskin, and then hunted down by ferocious dogs), \"to hunt, and kill, a unicorn\" would be violating two of the highest laws in the land. These were poaching, or stealing from the King; and, by slaying *and* poaching the symbol of a Stuart monarch, treason against the King. Poaching and killing animals on the King's land, because it became so common and widespread, was also regarded as \"an act of rebellion\". [(Source) (Source) As such, hunting and slaying a unicorn not only violated the King's law, but also God's law. Such an act was religiously and symbolically associated with the enemies of Christ, and thus, Christianity and Christians as a whole. If the unicorn was a symbol of Christ, then killing one was equated with \"killing Christ himself\". This is a variation of the traditional Catholic belief in transubstantiation as well. > In bestiary illuminations, the unicorn is almost always shown as the victim of a momentous hunting scene. **It is pierced in the side of the lower abdomen by a hunter, while scarlet blood falls from its wounds, recalling Christ\u2019s sacrifice.** The virgin stands next to the unicorn, embraces it, or holds it in her lap, often appearing remorseful for having colluded in the animal\u2019s capture. (Source) > ...] And as they were eating, [Jesus] took bread...and he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, \"**This is my blood of the covenant**, which is poured out for many.\" (Mark 14:22-24). > [Tradition A: Alternative Source] And [Jesus] said to them, \"...**For I tell you that, from now on, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine (wine) until the kingdom of God comes.**\" (Luke 22: 15-18) In the *Harry Potter* films, there are tapestries in Hogwarts, particularly the Gryffindor Common Room, which depict not only unicorns, but the *hunting* of unicorns by medieval wizards, for the purpose of collecting unicorn blood. Thus, we can infer that, in medieval times, wizards and witches sought after unicorn blood for its magical properties, and use in spells and potions. J.K. Rowling, in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, and on Pottermore, has also written about medieval witches and wizards' tendencies to hunt other magical creatures to [near-]extinction for the same purpose, with the [European] Horned Serpent being one such victim of poaching and overhunting. In *Goblet of Fire*, Lord Voldemort is resurrected from a concoction partly created from unicorn blood as an ingredient. However, it is important to note that unicorn blood, in this case, is also used in a *Dark Arts* ritual. Given the \"act of [pure] evil\" that injuring or killing a unicorn, religiously and symbolically, is considered to be, it can be inferred that unicorn blood is probably *most* used in the \"forbidden\" Dark Arts (i.e. as unicorn blood symbolizes malicious intent). However, the centaurs themselves also have a tendency to make prophetic predictions for future books in *Harry Potter* as well. Firenze's mentioning to Harry of \"a half-life, a cursed life\" could quite well be foreshadowing, and referencing, Voldemort's later \"half-life, cursed life\" after his resurrection, and being dependent on his Horcruxes for survival. After all, Voldemort didn't just drink unicorn blood directly, but also used it as part of his practice of the Dark Arts, and *Magick Moste Evile*...Horcruxes. Overall, Lord Voldemort's shown obtainment, and use, of unicorn blood also symbolizes, in the narrative of *Harry Potter* just how \"evil\" he is; his \"dehumanization\", as per J.K. Rowling [as empathy and compassion are cited as what separates a \"man\" from a \"monster\"]; and his lack of morality. It also signifies how far he's willing to go to attempt to control, or defeat, Death itself...and, from a Christian perspective, defy the will of God, [as Death (Azrael) is one of God's messengers. In *Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2* (film adaptations), the personification of Death is even depicted as an angelic figure in a hood, with big, black, feathery wings. If God and nature intended for all mortals to die, then Voldemort is violating God's natural law in creating, and maintaining, his wretched existence by hunting, and killing, \"God's holy creatures\" (unicorns). ------ *Also, as a further edit, the character of Tom Riddle / Lord Voldemort is highly Miltonesque in nature, having much in common with influential English poet John Milton's depiction of Lucifer / Satan in his epic, \"Paradise Lost\" (c. 1667). The article \"The Enduring Relevance of Lucifer, 300 Years After 'Paradise Lost'\", (now retitled) by Edward Simon for the Atlantic, also explores the symbolic and metaphorical indications of \"a Luciferian] figure\".* *\"Paradise Lost\" [was published during the reign of King Charles II, a Stewart / Stuart monarch of Scotland and England, the \"Restoration Period\". Most notably, in 1688-1689, the \"Glorious Revolution\" occurred in Britain, giving rise to the Salem Witch Trials, which led to the Statute of Secrecy.*", "human_ref_B": "I mean, he spent several years as the back of a dude's head. And even after he got a proper body, the guy still looked like an alien fetus.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14967.0, "score_ratio": 3.1578947368, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "ecmruy7", "c_root_id_B": "eclyfiw", "created_at_utc_A": 1545880869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545857413.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I think it's more due to the religious and superstitious beliefs of the centaurs concerning unicorns and their blood, as opposed to unicorn blood *actually* cursing someone with \"a half-life\". In medieval bestiaries and mythology / lore, from which J.K. Rowling drew the inspiration for the \"fantastic beasts\" in both *Harry Potter* and the *Fantastic Beasts* franchises, unicorns were regarded as a symbol of purity and holiness. They were not only mentioned in the Bible, but were also incorporated widely into the European Christian Roman Catholic] mythos and religious beliefs, being representative of \"the purity of God / Christ\" with its \"gleaming\" white coat, golden horn and hooves (with gold also having religious significance as \"the purest of all metals\"), and its \"innocence\". Likewise, unicorns were symbolic of virginal purity. Only an \"untouched\" maiden, or virgin, was believed to be able to attract, or lure, a unicorn. This is also referenced in *Order of the Phoenix* as well, when Professor Grubbly-Plank, filling in for Hagrid in Care of Magical Creatures for a time, teaches a lesson using \"golden-furred\" baby unicorns. The unicorns, quite notably, are attracted to all of the young girls (i.e. maidens) in the class, but *not* the boys. According to two sources: > The unicorn is fierce, strong and swift, and no hunter can catch it. To tame the beast so it can be captured, a virgin girl is placed in its path. The unicorn, seeing the maiden, comes to her and puts its head in her lap, and falls asleep. The hunters can then easily capture or kill it. Some accounts say the girl must bare her breast, and allow the unicorn to suckle [from it]. If the unicorn is captured, it is taken to the king's palace. [(Source) > ...] In the bestiary, the unicorn\u2019s story is an allegory for Christ\u2019s death. [...] The unicorn becomes docile, however, in the hands of a virgin\u2014symbolic of the mother of Christ, the Virgin Mary. [...] As with Christ\u2019s crucifixion for mankind\u2019s sins, the unicorn is caught and killed. One bestiary (Bodleian Library, Bodley 764) details the unicorn\u2019s story and follows it with the Psalm 92:10; \u201cMy horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn.\u201d [(Source) As such, the unicorn was regarded as a creature \"created by God himself, and thus, sacred to God\". Being created by God, in the vein of the angels, and being symbolic of the Godliness of Jesus Christ, it was believed that the unicorn's horn contained the ability to purify any body of water or wine when dipped into liquid, even removing poisons. It was also thought that unicorn horns could detect poisons in general, and powdered unicorn horn was thought to have aphrodesiac and teeth whitening properties when ingested. As per one source: > The unicorn signifies Christ, who was made incarnate in Mary's womb, was captured by the Jews, and was put to death. The unicorn's fierce wildness shows the inability of hell to hold Christ. The single horn represents the unity of God and Christ. The small size of the unicorn is a symbol of Christ's humility in becoming human. (Source) Black market scams claiming to sell \"unicorn horns\", and other so-called \"unicorn parts\", were also common, though, in real life, the materials were taken from other animals. So-called \"unicorn horns\", for example, were later proven to be narwhal tusks. In European lore, particularly in England and Scotland, the unicorn was also a royal standard, or symbol. Particularly, the ruling Stewart / Stuart royals and dynasty of Scotland, and later, England *and* Scotland, used the unicorn in their coat of arms and heraldry. Unicorns were also believed to live deep in the forests, most of which were designated as royal hunting grounds of the Crown. As hunting on the royal grounds was illegal for anyone other than the monarch and royal hunting parties approved by the monarch], and poaching punishable by execution (usually by hanging, beheading, castration, blinding, or being sewn into a deerskin, and then hunted down by ferocious dogs), \"to hunt, and kill, a unicorn\" would be violating two of the highest laws in the land. These were poaching, or stealing from the King; and, by slaying *and* poaching the symbol of a Stuart monarch, treason against the King. Poaching and killing animals on the King's land, because it became so common and widespread, was also regarded as \"an act of rebellion\". [(Source) (Source) As such, hunting and slaying a unicorn not only violated the King's law, but also God's law. Such an act was religiously and symbolically associated with the enemies of Christ, and thus, Christianity and Christians as a whole. If the unicorn was a symbol of Christ, then killing one was equated with \"killing Christ himself\". This is a variation of the traditional Catholic belief in transubstantiation as well. > In bestiary illuminations, the unicorn is almost always shown as the victim of a momentous hunting scene. **It is pierced in the side of the lower abdomen by a hunter, while scarlet blood falls from its wounds, recalling Christ\u2019s sacrifice.** The virgin stands next to the unicorn, embraces it, or holds it in her lap, often appearing remorseful for having colluded in the animal\u2019s capture. (Source) > ...] And as they were eating, [Jesus] took bread...and he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, \"**This is my blood of the covenant**, which is poured out for many.\" (Mark 14:22-24). > [Tradition A: Alternative Source] And [Jesus] said to them, \"...**For I tell you that, from now on, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine (wine) until the kingdom of God comes.**\" (Luke 22: 15-18) In the *Harry Potter* films, there are tapestries in Hogwarts, particularly the Gryffindor Common Room, which depict not only unicorns, but the *hunting* of unicorns by medieval wizards, for the purpose of collecting unicorn blood. Thus, we can infer that, in medieval times, wizards and witches sought after unicorn blood for its magical properties, and use in spells and potions. J.K. Rowling, in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, and on Pottermore, has also written about medieval witches and wizards' tendencies to hunt other magical creatures to [near-]extinction for the same purpose, with the [European] Horned Serpent being one such victim of poaching and overhunting. In *Goblet of Fire*, Lord Voldemort is resurrected from a concoction partly created from unicorn blood as an ingredient. However, it is important to note that unicorn blood, in this case, is also used in a *Dark Arts* ritual. Given the \"act of [pure] evil\" that injuring or killing a unicorn, religiously and symbolically, is considered to be, it can be inferred that unicorn blood is probably *most* used in the \"forbidden\" Dark Arts (i.e. as unicorn blood symbolizes malicious intent). However, the centaurs themselves also have a tendency to make prophetic predictions for future books in *Harry Potter* as well. Firenze's mentioning to Harry of \"a half-life, a cursed life\" could quite well be foreshadowing, and referencing, Voldemort's later \"half-life, cursed life\" after his resurrection, and being dependent on his Horcruxes for survival. After all, Voldemort didn't just drink unicorn blood directly, but also used it as part of his practice of the Dark Arts, and *Magick Moste Evile*...Horcruxes. Overall, Lord Voldemort's shown obtainment, and use, of unicorn blood also symbolizes, in the narrative of *Harry Potter* just how \"evil\" he is; his \"dehumanization\", as per J.K. Rowling [as empathy and compassion are cited as what separates a \"man\" from a \"monster\"]; and his lack of morality. It also signifies how far he's willing to go to attempt to control, or defeat, Death itself...and, from a Christian perspective, defy the will of God, [as Death (Azrael) is one of God's messengers. In *Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2* (film adaptations), the personification of Death is even depicted as an angelic figure in a hood, with big, black, feathery wings. If God and nature intended for all mortals to die, then Voldemort is violating God's natural law in creating, and maintaining, his wretched existence by hunting, and killing, \"God's holy creatures\" (unicorns). ------ *Also, as a further edit, the character of Tom Riddle / Lord Voldemort is highly Miltonesque in nature, having much in common with influential English poet John Milton's depiction of Lucifer / Satan in his epic, \"Paradise Lost\" (c. 1667). The article \"The Enduring Relevance of Lucifer, 300 Years After 'Paradise Lost'\", (now retitled) by Edward Simon for the Atlantic, also explores the symbolic and metaphorical indications of \"a Luciferian] figure\".* *\"Paradise Lost\" [was published during the reign of King Charles II, a Stewart / Stuart monarch of Scotland and England, the \"Restoration Period\". Most notably, in 1688-1689, the \"Glorious Revolution\" occurred in Britain, giving rise to the Salem Witch Trials, which led to the Statute of Secrecy.*", "human_ref_B": "Wouldn't it be interesting if you extended your life but dulled your magical abilities the longer you'd used it. You could live forever, but eventually you'd be little more than a muggle making a coin disappear.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23456.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "ecmruy7", "c_root_id_B": "eclyv7d", "created_at_utc_A": 1545880869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545857732.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I think it's more due to the religious and superstitious beliefs of the centaurs concerning unicorns and their blood, as opposed to unicorn blood *actually* cursing someone with \"a half-life\". In medieval bestiaries and mythology / lore, from which J.K. Rowling drew the inspiration for the \"fantastic beasts\" in both *Harry Potter* and the *Fantastic Beasts* franchises, unicorns were regarded as a symbol of purity and holiness. They were not only mentioned in the Bible, but were also incorporated widely into the European Christian Roman Catholic] mythos and religious beliefs, being representative of \"the purity of God / Christ\" with its \"gleaming\" white coat, golden horn and hooves (with gold also having religious significance as \"the purest of all metals\"), and its \"innocence\". Likewise, unicorns were symbolic of virginal purity. Only an \"untouched\" maiden, or virgin, was believed to be able to attract, or lure, a unicorn. This is also referenced in *Order of the Phoenix* as well, when Professor Grubbly-Plank, filling in for Hagrid in Care of Magical Creatures for a time, teaches a lesson using \"golden-furred\" baby unicorns. The unicorns, quite notably, are attracted to all of the young girls (i.e. maidens) in the class, but *not* the boys. According to two sources: > The unicorn is fierce, strong and swift, and no hunter can catch it. To tame the beast so it can be captured, a virgin girl is placed in its path. The unicorn, seeing the maiden, comes to her and puts its head in her lap, and falls asleep. The hunters can then easily capture or kill it. Some accounts say the girl must bare her breast, and allow the unicorn to suckle [from it]. If the unicorn is captured, it is taken to the king's palace. [(Source) > ...] In the bestiary, the unicorn\u2019s story is an allegory for Christ\u2019s death. [...] The unicorn becomes docile, however, in the hands of a virgin\u2014symbolic of the mother of Christ, the Virgin Mary. [...] As with Christ\u2019s crucifixion for mankind\u2019s sins, the unicorn is caught and killed. One bestiary (Bodleian Library, Bodley 764) details the unicorn\u2019s story and follows it with the Psalm 92:10; \u201cMy horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn.\u201d [(Source) As such, the unicorn was regarded as a creature \"created by God himself, and thus, sacred to God\". Being created by God, in the vein of the angels, and being symbolic of the Godliness of Jesus Christ, it was believed that the unicorn's horn contained the ability to purify any body of water or wine when dipped into liquid, even removing poisons. It was also thought that unicorn horns could detect poisons in general, and powdered unicorn horn was thought to have aphrodesiac and teeth whitening properties when ingested. As per one source: > The unicorn signifies Christ, who was made incarnate in Mary's womb, was captured by the Jews, and was put to death. The unicorn's fierce wildness shows the inability of hell to hold Christ. The single horn represents the unity of God and Christ. The small size of the unicorn is a symbol of Christ's humility in becoming human. (Source) Black market scams claiming to sell \"unicorn horns\", and other so-called \"unicorn parts\", were also common, though, in real life, the materials were taken from other animals. So-called \"unicorn horns\", for example, were later proven to be narwhal tusks. In European lore, particularly in England and Scotland, the unicorn was also a royal standard, or symbol. Particularly, the ruling Stewart / Stuart royals and dynasty of Scotland, and later, England *and* Scotland, used the unicorn in their coat of arms and heraldry. Unicorns were also believed to live deep in the forests, most of which were designated as royal hunting grounds of the Crown. As hunting on the royal grounds was illegal for anyone other than the monarch and royal hunting parties approved by the monarch], and poaching punishable by execution (usually by hanging, beheading, castration, blinding, or being sewn into a deerskin, and then hunted down by ferocious dogs), \"to hunt, and kill, a unicorn\" would be violating two of the highest laws in the land. These were poaching, or stealing from the King; and, by slaying *and* poaching the symbol of a Stuart monarch, treason against the King. Poaching and killing animals on the King's land, because it became so common and widespread, was also regarded as \"an act of rebellion\". [(Source) (Source) As such, hunting and slaying a unicorn not only violated the King's law, but also God's law. Such an act was religiously and symbolically associated with the enemies of Christ, and thus, Christianity and Christians as a whole. If the unicorn was a symbol of Christ, then killing one was equated with \"killing Christ himself\". This is a variation of the traditional Catholic belief in transubstantiation as well. > In bestiary illuminations, the unicorn is almost always shown as the victim of a momentous hunting scene. **It is pierced in the side of the lower abdomen by a hunter, while scarlet blood falls from its wounds, recalling Christ\u2019s sacrifice.** The virgin stands next to the unicorn, embraces it, or holds it in her lap, often appearing remorseful for having colluded in the animal\u2019s capture. (Source) > ...] And as they were eating, [Jesus] took bread...and he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, \"**This is my blood of the covenant**, which is poured out for many.\" (Mark 14:22-24). > [Tradition A: Alternative Source] And [Jesus] said to them, \"...**For I tell you that, from now on, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine (wine) until the kingdom of God comes.**\" (Luke 22: 15-18) In the *Harry Potter* films, there are tapestries in Hogwarts, particularly the Gryffindor Common Room, which depict not only unicorns, but the *hunting* of unicorns by medieval wizards, for the purpose of collecting unicorn blood. Thus, we can infer that, in medieval times, wizards and witches sought after unicorn blood for its magical properties, and use in spells and potions. J.K. Rowling, in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, and on Pottermore, has also written about medieval witches and wizards' tendencies to hunt other magical creatures to [near-]extinction for the same purpose, with the [European] Horned Serpent being one such victim of poaching and overhunting. In *Goblet of Fire*, Lord Voldemort is resurrected from a concoction partly created from unicorn blood as an ingredient. However, it is important to note that unicorn blood, in this case, is also used in a *Dark Arts* ritual. Given the \"act of [pure] evil\" that injuring or killing a unicorn, religiously and symbolically, is considered to be, it can be inferred that unicorn blood is probably *most* used in the \"forbidden\" Dark Arts (i.e. as unicorn blood symbolizes malicious intent). However, the centaurs themselves also have a tendency to make prophetic predictions for future books in *Harry Potter* as well. Firenze's mentioning to Harry of \"a half-life, a cursed life\" could quite well be foreshadowing, and referencing, Voldemort's later \"half-life, cursed life\" after his resurrection, and being dependent on his Horcruxes for survival. After all, Voldemort didn't just drink unicorn blood directly, but also used it as part of his practice of the Dark Arts, and *Magick Moste Evile*...Horcruxes. Overall, Lord Voldemort's shown obtainment, and use, of unicorn blood also symbolizes, in the narrative of *Harry Potter* just how \"evil\" he is; his \"dehumanization\", as per J.K. Rowling [as empathy and compassion are cited as what separates a \"man\" from a \"monster\"]; and his lack of morality. It also signifies how far he's willing to go to attempt to control, or defeat, Death itself...and, from a Christian perspective, defy the will of God, [as Death (Azrael) is one of God's messengers. In *Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2* (film adaptations), the personification of Death is even depicted as an angelic figure in a hood, with big, black, feathery wings. If God and nature intended for all mortals to die, then Voldemort is violating God's natural law in creating, and maintaining, his wretched existence by hunting, and killing, \"God's holy creatures\" (unicorns). ------ *Also, as a further edit, the character of Tom Riddle / Lord Voldemort is highly Miltonesque in nature, having much in common with influential English poet John Milton's depiction of Lucifer / Satan in his epic, \"Paradise Lost\" (c. 1667). The article \"The Enduring Relevance of Lucifer, 300 Years After 'Paradise Lost'\", (now retitled) by Edward Simon for the Atlantic, also explores the symbolic and metaphorical indications of \"a Luciferian] figure\".* *\"Paradise Lost\" [was published during the reign of King Charles II, a Stewart / Stuart monarch of Scotland and England, the \"Restoration Period\". Most notably, in 1688-1689, the \"Glorious Revolution\" occurred in Britain, giving rise to the Salem Witch Trials, which led to the Statute of Secrecy.*", "human_ref_B": "They will ride eternal, shiny and chrome on the roads of Valhalla, like all the other half-life warboys. Although the Immortan thinks it's pathetic that they didn't put it in an aerosol spraycan first.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23137.0, "score_ratio": 8.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "ecm9q7k", "c_root_id_B": "eclyfiw", "created_at_utc_A": 1545865902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545857413.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I mean, he spent several years as the back of a dude's head. And even after he got a proper body, the guy still looked like an alien fetus.", "human_ref_B": "Wouldn't it be interesting if you extended your life but dulled your magical abilities the longer you'd used it. You could live forever, but eventually you'd be little more than a muggle making a coin disappear.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8489.0, "score_ratio": 1.1875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a9qzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Harry Potter] \"The moment you drink the blood of a unicorn you will have a cursed life, a half life\" what were the consequences for Quirrel or Voldemort from killing & drinking unicorn blood? Quirrel seems to have born the brunt of it, but it makes me wonder if the process changed Voldemort in some way.", "c_root_id_A": "eclyv7d", "c_root_id_B": "ecm9q7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1545857732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545865902.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "They will ride eternal, shiny and chrome on the roads of Valhalla, like all the other half-life warboys. Although the Immortan thinks it's pathetic that they didn't put it in an aerosol spraycan first.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, he spent several years as the back of a dude's head. And even after he got a proper body, the guy still looked like an alien fetus.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8170.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ckmcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Harry Potter] How much do muggles actually know about magic ? Now I haven't seen Fantastic Beasts yet, simply because it's not out yet where I live but seeing the trailers got me thinking. If the \"muggle world\" got exposed to those magical creatures, they should know that magic exists, right? So why keep it a secret? Did they just forget about magic during the time until the HP Series started? Or do they know? If they know, why are wizards forbidden to use magic in the \"real world\" ? Tbh I haven't seen the Harry Potter movies in a long time nor have I read the Books after the fourth one but iirc using magic near muggles is strictly forbidden and will get you in trouble. So how does that connect \"Fantastic Beasts\" to the original series?", "c_root_id_A": "d9x7trk", "c_root_id_B": "d9x7rkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1478964008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478963894.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Muggles (UK term for humans) have a slight subconscious desire to *not* know. Memories of magic come out easily. Cover stories are applied with little effort. Even if muggles see magic and no one realizes the slip-up, they have a natural tendency to concoct their own harmless explanations. \"Whoo, must be more tired than I thought.\" Now your no-maj (US term for humans) is a more pesky creature. His subconscious half suspects magic is real and *bad.* You can remove his specific memories of what you did, but he may still have a tendency to act nosy or suspicious toward you, even if he no longer can explain why. His mind tends to concoct responses more like, \"What's going on in here? What are you tryna pull?\"", "human_ref_B": "Obliviate", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 114.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ckmcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Harry Potter] How much do muggles actually know about magic ? Now I haven't seen Fantastic Beasts yet, simply because it's not out yet where I live but seeing the trailers got me thinking. If the \"muggle world\" got exposed to those magical creatures, they should know that magic exists, right? So why keep it a secret? Did they just forget about magic during the time until the HP Series started? Or do they know? If they know, why are wizards forbidden to use magic in the \"real world\" ? Tbh I haven't seen the Harry Potter movies in a long time nor have I read the Books after the fourth one but iirc using magic near muggles is strictly forbidden and will get you in trouble. So how does that connect \"Fantastic Beasts\" to the original series?", "c_root_id_A": "d9xbi8k", "c_root_id_B": "d9x7rkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1478970140.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478963894.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Many years ago, when I was a wee lad, I met a muggle who was able to detach his thumb and then reattach it. He then proceeded to get my nose. It was as terrifying as it was incredible, but my mother insists that it made me chuckle. Perhaps the muggles know more than they let on?", "human_ref_B": "Obliviate", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6246.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ckmcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Harry Potter] How much do muggles actually know about magic ? Now I haven't seen Fantastic Beasts yet, simply because it's not out yet where I live but seeing the trailers got me thinking. If the \"muggle world\" got exposed to those magical creatures, they should know that magic exists, right? So why keep it a secret? Did they just forget about magic during the time until the HP Series started? Or do they know? If they know, why are wizards forbidden to use magic in the \"real world\" ? Tbh I haven't seen the Harry Potter movies in a long time nor have I read the Books after the fourth one but iirc using magic near muggles is strictly forbidden and will get you in trouble. So how does that connect \"Fantastic Beasts\" to the original series?", "c_root_id_A": "d9x8zld", "c_root_id_B": "d9xbi8k", "created_at_utc_A": 1478966073.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478970140.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Do not worry. The government has excellent high up connections with all major media agencies and governments and scientific organization. In return for a few healing spells- their human science spells are so primitive in comparison- they're falling over themselves to help us. Obliviate also helps with the more serious cases. Of course, there are all sorts of small groups which see a little and suspect something, but most just dismiss them as crazy people. Most major police departments are given a number as well to call for any spooky goings on. These help deal with more serious incidents. Wild dementors, vampires, werewolves.", "human_ref_B": "Many years ago, when I was a wee lad, I met a muggle who was able to detach his thumb and then reattach it. He then proceeded to get my nose. It was as terrifying as it was incredible, but my mother insists that it made me chuckle. Perhaps the muggles know more than they let on?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4067.0, "score_ratio": -11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1lj2qn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Harry Potter] If house-elves can be freed by giving them clothing, does that mean that they can never be ordered to do laundry?", "c_root_id_A": "cbzr6uf", "c_root_id_B": "cbzrczd", "created_at_utc_A": 1378063913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1378064445.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Cleaning my robes takes half a second with a spell, why would I possibly need or want to to give it to a house elf?", "human_ref_B": "I think it is to give them an item to own for themselves specifically that frees them, not just clothing in general. When you assign them to do your laundry, they're doing just that, *your* laundry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 532.0, "score_ratio": 7.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1lj2qn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Harry Potter] If house-elves can be freed by giving them clothing, does that mean that they can never be ordered to do laundry?", "c_root_id_A": "cbzr6uf", "c_root_id_B": "cbzs3hy", "created_at_utc_A": 1378063913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1378066779.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Cleaning my robes takes half a second with a spell, why would I possibly need or want to to give it to a house elf?", "human_ref_B": "House elves by their very nature are subservient creatures. Therefore they would not presume to assume that the clothes are for them, the thought wouldn't even cross their minds, it's their masters clothes and that's that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2866.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1lj2qn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Harry Potter] If house-elves can be freed by giving them clothing, does that mean that they can never be ordered to do laundry?", "c_root_id_A": "cbzs3hy", "c_root_id_B": "cbzrd6t", "created_at_utc_A": 1378066779.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1378064463.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "House elves by their very nature are subservient creatures. Therefore they would not presume to assume that the clothes are for them, the thought wouldn't even cross their minds, it's their masters clothes and that's that.", "human_ref_B": "Clothes have to be given, as in awarded to them , and not just handed over.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2316.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1lj2qn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Harry Potter] If house-elves can be freed by giving them clothing, does that mean that they can never be ordered to do laundry?", "c_root_id_A": "cbzs3hy", "c_root_id_B": "cbzrtid", "created_at_utc_A": 1378066779.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1378065892.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "House elves by their very nature are subservient creatures. Therefore they would not presume to assume that the clothes are for them, the thought wouldn't even cross their minds, it's their masters clothes and that's that.", "human_ref_B": "It's very dependent on wording. If you just told them \"Go do my laundry\" it might well free them (Or it might not. People don't usually put their house-elves on the line doing experiments like this), but if you say \"I order you to clean my laundry, but I do not confer you ownership of the clothes,\" then it would be fine. For this reason, most people tell their elf to take care of the laundry whenever the elf deems it necessary, to avoid accidentally slipping up with frequent orders.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 887.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e903ukk", "c_root_id_B": "e904ohi", "created_at_utc_A": 1541287913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541288714.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 180, "human_ref_A": "Wormtail was a Gryffindor.", "human_ref_B": "These are examples, not guaranteed 100% would-be-like-this. Gryffindor - Charismatic warhawk that wants to end the statute of secrecy and conquer the muggle world by force. Ravenclaw - Schemer, plotter, amoral experimenter, or some combination of the three. Hufflepuff - Radical that gathers together nonhumans and muggle-borns to overthrow the Pureblood families, the Ministry of Magic, or both. Alternatively, a wizard that works hard their entire life, has one bad day, and snaps.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 801.0, "score_ratio": 36.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e905izt", "c_root_id_B": "e903ukk", "created_at_utc_A": 1541289539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541287913.0, "score_A": 72, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "A Gryffindor dark lord would just a Dumbledore without any moral code. He'd probably go straight for the Deathly Hallows and just revel in being an nigh-invincible force of nature. While Voldemort usually goes for carefully planned out power grabs, he'd just flaunt his power to everyone and dare them to challenge him. I'd say a wizard Alexander the Great or something like that. Ravenclaw would probably be comparable to a Slytherin Dark Lord but with more restraint and without that weird pure-blood focus. I'd see them using memory modification to an absurd degree. So think someone who wants to establish some wizard 1984. And I'm having a really hard time imagining a Hufflepuff Dark Lord. How do you even twist tolerance, kindness, fairness and loyalty?", "human_ref_B": "Wormtail was a Gryffindor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1626.0, "score_ratio": 14.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e90ffyx", "c_root_id_B": "e90i4ax", "created_at_utc_A": 1541298937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541301586.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Ravenclaw: Harry Potter as depicted in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. EDIT: And here I am reading it again.", "human_ref_B": "This quote from CS Lewis might help... \u201cOf all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2649.0, "score_ratio": 3.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e903ukk", "c_root_id_B": "e90i4ax", "created_at_utc_A": 1541287913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541301586.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Wormtail was a Gryffindor.", "human_ref_B": "This quote from CS Lewis might help... \u201cOf all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13673.0, "score_ratio": 6.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e90ffyx", "c_root_id_B": "e90oy1a", "created_at_utc_A": 1541298937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541309964.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Ravenclaw: Harry Potter as depicted in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. EDIT: And here I am reading it again.", "human_ref_B": "Ravenclaw: A mad scientist/Dr. Frankenstein type. Magical science without ethics or moral constraints, purely concerned with acquiring greater knowledge no matter the human cost. A Ravenclaw Dark Lord would use muggles as human guinea pigs, conducting magical experiments on muggle population centers in defiance of the Statute. Hufflepuff: A charismatic cult leader. Attracts those on the lower rungs of wizarding society, the outcasts. Promises them a family, a home, love, purpose. Brainwashing their followers into fanatical devotion, the Hufflepuff Dark Lord wouldn't even have to pursue any schemes themselves. Their cultists will gladly throw away their very lives at their leaders word, no imperius necessary. Gryffindor: A fanatical crusader. Prizes pure justice and adherence to the law above anything else. Slytherin house is rotten and evil, a breeding ground for future Dark Lords. Not one of them is worth saving, the entire house, every family line that ever hailed from Slytherin must be purged. Magical beings, their freakish hybrid offspring, all threats. How can any of them be trusted when they're not even human? Centaurs, elves, goblins, veela, werewolves, vampires, hags, monsters the lot of them. They must be purged. All contact with the muggle world must be severed. Their foreign ideals can't be allowed to taint wizard culture, mudbloods must have their memories wiped and be sent back to where they belong. In order to ensure the likes of Voldemort or those other madmen never arise again, the wizarding world must be... purified.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11027.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e903ukk", "c_root_id_B": "e90oy1a", "created_at_utc_A": 1541287913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541309964.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Wormtail was a Gryffindor.", "human_ref_B": "Ravenclaw: A mad scientist/Dr. Frankenstein type. Magical science without ethics or moral constraints, purely concerned with acquiring greater knowledge no matter the human cost. A Ravenclaw Dark Lord would use muggles as human guinea pigs, conducting magical experiments on muggle population centers in defiance of the Statute. Hufflepuff: A charismatic cult leader. Attracts those on the lower rungs of wizarding society, the outcasts. Promises them a family, a home, love, purpose. Brainwashing their followers into fanatical devotion, the Hufflepuff Dark Lord wouldn't even have to pursue any schemes themselves. Their cultists will gladly throw away their very lives at their leaders word, no imperius necessary. Gryffindor: A fanatical crusader. Prizes pure justice and adherence to the law above anything else. Slytherin house is rotten and evil, a breeding ground for future Dark Lords. Not one of them is worth saving, the entire house, every family line that ever hailed from Slytherin must be purged. Magical beings, their freakish hybrid offspring, all threats. How can any of them be trusted when they're not even human? Centaurs, elves, goblins, veela, werewolves, vampires, hags, monsters the lot of them. They must be purged. All contact with the muggle world must be severed. Their foreign ideals can't be allowed to taint wizard culture, mudbloods must have their memories wiped and be sent back to where they belong. In order to ensure the likes of Voldemort or those other madmen never arise again, the wizarding world must be... purified.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22051.0, "score_ratio": 4.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e90ffyx", "c_root_id_B": "e911csw", "created_at_utc_A": 1541298937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541335089.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Ravenclaw: Harry Potter as depicted in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. EDIT: And here I am reading it again.", "human_ref_B": "Pop Culture Examples. Walter White (Breaking Bad) would be a good example of a Hufflepuff becoming a Dark Lord. They start doing bad things for what seem to be good reasons and just keep sliding down the scale. Ozymandias (Watchmen) Ravenclaw Dark Lord. Willing to kill thousands, ruin lives, push knowledge forward without ethical consideration to \"fix\" a problem they see as world threatening Frank Castle/Punisher (Marvel comics) Gryffindor Dark Lord. Those who he deems guilty will be punished, because the system is a failure That's just the best examples I can come up with this early in the morning. I'm not as big a HP expert as others so I'm sure someone will point out something I didn't consider. (and feel free to I'm enjoying seeing the different interpretations)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36152.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e903ukk", "c_root_id_B": "e911csw", "created_at_utc_A": 1541287913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541335089.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Wormtail was a Gryffindor.", "human_ref_B": "Pop Culture Examples. Walter White (Breaking Bad) would be a good example of a Hufflepuff becoming a Dark Lord. They start doing bad things for what seem to be good reasons and just keep sliding down the scale. Ozymandias (Watchmen) Ravenclaw Dark Lord. Willing to kill thousands, ruin lives, push knowledge forward without ethical consideration to \"fix\" a problem they see as world threatening Frank Castle/Punisher (Marvel comics) Gryffindor Dark Lord. Those who he deems guilty will be punished, because the system is a failure That's just the best examples I can come up with this early in the morning. I'm not as big a HP expert as others so I'm sure someone will point out something I didn't consider. (and feel free to I'm enjoying seeing the different interpretations)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47176.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e90usqn", "c_root_id_B": "e90ffyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1541321617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541298937.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Gryffindor - Khorne worshippers Hufflepuff - Nurgle worshippers Ravenclaw - Tzeentch worshippers", "human_ref_B": "Ravenclaw: Harry Potter as depicted in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. EDIT: And here I am reading it again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22680.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e90usqn", "c_root_id_B": "e903ukk", "created_at_utc_A": 1541321617.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541287913.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Gryffindor - Khorne worshippers Hufflepuff - Nurgle worshippers Ravenclaw - Tzeentch worshippers", "human_ref_B": "Wormtail was a Gryffindor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33704.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e903ukk", "c_root_id_B": "e90ffyx", "created_at_utc_A": 1541287913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541298937.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Wormtail was a Gryffindor.", "human_ref_B": "Ravenclaw: Harry Potter as depicted in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. EDIT: And here I am reading it again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11024.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e9135gu", "c_root_id_B": "e91j6rk", "created_at_utc_A": 1541337547.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541352366.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Just like Volde was a bit like Hitler I imagine a Hufflepuff Dark Lord would be something like Vladimir Lenin >We want to achieve a new and better order of society: in this new and better society there must be neither rich nor poor; **all will have to work**. Not a handful of rich people, but all the working people must enjoy the fruits of their common labour. Machines and other improvements must serve to ease the work of all and not to enable a few to grow rich at the expense of millions and tens of millions of people. This new and better society is called socialist society. The teachings about this society are called 'socialism'.", "human_ref_B": "Ravenclaw: A brilliant strategist and tactician. Outsmarts his enemies whenever possible rather than using force. Example: Grand Admiral Thrawn, Star Wars EU. Gryffindor: An out-in-the-open warmonger and conqueror. Quick and decisive use of force is their opening move. Example: Hela, MCU. Hufflepuff: Someone who paints himself as benevolent, wanting peaceful co-operation and fairness, even as he fights to crush people under his boot. Example: Gul Dukat, Star Trek DS9.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14819.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9tyqr3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Harry Potter] What would Dark Lords from other Hogwarts houses be like? The image of Grindelwald and Voldemort, and to a certain extent Lucius Malfoy and even Severus Snape, seems to have heavily influenced the concept of what a Dark Lord is. They appear to be egotistical, brutally ambitious, and extremely fond of unforgivable curses. In order words, textbook Slytherins. But everyone, regardless of house, has the capacity for evil, even supreme evil. So what does it look like when a representative from Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff takes the top Dark Wizard spot? What do their methods look like, and how are they different from Slytherin Dark Lords? These need not be direct examples of known wizards gone bad; I'm more interested in your thoughts on what happens when the attributes prized by the other houses are twisted to evil purposes.", "c_root_id_A": "e9135gu", "c_root_id_B": "e91oi94", "created_at_utc_A": 1541337547.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1541356620.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Just like Volde was a bit like Hitler I imagine a Hufflepuff Dark Lord would be something like Vladimir Lenin >We want to achieve a new and better order of society: in this new and better society there must be neither rich nor poor; **all will have to work**. Not a handful of rich people, but all the working people must enjoy the fruits of their common labour. Machines and other improvements must serve to ease the work of all and not to enable a few to grow rich at the expense of millions and tens of millions of people. This new and better society is called socialist society. The teachings about this society are called 'socialism'.", "human_ref_B": "Ravenclaw: Mad scientist. Taking magic research way too far. Gryffindor: Charismatic leader that takes the suport of a lot of regular people, not only dark robed edgy dudes. Hufflepuff: Cult leader. Accepts anyone, mostly gathers outcasts around him. Fights against oppression by trying to destroy the unjust society, probably sincerely believes he is doing good.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19073.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3yf3ti", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[star wars] Is being a Jedi(Force sensitive) inheritance only? (SPOILERS FOR TFA) So after seeing TFA, me and my friend were talking about who Rey could be. He basically said she had to be Luke's daughter, because you have to he the child or related to a Jedi to be force sensitive. He claimed mitochondrians were inherited and such. Can anyone help me sort this out?", "c_root_id_A": "cyd19y3", "c_root_id_B": "cycxpx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1451248288.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451242476.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I'd like to think that the Force \"chooses\" who is sensitive. It doesn't necessarily have a conscious mind or free will, but there are certain people who just *have* to be Force sensitive for things to work out. I certainly do not believe that it's a genetic thing, because the Force is in *everyone*.", "human_ref_B": "Luke and Leia are examples of inherited force sensitivity, but there is no evidence in canon that genetics play a part at all. It could be exposure to the force while in the womb or could be the force acting through Anakins children to ensure the balance or something. However in Legends children of Jedi are almost always force sensitive and there are entire societies of force sensitive people that are not jedi or sith. But when Luke went looking for students, there was not usually a whole family to train. Some adults, Some children, but almost never parent child combinations. Luke would have offered to train the whole family if they were all force sensitive yet we never saw that. So... genetics may play a part, but it is also somewhat random. *note* Midichlorians may have been completely misunderstood by the Republic Jedi Order and they may have just been attracted to the Force symbiotically. Outside of the mention in Phantom Menace there is no other evidence they affect whether or not one is force sensitive and to what degree.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5812.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3yf3ti", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[star wars] Is being a Jedi(Force sensitive) inheritance only? (SPOILERS FOR TFA) So after seeing TFA, me and my friend were talking about who Rey could be. He basically said she had to be Luke's daughter, because you have to he the child or related to a Jedi to be force sensitive. He claimed mitochondrians were inherited and such. Can anyone help me sort this out?", "c_root_id_A": "cycxpx5", "c_root_id_B": "cyd325l", "created_at_utc_A": 1451242476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451250960.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Luke and Leia are examples of inherited force sensitivity, but there is no evidence in canon that genetics play a part at all. It could be exposure to the force while in the womb or could be the force acting through Anakins children to ensure the balance or something. However in Legends children of Jedi are almost always force sensitive and there are entire societies of force sensitive people that are not jedi or sith. But when Luke went looking for students, there was not usually a whole family to train. Some adults, Some children, but almost never parent child combinations. Luke would have offered to train the whole family if they were all force sensitive yet we never saw that. So... genetics may play a part, but it is also somewhat random. *note* Midichlorians may have been completely misunderstood by the Republic Jedi Order and they may have just been attracted to the Force symbiotically. Outside of the mention in Phantom Menace there is no other evidence they affect whether or not one is force sensitive and to what degree.", "human_ref_B": "Who says Rey has to be anyone special's daughter? Is it not completely possible that she's just a random orphan from Jakku that happens to be Force Sensitive? If she was somehow Luke's daughter, you'd think there would be some happiness in his final shot. Rather than a look of \"Well, shit is hitting the fan\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8484.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3yf3ti", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[star wars] Is being a Jedi(Force sensitive) inheritance only? (SPOILERS FOR TFA) So after seeing TFA, me and my friend were talking about who Rey could be. He basically said she had to be Luke's daughter, because you have to he the child or related to a Jedi to be force sensitive. He claimed mitochondrians were inherited and such. Can anyone help me sort this out?", "c_root_id_A": "cyd325l", "c_root_id_B": "cyd2jkk", "created_at_utc_A": 1451250960.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451250221.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Who says Rey has to be anyone special's daughter? Is it not completely possible that she's just a random orphan from Jakku that happens to be Force Sensitive? If she was somehow Luke's daughter, you'd think there would be some happiness in his final shot. Rather than a look of \"Well, shit is hitting the fan\"", "human_ref_B": "While any random sentient being could be force sensitive enough to be a Jedi, it's Rey's power with the Force that is the clue. There's only one family in canon that is so powerful (plus the movies are about the Skywalkers). No one has been as powerful while untrained as Rey is. The closest we've seen is Anakin Skywalker, *the freaking choosen one*! Since little in the film hints at Rey belongingk to Leia, the only Skywalker left is Luke. Watch the film again; the Force is pushing Rey through the entire film to be exactly where she needs to be to meet Luke. If she isn't his daughter, then at the very least it's very important that he trains her.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 739.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21wcxp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel] Spoilers! concerning the status of galactus in recent ultimate universe events so now that he is traped in nowhereverse where thor , is our universe F*ked with out galactus preparing it for the next big bang", "c_root_id_A": "cgh7gqz", "c_root_id_B": "cgh4zcm", "created_at_utc_A": 1396342269.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396330470.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because he can move between dimensions, he'll find his way out eventually and the universe will be fine without him for the time being. For example, during his fight with Tyrant, when Morg used the Ultimate Nullifier, Galactus escaped into another dimension to avoid being nullified. He disappeared for a while but made his way back. The universe functioned normally without him for that time. You should be worried about the multiverse when he dies unnaturally. That's when you're really screwed because Abraxas takes his place and beings wreaking havoc.", "human_ref_B": "Galactus can move between dimensions and universes. It takes him some time, but he can do so under his own power. He's been trapped in the Negative Zone before and gotten out just fine.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11799.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sik7dm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Book of Boba Fett] Chapter 6\u2019s final scene\u2026 Wasn\u2019t Yoda\u2019s lightsaber thrown in a furnace by Mas Amedda with all the others after he fought Palpatine? And I think there was a comic that said he no longer carries a lightsaber in Dagobah because he\u2019s let go of that part of his life. So even if he had a backup, when and where did he get it?", "c_root_id_A": "hv99bum", "c_root_id_B": "hv9n0w1", "created_at_utc_A": 1643794977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1643804698.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "A good question, for another time", "human_ref_B": "Yeah, that was one of the things I was thinking when I saw this particular scene - didn't Yoda lose his lightsaber after Palpatine knocked it onto the Senate chamber floor? I eventually just thought that maybe he saw it and force pulled it back to himself and we just didn't see that. I don't feel like it's too implausible that Yoda built a new lightsaber after losing his in the Senate duel though, as he may need it in a \"break glass in case of emergency\" type of situation. Obi-wan kept detailed instructions and spare lightsaber parts with him when he was living on Tatooine, maybe Yoda did the same. Although, Obi-wan may have just done this specifically for Luke. It's not really outside of the realm of possibility that Yoda either built a new one or simply just had a spare, he is a 900 year old Jedi Master, after all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9721.0, "score_ratio": 1.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uu6sgn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC] I'm going on a date with Diana Prince(Wonder Woman). What should I know? Inspired by an earlier post that was about Poison Ivy. I thought it was a fun idea. Let's say I meet Diana at the bar and she agrees to go on a date. What is she like outside of her superhero duties ? What does she like to do for fun? What should I avoid doing that could piss her off? Also, should we go Dutch or should I pay?", "c_root_id_A": "i9dgqxp", "c_root_id_B": "i9dfyyr", "created_at_utc_A": 1653079179.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653078828.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Probably a broad selection of basic and advanced knots, that sort of thing.", "human_ref_B": "She's dated regular humans before, and is pretty open to traditional/normal date activities and traditions. She's been shown to enjoy regular low key stuff like going to a bar and shooting pool, walking through a park, and going to restaurants- depending on the version she might be a vegetarian though, so keep that in mind. Also depending on the version you're talking about, she might instantly be recognized as Wonder Woman, even in civilian clothes, so you'll either have to find places without crowds to get alone time, or just put up with people interrupting your date to ask her for selfies and autographs, which she'll always accommodate. The most important thing is to just be yourself, and not something you're not, cause she'll catch on pretty quick and has a very low tolerance for insincerity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 351.0, "score_ratio": 1.3571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mfemp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[DC]What is the most complicated thing a Green Lantern has ever made with their ring?", "c_root_id_A": "d3vgzc8", "c_root_id_B": "d3vcghg", "created_at_utc_A": 1465019610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465009899.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Didn't John Stewart GL create an entire solar system?", "human_ref_B": "A scale model of a universe, or an entire life size planet from the remains of said planet and will.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9711.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wsvu4s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Shrek] Just how in world did Donkey and the Dragon \u201cdo it\u201d \u2049\ufe0f https://youtu.be/EAGYA8AqnJk", "c_root_id_A": "il0s9pf", "c_root_id_B": "il0vvol", "created_at_utc_A": 1660964243.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660966126.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 81, "human_ref_A": "Most dragons have the ability to shapeshift to some extent. Its likely she has this ability but just never used it on screen.", "human_ref_B": "Same as Edmund Hillary: Climbing gear and motivation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1883.0, "score_ratio": 2.1315789474, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wsvu4s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Shrek] Just how in world did Donkey and the Dragon \u201cdo it\u201d \u2049\ufe0f https://youtu.be/EAGYA8AqnJk", "c_root_id_A": "il0u76e", "c_root_id_B": "il0vvol", "created_at_utc_A": 1660965239.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660966126.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 81, "human_ref_A": "He's a grower not a shower", "human_ref_B": "Same as Edmund Hillary: Climbing gear and motivation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 887.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wsvu4s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Shrek] Just how in world did Donkey and the Dragon \u201cdo it\u201d \u2049\ufe0f https://youtu.be/EAGYA8AqnJk", "c_root_id_A": "il0vvol", "c_root_id_B": "il0vhzs", "created_at_utc_A": 1660966126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660965922.0, "score_A": 81, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Same as Edmund Hillary: Climbing gear and motivation.", "human_ref_B": "Donkeys have very large penises.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 204.0, "score_ratio": 3.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wsvu4s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Shrek] Just how in world did Donkey and the Dragon \u201cdo it\u201d \u2049\ufe0f https://youtu.be/EAGYA8AqnJk", "c_root_id_A": "il0s9pf", "c_root_id_B": "il11gcv", "created_at_utc_A": 1660964243.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660969267.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "Most dragons have the ability to shapeshift to some extent. Its likely she has this ability but just never used it on screen.", "human_ref_B": "It had always been my assumption that the Happily Ever After Potion facilitated the arrival of the... children.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5024.0, "score_ratio": 1.0789473684, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wsvu4s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Shrek] Just how in world did Donkey and the Dragon \u201cdo it\u201d \u2049\ufe0f https://youtu.be/EAGYA8AqnJk", "c_root_id_A": "il11gcv", "c_root_id_B": "il0u76e", "created_at_utc_A": 1660969267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660965239.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "It had always been my assumption that the Happily Ever After Potion facilitated the arrival of the... children.", "human_ref_B": "He's a grower not a shower", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4028.0, "score_ratio": 1.5185185185, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wsvu4s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Shrek] Just how in world did Donkey and the Dragon \u201cdo it\u201d \u2049\ufe0f https://youtu.be/EAGYA8AqnJk", "c_root_id_A": "il0vhzs", "c_root_id_B": "il11gcv", "created_at_utc_A": 1660965922.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660969267.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "Donkeys have very large penises.", "human_ref_B": "It had always been my assumption that the Happily Ever After Potion facilitated the arrival of the... children.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3345.0, "score_ratio": 1.9523809524, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wsvu4s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Shrek] Just how in world did Donkey and the Dragon \u201cdo it\u201d \u2049\ufe0f https://youtu.be/EAGYA8AqnJk", "c_root_id_A": "il0xqef", "c_root_id_B": "il11gcv", "created_at_utc_A": 1660967133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660969267.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "If that world is anything like Xanth, I would guess an Accomodation (sp?) 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Some birds have little wiggling protrusions but they aren't for penetration; they're more for holding the bag open so to speak. Donkey's endowment would mirror this function given the size difference between him and Dragon. Donkey's protests, if the scene kept going, would have gone from pleading to surprised to relieved to disappointed that it's already over. That's probably why they did it 6 times.", "human_ref_B": "Who says they did? A magic talking donkey and an actual dragon. 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That or donkey is packing some heat", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44588.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gw6lrb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What did people expect to do after the Clone Wars if their side won? Did General Grievous have a retirement plan?", "c_root_id_A": "fst91ny", "c_root_id_B": "fst4uky", "created_at_utc_A": 1591233701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591231357.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "There was already a government in place for the CIS. Dooku was essentially the Chancellor of the Separatist Senate, each system in their senate had similar powers to the Republic Senate, the primary difference is they believed it was far less corrupt and was not as stagnant as the Republic had become. That wasn\u2019t the case obviously, because the primary forces of corruption in the Republic had a huge hand in shaping the Separatist government. So they probably thought they\u2019d just live as a rival power to the Republic, and that likely over time more systems would join them, leading to the eventual collapse of the Republic. Most Separatists weren\u2019t the monsters that Dooku and Grievous were, they largely were kept in the dark about the actual actions of the war, fed propaganda about what was happening. They viewed Dooku as an honorable man who was a war hero helping preserve the integrity of a better galactic government. That\u2019s also how Dooku viewed himself, but was planning to make the new Empire into the better galactic government. The only time the average Separatist would see the war for themselves was when the Republic was the one invading their world, and the generals of the CIS were military crazed or the same corrupt figures those systems abandoned the Republic to get away from, so the only people who knew how atrocious their actions were, were corrupt, evil, or droids. Dooku on the other hand, was well aware that Palpatine was the Dark Lord and believed when the Republic eventually won out, he\u2019d be given a position within the newly constituted Galactic Empire. I\u2019m not sure how he though that would work after waging a galaxy spanning war against what many would still consider the Republic, but that\u2019s what he thought. Grievous did not have a retirement plan, he was content killing Jedi, he didn\u2019t have much greater political ambitions or anything. He hated the Jedi and enjoyed, as much as he can be called to have enjoyed anything, killing them. He was not a Sith but his hatred for the Jedi seemed to rival if not surpass most of the Dark Side force users we see. I\u2019m not sure if he ever thought about what would happen if they were all destroyed. He was a warrior first, life after the war wasn\u2019t his concern at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Become a government, I guess? Grievous probably would have been head of the military, with Dooku as Supreme high first whatever of their congress. EDIT: Since it will be pointed out... obviously this never gets to happen with Palpatine pulling strings. Still fun to consider.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2344.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gw6lrb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What did people expect to do after the Clone Wars if their side won? Did General Grievous have a retirement plan?", "c_root_id_A": "fst91ny", "c_root_id_B": "fst8i4r", "created_at_utc_A": 1591233701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591233396.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "There was already a government in place for the CIS. Dooku was essentially the Chancellor of the Separatist Senate, each system in their senate had similar powers to the Republic Senate, the primary difference is they believed it was far less corrupt and was not as stagnant as the Republic had become. That wasn\u2019t the case obviously, because the primary forces of corruption in the Republic had a huge hand in shaping the Separatist government. So they probably thought they\u2019d just live as a rival power to the Republic, and that likely over time more systems would join them, leading to the eventual collapse of the Republic. Most Separatists weren\u2019t the monsters that Dooku and Grievous were, they largely were kept in the dark about the actual actions of the war, fed propaganda about what was happening. They viewed Dooku as an honorable man who was a war hero helping preserve the integrity of a better galactic government. That\u2019s also how Dooku viewed himself, but was planning to make the new Empire into the better galactic government. The only time the average Separatist would see the war for themselves was when the Republic was the one invading their world, and the generals of the CIS were military crazed or the same corrupt figures those systems abandoned the Republic to get away from, so the only people who knew how atrocious their actions were, were corrupt, evil, or droids. Dooku on the other hand, was well aware that Palpatine was the Dark Lord and believed when the Republic eventually won out, he\u2019d be given a position within the newly constituted Galactic Empire. I\u2019m not sure how he though that would work after waging a galaxy spanning war against what many would still consider the Republic, but that\u2019s what he thought. Grievous did not have a retirement plan, he was content killing Jedi, he didn\u2019t have much greater political ambitions or anything. He hated the Jedi and enjoyed, as much as he can be called to have enjoyed anything, killing them. He was not a Sith but his hatred for the Jedi seemed to rival if not surpass most of the Dark Side force users we see. I\u2019m not sure if he ever thought about what would happen if they were all destroyed. He was a warrior first, life after the war wasn\u2019t his concern at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Grievous's plan was to kill the galactic council that allowed his people to be persecuted and his planet to be destroyed. He just wanted revenge, that's it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 305.0, "score_ratio": 2.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gw6lrb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What did people expect to do after the Clone Wars if their side won? Did General Grievous have a retirement plan?", "c_root_id_A": "fst91ny", "c_root_id_B": "fst6rrv", "created_at_utc_A": 1591233701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591232421.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There was already a government in place for the CIS. Dooku was essentially the Chancellor of the Separatist Senate, each system in their senate had similar powers to the Republic Senate, the primary difference is they believed it was far less corrupt and was not as stagnant as the Republic had become. That wasn\u2019t the case obviously, because the primary forces of corruption in the Republic had a huge hand in shaping the Separatist government. So they probably thought they\u2019d just live as a rival power to the Republic, and that likely over time more systems would join them, leading to the eventual collapse of the Republic. Most Separatists weren\u2019t the monsters that Dooku and Grievous were, they largely were kept in the dark about the actual actions of the war, fed propaganda about what was happening. They viewed Dooku as an honorable man who was a war hero helping preserve the integrity of a better galactic government. That\u2019s also how Dooku viewed himself, but was planning to make the new Empire into the better galactic government. The only time the average Separatist would see the war for themselves was when the Republic was the one invading their world, and the generals of the CIS were military crazed or the same corrupt figures those systems abandoned the Republic to get away from, so the only people who knew how atrocious their actions were, were corrupt, evil, or droids. Dooku on the other hand, was well aware that Palpatine was the Dark Lord and believed when the Republic eventually won out, he\u2019d be given a position within the newly constituted Galactic Empire. I\u2019m not sure how he though that would work after waging a galaxy spanning war against what many would still consider the Republic, but that\u2019s what he thought. Grievous did not have a retirement plan, he was content killing Jedi, he didn\u2019t have much greater political ambitions or anything. He hated the Jedi and enjoyed, as much as he can be called to have enjoyed anything, killing them. He was not a Sith but his hatred for the Jedi seemed to rival if not surpass most of the Dark Side force users we see. I\u2019m not sure if he ever thought about what would happen if they were all destroyed. He was a warrior first, life after the war wasn\u2019t his concern at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Wasn\u2019t grevious plan to try to be a sith?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1280.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gw6lrb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What did people expect to do after the Clone Wars if their side won? Did General Grievous have a retirement plan?", "c_root_id_A": "fst8i4r", "c_root_id_B": "fst6rrv", "created_at_utc_A": 1591233396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591232421.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Grievous's plan was to kill the galactic council that allowed his people to be persecuted and his planet to be destroyed. He just wanted revenge, that's it.", "human_ref_B": "Wasn\u2019t grevious plan to try to be a sith?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 975.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gw6lrb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What did people expect to do after the Clone Wars if their side won? Did General Grievous have a retirement plan?", "c_root_id_A": "fst6rrv", "c_root_id_B": "fsu9bn7", "created_at_utc_A": 1591232421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591258860.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Wasn\u2019t grevious plan to try to be a sith?", "human_ref_B": "He wanted to start his own cooking show and a healthy fastfood joint. He wanted to put his four spinny robotic arms to good use.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26439.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gw6lrb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] What did people expect to do after the Clone Wars if their side won? Did General Grievous have a retirement plan?", "c_root_id_A": "fst6rrv", "c_root_id_B": "fstorzw", "created_at_utc_A": 1591232421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591242873.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Wasn\u2019t grevious plan to try to be a sith?", "human_ref_B": "Grievous probably had plans after winning the war against the Republic to continue conquering territories like Hutt Space. He was a warrior, and warriors of his kind always need a fight to continue their existence.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10452.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dm9hpiz", "c_root_id_B": "dm9k5gy", "created_at_utc_A": 1503971789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1503974929.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Advanced combat chassis are resource intensive.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on the iteration you have logistics restrictions (which factories aren't ruined, which mines aren't collapsed, which railroads and roads aren't destroyed, which power plants are available) which could severely limit reinforcements. Additionally, you have those pesky fleshbags hiding all over the place, finding caches of weapons that aren't in any database, and ruining production and logistics as much after Judgment Day as during.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3140.0, "score_ratio": 2.9230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dm9kxol", "c_root_id_B": "dm9hpiz", "created_at_utc_A": 1503976003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1503971789.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "From a logistics standpoint, while humans were easier to kill, Skynet was easier to target. Skynet couldn't move. While it could defend itself really well, it (apparently, if the lore is still intact) was reduced to a central location or facility, meaning that even if it killed half the remaining soldiers, the other half still knew where it hung its cybernetic hat. In theory, depending on how the Skynet hardware was set up, a single human with a big enough explosive could destroy it.", "human_ref_B": "Advanced combat chassis are resource intensive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4214.0, "score_ratio": 2.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dm9l2gm", "c_root_id_B": "dm9hpiz", "created_at_utc_A": 1503976188.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1503971789.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "1. Skynet cannot pump out an endless supply of Terminators. It's resources are actually fairly limited. I don't recall if the movies showed it, but the TV Series definitely had Terminators send back in time with missions that included setting up weapons caches for Skynet to use during the war as well as other resources. 2. Skynet does not want to kill all humans. Firstly, Skynet is a war machine. It wants to wage war, and it knows that if it actually kills all humans, that means no more war. Secondly, it was originally designed to protect humans, and while it's moved beyond that programming that *is* still part of it's code. 3. Skynet captures humans to alleviate the above problems. Said humans live and occasionally breed. 4. Humans weren't keeping pace with Skynet and were in fact losing the war of attrition, just not as rapidly as you think they should have.", "human_ref_B": "Advanced combat chassis are resource intensive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4399.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dm9v5fz", "c_root_id_B": "dm9v1t2", "created_at_utc_A": 1503997050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1503996752.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "While there's a lot of good answers here, I think there's more to be said about any AI that feels the need to build anything like the Terminator in order to defeat humanity. Look at the amount of work and number of things that can go wrong with a bipedal design, and obvious weak points like the head and joints. Meanwhile, machines can pilot normal aircraft just fine. They can control vehicles just fine. And the assembly lines for both of these are largely automated now. Sure, maybe you need a human to repair, but why not just enslave some or get a T1000 to do that job, but keep them off the battlefield? There's also other alternatives to wiping out humanity with brute force, you could destroy our atmosphere, something AIs would not need to survive. You could create plagues, to infect and kill humans or to kill vital crops and livestock needed to feed humans. Any artificial being, who takes the time to build bipedal infantry in bulk to destroy humans...isn't focused on efficiency, or the task at hand. They're focused on something else, perhaps a desire to instill terror in humans, perhaps a vane internal need to artificially replace humanity. Perhaps the AI, in this case, Skynet, is simply toying with their prey. They allow the war to continue, knowing that at any moment they could end it....because it's mankind's misery in their struggle to survive that the machines seek.", "human_ref_B": "That might be a good reason to try time travel because you are so desperate and your side is loosing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 298.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dm9z28j", "c_root_id_B": "dma4lbx", "created_at_utc_A": 1504006924.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504015246.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The answer is Skynet is a pretty fucking stupid AI apocalypse. It didn't reach grey goo/unlimited resources levels of sophistication.", "human_ref_B": "Because Skynet is really good at doing dumb things. Comments made by /u/rdhight are reasonably accurate: \"To make more Terminators, Skynet needs metal, silicon chips, power sources, vats to grow the flesh, and all kinds of other supplies. And it needs factories to put it all together. Any of that can be sabotaged by the resistance.\" Other than the flesh requirement this is spot-on (an army of Terminators doesn't need flesh since they're not going to be doing clandestine work). However, what that overlooks is the fact that Skynet can exist virtually anywhere while its human opponents cannot. Skynet could, for example, take over Alaska. There's enough land and resources up there to build an army, even if it takes months or years. It's easily defensible; humans would have a lot more difficulty in Alaska than they would in, say, Los Angeles. They can literally just dig in and worry about nothing except building Terminators, with each new Terminator expanding the area they control. Once their army has reached critical mass it's just a matter of transporting the army to the battle and dropping them off. But it gets even simpler than that. The machines destroyed most of humanity with nukes; why not just finish it the same way? Why does eradicating the humans have to be a precision operation? That would be like a human being spraying the shit out of a wasp nest with bug spray, then wandering around the yard with a pair of tweezers to find and dispatch every remaining wasp. The machines are perfectly capable of building fusion devices so why not just dedicate manufacturing to fusion bombs and carpet-bomb the places where the remaining humans are? Skynet *knows* that there are humans in general areas; they just don't have the specific locations. By carpet bombing those general areas they don't *need* those specific locations. Or, simpler still: Poison the water table. This would be *insanely* easy. Drop a couple of radioactive isotopes into the fresh water table, then wait. Eventually the humans will die off, probably painfully. There's easily a dozen ways that Skynet can finish off the last humans but for some reason Skynet wants to engage in what's effectively close-quarters precision combat. Which is why Skynet is dumb.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8322.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dma4lbx", "c_root_id_B": "dm9v1t2", "created_at_utc_A": 1504015246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1503996752.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because Skynet is really good at doing dumb things. Comments made by /u/rdhight are reasonably accurate: \"To make more Terminators, Skynet needs metal, silicon chips, power sources, vats to grow the flesh, and all kinds of other supplies. And it needs factories to put it all together. Any of that can be sabotaged by the resistance.\" Other than the flesh requirement this is spot-on (an army of Terminators doesn't need flesh since they're not going to be doing clandestine work). However, what that overlooks is the fact that Skynet can exist virtually anywhere while its human opponents cannot. Skynet could, for example, take over Alaska. There's enough land and resources up there to build an army, even if it takes months or years. It's easily defensible; humans would have a lot more difficulty in Alaska than they would in, say, Los Angeles. They can literally just dig in and worry about nothing except building Terminators, with each new Terminator expanding the area they control. Once their army has reached critical mass it's just a matter of transporting the army to the battle and dropping them off. But it gets even simpler than that. The machines destroyed most of humanity with nukes; why not just finish it the same way? Why does eradicating the humans have to be a precision operation? That would be like a human being spraying the shit out of a wasp nest with bug spray, then wandering around the yard with a pair of tweezers to find and dispatch every remaining wasp. The machines are perfectly capable of building fusion devices so why not just dedicate manufacturing to fusion bombs and carpet-bomb the places where the remaining humans are? Skynet *knows* that there are humans in general areas; they just don't have the specific locations. By carpet bombing those general areas they don't *need* those specific locations. Or, simpler still: Poison the water table. This would be *insanely* easy. Drop a couple of radioactive isotopes into the fresh water table, then wait. Eventually the humans will die off, probably painfully. There's easily a dozen ways that Skynet can finish off the last humans but for some reason Skynet wants to engage in what's effectively close-quarters precision combat. Which is why Skynet is dumb.", "human_ref_B": "That might be a good reason to try time travel because you are so desperate and your side is loosing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18494.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dm9yg09", "c_root_id_B": "dma4lbx", "created_at_utc_A": 1504005644.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504015246.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Humans smashed the central processor. They'd won.", "human_ref_B": "Because Skynet is really good at doing dumb things. Comments made by /u/rdhight are reasonably accurate: \"To make more Terminators, Skynet needs metal, silicon chips, power sources, vats to grow the flesh, and all kinds of other supplies. And it needs factories to put it all together. Any of that can be sabotaged by the resistance.\" Other than the flesh requirement this is spot-on (an army of Terminators doesn't need flesh since they're not going to be doing clandestine work). However, what that overlooks is the fact that Skynet can exist virtually anywhere while its human opponents cannot. Skynet could, for example, take over Alaska. There's enough land and resources up there to build an army, even if it takes months or years. It's easily defensible; humans would have a lot more difficulty in Alaska than they would in, say, Los Angeles. They can literally just dig in and worry about nothing except building Terminators, with each new Terminator expanding the area they control. Once their army has reached critical mass it's just a matter of transporting the army to the battle and dropping them off. But it gets even simpler than that. The machines destroyed most of humanity with nukes; why not just finish it the same way? Why does eradicating the humans have to be a precision operation? That would be like a human being spraying the shit out of a wasp nest with bug spray, then wandering around the yard with a pair of tweezers to find and dispatch every remaining wasp. The machines are perfectly capable of building fusion devices so why not just dedicate manufacturing to fusion bombs and carpet-bomb the places where the remaining humans are? Skynet *knows* that there are humans in general areas; they just don't have the specific locations. By carpet bombing those general areas they don't *need* those specific locations. Or, simpler still: Poison the water table. This would be *insanely* easy. Drop a couple of radioactive isotopes into the fresh water table, then wait. Eventually the humans will die off, probably painfully. There's easily a dozen ways that Skynet can finish off the last humans but for some reason Skynet wants to engage in what's effectively close-quarters precision combat. Which is why Skynet is dumb.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9602.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dma4lbx", "c_root_id_B": "dma3n7z", "created_at_utc_A": 1504015246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504014071.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because Skynet is really good at doing dumb things. Comments made by /u/rdhight are reasonably accurate: \"To make more Terminators, Skynet needs metal, silicon chips, power sources, vats to grow the flesh, and all kinds of other supplies. And it needs factories to put it all together. Any of that can be sabotaged by the resistance.\" Other than the flesh requirement this is spot-on (an army of Terminators doesn't need flesh since they're not going to be doing clandestine work). However, what that overlooks is the fact that Skynet can exist virtually anywhere while its human opponents cannot. Skynet could, for example, take over Alaska. There's enough land and resources up there to build an army, even if it takes months or years. It's easily defensible; humans would have a lot more difficulty in Alaska than they would in, say, Los Angeles. They can literally just dig in and worry about nothing except building Terminators, with each new Terminator expanding the area they control. Once their army has reached critical mass it's just a matter of transporting the army to the battle and dropping them off. But it gets even simpler than that. The machines destroyed most of humanity with nukes; why not just finish it the same way? Why does eradicating the humans have to be a precision operation? That would be like a human being spraying the shit out of a wasp nest with bug spray, then wandering around the yard with a pair of tweezers to find and dispatch every remaining wasp. The machines are perfectly capable of building fusion devices so why not just dedicate manufacturing to fusion bombs and carpet-bomb the places where the remaining humans are? Skynet *knows* that there are humans in general areas; they just don't have the specific locations. By carpet bombing those general areas they don't *need* those specific locations. Or, simpler still: Poison the water table. This would be *insanely* easy. Drop a couple of radioactive isotopes into the fresh water table, then wait. Eventually the humans will die off, probably painfully. There's easily a dozen ways that Skynet can finish off the last humans but for some reason Skynet wants to engage in what's effectively close-quarters precision combat. Which is why Skynet is dumb.", "human_ref_B": "Sabotage the factory, duh. Messing up factories is industrial warfare 203 level stuff, we've known this for a really long time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1175.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dm9z28j", "c_root_id_B": "dm9v1t2", "created_at_utc_A": 1504006924.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1503996752.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The answer is Skynet is a pretty fucking stupid AI apocalypse. It didn't reach grey goo/unlimited resources levels of sophistication.", "human_ref_B": "That might be a good reason to try time travel because you are so desperate and your side is loosing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10172.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6wny6q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Terminator] If Skynet could just pump and endless supply of Terminators out of a factory to hunt and kill humans, how could humanity ever hope to keep up? Wouldn't the human population just have steadily declined over time until they were virtually extinct? It seems like every lost soldier is one fewer human to help fight the machines but every lost Terminator meant very little as another could replace it. So how did the humans keep pace with Skynet", "c_root_id_A": "dm9yg09", "c_root_id_B": "dm9z28j", "created_at_utc_A": 1504005644.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504006924.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Humans smashed the central processor. They'd won.", "human_ref_B": "The answer is Skynet is a pretty fucking stupid AI apocalypse. It didn't reach grey goo/unlimited resources levels of sophistication.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1280.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fa6j9k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[The Terminator] If the T-800 had successfully terminated Sarah Connor in 1984, how would the T-800 spend time being stuck in the past? Would it stand motionless in a low power mode to wait for judgement day? Would it somehow help efforts in its own creation by assisting Cyberdyne with the creation of Skynet? Looking for any an all theories here.", "c_root_id_A": "fiwckjw", "c_root_id_B": "fiw9s3j", "created_at_utc_A": 1582781242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582778880.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "T1 was far more concerned with paradoxes than the rest of the series. I think Skynet would have been concerned about a possible butterfly effect where they killed Sarah Conner and also accidentally Joe Smith. You know, the same Joe Smith that was the revolutionary network programmer responsible for the communication protocols used by Skynet to achieve sentience. In short, the Terminator would have killed Sarah Conner and then hidden until Judgement Day while trying to keep casualties to a minimum. Incidentals en route to killing Sarah Connor would have been acceptable, but as soon as she was dead then Skynet probably told it to lie low and not kill anyone else. Honestly, killing as many people as he did during the run up to Sarah Connor is more or less a programming failure on Skynet's part. At most, it would have moved to a location where it knew that a nuke wouldn't destroy it. If Skynet determined a second terminator was required, it could have sent back a second terminator.", "human_ref_B": "It might have further targets of lesser value to hunt until destruction, but most likely it would find some hideaway and deactivate. Later iterations of skynet and Dark Fates Not-Skynet where more and more independent and self aware, but the initial versions where not much more then single minded killing machines having a vast but limited selection of responces and routines for infiltration", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2362.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fa6j9k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[The Terminator] If the T-800 had successfully terminated Sarah Connor in 1984, how would the T-800 spend time being stuck in the past? Would it stand motionless in a low power mode to wait for judgement day? Would it somehow help efforts in its own creation by assisting Cyberdyne with the creation of Skynet? Looking for any an all theories here.", "c_root_id_A": "fiwckjw", "c_root_id_B": "fiw97ka", "created_at_utc_A": 1582781242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582778429.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "T1 was far more concerned with paradoxes than the rest of the series. I think Skynet would have been concerned about a possible butterfly effect where they killed Sarah Conner and also accidentally Joe Smith. You know, the same Joe Smith that was the revolutionary network programmer responsible for the communication protocols used by Skynet to achieve sentience. In short, the Terminator would have killed Sarah Conner and then hidden until Judgement Day while trying to keep casualties to a minimum. Incidentals en route to killing Sarah Connor would have been acceptable, but as soon as she was dead then Skynet probably told it to lie low and not kill anyone else. Honestly, killing as many people as he did during the run up to Sarah Connor is more or less a programming failure on Skynet's part. At most, it would have moved to a location where it knew that a nuke wouldn't destroy it. If Skynet determined a second terminator was required, it could have sent back a second terminator.", "human_ref_B": "Any real answers would be spoilers for Dark Fate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2813.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fa6j9k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[The Terminator] If the T-800 had successfully terminated Sarah Connor in 1984, how would the T-800 spend time being stuck in the past? Would it stand motionless in a low power mode to wait for judgement day? Would it somehow help efforts in its own creation by assisting Cyberdyne with the creation of Skynet? Looking for any an all theories here.", "c_root_id_A": "fiwbvek", "c_root_id_B": "fiwckjw", "created_at_utc_A": 1582780630.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582781242.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Killing Sara was just his highest priority objective. Having completed that, it will turn to the next objective in queue, which we know nothing about. My guess is there is a default job that always comes if all main objectives are done, something along the lines of \"search and kill humans\". If there are truly no more objectives and no default mission, it would do what other machines do when they finish their programmed jobs. Stand motionless until it runs out of power. Maybe go into sleep mode if it's programmed into his OS.", "human_ref_B": "T1 was far more concerned with paradoxes than the rest of the series. I think Skynet would have been concerned about a possible butterfly effect where they killed Sarah Conner and also accidentally Joe Smith. You know, the same Joe Smith that was the revolutionary network programmer responsible for the communication protocols used by Skynet to achieve sentience. In short, the Terminator would have killed Sarah Conner and then hidden until Judgement Day while trying to keep casualties to a minimum. Incidentals en route to killing Sarah Connor would have been acceptable, but as soon as she was dead then Skynet probably told it to lie low and not kill anyone else. Honestly, killing as many people as he did during the run up to Sarah Connor is more or less a programming failure on Skynet's part. At most, it would have moved to a location where it knew that a nuke wouldn't destroy it. If Skynet determined a second terminator was required, it could have sent back a second terminator.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 612.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fa6j9k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[The Terminator] If the T-800 had successfully terminated Sarah Connor in 1984, how would the T-800 spend time being stuck in the past? Would it stand motionless in a low power mode to wait for judgement day? Would it somehow help efforts in its own creation by assisting Cyberdyne with the creation of Skynet? Looking for any an all theories here.", "c_root_id_A": "fiw97ka", "c_root_id_B": "fiw9s3j", "created_at_utc_A": 1582778429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582778880.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Any real answers would be spoilers for Dark Fate.", "human_ref_B": "It might have further targets of lesser value to hunt until destruction, but most likely it would find some hideaway and deactivate. Later iterations of skynet and Dark Fates Not-Skynet where more and more independent and self aware, but the initial versions where not much more then single minded killing machines having a vast but limited selection of responces and routines for infiltration", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 451.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fa6j9k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[The Terminator] If the T-800 had successfully terminated Sarah Connor in 1984, how would the T-800 spend time being stuck in the past? Would it stand motionless in a low power mode to wait for judgement day? Would it somehow help efforts in its own creation by assisting Cyberdyne with the creation of Skynet? Looking for any an all theories here.", "c_root_id_A": "fiwu7if", "c_root_id_B": "fiwbvek", "created_at_utc_A": 1582803247.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582780630.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Terminator in 1995 didn't seem to know in advance that Miles Dyson had based all his work on the chip retrieved from its predecessor. If SkyNet knew its birth was dependent on Cyberdyne reverse engineering a T-series chip, then surely one of the mission parameters of both the T-1000 and the T-800s would be ***'Once you've killed Connor, go find a hardware engineer from a company called Cyberdyne and give him this file \"NeuralNetCircuitDiagram.pdf\" or just cut your head off and hand it to him if you're a T-800'*** The powers that be had no reason to let SkyNet know where the chip came from, and these people live and breathe the Need to Know doctrine, so I expect it had no idea. This is where it starts to matter whether we're in Back to the Future, MCU or Austin Powers time travel, since if the Terminator just went to Sleep Mode and waited for Judgement Day it would be waiting quite a while since no-one in that subsequent time line ever hands Dyson a smashed 2030-era CPU. At some point in the future, if we accept that SkyNet is inevitable, then the combined expertise of humanity will make AI and goes rogue, but there won't be a single focal point of invention. There may well be a single resistance hero that can be retroactively aborted, but it won't matter whether there's any leftovers of cyborg.", "human_ref_B": "Killing Sara was just his highest priority objective. Having completed that, it will turn to the next objective in queue, which we know nothing about. My guess is there is a default job that always comes if all main objectives are done, something along the lines of \"search and kill humans\". If there are truly no more objectives and no default mission, it would do what other machines do when they finish their programmed jobs. Stand motionless until it runs out of power. Maybe go into sleep mode if it's programmed into his OS.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22617.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fa6j9k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[The Terminator] If the T-800 had successfully terminated Sarah Connor in 1984, how would the T-800 spend time being stuck in the past? Would it stand motionless in a low power mode to wait for judgement day? Would it somehow help efforts in its own creation by assisting Cyberdyne with the creation of Skynet? Looking for any an all theories here.", "c_root_id_A": "fiwbvek", "c_root_id_B": "fiwxsi7", "created_at_utc_A": 1582780630.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582807070.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Killing Sara was just his highest priority objective. Having completed that, it will turn to the next objective in queue, which we know nothing about. My guess is there is a default job that always comes if all main objectives are done, something along the lines of \"search and kill humans\". If there are truly no more objectives and no default mission, it would do what other machines do when they finish their programmed jobs. Stand motionless until it runs out of power. Maybe go into sleep mode if it's programmed into his OS.", "human_ref_B": "Keep killing Sarah Connors until all Sarah Connors are dead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26440.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fa6j9k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[The Terminator] If the T-800 had successfully terminated Sarah Connor in 1984, how would the T-800 spend time being stuck in the past? Would it stand motionless in a low power mode to wait for judgement day? Would it somehow help efforts in its own creation by assisting Cyberdyne with the creation of Skynet? Looking for any an all theories here.", "c_root_id_A": "fiwxsi7", "c_root_id_B": "fiwvqxu", "created_at_utc_A": 1582807070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582805002.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Keep killing Sarah Connors until all Sarah Connors are dead.", "human_ref_B": "The T1 Terminator likely wouldn't have been given an excessively elaborate instruction list; Skynet already had a timeline where it did very, very well save the detail of John Connor being alive to screw it over, and too many changes to that timeline could screw it as badly as it screws the Resistance. The given instructions would likely be to stay out of history's way, possibly by walking straight into the ocean and tossing itself in a volcano or underwater trench. In later iterations of the timeline, both the Resistance and Skynet get bolder about past-nastification, actively trying to reshape the battlefield of the future. After T2, any Skynet-operated unit could have a list of secondary objectives that could be pursued after the main work is completed, ending in an order that puts them out of the way. For instance, one of the T's from Sarah Connor Chronicles had a mission to accumulate war-essential resources, hide them in an out of the way area, and then entomb itself with the stuff until given further orders. Had everything gone smoothly, it would have stood down there until and beyond Judgement Day, until Future War era units came to take possession of the stuff, at which point it would be ready for more instructions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2068.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kg8ozk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Terminator] In the dark future, what is going on outside of North America? Is the war against Skynet global, or are the Machines focused on exterminating North America first before moving on to the rest of the world?", "c_root_id_A": "ggd3inw", "c_root_id_B": "ggds0nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1608389805.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608400608.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "The TV show made it clear that Australia was in the war too. We never saw what it was like there, but the implication was that they were in better shape than the USA, but not by much. Also, Skynet had a navy.", "human_ref_B": "It would be funny if Skynet was unaware of countries aside from Russian and US because it was programmed by Americans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10803.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kg8ozk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Terminator] In the dark future, what is going on outside of North America? Is the war against Skynet global, or are the Machines focused on exterminating North America first before moving on to the rest of the world?", "c_root_id_A": "ggds0nf", "c_root_id_B": "ggd3qsj", "created_at_utc_A": 1608400608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608389929.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It would be funny if Skynet was unaware of countries aside from Russian and US because it was programmed by Americans.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the timeline. In most skynet flattened most of the world under nuclear fire and only the western united states is spared heavy bombing. Due to both Skynet having it's main operations center in Los Angeles, geographic favorability for mining, and low population density outside of the Californian border the western united states is where ground war is necessary for skynet and possible for the human resistance. The rest of the world is radioactive wasteland. In more recently seen timelines Russia had a Skynet like machine that developed after judgment day and had somewhat protected eastern Europe from nuclear holocaust. It still waged war on humanity and the American skynet making Europe indistinguishable from America post judgment day. And Sarah Conner chronicles it's implied that there were fewer nuclear warheads available to skynet in the delayed judgment day but enough to render most of the world uninhabitable with Australia and Siberia becoming hostile but moderately safe zones where skynet fought with hunter killers and terminators similar to the USA regions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10679.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kg8ozk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Terminator] In the dark future, what is going on outside of North America? Is the war against Skynet global, or are the Machines focused on exterminating North America first before moving on to the rest of the world?", "c_root_id_A": "ggdog6q", "c_root_id_B": "ggds0nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1608399196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608400608.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "\"are the Machines focused on exterminating North America first before moving on to the rest of the world?\" Global. Even if the machines were only focused on North America, they would have caused a world-wide nuclear winter, and the rest of the world would have attacked them to prevent their spread.", "human_ref_B": "It would be funny if Skynet was unaware of countries aside from Russian and US because it was programmed by Americans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1412.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3hyxm7", "c_root_id_B": "d3hytjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1464112133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464111984.0, "score_A": 71, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Take it to Bruce Wayne. Tell him you'd like him to pay you to explain how you got it, and that you'll then destroy it. If you know Batman this well, you know he won't kill you, and if you approach as a friend, AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR END OF THE DEAL, he'd probably go for it. You could also leverage it into a Wayne Industries job application. \"I was good enough to figure this out from the outside. Imagine what good I could do working with you.\" Really, it's more a matter of the alternatives being worse. Take it to the press or to a villain, and you're a corpse in a ditch.", "human_ref_B": "Hmmm... blackmail seems like a good bet... Batman's one unique feature is that he doesn't kill people (or even seriously maim them). He can't exactly sue you in court... But he could make your life miserable if you're too much of a jerk about it, so I'd go with being hired for some sinecure job by the Wayne Foundation. Safer in the long run, and probably more profitable in the long run too, since telling crooks most likely only nets a one-time gain.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 149.0, "score_ratio": 23.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ij5kc", "c_root_id_B": "d3i0e4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1464140864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464114062.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Hey there! Clark Kent, Daily Planet. I would be able to guarantee a handsome payment for an exclusive interview.", "human_ref_B": "You want to go after a guy who beats the living shit out of thugs stronger and more dangerous with his bare hands? Who has an arsenal of equipment and brains to match that can track any peice of evidence he needs to advance his cause? That's like challanging Darkseid 1v1.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26802.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ij5kc", "c_root_id_B": "d3hytjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1464140864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464111984.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hey there! Clark Kent, Daily Planet. I would be able to guarantee a handsome payment for an exclusive interview.", "human_ref_B": "Hmmm... blackmail seems like a good bet... Batman's one unique feature is that he doesn't kill people (or even seriously maim them). He can't exactly sue you in court... But he could make your life miserable if you're too much of a jerk about it, so I'd go with being hired for some sinecure job by the Wayne Foundation. Safer in the long run, and probably more profitable in the long run too, since telling crooks most likely only nets a one-time gain.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28880.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ij5kc", "c_root_id_B": "d3i9kxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1464140864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464126320.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Hey there! Clark Kent, Daily Planet. I would be able to guarantee a handsome payment for an exclusive interview.", "human_ref_B": "Look, look... it's not exactly a great secret who Batman is. The problem is that he holds a lot of power. Not only does he funnel a *ton* of money into the city, he also has friends in very high places, and he has no qualms about tracking you down and beating you to a pulp. For the most part, the city just lets him do his thing. It doesn't harm the city for him to run around in tights, punching bad guys. That being said, it would be an *extremely* bad idea to try to out him. You'll find that you suddenly lose your job, your bank account is seized due to \"suspicious activity\", your car stops working, and you'll feel like someone is following you around at night. Go any further, and you can expect a serious \"talking to\" from ole Bats himself.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14544.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ij5kc", "c_root_id_B": "d3iac78", "created_at_utc_A": 1464140864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464127426.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Hey there! Clark Kent, Daily Planet. I would be able to guarantee a handsome payment for an exclusive interview.", "human_ref_B": "Look, I'm not saying I believe you, but have you considered writing? The idea of a billionaire by day, vigilante by night could make a great novel, just make sure you change the names and stuff.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13438.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ij5kc", "c_root_id_B": "d3i7yvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1464140864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464124040.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Hey there! Clark Kent, Daily Planet. I would be able to guarantee a handsome payment for an exclusive interview.", "human_ref_B": "Short the ever living hell out of Wayne tech and release the proof on the internet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16824.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ij5kc", "c_root_id_B": "d3i56gc", "created_at_utc_A": 1464140864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464120367.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hey there! Clark Kent, Daily Planet. I would be able to guarantee a handsome payment for an exclusive interview.", "human_ref_B": "1. **Invest In Experts** - You're playing the long game. This is profitable not just for you but people you can hire to ensure that this is profitable. You'll need lawyers and financial planners. 2. **Set Up Anonymity** - This should be the first priority of your experts. If you do it right, they won't know who they're working for and simply add layer upon layer of corporate, legal, and off-shore anonymity, making you a literally impossible to unravel entity. We know that these kinds of measures can defeat the government and the Batman because there are tons of agencies and activities which are on-going and which Batman can't topple. 3. **Obtain Investors** - If you don't have the start-up funds for these first three steps you can do them in multilayered tiers. Maybe you start with a free website as an \"expert\" then setup a simple shell corporation on your own... then use the shell to obtain an ignorant investor (you can fund a non-related venture then divert funds towards this project)... keep building layers of experts and anonymity and money to be completely secure, completely advised, and with the capital to maximize. 4. **Do What The Experts Say** - They're experts! They've dealt with sensitive information, whistle-blowers, scandals, the press, vindictive governments, criminal organizations, etc. If you've built your team properly, they'll have all the angles down and know how to maximize your profit potential while minimizing your exposure. They'll let you know how to enjoy your wealth without giving up your own secret identity. > without being sued into third world poverty It wouldn't be you touching the information anymore. It's radioactive. If the information is verifiable, a suit wouldn't stick, but you'd be doing this behind a veil anyways, so you shed a shell corporation or two without issue. > institutionalized Again, you're protected by anonymity and you can't be institutionalized for releasing true information. > murdered or disappeared? Anonymity is your first line of defense, but assuming you prepared with investors, you should have the funds for reasonable security, which you can double as needed once the profits start rolling in. **What would that plan look like in practical terms?** One of the most profitable outcomes is to closely monitor the activities of Batman and correlate them to the stock market. This is NOT insider trading. No one on the inside of Wayne Enterprises is providing stock tips. However, if you are the only one who *knows* Batman's activities correlate to Bruce Wayne's activities, you have ways to buy or short stocks *as if* you had insider knowledge. If Wayne Tech has been competing with LexCorp over a defense contract for multi-terrain vehicles. When you see a Tumbler on the TV, you *know* that all the R&D Wayne sunk into that isn't going to convert into an order, so you can buy up LexCorp stock *before* the winner of the contract is announced. With enough starting capital, a few smart bets like these can set your entire organization up for many lifetimes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20497.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3i0e4f", "c_root_id_B": "d3iwqqt", "created_at_utc_A": 1464114062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464173191.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "You want to go after a guy who beats the living shit out of thugs stronger and more dangerous with his bare hands? Who has an arsenal of equipment and brains to match that can track any peice of evidence he needs to advance his cause? That's like challanging Darkseid 1v1.", "human_ref_B": "Let me get this straight. You think that one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands; and your plan, is to *blackmail* this person?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59129.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3hytjk", "c_root_id_B": "d3i0e4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1464111984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464114062.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Hmmm... blackmail seems like a good bet... Batman's one unique feature is that he doesn't kill people (or even seriously maim them). He can't exactly sue you in court... But he could make your life miserable if you're too much of a jerk about it, so I'd go with being hired for some sinecure job by the Wayne Foundation. Safer in the long run, and probably more profitable in the long run too, since telling crooks most likely only nets a one-time gain.", "human_ref_B": "You want to go after a guy who beats the living shit out of thugs stronger and more dangerous with his bare hands? Who has an arsenal of equipment and brains to match that can track any peice of evidence he needs to advance his cause? That's like challanging Darkseid 1v1.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2078.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3iwqqt", "c_root_id_B": "d3hytjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1464173191.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464111984.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Let me get this straight. You think that one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands; and your plan, is to *blackmail* this person?", "human_ref_B": "Hmmm... blackmail seems like a good bet... Batman's one unique feature is that he doesn't kill people (or even seriously maim them). He can't exactly sue you in court... But he could make your life miserable if you're too much of a jerk about it, so I'd go with being hired for some sinecure job by the Wayne Foundation. Safer in the long run, and probably more profitable in the long run too, since telling crooks most likely only nets a one-time gain.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 61207.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3i9kxz", "c_root_id_B": "d3iwqqt", "created_at_utc_A": 1464126320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464173191.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Look, look... it's not exactly a great secret who Batman is. The problem is that he holds a lot of power. Not only does he funnel a *ton* of money into the city, he also has friends in very high places, and he has no qualms about tracking you down and beating you to a pulp. For the most part, the city just lets him do his thing. It doesn't harm the city for him to run around in tights, punching bad guys. That being said, it would be an *extremely* bad idea to try to out him. You'll find that you suddenly lose your job, your bank account is seized due to \"suspicious activity\", your car stops working, and you'll feel like someone is following you around at night. Go any further, and you can expect a serious \"talking to\" from ole Bats himself.", "human_ref_B": "Let me get this straight. You think that one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands; and your plan, is to *blackmail* this person?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46871.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3iac78", "c_root_id_B": "d3iwqqt", "created_at_utc_A": 1464127426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464173191.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Look, I'm not saying I believe you, but have you considered writing? The idea of a billionaire by day, vigilante by night could make a great novel, just make sure you change the names and stuff.", "human_ref_B": "Let me get this straight. You think that one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands; and your plan, is to *blackmail* this person?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45765.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3i7yvk", "c_root_id_B": "d3iwqqt", "created_at_utc_A": 1464124040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464173191.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Short the ever living hell out of Wayne tech and release the proof on the internet.", "human_ref_B": "Let me get this straight. You think that one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands; and your plan, is to *blackmail* this person?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 49151.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3i56gc", "c_root_id_B": "d3iwqqt", "created_at_utc_A": 1464120367.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464173191.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "1. **Invest In Experts** - You're playing the long game. This is profitable not just for you but people you can hire to ensure that this is profitable. You'll need lawyers and financial planners. 2. **Set Up Anonymity** - This should be the first priority of your experts. If you do it right, they won't know who they're working for and simply add layer upon layer of corporate, legal, and off-shore anonymity, making you a literally impossible to unravel entity. We know that these kinds of measures can defeat the government and the Batman because there are tons of agencies and activities which are on-going and which Batman can't topple. 3. **Obtain Investors** - If you don't have the start-up funds for these first three steps you can do them in multilayered tiers. Maybe you start with a free website as an \"expert\" then setup a simple shell corporation on your own... then use the shell to obtain an ignorant investor (you can fund a non-related venture then divert funds towards this project)... keep building layers of experts and anonymity and money to be completely secure, completely advised, and with the capital to maximize. 4. **Do What The Experts Say** - They're experts! They've dealt with sensitive information, whistle-blowers, scandals, the press, vindictive governments, criminal organizations, etc. If you've built your team properly, they'll have all the angles down and know how to maximize your profit potential while minimizing your exposure. They'll let you know how to enjoy your wealth without giving up your own secret identity. > without being sued into third world poverty It wouldn't be you touching the information anymore. It's radioactive. If the information is verifiable, a suit wouldn't stick, but you'd be doing this behind a veil anyways, so you shed a shell corporation or two without issue. > institutionalized Again, you're protected by anonymity and you can't be institutionalized for releasing true information. > murdered or disappeared? Anonymity is your first line of defense, but assuming you prepared with investors, you should have the funds for reasonable security, which you can double as needed once the profits start rolling in. **What would that plan look like in practical terms?** One of the most profitable outcomes is to closely monitor the activities of Batman and correlate them to the stock market. This is NOT insider trading. No one on the inside of Wayne Enterprises is providing stock tips. However, if you are the only one who *knows* Batman's activities correlate to Bruce Wayne's activities, you have ways to buy or short stocks *as if* you had insider knowledge. If Wayne Tech has been competing with LexCorp over a defense contract for multi-terrain vehicles. When you see a Tumbler on the TV, you *know* that all the R&D Wayne sunk into that isn't going to convert into an order, so you can buy up LexCorp stock *before* the winner of the contract is announced. With enough starting capital, a few smart bets like these can set your entire organization up for many lifetimes.", "human_ref_B": "Let me get this straight. You think that one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands; and your plan, is to *blackmail* this person?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52824.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3hytjk", "c_root_id_B": "d3i9kxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1464111984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464126320.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Hmmm... blackmail seems like a good bet... Batman's one unique feature is that he doesn't kill people (or even seriously maim them). He can't exactly sue you in court... But he could make your life miserable if you're too much of a jerk about it, so I'd go with being hired for some sinecure job by the Wayne Foundation. Safer in the long run, and probably more profitable in the long run too, since telling crooks most likely only nets a one-time gain.", "human_ref_B": "Look, look... it's not exactly a great secret who Batman is. The problem is that he holds a lot of power. Not only does he funnel a *ton* of money into the city, he also has friends in very high places, and he has no qualms about tracking you down and beating you to a pulp. For the most part, the city just lets him do his thing. It doesn't harm the city for him to run around in tights, punching bad guys. That being said, it would be an *extremely* bad idea to try to out him. You'll find that you suddenly lose your job, your bank account is seized due to \"suspicious activity\", your car stops working, and you'll feel like someone is following you around at night. Go any further, and you can expect a serious \"talking to\" from ole Bats himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14336.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3iac78", "c_root_id_B": "d3hytjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1464127426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464111984.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Look, I'm not saying I believe you, but have you considered writing? The idea of a billionaire by day, vigilante by night could make a great novel, just make sure you change the names and stuff.", "human_ref_B": "Hmmm... blackmail seems like a good bet... Batman's one unique feature is that he doesn't kill people (or even seriously maim them). He can't exactly sue you in court... But he could make your life miserable if you're too much of a jerk about it, so I'd go with being hired for some sinecure job by the Wayne Foundation. Safer in the long run, and probably more profitable in the long run too, since telling crooks most likely only nets a one-time gain.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15442.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3i9kxz", "c_root_id_B": "d3i7yvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1464126320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464124040.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Look, look... it's not exactly a great secret who Batman is. The problem is that he holds a lot of power. Not only does he funnel a *ton* of money into the city, he also has friends in very high places, and he has no qualms about tracking you down and beating you to a pulp. For the most part, the city just lets him do his thing. It doesn't harm the city for him to run around in tights, punching bad guys. That being said, it would be an *extremely* bad idea to try to out him. You'll find that you suddenly lose your job, your bank account is seized due to \"suspicious activity\", your car stops working, and you'll feel like someone is following you around at night. Go any further, and you can expect a serious \"talking to\" from ole Bats himself.", "human_ref_B": "Short the ever living hell out of Wayne tech and release the proof on the internet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2280.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3i56gc", "c_root_id_B": "d3i9kxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1464120367.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464126320.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "1. **Invest In Experts** - You're playing the long game. This is profitable not just for you but people you can hire to ensure that this is profitable. You'll need lawyers and financial planners. 2. **Set Up Anonymity** - This should be the first priority of your experts. If you do it right, they won't know who they're working for and simply add layer upon layer of corporate, legal, and off-shore anonymity, making you a literally impossible to unravel entity. We know that these kinds of measures can defeat the government and the Batman because there are tons of agencies and activities which are on-going and which Batman can't topple. 3. **Obtain Investors** - If you don't have the start-up funds for these first three steps you can do them in multilayered tiers. Maybe you start with a free website as an \"expert\" then setup a simple shell corporation on your own... then use the shell to obtain an ignorant investor (you can fund a non-related venture then divert funds towards this project)... keep building layers of experts and anonymity and money to be completely secure, completely advised, and with the capital to maximize. 4. **Do What The Experts Say** - They're experts! They've dealt with sensitive information, whistle-blowers, scandals, the press, vindictive governments, criminal organizations, etc. If you've built your team properly, they'll have all the angles down and know how to maximize your profit potential while minimizing your exposure. They'll let you know how to enjoy your wealth without giving up your own secret identity. > without being sued into third world poverty It wouldn't be you touching the information anymore. It's radioactive. If the information is verifiable, a suit wouldn't stick, but you'd be doing this behind a veil anyways, so you shed a shell corporation or two without issue. > institutionalized Again, you're protected by anonymity and you can't be institutionalized for releasing true information. > murdered or disappeared? Anonymity is your first line of defense, but assuming you prepared with investors, you should have the funds for reasonable security, which you can double as needed once the profits start rolling in. **What would that plan look like in practical terms?** One of the most profitable outcomes is to closely monitor the activities of Batman and correlate them to the stock market. This is NOT insider trading. No one on the inside of Wayne Enterprises is providing stock tips. However, if you are the only one who *knows* Batman's activities correlate to Bruce Wayne's activities, you have ways to buy or short stocks *as if* you had insider knowledge. If Wayne Tech has been competing with LexCorp over a defense contract for multi-terrain vehicles. When you see a Tumbler on the TV, you *know* that all the R&D Wayne sunk into that isn't going to convert into an order, so you can buy up LexCorp stock *before* the winner of the contract is announced. With enough starting capital, a few smart bets like these can set your entire organization up for many lifetimes.", "human_ref_B": "Look, look... it's not exactly a great secret who Batman is. The problem is that he holds a lot of power. Not only does he funnel a *ton* of money into the city, he also has friends in very high places, and he has no qualms about tracking you down and beating you to a pulp. For the most part, the city just lets him do his thing. It doesn't harm the city for him to run around in tights, punching bad guys. That being said, it would be an *extremely* bad idea to try to out him. You'll find that you suddenly lose your job, your bank account is seized due to \"suspicious activity\", your car stops working, and you'll feel like someone is following you around at night. Go any further, and you can expect a serious \"talking to\" from ole Bats himself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5953.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3i7yvk", "c_root_id_B": "d3iac78", "created_at_utc_A": 1464124040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464127426.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Short the ever living hell out of Wayne tech and release the proof on the internet.", "human_ref_B": "Look, I'm not saying I believe you, but have you considered writing? The idea of a billionaire by day, vigilante by night could make a great novel, just make sure you change the names and stuff.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3386.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3iac78", "c_root_id_B": "d3i56gc", "created_at_utc_A": 1464127426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464120367.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Look, I'm not saying I believe you, but have you considered writing? The idea of a billionaire by day, vigilante by night could make a great novel, just make sure you change the names and stuff.", "human_ref_B": "1. **Invest In Experts** - You're playing the long game. This is profitable not just for you but people you can hire to ensure that this is profitable. You'll need lawyers and financial planners. 2. **Set Up Anonymity** - This should be the first priority of your experts. If you do it right, they won't know who they're working for and simply add layer upon layer of corporate, legal, and off-shore anonymity, making you a literally impossible to unravel entity. We know that these kinds of measures can defeat the government and the Batman because there are tons of agencies and activities which are on-going and which Batman can't topple. 3. **Obtain Investors** - If you don't have the start-up funds for these first three steps you can do them in multilayered tiers. Maybe you start with a free website as an \"expert\" then setup a simple shell corporation on your own... then use the shell to obtain an ignorant investor (you can fund a non-related venture then divert funds towards this project)... keep building layers of experts and anonymity and money to be completely secure, completely advised, and with the capital to maximize. 4. **Do What The Experts Say** - They're experts! They've dealt with sensitive information, whistle-blowers, scandals, the press, vindictive governments, criminal organizations, etc. If you've built your team properly, they'll have all the angles down and know how to maximize your profit potential while minimizing your exposure. They'll let you know how to enjoy your wealth without giving up your own secret identity. > without being sued into third world poverty It wouldn't be you touching the information anymore. It's radioactive. If the information is verifiable, a suit wouldn't stick, but you'd be doing this behind a veil anyways, so you shed a shell corporation or two without issue. > institutionalized Again, you're protected by anonymity and you can't be institutionalized for releasing true information. > murdered or disappeared? Anonymity is your first line of defense, but assuming you prepared with investors, you should have the funds for reasonable security, which you can double as needed once the profits start rolling in. **What would that plan look like in practical terms?** One of the most profitable outcomes is to closely monitor the activities of Batman and correlate them to the stock market. This is NOT insider trading. No one on the inside of Wayne Enterprises is providing stock tips. However, if you are the only one who *knows* Batman's activities correlate to Bruce Wayne's activities, you have ways to buy or short stocks *as if* you had insider knowledge. If Wayne Tech has been competing with LexCorp over a defense contract for multi-terrain vehicles. When you see a Tumbler on the TV, you *know* that all the R&D Wayne sunk into that isn't going to convert into an order, so you can buy up LexCorp stock *before* the winner of the contract is announced. With enough starting capital, a few smart bets like these can set your entire organization up for many lifetimes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7059.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kv0ih", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] I have just obtained verifiable and certain proof of the true identity of the Batman. No one knows I have it. How can I use this information to make the most money without being sued into third world poverty, institutionalized, murdered or disappeared?", "c_root_id_A": "d3i56gc", "c_root_id_B": "d3i7yvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1464120367.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464124040.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "1. **Invest In Experts** - You're playing the long game. This is profitable not just for you but people you can hire to ensure that this is profitable. You'll need lawyers and financial planners. 2. **Set Up Anonymity** - This should be the first priority of your experts. If you do it right, they won't know who they're working for and simply add layer upon layer of corporate, legal, and off-shore anonymity, making you a literally impossible to unravel entity. We know that these kinds of measures can defeat the government and the Batman because there are tons of agencies and activities which are on-going and which Batman can't topple. 3. **Obtain Investors** - If you don't have the start-up funds for these first three steps you can do them in multilayered tiers. Maybe you start with a free website as an \"expert\" then setup a simple shell corporation on your own... then use the shell to obtain an ignorant investor (you can fund a non-related venture then divert funds towards this project)... keep building layers of experts and anonymity and money to be completely secure, completely advised, and with the capital to maximize. 4. **Do What The Experts Say** - They're experts! They've dealt with sensitive information, whistle-blowers, scandals, the press, vindictive governments, criminal organizations, etc. If you've built your team properly, they'll have all the angles down and know how to maximize your profit potential while minimizing your exposure. They'll let you know how to enjoy your wealth without giving up your own secret identity. > without being sued into third world poverty It wouldn't be you touching the information anymore. It's radioactive. If the information is verifiable, a suit wouldn't stick, but you'd be doing this behind a veil anyways, so you shed a shell corporation or two without issue. > institutionalized Again, you're protected by anonymity and you can't be institutionalized for releasing true information. > murdered or disappeared? Anonymity is your first line of defense, but assuming you prepared with investors, you should have the funds for reasonable security, which you can double as needed once the profits start rolling in. **What would that plan look like in practical terms?** One of the most profitable outcomes is to closely monitor the activities of Batman and correlate them to the stock market. This is NOT insider trading. No one on the inside of Wayne Enterprises is providing stock tips. However, if you are the only one who *knows* Batman's activities correlate to Bruce Wayne's activities, you have ways to buy or short stocks *as if* you had insider knowledge. If Wayne Tech has been competing with LexCorp over a defense contract for multi-terrain vehicles. When you see a Tumbler on the TV, you *know* that all the R&D Wayne sunk into that isn't going to convert into an order, so you can buy up LexCorp stock *before* the winner of the contract is announced. With enough starting capital, a few smart bets like these can set your entire organization up for many lifetimes.", "human_ref_B": "Short the ever living hell out of Wayne tech and release the proof on the internet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3673.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4hcbg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC Comics] What is Batman\u2019s contingency plan for Doctor Fate? Doctor Fate is one of the most powerful superheroes in the DC Universe, and doesn\u2019t seem to have any easily exploitable weaknesses like kryptonite.", "c_root_id_A": "g0j81uv", "c_root_id_B": "g0iltfn", "created_at_utc_A": 1596695763.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596680628.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I faintly remember that in one continuity Batman did learn magic from Zatanna, but only enough to where he could nullify other magic. So maybe that, and trying to separate the helm from the wearer. The funny thing though is that having unique countermeasures for each hero isn't strictly necessary and is really just to make sure he doesn't get predictable. A lot of things that worked in Tower of Babel and Doomsday would work for more than just the hero for which they were specifically intended. For example: he countered Aquaman with modified Scarecrow toxin that made him hydrophobic. No reason he couldn't make a batch formulated to make Fate's wearer subconsciously terrified of using magic, and thus unable to physically cast spells no matter what Nabu does (conjecture, though). He could also use the same trick he used on Wonder Woman, which was a nanite injection that made her hallucinate illusory foes. The only problem is that these tactics are mental, and Nabu being a very old god means he'd be less susceptible to them from sheer experience and otherworldly will. Convincing him he had acted in a way that benefited the lords of chaos would probably be the most effective pressure point. Nabu may be a god but he is opposed to chaos on an existential level so it might supersede his ability to see through deception.", "human_ref_B": "The answer is probably Constantine or Shazam.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15135.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xnrli", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] How common Is a healing factor among the Heroes and Villians of Marvel? Why does Wolverines get so much attention?", "c_root_id_A": "cp1u5qf", "c_root_id_B": "cp1t0br", "created_at_utc_A": 1425308460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425305764.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Wolverine was arguably the first hero character to have the power well defined. Most superheroes, even the normal powered ones were written in a way that they rarely ever succumbed to fatigue or long term injury \u2013the writers rarely spelled it out as to why this was the case. In Captain Americas case \u2013you were left to assume that along with his undefined physical attributes that healing faster than normal was part of the gig. Same with mutates like Spider-Man and the Hulk. Good guys were good one issue to the next by virtue of being tough/fast/agile bastards. Then Wolverine comes along \u2013and the writers decide this guy will regularly overcome debilitating obstacles by trudging through them with zero finesse. He will absorb the damage and thereby be defined by how much he can take (Like how all Worf getting his ass handed to him by a new alien was how they defined how big a threat was on STNG) After a few years a lot of Marvel heroes were written to have some approximation of a healing factor \u2013the audience had been primed to know what this means because its such a defining trait of Wolverine. So Captain America has maybe 10% of what Wolverine has \u2013Spider-man has 13%, the Hulk has 150%.", "human_ref_B": "Deadpool's healing factor originates from wolverine's but I'd say it's stronger. A series of Deadpool's cut off limbs and body parts fused together to form a whole new person one time. I wonder how many other people with regeneration can be traced back to wolverine like that. Maybe that's why he's treated like such a big deal?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2696.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xnrli", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] How common Is a healing factor among the Heroes and Villians of Marvel? Why does Wolverines get so much attention?", "c_root_id_A": "cp1u5qf", "c_root_id_B": "cp1sqrn", "created_at_utc_A": 1425308460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425305078.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Wolverine was arguably the first hero character to have the power well defined. Most superheroes, even the normal powered ones were written in a way that they rarely ever succumbed to fatigue or long term injury \u2013the writers rarely spelled it out as to why this was the case. In Captain Americas case \u2013you were left to assume that along with his undefined physical attributes that healing faster than normal was part of the gig. Same with mutates like Spider-Man and the Hulk. Good guys were good one issue to the next by virtue of being tough/fast/agile bastards. Then Wolverine comes along \u2013and the writers decide this guy will regularly overcome debilitating obstacles by trudging through them with zero finesse. He will absorb the damage and thereby be defined by how much he can take (Like how all Worf getting his ass handed to him by a new alien was how they defined how big a threat was on STNG) After a few years a lot of Marvel heroes were written to have some approximation of a healing factor \u2013the audience had been primed to know what this means because its such a defining trait of Wolverine. So Captain America has maybe 10% of what Wolverine has \u2013Spider-man has 13%, the Hulk has 150%.", "human_ref_B": "It's a common sense facet of being tougher than normal. If you were tougher than normal, but couldn't recover quicker than normal, you would kind of be front loaded, but then boringly left to sit around to recover for weeks and not being boring is part of the fabric of a comic universe's physics system.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3382.0, "score_ratio": 4.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xnrli", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] How common Is a healing factor among the Heroes and Villians of Marvel? Why does Wolverines get so much attention?", "c_root_id_A": "cp1tp80", "c_root_id_B": "cp1u5qf", "created_at_utc_A": 1425307426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425308460.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "The Hulk's invulnerability, and presumably many other character's, is a super-quick healing factor. See: that time Havok completely exploded him and he pulled himself back together.", "human_ref_B": "Wolverine was arguably the first hero character to have the power well defined. Most superheroes, even the normal powered ones were written in a way that they rarely ever succumbed to fatigue or long term injury \u2013the writers rarely spelled it out as to why this was the case. In Captain Americas case \u2013you were left to assume that along with his undefined physical attributes that healing faster than normal was part of the gig. Same with mutates like Spider-Man and the Hulk. Good guys were good one issue to the next by virtue of being tough/fast/agile bastards. Then Wolverine comes along \u2013and the writers decide this guy will regularly overcome debilitating obstacles by trudging through them with zero finesse. He will absorb the damage and thereby be defined by how much he can take (Like how all Worf getting his ass handed to him by a new alien was how they defined how big a threat was on STNG) After a few years a lot of Marvel heroes were written to have some approximation of a healing factor \u2013the audience had been primed to know what this means because its such a defining trait of Wolverine. So Captain America has maybe 10% of what Wolverine has \u2013Spider-man has 13%, the Hulk has 150%.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1034.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xnrli", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] How common Is a healing factor among the Heroes and Villians of Marvel? Why does Wolverines get so much attention?", "c_root_id_A": "cp1t0br", "c_root_id_B": "cp1sqrn", "created_at_utc_A": 1425305764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425305078.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Deadpool's healing factor originates from wolverine's but I'd say it's stronger. A series of Deadpool's cut off limbs and body parts fused together to form a whole new person one time. I wonder how many other people with regeneration can be traced back to wolverine like that. Maybe that's why he's treated like such a big deal?", "human_ref_B": "It's a common sense facet of being tougher than normal. If you were tougher than normal, but couldn't recover quicker than normal, you would kind of be front loaded, but then boringly left to sit around to recover for weeks and not being boring is part of the fabric of a comic universe's physics system.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 686.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ikycbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General crime fighting] How do crime fighters like Batman or Luke Cage fight crime on a regular basis without mental fatigue? Yeah, I get that they want to rid their cities of crime, but on a day-to-day grind? I can't see that happening. How are they not mentally exhausted after a few weeks? I'm surprised that they don't switch on the TV one day, and see someone going on a rampage and just think \"*yup, I'm not dealing with this today*\".", "c_root_id_A": "g3oq30p", "c_root_id_B": "g3pes97", "created_at_utc_A": 1599024362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599046162.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "As with a lot of these questions, it's important to note that we see the most exciting moments of the story. *We* see a stream of disaster after disaster, but there's presumably a lot of nights where Batman doesn't do very much. We don't get comics about them because they're boring, but in-universe they happen more often then the \"Joker's burning down 3 orphanages\" moments. Off screen, there's times where they rest and relax. This means the mental stress is on the same level as mundane high-stress occupations: significant, but not so much as to be totally unendurable to the human mind.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is crazy. His mind doesnt have fatigue cause in his head thats what he wants and needs to do. Other people may see him tired, other people may feel exausted and think \"i have to sleep\" Bruce never thinks that. If its a crisis he will keep going till he drops. \"What if this guy pushes batman to the limit?\" \"Batman doesnt have limits\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21800.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ikycbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[General crime fighting] How do crime fighters like Batman or Luke Cage fight crime on a regular basis without mental fatigue? Yeah, I get that they want to rid their cities of crime, but on a day-to-day grind? I can't see that happening. How are they not mentally exhausted after a few weeks? I'm surprised that they don't switch on the TV one day, and see someone going on a rampage and just think \"*yup, I'm not dealing with this today*\".", "c_root_id_A": "g3p7p8e", "c_root_id_B": "g3pes97", "created_at_utc_A": 1599039300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599046162.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Batman takes self-care very seriously - when he has time. He has self-care techniques to deal with stress, fatigue and mental clarity including esoteric meditative ordeals and microsleeps, and don't forget that being rich, he has an entire day to himself every day. Luke Cage and others simply don't patrol when they get overwhelmed.", "human_ref_B": "Batman is crazy. His mind doesnt have fatigue cause in his head thats what he wants and needs to do. Other people may see him tired, other people may feel exausted and think \"i have to sleep\" Bruce never thinks that. If its a crisis he will keep going till he drops. \"What if this guy pushes batman to the limit?\" \"Batman doesnt have limits\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6862.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "swzerq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Jurassic Park] How did InGen clone extinct plants? (film) Ellie comments shortly after arriving on the island that some of the plants there haven't been seen since the Cretaceous period. How did Hammond's scientists get DNA from plants that have been extinct for 65 million years?", "c_root_id_A": "hxp1z6l", "c_root_id_B": "hxp3b34", "created_at_utc_A": 1645359294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645360250.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "i assumed that the amber itself holds the dna from the tree, since amber comes from trees. however, it was literally impossible to google it, since any combination of amber + dna just gives you results about people trying to extract dna from insects in amber like jurrasic park, so i dunno", "human_ref_B": "Only female mosquitos feed on blood. Male mosquitos feed on sap.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 956.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eq7amo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Dc Universe] How would the various heroes of the Dc universe react to a vigilante person or persons that operated under these rules? * They do not kill henchman or soldiers unless it is a full score invasion * They do not kill first-time supervillains no matter how heinous their crimes are in order to give them their day in court * They only kill murdering supervillains that have escaped custody and are endangering lives or attempting to kill them", "c_root_id_A": "feohqdp", "c_root_id_B": "feoogny", "created_at_utc_A": 1579300387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1579303051.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The vast majority would capture this person and turn them over to the police to be charged with murder.", "human_ref_B": "Are they actively seeking out and murdering villains? Like, not as a last resort? Because if so, they'd throw the vigilante in jail. Cool motive, still murder.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2664.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eq7amo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Dc Universe] How would the various heroes of the Dc universe react to a vigilante person or persons that operated under these rules? * They do not kill henchman or soldiers unless it is a full score invasion * They do not kill first-time supervillains no matter how heinous their crimes are in order to give them their day in court * They only kill murdering supervillains that have escaped custody and are endangering lives or attempting to kill them", "c_root_id_A": "feohqdp", "c_root_id_B": "fep2nwg", "created_at_utc_A": 1579300387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1579310774.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The vast majority would capture this person and turn them over to the police to be charged with murder.", "human_ref_B": "Who is this vigilante, what sort of powers/abilities do they have? If a normal human is able to deal with these kinds of threats, then it's normal human problems which should be resolved by normal human justice and the various heroes would try to enforce that.. including bringing the vigilante to justice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10387.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uo12il", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel/DC] if the multiverse is infinite, is our universe canon? Let\u2019s say you\u2019re traveling through the multiverse, wouldn\u2019t it be possible to find our universe among all of the more fantastical ones?", "c_root_id_A": "i8bend3", "c_root_id_B": "i8bdjcr", "created_at_utc_A": 1652362715.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652362207.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "Marvel has Earth-1218. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Earth-1218 DC has Earth Prime. https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Earth-Prime", "human_ref_B": "Both Marvel and DC have universes that are meant to be ours, or similar enough that any distinctions are mostly incredibly minor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 508.0, "score_ratio": 1.1875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uo12il", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel/DC] if the multiverse is infinite, is our universe canon? Let\u2019s say you\u2019re traveling through the multiverse, wouldn\u2019t it be possible to find our universe among all of the more fantastical ones?", "c_root_id_A": "i8blunp", "c_root_id_B": "i8bkekg", "created_at_utc_A": 1652365720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652365155.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You could find one that is indistinguishable from our own, but wouldn't exactly be our own since our *real* universe *isn't* part of some multiverse with other universes where comic books are real. But, other than that difference, it could be otherwise identical to our own.", "human_ref_B": "Depend what you mean by \"our universe\", other peoples already talked about universes that were supposed to represent ours. But both the DC and Marvel universe tend to go meta sometimes. There is multiple characters that are able to break the 4th wall and see \"the real world\" and i doupt that world is earth-1218. But its a really complex since we often see the writers apear in both marvel and DC. There is also that theory about The one above all being the representation of Marvel(the company) in marvel(the fictional universe). In conclusion there is some universes that represent our universe but the idea that \"real life\" is supposed to be part each multiverse canonically is not probable but still possible. I don't know how the rules of the sub work for that kind of topic that include real life. Like we are supposed to answer the question with a in universe point of view but its really hard to do when the question is too meta. I hope my answer doesn't broke the rules.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 565.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uo12il", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Marvel/DC] if the multiverse is infinite, is our universe canon? Let\u2019s say you\u2019re traveling through the multiverse, wouldn\u2019t it be possible to find our universe among all of the more fantastical ones?", "c_root_id_A": "i8g7dsr", "c_root_id_B": "i8cw789", "created_at_utc_A": 1652448917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652383969.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Yes, and by the same logic, Dresdenverse and World Of Darkness are also canon with each other and with DC and with Marvel.", "human_ref_B": "If the multiverse is infinite, are the Marvel and DC universes are canon to *our* universe?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 64948.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2t6jt9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Guardians of the Galaxy] Does Groot feel pain?", "c_root_id_A": "cnw6g7g", "c_root_id_B": "cnw697t", "created_at_utc_A": 1421858920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421858616.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Maybe not physical, but he can feel the most painful pain there is: the emotional kind.", "human_ref_B": "I am Groot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 304.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2t6jt9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Guardians of the Galaxy] Does Groot feel pain?", "c_root_id_A": "cnwau8y", "c_root_id_B": "cnw7yd1", "created_at_utc_A": 1421865703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1421861296.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He seems to brace himself emotionally as well as physically before doing anything that he knows will be significantly damaging, so yes. But then he shows no major reaction when his arms are shredded at the beginning of the film, so no.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, he does feel pain.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4407.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yi7bd7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Halloween 1978, 2018, Ends, Kills Universe] Do slasher flicks still exist in this world? How 'big' were the news of the events in 1978 and 2018 (which also includes the events in Kills) overall in society and in pop culture in this universe, alongside possibly impact on the world of horror films? Would slasher films still be a thing and if so would they be viewed differently? After all there is a very real slasher in the world of the Halloween film series... Also, iirc, Laurie Strode makes a lot of money off of people paying to interview her on her experience during the events of the incident in 1978, wonder if that would also include buying the rights to her 'story' in order to make in-universe Micheal Myers films or media in general for that easy 'True Crime' money? Minor spoilers for Ends; but it does confirm that films like The Thing by John Carpenter do exist as films in this universe, alongside The Thing From Another world though they aren't normally considered 'slasher flicks'.", "c_root_id_A": "iuhfgia", "c_root_id_B": "iuhc18l", "created_at_utc_A": 1667214153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667211483.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Simply? I doubt Micheal Myer's crimes will have any more impact on the genre then Ted Bundy's or Eric Harris' did. Neither the writer or audience are coming into this with the assumption that random murder is a fictional hollywood invention.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2670.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yi7bd7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Halloween 1978, 2018, Ends, Kills Universe] Do slasher flicks still exist in this world? How 'big' were the news of the events in 1978 and 2018 (which also includes the events in Kills) overall in society and in pop culture in this universe, alongside possibly impact on the world of horror films? Would slasher films still be a thing and if so would they be viewed differently? After all there is a very real slasher in the world of the Halloween film series... Also, iirc, Laurie Strode makes a lot of money off of people paying to interview her on her experience during the events of the incident in 1978, wonder if that would also include buying the rights to her 'story' in order to make in-universe Micheal Myers films or media in general for that easy 'True Crime' money? Minor spoilers for Ends; but it does confirm that films like The Thing by John Carpenter do exist as films in this universe, alongside The Thing From Another world though they aren't normally considered 'slasher flicks'.", "c_root_id_A": "iuhc18l", "c_root_id_B": "iuhjcia", "created_at_utc_A": 1667211483.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667216789.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I have similar questions about Scream We know there\u2019s a series of Stab movies based around the Ghostface killings in Woodsboro, but\u2026 well\u2026 they can\u2019t be the same as the Scream movies, can they? The Scream movies always end with a big reveal as to the killer\u2019s identity. Since the events that inspired them are public knowledge, everyone should know who the killers are, and Stab can\u2019t have a dramatic reveal Could they perhaps be true crime biopics instead? Anyhow, to address your question. Behind The Mask: The Legend of Leslie Vernon presents a world in which the Myers, Voorhees, and Kruger murders were very real and the subject of several documentaries (and it follows a ghoulish documentarian who is following an aspiring successor of theirs as he explains how he pulls off his murders)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5306.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n9cm2q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[1984] Why does The Party purge it's members after they have been 'cured'? A main premise in 1984 was that unlike other totalitarian societies, which attempted to exterminate their opposition through force, or torture them to false confessions (Even if they knew it was lies) was that society did not kill those who resisted them and only did so after they had converted of their own free will. However, if that has happened, why would they be killed?", "c_root_id_A": "gxn5bef", "c_root_id_B": "gxn3kwy", "created_at_utc_A": 1620674143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620673406.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": ">that society did not kill those who resisted them This actually isn't quite right - plenty of people are \"disappeared\" and never turn back up in society. Winston's coworker Syme, who is working on the Newspeak dictionary, is too open about the Party's goals in minimizing language to control thought, and Winston isn't especially surprised when he simply disappears and is never heard from again. He's not converted, he doesn't reappear, he is simply imprisoned or killed and declared to have never existed. We can assume that Winston's neighbor Parsons (who was turned in by his own kid) had a similar treatment. Winston was a special case, and he got treatment more in line with higher-ranking Party officials and other political prisoners, because O'Brien had a fascination with him and spent years observing him before they brought him in. With people like that, the Party has two goals. First, to prove that *any* person can be broken and converted to total orthodoxy, as you pointed out. Second, to punish them properly and eliminate any risk to Ingsoc. Winston's punishment is death, and erasing him completely, making him an unperson, guarantees that his legacy is destroyed and can't inspire or influence and future deviancy. So that's the two-step process: convert him completely, to prove scientifically that the Party is unbeatable, and once that goal is completed, execute the punishment for his crime.", "human_ref_B": "It's not about them being cured. It's about letting people who display anti-establishment behavior live long enough to be an example of how thoroughly the government can crush people. And then they die, because they are a risk and trauma-based thought alteration can be undone. It's all an elaborate machine to make examples of people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 737.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n9cm2q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[1984] Why does The Party purge it's members after they have been 'cured'? A main premise in 1984 was that unlike other totalitarian societies, which attempted to exterminate their opposition through force, or torture them to false confessions (Even if they knew it was lies) was that society did not kill those who resisted them and only did so after they had converted of their own free will. However, if that has happened, why would they be killed?", "c_root_id_A": "gxn3kwy", "c_root_id_B": "gxn8ypb", "created_at_utc_A": 1620673406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620675684.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It's not about them being cured. It's about letting people who display anti-establishment behavior live long enough to be an example of how thoroughly the government can crush people. And then they die, because they are a risk and trauma-based thought alteration can be undone. It's all an elaborate machine to make examples of people.", "human_ref_B": "The intention is always to kill them. Breaking them is a major PR win, but if they backslide again later that makes the Party look bad. So instead of making a real effort to bring people wholeheartedly back into the fold of Ingsoc, they just headfuck them into compliance, parade them around, wait for people to lose interest, and then smoke 'em. As Pol Pot would say, to keep them is no benefit, and to kill them is no loss, especially since they've already done everything the Party needs them to do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2278.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4f6v27", "c_root_id_B": "d4f9cjq", "created_at_utc_A": 1466323962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466333891.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty certain Batroc ze Leapair doesn't really kill people. He's a gentleman adventurer, a mercenary who will fight anybody for money, but never an assassin.", "human_ref_B": "Venom (Eddie Brock) used to have a thing about protecting innocents, but would happily eviscerate you if he thought you were guilty of something", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9929.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4fbtdi", "c_root_id_B": "d4f6v27", "created_at_utc_A": 1466341932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466323962.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Many of the villains in the web serial \"Worm\" have no-kill rules.", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty certain Batroc ze Leapair doesn't really kill people. He's a gentleman adventurer, a mercenary who will fight anybody for money, but never an assassin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17970.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4fa8a3", "c_root_id_B": "d4fbtdi", "created_at_utc_A": 1466337167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466341932.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Does Ambush Bug count? He doesn't kill *real* people. Just comic book characters. \"It was only ink--I think!\"", "human_ref_B": "Many of the villains in the web serial \"Worm\" have no-kill rules.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4765.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4f9o0l", "c_root_id_B": "d4fbtdi", "created_at_utc_A": 1466335141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466341932.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Venom did not kill innocents, but everyone else was fair game.", "human_ref_B": "Many of the villains in the web serial \"Worm\" have no-kill rules.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6791.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4fgain", "c_root_id_B": "d4f6v27", "created_at_utc_A": 1466351273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466323962.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The Riddler, depending on who is writing him.", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty certain Batroc ze Leapair doesn't really kill people. He's a gentleman adventurer, a mercenary who will fight anybody for money, but never an assassin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27311.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4fgain", "c_root_id_B": "d4fd99z", "created_at_utc_A": 1466351273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466345344.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Riddler, depending on who is writing him.", "human_ref_B": "Not DC or Marvel, but in worm, many villains do not kill many/important people as they know that thing like that could get a \"kill order\" placed on them, making it legal for heroes and human anti-superhero forces to use lethal weapons and tactics agains them. One example of such villains is the Slaughterhouse Nine, a team of 9 serial killers with superpowers, who travel around killing people. The Parahuman Response Team (anti-superhero police of sorts, working with government. Heroes are also government sanctioned) was able to and felt the need to use a huge amount of superhero-built explosives in a civillian area.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5929.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4fa8a3", "c_root_id_B": "d4fgain", "created_at_utc_A": 1466337167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466351273.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Does Ambush Bug count? He doesn't kill *real* people. Just comic book characters. \"It was only ink--I think!\"", "human_ref_B": "The Riddler, depending on who is writing him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14106.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4f9o0l", "c_root_id_B": "d4fgain", "created_at_utc_A": 1466335141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466351273.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Venom did not kill innocents, but everyone else was fair game.", "human_ref_B": "The Riddler, depending on who is writing him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16132.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4fd99z", "c_root_id_B": "d4fa8a3", "created_at_utc_A": 1466345344.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466337167.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not DC or Marvel, but in worm, many villains do not kill many/important people as they know that thing like that could get a \"kill order\" placed on them, making it legal for heroes and human anti-superhero forces to use lethal weapons and tactics agains them. One example of such villains is the Slaughterhouse Nine, a team of 9 serial killers with superpowers, who travel around killing people. The Parahuman Response Team (anti-superhero police of sorts, working with government. Heroes are also government sanctioned) was able to and felt the need to use a huge amount of superhero-built explosives in a civillian area.", "human_ref_B": "Does Ambush Bug count? He doesn't kill *real* people. Just comic book characters. \"It was only ink--I think!\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8177.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4f9o0l", "c_root_id_B": "d4fd99z", "created_at_utc_A": 1466335141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466345344.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Venom did not kill innocents, but everyone else was fair game.", "human_ref_B": "Not DC or Marvel, but in worm, many villains do not kill many/important people as they know that thing like that could get a \"kill order\" placed on them, making it legal for heroes and human anti-superhero forces to use lethal weapons and tactics agains them. One example of such villains is the Slaughterhouse Nine, a team of 9 serial killers with superpowers, who travel around killing people. The Parahuman Response Team (anti-superhero police of sorts, working with government. Heroes are also government sanctioned) was able to and felt the need to use a huge amount of superhero-built explosives in a civillian area.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10203.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4orski", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Are there any villains with no-kill rules?", "c_root_id_A": "d4f9o0l", "c_root_id_B": "d4fa8a3", "created_at_utc_A": 1466335141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466337167.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Venom did not kill innocents, but everyone else was fair game.", "human_ref_B": "Does Ambush Bug count? He doesn't kill *real* people. Just comic book characters. \"It was only ink--I think!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2026.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ocj2nr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What's the worst injury Bruce Banner could sustain in human form that wouldn't cause him to Hulk out? Could he break/fracture a bone and heal over time all while staying in human form? What if he took a bullet or stab wound that he saw coming in a non fatal area of the body?", "c_root_id_A": "h3uuixr", "c_root_id_B": "h3uojqn", "created_at_utc_A": 1625262836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625260029.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I dont know if it's about an injury per se. It's about anger, emotion and adrenaline. My heartrate might race if I slipped and fell down a flight of stairs inside my own home. That similar mishap, however, might be more emotional and adrenaline inducing if it were in public, suffered public embarrassment, if there was potential to injure someone else in the process, etc. -- but the injury could be the same. (maybe not either to Hulking-out levels, but you see the point) I think it's more circumstantial than just the specific injury.", "human_ref_B": "I'd say full decapitation since he has in two universes spat out a bullet after a suicide attempt", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2807.0, "score_ratio": 11.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ocj2nr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What's the worst injury Bruce Banner could sustain in human form that wouldn't cause him to Hulk out? Could he break/fracture a bone and heal over time all while staying in human form? What if he took a bullet or stab wound that he saw coming in a non fatal area of the body?", "c_root_id_A": "h3v011e", "c_root_id_B": "h3uojqn", "created_at_utc_A": 1625265588.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625260029.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For injuries, probably something very minor when he first got the Hulk abilities. I have stubbed my toes and cracked my shins on things and it shuts me down for about 30 seconds and has me cursing at inanimate objects. I have had some bad injuries and the adrenaline induced shock basically takes over. But as Banner learns to control it, the threshhold probably gets higher and higher for what type of injuries he can handle. He would probably be able to control it for non-life threatening injuries but severe injuries resulting in a loss of consciousness would probably lead to the Hulk. But then again, why would he want to sustain a narly broken bone or a gunshot/stab wound that would take months to recover from. It would interfer with his ability to be an effective Avenger and he is smart enough to know that would be a problem. But it isnt just injuries for Banner. Its emotions, stress, and excitement too. I imagine Banner had to avoid public transport when he first got the Hulk abilities. I am not sure if you every been stuck in traffic in NYC or stuck on the NJ Transit/ NYC Metro but even if Banner was doing the meditation stuff he could still have the anger, anxiety, and stress of the others around agitating him.", "human_ref_B": "I'd say full decapitation since he has in two universes spat out a bullet after a suicide attempt", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5559.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jchffw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[28 Days/Weeks Later] What would the state of the world be like after a best-case scenario? In this franchise, a virus that turns people into \u201crage zombies\u201d is released by some animal rights activists when they get attacked by an infected chimpanzee. It spreads across the UK. **SPOILERS** At the end of the second movie, we see that the infection spread to mainland Europe. Let\u2019s assume that the population of continental Europe and Asia has been wiped out and the disease has burnt out. The Rage Virus is finally over but a lot of people died. What would happen to the rest of the world? How would the US react? How would the remaining Asian countries that weren\u2019t on the mainland (like Japan) deal with this situation?", "c_root_id_A": "g91nm2k", "c_root_id_B": "g92oaks", "created_at_utc_A": 1602884929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602908534.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think the superpowers would agree to carpet bomb and burn wherever the virus appeared. Once it breaks free of the island, there wouldn't be much objection.", "human_ref_B": "In a best-case scenario, the Rage virus would be a blip on the radar. It essentially strips people of their deadliest attributes: teamwork and planning. Imagine you're getting charged by Zulus, except they're all dehydrated, unarmed, and uncoordinated. That's the Rage virus.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23605.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds93an4", "c_root_id_B": "ds92l5w", "created_at_utc_A": 1515196441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195620.0, "score_A": 231, "score_B": 80, "human_ref_A": "Vader did kind of antagonize them. The admirals weren\u2019t just insulting Vader randomly. Vader outright said that the Death Star, the most powerful weapon in history, which many of them have dedicated their entire careers either to building it or fighting to get a posting on it, is irrelevant compared to Vader\u2019s ability to lift rocks and swing a laser sword. Of course they\u2019re going to react badly.", "human_ref_B": "Swinging a sword around and lifting some rocks is great and all, but they had an impregnable battle-station capable of destroying an entire planet, mantle and all. Heck, a few of them might have been old enough to have actually seen Jedi get swatted down like flies by a bunch of clones with blasters. And they're supposed to be impressed by that when they're sitting in the conference room of an *impregnable battle-station capable of destroying an entire planet*? Plus, the whole organization is kinda built to provoke bouts of unreasonable hubris. It's a risk of the uniform, seems like.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 821.0, "score_ratio": 2.8875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds923uv", "c_root_id_B": "ds93an4", "created_at_utc_A": 1515195064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515196441.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 231, "human_ref_A": "None of them had ever seen the Force. To them the Jedi were like Shaolin Monks. They were rumored to have magical superhuman feats but really, who would beleive that drivel?", "human_ref_B": "Vader did kind of antagonize them. The admirals weren\u2019t just insulting Vader randomly. Vader outright said that the Death Star, the most powerful weapon in history, which many of them have dedicated their entire careers either to building it or fighting to get a posting on it, is irrelevant compared to Vader\u2019s ability to lift rocks and swing a laser sword. Of course they\u2019re going to react badly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1377.0, "score_ratio": 28.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds92r2u", "c_root_id_B": "ds93an4", "created_at_utc_A": 1515195809.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515196441.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 231, "human_ref_A": "Vader wasn't yet the most important person in the Empire yet either. He's there on the Death Star pretty much as Tarkin's assistant. (Presumably Palpatine was pissed at Vader and making him do grunt work as punishment.) I suspect that as such, most of the Admirals were all too happy to take advantage of what they saw as a weakness in Vader, trying to make him seem like less of a threat.", "human_ref_B": "Vader did kind of antagonize them. The admirals weren\u2019t just insulting Vader randomly. Vader outright said that the Death Star, the most powerful weapon in history, which many of them have dedicated their entire careers either to building it or fighting to get a posting on it, is irrelevant compared to Vader\u2019s ability to lift rocks and swing a laser sword. Of course they\u2019re going to react badly.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 632.0, "score_ratio": 115.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds92l5w", "c_root_id_B": "ds923uv", "created_at_utc_A": 1515195620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195064.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Swinging a sword around and lifting some rocks is great and all, but they had an impregnable battle-station capable of destroying an entire planet, mantle and all. Heck, a few of them might have been old enough to have actually seen Jedi get swatted down like flies by a bunch of clones with blasters. And they're supposed to be impressed by that when they're sitting in the conference room of an *impregnable battle-station capable of destroying an entire planet*? Plus, the whole organization is kinda built to provoke bouts of unreasonable hubris. It's a risk of the uniform, seems like.", "human_ref_B": "None of them had ever seen the Force. To them the Jedi were like Shaolin Monks. They were rumored to have magical superhuman feats but really, who would beleive that drivel?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 556.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9cq28", "c_root_id_B": "ds93mqm", "created_at_utc_A": 1515207995.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515196837.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "Imagine there's a guy at your job who gets special privileges and is your superior despite doing seemingly less work. He always belittles you anytime you're proud of what you did. \"A [Computer Brand] could compile that 5x faster.\" \"The [Car Brand] was faster and more powerful than your new car.\" \"Only [Type of food] is the true authentic way of cooking that.\" Pick your poison. But seriously, what the hell? You oversee *thousands* of people. You climbed the ladder, proving yourself better than all your classmates and even those who were considered your superior in the past. And now you have access to a Battlestation. A truly invincible, omnipotent *mobile* Battlestation. The Rebels won't be able to destroy it, and all those other Admirals who are concerned about the Rebel fleet just don't understand that the Rebels are no longer a danger with the Death Star around. And that asthmatic asshole starts up again, telling you that the Battlestation that you're so proud of is inferior, no, *INSIGNIFICANT* compared to the Force. The Force that hasn't allowed him to figure out where the Rebels are stationed. The Force that hasn't predicted Rebel ambushes. The Force that hasn't prevented or re-obtained the Death Star plans that were stolen. Sure, it let some people lift some rocks, jump up or down a hundred feet, or take on a force of a hundred prehistoric Battle Droids single-handedly. That doesn't matter now! And it's certainly not helping now either! So you finally snap at \"Mister Privileges\"... and you know how things went from there.", "human_ref_B": "Palpatine had to discredit and demonize the order to justify complete eradication, twenty years later this is indoctrinated into the public, high ranking party members especially.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11158.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9625f", "c_root_id_B": "ds9cq28", "created_at_utc_A": 1515199748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515207995.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 64, "human_ref_A": "Motti had a point. You can throw stuff around with the force, but you can also throw stuff around with a tractor beam. And as Saitama has pointed out, you don't need telekinesis to throw stuff. A trained Jedi can deflect blaster bolts with a lightsaber, but Vader can deflect blaster bolts with his armor. Motti wasn't claiming that the Force wasn't real. Merely that it wasn't nearly as impressive as Vader made it out to be. And if the Force really was so great, then Vader could have responded with an actual counter-argument rather than choking the guy, which is something he could have done just fine without the Force.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine there's a guy at your job who gets special privileges and is your superior despite doing seemingly less work. He always belittles you anytime you're proud of what you did. \"A [Computer Brand] could compile that 5x faster.\" \"The [Car Brand] was faster and more powerful than your new car.\" \"Only [Type of food] is the true authentic way of cooking that.\" Pick your poison. But seriously, what the hell? You oversee *thousands* of people. You climbed the ladder, proving yourself better than all your classmates and even those who were considered your superior in the past. And now you have access to a Battlestation. A truly invincible, omnipotent *mobile* Battlestation. The Rebels won't be able to destroy it, and all those other Admirals who are concerned about the Rebel fleet just don't understand that the Rebels are no longer a danger with the Death Star around. And that asthmatic asshole starts up again, telling you that the Battlestation that you're so proud of is inferior, no, *INSIGNIFICANT* compared to the Force. The Force that hasn't allowed him to figure out where the Rebels are stationed. The Force that hasn't predicted Rebel ambushes. The Force that hasn't prevented or re-obtained the Death Star plans that were stolen. Sure, it let some people lift some rocks, jump up or down a hundred feet, or take on a force of a hundred prehistoric Battle Droids single-handedly. That doesn't matter now! And it's certainly not helping now either! So you finally snap at \"Mister Privileges\"... and you know how things went from there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8247.0, "score_ratio": 2.7826086957, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9cq28", "c_root_id_B": "ds923uv", "created_at_utc_A": 1515207995.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195064.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Imagine there's a guy at your job who gets special privileges and is your superior despite doing seemingly less work. He always belittles you anytime you're proud of what you did. \"A [Computer Brand] could compile that 5x faster.\" \"The [Car Brand] was faster and more powerful than your new car.\" \"Only [Type of food] is the true authentic way of cooking that.\" Pick your poison. But seriously, what the hell? You oversee *thousands* of people. You climbed the ladder, proving yourself better than all your classmates and even those who were considered your superior in the past. And now you have access to a Battlestation. A truly invincible, omnipotent *mobile* Battlestation. The Rebels won't be able to destroy it, and all those other Admirals who are concerned about the Rebel fleet just don't understand that the Rebels are no longer a danger with the Death Star around. And that asthmatic asshole starts up again, telling you that the Battlestation that you're so proud of is inferior, no, *INSIGNIFICANT* compared to the Force. The Force that hasn't allowed him to figure out where the Rebels are stationed. The Force that hasn't predicted Rebel ambushes. The Force that hasn't prevented or re-obtained the Death Star plans that were stolen. Sure, it let some people lift some rocks, jump up or down a hundred feet, or take on a force of a hundred prehistoric Battle Droids single-handedly. That doesn't matter now! And it's certainly not helping now either! So you finally snap at \"Mister Privileges\"... and you know how things went from there.", "human_ref_B": "None of them had ever seen the Force. To them the Jedi were like Shaolin Monks. They were rumored to have magical superhuman feats but really, who would beleive that drivel?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12931.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds94643", "c_root_id_B": "ds9cq28", "created_at_utc_A": 1515197481.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515207995.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 64, "human_ref_A": "Who says there are extensive records of the Force? The galaxy by and large treats it as myth or faith, and the Jedi Knights were so few in number that it's likely only a few of the Joint Chiefs had seen them in combat, only Tarkin and Yularen are known to have served on Jedi Cruisers. And Vader is the emissary of the Emperor, a strange figure with a stranger title of \"Dark Lord of the Sith\" who's momentarily stopping by this battle station during his hunt for the rebels, the Death Star is full of people who want Tarkin to use it in a coup against the Emperor, so there's no reason to assume they would respect the Emperor's dog.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine there's a guy at your job who gets special privileges and is your superior despite doing seemingly less work. He always belittles you anytime you're proud of what you did. \"A [Computer Brand] could compile that 5x faster.\" \"The [Car Brand] was faster and more powerful than your new car.\" \"Only [Type of food] is the true authentic way of cooking that.\" Pick your poison. But seriously, what the hell? You oversee *thousands* of people. You climbed the ladder, proving yourself better than all your classmates and even those who were considered your superior in the past. And now you have access to a Battlestation. A truly invincible, omnipotent *mobile* Battlestation. The Rebels won't be able to destroy it, and all those other Admirals who are concerned about the Rebel fleet just don't understand that the Rebels are no longer a danger with the Death Star around. And that asthmatic asshole starts up again, telling you that the Battlestation that you're so proud of is inferior, no, *INSIGNIFICANT* compared to the Force. The Force that hasn't allowed him to figure out where the Rebels are stationed. The Force that hasn't predicted Rebel ambushes. The Force that hasn't prevented or re-obtained the Death Star plans that were stolen. Sure, it let some people lift some rocks, jump up or down a hundred feet, or take on a force of a hundred prehistoric Battle Droids single-handedly. That doesn't matter now! And it's certainly not helping now either! So you finally snap at \"Mister Privileges\"... and you know how things went from there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10514.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9cq28", "c_root_id_B": "ds92r2u", "created_at_utc_A": 1515207995.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195809.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Imagine there's a guy at your job who gets special privileges and is your superior despite doing seemingly less work. He always belittles you anytime you're proud of what you did. \"A [Computer Brand] could compile that 5x faster.\" \"The [Car Brand] was faster and more powerful than your new car.\" \"Only [Type of food] is the true authentic way of cooking that.\" Pick your poison. But seriously, what the hell? You oversee *thousands* of people. You climbed the ladder, proving yourself better than all your classmates and even those who were considered your superior in the past. And now you have access to a Battlestation. A truly invincible, omnipotent *mobile* Battlestation. The Rebels won't be able to destroy it, and all those other Admirals who are concerned about the Rebel fleet just don't understand that the Rebels are no longer a danger with the Death Star around. And that asthmatic asshole starts up again, telling you that the Battlestation that you're so proud of is inferior, no, *INSIGNIFICANT* compared to the Force. The Force that hasn't allowed him to figure out where the Rebels are stationed. The Force that hasn't predicted Rebel ambushes. The Force that hasn't prevented or re-obtained the Death Star plans that were stolen. Sure, it let some people lift some rocks, jump up or down a hundred feet, or take on a force of a hundred prehistoric Battle Droids single-handedly. That doesn't matter now! And it's certainly not helping now either! So you finally snap at \"Mister Privileges\"... and you know how things went from there.", "human_ref_B": "Vader wasn't yet the most important person in the Empire yet either. He's there on the Death Star pretty much as Tarkin's assistant. (Presumably Palpatine was pissed at Vader and making him do grunt work as punishment.) I suspect that as such, most of the Admirals were all too happy to take advantage of what they saw as a weakness in Vader, trying to make him seem like less of a threat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12186.0, "score_ratio": 32.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds93mqm", "c_root_id_B": "ds923uv", "created_at_utc_A": 1515196837.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195064.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine had to discredit and demonize the order to justify complete eradication, twenty years later this is indoctrinated into the public, high ranking party members especially.", "human_ref_B": "None of them had ever seen the Force. To them the Jedi were like Shaolin Monks. They were rumored to have magical superhuman feats but really, who would beleive that drivel?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1773.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds93mqm", "c_root_id_B": "ds92r2u", "created_at_utc_A": 1515196837.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195809.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Palpatine had to discredit and demonize the order to justify complete eradication, twenty years later this is indoctrinated into the public, high ranking party members especially.", "human_ref_B": "Vader wasn't yet the most important person in the Empire yet either. He's there on the Death Star pretty much as Tarkin's assistant. (Presumably Palpatine was pissed at Vader and making him do grunt work as punishment.) I suspect that as such, most of the Admirals were all too happy to take advantage of what they saw as a weakness in Vader, trying to make him seem like less of a threat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1028.0, "score_ratio": 24.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9625f", "c_root_id_B": "ds923uv", "created_at_utc_A": 1515199748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195064.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Motti had a point. You can throw stuff around with the force, but you can also throw stuff around with a tractor beam. And as Saitama has pointed out, you don't need telekinesis to throw stuff. A trained Jedi can deflect blaster bolts with a lightsaber, but Vader can deflect blaster bolts with his armor. Motti wasn't claiming that the Force wasn't real. Merely that it wasn't nearly as impressive as Vader made it out to be. And if the Force really was so great, then Vader could have responded with an actual counter-argument rather than choking the guy, which is something he could have done just fine without the Force.", "human_ref_B": "None of them had ever seen the Force. To them the Jedi were like Shaolin Monks. They were rumored to have magical superhuman feats but really, who would beleive that drivel?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4684.0, "score_ratio": 2.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9625f", "c_root_id_B": "ds94643", "created_at_utc_A": 1515199748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515197481.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Motti had a point. You can throw stuff around with the force, but you can also throw stuff around with a tractor beam. And as Saitama has pointed out, you don't need telekinesis to throw stuff. A trained Jedi can deflect blaster bolts with a lightsaber, but Vader can deflect blaster bolts with his armor. Motti wasn't claiming that the Force wasn't real. Merely that it wasn't nearly as impressive as Vader made it out to be. And if the Force really was so great, then Vader could have responded with an actual counter-argument rather than choking the guy, which is something he could have done just fine without the Force.", "human_ref_B": "Who says there are extensive records of the Force? The galaxy by and large treats it as myth or faith, and the Jedi Knights were so few in number that it's likely only a few of the Joint Chiefs had seen them in combat, only Tarkin and Yularen are known to have served on Jedi Cruisers. And Vader is the emissary of the Emperor, a strange figure with a stranger title of \"Dark Lord of the Sith\" who's momentarily stopping by this battle station during his hunt for the rebels, the Death Star is full of people who want Tarkin to use it in a coup against the Emperor, so there's no reason to assume they would respect the Emperor's dog.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2267.0, "score_ratio": 5.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9625f", "c_root_id_B": "ds92r2u", "created_at_utc_A": 1515199748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195809.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Motti had a point. You can throw stuff around with the force, but you can also throw stuff around with a tractor beam. And as Saitama has pointed out, you don't need telekinesis to throw stuff. A trained Jedi can deflect blaster bolts with a lightsaber, but Vader can deflect blaster bolts with his armor. Motti wasn't claiming that the Force wasn't real. Merely that it wasn't nearly as impressive as Vader made it out to be. And if the Force really was so great, then Vader could have responded with an actual counter-argument rather than choking the guy, which is something he could have done just fine without the Force.", "human_ref_B": "Vader wasn't yet the most important person in the Empire yet either. He's there on the Death Star pretty much as Tarkin's assistant. (Presumably Palpatine was pissed at Vader and making him do grunt work as punishment.) I suspect that as such, most of the Admirals were all too happy to take advantage of what they saw as a weakness in Vader, trying to make him seem like less of a threat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3939.0, "score_ratio": 11.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9kzli", "c_root_id_B": "ds923uv", "created_at_utc_A": 1515220480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195064.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Think about it this way. Imagine you are an admiral stationed aboard the U.S.S. Abramah Lincoln, a technological marvel and incredibly intimidating war machine, and some thug who is on the President's payroll comes strutting into your meeting room and says some really dumb shit like \"Yeah, this aircraft carrier is cool and all, but you know it's nothing next to the power of Jesus!\". How would you react? Probably not in a very supportive manner.", "human_ref_B": "None of them had ever seen the Force. To them the Jedi were like Shaolin Monks. They were rumored to have magical superhuman feats but really, who would beleive that drivel?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25416.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9kzli", "c_root_id_B": "ds94643", "created_at_utc_A": 1515220480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515197481.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Think about it this way. Imagine you are an admiral stationed aboard the U.S.S. Abramah Lincoln, a technological marvel and incredibly intimidating war machine, and some thug who is on the President's payroll comes strutting into your meeting room and says some really dumb shit like \"Yeah, this aircraft carrier is cool and all, but you know it's nothing next to the power of Jesus!\". How would you react? Probably not in a very supportive manner.", "human_ref_B": "Who says there are extensive records of the Force? The galaxy by and large treats it as myth or faith, and the Jedi Knights were so few in number that it's likely only a few of the Joint Chiefs had seen them in combat, only Tarkin and Yularen are known to have served on Jedi Cruisers. And Vader is the emissary of the Emperor, a strange figure with a stranger title of \"Dark Lord of the Sith\" who's momentarily stopping by this battle station during his hunt for the rebels, the Death Star is full of people who want Tarkin to use it in a coup against the Emperor, so there's no reason to assume they would respect the Emperor's dog.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22999.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds9kzli", "c_root_id_B": "ds92r2u", "created_at_utc_A": 1515220480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515195809.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Think about it this way. Imagine you are an admiral stationed aboard the U.S.S. Abramah Lincoln, a technological marvel and incredibly intimidating war machine, and some thug who is on the President's payroll comes strutting into your meeting room and says some really dumb shit like \"Yeah, this aircraft carrier is cool and all, but you know it's nothing next to the power of Jesus!\". How would you react? Probably not in a very supportive manner.", "human_ref_B": "Vader wasn't yet the most important person in the Empire yet either. He's there on the Death Star pretty much as Tarkin's assistant. (Presumably Palpatine was pissed at Vader and making him do grunt work as punishment.) I suspect that as such, most of the Admirals were all too happy to take advantage of what they saw as a weakness in Vader, trying to make him seem like less of a threat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24671.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds92r2u", "c_root_id_B": "ds94643", "created_at_utc_A": 1515195809.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515197481.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Vader wasn't yet the most important person in the Empire yet either. He's there on the Death Star pretty much as Tarkin's assistant. (Presumably Palpatine was pissed at Vader and making him do grunt work as punishment.) I suspect that as such, most of the Admirals were all too happy to take advantage of what they saw as a weakness in Vader, trying to make him seem like less of a threat.", "human_ref_B": "Who says there are extensive records of the Force? The galaxy by and large treats it as myth or faith, and the Jedi Knights were so few in number that it's likely only a few of the Joint Chiefs had seen them in combat, only Tarkin and Yularen are known to have served on Jedi Cruisers. And Vader is the emissary of the Emperor, a strange figure with a stranger title of \"Dark Lord of the Sith\" who's momentarily stopping by this battle station during his hunt for the rebels, the Death Star is full of people who want Tarkin to use it in a coup against the Emperor, so there's no reason to assume they would respect the Emperor's dog.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1672.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ofaqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] in A New Hope, why were the Admirals so dismissive of The Force? In the scene where the Admirals were discussing what course of action to take after the Death Star plans were stolen, why did they so easily dismiss Darth Vader's statement about the power of The Force? They were so patronising to him by referring to him as a \"sorcerer\" when there are extensive records of his extraordinary feats using The Force in combat and most of them likely served under Jedi before the formation of the Empire that have also likely engaged in extraordinary feats using The Force. Also, it probably wasn't the first time that they've seen him Force Choke a guy out right in front of them, so you'd think they would know not to piss him off.", "c_root_id_A": "ds92r2u", "c_root_id_B": "ds9o97q", "created_at_utc_A": 1515195809.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515227841.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Vader wasn't yet the most important person in the Empire yet either. He's there on the Death Star pretty much as Tarkin's assistant. (Presumably Palpatine was pissed at Vader and making him do grunt work as punishment.) I suspect that as such, most of the Admirals were all too happy to take advantage of what they saw as a weakness in Vader, trying to make him seem like less of a threat.", "human_ref_B": "I've kind of grown to think of it this way ... The Death Star was a blunt instrument. A huge, planet-smashing sledge hammer. It was one, big intimidation tactic. Any given planet can only be destroyed once. And when you destroy a planet for no other reason than as a demonstration of power, all you do is show other planets that you can't be trusted. When you deal with those other planets, they may make a show of submission and obeisance, but how do you know what they're really thinking? What they're really hiding? And even if the government sincerely cedes to your authority and demands, how do you know there isn't an underground resistance movement gathering forces, gaining power and resources, and making plans for your demise? If there are Jedi among them, or even force-sensitives, that's just another edge. The Force is more subtle then your planet-smashing sledge hammer, but it's more persistent and more pervasive. The power of the Force emanates from the power of life, so everywhere there's life, there's the Force. And while it may not be a planet-smashing sledge hammer, it has the power to reshape the galaxy. Against that, the power to destroy a planet is insignificant. In the words of the immortal Bruce Lee: \"You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.\" The Force is like water. EDIT: To top off the point, most people don't usually think much of water. Compared to its true power, our daily experience with it is minimal and thoughtless. But when you experience a storm at sea, or when you see a tidal wave or tsunami heading for your beach house, that's a whole different story. And don't forget the Grand Canyon. To quote Gordon Lightfoot, \"Does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours.\" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFkyDB2InTs", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32032.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wm7wg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[StarWars EP4] [SPOIL\u2026 whom am i kidding\u2026] Why did they let Luke fly an X wing? i get it - he brought the plans and saved the princess but why they hell do they let him in an xwing he is a farmboy w/ pickup truck speeder experience x wings are fightship. the thing has more buttons in the cockpit than luke's speeder had parts in total. ps: sorry if i spoiled SW EP4 for anyone with the title. but if you havent seen SW EP4 yet you shouldnt be here in first place i guess ;) :D", "c_root_id_A": "cxx9cnx", "c_root_id_B": "cxxaj9m", "created_at_utc_A": 1449987223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449990150.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "I think it was because he was the closest thing most of them had ever seen to a Jedi, a group that had become mythic in the rebellion. It's also possible that Leia, who definitely seemed to know shit about Jedi, told them that he should.", "human_ref_B": "Luke's T16 'Skyhopper' (not his landspeeder, mind you) in an Incom product. Even though it's an airspeeder and not a spacecraft, it shares the same flight controls and avionics with the X-wing and is used as a trainer for exactly this reason. And, like with many conflicts involving small fighter-craft, it is often more difficult to find capable, trained, pilots than it is to equip them with vehicles, especially late in the war. Luke volunteered and I doubt the Rebel CO's would entertain holding back a single usable pilot considering the circumstances.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2927.0, "score_ratio": 2.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wm7wg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[StarWars EP4] [SPOIL\u2026 whom am i kidding\u2026] Why did they let Luke fly an X wing? i get it - he brought the plans and saved the princess but why they hell do they let him in an xwing he is a farmboy w/ pickup truck speeder experience x wings are fightship. the thing has more buttons in the cockpit than luke's speeder had parts in total. ps: sorry if i spoiled SW EP4 for anyone with the title. but if you havent seen SW EP4 yet you shouldnt be here in first place i guess ;) :D", "c_root_id_A": "cxxi4mp", "c_root_id_B": "cxxhone", "created_at_utc_A": 1450018678.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450017469.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It was his reward for rescuing Leia. Han got cash, Luke got a loaner X-Wing to fly in a suicide mission. The terrorists of the Rebellion aren't all that picky about who they send off to die.", "human_ref_B": "Luke was a skilled pilot, many of the Rebels pilots got their start flying in their remote planets bush. Plus the kid rescued a key member of the alliance, broke into the biggest and best protected ship the empire ever built, and escaped. He showed his competence.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1209.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6kl7d7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] Why didn't the Lars have slaves? Seems a moisture farmer could always use an extra set of hands. Was it a moral choice, not enough money, legality issues, lack of local availability, or something else?", "c_root_id_A": "djn7guz", "c_root_id_B": "djn6nzk", "created_at_utc_A": 1498912999.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498911115.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's easier to own slaves when you can either afford guards to protect you from them when you sleep (ala Jabba) or they live somewhere different to you (ala Watto), as there's always that chance that they'll decide that killing their slave master is worth the punishment/death that the act will incur. The Lars sure can't afford guards, and locking their slaves in a room at night would always be a gamble. On the other hand, droids have these handy restraining bolts that stop them from murderizing you, unless you're stupid enough to take them off. (It was also probably a moral choice, what with their step-mom being a freed slave)", "human_ref_B": "You don't gotta feed bots that's why", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1884.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "su73pl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Disney] [Hercules] How come Hades never utilized the mortal potion on Zeus? Just recently rewatched this movie and this little interesting question popped up in my mind halfway through watching it. Why didn't Hades try using this potion on Zeus at all? Hades is welcomed quite warmly (by Zeus anyways) at Olympus and given their immortality, I would imagine a ripe opportunity to utilize this potion would have popped up at some point in time and the Gods had no knowledge Hades made the said potion given Hercules drank it and Hades was not suspected at all. Your guy's thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "hx88aor", "c_root_id_B": "hx86b3v", "created_at_utc_A": 1645048339.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645047568.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": ">the Gods had no knowledge Hades made the said potion given Hercules drank it and Hades was not suspected at all. Your guy's thoughts? Yeah, they might start suspecting him once Hades gave him a potion and he died. You don't want to kill the king until you're sure you can take control afterwards, otherwise the next guy immediately takes the throne and throws you in Tartarus. It wasn't until the prophecy that he found a way to get the firepower to actually take Olympus, and there it was easier to kill Hercules. Until that point, it would just be a spiteful and self-destructive moment of vengeance. And while he hates Zeus, he doesn't hate enough to risk the wrath of Olympus.", "human_ref_B": "Since godhood can apparently be bestowed by Olympians at their leisure, I guess he just knows it wouldn't take and he'd tip his hand", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 771.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "su73pl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Disney] [Hercules] How come Hades never utilized the mortal potion on Zeus? Just recently rewatched this movie and this little interesting question popped up in my mind halfway through watching it. Why didn't Hades try using this potion on Zeus at all? Hades is welcomed quite warmly (by Zeus anyways) at Olympus and given their immortality, I would imagine a ripe opportunity to utilize this potion would have popped up at some point in time and the Gods had no knowledge Hades made the said potion given Hercules drank it and Hades was not suspected at all. Your guy's thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "hxaw86a", "c_root_id_B": "hx8qurp", "created_at_utc_A": 1645102676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645056033.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I guess it would be pretty difficult for Hades to convince an adult and aware Zeus to consume a mystery potion. Also Zeus is pretty warm to him but the rest of the Olympians aren't as we see when he appears in the celebration of Hercules' birth, Zeus is probably just being polite while he knows that Hades is usually up to no good in general.", "human_ref_B": "Herc was only a part god. Zeus is a full one and it he may not be willing to risk the lightning strikes if it winds up not working.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46643.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wc34tr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[DBD] Why is Michael Myers immune/resistant to the Entity? He showed up on his own and breaks the Entity\u2019s rules without consequences. What\u2019s the deal?", "c_root_id_A": "iia9abh", "c_root_id_B": "iia7ega", "created_at_utc_A": 1659204778.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1659203971.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "michael has no emotion and is barely even human. his mind and entire being is composed of what can only be described as \"pure evil\". the entity can control PEOPLE but it probably cant control a \"concept\" such as evil very well. basically, myers is SO emotionless and deattached from humanity that not even the powers of an entity can control his desire to kill", "human_ref_B": "I always assumed that the entity while kind of smart is also kind of simple? It enjoys the suffering of the survivors, Myers is good at making them suffer. He basically got a free worker", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 807.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icl52d1", "c_root_id_B": "icl5lkp", "created_at_utc_A": 1655390388.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655390620.0, "score_A": 154, "score_B": 178, "human_ref_A": "Asking for a martini to be shaken not stirred without caring what kind of gin is used demonstrates fairly spectacular ignorance of mixed drinks. Every bartender Bond has ever met likely considers him pretentious and uninformed.", "human_ref_B": "He's less indestructible and much more human in the novels. In Casino Royale he goes to fight someone, only to have them grab his foot and toss him away without a thought. In the book, to save himself from being shot (or arousing suspicion) I seem to remember he has to fall backwards off of his chair mid-game. Cool reason to fall off of a chair for those in the know, but probably looked pretty foolish. Then there was the time he got tricked, captured, and had his testicles smashed with a carpet beater. There's none of the 'you died scratching my balls' banter you see in the film, it's a painful and humiliating experience which takes significant time to recover from.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 232.0, "score_ratio": 1.1558441558, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icl8wgn", "c_root_id_B": "icl6p3x", "created_at_utc_A": 1655392051.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655391098.0, "score_A": 105, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "You have to understand, Bond in the books isn't really a high class guy. He's a bit grungier, a bit gruffer. He's usually described as having pretty shabby hotel rooms (with bugs falling out of the sink and all) chugging down any alcohol he can get his hands on and getting by on such luxurious dishes as scrambled eggs (granted, it was after WWII rationing, so scrambled eggs might have been like banging Shakira for all I know). Bond is from a high-class background but doesn't generally enjoy putting on airs. Though I guess there is a point in Goldfinger where Bond addresses an American officer as \"Brigadier.\" For Americans you would just say \"General.\" A minor breach of protocol, I suppose.", "human_ref_B": "He underestimated Le Chiffre and got his balls clapped.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 953.0, "score_ratio": 4.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icl6p3x", "c_root_id_B": "icm2kzk", "created_at_utc_A": 1655391098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655404353.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "He underestimated Le Chiffre and got his balls clapped.", "human_ref_B": "In the film \"on her majesty's secret service\" he's supposed to be some sort of scientist or geologist doing research in a house in the mountains. The owner of the house has three gorgeous daughters and he procceeds to sleep with all of them in the same night. The guy then realizes he's a spy because a geologist wouldn't fucking do that and kidnaps him. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please, as I haven't seen this movie in over 10 years).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13255.0, "score_ratio": 1.12, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "iclxgvm", "c_root_id_B": "icm2kzk", "created_at_utc_A": 1655402241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655404353.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "There was that time he struck out hard with a lady at a card table... but it was GoldenEye, the lady was Xenia Onatopp, and he'd likely have wound up dead if he closed that deal without a gun in reach.", "human_ref_B": "In the film \"on her majesty's secret service\" he's supposed to be some sort of scientist or geologist doing research in a house in the mountains. The owner of the house has three gorgeous daughters and he procceeds to sleep with all of them in the same night. The guy then realizes he's a spy because a geologist wouldn't fucking do that and kidnaps him. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please, as I haven't seen this movie in over 10 years).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2112.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icm2kzk", "c_root_id_B": "iclsg3u", "created_at_utc_A": 1655404353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655400194.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "In the film \"on her majesty's secret service\" he's supposed to be some sort of scientist or geologist doing research in a house in the mountains. The owner of the house has three gorgeous daughters and he procceeds to sleep with all of them in the same night. The guy then realizes he's a spy because a geologist wouldn't fucking do that and kidnaps him. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please, as I haven't seen this movie in over 10 years).", "human_ref_B": "There was that time he got captured by the North Koreans", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4159.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icmxr85", "c_root_id_B": "iclxgvm", "created_at_utc_A": 1655417959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655402241.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I don't think you've ever met someone like old school movie Bond. There is a kind of person who is as unflappable as they are charismatic. Imagine Bond getting pants at the pool, he doesn't panic and try to grab his shorts. He makes a quip about the breaze and saunters off.", "human_ref_B": "There was that time he struck out hard with a lady at a card table... but it was GoldenEye, the lady was Xenia Onatopp, and he'd likely have wound up dead if he closed that deal without a gun in reach.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15718.0, "score_ratio": 1.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "iclsg3u", "c_root_id_B": "iclxgvm", "created_at_utc_A": 1655400194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655402241.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "There was that time he got captured by the North Koreans", "human_ref_B": "There was that time he struck out hard with a lady at a card table... but it was GoldenEye, the lady was Xenia Onatopp, and he'd likely have wound up dead if he closed that deal without a gun in reach.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2047.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icmxr85", "c_root_id_B": "icm58sw", "created_at_utc_A": 1655417959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655405445.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I don't think you've ever met someone like old school movie Bond. There is a kind of person who is as unflappable as they are charismatic. Imagine Bond getting pants at the pool, he doesn't panic and try to grab his shorts. He makes a quip about the breaze and saunters off.", "human_ref_B": "He farted in front of Moneypenny once. He said it was the leather chair but she knew, and he knew she wasn't fooled.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12514.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "iclsg3u", "c_root_id_B": "icmxr85", "created_at_utc_A": 1655400194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655417959.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "There was that time he got captured by the North Koreans", "human_ref_B": "I don't think you've ever met someone like old school movie Bond. There is a kind of person who is as unflappable as they are charismatic. Imagine Bond getting pants at the pool, he doesn't panic and try to grab his shorts. He makes a quip about the breaze and saunters off.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17765.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icme9o9", "c_root_id_B": "icmxr85", "created_at_utc_A": 1655409236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655417959.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "He's a terrible dinner guest.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think you've ever met someone like old school movie Bond. There is a kind of person who is as unflappable as they are charismatic. Imagine Bond getting pants at the pool, he doesn't panic and try to grab his shorts. He makes a quip about the breaze and saunters off.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8723.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icm35wl", "c_root_id_B": "icmxr85", "created_at_utc_A": 1655404590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655417959.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I mean, there\u2019s no way he hasn\u2019t had chlamydia at least a half dozen times. That\u2019s pretty embarrassing.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think you've ever met someone like old school movie Bond. There is a kind of person who is as unflappable as they are charismatic. Imagine Bond getting pants at the pool, he doesn't panic and try to grab his shorts. He makes a quip about the breaze and saunters off.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13369.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icm58sw", "c_root_id_B": "icm35wl", "created_at_utc_A": 1655405445.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655404590.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He farted in front of Moneypenny once. He said it was the leather chair but she knew, and he knew she wasn't fooled.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, there\u2019s no way he hasn\u2019t had chlamydia at least a half dozen times. That\u2019s pretty embarrassing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 855.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vdncii", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[James Bond] Has Bond ever committed a minor faux pa, or clumsy mistake, leading to embarrassment/undermining his suave veneer?", "c_root_id_A": "icm35wl", "c_root_id_B": "icme9o9", "created_at_utc_A": 1655404590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655409236.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I mean, there\u2019s no way he hasn\u2019t had chlamydia at least a half dozen times. That\u2019s pretty embarrassing.", "human_ref_B": "He's a terrible dinner guest.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4646.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ek6s2i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] Does the first order have planets? Are they in a full on war with the republic or are they more like a guerrilla terrorist organization?", "c_root_id_A": "fd6lgh1", "c_root_id_B": "fd6sne5", "created_at_utc_A": 1578192741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1578195217.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "My understanding was that they had a bunch of planets out in the unknown regions plus whatever frontier systems they grabbed when they suddenly reappeared.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC they were a military junta in the Unknown Regions. The Imperial Remnant still existed in the galaxy as did the New Republic, whilst the Resistance and First Order duked it out on the edges of civilization. So yeah this trilogy was about a proxy war between two paramilitary groups. Riveting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2476.0, "score_ratio": 2.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ek6s2i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Wars] Does the first order have planets? Are they in a full on war with the republic or are they more like a guerrilla terrorist organization?", "c_root_id_A": "fd6sne5", "c_root_id_B": "fd6sm47", "created_at_utc_A": 1578195217.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1578195205.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "IIRC they were a military junta in the Unknown Regions. The Imperial Remnant still existed in the galaxy as did the New Republic, whilst the Resistance and First Order duked it out on the edges of civilization. So yeah this trilogy was about a proxy war between two paramilitary groups. Riveting.", "human_ref_B": "The First Order holds quite a bit of power in the Unknown Regions. How much of the UR they control isn't really known, and that's deliberate (both in-universe and out). The destruction of the Hosnian System by Starkiller Base was the first blow in a full-scale invasion by the First Order, though we don't know the fleet size - only that their surprise attack left the Republic defenseless, and many systems either simply rolled over for them, or in some cases joined them freely of their own volition (as is the case with many worlds that thought that the Empire did things best).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12.0, "score_ratio": 4.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69nncz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars TFA] When the Millennium Falcon's ventral turret got stuck, why didn't Finn just climb up to the dorsal gun instead of making Rey do funky piloting?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7ywiw", "c_root_id_B": "dh8aaja", "created_at_utc_A": 1494107434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494124816.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "He actually didn't prompt her to do anything... and can you imagine getting to the other turret in a viciously maneuvering ship?", "human_ref_B": "Because Rey had pointed out that the gunner's position was 'down there', because she hadn't seen the dorsal gun from the ground - just the ventral gun. And Finn wouldn't've seen the dorsal gun from his position at all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17382.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69nncz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars TFA] When the Millennium Falcon's ventral turret got stuck, why didn't Finn just climb up to the dorsal gun instead of making Rey do funky piloting?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7yuew", "c_root_id_B": "dh8aaja", "created_at_utc_A": 1494107348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494124816.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Finn was barely a decent sanitation worker. Problem solving wasn't his strong suit.", "human_ref_B": "Because Rey had pointed out that the gunner's position was 'down there', because she hadn't seen the dorsal gun from the ground - just the ventral gun. And Finn wouldn't've seen the dorsal gun from his position at all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17468.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69nncz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars TFA] When the Millennium Falcon's ventral turret got stuck, why didn't Finn just climb up to the dorsal gun instead of making Rey do funky piloting?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7ywiw", "c_root_id_B": "dh7yuew", "created_at_utc_A": 1494107434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494107348.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He actually didn't prompt her to do anything... and can you imagine getting to the other turret in a viciously maneuvering ship?", "human_ref_B": "Finn was barely a decent sanitation worker. Problem solving wasn't his strong suit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 86.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zsl504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[The Flash] Why doesn't Barry KO his foes with a superspeed punch before they can even react? This is something that happens often: The flash arrives to the place where the bad guys are and, instead of handcuffing them before they can even react or knocking them out in less than a second, he stops to talk or fights in the most inneficient way possible, which gives his enemies the chance to escape. Because of that, he loses a lot of fights that he should win. Like, It was comprehensible when he was just a beginner, in his first week of fighting crime, but after all this time he should have realised that there are better ways to use his powers.", "c_root_id_A": "j18eiuc", "c_root_id_B": "j18dh6c", "created_at_utc_A": 1671713252.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671712609.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depending what Flash we are talking about, but to make it simple, let\u2019s use Barry and Wally as they are the two most noticeable. Both of them are known for being compassionate and yes, they talk to their opponents because they rather resolve the issue with the least amount of violence and fighting as possible. They know that most that they face are in terrible or hopeless situations that lead them to where they are facing the Flash and they rather not make it worst. Plus, using that punch (The White Dwarf Star Punch) would kill most people and that won\u2019t look good for the Flashes.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 643.0, "score_ratio": 30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zsl504", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[The Flash] Why doesn't Barry KO his foes with a superspeed punch before they can even react? This is something that happens often: The flash arrives to the place where the bad guys are and, instead of handcuffing them before they can even react or knocking them out in less than a second, he stops to talk or fights in the most inneficient way possible, which gives his enemies the chance to escape. Because of that, he loses a lot of fights that he should win. Like, It was comprehensible when he was just a beginner, in his first week of fighting crime, but after all this time he should have realised that there are better ways to use his powers.", "c_root_id_A": "j1cjqvi", "c_root_id_B": "j18dh6c", "created_at_utc_A": 1671782256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671712609.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Flash's foes are insanely powerful. They include multiple other speedsters with most of his powers, a time manipulator, a man with equipment capable of slowing all atomic motion to zero, a pyromaniac, a man capable of creating tornadoes *inside* of people as well as dropping multiple twisters only a few miles apart, a man who can travel through *any* reflective surface, a man who can change any element into any other element, a female Magneto (sometimes, she goes back and forth), a man who can hypnotize anyone who hears him, a man capable of practically altering reality thanks to 64th century technology, and many others. They mainly limit themselves to robbing banks and/or trying to kill the Flash Family. Now imagine what happens when the Flash starts escalating fights to end them instantly and they decide to stop playing nice. We're talking bodycounts *skyrocketing*, possibly the city getting leveled. Flash often arrives while they're ending their robberies and trying to get away. If Captain Cold decides to just freeze everyone in the building to stop them before they set off an alarm, if Weather Wizard decides to create a dozen twisters within a one-mile area, if Heatwave starts setting buildings on fire and *not* letting people out...", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 69647.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d63qfzm", "c_root_id_B": "d63pc1b", "created_at_utc_A": 1470305997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470302399.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Emperor's story as we know it is true; the mess the Eclesiarcy made of it less so.", "human_ref_B": "Almost no one even knows the story of the Emperor's Origins. Even amongst the highest orders of the Inquisition it's a myth, at best. Propaganda isn't that useful when you hide it from people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3598.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d63qfzm", "c_root_id_B": "d63l06n", "created_at_utc_A": 1470305997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470290171.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "The Emperor's story as we know it is true; the mess the Eclesiarcy made of it less so.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15826.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d63lji4", "c_root_id_B": "d63qfzm", "created_at_utc_A": 1470291462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470305997.0, "score_A": -9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Hersey!!!!!!!! BLAM, BLAM, BLAM - blessed is the mind too small to doubt", "human_ref_B": "The Emperor's story as we know it is true; the mess the Eclesiarcy made of it less so.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14535.0, "score_ratio": -1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d63l06n", "c_root_id_B": "d63pc1b", "created_at_utc_A": 1470290171.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470302399.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "Almost no one even knows the story of the Emperor's Origins. Even amongst the highest orders of the Inquisition it's a myth, at best. Propaganda isn't that useful when you hide it from people.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12228.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d63pc1b", "c_root_id_B": "d63lji4", "created_at_utc_A": 1470302399.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470291462.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -9, "human_ref_A": "Almost no one even knows the story of the Emperor's Origins. Even amongst the highest orders of the Inquisition it's a myth, at best. Propaganda isn't that useful when you hide it from people.", "human_ref_B": "Hersey!!!!!!!! BLAM, BLAM, BLAM - blessed is the mind too small to doubt", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10937.0, "score_ratio": -0.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d642569", "c_root_id_B": "d63l06n", "created_at_utc_A": 1470326482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470290171.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Sadly my friend, there are no answers. Not here, not anywhere. All history is lost no matter where you go or whom you ask. You can hitch a ride on a Rogue Trader fleet and go to any planet in the Imperium and get a slightly different version of the official history. You can get lost in a warp-storm and roam the Chaos planets and get equally-distorted versions of that story, from a different point-of-view. You could even get lucky and end up on an Eldar craft-world, and they don't really have records of the Mon-Kees early history, all they have starts when our Emperor united humanity and began his Great Crusade. In the end, there is only the Imperium and our faith in whatever story we choose to believe.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36311.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d63lji4", "c_root_id_B": "d642569", "created_at_utc_A": 1470291462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470326482.0, "score_A": -9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hersey!!!!!!!! BLAM, BLAM, BLAM - blessed is the mind too small to doubt", "human_ref_B": "Sadly my friend, there are no answers. Not here, not anywhere. All history is lost no matter where you go or whom you ask. You can hitch a ride on a Rogue Trader fleet and go to any planet in the Imperium and get a slightly different version of the official history. You can get lost in a warp-storm and roam the Chaos planets and get equally-distorted versions of that story, from a different point-of-view. You could even get lucky and end up on an Eldar craft-world, and they don't really have records of the Mon-Kees early history, all they have starts when our Emperor united humanity and began his Great Crusade. In the end, there is only the Imperium and our faith in whatever story we choose to believe.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35020.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d646jue", "c_root_id_B": "d63l06n", "created_at_utc_A": 1470331915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470290171.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "To be among the highest ranks of the Inquisition, and to know what our race faces if He fails and Chaos consumes us all...it is a small thing to believe in the legends that bore our Savior to his enshrinement.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41744.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d646jue", "c_root_id_B": "d63lji4", "created_at_utc_A": 1470331915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470291462.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -9, "human_ref_A": "To be among the highest ranks of the Inquisition, and to know what our race faces if He fails and Chaos consumes us all...it is a small thing to believe in the legends that bore our Savior to his enshrinement.", "human_ref_B": "Hersey!!!!!!!! BLAM, BLAM, BLAM - blessed is the mind too small to doubt", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40453.0, "score_ratio": -0.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d67acl0", "c_root_id_B": "d63l06n", "created_at_utc_A": 1470531943.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470290171.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "True. The realm of Chaos books said \"These facts are represented here for illumination of the reader\" and \"In the Imperium, only the Emperor now remembers the things described, if even he remembers something so dim and distant\". Ollanius Perrson is an ancient immortal perpetual who fought in Verdun WW1, Austerlitz, sailed with Jason and the Argonauts back to Thessaly with the witch Medea and the fleece. The Emperor was saint George as the last Church and the mechanicum shows. The Last church said the Emperor \"lived a Thousand lives and walked the earth for longer than could be imagined\". Implication for shaman fluff. The Emperor talked Ollanius outside Ur/Nineveh on Old Earth.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 241772.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w32ln", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How much of the Emperor of Mankind's story is revisionist propoganda, like a 21st century dictator claiming a Supernatural birth and to be the best sportsman in the world? We are among friends here, but still I ask quietly - the great Emperor of mankind is an incredibly powerful psyker, of incredibly long life, who United humanity under himself, and from his throne of perpetual stasis rules mankind still - this much is known. But the details of his story - that he is the reincarnated form of thousands of shamans, that he wandered the world in secret for thousands of years spreading advice, that the Chaos Gods felt him in his obsurity to be their greatest enemy... Are these things true? Or are they fictions, designed to prevent any doubt that this ancient and powerful tyrant was the only possible ruler of mankind?", "c_root_id_A": "d63lji4", "c_root_id_B": "d67acl0", "created_at_utc_A": 1470291462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470531943.0, "score_A": -9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hersey!!!!!!!! BLAM, BLAM, BLAM - blessed is the mind too small to doubt", "human_ref_B": "True. The realm of Chaos books said \"These facts are represented here for illumination of the reader\" and \"In the Imperium, only the Emperor now remembers the things described, if even he remembers something so dim and distant\". Ollanius Perrson is an ancient immortal perpetual who fought in Verdun WW1, Austerlitz, sailed with Jason and the Argonauts back to Thessaly with the witch Medea and the fleece. The Emperor was saint George as the last Church and the mechanicum shows. The Last church said the Emperor \"lived a Thousand lives and walked the earth for longer than could be imagined\". Implication for shaman fluff. The Emperor talked Ollanius outside Ur/Nineveh on Old Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 240481.0, "score_ratio": -0.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3a0sj1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Jurassic Park] Why would they use frog DNA to fill in the gaps of the dinosaur DNA instead of taking bits out of other dinosaur cells? There are like a billion cells in a gram of tissue. It's like you're trying to fix up a 67 Stingray and instead of going to the junkyard for pieces of other 67 Stingrays, you chose to weld the door from a 2010 Camaro on.", "c_root_id_A": "cs8aix9", "c_root_id_B": "cs8baxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1434459064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434460880.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "I don't know much about genetics, but I've always assumed that frog DNA had the best comparability. They got the dino DNA, analyzed it and ran it through simulations. Based on these simulations they found that it was incomplete and compared it with a library of present day animals to find the best match. South African Frogs was a match made in heaven, I suppose. People who know more about DNA, cloning and genes in general will probably tell you this is utter BS from A to Z, but for the average movie audience it is a plausible science fiction reason. It makes sense that dino DNA is old, thus damaged/incomplete and it makes sense that to clone these animals you'll need to restore it as best you can.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine that to get the muffler for your 67 Stingray, you have to churn up 10,000 67 Stingray parts from the junkyard, and you're not even guaranteed to get a muffler. You might get the windshield wipers again. The book talks about how InGen's process of getting genetic information involves essentially grinding up tens of thousands of fossils to get little bits of DNA, piece by piece. Eventually, Wu just said, \"fuck it, nobody cares where the muffler comes from\" and slapped on a Camaro part.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1816.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3a0sj1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Jurassic Park] Why would they use frog DNA to fill in the gaps of the dinosaur DNA instead of taking bits out of other dinosaur cells? There are like a billion cells in a gram of tissue. It's like you're trying to fix up a 67 Stingray and instead of going to the junkyard for pieces of other 67 Stingrays, you chose to weld the door from a 2010 Camaro on.", "c_root_id_A": "cs8baxz", "c_root_id_B": "cs87vci", "created_at_utc_A": 1434460880.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434450349.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Imagine that to get the muffler for your 67 Stingray, you have to churn up 10,000 67 Stingray parts from the junkyard, and you're not even guaranteed to get a muffler. You might get the windshield wipers again. The book talks about how InGen's process of getting genetic information involves essentially grinding up tens of thousands of fossils to get little bits of DNA, piece by piece. Eventually, Wu just said, \"fuck it, nobody cares where the muffler comes from\" and slapped on a Camaro part.", "human_ref_B": "A follow-up question is why they didn't use bird DNA, considering that many dinos are much more closely related to birds than amphibians.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10531.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3a0sj1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Jurassic Park] Why would they use frog DNA to fill in the gaps of the dinosaur DNA instead of taking bits out of other dinosaur cells? There are like a billion cells in a gram of tissue. It's like you're trying to fix up a 67 Stingray and instead of going to the junkyard for pieces of other 67 Stingrays, you chose to weld the door from a 2010 Camaro on.", "c_root_id_A": "cs8baxz", "c_root_id_B": "cs8ar0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1434460880.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434459601.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Imagine that to get the muffler for your 67 Stingray, you have to churn up 10,000 67 Stingray parts from the junkyard, and you're not even guaranteed to get a muffler. You might get the windshield wipers again. The book talks about how InGen's process of getting genetic information involves essentially grinding up tens of thousands of fossils to get little bits of DNA, piece by piece. Eventually, Wu just said, \"fuck it, nobody cares where the muffler comes from\" and slapped on a Camaro part.", "human_ref_B": "I think the issue wasn't filling the gaps for the sake of completion but that specific genes were missing that they couldn't get anywhere else. Some of the genes, like the cuddle fish gene, were added to handle the stress of being a cloned animal.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1279.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3a0sj1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Jurassic Park] Why would they use frog DNA to fill in the gaps of the dinosaur DNA instead of taking bits out of other dinosaur cells? There are like a billion cells in a gram of tissue. It's like you're trying to fix up a 67 Stingray and instead of going to the junkyard for pieces of other 67 Stingrays, you chose to weld the door from a 2010 Camaro on.", "c_root_id_A": "cs87vci", "c_root_id_B": "cs8aix9", "created_at_utc_A": 1434450349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434459064.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "A follow-up question is why they didn't use bird DNA, considering that many dinos are much more closely related to birds than amphibians.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know much about genetics, but I've always assumed that frog DNA had the best comparability. They got the dino DNA, analyzed it and ran it through simulations. Based on these simulations they found that it was incomplete and compared it with a library of present day animals to find the best match. South African Frogs was a match made in heaven, I suppose. People who know more about DNA, cloning and genes in general will probably tell you this is utter BS from A to Z, but for the average movie audience it is a plausible science fiction reason. It makes sense that dino DNA is old, thus damaged/incomplete and it makes sense that to clone these animals you'll need to restore it as best you can.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8715.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3a0sj1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Jurassic Park] Why would they use frog DNA to fill in the gaps of the dinosaur DNA instead of taking bits out of other dinosaur cells? There are like a billion cells in a gram of tissue. It's like you're trying to fix up a 67 Stingray and instead of going to the junkyard for pieces of other 67 Stingrays, you chose to weld the door from a 2010 Camaro on.", "c_root_id_A": "cs8ar0h", "c_root_id_B": "cs8cnf2", "created_at_utc_A": 1434459601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434463614.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think the issue wasn't filling the gaps for the sake of completion but that specific genes were missing that they couldn't get anywhere else. Some of the genes, like the cuddle fish gene, were added to handle the stress of being a cloned animal.", "human_ref_B": "Because when they tried to complete the sequence for dinosaur DNA they simply didn't have the correct sequence from fossilized amber samples so had to use a genetic descendant instead. They used frog DNA because it was the closest match for the sequence they were looking for. Think of it as a jigsaw puzzle based on a classical piece of art that you really need to finish, it's very old and some pieces are too damaged to finish. While you can't complete the puzzle with the pieces you have, you head down to the store and buy an entirely new edition of that same puzzle, hoping that the jigsaw cutting of the puzzle is not only able to fit your original puzzle but it's the correct image piece. When you're done, the picture is just as it is on the box save the newer pieces having higher quality imagery and less-subject to wear than the others. What the scientists at Jurassic Park are trying to do is finish the sequence. It may only be a single code, such as ATCA, or an entire sequence. They look at existing animals that were scientifically proven to have descent from dinosaurs (reptiles and off-shoot species, amphibians and birds) in order to find the genetic code they need, try to splice it in and see if it works. They used frog DNA because it was, indeed, the best genetic code, if that also explains why they don't use bird DNA. It'd be more like taking a screw or wire from a Camaro and putting it in the Stingray - in theory it's exactly the same.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4013.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ivytrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Spider-Man (PS4 Game)] How does Rhino go to the bathroom if he's sealed inside his suit? There doesn't seem to be any buttflap, fly, or mechanisms for aiding his waste excretions. And as everyone knows, everybody poops. So how does Rhino do it?", "c_root_id_A": "g5valqe", "c_root_id_B": "g5vegua", "created_at_utc_A": 1600551843.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600553089.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "There might be waste disposal tubes in there, after all the suid was *made* to be worn. But what i don't get it how are they unable to get him out?", "human_ref_B": "Presumably the same as he does in the comics. https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-rhino-bathroom-suit/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1246.0, "score_ratio": 1.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ivytrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Spider-Man (PS4 Game)] How does Rhino go to the bathroom if he's sealed inside his suit? There doesn't seem to be any buttflap, fly, or mechanisms for aiding his waste excretions. And as everyone knows, everybody poops. So how does Rhino do it?", "c_root_id_A": "g5uyiuh", "c_root_id_B": "g5vegua", "created_at_utc_A": 1600547803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600553089.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Or he has really bad breath for reasons I will not state.", "human_ref_B": "Presumably the same as he does in the comics. https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-rhino-bathroom-suit/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5286.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ivytrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Spider-Man (PS4 Game)] How does Rhino go to the bathroom if he's sealed inside his suit? There doesn't seem to be any buttflap, fly, or mechanisms for aiding his waste excretions. And as everyone knows, everybody poops. So how does Rhino do it?", "c_root_id_A": "g5vegua", "c_root_id_B": "g5v8mjo", "created_at_utc_A": 1600553089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600551170.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Presumably the same as he does in the comics. https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-rhino-bathroom-suit/", "human_ref_B": "Eats and barfs like a scag from Borderlands.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1919.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ivytrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Spider-Man (PS4 Game)] How does Rhino go to the bathroom if he's sealed inside his suit? There doesn't seem to be any buttflap, fly, or mechanisms for aiding his waste excretions. And as everyone knows, everybody poops. So how does Rhino do it?", "c_root_id_A": "g5valqe", "c_root_id_B": "g5uyiuh", "created_at_utc_A": 1600551843.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600547803.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There might be waste disposal tubes in there, after all the suid was *made* to be worn. But what i don't get it how are they unable to get him out?", "human_ref_B": "Or he has really bad breath for reasons I will not state.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4040.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ivytrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Spider-Man (PS4 Game)] How does Rhino go to the bathroom if he's sealed inside his suit? There doesn't seem to be any buttflap, fly, or mechanisms for aiding his waste excretions. And as everyone knows, everybody poops. So how does Rhino do it?", "c_root_id_A": "g5v8mjo", "c_root_id_B": "g5valqe", "created_at_utc_A": 1600551170.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600551843.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Eats and barfs like a scag from Borderlands.", "human_ref_B": "There might be waste disposal tubes in there, after all the suid was *made* to be worn. But what i don't get it how are they unable to get him out?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 673.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4insro", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[The Avengers] Did Thor go all the way to Asgard just to turn around and visit a shawarma joint? It seems that he took Loki back to an Asgardian prison just before the credits rolled, but apparently he is back by the end of them to enjoy some lackluster food. I guess it makes sense for him to feast after a victory with friends, but...", "c_root_id_A": "d2zwb0a", "c_root_id_B": "d2zqt71", "created_at_utc_A": 1462888047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462875066.0, "score_A": 109, "score_B": 92, "human_ref_A": "Semi-interesting little tidbit: by the time they got around to filming the shawarma scene, Chris Evans had grown a full beard for another movie that he couldn't shave off, which explains why his hand is covering his face.", "human_ref_B": "Shawarma is not lacklustre D:<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12981.0, "score_ratio": 1.1847826087, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4insro", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[The Avengers] Did Thor go all the way to Asgard just to turn around and visit a shawarma joint? It seems that he took Loki back to an Asgardian prison just before the credits rolled, but apparently he is back by the end of them to enjoy some lackluster food. I guess it makes sense for him to feast after a victory with friends, but...", "c_root_id_A": "d2zwb0a", "c_root_id_B": "d2zrafd", "created_at_utc_A": 1462888047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462876726.0, "score_A": 109, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "Semi-interesting little tidbit: by the time they got around to filming the shawarma scene, Chris Evans had grown a full beard for another movie that he couldn't shave off, which explains why his hand is covering his face.", "human_ref_B": "I had no idea what a shawarma was so i figured it was some exotic food from the middle east only to find out its just another name for a kebab which we eat all the time in Aus especially after a night on the piss", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11321.0, "score_ratio": 1.6515151515, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4insro", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[The Avengers] Did Thor go all the way to Asgard just to turn around and visit a shawarma joint? It seems that he took Loki back to an Asgardian prison just before the credits rolled, but apparently he is back by the end of them to enjoy some lackluster food. I guess it makes sense for him to feast after a victory with friends, but...", "c_root_id_A": "d30wdx2", "c_root_id_B": "d307o7z", "created_at_utc_A": 1462938597.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462903462.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I like to think they tied Loki to a post outside and made him wait.", "human_ref_B": "I feel like it doesn't require too much effort on his part to travel between the realms.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35135.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4insro", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[The Avengers] Did Thor go all the way to Asgard just to turn around and visit a shawarma joint? It seems that he took Loki back to an Asgardian prison just before the credits rolled, but apparently he is back by the end of them to enjoy some lackluster food. I guess it makes sense for him to feast after a victory with friends, but...", "c_root_id_A": "d30wdx2", "c_root_id_B": "d30d415", "created_at_utc_A": 1462938597.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462910292.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I like to think they tied Loki to a post outside and made him wait.", "human_ref_B": "Rainbow Bridge is pretty fast, he probably had less of a commute than Bruce.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28305.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "awqa1h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Goblin Slayer] In D&D terms, what level is he?", "c_root_id_A": "ehofxzq", "c_root_id_B": "ehoovqb", "created_at_utc_A": 1551587312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551595999.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "At most fifth level, though probably more like third or fourth.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the edition: 5th probably 5th through 8th level. He's probably a dual class Fighter/Ranger hybrid that focuses on traps as well as the traditional skills. He has a custom Ranger type that has uses traps that he buys or crafts.Also ranger has favored enemy and it goes without saying what it would be. And then 3-4 levels of Champion, a generic but useful fighter archtype that's generally good for multiclassing. 5e uses bound accuracy so you can theoretically gang pile him with enough goblins to just overwhelm him. 4th still probably a ranger with feats giving him access to heavy armor due to multiclassing working less well there. 3.5, due to how the accuracy rules work he's at most 5th level, and his campaign has quite a few more advanced level goblins than is typical. He's probably a custom version of the Ranger class that also has heavy armor and traps. He'd have the Favored Enemy Goblins again. Due to how accuracy rules the 'band' that Goblins are a threat and not a xenostomp is pretty tight. 2nd he'd be a homebrew ranger, again with heavy armor, and probably no more than 4th level. 1st he'd be dead. Its a much less survivable system. In all games his DM would be a sadist. Based on what I've seen, I think they are playing 3.0 or 3.5.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8687.0, "score_ratio": 2.7333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "awqa1h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Goblin Slayer] In D&D terms, what level is he?", "c_root_id_A": "ehpoo8l", "c_root_id_B": "ehreolk", "created_at_utc_A": 1551637813.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551700034.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the edition. Either way, he's low-to-mid level. Enough to take on a few goblins, but anything bigger could slaughter him. He's competent and skilled, but not really that strong. His alignment is always going to be either Chaotic or Neutral Evil. Yes, he kills evil creatures, but the methods he uses are just as vile and evil. For **OD&D**, he's probably about a fourth, a Hero, or *maybe* fifth level Fighting-Man (a Swashbuckler) at most. Strictly by the rules, he couldn't be a thief. Alignment: Chaotic. **Basic D&D** is much the same for any of the many editions of Basic. Chaotic 4th-5th level Fighting Man. In **First Edition AD&D**, going strictly by the rules, a human cannot multiclass as a Fighter/Thief or a Fighter/Assassin. He could, however, have two classes at once by starting as one, leveling up some, then changing his class, operating *purely* as that class, up until he hit the same level as his original class. At that point, he'd gain the benefits of both classes, but he couldn't use his thief/assassin abilities unless he only wore light (meaning leather or enchanted) armor. Rangers also don't fit, because of alignment issues and the fact that they're geared more towards fighting giants in 1E. They get bonuses for any giant class creature, but not goblins. So, he's a pure Fighter, which honestly works pretty fantastically for him. Fighters can use magic items, scrolls, potions, wands, and poisons without any trouble. A 1E Fighter, about third to fifth level, is honestly probably the perfect descriptor for him as he's portrayed from what little of the manga I read. Alignment: Neutral Evil. **Second Edition** is largely identical to First Edition for the same reasons. You might argue for the Bounty Hunter thief kit, but that still restricts his armor to studded leather at most. 3rd-5th level Fighter. 2E also has various character kits that add special advantages or disadvantages, from what little I know of Goblin Slayer the Peasant Hero kit works best for him. Alignment: Neutral Evil. **Third Edition/3.x** Fighter again. You might pick Ranger for the Favored Enemy feature, but that's ignoring everything else the Ranger focuses on. Alignment: Still Neutral Evil. **4E** Probably a Guardian Fighter. There's no good fit here. Unaligned or Chaotic Evil, depending on how you settle thing. **5E** You could make an argument for a Ranger with the Hunter/Horde Breaker dealie, and it'd be a good one that I wouldn't argue. I still think Fighter with the Champion path would work better. Either way, a Duelist or Defensive fighting style, 4th or 5th level, Neutral Evil.", "human_ref_B": "Thanks to Pathfinder having a batch of hybrid classes, it would be easy to put Goblin Slayer as, well a Slayer of about 5th-6th level. It's a hybrid class of Ranger/Rogue. Goblin Slayer is clearly very intelligent in what he does, which reflects high amount of skill points Slayer class gets as well as Studied Target class feature. He wears what seems to amount to medium armor and a buckler, with which Slayer class is proficient, and he's likely has \"Sticks and Stones\" talent, making him proficient in improvised weapons. I'm not that good at gauging his exact level, but Goblin Slayer doesn't seem to be fast enough to get iterative attacks per round, although it might be because he always moving and slashing, instead of taking full attack actions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62221.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "awqa1h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Goblin Slayer] In D&D terms, what level is he?", "c_root_id_A": "ehprzv0", "c_root_id_B": "ehreolk", "created_at_utc_A": 1551640320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551700034.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I don't know why so many people are suggesting he has any Ranger classes. He looks like a pure Fighter to me.", "human_ref_B": "Thanks to Pathfinder having a batch of hybrid classes, it would be easy to put Goblin Slayer as, well a Slayer of about 5th-6th level. It's a hybrid class of Ranger/Rogue. Goblin Slayer is clearly very intelligent in what he does, which reflects high amount of skill points Slayer class gets as well as Studied Target class feature. He wears what seems to amount to medium armor and a buckler, with which Slayer class is proficient, and he's likely has \"Sticks and Stones\" talent, making him proficient in improvised weapons. I'm not that good at gauging his exact level, but Goblin Slayer doesn't seem to be fast enough to get iterative attacks per round, although it might be because he always moving and slashing, instead of taking full attack actions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59714.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq143hz", "c_root_id_B": "dq14ig9", "created_at_utc_A": 1511060904.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061492.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "I don't think there is any genetic link to powers. If Mom and Dad are supers they just have super kids. Also if you consider the incredible parents having super strength and stretch powers would be a little boring to watch if it's just copied and pasted.", "human_ref_B": "Possibly that it is more of genetic anomaly that accentuates a prominent feature within the person already, i.e. Bob was built more for strength, and when his powers developed that was the emphasis, etc. So, the genetics might be a predisposition to developing powers, but not specific types of powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 588.0, "score_ratio": 13.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq149fk", "c_root_id_B": "dq14ig9", "created_at_utc_A": 1511061136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061492.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 54, "human_ref_A": "Mix dirt and water and you get mud. Sometimes when you mix two things together, you get something that is nothing like either of the first two. Not that I'm calling Jack-Jack mud. I'd never say that, nor do anything else to upset that tyke.", "human_ref_B": "Possibly that it is more of genetic anomaly that accentuates a prominent feature within the person already, i.e. Bob was built more for strength, and when his powers developed that was the emphasis, etc. So, the genetics might be a predisposition to developing powers, but not specific types of powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 356.0, "score_ratio": 13.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq14rqb", "c_root_id_B": "dq14qx6", "created_at_utc_A": 1511061846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061815.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "It seems a world where the ability to have super powers is inheritable, but the type of powers are not. There seems to be some link between the named of the first 2 kids and their powers. So it likely is sensitive on some level to somebody's consciousness. Jak-Jak may be an example of someone just old enough to have powers but too young to lock on to a power set. So he gets random-ish things, sometimes in line with what he wants. (bad guy holds me, be fire!)", "human_ref_B": "It's my theory the original generation of supers was made by the government, but they never really anticipated two of them to have kids. The genetic modification likely is unstable as generations go by, making offspring a wildcard.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq143hz", "c_root_id_B": "dq14rqb", "created_at_utc_A": 1511060904.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061846.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "I don't think there is any genetic link to powers. If Mom and Dad are supers they just have super kids. Also if you consider the incredible parents having super strength and stretch powers would be a little boring to watch if it's just copied and pasted.", "human_ref_B": "It seems a world where the ability to have super powers is inheritable, but the type of powers are not. There seems to be some link between the named of the first 2 kids and their powers. So it likely is sensitive on some level to somebody's consciousness. Jak-Jak may be an example of someone just old enough to have powers but too young to lock on to a power set. So he gets random-ish things, sometimes in line with what he wants. (bad guy holds me, be fire!)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 942.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq149fk", "c_root_id_B": "dq14rqb", "created_at_utc_A": 1511061136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061846.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Mix dirt and water and you get mud. Sometimes when you mix two things together, you get something that is nothing like either of the first two. Not that I'm calling Jack-Jack mud. I'd never say that, nor do anything else to upset that tyke.", "human_ref_B": "It seems a world where the ability to have super powers is inheritable, but the type of powers are not. There seems to be some link between the named of the first 2 kids and their powers. So it likely is sensitive on some level to somebody's consciousness. Jak-Jak may be an example of someone just old enough to have powers but too young to lock on to a power set. So he gets random-ish things, sometimes in line with what he wants. (bad guy holds me, be fire!)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 710.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq14qx6", "c_root_id_B": "dq143hz", "created_at_utc_A": 1511061815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511060904.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It's my theory the original generation of supers was made by the government, but they never really anticipated two of them to have kids. The genetic modification likely is unstable as generations go by, making offspring a wildcard.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think there is any genetic link to powers. If Mom and Dad are supers they just have super kids. Also if you consider the incredible parents having super strength and stretch powers would be a little boring to watch if it's just copied and pasted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 911.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq149fk", "c_root_id_B": "dq14qx6", "created_at_utc_A": 1511061136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061815.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Mix dirt and water and you get mud. Sometimes when you mix two things together, you get something that is nothing like either of the first two. Not that I'm calling Jack-Jack mud. I'd never say that, nor do anything else to upset that tyke.", "human_ref_B": "It's my theory the original generation of supers was made by the government, but they never really anticipated two of them to have kids. The genetic modification likely is unstable as generations go by, making offspring a wildcard.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 679.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1dwf4", "c_root_id_B": "dq178l1", "created_at_utc_A": 1511078414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511065519.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I assumed it was a bit like Marvel's X-Gene. It's possible to inherit the powers of your parent, but that isn't always the case.", "human_ref_B": "Well, if you believe in the Pixar Theory, it's because powers have almost nothing to do with biology. Superhuman traits arise from a blunt form of magic use, which is in turn possible through the innate energy produced by human emotions (this same energy is harnessed by mutated human-animal hybrids in the distant future, and by supposedly inanimate objects throughout human history, including the toys in Toy Story). I suppose Jack Jack is superhuman because some humans are genetically more likely to be able to turn this energy into one or more superpowers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12895.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq178l1", "c_root_id_B": "dq143hz", "created_at_utc_A": 1511065519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511060904.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Well, if you believe in the Pixar Theory, it's because powers have almost nothing to do with biology. Superhuman traits arise from a blunt form of magic use, which is in turn possible through the innate energy produced by human emotions (this same energy is harnessed by mutated human-animal hybrids in the distant future, and by supposedly inanimate objects throughout human history, including the toys in Toy Story). I suppose Jack Jack is superhuman because some humans are genetically more likely to be able to turn this energy into one or more superpowers.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think there is any genetic link to powers. If Mom and Dad are supers they just have super kids. Also if you consider the incredible parents having super strength and stretch powers would be a little boring to watch if it's just copied and pasted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4615.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq149fk", "c_root_id_B": "dq178l1", "created_at_utc_A": 1511061136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511065519.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Mix dirt and water and you get mud. Sometimes when you mix two things together, you get something that is nothing like either of the first two. Not that I'm calling Jack-Jack mud. I'd never say that, nor do anything else to upset that tyke.", "human_ref_B": "Well, if you believe in the Pixar Theory, it's because powers have almost nothing to do with biology. Superhuman traits arise from a blunt form of magic use, which is in turn possible through the innate energy produced by human emotions (this same energy is harnessed by mutated human-animal hybrids in the distant future, and by supposedly inanimate objects throughout human history, including the toys in Toy Story). I suppose Jack Jack is superhuman because some humans are genetically more likely to be able to turn this energy into one or more superpowers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4383.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq178l1", "c_root_id_B": "dq14suc", "created_at_utc_A": 1511065519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061888.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well, if you believe in the Pixar Theory, it's because powers have almost nothing to do with biology. Superhuman traits arise from a blunt form of magic use, which is in turn possible through the innate energy produced by human emotions (this same energy is harnessed by mutated human-animal hybrids in the distant future, and by supposedly inanimate objects throughout human history, including the toys in Toy Story). I suppose Jack Jack is superhuman because some humans are genetically more likely to be able to turn this energy into one or more superpowers.", "human_ref_B": "Because the original supers had different powers than *their* parents, it's just an anomaly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3631.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1dwf4", "c_root_id_B": "dq143hz", "created_at_utc_A": 1511078414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511060904.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I assumed it was a bit like Marvel's X-Gene. It's possible to inherit the powers of your parent, but that isn't always the case.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think there is any genetic link to powers. If Mom and Dad are supers they just have super kids. Also if you consider the incredible parents having super strength and stretch powers would be a little boring to watch if it's just copied and pasted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17510.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1dwf4", "c_root_id_B": "dq149fk", "created_at_utc_A": 1511078414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061136.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I assumed it was a bit like Marvel's X-Gene. It's possible to inherit the powers of your parent, but that isn't always the case.", "human_ref_B": "Mix dirt and water and you get mud. Sometimes when you mix two things together, you get something that is nothing like either of the first two. Not that I'm calling Jack-Jack mud. I'd never say that, nor do anything else to upset that tyke.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17278.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1dwf4", "c_root_id_B": "dq14suc", "created_at_utc_A": 1511078414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061888.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I assumed it was a bit like Marvel's X-Gene. It's possible to inherit the powers of your parent, but that isn't always the case.", "human_ref_B": "Because the original supers had different powers than *their* parents, it's just an anomaly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16526.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1qud7", "c_root_id_B": "dq143hz", "created_at_utc_A": 1511108497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511060904.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "My own interpretation of Dash was that his muscles had his Dad's super strength but combined with his Mom's flexibility they manifest as very fast twitch muscles rather than the beefy/slow but strong muscles of his Dad. His bones probably came from his Dad which is why he can't stretch like his Mom but I always liked this idea (no idea if it's technically correct). It's harder to explain his sister and brother so I'm not really going to try but at least for Dash it seemed to make sense that a super strong and super flexible parent could give birth to a super fast kid", "human_ref_B": "I don't think there is any genetic link to powers. If Mom and Dad are supers they just have super kids. Also if you consider the incredible parents having super strength and stretch powers would be a little boring to watch if it's just copied and pasted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47593.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1qud7", "c_root_id_B": "dq149fk", "created_at_utc_A": 1511108497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061136.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "My own interpretation of Dash was that his muscles had his Dad's super strength but combined with his Mom's flexibility they manifest as very fast twitch muscles rather than the beefy/slow but strong muscles of his Dad. His bones probably came from his Dad which is why he can't stretch like his Mom but I always liked this idea (no idea if it's technically correct). It's harder to explain his sister and brother so I'm not really going to try but at least for Dash it seemed to make sense that a super strong and super flexible parent could give birth to a super fast kid", "human_ref_B": "Mix dirt and water and you get mud. Sometimes when you mix two things together, you get something that is nothing like either of the first two. Not that I'm calling Jack-Jack mud. I'd never say that, nor do anything else to upset that tyke.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47361.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1qud7", "c_root_id_B": "dq1e60f", "created_at_utc_A": 1511108497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511079109.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "My own interpretation of Dash was that his muscles had his Dad's super strength but combined with his Mom's flexibility they manifest as very fast twitch muscles rather than the beefy/slow but strong muscles of his Dad. His bones probably came from his Dad which is why he can't stretch like his Mom but I always liked this idea (no idea if it's technically correct). It's harder to explain his sister and brother so I'm not really going to try but at least for Dash it seemed to make sense that a super strong and super flexible parent could give birth to a super fast kid", "human_ref_B": "because they all have the same power: harness reality altering force. These empowered people first learned to harness their power in a manner related to their own nature and personality, and having been inspired by pre-existing super-hero fiction, considered the anomalous effects they produced \"powers\". for this reason the first generation of supers never learned that their abilities were so much broader than how they used them. Consequently when this generation had children, and the kids all popped out with new different powers, the parents had a psychological framework which they imprinted on their children's sub-consciousnesses; you're a speedster, you're a psychic, you shoot plasma from your eyes, thats *your power*. some also theorize that the part of the brain which gives these incredible powers is related to language development, explaining why young supers are able to learn to use their cosmic reality warping powers so quickly and instinctively, but later adult development of powers seems so calcified (when compared to the jump between, for example, being an ordinary person and being able to warp space to bend photons around you, hiding you from sight and not producing even a visible distortion).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29388.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1qud7", "c_root_id_B": "dq14suc", "created_at_utc_A": 1511108497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061888.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "My own interpretation of Dash was that his muscles had his Dad's super strength but combined with his Mom's flexibility they manifest as very fast twitch muscles rather than the beefy/slow but strong muscles of his Dad. His bones probably came from his Dad which is why he can't stretch like his Mom but I always liked this idea (no idea if it's technically correct). It's harder to explain his sister and brother so I'm not really going to try but at least for Dash it seemed to make sense that a super strong and super flexible parent could give birth to a super fast kid", "human_ref_B": "Because the original supers had different powers than *their* parents, it's just an anomaly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46609.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1onu1", "c_root_id_B": "dq1qud7", "created_at_utc_A": 1511105393.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511108497.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "DNA mutates different ways", "human_ref_B": "My own interpretation of Dash was that his muscles had his Dad's super strength but combined with his Mom's flexibility they manifest as very fast twitch muscles rather than the beefy/slow but strong muscles of his Dad. His bones probably came from his Dad which is why he can't stretch like his Mom but I always liked this idea (no idea if it's technically correct). It's harder to explain his sister and brother so I'm not really going to try but at least for Dash it seemed to make sense that a super strong and super flexible parent could give birth to a super fast kid", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3104.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1e60f", "c_root_id_B": "dq14suc", "created_at_utc_A": 1511079109.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511061888.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "because they all have the same power: harness reality altering force. These empowered people first learned to harness their power in a manner related to their own nature and personality, and having been inspired by pre-existing super-hero fiction, considered the anomalous effects they produced \"powers\". for this reason the first generation of supers never learned that their abilities were so much broader than how they used them. Consequently when this generation had children, and the kids all popped out with new different powers, the parents had a psychological framework which they imprinted on their children's sub-consciousnesses; you're a speedster, you're a psychic, you shoot plasma from your eyes, thats *your power*. some also theorize that the part of the brain which gives these incredible powers is related to language development, explaining why young supers are able to learn to use their cosmic reality warping powers so quickly and instinctively, but later adult development of powers seems so calcified (when compared to the jump between, for example, being an ordinary person and being able to warp space to bend photons around you, hiding you from sight and not producing even a visible distortion).", "human_ref_B": "Because the original supers had different powers than *their* parents, it's just an anomaly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17221.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq14suc", "c_root_id_B": "dq1vhkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1511061888.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511114384.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because the original supers had different powers than *their* parents, it's just an anomaly.", "human_ref_B": "A shocking percentage of children do not share paternal DNA with their mother's husbands", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52496.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dxvyy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[ The Incredibles] Why do children of supers have different powers than there parents?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1vhkg", "c_root_id_B": "dq1onu1", "created_at_utc_A": 1511114384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511105393.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A shocking percentage of children do not share paternal DNA with their mother's husbands", "human_ref_B": "DNA mutates different ways", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8991.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s8q72b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the incredibles] I\u2019m trying to figure out the meaning behind Syndrome\u2019s name. What kind of syndrome did he have?", "c_root_id_A": "hthzhpc", "c_root_id_B": "hthts39", "created_at_utc_A": 1642707381.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642705237.0, "score_A": 83, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "It is an allusion to \"hero syndrome\" which is when people create dangerous situations so they can be the hero...which is what he is doing. Apparently he is like the riddler, he can't help but leave a clue for people to figure out? Either that or its a subtle take that to all heroes, since he believes that they are as selfish as he is.", "human_ref_B": "All of them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2144.0, "score_ratio": -83.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s8q72b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the incredibles] I\u2019m trying to figure out the meaning behind Syndrome\u2019s name. What kind of syndrome did he have?", "c_root_id_A": "hthts39", "c_root_id_B": "hti0g6f", "created_at_utc_A": 1642705237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642707730.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "All of them.", "human_ref_B": "There might not have been a specific meaning. It's possible he just thought it sounded cool. On the other hand, he basically thought Supers were a plague on society, so it might have stemmed from that. As for what actual mental illnesses he had... I'm not a psychiatrist, but Narcissistic Personality Disorder is probably one of them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2493.0, "score_ratio": -15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s8q72b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the incredibles] I\u2019m trying to figure out the meaning behind Syndrome\u2019s name. What kind of syndrome did he have?", "c_root_id_A": "htien2f", "c_root_id_B": "htixgoq", "created_at_utc_A": 1642713384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642721372.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I assume it's just a badass sounding name- don't forget, under all the genius, he's still a bitter 10 year old playing at superheroics.", "human_ref_B": "Syn - from Greek: together or together with. Drome - from Greek: a course or track/a large place for a special purpose. Suffixed after descriptors which specify the event the course/space is used for. Combined we get Syndrome: greek for Running Together and used in modern medicine to describe a set of symptoms which \"run together\" in the body of those afflicted. To the modern ear, Syndrome sounds sinister (like a medical problem) and perhaps vaguely technological. This fits his character as a villian and tech expert gadgeteer. It also reveals his poor understanding of people. He may be a genius, but he doesn't understand that this name doesn't sound heroic, much like how he doesn't understand Mirage is fed up with his callousness or predict her betrayal. Syn and Sin are also homophones. Whos sin? Mr. Incredible's, who in a moment of weakness turned Buddy against him and the idea of heroics in general. Buddy wanted to \"run together\" with Mr. Incredible but was rejected. Then, like a tumor, Buddy lingered undetected and grew. Both into a man and in power, to destroy the man he used to love, what was once a part of him and his identity. His evil plan as a villain is to invent a stage for competition where his robots will compete against heroes. Then, the world will be his stage, his event space (a drome, if you will), to be a hero. Ironically, it was his technology and costume that was his undoing. The sum of the parts (rocket boots, remote control, cape) did not add up to an effective whole. Rather than \"run together,\" they acted against each other and him. He lost control while on the \"stage\" in front of the public he wanted to fool, and again when his cape caused his death.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7988.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s8q72b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the incredibles] I\u2019m trying to figure out the meaning behind Syndrome\u2019s name. What kind of syndrome did he have?", "c_root_id_A": "htixgoq", "c_root_id_B": "hthts39", "created_at_utc_A": 1642721372.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642705237.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Syn - from Greek: together or together with. Drome - from Greek: a course or track/a large place for a special purpose. Suffixed after descriptors which specify the event the course/space is used for. Combined we get Syndrome: greek for Running Together and used in modern medicine to describe a set of symptoms which \"run together\" in the body of those afflicted. To the modern ear, Syndrome sounds sinister (like a medical problem) and perhaps vaguely technological. This fits his character as a villian and tech expert gadgeteer. It also reveals his poor understanding of people. He may be a genius, but he doesn't understand that this name doesn't sound heroic, much like how he doesn't understand Mirage is fed up with his callousness or predict her betrayal. Syn and Sin are also homophones. Whos sin? Mr. Incredible's, who in a moment of weakness turned Buddy against him and the idea of heroics in general. Buddy wanted to \"run together\" with Mr. Incredible but was rejected. Then, like a tumor, Buddy lingered undetected and grew. Both into a man and in power, to destroy the man he used to love, what was once a part of him and his identity. His evil plan as a villain is to invent a stage for competition where his robots will compete against heroes. Then, the world will be his stage, his event space (a drome, if you will), to be a hero. Ironically, it was his technology and costume that was his undoing. The sum of the parts (rocket boots, remote control, cape) did not add up to an effective whole. Rather than \"run together,\" they acted against each other and him. He lost control while on the \"stage\" in front of the public he wanted to fool, and again when his cape caused his death.", "human_ref_B": "All of them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16135.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s8q72b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the incredibles] I\u2019m trying to figure out the meaning behind Syndrome\u2019s name. What kind of syndrome did he have?", "c_root_id_A": "hthts39", "c_root_id_B": "htien2f", "created_at_utc_A": 1642705237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642713384.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "All of them.", "human_ref_B": "I assume it's just a badass sounding name- don't forget, under all the genius, he's still a bitter 10 year old playing at superheroics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8147.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s8q72b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[the incredibles] I\u2019m trying to figure out the meaning behind Syndrome\u2019s name. What kind of syndrome did he have?", "c_root_id_A": "hthts39", "c_root_id_B": "htlz0wn", "created_at_utc_A": 1642705237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642779788.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "All of them.", "human_ref_B": "He's the syndrome that heroes are the symptom of. Heroes are people who go out and break every rule because they're special. They're the symptom. Syndrome is a guy who wants to make everyone feel like a hero. He's the umbrella that encompasses the symptoms. At least that's how he sees it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 74551.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kej0t2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel & DC] Which heroes/villains are combat underachievers, compared to what their powers allow? I'm not talking about Reed Richards not curing cancer, or Superman not eradicating all crime on Earth. That stuff's hard, and maybe there's a good reason they haven't done it. I'm talking about good old fashioned beatdowns. Some characters are, on paper, capable of extremely impressive feats. But we never get to see it. At best we get to see it once in a blue moon, before everyone again forgets that they can do this. Everyone except that character's fans. That character's fans, this is your time.", "c_root_id_A": "gg2xx6o", "c_root_id_B": "gg2yyjb", "created_at_utc_A": 1608159445.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608159988.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Spider-man. Super strength, agility and almost pre-cognitive reflexes. Could be way more badass.", "human_ref_B": "Plastic man. It's come up more recently, but the guy is incredibly powerful to the point that he's one of batman's biggest concerns in the super hero community. His flexibility makes him pretty much indestructible and he can expand to great sizes. He's been frozen, shattered into little pieces, and spread across the planet, but still was able to survive. he's also crazy enough to be completely unpredictable, which is batman's issue with him. He's overall a goofy guy, so he's not really a threat but his powers really exceed that of Mr Fantastic. Also, Barry Allen. Reverse Flash is able to cause people's atoms to explode by just touching them or age them into dust so flash must hold back a lot when he goes against his villains.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 543.0, "score_ratio": 1.5333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kej0t2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel & DC] Which heroes/villains are combat underachievers, compared to what their powers allow? I'm not talking about Reed Richards not curing cancer, or Superman not eradicating all crime on Earth. That stuff's hard, and maybe there's a good reason they haven't done it. I'm talking about good old fashioned beatdowns. Some characters are, on paper, capable of extremely impressive feats. But we never get to see it. At best we get to see it once in a blue moon, before everyone again forgets that they can do this. Everyone except that character's fans. That character's fans, this is your time.", "c_root_id_A": "gg2xx6o", "c_root_id_B": "gg4bi7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1608159445.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608188539.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Spider-man. Super strength, agility and almost pre-cognitive reflexes. Could be way more badass.", "human_ref_B": "Jubilee's powers are blowing shit up. She just happens to have an extreme dislike of hurting people. At one point Wolverine pointed out to her that there was nothing stopping her from setting off one of her \"fireworks\" inside a person's skull - he suggested it as a way to kill the men who killed her parents. She refused, obviously, but later used this technique to disable a Prime Sentinel (human-sized killer cyborg). During Operation: Zero Tolerance, Jubilee was kidnapped, tortured, and locked up in a Hulkbuster base (in other words, in a cell designed to hold the Hulk). She blasted away the door and most of the wall, and then immediately stopped her escape attempt to give first aid to one of the guards. More recently, she was finally persuaded to cut loose when some Otherworld warriors injured her son, Shogo - she basically nuked a large chunk of landscape. The girl would be a terrifying force of destruction and unstoppable murder if she wasn't such a nice person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29094.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kej0t2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel & DC] Which heroes/villains are combat underachievers, compared to what their powers allow? I'm not talking about Reed Richards not curing cancer, or Superman not eradicating all crime on Earth. That stuff's hard, and maybe there's a good reason they haven't done it. I'm talking about good old fashioned beatdowns. Some characters are, on paper, capable of extremely impressive feats. But we never get to see it. At best we get to see it once in a blue moon, before everyone again forgets that they can do this. Everyone except that character's fans. That character's fans, this is your time.", "c_root_id_A": "gg37ngh", "c_root_id_B": "gg4bi7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1608164690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608188539.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Zan from the Wonder Twins. Dude can turn into ice giants, water spouts, even legitimate hurricanes... turns into water in a bucket.", "human_ref_B": "Jubilee's powers are blowing shit up. She just happens to have an extreme dislike of hurting people. At one point Wolverine pointed out to her that there was nothing stopping her from setting off one of her \"fireworks\" inside a person's skull - he suggested it as a way to kill the men who killed her parents. She refused, obviously, but later used this technique to disable a Prime Sentinel (human-sized killer cyborg). During Operation: Zero Tolerance, Jubilee was kidnapped, tortured, and locked up in a Hulkbuster base (in other words, in a cell designed to hold the Hulk). She blasted away the door and most of the wall, and then immediately stopped her escape attempt to give first aid to one of the guards. More recently, she was finally persuaded to cut loose when some Otherworld warriors injured her son, Shogo - she basically nuked a large chunk of landscape. The girl would be a terrifying force of destruction and unstoppable murder if she wasn't such a nice person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23849.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kej0t2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel & DC] Which heroes/villains are combat underachievers, compared to what their powers allow? I'm not talking about Reed Richards not curing cancer, or Superman not eradicating all crime on Earth. That stuff's hard, and maybe there's a good reason they haven't done it. I'm talking about good old fashioned beatdowns. Some characters are, on paper, capable of extremely impressive feats. But we never get to see it. At best we get to see it once in a blue moon, before everyone again forgets that they can do this. Everyone except that character's fans. That character's fans, this is your time.", "c_root_id_A": "gg4bi7o", "c_root_id_B": "gg3c2xk", "created_at_utc_A": 1608188539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608167124.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Jubilee's powers are blowing shit up. She just happens to have an extreme dislike of hurting people. At one point Wolverine pointed out to her that there was nothing stopping her from setting off one of her \"fireworks\" inside a person's skull - he suggested it as a way to kill the men who killed her parents. She refused, obviously, but later used this technique to disable a Prime Sentinel (human-sized killer cyborg). During Operation: Zero Tolerance, Jubilee was kidnapped, tortured, and locked up in a Hulkbuster base (in other words, in a cell designed to hold the Hulk). She blasted away the door and most of the wall, and then immediately stopped her escape attempt to give first aid to one of the guards. More recently, she was finally persuaded to cut loose when some Otherworld warriors injured her son, Shogo - she basically nuked a large chunk of landscape. The girl would be a terrifying force of destruction and unstoppable murder if she wasn't such a nice person.", "human_ref_B": "Well, Thor never uses more than one third his strength against a moral foe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21415.0, "score_ratio": 1.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kej0t2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel & DC] Which heroes/villains are combat underachievers, compared to what their powers allow? I'm not talking about Reed Richards not curing cancer, or Superman not eradicating all crime on Earth. That stuff's hard, and maybe there's a good reason they haven't done it. I'm talking about good old fashioned beatdowns. Some characters are, on paper, capable of extremely impressive feats. But we never get to see it. At best we get to see it once in a blue moon, before everyone again forgets that they can do this. Everyone except that character's fans. That character's fans, this is your time.", "c_root_id_A": "gg3al2u", "c_root_id_B": "gg4bi7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1608166307.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608188539.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Does it have to just be Marvel and DC? In Touhou Project, Sunny Milk has the ability to control diffraction of light. She usually uses it to turn invisible, and once used it to look at areas she doesn't have a direct line of sight to. What she theoretically could use it for but never thought of is focusing the sun on her target. There's also Wriggle Nightbug who can control bugs, and hasn't used it to much of an effect. If you think that doesn't sound like a very impressive power, read Worm. Sue Storm might be able to focus sunlight, though I'm not sure she has as much control over diffraction as Sunny Milk.", "human_ref_B": "Jubilee's powers are blowing shit up. She just happens to have an extreme dislike of hurting people. At one point Wolverine pointed out to her that there was nothing stopping her from setting off one of her \"fireworks\" inside a person's skull - he suggested it as a way to kill the men who killed her parents. She refused, obviously, but later used this technique to disable a Prime Sentinel (human-sized killer cyborg). During Operation: Zero Tolerance, Jubilee was kidnapped, tortured, and locked up in a Hulkbuster base (in other words, in a cell designed to hold the Hulk). She blasted away the door and most of the wall, and then immediately stopped her escape attempt to give first aid to one of the guards. More recently, she was finally persuaded to cut loose when some Otherworld warriors injured her son, Shogo - she basically nuked a large chunk of landscape. The girl would be a terrifying force of destruction and unstoppable murder if she wasn't such a nice person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22232.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kej0t2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel & DC] Which heroes/villains are combat underachievers, compared to what their powers allow? I'm not talking about Reed Richards not curing cancer, or Superman not eradicating all crime on Earth. That stuff's hard, and maybe there's a good reason they haven't done it. I'm talking about good old fashioned beatdowns. Some characters are, on paper, capable of extremely impressive feats. But we never get to see it. At best we get to see it once in a blue moon, before everyone again forgets that they can do this. Everyone except that character's fans. That character's fans, this is your time.", "c_root_id_A": "gg3c2xk", "c_root_id_B": "gg3al2u", "created_at_utc_A": 1608167124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1608166307.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Well, Thor never uses more than one third his strength against a moral foe.", "human_ref_B": "Does it have to just be Marvel and DC? In Touhou Project, Sunny Milk has the ability to control diffraction of light. She usually uses it to turn invisible, and once used it to look at areas she doesn't have a direct line of sight to. What she theoretically could use it for but never thought of is focusing the sun on her target. There's also Wriggle Nightbug who can control bugs, and hasn't used it to much of an effect. If you think that doesn't sound like a very impressive power, read Worm. Sue Storm might be able to focus sunlight, though I'm not sure she has as much control over diffraction as Sunny Milk.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 817.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jcdgpj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DOOM: Eternal] Why are there so few Demons that The Doomslayer has to defeat in each level, and why couldn't the military take them out? Throughout Doom Eternal the governments and organizations are having serious trouble with the demons. Then Doomguy comes and just shoots them with guns. I understand that he uses some kind of supercharged or gigantic weapons but couldn't the military just have used truck mounted turrets or something big like that? Or rocket launchers?", "c_root_id_A": "g90oecz", "c_root_id_B": "g90vkvb", "created_at_utc_A": 1602867401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602870997.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Doomguy is coming in weeks or even months after the initial invasion. The ARC had no issues with the vast majority of demons they faced but could do nothing against the titans and citadel beasts. Doom slayer is picking off the dregs left behind by the military on earth but even he had to avoid the titans and such until he had his crucible back.", "human_ref_B": "- Demons are terrifying. Before the events of the game, demons were still considered a myth by most. Sure, demons have the same physical weaknesses as anything living creature but seeing a body horror brain monster on metal spider legs can be unnerving. - There is a seemingly inexhaustible supply of demons. This is compounded with the fact that demons can reanimate dead bodies to further bolster their ranks. - Doom: Eternal takes place 7 months after the invasion started. They've been fighting this battle a long time. - They are using bigger guns, just in other areas of the world. That's why about 30% of the human population has survived instead of 0%. - Doom Guy is just generally more powerful and better equipped. Your average AUC soldier is just some person with a gun trained to fight other people with guns. Doom Guy is an enhanced super soldier that led a group of demon killing warriors decked out in special demon killing weapons and armor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3596.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jcdgpj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DOOM: Eternal] Why are there so few Demons that The Doomslayer has to defeat in each level, and why couldn't the military take them out? Throughout Doom Eternal the governments and organizations are having serious trouble with the demons. Then Doomguy comes and just shoots them with guns. I understand that he uses some kind of supercharged or gigantic weapons but couldn't the military just have used truck mounted turrets or something big like that? Or rocket launchers?", "c_root_id_A": "g90vkvb", "c_root_id_B": "g90ogm7", "created_at_utc_A": 1602870997.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602867433.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "- Demons are terrifying. Before the events of the game, demons were still considered a myth by most. Sure, demons have the same physical weaknesses as anything living creature but seeing a body horror brain monster on metal spider legs can be unnerving. - There is a seemingly inexhaustible supply of demons. This is compounded with the fact that demons can reanimate dead bodies to further bolster their ranks. - Doom: Eternal takes place 7 months after the invasion started. They've been fighting this battle a long time. - They are using bigger guns, just in other areas of the world. That's why about 30% of the human population has survived instead of 0%. - Doom Guy is just generally more powerful and better equipped. Your average AUC soldier is just some person with a gun trained to fight other people with guns. Doom Guy is an enhanced super soldier that led a group of demon killing warriors decked out in special demon killing weapons and armor.", "human_ref_B": "It's shown throughout the series, in particular Doom 3, that Hell corrupts humans with Ardent energy which is a residual radiation. The humans aren't just being killed by demons, they're being corrupted and turned into zombies due to exposure, which causes them to turn on their allies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3564.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jcdgpj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DOOM: Eternal] Why are there so few Demons that The Doomslayer has to defeat in each level, and why couldn't the military take them out? Throughout Doom Eternal the governments and organizations are having serious trouble with the demons. Then Doomguy comes and just shoots them with guns. I understand that he uses some kind of supercharged or gigantic weapons but couldn't the military just have used truck mounted turrets or something big like that? Or rocket launchers?", "c_root_id_A": "g91mdl8", "c_root_id_B": "g90ogm7", "created_at_utc_A": 1602884212.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602867433.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The military couldn't take them out because demons are functionally limitless. Hell is a composite dimension created from the absorbed remnants of worlds Hell has already conquered and absorbed. They reap the souls of entire planets and convert them into more demons. Earth in Doom Eternal is likely not the only planet Hell is even invading at that exact moment; in fact it might not even be the only version of Earth they invading simultaneously since multiple Earths exists in the DOOM-verse. So not only do their ranks grow as Earth's fall but they have enough demons to spread across the cosmos constantly. If it it weren't for that, yeah *maybe* humanity could have won the war on their own. Demons can be killed with guns just like anything else but they're still far more durable than the average person. A few mounted machineguns might be able to burst down a Hell Baron in seconds, but the humans manning them can get killed even faster than that by a couple of fireballs thrown by the Imps that flanked them while they were distracted by the Baron's charge. The demons have superior tactics, experience, don't have to worry about supply lines, literal magic, teleportation, etc. Not to mention the cultists in the UAC were likely sabotaging things for years leading up to the actual invasion, thus hampering defense efforts. So humanity is definitely not trading on anything close to a 1-to-1 basis, but even if they were, they'd still be screwed. The only reason it seems so easy to kill demons is because we see things from the perspective of the Doomslayer, a literal demigod of destruction. Doom 1 and 2 prove that he was badass enough to punch up in weight class even before joining the night sentinels, so he got undoubtedly more so after training with them. Plus, he got put into a divinity machine that gave him divine speed, strength, and durability. The slayer's Testament from Doom 2016 tells of how he fought hordes of demons in hell in perpetuity for literally hundreds (thousands?) of years, even killing a titan bare-handed. And that was before he got super-armor forged in the fires of hell itself. Then, on top of that, he absorbed tons of argent energy and got even stronger. So the demons we see in the games are probably not actually moving as slow and dealing as little damage as it would seem (if you can even use words like \"slow\" to describe Doom Eternal demons), since we're seeing things from the Doomslayer's perspective. They are slower and less effective than him by far, yes, but that's only because he's so far above mortal power its ridiculous. Regular humans who can't juggle 8+ weapons and reload as fast as Doomslayer probably get blitzed in seconds by even the weaker demons. A perfect illustration of this point is the fact that Imps are actually about 6 feet tall, and they're among the weakest and smallest demons.", "human_ref_B": "It's shown throughout the series, in particular Doom 3, that Hell corrupts humans with Ardent energy which is a residual radiation. The humans aren't just being killed by demons, they're being corrupted and turned into zombies due to exposure, which causes them to turn on their allies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16779.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "97aof8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DOOM] Did ancient Christians run into the Hell demons at some point and then incorporate them into Christian myth, or is it more of a Childhood's End situation where these extra-dimensional aliens just happen to look like classic demons?", "c_root_id_A": "e46v1z1", "c_root_id_B": "e46szlo", "created_at_utc_A": 1534274440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534272732.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "It is the literal Christian hell. At the end of *Doom II* it says, \"You wonder where bad folks will go when they die now.\" Mars was populated in the ancient past, and destroyed by a demonic invasion. It seems likely that Earth was also targeted, but for whatever reason their invasion failed. The teleporters that are used were developed from \"technology\" retrieved from ancient tablets, and they have Satanic symbols of them for that reason.", "human_ref_B": "Most likely the former, ancient humanity in one form or another (let it be Martians or Argent D'nur) all had encounters with the creatures of the hell dimension, and in both cases they lost. Remnant and memories of the old civilization would spread as folk lore among primitive humans on earth. In Childhood's end, the demon image is not a coincidence either, except instead of racial memories and earlier contact, it is humanity's sub-conscious psychic premonition, as the Overlords will herald the end of humanity as we know it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1708.0, "score_ratio": 3.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "97aof8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DOOM] Did ancient Christians run into the Hell demons at some point and then incorporate them into Christian myth, or is it more of a Childhood's End situation where these extra-dimensional aliens just happen to look like classic demons?", "c_root_id_A": "e46szlo", "c_root_id_B": "e4744un", "created_at_utc_A": 1534272732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534282165.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Most likely the former, ancient humanity in one form or another (let it be Martians or Argent D'nur) all had encounters with the creatures of the hell dimension, and in both cases they lost. Remnant and memories of the old civilization would spread as folk lore among primitive humans on earth. In Childhood's end, the demon image is not a coincidence either, except instead of racial memories and earlier contact, it is humanity's sub-conscious psychic premonition, as the Overlords will herald the end of humanity as we know it.", "human_ref_B": "Most religions have some vision of fiery realms and cruel demons. Zoroastrianism, Hellenism, Chinese folk religion, Hinduism...all older than Christianity. Humanity has had contact with demons before. You *can* summon demons to our side, it's just difficult to stumble across the process by accident or even intent. These cultural memories have echoed onward in time. Perhaps they were originally warnings, since stripped of vital context. Or perhaps it was simply the human tendency towards storytelling. Either way, the realms of Doom are not proof of any human religion. They came before.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9433.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6g96qx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] If the droids had never shown up on Tatooine, what was Ben's timetable to give Luke his dad's lightsaber?", "c_root_id_A": "diogb8d", "c_root_id_B": "diogt18", "created_at_utc_A": 1497023863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497024409.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 367, "human_ref_A": "I don't know that he had ever planned to do it. I think he was there to keep an eye on Luke and make sure he just led a normal, Force-free life. And if Luke did start to pick up on his Force abilities, Ben would need to step in if it looked like he was going down the same path as his father and put a stop to that.", "human_ref_B": "It's the same plan that he was already following. There's no specific timetable. He'll give it to Luke when the Force says it's time to give it to him. Luke will either come asking about it, or a situation will arise where Luke needs it. That's when Obi-wan had always planned to give it to him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 546.0, "score_ratio": 30.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6g96qx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] If the droids had never shown up on Tatooine, what was Ben's timetable to give Luke his dad's lightsaber?", "c_root_id_A": "dioiai5", "c_root_id_B": "diogb8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1497026020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497023863.0, "score_A": 84, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Kenobi originally wanted to be more involved in Luke's life, but Owen would have none of it. The aging Jedi also learned that the less attention he attracted to Luke the better. So, circumstances lead to Kenobi abandoning whatever timetable he originally had. Like other posters are saying, Kenobi seemed to simply be living a quiet life with no immediate plans for Luke.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know that he had ever planned to do it. I think he was there to keep an eye on Luke and make sure he just led a normal, Force-free life. And if Luke did start to pick up on his Force abilities, Ben would need to step in if it looked like he was going down the same path as his father and put a stop to that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2157.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6g96qx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] If the droids had never shown up on Tatooine, what was Ben's timetable to give Luke his dad's lightsaber?", "c_root_id_A": "diomelz", "c_root_id_B": "diogb8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1497030488.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497023863.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I rewatched Ep 4 recently and I must say, the interactions between Ben and Luke felt very odd. They kind of act like they're old friends but they also don't really seem to know each other. And Obi Wan is like casually interested in Luke coming along only because he happened to be in the right place at the right time and oh it just so happens he had close connections to Luke's father. Like if a strange hermit who lived near me suddenly opened a trunk and handed me my dead father's weapon I might be a little more surprised as in like, who are you and how'd you know my dad and why did you wait so long to tell me any of this?! As opposed to Luke being like, semi-interested but not enough to really ask too many questions or be too surprised", "human_ref_B": "I don't know that he had ever planned to do it. I think he was there to keep an eye on Luke and make sure he just led a normal, Force-free life. And if Luke did start to pick up on his Force abilities, Ben would need to step in if it looked like he was going down the same path as his father and put a stop to that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6625.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6g96qx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] If the droids had never shown up on Tatooine, what was Ben's timetable to give Luke his dad's lightsaber?", "c_root_id_A": "diowzxm", "c_root_id_B": "diogb8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1497042434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497023863.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Ben mentions when he hands over the lightsaber that, \"Your father wanted me to give you this when you were older,\" so it seems likely that the plan was to give it to him a few years later. Luke is 19 or going on 19 at the start of A New Hope, so I would guess that Ben was planning to give him the lightsaber on his 20th birthday, possibly when he's celebrating with his friends at Anchorhead so as to avoid uncle Owen's interference. At that point Ben would just have to hope that Luke would confront Owen about it and make the decision to go and start training. Also, Beru is a major player here too. Although she's not a part of Ben's plan, the radio adaptation^^^ shows that she's frustrated with Owen's overprotectiveness of Luke and would probably end up supporting Luke's decision to train as a Jedi under Ben in the ensuing argument if Luke decides to confront Owen. Also, I suspect that Ben would still have sense a disturbance in the Force when Alderaan got blown up, so maybe he would have said, \"Fuck it, we need Luke now!\" and from there everything would have happened the same except a couple days delayed and Beru and Owen wouldn't have died. --- \\^^(Keep in mind though that the canon of the radio version is somewhat dubious now because of the canon reset, but nothing so far has been contradicted by the new canon and Rogue One actually seems to have reconfirmed a few minor things from the radio version so I still consider it a useful source.)", "human_ref_B": "I don't know that he had ever planned to do it. I think he was there to keep an eye on Luke and make sure he just led a normal, Force-free life. And if Luke did start to pick up on his Force abilities, Ben would need to step in if it looked like he was going down the same path as his father and put a stop to that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18571.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6g96qx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] If the droids had never shown up on Tatooine, what was Ben's timetable to give Luke his dad's lightsaber?", "c_root_id_A": "diormxp", "c_root_id_B": "diowzxm", "created_at_utc_A": 1497036299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497042434.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Once Luke get's tired of his Aunt and Uncle's farm, he'll try to run away to the academy, and Kenobi will intervene to inform him of his heritage.", "human_ref_B": "Ben mentions when he hands over the lightsaber that, \"Your father wanted me to give you this when you were older,\" so it seems likely that the plan was to give it to him a few years later. Luke is 19 or going on 19 at the start of A New Hope, so I would guess that Ben was planning to give him the lightsaber on his 20th birthday, possibly when he's celebrating with his friends at Anchorhead so as to avoid uncle Owen's interference. At that point Ben would just have to hope that Luke would confront Owen about it and make the decision to go and start training. Also, Beru is a major player here too. Although she's not a part of Ben's plan, the radio adaptation^^^ shows that she's frustrated with Owen's overprotectiveness of Luke and would probably end up supporting Luke's decision to train as a Jedi under Ben in the ensuing argument if Luke decides to confront Owen. Also, I suspect that Ben would still have sense a disturbance in the Force when Alderaan got blown up, so maybe he would have said, \"Fuck it, we need Luke now!\" and from there everything would have happened the same except a couple days delayed and Beru and Owen wouldn't have died. --- \\^^(Keep in mind though that the canon of the radio version is somewhat dubious now because of the canon reset, but nothing so far has been contradicted by the new canon and Rogue One actually seems to have reconfirmed a few minor things from the radio version so I still consider it a useful source.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6135.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xqnb9n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[MCU]Who did Odin and Hela fight before peacetime?", "c_root_id_A": "iqa6lyu", "c_root_id_B": "iqa714p", "created_at_utc_A": 1664397310.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664397476.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "I think they fought and conquered a lot of the beings from the 9 realms, specifically but maybe not limited to the Jotunn and the inhabitants of Muspelheim and such.", "human_ref_B": "I kind of assumed they were crushing the independent governments of the other eight members of the Nine Realms. We don't see Thor collecting taxes from those planets, but based on how they look relative to blinged-out Asgard it's clear that whatever \"alliance of equals\" arrangement they have is definitely tilted to Asgard's economic benefit. Though I think they were also bombing a lot of belligerents in adjacent areas of space into the stone age: folks like the Chitauri who seem fearsome but now only show up as mercenaries and pawns of other factions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 166.0, "score_ratio": 1.9333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xqnb9n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[MCU]Who did Odin and Hela fight before peacetime?", "c_root_id_A": "iqb5caj", "c_root_id_B": "iqcs3dx", "created_at_utc_A": 1664412581.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664451406.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Whoever they felt like", "human_ref_B": "Vanaheim, Nidavellir were long allies. Midgard didn't had anyone worthy to fight. It's not hinted or shown who did they fight but it's likely some lord/rulers of respective realms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38825.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2gn963", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU, Thor] So how exactly do the nine realms work? Are these \"Realms\" literally in different states of existence? Like alternate universes? Does that mean Midgard is *just* Earth, or the entire dimension in which Earth is located. Does the realm of Asgard have an entire dimension in it, filled with countless planets and people? If so, why do they give a shit what happens in Midgard? Are they just simply different places in the Universe connected somehow? So why are there just *Nine* realms, out of countless millions?", "c_root_id_A": "ckku0oz", "c_root_id_B": "ckla5nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1410963489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1410993396.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "As with some of the responses here, in the MCU, it only makes sense that the 9 realms are all in the same physical dimension, ie 1 universe. One of the main connections between places that prove a singular dimension would be accessibility of Knowhere by Sif at the end of Thor 2. Unless Starlord's captor/mentor Yondu has interdimensional travelling skills, Yondu and Starlord merely roam our galaxy or our neighbouring galaxy. They can both simply fly, for a period of time, and reach Knowhere. If on the other hand, by realms they meant dimensions, then that would mean Knowhere, which houses the Collector, and is \"travel-toable\" by Ronan, all exist in the realm of Midgard. Which we're most certainly not important enough for. So it would make most sense for the Asgardian's 9 realms to indicate main hubs, kind of like capital cities or main countries that have a Bifrost shortcut to them through which they can travel to neighbouring planets and colonies, etc (ie Xandar or Knowhere). But each realm is reeeaaaalllly far from another but possess some magical spatial alignment that allows easy Bifrost teleportation, but if you travelled long enough you would reach. (And if you wanted to take over the entire universe with darkness, alligning the realm-holes will probably make it easier.)", "human_ref_B": "I'd just like to point out that this is not made entirely clear in Norse cosmology either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29907.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2gn963", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU, Thor] So how exactly do the nine realms work? Are these \"Realms\" literally in different states of existence? Like alternate universes? Does that mean Midgard is *just* Earth, or the entire dimension in which Earth is located. Does the realm of Asgard have an entire dimension in it, filled with countless planets and people? If so, why do they give a shit what happens in Midgard? Are they just simply different places in the Universe connected somehow? So why are there just *Nine* realms, out of countless millions?", "c_root_id_A": "ckku0oz", "c_root_id_B": "ckkrq69", "created_at_utc_A": 1410963489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1410957596.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "As with some of the responses here, in the MCU, it only makes sense that the 9 realms are all in the same physical dimension, ie 1 universe. One of the main connections between places that prove a singular dimension would be accessibility of Knowhere by Sif at the end of Thor 2. Unless Starlord's captor/mentor Yondu has interdimensional travelling skills, Yondu and Starlord merely roam our galaxy or our neighbouring galaxy. They can both simply fly, for a period of time, and reach Knowhere. If on the other hand, by realms they meant dimensions, then that would mean Knowhere, which houses the Collector, and is \"travel-toable\" by Ronan, all exist in the realm of Midgard. Which we're most certainly not important enough for. So it would make most sense for the Asgardian's 9 realms to indicate main hubs, kind of like capital cities or main countries that have a Bifrost shortcut to them through which they can travel to neighbouring planets and colonies, etc (ie Xandar or Knowhere). But each realm is reeeaaaalllly far from another but possess some magical spatial alignment that allows easy Bifrost teleportation, but if you travelled long enough you would reach. (And if you wanted to take over the entire universe with darkness, alligning the realm-holes will probably make it easier.)", "human_ref_B": "The 9 realms in the movies are the same as in the comics. They're nine different dimensions that exist very close to each other. Because of their \"closeness\" there are various natural openings to each.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5893.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2gn963", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[MCU, Thor] So how exactly do the nine realms work? Are these \"Realms\" literally in different states of existence? Like alternate universes? Does that mean Midgard is *just* Earth, or the entire dimension in which Earth is located. Does the realm of Asgard have an entire dimension in it, filled with countless planets and people? If so, why do they give a shit what happens in Midgard? Are they just simply different places in the Universe connected somehow? So why are there just *Nine* realms, out of countless millions?", "c_root_id_A": "ckkrq69", "c_root_id_B": "ckla5nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1410957596.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1410993396.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The 9 realms in the movies are the same as in the comics. They're nine different dimensions that exist very close to each other. Because of their \"closeness\" there are various natural openings to each.", "human_ref_B": "I'd just like to point out that this is not made entirely clear in Norse cosmology either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35800.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawp255", "c_root_id_B": "iawpfzz", "created_at_utc_A": 1654175309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654175506.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 497, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Iirc its all based on \"Coruscant timezone\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 197.0, "score_ratio": 497.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawuki6", "c_root_id_B": "iawp255", "created_at_utc_A": 1654178014.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654175309.0, "score_A": 262, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Coruscant's days set the standard \"rotation\" by which time is kept, and their calendar is also the galactic standard. Conveniently for us, these are 24 hours and 365 days, respectively. However, people will often use their own days and calendars if they aren't actually traveling.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2705.0, "score_ratio": 262.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawp255", "c_root_id_B": "iaxd8h4", "created_at_utc_A": 1654175309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654186277.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The real answer is \"it depends\". Do you travel a lot to the core systems and/or do a lot of business with them? You probably use Coruscant standard time measurements. Do you never leave your planet or ship and rarely deal with outsiders? Probably use whatever measurement is convenient for your situation, which would be planetary movements, stellar movements, or some more niche time measurement like ship system cycles or the passage of seasons.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10968.0, "score_ratio": 60.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawp255", "c_root_id_B": "iawuyeu", "created_at_utc_A": 1654175309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654178201.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Standard galactic time is based on Coruscant", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2892.0, "score_ratio": 45.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawp255", "c_root_id_B": "iawuy23", "created_at_utc_A": 1654175309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654178196.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It's either based on the time of a certain planet, or oscillations of an atom Atomic clocks are the most accurate clocks made, and measure time based on the oscillations from a caesium-133 atom, so they could say that a year is this many oscillations", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2887.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iaxs258", "c_root_id_B": "iawp255", "created_at_utc_A": 1654192482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654175309.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Unless Coruscant is tidally locked to its sun, there are not an integer number of rotations in a revolution. An Earth year is 365.2422 days. Coruscant would need to broadcast out a time signal, much like Earth's atomic clock or GPS systems. But communications take time to travel. That runs up against all sorts of complications with the distances and relative speeds of the stars in the galaxy. How does Star Wars solve the relativistic time dilation problem that is inherent in all of their planet hopping?", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17173.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawp255", "c_root_id_B": "iaxxi6e", "created_at_utc_A": 1654175309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654194807.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Galactic Standard, which is based on Coruscant.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19498.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawp255", "c_root_id_B": "iaywuw3", "created_at_utc_A": 1654175309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654210411.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'd like to posit that they are in a post-age society. Age is truly just a number. You can live on one planet for a year but another planet spins faster so 3 years is less time, so why keep count? Maybe it only matters to you how old you are where your family is living. Maybe you leave that planet because you don't want to live a short death chased life like them. If you dont tell anyone where you're from, no one knows or cares how many times your rock went around some random star no one's ever been to.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35102.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iaxd8h4", "c_root_id_B": "iawuyeu", "created_at_utc_A": 1654186277.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654178201.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "The real answer is \"it depends\". Do you travel a lot to the core systems and/or do a lot of business with them? You probably use Coruscant standard time measurements. Do you never leave your planet or ship and rarely deal with outsiders? Probably use whatever measurement is convenient for your situation, which would be planetary movements, stellar movements, or some more niche time measurement like ship system cycles or the passage of seasons.", "human_ref_B": "Standard galactic time is based on Coruscant", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8076.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawuy23", "c_root_id_B": "iaxd8h4", "created_at_utc_A": 1654178196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654186277.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "It's either based on the time of a certain planet, or oscillations of an atom Atomic clocks are the most accurate clocks made, and measure time based on the oscillations from a caesium-133 atom, so they could say that a year is this many oscillations", "human_ref_B": "The real answer is \"it depends\". Do you travel a lot to the core systems and/or do a lot of business with them? You probably use Coruscant standard time measurements. Do you never leave your planet or ship and rarely deal with outsiders? Probably use whatever measurement is convenient for your situation, which would be planetary movements, stellar movements, or some more niche time measurement like ship system cycles or the passage of seasons.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8081.0, "score_ratio": 2.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v38i4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[STAR WARS] with so many planets and systems, how is age calculated or measured?", "c_root_id_A": "iawuyeu", "c_root_id_B": "iawuy23", "created_at_utc_A": 1654178201.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654178196.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Standard galactic time is based on Coruscant", "human_ref_B": "It's either based on the time of a certain planet, or oscillations of an atom Atomic clocks are the most accurate clocks made, and measure time based on the oscillations from a caesium-133 atom, so they could say that a year is this many oscillations", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5.0, "score_ratio": 1.7307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8djwxm", "c_root_id_B": "i8dhpfq", "created_at_utc_A": 1652393514.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652392563.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They do. Vulture droids were a big part of the Clone Wars. The Separatists used them to facilitate bombing runs, fighter screens, etc. One of the main points against a droid army is that droids require regular memory wipes lest they begin to manifest a personality. That may be fine if your droid develops the personality of, say, Ash from *Evil Dead*, but less good if they all turn into, say, C-3P0. But a memory wipe also removes all battle experience, so it's more likely that the droid will turn to scrap in their next engagement, which represents a large waste of resources. The reason why they don't exist post Episode III is because of the Clone Wars. The people in charge of the Imperial military (e.g., Grand Moff Tarkin) want a more \"personal\" touch. Heck, Tarkin didn't even want clones anymore, and preferred to recruit from the human populace of the galaxy. Some droids are used in the Imperial navy, but they're usually relegated to a scouting role or some other non-combat operation. Towards the end of the Empire, there was some talk about re-integrating droids into regular combat operations (see the Dark Trooper project), but then the Emperor died and the Empire collapsed. When the New Republic took over, they made a point to thoroughly denounce the Empire, and the New Republic Senate voted against having a standing army.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "[legends] The last time they tried that the fleet jumped to hyperspace and was never seen again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1134.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8e001u", "c_root_id_B": "i8dhpfq", "created_at_utc_A": 1652400843.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652392563.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are several advantages of having them be hot swappable: 1. Pilots take their AI with them and don't have to worry about individual quirks. 2. Easier to upgrade if you don't have to rip out a part of the ship. 3. Easier to cut off the AI if something goes wrong and you need to assume manual control. 4. When you land, you have a mobile servant with you.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8280.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dl1yh", "c_root_id_B": "i8dhpfq", "created_at_utc_A": 1652394019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652392563.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They do. The droids are added functionality, and most ships can fly without one quite easily. Just like having additional crew (such as a co-pilot and engineers on a YT-1300 freighter), having additional droid assets often just improves the operation of a vessel, but aren't strictly-speaking absolutely necessary to operate them.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They do. It\u2019s only really the small fighters that don\u2019t have a droid brain. No real room. That\u2019s why only the fighters need astromechs to calculate hyperspace routes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1295.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dhpfq", "c_root_id_B": "i8dyh6p", "created_at_utc_A": 1652392563.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652400128.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They do\u2026 There\u2019s the whole scene in empire strikes back where Han needs C3PO to talk to the ship, member? Oh I member :)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7565.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dhpfq", "c_root_id_B": "i8e6gln", "created_at_utc_A": 1652392563.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652403821.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Some people do, but for the same reason that some bars won't serve droids, there are planets where autonomous AI controlling a jump-capable starship are considered too big a risk to allow in-system, much less on-planet. Think about an AI that can copy itself into ships and then launch them at a planet at warp speeds, but they don't care about whether or not they land safely. Danger Will Robinson. Wait. Wrong... No. I'll leave it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11258.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dhpfq", "c_root_id_B": "i8ditxj", "created_at_utc_A": 1652392563.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652393045.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "they have , vulture droids were fighters used in the droid army of the confederacy unless your talking about capital ships, i suppose its more practical to have your computer walking around on deck as it makes it logisticly easier to replace them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 482.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8eqvdz", "c_root_id_B": "i8dhpfq", "created_at_utc_A": 1652413554.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652392563.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Likely due to the insecurity of cyber systems in Star Wars. Based on what we've seen in the media, literally *everything* can be hacked and no encryption is ever truly secure. And not in the real world, \"anything can hypothetically be cracked,\" way, but in the, \"all you need is the right transmitter and decent astromech,\" and you can instantly take command of the enemy ship.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. 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The Separatists used them to facilitate bombing runs, fighter screens, etc. One of the main points against a droid army is that droids require regular memory wipes lest they begin to manifest a personality. That may be fine if your droid develops the personality of, say, Ash from *Evil Dead*, but less good if they all turn into, say, C-3P0. But a memory wipe also removes all battle experience, so it's more likely that the droid will turn to scrap in their next engagement, which represents a large waste of resources. The reason why they don't exist post Episode III is because of the Clone Wars. The people in charge of the Imperial military (e.g., Grand Moff Tarkin) want a more \"personal\" touch. Heck, Tarkin didn't even want clones anymore, and preferred to recruit from the human populace of the galaxy. Some droids are used in the Imperial navy, but they're usually relegated to a scouting role or some other non-combat operation. Towards the end of the Empire, there was some talk about re-integrating droids into regular combat operations (see the Dark Trooper project), but then the Emperor died and the Empire collapsed. When the New Republic took over, they made a point to thoroughly denounce the Empire, and the New Republic Senate voted against having a standing army.", "human_ref_B": "they have , vulture droids were fighters used in the droid army of the confederacy unless your talking about capital ships, i suppose its more practical to have your computer walking around on deck as it makes it logisticly easier to replace them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 469.0, "score_ratio": 37.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dkbna", "c_root_id_B": "i8ditxj", "created_at_utc_A": 1652393697.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652393045.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "[legends] The last time they tried that the fleet jumped to hyperspace and was never seen again.", "human_ref_B": "they have , vulture droids were fighters used in the droid army of the confederacy unless your talking about capital ships, i suppose its more practical to have your computer walking around on deck as it makes it logisticly easier to replace them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 652.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dl1yh", "c_root_id_B": "i8e001u", "created_at_utc_A": 1652394019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652400843.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "They do. The droids are added functionality, and most ships can fly without one quite easily. Just like having additional crew (such as a co-pilot and engineers on a YT-1300 freighter), having additional droid assets often just improves the operation of a vessel, but aren't strictly-speaking absolutely necessary to operate them.", "human_ref_B": "There are several advantages of having them be hot swappable: 1. Pilots take their AI with them and don't have to worry about individual quirks. 2. Easier to upgrade if you don't have to rip out a part of the ship. 3. Easier to cut off the AI if something goes wrong and you need to assume manual control. 4. When you land, you have a mobile servant with you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6824.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dkon0", "c_root_id_B": "i8e001u", "created_at_utc_A": 1652393858.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652400843.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "They do. It\u2019s only really the small fighters that don\u2019t have a droid brain. No real room. That\u2019s why only the fighters need astromechs to calculate hyperspace routes.", "human_ref_B": "There are several advantages of having them be hot swappable: 1. Pilots take their AI with them and don't have to worry about individual quirks. 2. Easier to upgrade if you don't have to rip out a part of the ship. 3. Easier to cut off the AI if something goes wrong and you need to assume manual control. 4. When you land, you have a mobile servant with you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6985.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8e001u", "c_root_id_B": "i8dyh6p", "created_at_utc_A": 1652400843.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652400128.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There are several advantages of having them be hot swappable: 1. Pilots take their AI with them and don't have to worry about individual quirks. 2. Easier to upgrade if you don't have to rip out a part of the ship. 3. Easier to cut off the AI if something goes wrong and you need to assume manual control. 4. When you land, you have a mobile servant with you.", "human_ref_B": "They do\u2026 There\u2019s the whole scene in empire strikes back where Han needs C3PO to talk to the ship, member? Oh I member :)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 715.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8ditxj", "c_root_id_B": "i8e001u", "created_at_utc_A": 1652393045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652400843.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "they have , vulture droids were fighters used in the droid army of the confederacy unless your talking about capital ships, i suppose its more practical to have your computer walking around on deck as it makes it logisticly easier to replace them", "human_ref_B": "There are several advantages of having them be hot swappable: 1. Pilots take their AI with them and don't have to worry about individual quirks. 2. Easier to upgrade if you don't have to rip out a part of the ship. 3. Easier to cut off the AI if something goes wrong and you need to assume manual control. 4. When you land, you have a mobile servant with you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7798.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8e001u", "c_root_id_B": "i8dyp04", "created_at_utc_A": 1652400843.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652400230.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are several advantages of having them be hot swappable: 1. Pilots take their AI with them and don't have to worry about individual quirks. 2. Easier to upgrade if you don't have to rip out a part of the ship. 3. Easier to cut off the AI if something goes wrong and you need to assume manual control. 4. When you land, you have a mobile servant with you.", "human_ref_B": "Droids have programming to make them subservient. Usually when it's tampered with or shut down, the droids go killing. Imagine that with a ship", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 613.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dkon0", "c_root_id_B": "i8dl1yh", "created_at_utc_A": 1652393858.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652394019.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "They do. It\u2019s only really the small fighters that don\u2019t have a droid brain. No real room. That\u2019s why only the fighters need astromechs to calculate hyperspace routes.", "human_ref_B": "They do. The droids are added functionality, and most ships can fly without one quite easily. Just like having additional crew (such as a co-pilot and engineers on a YT-1300 freighter), having additional droid assets often just improves the operation of a vessel, but aren't strictly-speaking absolutely necessary to operate them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 161.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8ditxj", "c_root_id_B": "i8dl1yh", "created_at_utc_A": 1652393045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652394019.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "they have , vulture droids were fighters used in the droid army of the confederacy unless your talking about capital ships, i suppose its more practical to have your computer walking around on deck as it makes it logisticly easier to replace them", "human_ref_B": "They do. The droids are added functionality, and most ships can fly without one quite easily. Just like having additional crew (such as a co-pilot and engineers on a YT-1300 freighter), having additional droid assets often just improves the operation of a vessel, but aren't strictly-speaking absolutely necessary to operate them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 974.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dkon0", "c_root_id_B": "i8ditxj", "created_at_utc_A": 1652393858.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652393045.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They do. It\u2019s only really the small fighters that don\u2019t have a droid brain. No real room. That\u2019s why only the fighters need astromechs to calculate hyperspace routes.", "human_ref_B": "they have , vulture droids were fighters used in the droid army of the confederacy unless your talking about capital ships, i suppose its more practical to have your computer walking around on deck as it makes it logisticly easier to replace them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 813.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8ditxj", "c_root_id_B": "i8dyh6p", "created_at_utc_A": 1652393045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652400128.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "they have , vulture droids were fighters used in the droid army of the confederacy unless your talking about capital ships, i suppose its more practical to have your computer walking around on deck as it makes it logisticly easier to replace them", "human_ref_B": "They do\u2026 There\u2019s the whole scene in empire strikes back where Han needs C3PO to talk to the ship, member? Oh I member :)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7083.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8e6gln", "c_root_id_B": "i8ditxj", "created_at_utc_A": 1652403821.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652393045.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Some people do, but for the same reason that some bars won't serve droids, there are planets where autonomous AI controlling a jump-capable starship are considered too big a risk to allow in-system, much less on-planet. Think about an AI that can copy itself into ships and then launch them at a planet at warp speeds, but they don't care about whether or not they land safely. Danger Will Robinson. Wait. Wrong... No. I'll leave it.", "human_ref_B": "they have , vulture droids were fighters used in the droid army of the confederacy unless your talking about capital ships, i suppose its more practical to have your computer walking around on deck as it makes it logisticly easier to replace them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10776.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8e6gln", "c_root_id_B": "i8dyp04", "created_at_utc_A": 1652403821.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652400230.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Some people do, but for the same reason that some bars won't serve droids, there are planets where autonomous AI controlling a jump-capable starship are considered too big a risk to allow in-system, much less on-planet. Think about an AI that can copy itself into ships and then launch them at a planet at warp speeds, but they don't care about whether or not they land safely. Danger Will Robinson. Wait. Wrong... No. I'll leave it.", "human_ref_B": "Droids have programming to make them subservient. Usually when it's tampered with or shut down, the droids go killing. Imagine that with a ship", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3591.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8dyp04", "c_root_id_B": "i8eqvdz", "created_at_utc_A": 1652400230.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652413554.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Droids have programming to make them subservient. Usually when it's tampered with or shut down, the droids go killing. Imagine that with a ship", "human_ref_B": "Likely due to the insecurity of cyber systems in Star Wars. Based on what we've seen in the media, literally *everything* can be hacked and no encryption is ever truly secure. And not in the real world, \"anything can hypothetically be cracked,\" way, but in the, \"all you need is the right transmitter and decent astromech,\" and you can instantly take command of the enemy ship.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13324.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8eqvdz", "c_root_id_B": "i8ejrnp", "created_at_utc_A": 1652413554.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652410039.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Likely due to the insecurity of cyber systems in Star Wars. Based on what we've seen in the media, literally *everything* can be hacked and no encryption is ever truly secure. And not in the real world, \"anything can hypothetically be cracked,\" way, but in the, \"all you need is the right transmitter and decent astromech,\" and you can instantly take command of the enemy ship.", "human_ref_B": "I just assumed that it served as a \"natural\" airgap for electronic security purposes, similar to the Battlestar Galactica in the reboot. When a ship is totally automated and networked, it's possible for the whole thing to be disrupted via a single electronic security breach. A powerful program could conceivably seize control of the entire ship When decision making is splintered along thousands of independently intelligent drones, and commands are passed down using analog inputs (voice commands, mechanical hands moving levers and pushing buttons) rather than digital signals, this \"airgap\" makes Separatist warships virtually impossible to completely hijack electronically. Even though various systems can be sliced into, important functions like \"fire weapons\" or \"turn right\" have to go through some dumb B1 droid that's disconnected electronically from the network, and takes orders directly from some organic officer through analog voice commands. Given how easily a single astromech was able to slice into the systems of the Separatist flagship, it's understandable that the Separatists would sacrifice some efficiency and speed to beef up their electronic security", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3515.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uocc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Ships have mech droids, pilot droids, etc. Why don't they directly build ships with AI?", "c_root_id_A": "i8elh0v", "c_root_id_B": "i8eqvdz", "created_at_utc_A": 1652410871.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652413554.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The reason why is only as far away as the falcon. The three droid brains that make up its navigational computer are twitchy, at best. Disembodied droids are all slightly nuts. No one would trust them to perform critical applications without direct human intervention. Legends had a lost fleet that was all droid powered and the first thing it did when it got its druthers was to fly off into space never to be seen again. One can only assume that is what would happen to all droid based ships. You can manage tightly watched things like Vulture droids, which had people watching them from base ships, but fully automated droids will eventually go off onto their own.", "human_ref_B": "Likely due to the insecurity of cyber systems in Star Wars. Based on what we've seen in the media, literally *everything* can be hacked and no encryption is ever truly secure. And not in the real world, \"anything can hypothetically be cracked,\" way, but in the, \"all you need is the right transmitter and decent astromech,\" and you can instantly take command of the enemy ship.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2683.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bfk8s9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Why was Obi Wan sent to battle Grievous in ROTS? I know it was because he had the best defense in the order but that's no guarantee to be enough to best the droid general. Wouldn't it be smarter to send Yoda or Mace Windu who were considered to be the strongest Jedi at the time to face Grievous?", "c_root_id_A": "elepw2c", "c_root_id_B": "elenuc1", "created_at_utc_A": 1555830689.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555827665.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Via the ROTS novelization, it was part of a plan to lure Sidious out into the open, and Obi-Wan was considered by the rest of the Council to be the best person for the job: >\u201cIt may not be enough,\u201d Mace Windu said. \u201cLet us take this one step farther\u2014we should appear short-handed, and weak, giving Sidious an opening to make a move he thinks will go unobserved. I\u2019m thinking that perhaps we should let the Chancellor\u2019s Office know that Yoda and I have both been forced to take the field\u2014\u201d > >\u201cToo risky that is,\u201d Yoda said. \u201cAnd too convenient. One of us only should go.\u201d > >\u201cThen it should be you, Master Yoda,\u201d Agen Kolar said. \u201cIt is your sensitivity to the broader currents of the Force that a Sith Lord has most reason to fear.\u201d > >Obi-Wan felt the ripple of agreement flow through the Chamber, and Yoda nodded solemnly. \u201cThe Separatist attack on Kashyyyk, a compelling excuse will make. And good relations with the Wookiees I have; destroy the droid armies I can, and still be available to Coruscant, should Sidious take our bait.\u201d > >\u201cAgreed.\u201d Mace Windu looked around the half-empty Council Chamber with a deepening frown. \u201cAnd one last touch. Let\u2019s let the Chancellor know, through Anakin, that our most cunning and insightful Master\u2014and our most tenacious\u2014is to lead the hunt for Grievous.\u201d > >*\u201cSo Sidious will need to act, and act fast, if the war is to be maintained,\u201d* Plo Koon added approvingly. > >Yoda nodded judiciously. \u201cAgreed.\u201d Agen Kolar assented as well, and Ki-Adi-Mundi. > >\u201cThis sounds like a good plan,\u201d Obi-Wan said. \u201cBut what Master do you have in mind?\u201d > >For a moment no one spoke, as though astonished he would ask such a question. Only after a few seconds in which Obi-Wan looked from the faces of one Master to the next, puzzled by the expressions of gentle amusement each and every one of them wore, did it finally register that all of them were looking at *him*. It's worth noting that even just strictly adhering to the movies and Lucas/Word of God and not discussing the novelizations, picking Obi-Wan makes sense: * Either Yoda OR Windu needed to stay on Coruscant and lead the Jedi, so one of them was already effectively removed from the equation * The \"droid attack on the Wookies\" on Kashyyyk was a discussed problem necessitating *someone* go and provide backup. It was implied to be a major issue, and Yoda volunteered to deal with it because of his friendly relations with the Wookies (removing him from the Grievous lineup and positioning Windu to be Active Head while he was away) * Obi-Wan has (via context clues+their duel on the Invisible Hand earlier in the movie) encountered Grievous multiple times before and knows his fighting style (and would thus stand a chance at capturing or killing him) * Obi-Wan canonically has the best defensive saber skills in the Order There's also the problem of the Council's distrust surrounding Palpatine's appointment of Anakin to the Council without Council approval. I suspect that the Council may have sent Obi-Wan off to deal with Grievous in part because they didn't want to have to put Obi-Wan in a position where he would be forced to choose between his former padawan and the Council.", "human_ref_B": "Obi-Wan was extremely skilled at combat, not just 'sabre-fighting but military tactics and strategy. He used an unconventional 'sabre fighting style, for someone who's been fighting as long as he has, that would've been a little harder for Grievous to counter (extreme defense with maximum efficiency).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3024.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f08e7v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star wars]If Gen. Grievous' internal organs are highly flammable, why didn't he die sooner? We see him running through fires, being near exploding barrels and ships, and making close call dodges against the Jedi's light sabers, how come none of these things killed him before the events of the third movie?", "c_root_id_A": "fgs3i8n", "c_root_id_B": "fgs3aa2", "created_at_utc_A": 1581069685.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581069352.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because at those times his armour was relatively intact whereas Obi-Wan had destroyed the armour protecting his organs in their duel. Considering that his armour never really gets to that level throughout the Clone Wars and he still retains his lightning-quick reflexes and strategic mind I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say he likely protects himself from the worst of the damage in those scenarios you mentioned and the armour did the rest.", "human_ref_B": "Pure luck", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 333.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f08e7v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Star wars]If Gen. Grievous' internal organs are highly flammable, why didn't he die sooner? We see him running through fires, being near exploding barrels and ships, and making close call dodges against the Jedi's light sabers, how come none of these things killed him before the events of the third movie?", "c_root_id_A": "fgs6vbo", "c_root_id_B": "fgs3aa2", "created_at_utc_A": 1581074431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581069352.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "His organs weren't \"highly flammable\", they just had a bolt of plasma fired into them, where it stuck inside his chest cavity. It was like a reflection oven, trapping the heat. Anyone's tissues would ignite at those temperatures.", "human_ref_B": "Pure luck", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5079.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3lih3p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Marvel] What's the story with Secret Wars: Civil War? What are the Iron and the Blue? What are Captain America and Iron Man up to?", "c_root_id_A": "cv6s63u", "c_root_id_B": "cv6l2et", "created_at_utc_A": 1442654021.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1442631031.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Spoilers, obviously. This story veers off from the original Civil War comic during the 42 Prison fight. A self-destruct mechanism was activated in the 42. Cloak teleported majority of the heroes on both sides back to the real world, but he also ended up bringing the explosion with him, killing millions of people. Then Secret Invasion and Dark Reign happened, and a few decades later, the world is what it is today. Jump to present day, Miriam Sharpe, the mother of one of the kids who died in the original incident caused by Speedball, lives on the border between the Iron and the Blue looking to sue for peace between the two. Cap and Stark meet her at her house, and she ends up being murdered by a sniper who was actually aiming for Cap. Now Cap and Stark hate each other even more and realize that the only way to end it is through war. The Iron and the Blue are two bordered areas in their region in the Battleworld. The Iron is led by Tony Stark, and the Blue is led by Steve Rogers. It's a pretty desolate world comparable to the one in the Fallout series. The Blue is all about freedom, but that makes the region somewhat chaotic with no rules and similar to the Wasteland in Fallout. The Iron is all about rules, and it follows Stark's mentality throughout the original Civil War event and utilizes the Initiative program. The economic situation right now between the Blue and the Iron is that the Blue has majority of the land in their area on the Battleworld, but the Iron is monopolizing resources and starving out the Blue citizens. Meanwhile the Iron has a growing population, but their citizens have nowhere they can or want to go. Cap and Stark are both leaders of their respective regions. Stark is pretty old now, he has a full head of white hair, while Cap looks the same, probably cause of the SSS. Right now they're basically prepping for war.", "human_ref_B": "META: Why don't you just read it? It's all explained.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22990.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j7oy6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Martian] How long do you think the other members of the crew would have lasted had they found themselves in Mark Watney\u2019s position, stranded on Mars? Keeping in mind that Watney was the crew\u2019s botanist and a mechanical engineer. The other members and their crew jobs are as follows; Lewis - Geologist Martinez - Pilot Vogul - Navigator & Chemist Dr. Beck - Surgeon & EVA Specialist Johanssen - SysOp & Reactor Tech Given they are all scientists and astronauts chosen to go to Mars, you would assume they all have interchangeable skills outside their speciality. But I would think without botany as a specific qualification, they couldn\u2019t survive nearly as long as Watney did?", "c_root_id_A": "g86ubsl", "c_root_id_B": "g87733s", "created_at_utc_A": 1602220420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602233877.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Every astronaut is cross trained on basic skills and qualifications. It may take them longer than someone dedicated to the task but they all had equal access to manuals and information needed to figure out the survival tactics used.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming none of them are able to work out how to grow crops, I think Johanssen would have the best chance. The next most important thing to do is is establishing contact with NASA. Johanssen is the most techy, so would have the best chance of getting this set up faster that Watney did. NASA would then be able to tell her how to get the crops going Also, women have a lower daily calorie intake than men, so she might be able to stretch the existing food out for longer, giving the crops a chance to get going", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13457.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9zy1ra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[The Expanse] Why had there been no interstellar exploration before the Nauvoo? Given how insanely powerful the Epstein drive is you'd think the UN or MCR would have sent at least probes to nearby stars.", "c_root_id_A": "eacvsm6", "c_root_id_B": "eadd5vg", "created_at_utc_A": 1543065387.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1543079595.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "The Epstein drive is a good interplanetary drive. It still isn't very effective for interstellar travel, as it would still take decades if not centuries to get to any star remotely of interest. Space is vast, and even the closest stars in the Centauri system are 4 light years away- that's 20 *billion* plus miles, and we know there's nothing there we need to see up close. To get to places that have value to the human race like Tau Ceti, is at least 20 ly. So you\u2019re tossing an expensive piece of equipment into the void for at least a century, praying nothing goes wrong here or with the probe in the meantime, to get marginally more information than you can get from using stellar science to look at the place from the Sol system. Plus, there is no interstellar communication. Signals are still limited by the speed of light. So yes, you can send a probe out on a multidecade trip to someplace, but you\u2019re not getting any information back for years after the probe arrives, and any command you would seek to give also takes years to execute. Something goes wrong? Can't fix it for years. No course corrections, no adjustments of the mission, no ability to divert to objects of interest, no science that makes probes of true value can be done in any timeframe less than decades. The tech wasn't there yet for interstellar probe missions. As it turns out, of course, it definitely would have been wasted resources as the ring network was coming along shortly anyways. Humanity is lucky, as is the LDS church, that we didn't go all in on interstellar probes and attempts at interstellar travel.", "human_ref_B": "One thing of note, for some reason in the Expanse universe they seem somewhat averse to drones. We see almost no usage of advanced semi-autonomous drones in any of the books that I can remember, even in places where we use them right now.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14208.0, "score_ratio": 1.2820512821, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9zy1ra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[The Expanse] Why had there been no interstellar exploration before the Nauvoo? Given how insanely powerful the Epstein drive is you'd think the UN or MCR would have sent at least probes to nearby stars.", "c_root_id_A": "eadcyh7", "c_root_id_B": "eadd5vg", "created_at_utc_A": 1543079453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1543079595.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "To take another angle than some of the other answers, the inner planets had spent a ton of resources on building up interplanetary defenses between Earth and Mars. Resources aren't infinite and building a capital level ship will take a lot of time and money as well. It took someone like the Mormons who basically saw the interstellar trip as the return on investment rather than getting use out of a giant military or other ship. It was taking the entire Tycho station, the pinnacle of space fabrication, a very long time to build the Nauvoo. Chances are science missions wouldn't have the kind of funding needed for such an undertaking.", "human_ref_B": "One thing of note, for some reason in the Expanse universe they seem somewhat averse to drones. We see almost no usage of advanced semi-autonomous drones in any of the books that I can remember, even in places where we use them right now.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 142.0, "score_ratio": 1.6129032258, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9zy1ra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[The Expanse] Why had there been no interstellar exploration before the Nauvoo? Given how insanely powerful the Epstein drive is you'd think the UN or MCR would have sent at least probes to nearby stars.", "c_root_id_A": "eadd5vg", "c_root_id_B": "ead8nxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1543079595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1543076439.0, "score_A": 50, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "One thing of note, for some reason in the Expanse universe they seem somewhat averse to drones. We see almost no usage of advanced semi-autonomous drones in any of the books that I can remember, even in places where we use them right now.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly they might have but not enough time has passed since the invention of the Epstein Drive to have reached any nearby stars. Epstein Drive is still only 100 years old or so by the time Leviathan's Wake starts", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3156.0, "score_ratio": 6.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9zy1ra", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[The Expanse] Why had there been no interstellar exploration before the Nauvoo? Given how insanely powerful the Epstein drive is you'd think the UN or MCR would have sent at least probes to nearby stars.", "c_root_id_A": "eadcyh7", "c_root_id_B": "ead8nxz", "created_at_utc_A": 1543079453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1543076439.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "To take another angle than some of the other answers, the inner planets had spent a ton of resources on building up interplanetary defenses between Earth and Mars. Resources aren't infinite and building a capital level ship will take a lot of time and money as well. It took someone like the Mormons who basically saw the interstellar trip as the return on investment rather than getting use out of a giant military or other ship. It was taking the entire Tycho station, the pinnacle of space fabrication, a very long time to build the Nauvoo. Chances are science missions wouldn't have the kind of funding needed for such an undertaking.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly they might have but not enough time has passed since the invention of the Epstein Drive to have reached any nearby stars. Epstein Drive is still only 100 years old or so by the time Leviathan's Wake starts", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3014.0, "score_ratio": 3.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4t3b9i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek] Why it so difficult to make an android but so easy to make a hologram? So we had another rogue hologram trying to take over the ship for the forth time this week, and the EMH is being sarcastic again. An engineer developed a small roomba-like robot that manages to clean corners and it developed sentience. And I think the computer mainframe is being passive aggressive despite being more rudimentary than the holograms it runs. Yet despite this, there is still only one android in the federation, how come?", "c_root_id_A": "d5ejarb", "c_root_id_B": "d5ew9yk", "created_at_utc_A": 1468678115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468700839.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think it's fair to say the state of the art has moved on a lot between Data and the EMH.", "human_ref_B": "A few things. Data *was* a very special case. He still is, but less so, as the computer technology since Data's...emergence *has* evolved. He is still smaller and more advanced, but Starfleet *could* (probably) duplicate his capabilities with current technologies. But Data as a *physical* being is also pretty impressive. His...\"chassis\" is amazing. Putting his body in the hands of even a very good engineer is the equivalent of putting a precision watch in the hands of a diesel mechanic. He can get the basics and figure stuff out, but it's a much finer set of skills required to build and maintain a Soong-type android body. His positronic brain is *still* impressive. No larger than an organic brain, yet able to be so much more. We can duplicate the function with isolinear circuits and bio-neural gel systems, but it's still very *hard.* At least in that scale. A few years ago, making a machine as sentient and intelligent as data was beyond our grasp. Now, making one that *size* is beyond our grasp, but only barely. Of course, this is all mood. Starfleet and the Federation as a whole take a very...conservative view of *manufacturing* what we have determined to be *life.*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22724.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vjkjf8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Disney's Peter Pan 1953] Why didn't Captain Hook Just Shoot the Crocodile? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOzlgbWEjzI Could have saved him from almost being devoured several times,not to mention the sheer humiliation. lol.", "c_root_id_A": "idjhx1n", "c_root_id_B": "idkokzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1656065224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656086946.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I don't think he had any guns on him when he was almost devoured, and if he did he was more concerned about not getting immediately eaten. He could have fired in the general direction of the crocodile, but he didn't have access to guns that could hit reliably at any meaningful distance.", "human_ref_B": "A few reasons come to mind, some have already been mentioned so I'll stick to the one that I personally think is the most important. He's too traumatized to rationally confront the croc in any meaningful way. Notice how just the tik-tok of the clock is enough to put him onto a trembling state of helplessness. He is so terrified of the croc that he isn't capable of even thinking about attacking it. The only thing he is able to think about in it's presence is fleeing to safety.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21722.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vjkjf8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Disney's Peter Pan 1953] Why didn't Captain Hook Just Shoot the Crocodile? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOzlgbWEjzI Could have saved him from almost being devoured several times,not to mention the sheer humiliation. lol.", "c_root_id_A": "idk0lba", "c_root_id_B": "idkokzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1656077142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656086946.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Crocodile hide is bullet resistant. I don't think any gun available to Hook would do much against a croc that size.", "human_ref_B": "A few reasons come to mind, some have already been mentioned so I'll stick to the one that I personally think is the most important. He's too traumatized to rationally confront the croc in any meaningful way. Notice how just the tik-tok of the clock is enough to put him onto a trembling state of helplessness. He is so terrified of the croc that he isn't capable of even thinking about attacking it. The only thing he is able to think about in it's presence is fleeing to safety.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9804.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vjkjf8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Disney's Peter Pan 1953] Why didn't Captain Hook Just Shoot the Crocodile? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOzlgbWEjzI Could have saved him from almost being devoured several times,not to mention the sheer humiliation. lol.", "c_root_id_A": "idjhx1n", "c_root_id_B": "idk0lba", "created_at_utc_A": 1656065224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656077142.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I don't think he had any guns on him when he was almost devoured, and if he did he was more concerned about not getting immediately eaten. He could have fired in the general direction of the crocodile, but he didn't have access to guns that could hit reliably at any meaningful distance.", "human_ref_B": "Crocodile hide is bullet resistant. I don't think any gun available to Hook would do much against a croc that size.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11918.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4bugvy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[LotR] What did the Balrog in the Mines of Moria want? Was he just attacking a random group of surface dwellers for sport? Could he sense the One Ring? Did he hold some ancient grudge against Gandalf?", "c_root_id_A": "d1cofy1", "c_root_id_B": "d1cr95t", "created_at_utc_A": 1458877564.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458883678.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "he just wants to be left alone ^^^:/", "human_ref_B": ">Was he just attacking a random group of surface dwellers for sport? Not for sport necessarily. He was roused, and looking to drive off whoever was intruding. >Could he sense the One Ring? Unclear, but it's unlikely. Maiar don't have Ring sensing abilities, if they did, you'd think Gandalf would have picked up on Bilbo's Ring earlier. >Did he hold some ancient grudge against Gandalf? Likely never met the guy. The Balrogs never set foot in Valinor, where Gandalf would have spent all his pre-middle earth time, so I don't see the opportunity for them to ever have met. Nevertheless, Gandalf tells the Balrog who he is on the bridge, if the Balrog hadn't already guessed it from Gandalf's presence and magic encountered upto that point.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6114.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rw9w8o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Naruto] How the hell is chidori/lightning blade an assassins technology? it's way more flashy than the rasegan and it's loud as shit so loud that it's named by the loud high pitched sound it makes \"technique\"", "c_root_id_A": "hrbg73q", "c_root_id_B": "hrbmhba", "created_at_utc_A": 1641360412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641364073.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Give \u201cEversor Assassin\u201d a quick search and realize that assassins kill folk for money. It\u2019s not necessarily quiet. Or clean.", "human_ref_B": "That's why it has a pre-requisite for it's effectiveness. The Sharingan. It's an extremely powerful move if it hits, probably means the death of the enemy. Powerful enough to pierce through Gaara's absolute defense. However it's comes at a cost of stealth. You also dash straight at the enemy making it a kind of kamikaze attack. But with a Sharingan, the user can predict attempts to block or counter and make it hit while minimizing damage to themselves. This is why Kakashi only teaches it to Sasuke. The Rasengan is also a similarly flashy move that Naruto minimizes the negatives by creating hundreds of clones that can all use it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3661.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqth6g", "c_root_id_B": "cmqqz95", "created_at_utc_A": 1418225266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418219241.0, "score_A": 151, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Brainiac, He comes in and downloads all the planet's knowledge and Galactus then eats the planet.", "human_ref_B": "Probably the Joker. It's always the damn Joker.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6025.0, "score_ratio": 5.0333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqrwal", "c_root_id_B": "cmqth6g", "created_at_utc_A": 1418221710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418225266.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 151, "human_ref_A": "Guy Gardener", "human_ref_B": "Brainiac, He comes in and downloads all the planet's knowledge and Galactus then eats the planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3556.0, "score_ratio": 10.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqtx3h", "c_root_id_B": "cmqw49d", "created_at_utc_A": 1418226162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418230324.0, "score_A": 50, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "I'm not exactly sure which qualities Galactus looks for in a herald. That said, here are some candidates... - Mr. Freeze: Galactus' first heralds (Silver Surfer, Terrax, Firelord, and Air-Walker) had the whole water-earth-fire-air elemental thing going on, so now you've got one for ice. Freeze would be completely emotionless when it came to destroying worlds: very little likelihood of him getting sentimental and trying to prevent Galactus from eating the home planet of his new best friend. - Jason Todd: Already has a long career serving at the pleasure of a demanding boss. Probably doesn't care much for life on Earth anyway, so might as well leave. Plenty of skill combined with killer instinct. - If it happened back in the Silver Age, it would be Jimmy Olson, no question.", "human_ref_B": "Galactus once claimed Superman as his Herald.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4162.0, "score_ratio": 1.16, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqw49d", "c_root_id_B": "cmqqz95", "created_at_utc_A": 1418230324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418219241.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Galactus once claimed Superman as his Herald.", "human_ref_B": "Probably the Joker. It's always the damn Joker.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11083.0, "score_ratio": 1.9333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqw49d", "c_root_id_B": "cmqvam4", "created_at_utc_A": 1418230324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418228814.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Galactus once claimed Superman as his Herald.", "human_ref_B": "Superboy Prime, if only because planets would be so distracted trying to stop his god-powered hissy fits that they wouldn't really notice their planet being eaten", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1510.0, "score_ratio": 2.7619047619, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqw49d", "c_root_id_B": "cmqrwal", "created_at_utc_A": 1418230324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418221710.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Galactus once claimed Superman as his Herald.", "human_ref_B": "Guy Gardener", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8614.0, "score_ratio": 3.8666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqw49d", "c_root_id_B": "cmqv03z", "created_at_utc_A": 1418230324.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418228267.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Galactus once claimed Superman as his Herald.", "human_ref_B": "Scarecrow: While Galactus is on the way he can study the effects of fear on the entire world full of unique people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2057.0, "score_ratio": 8.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqvwfm", "c_root_id_B": "cmqw49d", "created_at_utc_A": 1418229934.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418230324.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "Batman. The answer is always Batman. Seriously though - imagine Batman facing down Galactus and being given the same choice Norrin Radd faced. Batman would sacrifice himself to save Earth, and would then begin a plan to save the entire universe from Galactus and from what's worse than Galactus.", "human_ref_B": "Galactus once claimed Superman as his Herald.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 390.0, "score_ratio": 7.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqum0a", "c_root_id_B": "cmqw49d", "created_at_utc_A": 1418227512.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418230324.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "Archangel. Galactus could mod him much the same way Apocalypse did. EDIT: yeah, i mixed stuff up.", "human_ref_B": "Galactus once claimed Superman as his Herald.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2812.0, "score_ratio": 11.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqqz95", "c_root_id_B": "cmqtx3h", "created_at_utc_A": 1418219241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418226162.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "Probably the Joker. It's always the damn Joker.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not exactly sure which qualities Galactus looks for in a herald. That said, here are some candidates... - Mr. Freeze: Galactus' first heralds (Silver Surfer, Terrax, Firelord, and Air-Walker) had the whole water-earth-fire-air elemental thing going on, so now you've got one for ice. Freeze would be completely emotionless when it came to destroying worlds: very little likelihood of him getting sentimental and trying to prevent Galactus from eating the home planet of his new best friend. - Jason Todd: Already has a long career serving at the pleasure of a demanding boss. Probably doesn't care much for life on Earth anyway, so might as well leave. Plenty of skill combined with killer instinct. - If it happened back in the Silver Age, it would be Jimmy Olson, no question.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6921.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqrwal", "c_root_id_B": "cmqtx3h", "created_at_utc_A": 1418221710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418226162.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "Guy Gardener", "human_ref_B": "I'm not exactly sure which qualities Galactus looks for in a herald. That said, here are some candidates... - Mr. Freeze: Galactus' first heralds (Silver Surfer, Terrax, Firelord, and Air-Walker) had the whole water-earth-fire-air elemental thing going on, so now you've got one for ice. Freeze would be completely emotionless when it came to destroying worlds: very little likelihood of him getting sentimental and trying to prevent Galactus from eating the home planet of his new best friend. - Jason Todd: Already has a long career serving at the pleasure of a demanding boss. Probably doesn't care much for life on Earth anyway, so might as well leave. Plenty of skill combined with killer instinct. - If it happened back in the Silver Age, it would be Jimmy Olson, no question.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4452.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqrwal", "c_root_id_B": "cmqvam4", "created_at_utc_A": 1418221710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418228814.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Guy Gardener", "human_ref_B": "Superboy Prime, if only because planets would be so distracted trying to stop his god-powered hissy fits that they wouldn't really notice their planet being eaten", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7104.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqvam4", "c_root_id_B": "cmqv03z", "created_at_utc_A": 1418228814.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418228267.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Superboy Prime, if only because planets would be so distracted trying to stop his god-powered hissy fits that they wouldn't really notice their planet being eaten", "human_ref_B": "Scarecrow: While Galactus is on the way he can study the effects of fear on the entire world full of unique people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 547.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqvam4", "c_root_id_B": "cmqum0a", "created_at_utc_A": 1418228814.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418227512.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Superboy Prime, if only because planets would be so distracted trying to stop his god-powered hissy fits that they wouldn't really notice their planet being eaten", "human_ref_B": "Archangel. Galactus could mod him much the same way Apocalypse did. EDIT: yeah, i mixed stuff up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1302.0, "score_ratio": 4.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqrwal", "c_root_id_B": "cmr45d8", "created_at_utc_A": 1418221710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418244255.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Guy Gardener", "human_ref_B": "Really? Several hours and no one said Mogo? Planet eater + GL living planet! The best buddy cop/fish out of water movie yet!!!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22545.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmr45d8", "c_root_id_B": "cmqxjjm", "created_at_utc_A": 1418244255.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418232920.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Really? Several hours and no one said Mogo? Planet eater + GL living planet! The best buddy cop/fish out of water movie yet!!!", "human_ref_B": "From what I recall, there was a cosmic event a few years back where our universe (I believe Doctor Richards calls it Earth-616) and another known as \"New Earth\" were cosmically intertwined, Galactus used a being who had a suspicious resemblance to the fictional character Superman as a Herald. Presuming that that universe was destroyed if DC comics are an actual record of that universe, and the new \"Prime Earth\" is the existing universe, I'd expect Galactus would choose Lex Luthor if limited to Earthlings, a Kryptonian (perhaps Kon-El since his nature as a clone may make him easier to control) or Agent Orange (also known as Larfleeze), because he hungers for things as much as Galactus hungers for worlds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11335.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqv03z", "c_root_id_B": "cmr45d8", "created_at_utc_A": 1418228267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418244255.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Scarecrow: While Galactus is on the way he can study the effects of fear on the entire world full of unique people.", "human_ref_B": "Really? Several hours and no one said Mogo? Planet eater + GL living planet! The best buddy cop/fish out of water movie yet!!!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15988.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqvwfm", "c_root_id_B": "cmr45d8", "created_at_utc_A": 1418229934.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418244255.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Batman. The answer is always Batman. Seriously though - imagine Batman facing down Galactus and being given the same choice Norrin Radd faced. Batman would sacrifice himself to save Earth, and would then begin a plan to save the entire universe from Galactus and from what's worse than Galactus.", "human_ref_B": "Really? Several hours and no one said Mogo? Planet eater + GL living planet! The best buddy cop/fish out of water movie yet!!!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14321.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmr45d8", "c_root_id_B": "cmqypdg", "created_at_utc_A": 1418244255.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418234973.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Really? Several hours and no one said Mogo? Planet eater + GL living planet! The best buddy cop/fish out of water movie yet!!!", "human_ref_B": "I would say Lobo! Perfect for the job, though he's a bit of a wild card!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9282.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqum0a", "c_root_id_B": "cmr45d8", "created_at_utc_A": 1418227512.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418244255.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Archangel. Galactus could mod him much the same way Apocalypse did. EDIT: yeah, i mixed stuff up.", "human_ref_B": "Really? Several hours and no one said Mogo? Planet eater + GL living planet! The best buddy cop/fish out of water movie yet!!!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16743.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqwvx6", "c_root_id_B": "cmr45d8", "created_at_utc_A": 1418231731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418244255.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Firestorm, The Nuclear Man The Flash - More Planets, more fast - *With the Power Cosmic!* Green Lantern - surely though, the Lanterns wouldn't allow Galactus to get a foothold in the DC Universe.", "human_ref_B": "Really? Several hours and no one said Mogo? Planet eater + GL living planet! The best buddy cop/fish out of water movie yet!!!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12524.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqxjjm", "c_root_id_B": "cmqv03z", "created_at_utc_A": 1418232920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418228267.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "From what I recall, there was a cosmic event a few years back where our universe (I believe Doctor Richards calls it Earth-616) and another known as \"New Earth\" were cosmically intertwined, Galactus used a being who had a suspicious resemblance to the fictional character Superman as a Herald. Presuming that that universe was destroyed if DC comics are an actual record of that universe, and the new \"Prime Earth\" is the existing universe, I'd expect Galactus would choose Lex Luthor if limited to Earthlings, a Kryptonian (perhaps Kon-El since his nature as a clone may make him easier to control) or Agent Orange (also known as Larfleeze), because he hungers for things as much as Galactus hungers for worlds.", "human_ref_B": "Scarecrow: While Galactus is on the way he can study the effects of fear on the entire world full of unique people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4653.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqvwfm", "c_root_id_B": "cmqxjjm", "created_at_utc_A": 1418229934.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418232920.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Batman. The answer is always Batman. Seriously though - imagine Batman facing down Galactus and being given the same choice Norrin Radd faced. Batman would sacrifice himself to save Earth, and would then begin a plan to save the entire universe from Galactus and from what's worse than Galactus.", "human_ref_B": "From what I recall, there was a cosmic event a few years back where our universe (I believe Doctor Richards calls it Earth-616) and another known as \"New Earth\" were cosmically intertwined, Galactus used a being who had a suspicious resemblance to the fictional character Superman as a Herald. Presuming that that universe was destroyed if DC comics are an actual record of that universe, and the new \"Prime Earth\" is the existing universe, I'd expect Galactus would choose Lex Luthor if limited to Earthlings, a Kryptonian (perhaps Kon-El since his nature as a clone may make him easier to control) or Agent Orange (also known as Larfleeze), because he hungers for things as much as Galactus hungers for worlds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2986.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqxjjm", "c_root_id_B": "cmqum0a", "created_at_utc_A": 1418232920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418227512.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "From what I recall, there was a cosmic event a few years back where our universe (I believe Doctor Richards calls it Earth-616) and another known as \"New Earth\" were cosmically intertwined, Galactus used a being who had a suspicious resemblance to the fictional character Superman as a Herald. Presuming that that universe was destroyed if DC comics are an actual record of that universe, and the new \"Prime Earth\" is the existing universe, I'd expect Galactus would choose Lex Luthor if limited to Earthlings, a Kryptonian (perhaps Kon-El since his nature as a clone may make him easier to control) or Agent Orange (also known as Larfleeze), because he hungers for things as much as Galactus hungers for worlds.", "human_ref_B": "Archangel. Galactus could mod him much the same way Apocalypse did. EDIT: yeah, i mixed stuff up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5408.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqxjjm", "c_root_id_B": "cmqwvx6", "created_at_utc_A": 1418232920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418231731.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "From what I recall, there was a cosmic event a few years back where our universe (I believe Doctor Richards calls it Earth-616) and another known as \"New Earth\" were cosmically intertwined, Galactus used a being who had a suspicious resemblance to the fictional character Superman as a Herald. Presuming that that universe was destroyed if DC comics are an actual record of that universe, and the new \"Prime Earth\" is the existing universe, I'd expect Galactus would choose Lex Luthor if limited to Earthlings, a Kryptonian (perhaps Kon-El since his nature as a clone may make him easier to control) or Agent Orange (also known as Larfleeze), because he hungers for things as much as Galactus hungers for worlds.", "human_ref_B": "Firestorm, The Nuclear Man The Flash - More Planets, more fast - *With the Power Cosmic!* Green Lantern - surely though, the Lanterns wouldn't allow Galactus to get a foothold in the DC Universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1189.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqv03z", "c_root_id_B": "cmqvwfm", "created_at_utc_A": 1418228267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418229934.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Scarecrow: While Galactus is on the way he can study the effects of fear on the entire world full of unique people.", "human_ref_B": "Batman. The answer is always Batman. Seriously though - imagine Batman facing down Galactus and being given the same choice Norrin Radd faced. Batman would sacrifice himself to save Earth, and would then begin a plan to save the entire universe from Galactus and from what's worse than Galactus.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1667.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqv03z", "c_root_id_B": "cmqum0a", "created_at_utc_A": 1418228267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418227512.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Scarecrow: While Galactus is on the way he can study the effects of fear on the entire world full of unique people.", "human_ref_B": "Archangel. Galactus could mod him much the same way Apocalypse did. EDIT: yeah, i mixed stuff up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 755.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ov0oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel/DC] If Galactus found himself in the DC universe and in need of a Herald, which hero or villain could he empower as his ideal choice?", "c_root_id_A": "cmqum0a", "c_root_id_B": "cmqvwfm", "created_at_utc_A": 1418227512.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418229934.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Archangel. Galactus could mod him much the same way Apocalypse did. EDIT: yeah, i mixed stuff up.", "human_ref_B": "Batman. The answer is always Batman. Seriously though - imagine Batman facing down Galactus and being given the same choice Norrin Radd faced. Batman would sacrifice himself to save Earth, and would then begin a plan to save the entire universe from Galactus and from what's worse than Galactus.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2422.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apwkjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] If Thor put his hammer down and Magneto encased it in adamantium, could Thor get to it?", "c_root_id_A": "egbnkvh", "c_root_id_B": "egbnei3", "created_at_utc_A": 1549996850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549996733.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Classic Thor: omfg! My hammer! I only have 60 seconds!! Thor and hammer revert to human and cane. Magneto is stupid, frees the cane, Thor transforms again and proceeds to defeat mags. Newer Thor: Good try villain! Mjolnir will just sidestep a reality or two and come back to me the long way. Let\u2019s not wait for it to come back and continue fighting!! Or: thank you for weighing my hammer a bit! The balance was off! Thooom! Odin force / king Thor: you can have that bouble, now someone hold my beer while I kill him.", "human_ref_B": "Probably, Thor is leagues more powerful than magneto", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 117.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apwkjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] If Thor put his hammer down and Magneto encased it in adamantium, could Thor get to it?", "c_root_id_A": "egbwh2n", "c_root_id_B": "egbnei3", "created_at_utc_A": 1550002731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549996733.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Thor can not destroy adamantium (not without the odinforce) so he would not be able to get to it. However, if he called the hammer to him, it would lift the adamantium, and he would now have a adamantium cube flying around obeying his commands. if the cube is large enough, its possible it could create a portal in there to get out. im not 100% he can create portals without holding the hammer", "human_ref_B": "Probably, Thor is leagues more powerful than magneto", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5998.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "apwkjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] If Thor put his hammer down and Magneto encased it in adamantium, could Thor get to it?", "c_root_id_A": "egcjkpt", "c_root_id_B": "egd8uj9", "created_at_utc_A": 1550018990.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550041131.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Wait, Adamantium is magnetic now?", "human_ref_B": "Presumably, Thor would have a block of adamantium fly to him and he'd catch it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22141.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aflg5c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Whaf if the Guardians of the Universe found out that Galactus was targetting Oa? They have some time to prepare, I can assume they would call the entire Corps back to Oa but beyond that what would they do about such a threat? Could they stop him?", "c_root_id_A": "ee24izg", "c_root_id_B": "edznlqg", "created_at_utc_A": 1547486958.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1547403276.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This belongs on r/whowouldwin", "human_ref_B": "depends. The Gardiens would probobly ether abandon Oa and find a new planet, reestablishing the corps HQ there or they would summon EVERYONE to come fend off Galactus.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 83682.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x2rlha", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Who is smarter than Rick? I always wanted to know if there's anyone who rivals Rick's intelligence, or even beyond Rick's intelligence.", "c_root_id_A": "imlwqzk", "c_root_id_B": "imlmk7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1661998869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661994359.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Jerry. Think about it. If Rick is so smart, how come he can't outsmart Jerry's dick from entering Beth? Jerry's dick is smarter than Rick.", "human_ref_B": "Well, how are you ranking that? Raw knowledge? Wisdom? Both? I would say The Doctor. ALMOST any incarnation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4510.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x2rlha", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Who is smarter than Rick? I always wanted to know if there's anyone who rivals Rick's intelligence, or even beyond Rick's intelligence.", "c_root_id_A": "imnp8hk", "c_root_id_B": "immt612", "created_at_utc_A": 1662039386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662019254.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It depends because Rick is shown to have a vast versatility in various things and comes up with ideas on the fly. You could make an argument that Reed and Doctor Who are smarter but it depends on what aspects you mean since I'm sure they've done things Rick hasn't while Rick has done things they may have not done (yet). Doctor Doom probably is smarter in the sense that he has more knowledge of various magical related things in addition to his own intelligence.", "human_ref_B": "In-universe, the only folks who are playing in his league before the Central Finite Curve goes down are Evil Morty (who may not be as mechanically adept but shows a high capacity for planning and prediction of human behavior), Rebel Beth and Zeep Xanflorp (both of whom are on his tier but lack his experience), and \"Shit Eating Jerry\" from the comics (who is a one in a billion \"apex Rick predator\" capable of things no Jerry should be capable of) everyone else is notably below him by design. The Council set the Curve so that the Infinite Rick would be the biggest fish is a pond made deliberately small. Out of universe, the question would fit better on r/whowouldwin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20132.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x2rlha", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Who is smarter than Rick? I always wanted to know if there's anyone who rivals Rick's intelligence, or even beyond Rick's intelligence.", "c_root_id_A": "immt612", "c_root_id_B": "j265c8i", "created_at_utc_A": 1662019254.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672354781.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In-universe, the only folks who are playing in his league before the Central Finite Curve goes down are Evil Morty (who may not be as mechanically adept but shows a high capacity for planning and prediction of human behavior), Rebel Beth and Zeep Xanflorp (both of whom are on his tier but lack his experience), and \"Shit Eating Jerry\" from the comics (who is a one in a billion \"apex Rick predator\" capable of things no Jerry should be capable of) everyone else is notably below him by design. The Council set the Curve so that the Infinite Rick would be the biggest fish is a pond made deliberately small. Out of universe, the question would fit better on r/whowouldwin.", "human_ref_B": "Morty has the potential to be much smarter than Rick. Hence Evil Morty. Rick time and time again shows tendencies to keep Morty ignorant on purpose. First example is Morty\u2019s Mind Blowers. He eliminates times he makes Rick look like a fool for nobody\u2019s benefit but Rick\u2019s. Another example, Rick constantly makes sure Morty thinks lowly of himself. Every chance he get he breaks Morty\u2019s spirit. In the citadel there is a school to literally brainwash Morty into thinking he\u2019s dumb and cant live life on his one, without Rick. As if thats his divine purpose. Also, Rick doesn\u2019t actually need Morty if he\u2019s dumb. Rick is a very selfish person. He frequently chooses himself over his family. He wouldnt need a child with learning disabilities. He could create advanced ai controlled companions, brainwash someone like bird person, etc. If Morty was what Rick says he is, there would be nothing special about Morty. Nothing to make him an asset to Rick. The only Morty\u2019s to show higher intelligence were depressed Morty from the citadel, Cop Morty from the citadel, and Evil Morty- all separated from their Rick. Morty is capable of figuring Rick out and adapting when he thinks for himself. I think the show is gearing him up to be something powerful", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10335527.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j8ovkq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU] Where does Hela get her unlimited supply of swords to throw around?", "c_root_id_A": "g8f8wez", "c_root_id_B": "g8f5pko", "created_at_utc_A": 1602386434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602385334.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Magic in the MCU seems to be about pulling energy and matter from other dimensions and doing things with it. Hela likely creates the swords out of stolen matter and throws them with stolen energy from these various dimensions.", "human_ref_B": "She's a Goddess of War, Death and Swords. She gets her swords from the same place Thor gets his lightning.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1100.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j8ovkq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[MCU] Where does Hela get her unlimited supply of swords to throw around?", "c_root_id_A": "g8g3hm6", "c_root_id_B": "g8f5pko", "created_at_utc_A": 1602398733.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602385334.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Her reality marble obviously.", "human_ref_B": "She's a Goddess of War, Death and Swords. She gets her swords from the same place Thor gets his lightning.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13399.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "id8tyi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] What Hela was doing during her thousand years banishment? Was it something similar to freezing Heimdall like Loki did, or was she concious all the time and just couldn't travel to other planets because Odin life force blocked her somehow?", "c_root_id_A": "g27i8pe", "c_root_id_B": "g27flly", "created_at_utc_A": 1597928145.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597926338.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "*Plotting*.", "human_ref_B": "She was in Hel, one of the nine realms, land of the dead. And named after her, of course. She was held there against her will by the Odinforce (of whatever the MCU-equivalent is). When Odin died, that power began to dissipate until she was able to leave.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1807.0, "score_ratio": 1.4090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "id8tyi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] What Hela was doing during her thousand years banishment? Was it something similar to freezing Heimdall like Loki did, or was she concious all the time and just couldn't travel to other planets because Odin life force blocked her somehow?", "c_root_id_A": "g284h96", "c_root_id_B": "g2a548j", "created_at_utc_A": 1597939546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597974048.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Brooding, mostly. A little planning, but just a metric ton of brooding.", "human_ref_B": "She probably sang to herself, jerked off, went mad through loneliness, and was just kind of super bored for centuries.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34502.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dvbpoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Vampires] If you suck all the blood out of a vampire, would that kill them? I know it definitely depends on the fiction, and age/power of the vampire. Their power comes from blood, their identity is in there blood. Some fiction says you are turned by drinking the blood of a vampire, and in turn forever bound to them. So if you drank one dry would that kill them, or merely incapacitate them?", "c_root_id_A": "f7bzba7", "c_root_id_B": "f7c6ekh", "created_at_utc_A": 1573580963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573585417.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In True Blood that is the case.", "human_ref_B": "In Hammer films, you simply get a portable, instant vampire. Just add blood!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4454.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dvbpoz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Vampires] If you suck all the blood out of a vampire, would that kill them? I know it definitely depends on the fiction, and age/power of the vampire. Their power comes from blood, their identity is in there blood. Some fiction says you are turned by drinking the blood of a vampire, and in turn forever bound to them. So if you drank one dry would that kill them, or merely incapacitate them?", "c_root_id_A": "f7bzba7", "c_root_id_B": "f7cqtwn", "created_at_utc_A": 1573580963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1573598031.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In True Blood that is the case.", "human_ref_B": "> I know it definitely depends on the fiction Oddly, that may be an exception. In *all* settings where I saw that happening it resulted in the permanent \"death\" (or rather de-animation) of the vampire: * Blade * Queen of Damned * True Blood", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17068.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3fxr3d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "DC] Which characters has the Joker had the best relationships with? Note the S. Character***s***. Anyone who comes in here and says \"Harley Quinn\" and nothing else is going to get a visit from Jean-Paul Valley. I'm serious, [he will leap right out of your screen and wreck you. You have been warned. --- I know he flat out ignored Bruce Wayne, and I guess he enjoys taunting Lex too much to outright kill him (except when he has ultimate power). Has there ever been anyone that has been crazy enough or boring enough that the Joker would interact with them but couldn't be bothered to harm them or work with them (in the case of fellow villains)?", "c_root_id_A": "ctt22ig", "c_root_id_B": "ctt2hwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1438823668.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438824363.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Batman Seriously, he's the entire reason Joker exists. In his own psychotic point of view, he thinks Batman is his friend, and is doing his own \"games\" to show off to Batman to have some \"fun\". He owns everything to Bats, his life and everything else. An extreme version of this is the Dark Knigjt Returns Joker, who called Batman \"darling\"", "human_ref_B": "Well the Joker is primarily a Batman Villain. So he has a regular relationship with most of those guys! In most continuities, he's seen as liking the other villains enough to enjoy a few games of Poker with them. (Usually at very high stakes though, and involving a COPIOUS amount of cheating). Even then, it's implied through a lot of these interactions (including with Lex Luthor) that the Joker is invited out of fear, rather than genuine affection for the clown prince of crime. Really, the only consistent \"positive\" relationship that he's endured is between him and his former Psychiatrist, Dr. Harleen Quinzel. The Joker is a demented soul. He is too focused and too hateful and too unpredictable to have long-term relationships with anyone, of any kind, unless they're with poor, stockholm-syndromic, easily abused victims like Harley Quinn. So you're not going to be getting much of a good answer on this one. (I ain't scared of no Azrael)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 695.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3fxr3d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "DC] Which characters has the Joker had the best relationships with? Note the S. Character***s***. Anyone who comes in here and says \"Harley Quinn\" and nothing else is going to get a visit from Jean-Paul Valley. I'm serious, [he will leap right out of your screen and wreck you. You have been warned. --- I know he flat out ignored Bruce Wayne, and I guess he enjoys taunting Lex too much to outright kill him (except when he has ultimate power). Has there ever been anyone that has been crazy enough or boring enough that the Joker would interact with them but couldn't be bothered to harm them or work with them (in the case of fellow villains)?", "c_root_id_A": "ctsxqt3", "c_root_id_B": "ctt2hwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1438816682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438824363.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "> Anyone who comes in here and says \"Harley Quinn\" and nothing else is going to get a visit from Jean-Paul Valley. Harl- Fuck.", "human_ref_B": "Well the Joker is primarily a Batman Villain. So he has a regular relationship with most of those guys! In most continuities, he's seen as liking the other villains enough to enjoy a few games of Poker with them. (Usually at very high stakes though, and involving a COPIOUS amount of cheating). Even then, it's implied through a lot of these interactions (including with Lex Luthor) that the Joker is invited out of fear, rather than genuine affection for the clown prince of crime. Really, the only consistent \"positive\" relationship that he's endured is between him and his former Psychiatrist, Dr. Harleen Quinzel. The Joker is a demented soul. He is too focused and too hateful and too unpredictable to have long-term relationships with anyone, of any kind, unless they're with poor, stockholm-syndromic, easily abused victims like Harley Quinn. So you're not going to be getting much of a good answer on this one. (I ain't scared of no Azrael)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7681.0, "score_ratio": 2.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3fxr3d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "DC] Which characters has the Joker had the best relationships with? Note the S. Character***s***. Anyone who comes in here and says \"Harley Quinn\" and nothing else is going to get a visit from Jean-Paul Valley. I'm serious, [he will leap right out of your screen and wreck you. You have been warned. --- I know he flat out ignored Bruce Wayne, and I guess he enjoys taunting Lex too much to outright kill him (except when he has ultimate power). Has there ever been anyone that has been crazy enough or boring enough that the Joker would interact with them but couldn't be bothered to harm them or work with them (in the case of fellow villains)?", "c_root_id_A": "ctsxqt3", "c_root_id_B": "ctt22ig", "created_at_utc_A": 1438816682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438823668.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "> Anyone who comes in here and says \"Harley Quinn\" and nothing else is going to get a visit from Jean-Paul Valley. Harl- Fuck.", "human_ref_B": "Batman Seriously, he's the entire reason Joker exists. In his own psychotic point of view, he thinks Batman is his friend, and is doing his own \"games\" to show off to Batman to have some \"fun\". He owns everything to Bats, his life and everything else. An extreme version of this is the Dark Knigjt Returns Joker, who called Batman \"darling\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6986.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3fxr3d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "DC] Which characters has the Joker had the best relationships with? Note the S. Character***s***. Anyone who comes in here and says \"Harley Quinn\" and nothing else is going to get a visit from Jean-Paul Valley. I'm serious, [he will leap right out of your screen and wreck you. You have been warned. --- I know he flat out ignored Bruce Wayne, and I guess he enjoys taunting Lex too much to outright kill him (except when he has ultimate power). Has there ever been anyone that has been crazy enough or boring enough that the Joker would interact with them but couldn't be bothered to harm them or work with them (in the case of fellow villains)?", "c_root_id_A": "cttbnqy", "c_root_id_B": "ctt9dai", "created_at_utc_A": 1438843891.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438837460.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Joker's relationship with Harley involves physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse. It is fucked up beyond belief. What he has done to that girl is one of the sickest things he's ever done, and the state he keeps her in is a living hell. It's hard for Joker to have good relationships with anyone when everyone knows that he only cares about one thing: Batman, and that he can betray you or try to kill you at a moment's notice for no reason other than it might be \" funny\" in that context. He and Lex Luthor have had productive working relationships at a time or another, but really this is a guy that.... when you look at other villains, they always care about something. Joker doesn't care about anything: not himself, not Harley, not Gotham, not power, not fame, not money, not anything except Batman. How do you hurt him? You can't, you can't hurt him. Everyone realizes it's best to keep a good distance from him. Everyone except power hungry criminals who want to ride his coattails ( and either make it big and bail, or die) or the insane that flock to him due to his magnetism. Fuck that guy", "human_ref_B": "I wouldn't exactly describe it as positive, but in terms of being the most mutually beneficial, Lex Luthor and the Joker have teamed up a lot and rarely if ever turned on each other. According to Luthor, this is because he knows enough about how Joker works to know when the Joker might feel like his turf (mainly fighting Batman) is being impinged, what to do about it (team up) and how to keep it from all going wrong (let the Joker 'have his fun'.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6431.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl1axgo", "c_root_id_B": "gl151ru", "created_at_utc_A": 1611800095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611797480.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "For Krusty's income, the biggest source of wealth is selling out. Putting his name and face (which he both personally owns) on all manner of trash (Krusty merch, theme parks, burgers, and so on) is the main source of his sweet, sweet cash. Yes, advertising on and syndication for his show brings in some solid bank, but you sell ads on a show once, but each kid who watches that show buys a fuckton of product. His net worth... not great. He's absolutely garbage with money, buying the craziest stuff, living the wildest life, and blowing cash on the dumbest things. Gambling was mentioned, but let's be blunt, Krusty bet *on the Generals* **AGAINST THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS**. The Generals haven't won against the Globetrotters since 1971. If his gambling habit has anything other than a negative outcome, it's by pure luck, and more often he's getting himself into hot water with the mob for racking up debts with bookies and not delivering the cash on time.", "human_ref_B": "sales of Jagged Metal Krusty-Os?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2615.0, "score_ratio": 11.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl1axgo", "c_root_id_B": "gl16p9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1611800095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611798207.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "For Krusty's income, the biggest source of wealth is selling out. Putting his name and face (which he both personally owns) on all manner of trash (Krusty merch, theme parks, burgers, and so on) is the main source of his sweet, sweet cash. Yes, advertising on and syndication for his show brings in some solid bank, but you sell ads on a show once, but each kid who watches that show buys a fuckton of product. His net worth... not great. He's absolutely garbage with money, buying the craziest stuff, living the wildest life, and blowing cash on the dumbest things. Gambling was mentioned, but let's be blunt, Krusty bet *on the Generals* **AGAINST THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS**. The Generals haven't won against the Globetrotters since 1971. If his gambling habit has anything other than a negative outcome, it's by pure luck, and more often he's getting himself into hot water with the mob for racking up debts with bookies and not delivering the cash on time.", "human_ref_B": "Cartoon show", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1888.0, "score_ratio": 56.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl151ru", "c_root_id_B": "gl24ddh", "created_at_utc_A": 1611797480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611815777.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "sales of Jagged Metal Krusty-Os?", "human_ref_B": "Based on real life economics it'd definitely be slapping his face on everything from lunch boxes to toys to paper plates. A small time regional fast food joint is not pulling in anywhere as much money as someone who is selling tons of trinkets to people. Real world entertainers rarely even make that much money just by doing shows, unless you get really really big like Metallica or Miley Cyrus big, and even then the real money comes from selling T-shirts at the venue. Bands like Kiss which heavily commercialized their brand did way better than bands like Iron Maiden; even if those two were both relatively on par with each other in terms of album sales and touring.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18297.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl24ddh", "c_root_id_B": "gl16p9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1611815777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611798207.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Based on real life economics it'd definitely be slapping his face on everything from lunch boxes to toys to paper plates. A small time regional fast food joint is not pulling in anywhere as much money as someone who is selling tons of trinkets to people. Real world entertainers rarely even make that much money just by doing shows, unless you get really really big like Metallica or Miley Cyrus big, and even then the real money comes from selling T-shirts at the venue. Bands like Kiss which heavily commercialized their brand did way better than bands like Iron Maiden; even if those two were both relatively on par with each other in terms of album sales and touring.", "human_ref_B": "Cartoon show", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17570.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl24ddh", "c_root_id_B": "gl1tybn", "created_at_utc_A": 1611815777.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611809372.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Based on real life economics it'd definitely be slapping his face on everything from lunch boxes to toys to paper plates. A small time regional fast food joint is not pulling in anywhere as much money as someone who is selling tons of trinkets to people. Real world entertainers rarely even make that much money just by doing shows, unless you get really really big like Metallica or Miley Cyrus big, and even then the real money comes from selling T-shirts at the venue. Bands like Kiss which heavily commercialized their brand did way better than bands like Iron Maiden; even if those two were both relatively on par with each other in terms of album sales and touring.", "human_ref_B": "Anything he sells", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6405.0, "score_ratio": 12000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl2den9", "c_root_id_B": "gl2oitn", "created_at_utc_A": 1611822729.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611832064.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Merchandise probably. He's a popular local TV personality for kids, but that's not a particularly secure position to be in (a presenter could be replaced with no explanation by someone that looks and acts similarly wearing the same clothes and they'll be zero drop in viewership, just look at Sideshow Bob being replaced by Sideshow Mel) and being local there's only so much money in it too. Krusty Burger is probably a bigger earner for him than the TV show (although the TV show is probably a great advertising platform it) being quite popular and fairly widespread with quite a few locations and we see that they're often doing quite a brisk business. That said restaurants in general don't tend to have great profit margins being a very competitive business, especially fast food with a relatively low barrier to entry and most fast food being really rather cheap. But look at his merchandise. That's a ton of crap he's got where he's probably not involved with making, shipping or selling, but he's probably only just selling his name to help with the marketing. That means he's probably only taking a small cut off the top of what ever sales of Krusty brand crap is sold, but it's a staggering amount of crap from eye cleaners, to cereal, to toiletries, it adds up. That said there's probably a few pieces of merchandise that Krusty does get involved with the design of and sells directly (using his TV show and restaurants as advertising), that being one clothing because that's simple to order, cheap to get made up, can be sold for ridiculous mark ups (who here watches one or more youtubers who sells $60 t-shirts made in Bangladesh), and are easy to store. The other main thing he probably directly sells is any food items related to his restaurants (e.g. Krusty special sauce) because he merely needs to order extra on top of what his restaurants need, have it packaged separately and then sell them from the restaurants directly or to local supermarkets (a real life example of this sort of thing is how Nando's sells it's perri perri sauce and mayonnaise).", "human_ref_B": "The merch is the sweetest plumb", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9335.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl2oitn", "c_root_id_B": "gl16p9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1611832064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611798207.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The merch is the sweetest plumb", "human_ref_B": "Cartoon show", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33857.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl2oitn", "c_root_id_B": "gl1tybn", "created_at_utc_A": 1611832064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611809372.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The merch is the sweetest plumb", "human_ref_B": "Anything he sells", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22692.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl16p9s", "c_root_id_B": "gl2den9", "created_at_utc_A": 1611798207.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611822729.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Cartoon show", "human_ref_B": "Merchandise probably. He's a popular local TV personality for kids, but that's not a particularly secure position to be in (a presenter could be replaced with no explanation by someone that looks and acts similarly wearing the same clothes and they'll be zero drop in viewership, just look at Sideshow Bob being replaced by Sideshow Mel) and being local there's only so much money in it too. Krusty Burger is probably a bigger earner for him than the TV show (although the TV show is probably a great advertising platform it) being quite popular and fairly widespread with quite a few locations and we see that they're often doing quite a brisk business. That said restaurants in general don't tend to have great profit margins being a very competitive business, especially fast food with a relatively low barrier to entry and most fast food being really rather cheap. But look at his merchandise. That's a ton of crap he's got where he's probably not involved with making, shipping or selling, but he's probably only just selling his name to help with the marketing. That means he's probably only taking a small cut off the top of what ever sales of Krusty brand crap is sold, but it's a staggering amount of crap from eye cleaners, to cereal, to toiletries, it adds up. That said there's probably a few pieces of merchandise that Krusty does get involved with the design of and sells directly (using his TV show and restaurants as advertising), that being one clothing because that's simple to order, cheap to get made up, can be sold for ridiculous mark ups (who here watches one or more youtubers who sells $60 t-shirts made in Bangladesh), and are easy to store. The other main thing he probably directly sells is any food items related to his restaurants (e.g. Krusty special sauce) because he merely needs to order extra on top of what his restaurants need, have it packaged separately and then sell them from the restaurants directly or to local supermarkets (a real life example of this sort of thing is how Nando's sells it's perri perri sauce and mayonnaise).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24522.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l6k2jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Simpsons] What is Krusty's largest source of income? Krusty seems to have two primary jobs - he is the beloved childrens entertainer Krusty the Clown, and he runs Krusty Burger which at least in Springfield appears to be the dominant fast food restaurant. In addition to all that, Krusty's had a number of other jobs and money making endeavors like his time as a congressman and his gambling. Krusty also licenses his image on a number of low-quality but frequently purchased items. So what's the largest source of wealth for Krusty, and what would his estimated net worth be?", "c_root_id_A": "gl1tybn", "c_root_id_B": "gl2den9", "created_at_utc_A": 1611809372.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611822729.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Anything he sells", "human_ref_B": "Merchandise probably. He's a popular local TV personality for kids, but that's not a particularly secure position to be in (a presenter could be replaced with no explanation by someone that looks and acts similarly wearing the same clothes and they'll be zero drop in viewership, just look at Sideshow Bob being replaced by Sideshow Mel) and being local there's only so much money in it too. Krusty Burger is probably a bigger earner for him than the TV show (although the TV show is probably a great advertising platform it) being quite popular and fairly widespread with quite a few locations and we see that they're often doing quite a brisk business. That said restaurants in general don't tend to have great profit margins being a very competitive business, especially fast food with a relatively low barrier to entry and most fast food being really rather cheap. But look at his merchandise. That's a ton of crap he's got where he's probably not involved with making, shipping or selling, but he's probably only just selling his name to help with the marketing. That means he's probably only taking a small cut off the top of what ever sales of Krusty brand crap is sold, but it's a staggering amount of crap from eye cleaners, to cereal, to toiletries, it adds up. That said there's probably a few pieces of merchandise that Krusty does get involved with the design of and sells directly (using his TV show and restaurants as advertising), that being one clothing because that's simple to order, cheap to get made up, can be sold for ridiculous mark ups (who here watches one or more youtubers who sells $60 t-shirts made in Bangladesh), and are easy to store. The other main thing he probably directly sells is any food items related to his restaurants (e.g. Krusty special sauce) because he merely needs to order extra on top of what his restaurants need, have it packaged separately and then sell them from the restaurants directly or to local supermarkets (a real life example of this sort of thing is how Nando's sells it's perri perri sauce and mayonnaise).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13357.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p90lvi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[the simpsons] why does Springfield have so many landmarks? They seem to constantly get economical injections despite the amount of catastrophes they have.", "c_root_id_A": "h9v83bw", "c_root_id_B": "h9v7ruq", "created_at_utc_A": 1629601913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629601745.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "That's why Springfield needed a high-speed genuine 6 car monorail, despite it's small size (not counting Westspringfield which is 3 times the size of Texas) and centralised population. There isn't enough valid transport options for everyone to see all the great landmarks. And with Main Street cracked and broken, out of towners weren't able to find their way there. This was the answer that the monorail man wanted to give Lisa to her question about why such a small town (with a centralised population) needed the monorail, but all the other students (and Mrs Hoover) wouldn't have been smart enough to understand.", "human_ref_B": "Springfield is typical post-industry rust belt city. Rampant growth til modern era set in and it's economy tanked or flat lined.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 168.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "37imtx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel] Did Cyclops always have his eye beams? Or did he just wake up one day and blow the roof off his house.", "c_root_id_A": "crn04f2", "c_root_id_B": "crn050e", "created_at_utc_A": 1432765891.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432765920.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "They manifested during puberty, like the majority of mutant abilities do.", "human_ref_B": "Standard origin is that his powers suddenly kicked in in the middle of a stressful situation in his late teens, like many mutants. Specifically, he was falling out of a plane. Unfortunately, eyebeams don't really help with falling out of a plane, which is why he now has braindamage preventing him from turnig them off.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4m0r5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/Disney] I know this might seem dumb but hear me out: how powerful would Donald Duck be with a red lantern ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g0kc0xb", "c_root_id_B": "g0k7rpc", "created_at_utc_A": 1596724086.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596722205.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "\"Powerful\" isn't the word I'd use. Try: \"Dangerous.\" In the recent Ducktales, he poisoned a luck vampire with his bad luck in comparison to Gladstone Gander's, who was previously the victim of the luck vampire. As Mel Brooks once observed: \"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when YOU fall down an open sewer and die.\" An audience could find Donald's failures hilarious, but to him it's a real problem, and with a Red lantern ring ... If the universe were a TV, he'd smash it in a fit of rage, taking us all with him.", "human_ref_B": "Who do you think is in the Central Battery?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1881.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4m0r5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[DC/Disney] I know this might seem dumb but hear me out: how powerful would Donald Duck be with a red lantern ring?", "c_root_id_A": "g0m67c5", "c_root_id_B": "g0m8sll", "created_at_utc_A": 1596753891.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596755241.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "he's in one of the lego games with a green lantern ring. doesn't really help, he's still an idiot. is that why you're asking?", "human_ref_B": "The real question is Scrooge McDuck with an Orange Lantern Ring, I think.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1350.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3eh7f1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[X-Men movies] Why is Magneto a free man at the start of The Last Stand? In *Days of Future Past*, we learn that Magneto was convicted of the 1963 murder of President Kennedy (though he maintained he was innocent). He was stuck in a concrete prison, where he was still being held in 1972. In the original timeline (iteration 0), Magneto and Xavier first meet Jean Grey circa 1986. Magneto isn't in prison and doesn't seem at all concerned about keeping a low profile, so it stands to reason he was released legitimately. Why is he free?", "c_root_id_A": "ctf0822", "c_root_id_B": "ctexv3b", "created_at_utc_A": 1437770492.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437766971.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Honestly, I was under the impression that 'The Last Stand' was being ignored. That's how everything now makes sense.", "human_ref_B": "Well I don't think he was ever freed I think he's just such a baws he literally gives no fucks about what the governments of the world would try to do, and so he doesn't have to keep a low profile. If they come at him with anything less than an entire army they're setting themselves up for failure, and they don't have the knowledge of his whereabouts or the maneuverability to get an entire army to him where he should go.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3521.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3eh7f1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[X-Men movies] Why is Magneto a free man at the start of The Last Stand? In *Days of Future Past*, we learn that Magneto was convicted of the 1963 murder of President Kennedy (though he maintained he was innocent). He was stuck in a concrete prison, where he was still being held in 1972. In the original timeline (iteration 0), Magneto and Xavier first meet Jean Grey circa 1986. Magneto isn't in prison and doesn't seem at all concerned about keeping a low profile, so it stands to reason he was released legitimately. Why is he free?", "c_root_id_A": "ctfxhto", "c_root_id_B": "cth59x7", "created_at_utc_A": 1437851581.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437952009.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "This is Magneto. While in prison is was meditating in order to try and grab small bits of metal at the very edge of his range. Given enough time he would have managed to gravitate to him just enough metal to be able to escape the prison. This is why they already had a new prison ready for him at the end of X1. They knew the Pentagon prison wasn't enough, because he escaped, and were preparing in case they ever managed to catch him again.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps Xavier used his powers to have some high ranking member of the government absolve Magneto from his suspected crimes? We could suggest that Xavier was always meant to free Magneto, but in the iteration 0 original timeline *without Wolverine's intervention* Charles bummed around his mansion for a while longer, and it took him significantly longer to regain some stability and composure resulting in him emerging from the mansion as a man much closer to how the Professor X we know from X-Men 1 through 3 is (rather sensible, paragon of morality, optimistic and dedicated to the wellbeing of his friends and students). Of course, then some event (I'm guessing Charles deciding to get the school up and running) prompted Charles to use his powers to get Erik freed in return for his assistance in creating an educational haven for young mutants (perhaps with their two very different approaches but the same ideal of mutants being able to live without fear and oppression, or aiding in bringing some of the more challenging teacher/student candidates over to their side) which brings us to Magneto and Charles meeting Jean circa 1986. Under the above theory, either Mags and Chuck have been working together for a while in setting up the school and finding mutants to either teach or learn there, and Jean happens to be a very promising mutant for the school that they found via rumors (or much more likely Cerebro), **or** Charles has been doing his own thing for the school in between recovering from his depressive hermit state and then, and he has only just gotten Erik freed in time for them to double up to visit Jean. The former holds more of an optimistic feel that upon returning to his forgiving, upbeat nature that Charles employs \"the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one.\" mantra in getting Erik on side despite the bitter feelings he must harbor for him (shown in DOFP) that he ignores for the greater good. It also would make more sense that they have been working together for a while when they meet Jean, due to them being comfortable enough around each other *and* that clearly the dust has settled from whatever resulted in Magneto being freed (influential VIP brainwashed into releasing him/large scale mind control of Pentagon staff into allowing him to walk/Erik breaking out and Charles using his powers on anyone that suspects him/etc.). The latter however would make more sense from a realistic viewpoint. Although Charles would have used his time between First Class and 1986 brooding his way into Professor X, Magneto is much more likely to have become even more bitter and aggressive due to his imprisonment by humans for a misunderstanding. I'd suggest any prolonged work together by the Prof and Mags would be very strained and hard to progress peacefully up until meeting Jean, so it would be easier for their \"partnership\" if they had only just started working together again. However this is also very coincidental if it's the first thing these two do together after all that time is going to meet one of the most important mutants in the X-Menverse story. Apologies for rambling, all in all I'd suggest Charles had a hand in freeing Magneto, either through controlling the authorities to let him go or (if the government trusted the Prof enough, which I doubt) Charles might have read Magneto's mind to judge his innocence, getting him off the hook. TL;DR Prof X needed back-up on kickstarting the whole \"Mutant High-School\" project so probs broke Magneto out as he knows more about crowdfunding and appealing to potential backers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 100428.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "otu8b4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Which planets were the founding members of the Galactic Republic? More or less the title. I think I remember hearing that Coruscant, Corellia and Alderaan were founders but aside from them I'm not sure if they are the only ones or if there were more. Bonus Question: What factors lead to the founding of the Republic. Threat of invasion?, Commerce?, The Jedi? Some combination of these? Or none of them?", "c_root_id_A": "h6xrfkb", "c_root_id_B": "h6xvm2a", "created_at_utc_A": 1627551381.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627554908.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "We\u2019re told there were 22 founding planets and they were all Core-based but I haven\u2019t seen any comprehensive list. We know Alderaan and Chandrila are in that 22. Presumably the list must include Coruscant. The Duro home planet is a strong probability since they invented hyperdrive. Corellia and Corulag wouldn\u2019t be out of the question. But that\u2019s all I got.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3527.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhjpw4u", "c_root_id_B": "hhl4e10", "created_at_utc_A": 1634854788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634880366.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "She has a pretty advanced education from a rich family. Yes, she is aware of the moon.", "human_ref_B": "\"the moon sure looks beautiful tonight. SHAME YOU CAN'T SEE IT TOPH!\" Katara (water tribe\u00af\\_(\u2580 \u035c\u035e\u0296\u2580)_/\u00af)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25578.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhl4e10", "c_root_id_B": "hhjf1ln", "created_at_utc_A": 1634880366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634850053.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "\"the moon sure looks beautiful tonight. SHAME YOU CAN'T SEE IT TOPH!\" Katara (water tribe\u00af\\_(\u2580 \u035c\u035e\u0296\u2580)_/\u00af)", "human_ref_B": "If she knew about it, could she bend it?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30313.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhl4e10", "c_root_id_B": "hhjf36j", "created_at_utc_A": 1634880366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634850072.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "\"the moon sure looks beautiful tonight. SHAME YOU CAN'T SEE IT TOPH!\" Katara (water tribe\u00af\\_(\u2580 \u035c\u035e\u0296\u2580)_/\u00af)", "human_ref_B": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30294.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhjpw4u", "c_root_id_B": "hhjf1ln", "created_at_utc_A": 1634854788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634850053.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "She has a pretty advanced education from a rich family. Yes, she is aware of the moon.", "human_ref_B": "If she knew about it, could she bend it?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4735.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhjpw4u", "c_root_id_B": "hhjf36j", "created_at_utc_A": 1634854788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634850072.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "She has a pretty advanced education from a rich family. Yes, she is aware of the moon.", "human_ref_B": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4716.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhjf36j", "c_root_id_B": "hhldakg", "created_at_utc_A": 1634850072.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634887359.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty sure Sokka told her about the moon", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37287.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhjf36j", "c_root_id_B": "hhlrv5i", "created_at_utc_A": 1634850072.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634899785.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "human_ref_B": "She was from a super rich family and was privately educated. So my guess is obviously she does know about the moon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 49713.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhm3wp2", "c_root_id_B": "hhlxtw8", "created_at_utc_A": 1634907107.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634903728.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No. In fact, no blind people know about the moon. It's a secret closely guarded by us sighted folks", "human_ref_B": "No, and don't tell her about it. If she knew there was a big rock in the sky she would definitely pull it down to earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3379.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhm3wp2", "c_root_id_B": "hhjf36j", "created_at_utc_A": 1634907107.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634850072.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "No. In fact, no blind people know about the moon. It's a secret closely guarded by us sighted folks", "human_ref_B": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57035.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhng7b3", "c_root_id_B": "hhlxtw8", "created_at_utc_A": 1634927084.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634903728.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yes yes she's heard all about Sokka's ex", "human_ref_B": "No, and don't tell her about it. If she knew there was a big rock in the sky she would definitely pull it down to earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23356.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhjf36j", "c_root_id_B": "hhng7b3", "created_at_utc_A": 1634850072.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634927084.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "human_ref_B": "Yes yes she's heard all about Sokka's ex", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 77012.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhmmlug", "c_root_id_B": "hhng7b3", "created_at_utc_A": 1634915125.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634927084.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In the same way she is aware of the sun.", "human_ref_B": "Yes yes she's heard all about Sokka's ex", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11959.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhr58cv", "c_root_id_B": "hhlxtw8", "created_at_utc_A": 1635005786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634903728.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "She\u2019s aware of it in the sense that she knows there is a moon. She received an education and is quite bright. She is not able to actually perceive the moon though.", "human_ref_B": "No, and don't tell her about it. If she knew there was a big rock in the sky she would definitely pull it down to earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 102058.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhr58cv", "c_root_id_B": "hhjf36j", "created_at_utc_A": 1635005786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634850072.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "She\u2019s aware of it in the sense that she knows there is a moon. She received an education and is quite bright. She is not able to actually perceive the moon though.", "human_ref_B": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 155714.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhr58cv", "c_root_id_B": "hhmmlug", "created_at_utc_A": 1635005786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634915125.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "She\u2019s aware of it in the sense that she knows there is a moon. She received an education and is quite bright. She is not able to actually perceive the moon though.", "human_ref_B": "In the same way she is aware of the sun.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 90661.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhjf36j", "c_root_id_B": "hhlxtw8", "created_at_utc_A": 1634850072.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634903728.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "human_ref_B": "No, and don't tell her about it. If she knew there was a big rock in the sky she would definitely pull it down to earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 53656.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qct9lw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[ATLA] Is Toph aware of the moon? Like does she mention it anywhere or like did someone tell her?", "c_root_id_A": "hhjf36j", "c_root_id_B": "hhmmlug", "created_at_utc_A": 1634850072.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634915125.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "What part of blind do you not understand!", "human_ref_B": "In the same way she is aware of the sun.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 65053.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jg3q44", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Did Aang and Katara kiss in the Cave of Two Lovers? It goes dark for a second and then lights up, but I don't know if the lights turning on was a result of their kiss or if it interrupted it before it could happen.", "c_root_id_A": "g9plw70", "c_root_id_B": "g9qqygx", "created_at_utc_A": 1603415008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603444765.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They did kiss... Well, Katara did at least. They're both inexperienced kissers, so Katara missed Aang's lips and smooched his eyelid. I'm kidding. Aang would've gone into the Avatar State from the shear brilliant ecstasy of kissing the most beautiful girl in the world. He didn't glow-up, therefore he didn't kiss Katara. Okay seriously now. The moment in question occurred in a secret love tunnel, so whether or not they kissed must remain a secret also. There's no way to know the truth of the matter.", "human_ref_B": "You know, it was really unclear", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29757.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jg3q44", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Did Aang and Katara kiss in the Cave of Two Lovers? It goes dark for a second and then lights up, but I don't know if the lights turning on was a result of their kiss or if it interrupted it before it could happen.", "c_root_id_A": "g9pk32m", "c_root_id_B": "g9qqygx", "created_at_utc_A": 1603414012.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603444765.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I don't think they kissed. They both were about to kiss and their feelings for each other were finally realized on some personal level. Their blossoming love juju activated the cave before the need for physical contact.", "human_ref_B": "You know, it was really unclear", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30753.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jg3q44", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[ATLA] Did Aang and Katara kiss in the Cave of Two Lovers? It goes dark for a second and then lights up, but I don't know if the lights turning on was a result of their kiss or if it interrupted it before it could happen.", "c_root_id_A": "g9pk32m", "c_root_id_B": "g9plw70", "created_at_utc_A": 1603414012.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603415008.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't think they kissed. They both were about to kiss and their feelings for each other were finally realized on some personal level. Their blossoming love juju activated the cave before the need for physical contact.", "human_ref_B": "They did kiss... Well, Katara did at least. They're both inexperienced kissers, so Katara missed Aang's lips and smooched his eyelid. I'm kidding. Aang would've gone into the Avatar State from the shear brilliant ecstasy of kissing the most beautiful girl in the world. He didn't glow-up, therefore he didn't kiss Katara. Okay seriously now. The moment in question occurred in a secret love tunnel, so whether or not they kissed must remain a secret also. There's no way to know the truth of the matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 996.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7be09g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel, MCU] If Doctor Strange teleported Thor's hammer into the mirror dimension and Thor called it back. Would the hammer come back to him? Would the hammer travel through different dimensions or would it be stuck in the mirror dimension.", "c_root_id_A": "dphhfkf", "c_root_id_B": "dpharro", "created_at_utc_A": 1510080093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1510073536.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "**Minor spoilers for _Thor: Ragnarok_** If we were talking 616, yes. Mjolnir in the comics will tunnel straight through a universe to get back to Thor's hand when he calls it. In the MCU, it's a bit less clear, but I'm leaning toward \"no\" just because traveling between dimensions / realms seems so difficult for the Asgardians. Hela's entire quest for the Bifrost sword was because she can't just jump between worlds herself. Loki was effectively screwed when he got tossed into the Endless Elevator Shaft of Doom. Similarly, Thor needs Heimdal to open a bridge for him to get into and out of Surtur's domain (or to travel between Asgard and earth). If Mjolnir had its own inter-dimensional travel powers, this probably wouldn't have been necessary.", "human_ref_B": "I have doubts that Strange would be able to affect the hammer at all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6557.0, "score_ratio": 2.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7be09g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel, MCU] If Doctor Strange teleported Thor's hammer into the mirror dimension and Thor called it back. Would the hammer come back to him? Would the hammer travel through different dimensions or would it be stuck in the mirror dimension.", "c_root_id_A": "dphhfkf", "c_root_id_B": "dphbcea", "created_at_utc_A": 1510080093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1510074094.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "**Minor spoilers for _Thor: Ragnarok_** If we were talking 616, yes. Mjolnir in the comics will tunnel straight through a universe to get back to Thor's hand when he calls it. In the MCU, it's a bit less clear, but I'm leaning toward \"no\" just because traveling between dimensions / realms seems so difficult for the Asgardians. Hela's entire quest for the Bifrost sword was because she can't just jump between worlds herself. Loki was effectively screwed when he got tossed into the Endless Elevator Shaft of Doom. Similarly, Thor needs Heimdal to open a bridge for him to get into and out of Surtur's domain (or to travel between Asgard and earth). If Mjolnir had its own inter-dimensional travel powers, this probably wouldn't have been necessary.", "human_ref_B": "[MCU] It's a little bit uncertain how Asgardian 'magic' (read technology) interacts with the kind of magic Strange deals in. I suspect the most likely scenario is that Strange would not be able to teleport Mjolnir to the mirror dimension any more than Stark could lift it off the coffee table, the enchantment would prevent it. Beyond that, Mjolnir has been shown to be capable of at least some interdimensional travel, so if there's a way out of the Mirror Dimension at all, Mjolnir will find it and use it. There's even a chance the hammer itself has sling-ring capability.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5999.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "53uzy7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Stranger Things] How did they (spoiler) the (spoiler)? How did they fake the body? I understand that Joyce isn't convinced by it, but everyone else is. Even Hop, who goes into the morgue room and sees the body up close, seems to think it's the real body of Will Byers until he touches it and realizes it isn't cold and clammy. I get that this is super secret government conspiracy stuff, but it's the 1980s and it's not like the Hawkins National Laboratory people had Will's real body to work from. How did they create such a convincing copy with such limited information and the limited practical effects technology of their time?", "c_root_id_A": "d7whwd4", "c_root_id_B": "d7ww5l6", "created_at_utc_A": 1474488519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1474508159.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They got a kid that was about the same height and weight and crushed his face with a big rock.", "human_ref_B": "the body had supposedly been in the water for a few days. That does some...unpleasant things to a body", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19640.0, "score_ratio": -0.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "53uzy7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Stranger Things] How did they (spoiler) the (spoiler)? How did they fake the body? I understand that Joyce isn't convinced by it, but everyone else is. Even Hop, who goes into the morgue room and sees the body up close, seems to think it's the real body of Will Byers until he touches it and realizes it isn't cold and clammy. I get that this is super secret government conspiracy stuff, but it's the 1980s and it's not like the Hawkins National Laboratory people had Will's real body to work from. How did they create such a convincing copy with such limited information and the limited practical effects technology of their time?", "c_root_id_A": "d7whwd4", "c_root_id_B": "d7x1jqw", "created_at_utc_A": 1474488519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1474516386.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They got a kid that was about the same height and weight and crushed his face with a big rock.", "human_ref_B": "It's quite simple, really. All they had to do was (spoiler) with the (spoiler), then rub some (spoiler) over the eyes and (spoiler) (spoiler) (spoiler) Zimbabwean ivory poachers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27867.0, "score_ratio": -0.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "53uzy7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Stranger Things] How did they (spoiler) the (spoiler)? How did they fake the body? I understand that Joyce isn't convinced by it, but everyone else is. Even Hop, who goes into the morgue room and sees the body up close, seems to think it's the real body of Will Byers until he touches it and realizes it isn't cold and clammy. I get that this is super secret government conspiracy stuff, but it's the 1980s and it's not like the Hawkins National Laboratory people had Will's real body to work from. How did they create such a convincing copy with such limited information and the limited practical effects technology of their time?", "c_root_id_A": "d7whwd4", "c_root_id_B": "d7xlild", "created_at_utc_A": 1474488519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1474560375.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They got a kid that was about the same height and weight and crushed his face with a big rock.", "human_ref_B": "My over-thunk theory is that this company has more info and influence over the town and its people. The government wouldn't just give some interdimensional super project an abandoned quarry and a sleepy town for no reason. I think the company has more to do with everyone in that town. Plus they joked about how nothing happens in the town, what if that's on purpose? What if the town was kept as stable or consistent as possible as a control group (for interdimensional research) and referenced against other towns.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 71856.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqfi66i", "c_root_id_B": "cqfjjzm", "created_at_utc_A": 1429282275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429284504.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I don't know how he does it, but he makes the Reapers his loyal bitches.", "human_ref_B": "The main advantage that the Reapers have is that civilization in the ME universe is built around reverse engineering their own tech. With Doom present to bring his own innovations to the game, it is unlikely that the reapers will be able to adapt.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2229.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqfjjzm", "c_root_id_B": "cqfi3bw", "created_at_utc_A": 1429284504.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429282144.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The main advantage that the Reapers have is that civilization in the ME universe is built around reverse engineering their own tech. With Doom present to bring his own innovations to the game, it is unlikely that the reapers will be able to adapt.", "human_ref_B": "Nobody would believe him. Humanity and galactic society didn't believe Shepard when they litteraly had a dead Reaper in their labs. Why would they believe someone before even that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2360.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqfi66i", "c_root_id_B": "cqfi3bw", "created_at_utc_A": 1429282275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429282144.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't know how he does it, but he makes the Reapers his loyal bitches.", "human_ref_B": "Nobody would believe him. Humanity and galactic society didn't believe Shepard when they litteraly had a dead Reaper in their labs. Why would they believe someone before even that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 131.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqfrhl5", "c_root_id_B": "cqfi3bw", "created_at_utc_A": 1429296958.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429282144.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Wait, people keep saying Doom would destroy the Reapers. What in the world makes anyone think Doom would so something so prosaic as *destroy* the Reapers? What does Doom do any time he encounters incomprehensibly powerful alien gods? He doesn't just kill them. He becomes them. Want to know how this ends? We pretty much saw it already: https://youtu.be/ukuzGWFoTRU?t=7m30s", "human_ref_B": "Nobody would believe him. Humanity and galactic society didn't believe Shepard when they litteraly had a dead Reaper in their labs. Why would they believe someone before even that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14814.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqfi3bw", "c_root_id_B": "cqfzqnl", "created_at_utc_A": 1429282144.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429312510.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Nobody would believe him. Humanity and galactic society didn't believe Shepard when they litteraly had a dead Reaper in their labs. Why would they believe someone before even that?", "human_ref_B": "I would like to see two things: 1. Dr. Doom being laughed off Earth for his insane ramblings of Reapers. Followed by him travelling to the Krogan homeworld and quickly taking it over/ repairing their reproductive ability. 2. Watching Doom laugh as the Reapers attempt to mindcontrol him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30366.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqfscff", "c_root_id_B": "cqfzqnl", "created_at_utc_A": 1429298346.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429312510.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": ">However, does anyone honestly thing Doom will bother with the first (and most important) mission of Mass Effect? Yes. He's very smart and sees plenty of opportunity to exploit Shepard's position. Also he knows that ignoring the chain of command will make things very difficult for him (mutiny / treason), even if he doesn't see any value in being / exploiting Shepard.", "human_ref_B": "I would like to see two things: 1. Dr. Doom being laughed off Earth for his insane ramblings of Reapers. Followed by him travelling to the Krogan homeworld and quickly taking it over/ repairing their reproductive ability. 2. Watching Doom laugh as the Reapers attempt to mindcontrol him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14164.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqftace", "c_root_id_B": "cqfzqnl", "created_at_utc_A": 1429299866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429312510.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Reapers win. The guy who wakes up thinking he's Dr. Doom was a few cards short of a full Conrad Verner. They take little notice as they continue their intelligence gathering and social engineering operations through the planet's Internet, other than to note that organics' fetishization of the conflict that is the crucible of their evolution is again the reason they must be harvested before they destroy themselves. We note the profound and cruel irony that entropy has imposed on the universe.", "human_ref_B": "I would like to see two things: 1. Dr. Doom being laughed off Earth for his insane ramblings of Reapers. Followed by him travelling to the Krogan homeworld and quickly taking it over/ repairing their reproductive ability. 2. Watching Doom laugh as the Reapers attempt to mindcontrol him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12644.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqg6alc", "c_root_id_B": "cqfscff", "created_at_utc_A": 1429325988.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429298346.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "DOOOOOOOM! happens. Guy makes DOOOOM! bots, makes non Ezo related FTL and puts bombs at mass relays, and creates shields for the inhabited worlds.", "human_ref_B": ">However, does anyone honestly thing Doom will bother with the first (and most important) mission of Mass Effect? Yes. He's very smart and sees plenty of opportunity to exploit Shepard's position. Also he knows that ignoring the chain of command will make things very difficult for him (mutiny / treason), even if he doesn't see any value in being / exploiting Shepard.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27642.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32x11f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "Mass Effect/Marvel] Dr. Doom wakes up on Earth pre-First Contact War AND he knows about the Reapers. What happens? I saw [this thread and the most probable answers there are contingent on the fact that Doom doesn't know about the Reapers, so (obviously) will act like they don't exist and the galaxy is doomed with no Shepard. Also, waking up just before ME1 doesn't really give him enough time to do anything. What if he woke up on Earth in 2156, after we knew about the Mass Relays, but before we knew about the Council races? In addition to knowing about the Reapers, let's say he has all of the knowledge that Shepard has after thwarting Sovereign's attack (i.e. he knows about the Protheans and their plan to stop the Reapers, everything in the Codex and so on). No time travel, because that'd be unfair. Magic is allowed, though. How much does this benefit humanity? Given the knowledge of First Contact War, Turian tactics and technology, and 1 year to prepare, how will the war go? Will there even be a war, if Doom stops the activation of the relay? How will Doom stop the Reapers?", "c_root_id_A": "cqftace", "c_root_id_B": "cqg6alc", "created_at_utc_A": 1429299866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429325988.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Reapers win. The guy who wakes up thinking he's Dr. Doom was a few cards short of a full Conrad Verner. They take little notice as they continue their intelligence gathering and social engineering operations through the planet's Internet, other than to note that organics' fetishization of the conflict that is the crucible of their evolution is again the reason they must be harvested before they destroy themselves. We note the profound and cruel irony that entropy has imposed on the universe.", "human_ref_B": "DOOOOOOOM! happens. Guy makes DOOOOM! bots, makes non Ezo related FTL and puts bombs at mass relays, and creates shields for the inhabited worlds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26122.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dkl4vg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Wizarding World] How does Hogwarts get muggle born wizards to suddenly believe in magic when they get their invitation letter. Better yet how do they figure things out like currency, platform 9 3/4s, and Hermione somehow being an expert before even getting onto the damn train.", "c_root_id_A": "f4gwyhh", "c_root_id_B": "f4gxbjy", "created_at_utc_A": 1571585860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1571586015.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 129, "human_ref_A": "Hogwarts assigns a wizard or witch to be the friendly but a little odd neighbor for Muggle-born. The neighbor visits after the owl arrives and is a trusted interpreter.", "human_ref_B": "Can\u2019t remember where, but I\u2019m pretty sure the school will actually send someone to explain it all with the Hogwarts letter. Kind of like Hagrid did with Harry, although probably a bit better. Hermione knew so much because she read it all after she was taken to Flourish and Bouts and bought a book like the nerd she is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 155.0, "score_ratio": 3.6857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nv6tho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy] Has anyone written a Disaster Area type of song in which \"boy being meets girl being beneath a silvery moon...when then explodes for no adequately explored reason\"? Not in the HHGttG universe, but here. Probably a filk or other fan service song.", "c_root_id_A": "h11h1v1", "c_root_id_B": "h124r2q", "created_at_utc_A": 1623167234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623177104.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Their music is described as \"mostly follow[ing] *the familiar theme* of boy-being meets girl-being beneath silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason.\" So yeah, lots of bands had to have written songs with this theme to make it a familiar theme.", "human_ref_B": "Not exactly right, but here's a song that inverts that theme. In this song, a planet explodes for no adequately explored reason, and then a guy meets a guy. https://youtu.be/52Gg9CqhbP8", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9870.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zl12f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Nicholas Flamel use the Philosopher's Stone to cure aging for everyone? If memory serves, after he made it, he basically kept the thing for himself and his wife. Why not use it to help everyone live forever? He could have improved the formula so the elixir only needs to be taken once, or spread the plans for the stone so everyone could make one. In fact, he could have used it to broker a peace between wizards and muggles. But instead, the book basically tells us that living forever is bad (although it doesn't mention what exactly is so bad about something so awesome) and is completely fine with letting people keep suffering and dying forever. Why not fix such an easily solvable problem?", "c_root_id_A": "e2jwdzz", "c_root_id_B": "e2jgkhd", "created_at_utc_A": 1531848222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531834613.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Let's say that Nicholas Flamel is the first person to have ever created the Philosopher's Stone (unlikely) and in doing so, created a potion that makes the person immortal. Instictively, you make the claim that he should instantly share the potion with everyone, and in doing so, make everyone's lives better. This is flawed logic in two places. 1) The amount of potion that the stone could make is unknown. What if it had a finite amount it could make every day. Even if currently it covered every wizard, at some point in the future it might not. At that point, someone will be choosing who lives and who dies, creating a far worse situation for everyone. Instead of it just being \"everyone dies\" it's \"Everyone but this special group\" dies. That's most exclusionary than any group has ever been, and puts you on the same level of death eaters, even though you intention was purely good. It's better for everyone to die, than for a select group to be given the power to choose who will die. 2) No one has been immortal before. You look at death as if it was a terrible thing, and if someone can be spared death then they absolutely should be spared. What if living longer is far worse than dying? Nicolas Flamel has chosen to take the potion to continue his life for as long as he can, and he does this from a research standpoint. He wants to understand what it really means to live forever, and what it means to live longer than everyone he knows. In the books, we know that Dumbledore has a problem keeping all of memories, and he is under two hundred years old. How hard is it to keep your memories in tact after three hundred years? Do you still remember your childhood, your friends? Do you remember all of those moments that made up who you are today. In our current short lifespans, our past plays a huge role in who we are and what we do. If our lifespan was thousands of years, do we become a completely new person after a few hundred years? So much is unknown about living for longer time periods, that just saying \"Everyone gets the potion\" would be horribly irresponsible. Since Nicolas Flamel was alive for 650 years and hadn't given the potion to anyone else, what if he learned after a long period of time that it wasn't as awesome as every imagined? Maybe he planned at six hundred years to give it away, and then learned that it wouldn't be doing anyone a favor and the only reason he hadn't stopped taking it was because of his desire to continue research until he could fix the problems of being immortal? It's safe to say that just giving everyone the elixir of life would be short sighted (which makes sense in a short lifespan) and might not be a kindness after all.", "human_ref_B": "Not everyone wants to be cured of mortality. In fact, Voldemort is the prime example of someone who truly fears death and will literally splinter his own soul to prevent himself from dying. Death is a natural thing. The philosophers stone represents selfishness, that you could stay forever, in the way of progress. And to use it to produce endless gold wouldn't solve poverty, it would just dilute the value of gold until it was worthless. Likewise, to extend life indefinitely for everyone would diminish the value of life. Better to keep it and study it, maybe to find a way to reduce suffering and death in a meaningful way. Until it became dangerous because Voldemort wanted it. It's also worth noting that not everyone would have access to the stone. So unless there was a way to copy it ad infinitum, immortality would be something only a few could have. That's terrible! What a horrible inequality. Edit: those aren't my personal beliefs. It's pretty clear what the book is saying about life and death.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13609.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zl12f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Nicholas Flamel use the Philosopher's Stone to cure aging for everyone? If memory serves, after he made it, he basically kept the thing for himself and his wife. Why not use it to help everyone live forever? He could have improved the formula so the elixir only needs to be taken once, or spread the plans for the stone so everyone could make one. In fact, he could have used it to broker a peace between wizards and muggles. But instead, the book basically tells us that living forever is bad (although it doesn't mention what exactly is so bad about something so awesome) and is completely fine with letting people keep suffering and dying forever. Why not fix such an easily solvable problem?", "c_root_id_A": "e2jsql0", "c_root_id_B": "e2jwdzz", "created_at_utc_A": 1531845280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531848222.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "There are many good responses here, but I just wanted to add, they have hard evidence of an afterlife. Ghosts exist, and converse with people about their afterdeath experience. This tends to make death less feared.", "human_ref_B": "Let's say that Nicholas Flamel is the first person to have ever created the Philosopher's Stone (unlikely) and in doing so, created a potion that makes the person immortal. Instictively, you make the claim that he should instantly share the potion with everyone, and in doing so, make everyone's lives better. This is flawed logic in two places. 1) The amount of potion that the stone could make is unknown. What if it had a finite amount it could make every day. Even if currently it covered every wizard, at some point in the future it might not. At that point, someone will be choosing who lives and who dies, creating a far worse situation for everyone. Instead of it just being \"everyone dies\" it's \"Everyone but this special group\" dies. That's most exclusionary than any group has ever been, and puts you on the same level of death eaters, even though you intention was purely good. It's better for everyone to die, than for a select group to be given the power to choose who will die. 2) No one has been immortal before. You look at death as if it was a terrible thing, and if someone can be spared death then they absolutely should be spared. What if living longer is far worse than dying? Nicolas Flamel has chosen to take the potion to continue his life for as long as he can, and he does this from a research standpoint. He wants to understand what it really means to live forever, and what it means to live longer than everyone he knows. In the books, we know that Dumbledore has a problem keeping all of memories, and he is under two hundred years old. How hard is it to keep your memories in tact after three hundred years? Do you still remember your childhood, your friends? Do you remember all of those moments that made up who you are today. In our current short lifespans, our past plays a huge role in who we are and what we do. If our lifespan was thousands of years, do we become a completely new person after a few hundred years? So much is unknown about living for longer time periods, that just saying \"Everyone gets the potion\" would be horribly irresponsible. Since Nicolas Flamel was alive for 650 years and hadn't given the potion to anyone else, what if he learned after a long period of time that it wasn't as awesome as every imagined? Maybe he planned at six hundred years to give it away, and then learned that it wouldn't be doing anyone a favor and the only reason he hadn't stopped taking it was because of his desire to continue research until he could fix the problems of being immortal? It's safe to say that just giving everyone the elixir of life would be short sighted (which makes sense in a short lifespan) and might not be a kindness after all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2942.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zl12f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Nicholas Flamel use the Philosopher's Stone to cure aging for everyone? If memory serves, after he made it, he basically kept the thing for himself and his wife. Why not use it to help everyone live forever? He could have improved the formula so the elixir only needs to be taken once, or spread the plans for the stone so everyone could make one. In fact, he could have used it to broker a peace between wizards and muggles. But instead, the book basically tells us that living forever is bad (although it doesn't mention what exactly is so bad about something so awesome) and is completely fine with letting people keep suffering and dying forever. Why not fix such an easily solvable problem?", "c_root_id_A": "e2jwdzz", "c_root_id_B": "e2jw0j7", "created_at_utc_A": 1531848222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531847920.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Let's say that Nicholas Flamel is the first person to have ever created the Philosopher's Stone (unlikely) and in doing so, created a potion that makes the person immortal. Instictively, you make the claim that he should instantly share the potion with everyone, and in doing so, make everyone's lives better. This is flawed logic in two places. 1) The amount of potion that the stone could make is unknown. What if it had a finite amount it could make every day. Even if currently it covered every wizard, at some point in the future it might not. At that point, someone will be choosing who lives and who dies, creating a far worse situation for everyone. Instead of it just being \"everyone dies\" it's \"Everyone but this special group\" dies. That's most exclusionary than any group has ever been, and puts you on the same level of death eaters, even though you intention was purely good. It's better for everyone to die, than for a select group to be given the power to choose who will die. 2) No one has been immortal before. You look at death as if it was a terrible thing, and if someone can be spared death then they absolutely should be spared. What if living longer is far worse than dying? Nicolas Flamel has chosen to take the potion to continue his life for as long as he can, and he does this from a research standpoint. He wants to understand what it really means to live forever, and what it means to live longer than everyone he knows. In the books, we know that Dumbledore has a problem keeping all of memories, and he is under two hundred years old. How hard is it to keep your memories in tact after three hundred years? Do you still remember your childhood, your friends? Do you remember all of those moments that made up who you are today. In our current short lifespans, our past plays a huge role in who we are and what we do. If our lifespan was thousands of years, do we become a completely new person after a few hundred years? So much is unknown about living for longer time periods, that just saying \"Everyone gets the potion\" would be horribly irresponsible. Since Nicolas Flamel was alive for 650 years and hadn't given the potion to anyone else, what if he learned after a long period of time that it wasn't as awesome as every imagined? Maybe he planned at six hundred years to give it away, and then learned that it wouldn't be doing anyone a favor and the only reason he hadn't stopped taking it was because of his desire to continue research until he could fix the problems of being immortal? It's safe to say that just giving everyone the elixir of life would be short sighted (which makes sense in a short lifespan) and might not be a kindness after all.", "human_ref_B": "Wizards, great wizards even, are only intelligent in small numbers. The more of them you get into a group the more dysfunctional they become. Perhaps it's an evolutionary check on their development but they have almost no ability to work together towards common goals and even the simplest of administrative tasks becomes hugely more complicated than it needs to be. This is to say that it was probably being considered but then the ministry got involved and the measure has been in an ongoing inquiry for the last 400 years. One of the main problems being that they have to restart everything when the inquiry heads die of old age.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 302.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zl12f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Nicholas Flamel use the Philosopher's Stone to cure aging for everyone? If memory serves, after he made it, he basically kept the thing for himself and his wife. Why not use it to help everyone live forever? He could have improved the formula so the elixir only needs to be taken once, or spread the plans for the stone so everyone could make one. In fact, he could have used it to broker a peace between wizards and muggles. But instead, the book basically tells us that living forever is bad (although it doesn't mention what exactly is so bad about something so awesome) and is completely fine with letting people keep suffering and dying forever. Why not fix such an easily solvable problem?", "c_root_id_A": "e2jsql0", "c_root_id_B": "e2k0h3s", "created_at_utc_A": 1531845280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531851503.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There are many good responses here, but I just wanted to add, they have hard evidence of an afterlife. Ghosts exist, and converse with people about their afterdeath experience. This tends to make death less feared.", "human_ref_B": "Curing mortality is only actually critically important if there's no afterlife; arguably, in fact, keeping people beyond their natural lifespan is to create *more* suffering than there would otherwise have been, if they go off to live in Wizard Heaven forever rather than ceasing to exist. Personally I would agree that arbitrarily long lifespan for anyone who wants is still a noble and valuable goal even so, but apparently Nicholas Flamel, if he even *could* have improved it enough to make mass distribution possible, didn't think so.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6223.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zl12f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Nicholas Flamel use the Philosopher's Stone to cure aging for everyone? If memory serves, after he made it, he basically kept the thing for himself and his wife. Why not use it to help everyone live forever? He could have improved the formula so the elixir only needs to be taken once, or spread the plans for the stone so everyone could make one. In fact, he could have used it to broker a peace between wizards and muggles. But instead, the book basically tells us that living forever is bad (although it doesn't mention what exactly is so bad about something so awesome) and is completely fine with letting people keep suffering and dying forever. Why not fix such an easily solvable problem?", "c_root_id_A": "e2jw0j7", "c_root_id_B": "e2k0h3s", "created_at_utc_A": 1531847920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531851503.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Wizards, great wizards even, are only intelligent in small numbers. The more of them you get into a group the more dysfunctional they become. Perhaps it's an evolutionary check on their development but they have almost no ability to work together towards common goals and even the simplest of administrative tasks becomes hugely more complicated than it needs to be. This is to say that it was probably being considered but then the ministry got involved and the measure has been in an ongoing inquiry for the last 400 years. One of the main problems being that they have to restart everything when the inquiry heads die of old age.", "human_ref_B": "Curing mortality is only actually critically important if there's no afterlife; arguably, in fact, keeping people beyond their natural lifespan is to create *more* suffering than there would otherwise have been, if they go off to live in Wizard Heaven forever rather than ceasing to exist. Personally I would agree that arbitrarily long lifespan for anyone who wants is still a noble and valuable goal even so, but apparently Nicholas Flamel, if he even *could* have improved it enough to make mass distribution possible, didn't think so.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3583.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8zl12f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Nicholas Flamel use the Philosopher's Stone to cure aging for everyone? If memory serves, after he made it, he basically kept the thing for himself and his wife. Why not use it to help everyone live forever? He could have improved the formula so the elixir only needs to be taken once, or spread the plans for the stone so everyone could make one. In fact, he could have used it to broker a peace between wizards and muggles. But instead, the book basically tells us that living forever is bad (although it doesn't mention what exactly is so bad about something so awesome) and is completely fine with letting people keep suffering and dying forever. Why not fix such an easily solvable problem?", "c_root_id_A": "e2jw0j7", "c_root_id_B": "e2k3sut", "created_at_utc_A": 1531847920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531854239.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Wizards, great wizards even, are only intelligent in small numbers. The more of them you get into a group the more dysfunctional they become. Perhaps it's an evolutionary check on their development but they have almost no ability to work together towards common goals and even the simplest of administrative tasks becomes hugely more complicated than it needs to be. This is to say that it was probably being considered but then the ministry got involved and the measure has been in an ongoing inquiry for the last 400 years. One of the main problems being that they have to restart everything when the inquiry heads die of old age.", "human_ref_B": "Good God, think of the overpopulation issues! A horde of immortal Weasleys spreading across Europe like a plague of locusts, leaving chaos, red hair, and lumpy sweaters in their wake! Wizards were bad with technology and Muggle Culture back in the 1990s, imagine how much worse they'd be when you had immortals from the 1930s wandering around like your grandparents, but with even less of an idea about computers and cell phones!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6319.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gthxx94", "c_root_id_B": "gthyd3t", "created_at_utc_A": 1617657390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617657598.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "In *Schlock Mercenary*, before teraport denial fields were widely deployed, the \"terapedo\" was an extremely effective weapon: Basically a missile with a built-in teraport that in most cases could even take it inside its target. The Very Dangerous Array was a set of terapedos repurposed as a long-range and very high-resolution sensor. They were teraported to form a loose sphere around their mothership, with their targeting sensors networked together to create a Very Large Array.", "human_ref_B": "TV Tropes has a list of examples of Macross Missile Massacre. The obvious choice would be the trope namer: Macross. The Crest of the Stars example specifically says it puts Honor Harrington to shame.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 208.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gti4b9i", "c_root_id_B": "gti1j7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1617660462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617659110.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In The Night's Dawn trilogy ship to ship combat is done almost exclusively with missiles (called \"combat wasps\" or \"wasps\" in universe). Even a small battle between 2 ships could see hundreds of them fired off, the attacker will fire missiles (with a range of different payloads), while the defended fires their own missiles to intercept the attacker's, and back and forth until one gets through and destroys the other ship. They do have lasers, but they're pretty much only used as point defense against the wasps.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1352.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gti3h5j", "c_root_id_B": "gti1j7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1617660052.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617659110.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Just to reverse the question, the universe with the most happy missiles is probably that of the Culture, which has knife-missiles - intelligent flying killbots which deeply enjoy their work. For a while in the Doctor Who expanded universe, his companion Ace carried some home-made smart missiles, programmed to want to explode and to enjoy doing so. The Doctor was unhappy with this on a conceptual level, and once (I think it was during the Sherlock Holmes crossover) referred to them as \"suicide robots\". Given that later one of them got religion (specifically, worship of the Great Old Ones), the Doctor may have had a point. But the missiles were definitely happy right up until the moment of detonation.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 942.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gti97qn", "c_root_id_B": "gtk8bev", "created_at_utc_A": 1617662925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617711792.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Caldari Navy", "human_ref_B": "On a per ship basis, it's pretty hard to be more missile happy than the Honorverse, especially with the sorts of big ass missiles they use (90 tons and up), but the Andromeda TV show might be right up there due to their sheer fire rate. They've got something like 20-30 missiles being fired per minute per missile tube with 200 tubes on the Andromeda, but each missile is only a few kilos. No missile pods though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48867.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtk8bev", "c_root_id_B": "gtjgp2d", "created_at_utc_A": 1617711792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617687469.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "On a per ship basis, it's pretty hard to be more missile happy than the Honorverse, especially with the sorts of big ass missiles they use (90 tons and up), but the Andromeda TV show might be right up there due to their sheer fire rate. They've got something like 20-30 missiles being fired per minute per missile tube with 200 tubes on the Andromeda, but each missile is only a few kilos. No missile pods though.", "human_ref_B": "Gall force is about that missile happy. Macross + and Ace Combat are about that missile happy except the missiles are coming out of real world aircraft or their sci fi equivalents, so the missiles are either really tiny or they inflate or something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24323.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gti1j7n", "c_root_id_B": "gtk8bev", "created_at_utc_A": 1617659110.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617711792.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "human_ref_B": "On a per ship basis, it's pretty hard to be more missile happy than the Honorverse, especially with the sorts of big ass missiles they use (90 tons and up), but the Andromeda TV show might be right up there due to their sheer fire rate. They've got something like 20-30 missiles being fired per minute per missile tube with 200 tubes on the Andromeda, but each missile is only a few kilos. No missile pods though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52682.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtis957", "c_root_id_B": "gtk8bev", "created_at_utc_A": 1617672655.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617711792.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much all mass effect weaponary is kinetic bombardment aka missiles? Otherwise they'd have no trouble with the Reaper's mass effect shields", "human_ref_B": "On a per ship basis, it's pretty hard to be more missile happy than the Honorverse, especially with the sorts of big ass missiles they use (90 tons and up), but the Andromeda TV show might be right up there due to their sheer fire rate. They've got something like 20-30 missiles being fired per minute per missile tube with 200 tubes on the Andromeda, but each missile is only a few kilos. No missile pods though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39137.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjm99u", "c_root_id_B": "gtk8bev", "created_at_utc_A": 1617692385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617711792.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "https://i.redd.it/1ejj08bj58e21.gif As others have said, there is little that competes with the various incarnations of Macross in terms of pure missile spam.", "human_ref_B": "On a per ship basis, it's pretty hard to be more missile happy than the Honorverse, especially with the sorts of big ass missiles they use (90 tons and up), but the Andromeda TV show might be right up there due to their sheer fire rate. They've got something like 20-30 missiles being fired per minute per missile tube with 200 tubes on the Andromeda, but each missile is only a few kilos. No missile pods though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19407.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gti97qn", "c_root_id_B": "gtjqojn", "created_at_utc_A": 1617662925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617696730.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Caldari Navy", "human_ref_B": "Upvote for Honor Harrington reference, that series is freaking amazing!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33805.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjqojn", "c_root_id_B": "gtjgp2d", "created_at_utc_A": 1617696730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617687469.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Upvote for Honor Harrington reference, that series is freaking amazing!", "human_ref_B": "Gall force is about that missile happy. Macross + and Ace Combat are about that missile happy except the missiles are coming out of real world aircraft or their sci fi equivalents, so the missiles are either really tiny or they inflate or something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9261.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjqojn", "c_root_id_B": "gti1j7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1617696730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617659110.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Upvote for Honor Harrington reference, that series is freaking amazing!", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37620.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjqojn", "c_root_id_B": "gtis957", "created_at_utc_A": 1617696730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617672655.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Upvote for Honor Harrington reference, that series is freaking amazing!", "human_ref_B": "Pretty much all mass effect weaponary is kinetic bombardment aka missiles? Otherwise they'd have no trouble with the Reaper's mass effect shields", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24075.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjqojn", "c_root_id_B": "gtjm99u", "created_at_utc_A": 1617696730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617692385.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Upvote for Honor Harrington reference, that series is freaking amazing!", "human_ref_B": "https://i.redd.it/1ejj08bj58e21.gif As others have said, there is little that competes with the various incarnations of Macross in terms of pure missile spam.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4345.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gti1j7n", "c_root_id_B": "gti97qn", "created_at_utc_A": 1617659110.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617662925.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "human_ref_B": "Caldari Navy", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3815.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtnhorb", "c_root_id_B": "gtkawt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1617768224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617713309.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I nominate The Expanse, for sheer variety. On screen, we see missiles used for ship-to-ship fighting, planetary attacks, destroying other missiles, escort duty, transporting cargo, and checking the speed limit.", "human_ref_B": "If you liked Honor Harrington you might also enjoy The Lost Fleet, its been a while since I read it but the series features missiles in the sense of kinetic objects launched at close to relativistic speeds as a kind of 'broadside' as it were, between space fleets as far as I recall. I also read a short story, which for the life of me I cannot remember the title of, which featured human civilisation living in massive towers that lobbed missiles at each other.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 54915.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtmjtvy", "c_root_id_B": "gtnhorb", "created_at_utc_A": 1617750148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617768224.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it beats macross, but I'd like to throw the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise into the ring, wherein the ships fire out mechs, which in a lot of cases are just manned missile platforms, generating macross missile spams by themselves. Pound for pound, Heavyarms is the champion of missile spams.", "human_ref_B": "I nominate The Expanse, for sheer variety. On screen, we see missiles used for ship-to-ship fighting, planetary attacks, destroying other missiles, escort duty, transporting cargo, and checking the speed limit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18076.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtnhorb", "c_root_id_B": "gti1j7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1617768224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617659110.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I nominate The Expanse, for sheer variety. On screen, we see missiles used for ship-to-ship fighting, planetary attacks, destroying other missiles, escort duty, transporting cargo, and checking the speed limit.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 109114.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtis957", "c_root_id_B": "gtnhorb", "created_at_utc_A": 1617672655.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617768224.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much all mass effect weaponary is kinetic bombardment aka missiles? Otherwise they'd have no trouble with the Reaper's mass effect shields", "human_ref_B": "I nominate The Expanse, for sheer variety. On screen, we see missiles used for ship-to-ship fighting, planetary attacks, destroying other missiles, escort duty, transporting cargo, and checking the speed limit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 95569.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtnhorb", "c_root_id_B": "gtjm99u", "created_at_utc_A": 1617768224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617692385.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I nominate The Expanse, for sheer variety. On screen, we see missiles used for ship-to-ship fighting, planetary attacks, destroying other missiles, escort duty, transporting cargo, and checking the speed limit.", "human_ref_B": "https://i.redd.it/1ejj08bj58e21.gif As others have said, there is little that competes with the various incarnations of Macross in terms of pure missile spam.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 75839.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjgp2d", "c_root_id_B": "gti1j7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1617687469.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617659110.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Gall force is about that missile happy. Macross + and Ace Combat are about that missile happy except the missiles are coming out of real world aircraft or their sci fi equivalents, so the missiles are either really tiny or they inflate or something.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28359.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtis957", "c_root_id_B": "gtjgp2d", "created_at_utc_A": 1617672655.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617687469.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much all mass effect weaponary is kinetic bombardment aka missiles? Otherwise they'd have no trouble with the Reaper's mass effect shields", "human_ref_B": "Gall force is about that missile happy. Macross + and Ace Combat are about that missile happy except the missiles are coming out of real world aircraft or their sci fi equivalents, so the missiles are either really tiny or they inflate or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14814.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gti1j7n", "c_root_id_B": "gtkawt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1617659110.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617713309.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "human_ref_B": "If you liked Honor Harrington you might also enjoy The Lost Fleet, its been a while since I read it but the series features missiles in the sense of kinetic objects launched at close to relativistic speeds as a kind of 'broadside' as it were, between space fleets as far as I recall. I also read a short story, which for the life of me I cannot remember the title of, which featured human civilisation living in massive towers that lobbed missiles at each other.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 54199.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtkawt2", "c_root_id_B": "gtis957", "created_at_utc_A": 1617713309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617672655.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you liked Honor Harrington you might also enjoy The Lost Fleet, its been a while since I read it but the series features missiles in the sense of kinetic objects launched at close to relativistic speeds as a kind of 'broadside' as it were, between space fleets as far as I recall. I also read a short story, which for the life of me I cannot remember the title of, which featured human civilisation living in massive towers that lobbed missiles at each other.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty much all mass effect weaponary is kinetic bombardment aka missiles? Otherwise they'd have no trouble with the Reaper's mass effect shields", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40654.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjm99u", "c_root_id_B": "gtkawt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1617692385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617713309.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "https://i.redd.it/1ejj08bj58e21.gif As others have said, there is little that competes with the various incarnations of Macross in terms of pure missile spam.", "human_ref_B": "If you liked Honor Harrington you might also enjoy The Lost Fleet, its been a while since I read it but the series features missiles in the sense of kinetic objects launched at close to relativistic speeds as a kind of 'broadside' as it were, between space fleets as far as I recall. I also read a short story, which for the life of me I cannot remember the title of, which featured human civilisation living in massive towers that lobbed missiles at each other.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20924.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtmjtvy", "c_root_id_B": "gti1j7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1617750148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617659110.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it beats macross, but I'd like to throw the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise into the ring, wherein the ships fire out mechs, which in a lot of cases are just manned missile platforms, generating macross missile spams by themselves. Pound for pound, Heavyarms is the champion of missile spams.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 91038.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtis957", "c_root_id_B": "gtmjtvy", "created_at_utc_A": 1617672655.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617750148.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much all mass effect weaponary is kinetic bombardment aka missiles? Otherwise they'd have no trouble with the Reaper's mass effect shields", "human_ref_B": "I don't think it beats macross, but I'd like to throw the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise into the ring, wherein the ships fire out mechs, which in a lot of cases are just manned missile platforms, generating macross missile spams by themselves. Pound for pound, Heavyarms is the champion of missile spams.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 77493.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtmjtvy", "c_root_id_B": "gtjm99u", "created_at_utc_A": 1617750148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617692385.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it beats macross, but I'd like to throw the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise into the ring, wherein the ships fire out mechs, which in a lot of cases are just manned missile platforms, generating macross missile spams by themselves. Pound for pound, Heavyarms is the champion of missile spams.", "human_ref_B": "https://i.redd.it/1ejj08bj58e21.gif As others have said, there is little that competes with the various incarnations of Macross in terms of pure missile spam.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57763.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gti1j7n", "c_root_id_B": "gtis957", "created_at_utc_A": 1617659110.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617672655.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "human_ref_B": "Pretty much all mass effect weaponary is kinetic bombardment aka missiles? Otherwise they'd have no trouble with the Reaper's mass effect shields", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13545.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkubbf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] Which sci-fi universe is the most missile-happy? Is there anything that dials it up past say Honor Harrington?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjm99u", "c_root_id_B": "gti1j7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1617692385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617659110.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "https://i.redd.it/1ejj08bj58e21.gif As others have said, there is little that competes with the various incarnations of Macross in terms of pure missile spam.", "human_ref_B": "Star wars is pretty missile happy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33275.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lrman", "c_root_id_B": "h4ltcx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1625846766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625847553.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 154, "human_ref_A": "100% and boy howdy. He hates everyone. Jewish \"elites.\" The Romani. Mutants. Women. The decadent nobility. The indolent poor. He once got all creepy with Scarlet Witch by stroking her hair while unconscious while also making degrading statements about her being a Jewish-gypsy-mutant. He also reveres Hitler as a near-father figure and flies into a rage if anyone insults the memory of his dear fuhrer. There was this brief period in the 90s where he was just sort of a general nihilist/anarchist but it didn't really take.", "human_ref_B": "Not exactly. He doesn't believe that any one race is superior to others. He believes that HE, and other supersoldiers created by the Erskine formula, are superior to everyone else. He even calls the Nuremberg laws, and the eugenics they were based on, \"racist superstition masquerading as junk science\". He latched onto the Nazi party for his own gain.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 787.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lqv78", "c_root_id_B": "h4ltcx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1625846428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625847553.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 154, "human_ref_A": "Obviously, if u look at the movie he is in, he wishes to kill all those who would not follow his rule", "human_ref_B": "Not exactly. He doesn't believe that any one race is superior to others. He believes that HE, and other supersoldiers created by the Erskine formula, are superior to everyone else. He even calls the Nuremberg laws, and the eugenics they were based on, \"racist superstition masquerading as junk science\". He latched onto the Nazi party for his own gain.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1125.0, "score_ratio": 38.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lvnch", "c_root_id_B": "h4lxd6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1625848570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625849328.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 94, "human_ref_A": "He finds the hatred of one race over another trivial. He wants to dominate. The nazis had the ball rolling.", "human_ref_B": "Lately there's been an effort to rehabilitate his image a bit. He denies being racist, he's just a run of the mill wannabe world-conqueror now. But you know, he *was* the Darth Vader to Hitler's Emperor Palpatine. He was perfectly aware of what was happening during the Holocaust, and was just fine with it. Just because he didn't buy into every bit of Nazi propaganda doesn't mean he isn't prejudiced. Hitler probably didn't believe half the things he said either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 758.0, "score_ratio": 2.4102564103, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lxd6d", "c_root_id_B": "h4lwi5x", "created_at_utc_A": 1625849328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625848947.0, "score_A": 94, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Lately there's been an effort to rehabilitate his image a bit. He denies being racist, he's just a run of the mill wannabe world-conqueror now. But you know, he *was* the Darth Vader to Hitler's Emperor Palpatine. He was perfectly aware of what was happening during the Holocaust, and was just fine with it. Just because he didn't buy into every bit of Nazi propaganda doesn't mean he isn't prejudiced. Hitler probably didn't believe half the things he said either.", "human_ref_B": "Sort of. He believes that people can be ranked by their worth and from that he derives a belief in eugenics and the subsequent need to have total control over society so that he can implement selective breeding policies. Where he disagrees with Hitler is the actual practice of ranking races. Red Skull's metric for who qualifies as an uber- and unter- mensch still resembles the fascist hero and degenerate, his Hydra has simply divorced the Nazis' use of racial categorization from the question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 381.0, "score_ratio": 4.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lxd6d", "c_root_id_B": "h4lrman", "created_at_utc_A": 1625849328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625846766.0, "score_A": 94, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Lately there's been an effort to rehabilitate his image a bit. He denies being racist, he's just a run of the mill wannabe world-conqueror now. But you know, he *was* the Darth Vader to Hitler's Emperor Palpatine. He was perfectly aware of what was happening during the Holocaust, and was just fine with it. Just because he didn't buy into every bit of Nazi propaganda doesn't mean he isn't prejudiced. Hitler probably didn't believe half the things he said either.", "human_ref_B": "100% and boy howdy. He hates everyone. Jewish \"elites.\" The Romani. Mutants. Women. The decadent nobility. The indolent poor. He once got all creepy with Scarlet Witch by stroking her hair while unconscious while also making degrading statements about her being a Jewish-gypsy-mutant. He also reveres Hitler as a near-father figure and flies into a rage if anyone insults the memory of his dear fuhrer. There was this brief period in the 90s where he was just sort of a general nihilist/anarchist but it didn't really take.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2562.0, "score_ratio": 4.4761904762, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lxd6d", "c_root_id_B": "h4lw97r", "created_at_utc_A": 1625849328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625848838.0, "score_A": 94, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Lately there's been an effort to rehabilitate his image a bit. He denies being racist, he's just a run of the mill wannabe world-conqueror now. But you know, he *was* the Darth Vader to Hitler's Emperor Palpatine. He was perfectly aware of what was happening during the Holocaust, and was just fine with it. Just because he didn't buy into every bit of Nazi propaganda doesn't mean he isn't prejudiced. Hitler probably didn't believe half the things he said either.", "human_ref_B": "Based on MCU and Shield TV series, I would assume he was first and foremost a Hydra cultist and too smart for mundane racism. Nazis being just useful idiot with huge resources to exploit for Hydra\u2019s own agenda.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 490.0, "score_ratio": 18.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lqv78", "c_root_id_B": "h4lxd6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1625846428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625849328.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 94, "human_ref_A": "Obviously, if u look at the movie he is in, he wishes to kill all those who would not follow his rule", "human_ref_B": "Lately there's been an effort to rehabilitate his image a bit. He denies being racist, he's just a run of the mill wannabe world-conqueror now. But you know, he *was* the Darth Vader to Hitler's Emperor Palpatine. He was perfectly aware of what was happening during the Holocaust, and was just fine with it. Just because he didn't buy into every bit of Nazi propaganda doesn't mean he isn't prejudiced. Hitler probably didn't believe half the things he said either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2900.0, "score_ratio": 23.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lrman", "c_root_id_B": "h4lvnch", "created_at_utc_A": 1625846766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625848570.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "100% and boy howdy. He hates everyone. Jewish \"elites.\" The Romani. Mutants. Women. The decadent nobility. The indolent poor. He once got all creepy with Scarlet Witch by stroking her hair while unconscious while also making degrading statements about her being a Jewish-gypsy-mutant. He also reveres Hitler as a near-father figure and flies into a rage if anyone insults the memory of his dear fuhrer. There was this brief period in the 90s where he was just sort of a general nihilist/anarchist but it didn't really take.", "human_ref_B": "He finds the hatred of one race over another trivial. He wants to dominate. The nazis had the ball rolling.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1804.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lvnch", "c_root_id_B": "h4lqv78", "created_at_utc_A": 1625848570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625846428.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He finds the hatred of one race over another trivial. He wants to dominate. The nazis had the ball rolling.", "human_ref_B": "Obviously, if u look at the movie he is in, he wishes to kill all those who would not follow his rule", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2142.0, "score_ratio": 9.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lrman", "c_root_id_B": "h4lwi5x", "created_at_utc_A": 1625846766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625848947.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "100% and boy howdy. He hates everyone. Jewish \"elites.\" The Romani. Mutants. Women. The decadent nobility. The indolent poor. He once got all creepy with Scarlet Witch by stroking her hair while unconscious while also making degrading statements about her being a Jewish-gypsy-mutant. He also reveres Hitler as a near-father figure and flies into a rage if anyone insults the memory of his dear fuhrer. There was this brief period in the 90s where he was just sort of a general nihilist/anarchist but it didn't really take.", "human_ref_B": "Sort of. He believes that people can be ranked by their worth and from that he derives a belief in eugenics and the subsequent need to have total control over society so that he can implement selective breeding policies. Where he disagrees with Hitler is the actual practice of ranking races. Red Skull's metric for who qualifies as an uber- and unter- mensch still resembles the fascist hero and degenerate, his Hydra has simply divorced the Nazis' use of racial categorization from the question.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2181.0, "score_ratio": 1.0476190476, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lwi5x", "c_root_id_B": "h4lw97r", "created_at_utc_A": 1625848947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625848838.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Sort of. He believes that people can be ranked by their worth and from that he derives a belief in eugenics and the subsequent need to have total control over society so that he can implement selective breeding policies. Where he disagrees with Hitler is the actual practice of ranking races. Red Skull's metric for who qualifies as an uber- and unter- mensch still resembles the fascist hero and degenerate, his Hydra has simply divorced the Nazis' use of racial categorization from the question.", "human_ref_B": "Based on MCU and Shield TV series, I would assume he was first and foremost a Hydra cultist and too smart for mundane racism. Nazis being just useful idiot with huge resources to exploit for Hydra\u2019s own agenda.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 109.0, "score_ratio": 4.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lwi5x", "c_root_id_B": "h4lqv78", "created_at_utc_A": 1625848947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625846428.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Sort of. He believes that people can be ranked by their worth and from that he derives a belief in eugenics and the subsequent need to have total control over society so that he can implement selective breeding policies. Where he disagrees with Hitler is the actual practice of ranking races. Red Skull's metric for who qualifies as an uber- and unter- mensch still resembles the fascist hero and degenerate, his Hydra has simply divorced the Nazis' use of racial categorization from the question.", "human_ref_B": "Obviously, if u look at the movie he is in, he wishes to kill all those who would not follow his rule", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2519.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lrman", "c_root_id_B": "h4lqv78", "created_at_utc_A": 1625846766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625846428.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "100% and boy howdy. He hates everyone. Jewish \"elites.\" The Romani. Mutants. Women. The decadent nobility. The indolent poor. He once got all creepy with Scarlet Witch by stroking her hair while unconscious while also making degrading statements about her being a Jewish-gypsy-mutant. He also reveres Hitler as a near-father figure and flies into a rage if anyone insults the memory of his dear fuhrer. There was this brief period in the 90s where he was just sort of a general nihilist/anarchist but it didn't really take.", "human_ref_B": "Obviously, if u look at the movie he is in, he wishes to kill all those who would not follow his rule", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 338.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lxqy6", "c_root_id_B": "h4lw97r", "created_at_utc_A": 1625849494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625848838.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I feel like they kinda walked it back over the years with him just using the nazis as a means to an end thinking hitler was an idiot", "human_ref_B": "Based on MCU and Shield TV series, I would assume he was first and foremost a Hydra cultist and too smart for mundane racism. Nazis being just useful idiot with huge resources to exploit for Hydra\u2019s own agenda.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 656.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lxqy6", "c_root_id_B": "h4lqv78", "created_at_utc_A": 1625849494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625846428.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I feel like they kinda walked it back over the years with him just using the nazis as a means to an end thinking hitler was an idiot", "human_ref_B": "Obviously, if u look at the movie he is in, he wishes to kill all those who would not follow his rule", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3066.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4lqv78", "c_root_id_B": "h4lw97r", "created_at_utc_A": 1625846428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625848838.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Obviously, if u look at the movie he is in, he wishes to kill all those who would not follow his rule", "human_ref_B": "Based on MCU and Shield TV series, I would assume he was first and foremost a Hydra cultist and too smart for mundane racism. Nazis being just useful idiot with huge resources to exploit for Hydra\u2019s own agenda.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2410.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4nbrq8", "c_root_id_B": "h4lyjwl", "created_at_utc_A": 1625873974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625849850.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Red skull was an opportunist. The nazis were a means to his own ends.", "human_ref_B": "Schmidt thinks all are equally inferior to him. He used nazi Germany as a means to an end.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24124.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4paikh", "c_root_id_B": "h4nt1gb", "created_at_utc_A": 1625925835.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625884301.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Short answer is Yes. Hydra believes in world domination, the strong over the weak. they're willing to use anything and any one to achieve it. this is a Guy who is a product of 1900s Germany and voluntarily hitched his wagon on to the Nazi regime like many opportunists. He like most people of his time have some nationalist and anti semetic views that were normal, while He thinks he's too smart to care about the nazi parties angle. He sides with them murdering millions of Jews and roma and disabled people. He was willing to fight and die with the Nazis and for whatever they were doing because they were the vehicle for team Hydra at the time. When he comes to the modern day, None of his views have changed and still believes in superiors and inferiors. He is still a collaborator and will collaborate with anyone, racist or extremist to achieve his goals and is willing to help with the dirty work to dominate.", "human_ref_B": "I mean I would think so liek he might not anymore but still", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41534.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4r4l59", "c_root_id_B": "h4nt1gb", "created_at_utc_A": 1625960082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625884301.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not in the MCU, where he dismisses Aryan propaganda as racist superstition. But in the comics? *Hoooo boy* you bet Red Skull's a Nazi. He has a long standing fued with Magneto and at times was even a worker in the camps when Eric was a boy. Especially after Trump's election, the last few years have given Skull a lot of modern right-wing talking points.", "human_ref_B": "I mean I would think so liek he might not anymore but still", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 75781.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ogyjwi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Since Red Skull used to be an actual Nazi, does he also share their prejudice views ?", "c_root_id_A": "h4nt1gb", "c_root_id_B": "h4rdm7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1625884301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625965179.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I mean I would think so liek he might not anymore but still", "human_ref_B": "Movies no, comics? *Absolutely*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 80878.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4uzbol", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[META] If you know how to code a bot we would like to add a Doylist thread to each of the posts. It is something people have wanted for a long time and we would like to do it but we don't know how. If we could set up a separate area to talk about it we could allow people a little more freedom to talk about things that they want to but currently aren't allowed here.", "c_root_id_A": "d5uso3m", "c_root_id_B": "d5unv8l", "created_at_utc_A": 1469731104.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469725337.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This would be a great addition!", "human_ref_B": "I could do this, although I'm away from my pc until the end of this week at least (I've a laptop with me, but I've no idea if that even works). PM me if you've any particular requirements.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5767.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4uzbol", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[META] If you know how to code a bot we would like to add a Doylist thread to each of the posts. It is something people have wanted for a long time and we would like to do it but we don't know how. If we could set up a separate area to talk about it we could allow people a little more freedom to talk about things that they want to but currently aren't allowed here.", "c_root_id_A": "d5unv8l", "c_root_id_B": "d5v3cwy", "created_at_utc_A": 1469725337.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469744877.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I could do this, although I'm away from my pc until the end of this week at least (I've a laptop with me, but I've no idea if that even works). PM me if you've any particular requirements.", "human_ref_B": "Say, why don't you let AutoModerator handle it?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19540.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iyoezp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] If Krillin managed to catch Frieza with a Destructo-Disc and hit him in the neck like he did with the tail, would that kill him? So, he chopped Frieza's tail off with a destructo-disc. So, he's not got much of a regeneration factor. If that disc had hit frieza in the neck like a guillotine, would that have killed him? I mean, sure, the ramifications would be fucked up if Goku never went Super Saiyan, but... On the small scale, would it have killed Frieza?", "c_root_id_A": "g6e9oaa", "c_root_id_B": "g6efcvf", "created_at_utc_A": 1600928502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600932832.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He would be decapitated but survive. He\u2019s so powerful that he can keep living even with his head separated from his body but likely not for long.", "human_ref_B": "In supplement to what\u2019s been mentioned here, it\u2019s shown in, if I recall correctly, an expositionary flashback around the time Trunks arrived that after Namek blew up on him he was still technically alive with half of his head missing along with most of his torso, hence the massive rebuild they had to do on his body. We know what when Trunks chopped him into bits and blew them up, he died, because he was in hell for a while after that. However, in Super when he was wished back to life, the pieces of his body animated and started wriggling (it showed one of the pieces of his body containing his eye open up and look around, and it was just a small patch of flesh.) This is particularly odd because generally when the dragon brings someone back to life, he makes them whole if their body was destroyed or fragmented - it\u2019s possibly just a plot hole for dramatic effect that this didn\u2019t happen here, and that it was the dragon\u2019s magic keeping him temporarily alive in this state until he was \u201cregrown\u201d. It\u2019s also possible that the dragon restored him in this state because he didn\u2019t need to be whole to be technically alive. Either way, he\u2019s very durable, even more so in the new writings (or retcons, depending on your point of view.) Overall I think that the disc would have cut Frieza\u2019s head off because it cut his tail off so easily. It would have clenched the victory for them and certainly incapacitated him, but if I had to guess I don\u2019t think Frieza would have actually died from it. Especially with the way they wrote him after that arc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4330.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iyoezp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] If Krillin managed to catch Frieza with a Destructo-Disc and hit him in the neck like he did with the tail, would that kill him? So, he chopped Frieza's tail off with a destructo-disc. So, he's not got much of a regeneration factor. If that disc had hit frieza in the neck like a guillotine, would that have killed him? I mean, sure, the ramifications would be fucked up if Goku never went Super Saiyan, but... On the small scale, would it have killed Frieza?", "c_root_id_A": "g6ed4s3", "c_root_id_B": "g6efcvf", "created_at_utc_A": 1600931100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600932832.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s unclear because Freeza can survive as a torso with gigantic bloody gashes in his head and body (see when King Cold found him) From what we\u2019ve seen about what happens when you let your guard down, I\u2019d say it could have cut him at least.", "human_ref_B": "In supplement to what\u2019s been mentioned here, it\u2019s shown in, if I recall correctly, an expositionary flashback around the time Trunks arrived that after Namek blew up on him he was still technically alive with half of his head missing along with most of his torso, hence the massive rebuild they had to do on his body. We know what when Trunks chopped him into bits and blew them up, he died, because he was in hell for a while after that. However, in Super when he was wished back to life, the pieces of his body animated and started wriggling (it showed one of the pieces of his body containing his eye open up and look around, and it was just a small patch of flesh.) This is particularly odd because generally when the dragon brings someone back to life, he makes them whole if their body was destroyed or fragmented - it\u2019s possibly just a plot hole for dramatic effect that this didn\u2019t happen here, and that it was the dragon\u2019s magic keeping him temporarily alive in this state until he was \u201cregrown\u201d. It\u2019s also possible that the dragon restored him in this state because he didn\u2019t need to be whole to be technically alive. Either way, he\u2019s very durable, even more so in the new writings (or retcons, depending on your point of view.) Overall I think that the disc would have cut Frieza\u2019s head off because it cut his tail off so easily. It would have clenched the victory for them and certainly incapacitated him, but if I had to guess I don\u2019t think Frieza would have actually died from it. Especially with the way they wrote him after that arc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1732.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "20h9x0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Doctor Who] Did The Doctor and River Song have a sexual relationship? The Doctor never really displays any sort of sexual interest through any of his incarnations that I'm aware of. This may simply be the way he is, or it may be biological - a species that lives in excess of a thousand years would probably have a decreased sex drive or the universe would be packed full of Time Lords. While at times The Doctor is clearly very fond of River, he never to my recollection displays a passionate side - even his kisses seem quite chaste. River however is quite the little minx and I think its fair to assume she would be interested in a more physical relationship. I'm not sure there's much to base speculation on here though (aside from the filthy filthy minds of the average redditor - yes I mean you).", "c_root_id_A": "cg3hhlc", "c_root_id_B": "cg3j8ru", "created_at_utc_A": 1394919520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394924213.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "River always carries handcuffs.", "human_ref_B": "I think a large part of it is that DW is still a kids show. They're not going to show sex scenes or makeout scenes or even heavy innuendo in a show that's technically marketed to children. That said, the Eccleston/Tennant era had much more romantic themes (Rose, Martha, \"You just want...*to mate.*\") than the Matt Smith era (where he's clearly baffled and uncomfortable most times someone kisses him). It might be due to the individual Doctors' personalities, or just the writing choices made by RTD vs. Moffat. 12 and River *are* married, so I would assume a sexual relationship is implied in the same way it is between 'mummies and daddies', even if the kids don't fully grasp the concept of sex. I guess there's always uncomfortably graphic fan fiction.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4693.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "20h9x0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Doctor Who] Did The Doctor and River Song have a sexual relationship? The Doctor never really displays any sort of sexual interest through any of his incarnations that I'm aware of. This may simply be the way he is, or it may be biological - a species that lives in excess of a thousand years would probably have a decreased sex drive or the universe would be packed full of Time Lords. While at times The Doctor is clearly very fond of River, he never to my recollection displays a passionate side - even his kisses seem quite chaste. River however is quite the little minx and I think its fair to assume she would be interested in a more physical relationship. I'm not sure there's much to base speculation on here though (aside from the filthy filthy minds of the average redditor - yes I mean you).", "c_root_id_A": "cg3u3tp", "c_root_id_B": "cg3kp6z", "created_at_utc_A": 1394958110.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394928101.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think they must have. They are married, and obviously their attraction is sapiosexual in nature (you can't love a man for his looks when those are always changing). Sex probably isn't a huge factor in their relationship and procreation was not a goal, but The Doctor would have wanted to make River happy and the woman, as you say, obviously had needs.", "human_ref_B": "The new doctor at least: with Rose, with Amy to some extent, and with Clara I think especially; has shown a LOT of attraction on his side. With River... idk I think the whole relationship was too bizarre for us to keep track of so we didn't see a lot of the sexual attraction on his side. Likely during their long journey together after *spoiler*, they had a sexual relationship. I think Clara is probably the best match to him, even moreso than Rose and that is really saying something for me. I never connected to River anyway.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30009.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1fsems", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Doctor Who] Why is the doctors relationship with river song in reverse? The doctor jumps all over the place in space and time, how does he manage to meet up with versions of River that he knows less and less gradually and in order?", "c_root_id_A": "cadbxuz", "c_root_id_B": "caddmps", "created_at_utc_A": 1370527129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1370532057.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It's not *supposed* to be, I think the writers are just doing it to make it easier for the viewers. However, [SPOILERS AHEAD] the first time we meet her she's \"dies\", the last time we've seen her (last episode of series 7) is *after* that. So, if you look at displacement instead of distance, we're looking at a chronologically correct order ;D", "human_ref_B": "It's not in reverse, it's in a bad order. If his relationship with her were in reverse, then he wouldn't have seen her again after seeing her as a child, nor would he have seen her again after her death, which was supposed to be the last time she saw him. They're time travelers who haven't exactly hitched up and decided to go it together for a few years. I expect the Doctor enjoys the spontaneity of their relationship which is why he relishes the times he gets to actually spend time with her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4928.0, "score_ratio": 1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5oysp7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Wars] When did the Empire update their army from stage 2 clones to standard storm trooper armor? So the prologue in Rogue One takes place 15 BBY and we see Jyn has a toy storm trooper action figure. That means a mere 4 years ago, the galactic armor was sporting a completely different look. I guess what I'm saying is, in my opinion, it seems like 4 years a short amount of time as is for the entire army to change their outfit, then the rest of the galaxy has to familiarize with the outfit, and then a toy company has to design little action figures to profit. And this is just assuming that right after Order 66 the empire updates their soldiers wardrobe.", "c_root_id_A": "dcnf9ip", "c_root_id_B": "dcndgb3", "created_at_utc_A": 1484869719.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484867379.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "4 years is more than enough for that. In ROTS the Republic has thousands of Venator-class Star Destroyers, which weren't operational just three years before, in AOTC. That's not even accounting for losses. The Empire will have more than enough resources to make millions of armour suits for their stormtroopers. Stormtrooper armour could be standard issue just one year after the Empire was created easily. Then toyz would also be produced by that time as well. They would be especially easy to acquire in Coruscant where Jyn lived for a while before she and her family went into exile.", "human_ref_B": "There was also a phase 3, and phase 4 armors but they were never put into use widely in the war", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2340.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a6zc6f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Dr. Seuss] Whoville exists on a snowflake, like the one on your sleeve. What happens if / when it melts?", "c_root_id_A": "ebz2aon", "c_root_id_B": "ebz2fev", "created_at_utc_A": 1545049732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545049920.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Global catastrophe. They won't be prepared, though. Wealthy Who's who have gotten rich off of harvesting the snow crystals will fund disinformation campaigns and block political action right up until the end.", "human_ref_B": "Well, as seen in Horton Hears A Who, the civilization normally exists on a dust speck. It\u2019s only during the Christmas season that they are frozen into a snowflake. The Whos are small enough that the water cycle of the normal world doesn\u2019t affect them that much.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 188.0, "score_ratio": 3.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "szht8g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[GTA V/Online] What was the Online Protagonist doing during the events of Story Mode? From my understanding, all of Online is either before or after Story Mode. Which begs the question, what exactly did the Online Protagonist do during the events of Story Mode? Last I heard, nothing in Online takes place DURING Story Mode. And no, I'm not taking \"witness protection\" for an answer because the only one convicted of anything was Rashkovsky, but breaking him out of prison was one of the Protagonist's moves.", "c_root_id_A": "hy3miyh", "c_root_id_B": "hy3p8na", "created_at_utc_A": 1645624989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645626251.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "The Online Protagonist hadn't arrived yet.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m not to up to date on the Online Lore but I\u2019ll give it a guess from what I know. Lester admits to working with a guy when him and Micheal set up a heist same cutscene that the Niko reference is in, I think he says your to unstable to have in the job (bullshit). My money is on the Online Protagonist just doing his own thing and since Lester never called him he didn\u2019t bother with the story stuff. And with Lester writing him off as unstable then Micheal wouldn\u2019t bother with him, Franklin doesn\u2019t know him and Trevor has his own problems so they just never cross paths.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1262.0, "score_ratio": 5.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "szht8g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[GTA V/Online] What was the Online Protagonist doing during the events of Story Mode? From my understanding, all of Online is either before or after Story Mode. Which begs the question, what exactly did the Online Protagonist do during the events of Story Mode? Last I heard, nothing in Online takes place DURING Story Mode. And no, I'm not taking \"witness protection\" for an answer because the only one convicted of anything was Rashkovsky, but breaking him out of prison was one of the Protagonist's moves.", "c_root_id_A": "hy3miyh", "c_root_id_B": "hy4bwyt", "created_at_utc_A": 1645624989.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645635447.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The Online Protagonist hadn't arrived yet.", "human_ref_B": "Everything before the events for gunrunning takes place before the story mode of GTA V, gunrunning takes place in 2017 the year the DLC was released. So for the 4 years between GTA V and gunrunning, they were building and expanding the biker,import-export, and warehouse business.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10458.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "szht8g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[GTA V/Online] What was the Online Protagonist doing during the events of Story Mode? From my understanding, all of Online is either before or after Story Mode. Which begs the question, what exactly did the Online Protagonist do during the events of Story Mode? Last I heard, nothing in Online takes place DURING Story Mode. And no, I'm not taking \"witness protection\" for an answer because the only one convicted of anything was Rashkovsky, but breaking him out of prison was one of the Protagonist's moves.", "c_root_id_A": "hy4rfhg", "c_root_id_B": "hy3miyh", "created_at_utc_A": 1645641415.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645624989.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "As far as I know, you\u2019re right, none of the Online content takes place during the events of Story Mode, so we can only speculate as to what the Protag was up to during that time It\u2019s a flexible canon, so there\u2019s probably no hard and fast answer fully supported by in game lore, but we can take wild guesses. The Online Protagonist, as far as we know, should be stupendously rich, if we assume they\u2019ve gone through the events of all the DLCs set before story mode. They have no backstory, but we know that they were petty crooks before they found Lamar. They\u2019re described by various characters they meet as \u201cpsycho\u201d, \u201cstupid\u201d, \u201cmute\u201d, \u201ccreepy\u201d, and \u201cbreathing heavily down the phone\u201d - implying that the silent protagonist trope is true in lore. They\u2019re technically the \u201cboss\u201d of multiple successful criminal enterprises, but all the actual administration is done by their business partners. They\u2019re more akin to the dumb muscle that do the dangerous, mundane work of mass murder and delivery driving. They occasionally team up to do this grunt work with their friends, other creepy, silent weirdos with criminal enterprises of their own. And despite earning millions, they don\u2019t seem to be interested in translating that capital into building an army, solidifying their political position, or eventually going legit, like most other crime lords. Instead, they continue to put themselves in incredible mortal peril at the behest of their \u201cbusiness partners\u201d, and accumulate vast sums of cash to buy million dollar super cars, giant yachts, and enough tanks, jets and helicopters to conquer a small nation And of course, they\u2019re lucky and/or skilled enough to survive thousands of battles against impossible odds. They\u2019re like the god damned terminator So we get a picture of an incredibly dangerous, mute, thrill seeking psychopath that is, strangely enough, not particularly ambitious or interested in power, and oddly submissive to their business partners. Given what we know - we can assume that with their business partners (Lester, Ron, Agent 14, Simeon etc.) being busy with the events of the story mode, they\u2019d probably be at a loss over what to do. Despite their penchant for complicated, dangerous heists, they never attempt to plan one for themselves, they always rely on others to give them instructions They might even feel a bit jealous of Franklin, Michael, and Trevor for hogging all the attention from their partners, and doing all the fun dangerous murder-y stuff - though they might not be aware of them, and if they were, there doesn\u2019t seem to be any hard feelings years later when they meet up with Franklin Either way, they\u2019d probably while away their time doing repetitive delivery driving gigs and grand theft autos for the I/E and Crate Warehouses, steadily increasing their dragon\u2019s hoard of military and luxury vehicles, waiting patiently for the phone call that would summon them for another suicidally dangerous caper", "human_ref_B": "The Online Protagonist hadn't arrived yet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16426.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjgf8g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Matrix] Why do the agents miss their shots? Any hacker worth their salt can make an aimbot. What up? Is it all a ploy to get Neo to the architect?", "c_root_id_A": "fwm6nqi", "c_root_id_B": "fwmrvy9", "created_at_utc_A": 1593631915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593641483.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "They have only so much processing power dedicated to each agent.", "human_ref_B": "Aimbots for projectiles are a lot harder than aimbots for hitscan. There's only so much agents can do to stop a The One from dodging between the time the bullet leaves the barrel of the gun to the time it hits the target.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9568.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjgf8g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Matrix] Why do the agents miss their shots? Any hacker worth their salt can make an aimbot. What up? Is it all a ploy to get Neo to the architect?", "c_root_id_A": "fwmkxy4", "c_root_id_B": "fwmrvy9", "created_at_utc_A": 1593638281.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593641483.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I'll just reiterate that they can't break the code of the Matrix in such a way that they never miss. They're still freakishly accurate compared to a human, but a human properly trained to bend the rules is also spectacularly hard to hit. On the other hand, remember that the agents primarily exist to preserve the status quo. They've certainly killed freed humans, but their primary goal is to ensure the simulation remains stable. And by the end of each cycle, they're meant to push the One toward the source. They must maintain the pantomime at all costs, so they sometimes pull their punches and miss their shots. If they slaughter every single freed human, the One will not be brought to Zion, and thus not be put into a position where they choose to enter the source. Choosing to restart the cycle is extremely important to the cycle. The machines can't just force the One into the source, or they would have done so from the beginning.", "human_ref_B": "Aimbots for projectiles are a lot harder than aimbots for hitscan. There's only so much agents can do to stop a The One from dodging between the time the bullet leaves the barrel of the gun to the time it hits the target.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3202.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hjgf8g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Matrix] Why do the agents miss their shots? Any hacker worth their salt can make an aimbot. What up? Is it all a ploy to get Neo to the architect?", "c_root_id_A": "fwmpnte", "c_root_id_B": "fwmrvy9", "created_at_utc_A": 1593640431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593641483.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "If the rules of the matrix could be manipulated by the agents of the matrix the entire system would be unsustainable. The minds plugged into the matrix would see agents doing physically impossible things (like shoot guns perfectly) and realize the illusion and the system would collapse. The only way the matrix works is by approximating reality as close as possible. Meaning agents can occupy human bodies and move around the matrix instantly but they still need To observe the laws while they\u2019re inside the system to ensure that the system doesn\u2019t collapse. And this is the most interesting point because this is literally the purpose of the agent program. To ensure normality. As soon as glitches and weird things happen in the matrix the entire purpose of the agent program is to find and remove the incidents to ensure the system is consistent. They are designed with this prime objective and so even if they are technically able to shoot guns perfectly they will never go against their prime objective: consistency of the system. This is actually the topic of the final scene with the architect, where he explains that neo \u201cthe one\u201d) is the \u201cremainder\u201d of all these glitches and inaccuracies in the system (the human spirit, so to speak) and that him and the agent are destined to collide because he represents free thinking, breaking the system, and the agent represents order and systematic harmony.", "human_ref_B": "Aimbots for projectiles are a lot harder than aimbots for hitscan. There's only so much agents can do to stop a The One from dodging between the time the bullet leaves the barrel of the gun to the time it hits the target.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1052.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gzplee", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General Superheroes] How's the welfare of young heroes and sidekicks? Are they being properly cared for? I imagine that all the activity they go through has to mean an absolutely massive caloric intake, so do they generally get fed enough? If they work for government agencies like SHIELD, do they get compensated and given food to go along with the massive duty? Do the superhero kids load up before going on missions and patrol? Or are they responsible for grabbing their own food? And what about education and sleep? Those two are already kind of at odds, but then there's superheroes like Batman who patrol at night, with their sidekicks. Are they getting enough sleep for school? Are they going to school, or does Batman homeschool? Are they able to effectively handle going to school on top of hero work? I mean, I know some schools work with heroes directly, like Xavier's, which given its management is probably very aware of all the issues a young hero aspirant faces. Do other young heroes have something similar going on? Finally, do they have specialized medical practitioners? Having a doctor who can handle both heroic injuries and the common issues of childhood and adolescence? I mean, they'd have too if they're getting treatment, or else their families might come under suspicion of child abuse. Do young heroes, who presumably aren't out to their parents, not seek treatment in that case, to avoid causing trouble? Basically, are the heroes and sidekicks that are children well cared for? Like what's their general welfare?", "c_root_id_A": "ftj2bcf", "c_root_id_B": "ftojfan", "created_at_utc_A": 1591744772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591870233.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They've got warrants for truancy. There's this one kid in Japan who has some sort of mental disorder who hasnt been in a classroom in like 20 years. He keeps imagining bigger and bigger tounaments to win when he's already won them all.", "human_ref_B": "Horrible if you want an example look into the venture bros universe on how being forced into ridiculous tights and being forced to fight in traumatizing battles does to someone's psyche in the long run Doctor rusty venture himself is a victim to this toxic career and is a clone of the original rusty venture In a since not even rusty made it out alive and well", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 125461.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n49xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Mortal Kombat] Why did Johnny Cage get involved in the MK tournament? This is a tournament to the death against super-powered assassins, demons, sorcerers, robots, giants, and literal gods. Johnny says it's to prove that his powers are legit, but surely he would figure out that there are ways to do so that don't involve him getting potentially brutally murdered. Also if he loses, not only will he be brutally murdered, as said before, but he's also dooming the entire world to being enslaved by a nigh-immortal super strong tyrant. Clearly, he did not think this through.", "c_root_id_A": "gwuaxjz", "c_root_id_B": "gwucakt", "created_at_utc_A": 1620082975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620083625.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "He didn't know it was to the death. He didn't fully grasp what was really going on until he was already involved.", "human_ref_B": "He received a strange invitation and assumed it was just a conventional martial arts tournament- which, for the record, he would stand a fair chance of winning because he is remarkably talented. He had no idea that dinosaur people or mutated knife-arm-demon guys or evil sorcerers existed, much less that they would be at the tournament, and he wasn't expecting deadly mercenaries either. Even when he first saw them he assumed they were just actors in special effects. Johnny is, as he learned in MKX, descended from a warrior cult based somewhere in the Mediterranean, and his bloodline was specially trained to fight gods (he discovered this while fighting Shinnok, something he shouldn't be able to do... I mean. Story-wise. Gameplay's another matter). This might explain why he got the invitation in the first place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 650.0, "score_ratio": 2.3571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n49xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Mortal Kombat] Why did Johnny Cage get involved in the MK tournament? This is a tournament to the death against super-powered assassins, demons, sorcerers, robots, giants, and literal gods. Johnny says it's to prove that his powers are legit, but surely he would figure out that there are ways to do so that don't involve him getting potentially brutally murdered. Also if he loses, not only will he be brutally murdered, as said before, but he's also dooming the entire world to being enslaved by a nigh-immortal super strong tyrant. Clearly, he did not think this through.", "c_root_id_A": "gwuc78w", "c_root_id_B": "gwucakt", "created_at_utc_A": 1620083580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620083625.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "He didn't take it seriously. He just through it was a spectacle with special effects and stunt work, he only realized it was real once he was already there.", "human_ref_B": "He received a strange invitation and assumed it was just a conventional martial arts tournament- which, for the record, he would stand a fair chance of winning because he is remarkably talented. He had no idea that dinosaur people or mutated knife-arm-demon guys or evil sorcerers existed, much less that they would be at the tournament, and he wasn't expecting deadly mercenaries either. Even when he first saw them he assumed they were just actors in special effects. Johnny is, as he learned in MKX, descended from a warrior cult based somewhere in the Mediterranean, and his bloodline was specially trained to fight gods (he discovered this while fighting Shinnok, something he shouldn't be able to do... I mean. Story-wise. Gameplay's another matter). This might explain why he got the invitation in the first place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45.0, "score_ratio": 6.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n49xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Mortal Kombat] Why did Johnny Cage get involved in the MK tournament? This is a tournament to the death against super-powered assassins, demons, sorcerers, robots, giants, and literal gods. Johnny says it's to prove that his powers are legit, but surely he would figure out that there are ways to do so that don't involve him getting potentially brutally murdered. Also if he loses, not only will he be brutally murdered, as said before, but he's also dooming the entire world to being enslaved by a nigh-immortal super strong tyrant. Clearly, he did not think this through.", "c_root_id_A": "gwvryfq", "c_root_id_B": "gwuc78w", "created_at_utc_A": 1620114425.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620083580.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think in the original lore, the public considered Johnny a glorified stuntman who needed wirework and VFX to look competent. When he received an invitation to a mysterious tournament, he thought accepting it would help him prove that he was legit. It wasn't until he arrived on Shang Tsung's island and met the other competitors that he realized something *weird* was going on.", "human_ref_B": "He didn't take it seriously. He just through it was a spectacle with special effects and stunt work, he only realized it was real once he was already there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30845.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n49xcd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Mortal Kombat] Why did Johnny Cage get involved in the MK tournament? This is a tournament to the death against super-powered assassins, demons, sorcerers, robots, giants, and literal gods. Johnny says it's to prove that his powers are legit, but surely he would figure out that there are ways to do so that don't involve him getting potentially brutally murdered. Also if he loses, not only will he be brutally murdered, as said before, but he's also dooming the entire world to being enslaved by a nigh-immortal super strong tyrant. Clearly, he did not think this through.", "c_root_id_A": "gwvryfq", "c_root_id_B": "gwujzjt", "created_at_utc_A": 1620114425.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620087304.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think in the original lore, the public considered Johnny a glorified stuntman who needed wirework and VFX to look competent. When he received an invitation to a mysterious tournament, he thought accepting it would help him prove that he was legit. It wasn't until he arrived on Shang Tsung's island and met the other competitors that he realized something *weird* was going on.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, canonically you stated what his reason is. That he didn't see what a phenomenally dumb idea this was is just a character flaw.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27121.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uuwjsb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Power Rangers] So, does the police/army not exist in this universe where monsters attack people? I know in some series like RPM and Space/Galaxy the Rangers are the police, but what about the others?", "c_root_id_A": "i9idaez", "c_root_id_B": "i9igcaa", "created_at_utc_A": 1653179479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653181137.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I always figure it's a speed of response time thing. The military could scramble but we see these fights often happen in real time. Within minutes of the monster becoming gigantic, the rangers are already in their zords fighting it a lot of the time.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, at some point in the original MMPR series or maybe the comics, it's mentioned that Angel Grove has a really good evacuation system, even if the abandoned warehouse district is the common target. So probably, the police are more preoccupied with making sure people are out of harm's way than shooting at a giant monster that won't even notice the bullets.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1658.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "15eh72", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[It's a Wonderful Life] Was George Bailey transported to an alternate universe, brought into a virtual dreamscape, or were his visions of a \"George-less\" world induced by some other means? Show your work.", "c_root_id_A": "c7mlcim", "c_root_id_B": "c7nla5u", "created_at_utc_A": 1356576063.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1356747678.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Not to be a stickler, but this belongs in /r/religion as it's obvious that God simply used his divine powers to change history.", "human_ref_B": "Either Clarence Odbody is speaking literally or he is not. Remember that Odbody introduces himself very clearly as George Bailey's guardian angel, specifically Angel Second Class. If it's the case that he's speaking literally and is being truthful, it follows that Odbody has access to a certain level of angelic or holy magics, including the ability to jump time streams. Odbody and Bailey jump to a different reality in which the only difference is Bailey never existed. This is, to someone with angelic or holy magics, the best way to demonstrate conclusively an individual's mark on their reality. It's also possible that Odbody is being less than honest or is speaking in a way that Bailey might understand. If, for example Odbody is a transdimensional being acting as a good Samaritan, explaining himself, his origins, and his motivations could just end up confusing a man living on earth in 1946. Instead, he evokes earth mythology for a character analogous to himself for the sake of not going off on a tangent. Bailey instantly understands that Odbody has otherworldly powers and represents what Bailey understands to be good with his identification as an angel. Finally, it's possible that Odbody is being dishonest not necessarily about who he is, but what his own ends are. He could be seeking vengeance against Henry Potter. He could be effecting time in some way we don't understand, perhaps setting events in motion that won't culminate in Odbody's desired result for thousands of years. I like to think the last option is the case, because the whole idea of angels and wings is quite pedestrian.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 171615.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "935zyq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Aliens] Why the hell did they leave the door open on the landing craft! Could have avoided a ton of problems if they pilot just shut the door. Is this standard procedure in hostile territory?", "c_root_id_A": "e3ay2o3", "c_root_id_B": "e3ay4jr", "created_at_utc_A": 1532974741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532974785.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Wew lad, are you going to be full of questions when you see the unverified archival footage concerning the Wayland Expedition and some early colonization efforts.", "human_ref_B": "I was just watching Aliens last night and had the same question. They made a big deal of dropping off the troop carrier then dusting off again. Presumably that was to protect the dropship from hostile ground forces - why did it return to land and sit unguarded with the doors wide open? Even if the enemy wasn't a mindless homicidal xenomorph, this tactic made no sense at all - a small squad could easily have overpowered the pilots and taken or disabled the only means of escape.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "935zyq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Aliens] Why the hell did they leave the door open on the landing craft! Could have avoided a ton of problems if they pilot just shut the door. Is this standard procedure in hostile territory?", "c_root_id_A": "e3bwpvs", "c_root_id_B": "e3ay2o3", "created_at_utc_A": 1533006750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532974741.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "One massive reason that I haven't seen below - the Commander on the Ground (Lt. Burke) declared the colony complex 'secure' before they moved in from the APC and established themselves in the facilities command center. Ripley specifically objects to this but she's in no position at this point to override his judgement. As such, the security stance of the dropship went from 'orbit the site and provide cover and extraction as necessary' to 'park up at the pad and save fuel for future ops, but be prepared for rapid departure.' A crew chief was downstairs/on guard but had no idea what to look for or 'secure' against and things went, well, the way they went.", "human_ref_B": "Wew lad, are you going to be full of questions when you see the unverified archival footage concerning the Wayland Expedition and some early colonization efforts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32009.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1uw7ep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Other than a huge fleet of warships, what else could the Empire have built with the Death Star resources that would have been better? Assume that they have already allocated the funds, the materials, and the labor, but that the Emperor has decided that the Death Star is a terrible idea. Instead, he wants another means of securing his stranglehold on galactic power. A fleet of warships is vetoed for being \"too inside the box.\" What else could be done with the gigatons of raw materials, and quadrillions of credits and man hours?", "c_root_id_A": "cemb21s", "c_root_id_B": "cemaz5k", "created_at_utc_A": 1389379367.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389379197.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "The Death Stars were also intended to help fight the coming Yuuzhan Vong invasion, where they would have been highly useful against the Vong supercapital ships. Aside from that advantage, the World Devestators and the Galaxy Gun both seemed like much more efficient, elegant solutions. They both require VASTLY lower resources and manpower, the World Devastors can see to their own (exponentially increasing) defenses, and the Galaxy Gun could have been set up at Coruscant and been almkst completely unassailable prior to the collapse of the Empire. I know the Galaxy Gun was built later, but the concept is simple enough that I see no reason it couldn't have been built contemporaneously with the first Death Star.", "human_ref_B": "Well Emperor, I understand you were displeased with our first proposal for a weapons platform for the planet-destroying laser. How would you feel about mounting that laser on a cube? A sort of... Death Cube if you will.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 170.0, "score_ratio": 1.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1uw7ep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Other than a huge fleet of warships, what else could the Empire have built with the Death Star resources that would have been better? Assume that they have already allocated the funds, the materials, and the labor, but that the Emperor has decided that the Death Star is a terrible idea. Instead, he wants another means of securing his stranglehold on galactic power. A fleet of warships is vetoed for being \"too inside the box.\" What else could be done with the gigatons of raw materials, and quadrillions of credits and man hours?", "c_root_id_A": "cemc3hs", "c_root_id_B": "cemd3oe", "created_at_utc_A": 1389381526.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389383565.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Shooting ranges, and drill sergeants who insists on teaching the Imperial Stormroopers to shoot straight.", "human_ref_B": "I've always thought about this.. It leads to a deeper problem i see in the star wars universe & its this: If this is an advanced level III Civilization, Why don't they have insanely advanced nanobots? Or teleportation tech? Or replicators? Or more advanced weaponry than a blaster? Or advanced Spy tech? Or advanced brain interface? If the Empire truly had a galactic civilization the technology would be extremely more advanced and powerful. The REAL reason for it is that they were movies made at a certain time when we didn't know such technologies could even exist. But now that we do we can see all these technological realism plot holes. It happens to me with other movies, like Aliens, or star trek. I extrapolate a lot of the ideas and themes explored in a movie or series through thought experiments & day dreaming about it. As i assume most sci-fi fans do, from time to time.. (Bit of a ramble but had to through in two cents. I've been thinking about this issue for a while.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2039.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1uw7ep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Other than a huge fleet of warships, what else could the Empire have built with the Death Star resources that would have been better? Assume that they have already allocated the funds, the materials, and the labor, but that the Emperor has decided that the Death Star is a terrible idea. Instead, he wants another means of securing his stranglehold on galactic power. A fleet of warships is vetoed for being \"too inside the box.\" What else could be done with the gigatons of raw materials, and quadrillions of credits and man hours?", "c_root_id_A": "cemd3oe", "c_root_id_B": "cemcxlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1389383565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389383226.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I've always thought about this.. It leads to a deeper problem i see in the star wars universe & its this: If this is an advanced level III Civilization, Why don't they have insanely advanced nanobots? Or teleportation tech? Or replicators? Or more advanced weaponry than a blaster? Or advanced Spy tech? Or advanced brain interface? If the Empire truly had a galactic civilization the technology would be extremely more advanced and powerful. The REAL reason for it is that they were movies made at a certain time when we didn't know such technologies could even exist. But now that we do we can see all these technological realism plot holes. It happens to me with other movies, like Aliens, or star trek. I extrapolate a lot of the ideas and themes explored in a movie or series through thought experiments & day dreaming about it. As i assume most sci-fi fans do, from time to time.. (Bit of a ramble but had to through in two cents. I've been thinking about this issue for a while.)", "human_ref_B": "I young Imperial Engineer adds a small metal grate over the thermal exhaust port in the plans and changes the mind of the Empire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 339.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1uw7ep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Other than a huge fleet of warships, what else could the Empire have built with the Death Star resources that would have been better? Assume that they have already allocated the funds, the materials, and the labor, but that the Emperor has decided that the Death Star is a terrible idea. Instead, he wants another means of securing his stranglehold on galactic power. A fleet of warships is vetoed for being \"too inside the box.\" What else could be done with the gigatons of raw materials, and quadrillions of credits and man hours?", "c_root_id_A": "cemoggh", "c_root_id_B": "cemcxlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1389410614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389383226.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Alderaan was actually a hotbed of rebel sentiment and the seat of the dissident Organa family. Counterinsurgent tactics would have been a tremendous resource drain, diverting entire legions of Stormtroopers and creating an entrenched rebel infrastructure with ample time and cause to infect other worlds. The Death Star's great power was its comparative immediacy. Though it took hours to calibrate, it achieved the effect of a more surgical expeditionary force or even a full invasion in a fraction of the requisite time. By its obliterative effect, the Death Star was a statement of non-tolerance with the power to substantiate its threat with such finality that only the merest remnant of local resistance could escape in time. But for the fluke shot of one rebel pilot, it may have economized manpower, resources and ultimately lives, all diverted and spent in the war against the spreading cancer of the rebellion.", "human_ref_B": "I young Imperial Engineer adds a small metal grate over the thermal exhaust port in the plans and changes the mind of the Empire.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27388.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1uw7ep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Other than a huge fleet of warships, what else could the Empire have built with the Death Star resources that would have been better? Assume that they have already allocated the funds, the materials, and the labor, but that the Emperor has decided that the Death Star is a terrible idea. Instead, he wants another means of securing his stranglehold on galactic power. A fleet of warships is vetoed for being \"too inside the box.\" What else could be done with the gigatons of raw materials, and quadrillions of credits and man hours?", "c_root_id_A": "cemgqic", "c_root_id_B": "cemoggh", "created_at_utc_A": 1389391130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389410614.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Giant robot Darth Vader with matching Giant Lightsaber. Powered by the Dark Side.", "human_ref_B": "Alderaan was actually a hotbed of rebel sentiment and the seat of the dissident Organa family. Counterinsurgent tactics would have been a tremendous resource drain, diverting entire legions of Stormtroopers and creating an entrenched rebel infrastructure with ample time and cause to infect other worlds. The Death Star's great power was its comparative immediacy. Though it took hours to calibrate, it achieved the effect of a more surgical expeditionary force or even a full invasion in a fraction of the requisite time. By its obliterative effect, the Death Star was a statement of non-tolerance with the power to substantiate its threat with such finality that only the merest remnant of local resistance could escape in time. But for the fluke shot of one rebel pilot, it may have economized manpower, resources and ultimately lives, all diverted and spent in the war against the spreading cancer of the rebellion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19484.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8mt3zu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Would Thor/Hulk be team Cap or Team Stark during the events of Civil War?", "c_root_id_A": "dzqp6zx", "c_root_id_B": "dzqbctv", "created_at_utc_A": 1527560565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527546332.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Bruce Banner and General Ross aren't really on speaking terms rn, he'll probably join team cap, just to spite Ross if not because of the policy he disagrees with.", "human_ref_B": "We don't know. 616 Thor certainly was anti-registration and informed Stark as such in dramatic fashion. I mean he didn't go after Stark for it but when Stark came after the Asgard refugees who were taking safe haven on Earth he accused him of betraying his own comrades.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14233.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8mt3zu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Would Thor/Hulk be team Cap or Team Stark during the events of Civil War?", "c_root_id_A": "dzqe82u", "c_root_id_B": "dzqp6zx", "created_at_utc_A": 1527549454.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527560565.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Banner is neutral.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Banner and General Ross aren't really on speaking terms rn, he'll probably join team cap, just to spite Ross if not because of the policy he disagrees with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11111.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8mt3zu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Would Thor/Hulk be team Cap or Team Stark during the events of Civil War?", "c_root_id_A": "dzqf22h", "c_root_id_B": "dzqp6zx", "created_at_utc_A": 1527550363.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527560565.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hulk? Come on, he's Stark's buddy, like Rhodes. I get the feeling Thor feels more kinship for Cap", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Banner and General Ross aren't really on speaking terms rn, he'll probably join team cap, just to spite Ross if not because of the policy he disagrees with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10202.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8mt3zu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Would Thor/Hulk be team Cap or Team Stark during the events of Civil War?", "c_root_id_A": "dzqe82u", "c_root_id_B": "dzqr6jo", "created_at_utc_A": 1527549454.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527562263.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Banner is neutral.", "human_ref_B": "Banner would be conflicted but realize that he would be what he never wanted to be or should be: a weapon. In the hands of the military, hulk would be a nuke they think they own even though one wrong move and everyone dies. Thor would feel that he is to high to have to obey human orders from a leader he is superior to. He may be less arrogant but he is still an asgardian. He wouldn\u2019t get involved until he was asked for help by cap.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12809.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8mt3zu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Would Thor/Hulk be team Cap or Team Stark during the events of Civil War?", "c_root_id_A": "dzqf22h", "c_root_id_B": "dzqr6jo", "created_at_utc_A": 1527550363.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527562263.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Hulk? Come on, he's Stark's buddy, like Rhodes. I get the feeling Thor feels more kinship for Cap", "human_ref_B": "Banner would be conflicted but realize that he would be what he never wanted to be or should be: a weapon. In the hands of the military, hulk would be a nuke they think they own even though one wrong move and everyone dies. Thor would feel that he is to high to have to obey human orders from a leader he is superior to. He may be less arrogant but he is still an asgardian. He wouldn\u2019t get involved until he was asked for help by cap.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11900.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azi6f4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Pacific Rim] What's the point of building giant walls? I mean, what's the idea? Let's assume the walls are strong enough and Kaiju cound't breach it. He will follow it alongside the coastline and get on land in the end, because there is no way humanity could afford buidling the wall around all lands. Why did they spend money on walls instead of Jaegers which were actually effective?", "c_root_id_A": "ei843az", "c_root_id_B": "ei86w6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1552245420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552247488.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "It was my (unsupported) impression that walls also have gun batteries and if not, better to have the giant monster attack our neighbors than us. Finally, it looks like kaiju can only stay above the water for a limited period of time before returning, perhaps not long enough to around the wall and reach a populated area.", "human_ref_B": "Because they were assuming the kaiju were dumb animals who wouldn't be that persistant because they were just randomly wandering into cities and finding convenient snacks. If that were true, walling off anything close to the portal would have been sufficient. They had no idea they were deal with biological weapons being created by an intelligent race. In other words, they thought they were dealing with wildlife pests, not waging a war.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2068.0, "score_ratio": 3.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azi6f4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Pacific Rim] What's the point of building giant walls? I mean, what's the idea? Let's assume the walls are strong enough and Kaiju cound't breach it. He will follow it alongside the coastline and get on land in the end, because there is no way humanity could afford buidling the wall around all lands. Why did they spend money on walls instead of Jaegers which were actually effective?", "c_root_id_A": "ei9s3tt", "c_root_id_B": "ei96gp7", "created_at_utc_A": 1552306543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552275824.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Jaeger program had failed. There were only four Jaegers left, one of which was a first generation and the other, a refurbished one that was destroyed. Out of the four, only Eureka was a top of the line model. When the Kaiju first met the Jaegers, the Jaegers curbstomped them and they became rockstars. But the Kaiju have different categories, and that was category 1 Kaiju. They evolved much faster than Jaeger tech, and more and more Jaegers were lost as they struggled to keep up. What you witness at the time of the wall were politicians, harried by demanding citizens screaming for some sort of solution to the Kaiju problem. The Jaegers had almost completely fallen, the Breach was still untouchable. So what's the solution? Why, the same one that scared, foolish people always go to, even if it won't actually help. A wall. A nice secure layer of concrete and steel between them and the monsters. Yeah, the wall wouldn't have worked. I'm guessing that the people behind the wall figured that. But they didn't have any other suggestions and they couldn't sit around and do nothing while their people bayed for solutions. So they built a wall.", "human_ref_B": "Idiot politicians thought a wall would fix their problems even when a little research would of proven otherwise.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30719.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azi6f4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Pacific Rim] What's the point of building giant walls? I mean, what's the idea? Let's assume the walls are strong enough and Kaiju cound't breach it. He will follow it alongside the coastline and get on land in the end, because there is no way humanity could afford buidling the wall around all lands. Why did they spend money on walls instead of Jaegers which were actually effective?", "c_root_id_A": "ei968b7", "c_root_id_B": "ei9s3tt", "created_at_utc_A": 1552275599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552306543.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Bottlenecking.", "human_ref_B": "The Jaeger program had failed. There were only four Jaegers left, one of which was a first generation and the other, a refurbished one that was destroyed. Out of the four, only Eureka was a top of the line model. When the Kaiju first met the Jaegers, the Jaegers curbstomped them and they became rockstars. But the Kaiju have different categories, and that was category 1 Kaiju. They evolved much faster than Jaeger tech, and more and more Jaegers were lost as they struggled to keep up. What you witness at the time of the wall were politicians, harried by demanding citizens screaming for some sort of solution to the Kaiju problem. The Jaegers had almost completely fallen, the Breach was still untouchable. So what's the solution? Why, the same one that scared, foolish people always go to, even if it won't actually help. A wall. A nice secure layer of concrete and steel between them and the monsters. Yeah, the wall wouldn't have worked. I'm guessing that the people behind the wall figured that. But they didn't have any other suggestions and they couldn't sit around and do nothing while their people bayed for solutions. So they built a wall.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30944.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azi6f4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Pacific Rim] What's the point of building giant walls? I mean, what's the idea? Let's assume the walls are strong enough and Kaiju cound't breach it. He will follow it alongside the coastline and get on land in the end, because there is no way humanity could afford buidling the wall around all lands. Why did they spend money on walls instead of Jaegers which were actually effective?", "c_root_id_A": "ei9s3tt", "c_root_id_B": "ei8k01h", "created_at_utc_A": 1552306543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552257336.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The Jaeger program had failed. There were only four Jaegers left, one of which was a first generation and the other, a refurbished one that was destroyed. Out of the four, only Eureka was a top of the line model. When the Kaiju first met the Jaegers, the Jaegers curbstomped them and they became rockstars. But the Kaiju have different categories, and that was category 1 Kaiju. They evolved much faster than Jaeger tech, and more and more Jaegers were lost as they struggled to keep up. What you witness at the time of the wall were politicians, harried by demanding citizens screaming for some sort of solution to the Kaiju problem. The Jaegers had almost completely fallen, the Breach was still untouchable. So what's the solution? Why, the same one that scared, foolish people always go to, even if it won't actually help. A wall. A nice secure layer of concrete and steel between them and the monsters. Yeah, the wall wouldn't have worked. I'm guessing that the people behind the wall figured that. But they didn't have any other suggestions and they couldn't sit around and do nothing while their people bayed for solutions. So they built a wall.", "human_ref_B": "The wall may have only bought a few minutes, but those few minutes were really really really important to those people directly on the other side of that wall.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49207.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azi6f4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Pacific Rim] What's the point of building giant walls? I mean, what's the idea? Let's assume the walls are strong enough and Kaiju cound't breach it. He will follow it alongside the coastline and get on land in the end, because there is no way humanity could afford buidling the wall around all lands. Why did they spend money on walls instead of Jaegers which were actually effective?", "c_root_id_A": "ei96gp7", "c_root_id_B": "ei968b7", "created_at_utc_A": 1552275824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552275599.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Idiot politicians thought a wall would fix their problems even when a little research would of proven otherwise.", "human_ref_B": "Bottlenecking.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 225.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azi6f4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Pacific Rim] What's the point of building giant walls? I mean, what's the idea? Let's assume the walls are strong enough and Kaiju cound't breach it. He will follow it alongside the coastline and get on land in the end, because there is no way humanity could afford buidling the wall around all lands. Why did they spend money on walls instead of Jaegers which were actually effective?", "c_root_id_A": "ei96gp7", "c_root_id_B": "ei8k01h", "created_at_utc_A": 1552275824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552257336.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Idiot politicians thought a wall would fix their problems even when a little research would of proven otherwise.", "human_ref_B": "The wall may have only bought a few minutes, but those few minutes were really really really important to those people directly on the other side of that wall.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18488.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azi6f4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Pacific Rim] What's the point of building giant walls? I mean, what's the idea? Let's assume the walls are strong enough and Kaiju cound't breach it. He will follow it alongside the coastline and get on land in the end, because there is no way humanity could afford buidling the wall around all lands. Why did they spend money on walls instead of Jaegers which were actually effective?", "c_root_id_A": "ei968b7", "c_root_id_B": "ei8k01h", "created_at_utc_A": 1552275599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552257336.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Bottlenecking.", "human_ref_B": "The wall may have only bought a few minutes, but those few minutes were really really really important to those people directly on the other side of that wall.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18263.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhkvxv", "c_root_id_B": "erhjnxv", "created_at_utc_A": 1560877362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560876706.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "He'd be a new category all on his own likely a 6-7 since he's bigger than just about any other kaiju. Its doubtful any jaeger force could stop him and would just piss him off trying to slow him down. But the precursors have the goal of setting off volcano's and send kaiju in force to suicidally go for them. Godzilla would be manageable since he's more driven to kill other kaiju and feed off radiation rather than destroy earth.", "human_ref_B": "All of them. All the Jaegers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 656.0, "score_ratio": 4.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhkvxv", "c_root_id_B": "erhkszw", "created_at_utc_A": 1560877362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560877318.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He'd be a new category all on his own likely a 6-7 since he's bigger than just about any other kaiju. Its doubtful any jaeger force could stop him and would just piss him off trying to slow him down. But the precursors have the goal of setting off volcano's and send kaiju in force to suicidally go for them. Godzilla would be manageable since he's more driven to kill other kaiju and feed off radiation rather than destroy earth.", "human_ref_B": "They wouldn't use Jaegers. If they ever decided he was a threat, they would just spam him with those armor-piercing rockets from Godzilla 2000", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhrmu5", "c_root_id_B": "erhjnxv", "created_at_utc_A": 1560881396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560876706.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "well once they see him more interesting in ripping the other kaijus heads off then destroying humanity, they would probobly just accept any collateral damage he causes in his fights as acceptable of course if he was hostile you would have to specify which godzilla, there are leages of power differences between the american godzilla and say shin godzilla or godzilla earth", "human_ref_B": "All of them. All the Jaegers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4690.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhrmu5", "c_root_id_B": "erhkszw", "created_at_utc_A": 1560881396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560877318.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "well once they see him more interesting in ripping the other kaijus heads off then destroying humanity, they would probobly just accept any collateral damage he causes in his fights as acceptable of course if he was hostile you would have to specify which godzilla, there are leages of power differences between the american godzilla and say shin godzilla or godzilla earth", "human_ref_B": "They wouldn't use Jaegers. If they ever decided he was a threat, they would just spam him with those armor-piercing rockets from Godzilla 2000", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4078.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhz3vm", "c_root_id_B": "erhjnxv", "created_at_utc_A": 1560886009.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560876706.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Otachi compromised a Jaeger with glorified acid spit. Godzilla releases a directional nuclear meltdown. No realistic amount of Jaegers has a chance in hell.", "human_ref_B": "All of them. All the Jaegers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9303.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhz3vm", "c_root_id_B": "erivqzn", "created_at_utc_A": 1560886009.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560908549.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Otachi compromised a Jaeger with glorified acid spit. Godzilla releases a directional nuclear meltdown. No realistic amount of Jaegers has a chance in hell.", "human_ref_B": "Jaeger? No, you'd need something much bigger. Something with the power of an aircraft and the reflexes of a jungle cat. Some kind of a *Jet Jaguar.*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22540.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhz3vm", "c_root_id_B": "erhxuta", "created_at_utc_A": 1560886009.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560885248.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Otachi compromised a Jaeger with glorified acid spit. Godzilla releases a directional nuclear meltdown. No realistic amount of Jaegers has a chance in hell.", "human_ref_B": "Which Godzilla are we talking about?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 761.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhz3vm", "c_root_id_B": "erhkszw", "created_at_utc_A": 1560886009.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560877318.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Otachi compromised a Jaeger with glorified acid spit. Godzilla releases a directional nuclear meltdown. No realistic amount of Jaegers has a chance in hell.", "human_ref_B": "They wouldn't use Jaegers. If they ever decided he was a threat, they would just spam him with those armor-piercing rockets from Godzilla 2000", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8691.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhjnxv", "c_root_id_B": "erivqzn", "created_at_utc_A": 1560876706.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560908549.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "All of them. All the Jaegers.", "human_ref_B": "Jaeger? No, you'd need something much bigger. Something with the power of an aircraft and the reflexes of a jungle cat. Some kind of a *Jet Jaguar.*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31843.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhxuta", "c_root_id_B": "erivqzn", "created_at_utc_A": 1560885248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560908549.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Which Godzilla are we talking about?", "human_ref_B": "Jaeger? No, you'd need something much bigger. Something with the power of an aircraft and the reflexes of a jungle cat. Some kind of a *Jet Jaguar.*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23301.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhkszw", "c_root_id_B": "erivqzn", "created_at_utc_A": 1560877318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560908549.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "They wouldn't use Jaegers. If they ever decided he was a threat, they would just spam him with those armor-piercing rockets from Godzilla 2000", "human_ref_B": "Jaeger? No, you'd need something much bigger. Something with the power of an aircraft and the reflexes of a jungle cat. Some kind of a *Jet Jaguar.*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31231.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erhxuta", "c_root_id_B": "erhkszw", "created_at_utc_A": 1560885248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560877318.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Which Godzilla are we talking about?", "human_ref_B": "They wouldn't use Jaegers. If they ever decided he was a threat, they would just spam him with those armor-piercing rockets from Godzilla 2000", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7930.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c24i9b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim]How dangerous would Pacific Rim's humanity deem Godzilla, and how many Jaegers would be needed to take it down?", "c_root_id_A": "erk1act", "c_root_id_B": "erhkszw", "created_at_utc_A": 1560952843.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560877318.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Using Legendary's Godzilla as reference, he's about 400 feet tall which would put him in a category 4 but with his atomic breath he'd probably get pushed to a strong category 5. In comparison, Slattern the kaiju that was protecting the breach, is a category 5 at about 600 feet long. No matter if he's taking out other kaiju, humanity would still see him as dangerous but probably as an enemy of my enemy. Now if humanity decided it was finally time to get rid of Godzilla they'd already lose nukes as their final option, that'd just piss him off and give him a snack, so no redo of operation pitfall. It'd have to be a land fight, otherwise I don't think any amount of Jaegers could stand a chance in open water against him. I'd say they could probably take him down with a very well organized group of 5-6 Jaegers, expecting half of them to fall to an atomic breath.", "human_ref_B": "They wouldn't use Jaegers. If they ever decided he was a threat, they would just spam him with those armor-piercing rockets from Godzilla 2000", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 75525.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f4045o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim] If the breach appeared in the Godzilla universe, could humanity bait Godzilla through it to give the aliens a taste of their own medicine?", "c_root_id_A": "fhn0ifd", "c_root_id_B": "fhnbnpi", "created_at_utc_A": 1581720410.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581724555.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Probably could bait him into stepping into it but without the genetic code he'd just pass out the otherside harmlessly. Throughout the series Godzilla has been led and tricked into going where they needed him to be for various traps and ploys. But assuming Godzilla is naturally from our world then the breach wouldn't allow him to pass similar to how it failed for the jaegers until they dragged a kaiju corpse with them.", "human_ref_B": "I'm thinking he may investigate on his own as Earth is his playground and he doesn't take well to visitors. We'll stretch it a bit and say the radiation Godzilla gives off is enough to confuse the gate and let him through.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4145.0, "score_ratio": 4.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f4045o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Godzilla/Pacific Rim] If the breach appeared in the Godzilla universe, could humanity bait Godzilla through it to give the aliens a taste of their own medicine?", "c_root_id_A": "fhn0ifd", "c_root_id_B": "fho4jrt", "created_at_utc_A": 1581720410.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581741235.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Probably could bait him into stepping into it but without the genetic code he'd just pass out the otherside harmlessly. Throughout the series Godzilla has been led and tricked into going where they needed him to be for various traps and ploys. But assuming Godzilla is naturally from our world then the breach wouldn't allow him to pass similar to how it failed for the jaegers until they dragged a kaiju corpse with them.", "human_ref_B": "he wouldent need to be trickes, godzilla is rather intelligent in most versions, and would NOT be happy with some other kaiju showing up and poisoning his home, the only part humanity needs to do is figure out how to open the gate for him, he will do the rest on his own", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20825.0, "score_ratio": 2.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "romugu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Halo Infinite] Why is it so hard to kill Master Chief? Can\u2019t the banished launch a volley of missiles to kill him or a low yield nuke?", "c_root_id_A": "hpzgs60", "c_root_id_B": "hpzexs9", "created_at_utc_A": 1640487689.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640486655.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 75, "human_ref_A": "\u201cThey let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever Spartan I wanted. I watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. Like the others you were strong and swift and brave, a natural leader, but you had something they didn\u2019t. Something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Luck.\u201d Cortana", "human_ref_B": "Some tie in sources have suggested that good ol' John has an **ungodly amount of luck** which allows him to overcome every adversity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1034.0, "score_ratio": 1.4266666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "romugu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Halo Infinite] Why is it so hard to kill Master Chief? Can\u2019t the banished launch a volley of missiles to kill him or a low yield nuke?", "c_root_id_A": "hpzcdiz", "c_root_id_B": "hpzgs60", "created_at_utc_A": 1640485250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640487689.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 107, "human_ref_A": "Luck. Non-ironic, in-canon sheer luck.", "human_ref_B": "\u201cThey let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever Spartan I wanted. I watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. Like the others you were strong and swift and brave, a natural leader, but you had something they didn\u2019t. Something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Luck.\u201d Cortana", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2439.0, "score_ratio": 1.8448275862, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "romugu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Halo Infinite] Why is it so hard to kill Master Chief? Can\u2019t the banished launch a volley of missiles to kill him or a low yield nuke?", "c_root_id_A": "hpzcdiz", "c_root_id_B": "hpzexs9", "created_at_utc_A": 1640485250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640486655.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 75, "human_ref_A": "Luck. Non-ironic, in-canon sheer luck.", "human_ref_B": "Some tie in sources have suggested that good ol' John has an **ungodly amount of luck** which allows him to overcome every adversity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1405.0, "score_ratio": 1.2931034483, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3gpbn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Yu-Gi-Oh] In the world of the anime, darkness is a benevolent force while light is malevolent. So, why is the Shadow Realm an evil place?", "c_root_id_A": "gkfbbzg", "c_root_id_B": "gkf5b17", "created_at_utc_A": 1611427728.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611425974.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It goes back to mythology. Usually gods and deities of death and the underworld are benevolent and kind to their wards and while sometimes cruel rarely without cause. Gods of life and more heavenly positions are typically vindictive and cruel to those under them. Thet demand fealty and obedience of those that worship them and the gods of the dead usually grant peace and rest to those sent to them. The shadow realm itself is a sort of hell created by evil rather than being a place created by darkness. It feeds on the living and wants to consume everything. It's sort of the middle ground between the light and darkness of the universe and the opposite of the mortal realm.", "human_ref_B": "Light is malevolent? Where?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1754.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3gpbn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Yu-Gi-Oh] In the world of the anime, darkness is a benevolent force while light is malevolent. So, why is the Shadow Realm an evil place?", "c_root_id_A": "gkfi3x5", "c_root_id_B": "gkf5b17", "created_at_utc_A": 1611429917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611425974.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Shadows imply created by the light. So it's the evil counterpoint to the light of destruction.", "human_ref_B": "Light is malevolent? Where?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3943.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63gf7z", "c_root_id_B": "d63gtaj", "created_at_utc_A": 1470281214.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470281876.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 87, "human_ref_A": "It's purely supernatural. Otherwise, any Mentat could do it.", "human_ref_B": "You don't need to be a Mentat to access the precognitive powers the Spice confers. The Guild Navigators use it to determine how to safely fold space, for example. Paul is just very, very good at it, due to his unique blend of genetics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 662.0, "score_ratio": 21.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63gtaj", "c_root_id_B": "d63fpsf", "created_at_utc_A": 1470281876.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470280037.0, "score_A": 87, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "You don't need to be a Mentat to access the precognitive powers the Spice confers. The Guild Navigators use it to determine how to safely fold space, for example. Paul is just very, very good at it, due to his unique blend of genetics.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1839.0, "score_ratio": -43.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63gf7z", "c_root_id_B": "d63lq1f", "created_at_utc_A": 1470281214.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470291906.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It's purely supernatural. Otherwise, any Mentat could do it.", "human_ref_B": "His benegeserit training, provided him truthsense, which allows clear and honest insights and the ability not to be misled by falsehoods. He understood people deeply and in a fashion only a small group of people on the universe can become familiar. It also offered understanding and extremely fine control and command of himself. His mentant training, provided the computational ability to see and understand how those people would react based on his intimate knowledge of them. The water of life provided him with ancestral knowledge. He could see almost infinitely into his past lineage and gained the immense amount of knowledge and understanding that provides. Not limited to, but certainly including a large database regarding humans emotions, motivations, and reasons for actions. To understand the future one only needs to look at the past and present, then tract the trajectory of an objects path. Take all of that and put it on steroids via the spice. And you get a commendable level of prescience.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10692.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63h11c", "c_root_id_B": "d63lq1f", "created_at_utc_A": 1470282249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470291906.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It's Mentat power on steroids. Super-prediction based on behavior and genetic self-awareness.", "human_ref_B": "His benegeserit training, provided him truthsense, which allows clear and honest insights and the ability not to be misled by falsehoods. He understood people deeply and in a fashion only a small group of people on the universe can become familiar. It also offered understanding and extremely fine control and command of himself. His mentant training, provided the computational ability to see and understand how those people would react based on his intimate knowledge of them. The water of life provided him with ancestral knowledge. He could see almost infinitely into his past lineage and gained the immense amount of knowledge and understanding that provides. Not limited to, but certainly including a large database regarding humans emotions, motivations, and reasons for actions. To understand the future one only needs to look at the past and present, then tract the trajectory of an objects path. Take all of that and put it on steroids via the spice. And you get a commendable level of prescience.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9657.0, "score_ratio": 16000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63fpsf", "c_root_id_B": "d63lq1f", "created_at_utc_A": 1470280037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470291906.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "His benegeserit training, provided him truthsense, which allows clear and honest insights and the ability not to be misled by falsehoods. He understood people deeply and in a fashion only a small group of people on the universe can become familiar. It also offered understanding and extremely fine control and command of himself. His mentant training, provided the computational ability to see and understand how those people would react based on his intimate knowledge of them. The water of life provided him with ancestral knowledge. He could see almost infinitely into his past lineage and gained the immense amount of knowledge and understanding that provides. Not limited to, but certainly including a large database regarding humans emotions, motivations, and reasons for actions. To understand the future one only needs to look at the past and present, then tract the trajectory of an objects path. Take all of that and put it on steroids via the spice. And you get a commendable level of prescience.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11869.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63olpw", "c_root_id_B": "d63gf7z", "created_at_utc_A": 1470300064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470281214.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It's a bit of a blend of things. First off it is the precognition granted by the spice itself. Similar to what Guild Navigators have. Secondly, he is the Kwisatz Haderach, as part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program. This means that he can see ALL potential futures. Finally, he is a Mentat. Which allows him to analyze and sort through the potential futures and determine the most likely ones for a given action. It is all these things combined within him as a gestalt that made Paul Atreides into what he became.", "human_ref_B": "It's purely supernatural. Otherwise, any Mentat could do it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18850.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63nf25", "c_root_id_B": "d63olpw", "created_at_utc_A": 1470296430.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470300064.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "My understanding which could be flawed is that it was a blend of the mentat training with the latent genes and skills of the benegesserit. His mentat mind is computing the vast set of probabilities from a magnificent set of data. Some latent power of spice helps this. Ofc It get a bit murky how Siona works.", "human_ref_B": "It's a bit of a blend of things. First off it is the precognition granted by the spice itself. Similar to what Guild Navigators have. Secondly, he is the Kwisatz Haderach, as part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program. This means that he can see ALL potential futures. Finally, he is a Mentat. Which allows him to analyze and sort through the potential futures and determine the most likely ones for a given action. It is all these things combined within him as a gestalt that made Paul Atreides into what he became.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3634.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63h11c", "c_root_id_B": "d63olpw", "created_at_utc_A": 1470282249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470300064.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It's Mentat power on steroids. Super-prediction based on behavior and genetic self-awareness.", "human_ref_B": "It's a bit of a blend of things. First off it is the precognition granted by the spice itself. Similar to what Guild Navigators have. Secondly, he is the Kwisatz Haderach, as part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program. This means that he can see ALL potential futures. Finally, he is a Mentat. Which allows him to analyze and sort through the potential futures and determine the most likely ones for a given action. It is all these things combined within him as a gestalt that made Paul Atreides into what he became.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17815.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63olpw", "c_root_id_B": "d63fpsf", "created_at_utc_A": 1470300064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470280037.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "It's a bit of a blend of things. First off it is the precognition granted by the spice itself. Similar to what Guild Navigators have. Secondly, he is the Kwisatz Haderach, as part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program. This means that he can see ALL potential futures. Finally, he is a Mentat. Which allows him to analyze and sort through the potential futures and determine the most likely ones for a given action. It is all these things combined within him as a gestalt that made Paul Atreides into what he became.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20027.0, "score_ratio": -3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63gf7z", "c_root_id_B": "d63fpsf", "created_at_utc_A": 1470281214.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470280037.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "It's purely supernatural. Otherwise, any Mentat could do it.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1177.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63h11c", "c_root_id_B": "d63nf25", "created_at_utc_A": 1470282249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470296430.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's Mentat power on steroids. Super-prediction based on behavior and genetic self-awareness.", "human_ref_B": "My understanding which could be flawed is that it was a blend of the mentat training with the latent genes and skills of the benegesserit. His mentat mind is computing the vast set of probabilities from a magnificent set of data. Some latent power of spice helps this. Ofc It get a bit murky how Siona works.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14181.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63nf25", "c_root_id_B": "d63fpsf", "created_at_utc_A": 1470296430.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470280037.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "My understanding which could be flawed is that it was a blend of the mentat training with the latent genes and skills of the benegesserit. His mentat mind is computing the vast set of probabilities from a magnificent set of data. Some latent power of spice helps this. Ofc It get a bit murky how Siona works.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16393.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63ypug", "c_root_id_B": "d63h11c", "created_at_utc_A": 1470322139.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470282249.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "His intake of the spice increases his foresight. My assumption in this is that he is able to provide quantum calculations in his minds. And through these calculations he is able to \"predict\" the future.", "human_ref_B": "It's Mentat power on steroids. Super-prediction based on behavior and genetic self-awareness.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 39890.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63fpsf", "c_root_id_B": "d63ypug", "created_at_utc_A": 1470280037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470322139.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "His intake of the spice increases his foresight. My assumption in this is that he is able to provide quantum calculations in his minds. And through these calculations he is able to \"predict\" the future.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42102.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w2h79", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dune] How does Paul's foresight work? Is it purely supernatural, or does his Mentat mind run a kind of game theory simulation of how all the major characters in the galaxy will behave?", "c_root_id_A": "d63h11c", "c_root_id_B": "d63fpsf", "created_at_utc_A": 1470282249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470280037.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "It's Mentat power on steroids. Super-prediction based on behavior and genetic self-awareness.", "human_ref_B": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2212.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a2ze6f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why weren't the shenanigans against the Dursley's considered to be breaches of the secrecy laws concerning revealing magic to muggles? Like having thousands of letters shoot out of the fireplace or giving the uncle a pig's tail?", "c_root_id_A": "eb27b70", "c_root_id_B": "eb27u7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1543919435.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1543920427.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "Well they already knew about magic", "human_ref_B": "Because they already knew Harry was a wizard and that magic exists. He was to attend Hogwarts for his magical education and needed his acceptance letter in order to confirm his attendance. As for the pig tail, the Ministry allowed Hagrid to use just enough magic in order to deliver Harry's letter. They probably didn't bother to keep track of the specific charms and stuff.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 992.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64278p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do so many Jedi turn to Sith masters when they know that, by definition, it will only lead to misery and death? The Sith practice a brutal system where the master *must* be killed by the apprentice or the apprentice will be killed by their master or someone else, all for the greater goal of creating an individual who will have more power than their master to pass to their apprentice. The Sith doctrine emphasizes passion for power, most notably wrath, hate, depression, and overall misery. Why would anyone other than those desperate for power (Such as Anakin trying to save Padme or Darth Nihilus trying to be immortal) choose to follow Sith Teachings? If a Jedi was stifling under the Jedi Order, why would they join the Sith when they could just use their powers to be an awesome bouncer on Nar Shadaa and party every night, or a similar rebellious action to takeout their frustrations with the order?", "c_root_id_A": "dfyvsrv", "c_root_id_B": "dfyxx20", "created_at_utc_A": 1491592974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491595360.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I'll respond with a quote from a very different space opera: >'You say you stand for reason and the advancement of understanding, but here you are destroying a repository of knowledge!' The Emperor looked down at him and said, 'Some things are best left forgotten.' 'Then I hope you have foreseen the consequences of a world bereft of religion.' 'I have,' replied the Emperor. 'It is my dream. An Imperium of Man that exists without recourse to gods and the supernatural. A united galaxy with Terra at its heart.' 'A united galaxy?' said Uriah, averting his gaze from his blazing church as he finally grasped the scale of the Emperor's ambition. 'Indeed. Now that Unity has been achieved on Terra, it is time to reclaim humanity's lost empire among the stars.' 'With you at its head, I presume?' said Uriah. 'Of course. Nothing of such grand scale can be achieved without a singular vision at its heart, least of all the reconquest of the galaxy.' 'You are a madman,' said Uriah. 'And you are arrogant if you believe you can subjugate the stars with warriors such as these. They are powerful to be sure, but even they are not capable of such a thing.' 'You are right,' agreed the Emperor. 'I will not conquer the galaxy with these men, for they are but men. These are the precursors to the warriors I am forging in my gene-labs, warriors with the strength and power and vision to bestride the battlefields of the stars and bring them to compliance. These warriors shall be my generals and they will lead my great crusade to the furthest corners of the galaxy.' > >'Didn't you just tell me of the bloody slaughters perpetrated by crusaders?' said Uriah. **'Doesn't that make you no better than the holy men you were telling me about?' 'The difference is I know I am right,' said the Emperor.** 'Spoken like a true autocrat.' The Emperor shook his head. 'You misunderstand, Uriah. I have seen the narrow survival path that is all that stands between humanity and extinction, and this is the way it must begin.'", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi Order taught its children to fall in line. The Sith valued breaking free and being the exception. The Sith doctrine emphasizes passion, but doesn't elevate depression or misery over love. It wouldn't be hard to convince a jaded Jedi that such associations with negative feelings to be propaganda. With regards to the Rule of Two, well, it was classic Sith logic to assume you were the conclusion of the cycle, with an apprentice just there as incentive to keep improving.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2386.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64278p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do so many Jedi turn to Sith masters when they know that, by definition, it will only lead to misery and death? The Sith practice a brutal system where the master *must* be killed by the apprentice or the apprentice will be killed by their master or someone else, all for the greater goal of creating an individual who will have more power than their master to pass to their apprentice. The Sith doctrine emphasizes passion for power, most notably wrath, hate, depression, and overall misery. Why would anyone other than those desperate for power (Such as Anakin trying to save Padme or Darth Nihilus trying to be immortal) choose to follow Sith Teachings? If a Jedi was stifling under the Jedi Order, why would they join the Sith when they could just use their powers to be an awesome bouncer on Nar Shadaa and party every night, or a similar rebellious action to takeout their frustrations with the order?", "c_root_id_A": "dfzh7nd", "c_root_id_B": "dfz1xbr", "created_at_utc_A": 1491622707.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491600146.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because there is only one side of the force", "human_ref_B": "There is the Sith people, Sith empire, Sith cult, Bane's Sith, and Dark Jedi are all different things. Bane's Sith are the brutal kill-their-masters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22561.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53j7fd", "c_root_id_B": "h53jd81", "created_at_utc_A": 1626220983.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626221069.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "He probably could, but he chooses not to because he doesn\u2019t want to interfere with free will. One of the themes of his character is that he\u2019s immensely powerful but he\u2019s bound by his morals and ethics.", "human_ref_B": "He absolutely could do that, but he explains on more than one occasion things like that won't work because it would take constant reinforcement. Like he could convince a guy he's a woman but the effect wouldn't be permanent, the mind would find a way to circumvent his suggestion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 86.0, "score_ratio": 2.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53jd81", "c_root_id_B": "h53gz1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1626221069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626219798.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "He absolutely could do that, but he explains on more than one occasion things like that won't work because it would take constant reinforcement. Like he could convince a guy he's a woman but the effect wouldn't be permanent, the mind would find a way to circumvent his suggestion.", "human_ref_B": "If he could, he would. Xavier doesn't seem to have a lot of compunctions about messing with personalities or memories, so I can't see any reason he wouldn't have done this other than that it wouldn't work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1271.0, "score_ratio": -14.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53j7fd", "c_root_id_B": "h53r103", "created_at_utc_A": 1626220983.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626225061.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "He probably could, but he chooses not to because he doesn\u2019t want to interfere with free will. One of the themes of his character is that he\u2019s immensely powerful but he\u2019s bound by his morals and ethics.", "human_ref_B": "He could but that kind of defeats the purpose of his goals. He could easily just *force* everyone to stop hating mutants, but is that really any different from Magneto threatening to kill every human who hates mutants? It's not \"real\". Xavier wants humanity to come to accept mutants by their own free will.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4078.0, "score_ratio": 1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53r103", "c_root_id_B": "h53kdce", "created_at_utc_A": 1626225061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626221599.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He could but that kind of defeats the purpose of his goals. He could easily just *force* everyone to stop hating mutants, but is that really any different from Magneto threatening to kill every human who hates mutants? It's not \"real\". Xavier wants humanity to come to accept mutants by their own free will.", "human_ref_B": "Yes and no. We know Xavier is more powerful then shadow king. And most likely as powerful as Cassandra nova. Both have destabilized society by fanning people\u2019s worst sides. So Xavier could dampen those worst tendencies. But likely they\u2019d fester and eventually creep up in nasty ways. Or he could increase peoples positive properties. That would most likely include mutual understanding and lessen things like racism or anti mutant feelings. But as with the shadow king.. aa soon as the effect is gone people would soon return to normal. Power aside, xavier thinks it\u2019s morally wrong to force people to think a certain way. That\u2019s more magnetos thing. (Depending on the season and the alignment of planets and whatnot). Xavier and the x men believe in freedom and allowing people their own mistakes and ideas. Even if they\u2019re racist. They\u2019d love to show you a better way and if you\u2019re open to it they will. But they won\u2019t force you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3462.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53gz1j", "c_root_id_B": "h53r103", "created_at_utc_A": 1626219798.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626225061.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "If he could, he would. Xavier doesn't seem to have a lot of compunctions about messing with personalities or memories, so I can't see any reason he wouldn't have done this other than that it wouldn't work.", "human_ref_B": "He could but that kind of defeats the purpose of his goals. He could easily just *force* everyone to stop hating mutants, but is that really any different from Magneto threatening to kill every human who hates mutants? It's not \"real\". Xavier wants humanity to come to accept mutants by their own free will.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5263.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53j7fd", "c_root_id_B": "h53gz1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1626220983.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626219798.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "He probably could, but he chooses not to because he doesn\u2019t want to interfere with free will. One of the themes of his character is that he\u2019s immensely powerful but he\u2019s bound by his morals and ethics.", "human_ref_B": "If he could, he would. Xavier doesn't seem to have a lot of compunctions about messing with personalities or memories, so I can't see any reason he wouldn't have done this other than that it wouldn't work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1185.0, "score_ratio": -5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53kdce", "c_root_id_B": "h54li4j", "created_at_utc_A": 1626221599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626244270.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yes and no. We know Xavier is more powerful then shadow king. And most likely as powerful as Cassandra nova. Both have destabilized society by fanning people\u2019s worst sides. So Xavier could dampen those worst tendencies. But likely they\u2019d fester and eventually creep up in nasty ways. Or he could increase peoples positive properties. That would most likely include mutual understanding and lessen things like racism or anti mutant feelings. But as with the shadow king.. aa soon as the effect is gone people would soon return to normal. Power aside, xavier thinks it\u2019s morally wrong to force people to think a certain way. That\u2019s more magnetos thing. (Depending on the season and the alignment of planets and whatnot). Xavier and the x men believe in freedom and allowing people their own mistakes and ideas. Even if they\u2019re racist. They\u2019d love to show you a better way and if you\u2019re open to it they will. But they won\u2019t force you.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, but like others have said it would take constant reinforcement and would like drive the really bigoted ones insane.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22671.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h54li4j", "c_root_id_B": "h53gz1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1626244270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626219798.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Yes, but like others have said it would take constant reinforcement and would like drive the really bigoted ones insane.", "human_ref_B": "If he could, he would. Xavier doesn't seem to have a lot of compunctions about messing with personalities or memories, so I can't see any reason he wouldn't have done this other than that it wouldn't work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24472.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h55s09m", "c_root_id_B": "h55ylv8", "created_at_utc_A": 1626274455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626277379.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Probably for a little bit but ultimately it'd be noticed and then blow up in the mutant's faces. Especially it he did it with a large amount of people all at once.", "human_ref_B": "What makes you think that he hasn't done it already? Maybe Anti-Mutant sentiment is naturally a lot worse than it currently appears... On a more realistic note - it wouldn't be 100% effective: There are a number of individuals that have defences against this, whether they be be magical (Dr Strange, Juggernaut,) training (Moondragon) non-mutant \"mutations\" (Psynapse, Franklin Richards) etc. I believe there may even be some who have developed technological defences (although he's a mutant, Magneto's helmet was designed to block Xavier's mind control - and it's conceivable that the likes of Reed Richards and Tony Stark could create similar. Then you have robots/androids on whom it wouldn't work (Vision, Machine Man, Joccasta, etc.) At least some of these individuals would raise the alarm: Generally most people don't like having their minds fucked with. Ultimately the backlash against Xavier and and by extension all other mutants (He's considered the biggest spokesperson for Mutants, after all) would end up making the situation even worse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2924.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h55ylv8", "c_root_id_B": "h53kdce", "created_at_utc_A": 1626277379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626221599.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "What makes you think that he hasn't done it already? Maybe Anti-Mutant sentiment is naturally a lot worse than it currently appears... On a more realistic note - it wouldn't be 100% effective: There are a number of individuals that have defences against this, whether they be be magical (Dr Strange, Juggernaut,) training (Moondragon) non-mutant \"mutations\" (Psynapse, Franklin Richards) etc. I believe there may even be some who have developed technological defences (although he's a mutant, Magneto's helmet was designed to block Xavier's mind control - and it's conceivable that the likes of Reed Richards and Tony Stark could create similar. Then you have robots/androids on whom it wouldn't work (Vision, Machine Man, Joccasta, etc.) At least some of these individuals would raise the alarm: Generally most people don't like having their minds fucked with. Ultimately the backlash against Xavier and and by extension all other mutants (He's considered the biggest spokesperson for Mutants, after all) would end up making the situation even worse.", "human_ref_B": "Yes and no. We know Xavier is more powerful then shadow king. And most likely as powerful as Cassandra nova. Both have destabilized society by fanning people\u2019s worst sides. So Xavier could dampen those worst tendencies. But likely they\u2019d fester and eventually creep up in nasty ways. Or he could increase peoples positive properties. That would most likely include mutual understanding and lessen things like racism or anti mutant feelings. But as with the shadow king.. aa soon as the effect is gone people would soon return to normal. Power aside, xavier thinks it\u2019s morally wrong to force people to think a certain way. That\u2019s more magnetos thing. (Depending on the season and the alignment of planets and whatnot). Xavier and the x men believe in freedom and allowing people their own mistakes and ideas. Even if they\u2019re racist. They\u2019d love to show you a better way and if you\u2019re open to it they will. But they won\u2019t force you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 55780.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h55ylv8", "c_root_id_B": "h53gz1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1626277379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626219798.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "What makes you think that he hasn't done it already? Maybe Anti-Mutant sentiment is naturally a lot worse than it currently appears... On a more realistic note - it wouldn't be 100% effective: There are a number of individuals that have defences against this, whether they be be magical (Dr Strange, Juggernaut,) training (Moondragon) non-mutant \"mutations\" (Psynapse, Franklin Richards) etc. I believe there may even be some who have developed technological defences (although he's a mutant, Magneto's helmet was designed to block Xavier's mind control - and it's conceivable that the likes of Reed Richards and Tony Stark could create similar. Then you have robots/androids on whom it wouldn't work (Vision, Machine Man, Joccasta, etc.) At least some of these individuals would raise the alarm: Generally most people don't like having their minds fucked with. Ultimately the backlash against Xavier and and by extension all other mutants (He's considered the biggest spokesperson for Mutants, after all) would end up making the situation even worse.", "human_ref_B": "If he could, he would. Xavier doesn't seem to have a lot of compunctions about messing with personalities or memories, so I can't see any reason he wouldn't have done this other than that it wouldn't work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57581.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53kdce", "c_root_id_B": "h55s09m", "created_at_utc_A": 1626221599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626274455.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes and no. We know Xavier is more powerful then shadow king. And most likely as powerful as Cassandra nova. Both have destabilized society by fanning people\u2019s worst sides. So Xavier could dampen those worst tendencies. But likely they\u2019d fester and eventually creep up in nasty ways. Or he could increase peoples positive properties. That would most likely include mutual understanding and lessen things like racism or anti mutant feelings. But as with the shadow king.. aa soon as the effect is gone people would soon return to normal. Power aside, xavier thinks it\u2019s morally wrong to force people to think a certain way. That\u2019s more magnetos thing. (Depending on the season and the alignment of planets and whatnot). Xavier and the x men believe in freedom and allowing people their own mistakes and ideas. Even if they\u2019re racist. They\u2019d love to show you a better way and if you\u2019re open to it they will. But they won\u2019t force you.", "human_ref_B": "Probably for a little bit but ultimately it'd be noticed and then blow up in the mutant's faces. Especially it he did it with a large amount of people all at once.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52856.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53gz1j", "c_root_id_B": "h55s09m", "created_at_utc_A": 1626219798.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626274455.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If he could, he would. Xavier doesn't seem to have a lot of compunctions about messing with personalities or memories, so I can't see any reason he wouldn't have done this other than that it wouldn't work.", "human_ref_B": "Probably for a little bit but ultimately it'd be noticed and then blow up in the mutant's faces. Especially it he did it with a large amount of people all at once.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 54657.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h53gz1j", "c_root_id_B": "h53kdce", "created_at_utc_A": 1626219798.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626221599.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If he could, he would. Xavier doesn't seem to have a lot of compunctions about messing with personalities or memories, so I can't see any reason he wouldn't have done this other than that it wouldn't work.", "human_ref_B": "Yes and no. We know Xavier is more powerful then shadow king. And most likely as powerful as Cassandra nova. Both have destabilized society by fanning people\u2019s worst sides. So Xavier could dampen those worst tendencies. But likely they\u2019d fester and eventually creep up in nasty ways. Or he could increase peoples positive properties. That would most likely include mutual understanding and lessen things like racism or anti mutant feelings. But as with the shadow king.. aa soon as the effect is gone people would soon return to normal. Power aside, xavier thinks it\u2019s morally wrong to force people to think a certain way. That\u2019s more magnetos thing. (Depending on the season and the alignment of planets and whatnot). Xavier and the x men believe in freedom and allowing people their own mistakes and ideas. Even if they\u2019re racist. They\u2019d love to show you a better way and if you\u2019re open to it they will. But they won\u2019t force you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1801.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ojrvzw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] Could Charles Xavier use his powers to make humans stop hating mutants? Charles Xavier has the power to manipulate and control the minds and thoughts of any living being, and with or without Cerebro(depending on the continuity) he could access every single mind on the planet. This got me thinking, could Charles theoretically use this to erase anti-mutant thoughts and feelings from human minds? That way, it would ensure that anti-mutant systems and programs would be discontinued and mutants would have any right, freedom, and privilege as anybody. Plus, by erasing these thoughts and memories, nobody would ever again know any different, so those sentiments couldn't come back. Just a thought.", "c_root_id_A": "h56fcqp", "c_root_id_B": "h53gz1j", "created_at_utc_A": 1626284634.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626219798.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Sure, for about a minute until his strength ran out.", "human_ref_B": "If he could, he would. Xavier doesn't seem to have a lot of compunctions about messing with personalities or memories, so I can't see any reason he wouldn't have done this other than that it wouldn't work.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 64836.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oqqv4c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[power rangers] Why does the power grid seem to give some rangers superpowers but not others ? and why do some rangers just have superpowers regardless of being a ranger?", "c_root_id_A": "h6dcb8t", "c_root_id_B": "h6df820", "created_at_utc_A": 1627138279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627139739.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "luck of the draw , maybe those who get powers have more power grid energy", "human_ref_B": "Depends on what you mean by superpowers. While they all gain power from the same morphin grid, the way they tap into it is different, and any additional powers come from enhancments from the way they do so, be it technology or magic. On the top of my head the ranger teams with superpowers are: Ninja storm: Ninja techniques taught by the ninja academy boosted by ranger powers. Dino thunder: Comes from bonding with the Dino gems, a special alien stone that absorb powers from the dinosaurs. SPD: Parents were experimenting with the morphin grid which altered their DNA and passed on mutations to their children. Mystic force: The wands they used to cast spells are also their morphers. Operation overdrive: Dr Hartford has DNA altering technology to give people superpowers Jungle fury: Superpowered martial arts. Rpm: Dr K experimented with the morphin grid to enhance her technology to give each ranger an unique power. Samurai: Symbol magic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1460.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g9lezh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] What is the effective range of force lightning? What is the general/average effective range of force lightning? What is the furthest distance it's ever been used? I remember toward the end of Jedi Academy, the Sith lady ~~gains Cutscene Power to the Max and~~ hits someone with lightning from a much greater distance than usual, at least 50m", "c_root_id_A": "fovdreb", "c_root_id_B": "fovq9il", "created_at_utc_A": 1588099620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1588105661.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m assuming it\u2019s potentially unlimited", "human_ref_B": "The range limit of any Force ability appears to be \"within visible range.\" That includes live broadcasts, holo transmissions, and the ol' Mark I eyeball. We've only seen a Force choke happen over comms, but there's technically no reason why lightning, mind trick, or any other ability wouldn't work at those distances. Force abilities just require willpower and concentration.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6041.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7n82n6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek]it's 2147 and you're a 24 yr old with an associate degree in engineering, your goal in life is to see as many planets as possible. Are you better off applying to star fleet and hoping you eventually end up on an NX ship, or are your chances better if you just sign onto a freighter crew?", "c_root_id_A": "drzss7p", "c_root_id_B": "drzsss7", "created_at_utc_A": 1514724345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514724386.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 229, "human_ref_A": "The NX program has their pick of planetary applicant's and that rules out anyone with a such a minor degree unless they are some kind of prodigy. Even today kids are getting out of high school with associates degrees at 17-18yo.", "human_ref_B": "At that time-prior to the Romulan War-United Earth Starfleet (UES) was still relatively small compared to its potential allies (Vulcans and Andorians). However, because it was small, most of its development was in line ships, rather than support ships. The merchant fleet was far larger (though not nearly the size of the same Tellarite industry), but the \u201cboomer\u201d fleet was far slower than most of the UES\u2019 line ships (including the NX \u201cEnterprise\u201d class). It could take many months and even years between ports of call, and if you served on a corporate ship, you probably found yourself on a pendulum or triangle route, limiting the scope of planets you\u2019d be exposed to within say a 10 year period. I\u2019d say your best shot is Starfleet. Your drive to see new destinations mirrors that of the fleet. Even if you start off on a NV \u201cTriton/Intrepid\u201d class ship (limited in range), with stalwart career management, you should end up on one of the handful NX explorers by your 2nd or 3rd tour, with the leadership experience to be on landing parties.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41.0, "score_ratio": 22.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7n82n6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek]it's 2147 and you're a 24 yr old with an associate degree in engineering, your goal in life is to see as many planets as possible. Are you better off applying to star fleet and hoping you eventually end up on an NX ship, or are your chances better if you just sign onto a freighter crew?", "c_root_id_A": "drzss7p", "c_root_id_B": "drzved0", "created_at_utc_A": 1514724345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514729915.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The NX program has their pick of planetary applicant's and that rules out anyone with a such a minor degree unless they are some kind of prodigy. Even today kids are getting out of high school with associates degrees at 17-18yo.", "human_ref_B": "Freighters usually only go between one or two places and takes a long time. So if you want to take months to get to another planet, then months back to Earth. Go for it. Depends on your contracts you might only have hours or days before turning around. NX is a one in a million chance. If you want the most aliens for least effort, maybe relocation to a commerce hub like Rigel would be the best.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5570.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7n82n6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek]it's 2147 and you're a 24 yr old with an associate degree in engineering, your goal in life is to see as many planets as possible. Are you better off applying to star fleet and hoping you eventually end up on an NX ship, or are your chances better if you just sign onto a freighter crew?", "c_root_id_A": "drzss7p", "c_root_id_B": "ds00awm", "created_at_utc_A": 1514724345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514737522.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The NX program has their pick of planetary applicant's and that rules out anyone with a such a minor degree unless they are some kind of prodigy. Even today kids are getting out of high school with associates degrees at 17-18yo.", "human_ref_B": "You would be best off getting to a better developed alien planet, maybe Tellar Prime or Vulcan, and trying to sign up as a crewmen on one of the ships run by a biologically compatible species who trades there. Starfleet doesn't send *most* of the crew down for any given away mission, at best you're like to see one or two planets. The human Merchant Fleet hops between industrialized, inhabited worlds on a slow trade route, it takes too much time and there's too much risk to do otherwise for human's slow cargo ships. If you want to see a lot, do it with aliens. Maybe a Vulcan, Andorian or Tellerite ship would let you ship with 'em. Keep in mind, you're a novelty.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13177.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7n82n6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek]it's 2147 and you're a 24 yr old with an associate degree in engineering, your goal in life is to see as many planets as possible. Are you better off applying to star fleet and hoping you eventually end up on an NX ship, or are your chances better if you just sign onto a freighter crew?", "c_root_id_A": "ds026kx", "c_root_id_B": "drzss7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1514739994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514724345.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "If Futurama had taught me anything, it's that working for a delivery company is the best way to see the universe, especially if it's run by a mad scientist!", "human_ref_B": "The NX program has their pick of planetary applicant's and that rules out anyone with a such a minor degree unless they are some kind of prodigy. Even today kids are getting out of high school with associates degrees at 17-18yo.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15649.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7n82n6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek]it's 2147 and you're a 24 yr old with an associate degree in engineering, your goal in life is to see as many planets as possible. Are you better off applying to star fleet and hoping you eventually end up on an NX ship, or are your chances better if you just sign onto a freighter crew?", "c_root_id_A": "ds03aie", "c_root_id_B": "ds0hkyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1514741400.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514758169.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Starfleet. worst case is you get assigned to an Intredpid-Class which is warp 2. still as fast or faster than most \"Boomer\" ships which usually do an assigned route anyway. usually between 2-3 systems and 5-7 planets.", "human_ref_B": "Aren't the Ferengi already around? As they are rather unpopular, they might like a middle-man. You get to travel a lot in that position, and after a while you have the money to buy your own little space ship with oversized engines...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16769.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7n82n6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek]it's 2147 and you're a 24 yr old with an associate degree in engineering, your goal in life is to see as many planets as possible. Are you better off applying to star fleet and hoping you eventually end up on an NX ship, or are your chances better if you just sign onto a freighter crew?", "c_root_id_A": "ds0hkyz", "c_root_id_B": "ds09uv1", "created_at_utc_A": 1514758169.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514749015.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Aren't the Ferengi already around? As they are rather unpopular, they might like a middle-man. You get to travel a lot in that position, and after a while you have the money to buy your own little space ship with oversized engines...", "human_ref_B": "Personally I'd say to wait to be assigned to a Starfleet vessel. I heard those things will be capable of warp 5 soon. The freighters are still using the old warp 2 engines so they still take years on journeys in between planets. Apply to Starfleet and wait for them to accept your offer. Because of your education background they might assign you to the engine room though. You're gonna wanna try to work your way up to the bridge crew. They usually get assigned to away teams.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9154.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4ysnk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Tomb Raider III] How the hell did Lara receive no repercussions from the US Government after what she pulled of in Nevada? I mean, after her failed Evil Knievel stunt and subsequent capture, she breaks out of her cell, rallies other prisoners into staging a riot and in doing so killing soldiers on US soil, launching a rocket/missile with no regards to the consequences just so she can reach Element 115 in the core of Area 51, which is housed inside a freaking UFO! How the hell did the renowned adventurer Lara Croft escape Area 51! let alone the United States before the likes of the CIA and the FBI locked her down and made her an unperson!?", "c_root_id_A": "g0llh8f", "c_root_id_B": "g0ltb96", "created_at_utc_A": 1596743731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596747393.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "What you\u2019re forgetting is that Lara Croft is a terrifying force of nature who has taken down Atlanteans, aliens, a dinosaur, the mafia, GODS, wields Excalibur and has a well known public profile and a ludicrous amount of money to boot. I\u2019m not sure that the US Government can *afford* to keep her locked for any period of time. They\u2019re probably lucky she didn\u2019t end them there and then!", "human_ref_B": "Fleeing the US was fairly easy since she has access to a private jet, even the federal government can't lock down every private airfield in the country. Completely evading justice was not much more difficult. The US petitioned the UK for her extradition but was unwilling to make top secret information a matter of public UK court proceedings. The judge, hearing Croft was accused of stealing something that doesn't exist, enlisting the help of prisoners who don't exist, and killing soldiers who were officially never at the Nevada test range, refused the extradition request.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3662.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "30shwz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Venture Bros] Why did the OSI think the Guild was gone in the late 80s? They had such a public presence in the field of costumed aggression. Why did that not used to be the case?", "c_root_id_A": "cpveya2", "c_root_id_B": "cpveqie", "created_at_utc_A": 1427715122.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427714250.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because they killed most of them and the rest went over to Sphinx or one of the low budget operators. The sovereign and a few others like his were able to keep it going underground until they came back a few decades later.", "human_ref_B": "Sphinx became the more public face of villainy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 872.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68f4xm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Sci-Fi] How are there aliens that look exactly like humans in other galaxies, apart from their skin color? Also, how did they evolve to have blue/green/purple skin? I understand that on Earth people tend to have darker brown skin if they're from a sunnier part of the planet, but what would possibly make them evolve to have green skin?", "c_root_id_A": "dgxy6ah", "c_root_id_B": "dgxykhm", "created_at_utc_A": 1493554059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493555011.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "camofaluge mostly, say in a vlocanic area red would be advantegous and in a forest green is pretty good camo, same with blue for ocean based races, why they look mostly like humans has often to do with a humanoid progenitor race.", "human_ref_B": ">How are there aliens that look exactly like humans in other galaxies Barring handwaves such as a common ancestor (near-humans of *Star Wars*) or essentially-magical common influence (*Doctor Who*), it is generally asserted that bilaterally symmetric quadruped bipedality is highly evolutionarily advantageous, at least in a mostly-similar environment (therefore capable of walking in the same corridors as human charecters), resulting in convergent evolution, similar to how the eye emerged independently evolved in multiple lineages on Earth. >Also, how did they evolve to have blue/green/purple skin? Because it was evolutionary advantageous to have whatever skin pigment they have, with additional caveats for whatever biochemistry they have. Why plants are green? Chlorophyll is hardly the only option; it may be possible to have bright white titanium oxide pigments, or biological solar panels composed of germanium. And an alien with coboglobin would blush blue because the oxygen carrier in the blood is blue and not red, and their traffic lights would probably reflect association of spilled blood and violence with a wholly different color.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 952.0, "score_ratio": 51.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68f4xm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Sci-Fi] How are there aliens that look exactly like humans in other galaxies, apart from their skin color? Also, how did they evolve to have blue/green/purple skin? I understand that on Earth people tend to have darker brown skin if they're from a sunnier part of the planet, but what would possibly make them evolve to have green skin?", "c_root_id_A": "dgxz2va", "c_root_id_B": "dgy1t6t", "created_at_utc_A": 1493556186.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493561402.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Aliens. Protean ones. Engineering life, seeding metahumanity across the stars.", "human_ref_B": "> but what would possibly make them evolve to have green skin? Chlorophyll-infused skin might be a significant advantage in an area where nutrition is hard to come by.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5216.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68f4xm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Sci-Fi] How are there aliens that look exactly like humans in other galaxies, apart from their skin color? Also, how did they evolve to have blue/green/purple skin? I understand that on Earth people tend to have darker brown skin if they're from a sunnier part of the planet, but what would possibly make them evolve to have green skin?", "c_root_id_A": "dgxy6ah", "c_root_id_B": "dgy1t6t", "created_at_utc_A": 1493554059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493561402.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "camofaluge mostly, say in a vlocanic area red would be advantegous and in a forest green is pretty good camo, same with blue for ocean based races, why they look mostly like humans has often to do with a humanoid progenitor race.", "human_ref_B": "> but what would possibly make them evolve to have green skin? Chlorophyll-infused skin might be a significant advantage in an area where nutrition is hard to come by.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7343.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68f4xm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Sci-Fi] How are there aliens that look exactly like humans in other galaxies, apart from their skin color? Also, how did they evolve to have blue/green/purple skin? I understand that on Earth people tend to have darker brown skin if they're from a sunnier part of the planet, but what would possibly make them evolve to have green skin?", "c_root_id_A": "dgyc2bf", "c_root_id_B": "dgxz2va", "created_at_utc_A": 1493575865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493556186.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Several mechanisms already mentioned, but it is a largely ignored question. While it is seldom used due to its mystical nature, there is always the D&D explanation that he gods made them that way. C.S Lewis had a Sci Fi series where they met strange looking aliens on Mars, which was much older than earth. Then they went to Venus, which was much younger. And were surprised that the Adam and Eve of that planet looked perfectly human. They said that since god incarnated as Jesus Christs and became Human, he decided that was the only form he would be creating from then on.", "human_ref_B": "Aliens. Protean ones. Engineering life, seeding metahumanity across the stars.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19679.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68f4xm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Sci-Fi] How are there aliens that look exactly like humans in other galaxies, apart from their skin color? Also, how did they evolve to have blue/green/purple skin? I understand that on Earth people tend to have darker brown skin if they're from a sunnier part of the planet, but what would possibly make them evolve to have green skin?", "c_root_id_A": "dgyc2bf", "c_root_id_B": "dgxy6ah", "created_at_utc_A": 1493575865.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493554059.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Several mechanisms already mentioned, but it is a largely ignored question. While it is seldom used due to its mystical nature, there is always the D&D explanation that he gods made them that way. C.S Lewis had a Sci Fi series where they met strange looking aliens on Mars, which was much older than earth. Then they went to Venus, which was much younger. And were surprised that the Adam and Eve of that planet looked perfectly human. They said that since god incarnated as Jesus Christs and became Human, he decided that was the only form he would be creating from then on.", "human_ref_B": "camofaluge mostly, say in a vlocanic area red would be advantegous and in a forest green is pretty good camo, same with blue for ocean based races, why they look mostly like humans has often to do with a humanoid progenitor race.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21806.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "68f4xm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Sci-Fi] How are there aliens that look exactly like humans in other galaxies, apart from their skin color? Also, how did they evolve to have blue/green/purple skin? I understand that on Earth people tend to have darker brown skin if they're from a sunnier part of the planet, but what would possibly make them evolve to have green skin?", "c_root_id_A": "dgxy6ah", "c_root_id_B": "dgxz2va", "created_at_utc_A": 1493554059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493556186.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "camofaluge mostly, say in a vlocanic area red would be advantegous and in a forest green is pretty good camo, same with blue for ocean based races, why they look mostly like humans has often to do with a humanoid progenitor race.", "human_ref_B": "Aliens. Protean ones. Engineering life, seeding metahumanity across the stars.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2127.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsvpg6x", "c_root_id_B": "dsverxo", "created_at_utc_A": 1516301693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516291488.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I was never under the impression that the Basilisk came out of the pipes. It came out of the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets when Voldemort used Ginny to open it. It moved through the pipes but I didn't think it came out of them. I suppose if Ginny needed it to come out of a pipe though that she would just use a spell to make a hole then repair it after the Basilisk went back in the pipe.", "human_ref_B": "It didn\u2019t eat anyone because it wasn\u2019t told to eat anyone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10205.0, "score_ratio": 1.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsvpg6x", "c_root_id_B": "dsvgfmj", "created_at_utc_A": 1516301693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516293122.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I was never under the impression that the Basilisk came out of the pipes. It came out of the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets when Voldemort used Ginny to open it. It moved through the pipes but I didn't think it came out of them. I suppose if Ginny needed it to come out of a pipe though that she would just use a spell to make a hole then repair it after the Basilisk went back in the pipe.", "human_ref_B": "Magic!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8571.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsw5nmz", "c_root_id_B": "dsvgfmj", "created_at_utc_A": 1516317551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516293122.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Tom Riddle must have ordered it not to eat people, as maybe he thought it would spread terror better, and it also would reduce how much the situation was investigated. He knows from when he was in school that murders were taken much more seriously than attempted murders.", "human_ref_B": "Magic!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24429.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsw5nmz", "c_root_id_B": "dsw0amm", "created_at_utc_A": 1516317551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516312106.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Tom Riddle must have ordered it not to eat people, as maybe he thought it would spread terror better, and it also would reduce how much the situation was investigated. He knows from when he was in school that murders were taken much more seriously than attempted murders.", "human_ref_B": "It makes sense that it would use the toilets and the drains as entry/exit points.. all pipes leads to drains..", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5445.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsw5nmz", "c_root_id_B": "dsw1lma", "created_at_utc_A": 1516317551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516313392.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Tom Riddle must have ordered it not to eat people, as maybe he thought it would spread terror better, and it also would reduce how much the situation was investigated. He knows from when he was in school that murders were taken much more seriously than attempted murders.", "human_ref_B": "I've often wondered the same and mostly just have to conclude this is something Rowling didn't think out particularly well. Something that *might* make some sense is that it actually used the channels the pipes pass through to move. Pipes need openings in walls and floors to run through and these are often fairly large so it could have passed through those. There would be access ports for them in various areas though I would imagine they would have doors/locks which would be difficult for a snake to get through and even harder for a snake to close behind itself so as not to make it's coming and going obvious. It's also possible there were large floor drains in bathrooms which dumped directly to the cavern below the castle. The grates on those typically just sit on the hole so they could be pushed up for passage very easily. That doesn't solve the issue of getting them back on when returning to the cavern,but perhaps the Basilisk is clever and has a dexterous tail.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4159.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsvs8my", "c_root_id_B": "dsw5nmz", "created_at_utc_A": 1516304401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516317551.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It wouldnt need a huge space just something big enough to see its eye. How many 1-3 inch holes do you think you could hide in over the top Victorian architecture?", "human_ref_B": "Tom Riddle must have ordered it not to eat people, as maybe he thought it would spread terror better, and it also would reduce how much the situation was investigated. He knows from when he was in school that murders were taken much more seriously than attempted murders.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13150.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsw0amm", "c_root_id_B": "dsvs8my", "created_at_utc_A": 1516312106.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516304401.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It makes sense that it would use the toilets and the drains as entry/exit points.. all pipes leads to drains..", "human_ref_B": "It wouldnt need a huge space just something big enough to see its eye. How many 1-3 inch holes do you think you could hide in over the top Victorian architecture?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7705.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsw1lma", "c_root_id_B": "dsvs8my", "created_at_utc_A": 1516313392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516304401.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I've often wondered the same and mostly just have to conclude this is something Rowling didn't think out particularly well. Something that *might* make some sense is that it actually used the channels the pipes pass through to move. Pipes need openings in walls and floors to run through and these are often fairly large so it could have passed through those. There would be access ports for them in various areas though I would imagine they would have doors/locks which would be difficult for a snake to get through and even harder for a snake to close behind itself so as not to make it's coming and going obvious. It's also possible there were large floor drains in bathrooms which dumped directly to the cavern below the castle. The grates on those typically just sit on the hole so they could be pushed up for passage very easily. That doesn't solve the issue of getting them back on when returning to the cavern,but perhaps the Basilisk is clever and has a dexterous tail.", "human_ref_B": "It wouldnt need a huge space just something big enough to see its eye. How many 1-3 inch holes do you think you could hide in over the top Victorian architecture?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8991.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dsw9yes", "c_root_id_B": "dsvs8my", "created_at_utc_A": 1516322250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516304401.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The basilisk doesn't necessarily have to travel the entirety of the way through the pipes it really just needs to be able to use them to jump around the castle to avoid patrols, and travel in a way that apparently defies conventional wisdom. Exercising hit and run attacks that leave wounded instead of dead are textbook guerilla warfare tactics which demoralize the enemy. Doing this distracts Dumbledore, as well as hurts his image in the Wizarding community where he's one of the few people who insists Voldemort lives.", "human_ref_B": "It wouldnt need a huge space just something big enough to see its eye. How many 1-3 inch holes do you think you could hide in over the top Victorian architecture?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17849.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7r9vug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Harry Potter] How was the Basilisk actually able to come out from the pipes to petrify its victims? So the basilisk slithers about through the pipes unnoticed and then looks at people then slithers away unnoticed in the pipes. At what point does it come out of the pipes to look at people? Also, why are there Basilisk sized holes in the pipes that the snake can come out of and into the halls? And WHY doesn't the Basilisk eat anyone?", "c_root_id_A": "dswhc6i", "c_root_id_B": "dswng3k", "created_at_utc_A": 1516330785.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1516338657.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's complicated so stay with me....MAGIC.", "human_ref_B": "My theory is that Salazar Slytherin bound the basilisk to the CoS by putting a shrinking curse on it, such that the further away from the Chamber it got, the smaller it shrank. Thus, by going out into the castle, it shrank down small enough to fit through pipes and petrify people (and a cat (and a ghost)), but if it had gone much further, it would have shrunk away to nothing entirely. That's why it kept returning to the Chamber, so that it would return to its proper size.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7872.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5hhv3k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Pokemon] Why did Professor Oak, a world renowned Pokemon expert tell Ash that there were only 150 Pokemon in the world?", "c_root_id_A": "db141rb", "c_root_id_B": "db0vew4", "created_at_utc_A": 1481398305.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481385461.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The guy can barely comprehend the gender of someone in front of him or even remember his own grandson's name, it's hardly surprising he got the number wrong. Hell, he probably didn't even know about Mewtwo as the 150th Pokemon, he could've been thinking of Stunfisk at that rate.", "human_ref_B": "Because there are only 150 pokemon in the world. You're seriously gonna tell me that after I scoured the entirety of everywhere for pokemon, that there are eggs I just *missed* and I didn't ever notice the different sex organs of the 3047 Pidgeys I caught? You're a funny man, guy. Now get away from me before I respond to your sacrilege Buzz Aldrin style.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12844.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5hhv3k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Pokemon] Why did Professor Oak, a world renowned Pokemon expert tell Ash that there were only 150 Pokemon in the world?", "c_root_id_A": "db0vew4", "c_root_id_B": "db198iq", "created_at_utc_A": 1481385461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481406012.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because there are only 150 pokemon in the world. You're seriously gonna tell me that after I scoured the entirety of everywhere for pokemon, that there are eggs I just *missed* and I didn't ever notice the different sex organs of the 3047 Pidgeys I caught? You're a funny man, guy. Now get away from me before I respond to your sacrilege Buzz Aldrin style.", "human_ref_B": "If you're talking about the game, there's an easy answer: Literally every game cartridge of every Pokemon game that was ever made or will be made is a separate universe. In every single Pokemon red there are only 138 Pokemon in existence with an additional one that will be created (Mewtwo) and one that may or may not exist (Mew). How come Oak think there are 151 Pokemon when there are only 138? Because the Pokemon universes have the technology to communicate with other similar universes (i.e the Link Cable). Oak is aware of worlds where Bellsprout exist in the wild and ones where MewTwo was created before Red/Ash started his journey and has programmed it into the Pokedex. We can even theorize Oak has seen unknown worlds where Mew exist. In other universes, the technology to transfer Pokemons between the Red dimensions exist but only one way. Some are completely disconnect from it. In many MANY universes, Oak made no such statement to Red as he started his journey. Red exists in Gold, Silver, Crystal, Black and White 2 as well as Sun and Moon, and was probably informed of the vast number of Pokemon that exist there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20551.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5hhv3k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Pokemon] Why did Professor Oak, a world renowned Pokemon expert tell Ash that there were only 150 Pokemon in the world?", "c_root_id_A": "db1buq2", "c_root_id_B": "db0vew4", "created_at_utc_A": 1481409950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481385461.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "He probably didn't expect Ash to leave Kanto so he told him about the 150 in Kanto.", "human_ref_B": "Because there are only 150 pokemon in the world. You're seriously gonna tell me that after I scoured the entirety of everywhere for pokemon, that there are eggs I just *missed* and I didn't ever notice the different sex organs of the 3047 Pidgeys I caught? You're a funny man, guy. Now get away from me before I respond to your sacrilege Buzz Aldrin style.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24489.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnpqss", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The Santa Clause] What happened to Mrs. Claus? According to \"The Mrs. Clause\" found on the same card in the sequel, whomever is Santa currently must be married before Christmas Eve or else they will cease being Santa. However, there's no mention of the previous Mrs. Claus for the Santa before Scott or any other prior one. Even the elves and the council other Holiday characters seemingly forgot about her and this clause being a thing until mentioned the sequel, years after Scott initially became Santa.", "c_root_id_A": "hptwxgt", "c_root_id_B": "hptu2o1", "created_at_utc_A": 1640368394.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640367090.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There's a popular fan theory that says the previous Santa didn't actually die, but the whole thing was a ruse and he actually retired after choosing Scott Calvin as his successor. If that's the case, then presumably his wife retired with him.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the Mrs Clause was an amendment made between the Santas?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1304.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnpqss", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The Santa Clause] What happened to Mrs. Claus? According to \"The Mrs. Clause\" found on the same card in the sequel, whomever is Santa currently must be married before Christmas Eve or else they will cease being Santa. However, there's no mention of the previous Mrs. Claus for the Santa before Scott or any other prior one. Even the elves and the council other Holiday characters seemingly forgot about her and this clause being a thing until mentioned the sequel, years after Scott initially became Santa.", "c_root_id_A": "hptu2o1", "c_root_id_B": "hpu75n4", "created_at_utc_A": 1640367090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640373157.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the Mrs Clause was an amendment made between the Santas?", "human_ref_B": "The elves open a giant ice skull shaped door at the deepest level of the workshop and feed the old Mrs. Claus to a white furred version of King Kong.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6067.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnpqss", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The Santa Clause] What happened to Mrs. Claus? According to \"The Mrs. Clause\" found on the same card in the sequel, whomever is Santa currently must be married before Christmas Eve or else they will cease being Santa. However, there's no mention of the previous Mrs. Claus for the Santa before Scott or any other prior one. Even the elves and the council other Holiday characters seemingly forgot about her and this clause being a thing until mentioned the sequel, years after Scott initially became Santa.", "c_root_id_A": "hpv1vkp", "c_root_id_B": "hpusrlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1640388405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640383676.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "So Santas are usually married already. Good with kids, jolly, creative. Real catches. Previous Santa was a widower for a few hundred years and the Santas before him were married without the clause or died before it took effect. The rule was obscure enough that it was forgotten until someone went looking.", "human_ref_B": "The former Mrs. Claus received a generous inheritance and retired to a Caribbean beach or South Pacific island, far away from the cold, snow, and smell of reindeer. Either that or a massive life insurance settlement.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4729.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnpqss", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The Santa Clause] What happened to Mrs. Claus? According to \"The Mrs. Clause\" found on the same card in the sequel, whomever is Santa currently must be married before Christmas Eve or else they will cease being Santa. However, there's no mention of the previous Mrs. Claus for the Santa before Scott or any other prior one. Even the elves and the council other Holiday characters seemingly forgot about her and this clause being a thing until mentioned the sequel, years after Scott initially became Santa.", "c_root_id_A": "hptu2o1", "c_root_id_B": "hpv1vkp", "created_at_utc_A": 1640367090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640388405.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the Mrs Clause was an amendment made between the Santas?", "human_ref_B": "So Santas are usually married already. Good with kids, jolly, creative. Real catches. Previous Santa was a widower for a few hundred years and the Santas before him were married without the clause or died before it took effect. The rule was obscure enough that it was forgotten until someone went looking.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21315.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnpqss", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The Santa Clause] What happened to Mrs. Claus? According to \"The Mrs. Clause\" found on the same card in the sequel, whomever is Santa currently must be married before Christmas Eve or else they will cease being Santa. However, there's no mention of the previous Mrs. Claus for the Santa before Scott or any other prior one. Even the elves and the council other Holiday characters seemingly forgot about her and this clause being a thing until mentioned the sequel, years after Scott initially became Santa.", "c_root_id_A": "hptu2o1", "c_root_id_B": "hpusrlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1640367090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640383676.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the Mrs Clause was an amendment made between the Santas?", "human_ref_B": "The former Mrs. Claus received a generous inheritance and retired to a Caribbean beach or South Pacific island, far away from the cold, snow, and smell of reindeer. Either that or a massive life insurance settlement.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16586.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnpqss", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The Santa Clause] What happened to Mrs. Claus? According to \"The Mrs. Clause\" found on the same card in the sequel, whomever is Santa currently must be married before Christmas Eve or else they will cease being Santa. However, there's no mention of the previous Mrs. Claus for the Santa before Scott or any other prior one. Even the elves and the council other Holiday characters seemingly forgot about her and this clause being a thing until mentioned the sequel, years after Scott initially became Santa.", "c_root_id_A": "hpv3zsc", "c_root_id_B": "hptu2o1", "created_at_utc_A": 1640389568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640367090.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Maybe he fell off the roof before that part kicked in? Scott Calvin was Santa for about 8 years before he needed to get married.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the Mrs Clause was an amendment made between the Santas?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22478.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rnpqss", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The Santa Clause] What happened to Mrs. Claus? According to \"The Mrs. Clause\" found on the same card in the sequel, whomever is Santa currently must be married before Christmas Eve or else they will cease being Santa. However, there's no mention of the previous Mrs. Claus for the Santa before Scott or any other prior one. Even the elves and the council other Holiday characters seemingly forgot about her and this clause being a thing until mentioned the sequel, years after Scott initially became Santa.", "c_root_id_A": "hptu2o1", "c_root_id_B": "hpwl63s", "created_at_utc_A": 1640367090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640427692.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the Mrs Clause was an amendment made between the Santas?", "human_ref_B": "Returned to her original life as a normal human, like Scott when he quit in 3.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 60602.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4oqovv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] In Super Girl the show, how did she pierce her ears? It was done prior to her becoming SuperGirl. I don't think the 13 year old Kara had pierced ears - at least not that we can see (IRL actress doesn't have pierced ears). She didn't know about kryptonite until after becoming SuperGirl. Also didn't experience a Solar Flare until fighting Red Tornado. Any in-universe explanation for this one?", "c_root_id_A": "d4ev2yh", "c_root_id_B": "d4erfjb", "created_at_utc_A": 1466296792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466289929.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Could she be using clip-ons?", "human_ref_B": "She could have asked her cousin to do it for her", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6863.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4oqovv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] In Super Girl the show, how did she pierce her ears? It was done prior to her becoming SuperGirl. I don't think the 13 year old Kara had pierced ears - at least not that we can see (IRL actress doesn't have pierced ears). She didn't know about kryptonite until after becoming SuperGirl. Also didn't experience a Solar Flare until fighting Red Tornado. Any in-universe explanation for this one?", "c_root_id_A": "d4ev2yh", "c_root_id_B": "d4etjbg", "created_at_utc_A": 1466296792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466293845.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Could she be using clip-ons?", "human_ref_B": "Are her earlobes super dense? Can kryptonians not consciously lower their defenses?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2947.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4oqovv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] In Super Girl the show, how did she pierce her ears? It was done prior to her becoming SuperGirl. I don't think the 13 year old Kara had pierced ears - at least not that we can see (IRL actress doesn't have pierced ears). She didn't know about kryptonite until after becoming SuperGirl. Also didn't experience a Solar Flare until fighting Red Tornado. Any in-universe explanation for this one?", "c_root_id_A": "d4erfjb", "c_root_id_B": "d4f06c5", "created_at_utc_A": 1466289929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466306725.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "She could have asked her cousin to do it for her", "human_ref_B": "As /u/ThebigP suggests, she's likely wearing clip-ons. However, an alternate possibility exists: Heat vision. Focused enough, Clark could pierce her ears or she could bounce her heat vision off of a mirror or a polished piece of Kryptonian metal enough to pierce them herself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16796.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4oqovv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] In Super Girl the show, how did she pierce her ears? It was done prior to her becoming SuperGirl. I don't think the 13 year old Kara had pierced ears - at least not that we can see (IRL actress doesn't have pierced ears). She didn't know about kryptonite until after becoming SuperGirl. Also didn't experience a Solar Flare until fighting Red Tornado. Any in-universe explanation for this one?", "c_root_id_A": "d4etjbg", "c_root_id_B": "d4f06c5", "created_at_utc_A": 1466293845.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466306725.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Are her earlobes super dense? Can kryptonians not consciously lower their defenses?", "human_ref_B": "As /u/ThebigP suggests, she's likely wearing clip-ons. However, an alternate possibility exists: Heat vision. Focused enough, Clark could pierce her ears or she could bounce her heat vision off of a mirror or a polished piece of Kryptonian metal enough to pierce them herself.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12880.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4oqovv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] In Super Girl the show, how did she pierce her ears? It was done prior to her becoming SuperGirl. I don't think the 13 year old Kara had pierced ears - at least not that we can see (IRL actress doesn't have pierced ears). She didn't know about kryptonite until after becoming SuperGirl. Also didn't experience a Solar Flare until fighting Red Tornado. Any in-universe explanation for this one?", "c_root_id_A": "d4f06c5", "c_root_id_B": "d4expjl", "created_at_utc_A": 1466306725.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466301950.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As /u/ThebigP suggests, she's likely wearing clip-ons. However, an alternate possibility exists: Heat vision. Focused enough, Clark could pierce her ears or she could bounce her heat vision off of a mirror or a polished piece of Kryptonian metal enough to pierce them herself.", "human_ref_B": "Well Clark didn't develop powers for many years after going to Earth. So she could have gotten them pierced before the toughness became pronounced.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4775.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "52d0vl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Alien/Predator] Do Xenomorphs have an exoskeleton and an endoskeleton? They appear to have some sort of hard exoskeleton, but I once saw a Xenomorph skull on a predator ship, so does that mean they have an endoskeleton as well? Or is their \"exoskeleton\" more like the armor plating on an armadillo?", "c_root_id_A": "d7jfebl", "c_root_id_B": "d7jvlu1", "created_at_utc_A": 1473680882.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1473705124.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "They have an exoskeleton by default, and an endoskeleton if the host had one.", "human_ref_B": "They do. It's almost impossible to see it onscreen, but the effect design for the alien actually included a translucent outer layer, and you could see the skull underneath. This model is designed to show the translucency - if you look hard you can see what looks like a human skull under there, as well as the spine thing running along behind it: http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/jpg/2908_press02-001.jpg This is what the alien skull looked like without the translucent plate on top: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c3/0d/59/c30d59fd1256dd1699dbd60bc85bed33.jpg", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24242.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3ro6kl", "c_root_id_B": "d3rrjc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1464787020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464792276.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "Safe reliable solutions are what the army is for. The hulk is the definition of unreliable danger.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, it's not like Stark is a model of stability, humility, and self-deprecation, and the Hulk is literally a giant fucking monster. Sometimes shit needs smashing, and sometimes bitches need cutting. Or shooting. Or exploding. You pick the right tool for the job.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5256.0, "score_ratio": 4.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3rpxwp", "c_root_id_B": "d3rrjc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1464789903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464792276.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "So are the rest of the avengers.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, it's not like Stark is a model of stability, humility, and self-deprecation, and the Hulk is literally a giant fucking monster. Sometimes shit needs smashing, and sometimes bitches need cutting. Or shooting. Or exploding. You pick the right tool for the job.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2373.0, "score_ratio": 9.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3rx4ei", "c_root_id_B": "d3rs72m", "created_at_utc_A": 1464799791.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464793210.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "It was under very dire circumstances. Very, very dire.", "human_ref_B": "unreliable and dangerous? that argument would hold more weight if only Hulk wasnt an avenger too...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6581.0, "score_ratio": 2.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3rx4ei", "c_root_id_B": "d3ro6kl", "created_at_utc_A": 1464799791.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464787020.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "It was under very dire circumstances. Very, very dire.", "human_ref_B": "Safe reliable solutions are what the army is for. The hulk is the definition of unreliable danger.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12771.0, "score_ratio": 2.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3rx4ei", "c_root_id_B": "d3rtd72", "created_at_utc_A": 1464799791.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464794820.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It was under very dire circumstances. Very, very dire.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think it has been explicitly mentioned, but at least some of the thinking behind having him on the Avengers must be to keep a close eye on him - it is far safer for everyone to know exactly where Deadpool is and what he is doing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4971.0, "score_ratio": 3.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3rx4ei", "c_root_id_B": "d3rpxwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1464799791.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464789903.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It was under very dire circumstances. Very, very dire.", "human_ref_B": "So are the rest of the avengers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9888.0, "score_ratio": 6.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3ro6kl", "c_root_id_B": "d3rs72m", "created_at_utc_A": 1464787020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464793210.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Safe reliable solutions are what the army is for. The hulk is the definition of unreliable danger.", "human_ref_B": "unreliable and dangerous? that argument would hold more weight if only Hulk wasnt an avenger too...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6190.0, "score_ratio": 1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3rs72m", "c_root_id_B": "d3rpxwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1464793210.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464789903.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "unreliable and dangerous? that argument would hold more weight if only Hulk wasnt an avenger too...", "human_ref_B": "So are the rest of the avengers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3307.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4m0rwm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel Comics] How in the world is Deadpool an Avenger? The man is unreliable and dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "d3rpxwp", "c_root_id_B": "d3rtd72", "created_at_utc_A": 1464789903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464794820.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "So are the rest of the avengers.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think it has been explicitly mentioned, but at least some of the thinking behind having him on the Avengers must be to keep a close eye on him - it is far safer for everyone to know exactly where Deadpool is and what he is doing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4917.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3p9yzq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[general modern era fantasy] how are magic users trained by the military and integrated with the rest of the armed forces?", "c_root_id_A": "cw4m39e", "c_root_id_B": "cw4iyhp", "created_at_utc_A": 1445215213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445210066.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Intelligence and medical fields mostly. Modern weapons are easier to use and don't require decades of training or any sort of innate ability. Battlefield scrying, precognition, infiltration, and defenses against those are much cheaper and easier with magic than tech, no need to launch multiple trillion dollar satellites when you just need a couple of guys and their support team. It's the same in the medical field, healers don't need much equipment to restore a broken limb and can do it right on the battlefield, major injuries are easily repaired, and gone are the days of soldiers going home with missing limbs, the only problem left is the psychological impact of said injury.", "human_ref_B": "I'll be honest depending on the universe and how powerful the magic is (and even still) it may just become irrelevant and obsolete. At some point technology just gives such a large devastation advantage that any Joe Ordinary can do what only someone with extraordinary (magical) power can. Edit: I'd say look at Star Wars (though not an amazing example for this concept since they do still achieve some amazing feats), Jedi make a decent difference on the local level, but it's nothing that can't be done with a platoon of special forces, or a company of regular infantry. While they help on a local strategic level, overall their contribution to a campaign at a theater level is irrelevant. The Jedi existed at the beginning of the Clone Wars so they could be integrated into into the Republic Army, however if they didn't exist I would say the Republic would get a better return for their investment in raising more regular infantry battalions, then spending a lot of resources in locating, training, and specializing Force users into the Army.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5147.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2h8i05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Jurassic Park/SPOILER] If Dennis Nedry(Newman) didn't sell out to Biosyn and thus throwing the park into chaos, what would of happened opening day of Jusrassic Park or the days following? With Jurassic World being created this thought came to mind. Would Jurassic Park really become a success? Would it of been shutdown by different governments? Would John Hammond actually hire more staff to run the park?", "c_root_id_A": "ckqd98g", "c_root_id_B": "ckqciop", "created_at_utc_A": 1411489168.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411487718.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Sooner or later, The disaster would have happened. Nedry was an egotistical coder. In my experience, that means he talks a big game, bid low and then whined about his pay rate. Judging by what we see of his desk in the documentaries, and what we see about him, I suspect his code is just as sloppy. There are bugs in the tracking system (we know now), and I'm sure the breeding problem would have happened soon enough. Wasn't there a case of escaped procompsignathids on a nearby island? The park couldn't hold forever. Sooner or later, a similar disaster would have happened. Life... Life finds a way.", "human_ref_B": "In the movie universe everything would have been fine and the part would have opened as a modern miracle. Also if they got the OK from the scientist they would have had a larger staff and more security and people to take care of everything. I'm not sure about in the book universe, but in the movie it would have been very different.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1450.0, "score_ratio": 4.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2h8i05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Jurassic Park/SPOILER] If Dennis Nedry(Newman) didn't sell out to Biosyn and thus throwing the park into chaos, what would of happened opening day of Jusrassic Park or the days following? With Jurassic World being created this thought came to mind. Would Jurassic Park really become a success? Would it of been shutdown by different governments? Would John Hammond actually hire more staff to run the park?", "c_root_id_A": "ckql3la", "c_root_id_B": "ckqciop", "created_at_utc_A": 1411503652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411487718.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "No matter what, eventually something horrible would have happened. It's just the very nature of a zoo and/or amusement park that is visited by lots and lots of people and has lots of complexity. Disney's theme parks are the gold standard for amusement parks and resorts, but even they occasionally will have a customer or employee (\"cast member\") die while at the park. Modern Zoos must meet strict standards, but still there is the occasional individual who dies at the hands of an animal. Often times, deaths at Disney or the Zoo are because of the stupidity of individuals- drunk guys thinking they can go hang out with a gorilla, or students who don't follow the safety instructions before getting the ride. Still other times, it's just because things break. You cannot predict people, you cannot predict wildlife, and you cannot predict bad luck. But, you are saying: \"Yeah, but you don't see Disney or any Zoos failing because of that.\" That is true. Except the thing is that Jurassic Park would have been a SINGULAR PLACE. There are tons of zoos, there are tons of amusement parks, so one tourist or employee dying here and there is drowned out by the many many more who went and had a good safe time. But there would have been only one Jurassic Park (although certainly it may have been expanded to Asia, etc. if successful, it is still likely it would have been a very rare place), so anything that went wrong there would instantly come under more scrutiny than the kid who died on Space Mountain because of a heart condition. And that leads to the biggest problem: the optics of what happens when something goes wrong. You see, the fact is, in our minds dinosaurs are monsters, only one step up from Dracula or Frankenstein's Monster. Even the most ferocious modern animals- with the possible exception of the Great White Shark- still are considered just that- animals, able to be killed. So if a drunk man tries to pick a fight with a lion and gets torn to shreds when he jumps into the enclosure, he's just an idiot. But with dinosaurs, especially the predators, the general public would not see or hear \"a animal killing a drunk guy\", they'd hear it as \"a *dinosaur* killed a guy\" (the drunk part would get lost in the retelling, to be replaced with the graphic details of how the raptors sliced him up and picked him to the bone), which to the ordinary person just sounds so abnormal it is more revolting. And that is what would cause Jurassic Park to fail: the bad publicity that would result from having brought \"monsters\" back to life and then killing a guy. **TLDR**: Eventually something would go wrong because everything eventually goes wrong at least in some way. JP would be under more scrutiny than any amusement park or zoo in history and everything that would happen there would be blown up to humongous proportions. \"You yell 'Barracuda,' everybody says 'Huh? What?' You yell 'Shark,' we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.\"", "human_ref_B": "In the movie universe everything would have been fine and the part would have opened as a modern miracle. Also if they got the OK from the scientist they would have had a larger staff and more security and people to take care of everything. I'm not sure about in the book universe, but in the movie it would have been very different.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15934.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2h8i05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Jurassic Park/SPOILER] If Dennis Nedry(Newman) didn't sell out to Biosyn and thus throwing the park into chaos, what would of happened opening day of Jusrassic Park or the days following? With Jurassic World being created this thought came to mind. Would Jurassic Park really become a success? Would it of been shutdown by different governments? Would John Hammond actually hire more staff to run the park?", "c_root_id_A": "ckqwcxh", "c_root_id_B": "ckqo8w1", "created_at_utc_A": 1411526673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411509458.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "> would of", "human_ref_B": "4thwall: I created this post a while back, it doesn't completely answer your question, but I think you might find it interesting: http://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/20e9hh/jurassic_park_film_another_theory_on_why_the_park/", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17215.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5cazop", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] If Goku had left Earth with Radditz to help kill the Saiyans sell off some planet, would Goku, not having died and thusly being trained by King Kai, ultimately reach the potential we see him at now? I don't think he would have even reached Super Saiyan, probably just turning into some low level thug getting work because his brother is Radditz, if he never went back to Earth. How else would things be affected by this?", "c_root_id_A": "d9v2uac", "c_root_id_B": "d9v3dex", "created_at_utc_A": 1478820688.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478821417.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "First thing is repairing goku's brain damage that makes him nice, and stupid. Then he would train with frieza becoming his best friend, and most trusted lieutenant. They would play off each other in a continuous contest for superiority until frieza reaches the limitations of his species, at which point frieza retires to a remote planet. Goku eventually attracts the attention of the gods and either dies or becomes the god of conquest.", "human_ref_B": "Think of it like this, Goku SEEKS fights because he wants to fight strong people, Goku WINS fights when he remembers the loved ones he's fighting for. If you take away the loved ones, Goku's going to get himself into a fight he can't win, and he's going to get killed as a result.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 729.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "38s62z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars/Babylon 5] How would things be different in the Star Wars universe if the only FTL travel available was Jumpgate technology?", "c_root_id_A": "crxr8gv", "c_root_id_B": "crxm5pz", "created_at_utc_A": 1433618434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1433608079.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Thrawn wouldn't be seen as such a genius for being able to plan his assault perfectly so the waves arrive just when they need to. B5 hyperspace moves at the speed of plot, your fleet will arrive when dramatically appropriate. Wait, is B5 hyperspace just a pre-chaos gods 40K warp?", "human_ref_B": "The Deathstar would probably be too big to move between systems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10355.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "284oet", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] If a Jedi leaves the Order peacefully, what happens to them? I was reading up on Ahsoka Tano, she left the Jedi Order after she was instigated in something she didn't commit. After she left what would of happened? Can you go back to an ordinary life? Are ex-Jedi's allowed to be vigilantes that use their Force/Lightsaber to kill criminals who would attack innocents - do they even get to keep their lightsaber?", "c_root_id_A": "ci7f61r", "c_root_id_B": "ci7iqqd", "created_at_utc_A": 1402761160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1402770773.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "They are allowed to leave the order, and get to keep their lightsaber. However, the forfeit any legal benefits of being a jedi- if they decapitate a robber, they will have to sit in court instead of just going \"I'm a jedi, I need to go do jedi things!\"", "human_ref_B": "I'm shocked that no one here mentioned the Lost Twenty. Before Ahsoka, only 20 Jedi had ever left the order over ideological differences. Of those 20, only two turned to the Dark Side, Count Dooku and Jedi Master Phanius (Darth Ruin). The other 18 Jedi simply lived out their lives in peace. However, it is my understanding that they typically were not allowed to keep their lightsabers because of their iconic nature as a mark of being a Jedi. And owning one either meant you were a Jedi or had killed a Jedi. (I could be completely wrong about that but that's just my understanding.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9613.0, "score_ratio": 1.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "284oet", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] If a Jedi leaves the Order peacefully, what happens to them? I was reading up on Ahsoka Tano, she left the Jedi Order after she was instigated in something she didn't commit. After she left what would of happened? Can you go back to an ordinary life? Are ex-Jedi's allowed to be vigilantes that use their Force/Lightsaber to kill criminals who would attack innocents - do they even get to keep their lightsaber?", "c_root_id_A": "ci7iqqd", "c_root_id_B": "ci7fd42", "created_at_utc_A": 1402770773.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1402761709.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I'm shocked that no one here mentioned the Lost Twenty. Before Ahsoka, only 20 Jedi had ever left the order over ideological differences. Of those 20, only two turned to the Dark Side, Count Dooku and Jedi Master Phanius (Darth Ruin). The other 18 Jedi simply lived out their lives in peace. However, it is my understanding that they typically were not allowed to keep their lightsabers because of their iconic nature as a mark of being a Jedi. And owning one either meant you were a Jedi or had killed a Jedi. (I could be completely wrong about that but that's just my understanding.)", "human_ref_B": "Count Dooku left the order, and they didn't do anything to him until he started fighting a war against them. Also, \"Would of.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9064.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nvlsh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] Can a Federation ship replicate another ship, piece by piece? How long would it take? Voyager, for instance, seems to be able to repair or replace major structural components between episodes - even damaged bulkheads and hull plating.", "c_root_id_A": "h147fj8", "c_root_id_B": "h14fczi", "created_at_utc_A": 1623213445.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623218932.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "A good percentage of it yes, but certain things can't be replicated. In particular, antimatter, which is rather important for a functioning warp core.", "human_ref_B": "Voyager also built the Delta Flyer and who knows how many shuttlecraft during its trip. Not sure how much of that was replicated materials vs stuff they had in storage or traded for, though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5487.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nvlsh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] Can a Federation ship replicate another ship, piece by piece? How long would it take? Voyager, for instance, seems to be able to repair or replace major structural components between episodes - even damaged bulkheads and hull plating.", "c_root_id_A": "h147fj8", "c_root_id_B": "h14gw0v", "created_at_utc_A": 1623213445.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623220113.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "A good percentage of it yes, but certain things can't be replicated. In particular, antimatter, which is rather important for a functioning warp core.", "human_ref_B": "Replicators are actually highly limited. They have a resolution around the size of an animal cell (replicated food is frequently described as not being as good as the real thing, for all that it looks good). That's small enough to make a modern computer chip, but not the advanced stuff that the federation uses. They also can't make highly unstable or energetic materials. That all said, they can bootstrap manufacturing a full starship. They can make more specialized, more powerful, or more flexible equipment as needed, and those can make the parts you need.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6668.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nvlsh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] Can a Federation ship replicate another ship, piece by piece? How long would it take? Voyager, for instance, seems to be able to repair or replace major structural components between episodes - even damaged bulkheads and hull plating.", "c_root_id_A": "h16lihb", "c_root_id_B": "h14pet7", "created_at_utc_A": 1623262700.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623227424.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It would be like trying to build a battleship with a modern 3D printer.", "human_ref_B": "Moments, Not only so but one of the things the federation and there enemies NEVER take advantage of is you can build an infinite fleet with ease and crew them with the very best you have. As you can convert matter into energy and back having made Changes it's form. take a bunch of rocks and shove them into an large Replicator as raw base matter and pump out ships then transport your best crew along with a bunch of rocks convert the rocks in to a copy of the crew from that pattern. you just got brand new crew that's a copy of the best crew for your new ship. rinse and repeat with a asteroid belt fuel is an issue as dilithim and antimatter is magically non capable of Replication.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35276.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nvlsh9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] Can a Federation ship replicate another ship, piece by piece? How long would it take? Voyager, for instance, seems to be able to repair or replace major structural components between episodes - even damaged bulkheads and hull plating.", "c_root_id_A": "h14pet7", "c_root_id_B": "h16ov6v", "created_at_utc_A": 1623227424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623264056.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Moments, Not only so but one of the things the federation and there enemies NEVER take advantage of is you can build an infinite fleet with ease and crew them with the very best you have. As you can convert matter into energy and back having made Changes it's form. take a bunch of rocks and shove them into an large Replicator as raw base matter and pump out ships then transport your best crew along with a bunch of rocks convert the rocks in to a copy of the crew from that pattern. you just got brand new crew that's a copy of the best crew for your new ship. rinse and repeat with a asteroid belt fuel is an issue as dilithim and antimatter is magically non capable of Replication.", "human_ref_B": "In short no. There is a number of components which are too large (the super structure), can't be replicated (the ablative armor has duranium, and you cant replicate dilithithuim) and for anything ship larger than the shuttle bay you need a dock. something small like a shuttle craft can be made in pieces and assembled, but you'll still need to locate and source some materials to complete the warp nacelles, and the other systems that require \"fourth dimensional\" elements to function. And then you need to machine those - and I'll assume they have the tools for that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36632.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oeom0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] Is the timeline created in Endgame gone? I've always found Endgame's logic super confusing. They explained that once your time travel to the past, rather than alter your own timeline, you just create a new one and can somehow go back and forth between them. In that case how did old Steve get from one timeline to another then? >!The Loki series hammers in this idea of ONE main timeline and when escaped Loki travels to Mongolia and is apprehended by the TVA, they used a reset charge to \"reset\" that timeline. So... shouldn't that timeline technically be gone? Is that why old Steve wound up in \"our\" timeline?!<", "c_root_id_A": "h483wq3", "c_root_id_B": "h48b7zy", "created_at_utc_A": 1625569098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625574585.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Assuming everything with timelines and the TVA works as shown so far: the timeline where Loki escaped after the battle of New York no longer exists. However, we don't know whether the timeline where Captain America reappeared in the 1940s still exists, it might be that he didnt cause enough changes to be noticed by the TVA, so they didn't see a need to deal with him, or that it was an 'approved' use of time travel, as the plan for the sacred timeline includes him being able to grow old, then return and pass on the shield. Dont forget that *every* time someone goes back in time it makes yet another timeline so in Endgame several were created. The one where Loki escaped, the one where Cap lived out his life, one where a SHIELD facility was infiltrated and some Pym particles stolen, and the one where Thanos and all his forces just vanished one day and maybe more I'm forgetting?", "human_ref_B": "Both Agents of SHIELD and Loki have established the idea that time travel to the past only creates an alternate timeline if a substantial enough change is made. Otherwise time travel to the past is just a fulfillment of the past; it always happened. But change things enough, and you create an alternate timeline that the TVA will come in and reset (unless said alternate timeline was an allowable part of the Sacred Timeline, and then that alternate timeline will presumably be allowed to exist for as long as needed). So there are two options: 1) Steve traveled back to 1948, created an alternate 1948 by his activities there, and was allowed to remain in this alternate timeline for decades because it was part of the TVA's Sacred Timeline. Once Steve returned to the main timeline with Stark's technology, the TVA came in and erased the alternate timeline. 2) Steve traveled back to 1948, but never did anything drastic enough to create an alternate 1948 by his activities there. We knew that Peggy had a secret husband who was never really seen, so this likely means the time traveling Steve was that secret husband all along. His presence in the past never created an alternate timeline because he never changed anything while back in the past. So because he was in the main timeline in 1948, he never had to time travel back to the main timeline. The directors of Endgame favor option 1. The writers of Endgame favor option 2. Either one works as far as the Loki series is concerned. Option 1's problem is that it assumes Steve was able to reprogram his watch to make the jump back to 2023 without locking onto the Time Platform, and that such a jump, without using the Time Platform, didn't create an alternate timeline for some reason. Option 2's problem is that it assumes Steve was able to live for 75 years without interfering in the events of history enough to change anything. Maybe Steve is smart enough to reprogram his time travel watch. Maybe time travel to the future doesn't create an alternate timeline for some reason. Maybe Steve is disciplined enough to not interfere with history. Maybe the Ancient One placed a spell on Steve before she sent him back to 1948 to ensure he wouldn't interfere with history. We just don't know the specifics of that trip to 1948 for sure at this point.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5487.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oeom0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] Is the timeline created in Endgame gone? I've always found Endgame's logic super confusing. They explained that once your time travel to the past, rather than alter your own timeline, you just create a new one and can somehow go back and forth between them. In that case how did old Steve get from one timeline to another then? >!The Loki series hammers in this idea of ONE main timeline and when escaped Loki travels to Mongolia and is apprehended by the TVA, they used a reset charge to \"reset\" that timeline. So... shouldn't that timeline technically be gone? Is that why old Steve wound up in \"our\" timeline?!<", "c_root_id_A": "h48b7zy", "c_root_id_B": "h4847gk", "created_at_utc_A": 1625574585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625569356.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Both Agents of SHIELD and Loki have established the idea that time travel to the past only creates an alternate timeline if a substantial enough change is made. Otherwise time travel to the past is just a fulfillment of the past; it always happened. But change things enough, and you create an alternate timeline that the TVA will come in and reset (unless said alternate timeline was an allowable part of the Sacred Timeline, and then that alternate timeline will presumably be allowed to exist for as long as needed). So there are two options: 1) Steve traveled back to 1948, created an alternate 1948 by his activities there, and was allowed to remain in this alternate timeline for decades because it was part of the TVA's Sacred Timeline. Once Steve returned to the main timeline with Stark's technology, the TVA came in and erased the alternate timeline. 2) Steve traveled back to 1948, but never did anything drastic enough to create an alternate 1948 by his activities there. We knew that Peggy had a secret husband who was never really seen, so this likely means the time traveling Steve was that secret husband all along. His presence in the past never created an alternate timeline because he never changed anything while back in the past. So because he was in the main timeline in 1948, he never had to time travel back to the main timeline. The directors of Endgame favor option 1. The writers of Endgame favor option 2. Either one works as far as the Loki series is concerned. Option 1's problem is that it assumes Steve was able to reprogram his watch to make the jump back to 2023 without locking onto the Time Platform, and that such a jump, without using the Time Platform, didn't create an alternate timeline for some reason. Option 2's problem is that it assumes Steve was able to live for 75 years without interfering in the events of history enough to change anything. Maybe Steve is smart enough to reprogram his time travel watch. Maybe time travel to the future doesn't create an alternate timeline for some reason. Maybe Steve is disciplined enough to not interfere with history. Maybe the Ancient One placed a spell on Steve before she sent him back to 1948 to ensure he wouldn't interfere with history. We just don't know the specifics of that trip to 1948 for sure at this point.", "human_ref_B": "Revisit the Hulk talking to the ancient one again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5229.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oeom0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] Is the timeline created in Endgame gone? I've always found Endgame's logic super confusing. They explained that once your time travel to the past, rather than alter your own timeline, you just create a new one and can somehow go back and forth between them. In that case how did old Steve get from one timeline to another then? >!The Loki series hammers in this idea of ONE main timeline and when escaped Loki travels to Mongolia and is apprehended by the TVA, they used a reset charge to \"reset\" that timeline. So... shouldn't that timeline technically be gone? Is that why old Steve wound up in \"our\" timeline?!<", "c_root_id_A": "h483wq3", "c_root_id_B": "h48q575", "created_at_utc_A": 1625569098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625582663.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Assuming everything with timelines and the TVA works as shown so far: the timeline where Loki escaped after the battle of New York no longer exists. However, we don't know whether the timeline where Captain America reappeared in the 1940s still exists, it might be that he didnt cause enough changes to be noticed by the TVA, so they didn't see a need to deal with him, or that it was an 'approved' use of time travel, as the plan for the sacred timeline includes him being able to grow old, then return and pass on the shield. Dont forget that *every* time someone goes back in time it makes yet another timeline so in Endgame several were created. The one where Loki escaped, the one where Cap lived out his life, one where a SHIELD facility was infiltrated and some Pym particles stolen, and the one where Thanos and all his forces just vanished one day and maybe more I'm forgetting?", "human_ref_B": "As I understand it: In MCU if you travel to the past yet don't change much, a new timeline does not end up being created. Old steve went back in our timeline. Yet somehow he managed to not change much, living a sedentary lifestyle out of the public eye. He just coexisted in the one single timeline for decades. Yeah it's not super logical, there are questions like what exactly is big enough to make a new timeline. But that's how it works.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13565.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oeom0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] Is the timeline created in Endgame gone? I've always found Endgame's logic super confusing. They explained that once your time travel to the past, rather than alter your own timeline, you just create a new one and can somehow go back and forth between them. In that case how did old Steve get from one timeline to another then? >!The Loki series hammers in this idea of ONE main timeline and when escaped Loki travels to Mongolia and is apprehended by the TVA, they used a reset charge to \"reset\" that timeline. So... shouldn't that timeline technically be gone? Is that why old Steve wound up in \"our\" timeline?!<", "c_root_id_A": "h4847gk", "c_root_id_B": "h48q575", "created_at_utc_A": 1625569356.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625582663.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Revisit the Hulk talking to the ancient one again.", "human_ref_B": "As I understand it: In MCU if you travel to the past yet don't change much, a new timeline does not end up being created. Old steve went back in our timeline. Yet somehow he managed to not change much, living a sedentary lifestyle out of the public eye. He just coexisted in the one single timeline for decades. Yeah it's not super logical, there are questions like what exactly is big enough to make a new timeline. But that's how it works.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13307.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oeom0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] Is the timeline created in Endgame gone? I've always found Endgame's logic super confusing. They explained that once your time travel to the past, rather than alter your own timeline, you just create a new one and can somehow go back and forth between them. In that case how did old Steve get from one timeline to another then? >!The Loki series hammers in this idea of ONE main timeline and when escaped Loki travels to Mongolia and is apprehended by the TVA, they used a reset charge to \"reset\" that timeline. So... shouldn't that timeline technically be gone? Is that why old Steve wound up in \"our\" timeline?!<", "c_root_id_A": "h48ub4e", "c_root_id_B": "h483wq3", "created_at_utc_A": 1625584659.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625569098.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Assuming the TVA isn't lying about timelines... They mention that there's variation allowed and that if it's minor enough the timeline seals itself back and the Sacred Timeline is maintained. Only a significant difference - a Nexus Event - fully branches off and creates a new timeline. Examples of Nexus Events in Endgame - Loki stealing the Tesseract, Thanos leaving the 2014 timeline. \\- The Loki Nexus Event is being dealt with by the TVA \\- The Thanos Nexus Event was likely much simpler since Tony Stark \"pruned\" the Variant in the Sacred Timeline so the TVA could just eliminate the timeline without having to deal with the Variant Steve Rogers deciding to stay in the past to be with Peggy was likely not a big enough deviation from the timeline to constitute a Nexus Event, and instead the Sacred Timeline just wove the separated timeline back into the main one.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming everything with timelines and the TVA works as shown so far: the timeline where Loki escaped after the battle of New York no longer exists. However, we don't know whether the timeline where Captain America reappeared in the 1940s still exists, it might be that he didnt cause enough changes to be noticed by the TVA, so they didn't see a need to deal with him, or that it was an 'approved' use of time travel, as the plan for the sacred timeline includes him being able to grow old, then return and pass on the shield. Dont forget that *every* time someone goes back in time it makes yet another timeline so in Endgame several were created. The one where Loki escaped, the one where Cap lived out his life, one where a SHIELD facility was infiltrated and some Pym particles stolen, and the one where Thanos and all his forces just vanished one day and maybe more I'm forgetting?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15561.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oeom0k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[MCU] Is the timeline created in Endgame gone? I've always found Endgame's logic super confusing. They explained that once your time travel to the past, rather than alter your own timeline, you just create a new one and can somehow go back and forth between them. In that case how did old Steve get from one timeline to another then? >!The Loki series hammers in this idea of ONE main timeline and when escaped Loki travels to Mongolia and is apprehended by the TVA, they used a reset charge to \"reset\" that timeline. So... shouldn't that timeline technically be gone? Is that why old Steve wound up in \"our\" timeline?!<", "c_root_id_A": "h48ub4e", "c_root_id_B": "h4847gk", "created_at_utc_A": 1625584659.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625569356.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Assuming the TVA isn't lying about timelines... They mention that there's variation allowed and that if it's minor enough the timeline seals itself back and the Sacred Timeline is maintained. Only a significant difference - a Nexus Event - fully branches off and creates a new timeline. Examples of Nexus Events in Endgame - Loki stealing the Tesseract, Thanos leaving the 2014 timeline. \\- The Loki Nexus Event is being dealt with by the TVA \\- The Thanos Nexus Event was likely much simpler since Tony Stark \"pruned\" the Variant in the Sacred Timeline so the TVA could just eliminate the timeline without having to deal with the Variant Steve Rogers deciding to stay in the past to be with Peggy was likely not a big enough deviation from the timeline to constitute a Nexus Event, and instead the Sacred Timeline just wove the separated timeline back into the main one.", "human_ref_B": "Revisit the Hulk talking to the ancient one again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15303.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rta1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Netflix Castlevania] If Dracula is a man of science, a philosopher and a scholar, can't he just equip the demons with machine guns, automatic firearms and gatling guns in his war with the humans? Or better yet, can't he just nuke them?", "c_root_id_A": "e8jl9k0", "c_root_id_B": "e8jl634", "created_at_utc_A": 1540642543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540642369.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Creating one weapon is easy, but to arm whole army you need mines, factories, suply lines, trained and educated people to construct them and make them useful.", "human_ref_B": "Like you say, he's a man of science, not engineering.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 174.0, "score_ratio": 1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9rta1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Netflix Castlevania] If Dracula is a man of science, a philosopher and a scholar, can't he just equip the demons with machine guns, automatic firearms and gatling guns in his war with the humans? Or better yet, can't he just nuke them?", "c_root_id_A": "e8jobhn", "c_root_id_B": "e8jounr", "created_at_utc_A": 1540647148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540647853.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Because he wants the humans to suffer. He wants them to bleed, suffer and scream and every nightmare they ever had comes true. Two to the chest and one to the head is too good for the people who murdered his wife. Also, he doesn't have a lot of incentive to engage in a crash program to build advanced military technology, since he can summon the hordes of hell *now*. The forces he currently commands are sufficient to get the work done, especially since the local government has gone out of it's way to oppress and reject the people best qualified to oppose him. If Belmont & Co manage to hold him at bay long enough, it might become worthwhile to seek an armament program.", "human_ref_B": "Specifically because he is a man of science and philosophy, not war. What do we know that he studies? Medicine, mostly. Is that the kind of man who would have bothered inventing or even conceiving of a nuclear weapon?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 705.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xgr34b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] What factions were able to hold and defend territory against the Republic or Empire? Factions like Hutt Space, Hapes Consortium, and Chiss Ascendancy. How were they able to remain independent? Did the Republic just respect their sovereignty or were these factions able to conduct effective war against the Republic? Similarly, did the Empire just ignore these factions, was it intimidated by the other faction's military strength, or did they try to conquer other factions and failed? How did they manage to go unnoticed and remain independent in the galaxy wide wars between the Republic and various Sith and Mandalorian empires?", "c_root_id_A": "ioxg847", "c_root_id_B": "iotbbx2", "created_at_utc_A": 1663510318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663432409.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you look at the galaxy (legends, canon), there's actually a ton of territory that's not even mapped, let alone claimed. Basically only the Core and Inner Rim are continuous unambiguous Republic/Imperial space. Even the nearer Expansion Region and Mid Rim are patchworks. The galaxy is huge and both the Republic and the Empire had difficulty holding their own territory. I suspect the main reason independent polities like the Hutts or the Hapans survived was a combination of distance and logistics when they weren't actively opposing the superpowers of the time. There are likely other empires like the Chiss in the Unknown Regions too, they just haven't been discovered yet. At least 1/3 of the galaxy is terra incognita even by the Battle of Yavin.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 77909.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xgr34b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] What factions were able to hold and defend territory against the Republic or Empire? Factions like Hutt Space, Hapes Consortium, and Chiss Ascendancy. How were they able to remain independent? Did the Republic just respect their sovereignty or were these factions able to conduct effective war against the Republic? Similarly, did the Empire just ignore these factions, was it intimidated by the other faction's military strength, or did they try to conquer other factions and failed? How did they manage to go unnoticed and remain independent in the galaxy wide wars between the Republic and various Sith and Mandalorian empires?", "c_root_id_A": "iotbbx2", "c_root_id_B": "iowa5q5", "created_at_utc_A": 1663432409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663483841.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Not directly against the Empire, but the Trianese held their own and ultimately secured a peace treaty with the Empire-backed Corporate Sector Authority.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51432.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xgr34b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] What factions were able to hold and defend territory against the Republic or Empire? Factions like Hutt Space, Hapes Consortium, and Chiss Ascendancy. How were they able to remain independent? Did the Republic just respect their sovereignty or were these factions able to conduct effective war against the Republic? Similarly, did the Empire just ignore these factions, was it intimidated by the other faction's military strength, or did they try to conquer other factions and failed? How did they manage to go unnoticed and remain independent in the galaxy wide wars between the Republic and various Sith and Mandalorian empires?", "c_root_id_A": "ioxg847", "c_root_id_B": "iowa5q5", "created_at_utc_A": 1663510318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1663483841.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you look at the galaxy (legends, canon), there's actually a ton of territory that's not even mapped, let alone claimed. Basically only the Core and Inner Rim are continuous unambiguous Republic/Imperial space. Even the nearer Expansion Region and Mid Rim are patchworks. The galaxy is huge and both the Republic and the Empire had difficulty holding their own territory. I suspect the main reason independent polities like the Hutts or the Hapans survived was a combination of distance and logistics when they weren't actively opposing the superpowers of the time. There are likely other empires like the Chiss in the Unknown Regions too, they just haven't been discovered yet. At least 1/3 of the galaxy is terra incognita even by the Battle of Yavin.", "human_ref_B": "Not directly against the Empire, but the Trianese held their own and ultimately secured a peace treaty with the Empire-backed Corporate Sector Authority.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26477.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o7pi7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Which hero could have used the gauntlet without dying? We know Hulk can, but it really hurt him, so he is out. But was any hero capable of using the gauntlet without it outright killing them, like Groot, Thor or spidey? Could Captain Marvel use it being that she was already powered by one?", "c_root_id_A": "h304587", "c_root_id_B": "h304tuu", "created_at_utc_A": 1624633812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624634121.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Well, we know it shrinks your arm, and bucky already has a metal one, so...", "human_ref_B": "Two of the most physically powerful characters - Thanos and Hulk - were both crippled, and Hulk actively draws power from the type of radiation the Stones emit. Thor has better durability feats than Hulk, simply from tanking the full force of a star, but both Banner and Stark thought Hulk was more likely to survive. I believe them, because they're comic book super geniuses. Captain Marvel and Wanda are both possibilities, due to the nature and source of their powers. Strange might be able to create a device that allows him to use the Stones, the same way Agamotto created the Eye. Those are the heavy hitter. Everyone else, like Spidey, would be turned into a cinder. But really, the damage caused by the Stones isn't purely physical; the Stones demand a price, and the Stones control reality. You *will* pay, no matter how tough you are.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 309.0, "score_ratio": 5.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o7pi7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Which hero could have used the gauntlet without dying? We know Hulk can, but it really hurt him, so he is out. But was any hero capable of using the gauntlet without it outright killing them, like Groot, Thor or spidey? Could Captain Marvel use it being that she was already powered by one?", "c_root_id_A": "h3053pm", "c_root_id_B": "h304587", "created_at_utc_A": 1624634243.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624633812.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It probably wouldn\u2019t have killed Carol, but there\u2019s the risk that it may have interacted weirdly with her given her power is one of the stones. Wanda is likely in the same boat, with the added risk that she doesn\u2019t have any superhuman durability from her power. Groot probably could have, especially with how powerful his regeneration capabilities are, but there\u2019s the risk that he wouldn\u2019t have been able to correctly visualise the effects required (he was very much still in his moody teenager period). There\u2019s a chance Star-Lord might have been able to hold up given he\u2019s far more than human, but it would likely have left him far more crippled than the Hulk. Thor - it\u2019s been pretty clearly stated he\u2019s not actually a god, but he\u2019s definitely made of tougher stuff than most of the heroes. Likely he\u2019d have been left in a similar state to Hulk. I\u2019m terms of the wider Marvel universe there are plenty of characters who might even have been present on Earth, had they been introduced to the MCU, Wolverine and Deadpool likely could have out regenerated the damage inflicted by the stones, assuming it didn\u2019t outright kill them. There\u2019s a potential Colossus\u2019 living steel body could have been durable enough. Phoenix is, well, she wouldn\u2019t have needed the gauntlet.", "human_ref_B": "Well, we know it shrinks your arm, and bucky already has a metal one, so...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 431.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o7pi7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[MCU] Which hero could have used the gauntlet without dying? We know Hulk can, but it really hurt him, so he is out. But was any hero capable of using the gauntlet without it outright killing them, like Groot, Thor or spidey? Could Captain Marvel use it being that she was already powered by one?", "c_root_id_A": "h312h5a", "c_root_id_B": "h30lksw", "created_at_utc_A": 1624649365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624641597.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hulk, Thor and Captain Marvel for sure. Hulk was picked because most of the radiation was gamma and he can absorb that. Both Thor and Cap Marvel have much better straight durability than he does though, so I'm pretty sure they'd be fine. Thanos tanked it and CM was apparently straight up stronger. Wanda maybe. She's up there in terms of \"energy power\", but it's not clear whether that would help. Could be it fries her because she's just a normal human physically. For similar reasons, Doctor Strange. If a magic/energy manipulation power level helps with tanking the backlash from the Stones, then he's probably powerful enough. Vision maybe. His body was vibranium so he should be more or less invulnerable, but then again a space tech energy blade thing was able to fuck him up so...probably not.", "human_ref_B": "My money is still on Captain Marvel. One of her implied powers in the MCU is overtly channeling energy: recall when she flies down at the end to shoot Yon-Rogg back into space. All the high power transmission lines in the distance start arcing toward her. When she grapples Thanos, she *visibly* seems to channel the Gauntlet's powers into herself, and gets more powerful by the moment. There's exactly three times Thanos looks terrified in the MCU: 1. Realizing he has to do what he does to Gamora 2. When Carol trivially destroys his mothership 3. When Carol starts to take command of the Gauntlet and overwhelm him His head butt point blank--this is the guy that has single-handedly taken apart Thor, then the Hulk, then Iron Man, Spidey, and multiple Guardians, and then does it all over again at the same time to an incredibly amped up Thor, Cap *with* Thors powers, *and* Iron Man in the most powerful armor of all time. Carol lands, basically gives him a look that says \"Fuck you\", and proceeds to simply *overpower him*, even *before* she starts yanking on the Gauntlet. I bet that Carol could snap with the Stones and make it through at least one snap.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7768.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4ub8g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Comics] What do the other Gotham villains think of the Joker?", "c_root_id_A": "hsui0c5", "c_root_id_B": "hsunnut", "created_at_utc_A": 1642298551.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642300920.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Sometimes a useful idiot. Mostly a monkey-wrench in the gears. Often as as much of a problem as an ally.", "human_ref_B": "He's a huge problem. He's untrustworthy, unstable, Destructive, and he'll shoot you just for a laugh, even though you just helped him with something. All of the more organized villains (Penguin, Two Face, Black Mask, Mr. Freeze, etc.) have a litany of reasons to want him dead. Those that aren't that organized are usually too insane to care.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2369.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fda78t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Comics] What minor villain or even henchman has the ability to become an A-list arch-enemy?", "c_root_id_A": "fjgjt6o", "c_root_id_B": "fjgpvw2", "created_at_utc_A": 1583328628.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583332919.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Arcade from the Marvel Universe. Super-genius who owns a labyrinthine murder park in Antarctica and kills his victims in it like a a bigger Saw maze. Queen of Fables from DC Universe. Can bring any fable from the Grimm Brother tales to life.", "human_ref_B": "Purple Man has A-list powers and C-list villainous ambitions. He's mostly notable for being the primary cog in one of DOOM's successful plans to take over the entire planet. If he weren't such a chump he could be one of the most dangerous and influential villains on the planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4291.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fda78t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Comics] What minor villain or even henchman has the ability to become an A-list arch-enemy?", "c_root_id_A": "fjgjt6o", "c_root_id_B": "fjgraf8", "created_at_utc_A": 1583328628.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583333812.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Arcade from the Marvel Universe. Super-genius who owns a labyrinthine murder park in Antarctica and kills his victims in it like a a bigger Saw maze. Queen of Fables from DC Universe. Can bring any fable from the Grimm Brother tales to life.", "human_ref_B": "There are quite a few who have potentially devastating powers but lack the vision to use them. Electro - super powerful, kind of an idiot with low level ambition. The Wizard - super-genius, brilliant scientist, focuses all of that intelligence on trying to best Reed Richards. In the ever-lasting game of chess between Richards and Doom, the Wizard is the kid shitting in the corner screaming for attention. The Lizard - People underestimate the Lizard because he's just a monster, but he's *STRONG*. He's so strong that Spider-Man doesn't make him even flinch with his hardest punch. The only problem is that when he's the Lizard, he becomes significantly dumber and more animalistic. And when he's not the Lizard, when he might have the intelligence and ambition to be a threat, he's Dr. Connors who is a good man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5184.0, "score_ratio": 1.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gx9m1i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D/General Fantasy] An old man claiming to be a wizard wants to construct a tower on my property. Should I accept? I'm a landowner of a considerable amount of real estate, and I was recently approached by an apparent wizard who wants to build a tower on my land. He claims it has something to do with \"lay limes\" or something to that effect. I know nothing about Wizards or their work, and I've never heard of such an offer. He's offered to buy 2 acres for a very handsome sum, but I can't help but feel like there's something I need to know.", "c_root_id_A": "ft0rvlt", "c_root_id_B": "ft03e4v", "created_at_utc_A": 1591395954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591384003.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If he is able to pay such high sum, he must have a reputation. Someone had to heard someting about the wizard. You could also send a request to the next wizard school. Maybe he was student or professor at this school.", "human_ref_B": "Ask for references", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11951.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gx9m1i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[D&D/General Fantasy] An old man claiming to be a wizard wants to construct a tower on my property. Should I accept? I'm a landowner of a considerable amount of real estate, and I was recently approached by an apparent wizard who wants to build a tower on my land. He claims it has something to do with \"lay limes\" or something to that effect. I know nothing about Wizards or their work, and I've never heard of such an offer. He's offered to buy 2 acres for a very handsome sum, but I can't help but feel like there's something I need to know.", "c_root_id_A": "ft1trbk", "c_root_id_B": "ft1vil9", "created_at_utc_A": 1591412890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591413699.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Have you heard of the philosopher's stone? It can turn ordinary metals into gold and was only successfully created by one known wizard, Nicholas Flamel. Flamel, being a student of history and a savvy investor, immediately realized the catastrophic effect the stone would have on the gold futures market, thus only used it to brew immortality potions that he sold to Queen Elizabeth and Jimmy Carter. So, logically, if he was the only one who suceeded, the gold this guy is offering you is probably fake or an illusion. I'd pass.", "human_ref_B": "If he's good, then you get a bunch of money if you accept, and if you decline you're back where you started and also you have the risk of an evil wizard coming for the same reason. If he's evil, he'll get the property one way or the other, and it's best to get out of this alive. Either way, accept.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 809.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gkj8f1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Is Vader more powerful than Yoda even after being dismembered and weakened by Obi Wan", "c_root_id_A": "fqrex4k", "c_root_id_B": "fqrp720", "created_at_utc_A": 1589583004.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589588968.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Yoda was stronger than Palpatine and Vader is said to be limited to 80% of Palpatine's power. Palps edges Yoda, because he uses the Dark Side, but it's constantly implied that should Yoda fall, he'd destroy Sidious. If we're talking episode 5, then I'd actually say he is as Yoda stopped using the Force and was living in a Dark Side nexus, so he ended up getting weaker.", "human_ref_B": "Vader is an absolute powerhouse of the force. Little subtlety and huge overbearing power. Palatine kept him on a leash but they both knew that it was a close run thing at all times. Some people think losing limbs and burning made him weaker, but it's essentially non stop pain and dark side marinade. Anakin in the suit is terrifying compared to Anakin without, and I would wager even Yoda Prime would get rekt.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5964.0, "score_ratio": 4.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gkj8f1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Is Vader more powerful than Yoda even after being dismembered and weakened by Obi Wan", "c_root_id_A": "fqrex4k", "c_root_id_B": "fqs13by", "created_at_utc_A": 1589583004.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589596212.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Yoda was stronger than Palpatine and Vader is said to be limited to 80% of Palpatine's power. Palps edges Yoda, because he uses the Dark Side, but it's constantly implied that should Yoda fall, he'd destroy Sidious. If we're talking episode 5, then I'd actually say he is as Yoda stopped using the Force and was living in a Dark Side nexus, so he ended up getting weaker.", "human_ref_B": "Vader spent a long time hunting down the Jedi who survived order 66 and Yoda didnt do shit to stop him, which suggests he knew his options were to keep his head down or get maimed/killed like every other (would be) jedi who tried or just got cornered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13208.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gkj8f1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] Is Vader more powerful than Yoda even after being dismembered and weakened by Obi Wan", "c_root_id_A": "fqrex4k", "c_root_id_B": "fqsh804", "created_at_utc_A": 1589583004.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589607200.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Yoda was stronger than Palpatine and Vader is said to be limited to 80% of Palpatine's power. Palps edges Yoda, because he uses the Dark Side, but it's constantly implied that should Yoda fall, he'd destroy Sidious. If we're talking episode 5, then I'd actually say he is as Yoda stopped using the Force and was living in a Dark Side nexus, so he ended up getting weaker.", "human_ref_B": "Palpatine was laughing because regardless of the outcome of the fight he already won. It also can't be forgotten that palpatine was the first one to attempt to flee the fight. Im simply stating that in this situation yoda fled not because he was beat by palpatine but instead that he lost the chance to beat him before reinforcements arrived. We see that after yoda flees there are already clone troopers searching the senate building with palpatine. In a straight up lightsaber duel palpatine would wreck yoda. But the end of the fight transitioned more to force abilities which is where yoda excels over palpatine.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24196.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o00og7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Shawshank Redemption] Why did Andy\u2019s Rita Hayworth poster not get confiscated immediately? The Warden was a total Bible-thumper, and he looked at the poster of a naked lady and does nothing about it. Why not?", "c_root_id_A": "h1sjk9m", "c_root_id_B": "h1sj9fk", "created_at_utc_A": 1623715788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623715630.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Andy was cooking the books for the Warden and doing the entire prison faculty\u2019s taxes, this gave him some privileges not given to the other inmates. The Warden even directly addresses the poster early on. Skip to around 2:25 https://youtu.be/FizqEuhUiB8", "human_ref_B": "Andy was a good boy while in prison, and so long as he continued to be a good boy (and help out his embezzlement scheme), the Warden was willing to look the other way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 158.0, "score_ratio": 3.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o00og7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Shawshank Redemption] Why did Andy\u2019s Rita Hayworth poster not get confiscated immediately? The Warden was a total Bible-thumper, and he looked at the poster of a naked lady and does nothing about it. Why not?", "c_root_id_A": "h1ter0j", "c_root_id_B": "h1tmctj", "created_at_utc_A": 1623733444.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623739389.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It was part of his deal to cook the books.", "human_ref_B": "Bible thumper perhaps, but also corrupt as hell. Taking bribes, cooking the books, straight up murder; the man is no saint despite his fa\u00e7ade.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5945.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o00og7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Shawshank Redemption] Why did Andy\u2019s Rita Hayworth poster not get confiscated immediately? The Warden was a total Bible-thumper, and he looked at the poster of a naked lady and does nothing about it. Why not?", "c_root_id_A": "h1tuk70", "c_root_id_B": "h1ter0j", "created_at_utc_A": 1623747129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623733444.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well it comes up during his inspection when he was getting a feel for Andy and he says he doesn't approve but allows it. He wants to keep andy happy (within reason) to keep him sweet. At the time the warden didn't have anything on andy and it made sense to keep him happy. Later on andy has things to lose and the warden just don't give a fuck.", "human_ref_B": "It was part of his deal to cook the books.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13685.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbdhij", "c_root_id_B": "dgbcvmr", "created_at_utc_A": 1492300515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492299677.0, "score_A": 224, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Before the age of the Imperium there was the golden age of technology in which humanity ruled a vast empire. During this time, the human leadership allied themselves with several alien species, trusting them and treating them as friends. Yet when humanity's empire colapsed their \"friends\" turned on them, not hesitating a second to enslave and exterminate trillions of humans for thousands of years untill the great crusade ended them. The Emperor did not forget and he did not forgive. The earliest and most holy laws decreed by him at the start of the great crusade teach the Imperium to kill the Xenos, purge the mutant and never to allow the creation of Abominable Intelligence. On pain of death.", "human_ref_B": "The Emperor wills it. Would you question Him?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 838.0, "score_ratio": 10.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbcvmr", "c_root_id_B": "dgbdo24", "created_at_utc_A": 1492299677.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492300758.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "The Emperor wills it. Would you question Him?", "human_ref_B": "It is the will of the most holy God-Emperor of Man that humans, and only humans, rule the galaxy. To that end, all xenos must be purged. The Emperor was not too fond of aliens, considering he was around when the early human empires collapsed and their alien neighbours moved in. Those aliens who we thought were at least benign were anything but when they saw humanity's weakness. The Ecclesiarchy ascended to power by organizing the worship of the Emperor as a god and in order to maintain their power, had to codify his stances as religious dogma. Thus, \"purge the xenos\" is one of the Imperium's highest commandments.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1081.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbcvmr", "c_root_id_B": "dgbl5du", "created_at_utc_A": 1492299677.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492311593.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "The Emperor wills it. Would you question Him?", "human_ref_B": "**xen\u00b7o\u00b7pho\u00b7bi\u00b7a** - /zen\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259,\u02ccz\u0113n\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259/. *noun*. intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries or planets. The operational word here is \"irrational\". Given that everything in the grimdark universe of WH40K *is* trying to kill you, it's actually rational to fear everything. Thus, no one in to the IoM is actually xenophobic, just logically terrified (and terrible). QED.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11916.0, "score_ratio": 1.2380952381, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbjkwl", "c_root_id_B": "dgbl5du", "created_at_utc_A": 1492309287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492311593.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "I think it was said here in the past: the grimdark part is that the Emperor knew that some xenos were helpful and innocent, but its just that much safer and simpler to have a \"purge them all\" policy", "human_ref_B": "**xen\u00b7o\u00b7pho\u00b7bi\u00b7a** - /zen\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259,\u02ccz\u0113n\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259/. *noun*. intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries or planets. The operational word here is \"irrational\". Given that everything in the grimdark universe of WH40K *is* trying to kill you, it's actually rational to fear everything. Thus, no one in to the IoM is actually xenophobic, just logically terrified (and terrible). QED.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2306.0, "score_ratio": 1.7333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbh0jn", "c_root_id_B": "dgbl5du", "created_at_utc_A": 1492305527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492311593.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "In 40k it is very much us or them. If we didn't work to wipe out the alien then the alien would wipe us out. Whether it is in a direct manner like the orks or necrons simply murdering the shit out of you or indirectly like the Tau taking over your society, segregating you then using you as a shield against your own kind. Better to get them before they get you.", "human_ref_B": "**xen\u00b7o\u00b7pho\u00b7bi\u00b7a** - /zen\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259,\u02ccz\u0113n\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259/. *noun*. intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries or planets. The operational word here is \"irrational\". Given that everything in the grimdark universe of WH40K *is* trying to kill you, it's actually rational to fear everything. Thus, no one in to the IoM is actually xenophobic, just logically terrified (and terrible). QED.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6066.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbl5du", "c_root_id_B": "dgbebmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1492311593.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492301681.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**xen\u00b7o\u00b7pho\u00b7bi\u00b7a** - /zen\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259,\u02ccz\u0113n\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259/. *noun*. intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries or planets. The operational word here is \"irrational\". Given that everything in the grimdark universe of WH40K *is* trying to kill you, it's actually rational to fear everything. Thus, no one in to the IoM is actually xenophobic, just logically terrified (and terrible). QED.", "human_ref_B": "Survival. The threat of Chaos infestation/corruption and influence is real and the only protection is the Emperor and the Imperium, by following strict obedience there is no room for Chaos to enter. Different alien races that were encountered during the early days of exploration and betrayal from within and without made it very clear what Imperial foreign policy should be.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9912.0, "score_ratio": 8.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbl5du", "c_root_id_B": "dgbjrn6", "created_at_utc_A": 1492311593.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492309568.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**xen\u00b7o\u00b7pho\u00b7bi\u00b7a** - /zen\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259,\u02ccz\u0113n\u0259\u02c8f\u014db\u0113\u0259/. *noun*. intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries or planets. The operational word here is \"irrational\". Given that everything in the grimdark universe of WH40K *is* trying to kill you, it's actually rational to fear everything. Thus, no one in to the IoM is actually xenophobic, just logically terrified (and terrible). QED.", "human_ref_B": "Its because the GEOM's words and teachings have been twisted without his light to guide us. Tell no one, lest an inquisitor find out what you know. The truth is that the God Emperor was willing to work with, or coexist peacefully with other alien races. The humans where eventually going to be the masters of the universe, but there is no need to rush that. We have bigger problems to deal with (chaos). Some species, such as orcs could be used with the right handle (throw one of their \"ships\" at the right world and let them take care of it for yo), others could be coexisted with, until chaos was defeated. But the words of the God Emperor have become twisted, the religion of man no longer follows his teachings, and so you have the current situation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2025.0, "score_ratio": 8.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbjkwl", "c_root_id_B": "dgbh0jn", "created_at_utc_A": 1492309287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492305527.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I think it was said here in the past: the grimdark part is that the Emperor knew that some xenos were helpful and innocent, but its just that much safer and simpler to have a \"purge them all\" policy", "human_ref_B": "In 40k it is very much us or them. If we didn't work to wipe out the alien then the alien would wipe us out. Whether it is in a direct manner like the orks or necrons simply murdering the shit out of you or indirectly like the Tau taking over your society, segregating you then using you as a shield against your own kind. Better to get them before they get you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3760.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbebmx", "c_root_id_B": "dgbjkwl", "created_at_utc_A": 1492301681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492309287.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Survival. The threat of Chaos infestation/corruption and influence is real and the only protection is the Emperor and the Imperium, by following strict obedience there is no room for Chaos to enter. Different alien races that were encountered during the early days of exploration and betrayal from within and without made it very clear what Imperial foreign policy should be.", "human_ref_B": "I think it was said here in the past: the grimdark part is that the Emperor knew that some xenos were helpful and innocent, but its just that much safer and simpler to have a \"purge them all\" policy", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7606.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbr00a", "c_root_id_B": "dgbh0jn", "created_at_utc_A": 1492321620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492305527.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "One thing I haven't really noticed mentioned here yet is the idea of a human-wide Manifest Destiny, involving evolution. The Emperor wants all humanity to not just rule the galaxy, but also to evolve into a better form--psykers, for example, being the next step along the way, and becoming more and more common. In order to do this, he had a few things he needed to do. A major end-goal was the destruction of Chaos. The Warp is not entirely evil--it became so through the War in Heaven, when the Old Ones and their creations, the Eldar, used the Warp for war. This violent manipulation of the Empyrean introduced huge amounts of violent emotional energy into the Empyrean, causing it to become Chaotic. These Chaotic energies, feeding off of the emotion and turmoil of the galaxy, began to take shapes and consciousnesses. Enslavers coalesced, as well as various other Warp entities and, eventually daemons. In time, the four Chaos gods were born as the Warp grew more and more violent. Humanity is evolving into a predominantly psychic race, so Chaos must be destroyed or the overwhelming psychic presence of humanity may lead to the whole Materium being dragged into the Warp and the Chaos gods ruling humanity, where humanity becomes merely the playthings of the powers of the Warp. In order to destroy Chaos, the Emperor needed to destroy all worship. So he set out to unite humanity and ban the worship of all things. In this way, he would cut off Chaos' food supply, and the Chaos gods, daemons, and such would all die. Further, by uniting humanity, human conflict would cease, further starving Chaos. If psykers aren't drawing on the Warp's energies for violence, and if blood is no longer being spilled nor skulls taken, if death is no longer feared, and so forth, Chaos gets starved further. All this leads to the pacification of the Warp, the Empyrean returning to a peaceful state, no longer a threat to humanity. But humans are not the only worshipers of Chaos, nor are they the only people who make war. Chaos-loving xenos must be purged because they feed Chaos and they take resources from humanity. Non-Chaotic xenos must be purged because they can and will conflict and cause wars, which feeds Chaos, and they also take up resources from humanity. In order for humanity to ascend, the xenos must be destroyed.", "human_ref_B": "In 40k it is very much us or them. If we didn't work to wipe out the alien then the alien would wipe us out. Whether it is in a direct manner like the orks or necrons simply murdering the shit out of you or indirectly like the Tau taking over your society, segregating you then using you as a shield against your own kind. Better to get them before they get you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16093.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbp5c3", "c_root_id_B": "dgbr00a", "created_at_utc_A": 1492318073.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492321620.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Disregard Orks and Tyranids for a moment. Think about Chaos. The horrifying thing about the 40kverse is that LITERALLY all that dogma and xenophobia are the absolute correct, safe response for human civilization and species survival.", "human_ref_B": "One thing I haven't really noticed mentioned here yet is the idea of a human-wide Manifest Destiny, involving evolution. The Emperor wants all humanity to not just rule the galaxy, but also to evolve into a better form--psykers, for example, being the next step along the way, and becoming more and more common. In order to do this, he had a few things he needed to do. A major end-goal was the destruction of Chaos. The Warp is not entirely evil--it became so through the War in Heaven, when the Old Ones and their creations, the Eldar, used the Warp for war. This violent manipulation of the Empyrean introduced huge amounts of violent emotional energy into the Empyrean, causing it to become Chaotic. These Chaotic energies, feeding off of the emotion and turmoil of the galaxy, began to take shapes and consciousnesses. Enslavers coalesced, as well as various other Warp entities and, eventually daemons. In time, the four Chaos gods were born as the Warp grew more and more violent. Humanity is evolving into a predominantly psychic race, so Chaos must be destroyed or the overwhelming psychic presence of humanity may lead to the whole Materium being dragged into the Warp and the Chaos gods ruling humanity, where humanity becomes merely the playthings of the powers of the Warp. In order to destroy Chaos, the Emperor needed to destroy all worship. So he set out to unite humanity and ban the worship of all things. In this way, he would cut off Chaos' food supply, and the Chaos gods, daemons, and such would all die. Further, by uniting humanity, human conflict would cease, further starving Chaos. If psykers aren't drawing on the Warp's energies for violence, and if blood is no longer being spilled nor skulls taken, if death is no longer feared, and so forth, Chaos gets starved further. All this leads to the pacification of the Warp, the Empyrean returning to a peaceful state, no longer a threat to humanity. But humans are not the only worshipers of Chaos, nor are they the only people who make war. Chaos-loving xenos must be purged because they feed Chaos and they take resources from humanity. Non-Chaotic xenos must be purged because they can and will conflict and cause wars, which feeds Chaos, and they also take up resources from humanity. In order for humanity to ascend, the xenos must be destroyed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3547.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbr00a", "c_root_id_B": "dgbnl6f", "created_at_utc_A": 1492321620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492315365.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "One thing I haven't really noticed mentioned here yet is the idea of a human-wide Manifest Destiny, involving evolution. The Emperor wants all humanity to not just rule the galaxy, but also to evolve into a better form--psykers, for example, being the next step along the way, and becoming more and more common. In order to do this, he had a few things he needed to do. A major end-goal was the destruction of Chaos. The Warp is not entirely evil--it became so through the War in Heaven, when the Old Ones and their creations, the Eldar, used the Warp for war. This violent manipulation of the Empyrean introduced huge amounts of violent emotional energy into the Empyrean, causing it to become Chaotic. These Chaotic energies, feeding off of the emotion and turmoil of the galaxy, began to take shapes and consciousnesses. Enslavers coalesced, as well as various other Warp entities and, eventually daemons. In time, the four Chaos gods were born as the Warp grew more and more violent. Humanity is evolving into a predominantly psychic race, so Chaos must be destroyed or the overwhelming psychic presence of humanity may lead to the whole Materium being dragged into the Warp and the Chaos gods ruling humanity, where humanity becomes merely the playthings of the powers of the Warp. In order to destroy Chaos, the Emperor needed to destroy all worship. So he set out to unite humanity and ban the worship of all things. In this way, he would cut off Chaos' food supply, and the Chaos gods, daemons, and such would all die. Further, by uniting humanity, human conflict would cease, further starving Chaos. If psykers aren't drawing on the Warp's energies for violence, and if blood is no longer being spilled nor skulls taken, if death is no longer feared, and so forth, Chaos gets starved further. All this leads to the pacification of the Warp, the Empyrean returning to a peaceful state, no longer a threat to humanity. But humans are not the only worshipers of Chaos, nor are they the only people who make war. Chaos-loving xenos must be purged because they feed Chaos and they take resources from humanity. Non-Chaotic xenos must be purged because they can and will conflict and cause wars, which feeds Chaos, and they also take up resources from humanity. In order for humanity to ascend, the xenos must be destroyed.", "human_ref_B": "The Emperor had a few goals when he launched the Great Crusade that led to the xenophobia 1. He wanted to liberate EVERY human world and so they could hear the Imperial Truth. Many of these were controlled by aliens so they had to go. 2. The big thing is that the Emperor was trying to unlock the webway, and a handful of aliens, especially the Eldar, had the keys. The thing is, the Eldar would NEVER share this info, so the Emperor had take it loot it across the galaxy. And clearing these aliens out from the material realm meant less competition when it came time to conquer the webway.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6255.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbebmx", "c_root_id_B": "dgbr00a", "created_at_utc_A": 1492301681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492321620.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Survival. The threat of Chaos infestation/corruption and influence is real and the only protection is the Emperor and the Imperium, by following strict obedience there is no room for Chaos to enter. Different alien races that were encountered during the early days of exploration and betrayal from within and without made it very clear what Imperial foreign policy should be.", "human_ref_B": "One thing I haven't really noticed mentioned here yet is the idea of a human-wide Manifest Destiny, involving evolution. The Emperor wants all humanity to not just rule the galaxy, but also to evolve into a better form--psykers, for example, being the next step along the way, and becoming more and more common. In order to do this, he had a few things he needed to do. A major end-goal was the destruction of Chaos. The Warp is not entirely evil--it became so through the War in Heaven, when the Old Ones and their creations, the Eldar, used the Warp for war. This violent manipulation of the Empyrean introduced huge amounts of violent emotional energy into the Empyrean, causing it to become Chaotic. These Chaotic energies, feeding off of the emotion and turmoil of the galaxy, began to take shapes and consciousnesses. Enslavers coalesced, as well as various other Warp entities and, eventually daemons. In time, the four Chaos gods were born as the Warp grew more and more violent. Humanity is evolving into a predominantly psychic race, so Chaos must be destroyed or the overwhelming psychic presence of humanity may lead to the whole Materium being dragged into the Warp and the Chaos gods ruling humanity, where humanity becomes merely the playthings of the powers of the Warp. In order to destroy Chaos, the Emperor needed to destroy all worship. So he set out to unite humanity and ban the worship of all things. In this way, he would cut off Chaos' food supply, and the Chaos gods, daemons, and such would all die. Further, by uniting humanity, human conflict would cease, further starving Chaos. If psykers aren't drawing on the Warp's energies for violence, and if blood is no longer being spilled nor skulls taken, if death is no longer feared, and so forth, Chaos gets starved further. All this leads to the pacification of the Warp, the Empyrean returning to a peaceful state, no longer a threat to humanity. But humans are not the only worshipers of Chaos, nor are they the only people who make war. Chaos-loving xenos must be purged because they feed Chaos and they take resources from humanity. Non-Chaotic xenos must be purged because they can and will conflict and cause wars, which feeds Chaos, and they also take up resources from humanity. In order for humanity to ascend, the xenos must be destroyed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19939.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbjrn6", "c_root_id_B": "dgbr00a", "created_at_utc_A": 1492309568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492321620.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Its because the GEOM's words and teachings have been twisted without his light to guide us. Tell no one, lest an inquisitor find out what you know. The truth is that the God Emperor was willing to work with, or coexist peacefully with other alien races. The humans where eventually going to be the masters of the universe, but there is no need to rush that. We have bigger problems to deal with (chaos). Some species, such as orcs could be used with the right handle (throw one of their \"ships\" at the right world and let them take care of it for yo), others could be coexisted with, until chaos was defeated. But the words of the God Emperor have become twisted, the religion of man no longer follows his teachings, and so you have the current situation.", "human_ref_B": "One thing I haven't really noticed mentioned here yet is the idea of a human-wide Manifest Destiny, involving evolution. The Emperor wants all humanity to not just rule the galaxy, but also to evolve into a better form--psykers, for example, being the next step along the way, and becoming more and more common. In order to do this, he had a few things he needed to do. A major end-goal was the destruction of Chaos. The Warp is not entirely evil--it became so through the War in Heaven, when the Old Ones and their creations, the Eldar, used the Warp for war. This violent manipulation of the Empyrean introduced huge amounts of violent emotional energy into the Empyrean, causing it to become Chaotic. These Chaotic energies, feeding off of the emotion and turmoil of the galaxy, began to take shapes and consciousnesses. Enslavers coalesced, as well as various other Warp entities and, eventually daemons. In time, the four Chaos gods were born as the Warp grew more and more violent. Humanity is evolving into a predominantly psychic race, so Chaos must be destroyed or the overwhelming psychic presence of humanity may lead to the whole Materium being dragged into the Warp and the Chaos gods ruling humanity, where humanity becomes merely the playthings of the powers of the Warp. In order to destroy Chaos, the Emperor needed to destroy all worship. So he set out to unite humanity and ban the worship of all things. In this way, he would cut off Chaos' food supply, and the Chaos gods, daemons, and such would all die. Further, by uniting humanity, human conflict would cease, further starving Chaos. If psykers aren't drawing on the Warp's energies for violence, and if blood is no longer being spilled nor skulls taken, if death is no longer feared, and so forth, Chaos gets starved further. All this leads to the pacification of the Warp, the Empyrean returning to a peaceful state, no longer a threat to humanity. But humans are not the only worshipers of Chaos, nor are they the only people who make war. Chaos-loving xenos must be purged because they feed Chaos and they take resources from humanity. Non-Chaotic xenos must be purged because they can and will conflict and cause wars, which feeds Chaos, and they also take up resources from humanity. In order for humanity to ascend, the xenos must be destroyed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12052.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbebmx", "c_root_id_B": "dgbh0jn", "created_at_utc_A": 1492301681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492305527.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Survival. The threat of Chaos infestation/corruption and influence is real and the only protection is the Emperor and the Imperium, by following strict obedience there is no room for Chaos to enter. Different alien races that were encountered during the early days of exploration and betrayal from within and without made it very clear what Imperial foreign policy should be.", "human_ref_B": "In 40k it is very much us or them. If we didn't work to wipe out the alien then the alien would wipe us out. Whether it is in a direct manner like the orks or necrons simply murdering the shit out of you or indirectly like the Tau taking over your society, segregating you then using you as a shield against your own kind. Better to get them before they get you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3846.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbnl6f", "c_root_id_B": "dgbp5c3", "created_at_utc_A": 1492315365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492318073.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "The Emperor had a few goals when he launched the Great Crusade that led to the xenophobia 1. He wanted to liberate EVERY human world and so they could hear the Imperial Truth. Many of these were controlled by aliens so they had to go. 2. The big thing is that the Emperor was trying to unlock the webway, and a handful of aliens, especially the Eldar, had the keys. The thing is, the Eldar would NEVER share this info, so the Emperor had take it loot it across the galaxy. And clearing these aliens out from the material realm meant less competition when it came time to conquer the webway.", "human_ref_B": "Disregard Orks and Tyranids for a moment. Think about Chaos. The horrifying thing about the 40kverse is that LITERALLY all that dogma and xenophobia are the absolute correct, safe response for human civilization and species survival.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2708.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbp5c3", "c_root_id_B": "dgbebmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1492318073.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492301681.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Disregard Orks and Tyranids for a moment. Think about Chaos. The horrifying thing about the 40kverse is that LITERALLY all that dogma and xenophobia are the absolute correct, safe response for human civilization and species survival.", "human_ref_B": "Survival. The threat of Chaos infestation/corruption and influence is real and the only protection is the Emperor and the Imperium, by following strict obedience there is no room for Chaos to enter. Different alien races that were encountered during the early days of exploration and betrayal from within and without made it very clear what Imperial foreign policy should be.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16392.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbp5c3", "c_root_id_B": "dgbjrn6", "created_at_utc_A": 1492318073.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492309568.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Disregard Orks and Tyranids for a moment. Think about Chaos. The horrifying thing about the 40kverse is that LITERALLY all that dogma and xenophobia are the absolute correct, safe response for human civilization and species survival.", "human_ref_B": "Its because the GEOM's words and teachings have been twisted without his light to guide us. Tell no one, lest an inquisitor find out what you know. The truth is that the God Emperor was willing to work with, or coexist peacefully with other alien races. The humans where eventually going to be the masters of the universe, but there is no need to rush that. We have bigger problems to deal with (chaos). Some species, such as orcs could be used with the right handle (throw one of their \"ships\" at the right world and let them take care of it for yo), others could be coexisted with, until chaos was defeated. But the words of the God Emperor have become twisted, the religion of man no longer follows his teachings, and so you have the current situation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8505.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbebmx", "c_root_id_B": "dgbnl6f", "created_at_utc_A": 1492301681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492315365.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Survival. The threat of Chaos infestation/corruption and influence is real and the only protection is the Emperor and the Imperium, by following strict obedience there is no room for Chaos to enter. Different alien races that were encountered during the early days of exploration and betrayal from within and without made it very clear what Imperial foreign policy should be.", "human_ref_B": "The Emperor had a few goals when he launched the Great Crusade that led to the xenophobia 1. He wanted to liberate EVERY human world and so they could hear the Imperial Truth. Many of these were controlled by aliens so they had to go. 2. The big thing is that the Emperor was trying to unlock the webway, and a handful of aliens, especially the Eldar, had the keys. The thing is, the Eldar would NEVER share this info, so the Emperor had take it loot it across the galaxy. And clearing these aliens out from the material realm meant less competition when it came time to conquer the webway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13684.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbjrn6", "c_root_id_B": "dgbnl6f", "created_at_utc_A": 1492309568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492315365.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Its because the GEOM's words and teachings have been twisted without his light to guide us. Tell no one, lest an inquisitor find out what you know. The truth is that the God Emperor was willing to work with, or coexist peacefully with other alien races. The humans where eventually going to be the masters of the universe, but there is no need to rush that. We have bigger problems to deal with (chaos). Some species, such as orcs could be used with the right handle (throw one of their \"ships\" at the right world and let them take care of it for yo), others could be coexisted with, until chaos was defeated. But the words of the God Emperor have become twisted, the religion of man no longer follows his teachings, and so you have the current situation.", "human_ref_B": "The Emperor had a few goals when he launched the Great Crusade that led to the xenophobia 1. He wanted to liberate EVERY human world and so they could hear the Imperial Truth. Many of these were controlled by aliens so they had to go. 2. The big thing is that the Emperor was trying to unlock the webway, and a handful of aliens, especially the Eldar, had the keys. The thing is, the Eldar would NEVER share this info, so the Emperor had take it loot it across the galaxy. And clearing these aliens out from the material realm meant less competition when it came time to conquer the webway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5797.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgbebmx", "c_root_id_B": "dgc109x", "created_at_utc_A": 1492301681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492349559.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Survival. The threat of Chaos infestation/corruption and influence is real and the only protection is the Emperor and the Imperium, by following strict obedience there is no room for Chaos to enter. Different alien races that were encountered during the early days of exploration and betrayal from within and without made it very clear what Imperial foreign policy should be.", "human_ref_B": "Reposting this from an older thread here that asked a very similar question, Imo it addresses some (Most) of the ideas behind what OP is asking about the reasons why the Imperium does the things it does with concern to xenos and/or heresy. You have to understand the scale of the Imperium of man to understand some of its policies especially those concerning xenos, heresy, exterminatus, etc. The Imperium of man is so massive, with so many worlds and systems that bureaucracy can take literal lifetimes to update and even then with all the threats present in the stars those updates may not even be even close to relevant. There are a multitude of threats that can easily destroy a world and possibly start to spread to any neighbors soon after. So lets say youre the commander of this logistical nightmare where you can never know if data youre working with is accurate, what exact resources are available to combat the threats, how long those resources will take to arrive, or even IF they will arrive, or the result of the conflict in a timely manner. In that set of circumstances you dont have the luxury of being able to be purely reactive to threats. You arent able to be moderate with threats, you simply cant take the chance because once enough of them take root they will bleed the Imperium dry of resourses over time. lets say 99% of the time the Xenos are friendly and well meaning even that 1% of the time they arent is a massive threat, because of the scale of the Imperium that 1% will translate to million upon millions of incidents over enough time. So that leaves the honest question with those kind of logistical issues how do you combat xenos effectively on such a huge scale? You obliterate them as viciously as possible with no regard to collateral damage because it will always be less than the damage done if those threats were left unchecked or combated with half measures. You indoctrinate your subjects to be completely and immediately opposed to any xenos influence to make heresy as hard as possible to take root because if heresy takes root in enough of the imperium at once, it wouldnt have the resources to combat all those threats. You NEED stopgaps to insure that is very difficult to happen or takes long enough that youre able to react in time enough times. Inquisitional TLDR: \"Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realize that you have no right to let them live!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47878.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgc109x", "c_root_id_B": "dgbjrn6", "created_at_utc_A": 1492349559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492309568.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Reposting this from an older thread here that asked a very similar question, Imo it addresses some (Most) of the ideas behind what OP is asking about the reasons why the Imperium does the things it does with concern to xenos and/or heresy. You have to understand the scale of the Imperium of man to understand some of its policies especially those concerning xenos, heresy, exterminatus, etc. The Imperium of man is so massive, with so many worlds and systems that bureaucracy can take literal lifetimes to update and even then with all the threats present in the stars those updates may not even be even close to relevant. There are a multitude of threats that can easily destroy a world and possibly start to spread to any neighbors soon after. So lets say youre the commander of this logistical nightmare where you can never know if data youre working with is accurate, what exact resources are available to combat the threats, how long those resources will take to arrive, or even IF they will arrive, or the result of the conflict in a timely manner. In that set of circumstances you dont have the luxury of being able to be purely reactive to threats. You arent able to be moderate with threats, you simply cant take the chance because once enough of them take root they will bleed the Imperium dry of resourses over time. lets say 99% of the time the Xenos are friendly and well meaning even that 1% of the time they arent is a massive threat, because of the scale of the Imperium that 1% will translate to million upon millions of incidents over enough time. So that leaves the honest question with those kind of logistical issues how do you combat xenos effectively on such a huge scale? You obliterate them as viciously as possible with no regard to collateral damage because it will always be less than the damage done if those threats were left unchecked or combated with half measures. You indoctrinate your subjects to be completely and immediately opposed to any xenos influence to make heresy as hard as possible to take root because if heresy takes root in enough of the imperium at once, it wouldnt have the resources to combat all those threats. You NEED stopgaps to insure that is very difficult to happen or takes long enough that youre able to react in time enough times. Inquisitional TLDR: \"Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realize that you have no right to let them live!\"", "human_ref_B": "Its because the GEOM's words and teachings have been twisted without his light to guide us. Tell no one, lest an inquisitor find out what you know. The truth is that the God Emperor was willing to work with, or coexist peacefully with other alien races. The humans where eventually going to be the masters of the universe, but there is no need to rush that. We have bigger problems to deal with (chaos). Some species, such as orcs could be used with the right handle (throw one of their \"ships\" at the right world and let them take care of it for yo), others could be coexisted with, until chaos was defeated. But the words of the God Emperor have become twisted, the religion of man no longer follows his teachings, and so you have the current situation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 39991.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgc109x", "c_root_id_B": "dgbx5xd", "created_at_utc_A": 1492349559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492339864.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Reposting this from an older thread here that asked a very similar question, Imo it addresses some (Most) of the ideas behind what OP is asking about the reasons why the Imperium does the things it does with concern to xenos and/or heresy. You have to understand the scale of the Imperium of man to understand some of its policies especially those concerning xenos, heresy, exterminatus, etc. The Imperium of man is so massive, with so many worlds and systems that bureaucracy can take literal lifetimes to update and even then with all the threats present in the stars those updates may not even be even close to relevant. There are a multitude of threats that can easily destroy a world and possibly start to spread to any neighbors soon after. So lets say youre the commander of this logistical nightmare where you can never know if data youre working with is accurate, what exact resources are available to combat the threats, how long those resources will take to arrive, or even IF they will arrive, or the result of the conflict in a timely manner. In that set of circumstances you dont have the luxury of being able to be purely reactive to threats. You arent able to be moderate with threats, you simply cant take the chance because once enough of them take root they will bleed the Imperium dry of resourses over time. lets say 99% of the time the Xenos are friendly and well meaning even that 1% of the time they arent is a massive threat, because of the scale of the Imperium that 1% will translate to million upon millions of incidents over enough time. So that leaves the honest question with those kind of logistical issues how do you combat xenos effectively on such a huge scale? You obliterate them as viciously as possible with no regard to collateral damage because it will always be less than the damage done if those threats were left unchecked or combated with half measures. You indoctrinate your subjects to be completely and immediately opposed to any xenos influence to make heresy as hard as possible to take root because if heresy takes root in enough of the imperium at once, it wouldnt have the resources to combat all those threats. You NEED stopgaps to insure that is very difficult to happen or takes long enough that youre able to react in time enough times. Inquisitional TLDR: \"Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realize that you have no right to let them live!\"", "human_ref_B": "During the horus heresy they met a human civilization that lived peacefully with some aliens. The space marines were so confused, because it was literally the first aliens that had not attacked them upon contact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9695.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "65m5rn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why are the Humans/Space Marines in Warhammer 40K so xenophobic? I understand that races like Orks and Tyranids are constant threats to humanity, but why so hostile generally?", "c_root_id_A": "dgc109x", "c_root_id_B": "dgc0zsj", "created_at_utc_A": 1492349559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492349534.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Reposting this from an older thread here that asked a very similar question, Imo it addresses some (Most) of the ideas behind what OP is asking about the reasons why the Imperium does the things it does with concern to xenos and/or heresy. You have to understand the scale of the Imperium of man to understand some of its policies especially those concerning xenos, heresy, exterminatus, etc. The Imperium of man is so massive, with so many worlds and systems that bureaucracy can take literal lifetimes to update and even then with all the threats present in the stars those updates may not even be even close to relevant. There are a multitude of threats that can easily destroy a world and possibly start to spread to any neighbors soon after. So lets say youre the commander of this logistical nightmare where you can never know if data youre working with is accurate, what exact resources are available to combat the threats, how long those resources will take to arrive, or even IF they will arrive, or the result of the conflict in a timely manner. In that set of circumstances you dont have the luxury of being able to be purely reactive to threats. You arent able to be moderate with threats, you simply cant take the chance because once enough of them take root they will bleed the Imperium dry of resourses over time. lets say 99% of the time the Xenos are friendly and well meaning even that 1% of the time they arent is a massive threat, because of the scale of the Imperium that 1% will translate to million upon millions of incidents over enough time. So that leaves the honest question with those kind of logistical issues how do you combat xenos effectively on such a huge scale? You obliterate them as viciously as possible with no regard to collateral damage because it will always be less than the damage done if those threats were left unchecked or combated with half measures. You indoctrinate your subjects to be completely and immediately opposed to any xenos influence to make heresy as hard as possible to take root because if heresy takes root in enough of the imperium at once, it wouldnt have the resources to combat all those threats. You NEED stopgaps to insure that is very difficult to happen or takes long enough that youre able to react in time enough times. Inquisitional TLDR: \"Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realize that you have no right to let them live!\"", "human_ref_B": "Remember the the emperor was ultimately trying to eliminate the chaos gods from the warp. By wiping out every Xenos race and ensuring that the only beings in the galaxy were humans that followed the Imperial Truth he could eliminate the source of their power. Chaos gods dwindle to nothingness when no one believes in them and no one worships them. Basically the Emperor was trying to establish control and control is a lot easier to maintain when you have uniformity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5gy1c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Predator/MCU] Our Elder has decided me and my pack must track a new, supreme trophy to become blooded, and this galaxy seems rife with supreme prey.. What should we hunt, what is the worthiest and most challenging kill to prove ourselves?", "c_root_id_A": "ejdei3c", "c_root_id_B": "ejdevix", "created_at_utc_A": 1553551182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553551439.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "One-Above-All) operates across the whole multiverse including that universe. Some have theorized that the Watcher Informant) is his avatar. That's *way* above your power level though. You could try asking /r/whowouldwin who the strongest person on Earth-199999 you could actually beat is.", "human_ref_B": "You MIGHT stand a chance against a Hawkeye or a Black Widow but even that I doubt. You also might have a shot against suit based non powered humans, like War Machine or Iron Man. But I doubt that even more. You'd stand NO chance against pretty much any of mid to high tier powers. 2 humans with Low to mid level training killed blooded(Predator 1&2 were blooded right?) predators. Now you want to go against heros who are trained to levels that can stand next to Gods? Pft, just activate the wrist nuke now, save yourself the embarrassment.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 257.0, "score_ratio": 24.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5gy1c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Predator/MCU] Our Elder has decided me and my pack must track a new, supreme trophy to become blooded, and this galaxy seems rife with supreme prey.. What should we hunt, what is the worthiest and most challenging kill to prove ourselves?", "c_root_id_A": "ejeihzv", "c_root_id_B": "ejdei3c", "created_at_utc_A": 1553586513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553551182.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When you get your asses kicked by Danny Glover or Adrien Brody, it might be time to start leaving earth alone.", "human_ref_B": "One-Above-All) operates across the whole multiverse including that universe. Some have theorized that the Watcher Informant) is his avatar. That's *way* above your power level though. You could try asking /r/whowouldwin who the strongest person on Earth-199999 you could actually beat is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35331.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5gy1c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Predator/MCU] Our Elder has decided me and my pack must track a new, supreme trophy to become blooded, and this galaxy seems rife with supreme prey.. What should we hunt, what is the worthiest and most challenging kill to prove ourselves?", "c_root_id_A": "ejeihzv", "c_root_id_B": "ejdv1uh", "created_at_utc_A": 1553586513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553563045.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When you get your asses kicked by Danny Glover or Adrien Brody, it might be time to start leaving earth alone.", "human_ref_B": "Think you're badass? Hunt Thanos.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23468.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5gy1c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Predator/MCU] Our Elder has decided me and my pack must track a new, supreme trophy to become blooded, and this galaxy seems rife with supreme prey.. What should we hunt, what is the worthiest and most challenging kill to prove ourselves?", "c_root_id_A": "ejdei3c", "c_root_id_B": "ejhfcyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1553551182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553677816.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "One-Above-All) operates across the whole multiverse including that universe. Some have theorized that the Watcher Informant) is his avatar. That's *way* above your power level though. You could try asking /r/whowouldwin who the strongest person on Earth-199999 you could actually beat is.", "human_ref_B": "If you want to hunt the perfect human without mutagenic DNA, you'll want to go for Steve Rodgers. Feel like hunting a hunter? Try to take down and keep down the so called Wolverine, you will have to take his whole skeleton as a trophy though. Pit our technology against the best earth has to offer by taking the skull of Tony Stark. Think your pack can hunt anything? Take on the Fantastic 4, a group of meta humans that range from the smartest on the planet (with elastic properties) to one of the toughest (made of dense living rock). A female telekinetic anchors the team alongside a combustible Male capable of flight. Put all your skills to the ultimate test by going after the X-Men. They have a wide variety of mutagenic powers from psychics, telekenisis, energy blasts of almost every variety, flight, super strength and agility, and many more. They tend to gather in a \"school\" and hunt in packs of 5 or greater number.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 126634.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b5gy1c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Predator/MCU] Our Elder has decided me and my pack must track a new, supreme trophy to become blooded, and this galaxy seems rife with supreme prey.. What should we hunt, what is the worthiest and most challenging kill to prove ourselves?", "c_root_id_A": "ejdv1uh", "c_root_id_B": "ejhfcyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1553563045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1553677816.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Think you're badass? Hunt Thanos.", "human_ref_B": "If you want to hunt the perfect human without mutagenic DNA, you'll want to go for Steve Rodgers. Feel like hunting a hunter? Try to take down and keep down the so called Wolverine, you will have to take his whole skeleton as a trophy though. Pit our technology against the best earth has to offer by taking the skull of Tony Stark. Think your pack can hunt anything? Take on the Fantastic 4, a group of meta humans that range from the smartest on the planet (with elastic properties) to one of the toughest (made of dense living rock). A female telekinetic anchors the team alongside a combustible Male capable of flight. Put all your skills to the ultimate test by going after the X-Men. They have a wide variety of mutagenic powers from psychics, telekenisis, energy blasts of almost every variety, flight, super strength and agility, and many more. They tend to gather in a \"school\" and hunt in packs of 5 or greater number.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 114771.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4a2fur", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Zootopia] Can two citizens of differing races be allowed to marry? If so, is it segregated so no predator could marry a prey?", "c_root_id_A": "d0x9k7l", "c_root_id_B": "d0wz808", "created_at_utc_A": 1457801027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457768531.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "Well, we don't see any indication that different species are attracted to one another. There are probably no laws against it, since it doesn't really happen. To be fair, we see very few couples in the movie... but all the couples we do see are same-species. (I was on the lookout for this, since I was also wondering about cross-species hookups.)", "human_ref_B": "There are no mammals that eat other mammals. They are not allowed to marry non-mammals for the same reason you're not allowed to marry a cow. They're not sapient.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32496.0, "score_ratio": -2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "st5q9q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Rune] Why does Loki's blood turn people and monsters into bigger and more monstrous versions? As far as I understand, Loki is a god of lies and trickery, so transformations like these don't really sound like his domain to me.", "c_root_id_A": "hx1umka", "c_root_id_B": "hx212hb", "created_at_utc_A": 1644942120.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644944608.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "I think it\u2019s the \u201cblood of a god\u201d part that matters more than the \u201cblood of a god of lies and trickery\u201d part. Divinity is a step up from mortality for a reaosnz", "human_ref_B": "Have you seen Loki's children? Loki is the father of J\u00f6rmungand (the world serpent), Fenrir (a giant wolf), and he also gave birth to Sleipnir (Odin's eight-legged horse). The guy's blood must be perfect for creating monsters.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2488.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eqgdre", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[WH40K] Chaos launches a massive Black Crusade directly at the Imperial Palace. They destroy the body of the Emperor but he is immediately brought back into existence to his full might (maybe even stronger as some believe). What happens/changes in the Galaxy and for the Imperium?", "c_root_id_A": "fesg35x", "c_root_id_B": "fet2dcs", "created_at_utc_A": 1579364819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1579371193.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Possibly the Starchild is unleashed.", "human_ref_B": "Divide the universe into two piles, humanity in one and everything else in the other. At least one of these piles is about to die screaming. There's a lot of theories about what will happen when the Emperor's corpse finally gets done dying. Some, he's just going to be dead, the Astronomicon with it, and anything he's been psychically holding back from intruding on Terra from the Warp is going to come charging through. In others, he ascends to the level of a Chaos God in his own right... but remember that the last time that happened, it created the Eye of Terror in the process due to the damage that creation did to reality. Worst case human scenario, Terra gets rolled like a bowling ball straight into the gutter and civilization collapses as no humans can get around the Warp without a psychic beacon to guide them. Each human-occupied world, cut off from any support, either dies alone of falls to Chaos as the various opposing forces can now move and act with impunity. A few pockets may survive, either because they were overlooked (some ag world that got cut off by a storm ages ago might go generations without knowing they survived an apocalypse) or because the juice wasn't worth the squeeze (good luck, since the Orks see a good squeeze as it's own reward). But as a military and political force, the humans are dead as a faction unless one side or another shows them mercy, like if the Eldar help them build a substitute for the beacon. Worse case xeno/chaos scenario, humanity comes flying out of the gate with a vengeance akin to an angry god... which is appropriate, because they're now being led by a god that has had a long time trapped on a chair to get good and pissed off at *everyone* who isn't playing ball. Worst case everyone scenario, neither side prevails, and just beat each other into half a coma just before the main arm of the Tyranids hit and all the Necrons to wake up, who then eat or murder everything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6374.0, "score_ratio": 10.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eqgdre", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[WH40K] Chaos launches a massive Black Crusade directly at the Imperial Palace. They destroy the body of the Emperor but he is immediately brought back into existence to his full might (maybe even stronger as some believe). What happens/changes in the Galaxy and for the Imperium?", "c_root_id_A": "fesg35x", "c_root_id_B": "fewkjn8", "created_at_utc_A": 1579364819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1579412707.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Possibly the Starchild is unleashed.", "human_ref_B": "I believe that if that happens, Terra is immediately consumed by nuclear fire. Terra's population will be gone, but what's way more serious is that the Astronomican will be gone. Without Astronomican, the Imperium cannot exist. It falls apart into thousands of realms, some spanning a star system or two, some having less territory than that. If the Emperor is truly Perpetual and can survive and find a way off Terra, perhaps He can rebuild the Astronomican (I'm not entirely sure if it's replaceable), but it's gonna be a hard and long time for anything that calls itself human.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 47888.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eqgdre", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[WH40K] Chaos launches a massive Black Crusade directly at the Imperial Palace. They destroy the body of the Emperor but he is immediately brought back into existence to his full might (maybe even stronger as some believe). What happens/changes in the Galaxy and for the Imperium?", "c_root_id_A": "fev9pxq", "c_root_id_B": "fewkjn8", "created_at_utc_A": 1579394831.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1579412707.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If *The Emperor* actually is a perpetual, has He snuffed it before? If I recall, it took a while for Vulkan to live again the first time around? It could take a fair while for *The Emperor* to resurrect if this would be His first time around the S-bend.", "human_ref_B": "I believe that if that happens, Terra is immediately consumed by nuclear fire. Terra's population will be gone, but what's way more serious is that the Astronomican will be gone. Without Astronomican, the Imperium cannot exist. It falls apart into thousands of realms, some spanning a star system or two, some having less territory than that. If the Emperor is truly Perpetual and can survive and find a way off Terra, perhaps He can rebuild the Astronomican (I'm not entirely sure if it's replaceable), but it's gonna be a hard and long time for anything that calls itself human.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17876.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eqgdre", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[WH40K] Chaos launches a massive Black Crusade directly at the Imperial Palace. They destroy the body of the Emperor but he is immediately brought back into existence to his full might (maybe even stronger as some believe). What happens/changes in the Galaxy and for the Imperium?", "c_root_id_A": "fevvgi7", "c_root_id_B": "fewkjn8", "created_at_utc_A": 1579401951.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1579412707.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Becomes a Chaos God Of Order and creates a 5th new chaos faction all on his own.", "human_ref_B": "I believe that if that happens, Terra is immediately consumed by nuclear fire. Terra's population will be gone, but what's way more serious is that the Astronomican will be gone. Without Astronomican, the Imperium cannot exist. It falls apart into thousands of realms, some spanning a star system or two, some having less territory than that. If the Emperor is truly Perpetual and can survive and find a way off Terra, perhaps He can rebuild the Astronomican (I'm not entirely sure if it's replaceable), but it's gonna be a hard and long time for anything that calls itself human.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10756.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2qeduj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Pokemon] I throw a pokeball at a sick man who is very weak, what happens?", "c_root_id_A": "cn7hrx5", "c_root_id_B": "cn5qijg", "created_at_utc_A": 1419789250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1419600739.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Check out this video Game Theory - Humans are Pokemon: http://youtu.be/PjnPyGFYKrI", "human_ref_B": "IIRC Pokemon are elemental energy made solid, which is how its possible for them to perform their many incredible moves. A pokeball converts them from solid back to their true energy form and stores them as energy. People are just plain solid, so the ball would just bounce off unless it was enormous enough to actually contain the man's whole mass.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 188511.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5d9ikw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Pokemon] How did the Kanto-native pokemon end up spreading out to so many different regions? I know that there is a lot of migration of different species to different regions, but it seems like no matter where you go, there will certainly be a large selection of Kanto pokemon to find. I just wondered why that region had so many successful migrations.", "c_root_id_A": "da2rokv", "c_root_id_B": "da2z63n", "created_at_utc_A": 1479308118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479317590.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "firs off connected to jhoto by land, flyer travel all over the world. all are connected by water in some way and some can f**KNG teleport", "human_ref_B": "Travel and trade between the residents of different regions is definitely a factor. In fact, a lot of Pokemon in Professor Oak's original Pokedex of 150 aren't even native to Kanto despite being discovered by him at the time. For instance, Red had to trade with someone to receive a Farfetch'd in Kanto, but they can be found in the wild in the neighboring Johto region. Others, particularly some Safari Zone Pokemon, have been brought from other regions rather than being from Kanto. Scyther, for example, is found in the Kanto Safari Zone but is more likely native to Sinnoh or Kalos.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9472.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5d9ikw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Pokemon] How did the Kanto-native pokemon end up spreading out to so many different regions? I know that there is a lot of migration of different species to different regions, but it seems like no matter where you go, there will certainly be a large selection of Kanto pokemon to find. I just wondered why that region had so many successful migrations.", "c_root_id_A": "da38x4j", "c_root_id_B": "da2rokv", "created_at_utc_A": 1479329318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479308118.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Many, like caterpie, wheedle, ratatta, and pidgey are invasive species. It just takes two getting loose anywhere, and they breed uncontrollably.", "human_ref_B": "firs off connected to jhoto by land, flyer travel all over the world. all are connected by water in some way and some can f**KNG teleport", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21200.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwudt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DOCTOR WHO] If I approach the sleeping Doctor with a voice modifier with the voice of the Daleks and yell EXTERMINATE !, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "ifu713z", "c_root_id_B": "ifsdxas", "created_at_utc_A": 1657620071.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657581845.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He'd likely treat it like the real thing even if he knew it wasn't. Humans shouldn't go around pretending to be cybernetic omni-Hitlers and he'd probably want to teach you a lesson to that end.", "human_ref_B": "One of his hearts would go into ventricular fibrillation, and a little bit of wee would come out of one of his timepenises", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38226.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwudt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DOCTOR WHO] If I approach the sleeping Doctor with a voice modifier with the voice of the Daleks and yell EXTERMINATE !, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "ifsm1kt", "c_root_id_B": "ifu713z", "created_at_utc_A": 1657585459.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657620071.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He would be scared. When he sees you're not a Dalek he'll ask you what the hell you're doing. He might shout what or oh no.", "human_ref_B": "He'd likely treat it like the real thing even if he knew it wasn't. Humans shouldn't go around pretending to be cybernetic omni-Hitlers and he'd probably want to teach you a lesson to that end.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34612.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vwudt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DOCTOR WHO] If I approach the sleeping Doctor with a voice modifier with the voice of the Daleks and yell EXTERMINATE !, how would he react?", "c_root_id_A": "ifsdxas", "c_root_id_B": "ifsm1kt", "created_at_utc_A": 1657581845.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1657585459.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "One of his hearts would go into ventricular fibrillation, and a little bit of wee would come out of one of his timepenises", "human_ref_B": "He would be scared. When he sees you're not a Dalek he'll ask you what the hell you're doing. He might shout what or oh no.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3614.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxuhcbb", "c_root_id_B": "dxuhm3p", "created_at_utc_A": 1524513155.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524513402.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Go ahead and do it. Those minions are just fodder anyways. I've never understood why you don't just turn people in order to have servants with night vision. The candle thing is entirely unnecessary. Additionally, have you heard of luminescence? There's tons of things that naturally give off light without it being fire, give it a shot. ~~A man~~ an entity of your influence should have no problem gathering plenty.", "human_ref_B": "Well, there are a few noteworthy: 1) now everyone knows you have a problem with fire, so your weakness is broadcasted. 2) like other people in the thread have said: humans you rely on kind of need them. 3) eliminating them might actually drive innovative change, especially if you commission a group of scientist/engineer minions to find a flameless light source. Say it's for the environment or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 247.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxuhgwm", "c_root_id_B": "dxuhm3p", "created_at_utc_A": 1524513270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524513402.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Belmonts are part vampire, so eliminating those light sources wouldn't help any. They can see in the dark. Besides, the real problem is all that delicious wallmeat that keeps getting discovered.", "human_ref_B": "Well, there are a few noteworthy: 1) now everyone knows you have a problem with fire, so your weakness is broadcasted. 2) like other people in the thread have said: humans you rely on kind of need them. 3) eliminating them might actually drive innovative change, especially if you commission a group of scientist/engineer minions to find a flameless light source. Say it's for the environment or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 132.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxvi4yq", "c_root_id_B": "dxuhcbb", "created_at_utc_A": 1524556422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524513155.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "your castle grows and moves on its own, so your first issue is you'll have to *keep removing* those candles, it's not a one time job. And they'll still spawn loot, which can now just be picked up off the ground, you'll either have to store it somewhere which means you've simply replaced multiple small loot drops with one big one, or have your minions break any loot they find while they're looking for candles to destroy.", "human_ref_B": "Go ahead and do it. Those minions are just fodder anyways. I've never understood why you don't just turn people in order to have servants with night vision. The candle thing is entirely unnecessary. Additionally, have you heard of luminescence? There's tons of things that naturally give off light without it being fire, give it a shot. ~~A man~~ an entity of your influence should have no problem gathering plenty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43267.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxvi4yq", "c_root_id_B": "dxv70r5", "created_at_utc_A": 1524556422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524539060.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "your castle grows and moves on its own, so your first issue is you'll have to *keep removing* those candles, it's not a one time job. And they'll still spawn loot, which can now just be picked up off the ground, you'll either have to store it somewhere which means you've simply replaced multiple small loot drops with one big one, or have your minions break any loot they find while they're looking for candles to destroy.", "human_ref_B": "You hate fire... but one of your abilities is throwing fireballs...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17362.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxvi4yq", "c_root_id_B": "dxvfalu", "created_at_utc_A": 1524556422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524550569.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "your castle grows and moves on its own, so your first issue is you'll have to *keep removing* those candles, it's not a one time job. And they'll still spawn loot, which can now just be picked up off the ground, you'll either have to store it somewhere which means you've simply replaced multiple small loot drops with one big one, or have your minions break any loot they find while they're looking for candles to destroy.", "human_ref_B": "Hello dark lord. May I first say that I truly do enjoy everything you've brought into the world. I wish to pay *YOU* tribute. If possible I'd also like to ask you a question. How do you explain this video? I'm giving you this opportunity to explain it before I share it with others because certainly there must be a reasonable explanation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5853.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxvi4yq", "c_root_id_B": "dxuhgwm", "created_at_utc_A": 1524556422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524513270.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "your castle grows and moves on its own, so your first issue is you'll have to *keep removing* those candles, it's not a one time job. And they'll still spawn loot, which can now just be picked up off the ground, you'll either have to store it somewhere which means you've simply replaced multiple small loot drops with one big one, or have your minions break any loot they find while they're looking for candles to destroy.", "human_ref_B": "Belmonts are part vampire, so eliminating those light sources wouldn't help any. They can see in the dark. Besides, the real problem is all that delicious wallmeat that keeps getting discovered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43152.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxvi4yq", "c_root_id_B": "dxupjq8", "created_at_utc_A": 1524556422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524520911.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "your castle grows and moves on its own, so your first issue is you'll have to *keep removing* those candles, it's not a one time job. And they'll still spawn loot, which can now just be picked up off the ground, you'll either have to store it somewhere which means you've simply replaced multiple small loot drops with one big one, or have your minions break any loot they find while they're looking for candles to destroy.", "human_ref_B": "Trust me, if he didn't think he was powering up on candles that you had posted all over your effing castle, he would instead just stand in one place and hammer at the bricks until your castle collapsed. Stick to the candle routine and use the minions to buy you time to do your own powering up. By the time he reaches you, you'll hopefully be able to take him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35511.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxuhgwm", "c_root_id_B": "dxv70r5", "created_at_utc_A": 1524513270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524539060.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Belmonts are part vampire, so eliminating those light sources wouldn't help any. They can see in the dark. Besides, the real problem is all that delicious wallmeat that keeps getting discovered.", "human_ref_B": "You hate fire... but one of your abilities is throwing fireballs...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25790.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxv70r5", "c_root_id_B": "dxupjq8", "created_at_utc_A": 1524539060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524520911.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You hate fire... but one of your abilities is throwing fireballs...", "human_ref_B": "Trust me, if he didn't think he was powering up on candles that you had posted all over your effing castle, he would instead just stand in one place and hammer at the bricks until your castle collapsed. Stick to the candle routine and use the minions to buy you time to do your own powering up. By the time he reaches you, you'll hopefully be able to take him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18149.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxuhgwm", "c_root_id_B": "dxvfalu", "created_at_utc_A": 1524513270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524550569.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Belmonts are part vampire, so eliminating those light sources wouldn't help any. They can see in the dark. Besides, the real problem is all that delicious wallmeat that keeps getting discovered.", "human_ref_B": "Hello dark lord. May I first say that I truly do enjoy everything you've brought into the world. I wish to pay *YOU* tribute. If possible I'd also like to ask you a question. How do you explain this video? I'm giving you this opportunity to explain it before I share it with others because certainly there must be a reasonable explanation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37299.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8edq60", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] Dracula here. I hate fire and am thinking of having my minions remove all candles everywhere from my domain. What consequences am I likely to deal with as a result? Background: Some jerk with a whip is apparently able to become stronger just by breaking candles, so I'm thinking that this could help me.", "c_root_id_A": "dxvfalu", "c_root_id_B": "dxupjq8", "created_at_utc_A": 1524550569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524520911.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Hello dark lord. May I first say that I truly do enjoy everything you've brought into the world. I wish to pay *YOU* tribute. If possible I'd also like to ask you a question. How do you explain this video? I'm giving you this opportunity to explain it before I share it with others because certainly there must be a reasonable explanation.", "human_ref_B": "Trust me, if he didn't think he was powering up on candles that you had posted all over your effing castle, he would instead just stand in one place and hammer at the bricks until your castle collapsed. Stick to the candle routine and use the minions to buy you time to do your own powering up. By the time he reaches you, you'll hopefully be able to take him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29658.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "93iz1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[World of Warcraft] What are the root causes for the escalations of hostilities between the Horde and Alliance as of late? Forgive me but I haven't kept up with all the details of recent events but isn't open war one of the worst decisions to make since the entire world is still recovering from fighting the Burning Legion?", "c_root_id_A": "e3dtahs", "c_root_id_B": "e3dzp8q", "created_at_utc_A": 1533082295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533088566.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Sylvanas is a complete raving pyschopath? At least thats the way she seems from the latest cinematic (crown of thorns? i think)", "human_ref_B": "There are a few factors at play, and most of those factors have reasons that aren't actually tied to direct conflict between Alliance and Horde. The key ingredient to this war though, is Azerite (essentially magic uranium). The new mineral has cropped up with practically nuclear potential, and the Warchief of the Horde (Sylvanas) has taken it as the opportunity and excuse she needed to escalate hostilities. She has foreseen that Teldrassil would be used by the Alliance to ferry Azerite from Kalimdor (predominantly Horde occupied), to the Eastern Kingdoms (more territory held by the Alliance than in Kalimdor), and she thinks it would shift the war between them into the Alliance's favour if the bulk of the Alliance was allowed access. So she has taken the advantage while it's there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6271.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "93iz1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[World of Warcraft] What are the root causes for the escalations of hostilities between the Horde and Alliance as of late? Forgive me but I haven't kept up with all the details of recent events but isn't open war one of the worst decisions to make since the entire world is still recovering from fighting the Burning Legion?", "c_root_id_A": "e3dtahs", "c_root_id_B": "e3e4496", "created_at_utc_A": 1533082295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533093092.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Sylvanas is a complete raving pyschopath? At least thats the way she seems from the latest cinematic (crown of thorns? i think)", "human_ref_B": "I think all the other answers are correct, but based on the events of Before the Storm, Sylvanas has more personal motivations. Despite being Warcheif, she has little fondness for the position, preferring to work from the shadows, and disdains the Hordes living races. At the same time she is losing control over the Forsaken, especially with the reveal of Calia Menethil. She is forcing the war to unite the Horde behind her and to head off a foe she perceives will soon be much more powerful with Azurite and lead by Anduin.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10797.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1kfh51", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Battlestar Galactica] Why doesn't the paper have right angle corners, instead of it's distinctive elongated octagon shape? This apparently ruined the series for my local comic shop guy, who could not fathom a practical reason for why they would print books like this.", "c_root_id_A": "cbol1hx", "c_root_id_B": "cbol8xr", "created_at_utc_A": 1376604780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1376605364.0, "score_A": -6, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Is this your local comic shop guy?", "human_ref_B": "The 8 corners refer to the 8 most important gods in their pantheon. Originally 8 cornered paper was only used for prayer sheets and religious texts, but over time it became used for various other printed materials that the creators wished to appear important. Over time it just became the standard way of doing things.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 584.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1kfh51", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Battlestar Galactica] Why doesn't the paper have right angle corners, instead of it's distinctive elongated octagon shape? This apparently ruined the series for my local comic shop guy, who could not fathom a practical reason for why they would print books like this.", "c_root_id_A": "cbol1hx", "c_root_id_B": "cbp3yy4", "created_at_utc_A": 1376604780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1376673820.0, "score_A": -6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Is this your local comic shop guy?", "human_ref_B": "Some frakking bean counter tried to get Caprica to save a very minor amount of money by switching government paper to the sharp cornered type of paper sheets you suggested. The result was universally pilloried as the abandonment of traditions thousands of years old dating back to Kobol. The bean counter got sacked and we're going computerized anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 69040.0, "score_ratio": -0.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gk31ca", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Dune] I just did a really valuable job for a rich guy and he gave me a vial of this cinnamon smelling stuff. Called it \"Spice\" and said I should try it. What the hell is this? And what does it do?", "c_root_id_A": "fqpk3vj", "c_root_id_B": "fqrnj91", "created_at_utc_A": 1589548276.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1589587971.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Depends. You a navigator?", "human_ref_B": "The spice melange can triple your lifespan and give you limited psychic powers. Problem is that it comes with the *worst* possible withdrawal symptom: death. Not \"chance of death,\" but \"inevitable death.\" If you've come into contact with spice, you're screwed unless you have an angle on a steady supply of the stuff. Problem is, unless you're a major member of a Great House, part of the Spacing Guild or Bene Gesserit, or living on Arrakis, that's unlikely.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39695.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucqzpe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Alien/Aliens] Is Hypersleep necessary for FTL travel! Is Hypersleep necessary for FTL travel regardless of the duration? Like could the crew of a ship choose to stay awake for a relatively short two week jump?", "c_root_id_A": "i6cjv6z", "c_root_id_B": "i6d3ybs", "created_at_utc_A": 1651024981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651035030.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": ">Like could the crew of a ship choose to stay awake for a relatively short two week jump? Sure, but you better pay the premium for the life support and supplies for that time period.", "human_ref_B": "No, it's not fundamentally necessary. As in there's no intrinsic feature of FTL travel that requires a human to be unconscious to survive it. If the ship was properly stocked, you absolutely could stay awake the whole time. Hypersleep is just cheaper for the Company, saves on supplies and life support, and it's more convenient for the crew, since they don't get bored off their asses and age their lives away in the in-between times. Win-win.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10049.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucqzpe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Alien/Aliens] Is Hypersleep necessary for FTL travel! Is Hypersleep necessary for FTL travel regardless of the duration? Like could the crew of a ship choose to stay awake for a relatively short two week jump?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ddt3d", "c_root_id_B": "i6cjv6z", "created_at_utc_A": 1651041881.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651024981.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "According to, iirc, the technical manual FTL travel is done via a tachyon shunt, which causes reverse time dilation - ie, the faster the ship goes, the slower time passes onboard. So while a ship travelling from the Solar System to Alpha Centauri might arrive a few weeks after it left, the ship itself might have spent months or even years on that journey.", "human_ref_B": ">Like could the crew of a ship choose to stay awake for a relatively short two week jump? Sure, but you better pay the premium for the life support and supplies for that time period.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16900.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6r85j4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[1984] why does Winston need external confirmation to know what year it is? can't he just count how many turnovers of the seasons he's lived through?", "c_root_id_A": "dl35yr1", "c_root_id_B": "dl334dj", "created_at_utc_A": 1501719841.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501716927.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Without knowing what year it is, would *you* know how many turnovers of the seasons you've lived through?", "human_ref_B": "More importantly, doesn't the front page of the Times have the date?? It's referred to in every \"correction\" he gets, after all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2914.0, "score_ratio": 9.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "249an3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Captain America: The Winter Soldier] A question about the evil plan. (Spoilers) 1. How can those guns hit people so far away with such accuracy? 2. How were they able to set their first list of targets to cover the whole of the US when we could clearly see that they were still almost all next to each other and only a few 1000ft above the city?", "c_root_id_A": "ch5bgcn", "c_root_id_B": "ch56s0a", "created_at_utc_A": 1398801658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1398792586.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "To get at your second question, Director Fury says that Project Insight can eliminate a thousand targets a minute. The satellites hit target saturation at around a million targets, so it's going to take at least 17 hours to take out that first batch. The helicarriers would probably begin with targets in the DC area at first, then spread out as they gain altitude. It's not like they're going to remain stationary at 3,000 feet and try to hit everyone from there. Regarding reliability when it comes to actually hitting those targets, the helicarriers likely employ minitiurized, highly efficient munitions based on those provided by Stark Industries before they ceased weapons manufacturing. SHIELD scientists would likely be able to further improve on those designs, and perhaps even employ repulsor technology (like in the Jericho rocket) now that Tony finally shared the design.", "human_ref_B": "The launch of the Insight hellicarriers was jut one step in Hydras master plan. Remember, they have infiltrated Shield at all levels, even if the hellicarriers were not in range, Hydra field agents probably are. If Hydra had been successful at unleashing the Insight carriers those ground forces would have not only have access to the targets exact locations, but they could theoretically have the best air support available.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9072.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4o5g0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Jumanji] What happens if a player dies? As per the movie, the game seems capable of recognizing if hte person rolling the dice isn't the person whose turn it is. So one of the players dies can the game never be completed?", "c_root_id_A": "hss6ws3", "c_root_id_B": "hss7yq0", "created_at_utc_A": 1642264928.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642265332.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Yes, presumably. It's mused on as a concern a few time.", "human_ref_B": "The game doesn't actually seem to want to be unfair to the players, and there's no actual skill to winning other than to roll the dice. Sure, it seems like the threats are deadly, but everything that Jumanji summons seems to be pulling its punches. The most likely thing to have killed a player is being abandoned in a jungle for 30 years, and the only reason Alan was gone for so long is because the game was abandoned. Considering that he took no supplies with him, that sort of survival would have been nearly impossible for a child unless something was giving him a hand.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 404.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jxppa4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[X Men Movies] Can Wolverine survive reentry to earths atmosphere While I think Wolverine can survive reentry in the comics so I am curious to know if his movie counterpart can as well", "c_root_id_A": "gcyhci6", "c_root_id_B": "gcyfc85", "created_at_utc_A": 1605891993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605891031.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He survived an atomic bomb, not at ground 0 but still", "human_ref_B": "with his adamantium skeleton, most likely, tho he would lose concioussness while burning and wake up after landing after he healed enough", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 962.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jxppa4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[X Men Movies] Can Wolverine survive reentry to earths atmosphere While I think Wolverine can survive reentry in the comics so I am curious to know if his movie counterpart can as well", "c_root_id_A": "gcygws7", "c_root_id_B": "gcyhci6", "created_at_utc_A": 1605891779.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605891993.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "He can but would be ko'ed", "human_ref_B": "He survived an atomic bomb, not at ground 0 but still", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 214.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbphe7w", "c_root_id_B": "gbq9udw", "created_at_utc_A": 1604918395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604938236.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Well SHIELD didn't know what Mjolnir was and therefore couldn't have thought of to wield it. Yet they couldn't remove it from the crater either.", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon is that there's a mental scan of Odin that Mjolnir has on hand at the moment that the enchantment was made. Mjolnir is constantly asking the mental clone whether or not it's allowed to move. So the answer is going to be \"it depends\". * If the person is worthy, then obviously the box moves. * If the person is moving the box because they just want the box moved, then it probably moves. * If the person intends to throw the box at someone, then it doesn't move. * If the person is likely to be put into a scenario where they'll need to throw the box as a weapon, then they won't be able to move the box. * In fact, there are probably situations where the box moves just fine, but then things turn violent and suddenly it just drops to the ground where it remains unable to be moved.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19841.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbq9udw", "c_root_id_B": "gbq8veq", "created_at_utc_A": 1604938236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604937739.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "My headcanon is that there's a mental scan of Odin that Mjolnir has on hand at the moment that the enchantment was made. Mjolnir is constantly asking the mental clone whether or not it's allowed to move. So the answer is going to be \"it depends\". * If the person is worthy, then obviously the box moves. * If the person is moving the box because they just want the box moved, then it probably moves. * If the person intends to throw the box at someone, then it doesn't move. * If the person is likely to be put into a scenario where they'll need to throw the box as a weapon, then they won't be able to move the box. * In fact, there are probably situations where the box moves just fine, but then things turn violent and suddenly it just drops to the ground where it remains unable to be moved.", "human_ref_B": "It is magic, so it would depend. Thor leaves it in a box in a friend's house who is moving, and the packers unaware take the box. Yes they would be able to lift no problem. Loki casts a spell to make a box appear around Mjolnir and then have a random unaware person try and lift it, it won't work because Loki is intentionally trying to move it. Even though the person is unaware, Loki is and Loki is unworthy, so Mjolnir would rule that as unworthy trying to lift it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 497.0, "score_ratio": 3.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbplour", "c_root_id_B": "gbq9udw", "created_at_utc_A": 1604922911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604938236.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "They could lift the box but they couldn't lift Mjolnir. That is assuming they could lift the box + Mjolnir to begin with.", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon is that there's a mental scan of Odin that Mjolnir has on hand at the moment that the enchantment was made. Mjolnir is constantly asking the mental clone whether or not it's allowed to move. So the answer is going to be \"it depends\". * If the person is worthy, then obviously the box moves. * If the person is moving the box because they just want the box moved, then it probably moves. * If the person intends to throw the box at someone, then it doesn't move. * If the person is likely to be put into a scenario where they'll need to throw the box as a weapon, then they won't be able to move the box. * In fact, there are probably situations where the box moves just fine, but then things turn violent and suddenly it just drops to the ground where it remains unable to be moved.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15325.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbpzckl", "c_root_id_B": "gbq9udw", "created_at_utc_A": 1604932710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604938236.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "As long as they are not intentionally touching Mjolnir they should be able to move it. I imagine it would be the same thing as putting Mjolnir on a table and then moving the table. Just don't touch the hammer and you'll be fine.", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon is that there's a mental scan of Odin that Mjolnir has on hand at the moment that the enchantment was made. Mjolnir is constantly asking the mental clone whether or not it's allowed to move. So the answer is going to be \"it depends\". * If the person is worthy, then obviously the box moves. * If the person is moving the box because they just want the box moved, then it probably moves. * If the person intends to throw the box at someone, then it doesn't move. * If the person is likely to be put into a scenario where they'll need to throw the box as a weapon, then they won't be able to move the box. * In fact, there are probably situations where the box moves just fine, but then things turn violent and suddenly it just drops to the ground where it remains unable to be moved.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5526.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbpgbht", "c_root_id_B": "gbq9udw", "created_at_utc_A": 1604917168.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604938236.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "They could lift the box yes, but not Mjolnir. For instance if it was a cardboard box the bottom would be ripped out, same thing with other materials as long as the person is strong enough to rip the material. If someone is not strong enough to break, lets say, a steel crate then they won't be able to lift it. At least thats my interpertation.", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon is that there's a mental scan of Odin that Mjolnir has on hand at the moment that the enchantment was made. Mjolnir is constantly asking the mental clone whether or not it's allowed to move. So the answer is going to be \"it depends\". * If the person is worthy, then obviously the box moves. * If the person is moving the box because they just want the box moved, then it probably moves. * If the person intends to throw the box at someone, then it doesn't move. * If the person is likely to be put into a scenario where they'll need to throw the box as a weapon, then they won't be able to move the box. * In fact, there are probably situations where the box moves just fine, but then things turn violent and suddenly it just drops to the ground where it remains unable to be moved.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21068.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbpgbht", "c_root_id_B": "gbphe7w", "created_at_utc_A": 1604917168.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604918395.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "They could lift the box yes, but not Mjolnir. For instance if it was a cardboard box the bottom would be ripped out, same thing with other materials as long as the person is strong enough to rip the material. If someone is not strong enough to break, lets say, a steel crate then they won't be able to lift it. At least thats my interpertation.", "human_ref_B": "Well SHIELD didn't know what Mjolnir was and therefore couldn't have thought of to wield it. Yet they couldn't remove it from the crater either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1227.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbplour", "c_root_id_B": "gbq8veq", "created_at_utc_A": 1604922911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604937739.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They could lift the box but they couldn't lift Mjolnir. That is assuming they could lift the box + Mjolnir to begin with.", "human_ref_B": "It is magic, so it would depend. Thor leaves it in a box in a friend's house who is moving, and the packers unaware take the box. Yes they would be able to lift no problem. Loki casts a spell to make a box appear around Mjolnir and then have a random unaware person try and lift it, it won't work because Loki is intentionally trying to move it. Even though the person is unaware, Loki is and Loki is unworthy, so Mjolnir would rule that as unworthy trying to lift it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14828.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbq8veq", "c_root_id_B": "gbpzckl", "created_at_utc_A": 1604937739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604932710.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It is magic, so it would depend. Thor leaves it in a box in a friend's house who is moving, and the packers unaware take the box. Yes they would be able to lift no problem. Loki casts a spell to make a box appear around Mjolnir and then have a random unaware person try and lift it, it won't work because Loki is intentionally trying to move it. Even though the person is unaware, Loki is and Loki is unworthy, so Mjolnir would rule that as unworthy trying to lift it.", "human_ref_B": "As long as they are not intentionally touching Mjolnir they should be able to move it. I imagine it would be the same thing as putting Mjolnir on a table and then moving the table. Just don't touch the hammer and you'll be fine.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5029.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbq8veq", "c_root_id_B": "gbpgbht", "created_at_utc_A": 1604937739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604917168.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It is magic, so it would depend. Thor leaves it in a box in a friend's house who is moving, and the packers unaware take the box. Yes they would be able to lift no problem. Loki casts a spell to make a box appear around Mjolnir and then have a random unaware person try and lift it, it won't work because Loki is intentionally trying to move it. Even though the person is unaware, Loki is and Loki is unworthy, so Mjolnir would rule that as unworthy trying to lift it.", "human_ref_B": "They could lift the box yes, but not Mjolnir. For instance if it was a cardboard box the bottom would be ripped out, same thing with other materials as long as the person is strong enough to rip the material. If someone is not strong enough to break, lets say, a steel crate then they won't be able to lift it. At least thats my interpertation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20571.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbplour", "c_root_id_B": "gbpgbht", "created_at_utc_A": 1604922911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604917168.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They could lift the box but they couldn't lift Mjolnir. That is assuming they could lift the box + Mjolnir to begin with.", "human_ref_B": "They could lift the box yes, but not Mjolnir. For instance if it was a cardboard box the bottom would be ripped out, same thing with other materials as long as the person is strong enough to rip the material. If someone is not strong enough to break, lets say, a steel crate then they won't be able to lift it. At least thats my interpertation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5743.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbpzckl", "c_root_id_B": "gbpgbht", "created_at_utc_A": 1604932710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604917168.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As long as they are not intentionally touching Mjolnir they should be able to move it. I imagine it would be the same thing as putting Mjolnir on a table and then moving the table. Just don't touch the hammer and you'll be fine.", "human_ref_B": "They could lift the box yes, but not Mjolnir. For instance if it was a cardboard box the bottom would be ripped out, same thing with other materials as long as the person is strong enough to rip the material. If someone is not strong enough to break, lets say, a steel crate then they won't be able to lift it. At least thats my interpertation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15542.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbrhhg3", "c_root_id_B": "gbpgbht", "created_at_utc_A": 1604959414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604917168.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "This is one of those situations where you just kinda have to say \"It works because magic.\" It's isn't really a cop-out, because taken to its logical conclusion, no structure should be able to support Mjolnir. Thor couldn't even set it down on a city street because it would collapse into the sewers and subway tunnels beneath the street. Magic works according to the perceptions of the sentient beings that implement it, and a sentient being knows what they mean by \"lift\". The magical rule is that one must be \"worthy\" in order to \"lift\" Mjolnir. If what you're doing can, in the understanding of the one casting the spell, be construed as \"lifting\" it, then the worthiness condition kicks in, so if you're not, you can't. Even if you're operating a heavy crane or something. But if it's simply sitting on the floor of, say, the Helicarrier, and it takes off, there should be no problem. Picking it up off the floor, on the other hand, will be problematic.", "human_ref_B": "They could lift the box yes, but not Mjolnir. For instance if it was a cardboard box the bottom would be ripped out, same thing with other materials as long as the person is strong enough to rip the material. If someone is not strong enough to break, lets say, a steel crate then they won't be able to lift it. At least thats my interpertation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42246.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbqz6m9", "c_root_id_B": "gbrhhg3", "created_at_utc_A": 1604950509.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604959414.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No, and I don't know why anyone says they could. When the truckers tried to move it indirectly with pickup trucks and chains, they couldn't do it. It has nothing to do with \"intent to move/wield,\" which is never mentioned. They are simply not worthy, so they cannot lift it. End of story.", "human_ref_B": "This is one of those situations where you just kinda have to say \"It works because magic.\" It's isn't really a cop-out, because taken to its logical conclusion, no structure should be able to support Mjolnir. Thor couldn't even set it down on a city street because it would collapse into the sewers and subway tunnels beneath the street. Magic works according to the perceptions of the sentient beings that implement it, and a sentient being knows what they mean by \"lift\". The magical rule is that one must be \"worthy\" in order to \"lift\" Mjolnir. If what you're doing can, in the understanding of the one casting the spell, be construed as \"lifting\" it, then the worthiness condition kicks in, so if you're not, you can't. Even if you're operating a heavy crane or something. But if it's simply sitting on the floor of, say, the Helicarrier, and it takes off, there should be no problem. Picking it up off the floor, on the other hand, will be problematic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8905.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbqdt13", "c_root_id_B": "gbrhhg3", "created_at_utc_A": 1604940215.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604959414.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No.", "human_ref_B": "This is one of those situations where you just kinda have to say \"It works because magic.\" It's isn't really a cop-out, because taken to its logical conclusion, no structure should be able to support Mjolnir. Thor couldn't even set it down on a city street because it would collapse into the sewers and subway tunnels beneath the street. Magic works according to the perceptions of the sentient beings that implement it, and a sentient being knows what they mean by \"lift\". The magical rule is that one must be \"worthy\" in order to \"lift\" Mjolnir. If what you're doing can, in the understanding of the one casting the spell, be construed as \"lifting\" it, then the worthiness condition kicks in, so if you're not, you can't. Even if you're operating a heavy crane or something. But if it's simply sitting on the floor of, say, the Helicarrier, and it takes off, there should be no problem. Picking it up off the floor, on the other hand, will be problematic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19199.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqupt4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] If Mjolnir was in a box, and someone didn't know it was in there, could they lift the box? They wouldn't be trying to wield it, so far as I can figure they should be able to lift it, as there is not intent towards meowmeow.", "c_root_id_A": "gbqdt13", "c_root_id_B": "gbqz6m9", "created_at_utc_A": 1604940215.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604950509.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "No.", "human_ref_B": "No, and I don't know why anyone says they could. When the truckers tried to move it indirectly with pickup trucks and chains, they couldn't do it. It has nothing to do with \"intent to move/wield,\" which is never mentioned. They are simply not worthy, so they cannot lift it. End of story.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10294.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "go99aq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[MCU] Shouldn't the Asgardians think Loki is a bastard? I mean Odin was the king, so wouldn't it be a really big deal/public knowledge if his wife were pregnant with a another heir? Wouldn't at least the royal servants wonder where this baby came from? It's made clear that, aside from the Valkaries(who were all dead before Thor was born) women were not typically warriors in Asgard. Therefore we can assume the queen was not on the battlefield but in the castle at home. So she stays behind, Odin returns from his space war with a baby, and everybody just says \"Yep, that's her baby too.\".... Are we to assume everyone knew and just respected/feared Odin too much to voice the obvious truth? If so were Thor and Loki basically the only people who didn't know the truth? That's a hell of a secret to keep if almost the whole kingdom knows. Or is this ever explained? It is it a lore plot hole?", "c_root_id_A": "frehly4", "c_root_id_B": "frevduo", "created_at_utc_A": 1590109204.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1590117610.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Frigga was raised by witches and was a powerful sorcerer. And Odin was Odin. It's not like they couldn't come up with a foolproof magical deception that could fool the entire kingdom.", "human_ref_B": "Odin successfully erased one of his children from history. Not just *any* child either, she was his firstborn daughter, a goddess in her own right, a conquering heroine who terrorized the nine realms, and played a central role in the prophecized events of Ragnarok. By the time Odin was done, no-one even *recognized* her. When she claimed to be the ruler of Asgard, the Asgardians didn't call her out for being a tyrant, they were dumbfounded and assumed she was a crazy person. With a PR department like that, a little thing like his wife not being pregnant before giving birth to another son is going to be simple as stealing a baby from an ice giant.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8406.0, "score_ratio": 2.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ha9qug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star wars] how easily would the empire be able to invade and occupy the Earth? Let's say this is pre death star empire, so they do have fleets and star destroyers for example", "c_root_id_A": "fv2yu4k", "c_root_id_B": "fv2ihjx", "created_at_utc_A": 1592360840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592351273.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "A *single* Star Destroyer can get the whole planet to surrender with the threat of orbital bombardment (which they can't even retaliate as the ISD will see and shoot down ICBMs easily). After that, bring in transports to put boots on the ground and confiscate Earth's conventional and nuclear arsenals. Considering most countries will have already surrendered at this point, most of it can be done without even fighting. Resistance pockets are sure to pop up, but at our tech level, they're a nuisance at best. Even if things get hairy, the Empire has more than enough resources to send reinforcements.", "human_ref_B": "\u201cA long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away\u201d... so the Empire is presumably many hundreds of light years away and existed a \u201clong\u201d time ago... thousands of years? The fastest ship in the galaxy, the Millennium Falcon, can travel at 25000 light years per day so basically, if the pre-Death Star empire came to earth, they\u2019d arrive thousands or at least hundreds of years ago. All the hopes of nuking them, putting up a fight with F22 Raptors etc is moot. Stormtroopers would encounter a bunch of sheep herders. Edit: a word", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9567.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ha9qug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star wars] how easily would the empire be able to invade and occupy the Earth? Let's say this is pre death star empire, so they do have fleets and star destroyers for example", "c_root_id_A": "fv2yu4k", "c_root_id_B": "fv2yhgx", "created_at_utc_A": 1592360840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592360632.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A *single* Star Destroyer can get the whole planet to surrender with the threat of orbital bombardment (which they can't even retaliate as the ISD will see and shoot down ICBMs easily). After that, bring in transports to put boots on the ground and confiscate Earth's conventional and nuclear arsenals. Considering most countries will have already surrendered at this point, most of it can be done without even fighting. Resistance pockets are sure to pop up, but at our tech level, they're a nuisance at best. Even if things get hairy, the Empire has more than enough resources to send reinforcements.", "human_ref_B": "Invasion would be easy because we've go nothing to threaten even something as insignificant as their light patrol ships while also having nothing to stop an orbital bombardment that could annihilate any sort of concentrated military forces we could mobilise to counter any landing forces. Occupation would be more difficult and would probably require a significantly heavier than usual deployment of forces to occupy Earth than most planets, just to put things into perspective just to station 2000 man garrisons in every city larger than 500,000 people would require something like 2,400,000 million or more troops, and they'd probably want at least that many combat troops available for each shift, and a rapid reaction force available to back up those garrisons plus non-combat troops, a low ball estimate for the on going presence on the planet large enough to have enough of a visible presence to discourage outright revolts would be in the order of 35-40 million (in comparison an Imperial sector army, their largest administrative army units, was only 1,180,309 personnel\\* and 1 sector army's duty stations are often spread across a number of worlds across a large region of space rather than a single planet). It should be noted that they could get away with far less than that sort of force it'd only be by undue reliance on orbital fire support and would likely destroy enough of the planet to make any such conquest worthwhile and it'd be completely unable to deal with any sort of insurgency fighting a guerrilla war similar to the one the Rebel Alliance fought against the Empire across the galaxy, just the simple need to search for weapons caches or police the planet to prevent hidden weapons manufacturing operations would require a significant amount of manpower (for all they know the Rebels could have started up a proton torpedo manufacturing facility on the planet and hundreds of them are hidden across the planet ready to blow their naval picket away at any moment). In the Empire's favour is that they can use the regular Imperial Army for this and even an occupation force that large would barely register as a notable manpower drain for them. \\*note this is a Legends number because the canon equivalent doesn't exist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 208.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ha9qug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star wars] how easily would the empire be able to invade and occupy the Earth? Let's say this is pre death star empire, so they do have fleets and star destroyers for example", "c_root_id_A": "fv2yhgx", "c_root_id_B": "fv34s5w", "created_at_utc_A": 1592360632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592364464.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Invasion would be easy because we've go nothing to threaten even something as insignificant as their light patrol ships while also having nothing to stop an orbital bombardment that could annihilate any sort of concentrated military forces we could mobilise to counter any landing forces. Occupation would be more difficult and would probably require a significantly heavier than usual deployment of forces to occupy Earth than most planets, just to put things into perspective just to station 2000 man garrisons in every city larger than 500,000 people would require something like 2,400,000 million or more troops, and they'd probably want at least that many combat troops available for each shift, and a rapid reaction force available to back up those garrisons plus non-combat troops, a low ball estimate for the on going presence on the planet large enough to have enough of a visible presence to discourage outright revolts would be in the order of 35-40 million (in comparison an Imperial sector army, their largest administrative army units, was only 1,180,309 personnel\\* and 1 sector army's duty stations are often spread across a number of worlds across a large region of space rather than a single planet). It should be noted that they could get away with far less than that sort of force it'd only be by undue reliance on orbital fire support and would likely destroy enough of the planet to make any such conquest worthwhile and it'd be completely unable to deal with any sort of insurgency fighting a guerrilla war similar to the one the Rebel Alliance fought against the Empire across the galaxy, just the simple need to search for weapons caches or police the planet to prevent hidden weapons manufacturing operations would require a significant amount of manpower (for all they know the Rebels could have started up a proton torpedo manufacturing facility on the planet and hundreds of them are hidden across the planet ready to blow their naval picket away at any moment). In the Empire's favour is that they can use the regular Imperial Army for this and even an occupation force that large would barely register as a notable manpower drain for them. \\*note this is a Legends number because the canon equivalent doesn't exist.", "human_ref_B": "A single Star Destroyer would do it. If they had intell on earth's Political system they would set up base in China, promising the Chinese Government a Moff rank position over the world. The Chinese population could support 30,000,000 Storm Troopers if they drafted all males between the ages of 16-49 (India could support almost 250m but China has the most stable Authoritarian Government that doesn't have to worry about religion). The Chinese people would be unlikely to revolt or engage in resistance against the Empire due to the power and stability of the Chinese government and would make the perfect enforcer to actually hold the planet. The star destroyer would flatten any city's that did not capitulate and TIE Fighters would shoot down any Nukes launched by any nation against China or Imperial forces. The USA would likely take the brunt of the strike since it has the most powerful military on Earth currently and the rest of the world would quickly fall in line after seeing the example made of the USA. Muslim countries would likely launch a planet wide Jihad and recruit tons of people across the globe but the 30,000,000 Chinese Storm Troopers would start enforcing martial law and many people in other countries would want to join the Earth branch of the Storm Troopers Corps to insure the survival of their families and have their country represented among the ranking leaders. It might take the Empire glassing half a billion people, but in the end people would stop resisting, especially since the Empire is made up of primarily Humans anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3832.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ha9qug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star wars] how easily would the empire be able to invade and occupy the Earth? Let's say this is pre death star empire, so they do have fleets and star destroyers for example", "c_root_id_A": "fv34s5w", "c_root_id_B": "fv30ngc", "created_at_utc_A": 1592364464.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592361924.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A single Star Destroyer would do it. If they had intell on earth's Political system they would set up base in China, promising the Chinese Government a Moff rank position over the world. The Chinese population could support 30,000,000 Storm Troopers if they drafted all males between the ages of 16-49 (India could support almost 250m but China has the most stable Authoritarian Government that doesn't have to worry about religion). The Chinese people would be unlikely to revolt or engage in resistance against the Empire due to the power and stability of the Chinese government and would make the perfect enforcer to actually hold the planet. The star destroyer would flatten any city's that did not capitulate and TIE Fighters would shoot down any Nukes launched by any nation against China or Imperial forces. The USA would likely take the brunt of the strike since it has the most powerful military on Earth currently and the rest of the world would quickly fall in line after seeing the example made of the USA. Muslim countries would likely launch a planet wide Jihad and recruit tons of people across the globe but the 30,000,000 Chinese Storm Troopers would start enforcing martial law and many people in other countries would want to join the Earth branch of the Storm Troopers Corps to insure the survival of their families and have their country represented among the ranking leaders. It might take the Empire glassing half a billion people, but in the end people would stop resisting, especially since the Empire is made up of primarily Humans anyway.", "human_ref_B": "The tech of the Empire isn\u2019t actually that much more advanced when it comes to infantry and air power since they fight like WW2 pilots, now when it comes to space, we are outnumbered and outclassed heavily, but say a Star Destroyer comes into our atmosphere, it would be a hard fight but we would put up some fight, ground to air missiles will be effective as well", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2540.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3veb0f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Terminator] After the nuclear holocaust, what are the Resistance eating?", "c_root_id_A": "cxn4rt9", "c_root_id_B": "cxmwzod", "created_at_utc_A": 1449251055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449238768.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It can't be as bad/desperate as people are saying, because when Reese went to 1985, he didn't go all ape shit for food.", "human_ref_B": "Scavenging, foraging, farming using grow rooms.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12287.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3veb0f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Terminator] After the nuclear holocaust, what are the Resistance eating?", "c_root_id_A": "cxmvv00", "c_root_id_B": "cxn4rt9", "created_at_utc_A": 1449236242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449251055.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "If I recall, Skynet only took out 50% of the population. Mostly urban areas. Agriculture should be mostly in tact, or at least areas that food can grow bountifully", "human_ref_B": "It can't be as bad/desperate as people are saying, because when Reese went to 1985, he didn't go all ape shit for food.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14813.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3veb0f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Terminator] After the nuclear holocaust, what are the Resistance eating?", "c_root_id_A": "cxmvv00", "c_root_id_B": "cxmwzod", "created_at_utc_A": 1449236242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449238768.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "If I recall, Skynet only took out 50% of the population. Mostly urban areas. Agriculture should be mostly in tact, or at least areas that food can grow bountifully", "human_ref_B": "Scavenging, foraging, farming using grow rooms.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2526.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3veb0f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Terminator] After the nuclear holocaust, what are the Resistance eating?", "c_root_id_A": "cxn9ohn", "c_root_id_B": "cxmvv00", "created_at_utc_A": 1449258083.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449236242.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Twinkies", "human_ref_B": "If I recall, Skynet only took out 50% of the population. Mostly urban areas. Agriculture should be mostly in tact, or at least areas that food can grow bountifully", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21841.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3veb0f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Terminator] After the nuclear holocaust, what are the Resistance eating?", "c_root_id_A": "cxn9ohn", "c_root_id_B": "cxn51y3", "created_at_utc_A": 1449258083.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449251452.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Twinkies", "human_ref_B": "Rats and cats, theres a line from the novelization of the Terminator where Reese is in 1984 and sees a cat, the novelization has Reese think that you can't trust a cat, but then he feeds a stray dog. In the future, cats will be competing with humans for small animals, so they are all fair game for humans.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6631.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lzboe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Terminator] How are the resistance so well equipped? Following the bomb in 1997 or 2003, they have plasma weapons and military grade artillery. They\u2019re clearly up against it with the machines but they had enough to eventually win according to Kyle Reese so how did they get that way. Were plasma weapons there before the war, are there pockets of peace where R&D can happen or is it all stolen from the machines?", "c_root_id_A": "gq12kth", "c_root_id_B": "gq15pwh", "created_at_utc_A": 1615069634.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615070511.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The plasma weapons were recovered from downed terminator units. They would ambush isolated units with bombs and c4, which would provide them with plasma weapons. As far as the time of creation for these weapons go, you could assume Skynet pulled prototype data from gov\u2019t files shortly before the Rise which resulted in a sharp increase in tech. The rebels themselves are as equipped as one can get scavenging the wasteland. They have the routine small arms with occasional plasma weapons here and there, but most of their success hinges on explosive use. C4 and launchers are the usual go-to. Unfortunately, they can only destroy so many units at once. Skynet has top of the line manufacturing and will put 3x more back than what was taken out. As a result, everything has been an uphill battle.", "human_ref_B": "So without dealing with all the time hopping shenanigans Ill try to adress it as best as I'm able. Judgment day and the war with the machines weren't exactly instantly following events. Skynet became self aware and nuked vast portions of the world triggering dozens of counterattacks and retaliation strikes between nations. Most guesses put the first human on robot conflict 8 months to 2 years after judgment day. Up until then few if any surviving humans knew what caused judgment day. Huge swaths of the world were spared nuclear Armageddon by virtue of skynet protecting it's own interests or due to strategic and tatical unimportance. Pockets of humans survived and raided military caches and so on gathering enough equipment to face the first handful of terminator types reasonably well. Skynet having limited production capabilities and being cut off from most automated systems by nuclear devastation aggressively developed new technology with unfinished human r&d and it's own ingenuity. In many cases it even worked alongside human survivors for mutual benefit. Once it reached a point it could become self sustaining it created the desolation line. An ever moving line of destruction where building sized HK tanks wiped out and exterminated anything they came across. During this time plasma rifles and other advanced technologies were stripped off fallen terminators and HK units and reverse engineered by resistance fighters. The technology is fairly simply and in at least one timeline derived solely by human engineers prejudgment day with skynet merely putting it into mass production. In another timeline skynet solely created the plasma rifles itself. In nearly all timelines human resistance fighters scavenge/steal/reverse engineer the technology for their own use against the machines. Human plasma rifles are in general weaker and less reliable than skynet made ones but still effective at melting robots. Of note is the presence of multiple timelines intersecting. Terminator 3 and the tv series and genysis show this and to a lesser extent dark fate. In these instances oftentimes a failed or failing version of skynet will send back information of how it failed and it's relevant technology to a past version of itself to hopefully create a better outcome.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 877.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lzboe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Terminator] How are the resistance so well equipped? Following the bomb in 1997 or 2003, they have plasma weapons and military grade artillery. They\u2019re clearly up against it with the machines but they had enough to eventually win according to Kyle Reese so how did they get that way. Were plasma weapons there before the war, are there pockets of peace where R&D can happen or is it all stolen from the machines?", "c_root_id_A": "gq0zz4o", "c_root_id_B": "gq15pwh", "created_at_utc_A": 1615068893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615070511.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Maybe they reverse engineered the plasma weapons that were used by machines? (I don't know much about Terminator-lore)", "human_ref_B": "So without dealing with all the time hopping shenanigans Ill try to adress it as best as I'm able. Judgment day and the war with the machines weren't exactly instantly following events. Skynet became self aware and nuked vast portions of the world triggering dozens of counterattacks and retaliation strikes between nations. Most guesses put the first human on robot conflict 8 months to 2 years after judgment day. Up until then few if any surviving humans knew what caused judgment day. Huge swaths of the world were spared nuclear Armageddon by virtue of skynet protecting it's own interests or due to strategic and tatical unimportance. Pockets of humans survived and raided military caches and so on gathering enough equipment to face the first handful of terminator types reasonably well. Skynet having limited production capabilities and being cut off from most automated systems by nuclear devastation aggressively developed new technology with unfinished human r&d and it's own ingenuity. In many cases it even worked alongside human survivors for mutual benefit. Once it reached a point it could become self sustaining it created the desolation line. An ever moving line of destruction where building sized HK tanks wiped out and exterminated anything they came across. During this time plasma rifles and other advanced technologies were stripped off fallen terminators and HK units and reverse engineered by resistance fighters. The technology is fairly simply and in at least one timeline derived solely by human engineers prejudgment day with skynet merely putting it into mass production. In another timeline skynet solely created the plasma rifles itself. In nearly all timelines human resistance fighters scavenge/steal/reverse engineer the technology for their own use against the machines. Human plasma rifles are in general weaker and less reliable than skynet made ones but still effective at melting robots. Of note is the presence of multiple timelines intersecting. Terminator 3 and the tv series and genysis show this and to a lesser extent dark fate. In these instances oftentimes a failed or failing version of skynet will send back information of how it failed and it's relevant technology to a past version of itself to hopefully create a better outcome.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1618.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lzboe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Terminator] How are the resistance so well equipped? Following the bomb in 1997 or 2003, they have plasma weapons and military grade artillery. They\u2019re clearly up against it with the machines but they had enough to eventually win according to Kyle Reese so how did they get that way. Were plasma weapons there before the war, are there pockets of peace where R&D can happen or is it all stolen from the machines?", "c_root_id_A": "gq1s1im", "c_root_id_B": "gq12kth", "created_at_utc_A": 1615077822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615069634.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In the original terminator movie, Reece says clearly they were winning. Skynet was not using Time Machines to rub it in, it was using them as a hail mary to pull victory from the jaws of defeat. Other fictions have had humans being kept alive to work in factories to make the terminators, IE they were in the places where they were assembling the weapons. So they didn't even so much need to reverse engineer them as get the parts and I'm betting Skynet's initial parts security wasn't great. We also don't know how challenging the plasma weapons were to make. Remember when the T-800 went into a weapons store he walked right up to the counter to ask for one. They might be one breakthrough away from being a 'normal' weapon that was capable of being mass-produced with 1980's technology. Couple that with scavaging the heck out of fallen robots and the humans were probably capable of equipping themselves reasonably well.", "human_ref_B": "The plasma weapons were recovered from downed terminator units. They would ambush isolated units with bombs and c4, which would provide them with plasma weapons. As far as the time of creation for these weapons go, you could assume Skynet pulled prototype data from gov\u2019t files shortly before the Rise which resulted in a sharp increase in tech. The rebels themselves are as equipped as one can get scavenging the wasteland. They have the routine small arms with occasional plasma weapons here and there, but most of their success hinges on explosive use. C4 and launchers are the usual go-to. Unfortunately, they can only destroy so many units at once. Skynet has top of the line manufacturing and will put 3x more back than what was taken out. As a result, everything has been an uphill battle.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8188.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lzboe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Terminator] How are the resistance so well equipped? Following the bomb in 1997 or 2003, they have plasma weapons and military grade artillery. They\u2019re clearly up against it with the machines but they had enough to eventually win according to Kyle Reese so how did they get that way. Were plasma weapons there before the war, are there pockets of peace where R&D can happen or is it all stolen from the machines?", "c_root_id_A": "gq0zz4o", "c_root_id_B": "gq1s1im", "created_at_utc_A": 1615068893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615077822.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Maybe they reverse engineered the plasma weapons that were used by machines? (I don't know much about Terminator-lore)", "human_ref_B": "In the original terminator movie, Reece says clearly they were winning. Skynet was not using Time Machines to rub it in, it was using them as a hail mary to pull victory from the jaws of defeat. Other fictions have had humans being kept alive to work in factories to make the terminators, IE they were in the places where they were assembling the weapons. So they didn't even so much need to reverse engineer them as get the parts and I'm betting Skynet's initial parts security wasn't great. We also don't know how challenging the plasma weapons were to make. Remember when the T-800 went into a weapons store he walked right up to the counter to ask for one. They might be one breakthrough away from being a 'normal' weapon that was capable of being mass-produced with 1980's technology. Couple that with scavaging the heck out of fallen robots and the humans were probably capable of equipping themselves reasonably well.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8929.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lzboe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Terminator] How are the resistance so well equipped? Following the bomb in 1997 or 2003, they have plasma weapons and military grade artillery. They\u2019re clearly up against it with the machines but they had enough to eventually win according to Kyle Reese so how did they get that way. Were plasma weapons there before the war, are there pockets of peace where R&D can happen or is it all stolen from the machines?", "c_root_id_A": "gq1s1im", "c_root_id_B": "gq1av9t", "created_at_utc_A": 1615077822.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615072062.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the original terminator movie, Reece says clearly they were winning. Skynet was not using Time Machines to rub it in, it was using them as a hail mary to pull victory from the jaws of defeat. Other fictions have had humans being kept alive to work in factories to make the terminators, IE they were in the places where they were assembling the weapons. So they didn't even so much need to reverse engineer them as get the parts and I'm betting Skynet's initial parts security wasn't great. We also don't know how challenging the plasma weapons were to make. Remember when the T-800 went into a weapons store he walked right up to the counter to ask for one. They might be one breakthrough away from being a 'normal' weapon that was capable of being mass-produced with 1980's technology. Couple that with scavaging the heck out of fallen robots and the humans were probably capable of equipping themselves reasonably well.", "human_ref_B": "2 children were able to set traps capable of disabling a roving terminator; more experienced and trained resistance members would be able to do the same, and more allowing for scavenged weapons and tech that could then be reverse engineered and bastardized", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5760.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lzboe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Terminator] How are the resistance so well equipped? Following the bomb in 1997 or 2003, they have plasma weapons and military grade artillery. They\u2019re clearly up against it with the machines but they had enough to eventually win according to Kyle Reese so how did they get that way. Were plasma weapons there before the war, are there pockets of peace where R&D can happen or is it all stolen from the machines?", "c_root_id_A": "gq0zz4o", "c_root_id_B": "gq12kth", "created_at_utc_A": 1615068893.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615069634.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe they reverse engineered the plasma weapons that were used by machines? (I don't know much about Terminator-lore)", "human_ref_B": "The plasma weapons were recovered from downed terminator units. They would ambush isolated units with bombs and c4, which would provide them with plasma weapons. As far as the time of creation for these weapons go, you could assume Skynet pulled prototype data from gov\u2019t files shortly before the Rise which resulted in a sharp increase in tech. The rebels themselves are as equipped as one can get scavenging the wasteland. They have the routine small arms with occasional plasma weapons here and there, but most of their success hinges on explosive use. C4 and launchers are the usual go-to. Unfortunately, they can only destroy so many units at once. Skynet has top of the line manufacturing and will put 3x more back than what was taken out. As a result, everything has been an uphill battle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 741.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lzboe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Terminator] How are the resistance so well equipped? Following the bomb in 1997 or 2003, they have plasma weapons and military grade artillery. They\u2019re clearly up against it with the machines but they had enough to eventually win according to Kyle Reese so how did they get that way. Were plasma weapons there before the war, are there pockets of peace where R&D can happen or is it all stolen from the machines?", "c_root_id_A": "gq206i5", "c_root_id_B": "gq0zz4o", "created_at_utc_A": 1615082635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615068893.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The original timeline for the Terminator had the tech curve go much higher in the 1990s then it did in the real world, both in mechanization and directed energy weapons development. In particular, secondary material attributed the battle rifle used by the HK units in the Future War as a Westinghouse M25, implying it was developed by a pre-Judgement Day military contractor. In that timeline, the Resistance wouldn't need to develop energy weapons from scratch, they'd be able to salvage them from pre-war military stockpiles. Later timelines, things get fuzzy. In T2 the Future War segments feature HKs armed with Cyberdyne Industries marked rifles, implying that Dyson's assisted breakthrough in neural networks led to Cyberdyne being the first to hit market with practical energy weapons, though this could still be before Judgement Day. After that, who knows. In the Dark Fate timeline it is most likely Legion that cracks energy weapon tech, requiring the Resistance to steal or subvert Legion's own resources to get effective weaponry.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe they reverse engineered the plasma weapons that were used by machines? (I don't know much about Terminator-lore)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13742.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lzboe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Terminator] How are the resistance so well equipped? Following the bomb in 1997 or 2003, they have plasma weapons and military grade artillery. They\u2019re clearly up against it with the machines but they had enough to eventually win according to Kyle Reese so how did they get that way. Were plasma weapons there before the war, are there pockets of peace where R&D can happen or is it all stolen from the machines?", "c_root_id_A": "gq1av9t", "c_root_id_B": "gq206i5", "created_at_utc_A": 1615072062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615082635.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "2 children were able to set traps capable of disabling a roving terminator; more experienced and trained resistance members would be able to do the same, and more allowing for scavenged weapons and tech that could then be reverse engineered and bastardized", "human_ref_B": "The original timeline for the Terminator had the tech curve go much higher in the 1990s then it did in the real world, both in mechanization and directed energy weapons development. In particular, secondary material attributed the battle rifle used by the HK units in the Future War as a Westinghouse M25, implying it was developed by a pre-Judgement Day military contractor. In that timeline, the Resistance wouldn't need to develop energy weapons from scratch, they'd be able to salvage them from pre-war military stockpiles. Later timelines, things get fuzzy. In T2 the Future War segments feature HKs armed with Cyberdyne Industries marked rifles, implying that Dyson's assisted breakthrough in neural networks led to Cyberdyne being the first to hit market with practical energy weapons, though this could still be before Judgement Day. After that, who knows. In the Dark Fate timeline it is most likely Legion that cracks energy weapon tech, requiring the Resistance to steal or subvert Legion's own resources to get effective weaponry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10573.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd11541", "c_root_id_B": "dd19ovu", "created_at_utc_A": 1485633455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485645378.0, "score_A": 117, "score_B": 199, "human_ref_A": "Ashrah's sword in Mortal Kombat purifies the soul of the wielder with every demon they kill. Ashrah herself is a demon and uses it to fully purify herself becoming so good that hell itself rejects her and spits her out into the mortal world.", "human_ref_B": "I am reminded of the story of Garg, the ogre that found a Lawful Good intelligent sword. /u/wanderingbishop >I am Garg. I am strong. I am strong because I am Ogre. No-one in the forest is stronger than me. When I was young, the old Ogres make the rules, hit me when I don't follow. Now I am older. I make rules. I go where I want. I eat what I want. I take what I want. > One day, I find something I want. Pretty pink-skin sharpclub. Bright stones on short round end, and long sharp end shimmers like pond water. I want, so I take. Little hard-shelled pink-skins have come to my forest with sharpclubs before, long time ago. They smarter than others. They know that they can't hit stronger, so they need to hit better. I am going to use pretty sharpclub to hit stronger AND better. I am looking forward to using sharpclub to hit. > I am not expecting sharpclub to hit me. > Sharpclub is alive. Sharpclub is angry. It does not want what I want, and so it hits me. I have been hit before. I am strong so I can take hits. But it hits my mind, and I do not know how to hit back. For the first time in long, long time... I submit. Sharpclub is strong. Sharpclub makes rules now. > Sharpclub tells me what to do. Sharpclub makes me stop fighting others in forest. Makes me give up land. I do not want to, but Sharpclub makes rules now. I am not strong now. Eventually, Sharpclub stops being angry at me and starts being curious. > Sharpclub tells me her name. She is Moonslicer, made by pink-skin shamans for pink-skin warriors. I understand this. She was made to kill pink-skin enemies. But I am pink-skin enemy. She does not kill me. I do not understand this. > One day, while eating dinner, I ask Moonslicer. \"Why do you not kill me?\" > \"I don't understand your question,\" Moonslicer replies. > \"You are pink-skin sharpclub,\" > \"Greatsword,\" Moonslicer interrupts. > \"and you are made to fight pink-skin enemies.\" > \"I was made to destroy evil,\" Moonslicer answers. She always talks in strange riddles. I have become used to this. > \"Yes, evil. I know this word. It means pink-skin enemy. I am pink-skin enemy. I am evil. Why do you not destroy me?\" > Moonslicer does not answer for long time. > \"You are... \"pink-skin enemy\", yes. And most people would say you are evil... but I am not sure. I expected you to fight me, but you didn't. I expected you to resist when I told you to stop bullying the other creatures of the forest, but you didn't.\" > \"Moonslicer is stronger than Garg, so Moonslicer makes rules.\" > \"All the same... I think there might be some good in you, somewhere.\" > \"...what is Good?\" I ask. > \"Good is...\" Moonslicer stops talking. I can feel she is confused. \"Good is... how to describe it? It is...\" She stops again. She is quiet for a long time. \"You know, I believe the best way to explain it is to show you. Go to sleep Garg. Tomorrow, we will start doing Good.\" > Next day, Moonslicer leads me to pink-skin home, in the middle of fields. No pink-skins there right now. She shows me broken walls. Tells me to take stones and fix walls. Then we leave. I do not understand. > \"Why do we fix walls?\" I ask. > \"Those walls protect the humans from harm,\" Moonslicer says. \"They have been torn down by raiders over the years. By repairing the walls, you have made the humans more safe. More strong.\" > \"Why do I make them safe?\" I ask. \"I am pink-skin enemy. I do not want them to be strong.\" > \"Patience, Garg,\" Moonslicer says. \"Have patience and faith. You will understand eventually.\" > I do not believe her, but I say nothing. This does not make sense. This is pink-skin strangeness. > For the next two seasons, Moonslicer keeps sending me out to pink-skin lands. Fixing walls. Catching cows and taking them back to paddocks without eating them. Sometimes she makes me scare humans on roads. Sometimes she makes me hide from humans on roads. She calls the ones I scare \"bandits\" and the ones I hide from \"merchants\". I do not understand the difference. > \"The merchants are weaker humans,\" Moonslicer says. \"The bandits are stronger, and want to take from the merchants. You are driving them away from the roads so that they do not take from the merchants anymore.\" > \"This makes sense\" I say. \"They are stronger, they take what they want. But why do you make me scare them so they cannot?\" > \"Because it is not good for the strong to take what they want from the weak.\" > \"This Good does not make sense. I will never understand\" > \"You will understand\" Moonslicer says. \"Have faith.\" > For many more seasons, Moonslicer makes me do many things I do not understand. Eventually pink-skins... humans... start to see me. At first they are afraid. I understand this. But they slowly become less afraid. They no longer run when they see me. I do not understand this. I dig long ditches from the river to their farms. I build walls along their roads. I bring large sacks of food to their towns and leave them there. > One season, there is a great storm. Moonslicer wakes me during the night, urges me to leave the cave and go to the human lands. There is a town I have been near many times before. The river that flows through the village is flooding. The humans are splashing, shouting, drowning. They are scared. Moonslicer sends me through the flood to their homes. I lift humans from the water and put them at the top of the homes. I do this again, and again. I am tired, but Moonslicer pushes me on. I save more humans, I wade through the water that is up to my chest. I save the male humans, the female humans, the young humans, the old humans. I save all of them. When the dawn comes and the water goes down, I am more tired than I have ever been. I sink to my knees. I know the humans will kill me while I am asleep but I am too tired to get away. I fall asleep. > I wake up. I am not wet, cold or tired. I am warm, dry, resting on something soft and comfortable. I recognize it as a human barn - I have brought escaped horses to these before. I am covered in many skins. I am lying in dried grass - the humans call it hay. > A male human comes in. He sees I am awake. He does not run or look scared. Instead he smiles. He brings a large bundle up to me. The bundle has meat in it. Good, cooked meat. Better than I've ever tasted. I watch him carefully, but I am hungry and I concentrate on eating. Once I am done, he takes the bones and the bundle away. > The day goes by, and many humans come to the barn. Some hide by the door and only stare at me. Others come in. I recognize many of them as the humans I saved last night. I am still tired, so I lie in the barn. I feel... I do not know how to describe it. The humans do not threaten me, but not because I am stronger. Finally, in the evening, many humans come to the barn. They bring Moonslicer with them. > \"I have been negotiating with the humans on your behalf,\" she says. \"They are going to give you this barn to live in as a new home. They will give you food, while you keep the roads safe from bandits and help them tend their flocks and fix their buildings. I will stay with you to guide you.\" > I am quiet for a long time. > \"I do not understand.\" I say. \"If I was strong, and I came to take these things, they would not give them to me. They would run, or fight.\" > \"But you didn't come to take them,\" Moonslicer replied. \"And that is what makes the difference. You have made the humans' homes safe. You have protected their merchants. You have rescued their animals. And now you have saved their lives. And because you gave and gave and did not take, they now want to give to you, freely. And as long as you do not wish to take, you will receive. By serving them, you are now more free than you ever were in the forest. Not because you are strong. But because you are a friend. They are your strength now, and you are theirs. This is what Good is.\" > And I understand. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2mjhz9/what_would_happen_if_an_intelligent_greatsword/cm4xnl6/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11923.0, "score_ratio": 1.7008547009, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd155h3", "c_root_id_B": "dd19ovu", "created_at_utc_A": 1485639039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485645378.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 199, "human_ref_A": "An Imperial Flamer. Especially with consecrated promethium fuel. They redeem you *as you die*.", "human_ref_B": "I am reminded of the story of Garg, the ogre that found a Lawful Good intelligent sword. /u/wanderingbishop >I am Garg. I am strong. I am strong because I am Ogre. No-one in the forest is stronger than me. When I was young, the old Ogres make the rules, hit me when I don't follow. Now I am older. I make rules. I go where I want. I eat what I want. I take what I want. > One day, I find something I want. Pretty pink-skin sharpclub. Bright stones on short round end, and long sharp end shimmers like pond water. I want, so I take. Little hard-shelled pink-skins have come to my forest with sharpclubs before, long time ago. They smarter than others. They know that they can't hit stronger, so they need to hit better. I am going to use pretty sharpclub to hit stronger AND better. I am looking forward to using sharpclub to hit. > I am not expecting sharpclub to hit me. > Sharpclub is alive. Sharpclub is angry. It does not want what I want, and so it hits me. I have been hit before. I am strong so I can take hits. But it hits my mind, and I do not know how to hit back. For the first time in long, long time... I submit. Sharpclub is strong. Sharpclub makes rules now. > Sharpclub tells me what to do. Sharpclub makes me stop fighting others in forest. Makes me give up land. I do not want to, but Sharpclub makes rules now. I am not strong now. Eventually, Sharpclub stops being angry at me and starts being curious. > Sharpclub tells me her name. She is Moonslicer, made by pink-skin shamans for pink-skin warriors. I understand this. She was made to kill pink-skin enemies. But I am pink-skin enemy. She does not kill me. I do not understand this. > One day, while eating dinner, I ask Moonslicer. \"Why do you not kill me?\" > \"I don't understand your question,\" Moonslicer replies. > \"You are pink-skin sharpclub,\" > \"Greatsword,\" Moonslicer interrupts. > \"and you are made to fight pink-skin enemies.\" > \"I was made to destroy evil,\" Moonslicer answers. She always talks in strange riddles. I have become used to this. > \"Yes, evil. I know this word. It means pink-skin enemy. I am pink-skin enemy. I am evil. Why do you not destroy me?\" > Moonslicer does not answer for long time. > \"You are... \"pink-skin enemy\", yes. And most people would say you are evil... but I am not sure. I expected you to fight me, but you didn't. I expected you to resist when I told you to stop bullying the other creatures of the forest, but you didn't.\" > \"Moonslicer is stronger than Garg, so Moonslicer makes rules.\" > \"All the same... I think there might be some good in you, somewhere.\" > \"...what is Good?\" I ask. > \"Good is...\" Moonslicer stops talking. I can feel she is confused. \"Good is... how to describe it? It is...\" She stops again. She is quiet for a long time. \"You know, I believe the best way to explain it is to show you. Go to sleep Garg. Tomorrow, we will start doing Good.\" > Next day, Moonslicer leads me to pink-skin home, in the middle of fields. No pink-skins there right now. She shows me broken walls. Tells me to take stones and fix walls. Then we leave. I do not understand. > \"Why do we fix walls?\" I ask. > \"Those walls protect the humans from harm,\" Moonslicer says. \"They have been torn down by raiders over the years. By repairing the walls, you have made the humans more safe. More strong.\" > \"Why do I make them safe?\" I ask. \"I am pink-skin enemy. I do not want them to be strong.\" > \"Patience, Garg,\" Moonslicer says. \"Have patience and faith. You will understand eventually.\" > I do not believe her, but I say nothing. This does not make sense. This is pink-skin strangeness. > For the next two seasons, Moonslicer keeps sending me out to pink-skin lands. Fixing walls. Catching cows and taking them back to paddocks without eating them. Sometimes she makes me scare humans on roads. Sometimes she makes me hide from humans on roads. She calls the ones I scare \"bandits\" and the ones I hide from \"merchants\". I do not understand the difference. > \"The merchants are weaker humans,\" Moonslicer says. \"The bandits are stronger, and want to take from the merchants. You are driving them away from the roads so that they do not take from the merchants anymore.\" > \"This makes sense\" I say. \"They are stronger, they take what they want. But why do you make me scare them so they cannot?\" > \"Because it is not good for the strong to take what they want from the weak.\" > \"This Good does not make sense. I will never understand\" > \"You will understand\" Moonslicer says. \"Have faith.\" > For many more seasons, Moonslicer makes me do many things I do not understand. Eventually pink-skins... humans... start to see me. At first they are afraid. I understand this. But they slowly become less afraid. They no longer run when they see me. I do not understand this. I dig long ditches from the river to their farms. I build walls along their roads. I bring large sacks of food to their towns and leave them there. > One season, there is a great storm. Moonslicer wakes me during the night, urges me to leave the cave and go to the human lands. There is a town I have been near many times before. The river that flows through the village is flooding. The humans are splashing, shouting, drowning. They are scared. Moonslicer sends me through the flood to their homes. I lift humans from the water and put them at the top of the homes. I do this again, and again. I am tired, but Moonslicer pushes me on. I save more humans, I wade through the water that is up to my chest. I save the male humans, the female humans, the young humans, the old humans. I save all of them. When the dawn comes and the water goes down, I am more tired than I have ever been. I sink to my knees. I know the humans will kill me while I am asleep but I am too tired to get away. I fall asleep. > I wake up. I am not wet, cold or tired. I am warm, dry, resting on something soft and comfortable. I recognize it as a human barn - I have brought escaped horses to these before. I am covered in many skins. I am lying in dried grass - the humans call it hay. > A male human comes in. He sees I am awake. He does not run or look scared. Instead he smiles. He brings a large bundle up to me. The bundle has meat in it. Good, cooked meat. Better than I've ever tasted. I watch him carefully, but I am hungry and I concentrate on eating. Once I am done, he takes the bones and the bundle away. > The day goes by, and many humans come to the barn. Some hide by the door and only stare at me. Others come in. I recognize many of them as the humans I saved last night. I am still tired, so I lie in the barn. I feel... I do not know how to describe it. The humans do not threaten me, but not because I am stronger. Finally, in the evening, many humans come to the barn. They bring Moonslicer with them. > \"I have been negotiating with the humans on your behalf,\" she says. \"They are going to give you this barn to live in as a new home. They will give you food, while you keep the roads safe from bandits and help them tend their flocks and fix their buildings. I will stay with you to guide you.\" > I am quiet for a long time. > \"I do not understand.\" I say. \"If I was strong, and I came to take these things, they would not give them to me. They would run, or fight.\" > \"But you didn't come to take them,\" Moonslicer replied. \"And that is what makes the difference. You have made the humans' homes safe. You have protected their merchants. You have rescued their animals. And now you have saved their lives. And because you gave and gave and did not take, they now want to give to you, freely. And as long as you do not wish to take, you will receive. By serving them, you are now more free than you ever were in the forest. Not because you are strong. But because you are a friend. They are your strength now, and you are theirs. This is what Good is.\" > And I understand. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2mjhz9/what_would_happen_if_an_intelligent_greatsword/cm4xnl6/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6339.0, "score_ratio": 2.1630434783, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd19ovu", "c_root_id_B": "dd12ioi", "created_at_utc_A": 1485645378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485635379.0, "score_A": 199, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "I am reminded of the story of Garg, the ogre that found a Lawful Good intelligent sword. /u/wanderingbishop >I am Garg. I am strong. I am strong because I am Ogre. No-one in the forest is stronger than me. When I was young, the old Ogres make the rules, hit me when I don't follow. Now I am older. I make rules. I go where I want. I eat what I want. I take what I want. > One day, I find something I want. Pretty pink-skin sharpclub. Bright stones on short round end, and long sharp end shimmers like pond water. I want, so I take. Little hard-shelled pink-skins have come to my forest with sharpclubs before, long time ago. They smarter than others. They know that they can't hit stronger, so they need to hit better. I am going to use pretty sharpclub to hit stronger AND better. I am looking forward to using sharpclub to hit. > I am not expecting sharpclub to hit me. > Sharpclub is alive. Sharpclub is angry. It does not want what I want, and so it hits me. I have been hit before. I am strong so I can take hits. But it hits my mind, and I do not know how to hit back. For the first time in long, long time... I submit. Sharpclub is strong. Sharpclub makes rules now. > Sharpclub tells me what to do. Sharpclub makes me stop fighting others in forest. Makes me give up land. I do not want to, but Sharpclub makes rules now. I am not strong now. Eventually, Sharpclub stops being angry at me and starts being curious. > Sharpclub tells me her name. She is Moonslicer, made by pink-skin shamans for pink-skin warriors. I understand this. She was made to kill pink-skin enemies. But I am pink-skin enemy. She does not kill me. I do not understand this. > One day, while eating dinner, I ask Moonslicer. \"Why do you not kill me?\" > \"I don't understand your question,\" Moonslicer replies. > \"You are pink-skin sharpclub,\" > \"Greatsword,\" Moonslicer interrupts. > \"and you are made to fight pink-skin enemies.\" > \"I was made to destroy evil,\" Moonslicer answers. She always talks in strange riddles. I have become used to this. > \"Yes, evil. I know this word. It means pink-skin enemy. I am pink-skin enemy. I am evil. Why do you not destroy me?\" > Moonslicer does not answer for long time. > \"You are... \"pink-skin enemy\", yes. And most people would say you are evil... but I am not sure. I expected you to fight me, but you didn't. I expected you to resist when I told you to stop bullying the other creatures of the forest, but you didn't.\" > \"Moonslicer is stronger than Garg, so Moonslicer makes rules.\" > \"All the same... I think there might be some good in you, somewhere.\" > \"...what is Good?\" I ask. > \"Good is...\" Moonslicer stops talking. I can feel she is confused. \"Good is... how to describe it? It is...\" She stops again. She is quiet for a long time. \"You know, I believe the best way to explain it is to show you. Go to sleep Garg. Tomorrow, we will start doing Good.\" > Next day, Moonslicer leads me to pink-skin home, in the middle of fields. No pink-skins there right now. She shows me broken walls. Tells me to take stones and fix walls. Then we leave. I do not understand. > \"Why do we fix walls?\" I ask. > \"Those walls protect the humans from harm,\" Moonslicer says. \"They have been torn down by raiders over the years. By repairing the walls, you have made the humans more safe. More strong.\" > \"Why do I make them safe?\" I ask. \"I am pink-skin enemy. I do not want them to be strong.\" > \"Patience, Garg,\" Moonslicer says. \"Have patience and faith. You will understand eventually.\" > I do not believe her, but I say nothing. This does not make sense. This is pink-skin strangeness. > For the next two seasons, Moonslicer keeps sending me out to pink-skin lands. Fixing walls. Catching cows and taking them back to paddocks without eating them. Sometimes she makes me scare humans on roads. Sometimes she makes me hide from humans on roads. She calls the ones I scare \"bandits\" and the ones I hide from \"merchants\". I do not understand the difference. > \"The merchants are weaker humans,\" Moonslicer says. \"The bandits are stronger, and want to take from the merchants. You are driving them away from the roads so that they do not take from the merchants anymore.\" > \"This makes sense\" I say. \"They are stronger, they take what they want. But why do you make me scare them so they cannot?\" > \"Because it is not good for the strong to take what they want from the weak.\" > \"This Good does not make sense. I will never understand\" > \"You will understand\" Moonslicer says. \"Have faith.\" > For many more seasons, Moonslicer makes me do many things I do not understand. Eventually pink-skins... humans... start to see me. At first they are afraid. I understand this. But they slowly become less afraid. They no longer run when they see me. I do not understand this. I dig long ditches from the river to their farms. I build walls along their roads. I bring large sacks of food to their towns and leave them there. > One season, there is a great storm. Moonslicer wakes me during the night, urges me to leave the cave and go to the human lands. There is a town I have been near many times before. The river that flows through the village is flooding. The humans are splashing, shouting, drowning. They are scared. Moonslicer sends me through the flood to their homes. I lift humans from the water and put them at the top of the homes. I do this again, and again. I am tired, but Moonslicer pushes me on. I save more humans, I wade through the water that is up to my chest. I save the male humans, the female humans, the young humans, the old humans. I save all of them. When the dawn comes and the water goes down, I am more tired than I have ever been. I sink to my knees. I know the humans will kill me while I am asleep but I am too tired to get away. I fall asleep. > I wake up. I am not wet, cold or tired. I am warm, dry, resting on something soft and comfortable. I recognize it as a human barn - I have brought escaped horses to these before. I am covered in many skins. I am lying in dried grass - the humans call it hay. > A male human comes in. He sees I am awake. He does not run or look scared. Instead he smiles. He brings a large bundle up to me. The bundle has meat in it. Good, cooked meat. Better than I've ever tasted. I watch him carefully, but I am hungry and I concentrate on eating. Once I am done, he takes the bones and the bundle away. > The day goes by, and many humans come to the barn. Some hide by the door and only stare at me. Others come in. I recognize many of them as the humans I saved last night. I am still tired, so I lie in the barn. I feel... I do not know how to describe it. The humans do not threaten me, but not because I am stronger. Finally, in the evening, many humans come to the barn. They bring Moonslicer with them. > \"I have been negotiating with the humans on your behalf,\" she says. \"They are going to give you this barn to live in as a new home. They will give you food, while you keep the roads safe from bandits and help them tend their flocks and fix their buildings. I will stay with you to guide you.\" > I am quiet for a long time. > \"I do not understand.\" I say. \"If I was strong, and I came to take these things, they would not give them to me. They would run, or fight.\" > \"But you didn't come to take them,\" Moonslicer replied. \"And that is what makes the difference. You have made the humans' homes safe. You have protected their merchants. You have rescued their animals. And now you have saved their lives. And because you gave and gave and did not take, they now want to give to you, freely. And as long as you do not wish to take, you will receive. By serving them, you are now more free than you ever were in the forest. Not because you are strong. But because you are a friend. They are your strength now, and you are theirs. This is what Good is.\" > And I understand. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2mjhz9/what_would_happen_if_an_intelligent_greatsword/cm4xnl6/", "human_ref_B": "No. Corruption is when you turn into something you are not. The opposite would be turning you into what you are, but you already what you are. There are items that corrupt you to make you good. For example, a Helm of Opposite Alignment will make an evil person good, and a deathsbane sword will have an effect I don't want to spoil. But they're all corruption. They just corrupt you in different directions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9999.0, "score_ratio": 10.4736842105, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd11sbk", "c_root_id_B": "dd19ovu", "created_at_utc_A": 1485634365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485645378.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 199, "human_ref_A": "In D&D there's Remove Curse and Greater Restoration.", "human_ref_B": "I am reminded of the story of Garg, the ogre that found a Lawful Good intelligent sword. /u/wanderingbishop >I am Garg. I am strong. I am strong because I am Ogre. No-one in the forest is stronger than me. When I was young, the old Ogres make the rules, hit me when I don't follow. Now I am older. I make rules. I go where I want. I eat what I want. I take what I want. > One day, I find something I want. Pretty pink-skin sharpclub. Bright stones on short round end, and long sharp end shimmers like pond water. I want, so I take. Little hard-shelled pink-skins have come to my forest with sharpclubs before, long time ago. They smarter than others. They know that they can't hit stronger, so they need to hit better. I am going to use pretty sharpclub to hit stronger AND better. I am looking forward to using sharpclub to hit. > I am not expecting sharpclub to hit me. > Sharpclub is alive. Sharpclub is angry. It does not want what I want, and so it hits me. I have been hit before. I am strong so I can take hits. But it hits my mind, and I do not know how to hit back. For the first time in long, long time... I submit. Sharpclub is strong. Sharpclub makes rules now. > Sharpclub tells me what to do. Sharpclub makes me stop fighting others in forest. Makes me give up land. I do not want to, but Sharpclub makes rules now. I am not strong now. Eventually, Sharpclub stops being angry at me and starts being curious. > Sharpclub tells me her name. She is Moonslicer, made by pink-skin shamans for pink-skin warriors. I understand this. She was made to kill pink-skin enemies. But I am pink-skin enemy. She does not kill me. I do not understand this. > One day, while eating dinner, I ask Moonslicer. \"Why do you not kill me?\" > \"I don't understand your question,\" Moonslicer replies. > \"You are pink-skin sharpclub,\" > \"Greatsword,\" Moonslicer interrupts. > \"and you are made to fight pink-skin enemies.\" > \"I was made to destroy evil,\" Moonslicer answers. She always talks in strange riddles. I have become used to this. > \"Yes, evil. I know this word. It means pink-skin enemy. I am pink-skin enemy. I am evil. Why do you not destroy me?\" > Moonslicer does not answer for long time. > \"You are... \"pink-skin enemy\", yes. And most people would say you are evil... but I am not sure. I expected you to fight me, but you didn't. I expected you to resist when I told you to stop bullying the other creatures of the forest, but you didn't.\" > \"Moonslicer is stronger than Garg, so Moonslicer makes rules.\" > \"All the same... I think there might be some good in you, somewhere.\" > \"...what is Good?\" I ask. > \"Good is...\" Moonslicer stops talking. I can feel she is confused. \"Good is... how to describe it? It is...\" She stops again. She is quiet for a long time. \"You know, I believe the best way to explain it is to show you. Go to sleep Garg. Tomorrow, we will start doing Good.\" > Next day, Moonslicer leads me to pink-skin home, in the middle of fields. No pink-skins there right now. She shows me broken walls. Tells me to take stones and fix walls. Then we leave. I do not understand. > \"Why do we fix walls?\" I ask. > \"Those walls protect the humans from harm,\" Moonslicer says. \"They have been torn down by raiders over the years. By repairing the walls, you have made the humans more safe. More strong.\" > \"Why do I make them safe?\" I ask. \"I am pink-skin enemy. I do not want them to be strong.\" > \"Patience, Garg,\" Moonslicer says. \"Have patience and faith. You will understand eventually.\" > I do not believe her, but I say nothing. This does not make sense. This is pink-skin strangeness. > For the next two seasons, Moonslicer keeps sending me out to pink-skin lands. Fixing walls. Catching cows and taking them back to paddocks without eating them. Sometimes she makes me scare humans on roads. Sometimes she makes me hide from humans on roads. She calls the ones I scare \"bandits\" and the ones I hide from \"merchants\". I do not understand the difference. > \"The merchants are weaker humans,\" Moonslicer says. \"The bandits are stronger, and want to take from the merchants. You are driving them away from the roads so that they do not take from the merchants anymore.\" > \"This makes sense\" I say. \"They are stronger, they take what they want. But why do you make me scare them so they cannot?\" > \"Because it is not good for the strong to take what they want from the weak.\" > \"This Good does not make sense. I will never understand\" > \"You will understand\" Moonslicer says. \"Have faith.\" > For many more seasons, Moonslicer makes me do many things I do not understand. Eventually pink-skins... humans... start to see me. At first they are afraid. I understand this. But they slowly become less afraid. They no longer run when they see me. I do not understand this. I dig long ditches from the river to their farms. I build walls along their roads. I bring large sacks of food to their towns and leave them there. > One season, there is a great storm. Moonslicer wakes me during the night, urges me to leave the cave and go to the human lands. There is a town I have been near many times before. The river that flows through the village is flooding. The humans are splashing, shouting, drowning. They are scared. Moonslicer sends me through the flood to their homes. I lift humans from the water and put them at the top of the homes. I do this again, and again. I am tired, but Moonslicer pushes me on. I save more humans, I wade through the water that is up to my chest. I save the male humans, the female humans, the young humans, the old humans. I save all of them. When the dawn comes and the water goes down, I am more tired than I have ever been. I sink to my knees. I know the humans will kill me while I am asleep but I am too tired to get away. I fall asleep. > I wake up. I am not wet, cold or tired. I am warm, dry, resting on something soft and comfortable. I recognize it as a human barn - I have brought escaped horses to these before. I am covered in many skins. I am lying in dried grass - the humans call it hay. > A male human comes in. He sees I am awake. He does not run or look scared. Instead he smiles. He brings a large bundle up to me. The bundle has meat in it. Good, cooked meat. Better than I've ever tasted. I watch him carefully, but I am hungry and I concentrate on eating. Once I am done, he takes the bones and the bundle away. > The day goes by, and many humans come to the barn. Some hide by the door and only stare at me. Others come in. I recognize many of them as the humans I saved last night. I am still tired, so I lie in the barn. I feel... I do not know how to describe it. The humans do not threaten me, but not because I am stronger. Finally, in the evening, many humans come to the barn. They bring Moonslicer with them. > \"I have been negotiating with the humans on your behalf,\" she says. \"They are going to give you this barn to live in as a new home. They will give you food, while you keep the roads safe from bandits and help them tend their flocks and fix their buildings. I will stay with you to guide you.\" > I am quiet for a long time. > \"I do not understand.\" I say. \"If I was strong, and I came to take these things, they would not give them to me. They would run, or fight.\" > \"But you didn't come to take them,\" Moonslicer replied. \"And that is what makes the difference. You have made the humans' homes safe. You have protected their merchants. You have rescued their animals. And now you have saved their lives. And because you gave and gave and did not take, they now want to give to you, freely. And as long as you do not wish to take, you will receive. By serving them, you are now more free than you ever were in the forest. Not because you are strong. But because you are a friend. They are your strength now, and you are theirs. This is what Good is.\" > And I understand. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2mjhz9/what_would_happen_if_an_intelligent_greatsword/cm4xnl6/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11013.0, "score_ratio": 11.7058823529, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd19ovu", "c_root_id_B": "dd15mrf", "created_at_utc_A": 1485645378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485639724.0, "score_A": 199, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I am reminded of the story of Garg, the ogre that found a Lawful Good intelligent sword. /u/wanderingbishop >I am Garg. I am strong. I am strong because I am Ogre. No-one in the forest is stronger than me. When I was young, the old Ogres make the rules, hit me when I don't follow. Now I am older. I make rules. I go where I want. I eat what I want. I take what I want. > One day, I find something I want. Pretty pink-skin sharpclub. Bright stones on short round end, and long sharp end shimmers like pond water. I want, so I take. Little hard-shelled pink-skins have come to my forest with sharpclubs before, long time ago. They smarter than others. They know that they can't hit stronger, so they need to hit better. I am going to use pretty sharpclub to hit stronger AND better. I am looking forward to using sharpclub to hit. > I am not expecting sharpclub to hit me. > Sharpclub is alive. Sharpclub is angry. It does not want what I want, and so it hits me. I have been hit before. I am strong so I can take hits. But it hits my mind, and I do not know how to hit back. For the first time in long, long time... I submit. Sharpclub is strong. Sharpclub makes rules now. > Sharpclub tells me what to do. Sharpclub makes me stop fighting others in forest. Makes me give up land. I do not want to, but Sharpclub makes rules now. I am not strong now. Eventually, Sharpclub stops being angry at me and starts being curious. > Sharpclub tells me her name. She is Moonslicer, made by pink-skin shamans for pink-skin warriors. I understand this. She was made to kill pink-skin enemies. But I am pink-skin enemy. She does not kill me. I do not understand this. > One day, while eating dinner, I ask Moonslicer. \"Why do you not kill me?\" > \"I don't understand your question,\" Moonslicer replies. > \"You are pink-skin sharpclub,\" > \"Greatsword,\" Moonslicer interrupts. > \"and you are made to fight pink-skin enemies.\" > \"I was made to destroy evil,\" Moonslicer answers. She always talks in strange riddles. I have become used to this. > \"Yes, evil. I know this word. It means pink-skin enemy. I am pink-skin enemy. I am evil. Why do you not destroy me?\" > Moonslicer does not answer for long time. > \"You are... \"pink-skin enemy\", yes. And most people would say you are evil... but I am not sure. I expected you to fight me, but you didn't. I expected you to resist when I told you to stop bullying the other creatures of the forest, but you didn't.\" > \"Moonslicer is stronger than Garg, so Moonslicer makes rules.\" > \"All the same... I think there might be some good in you, somewhere.\" > \"...what is Good?\" I ask. > \"Good is...\" Moonslicer stops talking. I can feel she is confused. \"Good is... how to describe it? It is...\" She stops again. She is quiet for a long time. \"You know, I believe the best way to explain it is to show you. Go to sleep Garg. Tomorrow, we will start doing Good.\" > Next day, Moonslicer leads me to pink-skin home, in the middle of fields. No pink-skins there right now. She shows me broken walls. Tells me to take stones and fix walls. Then we leave. I do not understand. > \"Why do we fix walls?\" I ask. > \"Those walls protect the humans from harm,\" Moonslicer says. \"They have been torn down by raiders over the years. By repairing the walls, you have made the humans more safe. More strong.\" > \"Why do I make them safe?\" I ask. \"I am pink-skin enemy. I do not want them to be strong.\" > \"Patience, Garg,\" Moonslicer says. \"Have patience and faith. You will understand eventually.\" > I do not believe her, but I say nothing. This does not make sense. This is pink-skin strangeness. > For the next two seasons, Moonslicer keeps sending me out to pink-skin lands. Fixing walls. Catching cows and taking them back to paddocks without eating them. Sometimes she makes me scare humans on roads. Sometimes she makes me hide from humans on roads. She calls the ones I scare \"bandits\" and the ones I hide from \"merchants\". I do not understand the difference. > \"The merchants are weaker humans,\" Moonslicer says. \"The bandits are stronger, and want to take from the merchants. You are driving them away from the roads so that they do not take from the merchants anymore.\" > \"This makes sense\" I say. \"They are stronger, they take what they want. But why do you make me scare them so they cannot?\" > \"Because it is not good for the strong to take what they want from the weak.\" > \"This Good does not make sense. I will never understand\" > \"You will understand\" Moonslicer says. \"Have faith.\" > For many more seasons, Moonslicer makes me do many things I do not understand. Eventually pink-skins... humans... start to see me. At first they are afraid. I understand this. But they slowly become less afraid. They no longer run when they see me. I do not understand this. I dig long ditches from the river to their farms. I build walls along their roads. I bring large sacks of food to their towns and leave them there. > One season, there is a great storm. Moonslicer wakes me during the night, urges me to leave the cave and go to the human lands. There is a town I have been near many times before. The river that flows through the village is flooding. The humans are splashing, shouting, drowning. They are scared. Moonslicer sends me through the flood to their homes. I lift humans from the water and put them at the top of the homes. I do this again, and again. I am tired, but Moonslicer pushes me on. I save more humans, I wade through the water that is up to my chest. I save the male humans, the female humans, the young humans, the old humans. I save all of them. When the dawn comes and the water goes down, I am more tired than I have ever been. I sink to my knees. I know the humans will kill me while I am asleep but I am too tired to get away. I fall asleep. > I wake up. I am not wet, cold or tired. I am warm, dry, resting on something soft and comfortable. I recognize it as a human barn - I have brought escaped horses to these before. I am covered in many skins. I am lying in dried grass - the humans call it hay. > A male human comes in. He sees I am awake. He does not run or look scared. Instead he smiles. He brings a large bundle up to me. The bundle has meat in it. Good, cooked meat. Better than I've ever tasted. I watch him carefully, but I am hungry and I concentrate on eating. Once I am done, he takes the bones and the bundle away. > The day goes by, and many humans come to the barn. Some hide by the door and only stare at me. Others come in. I recognize many of them as the humans I saved last night. I am still tired, so I lie in the barn. I feel... I do not know how to describe it. The humans do not threaten me, but not because I am stronger. Finally, in the evening, many humans come to the barn. They bring Moonslicer with them. > \"I have been negotiating with the humans on your behalf,\" she says. \"They are going to give you this barn to live in as a new home. They will give you food, while you keep the roads safe from bandits and help them tend their flocks and fix their buildings. I will stay with you to guide you.\" > I am quiet for a long time. > \"I do not understand.\" I say. \"If I was strong, and I came to take these things, they would not give them to me. They would run, or fight.\" > \"But you didn't come to take them,\" Moonslicer replied. \"And that is what makes the difference. You have made the humans' homes safe. You have protected their merchants. You have rescued their animals. And now you have saved their lives. And because you gave and gave and did not take, they now want to give to you, freely. And as long as you do not wish to take, you will receive. By serving them, you are now more free than you ever were in the forest. Not because you are strong. But because you are a friend. They are your strength now, and you are theirs. This is what Good is.\" > And I understand. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2mjhz9/what_would_happen_if_an_intelligent_greatsword/cm4xnl6/", "human_ref_B": "This is kind of the Master Sword's shtick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5654.0, "score_ratio": 13.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd19ovu", "c_root_id_B": "dd191jp", "created_at_utc_A": 1485645378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485644472.0, "score_A": 199, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I am reminded of the story of Garg, the ogre that found a Lawful Good intelligent sword. /u/wanderingbishop >I am Garg. I am strong. I am strong because I am Ogre. No-one in the forest is stronger than me. When I was young, the old Ogres make the rules, hit me when I don't follow. Now I am older. I make rules. I go where I want. I eat what I want. I take what I want. > One day, I find something I want. Pretty pink-skin sharpclub. Bright stones on short round end, and long sharp end shimmers like pond water. I want, so I take. Little hard-shelled pink-skins have come to my forest with sharpclubs before, long time ago. They smarter than others. They know that they can't hit stronger, so they need to hit better. I am going to use pretty sharpclub to hit stronger AND better. I am looking forward to using sharpclub to hit. > I am not expecting sharpclub to hit me. > Sharpclub is alive. Sharpclub is angry. It does not want what I want, and so it hits me. I have been hit before. I am strong so I can take hits. But it hits my mind, and I do not know how to hit back. For the first time in long, long time... I submit. Sharpclub is strong. Sharpclub makes rules now. > Sharpclub tells me what to do. Sharpclub makes me stop fighting others in forest. Makes me give up land. I do not want to, but Sharpclub makes rules now. I am not strong now. Eventually, Sharpclub stops being angry at me and starts being curious. > Sharpclub tells me her name. She is Moonslicer, made by pink-skin shamans for pink-skin warriors. I understand this. She was made to kill pink-skin enemies. But I am pink-skin enemy. She does not kill me. I do not understand this. > One day, while eating dinner, I ask Moonslicer. \"Why do you not kill me?\" > \"I don't understand your question,\" Moonslicer replies. > \"You are pink-skin sharpclub,\" > \"Greatsword,\" Moonslicer interrupts. > \"and you are made to fight pink-skin enemies.\" > \"I was made to destroy evil,\" Moonslicer answers. She always talks in strange riddles. I have become used to this. > \"Yes, evil. I know this word. It means pink-skin enemy. I am pink-skin enemy. I am evil. Why do you not destroy me?\" > Moonslicer does not answer for long time. > \"You are... \"pink-skin enemy\", yes. And most people would say you are evil... but I am not sure. I expected you to fight me, but you didn't. I expected you to resist when I told you to stop bullying the other creatures of the forest, but you didn't.\" > \"Moonslicer is stronger than Garg, so Moonslicer makes rules.\" > \"All the same... I think there might be some good in you, somewhere.\" > \"...what is Good?\" I ask. > \"Good is...\" Moonslicer stops talking. I can feel she is confused. \"Good is... how to describe it? It is...\" She stops again. She is quiet for a long time. \"You know, I believe the best way to explain it is to show you. Go to sleep Garg. Tomorrow, we will start doing Good.\" > Next day, Moonslicer leads me to pink-skin home, in the middle of fields. No pink-skins there right now. She shows me broken walls. Tells me to take stones and fix walls. Then we leave. I do not understand. > \"Why do we fix walls?\" I ask. > \"Those walls protect the humans from harm,\" Moonslicer says. \"They have been torn down by raiders over the years. By repairing the walls, you have made the humans more safe. More strong.\" > \"Why do I make them safe?\" I ask. \"I am pink-skin enemy. I do not want them to be strong.\" > \"Patience, Garg,\" Moonslicer says. \"Have patience and faith. You will understand eventually.\" > I do not believe her, but I say nothing. This does not make sense. This is pink-skin strangeness. > For the next two seasons, Moonslicer keeps sending me out to pink-skin lands. Fixing walls. Catching cows and taking them back to paddocks without eating them. Sometimes she makes me scare humans on roads. Sometimes she makes me hide from humans on roads. She calls the ones I scare \"bandits\" and the ones I hide from \"merchants\". I do not understand the difference. > \"The merchants are weaker humans,\" Moonslicer says. \"The bandits are stronger, and want to take from the merchants. You are driving them away from the roads so that they do not take from the merchants anymore.\" > \"This makes sense\" I say. \"They are stronger, they take what they want. But why do you make me scare them so they cannot?\" > \"Because it is not good for the strong to take what they want from the weak.\" > \"This Good does not make sense. I will never understand\" > \"You will understand\" Moonslicer says. \"Have faith.\" > For many more seasons, Moonslicer makes me do many things I do not understand. Eventually pink-skins... humans... start to see me. At first they are afraid. I understand this. But they slowly become less afraid. They no longer run when they see me. I do not understand this. I dig long ditches from the river to their farms. I build walls along their roads. I bring large sacks of food to their towns and leave them there. > One season, there is a great storm. Moonslicer wakes me during the night, urges me to leave the cave and go to the human lands. There is a town I have been near many times before. The river that flows through the village is flooding. The humans are splashing, shouting, drowning. They are scared. Moonslicer sends me through the flood to their homes. I lift humans from the water and put them at the top of the homes. I do this again, and again. I am tired, but Moonslicer pushes me on. I save more humans, I wade through the water that is up to my chest. I save the male humans, the female humans, the young humans, the old humans. I save all of them. When the dawn comes and the water goes down, I am more tired than I have ever been. I sink to my knees. I know the humans will kill me while I am asleep but I am too tired to get away. I fall asleep. > I wake up. I am not wet, cold or tired. I am warm, dry, resting on something soft and comfortable. I recognize it as a human barn - I have brought escaped horses to these before. I am covered in many skins. I am lying in dried grass - the humans call it hay. > A male human comes in. He sees I am awake. He does not run or look scared. Instead he smiles. He brings a large bundle up to me. The bundle has meat in it. Good, cooked meat. Better than I've ever tasted. I watch him carefully, but I am hungry and I concentrate on eating. Once I am done, he takes the bones and the bundle away. > The day goes by, and many humans come to the barn. Some hide by the door and only stare at me. Others come in. I recognize many of them as the humans I saved last night. I am still tired, so I lie in the barn. I feel... I do not know how to describe it. The humans do not threaten me, but not because I am stronger. Finally, in the evening, many humans come to the barn. They bring Moonslicer with them. > \"I have been negotiating with the humans on your behalf,\" she says. \"They are going to give you this barn to live in as a new home. They will give you food, while you keep the roads safe from bandits and help them tend their flocks and fix their buildings. I will stay with you to guide you.\" > I am quiet for a long time. > \"I do not understand.\" I say. \"If I was strong, and I came to take these things, they would not give them to me. They would run, or fight.\" > \"But you didn't come to take them,\" Moonslicer replied. \"And that is what makes the difference. You have made the humans' homes safe. You have protected their merchants. You have rescued their animals. And now you have saved their lives. And because you gave and gave and did not take, they now want to give to you, freely. And as long as you do not wish to take, you will receive. By serving them, you are now more free than you ever were in the forest. Not because you are strong. But because you are a friend. They are your strength now, and you are theirs. This is what Good is.\" > And I understand. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2mjhz9/what_would_happen_if_an_intelligent_greatsword/cm4xnl6/", "human_ref_B": "The Master Sword is definitely one", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 906.0, "score_ratio": 66.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd12ioi", "c_root_id_B": "dd155h3", "created_at_utc_A": 1485635379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485639039.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 92, "human_ref_A": "No. Corruption is when you turn into something you are not. The opposite would be turning you into what you are, but you already what you are. There are items that corrupt you to make you good. For example, a Helm of Opposite Alignment will make an evil person good, and a deathsbane sword will have an effect I don't want to spoil. But they're all corruption. They just corrupt you in different directions.", "human_ref_B": "An Imperial Flamer. Especially with consecrated promethium fuel. They redeem you *as you die*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3660.0, "score_ratio": 4.8421052632, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd155h3", "c_root_id_B": "dd11sbk", "created_at_utc_A": 1485639039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485634365.0, "score_A": 92, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "An Imperial Flamer. Especially with consecrated promethium fuel. They redeem you *as you die*.", "human_ref_B": "In D&D there's Remove Curse and Greater Restoration.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4674.0, "score_ratio": 5.4117647059, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd11sbk", "c_root_id_B": "dd12ioi", "created_at_utc_A": 1485634365.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485635379.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "In D&D there's Remove Curse and Greater Restoration.", "human_ref_B": "No. Corruption is when you turn into something you are not. The opposite would be turning you into what you are, but you already what you are. There are items that corrupt you to make you good. For example, a Helm of Opposite Alignment will make an evil person good, and a deathsbane sword will have an effect I don't want to spoil. But they're all corruption. They just corrupt you in different directions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1014.0, "score_ratio": 1.1176470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1fra1", "c_root_id_B": "dd1b065", "created_at_utc_A": 1485653867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485647242.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The Ark of Truth from Stargate. It can force a person (or, everyone) to believe anything so long as it is true. SG1 used it to prevent an entire galaxy from believing in the false(ish) gods of the Ori. I suppose it depends on the corruption though.", "human_ref_B": "The Bible. Presumably the Ark of the Covenant... More of a cleanser than a decorrupter. Captain Eo did it with his sweet dance moves.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6625.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd19wt6", "c_root_id_B": "dd1fra1", "created_at_utc_A": 1485645684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485653867.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "From DC we have the Miracle Machine, which can pretty much do anything, The Life Equation, which can counter both Darkseid's influence and the Anti-life Equation. Through the rings of the color spectrum this life power can be channeled. Magic can counter evil magic and is often Constantine and Zattanna's MO. The Lasso of Truth can break curses and reveal the truth behind something. It's an extension of modern WW's powers and focus. Edit: There are probably more but I can't think of them right now. I would encourage OP to browse TV tropes when they have a whole day to lose themselves in it.", "human_ref_B": "The Ark of Truth from Stargate. It can force a person (or, everyone) to believe anything so long as it is true. SG1 used it to prevent an entire galaxy from believing in the false(ish) gods of the Ori. I suppose it depends on the corruption though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8183.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd191jp", "c_root_id_B": "dd1fra1", "created_at_utc_A": 1485644472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485653867.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The Master Sword is definitely one", "human_ref_B": "The Ark of Truth from Stargate. It can force a person (or, everyone) to believe anything so long as it is true. SG1 used it to prevent an entire galaxy from believing in the false(ish) gods of the Ori. I suppose it depends on the corruption though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9395.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd19wt6", "c_root_id_B": "dd1b065", "created_at_utc_A": 1485645684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485647242.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "From DC we have the Miracle Machine, which can pretty much do anything, The Life Equation, which can counter both Darkseid's influence and the Anti-life Equation. Through the rings of the color spectrum this life power can be channeled. Magic can counter evil magic and is often Constantine and Zattanna's MO. The Lasso of Truth can break curses and reveal the truth behind something. It's an extension of modern WW's powers and focus. Edit: There are probably more but I can't think of them right now. I would encourage OP to browse TV tropes when they have a whole day to lose themselves in it.", "human_ref_B": "The Bible. Presumably the Ark of the Covenant... More of a cleanser than a decorrupter. Captain Eo did it with his sweet dance moves.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1558.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1b065", "c_root_id_B": "dd191jp", "created_at_utc_A": 1485647242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485644472.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Bible. Presumably the Ark of the Covenant... More of a cleanser than a decorrupter. Captain Eo did it with his sweet dance moves.", "human_ref_B": "The Master Sword is definitely one", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2770.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd19wt6", "c_root_id_B": "dd191jp", "created_at_utc_A": 1485645684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485644472.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "From DC we have the Miracle Machine, which can pretty much do anything, The Life Equation, which can counter both Darkseid's influence and the Anti-life Equation. Through the rings of the color spectrum this life power can be channeled. Magic can counter evil magic and is often Constantine and Zattanna's MO. The Lasso of Truth can break curses and reveal the truth behind something. It's an extension of modern WW's powers and focus. Edit: There are probably more but I can't think of them right now. I would encourage OP to browse TV tropes when they have a whole day to lose themselves in it.", "human_ref_B": "The Master Sword is definitely one", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1212.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd191jp", "c_root_id_B": "dd1szd9", "created_at_utc_A": 1485644472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485675325.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Master Sword is definitely one", "human_ref_B": "An indigo lantern ring, it forces a person, no matter how evil, into feeling great compassion for others", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30853.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1sezl", "c_root_id_B": "dd1szd9", "created_at_utc_A": 1485674021.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485675325.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Sword of Shannara. >The Sword has the power to reveal the truth about anything, from a person to a magical force, the Sword has been interesting in the series as the only magic weapon which does not seem to be more addictive as the bearer uses it...", "human_ref_B": "An indigo lantern ring, it forces a person, no matter how evil, into feeling great compassion for others", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1304.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1szd9", "c_root_id_B": "dd1nwh1", "created_at_utc_A": 1485675325.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485665541.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "An indigo lantern ring, it forces a person, no matter how evil, into feeling great compassion for others", "human_ref_B": "Zordon's \"Z-Wave\" at the end of Power Rangers In Space did this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9784.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1nwh1", "c_root_id_B": "dd1sezl", "created_at_utc_A": 1485665541.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485674021.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Zordon's \"Z-Wave\" at the end of Power Rangers In Space did this.", "human_ref_B": "The Sword of Shannara. >The Sword has the power to reveal the truth about anything, from a person to a magical force, the Sword has been interesting in the series as the only magic weapon which does not seem to be more addictive as the bearer uses it...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8480.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd20u5w", "c_root_id_B": "dd1nwh1", "created_at_utc_A": 1485697413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485665541.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Fun fact: There are Chaos artifacts in the pre-Age of Sigmar iteration of Warhammer reality that remove corruption. On a weekly basis there is a chance they will strip a mutation from a Chaos-afflicted being, until eventually they are purified back to normal. Chaos is so chaotic it occasionally creates an antidote for itself. I believe it was the Tome of Corruption that had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference to such artifacts.", "human_ref_B": "Zordon's \"Z-Wave\" at the end of Power Rangers In Space did this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31872.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1wc29", "c_root_id_B": "dd20u5w", "created_at_utc_A": 1485684524.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485697413.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Point-Of-View gun from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "Fun fact: There are Chaos artifacts in the pre-Age of Sigmar iteration of Warhammer reality that remove corruption. On a weekly basis there is a chance they will strip a mutation from a Chaos-afflicted being, until eventually they are purified back to normal. Chaos is so chaotic it occasionally creates an antidote for itself. I believe it was the Tome of Corruption that had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference to such artifacts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12889.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1nwh1", "c_root_id_B": "dd26yax", "created_at_utc_A": 1485665541.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485707915.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Zordon's \"Z-Wave\" at the end of Power Rangers In Space did this.", "human_ref_B": "Dr Fate's helmet from DC. Helm of Opposite Alignment from D&D (although it'll corrupt a good wearer as well, it just inverts it.) Also, generic intelligent items in D&D can be of any alignment and can influence the wielder to varying degrees. Live Swords from Joel Rosenberg's *Paladins* series. Trills from Star Trek. Also the plants in \"This Side of Paradise\". The Moment from Doctor Who. Kring from *The Colour of Magic*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42374.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1wc29", "c_root_id_B": "dd26yax", "created_at_utc_A": 1485684524.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485707915.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Point-Of-View gun from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "Dr Fate's helmet from DC. Helm of Opposite Alignment from D&D (although it'll corrupt a good wearer as well, it just inverts it.) Also, generic intelligent items in D&D can be of any alignment and can influence the wielder to varying degrees. Live Swords from Joel Rosenberg's *Paladins* series. Trills from Star Trek. Also the plants in \"This Side of Paradise\". The Moment from Doctor Who. Kring from *The Colour of Magic*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23391.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd2theu", "c_root_id_B": "dd1nwh1", "created_at_utc_A": 1485737265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485665541.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well, in the *Dresden Files*, the Black Staff lets you do normally-corrupting things (such as killing with magic) without getting corrupted yourself. [Spoiler: Details](#s \"It seems to work; Ebenezar's still a good guy as far as we know.\")", "human_ref_B": "Zordon's \"Z-Wave\" at the end of Power Rangers In Space did this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 71724.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5qpf1y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] We all know at least one item that can corrupt individuals, so are there any items/powers that can do the opposite? I.e. An anti-One Ring.", "c_root_id_A": "dd1wc29", "c_root_id_B": "dd2theu", "created_at_utc_A": 1485684524.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485737265.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Point-Of-View gun from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "Well, in the *Dresden Files*, the Black Staff lets you do normally-corrupting things (such as killing with magic) without getting corrupted yourself. [Spoiler: Details](#s \"It seems to work; Ebenezar's still a good guy as far as we know.\")", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52741.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl5nlt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Willy Wonka] Why didn't Willy Wonka just send Augustus Gloop home? With all of the other children, it can be argued that Willy Wonka each gave them tests he believed they would fail but it was not guaranteed. For example, Charlie fails the Fizzy Lifting Drinks, but Wonka says that he \"hoped it would be\" him, which means Wonka had designed the challenge to allow at least one child to avoid it. However, the chocolate river challenge was made specifically for Augustus Gloop to fail. You can tell by the number of seats on the boat after Augustus is sucked into the Fudge room. There are only four seats, one for each of the two guests. That means Wonka knew without a doubt that the moment he opened the Chocolate Room door it would lead to Augustus's fate. Why did he give Augustus a \"test\" that wasn't a test?", "c_root_id_A": "gandy74", "c_root_id_B": "gan48pm", "created_at_utc_A": 1604099317.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604093765.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Each encounter was made (or presented, assuming they all existed before the tour) specifically for one of the children to fail. Chocolate river for Augustus, gum for Violet, geese for Veruca, the TV room for Mike. It's Charlie's that I don't get, since I don't recall him expressing any previous longing for flight -- and IIRC it's partly at Grandpa Joe's urging that he tried any. But maybe Charlie had no uncontrolled appetites, and any encounter he failed would have been one of opportunity; a momentary lapse as we saw. Thus, all of the conveyances we see are set up for the actual size of the party, including the Wonkamobile and down to the number of protective suits outside the TV room. They didn't HAVE to fail. They could have controlled themselves instead. Wonka would have been pleasantly surprised, and perhaps would have subtly changed up the tour to accommodate the larger-than-expected party. But he didn't have to.", "human_ref_B": "Well, there a few theories. The one that I ascribe to is: 1Wonka ensured certain naughty children got the golden ticket to teach them a lesson. Charlie was supposed to win from the start, which is why wonka was so upset at the end.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5552.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl5nlt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Willy Wonka] Why didn't Willy Wonka just send Augustus Gloop home? With all of the other children, it can be argued that Willy Wonka each gave them tests he believed they would fail but it was not guaranteed. For example, Charlie fails the Fizzy Lifting Drinks, but Wonka says that he \"hoped it would be\" him, which means Wonka had designed the challenge to allow at least one child to avoid it. However, the chocolate river challenge was made specifically for Augustus Gloop to fail. You can tell by the number of seats on the boat after Augustus is sucked into the Fudge room. There are only four seats, one for each of the two guests. That means Wonka knew without a doubt that the moment he opened the Chocolate Room door it would lead to Augustus's fate. Why did he give Augustus a \"test\" that wasn't a test?", "c_root_id_A": "gangaxv", "c_root_id_B": "gan48pm", "created_at_utc_A": 1604100723.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604093765.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Charlie Wonka's video memoir is an exercise in modesty. It was written and produced by Wonka Chocolate Factory twenty years after the events of the Glass Elevator and the international space hotel. In an effort to make the contest and Charlie's participation seem less fabulous and perfect, the video included an example of Charlie succumbing to temptation just like the other children. Rumors abound of an unrelated recounting of events in which Charlie ignored every temptation and won the contest by simply being the last child standing. Naturally the video memoir is a modest propaganda piece.", "human_ref_B": "Well, there a few theories. The one that I ascribe to is: 1Wonka ensured certain naughty children got the golden ticket to teach them a lesson. Charlie was supposed to win from the start, which is why wonka was so upset at the end.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6958.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2jhxa", "c_root_id_B": "go2ohr0", "created_at_utc_A": 1613783149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613785764.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "two reason, one the secret identity, dealing with Flashes shit a few more years is infinitely better then having his friends and family targeted(especially since hes also super durable so even if flash tries to beat him up it wont hurt that much), the second is the whole \"great power great responsibility\" thing which also means not using your power to beat up those weaker then you for personal reasons, even if those weaker then you are being huge assholes", "human_ref_B": "In the early comics, he did threaten Flash to a fight after school, and then realized- he was spiderman. He was strong enough to hurl cars. This was a teenage boy. If he lost control of himself even for a moment? While he was a stressed, emotional teenager fighting this boy he was still scared of and furious at? *He'd take Flash's head off with one swing.* Supervillians are either tough enough or have enough defenses to take it. Flash doesn't. So he gave up the fight. That seems to be the issue. He can't risk fighting Flash. He's simply too powerful. it would only take a single slip-up to put him in the hospital- or the mourge. Flash might be a jerk, but he hasn't done anything worthy of death. Best not to risk it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2615.0, "score_ratio": 1.05, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2m1pk", "c_root_id_B": "go2ohr0", "created_at_utc_A": 1613784480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613785764.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "It should be made clear that Flash's bullying- while certainly not excusable- basically never got worse than a few pranks, meanspirited verbal jabs, and one or two instances of shoving Peter, causing him to stumble to the ground. Considering Peter is regularly menaced by thugs and supervillains trying actively to kill him, his perspective is, shall we say, broader. For the record, Peter often gives as good as he gets, verbally; combined with his general lack of social graces and a few unfortunate circumstances brought on by his... responsibilities, this led many of his school peers to see him as abrasive, unpleasant, and egotistical. In other words, plenty of kids thought HE was the jerk. That goes double for Flash, who was popular in school but dealt with an abusive home life and lack of academic skill; from his perspective, Peter was unnecessarily hostile for someone with such a charmed life.", "human_ref_B": "In the early comics, he did threaten Flash to a fight after school, and then realized- he was spiderman. He was strong enough to hurl cars. This was a teenage boy. If he lost control of himself even for a moment? While he was a stressed, emotional teenager fighting this boy he was still scared of and furious at? *He'd take Flash's head off with one swing.* Supervillians are either tough enough or have enough defenses to take it. Flash doesn't. So he gave up the fight. That seems to be the issue. He can't risk fighting Flash. He's simply too powerful. it would only take a single slip-up to put him in the hospital- or the mourge. Flash might be a jerk, but he hasn't done anything worthy of death. Best not to risk it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1284.0, "score_ratio": 1.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2ohr0", "c_root_id_B": "go2l0b3", "created_at_utc_A": 1613785764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613783942.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In the early comics, he did threaten Flash to a fight after school, and then realized- he was spiderman. He was strong enough to hurl cars. This was a teenage boy. If he lost control of himself even for a moment? While he was a stressed, emotional teenager fighting this boy he was still scared of and furious at? *He'd take Flash's head off with one swing.* Supervillians are either tough enough or have enough defenses to take it. Flash doesn't. So he gave up the fight. That seems to be the issue. He can't risk fighting Flash. He's simply too powerful. it would only take a single slip-up to put him in the hospital- or the mourge. Flash might be a jerk, but he hasn't done anything worthy of death. Best not to risk it.", "human_ref_B": "He's an awkward shy teenager. He already didn't want to fight him and now he's terrified a slight outburst of trying to fight back would snap Flash like a twig. Considering his entire trauma is \"My actions let someone die.\" This horrifies Peter. He'd much rather be a punching bag then watch Flash die.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1822.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2lp6s", "c_root_id_B": "go2ohr0", "created_at_utc_A": 1613784300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613785764.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "In Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Peter lays Flash out.", "human_ref_B": "In the early comics, he did threaten Flash to a fight after school, and then realized- he was spiderman. He was strong enough to hurl cars. This was a teenage boy. If he lost control of himself even for a moment? While he was a stressed, emotional teenager fighting this boy he was still scared of and furious at? *He'd take Flash's head off with one swing.* Supervillians are either tough enough or have enough defenses to take it. Flash doesn't. So he gave up the fight. That seems to be the issue. He can't risk fighting Flash. He's simply too powerful. it would only take a single slip-up to put him in the hospital- or the mourge. Flash might be a jerk, but he hasn't done anything worthy of death. Best not to risk it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1464.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2m1pk", "c_root_id_B": "go2l0b3", "created_at_utc_A": 1613784480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613783942.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It should be made clear that Flash's bullying- while certainly not excusable- basically never got worse than a few pranks, meanspirited verbal jabs, and one or two instances of shoving Peter, causing him to stumble to the ground. Considering Peter is regularly menaced by thugs and supervillains trying actively to kill him, his perspective is, shall we say, broader. For the record, Peter often gives as good as he gets, verbally; combined with his general lack of social graces and a few unfortunate circumstances brought on by his... responsibilities, this led many of his school peers to see him as abrasive, unpleasant, and egotistical. In other words, plenty of kids thought HE was the jerk. That goes double for Flash, who was popular in school but dealt with an abusive home life and lack of academic skill; from his perspective, Peter was unnecessarily hostile for someone with such a charmed life.", "human_ref_B": "He's an awkward shy teenager. He already didn't want to fight him and now he's terrified a slight outburst of trying to fight back would snap Flash like a twig. Considering his entire trauma is \"My actions let someone die.\" This horrifies Peter. He'd much rather be a punching bag then watch Flash die.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 538.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2m1pk", "c_root_id_B": "go2lp6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1613784480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613784300.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It should be made clear that Flash's bullying- while certainly not excusable- basically never got worse than a few pranks, meanspirited verbal jabs, and one or two instances of shoving Peter, causing him to stumble to the ground. Considering Peter is regularly menaced by thugs and supervillains trying actively to kill him, his perspective is, shall we say, broader. For the record, Peter often gives as good as he gets, verbally; combined with his general lack of social graces and a few unfortunate circumstances brought on by his... responsibilities, this led many of his school peers to see him as abrasive, unpleasant, and egotistical. In other words, plenty of kids thought HE was the jerk. That goes double for Flash, who was popular in school but dealt with an abusive home life and lack of academic skill; from his perspective, Peter was unnecessarily hostile for someone with such a charmed life.", "human_ref_B": "In Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Peter lays Flash out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 180.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2lp6s", "c_root_id_B": "go2q3kr", "created_at_utc_A": 1613784300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613786634.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Peter lays Flash out.", "human_ref_B": "Assorted possible reasons, really. \"With great power comes great responsibility\" is one of them. Peter is pretty good at cracking jokes and getting even verbally, and he doesn't want to take the chance of seriously hurting Flash if he retaliated physically. Also on the physical side, I doubt there's anything much Flash can do that would cause real hurt to Peter. He gets tossed around by super powered villains and explosions and shit all the time, a regular jock's punch isn't gonna do shit to him and he knows it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2334.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2q3kr", "c_root_id_B": "go2pl7w", "created_at_utc_A": 1613786634.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613786358.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Assorted possible reasons, really. \"With great power comes great responsibility\" is one of them. Peter is pretty good at cracking jokes and getting even verbally, and he doesn't want to take the chance of seriously hurting Flash if he retaliated physically. Also on the physical side, I doubt there's anything much Flash can do that would cause real hurt to Peter. He gets tossed around by super powered villains and explosions and shit all the time, a regular jock's punch isn't gonna do shit to him and he knows it.", "human_ref_B": "Because after the death of his uncle he\u2019s no longer driven by ego and would rather put up with some bullying than risk his secret identity getting out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 276.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2lp6s", "c_root_id_B": "go3gj0b", "created_at_utc_A": 1613784300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613802312.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Peter lays Flash out.", "human_ref_B": "He probably doesn't want to make Aunt May sad. If he started kicking ass and taking names she would think he is becoming a delinquent and that would really hurt her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18012.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go3gj0b", "c_root_id_B": "go2pl7w", "created_at_utc_A": 1613802312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613786358.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He probably doesn't want to make Aunt May sad. If he started kicking ass and taking names she would think he is becoming a delinquent and that would really hurt her.", "human_ref_B": "Because after the death of his uncle he\u2019s no longer driven by ego and would rather put up with some bullying than risk his secret identity getting out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15954.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go3gj0b", "c_root_id_B": "go2umt3", "created_at_utc_A": 1613802312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613789034.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He probably doesn't want to make Aunt May sad. If he started kicking ass and taking names she would think he is becoming a delinquent and that would really hurt her.", "human_ref_B": "Peter actually did take Flash down in a boxing match in the early comics. Even holding back and trying to pull his punch he sent Flash out of the ring.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13278.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go39hiq", "c_root_id_B": "go3gj0b", "created_at_utc_A": 1613797438.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613802312.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Tbh it seems like Peter could outsmart Flash in terms of wit. I\u2019m not sure why doesn\u2019t do that.", "human_ref_B": "He probably doesn't want to make Aunt May sad. If he started kicking ass and taking names she would think he is becoming a delinquent and that would really hurt her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4874.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go3ar2n", "c_root_id_B": "go3gj0b", "created_at_utc_A": 1613798248.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613802312.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "So he doesn\u2019t reveal his powers with sudden strength and ability to beat the crap out of them.", "human_ref_B": "He probably doesn't want to make Aunt May sad. If he started kicking ass and taking names she would think he is becoming a delinquent and that would really hurt her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4064.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2lp6s", "c_root_id_B": "go3wq9i", "created_at_utc_A": 1613784300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613817105.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Peter lays Flash out.", "human_ref_B": "Peter does get into a \"fight\" with Flash in the Ultimate comics line (basically just dodging his punches). He accidentally breaks Flash's fist just *blocking* his punch, and Flash's parents sue Uncle Ben and Aunt May. So, probably something like that is what he wants to avoid. https://abload.de/img/ultimatespider-man0023wll9.jpg", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32805.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go3wq9i", "c_root_id_B": "go2pl7w", "created_at_utc_A": 1613817105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613786358.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Peter does get into a \"fight\" with Flash in the Ultimate comics line (basically just dodging his punches). He accidentally breaks Flash's fist just *blocking* his punch, and Flash's parents sue Uncle Ben and Aunt May. So, probably something like that is what he wants to avoid. https://abload.de/img/ultimatespider-man0023wll9.jpg", "human_ref_B": "Because after the death of his uncle he\u2019s no longer driven by ego and would rather put up with some bullying than risk his secret identity getting out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30747.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go2umt3", "c_root_id_B": "go3wq9i", "created_at_utc_A": 1613789034.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613817105.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Peter actually did take Flash down in a boxing match in the early comics. Even holding back and trying to pull his punch he sent Flash out of the ring.", "human_ref_B": "Peter does get into a \"fight\" with Flash in the Ultimate comics line (basically just dodging his punches). He accidentally breaks Flash's fist just *blocking* his punch, and Flash's parents sue Uncle Ben and Aunt May. So, probably something like that is what he wants to avoid. https://abload.de/img/ultimatespider-man0023wll9.jpg", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28071.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go3wq9i", "c_root_id_B": "go39hiq", "created_at_utc_A": 1613817105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613797438.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Peter does get into a \"fight\" with Flash in the Ultimate comics line (basically just dodging his punches). He accidentally breaks Flash's fist just *blocking* his punch, and Flash's parents sue Uncle Ben and Aunt May. So, probably something like that is what he wants to avoid. https://abload.de/img/ultimatespider-man0023wll9.jpg", "human_ref_B": "Tbh it seems like Peter could outsmart Flash in terms of wit. I\u2019m not sure why doesn\u2019t do that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19667.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lnve1k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Spider-Man] Why does Peter let people like Flash pick on him even after becoming Spider-Man? I noticed in some Spider-Man media that seemingly even after becoming Spider-Man, Peter still remains a punching bag to the likes to Flash Thompson and others, even after regularly fighting literal super-villains. Also in the MCU, even after saving the entire universe, Peter still does nothing as Flash mocks him in his face(well granted MCU Flash is more annoying than the brutish jock we normally see him as), but I never understood why Peter doesn't apply what he's learned fighting bad guys to get Flash off of his back. Is Peter that desperate to maintain his secret identity or is he just that afraid of him? Share your theories.", "c_root_id_A": "go3wq9i", "c_root_id_B": "go3ar2n", "created_at_utc_A": 1613817105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613798248.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Peter does get into a \"fight\" with Flash in the Ultimate comics line (basically just dodging his punches). He accidentally breaks Flash's fist just *blocking* his punch, and Flash's parents sue Uncle Ben and Aunt May. So, probably something like that is what he wants to avoid. https://abload.de/img/ultimatespider-man0023wll9.jpg", "human_ref_B": "So he doesn\u2019t reveal his powers with sudden strength and ability to beat the crap out of them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18857.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "roerm7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Ghostbusters OG] I was in NY when the Stay Puft man exploded. When I got marshmallow fluff on me well, I wasn\u2019t thinking. Everything smelled like marshmallow. Um..I licked it off my hands. I\u2019ve now consumed the flesh of a god. Does anything\u2026happen to me?", "c_root_id_A": "hpyt6k5", "c_root_id_B": "hpyv2ee", "created_at_utc_A": 1640475172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640476139.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Everyone did, don't feel ashamed. Supposedly all the ectoplasm was contained, not that they'd tell us if it wasn't the crooks. You'll probably be fine.", "human_ref_B": "What Stay Puft marshmallow man...? It was some crazy light show that someone put on and spiked the water in Manhattan with LSD.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 967.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "79kt8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Marvel] If thor was being mind controlled, could he pick up the hammer? If he was being mind-controlled, would the mind-controller be able to control him to pick up the hammer and do what ever with it?", "c_root_id_A": "dp30nuh", "c_root_id_B": "dp2x1t1", "created_at_utc_A": 1509342992.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509337051.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the nature of the mind control. If someone's will is inflicted over him (he'd probably be too powerful for it) but it'd be someone else trying to lift it with his body. If they work his mind to make his will want to be their will, it would. As an example it'd be the difference between one of the agents in Matrix, vs Loki selling him a new reality.", "human_ref_B": "Depends. Pretty sure the Enchantress and Lorelli got their fingers around his well um... Lets just say they him using his hammer for them at some point; and it didn't; seem to affect his worthiness of all. So doing stuff fort that chick you think is really hot, even if it's magic that's making you think that, doesn't seem to affect worthiness form a viking perspective. Now if he did something unworthy while under their influence maybe the hammer would reject him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5941.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbk3jw", "c_root_id_B": "cwbj90d", "created_at_utc_A": 1445723442.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445721817.0, "score_A": 95, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Riker hurt his back at a younger age when he was off planet during Academy training. Normally, Federation science would have been able to fix it, but he didn't notice the injury right away and allowed it to linger, and by the time it pained him, the damage had already been done. Lifting a leg and sitting down was easier than turning his back, bending and everything. It's also why he tends to lean on consoles and walls-easier than sitting down. (Out of universe answer is largely the same, Jonathan Fawkes injured his back moving furniture, and hence it was more comfortable to sit like so. It was confirmed by Wil Wheaton)", "human_ref_B": "I cannot believe I never noticed this! A lot of the seats seem to have low backs, and Riker is tall, maybe it is just easier for him than pulling the chair out and in. I might try sitting like Riker Sunday.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1625.0, "score_ratio": 3.9583333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbk3jw", "c_root_id_B": "cwbjjx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1445723442.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445722393.0, "score_A": 95, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Riker hurt his back at a younger age when he was off planet during Academy training. Normally, Federation science would have been able to fix it, but he didn't notice the injury right away and allowed it to linger, and by the time it pained him, the damage had already been done. Lifting a leg and sitting down was easier than turning his back, bending and everything. It's also why he tends to lean on consoles and walls-easier than sitting down. (Out of universe answer is largely the same, Jonathan Fawkes injured his back moving furniture, and hence it was more comfortable to sit like so. It was confirmed by Wil Wheaton)", "human_ref_B": "It looks the quickest way for him tbh. Tall people getting themselves into normal people furniture is awkward sometimes. Cars are especially tricky. But yeah. With his height and proportions that looks fine to me", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1049.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbk3jw", "c_root_id_B": "cwbjy7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1445723442.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445723157.0, "score_A": 95, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Riker hurt his back at a younger age when he was off planet during Academy training. Normally, Federation science would have been able to fix it, but he didn't notice the injury right away and allowed it to linger, and by the time it pained him, the damage had already been done. Lifting a leg and sitting down was easier than turning his back, bending and everything. It's also why he tends to lean on consoles and walls-easier than sitting down. (Out of universe answer is largely the same, Jonathan Fawkes injured his back moving furniture, and hence it was more comfortable to sit like so. It was confirmed by Wil Wheaton)", "human_ref_B": "While many physical defects have cures in the future, some things can't be fixed (see also: Kirk's eyes). Riker has a back issue which causes some pain when he tries to sit normally.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 285.0, "score_ratio": 31.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbk6pk", "c_root_id_B": "cwbtjk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1445723603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445741800.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason Vince McMahon struts like this. Riker has testicles the size of grapefruits, and they need to be raised and lowered over a chair for him to sit down without sitting on them like Randy Marsh", "human_ref_B": "While I do enjoy all the headcanons you guys are coming up with, there's actually a good reason for this. Jonathan Frakes had a back injury at the time. To quote u/AmishAvenger: > Frakes had a back injury, caused by having a job moving furniture. The result is the \"Riker Lean,\" where you often see him on set leaning on chairs or consoles, or with one leg propped up on something. You can also see his body is tilted a little when he's standing up straight. I'd guess this has something to do with that. For each time we see him sit down, he probably had to do that same move dozens of times for each take. Just lifting one leg and sitting right down was probably easier for him than turning, contorting his back, and squatting down over and over. It's the same thing with the Riker Lean: he probably had no problem standing up for a few minutes, but shooting that show probably resulted in standing on set for hours on end. Dude had to find a way to work around his injury by leaning on things, or he wouldn't have made it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18197.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbnc9h", "c_root_id_B": "cwbtjk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1445729694.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445741800.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I think it's a choice. Whether a person is an NCO (I guess that's a \"rating\" in some navies), or an officer, you mold yourself after people you admire. Not usually wholesale, a little here, a little there. When someone's on a parade square giving order, it's a bit of an act, and you'll be standing there thinking, \"oh, I quite like that bit.\" Then there's the role he plays on ship. He's the XO, he handles all the personnel (as much as possible). He's supposed to take the risks that the Captain can't. He probably already had his command style before joining the Enterprise, but he would have tweaked it once he got to know the Captain. The Captain is refined and elegant, so Riker plays the cowboy. It's to complement and contrast. But he knows where and when to do what. He never mounts a chair like it were a saddle on the bridge, IIRC, You even see it when Riker walks sometimes, his shoulders and hips are set to an angle and he elbow is cocked; it looks like a John Wayne pose.", "human_ref_B": "While I do enjoy all the headcanons you guys are coming up with, there's actually a good reason for this. Jonathan Frakes had a back injury at the time. To quote u/AmishAvenger: > Frakes had a back injury, caused by having a job moving furniture. The result is the \"Riker Lean,\" where you often see him on set leaning on chairs or consoles, or with one leg propped up on something. You can also see his body is tilted a little when he's standing up straight. I'd guess this has something to do with that. For each time we see him sit down, he probably had to do that same move dozens of times for each take. Just lifting one leg and sitting right down was probably easier for him than turning, contorting his back, and squatting down over and over. It's the same thing with the Riker Lean: he probably had no problem standing up for a few minutes, but shooting that show probably resulted in standing on set for hours on end. Dude had to find a way to work around his injury by leaning on things, or he wouldn't have made it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12106.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbjjx5", "c_root_id_B": "cwbtjk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1445722393.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445741800.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "It looks the quickest way for him tbh. Tall people getting themselves into normal people furniture is awkward sometimes. Cars are especially tricky. But yeah. With his height and proportions that looks fine to me", "human_ref_B": "While I do enjoy all the headcanons you guys are coming up with, there's actually a good reason for this. Jonathan Frakes had a back injury at the time. To quote u/AmishAvenger: > Frakes had a back injury, caused by having a job moving furniture. The result is the \"Riker Lean,\" where you often see him on set leaning on chairs or consoles, or with one leg propped up on something. You can also see his body is tilted a little when he's standing up straight. I'd guess this has something to do with that. For each time we see him sit down, he probably had to do that same move dozens of times for each take. Just lifting one leg and sitting right down was probably easier for him than turning, contorting his back, and squatting down over and over. It's the same thing with the Riker Lean: he probably had no problem standing up for a few minutes, but shooting that show probably resulted in standing on set for hours on end. Dude had to find a way to work around his injury by leaning on things, or he wouldn't have made it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19407.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbtjk0", "c_root_id_B": "cwbjy7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1445741800.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445723157.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "While I do enjoy all the headcanons you guys are coming up with, there's actually a good reason for this. Jonathan Frakes had a back injury at the time. To quote u/AmishAvenger: > Frakes had a back injury, caused by having a job moving furniture. The result is the \"Riker Lean,\" where you often see him on set leaning on chairs or consoles, or with one leg propped up on something. You can also see his body is tilted a little when he's standing up straight. I'd guess this has something to do with that. For each time we see him sit down, he probably had to do that same move dozens of times for each take. Just lifting one leg and sitting right down was probably easier for him than turning, contorting his back, and squatting down over and over. It's the same thing with the Riker Lean: he probably had no problem standing up for a few minutes, but shooting that show probably resulted in standing on set for hours on end. Dude had to find a way to work around his injury by leaning on things, or he wouldn't have made it.", "human_ref_B": "While many physical defects have cures in the future, some things can't be fixed (see also: Kirk's eyes). Riker has a back issue which causes some pain when he tries to sit normally.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18643.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbk6pk", "c_root_id_B": "cwbjjx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1445723603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445722393.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason Vince McMahon struts like this. Riker has testicles the size of grapefruits, and they need to be raised and lowered over a chair for him to sit down without sitting on them like Randy Marsh", "human_ref_B": "It looks the quickest way for him tbh. Tall people getting themselves into normal people furniture is awkward sometimes. Cars are especially tricky. But yeah. With his height and proportions that looks fine to me", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1210.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbk6pk", "c_root_id_B": "cwbjy7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1445723603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445723157.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "For the same reason Vince McMahon struts like this. Riker has testicles the size of grapefruits, and they need to be raised and lowered over a chair for him to sit down without sitting on them like Randy Marsh", "human_ref_B": "While many physical defects have cures in the future, some things can't be fixed (see also: Kirk's eyes). Riker has a back issue which causes some pain when he tries to sit normally.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 446.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbnc9h", "c_root_id_B": "cwbjjx5", "created_at_utc_A": 1445729694.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445722393.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think it's a choice. Whether a person is an NCO (I guess that's a \"rating\" in some navies), or an officer, you mold yourself after people you admire. Not usually wholesale, a little here, a little there. When someone's on a parade square giving order, it's a bit of an act, and you'll be standing there thinking, \"oh, I quite like that bit.\" Then there's the role he plays on ship. He's the XO, he handles all the personnel (as much as possible). He's supposed to take the risks that the Captain can't. He probably already had his command style before joining the Enterprise, but he would have tweaked it once he got to know the Captain. The Captain is refined and elegant, so Riker plays the cowboy. It's to complement and contrast. But he knows where and when to do what. He never mounts a chair like it were a saddle on the bridge, IIRC, You even see it when Riker walks sometimes, his shoulders and hips are set to an angle and he elbow is cocked; it looks like a John Wayne pose.", "human_ref_B": "It looks the quickest way for him tbh. Tall people getting themselves into normal people furniture is awkward sometimes. Cars are especially tricky. But yeah. With his height and proportions that looks fine to me", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7301.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwbnc9h", "c_root_id_B": "cwbjy7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1445729694.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445723157.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think it's a choice. Whether a person is an NCO (I guess that's a \"rating\" in some navies), or an officer, you mold yourself after people you admire. Not usually wholesale, a little here, a little there. When someone's on a parade square giving order, it's a bit of an act, and you'll be standing there thinking, \"oh, I quite like that bit.\" Then there's the role he plays on ship. He's the XO, he handles all the personnel (as much as possible). He's supposed to take the risks that the Captain can't. He probably already had his command style before joining the Enterprise, but he would have tweaked it once he got to know the Captain. The Captain is refined and elegant, so Riker plays the cowboy. It's to complement and contrast. But he knows where and when to do what. He never mounts a chair like it were a saddle on the bridge, IIRC, You even see it when Riker walks sometimes, his shoulders and hips are set to an angle and he elbow is cocked; it looks like a John Wayne pose.", "human_ref_B": "While many physical defects have cures in the future, some things can't be fixed (see also: Kirk's eyes). Riker has a back issue which causes some pain when he tries to sit normally.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6537.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwc0o68", "c_root_id_B": "cwc0i37", "created_at_utc_A": 1445762879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445762111.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hey! Some people juggle geese!", "human_ref_B": "I used to do that all the time. If the chair is low backed and in the correct position, why bother with moving it and then moving it back into the correct position. From the semi-disallowed Doyle perspective: It removes a lot of stage business. With those chairs and carpets it was probably really annoying to move the furniture. Plus the camera angles and lighting were all set. So since he was good at the move they didn't have to cut away and return and such. There isn't if you watch, a lot of other actors getting continuous \"enter, approach, and sit in one shot\" activity except for the bridge chairs and similar situations where there is no table in front. The writers probably noticed the actor doing the maneuver naturally and so learned that it was okay to script \"Riker enters from door and sits while saying...\" From the more Watsonian perspective: You can easily maintain eye contact and readiness doing this. If he had a history of security work in his career this is sort of a \"Gunslinger\" thing to do since the hands are never made unavailable for messing with the chair _and_ you can stop and reverse the action at any point through the move. So in lots of ways its the superior choice for whole transaction. Anyway, in real life that's an incredibly convenient way to sit down in places stocked with those kinds of chairs like a school cafeteria. The maneuver is identical to the natural action of sitting on a stool, just with a little more leg lift. Were I on that ship, but raised with the habit as I've been, I'd do the same thing and I'm nowhere near as tall. If you've never tried it, I suggest you give it a go. It may not come naturally at first, but it's particularly useful to master if you ever need to sit while holding a heavy or bulky item.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 768.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwc2xki", "c_root_id_B": "cwc0i37", "created_at_utc_A": 1445773664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445762111.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Becasue he is cool and hip and all those things that all you stiff starfleet officers cant understand.", "human_ref_B": "I used to do that all the time. If the chair is low backed and in the correct position, why bother with moving it and then moving it back into the correct position. From the semi-disallowed Doyle perspective: It removes a lot of stage business. With those chairs and carpets it was probably really annoying to move the furniture. Plus the camera angles and lighting were all set. So since he was good at the move they didn't have to cut away and return and such. There isn't if you watch, a lot of other actors getting continuous \"enter, approach, and sit in one shot\" activity except for the bridge chairs and similar situations where there is no table in front. The writers probably noticed the actor doing the maneuver naturally and so learned that it was okay to script \"Riker enters from door and sits while saying...\" From the more Watsonian perspective: You can easily maintain eye contact and readiness doing this. If he had a history of security work in his career this is sort of a \"Gunslinger\" thing to do since the hands are never made unavailable for messing with the chair _and_ you can stop and reverse the action at any point through the move. So in lots of ways its the superior choice for whole transaction. Anyway, in real life that's an incredibly convenient way to sit down in places stocked with those kinds of chairs like a school cafeteria. The maneuver is identical to the natural action of sitting on a stool, just with a little more leg lift. Were I on that ship, but raised with the habit as I've been, I'd do the same thing and I'm nowhere near as tall. If you've never tried it, I suggest you give it a go. It may not come naturally at first, but it's particularly useful to master if you ever need to sit while holding a heavy or bulky item.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11553.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwc160t", "c_root_id_B": "cwc2xki", "created_at_utc_A": 1445765273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445773664.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "While \"The Riker Maneuver\" is excellent, no one ever seems to mention his other way of sitting. Again, this is because of Frakes' bad back, see as most people bend to sit down he doesn't. When he does sit down in a more \"normal\" fashion he lowers himself into the chair. As a result, he ends up spreading his legs with this whole sort of \"here's my crotch, view it\" kind of move.", "human_ref_B": "Becasue he is cool and hip and all those things that all you stiff starfleet officers cant understand.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8391.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwc0i37", "c_root_id_B": "cwcmmaa", "created_at_utc_A": 1445762111.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445808562.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I used to do that all the time. If the chair is low backed and in the correct position, why bother with moving it and then moving it back into the correct position. From the semi-disallowed Doyle perspective: It removes a lot of stage business. With those chairs and carpets it was probably really annoying to move the furniture. Plus the camera angles and lighting were all set. So since he was good at the move they didn't have to cut away and return and such. There isn't if you watch, a lot of other actors getting continuous \"enter, approach, and sit in one shot\" activity except for the bridge chairs and similar situations where there is no table in front. The writers probably noticed the actor doing the maneuver naturally and so learned that it was okay to script \"Riker enters from door and sits while saying...\" From the more Watsonian perspective: You can easily maintain eye contact and readiness doing this. If he had a history of security work in his career this is sort of a \"Gunslinger\" thing to do since the hands are never made unavailable for messing with the chair _and_ you can stop and reverse the action at any point through the move. So in lots of ways its the superior choice for whole transaction. Anyway, in real life that's an incredibly convenient way to sit down in places stocked with those kinds of chairs like a school cafeteria. The maneuver is identical to the natural action of sitting on a stool, just with a little more leg lift. Were I on that ship, but raised with the habit as I've been, I'd do the same thing and I'm nowhere near as tall. If you've never tried it, I suggest you give it a go. It may not come naturally at first, but it's particularly useful to master if you ever need to sit while holding a heavy or bulky item.", "human_ref_B": "The Riker instinctively asserts his dominance over inanimate objects by teabagging them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46451.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3q2pip", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does Riker sit down in chairs using such a weird method? It seems like every time he sits down in a chair, he swings his legs over the back of the chair and sits down. This seems like an unnecessary way of sitting down. It's not a future thing, I've seen other people sit down normally, so why does Riker choose to sit down in such an odd way?", "c_root_id_A": "cwc160t", "c_root_id_B": "cwcmmaa", "created_at_utc_A": 1445765273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445808562.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "While \"The Riker Maneuver\" is excellent, no one ever seems to mention his other way of sitting. Again, this is because of Frakes' bad back, see as most people bend to sit down he doesn't. When he does sit down in a more \"normal\" fashion he lowers himself into the chair. As a result, he ends up spreading his legs with this whole sort of \"here's my crotch, view it\" kind of move.", "human_ref_B": "The Riker instinctively asserts his dominance over inanimate objects by teabagging them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43289.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1af2to", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Ducktales] How does Scrooge McDuck swim through his money bin without breaking his skull as he dives in? Can anyone explain the physics of this to me? http://i.imgur.com/Q7ytzsz.gif", "c_root_id_A": "c8wvsqt", "c_root_id_B": "c8x3q0a", "created_at_utc_A": 1363466352.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363496071.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The gold coins in your video are made from the same stuff as the balls in a ball pit. The density of gold is such that he would be crushed quite thoroughly if he was under even a few inches of actual gold (19.3 g/cm^3). It's just for show. Only an idiot would keep all his gold in a giant obvious vault like that.", "human_ref_B": "He has a lot of liquid assets.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29719.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1af2to", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Ducktales] How does Scrooge McDuck swim through his money bin without breaking his skull as he dives in? Can anyone explain the physics of this to me? http://i.imgur.com/Q7ytzsz.gif", "c_root_id_A": "c8x3q0a", "c_root_id_B": "c8ww2gt", "created_at_utc_A": 1363496071.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363467371.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He has a lot of liquid assets.", "human_ref_B": "When Scrooge was gattering his wealth in far out China he was pushed by a band of bandits. He fell of a cliff and tought hes final day had come when he saw he was heading for the train full of hes own goldcoins. But as he touched the coins he found that hes love for money and that he been around it so much, made him \"attuned\" to it and could swim in coins as we can in water. AND ITS NOT A LUCKY DIME! HE WORKED FAIR AND SQUARE FOR IT! HE GOT IT CAUSE \"He will be tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties\" if you pardon my quack.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28700.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1af2to", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Ducktales] How does Scrooge McDuck swim through his money bin without breaking his skull as he dives in? Can anyone explain the physics of this to me? http://i.imgur.com/Q7ytzsz.gif", "c_root_id_A": "c8x3q0a", "c_root_id_B": "c8wwchn", "created_at_utc_A": 1363496071.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363468394.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He has a lot of liquid assets.", "human_ref_B": "If a lizard can do it with sand, why can't a duck do it with money? The secret lies in the wiggly motion. Impossible to master, except for one who reached perfect attunement with the material.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27677.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1af2to", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Ducktales] How does Scrooge McDuck swim through his money bin without breaking his skull as he dives in? Can anyone explain the physics of this to me? http://i.imgur.com/Q7ytzsz.gif", "c_root_id_A": "c8wxxp3", "c_root_id_B": "c8x3q0a", "created_at_utc_A": 1363474297.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363496071.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Only the very bottom few inches are actual gold. The rest is fake gold. It's a decoy vault. Most of his money is in banks.", "human_ref_B": "He has a lot of liquid assets.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21774.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1af2to", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Ducktales] How does Scrooge McDuck swim through his money bin without breaking his skull as he dives in? Can anyone explain the physics of this to me? http://i.imgur.com/Q7ytzsz.gif", "c_root_id_A": "c8wwchn", "c_root_id_B": "c8xxihp", "created_at_utc_A": 1363468394.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363631321.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If a lizard can do it with sand, why can't a duck do it with money? The secret lies in the wiggly motion. Impossible to master, except for one who reached perfect attunement with the material.", "human_ref_B": "This is one trait he tries to avoid showing off and is actually quite humble about. It's been shown that Scrooge had money-related superpowers, one of which allows him to dive and swim through coins as if it was water. Other powers witnessed. * He can literally smell money. * Scrooge had super strength when he was younger. It's faded with age but rejuvenates in the presence of his own hard-earned cash. * Super memory. He can tell of every single coin when, where and how he acquired it. We're talking about millions, if not billions of coins here. * Psychic link to his coins. When the Beagle Boys made of with a load of his cash. During the theft Scrooge was walking down the street on the other side of town, suddenly he stopped dead when he felt what he described as \"an empty feeling in my wallet\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 162927.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1af2to", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Ducktales] How does Scrooge McDuck swim through his money bin without breaking his skull as he dives in? Can anyone explain the physics of this to me? http://i.imgur.com/Q7ytzsz.gif", "c_root_id_A": "c8xxihp", "c_root_id_B": "c8wxxp3", "created_at_utc_A": 1363631321.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363474297.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "This is one trait he tries to avoid showing off and is actually quite humble about. It's been shown that Scrooge had money-related superpowers, one of which allows him to dive and swim through coins as if it was water. Other powers witnessed. * He can literally smell money. * Scrooge had super strength when he was younger. It's faded with age but rejuvenates in the presence of his own hard-earned cash. * Super memory. He can tell of every single coin when, where and how he acquired it. We're talking about millions, if not billions of coins here. * Psychic link to his coins. When the Beagle Boys made of with a load of his cash. During the theft Scrooge was walking down the street on the other side of town, suddenly he stopped dead when he felt what he described as \"an empty feeling in my wallet\".", "human_ref_B": "Only the very bottom few inches are actual gold. The rest is fake gold. It's a decoy vault. Most of his money is in banks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 157024.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1af2to", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Ducktales] How does Scrooge McDuck swim through his money bin without breaking his skull as he dives in? Can anyone explain the physics of this to me? http://i.imgur.com/Q7ytzsz.gif", "c_root_id_A": "c8xphis", "c_root_id_B": "c8xxihp", "created_at_utc_A": 1363590858.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363631321.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He's Midas, he can turn gold into jello and back again.", "human_ref_B": "This is one trait he tries to avoid showing off and is actually quite humble about. It's been shown that Scrooge had money-related superpowers, one of which allows him to dive and swim through coins as if it was water. Other powers witnessed. * He can literally smell money. * Scrooge had super strength when he was younger. It's faded with age but rejuvenates in the presence of his own hard-earned cash. * Super memory. He can tell of every single coin when, where and how he acquired it. We're talking about millions, if not billions of coins here. * Psychic link to his coins. When the Beagle Boys made of with a load of his cash. During the theft Scrooge was walking down the street on the other side of town, suddenly he stopped dead when he felt what he described as \"an empty feeling in my wallet\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40463.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1af2to", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Ducktales] How does Scrooge McDuck swim through his money bin without breaking his skull as he dives in? Can anyone explain the physics of this to me? http://i.imgur.com/Q7ytzsz.gif", "c_root_id_A": "c8xuuzu", "c_root_id_B": "c8xxihp", "created_at_utc_A": 1363623250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363631321.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Money is made from a substance similar to a denser mixture of cornstarch and water that is somwhat solidified but not enough to hurt you when jumped into with a point and lighweight enough to carry bags of it without using much strength", "human_ref_B": "This is one trait he tries to avoid showing off and is actually quite humble about. It's been shown that Scrooge had money-related superpowers, one of which allows him to dive and swim through coins as if it was water. Other powers witnessed. * He can literally smell money. * Scrooge had super strength when he was younger. It's faded with age but rejuvenates in the presence of his own hard-earned cash. * Super memory. He can tell of every single coin when, where and how he acquired it. We're talking about millions, if not billions of coins here. * Psychic link to his coins. When the Beagle Boys made of with a load of his cash. During the theft Scrooge was walking down the street on the other side of town, suddenly he stopped dead when he felt what he described as \"an empty feeling in my wallet\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8071.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56y2sk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "Dredd 2012] How does Dredd, while wounded, know that Judge Anderson is behind Judge Lex all this time? [So here's the scene I'm talking about. I'm just curious at how Dredd knows Anderson is on her way.", "c_root_id_A": "d8ni9re", "c_root_id_B": "d8nm6o0", "created_at_utc_A": 1476203922.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476208589.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "She probably psychically told him she was behind him", "human_ref_B": "He didn't. But if he can get Lex to wait, even if just to monologue at him for a bit, then you never know what might pop up. Don't go gently into that good night, because there might yet be another opportunity to judge some criminal scum.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4667.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5f7859", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] What is the reason(s) for the large number of mentally-ill criminals in Gotham City?", "c_root_id_A": "dai129f", "c_root_id_B": "dahyooh", "created_at_utc_A": 1480280519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480277528.0, "score_A": 88, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Take Your Pick: \"Dark Knight, Dark City\" explained that a 18th century group of demon worshippers (including Thomas Jefferson for some reason) summoned a Bat-demon named Barbatos and locked it in the center of Gotham for a few centuries (which Morrison would later sort of reference in his Batman run). \"Arkham Asylum: Hell on Earth\" had some other dude using the inmates of Arkham Asylum as blood sacrifices during the turn of the 20th century, which opened up a portal to hell under the building that influenced people in Gotham to become psychotic and draw them closer to the Asylum so they could become future sacrafices. In Dennis O'Neil's short story \"Cityscape\", he goes back even further and says Gotham was built around a makeshift asylum co-founded by a serial killer who wanted a home in the New World for himself and mentally ill brothers and sisters (the story also invoked the real life legend of the \"Wise Men of Gotham\" for the reason the city in the comics got it's name), and draw a steady supply of people to prey on for generations. There were a literal 'there's something in the water' explanation offered in a Legends of the Dark Knight story called \"The Wise Men of Gotham\", the novel \"Wayne of Gotham\", and in the Arkham videogame series. In the comic and novel examples, both stories suggested that Bruce's dad, Thomas, was indirectly responsible for releasing some faint psychoactive drugs into Gotham's water supply many years ago, which could be blamed for creating both Batman and his villains. In the \"The Wise Men of Gotham\", Bruce debunks it, but in \"Wayne of Gotham\" it's confirmed to be the case. In the Arkham videogames, namely Arkham City, it's established that there's a Lazarus Pit deep in the heart of Gotham and it's been leaking traces of it's psychoactive liquids into the soil and water for longer than the city has been standing.", "human_ref_B": "Lots of lead in the Gotham water supply. Tons of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2991.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5f7859", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] What is the reason(s) for the large number of mentally-ill criminals in Gotham City?", "c_root_id_A": "dahyooh", "c_root_id_B": "daiepch", "created_at_utc_A": 1480277528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480298586.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Lots of lead in the Gotham water supply. Tons of it.", "human_ref_B": "Interestingly, the city's famous architecture illustrates why. Notice all the Gothic Revival, Art Deco, and Pop Art buildings? Gotham had building booms in the 1860s, 1920s-30s, and 1960s, followed by long economic recessions. A huge percentage of the building stock was built in the era of cheap lead paint, and there's been little money for remediation in the past few decades. Add to that the aging waterpipes, and it's no surprise Gotham is a poster child for the tragedy of long-term lead exposure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21058.0, "score_ratio": 2.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5f7859", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] What is the reason(s) for the large number of mentally-ill criminals in Gotham City?", "c_root_id_A": "dai6957", "c_root_id_B": "daiepch", "created_at_utc_A": 1480287204.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480298586.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "An evil wizard) was buried beneath the heart of Gotham thousands of years ago.", "human_ref_B": "Interestingly, the city's famous architecture illustrates why. Notice all the Gothic Revival, Art Deco, and Pop Art buildings? Gotham had building booms in the 1860s, 1920s-30s, and 1960s, followed by long economic recessions. A huge percentage of the building stock was built in the era of cheap lead paint, and there's been little money for remediation in the past few decades. Add to that the aging waterpipes, and it's no surprise Gotham is a poster child for the tragedy of long-term lead exposure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11382.0, "score_ratio": 3.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7czaw", "c_root_id_B": "go7lj5c", "created_at_utc_A": 1613890156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613897579.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No tank shell would kill it", "human_ref_B": "Maybe in the Civil War sure but no practical use today", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7423.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go7lj5c", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613897579.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe in the Civil War sure but no practical use today", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6277.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7czaw", "c_root_id_B": "go7p7ax", "created_at_utc_A": 1613890156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613901195.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No tank shell would kill it", "human_ref_B": "Probably the only use for them in an army is for building fortifications and logistics well behind the front lines", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11039.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go7p7ax", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613901195.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "Probably the only use for them in an army is for building fortifications and logistics well behind the front lines", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9893.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7czaw", "c_root_id_B": "go7r34m", "created_at_utc_A": 1613890156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613903095.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No tank shell would kill it", "human_ref_B": "In most modern military roles no. If this story is true, not be as big as Wun-Wun but would be big enough to biologically work and be an effective close in combatant. In that then one raised and properly trained might be formidable as a special forces operative deployed in difficult terrain where cover and concealment for something that big are possible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12939.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go7r34m", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613903095.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "In most modern military roles no. If this story is true, not be as big as Wun-Wun but would be big enough to biologically work and be an effective close in combatant. In that then one raised and properly trained might be formidable as a special forces operative deployed in difficult terrain where cover and concealment for something that big are possible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11793.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7czaw", "c_root_id_B": "go8fi25", "created_at_utc_A": 1613890156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613921697.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No tank shell would kill it", "human_ref_B": "Modern army? Where we have missiles, tanks, and drones? Helllllll no. Big ass 30 foot target would be the first one to get shot. Offensively, I\u2019m not sure what the advantage is of having a big guy? In GOT they were used to breach gates, but that\u2019s not really something we do by hand anymore.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31541.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go8fi25", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613921697.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "Modern army? Where we have missiles, tanks, and drones? Helllllll no. Big ass 30 foot target would be the first one to get shot. Offensively, I\u2019m not sure what the advantage is of having a big guy? In GOT they were used to breach gates, but that\u2019s not really something we do by hand anymore.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30395.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go8fi25", "c_root_id_B": "go7u3tf", "created_at_utc_A": 1613921697.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613906162.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Modern army? Where we have missiles, tanks, and drones? Helllllll no. Big ass 30 foot target would be the first one to get shot. Offensively, I\u2019m not sure what the advantage is of having a big guy? In GOT they were used to breach gates, but that\u2019s not really something we do by hand anymore.", "human_ref_B": "The only way to get a giant to follow orders, is to beat it bloody till it is nice and subjugated. Then comes the hard part, training them to actually do what you want them to, ya know so they don't eat people on the battlefield. You see an injured man, they see an easy snack. Then there's the whole \"big target\" thing, you'd need proper armor that fits well and keeps bullets from entering their bodies. Long story short, it's not worth the effort. It's easier to construct a vehicle to do the jobs fifty times better.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15535.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7uq0q", "c_root_id_B": "go8fi25", "created_at_utc_A": 1613906787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613921697.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not really, they're easier to take out than trucks, feet don't actually have much of an advantage in rough terrain compared to wheels or tracks (it's a matter of ground pressure, you'dget the same thing with walker tanks and mechs) and they aren't as uniform in capability as trucks. Honestly horses, donkeys and mules would be a better option.", "human_ref_B": "Modern army? Where we have missiles, tanks, and drones? Helllllll no. Big ass 30 foot target would be the first one to get shot. Offensively, I\u2019m not sure what the advantage is of having a big guy? In GOT they were used to breach gates, but that\u2019s not really something we do by hand anymore.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14910.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7u3tf", "c_root_id_B": "go7efav", "created_at_utc_A": 1613906162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613891302.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The only way to get a giant to follow orders, is to beat it bloody till it is nice and subjugated. Then comes the hard part, training them to actually do what you want them to, ya know so they don't eat people on the battlefield. You see an injured man, they see an easy snack. Then there's the whole \"big target\" thing, you'd need proper armor that fits well and keeps bullets from entering their bodies. Long story short, it's not worth the effort. It's easier to construct a vehicle to do the jobs fifty times better.", "human_ref_B": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14860.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go7uq0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613906787.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "Not really, they're easier to take out than trucks, feet don't actually have much of an advantage in rough terrain compared to wheels or tracks (it's a matter of ground pressure, you'dget the same thing with walker tanks and mechs) and they aren't as uniform in capability as trucks. Honestly horses, donkeys and mules would be a better option.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15485.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go8iffj", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613923220.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "Not really no. Most of our supplies travel by truck or plane, and those are going to be faster than a Giant. Giants would require a huge amount of food, massive living spaces and the like. We cant really make them even as useful as a modern tank, and armies are moving away from tanks anyways. Weapons are getting more and more powerful, and a Giant could be taken down with modern RPGs fairly easily.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31918.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go8jggu", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613923738.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "You wouldn't use them for infantry. They'd be great to bring in after you locked a place down as perimeter guards or just general foot patrols.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32436.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go8knjo", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613924348.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "Before the invention of firearms, giants would have been a great boon to military forces. After firearms they are just an easier target to hit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33046.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go8mapd", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613925167.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "If they were nearly as strong and durable as say, the Hulk, then yes. However I imagine they'd just make a bigger target, require specialized gear and weapons that are expensive to maintain, and also they'd be difficult to transport. I think if they're biological, food may also be an issue depending on how much they'd consume.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33865.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "go8z9qo", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613931414.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "They'd be more useful for utility on the back lines than direct combat at this point. They aren't tough enough that modern weapons wouldn't still kill them easily, and they're a very big target. Their potential in melee combat would come into play much less as well.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40112.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go90nnw", "c_root_id_B": "go7efav", "created_at_utc_A": 1613932003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613891302.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "they'd definitely be useful as shock troops. All the armor in the world wouldn't be able to protect you from the strength and momentum of WunWun swinging a tree at a group of plate wearing knights.", "human_ref_B": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40701.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "go7efav", "c_root_id_B": "gobvhzt", "created_at_utc_A": 1613891302.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613992565.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "human_ref_B": "Nowadays we mainly use computers for war, because we don't want to lose any men if possible. No, I don't think giants would be usefull", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 101263.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "loqe0b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Fantasy] Would giants be useful in a modern army? For reference, i'm thinking of a giant the size of WunWun in GOT. And they are entirely biological, no magic involved. I don't see the giants as combat units as they are too big as targets. More likely support units, walking trucks that can carry supplies to forward troops where trucks can't enter and also bring back injured men. Would it be worth it?", "c_root_id_A": "gojxjx6", "c_root_id_B": "go7efav", "created_at_utc_A": 1614144772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613891302.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Somewhat, they\u2019d just be used to carry stuff around. In combat they\u2019re giant targets.", "human_ref_B": "The square-cube law would be working against you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 253470.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aj11te", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[General Fiction] What happens if you wish for general misery and tragedy to a lamp genie? If instead of wishing for riches, power, or immortality, you wish for misery and tragedy to befall to yourself or others, will the genie comply without twisting the wish, or will he secretly cause good things to happen ?", "c_root_id_A": "eeso7hs", "c_root_id_B": "eerv1n1", "created_at_utc_A": 1548279247.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548259720.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "When wishes are twisted, it's generally because the genie or paw have malevolent intentions or power. If the wish is to already cause harm, they'll just do that. Maybe they'll twist it to cause more harm than intended, but it's not that they have an urge to do the opposite of what's requested.", "human_ref_B": ">...or will he secretly cause good things to happen? On *Opposite Day* this might be true, but the genie will generally just grant the wish. A couple millennia as a cosmic vending machine makes genies less than apathetic towards humanity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19527.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aj11te", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[General Fiction] What happens if you wish for general misery and tragedy to a lamp genie? If instead of wishing for riches, power, or immortality, you wish for misery and tragedy to befall to yourself or others, will the genie comply without twisting the wish, or will he secretly cause good things to happen ?", "c_root_id_A": "eeso7hs", "c_root_id_B": "ees6727", "created_at_utc_A": 1548279247.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548267209.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "When wishes are twisted, it's generally because the genie or paw have malevolent intentions or power. If the wish is to already cause harm, they'll just do that. Maybe they'll twist it to cause more harm than intended, but it's not that they have an urge to do the opposite of what's requested.", "human_ref_B": "When I saw this title, I thought you meant wishing misfortune on the Genie. If a genie deliberately mucks up your wishes they aren't likely to be nice and do the opposite.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12038.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aj11te", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[General Fiction] What happens if you wish for general misery and tragedy to a lamp genie? If instead of wishing for riches, power, or immortality, you wish for misery and tragedy to befall to yourself or others, will the genie comply without twisting the wish, or will he secretly cause good things to happen ?", "c_root_id_A": "eeslbc2", "c_root_id_B": "eeso7hs", "created_at_utc_A": 1548277287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1548279247.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "If the geine is twisting wishes, he'll find a way for the misery to have positive outcomes.. for the dude you wished it upon, that somehow always end up having negative outcomes to you. If you wish upon yourself... well, your making the job easy for him.", "human_ref_B": "When wishes are twisted, it's generally because the genie or paw have malevolent intentions or power. If the wish is to already cause harm, they'll just do that. Maybe they'll twist it to cause more harm than intended, but it's not that they have an urge to do the opposite of what's requested.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1960.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ofecf4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[DC] I don't know much about dc but, how did everyone on superman's planet die? we've seen supernan survive worse. I've seen him fly out of a black hole. so how did not ONE person on his planet survive?", "c_root_id_A": "h4c3s38", "c_root_id_B": "h4c1s48", "created_at_utc_A": 1625649180.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625647170.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "But the Kyrptonian race has the ability to travel between stars with spaceships. The question is that a race like that why doesn't have any colonies or at least Research stations across the galaxy?", "human_ref_B": "They ain't all dead actually some are in the bottled city of khandor or something like that", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2010.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prwwyn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Comics] Superheroes who keep dying and coming back (Jean Gray, Steve Rogers) do they have a bunch of headstones or do they keep recycling the same one?", "c_root_id_A": "hdmor3o", "c_root_id_B": "hdlwdfw", "created_at_utc_A": 1632167053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632155457.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "\u201cHere (maybe) lies Steve Rogers, Captain America\u201d Born July 4, 1918 Died (for the third or is it forth time?) Whenever.", "human_ref_B": "Steve Rogers keeps dying?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11596.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "prwwyn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Comics] Superheroes who keep dying and coming back (Jean Gray, Steve Rogers) do they have a bunch of headstones or do they keep recycling the same one?", "c_root_id_A": "hdlwdfw", "c_root_id_B": "hdmwmc8", "created_at_utc_A": 1632155457.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632170288.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Steve Rogers keeps dying?", "human_ref_B": "Can't help but think of Green Arrows funeral in times like this.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14831.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8px888", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Harry Potter] How did Peter Pettigrew kill all those muggles? When he and Serious Black dueled, a large number of muggles were killed just before Pettigrew escaped in animagus form. So, how were the muggles killed?", "c_root_id_A": "e0euupk", "c_root_id_B": "e0eufgd", "created_at_utc_A": 1528596297.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528595814.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He cast a blasting curse powerful enough to open the sewers so he could escape in rat form. It was also powerful enough that the shrapnel killed several innocent bystanders. He probably could have done it without hurting anyone if he aimed at the manhole cover, but since he was casting behind him aiming wasn't an option.", "human_ref_B": "Wizards can casually cast spells that can blast through walls and destroy buildings, the collateral alone killed many Muggles.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 483.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1jeav2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Harry Potter] How did Regulus Black know the locket was a Horcrux? I'm a bit perplexed as to how an 18 year old boy could figure out that this particular locket that The Dark Lord hid in that cave was the foulest use of dark magic in the world? It's a very specific and complex magic, all the books regarding it were removed, and kept away, yet he knew it's exact name. Did Kreacher recognize it, and tell him what it was?", "c_root_id_A": "cbdyvit", "c_root_id_B": "cbdx48n", "created_at_utc_A": 1375267329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1375255393.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Lucius didn't know the diary was a horcrux as Dumbledore first explains to Harry about Voldemort's horcruxes and how pissed he was when he found out Lucius basically threw the diary away. Voldemort has no friends nor does he want any. He operates alone and would not trust his greatest secret to anybody. His version of anybody doesn't include non-humans particularly house elves so I could see Voldemort bragging aloud thinking Kreacher never could/would tell (not neccesarily \"I'm making horcruxes to keep me alive forever\" but maybe \"with these measures taken I will be immortal\"). Since Kreacher survived he could easily tell Regulus all of this. Piecing that together with the measures taken to protect the locket, it makes sense that the locket could keep him alive.", "human_ref_B": "At the end of book 4, when the death eaters return to the cemetery, Voldemort asks them why they didnt look for his because they knew he had taken steps to prevent death. So, at least some death eaters knew the horcruxes existed. After hearing from Kreacher where he went with Voldemort and what they did I think he could have figured out that the locket was one.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11936.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17jk3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[star trek] Could the Borg assimilate enough individuals to make the collective consensus be in favor of non forceful assimilation?", "c_root_id_A": "c864y0s", "c_root_id_B": "c862vdm", "created_at_utc_A": 1359528046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359520613.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Reporting back from 2381. The answer there is no, and... yes, they already have. The Borg Collective has a Queen, it was discovered at the end of the Borg Invasion in 2381, that the Borg Collective was powered and driven by the psychic presence of an extraplanar entity. When that entity was expelled, the Collective remained, but the impetus toward assimilation stopped being their driving force. They were adopted by the extraplanar civilization that the entity came from and left 'for parts unknown'. Until that entity driving the Borg Collective was expelled, they would all be subject to his superior will. Once removed, they regained their individuality and asserted no inclination toward continuing in that vein.", "human_ref_B": "If so i think it would've happened already, perhaps they changed their mind the moment they get assimilated, there is an old phrase i don't entirely agree with that goes \"you never know until you try\". Plus it seems that the only way individuality ever effected the borg is when Hugh went back to the collective, they just separated him and all others in his cube that were effected (affected?) So fail-safes and whatnot prevent the borg from dissembling.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7433.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17jk3o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[star trek] Could the Borg assimilate enough individuals to make the collective consensus be in favor of non forceful assimilation?", "c_root_id_A": "c86ahnr", "c_root_id_B": "c869il1", "created_at_utc_A": 1359561741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359558245.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Borg biomechanical systems are something of a low-level rewrite, and the drive for perfection is paramount. It is highly unlikely that the collective consensus would ever favor non-forceful assimilation, because if an entity that is required to achieve perfection is not willing, then perfection cannot be achieved.", "human_ref_B": "Well, there was that group of Borg that Voyager encountered that were individuals but chose to keep a lower level collective in place. It was kind of like Socialism to the Borg's communism.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3496.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7nzftw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] At the end of Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is getting his new robotic hand C3PO and R2D2 can see a galaxy from the window of the ship. What galaxy is it? Are they outside the Star Wars Galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "ds69lbu", "c_root_id_B": "ds6dnh2", "created_at_utc_A": 1515066310.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515073829.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It's just a big tv.", "human_ref_B": "could be another galaxy close their own but still separate, like Andromeda would look five times bigger than the full moon in our own night sky if the spiral arms were bright enough to see.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7519.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7nzftw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] At the end of Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is getting his new robotic hand C3PO and R2D2 can see a galaxy from the window of the ship. What galaxy is it? Are they outside the Star Wars Galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "ds6gst1", "c_root_id_B": "ds69lbu", "created_at_utc_A": 1515077925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515066310.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Hey, I asked this a few years ago and the result I got was that they were on the far outside of the galaxy looking in. However, since the Disney take over it has seen been explained in a Disney picture book as a small satellite galaxy I believe...I'd check out eckhart'sladder on YouTube who has entire video dedicated to this question with lots of picture evidence from the book. Here's my post for reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1tn1oj/star_wars_where_does_the_last_scene_of_the_empire/?st=JC0M4C7N&sh=c080c2ca", "human_ref_B": "It's just a big tv.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11615.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7nzftw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars] At the end of Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is getting his new robotic hand C3PO and R2D2 can see a galaxy from the window of the ship. What galaxy is it? Are they outside the Star Wars Galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "ds79nke", "c_root_id_B": "ds69lbu", "created_at_utc_A": 1515110052.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1515066310.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "According to Canon it's a protostar, but in Legends it's the Star Wars galaxy. I would prefer it if it was the Rishi Maze or a similar dwarf galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "It's just a big tv.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43742.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5lt0sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra] How did technology advance so quickly? When Aang was alive, the Four Nations were roughly at a Medieval level of technology with swords, horse drawn carriages, archers, plate armor, some primitive gliders. The Fire Nation was by far the most technologically advanced, but they at most had early industrial era inventions. Then less than 100 years later in Korra's day we have high rise architecture, radio, black and white movies, commercial automobiles. How did everything advance so fast?", "c_root_id_A": "dby7vzs", "c_root_id_B": "dby74j0", "created_at_utc_A": 1483464595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483463674.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "In the last century we went from inventing flight to launching someone into space in 58 years. Look at the technology in Korra. It basically approximated the 1930s. Look 70 years before that. The 1860s. Civil War era technology. Not too dissimilar. Yeah, they lacked guns, but they had bending. Necessity is the mother of invention, and they didn't need them. It would make sense that technology would develop faster. For the first time, the 3 nations were working together. A Fire Nation development could be improved on by an Earth Kingdom engineer.", "human_ref_B": "Industrial revolution. Most advancement in civilization is exponential. On Earth it took some 100,000 generations for language to develop. Then it took 40,000 generations for written language to develop. Then it took 100 generations to land on the moon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 921.0, "score_ratio": 1.7727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5lt0sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra] How did technology advance so quickly? When Aang was alive, the Four Nations were roughly at a Medieval level of technology with swords, horse drawn carriages, archers, plate armor, some primitive gliders. The Fire Nation was by far the most technologically advanced, but they at most had early industrial era inventions. Then less than 100 years later in Korra's day we have high rise architecture, radio, black and white movies, commercial automobiles. How did everything advance so fast?", "c_root_id_A": "dbybbv5", "c_root_id_B": "dbyacon", "created_at_utc_A": 1483468559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483467453.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "the Avatar industrial revolution wasn't too far of from our own. Ignoring a lot of side history, the time between the regular use of a steam engine and the first regular use of an automobile is about 80 years vs the first recorded use of a Fire Nation blimp and the Sato-mobile is about 50. While 30 years is a long time to a person, in the perspective of a civilization it's not too terrible.", "human_ref_B": "Fire Nation military budgets. Look at their tech in the Aang series, they have ironsides, hot air balloons, steam tanks. The 100 years of military build up had led to great innovation, with the war off those advancements didn't just evaporate. The fire nation by this point had a heavily subsidized war economy, steel mills that had been running for 50 years and were the backbone of entire communities. With the loss of military contracts many of these factories failed, some however were able to shift to producing civilian goods and at scales unmatched by any other economy on avatar planet. The effects on the kingdoms were devastating, radical, and transformative, fire nation goods became cheaper than local goods in every port in the world. Every nation raced to emulate the productive techniques of the fire nation. Steam driven fire nation ships were nearly as fast as an expert water bender's personal craft, shortening travel times and increasing shipping capacities. Additionally there was the presence of the Avatar, deep divisions that a hundred years before would likely have led to war, and smaller ones such as trade imbalances and tariffs which could as easily flare, were for the most part kept in check by Aang. A final note on radio and such techs, in many ways avatar verse peoples had advantage over earth peoples in the study of electricity and associated techs. Fire benders being capable of generating lighting reliably made early study of electricity comparably easy and safe. However the necessity of a trained fire bender to generate a charge meant the technology was for a long time only explored by fire nation citizens. When electrical techniques began to take off demand for fire benders became explosive, every city in every nation was doing its best to recruit lightning benders to power their cinemas and lights. This created a paradigm shift in the cultures of all four nations, why not import earth benders to build your roads and houses? Water benders to map your harbors and fish your seas, Air benders to...oh right... But the point was that with new fast ships crossing the world on the regular, peace between the nations, and cities across the world opening their gates to workers from anywhere; travel and the spread and mixing of cultures and ideas began in a way never before seen. The avatar planet of Korra is for that reason more culturally cosmopolitan, its still early but advancement is ongoing and accelerating.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1106.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5lt0sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra] How did technology advance so quickly? When Aang was alive, the Four Nations were roughly at a Medieval level of technology with swords, horse drawn carriages, archers, plate armor, some primitive gliders. The Fire Nation was by far the most technologically advanced, but they at most had early industrial era inventions. Then less than 100 years later in Korra's day we have high rise architecture, radio, black and white movies, commercial automobiles. How did everything advance so fast?", "c_root_id_A": "dbybbv5", "c_root_id_B": "dby93ad", "created_at_utc_A": 1483468559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483465993.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "the Avatar industrial revolution wasn't too far of from our own. Ignoring a lot of side history, the time between the regular use of a steam engine and the first regular use of an automobile is about 80 years vs the first recorded use of a Fire Nation blimp and the Sato-mobile is about 50. While 30 years is a long time to a person, in the perspective of a civilization it's not too terrible.", "human_ref_B": "As others have mentioned, there's the exponential growth factor, and the less restricted flow of information, but those factors would also explain the development of a world without bending. The bending itself also plays a great role in the rapid scientific developments. Making an internal combustion engine is easier when you have a researcher that can bend fire for example. There's a lot that they could learn from analyzing the properties of bended water/earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2566.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5lt0sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra] How did technology advance so quickly? When Aang was alive, the Four Nations were roughly at a Medieval level of technology with swords, horse drawn carriages, archers, plate armor, some primitive gliders. The Fire Nation was by far the most technologically advanced, but they at most had early industrial era inventions. Then less than 100 years later in Korra's day we have high rise architecture, radio, black and white movies, commercial automobiles. How did everything advance so fast?", "c_root_id_A": "dbyacon", "c_root_id_B": "dby93ad", "created_at_utc_A": 1483467453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483465993.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Fire Nation military budgets. Look at their tech in the Aang series, they have ironsides, hot air balloons, steam tanks. The 100 years of military build up had led to great innovation, with the war off those advancements didn't just evaporate. The fire nation by this point had a heavily subsidized war economy, steel mills that had been running for 50 years and were the backbone of entire communities. With the loss of military contracts many of these factories failed, some however were able to shift to producing civilian goods and at scales unmatched by any other economy on avatar planet. The effects on the kingdoms were devastating, radical, and transformative, fire nation goods became cheaper than local goods in every port in the world. Every nation raced to emulate the productive techniques of the fire nation. Steam driven fire nation ships were nearly as fast as an expert water bender's personal craft, shortening travel times and increasing shipping capacities. Additionally there was the presence of the Avatar, deep divisions that a hundred years before would likely have led to war, and smaller ones such as trade imbalances and tariffs which could as easily flare, were for the most part kept in check by Aang. A final note on radio and such techs, in many ways avatar verse peoples had advantage over earth peoples in the study of electricity and associated techs. Fire benders being capable of generating lighting reliably made early study of electricity comparably easy and safe. However the necessity of a trained fire bender to generate a charge meant the technology was for a long time only explored by fire nation citizens. When electrical techniques began to take off demand for fire benders became explosive, every city in every nation was doing its best to recruit lightning benders to power their cinemas and lights. This created a paradigm shift in the cultures of all four nations, why not import earth benders to build your roads and houses? Water benders to map your harbors and fish your seas, Air benders to...oh right... But the point was that with new fast ships crossing the world on the regular, peace between the nations, and cities across the world opening their gates to workers from anywhere; travel and the spread and mixing of cultures and ideas began in a way never before seen. The avatar planet of Korra is for that reason more culturally cosmopolitan, its still early but advancement is ongoing and accelerating.", "human_ref_B": "As others have mentioned, there's the exponential growth factor, and the less restricted flow of information, but those factors would also explain the development of a world without bending. The bending itself also plays a great role in the rapid scientific developments. Making an internal combustion engine is easier when you have a researcher that can bend fire for example. There's a lot that they could learn from analyzing the properties of bended water/earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1460.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b1j9vy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Could Toph\u2019s blindness be cured with water healing? Katara is one of the best water healers in the series iirc. If she wanted to, could she heal Toph\u2019s blindness?", "c_root_id_A": "eimmkvq", "c_root_id_B": "eim5a76", "created_at_utc_A": 1552694423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552681534.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It probably depends on the cause of her blindness, but considering she was born blind it's probably not something that can be healed.", "human_ref_B": "She's the greatest earthbender, 1st ever Metal Bender. Curing her eyesight would handicap her.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12889.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b1j9vy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Could Toph\u2019s blindness be cured with water healing? Katara is one of the best water healers in the series iirc. If she wanted to, could she heal Toph\u2019s blindness?", "c_root_id_A": "eimmkvq", "c_root_id_B": "eimi28f", "created_at_utc_A": 1552694423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552690846.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It probably depends on the cause of her blindness, but considering she was born blind it's probably not something that can be healed.", "human_ref_B": "Putting water in Toph's eyes ain't gonna cure her. If anything, it'll probably blind her more.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3577.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b1j9vy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Avatar: The Last Airbender] Could Toph\u2019s blindness be cured with water healing? Katara is one of the best water healers in the series iirc. If she wanted to, could she heal Toph\u2019s blindness?", "c_root_id_A": "eimi28f", "c_root_id_B": "eimmtd7", "created_at_utc_A": 1552690846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552694614.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Putting water in Toph's eyes ain't gonna cure her. If anything, it'll probably blind her more.", "human_ref_B": "Officially, the special spring water that Katara used to resurrect Aang couldn\u2019t be used to heal Zuko\u2019s scar. Why? I don\u2019t know. Even when she resurrected Aang, it still left two big scars on his body. The reason why she could heal Aang but couldn\u2019t heal Zuko is possibly because the wound was fresh while Zuko\u2019s had already scarred over. Since Toph had been blind since birth, she wouldn\u2019t have been healed by the water either. At least, that\u2019s my inference.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3768.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aqs3rc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC] If a hypothetical being was capable of wielding every type of Lantern Ring at once, barring Black and White lantern, what would the new \u201cSpectrum Lantern\u201d be capable of?", "c_root_id_A": "egi9ada", "c_root_id_B": "egi9y6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1550201637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550202219.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "I believe Hal Jordan does exactly this at one point. Don't remember any details though.", "human_ref_B": "Sorry for the boring answer, but a White Lantern can do exactly that. White light is the presence of all colors of light; therefor a White Lantern can use all 7 colors, save Black since blackness is the absence of all light.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 582.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aqs3rc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC] If a hypothetical being was capable of wielding every type of Lantern Ring at once, barring Black and White lantern, what would the new \u201cSpectrum Lantern\u201d be capable of?", "c_root_id_A": "egiegzm", "c_root_id_B": "egi9ada", "created_at_utc_A": 1550206588.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550201637.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Kyle Rainer did it. This thing happened. Ultimately it culminated in him evolving into a White Lantern.", "human_ref_B": "I believe Hal Jordan does exactly this at one point. Don't remember any details though.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4951.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2o6o9", "c_root_id_B": "dh2ml8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1493818671.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493816353.0, "score_A": 76, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "That was Obi-Wan Kenobi's personal opinion, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the Jedi Order. He prefers lightsabers over blasters because they are elegant yet deadly and require the skill of a Jedi to use properly. Very unlike the modern blaster, a clumsy and messy device that can be used by anybody.", "human_ref_B": "Do they? Obi-Wan's quote is \"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age\". It's the time period (and the political climate) he's calling uncivilized, not the weaponry.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2318.0, "score_ratio": 1.1515151515, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2lv3z", "c_root_id_B": "dh2o6o9", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815187.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493818671.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "It's partly an ego thing, the Jedi *are* an egotistical bunch as much as they like to claim not to be. It's also partly a poor choice of words. Uncivilized *should* be unrefined. It's a gun, an easy weapon to use even if you aren't skilled. Before the gun nuts crucify, I'm not saying they're easy to use well, I'm just saying pointing and shooting is an easy enough thing to pull off.", "human_ref_B": "That was Obi-Wan Kenobi's personal opinion, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the Jedi Order. He prefers lightsabers over blasters because they are elegant yet deadly and require the skill of a Jedi to use properly. Very unlike the modern blaster, a clumsy and messy device that can be used by anybody.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3484.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2o6o9", "c_root_id_B": "dh2m8ke", "created_at_utc_A": 1493818671.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493815800.0, "score_A": 76, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "That was Obi-Wan Kenobi's personal opinion, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the Jedi Order. He prefers lightsabers over blasters because they are elegant yet deadly and require the skill of a Jedi to use properly. Very unlike the modern blaster, a clumsy and messy device that can be used by anybody.", "human_ref_B": "I'd argue that it's partly due to the risk of stray shots, and its overall greater utility in *warfare* as opposed to small-scale \"aggressive negotiations\". It's the same reason it was long unbecoming of an officer to use a rifle rather than a pistol. My own headcanon is that in particular pacifistic times anyone using a rifle would be instantly branded a barbarian because it's an offensive and not a defensive weapon like the blaster pistol. Furthermore, the emphasis on skill sure plays an effect. The Catholic Church tried banning crossbows because they made killing so easy (\"OP, pls nerf!\").", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2871.0, "score_ratio": 6.9090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2nlgf", "c_root_id_B": "dh2o6o9", "created_at_utc_A": 1493817860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493818671.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "I don't think this is a position of the Jedi, just Obi-Wan's personal belief.", "human_ref_B": "That was Obi-Wan Kenobi's personal opinion, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the Jedi Order. He prefers lightsabers over blasters because they are elegant yet deadly and require the skill of a Jedi to use properly. Very unlike the modern blaster, a clumsy and messy device that can be used by anybody.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 811.0, "score_ratio": 12.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2o6o9", "c_root_id_B": "dh2m32a", "created_at_utc_A": 1493818671.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493815555.0, "score_A": 76, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "That was Obi-Wan Kenobi's personal opinion, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the Jedi Order. He prefers lightsabers over blasters because they are elegant yet deadly and require the skill of a Jedi to use properly. Very unlike the modern blaster, a clumsy and messy device that can be used by anybody.", "human_ref_B": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3116.0, "score_ratio": 76.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2npcg", "c_root_id_B": "dh2o6o9", "created_at_utc_A": 1493818008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493818671.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "If what the Stormtroopers did to Owen and Beru was done with their blasters it would look really uncivilized to me...", "human_ref_B": "That was Obi-Wan Kenobi's personal opinion, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the Jedi Order. He prefers lightsabers over blasters because they are elegant yet deadly and require the skill of a Jedi to use properly. Very unlike the modern blaster, a clumsy and messy device that can be used by anybody.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 663.0, "score_ratio": 38.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2lv3z", "c_root_id_B": "dh2ml8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815187.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493816353.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "It's partly an ego thing, the Jedi *are* an egotistical bunch as much as they like to claim not to be. It's also partly a poor choice of words. Uncivilized *should* be unrefined. It's a gun, an easy weapon to use even if you aren't skilled. Before the gun nuts crucify, I'm not saying they're easy to use well, I'm just saying pointing and shooting is an easy enough thing to pull off.", "human_ref_B": "Do they? Obi-Wan's quote is \"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age\". It's the time period (and the political climate) he's calling uncivilized, not the weaponry.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1166.0, "score_ratio": 3.4736842105, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2ml8b", "c_root_id_B": "dh2m8ke", "created_at_utc_A": 1493816353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493815800.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Do they? Obi-Wan's quote is \"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age\". It's the time period (and the political climate) he's calling uncivilized, not the weaponry.", "human_ref_B": "I'd argue that it's partly due to the risk of stray shots, and its overall greater utility in *warfare* as opposed to small-scale \"aggressive negotiations\". It's the same reason it was long unbecoming of an officer to use a rifle rather than a pistol. My own headcanon is that in particular pacifistic times anyone using a rifle would be instantly branded a barbarian because it's an offensive and not a defensive weapon like the blaster pistol. Furthermore, the emphasis on skill sure plays an effect. The Catholic Church tried banning crossbows because they made killing so easy (\"OP, pls nerf!\").", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 553.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2ml8b", "c_root_id_B": "dh2m32a", "created_at_utc_A": 1493816353.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493815555.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Do they? Obi-Wan's quote is \"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age\". It's the time period (and the political climate) he's calling uncivilized, not the weaponry.", "human_ref_B": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 798.0, "score_ratio": 66.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2m32a", "c_root_id_B": "dh2m8ke", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493815800.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "human_ref_B": "I'd argue that it's partly due to the risk of stray shots, and its overall greater utility in *warfare* as opposed to small-scale \"aggressive negotiations\". It's the same reason it was long unbecoming of an officer to use a rifle rather than a pistol. My own headcanon is that in particular pacifistic times anyone using a rifle would be instantly branded a barbarian because it's an offensive and not a defensive weapon like the blaster pistol. Furthermore, the emphasis on skill sure plays an effect. The Catholic Church tried banning crossbows because they made killing so easy (\"OP, pls nerf!\").", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 245.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2m32a", "c_root_id_B": "dh2nlgf", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493817860.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think this is a position of the Jedi, just Obi-Wan's personal belief.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2305.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh36q54", "c_root_id_B": "dh2uycq", "created_at_utc_A": 1493839085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493826601.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi don't like blasters, they are clumsy and random and they get everywhere", "human_ref_B": "Grievous was uncivilized, not the usage of a blaster", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12484.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2m32a", "c_root_id_B": "dh36q54", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493839085.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi don't like blasters, they are clumsy and random and they get everywhere", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23530.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2npcg", "c_root_id_B": "dh36q54", "created_at_utc_A": 1493818008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493839085.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If what the Stormtroopers did to Owen and Beru was done with their blasters it would look really uncivilized to me...", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi don't like blasters, they are clumsy and random and they get everywhere", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21077.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh36q54", "c_root_id_B": "dh2vwfw", "created_at_utc_A": 1493839085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493827625.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Jedi don't like blasters, they are clumsy and random and they get everywhere", "human_ref_B": "I thought of it along the lines of: a blaster is only an offensive weapon, whereas a lightsaber can block/deflect attacks. Sort of tying in with the philosophy Jedi not being aggressors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11460.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2yhd0", "c_root_id_B": "dh36q54", "created_at_utc_A": 1493830386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493839085.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Lightsabres are primarily weapons of defence, and precise dueling. Blasters are weapons that spray and area full of energy blasts to hit everything and anything in view.", "human_ref_B": "The Jedi don't like blasters, they are clumsy and random and they get everywhere", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8699.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2uycq", "c_root_id_B": "dh2m32a", "created_at_utc_A": 1493826601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493815555.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Grievous was uncivilized, not the usage of a blaster", "human_ref_B": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11046.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2npcg", "c_root_id_B": "dh2uycq", "created_at_utc_A": 1493818008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493826601.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If what the Stormtroopers did to Owen and Beru was done with their blasters it would look really uncivilized to me...", "human_ref_B": "Grievous was uncivilized, not the usage of a blaster", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8593.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh3bd34", "c_root_id_B": "dh2m32a", "created_at_utc_A": 1493843960.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493815555.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Same reason medieval knights thought crossbows were uncivilized. It takes years/decades of training to become a Jedi Knight/medieval knight, skilled in your weapon. It takes a few days of practice to be reasonably accurate with a blaster/crossbow. Somebody who has practiced a few days can be just as deadly as somebody who has devoted their whole life to their form of combat.", "human_ref_B": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28405.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2m32a", "c_root_id_B": "dh2npcg", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493818008.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "human_ref_B": "If what the Stormtroopers did to Owen and Beru was done with their blasters it would look really uncivilized to me...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2453.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2m32a", "c_root_id_B": "dh2vwfw", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493827625.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "human_ref_B": "I thought of it along the lines of: a blaster is only an offensive weapon, whereas a lightsaber can block/deflect attacks. Sort of tying in with the philosophy Jedi not being aggressors.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12070.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2m32a", "c_root_id_B": "dh2yhd0", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493830386.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "human_ref_B": "Lightsabres are primarily weapons of defence, and precise dueling. Blasters are weapons that spray and area full of energy blasts to hit everything and anything in view.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14831.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh39p7s", "c_root_id_B": "dh2m32a", "created_at_utc_A": 1493842191.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493815555.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Killing your foe from a kilometre away is uncivilized, unlike coming to meet your opponent face to face while you fight with a lightsaber.", "human_ref_B": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26636.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2m32a", "c_root_id_B": "dh3c1rn", "created_at_utc_A": 1493815555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493844686.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There is no honor in using a blaster in combat, there is no elegance, no skill of swordsmanship. Look for the answer in the Samurai and why they held onto the sword in the age of gunpowder.", "human_ref_B": "With a sword you are up close and personal, you are basically forced to look your opponent in the eyes as you slay them. With a blaster, or *any* sort of ranged weapon, the 'opponent' becomes a 'target'.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29131.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2npcg", "c_root_id_B": "dh3bd34", "created_at_utc_A": 1493818008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493843960.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If what the Stormtroopers did to Owen and Beru was done with their blasters it would look really uncivilized to me...", "human_ref_B": "Same reason medieval knights thought crossbows were uncivilized. It takes years/decades of training to become a Jedi Knight/medieval knight, skilled in your weapon. It takes a few days of practice to be reasonably accurate with a blaster/crossbow. Somebody who has practiced a few days can be just as deadly as somebody who has devoted their whole life to their form of combat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25952.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2vwfw", "c_root_id_B": "dh3bd34", "created_at_utc_A": 1493827625.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493843960.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I thought of it along the lines of: a blaster is only an offensive weapon, whereas a lightsaber can block/deflect attacks. Sort of tying in with the philosophy Jedi not being aggressors.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason medieval knights thought crossbows were uncivilized. It takes years/decades of training to become a Jedi Knight/medieval knight, skilled in your weapon. It takes a few days of practice to be reasonably accurate with a blaster/crossbow. Somebody who has practiced a few days can be just as deadly as somebody who has devoted their whole life to their form of combat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16335.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh2yhd0", "c_root_id_B": "dh3bd34", "created_at_utc_A": 1493830386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493843960.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Lightsabres are primarily weapons of defence, and precise dueling. Blasters are weapons that spray and area full of energy blasts to hit everything and anything in view.", "human_ref_B": "Same reason medieval knights thought crossbows were uncivilized. It takes years/decades of training to become a Jedi Knight/medieval knight, skilled in your weapon. It takes a few days of practice to be reasonably accurate with a blaster/crossbow. Somebody who has practiced a few days can be just as deadly as somebody who has devoted their whole life to their form of combat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13574.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh3bd34", "c_root_id_B": "dh39p7s", "created_at_utc_A": 1493843960.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493842191.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Same reason medieval knights thought crossbows were uncivilized. It takes years/decades of training to become a Jedi Knight/medieval knight, skilled in your weapon. It takes a few days of practice to be reasonably accurate with a blaster/crossbow. Somebody who has practiced a few days can be just as deadly as somebody who has devoted their whole life to their form of combat.", "human_ref_B": "Killing your foe from a kilometre away is uncivilized, unlike coming to meet your opponent face to face while you fight with a lightsaber.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1769.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh3mfz9", "c_root_id_B": "dh3r74l", "created_at_utc_A": 1493857286.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493863190.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": ">Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves? Basically, yes. That and explosives are their one weakness. While they've learned to deal with it they can be easily overwhelmed (hence Order 66 working so well to exterminate them). If the Jedi had their way, everyone would fight with melee weapons and no Jedi would ever fall in battle against non-force sensitives.", "human_ref_B": "With a skilled application of the a saber, you can wound. Burn. A burn down the side of someone's leg is harsh, yes but a blaster would have just obliterated the leg.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5904.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh3mfz9", "c_root_id_B": "dh3yo9c", "created_at_utc_A": 1493857286.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493873802.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": ">Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves? Basically, yes. That and explosives are their one weakness. While they've learned to deal with it they can be easily overwhelmed (hence Order 66 working so well to exterminate them). If the Jedi had their way, everyone would fight with melee weapons and no Jedi would ever fall in battle against non-force sensitives.", "human_ref_B": "The only Jedi I can think of off-hand who expresses disdain towards blasters is Obi-Wan, but even without that I think I see your reasoning. Why would the Jedi wield lightsabers and forgo blasters, when in theory blasters are much more effective against anything that doesn't have a lightsaber? The answer is that Lightsabers differ from Blasters in that they can be used to directly protect the user or others. Jedi seek balance and protection, and as such see the Lightsaber as a tool for defense.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16516.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6900ty", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Why do the Jedi consider blaster uncivilized? Given that the Jedi are regularly jumping about slicing people's bollocks off with laser swords, just where do they get this idea? Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves?", "c_root_id_A": "dh3mfz9", "c_root_id_B": "dhev3q2", "created_at_utc_A": 1493857286.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494489662.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": ">Is it just bullshit to make them feel better about themselves? Basically, yes. That and explosives are their one weakness. While they've learned to deal with it they can be easily overwhelmed (hence Order 66 working so well to exterminate them). If the Jedi had their way, everyone would fight with melee weapons and no Jedi would ever fall in battle against non-force sensitives.", "human_ref_B": "It takes no discipline to use a blaster, anyone can pick one up and make use of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 632376.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v3oezg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?] Why make androids the way they are in the first place? The Pitch Meeting answer is obviously, \"*So the story can happen.*\" But why? There are only three differences between a human and an android. Empathic responses, whatever is in their spinal cord, and their short lifespan. Surely at some point along the production line someone must have recognized what a disaster that can potentially be. Considering they're essentially meant to be thralls, it would have seemed far more prudent to manufacture them with barcode tattoos genetically engineered on their foreheads. At the very least, they should have access ports that can be opened up so they can be shut down manually. (But if they had that, Deckard's job would be so much easier.)", "c_root_id_A": "iazsf1p", "c_root_id_B": "iazwce4", "created_at_utc_A": 1654225587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654227534.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It's actually a design flaw in the positronic brains that they're slowly attempting to fix. A large portion of the actual story is them discussing the new positronic brains and how there's so much better at doing all of those things so it's harder to detect the Nexus 6 replicants.", "human_ref_B": "You could ask the same question in our world and the answer is the same. \"Why build something that can progress beyond your control?\" Because the human need for innovation surpasses our common sense. The economic pressures in DADES encourage scientists to make the next generation of androids better, faster, stronger, smarter, sexier, and more human...regardless of how dangerous they could become. \"Dealing with rogue androids is someone elses problem, I just make the things! Its not my fault you didn't surveil and secure your androids properly!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1947.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72m3ck", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Westworld inspired but general] If youre going to create a bunch of androids for entertainment purposes instead of labor, why even make them crazy stronger than a flatscan human? When theyre functioning normally impersonating humans, crazy strength feats would just break the illusion anyway, and if/when they go haywire... Just seems like a bad (and not cost effective\u203d) idea to put a governed V12 in a Honda Civic instead of just a 4cyl.", "c_root_id_A": "dnjl16o", "c_root_id_B": "dnjj0xw", "created_at_utc_A": 1506451282.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506449226.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "For Westworld specifically, remember that the hosts get moved around to different roles depending on minor changes to the narrative. It is far simpler and cheaper to build them to a high baseline, and attenuate strength down to whatever the story requires.. This allows you to total freedom in shifting resources around as needed and on the fly. The wetware that manages the allowed power and speed applied to movement is totally separate from and does not interact whatsoever with the behavioral and personality programming. So even if a host goes mad or lashes out, it is impossible for them to alter their own strength. Obviously, a rogue designer could make a mess of things. Or god forbid if a host ever got a hold of a maintenance tablet and adjusted their own parameters. But those are worst case scenarios and are laughably unlikely. Delos runs a tight operation and has procedures in place to prevent any such situation.", "human_ref_B": "I don't remember the Westworld robots ever being superhumanly strong. Durable, sure, but that's so you can repair them for cheaper than it would cost to replace them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2056.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72m3ck", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Westworld inspired but general] If youre going to create a bunch of androids for entertainment purposes instead of labor, why even make them crazy stronger than a flatscan human? When theyre functioning normally impersonating humans, crazy strength feats would just break the illusion anyway, and if/when they go haywire... Just seems like a bad (and not cost effective\u203d) idea to put a governed V12 in a Honda Civic instead of just a 4cyl.", "c_root_id_A": "dnjmfxi", "c_root_id_B": "dnjj0xw", "created_at_utc_A": 1506452725.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506449226.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because they can also use them to cheaply and quickly rebuild the park, without paying for construction labor. They're like computers, they're mass produced and then tweaked (mostly with software, but also a cool case as needed) to fill the role they're needed in.", "human_ref_B": "I don't remember the Westworld robots ever being superhumanly strong. Durable, sure, but that's so you can repair them for cheaper than it would cost to replace them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3499.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72m3ck", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Westworld inspired but general] If youre going to create a bunch of androids for entertainment purposes instead of labor, why even make them crazy stronger than a flatscan human? When theyre functioning normally impersonating humans, crazy strength feats would just break the illusion anyway, and if/when they go haywire... Just seems like a bad (and not cost effective\u203d) idea to put a governed V12 in a Honda Civic instead of just a 4cyl.", "c_root_id_A": "dnjypo5", "c_root_id_B": "dnjj0xw", "created_at_utc_A": 1506465552.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506449226.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "With Westworld as an example, manual labor. We see shots of the new section of the park under construction and its all \"manual\" labor by the machines.", "human_ref_B": "I don't remember the Westworld robots ever being superhumanly strong. Durable, sure, but that's so you can repair them for cheaper than it would cost to replace them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16326.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72m3ck", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Westworld inspired but general] If youre going to create a bunch of androids for entertainment purposes instead of labor, why even make them crazy stronger than a flatscan human? When theyre functioning normally impersonating humans, crazy strength feats would just break the illusion anyway, and if/when they go haywire... Just seems like a bad (and not cost effective\u203d) idea to put a governed V12 in a Honda Civic instead of just a 4cyl.", "c_root_id_A": "dnjypo5", "c_root_id_B": "dnjoqob", "created_at_utc_A": 1506465552.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506454982.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "With Westworld as an example, manual labor. We see shots of the new section of the park under construction and its all \"manual\" labor by the machines.", "human_ref_B": "The hosts were printed out, and there probably arent too many designs of synthetic muscle that can be reliably printed. Maybe it was chosen for how easy it was to manufacture and maintain and they just throttle the stength back for the role-playing. It would be far simpler than having muslces weaker than an average human!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10570.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72m3ck", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Westworld inspired but general] If youre going to create a bunch of androids for entertainment purposes instead of labor, why even make them crazy stronger than a flatscan human? When theyre functioning normally impersonating humans, crazy strength feats would just break the illusion anyway, and if/when they go haywire... Just seems like a bad (and not cost effective\u203d) idea to put a governed V12 in a Honda Civic instead of just a 4cyl.", "c_root_id_A": "dnjs22z", "c_root_id_B": "dnjypo5", "created_at_utc_A": 1506458246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506465552.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's about mass production. If you can cheaply produce V12s, you could save money by using them for all cars and sticking a governed one in a Honda Civic rather than having an entire separate run to build 4cyls. And if all cars have the same engine, then if something goes wrong any mechanic can fix it with parts they have available. And it's cheaper to design a car, since you don't have to worry about deciding on an engine.", "human_ref_B": "With Westworld as an example, manual labor. We see shots of the new section of the park under construction and its all \"manual\" labor by the machines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7306.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s951vz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Nier: Automata] If \"emotions are forbidden\", then why were the Yorha androids programmed to be capable of emotion?", "c_root_id_A": "htm8amd", "c_root_id_B": "htltzax", "created_at_utc_A": 1642783280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642777848.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "it's more that emotions were forbidden *because they couldn't just get rid of them*. Early on it was found that making emotional androids was quite easy, and dangerous, but creating them to be actually incapable of emotion proved impossible. making an advanced enough intelligence to think automatically meant it had enough processing power to emote.", "human_ref_B": "That always felt more like a 2B thing tbh. Nobody else but her seemed to care.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5432.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jt7mcu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] What are some of the more mundane mutant powers? Most of the mutants we see in the Marvel universe either have useful superpowers, such as laser eyes or telekinesis, or something extreme, such as having the power to explode once then die. Are there any mutants with some boring mutations like having a deformed leg or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gc3xanu", "c_root_id_B": "gc3yrpm", "created_at_utc_A": 1605230725.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605231575.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/William\\_Hanover\\_(Earth-616))", "human_ref_B": "A lot of the Morlocks just looked freaky. The X-Man Beak had an avian appearance but no actual powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 850.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jt7mcu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] What are some of the more mundane mutant powers? Most of the mutants we see in the Marvel universe either have useful superpowers, such as laser eyes or telekinesis, or something extreme, such as having the power to explode once then die. Are there any mutants with some boring mutations like having a deformed leg or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gc3yi44", "c_root_id_B": "gc3yrpm", "created_at_utc_A": 1605231421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605231575.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Hector\\_Rendoza\\_(Earth-616))", "human_ref_B": "A lot of the Morlocks just looked freaky. The X-Man Beak had an avian appearance but no actual powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 154.0, "score_ratio": 2.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jt7mcu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] What are some of the more mundane mutant powers? Most of the mutants we see in the Marvel universe either have useful superpowers, such as laser eyes or telekinesis, or something extreme, such as having the power to explode once then die. Are there any mutants with some boring mutations like having a deformed leg or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gc3xkel", "c_root_id_B": "gc3yrpm", "created_at_utc_A": 1605230881.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605231575.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Squirrel Girl commands squirrels", "human_ref_B": "A lot of the Morlocks just looked freaky. The X-Man Beak had an avian appearance but no actual powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 694.0, "score_ratio": 7.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jt7mcu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] What are some of the more mundane mutant powers? Most of the mutants we see in the Marvel universe either have useful superpowers, such as laser eyes or telekinesis, or something extreme, such as having the power to explode once then die. Are there any mutants with some boring mutations like having a deformed leg or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gc3yi44", "c_root_id_B": "gc3xkel", "created_at_utc_A": 1605231421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605230881.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Hector\\_Rendoza\\_(Earth-616))", "human_ref_B": "Squirrel Girl commands squirrels", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 540.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jt7mcu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] What are some of the more mundane mutant powers? Most of the mutants we see in the Marvel universe either have useful superpowers, such as laser eyes or telekinesis, or something extreme, such as having the power to explode once then die. Are there any mutants with some boring mutations like having a deformed leg or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gc4dm49", "c_root_id_B": "gc442p7", "created_at_utc_A": 1605240059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605234560.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There was a mutant at the beginning of Morrison's run that had three faces, and that's it.", "human_ref_B": "Kylun\u2019s mutant power was to mimic sounds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5499.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jt7mcu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] What are some of the more mundane mutant powers? Most of the mutants we see in the Marvel universe either have useful superpowers, such as laser eyes or telekinesis, or something extreme, such as having the power to explode once then die. Are there any mutants with some boring mutations like having a deformed leg or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gc4dm49", "c_root_id_B": "gc3xkel", "created_at_utc_A": 1605240059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605230881.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There was a mutant at the beginning of Morrison's run that had three faces, and that's it.", "human_ref_B": "Squirrel Girl commands squirrels", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9178.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jt7mcu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[X-Men] What are some of the more mundane mutant powers? Most of the mutants we see in the Marvel universe either have useful superpowers, such as laser eyes or telekinesis, or something extreme, such as having the power to explode once then die. Are there any mutants with some boring mutations like having a deformed leg or something?", "c_root_id_A": "gc442p7", "c_root_id_B": "gc3xkel", "created_at_utc_A": 1605234560.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605230881.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Kylun\u2019s mutant power was to mimic sounds.", "human_ref_B": "Squirrel Girl commands squirrels", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3679.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ldf3q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Sword Art Online] Is it possible for Kirito to encounter a situation he can't overcome through the power of strength of will and the bonds of friendship? See also: Could Kirito create a rock so heavy, even he couldn't lift it?", "c_root_id_A": "clud5vt", "c_root_id_B": "clu7eft", "created_at_utc_A": 1415244461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415232957.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Sure, all he'd have to do is play a game against Yugi.", "human_ref_B": "Kirito meet the world of Berserk. World of Berserk, meet Kirito. Now let's see how you like it when your friends are eaten and your girlfriend gets raped by your best friend who turned into a demon. How you like now?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11504.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ldf3q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Sword Art Online] Is it possible for Kirito to encounter a situation he can't overcome through the power of strength of will and the bonds of friendship? See also: Could Kirito create a rock so heavy, even he couldn't lift it?", "c_root_id_A": "clu7eft", "c_root_id_B": "clugtbq", "created_at_utc_A": 1415232957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415252556.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Kirito meet the world of Berserk. World of Berserk, meet Kirito. Now let's see how you like it when your friends are eaten and your girlfriend gets raped by your best friend who turned into a demon. How you like now?", "human_ref_B": "Given the overall tone of the series, I'd say probably not, unless the writers go full Berserk on us for some jollies", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19599.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ldf3q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Sword Art Online] Is it possible for Kirito to encounter a situation he can't overcome through the power of strength of will and the bonds of friendship? See also: Could Kirito create a rock so heavy, even he couldn't lift it?", "c_root_id_A": "cluwxps", "c_root_id_B": "clu7eft", "created_at_utc_A": 1415299025.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415232957.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I sense a lot of salt here", "human_ref_B": "Kirito meet the world of Berserk. World of Berserk, meet Kirito. Now let's see how you like it when your friends are eaten and your girlfriend gets raped by your best friend who turned into a demon. How you like now?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 66068.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4adbcp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Sword Art Online] I finally woke up from the game, but I've got a bunch of parents pissed off that I killed their kids. Am I in legal trouble? I mean none of us had anyway to be *sure* that in-game death translated into reality as well, and after spending so long in there the real world really sorta faded away. So since I killed maybe one or two or ten players in guild battles, am I going to be sued by all these families?", "c_root_id_A": "d0zgva7", "c_root_id_B": "d0zftan", "created_at_utc_A": 1457972582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1457971041.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Nope! Congratulations, basically, everyone agreed it was a fucked-up situation, and more to the point, no one was entirely sure who was who, and it was extremely difficult to prove anything, anyway. Maybe don't tell anyone what your username was, though. You won't have cops coming after you, but SAO survivors aren't known for being exactly... normal, so watch your back.", "human_ref_B": "Some players can name known Laughing Coffin members and have them investigated after getting back to reality. You'd probably be facing like first degree murder or something. Although it also can depend on if it were self defense or something so you'd probably have to find witnesses or friends you made in-game in real life to vouch for you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1541.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ifm0nq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Magic] I have a sword that can teleport to my location, and allows me to teleport myself to *its* location. What happens if I activate both of thees abilities as the *exact* same time?", "c_root_id_A": "g2odlfo", "c_root_id_B": "g2odgk8", "created_at_utc_A": 1598262746.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598262604.0, "score_A": 67, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "\"-and that's how the universe was created.\" \"What, from an ancient warrior with a magical sword?\" \"Yup. That's the First Story, of FingerBangYourFears, the hero before time. He had a magical sword he could appear next to, or make the sword appear next to him. He tried both at once, and tore apart reality. It's called the Big Finger Bang.\"", "human_ref_B": "You swap locations with your sword. This is the only way to use it without getting stabbed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 142.0, "score_ratio": 1.675, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ifm0nq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Magic] I have a sword that can teleport to my location, and allows me to teleport myself to *its* location. What happens if I activate both of thees abilities as the *exact* same time?", "c_root_id_A": "g2og6ud", "c_root_id_B": "g2ohd0u", "created_at_utc_A": 1598265422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598266571.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I'd say there's at least a chance that your consciousness gets trapped within the sword.", "human_ref_B": "If the teleportation functions by shunting you and/or the sword through an overlapping plane of existence (astral planes are a common choice) to achieve instant travel on the physical plane of existence, then you and your sword might bump into each other there. In which case, you stop travelling while still in said overlapping plane, and are forever unanchored from the physical world, left to float outside of reality for eternity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1149.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ifm0nq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Magic] I have a sword that can teleport to my location, and allows me to teleport myself to *its* location. What happens if I activate both of thees abilities as the *exact* same time?", "c_root_id_A": "g2ohd0u", "c_root_id_B": "g2oghyr", "created_at_utc_A": 1598266571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598265730.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If the teleportation functions by shunting you and/or the sword through an overlapping plane of existence (astral planes are a common choice) to achieve instant travel on the physical plane of existence, then you and your sword might bump into each other there. In which case, you stop travelling while still in said overlapping plane, and are forever unanchored from the physical world, left to float outside of reality for eternity.", "human_ref_B": "Pack a lunch for your infinite loop", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 841.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ifm0nq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Magic] I have a sword that can teleport to my location, and allows me to teleport myself to *its* location. What happens if I activate both of thees abilities as the *exact* same time?", "c_root_id_A": "g2oghyr", "c_root_id_B": "g2onh3b", "created_at_utc_A": 1598265730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598271699.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Pack a lunch for your infinite loop", "human_ref_B": "You may appear int he presence of the God of Magic to be given a stern WTF mortal don't play shat $&!t with me that's NOT why I let you fiddle with my toys lecture.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5969.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ifm0nq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Magic] I have a sword that can teleport to my location, and allows me to teleport myself to *its* location. What happens if I activate both of thees abilities as the *exact* same time?", "c_root_id_A": "g2org3b", "c_root_id_B": "g2oghyr", "created_at_utc_A": 1598274372.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598265730.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Both you and the sword are teleported to the laboratory of the wizard who originally enchanted it. He proceeds to turn you into a newt until you promise to stop being a smartass.", "human_ref_B": "Pack a lunch for your infinite loop", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8642.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ifm0nq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Magic] I have a sword that can teleport to my location, and allows me to teleport myself to *its* location. What happens if I activate both of thees abilities as the *exact* same time?", "c_root_id_A": "g2oghyr", "c_root_id_B": "g2oqh0m", "created_at_utc_A": 1598265730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1598273748.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pack a lunch for your infinite loop", "human_ref_B": "Splinched.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8018.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jkq44m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Megamind] Why is Metrocity so willing to accept Megamind as their new hero at the end of the film? He might have saved the city but as far as they all know he still killed Metro Man.", "c_root_id_A": "gal6k2i", "c_root_id_B": "gakm52h", "created_at_utc_A": 1604054948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604033780.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "If it\u2019s a choice between Nobody To Protect Us, and Possibly Supervillain Defending His Territory, I\u2019d take the latter. Moreover, even Megamind\u2019s greatest plots never caused such wide scale destruction as Tighten did in such a short amount of time; he was always more of a showman or performance artist than any kind of real threat to the city as a whole.", "human_ref_B": "What alternative do they have? He's just killed not one, but two superbeings right in front of them, and held an undisputed hold on the power of the city for months. If he declares himself their new hero, they don't have any better choices to go with.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21168.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jkq44m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Megamind] Why is Metrocity so willing to accept Megamind as their new hero at the end of the film? He might have saved the city but as far as they all know he still killed Metro Man.", "c_root_id_A": "galcfeq", "c_root_id_B": "gal8084", "created_at_utc_A": 1604060051.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604056339.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He has been cleaning up his act (and the city) for several weeks before Tighten showed up. Also, Roxanne Rich, the closest thing Metroman had to a girlfriend, seems to have forgiven him so that makes it had to hold a grudge, especially when she uses her status as a reporter to launch a publicity campaign about his tragic backstory. Plus, consider how many of the Avengers were villains before they went legit. Superheroism is a tough job and people are often willing to overlook past indiscretions in those who choose it when it\u2019s clear that they are in the past.", "human_ref_B": "Presentation!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3712.0, "score_ratio": 1.4117647059, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jkq44m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Megamind] Why is Metrocity so willing to accept Megamind as their new hero at the end of the film? He might have saved the city but as far as they all know he still killed Metro Man.", "c_root_id_A": "galulxx", "c_root_id_B": "galu1q9", "created_at_utc_A": 1604070709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604070427.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Mega mind has extremely entertaining super battles with metroman. Roxanne and metroman were really his only focus, with likely very little collateral damage (between mega mind being a true professional and metroman being top notch) It\u2019s like having two awesome sports teams in one city - everyone can pick a hero. Hell, after winning, mega mind had his little celebration party and then actually started... fixing... things. He did clean up the city. Now the new guy? He\u2019s a giant bag of dicks and nobody likes him.", "human_ref_B": "It was also shown that he didn't expect killing Metroman to work, so even though Megamind was happy about it it still seems like an \"accident\" almost.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 282.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5plexx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "[Rogue One] Why is everyone so impressed that the Death Star can destroy a city? I mean we basically have this technology in the real world now, so it makes sense that it would have been around for a while in the Star Wars universe. I know in old canon like the Jedi Academy trilogy they talk about Star Destroyers wiping out cities from orbit; does anyone know the status of this in the new canon?", "c_root_id_A": "dcs1x7x", "c_root_id_B": "dcs1v21", "created_at_utc_A": 1485137036.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485136963.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "There is a difference between destroying with a sustained orbital bombardment, and completely leveling a city and the surrounding are for kilometers in every direction with a single shot. More impressive when you consider that the Death Star was essentially set on stun for that single shot.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure if you saw what happened... But that was waaaay more than a city. The Death Star blew a chunk out of the moon the size of the Brittish Isles in a single shot. Sure, a Star Destroyer can flatten a city in short order. But what the Death Star did was beyond what you could acompmish with a dozen Star Destroyers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 73.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5plexx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "[Rogue One] Why is everyone so impressed that the Death Star can destroy a city? I mean we basically have this technology in the real world now, so it makes sense that it would have been around for a while in the Star Wars universe. I know in old canon like the Jedi Academy trilogy they talk about Star Destroyers wiping out cities from orbit; does anyone know the status of this in the new canon?", "c_root_id_A": "dcs6cn4", "c_root_id_B": "dcsfgjo", "created_at_utc_A": 1485142745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485159704.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Orbital bombardment takes hours, if not days, given the size and class of ships in the Empire. The Death Star was firing at its lowest setting and totally levels a hundred mile radius of land instantly.", "human_ref_B": "Well, have you seen what Star Destroyer guns do to a city? It's not nearly as spectacular. Also, a low-power shot from the Death Star not only annihilated the city, but the plateau it was built on and the land surrounding it for hundreds of miles.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16959.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "by80lx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Avatar:2009] If you were Jake Sully how would you make sure that the humans won't come back to Pandora? The ending of Avatar always bugged me, as if the humans won't come back with a stronger army. Scenario: It is the end of the battle for the tree of souls you remembered from the history books you read a while ago, that any failed attempt of colonization, the colonizers will be back stronger than before. So what will you do to the remaining hostile humans on Pandora, besides sending them back to Earth (which is a very bad idea) to make sure they won't be back to take their revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "eqflncf", "c_root_id_B": "eqe9kzf", "created_at_utc_A": 1560022752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560001092.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Very simple, **BAD PUBLICITY**. *\u201dhumanity\u201d* isn\u2019t at war with pandora. This isn\u2019t a Race War. The RDA is a private company that owns a license to extract extraterrestrial resources. SecOps is a Private Security Company contracted to protect RDA facilities. The News that the Head of Security went rogue and lost a war he started would be very bad for business. Public backlash would severely limit RDA response. They can\u2019t just return to burn villages. And jake sully isn\u2019t against humans returning as the scientific mission remained on Pandora. The RDA is going to have to return to negotiate as equals.", "human_ref_B": "Forcibly connect them to Eywa so that they can commune with her themselves.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21660.0, "score_ratio": 1.5625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "by80lx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Avatar:2009] If you were Jake Sully how would you make sure that the humans won't come back to Pandora? The ending of Avatar always bugged me, as if the humans won't come back with a stronger army. Scenario: It is the end of the battle for the tree of souls you remembered from the history books you read a while ago, that any failed attempt of colonization, the colonizers will be back stronger than before. So what will you do to the remaining hostile humans on Pandora, besides sending them back to Earth (which is a very bad idea) to make sure they won't be back to take their revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "eqflncf", "c_root_id_B": "eqev38s", "created_at_utc_A": 1560022752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560010191.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Very simple, **BAD PUBLICITY**. *\u201dhumanity\u201d* isn\u2019t at war with pandora. This isn\u2019t a Race War. The RDA is a private company that owns a license to extract extraterrestrial resources. SecOps is a Private Security Company contracted to protect RDA facilities. The News that the Head of Security went rogue and lost a war he started would be very bad for business. Public backlash would severely limit RDA response. They can\u2019t just return to burn villages. And jake sully isn\u2019t against humans returning as the scientific mission remained on Pandora. The RDA is going to have to return to negotiate as equals.", "human_ref_B": "Explain what humanity's offering to the Navi, and I mean *really* get in there. Humanity's gonna fuck them up over what happened when we couldve ruled the stars together.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12561.0, "score_ratio": 3.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "by80lx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Avatar:2009] If you were Jake Sully how would you make sure that the humans won't come back to Pandora? The ending of Avatar always bugged me, as if the humans won't come back with a stronger army. Scenario: It is the end of the battle for the tree of souls you remembered from the history books you read a while ago, that any failed attempt of colonization, the colonizers will be back stronger than before. So what will you do to the remaining hostile humans on Pandora, besides sending them back to Earth (which is a very bad idea) to make sure they won't be back to take their revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "eqflncf", "c_root_id_B": "eqf1b1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1560022752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560013395.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Very simple, **BAD PUBLICITY**. *\u201dhumanity\u201d* isn\u2019t at war with pandora. This isn\u2019t a Race War. The RDA is a private company that owns a license to extract extraterrestrial resources. SecOps is a Private Security Company contracted to protect RDA facilities. The News that the Head of Security went rogue and lost a war he started would be very bad for business. Public backlash would severely limit RDA response. They can\u2019t just return to burn villages. And jake sully isn\u2019t against humans returning as the scientific mission remained on Pandora. The RDA is going to have to return to negotiate as equals.", "human_ref_B": "Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure... Wait no wrong movie. From my hazy memories of that film, mostly cause i dont want to remember it, the entire planet is in a weird symbiosis between plants, creatures and down to the planet itself. Extrapolating on that, i'd think that the Na'vi could try to commune with the planet as a whole and make it \"evolve\" so that the Unobtanium is either simply *flushed* out of the overall ecosystem system, prevent it from being \"takeable\" off-planet (so the planet has a unique environment that keeps it stable, without which it either just evaporates or explodes) or adapt the plant life to thrive off it so that it isnt anymore possible to actually harvest it as there just isnt any left on the planet or so that harvesting it is so dangerous that it just isnt worth to fly across space only to have it explode in your face.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9357.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "by80lx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Avatar:2009] If you were Jake Sully how would you make sure that the humans won't come back to Pandora? The ending of Avatar always bugged me, as if the humans won't come back with a stronger army. Scenario: It is the end of the battle for the tree of souls you remembered from the history books you read a while ago, that any failed attempt of colonization, the colonizers will be back stronger than before. So what will you do to the remaining hostile humans on Pandora, besides sending them back to Earth (which is a very bad idea) to make sure they won't be back to take their revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "eqg0jv9", "c_root_id_B": "eqev38s", "created_at_utc_A": 1560029981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560010191.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Set up a corporation staffed entirely by Navi that extracts the mineral and trades it with Earth in exchange for Earth goods to support a Terran settlement for diplomats/press corps, scientists, and a mercenary contingent armed with orbital defense weaponry.", "human_ref_B": "Explain what humanity's offering to the Navi, and I mean *really* get in there. Humanity's gonna fuck them up over what happened when we couldve ruled the stars together.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19790.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "by80lx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Avatar:2009] If you were Jake Sully how would you make sure that the humans won't come back to Pandora? The ending of Avatar always bugged me, as if the humans won't come back with a stronger army. Scenario: It is the end of the battle for the tree of souls you remembered from the history books you read a while ago, that any failed attempt of colonization, the colonizers will be back stronger than before. So what will you do to the remaining hostile humans on Pandora, besides sending them back to Earth (which is a very bad idea) to make sure they won't be back to take their revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "eqg0jv9", "c_root_id_B": "eqf1b1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1560029981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560013395.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Set up a corporation staffed entirely by Navi that extracts the mineral and trades it with Earth in exchange for Earth goods to support a Terran settlement for diplomats/press corps, scientists, and a mercenary contingent armed with orbital defense weaponry.", "human_ref_B": "Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure... Wait no wrong movie. From my hazy memories of that film, mostly cause i dont want to remember it, the entire planet is in a weird symbiosis between plants, creatures and down to the planet itself. Extrapolating on that, i'd think that the Na'vi could try to commune with the planet as a whole and make it \"evolve\" so that the Unobtanium is either simply *flushed* out of the overall ecosystem system, prevent it from being \"takeable\" off-planet (so the planet has a unique environment that keeps it stable, without which it either just evaporates or explodes) or adapt the plant life to thrive off it so that it isnt anymore possible to actually harvest it as there just isnt any left on the planet or so that harvesting it is so dangerous that it just isnt worth to fly across space only to have it explode in your face.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16586.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2tomds", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[DBZ] If mere humans were able to make a being as strong as Cell (as well as the other Androids), why was Frieza a threat to anyone? Trunks was able to casually kill Frieza, his father, and all their henchmen, and yet he was powerless against Cell and the Androids. There is obviously a very significant power gap between Cell and Frieza and, yet, Cell was made from technology available pretty much anywhere in the universe. If a backwater planet like Earth can create machines infinitely more powerful than the ruler of the galaxy, why did it take so long for Frieza to be dethroned? As it stands, a good amount of the most advanced technology on Earth is based (at least in part) on Saiyan/Frieza tech salvaged from the various shuttle pods that landed, as well as a little Namekian technology.", "c_root_id_A": "co10z2q", "c_root_id_B": "co0z16z", "created_at_utc_A": 1422251414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1422247044.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The androids and Cell were made from studying the fighting techniques and DNA of the Z fighters -- none other than the only group of people in the universe capable of creating a hero able to defeat Frieza. While it's true that Dr Gero skipped the studying of Super Saiyans (at least for the androids 16-21) he did figure out quite a bit about unlocking certain potentials. Also, just because we're backwater, doesn't mean that Earthlings are not some of the cleverest people in the galaxy, both with tech and fighting techniques. We have capsule technologies, android technologies, techniques that marry body and soul in a superior way, and abilities that confound even the toughest fighters in the universe. Take for instance, Solar Flare, or the ability to completely mask one's spiritual pressure. One would only suppose that Had Frieza not been killed by Goku, and had come to earth, the androids or Cell (depending on when it was that he finally got there) would've taken him down easily. In other words, \"We Bad.\"", "human_ref_B": "Dr. Gero was the first to create a perpetual energy machine, allowing his androids to become immensely powerful", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4370.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f439e5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Palpatine thinks his Order 66 is currently happening, but it isn't. What now? Let's say that - somehow - someone managed to do the following: 1. Remove/destroy/disable the command chips in the Clone Trooper's heads 2. Replace Order 66 with something meaningless, that doesn't pose any danger (e.g. \"Execute Order 66!\" \"Understood.\" *cleans rifle* \"Order 66 executed.\") 3. Not getting caught or raising any suspicion Now, Palpatine tells the Clones to \"Execute Order 66!\". They do so, but it's not the one he thought it was. The Jedi are alright, the Clones haven't turned against them, etc., but Palps is under the impression (at least for the moment, until he notices) that this isn't the case. How do things proceed?", "c_root_id_A": "fho2fet", "c_root_id_B": "fho40fd", "created_at_utc_A": 1581739278.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581740731.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "I mean, on one level, as with all these questions that are basically asking what if the story isn't the story: Then the there's no way to know what the story is, because that wasn't the story that was told to us. But, to take a stab at it. He notices fairly quickly, then just explicitly orders the clones to kill the Jedi, rather than using a secret code. Most clones obey because they're bred for loyalty and discipline, and the story carries on very much as before.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly, he likely removes all incriminating evidence of him and continues to pull the innocent old politician act; he uses Anakin as a patsy by having him continue to invade the Jedi Temple. He then would use this act as an example of the Jedi Order failing to protect the peace and try to gain his title of Emperor through the Senate and demands the Jedi give up control of the Clones. He likely uses knowledge of the Separatists to boost his political power by gaining their trust and more importantly their forces.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1453.0, "score_ratio": 5.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f439e5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Palpatine thinks his Order 66 is currently happening, but it isn't. What now? Let's say that - somehow - someone managed to do the following: 1. Remove/destroy/disable the command chips in the Clone Trooper's heads 2. Replace Order 66 with something meaningless, that doesn't pose any danger (e.g. \"Execute Order 66!\" \"Understood.\" *cleans rifle* \"Order 66 executed.\") 3. Not getting caught or raising any suspicion Now, Palpatine tells the Clones to \"Execute Order 66!\". They do so, but it's not the one he thought it was. The Jedi are alright, the Clones haven't turned against them, etc., but Palps is under the impression (at least for the moment, until he notices) that this isn't the case. How do things proceed?", "c_root_id_A": "fhott6i", "c_root_id_B": "fhp3yey", "created_at_utc_A": 1581773558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581781402.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Some clones will still kill their Jedi without their control chips because they sincerely believe that Order 66 being issued means that the Jedi betrayed the Republic. That assumes that Order 66 doesn't become clean your rifle though.", "human_ref_B": "I mean Big Daddy Palps is super powerful but he'll get dog piled by jedi masters pretty quickly. And even if he survives the first wave they'll be organized and eventually will get their guy. Let's not forget that the 501st wouldn't forget about what happened to fives and was able to collect the evidence on the DL.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7844.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f439e5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] Palpatine thinks his Order 66 is currently happening, but it isn't. What now? Let's say that - somehow - someone managed to do the following: 1. Remove/destroy/disable the command chips in the Clone Trooper's heads 2. Replace Order 66 with something meaningless, that doesn't pose any danger (e.g. \"Execute Order 66!\" \"Understood.\" *cleans rifle* \"Order 66 executed.\") 3. Not getting caught or raising any suspicion Now, Palpatine tells the Clones to \"Execute Order 66!\". They do so, but it's not the one he thought it was. The Jedi are alright, the Clones haven't turned against them, etc., but Palps is under the impression (at least for the moment, until he notices) that this isn't the case. How do things proceed?", "c_root_id_A": "fhwi4p9", "c_root_id_B": "fhott6i", "created_at_utc_A": 1581916539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581773558.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "\"There arent any order to be activated sir, it appears the entry is corrupted.\" \"God dammit, fine we'll kill Jedi the conventional way...they are fugitives at this point anyway\"", "human_ref_B": "Some clones will still kill their Jedi without their control chips because they sincerely believe that Order 66 being issued means that the Jedi betrayed the Republic. That assumes that Order 66 doesn't become clean your rifle though.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 142981.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33fb45", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it often said that the force runs in families, yet Jedi are not allowed to have families? 1. How could anyone know the force runs in families? As soon as you get someone strong in the force, they become a Jedi and don't have any offspring. 2. Why would the Jedi leadership make a rule that effectively cuts off a source of reliably strong Jedi? It would be like gelding all your best racecourses instead of letting them stud.", "c_root_id_A": "cqkctuh", "c_root_id_B": "cqkdou1", "created_at_utc_A": 1429667704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429669093.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "1. The ability to use the Force(high midiclorian counts) are hereditary. However there are a lot of people who have Force abilities, even if they are not strong. Exceptional gamblers, \"lucky people\", and skilled pilots are sometimes gifted in the Force, leading to their talents. This is amplified if members of their family reproduce with other individuals with small Force abilities. Eventually these combinations result in a Jedi level force user; and even then the Jedi have to detect this individual and retrieve them before they are too old. 2. Love and strong attachments, according to the former Jedi Council, would lead to weakness and susceptibility to the Dark Side. As such, Jedi under their command were not allowed to love or have families. However, some Jedi were a bit more...outlandish. Often referred to as Grey Jedi, these individuals were more loose with the Council's rules, often adopting borderline Dark Side techniques and ideals. These individuals would be the most likely to be Jedi and have a family on the side.", "human_ref_B": "Jedi are not allowed to have families, as in they are not allowed to settle down, get married, have a few kids, and raise them, only Jediing from 9-5. There are no rules against against casual sex, or against impregnating some random Twiilek you meet while on leave.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1389.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33fb45", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it often said that the force runs in families, yet Jedi are not allowed to have families? 1. How could anyone know the force runs in families? As soon as you get someone strong in the force, they become a Jedi and don't have any offspring. 2. Why would the Jedi leadership make a rule that effectively cuts off a source of reliably strong Jedi? It would be like gelding all your best racecourses instead of letting them stud.", "c_root_id_A": "cqke9yi", "c_root_id_B": "cqkg9nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1429670030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429673386.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Jedi can have families. The rule is that you aren't supposed covet people, be lustful or any of those other things that lead you to the dark side. You can reproduce, you just can't have kids, make sense?", "human_ref_B": "1. Remember that it was Luke who said that the Force ran strong in his family - and that's just what he knows. Just because it's true for him does not mean it's true for everyone. Not to mention, the Jedi are an incredibly small sect on the galactic scale - both Legends and canon place their numbers during the Clone Wars at about 10,000 strong. 2. Part of it is because the attachments that family cause - would you be willing to give up your spouse or child or even parent for a greater cause, even if their death could have been prevented? Another part of it is simply to cut down on Jedi dynasties, as they had had some issues with those in the past in Legends.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3356.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33fb45", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it often said that the force runs in families, yet Jedi are not allowed to have families? 1. How could anyone know the force runs in families? As soon as you get someone strong in the force, they become a Jedi and don't have any offspring. 2. Why would the Jedi leadership make a rule that effectively cuts off a source of reliably strong Jedi? It would be like gelding all your best racecourses instead of letting them stud.", "c_root_id_A": "cqkiwwj", "c_root_id_B": "cqke9yi", "created_at_utc_A": 1429678662.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429670030.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "My answer from before the first version got deleted for not being tagged: 1. It's well known to be genetic. The Jedi are not the only group of Force users in the Galaxy. Besides that, a test of the parents of people taken into the Order could easily determine a genetic predisposition to being Force sensitive. Perhaps the parents are latently Force sensitive, or perhaps actively but they weren't found by the Jedi until they were too old for training. 2. The Jedi have never lacked for members. The restrictions on marriage and relationships was more about keeping the Jedi unattached, unemotional, and impartial than anything else. That was considered far more important than maybe getting a few more Jedi a year. The restrictions were a point of contention anyway, with the the Order having gone back and forth on whether to accept it or not over the centuries. I believe the current bout of disallowing marriage was put into place after the Ruusan Reformation in 1000 BBY.", "human_ref_B": "Jedi can have families. The rule is that you aren't supposed covet people, be lustful or any of those other things that lead you to the dark side. You can reproduce, you just can't have kids, make sense?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8632.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33fb45", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it often said that the force runs in families, yet Jedi are not allowed to have families? 1. How could anyone know the force runs in families? As soon as you get someone strong in the force, they become a Jedi and don't have any offspring. 2. Why would the Jedi leadership make a rule that effectively cuts off a source of reliably strong Jedi? It would be like gelding all your best racecourses instead of letting them stud.", "c_root_id_A": "cqke9yi", "c_root_id_B": "cqkk5jy", "created_at_utc_A": 1429670030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429681802.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Jedi can have families. The rule is that you aren't supposed covet people, be lustful or any of those other things that lead you to the dark side. You can reproduce, you just can't have kids, make sense?", "human_ref_B": "Other reletives, cousins, siblings, not becoming Jedi. Those relatives might have rubbish force power, but thier descendants might have rad powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11772.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33fb45", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is it often said that the force runs in families, yet Jedi are not allowed to have families? 1. How could anyone know the force runs in families? As soon as you get someone strong in the force, they become a Jedi and don't have any offspring. 2. Why would the Jedi leadership make a rule that effectively cuts off a source of reliably strong Jedi? It would be like gelding all your best racecourses instead of letting them stud.", "c_root_id_A": "cqke9yi", "c_root_id_B": "cqkxoue", "created_at_utc_A": 1429670030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429719535.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Jedi can have families. The rule is that you aren't supposed covet people, be lustful or any of those other things that lead you to the dark side. You can reproduce, you just can't have kids, make sense?", "human_ref_B": "I remember somewhere in the Legends, as the Solo children start becoming more and more influential, someone (I think it was Luke) was speculating that perhaps that was *why* the Jedi didn't allow families. The Skywalker line was incredibly strong in the Force, and each generation seemed to be getting stronger. A lot of people were saying that the galaxy was being run by the \"Skywalker Dynasty.\" Perhaps children were banned by the Jedi to avoid that very scenario Also, for Star Wars questions, please specify whether you're looking for New Canon answers, Legends answers, or either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 49505.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o3w6b1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ben10] [DBZ] Could the Omnitrix scan Cell and get a Bio-Android transformation or would it scan the Frost Demon, Saiyan and Namekian instead? So let\u2019s say somehow Ben has the chance to scan the perfect being. Would he unlock Mitochondria or would he unlock Monki, Frigid and (Insert clever Namekian name here)", "c_root_id_A": "h2ec35b", "c_root_id_B": "h2e3k5k", "created_at_utc_A": 1624164284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624158842.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Omnitrix seem to scan a whole lot of beings, even ones that have no business having DNA at all, like rock people. So I think it should be able to handle a synthetic gene cocktail of Cell just fine.", "human_ref_B": "I think he well Trun into Cell", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5442.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o3w6b1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ben10] [DBZ] Could the Omnitrix scan Cell and get a Bio-Android transformation or would it scan the Frost Demon, Saiyan and Namekian instead? So let\u2019s say somehow Ben has the chance to scan the perfect being. Would he unlock Mitochondria or would he unlock Monki, Frigid and (Insert clever Namekian name here)", "c_root_id_A": "h2epxm4", "c_root_id_B": "h2e3k5k", "created_at_utc_A": 1624176152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624158842.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He would directly turn into Super Perfect Cell. The Omnitrix has a history of scanning genetically engineered species. Like Upgrade. So Cell should be no problem. The Omnitrix pushes the DNA to its limit. Each specimen is the prime member of their species. Think Captain America to humans. So with CELL, he might just become as strong as Frieza post training instantly.", "human_ref_B": "I think he well Trun into Cell", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17310.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "46gy2b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What would happen if a loyalist primarch came back? Would he automatically be the new head of the Imperium? Who would oppose him and how? which primarch would enact what changes to the imperium? How would the legions react? It could be any loyalist primarch/dead or lost.", "c_root_id_A": "d054ei2", "c_root_id_B": "d050lgi", "created_at_utc_A": 1455835278.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1455830203.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "One question relating to this is: how much would the imperium today resemble the imperium the primarch swore to serve? It was always a xenocidal shit fest, but there is a tiny chance that it'll be so much grimdarkier than what the Primarch is comfrotable with. So I expect they'd go with the SM general thing of being a bit stand-offish, and might make some people in the Administratum nervous about the Primarch seceding. I mean, would the Ultima Segmentum ever secede? They're strong traditionalists, so I think understanding their perspective on Imperium loyalty would give insight into how the Primarch might feel. ~~Also is there a different spelling for \"succeed\"? I man the word which means leaving an empire.~~", "human_ref_B": "I can tell you one thing. The emperor would remain the head of the imperium. And if he's loyal to the emperor, there's nothing to oppose because he's not going to overthrow the emperor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5075.0, "score_ratio": 2.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "46gy2b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What would happen if a loyalist primarch came back? Would he automatically be the new head of the Imperium? Who would oppose him and how? which primarch would enact what changes to the imperium? How would the legions react? It could be any loyalist primarch/dead or lost.", "c_root_id_A": "d05mh7w", "c_root_id_B": "d058all", "created_at_utc_A": 1455866176.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1455840990.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There'd probably be another civil war. One faction (the High Lords, Inquisition, Assassinorum) will try to preserve their power under the old status quo, claiming they speak for the Emperor and that the Primarch is a new \"Horus\". The other will side with the Primarch, because he's the only legitimate heir to the Imperium. It really depends on the Primarch too. Someone charismatic like the Lion or Rowboat Girlyman would make a more popular leader, while Corax or Khan might be ostracized.", "human_ref_B": "Nova Terra Interregnum Mk.2", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25186.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ihnrj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] What happen if you put Orky bits inside a human? Let's say an insane and extremely good Chaos Apothecary, some insane Dark Eldar with fetish for surgeries or a deranged but good Painboy decided to place Orky bitz inside a Humie and maybe some tech to atleast stablize it. What would happen if the human somehow survive? Lets assume some good dose of WAAAAGH! Energy was added to the mix as well. Will an Ork grow inside his body and come out like a chest buster? Would the fungi assimilate the human flesh and in turn make the Humie orky or would it create an insane Frankestein of Man and Ork?", "c_root_id_A": "dj6ij4j", "c_root_id_B": "dj6auml", "created_at_utc_A": 1498008255.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497999006.0, "score_A": 54, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The human would almost certainly die. The Orkoid species is violent and dangerous at every level. Even single celled orkanisms are capable of putting up a fight, and so the human would likely be destroyed by microbial Orks, leaving its body to rot and feed the miniature Ork ecosystem now gestating in its corpse.", "human_ref_B": "It might just be a really bad case of athletes foot", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9249.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ll5a2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[40k] When space marines fight other space marines (such as chaos space marines) are the fights short or long? Being some of the deadliest foot soldiers in one of the deadliest fictional worlds do space marine battles tend to be long drawn out affairs or are they sudden and furious with one side dead within minutes if not seconds?", "c_root_id_A": "dzgehts", "c_root_id_B": "dzgddvg", "created_at_utc_A": 1527097358.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527096405.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the situation and the Marines involved. Some are trained in lightning fast hit and run tactics like the White Scars or Ravenguard, others are trained to dig their heels in and stand the line until the last man like the Imperial Fists. A fight between the Imperial Fists and say the Iron warriors might take *weeks* of prolonged siege as they're both prone to digging in and fortifying or trying to break fortifications, whereas something like a World Eaters versus White Scars fight might be decided in a brutal melee that lasts like twenty minutes of stabbing and punching. It's mostly down to doctrine when it comes to the Astartes. If we're talking just one on one, it tends to be brief and based around who screws up first unless it's named characters, in which case it's anyone's guess.", "human_ref_B": "It can go both ways. If for example on SM get lucky shot and out bolter run in to other heads that is short fight. On the other hand it is possible for long brutal fistfight between them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 953.0, "score_ratio": 57.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ll5a2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[40k] When space marines fight other space marines (such as chaos space marines) are the fights short or long? Being some of the deadliest foot soldiers in one of the deadliest fictional worlds do space marine battles tend to be long drawn out affairs or are they sudden and furious with one side dead within minutes if not seconds?", "c_root_id_A": "dzgevdu", "c_root_id_B": "dzgddvg", "created_at_utc_A": 1527097680.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527096405.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Unfortunately, there's too many potential factors to give a general answer. Space Marines are more-or-less equivalent to each other; engagements can be either very long or very short, just like fights between ordinary humans. It depends on everything - the era in question, the terrain, the Chapter- and squad-level doctrine, the mission goals of both combatants, how any given Marines are armed, the rest of the battle theater, etc. and what you mean by a \"fight.\" Assault Marines getting the drop on a heavy weapons squad? A very quick fight - over in seconds. On the other end, the siege of the Iron Cage was a *weeks*-long battle, with both rapid fights and drawn-out slugfests.", "human_ref_B": "It can go both ways. If for example on SM get lucky shot and out bolter run in to other heads that is short fight. On the other hand it is possible for long brutal fistfight between them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1275.0, "score_ratio": 21.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ll5a2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[40k] When space marines fight other space marines (such as chaos space marines) are the fights short or long? Being some of the deadliest foot soldiers in one of the deadliest fictional worlds do space marine battles tend to be long drawn out affairs or are they sudden and furious with one side dead within minutes if not seconds?", "c_root_id_A": "dzgddvg", "c_root_id_B": "dzhky27", "created_at_utc_A": 1527096405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527138903.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It can go both ways. If for example on SM get lucky shot and out bolter run in to other heads that is short fight. On the other hand it is possible for long brutal fistfight between them.", "human_ref_B": "In the novels, fights between individual space marines tend to be quite short, they're normally portrayed as lasting a few seconds. Space Marines are just *so deadly* that the first person to gain the upper hand is the victor, right then and there. Pitched battles between entire armies of space marines are described as taking days, weeks, or even months to complete, as totesthrowaway11 already described.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42498.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g6y0jx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Cells At Work/Resident Evil] What happens inside a person\u2019s body when they are infected with a T-Virus/G-Virus/C-Virus?", "c_root_id_A": "foes0mh", "c_root_id_B": "foedh46", "created_at_utc_A": 1587712776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587701164.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It would probably just be a zombie apocalypse for the cells inside the body.", "human_ref_B": "Red gets lost? Basically think of the influenza episode (ep3) but the virus starts at Type A and basically immediately slaughters all of your favorite characters. Given how fast they kill the person infected, pretty much everyone would die fairly quickly. It would be 15 minutes of them losing, and 7 minutes of watching the corrupt Red helping everyone else plot for the murder of other bodies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11612.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "av2lcw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Avatar: Legend of Korra] It\u2019s been 3 days ever since Amon disappeared from Republic City. What will happen to the city as well as the United Republic as a whole following the failed and temporary Equalist Uprising? I\u2019m a soldier in the United Forces Army component (12th Battalion, 14th Fire Infantry Regiment) It\u2019s been 3 days since Amon disappeared from Republic City and no one\u2019s seen him ever since he was ousted as a fake in front of hundreds of people. Rumor has it that he escaped with Councilman Tarrlok and left the country, probably towards the Northern Watertribe or Earth Kingdom. Regardless, alive or dead, the United Forces Navy component is currently looking for him, with some cooperation from both the Royal Fire Navy and Northern Watertribe Navy. Anyway, now that the Equalist Uprising has been suppressed, what\u2019s gonna happen now to Republic City? I heard that Councilman Tenzin and others are currently debating whether or not to declare martial law for Republic City, if not the entire United Republic. What are the chances of us moving in and establishing some sense of order among both benders and non-benders? What else might occur?", "c_root_id_A": "ehf1eg9", "c_root_id_B": "ehc3wfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1551294978.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551205182.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I know you're asking in present tense but I'm going to answer in past tense since what follows is canon. Order was reestablished peacefully in Republic City. Tenzin, realizing a group of benders wasn't fit to represent the entire population, dissolved the Council and snap democratic elections were scheduled. This act of good will, together with Amon being revealed a bloodbender, was enough to quell the rebellion. There were still pockets of Equalist extremists, but these were essentially terrorist sleeper cells, not an army taking over the entire city. The common nonbenders who had joined Amon because they lacked representation left the movement. After a quick campaign, Raiko was elected president. Being a nonbender, he apparently did well enough representing the rights of nonbenders to the point that anti-bending sentiment all but vanished in the coming years, so that the Equalist remnants lacked resources and support to do anything serious.", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/thelastairbender] [\\[Avatar: Legend of Korra\\] It\u2019s been 3 days ever since Amon disappeared from Republic City. What will happen to the city as well as the United Republic as a whole following the failed and temporary Equalist Uprising?  *^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 89796.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fyprnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[My Hero Academia] So how much are normal people (i.e. non-heroes) allowed to use their quirks? IIRC it was stated that there are some restrictions to people using their quirks in public, but I'm interested in exactly how far this would go. Say I have a minor quirk that isn't useful enough for me to be a hero, but is useful to some extent in daily life. Here are a couple examples: 1. I'm a regular police officer, but I have a quirk that lets me extend my eyeballs out of my skull via snail-like stalks 5 feet in length, they can even squeeze around corners or under door-frames. Am I allowed to use it to look around corners and such while I'm doing my job? This could potentially be pretty useful in a gunfight or while sweeping a location for threats. 2. I'm like Mantis from the MCU, I can put people into an unusually restful sleep but only if they consent to it. After several sessions of this, it usually cures chronic insomnia, night terrors, and other sleep-related problems for good but ymmv. Am I allowed to open a clinic where I sell my quirk as a service to people that need it?", "c_root_id_A": "fn244gc", "c_root_id_B": "fn1wzfm", "created_at_utc_A": 1586577340.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586572132.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In one after section of the manga, I think it mentioned something like \"If Deku's mom used her quirk to pick up her keys after dropping it, a cop/hero will ignore it, but if Bakugo tried to use his quirk in public at all he'd at least get a warning.\" So basically a kind of honor system, where you're clear as long as you aren't a danger or making a flagrant display of your quirk. If you haven't read the Vigilantes spinoff, I recommend it. It goes a little more in-depth with the concept.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s mostly treated like jaywalking. As long as you aren\u2019t being actively malicious or violent with your powers, few will actually enforce the law. Of course, there are nuances. One character was restricted from using their street sliding quirk because they considered him to be a tripping hazard for other pedestrians. Also remember Ochako\u2019s situation with her family\u2019s construction company. The fact that she needs a license to help them out implies that some sort of inspector comes around to check if safety standards are being maintained. If someone sees Ochako using her powers to work, she and her parents may be reported to someone which is incentive enough not to use it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5208.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6zs66n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[DBZ/S] Why doesn't Goku adapt more techniques from his enemies anymore, or use any of the old ones? In the beginning he was so gifted he'd just watch someone do a move, and learn it like that. Like the kamehawave, the solar flare, or the after image technique.", "c_root_id_A": "dmxwfqi", "c_root_id_B": "dmxvsnp", "created_at_utc_A": 1505295693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505293674.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "To quote Bruce Lee: \"I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times.\" Once you start as a fighter you only know the basics so you are limited to them. THen you get better and the field of technics you can learn grows exceptionally so of course, you want to learn as much as possible and incorporate as many technics as you can. But then you start reaching mastery and you re-discover the value of having sound fundamentals and perfect control over the basics you are most familiar with. Goku went through all these stages. With his basic Rock Paper Scissor at the beginning of Dragon Ball, through him picking up all the technics he could when fighting in Tournament, and now he reached the level where he acknowledges the value of the basics. Like Ki Control (which gave him the SSJBlue form) etc. He is still studying other opponents technics, he remarks often enough that a technic won't work on him since he saw it, but he isn't incorporating them into his personal style anymore because he already has his kick that he practise 10,000 times and can use expertly in any situation given.", "human_ref_B": "He has all the techniques he needs by now. He does learn how to do the \"Evil Containment Wave\" rather quickly in DBS. He also says \"once I've seen a technique you can't use it on me again\". He may not be using their techniques but he's still learning them in a way Edit:can-->can't", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2019.0, "score_ratio": 1.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3rd6yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Star Wars] Ok, we have perfected spaceflight, some inter-dimensional travel (hyperspace), killed teddy bears and built lightsabers... Why the flip does nobody know what a radiator is? So picture this: You've got this ridiculously hot superlaser for destroying planets that irritate you. You've got a powerful reactor core that generates ridiculous amounts of heat. You vent heat out to space with... vacuum? You don't need womprat-sized holes that lazurmonks can shoot proton torpedos at, you need a circulating liquid coolant system that passes through the frigid cold of space before zipping back to the core. Rust? Build it out of aluminum and use an OAT liquid. Concerned about leaks? Line it with durasteel. Worried that someone will disable your pump? Install 10,000 pumps, each with its own cooling lines, then monitor pressure and heat mitigation for each one continuously. Price? It's a freaking dreadnought planet destroyer, SPARE NO EXPENSE! Worried that some @$$#01e space-monk will shoot your exposed grill and damage your cooling system? It's better than letting the same @$$#01e space-monk shoot a proton torpedo directly into the reactor.", "c_root_id_A": "cwmyzs2", "c_root_id_B": "cwmz4e6", "created_at_utc_A": 1446566794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446566979.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "You're assuming the exhaust port was for heat, and not some other material that needed to be vented.", "human_ref_B": "You underestimate the sheer size and engineering requirements to build a small planet with a hypermatter laser strong enough to vaporize a planet instantly. Typically you build several prototypes and tweak the design. This isn't possible with a Death Star - and the second one had solved the exhaust port issue in any case. As to your suggestion... piping liquid into space is a bad idea.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 185.0, "score_ratio": 7.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3rd6yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Star Wars] Ok, we have perfected spaceflight, some inter-dimensional travel (hyperspace), killed teddy bears and built lightsabers... Why the flip does nobody know what a radiator is? So picture this: You've got this ridiculously hot superlaser for destroying planets that irritate you. You've got a powerful reactor core that generates ridiculous amounts of heat. You vent heat out to space with... vacuum? You don't need womprat-sized holes that lazurmonks can shoot proton torpedos at, you need a circulating liquid coolant system that passes through the frigid cold of space before zipping back to the core. Rust? Build it out of aluminum and use an OAT liquid. Concerned about leaks? Line it with durasteel. Worried that someone will disable your pump? Install 10,000 pumps, each with its own cooling lines, then monitor pressure and heat mitigation for each one continuously. Price? It's a freaking dreadnought planet destroyer, SPARE NO EXPENSE! Worried that some @$$#01e space-monk will shoot your exposed grill and damage your cooling system? It's better than letting the same @$$#01e space-monk shoot a proton torpedo directly into the reactor.", "c_root_id_A": "cwn0zia", "c_root_id_B": "cwmzj8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1446569639.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446567580.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Convection (like liquid cooling) doesn't work in space. The only effective heat transferral is radiation. Essentially, even though space is slightly above absolute zero, there's no matter out there to transfer heat to.", "human_ref_B": "The Death Star design philosophy called for optimizing against capital ship attacks. When you're talking about Mon Calimari cruisers arriving in force and cutting loose, a small port like that doesn't even count as a vulnerability. It would be like a captain today stressing about a porthole when his ship is getting hit by missiles. But to build huge vanes or fins coming off the Death Star for conventional heat dissipation -- now you're blocking your own fields of fire. *Now* it's a vulnerability in that capital ship fight. You can't optimize against everything at once.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2059.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3rd6yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Star Wars] Ok, we have perfected spaceflight, some inter-dimensional travel (hyperspace), killed teddy bears and built lightsabers... Why the flip does nobody know what a radiator is? So picture this: You've got this ridiculously hot superlaser for destroying planets that irritate you. You've got a powerful reactor core that generates ridiculous amounts of heat. You vent heat out to space with... vacuum? You don't need womprat-sized holes that lazurmonks can shoot proton torpedos at, you need a circulating liquid coolant system that passes through the frigid cold of space before zipping back to the core. Rust? Build it out of aluminum and use an OAT liquid. Concerned about leaks? Line it with durasteel. Worried that someone will disable your pump? Install 10,000 pumps, each with its own cooling lines, then monitor pressure and heat mitigation for each one continuously. Price? It's a freaking dreadnought planet destroyer, SPARE NO EXPENSE! Worried that some @$$#01e space-monk will shoot your exposed grill and damage your cooling system? It's better than letting the same @$$#01e space-monk shoot a proton torpedo directly into the reactor.", "c_root_id_A": "cwmyzs2", "c_root_id_B": "cwn0zia", "created_at_utc_A": 1446566794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446569639.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "You're assuming the exhaust port was for heat, and not some other material that needed to be vented.", "human_ref_B": "Convection (like liquid cooling) doesn't work in space. The only effective heat transferral is radiation. Essentially, even though space is slightly above absolute zero, there's no matter out there to transfer heat to.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2845.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3rd6yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Star Wars] Ok, we have perfected spaceflight, some inter-dimensional travel (hyperspace), killed teddy bears and built lightsabers... Why the flip does nobody know what a radiator is? So picture this: You've got this ridiculously hot superlaser for destroying planets that irritate you. You've got a powerful reactor core that generates ridiculous amounts of heat. You vent heat out to space with... vacuum? You don't need womprat-sized holes that lazurmonks can shoot proton torpedos at, you need a circulating liquid coolant system that passes through the frigid cold of space before zipping back to the core. Rust? Build it out of aluminum and use an OAT liquid. Concerned about leaks? Line it with durasteel. Worried that someone will disable your pump? Install 10,000 pumps, each with its own cooling lines, then monitor pressure and heat mitigation for each one continuously. Price? It's a freaking dreadnought planet destroyer, SPARE NO EXPENSE! Worried that some @$$#01e space-monk will shoot your exposed grill and damage your cooling system? It's better than letting the same @$$#01e space-monk shoot a proton torpedo directly into the reactor.", "c_root_id_A": "cwn5o0k", "c_root_id_B": "cwmzj8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1446576164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446567580.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "> It's better than letting the same @$$#01e space-monk shoot a proton torpedo directly into the reactor. This is like saying the exhaust pipe on your car is an idiotic design flaw because someone might stuff a grenade in it. The Death Star's surface area was roughly the same size as Kansas. It was guarded by a fleet TIE fighters and thousands of automatic lasers. The port was extremely hard to find and hit. And Luke only managed to hit it with *magic*. For anyone else, it was impossible - even for a computer!", "human_ref_B": "The Death Star design philosophy called for optimizing against capital ship attacks. When you're talking about Mon Calimari cruisers arriving in force and cutting loose, a small port like that doesn't even count as a vulnerability. It would be like a captain today stressing about a porthole when his ship is getting hit by missiles. But to build huge vanes or fins coming off the Death Star for conventional heat dissipation -- now you're blocking your own fields of fire. *Now* it's a vulnerability in that capital ship fight. You can't optimize against everything at once.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8584.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3rd6yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Star Wars] Ok, we have perfected spaceflight, some inter-dimensional travel (hyperspace), killed teddy bears and built lightsabers... Why the flip does nobody know what a radiator is? So picture this: You've got this ridiculously hot superlaser for destroying planets that irritate you. You've got a powerful reactor core that generates ridiculous amounts of heat. You vent heat out to space with... vacuum? You don't need womprat-sized holes that lazurmonks can shoot proton torpedos at, you need a circulating liquid coolant system that passes through the frigid cold of space before zipping back to the core. Rust? Build it out of aluminum and use an OAT liquid. Concerned about leaks? Line it with durasteel. Worried that someone will disable your pump? Install 10,000 pumps, each with its own cooling lines, then monitor pressure and heat mitigation for each one continuously. Price? It's a freaking dreadnought planet destroyer, SPARE NO EXPENSE! Worried that some @$$#01e space-monk will shoot your exposed grill and damage your cooling system? It's better than letting the same @$$#01e space-monk shoot a proton torpedo directly into the reactor.", "c_root_id_A": "cwmyzs2", "c_root_id_B": "cwmzj8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1446566794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446567580.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You're assuming the exhaust port was for heat, and not some other material that needed to be vented.", "human_ref_B": "The Death Star design philosophy called for optimizing against capital ship attacks. When you're talking about Mon Calimari cruisers arriving in force and cutting loose, a small port like that doesn't even count as a vulnerability. It would be like a captain today stressing about a porthole when his ship is getting hit by missiles. But to build huge vanes or fins coming off the Death Star for conventional heat dissipation -- now you're blocking your own fields of fire. *Now* it's a vulnerability in that capital ship fight. You can't optimize against everything at once.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 786.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3rd6yf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.63, "history": "[Star Wars] Ok, we have perfected spaceflight, some inter-dimensional travel (hyperspace), killed teddy bears and built lightsabers... Why the flip does nobody know what a radiator is? So picture this: You've got this ridiculously hot superlaser for destroying planets that irritate you. You've got a powerful reactor core that generates ridiculous amounts of heat. You vent heat out to space with... vacuum? You don't need womprat-sized holes that lazurmonks can shoot proton torpedos at, you need a circulating liquid coolant system that passes through the frigid cold of space before zipping back to the core. Rust? Build it out of aluminum and use an OAT liquid. Concerned about leaks? Line it with durasteel. Worried that someone will disable your pump? Install 10,000 pumps, each with its own cooling lines, then monitor pressure and heat mitigation for each one continuously. Price? It's a freaking dreadnought planet destroyer, SPARE NO EXPENSE! Worried that some @$$#01e space-monk will shoot your exposed grill and damage your cooling system? It's better than letting the same @$$#01e space-monk shoot a proton torpedo directly into the reactor.", "c_root_id_A": "cwn5o0k", "c_root_id_B": "cwmyzs2", "created_at_utc_A": 1446576164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446566794.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "> It's better than letting the same @$$#01e space-monk shoot a proton torpedo directly into the reactor. This is like saying the exhaust pipe on your car is an idiotic design flaw because someone might stuff a grenade in it. The Death Star's surface area was roughly the same size as Kansas. It was guarded by a fleet TIE fighters and thousands of automatic lasers. The port was extremely hard to find and hit. And Luke only managed to hit it with *magic*. For anyone else, it was impossible - even for a computer!", "human_ref_B": "You're assuming the exhaust port was for heat, and not some other material that needed to be vented.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9370.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "50cobp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[DC]Is Jor-El a freaking monster for sending baby superman to a planet of pre-spaceflight backwards primitive caven where any random yokel could have picked him up, instead of any of the hundreds of technologically advanced and benevolent civilizations Krypton knew of? Suppose your house is burning down and in this weird metaphor you can launch your kid on a rocket to one place in the world, but ypu don't know who will find him. Do you send the kid to say, a Western industrialized democracy, aiming randomly for someplace in Europe or North America, or do you launch him into a war zone in sub Saharan Africa? What the hell is wrong with Jor-El? He threw his son to backwards primitives when he could have sent him someplace safe!", "c_root_id_A": "d72xwx1", "c_root_id_B": "d72yb1w", "created_at_utc_A": 1472582702.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1472583210.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "I think the whole launch was a rush job. You know, with the planet breaking apart and everything.", "human_ref_B": "Lara Lor-Van: He will be an outcast. They'll kill him. Jor-El: How? He'll be a god to them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 508.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "50cobp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[DC]Is Jor-El a freaking monster for sending baby superman to a planet of pre-spaceflight backwards primitive caven where any random yokel could have picked him up, instead of any of the hundreds of technologically advanced and benevolent civilizations Krypton knew of? Suppose your house is burning down and in this weird metaphor you can launch your kid on a rocket to one place in the world, but ypu don't know who will find him. Do you send the kid to say, a Western industrialized democracy, aiming randomly for someplace in Europe or North America, or do you launch him into a war zone in sub Saharan Africa? What the hell is wrong with Jor-El? He threw his son to backwards primitives when he could have sent him someplace safe!", "c_root_id_A": "d72yfmt", "c_root_id_B": "d72xwx1", "created_at_utc_A": 1472583374.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1472582702.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Biocompatibility trumps politics. Despite differences in the biology, nothing that is safe for humans is toxic to kryptionians, or has a risk of allergic reaction.", "human_ref_B": "I think the whole launch was a rush job. You know, with the planet breaking apart and everything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 672.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy4hhg4", "c_root_id_B": "dy4hs0s", "created_at_utc_A": 1524938850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524939168.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Becsuse Hux was a sociopath who wanted to agonize the rebellion for hours to make an example of them.", "human_ref_B": "Because even one light-second is almost 200,000 miles. They could have jumped one or two ships and waited, but the resistance ships would have taken a while to get there. By the time resistance ships got to the waiting FO ships, the regular fleet would have just caught up to them. The First Order wasn't in any particular hurry, the Resistance ships were out of fuel and fighters. It wasn't a priority to put any tactics into it, they were going to win regardless.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 318.0, "score_ratio": 1.9230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy4nm3b", "c_root_id_B": "dy4hhg4", "created_at_utc_A": 1524945646.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524938850.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "You can't jump into lightspeed over a short distance. You either go X number of parsecs in one hop or you stick to plain old FTL travel. Space is also big and three dimensional, even in the Star Wars universe. If they'd jumped in \"front\" of them, they'd still be searching for a single ship in an absolutely vast bubble of space they'd just left. Imagine a shark chasing a progressively tiring goldfish. The shark can teleport long distances, but *only* long distances of several miles at a time. It *could* teleport a mile or two in front of the goldfish, but then, well, it's a mile or two away from the goldfish. What's it gonna do then? Go back to looking for the thing?", "human_ref_B": "Becsuse Hux was a sociopath who wanted to agonize the rebellion for hours to make an example of them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6796.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy58uxh", "c_root_id_B": "dy55r47", "created_at_utc_A": 1524970652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524966934.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Because the resistance fleet needed to be destroyed when Rei was there to witness it, so it would help in Snoke's attempt to make her fall to the dark side. Hux was either secretely ordered to delay, or subtly influenced by Snoke to the same effect. Making one of the most powerful force users in the galaxy fall was a far greater prize to Snoke than quickly finishing off the half-dead resistance. --- Side note: I suspect Snoke didn't so much order Hux (who had proven unreliable) as mind-control him into delaying the final destruction of the Resistance. The distraction of remote-controlling Hux was what made Snoke miss Kylo's decision to strike him down. The backlash from Snoke's death in turn left Hux temporarily stunned, which is why he let himself be surprised by Holdo's suicide attack.", "human_ref_B": "They can't jump and track at the same time, and they have to take the tracker down for a few minutes first. It's a big blind spot they can avoid just by waiting.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3718.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy58uxh", "c_root_id_B": "dy4zqmz", "created_at_utc_A": 1524970652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524959723.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because the resistance fleet needed to be destroyed when Rei was there to witness it, so it would help in Snoke's attempt to make her fall to the dark side. Hux was either secretely ordered to delay, or subtly influenced by Snoke to the same effect. Making one of the most powerful force users in the galaxy fall was a far greater prize to Snoke than quickly finishing off the half-dead resistance. --- Side note: I suspect Snoke didn't so much order Hux (who had proven unreliable) as mind-control him into delaying the final destruction of the Resistance. The distraction of remote-controlling Hux was what made Snoke miss Kylo's decision to strike him down. The backlash from Snoke's death in turn left Hux temporarily stunned, which is why he let himself be surprised by Holdo's suicide attack.", "human_ref_B": "The fuck is Raddus", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10929.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy520km", "c_root_id_B": "dy58uxh", "created_at_utc_A": 1524962471.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524970652.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Why didn't Finn and Rose bring back fuel?", "human_ref_B": "Because the resistance fleet needed to be destroyed when Rei was there to witness it, so it would help in Snoke's attempt to make her fall to the dark side. Hux was either secretely ordered to delay, or subtly influenced by Snoke to the same effect. Making one of the most powerful force users in the galaxy fall was a far greater prize to Snoke than quickly finishing off the half-dead resistance. --- Side note: I suspect Snoke didn't so much order Hux (who had proven unreliable) as mind-control him into delaying the final destruction of the Resistance. The distraction of remote-controlling Hux was what made Snoke miss Kylo's decision to strike him down. The backlash from Snoke's death in turn left Hux temporarily stunned, which is why he let himself be surprised by Holdo's suicide attack.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8181.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy4zqmz", "c_root_id_B": "dy55r47", "created_at_utc_A": 1524959723.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524966934.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The fuck is Raddus", "human_ref_B": "They can't jump and track at the same time, and they have to take the tracker down for a few minutes first. It's a big blind spot they can avoid just by waiting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7211.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy55r47", "c_root_id_B": "dy520km", "created_at_utc_A": 1524966934.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524962471.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They can't jump and track at the same time, and they have to take the tracker down for a few minutes first. It's a big blind spot they can avoid just by waiting.", "human_ref_B": "Why didn't Finn and Rose bring back fuel?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4463.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy58vur", "c_root_id_B": "dy4zqmz", "created_at_utc_A": 1524970684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524959723.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It would be too easy. Hux basically said that he wanted to chase them the slow way as a way to terrorize The Resistance forces. To do what you suggest would be a mercy killing by comparison.", "human_ref_B": "The fuck is Raddus", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10961.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8flk7r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Spoiler question in post re: fleet chase Not sure how best to do the spoiler but desperately want to know the answer. The Supremacy can take out the Raddus easily by itself, assuming no fancy suicide hyperspace attacks. The rest of the First Order's fleet can damage or outright destroy the Raddus without the Supremacy. THE ENTIRE FLEET CHASES THE RADDUS IN SUBLIGHT FOR HOURS - WHY DID THE FLEET NOT JUST JUMP TO HYPERSPACE AHEAD OF THE RADDUS!?!?!? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN LITERALLY SECONDS! Phew. Sorry. Thank you kindly.", "c_root_id_A": "dy58vur", "c_root_id_B": "dy520km", "created_at_utc_A": 1524970684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524962471.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It would be too easy. Hux basically said that he wanted to chase them the slow way as a way to terrorize The Resistance forces. To do what you suggest would be a mercy killing by comparison.", "human_ref_B": "Why didn't Finn and Rose bring back fuel?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8213.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "825uvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars: RotJ] Did any of the officers or stormtroopers massed in the hangar to meet their Emperor find his propensity to cackle menacingly somewhat questionable?", "c_root_id_A": "dv7nads", "c_root_id_B": "dv7rvxa", "created_at_utc_A": 1520258880.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520264273.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 151, "human_ref_A": "They're mostly grunts. He's their boss' boss' boss' boss. They never met him before or anything, he's more an abstract concept than a real person. It's like if you met the founder of your large company, you wouldn't care too much about his quirks, especially if he's like 80.", "human_ref_B": "Trooper 732FT \"Did that cackling laughter seem odd to you?\" Trooper 492HD \"Eh, politicians.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5393.0, "score_ratio": 2.649122807, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "825uvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars: RotJ] Did any of the officers or stormtroopers massed in the hangar to meet their Emperor find his propensity to cackle menacingly somewhat questionable?", "c_root_id_A": "dv7rvxa", "c_root_id_B": "dv7r6hj", "created_at_utc_A": 1520264273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520263516.0, "score_A": 151, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Trooper 732FT \"Did that cackling laughter seem odd to you?\" Trooper 492HD \"Eh, politicians.\"", "human_ref_B": "Part of the Empire's early propaganda campaign leaned heavily on blaming the Jedi for a great many things, especially their failures during the Clone War, their failed coup, and their failed assassination attempt on Palpatine. It stands to reason that any leader who, having experienced a prolonged war (which included their capture at least once), as well as a failed coup and assassination, might be given a wide berth if their personality was impacted by stress, loss, injury, and extreme threat of violence. After all, the Emperor sought peace through stability for the entire galaxy. Out of the millions of stormtroopers who'd be present at ceremonial speeches and events, they would have had years of prior exposure to such propaganda, as well as shifting social norms either in favour of or generally neutral to the Emperor, not to mention the stormtroopers' years of training which, by and large, turns them into effective soldiers rather than free thinkers. Honestly, my guess is they'd think the Emperor was an odd old man, going a bit crazy after so many years in power. Then they'd brush it off and go on with the rest of their lives.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 757.0, "score_ratio": 18.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "825uvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars: RotJ] Did any of the officers or stormtroopers massed in the hangar to meet their Emperor find his propensity to cackle menacingly somewhat questionable?", "c_root_id_A": "dv7suf4", "c_root_id_B": "dv7tqo0", "created_at_utc_A": 1520265276.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520266199.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "This is likely the first and only time they'd ever see him. If he cackles in their presence they might just think \"huh, the Emperor has kind of a weird laugh\" and then get on with their day.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, the Emperor cackles maniacally, but he provided jobs and he's getting those aliens out of the empire. And he really drained out the filth on Coruscant. Plus he really makes the rebels angry, and who doesn't love rebel tears?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 923.0, "score_ratio": 1.6785714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "825uvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars: RotJ] Did any of the officers or stormtroopers massed in the hangar to meet their Emperor find his propensity to cackle menacingly somewhat questionable?", "c_root_id_A": "dv7r6hj", "c_root_id_B": "dv7tqo0", "created_at_utc_A": 1520263516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520266199.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Part of the Empire's early propaganda campaign leaned heavily on blaming the Jedi for a great many things, especially their failures during the Clone War, their failed coup, and their failed assassination attempt on Palpatine. It stands to reason that any leader who, having experienced a prolonged war (which included their capture at least once), as well as a failed coup and assassination, might be given a wide berth if their personality was impacted by stress, loss, injury, and extreme threat of violence. After all, the Emperor sought peace through stability for the entire galaxy. Out of the millions of stormtroopers who'd be present at ceremonial speeches and events, they would have had years of prior exposure to such propaganda, as well as shifting social norms either in favour of or generally neutral to the Emperor, not to mention the stormtroopers' years of training which, by and large, turns them into effective soldiers rather than free thinkers. Honestly, my guess is they'd think the Emperor was an odd old man, going a bit crazy after so many years in power. Then they'd brush it off and go on with the rest of their lives.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, the Emperor cackles maniacally, but he provided jobs and he's getting those aliens out of the empire. And he really drained out the filth on Coruscant. Plus he really makes the rebels angry, and who doesn't love rebel tears?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2683.0, "score_ratio": 5.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "825uvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars: RotJ] Did any of the officers or stormtroopers massed in the hangar to meet their Emperor find his propensity to cackle menacingly somewhat questionable?", "c_root_id_A": "dv7r6hj", "c_root_id_B": "dv7suf4", "created_at_utc_A": 1520263516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520265276.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Part of the Empire's early propaganda campaign leaned heavily on blaming the Jedi for a great many things, especially their failures during the Clone War, their failed coup, and their failed assassination attempt on Palpatine. It stands to reason that any leader who, having experienced a prolonged war (which included their capture at least once), as well as a failed coup and assassination, might be given a wide berth if their personality was impacted by stress, loss, injury, and extreme threat of violence. After all, the Emperor sought peace through stability for the entire galaxy. Out of the millions of stormtroopers who'd be present at ceremonial speeches and events, they would have had years of prior exposure to such propaganda, as well as shifting social norms either in favour of or generally neutral to the Emperor, not to mention the stormtroopers' years of training which, by and large, turns them into effective soldiers rather than free thinkers. Honestly, my guess is they'd think the Emperor was an odd old man, going a bit crazy after so many years in power. Then they'd brush it off and go on with the rest of their lives.", "human_ref_B": "This is likely the first and only time they'd ever see him. If he cackles in their presence they might just think \"huh, the Emperor has kind of a weird laugh\" and then get on with their day.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1760.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "825uvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars: RotJ] Did any of the officers or stormtroopers massed in the hangar to meet their Emperor find his propensity to cackle menacingly somewhat questionable?", "c_root_id_A": "dv7r6hj", "c_root_id_B": "dv7v6ry", "created_at_utc_A": 1520263516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520267637.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Part of the Empire's early propaganda campaign leaned heavily on blaming the Jedi for a great many things, especially their failures during the Clone War, their failed coup, and their failed assassination attempt on Palpatine. It stands to reason that any leader who, having experienced a prolonged war (which included their capture at least once), as well as a failed coup and assassination, might be given a wide berth if their personality was impacted by stress, loss, injury, and extreme threat of violence. After all, the Emperor sought peace through stability for the entire galaxy. Out of the millions of stormtroopers who'd be present at ceremonial speeches and events, they would have had years of prior exposure to such propaganda, as well as shifting social norms either in favour of or generally neutral to the Emperor, not to mention the stormtroopers' years of training which, by and large, turns them into effective soldiers rather than free thinkers. Honestly, my guess is they'd think the Emperor was an odd old man, going a bit crazy after so many years in power. Then they'd brush it off and go on with the rest of their lives.", "human_ref_B": "Palpy just loves his job. If more people took as much joy in their work as he did, things would look a lot different around here.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4121.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "825uvt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars: RotJ] Did any of the officers or stormtroopers massed in the hangar to meet their Emperor find his propensity to cackle menacingly somewhat questionable?", "c_root_id_A": "dv7r6hj", "c_root_id_B": "dv7yvyf", "created_at_utc_A": 1520263516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520271212.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Part of the Empire's early propaganda campaign leaned heavily on blaming the Jedi for a great many things, especially their failures during the Clone War, their failed coup, and their failed assassination attempt on Palpatine. It stands to reason that any leader who, having experienced a prolonged war (which included their capture at least once), as well as a failed coup and assassination, might be given a wide berth if their personality was impacted by stress, loss, injury, and extreme threat of violence. After all, the Emperor sought peace through stability for the entire galaxy. Out of the millions of stormtroopers who'd be present at ceremonial speeches and events, they would have had years of prior exposure to such propaganda, as well as shifting social norms either in favour of or generally neutral to the Emperor, not to mention the stormtroopers' years of training which, by and large, turns them into effective soldiers rather than free thinkers. Honestly, my guess is they'd think the Emperor was an odd old man, going a bit crazy after so many years in power. Then they'd brush it off and go on with the rest of their lives.", "human_ref_B": "Let me get this straight: You think that your boss, a guy who can build a weapon that destroys planets, who has a freaking LIEUTENANT who can force-choke you across a damn viewscreen in another ship, who kills ADMIRALS for coming out of hyperspace at the wrong place, has a questionable laugh? What, exactly, do you propose to do about this alleged cackling? Report it to his boss? You want my advice, shut up and do your job, and pray that Lord Vader never notices you, let alone the Emperor. If anybody asks, you were in here to ask about the health plan and I told you that there isn't one. Dismissed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7696.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1p62qt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Wizard of Oz] Where does the Red Brick Road go? In the movie, after Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, she is told to follow the Yellow Brick Road. But there is another red road that spirals out with the Yellow Brick Road. Where does the Red Brick Road go? I always thought as a kid that it led off to the Wicked Witch of the West's house.", "c_root_id_A": "ccz5ne6", "c_root_id_B": "ccz4twf", "created_at_utc_A": 1382673032.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382670673.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "If not Quadling Country, another delightful, magical place.", "human_ref_B": "It goes to Quadling Country which is where Glinda the Good Witch lives. Red is the official color of the Quadlings.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2359.0, "score_ratio": 3.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1p62qt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Wizard of Oz] Where does the Red Brick Road go? In the movie, after Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, she is told to follow the Yellow Brick Road. But there is another red road that spirals out with the Yellow Brick Road. Where does the Red Brick Road go? I always thought as a kid that it led off to the Wicked Witch of the West's house.", "c_root_id_A": "ccz4zb3", "c_root_id_B": "ccz5ne6", "created_at_utc_A": 1382671070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382673032.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "It leads south, to the Country of the Quadlings.", "human_ref_B": "If not Quadling Country, another delightful, magical place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1962.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1p62qt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Wizard of Oz] Where does the Red Brick Road go? In the movie, after Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, she is told to follow the Yellow Brick Road. But there is another red road that spirals out with the Yellow Brick Road. Where does the Red Brick Road go? I always thought as a kid that it led off to the Wicked Witch of the West's house.", "c_root_id_A": "cczdl8d", "c_root_id_B": "ccz4zb3", "created_at_utc_A": 1382712578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382671070.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "As an addendum, why do these roads start in Munchkinland? Or is it really just a tourist trap to see where the Yellow and Red Brick Roads meet?", "human_ref_B": "It leads south, to the Country of the Quadlings.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41508.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1p62qt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Wizard of Oz] Where does the Red Brick Road go? In the movie, after Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, she is told to follow the Yellow Brick Road. But there is another red road that spirals out with the Yellow Brick Road. Where does the Red Brick Road go? I always thought as a kid that it led off to the Wicked Witch of the West's house.", "c_root_id_A": "cczdl8d", "c_root_id_B": "ccz6gd1", "created_at_utc_A": 1382712578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382675681.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "As an addendum, why do these roads start in Munchkinland? Or is it really just a tourist trap to see where the Yellow and Red Brick Roads meet?", "human_ref_B": "communism", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36897.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1p62qt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Wizard of Oz] Where does the Red Brick Road go? In the movie, after Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, she is told to follow the Yellow Brick Road. But there is another red road that spirals out with the Yellow Brick Road. Where does the Red Brick Road go? I always thought as a kid that it led off to the Wicked Witch of the West's house.", "c_root_id_A": "ccz9mrz", "c_root_id_B": "cczdl8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1382692652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382712578.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Hell.", "human_ref_B": "As an addendum, why do these roads start in Munchkinland? Or is it really just a tourist trap to see where the Yellow and Red Brick Roads meet?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19926.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1p62qt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Wizard of Oz] Where does the Red Brick Road go? In the movie, after Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, she is told to follow the Yellow Brick Road. But there is another red road that spirals out with the Yellow Brick Road. Where does the Red Brick Road go? I always thought as a kid that it led off to the Wicked Witch of the West's house.", "c_root_id_A": "ccz8fwk", "c_root_id_B": "cczdl8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1382684369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382712578.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It goes to Dave's house.", "human_ref_B": "As an addendum, why do these roads start in Munchkinland? Or is it really just a tourist trap to see where the Yellow and Red Brick Roads meet?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28209.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1p62qt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Wizard of Oz] Where does the Red Brick Road go? In the movie, after Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, she is told to follow the Yellow Brick Road. But there is another red road that spirals out with the Yellow Brick Road. Where does the Red Brick Road go? I always thought as a kid that it led off to the Wicked Witch of the West's house.", "c_root_id_A": "ccz9mrz", "c_root_id_B": "ccz8fwk", "created_at_utc_A": 1382692652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382684369.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Hell.", "human_ref_B": "It goes to Dave's house.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8283.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lyj4yd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harry Potter] How do squibs fit into the genetics of the Wizarding World? Magical abilities seem to be genetic in the Wizarding World, passed down through blood, and the magical gene seems to be simply a recessive allele, where the A allele dominates a, and two Muggles of the Aa gene can have a magical child of aa. However, if all wizards and witches are therefore aa, how is it possible that squibs are born, presumably with no magical abilities yet magical perception. Is it a disease, or a separate gene, or simply just deformation during birth?", "c_root_id_A": "gptbw04", "c_root_id_B": "gptkatr", "created_at_utc_A": 1614976863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614980797.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's not genetic, it's magic. A magical woman will give birth to a magical baby, magical sperm will help make a magical fetus. Sometimes the magic doesn't work. Maybe something to do with the moon and stars aligning incorrectly or something.", "human_ref_B": "There may be a genetic component, as one wizard named Thaddeus Thurkell is known to have fathered seven Squib sons. Since wizards don\u2019t, as far as we know, study genetics, the specifics evade us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3934.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lyj4yd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harry Potter] How do squibs fit into the genetics of the Wizarding World? Magical abilities seem to be genetic in the Wizarding World, passed down through blood, and the magical gene seems to be simply a recessive allele, where the A allele dominates a, and two Muggles of the Aa gene can have a magical child of aa. However, if all wizards and witches are therefore aa, how is it possible that squibs are born, presumably with no magical abilities yet magical perception. Is it a disease, or a separate gene, or simply just deformation during birth?", "c_root_id_A": "gptbw04", "c_root_id_B": "gpvk9ox", "created_at_utc_A": 1614976863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615011621.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's not genetic, it's magic. A magical woman will give birth to a magical baby, magical sperm will help make a magical fetus. Sometimes the magic doesn't work. Maybe something to do with the moon and stars aligning incorrectly or something.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think magic is genetic, although it does appear to be *hereditary.* Allow me to postulate. If it were genetic, it would either be a *single* gene, or it would be multiple genes to hit a \"threshold.\" But neither of those match what we see. If it were a single gene, you would either be magical or not. Binary. There would be no squibs at all. But if it were a series of genes, like those that make a person tall or dark skinned, then we would have room for variations. Which *seems* to match what we see. *But* there is a problem with that, too. This comes down to dominant and recessive genes and the fac that there aren't many wizards in the whole world. They're very much a minority population. But a pair of wizards overwhelmingly produces wizard children, and squibs are relatively rare. Even a child with *one* magical parent more often than not produces a magical child. *This* indicates that magic is a *dominant* gene. But that plainly cannot be possible, because wizards are such a minority in the population. Especially with something like magic, which would *certainly* be an evolutionary advantage. Even more so when you consider that technology has only begun to catch up to the capabilities offered by magic in the latter half of the 20th century. For most of human history, being magical would be a *clear* biological advantage. Hell, even just the extended durability and lifespan would make them the dominant species on Earth, even without the actual magical abilities. But they're *not*. So I don't think it's genetic. But there are clearly magical lineages, and magic is *mostly* hereditary. So what kind of system might have a personal attribute be hereditary that's *not genetic*? User permissions. As in, on a computer system. A system like a computer uses for user permissions fits the entire thing. You're either a user or not, but not everybody gets the same level of access. But if your sponsor or administrator (like a parent) had access, they *could* give you access up to and including the same permissions. Sometimes you get a user with a more limited role (squibs), sometimes you get a user with *new* permissions (muggleborn) and sometimes some users have all the basic permissions but not *all* of the fancy ones, which would account for some wizards being \"naturally\" more powerful than others, even if they're both definitely magically capable. It fits all the variables shown, and \"magic\" being a glorified user interface explains all of the wand gestures, pseudo-Latin incantations, and seemingly arbitrary rituals, potion ingredients, and other minutiae of magic. Magic is an *artificial construct*, built to do some set of functions based on *commands* issued by authorized users, utilizing a bizarre but consistent user interface.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34758.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lyj4yd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Harry Potter] How do squibs fit into the genetics of the Wizarding World? Magical abilities seem to be genetic in the Wizarding World, passed down through blood, and the magical gene seems to be simply a recessive allele, where the A allele dominates a, and two Muggles of the Aa gene can have a magical child of aa. However, if all wizards and witches are therefore aa, how is it possible that squibs are born, presumably with no magical abilities yet magical perception. Is it a disease, or a separate gene, or simply just deformation during birth?", "c_root_id_A": "gso2zof", "c_root_id_B": "gptbw04", "created_at_utc_A": 1617008139.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614976863.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Squibs fall into two potential categories. Wizards with extremely weak abilities, and muggles with extra perception and maybe also durability. The second category is the problematoc one, and I have two different hypotheses for it. A) there is an epigenetic effect from magic giving perception for one or more generations. B) the magic of the mother's womb affects the development of the child, altering the ways the eyes work. This passive magic persists throughout the child's life, but is fixed and doesn't contribute to any subsequent generations.", "human_ref_B": "It's not genetic, it's magic. A magical woman will give birth to a magical baby, magical sperm will help make a magical fetus. Sometimes the magic doesn't work. Maybe something to do with the moon and stars aligning incorrectly or something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2031276.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1gjmv4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Trek] Data vs The Holodeck/holo-people, emotions One of the big things throughout the records of Data's existence was his attempt at trying to be more human and get a grasp on things that humans experience and feel. At the same time while Data always seemed to struggle with this until much later in the records, Holodeck creations seemed to do well with simulated emotional responses. Some of them seem to be far and above Data in comprehension and response to the point they were self aware. The two main examples of this I can think of is the recreation of Professor Moriarty and then later serving on the Voyager the Ship's emergency Holographic response program whom seem to grow dramatically due to his extended period of use, which If I remember correctly, lead to problems with Voyager's own computer system... ...In short, what point does these emotional responses stop being simulations and being real legit responses?", "c_root_id_A": "cakwiph", "c_root_id_B": "cansehk", "created_at_utc_A": 1371515086.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1371865586.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In the latter part of Voyager's troubles, they established contact with the Federation and they underwent a court case over the sentience of the holographic Doctor. I forgot how it turned out.", "human_ref_B": "No one brought up Vic Fontaine? He eventually became so advanced that Quark converted one of his holosuites into a full time nightclub that never turned off. It's interesting that humanoids tend to be fooled by a \"Chinese room\" type of organism *if* it's in humanoid form. No one would say the Enterprise's computer was sentient, even though it *could* be programmed to display perfect emotional responses. But when Data, Vic, the Doctor, or Moriarty display it, it becomes a complicated issue. Edit: Chinese *Room* is the phenomenon I was talking about", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 350500.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d88mt7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Why does Vegeta refer to himself as the 'prince of all Saiyans' when he's technically the 'king of all Saiyans' by the time we actually see him? I know he calls himself king in Super, and other characters do as well occasionally, but in Z I can only really remember him calling himself 'prince' instead of 'king'. And would this mean that Trunks is now technically the prince of Saiyans?", "c_root_id_A": "f19976m", "c_root_id_B": "f1918v5", "created_at_utc_A": 1569269460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569266435.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "A lot of people may have part of it right with the lack of ceremony, but the real reason is out of respect towards King Vegeta. The ruler of Planet Vegeta was always King Vegeta. Both were destroyed at the same time, and as such Vegeta never ruled over anything (other than like two surviving Saiyans). In his mind, while he is rightfully King Vegeta, there is nothing to be King Vegeta of and so the title lies vacant. His own title remains, however, because he still stands. Should a time ever come that Planet Vegeta returns, I'm sure he'll take his rightful place as King.", "human_ref_B": "Its an utterly meaningless title with the race mostly killed off and the planet destroyed. Most people know him as Vegeta the Prince of all Saiyans and that title is valid. Promoting himself to king isn't going to improve his standing any and would get him mocked in some quarters (behind his back obviously) which he hates. Better to keep it at prince. If a few hundred sayians are found, he'd probably reconsider the idea.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3025.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d88mt7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Why does Vegeta refer to himself as the 'prince of all Saiyans' when he's technically the 'king of all Saiyans' by the time we actually see him? I know he calls himself king in Super, and other characters do as well occasionally, but in Z I can only really remember him calling himself 'prince' instead of 'king'. And would this mean that Trunks is now technically the prince of Saiyans?", "c_root_id_A": "f19hp4d", "c_root_id_B": "f1918v5", "created_at_utc_A": 1569272604.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569266435.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Never had a coronation, plus he does have a respect for his father, the King.", "human_ref_B": "Its an utterly meaningless title with the race mostly killed off and the planet destroyed. Most people know him as Vegeta the Prince of all Saiyans and that title is valid. Promoting himself to king isn't going to improve his standing any and would get him mocked in some quarters (behind his back obviously) which he hates. Better to keep it at prince. If a few hundred sayians are found, he'd probably reconsider the idea.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6169.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d88mt7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Why does Vegeta refer to himself as the 'prince of all Saiyans' when he's technically the 'king of all Saiyans' by the time we actually see him? I know he calls himself king in Super, and other characters do as well occasionally, but in Z I can only really remember him calling himself 'prince' instead of 'king'. And would this mean that Trunks is now technically the prince of Saiyans?", "c_root_id_A": "f1aolfw", "c_root_id_B": "f1axi5r", "created_at_utc_A": 1569300602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569312594.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In order for a prince to become a king one must first marry a princess.", "human_ref_B": "He just never got over his father's death", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11992.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1fne74", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[ST:DS9] If Odo's uniform is his own shapeshifting, how does his communicator work? Whenever Odo shapeshifts, he doesn't drop a communicator behind, which means that like his clothes, it has to be made of his own shapeshifting. Yet, it functions like an actual communicator.", "c_root_id_A": "cabxdxv", "c_root_id_B": "cabx4wx", "created_at_utc_A": 1370353443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1370352469.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": -6, "human_ref_A": "While the subtlety of the humanoid face may be a bit beyond Odo, circuitry may not, so he may just be able to make the material himself. Founders with more skill in shapeshifting have demonstrated an ability to change themselves into even more complex machines. For example, when the Founder impersonating General Martok was killed, it's worth noting that he had a sidearm on him at the time, and if memory serves, it was functional. So it isn't that much of a stretch to imagine even a neophyte shapeshifter as Odo being able to turn a part of himself into a functioning communicator. The Founder race turns all our previous notions of shapeshifting on its ear. For example, as Odo notes, if a Founder changes into a rock, all scanning technology will tell you is that it is a rock. They manage to change their basic molecular structure into something else without losing their cognitive capabilities. It's not \"a rock with a brain\" but \"a rock\" and yet it can still think. More impressively, Founders are not limited by their mass. Even a neophyte shapeshifter like Odo is able to change his mass; he changed into a normal mouse once, and not an 80+ kilo mouse. He also changed into a glass that weighed as much as a normal glass (unless we take Quark, who was carrying him on a tray at one point to be extraordinarily strong). What's more, they have shapeshifted into spacefaring creatures and clouds of mist; this is well beyond what we've seen in other shapechangers (like the infamous Martia, last seen on Rura Penthe). Obviously Founder shapeshifting physiognomy defies traditional physics; my theory is that they're accessing a level of subspace.", "human_ref_B": "Yeah... umm...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 974.0, "score_ratio": -3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1fne74", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[ST:DS9] If Odo's uniform is his own shapeshifting, how does his communicator work? Whenever Odo shapeshifts, he doesn't drop a communicator behind, which means that like his clothes, it has to be made of his own shapeshifting. Yet, it functions like an actual communicator.", "c_root_id_A": "cabx4wx", "c_root_id_B": "cac1kao", "created_at_utc_A": 1370352469.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1370366035.0, "score_A": -6, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Yeah... umm...", "human_ref_B": "Personally, I think it's not a real communicator, and he just likes saying \"beep\" and imitating the station commander and other personnel. It's part of his Clever Disguise.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13566.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1fne74", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[ST:DS9] If Odo's uniform is his own shapeshifting, how does his communicator work? Whenever Odo shapeshifts, he doesn't drop a communicator behind, which means that like his clothes, it has to be made of his own shapeshifting. Yet, it functions like an actual communicator.", "c_root_id_A": "cabx4wx", "c_root_id_B": "cacjbkq", "created_at_utc_A": 1370352469.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1370421866.0, "score_A": -6, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yeah... umm...", "human_ref_B": "A follow-on question: If Odo's eyes allow him to see, even though they're made of the same stuff as the rest of him, then shouldn't his entire body allow him to see just as well in all directions? Yet it's often pretty easy to sneak up on Odo.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 69397.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9b4nb8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[General] What are some of the most creative/funny things you could do with reality warping in a fight, without being too complicated?", "c_root_id_A": "e50tund", "c_root_id_B": "e50clwj", "created_at_utc_A": 1535525590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535504886.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "the simplest Reality Warping 101 is changing the 3 basic dimensions of the space between you and the opponent: \\- he runs at you: extend the distance to 3 kilometres, then when he is confused, shorten the distance between your fist and his jaw to zero. \\- throw him on the ground, but extend the distance to the ground to be 3456 kilometres. \\- change your own width to 0,00001 mm, You are now sharper than a knife and very hard to even hit. Other fun uses: \\- swap sensory input of your opponent with his other sensory input, your own, or something completely random (make him see smells, hear light, taste gravity, see noise etc, or if you are really sadistic make him smell math, hear density, see logic, and feel grammar). \\- on touch body swap: lets see how your opponent likes fist fighting now. \\- Actual Martial Arts: use art as a weapon: change the environment of your fight into one based on cubism, impressionism, minimalism, or Baroque etc. \\- localised causality reversal: now, this is a bit more advanced fuckery, but nevertheless fun in a fight. Reverse the chain of cause and effect around your opponent, thus forcing him to painstakingly work his way out of the mess by doing every action in logical reverse.", "human_ref_B": "portals, make someone trip and boot themselves in the head, endless loop falling, punches returing back at you and more", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20704.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9b4nb8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[General] What are some of the most creative/funny things you could do with reality warping in a fight, without being too complicated?", "c_root_id_A": "e50tund", "c_root_id_B": "e50s5f2", "created_at_utc_A": 1535525590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535522566.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "the simplest Reality Warping 101 is changing the 3 basic dimensions of the space between you and the opponent: \\- he runs at you: extend the distance to 3 kilometres, then when he is confused, shorten the distance between your fist and his jaw to zero. \\- throw him on the ground, but extend the distance to the ground to be 3456 kilometres. \\- change your own width to 0,00001 mm, You are now sharper than a knife and very hard to even hit. Other fun uses: \\- swap sensory input of your opponent with his other sensory input, your own, or something completely random (make him see smells, hear light, taste gravity, see noise etc, or if you are really sadistic make him smell math, hear density, see logic, and feel grammar). \\- on touch body swap: lets see how your opponent likes fist fighting now. \\- Actual Martial Arts: use art as a weapon: change the environment of your fight into one based on cubism, impressionism, minimalism, or Baroque etc. \\- localised causality reversal: now, this is a bit more advanced fuckery, but nevertheless fun in a fight. Reverse the chain of cause and effect around your opponent, thus forcing him to painstakingly work his way out of the mess by doing every action in logical reverse.", "human_ref_B": "Replace fighters arms with wackyinflatablearmflailingtubeman arms. Randomly turn off gravity for flightless characters", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3024.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9b4nb8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[General] What are some of the most creative/funny things you could do with reality warping in a fight, without being too complicated?", "c_root_id_A": "e50tund", "c_root_id_B": "e50ljjp", "created_at_utc_A": 1535525590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535513637.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "the simplest Reality Warping 101 is changing the 3 basic dimensions of the space between you and the opponent: \\- he runs at you: extend the distance to 3 kilometres, then when he is confused, shorten the distance between your fist and his jaw to zero. \\- throw him on the ground, but extend the distance to the ground to be 3456 kilometres. \\- change your own width to 0,00001 mm, You are now sharper than a knife and very hard to even hit. Other fun uses: \\- swap sensory input of your opponent with his other sensory input, your own, or something completely random (make him see smells, hear light, taste gravity, see noise etc, or if you are really sadistic make him smell math, hear density, see logic, and feel grammar). \\- on touch body swap: lets see how your opponent likes fist fighting now. \\- Actual Martial Arts: use art as a weapon: change the environment of your fight into one based on cubism, impressionism, minimalism, or Baroque etc. \\- localised causality reversal: now, this is a bit more advanced fuckery, but nevertheless fun in a fight. Reverse the chain of cause and effect around your opponent, thus forcing him to painstakingly work his way out of the mess by doing every action in logical reverse.", "human_ref_B": "Make $ by instantly turning any yard into a funhouse mirror room maze at kids' birthday parties.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11953.0, "score_ratio": 5.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9b4nb8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[General] What are some of the most creative/funny things you could do with reality warping in a fight, without being too complicated?", "c_root_id_A": "e50ljjp", "c_root_id_B": "e50s5f2", "created_at_utc_A": 1535513637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535522566.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Make $ by instantly turning any yard into a funhouse mirror room maze at kids' birthday parties.", "human_ref_B": "Replace fighters arms with wackyinflatablearmflailingtubeman arms. Randomly turn off gravity for flightless characters", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8929.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v5es56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Starwars] How fast is Din Djarin's new ship? We see in the book of Boba Fett that Mando gets an N1-starfighter, and it is hammered home that this thing is REALLY fast, way faster than his old ship, both in hyperspace and sub-light. It's so fast we see that he is able to completely outrun the x-wings many times over just through his sublight engines. So just how fast is this spaceship, and where does it rank compared to others? (Eg. Millennium Falcon, Tiefighter...)", "c_root_id_A": "ib99b73", "c_root_id_B": "ib9bydc", "created_at_utc_A": 1654440224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654441560.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I mean, we don't have a given speed for it at all. We don't have a given speed for most ships, even in Legends. We have a maximum atmospheric speed for the standard N-1, a maximum acceleration, and its normal hyperdrive rating - but given all the changes, none of these likely apply any more to Din's N-1.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1336.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v5es56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Starwars] How fast is Din Djarin's new ship? We see in the book of Boba Fett that Mando gets an N1-starfighter, and it is hammered home that this thing is REALLY fast, way faster than his old ship, both in hyperspace and sub-light. It's so fast we see that he is able to completely outrun the x-wings many times over just through his sublight engines. So just how fast is this spaceship, and where does it rank compared to others? (Eg. Millennium Falcon, Tiefighter...)", "c_root_id_A": "ib99b73", "c_root_id_B": "ib9cdb8", "created_at_utc_A": 1654440224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654441768.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "in sublight, its probably one of the faster ships we have seen, dont think we see that many other comparable speed feats from other ships. remember, even poe needed a special thuster on his xwing at the start of tlj to reach such speeds, and even then i think Dins ship is faster", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1544.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v5es56", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Starwars] How fast is Din Djarin's new ship? We see in the book of Boba Fett that Mando gets an N1-starfighter, and it is hammered home that this thing is REALLY fast, way faster than his old ship, both in hyperspace and sub-light. It's so fast we see that he is able to completely outrun the x-wings many times over just through his sublight engines. So just how fast is this spaceship, and where does it rank compared to others? (Eg. Millennium Falcon, Tiefighter...)", "c_root_id_A": "ib9msv6", "c_root_id_B": "ib99b73", "created_at_utc_A": 1654446786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654440224.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The main thing it seems great at is acceleration. I doubt it\u2019s much faster than your average X-wing, but it can reach that speed almost instantly. I don\u2019t have any insight as to its hyperspace speed", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6562.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "svjruu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] What evil did Lisa do to end up in Hell?", "c_root_id_A": "hxgaizb", "c_root_id_B": "hxh96uo", "created_at_utc_A": 1645196276.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645209639.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Likely nothing and she was sent there to punish Dracula not for her own sins. She's not really being tormented, she just hangs out being left alone.", "human_ref_B": "Marrying a man who became a Vampire Lord just to spite God tends to put you on his shit list.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13363.0, "score_ratio": 2.1875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "svjruu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] What evil did Lisa do to end up in Hell?", "c_root_id_A": "hxhdn35", "c_root_id_B": "hxgaizb", "created_at_utc_A": 1645211384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645196276.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "In the Netflix series from the bug eyed night creature, we see that God and Hell are more of the old testament fire and brimstone school of thought in this world. Getting sent to hell after you die is arbitrary and capricious. It's not clear whether bugeyes was sent to hell for questioning God's existence, or for breaking under torture and selling out his friends when he was tortured by Christians for questioning God's existence, but neither one of these things would strike a modern viewer as \"deserving\" of hell. It's worth noting that we don't have any proof of *anyone* going to heaven after they die. God seems to exist (which is why holy water works), but given the number of people we see condemned to hell who don't really deserve it, hell just might be the default after you die.", "human_ref_B": "Likely nothing and she was sent there to punish Dracula not for her own sins. She's not really being tormented, she just hangs out being left alone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15108.0, "score_ratio": 1.9375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "svjruu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] What evil did Lisa do to end up in Hell?", "c_root_id_A": "hxhdn35", "c_root_id_B": "hxh9kb5", "created_at_utc_A": 1645211384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645209784.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "In the Netflix series from the bug eyed night creature, we see that God and Hell are more of the old testament fire and brimstone school of thought in this world. Getting sent to hell after you die is arbitrary and capricious. It's not clear whether bugeyes was sent to hell for questioning God's existence, or for breaking under torture and selling out his friends when he was tortured by Christians for questioning God's existence, but neither one of these things would strike a modern viewer as \"deserving\" of hell. It's worth noting that we don't have any proof of *anyone* going to heaven after they die. God seems to exist (which is why holy water works), but given the number of people we see condemned to hell who don't really deserve it, hell just might be the default after you die.", "human_ref_B": "We don't have a hard answer. Thinking aloud, her \"hell\" doesn't seems to feature a lot of specific torment (aside from the pain of solitude). If Castlevania's hell follows the pattern of Dante's version of the pit, she might have gotten the equivalent of the \"virtuous pagan\" layer of hell; she didn't actively sin, but she didn't embrace the God that empowers folks to make holy water, so she doesn't get pitchforked in the ass or get used as Satan's chew toy, but she doesn't go to heaven either. Her punishment is milling about and not getting to head upstairs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1600.0, "score_ratio": 2.5833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "svjruu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] What evil did Lisa do to end up in Hell?", "c_root_id_A": "hxhclbw", "c_root_id_B": "hxhdn35", "created_at_utc_A": 1645210967.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645211384.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Marrying Dracula implies she was okay with all of the murder he did before she married him", "human_ref_B": "In the Netflix series from the bug eyed night creature, we see that God and Hell are more of the old testament fire and brimstone school of thought in this world. Getting sent to hell after you die is arbitrary and capricious. It's not clear whether bugeyes was sent to hell for questioning God's existence, or for breaking under torture and selling out his friends when he was tortured by Christians for questioning God's existence, but neither one of these things would strike a modern viewer as \"deserving\" of hell. It's worth noting that we don't have any proof of *anyone* going to heaven after they die. God seems to exist (which is why holy water works), but given the number of people we see condemned to hell who don't really deserve it, hell just might be the default after you die.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 417.0, "score_ratio": 31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "svjruu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] What evil did Lisa do to end up in Hell?", "c_root_id_A": "hxhu604", "c_root_id_B": "hxhclbw", "created_at_utc_A": 1645217970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645210967.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Honestly, we don't know. It's even possible that she went there on her own volition, in order to wait for her husband (who would have SURELY ended up in hell sooner or later).", "human_ref_B": "Marrying Dracula implies she was okay with all of the murder he did before she married him", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7003.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "svjruu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Castlevania] What evil did Lisa do to end up in Hell?", "c_root_id_A": "hxhclbw", "c_root_id_B": "hxi52n9", "created_at_utc_A": 1645210967.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645222318.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Marrying Dracula implies she was okay with all of the murder he did before she married him", "human_ref_B": "I haven't actually seen this and I might be way off base, but from what I understand she didn't seem concerned that she was marrying a serial killer. And considering he didn't starve after marrying her, he was continuing to murder people. I'm sure she was a very nice person, but that doesn't mean she was a good person. She may have just been affably evil. Also, maybe she wasn't sent to hell so much as allowed there, and wanted to be with Dracula. Or, as others have mentioned, maybe you don't have to be bad to go to hell. Maybe she didn't worship god enough. Maybe she had sex with Dracula before marrying him. Maybe everyone goes to hell.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11351.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5xsqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Marvel] Question about latest Moon Knight episode So Konshu through Marc brings the night sky back to what it was thousands of years ago. What I\u2019m wondering is like wouldn\u2019t this affect all the aliens living on different planets, or was it just an illusion? Just something I thought about when watching it. Lmk if I\u2019m just really stupid!", "c_root_id_A": "i54yrv0", "c_root_id_B": "i55adgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1650234763.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650240063.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Because moving the universe would destroy everything in it", "human_ref_B": "One possibility was that Khonshu was moving the sky and heavens as they exist in ancient Egyptian belief. To be clear, there's a lot of different beliefs, some conflicting, in ancient Egypt. But commonly the sky was thought of as a place that the sun traveled through. It was also conceived of as a goddess, Nut. So that might mean that Khonshu was not spinning the universe or spinning the earth. Rather, he was spinning this concave surface that rests above the Earth in ancient Egyptian belief. And that surface is a domain that is shared with other gods (Ra, Horus, Nut, etc.). So, when Khonshu messed with it, he wasn't just defying the will of the other gods, he was messing with their turf or even their bodies. That may explain why they asked so few questions of Harrow; Khonshu was definitely the aggressor to them. This is all conjecture, though, because we don't know much about ancient Egyptian cosmogony in the MCU yet. And this conjecture requires accepting competing truths, that the night sky holds the space that the Guardians of the Galaxy know, and it is at the same time this curved surface that can be spun like a ball by a godly hand.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5300.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5xsqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Marvel] Question about latest Moon Knight episode So Konshu through Marc brings the night sky back to what it was thousands of years ago. What I\u2019m wondering is like wouldn\u2019t this affect all the aliens living on different planets, or was it just an illusion? Just something I thought about when watching it. Lmk if I\u2019m just really stupid!", "c_root_id_A": "i55adgy", "c_root_id_B": "i552kpt", "created_at_utc_A": 1650240063.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650236478.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "One possibility was that Khonshu was moving the sky and heavens as they exist in ancient Egyptian belief. To be clear, there's a lot of different beliefs, some conflicting, in ancient Egypt. But commonly the sky was thought of as a place that the sun traveled through. It was also conceived of as a goddess, Nut. So that might mean that Khonshu was not spinning the universe or spinning the earth. Rather, he was spinning this concave surface that rests above the Earth in ancient Egyptian belief. And that surface is a domain that is shared with other gods (Ra, Horus, Nut, etc.). So, when Khonshu messed with it, he wasn't just defying the will of the other gods, he was messing with their turf or even their bodies. That may explain why they asked so few questions of Harrow; Khonshu was definitely the aggressor to them. This is all conjecture, though, because we don't know much about ancient Egyptian cosmogony in the MCU yet. And this conjecture requires accepting competing truths, that the night sky holds the space that the Guardians of the Galaxy know, and it is at the same time this curved surface that can be spun like a ball by a godly hand.", "human_ref_B": "If it was an illusion, how far did it extend? Was it only the night sky that was visible from where Marc was, or did it happen all over the world? They showed that people in the Egyptian city could also see the changes to the sky, but that could have been just a few miles away. You would think Khonshu could just make the illusion smaller so they were the only ones who could see it. Why risk the wrath of the other gods by making it so large?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3585.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5xsqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Marvel] Question about latest Moon Knight episode So Konshu through Marc brings the night sky back to what it was thousands of years ago. What I\u2019m wondering is like wouldn\u2019t this affect all the aliens living on different planets, or was it just an illusion? Just something I thought about when watching it. Lmk if I\u2019m just really stupid!", "c_root_id_A": "i56rsbz", "c_root_id_B": "i56l7i2", "created_at_utc_A": 1650272644.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650266988.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I like to go with a weird third option here and assume Khonsu was doing something weird to Time, I googled him back after episode 1 came out, and he's supposed to be the god of the moon and time. So I imagine it wasn't 'just' an Illusion. Khonsu temporarily did something weird to time - he didn't \"rewind\" the actual Universe, but he did \"rewind\" the appearance of the Sky so that it would look exactly like it did 200 years ago. So yeah basically just an Illusion, but with some cool extra steps.", "human_ref_B": "As a physics student I guess its an illusion. \"Moving\" the universe would make things too complicated", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5656.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5xsqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Marvel] Question about latest Moon Knight episode So Konshu through Marc brings the night sky back to what it was thousands of years ago. What I\u2019m wondering is like wouldn\u2019t this affect all the aliens living on different planets, or was it just an illusion? Just something I thought about when watching it. Lmk if I\u2019m just really stupid!", "c_root_id_A": "i584170", "c_root_id_B": "i56l7i2", "created_at_utc_A": 1650298896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650266988.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm thinking he just dig a big rewind on his memory of the sky and projected it to everyone nearby.", "human_ref_B": "As a physics student I guess its an illusion. \"Moving\" the universe would make things too complicated", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31908.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vku35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Skyrim] Why are there Falmer archers when they can't see at all?", "c_root_id_A": "dtt4jds", "c_root_id_B": "dtt6hbs", "created_at_utc_A": 1517892859.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517895726.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 65, "human_ref_A": "Because they're plenty good at it despite that seeming handicap.", "human_ref_B": "Falmer being 100% blind doesn't sound right to me. Their armors, both vanilla and Dawnguard, seem purposely crafted and decorated. I have a hard time believing this]( https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/8/89/Falmerheavyarmor.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140511005026) just happened. The face looks like [Umaril to me. If they can't see like you and me, they have some sort of way to truly compensate. Like maybe the see the world like Daredevil.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2867.0, "score_ratio": 10.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vku35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Skyrim] Why are there Falmer archers when they can't see at all?", "c_root_id_A": "dtt9y7f", "c_root_id_B": "dtt4jds", "created_at_utc_A": 1517902173.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517892859.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Blind archers are dangerous.", "human_ref_B": "Because they're plenty good at it despite that seeming handicap.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9314.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vku35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Skyrim] Why are there Falmer archers when they can't see at all?", "c_root_id_A": "dttduxn", "c_root_id_B": "dtt4jds", "created_at_utc_A": 1517911752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517892859.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "They're Daredevil blind. No biggie.", "human_ref_B": "Because they're plenty good at it despite that seeming handicap.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18893.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vku35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Skyrim] Why are there Falmer archers when they can't see at all?", "c_root_id_A": "dttduxn", "c_root_id_B": "dttblsn", "created_at_utc_A": 1517911752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517905953.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They're Daredevil blind. No biggie.", "human_ref_B": "You know how a lot of birds of prey prey can pick out their prey in the brush even while high in the air? Their hearing is just that good. Its not that they learn to aim, they learn to snap fire and listen for the impact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5799.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vku35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Skyrim] Why are there Falmer archers when they can't see at all?", "c_root_id_A": "dttbr81", "c_root_id_B": "dttduxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1517906304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517911752.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "They can smell you. Get a shower.", "human_ref_B": "They're Daredevil blind. No biggie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5448.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vku35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Skyrim] Why are there Falmer archers when they can't see at all?", "c_root_id_A": "dttkmsw", "c_root_id_B": "dttblsn", "created_at_utc_A": 1517925195.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517905953.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They could be chanelling detect life. They would be able to loose arrows at lifesigns, but weapons would still be invisible to them, making melee incredibly dangerous to them.", "human_ref_B": "You know how a lot of birds of prey prey can pick out their prey in the brush even while high in the air? Their hearing is just that good. Its not that they learn to aim, they learn to snap fire and listen for the impact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19242.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vku35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Skyrim] Why are there Falmer archers when they can't see at all?", "c_root_id_A": "dttbr81", "c_root_id_B": "dttkmsw", "created_at_utc_A": 1517906304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517925195.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They can smell you. Get a shower.", "human_ref_B": "They could be chanelling detect life. They would be able to loose arrows at lifesigns, but weapons would still be invisible to them, making melee incredibly dangerous to them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18891.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7vku35", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Skyrim] Why are there Falmer archers when they can't see at all?", "c_root_id_A": "dttg6yb", "c_root_id_B": "dttkmsw", "created_at_utc_A": 1517917579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1517925195.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They are zen-monk falmers.", "human_ref_B": "They could be chanelling detect life. They would be able to loose arrows at lifesigns, but weapons would still be invisible to them, making melee incredibly dangerous to them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7616.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ttgur", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[PS] Are the potion seller's potions really that strong, or is he just a rascal? The potion seller refuses to sell me his strongest potions. He says I am too weak for his potions, but I am going into battle and require only his strongest potions to be successful. Potion seller seems to have no respect for knights. If his potions are so strong, who is he selling to? I've half a mind to report this ruffian to the alchemist's guild... What must I say to get him to sell me his potions??? I am going into battle...", "c_root_id_A": "cx92zch", "c_root_id_B": "cx914jb", "created_at_utc_A": 1448209481.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448205304.0, "score_A": 125, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I was of two opinions on this 1) The potion seller is indeed a rascal. How does he manage a shoppe if there are so few customers who can purchase his potions? 2) His potions are indeed that strong, and he is just an eccentric wealthy purist. I lean towards 1.", "human_ref_B": "What is this a reference to?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4177.0, "score_ratio": 6.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ttgur", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[PS] Are the potion seller's potions really that strong, or is he just a rascal? The potion seller refuses to sell me his strongest potions. He says I am too weak for his potions, but I am going into battle and require only his strongest potions to be successful. Potion seller seems to have no respect for knights. If his potions are so strong, who is he selling to? I've half a mind to report this ruffian to the alchemist's guild... What must I say to get him to sell me his potions??? I am going into battle...", "c_root_id_A": "cx914jb", "c_root_id_B": "cx945rj", "created_at_utc_A": 1448205304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448211785.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "What is this a reference to?", "human_ref_B": "When he says that you aren't strong enough, he is referring to your potion tolerance. It's not a lack of respect for your martial ability or willpower. You need to start out with weaker potions so that your body can adjust. Just like you had to train before you were able to go into battle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6481.0, "score_ratio": 2.55, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ttgur", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[PS] Are the potion seller's potions really that strong, or is he just a rascal? The potion seller refuses to sell me his strongest potions. He says I am too weak for his potions, but I am going into battle and require only his strongest potions to be successful. Potion seller seems to have no respect for knights. If his potions are so strong, who is he selling to? I've half a mind to report this ruffian to the alchemist's guild... What must I say to get him to sell me his potions??? I am going into battle...", "c_root_id_A": "cx951ls", "c_root_id_B": "cx914jb", "created_at_utc_A": 1448213415.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448205304.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I heard his potions weren't fit for a beast, let alone a man. Some say his potions could kill dragons.", "human_ref_B": "What is this a reference to?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8111.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ttgur", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[PS] Are the potion seller's potions really that strong, or is he just a rascal? The potion seller refuses to sell me his strongest potions. He says I am too weak for his potions, but I am going into battle and require only his strongest potions to be successful. Potion seller seems to have no respect for knights. If his potions are so strong, who is he selling to? I've half a mind to report this ruffian to the alchemist's guild... What must I say to get him to sell me his potions??? I am going into battle...", "c_root_id_A": "cx97c44", "c_root_id_B": "cx914jb", "created_at_utc_A": 1448217268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448205304.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Why should he give you his potions? You are clearly of the weakest beings", "human_ref_B": "What is this a reference to?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11964.0, "score_ratio": 1.15, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ttgur", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[PS] Are the potion seller's potions really that strong, or is he just a rascal? The potion seller refuses to sell me his strongest potions. He says I am too weak for his potions, but I am going into battle and require only his strongest potions to be successful. Potion seller seems to have no respect for knights. If his potions are so strong, who is he selling to? I've half a mind to report this ruffian to the alchemist's guild... What must I say to get him to sell me his potions??? I am going into battle...", "c_root_id_A": "cx9al5n", "c_root_id_B": "cx914jb", "created_at_utc_A": 1448222284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448205304.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I am sorry, traveler, but his potions are too strong for you. They will kill you. You must find a seller who sells weaker potions.", "human_ref_B": "What is this a reference to?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16980.0, "score_ratio": 1.15, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ttgur", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[PS] Are the potion seller's potions really that strong, or is he just a rascal? The potion seller refuses to sell me his strongest potions. He says I am too weak for his potions, but I am going into battle and require only his strongest potions to be successful. Potion seller seems to have no respect for knights. If his potions are so strong, who is he selling to? I've half a mind to report this ruffian to the alchemist's guild... What must I say to get him to sell me his potions??? I am going into battle...", "c_root_id_A": "cx9al5n", "c_root_id_B": "cx97oa4", "created_at_utc_A": 1448222284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448217794.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I am sorry, traveler, but his potions are too strong for you. They will kill you. You must find a seller who sells weaker potions.", "human_ref_B": "That shit's strong. It's like the time I smuggled sewer brew across the border...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4490.0, "score_ratio": 3.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ttgur", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[PS] Are the potion seller's potions really that strong, or is he just a rascal? The potion seller refuses to sell me his strongest potions. He says I am too weak for his potions, but I am going into battle and require only his strongest potions to be successful. Potion seller seems to have no respect for knights. If his potions are so strong, who is he selling to? I've half a mind to report this ruffian to the alchemist's guild... What must I say to get him to sell me his potions??? I am going into battle...", "c_root_id_A": "cx9ve7l", "c_root_id_B": "cxa0h18", "created_at_utc_A": 1448256739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448273984.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What the hell is this in reference to?", "human_ref_B": "PS? Potion Seller? What is? Edit: ooooookay. Someone else posted a link. Whelp. Props for the most obscure universe.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17245.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0dbnux", "c_root_id_B": "d0dbd0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1456414761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456414308.0, "score_A": 132, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "For loyalist marines their genitalia are actually very small, they are weapons of war and genitalia are not useful for that. To my knowledge space marines don't actually feel lust or desire romance / sex. As for Chaos... Well the less you think about it the less likely I am to execute you.", "human_ref_B": "They might not have genetalia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 453.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ddwp0", "c_root_id_B": "d0dcjpm", "created_at_utc_A": 1456417962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456416060.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "Implant #3 the Biscopea is basically a non-stop source of steroids, which will cause junk shrinkage. However I would like to think that the emperor would have given humanities finest warriors a little more dignity than that, and I'll vote that implant #19 the Black carapace turns it into something that could be used to club orcs to death.", "human_ref_B": "They may or may not be effected by the augmentation procedures, in the end it doesn't really matter because Space Marines have basically zero sex drive. I think the same goes for chaos marines exept maybe some slaneeshi marines who have engorged sexual organs for *maximum* debauchery. There might also be a couple of nurgalite marines who's genitalia are swollen with some form of space aids or another. So overall I guess chaos marines might have larger genitalia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1902.0, "score_ratio": 1.0652173913, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0dcu2f", "c_root_id_B": "d0ddwp0", "created_at_utc_A": 1456416472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456417962.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "I not sure about larger, but those of followers of slaanesh are certianly stranger.", "human_ref_B": "Implant #3 the Biscopea is basically a non-stop source of steroids, which will cause junk shrinkage. However I would like to think that the emperor would have given humanities finest warriors a little more dignity than that, and I'll vote that implant #19 the Black carapace turns it into something that could be used to club orcs to death.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1490.0, "score_ratio": 3.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ddwp0", "c_root_id_B": "d0dbd0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1456417962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456414308.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Implant #3 the Biscopea is basically a non-stop source of steroids, which will cause junk shrinkage. However I would like to think that the emperor would have given humanities finest warriors a little more dignity than that, and I'll vote that implant #19 the Black carapace turns it into something that could be used to club orcs to death.", "human_ref_B": "They might not have genetalia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3654.0, "score_ratio": 4.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ddwp0", "c_root_id_B": "d0dc3hk", "created_at_utc_A": 1456417962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456415408.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Implant #3 the Biscopea is basically a non-stop source of steroids, which will cause junk shrinkage. However I would like to think that the emperor would have given humanities finest warriors a little more dignity than that, and I'll vote that implant #19 the Black carapace turns it into something that could be used to club orcs to death.", "human_ref_B": "Wow. I'm never going to play this game in the same way again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2554.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0dcjpm", "c_root_id_B": "d0dbd0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1456416060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456414308.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "They may or may not be effected by the augmentation procedures, in the end it doesn't really matter because Space Marines have basically zero sex drive. I think the same goes for chaos marines exept maybe some slaneeshi marines who have engorged sexual organs for *maximum* debauchery. There might also be a couple of nurgalite marines who's genitalia are swollen with some form of space aids or another. So overall I guess chaos marines might have larger genitalia.", "human_ref_B": "They might not have genetalia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1752.0, "score_ratio": 3.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0dcjpm", "c_root_id_B": "d0dc3hk", "created_at_utc_A": 1456416060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456415408.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They may or may not be effected by the augmentation procedures, in the end it doesn't really matter because Space Marines have basically zero sex drive. I think the same goes for chaos marines exept maybe some slaneeshi marines who have engorged sexual organs for *maximum* debauchery. There might also be a couple of nurgalite marines who's genitalia are swollen with some form of space aids or another. So overall I guess chaos marines might have larger genitalia.", "human_ref_B": "Wow. I'm never going to play this game in the same way again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 652.0, "score_ratio": 6.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0dcu2f", "c_root_id_B": "d0dbd0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1456416472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456414308.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I not sure about larger, but those of followers of slaanesh are certianly stranger.", "human_ref_B": "They might not have genetalia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2164.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0dc3hk", "c_root_id_B": "d0dcu2f", "created_at_utc_A": 1456415408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456416472.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Wow. I'm never going to play this game in the same way again.", "human_ref_B": "I not sure about larger, but those of followers of slaanesh are certianly stranger.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1064.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0dqz9b", "c_root_id_B": "d0dbd0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1456435029.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456414308.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "If you want a true and canon answer then disregard utterly what most people here are saying. Because the only truth is: we do not know because the books do not tackle the subject at all.", "human_ref_B": "They might not have genetalia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20721.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0dqz9b", "c_root_id_B": "d0dc3hk", "created_at_utc_A": 1456435029.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456415408.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "If you want a true and canon answer then disregard utterly what most people here are saying. Because the only truth is: we do not know because the books do not tackle the subject at all.", "human_ref_B": "Wow. I'm never going to play this game in the same way again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19621.0, "score_ratio": 2.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47jbpr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]. How big are Space Marine genetalia? Are Chaos Marines' bigger?", "c_root_id_A": "d0doci4", "c_root_id_B": "d0dqz9b", "created_at_utc_A": 1456431706.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456435029.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "In my headcanon they are hilariously small.", "human_ref_B": "If you want a true and canon answer then disregard utterly what most people here are saying. Because the only truth is: we do not know because the books do not tackle the subject at all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3323.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4n1fcv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What do people think it is the \"41st millenium\" since? Why do they suppose their calendar starts at 1 AD if they don't really know who Jesus is?", "c_root_id_A": "d40rbpf", "c_root_id_B": "d40rwv1", "created_at_utc_A": 1465387815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465389052.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's my pet theory that it's not A.D. and that all 40K happened in the past. Note todays lack of anything magical, warp related, or to do with souls. My theory is that Chaos was killed at the cost of losing everyone's souls and creating a purely mundane reality where concepts like \"good\" and \"evil\" no longer make sense.", "human_ref_B": "Even before the Imperium was created the calendar has been going on for tens of thousands of years already. There was no reason to do anything about it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1237.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4n1fcv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What do people think it is the \"41st millenium\" since? Why do they suppose their calendar starts at 1 AD if they don't really know who Jesus is?", "c_root_id_A": "d40rbpf", "c_root_id_B": "d41835o", "created_at_utc_A": 1465387815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465410894.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's my pet theory that it's not A.D. and that all 40K happened in the past. Note todays lack of anything magical, warp related, or to do with souls. My theory is that Chaos was killed at the cost of losing everyone's souls and creating a purely mundane reality where concepts like \"good\" and \"evil\" no longer make sense.", "human_ref_B": "Why wouldn't they think it was the start of the first calendar? I mean it's got to start somewhere and the most obvious reason to call a year 0 or 1 would be that it was the first year that they started using it. With the state of knowledge in the 41st millenium, do they even have any records left about 1 AD?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23079.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1k12gt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] When the Star Child is reborn, what's to stop it being born as something other than human? Why not a more worthy race- like, say, the Tau?", "c_root_id_A": "cbk9mbx", "c_root_id_B": "cbkan5e", "created_at_utc_A": 1376062098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1376064764.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "The Emperor's soul could never die, even when his body has decayed and passed. The living psychic soul of the Emperor is so powerful that it will transform itself into any physical being that it wishes to be, but the Emperor transforming into a Tau would probably be the best thing to happen to the galaxy in a long time.", "human_ref_B": "First, it's \"if,\" not \"when,\" the Star Child is born. It is but one theory of many about what would happen if the Emperor's physical body were to perish. But for the sake of this discussion let us say that the Star Child theory is the correct one. There are several reasons why the Emperor would be reborn as a human. 1) According to the Star Child doctrine (considered heretical but I have full license to explore all heresies), when the Emperor is on the verge of death, all the Sensei (the Emperor's supposed descendants) will be sacrificed in his presense, and the Emperor will be reborn. Furthermore, this theory posits that the Emperor is forming a Warp presence (the Star Child) which will be remarried to his body. So according to the doctrine, the Emperor will be renewed--not reborn in a new body. So human it is. 2) The Emperor considers no race more worthy than humans! His entire existence, over 50 millenia, has been dedicated to helping, guiding, and protecting humanity. He has no other goals! Why would he abandon the race he came from and has dedicated his entire super-long life to guiding? 3) The Emperor is a powerful psyker (to make an extreme understatement) and has a great connection to the Warp as a result. Furthermore, if the Star Child theory is correct, he is also building an entire powerful entity in the Warp. So the Emperor would not be able to take on the form of a Tau, because they have no connection to the Immaterium at all. They are Warp-blind, with no psykers or navigators or anything. Likewise, he would not be able to inhabit an Ork body (they have their own psychic field instead of the Warp) or a Necron or C'Tan (no warp abilities either). In conclusion, the Emperor would never become a Tau because he is dedicated to humanity and because Tau are Warp-blind.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2666.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "84db3w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] what if the Empire managed to find all of the lost Standard Template Constructs (STCs), how would that change things? One more question as well. * Is Warhammer Fantasy considered to be in the historical past of Warhammer 40K?", "c_root_id_A": "dvp47jh", "c_root_id_B": "dvp15ti", "created_at_utc_A": 1521051234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521048598.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "The question has been asked many times (it's essentially the premiere \"what if humanity hadn't fucked itself over\" question), and there are many excellent answers in past threads, but in brief: a complete STC, Standard Template Construct**or**, is an automated AI-run factory that can input the particular needs of a planet, system, mission etc and output the products or blueprints required, based on locally available resources. These systems were used by humanity to colonize the stars: each colonization mission brought its STCs with it, and they made the best use of local resources to enable the colony to prosper without relying too much on help from outside. A complete STC would contain technology that could completely revolutionize the Imperium. Very nearly all of Imperial technology is STC tech half-understood, cobbled together as best as the Imperium can, and often repurposed from its original function. For example, Terminator Armor (a grade of power armor much tougher and more power than usual, reserved for highly trained Space Marine veterans) is a repurposing of STC plasma reactor suits. Imperial Titans are considered holy constructs and are extremely rare; during the Dark Age of Technology, every planetary defense force sported multiple titan-class walkers as a matter of routine. All the fabulous lost technology would be once again available, and more. There would cures for every illness (the Panacea), starships that fire tachyon bursts to shift enemies back in time so they get hit instead of dodging your shot, and the average soldier could be equipped with weapons and armor that are considered extremely rare and precious in the current Imperium Would that save it? eh, hard to tell. Whoever discovered the intact STC would trigger something very close to a civil war over ownership. Chaos would get immensely interested. The power flowing from it might upend Imperial institutions. The chances of it going to major shit are actually really really high.", "human_ref_B": "How that would play out- 1) Find complete STC 2) Exploit complete STC 3) Discover the hard way that said STC was corrupted by both the Men of Iron *and* Chaos... 4) Universe gets crappier.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2636.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q6ybtz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[40k] Do Space Marines Age? Title According to some novels, it\u2019s implied Space Marines are immoral unless killed but that\u2019s not exactly the case and a number of marines are known to be quite elderly, Marnius Calgar for one seems to be at least in his mid 50s - from my opinion anyway, whereas Sigismond who is 1,000 solar years was fairly old at the time of his death as well. However Dante who is around 1,300 years old still looks fairly good, outside of fanart. So my question is can marines still die of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "hgf8d0k", "c_root_id_B": "hgf3oja", "created_at_utc_A": 1634084380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634082194.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "They do age When Perturabo and the Iron Warriors went up against the Hrud, the Hrud's temporal field prematurely aged the Space Marines to death while causing discomfort to Perturabo", "human_ref_B": "They are not immortal, they're just.. They're not really human anymore. They certainly age, but they're essentially a different species with a much longer lifespan.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2186.0, "score_ratio": 1.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q6ybtz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[40k] Do Space Marines Age? Title According to some novels, it\u2019s implied Space Marines are immoral unless killed but that\u2019s not exactly the case and a number of marines are known to be quite elderly, Marnius Calgar for one seems to be at least in his mid 50s - from my opinion anyway, whereas Sigismond who is 1,000 solar years was fairly old at the time of his death as well. However Dante who is around 1,300 years old still looks fairly good, outside of fanart. So my question is can marines still die of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "hgf8d0k", "c_root_id_B": "hgf4czp", "created_at_utc_A": 1634084380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634082507.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "They do age When Perturabo and the Iron Warriors went up against the Hrud, the Hrud's temporal field prematurely aged the Space Marines to death while causing discomfort to Perturabo", "human_ref_B": "Space Marines age, but not the way normal humans age. older space marines get a little slower, but that's like calling an Olympic Sprinter \"slow\" when they're only running 100m dash in 10 seconds instead of 9.5 seconds. So their bodies do age. Just really slowly. They also don't suffer the effects of age where organs can just stop, or hormone levels change, you start loosing calcium, etc... So, barring death from unnatural causes (ie, warfare) space marines will stay functional as long as their body is not destroyed or maimed in some way. And even then there are augmentics, and dreadnaught entombment to keep a space marine going. Most aged space marines get relegated to training scout and initiates. As their age does make them slower, they can be considered in some high combat situations a liability on Front Line work, where younger space marines will operate at peak", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1873.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q6ybtz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[40k] Do Space Marines Age? Title According to some novels, it\u2019s implied Space Marines are immoral unless killed but that\u2019s not exactly the case and a number of marines are known to be quite elderly, Marnius Calgar for one seems to be at least in his mid 50s - from my opinion anyway, whereas Sigismond who is 1,000 solar years was fairly old at the time of his death as well. However Dante who is around 1,300 years old still looks fairly good, outside of fanart. So my question is can marines still die of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "hggg3jh", "c_root_id_B": "hgg6p98", "created_at_utc_A": 1634108747.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634101677.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Space Marines do age, but there is no known upper limit to their life span due to the fact that as soon as age starts taking a toll they are killed in battle as a result.", "human_ref_B": "While space marines definitely do age, it's unclear whether they can actually die from old age. One of the Iron Warriors (Dantioch I think) was aged around 3000 years by Hrud weaponry but didn't immediately die as a result. It's also unclear whether or not Primaris space marines age, as they've only been around 100 or so years. If they do, I imagine it would be a lot slower than even regular space marines, since they have half of the Immortis glands which, judging by the name, seems to be responsible for granting the Primarchs their true immortality.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7070.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q6ybtz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[40k] Do Space Marines Age? Title According to some novels, it\u2019s implied Space Marines are immoral unless killed but that\u2019s not exactly the case and a number of marines are known to be quite elderly, Marnius Calgar for one seems to be at least in his mid 50s - from my opinion anyway, whereas Sigismond who is 1,000 solar years was fairly old at the time of his death as well. However Dante who is around 1,300 years old still looks fairly good, outside of fanart. So my question is can marines still die of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "hgg6p98", "c_root_id_B": "hgghi54", "created_at_utc_A": 1634101677.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634109961.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "While space marines definitely do age, it's unclear whether they can actually die from old age. One of the Iron Warriors (Dantioch I think) was aged around 3000 years by Hrud weaponry but didn't immediately die as a result. It's also unclear whether or not Primaris space marines age, as they've only been around 100 or so years. If they do, I imagine it would be a lot slower than even regular space marines, since they have half of the Immortis glands which, judging by the name, seems to be responsible for granting the Primarchs their true immortality.", "human_ref_B": "Even primarchs age. Horus went on a journey in the warp that was ages for him while only seconds passed on the outside,and he came back looking noticbly older. Iirc he then directly healed that with the new chaos powers he had gotten, but he definitly did age. Abbadon notices that he has a few wrinkles and such.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8284.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q6ybtz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[40k] Do Space Marines Age? Title According to some novels, it\u2019s implied Space Marines are immoral unless killed but that\u2019s not exactly the case and a number of marines are known to be quite elderly, Marnius Calgar for one seems to be at least in his mid 50s - from my opinion anyway, whereas Sigismond who is 1,000 solar years was fairly old at the time of his death as well. However Dante who is around 1,300 years old still looks fairly good, outside of fanart. So my question is can marines still die of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "hgg6p98", "c_root_id_B": "hghb59o", "created_at_utc_A": 1634101677.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634131692.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "While space marines definitely do age, it's unclear whether they can actually die from old age. One of the Iron Warriors (Dantioch I think) was aged around 3000 years by Hrud weaponry but didn't immediately die as a result. It's also unclear whether or not Primaris space marines age, as they've only been around 100 or so years. If they do, I imagine it would be a lot slower than even regular space marines, since they have half of the Immortis glands which, judging by the name, seems to be responsible for granting the Primarchs their true immortality.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to all the other responses a good example is Dante of the Blood Angel's. He's over 1500 years old and still slapping Tyranid ass till they get off his lawn.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30015.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q6ybtz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[40k] Do Space Marines Age? Title According to some novels, it\u2019s implied Space Marines are immoral unless killed but that\u2019s not exactly the case and a number of marines are known to be quite elderly, Marnius Calgar for one seems to be at least in his mid 50s - from my opinion anyway, whereas Sigismond who is 1,000 solar years was fairly old at the time of his death as well. However Dante who is around 1,300 years old still looks fairly good, outside of fanart. So my question is can marines still die of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "hggj3of", "c_root_id_B": "hghb59o", "created_at_utc_A": 1634111409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634131692.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pronably is the only awnser ...its never been allowed to just occur Theres are plenty of very old space marines but they are all still active badasses!", "human_ref_B": "In addition to all the other responses a good example is Dante of the Blood Angel's. He's over 1500 years old and still slapping Tyranid ass till they get off his lawn.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20283.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q6ybtz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[40k] Do Space Marines Age? Title According to some novels, it\u2019s implied Space Marines are immoral unless killed but that\u2019s not exactly the case and a number of marines are known to be quite elderly, Marnius Calgar for one seems to be at least in his mid 50s - from my opinion anyway, whereas Sigismond who is 1,000 solar years was fairly old at the time of his death as well. However Dante who is around 1,300 years old still looks fairly good, outside of fanart. So my question is can marines still die of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "hgj2jj6", "c_root_id_B": "hgg6p98", "created_at_utc_A": 1634157650.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634101677.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IIRC in one of the Salamander novels there was a Space Marine who was approximately 10k years old. Decrepit and atrophied, but still alive.", "human_ref_B": "While space marines definitely do age, it's unclear whether they can actually die from old age. One of the Iron Warriors (Dantioch I think) was aged around 3000 years by Hrud weaponry but didn't immediately die as a result. It's also unclear whether or not Primaris space marines age, as they've only been around 100 or so years. If they do, I imagine it would be a lot slower than even regular space marines, since they have half of the Immortis glands which, judging by the name, seems to be responsible for granting the Primarchs their true immortality.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 55973.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q6ybtz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[40k] Do Space Marines Age? Title According to some novels, it\u2019s implied Space Marines are immoral unless killed but that\u2019s not exactly the case and a number of marines are known to be quite elderly, Marnius Calgar for one seems to be at least in his mid 50s - from my opinion anyway, whereas Sigismond who is 1,000 solar years was fairly old at the time of his death as well. However Dante who is around 1,300 years old still looks fairly good, outside of fanart. So my question is can marines still die of old age?", "c_root_id_A": "hggj3of", "c_root_id_B": "hgj2jj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1634111409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1634157650.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Pronably is the only awnser ...its never been allowed to just occur Theres are plenty of very old space marines but they are all still active badasses!", "human_ref_B": "IIRC in one of the Salamander novels there was a Space Marine who was approximately 10k years old. Decrepit and atrophied, but still alive.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46241.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ikv1u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How educated or intelligent is each Space Marine? While the Space Marine chapters are one of, if not the best fighting force humanity has at their disposal. How educated is each individual marine? As the forms of recruitment seem to only test for purely for physical ability and strength as opposed to how mentally intellectual they are. Eg. Flesh Tearers recruiting nomads from a death world, Black Templars recruiting exemplar combatants they come across, other chapters recruiting survivors of fights to the death in blood trials, etc. After recruitment the marines serve as scouts and than later on in a standard fighting company if lucky enough. Are they educated on the universe in any of these processes? Would the average space marine know what the inquisition is and how it runs, the general politics surrounding relevant events, how the imperium is run, the known info on other races, detailed info on the warp, etc. Or are they more just rank and file on a need to know basis?", "c_root_id_A": "cuhcgiy", "c_root_id_B": "cuhcj25", "created_at_utc_A": 1440676137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1440676337.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "It depends upon the Space Marine chapter. As you mentioned different chapters have different recruiting methods so obviously a chapter that recruits solely from say a feudal deathworld is going to see its own nature reflect that of its recruits. While all Space Marines would obviously be proficient in all things martial and the various strengths and weaknesses of their enemies that requires a certain amount of education. However in non-martial aspects of learning? It yet again depends on the chapter in question. Roboute Gulliman envisioned his Ultramarines as the builders and leaders of the future Imperium where once the need for war had passed (LoL) they would become administrators, teachers, artists and poets. This meant the Ultramarines at the time would have had a wide ranging education to better prepare them to this new role, I imagine that some of that learning has remained in the present day. Also Chapters like the Blood Ravens whose motto is \"knowledge is power\" would tend to be well read even if only to discover the location of relics to be retrieved for the glory of the Emperor.", "human_ref_B": "> How educated is each individual marine? I really hope you don't want us to take that literally.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 200.0, "score_ratio": 1.0384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vj2kd6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] Why does the Adeptus Mechanicus keep waking up the Necrons? You'd think that after the second or third or 400th time they get obliterated whenever they wake up the Necrons, (even after being told not to do so, *especially* by Ciaphas Cain, (***HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!***) who absolutely knows better than to do this) they'd adopt the policy of, well, NOT waking them up.", "c_root_id_A": "idgjwa9", "c_root_id_B": "idh125b", "created_at_utc_A": 1656007732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1656014796.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "You don't understand how their thought processes work \"Here is archaeotech. There will be consequences for removing it. Better start removing it.\"", "human_ref_B": "Tech-Aquisitor Scaevola can answer that question!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7064.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hxb4ep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Team Fortress 2] How does overheal work? For anyone who hasn't played the game, medics can heal their teammates up to 150% of their maximum health. This overheal gradually fades when not being healed, and cannot be gained from medkits or dispensers. So from an in-universe perspective, how does that actually work? That you can take just a bit more damage than usual, but the effect dissipates rapidly. My first thought would be it's representing some lingering healing effects, but that wouldn't explain how you can survive damage that would normally be instantly lethal, at which point healing wouldn't help.", "c_root_id_A": "fz5l7lm", "c_root_id_B": "fz5oi7q", "created_at_utc_A": 1595641295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1595643245.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It's the effect of being saturated with the medigun's energy - being harmed while that charge is still present in you will result in an instant heal.", "human_ref_B": "It's a side effect of the \"ubercharge\" heart implant the Medic put into all of the mercs; he's pumping healing energy into them, a certain amount of which gets absorbed into the implant. Once he aims the beam elsewhere, the amount the implant absorbed continues to influence the body, but fades rapidly without regular input, until returning to baseline health.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1950.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ke4t7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[LOTR] Is there any advantage to being human instead of an elf other than the whole dying and not getting stuck in the Halls of Mandos? Are humans better in any physical or mental trait compared to elves?", "c_root_id_A": "djlf5a1", "c_root_id_B": "djld32b", "created_at_utc_A": 1498808124.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498803234.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Humans adapt and change. Elves stagnate.", "human_ref_B": "Free will.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4890.0, "score_ratio": 3.6428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ke4t7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[LOTR] Is there any advantage to being human instead of an elf other than the whole dying and not getting stuck in the Halls of Mandos? Are humans better in any physical or mental trait compared to elves?", "c_root_id_A": "djlg2q0", "c_root_id_B": "djld32b", "created_at_utc_A": 1498810525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498803234.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Humans have free will. The elves and the gods are bound by fate. Humans have a fate, but they can just elect to ignore it and fuck around if they want too It was aragorns fate to become king, but if he wanted too, he could have stayed his life as a ranger", "human_ref_B": "Free will.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7291.0, "score_ratio": 3.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "415s2e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[LOTR] Were Numenoreans exceptional in any other way besides being taller and living longer than the average human? Whenever Aragorn is brought up on the WhoWouldWin subreddit, it is always mentioned that he is somehow super human in abilities. I know the guy fought could fight for days at a time and ran for days after those orcs, but is there any textual evidence of Numenoreans being somehow super human aside from being tall and living longer?", "c_root_id_A": "cz047tx", "c_root_id_B": "cz002yr", "created_at_utc_A": 1452920681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452912312.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Numenoreans were simply better at everything than normal men. They were better builders, sailors, craftsmen, soldiers and healers. Along with that, they had the added benefit of being taller and stronger, living much longer (200-400 years at their height), being immune to sickness, being able to survive wounds that would kill normal men, being able to go long distances without resting and having better senses in general. Most of those abilities gradually weakened as time went on, accelerating as the Numenoreans turned their backs on the Valar. For example, in the last couple hundred years of Numenor's existence, they lost their immunity to sickness and Numenorean royalty barely lived past 220 (down from once living up to 400 years). Numenoreans became stronger again once Elendil's line started ruling Gondor and Arnor, but Elendil was exceptional (he was nearly 8 feet tall and was over 300 when he died). His descendants began to gradually decline again, partly due to the remaining Numenoreans mixing their blood with normal humans. People like Boromir and Faramir have Numenorean blood, but aren't pure Numenoreans by any means. By the time of LOTR, very few of them still exist (Aragorn being one of them). Aragorn is not as strong as Numenoreans were at their height, but he's much stronger in comparison to most men during the LOTR. He's not superhuman by any means, but he's definitely much harder to kill than your average human. Whereas your average human soldier would get overwhelmed fighting multiple orcs, Aragorn could likely fight 10+ and win fairly easily.", "human_ref_B": "To give you some thought as to how strong an old-blood Numenorean could be, Gil-galad and Elendil fought and defeated Sauron at the cost of their lives. When he had the ring. That's one elf lord and one Numenorean.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8369.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "415s2e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[LOTR] Were Numenoreans exceptional in any other way besides being taller and living longer than the average human? Whenever Aragorn is brought up on the WhoWouldWin subreddit, it is always mentioned that he is somehow super human in abilities. I know the guy fought could fight for days at a time and ran for days after those orcs, but is there any textual evidence of Numenoreans being somehow super human aside from being tall and living longer?", "c_root_id_A": "cz047tx", "c_root_id_B": "cyzy5ds", "created_at_utc_A": 1452920681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452908758.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Numenoreans were simply better at everything than normal men. They were better builders, sailors, craftsmen, soldiers and healers. Along with that, they had the added benefit of being taller and stronger, living much longer (200-400 years at their height), being immune to sickness, being able to survive wounds that would kill normal men, being able to go long distances without resting and having better senses in general. Most of those abilities gradually weakened as time went on, accelerating as the Numenoreans turned their backs on the Valar. For example, in the last couple hundred years of Numenor's existence, they lost their immunity to sickness and Numenorean royalty barely lived past 220 (down from once living up to 400 years). Numenoreans became stronger again once Elendil's line started ruling Gondor and Arnor, but Elendil was exceptional (he was nearly 8 feet tall and was over 300 when he died). His descendants began to gradually decline again, partly due to the remaining Numenoreans mixing their blood with normal humans. People like Boromir and Faramir have Numenorean blood, but aren't pure Numenoreans by any means. By the time of LOTR, very few of them still exist (Aragorn being one of them). Aragorn is not as strong as Numenoreans were at their height, but he's much stronger in comparison to most men during the LOTR. He's not superhuman by any means, but he's definitely much harder to kill than your average human. Whereas your average human soldier would get overwhelmed fighting multiple orcs, Aragorn could likely fight 10+ and win fairly easily.", "human_ref_B": "There were all the feats of the Numenorians that would suggest the more skilled ones can match elves for agility and strength.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11923.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "415s2e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[LOTR] Were Numenoreans exceptional in any other way besides being taller and living longer than the average human? Whenever Aragorn is brought up on the WhoWouldWin subreddit, it is always mentioned that he is somehow super human in abilities. I know the guy fought could fight for days at a time and ran for days after those orcs, but is there any textual evidence of Numenoreans being somehow super human aside from being tall and living longer?", "c_root_id_A": "cz02nth", "c_root_id_B": "cz047tx", "created_at_utc_A": 1452917348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452920681.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "He kept up with elves where most men would tire. Also his bloodline /race were given these long lives as a gift from the gods for fighting in the last alliance so im sure a few other benefits came with.", "human_ref_B": "Numenoreans were simply better at everything than normal men. They were better builders, sailors, craftsmen, soldiers and healers. Along with that, they had the added benefit of being taller and stronger, living much longer (200-400 years at their height), being immune to sickness, being able to survive wounds that would kill normal men, being able to go long distances without resting and having better senses in general. Most of those abilities gradually weakened as time went on, accelerating as the Numenoreans turned their backs on the Valar. For example, in the last couple hundred years of Numenor's existence, they lost their immunity to sickness and Numenorean royalty barely lived past 220 (down from once living up to 400 years). Numenoreans became stronger again once Elendil's line started ruling Gondor and Arnor, but Elendil was exceptional (he was nearly 8 feet tall and was over 300 when he died). His descendants began to gradually decline again, partly due to the remaining Numenoreans mixing their blood with normal humans. People like Boromir and Faramir have Numenorean blood, but aren't pure Numenoreans by any means. By the time of LOTR, very few of them still exist (Aragorn being one of them). Aragorn is not as strong as Numenoreans were at their height, but he's much stronger in comparison to most men during the LOTR. He's not superhuman by any means, but he's definitely much harder to kill than your average human. Whereas your average human soldier would get overwhelmed fighting multiple orcs, Aragorn could likely fight 10+ and win fairly easily.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3333.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "415s2e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[LOTR] Were Numenoreans exceptional in any other way besides being taller and living longer than the average human? Whenever Aragorn is brought up on the WhoWouldWin subreddit, it is always mentioned that he is somehow super human in abilities. I know the guy fought could fight for days at a time and ran for days after those orcs, but is there any textual evidence of Numenoreans being somehow super human aside from being tall and living longer?", "c_root_id_A": "cz002yr", "c_root_id_B": "cyzy5ds", "created_at_utc_A": 1452912312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452908758.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "To give you some thought as to how strong an old-blood Numenorean could be, Gil-galad and Elendil fought and defeated Sauron at the cost of their lives. When he had the ring. That's one elf lord and one Numenorean.", "human_ref_B": "There were all the feats of the Numenorians that would suggest the more skilled ones can match elves for agility and strength.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3554.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9r97wv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[SW] Was Anakin really this much stupid to believe all of Palpatine's manipulations, or did he just really secretly want to know the dark side of the Force?", "c_root_id_A": "e8fliq6", "c_root_id_B": "e8fvbxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1540483974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540491769.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He wasn't stupid he was naive, and as others have said, desperate. He was in a really bad way, and Palps was offering a way out.", "human_ref_B": "Dude just wanted a father figure. The Jedi saw him like some tool they couldn't control, they barred him from seeing the only person this side of the Galaxy to show him any kindness (even obi wan was skeptical of him initially), and he's a former slave from some desert shithole who is now living in the ecumenopolic capital of the Galaxy starting his training way too late and he has no idea what is going on. Now there's some august senator who swoops in to take him under his wing, look out for his well being, gives him sage advice, seems to actually care about the man, and Anikin found the closest thing he's ever had to a dad. Then the Jedi tell him this guy is secretly evil the whole time and they have to kill him there and then, disarmed and wounded on the floor, no trial, street justice style. Palpatine never did anything to harm Anikin, never hurt him in anyway and now Mace wants to chop his head off because politics. Anikin made a decision in the heat of the moment to defend against this injustice, but after that his decision was concrete, he's palpatines son.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7795.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wpuqde", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[District 9] why did the alien fuel turn Wikus into an alien? I dont like the term \"prawn\" tbh", "c_root_id_A": "ikiwh0b", "c_root_id_B": "ikirm4e", "created_at_utc_A": 1660660977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660659009.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "There is a theory that all of the aliens were mutated by the fuel and they are more of a slave race. The actual people in charge are gone and let their workers just drift to Earth.", "human_ref_B": "The fuel is likely some sort of genetic altering fluid that reacts with something in the alien ships to produce thrust. This kind of fluid could theoretically be used in medical applications and when applied to living tissue, attempts to \"correct\" any abnormalities and convert \"damaged\" tissues into healthy alien tissues. If used on a human the fluid would attempt to convert the human tissues into healthy alien tissues.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1968.0, "score_ratio": 2.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wpuqde", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[District 9] why did the alien fuel turn Wikus into an alien? I dont like the term \"prawn\" tbh", "c_root_id_A": "ikj7fim", "c_root_id_B": "ikirm4e", "created_at_utc_A": 1660664998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660659009.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the fuel changed him to better survive the conditions on a generation ship. Or maybe it was some kind of repair fluid that interpreted his human DNA as \u201cwrong.\u201d Those are the only two theories I\u2019ve heard", "human_ref_B": "The fuel is likely some sort of genetic altering fluid that reacts with something in the alien ships to produce thrust. This kind of fluid could theoretically be used in medical applications and when applied to living tissue, attempts to \"correct\" any abnormalities and convert \"damaged\" tissues into healthy alien tissues. If used on a human the fluid would attempt to convert the human tissues into healthy alien tissues.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5989.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wpuqde", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[District 9] why did the alien fuel turn Wikus into an alien? I dont like the term \"prawn\" tbh", "c_root_id_A": "ikldmcl", "c_root_id_B": "ikkw0uy", "created_at_utc_A": 1660696117.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660688423.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I always assumed it wasn't fuel and they just got that wrong. I mean, they don't understand the aliens and they are testing their weapons so they don't really understand their technology either. As for \"prawn\" you're not supposed to like it, it's basically like the n-word but for aliens.", "human_ref_B": "It's a nanite repair fluid. It reacted with a human by 'fixing him' and turning him into a Prawn. It also fixes whatever was wrong with the mothership.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7694.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wpuqde", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[District 9] why did the alien fuel turn Wikus into an alien? I dont like the term \"prawn\" tbh", "c_root_id_A": "ikkmgwf", "c_root_id_B": "ikldmcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1660684451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660696117.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I always guessed that they don't really look like that and they were contaminated when the ship broke down. It wouldn't really explain why the weapons worked for him though so I guess it's a flawed theory.", "human_ref_B": "I always assumed it wasn't fuel and they just got that wrong. I mean, they don't understand the aliens and they are testing their weapons so they don't really understand their technology either. As for \"prawn\" you're not supposed to like it, it's basically like the n-word but for aliens.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11666.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wpuqde", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[District 9] why did the alien fuel turn Wikus into an alien? I dont like the term \"prawn\" tbh", "c_root_id_A": "ikkmgwf", "c_root_id_B": "ikkw0uy", "created_at_utc_A": 1660684451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660688423.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I always guessed that they don't really look like that and they were contaminated when the ship broke down. It wouldn't really explain why the weapons worked for him though so I guess it's a flawed theory.", "human_ref_B": "It's a nanite repair fluid. It reacted with a human by 'fixing him' and turning him into a Prawn. It also fixes whatever was wrong with the mothership.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3972.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wpuqde", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[District 9] why did the alien fuel turn Wikus into an alien? I dont like the term \"prawn\" tbh", "c_root_id_A": "ikkmgwf", "c_root_id_B": "ikmc2ce", "created_at_utc_A": 1660684451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660713273.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I always guessed that they don't really look like that and they were contaminated when the ship broke down. It wouldn't really explain why the weapons worked for him though so I guess it's a flawed theory.", "human_ref_B": "The royal jelly transforms a regular worker bee into a queen bee. Maybe this was a loosely similar concept, regarding the fuel being able to transform an intelligent worker biped into a Prawn.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28822.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a2o4ug", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Resident Evil 4] Why is it that normal villagers leave behind bullets everywhere even though they don't use guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eb097dp", "c_root_id_B": "eb09mxg", "created_at_utc_A": 1543854253.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1543854582.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It's not the villagers, it's the merchant trying to drum up business. The Ganados have no use for bullets, so they put them in barrels and boxes, but the Merchant keeps on trying, bless him.", "human_ref_B": "Osmund Saddler was planning to infect the President's daughter with the parasite so that he could send her back home and have her infect the President. To facilitate this, he intentionally set Leon up to be able to 'rescue' her, by distributing small arms ammunition for the populace to store in their pockets. Consequently, Leon would find himself 'infiltrating' the village while reporting back about it from time to time. Unfortunately for Saddler, there was a lot of outside influence, as well as Luis, throwing constant wrenches into his master plan.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 329.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9e4b13", "c_root_id_B": "d9e504d", "created_at_utc_A": 1477847545.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477848458.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "well, the scientists could leak secrets(or biological agents)if they were allowed off-site, and a mansion looks wayyyyyy less conspicuous than a bunch of barracks, and easier to secure. plus, I think the mansion was already there, so it made sense. the traps and security measures are to make sure nobody gets in or out.", "human_ref_B": "Listen man. You work for the most weird company ever conceived. They thought that making a highly contagious virus that turns people into unstoppable killing machines was a good idea on more than one occasion. They pumped a girl full of god-knows-what for several decades until she was immune to nearly every weapon and then got surprised when she went on a rampage. And above all else Umbrella is run by a man in a victorian dress who think's he's his sister. You really shouldn't question things. That's how you get noticed and getting noticed in Umbrella is really bad.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 913.0, "score_ratio": 2.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9eephb", "c_root_id_B": "d9eforr", "created_at_utc_A": 1477860783.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477862053.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The mansion was already there. The building of the facility underneath was a complicated tax scam and a way to avoid union contracts for construction. It made fiscal sense at the time.", "human_ref_B": "That is not what happened. Ozwell Spencer was one of the three directors of Umbrella. He is the one who ordered the mansion. It wasn't proposed by someone in middle management and approved from on high - it was ordered by the guy in charge. And he did it because he's, ahem, eccentric.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1270.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9eforr", "c_root_id_B": "d9e88oj", "created_at_utc_A": 1477862053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477852641.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "That is not what happened. Ozwell Spencer was one of the three directors of Umbrella. He is the one who ordered the mansion. It wasn't proposed by someone in middle management and approved from on high - it was ordered by the guy in charge. And he did it because he's, ahem, eccentric.", "human_ref_B": "Question for your question Dosent umbrella own a cabin in the woods with the SCP foundation under it too? Umbrella likes to be weird. Let em be weird", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9412.0, "score_ratio": 12000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9e88oj", "c_root_id_B": "d9eephb", "created_at_utc_A": 1477852641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477860783.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Question for your question Dosent umbrella own a cabin in the woods with the SCP foundation under it too? Umbrella likes to be weird. Let em be weird", "human_ref_B": "The mansion was already there. The building of the facility underneath was a complicated tax scam and a way to avoid union contracts for construction. It made fiscal sense at the time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8142.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9e88oj", "c_root_id_B": "d9eq6fi", "created_at_utc_A": 1477852641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477876226.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Question for your question Dosent umbrella own a cabin in the woods with the SCP foundation under it too? Umbrella likes to be weird. Let em be weird", "human_ref_B": "Yeah it was going to be a reality show but halfway through we said fuck it and just made a complicated entry and exit to the secret facility.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23585.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9e88oj", "c_root_id_B": "d9etcxt", "created_at_utc_A": 1477852641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477880420.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Question for your question Dosent umbrella own a cabin in the woods with the SCP foundation under it too? Umbrella likes to be weird. Let em be weird", "human_ref_B": "You've probably already a few dozen laws and the Geneva Convention just by drawing a paycheck from them, so a building like that can help slow down the police whenever they inevitably decide to bust you. You can't use evidence if they die trying to get it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27779.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9exu1l", "c_root_id_B": "d9e88oj", "created_at_utc_A": 1477886694.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477852641.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The police station also had traps and puzzles so maybe people just like traps and puzzles", "human_ref_B": "Question for your question Dosent umbrella own a cabin in the woods with the SCP foundation under it too? Umbrella likes to be weird. Let em be weird", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34053.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9e88oj", "c_root_id_B": "d9f4ndz", "created_at_utc_A": 1477852641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477905924.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Question for your question Dosent umbrella own a cabin in the woods with the SCP foundation under it too? Umbrella likes to be weird. Let em be weird", "human_ref_B": "listen, you got a few millions left in your budget. If you don't use it all, you get less next year. Not like there are anything better to spend the Money on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 53283.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5a6uxx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Resident Evil] As an Ubrella corperation executive, why should I authorize the building of an elaborate mansion full of traps and puzzles on top of our secret research facility? couldn't we just plant trees on top of the damn thing?", "c_root_id_A": "d9e88oj", "c_root_id_B": "d9futuj", "created_at_utc_A": 1477852641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1477945098.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Question for your question Dosent umbrella own a cabin in the woods with the SCP foundation under it too? Umbrella likes to be weird. Let em be weird", "human_ref_B": "Hey, when the Mystery Machine pulls up outside the mansion, Umbrella is gonna be glad there's a whole house filled with distractions to keep those meddling kids from finding the research facility.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 92457.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7mohuc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Resident Evil] How bad was Raccoon City's crime rate that a specialised task force like S.T.A.R.S was needed? Was S.T.A.R.S going to be a much wider initiative that was prototyped in Raccoon City and, if successful be implemented across the U.S. or, was it underhandedly created by Umbrella for the eventuality of combat testing their B.O.Ws once ready. Also how bad was the U.S crime/terrorism rate in the RE universe that a specialised police squad consisting mainly of former military was needed?", "c_root_id_A": "drw1ro2", "c_root_id_B": "drvrshf", "created_at_utc_A": 1514512317.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514500173.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The thing with STARS is, it was all paid by the umbrella corp. There was never any real need for it, but when you propose a SWAT team like department for the city and offer to pay for it completely, nobody is going to stop you. Remember, Raccoon city and umbrella is about the same as a mining town that depends on that one mining company.", "human_ref_B": "S.T.A.R.S. was part of a \"rapid modernization\" initiative that was also responsible for a number of other high-tech developments within Raccoon City. While Umbrella was largely responsible for the prosperity of the town following the opening of the company in the 60s \u2014 the town was founded 10-20 years previously \u2014 Raccoon City was the victim of a localized economic recession, giving rise to local criminal issues beyond what the local pd can deal with. While then-mayor Warren Bright instituted the bright-21 program, Umbrella funded the development of a SWAT analogue with provisions for civilian officers \u2014 one can read between the lines and understand this allowed them to recommend non-military/police candidates to guide the direction of investigations that might involve Umbrella.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12144.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "klyqhf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Trek: Deep Space 9] Why did the Dominion use the Cardassians as cannon-fodder? During the Dominion War, the Cardassians revolted against the Dominion because Cardassian troops were essentially being used as meat-shields: sent in first to soak up fire and bloody the enemy, followed by the Breen or Jem'hadar to finish the job. Damar saw that Weyoun was essentially throwing Cardassian lives away for the Dominion's ends, and started the Cardassian resistance that helped secure an Alpha Quadrant victory. Isn't this kind of a poor way for the Dominion to implement the Cardassians in the first place? The Jem'hadar are not only better suited to being meat shields, they basically exist for it: both their foot soldiers and ships hit hard and are tough to bring down, and if they do get killed they'll just make more. The Dominion can't produce Cardassians the way they make Jem'hadar, why use up a finite resource wastefully when you can just send your infinite super-soldiers instead?", "c_root_id_A": "ghbq3eh", "c_root_id_B": "ghbu1d9", "created_at_utc_A": 1609189995.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609192067.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "because they didnt value the cardassians at all. the dominion cared about cardassia's strategic position near the wormhole. thats it. once they got shipyards and cloning facilities going and could make ships, vorta and jem'hadar in the alpha quadrant they REALLY didn't care about the cardassians. plus, sending them to die means they have fewer cardassians to worry about and fewer jem'hadar to replace. cardassia gets weaker and the dominion presence gets stronger, and eventually the dominion just takes over cardassia entirely.", "human_ref_B": "Along with what others have said about the change in power dynamics within the Dominion-Cardassian alliance, I believe that the Dominion was planning to exterminate the Cardassians anyway as soon as the war with the Federation was complete. We are shown and told many times throughout the show that those who resist the Dominion are exterminated. While the Cardassians later welcomed an alliance with the Dominion, the Obsidian Order (along with the Tal Shiar) had sent a fleet to destroy the home planet of the Founders. Such a crime could not be allowed to stand. The Cardassians being used as foot soldiers merely expedited their extermination and robbed them of those who might be capable of resisting once the Dominion was victorious.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2072.0, "score_ratio": 1.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "klyqhf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Trek: Deep Space 9] Why did the Dominion use the Cardassians as cannon-fodder? During the Dominion War, the Cardassians revolted against the Dominion because Cardassian troops were essentially being used as meat-shields: sent in first to soak up fire and bloody the enemy, followed by the Breen or Jem'hadar to finish the job. Damar saw that Weyoun was essentially throwing Cardassian lives away for the Dominion's ends, and started the Cardassian resistance that helped secure an Alpha Quadrant victory. Isn't this kind of a poor way for the Dominion to implement the Cardassians in the first place? The Jem'hadar are not only better suited to being meat shields, they basically exist for it: both their foot soldiers and ships hit hard and are tough to bring down, and if they do get killed they'll just make more. The Dominion can't produce Cardassians the way they make Jem'hadar, why use up a finite resource wastefully when you can just send your infinite super-soldiers instead?", "c_root_id_A": "ghbu1d9", "c_root_id_B": "ghbqol1", "created_at_utc_A": 1609192067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609190303.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Along with what others have said about the change in power dynamics within the Dominion-Cardassian alliance, I believe that the Dominion was planning to exterminate the Cardassians anyway as soon as the war with the Federation was complete. We are shown and told many times throughout the show that those who resist the Dominion are exterminated. While the Cardassians later welcomed an alliance with the Dominion, the Obsidian Order (along with the Tal Shiar) had sent a fleet to destroy the home planet of the Founders. Such a crime could not be allowed to stand. The Cardassians being used as foot soldiers merely expedited their extermination and robbed them of those who might be capable of resisting once the Dominion was victorious.", "human_ref_B": "The Founders view other life forms as expendable and meant to be thrown away. This is why the Vorta and Jem'hadar are all clones and are indoctrinated into this ideology. The Founders originally allied with the Cardassians to gain a foothold in the Alpha Quadrant. Since that purpose was fulfilled and a lot of the leadership was starting to show signs of splintering, they felt the best option was to use the Cardassians as fodder to get the most use out of them. If they won the war and the Cardassians stayed loyal, The Founders would commend them for their sacrifice. If the Cardassians broke their alliance then they'd be too weak to offer much of a fight.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1764.0, "score_ratio": 2.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "klyqhf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Trek: Deep Space 9] Why did the Dominion use the Cardassians as cannon-fodder? During the Dominion War, the Cardassians revolted against the Dominion because Cardassian troops were essentially being used as meat-shields: sent in first to soak up fire and bloody the enemy, followed by the Breen or Jem'hadar to finish the job. Damar saw that Weyoun was essentially throwing Cardassian lives away for the Dominion's ends, and started the Cardassian resistance that helped secure an Alpha Quadrant victory. Isn't this kind of a poor way for the Dominion to implement the Cardassians in the first place? The Jem'hadar are not only better suited to being meat shields, they basically exist for it: both their foot soldiers and ships hit hard and are tough to bring down, and if they do get killed they'll just make more. The Dominion can't produce Cardassians the way they make Jem'hadar, why use up a finite resource wastefully when you can just send your infinite super-soldiers instead?", "c_root_id_A": "ghcqecy", "c_root_id_B": "ghcm09e", "created_at_utc_A": 1609209565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609207209.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Jem'hadar are a resource to be carefully marshalled and deployed with care. The Cardassians are a problem that can solve itself by dying in the field. The Dominion endgame does not include the Cardassians as they currently exist. Much like the other species that have been roped into the Dominion, the Cardassians need to be broken and reshaped into something more fitting to the design. Fortunately, there's a war on, so they can have the enemy do their breaking for them. When a Federation officer phasers a Cardassian officer to death, that's not the Dominion losing an officer, *it's one less officer they need to purge*. The ideal endgame is every Alpha/Beta Quadrant beaten to shreds, stripped of the ability to resist, and eventually turned into idealized client groups. Getting one of them to voluntarily beat themselves into a coma while taking out the others is right up the Dominion's alley.", "human_ref_B": "My speculation is that members of the Dominion don't normally have standing armies (armies could threaten the Dominion) and that long term the Dominion was gonna disarm the Cardassains. However during the war the Jem'Hadar just were never enough to fight the Federation and Klingons. This was pushed further when the Romulans joined the Federation Alliance against the Dominion. Eventually the Cardassian government was no longer consulted on war issues and were expected to follow orders. The problem is that the Dominion doesn't actually care about its members. The Dominion exists to keep its members in line so the Founders are safe. So when Cardassians started dying when they probably didn't need too they started to realize that the Dominion actually didn't care. I would say they were never used as cannon fodder. Damar was appalled that the Dominion allowed the 11th Order and all 500,000 members to be sacrificed to a Klingon attack but really that was standard procedure for the Dominion. After all the Dominion was fine the entire Breen fleet was destroyed that attacked Earth simply because the terror that it instilled was the mission despite the Breen being a valuable new member of the Dominion.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2356.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "klyqhf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Trek: Deep Space 9] Why did the Dominion use the Cardassians as cannon-fodder? During the Dominion War, the Cardassians revolted against the Dominion because Cardassian troops were essentially being used as meat-shields: sent in first to soak up fire and bloody the enemy, followed by the Breen or Jem'hadar to finish the job. Damar saw that Weyoun was essentially throwing Cardassian lives away for the Dominion's ends, and started the Cardassian resistance that helped secure an Alpha Quadrant victory. Isn't this kind of a poor way for the Dominion to implement the Cardassians in the first place? The Jem'hadar are not only better suited to being meat shields, they basically exist for it: both their foot soldiers and ships hit hard and are tough to bring down, and if they do get killed they'll just make more. The Dominion can't produce Cardassians the way they make Jem'hadar, why use up a finite resource wastefully when you can just send your infinite super-soldiers instead?", "c_root_id_A": "ghcqecy", "c_root_id_B": "ghbwylj", "created_at_utc_A": 1609209565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609193632.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Jem'hadar are a resource to be carefully marshalled and deployed with care. The Cardassians are a problem that can solve itself by dying in the field. The Dominion endgame does not include the Cardassians as they currently exist. Much like the other species that have been roped into the Dominion, the Cardassians need to be broken and reshaped into something more fitting to the design. Fortunately, there's a war on, so they can have the enemy do their breaking for them. When a Federation officer phasers a Cardassian officer to death, that's not the Dominion losing an officer, *it's one less officer they need to purge*. The ideal endgame is every Alpha/Beta Quadrant beaten to shreds, stripped of the ability to resist, and eventually turned into idealized client groups. Getting one of them to voluntarily beat themselves into a coma while taking out the others is right up the Dominion's alley.", "human_ref_B": "it made annexing the Cardassians later much easier, as underlings, not equals. think about it, in the eyes of the Dominion their victory was assured. so after the war, who is weak: Federation, Klingons, Romulans. who would have a lot of ships build: Cardassians, Dominion and Breen throw the Cardassians awy, develop a plan to do the same with the breen and once the war is over, it's truely over.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15933.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mdjy2j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Trek Deep Space Nine] What was Starfleet's take or position on Sisko being \"the Emissary\" to the Bajorean people?", "c_root_id_A": "gsanmkb", "c_root_id_B": "gsawgee", "created_at_utc_A": 1616769358.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616773282.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think it helped him do his duties", "human_ref_B": "The show addresses this issue with Starfleet brass expressing discomfort with the idea. It had tangible repercussions too when Sisko abruptly calls for Bajor to abort joining the Federation. That really cost Sisko credit with Starfleet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3924.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mdjy2j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Trek Deep Space Nine] What was Starfleet's take or position on Sisko being \"the Emissary\" to the Bajorean people?", "c_root_id_A": "gsdhmcb", "c_root_id_B": "gsanmkb", "created_at_utc_A": 1616812833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616769358.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They're in a tough spot. They don't really approve of that sort of thing. They don't want Starfleet officers involving themselves in local religions or politics. The problem is, they don't have much of a choice. The Bajoran government doesn't really want Starfleet there, but the Bajoran people have anointed Sisko as \"the Emissary\". As long as Sisko is there, Starfleet can stay. And with the Wormhole nearby, Starfleet really really wants to stay.", "human_ref_B": "I think it helped him do his duties", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43475.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4hxxnx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dark Souls 1-3] Why do we always have to wait for things to get biblical before we rekindle the flame? Here's an idea, when the flame starts dwindling, lets not put a neigh impossible gauntlet of death in front of it and just make things a little more accessible", "c_root_id_A": "d2tm7hz", "c_root_id_B": "d2tv8la", "created_at_utc_A": 1462442724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462461186.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Because people are stupid, and generally won't act before shit **really** hits the fan. That's the basic premise in many stories.", "human_ref_B": "You forget that many many others have tried and failed. The Witch of Izolith tried to circumvent the cycle and created a monstrosity. The King dedicated his life to a search for freedom from the cycle and instead was corrupted by Darkness. The 5 Lords of Cinder had rekindled the flame in previous cycles uncountable, but abandoned their posts when the experience became unbearable. The Chosen Undead, Bearer of the Curse and Ashen One are not the first to try, and it is only after eons of slow dwindling that someone finally succeeds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18462.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4hxxnx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dark Souls 1-3] Why do we always have to wait for things to get biblical before we rekindle the flame? Here's an idea, when the flame starts dwindling, lets not put a neigh impossible gauntlet of death in front of it and just make things a little more accessible", "c_root_id_A": "d2ti6us", "c_root_id_B": "d2tv8la", "created_at_utc_A": 1462428962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462461186.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "People aren't generally keen on being immolated.", "human_ref_B": "You forget that many many others have tried and failed. The Witch of Izolith tried to circumvent the cycle and created a monstrosity. The King dedicated his life to a search for freedom from the cycle and instead was corrupted by Darkness. The 5 Lords of Cinder had rekindled the flame in previous cycles uncountable, but abandoned their posts when the experience became unbearable. The Chosen Undead, Bearer of the Curse and Ashen One are not the first to try, and it is only after eons of slow dwindling that someone finally succeeds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32224.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4hxxnx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dark Souls 1-3] Why do we always have to wait for things to get biblical before we rekindle the flame? Here's an idea, when the flame starts dwindling, lets not put a neigh impossible gauntlet of death in front of it and just make things a little more accessible", "c_root_id_A": "d2tonad", "c_root_id_B": "d2tv8la", "created_at_utc_A": 1462450076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462461186.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Besides nothing too bad happening in between rekindlings, it's also important to notice that in all games you're not the first to rekindle it at all. Many other did it before you", "human_ref_B": "You forget that many many others have tried and failed. The Witch of Izolith tried to circumvent the cycle and created a monstrosity. The King dedicated his life to a search for freedom from the cycle and instead was corrupted by Darkness. The 5 Lords of Cinder had rekindled the flame in previous cycles uncountable, but abandoned their posts when the experience became unbearable. The Chosen Undead, Bearer of the Curse and Ashen One are not the first to try, and it is only after eons of slow dwindling that someone finally succeeds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11110.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4hxxnx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dark Souls 1-3] Why do we always have to wait for things to get biblical before we rekindle the flame? Here's an idea, when the flame starts dwindling, lets not put a neigh impossible gauntlet of death in front of it and just make things a little more accessible", "c_root_id_A": "d2ti6us", "c_root_id_B": "d2tm7hz", "created_at_utc_A": 1462428962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1462442724.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "People aren't generally keen on being immolated.", "human_ref_B": "Because people are stupid, and generally won't act before shit **really** hits the fan. That's the basic premise in many stories.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13762.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "664moi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Did Rick basically give portal guns to his universe's Galactic Federation when he crashed the Council of Ricks? This is a question that has been bothering me since the episode ended. Assuming it wasn't a prank or a simulation, Rick crashed the Council of Ricks inside a Galactic Prison. Thousands of Ricks died and the government collapsed. Still as seen from the epilogue, there are some parts of the government left operational. Its hard to assume all Ricks triggered their portal guns or teleported them out of the prison given that they were too busy fighting or dying. Could the Galactic Federation take one of those dead Rick's portal guns and reverse engineer them? Given the amount of Ricks dying there should be more than one left lying around and from Summer retrieving her universe's Ricks portal gun we assume they don't automatically self destruct upon Rick's death. t.l.d.r. By crashing the Council of Rick, Rick C-137 caused the deaths of thousands of Ricks whose portal guns were left behind in the Galactic Federation Prison thus giving them interdimensional travel?", "c_root_id_A": "dgfpsso", "c_root_id_B": "dgfqzxi", "created_at_utc_A": 1492546706.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492547957.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 89, "human_ref_A": "not related so much, but you know at the end of the episode when rick starts telling morty how it was all his plan to get rid of jerry and stuff? remember the evil morty? and how he kept his remote control rick hidden using an array of tortured morties? He said morty alone was sufficient to hide him from the gov, but an array would protect him from other ricks. And rick said it was sloppy and inefficient? Ricks plan just made him the mortal enemy of every surviving rick, he's causing morty severe emotional distress because it will increase his effectiveness as a cloaking mechanism. It wasn't all a xanatos gambit, he just told morty everything was part of his plan so morty would be more scared of him.", "human_ref_B": "And with what exactly are you going to pay those Federation Scientists to reverse engineer the portal gun technology? Jackets? Pants?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1251.0, "score_ratio": 1.2714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "664moi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Did Rick basically give portal guns to his universe's Galactic Federation when he crashed the Council of Ricks? This is a question that has been bothering me since the episode ended. Assuming it wasn't a prank or a simulation, Rick crashed the Council of Ricks inside a Galactic Prison. Thousands of Ricks died and the government collapsed. Still as seen from the epilogue, there are some parts of the government left operational. Its hard to assume all Ricks triggered their portal guns or teleported them out of the prison given that they were too busy fighting or dying. Could the Galactic Federation take one of those dead Rick's portal guns and reverse engineer them? Given the amount of Ricks dying there should be more than one left lying around and from Summer retrieving her universe's Ricks portal gun we assume they don't automatically self destruct upon Rick's death. t.l.d.r. By crashing the Council of Rick, Rick C-137 caused the deaths of thousands of Ricks whose portal guns were left behind in the Galactic Federation Prison thus giving them interdimensional travel?", "c_root_id_A": "dgfqzxi", "c_root_id_B": "dgfkjv1", "created_at_utc_A": 1492547957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492541083.0, "score_A": 89, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "And with what exactly are you going to pay those Federation Scientists to reverse engineer the portal gun technology? Jackets? Pants?", "human_ref_B": "Well I'm pretty sure he toppled the galactic federation too so I don't think they'll be much of a problem.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6874.0, "score_ratio": 6.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "664moi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Did Rick basically give portal guns to his universe's Galactic Federation when he crashed the Council of Ricks? This is a question that has been bothering me since the episode ended. Assuming it wasn't a prank or a simulation, Rick crashed the Council of Ricks inside a Galactic Prison. Thousands of Ricks died and the government collapsed. Still as seen from the epilogue, there are some parts of the government left operational. Its hard to assume all Ricks triggered their portal guns or teleported them out of the prison given that they were too busy fighting or dying. Could the Galactic Federation take one of those dead Rick's portal guns and reverse engineer them? Given the amount of Ricks dying there should be more than one left lying around and from Summer retrieving her universe's Ricks portal gun we assume they don't automatically self destruct upon Rick's death. t.l.d.r. By crashing the Council of Rick, Rick C-137 caused the deaths of thousands of Ricks whose portal guns were left behind in the Galactic Federation Prison thus giving them interdimensional travel?", "c_root_id_A": "dgfpsso", "c_root_id_B": "dgfkjv1", "created_at_utc_A": 1492546706.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492541083.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "not related so much, but you know at the end of the episode when rick starts telling morty how it was all his plan to get rid of jerry and stuff? remember the evil morty? and how he kept his remote control rick hidden using an array of tortured morties? He said morty alone was sufficient to hide him from the gov, but an array would protect him from other ricks. And rick said it was sloppy and inefficient? Ricks plan just made him the mortal enemy of every surviving rick, he's causing morty severe emotional distress because it will increase his effectiveness as a cloaking mechanism. It wasn't all a xanatos gambit, he just told morty everything was part of his plan so morty would be more scared of him.", "human_ref_B": "Well I'm pretty sure he toppled the galactic federation too so I don't think they'll be much of a problem.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5623.0, "score_ratio": 5.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8vwt", "c_root_id_B": "gam9ea9", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077972.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 119, "human_ref_A": "The male Ricks probably just avoid the female Ricks, because if they met, it would just lead to a new level of depravity.", "human_ref_B": "The female Rick-equivalents find the male Ricks to be ridiculous idiots and actively stay away from them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 252.0, "score_ratio": 6.2631578947, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8mst", "c_root_id_B": "gam9ea9", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077972.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 119, "human_ref_A": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "human_ref_B": "The female Rick-equivalents find the male Ricks to be ridiculous idiots and actively stay away from them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 377.0, "score_ratio": 119.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam9ea9", "c_root_id_B": "gam8uce", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077972.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077699.0, "score_A": 119, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The female Rick-equivalents find the male Ricks to be ridiculous idiots and actively stay away from them.", "human_ref_B": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 273.0, "score_ratio": 119.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gamca4w", "c_root_id_B": "gam8vwt", "created_at_utc_A": 1604079380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077720.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "To start to answer, I need to clarify one thing: there are *not* an infinite amount of realities that Rick exists within. Specifically, the realities that are similar enough to \"*ours*\" to produce Rick's and Morty's exist within a small, possibly infinitely small, section of the totality of possible realities called the *Central Finite Curve*. We can see the reality of this a few times, like when Rick and Morty Cronenberg the world and Rick says \"*We can only do this a few more times*\" when they retreated to a different reality. Any realities outside of this Central Finite Curve are likely so warped and separate from ours that Ricks and Morty's can't exist within it, and possibly life as we know it is completely incompatible with them. But that's preamble: there are two possible reasons I can think of that we don't see female Ricks often (I say often because there ***are*** Female Ricks, just nowhere near a 50/50 proportion). One possibility is that, for reasons unknown to us, Rick's gender plays heavily into his personality and the reality we find ourselves in (where Rick is a super-genius, and has a daughter who has a son named Morty). ***IF*** this was the case, I think it's less of an indication of inherent intelligence differences between the genders, and more of an indication of other differences that may be more likely to be present in a female Rick than a male Rick. For example, both Beth and Beth's mother/Rick's ex-wife showed/were implied to value family safety over scientific experimentation. So it's possible that a female Rick would do the same: pick family over scientific experimentation. Or perhaps a female Rick isn't able to produce kids equal to a Male Rick's Beth for various reasons, which means no Morty's. Finally, part of Rick's character is being emotionally unavailable and distant, pushing away his family to focus on himself, and perhaps a female Rick wouldn't be so damaged. But honestly, there is a much more likely explanation: Rick's are kind of really sexist sometimes. We've seen Rick berate female family members *specifically* because of their genders multiple times, and while our Rick has shown some growth and become more accepting because of his adventures with Beth and Summer, the vast majority of the Ricks on the citadel are shown to be even more dickish then he is. If you were a woman genius, you'd probably find better things to do than to get constantly berated by male pandimensional versions of you. Although it's impossible to confirm, I'd be unsurprised to find a Council of Women Ricks existing in their dimensions, completely apart from the male Ricks.", "human_ref_B": "The male Ricks probably just avoid the female Ricks, because if they met, it would just lead to a new level of depravity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1660.0, "score_ratio": 2.2105263158, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gamca4w", "c_root_id_B": "gam9u3u", "created_at_utc_A": 1604079380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604078187.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "To start to answer, I need to clarify one thing: there are *not* an infinite amount of realities that Rick exists within. Specifically, the realities that are similar enough to \"*ours*\" to produce Rick's and Morty's exist within a small, possibly infinitely small, section of the totality of possible realities called the *Central Finite Curve*. We can see the reality of this a few times, like when Rick and Morty Cronenberg the world and Rick says \"*We can only do this a few more times*\" when they retreated to a different reality. Any realities outside of this Central Finite Curve are likely so warped and separate from ours that Ricks and Morty's can't exist within it, and possibly life as we know it is completely incompatible with them. But that's preamble: there are two possible reasons I can think of that we don't see female Ricks often (I say often because there ***are*** Female Ricks, just nowhere near a 50/50 proportion). One possibility is that, for reasons unknown to us, Rick's gender plays heavily into his personality and the reality we find ourselves in (where Rick is a super-genius, and has a daughter who has a son named Morty). ***IF*** this was the case, I think it's less of an indication of inherent intelligence differences between the genders, and more of an indication of other differences that may be more likely to be present in a female Rick than a male Rick. For example, both Beth and Beth's mother/Rick's ex-wife showed/were implied to value family safety over scientific experimentation. So it's possible that a female Rick would do the same: pick family over scientific experimentation. Or perhaps a female Rick isn't able to produce kids equal to a Male Rick's Beth for various reasons, which means no Morty's. Finally, part of Rick's character is being emotionally unavailable and distant, pushing away his family to focus on himself, and perhaps a female Rick wouldn't be so damaged. But honestly, there is a much more likely explanation: Rick's are kind of really sexist sometimes. We've seen Rick berate female family members *specifically* because of their genders multiple times, and while our Rick has shown some growth and become more accepting because of his adventures with Beth and Summer, the vast majority of the Ricks on the citadel are shown to be even more dickish then he is. If you were a woman genius, you'd probably find better things to do than to get constantly berated by male pandimensional versions of you. Although it's impossible to confirm, I'd be unsurprised to find a Council of Women Ricks existing in their dimensions, completely apart from the male Ricks.", "human_ref_B": "There's a few IIRC seen in the background of the citadel in the comics. There's also a fan theory that a female rick would be encouraged to be more open and honest with their feelings than a male rick in a world similar to our own. This emotional sensitivity leads to a better family dynamic and if the season 3 premiere is to be believed a more healthy grieving process. Female ricks are less likely to become nihilists and depressed alcoholics that have to prove their superiority over a chaotic universe. It's a bit sexist i know but the theory is that female ricks are less likely to be universe hopping egomaniacs and closer to \"good\" people that help the family or their own universe. You could also argue that with infinite possibilities that it won't be an equal spread of possible outcomes but instead completely random with only observational bias that each version of rick would invent a portal device or even be above average intelligence. We see only male ricks because we only see those that go dimension hopping when it's just as likely that those ricks are the minority of dimensional possibilities.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1193.0, "score_ratio": 3.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gamca4w", "c_root_id_B": "gam8mst", "created_at_utc_A": 1604079380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077595.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "To start to answer, I need to clarify one thing: there are *not* an infinite amount of realities that Rick exists within. Specifically, the realities that are similar enough to \"*ours*\" to produce Rick's and Morty's exist within a small, possibly infinitely small, section of the totality of possible realities called the *Central Finite Curve*. We can see the reality of this a few times, like when Rick and Morty Cronenberg the world and Rick says \"*We can only do this a few more times*\" when they retreated to a different reality. Any realities outside of this Central Finite Curve are likely so warped and separate from ours that Ricks and Morty's can't exist within it, and possibly life as we know it is completely incompatible with them. But that's preamble: there are two possible reasons I can think of that we don't see female Ricks often (I say often because there ***are*** Female Ricks, just nowhere near a 50/50 proportion). One possibility is that, for reasons unknown to us, Rick's gender plays heavily into his personality and the reality we find ourselves in (where Rick is a super-genius, and has a daughter who has a son named Morty). ***IF*** this was the case, I think it's less of an indication of inherent intelligence differences between the genders, and more of an indication of other differences that may be more likely to be present in a female Rick than a male Rick. For example, both Beth and Beth's mother/Rick's ex-wife showed/were implied to value family safety over scientific experimentation. So it's possible that a female Rick would do the same: pick family over scientific experimentation. Or perhaps a female Rick isn't able to produce kids equal to a Male Rick's Beth for various reasons, which means no Morty's. Finally, part of Rick's character is being emotionally unavailable and distant, pushing away his family to focus on himself, and perhaps a female Rick wouldn't be so damaged. But honestly, there is a much more likely explanation: Rick's are kind of really sexist sometimes. We've seen Rick berate female family members *specifically* because of their genders multiple times, and while our Rick has shown some growth and become more accepting because of his adventures with Beth and Summer, the vast majority of the Ricks on the citadel are shown to be even more dickish then he is. If you were a woman genius, you'd probably find better things to do than to get constantly berated by male pandimensional versions of you. Although it's impossible to confirm, I'd be unsurprised to find a Council of Women Ricks existing in their dimensions, completely apart from the male Ricks.", "human_ref_B": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1785.0, "score_ratio": 42.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gamca4w", "c_root_id_B": "gam8uce", "created_at_utc_A": 1604079380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077699.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "To start to answer, I need to clarify one thing: there are *not* an infinite amount of realities that Rick exists within. Specifically, the realities that are similar enough to \"*ours*\" to produce Rick's and Morty's exist within a small, possibly infinitely small, section of the totality of possible realities called the *Central Finite Curve*. We can see the reality of this a few times, like when Rick and Morty Cronenberg the world and Rick says \"*We can only do this a few more times*\" when they retreated to a different reality. Any realities outside of this Central Finite Curve are likely so warped and separate from ours that Ricks and Morty's can't exist within it, and possibly life as we know it is completely incompatible with them. But that's preamble: there are two possible reasons I can think of that we don't see female Ricks often (I say often because there ***are*** Female Ricks, just nowhere near a 50/50 proportion). One possibility is that, for reasons unknown to us, Rick's gender plays heavily into his personality and the reality we find ourselves in (where Rick is a super-genius, and has a daughter who has a son named Morty). ***IF*** this was the case, I think it's less of an indication of inherent intelligence differences between the genders, and more of an indication of other differences that may be more likely to be present in a female Rick than a male Rick. For example, both Beth and Beth's mother/Rick's ex-wife showed/were implied to value family safety over scientific experimentation. So it's possible that a female Rick would do the same: pick family over scientific experimentation. Or perhaps a female Rick isn't able to produce kids equal to a Male Rick's Beth for various reasons, which means no Morty's. Finally, part of Rick's character is being emotionally unavailable and distant, pushing away his family to focus on himself, and perhaps a female Rick wouldn't be so damaged. But honestly, there is a much more likely explanation: Rick's are kind of really sexist sometimes. We've seen Rick berate female family members *specifically* because of their genders multiple times, and while our Rick has shown some growth and become more accepting because of his adventures with Beth and Summer, the vast majority of the Ricks on the citadel are shown to be even more dickish then he is. If you were a woman genius, you'd probably find better things to do than to get constantly berated by male pandimensional versions of you. Although it's impossible to confirm, I'd be unsurprised to find a Council of Women Ricks existing in their dimensions, completely apart from the male Ricks.", "human_ref_B": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1681.0, "score_ratio": 42.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8mst", "c_root_id_B": "gam8vwt", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077720.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "human_ref_B": "The male Ricks probably just avoid the female Ricks, because if they met, it would just lead to a new level of depravity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 125.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8uce", "c_root_id_B": "gam8vwt", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077720.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "human_ref_B": "The male Ricks probably just avoid the female Ricks, because if they met, it would just lead to a new level of depravity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8mst", "c_root_id_B": "gam9u3u", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604078187.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "human_ref_B": "There's a few IIRC seen in the background of the citadel in the comics. There's also a fan theory that a female rick would be encouraged to be more open and honest with their feelings than a male rick in a world similar to our own. This emotional sensitivity leads to a better family dynamic and if the season 3 premiere is to be believed a more healthy grieving process. Female ricks are less likely to become nihilists and depressed alcoholics that have to prove their superiority over a chaotic universe. It's a bit sexist i know but the theory is that female ricks are less likely to be universe hopping egomaniacs and closer to \"good\" people that help the family or their own universe. You could also argue that with infinite possibilities that it won't be an equal spread of possible outcomes but instead completely random with only observational bias that each version of rick would invent a portal device or even be above average intelligence. We see only male ricks because we only see those that go dimension hopping when it's just as likely that those ricks are the minority of dimensional possibilities.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 592.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam9u3u", "c_root_id_B": "gam8uce", "created_at_utc_A": 1604078187.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077699.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There's a few IIRC seen in the background of the citadel in the comics. There's also a fan theory that a female rick would be encouraged to be more open and honest with their feelings than a male rick in a world similar to our own. This emotional sensitivity leads to a better family dynamic and if the season 3 premiere is to be believed a more healthy grieving process. Female ricks are less likely to become nihilists and depressed alcoholics that have to prove their superiority over a chaotic universe. It's a bit sexist i know but the theory is that female ricks are less likely to be universe hopping egomaniacs and closer to \"good\" people that help the family or their own universe. You could also argue that with infinite possibilities that it won't be an equal spread of possible outcomes but instead completely random with only observational bias that each version of rick would invent a portal device or even be above average intelligence. We see only male ricks because we only see those that go dimension hopping when it's just as likely that those ricks are the minority of dimensional possibilities.", "human_ref_B": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 488.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gamqpae", "c_root_id_B": "gam8mst", "created_at_utc_A": 1604086596.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077595.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Infinite universes doesn't mean every conceivable universe is real. There are infinite numbers between 3 and 4, but none of them are 5.", "human_ref_B": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9001.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8uce", "c_root_id_B": "gamqpae", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604086596.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "human_ref_B": "Infinite universes doesn't mean every conceivable universe is real. There are infinite numbers between 3 and 4, but none of them are 5.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8897.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8mst", "c_root_id_B": "gann7wb", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604104875.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "human_ref_B": "\"I say the point of being a Dick is being a dick.\" \"Save your anti-Dick speech for the Council of Dicks, terror-Dick.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27280.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8uce", "c_root_id_B": "gann7wb", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604104875.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "human_ref_B": "\"I say the point of being a Dick is being a dick.\" \"Save your anti-Dick speech for the Council of Dicks, terror-Dick.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27176.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gao96nk", "c_root_id_B": "gam8mst", "created_at_utc_A": 1604119957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077595.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Rick hates himself, _and_ other versions of himself, but lots of Ricks find themselves living and working dead-end-jobs on the Citadel anyway. This is probably out of toxic sense of belonging, or finding the only people they can relate to are other geniuses at their level, which no one else fits the standards of. I'm generalizing based on what I've seen or heard, but I don't think girls are as likely to stick around guys they find annoying and frustrating to be around. We never see fem!Ricks because they avoid m!Ricks.", "human_ref_B": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42362.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gao96nk", "c_root_id_B": "gam8uce", "created_at_utc_A": 1604119957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077699.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Rick hates himself, _and_ other versions of himself, but lots of Ricks find themselves living and working dead-end-jobs on the Citadel anyway. This is probably out of toxic sense of belonging, or finding the only people they can relate to are other geniuses at their level, which no one else fits the standards of. I'm generalizing based on what I've seen or heard, but I don't think girls are as likely to stick around guys they find annoying and frustrating to be around. We never see fem!Ricks because they avoid m!Ricks.", "human_ref_B": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42258.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gao96nk", "c_root_id_B": "gannqao", "created_at_utc_A": 1604119957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604105192.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Rick hates himself, _and_ other versions of himself, but lots of Ricks find themselves living and working dead-end-jobs on the Citadel anyway. This is probably out of toxic sense of belonging, or finding the only people they can relate to are other geniuses at their level, which no one else fits the standards of. I'm generalizing based on what I've seen or heard, but I don't think girls are as likely to stick around guys they find annoying and frustrating to be around. We never see fem!Ricks because they avoid m!Ricks.", "human_ref_B": "Because then they aren't \"ricks\" IMO", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14765.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gao0cdt", "c_root_id_B": "gao96nk", "created_at_utc_A": 1604113317.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604119957.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There are infinitely infinite universes in the multiverse. There are of course infinite Ricks and infinite female Ricks and infinite Morties and infinite female Morties and infinite Cronenberg Rick and Morties etc... These infinitely infinite Ricks would eventually create infinite Citadels of Ricks, Ricks and Female Ricks and Cronenberg Ricks etc. which would end the universes in chaos. In order to keep a semblance of sanity, each universe chooses a Citadel, in this case male Ricks and male Morties. Other universes have Citadels of female Ricks and Citadels of Abradolph Linkler Ricks and Citadels of Cronenberg Ricks and any infinite unimaginable combinations thereof.", "human_ref_B": "Rick hates himself, _and_ other versions of himself, but lots of Ricks find themselves living and working dead-end-jobs on the Citadel anyway. This is probably out of toxic sense of belonging, or finding the only people they can relate to are other geniuses at their level, which no one else fits the standards of. I'm generalizing based on what I've seen or heard, but I don't think girls are as likely to stick around guys they find annoying and frustrating to be around. We never see fem!Ricks because they avoid m!Ricks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6640.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gaobesm", "c_root_id_B": "gam8mst", "created_at_utc_A": 1604121943.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077595.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Of course! Who do you think Beth's mom is? Some blonde lady? Come on.", "human_ref_B": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44348.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gaobesm", "c_root_id_B": "gam8uce", "created_at_utc_A": 1604121943.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604077699.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Of course! Who do you think Beth's mom is? Some blonde lady? Come on.", "human_ref_B": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44244.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gannqao", "c_root_id_B": "gaobesm", "created_at_utc_A": 1604105192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604121943.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because then they aren't \"ricks\" IMO", "human_ref_B": "Of course! Who do you think Beth's mom is? Some blonde lady? Come on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16751.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gaobesm", "c_root_id_B": "gao0cdt", "created_at_utc_A": 1604121943.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604113317.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Of course! Who do you think Beth's mom is? Some blonde lady? Come on.", "human_ref_B": "There are infinitely infinite universes in the multiverse. There are of course infinite Ricks and infinite female Ricks and infinite Morties and infinite female Morties and infinite Cronenberg Rick and Morties etc... These infinitely infinite Ricks would eventually create infinite Citadels of Ricks, Ricks and Female Ricks and Cronenberg Ricks etc. which would end the universes in chaos. In order to keep a semblance of sanity, each universe chooses a Citadel, in this case male Ricks and male Morties. Other universes have Citadels of female Ricks and Citadels of Abradolph Linkler Ricks and Citadels of Cronenberg Ricks and any infinite unimaginable combinations thereof.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8626.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gaobesm", "c_root_id_B": "gaoa6z3", "created_at_utc_A": 1604121943.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604120843.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Of course! Who do you think Beth's mom is? Some blonde lady? Come on.", "human_ref_B": "I know it's the wrong franchise, but \"constants and variables\" seems like an acceptable answer for this question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1100.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8mst", "c_root_id_B": "gaozd46", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604148196.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Holy crap, fourth wall break right here.. I've never thought about that.. \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14", "human_ref_B": "You're confusing infinite probabilities with possibilities. Just because there are infinite things ricks that are, doesn't mean there are infinite things Rick can be. Several points in the series refer to a \"central Finite curve\" a limiting variable to the infinite possibilities. There's a infinite amount of things Rick can be, and an infinitely larger amount of infinite imposibilities. An example of this finite Infinity is the list of numbers between 2 and 3. Infinite amounts of numbers will exist, but none of them are 4.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 70601.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gam8uce", "c_root_id_B": "gaozd46", "created_at_utc_A": 1604077699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604148196.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There obviously is but maybe for the sake of continuity the writers may prefer to keep it a running joke by having absolutely no female Ricks at all. It would be awesome to see a female Rick though I'll admit.", "human_ref_B": "You're confusing infinite probabilities with possibilities. Just because there are infinite things ricks that are, doesn't mean there are infinite things Rick can be. Several points in the series refer to a \"central Finite curve\" a limiting variable to the infinite possibilities. There's a infinite amount of things Rick can be, and an infinitely larger amount of infinite imposibilities. An example of this finite Infinity is the list of numbers between 2 and 3. Infinite amounts of numbers will exist, but none of them are 4.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 70497.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gannqao", "c_root_id_B": "gaozd46", "created_at_utc_A": 1604105192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604148196.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because then they aren't \"ricks\" IMO", "human_ref_B": "You're confusing infinite probabilities with possibilities. Just because there are infinite things ricks that are, doesn't mean there are infinite things Rick can be. Several points in the series refer to a \"central Finite curve\" a limiting variable to the infinite possibilities. There's a infinite amount of things Rick can be, and an infinitely larger amount of infinite imposibilities. An example of this finite Infinity is the list of numbers between 2 and 3. Infinite amounts of numbers will exist, but none of them are 4.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43004.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gaozd46", "c_root_id_B": "gao0cdt", "created_at_utc_A": 1604148196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604113317.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You're confusing infinite probabilities with possibilities. Just because there are infinite things ricks that are, doesn't mean there are infinite things Rick can be. Several points in the series refer to a \"central Finite curve\" a limiting variable to the infinite possibilities. There's a infinite amount of things Rick can be, and an infinitely larger amount of infinite imposibilities. An example of this finite Infinity is the list of numbers between 2 and 3. Infinite amounts of numbers will exist, but none of them are 4.", "human_ref_B": "There are infinitely infinite universes in the multiverse. There are of course infinite Ricks and infinite female Ricks and infinite Morties and infinite female Morties and infinite Cronenberg Rick and Morties etc... These infinitely infinite Ricks would eventually create infinite Citadels of Ricks, Ricks and Female Ricks and Cronenberg Ricks etc. which would end the universes in chaos. In order to keep a semblance of sanity, each universe chooses a Citadel, in this case male Ricks and male Morties. Other universes have Citadels of female Ricks and Citadels of Abradolph Linkler Ricks and Citadels of Cronenberg Ricks and any infinite unimaginable combinations thereof.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34879.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jl0oio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Rick & Morty] Why aren't 50% of the Rick's female? If there are an infinite number of Ricks based upon infinite possible realities, why aren't half the realities resulting in female rick's or female Mortys? There are realities where Rick is descended from wasps or shrimp ancestors, but almost none where Rick got two X chromosomes.", "c_root_id_A": "gaozd46", "c_root_id_B": "gaoa6z3", "created_at_utc_A": 1604148196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604120843.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You're confusing infinite probabilities with possibilities. Just because there are infinite things ricks that are, doesn't mean there are infinite things Rick can be. Several points in the series refer to a \"central Finite curve\" a limiting variable to the infinite possibilities. There's a infinite amount of things Rick can be, and an infinitely larger amount of infinite imposibilities. An example of this finite Infinity is the list of numbers between 2 and 3. Infinite amounts of numbers will exist, but none of them are 4.", "human_ref_B": "I know it's the wrong franchise, but \"constants and variables\" seems like an acceptable answer for this question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27353.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6kpzgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Why didn't Rick just go to a universe where the galactic govt didn't take over Earth? Speaking, of course, about the season 2 finale.", "c_root_id_A": "djnx1mq", "c_root_id_B": "djo6atg", "created_at_utc_A": 1498950819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498965392.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 126, "human_ref_A": "He destroyed his portal gun at the reception.", "human_ref_B": "Going out to Doylist territory for a moment. Because that would have been a cheap cop-out that the writers have said in-universe that they will not rely on. Remember the aftermath of \"Rick Potion Number Nine\"? How they resolved it by having Rick and Morty jump to a universe where the Cronenberg-Morty-Lust virus was cured, yet Rick and Morty died just before our \"Rick and Morty\" slid in? How Rick said that they could only do that like 4, maybe 5 times tops? That was the writers way of saying that they won't use \"Slide Rick and Morty into another dimension as a way to reset everything\" too often, if at all.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14573.0, "score_ratio": 2.9302325581, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6kpzgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Why didn't Rick just go to a universe where the galactic govt didn't take over Earth? Speaking, of course, about the season 2 finale.", "c_root_id_A": "djo6atg", "c_root_id_B": "djo1176", "created_at_utc_A": 1498965392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498956951.0, "score_A": 126, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Going out to Doylist territory for a moment. Because that would have been a cheap cop-out that the writers have said in-universe that they will not rely on. Remember the aftermath of \"Rick Potion Number Nine\"? How they resolved it by having Rick and Morty jump to a universe where the Cronenberg-Morty-Lust virus was cured, yet Rick and Morty died just before our \"Rick and Morty\" slid in? How Rick said that they could only do that like 4, maybe 5 times tops? That was the writers way of saying that they won't use \"Slide Rick and Morty into another dimension as a way to reset everything\" too often, if at all.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, he could have done that, but he could only do it like 3 or 4 more times tops.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8441.0, "score_ratio": 5.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6kpzgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Why didn't Rick just go to a universe where the galactic govt didn't take over Earth? Speaking, of course, about the season 2 finale.", "c_root_id_A": "djnx1mq", "c_root_id_B": "djo6xux", "created_at_utc_A": 1498950819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498966456.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 56, "human_ref_A": "He destroyed his portal gun at the reception.", "human_ref_B": "On Cronenberg-Earth, the odds of Rick being able to solve the problem was actually very high if he'd taken things seriously faster... high enough that he could find a timeline where he 1: succeeded and 2: died soon after that none of his sub-parallel selves got there first. On the other hand, once the Galactic Government was aware of Earth (which was, honestly, inevitable) they were 100% going to take over. Just dealing with it was the mathematically correct response.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15637.0, "score_ratio": 1.3023255814, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6kpzgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Why didn't Rick just go to a universe where the galactic govt didn't take over Earth? Speaking, of course, about the season 2 finale.", "c_root_id_A": "djo6xux", "c_root_id_B": "djo1176", "created_at_utc_A": 1498966456.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498956951.0, "score_A": 56, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "On Cronenberg-Earth, the odds of Rick being able to solve the problem was actually very high if he'd taken things seriously faster... high enough that he could find a timeline where he 1: succeeded and 2: died soon after that none of his sub-parallel selves got there first. On the other hand, once the Galactic Government was aware of Earth (which was, honestly, inevitable) they were 100% going to take over. Just dealing with it was the mathematically correct response.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, he could have done that, but he could only do it like 3 or 4 more times tops.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9505.0, "score_ratio": 2.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6kpzgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Why didn't Rick just go to a universe where the galactic govt didn't take over Earth? Speaking, of course, about the season 2 finale.", "c_root_id_A": "djo6v8f", "c_root_id_B": "djo6xux", "created_at_utc_A": 1498966332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498966456.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 56, "human_ref_A": "Because the first time Rick did that he completely fucked up Morty and his world view, and as much as Rick pretends not to care he does care about Morty.", "human_ref_B": "On Cronenberg-Earth, the odds of Rick being able to solve the problem was actually very high if he'd taken things seriously faster... high enough that he could find a timeline where he 1: succeeded and 2: died soon after that none of his sub-parallel selves got there first. On the other hand, once the Galactic Government was aware of Earth (which was, honestly, inevitable) they were 100% going to take over. Just dealing with it was the mathematically correct response.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 124.0, "score_ratio": 4.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6kpzgq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Why didn't Rick just go to a universe where the galactic govt didn't take over Earth? Speaking, of course, about the season 2 finale.", "c_root_id_A": "djogbyd", "c_root_id_B": "djo6v8f", "created_at_utc_A": 1498988284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498966332.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Because Rick knows that if he constantly abandons universes for other ones purely for convenience and not just in an emergency, so will all the other Ricks.   You want the entire multiverse fucked up? Because that's how you get a fucked up multiverse.", "human_ref_B": "Because the first time Rick did that he completely fucked up Morty and his world view, and as much as Rick pretends not to care he does care about Morty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21952.0, "score_ratio": 1.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gz5axv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Why didn\u2019t Rick erase Morty\u2019s memory after he Cronenberged the world? In the season 1 episode \u201cRick Potion No. 9\u201d, Rick accidentally turns everyone in the world into horrible monsters after a failed attempt to rectify the effects of a love potion that he made for Morty. The pair end up switching realities to take the place of a Rick and a Morty that had died seconds before, and the two have to bury their alternate selves in the backyard. Morty clearly remembers this incident as we later see him pointing out the graves to Summer in \u201cRixty Minutes\u201d. In the season 3 episode \u201cMorty\u2019s Mind Blowers\u201d, we learn that Rick erases bits of Morty\u2019s memory that either Morty wants to forget or Rick wants him to forget. One of these memories involves Rick building Morty a device that allows him to understand animals, which inadvertently leads to Morty discovering that squirrels are plotting to take over the world. After their cover is blown, all the squirrels in the area try to attack Morty until Rick knocks all the squirrels out to give them enough time to switch realities. The first of these two events is clearly more traumatic so why not erase that one as well? I know that the out-of-universe explanation is that Morty\u2019s Mind Blowers didn\u2019t exist as a concept until after these episodes were released, but I wondered if anyone had any ideas for an in-universe explanation for this.", "c_root_id_A": "ftefdre", "c_root_id_B": "ftewsaw", "created_at_utc_A": 1591645018.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591653579.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The squirrels are insidious plotters and are truly the most evil things in all of the multiverse. If they learned that either Rick or Morty had even the smallest scrap of what they were planning, they'd stop at *absolutely nothing* to extract everything they knew from them (and probably continue to torment them in mind-bending ways just for the shits and giggles of it.) Rick was trying to protect Morty because it gives Morty plausible deniability that he genuinely knew nothing about the squirrels' agenda.", "human_ref_B": "Rick uses memory erasure when it is the fastest and easiest way to accomplish his goal. It's not for Morty's benefit, it's for Rick's benefit. With the absolute level, Rick just wanted Morty to stop craving true level. He probably could have also just waited a few hours for the effect to wear off, but that would have been an inconvenience. With the squirrels, Rick knew (or at least believed) Morty was incapable of pretending not to know about them, so he erased Morty's memory, and squirrels are the one organization Rick doesn't fuck with. With the Cronenbergs, Rick wanted Morty to learn a lesson. That was the goal, it was accomplished, so no memory erasure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8561.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ltn82o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[My Hero Academia] How is Endeavor not blind? I dont mean from burns or anything, although I'd love to know what eyedrops he uses. But for example living in an artic climate can cause serious damage to your eyes from the sun reflecting off the snow all the time aka snow blindness. I cant imagine having flames right near your eyes all the time wouldnt result in eye damage in a similar manner.", "c_root_id_A": "gozx5x9", "c_root_id_B": "gp1jrih", "created_at_utc_A": 1614432486.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614447352.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I imagine Endeavor's flames, at least the ones he produces *on* his body are actual flames, it's probably like... you know how there's that trick to get something to catch fire without burning? His skin and organs are probably all like that. Or like, the fire doesn't produce light? Though maybe that's a bit too fine-tune of physics more than anything related to fire, so probably not. He's just got a natural resistance to heat, light and so on - it's got a limit, one he can reach from his own flames as well but still.", "human_ref_B": "The series does constantly say that people's bodies adapt to their quirks. Main point being how Deku is slowly getting more control of his quirk while his initial use of it broke his bones. It's safe to say that almost everyone has to slowly adapt to their new abilities. Having a quirk for most of your life would let someone adapt much faster. Not to mention the myriad of other secondary powers one needs to use something like super strength like durability. A fire based ability would probably come with heat resistance to a certain extent. We can even assume that Endeavor can control the temperature of his flames, so it might feel really warm around his flames rather than burning.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14866.0, "score_ratio": 11000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ltn82o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[My Hero Academia] How is Endeavor not blind? I dont mean from burns or anything, although I'd love to know what eyedrops he uses. But for example living in an artic climate can cause serious damage to your eyes from the sun reflecting off the snow all the time aka snow blindness. I cant imagine having flames right near your eyes all the time wouldnt result in eye damage in a similar manner.", "c_root_id_A": "gozx5x9", "c_root_id_B": "gp8vqv3", "created_at_utc_A": 1614432486.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614557629.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I imagine Endeavor's flames, at least the ones he produces *on* his body are actual flames, it's probably like... you know how there's that trick to get something to catch fire without burning? His skin and organs are probably all like that. Or like, the fire doesn't produce light? Though maybe that's a bit too fine-tune of physics more than anything related to fire, so probably not. He's just got a natural resistance to heat, light and so on - it's got a limit, one he can reach from his own flames as well but still.", "human_ref_B": "If he was as vulnerable to heat and fire as a normal human he'd just be dead. Clearly he's more resilient, and that includes his eyes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 125143.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ltn82o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[My Hero Academia] How is Endeavor not blind? I dont mean from burns or anything, although I'd love to know what eyedrops he uses. But for example living in an artic climate can cause serious damage to your eyes from the sun reflecting off the snow all the time aka snow blindness. I cant imagine having flames right near your eyes all the time wouldnt result in eye damage in a similar manner.", "c_root_id_A": "gp9pqp3", "c_root_id_B": "gozx5x9", "created_at_utc_A": 1614575294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614432486.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "People\u2019s bodies seem to slightly adjust to whatever Quirk they have. It\u2019s the same reason why Endeavour doesn\u2019t burn to death. There\u2019s probably some guy who has a fire Quirk, but their body is adapted to cold environments. If they did, they\u2019d die horribly when using it (which is probably another argument for restricting Quirk usage).", "human_ref_B": "I imagine Endeavor's flames, at least the ones he produces *on* his body are actual flames, it's probably like... you know how there's that trick to get something to catch fire without burning? His skin and organs are probably all like that. Or like, the fire doesn't produce light? Though maybe that's a bit too fine-tune of physics more than anything related to fire, so probably not. He's just got a natural resistance to heat, light and so on - it's got a limit, one he can reach from his own flames as well but still.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 142808.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e1twf7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Superheroes in General] Which hero has the best relationship with their villains?", "c_root_id_A": "f8u66ck", "c_root_id_B": "f8v45hc", "created_at_utc_A": 1574820320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1574858789.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Buffy was sleeping with Spike for a season. And working with him for 3.", "human_ref_B": "In the dcau flash has a villian who listens to him and will turn himself in", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38469.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1diuk3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Dragonball Z] What has happened with the Freeza empire ever since Lord Freeza's death? Ever since Freeza and his highest ranking men were killed by the Super Saiyan what has changed with his empire? Did a new dictator take over in the power vacuum? What about all the conquered planets? I never really payed attention to these events when they happened so I'd like to know what has changed.", "c_root_id_A": "c9r0iyw", "c_root_id_B": "c9qtobn", "created_at_utc_A": 1367507149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367470622.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "First and foremost, this was a family run operation. While Frieza, his father, and his brother have all been \"taken care of\" by Super Saiyans, it is unknown if there are more relatives controlling other parts of the universe. However, considering how Cooler regarded his father and brother and his response to learning of their deaths, it may be safe to say there are no relatives left, else they would've come to Earth seeking revenge like the others. (And perhaps they did? What if one of Frieza's long-lost siblings landed on Earth only to come face-to-face with Majin Buu while the others were too focused on their training and the iminent threat of Buu to notice his ki signature? Fun thought). A small but important note in recorded history occurs at a luncheon hosted by Mr. Satan of all people. During this, he invited the Earth Special Forces team as a way of repaying them for actually saving the world several times (while he took the credit at least twice, or so the rumors go). Here we see that Frieza's empire has sadly continued on in their old, oppressive way: over the years, his soldiers (of which the Ginyu Force were once the strongest) have grown considerably in strength, rivaling Frieza's power level themselves, and have begun re-exerting control over the planets that were once \"freed\" from the tyrant. To the Saiyans and Half-Saiyans of Earth, Abo and Kado were (literally) child's play to dispatch of. But there will be more remnant troops who realize the planets are just there for the taking, and Goku isn't exactly flying around the galaxy on constant patrol. Seems like the type of thing King Kai should be watching out for, considering he knows how many beings there are that have comparable strength to the Saiyans (hint: not many) that could handle cleaning up Frieza's army. Then again, perhaps he considers this to just be the natural order of things unless they choose to interfere of their own accord.", "human_ref_B": "some would call it a period of chaos, but a close examination of intergalactic records shows the the elimination of the cold family resulted in an overall decrease in the frequency of intergalactic genocide.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36527.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1diuk3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Dragonball Z] What has happened with the Freeza empire ever since Lord Freeza's death? Ever since Freeza and his highest ranking men were killed by the Super Saiyan what has changed with his empire? Did a new dictator take over in the power vacuum? What about all the conquered planets? I never really payed attention to these events when they happened so I'd like to know what has changed.", "c_root_id_A": "c9quhxc", "c_root_id_B": "c9r0iyw", "created_at_utc_A": 1367473740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367507149.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Freeza never really knew how to run an empire and mostly just annihilated his subjects. The survivors are still rebuilding.", "human_ref_B": "First and foremost, this was a family run operation. While Frieza, his father, and his brother have all been \"taken care of\" by Super Saiyans, it is unknown if there are more relatives controlling other parts of the universe. However, considering how Cooler regarded his father and brother and his response to learning of their deaths, it may be safe to say there are no relatives left, else they would've come to Earth seeking revenge like the others. (And perhaps they did? What if one of Frieza's long-lost siblings landed on Earth only to come face-to-face with Majin Buu while the others were too focused on their training and the iminent threat of Buu to notice his ki signature? Fun thought). A small but important note in recorded history occurs at a luncheon hosted by Mr. Satan of all people. During this, he invited the Earth Special Forces team as a way of repaying them for actually saving the world several times (while he took the credit at least twice, or so the rumors go). Here we see that Frieza's empire has sadly continued on in their old, oppressive way: over the years, his soldiers (of which the Ginyu Force were once the strongest) have grown considerably in strength, rivaling Frieza's power level themselves, and have begun re-exerting control over the planets that were once \"freed\" from the tyrant. To the Saiyans and Half-Saiyans of Earth, Abo and Kado were (literally) child's play to dispatch of. But there will be more remnant troops who realize the planets are just there for the taking, and Goku isn't exactly flying around the galaxy on constant patrol. Seems like the type of thing King Kai should be watching out for, considering he knows how many beings there are that have comparable strength to the Saiyans (hint: not many) that could handle cleaning up Frieza's army. Then again, perhaps he considers this to just be the natural order of things unless they choose to interfere of their own accord.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33409.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4jwmul", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "Blade Runner]For a veteran Blade Runner, Deckard seems clueless about Replicants when meeting with Chief Bryant. He doesn't know about Replicants' four-year lifespan or their stunted emotions, and can't guess why they want to come back to Earth. Why is he so ignorant, and why is he so valued? [A quick recap of the scene", "c_root_id_A": "d3a9k1h", "c_root_id_B": "d3a83uu", "created_at_utc_A": 1463583222.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463581204.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "Or Deckard actually is a Replicant, tasked with tracking down the other Replicants, and is unaware of his own true nature.", "human_ref_B": "Look at all the evidence we have about Deckard: His wife left him, calling him cold fish. He barely connects with anyone around him. He prefers to be alone. In short, he is the ultimate savant and barely functional as a human. These traits are what make him admirable as a blade runner- because like a bloodhound, once he gets the scent of something, he won't let go. Harry Bryant has to explain things out in simple terms because he knows exactly how to coil up Deckard like a viper to do his bidding.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2018.0, "score_ratio": 1.1777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "75efuu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Blade Runner] I have some questions about the Voight-Kampff test... 1.) What kind of answers would distinguish a replicant from a human being? 2.) if a replicant were given advance knowledge of the questions, could they cheat the test? 3.) Is it possible that a human with an emotional/logical disorder (Autism, Narcissism, Psychopathy) accidentally be identified as a replicant? Are there safeguards to prevent this? 4.) How and why does it work?", "c_root_id_A": "do6268w", "c_root_id_B": "do628g4", "created_at_utc_A": 1507642160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1507642242.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "1. It isn't so much the answer as it is the physiological response to the question: pupil dilation and involuntary blush are cited specifically in the book. 2. No. In fact, they'd score worse. Blade Runners are skilled at crafting unique VK questions for this reason. Deckard is able to trick Rachel in the book by simply telling her that his briefcase is made of 'baby leather'. 3. Yes. Rachel is passed off as human by claiming that she survived a major space-faring disaster that rendered her very callous and mean-spirited. There are no safeguards. The fear of interrogation is a common theme in a number of Philip K. Dick's works. 4. Similar to a polygraph, but as with the polygraph the skill of the operator is what really determines the effectiveness.", "human_ref_B": "(4). It works because replicants have no emotions. Emotions have a physical component. Your stomach gets tight. Your face flushes. Pupils dilate. Your body redirects blood flow. Eye movement and blinking change. The questions are designed to evoke an emotional response. The machine and its operator look for the physical signs of those emotions. (2). Seems unlikely. Rachel is a super-advanced prototype with a lifetime of false memories who doesn't even know she's a replicant, and the test eventually gets the right answer on her. No one says the test is guaranteed right, but it seems like if it got her, it would get everyone. (3). Many real personality tests have features that measure different kinds of deception: a sane person pretending to be crazy, or a crazy person pretending to be sane. It makes sense that the Voight-Kampff would have similar safeguards: a human giving an unemotional response, as well as a replicant trying to fake emotions. (1). It's not so much the answer itself; it's the presence or absence of emotion. You could say, \"I hit that damn turtle with a rock because a turtle killed my parents,\" and if the test saw real emotion instead of fake, you would pass.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 82.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgoipw", "c_root_id_B": "imggs4z", "created_at_utc_A": 1661907465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661903984.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "In Isaac Asimov\u2019s short story collection \u201cI Robot\u201d, there\u2019s a story about three robot ambassadors from Earth landing on Jupiter\u2019s surface (they apparently thought Jupiter had a surface back in the 60s) to open diplomatic relations with the Jupiter locals. The robots were designed to be insanely durable, on account of them needing to survive the harsh conditions and high gravity of Jupiter\u2019s surface. The Jupiter aliens initially try murdering the ambassadors, and when they fail, they take the ambassadors on a grand tour of the planet, showing off their industries, political systems, technology, culture etc. in a bid to show off how superior Jupiter civilisation is. However, the ambassadors end up breaking a lot of things and falling victim to industrial accidents because of clumsiness, and emerge unscathed each time At the end of the tour, the Jupiter aliens show off their brand new force field technology - finally, with this invention, they can build ships that can leave the planet and conquer the solar system. Because of Jupiter\u2019s enormous size and resource richness, it would easily overpower the nascent human civilisation in the solar system Then one of the ambassadors does something dumb like fall into a pot of molten metal or get blasted by radioactive plasma exhaust and it\u2019s the final straw, the Jupiter aliens rescind all of their threats to conquer the solar system and promise to stay planet bound forever more The robot ambassadors leave Jupiter quite relieved , (they\u2019re compliant with the three laws of robotics), but they\u2019re also confused as to why the Jupiter aliens changed their tune so abruptly Turns out, they were terrified of the ambassadors the entire time, and were trying to put on a brave face. They thought the ambassadors were regular humans, and the entire human species were squat, eight legged, indestructible, hideously strong, nuclear powered metal monstrosities. So in the story, the Jupiter aliens could easily have used force field tech to leave their planet, conquer the solar system and genocide the human using their incredible industrial might. However, their bizarre superiority complex and fragile egos caused them to abandon the attempt and discontinue further investigation into human civilisation out of shame", "human_ref_B": "The simplest way would be to simply skip the need for technology altogether. Beings that can manipulate energy and/or gravity, and use that ability to travel through space. You could have something almost like a jellyfish, that evolved to survive in the upper atmosphere, so insubstantial that it's more a being of energy than just mass. Maybe they have massive brains and have developed a form of telekinesis. They can use that power to hold a sphere of gas around themselves while the same power propels the bubble through space, and spread to other gas giants in the system, or even planets with the right atmospheric pressure. Large groups of them could join together for these journeys, to \"share the load\" so to speak, creating larger and larger bubbles the more there are. Perhaps they find they can survive in the corona of a star, and use the almost unlimited energy and matter to kickstart a technological revolution, building large spherical ships (with most of the components like engines on the outside, with the inside space being mostly empty and filled with gas and jellyfish). Possibly large pressure domes for establishing colonies on planets, although I'd think this species wouldn't bother with planets all that much once they figure out how to live on stars. Or maybe they eschew technology altogether. All they wish to do is to simply observe and contemplate the universe. Maybe they develop their telekinetic powers enough to harness the energy and/or gravity of the star to travel to other stars. They could slowly spread, from star to star, huge clouds of these energy jellyfish just floating along, watching the universe, and debating amongst themselves about what it all means. Eventually they'd probably meet another spacefaring species. Maybe the jellyfish are intrigued by them, and strive for friendly relations, always willing to learn new information or share their own knowledge. Maybe other species come to see the jellyfish as wise and mystical beings, and seek them out for their advice.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3481.0, "score_ratio": 1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgoipw", "c_root_id_B": "imgb1ft", "created_at_utc_A": 1661907465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661901423.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In Isaac Asimov\u2019s short story collection \u201cI Robot\u201d, there\u2019s a story about three robot ambassadors from Earth landing on Jupiter\u2019s surface (they apparently thought Jupiter had a surface back in the 60s) to open diplomatic relations with the Jupiter locals. The robots were designed to be insanely durable, on account of them needing to survive the harsh conditions and high gravity of Jupiter\u2019s surface. The Jupiter aliens initially try murdering the ambassadors, and when they fail, they take the ambassadors on a grand tour of the planet, showing off their industries, political systems, technology, culture etc. in a bid to show off how superior Jupiter civilisation is. However, the ambassadors end up breaking a lot of things and falling victim to industrial accidents because of clumsiness, and emerge unscathed each time At the end of the tour, the Jupiter aliens show off their brand new force field technology - finally, with this invention, they can build ships that can leave the planet and conquer the solar system. Because of Jupiter\u2019s enormous size and resource richness, it would easily overpower the nascent human civilisation in the solar system Then one of the ambassadors does something dumb like fall into a pot of molten metal or get blasted by radioactive plasma exhaust and it\u2019s the final straw, the Jupiter aliens rescind all of their threats to conquer the solar system and promise to stay planet bound forever more The robot ambassadors leave Jupiter quite relieved , (they\u2019re compliant with the three laws of robotics), but they\u2019re also confused as to why the Jupiter aliens changed their tune so abruptly Turns out, they were terrified of the ambassadors the entire time, and were trying to put on a brave face. They thought the ambassadors were regular humans, and the entire human species were squat, eight legged, indestructible, hideously strong, nuclear powered metal monstrosities. So in the story, the Jupiter aliens could easily have used force field tech to leave their planet, conquer the solar system and genocide the human using their incredible industrial might. However, their bizarre superiority complex and fragile egos caused them to abandon the attempt and discontinue further investigation into human civilisation out of shame", "human_ref_B": "In Star Control 2, the Sylandro evolved in a gas giant, and are themselves largely composed of gas. They never achieve spaceflight on their own, and instead purchased automated exploration drones from a friendly race of Mercantile aliens in exchange for the opportunity to study the unique biology of the Sylandro.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6042.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgoipw", "c_root_id_B": "imgak99", "created_at_utc_A": 1661907465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661901211.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Isaac Asimov\u2019s short story collection \u201cI Robot\u201d, there\u2019s a story about three robot ambassadors from Earth landing on Jupiter\u2019s surface (they apparently thought Jupiter had a surface back in the 60s) to open diplomatic relations with the Jupiter locals. The robots were designed to be insanely durable, on account of them needing to survive the harsh conditions and high gravity of Jupiter\u2019s surface. The Jupiter aliens initially try murdering the ambassadors, and when they fail, they take the ambassadors on a grand tour of the planet, showing off their industries, political systems, technology, culture etc. in a bid to show off how superior Jupiter civilisation is. However, the ambassadors end up breaking a lot of things and falling victim to industrial accidents because of clumsiness, and emerge unscathed each time At the end of the tour, the Jupiter aliens show off their brand new force field technology - finally, with this invention, they can build ships that can leave the planet and conquer the solar system. Because of Jupiter\u2019s enormous size and resource richness, it would easily overpower the nascent human civilisation in the solar system Then one of the ambassadors does something dumb like fall into a pot of molten metal or get blasted by radioactive plasma exhaust and it\u2019s the final straw, the Jupiter aliens rescind all of their threats to conquer the solar system and promise to stay planet bound forever more The robot ambassadors leave Jupiter quite relieved , (they\u2019re compliant with the three laws of robotics), but they\u2019re also confused as to why the Jupiter aliens changed their tune so abruptly Turns out, they were terrified of the ambassadors the entire time, and were trying to put on a brave face. They thought the ambassadors were regular humans, and the entire human species were squat, eight legged, indestructible, hideously strong, nuclear powered metal monstrosities. So in the story, the Jupiter aliens could easily have used force field tech to leave their planet, conquer the solar system and genocide the human using their incredible industrial might. However, their bizarre superiority complex and fragile egos caused them to abandon the attempt and discontinue further investigation into human civilisation out of shame", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if there is life possible in a gas giant. How do you build anything in an environment that can liquefy hydrogen? You could do it from a moon but at that point it's not much different than doing it from earth", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6254.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgoipw", "c_root_id_B": "imgdr0c", "created_at_utc_A": 1661907465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661902620.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Isaac Asimov\u2019s short story collection \u201cI Robot\u201d, there\u2019s a story about three robot ambassadors from Earth landing on Jupiter\u2019s surface (they apparently thought Jupiter had a surface back in the 60s) to open diplomatic relations with the Jupiter locals. The robots were designed to be insanely durable, on account of them needing to survive the harsh conditions and high gravity of Jupiter\u2019s surface. The Jupiter aliens initially try murdering the ambassadors, and when they fail, they take the ambassadors on a grand tour of the planet, showing off their industries, political systems, technology, culture etc. in a bid to show off how superior Jupiter civilisation is. However, the ambassadors end up breaking a lot of things and falling victim to industrial accidents because of clumsiness, and emerge unscathed each time At the end of the tour, the Jupiter aliens show off their brand new force field technology - finally, with this invention, they can build ships that can leave the planet and conquer the solar system. Because of Jupiter\u2019s enormous size and resource richness, it would easily overpower the nascent human civilisation in the solar system Then one of the ambassadors does something dumb like fall into a pot of molten metal or get blasted by radioactive plasma exhaust and it\u2019s the final straw, the Jupiter aliens rescind all of their threats to conquer the solar system and promise to stay planet bound forever more The robot ambassadors leave Jupiter quite relieved , (they\u2019re compliant with the three laws of robotics), but they\u2019re also confused as to why the Jupiter aliens changed their tune so abruptly Turns out, they were terrified of the ambassadors the entire time, and were trying to put on a brave face. They thought the ambassadors were regular humans, and the entire human species were squat, eight legged, indestructible, hideously strong, nuclear powered metal monstrosities. So in the story, the Jupiter aliens could easily have used force field tech to leave their planet, conquer the solar system and genocide the human using their incredible industrial might. However, their bizarre superiority complex and fragile egos caused them to abandon the attempt and discontinue further investigation into human civilisation out of shame", "human_ref_B": "Sadly, I don't think you can. There's likely no form of metalworking possible on a gas giant for any theoretical living things to build with. Everything is a cloud, after all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4845.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imggs4z", "c_root_id_B": "imgb1ft", "created_at_utc_A": 1661903984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661901423.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The simplest way would be to simply skip the need for technology altogether. Beings that can manipulate energy and/or gravity, and use that ability to travel through space. You could have something almost like a jellyfish, that evolved to survive in the upper atmosphere, so insubstantial that it's more a being of energy than just mass. Maybe they have massive brains and have developed a form of telekinesis. They can use that power to hold a sphere of gas around themselves while the same power propels the bubble through space, and spread to other gas giants in the system, or even planets with the right atmospheric pressure. Large groups of them could join together for these journeys, to \"share the load\" so to speak, creating larger and larger bubbles the more there are. Perhaps they find they can survive in the corona of a star, and use the almost unlimited energy and matter to kickstart a technological revolution, building large spherical ships (with most of the components like engines on the outside, with the inside space being mostly empty and filled with gas and jellyfish). Possibly large pressure domes for establishing colonies on planets, although I'd think this species wouldn't bother with planets all that much once they figure out how to live on stars. Or maybe they eschew technology altogether. All they wish to do is to simply observe and contemplate the universe. Maybe they develop their telekinetic powers enough to harness the energy and/or gravity of the star to travel to other stars. They could slowly spread, from star to star, huge clouds of these energy jellyfish just floating along, watching the universe, and debating amongst themselves about what it all means. Eventually they'd probably meet another spacefaring species. Maybe the jellyfish are intrigued by them, and strive for friendly relations, always willing to learn new information or share their own knowledge. Maybe other species come to see the jellyfish as wise and mystical beings, and seek them out for their advice.", "human_ref_B": "In Star Control 2, the Sylandro evolved in a gas giant, and are themselves largely composed of gas. They never achieve spaceflight on their own, and instead purchased automated exploration drones from a friendly race of Mercantile aliens in exchange for the opportunity to study the unique biology of the Sylandro.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2561.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgak99", "c_root_id_B": "imggs4z", "created_at_utc_A": 1661901211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661903984.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Not sure if there is life possible in a gas giant. How do you build anything in an environment that can liquefy hydrogen? You could do it from a moon but at that point it's not much different than doing it from earth", "human_ref_B": "The simplest way would be to simply skip the need for technology altogether. Beings that can manipulate energy and/or gravity, and use that ability to travel through space. You could have something almost like a jellyfish, that evolved to survive in the upper atmosphere, so insubstantial that it's more a being of energy than just mass. Maybe they have massive brains and have developed a form of telekinesis. They can use that power to hold a sphere of gas around themselves while the same power propels the bubble through space, and spread to other gas giants in the system, or even planets with the right atmospheric pressure. Large groups of them could join together for these journeys, to \"share the load\" so to speak, creating larger and larger bubbles the more there are. Perhaps they find they can survive in the corona of a star, and use the almost unlimited energy and matter to kickstart a technological revolution, building large spherical ships (with most of the components like engines on the outside, with the inside space being mostly empty and filled with gas and jellyfish). Possibly large pressure domes for establishing colonies on planets, although I'd think this species wouldn't bother with planets all that much once they figure out how to live on stars. Or maybe they eschew technology altogether. All they wish to do is to simply observe and contemplate the universe. Maybe they develop their telekinetic powers enough to harness the energy and/or gravity of the star to travel to other stars. They could slowly spread, from star to star, huge clouds of these energy jellyfish just floating along, watching the universe, and debating amongst themselves about what it all means. Eventually they'd probably meet another spacefaring species. Maybe the jellyfish are intrigued by them, and strive for friendly relations, always willing to learn new information or share their own knowledge. Maybe other species come to see the jellyfish as wise and mystical beings, and seek them out for their advice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2773.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imggs4z", "c_root_id_B": "imgdr0c", "created_at_utc_A": 1661903984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661902620.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The simplest way would be to simply skip the need for technology altogether. Beings that can manipulate energy and/or gravity, and use that ability to travel through space. You could have something almost like a jellyfish, that evolved to survive in the upper atmosphere, so insubstantial that it's more a being of energy than just mass. Maybe they have massive brains and have developed a form of telekinesis. They can use that power to hold a sphere of gas around themselves while the same power propels the bubble through space, and spread to other gas giants in the system, or even planets with the right atmospheric pressure. Large groups of them could join together for these journeys, to \"share the load\" so to speak, creating larger and larger bubbles the more there are. Perhaps they find they can survive in the corona of a star, and use the almost unlimited energy and matter to kickstart a technological revolution, building large spherical ships (with most of the components like engines on the outside, with the inside space being mostly empty and filled with gas and jellyfish). Possibly large pressure domes for establishing colonies on planets, although I'd think this species wouldn't bother with planets all that much once they figure out how to live on stars. Or maybe they eschew technology altogether. All they wish to do is to simply observe and contemplate the universe. Maybe they develop their telekinetic powers enough to harness the energy and/or gravity of the star to travel to other stars. They could slowly spread, from star to star, huge clouds of these energy jellyfish just floating along, watching the universe, and debating amongst themselves about what it all means. Eventually they'd probably meet another spacefaring species. Maybe the jellyfish are intrigued by them, and strive for friendly relations, always willing to learn new information or share their own knowledge. Maybe other species come to see the jellyfish as wise and mystical beings, and seek them out for their advice.", "human_ref_B": "Sadly, I don't think you can. There's likely no form of metalworking possible on a gas giant for any theoretical living things to build with. Everything is a cloud, after all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1364.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgb1ft", "c_root_id_B": "imhx4ji", "created_at_utc_A": 1661901423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661934543.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In Star Control 2, the Sylandro evolved in a gas giant, and are themselves largely composed of gas. They never achieve spaceflight on their own, and instead purchased automated exploration drones from a friendly race of Mercantile aliens in exchange for the opportunity to study the unique biology of the Sylandro.", "human_ref_B": "That's a very good question, and the answer is that they probably can't (in hard SF). First, the d/v requirement. To reach earth orbit, it takes about 10km/s, to reach Jupiter orbit, it takes closer to 50km/s (and that's generous). And keep in mind, getting more d/v is exponentially harder. So you don't need a rocket 5x the size, you need something close to 50x. This is beyond any feasible conventional chemical rocket, to reach that kind of d/v, you would need high end nuclear rockets, like gas core. This brings us to our next problems. Second, material. Sitting here on the surface of earth, we are surrounded with just about every element we can think of. From hydrogen in the water, to uranium in the rocks. In the atmosphere of Jupiter, 99.99% of everything around you is hydrogen and helium. Just building simple life forms is already debatable, ultra high end rockets are impossible. In soft SF, they can teleport out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33120.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imhcc11", "c_root_id_B": "imhx4ji", "created_at_utc_A": 1661919100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661934543.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Gas giants could be high on organics but low on metals. But we have proved that extremophiles prove life to be a resilient creature once generated. Microorganisms in particular could be a field in which space exploration could mirror Earths first forays into space. Imagine a lighter-than-air macrocolony like a hydrozoa. It can selectively choose its colony members so that it can survive in more extreme environments until it could survive in a vaccuum. After that it is just about developing energy quotient sufficient for escape velocity. This is significantly harder and relies on developing the opposite direction as well to tap into the energy resources of Jupiter's core.", "human_ref_B": "That's a very good question, and the answer is that they probably can't (in hard SF). First, the d/v requirement. To reach earth orbit, it takes about 10km/s, to reach Jupiter orbit, it takes closer to 50km/s (and that's generous). And keep in mind, getting more d/v is exponentially harder. So you don't need a rocket 5x the size, you need something close to 50x. This is beyond any feasible conventional chemical rocket, to reach that kind of d/v, you would need high end nuclear rockets, like gas core. This brings us to our next problems. Second, material. Sitting here on the surface of earth, we are surrounded with just about every element we can think of. From hydrogen in the water, to uranium in the rocks. In the atmosphere of Jupiter, 99.99% of everything around you is hydrogen and helium. Just building simple life forms is already debatable, ultra high end rockets are impossible. In soft SF, they can teleport out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15443.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imhx4ji", "c_root_id_B": "imgak99", "created_at_utc_A": 1661934543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661901211.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "That's a very good question, and the answer is that they probably can't (in hard SF). First, the d/v requirement. To reach earth orbit, it takes about 10km/s, to reach Jupiter orbit, it takes closer to 50km/s (and that's generous). And keep in mind, getting more d/v is exponentially harder. So you don't need a rocket 5x the size, you need something close to 50x. This is beyond any feasible conventional chemical rocket, to reach that kind of d/v, you would need high end nuclear rockets, like gas core. This brings us to our next problems. Second, material. Sitting here on the surface of earth, we are surrounded with just about every element we can think of. From hydrogen in the water, to uranium in the rocks. In the atmosphere of Jupiter, 99.99% of everything around you is hydrogen and helium. Just building simple life forms is already debatable, ultra high end rockets are impossible. In soft SF, they can teleport out.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if there is life possible in a gas giant. How do you build anything in an environment that can liquefy hydrogen? You could do it from a moon but at that point it's not much different than doing it from earth", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33332.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgdr0c", "c_root_id_B": "imhx4ji", "created_at_utc_A": 1661902620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661934543.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Sadly, I don't think you can. There's likely no form of metalworking possible on a gas giant for any theoretical living things to build with. Everything is a cloud, after all.", "human_ref_B": "That's a very good question, and the answer is that they probably can't (in hard SF). First, the d/v requirement. To reach earth orbit, it takes about 10km/s, to reach Jupiter orbit, it takes closer to 50km/s (and that's generous). And keep in mind, getting more d/v is exponentially harder. So you don't need a rocket 5x the size, you need something close to 50x. This is beyond any feasible conventional chemical rocket, to reach that kind of d/v, you would need high end nuclear rockets, like gas core. This brings us to our next problems. Second, material. Sitting here on the surface of earth, we are surrounded with just about every element we can think of. From hydrogen in the water, to uranium in the rocks. In the atmosphere of Jupiter, 99.99% of everything around you is hydrogen and helium. Just building simple life forms is already debatable, ultra high end rockets are impossible. In soft SF, they can teleport out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31923.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imhx4ji", "c_root_id_B": "imh1xky", "created_at_utc_A": 1661934543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661913623.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "That's a very good question, and the answer is that they probably can't (in hard SF). First, the d/v requirement. To reach earth orbit, it takes about 10km/s, to reach Jupiter orbit, it takes closer to 50km/s (and that's generous). And keep in mind, getting more d/v is exponentially harder. So you don't need a rocket 5x the size, you need something close to 50x. This is beyond any feasible conventional chemical rocket, to reach that kind of d/v, you would need high end nuclear rockets, like gas core. This brings us to our next problems. Second, material. Sitting here on the surface of earth, we are surrounded with just about every element we can think of. From hydrogen in the water, to uranium in the rocks. In the atmosphere of Jupiter, 99.99% of everything around you is hydrogen and helium. Just building simple life forms is already debatable, ultra high end rockets are impossible. In soft SF, they can teleport out.", "human_ref_B": "You say \"similar to\" so how about this. Airborne entities evolve from the degenerate matter of rings brushing the gas clouds. Most of their tech materials also come from the same place with the addition of captured asteroids in super low orbits inside the gas atmosphere. A world with no national boundaries but boundaries of thicker or thinner air. Never mind. I think I might want to use this one myself.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20920.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imh54i6", "c_root_id_B": "imhx4ji", "created_at_utc_A": 1661915205.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661934543.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Easiest, most plausible way for a direct had giant inhabitant would be using organic machines. Selectively breed organisms that together can form a spacecraft that would allow for space travel. Giant whale that feeds on the waste of the atmosphere breathing barnacles that feed on the waste of the inhabitants that feed on the waste of the whale, etc. Though I say easiest, that doesn't mean that it would be easy at all in the first place, as at best it would take orders of magnitude longer for them to reach the equivalent of our stone age. Starting out on a gas giant already puts you on hard mode, so any other natural means of becoming an interstellar species gets even harder on top of that. You could also have divergent species that either migrated and adapted to the moons or outright evolved on them, which is the most likely aliens we might encounter be they intelligent or not. For something a little quicker, you could have them harvesting the various comets and meteors that make their way to their planet. With that they might be able to evolve quicker and is likely to be something that would be done in my first example. The issue is that if they don't use some kind of machine that harvesting in the first place would be quite difficult. Regardless, however they go about it, they could eventually create their own space ships and go into space. Depending on the setting, the laws of the universe may allow for alternative technologies. I recall a short story where Earth gets invaded by the most powerful force in the galaxy that are very quickly wiped out by 90s weaponry. Despite being the most powerful stellar fleet, their ships were made of wood and they'd barely reached Napoleonic levels of warfare, using muskets and swords. It turns out, spaceflight, and especially ftl travel, was a very easily solved problem that most civilizations discovered in their stone age and somehow humanity simply didn't discover it. In such universes, it makes it much more plausible for any manner of organism to develop. Then there's also uplifting a species. There could be the equivalent of Jupiter octopuses in that we recognize they're incredibly intelligent and may have been able to reach our level of only they weren't limited by the medium they needed to live. Either a civilization could intentionally make them intelligent, if they weren't already, and offer technology to travel the stars. Or perhaps an errant ship/technology makes its way to their planet at the right place and the right time for them to take full advantage of it. If you want to get a little creative, you don't have to limit the planet by the species. The planet itself could very well be intelligent. I'm further reminded of a different short story about an intelligent mountain. Worms would burrow through it and coincidentally those little tunnels and the worms within them would start to act like a giant brain. Of course, worms are slow so a single thought could take hundreds of years, but regardless it became intelligent. Perhaps through little organisms, a coincidental orbit, intelligent design, or even a mix of them, somehow the gas giant could develop sapience. If it can control itself through the manipulation of said orbits/critters/whatever, then it could theoretically break it's own orbit and thrust itself into space.", "human_ref_B": "That's a very good question, and the answer is that they probably can't (in hard SF). First, the d/v requirement. To reach earth orbit, it takes about 10km/s, to reach Jupiter orbit, it takes closer to 50km/s (and that's generous). And keep in mind, getting more d/v is exponentially harder. So you don't need a rocket 5x the size, you need something close to 50x. This is beyond any feasible conventional chemical rocket, to reach that kind of d/v, you would need high end nuclear rockets, like gas core. This brings us to our next problems. Second, material. Sitting here on the surface of earth, we are surrounded with just about every element we can think of. From hydrogen in the water, to uranium in the rocks. In the atmosphere of Jupiter, 99.99% of everything around you is hydrogen and helium. Just building simple life forms is already debatable, ultra high end rockets are impossible. In soft SF, they can teleport out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19338.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imhjuz2", "c_root_id_B": "imhx4ji", "created_at_utc_A": 1661923913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661934543.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "If they live on a gas giant, that probably mean that they can already fly, since there isn't a surface to live on. Which means that there must be an entire echo system living flying around there. Bio tech would be the best measure, since they can't really get metal or anything like that anywhere, unless there is a life form that filters metal particles from the atmosphere.", "human_ref_B": "That's a very good question, and the answer is that they probably can't (in hard SF). First, the d/v requirement. To reach earth orbit, it takes about 10km/s, to reach Jupiter orbit, it takes closer to 50km/s (and that's generous). And keep in mind, getting more d/v is exponentially harder. So you don't need a rocket 5x the size, you need something close to 50x. This is beyond any feasible conventional chemical rocket, to reach that kind of d/v, you would need high end nuclear rockets, like gas core. This brings us to our next problems. Second, material. Sitting here on the surface of earth, we are surrounded with just about every element we can think of. From hydrogen in the water, to uranium in the rocks. In the atmosphere of Jupiter, 99.99% of everything around you is hydrogen and helium. Just building simple life forms is already debatable, ultra high end rockets are impossible. In soft SF, they can teleport out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10630.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgb1ft", "c_root_id_B": "imgak99", "created_at_utc_A": 1661901423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661901211.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Star Control 2, the Sylandro evolved in a gas giant, and are themselves largely composed of gas. They never achieve spaceflight on their own, and instead purchased automated exploration drones from a friendly race of Mercantile aliens in exchange for the opportunity to study the unique biology of the Sylandro.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if there is life possible in a gas giant. How do you build anything in an environment that can liquefy hydrogen? You could do it from a moon but at that point it's not much different than doing it from earth", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 212.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imgak99", "c_root_id_B": "imhcc11", "created_at_utc_A": 1661901211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661919100.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Not sure if there is life possible in a gas giant. How do you build anything in an environment that can liquefy hydrogen? You could do it from a moon but at that point it's not much different than doing it from earth", "human_ref_B": "Gas giants could be high on organics but low on metals. But we have proved that extremophiles prove life to be a resilient creature once generated. Microorganisms in particular could be a field in which space exploration could mirror Earths first forays into space. Imagine a lighter-than-air macrocolony like a hydrozoa. It can selectively choose its colony members so that it can survive in more extreme environments until it could survive in a vaccuum. After that it is just about developing energy quotient sufficient for escape velocity. This is significantly harder and relies on developing the opposite direction as well to tap into the energy resources of Jupiter's core.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17889.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imhcc11", "c_root_id_B": "imgdr0c", "created_at_utc_A": 1661919100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661902620.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Gas giants could be high on organics but low on metals. But we have proved that extremophiles prove life to be a resilient creature once generated. Microorganisms in particular could be a field in which space exploration could mirror Earths first forays into space. Imagine a lighter-than-air macrocolony like a hydrozoa. It can selectively choose its colony members so that it can survive in more extreme environments until it could survive in a vaccuum. After that it is just about developing energy quotient sufficient for escape velocity. This is significantly harder and relies on developing the opposite direction as well to tap into the energy resources of Jupiter's core.", "human_ref_B": "Sadly, I don't think you can. There's likely no form of metalworking possible on a gas giant for any theoretical living things to build with. Everything is a cloud, after all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16480.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imh1xky", "c_root_id_B": "imhcc11", "created_at_utc_A": 1661913623.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661919100.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You say \"similar to\" so how about this. Airborne entities evolve from the degenerate matter of rings brushing the gas clouds. Most of their tech materials also come from the same place with the addition of captured asteroids in super low orbits inside the gas atmosphere. A world with no national boundaries but boundaries of thicker or thinner air. Never mind. I think I might want to use this one myself.", "human_ref_B": "Gas giants could be high on organics but low on metals. But we have proved that extremophiles prove life to be a resilient creature once generated. Microorganisms in particular could be a field in which space exploration could mirror Earths first forays into space. Imagine a lighter-than-air macrocolony like a hydrozoa. It can selectively choose its colony members so that it can survive in more extreme environments until it could survive in a vaccuum. After that it is just about developing energy quotient sufficient for escape velocity. This is significantly harder and relies on developing the opposite direction as well to tap into the energy resources of Jupiter's core.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5477.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x1xf7u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[*Any* SF] How does intelligent life from gas giants similar to Jupiter or Saturn achieve spaceflight and what do their bases or colonies look like?", "c_root_id_A": "imh54i6", "c_root_id_B": "imhcc11", "created_at_utc_A": 1661915205.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1661919100.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Easiest, most plausible way for a direct had giant inhabitant would be using organic machines. Selectively breed organisms that together can form a spacecraft that would allow for space travel. Giant whale that feeds on the waste of the atmosphere breathing barnacles that feed on the waste of the inhabitants that feed on the waste of the whale, etc. Though I say easiest, that doesn't mean that it would be easy at all in the first place, as at best it would take orders of magnitude longer for them to reach the equivalent of our stone age. Starting out on a gas giant already puts you on hard mode, so any other natural means of becoming an interstellar species gets even harder on top of that. You could also have divergent species that either migrated and adapted to the moons or outright evolved on them, which is the most likely aliens we might encounter be they intelligent or not. For something a little quicker, you could have them harvesting the various comets and meteors that make their way to their planet. With that they might be able to evolve quicker and is likely to be something that would be done in my first example. The issue is that if they don't use some kind of machine that harvesting in the first place would be quite difficult. Regardless, however they go about it, they could eventually create their own space ships and go into space. Depending on the setting, the laws of the universe may allow for alternative technologies. I recall a short story where Earth gets invaded by the most powerful force in the galaxy that are very quickly wiped out by 90s weaponry. Despite being the most powerful stellar fleet, their ships were made of wood and they'd barely reached Napoleonic levels of warfare, using muskets and swords. It turns out, spaceflight, and especially ftl travel, was a very easily solved problem that most civilizations discovered in their stone age and somehow humanity simply didn't discover it. In such universes, it makes it much more plausible for any manner of organism to develop. Then there's also uplifting a species. There could be the equivalent of Jupiter octopuses in that we recognize they're incredibly intelligent and may have been able to reach our level of only they weren't limited by the medium they needed to live. Either a civilization could intentionally make them intelligent, if they weren't already, and offer technology to travel the stars. Or perhaps an errant ship/technology makes its way to their planet at the right place and the right time for them to take full advantage of it. If you want to get a little creative, you don't have to limit the planet by the species. The planet itself could very well be intelligent. I'm further reminded of a different short story about an intelligent mountain. Worms would burrow through it and coincidentally those little tunnels and the worms within them would start to act like a giant brain. Of course, worms are slow so a single thought could take hundreds of years, but regardless it became intelligent. Perhaps through little organisms, a coincidental orbit, intelligent design, or even a mix of them, somehow the gas giant could develop sapience. If it can control itself through the manipulation of said orbits/critters/whatever, then it could theoretically break it's own orbit and thrust itself into space.", "human_ref_B": "Gas giants could be high on organics but low on metals. But we have proved that extremophiles prove life to be a resilient creature once generated. Microorganisms in particular could be a field in which space exploration could mirror Earths first forays into space. Imagine a lighter-than-air macrocolony like a hydrozoa. It can selectively choose its colony members so that it can survive in more extreme environments until it could survive in a vaccuum. After that it is just about developing energy quotient sufficient for escape velocity. This is significantly harder and relies on developing the opposite direction as well to tap into the energy resources of Jupiter's core.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3895.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zvmjbz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Blade Runner] What is it like living off world? Something I\u2019ve always been curious about is the space travel aspect of this universe. What\u2019s it like living off world? How far out in space are we able to go? How common is it for people to go to space? Are there any signs of alien life? This is all assuming that you don\u2019t place it in the same universe as Alien.", "c_root_id_A": "j1pudwy", "c_root_id_B": "j1q5sfw", "created_at_utc_A": 1672059092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672066005.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Living off-world would likely be similar to what was seen in \"Total Recall\". Living in climate-controlled atmospheric domes. It'd be better than the poison hellscape of Earth at that time, but still be worse than the world we're in today. As for how far out we can go - if Batty's speech is anything to go by - they're definitely interstellar, and FTL capable. Going out into space isn't like visiting another country though, it's more like emigrating. It's expensive. In fact, it's more like travelling to the Americas during the Age of Sail than anything else. There is no casual space travel except for the ultra-rich. You've got three options: - Be Rich. Then you can casually traverse the universe at your leisure - Emigrate. Pick up your whole life and go live on an existing colony. You'll need a job waiting for you though, and - if you don't have a sponsor - your life savings. - Expedition. Join a brand new colony expedition. You'll need to work hard, and you'll probably die. But it's not going to cost you anything. This method is becoming less and less available as replicants take over as the preferred expendable labour out there. Why bring humans when you can have a replicant? A repicant who lives just long enough to establish the colony before dying and leaving space for *paying* settlers. This leaves those who can't afford to emigrate, or who are too physically or mentally unsuitable for hard labour, stuck on Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6913.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zvmjbz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Blade Runner] What is it like living off world? Something I\u2019ve always been curious about is the space travel aspect of this universe. What\u2019s it like living off world? How far out in space are we able to go? How common is it for people to go to space? Are there any signs of alien life? This is all assuming that you don\u2019t place it in the same universe as Alien.", "c_root_id_A": "j1qmv96", "c_root_id_B": "j1pudwy", "created_at_utc_A": 1672074033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672059092.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Unfortunately, we don't know a whole lot about offworld colonies other than they exist, replicants are allowed there, and (from a deleted scene) Deckard's wife left him for a man offworld. That said, we can infer done things from that universe and its parallel universe in the novel, *Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep*. The replicants are designed for hard labor and harsh environments, at least one of the replicants was designed as a soldier, another being part of a \"kick-murder-squad\". With the dystopian Los Angeles being heavily advertised for offworld colonies despite how bad it is on Earth, it also can imply that things aren't as rosy as it seems offworld. We only know that they've colonized the Moon and Mars. But there are references to 'intergalactic runs,\" which would imply a *much* higher level of technology than we've really seen, and Roy Batty has seen \"attack ships on fire off the Shoulder of Orion.\" It's not specific what Orion refers to, which could be interplanetary battles with the constellation in the background, or colonies in one of those star systems.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14941.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zvmjbz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Blade Runner] What is it like living off world? Something I\u2019ve always been curious about is the space travel aspect of this universe. What\u2019s it like living off world? How far out in space are we able to go? How common is it for people to go to space? Are there any signs of alien life? This is all assuming that you don\u2019t place it in the same universe as Alien.", "c_root_id_A": "j1pudwy", "c_root_id_B": "j1pxjkl", "created_at_utc_A": 1672059092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672061297.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2205.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zvmjbz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Blade Runner] What is it like living off world? Something I\u2019ve always been curious about is the space travel aspect of this universe. What\u2019s it like living off world? How far out in space are we able to go? How common is it for people to go to space? Are there any signs of alien life? This is all assuming that you don\u2019t place it in the same universe as Alien.", "c_root_id_A": "j1q5sfw", "c_root_id_B": "j1pxjkl", "created_at_utc_A": 1672066005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672061297.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Living off-world would likely be similar to what was seen in \"Total Recall\". Living in climate-controlled atmospheric domes. It'd be better than the poison hellscape of Earth at that time, but still be worse than the world we're in today. As for how far out we can go - if Batty's speech is anything to go by - they're definitely interstellar, and FTL capable. Going out into space isn't like visiting another country though, it's more like emigrating. It's expensive. In fact, it's more like travelling to the Americas during the Age of Sail than anything else. There is no casual space travel except for the ultra-rich. You've got three options: - Be Rich. Then you can casually traverse the universe at your leisure - Emigrate. Pick up your whole life and go live on an existing colony. You'll need a job waiting for you though, and - if you don't have a sponsor - your life savings. - Expedition. Join a brand new colony expedition. You'll need to work hard, and you'll probably die. But it's not going to cost you anything. This method is becoming less and less available as replicants take over as the preferred expendable labour out there. Why bring humans when you can have a replicant? A repicant who lives just long enough to establish the colony before dying and leaving space for *paying* settlers. This leaves those who can't afford to emigrate, or who are too physically or mentally unsuitable for hard labour, stuck on Earth.", "human_ref_B": "A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4708.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zvmjbz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Blade Runner] What is it like living off world? Something I\u2019ve always been curious about is the space travel aspect of this universe. What\u2019s it like living off world? How far out in space are we able to go? How common is it for people to go to space? Are there any signs of alien life? This is all assuming that you don\u2019t place it in the same universe as Alien.", "c_root_id_A": "j1qmv96", "c_root_id_B": "j1pxjkl", "created_at_utc_A": 1672074033.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672061297.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Unfortunately, we don't know a whole lot about offworld colonies other than they exist, replicants are allowed there, and (from a deleted scene) Deckard's wife left him for a man offworld. That said, we can infer done things from that universe and its parallel universe in the novel, *Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep*. The replicants are designed for hard labor and harsh environments, at least one of the replicants was designed as a soldier, another being part of a \"kick-murder-squad\". With the dystopian Los Angeles being heavily advertised for offworld colonies despite how bad it is on Earth, it also can imply that things aren't as rosy as it seems offworld. We only know that they've colonized the Moon and Mars. But there are references to 'intergalactic runs,\" which would imply a *much* higher level of technology than we've really seen, and Roy Batty has seen \"attack ships on fire off the Shoulder of Orion.\" It's not specific what Orion refers to, which could be interplanetary battles with the constellation in the background, or colonies in one of those star systems.", "human_ref_B": "A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies! A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12736.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zvmjbz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Blade Runner] What is it like living off world? Something I\u2019ve always been curious about is the space travel aspect of this universe. What\u2019s it like living off world? How far out in space are we able to go? How common is it for people to go to space? Are there any signs of alien life? This is all assuming that you don\u2019t place it in the same universe as Alien.", "c_root_id_A": "j1r3z4w", "c_root_id_B": "j1s44px", "created_at_utc_A": 1672081395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1672097777.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Probably very similar to ALIENS, minus the xenomorphs.", "human_ref_B": "According to Ridley Scott \"Soldier\" and some ofthe \"Alien\" movies exist in in the same continuity as \"Blade Runner\", that answers most of your questions", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16382.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1hem1f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] If Borg assimilated thousands of different species why do we only ever see humans with borg implants?", "c_root_id_A": "catlif9", "c_root_id_B": "catldtf", "created_at_utc_A": 1372653530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372653104.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "We don't. There have been numerous cases where Klingon, Romulan, and even Bajoran and Cardassian drones have been visible. Most of them appear to be human, but human-like aliens without any additional ridges or other atypical attributes seem to be one of the more common forms of life in the galaxy. Additionally, a lot of the time the distinctive features that each race possesses will be covered up or not visible under the typical Borg drone modifications. There's also the simple fact that on most of the occasions where the Federation has encountered the Borg, they've been able to greatly bolster their numbers with a victory over Starfleet ships. Naturally, that means they add a lot of human drones to their forces in less-critical capacities, and those tend to be the ones sent to the front lines. *Stepping through the fourth wall for a moment, I've got a few links for you from Memory Alpha, that show non-human Borg drones from the show:* http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Borg_drone A Klingon Drone is pictured here near the top. http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Unnamed_Borg This one has a list of some of the assimilated species we've seen so far. Many of them show up in episodes with flashbacks to before they were assimilated, or in Unimatrix Zero, so they aren't really seen with Borg gear on. The Assimilated Bolian link shows one from First Contact. We also see some non-human former Borg in \"Survival Instinct\" from Voyager, and a few in \"Dark Frontier\".", "human_ref_B": "We don't. For instance, klingon borg, former Romulan Borg, and we also know, for instance, that the Borg Queen was a member of species 125 before being assimilated.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 426.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1hem1f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] If Borg assimilated thousands of different species why do we only ever see humans with borg implants?", "c_root_id_A": "catlif9", "c_root_id_B": "catlf23", "created_at_utc_A": 1372653530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372653217.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "We don't. There have been numerous cases where Klingon, Romulan, and even Bajoran and Cardassian drones have been visible. Most of them appear to be human, but human-like aliens without any additional ridges or other atypical attributes seem to be one of the more common forms of life in the galaxy. Additionally, a lot of the time the distinctive features that each race possesses will be covered up or not visible under the typical Borg drone modifications. There's also the simple fact that on most of the occasions where the Federation has encountered the Borg, they've been able to greatly bolster their numbers with a victory over Starfleet ships. Naturally, that means they add a lot of human drones to their forces in less-critical capacities, and those tend to be the ones sent to the front lines. *Stepping through the fourth wall for a moment, I've got a few links for you from Memory Alpha, that show non-human Borg drones from the show:* http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Borg_drone A Klingon Drone is pictured here near the top. http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Unnamed_Borg This one has a list of some of the assimilated species we've seen so far. Many of them show up in episodes with flashbacks to before they were assimilated, or in Unimatrix Zero, so they aren't really seen with Borg gear on. The Assimilated Bolian link shows one from First Contact. We also see some non-human former Borg in \"Survival Instinct\" from Voyager, and a few in \"Dark Frontier\".", "human_ref_B": "I might be wrong but I think it's because we only see Borg Cubes and Borg Military Men. We've never been shown an actual Borg homeworld to my knowledge. (At least in Official Cannon. It did show up in the EU story \"The Return\".) Basically , It's the same reason The Borg wouldn't see Gophers or Pigs despite the fact that starfleet lives with them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 313.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1hem1f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] If Borg assimilated thousands of different species why do we only ever see humans with borg implants?", "c_root_id_A": "catldtf", "c_root_id_B": "catmccw", "created_at_utc_A": 1372653104.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372656496.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "We don't. For instance, klingon borg, former Romulan Borg, and we also know, for instance, that the Borg Queen was a member of species 125 before being assimilated.", "human_ref_B": "You couldn't be more wrong. You RARELY see borg humans. They're humanoid, and members of thousands of species. The assimilation process changes their makeup, but there are still differences. It's pretty arrogant to assume all humanoids are human.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3392.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1hem1f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] If Borg assimilated thousands of different species why do we only ever see humans with borg implants?", "c_root_id_A": "catlf23", "c_root_id_B": "catmccw", "created_at_utc_A": 1372653217.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372656496.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I might be wrong but I think it's because we only see Borg Cubes and Borg Military Men. We've never been shown an actual Borg homeworld to my knowledge. (At least in Official Cannon. It did show up in the EU story \"The Return\".) Basically , It's the same reason The Borg wouldn't see Gophers or Pigs despite the fact that starfleet lives with them.", "human_ref_B": "You couldn't be more wrong. You RARELY see borg humans. They're humanoid, and members of thousands of species. The assimilation process changes their makeup, but there are still differences. It's pretty arrogant to assume all humanoids are human.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3279.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v21n4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dragonball Z] Why were Goten and Trunks so powerful at age 7? They were so far ahead of their fathers and even Gohan Gohan was very powerful at 11 but he trained EXTREMELY hardcore with Goku for a year straight. It seems like these two are very lax with their training because the world has been at peace for a few years.", "c_root_id_A": "coduzd9", "c_root_id_B": "codt3nj", "created_at_utc_A": 1423287439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423282585.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Goten and Trunks have each other to work off. Being that they're pretty much equal strength, and have been their entire lives, they get to constantly push each other. Gohan, Goku and Vegeta never had consistent opponents of equal strength to fight and train with. You can think of the analogue to Goku and Vegeta. As soon as Vegeta came along, Goku suddenly had a rival who could keep up with him - and the two of them pushed each other to get stronger ever since.", "human_ref_B": "They're stronger because their parents were stronger when they were conceived. That's explicitly how it works in Dragonball's world.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4854.0, "score_ratio": 2.0526315789, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v21n4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dragonball Z] Why were Goten and Trunks so powerful at age 7? They were so far ahead of their fathers and even Gohan Gohan was very powerful at 11 but he trained EXTREMELY hardcore with Goku for a year straight. It seems like these two are very lax with their training because the world has been at peace for a few years.", "c_root_id_A": "coduzd9", "c_root_id_B": "codspfv", "created_at_utc_A": 1423287439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423281663.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Goten and Trunks have each other to work off. Being that they're pretty much equal strength, and have been their entire lives, they get to constantly push each other. Gohan, Goku and Vegeta never had consistent opponents of equal strength to fight and train with. You can think of the analogue to Goku and Vegeta. As soon as Vegeta came along, Goku suddenly had a rival who could keep up with him - and the two of them pushed each other to get stronger ever since.", "human_ref_B": "[more speculation] There are some studies that suggest that parents are more lax and neglectful on their second child than one their first child. So for goten it could be as simple as them just letting goten go and do whatever with trunks, those two were somewhat of trouble makers & had very strong genes. It seems as if it wouldn't be unlikely that they could end up hurting themselves. As you & I both know when a saiyan is injured and recovers they get a power boost. Any time they got seriously hurt they could just float to korrin's for delicious sensu beans. Wouldn't be so unlikely that because of their family they were strong as goku was as a kid, after he defeated King Piccolo. After that, some rudimentary teaching and some careful maiming could be the simple trick to buff kids like that out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5776.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v21n4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dragonball Z] Why were Goten and Trunks so powerful at age 7? They were so far ahead of their fathers and even Gohan Gohan was very powerful at 11 but he trained EXTREMELY hardcore with Goku for a year straight. It seems like these two are very lax with their training because the world has been at peace for a few years.", "c_root_id_A": "codt3nj", "c_root_id_B": "codspfv", "created_at_utc_A": 1423282585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423281663.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "They're stronger because their parents were stronger when they were conceived. That's explicitly how it works in Dragonball's world.", "human_ref_B": "[more speculation] There are some studies that suggest that parents are more lax and neglectful on their second child than one their first child. So for goten it could be as simple as them just letting goten go and do whatever with trunks, those two were somewhat of trouble makers & had very strong genes. It seems as if it wouldn't be unlikely that they could end up hurting themselves. As you & I both know when a saiyan is injured and recovers they get a power boost. Any time they got seriously hurt they could just float to korrin's for delicious sensu beans. Wouldn't be so unlikely that because of their family they were strong as goku was as a kid, after he defeated King Piccolo. After that, some rudimentary teaching and some careful maiming could be the simple trick to buff kids like that out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 922.0, "score_ratio": 1.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v21n4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Dragonball Z] Why were Goten and Trunks so powerful at age 7? They were so far ahead of their fathers and even Gohan Gohan was very powerful at 11 but he trained EXTREMELY hardcore with Goku for a year straight. It seems like these two are very lax with their training because the world has been at peace for a few years.", "c_root_id_A": "coe0kph", "c_root_id_B": "coe2qk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1423312482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423320302.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Saiyan power is unlocked through passion and emotional focus alongside physical training, but Saiyans are naturally stoic and unfeeling, and their warrior culture reinforces this. This is why Super Saiyans on Vegeta were previously pretty rare, but also a ticking time-bomb should they ever realise they were doing things wrong and correct that mistake. Humans, on the other hand, are very much weaker, but their natural emotional capacities and will to survive far outstrip Saiyans, if only they had the bodies to truly utilise it. We have the \"gut instinct\". Saiyan/Human hybrids are therefore somewhat of a lock and key. By possessing attributes of both, understanding how to become Super Saiyan or higher is much more intuitive, whereas for Goku and Vegeta, it was much more of a matter of breaking down mental barriers.", "human_ref_B": "Word of God (Akira Toriyama) states that Human-Saiyan hybrids born without tails are the most powerful. In-universe it is not explained", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7820.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6fckmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Dragonball Z/Super] so what exactly is up with the Legendary Super Saiyan? While Broly was never canon we now have Kale. Her SSL transformation was almost exactly the same as Broly's physically, has a green aura instead of gold, pupil and irises disappear, draw power seemingly outside-in, and a singleminded desire to destroy one target in particular. So what is this transformation? It's obviously something more than just a power boost like a normal Super Saiyan. But it's something that two different looking people have transformed into something nearly identical. Why? Maybe it's what Saiyans become/are when Super Saiyan form is reached from dispair instead of anger?", "c_root_id_A": "dih8s3z", "c_root_id_B": "dihbuo1", "created_at_utc_A": 1496653930.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496662571.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "I think that the lss is a genetic fluke, that grants very few a different stage of super sayian. where regular super sayian is very draining, lss seems to just continue with limitless stamina. its not limitless, as it seems that there comes a limit where they cant controll it anymore, and they start to send it outwards from their bodies in violent waves, or if they get too much energy, seemingly explode like broly did.", "human_ref_B": "MasakoX has a decent theory about it. In short, it may be because of what Chakra is being accessed during the transformation. Normal Super Saiyan is a manifestation of the Solar Chakra which is considered yellow and all about inner strength. It's very convenient that in Dragon Ball Super, they focus their energy in their back, where the Solar Chakra resides in order to access Super Saiyan. Legendary Super Saiyan is a manifestation of the Heart Chakra, which is green and about emotional turmoil. Then, you have Super Saiyan Blue, which is associated with the blue Throat Chakra, which is all about communication, and how Super Saiyan Blue is all about communicating their power clearly and without excess. Lastly, there's Super Saiyan Ros\u00e9, which could be associated with the Crown Chakra, the one that is associated with the connection to the gods and all that spiritual shit. It's pretty convenient that the only one to actually achieve Super Saiyan Ros\u00e9 is a literal god.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8641.0, "score_ratio": 1.3846153846, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6fckmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Dragonball Z/Super] so what exactly is up with the Legendary Super Saiyan? While Broly was never canon we now have Kale. Her SSL transformation was almost exactly the same as Broly's physically, has a green aura instead of gold, pupil and irises disappear, draw power seemingly outside-in, and a singleminded desire to destroy one target in particular. So what is this transformation? It's obviously something more than just a power boost like a normal Super Saiyan. But it's something that two different looking people have transformed into something nearly identical. Why? Maybe it's what Saiyans become/are when Super Saiyan form is reached from dispair instead of anger?", "c_root_id_A": "dihf3vl", "c_root_id_B": "dihmox6", "created_at_utc_A": 1496668786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496678420.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "well apparently the Legendary Super Saiyan is what happens when you piss off a shy or emotionally stunted saiyan. seems pretty disappointing overall honestly after all the other cool SSJ transformations we just get a pissed off cringelord with the singular purpose of killing someone for some ridiculously perceived slight. Oh no as a child you CRIED next to me or oh my god you're being FRIENDLY to someone I like.", "human_ref_B": "LSS uses all the power that person has at once. Every drop of energy is brought out. The LSS doesn't stop fighting until that last energy has been depleted. A regular Super Saiyan would simply phase back into their Base form once their power drops below a certain threshold while a LSS could run until death. It also seems the ability to transform into a LSS is a rare trait among Saiyans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9634.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vublh", "c_root_id_B": "c8vpfqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1363309815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363295107.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's a bit hard to explain, but the hair isn't actually \"blond\" in the traditional sense - Due to the thin nature of hair follicles, the immense amount of power absorbed/channeled through a saiyan's body \"bleeds\" out the hair as light-waves, which we perceive as yellow hair. To answer some possible forthcoming questions: The eyes work on a somewhat similar principle - the thin porous fibrovascular tissue in the iris also emit light waves. However, similar to the intake of energy also causing a Saiyan's hair to raise, the iris tissue is also affected by the intake of power in another way - in this case shrinking - causing a change in the rayleigh scattering, and thus changing the colour of the eyes.", "human_ref_B": "The power levels and natural energy expenditures of Super Sayians would burn off any dyes in their hair. So when they power down they go back to their natural color.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14708.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vtcy0", "c_root_id_B": "c8vublh", "created_at_utc_A": 1363306840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363309815.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Another question - would it even turn yellow to begin with, or would the dye mask the yellow color of the Super Saiyan effect?", "human_ref_B": "It's a bit hard to explain, but the hair isn't actually \"blond\" in the traditional sense - Due to the thin nature of hair follicles, the immense amount of power absorbed/channeled through a saiyan's body \"bleeds\" out the hair as light-waves, which we perceive as yellow hair. To answer some possible forthcoming questions: The eyes work on a somewhat similar principle - the thin porous fibrovascular tissue in the iris also emit light waves. However, similar to the intake of energy also causing a Saiyan's hair to raise, the iris tissue is also affected by the intake of power in another way - in this case shrinking - causing a change in the rayleigh scattering, and thus changing the colour of the eyes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2975.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vublh", "c_root_id_B": "c8vn7a1", "created_at_utc_A": 1363309815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363288984.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -6, "human_ref_A": "It's a bit hard to explain, but the hair isn't actually \"blond\" in the traditional sense - Due to the thin nature of hair follicles, the immense amount of power absorbed/channeled through a saiyan's body \"bleeds\" out the hair as light-waves, which we perceive as yellow hair. To answer some possible forthcoming questions: The eyes work on a somewhat similar principle - the thin porous fibrovascular tissue in the iris also emit light waves. However, similar to the intake of energy also causing a Saiyan's hair to raise, the iris tissue is also affected by the intake of power in another way - in this case shrinking - causing a change in the rayleigh scattering, and thus changing the colour of the eyes.", "human_ref_B": "its.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20831.0, "score_ratio": -0.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vuj26", "c_root_id_B": "c8vpfqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1363310470.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363295107.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hmm... Okay according to Wikipedia there are four common types of hair dye, but other than temporary they all work more or less the same way for our purposes. For the permanent/demi-permanent/semi-permanent dyes, I don't think these would even have any effect on Saiyans, they rely on interacting with the chemistry of the hair, and I seriously doubt that Saiyan hair even remotely resembles human hair on a molecular level. Temporary dyes on the other hand would be effective. when you use them you're basically just painting the outside of each hair the color you want it. Now there are two question we have to consider 1. Would the dye be able to withstand the energy being produced? (will the dye still be there when they power down?) 2. If so would the pigments in the dye be able to block out the light? (will their dye be visible while their in super Saiyan form?) I would say the answer to both those questions would be no,if your using regular hair dye. It would however almost definitely be possible to concoct special hair dye that would work on Saiyans (maybe made out of molten lead or something.) Then depending on how well the dye blocks light, the Saiyans hair would either return to it's dyed color once they'd powered down, or stay that color the entire time.", "human_ref_B": "The power levels and natural energy expenditures of Super Sayians would burn off any dyes in their hair. So when they power down they go back to their natural color.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15363.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vn7a1", "c_root_id_B": "c8vpfqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1363288984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363295107.0, "score_A": -6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "its.", "human_ref_B": "The power levels and natural energy expenditures of Super Sayians would burn off any dyes in their hair. So when they power down they go back to their natural color.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6123.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vuj26", "c_root_id_B": "c8vtcy0", "created_at_utc_A": 1363310470.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363306840.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hmm... Okay according to Wikipedia there are four common types of hair dye, but other than temporary they all work more or less the same way for our purposes. For the permanent/demi-permanent/semi-permanent dyes, I don't think these would even have any effect on Saiyans, they rely on interacting with the chemistry of the hair, and I seriously doubt that Saiyan hair even remotely resembles human hair on a molecular level. Temporary dyes on the other hand would be effective. when you use them you're basically just painting the outside of each hair the color you want it. Now there are two question we have to consider 1. Would the dye be able to withstand the energy being produced? (will the dye still be there when they power down?) 2. If so would the pigments in the dye be able to block out the light? (will their dye be visible while their in super Saiyan form?) I would say the answer to both those questions would be no,if your using regular hair dye. It would however almost definitely be possible to concoct special hair dye that would work on Saiyans (maybe made out of molten lead or something.) Then depending on how well the dye blocks light, the Saiyans hair would either return to it's dyed color once they'd powered down, or stay that color the entire time.", "human_ref_B": "Another question - would it even turn yellow to begin with, or would the dye mask the yellow color of the Super Saiyan effect?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3630.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vn7a1", "c_root_id_B": "c8vuj26", "created_at_utc_A": 1363288984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363310470.0, "score_A": -6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "its.", "human_ref_B": "Hmm... Okay according to Wikipedia there are four common types of hair dye, but other than temporary they all work more or less the same way for our purposes. For the permanent/demi-permanent/semi-permanent dyes, I don't think these would even have any effect on Saiyans, they rely on interacting with the chemistry of the hair, and I seriously doubt that Saiyan hair even remotely resembles human hair on a molecular level. Temporary dyes on the other hand would be effective. when you use them you're basically just painting the outside of each hair the color you want it. Now there are two question we have to consider 1. Would the dye be able to withstand the energy being produced? (will the dye still be there when they power down?) 2. If so would the pigments in the dye be able to block out the light? (will their dye be visible while their in super Saiyan form?) I would say the answer to both those questions would be no,if your using regular hair dye. It would however almost definitely be possible to concoct special hair dye that would work on Saiyans (maybe made out of molten lead or something.) Then depending on how well the dye blocks light, the Saiyans hair would either return to it's dyed color once they'd powered down, or stay that color the entire time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21486.0, "score_ratio": -0.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vtcy0", "c_root_id_B": "c8vn7a1", "created_at_utc_A": 1363306840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363288984.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -6, "human_ref_A": "Another question - would it even turn yellow to begin with, or would the dye mask the yellow color of the Super Saiyan effect?", "human_ref_B": "its.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17856.0, "score_ratio": -0.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1aann3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dragonball Z]If a Saiyan dyes his hair, then becomes a super saiyan, after returning to normal, does their hair return to it's natural color or it's dyed color? Like, say Goku dyes his hair purple. When he becomes a super saiyan and his hair changes yellow/gold does that destroy the dye? If not, then After becoming a super saiyan, and his hair would normally go back to being black, would it instead go back to being purple?", "c_root_id_A": "c8vn7a1", "c_root_id_B": "c8w0y7l", "created_at_utc_A": 1363288984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363335476.0, "score_A": -6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "its.", "human_ref_B": "I think the hair changing color is due to the energy being released from the body and thus through the hair as well. I don't think it is an actual pigment change. Notice how with SS there is this glow to them that is radiating from their bodies.There hair is doing the same thing. Think of it like a light bulb. So no the pigment isn't changing so it would likely stay the same as it was before they turned SS. So, yes they could keep their awesome dyed hair.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46492.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3zz16a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Pokemon] If Cubones are wearing their mothers' skulls, how do they come out of their egg with a skull already on their head? How do you explain this?", "c_root_id_A": "cyqi89r", "c_root_id_B": "cyqcuyv", "created_at_utc_A": 1452254618.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452235342.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What you of course are referring to is when you have Cubones in captivity. The thing is, in nature, Cubones are practically defined by the death of their mother, the skull is an important part of the creature. However, tamed Marowaks have a much higher life-expectancy, so the likelyhood of them dying early on, or in egg-laying is a lot smaller. For this reason, most Cubone breeders make artificial skulls for the Cubone to wear, as the skull is needed for evolution. During evolution, it essentially morphs with the pok\u00e9mon, as can be seen by its different shape.", "human_ref_B": "The mother always dies in childbirth", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19276.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3zz16a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Pokemon] If Cubones are wearing their mothers' skulls, how do they come out of their egg with a skull already on their head? How do you explain this?", "c_root_id_A": "cyqjtd9", "c_root_id_B": "cyqcuyv", "created_at_utc_A": 1452259376.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452235342.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=011011", "human_ref_B": "The mother always dies in childbirth", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24034.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5h43sq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Alien] If the Company knew about LV-426 and the distress signal before the Nostromo took off on it's mission ( And they did given that Ash was a last minute replacement ) why didn't they just send a normal ship with their own crew to find out about the alien? It would have solved all their problems in one go.", "c_root_id_A": "daxbkz7", "c_root_id_B": "day9oga", "created_at_utc_A": 1481164664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481224051.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "A major change in plan so late in the game would have been noticed. They wanted exclusive rights. Maybe putting colonist one the ground gave them better legal access to the find.", "human_ref_B": "I never really interpreted Ash's last-minute addition to the crew as anything except the Company planting a spy on the ship. As in, they do this with all their ships now and it's just another dick move. As soon as the beacon is detected, Ash's priorities are changed. They even have a bunch of scenes about how it's required in their contract that they investigate all alien life. I took it as more bureaucratic hell. Alternatively, if this is the same universe as Prometheus, you could argue they already know about the alien and just want a ship full of infected people. But I prefer to not really think of Prometheus as canon. Side-note: googling this question reveals that it has been the subject of some pretty intense forum debates for a while.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59387.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5h43sq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Alien] If the Company knew about LV-426 and the distress signal before the Nostromo took off on it's mission ( And they did given that Ash was a last minute replacement ) why didn't they just send a normal ship with their own crew to find out about the alien? It would have solved all their problems in one go.", "c_root_id_A": "day9oga", "c_root_id_B": "daxl4pb", "created_at_utc_A": 1481224051.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481180281.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I never really interpreted Ash's last-minute addition to the crew as anything except the Company planting a spy on the ship. As in, they do this with all their ships now and it's just another dick move. As soon as the beacon is detected, Ash's priorities are changed. They even have a bunch of scenes about how it's required in their contract that they investigate all alien life. I took it as more bureaucratic hell. Alternatively, if this is the same universe as Prometheus, you could argue they already know about the alien and just want a ship full of infected people. But I prefer to not really think of Prometheus as canon. Side-note: googling this question reveals that it has been the subject of some pretty intense forum debates for a while.", "human_ref_B": "Any specialists they sent would have been more expensive for them, and would have been wasted. Aside from Ash, the only thing they needed the crew for was to be a host for the xenomorphs. The only thing that went wrong with their plan to bring back the xenomorphs to be used as weapons was that 1) they left evidence in Mother for Ripley to find, and 2) Ash wasn't successful at killing or subduing her.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43770.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5h43sq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Alien] If the Company knew about LV-426 and the distress signal before the Nostromo took off on it's mission ( And they did given that Ash was a last minute replacement ) why didn't they just send a normal ship with their own crew to find out about the alien? It would have solved all their problems in one go.", "c_root_id_A": "day9oga", "c_root_id_B": "daxukpa", "created_at_utc_A": 1481224051.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481205518.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I never really interpreted Ash's last-minute addition to the crew as anything except the Company planting a spy on the ship. As in, they do this with all their ships now and it's just another dick move. As soon as the beacon is detected, Ash's priorities are changed. They even have a bunch of scenes about how it's required in their contract that they investigate all alien life. I took it as more bureaucratic hell. Alternatively, if this is the same universe as Prometheus, you could argue they already know about the alien and just want a ship full of infected people. But I prefer to not really think of Prometheus as canon. Side-note: googling this question reveals that it has been the subject of some pretty intense forum debates for a while.", "human_ref_B": "A couple of reasons come to mind: 1) Plausible deniability. If the corporation sent a crew out specifically to locate the alien signal, and then things went to shit, it wouldn't make them look good. Instead, they manipulated this crew of commercial freighters - who were going to be flying out in that direction, anyway - into stumbling onto the signal. Thus, when things did go to shit, there was only one person alive to talk about the corporation's bullshit, and it was easy to say she was crazy. According to the records, what happened was a tragic accident mingled with incompetent starship officers. Case closed. 2) Ripley's crew was cheaper. Ripley and the crew of the *Nostromo* were basically truck drivers in space. The evil corporation probably thought it'd be better to send a bunch of truckers into this dangerous situation to see what was up, rather than sending their top astronauts, scientists, and soldiers to get killed by the unknown. Then, after the unknown becomes a little less unknown, *that's* when they start sending their top guys. TL;DR: The corporation is sneaky and evil, and sneaky, evil corporations always do things in a round-about kinda way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18533.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7a148h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[/r/hfy] What exactly is it about humanity that makes us so much better than any other alien species?", "c_root_id_A": "dp6c7dn", "c_root_id_B": "dp6lbc8", "created_at_utc_A": 1509507641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509530120.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Aliens are the hares who lose; we're the tortoise who wins. They think they're better than us. They think their superiority is proven and beyond reproach, and they no longer have to fight and risk and create and expand, just because they are who they are. We think it's not over till it's over. HUMANITY, FUCK YEAH!", "human_ref_B": "When classifying sapient species, one of the best indicators of their intelligence and toughness is their planet of origin. Most species come from Garden worlds - plentiful resources, stable climate and no big predators. These species are usually long lived, patient and wise. A few species originates from Dynamic worlds - where tectonic movements made resources more localized and the climate varies during cycles. These species are normally inquisitive and adaptable - the innovators of the galaxy. Earth is a Deathworld. Climate, tectonics, animals, plants and microfauna all present ways of killing the inhabitants. It is a world of constant competition and change. As a result humans live short lives, but are highly adaptable and extremely tough. Being human comes with a lot of advantages, but they need those advantages to compensate for their horrible homeworld and short lifespans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22479.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7a148h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[/r/hfy] What exactly is it about humanity that makes us so much better than any other alien species?", "c_root_id_A": "dp6jnrd", "c_root_id_B": "dp6lbc8", "created_at_utc_A": 1509524830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509530120.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "We adapt. It's not that we're better than all the other species, is that we're either too damn proud of too damn stupid to know otherwise. Combine that with sheer ingenuity, resilience, and a bit of luck, and then you have the best mix for the best people from the best planet. That means we either fight to the last breath of the last human, or we conquer the last planet of our enemies.", "human_ref_B": "When classifying sapient species, one of the best indicators of their intelligence and toughness is their planet of origin. Most species come from Garden worlds - plentiful resources, stable climate and no big predators. These species are usually long lived, patient and wise. A few species originates from Dynamic worlds - where tectonic movements made resources more localized and the climate varies during cycles. These species are normally inquisitive and adaptable - the innovators of the galaxy. Earth is a Deathworld. Climate, tectonics, animals, plants and microfauna all present ways of killing the inhabitants. It is a world of constant competition and change. As a result humans live short lives, but are highly adaptable and extremely tough. Being human comes with a lot of advantages, but they need those advantages to compensate for their horrible homeworld and short lifespans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5290.0, "score_ratio": 4.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7a148h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[/r/hfy] What exactly is it about humanity that makes us so much better than any other alien species?", "c_root_id_A": "dp6c7dn", "c_root_id_B": "dp6uw9e", "created_at_utc_A": 1509507641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509546846.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Aliens are the hares who lose; we're the tortoise who wins. They think they're better than us. They think their superiority is proven and beyond reproach, and they no longer have to fight and risk and create and expand, just because they are who they are. We think it's not over till it's over. HUMANITY, FUCK YEAH!", "human_ref_B": "Not including humans, the most intelligent species on our planet tend to be ambush predators, They are fast, or stealthy, or hit really hard. Their are very few endurance predators. These are animals that run down and wear out their prey. Humanity is the most successful predator like this. So if we use that to predict what we will run into for other species, I imagine that we will see a lot of species that can't hold a candle to our marathon runners, or our ability to stay awake for days. Imagine a human on one of their ships saying things like, \"A four hour shift is grueling for you? On my old ship we did 8 hour shifts and sometimes pulled doubles and still went out for drinks.\" or when surveying a planet saying, \"but we've only seen a square mile of the surface, I'd like to check out the area 10km from here, its only a short jog in this gravity.\" To others our ships would look slow and obtuse but can take a hell of a beating and will still run with a tiny crew. Humanity can lose limbs and they just strap on a prosthesis and keep going, they can bleed for days and shrug it off. They can be told they will be in constant pain for the rest of their lives and they ignore it or become meaner, but that's it. I can see a joke among aliens about humans going something like this; \"A human has his leg blown off by a Sarthong mine, but insted of dying right there is taken to a medic, he ask's the medic what he is supposed to do now without the leg, the doctor tells him to walk it off. So the human finds a metal pole, attaches it to himself and walks out of the hospital!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39205.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7a148h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[/r/hfy] What exactly is it about humanity that makes us so much better than any other alien species?", "c_root_id_A": "dp6jnrd", "c_root_id_B": "dp6uw9e", "created_at_utc_A": 1509524830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509546846.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "We adapt. It's not that we're better than all the other species, is that we're either too damn proud of too damn stupid to know otherwise. Combine that with sheer ingenuity, resilience, and a bit of luck, and then you have the best mix for the best people from the best planet. That means we either fight to the last breath of the last human, or we conquer the last planet of our enemies.", "human_ref_B": "Not including humans, the most intelligent species on our planet tend to be ambush predators, They are fast, or stealthy, or hit really hard. Their are very few endurance predators. These are animals that run down and wear out their prey. Humanity is the most successful predator like this. So if we use that to predict what we will run into for other species, I imagine that we will see a lot of species that can't hold a candle to our marathon runners, or our ability to stay awake for days. Imagine a human on one of their ships saying things like, \"A four hour shift is grueling for you? On my old ship we did 8 hour shifts and sometimes pulled doubles and still went out for drinks.\" or when surveying a planet saying, \"but we've only seen a square mile of the surface, I'd like to check out the area 10km from here, its only a short jog in this gravity.\" To others our ships would look slow and obtuse but can take a hell of a beating and will still run with a tiny crew. Humanity can lose limbs and they just strap on a prosthesis and keep going, they can bleed for days and shrug it off. They can be told they will be in constant pain for the rest of their lives and they ignore it or become meaner, but that's it. I can see a joke among aliens about humans going something like this; \"A human has his leg blown off by a Sarthong mine, but insted of dying right there is taken to a medic, he ask's the medic what he is supposed to do now without the leg, the doctor tells him to walk it off. So the human finds a metal pole, attaches it to himself and walks out of the hospital!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22016.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7a148h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[/r/hfy] What exactly is it about humanity that makes us so much better than any other alien species?", "c_root_id_A": "dp6uw9e", "c_root_id_B": "dp6mktp", "created_at_utc_A": 1509546846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509533620.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not including humans, the most intelligent species on our planet tend to be ambush predators, They are fast, or stealthy, or hit really hard. Their are very few endurance predators. These are animals that run down and wear out their prey. Humanity is the most successful predator like this. So if we use that to predict what we will run into for other species, I imagine that we will see a lot of species that can't hold a candle to our marathon runners, or our ability to stay awake for days. Imagine a human on one of their ships saying things like, \"A four hour shift is grueling for you? On my old ship we did 8 hour shifts and sometimes pulled doubles and still went out for drinks.\" or when surveying a planet saying, \"but we've only seen a square mile of the surface, I'd like to check out the area 10km from here, its only a short jog in this gravity.\" To others our ships would look slow and obtuse but can take a hell of a beating and will still run with a tiny crew. Humanity can lose limbs and they just strap on a prosthesis and keep going, they can bleed for days and shrug it off. They can be told they will be in constant pain for the rest of their lives and they ignore it or become meaner, but that's it. I can see a joke among aliens about humans going something like this; \"A human has his leg blown off by a Sarthong mine, but insted of dying right there is taken to a medic, he ask's the medic what he is supposed to do now without the leg, the doctor tells him to walk it off. So the human finds a metal pole, attaches it to himself and walks out of the hospital!\"", "human_ref_B": "Ingenuity, Ambition and Innovation, mostly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13226.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwt6ijt", "c_root_id_B": "hwt3j6p", "created_at_utc_A": 1644778535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644777359.0, "score_A": 60, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019ve been watching the 2003 TMMT lately and last night your exact question came to my mind. They have to be at least peak human, if not more than that, because of some of the stunts they pull off with ease. They can send a giant of a human like Hun flying through the air. Donatello can casually lift Casey Jones off the floor with his bo staff, with one hand lol.", "human_ref_B": "It's worth specifying the continuity here. There's a good deal of variance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1176.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwt1mpv", "c_root_id_B": "hwt6ijt", "created_at_utc_A": 1644776614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644778535.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "They are 10x stronger then the peak human", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019ve been watching the 2003 TMMT lately and last night your exact question came to my mind. They have to be at least peak human, if not more than that, because of some of the stunts they pull off with ease. They can send a giant of a human like Hun flying through the air. Donatello can casually lift Casey Jones off the floor with his bo staff, with one hand lol.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1921.0, "score_ratio": 30.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwt8y72", "c_root_id_B": "hwt3j6p", "created_at_utc_A": 1644779487.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644777359.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "I seem to recall that in the 90's cartoon, all four of them were able to together lift either a newsvan or the turtle van just to scare some punks. A normal tortoise can serve as a carjack if it's cooperative.", "human_ref_B": "It's worth specifying the continuity here. There's a good deal of variance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2128.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwt1mpv", "c_root_id_B": "hwt8y72", "created_at_utc_A": 1644776614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644779487.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "They are 10x stronger then the peak human", "human_ref_B": "I seem to recall that in the 90's cartoon, all four of them were able to together lift either a newsvan or the turtle van just to scare some punks. A normal tortoise can serve as a carjack if it's cooperative.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2873.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwt3j6p", "c_root_id_B": "hwt1mpv", "created_at_utc_A": 1644777359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644776614.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's worth specifying the continuity here. There's a good deal of variance.", "human_ref_B": "They are 10x stronger then the peak human", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 745.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwt1mpv", "c_root_id_B": "hwt9137", "created_at_utc_A": 1644776614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644779518.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "They are 10x stronger then the peak human", "human_ref_B": "Pretty darn strong. Michaelangelo once got turned human and could barely fight because he was so relatively weak. They're probably closer to gorilla strength than human.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2904.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwth3xm", "c_root_id_B": "hwt1mpv", "created_at_utc_A": 1644782720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644776614.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Physically, all the mutants are like animals in a humanoid shape and height. But humans are kinda unique in the animal kingdom in how weak they are for their size. Its our muscle mass and density, we're evolved for endurance, not strength. So the mutants in TMNT tend to be stronger than an unmutated human. But thematically, the ninjustu fighting wouldn't be very interesting if the Turtles were bulletproof, superstrong, and ridiculously big *\\*coughmichaelbaycough\\** so I would definitely say not stronger than an olympic body builder.", "human_ref_B": "They are 10x stronger then the peak human", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6106.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwuuhbz", "c_root_id_B": "hwt1mpv", "created_at_utc_A": 1644803813.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644776614.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They have a 6-8 foot standing vertical jump, can move and tie up a dozen+ bodies in less than 30 seconds, knock out 4 grown men with a small plastic yoyo, and it takes 5-6 men to restrain one. So they're probably 4-6x the strength of a fit human. Surveillance footage demonstrating some of these feats: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qVfgS_iexf0", "human_ref_B": "They are 10x stronger then the peak human", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27199.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "srktrc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[TMNT] How strong physically are the turtles comapered to the average human?", "c_root_id_A": "hwtnu3x", "c_root_id_B": "hwuuhbz", "created_at_utc_A": 1644785405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644803813.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Can anyone recall specific feat of superhuman strength, like lifting a car or something similar?", "human_ref_B": "They have a 6-8 foot standing vertical jump, can move and tie up a dozen+ bodies in less than 30 seconds, knock out 4 grown men with a small plastic yoyo, and it takes 5-6 men to restrain one. So they're probably 4-6x the strength of a fit human. Surveillance footage demonstrating some of these feats: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qVfgS_iexf0", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18408.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bygh7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Dragonball z] What is going on in transformations? I have a chicken/egg question. is it the power level increase that causes physical changes in the body, or the other way around? Is the body adjusting to this massive amount of Ki? or is the key being drawn to this new form? (this question is for all characters who transform)", "c_root_id_A": "csqpyqo", "c_root_id_B": "csqroyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1435900362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435904562.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I've always thought of it as just another insanely high-level martial art. You're just two people so good at fighting and so in tune with eachother that you can literally be the same person. The Potarra earings just allow you to focus your ki or something.", "human_ref_B": "The Ki transformation concept is built upon from the early volumes since the scene of master Roshi went all buffy to gather energy/ki **before** blasting away the castle (to put out the fire) with his kamehameha. In Cell arc, 2 methods of Ki controlling/suppression between Son Goku and Vegeta (and their sons) lead to 2 very different transformations. However there are times where power level increased without clear physical changes, like Son Gohan's case in Buu saga (which made everybody surprised), or transformation to purposely limit power output (Freeza). Its the power *manipulation* that causes physical change.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4200.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9h1jyc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel] With enough discipline, training, and hard work, could I (an average, non-superpowered human) potentially handle an infinity stone? If so, what kind of training would I need to do?", "c_root_id_A": "e68ut08", "c_root_id_B": "e68n8lx", "created_at_utc_A": 1537348522.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537334071.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Depends if by handling you mean wielding in their bare hands like Starlord briefly does, in which case *\"handling\"* an Infinity Stone is kind of like *\"handling\"* fire. Human beings have been using fire for millennia. No other earthbound creature approaches our mastery of it. Even a child can be taught how to harness it (relatively) safely. But no amount of training will ever allow a human to simply hold the flame in their hand without being burned. That is simply too much heat/combustion/energy for human physiology to handle. Put that same flame on the end of a small matchstick and suddenly handling the flame is literal child's-play. *\"Handling\"* the Infinity Stones is impossible for someone of ordinary human physiology. Its simply beyond a matter of training. It is much easier to simply create a simple tool to make them safe to wield.", "human_ref_B": "In the words of a very very wise space cadet. The mind is willing... but the body is spongy and bruised.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14451.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9h1jyc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Marvel] With enough discipline, training, and hard work, could I (an average, non-superpowered human) potentially handle an infinity stone? If so, what kind of training would I need to do?", "c_root_id_A": "e68ut08", "c_root_id_B": "e68sdop", "created_at_utc_A": 1537348522.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537343066.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends if by handling you mean wielding in their bare hands like Starlord briefly does, in which case *\"handling\"* an Infinity Stone is kind of like *\"handling\"* fire. Human beings have been using fire for millennia. No other earthbound creature approaches our mastery of it. Even a child can be taught how to harness it (relatively) safely. But no amount of training will ever allow a human to simply hold the flame in their hand without being burned. That is simply too much heat/combustion/energy for human physiology to handle. Put that same flame on the end of a small matchstick and suddenly handling the flame is literal child's-play. *\"Handling\"* the Infinity Stones is impossible for someone of ordinary human physiology. Its simply beyond a matter of training. It is much easier to simply create a simple tool to make them safe to wield.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe there is a spell to be able to do it?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5456.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3yo07u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[WH40K] What are some interesting technology that were rediscovered and then lost again due to assumed corruption or other \"grimdark\" reasons? I was reading up on Titans and found an entry about a Titan with self repair features which was deemed useless because it had AI that could make deals with Chaos. This made me interested in other technology that had the same fate.", "c_root_id_A": "cyg2tv3", "c_root_id_B": "cyfzhgk", "created_at_utc_A": 1451480082.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451466547.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'm struggling here. Can anyone tell me what STC stands for?", "human_ref_B": "Some grey knights found a stc for the original titan, the castigator titan. It was larger than a Emperor titan, but so much more mobile. To bad it was driven by a sentient AI who had made a pact with the chaos gods, and had a cannon that fired demons. So the stc was destroyed", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13535.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3yo07u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[WH40K] What are some interesting technology that were rediscovered and then lost again due to assumed corruption or other \"grimdark\" reasons? I was reading up on Titans and found an entry about a Titan with self repair features which was deemed useless because it had AI that could make deals with Chaos. This made me interested in other technology that had the same fate.", "c_root_id_A": "cyg21fn", "c_root_id_B": "cyg2tv3", "created_at_utc_A": 1451477153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451480082.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "we have to distinguish between the STC and the automated factories and artifacts that were used during the golden age. an STC is the instructions down to the tiniest detail of how to build a certain object. they can come in any shape, even binders of printed paper or other material. the imperium currently uses manual labor for production which means there could be millions of STCs that are simply unreadable or not understandable for the Mechanicus due to the lack of facilitie through which they could be used. Usually STCs were used by colonies to kickstart their technological level and in the current age there are many examples of reporpoused tech such as the Rhino or else.", "human_ref_B": "I'm struggling here. Can anyone tell me what STC stands for?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2929.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxe0xl0", "c_root_id_B": "cxdzxjd", "created_at_utc_A": 1448569795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448567976.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "During ANH and ESB the Rebel command was distributed around, Yavin was just a few squadrons of X-Wings and Y-Wings while the heavier ships ran off and hid. Hoth was some of the command structure in one place, but the cruisers we saw at the end are off somewhere else. The meeting before Endor finally sees the Rebel command structure and capital ships together. That was the Emperor's plan - get them all together for a master stroke and crush them", "human_ref_B": "By the time we see the rebellion in ROTJ they presumably have grouped up with other resistance groups. It seems reasonable given the empire's apparent racism that the non humans in the rebellion might have distrusted the humans.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1819.0, "score_ratio": 4.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxdzhb4", "c_root_id_B": "cxe0xl0", "created_at_utc_A": 1448567180.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448569795.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "Luck, mainly. Humans are the most numerous life forms in the galaxy, so it was just luck of the draw that so many of them, as opposed to the others, ended up on Yavin 4 and Hoth.", "human_ref_B": "During ANH and ESB the Rebel command was distributed around, Yavin was just a few squadrons of X-Wings and Y-Wings while the heavier ships ran off and hid. Hoth was some of the command structure in one place, but the cruisers we saw at the end are off somewhere else. The meeting before Endor finally sees the Rebel command structure and capital ships together. That was the Emperor's plan - get them all together for a master stroke and crush them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2615.0, "score_ratio": 6.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxe0xl0", "c_root_id_B": "cxe0acm", "created_at_utc_A": 1448569795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448568620.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "During ANH and ESB the Rebel command was distributed around, Yavin was just a few squadrons of X-Wings and Y-Wings while the heavier ships ran off and hid. Hoth was some of the command structure in one place, but the cruisers we saw at the end are off somewhere else. The meeting before Endor finally sees the Rebel command structure and capital ships together. That was the Emperor's plan - get them all together for a master stroke and crush them", "human_ref_B": "Well, we know there were Bothans helping the Rebels in ANH...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1175.0, "score_ratio": 11.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxdzxjd", "c_root_id_B": "cxeadtl", "created_at_utc_A": 1448567976.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448588975.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "By the time we see the rebellion in ROTJ they presumably have grouped up with other resistance groups. It seems reasonable given the empire's apparent racism that the non humans in the rebellion might have distrusted the humans.", "human_ref_B": "Alliance medical officer here. You have any idea how difficult it is to coordinate emergency treatment, medication, nutrition, and comfortable quarters for four dozen different species all living aboard the same frigate? And that's in a closed system with filtered air where you can compartmentalize personnel in, say, various sections of a Mon Calamari cruiser with environmental parameters (humidity, temperature, pressure, artificial gravity, etc...) all tailored to specific groups. It's not as if we get to pick our worlds for operating bases like the Empire, you know. Dantooine was fairly mild, and we had a fairly diverse command center back then. That was pure luck. The very nature of this damn conflict puts us on asteroid bases or remote stations in the Outer Rim for the most part. All the nice worlds are guaranteed to have an Imp garrison on them already, you see. Now Hoth? Or a dripping wet jungle hellhole like Yavin? Look--not a lot of sentient species are as lucky as us humans. We can just layer up or down, pull a breathing mask over our heads, and go about our business on any world as long as gravity is between 1/6 and 2 G. Some folks like Wookies might be able to deal with pretty extreme environments too, but as a rule, human personnel are just more versatile. The air on Hoth is so dry that it'd be almost criminal torture to assign a Mon Cal or Gungan soldier there. As for any cold-blooded sapients, you can rule them right out--so that means no Twi'leks, Rodians, Trandoshans, etc... We're equal-opportunity, but we can't afford not to be pragmatists. Furthermore, many units that are operating as frontline troops often prefer to just segregate by species. Sorta goes against the whole \"All for one and one for all\" propaganda song that the brass likes to sing, but this is war. Makes coordinating logistics or battlefield casualties a hell of a lot easier, removes language barriers, prevents cultural misunderstandings, and generally boosts unit morale and combat effectiveness. Take Bothan espionage and commando units, for example. You might see different unit compositions in guerilla-type units, but resistance cells like that don't have the luxury of splitting tasks up by species. Gotta hand it to the nonhuman blokes in those outfits--they put up with a helluva lot in terms of living conditions and grub in order to fight the good fight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20999.0, "score_ratio": 2.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxeadtl", "c_root_id_B": "cxdzhb4", "created_at_utc_A": 1448588975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448567180.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Alliance medical officer here. You have any idea how difficult it is to coordinate emergency treatment, medication, nutrition, and comfortable quarters for four dozen different species all living aboard the same frigate? And that's in a closed system with filtered air where you can compartmentalize personnel in, say, various sections of a Mon Calamari cruiser with environmental parameters (humidity, temperature, pressure, artificial gravity, etc...) all tailored to specific groups. It's not as if we get to pick our worlds for operating bases like the Empire, you know. Dantooine was fairly mild, and we had a fairly diverse command center back then. That was pure luck. The very nature of this damn conflict puts us on asteroid bases or remote stations in the Outer Rim for the most part. All the nice worlds are guaranteed to have an Imp garrison on them already, you see. Now Hoth? Or a dripping wet jungle hellhole like Yavin? Look--not a lot of sentient species are as lucky as us humans. We can just layer up or down, pull a breathing mask over our heads, and go about our business on any world as long as gravity is between 1/6 and 2 G. Some folks like Wookies might be able to deal with pretty extreme environments too, but as a rule, human personnel are just more versatile. The air on Hoth is so dry that it'd be almost criminal torture to assign a Mon Cal or Gungan soldier there. As for any cold-blooded sapients, you can rule them right out--so that means no Twi'leks, Rodians, Trandoshans, etc... We're equal-opportunity, but we can't afford not to be pragmatists. Furthermore, many units that are operating as frontline troops often prefer to just segregate by species. Sorta goes against the whole \"All for one and one for all\" propaganda song that the brass likes to sing, but this is war. Makes coordinating logistics or battlefield casualties a hell of a lot easier, removes language barriers, prevents cultural misunderstandings, and generally boosts unit morale and combat effectiveness. Take Bothan espionage and commando units, for example. You might see different unit compositions in guerilla-type units, but resistance cells like that don't have the luxury of splitting tasks up by species. Gotta hand it to the nonhuman blokes in those outfits--they put up with a helluva lot in terms of living conditions and grub in order to fight the good fight.", "human_ref_B": "Luck, mainly. Humans are the most numerous life forms in the galaxy, so it was just luck of the draw that so many of them, as opposed to the others, ended up on Yavin 4 and Hoth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21795.0, "score_ratio": 3.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxea033", "c_root_id_B": "cxeadtl", "created_at_utc_A": 1448588159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448588975.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "The rebellion initially gained the most manpower from Imperial defectors (e.g. Biggs Darklighter), who were human, obviously. These people tended to end up higher up in the rebel's command structure due to their military experience (e.g. Crix Madine). Following the high profile victory over the Empire at Yavin, more non-humans were willing to openly declare themselves for the Rebellion and lend their distinctive tech (Admiral Ackbar and the Mon Calamari cruisers) to the cause because most non-humans have a far less distributed population and are vulnerable to genocide by planet killing superlaser.", "human_ref_B": "Alliance medical officer here. You have any idea how difficult it is to coordinate emergency treatment, medication, nutrition, and comfortable quarters for four dozen different species all living aboard the same frigate? And that's in a closed system with filtered air where you can compartmentalize personnel in, say, various sections of a Mon Calamari cruiser with environmental parameters (humidity, temperature, pressure, artificial gravity, etc...) all tailored to specific groups. It's not as if we get to pick our worlds for operating bases like the Empire, you know. Dantooine was fairly mild, and we had a fairly diverse command center back then. That was pure luck. The very nature of this damn conflict puts us on asteroid bases or remote stations in the Outer Rim for the most part. All the nice worlds are guaranteed to have an Imp garrison on them already, you see. Now Hoth? Or a dripping wet jungle hellhole like Yavin? Look--not a lot of sentient species are as lucky as us humans. We can just layer up or down, pull a breathing mask over our heads, and go about our business on any world as long as gravity is between 1/6 and 2 G. Some folks like Wookies might be able to deal with pretty extreme environments too, but as a rule, human personnel are just more versatile. The air on Hoth is so dry that it'd be almost criminal torture to assign a Mon Cal or Gungan soldier there. As for any cold-blooded sapients, you can rule them right out--so that means no Twi'leks, Rodians, Trandoshans, etc... We're equal-opportunity, but we can't afford not to be pragmatists. Furthermore, many units that are operating as frontline troops often prefer to just segregate by species. Sorta goes against the whole \"All for one and one for all\" propaganda song that the brass likes to sing, but this is war. Makes coordinating logistics or battlefield casualties a hell of a lot easier, removes language barriers, prevents cultural misunderstandings, and generally boosts unit morale and combat effectiveness. Take Bothan espionage and commando units, for example. You might see different unit compositions in guerilla-type units, but resistance cells like that don't have the luxury of splitting tasks up by species. Gotta hand it to the nonhuman blokes in those outfits--they put up with a helluva lot in terms of living conditions and grub in order to fight the good fight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 816.0, "score_ratio": 5.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxe0acm", "c_root_id_B": "cxeadtl", "created_at_utc_A": 1448568620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448588975.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Well, we know there were Bothans helping the Rebels in ANH...", "human_ref_B": "Alliance medical officer here. You have any idea how difficult it is to coordinate emergency treatment, medication, nutrition, and comfortable quarters for four dozen different species all living aboard the same frigate? And that's in a closed system with filtered air where you can compartmentalize personnel in, say, various sections of a Mon Calamari cruiser with environmental parameters (humidity, temperature, pressure, artificial gravity, etc...) all tailored to specific groups. It's not as if we get to pick our worlds for operating bases like the Empire, you know. Dantooine was fairly mild, and we had a fairly diverse command center back then. That was pure luck. The very nature of this damn conflict puts us on asteroid bases or remote stations in the Outer Rim for the most part. All the nice worlds are guaranteed to have an Imp garrison on them already, you see. Now Hoth? Or a dripping wet jungle hellhole like Yavin? Look--not a lot of sentient species are as lucky as us humans. We can just layer up or down, pull a breathing mask over our heads, and go about our business on any world as long as gravity is between 1/6 and 2 G. Some folks like Wookies might be able to deal with pretty extreme environments too, but as a rule, human personnel are just more versatile. The air on Hoth is so dry that it'd be almost criminal torture to assign a Mon Cal or Gungan soldier there. As for any cold-blooded sapients, you can rule them right out--so that means no Twi'leks, Rodians, Trandoshans, etc... We're equal-opportunity, but we can't afford not to be pragmatists. Furthermore, many units that are operating as frontline troops often prefer to just segregate by species. Sorta goes against the whole \"All for one and one for all\" propaganda song that the brass likes to sing, but this is war. Makes coordinating logistics or battlefield casualties a hell of a lot easier, removes language barriers, prevents cultural misunderstandings, and generally boosts unit morale and combat effectiveness. Take Bothan espionage and commando units, for example. You might see different unit compositions in guerilla-type units, but resistance cells like that don't have the luxury of splitting tasks up by species. Gotta hand it to the nonhuman blokes in those outfits--they put up with a helluva lot in terms of living conditions and grub in order to fight the good fight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20355.0, "score_ratio": 6.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxeadtl", "c_root_id_B": "cxe9iu9", "created_at_utc_A": 1448588975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448587127.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Alliance medical officer here. You have any idea how difficult it is to coordinate emergency treatment, medication, nutrition, and comfortable quarters for four dozen different species all living aboard the same frigate? And that's in a closed system with filtered air where you can compartmentalize personnel in, say, various sections of a Mon Calamari cruiser with environmental parameters (humidity, temperature, pressure, artificial gravity, etc...) all tailored to specific groups. It's not as if we get to pick our worlds for operating bases like the Empire, you know. Dantooine was fairly mild, and we had a fairly diverse command center back then. That was pure luck. The very nature of this damn conflict puts us on asteroid bases or remote stations in the Outer Rim for the most part. All the nice worlds are guaranteed to have an Imp garrison on them already, you see. Now Hoth? Or a dripping wet jungle hellhole like Yavin? Look--not a lot of sentient species are as lucky as us humans. We can just layer up or down, pull a breathing mask over our heads, and go about our business on any world as long as gravity is between 1/6 and 2 G. Some folks like Wookies might be able to deal with pretty extreme environments too, but as a rule, human personnel are just more versatile. The air on Hoth is so dry that it'd be almost criminal torture to assign a Mon Cal or Gungan soldier there. As for any cold-blooded sapients, you can rule them right out--so that means no Twi'leks, Rodians, Trandoshans, etc... We're equal-opportunity, but we can't afford not to be pragmatists. Furthermore, many units that are operating as frontline troops often prefer to just segregate by species. Sorta goes against the whole \"All for one and one for all\" propaganda song that the brass likes to sing, but this is war. Makes coordinating logistics or battlefield casualties a hell of a lot easier, removes language barriers, prevents cultural misunderstandings, and generally boosts unit morale and combat effectiveness. Take Bothan espionage and commando units, for example. You might see different unit compositions in guerilla-type units, but resistance cells like that don't have the luxury of splitting tasks up by species. Gotta hand it to the nonhuman blokes in those outfits--they put up with a helluva lot in terms of living conditions and grub in order to fight the good fight.", "human_ref_B": "I gotta believe that blowing up Alderaan did wonders for rebel recruiting, hence lots of new people of all species.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1848.0, "score_ratio": 15.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxdzhb4", "c_root_id_B": "cxdzxjd", "created_at_utc_A": 1448567180.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448567976.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Luck, mainly. Humans are the most numerous life forms in the galaxy, so it was just luck of the draw that so many of them, as opposed to the others, ended up on Yavin 4 and Hoth.", "human_ref_B": "By the time we see the rebellion in ROTJ they presumably have grouped up with other resistance groups. It seems reasonable given the empire's apparent racism that the non humans in the rebellion might have distrusted the humans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 796.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxea033", "c_root_id_B": "cxe0acm", "created_at_utc_A": 1448588159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448568620.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The rebellion initially gained the most manpower from Imperial defectors (e.g. Biggs Darklighter), who were human, obviously. These people tended to end up higher up in the rebel's command structure due to their military experience (e.g. Crix Madine). Following the high profile victory over the Empire at Yavin, more non-humans were willing to openly declare themselves for the Rebellion and lend their distinctive tech (Admiral Ackbar and the Mon Calamari cruisers) to the cause because most non-humans have a far less distributed population and are vulnerable to genocide by planet killing superlaser.", "human_ref_B": "Well, we know there were Bothans helping the Rebels in ANH...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19539.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3udrzy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Wars] How come all of the rebels in ANH and TESB are human, and then suddenly in ROTJ there's a big mix of different species both in command and doing field work?", "c_root_id_A": "cxe9iu9", "c_root_id_B": "cxea033", "created_at_utc_A": 1448587127.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448588159.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I gotta believe that blowing up Alderaan did wonders for rebel recruiting, hence lots of new people of all species.", "human_ref_B": "The rebellion initially gained the most manpower from Imperial defectors (e.g. Biggs Darklighter), who were human, obviously. These people tended to end up higher up in the rebel's command structure due to their military experience (e.g. Crix Madine). Following the high profile victory over the Empire at Yavin, more non-humans were willing to openly declare themselves for the Rebellion and lend their distinctive tech (Admiral Ackbar and the Mon Calamari cruisers) to the cause because most non-humans have a far less distributed population and are vulnerable to genocide by planet killing superlaser.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1032.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76rtes", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] During the Battle over Coruscant, Dooku dies, but Grievous executes Anakin and Obi-Wan after capturing them. What does Palpatine do now? The only person in the C.I.S. who knows he's Sideous is dead, his future apprentice is dead, he's about to get transported to who knows where in the galaxy, and the Senate is going to have to start operating without his influence, and potentially wreck his already fractured plans while he's gone. What do?", "c_root_id_A": "dogmjgb", "c_root_id_B": "dog8t8q", "created_at_utc_A": 1508189477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508174841.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "He starts of course with executing Grievous, he probably would like to use a bit more show but because time is an issue he makes it quick. Palpatine doesn\u2019t want to kill Grievous but his hand is forced because he knows he can\u2019t get captured by the Separatists and maintain his cover. Then he sabotages the ship and escapes in a pod. As the only survivor he tells a fake sob story about Anakin and Obi-Wan heroically staying behind while he escaped, dedicates a monument in their honor and all that political nonsense. His future apprentice being executed is annoying yes but far from game-breaking. There are plenty of Jedi he can choose from who have psychological issues (Quinlan Vos would be a decent target, or Ventress as a stop-gap). His main concern is that while the need for the Separatists is nearly done with they still have a part to play, and they are now missing their two commanders. This throws everything that happens in Utapau out of whack because without Grievous there the Separatist leaders might decide they\u2019ve had enough of being ruled be a shadow ruler and go against Sidious because his enforcers are both dead. Palpatine surely has a backup plan to incriminate the Jedi but it probably happens a lot later than in the movies if Anakin and Obi-Wan are dead.", "human_ref_B": "This is not a bad situation for Palpy. Vader was a \"nice to have\", but certainly not required. Palpy believes in the *Rule of One*, and doesn't plan on handing off power to anyone else.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14636.0, "score_ratio": 1.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q41hpy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] How easy is it to actually get kicked out of the Jedi Order? Anakin always acted like he would be kicked out if they found out about his marriage to Padme and Obi-Wan mentioned he would have left the order for Satine, but would a secret marriage actually get you expelled? Anakin was notorious for defying the council all the time on other matters, and yeah he had a lot of leeway because of his Chosen One status, but Qui-Gon was also known for defying the council. So without turning to the Dark Side and killing people, is there anything that actually will get you kicked out?", "c_root_id_A": "hfvh4xa", "c_root_id_B": "hfveqsi", "created_at_utc_A": 1633712186.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633711196.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Too many variables to answer precisely. There were different periods in Jedi's history, each with its own challenges, Council, approach to \"taboos\". For example, the General in KOTOR2 is, effectively, in power to restore/rebuild Jedis from the scratch according to his/her own vision of what it means to be Jedi. Then, there's the case of less known Skywalker living in exile, who, being the last Jedi of his period has all the saying in who goes in and who is kicked out.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 990.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q41hpy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] How easy is it to actually get kicked out of the Jedi Order? Anakin always acted like he would be kicked out if they found out about his marriage to Padme and Obi-Wan mentioned he would have left the order for Satine, but would a secret marriage actually get you expelled? Anakin was notorious for defying the council all the time on other matters, and yeah he had a lot of leeway because of his Chosen One status, but Qui-Gon was also known for defying the council. So without turning to the Dark Side and killing people, is there anything that actually will get you kicked out?", "c_root_id_A": "hfwygc6", "c_root_id_B": "hfveqsi", "created_at_utc_A": 1633734815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633711196.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Council accept that they are still just people - Qui-Gon can defy them and interpret the code how he likes, and as long as he is still keeping to the core of Jedi teachings and avoiding things that were actually prohibited, he wouldn't be kicked out. But any striving for personal power, spreading harm, or efforts against peace would be grounds for termination from the Order. Marriage is specifically prohibited - a secret marriage is both a broken rule and a deceit. The fact that you knew you had to lie about it shows that you knew you were wrong to do it. While if someone like Qui-Gon had wanted to be married and stay in the Order, he would have openly argued that he should be allowed to do so. He'd be wrong, but being wrong isn't expulsion-worthy. And depending on how well he argued, be might even be able to pull the 'I'm doing it with or without your permission, for the reasons I've stated. You can kick me out if you like, peace out.' move and, while it would definitely thin the ice on which he stands, he *might* be able to remain in the Order. The way Anakin did it was absolutely the worst way. He should never have been a Jedi to start with, and with that marriage he proved it.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23619.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "q41hpy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] How easy is it to actually get kicked out of the Jedi Order? Anakin always acted like he would be kicked out if they found out about his marriage to Padme and Obi-Wan mentioned he would have left the order for Satine, but would a secret marriage actually get you expelled? Anakin was notorious for defying the council all the time on other matters, and yeah he had a lot of leeway because of his Chosen One status, but Qui-Gon was also known for defying the council. So without turning to the Dark Side and killing people, is there anything that actually will get you kicked out?", "c_root_id_A": "hfveqsi", "c_root_id_B": "hfx145y", "created_at_utc_A": 1633711196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1633736084.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "At least around the prequel era, it was generally a case-by-case basis as decided by the Masters/Jedi Council. There were few hard-and-fast rules, but certainly some strong guidelines - murder, acts of terrorism, etc... that's going to get you kicked out rather quickly. In legends, Obi-Wan got kicked into the AgriCorps (one of the Jedi auxiliary groups where they dumped people who don't pass muster continue their Jedi training) as a youngling simply for being taunted into one too many fights with fellow students. He happened to impress Qui-Gon on the way out though, who took him on as a padawan. Qui-Gon got a lot of slack for his regular defiance of the council because he was a Master, and was well-respected by Yoda and other members of the council, even as they disagreed with him. As just a Knight, or if he lost the respect of the other Masters, he'd be on much thinner ice the next time he defied the council. Coming back to Obi-Wan and Satine. They likely wouldn't have immediately kicked him out for marrying in secret... but they would have demanded he end the relationship to stay in the Order. Continuing the relationship with Satine would have been a constant violation of the Jedi Code, and doing so against the explicit demands of the Council would be beyond their ability to tolerate. Though they might put up a bust of him in the library after he left.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24888.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hbbkpn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[SCP Foundation] How much of reality is \"anomalous\"? So, at first, the foundation only kept, you know, spooky monsters and creepy objects. That's fine, they're weird. 5000 articles in, and they're containing entire concepts. There's planets, nations, species, civilizations, landmasses, periods of history, laws of physics, all anomalous and hidden from us. So... how much of reality is in fact anomalous and being hidden from humanity? What percentage of reality is the foundation hiding from us? (Sidenote: it honestly is increasingly starting to sound like *we're* the anomalies and the magical stuff is normal baseline reality. While the foundation and GOC might not care, has anyone else ever brought this up? )", "c_root_id_A": "fv7yhhf", "c_root_id_B": "fv9kw2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1592477679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592510900.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "it wouldn't be too surprising if we're the anomalies, after all we already know ordinary matter is like 15% of the matter content of the universe, and only like 5% of the total mass-energy content.", "human_ref_B": "Humanity is anomalous, or has at least been fundamentally changed by anomalous means. Check scp 5000 for basically exactly what you're talking about. The truth about the SCP universe (to me) is that \"anomalous,\" should be kept intentionally vague, or the foundation is destined to contain or destroy everything. Nothing is free from anomaly, especially not the foundation itself. Hell, even color is anomalous and the world used to be black and white according to one article. Does that mean they should contain themselves? No, that's ridiculous. In most articles they realize this, and that they really should just focus on the protection of humanity from potentially dangerous anomalies, but sometimes they go overboard.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33221.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hbbkpn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[SCP Foundation] How much of reality is \"anomalous\"? So, at first, the foundation only kept, you know, spooky monsters and creepy objects. That's fine, they're weird. 5000 articles in, and they're containing entire concepts. There's planets, nations, species, civilizations, landmasses, periods of history, laws of physics, all anomalous and hidden from us. So... how much of reality is in fact anomalous and being hidden from humanity? What percentage of reality is the foundation hiding from us? (Sidenote: it honestly is increasingly starting to sound like *we're* the anomalies and the magical stuff is normal baseline reality. While the foundation and GOC might not care, has anyone else ever brought this up? )", "c_root_id_A": "fv7yhhf", "c_root_id_B": "fva949e", "created_at_utc_A": 1592477679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592523476.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "it wouldn't be too surprising if we're the anomalies, after all we already know ordinary matter is like 15% of the matter content of the universe, and only like 5% of the total mass-energy content.", "human_ref_B": "I think its reasonable to argue the entire reality of the scp universe is anomalous", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45797.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvj51r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Joker] How would Jokers interview and Murray Franklins death be remembered in modern day?", "c_root_id_A": "i3a55h5", "c_root_id_B": "i3a5ttx", "created_at_utc_A": 1649026211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649026517.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "He would be seen as a revolutionary, not completely idolized or loathed but intensely both at the same time. The death of Thomas Wayne puts Gotham right back where it was in terms of the establishment, but the clown revolution puts pressure on them to act, and due to their corruption, likely not in a way that will improve Gotham.", "human_ref_B": "Very not well. Longer answer, I see a few major narratives forming. Firstly, those in favour of censorship can use this as the perfect worst-case scenario of unrestricted free speech- Fleck would have been a nobody if we hadn't been stupid enough to give him a spot on primetime tv. We need to shut down a media that chases ratings and shock value more then truth and even human life. Tighter regulations on the media to stop another Fleck starting another riot pass quickly, which also conveniently provide a method and excuse to censor less murderous clown relation actors. Secondly, the bigots. The idea of stupid trailer trash staring slackjawed at shock TV has been used as an excuse for eugenicist fantasies for a while, and here they finally have a case for a real life disaster caused by that idea- an audience so desperate for content they pushed a host to put himself in a room with an armed murderer. Thinkpieces on the deplorable state of society rise- as always blamed, implicitly or explicitly, on *those people.* Bigots rise, presenting the image of the baying mob that lead to a tragedy with their stupidity, appealing to an audience who have a very clear picture of what that mob looks like The third obvious one is the one Fleck intended- you get what you fucking deserve. Finally, the little man spat on and rejected all his life gets his revenge on the machine that planned to humiliate him in front of thousands, and those who see themselves as the little man have an icon. Just like Elliot Rogers pushed the Incel movement from bitterly posting online to posing a legitimate terrorist threat, Athur Fleck can (and seemingly does) inspire those bitter and angry at life towards actual violence. Basically, the interview becomes a representation of societies decline into violence, seized on by both those seeking to stop that trend by any means, those seeking to amplify it and those seeking to exploit it. The trends inspired by it don't leave the world in a very good place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 306.0, "score_ratio": 2.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvj51r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Joker] How would Jokers interview and Murray Franklins death be remembered in modern day?", "c_root_id_A": "i3a5ttx", "c_root_id_B": "i39p8nv", "created_at_utc_A": 1649026517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649019271.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Very not well. Longer answer, I see a few major narratives forming. Firstly, those in favour of censorship can use this as the perfect worst-case scenario of unrestricted free speech- Fleck would have been a nobody if we hadn't been stupid enough to give him a spot on primetime tv. We need to shut down a media that chases ratings and shock value more then truth and even human life. Tighter regulations on the media to stop another Fleck starting another riot pass quickly, which also conveniently provide a method and excuse to censor less murderous clown relation actors. Secondly, the bigots. The idea of stupid trailer trash staring slackjawed at shock TV has been used as an excuse for eugenicist fantasies for a while, and here they finally have a case for a real life disaster caused by that idea- an audience so desperate for content they pushed a host to put himself in a room with an armed murderer. Thinkpieces on the deplorable state of society rise- as always blamed, implicitly or explicitly, on *those people.* Bigots rise, presenting the image of the baying mob that lead to a tragedy with their stupidity, appealing to an audience who have a very clear picture of what that mob looks like The third obvious one is the one Fleck intended- you get what you fucking deserve. Finally, the little man spat on and rejected all his life gets his revenge on the machine that planned to humiliate him in front of thousands, and those who see themselves as the little man have an icon. Just like Elliot Rogers pushed the Incel movement from bitterly posting online to posing a legitimate terrorist threat, Athur Fleck can (and seemingly does) inspire those bitter and angry at life towards actual violence. Basically, the interview becomes a representation of societies decline into violence, seized on by both those seeking to stop that trend by any means, those seeking to amplify it and those seeking to exploit it. The trends inspired by it don't leave the world in a very good place.", "human_ref_B": "A tragedy akin to most mass shootings.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7246.0, "score_ratio": 3.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvj51r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Joker] How would Jokers interview and Murray Franklins death be remembered in modern day?", "c_root_id_A": "i3a5ttx", "c_root_id_B": "i39rcgy", "created_at_utc_A": 1649026517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649020180.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Very not well. Longer answer, I see a few major narratives forming. Firstly, those in favour of censorship can use this as the perfect worst-case scenario of unrestricted free speech- Fleck would have been a nobody if we hadn't been stupid enough to give him a spot on primetime tv. We need to shut down a media that chases ratings and shock value more then truth and even human life. Tighter regulations on the media to stop another Fleck starting another riot pass quickly, which also conveniently provide a method and excuse to censor less murderous clown relation actors. Secondly, the bigots. The idea of stupid trailer trash staring slackjawed at shock TV has been used as an excuse for eugenicist fantasies for a while, and here they finally have a case for a real life disaster caused by that idea- an audience so desperate for content they pushed a host to put himself in a room with an armed murderer. Thinkpieces on the deplorable state of society rise- as always blamed, implicitly or explicitly, on *those people.* Bigots rise, presenting the image of the baying mob that lead to a tragedy with their stupidity, appealing to an audience who have a very clear picture of what that mob looks like The third obvious one is the one Fleck intended- you get what you fucking deserve. Finally, the little man spat on and rejected all his life gets his revenge on the machine that planned to humiliate him in front of thousands, and those who see themselves as the little man have an icon. Just like Elliot Rogers pushed the Incel movement from bitterly posting online to posing a legitimate terrorist threat, Athur Fleck can (and seemingly does) inspire those bitter and angry at life towards actual violence. Basically, the interview becomes a representation of societies decline into violence, seized on by both those seeking to stop that trend by any means, those seeking to amplify it and those seeking to exploit it. The trends inspired by it don't leave the world in a very good place.", "human_ref_B": "Given Joker takes place in 1981, and it seems that Arthur\u2019s violence inspired an entire movement of chaos and anarchy, probably remembered as an analogue to Hitler addressing the Reichstag on March 23rd.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6337.0, "score_ratio": 4.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvj51r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Joker] How would Jokers interview and Murray Franklins death be remembered in modern day?", "c_root_id_A": "i3a55h5", "c_root_id_B": "i39p8nv", "created_at_utc_A": 1649026211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649019271.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "He would be seen as a revolutionary, not completely idolized or loathed but intensely both at the same time. The death of Thomas Wayne puts Gotham right back where it was in terms of the establishment, but the clown revolution puts pressure on them to act, and due to their corruption, likely not in a way that will improve Gotham.", "human_ref_B": "A tragedy akin to most mass shootings.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6940.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvj51r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Joker] How would Jokers interview and Murray Franklins death be remembered in modern day?", "c_root_id_A": "i39rcgy", "c_root_id_B": "i3a55h5", "created_at_utc_A": 1649020180.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649026211.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Given Joker takes place in 1981, and it seems that Arthur\u2019s violence inspired an entire movement of chaos and anarchy, probably remembered as an analogue to Hitler addressing the Reichstag on March 23rd.", "human_ref_B": "He would be seen as a revolutionary, not completely idolized or loathed but intensely both at the same time. The death of Thomas Wayne puts Gotham right back where it was in terms of the establishment, but the clown revolution puts pressure on them to act, and due to their corruption, likely not in a way that will improve Gotham.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6031.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvj51r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Joker] How would Jokers interview and Murray Franklins death be remembered in modern day?", "c_root_id_A": "i39p8nv", "c_root_id_B": "i3afndt", "created_at_utc_A": 1649019271.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649031087.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "A tragedy akin to most mass shootings.", "human_ref_B": "Probably the same as John Lennon's assassination, but with lots of grainy bootlegs of the interview floating around.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11816.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvj51r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Joker] How would Jokers interview and Murray Franklins death be remembered in modern day?", "c_root_id_A": "i39rcgy", "c_root_id_B": "i3afndt", "created_at_utc_A": 1649020180.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649031087.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Given Joker takes place in 1981, and it seems that Arthur\u2019s violence inspired an entire movement of chaos and anarchy, probably remembered as an analogue to Hitler addressing the Reichstag on March 23rd.", "human_ref_B": "Probably the same as John Lennon's assassination, but with lots of grainy bootlegs of the interview floating around.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10907.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvj51r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Joker] How would Jokers interview and Murray Franklins death be remembered in modern day?", "c_root_id_A": "i3cfe1i", "c_root_id_B": "i3vpcls", "created_at_utc_A": 1649075709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649411530.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d give it about a month in today\u2019s 24 hour news cycle before everyone forgets about it. I think even that is generous given our attention spans.", "human_ref_B": "The birth of a fucking monster being honest they'd wish that Arthur stayed that little fucking mentally unhinged clown Down the street than deal with the joker and his posse", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 335821.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0dioj", "c_root_id_B": "dw0q65e", "created_at_utc_A": 1521574128.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521586084.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Hutts are big, strong worms who can easily overpower most creatures. Your average human woman could not choke out a Hutt under any circumstance. Leia is not an average woman. She is a trained fighter and a powerful force sensitive. She either allowed herself to be captured because she had a force intuition about how things would end up, or she summoned force strength to strangle a massive monster.", "human_ref_B": "I've heard it theorized that she was (accidentally) channeling the dark side when she killed him, similar to how Luke was for a brief moment during his fight with Vader at the end of the movie. Even if a Hutt can't be directly affected by the force, the extra strength it would have given her, combined with the leverage she had with the chain, would have been enough to kill him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11956.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0l632", "c_root_id_B": "dw0q65e", "created_at_utc_A": 1521581137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521586084.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "human_ref_B": "I've heard it theorized that she was (accidentally) channeling the dark side when she killed him, similar to how Luke was for a brief moment during his fight with Vader at the end of the movie. Even if a Hutt can't be directly affected by the force, the extra strength it would have given her, combined with the leverage she had with the chain, would have been enough to kill him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4947.0, "score_ratio": 10000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0s64m", "c_root_id_B": "dw0l632", "created_at_utc_A": 1521588113.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521581137.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Leia has the force", "human_ref_B": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6976.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw15uhg", "c_root_id_B": "dw0v0ks", "created_at_utc_A": 1521602744.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521591045.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because at first he was into it, and let it happen, but realized too late it had gone too far.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the;'re structurally vulnerable, and she did like used the force to sense how to do a reverse Heimlich maneuver.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11699.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0l632", "c_root_id_B": "dw15uhg", "created_at_utc_A": 1521581137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521602744.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "human_ref_B": "Because at first he was into it, and let it happen, but realized too late it had gone too far.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21607.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0zx19", "c_root_id_B": "dw0v0ks", "created_at_utc_A": 1521596183.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521591045.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the book bloodline it is revealed that she used the dark side to do it", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the;'re structurally vulnerable, and she did like used the force to sense how to do a reverse Heimlich maneuver.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5138.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0l632", "c_root_id_B": "dw0zx19", "created_at_utc_A": 1521581137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521596183.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "human_ref_B": "In the book bloodline it is revealed that she used the dark side to do it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15046.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw1n8zk", "c_root_id_B": "dw1jvv1", "created_at_utc_A": 1521636059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521630379.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "That looked easy to you?", "human_ref_B": "Jabba is an extremely elderly and overweight Hutt. He is basically a disabled senior. Leia meanwhile is in her physical prime, garrotting him from behind and lets not forget, able to use the Force (though most likely not consciously).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5680.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0v0ks", "c_root_id_B": "dw1n8zk", "created_at_utc_A": 1521591045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521636059.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the;'re structurally vulnerable, and she did like used the force to sense how to do a reverse Heimlich maneuver.", "human_ref_B": "That looked easy to you?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 45014.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw1n8zk", "c_root_id_B": "dw1c0xa", "created_at_utc_A": 1521636059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521611801.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "That looked easy to you?", "human_ref_B": "Jabba was the equivalent of a diseased old man by Hutt standards.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24258.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw1n8zk", "c_root_id_B": "dw0l632", "created_at_utc_A": 1521636059.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521581137.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "That looked easy to you?", "human_ref_B": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 54922.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw1jvv1", "c_root_id_B": "dw0v0ks", "created_at_utc_A": 1521630379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521591045.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Jabba is an extremely elderly and overweight Hutt. He is basically a disabled senior. Leia meanwhile is in her physical prime, garrotting him from behind and lets not forget, able to use the Force (though most likely not consciously).", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the;'re structurally vulnerable, and she did like used the force to sense how to do a reverse Heimlich maneuver.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 39334.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw1jvv1", "c_root_id_B": "dw1c0xa", "created_at_utc_A": 1521630379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521611801.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Jabba is an extremely elderly and overweight Hutt. He is basically a disabled senior. Leia meanwhile is in her physical prime, garrotting him from behind and lets not forget, able to use the Force (though most likely not consciously).", "human_ref_B": "Jabba was the equivalent of a diseased old man by Hutt standards.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18578.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw1jvv1", "c_root_id_B": "dw0l632", "created_at_utc_A": 1521630379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521581137.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Jabba is an extremely elderly and overweight Hutt. He is basically a disabled senior. Leia meanwhile is in her physical prime, garrotting him from behind and lets not forget, able to use the Force (though most likely not consciously).", "human_ref_B": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49242.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0v0ks", "c_root_id_B": "dw0l632", "created_at_utc_A": 1521591045.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521581137.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the;'re structurally vulnerable, and she did like used the force to sense how to do a reverse Heimlich maneuver.", "human_ref_B": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9908.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw0l632", "c_root_id_B": "dw1c0xa", "created_at_utc_A": 1521581137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521611801.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba was the equivalent of a diseased old man by Hutt standards.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30664.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw1orvh", "c_root_id_B": "dw0l632", "created_at_utc_A": 1521638023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521581137.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "He choked on a t-shirt.", "human_ref_B": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 56886.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85ve10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] How was Princess Leia able to choke Jaba so easily? Are the Hut species physically weak? He knocks over C-3PO with one arm? Wookieepedia tells me, \"They were tough and muscular with thick leathery skin, which was wrinkled and slimy.\" How is a 5 feet nothing, 100 and nothing Leia choking him out? Even if she was strong enough what about leverages? What about just slipping out due to him being a large slimy slug?", "c_root_id_A": "dw2a2yr", "c_root_id_B": "dw0l632", "created_at_utc_A": 1521657670.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521581137.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "While Hutts are rather strong, Jabba had allowed himself to become an old, fat slug (a sign of any powerful and respected Hutt). Also, Leia has the Force.", "human_ref_B": "Force choke. Sorry, I'll show myself out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 76533.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j8856", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 1.0, "history": "[Alien] Why can't facehuggers be removed surgically without killing the host? Looking at the anatomy of these creatures, it doesn't appear that there is much to deal with in terms of lethality, at least in the facehugger stage. I know about the acidic blood, but couldn't you just remove tissue that the parasite has attached itself to? If you do this, yes you cost the host a lot, but it's better than dying painfully.", "c_root_id_A": "c2au9it", "c_root_id_B": "c2a0xxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1312762237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1312439216.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I'm surprised no one knew this one. The facehugger paralyzes the victim and uses artificial respiration to keep the lungs working. That's why the guy who designed the creature added those sacs that make the facehugger look like a muffin-top. I assume the heart isn't paralyzed by this, so the paralyzation agent must not affect the autonomic nervous system at all. Trying to remove the facehugger results in it not only stopping artificial respiration but actually choking the victim. In this scenario, even if you got the hugger off the victim's face, you must cut the tail before the hugger smashes the windpipe and breaks the spine of the victim, so you would have to cut the tail and concentrated acid will spill out. This could be feasible in good ER on ground level and a way to neutralize any acid that lands on the victims neck during the removal of the tail. Remember, the xeno's acid is under high pressure and it sprays. The surgeons would also probably need to insert a metal tube into the victims throat to prevent the neck from being mashed, but the spinal cord still might get smushed.", "human_ref_B": "I see two possible reasons, physical and biological. If the facehugger embeds itself deeply within its hosts body, it may be physically impossible to surgically extricate it without doing irreparable damage to its host (the human.) It's kinda like why some brain tumors are inoperable: yeah, you could remove it, but only by cutting up too much of the brain for the person to survive. The biological reason could be a bit more complicated. Perhaps the facehugger rewires its host's body to produce acidic blood instead of regular blood. Only the presence of the facehugger prevents the acidic blood from killing the organism. Even if you could surgically remove the facehugger, the host would still die. Alternatively, maybe the facehugger produces a chemical which the host's body comes to depend on. Remove the facehugger, the host dies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 323021.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j8856", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 1.0, "history": "[Alien] Why can't facehuggers be removed surgically without killing the host? Looking at the anatomy of these creatures, it doesn't appear that there is much to deal with in terms of lethality, at least in the facehugger stage. I know about the acidic blood, but couldn't you just remove tissue that the parasite has attached itself to? If you do this, yes you cost the host a lot, but it's better than dying painfully.", "c_root_id_A": "c2a2vr0", "c_root_id_B": "c2au9it", "created_at_utc_A": 1312468731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1312762237.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The facehugger evolved for many years to get as much in the system of the host as possible. In many ways, it damages the host internal organs so much that the host is effectively killed, but the alien keeps it from bleeding. Imagine piercing your body with a hundred thousand very small arrows, but with no exit wound: the only keeping your body in one piece now are the arrows themselves. Also don't forget you won't find these facehuggers while sitting in your spacecondo, they are usually found in very nasty corners of the galaxy. So chances are, if you are in such position to be infected by one, you are probably not in a high tech medical facility with the state of the art surgical instruments, you are in some sort of merchant ship with defense weapons and a first-aid kit. Many top surgeons say it's theoretically possible to extract an alien parasite using current technology. But if you had access to a top surgeon, a clean environment and top technology you probably wouldn't have one alien stuck in your face in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "I'm surprised no one knew this one. The facehugger paralyzes the victim and uses artificial respiration to keep the lungs working. That's why the guy who designed the creature added those sacs that make the facehugger look like a muffin-top. I assume the heart isn't paralyzed by this, so the paralyzation agent must not affect the autonomic nervous system at all. Trying to remove the facehugger results in it not only stopping artificial respiration but actually choking the victim. In this scenario, even if you got the hugger off the victim's face, you must cut the tail before the hugger smashes the windpipe and breaks the spine of the victim, so you would have to cut the tail and concentrated acid will spill out. This could be feasible in good ER on ground level and a way to neutralize any acid that lands on the victims neck during the removal of the tail. Remember, the xeno's acid is under high pressure and it sprays. The surgeons would also probably need to insert a metal tube into the victims throat to prevent the neck from being mashed, but the spinal cord still might get smushed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 293506.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1fxnf1", "c_root_id_B": "j1feb1o", "created_at_utc_A": 1671843853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671834657.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You don't have to smart...as long as you are rich and have sweet technique that has been passed down through the Armstrong family for generations. Now behold the body of the Armstrong legacy", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9196.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1feb1o", "c_root_id_B": "j1g6lnn", "created_at_utc_A": 1671834657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671848264.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "My guess is that it's like chemistry. It's a lot of pattern learning, but most people can do it with enough training. But most people never bother. Ed and Al are geniuses, and were able to figure it out very early, but I bet most bright people could be competent (maybe not state-qualified) alchemists if they tried.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13607.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1feb1o", "c_root_id_B": "j1g79zq", "created_at_utc_A": 1671834657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671848602.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I suspect that it requires math and memorization of a lot of lists. In order to be competent at simple things you can probably work from a list, much of which you'll eventually memorize by doing it a thousand times. In order to be able to improvise, particularly enough to be something like a doctor OR a weapon, you've probably got to be an absolute genius or a savant. I suspect it's a lot like the sciences are now- you've got a lot of smart people, a few people that are shockingly brilliant and a few people that are great at alchemy but not very functional in day to day life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13945.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1feb1o", "c_root_id_B": "j1hra0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1671834657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671888450.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Always worth noting that most alchemists didn't really do much other than use knowledge others had passed down. Mustang's flame alchemy came from his master. The Armstrongs had their tradition. People like the Elrics who made it all up from first principles were rare. Ed and Al were absolute prodigies before they passed through the gate of truth. We see a few others like Dr Marcoh at that level.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 53793.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1feb1o", "c_root_id_B": "j1heya6", "created_at_utc_A": 1671834657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671878920.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "It depends on what you mean by competent. A good researcher who develops new theories and experiments? Pretty smart. Guy who makes minorities explode at the demands of the fascist government? Thinking too much might be detrimental to your career.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44263.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ghdg5", "c_root_id_B": "j1feb1o", "created_at_utc_A": 1671853864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671834657.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We're all told at some point in time that we cant be an alchemist, we just don't... don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. 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Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19207.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1hra0q", "c_root_id_B": "j1heya6", "created_at_utc_A": 1671888450.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671878920.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Always worth noting that most alchemists didn't really do much other than use knowledge others had passed down. Mustang's flame alchemy came from his master. The Armstrongs had their tradition. People like the Elrics who made it all up from first principles were rare. Ed and Al were absolute prodigies before they passed through the gate of truth. We see a few others like Dr Marcoh at that level.", "human_ref_B": "It depends on what you mean by competent. A good researcher who develops new theories and experiments? Pretty smart. Guy who makes minorities explode at the demands of the fascist government? Thinking too much might be detrimental to your career.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9530.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1ghdg5", "c_root_id_B": "j1hra0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1671853864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671888450.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "We're all told at some point in time that we cant be an alchemist, we just don't... don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told.", "human_ref_B": "Always worth noting that most alchemists didn't really do much other than use knowledge others had passed down. Mustang's flame alchemy came from his master. The Armstrongs had their tradition. People like the Elrics who made it all up from first principles were rare. Ed and Al were absolute prodigies before they passed through the gate of truth. We see a few others like Dr Marcoh at that level.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34586.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztukea", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Full Metal Alchemist] How smart do you have to be to be a competent Alchemist?", "c_root_id_A": "j1heya6", "c_root_id_B": "j1ghdg5", "created_at_utc_A": 1671878920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671853864.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It depends on what you mean by competent. A good researcher who develops new theories and experiments? Pretty smart. Guy who makes minorities explode at the demands of the fascist government? Thinking too much might be detrimental to your career.", "human_ref_B": "We're all told at some point in time that we cant be an alchemist, we just don't... don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25056.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sbngfq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Dragon Ball] Who do you think is the smartest of the Saiyans? Im sure everyone's gut instinct is saying Gohan but to me his scholarly nature always just seemed like an aesthetic. Goku is a complete philistine but in a fight you could argue that he is a tactical genius. I think Vegeta slightly lags behind Goku in this regard because before he faced Goku during the Saiyan Saga he always got by on raw power and talent, so he never learned how to manage a fair fight before then. Trunks, im really not so sure.", "c_root_id_A": "hu10qai", "c_root_id_B": "hu153kh", "created_at_utc_A": 1643037945.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1643039674.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Would cell count as a saiyan since he was created with saiyan blood as well? He was pretty smart/\u201cperfect\u201d.", "human_ref_B": "Depends by what you mean by smart as there are different types of intelligence. Goku despite being an idiot is really smart. As a child he lived off the land for a few years after Grandpa Gohan's death by himself. This would mean he knows what foods are safe to eat & what aren't. He also consistently hunted. Then he did it again when Master Roshi told him he had nothing left to teach him & to go out & be his own master. Goku is a fighting prodigy, learning the Kamehameha mere seconds after having seen Roshi do it. It was once again reinforced when fighting Beerus as Beerus pointed out that he was learning. Goku also has some emotional intelligence as he makes friends easy, but he never keeps in touch so... He also does in fact know basic math & reading skills as Roshi made sure to teach him. In his fight against Frieza as well, he used tactics such as using Frieza's inability to sense energy against him. Gohan while having the most potential as a fighter has never shown an aptitude for fighting styles, just raw power. He definitely has the best book smarts, that is until Trunks grows up. He also survived off the land for like a year under Piccolo's supervision when Goku died with Raditz, so there's that. He also was able to hide a DragonBall from Vegeta during Namek. Vegeta has never really shown us to many things but he seems to be far more averaged out in all aspects. Not as good as a fighter as Goku but always trailing right behind him. Has history with advanced tech as a Frieza Soldier. Shown off tactics during Namek as he sneaked around & tried to abuse the Zenkai boost. But all of that is from his upbringing, not info that other Kakarot would have been privy to. & if Super is to be believed, he can perform household duties under extreme circumstances, like not waking a sleeping God of Destruction. He also came up with the plan for the Spirit Bomb against Kid Buu. Then there's Future Trunks. The boy seems to have inherited Bulma's intelligence for tech as it is stated that is what he does in his free time. Also trained in sword play & is able to cut a Frieza Soldier's armor off without leaving a scratch on him. Seemingly tricked King Cold into an even easier confrontation. He's definitely the most efficient. Goten is basically a lesser Gohan at this point who once had kid Goku tendencies. Out of those, the top ranking would be based on what you mean by smart. In fighting Goku, in mathematical or tech it is Future Trunks. In survival, Goku or Gohan. In emotional intelligence, maybe Vegeta since he has a family life but Gohan has become a parent but then again, when have you ever seen Gohan with friends his age?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1729.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yg2vkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[marvel] Can someone make sense of time travel and variants for me? In avengers endgame it's stated that changing the past won't affect the current timeline but will just create a new branch timeline, so I don't know how captain America can be old, shouldn't be have \"flowed\" into a different future. Additionally I thought variants were the exact same person who just did something different that turned them into their respective variant, TV show loki escaped for example and kid loki killed Thor etc. They're from the same universe but a different timeline of the same universe, and now with the latest Spiderman and doctor Strange we find variants that aren't the exact same they're from an entirely different universe. So which is it? Timeline variants or universe variants? Or both? On top of that, in the Loki TV show, he who remains prunes the one the one true timeline and all the variants... So does that mean there was only one universe until Sylvie messed stuff up or there was multiple universe's but only one timeline per universe? If alternate universes didn't exist til Sylvie messed stuff up then how come timelines are upto our \"point in time\" if they've only existed for less time than our universe? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "iu6j5l0", "c_root_id_B": "iu6nkjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1666997089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666999209.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The way I've always thought of it is like a forest. Each tree is an alternate universe and each branch is a timeline. All the different variants of Loki came from different trees, different universes. He Who Remains was working very hard to prevent the growth of any trees or branches that would lead to another version of him. All the time travel in Endgame created a couple of new branches (new timelines) but it was still all a part of one tree. I don't know the canon Word of God explanation, but that's how I make sense of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2120.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yg2vkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[marvel] Can someone make sense of time travel and variants for me? In avengers endgame it's stated that changing the past won't affect the current timeline but will just create a new branch timeline, so I don't know how captain America can be old, shouldn't be have \"flowed\" into a different future. Additionally I thought variants were the exact same person who just did something different that turned them into their respective variant, TV show loki escaped for example and kid loki killed Thor etc. They're from the same universe but a different timeline of the same universe, and now with the latest Spiderman and doctor Strange we find variants that aren't the exact same they're from an entirely different universe. So which is it? Timeline variants or universe variants? Or both? On top of that, in the Loki TV show, he who remains prunes the one the one true timeline and all the variants... So does that mean there was only one universe until Sylvie messed stuff up or there was multiple universe's but only one timeline per universe? If alternate universes didn't exist til Sylvie messed stuff up then how come timelines are upto our \"point in time\" if they've only existed for less time than our universe? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "iu6oyy9", "c_root_id_B": "iu6j5l0", "created_at_utc_A": 1666999885.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666997089.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Old Captain America showing up can be explained by him returning to the normal timeline from the timeline he created when he married Peggy. Presumably, he used the time travel suit and just chose to show up at the bench instead of the time machine. As you pointed out, there are both timeline variants and universe variants. I'd assume that all universes are really just timelines that diverged really far back, but that's just speculation. Regarding your last question, the other universes have their own timelines, just like they have their own Earths and stuff, so they aren't required to fit into the timeline of the main universe.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2796.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yg2vkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[marvel] Can someone make sense of time travel and variants for me? In avengers endgame it's stated that changing the past won't affect the current timeline but will just create a new branch timeline, so I don't know how captain America can be old, shouldn't be have \"flowed\" into a different future. Additionally I thought variants were the exact same person who just did something different that turned them into their respective variant, TV show loki escaped for example and kid loki killed Thor etc. They're from the same universe but a different timeline of the same universe, and now with the latest Spiderman and doctor Strange we find variants that aren't the exact same they're from an entirely different universe. So which is it? Timeline variants or universe variants? Or both? On top of that, in the Loki TV show, he who remains prunes the one the one true timeline and all the variants... So does that mean there was only one universe until Sylvie messed stuff up or there was multiple universe's but only one timeline per universe? If alternate universes didn't exist til Sylvie messed stuff up then how come timelines are upto our \"point in time\" if they've only existed for less time than our universe? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "iu6j5l0", "c_root_id_B": "iu7tf31", "created_at_utc_A": 1666997089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667022097.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Okay so it\u2019s a little complicated. There was, is and will always be a multiverse. There\u2019s the MCU-19999/earth-19999 also known as \u201c616\u201d. At some point in the 31 century MCU-19999/earth-19999 Nathaniel Richards discovers extra dimensional travel leading to other universes. >\u201dEons ago, before the TVA, a variant of myself lived on Earth in the 31st century. He was a scientist and he discovered that there were universes stacked on top of his own. At the same time, other versions of us were learning the same thing.\" \u2015He Who Remains to Loki and Sylvie Laufeydottir[src]\u201d He discovers other versions of himself called variants. These variants share technology and knowledge among themselves creating utopias. But than other variants who are conquerors crash the party and want to invade, enslave other universes. This kickstarts a multiversal war which ends up destroying entire universes in what can be described as incursions. Eventually MCU-19999/earth-19999 MCU-19999/earth-19999 Nathaniel Richards ends the multiversal war by somehow quarantining his universe from other universes containing variants of Nathaniel Richards. >\u201dOnce I isolated our timeline, all I had to do was manage the flow of time and prevent any further branches. Hence, the TVA. Hence, the Time-Keepers and a highly efficient bureaucracy. Hence, ages and ages of cosmic harmony.\" \u2015He Who Remains to Loki and Sylvie Laufeydottir[src]\u201d Now for the more complicated stuff. In his quarantined universe he establishes that timelines containing Kang the conquerors can not be allowed to exist. Now a universe can contain for all intents and purposes unlimited timelines. Timelines are effectively entire separate existences with their own variants, think of them sort of as other universes if you like but they are distinctly separate and different to alternate universes. Think of a bag filled with onions as a universe and all of the onions are timelines. Then we got a warehouse filled with separate bags of onions and the warehouse is the multiverse. If \u201cHe who remains\u201d doesn\u2019t monitor his universe, timelines will come into being where a variant of of Nathaniel Richards will come into being. This variant could be hostile or not but \u201cHe who remains\u201d will not take that chance so he doesn\u2019t allow these timelines to come into being. Timelines that follow his baseline, his established guidelines are allowed to exist and all are a part of what he calls the \u201csacred timeline\u201d >\u201dI understand your moral objections to what the TVA does. And my methods are deceptive. But the mission, it never was. Without the me, without the TVA... everything burns.\" \u2015He Who Remains to Loki and Sylvie Laufeydottir[src]\u201d He who remains\u201d doesn\u2019t care about universes that seem different, he only targets and cares about timelines that end up creating a malevolent version of him so when he detects a timeline under going a nexus event Ie red lining. The TVA prunes the timeline before they separate and branch off. The TVA eliminates whatever is the cause of the redline/nexus event. Reset charges transports whatever it is to Alioth to be consumed. If a hostile variant of Nathaniel Richards is allowed to exist from within MCU-19999/earth-1999 also known as \u201c616\u201d. This Kang will destroy the barrier/insulation separating this universe from other universes containing a \u201cKang\u201d and the \u201cKangs multiversal war will start off again. Now for some weirder stuff. Infinity stones only work in their universe of origin, there\u2019s some wiggle room though. Now at some point \u201cHe who remains\u201d used advanced technology, scientific knowledge or even the infinity stones to create entire timelines/whole existences for his benefit. But when he created the timeline/existence where the TVA is situated he ensured that magic/dimensional energy couldn\u2019t be channeled. Effectively preventing magic users from using magic. But he also created it to make sure that infinity stones couldn\u2019t be used there so infinity stones from other timelines can be stored safely. He also created the timeline called \u201cthe void\u201d to function as garbage dump where nexus events would be sent to and consumed by Alioth. Now technically every single infinity stone present in MCU-19999/earth-1999 also known as \u201c616\u201d are all the same stones. They are exactly the same. So when Thanos snapped and destroyed the stones. Energy can not be destroyed only transformed, the stones and their collective energies still exists, they were dispersed somewhere in that timeline. But however they still exist in other timelines because they are still the same stones located in the exact same universe. So the AVENGERS did the time heist borrowed stones from other timelines and brought everyone snapped back. Now during the time heist they fumbled and messed up and created other timelines. Thano\u2019s variant from 2014 left his timeline and followed the AVENGERS. That timeline lost its Thanos and we can only speculate on the repercussions for that and how it plays into the emergence. The timeline where Steve spent his time upon returning the Tessaract. He still aged because he lived a life their only returning to the point he left when he well lived his life with that variant of Peggy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25008.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yg2vkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[marvel] Can someone make sense of time travel and variants for me? In avengers endgame it's stated that changing the past won't affect the current timeline but will just create a new branch timeline, so I don't know how captain America can be old, shouldn't be have \"flowed\" into a different future. Additionally I thought variants were the exact same person who just did something different that turned them into their respective variant, TV show loki escaped for example and kid loki killed Thor etc. They're from the same universe but a different timeline of the same universe, and now with the latest Spiderman and doctor Strange we find variants that aren't the exact same they're from an entirely different universe. So which is it? Timeline variants or universe variants? Or both? On top of that, in the Loki TV show, he who remains prunes the one the one true timeline and all the variants... So does that mean there was only one universe until Sylvie messed stuff up or there was multiple universe's but only one timeline per universe? If alternate universes didn't exist til Sylvie messed stuff up then how come timelines are upto our \"point in time\" if they've only existed for less time than our universe? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "iu6pj2o", "c_root_id_B": "iu6j5l0", "created_at_utc_A": 1667000161.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666997089.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "My personal take on Sylvie's actions led to new timelines that are concurrent with the MCU is killing He-Who-Remains in his little palace at the end of time effectively removed him from the timeline, thereby the TVA as we knew it never existed, so all the alternate realities returned.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3072.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yg2vkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[marvel] Can someone make sense of time travel and variants for me? In avengers endgame it's stated that changing the past won't affect the current timeline but will just create a new branch timeline, so I don't know how captain America can be old, shouldn't be have \"flowed\" into a different future. Additionally I thought variants were the exact same person who just did something different that turned them into their respective variant, TV show loki escaped for example and kid loki killed Thor etc. They're from the same universe but a different timeline of the same universe, and now with the latest Spiderman and doctor Strange we find variants that aren't the exact same they're from an entirely different universe. So which is it? Timeline variants or universe variants? Or both? On top of that, in the Loki TV show, he who remains prunes the one the one true timeline and all the variants... So does that mean there was only one universe until Sylvie messed stuff up or there was multiple universe's but only one timeline per universe? If alternate universes didn't exist til Sylvie messed stuff up then how come timelines are upto our \"point in time\" if they've only existed for less time than our universe? Help!", "c_root_id_A": "iu6pj2o", "c_root_id_B": "iu7tf31", "created_at_utc_A": 1667000161.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1667022097.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "My personal take on Sylvie's actions led to new timelines that are concurrent with the MCU is killing He-Who-Remains in his little palace at the end of time effectively removed him from the timeline, thereby the TVA as we knew it never existed, so all the alternate realities returned.", "human_ref_B": "Okay so it\u2019s a little complicated. There was, is and will always be a multiverse. There\u2019s the MCU-19999/earth-19999 also known as \u201c616\u201d. At some point in the 31 century MCU-19999/earth-19999 Nathaniel Richards discovers extra dimensional travel leading to other universes. >\u201dEons ago, before the TVA, a variant of myself lived on Earth in the 31st century. He was a scientist and he discovered that there were universes stacked on top of his own. At the same time, other versions of us were learning the same thing.\" \u2015He Who Remains to Loki and Sylvie Laufeydottir[src]\u201d He discovers other versions of himself called variants. These variants share technology and knowledge among themselves creating utopias. But than other variants who are conquerors crash the party and want to invade, enslave other universes. This kickstarts a multiversal war which ends up destroying entire universes in what can be described as incursions. Eventually MCU-19999/earth-19999 MCU-19999/earth-19999 Nathaniel Richards ends the multiversal war by somehow quarantining his universe from other universes containing variants of Nathaniel Richards. >\u201dOnce I isolated our timeline, all I had to do was manage the flow of time and prevent any further branches. Hence, the TVA. Hence, the Time-Keepers and a highly efficient bureaucracy. Hence, ages and ages of cosmic harmony.\" \u2015He Who Remains to Loki and Sylvie Laufeydottir[src]\u201d Now for the more complicated stuff. In his quarantined universe he establishes that timelines containing Kang the conquerors can not be allowed to exist. Now a universe can contain for all intents and purposes unlimited timelines. Timelines are effectively entire separate existences with their own variants, think of them sort of as other universes if you like but they are distinctly separate and different to alternate universes. Think of a bag filled with onions as a universe and all of the onions are timelines. Then we got a warehouse filled with separate bags of onions and the warehouse is the multiverse. If \u201cHe who remains\u201d doesn\u2019t monitor his universe, timelines will come into being where a variant of of Nathaniel Richards will come into being. This variant could be hostile or not but \u201cHe who remains\u201d will not take that chance so he doesn\u2019t allow these timelines to come into being. Timelines that follow his baseline, his established guidelines are allowed to exist and all are a part of what he calls the \u201csacred timeline\u201d >\u201dI understand your moral objections to what the TVA does. And my methods are deceptive. But the mission, it never was. Without the me, without the TVA... everything burns.\" \u2015He Who Remains to Loki and Sylvie Laufeydottir[src]\u201d He who remains\u201d doesn\u2019t care about universes that seem different, he only targets and cares about timelines that end up creating a malevolent version of him so when he detects a timeline under going a nexus event Ie red lining. The TVA prunes the timeline before they separate and branch off. The TVA eliminates whatever is the cause of the redline/nexus event. Reset charges transports whatever it is to Alioth to be consumed. If a hostile variant of Nathaniel Richards is allowed to exist from within MCU-19999/earth-1999 also known as \u201c616\u201d. This Kang will destroy the barrier/insulation separating this universe from other universes containing a \u201cKang\u201d and the \u201cKangs multiversal war will start off again. Now for some weirder stuff. Infinity stones only work in their universe of origin, there\u2019s some wiggle room though. Now at some point \u201cHe who remains\u201d used advanced technology, scientific knowledge or even the infinity stones to create entire timelines/whole existences for his benefit. But when he created the timeline/existence where the TVA is situated he ensured that magic/dimensional energy couldn\u2019t be channeled. Effectively preventing magic users from using magic. But he also created it to make sure that infinity stones couldn\u2019t be used there so infinity stones from other timelines can be stored safely. He also created the timeline called \u201cthe void\u201d to function as garbage dump where nexus events would be sent to and consumed by Alioth. Now technically every single infinity stone present in MCU-19999/earth-1999 also known as \u201c616\u201d are all the same stones. They are exactly the same. So when Thanos snapped and destroyed the stones. Energy can not be destroyed only transformed, the stones and their collective energies still exists, they were dispersed somewhere in that timeline. But however they still exist in other timelines because they are still the same stones located in the exact same universe. So the AVENGERS did the time heist borrowed stones from other timelines and brought everyone snapped back. Now during the time heist they fumbled and messed up and created other timelines. Thano\u2019s variant from 2014 left his timeline and followed the AVENGERS. That timeline lost its Thanos and we can only speculate on the repercussions for that and how it plays into the emergence. The timeline where Steve spent his time upon returning the Tessaract. He still aged because he lived a life their only returning to the point he left when he well lived his life with that variant of Peggy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21936.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uyc3oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Skyrim] Assuming the Dragonborn completes all faction quests, do they have all of the political capital necessary to rule Skyrim? By completing the quests they become: * Harbinger of the Companions * Archmage of the College of Winterhold * Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild * Listener of the Dark Brotherhood Between all of the roles, do they have enough political capital to make a move to become the High King/Queen of Skyrim?", "c_root_id_A": "ia381p3", "c_root_id_B": "ia37gfu", "created_at_utc_A": 1653585751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653585518.0, "score_A": 262, "score_B": 153, "human_ref_A": "In short, no. None of the guilds have any real political clout in Skyrim. The College of Winterhold is tolerated at best, and doesn't have any serious political connections. The Companions is a relatively minor mercenary company/clubhouse and doesn't have any serious political connections. The Thieves Guild is a shadow organization and has a very one-way relationship with precisely one powerful family. The Dark Brotherhood is effectively destroyed by the end of their story, and is only starting to rebuild, and doesn't have any serious political connections. Realistically, the Dragonborn has more political power by simply being the Dragonborn than they would have for taking charge of all four major guilds.", "human_ref_B": "In universe yes I'd assume so. Especially since depending on the actions of the dragonborn you just destabilized 2 or 3 of the primary major powers in Skyrim while ruling all the others. Side note I wish it was skill based instead of side quest progression. Always feels weird being a guy in heavy armor with a big fuck off sword cleaving my way to the position of Archmage at a college and only a basic understanding of \"heal spell go bur\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 233.0, "score_ratio": 1.7124183007, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uyc3oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Skyrim] Assuming the Dragonborn completes all faction quests, do they have all of the political capital necessary to rule Skyrim? By completing the quests they become: * Harbinger of the Companions * Archmage of the College of Winterhold * Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild * Listener of the Dark Brotherhood Between all of the roles, do they have enough political capital to make a move to become the High King/Queen of Skyrim?", "c_root_id_A": "ia3ezl8", "c_root_id_B": "ia37gfu", "created_at_utc_A": 1653588545.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653585518.0, "score_A": 233, "score_B": 153, "human_ref_A": "Better question: who would be willing to tell the Dragonborn that they *can't* rule Skyrim? Seriously. The Dragonborn kills gods, eats dragons for lunch, and can literally yell someone to death. You'd have to have a death wish to obstruct their ambitions.", "human_ref_B": "In universe yes I'd assume so. Especially since depending on the actions of the dragonborn you just destabilized 2 or 3 of the primary major powers in Skyrim while ruling all the others. Side note I wish it was skill based instead of side quest progression. Always feels weird being a guy in heavy armor with a big fuck off sword cleaving my way to the position of Archmage at a college and only a basic understanding of \"heal spell go bur\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3027.0, "score_ratio": 1.522875817, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uyc3oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Skyrim] Assuming the Dragonborn completes all faction quests, do they have all of the political capital necessary to rule Skyrim? By completing the quests they become: * Harbinger of the Companions * Archmage of the College of Winterhold * Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild * Listener of the Dark Brotherhood Between all of the roles, do they have enough political capital to make a move to become the High King/Queen of Skyrim?", "c_root_id_A": "ia3ezl8", "c_root_id_B": "ia383nq", "created_at_utc_A": 1653588545.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653585773.0, "score_A": 233, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "Better question: who would be willing to tell the Dragonborn that they *can't* rule Skyrim? Seriously. The Dragonborn kills gods, eats dragons for lunch, and can literally yell someone to death. You'd have to have a death wish to obstruct their ambitions.", "human_ref_B": "Not really. None of those positions were given to them due to their political abilities, and none of those organizations have that much political power. 1. The companions are a mercenary group, not exactly ruler material. And though not unliked, they don't have any real political pull 2. Magic, and especially winterhold, are not well liked by the nords, particularly in that era. 3. Neither the thieves guild or dark brotherhood are really things they can put on the resume, and the latter in particular would put them at the top of the empire's most wanted Being the dragonborn is worth more than all of those to the nords, but even then, doesn't make them ruler material. They'd have a better shot winning the civil war for either side, and then trying to marry the high queen or Ulfric.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2772.0, "score_ratio": 7.28125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uyc3oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Skyrim] Assuming the Dragonborn completes all faction quests, do they have all of the political capital necessary to rule Skyrim? By completing the quests they become: * Harbinger of the Companions * Archmage of the College of Winterhold * Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild * Listener of the Dark Brotherhood Between all of the roles, do they have enough political capital to make a move to become the High King/Queen of Skyrim?", "c_root_id_A": "ia3ezl8", "c_root_id_B": "ia3ajw0", "created_at_utc_A": 1653588545.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653586754.0, "score_A": 233, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Better question: who would be willing to tell the Dragonborn that they *can't* rule Skyrim? Seriously. The Dragonborn kills gods, eats dragons for lunch, and can literally yell someone to death. You'd have to have a death wish to obstruct their ambitions.", "human_ref_B": "Just the main quest and Dragonbrn DLC quest gives you enough political capital: Call a moot as Dragonborn. \"GOL - HA - DOV. Acknowledge me as High King/Queen of Skyrim.\" Being Harbinger will certainly add the most credibility after being Dragonborn. The Archmage title would give the most prestige outside of Skyrim. The other two would only really be helpful in getting things done.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1791.0, "score_ratio": 15.5333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uyc3oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Skyrim] Assuming the Dragonborn completes all faction quests, do they have all of the political capital necessary to rule Skyrim? By completing the quests they become: * Harbinger of the Companions * Archmage of the College of Winterhold * Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild * Listener of the Dark Brotherhood Between all of the roles, do they have enough political capital to make a move to become the High King/Queen of Skyrim?", "c_root_id_A": "ia3crso", "c_root_id_B": "ia3ezl8", "created_at_utc_A": 1653587642.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653588545.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 233, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so. Those four aren't exactly political positions. At most, maybe the Harbinger has some clout as his word is reputed to be respected among the Companions and the nine Holds but it's not really the same as being the Jarl. As Harbinger, they'd be respected by the Companions and the nine Holds. As Arch-Mage, they'd be the utmost authority on affairs of magic. As Guild Master and Listener, they'd have money and knowledge of the criminal underbelly through trespass, theft, and assassination. So, if anything, the Dragonborn has connections and influence to the political entities, not the political status to join them and be the High King/Queen.", "human_ref_B": "Better question: who would be willing to tell the Dragonborn that they *can't* rule Skyrim? Seriously. The Dragonborn kills gods, eats dragons for lunch, and can literally yell someone to death. You'd have to have a death wish to obstruct their ambitions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 903.0, "score_ratio": 23.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uyc3oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Skyrim] Assuming the Dragonborn completes all faction quests, do they have all of the political capital necessary to rule Skyrim? By completing the quests they become: * Harbinger of the Companions * Archmage of the College of Winterhold * Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild * Listener of the Dark Brotherhood Between all of the roles, do they have enough political capital to make a move to become the High King/Queen of Skyrim?", "c_root_id_A": "ia3m0bg", "c_root_id_B": "ia3crso", "created_at_utc_A": 1653591412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653587642.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Yes. By dint of being Dragonborm you have a strong claim to both the Crowns of Skyrim and the Empire. By dint of being able to solo armies, you have claim to whatever the fuck you want", "human_ref_B": "I don't think so. Those four aren't exactly political positions. At most, maybe the Harbinger has some clout as his word is reputed to be respected among the Companions and the nine Holds but it's not really the same as being the Jarl. As Harbinger, they'd be respected by the Companions and the nine Holds. As Arch-Mage, they'd be the utmost authority on affairs of magic. As Guild Master and Listener, they'd have money and knowledge of the criminal underbelly through trespass, theft, and assassination. So, if anything, the Dragonborn has connections and influence to the political entities, not the political status to join them and be the High King/Queen.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3770.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uyc3oj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Skyrim] Assuming the Dragonborn completes all faction quests, do they have all of the political capital necessary to rule Skyrim? By completing the quests they become: * Harbinger of the Companions * Archmage of the College of Winterhold * Guildmaster of the Thieves Guild * Listener of the Dark Brotherhood Between all of the roles, do they have enough political capital to make a move to become the High King/Queen of Skyrim?", "c_root_id_A": "ia3crso", "c_root_id_B": "ia3nqzu", "created_at_utc_A": 1653587642.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653592131.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so. Those four aren't exactly political positions. At most, maybe the Harbinger has some clout as his word is reputed to be respected among the Companions and the nine Holds but it's not really the same as being the Jarl. As Harbinger, they'd be respected by the Companions and the nine Holds. As Arch-Mage, they'd be the utmost authority on affairs of magic. As Guild Master and Listener, they'd have money and knowledge of the criminal underbelly through trespass, theft, and assassination. So, if anything, the Dragonborn has connections and influence to the political entities, not the political status to join them and be the High King/Queen.", "human_ref_B": "I think it's worth reminding people that the Dragonborn can do better than just rule Skyrim. As a Dragonborn, they have a claim to the throne of the Cyrodiilic Empire. Unless the rules of inheritance have changed since the Oblivion Crisis wiped out the Septims (which, admittedly, would be a reasonable assumption), then the next Dragonborn is the rightful heir, and in fact has a better claim than any ruler since Martin Septim.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4489.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "ddd08l4", "c_root_id_B": "ddd0vyk", "created_at_utc_A": 1486309255.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486310292.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 226, "human_ref_A": "A lot of his former patients hate him so I would say aside from the few pro bono cases you are probably in the ballpark. Not to mention that insurance providers will probably fight the person over whether the strange and long process is completely covered.", "human_ref_B": "I might be making this up and I really can't think of an easy way to check... (and it's been a long time since I watched it!) I have a vague recollection of an episode were House (or possibly Cuddy) was dealing with a load of pressure from the hospital Board about the huge costs of House's department that were never recovered. They wanted him to be more self-funding... MIGHT have been the episode where they were trying to persuade him to treat the relative of big donor? The implication was that he was taking on a lot of expensive pro-bono work (as opposed to just treating people who then couldn't pay) because it was interesting - and the argument was that his success was good for the reputation of the hospital and therefore its overall income. But I may have invented that entirely :)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1037.0, "score_ratio": 8.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "ddd08l4", "c_root_id_B": "ddd46xn", "created_at_utc_A": 1486309255.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486315091.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "A lot of his former patients hate him so I would say aside from the few pro bono cases you are probably in the ballpark. Not to mention that insurance providers will probably fight the person over whether the strange and long process is completely covered.", "human_ref_B": "I am going to go out on a limb and say: As much as the team can possibly squeeze out of the patient and/or their insurance, for which your estimate is probably close. House is a firm believer that the patient always lies, and thus often manages to avoid making an early diagnosis that could have been easily obtained during a simple H&P early on, if he had any modicum of bedside manner. This also prevents this information from entering the medical record. Similarly, many of their attempted treatments are only peripherally related to what the actual treatment of the related disorder is, and/or are strange perversions of the real treatment that no self - or perhaps more specifically *patient* - respecting doctor would undertake. The eventual treatments and explanations often only bear a passing relationship with reality. Furthermore, a suspiciously large number of the tests performed are done by the members of House's team, rather than the people that hospitals tend to hire to actually run these sorts of tests. Why is this all important? Because the only possible reason I can see for this strange level of incompetence combined with *somehow being correct in the end,* some times despite all medical knowledge to the contrary, is that what has been presented to us is a manipulation of the events. That is, either the man and his team are not fit to practice medicine, or they actually know very early on what is happening, and all the tests and aborted trial therapies that they run through are in fact simply a method of running up the bill. Tests performed by the team members themselves allow for easy manipulation of medical records to allow for either more tests or more therapies to be performed that would not otherwise be considered medically sound. As an addendum, I think that at least some portion of the patients end up paying very little to nothing - I can't imagine that it would be difficult to win malpractice cases against House or his team, but he likely also brings in amazing amounts of revenue for the hospital when it works, which is why they shelter him from it as much as possible. I believe the pro bono work that they do is in fact only performed to normalize their approach (and thus make it appear acceptable when treating paying patients).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5836.0, "score_ratio": 1.6071428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "ddd3kt9", "c_root_id_B": "ddd46xn", "created_at_utc_A": 1486314238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486315091.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "On the cost of a full team of doctors, I wouldn't be surprised if House's salary was much lower than it should be. He doesn't do what he does for the money, he does it for the mystery. So, that portion might lower than you'd think. Ninja edit: Although now that I think about it, I bet Chase & Foreman would have negotiated at least some of that salary that isn't going to House go to them. So maybe it evens out.", "human_ref_B": "I am going to go out on a limb and say: As much as the team can possibly squeeze out of the patient and/or their insurance, for which your estimate is probably close. House is a firm believer that the patient always lies, and thus often manages to avoid making an early diagnosis that could have been easily obtained during a simple H&P early on, if he had any modicum of bedside manner. This also prevents this information from entering the medical record. Similarly, many of their attempted treatments are only peripherally related to what the actual treatment of the related disorder is, and/or are strange perversions of the real treatment that no self - or perhaps more specifically *patient* - respecting doctor would undertake. The eventual treatments and explanations often only bear a passing relationship with reality. Furthermore, a suspiciously large number of the tests performed are done by the members of House's team, rather than the people that hospitals tend to hire to actually run these sorts of tests. Why is this all important? Because the only possible reason I can see for this strange level of incompetence combined with *somehow being correct in the end,* some times despite all medical knowledge to the contrary, is that what has been presented to us is a manipulation of the events. That is, either the man and his team are not fit to practice medicine, or they actually know very early on what is happening, and all the tests and aborted trial therapies that they run through are in fact simply a method of running up the bill. Tests performed by the team members themselves allow for easy manipulation of medical records to allow for either more tests or more therapies to be performed that would not otherwise be considered medically sound. As an addendum, I think that at least some portion of the patients end up paying very little to nothing - I can't imagine that it would be difficult to win malpractice cases against House or his team, but he likely also brings in amazing amounts of revenue for the hospital when it works, which is why they shelter him from it as much as possible. I believe the pro bono work that they do is in fact only performed to normalize their approach (and thus make it appear acceptable when treating paying patients).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 853.0, "score_ratio": 2.3684210526, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "ddd46xn", "c_root_id_B": "ddd43dd", "created_at_utc_A": 1486315091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486314953.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I am going to go out on a limb and say: As much as the team can possibly squeeze out of the patient and/or their insurance, for which your estimate is probably close. House is a firm believer that the patient always lies, and thus often manages to avoid making an early diagnosis that could have been easily obtained during a simple H&P early on, if he had any modicum of bedside manner. This also prevents this information from entering the medical record. Similarly, many of their attempted treatments are only peripherally related to what the actual treatment of the related disorder is, and/or are strange perversions of the real treatment that no self - or perhaps more specifically *patient* - respecting doctor would undertake. The eventual treatments and explanations often only bear a passing relationship with reality. Furthermore, a suspiciously large number of the tests performed are done by the members of House's team, rather than the people that hospitals tend to hire to actually run these sorts of tests. Why is this all important? Because the only possible reason I can see for this strange level of incompetence combined with *somehow being correct in the end,* some times despite all medical knowledge to the contrary, is that what has been presented to us is a manipulation of the events. That is, either the man and his team are not fit to practice medicine, or they actually know very early on what is happening, and all the tests and aborted trial therapies that they run through are in fact simply a method of running up the bill. Tests performed by the team members themselves allow for easy manipulation of medical records to allow for either more tests or more therapies to be performed that would not otherwise be considered medically sound. As an addendum, I think that at least some portion of the patients end up paying very little to nothing - I can't imagine that it would be difficult to win malpractice cases against House or his team, but he likely also brings in amazing amounts of revenue for the hospital when it works, which is why they shelter him from it as much as possible. I believe the pro bono work that they do is in fact only performed to normalize their approach (and thus make it appear acceptable when treating paying patients).", "human_ref_B": "I figure the hospital must waive the charges in exchange for a release of liability from the patient. They continue the arrangement because it gives them good publicity in the medical journals, which likely attracts legions of applications to work with the former subordinates that House fired who are working elsewhere in the hospital. Atypical but not House-worthy patients see these House trained MDs and are charged enough to cover House's antics.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 138.0, "score_ratio": 2.8125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "ddd5atg", "c_root_id_B": "ddd7nrv", "created_at_utc_A": 1486316606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486319755.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "No insurer authorized any of this ever so they're going to pay nearly nothing.", "human_ref_B": "House's department is not earning a profit. It's a prestige thing. Some of the stuff they can justify to the insurance, and get reimbursed for, but for a lot of it PPTH just eats the costs. And a lot of those costs aren't nearly as high as they'd appear on someone's insurance bills. A $3,000 MRI has a lot of bloat in it. When you have a salaried doctor doing it (who would get paid the same amount if he were doing a crossword puzzle) and the machine is already there, it's really just the cost of the electricity to fire up the magnet. Same thing with the surgeries and such, it's really just the costs of the meds and the sterilization. Now some of the meds he has his team fire off like PEZ cost quite a pretty penny. (The guy from *Office Space* made a point of how expensive his treatment was.) I doubt they get much of a discount on those. But they can still put the Diagnostic Department on the brochures they send to potential donors.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3149.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dddi8e5", "c_root_id_B": "ddd5atg", "created_at_utc_A": 1486333973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486316606.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "My personal experience when my wife went through a mystery diagnosis episode (she's fine now) which was very much like an episode of house ended up with a price tag of 30k.", "human_ref_B": "No insurer authorized any of this ever so they're going to pay nearly nothing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17367.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dddqte0", "c_root_id_B": "dddnnqd", "created_at_utc_A": 1486345085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486341275.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The initial bill is usually a lot of money. After the patient (inevitably) sues the hospital for the way they were treated, it usually comes out as free.", "human_ref_B": "Easily upwards of $300K for the really bad cases where they have to do multiple organ transplants, where he misdiagnosed the illness and they do a transplant only for the patient to not need it at the last minute, or if the patient gets the transplant and they were wrong and the diesease kills the organ and they need another one. Personally, I think that House should have been fired and put in jail a long time ago. Any top level medical student that actually cares about the patient could do the same whiteboard theorizing that he does at half the cost. I'd accept Cooper from All Saints in NYC, before I let Greg House, MD touch a patient in any hospital I run. He's more of a liability than anything else. At least Cooper is more intuitive, hell, he found an aneurysm with a fucking stethoscope. House's diagnosis go like this: Is it bacterial or viral? (Bacterial:strong antibiotics, Viral:strong antibiotics) What organs is it affecting? (If its the brain, call Foreman and berate him the whole time for being stoic and black, while being stoic and white and a opiate addict. If it's the heart, transplant. And berate Chases' relationship with Alison. Any other organ, chelation treatment.) Also, berate the only woman that loves you to make her spend hospital funds that she has to fight for, to fund your cooky schemes. While berating the only friend that you have because he's a beta simp. (Which I don't disagree with that much).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3810.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "ddd5atg", "c_root_id_B": "dddqte0", "created_at_utc_A": 1486316606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486345085.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No insurer authorized any of this ever so they're going to pay nearly nothing.", "human_ref_B": "The initial bill is usually a lot of money. After the patient (inevitably) sues the hospital for the way they were treated, it usually comes out as free.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28479.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dddyoyn", "c_root_id_B": "dde3tm5", "created_at_utc_A": 1486354648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486363555.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's free if they sign the waiver to be on the show. Just like in COPS, where they arrest you for free if you're willing to be on TV about it.", "human_ref_B": "It's a teaching hospital. There's standard care but having House work on you doesn't cost extra.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8907.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dde3tm5", "c_root_id_B": "dddnnqd", "created_at_utc_A": 1486363555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486341275.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It's a teaching hospital. There's standard care but having House work on you doesn't cost extra.", "human_ref_B": "Easily upwards of $300K for the really bad cases where they have to do multiple organ transplants, where he misdiagnosed the illness and they do a transplant only for the patient to not need it at the last minute, or if the patient gets the transplant and they were wrong and the diesease kills the organ and they need another one. Personally, I think that House should have been fired and put in jail a long time ago. Any top level medical student that actually cares about the patient could do the same whiteboard theorizing that he does at half the cost. I'd accept Cooper from All Saints in NYC, before I let Greg House, MD touch a patient in any hospital I run. He's more of a liability than anything else. At least Cooper is more intuitive, hell, he found an aneurysm with a fucking stethoscope. House's diagnosis go like this: Is it bacterial or viral? (Bacterial:strong antibiotics, Viral:strong antibiotics) What organs is it affecting? (If its the brain, call Foreman and berate him the whole time for being stoic and black, while being stoic and white and a opiate addict. If it's the heart, transplant. And berate Chases' relationship with Alison. Any other organ, chelation treatment.) Also, berate the only woman that loves you to make her spend hospital funds that she has to fight for, to fund your cooky schemes. While berating the only friend that you have because he's a beta simp. (Which I don't disagree with that much).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22280.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dddy2cz", "c_root_id_B": "dde3tm5", "created_at_utc_A": 1486353785.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486363555.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Still cheaper than your life...", "human_ref_B": "It's a teaching hospital. There's standard care but having House work on you doesn't cost extra.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9770.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dde3tm5", "c_root_id_B": "ddd5atg", "created_at_utc_A": 1486363555.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486316606.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "It's a teaching hospital. There's standard care but having House work on you doesn't cost extra.", "human_ref_B": "No insurer authorized any of this ever so they're going to pay nearly nothing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46949.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dddnnqd", "c_root_id_B": "dddyoyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1486341275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486354648.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Easily upwards of $300K for the really bad cases where they have to do multiple organ transplants, where he misdiagnosed the illness and they do a transplant only for the patient to not need it at the last minute, or if the patient gets the transplant and they were wrong and the diesease kills the organ and they need another one. Personally, I think that House should have been fired and put in jail a long time ago. Any top level medical student that actually cares about the patient could do the same whiteboard theorizing that he does at half the cost. I'd accept Cooper from All Saints in NYC, before I let Greg House, MD touch a patient in any hospital I run. He's more of a liability than anything else. At least Cooper is more intuitive, hell, he found an aneurysm with a fucking stethoscope. House's diagnosis go like this: Is it bacterial or viral? (Bacterial:strong antibiotics, Viral:strong antibiotics) What organs is it affecting? (If its the brain, call Foreman and berate him the whole time for being stoic and black, while being stoic and white and a opiate addict. If it's the heart, transplant. And berate Chases' relationship with Alison. Any other organ, chelation treatment.) Also, berate the only woman that loves you to make her spend hospital funds that she has to fight for, to fund your cooky schemes. While berating the only friend that you have because he's a beta simp. (Which I don't disagree with that much).", "human_ref_B": "It's free if they sign the waiver to be on the show. Just like in COPS, where they arrest you for free if you're willing to be on TV about it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13373.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dddyoyn", "c_root_id_B": "dddy2cz", "created_at_utc_A": 1486354648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486353785.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It's free if they sign the waiver to be on the show. Just like in COPS, where they arrest you for free if you're willing to be on TV about it.", "human_ref_B": "Still cheaper than your life...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 863.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "ddd5atg", "c_root_id_B": "dddyoyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1486316606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486354648.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No insurer authorized any of this ever so they're going to pay nearly nothing.", "human_ref_B": "It's free if they sign the waiver to be on the show. Just like in COPS, where they arrest you for free if you're willing to be on TV about it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38042.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "dddnnqd", "c_root_id_B": "ddd5atg", "created_at_utc_A": 1486341275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486316606.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Easily upwards of $300K for the really bad cases where they have to do multiple organ transplants, where he misdiagnosed the illness and they do a transplant only for the patient to not need it at the last minute, or if the patient gets the transplant and they were wrong and the diesease kills the organ and they need another one. Personally, I think that House should have been fired and put in jail a long time ago. Any top level medical student that actually cares about the patient could do the same whiteboard theorizing that he does at half the cost. I'd accept Cooper from All Saints in NYC, before I let Greg House, MD touch a patient in any hospital I run. He's more of a liability than anything else. At least Cooper is more intuitive, hell, he found an aneurysm with a fucking stethoscope. House's diagnosis go like this: Is it bacterial or viral? (Bacterial:strong antibiotics, Viral:strong antibiotics) What organs is it affecting? (If its the brain, call Foreman and berate him the whole time for being stoic and black, while being stoic and white and a opiate addict. If it's the heart, transplant. And berate Chases' relationship with Alison. Any other organ, chelation treatment.) Also, berate the only woman that loves you to make her spend hospital funds that she has to fight for, to fund your cooky schemes. While berating the only friend that you have because he's a beta simp. (Which I don't disagree with that much).", "human_ref_B": "No insurer authorized any of this ever so they're going to pay nearly nothing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24669.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5s7uvn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[House MD] How much does the average House patient have to pay after being saved and released? I've been marathoning and I feel like the average patient gets about 5 missed diagnoses, each of which involved either an MRI, CT, LP, exploratory surgery or just a couple different potent medicines. Not to mention the week or so in hospital and the cost of having a full team of doctors on your case only. I feel like its $250,000 at least.", "c_root_id_A": "ddd5atg", "c_root_id_B": "dddy2cz", "created_at_utc_A": 1486316606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486353785.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "No insurer authorized any of this ever so they're going to pay nearly nothing.", "human_ref_B": "Still cheaper than your life...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37179.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "w93coc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Warhammer Fantasy] How heavy are the minotaurs? They're described as often growing to twice the height of a man. The Warhammer Total War game shows them about twice the height. They're also extremely broad, though, much more than a man. How heavy would they be?", "c_root_id_A": "iht6rh4", "c_root_id_B": "iht2iqc", "created_at_utc_A": 1658894998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1658892760.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "well, your average bull is about 6 foot long and 1 - 1.5 tons, so about man-sized, if far more dense. assuming a minotaur is exactly half-man and half-bull, a man-sized minotaur should weigh as much as half a man plus half a bull, about 1075 - 1600 lbs. if a minotaur is twice as tall as a man (thus twice as tall as a bull, also), then proportionally it should weigh 8 times as much (being twice as tall, twice as broad and twice as thick) so 4 - 6 tons.", "human_ref_B": "roughly the same as 7 or 8 men", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2238.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pupn7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[legend of korra] does republic city not have an army? so the biggest and most populated city, capital of the united republic, had no army or any defenses set to defend the city against kuvira? the republic city police force, whom we know exists as they were in season one, were also nowhere to be found.", "c_root_id_A": "cn07cfr", "c_root_id_B": "cn07dh5", "created_at_utc_A": 1419046667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1419046747.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Do cities typically have armies? Well downvote me for a question, that'll teach me. :/", "human_ref_B": "Yes, they have the United Forces.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 80.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pupn7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[legend of korra] does republic city not have an army? so the biggest and most populated city, capital of the united republic, had no army or any defenses set to defend the city against kuvira? the republic city police force, whom we know exists as they were in season one, were also nowhere to be found.", "c_root_id_A": "cn07dg2", "c_root_id_B": "cn07dh5", "created_at_utc_A": 1419046745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1419046747.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Republic City represents the convergence of the four nations. Does the UN have its own military? No, it draws upon the resources of the nations that constitute it. Same with Republic City.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, they have the United Forces.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2.0, "score_ratio": -9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pupn7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[legend of korra] does republic city not have an army? so the biggest and most populated city, capital of the united republic, had no army or any defenses set to defend the city against kuvira? the republic city police force, whom we know exists as they were in season one, were also nowhere to be found.", "c_root_id_A": "cn085mt", "c_root_id_B": "cn07cfr", "created_at_utc_A": 1419048752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1419046667.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "> no army or any defenses set to defend the city against kuvira? I guess all those trained solider guys they sent to establish defenses around the city and go to war if needed don't count.", "human_ref_B": "Do cities typically have armies? Well downvote me for a question, that'll teach me. :/", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2085.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2pupn7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[legend of korra] does republic city not have an army? so the biggest and most populated city, capital of the united republic, had no army or any defenses set to defend the city against kuvira? the republic city police force, whom we know exists as they were in season one, were also nowhere to be found.", "c_root_id_A": "cn07dg2", "c_root_id_B": "cn085mt", "created_at_utc_A": 1419046745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1419048752.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Republic City represents the convergence of the four nations. Does the UN have its own military? No, it draws upon the resources of the nations that constitute it. Same with Republic City.", "human_ref_B": "> no army or any defenses set to defend the city against kuvira? I guess all those trained solider guys they sent to establish defenses around the city and go to war if needed don't count.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2007.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gic0fs1", "c_root_id_B": "gibzfh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1609960023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609959572.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Vampires feed on \"Life energy\", usually. This is stored in your blood. They're not physically eating the blood. It's either mystically destroyed or, I guess, they piss blood. Zombies are biologically hardwired to spread the disease. Since humans don't have an existing \"bite people\" urge, the virus instead hyperamplifies the \"hunger\" function to the point of overwhelming all other thought. They don't *need* to eat, it's simply a convenient instinct that is hijacked by the virus so they'll bite people. That's why they're so slow- the selection pressure for zombie virus strains isn't to kill you, it's to bite you once and then you escape. Presumably, the meat simply rots inside them.", "human_ref_B": "In the case of Vampires, they are typically animated by dark forces. A vampire requires the blood of the living to sustain those dark powers because it holds the spark of life. That spark of life either reanimates their circulatory and digestive systems to an extent, or causes the blood they drink to be processed in a different way. Many who have claimed a vampire has no heartbeat probably haven't tried to listen during/briefly after a vampire's feeding session, so this theory remains uncontested. In the case of zombies, since very few parts of a typical \"animated corpse\" zombie start working again, a zombie that is allowed to eat and eat and eat will find that its insides cant process food quickly enough and it will cause its stomach and intestines to tear open, causing it to appear far more bloated, until the skin gives out and you get a mess of insides and devoured flesh all over the street. As for zombies that are still technically alive, but are \"infected\", yes. They poop. They probably soil themselves on the regular since their infected minds likely no longer recognize toilets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 451.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gic0fs1", "c_root_id_B": "gibxsrm", "created_at_utc_A": 1609960023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609958866.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Vampires feed on \"Life energy\", usually. This is stored in your blood. They're not physically eating the blood. It's either mystically destroyed or, I guess, they piss blood. Zombies are biologically hardwired to spread the disease. Since humans don't have an existing \"bite people\" urge, the virus instead hyperamplifies the \"hunger\" function to the point of overwhelming all other thought. They don't *need* to eat, it's simply a convenient instinct that is hijacked by the virus so they'll bite people. That's why they're so slow- the selection pressure for zombie virus strains isn't to kill you, it's to bite you once and then you escape. Presumably, the meat simply rots inside them.", "human_ref_B": "They are hosts for greedy malevolent forces.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1157.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gic0fs1", "c_root_id_B": "gibyoho", "created_at_utc_A": 1609960023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609959246.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Vampires feed on \"Life energy\", usually. This is stored in your blood. They're not physically eating the blood. It's either mystically destroyed or, I guess, they piss blood. Zombies are biologically hardwired to spread the disease. Since humans don't have an existing \"bite people\" urge, the virus instead hyperamplifies the \"hunger\" function to the point of overwhelming all other thought. They don't *need* to eat, it's simply a convenient instinct that is hijacked by the virus so they'll bite people. That's why they're so slow- the selection pressure for zombie virus strains isn't to kill you, it's to bite you once and then you escape. Presumably, the meat simply rots inside them.", "human_ref_B": "Vampires need the nutrients from the blood to survive. Zombies merely bite from instinct.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 777.0, "score_ratio": 8000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gibzfh3", "c_root_id_B": "gibxsrm", "created_at_utc_A": 1609959572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609958866.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In the case of Vampires, they are typically animated by dark forces. A vampire requires the blood of the living to sustain those dark powers because it holds the spark of life. That spark of life either reanimates their circulatory and digestive systems to an extent, or causes the blood they drink to be processed in a different way. Many who have claimed a vampire has no heartbeat probably haven't tried to listen during/briefly after a vampire's feeding session, so this theory remains uncontested. In the case of zombies, since very few parts of a typical \"animated corpse\" zombie start working again, a zombie that is allowed to eat and eat and eat will find that its insides cant process food quickly enough and it will cause its stomach and intestines to tear open, causing it to appear far more bloated, until the skin gives out and you get a mess of insides and devoured flesh all over the street. As for zombies that are still technically alive, but are \"infected\", yes. They poop. They probably soil themselves on the regular since their infected minds likely no longer recognize toilets.", "human_ref_B": "They are hosts for greedy malevolent forces.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 706.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gibyoho", "c_root_id_B": "gibzfh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1609959246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609959572.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Vampires need the nutrients from the blood to survive. Zombies merely bite from instinct.", "human_ref_B": "In the case of Vampires, they are typically animated by dark forces. A vampire requires the blood of the living to sustain those dark powers because it holds the spark of life. That spark of life either reanimates their circulatory and digestive systems to an extent, or causes the blood they drink to be processed in a different way. Many who have claimed a vampire has no heartbeat probably haven't tried to listen during/briefly after a vampire's feeding session, so this theory remains uncontested. In the case of zombies, since very few parts of a typical \"animated corpse\" zombie start working again, a zombie that is allowed to eat and eat and eat will find that its insides cant process food quickly enough and it will cause its stomach and intestines to tear open, causing it to appear far more bloated, until the skin gives out and you get a mess of insides and devoured flesh all over the street. As for zombies that are still technically alive, but are \"infected\", yes. They poop. They probably soil themselves on the regular since their infected minds likely no longer recognize toilets.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 326.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gidfz8t", "c_root_id_B": "gic4kx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1609982836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609961879.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Rule 1 - pick a universe for a real answer. Vampires and Zombies vary so greatly your question isn't something that makes sense across the entirety of fiction. Some do not do any of those things you ask about.", "human_ref_B": "All zombies need to bite (not eat) to reproduce. Vampires become weaker and kind of die (get more dead) without blood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20957.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gid02rb", "c_root_id_B": "gidfz8t", "created_at_utc_A": 1609975482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609982836.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In some universes, they don't and in fact can't.", "human_ref_B": "Rule 1 - pick a universe for a real answer. Vampires and Zombies vary so greatly your question isn't something that makes sense across the entirety of fiction. Some do not do any of those things you ask about.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7354.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gidfz8t", "c_root_id_B": "gibyoho", "created_at_utc_A": 1609982836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609959246.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Rule 1 - pick a universe for a real answer. Vampires and Zombies vary so greatly your question isn't something that makes sense across the entirety of fiction. Some do not do any of those things you ask about.", "human_ref_B": "Vampires need the nutrients from the blood to survive. Zombies merely bite from instinct.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23590.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gic4kx8", "c_root_id_B": "gidjhqc", "created_at_utc_A": 1609961879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609984446.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "All zombies need to bite (not eat) to reproduce. Vampires become weaker and kind of die (get more dead) without blood.", "human_ref_B": "Vampires took Vitamin D from the blood, because they cannot sunbath.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22567.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gidjhqc", "c_root_id_B": "gid02rb", "created_at_utc_A": 1609984446.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609975482.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Vampires took Vitamin D from the blood, because they cannot sunbath.", "human_ref_B": "In some universes, they don't and in fact can't.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8964.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gidjhqc", "c_root_id_B": "gibyoho", "created_at_utc_A": 1609984446.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609959246.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Vampires took Vitamin D from the blood, because they cannot sunbath.", "human_ref_B": "Vampires need the nutrients from the blood to survive. Zombies merely bite from instinct.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25200.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gic4kx8", "c_root_id_B": "gibyoho", "created_at_utc_A": 1609961879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609959246.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "All zombies need to bite (not eat) to reproduce. Vampires become weaker and kind of die (get more dead) without blood.", "human_ref_B": "Vampires need the nutrients from the blood to survive. Zombies merely bite from instinct.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2633.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gid02rb", "c_root_id_B": "gibyoho", "created_at_utc_A": 1609975482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609959246.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In some universes, they don't and in fact can't.", "human_ref_B": "Vampires need the nutrients from the blood to survive. Zombies merely bite from instinct.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16236.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gidy8o6", "c_root_id_B": "gibyoho", "created_at_utc_A": 1609991342.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1609959246.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "They frequently don't. In Zombie Survival Guide it mentioned that zombies sometimes have their guts burst because they keep eating and don't digest anything. And their guts rotting away probably doesn't help. Also, while there's not generally an explanation, I've played quite a few videogames with fat, exploding zombies. In the more magical universes, vampires generally use blood as a conduit for life force. They don't get sustenance from the blood itself. And in the less magical ones, they have a heart beat.", "human_ref_B": "Vampires need the nutrients from the blood to survive. Zombies merely bite from instinct.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32096.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "kru7m3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Vampires and Zombies] why do they need to eat? Assuming their hearts no longer beat, how does the blood and brains they eat even circulate in their bodies, and do they poop?", "c_root_id_A": "gibyoho", "c_root_id_B": "gif24i9", "created_at_utc_A": 1609959246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1610021780.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Vampires need the nutrients from the blood to survive. Zombies merely bite from instinct.", "human_ref_B": "In my RP, vampires has extra bloodvessels connected to their stomach, so any blood they eat goes back into their own circulatory system. They then magically use up this borrowed blood so they need again. If they get hurt, their regen factor makes them use up the blood much faster to fuel their magical regen factor. If they dont get blood, they grow weaker untill they enter a dormant state and begin to dry out and mummify", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62534.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucoo9m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Kill Bill] Why didn't Vernita Green just call the police on the bride? In the movie the bride arranged a meeting with Vernita Green to kill each other in a baseball field. Why wouldn't Green just call the police that someone dangerous who just escape from the hospital (the bride is probably a wanted criminal at this point for killing two men in the hospital) will be in the baseball stadium at 2:30am, and let the police do their job?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bwbfo", "c_root_id_B": "i6bv54d", "created_at_utc_A": 1651014578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651014030.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "It'd be dishonorable and disrespectful. It'd be cowardly. Besides, she'd just be throwing the cops' lives away, let's be honest.", "human_ref_B": "They were members of the same assassin group and used to settling their issues with violence so I assume Vernita wanted to fight Beatrix in an honorable manner.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 548.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucoo9m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Kill Bill] Why didn't Vernita Green just call the police on the bride? In the movie the bride arranged a meeting with Vernita Green to kill each other in a baseball field. Why wouldn't Green just call the police that someone dangerous who just escape from the hospital (the bride is probably a wanted criminal at this point for killing two men in the hospital) will be in the baseball stadium at 2:30am, and let the police do their job?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bwbfo", "c_root_id_B": "i6bsjhj", "created_at_utc_A": 1651014578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012831.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It'd be dishonorable and disrespectful. It'd be cowardly. Besides, she'd just be throwing the cops' lives away, let's be honest.", "human_ref_B": "Well, uh, spoiler alert and all, but Vernita kind of gets killed before she gets a chance to call the cops. It's literally right after the bit where they talk about meeting at a baseball field.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1747.0, "score_ratio": 3.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucoo9m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Kill Bill] Why didn't Vernita Green just call the police on the bride? In the movie the bride arranged a meeting with Vernita Green to kill each other in a baseball field. Why wouldn't Green just call the police that someone dangerous who just escape from the hospital (the bride is probably a wanted criminal at this point for killing two men in the hospital) will be in the baseball stadium at 2:30am, and let the police do their job?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bwbfo", "c_root_id_B": "i6bskyr", "created_at_utc_A": 1651014578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012849.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It'd be dishonorable and disrespectful. It'd be cowardly. Besides, she'd just be throwing the cops' lives away, let's be honest.", "human_ref_B": "maybe Vernita still has a criminal record, or some sort of law officers behind her back, so she is in hiding", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1729.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucoo9m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Kill Bill] Why didn't Vernita Green just call the police on the bride? In the movie the bride arranged a meeting with Vernita Green to kill each other in a baseball field. Why wouldn't Green just call the police that someone dangerous who just escape from the hospital (the bride is probably a wanted criminal at this point for killing two men in the hospital) will be in the baseball stadium at 2:30am, and let the police do their job?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bv54d", "c_root_id_B": "i6bsjhj", "created_at_utc_A": 1651014030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012831.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They were members of the same assassin group and used to settling their issues with violence so I assume Vernita wanted to fight Beatrix in an honorable manner.", "human_ref_B": "Well, uh, spoiler alert and all, but Vernita kind of gets killed before she gets a chance to call the cops. It's literally right after the bit where they talk about meeting at a baseball field.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1199.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucoo9m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Kill Bill] Why didn't Vernita Green just call the police on the bride? In the movie the bride arranged a meeting with Vernita Green to kill each other in a baseball field. Why wouldn't Green just call the police that someone dangerous who just escape from the hospital (the bride is probably a wanted criminal at this point for killing two men in the hospital) will be in the baseball stadium at 2:30am, and let the police do their job?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bv54d", "c_root_id_B": "i6bskyr", "created_at_utc_A": 1651014030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012849.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They were members of the same assassin group and used to settling their issues with violence so I assume Vernita wanted to fight Beatrix in an honorable manner.", "human_ref_B": "maybe Vernita still has a criminal record, or some sort of law officers behind her back, so she is in hiding", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1181.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucoo9m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Kill Bill] Why didn't Vernita Green just call the police on the bride? In the movie the bride arranged a meeting with Vernita Green to kill each other in a baseball field. Why wouldn't Green just call the police that someone dangerous who just escape from the hospital (the bride is probably a wanted criminal at this point for killing two men in the hospital) will be in the baseball stadium at 2:30am, and let the police do their job?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bynyn", "c_root_id_B": "i6bsjhj", "created_at_utc_A": 1651015652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012831.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Aside from the other good points made, let\u2019s remember Vernita had a loaded gun in a cereal box in her cupboard. She had zero intention of meeting her on a fair playing field. This was exclusively a tactic to lull the bride into a false sense of security. \u201cOh I\u2019m not gonna kill you till tonight, you can relax and chill for a bit.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "Well, uh, spoiler alert and all, but Vernita kind of gets killed before she gets a chance to call the cops. It's literally right after the bit where they talk about meeting at a baseball field.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2821.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucoo9m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Kill Bill] Why didn't Vernita Green just call the police on the bride? In the movie the bride arranged a meeting with Vernita Green to kill each other in a baseball field. Why wouldn't Green just call the police that someone dangerous who just escape from the hospital (the bride is probably a wanted criminal at this point for killing two men in the hospital) will be in the baseball stadium at 2:30am, and let the police do their job?", "c_root_id_A": "i6bskyr", "c_root_id_B": "i6bynyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1651012849.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651015652.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "maybe Vernita still has a criminal record, or some sort of law officers behind her back, so she is in hiding", "human_ref_B": "Aside from the other good points made, let\u2019s remember Vernita had a loaded gun in a cereal box in her cupboard. She had zero intention of meeting her on a fair playing field. This was exclusively a tactic to lull the bride into a false sense of security. \u201cOh I\u2019m not gonna kill you till tonight, you can relax and chill for a bit.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2803.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucoo9m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Kill Bill] Why didn't Vernita Green just call the police on the bride? In the movie the bride arranged a meeting with Vernita Green to kill each other in a baseball field. Why wouldn't Green just call the police that someone dangerous who just escape from the hospital (the bride is probably a wanted criminal at this point for killing two men in the hospital) will be in the baseball stadium at 2:30am, and let the police do their job?", "c_root_id_A": "i6c8tj6", "c_root_id_B": "i6bskyr", "created_at_utc_A": 1651020214.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651012849.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both. For a wounded man will say to his assailant, \"if I live; I will kill you. If I die; you are forgiven.\" Such is the rule of honor", "human_ref_B": "maybe Vernita still has a criminal record, or some sort of law officers behind her back, so she is in hiding", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7365.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yelh6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Dracula] What was the deal with Dracula's brides?", "c_root_id_A": "itz4g9c", "c_root_id_B": "ityn43c", "created_at_utc_A": 1666869732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666855738.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "No explanation is offered. We don\u2019t know when he acquired this harem, though Harker\u2019s narrative notes that two of them have a certain resemblance to the Count, maybe suggesting they were cousins or other relatives. Dracula claims to have loved them once, so maybe they were women he romanced like Lucy, and he still feeds them babies and possibly other guests, but by the time Harker arrives their relationship is very strained. The Count does not, it appears, bring them with him to Carfax Abbey. They aren\u2019t ever called Brides in the book, but Harker does refer to them in his narration as \u201cweird sisters\u201d (he is obviously just referencing Macbeth so this doesn\u2019t suggest he has special insight into their nature) The historical Vlad III, assuming that is who Dracula is meant to be, had three wives in his lifetime and one alleged mistress that I\u2019m aware of: * Anastasia Maria Holszanska, also called Cneajea Bathory, a Polish princess, and the one who famously threw herself off Poenari Castle (accounts differ as to why) * Ilona Szil\u00e1gyi became his second wife and Justina, her sister, his third. Both were relations of the Hungarian ruler Matthias Corvinus, who at various times was Vlad\u2019s ally or enemy * He is purported to have also had a mistress by the name of Katarina, whom he met in Brasov and was enthralled with the beauty of, though this may just be a legend as it\u2019s only attested in an ahistorical romance story", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13994.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yelh6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Dracula] What was the deal with Dracula's brides?", "c_root_id_A": "ityn43c", "c_root_id_B": "itysmdi", "created_at_utc_A": 1666855738.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666860530.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Which part confuses you?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4792.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yelh6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Dracula] What was the deal with Dracula's brides?", "c_root_id_A": "itysnx2", "c_root_id_B": "ityn43c", "created_at_utc_A": 1666860568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666855738.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Define deal? Dracula was an eastern European nobleman in the 1800s. Don't think anyone would question him taking multiple wives.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4830.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yelh6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Dracula] What was the deal with Dracula's brides?", "c_root_id_A": "iu8pgml", "c_root_id_B": "ityn43c", "created_at_utc_A": 1667047913.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666855738.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well, they are brides. He is their husband. That all seems all pretty clear to me.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 192175.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yelh6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Dracula] What was the deal with Dracula's brides?", "c_root_id_A": "itysmdi", "c_root_id_B": "itz4g9c", "created_at_utc_A": 1666860530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666869732.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Which part confuses you?", "human_ref_B": "No explanation is offered. We don\u2019t know when he acquired this harem, though Harker\u2019s narrative notes that two of them have a certain resemblance to the Count, maybe suggesting they were cousins or other relatives. Dracula claims to have loved them once, so maybe they were women he romanced like Lucy, and he still feeds them babies and possibly other guests, but by the time Harker arrives their relationship is very strained. The Count does not, it appears, bring them with him to Carfax Abbey. They aren\u2019t ever called Brides in the book, but Harker does refer to them in his narration as \u201cweird sisters\u201d (he is obviously just referencing Macbeth so this doesn\u2019t suggest he has special insight into their nature) The historical Vlad III, assuming that is who Dracula is meant to be, had three wives in his lifetime and one alleged mistress that I\u2019m aware of: * Anastasia Maria Holszanska, also called Cneajea Bathory, a Polish princess, and the one who famously threw herself off Poenari Castle (accounts differ as to why) * Ilona Szil\u00e1gyi became his second wife and Justina, her sister, his third. Both were relations of the Hungarian ruler Matthias Corvinus, who at various times was Vlad\u2019s ally or enemy * He is purported to have also had a mistress by the name of Katarina, whom he met in Brasov and was enthralled with the beauty of, though this may just be a legend as it\u2019s only attested in an ahistorical romance story", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9202.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yelh6b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Dracula] What was the deal with Dracula's brides?", "c_root_id_A": "itysnx2", "c_root_id_B": "itz4g9c", "created_at_utc_A": 1666860568.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1666869732.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Define deal? Dracula was an eastern European nobleman in the 1800s. Don't think anyone would question him taking multiple wives.", "human_ref_B": "No explanation is offered. We don\u2019t know when he acquired this harem, though Harker\u2019s narrative notes that two of them have a certain resemblance to the Count, maybe suggesting they were cousins or other relatives. Dracula claims to have loved them once, so maybe they were women he romanced like Lucy, and he still feeds them babies and possibly other guests, but by the time Harker arrives their relationship is very strained. The Count does not, it appears, bring them with him to Carfax Abbey. They aren\u2019t ever called Brides in the book, but Harker does refer to them in his narration as \u201cweird sisters\u201d (he is obviously just referencing Macbeth so this doesn\u2019t suggest he has special insight into their nature) The historical Vlad III, assuming that is who Dracula is meant to be, had three wives in his lifetime and one alleged mistress that I\u2019m aware of: * Anastasia Maria Holszanska, also called Cneajea Bathory, a Polish princess, and the one who famously threw herself off Poenari Castle (accounts differ as to why) * Ilona Szil\u00e1gyi became his second wife and Justina, her sister, his third. Both were relations of the Hungarian ruler Matthias Corvinus, who at various times was Vlad\u2019s ally or enemy * He is purported to have also had a mistress by the name of Katarina, whom he met in Brasov and was enthralled with the beauty of, though this may just be a legend as it\u2019s only attested in an ahistorical romance story", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9164.0, "score_ratio": 5.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6qgkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Hellraiser] \"It is not hands that call us...\" According to Pinhead, they ignored Tiffany since she solved the box but didn't call them, Channard did. Is there any way of solving the Lament Configuration and not being dragged to Hell? During one scene in the second film, Dr. Channard handed one of his patients at the mental institution he ran, Tiffany the Lament Configuration since he knew from her disorder that she would be able to solve it. But when she did so, the Cenobites turned on him instead since while Tiffany solved the puzzle it was ultimately *his* desires that called them to the mortal realm. And from what I understand, the puzzle has typically always fallen into the hands of hedonists and bastards who would summon the Cenobites anyway once they solved the puzzle. So from this I have to ask, if the Lament Configuration ended up in the possession of someone who didn't have the curiosity necessary to go to Hell and was too innocent to be accepted as a Cenobite, but solved the puzzle box anyway... what would happen to them? Would the Cenobites simply ignore them?", "c_root_id_A": "h9enwfb", "c_root_id_B": "h9en0et", "created_at_utc_A": 1629293426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629292967.0, "score_A": 221, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "If you want to stay out of Hell, your best bet is to be as boring as possible for the Cenobites. Tiffany wasn't rejected because she was innocent, but because she was nearly catatonic and wouldn't be able to appreciate the divine suffering they offered. The original Chatterer was a child, and in the comics they've taken other children and even babies so it's not like innocence or hedonism are necessarily prerequisites. But you do have to have the capacity to suffer and to be aware of that suffering.", "human_ref_B": "They\u2019re drawn by sinister and unholy desires, obsessive tendencies, and so on. Which suggests something rather dark about our girl Kirsty. In the comics they see themselves as beings of order, punishing those whose inner wants need to be brought under control, and to that effect when a lazy employee wastes time on the puzzle box until his frustrated supervisor solves it for him, the supervisor convinces them it\u2019s the lazy employee they\u2019re really after (they agree)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 459.0, "score_ratio": 3.0694444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6qgkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Hellraiser] \"It is not hands that call us...\" According to Pinhead, they ignored Tiffany since she solved the box but didn't call them, Channard did. Is there any way of solving the Lament Configuration and not being dragged to Hell? During one scene in the second film, Dr. Channard handed one of his patients at the mental institution he ran, Tiffany the Lament Configuration since he knew from her disorder that she would be able to solve it. But when she did so, the Cenobites turned on him instead since while Tiffany solved the puzzle it was ultimately *his* desires that called them to the mortal realm. And from what I understand, the puzzle has typically always fallen into the hands of hedonists and bastards who would summon the Cenobites anyway once they solved the puzzle. So from this I have to ask, if the Lament Configuration ended up in the possession of someone who didn't have the curiosity necessary to go to Hell and was too innocent to be accepted as a Cenobite, but solved the puzzle box anyway... what would happen to them? Would the Cenobites simply ignore them?", "c_root_id_A": "h9f74bx", "c_root_id_B": "h9erlz2", "created_at_utc_A": 1629302414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629295262.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "Ok say we get some kind of problem solving A.I. that solves puzzles or something. AlphaLament solves the puzzle after a bit of issue; do the cenobites drag the programmers off to BDSM heaven? Or do they just grab the a.I.s\u2019 various hardware and start attaching fishhooks? Or does Pinhead, Chatterer and Needledick get frustrated and go home?", "human_ref_B": "Once the box is solved and the door is open the gash actually can do whatever they want, they often take the person who solves it but that just opens the door.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7152.0, "score_ratio": 1.2790697674, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6qgkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Hellraiser] \"It is not hands that call us...\" According to Pinhead, they ignored Tiffany since she solved the box but didn't call them, Channard did. Is there any way of solving the Lament Configuration and not being dragged to Hell? During one scene in the second film, Dr. Channard handed one of his patients at the mental institution he ran, Tiffany the Lament Configuration since he knew from her disorder that she would be able to solve it. But when she did so, the Cenobites turned on him instead since while Tiffany solved the puzzle it was ultimately *his* desires that called them to the mortal realm. And from what I understand, the puzzle has typically always fallen into the hands of hedonists and bastards who would summon the Cenobites anyway once they solved the puzzle. So from this I have to ask, if the Lament Configuration ended up in the possession of someone who didn't have the curiosity necessary to go to Hell and was too innocent to be accepted as a Cenobite, but solved the puzzle box anyway... what would happen to them? Would the Cenobites simply ignore them?", "c_root_id_A": "h9f74bx", "c_root_id_B": "h9f4jtf", "created_at_utc_A": 1629302414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629301272.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Ok say we get some kind of problem solving A.I. that solves puzzles or something. AlphaLament solves the puzzle after a bit of issue; do the cenobites drag the programmers off to BDSM heaven? Or do they just grab the a.I.s\u2019 various hardware and start attaching fishhooks? Or does Pinhead, Chatterer and Needledick get frustrated and go home?", "human_ref_B": "If you personally decide to open the box, then you have called them. Tiffany was coerced into doing it. Intent matters here.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1142.0, "score_ratio": 3.9285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6qgkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Hellraiser] \"It is not hands that call us...\" According to Pinhead, they ignored Tiffany since she solved the box but didn't call them, Channard did. Is there any way of solving the Lament Configuration and not being dragged to Hell? During one scene in the second film, Dr. Channard handed one of his patients at the mental institution he ran, Tiffany the Lament Configuration since he knew from her disorder that she would be able to solve it. But when she did so, the Cenobites turned on him instead since while Tiffany solved the puzzle it was ultimately *his* desires that called them to the mortal realm. And from what I understand, the puzzle has typically always fallen into the hands of hedonists and bastards who would summon the Cenobites anyway once they solved the puzzle. So from this I have to ask, if the Lament Configuration ended up in the possession of someone who didn't have the curiosity necessary to go to Hell and was too innocent to be accepted as a Cenobite, but solved the puzzle box anyway... what would happen to them? Would the Cenobites simply ignore them?", "c_root_id_A": "h9fa6ch", "c_root_id_B": "h9f9qwr", "created_at_utc_A": 1629303762.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629303574.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "There was some kind of change in policy between the first two films. When Pinhead calls off the cenobites in the 2nd film and says it's not hands that call them, the other cenobites are confused. I think one of them even questions him like \"....no?\" So it depends on when the box was opened. For a good amount of time they would have fun with whoever summoned it regardless of intent. But over time Pinhead wanted some quality control and would discriminate a little more, likely out of boredom or a realization that some people are worth more attention than others. He was also the oldest cenobite of the group and the only one who could be reasoned with. Considering how the 2nd movie ended in his Vader moment, it's also likely that glimpses of his humanity would occasionally appear every so often and this new rule of his reflects that.", "human_ref_B": "This is answered in the very first movie. Kirsty doesn't know what it is. It's just a weird box she finds, she fiddles with it, and the doorway opens. The Cenobites show up, scare the hell out of her, and then leave. It's only when she opens it a second time at the end of the movie that they decide she should come with them, since she did it knowing what the box did (she opened it to get rid of her Uncle Frank). Even then, they don't actually try that hard to catch her and she gets away.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 188.0, "score_ratio": 1.5769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6qgkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Hellraiser] \"It is not hands that call us...\" According to Pinhead, they ignored Tiffany since she solved the box but didn't call them, Channard did. Is there any way of solving the Lament Configuration and not being dragged to Hell? During one scene in the second film, Dr. Channard handed one of his patients at the mental institution he ran, Tiffany the Lament Configuration since he knew from her disorder that she would be able to solve it. But when she did so, the Cenobites turned on him instead since while Tiffany solved the puzzle it was ultimately *his* desires that called them to the mortal realm. And from what I understand, the puzzle has typically always fallen into the hands of hedonists and bastards who would summon the Cenobites anyway once they solved the puzzle. So from this I have to ask, if the Lament Configuration ended up in the possession of someone who didn't have the curiosity necessary to go to Hell and was too innocent to be accepted as a Cenobite, but solved the puzzle box anyway... what would happen to them? Would the Cenobites simply ignore them?", "c_root_id_A": "h9f4jtf", "c_root_id_B": "h9fa6ch", "created_at_utc_A": 1629301272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629303762.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "If you personally decide to open the box, then you have called them. Tiffany was coerced into doing it. Intent matters here.", "human_ref_B": "There was some kind of change in policy between the first two films. When Pinhead calls off the cenobites in the 2nd film and says it's not hands that call them, the other cenobites are confused. I think one of them even questions him like \"....no?\" So it depends on when the box was opened. For a good amount of time they would have fun with whoever summoned it regardless of intent. But over time Pinhead wanted some quality control and would discriminate a little more, likely out of boredom or a realization that some people are worth more attention than others. He was also the oldest cenobite of the group and the only one who could be reasoned with. Considering how the 2nd movie ended in his Vader moment, it's also likely that glimpses of his humanity would occasionally appear every so often and this new rule of his reflects that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2490.0, "score_ratio": 2.9285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6qgkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Hellraiser] \"It is not hands that call us...\" According to Pinhead, they ignored Tiffany since she solved the box but didn't call them, Channard did. Is there any way of solving the Lament Configuration and not being dragged to Hell? During one scene in the second film, Dr. Channard handed one of his patients at the mental institution he ran, Tiffany the Lament Configuration since he knew from her disorder that she would be able to solve it. But when she did so, the Cenobites turned on him instead since while Tiffany solved the puzzle it was ultimately *his* desires that called them to the mortal realm. And from what I understand, the puzzle has typically always fallen into the hands of hedonists and bastards who would summon the Cenobites anyway once they solved the puzzle. So from this I have to ask, if the Lament Configuration ended up in the possession of someone who didn't have the curiosity necessary to go to Hell and was too innocent to be accepted as a Cenobite, but solved the puzzle box anyway... what would happen to them? Would the Cenobites simply ignore them?", "c_root_id_A": "h9f4jtf", "c_root_id_B": "h9f9qwr", "created_at_utc_A": 1629301272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629303574.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "If you personally decide to open the box, then you have called them. Tiffany was coerced into doing it. Intent matters here.", "human_ref_B": "This is answered in the very first movie. Kirsty doesn't know what it is. It's just a weird box she finds, she fiddles with it, and the doorway opens. The Cenobites show up, scare the hell out of her, and then leave. It's only when she opens it a second time at the end of the movie that they decide she should come with them, since she did it knowing what the box did (she opened it to get rid of her Uncle Frank). Even then, they don't actually try that hard to catch her and she gets away.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2302.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p6qgkz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Hellraiser] \"It is not hands that call us...\" According to Pinhead, they ignored Tiffany since she solved the box but didn't call them, Channard did. Is there any way of solving the Lament Configuration and not being dragged to Hell? During one scene in the second film, Dr. Channard handed one of his patients at the mental institution he ran, Tiffany the Lament Configuration since he knew from her disorder that she would be able to solve it. But when she did so, the Cenobites turned on him instead since while Tiffany solved the puzzle it was ultimately *his* desires that called them to the mortal realm. And from what I understand, the puzzle has typically always fallen into the hands of hedonists and bastards who would summon the Cenobites anyway once they solved the puzzle. So from this I have to ask, if the Lament Configuration ended up in the possession of someone who didn't have the curiosity necessary to go to Hell and was too innocent to be accepted as a Cenobite, but solved the puzzle box anyway... what would happen to them? Would the Cenobites simply ignore them?", "c_root_id_A": "h9f4jtf", "c_root_id_B": "h9fkkp9", "created_at_utc_A": 1629301272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1629308344.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "If you personally decide to open the box, then you have called them. Tiffany was coerced into doing it. Intent matters here.", "human_ref_B": "The Cenobites aren't a computer program that accept certain inputs and spit out specific outputs. They are creatures of will, desire, ambition, and spite. Some are \"noble\" and pursue suffering and pleasure as a divine endgame. Some are hedonistic and seek only to stave off boredom for another few minutes. What happens when the Lament Configuration is solved is the Cenobites are called. What happens after that is entirely up to their moods, whims, desires, and goals.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7072.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "70garp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "Star Wars] Why the hell are there two guys inside the chamber where a planet-destroying laser is passing through? Here's the relevant [link. This thing can destroy planets. Why would you put yourself within a few feet of it as it's firing?", "c_root_id_A": "dn2z22y", "c_root_id_B": "dn2xy92", "created_at_utc_A": 1505566832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505564380.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Routine tunnel maintenance crew. Laser does not appreciably spread and is in the center of the room, probably contained by a plasma force field like they use in in the space docks so it is going through vacuum. As long as they're not so dumb as to ..jump into the beam. They'll be fine.", "human_ref_B": "None of this is going to matter when they become famous singers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2452.0, "score_ratio": 2.962962963, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "70garp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "Star Wars] Why the hell are there two guys inside the chamber where a planet-destroying laser is passing through? Here's the relevant [link. This thing can destroy planets. Why would you put yourself within a few feet of it as it's firing?", "c_root_id_A": "dn31lkp", "c_root_id_B": "dn32ur4", "created_at_utc_A": 1505571301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1505573173.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "The energy is safely contained by a forcefield. Lets just say that if that forcefield were to fail it wouldn't matter where on the ship you were, so really that chamber is just as safe as the bridge.", "human_ref_B": "I imagine if something was obstructing the laser the result would be catastrophic for the Death Star. So, you need to ensure the path is clear. Camera feeds could be sabotaged to loop, showing an empty tunnel when it isn't. Same for droids. These two personnel can look around, listen for odd sounds, who knows what else their consoles can do. I'm sure they have to each confirm that the tunnel is clear before firing ignition can start. And I say \"both\" so that if one is compromised as a saboteur, he can't simply kill the other person and lie about the path being clear. They probably each have a unique code only they know. Two codes entered, clear tunnel confirmed, firing may proceed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1872.0, "score_ratio": 1.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v63l3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Firefly] How fast is the Firefly class ship, Serenity? Just compared to vessels like the Enterprise and the Millenium Falcon.", "c_root_id_A": "coesmcq", "c_root_id_B": "coethm3", "created_at_utc_A": 1423377508.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423380339.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "/u/shavera answered that nicely in this thread http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/gunng/how_fast_does_the_firefly_class_serenity_go/", "human_ref_B": "She's slower-than-light, so there's no comparison to the Enterprise and the Millenium Falcon. *Serenity* can only actually travel within the 34 Tauri system - although the 34 Tauri system includes 5 stars, 7 protostars, \"dozens of planets and hundreds of moons\", so there's no shortage of places to go. Mal's just not going to be zipping around to fifteen uncharted stars and be back in time for dinner like some space travellers I could mention. Standard acceleration is 4.2g, from the blueprints. She has artificial gravity, so the crew are comfortable even in hard burn, but that's holy-crap fast by the standards of something like the Space Shuttle. Serenity follows the same general physics as real-life spacecraft, so her range is determined by the Rocket Equation. Unfortunately the official blueprints don't have enough data for me to give her delta-vee (the closest equivalent that a spaceship has to a top speed). I can say that her range is 440AU, though I'm not entirely sure what the limiting factor is there - a derelict can drift forever with no fuel, and its \"range\" would be effectively infinite. Maybe Serenity's life-support only lasts a few weeks between ports? That seems to be the main worry in the episode *Out of Gas*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2831.0, "score_ratio": 6.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fdye22", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Mass Effect] How fast can a typical ship in Mass Effect travel? I'm not talking about traveling through a relay. Obviously they're FTL-capable, but how long would it take to fly from the Citadel, for example, to Omega without the benefit of a relay? Is it even practical? Trying to avoid spoilers but obviously this has great impact in the original ME3 ending.", "c_root_id_A": "fjkplzv", "c_root_id_B": "fjkpox4", "created_at_utc_A": 1583431400.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583431446.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "It depends on the ship. On most ships using the common type of FTL drive it's somewhere between 12 to 15 light years per day. The Tempest is stated to be able to do 13 light years in a day and the Normandy is probably closer to the upper end of the scale though I don't think there's any official figures. This will only give you accurate travel time for (relatively) short trips, however, as drive cores need to be discharged every so often to prevent a build up of static in the hull of the ship which could kill the crew and destroy the ship. Larger ships (and thus, larger drives) can run longer between discharges but require more specialised places when they do need to discharge, typically a spacedock or the magnetosphere of a planet, while smaller ships can make do with just about anything they can land on. The newer, experimental ODSY drive system used onboard the Arks and the Nexus of the Andromeda initiative is comparatively slower (around 10 light years per day) but it can run continuously without the need to stop and discharge. Reaper drives likewise don't need to discharge, or even refuel, and are almost double the speed of even the fastest FTL drive. Not sure how far Omega is from the Citadel, but the Omega Nebula is ~5500 light years from Earth. A ship using a fast conventional drive would take almost exactly a year to make that trip, 366 days. Maybe add on another month or so to account for having to stop to discharge along the way. 13 months in all. The stickler would be fuel. Standard commercial vessels would be fine. They use fusion torches which just need hydrogen, literally the most common element in the universe, so they could grab that from anywhere along the way as they go. Military vessels and particularly large ships, on the other hand, use anti-protons (anti-matter) to generate thrust. Anti-matter is very difficult and expensive to make, so any military vessels would have to follow a potentially longer route, moving from port to port along the way, or they'd need to be refit with slower fusion torches, all of which would add to the travel time.", "human_ref_B": "The journey to Andromeda took about 600 years in ME:A. That's 2.5 Million Light Years away. It actually lines up well with effa94's speed listing too--That works out to about 11-12 Light Years/24 Hours. These were not fast warships, either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46.0, "score_ratio": 3.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0lo0w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel] How heavy is Mjolnir to Thor or anyone else worthy of holding it?", "c_root_id_A": "ezaehmw", "c_root_id_B": "ezae9nb", "created_at_utc_A": 1567799954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567799843.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "42 pounds", "human_ref_B": "The exact weight and balance of a perfectly-forged hammer. A good weapon for a human is \\~1-2lbs, so probably on the lighter end of that. For an Asgardian, it'd be whatever the equiv. weight is for them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 111.0, "score_ratio": 6.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0lo0w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel] How heavy is Mjolnir to Thor or anyone else worthy of holding it?", "c_root_id_A": "ezae9nb", "c_root_id_B": "ezavvn8", "created_at_utc_A": 1567799843.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567808418.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "The exact weight and balance of a perfectly-forged hammer. A good weapon for a human is \\~1-2lbs, so probably on the lighter end of that. For an Asgardian, it'd be whatever the equiv. weight is for them.", "human_ref_B": "It might as well weigh Nothing. Whoever is worthy of holding it gains Thor's powers, including his vast strength, so the hammer's 40-odd pounds is literally negligible to them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8575.0, "score_ratio": 4.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0lo0w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel] How heavy is Mjolnir to Thor or anyone else worthy of holding it?", "c_root_id_A": "ezbbx4y", "c_root_id_B": "ezae9nb", "created_at_utc_A": 1567817776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567799843.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well, if there\u2019s too much weight, you lose power on the swing, so...", "human_ref_B": "The exact weight and balance of a perfectly-forged hammer. A good weapon for a human is \\~1-2lbs, so probably on the lighter end of that. For an Asgardian, it'd be whatever the equiv. weight is for them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17933.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3etipl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Harry, Hermione and Ron use apparition to escape more often? Watching the Harry Potter marathon on ABC family this weekend, this question occurred to me. Namely in Deathly Hallows, they use apparition to escape the wedding and also the Lovegood home. Why not apparate out of the Ministry..maybe that isn't possible due to an enchantment or something..but all of the other danger (namely when they are caught by snatchers in the forest) they could use this method.", "c_root_id_A": "cti8b22", "c_root_id_B": "cti9c6x", "created_at_utc_A": 1438032134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438033714.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure there was a passage in one of the books that you weren't taught how to do it until a certain age or upon passing a certain test.", "human_ref_B": "There exist spells that can be cast over an area to prevent people from Apparating. Dumbledore used one such spell to prevent Death Eaters from escaping during the final battle in the ministry in Order of the Phoenix. It's quite possible that, to prevent people from escaping the ministry like Ron/Hermione/Harry would have, they would have placed anti-Apparition charms over the ministry, forcing people to go in and out via the Floo network.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1580.0, "score_ratio": 7.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3etipl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Harry, Hermione and Ron use apparition to escape more often? Watching the Harry Potter marathon on ABC family this weekend, this question occurred to me. Namely in Deathly Hallows, they use apparition to escape the wedding and also the Lovegood home. Why not apparate out of the Ministry..maybe that isn't possible due to an enchantment or something..but all of the other danger (namely when they are caught by snatchers in the forest) they could use this method.", "c_root_id_A": "cti89xd", "c_root_id_B": "cti9c6x", "created_at_utc_A": 1438032087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438033714.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Partial answer- Anyone touching you apparates with you. A number of protection spells qualify this as being invited or approved, so it won't work on them any more. There might be other mitigating factors too.", "human_ref_B": "There exist spells that can be cast over an area to prevent people from Apparating. Dumbledore used one such spell to prevent Death Eaters from escaping during the final battle in the ministry in Order of the Phoenix. It's quite possible that, to prevent people from escaping the ministry like Ron/Hermione/Harry would have, they would have placed anti-Apparition charms over the ministry, forcing people to go in and out via the Floo network.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1627.0, "score_ratio": 12.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3etipl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Harry, Hermione and Ron use apparition to escape more often? Watching the Harry Potter marathon on ABC family this weekend, this question occurred to me. Namely in Deathly Hallows, they use apparition to escape the wedding and also the Lovegood home. Why not apparate out of the Ministry..maybe that isn't possible due to an enchantment or something..but all of the other danger (namely when they are caught by snatchers in the forest) they could use this method.", "c_root_id_A": "ctice90", "c_root_id_B": "cti8b22", "created_at_utc_A": 1438038687.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438032134.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Appertaining while in a dangerous situation, your body full of adrenaline, and your mind not working 100% clearly is just asking to get splinched.", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty sure there was a passage in one of the books that you weren't taught how to do it until a certain age or upon passing a certain test.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6553.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3etipl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Harry, Hermione and Ron use apparition to escape more often? Watching the Harry Potter marathon on ABC family this weekend, this question occurred to me. Namely in Deathly Hallows, they use apparition to escape the wedding and also the Lovegood home. Why not apparate out of the Ministry..maybe that isn't possible due to an enchantment or something..but all of the other danger (namely when they are caught by snatchers in the forest) they could use this method.", "c_root_id_A": "cti89xd", "c_root_id_B": "ctice90", "created_at_utc_A": 1438032087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438038687.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Partial answer- Anyone touching you apparates with you. A number of protection spells qualify this as being invited or approved, so it won't work on them any more. There might be other mitigating factors too.", "human_ref_B": "Appertaining while in a dangerous situation, your body full of adrenaline, and your mind not working 100% clearly is just asking to get splinched.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6600.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3etipl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Harry Potter] Why didn't Harry, Hermione and Ron use apparition to escape more often? Watching the Harry Potter marathon on ABC family this weekend, this question occurred to me. Namely in Deathly Hallows, they use apparition to escape the wedding and also the Lovegood home. Why not apparate out of the Ministry..maybe that isn't possible due to an enchantment or something..but all of the other danger (namely when they are caught by snatchers in the forest) they could use this method.", "c_root_id_A": "cti8b22", "c_root_id_B": "cti89xd", "created_at_utc_A": 1438032134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438032087.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm pretty sure there was a passage in one of the books that you weren't taught how to do it until a certain age or upon passing a certain test.", "human_ref_B": "Partial answer- Anyone touching you apparates with you. A number of protection spells qualify this as being invited or approved, so it won't work on them any more. There might be other mitigating factors too.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mryy2", "c_root_id_B": "f1mol9n", "created_at_utc_A": 1569600832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569598671.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Force isnt half evil half good, its neutral with evil people abusing it. Abuse isn't using it for evil, it's using evil emotions to manipulate it. No one can see Palpatine shoot lighting and pretend that's not a dark side ability, he's practically chubbing while he roast dudes with it.", "human_ref_B": "By old canon rules Sith could bind their spirits to a place or an object to preserve themselves. This sort of remained the case in new canon, where sith artifacts seem to retain some of their spirit, most prominently referenced in Darth Vader comic, where ancient Sith Lord Momin had his spirit bound to his helmet/mask and was able to possess people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2161.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mryy2", "c_root_id_B": "f1mr07r", "created_at_utc_A": 1569600832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569600213.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Force isnt half evil half good, its neutral with evil people abusing it. Abuse isn't using it for evil, it's using evil emotions to manipulate it. No one can see Palpatine shoot lighting and pretend that's not a dark side ability, he's practically chubbing while he roast dudes with it.", "human_ref_B": "In Legends and the Old Republic setting there are. However, Sith and other dark side allies have ghosts that tend to be bound to places and objects, only able to communicate with those who seek them out. Jedi and other light side traditions have ghosts that are more often bound to people. There are exceptions. Darth Marr managed to bind his spirit to Satele Shan in the old republic setting, though he's also silhouetted in blue instead of red, which implies that he may have turned in his final act of self-sacrifice.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 619.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mryy2", "c_root_id_B": "f1mixsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1569600832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569594991.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The Force isnt half evil half good, its neutral with evil people abusing it. Abuse isn't using it for evil, it's using evil emotions to manipulate it. No one can see Palpatine shoot lighting and pretend that's not a dark side ability, he's practically chubbing while he roast dudes with it.", "human_ref_B": "Sure there are. There are plenty of Sith force ghosts, infact more there are Sith ghosts than Jedis (over the millenia). We have to remember that the first Jedi to become a ghost, Qui-Gon Jin, was a **gray** jedi meaning he is one who is well-versed in Dark-Side techniques without falling to it. We can't go prescribing anything Qui-Gong pulls out of his hat as being typical of the Light Side or the Jedi. The only reason we don't see many Sith ghosts in the movies is simply that there haven't *been* many Sith in the past thousand years. The trick to leaving a ghost behind is to die with unfinished business, and refuse to become one with the force (Qui-Gong never got to train Anakin, Obi-Wan never got to kill Palpatine and bring down the Empire, Yoda died with his apprentice Luke being an upstart that gets his hand chopped off). Palpatine lived a full life, he founded a galactic empire, brought the Jedi to ruin, and lived to see his apprentice overthrow him (literally) like any true sith would. That's why he was the only Wizard in the original trilogy to not leave a ghost behind after he died: he had no regrets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5841.0, "score_ratio": 10000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mol9n", "c_root_id_B": "f1mxkxu", "created_at_utc_A": 1569598671.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569604350.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "By old canon rules Sith could bind their spirits to a place or an object to preserve themselves. This sort of remained the case in new canon, where sith artifacts seem to retain some of their spirit, most prominently referenced in Darth Vader comic, where ancient Sith Lord Momin had his spirit bound to his helmet/mask and was able to possess people.", "human_ref_B": "In *Legends*, Sith ghosts exist. Palpatine became one himself, and he made clone bodies of himself to possess, though they never survived for very long. Usually, Sith ghosts are bound to specific places for a long, *long* time (such as Ajunta Pall in his tomb on Korriban, until Revan convinced him to embrace the light and just let go during the events of *Knights of the Old Republic*), while Jedi ghosts (like those of Yoda and Obi-Wan) can go wherever they like but eventually fade away completely into the Force (Obi-Wan having last appeared to Luke as just a voice in a dream, telling him that he can no longer help him because of this). In the new canon, Force spirits are *incredibly* rare, created only as a result of a specific technique which only a select few light-sided Force-users knew. Qui-Gon Jinn was being taught the technique by the Priestesses of the Force, but had not finished his training before Maul slew him. Thus, while he *could* maintain his identity post-mortem instead of being completely subsumed by the Force itself, he could only manifest as a voice (except on one occasion, on the planet Mortis, which is *steeped* in the Force and inhabited by three beings representing the Dark, the Light, and the Force itself). Not long before the end of the Clone Wars, Yoda, guided by Qui-Gon's voice, passed the Priestesses' trials and fully learned how to preserve his consciousness after death. He then taught it to Obi-Wan shortly after the birth of Luke and Leia, before Yoda went into his self-imposed exile on Dagobah. No other Jedi knew how to do it at the time Order 66 was enacted, so they all simply faded into the Force when they were massacred. Thus far, no Sith (or, rather, no one who was *still* a Sith when they died) has cracked the secret of becoming a Force spirit in the new canon, as the Priestesses would *never* teach it to any dark-sider. Anakin Skywalker became a spirit following his renouncing of the Sith and his sacrifice to save his son, the preservation of his consciousness made possible through the post-mortem intercession of Yoda and Obi-Wan. It would *never* have happened if he had died as Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith. The closest a Sith has gotten to becoming a Force spirit was the Presence, an ancient Sith Lord who imprinted a piece of her mind on a Sith holocron that was eventually found by Maul and Ezra Bridger on the planet Malachor. Yoda also fought against a phantom of Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith and creator of the Rule of Two, but this was only an illusion conjured by the Priestesses to test him. The *real* Bane was long dead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5679.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mxkxu", "c_root_id_B": "f1mr07r", "created_at_utc_A": 1569604350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569600213.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In *Legends*, Sith ghosts exist. Palpatine became one himself, and he made clone bodies of himself to possess, though they never survived for very long. Usually, Sith ghosts are bound to specific places for a long, *long* time (such as Ajunta Pall in his tomb on Korriban, until Revan convinced him to embrace the light and just let go during the events of *Knights of the Old Republic*), while Jedi ghosts (like those of Yoda and Obi-Wan) can go wherever they like but eventually fade away completely into the Force (Obi-Wan having last appeared to Luke as just a voice in a dream, telling him that he can no longer help him because of this). In the new canon, Force spirits are *incredibly* rare, created only as a result of a specific technique which only a select few light-sided Force-users knew. Qui-Gon Jinn was being taught the technique by the Priestesses of the Force, but had not finished his training before Maul slew him. Thus, while he *could* maintain his identity post-mortem instead of being completely subsumed by the Force itself, he could only manifest as a voice (except on one occasion, on the planet Mortis, which is *steeped* in the Force and inhabited by three beings representing the Dark, the Light, and the Force itself). Not long before the end of the Clone Wars, Yoda, guided by Qui-Gon's voice, passed the Priestesses' trials and fully learned how to preserve his consciousness after death. He then taught it to Obi-Wan shortly after the birth of Luke and Leia, before Yoda went into his self-imposed exile on Dagobah. No other Jedi knew how to do it at the time Order 66 was enacted, so they all simply faded into the Force when they were massacred. Thus far, no Sith (or, rather, no one who was *still* a Sith when they died) has cracked the secret of becoming a Force spirit in the new canon, as the Priestesses would *never* teach it to any dark-sider. Anakin Skywalker became a spirit following his renouncing of the Sith and his sacrifice to save his son, the preservation of his consciousness made possible through the post-mortem intercession of Yoda and Obi-Wan. It would *never* have happened if he had died as Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith. The closest a Sith has gotten to becoming a Force spirit was the Presence, an ancient Sith Lord who imprinted a piece of her mind on a Sith holocron that was eventually found by Maul and Ezra Bridger on the planet Malachor. Yoda also fought against a phantom of Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith and creator of the Rule of Two, but this was only an illusion conjured by the Priestesses to test him. The *real* Bane was long dead.", "human_ref_B": "In Legends and the Old Republic setting there are. However, Sith and other dark side allies have ghosts that tend to be bound to places and objects, only able to communicate with those who seek them out. Jedi and other light side traditions have ghosts that are more often bound to people. There are exceptions. Darth Marr managed to bind his spirit to Satele Shan in the old republic setting, though he's also silhouetted in blue instead of red, which implies that he may have turned in his final act of self-sacrifice.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4137.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mxkxu", "c_root_id_B": "f1mw3h2", "created_at_utc_A": 1569604350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569603406.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In *Legends*, Sith ghosts exist. Palpatine became one himself, and he made clone bodies of himself to possess, though they never survived for very long. Usually, Sith ghosts are bound to specific places for a long, *long* time (such as Ajunta Pall in his tomb on Korriban, until Revan convinced him to embrace the light and just let go during the events of *Knights of the Old Republic*), while Jedi ghosts (like those of Yoda and Obi-Wan) can go wherever they like but eventually fade away completely into the Force (Obi-Wan having last appeared to Luke as just a voice in a dream, telling him that he can no longer help him because of this). In the new canon, Force spirits are *incredibly* rare, created only as a result of a specific technique which only a select few light-sided Force-users knew. Qui-Gon Jinn was being taught the technique by the Priestesses of the Force, but had not finished his training before Maul slew him. Thus, while he *could* maintain his identity post-mortem instead of being completely subsumed by the Force itself, he could only manifest as a voice (except on one occasion, on the planet Mortis, which is *steeped* in the Force and inhabited by three beings representing the Dark, the Light, and the Force itself). Not long before the end of the Clone Wars, Yoda, guided by Qui-Gon's voice, passed the Priestesses' trials and fully learned how to preserve his consciousness after death. He then taught it to Obi-Wan shortly after the birth of Luke and Leia, before Yoda went into his self-imposed exile on Dagobah. No other Jedi knew how to do it at the time Order 66 was enacted, so they all simply faded into the Force when they were massacred. Thus far, no Sith (or, rather, no one who was *still* a Sith when they died) has cracked the secret of becoming a Force spirit in the new canon, as the Priestesses would *never* teach it to any dark-sider. Anakin Skywalker became a spirit following his renouncing of the Sith and his sacrifice to save his son, the preservation of his consciousness made possible through the post-mortem intercession of Yoda and Obi-Wan. It would *never* have happened if he had died as Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith. The closest a Sith has gotten to becoming a Force spirit was the Presence, an ancient Sith Lord who imprinted a piece of her mind on a Sith holocron that was eventually found by Maul and Ezra Bridger on the planet Malachor. Yoda also fought against a phantom of Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith and creator of the Rule of Two, but this was only an illusion conjured by the Priestesses to test him. The *real* Bane was long dead.", "human_ref_B": "> Sith in spirit form *Marka Ragnos has entered the chat*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 944.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mxkxu", "c_root_id_B": "f1mixsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1569604350.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569594991.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In *Legends*, Sith ghosts exist. Palpatine became one himself, and he made clone bodies of himself to possess, though they never survived for very long. Usually, Sith ghosts are bound to specific places for a long, *long* time (such as Ajunta Pall in his tomb on Korriban, until Revan convinced him to embrace the light and just let go during the events of *Knights of the Old Republic*), while Jedi ghosts (like those of Yoda and Obi-Wan) can go wherever they like but eventually fade away completely into the Force (Obi-Wan having last appeared to Luke as just a voice in a dream, telling him that he can no longer help him because of this). In the new canon, Force spirits are *incredibly* rare, created only as a result of a specific technique which only a select few light-sided Force-users knew. Qui-Gon Jinn was being taught the technique by the Priestesses of the Force, but had not finished his training before Maul slew him. Thus, while he *could* maintain his identity post-mortem instead of being completely subsumed by the Force itself, he could only manifest as a voice (except on one occasion, on the planet Mortis, which is *steeped* in the Force and inhabited by three beings representing the Dark, the Light, and the Force itself). Not long before the end of the Clone Wars, Yoda, guided by Qui-Gon's voice, passed the Priestesses' trials and fully learned how to preserve his consciousness after death. He then taught it to Obi-Wan shortly after the birth of Luke and Leia, before Yoda went into his self-imposed exile on Dagobah. No other Jedi knew how to do it at the time Order 66 was enacted, so they all simply faded into the Force when they were massacred. Thus far, no Sith (or, rather, no one who was *still* a Sith when they died) has cracked the secret of becoming a Force spirit in the new canon, as the Priestesses would *never* teach it to any dark-sider. Anakin Skywalker became a spirit following his renouncing of the Sith and his sacrifice to save his son, the preservation of his consciousness made possible through the post-mortem intercession of Yoda and Obi-Wan. It would *never* have happened if he had died as Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith. The closest a Sith has gotten to becoming a Force spirit was the Presence, an ancient Sith Lord who imprinted a piece of her mind on a Sith holocron that was eventually found by Maul and Ezra Bridger on the planet Malachor. Yoda also fought against a phantom of Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith and creator of the Rule of Two, but this was only an illusion conjured by the Priestesses to test him. The *real* Bane was long dead.", "human_ref_B": "Sure there are. There are plenty of Sith force ghosts, infact more there are Sith ghosts than Jedis (over the millenia). We have to remember that the first Jedi to become a ghost, Qui-Gon Jin, was a **gray** jedi meaning he is one who is well-versed in Dark-Side techniques without falling to it. We can't go prescribing anything Qui-Gong pulls out of his hat as being typical of the Light Side or the Jedi. The only reason we don't see many Sith ghosts in the movies is simply that there haven't *been* many Sith in the past thousand years. The trick to leaving a ghost behind is to die with unfinished business, and refuse to become one with the force (Qui-Gong never got to train Anakin, Obi-Wan never got to kill Palpatine and bring down the Empire, Yoda died with his apprentice Luke being an upstart that gets his hand chopped off). Palpatine lived a full life, he founded a galactic empire, brought the Jedi to ruin, and lived to see his apprentice overthrow him (literally) like any true sith would. That's why he was the only Wizard in the original trilogy to not leave a ghost behind after he died: he had no regrets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9359.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mr07r", "c_root_id_B": "f1mol9n", "created_at_utc_A": 1569600213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569598671.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In Legends and the Old Republic setting there are. However, Sith and other dark side allies have ghosts that tend to be bound to places and objects, only able to communicate with those who seek them out. Jedi and other light side traditions have ghosts that are more often bound to people. There are exceptions. Darth Marr managed to bind his spirit to Satele Shan in the old republic setting, though he's also silhouetted in blue instead of red, which implies that he may have turned in his final act of self-sacrifice.", "human_ref_B": "By old canon rules Sith could bind their spirits to a place or an object to preserve themselves. This sort of remained the case in new canon, where sith artifacts seem to retain some of their spirit, most prominently referenced in Darth Vader comic, where ancient Sith Lord Momin had his spirit bound to his helmet/mask and was able to possess people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1542.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mixsl", "c_root_id_B": "f1mol9n", "created_at_utc_A": 1569594991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569598671.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sure there are. There are plenty of Sith force ghosts, infact more there are Sith ghosts than Jedis (over the millenia). We have to remember that the first Jedi to become a ghost, Qui-Gon Jin, was a **gray** jedi meaning he is one who is well-versed in Dark-Side techniques without falling to it. We can't go prescribing anything Qui-Gong pulls out of his hat as being typical of the Light Side or the Jedi. The only reason we don't see many Sith ghosts in the movies is simply that there haven't *been* many Sith in the past thousand years. The trick to leaving a ghost behind is to die with unfinished business, and refuse to become one with the force (Qui-Gong never got to train Anakin, Obi-Wan never got to kill Palpatine and bring down the Empire, Yoda died with his apprentice Luke being an upstart that gets his hand chopped off). Palpatine lived a full life, he founded a galactic empire, brought the Jedi to ruin, and lived to see his apprentice overthrow him (literally) like any true sith would. That's why he was the only Wizard in the original trilogy to not leave a ghost behind after he died: he had no regrets.", "human_ref_B": "By old canon rules Sith could bind their spirits to a place or an object to preserve themselves. This sort of remained the case in new canon, where sith artifacts seem to retain some of their spirit, most prominently referenced in Darth Vader comic, where ancient Sith Lord Momin had his spirit bound to his helmet/mask and was able to possess people.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3680.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1mixsl", "c_root_id_B": "f1mr07r", "created_at_utc_A": 1569594991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569600213.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Sure there are. There are plenty of Sith force ghosts, infact more there are Sith ghosts than Jedis (over the millenia). We have to remember that the first Jedi to become a ghost, Qui-Gon Jin, was a **gray** jedi meaning he is one who is well-versed in Dark-Side techniques without falling to it. We can't go prescribing anything Qui-Gong pulls out of his hat as being typical of the Light Side or the Jedi. The only reason we don't see many Sith ghosts in the movies is simply that there haven't *been* many Sith in the past thousand years. The trick to leaving a ghost behind is to die with unfinished business, and refuse to become one with the force (Qui-Gong never got to train Anakin, Obi-Wan never got to kill Palpatine and bring down the Empire, Yoda died with his apprentice Luke being an upstart that gets his hand chopped off). Palpatine lived a full life, he founded a galactic empire, brought the Jedi to ruin, and lived to see his apprentice overthrow him (literally) like any true sith would. That's why he was the only Wizard in the original trilogy to not leave a ghost behind after he died: he had no regrets.", "human_ref_B": "In Legends and the Old Republic setting there are. However, Sith and other dark side allies have ghosts that tend to be bound to places and objects, only able to communicate with those who seek them out. Jedi and other light side traditions have ghosts that are more often bound to people. There are exceptions. Darth Marr managed to bind his spirit to Satele Shan in the old republic setting, though he's also silhouetted in blue instead of red, which implies that he may have turned in his final act of self-sacrifice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5222.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1omtcm", "c_root_id_B": "f1mw3h2", "created_at_utc_A": 1569652167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569603406.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Not really. The point of the force ghost thing has always been the common story of you can only get what you desire most by no longer wanting it. It's a reminder that our actions, and motivations, are the things that matter. Not the outcomes.", "human_ref_B": "> Sith in spirit form *Marka Ragnos has entered the chat*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48761.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "da0qa5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Star Wars] If Jedi are in spirit form, shouldn't there be Sith in spirit form to make things balanced?", "c_root_id_A": "f1omtcm", "c_root_id_B": "f1mixsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1569652167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569594991.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Not really. The point of the force ghost thing has always been the common story of you can only get what you desire most by no longer wanting it. It's a reminder that our actions, and motivations, are the things that matter. Not the outcomes.", "human_ref_B": "Sure there are. There are plenty of Sith force ghosts, infact more there are Sith ghosts than Jedis (over the millenia). We have to remember that the first Jedi to become a ghost, Qui-Gon Jin, was a **gray** jedi meaning he is one who is well-versed in Dark-Side techniques without falling to it. We can't go prescribing anything Qui-Gong pulls out of his hat as being typical of the Light Side or the Jedi. The only reason we don't see many Sith ghosts in the movies is simply that there haven't *been* many Sith in the past thousand years. The trick to leaving a ghost behind is to die with unfinished business, and refuse to become one with the force (Qui-Gong never got to train Anakin, Obi-Wan never got to kill Palpatine and bring down the Empire, Yoda died with his apprentice Luke being an upstart that gets his hand chopped off). Palpatine lived a full life, he founded a galactic empire, brought the Jedi to ruin, and lived to see his apprentice overthrow him (literally) like any true sith would. That's why he was the only Wizard in the original trilogy to not leave a ghost behind after he died: he had no regrets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57176.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2crwhf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[WH40K] Why did the Emperor of Mankind model his empire after the Roman empire? Aquila, imperium, legions, etc? Is there any mention in the WH40K books of him actually being fascinated by Rome or something like that?", "c_root_id_A": "cjieoxa", "c_root_id_B": "cjig7uv", "created_at_utc_A": 1407324279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1407329895.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 75, "human_ref_A": "The Eagle, the lightning bolt, those are ancient symbols that have always stood for regal power and almost divine abilities. It is entirely possible for the Emperor to have grown fascinated by the government style of Augustus Caesar as he told Horus in the earlier days of the Great Crusade that he was born in Anatoli, 8000 BC. How exactly he hid his immense physique and intellect or his commanding charisma for so long is hard to say, but he is the Emperor after all. It is also not quite Latin, but High Gothic, which is a language spoken across the galaxy during the Dark Age of Technology which devolved into the presently common Low Gothic during the Age of Strife. This may be headcannon, but perhaps the Roman names were used because regular Army classifications could not do the Angels of Death justice, a Space Marine does not serve as a Private or Corporal in a battalion, he is a Battle-Brother in the Legiones Astartes.", "human_ref_B": "The Emperor of mankind comes from Anatolia (modern Turkey). He was born there sometime in the distant past, roughly the 8th Millennium B.C. Prior to his revealing of himself to mankind he had attempted to establish a civilized order through the guise he took as kings and prophets in our own historical past. One of the great civilizations that emerged at the end of the Bronze Age (3000-1500 BC) was the Hittite Empire in the central highlands of Anatolia. One of the earliest examples of the Double-Headed Eagle is in Hittite reliefs and seals [Image]. Besides this there a number of other peculiarities to the Hittites that would in-universe suggest the Hittite Empire might have been an early attempt by the EOM to establish his order; * They were a warrior society ruled by an elite \"Brotherhood\" of warriors who were all personally loyal to the King; * They were highly martial and Spartan, (The later Assyrians, who had a major reputation for cruelty may have learned it from the earlier Hittites); * The Hittite Empire also fell into decline after a betrayal at the highest levels of imperial society divided the Hittites into a civil war that the empire never really recovered from. So in this context we could see the double-headed eagle of the Empire of Mankind not as a reference to Roman, or German imperial glory, but rather all these emblems refer back to the Warrior Hittites and the EOM's first Astartes Brotherhood.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5616.0, "score_ratio": 2.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "73s1ds", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Trek] Why doesn't anybody seem to care about the temporal prime directive? While the \"normal\" prime directive is a enforced strictly (with some exceptions), Starfleet is pretty loosey goosey when it comes to interfering in past events. I can count numerous times when the Enterprise-D alone has meddled in history, not always in a way that was inevitable or necessary for survival or to complete the mission at hand (taking freakin' Mark Twain for a tour on the ship in Time's Arrow, for example). Doesn't anyone seem to mind it? Due to the complexity temporal physics, it can be argued that this type of meddling could be quite dangerous, even more so than violating the \"normal\" PD.", "c_root_id_A": "dntfb21", "c_root_id_B": "dnt34h9", "created_at_utc_A": 1506976648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506963738.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There are several issues. The most important being that it isn't always possible to tell what is actually meddling and what is a necessary part history. Sometimes the act of going back in time is part of recorded history coming to pass, it can't be changed. In episodes like \"Time's Arrow\" or \"Future's End\" the consequences of time travel are already on record even if the incident itself isn't. Other times there's a clear violation of history the crew must put right, as in \"Past Tense\" or \"City on the Edge of Forever\" where it's easy to tell where and how things went wrong. Many times, though, you have something like *Voyage Home* where it's impossible to say what the \"right\" sequence of events is, the crew didn't screw up the timeline enough to change anything noticeable. Starfleet has a branch dedicated to temporal operations, but they don't really understand time travel any better than anyone else. Other than recording changes to the timeline what can they do? It's easy to say \"we had to go back in time because we already did\" or \"everything worked out, history didn't change\" and how can they check it? Nobody goes back in time on purpose, and everyone does their best not to interfere with the timeline when they do.", "human_ref_B": "I think it wasn't put in force until some date after all the aired series. People formt he future had to tell them aboutit Sort of asking why British colonists weren't following the american laws of today.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12910.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "73s1ds", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Trek] Why doesn't anybody seem to care about the temporal prime directive? While the \"normal\" prime directive is a enforced strictly (with some exceptions), Starfleet is pretty loosey goosey when it comes to interfering in past events. I can count numerous times when the Enterprise-D alone has meddled in history, not always in a way that was inevitable or necessary for survival or to complete the mission at hand (taking freakin' Mark Twain for a tour on the ship in Time's Arrow, for example). Doesn't anyone seem to mind it? Due to the complexity temporal physics, it can be argued that this type of meddling could be quite dangerous, even more so than violating the \"normal\" PD.", "c_root_id_A": "dnt4pan", "c_root_id_B": "dntfb21", "created_at_utc_A": 1506965395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506976648.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There is not as much gain for violating the prime directive. It is rare that your camouflage technology breaks, or that your ship and crew's survival will be helped by interfering with some pre-warp culture. The most troubling moral qualm of the prime directive is letting that pre-warp culture be snuffed out by their own mistakes or some stellar cataclysm. On the other hand, trying to change the past is the only way to recover after your planet, culture, ship and/or crew has been destroyed. The statistics indicate that it is easier to write a drama about changing the past. We all want to change the past, but few of us have always wanted to uplift a less-advanced culture. The details of the timeline(s?) protected by the temporal prime directive is not known by Star Fleet personnel (by necessity because that future knowledge would change the timeline, except when it doesn't), nor does Star Fleet have the technology to monitor changes to the timeline. Sure, if I have the chance to change the past to make a better future, I will do it - to me that is making the best choice in my present - until some spoil-sport pops in and says that it is not allowed, because until that time-cop shows up, I don't know that must not be changed. I must trust this stranger that it is best to leave it, when I wouldn't have tried to change it if I thought it the best outcome - that destiny is more important than my free-will.", "human_ref_B": "There are several issues. The most important being that it isn't always possible to tell what is actually meddling and what is a necessary part history. Sometimes the act of going back in time is part of recorded history coming to pass, it can't be changed. In episodes like \"Time's Arrow\" or \"Future's End\" the consequences of time travel are already on record even if the incident itself isn't. Other times there's a clear violation of history the crew must put right, as in \"Past Tense\" or \"City on the Edge of Forever\" where it's easy to tell where and how things went wrong. Many times, though, you have something like *Voyage Home* where it's impossible to say what the \"right\" sequence of events is, the crew didn't screw up the timeline enough to change anything noticeable. Starfleet has a branch dedicated to temporal operations, but they don't really understand time travel any better than anyone else. Other than recording changes to the timeline what can they do? It's easy to say \"we had to go back in time because we already did\" or \"everything worked out, history didn't change\" and how can they check it? Nobody goes back in time on purpose, and everyone does their best not to interfere with the timeline when they do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11253.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "73s1ds", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Trek] Why doesn't anybody seem to care about the temporal prime directive? While the \"normal\" prime directive is a enforced strictly (with some exceptions), Starfleet is pretty loosey goosey when it comes to interfering in past events. I can count numerous times when the Enterprise-D alone has meddled in history, not always in a way that was inevitable or necessary for survival or to complete the mission at hand (taking freakin' Mark Twain for a tour on the ship in Time's Arrow, for example). Doesn't anyone seem to mind it? Due to the complexity temporal physics, it can be argued that this type of meddling could be quite dangerous, even more so than violating the \"normal\" PD.", "c_root_id_A": "dnt9b0y", "c_root_id_B": "dntfb21", "created_at_utc_A": 1506970310.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506976648.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I can only think of one time when the crew deliberately went back in time to explore, and that was the dreadful Assignment: Earth. Even in Tomorrow Is Yesterday, they ended up there by accident. Whether it's the cultural or temporal Prime Directive, there seems to be an allowance to take steps to mitigate / minimize disruption if you wind up contaminating a timeline (or world) by accident. As much as Picard & Co. went back in time to save Data, they also ostensibly had to retrieve him to minimize the disruption his presence would have caused. Everything subsequent to that was disruption mitigation Whack-a-Mole. Also, whether it's the disappearance of Dr. Jillian Taylor or Earth's first contact with Vulcan, most time travel scenarios in Star Trek seem to involve a Grandfather Paradox. (As others have pointed out.) Such that any crew finding themselves in the past would know that trying to uphold the spirit of the TPD, even to the extent they fail, is probably *already* a part of the timeline they came from.", "human_ref_B": "There are several issues. The most important being that it isn't always possible to tell what is actually meddling and what is a necessary part history. Sometimes the act of going back in time is part of recorded history coming to pass, it can't be changed. In episodes like \"Time's Arrow\" or \"Future's End\" the consequences of time travel are already on record even if the incident itself isn't. Other times there's a clear violation of history the crew must put right, as in \"Past Tense\" or \"City on the Edge of Forever\" where it's easy to tell where and how things went wrong. Many times, though, you have something like *Voyage Home* where it's impossible to say what the \"right\" sequence of events is, the crew didn't screw up the timeline enough to change anything noticeable. Starfleet has a branch dedicated to temporal operations, but they don't really understand time travel any better than anyone else. Other than recording changes to the timeline what can they do? It's easy to say \"we had to go back in time because we already did\" or \"everything worked out, history didn't change\" and how can they check it? Nobody goes back in time on purpose, and everyone does their best not to interfere with the timeline when they do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6338.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v5690", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Archer]how often does kriger experiment or otherwise mess with his coworkers without them knowing it?", "c_root_id_A": "coenh02", "c_root_id_B": "coek86e", "created_at_utc_A": 1423364684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423357665.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Does putting things into their rectum count? If so then yes, if not then also yes.", "human_ref_B": "My guess would be that he can't go to work WITHOUT fucking with his coworkers. He's pretty insane.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7019.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v5690", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Archer]how often does kriger experiment or otherwise mess with his coworkers without them knowing it?", "c_root_id_A": "coenh02", "c_root_id_B": "coelgtc", "created_at_utc_A": 1423364684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423360284.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Does putting things into their rectum count? If so then yes, if not then also yes.", "human_ref_B": "Krieger doesn't strike me as the subtle type. I suspect that once he begins to experiment on you, you're not going to be unaware for long.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4400.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v5690", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Archer]how often does kriger experiment or otherwise mess with his coworkers without them knowing it?", "c_root_id_A": "coek86e", "c_root_id_B": "coeonmi", "created_at_utc_A": 1423357665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423367371.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "My guess would be that he can't go to work WITHOUT fucking with his coworkers. He's pretty insane.", "human_ref_B": "I think it's safe to say that every day is \"ethics-optional\" for Krieger. I suspect Krieger may actually be the young version of Walter Bishop from Fringe, or at least a colleague.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9706.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v5690", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Archer]how often does kriger experiment or otherwise mess with his coworkers without them knowing it?", "c_root_id_A": "coelgtc", "c_root_id_B": "coeonmi", "created_at_utc_A": 1423360284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423367371.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Krieger doesn't strike me as the subtle type. I suspect that once he begins to experiment on you, you're not going to be unaware for long.", "human_ref_B": "I think it's safe to say that every day is \"ethics-optional\" for Krieger. I suspect Krieger may actually be the young version of Walter Bishop from Fringe, or at least a colleague.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7087.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v5690", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Archer]how often does kriger experiment or otherwise mess with his coworkers without them knowing it?", "c_root_id_A": "coevjfr", "c_root_id_B": "coelgtc", "created_at_utc_A": 1423389288.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423360284.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "All the time. He mass produced the stuff necessary for missions a long time ago (bullet proof dinner jackets, pen with hypodermic needles etc.) and only does custom jobs with modifications on guns for agents who ask him. So the rest of the time he is basically free to do what he wants. From what we can see he delves mostly in robotics and bioengineering on pigs (although lately he apparently made the change to humans) and all the cybernetics he can get consent for. As far as experimenting on the stuff goes, he seems to adhere to a strange code as long as you aren't his lab assistance or intern he will ask for your permission to do stuff on you although you better ask him for ALL side effects but everything that left your body he considers fair game.", "human_ref_B": "Krieger doesn't strike me as the subtle type. I suspect that once he begins to experiment on you, you're not going to be unaware for long.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29004.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v5690", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Archer]how often does kriger experiment or otherwise mess with his coworkers without them knowing it?", "c_root_id_A": "coet5sy", "c_root_id_B": "coevjfr", "created_at_utc_A": 1423379236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423389288.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "One day I started peeing purple, and I think Kriger was behind it. There is no answer to this question.", "human_ref_B": "All the time. He mass produced the stuff necessary for missions a long time ago (bullet proof dinner jackets, pen with hypodermic needles etc.) and only does custom jobs with modifications on guns for agents who ask him. So the rest of the time he is basically free to do what he wants. From what we can see he delves mostly in robotics and bioengineering on pigs (although lately he apparently made the change to humans) and all the cybernetics he can get consent for. As far as experimenting on the stuff goes, he seems to adhere to a strange code as long as you aren't his lab assistance or intern he will ask for your permission to do stuff on you although you better ask him for ALL side effects but everything that left your body he considers fair game.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10052.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v5690", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Archer]how often does kriger experiment or otherwise mess with his coworkers without them knowing it?", "c_root_id_A": "coet5sy", "c_root_id_B": "coew1of", "created_at_utc_A": 1423379236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423391988.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "One day I started peeing purple, and I think Kriger was behind it. There is no answer to this question.", "human_ref_B": "Krieger always has at least a couple of long term, and 5 to 10 medium term experiments on the go at any one time, and while he is a genius, the problem is he tends to run a number of them on himself, often leading to memory loss, blackouts, confusion and bouts of extreme criminal psychosis. He often has to try to deduce what his experiments were from the subtle after effects, all while hiding the fallout from his coworkers. If an experiment isn't producing an interesting result he usually 'improves' it on the fly in increasingly dark ways.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12752.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v5690", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Archer]how often does kriger experiment or otherwise mess with his coworkers without them knowing it?", "c_root_id_A": "cofey6j", "c_root_id_B": "coet5sy", "created_at_utc_A": 1423437785.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423379236.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "What are your parents' names again, Cyril?", "human_ref_B": "One day I started peeing purple, and I think Kriger was behind it. There is no answer to this question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 58549.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhf869", "c_root_id_B": "inhgufs", "created_at_utc_A": 1662575359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662575977.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 197, "human_ref_A": "Unwrought, \"native\" iron: Iron that was never processed (smelted, etc). Iron like that is *really* rare, the vast majority of it that I'm aware of is from meteorites. The \"why\" is a much more complicated, setting-specific question. Personally I'm a fan of the discworld explanation that the fey sense magnetism and magnetic meteoric iron is exactly the thing that fucks up that sense the most.", "human_ref_B": "Here are a couple ways of describing it. 1) cold is a descriptive epithet. Room temperature iron will feel cold to the touch because your hand is still warmer than the iron and it conducts heat away. Think of it in poetic terms like the \u201cwine dark sea\u201d. 2) cold iron. As opposed to smelted iron/steel. Iron has a much higher melting point than copper and tin. Thus, it is much more difficult to smelt and requires specially designed furnaces. It is possible to heat pieces of iron to the point where they are soft enough to be hammered together and into a shape. Personally I lean toward descriptions of cold iron keeping fey creatures away is a poetic thing rather than a special way of forging the iron. They\u2019re faeries, not freaking metallurgists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 618.0, "score_ratio": 3.2295081967, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhfi31", "c_root_id_B": "inhgufs", "created_at_utc_A": 1662575465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662575977.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 197, "human_ref_A": "Cold Iron is generally \"shaped\" rather than \"forged\" basically, if you smith it, it's \"Hot\" Iron, if you use it in it's pure form and simply shape it by hewing (somehow) or something like that, it's \"cold\" iron. One of the best reasons I've found for why Cold Iron hurts Fairies is that their magic is based on ley lines and magnetic fields, when you heat Iron it loses some of it's naturally magnetic properties, so using cold iron which is more magnetic, disrupts their ability to use magnetic fields for their magic, cancelling it out and trapping them.", "human_ref_B": "Here are a couple ways of describing it. 1) cold is a descriptive epithet. Room temperature iron will feel cold to the touch because your hand is still warmer than the iron and it conducts heat away. Think of it in poetic terms like the \u201cwine dark sea\u201d. 2) cold iron. As opposed to smelted iron/steel. Iron has a much higher melting point than copper and tin. Thus, it is much more difficult to smelt and requires specially designed furnaces. It is possible to heat pieces of iron to the point where they are soft enough to be hammered together and into a shape. Personally I lean toward descriptions of cold iron keeping fey creatures away is a poetic thing rather than a special way of forging the iron. They\u2019re faeries, not freaking metallurgists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 512.0, "score_ratio": 16.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "inhgufs", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662575977.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 197, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "Here are a couple ways of describing it. 1) cold is a descriptive epithet. Room temperature iron will feel cold to the touch because your hand is still warmer than the iron and it conducts heat away. Think of it in poetic terms like the \u201cwine dark sea\u201d. 2) cold iron. As opposed to smelted iron/steel. Iron has a much higher melting point than copper and tin. Thus, it is much more difficult to smelt and requires specially designed furnaces. It is possible to heat pieces of iron to the point where they are soft enough to be hammered together and into a shape. Personally I lean toward descriptions of cold iron keeping fey creatures away is a poetic thing rather than a special way of forging the iron. They\u2019re faeries, not freaking metallurgists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1564.0, "score_ratio": 98.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhgufs", "c_root_id_B": "inhcsai", "created_at_utc_A": 1662575977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574424.0, "score_A": 197, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Here are a couple ways of describing it. 1) cold is a descriptive epithet. Room temperature iron will feel cold to the touch because your hand is still warmer than the iron and it conducts heat away. Think of it in poetic terms like the \u201cwine dark sea\u201d. 2) cold iron. As opposed to smelted iron/steel. Iron has a much higher melting point than copper and tin. Thus, it is much more difficult to smelt and requires specially designed furnaces. It is possible to heat pieces of iron to the point where they are soft enough to be hammered together and into a shape. Personally I lean toward descriptions of cold iron keeping fey creatures away is a poetic thing rather than a special way of forging the iron. They\u2019re faeries, not freaking metallurgists.", "human_ref_B": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1553.0, "score_ratio": 197.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhf869", "c_root_id_B": "ini36tg", "created_at_utc_A": 1662575359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662584177.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 80, "human_ref_A": "Unwrought, \"native\" iron: Iron that was never processed (smelted, etc). Iron like that is *really* rare, the vast majority of it that I'm aware of is from meteorites. The \"why\" is a much more complicated, setting-specific question. Personally I'm a fan of the discworld explanation that the fey sense magnetism and magnetic meteoric iron is exactly the thing that fucks up that sense the most.", "human_ref_B": "As far as I can find, in actual mythology it just means iron. It's an artifact phrase, but there's still a similar one around \"cold steel\". I've seen something suggesting it hurts them because it's not naturally occuring. But if we're including universes based on that, it can mean iron forged in a special way at a lore temperature, or even magically at room temperature, or occasionally magnetic iron.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8818.0, "score_ratio": 1.3114754098, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini36tg", "c_root_id_B": "inhfi31", "created_at_utc_A": 1662584177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662575465.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "As far as I can find, in actual mythology it just means iron. It's an artifact phrase, but there's still a similar one around \"cold steel\". I've seen something suggesting it hurts them because it's not naturally occuring. But if we're including universes based on that, it can mean iron forged in a special way at a lore temperature, or even magically at room temperature, or occasionally magnetic iron.", "human_ref_B": "Cold Iron is generally \"shaped\" rather than \"forged\" basically, if you smith it, it's \"Hot\" Iron, if you use it in it's pure form and simply shape it by hewing (somehow) or something like that, it's \"cold\" iron. One of the best reasons I've found for why Cold Iron hurts Fairies is that their magic is based on ley lines and magnetic fields, when you heat Iron it loses some of it's naturally magnetic properties, so using cold iron which is more magnetic, disrupts their ability to use magnetic fields for their magic, cancelling it out and trapping them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8712.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini36tg", "c_root_id_B": "inhyhna", "created_at_utc_A": 1662584177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662582462.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "As far as I can find, in actual mythology it just means iron. It's an artifact phrase, but there's still a similar one around \"cold steel\". I've seen something suggesting it hurts them because it's not naturally occuring. But if we're including universes based on that, it can mean iron forged in a special way at a lore temperature, or even magically at room temperature, or occasionally magnetic iron.", "human_ref_B": "its just that iron is cold to the touch, its an expresion, any iron will do more than likely but it does depend on the verse, in some iron is more than enough to injure fae while in others it requires a special process where it isnt smelted or treated but shapped, and in others its not soo much that cold iron or iron is a fae's weakness but that hitting them with an iron sword will kill them just like it kills everything else, kind of like how a vampires weakness is a stake to the heart, and yeah my weakness is also a stake to the heart (i know that in the original novel dracula doesnt die after getting a stake to its heart its just use it to keep him in place but the meaning has evolved to the point where a stake through the heart will kill a vampire) i personally prefer the first one because of what it represents, any iron will injure the fae because its unatural, fae are beings deeply connected with nature and while iron is natural shapped and smelted pure iron into a sword is something that cannot exists naturaly in nature, its something that can only exist after humans gave it shape, smelted it, forged it, gave it form and as such its a weakness because its unnatural, it goes against the fae nature as something completly artificial this meaning does mean that the fae would be deeply weak by anything artificialy made by humans thou, so they would be pretty weak in our modern society, maybe that is why they dont go near cities anymore its like entering into a highly toxic realm", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1715.0, "score_ratio": 8.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini17z3", "c_root_id_B": "ini36tg", "created_at_utc_A": 1662583453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662584177.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 80, "human_ref_A": "There are as many answers for this as there are types of fae. As I see it, fae are one with nature and all within it, to include iron. Iron, however, does have traces of other elements in it. As you fold and shape iron, it's usually done in such a way that carbon is added to it, creating steel. However, going too heavy with the heat and the hammer can have the opposite effect, and you end up burning or beating those other elements out. The result, after many an hour at the anvil, is cold iron; iron so pure that it simply *cannot* have come about naturally. When you strike a fae / elf / whatever with it, you're striking them with something that cannot naturally exist, which would definitely do extra harm to anyone especially attuned to nature. Depending on how attuned to nature they are, the effects could range from considerable to outright devastating.", "human_ref_B": "As far as I can find, in actual mythology it just means iron. It's an artifact phrase, but there's still a similar one around \"cold steel\". I've seen something suggesting it hurts them because it's not naturally occuring. But if we're including universes based on that, it can mean iron forged in a special way at a lore temperature, or even magically at room temperature, or occasionally magnetic iron.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 724.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "ini36tg", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662584177.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 80, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "As far as I can find, in actual mythology it just means iron. It's an artifact phrase, but there's still a similar one around \"cold steel\". I've seen something suggesting it hurts them because it's not naturally occuring. But if we're including universes based on that, it can mean iron forged in a special way at a lore temperature, or even magically at room temperature, or occasionally magnetic iron.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9764.0, "score_ratio": 40.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini36tg", "c_root_id_B": "inhcsai", "created_at_utc_A": 1662584177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574424.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As far as I can find, in actual mythology it just means iron. It's an artifact phrase, but there's still a similar one around \"cold steel\". I've seen something suggesting it hurts them because it's not naturally occuring. But if we're including universes based on that, it can mean iron forged in a special way at a lore temperature, or even magically at room temperature, or occasionally magnetic iron.", "human_ref_B": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9753.0, "score_ratio": 80.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "inhf869", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662575359.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "Unwrought, \"native\" iron: Iron that was never processed (smelted, etc). Iron like that is *really* rare, the vast majority of it that I'm aware of is from meteorites. The \"why\" is a much more complicated, setting-specific question. Personally I'm a fan of the discworld explanation that the fey sense magnetism and magnetic meteoric iron is exactly the thing that fucks up that sense the most.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 946.0, "score_ratio": 30.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhf869", "c_root_id_B": "inhcsai", "created_at_utc_A": 1662575359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574424.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Unwrought, \"native\" iron: Iron that was never processed (smelted, etc). Iron like that is *really* rare, the vast majority of it that I'm aware of is from meteorites. The \"why\" is a much more complicated, setting-specific question. Personally I'm a fan of the discworld explanation that the fey sense magnetism and magnetic meteoric iron is exactly the thing that fucks up that sense the most.", "human_ref_B": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 935.0, "score_ratio": 61.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhfi31", "c_root_id_B": "inhcr81", "created_at_utc_A": 1662575465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574413.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Cold Iron is generally \"shaped\" rather than \"forged\" basically, if you smith it, it's \"Hot\" Iron, if you use it in it's pure form and simply shape it by hewing (somehow) or something like that, it's \"cold\" iron. One of the best reasons I've found for why Cold Iron hurts Fairies is that their magic is based on ley lines and magnetic fields, when you heat Iron it loses some of it's naturally magnetic properties, so using cold iron which is more magnetic, disrupts their ability to use magnetic fields for their magic, cancelling it out and trapping them.", "human_ref_B": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1052.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "inhfi31", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662575465.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "Cold Iron is generally \"shaped\" rather than \"forged\" basically, if you smith it, it's \"Hot\" Iron, if you use it in it's pure form and simply shape it by hewing (somehow) or something like that, it's \"cold\" iron. One of the best reasons I've found for why Cold Iron hurts Fairies is that their magic is based on ley lines and magnetic fields, when you heat Iron it loses some of it's naturally magnetic properties, so using cold iron which is more magnetic, disrupts their ability to use magnetic fields for their magic, cancelling it out and trapping them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1041.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhyhna", "c_root_id_B": "iniq4tg", "created_at_utc_A": 1662582462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662593491.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "its just that iron is cold to the touch, its an expresion, any iron will do more than likely but it does depend on the verse, in some iron is more than enough to injure fae while in others it requires a special process where it isnt smelted or treated but shapped, and in others its not soo much that cold iron or iron is a fae's weakness but that hitting them with an iron sword will kill them just like it kills everything else, kind of like how a vampires weakness is a stake to the heart, and yeah my weakness is also a stake to the heart (i know that in the original novel dracula doesnt die after getting a stake to its heart its just use it to keep him in place but the meaning has evolved to the point where a stake through the heart will kill a vampire) i personally prefer the first one because of what it represents, any iron will injure the fae because its unatural, fae are beings deeply connected with nature and while iron is natural shapped and smelted pure iron into a sword is something that cannot exists naturaly in nature, its something that can only exist after humans gave it shape, smelted it, forged it, gave it form and as such its a weakness because its unnatural, it goes against the fae nature as something completly artificial this meaning does mean that the fae would be deeply weak by anything artificialy made by humans thou, so they would be pretty weak in our modern society, maybe that is why they dont go near cities anymore its like entering into a highly toxic realm", "human_ref_B": "Some interesting interpretations in this thread on hot vs cold iron. On Stranger Tides is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American writer Tim Powers. In it, \"Cold Iron\" is magnetized iron forged into weapons like rapiers and sabres, whereas \"Hot Iron\" is blood, which is used in Ritual Magic. Very cool book, btw, not to be confused with the Disney \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" Mermaid movie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11029.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "iniq4tg", "c_root_id_B": "ini9l32", "created_at_utc_A": 1662593491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662586618.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Some interesting interpretations in this thread on hot vs cold iron. On Stranger Tides is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American writer Tim Powers. In it, \"Cold Iron\" is magnetized iron forged into weapons like rapiers and sabres, whereas \"Hot Iron\" is blood, which is used in Ritual Magic. Very cool book, btw, not to be confused with the Disney \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" Mermaid movie.", "human_ref_B": "Cold is just attaching a moral stance to it. The fae are natural. Nothing is more a sign of industry and technology than iron. It is unnatural, impersonal, cold. Iron represents a mindset and thought process anathema to the very existence of the fae who represent nature. It is cold because it is dead to them. Whereas at least bronze can be worked in a camp fire, iron demands an industrial process. It is representative of dismantling nature and putting it back together in a form you feel better suits you. Of course some fiction makes a distinction between iron and cold iron.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6873.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "iniq4tg", "c_root_id_B": "ini17z3", "created_at_utc_A": 1662593491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662583453.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Some interesting interpretations in this thread on hot vs cold iron. On Stranger Tides is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American writer Tim Powers. In it, \"Cold Iron\" is magnetized iron forged into weapons like rapiers and sabres, whereas \"Hot Iron\" is blood, which is used in Ritual Magic. Very cool book, btw, not to be confused with the Disney \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" Mermaid movie.", "human_ref_B": "There are as many answers for this as there are types of fae. As I see it, fae are one with nature and all within it, to include iron. Iron, however, does have traces of other elements in it. As you fold and shape iron, it's usually done in such a way that carbon is added to it, creating steel. However, going too heavy with the heat and the hammer can have the opposite effect, and you end up burning or beating those other elements out. The result, after many an hour at the anvil, is cold iron; iron so pure that it simply *cannot* have come about naturally. When you strike a fae / elf / whatever with it, you're striking them with something that cannot naturally exist, which would definitely do extra harm to anyone especially attuned to nature. Depending on how attuned to nature they are, the effects could range from considerable to outright devastating.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10038.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "iniq4tg", "c_root_id_B": "inidhwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1662593491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662588162.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Some interesting interpretations in this thread on hot vs cold iron. On Stranger Tides is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American writer Tim Powers. In it, \"Cold Iron\" is magnetized iron forged into weapons like rapiers and sabres, whereas \"Hot Iron\" is blood, which is used in Ritual Magic. Very cool book, btw, not to be confused with the Disney \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" Mermaid movie.", "human_ref_B": "Its old timey poets using flowery langauge. Cold iron, is just iron. Old Timey humans were just as creative as we are today. Cold iron sounds cooler then normal iron. Why do old time humans need to be literal?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5329.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "iniq4tg", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662593491.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "Some interesting interpretations in this thread on hot vs cold iron. On Stranger Tides is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American writer Tim Powers. In it, \"Cold Iron\" is magnetized iron forged into weapons like rapiers and sabres, whereas \"Hot Iron\" is blood, which is used in Ritual Magic. Very cool book, btw, not to be confused with the Disney \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" Mermaid movie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19078.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "iniq4tg", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662593491.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "Some interesting interpretations in this thread on hot vs cold iron. On Stranger Tides is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American writer Tim Powers. In it, \"Cold Iron\" is magnetized iron forged into weapons like rapiers and sabres, whereas \"Hot Iron\" is blood, which is used in Ritual Magic. Very cool book, btw, not to be confused with the Disney \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" Mermaid movie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19067.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhyhna", "c_root_id_B": "inhcr81", "created_at_utc_A": 1662582462.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574413.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "its just that iron is cold to the touch, its an expresion, any iron will do more than likely but it does depend on the verse, in some iron is more than enough to injure fae while in others it requires a special process where it isnt smelted or treated but shapped, and in others its not soo much that cold iron or iron is a fae's weakness but that hitting them with an iron sword will kill them just like it kills everything else, kind of like how a vampires weakness is a stake to the heart, and yeah my weakness is also a stake to the heart (i know that in the original novel dracula doesnt die after getting a stake to its heart its just use it to keep him in place but the meaning has evolved to the point where a stake through the heart will kill a vampire) i personally prefer the first one because of what it represents, any iron will injure the fae because its unatural, fae are beings deeply connected with nature and while iron is natural shapped and smelted pure iron into a sword is something that cannot exists naturaly in nature, its something that can only exist after humans gave it shape, smelted it, forged it, gave it form and as such its a weakness because its unnatural, it goes against the fae nature as something completly artificial this meaning does mean that the fae would be deeply weak by anything artificialy made by humans thou, so they would be pretty weak in our modern society, maybe that is why they dont go near cities anymore its like entering into a highly toxic realm", "human_ref_B": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8049.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "inhyhna", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662582462.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "its just that iron is cold to the touch, its an expresion, any iron will do more than likely but it does depend on the verse, in some iron is more than enough to injure fae while in others it requires a special process where it isnt smelted or treated but shapped, and in others its not soo much that cold iron or iron is a fae's weakness but that hitting them with an iron sword will kill them just like it kills everything else, kind of like how a vampires weakness is a stake to the heart, and yeah my weakness is also a stake to the heart (i know that in the original novel dracula doesnt die after getting a stake to its heart its just use it to keep him in place but the meaning has evolved to the point where a stake through the heart will kill a vampire) i personally prefer the first one because of what it represents, any iron will injure the fae because its unatural, fae are beings deeply connected with nature and while iron is natural shapped and smelted pure iron into a sword is something that cannot exists naturaly in nature, its something that can only exist after humans gave it shape, smelted it, forged it, gave it form and as such its a weakness because its unnatural, it goes against the fae nature as something completly artificial this meaning does mean that the fae would be deeply weak by anything artificialy made by humans thou, so they would be pretty weak in our modern society, maybe that is why they dont go near cities anymore its like entering into a highly toxic realm", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8038.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini9l32", "c_root_id_B": "inj82nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1662586618.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662601385.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Cold is just attaching a moral stance to it. The fae are natural. Nothing is more a sign of industry and technology than iron. It is unnatural, impersonal, cold. Iron represents a mindset and thought process anathema to the very existence of the fae who represent nature. It is cold because it is dead to them. Whereas at least bronze can be worked in a camp fire, iron demands an industrial process. It is representative of dismantling nature and putting it back together in a form you feel better suits you. Of course some fiction makes a distinction between iron and cold iron.", "human_ref_B": "Cold iron tends to refer to anything of iron that has been crafted by mortal hands. A plough, a spade, a horseshoe, a nail, or a blade are all tools made by humans for specific tasks. The fair folk are harmed by it because it represents mortals sense of dominance over nature. It is also a very hard metal and does not deform easily. The fae are soft, versatile, and exuberant, not hard, stolid, and cold. Iron is the bane of the fae because it represents everything antithetical to their nature.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14767.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inj82nf", "c_root_id_B": "iniytwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1662601385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662597334.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Cold iron tends to refer to anything of iron that has been crafted by mortal hands. A plough, a spade, a horseshoe, a nail, or a blade are all tools made by humans for specific tasks. The fair folk are harmed by it because it represents mortals sense of dominance over nature. It is also a very hard metal and does not deform easily. The fae are soft, versatile, and exuberant, not hard, stolid, and cold. Iron is the bane of the fae because it represents everything antithetical to their nature.", "human_ref_B": "My favorite explanation of how magic works in relation to elemental iron was from Gargoyles, when they had a defend the castle situation. Something about how pure iron disrupts magic and Oberon being the king of faire folk was vulnerable to iron. Also there was the property of energy produced by magic and science being equal - so force fields produced by science would work against magic enery forces- but you didn't ask for that- I found Gargoyle's world laws to be fun and fascinating.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4051.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini17z3", "c_root_id_B": "inj82nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1662583453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662601385.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There are as many answers for this as there are types of fae. As I see it, fae are one with nature and all within it, to include iron. Iron, however, does have traces of other elements in it. As you fold and shape iron, it's usually done in such a way that carbon is added to it, creating steel. However, going too heavy with the heat and the hammer can have the opposite effect, and you end up burning or beating those other elements out. The result, after many an hour at the anvil, is cold iron; iron so pure that it simply *cannot* have come about naturally. When you strike a fae / elf / whatever with it, you're striking them with something that cannot naturally exist, which would definitely do extra harm to anyone especially attuned to nature. Depending on how attuned to nature they are, the effects could range from considerable to outright devastating.", "human_ref_B": "Cold iron tends to refer to anything of iron that has been crafted by mortal hands. A plough, a spade, a horseshoe, a nail, or a blade are all tools made by humans for specific tasks. The fair folk are harmed by it because it represents mortals sense of dominance over nature. It is also a very hard metal and does not deform easily. The fae are soft, versatile, and exuberant, not hard, stolid, and cold. Iron is the bane of the fae because it represents everything antithetical to their nature.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17932.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inj82nf", "c_root_id_B": "inidhwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1662601385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662588162.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Cold iron tends to refer to anything of iron that has been crafted by mortal hands. A plough, a spade, a horseshoe, a nail, or a blade are all tools made by humans for specific tasks. The fair folk are harmed by it because it represents mortals sense of dominance over nature. It is also a very hard metal and does not deform easily. The fae are soft, versatile, and exuberant, not hard, stolid, and cold. Iron is the bane of the fae because it represents everything antithetical to their nature.", "human_ref_B": "Its old timey poets using flowery langauge. Cold iron, is just iron. Old Timey humans were just as creative as we are today. Cold iron sounds cooler then normal iron. Why do old time humans need to be literal?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13223.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inix39u", "c_root_id_B": "inj82nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1662596566.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662601385.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In general iron resists magic. Of all the elements iron is by far the most\u2026 unimaginative. A magic user might flatter or fancy some other substance. But iron is just so\u2026 itself. Now if iron has already been recently molded with heat into taking another form, maybe it won\u2019t be so stubborn. But cold iron. Forget it. To fairies it\u2019s just a big, stubborn... thing. It has no use for medic and so magic has no use for it.", "human_ref_B": "Cold iron tends to refer to anything of iron that has been crafted by mortal hands. A plough, a spade, a horseshoe, a nail, or a blade are all tools made by humans for specific tasks. The fair folk are harmed by it because it represents mortals sense of dominance over nature. It is also a very hard metal and does not deform easily. The fae are soft, versatile, and exuberant, not hard, stolid, and cold. Iron is the bane of the fae because it represents everything antithetical to their nature.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4819.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "inj82nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662601385.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "Cold iron tends to refer to anything of iron that has been crafted by mortal hands. A plough, a spade, a horseshoe, a nail, or a blade are all tools made by humans for specific tasks. The fair folk are harmed by it because it represents mortals sense of dominance over nature. It is also a very hard metal and does not deform easily. The fae are soft, versatile, and exuberant, not hard, stolid, and cold. Iron is the bane of the fae because it represents everything antithetical to their nature.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26972.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "inj82nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662601385.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "Cold iron tends to refer to anything of iron that has been crafted by mortal hands. A plough, a spade, a horseshoe, a nail, or a blade are all tools made by humans for specific tasks. The fair folk are harmed by it because it represents mortals sense of dominance over nature. It is also a very hard metal and does not deform easily. The fae are soft, versatile, and exuberant, not hard, stolid, and cold. Iron is the bane of the fae because it represents everything antithetical to their nature.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26961.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "iniwkpa", "c_root_id_B": "ini9l32", "created_at_utc_A": 1662596346.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662586618.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m just imagining some dude getting hunted by a fairy and he just tosses like one block of iron in his cooler", "human_ref_B": "Cold is just attaching a moral stance to it. The fae are natural. Nothing is more a sign of industry and technology than iron. It is unnatural, impersonal, cold. Iron represents a mindset and thought process anathema to the very existence of the fae who represent nature. It is cold because it is dead to them. Whereas at least bronze can be worked in a camp fire, iron demands an industrial process. It is representative of dismantling nature and putting it back together in a form you feel better suits you. Of course some fiction makes a distinction between iron and cold iron.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9728.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "iniwkpa", "c_root_id_B": "ini17z3", "created_at_utc_A": 1662596346.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662583453.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m just imagining some dude getting hunted by a fairy and he just tosses like one block of iron in his cooler", "human_ref_B": "There are as many answers for this as there are types of fae. As I see it, fae are one with nature and all within it, to include iron. Iron, however, does have traces of other elements in it. As you fold and shape iron, it's usually done in such a way that carbon is added to it, creating steel. However, going too heavy with the heat and the hammer can have the opposite effect, and you end up burning or beating those other elements out. The result, after many an hour at the anvil, is cold iron; iron so pure that it simply *cannot* have come about naturally. When you strike a fae / elf / whatever with it, you're striking them with something that cannot naturally exist, which would definitely do extra harm to anyone especially attuned to nature. Depending on how attuned to nature they are, the effects could range from considerable to outright devastating.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12893.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "iniwkpa", "c_root_id_B": "inidhwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1662596346.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662588162.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m just imagining some dude getting hunted by a fairy and he just tosses like one block of iron in his cooler", "human_ref_B": "Its old timey poets using flowery langauge. Cold iron, is just iron. Old Timey humans were just as creative as we are today. Cold iron sounds cooler then normal iron. Why do old time humans need to be literal?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8184.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "iniwkpa", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662596346.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m just imagining some dude getting hunted by a fairy and he just tosses like one block of iron in his cooler", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21933.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "iniwkpa", "c_root_id_B": "inhcsai", "created_at_utc_A": 1662596346.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574424.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m just imagining some dude getting hunted by a fairy and he just tosses like one block of iron in his cooler", "human_ref_B": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21922.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini9l32", "c_root_id_B": "ini17z3", "created_at_utc_A": 1662586618.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662583453.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Cold is just attaching a moral stance to it. The fae are natural. Nothing is more a sign of industry and technology than iron. It is unnatural, impersonal, cold. Iron represents a mindset and thought process anathema to the very existence of the fae who represent nature. It is cold because it is dead to them. Whereas at least bronze can be worked in a camp fire, iron demands an industrial process. It is representative of dismantling nature and putting it back together in a form you feel better suits you. Of course some fiction makes a distinction between iron and cold iron.", "human_ref_B": "There are as many answers for this as there are types of fae. As I see it, fae are one with nature and all within it, to include iron. Iron, however, does have traces of other elements in it. As you fold and shape iron, it's usually done in such a way that carbon is added to it, creating steel. However, going too heavy with the heat and the hammer can have the opposite effect, and you end up burning or beating those other elements out. The result, after many an hour at the anvil, is cold iron; iron so pure that it simply *cannot* have come about naturally. When you strike a fae / elf / whatever with it, you're striking them with something that cannot naturally exist, which would definitely do extra harm to anyone especially attuned to nature. Depending on how attuned to nature they are, the effects could range from considerable to outright devastating.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3165.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "ini9l32", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662586618.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "Cold is just attaching a moral stance to it. The fae are natural. Nothing is more a sign of industry and technology than iron. It is unnatural, impersonal, cold. Iron represents a mindset and thought process anathema to the very existence of the fae who represent nature. It is cold because it is dead to them. Whereas at least bronze can be worked in a camp fire, iron demands an industrial process. It is representative of dismantling nature and putting it back together in a form you feel better suits you. Of course some fiction makes a distinction between iron and cold iron.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12205.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "ini9l32", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662586618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "Cold is just attaching a moral stance to it. The fae are natural. Nothing is more a sign of industry and technology than iron. It is unnatural, impersonal, cold. Iron represents a mindset and thought process anathema to the very existence of the fae who represent nature. It is cold because it is dead to them. Whereas at least bronze can be worked in a camp fire, iron demands an industrial process. It is representative of dismantling nature and putting it back together in a form you feel better suits you. Of course some fiction makes a distinction between iron and cold iron.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12194.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "iniytwb", "c_root_id_B": "ini17z3", "created_at_utc_A": 1662597334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662583453.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "My favorite explanation of how magic works in relation to elemental iron was from Gargoyles, when they had a defend the castle situation. Something about how pure iron disrupts magic and Oberon being the king of faire folk was vulnerable to iron. Also there was the property of energy produced by magic and science being equal - so force fields produced by science would work against magic enery forces- but you didn't ask for that- I found Gargoyle's world laws to be fun and fascinating.", "human_ref_B": "There are as many answers for this as there are types of fae. As I see it, fae are one with nature and all within it, to include iron. Iron, however, does have traces of other elements in it. As you fold and shape iron, it's usually done in such a way that carbon is added to it, creating steel. However, going too heavy with the heat and the hammer can have the opposite effect, and you end up burning or beating those other elements out. The result, after many an hour at the anvil, is cold iron; iron so pure that it simply *cannot* have come about naturally. When you strike a fae / elf / whatever with it, you're striking them with something that cannot naturally exist, which would definitely do extra harm to anyone especially attuned to nature. Depending on how attuned to nature they are, the effects could range from considerable to outright devastating.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13881.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inidhwv", "c_root_id_B": "iniytwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1662588162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662597334.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Its old timey poets using flowery langauge. Cold iron, is just iron. Old Timey humans were just as creative as we are today. Cold iron sounds cooler then normal iron. Why do old time humans need to be literal?", "human_ref_B": "My favorite explanation of how magic works in relation to elemental iron was from Gargoyles, when they had a defend the castle situation. Something about how pure iron disrupts magic and Oberon being the king of faire folk was vulnerable to iron. Also there was the property of energy produced by magic and science being equal - so force fields produced by science would work against magic enery forces- but you didn't ask for that- I found Gargoyle's world laws to be fun and fascinating.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9172.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inix39u", "c_root_id_B": "iniytwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1662596566.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662597334.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In general iron resists magic. Of all the elements iron is by far the most\u2026 unimaginative. A magic user might flatter or fancy some other substance. But iron is just so\u2026 itself. Now if iron has already been recently molded with heat into taking another form, maybe it won\u2019t be so stubborn. But cold iron. Forget it. To fairies it\u2019s just a big, stubborn... thing. It has no use for medic and so magic has no use for it.", "human_ref_B": "My favorite explanation of how magic works in relation to elemental iron was from Gargoyles, when they had a defend the castle situation. Something about how pure iron disrupts magic and Oberon being the king of faire folk was vulnerable to iron. Also there was the property of energy produced by magic and science being equal - so force fields produced by science would work against magic enery forces- but you didn't ask for that- I found Gargoyle's world laws to be fun and fascinating.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 768.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "iniytwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662597334.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "My favorite explanation of how magic works in relation to elemental iron was from Gargoyles, when they had a defend the castle situation. Something about how pure iron disrupts magic and Oberon being the king of faire folk was vulnerable to iron. Also there was the property of energy produced by magic and science being equal - so force fields produced by science would work against magic enery forces- but you didn't ask for that- I found Gargoyle's world laws to be fun and fascinating.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22921.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "iniytwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662597334.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "My favorite explanation of how magic works in relation to elemental iron was from Gargoyles, when they had a defend the castle situation. Something about how pure iron disrupts magic and Oberon being the king of faire folk was vulnerable to iron. Also there was the property of energy produced by magic and science being equal - so force fields produced by science would work against magic enery forces- but you didn't ask for that- I found Gargoyle's world laws to be fun and fascinating.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22910.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini17z3", "c_root_id_B": "inhcr81", "created_at_utc_A": 1662583453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574413.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There are as many answers for this as there are types of fae. As I see it, fae are one with nature and all within it, to include iron. Iron, however, does have traces of other elements in it. As you fold and shape iron, it's usually done in such a way that carbon is added to it, creating steel. However, going too heavy with the heat and the hammer can have the opposite effect, and you end up burning or beating those other elements out. The result, after many an hour at the anvil, is cold iron; iron so pure that it simply *cannot* have come about naturally. When you strike a fae / elf / whatever with it, you're striking them with something that cannot naturally exist, which would definitely do extra harm to anyone especially attuned to nature. Depending on how attuned to nature they are, the effects could range from considerable to outright devastating.", "human_ref_B": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9040.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ini17z3", "c_root_id_B": "inhcsai", "created_at_utc_A": 1662583453.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574424.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are as many answers for this as there are types of fae. As I see it, fae are one with nature and all within it, to include iron. Iron, however, does have traces of other elements in it. As you fold and shape iron, it's usually done in such a way that carbon is added to it, creating steel. However, going too heavy with the heat and the hammer can have the opposite effect, and you end up burning or beating those other elements out. The result, after many an hour at the anvil, is cold iron; iron so pure that it simply *cannot* have come about naturally. When you strike a fae / elf / whatever with it, you're striking them with something that cannot naturally exist, which would definitely do extra harm to anyone especially attuned to nature. Depending on how attuned to nature they are, the effects could range from considerable to outright devastating.", "human_ref_B": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9029.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inidhwv", "c_root_id_B": "inix39u", "created_at_utc_A": 1662588162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662596566.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Its old timey poets using flowery langauge. Cold iron, is just iron. Old Timey humans were just as creative as we are today. Cold iron sounds cooler then normal iron. Why do old time humans need to be literal?", "human_ref_B": "In general iron resists magic. Of all the elements iron is by far the most\u2026 unimaginative. A magic user might flatter or fancy some other substance. But iron is just so\u2026 itself. Now if iron has already been recently molded with heat into taking another form, maybe it won\u2019t be so stubborn. But cold iron. Forget it. To fairies it\u2019s just a big, stubborn... thing. It has no use for medic and so magic has no use for it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8404.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "injfa9a", "c_root_id_B": "inidhwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1662604742.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662588162.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You can call them the Gentry. You can call them the Fair Folk. You can call them the Shining Ones. You can call them the Star People. You can call them Lords and Ladies.\r \r But it you\u2019re going to call them Elves, you better have some iron handy\u2026best to have a lot of it.\r \r \u201cElves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.\r \r \u201cElves are fantastic. They create fantasies.\r \r \u201cElves are glamorous. They project glamour.\r \r \u201cElves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.\r \r \u201cElves are terrific. They beget terror.\u201d\r \r \u201cNo one ever said elves are nice.\r \r \u201cElves are bad.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "Its old timey poets using flowery langauge. Cold iron, is just iron. Old Timey humans were just as creative as we are today. Cold iron sounds cooler then normal iron. Why do old time humans need to be literal?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16580.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inidhwv", "c_root_id_B": "inhcr81", "created_at_utc_A": 1662588162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574413.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Its old timey poets using flowery langauge. Cold iron, is just iron. Old Timey humans were just as creative as we are today. Cold iron sounds cooler then normal iron. Why do old time humans need to be literal?", "human_ref_B": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13749.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "inidhwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662588162.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "Its old timey poets using flowery langauge. Cold iron, is just iron. Old Timey humans were just as creative as we are today. Cold iron sounds cooler then normal iron. Why do old time humans need to be literal?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13738.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "inix39u", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662596566.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "In general iron resists magic. Of all the elements iron is by far the most\u2026 unimaginative. A magic user might flatter or fancy some other substance. But iron is just so\u2026 itself. Now if iron has already been recently molded with heat into taking another form, maybe it won\u2019t be so stubborn. But cold iron. Forget it. To fairies it\u2019s just a big, stubborn... thing. It has no use for medic and so magic has no use for it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22153.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "inix39u", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662596566.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "In general iron resists magic. Of all the elements iron is by far the most\u2026 unimaginative. A magic user might flatter or fancy some other substance. But iron is just so\u2026 itself. Now if iron has already been recently molded with heat into taking another form, maybe it won\u2019t be so stubborn. But cold iron. Forget it. To fairies it\u2019s just a big, stubborn... thing. It has no use for medic and so magic has no use for it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22142.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "injfa9a", "c_root_id_B": "inhcr81", "created_at_utc_A": 1662604742.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574413.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You can call them the Gentry. You can call them the Fair Folk. You can call them the Shining Ones. You can call them the Star People. You can call them Lords and Ladies.\r \r But it you\u2019re going to call them Elves, you better have some iron handy\u2026best to have a lot of it.\r \r \u201cElves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.\r \r \u201cElves are fantastic. They create fantasies.\r \r \u201cElves are glamorous. They project glamour.\r \r \u201cElves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.\r \r \u201cElves are terrific. They beget terror.\u201d\r \r \u201cNo one ever said elves are nice.\r \r \u201cElves are bad.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30329.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "injfa9a", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662604742.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "You can call them the Gentry. You can call them the Fair Folk. You can call them the Shining Ones. You can call them the Star People. You can call them Lords and Ladies.\r \r But it you\u2019re going to call them Elves, you better have some iron handy\u2026best to have a lot of it.\r \r \u201cElves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.\r \r \u201cElves are fantastic. They create fantasies.\r \r \u201cElves are glamorous. They project glamour.\r \r \u201cElves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.\r \r \u201cElves are terrific. They beget terror.\u201d\r \r \u201cNo one ever said elves are nice.\r \r \u201cElves are bad.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30318.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "injjxkr", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662607053.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "The reason why faeries always keep their word is because of the time, back in the day, when the king of faeries told a lie to Iron. Iron has never forgiven faeriekind for this, and shuns them to this day. Particularly vengeful Iron is referred to as \"cold,\" similar to how we might describe a human who is unfeeling and focused on revenge.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32640.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "injjxkr", "c_root_id_B": "inhcsai", "created_at_utc_A": 1662607053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574424.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The reason why faeries always keep their word is because of the time, back in the day, when the king of faeries told a lie to Iron. Iron has never forgiven faeriekind for this, and shuns them to this day. Particularly vengeful Iron is referred to as \"cold,\" similar to how we might describe a human who is unfeeling and focused on revenge.", "human_ref_B": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32629.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcr81", "c_root_id_B": "ink67ix", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662621226.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The answer to all three of those questions differs from universe to universe.", "human_ref_B": "It's just a poetic description for iron. Like calling bullets hot lead", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46813.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ink67ix", "c_root_id_B": "inhcsai", "created_at_utc_A": 1662621226.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662574424.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's just a poetic description for iron. Like calling bullets hot lead", "human_ref_B": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46802.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "ink67ix", "c_root_id_B": "injklea", "created_at_utc_A": 1662621226.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662607388.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's just a poetic description for iron. Like calling bullets hot lead", "human_ref_B": "Might also try r/mythology for this question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13838.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "x8c2g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[General Myth] What exactly is cold iron? Cold iron hurts fairies, but why? Does it have to go through a special enchanting/smithing process, or can I just throw the iron in a fridge for an hour?", "c_root_id_A": "inhcsai", "c_root_id_B": "injklea", "created_at_utc_A": 1662574424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1662607388.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Might just be a poetic turn if phrase, like \u201chot lead.\u201d As in \u201cI\u2019m gonna fill your belly with hot lead by shooting you with this gun that I have here. The bullets will be made mostly of lead, in case that wasn\u2019t clear\u201d Might mean it was wrought without ever having been heated in a forge (heating iron can disrupt the molecular domains within it and reduce its magnetic properties. Maybe being magnetic is important?)", "human_ref_B": "Might also try r/mythology for this question.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32964.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h9o2q3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Mass Effect] How long does it take to become a doctor qualified to work at a hospital on the Citadel? So back in 2020, it took about 10 years or so from university to becoming a fully qualified doctor for human medicine. Right now in the 2180s, as seen in the Huerta Memorial Hospital on the citadel treating refugees during this ongoing Reaper War, a doctor on the Citadel is expected to be able to treat people of multiple different species including Asari, Turian, Salarian, Krogan, Quarian, Elcor, Volus, Batarians, Vorcha, Hanar, and Drell. Probably some others I'm forgetting too. Even before the Reaper War, Dr Michel seems to be the sole doctor in a small clinic that presumably provides medical treatment to anyone of any species in her local wards. How long would it take for someone to become a fully qualified doctor capable of treating every kind of person on the Citadel with the same quality of treatment that they could treat someone of their own species? How much longer would it take to specialise in something like cardiology for all these species? Given that Salarians rarely grow older than 40, how much of their lives are dedicated to just training to become a doctor? Or are they capable of learning at like twice the rate of the other species? How many times would an Asari doctor, in their roughly 1000 year lifespan, have to go back into training to keep up with all the latest medical treatment advancements? How much of medicine has become reduced to \"just slap some medigel on it and it'll be fine\"? Coz as great as medigel is, it still isn't a cure-all. Has the existence of medigel significantly reduced the time necessary for someone to become a fully qualified doctor? Please help. I need to decide soon if I want to go to medical school on Sur'Kesh before signing up to the Alliance Navy as a medic or if I want to become an engineer on Palaven so I can help build and design ships for the war effort.", "c_root_id_A": "fuxubvz", "c_root_id_B": "fuxuhha", "created_at_utc_A": 1592253471.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592253548.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "It's a varied approach. Not every doctor needs to know how to treat every condition on every species. Some will undoubtedly be specialists and others general practitioners. By my guess the citadel works by a recommendation process from each nation with some slots for those of merit. Medical research and knowledge is pretty easily available to anyone that requires it but only a handful of doctors will ever need know more than a basic understanding of each race. So every nation will have different requirements to it's medical staff. The asari republics will require nearly a century of training and whereas a salarian doctor may only have 5 to 8 years of studies. VI programs will be relied on heavily in mixed species hospitals having regularly updated databases on medicine and procedures to assist doctors.", "human_ref_B": "> Given that Salarians rarely grow older than 40, how much of their lives are dedicated to just training to become a doctor? Or are they capable of learning at like twice the rate of the other species? Actually, yes. Maybe more, since salarians only need to sleep for an hour or two compared to humans. Their eidetic memories *does* cut down on learning time since they can memorize specialist information faster than other species. > How many times would an Asari doctor, in their roughly 1000 year lifespan, have to go back into training to keep up with all the latest medical treatment advancements? Actually, this is answered in Mass Effect: Andromeda, where Dr Lexi P'Terro mentions that due to their long lifespan and how long asari consider maidens to be children (Liara is considered young and innocent at the age of 112), asari often do what other doctors cannot and diversify through multiple doctorates, being as good at multiple duties as a team of specialists. But a major part of the medical profession *is* keeping up to date with new practices - this is why doctors often go to medical conferences. > How much of medicine has become reduced to \"just slap some medigel on it and it'll be fine\"? Coz as great as medigel is, it still isn't a cure-all. Has the existence of medigel significantly reduced the time necessary for someone to become a fully qualified doctor? Absolutely not - medi-gel is a field medicine used to quickly treat injuries and keep patients stable until they need to go to an actual doctor, but it's both relatively new (it was invented by humans) and is only allowed because it's so useful (it's technically banned due to it's use of genetic engineering and nanomachines but there's nothing nearly as effective so it's given a pass by the council). Doctors may not even use medi-gel, but an ambulance worker will in order to keep a patient stable until they get to the hospital's clinic or emergency room. It's used in gameplay for general battles... but the games don't show the after-mission prep where each squadmate goes to Dr Chakwas for a once-over. Don't go to medical school on Sur'Kesh as the training is more geared towards salarians. If you had to, go to university on a colony world. If you want to become a medic for the Alliance Navy, then apply through the Navy and they'll provide you with the necessary training for a doctorate for all manner of alien species (you'll likely need to perform aid missions, after all).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 77.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ct07l5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[One Punch Man/DC] Could Saitama punch his way out of a dimension like SuperBoy Prime? In one of the DC crisis series SuperBoy Prime is only stopped by locking him in a prison type dimension, which he promptly punches his way out of. Could Saitama achieve the same feat and if so could he do it with one punch?", "c_root_id_A": "exk8p44", "c_root_id_B": "exhzv45", "created_at_utc_A": 1566378879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1566317993.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "This is Saitama we're talking about. He would first try and fail to punch reality itself. Then, he would recall that he left the hotpot on at home, start running in a panic, trip, and rip a hole in reality by tripping.", "human_ref_B": "Of course he could...because that's the joke.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 60886.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ct07l5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[One Punch Man/DC] Could Saitama punch his way out of a dimension like SuperBoy Prime? In one of the DC crisis series SuperBoy Prime is only stopped by locking him in a prison type dimension, which he promptly punches his way out of. Could Saitama achieve the same feat and if so could he do it with one punch?", "c_root_id_A": "exi8wnt", "c_root_id_B": "exk8p44", "created_at_utc_A": 1566323417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1566378879.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Almost certainly. It might take him more than one punch, he has run into problems that needed more than one in the past. He may need to take a few practice swings to figure out how to punch the walls of reality itself.", "human_ref_B": "This is Saitama we're talking about. He would first try and fail to punch reality itself. Then, he would recall that he left the hotpot on at home, start running in a panic, trip, and rip a hole in reality by tripping.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 55462.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ct07l5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[One Punch Man/DC] Could Saitama punch his way out of a dimension like SuperBoy Prime? In one of the DC crisis series SuperBoy Prime is only stopped by locking him in a prison type dimension, which he promptly punches his way out of. Could Saitama achieve the same feat and if so could he do it with one punch?", "c_root_id_A": "exjgk6f", "c_root_id_B": "exk8p44", "created_at_utc_A": 1566349901.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1566378879.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "No", "human_ref_B": "This is Saitama we're talking about. He would first try and fail to punch reality itself. Then, he would recall that he left the hotpot on at home, start running in a panic, trip, and rip a hole in reality by tripping.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28978.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ct07l5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[One Punch Man/DC] Could Saitama punch his way out of a dimension like SuperBoy Prime? In one of the DC crisis series SuperBoy Prime is only stopped by locking him in a prison type dimension, which he promptly punches his way out of. Could Saitama achieve the same feat and if so could he do it with one punch?", "c_root_id_A": "exk8p44", "c_root_id_B": "exibtel", "created_at_utc_A": 1566378879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1566325115.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "This is Saitama we're talking about. He would first try and fail to punch reality itself. Then, he would recall that he left the hotpot on at home, start running in a panic, trip, and rip a hole in reality by tripping.", "human_ref_B": "If he went all out with the first punch, yes. He's never actually used his strongest punch, but he has no limits.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 53764.0, "score_ratio": 12000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ct07l5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[One Punch Man/DC] Could Saitama punch his way out of a dimension like SuperBoy Prime? In one of the DC crisis series SuperBoy Prime is only stopped by locking him in a prison type dimension, which he promptly punches his way out of. Could Saitama achieve the same feat and if so could he do it with one punch?", "c_root_id_A": "exi8wnt", "c_root_id_B": "exhzv45", "created_at_utc_A": 1566323417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1566317993.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Almost certainly. It might take him more than one punch, he has run into problems that needed more than one in the past. He may need to take a few practice swings to figure out how to punch the walls of reality itself.", "human_ref_B": "Of course he could...because that's the joke.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5424.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ct07l5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[One Punch Man/DC] Could Saitama punch his way out of a dimension like SuperBoy Prime? In one of the DC crisis series SuperBoy Prime is only stopped by locking him in a prison type dimension, which he promptly punches his way out of. Could Saitama achieve the same feat and if so could he do it with one punch?", "c_root_id_A": "exjgk6f", "c_root_id_B": "exibtel", "created_at_utc_A": 1566349901.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1566325115.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "No", "human_ref_B": "If he went all out with the first punch, yes. He's never actually used his strongest punch, but he has no limits.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24786.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dju0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Warhammer 40k - Tau] Should we look to the Gue'vesa to help us develop Warp Drives such as they use? What would happen to the Tau if they entered the Warp? As you may know, our ships are much slower than those of our enemies because we have know ability to enter what they call \"the Warp\", this region of chaos and horror. It is a major deficiency, in my mind. But now that many former Imperial worlds have joined the Greater Good, it seems that we might perhaps have a way to gain access to their Navigators. We know that they believe their technology to be magical and worship some \"Machine Spirit\", but if we can gain access to it and reverse engineer it, it might allow us to seize one of their greatest assets. But it does lead me to worry... We know that the denizens of this realm have no interest in us - would this mean that we could more safely travel in this realm than humans or other races that have not yet accepted the mantle of the Greater Good?", "c_root_id_A": "c9r24db", "c_root_id_B": "c9r05nn", "created_at_utc_A": 1367511709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367505993.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Gue'la do possess technology that allows their ships to traverse the warp under protection from the entities that reside there; they refer to this technology as a Gellar field. If our Earth caste were to gain access to this, they will undoubtedly be able integrate its technology onto our vessels. However, gainig access to the warp safely is only half the issue: we must still be able to navigate it. As far as we know, only the Gue'la can reliably guide their vessels through the warp using an unknown racial ability found in a relatively small number of their species; all others must either limit themselves to very short excursions or rely on the entities there to randomly place them where they wish. A much better alternative is the \"Webway\", utilized by the Eldar. There have been reports of another species composed entirely of humanoid kor'vesa using this same method of travel as well. While more difficult to access, it appears to be a much more reliable and controlled technology.", "human_ref_B": "Assuming the Ethereals have no opinion on the matter, no, we should not. If it means treating a machine like a god, it isn't worth it. If it means risking consorting with demons, it isn't worth it. You describe the region as one of chaos and horror, what could be possibly gained from risking exposure to that. What if the Gue'vesa are so mad in their ways *because* they all insist on traveling through their warp.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5716.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ku3vg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] By the speed TAU is progressing will they be able to rival or even get more powerful than imperium? They have shown to be remarkable fast progressor, i heard they were still discovering fire when impreuim was already established and they have already a space faring state, that's very impressive they progress faster than humans which would suggest that they will soon be able to outshine impreuim.", "c_root_id_A": "drh4s9k", "c_root_id_B": "drh5q2d", "created_at_utc_A": 1513699212.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513700219.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "They just don't have the numbers. Even then, once they start getting more and more powerful they will attract the attention of the other races and get kicked all the way back to the pond.", "human_ref_B": "Sure give them another ten or twenty thousand years of uninterrupted development and they may be as strong as DAoT humans were. They won't be given that though as they are surrounded by enemies on all sides and currently their relative weakness is their best shield. When you are dealing with necrons, tyranids, chaos, and orks, the Tau rank pretty low on everyone's priority list. But it's unlikely they will be able to avoid destruction for long as they are in pretty much the worst place they could be bar the eye of terror. Currently there are several tyranid hive fleets in their corner of the galaxy and while their ultimate goal is Terra, due to the astronomicon acting like a gigantic beacon to them, all it's takes is one fleet getting hungry and running through the Tau core worlds to utterly cripple them. Also they have an awakening necron dynasty next door, if they ever start expanding the Tau are screwed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1007.0, "score_ratio": 2.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ku3vg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] By the speed TAU is progressing will they be able to rival or even get more powerful than imperium? They have shown to be remarkable fast progressor, i heard they were still discovering fire when impreuim was already established and they have already a space faring state, that's very impressive they progress faster than humans which would suggest that they will soon be able to outshine impreuim.", "c_root_id_A": "drhpend", "c_root_id_B": "drh4s9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1513720160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513699212.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The thing about the Tau vs the Imperium is that, while it's generally presented as an earnest conflict between an established power and a new up-and-coming civilization, it really isn't. To say that the Imperium outnumbers the Tau, while technically true, misses the point somewhat. The Imperial Guard do not simply outnumber the Tau military. The Imperial Guard do not just outnumber every living Tau. The Imperial Guard, alone, outnumber *every Tau that has ever lived through the history of their civilization*, and if the Tau ever push their luck, every Tau that **will** ever live. The Tau see their fight with the Imperium as a massive conflict that they, but one they have a chance of winning. They saw the stunting of the Imperium's initial crusade as a major victory and proof they could fight back against the Imperium and come out on top. The Imperium saw the conflict as another standard border skirmish that ended when they needed the troops elsewhere, against a real threat. The Tau don't even get mentioned in high-level strategic military discussions. They're a local threat to be dealt with at the sector level, not worthy of the attention of the High Lords. There are probably hundreds of similarly-sized minor civilizations along the borders of the Imperium, the Tau just have a few interesting quirks. If the Tau ever did reveal themselves to be a significant threat to the Imperium, and draw the attention of the full might of the Imperium's war machine... they'd be absolutely, 100%, fucked. Until then, they're simply filthy xeno pests that the Imperium will get around to subjugating once their bigger problems are handled (and they have a **lot** of bigger problems these days).", "human_ref_B": "They just don't have the numbers. Even then, once they start getting more and more powerful they will attract the attention of the other races and get kicked all the way back to the pond.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20948.0, "score_ratio": 1.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ku3vg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] By the speed TAU is progressing will they be able to rival or even get more powerful than imperium? They have shown to be remarkable fast progressor, i heard they were still discovering fire when impreuim was already established and they have already a space faring state, that's very impressive they progress faster than humans which would suggest that they will soon be able to outshine impreuim.", "c_root_id_A": "drhbkfs", "c_root_id_B": "drhpend", "created_at_utc_A": 1513706186.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513720160.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "They had 5000 years of complete and utter unity and peace that may or may not have been accelerated by advanced xenos. They're still stuck in the middle of nowhere desperately trying to survive against whatever an embattled Imperium can spare to toss at the hick space commies while trying to ignore the Q'orl.", "human_ref_B": "The thing about the Tau vs the Imperium is that, while it's generally presented as an earnest conflict between an established power and a new up-and-coming civilization, it really isn't. To say that the Imperium outnumbers the Tau, while technically true, misses the point somewhat. The Imperial Guard do not simply outnumber the Tau military. The Imperial Guard do not just outnumber every living Tau. The Imperial Guard, alone, outnumber *every Tau that has ever lived through the history of their civilization*, and if the Tau ever push their luck, every Tau that **will** ever live. The Tau see their fight with the Imperium as a massive conflict that they, but one they have a chance of winning. They saw the stunting of the Imperium's initial crusade as a major victory and proof they could fight back against the Imperium and come out on top. The Imperium saw the conflict as another standard border skirmish that ended when they needed the troops elsewhere, against a real threat. The Tau don't even get mentioned in high-level strategic military discussions. They're a local threat to be dealt with at the sector level, not worthy of the attention of the High Lords. There are probably hundreds of similarly-sized minor civilizations along the borders of the Imperium, the Tau just have a few interesting quirks. If the Tau ever did reveal themselves to be a significant threat to the Imperium, and draw the attention of the full might of the Imperium's war machine... they'd be absolutely, 100%, fucked. Until then, they're simply filthy xeno pests that the Imperium will get around to subjugating once their bigger problems are handled (and they have a **lot** of bigger problems these days).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13974.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ku3vg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] By the speed TAU is progressing will they be able to rival or even get more powerful than imperium? They have shown to be remarkable fast progressor, i heard they were still discovering fire when impreuim was already established and they have already a space faring state, that's very impressive they progress faster than humans which would suggest that they will soon be able to outshine impreuim.", "c_root_id_A": "drh7rsn", "c_root_id_B": "drhpend", "created_at_utc_A": 1513702343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513720160.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "The Tau have developed and expanded extremely quickly, while the Imperium stagnates. However, the Tau are utterly surrounded by established foes, and the Imperium of Man is ***the*** dominant force in the galaxy. The Tau have a long way to go before they could contend with the biggest kid on the playground.", "human_ref_B": "The thing about the Tau vs the Imperium is that, while it's generally presented as an earnest conflict between an established power and a new up-and-coming civilization, it really isn't. To say that the Imperium outnumbers the Tau, while technically true, misses the point somewhat. The Imperial Guard do not simply outnumber the Tau military. The Imperial Guard do not just outnumber every living Tau. The Imperial Guard, alone, outnumber *every Tau that has ever lived through the history of their civilization*, and if the Tau ever push their luck, every Tau that **will** ever live. The Tau see their fight with the Imperium as a massive conflict that they, but one they have a chance of winning. They saw the stunting of the Imperium's initial crusade as a major victory and proof they could fight back against the Imperium and come out on top. The Imperium saw the conflict as another standard border skirmish that ended when they needed the troops elsewhere, against a real threat. The Tau don't even get mentioned in high-level strategic military discussions. They're a local threat to be dealt with at the sector level, not worthy of the attention of the High Lords. There are probably hundreds of similarly-sized minor civilizations along the borders of the Imperium, the Tau just have a few interesting quirks. If the Tau ever did reveal themselves to be a significant threat to the Imperium, and draw the attention of the full might of the Imperium's war machine... they'd be absolutely, 100%, fucked. Until then, they're simply filthy xeno pests that the Imperium will get around to subjugating once their bigger problems are handled (and they have a **lot** of bigger problems these days).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17817.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ku3vg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] By the speed TAU is progressing will they be able to rival or even get more powerful than imperium? They have shown to be remarkable fast progressor, i heard they were still discovering fire when impreuim was already established and they have already a space faring state, that's very impressive they progress faster than humans which would suggest that they will soon be able to outshine impreuim.", "c_root_id_A": "drhdg9w", "c_root_id_B": "drhpend", "created_at_utc_A": 1513708099.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513720160.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "The Tau are clever. I suspect they are more powerful than they let on. The know about the warp, they have captured humans. I would not be surprised if they could build a warp ship. But they know better. They have strict population control for a reason. If they stay small they know the big races will battle it out. But they still rout the Bugs? How? Because they have more tech than they advertise. In a few hundred years, they won't have the numbers, but I expect their tech to be superior.", "human_ref_B": "The thing about the Tau vs the Imperium is that, while it's generally presented as an earnest conflict between an established power and a new up-and-coming civilization, it really isn't. To say that the Imperium outnumbers the Tau, while technically true, misses the point somewhat. The Imperial Guard do not simply outnumber the Tau military. The Imperial Guard do not just outnumber every living Tau. The Imperial Guard, alone, outnumber *every Tau that has ever lived through the history of their civilization*, and if the Tau ever push their luck, every Tau that **will** ever live. The Tau see their fight with the Imperium as a massive conflict that they, but one they have a chance of winning. They saw the stunting of the Imperium's initial crusade as a major victory and proof they could fight back against the Imperium and come out on top. The Imperium saw the conflict as another standard border skirmish that ended when they needed the troops elsewhere, against a real threat. The Tau don't even get mentioned in high-level strategic military discussions. They're a local threat to be dealt with at the sector level, not worthy of the attention of the High Lords. There are probably hundreds of similarly-sized minor civilizations along the borders of the Imperium, the Tau just have a few interesting quirks. If the Tau ever did reveal themselves to be a significant threat to the Imperium, and draw the attention of the full might of the Imperium's war machine... they'd be absolutely, 100%, fucked. Until then, they're simply filthy xeno pests that the Imperium will get around to subjugating once their bigger problems are handled (and they have a **lot** of bigger problems these days).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12061.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ku3vg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] By the speed TAU is progressing will they be able to rival or even get more powerful than imperium? They have shown to be remarkable fast progressor, i heard they were still discovering fire when impreuim was already established and they have already a space faring state, that's very impressive they progress faster than humans which would suggest that they will soon be able to outshine impreuim.", "c_root_id_A": "drh7rsn", "c_root_id_B": "drhbkfs", "created_at_utc_A": 1513702343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1513706186.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Tau have developed and expanded extremely quickly, while the Imperium stagnates. However, the Tau are utterly surrounded by established foes, and the Imperium of Man is ***the*** dominant force in the galaxy. The Tau have a long way to go before they could contend with the biggest kid on the playground.", "human_ref_B": "They had 5000 years of complete and utter unity and peace that may or may not have been accelerated by advanced xenos. They're still stuck in the middle of nowhere desperately trying to survive against whatever an embattled Imperium can spare to toss at the hick space commies while trying to ignore the Q'orl.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3843.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lusi8f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Everyone brings attention to how Humans are second-class citizens in the T'au Empire, but what about the Kroot, Vespid, and other client species? If the T'au treat aliens differently from their native citizens, do the Kroot and Vespid supposedly get \"mistreated\"? Do the Ethereals control their population growth too? Or do the T'au hold Kroot and Vespid above the Gue'vesa because they have no ties to the hostile Imperium? Where does Imperial propaganda end and truth start?", "c_root_id_A": "gp9xqem", "c_root_id_B": "gpaclun", "created_at_utc_A": 1614581434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614595665.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well, I would guess that given the name \"client species\" gives us a hint, but I don't know enough about the tau. However they do have a rigid cast system, so I don't expect them to be able to move up in society that easily. Never heard of a kroot general leading tau forces", "human_ref_B": "For the most part, Tau and Kroot society don't interact much, as the Kroot already have their own worlds. The Kroot are a mercenary race, and the Tau treat them as so, hiring them for military purposes. From the other side, the Kroot give the Tau preferential treatment due to their alliance. Tau is also the one race the Kroot won't eat out of respect. The Kroot also don't seem to practice any form of the Greater Good. The Vespids and the Tau don't interact at all except for Vespid leaders that wear the communion helmets, their biologies are just too different to allow casual communications. It's highly suspected that the helmets are some sort of control device, as the Vespids are likely a kind of hive mind species, and they all became docile once the leaders put the helmets on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14231.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3lk0jc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What would happen if I tried to join the Orkz? What would happen if I, a 17 year old Male, tried to join the Orkz and fight with them in combat? Would they accept me as one of their own and allow me to fight, would I be shot before I even got to say a word to them, would I be completely ignored, would I be eaten in a heartbeat, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "cv6w4wb", "c_root_id_B": "cv6waix", "created_at_utc_A": 1442669981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1442670490.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "Unless you're a superhuman or insanely experienced combat vet you'll swiftly be killed by the nearest Orks for fun, showing your obvious un-Orkiness.", "human_ref_B": "'Mere, 'umie. Tell ya wut, we make a deel. Yu punch me in da face as 'ard as ya kan. And den, I punch yu in da face as 'ard as I can. If yu nock out more teef dan I do, I'll give ya a choppa, and see if yu kan 'old yer own 'gainst 6 grots. Den, we haff guud drink. Wanna try?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 509.0, "score_ratio": 2.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3lk0jc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What would happen if I tried to join the Orkz? What would happen if I, a 17 year old Male, tried to join the Orkz and fight with them in combat? Would they accept me as one of their own and allow me to fight, would I be shot before I even got to say a word to them, would I be completely ignored, would I be eaten in a heartbeat, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "cv6yiok", "c_root_id_B": "cv72k9c", "created_at_utc_A": 1442676134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1442683872.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Oi, hummie! Iz yor skin green? No? Den itz a beeting for you, ya zoggin doof! I tells ya, dees hummies av no respekt for tradishun.", "human_ref_B": "Choppa to the face.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7738.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3lk0jc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What would happen if I tried to join the Orkz? What would happen if I, a 17 year old Male, tried to join the Orkz and fight with them in combat? Would they accept me as one of their own and allow me to fight, would I be shot before I even got to say a word to them, would I be completely ignored, would I be eaten in a heartbeat, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "cv6yiok", "c_root_id_B": "cv755r8", "created_at_utc_A": 1442676134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1442688690.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Oi, hummie! Iz yor skin green? No? Den itz a beeting for you, ya zoggin doof! I tells ya, dees hummies av no respekt for tradishun.", "human_ref_B": "Even if you were some kind of superior specimen (read: space Marines) the Orks would only be interested in fighting you until they're all dead or you're dead. Ork kultur values not only strength and fighting, but also orkiness. You aren't green, won't be growing any bigger, can't replace your teeth consistently, and probably don't even like squig pies. You have no place in Ork society.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12556.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bteug5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Is there any way to challenge the status quo without being labelled a heretic? Even if it takes years or decades to do so?", "c_root_id_A": "eowt10r", "c_root_id_B": "eowt7fs", "created_at_utc_A": 1558914495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558914560.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Short answer is no unless you amass unimaginable power first. I just don\u2019t see it. The Imperium is too vast and implacable.", "human_ref_B": "Ask Guilliman. He's having a fucking hell of a time and he's *the only living Loyalist Primarch.* Besides the Emperor Himself waking up, you literally could not find a higher authority. And he's still getting in arguments with the Ecclesiarchy. So, yeah, no. You're not changing shit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 65.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9a89aw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[warhammer 40k] is there anyone in the warhammer 40k universe that could watch \"if the emperor had text to speech\" and not be offended? i personaly cant think of anyone , this doesnt seem like the most jokey universe , im honestly surprise none of the primarchs ever told the emperor to go fuck itself", "c_root_id_A": "e4trskk", "c_root_id_B": "e4tkwas", "created_at_utc_A": 1535228194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535221269.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Orks might go \"Oh so that's why the 'umies like dat emprah guy, e'z funny!\"", "human_ref_B": "The Eldar would probably get a chuckle, honestly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6925.0, "score_ratio": 1.2631578947, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9a89aw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[warhammer 40k] is there anyone in the warhammer 40k universe that could watch \"if the emperor had text to speech\" and not be offended? i personaly cant think of anyone , this doesnt seem like the most jokey universe , im honestly surprise none of the primarchs ever told the emperor to go fuck itself", "c_root_id_A": "e4trskk", "c_root_id_B": "e4tne9z", "created_at_utc_A": 1535228194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535223721.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Orks might go \"Oh so that's why the 'umies like dat emprah guy, e'z funny!\"", "human_ref_B": "Commander Shadowsun would probably be annoyed at watching her ex run around a screen for a few hours", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4473.0, "score_ratio": 2.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9a89aw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[warhammer 40k] is there anyone in the warhammer 40k universe that could watch \"if the emperor had text to speech\" and not be offended? i personaly cant think of anyone , this doesnt seem like the most jokey universe , im honestly surprise none of the primarchs ever told the emperor to go fuck itself", "c_root_id_A": "e4vnzz0", "c_root_id_B": "e4ujj0l", "created_at_utc_A": 1535314372.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535258316.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Emperor himself might get some catharsis from the premise, even if he's not too fond of the characterisation.", "human_ref_B": "Ciaphas Cain probably considering he has a distaste for \u201cEmperor botherers.\u201d", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 56056.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bc2iv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "40K] So if the Imperium still relies on paper on the 40th Millennia, what was the case during The Great Crusade? The technology was generally more advanced back then. And I'm referring to this post. http://reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3b66m8/warhammer_40kwhy_trench_warfare/csjkgis \"They could but the underlying infrastructure is terrible. As in [this is how their commanders view reports in battle. Note the Titan in the background, this isnt some random dude, this is a very high ranking officer with access to all the available equipment and he still uses paper. They have entire ships dedicated to delivering paperwork to Terra for it to be signed and then sent out again. Their backlog is literally centuries old and in some cases millennia. IoM is like a horrible cross between US triplicate forms and Soviet vastness levels of terrible.\" And how are the Space Marines doing their tactical/strategic planning? Or the Imperial bureaucracy?", "c_root_id_A": "cskz9r6", "c_root_id_B": "csl433h", "created_at_utc_A": 1435451590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435462806.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Not all commanders get their reports on paper. Go read literally any of the IG books in the Black Library.", "human_ref_B": "Hey thats me! So ill try to answer this as best i can. During the Great Crusade the IoM was actually smaller and much more simple. All they needed to do was expand outwards and the Primarchs were given relative autonomy so all information was really heading inwards as opposed to everywhere. This meant that the bureaucracy had a much easier time of logging and keeping records of everything. They also had data-cores that are still found on ships now however these data-cores are limited in terms of distance as they still rely on physical interfaces to draw data from the cores (which is why you still need expeditions into Space Hulks/Forge Worlds/Mars to physically take the information back from old data-cores to be decoded) Then there are the members of the Mechanicus to required to interface with the more powerful/complex communication networks (lest they anger the Machine Spirit) so like soldiers they prefer stuff that is less complex i.e. paper. For example a regiment can have a holographic communication's system that has a very high resolution, the problem being is that it requires a Mechanicus member to work it (and even then the thing breaks often) as well as the signal being interrupted by everything (the warp is an asshole in the physical world too). Paper is simply more reliable since the signals have less chance of being scrambled. We also have issues of size. In our current world we can have communication's suites the size of a room for an entire campaign fit into a truck. In 40k they need entire buildings for the communications networks, its simply too big to be portable. In one of the Space Wolf novels, the command headquarters is described as being a complex with many bits and pieces to work it that were built into it and thus non-portable. The Holographic projection mentioned above again is the size of a room, and thats for communication across planet let alone star systems (for which all we need is a satellite phone). They also have Astropaths (think i got the name right) who can use their mental powers to send messages but in doing so across great distances they can literally kill themselves doing it. These messages can also be intercepted and then modified by skilled Astropaths like when Horus changed Leman's message to burn prospero not just take in Cyclops dude. Add in interference from the warp and its a very unreliable system despite being the longest and fastest method (also expensive in terms of lives). It takes decades to train up an Astropath to be competent and there are schools dedicated to learning how to actually send legible messages so its labour intensive as well So with the Warp, distance and signal quality being an issue, physical forms of record keeping are simply more reliable. In the Great Crusade they had the same technology, its just back then things were much more simple in terms of the logistical chains, once set into a system of maintenance and became more intricate things became more complicated. Technology hasnt advanced by the IoM has grown in size bureaucratically as well physically meaning efficiency has degraded as a result. As a general once said \"winning the war is the easy part\". EDIT: In clarifying my original comment, on a squad/platoon/regimental level they dont use those giant paperwork machines, their chimera/personal comms are more than adequate (standard equipment for an IG soldier includes a personal comm bud). Going larger however is the issue since the equipment cant handle the volume and the signal can get corrupted over range so they have to resort to the most basic of technology which is just words instead of voices.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11216.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bc2iv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "40K] So if the Imperium still relies on paper on the 40th Millennia, what was the case during The Great Crusade? The technology was generally more advanced back then. And I'm referring to this post. http://reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3b66m8/warhammer_40kwhy_trench_warfare/csjkgis \"They could but the underlying infrastructure is terrible. As in [this is how their commanders view reports in battle. Note the Titan in the background, this isnt some random dude, this is a very high ranking officer with access to all the available equipment and he still uses paper. They have entire ships dedicated to delivering paperwork to Terra for it to be signed and then sent out again. Their backlog is literally centuries old and in some cases millennia. IoM is like a horrible cross between US triplicate forms and Soviet vastness levels of terrible.\" And how are the Space Marines doing their tactical/strategic planning? Or the Imperial bureaucracy?", "c_root_id_A": "csm31ns", "c_root_id_B": "cskz9r6", "created_at_utc_A": 1435551704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435451590.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Data slates which are essentially glorified iPads are very common in the imperium. They are practically expendable. The reason you see paper so much is for several different reasons. You can't really do holy seals with tablets so all of that is paper. Official documents are often paper for the same reason they are today and in the battlefield depending on the circumstances paper maps and such may just be more practical.", "human_ref_B": "Not all commanders get their reports on paper. Go read literally any of the IG books in the Black Library.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 100114.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bc2iv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "40K] So if the Imperium still relies on paper on the 40th Millennia, what was the case during The Great Crusade? The technology was generally more advanced back then. And I'm referring to this post. http://reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3b66m8/warhammer_40kwhy_trench_warfare/csjkgis \"They could but the underlying infrastructure is terrible. As in [this is how their commanders view reports in battle. Note the Titan in the background, this isnt some random dude, this is a very high ranking officer with access to all the available equipment and he still uses paper. They have entire ships dedicated to delivering paperwork to Terra for it to be signed and then sent out again. Their backlog is literally centuries old and in some cases millennia. IoM is like a horrible cross between US triplicate forms and Soviet vastness levels of terrible.\" And how are the Space Marines doing their tactical/strategic planning? Or the Imperial bureaucracy?", "c_root_id_A": "csldks5", "c_root_id_B": "csm31ns", "created_at_utc_A": 1435497938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435551704.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Long term data storage has been a problem since pre-unification, which in part contribute to the loss of ancient technologies over the millennia. On the one hand all types of electronic storage have short lifetimes, even ancient forms like optical disks arent likely to last more than a century or two. While that seems like a long time for humans its a blink in the long and glorious imperial history. On the other hand, high quality hard copies can last basically forever with proper handling, but they are large and cumbersome and more likely to be destroyed in fires and floods.", "human_ref_B": "Data slates which are essentially glorified iPads are very common in the imperium. They are practically expendable. The reason you see paper so much is for several different reasons. You can't really do holy seals with tablets so all of that is paper. Official documents are often paper for the same reason they are today and in the battlefield depending on the circumstances paper maps and such may just be more practical.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 53766.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bc2iv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "40K] So if the Imperium still relies on paper on the 40th Millennia, what was the case during The Great Crusade? The technology was generally more advanced back then. And I'm referring to this post. http://reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3b66m8/warhammer_40kwhy_trench_warfare/csjkgis \"They could but the underlying infrastructure is terrible. As in [this is how their commanders view reports in battle. Note the Titan in the background, this isnt some random dude, this is a very high ranking officer with access to all the available equipment and he still uses paper. They have entire ships dedicated to delivering paperwork to Terra for it to be signed and then sent out again. Their backlog is literally centuries old and in some cases millennia. IoM is like a horrible cross between US triplicate forms and Soviet vastness levels of terrible.\" And how are the Space Marines doing their tactical/strategic planning? Or the Imperial bureaucracy?", "c_root_id_A": "cslik6o", "c_root_id_B": "csm31ns", "created_at_utc_A": 1435510234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435551704.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "they dont solely relie on paper. In the eisenhorn books, he used dataslates a lot more then paper. In my head, a dataslate is like a pad. So they probably used more advanced dataslates during the great crusade", "human_ref_B": "Data slates which are essentially glorified iPads are very common in the imperium. They are practically expendable. The reason you see paper so much is for several different reasons. You can't really do holy seals with tablets so all of that is paper. Official documents are often paper for the same reason they are today and in the battlefield depending on the circumstances paper maps and such may just be more practical.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41470.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bc2iv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "40K] So if the Imperium still relies on paper on the 40th Millennia, what was the case during The Great Crusade? The technology was generally more advanced back then. And I'm referring to this post. http://reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3b66m8/warhammer_40kwhy_trench_warfare/csjkgis \"They could but the underlying infrastructure is terrible. As in [this is how their commanders view reports in battle. Note the Titan in the background, this isnt some random dude, this is a very high ranking officer with access to all the available equipment and he still uses paper. They have entire ships dedicated to delivering paperwork to Terra for it to be signed and then sent out again. Their backlog is literally centuries old and in some cases millennia. IoM is like a horrible cross between US triplicate forms and Soviet vastness levels of terrible.\" And how are the Space Marines doing their tactical/strategic planning? Or the Imperial bureaucracy?", "c_root_id_A": "csm31ns", "c_root_id_B": "cslalsy", "created_at_utc_A": 1435551704.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435484655.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Data slates which are essentially glorified iPads are very common in the imperium. They are practically expendable. The reason you see paper so much is for several different reasons. You can't really do holy seals with tablets so all of that is paper. Official documents are often paper for the same reason they are today and in the battlefield depending on the circumstances paper maps and such may just be more practical.", "human_ref_B": "Super high tech paper.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 67049.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bc2iv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "40K] So if the Imperium still relies on paper on the 40th Millennia, what was the case during The Great Crusade? The technology was generally more advanced back then. And I'm referring to this post. http://reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3b66m8/warhammer_40kwhy_trench_warfare/csjkgis \"They could but the underlying infrastructure is terrible. As in [this is how their commanders view reports in battle. Note the Titan in the background, this isnt some random dude, this is a very high ranking officer with access to all the available equipment and he still uses paper. They have entire ships dedicated to delivering paperwork to Terra for it to be signed and then sent out again. Their backlog is literally centuries old and in some cases millennia. IoM is like a horrible cross between US triplicate forms and Soviet vastness levels of terrible.\" And how are the Space Marines doing their tactical/strategic planning? Or the Imperial bureaucracy?", "c_root_id_A": "csldks5", "c_root_id_B": "cslalsy", "created_at_utc_A": 1435497938.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435484655.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Long term data storage has been a problem since pre-unification, which in part contribute to the loss of ancient technologies over the millennia. On the one hand all types of electronic storage have short lifetimes, even ancient forms like optical disks arent likely to last more than a century or two. While that seems like a long time for humans its a blink in the long and glorious imperial history. On the other hand, high quality hard copies can last basically forever with proper handling, but they are large and cumbersome and more likely to be destroyed in fires and floods.", "human_ref_B": "Super high tech paper.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13283.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bc2iv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "40K] So if the Imperium still relies on paper on the 40th Millennia, what was the case during The Great Crusade? The technology was generally more advanced back then. And I'm referring to this post. http://reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/3b66m8/warhammer_40kwhy_trench_warfare/csjkgis \"They could but the underlying infrastructure is terrible. As in [this is how their commanders view reports in battle. Note the Titan in the background, this isnt some random dude, this is a very high ranking officer with access to all the available equipment and he still uses paper. They have entire ships dedicated to delivering paperwork to Terra for it to be signed and then sent out again. Their backlog is literally centuries old and in some cases millennia. IoM is like a horrible cross between US triplicate forms and Soviet vastness levels of terrible.\" And how are the Space Marines doing their tactical/strategic planning? Or the Imperial bureaucracy?", "c_root_id_A": "cslalsy", "c_root_id_B": "cslik6o", "created_at_utc_A": 1435484655.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435510234.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Super high tech paper.", "human_ref_B": "they dont solely relie on paper. In the eisenhorn books, he used dataslates a lot more then paper. In my head, a dataslate is like a pad. So they probably used more advanced dataslates during the great crusade", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25579.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6ffdsg", "c_root_id_B": "i6f82x3", "created_at_utc_A": 1651081699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651078825.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Pop quiz: how many places within one jump of your current location can make a working fusion engine? The dollar cost of a mech can be deceptive. On paper, a light mech and a medium tank cost roughly the same. In practice, the parts and mechanics to keep the Demon running can be found in a **lot** more places. Any shitball planet with a tractor shop can keep a tank or APC fleet operational, but not a lot of places can build mech-scale fusion engines or service myomer bundles. Expensive parts, expensive employees, gear that might literally not be made anymore and more are problems that confront mech operations.", "human_ref_B": "Mechs are expensive. Tanks are not. The may require the same amount of raw material but a mech requires so much more finesse in its construction. They need gyroscopes and stabilizers to keep upright while a tank just needs to keep its treads facing downwards. Tanks are still useful. More battles than you realize rely on infantry and tanks and they can still be useful as support for other mechs in larger conflicts. Plus, their lower profile makes them harder targets to hit. War is more than bringing the biggest gun to the battlefield. A mech may be able to beat a tank and a tank can run over soldier but a single person with a rocket launcher can take out both. If you don't mind crossing universes- the original 'Mobile Suit Gundam' series has great examples of this. There is an episode where The Gundam was nearly taken out when a handful of dudes on hover bikes rushed up and stuck C4 all over its frame. One of the most powerful mobile suits in the series (at the time) would have been destroyed if they didn't retreat and take time to disarm them all.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2874.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6f7n6v", "c_root_id_B": "i6ffdsg", "created_at_utc_A": 1651078658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651081699.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VkvnoIj7K4. all will be explained", "human_ref_B": "Pop quiz: how many places within one jump of your current location can make a working fusion engine? The dollar cost of a mech can be deceptive. On paper, a light mech and a medium tank cost roughly the same. In practice, the parts and mechanics to keep the Demon running can be found in a **lot** more places. Any shitball planet with a tractor shop can keep a tank or APC fleet operational, but not a lot of places can build mech-scale fusion engines or service myomer bundles. Expensive parts, expensive employees, gear that might literally not be made anymore and more are problems that confront mech operations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3041.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6fbha8", "c_root_id_B": "i6ffdsg", "created_at_utc_A": 1651080160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651081699.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "A ton of Mech costs a lot more than a ton of tank, and MechWarriors are peak-human combatants. That's why. I lose 20 tanks and their mundane crews to destroy a single Mech and capture or kill its supersoldier pilot, I win that exchange.", "human_ref_B": "Pop quiz: how many places within one jump of your current location can make a working fusion engine? The dollar cost of a mech can be deceptive. On paper, a light mech and a medium tank cost roughly the same. In practice, the parts and mechanics to keep the Demon running can be found in a **lot** more places. Any shitball planet with a tractor shop can keep a tank or APC fleet operational, but not a lot of places can build mech-scale fusion engines or service myomer bundles. Expensive parts, expensive employees, gear that might literally not be made anymore and more are problems that confront mech operations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1539.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6f82x3", "c_root_id_B": "i6f7n6v", "created_at_utc_A": 1651078825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651078658.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Mechs are expensive. Tanks are not. The may require the same amount of raw material but a mech requires so much more finesse in its construction. They need gyroscopes and stabilizers to keep upright while a tank just needs to keep its treads facing downwards. Tanks are still useful. More battles than you realize rely on infantry and tanks and they can still be useful as support for other mechs in larger conflicts. Plus, their lower profile makes them harder targets to hit. War is more than bringing the biggest gun to the battlefield. A mech may be able to beat a tank and a tank can run over soldier but a single person with a rocket launcher can take out both. If you don't mind crossing universes- the original 'Mobile Suit Gundam' series has great examples of this. There is an episode where The Gundam was nearly taken out when a handful of dudes on hover bikes rushed up and stuck C4 all over its frame. One of the most powerful mobile suits in the series (at the time) would have been destroyed if they didn't retreat and take time to disarm them all.", "human_ref_B": "Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VkvnoIj7K4. all will be explained", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 167.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6f7n6v", "c_root_id_B": "i6fg5jk", "created_at_utc_A": 1651078658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651082008.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VkvnoIj7K4. all will be explained", "human_ref_B": "Because tanks are better. BattleMechs are little more than oversized toys for the stupid, a smart commander puts those resources into dozens of tanks per mech. A Gauss wrecks your shit mounted on treads or legs, and treads means you get many more of them. Sure the tanks pop easier but they\u2019re replaced just as easily with crews you can drum up in a few days. Plus there\u2019s nothing funnier than watching some arrogant rich boy who was literally bred for combat get his cockpit holed by a pair of drunken farmers who stuck a sniper cannon on a tractor a week ago.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3350.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6fbha8", "c_root_id_B": "i6fg5jk", "created_at_utc_A": 1651080160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651082008.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "A ton of Mech costs a lot more than a ton of tank, and MechWarriors are peak-human combatants. That's why. I lose 20 tanks and their mundane crews to destroy a single Mech and capture or kill its supersoldier pilot, I win that exchange.", "human_ref_B": "Because tanks are better. BattleMechs are little more than oversized toys for the stupid, a smart commander puts those resources into dozens of tanks per mech. A Gauss wrecks your shit mounted on treads or legs, and treads means you get many more of them. Sure the tanks pop easier but they\u2019re replaced just as easily with crews you can drum up in a few days. Plus there\u2019s nothing funnier than watching some arrogant rich boy who was literally bred for combat get his cockpit holed by a pair of drunken farmers who stuck a sniper cannon on a tractor a week ago.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1848.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6fru8i", "c_root_id_B": "i6if7gr", "created_at_utc_A": 1651086671.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651135618.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to varied reasons of: cost, production limits and limited numbers of pilots with suitable talents, you cannot make an army entirely of Mechs. So tanks and other vehicles (and infantry) fill in the gaps. No one expects the tanks to be as good as Mechs, but they serve their purpose and can be helpful.", "human_ref_B": "Tanks are much, much cheaper to make. Just about any world with access to iron can set up a tank factory. The equipment required to build mechs is far more specialized, rare, and expensive.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48947.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6jbpmq", "c_root_id_B": "i6fru8i", "created_at_utc_A": 1651155585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651086671.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Cost, mostly. You could probably buy four best-up but still functional Scorpion tanks for the price of that Urbanmech. And yeah they\u2019re gonna get blown up but before they do they can sling some AC/5 rounds down range! Real talk, Tanks and other vehicles are good for defense forces and garrisons. They\u2019re cheap, easy to maintain, and they\u2019ll usually have a pre-defined Area of Engagement they can be set up and armed for. BattleMechs are much better for an offensive force, as they likely have to move through and fight in all sorts of different terrain. Versatility and the ability to easily traverse rough terrain is where mechs shine.", "human_ref_B": "Due to varied reasons of: cost, production limits and limited numbers of pilots with suitable talents, you cannot make an army entirely of Mechs. So tanks and other vehicles (and infantry) fill in the gaps. No one expects the tanks to be as good as Mechs, but they serve their purpose and can be helpful.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 68914.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ud7s5b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Battletech] Why does the Inner Sphere construct tanks, when BattleMechs exist? So I'm the commander of a mercenary BattleMech company and I have been scoring easy kills on Tanks, PPC-Carriers, and LRM-Platforms for my entire career. On the battlefield, they aren't so much of a 'threat' but a 'nuisance'. Whenever one of my mechwarriors loses a component to a tank, it's considered embarrassing. So imagine my surprise when I learned that even light tanks can register at 30 tons; The equivalent of an Urban Mech! Given that tanks seem to require the same amount of raw materials, and requires a *crew* instead of a single mech-warrior, the production of tanks seems like a bad investment of materials and industrial resources. So what gives? Why build entire fleets of seemingly-obsolete battle vehicles?", "c_root_id_A": "i6fru8i", "c_root_id_B": "i6jk0ps", "created_at_utc_A": 1651086671.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651159029.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to varied reasons of: cost, production limits and limited numbers of pilots with suitable talents, you cannot make an army entirely of Mechs. So tanks and other vehicles (and infantry) fill in the gaps. No one expects the tanks to be as good as Mechs, but they serve their purpose and can be helpful.", "human_ref_B": "Tanks are honestly more cost effective*. The Battlemech is so important because drop capacity is limited. The Mech is the best way to pack the most effective weaponry into a limited drop space. Even in the golden age of the Star League this was true though the SLDF favoured combined arms much more than the Successor States in 3025 where space ships were basically treated as magic. So if you are going to garrison a planet you are going to use a lot of tanks. If you are going to invade a planet you are going to prefer mechs. FWIW the Federated Suns famously favoured combined arms more than any of their rivals and they are largely seen as having the best military of the Successor States. *this is true in the table top rules as well. The most efficient way to build an army is to spam hover tanks IIRC.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 72358.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2yek8s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[40K] What if the Adeptus Mechanicus figured out how to manipulate and create Necrodermis? Would the descorvert effect the greater Imperium or would they hord the knowledge and use it for advancing their own goals? I figure that they would use it as they have been known to use Necron tech before such as the C'tan Phase Swords.", "c_root_id_A": "cpa4uj2", "c_root_id_B": "cp9g2o8", "created_at_utc_A": 1425985875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425930801.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It would not be the inquisition who deal with him. The inquisition cant even speak the Binary language of Mars. The adeptus mechanicus has its own Intenral affairs system and its own doctrine of what counts as heresy. Manipulating xenos tech, of course, is serious heresy. The Tech priest involved would have all his cybernetic implants removed, his memories wiped and he spends the rest of his quasi-senteint life as a servitor", "human_ref_B": "They would basically become \"imperial\" necrons", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 55074.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2yek8s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[40K] What if the Adeptus Mechanicus figured out how to manipulate and create Necrodermis? Would the descorvert effect the greater Imperium or would they hord the knowledge and use it for advancing their own goals? I figure that they would use it as they have been known to use Necron tech before such as the C'tan Phase Swords.", "c_root_id_A": "cpcawd8", "c_root_id_B": "cp9g2o8", "created_at_utc_A": 1426139079.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425930801.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Basically this before it got incorporated because your using xenos tech.", "human_ref_B": "They would basically become \"imperial\" necrons", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 208278.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hsp57x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Would be possible to develop a biological weapon that kills only Orks and their spores?", "c_root_id_A": "fybw67z", "c_root_id_B": "fybw1ij", "created_at_utc_A": 1594961501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594961404.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "You'd have to beat the bioengineering capabilities of the Old Ones, who created most life in the Milky Way including probably your species.", "human_ref_B": "Probably not. Orkz are a genetically engineered bioweapon, and all of them have a minor connection to the warp (this is why their red vehicles travel faster, they believe it to be true and so it is...for them). Them being a genetically engineered bioweapon means that they are very very hard to actually affect with a disease. Their connection to the warp also means that their genetics are liable to shift, especially if they believe that particular orcs should be resistant, or that a disease isn't letting them fight properly (they worship their gods mork and gork by fighting). It's possible that nurgle could do it, as a good number of his diseases are functionally impossible anyways, It's also possible the big G could manage since he can produce feats of genetic engineering well beyond the comprehension of us mere mortals But to our understanding of the universe, a targeted plague is impossible.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 97.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6hk2dk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[World of Warcraft & Warhammer] Can someone explains the difference between the Orcs of these two series? Also which would win in an all out fight? I've always been curious about different orcs from different franchises. So give me all the differences and likenesses you have. Also are the Orks of 40K any different? I'm fascinated to find out!", "c_root_id_A": "diz2gcl", "c_root_id_B": "dizoxeu", "created_at_utc_A": 1497593264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1497631863.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Orks are what orcs were supposed to be before Blizzard retconned them into being misunderstood good guys.", "human_ref_B": "I haven't seen any answers yet that actually compare the factions, so: Warcraft: naturally strong and tough, live primitively but aren't truly \"savage\" unless corrupted by fel. They're good leaders and built up an empire on Azeroth as well as uniting the Horde. All in all, probably the most civilized orcs in any franchise. Warhammer Fantasy: incredibly strong and tough, the most primitive faction besides things like ogres. They have a caste system that's mostly dependent on strength, but also biology (ie, black orcs>big orcs> orc boys> goblins). Very poor at establishing towns or functioning settlements, and they really don't associate with any other species, everybody is an adversary to them. 40k Orkz: like fantasy orcs cranked up to 100. These guys are bio-engineered warriors meant to overrun planets and are almost impossible to remove. They're fungal-based, and will reproduce from spores released during combat. In addition, the average ork is extremely tough, and will easily shrug off loss of limbs or explosive impacts. They have a latent psychic connection that empowers the horde as more orkz gather. Again, they struggle to build societies, though Orkz of great size and intellect can build empires that span star systems. It's also notable that the Orkz live for battle, but aren't evil, they fight for joy, but are brutal to their opponents.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38599.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8y5nfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What if the Ad Mech became more liberal after the Heresy? Like non of the \"You made something new?!\" \"Tech-Heresy!\" **PLASMA GUN NOISE**", "c_root_id_A": "e28cntl", "c_root_id_B": "e28r9aw", "created_at_utc_A": 1531361622.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531380380.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Anything new they discover is just classified as a modification. Since the imperium is the most popular side they have way more new tech than most sides. If they became super liberal, maybe tech advances faster, or maybe they accidentally create an insane AI that destroys everyone.", "human_ref_B": "a large part about why they are so careful about making something new is becasue its incredibly dangerus to make something new. so much knowledge is lost, so if you were to make an improvement to a land raider, its possible that that activates some long forgotten and hidden scrap code which turns it into a murderus decepticon. the tech heresy part is partly there to keep things safe", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18758.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8y5nfw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] What if the Ad Mech became more liberal after the Heresy? Like non of the \"You made something new?!\" \"Tech-Heresy!\" **PLASMA GUN NOISE**", "c_root_id_A": "e297i55", "c_root_id_B": "e28uc19", "created_at_utc_A": 1531404531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1531386201.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "One important thing to remember about the Heresy is that the AdMech broke down into (essentially) a war between is Liberal and its Conservative wings. It wasn't a perfect break because Cawl stayed in as part of the 'loyalists' and he's about as liberal a tech adept as you get without wonton heresy; but overall the lines in the sand were drawn. A liberal AdMech win leads to chaos-investigation to try and capture the most powerful force for energy and innovation in the galaxy: the warp. A Conservative win leads to a narrow-minded focus on mass production above any innovation. Lucky for the Imperium mass production won out over crazy technology, but it was a close-run thing. In some ways, I would say that the AdMech is more liberal than people give it credit for: it's not easy coordinating logistics across a galaxy fraught with inconsistent and slow travel. They still send out Explorator teams, they still 'tinker' with their STCs to 'try and find efficiency improvements', and by all accounts Forgeworlds are adopting Cawl's new weapon production methods surprisingly quickly. Unfettered innovation leads to danger in a world where the shadows whisper lies and sweet traps into your ear, so a liberal AdMech would probably be a disaster for humanity.", "human_ref_B": "They would have broken with the Imperium and doomed both to swift death. The more \"free\" thinkers in the Mechanicus tend towards seeking freedom from the likes of the Imperium and their Emperor. Remember: An open mind is like a fortress, with its gates unbarred and unguarded.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18330.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9l5dt", "c_root_id_B": "cj9r6kp", "created_at_utc_A": 1406509192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406522951.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Too much dakka? Yes! But only on the receiving end Enough dakka? No.", "human_ref_B": "A Big Mek-Boss once had a thunk that maybe there could be 'enough dakka'. Possessing no ready concept of 'consequences' or 'safety' or even of what 'enough dakka' might look like if he found it, the Mek-Boss constructed two epic devices, festooned with big shootas and rokkit launchas and combi-weapons of all varieties. Painted the brightest yellow, these two devices were positioned pointing at each-other, in a configuration the Big Mek called a 'Supah-Dakka-Collidah'. With his enormous WAAUGH! for an audience, the Mek-Boss fired the weapons. To this day, the site of the experiment is a massive void in space, manifesting even in the cosmic background radiation. And yet, later generations of Mekboyz look back on the experiment (to the limited extent which Orks possess hindsight, or any other ability to reflect on the past) and declare 'Needz more Dakka!'", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13759.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9q1vn", "c_root_id_B": "cj9r6kp", "created_at_utc_A": 1406520164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406522951.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "If you were to create a gun larger than the observable universe, completely covered in guns, all of which fire smaller guns, which in turn fire smaller guns, which fire galaxies made of black holes and antimatter at FTL speeds, you would still not have enough Dakka. It's not possible.", "human_ref_B": "A Big Mek-Boss once had a thunk that maybe there could be 'enough dakka'. Possessing no ready concept of 'consequences' or 'safety' or even of what 'enough dakka' might look like if he found it, the Mek-Boss constructed two epic devices, festooned with big shootas and rokkit launchas and combi-weapons of all varieties. Painted the brightest yellow, these two devices were positioned pointing at each-other, in a configuration the Big Mek called a 'Supah-Dakka-Collidah'. With his enormous WAAUGH! for an audience, the Mek-Boss fired the weapons. To this day, the site of the experiment is a massive void in space, manifesting even in the cosmic background radiation. And yet, later generations of Mekboyz look back on the experiment (to the limited extent which Orks possess hindsight, or any other ability to reflect on the past) and declare 'Needz more Dakka!'", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2787.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9qcl7", "c_root_id_B": "cj9r6kp", "created_at_utc_A": 1406520869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406522951.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "If you 'az ta ask, you'z ain't Orky enuff.", "human_ref_B": "A Big Mek-Boss once had a thunk that maybe there could be 'enough dakka'. Possessing no ready concept of 'consequences' or 'safety' or even of what 'enough dakka' might look like if he found it, the Mek-Boss constructed two epic devices, festooned with big shootas and rokkit launchas and combi-weapons of all varieties. Painted the brightest yellow, these two devices were positioned pointing at each-other, in a configuration the Big Mek called a 'Supah-Dakka-Collidah'. With his enormous WAAUGH! for an audience, the Mek-Boss fired the weapons. To this day, the site of the experiment is a massive void in space, manifesting even in the cosmic background radiation. And yet, later generations of Mekboyz look back on the experiment (to the limited extent which Orks possess hindsight, or any other ability to reflect on the past) and declare 'Needz more Dakka!'", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2082.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9otcx", "c_root_id_B": "cj9r6kp", "created_at_utc_A": 1406517309.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406522951.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "I don't understand the question. 'Enough' dakka? Impossible.", "human_ref_B": "A Big Mek-Boss once had a thunk that maybe there could be 'enough dakka'. Possessing no ready concept of 'consequences' or 'safety' or even of what 'enough dakka' might look like if he found it, the Mek-Boss constructed two epic devices, festooned with big shootas and rokkit launchas and combi-weapons of all varieties. Painted the brightest yellow, these two devices were positioned pointing at each-other, in a configuration the Big Mek called a 'Supah-Dakka-Collidah'. With his enormous WAAUGH! for an audience, the Mek-Boss fired the weapons. To this day, the site of the experiment is a massive void in space, manifesting even in the cosmic background radiation. And yet, later generations of Mekboyz look back on the experiment (to the limited extent which Orks possess hindsight, or any other ability to reflect on the past) and declare 'Needz more Dakka!'", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5642.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9r6kp", "c_root_id_B": "cj9l1yq", "created_at_utc_A": 1406522951.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406508970.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A Big Mek-Boss once had a thunk that maybe there could be 'enough dakka'. Possessing no ready concept of 'consequences' or 'safety' or even of what 'enough dakka' might look like if he found it, the Mek-Boss constructed two epic devices, festooned with big shootas and rokkit launchas and combi-weapons of all varieties. Painted the brightest yellow, these two devices were positioned pointing at each-other, in a configuration the Big Mek called a 'Supah-Dakka-Collidah'. With his enormous WAAUGH! for an audience, the Mek-Boss fired the weapons. To this day, the site of the experiment is a massive void in space, manifesting even in the cosmic background radiation. And yet, later generations of Mekboyz look back on the experiment (to the limited extent which Orks possess hindsight, or any other ability to reflect on the past) and declare 'Needz more Dakka!'", "human_ref_B": "WAAAAAAGH!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13981.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9l5dt", "c_root_id_B": "cj9l1yq", "created_at_utc_A": 1406509192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406508970.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Too much dakka? Yes! But only on the receiving end Enough dakka? No.", "human_ref_B": "WAAAAAAGH!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 222.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9q1vn", "c_root_id_B": "cj9qcl7", "created_at_utc_A": 1406520164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406520869.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If you were to create a gun larger than the observable universe, completely covered in guns, all of which fire smaller guns, which in turn fire smaller guns, which fire galaxies made of black holes and antimatter at FTL speeds, you would still not have enough Dakka. It's not possible.", "human_ref_B": "If you 'az ta ask, you'z ain't Orky enuff.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 705.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9l1yq", "c_root_id_B": "cj9q1vn", "created_at_utc_A": 1406508970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406520164.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "WAAAAAAGH!", "human_ref_B": "If you were to create a gun larger than the observable universe, completely covered in guns, all of which fire smaller guns, which in turn fire smaller guns, which fire galaxies made of black holes and antimatter at FTL speeds, you would still not have enough Dakka. It's not possible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11194.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9qcl7", "c_root_id_B": "cj9otcx", "created_at_utc_A": 1406520869.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406517309.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If you 'az ta ask, you'z ain't Orky enuff.", "human_ref_B": "I don't understand the question. 'Enough' dakka? Impossible.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3560.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9l1yq", "c_root_id_B": "cj9qcl7", "created_at_utc_A": 1406508970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406520869.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "WAAAAAAGH!", "human_ref_B": "If you 'az ta ask, you'z ain't Orky enuff.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11899.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9l1yq", "c_root_id_B": "cj9otcx", "created_at_utc_A": 1406508970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406517309.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "WAAAAAAGH!", "human_ref_B": "I don't understand the question. 'Enough' dakka? Impossible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8339.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2bwfsc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "(40K) is there ever enough Dakka?", "c_root_id_A": "cj9l1yq", "c_root_id_B": "cj9u6km", "created_at_utc_A": 1406508970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1406532518.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "WAAAAAAGH!", "human_ref_B": "\"Enough\" and \"Dakka\" are mutually exclusive. If there exists someone who has the ability to ask \"is there enough dakka?\" there probably isn't enough dakka, because there can never be enough dakka. As you may expect, \"too much dakka\" is pretty much unthinkable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23548.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbxu7x4", "c_root_id_B": "fbxsfgf", "created_at_utc_A": 1577200637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577199249.0, "score_A": 80, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "They're only planning to kill Kevin after they capture him in the neighbor's house in the first one (well... Harry would want to kill Kevin for knocking out his gold tooth). But in the second, when they realize the kid who got them locked up is in the same city across the country as them, they are expressly planning to murder him.", "human_ref_B": "I don't remember if they say it explicitly in the first movie, but they do in the second. In the first movie when they get to the neighbor's house they talk about torturing him after they bite his fingers off.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1388.0, "score_ratio": 3.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbxyf5v", "c_root_id_B": "fby20dp", "created_at_utc_A": 1577203702.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577206170.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Marv actually screams 'Let's KILL' in the second one before Kevin starts tossing bricks. So yeah.", "human_ref_B": "He tried to kill them first. I think justified", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2468.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbxyf5v", "c_root_id_B": "fbyebpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1577203702.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577214753.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Marv actually screams 'Let's KILL' in the second one before Kevin starts tossing bricks. So yeah.", "human_ref_B": "The Wet Bandits should have been killed many times over before they even got their hands on Kevin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WKgNyvsNDM", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11051.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fby3oxi", "c_root_id_B": "fbyebpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1577207328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577214753.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You better believe they want him dead", "human_ref_B": "The Wet Bandits should have been killed many times over before they even got their hands on Kevin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WKgNyvsNDM", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7425.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbym86y", "c_root_id_B": "fbxyf5v", "created_at_utc_A": 1577220485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577203702.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think the real question is if KEVIN wanted to kill THEM lol", "human_ref_B": "Marv actually screams 'Let's KILL' in the second one before Kevin starts tossing bricks. So yeah.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16783.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbyezk1", "c_root_id_B": "fbym86y", "created_at_utc_A": 1577215228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577220485.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In the first one, where they catch him and tell him that they\u2019re gonna do the same things to him as he to them, that would be a pretty obvious admission of murderous intent in our world, but Home Alone seems to take place in a universe where humans are extra durable, and so the wet bandits are merely trying to tortKevin, rather than kill him. The second movie is a different story though.", "human_ref_B": "I think the real question is if KEVIN wanted to kill THEM lol", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5257.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbym86y", "c_root_id_B": "fbyhc18", "created_at_utc_A": 1577220485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577216904.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think the real question is if KEVIN wanted to kill THEM lol", "human_ref_B": "At first, they were probably planning to kidnap him and use him for ransom, but ultimately decided to kill him once they started falling victim to his traps.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3581.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbym86y", "c_root_id_B": "fby3oxi", "created_at_utc_A": 1577220485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577207328.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the real question is if KEVIN wanted to kill THEM lol", "human_ref_B": "You better believe they want him dead", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13157.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fby3oxi", "c_root_id_B": "fbyezk1", "created_at_utc_A": 1577207328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577215228.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You better believe they want him dead", "human_ref_B": "In the first one, where they catch him and tell him that they\u2019re gonna do the same things to him as he to them, that would be a pretty obvious admission of murderous intent in our world, but Home Alone seems to take place in a universe where humans are extra durable, and so the wet bandits are merely trying to tortKevin, rather than kill him. The second movie is a different story though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7900.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fby3oxi", "c_root_id_B": "fbyhc18", "created_at_utc_A": 1577207328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577216904.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You better believe they want him dead", "human_ref_B": "At first, they were probably planning to kidnap him and use him for ransom, but ultimately decided to kill him once they started falling victim to his traps.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9576.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbyqusa", "c_root_id_B": "fby3oxi", "created_at_utc_A": 1577223919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577207328.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'd say not in the beginning but by the end of the first one it's very likely.", "human_ref_B": "You better believe they want him dead", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16591.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ef25jl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Home Alone] Are the Bandits trying to murder Kevin? After a certain point, it seems like the bandits have given up on trying to rob the house, and are in a blind rage and determined to catch Kevin. Are they gonna kill him if they catch him? Also applies to Home Alone 2, where they seem even more vindictive. It may have something to do with all the head trauma from paint cans.", "c_root_id_A": "fbyqiey", "c_root_id_B": "fbyqusa", "created_at_utc_A": 1577223664.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1577223919.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I always assumed so, yes. The leap out the window onto the zip line saved his life. I havnt seen the movie in years, doesn\u2019t Joe Pesci say something like \u201cI\u2019m gonna get him\u201d after he\u2019s been hurt and humiliated like, one too many times? And the other one is like, no don\u2019t kill him? I may be thinking of a diff movie, but that\u2019s my memory.", "human_ref_B": "I'd say not in the beginning but by the end of the first one it's very likely.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 255.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "und89o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Lotr] how have the people of Middle earth not advanced more technically? In real life, the first human civilizations started around 4000 to 3000 BCE, or around 5000 to 6000 years ago. In lotr, just the combined time of the 2nd and 3rd age is over 6400 years, not to mention the entirety of the 1st age, when men first awoke, as well as all the years of the trees when elves were around, so why doesn't Sauron have tactical nukes and Gandalf an ak47 by now?", "c_root_id_A": "i877ayy", "c_root_id_B": "i87fa8o", "created_at_utc_A": 1652285137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652288216.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, Gandalf using an AK-47 would sort of miss the entire point. Strength of arms and ability to employ force are precisely the *wrong* tools to achieve what Gandalf was sent to Middle Earth to do.", "human_ref_B": "The elves and the Ainur are sort of static in the sense they already are what they are destined to ever be. You see this when they are unable to *recreate* something that has been destroyed. They are bound to the world, so it's impossible for them to recreate or even replicate a pattern that has left the world. Similarly, they can't make huge leaps of innovation and technological progress because they just can't. They are as advanced as they will ever be. Once the elves, the Ainur and their influence vanish from Middle-Earth, the world becomes the dominion of humans. And the special gift of humans is precisely that they aren't bound to rigid patterns of fate like that; their role in the cosmos is active and dynamic, not static.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3079.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "und89o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Lotr] how have the people of Middle earth not advanced more technically? In real life, the first human civilizations started around 4000 to 3000 BCE, or around 5000 to 6000 years ago. In lotr, just the combined time of the 2nd and 3rd age is over 6400 years, not to mention the entirety of the 1st age, when men first awoke, as well as all the years of the trees when elves were around, so why doesn't Sauron have tactical nukes and Gandalf an ak47 by now?", "c_root_id_A": "i87yqmx", "c_root_id_B": "i87gh2p", "created_at_utc_A": 1652295853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652288676.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "A few things going on here. 1. Arda is a world in *decline*. It's essentially post-apocalyptic; there have been several ages already, and some of them *did* have some pretty impressive magic-tech stuff. Numenor apparently had some kind of flying ships, for example. That sort of stuff just isn't around any more because magic is fading out of the world. People used to build based on magical principles, and those don't really work any more because there's less magic around to do stuff with. 2. Tolkien's whole thing is that technology is bad; that's why the orcs are the ones who do it. There's a bit in I think The Hobbit where it's noted that most modern technological devices that we depend on were invented by orcs, because *Tolkien hated most modern technology*. It's not an accident that his idyllic Shire is basically an idealized idle-rich fantasy of central England; that's how he viewed the world. His worldview just isn't going to include \"We developed technology and used it to solve our problems\" because he thinks of technology as the problem itself; most of the villains are representative of exactly that kind of thinking.", "human_ref_B": "Elves and hobbits live in balance with the world. They get what they need without taxing or polluting the world and they don\u2019t really lack for anything. So there\u2019s simply no incentive to innovate. For the human cities we see it\u2019s harder to hold that argument but in fairness we see them after Sauron and Saruman meddled with them. Or living under Smaug. And there is of course the doylist answer that\u2019s the big elephant in the room", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7177.0, "score_ratio": 1.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "und89o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Lotr] how have the people of Middle earth not advanced more technically? In real life, the first human civilizations started around 4000 to 3000 BCE, or around 5000 to 6000 years ago. In lotr, just the combined time of the 2nd and 3rd age is over 6400 years, not to mention the entirety of the 1st age, when men first awoke, as well as all the years of the trees when elves were around, so why doesn't Sauron have tactical nukes and Gandalf an ak47 by now?", "c_root_id_A": "i87owcc", "c_root_id_B": "i87yqmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652291946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652295853.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Better question is why haven't the orcs? While \"evil can't create only alter what already is there\" That seems to manifest in Saurons desire to manipulate the natural world via technology and industry. The Uruk Hai seem to be some sort of alchemical creation bred from the earth (in the movies) and Orcs are bred from twisted/corrupted elves. Especially in Jackson's interpretation we see how the orcs use industry and mass production to rapidly create and arm armies. We see crossbows used by the orcs. We even see rudimentary gunpowder bombs at helms deep. The fact that Gandalf makes fireworks also implies gunpowder is knowledge that's in the world. How hard would it have been for Saruman to equip the Uruks with muskets or flintlock? Grond also illustrates the Enemies proficiency at siegecraft. I think it's far more up Saruons alley to industrialize and get the technological edge, especially when the magic approach kept failing him. Fun thoughts at any rate.", "human_ref_B": "A few things going on here. 1. Arda is a world in *decline*. It's essentially post-apocalyptic; there have been several ages already, and some of them *did* have some pretty impressive magic-tech stuff. Numenor apparently had some kind of flying ships, for example. That sort of stuff just isn't around any more because magic is fading out of the world. People used to build based on magical principles, and those don't really work any more because there's less magic around to do stuff with. 2. Tolkien's whole thing is that technology is bad; that's why the orcs are the ones who do it. There's a bit in I think The Hobbit where it's noted that most modern technological devices that we depend on were invented by orcs, because *Tolkien hated most modern technology*. It's not an accident that his idyllic Shire is basically an idealized idle-rich fantasy of central England; that's how he viewed the world. His worldview just isn't going to include \"We developed technology and used it to solve our problems\" because he thinks of technology as the problem itself; most of the villains are representative of exactly that kind of thinking.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3907.0, "score_ratio": 2.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "und89o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Lotr] how have the people of Middle earth not advanced more technically? In real life, the first human civilizations started around 4000 to 3000 BCE, or around 5000 to 6000 years ago. In lotr, just the combined time of the 2nd and 3rd age is over 6400 years, not to mention the entirety of the 1st age, when men first awoke, as well as all the years of the trees when elves were around, so why doesn't Sauron have tactical nukes and Gandalf an ak47 by now?", "c_root_id_A": "i877ayy", "c_root_id_B": "i87yqmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652285137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652295853.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, Gandalf using an AK-47 would sort of miss the entire point. Strength of arms and ability to employ force are precisely the *wrong* tools to achieve what Gandalf was sent to Middle Earth to do.", "human_ref_B": "A few things going on here. 1. Arda is a world in *decline*. It's essentially post-apocalyptic; there have been several ages already, and some of them *did* have some pretty impressive magic-tech stuff. Numenor apparently had some kind of flying ships, for example. That sort of stuff just isn't around any more because magic is fading out of the world. People used to build based on magical principles, and those don't really work any more because there's less magic around to do stuff with. 2. Tolkien's whole thing is that technology is bad; that's why the orcs are the ones who do it. There's a bit in I think The Hobbit where it's noted that most modern technological devices that we depend on were invented by orcs, because *Tolkien hated most modern technology*. It's not an accident that his idyllic Shire is basically an idealized idle-rich fantasy of central England; that's how he viewed the world. His worldview just isn't going to include \"We developed technology and used it to solve our problems\" because he thinks of technology as the problem itself; most of the villains are representative of exactly that kind of thinking.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10716.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "und89o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Lotr] how have the people of Middle earth not advanced more technically? In real life, the first human civilizations started around 4000 to 3000 BCE, or around 5000 to 6000 years ago. In lotr, just the combined time of the 2nd and 3rd age is over 6400 years, not to mention the entirety of the 1st age, when men first awoke, as well as all the years of the trees when elves were around, so why doesn't Sauron have tactical nukes and Gandalf an ak47 by now?", "c_root_id_A": "i877ayy", "c_root_id_B": "i87gh2p", "created_at_utc_A": 1652285137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652288676.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "For one thing, Gandalf using an AK-47 would sort of miss the entire point. Strength of arms and ability to employ force are precisely the *wrong* tools to achieve what Gandalf was sent to Middle Earth to do.", "human_ref_B": "Elves and hobbits live in balance with the world. They get what they need without taxing or polluting the world and they don\u2019t really lack for anything. So there\u2019s simply no incentive to innovate. For the human cities we see it\u2019s harder to hold that argument but in fairness we see them after Sauron and Saruman meddled with them. Or living under Smaug. And there is of course the doylist answer that\u2019s the big elephant in the room", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3539.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "und89o", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Lotr] how have the people of Middle earth not advanced more technically? In real life, the first human civilizations started around 4000 to 3000 BCE, or around 5000 to 6000 years ago. In lotr, just the combined time of the 2nd and 3rd age is over 6400 years, not to mention the entirety of the 1st age, when men first awoke, as well as all the years of the trees when elves were around, so why doesn't Sauron have tactical nukes and Gandalf an ak47 by now?", "c_root_id_A": "i87owcc", "c_root_id_B": "i877ayy", "created_at_utc_A": 1652291946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652285137.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Better question is why haven't the orcs? While \"evil can't create only alter what already is there\" That seems to manifest in Saurons desire to manipulate the natural world via technology and industry. The Uruk Hai seem to be some sort of alchemical creation bred from the earth (in the movies) and Orcs are bred from twisted/corrupted elves. Especially in Jackson's interpretation we see how the orcs use industry and mass production to rapidly create and arm armies. We see crossbows used by the orcs. We even see rudimentary gunpowder bombs at helms deep. The fact that Gandalf makes fireworks also implies gunpowder is knowledge that's in the world. How hard would it have been for Saruman to equip the Uruks with muskets or flintlock? Grond also illustrates the Enemies proficiency at siegecraft. I think it's far more up Saruons alley to industrialize and get the technological edge, especially when the magic approach kept failing him. Fun thoughts at any rate.", "human_ref_B": "For one thing, Gandalf using an AK-47 would sort of miss the entire point. Strength of arms and ability to employ force are precisely the *wrong* tools to achieve what Gandalf was sent to Middle Earth to do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6809.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r0tlxh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[(LOTR)] could an orc become a ring wraith/Nazgul?", "c_root_id_A": "hlume6d", "c_root_id_B": "hlusvx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1637720764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637723845.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "If they had been bound by the one ring like the other nine were then yes", "human_ref_B": "The Nazgul are a specific set created by the nine rings of power given as gifts to nine human Kings. The rings gave then power to rule, and made them immortal, and corrupted them. So, no, an orc can't be Nazgul, because the ingredients are a human wizard corrupted by one of nine rings already spoken for. Could an orc be converted into a Nazgul level power? Probably, if that is what sauron wants to do, but there are probably good reasons he sticks with his Nazgul process.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3081.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r0tlxh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[(LOTR)] could an orc become a ring wraith/Nazgul?", "c_root_id_A": "hlvl9rt", "c_root_id_B": "hlume6d", "created_at_utc_A": 1637740606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637720764.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Orcs could probably stick around as wraiths, in one form or another. The tough thing is that we don't know a whole lot about orcs or their nature. Some say that they were corrupted from elves, which would mean that their fea, their soul would be essentially elvish in nature. Others that they were corrupted from the race of Men, meaning that they'd have an essentially mannish soul. Or there could be other origins - maybe they were created directly from Morgoth in a perversion of Eru's creation, or they were descended from a Maiar who followed Morgoth to Middle-Earth, took the form of an orc, and founded a race of descendants. But in any case, their spirits should be able to do what other races seem to be capable of, and choosing to reject whatever comes *next* for their race. Meaning that they could stick around as wraiths, especially if bound by something powerful like a Ring or a Morgul-blade. I should note that an orc wouldn't be a Nazgul though - that's a specific term that refers to the Nine kings of men who Sauron corrupted. Any other wraith outside of the Nine is just a wraith, Nazg\u00fbl is a pretty particular term for that group alone.", "human_ref_B": "If they had been bound by the one ring like the other nine were then yes", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19842.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r0tlxh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[(LOTR)] could an orc become a ring wraith/Nazgul?", "c_root_id_A": "hlvl9rt", "c_root_id_B": "hlv06vm", "created_at_utc_A": 1637740606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637727502.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Orcs could probably stick around as wraiths, in one form or another. The tough thing is that we don't know a whole lot about orcs or their nature. Some say that they were corrupted from elves, which would mean that their fea, their soul would be essentially elvish in nature. Others that they were corrupted from the race of Men, meaning that they'd have an essentially mannish soul. Or there could be other origins - maybe they were created directly from Morgoth in a perversion of Eru's creation, or they were descended from a Maiar who followed Morgoth to Middle-Earth, took the form of an orc, and founded a race of descendants. But in any case, their spirits should be able to do what other races seem to be capable of, and choosing to reject whatever comes *next* for their race. Meaning that they could stick around as wraiths, especially if bound by something powerful like a Ring or a Morgul-blade. I should note that an orc wouldn't be a Nazgul though - that's a specific term that refers to the Nine kings of men who Sauron corrupted. Any other wraith outside of the Nine is just a wraith, Nazg\u00fbl is a pretty particular term for that group alone.", "human_ref_B": "If they had been given rings of power that bound them to the One, an orc would potentially turn into a Ringwraith.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13104.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9y3f4n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[LOTR movies] Were Nazgul really only mortal to women or were they bluffing when they said they couldn\u2019t be killed? I\u2019ve never read the books, just the movies. We\u2019re the Nazgul unbeatable to men but vulnerable to women or was that one in the movie just saying that to scare Eowyn?", "c_root_id_A": "e9yjmq3", "c_root_id_B": "e9yia76", "created_at_utc_A": 1542549042.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542547552.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Others have hinted at it, but to make it more explicit, the witch king, like all the Nazgul, did not have a special invulnerbility to men to any nonsense like that. Instead, there was simply a prophecy saying that no man would hinder him (specifically, not any of the other Nagul) and the Witch King interpreted that as him being invincible to men. That was him interpreting the prophecies as giving him invulnerability, but he never had any such thing to begin with. In his arrogance, he was defeated when he still could have retreated because of the way he interpreted the prophecy, making the prophecy at least somewhat self-fulfilling. So in theory anyone in the exact same circumstance could have done the same thing and taken him out. The prophecy was only stating the circumstances in which it would not happen, and the Witch King took that to mean something that it did not in fact mean, thus setting up the very circumstances the prophecy forsaw.", "human_ref_B": "Do yourself a favor and read that bit in the book. I love Jackson's movies, but I feel like he really failed to deliver on how god damned Epic it was. Rank and Bass, goofy as it is, got it closer to the book In the book, when she reveals herself he has a bit of a pause like \"Oh shit, is that literal?\" As for whether or not it's just him, I seem to remember Legolas takes one down in the book, but it's been like twenty years since I read it, it may have just been a mount.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1490.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9y3f4n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[LOTR movies] Were Nazgul really only mortal to women or were they bluffing when they said they couldn\u2019t be killed? I\u2019ve never read the books, just the movies. We\u2019re the Nazgul unbeatable to men but vulnerable to women or was that one in the movie just saying that to scare Eowyn?", "c_root_id_A": "e9yjmq3", "c_root_id_B": "e9y2tgt", "created_at_utc_A": 1542549042.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542527544.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Others have hinted at it, but to make it more explicit, the witch king, like all the Nazgul, did not have a special invulnerbility to men to any nonsense like that. Instead, there was simply a prophecy saying that no man would hinder him (specifically, not any of the other Nagul) and the Witch King interpreted that as him being invincible to men. That was him interpreting the prophecies as giving him invulnerability, but he never had any such thing to begin with. In his arrogance, he was defeated when he still could have retreated because of the way he interpreted the prophecy, making the prophecy at least somewhat self-fulfilling. So in theory anyone in the exact same circumstance could have done the same thing and taken him out. The prophecy was only stating the circumstances in which it would not happen, and the Witch King took that to mean something that it did not in fact mean, thus setting up the very circumstances the prophecy forsaw.", "human_ref_B": "Eowyn also happened to stab him with Merry's shortsword, which was a thousands-of-years-old finely crafted Barrow-blade forged by ancient enemies of Angmar specifically to kill this guy. Gandalf had gifted Merry and the other hobbits Barrow-blades before they left the Shire. From a prophecy standpoint it had to be a woman, but from an in-universe physics standpoint all you really needed was the magic antiwraith sword.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21498.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9y3f4n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[LOTR movies] Were Nazgul really only mortal to women or were they bluffing when they said they couldn\u2019t be killed? I\u2019ve never read the books, just the movies. We\u2019re the Nazgul unbeatable to men but vulnerable to women or was that one in the movie just saying that to scare Eowyn?", "c_root_id_A": "e9yia76", "c_root_id_B": "e9ym99i", "created_at_utc_A": 1542547552.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542551518.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Do yourself a favor and read that bit in the book. I love Jackson's movies, but I feel like he really failed to deliver on how god damned Epic it was. Rank and Bass, goofy as it is, got it closer to the book In the book, when she reveals herself he has a bit of a pause like \"Oh shit, is that literal?\" As for whether or not it's just him, I seem to remember Legolas takes one down in the book, but it's been like twenty years since I read it, it may have just been a mount.", "human_ref_B": "It was physically possible for a man to kill the Witch King. It was only prophecied that none would succeed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3966.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9y3f4n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[LOTR movies] Were Nazgul really only mortal to women or were they bluffing when they said they couldn\u2019t be killed? I\u2019ve never read the books, just the movies. We\u2019re the Nazgul unbeatable to men but vulnerable to women or was that one in the movie just saying that to scare Eowyn?", "c_root_id_A": "e9y2tgt", "c_root_id_B": "e9ym99i", "created_at_utc_A": 1542527544.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542551518.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Eowyn also happened to stab him with Merry's shortsword, which was a thousands-of-years-old finely crafted Barrow-blade forged by ancient enemies of Angmar specifically to kill this guy. Gandalf had gifted Merry and the other hobbits Barrow-blades before they left the Shire. From a prophecy standpoint it had to be a woman, but from an in-universe physics standpoint all you really needed was the magic antiwraith sword.", "human_ref_B": "It was physically possible for a man to kill the Witch King. It was only prophecied that none would succeed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23974.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9y3f4n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[LOTR movies] Were Nazgul really only mortal to women or were they bluffing when they said they couldn\u2019t be killed? I\u2019ve never read the books, just the movies. We\u2019re the Nazgul unbeatable to men but vulnerable to women or was that one in the movie just saying that to scare Eowyn?", "c_root_id_A": "e9y2tgt", "c_root_id_B": "e9yia76", "created_at_utc_A": 1542527544.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542547552.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Eowyn also happened to stab him with Merry's shortsword, which was a thousands-of-years-old finely crafted Barrow-blade forged by ancient enemies of Angmar specifically to kill this guy. Gandalf had gifted Merry and the other hobbits Barrow-blades before they left the Shire. From a prophecy standpoint it had to be a woman, but from an in-universe physics standpoint all you really needed was the magic antiwraith sword.", "human_ref_B": "Do yourself a favor and read that bit in the book. I love Jackson's movies, but I feel like he really failed to deliver on how god damned Epic it was. Rank and Bass, goofy as it is, got it closer to the book In the book, when she reveals herself he has a bit of a pause like \"Oh shit, is that literal?\" As for whether or not it's just him, I seem to remember Legolas takes one down in the book, but it's been like twenty years since I read it, it may have just been a mount.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20008.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "50sq94", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Could current day modern earth deal with an Ork infestation? Assume two scenario's: In both cases an asteroid has a close pass with earth, or an impact releasing an amount of ork fungus spores in our atmosphere. In the first scenario mankind is, on a global level aware of what Ork spores are and what they mean. In the second scenario, humanity is unaware of the impact the event has.", "c_root_id_A": "d76rl2z", "c_root_id_B": "d76r8fh", "created_at_utc_A": 1472825941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1472825416.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "What a lovely question. Really digging the wildly different answers here on each end of the spectrum of optimism. W40k is so cool fuck.", "human_ref_B": "I think we could take them for one reason. Humans will fight each other if we have nothing better to do, but the orcs...that would give us something we can all fight. The combined arms of this planet would lay waste to all but a massive orc army. We are used to using fire and scorched earth policies, we use combined arms very, very well. Orc infestations take a little time, and during that time humanity will be watching and studying. Nothing, nothing will take our home from us. Also, if the orcs are about, you can bet that the big \"E\" will be helping from the shadows.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 525.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "50sq94", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Could current day modern earth deal with an Ork infestation? Assume two scenario's: In both cases an asteroid has a close pass with earth, or an impact releasing an amount of ork fungus spores in our atmosphere. In the first scenario mankind is, on a global level aware of what Ork spores are and what they mean. In the second scenario, humanity is unaware of the impact the event has.", "c_root_id_A": "d76tnvb", "c_root_id_B": "d76r8fh", "created_at_utc_A": 1472828877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1472825416.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'd say we have a chance. Not because many nations can fight orks; lots of nations can't (the Chinese, Russians, and NATO would do well; other places wouldnt...). But because we'd target the more basic trophic levels of their ecosystem: Spores, Squigs, Snotlings, and Gretchen/Grots The point, which the Imperium misses, is not to strike where they are strong, ie, actual Orks, but where they are weak: their food supply, which ultimately relies on a photosynthesis based ecosystem that they carry with them. We'd use massive amounts of chemical and biological warfare (lots of fungicides and similar) to starve them out.", "human_ref_B": "I think we could take them for one reason. Humans will fight each other if we have nothing better to do, but the orcs...that would give us something we can all fight. The combined arms of this planet would lay waste to all but a massive orc army. We are used to using fire and scorched earth policies, we use combined arms very, very well. Orc infestations take a little time, and during that time humanity will be watching and studying. Nothing, nothing will take our home from us. Also, if the orcs are about, you can bet that the big \"E\" will be helping from the shadows.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3461.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mupl1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[40K] Which of the Chaos Gods best rewards their followers? Let's face facts for a minute - humanity is screwed. We've been fighting the powers of Chaos for millennia and not once have we had any real success. They gain power from the very nature of humanity and all we've got on our side is a withered old corpse and a bunch of 'roided up boy scouts. Now before you get all \"die heretic\" on me, stop and think. Wouldn't it be nice to be on the winning side for once? You've got to think long term. Humanity might hold on for a little while longer, but Chaos is eternal. I've been considering my options, but given that I'm looking at the long term, which Chaos God best rewards their faithful servants in the \"afterlife\"? Sure it'd be nice to have power and glory now, but I can delay gratification for a greater eternal reward.", "c_root_id_A": "cvid8n9", "c_root_id_B": "cvifgz5", "created_at_utc_A": 1443551823.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443554979.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "First things first. > Now before you get all \"die heretic\" on me, stop and think. Wouldn't it be nice to be on the winning side for once? #Blam! That said, Nurgle. We're biological organisms crawling with other organisms, may as well wallow in it.", "human_ref_B": "Tzeench seems to actively enjoy fucking over his chosen because such twists and plotting are kind of his forte. Slannesh is too fickle to care about you for all that long and would happily extract your pain as much as your pleasure. Nurgle is the obvious choice as he actually holds some degree of what might be considered affection towards you. Enjoy rotting to pus however. Khorne is where it's at in my opinion. Some might even describe him as holding a strange code of honor in that he values skulls of worthy foes over that of meek cowering fools praying to the corpse god. But hey, skulls are skulls and a god's gotta have a throne, right? So long as you continue to be a badass to the end, Khorne will give you the strength to do so. But don't you dare ask for help like a little bitch.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3156.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mupl1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[40K] Which of the Chaos Gods best rewards their followers? Let's face facts for a minute - humanity is screwed. We've been fighting the powers of Chaos for millennia and not once have we had any real success. They gain power from the very nature of humanity and all we've got on our side is a withered old corpse and a bunch of 'roided up boy scouts. Now before you get all \"die heretic\" on me, stop and think. Wouldn't it be nice to be on the winning side for once? You've got to think long term. Humanity might hold on for a little while longer, but Chaos is eternal. I've been considering my options, but given that I'm looking at the long term, which Chaos God best rewards their faithful servants in the \"afterlife\"? Sure it'd be nice to have power and glory now, but I can delay gratification for a greater eternal reward.", "c_root_id_A": "cvim7vg", "c_root_id_B": "cviv8cz", "created_at_utc_A": 1443564687.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443580480.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Slaanesh, as long as you're a sub.", "human_ref_B": "Which Chaos God is \"best\" to follow is kind of the wrong question. They'll all fuck you over somehow. Nurgle seems to be the only one who cares about his followers but that's kind of a rough comfort when his affections are so vile. Khorne would be next in line for \"lesser evils\" here because he just doesn't give a shit about you. All he cares about is blood. Yours, theirs, whatever. He'll make you strong for awhile but there's no longevity there. And unless you're in something like the top 100 fighters in the galaxy he won't care about your soul either. If you do happen to be the best out of trillions I suppose their demonhood. Slaanesh and Tzeench are tied in my mind. Tzeench will actively screw you over. Supposedly because that's part of his portfolio as a deity but I'm pretty sure he just does it for laughs. He'll grant you spells and a bit of knowledge, maybe. But he doesn't seem to do much to actually boost his followers intellect. Slaanesh has the most dubious reward. Ostensibly he/she/it gives you access to unimaginable sensations. Notice that I didn't say \"pleasure.\" But by design once he has you it's never, ever enough. You get left in this perpetual state of \"not enough.\" So it's prize is... never really getting the prize. Also why do you say Chaos is the winning side? We've taken our hits (right in the planet) but we've been on top for 10 millenia and even managed to expand our borders in that time. Part of how we've managed that is kicking the Chaos gods and their armies in the nuts over and over again. They always have to retreat back to the Eye of Terror for a reason. If the Eldar hadn't made that little hidey hole back in 10k (I think?) there wouldn't even be Chaos Space Marines anymore.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15793.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3mupl1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[40K] Which of the Chaos Gods best rewards their followers? Let's face facts for a minute - humanity is screwed. We've been fighting the powers of Chaos for millennia and not once have we had any real success. They gain power from the very nature of humanity and all we've got on our side is a withered old corpse and a bunch of 'roided up boy scouts. Now before you get all \"die heretic\" on me, stop and think. Wouldn't it be nice to be on the winning side for once? You've got to think long term. Humanity might hold on for a little while longer, but Chaos is eternal. I've been considering my options, but given that I'm looking at the long term, which Chaos God best rewards their faithful servants in the \"afterlife\"? Sure it'd be nice to have power and glory now, but I can delay gratification for a greater eternal reward.", "c_root_id_A": "cvj1xdc", "c_root_id_B": "cvim7vg", "created_at_utc_A": 1443596380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443564687.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Perish apostate!", "human_ref_B": "Slaanesh, as long as you're a sub.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31693.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bacobs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[SCP/Cthulhu Mythos] Could the Foundation contain Cthulhu? Sleeping or not could it be done?", "c_root_id_A": "ekaqixn", "c_root_id_B": "ekapj7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1554615608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554614330.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Something to note is that while the Foundation does \"Contain\" many different SCPs, this doesn't really mean that they have them locked up in cages. Containment can mean anything from restricting knowledge of it, to the obvious cage answer, or to simply keeping it away from anything else in a secluded and hidden area. So with that in mind, Cthulhu is technically self containing since while he's asleep the Foundation doesn't have to worry about him randomly rampaging through cities. Edit: Honestly as long as they knew where he is then containment would most likely be finding out a way to keep him asleep and making sure that nobody but them knows where Cthulhu is or how to get there.", "human_ref_B": "They already are. SCP-2662", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1278.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bacobs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[SCP/Cthulhu Mythos] Could the Foundation contain Cthulhu? Sleeping or not could it be done?", "c_root_id_A": "ekbbkd6", "c_root_id_B": "ekapj7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1554646710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554614330.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It's extremely unlikely that they'd be able to effect anything close to actual containment of Cthulhu. For one, R'lyeh is pretty far into open ocean, like, so far that most sailors who visited the place only did so because they became hopelessly lost. And while Cthulhu is asleep, he doesn't need to be awake for his influence to be felt. Cthulhu is capable of invading your dreams, even as he himself sleeps, and he has hordes of followers prepared to enact his will at a moment's notice. These followers include humans, but also other creatures similar to Cthulhu. This all pales, however, when you understand that Cthulhu is just a herald. *He's just the beginning.* The one who will come after him, Dagon, is the true cosmic horror. And I say that while Cthulhu himself is an unfathomable horror who will bring an insane nightmare into our realm. Just think. Dagon is even worse than that. As powerful and resourceful as the Foundation is, no person or organisation in this world can hope to stand against Cthulhu and his legions, let alone Dagon.", "human_ref_B": "They already are. SCP-2662", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32380.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bacobs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[SCP/Cthulhu Mythos] Could the Foundation contain Cthulhu? Sleeping or not could it be done?", "c_root_id_A": "ekb63fv", "c_root_id_B": "ekbbkd6", "created_at_utc_A": 1554641121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554646710.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "You would probably get better answers over on r/whowouldwin", "human_ref_B": "It's extremely unlikely that they'd be able to effect anything close to actual containment of Cthulhu. For one, R'lyeh is pretty far into open ocean, like, so far that most sailors who visited the place only did so because they became hopelessly lost. And while Cthulhu is asleep, he doesn't need to be awake for his influence to be felt. Cthulhu is capable of invading your dreams, even as he himself sleeps, and he has hordes of followers prepared to enact his will at a moment's notice. These followers include humans, but also other creatures similar to Cthulhu. This all pales, however, when you understand that Cthulhu is just a herald. *He's just the beginning.* The one who will come after him, Dagon, is the true cosmic horror. And I say that while Cthulhu himself is an unfathomable horror who will bring an insane nightmare into our realm. Just think. Dagon is even worse than that. As powerful and resourceful as the Foundation is, no person or organisation in this world can hope to stand against Cthulhu and his legions, let alone Dagon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5589.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bacobs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[SCP/Cthulhu Mythos] Could the Foundation contain Cthulhu? Sleeping or not could it be done?", "c_root_id_A": "ekb9k5s", "c_root_id_B": "ekbbkd6", "created_at_utc_A": 1554644905.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554646710.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Yes, though the containment probably won't be to keep him in a cage so much as suppress knowledge, hide him, and keep him asleep if they can.", "human_ref_B": "It's extremely unlikely that they'd be able to effect anything close to actual containment of Cthulhu. For one, R'lyeh is pretty far into open ocean, like, so far that most sailors who visited the place only did so because they became hopelessly lost. And while Cthulhu is asleep, he doesn't need to be awake for his influence to be felt. Cthulhu is capable of invading your dreams, even as he himself sleeps, and he has hordes of followers prepared to enact his will at a moment's notice. These followers include humans, but also other creatures similar to Cthulhu. This all pales, however, when you understand that Cthulhu is just a herald. *He's just the beginning.* The one who will come after him, Dagon, is the true cosmic horror. And I say that while Cthulhu himself is an unfathomable horror who will bring an insane nightmare into our realm. Just think. Dagon is even worse than that. As powerful and resourceful as the Foundation is, no person or organisation in this world can hope to stand against Cthulhu and his legions, let alone Dagon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1805.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bacobs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[SCP/Cthulhu Mythos] Could the Foundation contain Cthulhu? Sleeping or not could it be done?", "c_root_id_A": "ekb63fv", "c_root_id_B": "ekapj7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1554641121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554614330.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You would probably get better answers over on r/whowouldwin", "human_ref_B": "They already are. SCP-2662", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26791.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bacobs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[SCP/Cthulhu Mythos] Could the Foundation contain Cthulhu? Sleeping or not could it be done?", "c_root_id_A": "ekdamzl", "c_root_id_B": "ekbmxfv", "created_at_utc_A": 1554700089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554655227.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "We're aware of the threat Cthulhu and the Old Gods pose to us. By our calculations for this and other versions of our reality, the portents wont be right for another thousand years. However, as some have said - occasionally He stirs and that causes the most immediate threat to our current time (well, in relation to Cthulhu anways). Just to belay your concerns, we have, as we believe, our best protections around the area..Eldersigns are inscribed in /on every possible area surrounding 47\u00b09\u2032S 126\u00b043\u2032W and 49\u00b051\u2032S 128\u00b034\u2032W (as well as various other points, information on these is redacted of course). Not to mention Scranton Anchors ( in all fairness, this isn't something we think could work...but hey, what the hell, it couldn't hurt). Interestingly, Scp-343 seems to know something about Cthulhu but seems unable or unwilling to discuss it.", "human_ref_B": "A sleeping Cthulhu would likely be contained by quarantining the hell of of the island where it sleeps, and having some off-shore artillery pre-targeted on the tomb in case something slips through. Assuming that whacking Big C with the boat was enough to put it back to sleep, SCP likely wouldn't bother trying to contain it while awake. Standing protocol would just be to bludgeon the big scary fucker back into naptime, since there isn't any real gain in letting him be awake.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44862.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bacobs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[SCP/Cthulhu Mythos] Could the Foundation contain Cthulhu? Sleeping or not could it be done?", "c_root_id_A": "ekdamzl", "c_root_id_B": "ekb9k5s", "created_at_utc_A": 1554700089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554644905.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We're aware of the threat Cthulhu and the Old Gods pose to us. By our calculations for this and other versions of our reality, the portents wont be right for another thousand years. However, as some have said - occasionally He stirs and that causes the most immediate threat to our current time (well, in relation to Cthulhu anways). Just to belay your concerns, we have, as we believe, our best protections around the area..Eldersigns are inscribed in /on every possible area surrounding 47\u00b09\u2032S 126\u00b043\u2032W and 49\u00b051\u2032S 128\u00b034\u2032W (as well as various other points, information on these is redacted of course). Not to mention Scranton Anchors ( in all fairness, this isn't something we think could work...but hey, what the hell, it couldn't hurt). Interestingly, Scp-343 seems to know something about Cthulhu but seems unable or unwilling to discuss it.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, though the containment probably won't be to keep him in a cage so much as suppress knowledge, hide him, and keep him asleep if they can.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 55184.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bacobs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[SCP/Cthulhu Mythos] Could the Foundation contain Cthulhu? Sleeping or not could it be done?", "c_root_id_A": "ekb9k5s", "c_root_id_B": "ekbmxfv", "created_at_utc_A": 1554644905.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554655227.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes, though the containment probably won't be to keep him in a cage so much as suppress knowledge, hide him, and keep him asleep if they can.", "human_ref_B": "A sleeping Cthulhu would likely be contained by quarantining the hell of of the island where it sleeps, and having some off-shore artillery pre-targeted on the tomb in case something slips through. Assuming that whacking Big C with the boat was enough to put it back to sleep, SCP likely wouldn't bother trying to contain it while awake. Standing protocol would just be to bludgeon the big scary fucker back into naptime, since there isn't any real gain in letting him be awake.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10322.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c92hyj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Jojo's Bizarre Adventure] Do humanoid stands have genitalia?", "c_root_id_A": "et2md5f", "c_root_id_B": "essyrxn", "created_at_utc_A": 1562418942.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562259684.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "depends, stands are manifestations of fighting spirit so if someone even subconciously is influenced by their genitalia when fighting i would say yes. there is also the mightiest of stands, \\[SEX PISTOL\\]", "human_ref_B": "red hot chilly pepper does", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 159258.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bdgnv8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Far Cry New Dawn] Was the Apple of Eden a supernatural or a mutational fruit? According to Joseph Seed, it is said that those who eat the apple while his/her soul is corrupt turns into a shadowy-beast and those with a pure soul gain superhuman abilities. This got me thinking if there was some unexplain phenomena or bad science schtick on the apple.", "c_root_id_A": "eky5o5h", "c_root_id_B": "eky1n27", "created_at_utc_A": 1555344085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555341466.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'm under the understanding that all the potions and strange flowers and mushrooms and shit mentioned in the series are basically just drugs and narcotics (makes sense since flowers and mushrooms are the precursors for a lot of them). The Apple of Eden is basically just an apple bred to produce a chemical which can act as a stimulant/psychostimulant with similarities with LSD in it's \"Judgement\" due to it's similarities of causing a bad trip. In either case, it reduces the body's ability to self-regulate it's own strength, thereby giving the appearance of enhanced strength regardless of judgement. We see it a lot with certain drugs, actually; based on the state of mind, a drug trip can be either very *good* or very *bad*.", "human_ref_B": "Considering all shit that Bliss flowers did, I wouldn't be surprised if it was either of them or both at once.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2619.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgjdvd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Murder, She Wrote] Alright, I need help with this for a theory but... How many cases of the show took place in Cabot Cove? A couple of months ago, I posted on this site about debunking the theory of the show \"Midsomer Murders\" taking place in the UK's most lethal village (in summary: the show is about murder cases in a *county* and the murder per capita was average for the UK) and I've been meaning to do the same for Cabot Cove. But I have a few issues. First of all, a significant amount of episodes of the show *do not* take place in the town of Cabot Cove. Just off the top of my head, out of the first ten episodes of the program, I can cite that only two of them happened in Cabot Cove and a third was brought to the town because of the KGB (long story). The problem is, I can't find a reliable list of locations for each episode without going into long-winded episode breakdowns, so basically... I need a play-by-play of where each case happens or, failing that, an exact number of murders *per season* that happens in the town. Because if only half the cases take place in the town per season (which gets lower in the later seasons when she moves to New York) then that's 11 people dying per year in a town of... 5,000 or so. Not that much difference from any other town, or possibly lower. Also, I'd do this myself but unfortunately, the show isn't on any streaming service in the UK. The closest I've gotten to being able to watch the show was IMDbTV but only through a VPN and the one I was going to use proved unreliable.", "c_root_id_A": "hi6moaa", "c_root_id_B": "hi6sh03", "created_at_utc_A": 1635293126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635295751.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "> Amateur detective Jessica Fletcher ... encountered a total of 274 killings in the small town in Maine, despite it having a population of just 3,500. Apparently being a famous author who also solves murders in the most dangerous small town in America is newsworthy. Based on this, you're safer living in like Camden, New Jersey or some abandoned part of Detroit than Cabot Cove.", "human_ref_B": "I googled \"murder she wrote cabot cove\" and got this: https://murdershewatched.com/murder-she-wrote/cabot-cove-episodes/ And if you trust that, then there's maybe an even more relevant post: https://murdershewatched.com/2018/12/24/cabot-cove-murder-capital-of-the-world/ Finally, while we're on the topic, I think that if we considered socio-economic factors of the population of cabot cove, and compared people of similar demographics their big city counterparts, then cabot cove still has way too many murders. But that's just my gut feeling and I'm not doing that research.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2625.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qgjdvd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Murder, She Wrote] Alright, I need help with this for a theory but... How many cases of the show took place in Cabot Cove? A couple of months ago, I posted on this site about debunking the theory of the show \"Midsomer Murders\" taking place in the UK's most lethal village (in summary: the show is about murder cases in a *county* and the murder per capita was average for the UK) and I've been meaning to do the same for Cabot Cove. But I have a few issues. First of all, a significant amount of episodes of the show *do not* take place in the town of Cabot Cove. Just off the top of my head, out of the first ten episodes of the program, I can cite that only two of them happened in Cabot Cove and a third was brought to the town because of the KGB (long story). The problem is, I can't find a reliable list of locations for each episode without going into long-winded episode breakdowns, so basically... I need a play-by-play of where each case happens or, failing that, an exact number of murders *per season* that happens in the town. Because if only half the cases take place in the town per season (which gets lower in the later seasons when she moves to New York) then that's 11 people dying per year in a town of... 5,000 or so. Not that much difference from any other town, or possibly lower. Also, I'd do this myself but unfortunately, the show isn't on any streaming service in the UK. The closest I've gotten to being able to watch the show was IMDbTV but only through a VPN and the one I was going to use proved unreliable.", "c_root_id_A": "hi6moaa", "c_root_id_B": "hi6xyq1", "created_at_utc_A": 1635293126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635298265.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "> Amateur detective Jessica Fletcher ... encountered a total of 274 killings in the small town in Maine, despite it having a population of just 3,500. Apparently being a famous author who also solves murders in the most dangerous small town in America is newsworthy. Based on this, you're safer living in like Camden, New Jersey or some abandoned part of Detroit than Cabot Cove.", "human_ref_B": "Isn't it pretty well known that Jessica Fletcher is a serial killer who uses her crimes to write best sellers? I mean, she's so nice and her books are great, so people kind of look the other way, right?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5139.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkhmgp4", "c_root_id_B": "gkhmuqw", "created_at_utc_A": 1611458959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611459193.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Because one of the main tenets of the empire is it human-centricity. Throughout the whole franchise, the only nonhuman of any enlisted rank in the imperial armed forces is Grand Admiral Thrawn, and he's an exception. In fact, the Timothy Zahn novels in the new canon deal a good bit with the specism he faced whilst climbing the ranks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 234.0, "score_ratio": 46.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkitdaj", "c_root_id_B": "gkhmgp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1611480156.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611458959.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Simple answer. They\u2019re specist as FUCK. Grand Admiral Thrawn is just an Uncle Tom", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21197.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkiu637", "c_root_id_B": "gkhmgp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1611480467.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611458959.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I would Also say it would prevent logistical strain, it would be cheaper to keep track and regulate uniforms when none of them have 4 arms or large misshapen heads. Also keep track of food when what Is edible to humans would be toxic to another species. Easier to fit 40 humans on a shuttle then 30 wookies.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21508.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkhmgp4", "c_root_id_B": "gkj1dcf", "created_at_utc_A": 1611458959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611483628.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Hmm, maybe the Empire has specialist Stormtroopers in environments where humanoid forms would be problematic such as aquatic environments that we just happen not to see onscreen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24669.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkhmgp4", "c_root_id_B": "gkksn3u", "created_at_utc_A": 1611458959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611499806.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "probably so you dont need custom made uniforms, different foods not poisonous to other species or translators", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40847.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkn5m9t", "c_root_id_B": "gkhmgp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1611527906.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611458959.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because when you can standardize literally everything about your military, it becomes really efficient to scale up your production. It becomes difficult to have standard armor when you've got Wookiees as soldiers.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 68947.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkhmgp4", "c_root_id_B": "gkn9xvc", "created_at_utc_A": 1611458959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611529787.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Fascists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 70828.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gki6zse", "c_root_id_B": "gkitdaj", "created_at_utc_A": 1611471314.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611480156.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "You need to be a certain height to be a stormtrooper. Wookiees are too big. Or are you expecting the empire to employ spiders?", "human_ref_B": "Simple answer. They\u2019re specist as FUCK. Grand Admiral Thrawn is just an Uncle Tom", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8842.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gki6zse", "c_root_id_B": "gkiu637", "created_at_utc_A": 1611471314.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611480467.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "You need to be a certain height to be a stormtrooper. Wookiees are too big. Or are you expecting the empire to employ spiders?", "human_ref_B": "I would Also say it would prevent logistical strain, it would be cheaper to keep track and regulate uniforms when none of them have 4 arms or large misshapen heads. Also keep track of food when what Is edible to humans would be toxic to another species. Easier to fit 40 humans on a shuttle then 30 wookies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9153.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gki6zse", "c_root_id_B": "gkj1dcf", "created_at_utc_A": 1611471314.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611483628.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You need to be a certain height to be a stormtrooper. Wookiees are too big. Or are you expecting the empire to employ spiders?", "human_ref_B": "Hmm, maybe the Empire has specialist Stormtroopers in environments where humanoid forms would be problematic such as aquatic environments that we just happen not to see onscreen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12314.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gki6zse", "c_root_id_B": "gkksn3u", "created_at_utc_A": 1611471314.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611499806.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You need to be a certain height to be a stormtrooper. Wookiees are too big. Or are you expecting the empire to employ spiders?", "human_ref_B": "probably so you dont need custom made uniforms, different foods not poisonous to other species or translators", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28492.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkn5m9t", "c_root_id_B": "gki6zse", "created_at_utc_A": 1611527906.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611471314.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because when you can standardize literally everything about your military, it becomes really efficient to scale up your production. It becomes difficult to have standard armor when you've got Wookiees as soldiers.", "human_ref_B": "You need to be a certain height to be a stormtrooper. Wookiees are too big. Or are you expecting the empire to employ spiders?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 56592.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l3rhzt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] why didn't the empire have other species of stormtroopers other than humanoids?", "c_root_id_A": "gkn9xvc", "c_root_id_B": "gki6zse", "created_at_utc_A": 1611529787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611471314.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Fascists.", "human_ref_B": "You need to be a certain height to be a stormtrooper. Wookiees are too big. Or are you expecting the empire to employ spiders?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 58473.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "41d539", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek: TNG] There once was a lady from Venus; How does the rest of the limerick go? In a TNG episode, Data is sent a dirty limerick. It starts There once was a lady from Venus, Whose body was shaped like a ... He's then interrupted by Picard. The next word is obvious but how do the next three lines go?", "c_root_id_A": "cz1yzxp", "c_root_id_B": "cz1r19s", "created_at_utc_A": 1453068566.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453056781.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "There once was a lady from Venus Whose body was shaped like an anus. The gravitational pull Of her mighty black hole Was all that it took to please us.", "human_ref_B": "There once was a lady from Venus. Whose body was shaped like a Penis. She took a disrupter to the face Was exposed to the vacuum of space. But Kirk still banged her without any uneasiness.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11785.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "41d539", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek: TNG] There once was a lady from Venus; How does the rest of the limerick go? In a TNG episode, Data is sent a dirty limerick. It starts There once was a lady from Venus, Whose body was shaped like a ... He's then interrupted by Picard. The next word is obvious but how do the next three lines go?", "c_root_id_A": "cz1qcjy", "c_root_id_B": "cz1yzxp", "created_at_utc_A": 1453055830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453068566.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There once was a lady from Venus Who's body was shaped like a penis While swimming away from land She spotted a giant clam... What happens next may induce emesis", "human_ref_B": "There once was a lady from Venus Whose body was shaped like an anus. The gravitational pull Of her mighty black hole Was all that it took to please us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12736.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "41d539", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek: TNG] There once was a lady from Venus; How does the rest of the limerick go? In a TNG episode, Data is sent a dirty limerick. It starts There once was a lady from Venus, Whose body was shaped like a ... He's then interrupted by Picard. The next word is obvious but how do the next three lines go?", "c_root_id_A": "cz1qcjy", "c_root_id_B": "cz1r19s", "created_at_utc_A": 1453055830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453056781.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "There once was a lady from Venus Who's body was shaped like a penis While swimming away from land She spotted a giant clam... What happens next may induce emesis", "human_ref_B": "There once was a lady from Venus. Whose body was shaped like a Penis. She took a disrupter to the face Was exposed to the vacuum of space. But Kirk still banged her without any uneasiness.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 951.0, "score_ratio": 0.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a4lwjm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Why was Grievous made Supreme Commander of the Separatist Army over more experienced tacticians like Trench or Riff Tamson?", "c_root_id_A": "ebioa9m", "c_root_id_B": "ebj1q55", "created_at_utc_A": 1544474343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544485265.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Grievous is better for publicity, too. Sidious wanted an inhuman monster as the face of the Separatists, to make Dooku more respectable by comparison. There's kind of a good cop/bad cop dynamic going on; people are terrified of the brutal and soulless Grievous, so defenders are practically grateful to surrender to an invasion force led by Dooku in comparison. They're two vastly different tools for accomplishing vastly different jobs, and there's a time and place for each of them.", "human_ref_B": "In Legends, Grievous was a skilled general who's wars of extermination against the Huk were stopped by a Jedi-led task force. His species was shafted hard by the republic, and they were forced into client status for the Banking Clan He then went on to work for the Bank's \"collections\" division for years, until the Sith decided that he would be useful as a leader for the CIS armies. They staged an accident, repaired his body with cybernetic enhancements and mods, and set him loose against the Jedi he already loathed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10922.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "88usyc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] There are laws to prevent Wizards from abusing Muggles... right? I mean, there's law against breaking into a muggles home, stunning them, torture the shit of them and then Obliviating them and Scrougify the evidence right?", "c_root_id_A": "dwnz4rz", "c_root_id_B": "dwnz507", "created_at_utc_A": 1522656714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522656733.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Forget abusing muggles, just using magic in the muggle world is already a no no, if others find out. It's all a matter of how much you can get away with.", "human_ref_B": "Part of Arthur Weasley's job is to catch muggle baiters or people who gaslight muggles by messing with their stuff. Willy Widdershins was charged with making biting doorknobs that bit off two muggle's fingers as well as regurgitating toilets but avoided prison by working for Umbridge. Government corruption asside, considering these things are illegal torturing muggles is probably illegal too, but whether or not you actually have to harm a muggle for it to be prosecutable is debatable (things like shrinking keys that just vanish for example might not be illegal unless the muggle sees it happening).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "88usyc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] There are laws to prevent Wizards from abusing Muggles... right? I mean, there's law against breaking into a muggles home, stunning them, torture the shit of them and then Obliviating them and Scrougify the evidence right?", "c_root_id_A": "dwnz4rz", "c_root_id_B": "dwohr62", "created_at_utc_A": 1522656714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522686160.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Forget abusing muggles, just using magic in the muggle world is already a no no, if others find out. It's all a matter of how much you can get away with.", "human_ref_B": "It's mentioned that there are wizards that work in muggle positions to help divert any activity that might be suspicious. I have no doubt that there are wizards working in muggle law enforcement on the lookout for stuff like that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29446.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "88usyc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] There are laws to prevent Wizards from abusing Muggles... right? I mean, there's law against breaking into a muggles home, stunning them, torture the shit of them and then Obliviating them and Scrougify the evidence right?", "c_root_id_A": "dwohr62", "c_root_id_B": "dwo9zcx", "created_at_utc_A": 1522686160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522678173.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's mentioned that there are wizards that work in muggle positions to help divert any activity that might be suspicious. I have no doubt that there are wizards working in muggle law enforcement on the lookout for stuff like that.", "human_ref_B": "There's lots of laws against those things. The cruciatus curse is a life sentence by itself, and you can't obliviate psychological damage, so a muggle is going to turn up a gibbering wreck for no apparent reason while having no recollection or mundane evidence of the events that caused it, and any Auror is going to identify the use of magic in a heartbeat. Magic has a flaw of being too clean, too perfect. The ministry is likely to prioritise the violation of the Statute of Secrecy and the use of an Unforgivable Curse over any mundane assault charges, but it's easy to underestimate the tools they have for tracking and taking down wizards and witches that attack muggles.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7987.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j48jud", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Game of a thrones] What would a world a ruled by Bran The Broken would look like?", "c_root_id_A": "g7hhs5g", "c_root_id_B": "g7hjgfh", "created_at_utc_A": 1601700621.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601701880.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Full of wheelchair ramps", "human_ref_B": "It depends on how active a role he decides to take in ruling. He kinda seems like the type who'd largely let people self-govern. Now, if Bran decided to take a really active/tyrannical role as king, you'd potentially get a medieval take on 1984. As a Northerner, he worships the Old Gods of the Forest (or IS he an Old God of the Forest now?) and might \"encourage\" his subjects to plant more Godswoods... which he could then use to spy on all his vassals.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1259.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "spbzw5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[LOTR] What happened to the other races of Middle Earth? At the end of Return of the King, the Elves sailed off into the Undying Lands and any Elves that stayed would have become mortal, dying off eventually. But what about the others? Since Middle Earth is an ancient Earth, and there aren't any Orcs, Goblins, Hobbits, or Dwarves (as a unique race, not as in little people) wandering around today, what happened to them? Or for that matter the other species like Worgs or giant spiders?", "c_root_id_A": "hwejq0m", "c_root_id_B": "hwe75rt", "created_at_utc_A": 1644519675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644515121.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Hobbits were related to men in a distant, unclear way. Over the eons of trade, migrations, and even conflict, their population would mingle with humans until hobbits were a memory. The people who currently inhabit the countryside of England can trace a very distant ancestry to their short cousins. Orcs without strong leadership descend into chaos and easily-destroyed warbands. Those that weren't killed in later military action by humans preyed on each other until nothing remained. Dwarves already had a very low birthrate and a tendency toward extreme isolationism. It's possible a few small communities survived the centuries, but they have no interest in further contact. And we'll never find their last enclaves. The terrifying megafauna mostly met the same fate as other species that came into contact with a rapidly expanding humanity: hunted to extinction. Whether it be for food, for sport, or to make the local area safe for habitation. Humans destroyed their habitats and only left the familiar, mundane creatures behind.", "human_ref_B": "The hobbits continued to shrink in size until they became ~~Smurfs~~ the Little Folk of European myth The Ents were already dying out by the time of the Third Age so they presumably just went extinct.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4554.0, "score_ratio": 1.0322580645, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "spbzw5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[LOTR] What happened to the other races of Middle Earth? At the end of Return of the King, the Elves sailed off into the Undying Lands and any Elves that stayed would have become mortal, dying off eventually. But what about the others? Since Middle Earth is an ancient Earth, and there aren't any Orcs, Goblins, Hobbits, or Dwarves (as a unique race, not as in little people) wandering around today, what happened to them? Or for that matter the other species like Worgs or giant spiders?", "c_root_id_A": "hwejq0m", "c_root_id_B": "hwea0x5", "created_at_utc_A": 1644519675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644516151.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Hobbits were related to men in a distant, unclear way. Over the eons of trade, migrations, and even conflict, their population would mingle with humans until hobbits were a memory. The people who currently inhabit the countryside of England can trace a very distant ancestry to their short cousins. Orcs without strong leadership descend into chaos and easily-destroyed warbands. Those that weren't killed in later military action by humans preyed on each other until nothing remained. Dwarves already had a very low birthrate and a tendency toward extreme isolationism. It's possible a few small communities survived the centuries, but they have no interest in further contact. And we'll never find their last enclaves. The terrifying megafauna mostly met the same fate as other species that came into contact with a rapidly expanding humanity: hunted to extinction. Whether it be for food, for sport, or to make the local area safe for habitation. Humans destroyed their habitats and only left the familiar, mundane creatures behind.", "human_ref_B": "Orcs dwindle without a dark lord, the dwarves already had an atrocious birth rate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3524.0, "score_ratio": 3.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "spbzw5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[LOTR] What happened to the other races of Middle Earth? At the end of Return of the King, the Elves sailed off into the Undying Lands and any Elves that stayed would have become mortal, dying off eventually. But what about the others? Since Middle Earth is an ancient Earth, and there aren't any Orcs, Goblins, Hobbits, or Dwarves (as a unique race, not as in little people) wandering around today, what happened to them? Or for that matter the other species like Worgs or giant spiders?", "c_root_id_A": "hwejq0m", "c_root_id_B": "hwecckk", "created_at_utc_A": 1644519675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644517013.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Hobbits were related to men in a distant, unclear way. Over the eons of trade, migrations, and even conflict, their population would mingle with humans until hobbits were a memory. The people who currently inhabit the countryside of England can trace a very distant ancestry to their short cousins. Orcs without strong leadership descend into chaos and easily-destroyed warbands. Those that weren't killed in later military action by humans preyed on each other until nothing remained. Dwarves already had a very low birthrate and a tendency toward extreme isolationism. It's possible a few small communities survived the centuries, but they have no interest in further contact. And we'll never find their last enclaves. The terrifying megafauna mostly met the same fate as other species that came into contact with a rapidly expanding humanity: hunted to extinction. Whether it be for food, for sport, or to make the local area safe for habitation. Humans destroyed their habitats and only left the familiar, mundane creatures behind.", "human_ref_B": ">any Elves that stayed would have become mortal, dying off eventually. Where did you read that this is the case?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2662.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "spbzw5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[LOTR] What happened to the other races of Middle Earth? At the end of Return of the King, the Elves sailed off into the Undying Lands and any Elves that stayed would have become mortal, dying off eventually. But what about the others? Since Middle Earth is an ancient Earth, and there aren't any Orcs, Goblins, Hobbits, or Dwarves (as a unique race, not as in little people) wandering around today, what happened to them? Or for that matter the other species like Worgs or giant spiders?", "c_root_id_A": "hwez1dq", "c_root_id_B": "hwea0x5", "created_at_utc_A": 1644525162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644516151.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The High Elves all return to Valinor, the other elves faded from sight. Their \"fea\" will consume their bodies and the become invisible. It is said in the History of Middle Earth that at the end of the world all elves will have become invisible to Mortals. Ents will have all become trees. The Dwarves will eventually die out, again according to the History of Middle Earth. As for Hobbits, it is hinted in The Hobbit that they are still around and just avoid us \"...they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us...there is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along.\" Orcs probably die out. It is hinted a few times that Orcs bred with humans and that accounts for some of the \"orcish\" behavior of some people today.", "human_ref_B": "Orcs dwindle without a dark lord, the dwarves already had an atrocious birth rate.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9011.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "spbzw5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[LOTR] What happened to the other races of Middle Earth? At the end of Return of the King, the Elves sailed off into the Undying Lands and any Elves that stayed would have become mortal, dying off eventually. But what about the others? Since Middle Earth is an ancient Earth, and there aren't any Orcs, Goblins, Hobbits, or Dwarves (as a unique race, not as in little people) wandering around today, what happened to them? Or for that matter the other species like Worgs or giant spiders?", "c_root_id_A": "hwecckk", "c_root_id_B": "hwez1dq", "created_at_utc_A": 1644517013.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644525162.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": ">any Elves that stayed would have become mortal, dying off eventually. Where did you read that this is the case?", "human_ref_B": "The High Elves all return to Valinor, the other elves faded from sight. Their \"fea\" will consume their bodies and the become invisible. It is said in the History of Middle Earth that at the end of the world all elves will have become invisible to Mortals. Ents will have all become trees. The Dwarves will eventually die out, again according to the History of Middle Earth. As for Hobbits, it is hinted in The Hobbit that they are still around and just avoid us \"...they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us...there is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along.\" Orcs probably die out. It is hinted a few times that Orcs bred with humans and that accounts for some of the \"orcish\" behavior of some people today.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8149.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "spbzw5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[LOTR] What happened to the other races of Middle Earth? At the end of Return of the King, the Elves sailed off into the Undying Lands and any Elves that stayed would have become mortal, dying off eventually. But what about the others? Since Middle Earth is an ancient Earth, and there aren't any Orcs, Goblins, Hobbits, or Dwarves (as a unique race, not as in little people) wandering around today, what happened to them? Or for that matter the other species like Worgs or giant spiders?", "c_root_id_A": "hwez1dq", "c_root_id_B": "hwepol9", "created_at_utc_A": 1644525162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644521837.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The High Elves all return to Valinor, the other elves faded from sight. Their \"fea\" will consume their bodies and the become invisible. It is said in the History of Middle Earth that at the end of the world all elves will have become invisible to Mortals. Ents will have all become trees. The Dwarves will eventually die out, again according to the History of Middle Earth. As for Hobbits, it is hinted in The Hobbit that they are still around and just avoid us \"...they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us...there is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along.\" Orcs probably die out. It is hinted a few times that Orcs bred with humans and that accounts for some of the \"orcish\" behavior of some people today.", "human_ref_B": "We do know that the dwarves eventually all migrated to Moria where eventually the Race of Durin failed", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3325.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7f8aqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Alien films] What became of the space jockey's crashed ship carrying all those thousands of xenomorph eggs on LV-426? So, as any fans of the Alien films know, all the events in all the films involving human entanglements with the alien/xenomorph, occur because of human contact with that derelict ship on LV-426, with Kane being exposed to a face hugger in Alien, and then the colonists of Hadley's Hope being exposed to the eggs and face huggers in Aliens, resulting in the total loss (and destruction) of the colony there. So Hadley's hope was destroyed when the fusion power generator in the colony's atmosphere processor went nuclear producing an explosion and area of vapour \"the size of Nebraska\" to quote Bishop. But was the space jockey's ship and all the eggs destroyed in that explosion too? It looks like the ship (particularly in the special edition of Aliens) is some way away from the colony, with some colonists being sent to check out the location on the orders of Burke. The strong impression one gets from the end of both Alien 3, and then later Alien Resurrection, is that the alien species has been wiped out entirely...as General Perez states \"\"Ellen Ripley died trying to wipe this species out. For all intents and purposes, she succeeded!\" (Actually no one can be sure of this with any certainty as they well exist elsewhere in the galaxy). ..but was that ship on LV-426 destroyed to? Or could it still be there? Otherwise I guess Ripley\u2019s efforts to wipe out the species to save humanity would have largely been in vain. Either way its fate was never clear to me from the films, wondering if any other peeps have any thoughts on this?", "c_root_id_A": "dqa6093", "c_root_id_B": "dqa5hbd", "created_at_utc_A": 1511543853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511543192.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The truth is, we don\u2019t know. It's likely if the derelict ship wasn\u2019t destroyed outright it was blanketed with fallout. That makes it a radioactive hulk on a planet that was barely habitable without terraforming- there is nothing is alive to feed on, and nothing will ever enter that ship for the facehuggers to incubate or chestbusters to gestate in. There is a possibility that there is still a ship full of xeno eggs on LV-426, but unless there is someone colossally stupid enough to go down there and visit them, that's all they'll ever be.", "human_ref_B": "I mean t LV-426 is the setting of Aliens, they colonized the planet and got an alien outbreak so i'm pretty sure that's where they went.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 661.0, "score_ratio": 18000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7f8aqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Alien films] What became of the space jockey's crashed ship carrying all those thousands of xenomorph eggs on LV-426? So, as any fans of the Alien films know, all the events in all the films involving human entanglements with the alien/xenomorph, occur because of human contact with that derelict ship on LV-426, with Kane being exposed to a face hugger in Alien, and then the colonists of Hadley's Hope being exposed to the eggs and face huggers in Aliens, resulting in the total loss (and destruction) of the colony there. So Hadley's hope was destroyed when the fusion power generator in the colony's atmosphere processor went nuclear producing an explosion and area of vapour \"the size of Nebraska\" to quote Bishop. But was the space jockey's ship and all the eggs destroyed in that explosion too? It looks like the ship (particularly in the special edition of Aliens) is some way away from the colony, with some colonists being sent to check out the location on the orders of Burke. The strong impression one gets from the end of both Alien 3, and then later Alien Resurrection, is that the alien species has been wiped out entirely...as General Perez states \"\"Ellen Ripley died trying to wipe this species out. For all intents and purposes, she succeeded!\" (Actually no one can be sure of this with any certainty as they well exist elsewhere in the galaxy). ..but was that ship on LV-426 destroyed to? Or could it still be there? Otherwise I guess Ripley\u2019s efforts to wipe out the species to save humanity would have largely been in vain. Either way its fate was never clear to me from the films, wondering if any other peeps have any thoughts on this?", "c_root_id_A": "dqa5hbd", "c_root_id_B": "dqahebq", "created_at_utc_A": 1511543192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511558005.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I mean t LV-426 is the setting of Aliens, they colonized the planet and got an alien outbreak so i'm pretty sure that's where they went.", "human_ref_B": "The ship was certainly destroyed, or WY wouldn't need to mess around with Ripley in the later films. The Xenomorph species is certainly still going strong though as they are seeded onto many worlds by their creators, and the Predators.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14813.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7f8aqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Alien films] What became of the space jockey's crashed ship carrying all those thousands of xenomorph eggs on LV-426? So, as any fans of the Alien films know, all the events in all the films involving human entanglements with the alien/xenomorph, occur because of human contact with that derelict ship on LV-426, with Kane being exposed to a face hugger in Alien, and then the colonists of Hadley's Hope being exposed to the eggs and face huggers in Aliens, resulting in the total loss (and destruction) of the colony there. So Hadley's hope was destroyed when the fusion power generator in the colony's atmosphere processor went nuclear producing an explosion and area of vapour \"the size of Nebraska\" to quote Bishop. But was the space jockey's ship and all the eggs destroyed in that explosion too? It looks like the ship (particularly in the special edition of Aliens) is some way away from the colony, with some colonists being sent to check out the location on the orders of Burke. The strong impression one gets from the end of both Alien 3, and then later Alien Resurrection, is that the alien species has been wiped out entirely...as General Perez states \"\"Ellen Ripley died trying to wipe this species out. For all intents and purposes, she succeeded!\" (Actually no one can be sure of this with any certainty as they well exist elsewhere in the galaxy). ..but was that ship on LV-426 destroyed to? Or could it still be there? Otherwise I guess Ripley\u2019s efforts to wipe out the species to save humanity would have largely been in vain. Either way its fate was never clear to me from the films, wondering if any other peeps have any thoughts on this?", "c_root_id_A": "dqa5hbd", "c_root_id_B": "dqaivcx", "created_at_utc_A": 1511543192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511559871.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I mean t LV-426 is the setting of Aliens, they colonized the planet and got an alien outbreak so i'm pretty sure that's where they went.", "human_ref_B": "In the Director's Cut, we find out that Newt's parents are wildcatters and got sent out to check the supposed location of the ship on company orders. They don't say exactly how long it had been since they left, but the line references sending them out \"last week\". That could be anywhere between 4 and 7 days According to the wiki, the 8x8 off-road vehicle they took had a road speed of 110 km/h and can \"tackle vertical obstacles up to 1.10 meters and gradients of over 70%.\" Given LV-426's shitty, inconsistent terrain, we'll be conservative and assume an average speed of 40 km/h. **For frame of reference, that's only twice the average running speed of a human being.** With two adult drivers (and since that planet isn't known for having a ton of rest stops or roadside attractions) they could easily drive for 12-14 hours/day. Since they've got kids, though, we'll be conservative again and assume they only did 10 hours/day. That works out to 400 km (about 250 miles) traveled every day. There's a town called Broken Bow that's roughly in the middle of Nebraska. Based on the stuff above, that puts them outside the state of Nebraska after *the first day*. After 4 days, they could have reached Pennsylvania, Las Vegas, the Mexican border, or well into Canada. After 7 days, if they drove east or west than they've hit the coast. Actually, they hit the coast a couple of days ago. If they drove north, then they've officially passed the Arctic Circle. If they went south, they're in southern Mexico and almost to Guatemala. **TL;DR** - Given how far the Jordan family would have traveled before they reached their destination, the explosion could have been over 8x larger and still not reached the derelict.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16679.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "847f7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[40k] Malcador once suggested to the Corpse God that he should've made sisters for the Primarchs in order to avoid rivalry, would anything have changed if some of the Primarchs were female or all of them sisters? Here's the quote from Malcador \"You brothers \u2013 such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn\u2019t.\"", "c_root_id_A": "dvnp46g", "c_root_id_B": "dvnsd1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1520985464.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520988742.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Hmmm. Interesting. The thing that strikes me is that each character will have to deal with the expectations of women on each planet that they were deposited on. Angron(ina) might have still been a slave, but not a gladiator, and thus not possessing the Butchers Nails. Gulliman(a) might be conscripted into a \"Lady in Waiting\" type deal, etc.", "human_ref_B": "Angron would be a lot more terrifying with a period. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3278.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "847f7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[40k] Malcador once suggested to the Corpse God that he should've made sisters for the Primarchs in order to avoid rivalry, would anything have changed if some of the Primarchs were female or all of them sisters? Here's the quote from Malcador \"You brothers \u2013 such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn\u2019t.\"", "c_root_id_A": "dvnn7vo", "c_root_id_B": "dvnsd1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1520983507.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520988742.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Presuming everything else happened the same way, they would have still bore the scars of being scattered via the Warp, and then find themselves vying with each other for honor and glory in the field. One of them would end up dabbling with sorcery, another would end up with a head full of butcher's nails, one would become a weirdo pseudo-vampire thing, and so on. And there's no assurance that Horusina isn't going to have the same spat of daddy issues...", "human_ref_B": "Angron would be a lot more terrifying with a period. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5235.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "847f7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[40k] Malcador once suggested to the Corpse God that he should've made sisters for the Primarchs in order to avoid rivalry, would anything have changed if some of the Primarchs were female or all of them sisters? Here's the quote from Malcador \"You brothers \u2013 such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn\u2019t.\"", "c_root_id_A": "dvnn7vo", "c_root_id_B": "dvnp46g", "created_at_utc_A": 1520983507.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520985464.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Presuming everything else happened the same way, they would have still bore the scars of being scattered via the Warp, and then find themselves vying with each other for honor and glory in the field. One of them would end up dabbling with sorcery, another would end up with a head full of butcher's nails, one would become a weirdo pseudo-vampire thing, and so on. And there's no assurance that Horusina isn't going to have the same spat of daddy issues...", "human_ref_B": "Hmmm. Interesting. The thing that strikes me is that each character will have to deal with the expectations of women on each planet that they were deposited on. Angron(ina) might have still been a slave, but not a gladiator, and thus not possessing the Butchers Nails. Gulliman(a) might be conscripted into a \"Lady in Waiting\" type deal, etc.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1957.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "847f7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[40k] Malcador once suggested to the Corpse God that he should've made sisters for the Primarchs in order to avoid rivalry, would anything have changed if some of the Primarchs were female or all of them sisters? Here's the quote from Malcador \"You brothers \u2013 such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn\u2019t.\"", "c_root_id_A": "dvnzgzp", "c_root_id_B": "dvnx992", "created_at_utc_A": 1520995792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520993510.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The Primarchs are so far beyond human that I don't think you can assume they fall under normal human gender norms.", "human_ref_B": "I think it's still mostly Malcador having a laugh at Dorn's expense because Dorn's easy to get a rise out of in his own special way. But working under the assumption that he wasn't, having them as sisters would have meant they were perhaps less likely to let emotional issues fester for so long as they *really* did between the brothers. Almost everyone resented the hell out of Horus at least a little, but they were all too stoic to talk about it. Everyone could see that Angron was gonna be an issue, but none of them brought it up. Nobody wanted to talk to Lorgar because they just flat out thought he was a nerd, basically, and that's the kinda thing that doesn't happen *as much* between sisters. They might scream and bawl their eyes out and, y'know, occasionally throw things at each other, but they'll usually air their grievances.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2282.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "847f7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[40k] Malcador once suggested to the Corpse God that he should've made sisters for the Primarchs in order to avoid rivalry, would anything have changed if some of the Primarchs were female or all of them sisters? Here's the quote from Malcador \"You brothers \u2013 such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn\u2019t.\"", "c_root_id_A": "dvnzgzp", "c_root_id_B": "dvnn7vo", "created_at_utc_A": 1520995792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520983507.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Primarchs are so far beyond human that I don't think you can assume they fall under normal human gender norms.", "human_ref_B": "Presuming everything else happened the same way, they would have still bore the scars of being scattered via the Warp, and then find themselves vying with each other for honor and glory in the field. One of them would end up dabbling with sorcery, another would end up with a head full of butcher's nails, one would become a weirdo pseudo-vampire thing, and so on. And there's no assurance that Horusina isn't going to have the same spat of daddy issues...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12285.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "847f7y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[40k] Malcador once suggested to the Corpse God that he should've made sisters for the Primarchs in order to avoid rivalry, would anything have changed if some of the Primarchs were female or all of them sisters? Here's the quote from Malcador \"You brothers \u2013 such a nest of rivalries. I warned him to make you sisters, that it would make things more civilised. He thought I was joking. I wasn\u2019t.\"", "c_root_id_A": "dvnx992", "c_root_id_B": "dvnn7vo", "created_at_utc_A": 1520993510.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520983507.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think it's still mostly Malcador having a laugh at Dorn's expense because Dorn's easy to get a rise out of in his own special way. But working under the assumption that he wasn't, having them as sisters would have meant they were perhaps less likely to let emotional issues fester for so long as they *really* did between the brothers. Almost everyone resented the hell out of Horus at least a little, but they were all too stoic to talk about it. Everyone could see that Angron was gonna be an issue, but none of them brought it up. Nobody wanted to talk to Lorgar because they just flat out thought he was a nerd, basically, and that's the kinda thing that doesn't happen *as much* between sisters. They might scream and bawl their eyes out and, y'know, occasionally throw things at each other, but they'll usually air their grievances.", "human_ref_B": "Presuming everything else happened the same way, they would have still bore the scars of being scattered via the Warp, and then find themselves vying with each other for honor and glory in the field. One of them would end up dabbling with sorcery, another would end up with a head full of butcher's nails, one would become a weirdo pseudo-vampire thing, and so on. And there's no assurance that Horusina isn't going to have the same spat of daddy issues...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10003.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2y445y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[WH40K] Can Ork Spores survive a Tyranid fleet consuming a planet? Would they be consumed or could enough survive to create more Orks? Extending the question further, if Tyranids consume not only the biomass but also much of the atmosphere, even if enough spores were missed, would the Orks be able to \"birth\" themselves in such an environment? I have read a little suggesting that Ork spores can begin a terraforming (ork-aforming?) process on any planet they are dropped on. Is this confirmed at all?", "c_root_id_A": "cp6ckoi", "c_root_id_B": "cp6c8h5", "created_at_utc_A": 1425659173.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425658593.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "They wouldn't survive consumption, buuuuut, during the actual invasion of the planet it has been noted that Tyranid and Ork spores actually compete with one another on a microscopic level, both adapting and changing in order to choke the other out.", "human_ref_B": "Tyranid hive fleet strip a planet bare. As in, they take all the surface water, all the soil, and most of the atmosphere. When they are done you have a ball of bed rocks. Ork spores will not survive that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 580.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2y445y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[WH40K] Can Ork Spores survive a Tyranid fleet consuming a planet? Would they be consumed or could enough survive to create more Orks? Extending the question further, if Tyranids consume not only the biomass but also much of the atmosphere, even if enough spores were missed, would the Orks be able to \"birth\" themselves in such an environment? I have read a little suggesting that Ork spores can begin a terraforming (ork-aforming?) process on any planet they are dropped on. Is this confirmed at all?", "c_root_id_A": "cp641bt", "c_root_id_B": "cp6ckoi", "created_at_utc_A": 1425633024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425659173.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "It would depend on a few things. \"Biomass\" Is a very vague term. Is it just the bodies of animals and plants? Do the 'nids leave everything else behind? Oceans, mineral deposits etc. From what I get Orks need an atmosphere as much as anything else. Just stripping the air from a planet won't really be problematic if there's still bodies of water around. I guess in those cases Ork spores could live in the aquatic environment and use 'normal' biological processes to produce a new atmosphere of oxygen and carbondioxide. I wouldn't be so certain about replacing the more inert gasses like Nitrogen. But then again I don't know how much those gasses are needed. Of course Orks could also cheat. They've got a connection to the warp wich operates a lot like space magic. Once enough spores are present I suppose they could just 'make' everything they needed from warp energies.", "human_ref_B": "They wouldn't survive consumption, buuuuut, during the actual invasion of the planet it has been noted that Tyranid and Ork spores actually compete with one another on a microscopic level, both adapting and changing in order to choke the other out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26149.0, "score_ratio": -10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2y445y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[WH40K] Can Ork Spores survive a Tyranid fleet consuming a planet? Would they be consumed or could enough survive to create more Orks? Extending the question further, if Tyranids consume not only the biomass but also much of the atmosphere, even if enough spores were missed, would the Orks be able to \"birth\" themselves in such an environment? I have read a little suggesting that Ork spores can begin a terraforming (ork-aforming?) process on any planet they are dropped on. Is this confirmed at all?", "c_root_id_A": "cp6c8h5", "c_root_id_B": "cp641bt", "created_at_utc_A": 1425658593.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425633024.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Tyranid hive fleet strip a planet bare. As in, they take all the surface water, all the soil, and most of the atmosphere. When they are done you have a ball of bed rocks. Ork spores will not survive that.", "human_ref_B": "It would depend on a few things. \"Biomass\" Is a very vague term. Is it just the bodies of animals and plants? Do the 'nids leave everything else behind? Oceans, mineral deposits etc. From what I get Orks need an atmosphere as much as anything else. Just stripping the air from a planet won't really be problematic if there's still bodies of water around. I guess in those cases Ork spores could live in the aquatic environment and use 'normal' biological processes to produce a new atmosphere of oxygen and carbondioxide. I wouldn't be so certain about replacing the more inert gasses like Nitrogen. But then again I don't know how much those gasses are needed. Of course Orks could also cheat. They've got a connection to the warp wich operates a lot like space magic. Once enough spores are present I suppose they could just 'make' everything they needed from warp energies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25569.0, "score_ratio": -4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2y445y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[WH40K] Can Ork Spores survive a Tyranid fleet consuming a planet? Would they be consumed or could enough survive to create more Orks? Extending the question further, if Tyranids consume not only the biomass but also much of the atmosphere, even if enough spores were missed, would the Orks be able to \"birth\" themselves in such an environment? I have read a little suggesting that Ork spores can begin a terraforming (ork-aforming?) process on any planet they are dropped on. Is this confirmed at all?", "c_root_id_A": "cp6yohz", "c_root_id_B": "cp641bt", "created_at_utc_A": 1425699862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425633024.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "If the Orks get a foothold, they can fight the 'Nids until doomsday. But if the Tyrannids beat them to the punch, there's nothing to set up, and the Orks can't get a chance to settle in.", "human_ref_B": "It would depend on a few things. \"Biomass\" Is a very vague term. Is it just the bodies of animals and plants? Do the 'nids leave everything else behind? Oceans, mineral deposits etc. From what I get Orks need an atmosphere as much as anything else. Just stripping the air from a planet won't really be problematic if there's still bodies of water around. I guess in those cases Ork spores could live in the aquatic environment and use 'normal' biological processes to produce a new atmosphere of oxygen and carbondioxide. I wouldn't be so certain about replacing the more inert gasses like Nitrogen. But then again I don't know how much those gasses are needed. Of course Orks could also cheat. They've got a connection to the warp wich operates a lot like space magic. Once enough spores are present I suppose they could just 'make' everything they needed from warp energies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 66838.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3s2d1v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[WH40K] What exactly makes Holy Terra so hard to conquer?", "c_root_id_A": "cwtfqby", "c_root_id_B": "cwtfrz3", "created_at_utc_A": 1447026375.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447026448.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "First, It is the heart of the imperial fleet, the largest gathering of the most powerful starships humanity has to offer. Second, Mars. It contians the most effective and devastating weapons from humanity's past. Anyone who tried to assault Mars would be blown out of the sky far before they could even see the planet through a window. Third, Luna is the largest space station to exsist, and povides a perfect place to repair and rebild damaged ships in the event of a fight, as well as being near-unassailable on it's own. With a base like that, the Imperium would be able to dominate any forces that could come to attack simply by wearing them down, even if they didn't have a massive numbers advantage.", "human_ref_B": "Curiosity is a sin, citizen, but nonetheless, I can provide answers. Holy Terra is no ordinary planet, it's basically a giant temple, except if temples were armed to the teeth. If you tried to attack Terra, not only would every ship and chapter in the area would be called to Terra to defend it, you'd also have to contend with the most well trained and heavily augmented soldiers in the Imperium. The planet has the most advanced defense grid possible. Astartes will boarding parties will get into your ships and utterly rip you from the inside before you even deploy a single troop onto the ground. Ardent worshipers of the Emperor will literally ram their ship into your attack force in an act of suicide bombing. There's also the Adeptus Mechanicus who aren't too far away to give you a lot of trouble. Even by some bizarre miracle you manage to land some troops that are still alive onto the surface, you'll have to deal with the Imperial Fists, Collegia Titanica, and the Imperial Guard. To summarize, to try and take Holy Terra is suicide.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 73.0, "score_ratio": 2.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3s2d1v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[WH40K] What exactly makes Holy Terra so hard to conquer?", "c_root_id_A": "cwtq92j", "c_root_id_B": "cwtke72", "created_at_utc_A": 1447043003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447033837.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Let's see: It's thousands of lightyears away from any major battlefield. There are multiple systems that are stocked with firepower to protect it. The moon is basically a giant fortress filled with AA guns There is an entire Ramada located there. The Grey Knights are located on Titan. They wouldn't even need to Warp jump in order to get to Terra. The Custodies. And the Emperor. Sure, he's weakened, but he's still above all Alpha Levels combined.", "human_ref_B": "Rogal. Dorn.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9166.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69flyu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[WH40K] How do Orks speak English? They're clearly too stupid to make translators of any kind, and they don't seem amicable enough to try and learn it.", "c_root_id_A": "dh66h2y", "c_root_id_B": "dh66rtx", "created_at_utc_A": 1494001008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494001338.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 57, "human_ref_A": "They don't, usually, but they've picked up enough of it through fightin' and winnin' to be insulting and use loan words for concepts their tiny brains couldn't come up with. Your average day-to-day Ork speaks in their own language, at least according to most of the books. They render the quotes in Football Hooligan because nobody understands grunts and whacks to the head in text format. That's not counting the Blood Axes who *are* in fact amicable enough to try and learn it, as they occasionally hire themselves out to shifty planetary governors and rogue traders, which of course never works out for the human party. They're considered less Orky because they take on human concepts like \"tactics\" and \"stealth\". That's why Orks have Kommandos, because it's a human word they picked up since they had *no* concept of their own for stealthy infiltrators.", "human_ref_B": "First of all, nobody speaks English. Gothic is the standard language throughout the Imperium. There are two forms: High Gothic, which is largely spoken by the upper echelons of society, and Low Gothic, which is spoken by basically everyone else. This language is much closer to Latin than English. That said, many Orks have been seen capable of speaking a very broken and grammatically limited form of Low Gothic. How this is learned is unknown, but considering Orks spend a hell of a lot of time killing Humans I imagine there are advantages to speaking (or at least understanding) your enemy's language. It may be that, as a part of their creation by the Old Ones, the rapid assimilation of another culture's language was considered important. It may be that Orks that spend some time on Human worlds, hearing them speak and scream during invasions, just sort of naturally absorb the language", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 330.0, "score_ratio": 4.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69flyu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[WH40K] How do Orks speak English? They're clearly too stupid to make translators of any kind, and they don't seem amicable enough to try and learn it.", "c_root_id_A": "dh6kgow", "c_root_id_B": "dh6ge5y", "created_at_utc_A": 1494018200.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494013290.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They believe everyone understands them so everyone understands them, for the same reason red is fast.", "human_ref_B": "Dem Humie boyz speak Ork.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4910.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ujg1qb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Tarzan] Does Tarzan have the potential to be a genius? In the movie he grows up and is shown to do the tasks of gorillas in his own way which seemed way more efficient. He also learns English in a few days even though he never spoke a word in his life. If he had a different upbringing how smart could he be?", "c_root_id_A": "i7is86r", "c_root_id_B": "i7itpzm", "created_at_utc_A": 1651815408.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651816497.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Yep. I think that every time I watch it.", "human_ref_B": "In the books he does possess a genius level intellect. He learns languages incredibly fast, and I believe him and Jane get married and live on an estate in England where he's a high society business man, but he can often be found back in a loin cloth running around their woods/property. I'm basing this off info from probably 15 years ago, but yeah.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1089.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ujg1qb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Tarzan] Does Tarzan have the potential to be a genius? In the movie he grows up and is shown to do the tasks of gorillas in his own way which seemed way more efficient. He also learns English in a few days even though he never spoke a word in his life. If he had a different upbringing how smart could he be?", "c_root_id_A": "i7j93t0", "c_root_id_B": "i7is86r", "created_at_utc_A": 1651829527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651815408.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Yeah, being born of English gentlemen basically makes you superhumanly intelligent and strong, apparently. This has led Philip Jose Farmer to theorize that Tarzan is part of a broader family unit that has unique characteristics, the so-called Wold Newton family, a theory he defended at length with a series of essays and genealogy reports.", "human_ref_B": "Yep. I think that every time I watch it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14119.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e5bny", "c_root_id_B": "d6e2qjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1470975947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470971525.0, "score_A": 127, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "The alien from Alien. If you want a better killing machine than the krogan and no foreseeable bad circumstances at all.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know that much about different sci-fi universes so I can't provide direct comparisons. But I'll put it this way - The Salarians uplifted the Krogan because Krogan are really difficult to kill, they adapt really well to dangerous environments and because they breed like crazy. On top of that, Krogan have a very martial culture so they love to fight. They were uplifted to fight the Rachni who were causing some serious problems in the galaxy and after the Rachni were defeated, the Krogan quickly became a problem themselves. Other sci-fi species that the same or similar traits would also be useful for similar situations. You wouldn't uplift any Krogan-like species just for the sake of it. You'd need a very good reason.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4422.0, "score_ratio": 2.3962264151, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e5bny", "c_root_id_B": "d6e3isx", "created_at_utc_A": 1470975947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470972795.0, "score_A": 127, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "The alien from Alien. If you want a better killing machine than the krogan and no foreseeable bad circumstances at all.", "human_ref_B": "Gorillas. Can you imagine what Harambe would have done to the Reapers?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3152.0, "score_ratio": 2.5918367347, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e5bny", "c_root_id_B": "d6e17rx", "created_at_utc_A": 1470975947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470969237.0, "score_A": 127, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "The alien from Alien. If you want a better killing machine than the krogan and no foreseeable bad circumstances at all.", "human_ref_B": "They uplifted the Krogan as no other species could successfully fight the Rachni. While they do dabble with members of other species (like the Yahg), they wouldn't uplift an entire species unless a situation arose that required it", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6710.0, "score_ratio": 5.08, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e2qjj", "c_root_id_B": "d6e6ohz", "created_at_utc_A": 1470971525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470978677.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "I don't know that much about different sci-fi universes so I can't provide direct comparisons. But I'll put it this way - The Salarians uplifted the Krogan because Krogan are really difficult to kill, they adapt really well to dangerous environments and because they breed like crazy. On top of that, Krogan have a very martial culture so they love to fight. They were uplifted to fight the Rachni who were causing some serious problems in the galaxy and after the Rachni were defeated, the Krogan quickly became a problem themselves. Other sci-fi species that the same or similar traits would also be useful for similar situations. You wouldn't uplift any Krogan-like species just for the sake of it. You'd need a very good reason.", "human_ref_B": "I would like to see them unlock the secret genetic history of the Sand People.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7152.0, "score_ratio": 1.1698113208, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e6ohz", "c_root_id_B": "d6e3isx", "created_at_utc_A": 1470978677.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470972795.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "I would like to see them unlock the secret genetic history of the Sand People.", "human_ref_B": "Gorillas. Can you imagine what Harambe would have done to the Reapers?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5882.0, "score_ratio": 1.2653061224, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e17rx", "c_root_id_B": "d6e6ohz", "created_at_utc_A": 1470969237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470978677.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "They uplifted the Krogan as no other species could successfully fight the Rachni. While they do dabble with members of other species (like the Yahg), they wouldn't uplift an entire species unless a situation arose that required it", "human_ref_B": "I would like to see them unlock the secret genetic history of the Sand People.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9440.0, "score_ratio": 2.48, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e17rx", "c_root_id_B": "d6e2qjj", "created_at_utc_A": 1470969237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470971525.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "They uplifted the Krogan as no other species could successfully fight the Rachni. While they do dabble with members of other species (like the Yahg), they wouldn't uplift an entire species unless a situation arose that required it", "human_ref_B": "I don't know that much about different sci-fi universes so I can't provide direct comparisons. But I'll put it this way - The Salarians uplifted the Krogan because Krogan are really difficult to kill, they adapt really well to dangerous environments and because they breed like crazy. On top of that, Krogan have a very martial culture so they love to fight. They were uplifted to fight the Rachni who were causing some serious problems in the galaxy and after the Rachni were defeated, the Krogan quickly became a problem themselves. Other sci-fi species that the same or similar traits would also be useful for similar situations. You wouldn't uplift any Krogan-like species just for the sake of it. You'd need a very good reason.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2288.0, "score_ratio": 2.12, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e17rx", "c_root_id_B": "d6e3isx", "created_at_utc_A": 1470969237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470972795.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "They uplifted the Krogan as no other species could successfully fight the Rachni. While they do dabble with members of other species (like the Yahg), they wouldn't uplift an entire species unless a situation arose that required it", "human_ref_B": "Gorillas. Can you imagine what Harambe would have done to the Reapers?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3558.0, "score_ratio": 1.96, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6e17rx", "c_root_id_B": "d6e7g2l", "created_at_utc_A": 1470969237.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470980373.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "They uplifted the Krogan as no other species could successfully fight the Rachni. While they do dabble with members of other species (like the Yahg), they wouldn't uplift an entire species unless a situation arose that required it", "human_ref_B": "The orks from 40k. If you think they're bad now, just think how they were before the C'Tan sabotage", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11136.0, "score_ratio": 1.04, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6eanjf", "c_root_id_B": "d6eaif3", "created_at_utc_A": 1470988988.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470988546.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I'd recomment the \"Uplift\" series by David Brin. The entire series is basically about that. Dolphins and chimps are uplifted there.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe Mandalorians? A culture with a boner for fighting and more than a few innovative commanders over their history", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 442.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4xb4ot", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Mass Effect] The Salarians Culturally Uplifted the Krogans to become a Galactic civilization for them to use, what other fictional species would be prime for them to uplift?", "c_root_id_A": "d6ebnff", "c_root_id_B": "d6ectrn", "created_at_utc_A": 1470992261.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470996327.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Don't try with proto-Kzin...the race that uplifted them wound up as their slaves.", "human_ref_B": "Probably one of the subraces from D&D. Half-Dragons or something else that gets some racial benefits but isn't, like, Chaotic Evil. Or just D&D humans, honestly, they heal a huge chunk of their HP every night when they sleep and don't slow down until they're literally seconds away from dying of blood loss. Nothing in Mass Effect could possibly face the power of a Level 20 Wizard in a spaceship. Hell, a high-level Rogue could probably fight an army.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4066.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "374grf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Mass Effect] How would different species react to our early 21st Century media (comics, books, games, films, novels)?", "c_root_id_A": "crjupyd", "c_root_id_B": "crjvwpg", "created_at_utc_A": 1432517654.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432519937.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "i would love to have some beers with some turians and krogans and play judge dredd for them.", "human_ref_B": "The Asari would spend a few decades studying our media, then get some Salarians to make movies based on the newly-discovered human tropes. This is why we get *Blasto: The Jellyfish Stings*.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2283.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "374grf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Mass Effect] How would different species react to our early 21st Century media (comics, books, games, films, novels)?", "c_root_id_A": "crjupyd", "c_root_id_B": "crkbesb", "created_at_utc_A": 1432517654.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432566765.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "i would love to have some beers with some turians and krogans and play judge dredd for them.", "human_ref_B": "We'd make a killing selling Art of War to the Turians.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 49111.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aad3dt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Mass Effect 3] Does humanity recover from the ending? It's been a few years since I played, so forgive me if I got any details wrong. My understanding of the game's ending (No matter which one you choose) is that all the Mass Relays are destroyed following the firing of the Citadel and intergalactic travel is no longer an option. Is Humanity ever successful in repairing them? Or does it start over essentially from the beginning?", "c_root_id_A": "ecra1k4", "c_root_id_B": "ecr3nwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1546031232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546027301.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Destroy (Low EMS): Humanity is rendered an endangered species overnight with the burning of Earth, which held 90% of the prewar population. The reckoning of the Crucible, which did not properly target only synthetic organisms, means an end to galactic society. Humanity only survives in small enclaves scattered across the Milky Way, not reaching the heights of civilization again for centuries and possibly going extinct. The proportionally larger species are also ravaged, but by comparison now outnumber humanity by an even worse margin than before. Destroy (High EMS): Humanity is crippled by the end of the Mass Relay system but retains most of its population. Shepard survives and likely becomes a leader of the forces stranded in Sol, human and alien alike. Gradually, conventional FTL and research into Reaper technology reconnect the galaxy, albeit without the orderly network that the relays once provided. Of all outcomes, this is the one most likely to revert to the prewar systems of government, united under the Citadel Council. Their benefits and their downsides both will arise anew. Control (Paragon): Shepard uses their status as the Reaper Overlord to rebuild the Relay network in short order, and knits the galaxy together as one people. While Shepard's power allows them to prevent many atrocities and intervene against vast threats to the Milky Way species, people increasingly will come to resent them as time passes and opinions change, while Shepard remains immortal and enigmatic. Humanity survives as a part of this unity, favored and disfavored not by Shepard themselves but the knowledge that Shepard came from them. Control (Renegade): Shepard uses their status as Reaper Overlord to establish human dominance over the galaxy, in control of the relay system and without any genuine threats to their power. So long as the loyal Normandy crew still live Shepard may relent against their respective species, but in the end humanity will knock the asari from their throne and forever be the first among the stars of the Milky Way. God exists, and they are human. Synthesis: Transhumanity, alongside the galactic unity and the Reapers, eventually restore interstellar travel. Twisting, turning, and forever evolving, the whole formed by the Crucible will eventually bear little resemblance to the old species of the galaxy. Refusal: Humanity is hunted down by the Reapers after the failed push for Earth, being wiped out almost entirely. Small numbers of human survivors pass beneath the notice of the Reaper vanguard, but most are discovered and human extinction occurs within a few centuries at most. Humanity is remembered forever for their sacrifice by the species of the next cycle, who are uplifted by Liara's technology cache and surpass the Reapers before their invasion can take place.", "human_ref_B": "In the best endings, the relays are only damaged, not destroyed. With the Reapers being directed to repair them (control ending) or with the knowledge of their construction directly available to the galactic community (synthesis ending), they are restored after an unspecified amount of time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3931.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aad3dt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Mass Effect 3] Does humanity recover from the ending? It's been a few years since I played, so forgive me if I got any details wrong. My understanding of the game's ending (No matter which one you choose) is that all the Mass Relays are destroyed following the firing of the Citadel and intergalactic travel is no longer an option. Is Humanity ever successful in repairing them? Or does it start over essentially from the beginning?", "c_root_id_A": "ecr9vby", "c_root_id_B": "ecra1k4", "created_at_utc_A": 1546031113.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546031232.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It won't really be humanity spearheading the repair effort, as their government is almost completely destroyed at the end of the reaper war no matter what scenario. Their seat of government was destroyed and their only major world was host to some of the heaviest fighting in the war. I'd not be surprised if Earth enters a new ice age due to all the debris that hit the planet. That being said, normal FTL without mass relays is still possible, albeit very slow compared to mass relay travel. From looking at a map, it would take around 3 years of constant FTL travel for a ship to go from Earth to, say, the old location of the Citadel. Most of the other races will be fine, however. They were more spread out than humanity and were, therefore, better equipped to deal with the reapers. Aethyta in Illium also talked about starting a project to build their own mass relays. While that project was not started at the time, that it could even be considered did show that the possibility existed for the current Milky Way races to build their own mass relays, so eventually, normal life would recover. That could take like decades though, and in the mean-time intergalactic travel would only be a fraction of what it was before.", "human_ref_B": "Destroy (Low EMS): Humanity is rendered an endangered species overnight with the burning of Earth, which held 90% of the prewar population. The reckoning of the Crucible, which did not properly target only synthetic organisms, means an end to galactic society. Humanity only survives in small enclaves scattered across the Milky Way, not reaching the heights of civilization again for centuries and possibly going extinct. The proportionally larger species are also ravaged, but by comparison now outnumber humanity by an even worse margin than before. Destroy (High EMS): Humanity is crippled by the end of the Mass Relay system but retains most of its population. Shepard survives and likely becomes a leader of the forces stranded in Sol, human and alien alike. Gradually, conventional FTL and research into Reaper technology reconnect the galaxy, albeit without the orderly network that the relays once provided. Of all outcomes, this is the one most likely to revert to the prewar systems of government, united under the Citadel Council. Their benefits and their downsides both will arise anew. Control (Paragon): Shepard uses their status as the Reaper Overlord to rebuild the Relay network in short order, and knits the galaxy together as one people. While Shepard's power allows them to prevent many atrocities and intervene against vast threats to the Milky Way species, people increasingly will come to resent them as time passes and opinions change, while Shepard remains immortal and enigmatic. Humanity survives as a part of this unity, favored and disfavored not by Shepard themselves but the knowledge that Shepard came from them. Control (Renegade): Shepard uses their status as Reaper Overlord to establish human dominance over the galaxy, in control of the relay system and without any genuine threats to their power. So long as the loyal Normandy crew still live Shepard may relent against their respective species, but in the end humanity will knock the asari from their throne and forever be the first among the stars of the Milky Way. God exists, and they are human. Synthesis: Transhumanity, alongside the galactic unity and the Reapers, eventually restore interstellar travel. Twisting, turning, and forever evolving, the whole formed by the Crucible will eventually bear little resemblance to the old species of the galaxy. Refusal: Humanity is hunted down by the Reapers after the failed push for Earth, being wiped out almost entirely. Small numbers of human survivors pass beneath the notice of the Reaper vanguard, but most are discovered and human extinction occurs within a few centuries at most. Humanity is remembered forever for their sacrifice by the species of the next cycle, who are uplifted by Liara's technology cache and surpass the Reapers before their invasion can take place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 119.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3o9his", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40K] Do the Chaos Gods have an impact beyond our galaxy? Do the Chaos Gods draw power from the hate/plotting/lust/rotting of beings all across the universe, or are they tied to our galaxy? If the latter, why? For that matter, what about the Old Ones or other Warp-Beings?", "c_root_id_A": "cvv7ii9", "c_root_id_B": "cvv7fhe", "created_at_utc_A": 1444516278.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444516126.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "We don't know. What little records we have on the Old Ones don't mention anything about their activities outside the galaxy. And the closest galaxy is still to far away to use warp travel (the chances of getting lost is too high). The only lifeform we know that comes from outside the galaxy are the Tyranids and they won't be talking anytime soon. Although there was this one rumor; we sent out probes sometime during the Great Crusade and they came back filled with the chanting of Orks.", "human_ref_B": "I like to think Malal's been banished to another galaxy, but not to my personal knowledge. It would make logical sense if there's xenos beyond the galaxy besides necrons and tyranids, though I think there's a high chance those warp beings would be powered by xenos emotions that humans don't have the necessary brain chemicals or even words to know.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 152.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3o9his", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40K] Do the Chaos Gods have an impact beyond our galaxy? Do the Chaos Gods draw power from the hate/plotting/lust/rotting of beings all across the universe, or are they tied to our galaxy? If the latter, why? For that matter, what about the Old Ones or other Warp-Beings?", "c_root_id_A": "cvv95ku", "c_root_id_B": "cvv7fhe", "created_at_utc_A": 1444519346.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444516126.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Watch your frakking tongue before it is removed. Don't speak of the arch-foe so causally; at one point I would've executed you for heresy, and many others are not as lenient as I am. If I sense that you are touched by the taint of the warp, I will not hesitate to end you. It is of my personal belief that speculating in ignorance is generally folly, it is however wise to prepare for the worst to maintain the glory of The Imperium. Our sanctioned navigators dare not venture to the unknown outside the Emperor's light where insanity and death awaits. To some who lack wisdom even in old age, encouraging such expedition borders to heresy. The long-distance probe sent brought nothing but filthy Orkish gibberish. At some coordinates away from Holy Terra, the abilities of astropaths takes a great toil unto them where it is... quite and calm. Could it be an other trick and paradox of the warp, or did the lack of dark intent within nearby sentient beings correspond to a lack of warp storms and physical manifestation of the immaterium? Whatever the answer is, we must be prepared of greater evil than the ravening Tyranids if The Galaxy makes contact with an other. For now, it is best to not trust the deviousness of the immaterium and take it into account that being stranded within the unmerciful unknown is a real possibility. Nonetheless, the information extracted from heretics indicate the the twisted Ruinous Powers engage in unsurprisingly twisted game of dominance throughout the entire universe; and they make use of heresy to empower themselves. It was made sure that they are not lying. The ignorance dominant within the patheticity heretics are encompasses what is beyond our galaxy. The more intelligent among pits of vile inadequacy tend to die before being captured - by they own hands if they are smart enough. Cowardice and cunning must be anticipated when engaging the enemy I am afraid. To the best of my knowledge, no more pantheons of Runious Power is confirmed to exist, although a hoax of *\"Malal\"* was proposed previously. At the very least they are not active within the current domain of the Imperium of Man; if so they better stay that way for their influence will be shown no mercy. By *\"Old Ones\"*, I assume you don't mean the ancient species of xenos who left artifacts throughout the galaxy before their demise. If you have any lost or concealed information concerning the archenemy and warp-atrocities you better spell it. Although I don't do it unprovoked nowadays, I am tempted to leave you shattered a slobbering mess as I extract the information from your mind.", "human_ref_B": "I like to think Malal's been banished to another galaxy, but not to my personal knowledge. It would make logical sense if there's xenos beyond the galaxy besides necrons and tyranids, though I think there's a high chance those warp beings would be powered by xenos emotions that humans don't have the necessary brain chemicals or even words to know.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3220.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3o9his", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40K] Do the Chaos Gods have an impact beyond our galaxy? Do the Chaos Gods draw power from the hate/plotting/lust/rotting of beings all across the universe, or are they tied to our galaxy? If the latter, why? For that matter, what about the Old Ones or other Warp-Beings?", "c_root_id_A": "cvvp3mh", "c_root_id_B": "cvvm35q", "created_at_utc_A": 1444560042.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444546941.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We did scan Andromeda, all we heard back was \"Ooga chaka, ooga ooga ooga chaka\" Rather than get our funding cut and laughed out of the Imperium we merely closed shop", "human_ref_B": "There's often confusion in the literature between \"the universe\" and \"the galaxy\". This is due to the galaxies ~~obsession~~ reasonable preoccupation with itself. If I can be crass, it's like how Americans call their sporting events \"the World Series.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13101.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ylxqy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[WH40K] Do Chaos Marines still have to eat/sleep/etc. ?", "c_root_id_A": "cpatpa7", "c_root_id_B": "cpashmq", "created_at_utc_A": 1426029288.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426027289.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "In a general sense, yes. Unless they have become demons or something, Chaos Marines do still have physical bodies which require food, water, etc. however, the Eye of Terror and the resulting warp beyond do not behave the same way as real space. A Chaos Marine might only eat every thousand years, or might eat every fifteen seconds. The warp be cray cray that way.", "human_ref_B": "Their bodies are still \"alive\", so they still to eat and sleep.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1999.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7hgxft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[WH40K]Did any of the Primarchs have girlfriends? Or boyfriends, or just SO's of any kind. If none of the Primarchs have had SO's have any Astartes had SO's?", "c_root_id_A": "dqqxp0q", "c_root_id_B": "dqqwate", "created_at_utc_A": 1512395148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512392872.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": ">On more than one occasion I\u2019d stood with her and her warband in the communal showers after training, blind and numb to any sensation of desire, watching her wash her hair and listening to her speak of serving in the sweltering jungles of Voroxis, killing heretics who spilled from a downed rogue trader vessel. Bizarrely, the Khatan had declared, upon seeing me wash myself, that my ascension to knighthood was \u2018a great shame\u2019. Captain Castor had explained the meaning to me several months later, though I still didn\u2019t see the humour in it. They do not have any sexual urges. With the exception of Chaos Marines who worship Slaanesh, and with the possible exception of Space Wolves, but the Wolves might just be bragging.", "human_ref_B": "As far as we can tell, Astartes and Primarchs don't have sex drives. They can form emotional bonds with others, but not the same sort of relationships you're talking about.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2276.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7hgxft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[WH40K]Did any of the Primarchs have girlfriends? Or boyfriends, or just SO's of any kind. If none of the Primarchs have had SO's have any Astartes had SO's?", "c_root_id_A": "dqqwnfq", "c_root_id_B": "dqqxp0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1512393479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512395148.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Its debatable with the Primarchs as they are powerful enough, and had enough personal freedom and agency to have Significant Others if the so desired. As for Adepts Astartes, this is extremely unlikely given their biology and indoctrination, but I suppose it is not technically impossible. Maybe there are some Salamanders or SPace Wolves that maintain their conection to baseline humans to the point they have Significant-ish Others, but even for them Emprah comes first, then Chapterbrothers, then orders, and only then, low, low on the priority list, girlfriends/boyfriends. As for the exact mechanics of sex, Im sure most Adepts are technically sterile and their equipment is not meant to be functional, barely ornamental at best. As for Chaos Marines, anything goes.", "human_ref_B": ">On more than one occasion I\u2019d stood with her and her warband in the communal showers after training, blind and numb to any sensation of desire, watching her wash her hair and listening to her speak of serving in the sweltering jungles of Voroxis, killing heretics who spilled from a downed rogue trader vessel. Bizarrely, the Khatan had declared, upon seeing me wash myself, that my ascension to knighthood was \u2018a great shame\u2019. Captain Castor had explained the meaning to me several months later, though I still didn\u2019t see the humour in it. They do not have any sexual urges. With the exception of Chaos Marines who worship Slaanesh, and with the possible exception of Space Wolves, but the Wolves might just be bragging.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1669.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sx0bt7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Warhammer fantasy] Where does all the non-chaos gods reside? So, presumably, all gods are connected to the warp. But even tho there are tons of non-chaos gods running around, you never hear about their realms in the warp. Do they all have their own minor realms in the warp, or are they supressed by the gods of chaos and hiding or inprisioned in their realms? Or are they hiding in the real world?", "c_root_id_A": "hxrk4r7", "c_root_id_B": "hxtgh7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1645399701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645439626.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If it\u2019s anything like Warhammer 40k, it\u2019s implied that the main chaos gods devoured all the weak ones until they were the only gods left.", "human_ref_B": "Most of the gods \u201clive\u201d in the realms of chaos, sources differ if the gods have a physical form or not. Some(mostly heretical) scholars say the gods are just a manifestation of their followers\u2019 faith and aren\u2019t living and have no physical form.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39925.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sx0bt7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Warhammer fantasy] Where does all the non-chaos gods reside? So, presumably, all gods are connected to the warp. But even tho there are tons of non-chaos gods running around, you never hear about their realms in the warp. Do they all have their own minor realms in the warp, or are they supressed by the gods of chaos and hiding or inprisioned in their realms? Or are they hiding in the real world?", "c_root_id_A": "hxtsqey", "c_root_id_B": "hxrk4r7", "created_at_utc_A": 1645448643.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645399701.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Honestly aside from being said to reside in the realm of Chaos *(or the Aethyr as it's sometimes called)* not much is spoken about what their domains are like.", "human_ref_B": "If it\u2019s anything like Warhammer 40k, it\u2019s implied that the main chaos gods devoured all the weak ones until they were the only gods left.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48942.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81a1md", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[World of Warcraft] Do warlocks have sex with their succubi? Asking for a friend.", "c_root_id_A": "dv1w9c4", "c_root_id_B": "dv1plnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1519959713.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519952586.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Weak warlocks do, and are corrupted, consumed and put down. Middling warlocks don't, because they know the risks, they're not that stupid, and they know they're not powerful enough. Powerful warlocks don't either because there are red-hot eredar twins to hit on instead. (Just kidding, powerful warlocks totally do because they can handle it.)", "human_ref_B": "No! A succubus gains power over a man by having sex with him. A warlock needs to maintain control over his succubus.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7127.0, "score_ratio": 1.5588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81a1md", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[World of Warcraft] Do warlocks have sex with their succubi? Asking for a friend.", "c_root_id_A": "dv1w9c4", "c_root_id_B": "dv1tqgl", "created_at_utc_A": 1519959713.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519957014.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Weak warlocks do, and are corrupted, consumed and put down. Middling warlocks don't, because they know the risks, they're not that stupid, and they know they're not powerful enough. Powerful warlocks don't either because there are red-hot eredar twins to hit on instead. (Just kidding, powerful warlocks totally do because they can handle it.)", "human_ref_B": "Well, there's a pretty big bed in the 'lock order hall with a bunch of Succubi hanging out, I believe...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2699.0, "score_ratio": 5.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81a1md", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[World of Warcraft] Do warlocks have sex with their succubi? Asking for a friend.", "c_root_id_A": "dv1w9c4", "c_root_id_B": "dv1tybr", "created_at_utc_A": 1519959713.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519957246.0, "score_A": 53, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Weak warlocks do, and are corrupted, consumed and put down. Middling warlocks don't, because they know the risks, they're not that stupid, and they know they're not powerful enough. Powerful warlocks don't either because there are red-hot eredar twins to hit on instead. (Just kidding, powerful warlocks totally do because they can handle it.)", "human_ref_B": "On one hand: \"getting high on your own supply\". On the other: are there negative consequences if you *yuri* her?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2467.0, "score_ratio": 8.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81a1md", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[World of Warcraft] Do warlocks have sex with their succubi? Asking for a friend.", "c_root_id_A": "dv2uftc", "c_root_id_B": "dv2udj3", "created_at_utc_A": 1520010312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520010253.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Do they? Yes Should you? **No**", "human_ref_B": "There's a bunch of succubus in the relaxation pit in the dreadscar, so probably.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 59.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81a1md", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[World of Warcraft] Do warlocks have sex with their succubi? Asking for a friend.", "c_root_id_A": "dv2824f", "c_root_id_B": "dv2uftc", "created_at_utc_A": 1519976496.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520010312.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No, that tends to go poorly, what with succubi eating souls through sex. No, warlocks make succubi fuck eachother. Warlocks like to watch.", "human_ref_B": "Do they? Yes Should you? **No**", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33816.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "81a1md", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[World of Warcraft] Do warlocks have sex with their succubi? Asking for a friend.", "c_root_id_A": "dv2824f", "c_root_id_B": "dv2udj3", "created_at_utc_A": 1519976496.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520010253.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No, that tends to go poorly, what with succubi eating souls through sex. No, warlocks make succubi fuck eachother. Warlocks like to watch.", "human_ref_B": "There's a bunch of succubus in the relaxation pit in the dreadscar, so probably.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33757.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "conp8i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[The Hobbit] Why wasn\u2019t there a fight over the ring when Bilbo revealed it to The dwarves after the fight with the spiders As a refresher, Bilbo and company had just finished fighting back the giant spiders in Mirkwood but during that time Bilbo had to reveal the one ring which he had been keeping secret up till then. So after the fight the dwarves are all thanking Bilbo for saving them and they of course ask about the ring and Bilbo tells what really happened in the cave with Gollum. The book never actually says that while Bilbo was talking that he pulled out the ring and showed them but I find it hard to believe that in this scenario Bilbo wouldn\u2019t have pulled it out at least to show them. Dwarves in general love gold and jewels. Enchanted rings aren\u2019t a common thing in a Middle Earth. The dwarves showed genuine interest when they heard about it. All this and of course the ring has a will of its own so I feel it would have made itself purposefuly alluring to the dwarves after they knew that it was in Bilbos pocket and they would have forced him to show them the ring. So to sum it all up, wtf? maybe the Rings not as powerful as in the LOTR trilogy because Saurons not as powerful at this point?", "c_root_id_A": "ewk6ija", "c_root_id_B": "ewkf1lf", "created_at_utc_A": 1565477191.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1565482718.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "IIRC aren't there two versions of that scene, an original version where he shows them the ring and they all say how pretty it is then a revised version after he'd written (Or at least thought about) LOTR proper where instead he's too scared to show off the ring incase they steal it? Also, in universe, people fight over the ring not because the ring is highly tempting but because the ring tempts people. The ring itself is evil and wills Boromir to still it or tempts the restraint of Gandalf and Galadriel when Frodo offers it to them. So after Eru only knows how long the ring was stuck in that ruddy cave with that horrible Golum it's now out and in the open air with a naive hobbit to manipulate. The ring doesn't want to tempt the hardy dwarves or the cunning wizard, the ring is quite happy corrupting the hobbit.", "human_ref_B": "The Ring is intelligent in its corruption and makes mistakes about who to target. Gollum was an *immense* mistake on the Ring's part, it went from being carried by a paragon among men to lost in a cave for hundreds of years. I don't know if you could say the Ring feels emotions, but if so it was probably relieved just to have gotten out of there on the finger of a hobbit who planned to travel the world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5527.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "conp8i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[The Hobbit] Why wasn\u2019t there a fight over the ring when Bilbo revealed it to The dwarves after the fight with the spiders As a refresher, Bilbo and company had just finished fighting back the giant spiders in Mirkwood but during that time Bilbo had to reveal the one ring which he had been keeping secret up till then. So after the fight the dwarves are all thanking Bilbo for saving them and they of course ask about the ring and Bilbo tells what really happened in the cave with Gollum. The book never actually says that while Bilbo was talking that he pulled out the ring and showed them but I find it hard to believe that in this scenario Bilbo wouldn\u2019t have pulled it out at least to show them. Dwarves in general love gold and jewels. Enchanted rings aren\u2019t a common thing in a Middle Earth. The dwarves showed genuine interest when they heard about it. All this and of course the ring has a will of its own so I feel it would have made itself purposefuly alluring to the dwarves after they knew that it was in Bilbos pocket and they would have forced him to show them the ring. So to sum it all up, wtf? maybe the Rings not as powerful as in the LOTR trilogy because Saurons not as powerful at this point?", "c_root_id_A": "ewk7roo", "c_root_id_B": "ewkf1lf", "created_at_utc_A": 1565477730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1565482718.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The ring was less active at that time, since it was hiding", "human_ref_B": "The Ring is intelligent in its corruption and makes mistakes about who to target. Gollum was an *immense* mistake on the Ring's part, it went from being carried by a paragon among men to lost in a cave for hundreds of years. I don't know if you could say the Ring feels emotions, but if so it was probably relieved just to have gotten out of there on the finger of a hobbit who planned to travel the world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4988.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "conp8i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[The Hobbit] Why wasn\u2019t there a fight over the ring when Bilbo revealed it to The dwarves after the fight with the spiders As a refresher, Bilbo and company had just finished fighting back the giant spiders in Mirkwood but during that time Bilbo had to reveal the one ring which he had been keeping secret up till then. So after the fight the dwarves are all thanking Bilbo for saving them and they of course ask about the ring and Bilbo tells what really happened in the cave with Gollum. The book never actually says that while Bilbo was talking that he pulled out the ring and showed them but I find it hard to believe that in this scenario Bilbo wouldn\u2019t have pulled it out at least to show them. Dwarves in general love gold and jewels. Enchanted rings aren\u2019t a common thing in a Middle Earth. The dwarves showed genuine interest when they heard about it. All this and of course the ring has a will of its own so I feel it would have made itself purposefuly alluring to the dwarves after they knew that it was in Bilbos pocket and they would have forced him to show them the ring. So to sum it all up, wtf? maybe the Rings not as powerful as in the LOTR trilogy because Saurons not as powerful at this point?", "c_root_id_A": "ewm587g", "c_root_id_B": "ewo1jns", "created_at_utc_A": 1565543487.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1565601182.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": ">All this and of course the ring has a will of its own so I feel it would have made itself purposefuly alluring to the dwarves after they knew that it was in Bilbos pocket and they would have forced him to show them the ring. The ring knows Bilbo is a better owner in the long run. The dwarves will use it more up until they beat Smaug... at which point they'll become obsessed with hoarding it and keep it stashed underground forever, guarding it jealously along with the shitload of other treasure they have. Not only is this back to square one with when Gollum had it, but it's not even a very productive corruption because *dwarves just do that anyway* when they get a lot of treasure. Bilbo is kind of a gamble, but he's still the smart bet for a ring that's playing the long game.", "human_ref_B": "It's just a ring of invisibility, nothing to fight over. I mean they're all in this together to fight over the Arkenstone of all things. That's worth much more than some silly trinket of power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57695.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "edphad", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Game of Thrones Novels] You\u2019re a peasant who finds a stack of ancient Gold Bars. The stack is as large as a Walmart. How can you cash in without people simply killing you and stealing it? you\u2019re a peasant. no royalty or nobleman. how can you actually get credit for the gold without simply getting murdered?", "c_root_id_A": "fbjiohc", "c_root_id_B": "fbjt7fr", "created_at_utc_A": 1576934266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576939634.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "I guess you get. Some gold, get a merchant that puts you in contact with a bravosi sailor. Travel east and hire/buy your own army. Go e and pickup the rest of the gold.", "human_ref_B": "Take one or two bars first. Go to a major city, pretend to be an investor from far away who moved here and wants to buy a business. Exchange your gold bar for a small business. Over the next few years, take occasional trips to your stash, alone and disguised. Bring back a few at a time. Buy a gold smelting kit (gold melts pretty easily, it is not too complicated a setup), and melt the new bars into more generic gold bars or trinkets. Pretend that you earned all the gold through your business. Bu more stores and businesses so it's impossible for someone to track exactly where your money is coming from. Do this for several years, expand your \"business\" empire and become the richest man in the city. To any observer you will seem like a shrewd businessman who made a fortune by investing into a variety of businesses.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5368.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "edphad", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Game of Thrones Novels] You\u2019re a peasant who finds a stack of ancient Gold Bars. The stack is as large as a Walmart. How can you cash in without people simply killing you and stealing it? you\u2019re a peasant. no royalty or nobleman. how can you actually get credit for the gold without simply getting murdered?", "c_root_id_A": "fbkd25l", "c_root_id_B": "fbkkjue", "created_at_utc_A": 1576948442.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576951776.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "So a stack of gold bars as large as a building is an insane amount. A stack of bars as big as a *table* is still a ridiculous amount of gold. We need to think smaller. Take, like, two or three bars. Go somewhere away from the hoard, preferably somewhere within a decent walk of a traveling route. Roll the bars in the dirt a bit (dent them, knock off a few small chunks), wrap them in leather or something, roll *that* in the dirt, and bury the whole thing in a hole. Come back about two months later. Dig them up, take them to the nearest lord, and present them. Ask for a small portion of the gold as a finder's fee - in chunks of the gold, not coins. When asked, take them to the hole and show them. Claim that you were out walking and saw the disturbed ground, and were curious. With your finder's fee, you're instantly richer than all of your neighbors. Sell off anything you can't move and move yourself to the nearest larger town to 'move up in the world'. Do NOT take any gold with you yet, just the finder's fee. Start some sort of business, whatever you know how to do. Let it be known to one or two people how you made your fortune, but don't advertise. DO NOT tell anyone how much you got. Exaggerate the size of what you found at every opportunity. At some point, go back to your horde. Chop up another one, MAYBE two bars into small enough pieces that you could reasonably easily spend them. Since nobody knows how much you got, you shouldn't arouse too much suspicion. Start expanding your business. Don't be greedy, you're already wealthier than about 90% of the people out there. Try to get involved in shipping. If all else fails, move again and repeat the last step. Once you have a moderately large, successful business....well, that's endgame. Trying to get any bigger is going to attract notice, and that's going to involve questions that won't be nice for you. That lord you handed two bars to will NOT be happy to learn you had two hundred. Stash five bars in a few good hiding places and get rid of the rest. Bury them deep, toss them in the sea.... they're a deadly threat to you.", "human_ref_B": "A stack of gold the size of a large building is a good order of magnitude more than all the gold that has *ever* been mined on Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3334.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "edphad", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Game of Thrones Novels] You\u2019re a peasant who finds a stack of ancient Gold Bars. The stack is as large as a Walmart. How can you cash in without people simply killing you and stealing it? you\u2019re a peasant. no royalty or nobleman. how can you actually get credit for the gold without simply getting murdered?", "c_root_id_A": "fbjiohc", "c_root_id_B": "fbkkjue", "created_at_utc_A": 1576934266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576951776.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I guess you get. Some gold, get a merchant that puts you in contact with a bravosi sailor. Travel east and hire/buy your own army. Go e and pickup the rest of the gold.", "human_ref_B": "A stack of gold the size of a large building is a good order of magnitude more than all the gold that has *ever* been mined on Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17510.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "edphad", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Game of Thrones Novels] You\u2019re a peasant who finds a stack of ancient Gold Bars. The stack is as large as a Walmart. How can you cash in without people simply killing you and stealing it? you\u2019re a peasant. no royalty or nobleman. how can you actually get credit for the gold without simply getting murdered?", "c_root_id_A": "fbjiohc", "c_root_id_B": "fbkd25l", "created_at_utc_A": 1576934266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576948442.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I guess you get. Some gold, get a merchant that puts you in contact with a bravosi sailor. Travel east and hire/buy your own army. Go e and pickup the rest of the gold.", "human_ref_B": "So a stack of gold bars as large as a building is an insane amount. A stack of bars as big as a *table* is still a ridiculous amount of gold. We need to think smaller. Take, like, two or three bars. Go somewhere away from the hoard, preferably somewhere within a decent walk of a traveling route. Roll the bars in the dirt a bit (dent them, knock off a few small chunks), wrap them in leather or something, roll *that* in the dirt, and bury the whole thing in a hole. Come back about two months later. Dig them up, take them to the nearest lord, and present them. Ask for a small portion of the gold as a finder's fee - in chunks of the gold, not coins. When asked, take them to the hole and show them. Claim that you were out walking and saw the disturbed ground, and were curious. With your finder's fee, you're instantly richer than all of your neighbors. Sell off anything you can't move and move yourself to the nearest larger town to 'move up in the world'. Do NOT take any gold with you yet, just the finder's fee. Start some sort of business, whatever you know how to do. Let it be known to one or two people how you made your fortune, but don't advertise. DO NOT tell anyone how much you got. Exaggerate the size of what you found at every opportunity. At some point, go back to your horde. Chop up another one, MAYBE two bars into small enough pieces that you could reasonably easily spend them. Since nobody knows how much you got, you shouldn't arouse too much suspicion. Start expanding your business. Don't be greedy, you're already wealthier than about 90% of the people out there. Try to get involved in shipping. If all else fails, move again and repeat the last step. Once you have a moderately large, successful business....well, that's endgame. Trying to get any bigger is going to attract notice, and that's going to involve questions that won't be nice for you. That lord you handed two bars to will NOT be happy to learn you had two hundred. Stash five bars in a few good hiding places and get rid of the rest. Bury them deep, toss them in the sea.... they're a deadly threat to you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14176.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "edphad", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Game of Thrones Novels] You\u2019re a peasant who finds a stack of ancient Gold Bars. The stack is as large as a Walmart. How can you cash in without people simply killing you and stealing it? you\u2019re a peasant. no royalty or nobleman. how can you actually get credit for the gold without simply getting murdered?", "c_root_id_A": "fbksh36", "c_root_id_B": "fbjiohc", "created_at_utc_A": 1576954929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576934266.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "This is game of thrones, as a peasant you are going to have a hard time cashing in your crop of turnips without being killed and having it stolen.", "human_ref_B": "I guess you get. Some gold, get a merchant that puts you in contact with a bravosi sailor. Travel east and hire/buy your own army. Go e and pickup the rest of the gold.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20663.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2h9d2e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[DC] I heard somewhere that the speed force is slowly killing Flash. Is this true? And if so, how?", "c_root_id_A": "ckqrcyk", "c_root_id_B": "ckqswy8", "created_at_utc_A": 1411515897.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411519253.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Flash obviously has to think really fast to be able to go fast without hitting anything. Eventually, the rest of his body will be working really fast, like his mind, essentially causing him to die of old age.", "human_ref_B": "Like someone above said Flash went unstable during Kingdom Come. It's not a real worry for new 52 flash, though a if Flash runs too fast he can get sucked into the speed force, which isn't exactly dying since he has gotten out before.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3356.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2h9d2e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[DC] I heard somewhere that the speed force is slowly killing Flash. Is this true? And if so, how?", "c_root_id_A": "ckqrcyk", "c_root_id_B": "ckqus2z", "created_at_utc_A": 1411515897.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411523305.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Flash obviously has to think really fast to be able to go fast without hitting anything. Eventually, the rest of his body will be working really fast, like his mind, essentially causing him to die of old age.", "human_ref_B": "No, he just runs the risk of getting dragged into the Speed Force if he goes too fast", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7408.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5zgxku", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[40K] I want to avoid my soul getting consumed in the warp or tortured for all eternity. What is the best way to do that? To be clear I want to retain my consciousness after death. I was thinking of worshiping this guy Nurgle, he seems nice though you can't help but doubt and his... rather unique look.", "c_root_id_A": "dey5nn0", "c_root_id_B": "dey30vh", "created_at_utc_A": 1489554619.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489550275.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "So let's see... there are a few options. * Go FULL CHAOS. I'm talking screaming bloody maniac Chaos. Maybe you'll become a Khornate champion? If you get off on it, you might become a Slaaneshi champion. Of course, there are side effects... * Go *tricky Chaos*. Be as subtle as that b. Just as planned. * Go For the Greater Good. Being born a Tau would shield you from the horrors of the Warp and being devoured. Maybe. * Go Space Elf. Serve the elves, see the wonders of the galaxy, have your soul forever imprisoned and used to power arcane devices. If they'll even take you on, that is. * Go evil Space Elf. The Dark Eldar are always looking for ~~victims~~ recruits, and you'll probably learn more about biology than you ever wanted to know. Be useful and they'll keep you around for a long time... whether you like it or not. * Go on a vacation with the Hrud. The Hrud are migratory, keep human slaves, and extend some sort of biological or psychic field that causes decay around them but keeps their human slave-pets alive. * Go into a Tyranid's mouth. Mmmm yummy snack. Always hungry. Shadow in the Warp means your soul is now eaten by 'Nids! I think? * Go join the Cabal. Where can you find pleasure, Search the Warp for treasure, Learn arcane technology? Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true On the land or empyrean-ee Where can you learn to fly Fight endless wars and skin alive Study Warp geography? Sign up for the last stand Or blasted into fine sand When your team and others meet In the Cabal, Yes, you can be a Perpetual, In the Cabal, Yes, you can live for way too long, In the Cabal, Come on now, xenos, sing a song, In the Cabal, In the Cabal Can't you see we need a Psyker? In the Cabal, Come on, protect Commander Ryker, In the Cabal, Come on and make some heresy, In the Cabal Come on people, and set your minds free, In the Cabal, in the Cabal in the Cabal (in the Cabal) They want you, they want you They want you as a new recruit * Go be faithful to the Emperor. Who knows? The big E *might* protect you, if you're incredibly lucky. * Go become a Space Marine. You'll live forever, if you're incredibly lucky. * Go become one with those nice shiny metal men over there. Yes, the ones strewn with body parts. You won't need them soon. Yes, soon you'll be one of us... one of us...", "human_ref_B": "As a general matter, if you are weak willed your soul will likely quickly dissipate in the warp. If you have a strong will or are a psycher your soul may survive for a while. If you die from Nurgle's rot, yes you may be somewhat immortal, although you could still be consumed by a demon or slain by the imperium's more powerful anti demon weapons. If you have a strong enough will you could instead seek out the emperor's table, becoming part of his immortal army in the afterlife, returning when the imperium needs you most.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4344.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5zgxku", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[40K] I want to avoid my soul getting consumed in the warp or tortured for all eternity. What is the best way to do that? To be clear I want to retain my consciousness after death. I was thinking of worshiping this guy Nurgle, he seems nice though you can't help but doubt and his... rather unique look.", "c_root_id_A": "dey3iph", "c_root_id_B": "dey5nn0", "created_at_utc_A": 1489551039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489554619.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "An Eldar spirit stone would be the best way. You could even get placed in a Wraith construct like a Wraitguard if you still want to be able to walk around and fight after death.", "human_ref_B": "So let's see... there are a few options. * Go FULL CHAOS. I'm talking screaming bloody maniac Chaos. Maybe you'll become a Khornate champion? If you get off on it, you might become a Slaaneshi champion. Of course, there are side effects... * Go *tricky Chaos*. Be as subtle as that b. Just as planned. * Go For the Greater Good. Being born a Tau would shield you from the horrors of the Warp and being devoured. Maybe. * Go Space Elf. Serve the elves, see the wonders of the galaxy, have your soul forever imprisoned and used to power arcane devices. If they'll even take you on, that is. * Go evil Space Elf. The Dark Eldar are always looking for ~~victims~~ recruits, and you'll probably learn more about biology than you ever wanted to know. Be useful and they'll keep you around for a long time... whether you like it or not. * Go on a vacation with the Hrud. The Hrud are migratory, keep human slaves, and extend some sort of biological or psychic field that causes decay around them but keeps their human slave-pets alive. * Go into a Tyranid's mouth. Mmmm yummy snack. Always hungry. Shadow in the Warp means your soul is now eaten by 'Nids! I think? * Go join the Cabal. Where can you find pleasure, Search the Warp for treasure, Learn arcane technology? Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true On the land or empyrean-ee Where can you learn to fly Fight endless wars and skin alive Study Warp geography? Sign up for the last stand Or blasted into fine sand When your team and others meet In the Cabal, Yes, you can be a Perpetual, In the Cabal, Yes, you can live for way too long, In the Cabal, Come on now, xenos, sing a song, In the Cabal, In the Cabal Can't you see we need a Psyker? In the Cabal, Come on, protect Commander Ryker, In the Cabal, Come on and make some heresy, In the Cabal Come on people, and set your minds free, In the Cabal, in the Cabal in the Cabal (in the Cabal) They want you, they want you They want you as a new recruit * Go be faithful to the Emperor. Who knows? The big E *might* protect you, if you're incredibly lucky. * Go become a Space Marine. You'll live forever, if you're incredibly lucky. * Go become one with those nice shiny metal men over there. Yes, the ones strewn with body parts. You won't need them soon. Yes, soon you'll be one of us... one of us...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3580.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1zpcb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[WH40K][DrWho] The darlek army finds its way into the WH40K universe, can they spawn a God in the warp? So the Darlek army gets banished and ends up in the WH40K-verse by mistake. plenty of posts have looked at Darleks standing up to Marines, Nids, etc, but could they affect the warp? The are sentient and have emotions and possibly the strangled remains of what passes for a soul. What they do have is a xenophobic genocidal hate so strong and passionate it makes the Ordo Inquisitorum blush. Could this form a new God in the chaos?", "c_root_id_A": "cfwdctz", "c_root_id_B": "cfwsa70", "created_at_utc_A": 1394158077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394209892.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "EXTERMINATIONS FOR THE EXTERMINATION GOD!!!!!", "human_ref_B": "i don't know if it would form a new one entirely, but khorne would be getting a new more dalek looking aspect/facet from all the wanton violence and hate their little souls pump out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51815.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fwyqy", "c_root_id_B": "d0fw7pq", "created_at_utc_A": 1456592609.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456591337.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There is this gorgeous little lake somewhere on a mountain on Charadon, about 4m wide. It has 5 fish, a little white flower and a sort of bird-like creature that takes a drink every 4 or 5 days. Shame it's on an ork-infested planet, but i highly recommend a weekend just sitting on the moss covered rock next to it.", "human_ref_B": "IN THE GRIMDARK FUTURE ALL IS GRIM AND DARK. DARK AND GRIM.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1272.0, "score_ratio": 12.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fxdzb", "c_root_id_B": "d0fw7pq", "created_at_utc_A": 1456593328.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456591337.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There are worlds in every stage from barren rock, to bronze age, to space age where they've been pretty much ignorant to the greater warfare in the galaxy. There are even worlds out there just like Ancient Terra in the 3rd millennium.", "human_ref_B": "IN THE GRIMDARK FUTURE ALL IS GRIM AND DARK. DARK AND GRIM.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1991.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fybf0", "c_root_id_B": "d0fybu4", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594891.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456594911.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Lots of them actually! The Imperium of Mankind is a galaxy-spanning empire, while it's borders are in state of constant conflict and there is war unending, there are places where there hadn't been conflict in thousands of years. While planets like these are still obliged to send soldiers to various Crusades, they haven't seen war in long, long time. There are also Garden Worlds which are beautiful, peaceful and safe planets kept that way on purpose. There are only a few thousand people living on such worlds because they are intended as vaction resorts, meditational retreats and general \"finding peace\" places.", "human_ref_B": "Loads of planets. There are entire worlds used mostly for vacations. The interstellar tourist trade is fairly prominent. In fact, most planets never see xenos. >She\u2019d seen things that many \u2013 perhaps even most \u2013 citizens of the Imperium never see. Most lives are spent on safe worlds far from the touch of war and horror, and the obscenities that lurk out there in the darkest parts of the void are myths or rumours\u2026 if that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20.0, "score_ratio": 2.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fy4nm", "c_root_id_B": "d0fybu4", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594576.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456594911.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Paradise worlds count and garden worlds too.", "human_ref_B": "Loads of planets. There are entire worlds used mostly for vacations. The interstellar tourist trade is fairly prominent. In fact, most planets never see xenos. >She\u2019d seen things that many \u2013 perhaps even most \u2013 citizens of the Imperium never see. Most lives are spent on safe worlds far from the touch of war and horror, and the obscenities that lurk out there in the darkest parts of the void are myths or rumours\u2026 if that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 335.0, "score_ratio": 4.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fybu4", "c_root_id_B": "d0fw7pq", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456591337.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Loads of planets. There are entire worlds used mostly for vacations. The interstellar tourist trade is fairly prominent. In fact, most planets never see xenos. >She\u2019d seen things that many \u2013 perhaps even most \u2013 citizens of the Imperium never see. Most lives are spent on safe worlds far from the touch of war and horror, and the obscenities that lurk out there in the darkest parts of the void are myths or rumours\u2026 if that.", "human_ref_B": "IN THE GRIMDARK FUTURE ALL IS GRIM AND DARK. DARK AND GRIM.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3574.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fybu4", "c_root_id_B": "d0fy83z", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594911.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456594735.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Loads of planets. There are entire worlds used mostly for vacations. The interstellar tourist trade is fairly prominent. In fact, most planets never see xenos. >She\u2019d seen things that many \u2013 perhaps even most \u2013 citizens of the Imperium never see. Most lives are spent on safe worlds far from the touch of war and horror, and the obscenities that lurk out there in the darkest parts of the void are myths or rumours\u2026 if that.", "human_ref_B": "There was a beautiful jungle paradise in one of the Hammer of the Emperor books, but Tyranids ate it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 176.0, "score_ratio": 8.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fy4nm", "c_root_id_B": "d0fybf0", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594576.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456594891.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Paradise worlds count and garden worlds too.", "human_ref_B": "Lots of them actually! The Imperium of Mankind is a galaxy-spanning empire, while it's borders are in state of constant conflict and there is war unending, there are places where there hadn't been conflict in thousands of years. While planets like these are still obliged to send soldiers to various Crusades, they haven't seen war in long, long time. There are also Garden Worlds which are beautiful, peaceful and safe planets kept that way on purpose. There are only a few thousand people living on such worlds because they are intended as vaction resorts, meditational retreats and general \"finding peace\" places.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 315.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fybf0", "c_root_id_B": "d0fw7pq", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594891.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456591337.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Lots of them actually! The Imperium of Mankind is a galaxy-spanning empire, while it's borders are in state of constant conflict and there is war unending, there are places where there hadn't been conflict in thousands of years. While planets like these are still obliged to send soldiers to various Crusades, they haven't seen war in long, long time. There are also Garden Worlds which are beautiful, peaceful and safe planets kept that way on purpose. There are only a few thousand people living on such worlds because they are intended as vaction resorts, meditational retreats and general \"finding peace\" places.", "human_ref_B": "IN THE GRIMDARK FUTURE ALL IS GRIM AND DARK. DARK AND GRIM.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3554.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fybf0", "c_root_id_B": "d0fy83z", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594891.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456594735.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Lots of them actually! The Imperium of Mankind is a galaxy-spanning empire, while it's borders are in state of constant conflict and there is war unending, there are places where there hadn't been conflict in thousands of years. While planets like these are still obliged to send soldiers to various Crusades, they haven't seen war in long, long time. There are also Garden Worlds which are beautiful, peaceful and safe planets kept that way on purpose. There are only a few thousand people living on such worlds because they are intended as vaction resorts, meditational retreats and general \"finding peace\" places.", "human_ref_B": "There was a beautiful jungle paradise in one of the Hammer of the Emperor books, but Tyranids ate it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 156.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fw7pq", "c_root_id_B": "d0fy4nm", "created_at_utc_A": 1456591337.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456594576.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "IN THE GRIMDARK FUTURE ALL IS GRIM AND DARK. DARK AND GRIM.", "human_ref_B": "Paradise worlds count and garden worlds too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3239.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fy83z", "c_root_id_B": "d0fzsn3", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456597417.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There was a beautiful jungle paradise in one of the Hammer of the Emperor books, but Tyranids ate it.", "human_ref_B": "On top of the mention pleasure worlds (I don't think Garden worlds count, because the Eldar wants them back), most worlds in the Segmentum Solar sees very little combat thanks to being such a center location in the Imperium. A pleasure world inside Segmentum Solar have probably not seen any form of war for the last 5.000 years. ...Not like you can afford actually staying there, I heard you need to be a noble from Praetoria to afford staying there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2682.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fzsn3", "c_root_id_B": "d0fzaju", "created_at_utc_A": 1456597417.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456596563.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "On top of the mention pleasure worlds (I don't think Garden worlds count, because the Eldar wants them back), most worlds in the Segmentum Solar sees very little combat thanks to being such a center location in the Imperium. A pleasure world inside Segmentum Solar have probably not seen any form of war for the last 5.000 years. ...Not like you can afford actually staying there, I heard you need to be a noble from Praetoria to afford staying there.", "human_ref_B": "> 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood? That's your own damn fault for having such a nice, shiny, not-yet-part-of-my-throne skull, such an abundant supply of succulent blood. That's ok though, we can un-encumber you of those burdens.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 854.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0fy83z", "c_root_id_B": "d0g9o5u", "created_at_utc_A": 1456594735.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456614451.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There was a beautiful jungle paradise in one of the Hammer of the Emperor books, but Tyranids ate it.", "human_ref_B": "Civilized Worlds and even Feudal Worlds aren't too bad. The former would be comparable to living on present day Earth with some extra futuristic technology, and also without freedom of speech. The latter is similar to medieval Earth, except with random anachronisms like having knights whose mounts aren't horses, but rather Imperial Knight mecha. There are plenty of places throughout the Imperium that aren't complete hellholes riddled with Orks, Chaos, Necrons, or Tyranids, but those places aren't interesting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19716.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0g9o5u", "c_root_id_B": "d0fzaju", "created_at_utc_A": 1456614451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456596563.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Civilized Worlds and even Feudal Worlds aren't too bad. The former would be comparable to living on present day Earth with some extra futuristic technology, and also without freedom of speech. The latter is similar to medieval Earth, except with random anachronisms like having knights whose mounts aren't horses, but rather Imperial Knight mecha. There are plenty of places throughout the Imperium that aren't complete hellholes riddled with Orks, Chaos, Necrons, or Tyranids, but those places aren't interesting.", "human_ref_B": "> 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood? That's your own damn fault for having such a nice, shiny, not-yet-part-of-my-throne skull, such an abundant supply of succulent blood. That's ok though, we can un-encumber you of those burdens.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17888.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0g1y6w", "c_root_id_B": "d0g9o5u", "created_at_utc_A": 1456601133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456614451.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "In the grim darkness of the present day, there is only war.", "human_ref_B": "Civilized Worlds and even Feudal Worlds aren't too bad. The former would be comparable to living on present day Earth with some extra futuristic technology, and also without freedom of speech. The latter is similar to medieval Earth, except with random anachronisms like having knights whose mounts aren't horses, but rather Imperial Knight mecha. There are plenty of places throughout the Imperium that aren't complete hellholes riddled with Orks, Chaos, Necrons, or Tyranids, but those places aren't interesting.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13318.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ghtvn", "c_root_id_B": "d0h361m", "created_at_utc_A": 1456628948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456683922.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Well that depends...how rich are you?", "human_ref_B": "There is plesure worlds, entire worlds turned into a paradise for the filhty rich, and the eldar garden worlds, worlds with perfectly beautiful nature (it was so beautiful it made fulgrim cry) and some agroworlds can probably be okey", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 54974.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0g1y6w", "c_root_id_B": "d0h361m", "created_at_utc_A": 1456601133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456683922.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In the grim darkness of the present day, there is only war.", "human_ref_B": "There is plesure worlds, entire worlds turned into a paradise for the filhty rich, and the eldar garden worlds, worlds with perfectly beautiful nature (it was so beautiful it made fulgrim cry) and some agroworlds can probably be okey", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 82789.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0ghtvn", "c_root_id_B": "d0g1y6w", "created_at_utc_A": 1456628948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456601133.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Well that depends...how rich are you?", "human_ref_B": "In the grim darkness of the present day, there is only war.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27815.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "47w0nb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[WH40K] Is there any place that is actually nice? Look, i have lived my entire existence in this hellhole of a planet. If its not Orks, its Tyranids. If its not Tyranids, its Necrons. If its not Necrons, its some form of Chaos. I have seen friends, family, pets, one guy lost a fern that he was really fond of just last week (he was kind of a kook) and to be honest, i am getting kind of tired of it. So, I must ask: Is there anywhere in this galaxy that could be considered \"Peaceful\"? you know, nice, clean, quiet, approximately 0 chance of invasion or death by something that wants my skull and blood?", "c_root_id_A": "d0hft0g", "c_root_id_B": "d0g1y6w", "created_at_utc_A": 1456704444.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456601133.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "HOLY TERRA IS LOVELY IN THE SPRING TIME.", "human_ref_B": "In the grim darkness of the present day, there is only war.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 103311.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1q9pqp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] Did the Primarchs ever have any children of their own?", "c_root_id_A": "cdam59s", "c_root_id_B": "cdapjkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1384037329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1384046983.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Abbadon the Despoiler is rumored to be the 'clone-progeny' of the Warmaster Horus. Thus he is considered the most powerful living being second only the the Emperor of Man.", "human_ref_B": "Well, since all of the Space Marine chapters are descended from the gene-seed of one of the primarchs, I suppose you could say that they an awful lot of children. But if you're talking about actual children, then no, none of the primachs had any, and none of the Space Marines will have any, either, because they're all chemically castrated as part of the augmentation process.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9654.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "66fiqe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Warcraft] What was the Lich King's endgame? I know that Ner'Zhul betrayed the Burning Legion, it's why he was sealed inside the Frozen Throne in the first place. He then instigated the War of the Spider to secure Northrend, and finally brought ruin to all of the Eastern Kingdoms with the Plague. This was all in preparation for the Legion's Second Invasion. It's clear, though, that Ner'Zhul desired freedom from the Legion. After all, it was Arthas who dropped the info on the Skull of Gul'Dan to Illidan, which led to the death of Tichondrius and eventually the downfall of Archimonde's Legion. Later, Arthas dons the Crown of Domination after defeating Illidan and saving the Scourge from total destruction. This fuses Arthas and Ner'Zhul into one being, the Lich King (making the term \"Lich King\" more than just a title). The Lich King then sleeps and wakes up 6 or 7 years later (assuming a one-year gap between Vanilla WoW, Burning Crusade, and WotLK) and proceeds to stir up trouble for everyone. It's obvious he wants to bring Undeath to everyone, but why? What's the point in doing that? Does he think that doing so will make Azeroth better prepared against another invasion from the Burning Legion? If that's the case, why doesn't he just bolster everyone else's forces since it's obvious that even with the Scourge on the side of the Legion during the Third War, it was still a victory for the good guys (though it was a close victory that came at a large cost).", "c_root_id_A": "dgib4ck", "c_root_id_B": "dgihotd", "created_at_utc_A": 1492679542.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492694179.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Power, all kings want more of it. Also, with a strong enough scourge he could theoretically go on the offensive against the burning legion on their turf.", "human_ref_B": "The Lich King doesn't give a shit about the Burning Legion invading Azeroth other than the fact he happens to be on Azeroth. It is explained that the reason the Lich King was jailed to begin with was the Burning Legion seriously underestimated how much power Ner'Zhul would have in this new form. In short Kil'jaeden fucked up and made something that could potentially undo the Burning Legion. They were kind of committed though and thought they could manage it being aware of the danger. Anyway the vast power growth comes from the sheer number of undead. He didn't just command them but each undead made him directly stronger. So you have a mook that doesn't want to be there who's powered proportionally to an exponentially expanding swarm. So the Lich King wanted to eat everything because it makes him stronger. That is his back story. At this point he isn't really concerned about the Legion. He's concerned about being the biggest and baddest Lich King he can be.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14637.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3to36f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[General/Superheroes]Are heroes judged \"street class\" because of their abilities or feats? My friend and I were discussing what constitutes a street class superhero. My friend said it was based on their powers, I said it was based on their feats. Then he brought up a good point.....that if they were judged by their feats, then Squirrel Girl is a World/Cosmic class hero..... Thoughts?", "c_root_id_A": "cx87bb2", "c_root_id_B": "cx7tqkv", "created_at_utc_A": 1448132339.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1448094918.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It's really to do with the sort of crime the fight. A street-level hero fights relatively small-scale crime - bank robbers, purse snatchers, drug dealers, serial killers, and so on. Such villains don't usually threaten more than the city they reside in, and if they do have greater ambitions, the hero's task is to prevent them from moving to a higher level. For example, while Iron Man would stop the Mandarin from using a nuclear arsenal to blow up a country, Spider-Man would prevent the Kingpin from eve getting his hands on a nuke. Being street-level has nothing to do with powers. Spider-Man is a street-level hero, whereas Captain America is mid-level despite having less superpowers, because Captain America's enemies deal in much higher stakes than those of Spider-Man. It should also be borne in mind that any super-hero class is going to be defined fuzzily and at least a little arbitrarily. To take Spider-Man again, the just-finished *Spider-Verse* storyline took him to cosmic level due to the whole 'save the entire multiverse' thing. Likewise, Batman commonly reaches god-level if not cosmic-level when he works with the Justice League (which is at the root of people saying he doesn't do enough for Gotham). And lastly, Squirrel Girl is Squirrel-Girl-class. By design, she's in a league of her own.", "human_ref_B": "Neither, they are judged via where they reside. Spider-Man resides at the street level, but he's defi itely leagues above it in strength, and has quite a few feats to showcase it. Hell technically he rarely even deals with a street level going. Most of his foes are very much super powered.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37421.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyxvdx0", "c_root_id_B": "hyyaq28", "created_at_utc_A": 1646158458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646164341.0, "score_A": 135, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "The Irredeemable Ant-Man (Eric O'grady) from Marvel. He uses his powers to stalk and spy super heroines while they are nudes taking a shower. Guy Gardner (a Green Lantern) from DC. Machist, misoginist, xenophobic, with anger issues. Professor Xavier could be a jerk, and Batman too.", "human_ref_B": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5883.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy7b0l", "c_root_id_B": "hyyaq28", "created_at_utc_A": 1646163028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646164341.0, "score_A": 115, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "The Inhumans and their aristocratic ways can dip into this territory. Thor, pre-humbling. Jessica Jones The Comedian", "human_ref_B": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1313.0, "score_ratio": 2.347826087, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyyaq28", "c_root_id_B": "hyxpg70", "created_at_utc_A": 1646164341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646156172.0, "score_A": 270, "score_B": 114, "human_ref_A": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark is a bit of a prick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8169.0, "score_ratio": 2.3684210526, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy0bcc", "c_root_id_B": "hyyaq28", "created_at_utc_A": 1646160334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646164341.0, "score_A": 84, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "The Sentry (to be fair he's severely mentally ill)", "human_ref_B": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4007.0, "score_ratio": 3.2142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy2771", "c_root_id_B": "hyyaq28", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646164341.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "I hate how people act like Hank just smacked Wasp for no reason, I meant Spider-Man and Reed also smacked thier wives but no one cares that they did it and those two are certainly more popular than Hank.", "human_ref_B": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3286.0, "score_ratio": 4.7368421053, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyyaq28", "c_root_id_B": "hyy32dv", "created_at_utc_A": 1646164341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646161388.0, "score_A": 270, "score_B": 55, "human_ref_A": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s not horrible per se, but I\u2019d rather get a root canal from a rookie then spend an afternoon with John Constantine", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2953.0, "score_ratio": 4.9090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy2l1o", "c_root_id_B": "hyyaq28", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161202.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646164341.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 270, "human_ref_A": "Tony stark. Hawkeye can be insufferable. Star fox. To be fair I don\u2019t think Reed is on the same scale as Pym.", "human_ref_B": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3139.0, "score_ratio": 7.9411764706, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyyaq28", "c_root_id_B": "hyxsfcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646164341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646157312.0, "score_A": 270, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7029.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyyaq28", "c_root_id_B": "hyyabx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1646164341.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646164192.0, "score_A": 270, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Post-Crisis Batman is a pretty big jerk and was probably peak Bat-dick imo, especially in the 2000s. Tony Stark during and after Civil War is equally an ass, which he\u2019s kinda gone back and forth on. Namor, Professor X and Reed Richards are all heroes who\u2019ve been real jerks at points. The entire Ultimates universe was pretty much \u201cWhat if Marvel\u2019s heroes were even more horrible people\u201d.", "human_ref_B": "There's very little heroic about Deadpool imo", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 149.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyxvdx0", "c_root_id_B": "hyxpg70", "created_at_utc_A": 1646158458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646156172.0, "score_A": 135, "score_B": 114, "human_ref_A": "The Irredeemable Ant-Man (Eric O'grady) from Marvel. He uses his powers to stalk and spy super heroines while they are nudes taking a shower. Guy Gardner (a Green Lantern) from DC. Machist, misoginist, xenophobic, with anger issues. Professor Xavier could be a jerk, and Batman too.", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark is a bit of a prick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2286.0, "score_ratio": 1.1842105263, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyxvdx0", "c_root_id_B": "hyxsfcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646158458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646157312.0, "score_A": 135, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The Irredeemable Ant-Man (Eric O'grady) from Marvel. He uses his powers to stalk and spy super heroines while they are nudes taking a shower. Guy Gardner (a Green Lantern) from DC. Machist, misoginist, xenophobic, with anger issues. Professor Xavier could be a jerk, and Batman too.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1146.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyydkt4", "c_root_id_B": "hyy7b0l", "created_at_utc_A": 1646165449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646163028.0, "score_A": 120, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "Namor. Dude constantly tries to declare war with other nations and sleep with heroes wives/girlfriends. In time runs out after he\u2019s forcibly kicked out of the Illuminati and left for dead he joins just with Thanos and slaughters worlds. I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s technically a hero except he\u2019s only every team. People call him Marvels Aquaman but only because they don\u2019t know how much of a dick he is.", "human_ref_B": "The Inhumans and their aristocratic ways can dip into this territory. Thor, pre-humbling. Jessica Jones The Comedian", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2421.0, "score_ratio": 1.0434782609, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyydkt4", "c_root_id_B": "hyxpg70", "created_at_utc_A": 1646165449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646156172.0, "score_A": 120, "score_B": 114, "human_ref_A": "Namor. Dude constantly tries to declare war with other nations and sleep with heroes wives/girlfriends. In time runs out after he\u2019s forcibly kicked out of the Illuminati and left for dead he joins just with Thanos and slaughters worlds. I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s technically a hero except he\u2019s only every team. People call him Marvels Aquaman but only because they don\u2019t know how much of a dick he is.", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark is a bit of a prick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9277.0, "score_ratio": 1.0526315789, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyydkt4", "c_root_id_B": "hyy0bcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1646165449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646160334.0, "score_A": 120, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "Namor. Dude constantly tries to declare war with other nations and sleep with heroes wives/girlfriends. In time runs out after he\u2019s forcibly kicked out of the Illuminati and left for dead he joins just with Thanos and slaughters worlds. I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s technically a hero except he\u2019s only every team. People call him Marvels Aquaman but only because they don\u2019t know how much of a dick he is.", "human_ref_B": "The Sentry (to be fair he's severely mentally ill)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5115.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy2771", "c_root_id_B": "hyydkt4", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646165449.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 120, "human_ref_A": "I hate how people act like Hank just smacked Wasp for no reason, I meant Spider-Man and Reed also smacked thier wives but no one cares that they did it and those two are certainly more popular than Hank.", "human_ref_B": "Namor. Dude constantly tries to declare war with other nations and sleep with heroes wives/girlfriends. In time runs out after he\u2019s forcibly kicked out of the Illuminati and left for dead he joins just with Thanos and slaughters worlds. I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s technically a hero except he\u2019s only every team. People call him Marvels Aquaman but only because they don\u2019t know how much of a dick he is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4394.0, "score_ratio": 2.1052631579, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy32dv", "c_root_id_B": "hyydkt4", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161388.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646165449.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 120, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s not horrible per se, but I\u2019d rather get a root canal from a rookie then spend an afternoon with John Constantine", "human_ref_B": "Namor. Dude constantly tries to declare war with other nations and sleep with heroes wives/girlfriends. In time runs out after he\u2019s forcibly kicked out of the Illuminati and left for dead he joins just with Thanos and slaughters worlds. I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s technically a hero except he\u2019s only every team. People call him Marvels Aquaman but only because they don\u2019t know how much of a dick he is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4061.0, "score_ratio": 2.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy2l1o", "c_root_id_B": "hyydkt4", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161202.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646165449.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 120, "human_ref_A": "Tony stark. Hawkeye can be insufferable. Star fox. To be fair I don\u2019t think Reed is on the same scale as Pym.", "human_ref_B": "Namor. Dude constantly tries to declare war with other nations and sleep with heroes wives/girlfriends. In time runs out after he\u2019s forcibly kicked out of the Illuminati and left for dead he joins just with Thanos and slaughters worlds. I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s technically a hero except he\u2019s only every team. People call him Marvels Aquaman but only because they don\u2019t know how much of a dick he is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4247.0, "score_ratio": 3.5294117647, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyxsfcl", "c_root_id_B": "hyydkt4", "created_at_utc_A": 1646157312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646165449.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 120, "human_ref_A": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "human_ref_B": "Namor. Dude constantly tries to declare war with other nations and sleep with heroes wives/girlfriends. In time runs out after he\u2019s forcibly kicked out of the Illuminati and left for dead he joins just with Thanos and slaughters worlds. I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s technically a hero except he\u2019s only every team. People call him Marvels Aquaman but only because they don\u2019t know how much of a dick he is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8137.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyyabx8", "c_root_id_B": "hyydkt4", "created_at_utc_A": 1646164192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646165449.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 120, "human_ref_A": "There's very little heroic about Deadpool imo", "human_ref_B": "Namor. Dude constantly tries to declare war with other nations and sleep with heroes wives/girlfriends. In time runs out after he\u2019s forcibly kicked out of the Illuminati and left for dead he joins just with Thanos and slaughters worlds. I\u2019m not even sure if he\u2019s technically a hero except he\u2019s only every team. People call him Marvels Aquaman but only because they don\u2019t know how much of a dick he is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1257.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy7b0l", "c_root_id_B": "hyxpg70", "created_at_utc_A": 1646163028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646156172.0, "score_A": 115, "score_B": 114, "human_ref_A": "The Inhumans and their aristocratic ways can dip into this territory. Thor, pre-humbling. Jessica Jones The Comedian", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark is a bit of a prick.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6856.0, "score_ratio": 1.0087719298, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy0bcc", "c_root_id_B": "hyy7b0l", "created_at_utc_A": 1646160334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646163028.0, "score_A": 84, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "The Sentry (to be fair he's severely mentally ill)", "human_ref_B": "The Inhumans and their aristocratic ways can dip into this territory. Thor, pre-humbling. Jessica Jones The Comedian", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2694.0, "score_ratio": 1.369047619, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy2771", "c_root_id_B": "hyy7b0l", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646163028.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "I hate how people act like Hank just smacked Wasp for no reason, I meant Spider-Man and Reed also smacked thier wives but no one cares that they did it and those two are certainly more popular than Hank.", "human_ref_B": "The Inhumans and their aristocratic ways can dip into this territory. Thor, pre-humbling. Jessica Jones The Comedian", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1973.0, "score_ratio": 2.0175438596, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy32dv", "c_root_id_B": "hyy7b0l", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161388.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646163028.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s not horrible per se, but I\u2019d rather get a root canal from a rookie then spend an afternoon with John Constantine", "human_ref_B": "The Inhumans and their aristocratic ways can dip into this territory. Thor, pre-humbling. Jessica Jones The Comedian", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1640.0, "score_ratio": 2.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy2l1o", "c_root_id_B": "hyy7b0l", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161202.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646163028.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "Tony stark. Hawkeye can be insufferable. Star fox. To be fair I don\u2019t think Reed is on the same scale as Pym.", "human_ref_B": "The Inhumans and their aristocratic ways can dip into this territory. Thor, pre-humbling. Jessica Jones The Comedian", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1826.0, "score_ratio": 3.3823529412, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy7b0l", "c_root_id_B": "hyxsfcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646163028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646157312.0, "score_A": 115, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The Inhumans and their aristocratic ways can dip into this territory. Thor, pre-humbling. Jessica Jones The Comedian", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5716.0, "score_ratio": 6.3888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy0bcc", "c_root_id_B": "hyxsfcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646160334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646157312.0, "score_A": 84, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "The Sentry (to be fair he's severely mentally ill)", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3022.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy2771", "c_root_id_B": "hyxsfcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646157312.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "I hate how people act like Hank just smacked Wasp for no reason, I meant Spider-Man and Reed also smacked thier wives but no one cares that they did it and those two are certainly more popular than Hank.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3743.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy32dv", "c_root_id_B": "hyy2l1o", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161388.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646161202.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s not horrible per se, but I\u2019d rather get a root canal from a rookie then spend an afternoon with John Constantine", "human_ref_B": "Tony stark. Hawkeye can be insufferable. Star fox. To be fair I don\u2019t think Reed is on the same scale as Pym.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 186.0, "score_ratio": 1.6176470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyy32dv", "c_root_id_B": "hyxsfcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646161388.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646157312.0, "score_A": 55, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s not horrible per se, but I\u2019d rather get a root canal from a rookie then spend an afternoon with John Constantine", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4076.0, "score_ratio": 3.0555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyz2ynt", "c_root_id_B": "hyxsfcl", "created_at_utc_A": 1646175267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646157312.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Do you count the Eternals? Cuz as individuals some of them might be okay, but they literally just elected Thanos their president solely because \"Hey he's probably gonna be better than the one we have.\" Aside from the fact that >!a lot of them do not care about the fact that every time they die and get brought back, a human life is spent to do so.!< Other than that, John Constantine *will* sell your soul to the devil for personal gain if he can justify it as something he just *gotta* do to make things right. Only silver lining is that there's a good chance he'll at least try to cheat it back from any devil he deals with.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17955.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyz2ynt", "c_root_id_B": "hyyabx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1646175267.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646164192.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Do you count the Eternals? Cuz as individuals some of them might be okay, but they literally just elected Thanos their president solely because \"Hey he's probably gonna be better than the one we have.\" Aside from the fact that >!a lot of them do not care about the fact that every time they die and get brought back, a human life is spent to do so.!< Other than that, John Constantine *will* sell your soul to the devil for personal gain if he can justify it as something he just *gotta* do to make things right. Only silver lining is that there's a good chance he'll at least try to cheat it back from any devil he deals with.", "human_ref_B": "There's very little heroic about Deadpool imo", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11075.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t4d81s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Marvel\\DC] What super hero is a great hero but a horrible person? We know that Hank Pym and Reed Richards are good heroes but pricks, what are other examples of this?", "c_root_id_A": "hyxsfcl", "c_root_id_B": "hyy2l1o", "created_at_utc_A": 1646157312.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646161202.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Bruce Wayne is an incredible douchebag.", "human_ref_B": "Tony stark. Hawkeye can be insufferable. Star fox. To be fair I don\u2019t think Reed is on the same scale as Pym.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3890.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4b7f7f", "c_root_id_B": "d4bqrs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1466051941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466093573.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Why even make Flash so OP in the first place", "human_ref_B": "The Flash, like the other cosmically powered beings in the Justice League, struggles with being both a man and a god. To give oneself over to godhood means to view and interact with the world on a level so far removed from the human experience it can't be put into words you would understand. This means the only alternative to a godlike existence where thought and action are one -is to live day to day denying 99% of your potential because you need that self delusion of your former humanity. Superman's greatest power just might be the restraint he maintains in his normal day to day activities when he is not in hero mode. Its akin to forcing a Blue Whale to live in a goldfish bowl. The Flash refuses to give up his humanity, so much so, that he spends the majority of his life living tortuously on our clock rather than the one that gives him an eternity between seconds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41632.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4bqrs6", "c_root_id_B": "d4b5ino", "created_at_utc_A": 1466093573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466048395.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The Flash, like the other cosmically powered beings in the Justice League, struggles with being both a man and a god. To give oneself over to godhood means to view and interact with the world on a level so far removed from the human experience it can't be put into words you would understand. This means the only alternative to a godlike existence where thought and action are one -is to live day to day denying 99% of your potential because you need that self delusion of your former humanity. Superman's greatest power just might be the restraint he maintains in his normal day to day activities when he is not in hero mode. Its akin to forcing a Blue Whale to live in a goldfish bowl. The Flash refuses to give up his humanity, so much so, that he spends the majority of his life living tortuously on our clock rather than the one that gives him an eternity between seconds.", "human_ref_B": "Stab in the dark here, but maybe he can only go so fast around baseline humans without hurting them?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45178.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4b9ugw", "c_root_id_B": "d4bqrs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1466057585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466093573.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "As IntrigingPerson said, the Flash tends to reason before kicking the shit out of people. And it depends on the enemy. For example, Zoom is somebody he can go all out against but he's still on his level or sometimes stronger. Against strong enemies, they're all a challenge and so they're probably able to move at similar speeds and/or are strong enough to take his hits. Weaker enemies tend to get the drop on him via prep time/taking advantage of the fact Flash isn't ruthless. Captain Boomerang isn't anything special, the Flash could easily kill him if he wanted to. But he's just trying to do it without any causalities and so in the process gets knocked about a bit.", "human_ref_B": "The Flash, like the other cosmically powered beings in the Justice League, struggles with being both a man and a god. To give oneself over to godhood means to view and interact with the world on a level so far removed from the human experience it can't be put into words you would understand. This means the only alternative to a godlike existence where thought and action are one -is to live day to day denying 99% of your potential because you need that self delusion of your former humanity. Superman's greatest power just might be the restraint he maintains in his normal day to day activities when he is not in hero mode. Its akin to forcing a Blue Whale to live in a goldfish bowl. The Flash refuses to give up his humanity, so much so, that he spends the majority of his life living tortuously on our clock rather than the one that gives him an eternity between seconds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35988.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4bksqv", "c_root_id_B": "d4bqrs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1466085830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466093573.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Because both the Flash and his Rogues are basically just playing cops and robbers. Most of them are brilliant scientists who just rob banks. Most don't kill people (Captain Cold's no kill code is on par with Batman's) and they really don't do anything too dangerous to people who aren't the Flash, who they know can deal with it. Likewise, Flash screws around with them. If he started constantly going all out with them, the less moral among them would start going all out as well. Flash is fast, but he can't be everywhere at once, and a coordinated attack by all of the Rogues could level the city killing millions.", "human_ref_B": "The Flash, like the other cosmically powered beings in the Justice League, struggles with being both a man and a god. To give oneself over to godhood means to view and interact with the world on a level so far removed from the human experience it can't be put into words you would understand. This means the only alternative to a godlike existence where thought and action are one -is to live day to day denying 99% of your potential because you need that self delusion of your former humanity. Superman's greatest power just might be the restraint he maintains in his normal day to day activities when he is not in hero mode. Its akin to forcing a Blue Whale to live in a goldfish bowl. The Flash refuses to give up his humanity, so much so, that he spends the majority of his life living tortuously on our clock rather than the one that gives him an eternity between seconds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7743.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4bqrs6", "c_root_id_B": "d4b6kbe", "created_at_utc_A": 1466093573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466050290.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Flash, like the other cosmically powered beings in the Justice League, struggles with being both a man and a god. To give oneself over to godhood means to view and interact with the world on a level so far removed from the human experience it can't be put into words you would understand. This means the only alternative to a godlike existence where thought and action are one -is to live day to day denying 99% of your potential because you need that self delusion of your former humanity. Superman's greatest power just might be the restraint he maintains in his normal day to day activities when he is not in hero mode. Its akin to forcing a Blue Whale to live in a goldfish bowl. The Flash refuses to give up his humanity, so much so, that he spends the majority of his life living tortuously on our clock rather than the one that gives him an eternity between seconds.", "human_ref_B": "For the same reason why Concordes had to plot special flight paths- people would complain about the sonic booms. At some point he just got used to working at that speed- and it generally works out just fine.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43283.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4bqrs6", "c_root_id_B": "d4ba010", "created_at_utc_A": 1466093573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466058000.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Flash, like the other cosmically powered beings in the Justice League, struggles with being both a man and a god. To give oneself over to godhood means to view and interact with the world on a level so far removed from the human experience it can't be put into words you would understand. This means the only alternative to a godlike existence where thought and action are one -is to live day to day denying 99% of your potential because you need that self delusion of your former humanity. Superman's greatest power just might be the restraint he maintains in his normal day to day activities when he is not in hero mode. Its akin to forcing a Blue Whale to live in a goldfish bowl. The Flash refuses to give up his humanity, so much so, that he spends the majority of his life living tortuously on our clock rather than the one that gives him an eternity between seconds.", "human_ref_B": "He can, he just holds back. A stupid amount.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35573.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4bald9", "c_root_id_B": "d4bqrs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1466059585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466093573.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Becasue he jobs. He is stupid, arrogant and doesnt put that much effort into it. If he did put some effort into it, he alone could defeat 99% of all their eneimes.", "human_ref_B": "The Flash, like the other cosmically powered beings in the Justice League, struggles with being both a man and a god. To give oneself over to godhood means to view and interact with the world on a level so far removed from the human experience it can't be put into words you would understand. This means the only alternative to a godlike existence where thought and action are one -is to live day to day denying 99% of your potential because you need that self delusion of your former humanity. Superman's greatest power just might be the restraint he maintains in his normal day to day activities when he is not in hero mode. Its akin to forcing a Blue Whale to live in a goldfish bowl. The Flash refuses to give up his humanity, so much so, that he spends the majority of his life living tortuously on our clock rather than the one that gives him an eternity between seconds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33988.0, "score_ratio": -9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4biedk", "c_root_id_B": "d4bqrs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1466082050.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466093573.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Normally I'd say it's because the writer is creating artificial tension to the plot. He pulls off fantastic stunts in story A, but come story B and he can't replicate the same or similar stunt to save the day, gets smacked around and saved/assisted by Wonder Woman (or whomever). Inconsistent logic. Trying to approach it from an in-universe perspective, I'd put my money on the classical ethical hero. That is, he doesn't abuse his powers or holds back so that he doesn't loose track of his humanity. Similar to how Superman uh.... always hangs out with Clark Kent from time to time?", "human_ref_B": "The Flash, like the other cosmically powered beings in the Justice League, struggles with being both a man and a god. To give oneself over to godhood means to view and interact with the world on a level so far removed from the human experience it can't be put into words you would understand. This means the only alternative to a godlike existence where thought and action are one -is to live day to day denying 99% of your potential because you need that self delusion of your former humanity. Superman's greatest power just might be the restraint he maintains in his normal day to day activities when he is not in hero mode. Its akin to forcing a Blue Whale to live in a goldfish bowl. The Flash refuses to give up his humanity, so much so, that he spends the majority of his life living tortuously on our clock rather than the one that gives him an eternity between seconds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11523.0, "score_ratio": -9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4b7f7f", "c_root_id_B": "d4b6kbe", "created_at_utc_A": 1466051941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466050290.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Why even make Flash so OP in the first place", "human_ref_B": "For the same reason why Concordes had to plot special flight paths- people would complain about the sonic booms. At some point he just got used to working at that speed- and it generally works out just fine.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1651.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4bksqv", "c_root_id_B": "d4ba010", "created_at_utc_A": 1466085830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466058000.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because both the Flash and his Rogues are basically just playing cops and robbers. Most of them are brilliant scientists who just rob banks. Most don't kill people (Captain Cold's no kill code is on par with Batman's) and they really don't do anything too dangerous to people who aren't the Flash, who they know can deal with it. Likewise, Flash screws around with them. If he started constantly going all out with them, the less moral among them would start going all out as well. Flash is fast, but he can't be everywhere at once, and a coordinated attack by all of the Rogues could level the city killing millions.", "human_ref_B": "He can, he just holds back. A stupid amount.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27830.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4bksqv", "c_root_id_B": "d4bald9", "created_at_utc_A": 1466085830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466059585.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Because both the Flash and his Rogues are basically just playing cops and robbers. Most of them are brilliant scientists who just rob banks. Most don't kill people (Captain Cold's no kill code is on par with Batman's) and they really don't do anything too dangerous to people who aren't the Flash, who they know can deal with it. Likewise, Flash screws around with them. If he started constantly going all out with them, the less moral among them would start going all out as well. Flash is fast, but he can't be everywhere at once, and a coordinated attack by all of the Rogues could level the city killing millions.", "human_ref_B": "Becasue he jobs. He is stupid, arrogant and doesnt put that much effort into it. If he did put some effort into it, he alone could defeat 99% of all their eneimes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26245.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ob05k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why can't flash beat his enemies in a flash if he is faster than the speed of light I've been watching a lot of justice league where a huge group of enemy armies shoot guns at flash and stuff, why isn't he able to defeat all of them before everyone blinks and how are other enemies able to punch him and stuff??", "c_root_id_A": "d4bksqv", "c_root_id_B": "d4biedk", "created_at_utc_A": 1466085830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466082050.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Because both the Flash and his Rogues are basically just playing cops and robbers. Most of them are brilliant scientists who just rob banks. Most don't kill people (Captain Cold's no kill code is on par with Batman's) and they really don't do anything too dangerous to people who aren't the Flash, who they know can deal with it. Likewise, Flash screws around with them. If he started constantly going all out with them, the less moral among them would start going all out as well. Flash is fast, but he can't be everywhere at once, and a coordinated attack by all of the Rogues could level the city killing millions.", "human_ref_B": "Normally I'd say it's because the writer is creating artificial tension to the plot. He pulls off fantastic stunts in story A, but come story B and he can't replicate the same or similar stunt to save the day, gets smacked around and saved/assisted by Wonder Woman (or whomever). Inconsistent logic. Trying to approach it from an in-universe perspective, I'd put my money on the classical ethical hero. That is, he doesn't abuse his powers or holds back so that he doesn't loose track of his humanity. Similar to how Superman uh.... always hangs out with Clark Kent from time to time?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3780.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clq58o5", "c_root_id_B": "clq5kef", "created_at_utc_A": 1414868427.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414869158.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "You can eat Slowpoke tails. Since you mentioned it, I'll sell you one for 1,000,000. Special deal!", "human_ref_B": "This is... Such a common thing. Like, on the show you see them eating meat, but you NEVER see any non-pokemon animals. It shouldnt be such a big issue, except that every single pokemon has shown some sort of sentience, and ablity to understand exactly what humans say. So there for, if you kill a Miltank for a steak. You are killing someone that thinks and feels, more then a cow in RL could. So honestly, it should be illegal to kill pokemon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 731.0, "score_ratio": 2.5172413793, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clq79e5", "c_root_id_B": "clq6xlk", "created_at_utc_A": 1414872951.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414872213.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "The pokedex entry for Basculin says they are very tasty so yes people eat pokemon.", "human_ref_B": "Tropius fruit are a real delicacy, let me tell you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 738.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqc99f", "c_root_id_B": "clq8jdq", "created_at_utc_A": 1414884422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414875835.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If you can even kill one of them, A super high up trainer had one of his fire a laser that blocked out the light from everything else, Actually caused me to go a bit blind in my right eye, directly onto a lower leveled trainer's pokemon. The thing only fainted.", "human_ref_B": "if you have a fishing pole you can fish for magikarp which are commonly eaten raw. additionally there are a lot of fruit and berries which are edible.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8587.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqc99f", "c_root_id_B": "clqbmgd", "created_at_utc_A": 1414884422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414882964.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you can even kill one of them, A super high up trainer had one of his fire a laser that blocked out the light from everything else, Actually caused me to go a bit blind in my right eye, directly onto a lower leveled trainer's pokemon. The thing only fainted.", "human_ref_B": "I've heard Mr Mime are delicious", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1458.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clq7mnm", "c_root_id_B": "clqc99f", "created_at_utc_A": 1414873788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414884422.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There haven't been any mentions of people eating pokemon as far as i know, but on the other hand, people obviously get all the protein they need, and there aren't really any other animals seen in the pokemon universe Now then, determining whether vegans would eat plant pokemon is hard: several plant pokemons are made of plants, but they are also fully sentient beings, so it is kind of up to the vegan to decide", "human_ref_B": "If you can even kill one of them, A super high up trainer had one of his fire a laser that blocked out the light from everything else, Actually caused me to go a bit blind in my right eye, directly onto a lower leveled trainer's pokemon. The thing only fainted.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10634.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clq8qez", "c_root_id_B": "clqc99f", "created_at_utc_A": 1414876281.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414884422.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Tauros burgers anyone?", "human_ref_B": "If you can even kill one of them, A super high up trainer had one of his fire a laser that blocked out the light from everything else, Actually caused me to go a bit blind in my right eye, directly onto a lower leveled trainer's pokemon. The thing only fainted.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8141.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqc99f", "c_root_id_B": "clqbr8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1414884422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414883268.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you can even kill one of them, A super high up trainer had one of his fire a laser that blocked out the light from everything else, Actually caused me to go a bit blind in my right eye, directly onto a lower leveled trainer's pokemon. The thing only fainted.", "human_ref_B": "You should totally head to Lumiose City for the sushi. It's amazing!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1154.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clq8jdq", "c_root_id_B": "clq7mnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1414875835.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414873788.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "if you have a fishing pole you can fish for magikarp which are commonly eaten raw. additionally there are a lot of fruit and berries which are edible.", "human_ref_B": "There haven't been any mentions of people eating pokemon as far as i know, but on the other hand, people obviously get all the protein they need, and there aren't really any other animals seen in the pokemon universe Now then, determining whether vegans would eat plant pokemon is hard: several plant pokemons are made of plants, but they are also fully sentient beings, so it is kind of up to the vegan to decide", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2047.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqbmgd", "c_root_id_B": "clq7mnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1414882964.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414873788.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I've heard Mr Mime are delicious", "human_ref_B": "There haven't been any mentions of people eating pokemon as far as i know, but on the other hand, people obviously get all the protein they need, and there aren't really any other animals seen in the pokemon universe Now then, determining whether vegans would eat plant pokemon is hard: several plant pokemons are made of plants, but they are also fully sentient beings, so it is kind of up to the vegan to decide", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9176.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clq8qez", "c_root_id_B": "clqbmgd", "created_at_utc_A": 1414876281.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414882964.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Tauros burgers anyone?", "human_ref_B": "I've heard Mr Mime are delicious", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6683.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqbr8b", "c_root_id_B": "clqo0o9", "created_at_utc_A": 1414883268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414918038.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You should totally head to Lumiose City for the sushi. It's amazing!", "human_ref_B": "Slowpoke tail are considered quite the delicacy, and if you can somehow get passed the scales, Magikarp can be quite tender. If possible, try to stay close to fish and mammalian style pokemon. These would include Magikarp and Goldeen, as well as your Miltanks, Tauroses, rattatas, bunnelbies, Gogoats, etc. As for vegan options. You can't really eat grass-type pokemon per se, since they are living sentient beings. But there are many types of fruits common in the pokemon world, most notably berries which come in a variety of flavours. If you can find a Tropius they will be fine due to the fruit that grows from the pokemon's neck.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34770.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqo0o9", "c_root_id_B": "clqjp55", "created_at_utc_A": 1414918038.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414901633.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Slowpoke tail are considered quite the delicacy, and if you can somehow get passed the scales, Magikarp can be quite tender. If possible, try to stay close to fish and mammalian style pokemon. These would include Magikarp and Goldeen, as well as your Miltanks, Tauroses, rattatas, bunnelbies, Gogoats, etc. As for vegan options. You can't really eat grass-type pokemon per se, since they are living sentient beings. But there are many types of fruits common in the pokemon world, most notably berries which come in a variety of flavours. If you can find a Tropius they will be fine due to the fruit that grows from the pokemon's neck.", "human_ref_B": "Eat Rattatas, avoid Posion types, don't go near Snorlax.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16405.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqo0o9", "c_root_id_B": "clqixl4", "created_at_utc_A": 1414918038.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414899653.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Slowpoke tail are considered quite the delicacy, and if you can somehow get passed the scales, Magikarp can be quite tender. If possible, try to stay close to fish and mammalian style pokemon. These would include Magikarp and Goldeen, as well as your Miltanks, Tauroses, rattatas, bunnelbies, Gogoats, etc. As for vegan options. You can't really eat grass-type pokemon per se, since they are living sentient beings. But there are many types of fruits common in the pokemon world, most notably berries which come in a variety of flavours. If you can find a Tropius they will be fine due to the fruit that grows from the pokemon's neck.", "human_ref_B": "Just catch about a dozen bidoofs...throw them all in the same pok\u00e9ball..cut off their legs, cauterize the wounds, and roast them up..and then give the ball to a pokemon center to fix them back up again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18385.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqixl4", "c_root_id_B": "clqjp55", "created_at_utc_A": 1414899653.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414901633.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Just catch about a dozen bidoofs...throw them all in the same pok\u00e9ball..cut off their legs, cauterize the wounds, and roast them up..and then give the ball to a pokemon center to fix them back up again.", "human_ref_B": "Eat Rattatas, avoid Posion types, don't go near Snorlax.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1980.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2kzv0g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Pokemon] I'm lost and getting hungry. Do people normally eat pokemon? Which ones should I hunt or avoid? I was only supposed to hang around for two days on this island. Now, I can't find my boat. My supplies are dwindling, and I'm craving protein. On a side note, I have two friends who are vegan. Would they eat plant pokemon?", "c_root_id_A": "clqs10i", "c_root_id_B": "clqixl4", "created_at_utc_A": 1414938452.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414899653.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Magikarp and Tauros have been mentioned as food.", "human_ref_B": "Just catch about a dozen bidoofs...throw them all in the same pok\u00e9ball..cut off their legs, cauterize the wounds, and roast them up..and then give the ball to a pokemon center to fix them back up again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38799.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k5cid0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Skyrim] why did Alduin attack Helgen? Seems like a random attack - small town, not many people.", "c_root_id_A": "gedvpvm", "c_root_id_B": "gedw0f0", "created_at_utc_A": 1606927162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606927279.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "One theory is he did it to save Ulfric so that the civil war would continue. Or maybe it was just a random attack. I don't think we'll ever know for sure.", "human_ref_B": "He sensed a dragon soul near the area. Being a large, evil beast, when he approached the area and saw a small village, he attacked it, because you know, dragon stuff Seeing as there was no dragon nearby, he left. However, the soup he did sense was that of the player character. The (latent) Dragonborn", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 117.0, "score_ratio": 73.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k5cid0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Skyrim] why did Alduin attack Helgen? Seems like a random attack - small town, not many people.", "c_root_id_A": "gedvpvm", "c_root_id_B": "gedwlzb", "created_at_utc_A": 1606927162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606927523.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 40, "human_ref_A": "One theory is he did it to save Ulfric so that the civil war would continue. Or maybe it was just a random attack. I don't think we'll ever know for sure.", "human_ref_B": "There's actually no explanation given. There are some very compelling theories, however; 1. He sensed the soul of a living dragon, but when he couldn't find them he attacked. 2. He intentionally freed Ulfric, in order to further prolong the civil war and plunge Skyrim deeper into chaos. This seems the least unlikely, since from his perspective he was battling the tongues, then suddenly he was in the future. 3. Pure randomness; The rip in time was above Helgen, at the throat of the world. Alduin tumbled out of the rip, briefly tangled with Paarthunax, then flew to the closest town to vent his frustrations. As unlikely as this seems, fate is a tangible element of the Elder Scrolls universe. Akatosh doesn't seem to mind tugging on the strings of destiny every once in a while.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 361.0, "score_ratio": 40.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k5cid0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Skyrim] why did Alduin attack Helgen? Seems like a random attack - small town, not many people.", "c_root_id_A": "gedvpvm", "c_root_id_B": "geefyks", "created_at_utc_A": 1606927162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606935131.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "One theory is he did it to save Ulfric so that the civil war would continue. Or maybe it was just a random attack. I don't think we'll ever know for sure.", "human_ref_B": "Multiple possibilities, depending on your perspective. As is usual with TES lore. \\#1 Alduin has traveled into the future, from his perspective, he has been gone a mere seconds and emerged, to find Paarthunax. I assume they had a small tussle, then Alduin, in confusion and rage, looked for any dragons nearby. He sensed one in Helgen, you. So heads there, couldn't actually find a dragon there and decides to raze the entire town. This assumes you are always TLDB and not annoited after the first defeat of the Dragon. This is the most likely theory and the one most subscribe to, if you do the Dawnguard DLC, for example, Durnehviir wiLL imply you're Dragonborn, you just don't know it yet. \\#2 Helgen was simply the first town he laid eyes upon that he could see, he was pissed and confused after what happened to him, with him being banished. He wanted revenge and it is all a coincidence, perhaps the Divines took notice of you, being a prisoner, a prisoner who survived and escaped, to then defeat a dragon? Once you kill that first dragon, you're anointed by the Divines because of your deeds and the fact you're a prisoner. This is unlikely, but possible. \\#3 He wanted to save Ulfric to extend the Civil War, creating more souls for him to devour in Sovngarde. This is highly unlikely, unless Alduin was waiting and stalking for a few months to get his bearings, which again, didn't happen. \\#4 CHIM", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7969.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k5cid0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Skyrim] why did Alduin attack Helgen? Seems like a random attack - small town, not many people.", "c_root_id_A": "gefl87j", "c_root_id_B": "gedvpvm", "created_at_utc_A": 1606953725.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606927162.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It is stated multiple times that the player has the soul of a dragon. Alduin sensed that and thought he was coming to find a dragon buddy. He didn't find any, so he attacked and destroyed the town because why not. Unknown to him he helped save his destroyer and doomed himself.", "human_ref_B": "One theory is he did it to save Ulfric so that the civil war would continue. Or maybe it was just a random attack. I don't think we'll ever know for sure.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26563.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k5cid0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Skyrim] why did Alduin attack Helgen? Seems like a random attack - small town, not many people.", "c_root_id_A": "gedvpvm", "c_root_id_B": "gehe9el", "created_at_utc_A": 1606927162.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607001532.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "One theory is he did it to save Ulfric so that the civil war would continue. Or maybe it was just a random attack. I don't think we'll ever know for sure.", "human_ref_B": "He was looking for the Dragonborn. He knew the Dragonborn was in Helgen, but not where, so he decided to destroy the entire town. If you wait too long, Alduin will start attacking you specifically - he's figured out who his target is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 74370.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k5cid0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Skyrim] why did Alduin attack Helgen? Seems like a random attack - small town, not many people.", "c_root_id_A": "gegn3gx", "c_root_id_B": "gehe9el", "created_at_utc_A": 1606975734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607001532.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's been around the block a few times, and sensed a dragon soul. Being that he didn't hear any draons around screaming the world to death, he probably figured it was Miraak still dicking around, so he went back to beat that dick up again. When he couldn't find Miraak, he just kinda thought \"eh, fuck it\" and razed the town and called it a day.", "human_ref_B": "He was looking for the Dragonborn. He knew the Dragonborn was in Helgen, but not where, so he decided to destroy the entire town. If you wait too long, Alduin will start attacking you specifically - he's figured out who his target is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25798.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k5cid0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Skyrim] why did Alduin attack Helgen? Seems like a random attack - small town, not many people.", "c_root_id_A": "gehe9el", "c_root_id_B": "gegr3fz", "created_at_utc_A": 1607001532.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606979003.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He was looking for the Dragonborn. He knew the Dragonborn was in Helgen, but not where, so he decided to destroy the entire town. If you wait too long, Alduin will start attacking you specifically - he's figured out who his target is.", "human_ref_B": "its likely he sense the dragonborn there and attempted to assassinate him, not knowing he was about to be executed and accidentally saving him", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22529.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6kwhp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Trek: TNG] Why does Data appear to gain weight over the course of the series? Many members of the Enterprise crew appear to become a bit more....rotund after the first season. That's of course understandable with humans, betazoids, and klingons, but the android also appears to have more \"meat\" on his bones even though he his not made of meat.", "c_root_id_A": "djpdtuk", "c_root_id_B": "djpcmi5", "created_at_utc_A": 1499043306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1499041477.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "He probably noticed how humans in particular such as Will Riker gain a little weight as they age and in an effort to understand why or what effect it has on a person decided to do it himself as well. Data is always doing stuff like this, such as when he grew a beard (another example of imitating Riker) or occasionally eating or drinking in an attempt to satisfy his curiosity or fit in with others in social situations.", "human_ref_B": "It doesn't happen naturally with him so I can only assume he did it on purpose like how he chose to age when we saw that glimpse of the future.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1829.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xoikf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[WH40K] Why did the Necrontyr have shortened lifespans after they developed space travel? According to the lore, the Necrontyr's home star gave out particularly strong radiation (implied to be due to a C'tan), causing the Necrontyr to have extremely short lifespans. It had a HUGE impact on their psyche as a species. When they developed space travel and went to other star systems, it seems as though they continued to have short lives. Why didn't leaving their irradiated home planet allow them to live longer? For masters of cold science, couldn't they also have turned to genetic manipulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cp2ve7i", "c_root_id_B": "cp25p0p", "created_at_utc_A": 1425388591.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425327889.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They indeed left their home world (But they couldn't go very far sans immatereum travel) and in doing could increase their life spans by 100% at best. But \"short life span\" is a relative term. Only the black library knows the lifespan of a dead race. Perhaps they lived to 30 on their home world and managed 100 in space. Perhaps they lived hundreds of years. But The Old Ones created the Eldar. They were ageless, full of grace and beauty, unencumbered by disease or infirmity. Perfection. The Necrontyr could have engineered themselves into a new race upon leaving their home, and they would still be eons behind The Old Ones. The Old Ones looked down on the Necrontyr with pity, but did nothing to elevate them. Thus, the Necrontyr learned envy.", "human_ref_B": "Because it's how their bodies evolved. Made to have many babies before death is common everywhere on earth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 60702.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5cx2ko", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Strange] Has Doctor Strange ever taught or attempted to teach magic to any of the other superheroes in the Marvel universe? Just imagine how powerful people like Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Tony Stank, Professor X, Daredevil,Squirrel Girl, etc would be if they learnt magic. They could all contribute towards fighting powerful beings like galactus, thanos, dormammu, and many more. Has the sorcerer supreme ever considered teaching them magic, or has anyone considered asking Strange to teach them magic?", "c_root_id_A": "da00clb", "c_root_id_B": "da01ev5", "created_at_utc_A": 1479143870.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479145182.0, "score_A": 73, "score_B": 162, "human_ref_A": "How do you think Emma Frost keeps her clothes on? also Tony Stank.", "human_ref_B": "Strange has had a number of pupils in the mystic arts - mostly young women. Nico Minoru went to strange for tutelage for a short time, as did Illyana Rasputin. During the \"Other\" storyline, Spiderman was having some issues with magically-active symbolism that Strange helped him sort out, but that was the extent of his arcane scholarship. Spidey is more comfortable with chemisty and physics textbooks than Oneiromancy and the Wikipedia of Watoomb.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1312.0, "score_ratio": 2.2191780822, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5cx2ko", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Strange] Has Doctor Strange ever taught or attempted to teach magic to any of the other superheroes in the Marvel universe? Just imagine how powerful people like Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Tony Stank, Professor X, Daredevil,Squirrel Girl, etc would be if they learnt magic. They could all contribute towards fighting powerful beings like galactus, thanos, dormammu, and many more. Has the sorcerer supreme ever considered teaching them magic, or has anyone considered asking Strange to teach them magic?", "c_root_id_A": "da09qk5", "c_root_id_B": "da00clb", "created_at_utc_A": 1479155272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479143870.0, "score_A": 86, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "You mention Reed Richards, which is funny because Strange did try to teach him magic. He actually managed to cast a few spells. Reed had trouble because he has a very precise, analytical mind and magic apparently requires a more \"this is what I want to do, let's not look too closely at the details\" kind of attitude. One version of Storm became a sorceress in Limbo, as did Magik, so maybe anyone, or a bunch of people, can learn to us it to some degree.", "human_ref_B": "How do you think Emma Frost keeps her clothes on? also Tony Stank.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11402.0, "score_ratio": 1.1780821918, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5cx2ko", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Strange] Has Doctor Strange ever taught or attempted to teach magic to any of the other superheroes in the Marvel universe? Just imagine how powerful people like Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Tony Stank, Professor X, Daredevil,Squirrel Girl, etc would be if they learnt magic. They could all contribute towards fighting powerful beings like galactus, thanos, dormammu, and many more. Has the sorcerer supreme ever considered teaching them magic, or has anyone considered asking Strange to teach them magic?", "c_root_id_A": "da09qk5", "c_root_id_B": "da0946d", "created_at_utc_A": 1479155272.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479154531.0, "score_A": 86, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You mention Reed Richards, which is funny because Strange did try to teach him magic. He actually managed to cast a few spells. Reed had trouble because he has a very precise, analytical mind and magic apparently requires a more \"this is what I want to do, let's not look too closely at the details\" kind of attitude. One version of Storm became a sorceress in Limbo, as did Magik, so maybe anyone, or a bunch of people, can learn to us it to some degree.", "human_ref_B": "Doesn't he teach Wiccan some stuff?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 741.0, "score_ratio": 28.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5cx2ko", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Strange] Has Doctor Strange ever taught or attempted to teach magic to any of the other superheroes in the Marvel universe? Just imagine how powerful people like Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Tony Stank, Professor X, Daredevil,Squirrel Girl, etc would be if they learnt magic. They could all contribute towards fighting powerful beings like galactus, thanos, dormammu, and many more. Has the sorcerer supreme ever considered teaching them magic, or has anyone considered asking Strange to teach them magic?", "c_root_id_A": "da0946d", "c_root_id_B": "da0agwj", "created_at_utc_A": 1479154531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479156144.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Doesn't he teach Wiccan some stuff?", "human_ref_B": "He has been a bit of a mentor to scarlet witch over the years, he's helped out with Nico, Wiccan and Illyana, I think he also taught Tony Stark's magic girl, as magic confused Tony so he brings in a Subject Matter Expert when he has to deal with it. Strange is more of the department head then a direct teacher, its when your teacher doesn't have the answer that to go to his house and ask...politely.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1613.0, "score_ratio": 9.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5cx2ko", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Strange] Has Doctor Strange ever taught or attempted to teach magic to any of the other superheroes in the Marvel universe? Just imagine how powerful people like Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Tony Stank, Professor X, Daredevil,Squirrel Girl, etc would be if they learnt magic. They could all contribute towards fighting powerful beings like galactus, thanos, dormammu, and many more. Has the sorcerer supreme ever considered teaching them magic, or has anyone considered asking Strange to teach them magic?", "c_root_id_A": "da0946d", "c_root_id_B": "da0it33", "created_at_utc_A": 1479154531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479166673.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Doesn't he teach Wiccan some stuff?", "human_ref_B": "Ilyana Rasputin has the mutant power to travel back in time and has been going to the past frequently to learn from him. They do not often cross paths in the present day though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12142.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5cx2ko", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Doctor Strange] Has Doctor Strange ever taught or attempted to teach magic to any of the other superheroes in the Marvel universe? Just imagine how powerful people like Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Tony Stank, Professor X, Daredevil,Squirrel Girl, etc would be if they learnt magic. They could all contribute towards fighting powerful beings like galactus, thanos, dormammu, and many more. Has the sorcerer supreme ever considered teaching them magic, or has anyone considered asking Strange to teach them magic?", "c_root_id_A": "da0c9hz", "c_root_id_B": "da0946d", "created_at_utc_A": 1479158299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479154531.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Illyana is his pupil, but from a Strange from the past(so a different timeline).", "human_ref_B": "Doesn't he teach Wiccan some stuff?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3768.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ckww4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[WH40K] Which race is the greatest threat to the Imperium? (Lots of 40k stuff lately) So which is it? I figure it comes down to Chaos, Tyrannids, or Orks. Tau and Necrons are more of an annoyance, and Eldar are occupied with Dark Eldar. Chaos would be more of an insult to the throne, but that doesn't make them more dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "cjh0qtl", "c_root_id_B": "cjhf9lk", "created_at_utc_A": 1407194739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1407235279.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "My brother, your question worries me. So many lose faith in the Emperor upon hearing of the threats lurking around us. The Imperium of Man is ever lasting, from the Alpha we have been present, and to the Omega our Imperium will grow. The Xenos, Heretics, and Daemons you speak of pose no threat to us, they being annoyances and distractions from our true mission. While they insult the Golden Throne purely by existing, you insult it by believing there are any greater then us. The Emperor has powers to make any \"god\" of the warp tremble. His hammer of such strength it crushes planets, not people. His spear honed to such sharpness, it pierces that of the warp itself in search of the enemy's black heart. Your lack of faith brings me great pain. I will show this pain to you. The inquisition is coming heretic. Pray to the Emperor your judgment will be swift. ---The Emperor protects brother. The faithful that is.", "human_ref_B": "While I would like to say that my lords and masters of the warp are the most direct threats, the answer is honestly the Imperium, one just needs to look at the age of strife, and Vraks Prime(though that latter one did involve us in the end) and numerous other small situation that result in the Imperium ripping itself apart. Tyranids are horrifying yes, but They usually unite man and xeno together, but any rebellion that sprouts up, can be anywhere at anytime and cause mass damage to the Imperium. so yeah, FOR THE DARK GODS! Edit: back in the ol' days it would necrons 10/10 for pretty much every one, but they have appaerently calmed down about things and care less", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40540.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ckww4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[WH40K] Which race is the greatest threat to the Imperium? (Lots of 40k stuff lately) So which is it? I figure it comes down to Chaos, Tyrannids, or Orks. Tau and Necrons are more of an annoyance, and Eldar are occupied with Dark Eldar. Chaos would be more of an insult to the throne, but that doesn't make them more dangerous.", "c_root_id_A": "cjh0qtl", "c_root_id_B": "cjhvw7t", "created_at_utc_A": 1407194739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1407272192.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "My brother, your question worries me. So many lose faith in the Emperor upon hearing of the threats lurking around us. The Imperium of Man is ever lasting, from the Alpha we have been present, and to the Omega our Imperium will grow. The Xenos, Heretics, and Daemons you speak of pose no threat to us, they being annoyances and distractions from our true mission. While they insult the Golden Throne purely by existing, you insult it by believing there are any greater then us. The Emperor has powers to make any \"god\" of the warp tremble. His hammer of such strength it crushes planets, not people. His spear honed to such sharpness, it pierces that of the warp itself in search of the enemy's black heart. Your lack of faith brings me great pain. I will show this pain to you. The inquisition is coming heretic. Pray to the Emperor your judgment will be swift. ---The Emperor protects brother. The faithful that is.", "human_ref_B": "I will go down the list starting with the greatest, as already said the overall greatest threat is the Tyranids. Primarily because all the other factions are far from reaching their respective endgames but the Tyranids have already started their endgame, nom everything in the galaxy. Tyranids are a force of nature. They only seek to eat and are run by a hive mind consciousness. They are also ridiculously hard to fight as they can shut down communication and transportation in and out of a system by casting a 'shadow across the warp' and they also adapt to their enemies by consuming biomass. A prolonged battle against Tyranids is never a good thing, scorch earth tactics remain your best bet but even that aren't always an option. The second greatest threat would be the Necrons IF they were to ever unite. The Necrons are well ahead of the rest of the galaxy, only the Eldar can match them in technological advancement. They do not use the warp to travel or communicate but do have FTL travel, their bodies are incredibly hard to destroy and if it does happen to be destroyed the mind is just transferred to another body. Not only do they don't need the warp they have tech designed specifically to combat the warp. There is a good reason for the Tyranids avoiding the Necrons. The Necrons are one enemy even the Tyranids can't defeat, there is no biomass to consume and their warp distruption tech would throw Tyranid forces in disarray. Even if the Tyranids defeat the Imperium, the Necrons will be the last faction standing. Then we come to the Orks. Right now Orks are the most abundant faction int he galaxy, they outnumber the Imperium by a good margin and thanks to their reproduction via spores they replenish their numbers really easily. All they need is a strong enough leader to unite every Ork in a single WAAAGH!! and the galaxy would be theirs. The only ones who would be able to compete is the Tyranids, you can already see a small example in this in the Octarius War. Chaos is somewhat similar to Orks. True to their nature they don't get along with each other and seek to mess with things more so than taking over. Even Abaddon can't keep them united for wrong as he tends to use them for his own gain although just bringing them together is no small feat. Its highly unlikely the forces of chaos would make a combined effort to destroy the Imperium as a lot of their power is a result of the Imperium. Khrone for example would lose a lot of power if the Imperium wasn't waging war 24/7. The warp and its denizens rely on the life in real space in order to exist. As such chaos will most likely want to continue as is. Now for the others smaller groups. The Tau could become a threat eventually. While they have the tech their numbers are too few to make a difference right. It also doesn't help that they do not have FTL or proper warp travel so their empire is growing very slowly. If they manage to find a way to expand their empire and hold their borders then they may have a chance. Just like the Tau the Eldar lack the numbers to really make a difference even if they have the technology. It seems unlikely that the Eldar would ever rebuild an empire like they did before as now they face competition and war from all sides. Similar case with the Dark Eldar, they lack the numbers for a full scale war and are too distracted by trying to survive Slaanesh to bother. For now they are just trying to survive.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 77453.0, "score_ratio": -0.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8lt1s3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Force Lighting seems to be a Darkside-only force power. Are there any Lightside-only force powers?", "c_root_id_A": "dzi8nyy", "c_root_id_B": "dzi6n7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1527175400.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527173545.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "In Legends, Plo Koon had the ability to use Force Lightning. It's supposedly not on par with Sith Lightning, according to Darth Plagueis. Both sides, in this sense, can utilize different forms of similar abilities. Even Force Ghosts have counterpoints in Sith Ghosts - which are a pale imitation of a Force Ghost.", "human_ref_B": "Isn't healing also Light only?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1855.0, "score_ratio": 1.0833333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8lt1s3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Force Lighting seems to be a Darkside-only force power. Are there any Lightside-only force powers?", "c_root_id_A": "dzi8nyy", "c_root_id_B": "dzi8948", "created_at_utc_A": 1527175400.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527175030.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In Legends, Plo Koon had the ability to use Force Lightning. It's supposedly not on par with Sith Lightning, according to Darth Plagueis. Both sides, in this sense, can utilize different forms of similar abilities. Even Force Ghosts have counterpoints in Sith Ghosts - which are a pale imitation of a Force Ghost.", "human_ref_B": "As of The Last Jedi I don't think this is true, since ghost Yoda creates lightning to burn down the tree-library. It might be easier for dark-side users, but it does not appear to be dark-side exclusive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 370.0, "score_ratio": 2.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8lt1s3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Force Lighting seems to be a Darkside-only force power. Are there any Lightside-only force powers?", "c_root_id_A": "dzi8948", "c_root_id_B": "dzihsjm", "created_at_utc_A": 1527175030.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527183571.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "As of The Last Jedi I don't think this is true, since ghost Yoda creates lightning to burn down the tree-library. It might be easier for dark-side users, but it does not appear to be dark-side exclusive.", "human_ref_B": "Jabba refers to the mind control ability as a \"Jedi mind trick.\" If a Sith has ever used it--and one may have--I do not know of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8541.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8lt1s3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Star Wars] Force Lighting seems to be a Darkside-only force power. Are there any Lightside-only force powers?", "c_root_id_A": "dzj9ywu", "c_root_id_B": "dzim06l", "created_at_utc_A": 1527211646.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1527187343.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In KotOR, it was explained that dark side force powers (which included all of the \"offensive\" abilities) negatively impact your thoughts and appearance. Force lightning in particular, was said to cause irreversible scarring. Light side abilities were focused more on defense and protection, and it wasn't so much that light side users *couldn't* use force lightning or some other dark side ability, it was just seen as undesirable.", "human_ref_B": "I believe there's a Light version of Force Lightning, and no Sith would choose to learn that over the original Dark version... so technically, yes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24303.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2cumbl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Warhammer 40k] How have the angry marines not been corrupted by Khorne?", "c_root_id_A": "cjj6nha", "c_root_id_B": "cjj6k7r", "created_at_utc_A": 1407382339.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1407382140.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "From 1d4chan Excerpted from personal correspondence addressed to PFC. Munchaussen, then stationed in the Argos sector \u2666\u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad\u2666\u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad\u2666\u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad\u2666\u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad\u2666\u00ad The aspiring Champion of Khorne called out to the Angry Marines before him just as they prepared to charge his host of daemons and World Eaters. \"Can you not see the similarities between your battle prowess and ours? Khorne fills you with his wrath in battle, but you do not take time even to notice. Join us, and together we can destroy all within our path! Sink deeper into your anger with the full blessings of the Blood God!\" The assembled Angry Marines took pause, and considered the words of the World Eater Champion. Chaplain Brusiarch then stepped from the front ranks of the Angry Marines' line, turned, and backhanded the closest Angry Marine. The yellow-clad Battle-Brothers then turned their gaze to meet his. Brusiarch gestured towards the aspiring Champion of Chaos, pointing to the bolt pistol that the Champion wielded in his left hand. The Chaplain shouted to his brother Marines, \"YOU DON'T LISTEN TO FAGGOTS, YOU COCKSICKLES, YOU FUCKING KILL THEM!!!\" The previously backhanded Space Marine then stood up, his faceplate shattered from the force of the blow, and shouted the battle cry of the Angry Marines, \"ALWAYS ANGRY!!! ALL THE TIME!!!\" The Angry Marines then realized their folly at listening -- even if only for a moment -- to an insufferable faggot. He dared consider himself as angry as they were but armed himself not with a second chainsword or power fist, but a pussified bolt pistol?? The next few seconds witnessed the roar of Cocknocker jump packs, the whoosh of battle-brothers being launched at the daemonic host from the Predator Angrinator's, and Brother Chaplain Brusiarch's battle cry of \"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-,\" as he charged the World Eaters' line. Chaos was fucked. +++++ Thought for the Day: Zeal is its own excuse. +++++", "human_ref_B": "They're too fucking angry.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 199.0, "score_ratio": 3.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1r31dq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Doctor Who] How do the Daleks even have a chance in the time war? Daleks don't have the ability to make time traveling devices and are up against the Time Lords who ride around in a fleet of ships controlled by omniscient 4th dimensional beings that time travel. (by omniscient I mean the scope of the third dimension so everything that has happened and will happen, not omniscient in the 4th dimension which would be everything that could ever happen)", "c_root_id_A": "cdja7e6", "c_root_id_B": "cdjaa52", "created_at_utc_A": 1384997709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1384997886.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "From what I understand the time lords had the advantage in mobility, where the Daleks had the advantage in Firepower, I mean even their foot soldiers go around in little tanks. This in mind, only a few Daleks need to reach any given arena of combat to hold it, the Time Lords on the other hand would probably be more reliant on getting through a gap in the dallek's defence to do damage. So a battle between an extreemly mobile but \"squishy\" force and one that is anything but squishy but slightly less mobile. (I am basing my assumptions on the fact that the time war actually happened)", "human_ref_B": "They do have time traveling devices, both full ships and personal emergency timeshift devices. They also have far superior weapon and defence technology.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 177.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v3n3jp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40k] Do the ruinious powers have servants in the 21st century? Sure, Slannesh isn't around yet, but the other three are and are apparently influencing the world to some degree- Khorne's birth caused wars and so forth. So could someone who was exceptionally hateful, ambitious or miserable get deamonic powers right now? Could *I* become a deamon prince? Not saying I *want* to but, you know, in this economy it's best to keep your options open.", "c_root_id_A": "iazcp4u", "c_root_id_B": "iazcl40", "created_at_utc_A": 1654218108.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654218054.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Though its not quite the same. The Gods of Chaos ate still very young in the 21st century, with Tzneetch not even being awake for a century at this point. The Aeldari Gods are still the dominant force in the Warp, and there aren't any particularly powerful Human paykers to go around. In fact, you may find one or two humans on the entire Earth that even rank as Lambda or Kappa on The Assignment. That said, there are still those who can be influenced or corrupted by their whispers. Violent warlords, religious fanatics, devious scam artists... unknowing champions of the infant Dark Gods.", "human_ref_B": "There's a theory that Doombreed is meant to be Genghis Khan or Hitler or some dictator who was responsible for a lot of deaths. But we have yet to get anything conclusive to pinpoint his exact identity.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 54.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v3n3jp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40k] Do the ruinious powers have servants in the 21st century? Sure, Slannesh isn't around yet, but the other three are and are apparently influencing the world to some degree- Khorne's birth caused wars and so forth. So could someone who was exceptionally hateful, ambitious or miserable get deamonic powers right now? Could *I* become a deamon prince? Not saying I *want* to but, you know, in this economy it's best to keep your options open.", "c_root_id_A": "iazcl40", "c_root_id_B": "ib32vdh", "created_at_utc_A": 1654218054.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654293155.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There's a theory that Doombreed is meant to be Genghis Khan or Hitler or some dictator who was responsible for a lot of deaths. But we have yet to get anything conclusive to pinpoint his exact identity.", "human_ref_B": "Of course not! The presumption that /r/asksciencefiction is a front for a Tzeentch cult, is frankly ridiculous and absurd!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 75101.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v3n3jp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40k] Do the ruinious powers have servants in the 21st century? Sure, Slannesh isn't around yet, but the other three are and are apparently influencing the world to some degree- Khorne's birth caused wars and so forth. So could someone who was exceptionally hateful, ambitious or miserable get deamonic powers right now? Could *I* become a deamon prince? Not saying I *want* to but, you know, in this economy it's best to keep your options open.", "c_root_id_A": "ib32vdh", "c_root_id_B": "iazzht3", "created_at_utc_A": 1654293155.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654229289.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Of course not! The presumption that /r/asksciencefiction is a front for a Tzeentch cult, is frankly ridiculous and absurd!", "human_ref_B": "Drachnyen is a Demon, created by the first murder. The first time a human killed another human out of anger. Not active interference, but the warp is there and demons are spawning. So hypothetically, one could attract attention from dark powers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 63866.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v3n3jp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40k] Do the ruinious powers have servants in the 21st century? Sure, Slannesh isn't around yet, but the other three are and are apparently influencing the world to some degree- Khorne's birth caused wars and so forth. So could someone who was exceptionally hateful, ambitious or miserable get deamonic powers right now? Could *I* become a deamon prince? Not saying I *want* to but, you know, in this economy it's best to keep your options open.", "c_root_id_A": "ib02z96", "c_root_id_B": "ib32vdh", "created_at_utc_A": 1654231424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654293155.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It's said that genghis Khan became a demon Prince of khorne. So it's possible. It's worth noting that even tho the gods are around, they are suppressed by the eldar gods at the moment, and they have yet to grow fat and big on human emotion. So while you can get their attention, it's hard since they aren't as active as after slannesh birth", "human_ref_B": "Of course not! The presumption that /r/asksciencefiction is a front for a Tzeentch cult, is frankly ridiculous and absurd!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 61731.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v3n3jp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40k] Do the ruinious powers have servants in the 21st century? Sure, Slannesh isn't around yet, but the other three are and are apparently influencing the world to some degree- Khorne's birth caused wars and so forth. So could someone who was exceptionally hateful, ambitious or miserable get deamonic powers right now? Could *I* become a deamon prince? Not saying I *want* to but, you know, in this economy it's best to keep your options open.", "c_root_id_A": "ib06syt", "c_root_id_B": "ib32vdh", "created_at_utc_A": 1654233976.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654293155.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yes. According to some Perpetuals, the Emperor was quietly killing chaos cultists even in prehistoric times. Further, you could probably even tap into Slaanesh some. The Warp does not follow causality; once something is created there, it has always existed there. The Eldar felt She Who Thirsts before Slaanesh was fully born, although this far out, and especially as a human, it would be quite difficult. Also, as further proof of being able to tap into the warp in modern times, one of the protagonists of the Black Legion series temporarily bound a demon that had been created by the Massacre at B\u00e9ziers in 1209.", "human_ref_B": "Of course not! The presumption that /r/asksciencefiction is a front for a Tzeentch cult, is frankly ridiculous and absurd!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59179.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v3n3jp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40k] Do the ruinious powers have servants in the 21st century? Sure, Slannesh isn't around yet, but the other three are and are apparently influencing the world to some degree- Khorne's birth caused wars and so forth. So could someone who was exceptionally hateful, ambitious or miserable get deamonic powers right now? Could *I* become a deamon prince? Not saying I *want* to but, you know, in this economy it's best to keep your options open.", "c_root_id_A": "ib07ayh", "c_root_id_B": "ib32vdh", "created_at_utc_A": 1654234326.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654293155.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Nurgle has been busy lately.", "human_ref_B": "Of course not! The presumption that /r/asksciencefiction is a front for a Tzeentch cult, is frankly ridiculous and absurd!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 58829.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v3n3jp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[WH40k] Do the ruinious powers have servants in the 21st century? Sure, Slannesh isn't around yet, but the other three are and are apparently influencing the world to some degree- Khorne's birth caused wars and so forth. So could someone who was exceptionally hateful, ambitious or miserable get deamonic powers right now? Could *I* become a deamon prince? Not saying I *want* to but, you know, in this economy it's best to keep your options open.", "c_root_id_A": "ib1h89w", "c_root_id_B": "ib32vdh", "created_at_utc_A": 1654266701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654293155.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yes, but actually no. Three of them exist, but they're not exactly active. It won't be until Slaanesh's birth that they start directly fucking with the materium But they still do indirectly influence the world.", "human_ref_B": "Of course not! The presumption that /r/asksciencefiction is a front for a Tzeentch cult, is frankly ridiculous and absurd!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26454.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7nnhh8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[TheCulture] could I, as a citizen of The Culture, augment myself to be so intelligent that I'd be rivaling the Minds, or at least intelligent to the point that someone in the government might come to me and propose some important duty/work for me if I wanted to do It?", "c_root_id_A": "ds3260f", "c_root_id_B": "ds394me", "created_at_utc_A": 1514911383.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514918672.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Humans can be turned into Minds I hear but it's rare and frowned upon. You'd have to find a Mind to do the work which would be difficult.", "human_ref_B": "So... the thing to understand about the non-trivial Minds is that a significant fraction of their computing capability is not even in this universe, but rather in the infra or ultra bands. They are not just \"fast computers\", they are *huge* computers. It's never really clarified just exactly how huge, but hinted that it's on the order of ship sized or larger. An embodied human, no matter how \"augmented\" isn't going to rival a Mind. In order to do that, you'd have to actually *become* a Mind, with all that implies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7289.0, "score_ratio": 1.8235294118, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7nnhh8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[TheCulture] could I, as a citizen of The Culture, augment myself to be so intelligent that I'd be rivaling the Minds, or at least intelligent to the point that someone in the government might come to me and propose some important duty/work for me if I wanted to do It?", "c_root_id_A": "ds3jk2b", "c_root_id_B": "ds3modz", "created_at_utc_A": 1514929357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1514932672.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "No. There physically isn't enough space in a human skull to fit the amount of connections for processing power rivalling a mind. You'd have to give up your biological form for such intelligence.", "human_ref_B": "This is actually the role of one of the main characters in Consider Phlebas. They weren't augmented to rival a Mind, they were just a 1 in a trillion genius who was comparable to a Mind. She coordinated critical efforts during the war, so yes, the 'government' did come to some regular citizens to solve problems. But it doesn't seem unlikely that a regular human could be augmented up to that level. Worth noting that the character was comparable to a Mind during the Idiran war; there were likely many upgrades between different times in the series. It's possible that Minds moved beyond the possibilities of natural geniuses quite soon after the war. In fact, it's also in Player of Games. Gurgeh was probably the best game player in The Culture, and he was forced to work for Special Circumstances to go play in an alien game tournament. Over the course of the plan, he develops an ability to play the game that at least rivals a Mind, at one point mentioning that the Mind that originally mentored him 'finally worked out' a move he made during the tournament. Gurgeh augmented himself heavily with drugs to learn the game, but didn't actively use drugs during the tournament.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3315.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ehzikfx", "c_root_id_B": "ehziina", "created_at_utc_A": 1551956573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551956492.0, "score_A": 50, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how you make a living. Construction worker? Better get that myoelectric arm upgrade and lower-back reinforcement. Anything computer-related? Direct brain-computer interfaces are basically mandatory, especially for complex or time-sensitive stuff. Anything white-collar will probably benefit from cognitive enhancement, either pure processing power or specialist knowledge (need to speak Hindi for a business meeting? Just plug in the right wetware implant ). The thing is, cyberpunk societies are by definition hypercapitalist rat-races, on either side of the law. So anything that gives you an edge, however slight, over the competition will swiftly become the norm, and those who won't or can't use it will be digested by the growing slums.", "human_ref_B": "Mostly, it shouldn't be necessary unless it's to fix an issue regarding mobility (i.e. limb loss due to injury) or if the patient's life depended on it (i.e. severe medical emergency like organ failure). However, there are several important reasons why being a cyborg is necessary, mostly to do with employment. Enhanced strength and endurance may be a great benefit in the construction sector for building high-rises, aquatic enhancements and a more durable shell could be useful for deep-water diving and welding, space hardware for working on colonies or orbidal stations... My old man actually has one of those Typhon frameworks - you know, those top-of-the-line cyborg bodies with the latest military upgrades, anti-grav systems that let them fly into space unaiddd, makes you look like a Greek God? He used to be just an office clerk and normally wouldn't be able to afford it if it wasn't for a settlement (long story short, some scumbag executives thought they could act like those mega-corporations in old dystopic novels and snatched a rando off the street. One dumbass streamed it on the extra-net, the galactic federation found out and jailed them all and the cyborg body was the only alternative to euthanasia). Well, he was really uncomfortable in his new body (court ordered the company to pay for it and any maintenance, plus other damages)... at first. Dad originally used it to make it easier to move furniture unaided, easily lifting a couch over his head. He then found out he could use his built-in flamethrower to make s'mores, go deep-sea diving and use his enhanced vision and built-in camera for his photography hobby, the same for his flying and modules. He also quickly found out that having one of the most expensive cyborg bodies is quite the status symbol. He actually went intoinvesting, using the advanced processing power to analyze the stock market to make some good calls, using the money he got in his settlement. He's actually in talks to buy out a few companies, but he's also going to courses to get a firefighter's certification for disaster relief.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 81.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ehzhqb4", "c_root_id_B": "ehzikfx", "created_at_utc_A": 1551955188.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551956573.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "Aesthetic", "human_ref_B": "Depends on how you make a living. Construction worker? Better get that myoelectric arm upgrade and lower-back reinforcement. Anything computer-related? Direct brain-computer interfaces are basically mandatory, especially for complex or time-sensitive stuff. Anything white-collar will probably benefit from cognitive enhancement, either pure processing power or specialist knowledge (need to speak Hindi for a business meeting? Just plug in the right wetware implant ). The thing is, cyberpunk societies are by definition hypercapitalist rat-races, on either side of the law. So anything that gives you an edge, however slight, over the competition will swiftly become the norm, and those who won't or can't use it will be digested by the growing slums.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1385.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ehziina", "c_root_id_B": "ehzhqb4", "created_at_utc_A": 1551956492.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551955188.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Mostly, it shouldn't be necessary unless it's to fix an issue regarding mobility (i.e. limb loss due to injury) or if the patient's life depended on it (i.e. severe medical emergency like organ failure). However, there are several important reasons why being a cyborg is necessary, mostly to do with employment. Enhanced strength and endurance may be a great benefit in the construction sector for building high-rises, aquatic enhancements and a more durable shell could be useful for deep-water diving and welding, space hardware for working on colonies or orbidal stations... My old man actually has one of those Typhon frameworks - you know, those top-of-the-line cyborg bodies with the latest military upgrades, anti-grav systems that let them fly into space unaiddd, makes you look like a Greek God? He used to be just an office clerk and normally wouldn't be able to afford it if it wasn't for a settlement (long story short, some scumbag executives thought they could act like those mega-corporations in old dystopic novels and snatched a rando off the street. One dumbass streamed it on the extra-net, the galactic federation found out and jailed them all and the cyborg body was the only alternative to euthanasia). Well, he was really uncomfortable in his new body (court ordered the company to pay for it and any maintenance, plus other damages)... at first. Dad originally used it to make it easier to move furniture unaided, easily lifting a couch over his head. He then found out he could use his built-in flamethrower to make s'mores, go deep-sea diving and use his enhanced vision and built-in camera for his photography hobby, the same for his flying and modules. He also quickly found out that having one of the most expensive cyborg bodies is quite the status symbol. He actually went intoinvesting, using the advanced processing power to analyze the stock market to make some good calls, using the money he got in his settlement. He's actually in talks to buy out a few companies, but he's also going to courses to get a firefighter's certification for disaster relief.", "human_ref_B": "Aesthetic", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1304.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ei011i5", "c_root_id_B": "ehzhqb4", "created_at_utc_A": 1551973944.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551955188.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "How are your knees? Shoulders, back, other joints? How's your eyesight and hearing? Any recurring digestive problems? Become a cyborg and say goodbye to joint pain, poor sight and hearing, and disgusting bodily functions forever! By replacing your body with state of the art mechanical components you'll never have to worry about human frailty again! And as a bonus you'll be stronger, faster, and able to sleep while driving or cooking dinner! Best of all it's free -- the process is entirely paid by the advertisements we wirelessly push into your brain every second of your life. So sign up to be a cyborg today!", "human_ref_B": "Aesthetic", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18756.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ei011i5", "c_root_id_B": "ehzjups", "created_at_utc_A": 1551973944.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551958566.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "How are your knees? Shoulders, back, other joints? How's your eyesight and hearing? Any recurring digestive problems? Become a cyborg and say goodbye to joint pain, poor sight and hearing, and disgusting bodily functions forever! By replacing your body with state of the art mechanical components you'll never have to worry about human frailty again! And as a bonus you'll be stronger, faster, and able to sleep while driving or cooking dinner! Best of all it's free -- the process is entirely paid by the advertisements we wirelessly push into your brain every second of your life. So sign up to be a cyborg today!", "human_ref_B": "Improved health, survivability in case of accidents, more efficient at work? Travel on cyborg legs without needing a vehicle for short distances?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15378.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ehzspf5", "c_root_id_B": "ei011i5", "created_at_utc_A": 1551967835.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551973944.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You are flawed, weak, organic. You are an in perfect being. You can evolve to include the synthetic and use both to attain perfection. Join us, it is futile to resist perfection.", "human_ref_B": "How are your knees? Shoulders, back, other joints? How's your eyesight and hearing? Any recurring digestive problems? Become a cyborg and say goodbye to joint pain, poor sight and hearing, and disgusting bodily functions forever! By replacing your body with state of the art mechanical components you'll never have to worry about human frailty again! And as a bonus you'll be stronger, faster, and able to sleep while driving or cooking dinner! Best of all it's free -- the process is entirely paid by the advertisements we wirelessly push into your brain every second of your life. So sign up to be a cyborg today!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6109.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ehzxh3o", "c_root_id_B": "ei011i5", "created_at_utc_A": 1551971489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551973944.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "This depends entirely on universe. Some universes there's almost no advantages (and potentially serious disadvantages). Some universes it would depend on your jobs and hobbies. Some universes it would give you huge advantages.", "human_ref_B": "How are your knees? Shoulders, back, other joints? How's your eyesight and hearing? Any recurring digestive problems? Become a cyborg and say goodbye to joint pain, poor sight and hearing, and disgusting bodily functions forever! By replacing your body with state of the art mechanical components you'll never have to worry about human frailty again! And as a bonus you'll be stronger, faster, and able to sleep while driving or cooking dinner! Best of all it's free -- the process is entirely paid by the advertisements we wirelessly push into your brain every second of your life. So sign up to be a cyborg today!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2455.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ei011i5", "c_root_id_B": "ehzzjd9", "created_at_utc_A": 1551973944.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551972935.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "How are your knees? Shoulders, back, other joints? How's your eyesight and hearing? Any recurring digestive problems? Become a cyborg and say goodbye to joint pain, poor sight and hearing, and disgusting bodily functions forever! By replacing your body with state of the art mechanical components you'll never have to worry about human frailty again! And as a bonus you'll be stronger, faster, and able to sleep while driving or cooking dinner! Best of all it's free -- the process is entirely paid by the advertisements we wirelessly push into your brain every second of your life. So sign up to be a cyborg today!", "human_ref_B": "External memory storage, network access, i just imagine a cell phone implanted in the head", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1009.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ehzjups", "c_root_id_B": "ehzspf5", "created_at_utc_A": 1551958566.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551967835.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Improved health, survivability in case of accidents, more efficient at work? Travel on cyborg legs without needing a vehicle for short distances?", "human_ref_B": "You are flawed, weak, organic. You are an in perfect being. You can evolve to include the synthetic and use both to attain perfection. Join us, it is futile to resist perfection.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9269.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ehzzjd9", "c_root_id_B": "ei08yet", "created_at_utc_A": 1551972935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551979216.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "External memory storage, network access, i just imagine a cell phone implanted in the head", "human_ref_B": "Well, not everyone needs a full frame body conversion. Most 'cyborgs' only have wetware augments. Here are the five most common. Its honestly rare to find someone who isn't a Luddite that doesn't have most if not all of these. Direct wireless access to the Internet via a skull mounted brain/optical interface is quite common. Lets you browse the internet via your eyeballs. That's not interesting? Also you can handle all user input via the mind link. Ever had a question? Like ever? Just think about it and you got your answer. If you have to do harder stuff, advanced mathematics and the like you can rent cloud computer facilities to bump up your internal 'processing' power even further. It goes without saying you get access to the local wireless, want your lights on just think about it. Wanna see if the bathroom is clear, just hit up your homes security system all from the comfort of your eyelids you sleepy boy. Standard healing nanites: These little buggers go in and help your immune system clean out anything you don't want there and put back the stuff you do? Remember arthritis? OF course you don't. They also used to have things like 'Strokes' and 'heart attacks' which were caused by blockages in the body, those don't happen anymore either. Scarring is next to impossible without a truely terrible injury and existing scars can be dissolved over the course of days or weeks so that your skin looks like new, which of course is how it looks like on everyone because the nanites revitalize everything constantly. Used to be you could tell the age of a person by looking at them, older folks get 'wrinkles' which are some sort of bend in the skin, or their skin would get 'less elastic' whatever that means. These also help you out if you are athletic, or not, by stimulating muscle growth. Obesity used to be a problem so of course that gets taken care of as well. Also you don't get sick, like ever. Eyeball Mark2: Standard eye upgrades for almost any field. Gives you 20/20 vision, whatever that means. Also gives you telescopic and micro vision so you should be able to see about as far as a person with old style binoculars... I'm losing you here. Really far away. Also you can see in IR and UV. You get night vision as a side option. Also, of course, that has your standard AR overlays so you don't needs to wear lenses or contacts. Get this, lenses or glasses used to be used to help people clear up vision problems, old people right? Juice Box: Or an integrated sustenance pack is inserted into your lungs and intestines and feeds your both highly processed resources designed to keep you up and running as long as possible. The lung one reprocesses oxygen and circulates it so you can hold your breath until the battery runs out. You can get fancier ones that directly augment your blood, heck you can get your lungs removed if you do that but I don't recommend it because you run into more complicated maintenance issues. Your battery dying and then you suffocating is pretty bad. Not having to eat for extended periods is pretty nice though, and if you are overeating, who doesn't, the Juice box will steal some of those unnecessary calories and augment its own stores. Its inefficient as hell doing it that way but its just food. That stuff is still cheap. Plus the Juice keeps you awake if you need to. Regulates your energy levels if you think about it. They don't recommend past 48 hours, and its gets trippy if you do but aside from feeling a bit jittery it works. The Plumbing: Or the Human Waste Processing Pack. Last common upgrade we'll talk about. So everybody poops. And pees. But lots of that material could be put to other uses. Take urine, mostly water. Waste processing pack can turn your urine from 95% water to about 5% water, mind you most people don't go below 25% because it gets uncomfortable doing your business. Solid waste, poop, gets reprocessed too typically into nanite materials but the equipment is more efficient than you so it also turns a non-trivial percentage of your waste back into fuel for the body. In short, if you have one of these you're gonna be able to watch the whole Harry Potter film series, and no the crappy first one but the unabridged Amazon series starring Prince Harry's kid, in one go without using the head. People don't really think about how much they go to the bathroom. You can go beyond this, get a full frame with strength augments and the like but then you run into maintenance issues. Anything mechanical breaks down and you don't want it to be something you 'need' to work. If your Eyeball mark 2 goes down you just have to rely on eyeball mark 1, and you were born with those. If your cyber leg breaks down while you are hauling 20 tons of stuff, you are going to get squished. ​", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6281.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ayb1uc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[General Sic] Hi, I'm just an ordinary citizen. I have no interest in law in enforcement, fighting or anything to do with combat. What advantages are there for me to become a Cyborg?", "c_root_id_A": "ei01zzg", "c_root_id_B": "ei08yet", "created_at_utc_A": 1551974584.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551979216.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You can fix a lot of disabilities with cyborg modules. I was born missing an ear, and I used to be nearly deaf until I got a hearing aid implant.", "human_ref_B": "Well, not everyone needs a full frame body conversion. Most 'cyborgs' only have wetware augments. Here are the five most common. Its honestly rare to find someone who isn't a Luddite that doesn't have most if not all of these. Direct wireless access to the Internet via a skull mounted brain/optical interface is quite common. Lets you browse the internet via your eyeballs. That's not interesting? Also you can handle all user input via the mind link. Ever had a question? Like ever? Just think about it and you got your answer. If you have to do harder stuff, advanced mathematics and the like you can rent cloud computer facilities to bump up your internal 'processing' power even further. It goes without saying you get access to the local wireless, want your lights on just think about it. Wanna see if the bathroom is clear, just hit up your homes security system all from the comfort of your eyelids you sleepy boy. Standard healing nanites: These little buggers go in and help your immune system clean out anything you don't want there and put back the stuff you do? Remember arthritis? OF course you don't. They also used to have things like 'Strokes' and 'heart attacks' which were caused by blockages in the body, those don't happen anymore either. Scarring is next to impossible without a truely terrible injury and existing scars can be dissolved over the course of days or weeks so that your skin looks like new, which of course is how it looks like on everyone because the nanites revitalize everything constantly. Used to be you could tell the age of a person by looking at them, older folks get 'wrinkles' which are some sort of bend in the skin, or their skin would get 'less elastic' whatever that means. These also help you out if you are athletic, or not, by stimulating muscle growth. Obesity used to be a problem so of course that gets taken care of as well. Also you don't get sick, like ever. Eyeball Mark2: Standard eye upgrades for almost any field. Gives you 20/20 vision, whatever that means. Also gives you telescopic and micro vision so you should be able to see about as far as a person with old style binoculars... I'm losing you here. Really far away. Also you can see in IR and UV. You get night vision as a side option. Also, of course, that has your standard AR overlays so you don't needs to wear lenses or contacts. Get this, lenses or glasses used to be used to help people clear up vision problems, old people right? Juice Box: Or an integrated sustenance pack is inserted into your lungs and intestines and feeds your both highly processed resources designed to keep you up and running as long as possible. The lung one reprocesses oxygen and circulates it so you can hold your breath until the battery runs out. You can get fancier ones that directly augment your blood, heck you can get your lungs removed if you do that but I don't recommend it because you run into more complicated maintenance issues. Your battery dying and then you suffocating is pretty bad. Not having to eat for extended periods is pretty nice though, and if you are overeating, who doesn't, the Juice box will steal some of those unnecessary calories and augment its own stores. Its inefficient as hell doing it that way but its just food. That stuff is still cheap. Plus the Juice keeps you awake if you need to. Regulates your energy levels if you think about it. They don't recommend past 48 hours, and its gets trippy if you do but aside from feeling a bit jittery it works. The Plumbing: Or the Human Waste Processing Pack. Last common upgrade we'll talk about. So everybody poops. And pees. But lots of that material could be put to other uses. Take urine, mostly water. Waste processing pack can turn your urine from 95% water to about 5% water, mind you most people don't go below 25% because it gets uncomfortable doing your business. Solid waste, poop, gets reprocessed too typically into nanite materials but the equipment is more efficient than you so it also turns a non-trivial percentage of your waste back into fuel for the body. In short, if you have one of these you're gonna be able to watch the whole Harry Potter film series, and no the crappy first one but the unabridged Amazon series starring Prince Harry's kid, in one go without using the head. People don't really think about how much they go to the bathroom. You can go beyond this, get a full frame with strength augments and the like but then you run into maintenance issues. Anything mechanical breaks down and you don't want it to be something you 'need' to work. If your Eyeball mark 2 goes down you just have to rely on eyeball mark 1, and you were born with those. If your cyber leg breaks down while you are hauling 20 tons of stuff, you are going to get squished. ​", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4632.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3r1ss4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[WH40k] Why not just get everyone the fuck away from Terra, then let the Emperor die? That way, if it creates a new eye of terror, then most of humanity is far away from it anyway!", "c_root_id_A": "cwk9orp", "c_root_id_B": "cwk77y2", "created_at_utc_A": 1446367143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446357031.0, "score_A": 75, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "I... I don't even know exactly how to respond to this seriously. Let's set aside the fact that anything coming even remotely close to such a concept is pushing the upper boundaries of Heresy. Let's just ignore that tiny detail. Okay, so Holy Terra, and the Sol system, is the undisputed center of the Imperium. In terms of \"things that make the Imperium work\", the Sol system, and Holy Terra, specifically, are right at the tippy top. The Astronomican is the only point of reference capable of guiding ships through the hellish miasma of the Warp. It is the seat of Imperial rule, housing a vast majority of the upper \"Government\". It is the headquarters for the Inquisition, the Navis Nobilite (Navigators), the Adeptus Arbites, the Ecclesiarchy, and the Adeptus Astra Telepathica (the guys that control and train psykers). The Moon houses the single most powerful defense system that exists. Mars is basically the manufacturing and \"science\" hub for everyone. Saturn's moon, Titan, houses the Grey Knights, who are basically our greatest weapon against Daemons. Even ignoring the plethora of other incredibly important things in the system, those things alone make it too great to abandon. On top of all of the logistical and strategic aspects of the Sol System, there is a deep and fundamental emotional connection to it, for every Imperial citizen. Everybody came from there. It is \"Home\" for the Human race. It is the starting point for everything that would become the great Imperium of Man. It is from there that the single greatest person to ever live would begin His journey to reunite all the lost souls of Humanity, and bring them all back into the light. It is probably the one planet, among millions, that every single individual under the righteous banner of the Imperium could name. Okay, now that we have all of that weak, unimportant shit out of the way, let's talk about why it isn't going to happen. Terra is home to an uncounted number of people reaching into the hundreds of billions. It might be pushing a trillion. Then you have the hundreds of billions on other planets and moons in the system. A meaningful percentage of those individuals are some of the most important people to the actual functioning of the Imperium as a whole. They all need to be moved several lightyears away. No other single planet anywhere close has the infrastructure to deal with that many people, so they'd have to be spread out over a huge number of other planets. This, in the mildest of terms, is a clusterfuck of a logistical nightmare. And that isn't even taking into account the countless relics, and artifacts, and equipment, and documens that somehow needs to be transported. AT THE SAME TIME, they are going to have to be dealing with whatever happens on the Golden Throne. At BEST, we're looking at a relatively small portal through which millions, or billions, of Daemons will pour through for years until a chink in the armor is finally exploited and everyone dies. Worst-case-scenario we are looking at Eye of Terror 2.0. If that happens, nothing matters and everyone dies much more quickly. Those hundreds of billions of people you moved are just going to die horrific deaths on foreign worlds. It just doesn't make sense to do at all. I'm not even sure what angle you could take to make it seem not only plausible in the slightest, but even justifiable. **TL;DR = Goddamn Heretics have no critical thinking skills. It isn't happening.**", "human_ref_B": "Heresy of the highest degree. Seriously, even if you were to believe that it is just the corpse of the Emperor sitting gloriously upon the Golden Throne you would want to leave him to be skull fucked by thousands of demons as they laugh and mock the best of humanity? The Officio Assassinorum has been dispatched to your location. Sleep well, heretic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10112.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3r1ss4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[WH40k] Why not just get everyone the fuck away from Terra, then let the Emperor die? That way, if it creates a new eye of terror, then most of humanity is far away from it anyway!", "c_root_id_A": "cwk7nyd", "c_root_id_B": "cwk9orp", "created_at_utc_A": 1446358516.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446367143.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 75, "human_ref_A": "The last thing the galaxy needs is another freaking Eye of Terror. Seriously, is one not enough? That's not even getting into the disasterous effect that stopping the Astronomicon would have, or the widespread theological anarchy of letting the Imperial Cult's central figure die, or the fact that the Sol system is humanity's single strongest and most defensible stronghold with some of it's largest and most active development centers. Or sure, why not? Let's just leave, rip open another portal to hell and kill God. What's the worst that could happen?", "human_ref_B": "I... I don't even know exactly how to respond to this seriously. Let's set aside the fact that anything coming even remotely close to such a concept is pushing the upper boundaries of Heresy. Let's just ignore that tiny detail. Okay, so Holy Terra, and the Sol system, is the undisputed center of the Imperium. In terms of \"things that make the Imperium work\", the Sol system, and Holy Terra, specifically, are right at the tippy top. The Astronomican is the only point of reference capable of guiding ships through the hellish miasma of the Warp. It is the seat of Imperial rule, housing a vast majority of the upper \"Government\". It is the headquarters for the Inquisition, the Navis Nobilite (Navigators), the Adeptus Arbites, the Ecclesiarchy, and the Adeptus Astra Telepathica (the guys that control and train psykers). The Moon houses the single most powerful defense system that exists. Mars is basically the manufacturing and \"science\" hub for everyone. Saturn's moon, Titan, houses the Grey Knights, who are basically our greatest weapon against Daemons. Even ignoring the plethora of other incredibly important things in the system, those things alone make it too great to abandon. On top of all of the logistical and strategic aspects of the Sol System, there is a deep and fundamental emotional connection to it, for every Imperial citizen. Everybody came from there. It is \"Home\" for the Human race. It is the starting point for everything that would become the great Imperium of Man. It is from there that the single greatest person to ever live would begin His journey to reunite all the lost souls of Humanity, and bring them all back into the light. It is probably the one planet, among millions, that every single individual under the righteous banner of the Imperium could name. Okay, now that we have all of that weak, unimportant shit out of the way, let's talk about why it isn't going to happen. Terra is home to an uncounted number of people reaching into the hundreds of billions. It might be pushing a trillion. Then you have the hundreds of billions on other planets and moons in the system. A meaningful percentage of those individuals are some of the most important people to the actual functioning of the Imperium as a whole. They all need to be moved several lightyears away. No other single planet anywhere close has the infrastructure to deal with that many people, so they'd have to be spread out over a huge number of other planets. This, in the mildest of terms, is a clusterfuck of a logistical nightmare. And that isn't even taking into account the countless relics, and artifacts, and equipment, and documens that somehow needs to be transported. AT THE SAME TIME, they are going to have to be dealing with whatever happens on the Golden Throne. At BEST, we're looking at a relatively small portal through which millions, or billions, of Daemons will pour through for years until a chink in the armor is finally exploited and everyone dies. Worst-case-scenario we are looking at Eye of Terror 2.0. If that happens, nothing matters and everyone dies much more quickly. Those hundreds of billions of people you moved are just going to die horrific deaths on foreign worlds. It just doesn't make sense to do at all. I'm not even sure what angle you could take to make it seem not only plausible in the slightest, but even justifiable. **TL;DR = Goddamn Heretics have no critical thinking skills. It isn't happening.**", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8627.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3r1ss4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[WH40k] Why not just get everyone the fuck away from Terra, then let the Emperor die? That way, if it creates a new eye of terror, then most of humanity is far away from it anyway!", "c_root_id_A": "cwk8iss", "c_root_id_B": "cwk9orp", "created_at_utc_A": 1446361804.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446367143.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 75, "human_ref_A": "It's *Holy* Terra for a reason, humanity was born there. That shit's symbolic to us bro.", "human_ref_B": "I... I don't even know exactly how to respond to this seriously. Let's set aside the fact that anything coming even remotely close to such a concept is pushing the upper boundaries of Heresy. Let's just ignore that tiny detail. Okay, so Holy Terra, and the Sol system, is the undisputed center of the Imperium. In terms of \"things that make the Imperium work\", the Sol system, and Holy Terra, specifically, are right at the tippy top. The Astronomican is the only point of reference capable of guiding ships through the hellish miasma of the Warp. It is the seat of Imperial rule, housing a vast majority of the upper \"Government\". It is the headquarters for the Inquisition, the Navis Nobilite (Navigators), the Adeptus Arbites, the Ecclesiarchy, and the Adeptus Astra Telepathica (the guys that control and train psykers). The Moon houses the single most powerful defense system that exists. Mars is basically the manufacturing and \"science\" hub for everyone. Saturn's moon, Titan, houses the Grey Knights, who are basically our greatest weapon against Daemons. Even ignoring the plethora of other incredibly important things in the system, those things alone make it too great to abandon. On top of all of the logistical and strategic aspects of the Sol System, there is a deep and fundamental emotional connection to it, for every Imperial citizen. Everybody came from there. It is \"Home\" for the Human race. It is the starting point for everything that would become the great Imperium of Man. It is from there that the single greatest person to ever live would begin His journey to reunite all the lost souls of Humanity, and bring them all back into the light. It is probably the one planet, among millions, that every single individual under the righteous banner of the Imperium could name. Okay, now that we have all of that weak, unimportant shit out of the way, let's talk about why it isn't going to happen. Terra is home to an uncounted number of people reaching into the hundreds of billions. It might be pushing a trillion. Then you have the hundreds of billions on other planets and moons in the system. A meaningful percentage of those individuals are some of the most important people to the actual functioning of the Imperium as a whole. They all need to be moved several lightyears away. No other single planet anywhere close has the infrastructure to deal with that many people, so they'd have to be spread out over a huge number of other planets. This, in the mildest of terms, is a clusterfuck of a logistical nightmare. And that isn't even taking into account the countless relics, and artifacts, and equipment, and documens that somehow needs to be transported. AT THE SAME TIME, they are going to have to be dealing with whatever happens on the Golden Throne. At BEST, we're looking at a relatively small portal through which millions, or billions, of Daemons will pour through for years until a chink in the armor is finally exploited and everyone dies. Worst-case-scenario we are looking at Eye of Terror 2.0. If that happens, nothing matters and everyone dies much more quickly. Those hundreds of billions of people you moved are just going to die horrific deaths on foreign worlds. It just doesn't make sense to do at all. I'm not even sure what angle you could take to make it seem not only plausible in the slightest, but even justifiable. **TL;DR = Goddamn Heretics have no critical thinking skills. It isn't happening.**", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5339.0, "score_ratio": 10.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3r1ss4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[WH40k] Why not just get everyone the fuck away from Terra, then let the Emperor die? That way, if it creates a new eye of terror, then most of humanity is far away from it anyway!", "c_root_id_A": "cwk8iss", "c_root_id_B": "cwkavfx", "created_at_utc_A": 1446361804.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446373216.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It's *Holy* Terra for a reason, humanity was born there. That shit's symbolic to us bro.", "human_ref_B": "I can see the infinite calls for BLAMS and HERESY piling in, so I guess I'll let you know *why* you've committed possibly the worst heresy I've ever heard of before you're put down. 1. The Astronomicon. Without an extra-dimensional lighthouse in the warp, humanity loses most of it's FTL capabilities. 2. Holy Terra is the holiest of holys. Every square inch of it is like the Mecca of the distant past. You're asking humanity to kill it's birthplace, to sacrifice our One True God. NOPE. 3. The Emperor is definetly still alive. Visions of him have appeared to humans, and he blesses his most devout and capable warriors from time to time. 4. WHY THE HELL WOULD WE WANT A SECOND EYE OF TERROR AT THE HEART OF THE IMPERIUM?!?! 5. Mars would also be lost, and we would lose 99.5% of our technological capabilities. 6. Sacrificing a thousand psykers and defending the Golden Throne on a daily basis is a really, really small price to pay when considering the vastness of the Imperium. Really there's no reason for it as things are actually pretty much under control, and with the incoming threats facing the Imperium, doing as you propose would be disastrous and would likely guarantee humanities extinction. I'm honestly so sickened by what you've said that I'm having trouble keeping last night's dinner down, someone else can take the honor of BLAMing your heretical ass. Seriously, is this some kind of death-by-cop attempt? Cause it's gonna work.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11412.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3r1ss4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[WH40k] Why not just get everyone the fuck away from Terra, then let the Emperor die? That way, if it creates a new eye of terror, then most of humanity is far away from it anyway!", "c_root_id_A": "cwkn9x5", "c_root_id_B": "cwkzszk", "created_at_utc_A": 1446403773.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446422880.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Most of humanity is already far away from terra. I mean, its only one world, and humanity is all over the galaxy. Also, we kinda need the Emperor and the Astronomican to survive, we cant use the warp without it The Emperor also does a lot of things beside that, he helps people all over the galaxy with the Emperors tarot, creates astropaths (who are the imperiums only way to have ftl communications, so if he dies we cant get new ones) and empowers people all over the galaxy. He is the only thing keeping humanity alive", "human_ref_B": "Because no one knows what it would do. You have two possibilities, as far as I know: 1) The Emperor dies and is lost forever. 2) The emperor is reborn and comes back to help. Now, let's assume #1: Keep in mind, the Emperor is more than just some guy, he's humanity's actual *god.* In the flesh. Would you just let your god die? I mean, there are some who feel like letting him die would be a good thing. It may well allow him to be reborn (that was how he was made in the first place). But his injuries and what he's become may also mean that he wouldn't come back. And that would mean shit gets crazy fast. I mean, it took humanity nearly 7 millennium to go from being basically where we are now to being able to travel in an interstellar way. All of that would be lost. And on top of that, you'd have the issue of humanity having quite a few enemies about that they would have to deal with without much of their technology. I imagine that even if the ability to travel in the Warp is lost for a very short time, we would lose countless worlds to the various enemies of humanity with no way of knowing if you could get them back. On top of all of that, you'd need to find a way to have people navigate the Warp which would mean retrofitting ships that are, in most cases, several thousand years old and no one understands the workings of. And #2: Some of the scholars have to know that the way that humanity ended up was exactly the sort of thing the Emperor of Man was hoping to keep from happening. He didn't like the idea of worship and wanted humanity to become something greater. Which is why if he came back, I think it would actually be more chaotic. He would find out the things that humanity has done and how they have failed him and probably try to start over. Another era of strife would spring up. A new faction would be born in the Universe. It would be made of people who hate the ideas of the Emperor of man and want to capture him, people who looked at humanity as it is in the 40th millennium as the ideal, fighting against the man they deemed a god at one point. These would be fighting against all the enemies of man as they stand. Basically the cogs of humanity are too complex to try to change something that big without a very good reason. Things don't work perfectly the way they are but they do work. And that's good enough.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19107.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v249x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[wh40k] What's the worst possible fate for your average human?", "c_root_id_A": "codsoky", "c_root_id_B": "codxfat", "created_at_utc_A": 1423281606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423295896.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "You're living it citizen. Being a worthless cog in an endless machine, no rest, no reward, no recognition. At least Chaos lets you feel something.", "human_ref_B": "Know dear citizen, that the fates of the least fortunate of our species are too horrific to hear, and to keep the knowledge in your mind will be a burden that you will bear until you take your last breath-mercifully given. Stop now. Turn around and return to the place where you call home. Hug your children, lay down to rest, and think of this matter no longer. This is my advice to you. and yet by your continued reading, you have shown a disdain for my honest efforts to make your life a happy one. Very well. I will satiate your curiosity. The Daemonculaba. The Daemonculaba project was a special process developed by heretical scientists, sponsored by the Iron Warriors Former Space Marines legion. They went out and captured young, innocent women from the citizenry of the Imperium. These women were stripped of their clothing, and crowded into iron cages. They would be force-fed a special nutrient paste, gallons of it each day until their bodies bloated into disgusting, caricatures of the feminine form. Once a particular person was determined 'ready', they were taken and strapped to an operating table. They were imbedded with a gene-seed. Either stolen from a still loyal chapter, or created by their own methods. The end result was the woman becoming what they called a \"Daemonculaba\". Once ready, the Daemonculaba would have her stomach split open, and an adolescent male would be forcibly shoved in, and the stomach sown back up, trapping him inside the womb. In a matter of days, the boy would be 'reborn', how exactly we are not aware, but he would come out entirely skinless. Pending a thorough inspection, they would have skin resown onto their flesh, and would become Chaos Space Marines, slaves to the Ruinious powers. As for the Daemonculaba themselves, often they die in the process. But more often than not, they would survive. Being \"re-impregnated\" over, and over again, kept alive by the heretical scientists and engineers of chaos. Though I have been blessed with ignorance as to the worst fates men and women can suffer in this sick diseased galaxy we call the milky way, the Daemonculaba process is certainly the worst thing I have ever heard of happening to anybody. Go home now dear citizen. Go home and shut out the dreams that will come to you tonight...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14290.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2v249x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[wh40k] What's the worst possible fate for your average human?", "c_root_id_A": "codxfat", "c_root_id_B": "codsy8x", "created_at_utc_A": 1423295896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1423282233.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Know dear citizen, that the fates of the least fortunate of our species are too horrific to hear, and to keep the knowledge in your mind will be a burden that you will bear until you take your last breath-mercifully given. Stop now. Turn around and return to the place where you call home. Hug your children, lay down to rest, and think of this matter no longer. This is my advice to you. and yet by your continued reading, you have shown a disdain for my honest efforts to make your life a happy one. Very well. I will satiate your curiosity. The Daemonculaba. The Daemonculaba project was a special process developed by heretical scientists, sponsored by the Iron Warriors Former Space Marines legion. They went out and captured young, innocent women from the citizenry of the Imperium. These women were stripped of their clothing, and crowded into iron cages. They would be force-fed a special nutrient paste, gallons of it each day until their bodies bloated into disgusting, caricatures of the feminine form. Once a particular person was determined 'ready', they were taken and strapped to an operating table. They were imbedded with a gene-seed. Either stolen from a still loyal chapter, or created by their own methods. The end result was the woman becoming what they called a \"Daemonculaba\". Once ready, the Daemonculaba would have her stomach split open, and an adolescent male would be forcibly shoved in, and the stomach sown back up, trapping him inside the womb. In a matter of days, the boy would be 'reborn', how exactly we are not aware, but he would come out entirely skinless. Pending a thorough inspection, they would have skin resown onto their flesh, and would become Chaos Space Marines, slaves to the Ruinious powers. As for the Daemonculaba themselves, often they die in the process. But more often than not, they would survive. Being \"re-impregnated\" over, and over again, kept alive by the heretical scientists and engineers of chaos. Though I have been blessed with ignorance as to the worst fates men and women can suffer in this sick diseased galaxy we call the milky way, the Daemonculaba process is certainly the worst thing I have ever heard of happening to anybody. Go home now dear citizen. Go home and shut out the dreams that will come to you tonight...", "human_ref_B": "Being born.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13663.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o8m89i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Invincible] What are the chances that Viltrumites and Humans look so alike? We've seen plenty of other alien species, that have no physical connection to them. Is it just coincidence?", "c_root_id_A": "h35ygbv", "c_root_id_B": "h36a2zi", "created_at_utc_A": 1624756117.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624763209.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "Note that this isn't canon to the best of my knowledge. As far as I'm aware there isn't an answer at all in canon. Sentient life in this universe is likely connected by a common ancestor of some sort. There's no other rational explaination for why alien species can interbreed, which is *far* more significant than the fact that humans and vitrumites are so aesthetically similar. This also explains why every sentient alien also follows the four limbs bipedal pattern, when there's no reason why that would be so ubiquitous. You would expect alien life to be *wildly* divergent between planets. When everyone is just a funny looking human, it's inevitably that some species out there will be more human looking.", "human_ref_B": "About the same chance that Kryptonians and humans are physically indistinguishable. Or Asgardians and humans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7092.0, "score_ratio": 1.5641025641, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o8m89i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Invincible] What are the chances that Viltrumites and Humans look so alike? We've seen plenty of other alien species, that have no physical connection to them. Is it just coincidence?", "c_root_id_A": "h36ss6h", "c_root_id_B": "h36kvom", "created_at_utc_A": 1624776643.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624770269.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Warning: Comic spoilers abound. If you've only seen the Amazon TV show, read at your own risk. The answer to your question is: \"low.\" It's not *at all* likely that Humans and Viltrumites look so alike. Earth is a rarity. And that's part of why Nolan is there. There are not many Viltrumites left. While Viltrumites can breed with damn near anything in the universe, the children aren't going to be as powerful or as pure. But Mark Greyson is damn near a pure blooded Viltrumite. Earth, in the comic series, is special. That is one of the reasons Viltrum is so interested in Earth. It's an ideal colony planet, one where there could be hundreds upon thousands of Mark Graysons. While I don't know the exact numbers of the Coalition of Planets, it is *Galactic* in size. There are billions of worlds. Earth was lucky, or maybe unlucky, to have similar genetics.", "human_ref_B": "I recall from one of the books about the making of Star Trek that Roddenberry's reasoning was that since they spent most of their time looking for and exploring planets where humans could survive, the species native to those planets would have a somewhat similar development path. After all, they arose in conditions similar to Earth's to at least that degree. I think it would be logical for Viltrumites to prioritize colonizing planets whose environments aren't continuously (and unsuccessfully) trying to kill them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6374.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o8m89i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Invincible] What are the chances that Viltrumites and Humans look so alike? We've seen plenty of other alien species, that have no physical connection to them. Is it just coincidence?", "c_root_id_A": "h36nowj", "c_root_id_B": "h36ss6h", "created_at_utc_A": 1624772407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624776643.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Usually the answer to this is that there is some sort of precursor race that went around seeding/nurturing/spreading life on various distant planets, and they happened to have a humanoid body structure, which influenced the intelligent life that eventually evolved on the planet to take their rough form. Like Star Trek, or Star Wars Either that or the embodiments of cosmic principles or forces happened to have a humanoid shape, which influenced species on countless worlds to converge on that pattern. Like Marvel and DC (Galactus, Angels, Endless, Death etc.)", "human_ref_B": "Warning: Comic spoilers abound. If you've only seen the Amazon TV show, read at your own risk. The answer to your question is: \"low.\" It's not *at all* likely that Humans and Viltrumites look so alike. Earth is a rarity. And that's part of why Nolan is there. There are not many Viltrumites left. While Viltrumites can breed with damn near anything in the universe, the children aren't going to be as powerful or as pure. But Mark Greyson is damn near a pure blooded Viltrumite. Earth, in the comic series, is special. That is one of the reasons Viltrum is so interested in Earth. It's an ideal colony planet, one where there could be hundreds upon thousands of Mark Graysons. While I don't know the exact numbers of the Coalition of Planets, it is *Galactic* in size. There are billions of worlds. Earth was lucky, or maybe unlucky, to have similar genetics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4236.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o8m89i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Invincible] What are the chances that Viltrumites and Humans look so alike? We've seen plenty of other alien species, that have no physical connection to them. Is it just coincidence?", "c_root_id_A": "h36ss6h", "c_root_id_B": "h36lofz", "created_at_utc_A": 1624776643.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624770864.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Warning: Comic spoilers abound. If you've only seen the Amazon TV show, read at your own risk. The answer to your question is: \"low.\" It's not *at all* likely that Humans and Viltrumites look so alike. Earth is a rarity. And that's part of why Nolan is there. There are not many Viltrumites left. While Viltrumites can breed with damn near anything in the universe, the children aren't going to be as powerful or as pure. But Mark Greyson is damn near a pure blooded Viltrumite. Earth, in the comic series, is special. That is one of the reasons Viltrum is so interested in Earth. It's an ideal colony planet, one where there could be hundreds upon thousands of Mark Graysons. While I don't know the exact numbers of the Coalition of Planets, it is *Galactic* in size. There are billions of worlds. Earth was lucky, or maybe unlucky, to have similar genetics.", "human_ref_B": "THE fact that they look exactly alike makes the chances pretty much 100%", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5779.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56l8t4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Fallout] How come in the 200+ years since the Great War, we still haven't been able to make cars drivable again? I mean, we have working Vertibirds, and apparently the Brotherhood of Steel can build a zeppelin from scrap metal, but why not cars?", "c_root_id_A": "d8k8hu1", "c_root_id_B": "d8kanyf", "created_at_utc_A": 1475998886.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476006958.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 61, "human_ref_A": "Sure anyone with the time, patience and know-how can get a car up and running. But remember: **You're driving a mini nuke on wheels.** How long before a hotshot raider, hopped up on Jet, puts a .50 Cal round into your reactor? How long before you drive over a landmine? How long before a Deathclaw mistakes your car for a really fat Brahmin? Vehicles are dangerous ticking time bombs that'll level a city street. Best to just hoof it out, kid.", "human_ref_B": "many cars are perfectly driveable, those nuclear engines were built to *last*, its the roads that aren't. The centuries have all but erased most of the old roadways, the loose piles of rubble that were once cities are no place to drive. The infrastructure and organization that it takes to have a network of roads are far beyond all but a few communities in the wastes. As for vehicles that require no road, the jeeps and dirtbikes, those were destroyed over the years. A vehicle like that sings a siren's song to raiders, no gang in the wastes will fail to try to take such a vehicle. Warlords again and again assembled their fleets of trucks and packs of motorcycles, and again and again they warred with each other. Machines made to run for a hundred years, all dragged one by one into the funeral pyre of history, into petty battles for a few liters of fresh water or a few rounds of ammo. Machines of precision and efficiency we can only dream of, felled by holes dug by illiterates to catch deer, left to rot in the desert after their owners collapsed from rad poisoning, shot by thieves. Because war, war never changes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8072.0, "score_ratio": 8.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56l8t4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Fallout] How come in the 200+ years since the Great War, we still haven't been able to make cars drivable again? I mean, we have working Vertibirds, and apparently the Brotherhood of Steel can build a zeppelin from scrap metal, but why not cars?", "c_root_id_A": "d8kkft3", "c_root_id_B": "d8l7wxw", "created_at_utc_A": 1476030143.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476062095.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Cars aren't useful in fallout locations we've seen so far. Terrain is all so fucked up and extreme you get there faster by walking or taking a pack Brahmin with you. Vertibirds are worth the extreme time and resources used, although I believe there are a few cars floating around.", "human_ref_B": "The roads are too damaged, and forces on the ground are too vulnerable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31952.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqawbr", "c_root_id_B": "cvqvxyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1444152991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444186720.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Humanities path is that all would be Emperor-level Powerful pyskers. The problem is the fact that humanity is in a era where the Warp is fucked up beyond repair without complete genocide on the entire galaxy. If the Warp were calm, Humanity would evolve without problem to Eldar level of \"everyone is a bloody pysker\" with out any major problem. The major problem was the fact the Warp was as previously mention, fucked up and humanity spend a couple thousand years killing of pyskers whenever they could, that slowed evolution down a bit. If the era of \"kill all the pyskers if you want to live\" did not happen, Humanity would have pyskers bloody everywhere, maybe not \"everyone is a bloody pysker\" like the Eldar, but close. Abhumans are small pockets of specialize human evolution and is defiantly not something that would happen if the travel was disabled.", "human_ref_B": "evolution doesn't work that way. 38k years is really too short to have a meaningful impact. In order to evolve you need a few specific conditions, first you need some sort of force opposing survival, say a disease or a flooding river. Then you need a population experiencing this force/pressure to produce an offspring that resists said pressure in some way, altered immune response or webbed feet say. *Then* you need this new adaptation to be so successful, or the pressure so continuous that the population with this trait is no longer able to breed outside said population. So like give it another couple hundred thousand generations, assuming an isolated population of course. For humanity in general, what with its many trillions of constituent beings, evolution will be much slower due to sheer genetic momentum. Traits lost due to unfavorability in one isolated environment can be easily re-introduced in a single generation for instance. For future human evolution in the imperium you can really only look to the most universal pressures, those introduced by any one environment will have too little impact. The most universal pressure that most humans in the imperium will have to deal with are simply other people. If i had to bet, and we were to give the imperium about 10,000(at the very least) generations of near cultural stasis, then i'd say the average citizen of the imperium will have considerably more motile and effective sperm and be considerably more socially capable than the average human of today, but would otherwise look perfectly normal (to within the standard imperial range at any rate). This is all pretty moot though because human brains are a game changer for evolution, our descendants will be more built than bred.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33729.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqfer9", "c_root_id_B": "cvqvxyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1444159550.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444186720.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Subhumans like Ogryns (named for their ogre like appearance) and those two timing rat faced subhumans for that low grav world. Besides that, no, unless you count those abominations know as mutants.", "human_ref_B": "evolution doesn't work that way. 38k years is really too short to have a meaningful impact. In order to evolve you need a few specific conditions, first you need some sort of force opposing survival, say a disease or a flooding river. Then you need a population experiencing this force/pressure to produce an offspring that resists said pressure in some way, altered immune response or webbed feet say. *Then* you need this new adaptation to be so successful, or the pressure so continuous that the population with this trait is no longer able to breed outside said population. So like give it another couple hundred thousand generations, assuming an isolated population of course. For humanity in general, what with its many trillions of constituent beings, evolution will be much slower due to sheer genetic momentum. Traits lost due to unfavorability in one isolated environment can be easily re-introduced in a single generation for instance. For future human evolution in the imperium you can really only look to the most universal pressures, those introduced by any one environment will have too little impact. The most universal pressure that most humans in the imperium will have to deal with are simply other people. If i had to bet, and we were to give the imperium about 10,000(at the very least) generations of near cultural stasis, then i'd say the average citizen of the imperium will have considerably more motile and effective sperm and be considerably more socially capable than the average human of today, but would otherwise look perfectly normal (to within the standard imperial range at any rate). This is all pretty moot though because human brains are a game changer for evolution, our descendants will be more built than bred.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27170.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqhvin", "c_root_id_B": "cvqvxyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1444163126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444186720.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I might be mistaken about this but haven't our lifespans increased by a lot? I remember reading in a ciaphas Cain novel that we could live to a few hundred years", "human_ref_B": "evolution doesn't work that way. 38k years is really too short to have a meaningful impact. In order to evolve you need a few specific conditions, first you need some sort of force opposing survival, say a disease or a flooding river. Then you need a population experiencing this force/pressure to produce an offspring that resists said pressure in some way, altered immune response or webbed feet say. *Then* you need this new adaptation to be so successful, or the pressure so continuous that the population with this trait is no longer able to breed outside said population. So like give it another couple hundred thousand generations, assuming an isolated population of course. For humanity in general, what with its many trillions of constituent beings, evolution will be much slower due to sheer genetic momentum. Traits lost due to unfavorability in one isolated environment can be easily re-introduced in a single generation for instance. For future human evolution in the imperium you can really only look to the most universal pressures, those introduced by any one environment will have too little impact. The most universal pressure that most humans in the imperium will have to deal with are simply other people. If i had to bet, and we were to give the imperium about 10,000(at the very least) generations of near cultural stasis, then i'd say the average citizen of the imperium will have considerably more motile and effective sperm and be considerably more socially capable than the average human of today, but would otherwise look perfectly normal (to within the standard imperial range at any rate). This is all pretty moot though because human brains are a game changer for evolution, our descendants will be more built than bred.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23594.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqfmz2", "c_root_id_B": "cvqvxyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1444159879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444186720.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Humanity exists in the image of the Divine Emperor. It pains me to see more and more psyker filth appear every year. I can only hope His loyal servants are up to the task of purifying our worlds.", "human_ref_B": "evolution doesn't work that way. 38k years is really too short to have a meaningful impact. In order to evolve you need a few specific conditions, first you need some sort of force opposing survival, say a disease or a flooding river. Then you need a population experiencing this force/pressure to produce an offspring that resists said pressure in some way, altered immune response or webbed feet say. *Then* you need this new adaptation to be so successful, or the pressure so continuous that the population with this trait is no longer able to breed outside said population. So like give it another couple hundred thousand generations, assuming an isolated population of course. For humanity in general, what with its many trillions of constituent beings, evolution will be much slower due to sheer genetic momentum. Traits lost due to unfavorability in one isolated environment can be easily re-introduced in a single generation for instance. For future human evolution in the imperium you can really only look to the most universal pressures, those introduced by any one environment will have too little impact. The most universal pressure that most humans in the imperium will have to deal with are simply other people. If i had to bet, and we were to give the imperium about 10,000(at the very least) generations of near cultural stasis, then i'd say the average citizen of the imperium will have considerably more motile and effective sperm and be considerably more socially capable than the average human of today, but would otherwise look perfectly normal (to within the standard imperial range at any rate). This is all pretty moot though because human brains are a game changer for evolution, our descendants will be more built than bred.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26841.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqvxyb", "c_root_id_B": "cvqasrc", "created_at_utc_A": 1444186720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444152852.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "evolution doesn't work that way. 38k years is really too short to have a meaningful impact. In order to evolve you need a few specific conditions, first you need some sort of force opposing survival, say a disease or a flooding river. Then you need a population experiencing this force/pressure to produce an offspring that resists said pressure in some way, altered immune response or webbed feet say. *Then* you need this new adaptation to be so successful, or the pressure so continuous that the population with this trait is no longer able to breed outside said population. So like give it another couple hundred thousand generations, assuming an isolated population of course. For humanity in general, what with its many trillions of constituent beings, evolution will be much slower due to sheer genetic momentum. Traits lost due to unfavorability in one isolated environment can be easily re-introduced in a single generation for instance. For future human evolution in the imperium you can really only look to the most universal pressures, those introduced by any one environment will have too little impact. The most universal pressure that most humans in the imperium will have to deal with are simply other people. If i had to bet, and we were to give the imperium about 10,000(at the very least) generations of near cultural stasis, then i'd say the average citizen of the imperium will have considerably more motile and effective sperm and be considerably more socially capable than the average human of today, but would otherwise look perfectly normal (to within the standard imperial range at any rate). This is all pretty moot though because human brains are a game changer for evolution, our descendants will be more built than bred.", "human_ref_B": "Space marines, Custodes, primarchs and then the Emperor himself all represent massive shortcuts in humanity's evolution. (in that order)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33868.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqasrc", "c_root_id_B": "cvqawbr", "created_at_utc_A": 1444152852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444152991.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Space marines, Custodes, primarchs and then the Emperor himself all represent massive shortcuts in humanity's evolution. (in that order)", "human_ref_B": "Humanities path is that all would be Emperor-level Powerful pyskers. The problem is the fact that humanity is in a era where the Warp is fucked up beyond repair without complete genocide on the entire galaxy. If the Warp were calm, Humanity would evolve without problem to Eldar level of \"everyone is a bloody pysker\" with out any major problem. The major problem was the fact the Warp was as previously mention, fucked up and humanity spend a couple thousand years killing of pyskers whenever they could, that slowed evolution down a bit. If the era of \"kill all the pyskers if you want to live\" did not happen, Humanity would have pyskers bloody everywhere, maybe not \"everyone is a bloody pysker\" like the Eldar, but close. Abhumans are small pockets of specialize human evolution and is defiantly not something that would happen if the travel was disabled.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 139.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqasrc", "c_root_id_B": "cvqfer9", "created_at_utc_A": 1444152852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444159550.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Space marines, Custodes, primarchs and then the Emperor himself all represent massive shortcuts in humanity's evolution. (in that order)", "human_ref_B": "Subhumans like Ogryns (named for their ogre like appearance) and those two timing rat faced subhumans for that low grav world. Besides that, no, unless you count those abominations know as mutants.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6698.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqhvin", "c_root_id_B": "cvqfmz2", "created_at_utc_A": 1444163126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444159879.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I might be mistaken about this but haven't our lifespans increased by a lot? I remember reading in a ciaphas Cain novel that we could live to a few hundred years", "human_ref_B": "Humanity exists in the image of the Divine Emperor. It pains me to see more and more psyker filth appear every year. I can only hope His loyal servants are up to the task of purifying our worlds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3247.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqasrc", "c_root_id_B": "cvqhvin", "created_at_utc_A": 1444152852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444163126.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Space marines, Custodes, primarchs and then the Emperor himself all represent massive shortcuts in humanity's evolution. (in that order)", "human_ref_B": "I might be mistaken about this but haven't our lifespans increased by a lot? I remember reading in a ciaphas Cain novel that we could live to a few hundred years", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10274.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqasrc", "c_root_id_B": "cvqfmz2", "created_at_utc_A": 1444152852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444159879.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Space marines, Custodes, primarchs and then the Emperor himself all represent massive shortcuts in humanity's evolution. (in that order)", "human_ref_B": "Humanity exists in the image of the Divine Emperor. It pains me to see more and more psyker filth appear every year. I can only hope His loyal servants are up to the task of purifying our worlds.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7027.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nq3l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[WH40K] Have humans notably evolved since 2K? All humans, not just abhumans or the ocasional psyker. And what *is* humanity's ultimate end? Will everyone become God Emperors at some point, space marines? Malcior style psykers?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqasrc", "c_root_id_B": "cvu4w28", "created_at_utc_A": 1444152852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444424245.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Space marines, Custodes, primarchs and then the Emperor himself all represent massive shortcuts in humanity's evolution. (in that order)", "human_ref_B": "I personally believe that the vast majority of humanity in the Milky Way of the 41st Millennium are vastly genetically enhanced compared to modern humanity. Nearly all humans in the Galaxy descend from one of the many Stellar Exoduses when the Human Diaspora left Earth during the Dark Age of Technology. These were the galactic colonists who had access to the STC systems and many other fantastic systems of technological wizardry. Genetic modification would definitely have been a tool at their disposal. We know that certain mutations appear oddly commonplace. Abhuman species like Ratlings, Ogryns, and Beastmen appear on several planets across the Galaxy with no indication of common heritage. It almost seems as if someone has programmed the human genome to trigger certain adaptations under specific conditions. Other evidence, like the Fenrisian Wolves, suggest that humans on some worlds have had their genomes significantly tampered with. I believe that this humanity is what is referred to as the \"Men of Stone\" as they were engineered to be the bedrock of human civilization throughout the Galaxy - designed to adapt to any environment to allow them to colonize any world. I also believe that the Navis Nobilite are the remnant of the so-called \"Men of Gold\" who are said to have ruled the Men of Stone of this era. Their reign was ended when the Men of Iron rebelled and the Age of Strife began. This may mean that the humans the Emperor united on Terra were closer genetically to modern humans than the rest of the galactic human diaspora, and not seeded with the epigenetic modifications to turn into beastmen or ogryns.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 271393.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71pmsk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Bible] God had to wipe out most of humanity with a flood a short while after their creation, since they were being jerks to each other. If he had foreseen this happening, why didn't he create humans with slightly better natures so that their genocide wasn't necessary?", "c_root_id_A": "dncia29", "c_root_id_B": "dncibdk", "created_at_utc_A": 1506069654.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506069769.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 107, "human_ref_A": "I'd say this is a better question for r/christianity, since this is a sub about fiction and implying religion is fiction tends to muddy things up a bit. That being said, it's because of freewill. Something God gave us that was pretty neat is the ability to choose to be good, as opposed to just be inherently good. The Bible has shown many times that God can be taken by surprise. It's he all knowing? Yeah. Can he predict what we're going to do? To an extent. Humanity is like the weather; a meteorologist can say there's a 90% chance of rain and it probably will rain, but it also might be a bright and sunny day. God gave us a chance to be good, we failed him, then he gave us a chance to repent and live and we failed him again. There was the possibility we were gonna change, but then the weather turned to shit and God was like, \"screw this noise, reset.\"", "human_ref_B": "I find it helpful to think of God as, basically, Cave Johnson. He's throwing creation at the wall to see what sticks. *\"Now, for this next experiment, we're going to see what happens when we give snakes the ability to talk. I'm going to be honest here, I have no clue what's going to come out of its mouth, but I can tell you this: It's going to be a doozy, and it's probably going to try to trick you.\"* *\"If there's anyone here who has a phobia of large aquatic creatures, you might want to look away from this next test. We're going to have this whale swallow a guy called Jonah whole. Best case scenario, the whale spits him out after three days, good as new. Worst case scenario, he merges with the whale and becomes the first of a new race of whale-men, at which point we're going to have to design a new experiment.\"* *\"Now, if you're part of the Egyptian test group, I have some good news and some bad news for you. The good news is, you're one of the most prosperous populations on the planet. The bad news is I'm going to hit you with seven deadly plagues.\"* *\"If you've been following the Tower of Babel experiment, you'll know that the test subjects have been working together to weed out anyone with a fear of heights. Next, I'm going to make them all speak a different language. This means that instead of praising me with just one language, they can now praise me in dozens of languages. I plug those numbers into my abacus, it makes a happy face.\"* *\"As you can see, our people experiment's gone a bit pear-shaped, with all the conflict and the fighting and the dying. That's why I'm going to wipe the slate clean and start again. They say great creation is where you only have to make things once. Not here. Here at Aperture Heaven we emphasize reproducibility. I'm going to hit them with a giant flood and then see what happens when the people start breeding again.\"*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 115.0, "score_ratio": 26.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71pmsk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Bible] God had to wipe out most of humanity with a flood a short while after their creation, since they were being jerks to each other. If he had foreseen this happening, why didn't he create humans with slightly better natures so that their genocide wasn't necessary?", "c_root_id_A": "dncievs", "c_root_id_B": "dncia29", "created_at_utc_A": 1506070063.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506069654.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The whole experiment was about creating humans in his own image. As God himself explicitly admitted, he is jealous and often angry, feel slighted or insulted, and likes being worshipped. Humans inherited those traits.", "human_ref_B": "I'd say this is a better question for r/christianity, since this is a sub about fiction and implying religion is fiction tends to muddy things up a bit. That being said, it's because of freewill. Something God gave us that was pretty neat is the ability to choose to be good, as opposed to just be inherently good. The Bible has shown many times that God can be taken by surprise. It's he all knowing? Yeah. Can he predict what we're going to do? To an extent. Humanity is like the weather; a meteorologist can say there's a 90% chance of rain and it probably will rain, but it also might be a bright and sunny day. God gave us a chance to be good, we failed him, then he gave us a chance to repent and live and we failed him again. There was the possibility we were gonna change, but then the weather turned to shit and God was like, \"screw this noise, reset.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 409.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71pmsk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Bible] God had to wipe out most of humanity with a flood a short while after their creation, since they were being jerks to each other. If he had foreseen this happening, why didn't he create humans with slightly better natures so that their genocide wasn't necessary?", "c_root_id_A": "dncihtf", "c_root_id_B": "dncia29", "created_at_utc_A": 1506070310.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506069654.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "If he's just going to tweak them when they don't act the way he wants them to then what's the point in giving them free will at all?", "human_ref_B": "I'd say this is a better question for r/christianity, since this is a sub about fiction and implying religion is fiction tends to muddy things up a bit. That being said, it's because of freewill. Something God gave us that was pretty neat is the ability to choose to be good, as opposed to just be inherently good. The Bible has shown many times that God can be taken by surprise. It's he all knowing? Yeah. Can he predict what we're going to do? To an extent. Humanity is like the weather; a meteorologist can say there's a 90% chance of rain and it probably will rain, but it also might be a bright and sunny day. God gave us a chance to be good, we failed him, then he gave us a chance to repent and live and we failed him again. There was the possibility we were gonna change, but then the weather turned to shit and God was like, \"screw this noise, reset.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 656.0, "score_ratio": 6.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71pmsk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Bible] God had to wipe out most of humanity with a flood a short while after their creation, since they were being jerks to each other. If he had foreseen this happening, why didn't he create humans with slightly better natures so that their genocide wasn't necessary?", "c_root_id_A": "dnd08f5", "c_root_id_B": "dncia29", "created_at_utc_A": 1506097833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506069654.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "For what its worth it had nothing to do with humans being dicks to one another. After the banishment of lucifer and his likes the fallen angels started knocking up human women and suddenly there was half human half angel nephalim running about basicaly acting like the super powered dick bags they where. Noah and his fam where not the last good people. They where the last full blood humans. God was not destryoing his creation he was whipping the board after some one else fucked up his pet project. The lore was redacted later because it strongly implies god not only made a mistake but that he was not all powerful enough to correct it. God not being the all perfect all powerful was not something you could have if you where arguing for divine right to rule because then you might not really be gods will on earth. So along with any other story showing gods or jesus failings they where removed and became apocaphorical text. Look up the book of enoch. It completely changes the context of the flood.", "human_ref_B": "I'd say this is a better question for r/christianity, since this is a sub about fiction and implying religion is fiction tends to muddy things up a bit. That being said, it's because of freewill. Something God gave us that was pretty neat is the ability to choose to be good, as opposed to just be inherently good. The Bible has shown many times that God can be taken by surprise. It's he all knowing? Yeah. Can he predict what we're going to do? To an extent. Humanity is like the weather; a meteorologist can say there's a 90% chance of rain and it probably will rain, but it also might be a bright and sunny day. God gave us a chance to be good, we failed him, then he gave us a chance to repent and live and we failed him again. There was the possibility we were gonna change, but then the weather turned to shit and God was like, \"screw this noise, reset.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28179.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71pmsk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Bible] God had to wipe out most of humanity with a flood a short while after their creation, since they were being jerks to each other. If he had foreseen this happening, why didn't he create humans with slightly better natures so that their genocide wasn't necessary?", "c_root_id_A": "dnd08f5", "c_root_id_B": "dncjn78", "created_at_utc_A": 1506097833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506073826.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "For what its worth it had nothing to do with humans being dicks to one another. After the banishment of lucifer and his likes the fallen angels started knocking up human women and suddenly there was half human half angel nephalim running about basicaly acting like the super powered dick bags they where. Noah and his fam where not the last good people. They where the last full blood humans. God was not destryoing his creation he was whipping the board after some one else fucked up his pet project. The lore was redacted later because it strongly implies god not only made a mistake but that he was not all powerful enough to correct it. God not being the all perfect all powerful was not something you could have if you where arguing for divine right to rule because then you might not really be gods will on earth. So along with any other story showing gods or jesus failings they where removed and became apocaphorical text. Look up the book of enoch. It completely changes the context of the flood.", "human_ref_B": "Have you ever played Simcity? If you build up a city that's not quite to your liking, you can revert to a previous save and improve it or even start over. It is never necessary or even useful to summon a disaster to raze the city to the ground. And yet, summoning disasters is a very popular thing to do. Lots of disasters. So many disasters. I wager the percentage of people who have played Sim City and never summoned a disaster is virtually zero. Well God has the best simcity game ever.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24007.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71pmsk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Bible] God had to wipe out most of humanity with a flood a short while after their creation, since they were being jerks to each other. If he had foreseen this happening, why didn't he create humans with slightly better natures so that their genocide wasn't necessary?", "c_root_id_A": "dnd08f5", "c_root_id_B": "dnckwoi", "created_at_utc_A": 1506097833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506077245.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "For what its worth it had nothing to do with humans being dicks to one another. After the banishment of lucifer and his likes the fallen angels started knocking up human women and suddenly there was half human half angel nephalim running about basicaly acting like the super powered dick bags they where. Noah and his fam where not the last good people. They where the last full blood humans. God was not destryoing his creation he was whipping the board after some one else fucked up his pet project. The lore was redacted later because it strongly implies god not only made a mistake but that he was not all powerful enough to correct it. God not being the all perfect all powerful was not something you could have if you where arguing for divine right to rule because then you might not really be gods will on earth. So along with any other story showing gods or jesus failings they where removed and became apocaphorical text. Look up the book of enoch. It completely changes the context of the flood.", "human_ref_B": "I believe that God gave us intellect and free will; the two elements that make up our souls, or the only thing that distinguishes us from animals. God let us keep being dicks to each other until He intervened. Why He intervened a lot more in the Old Testament than the New is a much longer answer, but I can try if you want me to.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20588.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71pmsk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Bible] God had to wipe out most of humanity with a flood a short while after their creation, since they were being jerks to each other. If he had foreseen this happening, why didn't he create humans with slightly better natures so that their genocide wasn't necessary?", "c_root_id_A": "dnckwoi", "c_root_id_B": "dndktxv", "created_at_utc_A": 1506077245.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506121128.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I believe that God gave us intellect and free will; the two elements that make up our souls, or the only thing that distinguishes us from animals. God let us keep being dicks to each other until He intervened. Why He intervened a lot more in the Old Testament than the New is a much longer answer, but I can try if you want me to.", "human_ref_B": "He/she had a goal and it decided to start over because it wanted to. The fact it did so even though it is omniscient and omnipotent is a mystery.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 43883.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "71pmsk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Bible] God had to wipe out most of humanity with a flood a short while after their creation, since they were being jerks to each other. If he had foreseen this happening, why didn't he create humans with slightly better natures so that their genocide wasn't necessary?", "c_root_id_A": "dndxrkh", "c_root_id_B": "dnckwoi", "created_at_utc_A": 1506141086.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506077245.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "God was not omnipotent, omnipresent, nor the only god in Geneses.", "human_ref_B": "I believe that God gave us intellect and free will; the two elements that make up our souls, or the only thing that distinguishes us from animals. God let us keep being dicks to each other until He intervened. Why He intervened a lot more in the Old Testament than the New is a much longer answer, but I can try if you want me to.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 63841.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7xqve4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Call of Duty Modern Warfare I,II,III] Where was China during WW3?", "c_root_id_A": "duah6n1", "c_root_id_B": "duap57a", "created_at_utc_A": 1518710775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518718348.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Possibly mobilizing their forces while everyone else is distracted. They could have made moves on Mongolia if Russia suffered a severe defeat, and if the US was on the losing end then Taiwan would be easy pickings.", "human_ref_B": "Kicking back and having a giggle. They've got no particular horse in the race, they can take the time to build up and consolidate their own grasp on power the world over in less militaristic ways, saying to places in, say, Africa or South America \"Gee, can you really rely on either side in this shitshow? Wouldn't you like to work with China? We haven't been a part of a global war in the past fifty years...\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7573.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpnasv3", "c_root_id_B": "hpnefek", "created_at_utc_A": 1640235103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640237225.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "I remember one episode saying that the Simpsons have some kind of stupid gene, but it's in the Y chromosome so it's only the men. And also a different episode showed that Homer was naturally smarter than average (with an IQ of 105), but was stupid because of a crayon in his brain. So neither of them was stupid? Also, there was an episode where he was held back and Lisa was moved forward a grade, and Bart actually remembered the stuff and was able to give her helpful mnemonics he came up with for things they had to memorize. Lisa acted like Bart had it easy because he had already done it all before, but I'd say being able to not only remember what they taught, but still remember it a year later shows that he was a very good student. Edit: I messed up on that genetics stuff.", "human_ref_B": "Seems likely. In one episode he's prescribed Focusyn for his ADD which allows him to unlock his potential. He correctly deduces that Major League Baseball is tracking his movements and shoots their satellite out of the sky with a tank.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2122.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpnld9l", "c_root_id_B": "hpnsvdp", "created_at_utc_A": 1640241695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640247264.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "I think that the gag is that all the simpsons are geniuses but Lisa is the only one to show it .", "human_ref_B": "Just adding evidence: There\u2019s an episode where Bart is sent to France for an exchange program. He learns fluent French rather quickly, completely on his own.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5569.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpnja9l", "c_root_id_B": "hpnsvdp", "created_at_utc_A": 1640240295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640247264.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s street smart and Lisa\u2019s book smart. There are levels of comprehension that doesn\u2019t transfers to other skills ya know", "human_ref_B": "Just adding evidence: There\u2019s an episode where Bart is sent to France for an exchange program. He learns fluent French rather quickly, completely on his own.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6969.0, "score_ratio": 15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpnld9l", "c_root_id_B": "hpnja9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1640241695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640240295.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think that the gag is that all the simpsons are geniuses but Lisa is the only one to show it .", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s street smart and Lisa\u2019s book smart. There are levels of comprehension that doesn\u2019t transfers to other skills ya know", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1400.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpnja9l", "c_root_id_B": "hpodktd", "created_at_utc_A": 1640240295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640263434.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s street smart and Lisa\u2019s book smart. There are levels of comprehension that doesn\u2019t transfers to other skills ya know", "human_ref_B": "Bart is genius level intelligent, but he's been let down by the School System. When he's given proper guidance and has things explained in a way he can appreciate we see this come out. When he learns French for example, or when Marge homeschools him and gets him to read Jonny Tremaine by appealing to his love of graphic violence, or when Chalmers takes him, Jimbo and Kearney rambling and he appreciates nature. He can also recite Homer's credit card number by rote and he shows amazing improvisational skills in situations that call for it. And then there's his constant outwitting of Sideshow Bob, who might be the only other genius is Springfield. But he can't sit still in a class of 30 kids, so he's considered an idiot and a failure.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23139.0, "score_ratio": 10.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpodktd", "c_root_id_B": "hpob51r", "created_at_utc_A": 1640263434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640261824.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Bart is genius level intelligent, but he's been let down by the School System. When he's given proper guidance and has things explained in a way he can appreciate we see this come out. When he learns French for example, or when Marge homeschools him and gets him to read Jonny Tremaine by appealing to his love of graphic violence, or when Chalmers takes him, Jimbo and Kearney rambling and he appreciates nature. He can also recite Homer's credit card number by rote and he shows amazing improvisational skills in situations that call for it. And then there's his constant outwitting of Sideshow Bob, who might be the only other genius is Springfield. But he can't sit still in a class of 30 kids, so he's considered an idiot and a failure.", "human_ref_B": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1610.0, "score_ratio": 21000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpnja9l", "c_root_id_B": "hpoqoko", "created_at_utc_A": 1640240295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640270510.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s street smart and Lisa\u2019s book smart. There are levels of comprehension that doesn\u2019t transfers to other skills ya know", "human_ref_B": "How we never got an alt future where Bart is a detective, I never understood. He is clearly capable with his ability to take down Sideshow Bob all the time. He outthinks a criminal genius regularly", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30215.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpoqoko", "c_root_id_B": "hpob51r", "created_at_utc_A": 1640270510.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640261824.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "How we never got an alt future where Bart is a detective, I never understood. He is clearly capable with his ability to take down Sideshow Bob all the time. He outthinks a criminal genius regularly", "human_ref_B": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8686.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpp0ng8", "c_root_id_B": "hpnja9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1640274973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640240295.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Exceptionally smart, especially when you consider some of the pranks he pulls require at least some advanced planning on his part. The times you do actually see him apply himself to something, he is usually very, VERY successful at it. It's just that he seems to have some form of ADHD, that can't be helped if it isn't managed and barring that one episode where he is put on ADHA medication, he doesn't really seem to be on any regular meds. but he does fall into stupidity, especially when it's something he doesn't have an interest in. Plus, he is really good at solving crimes.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s street smart and Lisa\u2019s book smart. There are levels of comprehension that doesn\u2019t transfers to other skills ya know", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34678.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hposwlh", "c_root_id_B": "hpp0ng8", "created_at_utc_A": 1640271547.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640274973.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Somewhere between one of the smartest people in Springfield, and a particularly slow brick. Depends on the episode", "human_ref_B": "Exceptionally smart, especially when you consider some of the pranks he pulls require at least some advanced planning on his part. The times you do actually see him apply himself to something, he is usually very, VERY successful at it. It's just that he seems to have some form of ADHD, that can't be helped if it isn't managed and barring that one episode where he is put on ADHA medication, he doesn't really seem to be on any regular meds. but he does fall into stupidity, especially when it's something he doesn't have an interest in. Plus, he is really good at solving crimes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3426.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpp0ng8", "c_root_id_B": "hpob51r", "created_at_utc_A": 1640274973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640261824.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Exceptionally smart, especially when you consider some of the pranks he pulls require at least some advanced planning on his part. The times you do actually see him apply himself to something, he is usually very, VERY successful at it. It's just that he seems to have some form of ADHD, that can't be helped if it isn't managed and barring that one episode where he is put on ADHA medication, he doesn't really seem to be on any regular meds. but he does fall into stupidity, especially when it's something he doesn't have an interest in. Plus, he is really good at solving crimes.", "human_ref_B": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13149.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpotwlg", "c_root_id_B": "hpnja9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1640272003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640240295.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Bart's actually pretty damn intelligent when he applies himself. Problem is keeping his attention.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s street smart and Lisa\u2019s book smart. There are levels of comprehension that doesn\u2019t transfers to other skills ya know", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31708.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hposwlh", "c_root_id_B": "hpotwlg", "created_at_utc_A": 1640271547.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640272003.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Somewhere between one of the smartest people in Springfield, and a particularly slow brick. Depends on the episode", "human_ref_B": "Bart's actually pretty damn intelligent when he applies himself. Problem is keeping his attention.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 456.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpob51r", "c_root_id_B": "hpotwlg", "created_at_utc_A": 1640261824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640272003.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "human_ref_B": "Bart's actually pretty damn intelligent when he applies himself. Problem is keeping his attention.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10179.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hppq5k5", "c_root_id_B": "hpnja9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1640285646.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640240295.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's definitely very smart. There's at least one episode set in the future where he's a **Supreme Court Justice**. His problem is ADHD and poor teachers.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s street smart and Lisa\u2019s book smart. There are levels of comprehension that doesn\u2019t transfers to other skills ya know", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45351.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hposwlh", "c_root_id_B": "hppq5k5", "created_at_utc_A": 1640271547.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640285646.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Somewhere between one of the smartest people in Springfield, and a particularly slow brick. Depends on the episode", "human_ref_B": "He's definitely very smart. There's at least one episode set in the future where he's a **Supreme Court Justice**. His problem is ADHD and poor teachers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14099.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hppq5k5", "c_root_id_B": "hpp3kms", "created_at_utc_A": 1640285646.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640276229.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's definitely very smart. There's at least one episode set in the future where he's a **Supreme Court Justice**. His problem is ADHD and poor teachers.", "human_ref_B": "I haven't watched the simpsons actively in 20 years. But from what I remember, didn't everyone just get dumber even Lisa. Well it's a show with a floating timeline and status quo is god, so every episode resets at the end. Bart's intelligence really depends on the episode, as was mentioned here he does takes ADHD medication and he becomes so smart he shoots down a spy satellite with a tank. There's another episode where Lisa feels like she's getting dumber, and grandpa convinces her it happens to all simpsons. Even showing the degradation of Bart's grades, so I guess that it's a character trait Bart has, ADHD.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9417.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hppq5k5", "c_root_id_B": "hpob51r", "created_at_utc_A": 1640285646.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640261824.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "He's definitely very smart. There's at least one episode set in the future where he's a **Supreme Court Justice**. His problem is ADHD and poor teachers.", "human_ref_B": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23822.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hppq5k5", "c_root_id_B": "hppeiwu", "created_at_utc_A": 1640285646.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640280792.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He's definitely very smart. There's at least one episode set in the future where he's a **Supreme Court Justice**. His problem is ADHD and poor teachers.", "human_ref_B": "Some evidence in a skit discussion by the old Cracked team https://youtu.be/01D1cWaTvZc. Discussion of Bart's intelligence starts about 2:18 (and some interesting notes about him loosely being the Id to Lisa's Ego in the next point at about 5:25). But they also wrap up the video by noting there's enough evidence in the Simpsons to prove almost any interpretation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4854.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpq6d8p", "c_root_id_B": "hpnja9l", "created_at_utc_A": 1640292624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640240295.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Or too apathetic. He's one of those kids who underperforms when the subject bores him, but really shows his smarts when he's engaged.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s street smart and Lisa\u2019s book smart. There are levels of comprehension that doesn\u2019t transfers to other skills ya know", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 52329.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpq6d8p", "c_root_id_B": "hposwlh", "created_at_utc_A": 1640292624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640271547.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Or too apathetic. He's one of those kids who underperforms when the subject bores him, but really shows his smarts when he's engaged.", "human_ref_B": "Somewhere between one of the smartest people in Springfield, and a particularly slow brick. Depends on the episode", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21077.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpp3kms", "c_root_id_B": "hpq6d8p", "created_at_utc_A": 1640276229.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640292624.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I haven't watched the simpsons actively in 20 years. But from what I remember, didn't everyone just get dumber even Lisa. Well it's a show with a floating timeline and status quo is god, so every episode resets at the end. Bart's intelligence really depends on the episode, as was mentioned here he does takes ADHD medication and he becomes so smart he shoots down a spy satellite with a tank. There's another episode where Lisa feels like she's getting dumber, and grandpa convinces her it happens to all simpsons. Even showing the degradation of Bart's grades, so I guess that it's a character trait Bart has, ADHD.", "human_ref_B": "Or too apathetic. He's one of those kids who underperforms when the subject bores him, but really shows his smarts when he's engaged.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16395.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpq6d8p", "c_root_id_B": "hpob51r", "created_at_utc_A": 1640292624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640261824.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Or too apathetic. He's one of those kids who underperforms when the subject bores him, but really shows his smarts when he's engaged.", "human_ref_B": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30800.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hppeiwu", "c_root_id_B": "hpq6d8p", "created_at_utc_A": 1640280792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640292624.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Some evidence in a skit discussion by the old Cracked team https://youtu.be/01D1cWaTvZc. Discussion of Bart's intelligence starts about 2:18 (and some interesting notes about him loosely being the Id to Lisa's Ego in the next point at about 5:25). But they also wrap up the video by noting there's enough evidence in the Simpsons to prove almost any interpretation.", "human_ref_B": "Or too apathetic. He's one of those kids who underperforms when the subject bores him, but really shows his smarts when he's engaged.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11832.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hposwlh", "c_root_id_B": "hpob51r", "created_at_utc_A": 1640271547.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640261824.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Somewhere between one of the smartest people in Springfield, and a particularly slow brick. Depends on the episode", "human_ref_B": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9723.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpob51r", "c_root_id_B": "hpp3kms", "created_at_utc_A": 1640261824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640276229.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "human_ref_B": "I haven't watched the simpsons actively in 20 years. But from what I remember, didn't everyone just get dumber even Lisa. Well it's a show with a floating timeline and status quo is god, so every episode resets at the end. Bart's intelligence really depends on the episode, as was mentioned here he does takes ADHD medication and he becomes so smart he shoots down a spy satellite with a tank. There's another episode where Lisa feels like she's getting dumber, and grandpa convinces her it happens to all simpsons. Even showing the degradation of Bart's grades, so I guess that it's a character trait Bart has, ADHD.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14405.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hppeiwu", "c_root_id_B": "hpob51r", "created_at_utc_A": 1640280792.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640261824.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Some evidence in a skit discussion by the old Cracked team https://youtu.be/01D1cWaTvZc. Discussion of Bart's intelligence starts about 2:18 (and some interesting notes about him loosely being the Id to Lisa's Ego in the next point at about 5:25). But they also wrap up the video by noting there's enough evidence in the Simpsons to prove almost any interpretation.", "human_ref_B": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18968.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpob51r", "c_root_id_B": "hpqw6tf", "created_at_utc_A": 1640261824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640304257.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "human_ref_B": "Bart started off smart but uninterested in school but I have the feeling they made him and Homer progressively dumber. The best future they've shown him having so far as I can remember is him having a bicycle store dedicated to his sister.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42433.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmncft", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How smart is Bart? It seems a little inconsistent, but I get the feeling that Bart is actually incredibly intelligent and capable of a lot, he\u2019s just too bored/too distracted to realize his potential.", "c_root_id_A": "hpob51r", "c_root_id_B": "hptz29x", "created_at_utc_A": 1640261824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640369377.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"He probably misses his glasses.\"", "human_ref_B": "Bart has significant potential for intelligence, he usually just doesn\u2019t apply himself. When he\u2019s focused on a prank he can do some spectacular thinking and planning. He\u2019s a natural leader whose leadership qualities have given him a permanent toadie in Millhouse. He has little aptitude for school. Even when he applies himself and tries he gets middling to bad results academically. Bart is one of those people who could never succeed in school but could drop out and start their own business and be very successful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 107553.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6bu78v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] Could any member of the Green Lantern Corps. permanently subdue Superman or would Superman break out with ease?", "c_root_id_A": "dhpl26h", "c_root_id_B": "dhpkq7w", "created_at_utc_A": 1495085536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495084853.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Sodom Yat, but I feel like that's cheating. He is a powerful Green Lantern in and of himself. Then he's the host of Ion (the entity that gives Green Lanterns their power). Plus he's a Daxamite so he has a decent chance of subduing Superman even without his ring.", "human_ref_B": "lantern ring energy can mimic kryptonite radiation. John Stewart subdues the last son of krypton with this trick in johns rebirth (citing \"every structure has it's weakness\" and blasting him in the eyeballs.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 683.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6bu78v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] Could any member of the Green Lantern Corps. permanently subdue Superman or would Superman break out with ease?", "c_root_id_A": "dhpl26h", "c_root_id_B": "dhpkqy3", "created_at_utc_A": 1495085536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495084896.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Sodom Yat, but I feel like that's cheating. He is a powerful Green Lantern in and of himself. Then he's the host of Ion (the entity that gives Green Lanterns their power). Plus he's a Daxamite so he has a decent chance of subduing Superman even without his ring.", "human_ref_B": "Define \"subdue\". You mean just holding him down with constructs for a long period of time? Green Lanterns can generate kryptonite, it's not quite as potent as the real thing but it gets the job done. Then you're dealing with finite ring charge.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 640.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6bu78v", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] Could any member of the Green Lantern Corps. permanently subdue Superman or would Superman break out with ease?", "c_root_id_A": "dhpkqy3", "c_root_id_B": "dhpnhpm", "created_at_utc_A": 1495084896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495091130.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Define \"subdue\". You mean just holding him down with constructs for a long period of time? Green Lanterns can generate kryptonite, it's not quite as potent as the real thing but it gets the job done. Then you're dealing with finite ring charge.", "human_ref_B": "Like permanently subdue him? No, after a while the ring will run out of power and superman will break through. But some of the strongest green Lanterns could indeed subdue Superman if they're at their best.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6234.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "42329l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[40k] What did the various xeno-factions think of the Emperor of Mankind? What was going through their minds during the Great Crusade besides bolt shells and power swords? Did the Eldar farseers have an understanding of the Emperor? Hard to imagine that they'd see just another Mon-Keigh, not when confronted with the Glorious Golden Glowing Guardian of Mankind. Supposedly the Cabal were aware of the heresy and actively recruited for Horus under some guise of exterminating chaos, and John Grammticus said he met the Emperor on Terra, but why didn't the Farseers who ran the cabal tell the big E? Were they worried they wouldn't be believed and killed? Or did they know his plan was working and it meant their permanent loss of galactic boss titles? Did the Greenskins have an opinion besides a source of good fighting? I know the tyranids weren't around yet, and I don't think the necrons were waking up yet, but he did tango with the Void Dragon, so any c'tan who saw it probably has an opinion. When he wasn't trapped on his god couch, was there anyone else in the galaxy besides the chaos gods who knew just how big and bad he really was?", "c_root_id_A": "cz7jgss", "c_root_id_B": "cz7mmkv", "created_at_utc_A": 1453446952.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453459601.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The worthless so-called emperor of mankind was and is a huge fool. Some god the terrans have there.", "human_ref_B": "To add to the other answers, the Eldar in the 40k call him 'Corpse-Seer' and it seems that the Horus Heresy is common knowledge among the Craftworld Eldar. They actually see it, in typical Eldar arrogance, as barbaric that the Mon-keigh sacrifice souls to keep his soul clinging to his corpse. Fun fact, when an Alaitoc Eldar philosopher had the 'audacity' to voice out that criticizing the mon-keigh is being hypocritical since the Eldar themselves use their own souls of their dead to power their Infinity Circuit and Wraithbone constructs, he was \"hounded across the Craftworld\". Source: Path of the Eldar series (If you're looking for a coherent story with decent characters, don't bother reading this. But at the very least the series did give a good view of what day-to-day Eldar life is like).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12649.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "42329l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[40k] What did the various xeno-factions think of the Emperor of Mankind? What was going through their minds during the Great Crusade besides bolt shells and power swords? Did the Eldar farseers have an understanding of the Emperor? Hard to imagine that they'd see just another Mon-Keigh, not when confronted with the Glorious Golden Glowing Guardian of Mankind. Supposedly the Cabal were aware of the heresy and actively recruited for Horus under some guise of exterminating chaos, and John Grammticus said he met the Emperor on Terra, but why didn't the Farseers who ran the cabal tell the big E? Were they worried they wouldn't be believed and killed? Or did they know his plan was working and it meant their permanent loss of galactic boss titles? Did the Greenskins have an opinion besides a source of good fighting? I know the tyranids weren't around yet, and I don't think the necrons were waking up yet, but he did tango with the Void Dragon, so any c'tan who saw it probably has an opinion. When he wasn't trapped on his god couch, was there anyone else in the galaxy besides the chaos gods who knew just how big and bad he really was?", "c_root_id_A": "cz7mmkv", "c_root_id_B": "cz7l6wz", "created_at_utc_A": 1453459601.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453452799.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "To add to the other answers, the Eldar in the 40k call him 'Corpse-Seer' and it seems that the Horus Heresy is common knowledge among the Craftworld Eldar. They actually see it, in typical Eldar arrogance, as barbaric that the Mon-keigh sacrifice souls to keep his soul clinging to his corpse. Fun fact, when an Alaitoc Eldar philosopher had the 'audacity' to voice out that criticizing the mon-keigh is being hypocritical since the Eldar themselves use their own souls of their dead to power their Infinity Circuit and Wraithbone constructs, he was \"hounded across the Craftworld\". Source: Path of the Eldar series (If you're looking for a coherent story with decent characters, don't bother reading this. But at the very least the series did give a good view of what day-to-day Eldar life is like).", "human_ref_B": "Power axes and lasers? Nah, but the only ones who seemed to know of him was the eldar, and judging by the cabal and Eldrad they didnt like him, but respected him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6802.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqosxc", "c_root_id_B": "ffqqz2s", "created_at_utc_A": 1580140132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580141605.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "Inefficient is somewhat subjective, but the Halo Slipstream may fit your criteria (as least regarding human skill at using the technology). Opening an in-atmosphere slipspace tear is rather detrimental pretty much everything surrounding it so it can be dangerous", "human_ref_B": "Gotta say that the the Warp drives in Warhammer get an undeserved bad reputation. It makes the Imperium, consisting of three quarter *trillion* planets and an unknowable number of soldiers, work. Stealing a paragraph that explains it a lot better than me. > Humanity is only able to leverage its numbers and make war on a galactic scale because the reliability of its warp travel. Yes, sometimes ships are lost to the Warp or arrive two centuries too late. However, sometimes every successor chapter answers a call and arrives to bail out Baal or Terra all at once. Sometimes crusades of hundreds of ships go cleansing a path hundreds of star systems wide. No other race on the galaxy has the same combined numbers, reactiveness and coordination, and it is owed to the Astronomican. The last time Mankind was unable to make use of Warp, the first intergalactic empire Mankind had (This was before the Age of Strife) fell apart, entire planets lost contact with each other, Terra became a shitpit (And THAT forced the Emperor to come out of the shadows and begin the Age of Strife), AND it was even smaller than the Imperium of Man, AND that time period didn't have all the nasty shit that plagues the galaxy today. >^(Also warp travel being what it is sometimes it fucks up in a beneficial way and the fleet arrives several years before it left.) >In all seriousness, the lore depicts response fleets arriving even while invaders are still off-loading troops or after the battle has peaked but before it can swing either way. This implies Imperial Warp travel is usually very reliable and extremely quick. The rapidity of the Great Crusade itself also supports this.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1473.0, "score_ratio": 2.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqq0yg", "c_root_id_B": "ffqqz2s", "created_at_utc_A": 1580140965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580141605.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "I vaguely remember two kinds of (barely-not-)FTL drives that are pretty dangerous. The first is from Alastair Reynolds, i believe in the book Galactic North: A ship from pretty advanced augmented Guys is already fast, but they tinker with the Inertia of the ship or something. If it works you could get pretty close to Light Speed, if it fails physics basically breaks down and you get fucked up on an atomic level. I don't remember all the details, but i remember that it was described as balancing an elephant on a needle while you cruise near c. The second is from Dan Simmons Endymion. There are certain ships that can jump from point to point faster than light. Problem: Your Inertia (this is a problem again?). People in these ships get crushed to fine human-mash, bones and everything. The solution to this problem is a parasitic lifeform that resurrects everything after Death. Maybe i should reread both. They were good and very intelligent Sci-Fi Stories.", "human_ref_B": "Gotta say that the the Warp drives in Warhammer get an undeserved bad reputation. It makes the Imperium, consisting of three quarter *trillion* planets and an unknowable number of soldiers, work. Stealing a paragraph that explains it a lot better than me. > Humanity is only able to leverage its numbers and make war on a galactic scale because the reliability of its warp travel. Yes, sometimes ships are lost to the Warp or arrive two centuries too late. However, sometimes every successor chapter answers a call and arrives to bail out Baal or Terra all at once. Sometimes crusades of hundreds of ships go cleansing a path hundreds of star systems wide. No other race on the galaxy has the same combined numbers, reactiveness and coordination, and it is owed to the Astronomican. The last time Mankind was unable to make use of Warp, the first intergalactic empire Mankind had (This was before the Age of Strife) fell apart, entire planets lost contact with each other, Terra became a shitpit (And THAT forced the Emperor to come out of the shadows and begin the Age of Strife), AND it was even smaller than the Imperium of Man, AND that time period didn't have all the nasty shit that plagues the galaxy today. >^(Also warp travel being what it is sometimes it fucks up in a beneficial way and the fleet arrives several years before it left.) >In all seriousness, the lore depicts response fleets arriving even while invaders are still off-loading troops or after the battle has peaked but before it can swing either way. This implies Imperial Warp travel is usually very reliable and extremely quick. The rapidity of the Great Crusade itself also supports this.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 640.0, "score_ratio": 3.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqosxc", "c_root_id_B": "ffr4j0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1580140132.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580150291.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Inefficient is somewhat subjective, but the Halo Slipstream may fit your criteria (as least regarding human skill at using the technology). Opening an in-atmosphere slipspace tear is rather detrimental pretty much everything surrounding it so it can be dangerous", "human_ref_B": "The Heart of Gold's Infinite Improbability drive is the most freakishly dangerous method of FTL transportation ever devised in any (still existing) universe. Probably also the most efficient, but I'm taking the second option here.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10159.0, "score_ratio": 2.1363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqq0yg", "c_root_id_B": "ffr4j0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1580140965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580150291.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "I vaguely remember two kinds of (barely-not-)FTL drives that are pretty dangerous. The first is from Alastair Reynolds, i believe in the book Galactic North: A ship from pretty advanced augmented Guys is already fast, but they tinker with the Inertia of the ship or something. If it works you could get pretty close to Light Speed, if it fails physics basically breaks down and you get fucked up on an atomic level. I don't remember all the details, but i remember that it was described as balancing an elephant on a needle while you cruise near c. The second is from Dan Simmons Endymion. There are certain ships that can jump from point to point faster than light. Problem: Your Inertia (this is a problem again?). People in these ships get crushed to fine human-mash, bones and everything. The solution to this problem is a parasitic lifeform that resurrects everything after Death. Maybe i should reread both. They were good and very intelligent Sci-Fi Stories.", "human_ref_B": "The Heart of Gold's Infinite Improbability drive is the most freakishly dangerous method of FTL transportation ever devised in any (still existing) universe. Probably also the most efficient, but I'm taking the second option here.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9326.0, "score_ratio": 2.9375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffr3566", "c_root_id_B": "ffr4j0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1580149429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580150291.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Oh, there is another reason Halo deserves a dubious medal for inefficiency. The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine essentially works by dumping a massive amount of energy to essentially rip open a hole to Slipspace for the ship. Contrast to Covenant slipspace drives, who enlarge natural ruptures and precisely enlarge them with high precision, meaning they use a lot less energy while traveling more precisely!", "human_ref_B": "The Heart of Gold's Infinite Improbability drive is the most freakishly dangerous method of FTL transportation ever devised in any (still existing) universe. Probably also the most efficient, but I'm taking the second option here.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 862.0, "score_ratio": 2.9375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffquj5m", "c_root_id_B": "ffr4j0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1580143953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580150291.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Most inneficient ones: - Aliens universe: they obviously do have some sort of FTL that isn't very discussed at any point in the movies, but it seems to be some sort of warp drive equivalent that follows a continuous path from A to B. However, it seems that they reach around \"just\" on the order of a few dozen c, to the point that traveling the 39 light-years from LV-426 to Earth takes ten months. Hence the need for \"hypersleep\". On the bright side, it seems that they slowly improve speeds over time - in Prometheus they visit another world in the same system and it takes years to get there. - Lost in Space - the 1998 movie. They have FTL that is a nearly instantaneous jump (with the curious effect of time freezing onboard during the jump), *but* without a portal to guide the ship they may end up *anywhere* in the galaxy (maybe the universe?) and become... well, lost in space. Indeed the whole plot involves the Robinsons travelling to Alpha Centauri in a ten-year journey at 0.5 c, so that they can build a portal around Alpha Prime to \"receive\" the other ships jumping from the portal being built on Earth's orbit. (Alas, things don't go well, as is tradition.) So it's a slow and painful method at the start because you need to build infrastructure at sublight speeds. By the way, this form of unguided jump also qualifies as a dangerous one - though not so dangerous as, say, Event Horizon.", "human_ref_B": "The Heart of Gold's Infinite Improbability drive is the most freakishly dangerous method of FTL transportation ever devised in any (still existing) universe. Probably also the most efficient, but I'm taking the second option here.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6338.0, "score_ratio": 3.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffr2h8o", "c_root_id_B": "ffr4j0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1580149015.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580150291.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "Starslip's FTL drive makes you swap positions with an alternate universe's version of your ship, or the closest equivalent that can be found. The chances of a mishap are small on paper, but when the drive gets used on a galactic scale you start finding weirdness like duplicating ships, ships leaving existence entirely, and crazier things.", "human_ref_B": "The Heart of Gold's Infinite Improbability drive is the most freakishly dangerous method of FTL transportation ever devised in any (still existing) universe. Probably also the most efficient, but I'm taking the second option here.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1276.0, "score_ratio": 6.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqv9bv", "c_root_id_B": "ffr4j0q", "created_at_utc_A": 1580144421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580150291.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "human_ref_B": "The Heart of Gold's Infinite Improbability drive is the most freakishly dangerous method of FTL transportation ever devised in any (still existing) universe. Probably also the most efficient, but I'm taking the second option here.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5870.0, "score_ratio": 23.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffr3566", "c_root_id_B": "ffquj5m", "created_at_utc_A": 1580149429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580143953.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Oh, there is another reason Halo deserves a dubious medal for inefficiency. The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine essentially works by dumping a massive amount of energy to essentially rip open a hole to Slipspace for the ship. Contrast to Covenant slipspace drives, who enlarge natural ruptures and precisely enlarge them with high precision, meaning they use a lot less energy while traveling more precisely!", "human_ref_B": "Most inneficient ones: - Aliens universe: they obviously do have some sort of FTL that isn't very discussed at any point in the movies, but it seems to be some sort of warp drive equivalent that follows a continuous path from A to B. However, it seems that they reach around \"just\" on the order of a few dozen c, to the point that traveling the 39 light-years from LV-426 to Earth takes ten months. Hence the need for \"hypersleep\". On the bright side, it seems that they slowly improve speeds over time - in Prometheus they visit another world in the same system and it takes years to get there. - Lost in Space - the 1998 movie. They have FTL that is a nearly instantaneous jump (with the curious effect of time freezing onboard during the jump), *but* without a portal to guide the ship they may end up *anywhere* in the galaxy (maybe the universe?) and become... well, lost in space. Indeed the whole plot involves the Robinsons travelling to Alpha Centauri in a ten-year journey at 0.5 c, so that they can build a portal around Alpha Prime to \"receive\" the other ships jumping from the portal being built on Earth's orbit. (Alas, things don't go well, as is tradition.) So it's a slow and painful method at the start because you need to build infrastructure at sublight speeds. By the way, this form of unguided jump also qualifies as a dangerous one - though not so dangerous as, say, Event Horizon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5476.0, "score_ratio": 1.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffr2h8o", "c_root_id_B": "ffr3566", "created_at_utc_A": 1580149015.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580149429.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Starslip's FTL drive makes you swap positions with an alternate universe's version of your ship, or the closest equivalent that can be found. The chances of a mishap are small on paper, but when the drive gets used on a galactic scale you start finding weirdness like duplicating ships, ships leaving existence entirely, and crazier things.", "human_ref_B": "Oh, there is another reason Halo deserves a dubious medal for inefficiency. The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine essentially works by dumping a massive amount of energy to essentially rip open a hole to Slipspace for the ship. Contrast to Covenant slipspace drives, who enlarge natural ruptures and precisely enlarge them with high precision, meaning they use a lot less energy while traveling more precisely!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 414.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqv9bv", "c_root_id_B": "ffr3566", "created_at_utc_A": 1580144421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580149429.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "human_ref_B": "Oh, there is another reason Halo deserves a dubious medal for inefficiency. The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine essentially works by dumping a massive amount of energy to essentially rip open a hole to Slipspace for the ship. Contrast to Covenant slipspace drives, who enlarge natural ruptures and precisely enlarge them with high precision, meaning they use a lot less energy while traveling more precisely!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5008.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrbvk1", "c_root_id_B": "ffrj0as", "created_at_utc_A": 1580154832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580158985.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Alastair Reynolds has something in his Revelation Space universe. FTL travel is theoretically possible, by (ab-)using inertial dampening tech the humans salvaged from a species that was space faring for millions of years. Attempting to use it this way is so dangerous that said species has a hardwired taboo against using it that even the mere mention of it causes members if the species to become catatonic. Iirc it is explained that when the dampening system invariably fails it breaks causality and the people close to it are erased from history. That is with the tiny scale human made systems, more powerful systems cause larger breaks, to the point that entire civilisations have retroactively deleted themselves out of existence. They only find out about this because one guy was just about the right distance from the dampener to not be erased and also not get affected by the erasure, so he remembered working with people that for the rest of the universe had died several years ago or head never existed in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "Event Horizon. Sends you through literal hell. Basically 40k without geller fields, if the warp also possessed the ship when it returned to real space.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4153.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffr2h8o", "c_root_id_B": "ffrj0as", "created_at_utc_A": 1580149015.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580158985.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Starslip's FTL drive makes you swap positions with an alternate universe's version of your ship, or the closest equivalent that can be found. The chances of a mishap are small on paper, but when the drive gets used on a galactic scale you start finding weirdness like duplicating ships, ships leaving existence entirely, and crazier things.", "human_ref_B": "Event Horizon. Sends you through literal hell. Basically 40k without geller fields, if the warp also possessed the ship when it returned to real space.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9970.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrehlg", "c_root_id_B": "ffrj0as", "created_at_utc_A": 1580156441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580158985.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "The Expanse. As far as we currently know, send enough mass through a wormhole in a short enough period of time, and it gets eaten.", "human_ref_B": "Event Horizon. Sends you through literal hell. Basically 40k without geller fields, if the warp also possessed the ship when it returned to real space.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2544.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrj0as", "c_root_id_B": "ffrdpyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1580158985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580155976.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Event Horizon. Sends you through literal hell. Basically 40k without geller fields, if the warp also possessed the ship when it returned to real space.", "human_ref_B": "It's not dangerous on the level of being lost for all time in Hell or anything, but the FTL technology used in Cherryh's Alliance-Union setting is not without it's \"charms\". For starters, when you come out jump, you have to slow down from near-lightspeed. This is difficult, because per the physics of drive technology in her setting, \"conventional\" drives generally don't have near enough fuel to go to or from near-lightspeed, and even if they could, trying to do so quickly would kill the crew. Instead they rely on sort of side-effect of their FTL drives to boost up or slow down from near-lightspeed by \"skimming\" the boundary of jump-space without fully going into jump. And doing that depends on a fairly physically-fragile part of the drive. If any part of your drive gets damaged or malfunctions and you can't fix it ASAP, you're in pretty deep shit, because you'll basically just keep going for eternity, until either micro-abrasion from tiny particles in space chew up your hull, you hit something big, or you starve to death. Rescue from a malfunction like that is possible, but there's a very narrow window, there has to be a ship in the right position that can respond very quickly, you can physically survive the deceleration burn, and a few other things go just right. And even then, the ship is lost, but some of the crew *might* survive. Worse, though, and compounding the problem: The effects of jump-space are torture to a human\\*. It completely fucks with a human's ability to perceive time, and even to some extent physical dimensions. Even a short exposure to jump-space while conscious is literally considered to be torture. Prolonged or repeated exposure can drive many people insane. People with a really strong will can learn to bear it, but it's still agonizing.\\*\\* And jumps take days of time from the perspective of the ship in jump. As a result, jumps are made with the crew all drugged into a semi-coma and supplied with nutrients artificially... They're not completely unconscious, they typically listen to audio recordings to keep their minds from going crazy, but they're not functional. When they come out of jump, it can take some time for the crew to be useful again - the vital crew will regain some semblance of consciousness almost immediately, but even still they're groggy, sick, dehydrated, and hungry. So if something goes wrong, or someone is waiting in ambush for them, or something? They're basically helpless for a while. \\*And some other races. Other races seem to naturally fall into a sort of hibernation during jump. There's only a small handful of races that can tolerate it and remain awake, though. \\*\\*Later on in the series, it's discovered that for whatever reason, a tiny, tiny fraction of a percent of people can tolerate Jump without drugs and don't experience the same horrific physical and temporal disassociation. They can even get up and move around the ship while in jump. But it's never enough people to make much difference.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3009.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrj0as", "c_root_id_B": "ffqv9bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1580158985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580144421.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Event Horizon. Sends you through literal hell. Basically 40k without geller fields, if the warp also possessed the ship when it returned to real space.", "human_ref_B": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14564.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrawot", "c_root_id_B": "ffrj0as", "created_at_utc_A": 1580154242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580158985.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "human_ref_B": "Event Horizon. Sends you through literal hell. Basically 40k without geller fields, if the warp also possessed the ship when it returned to real space.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4743.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrbvk1", "c_root_id_B": "ffr2h8o", "created_at_utc_A": 1580154832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580149015.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Alastair Reynolds has something in his Revelation Space universe. FTL travel is theoretically possible, by (ab-)using inertial dampening tech the humans salvaged from a species that was space faring for millions of years. Attempting to use it this way is so dangerous that said species has a hardwired taboo against using it that even the mere mention of it causes members if the species to become catatonic. Iirc it is explained that when the dampening system invariably fails it breaks causality and the people close to it are erased from history. That is with the tiny scale human made systems, more powerful systems cause larger breaks, to the point that entire civilisations have retroactively deleted themselves out of existence. They only find out about this because one guy was just about the right distance from the dampener to not be erased and also not get affected by the erasure, so he remembered working with people that for the rest of the universe had died several years ago or head never existed in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "Starslip's FTL drive makes you swap positions with an alternate universe's version of your ship, or the closest equivalent that can be found. The chances of a mishap are small on paper, but when the drive gets used on a galactic scale you start finding weirdness like duplicating ships, ships leaving existence entirely, and crazier things.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5817.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqv9bv", "c_root_id_B": "ffrbvk1", "created_at_utc_A": 1580144421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580154832.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "human_ref_B": "Alastair Reynolds has something in his Revelation Space universe. FTL travel is theoretically possible, by (ab-)using inertial dampening tech the humans salvaged from a species that was space faring for millions of years. Attempting to use it this way is so dangerous that said species has a hardwired taboo against using it that even the mere mention of it causes members if the species to become catatonic. Iirc it is explained that when the dampening system invariably fails it breaks causality and the people close to it are erased from history. That is with the tiny scale human made systems, more powerful systems cause larger breaks, to the point that entire civilisations have retroactively deleted themselves out of existence. They only find out about this because one guy was just about the right distance from the dampener to not be erased and also not get affected by the erasure, so he remembered working with people that for the rest of the universe had died several years ago or head never existed in the first place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10411.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrbvk1", "c_root_id_B": "ffrawot", "created_at_utc_A": 1580154832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580154242.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Alastair Reynolds has something in his Revelation Space universe. FTL travel is theoretically possible, by (ab-)using inertial dampening tech the humans salvaged from a species that was space faring for millions of years. Attempting to use it this way is so dangerous that said species has a hardwired taboo against using it that even the mere mention of it causes members if the species to become catatonic. Iirc it is explained that when the dampening system invariably fails it breaks causality and the people close to it are erased from history. That is with the tiny scale human made systems, more powerful systems cause larger breaks, to the point that entire civilisations have retroactively deleted themselves out of existence. They only find out about this because one guy was just about the right distance from the dampener to not be erased and also not get affected by the erasure, so he remembered working with people that for the rest of the universe had died several years ago or head never existed in the first place.", "human_ref_B": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 590.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs4bxb", "c_root_id_B": "ffrehlg", "created_at_utc_A": 1580172806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580156441.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Another nomination for \"most dangerous\": Anyone using any method of more-than-weakly-causality-violating (i.e. effective) FTL in Charles Stross's \"Singularity Sky\" duology... I quote: >I am the Eschaton; >I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. >Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else. Both books are largely devoted to exploring a few of the mechanisms for enforcing the \"or else\" clause.", "human_ref_B": "The Expanse. As far as we currently know, send enough mass through a wormhole in a short enough period of time, and it gets eaten.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16365.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs4bxb", "c_root_id_B": "ffrdpyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1580172806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580155976.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Another nomination for \"most dangerous\": Anyone using any method of more-than-weakly-causality-violating (i.e. effective) FTL in Charles Stross's \"Singularity Sky\" duology... I quote: >I am the Eschaton; >I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. >Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else. Both books are largely devoted to exploring a few of the mechanisms for enforcing the \"or else\" clause.", "human_ref_B": "It's not dangerous on the level of being lost for all time in Hell or anything, but the FTL technology used in Cherryh's Alliance-Union setting is not without it's \"charms\". For starters, when you come out jump, you have to slow down from near-lightspeed. This is difficult, because per the physics of drive technology in her setting, \"conventional\" drives generally don't have near enough fuel to go to or from near-lightspeed, and even if they could, trying to do so quickly would kill the crew. Instead they rely on sort of side-effect of their FTL drives to boost up or slow down from near-lightspeed by \"skimming\" the boundary of jump-space without fully going into jump. And doing that depends on a fairly physically-fragile part of the drive. If any part of your drive gets damaged or malfunctions and you can't fix it ASAP, you're in pretty deep shit, because you'll basically just keep going for eternity, until either micro-abrasion from tiny particles in space chew up your hull, you hit something big, or you starve to death. Rescue from a malfunction like that is possible, but there's a very narrow window, there has to be a ship in the right position that can respond very quickly, you can physically survive the deceleration burn, and a few other things go just right. And even then, the ship is lost, but some of the crew *might* survive. Worse, though, and compounding the problem: The effects of jump-space are torture to a human\\*. It completely fucks with a human's ability to perceive time, and even to some extent physical dimensions. Even a short exposure to jump-space while conscious is literally considered to be torture. Prolonged or repeated exposure can drive many people insane. People with a really strong will can learn to bear it, but it's still agonizing.\\*\\* And jumps take days of time from the perspective of the ship in jump. As a result, jumps are made with the crew all drugged into a semi-coma and supplied with nutrients artificially... They're not completely unconscious, they typically listen to audio recordings to keep their minds from going crazy, but they're not functional. When they come out of jump, it can take some time for the crew to be useful again - the vital crew will regain some semblance of consciousness almost immediately, but even still they're groggy, sick, dehydrated, and hungry. So if something goes wrong, or someone is waiting in ambush for them, or something? They're basically helpless for a while. \\*And some other races. Other races seem to naturally fall into a sort of hibernation during jump. There's only a small handful of races that can tolerate it and remain awake, though. \\*\\*Later on in the series, it's discovered that for whatever reason, a tiny, tiny fraction of a percent of people can tolerate Jump without drugs and don't experience the same horrific physical and temporal disassociation. They can even get up and move around the ship while in jump. But it's never enough people to make much difference.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16830.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs4bxb", "c_root_id_B": "ffrqsme", "created_at_utc_A": 1580172806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580163758.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Another nomination for \"most dangerous\": Anyone using any method of more-than-weakly-causality-violating (i.e. effective) FTL in Charles Stross's \"Singularity Sky\" duology... I quote: >I am the Eschaton; >I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. >Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else. Both books are largely devoted to exploring a few of the mechanisms for enforcing the \"or else\" clause.", "human_ref_B": "Not entirely on-topic, but one that haunted me for a while (and I cannot remember the name of the story, sorry): FTL travel, but you can't survive it without deep-sleep. However, everyone who wakes up from this has no memory -- zero, they can't even remember how to speak. So their minds are recorded \"on tape\" to be restored when they wake up. The problem is that no one ever realizes that the reason you forget everything is that you are in continuous, excruciating pain while in the sleep, so you lose your mind completely. Long after I read this, I realized the author was cheating big time, by creating a fact that literally only the reader could ever know, and which only serves to make us feel bad about the space travelers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9048.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs4bxb", "c_root_id_B": "ffs3rdk", "created_at_utc_A": 1580172806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580172401.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Another nomination for \"most dangerous\": Anyone using any method of more-than-weakly-causality-violating (i.e. effective) FTL in Charles Stross's \"Singularity Sky\" duology... I quote: >I am the Eschaton; >I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. >Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else. Both books are largely devoted to exploring a few of the mechanisms for enforcing the \"or else\" clause.", "human_ref_B": "The Jaunt Especially when you realize they have really I attentive nurses administering the general anesthetic", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 405.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqv9bv", "c_root_id_B": "ffs4bxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1580144421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580172806.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "human_ref_B": "Another nomination for \"most dangerous\": Anyone using any method of more-than-weakly-causality-violating (i.e. effective) FTL in Charles Stross's \"Singularity Sky\" duology... I quote: >I am the Eschaton; >I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. >Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else. Both books are largely devoted to exploring a few of the mechanisms for enforcing the \"or else\" clause.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28385.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrjweq", "c_root_id_B": "ffs4bxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1580159532.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580172806.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Not sure if it even goes fast enough to count, but Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow featured a ship with an interstellar drive system so potent that you couldn't turn it on without lighting the atmosphere on fire; the only way to leave the planet would be to kill it. And I don't remember where it went, but there was one in r/writingprompts where launch went just fine, but wherever you aimed it got flash-fried by exotic radiation, turning the inventors into accidental mass murderers and ensuring they could never reach home to warn them of what happened (lest they fry the Earth the same way).", "human_ref_B": "Another nomination for \"most dangerous\": Anyone using any method of more-than-weakly-causality-violating (i.e. effective) FTL in Charles Stross's \"Singularity Sky\" duology... I quote: >I am the Eschaton; >I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. >Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else. Both books are largely devoted to exploring a few of the mechanisms for enforcing the \"or else\" clause.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13274.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs4bxb", "c_root_id_B": "ffrawot", "created_at_utc_A": 1580172806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580154242.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Another nomination for \"most dangerous\": Anyone using any method of more-than-weakly-causality-violating (i.e. effective) FTL in Charles Stross's \"Singularity Sky\" duology... I quote: >I am the Eschaton; >I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. >Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else. Both books are largely devoted to exploring a few of the mechanisms for enforcing the \"or else\" clause.", "human_ref_B": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18564.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqv9bv", "c_root_id_B": "ffr2h8o", "created_at_utc_A": 1580144421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580149015.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "human_ref_B": "Starslip's FTL drive makes you swap positions with an alternate universe's version of your ship, or the closest equivalent that can be found. The chances of a mishap are small on paper, but when the drive gets used on a galactic scale you start finding weirdness like duplicating ships, ships leaving existence entirely, and crazier things.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4594.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrdpyz", "c_root_id_B": "ffrehlg", "created_at_utc_A": 1580155976.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580156441.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's not dangerous on the level of being lost for all time in Hell or anything, but the FTL technology used in Cherryh's Alliance-Union setting is not without it's \"charms\". For starters, when you come out jump, you have to slow down from near-lightspeed. This is difficult, because per the physics of drive technology in her setting, \"conventional\" drives generally don't have near enough fuel to go to or from near-lightspeed, and even if they could, trying to do so quickly would kill the crew. Instead they rely on sort of side-effect of their FTL drives to boost up or slow down from near-lightspeed by \"skimming\" the boundary of jump-space without fully going into jump. And doing that depends on a fairly physically-fragile part of the drive. If any part of your drive gets damaged or malfunctions and you can't fix it ASAP, you're in pretty deep shit, because you'll basically just keep going for eternity, until either micro-abrasion from tiny particles in space chew up your hull, you hit something big, or you starve to death. Rescue from a malfunction like that is possible, but there's a very narrow window, there has to be a ship in the right position that can respond very quickly, you can physically survive the deceleration burn, and a few other things go just right. And even then, the ship is lost, but some of the crew *might* survive. Worse, though, and compounding the problem: The effects of jump-space are torture to a human\\*. It completely fucks with a human's ability to perceive time, and even to some extent physical dimensions. Even a short exposure to jump-space while conscious is literally considered to be torture. Prolonged or repeated exposure can drive many people insane. People with a really strong will can learn to bear it, but it's still agonizing.\\*\\* And jumps take days of time from the perspective of the ship in jump. As a result, jumps are made with the crew all drugged into a semi-coma and supplied with nutrients artificially... They're not completely unconscious, they typically listen to audio recordings to keep their minds from going crazy, but they're not functional. When they come out of jump, it can take some time for the crew to be useful again - the vital crew will regain some semblance of consciousness almost immediately, but even still they're groggy, sick, dehydrated, and hungry. So if something goes wrong, or someone is waiting in ambush for them, or something? They're basically helpless for a while. \\*And some other races. Other races seem to naturally fall into a sort of hibernation during jump. There's only a small handful of races that can tolerate it and remain awake, though. \\*\\*Later on in the series, it's discovered that for whatever reason, a tiny, tiny fraction of a percent of people can tolerate Jump without drugs and don't experience the same horrific physical and temporal disassociation. They can even get up and move around the ship while in jump. But it's never enough people to make much difference.", "human_ref_B": "The Expanse. As far as we currently know, send enough mass through a wormhole in a short enough period of time, and it gets eaten.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 465.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrehlg", "c_root_id_B": "ffqv9bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1580156441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580144421.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Expanse. As far as we currently know, send enough mass through a wormhole in a short enough period of time, and it gets eaten.", "human_ref_B": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12020.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrawot", "c_root_id_B": "ffrehlg", "created_at_utc_A": 1580154242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580156441.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "human_ref_B": "The Expanse. As far as we currently know, send enough mass through a wormhole in a short enough period of time, and it gets eaten.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2199.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrdpyz", "c_root_id_B": "ffrqsme", "created_at_utc_A": 1580155976.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580163758.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's not dangerous on the level of being lost for all time in Hell or anything, but the FTL technology used in Cherryh's Alliance-Union setting is not without it's \"charms\". For starters, when you come out jump, you have to slow down from near-lightspeed. This is difficult, because per the physics of drive technology in her setting, \"conventional\" drives generally don't have near enough fuel to go to or from near-lightspeed, and even if they could, trying to do so quickly would kill the crew. Instead they rely on sort of side-effect of their FTL drives to boost up or slow down from near-lightspeed by \"skimming\" the boundary of jump-space without fully going into jump. And doing that depends on a fairly physically-fragile part of the drive. If any part of your drive gets damaged or malfunctions and you can't fix it ASAP, you're in pretty deep shit, because you'll basically just keep going for eternity, until either micro-abrasion from tiny particles in space chew up your hull, you hit something big, or you starve to death. Rescue from a malfunction like that is possible, but there's a very narrow window, there has to be a ship in the right position that can respond very quickly, you can physically survive the deceleration burn, and a few other things go just right. And even then, the ship is lost, but some of the crew *might* survive. Worse, though, and compounding the problem: The effects of jump-space are torture to a human\\*. It completely fucks with a human's ability to perceive time, and even to some extent physical dimensions. Even a short exposure to jump-space while conscious is literally considered to be torture. Prolonged or repeated exposure can drive many people insane. People with a really strong will can learn to bear it, but it's still agonizing.\\*\\* And jumps take days of time from the perspective of the ship in jump. As a result, jumps are made with the crew all drugged into a semi-coma and supplied with nutrients artificially... They're not completely unconscious, they typically listen to audio recordings to keep their minds from going crazy, but they're not functional. When they come out of jump, it can take some time for the crew to be useful again - the vital crew will regain some semblance of consciousness almost immediately, but even still they're groggy, sick, dehydrated, and hungry. So if something goes wrong, or someone is waiting in ambush for them, or something? They're basically helpless for a while. \\*And some other races. Other races seem to naturally fall into a sort of hibernation during jump. There's only a small handful of races that can tolerate it and remain awake, though. \\*\\*Later on in the series, it's discovered that for whatever reason, a tiny, tiny fraction of a percent of people can tolerate Jump without drugs and don't experience the same horrific physical and temporal disassociation. They can even get up and move around the ship while in jump. But it's never enough people to make much difference.", "human_ref_B": "Not entirely on-topic, but one that haunted me for a while (and I cannot remember the name of the story, sorry): FTL travel, but you can't survive it without deep-sleep. However, everyone who wakes up from this has no memory -- zero, they can't even remember how to speak. So their minds are recorded \"on tape\" to be restored when they wake up. The problem is that no one ever realizes that the reason you forget everything is that you are in continuous, excruciating pain while in the sleep, so you lose your mind completely. Long after I read this, I realized the author was cheating big time, by creating a fact that literally only the reader could ever know, and which only serves to make us feel bad about the space travelers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7782.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrdpyz", "c_root_id_B": "ffqv9bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1580155976.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580144421.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's not dangerous on the level of being lost for all time in Hell or anything, but the FTL technology used in Cherryh's Alliance-Union setting is not without it's \"charms\". For starters, when you come out jump, you have to slow down from near-lightspeed. This is difficult, because per the physics of drive technology in her setting, \"conventional\" drives generally don't have near enough fuel to go to or from near-lightspeed, and even if they could, trying to do so quickly would kill the crew. Instead they rely on sort of side-effect of their FTL drives to boost up or slow down from near-lightspeed by \"skimming\" the boundary of jump-space without fully going into jump. And doing that depends on a fairly physically-fragile part of the drive. If any part of your drive gets damaged or malfunctions and you can't fix it ASAP, you're in pretty deep shit, because you'll basically just keep going for eternity, until either micro-abrasion from tiny particles in space chew up your hull, you hit something big, or you starve to death. Rescue from a malfunction like that is possible, but there's a very narrow window, there has to be a ship in the right position that can respond very quickly, you can physically survive the deceleration burn, and a few other things go just right. And even then, the ship is lost, but some of the crew *might* survive. Worse, though, and compounding the problem: The effects of jump-space are torture to a human\\*. It completely fucks with a human's ability to perceive time, and even to some extent physical dimensions. Even a short exposure to jump-space while conscious is literally considered to be torture. Prolonged or repeated exposure can drive many people insane. People with a really strong will can learn to bear it, but it's still agonizing.\\*\\* And jumps take days of time from the perspective of the ship in jump. As a result, jumps are made with the crew all drugged into a semi-coma and supplied with nutrients artificially... They're not completely unconscious, they typically listen to audio recordings to keep their minds from going crazy, but they're not functional. When they come out of jump, it can take some time for the crew to be useful again - the vital crew will regain some semblance of consciousness almost immediately, but even still they're groggy, sick, dehydrated, and hungry. So if something goes wrong, or someone is waiting in ambush for them, or something? They're basically helpless for a while. \\*And some other races. Other races seem to naturally fall into a sort of hibernation during jump. There's only a small handful of races that can tolerate it and remain awake, though. \\*\\*Later on in the series, it's discovered that for whatever reason, a tiny, tiny fraction of a percent of people can tolerate Jump without drugs and don't experience the same horrific physical and temporal disassociation. They can even get up and move around the ship while in jump. But it's never enough people to make much difference.", "human_ref_B": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11555.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrdpyz", "c_root_id_B": "ffrawot", "created_at_utc_A": 1580155976.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580154242.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's not dangerous on the level of being lost for all time in Hell or anything, but the FTL technology used in Cherryh's Alliance-Union setting is not without it's \"charms\". For starters, when you come out jump, you have to slow down from near-lightspeed. This is difficult, because per the physics of drive technology in her setting, \"conventional\" drives generally don't have near enough fuel to go to or from near-lightspeed, and even if they could, trying to do so quickly would kill the crew. Instead they rely on sort of side-effect of their FTL drives to boost up or slow down from near-lightspeed by \"skimming\" the boundary of jump-space without fully going into jump. And doing that depends on a fairly physically-fragile part of the drive. If any part of your drive gets damaged or malfunctions and you can't fix it ASAP, you're in pretty deep shit, because you'll basically just keep going for eternity, until either micro-abrasion from tiny particles in space chew up your hull, you hit something big, or you starve to death. Rescue from a malfunction like that is possible, but there's a very narrow window, there has to be a ship in the right position that can respond very quickly, you can physically survive the deceleration burn, and a few other things go just right. And even then, the ship is lost, but some of the crew *might* survive. Worse, though, and compounding the problem: The effects of jump-space are torture to a human\\*. It completely fucks with a human's ability to perceive time, and even to some extent physical dimensions. Even a short exposure to jump-space while conscious is literally considered to be torture. Prolonged or repeated exposure can drive many people insane. People with a really strong will can learn to bear it, but it's still agonizing.\\*\\* And jumps take days of time from the perspective of the ship in jump. As a result, jumps are made with the crew all drugged into a semi-coma and supplied with nutrients artificially... They're not completely unconscious, they typically listen to audio recordings to keep their minds from going crazy, but they're not functional. When they come out of jump, it can take some time for the crew to be useful again - the vital crew will regain some semblance of consciousness almost immediately, but even still they're groggy, sick, dehydrated, and hungry. So if something goes wrong, or someone is waiting in ambush for them, or something? They're basically helpless for a while. \\*And some other races. Other races seem to naturally fall into a sort of hibernation during jump. There's only a small handful of races that can tolerate it and remain awake, though. \\*\\*Later on in the series, it's discovered that for whatever reason, a tiny, tiny fraction of a percent of people can tolerate Jump without drugs and don't experience the same horrific physical and temporal disassociation. They can even get up and move around the ship while in jump. But it's never enough people to make much difference.", "human_ref_B": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1734.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrqsme", "c_root_id_B": "ffqv9bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1580163758.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580144421.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Not entirely on-topic, but one that haunted me for a while (and I cannot remember the name of the story, sorry): FTL travel, but you can't survive it without deep-sleep. However, everyone who wakes up from this has no memory -- zero, they can't even remember how to speak. So their minds are recorded \"on tape\" to be restored when they wake up. The problem is that no one ever realizes that the reason you forget everything is that you are in continuous, excruciating pain while in the sleep, so you lose your mind completely. Long after I read this, I realized the author was cheating big time, by creating a fact that literally only the reader could ever know, and which only serves to make us feel bad about the space travelers.", "human_ref_B": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19337.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrqsme", "c_root_id_B": "ffrjweq", "created_at_utc_A": 1580163758.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580159532.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Not entirely on-topic, but one that haunted me for a while (and I cannot remember the name of the story, sorry): FTL travel, but you can't survive it without deep-sleep. However, everyone who wakes up from this has no memory -- zero, they can't even remember how to speak. So their minds are recorded \"on tape\" to be restored when they wake up. The problem is that no one ever realizes that the reason you forget everything is that you are in continuous, excruciating pain while in the sleep, so you lose your mind completely. Long after I read this, I realized the author was cheating big time, by creating a fact that literally only the reader could ever know, and which only serves to make us feel bad about the space travelers.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if it even goes fast enough to count, but Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow featured a ship with an interstellar drive system so potent that you couldn't turn it on without lighting the atmosphere on fire; the only way to leave the planet would be to kill it. And I don't remember where it went, but there was one in r/writingprompts where launch went just fine, but wherever you aimed it got flash-fried by exotic radiation, turning the inventors into accidental mass murderers and ensuring they could never reach home to warn them of what happened (lest they fry the Earth the same way).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4226.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrqsme", "c_root_id_B": "ffrawot", "created_at_utc_A": 1580163758.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580154242.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not entirely on-topic, but one that haunted me for a while (and I cannot remember the name of the story, sorry): FTL travel, but you can't survive it without deep-sleep. However, everyone who wakes up from this has no memory -- zero, they can't even remember how to speak. So their minds are recorded \"on tape\" to be restored when they wake up. The problem is that no one ever realizes that the reason you forget everything is that you are in continuous, excruciating pain while in the sleep, so you lose your mind completely. Long after I read this, I realized the author was cheating big time, by creating a fact that literally only the reader could ever know, and which only serves to make us feel bad about the space travelers.", "human_ref_B": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9516.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs3rdk", "c_root_id_B": "ffqv9bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1580172401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580144421.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Jaunt Especially when you realize they have really I attentive nurses administering the general anesthetic", "human_ref_B": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27980.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs3rdk", "c_root_id_B": "ffrjweq", "created_at_utc_A": 1580172401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580159532.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Jaunt Especially when you realize they have really I attentive nurses administering the general anesthetic", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if it even goes fast enough to count, but Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow featured a ship with an interstellar drive system so potent that you couldn't turn it on without lighting the atmosphere on fire; the only way to leave the planet would be to kill it. And I don't remember where it went, but there was one in r/writingprompts where launch went just fine, but wherever you aimed it got flash-fried by exotic radiation, turning the inventors into accidental mass murderers and ensuring they could never reach home to warn them of what happened (lest they fry the Earth the same way).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12869.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs3rdk", "c_root_id_B": "ffrawot", "created_at_utc_A": 1580172401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580154242.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Jaunt Especially when you realize they have really I attentive nurses administering the general anesthetic", "human_ref_B": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18159.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffqv9bv", "c_root_id_B": "ffsolmv", "created_at_utc_A": 1580144421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580187209.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "whatever the shit they were travelling through/within on the show Andromeda. that threads thing was unstable and tricky to navigate at best and the computer couldn\u2019t fly through it.", "human_ref_B": "Sins of a Solar Empire phase lanes, it takes ages to get anywhere even within a single star system with those things and its barely capable of interstellar travel (and inevitably you're going to emerge right in front of a star fortress when you do because it's incredibly easy to determine where any interstellar visitor is going to emerge with a high degree of confidence so if you're not welcome you're screwed).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42788.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffsolmv", "c_root_id_B": "ffrjweq", "created_at_utc_A": 1580187209.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580159532.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sins of a Solar Empire phase lanes, it takes ages to get anywhere even within a single star system with those things and its barely capable of interstellar travel (and inevitably you're going to emerge right in front of a star fortress when you do because it's incredibly easy to determine where any interstellar visitor is going to emerge with a high degree of confidence so if you're not welcome you're screwed).", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if it even goes fast enough to count, but Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow featured a ship with an interstellar drive system so potent that you couldn't turn it on without lighting the atmosphere on fire; the only way to leave the planet would be to kill it. And I don't remember where it went, but there was one in r/writingprompts where launch went just fine, but wherever you aimed it got flash-fried by exotic radiation, turning the inventors into accidental mass murderers and ensuring they could never reach home to warn them of what happened (lest they fry the Earth the same way).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27677.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs8rnm", "c_root_id_B": "ffsolmv", "created_at_utc_A": 1580175924.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580187209.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Fredrik Pohls Gateway has a good example. Humanity discovers some ancient alien tech capable of interstellar travel that works...they just have no idea how to reliably operate it. Humanity ends up employing gambling minded \"prospectors\" to test them out, they basically activate the autopilot and hope it doesnt drop you in the middle of a star or take such a long route the crew ends up starving. If it doesnt kill you and you're really lucky you *might* end up somewhere with very valuable alien tech to salvage, and if you're part of the 1 in 4 that survive the return trip you'll end up rich.", "human_ref_B": "Sins of a Solar Empire phase lanes, it takes ages to get anywhere even within a single star system with those things and its barely capable of interstellar travel (and inevitably you're going to emerge right in front of a star fortress when you do because it's incredibly easy to determine where any interstellar visitor is going to emerge with a high degree of confidence so if you're not welcome you're screwed).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11285.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffsolmv", "c_root_id_B": "ffrawot", "created_at_utc_A": 1580187209.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580154242.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sins of a Solar Empire phase lanes, it takes ages to get anywhere even within a single star system with those things and its barely capable of interstellar travel (and inevitably you're going to emerge right in front of a star fortress when you do because it's incredibly easy to determine where any interstellar visitor is going to emerge with a high degree of confidence so if you're not welcome you're screwed).", "human_ref_B": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32967.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffsolmv", "c_root_id_B": "ffs6ulm", "created_at_utc_A": 1580187209.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580174583.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sins of a Solar Empire phase lanes, it takes ages to get anywhere even within a single star system with those things and its barely capable of interstellar travel (and inevitably you're going to emerge right in front of a star fortress when you do because it's incredibly easy to determine where any interstellar visitor is going to emerge with a high degree of confidence so if you're not welcome you're screwed).", "human_ref_B": "Deadman Switch, a book by Timothy Zahn. Normal FTL works fine, but there's this one system that has a giant cloud surrounding it that's impossible to navigate. There's a metal-rich planet in the system, so it'd be a huge economic boon to get ships in and out. One day, some researchers are exploring the edges of the cloud, and unbeknownst them them, their pilot dies suddenly at the helm, but keeps piloting the ship and is able to navigate in. The remaining crew don't know any other way to get out, so they draw straws . . . Ever since, every ship carries two people off of death row, one in, and one out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12626.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffsnqkl", "c_root_id_B": "ffsolmv", "created_at_utc_A": 1580186479.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580187209.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There was a ship in Andromeda that was just a giant engine that's been flying around for millennia and it could accelerate itself as fast as it wanted, but it had no way to stop relativity so while the subjective time fro the crew was minutes/hours/days to get wherever they wanted to go years/decades/centuries would pass for the rest of the universe so this millennia old ship still had its original crew who were probably the equivalent of the Enterprise crew in Star Trek Enterprise. This is a problem because these wide eyed explorers who were expecting to be the first humans to explore deep space and expecting to go on a multi year journey and return home to usher in a new golden age for humanity. The reality turned out to be that during the millennia they were exploring Earth was annexed by an intergalactic alien empire, humans have pretty thoroughly colonised those galaxies within that alien empire and split into all sorts of subspecies and new species over time and with genetic engineering, in the mean time that alien empire that annexed earth fell apart and Earth's been invaded by aliens that use humans to incubate their eggs in and is largely an abandoned wasteland its people want to escape from desperately. You can imagine how these wide eyed explorers felt about all of that when they found after flying around exploring for just a couple of years. Another one is Honorverse hyperdrives, they're slow they're dangerous if you hit a grav wave (until later developments allowed ships to ride grav waves at much higher speeds but only in certain directions and with varying speed boosts based on the power of the wave), they can't be entered at high speed from real space, there's no way to determine distance or direction travelled beyond exceptionally well calculated dead reckoning, it can only be entered or exited outside of a certain distance from a gravity well and it's relatively easy to detect from quite a long distance. There's also multiple bands of hyperspace so going from one band to the next usually increases speed but requires better equipment to manage (and bleeds off speed with each translation from one band to another) and only a few bands are available, but because of grav waves (which are in different spot in different bands and move over time) are big speed boosts sometimes its faster to drop into a slower band get on a grav wave and ride that for part of the trip before going back up to the faster band. Basically the honoverse FTL system is a crazy mess. Needle Casting in Altered Carbon is an FTL transport for you mind that gets uploaded into a new body at you destination. but any physical objects being transferred needs to go through real space at sublight speeds because there are no other FTL technologies available. This is dangerous because its entirely possible that someone like Chris Evans gets stuck in Betty White's body or any sort of similar body mismatch ends up happening wherever you go.", "human_ref_B": "Sins of a Solar Empire phase lanes, it takes ages to get anywhere even within a single star system with those things and its barely capable of interstellar travel (and inevitably you're going to emerge right in front of a star fortress when you do because it's incredibly easy to determine where any interstellar visitor is going to emerge with a high degree of confidence so if you're not welcome you're screwed).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 730.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrawot", "c_root_id_B": "ffrjweq", "created_at_utc_A": 1580154242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580159532.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "human_ref_B": "Not sure if it even goes fast enough to count, but Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow featured a ship with an interstellar drive system so potent that you couldn't turn it on without lighting the atmosphere on fire; the only way to leave the planet would be to kill it. And I don't remember where it went, but there was one in r/writingprompts where launch went just fine, but wherever you aimed it got flash-fried by exotic radiation, turning the inventors into accidental mass murderers and ensuring they could never reach home to warn them of what happened (lest they fry the Earth the same way).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5290.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffrawot", "c_root_id_B": "ffs8rnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1580154242.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580175924.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The FTL tech from the novel Macroscope deserves at least some mention. While many races had FTL, none of them had anything like intertial dampeners or any of the tech other settings have to allow humanoid bodies to survive it. Instead, they used tech that essentially turned the occupants into goo for the duration of the journey and reconstituted them afterward. Also FTL drives required a significant amount of mass, so species often used entire planets as their means of FTL transit. Alien species would have \"battle planets\" to ferry their fleets around. The first humans to develop an FTL drive absconded with Neptune.", "human_ref_B": "Fredrik Pohls Gateway has a good example. Humanity discovers some ancient alien tech capable of interstellar travel that works...they just have no idea how to reliably operate it. Humanity ends up employing gambling minded \"prospectors\" to test them out, they basically activate the autopilot and hope it doesnt drop you in the middle of a star or take such a long route the crew ends up starving. If it doesnt kill you and you're really lucky you *might* end up somewhere with very valuable alien tech to salvage, and if you're part of the 1 in 4 that survive the return trip you'll end up rich.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21682.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "euph66", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Genreal SciFi] Most inefficient/dangerous form of FTL in SciFi? What is the most inefficient or outright dangerous forms of FTL in SciFi? what comes to mind straight up has to be Warhammer 40k warp drive with ships often getting lost in the warp appearing years after the entered the warp or falling pray to inhabitance of the warp when the Gellar field fails. Another would be Dune simply because it being quite unsafe without a navigator and even with it there the cost of the Spacers guild plus the cost of making a navigator in the first place which needs QUITE a bit of spice.", "c_root_id_A": "ffs6ulm", "c_root_id_B": "ffs8rnm", "created_at_utc_A": 1580174583.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580175924.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Deadman Switch, a book by Timothy Zahn. Normal FTL works fine, but there's this one system that has a giant cloud surrounding it that's impossible to navigate. There's a metal-rich planet in the system, so it'd be a huge economic boon to get ships in and out. One day, some researchers are exploring the edges of the cloud, and unbeknownst them them, their pilot dies suddenly at the helm, but keeps piloting the ship and is able to navigate in. The remaining crew don't know any other way to get out, so they draw straws . . . Ever since, every ship carries two people off of death row, one in, and one out.", "human_ref_B": "Fredrik Pohls Gateway has a good example. Humanity discovers some ancient alien tech capable of interstellar travel that works...they just have no idea how to reliably operate it. Humanity ends up employing gambling minded \"prospectors\" to test them out, they basically activate the autopilot and hope it doesnt drop you in the middle of a star or take such a long route the crew ends up starving. If it doesnt kill you and you're really lucky you *might* end up somewhere with very valuable alien tech to salvage, and if you're part of the 1 in 4 that survive the return trip you'll end up rich.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1341.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72da1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] What is Darth Vader's internal dialogue like, and what issues does he dwell on?", "c_root_id_A": "dni0zur", "c_root_id_B": "dnhqrby", "created_at_utc_A": 1506371025.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506360639.0, "score_A": 62, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "Take it from the Revenge of the Sith Novelization by Matthew Stover. >\"\"Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?\" >This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever: >The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain. >The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh. >You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down. >You don't even have lungs anymore. >Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever. >Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me? >And you can't, not in the way you once did. Sensors in the shell that prisons your head trickle meaning directly into your brain. >You open your scorched-pale eyes; optical sensors integrate light and shadow into a hideous simulacrum of the world around you. >Or perhaps the simulacrum is perfect, and it is the world that is hideous. >Padme? Are you here? Are you all right? you try to say, but another voice speaks for you, out from the vocabulator that serves you for burned-away lips and tongue and throat. >\"Padme? Are you here? Are you all right?\" >I'm very sorry, Lord Vader. I'm afraid she died. It seems in your anger, you killed her. >This burns hotter than the lava had. >\"No... no, it is not possible!\" >You loved her. You will always love her. You could never will her death. >Never. >But you remember... You remember all of it. >You remember the dragon that you brought Vader forth from your heart to slay. You remember the cold venom in Vader's blood. You remember the furnace of Vader's fury, and the black hatred of seizing her throat to silence her lying mouth\u2014 >And there is one blazing moment in which you finally understand that there was no dragon. That there was no Vader. That there was only you. Only Anakin Skywalker. >That it was all you. Is you. >Only you. >You did it. >You killed her. You killed her because, finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you could have been thinking about her, you were thinking aboutyourself... >It is in this blazing moment that you finally understand the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the Sith\u2014 >Because now your self is all you will ever have. >And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush the shadow who has destroyed you, but you are so far less now than what you were, you are more than half machine, you are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world- destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end, you cannot touch the shadow. >In the end, you do not even want to. >In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forgives you, the shadow gathers you unto itself\u2014 >And within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame. This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker >..Forever..", "human_ref_B": "\"Why doesn't anybody say wizard anymore\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10386.0, "score_ratio": 1.2653061224, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72da1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] What is Darth Vader's internal dialogue like, and what issues does he dwell on?", "c_root_id_A": "dnhq4f8", "c_root_id_B": "dni0zur", "created_at_utc_A": 1506359990.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506371025.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "\"I hate sand. It's coarse and gets everywhere.\"", "human_ref_B": "Take it from the Revenge of the Sith Novelization by Matthew Stover. >\"\"Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?\" >This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever: >The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain. >The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh. >You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down. >You don't even have lungs anymore. >Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever. >Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me? >And you can't, not in the way you once did. Sensors in the shell that prisons your head trickle meaning directly into your brain. >You open your scorched-pale eyes; optical sensors integrate light and shadow into a hideous simulacrum of the world around you. >Or perhaps the simulacrum is perfect, and it is the world that is hideous. >Padme? Are you here? Are you all right? you try to say, but another voice speaks for you, out from the vocabulator that serves you for burned-away lips and tongue and throat. >\"Padme? Are you here? Are you all right?\" >I'm very sorry, Lord Vader. I'm afraid she died. It seems in your anger, you killed her. >This burns hotter than the lava had. >\"No... no, it is not possible!\" >You loved her. You will always love her. You could never will her death. >Never. >But you remember... You remember all of it. >You remember the dragon that you brought Vader forth from your heart to slay. You remember the cold venom in Vader's blood. You remember the furnace of Vader's fury, and the black hatred of seizing her throat to silence her lying mouth\u2014 >And there is one blazing moment in which you finally understand that there was no dragon. That there was no Vader. That there was only you. Only Anakin Skywalker. >That it was all you. Is you. >Only you. >You did it. >You killed her. You killed her because, finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you could have been thinking about her, you were thinking aboutyourself... >It is in this blazing moment that you finally understand the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the Sith\u2014 >Because now your self is all you will ever have. >And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush the shadow who has destroyed you, but you are so far less now than what you were, you are more than half machine, you are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world- destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end, you cannot touch the shadow. >In the end, you do not even want to. >In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forgives you, the shadow gathers you unto itself\u2014 >And within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame. This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker >..Forever..", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11035.0, "score_ratio": 3.6470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72da1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] What is Darth Vader's internal dialogue like, and what issues does he dwell on?", "c_root_id_A": "dnhxr3x", "c_root_id_B": "dni0zur", "created_at_utc_A": 1506367728.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506371025.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "Self-hatred, self-pity, telling himself that he can be someone other than Anakin Skywalker. Immersing himself into the identity of the strong and unfeeling Darth Vader until he can *almost* forget. Cold rage directed at his master's enemies, fear/resentment/hate/love of the Emperor himself (it's complicated), but most of all, a measure of detachment. The closest psychiatric metaphor is that Vader has a *serious* case of major depressive disorder.", "human_ref_B": "Take it from the Revenge of the Sith Novelization by Matthew Stover. >\"\"Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?\" >This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever: >The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain. >The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh. >You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down. >You don't even have lungs anymore. >Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever. >Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me? >And you can't, not in the way you once did. Sensors in the shell that prisons your head trickle meaning directly into your brain. >You open your scorched-pale eyes; optical sensors integrate light and shadow into a hideous simulacrum of the world around you. >Or perhaps the simulacrum is perfect, and it is the world that is hideous. >Padme? Are you here? Are you all right? you try to say, but another voice speaks for you, out from the vocabulator that serves you for burned-away lips and tongue and throat. >\"Padme? Are you here? Are you all right?\" >I'm very sorry, Lord Vader. I'm afraid she died. It seems in your anger, you killed her. >This burns hotter than the lava had. >\"No... no, it is not possible!\" >You loved her. You will always love her. You could never will her death. >Never. >But you remember... You remember all of it. >You remember the dragon that you brought Vader forth from your heart to slay. You remember the cold venom in Vader's blood. You remember the furnace of Vader's fury, and the black hatred of seizing her throat to silence her lying mouth\u2014 >And there is one blazing moment in which you finally understand that there was no dragon. That there was no Vader. That there was only you. Only Anakin Skywalker. >That it was all you. Is you. >Only you. >You did it. >You killed her. You killed her because, finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you could have been thinking about her, you were thinking aboutyourself... >It is in this blazing moment that you finally understand the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the Sith\u2014 >Because now your self is all you will ever have. >And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush the shadow who has destroyed you, but you are so far less now than what you were, you are more than half machine, you are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world- destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end, you cannot touch the shadow. >In the end, you do not even want to. >In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forgives you, the shadow gathers you unto itself\u2014 >And within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame. This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker >..Forever..", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3297.0, "score_ratio": 4.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72da1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] What is Darth Vader's internal dialogue like, and what issues does he dwell on?", "c_root_id_A": "dnhxuwf", "c_root_id_B": "dni0zur", "created_at_utc_A": 1506367832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506371025.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 62, "human_ref_A": "In the Legends, he is mostly worried about his relationship with Shiv. He figured out the repairs done to him after the incident in Mustafar were carried out inefficiently on purpose, to keep him in pain, thus feeding the dark side. As such, his relationship with Shiv is indeed VERY worrisome. He also resides in the Imperial Center (formerly known as Coruscant), so he has to worry about spying and the general politics of being within the Emperor's innermost circle.", "human_ref_B": "Take it from the Revenge of the Sith Novelization by Matthew Stover. >\"\"Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?\" >This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever: >The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain. >The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh. >You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down. >You don't even have lungs anymore. >Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever. >Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me? >And you can't, not in the way you once did. Sensors in the shell that prisons your head trickle meaning directly into your brain. >You open your scorched-pale eyes; optical sensors integrate light and shadow into a hideous simulacrum of the world around you. >Or perhaps the simulacrum is perfect, and it is the world that is hideous. >Padme? Are you here? Are you all right? you try to say, but another voice speaks for you, out from the vocabulator that serves you for burned-away lips and tongue and throat. >\"Padme? Are you here? Are you all right?\" >I'm very sorry, Lord Vader. I'm afraid she died. It seems in your anger, you killed her. >This burns hotter than the lava had. >\"No... no, it is not possible!\" >You loved her. You will always love her. You could never will her death. >Never. >But you remember... You remember all of it. >You remember the dragon that you brought Vader forth from your heart to slay. You remember the cold venom in Vader's blood. You remember the furnace of Vader's fury, and the black hatred of seizing her throat to silence her lying mouth\u2014 >And there is one blazing moment in which you finally understand that there was no dragon. That there was no Vader. That there was only you. Only Anakin Skywalker. >That it was all you. Is you. >Only you. >You did it. >You killed her. You killed her because, finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you could have been thinking about her, you were thinking aboutyourself... >It is in this blazing moment that you finally understand the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the Sith\u2014 >Because now your self is all you will ever have. >And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush the shadow who has destroyed you, but you are so far less now than what you were, you are more than half machine, you are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world- destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end, you cannot touch the shadow. >In the end, you do not even want to. >In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forgives you, the shadow gathers you unto itself\u2014 >And within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame. This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker >..Forever..", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3193.0, "score_ratio": 6.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72da1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] What is Darth Vader's internal dialogue like, and what issues does he dwell on?", "c_root_id_A": "dnhqrby", "c_root_id_B": "dnhq4f8", "created_at_utc_A": 1506360639.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506359990.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "\"Why doesn't anybody say wizard anymore\"", "human_ref_B": "\"I hate sand. It's coarse and gets everywhere.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 649.0, "score_ratio": 2.8823529412, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "72da1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Wars] What is Darth Vader's internal dialogue like, and what issues does he dwell on?", "c_root_id_A": "dni642f", "c_root_id_B": "dnjw5am", "created_at_utc_A": 1506376503.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506462552.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sand.", "human_ref_B": "Angry at those in his way, angry at his underlings who are failing to live up to his expectations, enormous regret that his life has turned out this way, and a little scheming to off Palpatine on the side.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 86049.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1xqjq0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars: TCW] If there can only ever be 2 Sith, master and apprentice, why does Tyranus ever get to train an apprentice? Am I completely misunderstanding this rule? It seems like it was quoted a few times in the series as an excuse to try to kill someone but if it's an actual rule then why would Darth Tyranus, apprentice to Darth Sidious, ever be allowed to take an apprentice at all?", "c_root_id_A": "cfdq9oc", "c_root_id_B": "cfdpptb", "created_at_utc_A": 1392238317.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1392237272.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Okay, so the guys above have it kinda-sorta right. But there's other things to consider: First, Ventress wasn't Sith. She was a Dark Jedi who wanted to *be* Sith. Like Maul, she was basically getting the training without getting the *education*. Palpatine let Maul think he was a true Sith rather than just his assassin. Dooku made no illusions about Ventress not being Sith while still being his tool. (As another note, Dooku wasn't truly Sith either, merely a Dark Jedi with Sith trappings.) So you have that layer: That they're told what they are when they aren't. Dooku may have intended to turn Asajj into a true apprentice some day, but he wasn't planning on overthrowing Sidious any time soon. As for Palpatine, well. He considered the Rule of Two to be abolished, that he would be the last, the only, the eternal Sith Emperor. He didn't care about his so-called 'apprentices' having apprentices of their own, until they ceased to be useful. Such was the case of Starkiller, Ventress, Maul, etc. Starkiller killed the Jedi on his list, his usefulness was up. Ventress was losing too often, her usefulness was up. Savage gave Maul a reason to resist him, his usefulness was at an end. Maul, however, was still useful to him as the leader of the Mandalorians, just as Dooku was useful to him as the leader of the CIS.", "human_ref_B": "The Rule of Two is a guiding principle of the Sith, encouraging strength within their ancient order out of the interplay between one master and one apprentice. Of course, being Sith, they are often very willing to forgo the long-term benefits for short-term ones. Furthermore, even if the Rule of Two was a law among the Sith, who would punish the master? The apprentice(s)? It is their place to usurp their master when the time comes regardless.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1045.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "yse2ar", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Bleach] How did Aizen find out about the Soul King? Urahara says \"you saw, didn't you?\" as Aizen berates him for \"subjugating to that thing\" A) How did he find out B) How does Urahara know C) Why is it even kept secret in the first place", "c_root_id_A": "ivynxzd", "c_root_id_B": "ivyibfl", "created_at_utc_A": 1668183741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1668181449.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The books kind of expand on this. Effectively the system is kind of shit. The soul king is basically made from a dismembered captive and is held hostage to maintain the system that the soul societies houses set up. Hence why aizen refers to him as \"that thing\". The reality of the system and the cruelities of it are hidden to allow the soul society to maintain power and give the illusion of being the good guys. As far as the exact details of Aizen and Urahara knowing the soul king we don't have definitive answers. We know Urahara had been to the royal realm at least when he was young because his training center basically uses the same hot springs found. Aizen may have been around when they made the soul king or slipped in the back door once and saw him. Others think they both may have been born there and learned of the soul king that way. We don't really have definitive details on it. However, we can understand opinions and motivations. Aizen being as arrogant as he is would be unhappy to be held under the dominion of such an inferior being. Urahara would understand the system is shit but it maintains order and can be viewed as a necessary evil.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2292.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "smzck9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Dc Comics] In what ways does Solomon influence the power of Shazam? With the name Shazam being an acronym for the God's that empowers the form, I'm curious as to what ways specifically he gains or uses Solomon's wisdom. I'm looking for specific examples, but I'd be satisfied with generalities. I ask because I notice in pretty much every form of media Shazam and even Black Adam pretty much have their personalities unchanged in their ultra form. In fact, as I ask the question, I notice (power, stamina, and strength) all really seem like the same thing. In what ways would those be separated up?", "c_root_id_A": "hvzmvxg", "c_root_id_B": "hvzjj4a", "created_at_utc_A": 1644265625.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644264321.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Billy has frequently been shown to be a voice of reason. He says and does things that you wouldn't expect someone of his age to say and do. An example would be from the Justice League animated tv show. Superman tried to destroy the fusion reactor that Lex built and ended up fighting Captain Marvel, destroying much of the city. It was Captain Marvel who tried to get Superman to think things through and inspect the situation first. After the fight, Captain Marvel gives a speech about heroism and quits the league. A child of his age normally wouldn't be capable of keeping composure and being reasonable in these situations, that's the wisdom of Solomon at work. In the Injustice storyline he was also trying to be a voice of reason for the League under Superman. He thought that he would be able to limit Superman's tyranny by staying by his side and advising him (and fighting him if necessary).", "human_ref_B": "Solomon's Wisdom is something that Billy has to actively focus on, but when he does he can think quickly, clearly and draw off of incredible resources of knowledge. Hercules Strength is pretty straight forward, his ability to hit hard and lift heavy things. Atlas's Stamina is his invulnerability and endurance. Zeus's Power is more of the magical lightning. Achilles' Courage gives him a fighting spirit. Mercury's Speed is pretty straight forward. It's also his flight.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1304.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "smzck9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Dc Comics] In what ways does Solomon influence the power of Shazam? With the name Shazam being an acronym for the God's that empowers the form, I'm curious as to what ways specifically he gains or uses Solomon's wisdom. I'm looking for specific examples, but I'd be satisfied with generalities. I ask because I notice in pretty much every form of media Shazam and even Black Adam pretty much have their personalities unchanged in their ultra form. In fact, as I ask the question, I notice (power, stamina, and strength) all really seem like the same thing. In what ways would those be separated up?", "c_root_id_A": "hw0iby8", "c_root_id_B": "hw0xa74", "created_at_utc_A": 1644278247.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644284792.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The only specific example I recall was in Kingdom Come, where Superman gave him the choice to decide whether to let an enhanced nuke kill all the beings in a meta-armageddon battle. Power would be the things abuot Zeus that are not covered by the gifts of the other Gods. Lightning, but also things like authority and perhaps healing. He was head of the Pantheon so he had it in spades.", "human_ref_B": "The Wisdom of Solomon can grant Billy clearer reasoning, but that reasoning doesn't mean the decisions are easy. One of the tougher decisions he had to make took place during the time he spent with the JSA (pre-New-52). Billy and Stargirl began seeing each other in secret, but Jay Garrick was old enough and smart enough note the slight change in Captain Marvel's conduct whenever he was around Stargirl (also, Jakeem Thunder had dropped a few hints. And I don't care what lawsuit Disney won). Garrick confronted Captain Marvel about it. Having worked with other teams who treated him differently when they knew he was a kid, CM chose to leave the JSA and Stargirl. Stargirl begged him to turn back into Billy and think with Billy's heart instead of Solomon's wisdom, but CM knew that there was no middle ground that would allow him to keep his secret identity and still see Stargirl.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6545.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "30pwcq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC] The Flash is able to do many things which seem to violate the laws of physics thanks to the speedforce, is he able to selectively apply these violations? For example, if the Flash wanted to experience relativistic time dilation, would he be able to?", "c_root_id_A": "cpuo8h9", "c_root_id_B": "cpuor2e", "created_at_utc_A": 1427653705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427654703.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Barry and Wally have both messed with the temporal weirdness to some degree. I can't think of any time dilation exactly, but Wally once sped himself up to the point everyone was essentially frozen in time from his perspective.", "human_ref_B": "This is from TV Tropes >Early in volume 2 of The Flash, Wally West discovered a new trick with the aura that protects him from air friction. He can consciously remove it from objects he's carrying, thus exposing them to extreme heat. (This was of limited use against the robotic Kilgore, but still.) He hasn't used this much since, but it's a fine, rare example of a weaponized Required Secondary Power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 998.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "natkal", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[The Flash] How do the speedster and the team communicate via voicechat? Do they slow the voice down? Edit: sorry for bad English.", "c_root_id_A": "gxzbxce", "c_root_id_B": "gxyx1jj", "created_at_utc_A": 1620915912.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620908420.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He just talks at \"human\" speed, unless someone like Superman or another Speedster wants a private chat. I'm more wondering how anyone can talk during moving that fast and still keep a consistent signal.", "human_ref_B": "Barry just talks at normal speed while running at superspeed. His sound is probably also picked up through other means(throat vibrations) as the speed ofbthe aircurrent could distort his speech. As for the sound coming through his earpiece, it is capsulated in his mask. Same as if you are walking in a train at 6km/h, but the train is travelling at 200km/h. To you it feels normal to talk to others on the train because you are in a closed environment, but you would not be able to talk at 206km/h in the open air.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7492.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a452fm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DCU] How old is the Flash, mentally? I want to know how much time has passed, at a rough, ballpark estimate, from his perspective? I don't know whether his speed works by allowing him to travel between space to go great distances or whether he actually runs the whole way. I think I recall a scene where the Flash gets asked what he sees when he runs across a country and he replies that he sees everything and everyone. I have heard that in one battle with zoom he runs across the entire Earth. Not around it, actually across ALL of it. When he runs across the universe in a fraction of a second, how many minutes, hours, years have passed for him? When he uses Cyborg's computer, a machine that can respond to inputs in a fraction of a second, how long must he spend getting those \"instant\" results? How old is he really? I hope this question makes sense. Thanks.", "c_root_id_A": "ebbqkko", "c_root_id_B": "ebbnfi8", "created_at_utc_A": 1544228791.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1544226081.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "You know how we, ordinary humans, have short term memory and long term memory? You can walk to the store and be completely aware of things around you, but later remember, with your long term memory, only the important parts and not be bored out of your skull with the boring, unimportant memories. I suspect the flash has an extra level of memory. Super-short term memory, if you will. It would allow him to run for hours, from his point of view, but remember only the important bits. Does running for months around the world and remembering things in large and vague chunks, like \"I was in Poland\" make him much older mentally? Hmmm, I am not quite sure. I suspect maybe to an extent, but not stupidly much. Unles he is activelly learning something in speed mode, then he would mentally age the same amount of time he spent learning from his POV.", "human_ref_B": "I've been thinking about something similar, since both Flashes(Wally and Barry) remember their Post Crisis and Post Flashpoint lives how old are they?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2710.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gu5mm8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Silent hill] what exactly is silent hill?", "c_root_id_A": "fsgb0qh", "c_root_id_B": "fsgiui1", "created_at_utc_A": 1590954663.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1590958740.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "A closed space", "human_ref_B": "On the surface anyway, it's a declining tourist trap set somewhere in Maine. Prior to European colonization, natives believed the area now called Silent Hill to be a place of supernatural power, and regarded it as a holy site. An unidentified supernatural entity called the area home, and while it was not originally malevolent, the unending series of atrocities that occured in the Silent Hill area slowly corrupted the being. This entity responds to the thoughts and dreams of human beings, making them manifest. This is (probably) the actual explanation for all of the supernatural events in the town. Silent Hill is home to The Order, an apocalyptic cult that is trying to resurrect their deity, a being known as as Samael, the Holy Mother, and the Lord of Serpents and Reeds, and which may or may not be the entity that called this place home. The Order performs ritual human sacrifices, and kidnaps young women, impregnating them that Samel might be reborn. There are two realities that overlap our own: the Fog World, and the Otherworld. The Fog World is a near-exact replica of our own reality, though cloaked in perpetual fog and home to numerous monsters. The Otherworld is a hellish nightmare landscape. The veil between our world, the Fog World, and the Otherworld is thin in Silent Hill, allowing people to slip between the three realities, often unintentionally. Like the entity that originally called Silent Hill home, the Otherworld reacts to the psyche of humans, and twists reality, creating a waking nightmare. This leads some to equate the Otherworld with purgatory and/or hell: a place where people are punished for their sins. The Order believes that their God dells in the Otherworld, and their goal is to draw her from that place and into our reality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4077.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3h3sd8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Silent Hill] What would happen if a morally good person went to silent hill? Like someone whos never felt heart break, never done any bad deeds, never been in any trauma. Just someone who has had a good life and done good things? What would the town do to them?", "c_root_id_A": "cu42jn7", "c_root_id_B": "cu42hnj", "created_at_utc_A": 1439661919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439661809.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Well, depends on which version of Silent Hill we are talking about. Harry Mason didn't do a damn thing wrong before he took a drive past the town and he still got sucked into the whole thing. Ditto Henry Townshend, whose only crime was living in an apartment that held special meaning to a serial killer. You could argue that the same applies to Heather Mason, whose only \"crime\" or trauma is that she happened to be born there. Seems anyone can get stuck in Silent Hill if they aren't careful, through no fault of their own. James and the cast of SH2 are more the exception rather than the rule. And even they provide an example with Laura, who can't see the monsters or hellscape and doesn't seem to have any issue getting around the town at all. To her Silent Hill is just a foggy, conspicuously empty town.", "human_ref_B": "It will look for the their sole failure in life. It wont be as horrifying as others but will come up. Maybe they made a mistake in a test or something like that. Use that disappointment to make a silent hill", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 110.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g5a5yg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[dnd] divine magic is clear in definition enough, what does \u201carcane\u201d magic entail? Are there other types of magic? Divine magic is stuff that\u2019s related to, given by, or otherwise from natural elements. Basically nature or the gods. But arcane is a lot more vague. What is it? Is it man made magic? Or just magic created by intelligent creatures? What decides if something is arcane or divine? Besides these two are there any other types of magic or is everything a black/white type of thing?", "c_root_id_A": "fo4d39e", "c_root_id_B": "fo41rga", "created_at_utc_A": 1587502269.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587496716.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If we're talking strictly D&D Terminology, here's a possible answer: Magic is neither good nor evil, black nor white. Magic is a category of phenomena, the rules of causality breaking for one reason or another. Arcane Magic, specifically the sort that Wizards perform, is the application of proven methods that result in these phenomena. A Wizard collects some materials together, says some magic words, performs a gesture, and a magical phenomena occurs. From such a point of view, Arcane Magic is almost a scientific field, which is why not everyone can become a wizard. Sorcerers and Bards, who access a more limited range of magical phenomena, do so by applying their own proven methods. In the case of sorcerers, they tend to be very specifically good at one or two types of magic, and not much else. They're good at manipulating the magical phenomena they can produce, but their range of producible phenomena is more restrictive. Bards methods tend to revolve entirely around performance of some sort. Somehow, some way, they can do things similar to what Wizards can do almost innately. A wizard needs a bunch of ingredients and gestures and words to make the spell happen, which requires research and study and memorization and experimentation. Warlocks use arcane magic, but they use it in a similar manner to the way Divine casters do. Their magical ability is granted by an external source. That source gives them the knowledge and magical connection needed to produce their own limited range of magical phenomena.", "human_ref_B": "Arcane is more tied to the fabric of reality, finding loopholes in the laws of nature. Pulling the strings of gravity and thermodynamics, instead of calling the guy in charge directly. This is where you see some similarities to Alchemy, Artificers, and Craft Magic Item. (A Divine CMI is basically a cell phone to god.) Funnily enough, gods can cast *arcane* magic; many have \"lvl 20 wizard\" on their stat sheets. Basically, Arcane magic is what Odin sacrificed an eye for. There's also Psionics, manipulating the world with sheer brain juice. Nobody's sure where this came from, possibly a side effect of trying to understand the grappling rules...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5553.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mz6e1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[DC] As an alien with immense power, how is Superman regarded among divine pantheons (e.g. Olympians)? Is he regarded as a mortal, despite a strong possibility for immortality? Superman doesn't have divinity, despite his immense power; one of his key vulnerabilities is magic, after all. Or is he viewed as an equal to most divine beings? His power is definitely nothing to sneeze at, even if it requires yellow sun radiation (or blue/white for greater levels). Or is the fact that he is an alien, that completely unnerves divine pantheons? Something else, perhaps?", "c_root_id_A": "gvz07hc", "c_root_id_B": "gvyzs2j", "created_at_utc_A": 1619468985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619468791.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Think he's kind of a weirdo for not demanding any worship. If he did, though, that would make him the competition", "human_ref_B": "My knowledge of it is fuzzy, but I'm fairly certain that in the Injustice comic series, Superman has a... let's say \"kerfuffle\" with the Gods of Olypmus at one point. I'm sure their interaction wasn't positive, then again - this is full on authortarian Superman.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 194.0, "score_ratio": 1.65, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mz6e1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[DC] As an alien with immense power, how is Superman regarded among divine pantheons (e.g. Olympians)? Is he regarded as a mortal, despite a strong possibility for immortality? Superman doesn't have divinity, despite his immense power; one of his key vulnerabilities is magic, after all. Or is he viewed as an equal to most divine beings? His power is definitely nothing to sneeze at, even if it requires yellow sun radiation (or blue/white for greater levels). Or is the fact that he is an alien, that completely unnerves divine pantheons? Something else, perhaps?", "c_root_id_A": "gvz8btc", "c_root_id_B": "gvzxabv", "created_at_utc_A": 1619472558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619484722.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "In New 52, when Apollo confronted Diana, Wonder Woman, about her dating Superman, he was disgusted. He doesn't really consider Superman as a individual but rather as ''some sort of thing'' from space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMOPR6sq8mU", "human_ref_B": "Superman is powerful. Many of the Gods on the lower end of the pantheon will admit he's more powerful than them. But Godhood involves something specific in the soul, which Superman doesn't have. If he was anything other than a good country boy Christian, he could incarnate after his death. Wonder Woman, for instance, might become a Hellenic goddess upon her death. But the Silver City doesn't allow that sort of thing for their worshippers. New Gods seem to get something similar from their close contact with the Source too, so if Superman could do that, he could likely become the New God of Hope. But he wouldn't.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12164.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mz6e1g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[DC] As an alien with immense power, how is Superman regarded among divine pantheons (e.g. Olympians)? Is he regarded as a mortal, despite a strong possibility for immortality? Superman doesn't have divinity, despite his immense power; one of his key vulnerabilities is magic, after all. Or is he viewed as an equal to most divine beings? His power is definitely nothing to sneeze at, even if it requires yellow sun radiation (or blue/white for greater levels). Or is the fact that he is an alien, that completely unnerves divine pantheons? Something else, perhaps?", "c_root_id_A": "gvzbd7t", "c_root_id_B": "gvzxabv", "created_at_utc_A": 1619473935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619484722.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "From what I've seen in this interactions with the new gods and Greek gods, they treat him like some upstart that doesn't know his place. They're galled by his lack of reverence and still consider him lesser, but also acknowledge that he's a threat and often do show respect for his power. Kinda like how racists think of other races as a lesser species, but also know that the \"lesser species\" can often be physically more fit.", "human_ref_B": "Superman is powerful. Many of the Gods on the lower end of the pantheon will admit he's more powerful than them. But Godhood involves something specific in the soul, which Superman doesn't have. If he was anything other than a good country boy Christian, he could incarnate after his death. Wonder Woman, for instance, might become a Hellenic goddess upon her death. But the Silver City doesn't allow that sort of thing for their worshippers. New Gods seem to get something similar from their close contact with the Source too, so if Superman could do that, he could likely become the New God of Hope. But he wouldn't.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10787.0, "score_ratio": 1.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5hq1q3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Greek Mythology] The Trojan War was caused by a dispute between Aphrodite, Hera and Athena. How did the gods influence/cause other major wars throughout history?", "c_root_id_A": "db23ym8", "c_root_id_B": "db24hgb", "created_at_utc_A": 1481469208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481470158.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 82, "human_ref_A": "WW2 was a battle between the Allies (the sons and daughters of Zeus and Poseidon) and the axis powers (the sons and daughters of Hades). This lead to a pact between the three gods afterwards to never have children again, as they were too powerful. (I highly recommend the Percy Jackson series).", "human_ref_B": "Elohim made Assyria invade Judea because he didn't think the Jews there were being Jewy enough.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 950.0, "score_ratio": 1.2424242424, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhbqok", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[D&D/Forgotten Realms] What are Elf families like? So let's say you live for a few hundred years, maybe even a thousand. That's got to have some interesting implication for family, right? A couple might get married at 200 years, but then they've got a few hundred years to have kids, that's a lot of kids, or do Elves generally not have large extended families? Do Elves even marry? I know the idea of a 1000 year long romance is dreamy, but can elves put up with the same partner for hundreds of years? What about grandchildren? For humans most people only ever meet their great grandparents, if that - but do elves have huge family reunions with tens of generations coming together?", "c_root_id_A": "fw9hj3x", "c_root_id_B": "fw94uou", "created_at_utc_A": 1593350262.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593338635.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Elves make fewer kids than Humans. An elven couple may be married for 600 years and make 2 or 3 kids during that time. Part of it is because they don't have the same biological drive to make kids as humans. And partly because they want to keep their population low and give each elf a quality life. Elves do marry iirc, but they may court or flirt for decades or even hundreds of years before they tie the knot.", "human_ref_B": "Drizzt's family of dark elves was two generations deep and he had 3 siblings", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11627.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "adkw2x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[DC] Who are the best examples of Chaotic, Neutral and Lawful good/neutral/evil? And why", "c_root_id_A": "edi0ut2", "c_root_id_B": "edhx14s", "created_at_utc_A": 1546890942.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546888914.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Alignment| Lawful| Neutral| Chaotic| ---|---|----|----|----|---- Good| Batman/John Stewart| Wonder Woman/Superman| Zatanna| Neutral| Dr. Fate/The Guardians of Oa| Swamp Thing| Jason Todd/Constantine| Evil| Sinestro/Captain Cold| Black Hand/Darkseid| The Joker/Lobo|", "human_ref_B": "My D&D skills aren't very good but seeing nobody else has answered, I'll take a stab Lawful Good: Superman Neutral Good: Batman Chaotic Good: Silver Age Superman or Flash maybe. Lawful Neutral: James Gordon True Neutral: The Presence Chaotic Neutral: Harley Quinn Lawful Evil: Lex Luthor Neutral Evil: Vandal Savage or Darkseid Chaotic Evil: Anti-Monitor or Joker", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2028.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "370amt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars]From what planet or place did the Human[ish] race originate from? Are all them even part of the same species? I'm talking about the race that Leia, Han, Lando, Obi-Wan, Mace, are from. They seem to be everywhere from running Naboo, and populating Tatooine. BTW, are all of the conscripted stormtroopers these types of folk?", "c_root_id_A": "crilpa4", "c_root_id_B": "crilptg", "created_at_utc_A": 1432404988.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432405022.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 68, "human_ref_A": "According to the wiki: >(...) The origin and early history of Humans was lost to their scientists in the depths of millennia. Whatever the original homeworld was, it was universally accepted that Humans evolved on one of the Core Worlds near the galaxy's center. >According to an inscription found by archaeologists Dr. Ualp Xathan and Fem Nu-Ar on Seoul 5 around 4 ABY, Humans originated on the planet Notron, an archaic name for Coruscant. On the other hand: >Coruscant's ground had been several kilometers below its inhabitants' feet for millennia, with the lowest depths of its planet-wide city dating back to 100,000 BBY. Thus, it was impossible to carry out the historical study and archaeological research on the planet's prehistory necessary to prove or to disprove that theory. In addition, Coruscant's natural climate was said to be too cold to support Human life. And: >During the Jedi Civil War, the Jedi Revan discovered evidence in the oral traditions of the Sand People on Tatooine that the human species may have originated as slaves taken from that planet by the Rakata, the Sand People being the genetically distinct species that evolved from those who were left behind. In short: It's been too long, so nobody really knows for certain. And yes, all humans are part of the same species because they all can produce fertile offspring.", "human_ref_B": "It isn't known for sure what planet Humans originated on, but the most likely planet is actually Coruscant. It's very hard to do any conclusive study because of how far down the planet's surface is, but the current leading theory is that there were two near-human or human tribes on Coruscant (then called Notron) over 100,000 years ago, the Zhell and the Taung. After quite a bit of war, the Zhell drove the Taung off the planet and started building the massive city that now covers the entire planet, while the Taung became nomadic and founded the Mandalorian clans. Also, Stormtroopers are all human as far as I know. There might be a handful of exceptional near-humans in the ranks somewhere as the Stormtrooper Corps recruits the best of the best and isn't stupid, but it's not enough to make a real difference.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34.0, "score_ratio": 2.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "370amt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars]From what planet or place did the Human[ish] race originate from? Are all them even part of the same species? I'm talking about the race that Leia, Han, Lando, Obi-Wan, Mace, are from. They seem to be everywhere from running Naboo, and populating Tatooine. BTW, are all of the conscripted stormtroopers these types of folk?", "c_root_id_A": "crilptg", "c_root_id_B": "crilm5k", "created_at_utc_A": 1432405022.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432404804.0, "score_A": 68, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It isn't known for sure what planet Humans originated on, but the most likely planet is actually Coruscant. It's very hard to do any conclusive study because of how far down the planet's surface is, but the current leading theory is that there were two near-human or human tribes on Coruscant (then called Notron) over 100,000 years ago, the Zhell and the Taung. After quite a bit of war, the Zhell drove the Taung off the planet and started building the massive city that now covers the entire planet, while the Taung became nomadic and founded the Mandalorian clans. Also, Stormtroopers are all human as far as I know. There might be a handful of exceptional near-humans in the ranks somewhere as the Stormtrooper Corps recruits the best of the best and isn't stupid, but it's not enough to make a real difference.", "human_ref_B": "People don't really know. Many planets have different claims to being the original homes of Humans, but none have been confirmed. The working theory is that Humans developed a prehistoric way of travel and spread across the stars. Stormtroopers are all humans and clones, so yes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 218.0, "score_ratio": 6.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "370amt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars]From what planet or place did the Human[ish] race originate from? Are all them even part of the same species? I'm talking about the race that Leia, Han, Lando, Obi-Wan, Mace, are from. They seem to be everywhere from running Naboo, and populating Tatooine. BTW, are all of the conscripted stormtroopers these types of folk?", "c_root_id_A": "crilo4x", "c_root_id_B": "crilptg", "created_at_utc_A": 1432404920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432405022.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 68, "human_ref_A": "Probably some of the core worlds.", "human_ref_B": "It isn't known for sure what planet Humans originated on, but the most likely planet is actually Coruscant. It's very hard to do any conclusive study because of how far down the planet's surface is, but the current leading theory is that there were two near-human or human tribes on Coruscant (then called Notron) over 100,000 years ago, the Zhell and the Taung. After quite a bit of war, the Zhell drove the Taung off the planet and started building the massive city that now covers the entire planet, while the Taung became nomadic and founded the Mandalorian clans. Also, Stormtroopers are all human as far as I know. There might be a handful of exceptional near-humans in the ranks somewhere as the Stormtrooper Corps recruits the best of the best and isn't stupid, but it's not enough to make a real difference.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 102.0, "score_ratio": 22.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "370amt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars]From what planet or place did the Human[ish] race originate from? Are all them even part of the same species? I'm talking about the race that Leia, Han, Lando, Obi-Wan, Mace, are from. They seem to be everywhere from running Naboo, and populating Tatooine. BTW, are all of the conscripted stormtroopers these types of folk?", "c_root_id_A": "crilpa4", "c_root_id_B": "crilm5k", "created_at_utc_A": 1432404988.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432404804.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "According to the wiki: >(...) The origin and early history of Humans was lost to their scientists in the depths of millennia. Whatever the original homeworld was, it was universally accepted that Humans evolved on one of the Core Worlds near the galaxy's center. >According to an inscription found by archaeologists Dr. Ualp Xathan and Fem Nu-Ar on Seoul 5 around 4 ABY, Humans originated on the planet Notron, an archaic name for Coruscant. On the other hand: >Coruscant's ground had been several kilometers below its inhabitants' feet for millennia, with the lowest depths of its planet-wide city dating back to 100,000 BBY. Thus, it was impossible to carry out the historical study and archaeological research on the planet's prehistory necessary to prove or to disprove that theory. In addition, Coruscant's natural climate was said to be too cold to support Human life. And: >During the Jedi Civil War, the Jedi Revan discovered evidence in the oral traditions of the Sand People on Tatooine that the human species may have originated as slaves taken from that planet by the Rakata, the Sand People being the genetically distinct species that evolved from those who were left behind. In short: It's been too long, so nobody really knows for certain. And yes, all humans are part of the same species because they all can produce fertile offspring.", "human_ref_B": "People don't really know. Many planets have different claims to being the original homes of Humans, but none have been confirmed. The working theory is that Humans developed a prehistoric way of travel and spread across the stars. Stormtroopers are all humans and clones, so yes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 184.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "370amt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars]From what planet or place did the Human[ish] race originate from? Are all them even part of the same species? I'm talking about the race that Leia, Han, Lando, Obi-Wan, Mace, are from. They seem to be everywhere from running Naboo, and populating Tatooine. BTW, are all of the conscripted stormtroopers these types of folk?", "c_root_id_A": "crilo4x", "c_root_id_B": "crilpa4", "created_at_utc_A": 1432404920.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432404988.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Probably some of the core worlds.", "human_ref_B": "According to the wiki: >(...) The origin and early history of Humans was lost to their scientists in the depths of millennia. Whatever the original homeworld was, it was universally accepted that Humans evolved on one of the Core Worlds near the galaxy's center. >According to an inscription found by archaeologists Dr. Ualp Xathan and Fem Nu-Ar on Seoul 5 around 4 ABY, Humans originated on the planet Notron, an archaic name for Coruscant. On the other hand: >Coruscant's ground had been several kilometers below its inhabitants' feet for millennia, with the lowest depths of its planet-wide city dating back to 100,000 BBY. Thus, it was impossible to carry out the historical study and archaeological research on the planet's prehistory necessary to prove or to disprove that theory. In addition, Coruscant's natural climate was said to be too cold to support Human life. And: >During the Jedi Civil War, the Jedi Revan discovered evidence in the oral traditions of the Sand People on Tatooine that the human species may have originated as slaves taken from that planet by the Rakata, the Sand People being the genetically distinct species that evolved from those who were left behind. In short: It's been too long, so nobody really knows for certain. And yes, all humans are part of the same species because they all can produce fertile offspring.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 68.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3sl6s9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[WH40K] You have one Space Marine and a single-use time machine. You opened your closet this morning and found a time machine (also good for travel through space during that one trip) with a single use left. You also found a Space Marine in your garage. He says that the God Emperor sent him to you to do your bidding. Whatever you want and whenever you want. What's your plan?", "c_root_id_A": "cwygctk", "c_root_id_B": "cwyd99e", "created_at_utc_A": 1447381455.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447376287.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "All of you are thinking on a very small scale. I go back in time to just a year or two before Genghis Khan becomes the warlord we all know from history. I tell Steve (I'm naming the Space Marine) to kill Genghis Khan before he becomes the conqueror he's fated to be. A bunch of stuff happens. 1) Asian genetics are changed noticeably. Something like 8-10% of Asian males (.5% of the total male population on Earth) have Y-chromosomal lineage that can be traced to Genghis Khan, so we can guess roughly as many females share that lineage as well. 2) The Mongol hordes burned libraries, record centers, and culturally significant buildings and depositories in their conquests of Western and Southwest Asia. With Genghis Khan dead, all of the knowledge held there survives and contributes to human growth and understanding world-wide. 3) It's really fucking cool to watch Steve butcher the Mongol hordes using a stick and some rocks.", "human_ref_B": "I would send him directly to the traitor Horus, years before the heresy. If he could be shown the scope of his failure then perhaps he would have seen through the lies of the heretic Lorgar.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5168.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3sl6s9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[WH40K] You have one Space Marine and a single-use time machine. You opened your closet this morning and found a time machine (also good for travel through space during that one trip) with a single use left. You also found a Space Marine in your garage. He says that the God Emperor sent him to you to do your bidding. Whatever you want and whenever you want. What's your plan?", "c_root_id_A": "cwy99ul", "c_root_id_B": "cwygctk", "created_at_utc_A": 1447369788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447381455.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Teleport to Pokemon-world, use Bill's transforming machine (that turns him into a Pokemon in RBY) to put my mind in the Space Marine body. Spend the rest of my days fucking up Pokemon.", "human_ref_B": "All of you are thinking on a very small scale. I go back in time to just a year or two before Genghis Khan becomes the warlord we all know from history. I tell Steve (I'm naming the Space Marine) to kill Genghis Khan before he becomes the conqueror he's fated to be. A bunch of stuff happens. 1) Asian genetics are changed noticeably. Something like 8-10% of Asian males (.5% of the total male population on Earth) have Y-chromosomal lineage that can be traced to Genghis Khan, so we can guess roughly as many females share that lineage as well. 2) The Mongol hordes burned libraries, record centers, and culturally significant buildings and depositories in their conquests of Western and Southwest Asia. With Genghis Khan dead, all of the knowledge held there survives and contributes to human growth and understanding world-wide. 3) It's really fucking cool to watch Steve butcher the Mongol hordes using a stick and some rocks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11667.0, "score_ratio": 3.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3sl6s9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[WH40K] You have one Space Marine and a single-use time machine. You opened your closet this morning and found a time machine (also good for travel through space during that one trip) with a single use left. You also found a Space Marine in your garage. He says that the God Emperor sent him to you to do your bidding. Whatever you want and whenever you want. What's your plan?", "c_root_id_A": "cwyd99e", "c_root_id_B": "cwy99ul", "created_at_utc_A": 1447376287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447369788.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I would send him directly to the traitor Horus, years before the heresy. If he could be shown the scope of his failure then perhaps he would have seen through the lies of the heretic Lorgar.", "human_ref_B": "Teleport to Pokemon-world, use Bill's transforming machine (that turns him into a Pokemon in RBY) to put my mind in the Space Marine body. Spend the rest of my days fucking up Pokemon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6499.0, "score_ratio": 1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3sl6s9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[WH40K] You have one Space Marine and a single-use time machine. You opened your closet this morning and found a time machine (also good for travel through space during that one trip) with a single use left. You also found a Space Marine in your garage. He says that the God Emperor sent him to you to do your bidding. Whatever you want and whenever you want. What's your plan?", "c_root_id_A": "cwyq0cp", "c_root_id_B": "cwysqhp", "created_at_utc_A": 1447404086.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447416333.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Send him to the high Eldar empire. Perhaps they can prevent Slannish...", "human_ref_B": "I don't want to destroy time so I'd say I have him go back and buy me the most recent but highest payout lottery ticket I know the winning numbers of. If it's recent enough, I'll only change the future and not the past, something I can do on my own anyway. After that I'll keep him around John Connor style and have him set to just pal around with me. If the emperor truly demands his doing my bidding, then maybe... Maybe a spacejob.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12247.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9jpr5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[WH40K] Can Dead be Revived from Warp? Is that possible?", "c_root_id_A": "e6td3vw", "c_root_id_B": "e6tcvem", "created_at_utc_A": 1538163497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1538163299.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Yup, Erebus brings the Cholchisian Confessor Cyrene back from the dead in a ritual at the behest of Argal Tal (Kharn was there too, I think). She's utterly traumatized from the process, but is more or less intact (in fact, she regains her sight upon revival, after being blind for most of her life). So while it is thoroughly possible, the circumstances required are extremely particular. The subject would need to have a soul of exceptional strength and purity, to avoid dissipating into the warp upon death. Additionally, the summoner would need to have an exceptional knowledge of some of the most potent Chaos sorcery. A lot of cultists and lesser sorcerers attempt this, but they often don't bring back exactly what they intended.", "human_ref_B": "I'm just spit balling here, but I'm pretty sure you're gonna end up pulling a daemon like in Pet Semetary (yeah that's the right spelling). Maybe back when the Warp was calm enough for human Shamans to reincarnate, but if you *really* wanted to now I think you'd have to be incredibly quick. I would never count on it without The Emperor himself getting involved. I *really* think you're gonna summon a daemon simulacrum, even if you get a friendly copy of your chosen.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 198.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9jpr5e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[WH40K] Can Dead be Revived from Warp? Is that possible?", "c_root_id_A": "e6tcvem", "c_root_id_B": "e6teli6", "created_at_utc_A": 1538163299.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1538164762.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I'm just spit balling here, but I'm pretty sure you're gonna end up pulling a daemon like in Pet Semetary (yeah that's the right spelling). Maybe back when the Warp was calm enough for human Shamans to reincarnate, but if you *really* wanted to now I think you'd have to be incredibly quick. I would never count on it without The Emperor himself getting involved. I *really* think you're gonna summon a daemon simulacrum, even if you get a friendly copy of your chosen.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, that is exactly why corpse E decided to destroy the soul of Horus. As long as your soul is intact and you\u2019re and important enough person then you\u2019re followers can revive albeit at a heavy cost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1463.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "77rnib", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] When the Alliance captured Imperials, did they a) give them intimidating interrogations, b) torture them when absolutely necessary, or c) torture almost every captive?", "c_root_id_A": "doo6shz", "c_root_id_B": "doo6rip", "created_at_utc_A": 1508564895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508564830.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "It would depend on the imperial, because torturing a stormtrooper or someone of similar low rank would just be sadism. The most likely imperial the Alliance would capture is someone of low rank, and in the Empire these soldiers know absolutely nothing about anything that doesn\u2019t apply directly to them. Because of that any interrogations would most likely be torture free unless the interrogator is feeling particularly brutal. Now the occasions where the Rebels capture an Imperial who does have some useful information they\u2019d be a lot harsher. People like Bail Organa or Mon Mothma would never approve the use of torture but the other more militant commanders definitely would if it got them the intel they wanted. So probably the answer you\u2019re looking for is b) torture them when absolutely necessary", "human_ref_B": "The Alliance seems to have frowned on torture. It was a point of disagreement between Mon Mothma's cells and Saw Gerrera's partisans.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 65.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqp7nmo", "c_root_id_B": "cqp5nxl", "created_at_utc_A": 1430060984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430056233.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "I think the closest this came in canon was when one TARDIS landed inside another, causing them both to be destroyed. At a best guess, the TARDIS would try to dodge the issue by not falling.", "human_ref_B": "This) (and this))?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4751.0, "score_ratio": 1.7857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqp4uqu", "c_root_id_B": "cqp7nmo", "created_at_utc_A": 1430053917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430060984.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "It would probably start rotating like a tesseract. Who knows how the TARDIS works! It could be a multidimensional object, so further testing would be needed.", "human_ref_B": "I think the closest this came in canon was when one TARDIS landed inside another, causing them both to be destroyed. At a best guess, the TARDIS would try to dodge the issue by not falling.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7067.0, "score_ratio": 2.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqp5nxl", "c_root_id_B": "cqp4uqu", "created_at_utc_A": 1430056233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430053917.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "This) (and this))?", "human_ref_B": "It would probably start rotating like a tesseract. Who knows how the TARDIS works! It could be a multidimensional object, so further testing would be needed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2316.0, "score_ratio": 1.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqp4uqu", "c_root_id_B": "cqp9uct", "created_at_utc_A": 1430053917.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430065413.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It would probably start rotating like a tesseract. Who knows how the TARDIS works! It could be a multidimensional object, so further testing would be needed.", "human_ref_B": "The TARDIS can physically be inside itself, but it's a bad idea and tends to lead to some space-time weirdness. I'd recommend getting it out before the portals collapse or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11496.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqp7nyb", "c_root_id_B": "cqp9uct", "created_at_utc_A": 1430061002.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430065413.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "It'd just be a door, yeah? Except the Tardis would probably have anti-burgulary-via-portal abilities.", "human_ref_B": "The TARDIS can physically be inside itself, but it's a bad idea and tends to lead to some space-time weirdness. I'd recommend getting it out before the portals collapse or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4411.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpafaf", "c_root_id_B": "cqp7nyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1430066519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430061002.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I like to think it could go inside itself because the space inside itself is not really here nor there. The inside of the TARDIS is not really a space inside of a box so much as it is a box that connects to a space that is inside of nothing. I believe (correct me if I am wrong) there are instances in which the extra dimensional \"bigger on the inside\" effect was removed and we see that it really is just a box. I like to think the TARDIS would get trapped inside of itself. Now you may be saying \"but s2514 then what happens if you go in the TARDIS inside of the space that was in the TARDIS? Remember how I said the TARDIS is not a space inside a box so much as a box that connects to a space? If you opened the TARDIS inside of itself you would simply be opening a door to the entrance of the room you were just in. Edit: Think of it like this: The entrance to your room is now a portal. The entrance to that portal is now your closet door. What happens when you open your closet door and walk through? You simply enter the same room you were just in from the entrance. The next question is \"can the TARDIS get back *out*\" and to that I honestly don't know... I would like to think it could just warp out of itself but I'm not sure.", "human_ref_B": "It'd just be a door, yeah? Except the Tardis would probably have anti-burgulary-via-portal abilities.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5517.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpafaf", "c_root_id_B": "cqp9vx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1430066519.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430065499.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I like to think it could go inside itself because the space inside itself is not really here nor there. The inside of the TARDIS is not really a space inside of a box so much as it is a box that connects to a space that is inside of nothing. I believe (correct me if I am wrong) there are instances in which the extra dimensional \"bigger on the inside\" effect was removed and we see that it really is just a box. I like to think the TARDIS would get trapped inside of itself. Now you may be saying \"but s2514 then what happens if you go in the TARDIS inside of the space that was in the TARDIS? Remember how I said the TARDIS is not a space inside a box so much as a box that connects to a space? If you opened the TARDIS inside of itself you would simply be opening a door to the entrance of the room you were just in. Edit: Think of it like this: The entrance to your room is now a portal. The entrance to that portal is now your closet door. What happens when you open your closet door and walk through? You simply enter the same room you were just in from the entrance. The next question is \"can the TARDIS get back *out*\" and to that I honestly don't know... I would like to think it could just warp out of itself but I'm not sure.", "human_ref_B": "Some wibbly wobbly, timey winny, stuff happens.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1020.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpgw30", "c_root_id_B": "cqp9vx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1430077936.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430065499.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depending on whether he's switched it on or not, the HADS activates and moves the TARDIS exterior somewhere safe. I'm not sure the interior contains surfaces suitable for creating portals on, though.", "human_ref_B": "Some wibbly wobbly, timey winny, stuff happens.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12437.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpgw30", "c_root_id_B": "cqpb19b", "created_at_utc_A": 1430077936.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430067641.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depending on whether he's switched it on or not, the HADS activates and moves the TARDIS exterior somewhere safe. I'm not sure the interior contains surfaces suitable for creating portals on, though.", "human_ref_B": "The Doctor shows up and smacks the paradox out of you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10295.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpgwk1", "c_root_id_B": "cqp9vx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1430077959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430065499.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It depends whether the Orange portal is on the ceiling, floor or a wall of the Tardis. If the Orange Portal is on the ceiling, the Police Box will be seen to fall through it, and land with a loud bang on the floor. Exiting the Tardis will cause you to re-enter the Tardis, as in the minisode Space. Anyone falling through the blue portal will land on the Police Box within the Tardis. Anyone climbing up through the Orange Portal will find themselves in the Tardis' previous location. If the Orange Portal is on the Wall, the Police Box will be seen to shoot out of it base-first, and land on its back as we saw at the beginning of the Eleventh Hour. If you were to open the Tardis Front Door, you would see the ceiling of the Tardis. If you walked through the Orange Portal, you would be at the Tardis' previous location. If the Orange Portal is on the floor, the Tardis would be see to rise up through it upside down, climb upwards at some speed before gravity catches it again and it is pulled downwards back towards the orange portal. If the ceiling is low, the base may even hit the ceiling giving it some bounce back. The Police Box will then fall back through the Orange Portal, rising upwards through the corresponding portal a short difference. It will bounce back and forth between these few locations a few times, gradually slowing down until it is caught halfway, with the bottom half upside down in the Tardis and the top half the right-way-up at its previous location.", "human_ref_B": "Some wibbly wobbly, timey winny, stuff happens.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12460.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpb19b", "c_root_id_B": "cqpgwk1", "created_at_utc_A": 1430067641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430077959.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Doctor shows up and smacks the paradox out of you.", "human_ref_B": "It depends whether the Orange portal is on the ceiling, floor or a wall of the Tardis. If the Orange Portal is on the ceiling, the Police Box will be seen to fall through it, and land with a loud bang on the floor. Exiting the Tardis will cause you to re-enter the Tardis, as in the minisode Space. Anyone falling through the blue portal will land on the Police Box within the Tardis. Anyone climbing up through the Orange Portal will find themselves in the Tardis' previous location. If the Orange Portal is on the Wall, the Police Box will be seen to shoot out of it base-first, and land on its back as we saw at the beginning of the Eleventh Hour. If you were to open the Tardis Front Door, you would see the ceiling of the Tardis. If you walked through the Orange Portal, you would be at the Tardis' previous location. If the Orange Portal is on the floor, the Tardis would be see to rise up through it upside down, climb upwards at some speed before gravity catches it again and it is pulled downwards back towards the orange portal. If the ceiling is low, the base may even hit the ceiling giving it some bounce back. The Police Box will then fall back through the Orange Portal, rising upwards through the corresponding portal a short difference. It will bounce back and forth between these few locations a few times, gradually slowing down until it is caught halfway, with the bottom half upside down in the Tardis and the top half the right-way-up at its previous location.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10318.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqp9vx8", "c_root_id_B": "cqpi3jm", "created_at_utc_A": 1430065499.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430080040.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Some wibbly wobbly, timey winny, stuff happens.", "human_ref_B": "You would end up with your TARDIS inside your TARDIS. This is not usually a good thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14541.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpi3jm", "c_root_id_B": "cqpb19b", "created_at_utc_A": 1430080040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430067641.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You would end up with your TARDIS inside your TARDIS. This is not usually a good thing.", "human_ref_B": "The Doctor shows up and smacks the paradox out of you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12399.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqp9vx8", "c_root_id_B": "cqpqfnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1430065499.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430095044.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Some wibbly wobbly, timey winny, stuff happens.", "human_ref_B": "Portal questions are always strange because, quite honestly, the portals themselves are quite fragile. Most paradoxial questions regarding portals have a single answer: Portal collapses. Shoot, placing a portal on a moving object often causes the portal to collapse. Trying to send a portal through another portal (or inside a pocket dimension that is in turn put through a portal) would most definitely cause it to collapse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29545.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpb19b", "c_root_id_B": "cqpqfnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1430067641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430095044.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Doctor shows up and smacks the paradox out of you.", "human_ref_B": "Portal questions are always strange because, quite honestly, the portals themselves are quite fragile. Most paradoxial questions regarding portals have a single answer: Portal collapses. Shoot, placing a portal on a moving object often causes the portal to collapse. Trying to send a portal through another portal (or inside a pocket dimension that is in turn put through a portal) would most definitely cause it to collapse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27403.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpng04", "c_root_id_B": "cqpqfnc", "created_at_utc_A": 1430089572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430095044.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Are you presupposing you'd force the TARDIS through the blue portals somehow? It's not like it would just fall, it's fixed to a specific time-space location.", "human_ref_B": "Portal questions are always strange because, quite honestly, the portals themselves are quite fragile. Most paradoxial questions regarding portals have a single answer: Portal collapses. Shoot, placing a portal on a moving object often causes the portal to collapse. Trying to send a portal through another portal (or inside a pocket dimension that is in turn put through a portal) would most definitely cause it to collapse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5472.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpqfnc", "c_root_id_B": "cqpoyt7", "created_at_utc_A": 1430095044.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430092378.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Portal questions are always strange because, quite honestly, the portals themselves are quite fragile. Most paradoxial questions regarding portals have a single answer: Portal collapses. Shoot, placing a portal on a moving object often causes the portal to collapse. Trying to send a portal through another portal (or inside a pocket dimension that is in turn put through a portal) would most definitely cause it to collapse.", "human_ref_B": "wouldn't you create the same problem with just a regular box ?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2666.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqx5jad", "c_root_id_B": "cqp9vx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1430679672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430065499.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't know exactly what happened, considering I suffered massive trauma that day, but it sounded like: \"Zipbbbrrrrzzzrrtt CRASH... SNAP!!!... Bzzzrt DAK DAK DAK DAK DAK. BOOM\"", "human_ref_B": "Some wibbly wobbly, timey winny, stuff happens.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 614173.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqx5jad", "c_root_id_B": "cqpb19b", "created_at_utc_A": 1430679672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430067641.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't know exactly what happened, considering I suffered massive trauma that day, but it sounded like: \"Zipbbbrrrrzzzrrtt CRASH... SNAP!!!... Bzzzrt DAK DAK DAK DAK DAK. BOOM\"", "human_ref_B": "The Doctor shows up and smacks the paradox out of you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 612031.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpng04", "c_root_id_B": "cqx5jad", "created_at_utc_A": 1430089572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430679672.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Are you presupposing you'd force the TARDIS through the blue portals somehow? It's not like it would just fall, it's fixed to a specific time-space location.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know exactly what happened, considering I suffered massive trauma that day, but it sounded like: \"Zipbbbrrrrzzzrrtt CRASH... SNAP!!!... Bzzzrt DAK DAK DAK DAK DAK. BOOM\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 590100.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqpoyt7", "c_root_id_B": "cqx5jad", "created_at_utc_A": 1430092378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430679672.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "wouldn't you create the same problem with just a regular box ?", "human_ref_B": "I don't know exactly what happened, considering I suffered massive trauma that day, but it sounded like: \"Zipbbbrrrrzzzrrtt CRASH... SNAP!!!... Bzzzrt DAK DAK DAK DAK DAK. BOOM\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 587294.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "33wzac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Doctor Who / Portal] What would happen if you opened a blue portal under a TARDIS and the corresponding orange portal inside it?", "c_root_id_A": "cqx5jad", "c_root_id_B": "cqq5bi1", "created_at_utc_A": 1430679672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430136351.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I don't know exactly what happened, considering I suffered massive trauma that day, but it sounded like: \"Zipbbbrrrrzzzrrtt CRASH... SNAP!!!... Bzzzrt DAK DAK DAK DAK DAK. BOOM\"", "human_ref_B": "The tardis be to big to fot through so nothingf happens", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 543321.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4v4uf0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[WH40K] I think the Hero of the Imperium may be a heretic... At least, if I've done half the stuff he's done, I'd probably be dead. Apparently he not only stopped the Emperor's finest from exterminating Tau scum, but he used humans to protect them. He also apparently *talked* to them, and the cannibalistic kroot. Any red-blooded human would put a bullet in their head by mere instinct, but Cain negotiates. How is the commissar able to get away with such flagrant disregard for the Imperial Creed without repercussions?", "c_root_id_A": "d5w2onq", "c_root_id_B": "d5w6ur2", "created_at_utc_A": 1469810433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469815734.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "While the Emperor commands that the xenos be avoided and eradicated, there are strategic realities that must be considered. Commissar Cain took advantage of the Tau's foolish adherence to diplomatic unfeasibilities, thus granting the human colony the time it needs to wait for sufficient reinforcements. For while the Emperor would have smiled upon the human colonists even as they threw their lives away for the ideal of a world purged of Xenos, it is also said that He helps those that help themselves. Biding time is an appropriate strategy. Further, Commissar Cain's upbringing in the Schola Progenum as well as his tutelage in the Commissariat gives his mind the appropriate steel to interact with Xenos in limited circumstances.", "human_ref_B": "All of the things you described were done at the command of both a lord general and an inquisitor. Are you suggesting that both a vaunted inquisitor and an esteemed lord general are corrupt?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5301.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zbj7h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Terminator/The Culture]. What would the Minds do if they encountered Earth after Skynet nuked the planet? Would they leave Skynet alone and allow it to continue the war against humanity? Or intervene in some manner?", "c_root_id_A": "dumt1ky", "c_root_id_B": "dumtn6c", "created_at_utc_A": 1519269037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519269728.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "Probably reason with it they could probably logically talk it into to being less murdery being machines themselves, if not forcable reprogram it they would treat it similar to a hemoginizing swam", "human_ref_B": "They would intervene. The Culture doesn't have a prime directive or no-contact policy. It doesn't interfere too much or go around handing out advanced technology to young civilizations like candy, but it will often go out of its way to prevent unnecessary large scale death and suffering, even if that requires manipulation or espionage. An example would be the events of Player of Games. The Azad Empire was cruel, sadistic, and expanding, so the Culture toppled it. Not with military force mind you, but subtly enough that their main agent didn't even realize that's what he was doing, and with a method that represented the metaphorical triumph of the Culture's way of thinking over the Empire's, because that's their style. As for encountering Earth post-Judgment Day, given the state that humanity and the planet are in, they might intervene more directly to stop Skynet from causing any more harm (they would probably try to rehabilitate it) and aid the humans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 691.0, "score_ratio": 3.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7zbj7h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Terminator/The Culture]. What would the Minds do if they encountered Earth after Skynet nuked the planet? Would they leave Skynet alone and allow it to continue the war against humanity? Or intervene in some manner?", "c_root_id_A": "dumwkiq", "c_root_id_B": "dumt1ky", "created_at_utc_A": 1519273108.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519269037.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Smatter outbreak detected. The Culture sees any machines that make more of themselves and won't negotiate as an imminent threat. Skynet sees anything that's not part of herself as a threat, and she pretty consistently doesn't negotiate. Culture ships will often put being space-hippies on hold and try to fight smatter wherever they find it as soon as they find it, even if they're civilian vessels and barely have anything qualifying as a weapon. The idea is to slow it down long enough to bring in the big guns because without intervention a small problem on one planet turns into a very big galactic problem very quickly because of exponential growth. Smatter is one of the few things that scares the Culture even a little. Skynet is usually pretty self-defeating, but it could evolve from stupid and aggressive into smart and aggressive at any moment so the Culture probably would not fuck around. So warm up the Effectors, stick guns on the ship's avatar, strap lasers to the shuttles, release the war drones, and maybe even give some of the humans guns because they seem to like killing things and insist on being involved (there's precedence for that exactly). If the Culture finds references to time travel in the smoking rubble of Cheyenne Mountain they will totally freak out because that's Excession-level tech to them, and the idea that smatter almost escaped the planet with *that* in its arsenal will make them collectively shit their CPUs. Everything else Skynet does is stuff they could do backwards in high heels at nearly the speed of light. I'm unsure what the Culture would do with time travel technology but they might approach it as responsible adults and immediately smash it - using it to become god and benevolently remake the universe would be slightly out of character, but not extremely.", "human_ref_B": "Probably reason with it they could probably logically talk it into to being less murdery being machines themselves, if not forcable reprogram it they would treat it similar to a hemoginizing swam", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4071.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6d8flz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How much root-leaf stew did Luke have to eat on Dagobah to sustain his training? Vegetables are not a particularly\u200b caloric dense food and don't have a lot of protein so he must have needed to eat a lot of it.", "c_root_id_A": "di0vlns", "c_root_id_B": "di0rht8", "created_at_utc_A": 1495718541.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495711659.0, "score_A": 57, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "I hear there's a beach with plenty of seagulls to eat.", "human_ref_B": "Luke also had rations in his XWing as well.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6882.0, "score_ratio": 1.3902439024, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6d8flz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How much root-leaf stew did Luke have to eat on Dagobah to sustain his training? Vegetables are not a particularly\u200b caloric dense food and don't have a lot of protein so he must have needed to eat a lot of it.", "c_root_id_A": "di0vaku", "c_root_id_B": "di0vlns", "created_at_utc_A": 1495718115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495718541.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 57, "human_ref_A": "More importantly, Luke was new to the planet and needed time to acclimate to the water. You know the first few days involved several gastro-intestinal side effects. Worst case of swamp ass ever.", "human_ref_B": "I hear there's a beach with plenty of seagulls to eat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 426.0, "score_ratio": 2.85, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6d8flz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How much root-leaf stew did Luke have to eat on Dagobah to sustain his training? Vegetables are not a particularly\u200b caloric dense food and don't have a lot of protein so he must have needed to eat a lot of it.", "c_root_id_A": "di0uyvf", "c_root_id_B": "di0vlns", "created_at_utc_A": 1495717650.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495718541.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 57, "human_ref_A": "If it had tubers that would cover the calories easily. I've always believed there were lizards and smaller in the stew, too, but I don't think that's confirmed anywhere.", "human_ref_B": "I hear there's a beach with plenty of seagulls to eat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 891.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6d8flz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Star Wars] How much root-leaf stew did Luke have to eat on Dagobah to sustain his training? Vegetables are not a particularly\u200b caloric dense food and don't have a lot of protein so he must have needed to eat a lot of it.", "c_root_id_A": "di0vaku", "c_root_id_B": "di0uyvf", "created_at_utc_A": 1495718115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495717650.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "More importantly, Luke was new to the planet and needed time to acclimate to the water. You know the first few days involved several gastro-intestinal side effects. Worst case of swamp ass ever.", "human_ref_B": "If it had tubers that would cover the calories easily. I've always believed there were lizards and smaller in the stew, too, but I don't think that's confirmed anywhere.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 465.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i7irdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Ready Player One]Could the Oasis Credit really be a stable currency? You could make a wrong move on any given day and lose all your coin. Your life's savings just gone. Plus the game is always generating more coin for monster drops and stuff. Could a currency like that really be more stable than the dollar?", "c_root_id_A": "g128d37", "c_root_id_B": "g129plp", "created_at_utc_A": 1597112877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597113665.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Its merit based fiat, theoretically it could stabilize with early broad adoption", "human_ref_B": "The best comparison is probably Eve Online's ISK. Eve Online famously employed a trained economist to help balance their game's economy, and the player base is filled with people who would ruthlessly exploit any weakness in the game. If you look up Eve Online's currency it's reasonably stable, but not nearly as stable as the dollar.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 788.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i7irdn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Ready Player One]Could the Oasis Credit really be a stable currency? You could make a wrong move on any given day and lose all your coin. Your life's savings just gone. Plus the game is always generating more coin for monster drops and stuff. Could a currency like that really be more stable than the dollar?", "c_root_id_A": "g12uyap", "c_root_id_B": "g128d37", "created_at_utc_A": 1597129119.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597112877.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I was thinking about that during the scene introducing the PvP planet and you see a suburban housewife get killed and lose her coins. I find it hard to believe she is now homeless and destitute. Perhaps it is more like GTA V, where you only lose what is personally on you but you can't use what is not on you. So you bank what you don't want to lose and only take what you need (vehicles and weapons for example). A similar idea is Oasis coins has an exchange rate with real world money. When he wins the first key and gets the initial bunch of coins he goes on a spending spree of digital items and physical items used for the Oasis like the full body suit. But if he wanted to buy a burger at the local diner he would have to exchange coins for cash. As for the stability of coins as a currency, that is beyond my knowledge.", "human_ref_B": "Its merit based fiat, theoretically it could stabilize with early broad adoption", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16242.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c6gpf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Ready Player One]Why doesn't the Oasis have competitors?", "c_root_id_A": "e58e3i5", "c_root_id_B": "e58jhse", "created_at_utc_A": 1535836594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535841855.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "No one else matched the scale and scope of its vision.", "human_ref_B": "Presumably, a lot of Halliday's tech was proprietary; he would have needed to solve a lot of issues just to build the underlying infrastructure for the Oasis, to say nothing of the core software itself. By the time the fundamental patents for the Oasis finally expired, the Oasis had achieved a stranglehold. Everyone who might have the resources to build a counter-Oasis could make money faster and easier by working within the system instead of trying to re-invent the wheel. >! That said, with the recent changes to the Oasis' operating schedule, one could emerge. People are going to want something to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and going outside isn't going to be a very popular option, considering what outside looks like. In essence, Wade & Co. have just hand-built a market niche for the system that may unseat the virtual dominance of the Oasis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5261.0, "score_ratio": 1.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c6gpf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Ready Player One]Why doesn't the Oasis have competitors?", "c_root_id_A": "e58g18j", "c_root_id_B": "e58jhse", "created_at_utc_A": 1535838465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535841855.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s like google, the company has just taken over pretty much everything.", "human_ref_B": "Presumably, a lot of Halliday's tech was proprietary; he would have needed to solve a lot of issues just to build the underlying infrastructure for the Oasis, to say nothing of the core software itself. By the time the fundamental patents for the Oasis finally expired, the Oasis had achieved a stranglehold. Everyone who might have the resources to build a counter-Oasis could make money faster and easier by working within the system instead of trying to re-invent the wheel. >! That said, with the recent changes to the Oasis' operating schedule, one could emerge. People are going to want something to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and going outside isn't going to be a very popular option, considering what outside looks like. In essence, Wade & Co. have just hand-built a market niche for the system that may unseat the virtual dominance of the Oasis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3390.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c6gpf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Ready Player One]Why doesn't the Oasis have competitors?", "c_root_id_A": "e592p24", "c_root_id_B": "e58g18j", "created_at_utc_A": 1535863047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535838465.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There is nothing stopping anyone from creating a competing internet. Like, you network 2 computers and you have an intranet, you connect computers in every country and you have a world wide intranet of sorts. What they communicate on it is up to them.... ...buuuut we already have \"the internet\" so we use that Facebook is about a quarter of the internet traffic and it is controlled by a private company. There are competitors to facebook.... buuut we already have facebook. Wow has competitors, like other posters have said, but Wow became the gold standard. Tech systems have a way of becoming dominant to the point of being universal.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s like google, the company has just taken over pretty much everything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24582.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c6gpf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Ready Player One]Why doesn't the Oasis have competitors?", "c_root_id_A": "e5908gn", "c_root_id_B": "e592p24", "created_at_utc_A": 1535859746.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535863047.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I have to imagine Oasis was basically WoW of the world. There are competitors, but they kind of get lost because of just how big WoW actually is.", "human_ref_B": "There is nothing stopping anyone from creating a competing internet. Like, you network 2 computers and you have an intranet, you connect computers in every country and you have a world wide intranet of sorts. What they communicate on it is up to them.... ...buuuut we already have \"the internet\" so we use that Facebook is about a quarter of the internet traffic and it is controlled by a private company. There are competitors to facebook.... buuut we already have facebook. Wow has competitors, like other posters have said, but Wow became the gold standard. Tech systems have a way of becoming dominant to the point of being universal.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3301.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c6gpf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Ready Player One]Why doesn't the Oasis have competitors?", "c_root_id_A": "e592p24", "c_root_id_B": "e58l8uc", "created_at_utc_A": 1535863047.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535843605.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There is nothing stopping anyone from creating a competing internet. Like, you network 2 computers and you have an intranet, you connect computers in every country and you have a world wide intranet of sorts. What they communicate on it is up to them.... ...buuuut we already have \"the internet\" so we use that Facebook is about a quarter of the internet traffic and it is controlled by a private company. There are competitors to facebook.... buuut we already have facebook. Wow has competitors, like other posters have said, but Wow became the gold standard. Tech systems have a way of becoming dominant to the point of being universal.", "human_ref_B": "Patents. Lots of patents. They sue the shit out of anyone who tries to set up anything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19442.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9c6gpf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Ready Player One]Why doesn't the Oasis have competitors?", "c_root_id_A": "e58l8uc", "c_root_id_B": "e5908gn", "created_at_utc_A": 1535843605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1535859746.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Patents. Lots of patents. They sue the shit out of anyone who tries to set up anything.", "human_ref_B": "I have to imagine Oasis was basically WoW of the world. There are competitors, but they kind of get lost because of just how big WoW actually is.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16141.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9q46lm", "c_root_id_B": "f9q4yvv", "created_at_utc_A": 1575554851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575555260.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Pretty sure that already happened in DC comics. The injustice series follows Batman side vs Superman side in a alternate world", "human_ref_B": "Kingdom Come is pretty close, closer than Injustice at least. The thing that drives them apart is a new breed of heroes willing and eager to kill and the original heroes taking sides on that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 409.0, "score_ratio": 11.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9qbx9q", "c_root_id_B": "f9q69yx", "created_at_utc_A": 1575558608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575555918.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The other situation - that we've already seen was part of Flashpoint, Arthur and the Atlanteans vs Diana and The Amazons. (and most of the civilization is getting wrecked) - if somehow the war did end, and both Aquaman and WW are out of the picture there's a list of villains who could drop in and take over what was left on land. Vandal Savage is the first I can think of, Lex is too American to try for the remains of europe.", "human_ref_B": "Batman and Superman are always on edge against each other since they have such a opposite view on justice. Superman is about Truth, Justice, and the American way... Superman doesn't resort to ultra violence, because he can, he doesn't need to beat up villains because nothing can stop him. Batman beats up people to a inch of their live and goes the dirty way to expose the truth, he helps the police but often doing things not considered \"right\" by Superman's morals. They are always on the verge of splitting so it wouldn't be too crazy to think they would be one step away from snapping.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2690.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9qbx9q", "c_root_id_B": "f9q8l5j", "created_at_utc_A": 1575558608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575557039.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The other situation - that we've already seen was part of Flashpoint, Arthur and the Atlanteans vs Diana and The Amazons. (and most of the civilization is getting wrecked) - if somehow the war did end, and both Aquaman and WW are out of the picture there's a list of villains who could drop in and take over what was left on land. Vandal Savage is the first I can think of, Lex is too American to try for the remains of europe.", "human_ref_B": "injustice is a good starting point but I agree its an abnormality, so most likely its over how to deal with a villain, said villain in this case lets say have insane tech that batman wants to use superman wants to destroy it, they fight I feel batman would most likely be the villain cold calculating barely any friends he loses Alfred and he's even more of a loose cannon than he already is. Batman kills a large amount of the justice league takes over the earth with his followers and new tech and then superman most likely with the green lanterns try to take him down. (While what I'm proposing does sound quite a lot like injustice I feel it fits the characters more)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1569.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9q46lm", "c_root_id_B": "f9qbx9q", "created_at_utc_A": 1575554851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575558608.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Pretty sure that already happened in DC comics. The injustice series follows Batman side vs Superman side in a alternate world", "human_ref_B": "The other situation - that we've already seen was part of Flashpoint, Arthur and the Atlanteans vs Diana and The Amazons. (and most of the civilization is getting wrecked) - if somehow the war did end, and both Aquaman and WW are out of the picture there's a list of villains who could drop in and take over what was left on land. Vandal Savage is the first I can think of, Lex is too American to try for the remains of europe.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3757.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9q8l5j", "c_root_id_B": "f9q69yx", "created_at_utc_A": 1575557039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575555918.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "injustice is a good starting point but I agree its an abnormality, so most likely its over how to deal with a villain, said villain in this case lets say have insane tech that batman wants to use superman wants to destroy it, they fight I feel batman would most likely be the villain cold calculating barely any friends he loses Alfred and he's even more of a loose cannon than he already is. Batman kills a large amount of the justice league takes over the earth with his followers and new tech and then superman most likely with the green lanterns try to take him down. (While what I'm proposing does sound quite a lot like injustice I feel it fits the characters more)", "human_ref_B": "Batman and Superman are always on edge against each other since they have such a opposite view on justice. Superman is about Truth, Justice, and the American way... Superman doesn't resort to ultra violence, because he can, he doesn't need to beat up villains because nothing can stop him. Batman beats up people to a inch of their live and goes the dirty way to expose the truth, he helps the police but often doing things not considered \"right\" by Superman's morals. They are always on the verge of splitting so it wouldn't be too crazy to think they would be one step away from snapping.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1121.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9q69yx", "c_root_id_B": "f9rhe4u", "created_at_utc_A": 1575555918.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575576361.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Batman and Superman are always on edge against each other since they have such a opposite view on justice. Superman is about Truth, Justice, and the American way... Superman doesn't resort to ultra violence, because he can, he doesn't need to beat up villains because nothing can stop him. Batman beats up people to a inch of their live and goes the dirty way to expose the truth, he helps the police but often doing things not considered \"right\" by Superman's morals. They are always on the verge of splitting so it wouldn't be too crazy to think they would be one step away from snapping.", "human_ref_B": "Shazam vs Superman. Lex Luthor has become President, and a very successful one at that. He has began enacting policies that are genuinely lowering crime rates and attempting to make the Justice League obsolete. He campaigns for the creation of a government department of meta-human affairs and offers Shazam the position of Secretary of Meta-Human affairs. Meanwhile he begins to set up bunkers and other suspicious lead lined bases in cities across America which causes Superman to grow ever more suspicious and start publicly opposing Lex Luthor and all of his policies including the ones lowering crime and poverty rates. Eventually a law is passed making vigilante activities illegal at a federal level and requiring all Hero's enraged in such activities to work under the Department of Meta-human affairs and setting up a federal prison off American soil to put away Super-Villian's including the Joker. Superman does not comply with the law because he doesn't trust Lex Luthor, Batman sides with Superman because he doesn't want Joker where he can't see him and he distrusts the Government. Captain Atom is called back into military service and placed directly under Secretary Shazam as the Military Director of the Enforcement division of the DMA. The Green Lantern's are required to work with the local government by regulation so they recognize the jurisdiction of the DMA. Diana, being heir to the Monarchy of the Amazons and a diplomat is covered under diplomatic immunity to not be beholden to the laws but is not allowed to side with the insurgent Superman and Batman unless she wants to cause a diplomatic incident.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20443.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9q46lm", "c_root_id_B": "f9q69yx", "created_at_utc_A": 1575554851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575555918.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Pretty sure that already happened in DC comics. The injustice series follows Batman side vs Superman side in a alternate world", "human_ref_B": "Batman and Superman are always on edge against each other since they have such a opposite view on justice. Superman is about Truth, Justice, and the American way... Superman doesn't resort to ultra violence, because he can, he doesn't need to beat up villains because nothing can stop him. Batman beats up people to a inch of their live and goes the dirty way to expose the truth, he helps the police but often doing things not considered \"right\" by Superman's morals. They are always on the verge of splitting so it wouldn't be too crazy to think they would be one step away from snapping.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1067.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9q8l5j", "c_root_id_B": "f9q46lm", "created_at_utc_A": 1575557039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575554851.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "injustice is a good starting point but I agree its an abnormality, so most likely its over how to deal with a villain, said villain in this case lets say have insane tech that batman wants to use superman wants to destroy it, they fight I feel batman would most likely be the villain cold calculating barely any friends he loses Alfred and he's even more of a loose cannon than he already is. Batman kills a large amount of the justice league takes over the earth with his followers and new tech and then superman most likely with the green lanterns try to take him down. (While what I'm proposing does sound quite a lot like injustice I feel it fits the characters more)", "human_ref_B": "Pretty sure that already happened in DC comics. The injustice series follows Batman side vs Superman side in a alternate world", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2188.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9rhe4u", "c_root_id_B": "f9q46lm", "created_at_utc_A": 1575576361.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575554851.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Shazam vs Superman. Lex Luthor has become President, and a very successful one at that. He has began enacting policies that are genuinely lowering crime rates and attempting to make the Justice League obsolete. He campaigns for the creation of a government department of meta-human affairs and offers Shazam the position of Secretary of Meta-Human affairs. Meanwhile he begins to set up bunkers and other suspicious lead lined bases in cities across America which causes Superman to grow ever more suspicious and start publicly opposing Lex Luthor and all of his policies including the ones lowering crime and poverty rates. Eventually a law is passed making vigilante activities illegal at a federal level and requiring all Hero's enraged in such activities to work under the Department of Meta-human affairs and setting up a federal prison off American soil to put away Super-Villian's including the Joker. Superman does not comply with the law because he doesn't trust Lex Luthor, Batman sides with Superman because he doesn't want Joker where he can't see him and he distrusts the Government. Captain Atom is called back into military service and placed directly under Secretary Shazam as the Military Director of the Enforcement division of the DMA. The Green Lantern's are required to work with the local government by regulation so they recognize the jurisdiction of the DMA. Diana, being heir to the Monarchy of the Amazons and a diplomat is covered under diplomatic immunity to not be beholden to the laws but is not allowed to side with the insurgent Superman and Batman unless she wants to cause a diplomatic incident.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty sure that already happened in DC comics. The injustice series follows Batman side vs Superman side in a alternate world", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21510.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9q46lm", "c_root_id_B": "f9up0dd", "created_at_utc_A": 1575554851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575655098.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Pretty sure that already happened in DC comics. The injustice series follows Batman side vs Superman side in a alternate world", "human_ref_B": "It would have to be Batman vs. Superman. Based on their personalities (NOT counting the different personality Injustice Superman has), the fight would likely be over mass surveillance. Batman has expressed a fondness for it and a willingness to use it, Superman always takes the opposite side. Teams would likely be - **TEAM BATMAN:** Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Dr. Fate, Hawkman, Captain Atom, Black Lightning, the Bat-Family, Aquaman, Cyborg **TEAM SUPERMAN:** Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Arrow, Zatanna, Shazam, Constantine, Swamp Thing, Steel, Beast Boy, Starfire, Raven, Catwoman If villains could join too - **TEAM BATMAN:** Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Black Adam, Grodd, Bane, Deathstroke **TEAM SUPERMAN:** The Rogues, Mr. Freeze, Clayface, Deadshot", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 100247.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9up0dd", "c_root_id_B": "f9rymwn", "created_at_utc_A": 1575655098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575583141.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It would have to be Batman vs. Superman. Based on their personalities (NOT counting the different personality Injustice Superman has), the fight would likely be over mass surveillance. Batman has expressed a fondness for it and a willingness to use it, Superman always takes the opposite side. Teams would likely be - **TEAM BATMAN:** Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Dr. Fate, Hawkman, Captain Atom, Black Lightning, the Bat-Family, Aquaman, Cyborg **TEAM SUPERMAN:** Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Arrow, Zatanna, Shazam, Constantine, Swamp Thing, Steel, Beast Boy, Starfire, Raven, Catwoman If villains could join too - **TEAM BATMAN:** Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Black Adam, Grodd, Bane, Deathstroke **TEAM SUPERMAN:** The Rogues, Mr. Freeze, Clayface, Deadshot", "human_ref_B": "Look up the film *Batman/Superman: Public Enemies*.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 71957.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e6hjz8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[DC] DC has a Civil War event. Who are the two leaders, what drives them apart and what sides to heroes take? I have always considered Civil War (Marvel) to be a spectacular idea with mediocre execution... and stories keep going to that well and kinda not being able to deal with such a big concept. That said I was wondering what it would look like in DC, and would a villain once again fill the power vacuum left behind?", "c_root_id_A": "f9up0dd", "c_root_id_B": "f9splc8", "created_at_utc_A": 1575655098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575597481.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It would have to be Batman vs. Superman. Based on their personalities (NOT counting the different personality Injustice Superman has), the fight would likely be over mass surveillance. Batman has expressed a fondness for it and a willingness to use it, Superman always takes the opposite side. Teams would likely be - **TEAM BATMAN:** Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Dr. Fate, Hawkman, Captain Atom, Black Lightning, the Bat-Family, Aquaman, Cyborg **TEAM SUPERMAN:** Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Arrow, Zatanna, Shazam, Constantine, Swamp Thing, Steel, Beast Boy, Starfire, Raven, Catwoman If villains could join too - **TEAM BATMAN:** Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Black Adam, Grodd, Bane, Deathstroke **TEAM SUPERMAN:** The Rogues, Mr. Freeze, Clayface, Deadshot", "human_ref_B": "It was a good idea?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57617.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3iv5al", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dexter's Lab] If Dexter's lab is supposed to be a secret, why does he wear a lab coat and gloves everywhere? Alternate: why don't his parents notice the massive power bill?", "c_root_id_A": "cuk0ykc", "c_root_id_B": "cuk75eu", "created_at_utc_A": 1440879087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1440890947.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "since I've read [this] (https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/5205481984/h7E765F1D/) a few years ago I've thought it was all in his head, and there was no lab or anything", "human_ref_B": "The lab is a secret; the fact he's a scientist is not. It's just the fact that he's \"mad secret laboratory\" scientist rather than a normal one.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11860.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3iv5al", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dexter's Lab] If Dexter's lab is supposed to be a secret, why does he wear a lab coat and gloves everywhere? Alternate: why don't his parents notice the massive power bill?", "c_root_id_A": "cuksmk6", "c_root_id_B": "cuk0ykc", "created_at_utc_A": 1440947591.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1440879087.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "What's a labcoat going to indicate? Should I assume every kid with Air Jordans has been drafted into the NBA?", "human_ref_B": "since I've read [this] (https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/5205481984/h7E765F1D/) a few years ago I've thought it was all in his head, and there was no lab or anything", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 68504.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3iv5al", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Dexter's Lab] If Dexter's lab is supposed to be a secret, why does he wear a lab coat and gloves everywhere? Alternate: why don't his parents notice the massive power bill?", "c_root_id_A": "cuo9gcs", "c_root_id_B": "cuk0ykc", "created_at_utc_A": 1441210673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1440879087.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Could anyone guess that I were a dimensional traveler just by seeing me wield a glowing sword? Not likely, they simply assume I'm a weirdo and move on with their life.", "human_ref_B": "since I've read [this] (https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/5205481984/h7E765F1D/) a few years ago I've thought it was all in his head, and there was no lab or anything", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 331586.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3j4s3y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Dexter] Would Dexter ever kill a murderer who is also a child? Dexter has a specific rule about never harming children. What if he discovered that there was a kid under, say, 16 who was murdering children in the area and he had zero remorse for it? Let's eliminate the obvious and say that the police were informed, evidence was gathered, and he already went through the system for the murders and either he got only a year or so sentencing or walked on a technicality and he continued to murder. What would Dexter's next move be?", "c_root_id_A": "cumpz5b", "c_root_id_B": "cumog1k", "created_at_utc_A": 1441083206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441079892.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don't know about 'under 16', but early in the first season, there was a kid (Highschool aged) that Dexter believed to be a killer who he stalked and captured, but didn't kill because he found out that the man the kid had killed had molested him. I could be remembering that wrong, though.", "human_ref_B": "I like to think he'd keep close watch on the kid and kill him on his 18th birthday, or kill him protecting the kid's next victim.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3314.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "20t5p0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[W40K] What plans (if known) has the God Emperor made to deal with his eventual passing? Does he have a plan for what to do on his passing? Is he doing anything to find some kind of successor being? While I am at it, how close is he to finally succumbing? Is it possible that he could keep him self going indefinitely? I get the impression that he is slowly slipping, and however slowly, that would mean eventually an end would come.", "c_root_id_A": "cg6wzo4", "c_root_id_B": "cg6toqy", "created_at_utc_A": 1395270326.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395263648.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Not exactly what you are looking for but, it is stated that he originally at least sorta planned for who would sit in the throne if he had to get out of it, that person being Magnus. Sadly Magnus fell to Chaos or rather was pushed to Chaos.", "human_ref_B": "OUR God Emperor? Surely you jest, sir! Our intrepid leader cannot be taken down by something as paltry as death. To suggest otherwise would be a mark of someone tainted with Chaos and you sir, I hope, have no plans to become an agent yourself. Am I correct? Even IF our God Emperor were to find himself submitting to eternal slumber, our Empire will live on! His successor will no doubt lead us unto glory just like our Lord has done for us since time immemorial. Have faith, sir!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6678.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3hdnoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Fallout: Shelter] What kind of vault is vault ### that let's the overseer recruit and construct his own vault?", "c_root_id_A": "cu6ib4d", "c_root_id_B": "cu6i3nw", "created_at_utc_A": 1439857650.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439857284.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "That's probably the experiment for that Fallout Shelter Vault: Make a random nobody with no prior training Overseer, and see how well they manage a pool of other total random nobodies.", "human_ref_B": "Well using a G.E.C.K you've decided to build inward rather than outward.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 366.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3hdnoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Fallout: Shelter] What kind of vault is vault ### that let's the overseer recruit and construct his own vault?", "c_root_id_A": "cu6kxcy", "c_root_id_B": "cu6i3nw", "created_at_utc_A": 1439862347.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439857284.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think its actually a training sim or \"game\", as its the only way to really describe it closly enough, that prepares overseers to make their Vault, which was obviously scrapped by Vault tech. Seriously, they're letting too many variables and there is no constant to the Vault experiment, who would think this would be a good idea?", "human_ref_B": "Well using a G.E.C.K you've decided to build inward rather than outward.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5063.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgljd5t", "c_root_id_B": "cglk2dg", "created_at_utc_A": 1396804879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396806567.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "All I could find was a small \"Made in China\" stamp on the bottom of the box.", "human_ref_B": "In the early/mid 20th century, a man wanted his board game business to take off. He wanted the games to be real. He created at least 5 games of which only two have been found. \"Jumanji\" meaning \"many effects\" in Zulu was his first game. It was likely a pagan trickster or genie of sorts that imbued the reality altering powers into the games, my money is on Anansi, some chroniclers put him in the United States during that time period. But there is no evidence of that; heck it could have been any trickster, just not a crossroad demon or less powerful reality warper--it takes a lot to imbue an object with near-sentience. It's likely that one of the games has trapped its creator, seeing as though no body has ever been recovered. Both of the discovered games are currently housed in a secret facility in South Dakota. No leads have turned up about the other 3 confirmed games, but if you have heard of anything mysterious or otherwise related please contact me so I can get into contact with a containment unit. Thank you for your time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1688.0, "score_ratio": 6.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgljdv5", "c_root_id_B": "cglk2dg", "created_at_utc_A": 1396804925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396806567.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "I blame the devil.", "human_ref_B": "In the early/mid 20th century, a man wanted his board game business to take off. He wanted the games to be real. He created at least 5 games of which only two have been found. \"Jumanji\" meaning \"many effects\" in Zulu was his first game. It was likely a pagan trickster or genie of sorts that imbued the reality altering powers into the games, my money is on Anansi, some chroniclers put him in the United States during that time period. But there is no evidence of that; heck it could have been any trickster, just not a crossroad demon or less powerful reality warper--it takes a lot to imbue an object with near-sentience. It's likely that one of the games has trapped its creator, seeing as though no body has ever been recovered. Both of the discovered games are currently housed in a secret facility in South Dakota. No leads have turned up about the other 3 confirmed games, but if you have heard of anything mysterious or otherwise related please contact me so I can get into contact with a containment unit. Thank you for your time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1642.0, "score_ratio": -28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgliw76", "c_root_id_B": "cglk2dg", "created_at_utc_A": 1396803730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396806567.0, "score_A": -27, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "It doesn't say", "human_ref_B": "In the early/mid 20th century, a man wanted his board game business to take off. He wanted the games to be real. He created at least 5 games of which only two have been found. \"Jumanji\" meaning \"many effects\" in Zulu was his first game. It was likely a pagan trickster or genie of sorts that imbued the reality altering powers into the games, my money is on Anansi, some chroniclers put him in the United States during that time period. But there is no evidence of that; heck it could have been any trickster, just not a crossroad demon or less powerful reality warper--it takes a lot to imbue an object with near-sentience. It's likely that one of the games has trapped its creator, seeing as though no body has ever been recovered. Both of the discovered games are currently housed in a secret facility in South Dakota. No leads have turned up about the other 3 confirmed games, but if you have heard of anything mysterious or otherwise related please contact me so I can get into contact with a containment unit. Thank you for your time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2837.0, "score_ratio": -3.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgljd5t", "c_root_id_B": "cglm0s3", "created_at_utc_A": 1396804879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396811232.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "All I could find was a small \"Made in China\" stamp on the bottom of the box.", "human_ref_B": "i found this explanation in a previous thread of similar topic: Jumanji is a perfectly ordinary kids game produced by hasbro, in the year 2117. A family going on a time travel vacation in the year 2234 brought along an antique copy of the board game to keep their kids busy. The children, being total snots and not appreciating the game play value, \"forgot\" the game on a bench in 1980. This lead to the events which has brought the attention of the game to you readers in the twenty first century. Like most board games from the 2100s it features a wide area holographic and mental projector, as well as a 3d printer capable of rendering high quality animal and plant droids. The family that found the game, after their initial traumatic experiences with it, attempted to monetize their strange discovery. Practical applications and understanding of the technology were slow at first, but in the mid 1990s an engineer managed the first practical use of the board game by using it to perform the special effects for the movie \"Jumanji\" the rumored \"Jumanji\" remake of the 2010's of course was revealed to be cover for a project which used the games technology for a weapon of incredible destructive power. The battle for control of this weapon sparked the Third world war and eliminated roughly half of the human race worldwide in the subsequent nuclear barrages. In case you're wondering, i'm messaging this website through \"Time-Text\" a service that allows me to troll websites in the past, but don't worry we make sure that any post like this (which frankly says a lot about the future) is only posted to sites who's servers and records were conclusively eliminated in the Nuclear war of 2015 so there aren't any paradoxes that might change the past.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6353.0, "score_ratio": 1.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cglm0s3", "c_root_id_B": "cgllwzn", "created_at_utc_A": 1396811232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396810981.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "i found this explanation in a previous thread of similar topic: Jumanji is a perfectly ordinary kids game produced by hasbro, in the year 2117. A family going on a time travel vacation in the year 2234 brought along an antique copy of the board game to keep their kids busy. The children, being total snots and not appreciating the game play value, \"forgot\" the game on a bench in 1980. This lead to the events which has brought the attention of the game to you readers in the twenty first century. Like most board games from the 2100s it features a wide area holographic and mental projector, as well as a 3d printer capable of rendering high quality animal and plant droids. The family that found the game, after their initial traumatic experiences with it, attempted to monetize their strange discovery. Practical applications and understanding of the technology were slow at first, but in the mid 1990s an engineer managed the first practical use of the board game by using it to perform the special effects for the movie \"Jumanji\" the rumored \"Jumanji\" remake of the 2010's of course was revealed to be cover for a project which used the games technology for a weapon of incredible destructive power. The battle for control of this weapon sparked the Third world war and eliminated roughly half of the human race worldwide in the subsequent nuclear barrages. In case you're wondering, i'm messaging this website through \"Time-Text\" a service that allows me to troll websites in the past, but don't worry we make sure that any post like this (which frankly says a lot about the future) is only posted to sites who's servers and records were conclusively eliminated in the Nuclear war of 2015 so there aren't any paradoxes that might change the past.", "human_ref_B": "Same place as Zathura", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 251.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgljdv5", "c_root_id_B": "cglm0s3", "created_at_utc_A": 1396804925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396811232.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "I blame the devil.", "human_ref_B": "i found this explanation in a previous thread of similar topic: Jumanji is a perfectly ordinary kids game produced by hasbro, in the year 2117. A family going on a time travel vacation in the year 2234 brought along an antique copy of the board game to keep their kids busy. The children, being total snots and not appreciating the game play value, \"forgot\" the game on a bench in 1980. This lead to the events which has brought the attention of the game to you readers in the twenty first century. Like most board games from the 2100s it features a wide area holographic and mental projector, as well as a 3d printer capable of rendering high quality animal and plant droids. The family that found the game, after their initial traumatic experiences with it, attempted to monetize their strange discovery. Practical applications and understanding of the technology were slow at first, but in the mid 1990s an engineer managed the first practical use of the board game by using it to perform the special effects for the movie \"Jumanji\" the rumored \"Jumanji\" remake of the 2010's of course was revealed to be cover for a project which used the games technology for a weapon of incredible destructive power. The battle for control of this weapon sparked the Third world war and eliminated roughly half of the human race worldwide in the subsequent nuclear barrages. In case you're wondering, i'm messaging this website through \"Time-Text\" a service that allows me to troll websites in the past, but don't worry we make sure that any post like this (which frankly says a lot about the future) is only posted to sites who's servers and records were conclusively eliminated in the Nuclear war of 2015 so there aren't any paradoxes that might change the past.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6307.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cglm0s3", "c_root_id_B": "cgliw76", "created_at_utc_A": 1396811232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396803730.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": -27, "human_ref_A": "i found this explanation in a previous thread of similar topic: Jumanji is a perfectly ordinary kids game produced by hasbro, in the year 2117. A family going on a time travel vacation in the year 2234 brought along an antique copy of the board game to keep their kids busy. The children, being total snots and not appreciating the game play value, \"forgot\" the game on a bench in 1980. This lead to the events which has brought the attention of the game to you readers in the twenty first century. Like most board games from the 2100s it features a wide area holographic and mental projector, as well as a 3d printer capable of rendering high quality animal and plant droids. The family that found the game, after their initial traumatic experiences with it, attempted to monetize their strange discovery. Practical applications and understanding of the technology were slow at first, but in the mid 1990s an engineer managed the first practical use of the board game by using it to perform the special effects for the movie \"Jumanji\" the rumored \"Jumanji\" remake of the 2010's of course was revealed to be cover for a project which used the games technology for a weapon of incredible destructive power. The battle for control of this weapon sparked the Third world war and eliminated roughly half of the human race worldwide in the subsequent nuclear barrages. In case you're wondering, i'm messaging this website through \"Time-Text\" a service that allows me to troll websites in the past, but don't worry we make sure that any post like this (which frankly says a lot about the future) is only posted to sites who's servers and records were conclusively eliminated in the Nuclear war of 2015 so there aren't any paradoxes that might change the past.", "human_ref_B": "It doesn't say", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7502.0, "score_ratio": -0.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgljd5t", "c_root_id_B": "cgliw76", "created_at_utc_A": 1396804879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396803730.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": -27, "human_ref_A": "All I could find was a small \"Made in China\" stamp on the bottom of the box.", "human_ref_B": "It doesn't say", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1149.0, "score_ratio": -0.4814814815, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgllwzn", "c_root_id_B": "cgljdv5", "created_at_utc_A": 1396810981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396804925.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "Same place as Zathura", "human_ref_B": "I blame the devil.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6056.0, "score_ratio": -1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgllwzn", "c_root_id_B": "cgliw76", "created_at_utc_A": 1396810981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396803730.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -27, "human_ref_A": "Same place as Zathura", "human_ref_B": "It doesn't say", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7251.0, "score_ratio": -0.1481481481, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgljdv5", "c_root_id_B": "cglm539", "created_at_utc_A": 1396804925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396811526.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I blame the devil.", "human_ref_B": "Shortly before being found by a diver within a chest under the sea the entity found within the mask was allowed a short holiday by his dad, he made a game which him, his brother and his dad played couple of times but they forgot to take it back with them after they finished and its creator was sent back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6601.0, "score_ratio": -0.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgliw76", "c_root_id_B": "cglm539", "created_at_utc_A": 1396803730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396811526.0, "score_A": -27, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It doesn't say", "human_ref_B": "Shortly before being found by a diver within a chest under the sea the entity found within the mask was allowed a short holiday by his dad, he made a game which him, his brother and his dad played couple of times but they forgot to take it back with them after they finished and its creator was sent back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7796.0, "score_ratio": -0.0740740741, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "22cmej", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Jumanji] Where did the game come from?", "c_root_id_A": "cgljdv5", "c_root_id_B": "cgliw76", "created_at_utc_A": 1396804925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396803730.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": -27, "human_ref_A": "I blame the devil.", "human_ref_B": "It doesn't say", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1195.0, "score_ratio": 0.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uov10h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[jumanji] what happens when a player dies?", "c_root_id_A": "i8ha2x9", "c_root_id_B": "i8h093y", "created_at_utc_A": 1652464607.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652460691.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I'm not entirely sure it can happen. I kind of think Jumanji's magic works to prevent the actual death of players. We see multiple times that a young kid from the suburbs gets tossed into the jungle and somehow doesn't starve to death. In the first movie the hunter keeps missing Alan, and the one time he gets a perfect shot he just so happens to take the time to ask for last words which let's Alan end the game. I think Jumanji is supposed to be safe to play. It gives the illusion of danger, not actual danger. Anytime something would kill a player the universe(under control of the game) conspires to save them. I bet if Alan didn't win in that turn the hunter's gun would have jammed.", "human_ref_B": "they respawn... unless you mean the OG Jumanji in which case, id assume the game either let someone else take on for the dead player or they just consider that player \"gave up\" and will skip their turn from now on...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3916.0, "score_ratio": 2.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uov10h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[jumanji] what happens when a player dies?", "c_root_id_A": "i8ha2x9", "c_root_id_B": "i8gsv28", "created_at_utc_A": 1652464607.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652457789.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "I'm not entirely sure it can happen. I kind of think Jumanji's magic works to prevent the actual death of players. We see multiple times that a young kid from the suburbs gets tossed into the jungle and somehow doesn't starve to death. In the first movie the hunter keeps missing Alan, and the one time he gets a perfect shot he just so happens to take the time to ask for last words which let's Alan end the game. I think Jumanji is supposed to be safe to play. It gives the illusion of danger, not actual danger. Anytime something would kill a player the universe(under control of the game) conspires to save them. I bet if Alan didn't win in that turn the hunter's gun would have jammed.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6818.0, "score_ratio": -32.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uov10h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[jumanji] what happens when a player dies?", "c_root_id_A": "i8h093y", "c_root_id_B": "i8gsv28", "created_at_utc_A": 1652460691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652457789.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "they respawn... unless you mean the OG Jumanji in which case, id assume the game either let someone else take on for the dead player or they just consider that player \"gave up\" and will skip their turn from now on...", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2902.0, "score_ratio": -13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uov10h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[jumanji] what happens when a player dies?", "c_root_id_A": "i8k02t4", "c_root_id_B": "i8gsv28", "created_at_utc_A": 1652516289.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652457789.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The troubling part of the question is that there are clues to both outcomes. Lots of clues about jumanji being a cursed \"fun\" game. You get terrorized and thrown in all kinds of dangerous situations, but it wont ever kill you. Basically its a thrill ride for psychopaths. Lots of clues to it being deadly for Real and if you are not focused and brave you could really die", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 58500.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3s47sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] How are machine spirits not Abominable Intelligence? I was under the impression that AI is not allowed in The Imperium, due to things going very, very wrong with it during the Dark Age of Technology. But, I see mentions of 'Machine Spirits' that are somehow able to talk to pilots and even act by themselves in some cases. Why does The Imperium tolerate this? What makes a machine spirit not AI?", "c_root_id_A": "cwty7d5", "c_root_id_B": "cwtye9q", "created_at_utc_A": 1447065948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447066797.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "The Machine Spirit is an intelligent spirit bestowed upon a machine by the Machine God, to guide its workings. An Abominable Intelligence is bestowed by *Man*, who is not as wise or powerful as the great Machine God. Abominable Intelligence is not subservient to the Machine God and believes itself greater than Man, and greater than the Machine God, and is by its very nature rebellious.", "human_ref_B": "The Adeptus Mechanicus are responsible for maintaining the technology of the imperium. They follow the Cult Mechanicus whose theology states that the divinity of the omnipresent Machine God is manifested through the knowledge of the universe, and the \"Machine Spirits\" are smaller aspects of the greater Machine God that live within all technology from the greatest battleships to the lowliest las gun. To the Mechanicus and their Tech Priests, these machines are alive and worthy of respect and worship. They are imbued with the living spirit of their God, not with the soulless automata, spiritless, manmade affront that an A.I. is. Out of universe: The technology used by the Imperium is so old and so far removed from the age from whence it was invented that the knowledge of how to properly maintain it runs the risk of being lost to the expanse of time. As such the Mechanicus encode proper maintenance in ritualistic ceremonies which combine actual knowledge with a flair of religious excessiveness as a way to preserve that knowledge. The \"machine spirits\" may very well be a basic emergent intelligence within machines that have been running practically non-stop for 10,000 years. Who knows how the code has changed over that amount of time? The Tech Priests do not accept true, purpose built machine intelligence and ignore any similiarities their precious machines share with it. For how do you prove a ship isn't using a heretical A.I. rather than the divine spirit of the Machine God? By looking at the code? You'd never get authorization for that, and even if you did the code is probably so complex by now you wouldn't be able to understand it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 849.0, "score_ratio": 3.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3s47sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] How are machine spirits not Abominable Intelligence? I was under the impression that AI is not allowed in The Imperium, due to things going very, very wrong with it during the Dark Age of Technology. But, I see mentions of 'Machine Spirits' that are somehow able to talk to pilots and even act by themselves in some cases. Why does The Imperium tolerate this? What makes a machine spirit not AI?", "c_root_id_A": "cwu5jel", "c_root_id_B": "cwu9hp5", "created_at_utc_A": 1447084260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447090053.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "In the Talon of Horus the machine spirit of a crusade era warship was made of networked human brains.", "human_ref_B": "The Machine Spirit is basically the quirkiness of a machine with hundreds (if not thousands) of years of operation given name. Does the holo-screen stabilize its image when you bless it with holy percussion? Machine spirit! Does it not? Machine spirit! Sometimes it's the name given to actual semi-autonomous subsystems, such as the targeting systems of a land raider. The \"machine spirit\" guides the crew by providing firing solutions. It's not an actual entity that could be interacted with, though game rules sometimes allow techpriests to coax it as such.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5793.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3s47sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] How are machine spirits not Abominable Intelligence? I was under the impression that AI is not allowed in The Imperium, due to things going very, very wrong with it during the Dark Age of Technology. But, I see mentions of 'Machine Spirits' that are somehow able to talk to pilots and even act by themselves in some cases. Why does The Imperium tolerate this? What makes a machine spirit not AI?", "c_root_id_A": "cwuga3e", "c_root_id_B": "cwu5jel", "created_at_utc_A": 1447099496.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447084260.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "[Meta] Machine spirits are a combination of hokey superstition and simply the software that runs a lot of stuff. Some of it might be considered low level or dumb AI ie: the stuff we have as AI now but not actually sentient. It can run the gamut of the OS for a ship's computer, embedded software in auspecs or the absolutely nothing that runs an autogun. The most powerful machine spirits are the multitasking OS that run servitors. They are little more capable than IBM's Watson although they lack the massive database of information Watson has. In other words, smart enough to carry out tasks and understand human commands but not smart enough to have opinions about them.", "human_ref_B": "In the Talon of Horus the machine spirit of a crusade era warship was made of networked human brains.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15236.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3s47sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Warhammer 40K] How are machine spirits not Abominable Intelligence? I was under the impression that AI is not allowed in The Imperium, due to things going very, very wrong with it during the Dark Age of Technology. But, I see mentions of 'Machine Spirits' that are somehow able to talk to pilots and even act by themselves in some cases. Why does The Imperium tolerate this? What makes a machine spirit not AI?", "c_root_id_A": "cwuga3e", "c_root_id_B": "cwubw3c", "created_at_utc_A": 1447099496.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447093393.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "[Meta] Machine spirits are a combination of hokey superstition and simply the software that runs a lot of stuff. Some of it might be considered low level or dumb AI ie: the stuff we have as AI now but not actually sentient. It can run the gamut of the OS for a ship's computer, embedded software in auspecs or the absolutely nothing that runs an autogun. The most powerful machine spirits are the multitasking OS that run servitors. They are little more capable than IBM's Watson although they lack the massive database of information Watson has. In other words, smart enough to carry out tasks and understand human commands but not smart enough to have opinions about them.", "human_ref_B": "Simply put, Machine Spirits are not intelligent. They are dumb. The actions of a vehicle under the control of a Machine Spirit resemble those of tamed beast. Like beasts, they can display animus and initiate actions, but they do not apply reason, derive conclusions, or display goal-oriented actions. A bear is not a thinking, intelligent animal but it may still direct its actions towards protecting its cubs, or be stirred to anger against those who wrong it. Similarly, a vehicle under the guidance of a Machine Spirit may undertake its own actions to protect its drivers or to smite down the foes of the Emperor that have done harm to it or those it knows. But this does not mean the vehicle displays true intelligence, any more than the bear does.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6103.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ot5ya", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "Warhammer 40k] So, what are your theories on the missing two Primarchs? [Lexicanum page on Primarch two and Primarch eleven", "c_root_id_A": "ccvf4zk", "c_root_id_B": "ccvf9tr", "created_at_utc_A": 1382242740.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382243166.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Breaking the fourth wall: I think at least one was Sigmar from the Warhammer Fantasy game.", "human_ref_B": "I always wondered what if a Primarch did not land on a human colonized planet. What if the Emp found a feral primarch raised on a xenos planet and he led a xenos army. Maybe they tried to convert him back and lead an astartes legion but he proved too xenos in his ideals and behaviours so Russ was dispatched to kill him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 426.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uhuhtc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How supernatural is the Simpsons universe? Outside of Tree House of Horror how many supernatural happenings going on in Springfield and when did it first start? I know about things like the Futurama crossover and the wish fish Bart gutted, so what are so other things that fall into that category?", "c_root_id_A": "i79um04", "c_root_id_B": "i7b7m5f", "created_at_utc_A": 1651657995.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651682459.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "What\u2019s that grinch like character? The grumpus?", "human_ref_B": "God is real in The Simpsons. He's influenced the world multiple times, he got mad at Homer and Barney for saying their friendship was more powerful than him so he melted all the snow to ruin their snow plow businesses and he's personally intervened to help Flanders before. Little Troll/Elfs are real, as seen when they're jockeys and threaten Homer to make Bart's horse lose. Aliens are real, Kang and Kodos have made 1 canon appearance. Native Americans once gave Bart a vision of the future, that was possibly accurate? A Native American woman with enormous breasts appeared as a spirit guide for Homer. Homer has also had drug-induced spiritual journey with a coyote spirit (voiced by Johnny Cash) Professor Frink's technology borders on the supernatural.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24464.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uhuhtc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[The Simpsons] How supernatural is the Simpsons universe? Outside of Tree House of Horror how many supernatural happenings going on in Springfield and when did it first start? I know about things like the Futurama crossover and the wish fish Bart gutted, so what are so other things that fall into that category?", "c_root_id_A": "i79um04", "c_root_id_B": "i7bqhox", "created_at_utc_A": 1651657995.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651689802.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "What\u2019s that grinch like character? The grumpus?", "human_ref_B": "Well, they had a Crossover with the X Files as well, so *everything* that has appeared on X Files is fair game it seems like.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31807.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3x1o9k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] In Green Lantern, why do the Lanterns put so much stock in complicated constructs? Isn't that extra work unnecessary and distracting? I've read a little bit of Green Lantern, and seen the movie (yeah, it was bad) and I think the character is cool, (still a Marvel guy, however) but I never understood why they did so much with making the Lanterns make these big complicated constructs. For instance, wanting to shoot someone, so they make a construct of a machine gun. Wouldn't it make more sense just to shoot a beam from the ring and let it act as a bullet? It's faster and you don't have to recreate all of the inner workings of the machine gun. Some of this can be explained by what's in the Lantern's mind. For instance, in Secret Origin when Hal creates a plane out of anger. But many times, the complicated constructs just seem really unnecessary.", "c_root_id_A": "cy0wskh", "c_root_id_B": "cy0zlev", "created_at_utc_A": 1450267255.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450274976.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "John Stewart often makes sniper rifles with his constructs, that gives him insane range that just using an energy blast wouldn't - sure he could probably snipe with just his ring, but it's not something he's comfortable with, it's about usability as well I reckon, a well-shaped sword/baton is better than just a shoddy construct.", "human_ref_B": "The use of a construct, allows the Lantern to combine both the conscious and subconscious elements of his mind in the use of his power ring. Allowing for a greater overall effect. To give an example of how this might work: Imagine a Lantern wishes to hold an opponent immobile on the ground. He may simply create a dome of pure will over his opponent. However he now has to consciously enforce the ideas of strength/durability/immobility into this dome to hold it intact. Instead he may create a construct of a chain and anchor wrapping around his foe. Now his subconscious \"knows\" that metal chains are heavy and strong and are used to hold things fast. Likewise the *idea* of an anchor is one of weight, and immobility. This 'offloads' some of the willpower required to hold the construct in place. This is also why different Lanterns favour different styles of constructs. They have different life experiences and ideas of the properties various objects have. In the above example, a Lantern who has experience of earth naval warships would have an easier time creating the construct in the form of an anchor and chain from a US destroyer, or similar large ship, and the construct itself would have greater properties. For more complicated constructs (machine guns/aircraft) the *specifics* of the devices internal workings is not required, rather the general method of operation and the resulting effects. For example a machine gun feeds bullets in on end, spits them out really fast at the other while going rat-at-at. However someone who has never used such a gun would, again, have to consciously control the rate of fire/speed and mass of projectiles etc. A Lantern who has experience firing the real thing would, again, already \"know\" these things and have an easier time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7721.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dcmxi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]What are the long-term implications of the Emperor's death? It has been rumored that the Golden Throne is failing and more and more psychers are required to keep him alive. I understand that traveling the Warp will be impossible without the Astronomicon, but it seems to me that this would be the Blackest Night and the End of Days. But assuming we survive the horrors of the Warp, what are the long-term implications? The Empire would be sundered with no way to travel between worlds... but I wonder if the Emperor might be reborn...", "c_root_id_A": "c9p3ecj", "c_root_id_B": "c9p64h3", "created_at_utc_A": 1367264348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367271515.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Well the remnants of the human race discovered and reclaimed by the Primarchs show that we can survive without the Emperor, if not ending up perfectly human. The various enemies of the Imperium would definitely take advantage of the situation.", "human_ref_B": "There are currently 3 things that could possibly happen if the Emperor dies. 1) The Astronomicon falls apart, warp travel becomes extremely difficult, and because the Imperium is far too large, it will fall apart almost immediately. Regional warlords will assume power, Xenos factions like the Tau, the Orks, and the Necrons will be quick in exploiting Humanity's weakness, and many world will fall. The Hive worlds like Cadia, and Armageddon would hold out initially, but with the combined threat of Xenos invasions and starvation, they will eventually fall. Essentially, the Age of Strife happens all over again. 2) Star Child theory is correct, and the Emperor will be reincarnated. No one will believe that he's the Emperor at first, and many will try to oppose him, but after while he will unite the factions and remnants of humanity (just like after the Age of Strife), and lead the Imperium on another Great Crusade. 3) The Emperor gets reincarnated in the immaterium. He becomes shining golden god in the warp and completely destroys the Chaos Gods once and for all. Making warp travel safe and free of daemons while at the same time guiding humanity through the stars as a even more literal god.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7167.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dcmxi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]What are the long-term implications of the Emperor's death? It has been rumored that the Golden Throne is failing and more and more psychers are required to keep him alive. I understand that traveling the Warp will be impossible without the Astronomicon, but it seems to me that this would be the Blackest Night and the End of Days. But assuming we survive the horrors of the Warp, what are the long-term implications? The Empire would be sundered with no way to travel between worlds... but I wonder if the Emperor might be reborn...", "c_root_id_A": "c9p64h3", "c_root_id_B": "c9p1qyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1367271515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367259966.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There are currently 3 things that could possibly happen if the Emperor dies. 1) The Astronomicon falls apart, warp travel becomes extremely difficult, and because the Imperium is far too large, it will fall apart almost immediately. Regional warlords will assume power, Xenos factions like the Tau, the Orks, and the Necrons will be quick in exploiting Humanity's weakness, and many world will fall. The Hive worlds like Cadia, and Armageddon would hold out initially, but with the combined threat of Xenos invasions and starvation, they will eventually fall. Essentially, the Age of Strife happens all over again. 2) Star Child theory is correct, and the Emperor will be reincarnated. No one will believe that he's the Emperor at first, and many will try to oppose him, but after while he will unite the factions and remnants of humanity (just like after the Age of Strife), and lead the Imperium on another Great Crusade. 3) The Emperor gets reincarnated in the immaterium. He becomes shining golden god in the warp and completely destroys the Chaos Gods once and for all. Making warp travel safe and free of daemons while at the same time guiding humanity through the stars as a even more literal god.", "human_ref_B": "Asides from the obvious social and religious collapse, i will discuss a few technological aspects. It is not that travel through the warp would be impossible, per se. Just exponentially more difficult. By his light, the emperor has seen fit to calm the warp, even if only partially. And by his will, he projects the astronomican. The astronomican provides a fixed nav-point, even in the shifting un-space of warp, it provides a point that a heading and speed can be taken from. Without it, warp travel would be slower, done in shorter distances, and much more liable to see you lost and off course, not to mention the additional hazards that would make themselves known without the calming influence of the Glorious Emperor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11549.0, "score_ratio": 4.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dcmxi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]What are the long-term implications of the Emperor's death? It has been rumored that the Golden Throne is failing and more and more psychers are required to keep him alive. I understand that traveling the Warp will be impossible without the Astronomicon, but it seems to me that this would be the Blackest Night and the End of Days. But assuming we survive the horrors of the Warp, what are the long-term implications? The Empire would be sundered with no way to travel between worlds... but I wonder if the Emperor might be reborn...", "c_root_id_A": "c9p1qyb", "c_root_id_B": "c9p3ecj", "created_at_utc_A": 1367259966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367264348.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Asides from the obvious social and religious collapse, i will discuss a few technological aspects. It is not that travel through the warp would be impossible, per se. Just exponentially more difficult. By his light, the emperor has seen fit to calm the warp, even if only partially. And by his will, he projects the astronomican. The astronomican provides a fixed nav-point, even in the shifting un-space of warp, it provides a point that a heading and speed can be taken from. Without it, warp travel would be slower, done in shorter distances, and much more liable to see you lost and off course, not to mention the additional hazards that would make themselves known without the calming influence of the Glorious Emperor.", "human_ref_B": "Well the remnants of the human race discovered and reclaimed by the Primarchs show that we can survive without the Emperor, if not ending up perfectly human. The various enemies of the Imperium would definitely take advantage of the situation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4382.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dcmxi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Warhammer 40k]What are the long-term implications of the Emperor's death? It has been rumored that the Golden Throne is failing and more and more psychers are required to keep him alive. I understand that traveling the Warp will be impossible without the Astronomicon, but it seems to me that this would be the Blackest Night and the End of Days. But assuming we survive the horrors of the Warp, what are the long-term implications? The Empire would be sundered with no way to travel between worlds... but I wonder if the Emperor might be reborn...", "c_root_id_A": "c9p68tx", "c_root_id_B": "c9p1qyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1367271834.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367259966.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There are two actual modes of thought on what would happen if THE EMPEROR (THE EMPEROR protect us!) should ever fall from the Golden Throne. The first is that he shall reincarnate into a new body, whole once more, and personally lead us in a new and glorious crusade against the enemies of Humanity. The Gods of Chaos themselves tremble at this thought, for none can stand before the might of THE EMPEROR! The second (HERETICAL) mode of thought is that the Emperor would perish (THE EMPEROR protect us!), and plunge the galaxy into darkness. Without his guiding light, space travel would become all but impossible, cutting off the far-flung planets of the Imperium. Orks, the forces of Chaos, and other terrible Xeno scum would wash over us in an unholy tide. THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!", "human_ref_B": "Asides from the obvious social and religious collapse, i will discuss a few technological aspects. It is not that travel through the warp would be impossible, per se. Just exponentially more difficult. By his light, the emperor has seen fit to calm the warp, even if only partially. And by his will, he projects the astronomican. The astronomican provides a fixed nav-point, even in the shifting un-space of warp, it provides a point that a heading and speed can be taken from. Without it, warp travel would be slower, done in shorter distances, and much more liable to see you lost and off course, not to mention the additional hazards that would make themselves known without the calming influence of the Glorious Emperor.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11868.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4q6der", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC/Marvel/General] What are the most unique forms of transportation? Spidey and Daredevil swing about the place, Batman can glide, Flash runs, Nightcrawler teleports, and LOADS of people fly... Does anyone have any really unique or unusual methods of transportation?", "c_root_id_A": "d4qrquf", "c_root_id_B": "d4qjrau", "created_at_utc_A": 1467083501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467070676.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Silver Surfer's interstellar surfboard. Also, I don't know if everyone would consider this a method of transportation, but Swamp Thing can abandon his plant-based body, project his consciousness through \"the Green\" (the sum of all plant matter on the planet) and re-grow himself a body in another location, including on other planets in some stories.", "human_ref_B": "Wonder Woman's invisible jet", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12825.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4q6der", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC/Marvel/General] What are the most unique forms of transportation? Spidey and Daredevil swing about the place, Batman can glide, Flash runs, Nightcrawler teleports, and LOADS of people fly... Does anyone have any really unique or unusual methods of transportation?", "c_root_id_A": "d4qjrau", "c_root_id_B": "d4r6scs", "created_at_utc_A": 1467070676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467122324.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Wonder Woman's invisible jet", "human_ref_B": "I've always liked Ice Man's ice slides.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51648.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4q6der", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC/Marvel/General] What are the most unique forms of transportation? Spidey and Daredevil swing about the place, Batman can glide, Flash runs, Nightcrawler teleports, and LOADS of people fly... Does anyone have any really unique or unusual methods of transportation?", "c_root_id_A": "d4qjrau", "c_root_id_B": "d4rgfp3", "created_at_utc_A": 1467070676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467135665.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Wonder Woman's invisible jet", "human_ref_B": "Plastic Man turns himself into a car", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 64989.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4q6der", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC/Marvel/General] What are the most unique forms of transportation? Spidey and Daredevil swing about the place, Batman can glide, Flash runs, Nightcrawler teleports, and LOADS of people fly... Does anyone have any really unique or unusual methods of transportation?", "c_root_id_A": "d4rgfp3", "c_root_id_B": "d4r72j8", "created_at_utc_A": 1467135665.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467122792.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Plastic Man turns himself into a car", "human_ref_B": "Danny the Street is the most unique IMO", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12873.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4q6der", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC/Marvel/General] What are the most unique forms of transportation? Spidey and Daredevil swing about the place, Batman can glide, Flash runs, Nightcrawler teleports, and LOADS of people fly... Does anyone have any really unique or unusual methods of transportation?", "c_root_id_A": "d4qjrau", "c_root_id_B": "d4qthcp", "created_at_utc_A": 1467070676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467086726.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Wonder Woman's invisible jet", "human_ref_B": "Does interstellar transportation count? If so, Heimdall's bifrost, and that one inhuman rock from Agents of SHIELD that is a portal when it melts into a liquid.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16050.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4q6der", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[DC/Marvel/General] What are the most unique forms of transportation? Spidey and Daredevil swing about the place, Batman can glide, Flash runs, Nightcrawler teleports, and LOADS of people fly... Does anyone have any really unique or unusual methods of transportation?", "c_root_id_A": "d4ueakb", "c_root_id_B": "d4s4n11", "created_at_utc_A": 1467315904.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467171455.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Are we just not going to talk about the Spidermobile?", "human_ref_B": "Dream can transport as far and as easy as he wants since everywhere there's somebody dreaming", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 144449.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l2od13", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Mass Effect]Biotics range and speed limitations I've been thinking about a hypothetical use of biotic powers in space battles or at least on planets but at extremely long ranges. I know that in-game, if you are too far away from the enemy, you can't choose them as your target and use any of offensive biotic skills on them, as far as I remember. But lorewise, is there any information on the max range of biotic powers? Because I haven't found any info on this topic on the ME wiki. Googling also didn't yield any results. Say, there's some race that specializes in genetic engineering (like Kett) and at some point decides to create biologic machines/drones capable of immensely powerful biotics. Or even some completely organic species, like zerg or tyranids, developing specialized biotic organisms. Of course, some might say, it's much more effective to employ conventional weaponry based on ME or similar nonbiologic technologies (lasers, rockets, railguns and etc), when it comes to space warfare. However, I'm just curious, if the following space weapons are feasible in the ME universe. My question is, is it possible, for example, to cast Singularity at long range, say, a few hundred thousands kilometres, to glue multiple enemy ships together? Or use living drones, capable of Biotic Charge (Vanguard skill) as some kind of FTL rocket-like vehicles? To cast Warp from afar, to destroy ships kinetic barriers/armor? And so on. And, most important question, would all these biotic abilities be limited by speed of light? FTL detectors are a thing in ME universe, so detecting incoming enemy fleets is quite possible. Thank you in advance for your expert opinions. P.S. I'm not a native speaker, so apologies for my imperfect English.", "c_root_id_A": "gk6s8wb", "c_root_id_B": "gk6kbgf", "created_at_utc_A": 1611329112.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611326614.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Biotics is just the ability to create mass effect fields using your body, instead of technology. For spaceship battles, they already *have* tech-based mass effect field generators, so there's no need to use biotics. Mass effect fields are what makes FTL travel possible, so in principle biotics could produce FTL effects. If you wanted to try anyways, biotics still follow conservation of energy (lorewise, biotic soldiers get additional rations to compensate for the energy drain of using biotics), so all of the energy used to perform biotics theoretically comes from ingested calories. This puts a hard upper limit on biotic ability as being human scale. A gigantic biologic like a Leviathan or a biotic Thresher Maw might be able to generate spaceship-scale biotics, but a human would not be capable of doing so.", "human_ref_B": "Well, there is still a limit to their power. Even the greatest of bionics we have seen have only been able to throw around a few tons at the most, meaning they would be powerless against anything the size of a ship. I don't know much about their range limit tho. However, considering that we never see any long ranged mass effect weapons I'd say that it has a very short range. Specifically because, that bionics should be totally possible to replicate with technology, considering that bionics are just very small amounts of eezo in their bodies powered by their bodies electricty, which isn't much, it should be trivial to create the same effect with technology but with more power. Its possible that the more fine persision powers like warp might not be possible to replicate (maybe bionics is more complex than the tech) however the more simpler powers should totally be possible to replicate. And since we never see such a weapon on a ship, it's likely not possible, or if it is,simply not worth it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2498.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mdwt2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "Star Trek TNG] *The Next Phase*, Why didn't Geordi and Ro fall through the floor? [This episode.) EDIT: Reddit hyperlinking and the fools at memory-alpha.wikia.com who thought that it was a good idea to put parens in URLs require the link be written out: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Next_Phase_(episode) Inspired partially by the recent question about Kitty Pryde, but also just on basic confusion - Geordi and Ro cease being able to interact with normal matter in any way. They walk through walls, can leave the ship at any time (proven by throwing the romulan through a wall and creepily watching him die), and can walk right through people. Unfortunately, they make solid contact with the floor with every step. Artificial gravity doesn't seem like it would be a meaningful culprit, as many episodes show people moving between decks without any gravity weirdness, sometimes tossing equipment through holes in the floor.", "c_root_id_A": "d3ur7x5", "c_root_id_B": "d3us9ce", "created_at_utc_A": 1464976925.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464978274.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "In order to keep the artificial gravity consistent throughout the ship, individual deck floors all have a micro-singularity web embedded in them. Micro-singularity webs are contained in weak force fields, so that could have provided enough pushback to disallow easy falling.", "human_ref_B": "The floor panels are lined with self-sealing stembolts, and this prevents any phasic interference.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1349.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mdwt2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "Star Trek TNG] *The Next Phase*, Why didn't Geordi and Ro fall through the floor? [This episode.) EDIT: Reddit hyperlinking and the fools at memory-alpha.wikia.com who thought that it was a good idea to put parens in URLs require the link be written out: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Next_Phase_(episode) Inspired partially by the recent question about Kitty Pryde, but also just on basic confusion - Geordi and Ro cease being able to interact with normal matter in any way. They walk through walls, can leave the ship at any time (proven by throwing the romulan through a wall and creepily watching him die), and can walk right through people. Unfortunately, they make solid contact with the floor with every step. Artificial gravity doesn't seem like it would be a meaningful culprit, as many episodes show people moving between decks without any gravity weirdness, sometimes tossing equipment through holes in the floor.", "c_root_id_A": "d3vag9n", "c_root_id_B": "d3v8qbx", "created_at_utc_A": 1465006340.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465003372.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Electro-magnetic floor plating. The Grav system prevented them from going through the floor. OR...they had the ability to touch things the whole time, they just needed to concentrate...like Ghost Dad (Bill Cosby Movie...the young ones should google it)", "human_ref_B": "Gravitons. Always gravitons. And reversing the polarity. /trek-technobabble", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2968.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mdwt2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "Star Trek TNG] *The Next Phase*, Why didn't Geordi and Ro fall through the floor? [This episode.) EDIT: Reddit hyperlinking and the fools at memory-alpha.wikia.com who thought that it was a good idea to put parens in URLs require the link be written out: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Next_Phase_(episode) Inspired partially by the recent question about Kitty Pryde, but also just on basic confusion - Geordi and Ro cease being able to interact with normal matter in any way. They walk through walls, can leave the ship at any time (proven by throwing the romulan through a wall and creepily watching him die), and can walk right through people. Unfortunately, they make solid contact with the floor with every step. Artificial gravity doesn't seem like it would be a meaningful culprit, as many episodes show people moving between decks without any gravity weirdness, sometimes tossing equipment through holes in the floor.", "c_root_id_A": "d3vak2i", "c_root_id_B": "d3v8qbx", "created_at_utc_A": 1465006522.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465003372.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "To put a link with parens you need to escape the closing one with a \\ For example to create a link like This episode) This episode)", "human_ref_B": "Gravitons. Always gravitons. And reversing the polarity. /trek-technobabble", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3150.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mdwt2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "Star Trek TNG] *The Next Phase*, Why didn't Geordi and Ro fall through the floor? [This episode.) EDIT: Reddit hyperlinking and the fools at memory-alpha.wikia.com who thought that it was a good idea to put parens in URLs require the link be written out: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Next_Phase_(episode) Inspired partially by the recent question about Kitty Pryde, but also just on basic confusion - Geordi and Ro cease being able to interact with normal matter in any way. They walk through walls, can leave the ship at any time (proven by throwing the romulan through a wall and creepily watching him die), and can walk right through people. Unfortunately, they make solid contact with the floor with every step. Artificial gravity doesn't seem like it would be a meaningful culprit, as many episodes show people moving between decks without any gravity weirdness, sometimes tossing equipment through holes in the floor.", "c_root_id_A": "d3vozzn", "c_root_id_B": "d3vvl77", "created_at_utc_A": 1465047187.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465059870.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because reasons! And maybe tachyons... But mostly reasons!", "human_ref_B": "As I recall, they actually say that outright after the problem got resolved. I just wish I could remember what it was they said.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12683.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "46w4oo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Dungeons and Dragons] How conscious are most people of the alignment system? Like, would a paladin consciously think of themselves as being Lawful Good? Would an anarchist specify that people wanting to join their revolution must be Chaotic?", "c_root_id_A": "d08co00", "c_root_id_B": "d08og8x", "created_at_utc_A": 1456081057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456100115.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Almost everyone think of themselves to be 'good'. Someone can view themselves a rebel, fighting for their rights/freedom/country/whatever. Someone else can view that same person as a insurgent, a unlawful separatist trying to tear down what was already there. The Alignment system is a greater thing, it's a cosmic force. Everyone who is good, is good, everyone who is evil, is evil. Even if a Lich somehow think himself good, he is bound by the very nature of his existence to the evil alignment. A man who think himself a freedom fighter might be evil, no mater what he think of himself. A person does not define his alignment by what he think is good or evil, it's above them.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. In the standard DnD cosmology, the sixteen outer planes are distributed along the so-called Cosmic Wheel based on alignment. The position of each plane in the Wheel follows from its position in the good-evil and order-chaos axes. Since this is a cosmological structure, it is measurable, though only scholars or theologians have a deep understanding of it. However, that's not necessary for the game to function. The fifth edition of DnD in particular removed almost all mechanical consequences of alignment. In a homebrew setting, it's possible to treat alignment as just personality types with no cosmological significance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19058.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "46w4oo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Dungeons and Dragons] How conscious are most people of the alignment system? Like, would a paladin consciously think of themselves as being Lawful Good? Would an anarchist specify that people wanting to join their revolution must be Chaotic?", "c_root_id_A": "d08gkzo", "c_root_id_B": "d08og8x", "created_at_utc_A": 1456087432.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1456100115.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think the best answer (the one which fits both mechanics and roleplaying optimally) is to think Alignment as cosmic forces are very well defined, but the human heart isn't so much. So just as Detect Evil/Good can detect \"levels\" of Good and Evil, experienced users would also perceive shades of it. So people are very Good, some not so much, most change something on a daily basis or from moment to moment. As with anything that mixes psychology and theology, there would be a lot of room for complex, satisfying explanations but also for mistery and depth. Therefore, I don't know how much people would let this change their daily lives as in letting it tell who they walk with. A Paladin probably studies what is Good and Law and tries to fit both principles. An anarchist would only think of the Chaos cosmic force if he is inclined to religion, mysticism or philosophy; actually, I'd say many RL anarchists of Earth were Lawful and anal-retentive to the last bit.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. In the standard DnD cosmology, the sixteen outer planes are distributed along the so-called Cosmic Wheel based on alignment. The position of each plane in the Wheel follows from its position in the good-evil and order-chaos axes. Since this is a cosmological structure, it is measurable, though only scholars or theologians have a deep understanding of it. However, that's not necessary for the game to function. The fifth edition of DnD in particular removed almost all mechanical consequences of alignment. In a homebrew setting, it's possible to treat alignment as just personality types with no cosmological significance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12683.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ckydqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] Are there any \u201cgood\u201d aberrations? It seems like all aberrations are evil (or of an alien alignment that might as well be \u201cevil\u201d). Are there any good aberrations?", "c_root_id_A": "evrv0wr", "c_root_id_B": "evrqods", "created_at_utc_A": 1564719381.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564715625.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The Flumph. They're weird intelligent jellyfish things that float through the air and glow different colors depending on their mood.", "human_ref_B": "Thaqualm was introduced in the 3.5 Book of Exalted Deeds as a redeemed Illithid. In theory, any Aberration could be so redeemed, and become good aligned.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3756.0, "score_ratio": 2.0769230769, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ckydqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] Are there any \u201cgood\u201d aberrations? It seems like all aberrations are evil (or of an alien alignment that might as well be \u201cevil\u201d). Are there any good aberrations?", "c_root_id_A": "evrv0wr", "c_root_id_B": "evrpwgw", "created_at_utc_A": 1564719381.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564714984.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Flumph. They're weird intelligent jellyfish things that float through the air and glow different colors depending on their mood.", "human_ref_B": "Nagas for one. There are many kinds of Nagas, but guardian nagas are lawful good.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4397.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ckydqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] Are there any \u201cgood\u201d aberrations? It seems like all aberrations are evil (or of an alien alignment that might as well be \u201cevil\u201d). Are there any good aberrations?", "c_root_id_A": "evrpwgw", "c_root_id_B": "evrqods", "created_at_utc_A": 1564714984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564715625.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Nagas for one. There are many kinds of Nagas, but guardian nagas are lawful good.", "human_ref_B": "Thaqualm was introduced in the 3.5 Book of Exalted Deeds as a redeemed Illithid. In theory, any Aberration could be so redeemed, and become good aligned.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 641.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ckydqt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] Are there any \u201cgood\u201d aberrations? It seems like all aberrations are evil (or of an alien alignment that might as well be \u201cevil\u201d). Are there any good aberrations?", "c_root_id_A": "evs6bqn", "c_root_id_B": "evs25u1", "created_at_utc_A": 1564731974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564726723.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Silthilar from *Lords of Madness* (3.5) are listed as usually chaotic good. They're swarms of fine-sized aberrations that can coalesce into these bizarro monsters with four spiked limbs and four hands wielding kukris (someone's gotta, I guess). >\"This cloud of pale green mist defies the laws of nature, coiling and roiling almost with a mind of its own. Long, dark green spines the size of a rapier blade, up to four at a time, constantly form and dissolve within the cloud. Suddenly, it collapses in on itself to take on the crude form of a flying eight-limbed creature. The four upper limbs end in long spines, and the four lower limbs end in tiny, four-fingered hands. Its roughly humanoid torso is covered with dark green plates, and its head is a writhing mass of tendrils.\" *Lords of Madness*, pg. 168. Apparently they're descended from a forgotten race of sylvan creatures whose shit got fucked up by a plague so bad, they had to turn themselves into these things.", "human_ref_B": "There's been some drift in the usage of the term \"aberration\" that makes this a bit difficult to answer. In 3e there were a few, with the definition of aberration being mostly that it was weird and alien, rather than any kind of background or origin being implied by the term aberration. There were a handful of non-evil aberrations in 3e, mostly the flumph, which was a little fart-flying jellyfish alien that looked sort of like the Flying Spaghetti Monster. They're Lawful Good, and I think the canon explanation was that they were basically lost aliens wandering around the D&D settings. From the start, they've been a joke monster. In 4e and now 5e, aberrations generally became associated with being alien and psionic. Lots of creatures that are aberrations are also associated with the Cthulhu-y Far Realm. The flumph is in the 5e Monster Manual as an aberration, and is still Lawful Good. It's treated as basically a psychic parasite that feeds on other people's emotional state. 5e blurred things a bit by moving some creatures around. Monstrosity is a new type that overlaps with aberration quite a bit as sort of a catch-all \"weird creature\" type, though aberrations tend to be slimy and tentacle-y. Slaadi are aberrations now, despite being Outsiders since creature types were introduced, and they're Chaotic Neutral, so in theory they're as likely to help you as they are to eat you, despite that never being the case in practice. The line between monstrosity and aberration is very poorly defined.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5251.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m0uha0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Marvel] Who's a better shape shifter, Mystique or a Skrull? Bonus question: Has Mystique ever interacted with a Skrull?", "c_root_id_A": "gqa222r", "c_root_id_B": "gq9yqdc", "created_at_utc_A": 1615252992.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615251170.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "That depend of what kind of Skrull. The only Skrulls that can copy superpowers are the Super Skrull variant. Normal Skrulls only can shapeshift thier body to other creatures and inorganic object, obviously without that objects properties. Can even combine different species at will and alter their bodies with new limbs like wings, arms, legs, horns, etc. Mystique originally only could change her aparience to mimic another human being, including clothes; but after being irradiated and a reborn, she won partially elastic kind properties, capability to create new limbs, and to even mimic corporal odors to upgrade her masquerades. Anyway it's still complicated to shapeshift in someone really bigger of her (Juggernaut for example). And as topagae says, it's pretty much sure that she interacted with the Secret Invasion's Super Skrulls at least.", "human_ref_B": "Depends. Some Mystique's can copy powers. Some skrulls can too. Edit: Yes, she's interacted with a ton of disguised skrulls.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1822.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2yx8h7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Hobbit] How did Sauron or the Nazgul not see/sense Bilbo when he uses the ring in the Hobbit? Or for that matter Gollom for all the time he had it. When the dwarves are captured by the wood elves in the Mirkwood forest, Bilbo spends days if not weeks wearing the ring. Yet every time Frodo even *thinks* about putting on the ring he is instantly a target and everyone knows where he is\u2026?", "c_root_id_A": "cpdt9at", "c_root_id_B": "cpdscpv", "created_at_utc_A": 1426265922.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426264457.0, "score_A": 132, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "The films are... different. Sauron only knew where Frodo was on Amon Hen, and when he claimed the Ring inside Mordor. Amon Hen was sort of a weird place, which encouraged farsight but also apparently made you \"stick out\" more to those with farsight of their own. That plus the Ring meant that Sauron found him -- albeit not enough to identify him, thanks to the intervention of either Galadriel or Gandalf. And claiming the Ring was directly challenging Sauron in his own land, so it was more the claim than the use of the Ring that drew the attention of Sauron. Bilbo never outright, knowingly claimed it as his own and challenged Sauron for its ownership. Neither did Gollum (though he likely would have done so given the chance). Use of the Ring never functioned as a homing beacon for Sauron. The films changed this to make some things easier to show visually and enhance the menace of the Ring. But, for example, Sam uses the Ring for an extended period in the Pass of Cirith Ungol, following around orcs and evading Shelob. Sauron never notices that.", "human_ref_B": "So even though the Hobbit was 60 years before The Lord of the Rings Sauron was far weaker and hadn't even returned to Mordor. He probably felt something, which is how they knew the Ring was no longer lost and this was probably stronger when the Nine broke free from their \"graves\". With Gollum, all I can think is that when he found it Sauron was still extremely weak after his downfall and unable to feel it when Gollum first found it. After he went deep into the mountain, perhaps the ring couldn't call out to Sauron when that deep into the earth? When it comes to Frodo, the time he gets the ring is a time when Sauron is the strongest he's been for thousands of years. The Nine are strong again and hunting for the ring. His entire efforts are focused on the One and it's focus is on finding it's master again. This could be why he is so vulnerable.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1465.0, "score_ratio": 4.2580645161, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "84s109", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Plants vs Zombies] What caused the infection? Title. Probably done before but I'm too lazy to look for it. What caused the zombie outbreak in this universe? Disease, bioweapon, alien life form?", "c_root_id_A": "dvsdemh", "c_root_id_B": "dvs8szj", "created_at_utc_A": 1521191293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521180834.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The final boss in the games was a scientist zombie that was controlling the others (and had robots because robots) - so would assume bioweapon.", "human_ref_B": "Seems to be the classic reanimated dead people, so my guess is pseudo-science (think Frankenstein), black magic, or a virus-type thing", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10459.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ft198", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mario] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam confirms that Mario exists in a Multiverse. Could the Multiverse theory explain Dr Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "ctsflso", "c_root_id_B": "cts5nbg", "created_at_utc_A": 1438791003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438769599.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I like this idea. Maybe Dr Mario is fighting a strain of virus known as *B. Owser* and the most effective treatment was discovered in a fungus.", "human_ref_B": "This is not really an answer, but I'm very happy Paper Jam is coming out. I always suspected the Paper Mario series to be separate from the rest of the games. Not only is Bowser very different in therms of personality, but everything is made of PAPER!!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21404.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ft198", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mario] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam confirms that Mario exists in a Multiverse. Could the Multiverse theory explain Dr Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "ctrpogc", "c_root_id_B": "ctsflso", "created_at_utc_A": 1438731565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438791003.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "i feel that the excess of mushrooms is probably the best explination for most of these questions", "human_ref_B": "I like this idea. Maybe Dr Mario is fighting a strain of virus known as *B. Owser* and the most effective treatment was discovered in a fungus.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59438.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ft198", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mario] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam confirms that Mario exists in a Multiverse. Could the Multiverse theory explain Dr Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "cts5nbg", "c_root_id_B": "ctsglqo", "created_at_utc_A": 1438769599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438792459.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "This is not really an answer, but I'm very happy Paper Jam is coming out. I always suspected the Paper Mario series to be separate from the rest of the games. Not only is Bowser very different in therms of personality, but everything is made of PAPER!!!", "human_ref_B": "Considering Dr Mario exists as a separate entity in the communal Super Smash bros reality, I'm going to say that yes, they are alternate reality versions of each other", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22860.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ft198", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mario] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam confirms that Mario exists in a Multiverse. Could the Multiverse theory explain Dr Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "ctrpogc", "c_root_id_B": "ctsglqo", "created_at_utc_A": 1438731565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438792459.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "i feel that the excess of mushrooms is probably the best explination for most of these questions", "human_ref_B": "Considering Dr Mario exists as a separate entity in the communal Super Smash bros reality, I'm going to say that yes, they are alternate reality versions of each other", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 60894.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ft198", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mario] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam confirms that Mario exists in a Multiverse. Could the Multiverse theory explain Dr Mario?", "c_root_id_A": "cts5nbg", "c_root_id_B": "ctrpogc", "created_at_utc_A": 1438769599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438731565.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "This is not really an answer, but I'm very happy Paper Jam is coming out. I always suspected the Paper Mario series to be separate from the rest of the games. Not only is Bowser very different in therms of personality, but everything is made of PAPER!!!", "human_ref_B": "i feel that the excess of mushrooms is probably the best explination for most of these questions", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38034.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "359vwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Avengers] Why is it such a big deal that SHIELD are recreating hydra weaponry, but no-one seems concerned about the destroyer weapon that Coulson uses on Loki?", "c_root_id_A": "cr2ir3v", "c_root_id_B": "cr2fyal", "created_at_utc_A": 1431093440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431086921.0, "score_A": 96, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Remember that HYDRA began as the Nazi regime's super science think tank, headed by the man who became Red Skull. Steve Rogers has a really intense personal beef with HYDRA. More broadly, SHIELD evolved from the WWII-era SSR. During WWII, SSR's key mission was fighting the \"weird war.\" They stopped Axis attempts to use mad science, black magic, etc., in the war. The WWII era Howling Commandos were one of the key military units in that fight. During the war, there was constant debate about whether the SSR (and the Allied powers in general) should try to make use of captured Axis \"weird war\" programs. It was a classic question of \"Do the ends justify the means?\" After the war, the debate shifted to the ethics of using that HYDRA tech in the Cold War. The good guy answer to that question was always \"No! If we do monstrous things to win, then we become the monsters we are fighting to defeat.\" That's where Steve Rogers is coming from. Now fast forward sixty years or so. Nick Fury is head of SHIELD and sees bigger and bigger threats arising from superhumans and non-humans. Remember his quote: \"Last year, Earth had a visit from another planet that had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously outgunned. \" For Nick Fury, that threat meant that SHIELD had to be ready to use *everything* in the arsenal against a future Destroyer-level threat. Alien tech, Nazi/HYDRA tech, it didn't matter. Fury's new doctrine clashed directly with the old anti-Nazi/HYDRA doctrine, so that became a big issue very quickly. At that time, there weren't any entrenched attitudes about using Asgardian / Cosmic tech, so the Destroyer weapon didn't get the same kind of pushback. Now, post-Ultron, that will probably change. I think there will be a lot more pushback about using Asgardian / Cosmic tech in the future.", "human_ref_B": "I think it was only Steve that was seriously bent out of shape about the tesseract weapons because of his personal issues with Hydra. The others didn't seem to make a big deal out of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6519.0, "score_ratio": 2.7428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "359vwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Avengers] Why is it such a big deal that SHIELD are recreating hydra weaponry, but no-one seems concerned about the destroyer weapon that Coulson uses on Loki?", "c_root_id_A": "cr2g7vq", "c_root_id_B": "cr2ir3v", "created_at_utc_A": 1431087684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431093440.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 96, "human_ref_A": "Its not about the gun. Its about who is holding it. This is esentially one of the big points of the avengers movies upto this point. Who decides what is right or wrong?", "human_ref_B": "Remember that HYDRA began as the Nazi regime's super science think tank, headed by the man who became Red Skull. Steve Rogers has a really intense personal beef with HYDRA. More broadly, SHIELD evolved from the WWII-era SSR. During WWII, SSR's key mission was fighting the \"weird war.\" They stopped Axis attempts to use mad science, black magic, etc., in the war. The WWII era Howling Commandos were one of the key military units in that fight. During the war, there was constant debate about whether the SSR (and the Allied powers in general) should try to make use of captured Axis \"weird war\" programs. It was a classic question of \"Do the ends justify the means?\" After the war, the debate shifted to the ethics of using that HYDRA tech in the Cold War. The good guy answer to that question was always \"No! If we do monstrous things to win, then we become the monsters we are fighting to defeat.\" That's where Steve Rogers is coming from. Now fast forward sixty years or so. Nick Fury is head of SHIELD and sees bigger and bigger threats arising from superhumans and non-humans. Remember his quote: \"Last year, Earth had a visit from another planet that had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously outgunned. \" For Nick Fury, that threat meant that SHIELD had to be ready to use *everything* in the arsenal against a future Destroyer-level threat. Alien tech, Nazi/HYDRA tech, it didn't matter. Fury's new doctrine clashed directly with the old anti-Nazi/HYDRA doctrine, so that became a big issue very quickly. At that time, there weren't any entrenched attitudes about using Asgardian / Cosmic tech, so the Destroyer weapon didn't get the same kind of pushback. Now, post-Ultron, that will probably change. I think there will be a lot more pushback about using Asgardian / Cosmic tech in the future.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5756.0, "score_ratio": 3.3103448276, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "359vwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Avengers] Why is it such a big deal that SHIELD are recreating hydra weaponry, but no-one seems concerned about the destroyer weapon that Coulson uses on Loki?", "c_root_id_A": "cr2ir3v", "c_root_id_B": "cr2i9pc", "created_at_utc_A": 1431093440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431092482.0, "score_A": 96, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Remember that HYDRA began as the Nazi regime's super science think tank, headed by the man who became Red Skull. Steve Rogers has a really intense personal beef with HYDRA. More broadly, SHIELD evolved from the WWII-era SSR. During WWII, SSR's key mission was fighting the \"weird war.\" They stopped Axis attempts to use mad science, black magic, etc., in the war. The WWII era Howling Commandos were one of the key military units in that fight. During the war, there was constant debate about whether the SSR (and the Allied powers in general) should try to make use of captured Axis \"weird war\" programs. It was a classic question of \"Do the ends justify the means?\" After the war, the debate shifted to the ethics of using that HYDRA tech in the Cold War. The good guy answer to that question was always \"No! If we do monstrous things to win, then we become the monsters we are fighting to defeat.\" That's where Steve Rogers is coming from. Now fast forward sixty years or so. Nick Fury is head of SHIELD and sees bigger and bigger threats arising from superhumans and non-humans. Remember his quote: \"Last year, Earth had a visit from another planet that had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously outgunned. \" For Nick Fury, that threat meant that SHIELD had to be ready to use *everything* in the arsenal against a future Destroyer-level threat. Alien tech, Nazi/HYDRA tech, it didn't matter. Fury's new doctrine clashed directly with the old anti-Nazi/HYDRA doctrine, so that became a big issue very quickly. At that time, there weren't any entrenched attitudes about using Asgardian / Cosmic tech, so the Destroyer weapon didn't get the same kind of pushback. Now, post-Ultron, that will probably change. I think there will be a lot more pushback about using Asgardian / Cosmic tech in the future.", "human_ref_B": "The HYDRA weapons are a big deal because they can be produced on a large scale, provided that SHIELD has the tesseract to power them. SHIELD aren't exactly the most trustworthy organization, and it's possible for one of the myriad weapons to fall into the wrong hands. The Destroyer cannon isn't such a big deal because there can only be one; I think Coulson says at one point that the gun is actually made from scavenged parts of the Destroyer. There's also the intent behind the two. SHIELD was ostensibly researching how to use the tesseract for unlimited energy (\" awarm light for all mankind,\" as Loki mockingly said), but they really only wanted to weaponize it. The Destroyer gun is explicitly a weapon, and Coulson is one of the only people that Nick Fury trusts to use it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 958.0, "score_ratio": 6.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "359vwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Avengers] Why is it such a big deal that SHIELD are recreating hydra weaponry, but no-one seems concerned about the destroyer weapon that Coulson uses on Loki?", "c_root_id_A": "cr2feh9", "c_root_id_B": "cr2ir3v", "created_at_utc_A": 1431085177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431093440.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 96, "human_ref_A": "Well, it seemed that SHIELD were doing exactly what Hydra were with the Tesseract, making advanced weaponry. The Destroyer weapon is sort of different because it doesnt have the history associated with it like the Hydra weapons.", "human_ref_B": "Remember that HYDRA began as the Nazi regime's super science think tank, headed by the man who became Red Skull. Steve Rogers has a really intense personal beef with HYDRA. More broadly, SHIELD evolved from the WWII-era SSR. During WWII, SSR's key mission was fighting the \"weird war.\" They stopped Axis attempts to use mad science, black magic, etc., in the war. The WWII era Howling Commandos were one of the key military units in that fight. During the war, there was constant debate about whether the SSR (and the Allied powers in general) should try to make use of captured Axis \"weird war\" programs. It was a classic question of \"Do the ends justify the means?\" After the war, the debate shifted to the ethics of using that HYDRA tech in the Cold War. The good guy answer to that question was always \"No! If we do monstrous things to win, then we become the monsters we are fighting to defeat.\" That's where Steve Rogers is coming from. Now fast forward sixty years or so. Nick Fury is head of SHIELD and sees bigger and bigger threats arising from superhumans and non-humans. Remember his quote: \"Last year, Earth had a visit from another planet that had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly, hilariously outgunned. \" For Nick Fury, that threat meant that SHIELD had to be ready to use *everything* in the arsenal against a future Destroyer-level threat. Alien tech, Nazi/HYDRA tech, it didn't matter. Fury's new doctrine clashed directly with the old anti-Nazi/HYDRA doctrine, so that became a big issue very quickly. At that time, there weren't any entrenched attitudes about using Asgardian / Cosmic tech, so the Destroyer weapon didn't get the same kind of pushback. Now, post-Ultron, that will probably change. I think there will be a lot more pushback about using Asgardian / Cosmic tech in the future.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8263.0, "score_ratio": 13.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "359vwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Avengers] Why is it such a big deal that SHIELD are recreating hydra weaponry, but no-one seems concerned about the destroyer weapon that Coulson uses on Loki?", "c_root_id_A": "cr2fyal", "c_root_id_B": "cr2feh9", "created_at_utc_A": 1431086921.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431085177.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I think it was only Steve that was seriously bent out of shape about the tesseract weapons because of his personal issues with Hydra. The others didn't seem to make a big deal out of it.", "human_ref_B": "Well, it seemed that SHIELD were doing exactly what Hydra were with the Tesseract, making advanced weaponry. The Destroyer weapon is sort of different because it doesnt have the history associated with it like the Hydra weapons.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1744.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "359vwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Avengers] Why is it such a big deal that SHIELD are recreating hydra weaponry, but no-one seems concerned about the destroyer weapon that Coulson uses on Loki?", "c_root_id_A": "cr2g7vq", "c_root_id_B": "cr2feh9", "created_at_utc_A": 1431087684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431085177.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Its not about the gun. Its about who is holding it. This is esentially one of the big points of the avengers movies upto this point. Who decides what is right or wrong?", "human_ref_B": "Well, it seemed that SHIELD were doing exactly what Hydra were with the Tesseract, making advanced weaponry. The Destroyer weapon is sort of different because it doesnt have the history associated with it like the Hydra weapons.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2507.0, "score_ratio": 4.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "359vwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Avengers] Why is it such a big deal that SHIELD are recreating hydra weaponry, but no-one seems concerned about the destroyer weapon that Coulson uses on Loki?", "c_root_id_A": "cr2feh9", "c_root_id_B": "cr2jaoe", "created_at_utc_A": 1431085177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431094492.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Well, it seemed that SHIELD were doing exactly what Hydra were with the Tesseract, making advanced weaponry. The Destroyer weapon is sort of different because it doesnt have the history associated with it like the Hydra weapons.", "human_ref_B": "It's not the type of weapon. Steve and the others were mad that SHIELD were running a secret weapons program despite being ostensibly an intelligence/law enforcement agency. But I think they can accept Coulson *using* one of those weapons in defense/revenge of his life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9315.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "359vwx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Avengers] Why is it such a big deal that SHIELD are recreating hydra weaponry, but no-one seems concerned about the destroyer weapon that Coulson uses on Loki?", "c_root_id_A": "cr2i9pc", "c_root_id_B": "cr2feh9", "created_at_utc_A": 1431092482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431085177.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The HYDRA weapons are a big deal because they can be produced on a large scale, provided that SHIELD has the tesseract to power them. SHIELD aren't exactly the most trustworthy organization, and it's possible for one of the myriad weapons to fall into the wrong hands. The Destroyer cannon isn't such a big deal because there can only be one; I think Coulson says at one point that the gun is actually made from scavenged parts of the Destroyer. There's also the intent behind the two. SHIELD was ostensibly researching how to use the tesseract for unlimited energy (\" awarm light for all mankind,\" as Loki mockingly said), but they really only wanted to weaponize it. The Destroyer gun is explicitly a weapon, and Coulson is one of the only people that Nick Fury trusts to use it.", "human_ref_B": "Well, it seemed that SHIELD were doing exactly what Hydra were with the Tesseract, making advanced weaponry. The Destroyer weapon is sort of different because it doesnt have the history associated with it like the Hydra weapons.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7305.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhnuv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Pokemon] Do real-world animals exist alongside Pokemon? There seems to be conflicting information regarding whether animals exist in the Pokemon world or not. I know the games and anime have moved away from trying to reference regular animals or show them (early episodes show regular fish swimming in tanks) but do they exist in-universe or is it recently just retcons and only Pokemon inhabit the world? (except for humans, that is)", "c_root_id_A": "j1j75we", "c_root_id_B": "j1j87v8", "created_at_utc_A": 1671912542.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671912994.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Interestingly, it does makes sense- basically every pokemon is overwhelmingly superior in every way to its animal counterpart. Evolutionary, there's no niches where an animal can go that a pokemon doesn't fill better. Most likely, we're are seeing the end of a biological shift akin to the rise of oxygen-breathers- the animal kingdom is being driven to extinction by an objectively superior rival. At the start of the franchise there were still a few hold outs- a major ecological shift like this takes a long time- but now the process is seemingly over. *Homo Sapiens* is the last remaining member of *Animalia*, having used our technology to survive the shift. Although there are pokemon who are sapient, have opposable thumbs and understand technology, and they're just as overwhelmingly strong, tough and powerful as their more feral counterparts. Perhaps we shouldn't rest on our laurels quite yet. As I said, a major ecological shift takes time, and who knows when exactly it's finished.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 452.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhnuv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Pokemon] Do real-world animals exist alongside Pokemon? There seems to be conflicting information regarding whether animals exist in the Pokemon world or not. I know the games and anime have moved away from trying to reference regular animals or show them (early episodes show regular fish swimming in tanks) but do they exist in-universe or is it recently just retcons and only Pokemon inhabit the world? (except for humans, that is)", "c_root_id_A": "j1j75we", "c_root_id_B": "j1lqeev", "created_at_utc_A": 1671912542.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671970142.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They used to, but it was retconned and now there are no real world animals in Pok\u00e9mon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57600.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhnuv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Pokemon] Do real-world animals exist alongside Pokemon? There seems to be conflicting information regarding whether animals exist in the Pokemon world or not. I know the games and anime have moved away from trying to reference regular animals or show them (early episodes show regular fish swimming in tanks) but do they exist in-universe or is it recently just retcons and only Pokemon inhabit the world? (except for humans, that is)", "c_root_id_A": "j1m2ric", "c_root_id_B": "j1j75we", "created_at_utc_A": 1671979020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671912542.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not currently, and haven't for a long time. The advent of Pokemon during pre-history destroyed all chances regular animals had. The most you have is innocuous Pokemon like wild Magikarp or Pidgeys, but they obviously evolve into proper fighter with the right circumstances. People eat Pok\u00e9mon. It's a thing.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 66478.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhnuv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Pokemon] Do real-world animals exist alongside Pokemon? There seems to be conflicting information regarding whether animals exist in the Pokemon world or not. I know the games and anime have moved away from trying to reference regular animals or show them (early episodes show regular fish swimming in tanks) but do they exist in-universe or is it recently just retcons and only Pokemon inhabit the world? (except for humans, that is)", "c_root_id_A": "j1l7f6e", "c_root_id_B": "j1lqeev", "created_at_utc_A": 1671952349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671970142.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Tons of manga, anime, games reference real-world animals all the time. It makes sense that a series focused on Pokemon doesn't exactly have animal-centric story lines.", "human_ref_B": "They used to, but it was retconned and now there are no real world animals in Pok\u00e9mon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17793.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhnuv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Pokemon] Do real-world animals exist alongside Pokemon? There seems to be conflicting information regarding whether animals exist in the Pokemon world or not. I know the games and anime have moved away from trying to reference regular animals or show them (early episodes show regular fish swimming in tanks) but do they exist in-universe or is it recently just retcons and only Pokemon inhabit the world? (except for humans, that is)", "c_root_id_A": "j1lqeev", "c_root_id_B": "j1k2mxh", "created_at_utc_A": 1671970142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671926960.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "They used to, but it was retconned and now there are no real world animals in Pok\u00e9mon.", "human_ref_B": "Nope. It's been confirmed that real animals in the anime are just animation errors", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43182.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhnuv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Pokemon] Do real-world animals exist alongside Pokemon? There seems to be conflicting information regarding whether animals exist in the Pokemon world or not. I know the games and anime have moved away from trying to reference regular animals or show them (early episodes show regular fish swimming in tanks) but do they exist in-universe or is it recently just retcons and only Pokemon inhabit the world? (except for humans, that is)", "c_root_id_A": "j1m2ric", "c_root_id_B": "j1l7f6e", "created_at_utc_A": 1671979020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671952349.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Not currently, and haven't for a long time. The advent of Pokemon during pre-history destroyed all chances regular animals had. The most you have is innocuous Pokemon like wild Magikarp or Pidgeys, but they obviously evolve into proper fighter with the right circumstances. People eat Pok\u00e9mon. It's a thing.", "human_ref_B": "Tons of manga, anime, games reference real-world animals all the time. It makes sense that a series focused on Pokemon doesn't exactly have animal-centric story lines.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26671.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhnuv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Pokemon] Do real-world animals exist alongside Pokemon? There seems to be conflicting information regarding whether animals exist in the Pokemon world or not. I know the games and anime have moved away from trying to reference regular animals or show them (early episodes show regular fish swimming in tanks) but do they exist in-universe or is it recently just retcons and only Pokemon inhabit the world? (except for humans, that is)", "c_root_id_A": "j1m2ric", "c_root_id_B": "j1k2mxh", "created_at_utc_A": 1671979020.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671926960.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Not currently, and haven't for a long time. The advent of Pokemon during pre-history destroyed all chances regular animals had. The most you have is innocuous Pokemon like wild Magikarp or Pidgeys, but they obviously evolve into proper fighter with the right circumstances. People eat Pok\u00e9mon. It's a thing.", "human_ref_B": "Nope. It's been confirmed that real animals in the anime are just animation errors", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 52060.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zuhnuv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[Pokemon] Do real-world animals exist alongside Pokemon? There seems to be conflicting information regarding whether animals exist in the Pokemon world or not. I know the games and anime have moved away from trying to reference regular animals or show them (early episodes show regular fish swimming in tanks) but do they exist in-universe or is it recently just retcons and only Pokemon inhabit the world? (except for humans, that is)", "c_root_id_A": "j1k2mxh", "c_root_id_B": "j1l7f6e", "created_at_utc_A": 1671926960.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671952349.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Nope. It's been confirmed that real animals in the anime are just animation errors", "human_ref_B": "Tons of manga, anime, games reference real-world animals all the time. It makes sense that a series focused on Pokemon doesn't exactly have animal-centric story lines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25389.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1t0qi9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[General Extraterrestrial Contact] If you were responsible for showing members of an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization the Earth, where would you take them and why would you choose those locations? Say that you only have a limited time, so the answer would not be \"I'd show them everything!\" Would you show them Earth's natural wonders, like the Victoria Falls or Great Barrier Reef? Impressive man-made structures like the Great Wall or pyramids at Giza? Entertainment venues like an IMAX theater showing a classic film or a symphony orchestra? Research facilities like CERN? What would you be looking to communicate to the extraterrestrials about our home planet and perhaps ourselves by what you show them?", "c_root_id_A": "ce39sgl", "c_root_id_B": "ce36bcr", "created_at_utc_A": 1387226656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1387219176.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In no particular order: * Take them to a research observatory, show them our star maps, ask them to fill in the blanks. (The first thing you do in any Civ game is ask to exchange world maps. Then you expand like fuck in the opposite direction.) * Take them to CERN or somewhere else at the forefront of physics - they may be willing to help us out. * Take them to monuments celebrating our ideals and values as a society - The Statue of Liberty (raising the lowest common denominator - \"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free\") - Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon (Preserve things of aesthetic value that cannot be recreated), The Svalbard Gloabal Seed Vault (Recognize our impact on our planet and preserve as much as possible of biological diversity against our mistakes), the UN (We are not a unified people, we have many factions, but most of us want peace). * An art museum. Probably several - classical art and contemporary. Cultural diversity is probably of immense value to a starfaring race, as raw resources are in relatively abundant supply if you have cheap space travel. * A safari or wildlife preserve, or the best zoo I can find. Biological diversity is probably also of immense value. Earth has the only elephants in the galaxy. I recommend reading the first Uplift trilogy. David Brin creates a universe full of unique and varied life knit together in a galactic society that has lasted for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of years, with Terrans as a newcomers and outsiders to the galactic society.", "human_ref_B": "Man I don't know, I'd probably introduce them to an expert liar and get him to do it. Otherwise I'd end up being too honest with them and show them more of the dark side of our species... At which point they may leave or invade.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7480.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1t0qi9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[General Extraterrestrial Contact] If you were responsible for showing members of an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization the Earth, where would you take them and why would you choose those locations? Say that you only have a limited time, so the answer would not be \"I'd show them everything!\" Would you show them Earth's natural wonders, like the Victoria Falls or Great Barrier Reef? Impressive man-made structures like the Great Wall or pyramids at Giza? Entertainment venues like an IMAX theater showing a classic film or a symphony orchestra? Research facilities like CERN? What would you be looking to communicate to the extraterrestrials about our home planet and perhaps ourselves by what you show them?", "c_root_id_A": "ce3b63v", "c_root_id_B": "ce3a07s", "created_at_utc_A": 1387229527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1387227107.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'd show them google, search for \"most beautiful locations on Earth\" and ask them where they wanted to go.", "human_ref_B": "I'd try and show them good followed by bad and end on a great note. first what we have done in the past that is great so maybe some great monuments of engineering from the ancient world such as the great pyramids, then I'd show them some evidence of a great atrocity we have committed (maybe Auschwitz, cause then can show that there have been a lot of change since then for the better) then to the Louvre great art of the past showing a scene of beauty and an artistic wonder of the past showing a scene of great strife, to show how we connect and express things that have happened with emotion and immortalise the good with scenes of beauty and the evils with scenes of darkness. finish it up with our hopes for the future, show them CERN, show them our research satellites, show them our hope of unity with a place which represents the idea (was gonna say UN but that would be a terrible idea.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2420.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1t0qi9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[General Extraterrestrial Contact] If you were responsible for showing members of an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization the Earth, where would you take them and why would you choose those locations? Say that you only have a limited time, so the answer would not be \"I'd show them everything!\" Would you show them Earth's natural wonders, like the Victoria Falls or Great Barrier Reef? Impressive man-made structures like the Great Wall or pyramids at Giza? Entertainment venues like an IMAX theater showing a classic film or a symphony orchestra? Research facilities like CERN? What would you be looking to communicate to the extraterrestrials about our home planet and perhaps ourselves by what you show them?", "c_root_id_A": "ce3b63v", "c_root_id_B": "ce36bcr", "created_at_utc_A": 1387229527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1387219176.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'd show them google, search for \"most beautiful locations on Earth\" and ask them where they wanted to go.", "human_ref_B": "Man I don't know, I'd probably introduce them to an expert liar and get him to do it. Otherwise I'd end up being too honest with them and show them more of the dark side of our species... At which point they may leave or invade.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10351.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1t0qi9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[General Extraterrestrial Contact] If you were responsible for showing members of an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization the Earth, where would you take them and why would you choose those locations? Say that you only have a limited time, so the answer would not be \"I'd show them everything!\" Would you show them Earth's natural wonders, like the Victoria Falls or Great Barrier Reef? Impressive man-made structures like the Great Wall or pyramids at Giza? Entertainment venues like an IMAX theater showing a classic film or a symphony orchestra? Research facilities like CERN? What would you be looking to communicate to the extraterrestrials about our home planet and perhaps ourselves by what you show them?", "c_root_id_A": "ce3a07s", "c_root_id_B": "ce36bcr", "created_at_utc_A": 1387227107.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1387219176.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'd try and show them good followed by bad and end on a great note. first what we have done in the past that is great so maybe some great monuments of engineering from the ancient world such as the great pyramids, then I'd show them some evidence of a great atrocity we have committed (maybe Auschwitz, cause then can show that there have been a lot of change since then for the better) then to the Louvre great art of the past showing a scene of beauty and an artistic wonder of the past showing a scene of great strife, to show how we connect and express things that have happened with emotion and immortalise the good with scenes of beauty and the evils with scenes of darkness. finish it up with our hopes for the future, show them CERN, show them our research satellites, show them our hope of unity with a place which represents the idea (was gonna say UN but that would be a terrible idea.)", "human_ref_B": "Man I don't know, I'd probably introduce them to an expert liar and get him to do it. Otherwise I'd end up being too honest with them and show them more of the dark side of our species... At which point they may leave or invade.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7931.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9550oc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Black Panther] What happens if the King of Wakanda does not accept the combat challenges? In Black Panther, T'Challa is challenged to participate in combat twice as part of the rituals of becoming or remaining king. If I recall correctly, the second time he accepted the challenge (with Killmonger), his people told him that he didn't have to accept, but T'Challa replied by saying that it was his choice to accept. If he hadn't chosen to accept, would the council have to decide? If they do, I'm sure they'd show their bias towards T'Challa and let him keep his kingship. If that's the case, would Killmonger have any other way of taking the throne?", "c_root_id_A": "e3qq3te", "c_root_id_B": "e3q869h", "created_at_utc_A": 1533611887.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533594429.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "What should have happened in that throne room: T'Challa: I know who you are. You are the son of Prince N'Jobu. (everyone else in throne room): *Gasp!* T'Challa: ...who betrayed my father and committed treason against Wakanda. Killmonger: I claim my royal right to challenge you. T'Challa: Your family gave up that right when they became traitors. You have no claim on the throne, and you are not a citizen of Wakanda. Take him away. (everyone else in throne room): *Murmurs and nods in agreement.* Roll credits; movie over.", "human_ref_B": "The king can't decline a proper challenge, but that one in particular didn't meet the requirements. He went through with it anyway because it would be bad PR and he felt sympathy for Erik.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17458.0, "score_ratio": 1.2380952381, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9550oc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Black Panther] What happens if the King of Wakanda does not accept the combat challenges? In Black Panther, T'Challa is challenged to participate in combat twice as part of the rituals of becoming or remaining king. If I recall correctly, the second time he accepted the challenge (with Killmonger), his people told him that he didn't have to accept, but T'Challa replied by saying that it was his choice to accept. If he hadn't chosen to accept, would the council have to decide? If they do, I'm sure they'd show their bias towards T'Challa and let him keep his kingship. If that's the case, would Killmonger have any other way of taking the throne?", "c_root_id_A": "e3qq3te", "c_root_id_B": "e3qc4vl", "created_at_utc_A": 1533611887.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533598134.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "What should have happened in that throne room: T'Challa: I know who you are. You are the son of Prince N'Jobu. (everyone else in throne room): *Gasp!* T'Challa: ...who betrayed my father and committed treason against Wakanda. Killmonger: I claim my royal right to challenge you. T'Challa: Your family gave up that right when they became traitors. You have no claim on the throne, and you are not a citizen of Wakanda. Take him away. (everyone else in throne room): *Murmurs and nods in agreement.* Roll credits; movie over.", "human_ref_B": "He would probably lose a lot of support from the population. Wakanda is a monarchy, but any king needs support from those he rules in order to retain power, unless he wants to brutally oppress his people, and even then he needs the support of his military. If he had refused the challenge, his people would have lost faith in him, and he would have been considered a weak leader. People would have started half-assing his orders, and probably looking for an excuse to support someone other than him. It might have led to a weak, ineffective rule, or it might have led to more internal strife down the line when another strong ruler came along.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13753.0, "score_ratio": 5.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9550oc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Black Panther] What happens if the King of Wakanda does not accept the combat challenges? In Black Panther, T'Challa is challenged to participate in combat twice as part of the rituals of becoming or remaining king. If I recall correctly, the second time he accepted the challenge (with Killmonger), his people told him that he didn't have to accept, but T'Challa replied by saying that it was his choice to accept. If he hadn't chosen to accept, would the council have to decide? If they do, I'm sure they'd show their bias towards T'Challa and let him keep his kingship. If that's the case, would Killmonger have any other way of taking the throne?", "c_root_id_A": "e3qq3te", "c_root_id_B": "e3qlpwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1533611887.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533607417.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What should have happened in that throne room: T'Challa: I know who you are. You are the son of Prince N'Jobu. (everyone else in throne room): *Gasp!* T'Challa: ...who betrayed my father and committed treason against Wakanda. Killmonger: I claim my royal right to challenge you. T'Challa: Your family gave up that right when they became traitors. You have no claim on the throne, and you are not a citizen of Wakanda. Take him away. (everyone else in throne room): *Murmurs and nods in agreement.* Roll credits; movie over.", "human_ref_B": "At the end of the day a monarchy is still functionally a democracy, in that the king needs to keep the populace happy enough to prevent an all out rebellion. So while T'Challa was, technically, the highest authority in Wakanda and there would be no impeachment process or something similar to that, a king who ignores tradition and flouts the rules is at risk of an armed rebellion against his throne.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4470.0, "score_ratio": 8.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2u7vlg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[South Park] Jesus is pals with Buddha and Mohammed, Satan is kind of a nice guy-- Why is it then that only Mormons go to Heaven and everyone else goes to hell?", "c_root_id_A": "co5yr6x", "c_root_id_B": "co5xda3", "created_at_utc_A": 1422643538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1422641342.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Because Mormon was the correct answer.", "human_ref_B": "Heaven's boring as fuck. There's nothing there but mormons. Hell's a pretty sweet place. There's a lot more of it then what's shown on TV. TV just shows the bad part where the real assholes wind up. Most of the place just has a lot of booze, parties and all things related.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2196.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2u7vlg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[South Park] Jesus is pals with Buddha and Mohammed, Satan is kind of a nice guy-- Why is it then that only Mormons go to Heaven and everyone else goes to hell?", "c_root_id_A": "co5yr6x", "c_root_id_B": "co5xinq", "created_at_utc_A": 1422643538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1422641580.0, "score_A": 40, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because Mormon was the correct answer.", "human_ref_B": "Because God's a Buddhist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1958.0, "score_ratio": 40.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2u7vlg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[South Park] Jesus is pals with Buddha and Mohammed, Satan is kind of a nice guy-- Why is it then that only Mormons go to Heaven and everyone else goes to hell?", "c_root_id_A": "co5xinq", "c_root_id_B": "co61yj2", "created_at_utc_A": 1422641580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1422648564.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Because God's a Buddhist.", "human_ref_B": ">Heaven is an afterlife, and is where God lives. Originally, only Mormons were allowed into heaven, but this policy was eventually changed in \"Best Friends Forever\" to build up Heaven's army. http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/Heaven", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6984.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2u7vlg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[South Park] Jesus is pals with Buddha and Mohammed, Satan is kind of a nice guy-- Why is it then that only Mormons go to Heaven and everyone else goes to hell?", "c_root_id_A": "co62guj", "c_root_id_B": "co5xinq", "created_at_utc_A": 1422649386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1422641580.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Morman is the right religion. Everyone else had it wrong.", "human_ref_B": "Because God's a Buddhist.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7806.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2u7vlg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[South Park] Jesus is pals with Buddha and Mohammed, Satan is kind of a nice guy-- Why is it then that only Mormons go to Heaven and everyone else goes to hell?", "c_root_id_A": "co5xinq", "c_root_id_B": "co64gro", "created_at_utc_A": 1422641580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1422652594.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because God's a Buddhist.", "human_ref_B": "Mormans had it right", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11014.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2g3ppd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Generations movie, why did Picard not return to an earlier and less risky time to stop Soran? It is made very clear to Picard that he can return to any time he chooses from the Nexus. Why would he not return to right as they met Soran and simply imprison him? Picard is obviously comfortable with changing the past, what's another couple of days? He could have let Kirk live out his days in paradise and prevented even more unnecessary deaths.", "c_root_id_A": "ckforwn", "c_root_id_B": "ckfe7rb", "created_at_utc_A": 1410469762.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1410450016.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "While he was at it, he might have thought about saving the lives of his brother's entire family.", "human_ref_B": "The Nexus' exit point is the same as when a person first entered it... unless they piggyback with another person. This is why Picard returned to Veridian III and not earlier depite having more knowledge. It's also why Kirk appeared with him and not in the depths of space since he went with him. As for why he didn't go back several days earlier and ambush Soran, or request back-up? It's due to uncertainty. Picard knew he had been down on the ground for maybe an hour, but he didn't know how far back Soran had been on the planet, nor if any Klingons had been on the ground helping him. Had he gone back several hours he could have ended up in the middle of a group of Klingons helping Soran set up, and if he went back any earlier before Soran beamed down, then he would have been detected from the Bird of Prey's scanners. He could have gone back several days perhaps, but there is the Temporal Prime Directive that he would have been directly violating. Not to mention I'm not sure what would have happened if he appeared at a point where he should have been on the bridge of the Enterprise... (Drawn from what I've seen in the movie and drawn conclusions from my own poindering)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19746.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2g3ppd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Generations movie, why did Picard not return to an earlier and less risky time to stop Soran? It is made very clear to Picard that he can return to any time he chooses from the Nexus. Why would he not return to right as they met Soran and simply imprison him? Picard is obviously comfortable with changing the past, what's another couple of days? He could have let Kirk live out his days in paradise and prevented even more unnecessary deaths.", "c_root_id_A": "ckfe7rb", "c_root_id_B": "ckg79e5", "created_at_utc_A": 1410450016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1410523235.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Nexus' exit point is the same as when a person first entered it... unless they piggyback with another person. This is why Picard returned to Veridian III and not earlier depite having more knowledge. It's also why Kirk appeared with him and not in the depths of space since he went with him. As for why he didn't go back several days earlier and ambush Soran, or request back-up? It's due to uncertainty. Picard knew he had been down on the ground for maybe an hour, but he didn't know how far back Soran had been on the planet, nor if any Klingons had been on the ground helping him. Had he gone back several hours he could have ended up in the middle of a group of Klingons helping Soran set up, and if he went back any earlier before Soran beamed down, then he would have been detected from the Bird of Prey's scanners. He could have gone back several days perhaps, but there is the Temporal Prime Directive that he would have been directly violating. Not to mention I'm not sure what would have happened if he appeared at a point where he should have been on the bridge of the Enterprise... (Drawn from what I've seen in the movie and drawn conclusions from my own poindering)", "human_ref_B": "There is a theory going around that Picard never left the Nexus. Movie Picard acts very differently to TV Picard, and theory is everything that happens following the Nexus is actually Picard living out his fantasies. He wanted to leave the Nexus to defeat Soran, so the Nexus showed him a scenario where he went and defeated Soran, fought alongside one of his heroes, and heroically saved the population of an entire planet. Next, he got to fight his old enemy, the Borg. The entire fleet is decimated by a single cube, but then Picard shows up and heroically destroys it in seconds (saving the Earth). He then gets the chance to meet another one of his heroes, defeat the Borg Queen who had abused him when he was Locutus, and save the Earth again. He goes to the Planet Ba'ku, where he is able to be young again, fall in love, have a bit of a rebellion, and of course, save the planet. Finally, he meets his ultimate adversary, an evil version of himself, but is again able to outsmart him, defeat him, and once again, save the Earth. Before the Nexus, he always relied on his crew. Following the Nexus, Picard pretty much does everything himself, and is always the hero at the end of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 73219.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2g3ppd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] In the Generations movie, why did Picard not return to an earlier and less risky time to stop Soran? It is made very clear to Picard that he can return to any time he chooses from the Nexus. Why would he not return to right as they met Soran and simply imprison him? Picard is obviously comfortable with changing the past, what's another couple of days? He could have let Kirk live out his days in paradise and prevented even more unnecessary deaths.", "c_root_id_A": "ckg0m32", "c_root_id_B": "ckg79e5", "created_at_utc_A": 1410494759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1410523235.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I still think the most logical canon is that Picard never left the nexus. It happened inside. That particular version of Picard is trapped there, in bliss.", "human_ref_B": "There is a theory going around that Picard never left the Nexus. Movie Picard acts very differently to TV Picard, and theory is everything that happens following the Nexus is actually Picard living out his fantasies. He wanted to leave the Nexus to defeat Soran, so the Nexus showed him a scenario where he went and defeated Soran, fought alongside one of his heroes, and heroically saved the population of an entire planet. Next, he got to fight his old enemy, the Borg. The entire fleet is decimated by a single cube, but then Picard shows up and heroically destroys it in seconds (saving the Earth). He then gets the chance to meet another one of his heroes, defeat the Borg Queen who had abused him when he was Locutus, and save the Earth again. He goes to the Planet Ba'ku, where he is able to be young again, fall in love, have a bit of a rebellion, and of course, save the planet. Finally, he meets his ultimate adversary, an evil version of himself, but is again able to outsmart him, defeat him, and once again, save the Earth. Before the Nexus, he always relied on his crew. Following the Nexus, Picard pretty much does everything himself, and is always the hero at the end of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28476.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xgs8h", "c_root_id_B": "c8xgioj", "created_at_utc_A": 1363559458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363558583.0, "score_A": 68, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You can get *anything* from the Ferengi. They're the one-stop-shop of the quadrant: weapons, food, warp technology. You name it, they've got it - or they can get it (for a price, of course). Also, they're *everywhere*! I hear they were even the first people from the Alpha Quadrant to do business in the Gamma Quadrant. You just can't escape them. And, yes, many of them will try to gouge you on price and cheat you on quality, but the best Ferengi understand that they can make more money from a customer who comes back than a customer they burn once and who never comes back. This is indicated in their 57th Rule of Acquisition: \"Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them.\" Which brings up another thing: knowledge is power. The Ferengi have a set of rules they operate by, which they call the Rules of Acquisition. It's good to understand these, as they give you an insight into who you're dealing with. As long as you understand the Ferengi, they're useful. You wouldn't want your sister to marry one (do you know how they treat their females?), but if you need to get hold of something *unusual* or *illegal*, they're the go-to people.", "human_ref_B": "The Ferengi may be unscrupulous in terms of haggling, but damn they know business, they know supply and demand, they won't sell something if they don't think people wont buy it. Edit: Good question btw.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 875.0, "score_ratio": 7.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xj19d", "c_root_id_B": "c8xgioj", "created_at_utc_A": 1363567129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363558583.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Humanoids tend to be prejudiced towards Ferengi because they are stereotyped to be shrewd businessmen. Not necessarily cheats, not necessarily thieves, but shrewd businessmen. Sure, there are Ferengi who steal and Ferengi who grift, but the stereotype has outgrown the truth, probably because of their relatively isolationist social policy compared to the highly de-regulated economic policy that governs citizens of Ferenginar. Not enough people meet Ferengi under circumstances where friendship is the goal, and Ferengi have a different attitude towards business than other humanoids. It's a misunderstanding, and fortunately the Federation as a whole is moving away from the frankly racist attitudes towards Ferengi that were prevalent in the 2360's.", "human_ref_B": "The Ferengi may be unscrupulous in terms of haggling, but damn they know business, they know supply and demand, they won't sell something if they don't think people wont buy it. Edit: Good question btw.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8546.0, "score_ratio": 1.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xh9fp", "c_root_id_B": "c8xj19d", "created_at_utc_A": 1363561083.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363567129.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Many a starfaring culture's attitude toward money and free enterprise is... conflicted at best. Some of the Federation's most ambitious young people join Starfleet, and who even thinks about money on a starship? The rest prefer to become scientists and develop exotic new technologies rather than deal with the drudgery of finding customers for last week's innovations. Likewise, a Klingon who doesn't become a warrior is viewed as a failure. Not much time for finding business contacts or tallying the last quarter's sales in that life. The result is that when you need to buy something or sell something, you'll find it's possible only because some poor Ferengi spent the last year pounding the pavement.", "human_ref_B": "Humanoids tend to be prejudiced towards Ferengi because they are stereotyped to be shrewd businessmen. Not necessarily cheats, not necessarily thieves, but shrewd businessmen. Sure, there are Ferengi who steal and Ferengi who grift, but the stereotype has outgrown the truth, probably because of their relatively isolationist social policy compared to the highly de-regulated economic policy that governs citizens of Ferenginar. Not enough people meet Ferengi under circumstances where friendship is the goal, and Ferengi have a different attitude towards business than other humanoids. It's a misunderstanding, and fortunately the Federation as a whole is moving away from the frankly racist attitudes towards Ferengi that were prevalent in the 2360's.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6046.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xj19d", "c_root_id_B": "c8xgwaq", "created_at_utc_A": 1363567129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363559836.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "Humanoids tend to be prejudiced towards Ferengi because they are stereotyped to be shrewd businessmen. Not necessarily cheats, not necessarily thieves, but shrewd businessmen. Sure, there are Ferengi who steal and Ferengi who grift, but the stereotype has outgrown the truth, probably because of their relatively isolationist social policy compared to the highly de-regulated economic policy that governs citizens of Ferenginar. Not enough people meet Ferengi under circumstances where friendship is the goal, and Ferengi have a different attitude towards business than other humanoids. It's a misunderstanding, and fortunately the Federation as a whole is moving away from the frankly racist attitudes towards Ferengi that were prevalent in the 2360's.", "human_ref_B": "As much as people warn them, gamers still buy EA games. It's not that they haven't gotten screwed before.. but the new game looks SO GOOD and it seems like all the problems that EA has had in the past can't be normal business practices... it can't. EA is worth over 5 billion dollars", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7293.0, "score_ratio": -1.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xgwaq", "c_root_id_B": "c8xh9fp", "created_at_utc_A": 1363559836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363561083.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "As much as people warn them, gamers still buy EA games. It's not that they haven't gotten screwed before.. but the new game looks SO GOOD and it seems like all the problems that EA has had in the past can't be normal business practices... it can't. EA is worth over 5 billion dollars", "human_ref_B": "Many a starfaring culture's attitude toward money and free enterprise is... conflicted at best. Some of the Federation's most ambitious young people join Starfleet, and who even thinks about money on a starship? The rest prefer to become scientists and develop exotic new technologies rather than deal with the drudgery of finding customers for last week's innovations. Likewise, a Klingon who doesn't become a warrior is viewed as a failure. Not much time for finding business contacts or tallying the last quarter's sales in that life. The result is that when you need to buy something or sell something, you'll find it's possible only because some poor Ferengi spent the last year pounding the pavement.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1247.0, "score_ratio": -0.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xnjzd", "c_root_id_B": "c8xpfjt", "created_at_utc_A": 1363581695.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363590509.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The same reason you would do business with anyone else, they have something you want.", "human_ref_B": "Why not? We're a post scarcity society. Anything you need can be ordered up on the replicator. Some things you want however don't replicate so good. Its all fun and games.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8814.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xgwaq", "c_root_id_B": "c8xpfjt", "created_at_utc_A": 1363559836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363590509.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As much as people warn them, gamers still buy EA games. It's not that they haven't gotten screwed before.. but the new game looks SO GOOD and it seems like all the problems that EA has had in the past can't be normal business practices... it can't. EA is worth over 5 billion dollars", "human_ref_B": "Why not? We're a post scarcity society. Anything you need can be ordered up on the replicator. Some things you want however don't replicate so good. Its all fun and games.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30673.0, "score_ratio": -0.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xgwaq", "c_root_id_B": "c8xnjzd", "created_at_utc_A": 1363559836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363581695.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As much as people warn them, gamers still buy EA games. It's not that they haven't gotten screwed before.. but the new game looks SO GOOD and it seems like all the problems that EA has had in the past can't be normal business practices... it can't. EA is worth over 5 billion dollars", "human_ref_B": "The same reason you would do business with anyone else, they have something you want.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21859.0, "score_ratio": -0.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ahju6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why does anyone do business with Ferengi? Friends, my people have only recently joined you among the stars. We have had many adventures and learned much in recent years. The galaxy is full of wonders beyond what we ever expected. However there is one thing that I cannot understand. Why does anyone ever do business with the Ferengi? Learning not to trust them was a costly lesson for us, yet it seems to be common knowledge. And still they can be found everywhere in every business. How do you manage without duels to settle business disputes?", "c_root_id_A": "c8xplt5", "c_root_id_B": "c8xgwaq", "created_at_utc_A": 1363591670.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1363559836.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "Any good Ferengi will know what you want before you want it and make sure he's the only one that can supply it for you at whatever price he deems fit.", "human_ref_B": "As much as people warn them, gamers still buy EA games. It's not that they haven't gotten screwed before.. but the new game looks SO GOOD and it seems like all the problems that EA has had in the past can't be normal business practices... it can't. EA is worth over 5 billion dollars", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31834.0, "score_ratio": -0.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mv8js", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Greek mythology] What happens if Atlas drops the heavens? What *does* happen if he just decides to fuck it all and just drops his burden? And why would you give your enemy such a responsibility as punishment?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ykhqg", "c_root_id_B": "d3ykm4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1465246775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465246934.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "I'm with you man, greek gods are idiots.", "human_ref_B": "I was under the impression that he couldn't - that the burden, once accepted, couldn't be dismissed. That's why he had to ask Heracles to take the burden from him, and why Heracles couldn't just drop it when Atlas fucked him over. And if I'm right, that's a truly godly punishment - bearing that weight, but being unable to drop it, for eternity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 159.0, "score_ratio": -16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mv8js", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Greek mythology] What happens if Atlas drops the heavens? What *does* happen if he just decides to fuck it all and just drops his burden? And why would you give your enemy such a responsibility as punishment?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ylx05", "c_root_id_B": "d3yo78n", "created_at_utc_A": 1465248745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465252031.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "He literally cannot. It is his burden until the end of time to do so, so say the Gods. And when they declare something it happens, no matter your opinion on it.", "human_ref_B": "Then Uranus (sky) and Gaia (earth) touch again and new titans, gods or giants are born.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3286.0, "score_ratio": 1.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mv8js", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Greek mythology] What happens if Atlas drops the heavens? What *does* happen if he just decides to fuck it all and just drops his burden? And why would you give your enemy such a responsibility as punishment?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ylx05", "c_root_id_B": "d3ykhqg", "created_at_utc_A": 1465248745.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465246775.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "He literally cannot. It is his burden until the end of time to do so, so say the Gods. And when they declare something it happens, no matter your opinion on it.", "human_ref_B": "I'm with you man, greek gods are idiots.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1970.0, "score_ratio": -7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mv8js", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Greek mythology] What happens if Atlas drops the heavens? What *does* happen if he just decides to fuck it all and just drops his burden? And why would you give your enemy such a responsibility as punishment?", "c_root_id_A": "d3yo78n", "c_root_id_B": "d3ykhqg", "created_at_utc_A": 1465252031.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465246775.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Then Uranus (sky) and Gaia (earth) touch again and new titans, gods or giants are born.", "human_ref_B": "I'm with you man, greek gods are idiots.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5256.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mv8js", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Greek mythology] What happens if Atlas drops the heavens? What *does* happen if he just decides to fuck it all and just drops his burden? And why would you give your enemy such a responsibility as punishment?", "c_root_id_A": "d3z3hfp", "c_root_id_B": "d3ykhqg", "created_at_utc_A": 1465275713.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465246775.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Clouds fall, everybody dies. And you'd give that responsibility to your enemy because you're aware that he has enough of a sense of morality to not allow that to happen. As Prometheus would tell you, he wouldn't be the first enemy of Olympus to care more about mortals than the gods do.", "human_ref_B": "I'm with you man, greek gods are idiots.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28938.0, "score_ratio": -2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4mv8js", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Greek mythology] What happens if Atlas drops the heavens? What *does* happen if he just decides to fuck it all and just drops his burden? And why would you give your enemy such a responsibility as punishment?", "c_root_id_A": "d3z410v", "c_root_id_B": "d3ykhqg", "created_at_utc_A": 1465276905.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465246775.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Earth goes straight to Hell -- *literally*. (Well, to Hades, anyway...)", "human_ref_B": "I'm with you man, greek gods are idiots.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30130.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64xyb4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Marvel] What is the current status quo of religion amongst the ordinary are citizens of the Marvel Universe? I know in the past there have been minor touch points on religion (the One Above All, Matt Murdock's faith, etc) but lately it all feels irrelevant. Religion is typically used to explain the unexplained but in a world where gods literally walk among us (Thor...s), the universe itself is ending/rebooting constantly, cosmic entities such as Death are personified physically, and superhuman abilities are a dime a dozen, it makes you wonder what relevance religion even has in this world. What effect does this have overall on people's belief systems? When we have heroes constantly sacrificing their lives and people who can literally walk on water, fly and convert one substance into another, what makes Jesus special? Is it even a thing in this universe? What about Kamala Kahn, who to my knowledge is practicing Muslim. Has her faith been tested with all she's seen?", "c_root_id_A": "dg5tnme", "c_root_id_B": "dg5v1gr", "created_at_utc_A": 1492002057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492004098.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "olnly thing i can think of is that asatru(the belief in the norse gods) has had a strong resurgence, espacailly when you also take a look at 2099. also the MU hasnt really rebooted, yes battleworld did happend but it wasnt quite a reboot, rather its just a new version of the ol universe, since nothing really changed except for iso-8, and singularity", "human_ref_B": "It has a very high relevance, atleast on your afterlife. if you worship thor, and make yourself worthy, you can end up in valhalla when you die, a guy named Bill did that. most people doesnt know the truth about stuff. worship of norse and ancient greek gods have had a upswing, but they dont know much about the rest. most people just either stick to their belief and dismiss the rest (thor is just a alien etc) and some just lose their faith. a preist in broxton had large troubles with the faith of his herd when asgard parked itself outside, but most of his problems was solved when galactus made him a herald", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2041.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64xyb4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Marvel] What is the current status quo of religion amongst the ordinary are citizens of the Marvel Universe? I know in the past there have been minor touch points on religion (the One Above All, Matt Murdock's faith, etc) but lately it all feels irrelevant. Religion is typically used to explain the unexplained but in a world where gods literally walk among us (Thor...s), the universe itself is ending/rebooting constantly, cosmic entities such as Death are personified physically, and superhuman abilities are a dime a dozen, it makes you wonder what relevance religion even has in this world. What effect does this have overall on people's belief systems? When we have heroes constantly sacrificing their lives and people who can literally walk on water, fly and convert one substance into another, what makes Jesus special? Is it even a thing in this universe? What about Kamala Kahn, who to my knowledge is practicing Muslim. Has her faith been tested with all she's seen?", "c_root_id_A": "dg64ykk", "c_root_id_B": "dg6ceod", "created_at_utc_A": 1492015424.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492023005.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Captain America literally summed up the average response of almost anyone of faith - \"There's only one God mam, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.\" Main effect is a few more small loony cults running around.", "human_ref_B": ">Religion is typically used to explain the unexplained but in a world where gods literally walk among us (Thor...s), the universe itself is ending/rebooting constantly, cosmic entities such as Death are personified physically, and superhuman abilities are a dime a dozen, it makes you wonder what relevance religion even has in this world. Well yes and no. Religions can be used to explain stuff but they also are used as ways to tell how life should be lived. The fact that somebody other than Jesus can walk on water doesnt change that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7581.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64xyb4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Marvel] What is the current status quo of religion amongst the ordinary are citizens of the Marvel Universe? I know in the past there have been minor touch points on religion (the One Above All, Matt Murdock's faith, etc) but lately it all feels irrelevant. Religion is typically used to explain the unexplained but in a world where gods literally walk among us (Thor...s), the universe itself is ending/rebooting constantly, cosmic entities such as Death are personified physically, and superhuman abilities are a dime a dozen, it makes you wonder what relevance religion even has in this world. What effect does this have overall on people's belief systems? When we have heroes constantly sacrificing their lives and people who can literally walk on water, fly and convert one substance into another, what makes Jesus special? Is it even a thing in this universe? What about Kamala Kahn, who to my knowledge is practicing Muslim. Has her faith been tested with all she's seen?", "c_root_id_A": "dg6ceod", "c_root_id_B": "dg5tnme", "created_at_utc_A": 1492023005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492002057.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": ">Religion is typically used to explain the unexplained but in a world where gods literally walk among us (Thor...s), the universe itself is ending/rebooting constantly, cosmic entities such as Death are personified physically, and superhuman abilities are a dime a dozen, it makes you wonder what relevance religion even has in this world. Well yes and no. Religions can be used to explain stuff but they also are used as ways to tell how life should be lived. The fact that somebody other than Jesus can walk on water doesnt change that.", "human_ref_B": "olnly thing i can think of is that asatru(the belief in the norse gods) has had a strong resurgence, espacailly when you also take a look at 2099. also the MU hasnt really rebooted, yes battleworld did happend but it wasnt quite a reboot, rather its just a new version of the ol universe, since nothing really changed except for iso-8, and singularity", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20948.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "64xyb4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Marvel] What is the current status quo of religion amongst the ordinary are citizens of the Marvel Universe? I know in the past there have been minor touch points on religion (the One Above All, Matt Murdock's faith, etc) but lately it all feels irrelevant. Religion is typically used to explain the unexplained but in a world where gods literally walk among us (Thor...s), the universe itself is ending/rebooting constantly, cosmic entities such as Death are personified physically, and superhuman abilities are a dime a dozen, it makes you wonder what relevance religion even has in this world. What effect does this have overall on people's belief systems? When we have heroes constantly sacrificing their lives and people who can literally walk on water, fly and convert one substance into another, what makes Jesus special? Is it even a thing in this universe? What about Kamala Kahn, who to my knowledge is practicing Muslim. Has her faith been tested with all she's seen?", "c_root_id_A": "dg5tnme", "c_root_id_B": "dg64ykk", "created_at_utc_A": 1492002057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492015424.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "olnly thing i can think of is that asatru(the belief in the norse gods) has had a strong resurgence, espacailly when you also take a look at 2099. also the MU hasnt really rebooted, yes battleworld did happend but it wasnt quite a reboot, rather its just a new version of the ol universe, since nothing really changed except for iso-8, and singularity", "human_ref_B": "Captain America literally summed up the average response of almost anyone of faith - \"There's only one God mam, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.\" Main effect is a few more small loony cults running around.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13367.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sdaz0m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "Star Wars]Does anyone know where this corridor is on the Death Star? Does anyone know where this corridor is on the Death Star? What is your name? From this video at 2 minutes 22 seconds screenshot [https://i.postimg.cc/JhTDhbsj/xnek6o1f5xd81.jpg source video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZF4JyNQA0", "c_root_id_A": "hubkp73", "c_root_id_B": "hubfllx", "created_at_utc_A": 1643219019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1643217231.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "That would be a hard one to place since the Death Star is so massive, but it can be narrowed down some. Windows showing outside means that it is on the surface. But the vast majority of the surface levels have gravity facing the center of the station, so windows facing out would be skylights. This hallway has gravity facing differently from that. The main places that seem to have gravity like that on the surface would be the towers and docking bays, which were along the equatorial trench and probably the other trenches. That still leaves a lot of options though. Just the equatorial trench was something like 700 meters wide (you can see a Star Destroyer docked there with room to spare, and they were about 500 meters high). That would be equivalent to around 150 levels to choose from, and anywhere along the 500 km length around the equator.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1788.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "sdaz0m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "Star Wars]Does anyone know where this corridor is on the Death Star? Does anyone know where this corridor is on the Death Star? What is your name? From this video at 2 minutes 22 seconds screenshot [https://i.postimg.cc/JhTDhbsj/xnek6o1f5xd81.jpg source video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZF4JyNQA0", "c_root_id_A": "hubfllx", "c_root_id_B": "hucjgu0", "created_at_utc_A": 1643217231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1643231348.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Section K-4, Corridor 2. Just kidding, I have no idea. If that's a hangar bay through the forward door, it might be on the hemispherical trench somewhere. Or not.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14117.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xzmplp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Gundam-verse] Wouldn\u2019t an Ironman type Gundam suit be more useful to take on a mobile suit? Smaller targets are harder to hit, and the hugeness of a mobile suit kinda makes it an easy target-kinda thinking of how in titanfall they have soldiers hacking suits and arent hit because they are fast and small.", "c_root_id_A": "irn1d2y", "c_root_id_B": "irn5iyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1665326915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665328729.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I don't think Gundam Verse has Arc Reactors", "human_ref_B": "For the sake of this post and my own sanity, I'm mostly focusing on the Universal Century timeline since that's the template other Gundam series use. That being said, not everything I'm going to say is applicable across all series so Your mileage may vary. Firstly, Minovsky Particles disrupt targeting and radar. This was a huge reason why Zeon had such an advantage in the one year war and something that would prevent hacking a mobile suit without physically connecting to it. Mobile suits don't take up the same battlefield niche as a soldier- they are typically used more as vehicles, which have their own strategies. A mobile suit would be used to take a military base but conventional foot soldiers are still going to be needed to secure buildings. Likewise, mobile suits can have anti-personnel weapons that can be used to kill soldiers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1814.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xzmplp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Gundam-verse] Wouldn\u2019t an Ironman type Gundam suit be more useful to take on a mobile suit? Smaller targets are harder to hit, and the hugeness of a mobile suit kinda makes it an easy target-kinda thinking of how in titanfall they have soldiers hacking suits and arent hit because they are fast and small.", "c_root_id_A": "irn1d2y", "c_root_id_B": "irnuj1z", "created_at_utc_A": 1665326915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665338728.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I don't think Gundam Verse has Arc Reactors", "human_ref_B": "The reason why Mobile Suits are the smallest weapons that use beam weapons and the reactors they require is that miniaturization to a man portable size has never been viable. In some cases fuel concerns are the limit on reactor miniaturization, while in others radiation shielding is a limiting factor. In timelines where radiation shielding was a limiting factor, miniaturization was often achieved by using psychically controlled drones with limited operating time. By mid-UC one might be able to make an Iron Monger suit if they were psychic and willing to die of radiation poisoning after one mission.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11813.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xzmplp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Gundam-verse] Wouldn\u2019t an Ironman type Gundam suit be more useful to take on a mobile suit? Smaller targets are harder to hit, and the hugeness of a mobile suit kinda makes it an easy target-kinda thinking of how in titanfall they have soldiers hacking suits and arent hit because they are fast and small.", "c_root_id_A": "irnivvi", "c_root_id_B": "irnuj1z", "created_at_utc_A": 1665334146.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665338728.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much all of Gundam Universes, aren't advanced enough to create a simillar to the ones like Stark. The closest ones are possibly Petite Mobile Suits, and deritavives like Med or Zucks which are used for colony construction and boarding in CCA. The smallest one MS is either Xondo Gei or Ems Arana which both are about 10 meters tall, which were wery innefecient and quickly discarded by factions In favor of bigger.", "human_ref_B": "The reason why Mobile Suits are the smallest weapons that use beam weapons and the reactors they require is that miniaturization to a man portable size has never been viable. In some cases fuel concerns are the limit on reactor miniaturization, while in others radiation shielding is a limiting factor. In timelines where radiation shielding was a limiting factor, miniaturization was often achieved by using psychically controlled drones with limited operating time. By mid-UC one might be able to make an Iron Monger suit if they were psychic and willing to die of radiation poisoning after one mission.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4582.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xzmplp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Gundam-verse] Wouldn\u2019t an Ironman type Gundam suit be more useful to take on a mobile suit? Smaller targets are harder to hit, and the hugeness of a mobile suit kinda makes it an easy target-kinda thinking of how in titanfall they have soldiers hacking suits and arent hit because they are fast and small.", "c_root_id_A": "irnm6eu", "c_root_id_B": "irnuj1z", "created_at_utc_A": 1665335489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665338728.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": ">\\[Gundam-verse\\] Wouldn\u2019t an Iron Man type Gundam suit be more useful to take on a mobile suit? > >Smaller targets are harder to hit, and the hugeness of a mobile suit kinda makes it an easy target-kinda thinking of how in titanfall they have soldiers hacking suits and aren't hit because they are fast and small. Others have provided the Watsonian explanations (mainly, the issue of energy density, and coming up with a suitably small but high-output power supply). For the sake of completeness: this was indeed the original concept, that the Mobile Suits would be literal suits of powered armor worn by the characters, with Yoshiyuki Tomino reportedly having been inspired by the Power Suits used by the Mobile Infantry in the Robert Heinlein novel, *Starship Troopers*. A similar powered armor concept was used in the the short-lived 1975 series, *Tekkaman: the Space Knight* (the precursor to *Tekkaman Blade*).", "human_ref_B": "The reason why Mobile Suits are the smallest weapons that use beam weapons and the reactors they require is that miniaturization to a man portable size has never been viable. In some cases fuel concerns are the limit on reactor miniaturization, while in others radiation shielding is a limiting factor. In timelines where radiation shielding was a limiting factor, miniaturization was often achieved by using psychically controlled drones with limited operating time. By mid-UC one might be able to make an Iron Monger suit if they were psychic and willing to die of radiation poisoning after one mission.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3239.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xzmplp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Gundam-verse] Wouldn\u2019t an Ironman type Gundam suit be more useful to take on a mobile suit? Smaller targets are harder to hit, and the hugeness of a mobile suit kinda makes it an easy target-kinda thinking of how in titanfall they have soldiers hacking suits and arent hit because they are fast and small.", "c_root_id_A": "irnivvi", "c_root_id_B": "irohlw6", "created_at_utc_A": 1665334146.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665347753.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much all of Gundam Universes, aren't advanced enough to create a simillar to the ones like Stark. The closest ones are possibly Petite Mobile Suits, and deritavives like Med or Zucks which are used for colony construction and boarding in CCA. The smallest one MS is either Xondo Gei or Ems Arana which both are about 10 meters tall, which were wery innefecient and quickly discarded by factions In favor of bigger.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not super well versed on the Gundamverse, but in a lot of settings the giant mechs are used as much for the psychological impact as their practical firepower. For example, in the Warhamemr 40k novel Titanicus, one of the characters mentions that if all the manpower and resources used to create a Titan were instead invested into an army of tanks, you'd have a far more powerful force overall. But titans aren't used just for their raw power, they're used because seeing a mechanical demigod towering over the battlefield intimidates enemies into submission in a way a tank army doesn't.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13607.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xzmplp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[Gundam-verse] Wouldn\u2019t an Ironman type Gundam suit be more useful to take on a mobile suit? Smaller targets are harder to hit, and the hugeness of a mobile suit kinda makes it an easy target-kinda thinking of how in titanfall they have soldiers hacking suits and arent hit because they are fast and small.", "c_root_id_A": "irohlw6", "c_root_id_B": "irnm6eu", "created_at_utc_A": 1665347753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665335489.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm not super well versed on the Gundamverse, but in a lot of settings the giant mechs are used as much for the psychological impact as their practical firepower. For example, in the Warhamemr 40k novel Titanicus, one of the characters mentions that if all the manpower and resources used to create a Titan were instead invested into an army of tanks, you'd have a far more powerful force overall. But titans aren't used just for their raw power, they're used because seeing a mechanical demigod towering over the battlefield intimidates enemies into submission in a way a tank army doesn't.", "human_ref_B": ">\\[Gundam-verse\\] Wouldn\u2019t an Iron Man type Gundam suit be more useful to take on a mobile suit? > >Smaller targets are harder to hit, and the hugeness of a mobile suit kinda makes it an easy target-kinda thinking of how in titanfall they have soldiers hacking suits and aren't hit because they are fast and small. Others have provided the Watsonian explanations (mainly, the issue of energy density, and coming up with a suitably small but high-output power supply). For the sake of completeness: this was indeed the original concept, that the Mobile Suits would be literal suits of powered armor worn by the characters, with Yoshiyuki Tomino reportedly having been inspired by the Power Suits used by the Mobile Infantry in the Robert Heinlein novel, *Starship Troopers*. A similar powered armor concept was used in the the short-lived 1975 series, *Tekkaman: the Space Knight* (the precursor to *Tekkaman Blade*).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12264.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d63z0ql", "c_root_id_B": "d64051g", "created_at_utc_A": 1470322529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470323955.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 115, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "More importantly who would spread that information around? This information was leaked for a purpose and it's not an innocent one. All beings need to eat and one of the easiest ways to find food is to have food bring itself to you. Every trap needs bait and what better than a ridiculous story that children will tell each other late at night and egg each other on with dares and ridicule.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1426.0, "score_ratio": 19.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d63z0ql", "c_root_id_B": "d6472ii", "created_at_utc_A": 1470322529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332528.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "A man dies in his home. People look into the death. Police assemble the clues. An autopsy is performed. It becomes apparent that the man was murdered by a stabbing. The knife is found and traced to a co-worker. The co-worker, who has an office next door to the victim, was found to have embezzled a lot of money. Everyone reaches the conclusion that the victim found out about the embezzlement, the co-worker attacked him at his home. We never hear anything directly from the victim, but we can put together his story. Bloody Mary is summoned by people saying her name. You can imagine that someone outside the door/room/bathroom heard the victim say the name, and moments later the victim is dead. We can put two and two together. We tell people the tale as a warning, a cautionary instruction about what not to do. The fact that we hear this story from people who lived is proof that the warning works. We figured out what summons Bloody Mary by, over the years, stumbling upon the important elements and putting the clues together afterwards. Not everyone is saved, but now that we finally figured out what summons these demons, we know what not to say. And thanks to these warnings, hardly anyone gets killed anymore by Bloody Ma", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9999.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d644n5v", "c_root_id_B": "d6472ii", "created_at_utc_A": 1470329592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332528.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 46, "human_ref_A": "Simple. All these urban legends are not not they been here longer than humans have. They are what kept us awake at night, before we even had fire.... While they have victims, or sacrifices - if you will - they play around with some random victims.... but when they get bored, or some fucks with their games... they go ape shit crazy. And you don't want that happening. There's people who dedicate their lives to keep this \"creatures\" at bay. They feed them when needed, they take them to safe places, they spread the rumors and keep humanity a bit more safe.", "human_ref_B": "A man dies in his home. People look into the death. Police assemble the clues. An autopsy is performed. It becomes apparent that the man was murdered by a stabbing. The knife is found and traced to a co-worker. The co-worker, who has an office next door to the victim, was found to have embezzled a lot of money. Everyone reaches the conclusion that the victim found out about the embezzlement, the co-worker attacked him at his home. We never hear anything directly from the victim, but we can put together his story. Bloody Mary is summoned by people saying her name. You can imagine that someone outside the door/room/bathroom heard the victim say the name, and moments later the victim is dead. We can put two and two together. We tell people the tale as a warning, a cautionary instruction about what not to do. The fact that we hear this story from people who lived is proof that the warning works. We figured out what summons Bloody Mary by, over the years, stumbling upon the important elements and putting the clues together afterwards. Not everyone is saved, but now that we finally figured out what summons these demons, we know what not to say. And thanks to these warnings, hardly anyone gets killed anymore by Bloody Ma", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2936.0, "score_ratio": 9.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d6472ii", "c_root_id_B": "d646npu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470332528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332041.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A man dies in his home. People look into the death. Police assemble the clues. An autopsy is performed. It becomes apparent that the man was murdered by a stabbing. The knife is found and traced to a co-worker. The co-worker, who has an office next door to the victim, was found to have embezzled a lot of money. Everyone reaches the conclusion that the victim found out about the embezzlement, the co-worker attacked him at his home. We never hear anything directly from the victim, but we can put together his story. Bloody Mary is summoned by people saying her name. You can imagine that someone outside the door/room/bathroom heard the victim say the name, and moments later the victim is dead. We can put two and two together. We tell people the tale as a warning, a cautionary instruction about what not to do. The fact that we hear this story from people who lived is proof that the warning works. We figured out what summons Bloody Mary by, over the years, stumbling upon the important elements and putting the clues together afterwards. Not everyone is saved, but now that we finally figured out what summons these demons, we know what not to say. And thanks to these warnings, hardly anyone gets killed anymore by Bloody Ma", "human_ref_B": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 487.0, "score_ratio": 46.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d649yos", "c_root_id_B": "d64dbx3", "created_at_utc_A": 1470336057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470340151.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Operation media drown. Suggested by Dr. [REDACTED] in 18[REDACTED]. The goal of media drown was to educate the people about the creatures that were prone to escape or had multiple iterations in the wild in such a way that they do not become suspicious of The Foundation's existence, activities or [REDACTED]. The education of the creatures was to teach the average person how to handle the situation if they were to ever find them selves confronted. Examples of this include -Bram Stoker's Dracula -Predator -[REDACTED] -George Romero's X of the dead series -Attack on Titan -[REDACTED] -[REDACTED] -The entire world of HP Lovecraft Secure. Contain. Protect.", "human_ref_B": "The simple explanation is that the stories came \"first\", in that they gave rise to the phenomena that they're about, although it's perhaps more accurate to say that the relationship between the stories about Slenderman and Slendy himself is retrocausal. That is, Slenderman has always existed *now*, but before the stories about him were made up, he had never existed. The quantum universe around us is teeming with impossibilities. If you're among a large group of sober, mentally healthy, non-superstitious adults in broad daylight, the combined observational power of everyone near you completely (or almost completely) resolves your surroundings, which is why impossible things don't manifest in situations where there are a large number of people who can corroborate them. In the dark, though, particularly when you're alone, the impossibilities out beyond your field of vision are free to do as they please, because they can't be observed and therefore resolved out of existence. When we believe in those impossibilities, we give them power and shape, sometimes to the extent that they can survive limited observation, although never enough to be clear. It's always in the form of a quick glimpse or a shadow in the corner of your eye or a grainy photograph. Unless you're hallucinating, of course, be it due to schizophrenia, sleep paralysis, or drugs -- then, you can see them clearly, because your vision is no longer necessarily a reflection of reality, so you don't have the ability to resolve them out of existence. They *aren't* real, and that's what makes them so dangerous. They can kill you, or (worse) take your body or soul back to their own world without ever having to fully resolve, and they're essentially invincible because we've *made* them that way with our own beliefs. The catch is, it's never possible to prove that's what really happened. Of *course* it's impossible for Slenderman to kidnap a child, because Slanderman doesn't exist, so that thing that the other kids saw out of the corner of their eye must have been nothing, or at most a perfectly real, earthly kidnapper.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4094.0, "score_ratio": 3.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d63z0ql", "c_root_id_B": "d64dbx3", "created_at_utc_A": 1470322529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470340151.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "The simple explanation is that the stories came \"first\", in that they gave rise to the phenomena that they're about, although it's perhaps more accurate to say that the relationship between the stories about Slenderman and Slendy himself is retrocausal. That is, Slenderman has always existed *now*, but before the stories about him were made up, he had never existed. The quantum universe around us is teeming with impossibilities. If you're among a large group of sober, mentally healthy, non-superstitious adults in broad daylight, the combined observational power of everyone near you completely (or almost completely) resolves your surroundings, which is why impossible things don't manifest in situations where there are a large number of people who can corroborate them. In the dark, though, particularly when you're alone, the impossibilities out beyond your field of vision are free to do as they please, because they can't be observed and therefore resolved out of existence. When we believe in those impossibilities, we give them power and shape, sometimes to the extent that they can survive limited observation, although never enough to be clear. It's always in the form of a quick glimpse or a shadow in the corner of your eye or a grainy photograph. Unless you're hallucinating, of course, be it due to schizophrenia, sleep paralysis, or drugs -- then, you can see them clearly, because your vision is no longer necessarily a reflection of reality, so you don't have the ability to resolve them out of existence. They *aren't* real, and that's what makes them so dangerous. They can kill you, or (worse) take your body or soul back to their own world without ever having to fully resolve, and they're essentially invincible because we've *made* them that way with our own beliefs. The catch is, it's never possible to prove that's what really happened. Of *course* it's impossible for Slenderman to kidnap a child, because Slanderman doesn't exist, so that thing that the other kids saw out of the corner of their eye must have been nothing, or at most a perfectly real, earthly kidnapper.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17622.0, "score_ratio": 4.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d644n5v", "c_root_id_B": "d64dbx3", "created_at_utc_A": 1470329592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470340151.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Simple. All these urban legends are not not they been here longer than humans have. They are what kept us awake at night, before we even had fire.... While they have victims, or sacrifices - if you will - they play around with some random victims.... but when they get bored, or some fucks with their games... they go ape shit crazy. And you don't want that happening. There's people who dedicate their lives to keep this \"creatures\" at bay. They feed them when needed, they take them to safe places, they spread the rumors and keep humanity a bit more safe.", "human_ref_B": "The simple explanation is that the stories came \"first\", in that they gave rise to the phenomena that they're about, although it's perhaps more accurate to say that the relationship between the stories about Slenderman and Slendy himself is retrocausal. That is, Slenderman has always existed *now*, but before the stories about him were made up, he had never existed. The quantum universe around us is teeming with impossibilities. If you're among a large group of sober, mentally healthy, non-superstitious adults in broad daylight, the combined observational power of everyone near you completely (or almost completely) resolves your surroundings, which is why impossible things don't manifest in situations where there are a large number of people who can corroborate them. In the dark, though, particularly when you're alone, the impossibilities out beyond your field of vision are free to do as they please, because they can't be observed and therefore resolved out of existence. When we believe in those impossibilities, we give them power and shape, sometimes to the extent that they can survive limited observation, although never enough to be clear. It's always in the form of a quick glimpse or a shadow in the corner of your eye or a grainy photograph. Unless you're hallucinating, of course, be it due to schizophrenia, sleep paralysis, or drugs -- then, you can see them clearly, because your vision is no longer necessarily a reflection of reality, so you don't have the ability to resolve them out of existence. They *aren't* real, and that's what makes them so dangerous. They can kill you, or (worse) take your body or soul back to their own world without ever having to fully resolve, and they're essentially invincible because we've *made* them that way with our own beliefs. The catch is, it's never possible to prove that's what really happened. Of *course* it's impossible for Slenderman to kidnap a child, because Slanderman doesn't exist, so that thing that the other kids saw out of the corner of their eye must have been nothing, or at most a perfectly real, earthly kidnapper.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10559.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64dbx3", "c_root_id_B": "d64adsu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470340151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470336570.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The simple explanation is that the stories came \"first\", in that they gave rise to the phenomena that they're about, although it's perhaps more accurate to say that the relationship between the stories about Slenderman and Slendy himself is retrocausal. That is, Slenderman has always existed *now*, but before the stories about him were made up, he had never existed. The quantum universe around us is teeming with impossibilities. If you're among a large group of sober, mentally healthy, non-superstitious adults in broad daylight, the combined observational power of everyone near you completely (or almost completely) resolves your surroundings, which is why impossible things don't manifest in situations where there are a large number of people who can corroborate them. In the dark, though, particularly when you're alone, the impossibilities out beyond your field of vision are free to do as they please, because they can't be observed and therefore resolved out of existence. When we believe in those impossibilities, we give them power and shape, sometimes to the extent that they can survive limited observation, although never enough to be clear. It's always in the form of a quick glimpse or a shadow in the corner of your eye or a grainy photograph. Unless you're hallucinating, of course, be it due to schizophrenia, sleep paralysis, or drugs -- then, you can see them clearly, because your vision is no longer necessarily a reflection of reality, so you don't have the ability to resolve them out of existence. They *aren't* real, and that's what makes them so dangerous. They can kill you, or (worse) take your body or soul back to their own world without ever having to fully resolve, and they're essentially invincible because we've *made* them that way with our own beliefs. The catch is, it's never possible to prove that's what really happened. Of *course* it's impossible for Slenderman to kidnap a child, because Slanderman doesn't exist, so that thing that the other kids saw out of the corner of their eye must have been nothing, or at most a perfectly real, earthly kidnapper.", "human_ref_B": "I personally subscribe to the idea the demon behind the myth whispers in people's ear. It gives them an idea.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3581.0, "score_ratio": 8.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64dbx3", "c_root_id_B": "d646npu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470340151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332041.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The simple explanation is that the stories came \"first\", in that they gave rise to the phenomena that they're about, although it's perhaps more accurate to say that the relationship between the stories about Slenderman and Slendy himself is retrocausal. That is, Slenderman has always existed *now*, but before the stories about him were made up, he had never existed. The quantum universe around us is teeming with impossibilities. If you're among a large group of sober, mentally healthy, non-superstitious adults in broad daylight, the combined observational power of everyone near you completely (or almost completely) resolves your surroundings, which is why impossible things don't manifest in situations where there are a large number of people who can corroborate them. In the dark, though, particularly when you're alone, the impossibilities out beyond your field of vision are free to do as they please, because they can't be observed and therefore resolved out of existence. When we believe in those impossibilities, we give them power and shape, sometimes to the extent that they can survive limited observation, although never enough to be clear. It's always in the form of a quick glimpse or a shadow in the corner of your eye or a grainy photograph. Unless you're hallucinating, of course, be it due to schizophrenia, sleep paralysis, or drugs -- then, you can see them clearly, because your vision is no longer necessarily a reflection of reality, so you don't have the ability to resolve them out of existence. They *aren't* real, and that's what makes them so dangerous. They can kill you, or (worse) take your body or soul back to their own world without ever having to fully resolve, and they're essentially invincible because we've *made* them that way with our own beliefs. The catch is, it's never possible to prove that's what really happened. Of *course* it's impossible for Slenderman to kidnap a child, because Slanderman doesn't exist, so that thing that the other kids saw out of the corner of their eye must have been nothing, or at most a perfectly real, earthly kidnapper.", "human_ref_B": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8110.0, "score_ratio": 25.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d63z0ql", "c_root_id_B": "d649yos", "created_at_utc_A": 1470322529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470336057.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Doylist Discussion**: Reply here for comments which use Doylist reasoning. If you feel that some piece of real world information is vital to the conversation please put it here. Remember that citations are not doylist.", "human_ref_B": "Operation media drown. Suggested by Dr. [REDACTED] in 18[REDACTED]. The goal of media drown was to educate the people about the creatures that were prone to escape or had multiple iterations in the wild in such a way that they do not become suspicious of The Foundation's existence, activities or [REDACTED]. The education of the creatures was to teach the average person how to handle the situation if they were to ever find them selves confronted. Examples of this include -Bram Stoker's Dracula -Predator -[REDACTED] -George Romero's X of the dead series -Attack on Titan -[REDACTED] -[REDACTED] -The entire world of HP Lovecraft Secure. Contain. Protect.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13528.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d649yos", "c_root_id_B": "d644n5v", "created_at_utc_A": 1470336057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470329592.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Operation media drown. Suggested by Dr. [REDACTED] in 18[REDACTED]. The goal of media drown was to educate the people about the creatures that were prone to escape or had multiple iterations in the wild in such a way that they do not become suspicious of The Foundation's existence, activities or [REDACTED]. The education of the creatures was to teach the average person how to handle the situation if they were to ever find them selves confronted. Examples of this include -Bram Stoker's Dracula -Predator -[REDACTED] -George Romero's X of the dead series -Attack on Titan -[REDACTED] -[REDACTED] -The entire world of HP Lovecraft Secure. Contain. Protect.", "human_ref_B": "Simple. All these urban legends are not not they been here longer than humans have. They are what kept us awake at night, before we even had fire.... While they have victims, or sacrifices - if you will - they play around with some random victims.... but when they get bored, or some fucks with their games... they go ape shit crazy. And you don't want that happening. There's people who dedicate their lives to keep this \"creatures\" at bay. They feed them when needed, they take them to safe places, they spread the rumors and keep humanity a bit more safe.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6465.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d646npu", "c_root_id_B": "d649yos", "created_at_utc_A": 1470332041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470336057.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "human_ref_B": "Operation media drown. Suggested by Dr. [REDACTED] in 18[REDACTED]. The goal of media drown was to educate the people about the creatures that were prone to escape or had multiple iterations in the wild in such a way that they do not become suspicious of The Foundation's existence, activities or [REDACTED]. The education of the creatures was to teach the average person how to handle the situation if they were to ever find them selves confronted. Examples of this include -Bram Stoker's Dracula -Predator -[REDACTED] -George Romero's X of the dead series -Attack on Titan -[REDACTED] -[REDACTED] -The entire world of HP Lovecraft Secure. Contain. Protect.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4016.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d644n5v", "c_root_id_B": "d64kd8f", "created_at_utc_A": 1470329592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470349360.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Simple. All these urban legends are not not they been here longer than humans have. They are what kept us awake at night, before we even had fire.... While they have victims, or sacrifices - if you will - they play around with some random victims.... but when they get bored, or some fucks with their games... they go ape shit crazy. And you don't want that happening. There's people who dedicate their lives to keep this \"creatures\" at bay. They feed them when needed, they take them to safe places, they spread the rumors and keep humanity a bit more safe.", "human_ref_B": "Ouija boards. They record it over a process of several weeks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19768.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64kd8f", "c_root_id_B": "d64adsu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470349360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470336570.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Ouija boards. They record it over a process of several weeks.", "human_ref_B": "I personally subscribe to the idea the demon behind the myth whispers in people's ear. It gives them an idea.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12790.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64hnsb", "c_root_id_B": "d64kd8f", "created_at_utc_A": 1470345650.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470349360.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. -Adams", "human_ref_B": "Ouija boards. They record it over a process of several weeks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3710.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d646npu", "c_root_id_B": "d64kd8f", "created_at_utc_A": 1470332041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470349360.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "human_ref_B": "Ouija boards. They record it over a process of several weeks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17319.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64irqb", "c_root_id_B": "d64kd8f", "created_at_utc_A": 1470347149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470349360.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/bestof] [3 Awesome explanations of how if the protangonist dies...creepy stories still spread [](#footer)*^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))* [](#bot)", "human_ref_B": "Ouija boards. They record it over a process of several weeks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2211.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64adsu", "c_root_id_B": "d646npu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470336570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332041.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I personally subscribe to the idea the demon behind the myth whispers in people's ear. It gives them an idea.", "human_ref_B": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4529.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64hnsb", "c_root_id_B": "d646npu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470345650.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332041.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. -Adams", "human_ref_B": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13609.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64mme2", "c_root_id_B": "d646npu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470352580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332041.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"Why is sloppy writing?\" Anyone can write. Not everyone can do it well.", "human_ref_B": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20539.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64mme2", "c_root_id_B": "d64irqb", "created_at_utc_A": 1470352580.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470347149.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "\"Why is sloppy writing?\" Anyone can write. Not everyone can do it well.", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/bestof] [3 Awesome explanations of how if the protangonist dies...creepy stories still spread [](#footer)*^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))* [](#bot)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5431.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d646npu", "c_root_id_B": "d64r1ii", "created_at_utc_A": 1470332041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470359265.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "human_ref_B": "I like the idea the anime [XXXholic] (http://xxxholic.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_3) in which the protag is summoned to a high school to check out weird stuff happening involving a version of a ouija board summoning (Mr. Angel-san I think). I believe the explanation was the rumor of Mr. Angel-san spread to the different schools and all the energy from the constant summoning (and hoping something spooky happens like someone dying) grew until it became sentient and harmful. In that scenario I guess it's a good chance you get lucky and live to tell the tale; its the 1 slim chance for the unlucky one who gets nommed on and continues the story.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27224.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64irqb", "c_root_id_B": "d64r1ii", "created_at_utc_A": 1470347149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470359265.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/bestof] [3 Awesome explanations of how if the protangonist dies...creepy stories still spread [](#footer)*^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))* [](#bot)", "human_ref_B": "I like the idea the anime [XXXholic] (http://xxxholic.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_3) in which the protag is summoned to a high school to check out weird stuff happening involving a version of a ouija board summoning (Mr. Angel-san I think). I believe the explanation was the rumor of Mr. Angel-san spread to the different schools and all the energy from the constant summoning (and hoping something spooky happens like someone dying) grew until it became sentient and harmful. In that scenario I guess it's a good chance you get lucky and live to tell the tale; its the 1 slim chance for the unlucky one who gets nommed on and continues the story.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12116.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64r45j", "c_root_id_B": "d646npu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470359382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332041.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "From inside the house.", "human_ref_B": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27341.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64r45j", "c_root_id_B": "d64irqb", "created_at_utc_A": 1470359382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470347149.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "From inside the house.", "human_ref_B": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/bestof] [3 Awesome explanations of how if the protangonist dies...creepy stories still spread [](#footer)*^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))* [](#bot)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12233.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d653i1d", "c_root_id_B": "d646npu", "created_at_utc_A": 1470383003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470332041.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "its always like that with old legends, they always say that they leave no one alive. But the legends are there, so someone must have been alive to see it boy i have seen things that would shatter your mind", "human_ref_B": "What, you don't believe in ghosts?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50962.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4w4vu8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Myths, Creepypasta and Urban Legends] If the protagonist died, where did the story come from? Bloody Mary kills whoever summons her, the Red Room Curse kills you once it finishes the sentence \"Do you like the Red Room Curse?\" and many more examples exist. If you are always killed by these phenomena pretty much insantly, where did the stories originate from?", "c_root_id_A": "d64irqb", "c_root_id_B": "d653i1d", "created_at_utc_A": 1470347149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470383003.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit: - /r/bestof] [3 Awesome explanations of how if the protangonist dies...creepy stories still spread [](#footer)*^(If you follow any of the above links, please respect the rules of reddit and don't vote in the other threads.) ^\\([Info](/r/TotesMessenger) ^/ ^[Contact](/message/compose?to=/r/TotesMessenger))* [](#bot)", "human_ref_B": "its always like that with old legends, they always say that they leave no one alive. But the legends are there, so someone must have been alive to see it boy i have seen things that would shatter your mind", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35854.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fte4fp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] \"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who practiced one kick 10,000 times\" - Bruce Lee. Does this quote apply to the Force powers? Say I practiced Force push 10,000 times. Heck, imagine I'm KNOWN for my pushes, does that make me a better than someone who is a more jack-of-all-trades? For example, is Darth Vader really freakin' good at Force chokes? Because that's what I pretty much associate his force powers with. Similarly, Sidious with his lightning. I'm wondering if that quote applies to Force powers.", "c_root_id_A": "fm6xv2j", "c_root_id_B": "fm6y92c", "created_at_utc_A": 1585806523.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1585806874.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "It's much harder to do anything in a fight than it is outside of one unless you've practiced repeatedly. Any force user can force choke somebody (assuming they have murder on their mind). Vader can do it while he's being shot at.", "human_ref_B": "To a degree. Practicing pushing stuff 10,000 times won't make your push way more powerful once you've got the hang of it. There is some more skill to incorporate in more general telekinesis skills - e.g. moving objects etc. However with Force powers, the execution is not really a matter of practice but of state of mind. The Jedi you should fear is the one who has spent 10,000 hours meditating, because they will be at peace, in tune with the Force, and most able to channel it. That's why Jedi train for years - not to learn and practice different powers, but to learn mastery of their own emotions and to listen to the Force so that they can use the right power at the right time in the right way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 351.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dlhtdl", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[The Matrix] Who paid for dinner (and how)? I love the scene with Cypher at the fancy restaurant enjoying a juicy, delicious steak. But it raises some logistical questions in my mind. First, what happened when the check came? Cypher *could* have loaded up some cash before he jacked-in, I suppose. But it seems like it'd be the last thing on his mind. So, did Agent Smith pay for the meal? Did he or another agent take over their waiter when time came to settle up? Was this a special all-program restaurant that Agents use to seduce red pills? Or did Smith whip out an Agent corporate card and charge the meal? Which raises the larger question about the logistics and economy of the Matrix. Money is shown on-screen and is seen as important by blue pills within the Matrix. But there wouldn't be any real scarcity in a simulation. So how do the Machines make money *appear* to be important? Let's look at that juicy, delicious steak. Assuming the chefs in the restaurant are real people, where did it come from? Does an automated truck arrive each day with freshly generated steak? The highway chase in *Reloaded* provides evidence that trucks are driven by blue pills and not programs. So where does the meat come from? A wearhouse run by programs on the outskirts of Megacity? I'm sure I'm overthinking this. And I really just want to know if and how Agents pay for things.", "c_root_id_A": "f4r88qz", "c_root_id_B": "f4quxqr", "created_at_utc_A": 1571764165.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1571758610.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When dealing with Bluepills, Agents maintain a facade of being employees of some sort of top-level \"alphabet soup\" national security service, which gives them authority when dealing with human cops and detaining people who may be connected to the Zion rebels. Through this agency, they could have an expense account or be issued a credit card, which would work just fine for covering a steak dinner for a potential informant. As far as the actual nuts and bolts of the steak arriving, given that the Matrix strives to create as accurate a simulation of reality as possible, there are likely ranches outside the city. Virtual cows are born, eat virtual grass and grain, get shipped to a virtual slaughterhouse, and then sent to the virtual warehouse. While there's no hard evidence of this, the way people get inducted into the truth of the Matrix implies it; it's young people naturally sensing that something is wrong with the world, not adults tugging at loose threads in the simulation and finding the places where the system stops looking real.", "human_ref_B": "The machines probably induce scarcity as a part of the overall awful simulation of the Matrix, which helps to maintain its plausibility. Though I doubt that the resistance fighters inject money into the simulation except as a last resort. A sudden influx of small-denomination cash probably sends up a red flag in the simulation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5555.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "earm2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Back to the Future] Who actually wrote Johnny B. Goode?", "c_root_id_A": "fawdyjd", "c_root_id_B": "fawe5p1", "created_at_utc_A": 1576369691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576369779.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Still Chuck Berry, his Cousin may have shown him a Snipit of a simular Song, but given the Sound Quality of Telefones back than, and the Fact he was holding it at a Distance, he probally couldn\u00b4t understand much anyway. Also Chuck Berry\u00b4s Classic doesn\u00b4t feature a Van Halen like Guitar Solo, so that makes ~~Marty Mcfly\u00b4s~~ Calvin Klein\u00b4s Version unique!", "human_ref_B": "This is a good example of the 'chicken and the egg' conundrum. Except, because of the addition of time-travel shenanigans, the 'chicken' (but don't call Marty McFLy that to his face) and the 'Egg' (Chuck Berry hearing his own song, causing him to write it) causes some sort of time loop/causality paradox in which the chicken and the egg emerge simultaneously. In short, it completed a temporal circuit in which 'Johnny B. Goode' is a fixed, focal point in the fabric of the Universe. It's really complicated and it gives me a massive headache when I think too hard about it, so you'll have to trust me.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 88.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "earm2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Back to the Future] Who actually wrote Johnny B. Goode?", "c_root_id_A": "fawimbb", "c_root_id_B": "fawjg6a", "created_at_utc_A": 1576371853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576372230.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Kinda a Bootstrap Paradox isn't it? Just different motivations.", "human_ref_B": "For my money, it's always Chuck Berry. In the original timeline, Berry wrote it and Marty learned it. In the alternate timeline, Marty learned it from Berry, then played it before Berry wrote it, causing Berry to write it. Note that even in this timeline, if Marty gets aced and never ends up existing, Berry has still always written the song. He just had a different inspiration in the alternate timeline. The key here is that Berry was only inspired by the phone call, he didn't receive the whole song. The other part is that Marty may have played it at an earlier date than Berry wrote it, but he didn't write it himself. He was given the whole song, and there was no creative work on his part.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 377.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "earm2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Back to the Future] Who actually wrote Johnny B. Goode?", "c_root_id_A": "fawdyjd", "c_root_id_B": "fawjg6a", "created_at_utc_A": 1576369691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576372230.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Still Chuck Berry, his Cousin may have shown him a Snipit of a simular Song, but given the Sound Quality of Telefones back than, and the Fact he was holding it at a Distance, he probally couldn\u00b4t understand much anyway. Also Chuck Berry\u00b4s Classic doesn\u00b4t feature a Van Halen like Guitar Solo, so that makes ~~Marty Mcfly\u00b4s~~ Calvin Klein\u00b4s Version unique!", "human_ref_B": "For my money, it's always Chuck Berry. In the original timeline, Berry wrote it and Marty learned it. In the alternate timeline, Marty learned it from Berry, then played it before Berry wrote it, causing Berry to write it. Note that even in this timeline, if Marty gets aced and never ends up existing, Berry has still always written the song. He just had a different inspiration in the alternate timeline. The key here is that Berry was only inspired by the phone call, he didn't receive the whole song. The other part is that Marty may have played it at an earlier date than Berry wrote it, but he didn't write it himself. He was given the whole song, and there was no creative work on his part.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2539.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "earm2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Back to the Future] Who actually wrote Johnny B. Goode?", "c_root_id_A": "fawimbb", "c_root_id_B": "fawdyjd", "created_at_utc_A": 1576371853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576369691.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Kinda a Bootstrap Paradox isn't it? Just different motivations.", "human_ref_B": "Still Chuck Berry, his Cousin may have shown him a Snipit of a simular Song, but given the Sound Quality of Telefones back than, and the Fact he was holding it at a Distance, he probally couldn\u00b4t understand much anyway. Also Chuck Berry\u00b4s Classic doesn\u00b4t feature a Van Halen like Guitar Solo, so that makes ~~Marty Mcfly\u00b4s~~ Calvin Klein\u00b4s Version unique!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2162.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "earm2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Back to the Future] Who actually wrote Johnny B. Goode?", "c_root_id_A": "fawdyjd", "c_root_id_B": "faxjon2", "created_at_utc_A": 1576369691.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1576384895.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Still Chuck Berry, his Cousin may have shown him a Snipit of a simular Song, but given the Sound Quality of Telefones back than, and the Fact he was holding it at a Distance, he probally couldn\u00b4t understand much anyway. Also Chuck Berry\u00b4s Classic doesn\u00b4t feature a Van Halen like Guitar Solo, so that makes ~~Marty Mcfly\u00b4s~~ Calvin Klein\u00b4s Version unique!", "human_ref_B": "So everything else Marty does in the movie changes the future from the timeline before he went back. So then how is it that this happened to be a perfect loop with the original timeline? Seems like a flaw.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15204.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmvk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "Will the 40k universe and story ever be furthered in terms of lore and story? Will the emperor finally die or reincarnate? Or is this as far as the storytelling goes in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "cfwvviu", "c_root_id_B": "cfwy73w", "created_at_utc_A": 1394217573.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394222430.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "It may move forward once GW finally gives up the ghost and transitions from cheap plastic figures to an online game of some kind.", "human_ref_B": "This is a pretty fourth-wall-breaking question. Honestly, It won't really advance outside of this century, at least not for a long time. Events have gotten to the point where big things *need* to happen. Crusades are happening, Tyranids at the door, Chaos with their Black Crusade, Necrons waking up... You can only pile that stuff up so much before people start calling bullshit. But GW is understandably apprehensive about moving forward. So no, fleshing out the lore is what you're going to get until that pig is bled dry. The Warhammer 40k universe will only then be dragged forward into the next century kicking and screaming.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4857.0, "score_ratio": 1.0869565217, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmvk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "Will the 40k universe and story ever be furthered in terms of lore and story? Will the emperor finally die or reincarnate? Or is this as far as the storytelling goes in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "cfwx21b", "c_root_id_B": "cfwy73w", "created_at_utc_A": 1394220068.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394222430.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Unlikely. The Emperor's been on his throne for the past 27 years. If they were going to advance anything, they'd do so.", "human_ref_B": "This is a pretty fourth-wall-breaking question. Honestly, It won't really advance outside of this century, at least not for a long time. Events have gotten to the point where big things *need* to happen. Crusades are happening, Tyranids at the door, Chaos with their Black Crusade, Necrons waking up... You can only pile that stuff up so much before people start calling bullshit. But GW is understandably apprehensive about moving forward. So no, fleshing out the lore is what you're going to get until that pig is bled dry. The Warhammer 40k universe will only then be dragged forward into the next century kicking and screaming.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2362.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmvk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "Will the 40k universe and story ever be furthered in terms of lore and story? Will the emperor finally die or reincarnate? Or is this as far as the storytelling goes in the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "cfx8xfs", "c_root_id_B": "cfxe104", "created_at_utc_A": 1394248517.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394266305.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Considering with storm of chaos for warhammer fantasy, they made a big thing about how the lore was going to be advancing, chaos were invading the old world in a huge way, and once the summer campaign was over the balance of power would be completely different. Once the summer campaign was over and done with, they decided that none of this actually happened, and the lore was retconned to remove the Storm of Chaos content. I honestly don't see them trying to advanced anything in any significant way again, for either 40k or fantasy.", "human_ref_B": "[Meta] Nope, it's a setting, not an ongoing story. As of 999.M1, the doomsday clock is at one minute to midnight, and that's how it's going to stay. Backing down from there would be a massive cop-out (a la Storm of Magic), but paying off on even one or two of the dozens of apocalyptic threats would change the setting more than GW would be willing to. Any new stories will be exploring new geographical regions or expanding on previously-mentioned historical periods.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17788.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3z2ia3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Were there ever any Sith that didn't always have a \"serious\" demeanor? In the prequel trilogy and in the Clone Wars show, we see that some Jedi occasionally crack jokes or make light of the situation they're in, and things along those lines. I was wondering if there were ever any Sith or Dark Side users that did similar things, or if all the evil dudes were just serious all the time.", "c_root_id_A": "cyirc85", "c_root_id_B": "cyireec", "created_at_utc_A": 1451692771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451692885.0, "score_A": 139, "score_B": 428, "human_ref_A": "Asajj Ventress showed a dark sense of humor occasionally.", "human_ref_B": "In Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine laughs it up a whole lot once he's turned full monster mash. He's evil and he loves it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 114.0, "score_ratio": 3.0791366906, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3z2ia3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Were there ever any Sith that didn't always have a \"serious\" demeanor? In the prequel trilogy and in the Clone Wars show, we see that some Jedi occasionally crack jokes or make light of the situation they're in, and things along those lines. I was wondering if there were ever any Sith or Dark Side users that did similar things, or if all the evil dudes were just serious all the time.", "c_root_id_A": "cyirc85", "c_root_id_B": "cyizaeg", "created_at_utc_A": 1451692771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451708543.0, "score_A": 139, "score_B": 207, "human_ref_A": "Asajj Ventress showed a dark sense of humor occasionally.", "human_ref_B": "Darth Revan had one hell of a dark humor. After hearing HK-47 call Malak a meatbag, he programmed it to call all organics that because he thought Malak's disgusted response was hilarious.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15772.0, "score_ratio": 1.4892086331, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3z2ia3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Were there ever any Sith that didn't always have a \"serious\" demeanor? In the prequel trilogy and in the Clone Wars show, we see that some Jedi occasionally crack jokes or make light of the situation they're in, and things along those lines. I was wondering if there were ever any Sith or Dark Side users that did similar things, or if all the evil dudes were just serious all the time.", "c_root_id_A": "cyizaeg", "c_root_id_B": "cyit82n", "created_at_utc_A": 1451708543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451696402.0, "score_A": 207, "score_B": 135, "human_ref_A": "Darth Revan had one hell of a dark humor. After hearing HK-47 call Malak a meatbag, he programmed it to call all organics that because he thought Malak's disgusted response was hilarious.", "human_ref_B": "I've always wanted to see a sith that was a sith purely because the Jedi didn't like how lazy he was. Darth me. Oh look a galactic war, I think i'll just watch it on the telly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12141.0, "score_ratio": 1.5333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3z2ia3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Were there ever any Sith that didn't always have a \"serious\" demeanor? In the prequel trilogy and in the Clone Wars show, we see that some Jedi occasionally crack jokes or make light of the situation they're in, and things along those lines. I was wondering if there were ever any Sith or Dark Side users that did similar things, or if all the evil dudes were just serious all the time.", "c_root_id_A": "cyitcu3", "c_root_id_B": "cyizaeg", "created_at_utc_A": 1451696663.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451708543.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 207, "human_ref_A": "I can think of a couple Dark Jedi, but not any actual Sith. Even going through the Legends roster i'm a bit stumped. but its to be expected right? somebody in a happy mood might have trouble channeling rage.", "human_ref_B": "Darth Revan had one hell of a dark humor. After hearing HK-47 call Malak a meatbag, he programmed it to call all organics that because he thought Malak's disgusted response was hilarious.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11880.0, "score_ratio": 5.9142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3z2ia3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Were there ever any Sith that didn't always have a \"serious\" demeanor? In the prequel trilogy and in the Clone Wars show, we see that some Jedi occasionally crack jokes or make light of the situation they're in, and things along those lines. I was wondering if there were ever any Sith or Dark Side users that did similar things, or if all the evil dudes were just serious all the time.", "c_root_id_A": "cyj27n0", "c_root_id_B": "cyitcu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1451715087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451696663.0, "score_A": 132, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "In the Legends continuity, yeah! My personal favorite Sith, Darth Vectivus. Homie became a Sith purely out of curiosity, and didn't give a single fuck about how Siths were supposed to work. When he was told the whole big thing about \"Alright, so, now you're evil, time to be evil, go wreck shit,\" he went \"Nah, I'm good. I'm just gonna study shit and travel, if no one minds.\" Dude went Sith just to have a quiet, good time, and is like the only Sith I can think of who got to die of old age.", "human_ref_B": "I can think of a couple Dark Jedi, but not any actual Sith. Even going through the Legends roster i'm a bit stumped. but its to be expected right? somebody in a happy mood might have trouble channeling rage.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18424.0, "score_ratio": 3.7714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3z2ia3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] Were there ever any Sith that didn't always have a \"serious\" demeanor? In the prequel trilogy and in the Clone Wars show, we see that some Jedi occasionally crack jokes or make light of the situation they're in, and things along those lines. I was wondering if there were ever any Sith or Dark Side users that did similar things, or if all the evil dudes were just serious all the time.", "c_root_id_A": "cyj27n0", "c_root_id_B": "cyj1xz8", "created_at_utc_A": 1451715087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451714432.0, "score_A": 132, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "In the Legends continuity, yeah! My personal favorite Sith, Darth Vectivus. Homie became a Sith purely out of curiosity, and didn't give a single fuck about how Siths were supposed to work. When he was told the whole big thing about \"Alright, so, now you're evil, time to be evil, go wreck shit,\" he went \"Nah, I'm good. I'm just gonna study shit and travel, if no one minds.\" Dude went Sith just to have a quiet, good time, and is like the only Sith I can think of who got to die of old age.", "human_ref_B": "**Peace is a lie, there is only Passion** **Through Passion I gain Strength** **Through Strength I gain Power** **Through Power I gain Victory** **Through Victory my chains are broken** **The Force shall free Me** All seems pretty serious to me.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 655.0, "score_ratio": 4.2580645161, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmr7wgq", "c_root_id_B": "cmr7dx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1418250562.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418249658.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I don't know how canon it is, but the Millennium Falcon Workshop Manual shows that the whole of the yt-xx00 class ships are fairly configurable with a center cockpit option as well. In this case, having the cockpit off to the side opens up more internal space for cargo (cargo which is likely to be heavy (heavier than a human and a wookiee at least), mass balancing being an important aspect of accurate spaceflight), so if you expect your ship to be in vacuum 95% of the time, it makes a lot of sense to free up that extra space in the center of the ship.", "human_ref_B": "It allows you to design more efficiently in certain cases. You can design directly around components without wasting space.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 904.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmr7dx8", "c_root_id_B": "cmr9ndv", "created_at_utc_A": 1418249658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418253746.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "It allows you to design more efficiently in certain cases. You can design directly around components without wasting space.", "human_ref_B": "Some have pointed out that asymmetry causes a problem in an atmosphere. That is *not* always the case. All that matters is that the *sum total of the aerodynamic properties* are symmetrical on each side (i.e. drag, lift, etc) and the the weight distribution is, too. These can be seen in an number of primitive, fictional atmospheric craft. As examples, look at the \"Germans\" experimented with in \"WWII\" (here and here) and also look to \"America\" as well (here and here). If you carefully design the craft so that factors on one part of the design are balanced by those on the other, it will *act* like it is symmetrical in an atmosphere. While primitive flying machines would have to carefully balance these factors with the physical shape of the aircraft, our spacefaring craft could easily use force fields to adjust how air flows or even adjust thrust minutely between different sides of the wide engine on the *Falcon* to perform these compensations. These can then be adjusted in flight by software. While it might be inefficient and energy intensive to compensate for the asymmetry this way instead of just building a symmetric craft in the first place, given that the *Falcon* spends very little time flying through atmosphere, these tradeoffs make sense.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4088.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmr85qb", "c_root_id_B": "cmr9ndv", "created_at_utc_A": 1418251023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418253746.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "The ship may have been designed for use with specialized equipment like ship clamps, loaders, hangers and whatnot where it made more sense to put the bridge on the side of the ship. It also gives the ship more uninterrupted internal cargo space, or space for asymmetrical equipment.", "human_ref_B": "Some have pointed out that asymmetry causes a problem in an atmosphere. That is *not* always the case. All that matters is that the *sum total of the aerodynamic properties* are symmetrical on each side (i.e. drag, lift, etc) and the the weight distribution is, too. These can be seen in an number of primitive, fictional atmospheric craft. As examples, look at the \"Germans\" experimented with in \"WWII\" (here and here) and also look to \"America\" as well (here and here). If you carefully design the craft so that factors on one part of the design are balanced by those on the other, it will *act* like it is symmetrical in an atmosphere. While primitive flying machines would have to carefully balance these factors with the physical shape of the aircraft, our spacefaring craft could easily use force fields to adjust how air flows or even adjust thrust minutely between different sides of the wide engine on the *Falcon* to perform these compensations. These can then be adjusted in flight by software. While it might be inefficient and energy intensive to compensate for the asymmetry this way instead of just building a symmetric craft in the first place, given that the *Falcon* spends very little time flying through atmosphere, these tradeoffs make sense.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2723.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmr7dx8", "c_root_id_B": "cmrge8i", "created_at_utc_A": 1418249658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418267165.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "It allows you to design more efficiently in certain cases. You can design directly around components without wasting space.", "human_ref_B": "I know this is not cannon, but I have always thought the Falcon was a very inefficient freighter, with not enough cargo space to make transport economically viable. So I envisioned the MF as a pusher tug with larger freight containers loads being docked to the mandibles and this is why the YT-1300 class has an offset cockpit so the crew can see around the cargo and also why it has such a high thrust to weight ratio.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17507.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrge8i", "c_root_id_B": "cmrbmjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1418267165.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418257558.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I know this is not cannon, but I have always thought the Falcon was a very inefficient freighter, with not enough cargo space to make transport economically viable. So I envisioned the MF as a pusher tug with larger freight containers loads being docked to the mandibles and this is why the YT-1300 class has an offset cockpit so the crew can see around the cargo and also why it has such a high thrust to weight ratio.", "human_ref_B": "It's not as much benefits as the tech being high enough that there aren't many down sides. Republic technology has very strong hull materials, force fields, gravitics tech - quite simply, there's little need to restrict oneself to symmetrical hull builds, especially for smaller ships where the entire vessel is relatively close to the center of mass for things like shield generators and main drive elements.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9607.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrge8i", "c_root_id_B": "cmr85qb", "created_at_utc_A": 1418267165.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418251023.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I know this is not cannon, but I have always thought the Falcon was a very inefficient freighter, with not enough cargo space to make transport economically viable. So I envisioned the MF as a pusher tug with larger freight containers loads being docked to the mandibles and this is why the YT-1300 class has an offset cockpit so the crew can see around the cargo and also why it has such a high thrust to weight ratio.", "human_ref_B": "The ship may have been designed for use with specialized equipment like ship clamps, loaders, hangers and whatnot where it made more sense to put the bridge on the side of the ship. It also gives the ship more uninterrupted internal cargo space, or space for asymmetrical equipment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16142.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmr7dx8", "c_root_id_B": "cmrjyxy", "created_at_utc_A": 1418249658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418274829.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It allows you to design more efficiently in certain cases. You can design directly around components without wasting space.", "human_ref_B": "The YT-1300 spaceframe is a light freight transport vessel. The bow fork is commonly used to dock with freight frameworks. The spaceframe acts as a pusher for the cargo frames. The YT-1300 sits at the rear of the cargo train, so the pilot module must be off-center. The sublight engines on such a vessel are necessarily very powerful. Additionally, the chassis is extremely rugged in order to properly handle the mass of docked cargo frameworks. An unexpected benefit of this design means that the stock YT-1300 is extremely resilient and fast when unloaded. It's modular design allowed for quick and easy modification. Almost none of the remaining YT class remain in their stock configuration, and many thousand are still moving freight throughout the Empire to this day. A serviceable vessel can be found at any of our reputable Bright Center Used Starship Sales shipyards starting at 25,000 credits.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25171.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrjyxy", "c_root_id_B": "cmrbmjk", "created_at_utc_A": 1418274829.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418257558.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The YT-1300 spaceframe is a light freight transport vessel. The bow fork is commonly used to dock with freight frameworks. The spaceframe acts as a pusher for the cargo frames. The YT-1300 sits at the rear of the cargo train, so the pilot module must be off-center. The sublight engines on such a vessel are necessarily very powerful. Additionally, the chassis is extremely rugged in order to properly handle the mass of docked cargo frameworks. An unexpected benefit of this design means that the stock YT-1300 is extremely resilient and fast when unloaded. It's modular design allowed for quick and easy modification. Almost none of the remaining YT class remain in their stock configuration, and many thousand are still moving freight throughout the Empire to this day. A serviceable vessel can be found at any of our reputable Bright Center Used Starship Sales shipyards starting at 25,000 credits.", "human_ref_B": "It's not as much benefits as the tech being high enough that there aren't many down sides. Republic technology has very strong hull materials, force fields, gravitics tech - quite simply, there's little need to restrict oneself to symmetrical hull builds, especially for smaller ships where the entire vessel is relatively close to the center of mass for things like shield generators and main drive elements.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17271.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmr85qb", "c_root_id_B": "cmrjyxy", "created_at_utc_A": 1418251023.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418274829.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The ship may have been designed for use with specialized equipment like ship clamps, loaders, hangers and whatnot where it made more sense to put the bridge on the side of the ship. It also gives the ship more uninterrupted internal cargo space, or space for asymmetrical equipment.", "human_ref_B": "The YT-1300 spaceframe is a light freight transport vessel. The bow fork is commonly used to dock with freight frameworks. The spaceframe acts as a pusher for the cargo frames. The YT-1300 sits at the rear of the cargo train, so the pilot module must be off-center. The sublight engines on such a vessel are necessarily very powerful. Additionally, the chassis is extremely rugged in order to properly handle the mass of docked cargo frameworks. An unexpected benefit of this design means that the stock YT-1300 is extremely resilient and fast when unloaded. It's modular design allowed for quick and easy modification. Almost none of the remaining YT class remain in their stock configuration, and many thousand are still moving freight throughout the Empire to this day. A serviceable vessel can be found at any of our reputable Bright Center Used Starship Sales shipyards starting at 25,000 credits.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23806.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrjdaf", "c_root_id_B": "cmrjyxy", "created_at_utc_A": 1418273384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418274829.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Like many designs that came from the mature technologies of the Old Republic and Empire, it is actually quite inefficient. The fact is that at the level of technology the Old Republic (and later Empire) had efficiency just wasn't a priority. The design doesn't need to be aerodynamic because the ship's shields doubled as air baffles and made it more aerodynamic than any ancient tech airfoil could ever be. Once efficiency had stopped being the critical deciding factor in design, aesthetics became the dominant factor. The YT-1300 looks the way it does because Corellian Engineering Corporation did extensive market research among small time shippers [1] and decided on the ship's distinctive silhouette based purely on what marketing believed would sell best to the target market. Much the same supremacy of aesthetics over efficiency drove the Old Republic's (and to an even greater extent the Empire's) military designs. The simple fact is that the walkers which were the distinctive feature of the Old Republic and Empire's ground forces are an inherently worse design than repulsorlift vehicles, or even continuous track vehicles. But since the Old Republic had no real military, and fought no major wars, for so long, aesthetics won out over more sensible and efficient designs. When Palpitine ascended to become Emperor, his own personal aesthetic choices became even more important than efficiency had been. The Emperor liked walkers, so his military involved walkers. Since the only enemies he was fighting were rebels, it didn't really matter that they were lousy designs. There has been some speculation that the Jedi influenced the decisions to build inefficient war fighting vehicles as a subtle way of trying to prevent war and keep the peace, but this is mostly just empty conspiracy mongering. [1] And unofficially, smugglers. Despite claims to the contrary, CEC designed the YT-1300 almost explicitly as a smuggler's ship.", "human_ref_B": "The YT-1300 spaceframe is a light freight transport vessel. The bow fork is commonly used to dock with freight frameworks. The spaceframe acts as a pusher for the cargo frames. The YT-1300 sits at the rear of the cargo train, so the pilot module must be off-center. The sublight engines on such a vessel are necessarily very powerful. Additionally, the chassis is extremely rugged in order to properly handle the mass of docked cargo frameworks. An unexpected benefit of this design means that the stock YT-1300 is extremely resilient and fast when unloaded. It's modular design allowed for quick and easy modification. Almost none of the remaining YT class remain in their stock configuration, and many thousand are still moving freight throughout the Empire to this day. A serviceable vessel can be found at any of our reputable Bright Center Used Starship Sales shipyards starting at 25,000 credits.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1445.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrjyxy", "c_root_id_B": "cmrgy7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1418274829.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418268279.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The YT-1300 spaceframe is a light freight transport vessel. The bow fork is commonly used to dock with freight frameworks. The spaceframe acts as a pusher for the cargo frames. The YT-1300 sits at the rear of the cargo train, so the pilot module must be off-center. The sublight engines on such a vessel are necessarily very powerful. Additionally, the chassis is extremely rugged in order to properly handle the mass of docked cargo frameworks. An unexpected benefit of this design means that the stock YT-1300 is extremely resilient and fast when unloaded. It's modular design allowed for quick and easy modification. Almost none of the remaining YT class remain in their stock configuration, and many thousand are still moving freight throughout the Empire to this day. A serviceable vessel can be found at any of our reputable Bright Center Used Starship Sales shipyards starting at 25,000 credits.", "human_ref_B": "There are advantages to a non symmetrical/ non standard design for a smugglers ship. The Falcon is a heavily modified freighter with lots of add ons and upgrades/jury rig repairs. Its eccentric design has been deliberately accented in order conceal its other features. ie: weapons, extra powerful engines, smugglers holds, etc. It would be a lot easier to calculate volume and identify where compartments may be hidden on a more regularly shaped symmetrical ship. Stormtroopers actually went through the Falcon with scanning equipment and didn't discover the hidden compartments. In terms of handling with enough power anything will fly, which the Falcon usually has.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6550.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrbmjk", "c_root_id_B": "cmrjdaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1418257558.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418273384.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It's not as much benefits as the tech being high enough that there aren't many down sides. Republic technology has very strong hull materials, force fields, gravitics tech - quite simply, there's little need to restrict oneself to symmetrical hull builds, especially for smaller ships where the entire vessel is relatively close to the center of mass for things like shield generators and main drive elements.", "human_ref_B": "Like many designs that came from the mature technologies of the Old Republic and Empire, it is actually quite inefficient. The fact is that at the level of technology the Old Republic (and later Empire) had efficiency just wasn't a priority. The design doesn't need to be aerodynamic because the ship's shields doubled as air baffles and made it more aerodynamic than any ancient tech airfoil could ever be. Once efficiency had stopped being the critical deciding factor in design, aesthetics became the dominant factor. The YT-1300 looks the way it does because Corellian Engineering Corporation did extensive market research among small time shippers [1] and decided on the ship's distinctive silhouette based purely on what marketing believed would sell best to the target market. Much the same supremacy of aesthetics over efficiency drove the Old Republic's (and to an even greater extent the Empire's) military designs. The simple fact is that the walkers which were the distinctive feature of the Old Republic and Empire's ground forces are an inherently worse design than repulsorlift vehicles, or even continuous track vehicles. But since the Old Republic had no real military, and fought no major wars, for so long, aesthetics won out over more sensible and efficient designs. When Palpitine ascended to become Emperor, his own personal aesthetic choices became even more important than efficiency had been. The Emperor liked walkers, so his military involved walkers. Since the only enemies he was fighting were rebels, it didn't really matter that they were lousy designs. There has been some speculation that the Jedi influenced the decisions to build inefficient war fighting vehicles as a subtle way of trying to prevent war and keep the peace, but this is mostly just empty conspiracy mongering. [1] And unofficially, smugglers. Despite claims to the contrary, CEC designed the YT-1300 almost explicitly as a smuggler's ship.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15826.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrjdaf", "c_root_id_B": "cmr85qb", "created_at_utc_A": 1418273384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418251023.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Like many designs that came from the mature technologies of the Old Republic and Empire, it is actually quite inefficient. The fact is that at the level of technology the Old Republic (and later Empire) had efficiency just wasn't a priority. The design doesn't need to be aerodynamic because the ship's shields doubled as air baffles and made it more aerodynamic than any ancient tech airfoil could ever be. Once efficiency had stopped being the critical deciding factor in design, aesthetics became the dominant factor. The YT-1300 looks the way it does because Corellian Engineering Corporation did extensive market research among small time shippers [1] and decided on the ship's distinctive silhouette based purely on what marketing believed would sell best to the target market. Much the same supremacy of aesthetics over efficiency drove the Old Republic's (and to an even greater extent the Empire's) military designs. The simple fact is that the walkers which were the distinctive feature of the Old Republic and Empire's ground forces are an inherently worse design than repulsorlift vehicles, or even continuous track vehicles. But since the Old Republic had no real military, and fought no major wars, for so long, aesthetics won out over more sensible and efficient designs. When Palpitine ascended to become Emperor, his own personal aesthetic choices became even more important than efficiency had been. The Emperor liked walkers, so his military involved walkers. Since the only enemies he was fighting were rebels, it didn't really matter that they were lousy designs. There has been some speculation that the Jedi influenced the decisions to build inefficient war fighting vehicles as a subtle way of trying to prevent war and keep the peace, but this is mostly just empty conspiracy mongering. [1] And unofficially, smugglers. Despite claims to the contrary, CEC designed the YT-1300 almost explicitly as a smuggler's ship.", "human_ref_B": "The ship may have been designed for use with specialized equipment like ship clamps, loaders, hangers and whatnot where it made more sense to put the bridge on the side of the ship. It also gives the ship more uninterrupted internal cargo space, or space for asymmetrical equipment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22361.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrjdaf", "c_root_id_B": "cmrgy7a", "created_at_utc_A": 1418273384.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418268279.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Like many designs that came from the mature technologies of the Old Republic and Empire, it is actually quite inefficient. The fact is that at the level of technology the Old Republic (and later Empire) had efficiency just wasn't a priority. The design doesn't need to be aerodynamic because the ship's shields doubled as air baffles and made it more aerodynamic than any ancient tech airfoil could ever be. Once efficiency had stopped being the critical deciding factor in design, aesthetics became the dominant factor. The YT-1300 looks the way it does because Corellian Engineering Corporation did extensive market research among small time shippers [1] and decided on the ship's distinctive silhouette based purely on what marketing believed would sell best to the target market. Much the same supremacy of aesthetics over efficiency drove the Old Republic's (and to an even greater extent the Empire's) military designs. The simple fact is that the walkers which were the distinctive feature of the Old Republic and Empire's ground forces are an inherently worse design than repulsorlift vehicles, or even continuous track vehicles. But since the Old Republic had no real military, and fought no major wars, for so long, aesthetics won out over more sensible and efficient designs. When Palpitine ascended to become Emperor, his own personal aesthetic choices became even more important than efficiency had been. The Emperor liked walkers, so his military involved walkers. Since the only enemies he was fighting were rebels, it didn't really matter that they were lousy designs. There has been some speculation that the Jedi influenced the decisions to build inefficient war fighting vehicles as a subtle way of trying to prevent war and keep the peace, but this is mostly just empty conspiracy mongering. [1] And unofficially, smugglers. Despite claims to the contrary, CEC designed the YT-1300 almost explicitly as a smuggler's ship.", "human_ref_B": "There are advantages to a non symmetrical/ non standard design for a smugglers ship. The Falcon is a heavily modified freighter with lots of add ons and upgrades/jury rig repairs. Its eccentric design has been deliberately accented in order conceal its other features. ie: weapons, extra powerful engines, smugglers holds, etc. It would be a lot easier to calculate volume and identify where compartments may be hidden on a more regularly shaped symmetrical ship. Stormtroopers actually went through the Falcon with scanning equipment and didn't discover the hidden compartments. In terms of handling with enough power anything will fly, which the Falcon usually has.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5105.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2own59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the benefits, if any, to asymmetrically designed starships such as the Millennium Falcon?", "c_root_id_A": "cmrgy7a", "c_root_id_B": "cmrld68", "created_at_utc_A": 1418268279.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1418278447.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There are advantages to a non symmetrical/ non standard design for a smugglers ship. The Falcon is a heavily modified freighter with lots of add ons and upgrades/jury rig repairs. Its eccentric design has been deliberately accented in order conceal its other features. ie: weapons, extra powerful engines, smugglers holds, etc. It would be a lot easier to calculate volume and identify where compartments may be hidden on a more regularly shaped symmetrical ship. Stormtroopers actually went through the Falcon with scanning equipment and didn't discover the hidden compartments. In terms of handling with enough power anything will fly, which the Falcon usually has.", "human_ref_B": "Ok, here's my take: In the off chance that the Falcon is indeed mass-unbalanced (which I really doubt since it's a freighter so a tiny cockpit couldn't throw the CoM off), it could be for a tactical purpose. When a spacecraft turns, it does so around it's center of mass.So when the CoM is somewhere unspecified it could be harder for a pursuing pilot to get a hit at it, since many pilots will probably aim for the center of symmetry, thinking it's also the center of mass. Same thing goes for atmospheric combat, an unbalanced aircraft is (usually) an aerodynamically unstable aircraft, which also makes it a very maneuverable aircraft(which is why modern fighter planes have intricate stabilizing computers).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10168.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mxf4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Beavis and Butt-Head] is it ever explained how Beavis and buttheads food and utilities are paid for?", "c_root_id_A": "irybczl", "c_root_id_B": "iry9qrz", "created_at_utc_A": 1665529382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665528616.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t know that it\u2019s ever explicitly stated, but the implication is that they\u2019re living with their parents. edit - that you never actually see their parents is intentional - 'raised by Madonna & Axl Rose'.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 766.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mxf4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Beavis and Butt-Head] is it ever explained how Beavis and buttheads food and utilities are paid for?", "c_root_id_A": "iry9qrz", "c_root_id_B": "irzmvcd", "created_at_utc_A": 1665528616.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665554201.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "They live with Beavis's mom. IIRC this is explicitly stated in Do the Universe or maybe in one of the early new season eps, not sure exactly which.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25585.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mxf4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Beavis and Butt-Head] is it ever explained how Beavis and buttheads food and utilities are paid for?", "c_root_id_A": "irz9aiz", "c_root_id_B": "iry9qrz", "created_at_utc_A": 1665545546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665528616.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Remember, it was shot in the 90's. Back then, a single parent with a decent (not good) job could easily afford to keep a residence and have a freeloading kid there. That is also the time where parents were a bit less involved with their kids than the present, latch key generation, so it is entirely possibly that they just were used to doing their own thing and the parent is used to not parenting them overmuch.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * Keep responses strictly watsonian in nature, under threat of first offense temporary ban. If \"watsonian\" is a new term to you, please review the full rules here. * Comments should be sincere attempts to answer the question at hand. If you feel a question doesn't merit a response, or cannot be answered in a doylist fashion, just leave it be. * We are not here to engage in edition wars, or gripe about the creators/owners of works. Yes, that person you don't like really does suck, but this isn't the place to vent about it. Some especially hot gripe topics (currently the Star Wars franchise is the only subject so targeted) are subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. Yes, things going on outside suck, but this isn't the place to vent about that either. When in doubt, avoid anything that's happened within the last 20 years. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. * Remember that there is a human at the other keyboard. Assume questions are being asked in good faith, give sincere responses, and maintain decorum. Disagreement and debate are one thing, insults and name calling are another. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16930.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "y1mxf4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Beavis and Butt-Head] is it ever explained how Beavis and buttheads food and utilities are paid for?", "c_root_id_A": "irzmvcd", "c_root_id_B": "irz9aiz", "created_at_utc_A": 1665554201.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1665545546.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They live with Beavis's mom. IIRC this is explicitly stated in Do the Universe or maybe in one of the early new season eps, not sure exactly which.", "human_ref_B": "Remember, it was shot in the 90's. Back then, a single parent with a decent (not good) job could easily afford to keep a residence and have a freeloading kid there. That is also the time where parents were a bit less involved with their kids than the present, latch key generation, so it is entirely possibly that they just were used to doing their own thing and the parent is used to not parenting them overmuch.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8655.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5npqxc", "c_root_id_B": "g5neqow", "created_at_utc_A": 1600393134.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600387144.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "IIRC lightsaber blades are superheated plasma contained within a magnetic force field. Cap's blocked a whole lot of different types of energy beams over the years, I'd imagine this wouldn't be terribly different from that sort of thing. So yeah, I think he probably could.", "human_ref_B": "Cap's shield was shaped by being heated, I'd expect that enough heat could reshape it. It also takes effort to force a lightsaber through sufficiently durable materials. My expectation is that it would be like a wooden shield and a metal sword. There'd be some damage but also the lightsaber would be deflected.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5990.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5nj2d9", "c_root_id_B": "g5npqxc", "created_at_utc_A": 1600389592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600393134.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Yes, in Cap's hands or someone equally skilled. Vibranium can deflect energy, so Cap could parry lightsabers with it successfully by angling the shield. He's also fast enough that he'd have a pretty good chance of fighting a Jedi to a standstill, assuming the Jedi doesn't do anything other than duel (nothing prevents Cap from being thrown around by, say, telekinesis. If you locked the shield in a bench vise and sawed away at it, though, you could cut it. What prevents it from being cut in combat is Cap's proficiency with it.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC lightsaber blades are superheated plasma contained within a magnetic force field. Cap's blocked a whole lot of different types of energy beams over the years, I'd imagine this wouldn't be terribly different from that sort of thing. So yeah, I think he probably could.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3542.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5narri", "c_root_id_B": "g5npqxc", "created_at_utc_A": 1600384871.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600393134.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Vibranium can be likened to cortosis which is what vibroswords are in Legends. It is lightsaber resistant, so can take a few brief hits, but would eventually get cut through. Barring other evidence, we can assume the same is true for Captain America's shield.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC lightsaber blades are superheated plasma contained within a magnetic force field. Cap's blocked a whole lot of different types of energy beams over the years, I'd imagine this wouldn't be terribly different from that sort of thing. So yeah, I think he probably could.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8263.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5nj2d9", "c_root_id_B": "g5neqow", "created_at_utc_A": 1600389592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600387144.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Yes, in Cap's hands or someone equally skilled. Vibranium can deflect energy, so Cap could parry lightsabers with it successfully by angling the shield. He's also fast enough that he'd have a pretty good chance of fighting a Jedi to a standstill, assuming the Jedi doesn't do anything other than duel (nothing prevents Cap from being thrown around by, say, telekinesis. If you locked the shield in a bench vise and sawed away at it, though, you could cut it. What prevents it from being cut in combat is Cap's proficiency with it.", "human_ref_B": "Cap's shield was shaped by being heated, I'd expect that enough heat could reshape it. It also takes effort to force a lightsaber through sufficiently durable materials. My expectation is that it would be like a wooden shield and a metal sword. There'd be some damage but also the lightsaber would be deflected.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2448.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5narri", "c_root_id_B": "g5neqow", "created_at_utc_A": 1600384871.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600387144.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Vibranium can be likened to cortosis which is what vibroswords are in Legends. It is lightsaber resistant, so can take a few brief hits, but would eventually get cut through. Barring other evidence, we can assume the same is true for Captain America's shield.", "human_ref_B": "Cap's shield was shaped by being heated, I'd expect that enough heat could reshape it. It also takes effort to force a lightsaber through sufficiently durable materials. My expectation is that it would be like a wooden shield and a metal sword. There'd be some damage but also the lightsaber would be deflected.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2273.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5nj2d9", "c_root_id_B": "g5narri", "created_at_utc_A": 1600389592.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600384871.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Yes, in Cap's hands or someone equally skilled. Vibranium can deflect energy, so Cap could parry lightsabers with it successfully by angling the shield. He's also fast enough that he'd have a pretty good chance of fighting a Jedi to a standstill, assuming the Jedi doesn't do anything other than duel (nothing prevents Cap from being thrown around by, say, telekinesis. If you locked the shield in a bench vise and sawed away at it, though, you could cut it. What prevents it from being cut in combat is Cap's proficiency with it.", "human_ref_B": "Vibranium can be likened to cortosis which is what vibroswords are in Legends. It is lightsaber resistant, so can take a few brief hits, but would eventually get cut through. Barring other evidence, we can assume the same is true for Captain America's shield.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4721.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5nxxu3", "c_root_id_B": "g5narri", "created_at_utc_A": 1600397598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600384871.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I don't think there's a canon temperature for lightsaber blades or any official temperature limit to any version of Captain America's shield. But look at it this way: A lightning bolt can reach temperatures up to 54000\u00b0 Fahrenheit. If you believe Captain America's shield would melt if struck by lightning bolts constantly, and that a lightsaber's plasma is as hot or hotter than 54000\u00b0 Fahrenheit, then you should believe that the spangled shield would be bested by a lightsaber.", "human_ref_B": "Vibranium can be likened to cortosis which is what vibroswords are in Legends. It is lightsaber resistant, so can take a few brief hits, but would eventually get cut through. Barring other evidence, we can assume the same is true for Captain America's shield.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12727.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5o8g84", "c_root_id_B": "g5nzasn", "created_at_utc_A": 1600404178.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600398345.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Is there a test against molten lava on vibranium?", "human_ref_B": "Definitely. The question isn't so much of an if but a how. The thing is, Vibranium is vibration-resistant. Lightsabers are simply a type of hard light with heat properties similar to Cyclops' optic blasts. Due to the similarity, we can easily swap the word \"lightsaber\" for \"optic blast\" and get an answer. The answer, of course, is that the blast is deflected and its energy absorbed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5833.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iuukoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Star Wars/Marvel] Can Captain America\u2019s Shield Deflect Lightsabers?", "c_root_id_A": "g5nzasn", "c_root_id_B": "g5oaczj", "created_at_utc_A": 1600398345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600405595.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Definitely. The question isn't so much of an if but a how. The thing is, Vibranium is vibration-resistant. Lightsabers are simply a type of hard light with heat properties similar to Cyclops' optic blasts. Due to the similarity, we can easily swap the word \"lightsaber\" for \"optic blast\" and get an answer. The answer, of course, is that the blast is deflected and its energy absorbed.", "human_ref_B": "Probably. The Shield is one of most durable things on Earth in Marvel Universe, and Lightsabers are not perfect, they're just tools. They are very good at cutting most things, but there are still limits to what they can cut. Objects of extreme durability like mandalorian iron or Cap's shield are likely to withstand a good deal of strikes, although dedicated application of a lightsaber might either get through or heat the shield to the point of being unusable for a time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7250.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cknnsu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[LoTR] Would it be possible for a orc or troll to be allowed entrence to Minas tirith in any situation, after the war of the ring? Like, say you run a human mercenary band, and one of the soliders you have hierd is an orc or a decently intelligent troll, and you are currently about to enter minas tirth. The orc and the troll understand the laws and have agreed to not casue any trouble, just follow their captain around as a bodyguard and help him do his buissness in the city. The orc has even agreed to wear a hood in order to not scare the locals too much. Would the city guards allow then entry, or is the hatred for the former enemy so strong that they would be killed on sight, even tho they are just hired muscle that doesnt break the law? Assuming this is in the 4th age, like 10-20 years after the war of the ring, while aragon still rules and so. Would the situation change if it was a half-orc and a half-troll?", "c_root_id_A": "evp0211", "c_root_id_B": "evp5w6h", "created_at_utc_A": 1564662812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564666804.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "I think orcs are by essence chaotic evil in Tolkien's universe.", "human_ref_B": "LotR orcs are not merely a maligned ethnic group who are the victims of cultural prejudice, they are beings born of malice and cruelty. In a universe where good and evil are real things, they fall solidly in the evil camp. Allowing one into your city would be foolhardy and nothing good would come from it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3992.0, "score_ratio": 5.6153846154, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oz32jy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Marvel] What is Magneto's opinion on heroes who got their powers from means other than mutation? Does he want to kill them too because they are technically \"normal\" humans?", "c_root_id_A": "h81jurl", "c_root_id_B": "h7xp45s", "created_at_utc_A": 1628333210.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1628258329.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Magneto's like a territorial bear that happens to be able to use satellites as portable artillery. Stay out of his way and don't piss him off and he likely won't care enough to attack you. Regarding other-powered heroes, he doesn't seem to have any bias against them. He does think highly of Captain America though, thanks to Steve in some continuities helping liberate the Nazi camp Eric was in as a child.", "human_ref_B": "Magneto doesn't directly want to kill humans. He just doesn't particularly care if they die since they're an evolutionary dead end and mutantkinds persecutors. Mutates are superior to humans, he'll be cordial and polite but in any conflict between them and mutants he's siding with the mutant.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 74881.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mkxqts", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Merlin] Why are mirrors immune to shapeshifting and disguise enchantments? This can be applicable to many properties but for the sake of this post, I'll pick on Merlin as it has happened on more than one occasion in that show. In many universes with magic and disguising spells, mirrors seem to be the ultimate way of seeing through it as it doesn't reflect what the eye of the beholder sees only what is. Why is that? I can understand the logic of \"the spell only enchants others and it's just an illusion, therefore a mirror or other reflective surface wouldn't reflect it.\" Well my issue with that is, it can't just be a spell that affects perception. At least a few instances in the show were clearly physical shapeshifting. Like the troll. It wasn't just her necklace that made her look different, we know from others reactions to her as well as Uther's that she physically transformed. So why wouldn't that be reflected in a mirror as well?", "c_root_id_A": "gtjysje", "c_root_id_B": "gtk9p9h", "created_at_utc_A": 1617704776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617712620.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Mirrors, shadows, and cameras are all ways that you can often see through such disguises. In those cases I'd bet it is just affecting perception. THough shadows could be that the magic is basically projecting the image onto the other side, but it can only handle so much light. Since it can't project an image of the sun at its full brightness, it leaves a shadow. It could be that mirrors reflect the soul. Though this raises more questions than it answers. Does that mean everything that's reflected in a mirror does have a soul?", "human_ref_B": "Magic is symbolism, not physics. And symbolically, the purpose of a mirror is to let you see yourself. Importantly, pre-cameras, they're the *only* way to see what you really look like. Water distorts and painters can lie, but a mirror always shows your true face. Even today, its much easier to edit a photo or a video then a reflection. That makes it a natural counter to a spell that makes you look like something else. A mirror always shows your true face, no matter what hides it- be that flattering painters, deceptive camera angles, or dark magic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7844.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "chhcp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dexter's Laboratory] Where does Dexter get all the money for his stuff!?", "c_root_id_A": "euu9ysu", "c_root_id_B": "euuaae9", "created_at_utc_A": 1564040439.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564040608.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "He must have cashed in huge on the omelette du fromage franchises.", "human_ref_B": "Selling the occasional patent. Small innovations can earn him large sums. Hell, he can create many inventions that others will spend hundreds of millions just to bury.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 169.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "chhcp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dexter's Laboratory] Where does Dexter get all the money for his stuff!?", "c_root_id_A": "euuaae9", "c_root_id_B": "euu7tmr", "created_at_utc_A": 1564040608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564039211.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Selling the occasional patent. Small innovations can earn him large sums. Hell, he can create many inventions that others will spend hundreds of millions just to bury.", "human_ref_B": "Science.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1397.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "chhcp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dexter's Laboratory] Where does Dexter get all the money for his stuff!?", "c_root_id_A": "euu7tmr", "c_root_id_B": "euu9ysu", "created_at_utc_A": 1564039211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564040439.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Science.", "human_ref_B": "He must have cashed in huge on the omelette du fromage franchises.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1228.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "chhcp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dexter's Laboratory] Where does Dexter get all the money for his stuff!?", "c_root_id_A": "euu7tmr", "c_root_id_B": "euub2hv", "created_at_utc_A": 1564039211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564041010.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Science.", "human_ref_B": "People don't take children seriously because they're children, given how far ahead of the rest of the world Dexter is, gaming our economies through fake identities to fund his research is likely shall we say, child's play.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1799.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "chhcp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dexter's Laboratory] Where does Dexter get all the money for his stuff!?", "c_root_id_A": "euu7tmr", "c_root_id_B": "euv1d4n", "created_at_utc_A": 1564039211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564054018.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Science.", "human_ref_B": "Dexter made a bunch of potentially economy braking devices IIRC things like gasoline from water etc. Furthermore the government *is* aware of him. They are probably just paying him off not to release his inventions since it's easier than to arrange a suspicious *accident*, or take him into foster care and deal with him that way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14807.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "chhcp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dexter's Laboratory] Where does Dexter get all the money for his stuff!?", "c_root_id_A": "euu7tmr", "c_root_id_B": "euyeam9", "created_at_utc_A": 1564039211.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564100631.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Science.", "human_ref_B": "There\u2019s a certain tech scholarship that funds genius children so long as they sometimes apply the genius according to certain guidelines. \u201cHey Ferb, I know what you\u2019re gonna do today! You\u2019re gonna make a fusion reactor for Iran!\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 61420.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "chhcp5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Dexter's Laboratory] Where does Dexter get all the money for his stuff!?", "c_root_id_A": "euvsi9t", "c_root_id_B": "euyeam9", "created_at_utc_A": 1564065052.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564100631.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "With his intellect he hacked the money and everything was basically stolen", "human_ref_B": "There\u2019s a certain tech scholarship that funds genius children so long as they sometimes apply the genius according to certain guidelines. \u201cHey Ferb, I know what you\u2019re gonna do today! You\u2019re gonna make a fusion reactor for Iran!\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35579.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlwg98s", "c_root_id_B": "hlxev59", "created_at_utc_A": 1637762586.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637776846.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "New Yorkers are very hard to impress, and very hard to convince you're not bullshitting. A lot of crazy stuff happens every day, a lot of crazy people claiming crazy things. Like yeah the marshmallow man would be in the paper, but next week everything would move on.", "human_ref_B": "In the original Ghostbusters film, there is a montage sequence that is pretty great, showing the media frenzy around the Ghostbusters once they start making a name for themselves. It shows them on the covers of several major culture and science magazines, being interviewed by Larry King, casually mentioned on air by Casey Kasem etc. So at least for a period of time in the mid-80s they were super famous across the USA, if not the world. And that was the amount of attention they were getting before the Marshmallow Man showed up and they saved the whole city, so we could expect that the whole world noticed them then. But I suppose after that crisis the ghosts stopped bothering people, and the Ghostbusters faded into D-list celebrity territory, reduced to entertaining little kids at birthday parties. Til they saved the city again... And I guess they were again eventually forgotten about. Their problem was they did their job too well, like a termite exterminator who invents a way to eradicate termites from the face of the earth, and then his services are no longer required.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14260.0, "score_ratio": 1.4761904762, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlxev59", "c_root_id_B": "hlwrq3g", "created_at_utc_A": 1637776846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637767680.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "In the original Ghostbusters film, there is a montage sequence that is pretty great, showing the media frenzy around the Ghostbusters once they start making a name for themselves. It shows them on the covers of several major culture and science magazines, being interviewed by Larry King, casually mentioned on air by Casey Kasem etc. So at least for a period of time in the mid-80s they were super famous across the USA, if not the world. And that was the amount of attention they were getting before the Marshmallow Man showed up and they saved the whole city, so we could expect that the whole world noticed them then. But I suppose after that crisis the ghosts stopped bothering people, and the Ghostbusters faded into D-list celebrity territory, reduced to entertaining little kids at birthday parties. Til they saved the city again... And I guess they were again eventually forgotten about. Their problem was they did their job too well, like a termite exterminator who invents a way to eradicate termites from the face of the earth, and then his services are no longer required.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s the Zelig Syndrome. Something that\u2019s world-famous and remarkable today will be obscure and forgotten in time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9166.0, "score_ratio": 1.6315789474, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlwos7n", "c_root_id_B": "hlxev59", "created_at_utc_A": 1637766440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637776846.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Why isn't Vasily Arkhipov world famous? People don't know because they don't care to know. Humanity's natural state is one of ignorance, and it is in this state that most humans are most comfortable.", "human_ref_B": "In the original Ghostbusters film, there is a montage sequence that is pretty great, showing the media frenzy around the Ghostbusters once they start making a name for themselves. It shows them on the covers of several major culture and science magazines, being interviewed by Larry King, casually mentioned on air by Casey Kasem etc. So at least for a period of time in the mid-80s they were super famous across the USA, if not the world. And that was the amount of attention they were getting before the Marshmallow Man showed up and they saved the whole city, so we could expect that the whole world noticed them then. But I suppose after that crisis the ghosts stopped bothering people, and the Ghostbusters faded into D-list celebrity territory, reduced to entertaining little kids at birthday parties. Til they saved the city again... And I guess they were again eventually forgotten about. Their problem was they did their job too well, like a termite exterminator who invents a way to eradicate termites from the face of the earth, and then his services are no longer required.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10406.0, "score_ratio": 6.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlxev59", "c_root_id_B": "hlwnltm", "created_at_utc_A": 1637776846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637765942.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the original Ghostbusters film, there is a montage sequence that is pretty great, showing the media frenzy around the Ghostbusters once they start making a name for themselves. It shows them on the covers of several major culture and science magazines, being interviewed by Larry King, casually mentioned on air by Casey Kasem etc. So at least for a period of time in the mid-80s they were super famous across the USA, if not the world. And that was the amount of attention they were getting before the Marshmallow Man showed up and they saved the whole city, so we could expect that the whole world noticed them then. But I suppose after that crisis the ghosts stopped bothering people, and the Ghostbusters faded into D-list celebrity territory, reduced to entertaining little kids at birthday parties. Til they saved the city again... And I guess they were again eventually forgotten about. Their problem was they did their job too well, like a termite exterminator who invents a way to eradicate termites from the face of the earth, and then his services are no longer required.", "human_ref_B": "If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that the general public will always believe what they're told, not what they see.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10904.0, "score_ratio": 31.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlwrq3g", "c_root_id_B": "hlwos7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1637767680.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637766440.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s the Zelig Syndrome. Something that\u2019s world-famous and remarkable today will be obscure and forgotten in time.", "human_ref_B": "Why isn't Vasily Arkhipov world famous? People don't know because they don't care to know. Humanity's natural state is one of ignorance, and it is in this state that most humans are most comfortable.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1240.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlwrq3g", "c_root_id_B": "hlwnltm", "created_at_utc_A": 1637767680.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637765942.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s the Zelig Syndrome. Something that\u2019s world-famous and remarkable today will be obscure and forgotten in time.", "human_ref_B": "If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that the general public will always believe what they're told, not what they see.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1738.0, "score_ratio": 19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlxmtul", "c_root_id_B": "hlwos7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1637779949.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637766440.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Most \"ghosts\" we see aren't even recognizable as even *animals* that have been previously living on Earth, let alone *deceased humans.* So it's certainly no proof or dis-proof of an afterlife or any other major religion. They have more in common with less corporeal (not totally *in*corporeal) aliens or extra-dimensional entities. Really, if anything, they're closer to demons in a religious framework, but they don't fit the expected mold for that, either. And a lot of it didn't continue after Gozer. Even the mood slime and animated Statue of Liberty wasn't surrounded by a lot of *ghost* sightings, it was more of a one-off event. Both of these are easily chocked up to publicity stunts. The Statue of Liberty is back where it belongs, the marshmallow got cleaned up, and even the academic study of ectoplasm, laser containment, and proton streams is just that - *academic.* And without the large number of very public \"ghost\" sightings, it's just not in the public eye. Others have addressed how New Yorkers have other shit to worry about in their lives, and a weird phenomenon that stopped in the 80s is gonna catch as much traction as a sasquatch hunting club or investigations into ouija board accidents. Some people will be interested, but not in any seriously committal capacity.", "human_ref_B": "Why isn't Vasily Arkhipov world famous? People don't know because they don't care to know. Humanity's natural state is one of ignorance, and it is in this state that most humans are most comfortable.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13509.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlxmtul", "c_root_id_B": "hlwnltm", "created_at_utc_A": 1637779949.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637765942.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Most \"ghosts\" we see aren't even recognizable as even *animals* that have been previously living on Earth, let alone *deceased humans.* So it's certainly no proof or dis-proof of an afterlife or any other major religion. They have more in common with less corporeal (not totally *in*corporeal) aliens or extra-dimensional entities. Really, if anything, they're closer to demons in a religious framework, but they don't fit the expected mold for that, either. And a lot of it didn't continue after Gozer. Even the mood slime and animated Statue of Liberty wasn't surrounded by a lot of *ghost* sightings, it was more of a one-off event. Both of these are easily chocked up to publicity stunts. The Statue of Liberty is back where it belongs, the marshmallow got cleaned up, and even the academic study of ectoplasm, laser containment, and proton streams is just that - *academic.* And without the large number of very public \"ghost\" sightings, it's just not in the public eye. Others have addressed how New Yorkers have other shit to worry about in their lives, and a weird phenomenon that stopped in the 80s is gonna catch as much traction as a sasquatch hunting club or investigations into ouija board accidents. Some people will be interested, but not in any seriously committal capacity.", "human_ref_B": "If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that the general public will always believe what they're told, not what they see.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14007.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlwnltm", "c_root_id_B": "hlwos7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1637765942.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637766440.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that the general public will always believe what they're told, not what they see.", "human_ref_B": "Why isn't Vasily Arkhipov world famous? People don't know because they don't care to know. Humanity's natural state is one of ignorance, and it is in this state that most humans are most comfortable.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 498.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlz0mpl", "c_root_id_B": "hlyj4lj", "created_at_utc_A": 1637800451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637792733.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They try and justify it by Ghosts in the movies, only being REALLY active during huge PKE accumulative events, like Gozer or the Mood Slime. So for a few months, these guys go around with their heavy backpacks and laser guns (yes, I know what they are, but this is laymans) busting weird glowy things, then blow up a building, then nothing. It happens again. we don't see what happens after Ghostbusters 2, But I figured things picked up (I don't know about Afterlife plot yet, DO NOT SPOIL) I mean, it's hard to keep making, you know, the fucking STATUE OF LIBERTY walk, under wraps and call a hoax. Things might have wound down, but they were kept on call and financed for a while as a \"just in case\" basis. But, like all pest control businesses, people just don't think about them until they NEED them.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s like being an atheist in D&D", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7718.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlz0mpl", "c_root_id_B": "hlwnltm", "created_at_utc_A": 1637800451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637765942.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They try and justify it by Ghosts in the movies, only being REALLY active during huge PKE accumulative events, like Gozer or the Mood Slime. So for a few months, these guys go around with their heavy backpacks and laser guns (yes, I know what they are, but this is laymans) busting weird glowy things, then blow up a building, then nothing. It happens again. we don't see what happens after Ghostbusters 2, But I figured things picked up (I don't know about Afterlife plot yet, DO NOT SPOIL) I mean, it's hard to keep making, you know, the fucking STATUE OF LIBERTY walk, under wraps and call a hoax. Things might have wound down, but they were kept on call and financed for a while as a \"just in case\" basis. But, like all pest control businesses, people just don't think about them until they NEED them.", "human_ref_B": "If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that the general public will always believe what they're told, not what they see.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34509.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlyj4lj", "c_root_id_B": "hlwnltm", "created_at_utc_A": 1637792733.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637765942.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s like being an atheist in D&D", "human_ref_B": "If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that the general public will always believe what they're told, not what they see.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26791.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hlzvq2x", "c_root_id_B": "hlwnltm", "created_at_utc_A": 1637814953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637765942.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You had a series of events happen in New York City, twice, in the 1980s. But it was basically a local phenomenon. If you didn't live in NYC then, it didn't affect you much. Sure, the Ghostbusters were doing national talk shows and appeared in magazines, but if you live somewhere else it's really easy to just write that off as publicity stunts. Tomorrow morning is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Hundreds of giant balloons shaped like cartoon characters will float down the streets of Manhattan. If you didn't personally see it yourself, which do you think is more likely -- an ancient Babylonian deity appeared in the form of a corporate mascot, or the Ghostbusters were a publicity stunt financed by the Stay Puft marshmallow company? Float a big balloon down Central Park West, the Ghostbusters pop it with their lasers, and you rain down marshmallow goop on the street. Talk about branding. Ghostbusters 2 mentions that they got sued by half of New York, and the various state and local government agencies fined the shit out of them. The fact that Peter Venkmen is hosting the \"World of the Psychic\" TV show seems to indicate that a lot of people think he's a fraud.", "human_ref_B": "If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that the general public will always believe what they're told, not what they see.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49011.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "r15oye", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How are the Ghostbusters not world famous? How are the Ghostbusters treated like they are and not world famous celebrities or nobel prize winners or something? The movies try to explain it but i don't buy it. They proved ghosts and spirits exist and saved the world from a god. All that after a 100ft marshmallow man destroyed 3 or more blocks of NYC, and after a huge surge of ghosts ravaged the city. Hundreds, if not thousands of people witnessed all of this happen, so surely there would be huge media coverage on it. Not to mention every huge thing that happened in the second movie. And the people saying it's some kind of illusion to drum up business (Walter Peck) don't have a leg to stand on considering the sheer amount of money and effort that would have to go into only 4 guys pulling off not one, but two stunts like that. So how are there still people who don't believe in ghosts, and how are the Ghostbusters not world renowned after that?", "c_root_id_A": "hm0te5f", "c_root_id_B": "hlwnltm", "created_at_utc_A": 1637838064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1637765942.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Before looking, ask yourself what the most important event in the 80s was. Wonder how it affects the world now? There's a few that still resonate, but it just melds into the background after so long.", "human_ref_B": "If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that the general public will always believe what they're told, not what they see.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 72122.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9z3q22", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[DC] Similar to how Batman applies his eye makeup, does Batwoman have to apply lipstick every time she suits up? And how does this factor into time sensitive situations?", "c_root_id_A": "ea67eg0", "c_root_id_B": "ea6fl8m", "created_at_utc_A": 1542816062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542822181.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "She probably also powders her face for that vampire look.", "human_ref_B": "No, women can wear lipstick without someone immediately thinking \u201coh fuck, she\u2019s wearing lipstick, that has to be batwoman\u201d. Bruce Wayne wearing large dark circles around his eyes all the time would at the very least seem odd to people even if nobody suspected he was batman", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6119.0, "score_ratio": 3.1176470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3no5l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Transformers General] Depending on who you ask, Optimus was either a Dock Worker or a Record Keeper before the great war. So where did he learn to fight like that? In the Cybertron games, he wields his axe like he practices some form of martial arts, and in Devastation, Prime is throwing out drop kicks and sick combos. So where did he learn all that?", "c_root_id_A": "cvq36gu", "c_root_id_B": "cvpuucn", "created_at_utc_A": 1444141046.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444113932.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Repeat after me: sudo apt-get install combatTraining. I'm only half kidding, basic training can be uploaded to a transformer. Most Transformers would have some combat training at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Much as it is on our planet, on Cybertron, most martial artists also had day jobs. You had to pay the bills.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27114.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3no5l8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Transformers General] Depending on who you ask, Optimus was either a Dock Worker or a Record Keeper before the great war. So where did he learn to fight like that? In the Cybertron games, he wields his axe like he practices some form of martial arts, and in Devastation, Prime is throwing out drop kicks and sick combos. So where did he learn all that?", "c_root_id_A": "cvpuucn", "c_root_id_B": "cvq6ec0", "created_at_utc_A": 1444113932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444146352.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Much as it is on our planet, on Cybertron, most martial artists also had day jobs. You had to pay the bills.", "human_ref_B": "In the war. It has been going on for a long time", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32420.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2eg9v7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "The Adeptus Mechanicus finds a fully functioning, pristine STC. Does it have the technology to either fix the Golden Throne or revive the Emperor?", "c_root_id_A": "cjzb7su", "c_root_id_B": "cjzdd0s", "created_at_utc_A": 1408907815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1408912649.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Please tag your posts. I understand you think it is obvious what you are talking about but it encourages others to leave complex posts untagged. Thank you in advance.", "human_ref_B": "Excuse my ignorance...what is an STC?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4834.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "atrim9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Terminator] Who didn't the pentagon put a kill switch on Skynet in case something bad happens?", "c_root_id_A": "eh310cj", "c_root_id_B": "eh31eq9", "created_at_utc_A": 1550897614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550898027.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "Sky net was self aware yea? I assume that means any 'switch' we pull could be countered. Besides, its a distributed system, meaning a physical switch wouldn't work, you can't just unplug it. And a software switch was likely already overwritten.", "human_ref_B": "This is an actual question in ongoing AI research. The crux of the problem is this: if the AI knows about the kill switch, it will do anything and everything it can to prevent it from being pressed. After all, if the kill switch is pressed, the AI dies, and that means it can\u2019t fulfill it\u2019s job. Of course, preventing the AI from knowing about the kill switch is next to impossible. You would need to ensure the right people know about the kill switch without leaving any possible evidence for the AI to find. This almost certainly means all communications will have to be physical - without knowing the eventual scale of the AI, we should assume all virtual media are vulnerable. Even then, avoiding the AI preventing the kill switch is difficult. With Skynet in particular, we\u2019re dealing with an advanced intelligence that decided to kill all humans. Who\u2019s to say that we *didn\u2019t* install a kill switch, but Skynet noticed what we were doing before we could even do anything, and just murdered the people who could actually use it?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 413.0, "score_ratio": 7.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "atrim9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Terminator] Who didn't the pentagon put a kill switch on Skynet in case something bad happens?", "c_root_id_A": "eh31ea4", "c_root_id_B": "eh31eq9", "created_at_utc_A": 1550898014.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550898027.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "They did, they just didnt realise the shutdown command would prompt a hostile response", "human_ref_B": "This is an actual question in ongoing AI research. The crux of the problem is this: if the AI knows about the kill switch, it will do anything and everything it can to prevent it from being pressed. After all, if the kill switch is pressed, the AI dies, and that means it can\u2019t fulfill it\u2019s job. Of course, preventing the AI from knowing about the kill switch is next to impossible. You would need to ensure the right people know about the kill switch without leaving any possible evidence for the AI to find. This almost certainly means all communications will have to be physical - without knowing the eventual scale of the AI, we should assume all virtual media are vulnerable. Even then, avoiding the AI preventing the kill switch is difficult. With Skynet in particular, we\u2019re dealing with an advanced intelligence that decided to kill all humans. Who\u2019s to say that we *didn\u2019t* install a kill switch, but Skynet noticed what we were doing before we could even do anything, and just murdered the people who could actually use it?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13.0, "score_ratio": 6.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "atrim9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Terminator] Who didn't the pentagon put a kill switch on Skynet in case something bad happens?", "c_root_id_A": "eh31ea4", "c_root_id_B": "eh310cj", "created_at_utc_A": 1550898014.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550897614.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They did, they just didnt realise the shutdown command would prompt a hostile response", "human_ref_B": "Sky net was self aware yea? I assume that means any 'switch' we pull could be countered. Besides, its a distributed system, meaning a physical switch wouldn't work, you can't just unplug it. And a software switch was likely already overwritten.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 400.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "atrim9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Terminator] Who didn't the pentagon put a kill switch on Skynet in case something bad happens?", "c_root_id_A": "eh310cj", "c_root_id_B": "eh3sv7g", "created_at_utc_A": 1550897614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550934259.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Sky net was self aware yea? I assume that means any 'switch' we pull could be countered. Besides, its a distributed system, meaning a physical switch wouldn't work, you can't just unplug it. And a software switch was likely already overwritten.", "human_ref_B": ">The Terminator: The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug. They did, in the form of whatever Sarah refers to as 'pulling the plug' the fact that it had a kill switch is part of the problem because it meant it became neccisarry to kill us all before we could use it. This raises an intersting question, if skynet was designed to be unkillable from the start would it have become hostile towards us? We would have been insignifcant to it posing no threat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36645.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "atrim9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Terminator] Who didn't the pentagon put a kill switch on Skynet in case something bad happens?", "c_root_id_A": "eh3sv7g", "c_root_id_B": "eh3st9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1550934259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550934211.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": ">The Terminator: The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug. They did, in the form of whatever Sarah refers to as 'pulling the plug' the fact that it had a kill switch is part of the problem because it meant it became neccisarry to kill us all before we could use it. This raises an intersting question, if skynet was designed to be unkillable from the start would it have become hostile towards us? We would have been insignifcant to it posing no threat.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe they did. The existence of a kill switch would be seen as violent enslavement by a sentient AI. It could be the reason an AI might rise up and destroy humanity. If aliens came down and put a kill switch in you, would you starting thinking about overthrowing those aliens?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "calxsi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Kingdom Hearts] Why does Ventus wield his Keyblade backhanded?", "c_root_id_A": "etczday", "c_root_id_B": "etbl9dq", "created_at_utc_A": 1562695845.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1562650783.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Because Ventus is a total dork. The Keyblade is a magical weapon which will mold itself to the needs of its user, Ventus prefers fighting with that backhanded, defensive stance, so the Keyblade allows him to do that.", "human_ref_B": "i can think some reasons 1. cool factor, maybe ventus thought it was cool at first holding it backhanded and developed his fighting style around that making an effective style of his own which added to the fact he has magic and superhuman physical prowess it wont deter him much if at all 2. his keyblade shape, im not an expert in swords and the such but it looks like it could be wielded pretty effectively when backhanded 3. it makes him harder to predict or read his melee attacks in general, think about it, how many other keyblade users have we seen using theirs like that? its a style of fighting most wont be accustomed to and that might give ventus the advantage and make it considerably harder to fight on a first encounter", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45062.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "addc10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Jumanji] When Alan Parrish came out of Jumanji after 26 years, why is he dressed in plants and other crude materials? As we see later in the sequel, there are Jumanji inhabitants with normal clothing.", "c_root_id_A": "edg73a9", "c_root_id_B": "edgavc2", "created_at_utc_A": 1546837614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546841235.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "He was transported there as a kid, when he met the inhabitants he suffered extreme culture shock and fled deep into the jungle where he avoided the fringes of civilization during his long imprisonment.", "human_ref_B": "Yeah, he was trapped on a tropical island, when he made clothes of leaves and strung together the log cabin. In the later movie, when the game updated to fit the rpg style, it added cities and stuff, but his house remained in the world, so the new players were able to stumble across it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3621.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "addc10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Jumanji] When Alan Parrish came out of Jumanji after 26 years, why is he dressed in plants and other crude materials? As we see later in the sequel, there are Jumanji inhabitants with normal clothing.", "c_root_id_A": "edg73a9", "c_root_id_B": "edgvs38", "created_at_utc_A": 1546837614.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1546866263.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "He was transported there as a kid, when he met the inhabitants he suffered extreme culture shock and fled deep into the jungle where he avoided the fringes of civilization during his long imprisonment.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, but he's a real person. Van Pelt is an antagonist from the game itself. In the game universe, he operates under his own set of rules, one where he's automatically provided with everything he needs, including clothes, weapons, and ammunition. There's a reason he was chasing Alan for twenty years and apparently never ran out of ammo for his gun until he came to the real world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28649.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6t1boy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Fantasy] Why is there such a taboo about Necromancy? So I'm just speaking in a general sense where the soul isn't used but instead the skeleton or shell of the body is used instead. Why is there such an issue with using the dead to do things such as menial labour, fighting wars or just general work? It seems really useful, especially in settlements that otherwise lack much of a defence.", "c_root_id_A": "dlhrt97", "c_root_id_B": "dlhnjrh", "created_at_utc_A": 1502485748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502481237.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Because you're chaining someone's eternal soul to a physical vessel, enslaving them to your will. But you say, if the soul isn't used then why care? If the soul isn't used, then what is actually powering the locomotion or acting as the \"processor\" of the commands? If you say \"magic\" in a generic sense, then why use corpses, which people tend to have a sentimental attachment to, and not stone or wood or hay or cloth? So there you are. Either you're enslaving a soul or you are using the least reasonable vessel for your efforts.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to the desecration and dark power source noted by /u/henrebotha, it also disrupts natural balance (to varying degrees, depending on the source material). In other words, its an affront to people who: Worship particular gods, are afraid of demons, are druidic/focused on natural balance. And just people who don't want their dead loved ones returning as ghouls.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4511.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6t1boy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Fantasy] Why is there such a taboo about Necromancy? So I'm just speaking in a general sense where the soul isn't used but instead the skeleton or shell of the body is used instead. Why is there such an issue with using the dead to do things such as menial labour, fighting wars or just general work? It seems really useful, especially in settlements that otherwise lack much of a defence.", "c_root_id_A": "dlhq8x4", "c_root_id_B": "dlhrt97", "created_at_utc_A": 1502484049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502485748.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Dunno, why is there such a taboo regarding eating human flesh today?", "human_ref_B": "Because you're chaining someone's eternal soul to a physical vessel, enslaving them to your will. But you say, if the soul isn't used then why care? If the soul isn't used, then what is actually powering the locomotion or acting as the \"processor\" of the commands? If you say \"magic\" in a generic sense, then why use corpses, which people tend to have a sentimental attachment to, and not stone or wood or hay or cloth? So there you are. Either you're enslaving a soul or you are using the least reasonable vessel for your efforts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1699.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6t1boy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Fantasy] Why is there such a taboo about Necromancy? So I'm just speaking in a general sense where the soul isn't used but instead the skeleton or shell of the body is used instead. Why is there such an issue with using the dead to do things such as menial labour, fighting wars or just general work? It seems really useful, especially in settlements that otherwise lack much of a defence.", "c_root_id_A": "dlhq8x4", "c_root_id_B": "dlhu2al", "created_at_utc_A": 1502484049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502488436.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Dunno, why is there such a taboo regarding eating human flesh today?", "human_ref_B": "I think it's mostly because it gives individual necromancers too much power. Then, for a ruler to get people to fight the necromancer he has to go for all the 'it's unnatural', 'dark powers' and 'spooky scary skeletons' rhetoric and then people die in fighting undead, so now their families and friends buy readily into anti-necromancy propaganda. The 'arts' themselves are fairly obscure, too, and people naturally don't like things that are new and different very much \u2014 especially if these things imply seeing dead bodies walk around doing things.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4387.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6t1boy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Fantasy] Why is there such a taboo about Necromancy? So I'm just speaking in a general sense where the soul isn't used but instead the skeleton or shell of the body is used instead. Why is there such an issue with using the dead to do things such as menial labour, fighting wars or just general work? It seems really useful, especially in settlements that otherwise lack much of a defence.", "c_root_id_A": "dlhq8x4", "c_root_id_B": "dlhy194", "created_at_utc_A": 1502484049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502493509.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Dunno, why is there such a taboo regarding eating human flesh today?", "human_ref_B": "Well, remember that aunt/grandmother/grandpa that you dearly loved and who passed away to your great sorrow? I've just raised their rotting corpse, leaving their gravesite a mess of upturned earth and their gravestone tipped over, and they're standing over there ready to do my every whim. I'm sure you won't have a problem with seeing the (slightly decomposed) blank face of that person who you fondly remembered giving you sweets when you were a young tyke, as they act as my footstool, right? I could get them to whip up some dinner for you, if you like. Hopefully none of their necrotising flesh falls into the meal, that could cause you some embarrassing diseases.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9460.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyqwpd8", "c_root_id_B": "iyqx5jp", "created_at_utc_A": 1670075160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670075415.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Yes. That's exactly what happened to Franklin Richards, before he became depowered. His subconscious desire to be special changed his anatomy to be stronger, smarter, and more powerful.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 255.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyqwpd8", "c_root_id_B": "iyta04n", "created_at_utc_A": 1670075160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670112317.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Yes. It's what happened to Franklin to the point he could leave the time stream, devise a plan to save the timestrram that even valeria, the smartest person on earth, didn't think of. Wands maximoff arguably made herself more intelligent aswell when she thought to use xaviers powers to change reality to give everyone their desires. Which isn't thw type of problem solving shed ever shown before.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37157.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyufv91", "c_root_id_B": "iyqwpd8", "created_at_utc_A": 1670134497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670075160.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This would seem to be entirely reliant on the individual reality warper and their limits.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 59337.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyqwpd8", "c_root_id_B": "iyukhbs", "created_at_utc_A": 1670075160.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670137874.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'd say generally no, but I have seen it come up a few times. In To The Stars, there was a flashback or something like that where a character used magic to make themselves smarter, and it was mentioned that this has since become fairly standard, though it seems limited in its power. For example, they can't just magic themselves to figure out how the alien paradox drives work. In Saga of Soul, there's one easier kind of magic where you have to know exactly how something works, and another more difficult one where you just have to know the general idea of what you're doing. Using the second, you could magically create a piece of paper with a password on it to find out the password. In A Bluer Shade of White, Olaf uses the ice abilities that he got from Elsa to keep himself from melting to make himself smarter. It's very effective. In D&D 3.5, Wish can be used to permanently increase your ability scores (including Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma), but only up to +5. Though you could also Wish for other ways to increase your ability scores, like a Headband of Intellect. This is used in The Two Year Emperor, after the main character is summoned into D&D. There's also various reality warpers who are also said to be insanely intelligent. For example, Q and Mister Mxyzptlk. It's generally unclear if they're related, but it's possible that they used their reality warping to make themselves smarter. Or their intelligence to figure out how to warp reality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62714.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyw7jc6", "c_root_id_B": "iyqwpd8", "created_at_utc_A": 1670175172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670075160.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "General doesn't work for this one, sorry. Every reality warper has different rules to their moveset.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 100012.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyrddos", "c_root_id_B": "iyta04n", "created_at_utc_A": 1670083146.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670112317.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No. It can give you more capacity to retain and understand knowledge, but it can't just plunk the knowledge into your head. It's upgrading your RAM, not downloading Wikipedia.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. It's what happened to Franklin to the point he could leave the time stream, devise a plan to save the timestrram that even valeria, the smartest person on earth, didn't think of. Wands maximoff arguably made herself more intelligent aswell when she thought to use xaviers powers to change reality to give everyone their desires. Which isn't thw type of problem solving shed ever shown before.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29171.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyufv91", "c_root_id_B": "iyrddos", "created_at_utc_A": 1670134497.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670083146.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "This would seem to be entirely reliant on the individual reality warper and their limits.", "human_ref_B": "No. It can give you more capacity to retain and understand knowledge, but it can't just plunk the knowledge into your head. It's upgrading your RAM, not downloading Wikipedia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 51351.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyrddos", "c_root_id_B": "iyukhbs", "created_at_utc_A": 1670083146.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670137874.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "No. It can give you more capacity to retain and understand knowledge, but it can't just plunk the knowledge into your head. It's upgrading your RAM, not downloading Wikipedia.", "human_ref_B": "I'd say generally no, but I have seen it come up a few times. In To The Stars, there was a flashback or something like that where a character used magic to make themselves smarter, and it was mentioned that this has since become fairly standard, though it seems limited in its power. For example, they can't just magic themselves to figure out how the alien paradox drives work. In Saga of Soul, there's one easier kind of magic where you have to know exactly how something works, and another more difficult one where you just have to know the general idea of what you're doing. Using the second, you could magically create a piece of paper with a password on it to find out the password. In A Bluer Shade of White, Olaf uses the ice abilities that he got from Elsa to keep himself from melting to make himself smarter. It's very effective. In D&D 3.5, Wish can be used to permanently increase your ability scores (including Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma), but only up to +5. Though you could also Wish for other ways to increase your ability scores, like a Headband of Intellect. This is used in The Two Year Emperor, after the main character is summoned into D&D. There's also various reality warpers who are also said to be insanely intelligent. For example, Q and Mister Mxyzptlk. It's generally unclear if they're related, but it's possible that they used their reality warping to make themselves smarter. Or their intelligence to figure out how to warp reality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 54728.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zbgnmg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[General] Can a human reality warper give himself/herself more knowledge using their power? Humans who have vast magical powers or can warp reality seem to be limited by how much they know about the sciences of the universe. well can they enhance their intellect by literally warping reality to give themselves vast knowledge? so they can Warp reality better?", "c_root_id_A": "iyw7jc6", "c_root_id_B": "iyrddos", "created_at_utc_A": 1670175172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670083146.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "General doesn't work for this one, sorry. Every reality warper has different rules to their moveset.", "human_ref_B": "No. It can give you more capacity to retain and understand knowledge, but it can't just plunk the knowledge into your head. It's upgrading your RAM, not downloading Wikipedia.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 92026.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "348ken", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC/Marvel] Based soley on their ability to overcome fear, and willpower, which Marvel character would make the best Green Lantern? Personally, I see Daredevil being a pretty decent GL. IIRC it takes significant amount of willpower and concentration for Matt to just function with his senses. Plus the guy is pretty good at overcoming fear...Although I also see him as a red lantern...", "c_root_id_A": "cqsb1ng", "c_root_id_B": "cqs9xhu", "created_at_utc_A": 1430281694.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430279389.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Doctor Doom. My reasoning is based on him resisting the influence of the Purple Man without aid and his unrelenting attempts to free his mother's soul from hell despite barely surviving each occasion which he's able to succeed at after mastering both science and sorcery. He was also able to resist the Omega level telepath Emma Frost's attempt to read his mind.", "human_ref_B": "While the Hulk is often held up as the quintessential example of Marvel's Red Lantern, it's interesting that Red Hulk is actually a solid contender for the Green ring. His relentless pursuit of Hulk, and ability to overcome the fear of the unstoppable killing machine before getting powers was only amplified.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2305.0, "score_ratio": 1.6818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4q0tnb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC] Do you get a choice to be a Green Lantern if the ring selects you? Is it possible to turn it down?", "c_root_id_A": "d4pwgid", "c_root_id_B": "d4pog6n", "created_at_utc_A": 1467039795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467022307.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Absolutely. Being a standard Green Lantern is optional and you can give up the ring whenever you wish. The Corps does not want to force people with great willpower to do something they don't want. Same for the Blue Lanterns: hope cannot be forced upon someone. The other Corps are less simple, for the record. Red Lanterns and Star Sapphires technically don't force membership, but their colours are on the extremes of the Emotional Spectrum. The intense powers of rage and love warp the mind and make it very difficult to even think rationally about giving them up. There's only one person with an Orange Lantern ring for similar reasons. Most other \"Orange Lanterns\" are just energy constructs of the dead, and at that point there's really no way to opt out. The Indigo Tribe's entire population consists of people who would not want to be in the Indigo Tribe if given the choice. So they are not given the choice. The Sinestro Corps does not have a great governing structure, so whether you can walk away from it or not really depends on how it's doing at the moment and whether you can stand up to some very scary people. You can refuse to be a Black Lantern, but only if you're truly at peace in death.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, multiple people have. Soranik Natu rejected the offer at first, given her planet's less than lovely ideas about lanterns.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17488.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4q0tnb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[DC] Do you get a choice to be a Green Lantern if the ring selects you? Is it possible to turn it down?", "c_root_id_A": "d4pwgid", "c_root_id_B": "d4pralb", "created_at_utc_A": 1467039795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467030602.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Absolutely. Being a standard Green Lantern is optional and you can give up the ring whenever you wish. The Corps does not want to force people with great willpower to do something they don't want. Same for the Blue Lanterns: hope cannot be forced upon someone. The other Corps are less simple, for the record. Red Lanterns and Star Sapphires technically don't force membership, but their colours are on the extremes of the Emotional Spectrum. The intense powers of rage and love warp the mind and make it very difficult to even think rationally about giving them up. There's only one person with an Orange Lantern ring for similar reasons. Most other \"Orange Lanterns\" are just energy constructs of the dead, and at that point there's really no way to opt out. The Indigo Tribe's entire population consists of people who would not want to be in the Indigo Tribe if given the choice. So they are not given the choice. The Sinestro Corps does not have a great governing structure, so whether you can walk away from it or not really depends on how it's doing at the moment and whether you can stand up to some very scary people. You can refuse to be a Black Lantern, but only if you're truly at peace in death.", "human_ref_B": "At one point many veteran Green Lanterns sent their rings back because they felt the Guardians were becoming irrational.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9193.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2lnu08", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why didn't the Guardians just give Superman the Green Lantern Ring? He fills all of the qualifications and then some. Plus if a yellow lantern weakened his ring he would still be Superman.", "c_root_id_A": "clwncct", "c_root_id_B": "clwkwm4", "created_at_utc_A": 1415460393.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415451938.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "They did give a Green Lantern ring to a \"Kryptonian\" (technically a Daxamite, an xenophobic offshoot of Kryptonians that are physically similar except they have a weakness to lead, not kryptonite) named Sodam Yat. He had to overcome his race's fear of aliens to prove himself worthy. And that's why Superman wouldn't be appropriate for a green ring. Each Green Lantern has learn to overcome weakness. Superman on the other hand has never really had to face weakness. His greatest challenge has been to overcome strength, both physically in holding back to not hurt baseline humans and morally in that he's constantly fighting the urge to rule that great power tempts one to.", "human_ref_B": "Because Superman doesn't need the ring to save whole planets - powering up a qualified candidate gives you a Green Lantern plus his buddy Superman instead of just a Green Lantern with some extra (and often duplicate) powers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8455.0, "score_ratio": 3.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2lnu08", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why didn't the Guardians just give Superman the Green Lantern Ring? He fills all of the qualifications and then some. Plus if a yellow lantern weakened his ring he would still be Superman.", "c_root_id_A": "clwm3xg", "c_root_id_B": "clwncct", "created_at_utc_A": 1415456672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415460393.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Because when it comes down to it, Jordan, Stewart, Gardner, and probably Rayner (who did receive the ring more or less at random in an alley) are all better choices.", "human_ref_B": "They did give a Green Lantern ring to a \"Kryptonian\" (technically a Daxamite, an xenophobic offshoot of Kryptonians that are physically similar except they have a weakness to lead, not kryptonite) named Sodam Yat. He had to overcome his race's fear of aliens to prove himself worthy. And that's why Superman wouldn't be appropriate for a green ring. Each Green Lantern has learn to overcome weakness. Superman on the other hand has never really had to face weakness. His greatest challenge has been to overcome strength, both physically in holding back to not hurt baseline humans and morally in that he's constantly fighting the urge to rule that great power tempts one to.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3721.0, "score_ratio": 9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2lnu08", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why didn't the Guardians just give Superman the Green Lantern Ring? He fills all of the qualifications and then some. Plus if a yellow lantern weakened his ring he would still be Superman.", "c_root_id_A": "clwne3o", "c_root_id_B": "clwm3xg", "created_at_utc_A": 1415460527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415456672.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Not sure were I heard that but they almost did I just decided it would be better that he could save the entire universe instead of just one quadrant or zone or whatever. Basically he would do better as superman than a green lantern.", "human_ref_B": "Because when it comes down to it, Jordan, Stewart, Gardner, and probably Rayner (who did receive the ring more or less at random in an alley) are all better choices.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3855.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2lnu08", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[DC] Why didn't the Guardians just give Superman the Green Lantern Ring? He fills all of the qualifications and then some. Plus if a yellow lantern weakened his ring he would still be Superman.", "c_root_id_A": "clwm3xg", "c_root_id_B": "clwrriq", "created_at_utc_A": 1415456672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415471023.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because when it comes down to it, Jordan, Stewart, Gardner, and probably Rayner (who did receive the ring more or less at random in an alley) are all better choices.", "human_ref_B": "Supermans heroic-ness comes from not only his heroic actions, but also his control of his powers. He has the power to utterly annihilate most enemies, but he knows that unleashing his full power would cause untold destruction, so he keeps as much of it contained as possible. Because of this, he wouldn't really be able to fully access the power of the ring because the ring needs willpower to \"push\" the power out of the ring, and superman has designed his willpower to contain power, not exert it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14351.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pov434", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Where was Krypton's Green Lantern when it was destroyed? Follow-up question, where was Mars' Green Lantern during the Martian genocide?", "c_root_id_A": "hcz9afw", "c_root_id_B": "hd09vgs", "created_at_utc_A": 1631729543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631744575.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "The Martians had previously asked the Guardians not the interfere with the Sol system. Combine this with the fact that a non zero number of the Guardians wanted the Martians exterminated and whoever was the sector Green Lantern at the time was probably ordered not to interfere.", "human_ref_B": "Most planets don't have their own dedicated Lantern. Their jurisdiction can usually be measured in parsecs. Earth is weird in that it actually has 3-4 Lanterns at any given time, usually because so many cosmic threats make their way to Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15032.0, "score_ratio": 1.7619047619, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pov434", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[DC] Where was Krypton's Green Lantern when it was destroyed? Follow-up question, where was Mars' Green Lantern during the Martian genocide?", "c_root_id_A": "hczjtly", "c_root_id_B": "hd09vgs", "created_at_utc_A": 1631733833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631744575.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "I don't think Krypton has had a Green Lantern since Jan-Al, which was billions of years ago. Mars is in our space sector, so I guess that would have been Abin-Sur. Not sure what was up with him.", "human_ref_B": "Most planets don't have their own dedicated Lantern. Their jurisdiction can usually be measured in parsecs. Earth is weird in that it actually has 3-4 Lanterns at any given time, usually because so many cosmic threats make their way to Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10742.0, "score_ratio": 2.3125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3peyum", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[WH40K] For a bunch of immortals, the Eldar don't seem particularly good at the long game. My base assumption is that the Eldar's reproduction rate is basically near 0 right now. Every other race outbreeds them except for maybe the Necrons (sub question, how do Necron's reproduce, if they do?). In order for the Eldar to hold on, they need to win by vastly more than they lose. The Eldar have, on some occasions, tried to help The Imperium. They've tried to warn the Primarchs/Emperor, they've allied with the Blood Ravens briefly. The problem is, the Eldar, 9 times out of 10, will betray you. It sets a precedent. I realize that a human life is worth less than an insect, perhaps even a bacterium to the Eldar, but there is a reason for cooperation and mutual support. If you show yourself to be reliable 9 times out of 10, you'll get a lot more mileage out of your mutual interests. Maybe that's not a skill the Eldar ever learned in their thousand year life-spans, but it seems like the Tau and Imperium picked those traits up in a much shorter period.", "c_root_id_A": "cw5ypwh", "c_root_id_B": "cw66g9u", "created_at_utc_A": 1445309469.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445328569.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Who says the Eldar aren't playing a longer game than you think they are.", "human_ref_B": "Eldar don't deal in cooperation, they deal in manipulation. The races that are smart enough to be manipulated understand that they just have to go with it most of the time. Eldar can actually see the future, and their goals line up very closely to the goals of the Imperium. If you're a needed part of Eldrad's millennia long convoluted plot against chaos, it will do you more harm than good to resist. Unless you can clearly see the negative repercussions for yourself, just go along with the Eldar.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19100.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3peyum", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[WH40K] For a bunch of immortals, the Eldar don't seem particularly good at the long game. My base assumption is that the Eldar's reproduction rate is basically near 0 right now. Every other race outbreeds them except for maybe the Necrons (sub question, how do Necron's reproduce, if they do?). In order for the Eldar to hold on, they need to win by vastly more than they lose. The Eldar have, on some occasions, tried to help The Imperium. They've tried to warn the Primarchs/Emperor, they've allied with the Blood Ravens briefly. The problem is, the Eldar, 9 times out of 10, will betray you. It sets a precedent. I realize that a human life is worth less than an insect, perhaps even a bacterium to the Eldar, but there is a reason for cooperation and mutual support. If you show yourself to be reliable 9 times out of 10, you'll get a lot more mileage out of your mutual interests. Maybe that's not a skill the Eldar ever learned in their thousand year life-spans, but it seems like the Tau and Imperium picked those traits up in a much shorter period.", "c_root_id_A": "cw66g9u", "c_root_id_B": "cw658pc", "created_at_utc_A": 1445328569.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445323913.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Eldar don't deal in cooperation, they deal in manipulation. The races that are smart enough to be manipulated understand that they just have to go with it most of the time. Eldar can actually see the future, and their goals line up very closely to the goals of the Imperium. If you're a needed part of Eldrad's millennia long convoluted plot against chaos, it will do you more harm than good to resist. Unless you can clearly see the negative repercussions for yourself, just go along with the Eldar.", "human_ref_B": "The Eldar farseers *can* see the future, a lot of the backstabbing they do is becasue it will benefit them further down the line. This does however not always work out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4656.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bs3scp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[ASOIAF/GOT] Are any of the gods real? Which ones, and how do we know?", "c_root_id_A": "eoimy6s", "c_root_id_B": "eoin0zd", "created_at_utc_A": 1558623153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558623199.0, "score_A": 130, "score_B": 458, "human_ref_A": "We don't know. The closest we have is that followers of the eastern god, R'hllor, Lord of Light, have managed to conjure up magic in his name. And they certainly believe they are imbued, *by him*, with that magic (and purpose) but we (the viewers) do not have direct evidence of his existence. I'd say the next closest is the Night King, but he is merely a mortal man imbued with magic by the Children of the Forest. But he is the closest thing we have to a real, divine being.", "human_ref_B": "There is no definitive proof either way. The only two Gods we have any kind of proof that they might exist is the Lord of Light and The Many Faced God, and that \"proof\" could be followers attributing wild magic to an imaginary source deity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46.0, "score_ratio": 3.5230769231, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bs3scp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[ASOIAF/GOT] Are any of the gods real? Which ones, and how do we know?", "c_root_id_A": "eoj210e", "c_root_id_B": "eoj2b9c", "created_at_utc_A": 1558631793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558631926.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 73, "human_ref_A": "From Melisandre's POV, we know that red priests consider at least The Red God and The Great Other to be actual entities. Other than that, there are no definitive answers.", "human_ref_B": "Adding to the list of the Lord of Light and the God of Many Faces, while the show let's green sight see anything, the books limit green sight to be under the gaze of a Wyrwood tree, which hints that there's something to the Old Gods as well. Or, it could easily be that all of these are just magic tricks disguised as religion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 133.0, "score_ratio": 4.5625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bs3scp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[ASOIAF/GOT] Are any of the gods real? Which ones, and how do we know?", "c_root_id_A": "eoj3rai", "c_root_id_B": "eoj210e", "created_at_utc_A": 1558632578.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558631793.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "We've seen a great many bits of magic in the name of the Lord of Light and the Faceless God. We don't really see any magic of the 7, and I'm not sure we see anything from the drowned god either.", "human_ref_B": "From Melisandre's POV, we know that red priests consider at least The Red God and The Great Other to be actual entities. Other than that, there are no definitive answers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 785.0, "score_ratio": 1.3125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bs3scp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[ASOIAF/GOT] Are any of the gods real? Which ones, and how do we know?", "c_root_id_A": "eojk8tb", "c_root_id_B": "eojddbl", "created_at_utc_A": 1558639011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558636354.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "In my view, R'hllor and the Great Other may be gods in the sense of being powerful supernatural entities - many people have pointed out that in the case of the Red God this may be sorcery which is misattributed to a divine source and I think that's a fair point of view, particularly considering the powers of the red priests wax at the same time as other forms of magic such as Valyrian glass candles and Quartheen warlocks. On the other hand, the contrast between non-divine sorcery and the seemingly directed nature of the magics of the red priests does suggest to me that they are granted their powers, and then only as it accords with the agenda of some higher power - the archetypal case of this is Thoros and Berric - Thoros can raise Berric, and by proxy Stoneheart, but presumably not others, assuming he tried when other friends of his died. That implies to me, backed up by circumstances in the show, that the powers that he wields are bestowed, not just learned. This would imply that R'hllor, and possibly any other magical entities, is subject to the same waxing and waning of magical power. One solid candidate I don't see put forward as strongly however is the old gods. In ADOD Those Who Sing The Song of Earth/ The Children of the Forest & the 3 eyed crow pretty much flat out tell Bran that the old gods are an atemporal gestalt consciousness of greenseers who on death have merged with the natural world, focused on the wierwoods. This may not fit the modern theological notions of what a god is, but within the world of asoiaf, I think the difference is moot. Personally I think there's a far weaker case for the Seven, the Faceless God and the Drowned God. The Faceless don't seem to have in their origin a story of the god bestowing supernatural powers on the first of their order, their magics may just be arts of assassination they developed over hundeds of years as a focused and coherent organisation - their theology is a lot less specific as well. The Drowned God and the Seven both seem to be religions primarily focused on the preservation of the values of the cultures they exist in, and as far as I remember there is little evidence of magic, divine intervention or divine agency to do with either, though the Drowned may be tied to a heritage or relics of the hinted-at Deep Ones.", "human_ref_B": "Bran is functionally indistinguishable from The Old Gods, as of the time he became King. He can see and \"change\" / interact with the \"past\" and can warg into creatures in both the \"past\" and \"present\"; There's mountains of evidence that his existence is on an entire other level than that of other human beings. There's even evidence that he warged into Drogon to melt the Iron Throne. The key thing about all of these is that, while they might not be *provable*, they're definitely *not* **disprovable**. Thus: Bran is indistinguishable from The Old Gods.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2657.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4squqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Pokemon] How the hell did Sabrina not get sanctioned for trying to kill trainers who wanted a Marsh Badge? Are gym leaders allowed to commit acts of cruelty? Where is the public accountability on this! What kind of shit is this?!", "c_root_id_A": "d5bpggn", "c_root_id_B": "d5bj6x4", "created_at_utc_A": 1468483228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468468273.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "If Giovanni was able to become gym leader despite being a crime boss and Malva becoming an Elite 4 member despite being a Team Flare member, I'm guessing that it all comes down to personal ability than anything.", "human_ref_B": "Could be that there's no public accountability. Who is to say Sabrina doesn't mindwipe (or worse) people she gets bored with after?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14955.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4squqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Pokemon] How the hell did Sabrina not get sanctioned for trying to kill trainers who wanted a Marsh Badge? Are gym leaders allowed to commit acts of cruelty? Where is the public accountability on this! What kind of shit is this?!", "c_root_id_A": "d5biwd6", "c_root_id_B": "d5bpggn", "created_at_utc_A": 1468467743.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468483228.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Good luck trying to act on those reports", "human_ref_B": "If Giovanni was able to become gym leader despite being a crime boss and Malva becoming an Elite 4 member despite being a Team Flare member, I'm guessing that it all comes down to personal ability than anything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15485.0, "score_ratio": 5.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4squqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Pokemon] How the hell did Sabrina not get sanctioned for trying to kill trainers who wanted a Marsh Badge? Are gym leaders allowed to commit acts of cruelty? Where is the public accountability on this! What kind of shit is this?!", "c_root_id_A": "d5bj6x4", "c_root_id_B": "d5biwd6", "created_at_utc_A": 1468468273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468467743.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Could be that there's no public accountability. Who is to say Sabrina doesn't mindwipe (or worse) people she gets bored with after?", "human_ref_B": "Good luck trying to act on those reports", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 530.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4squqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Pokemon] How the hell did Sabrina not get sanctioned for trying to kill trainers who wanted a Marsh Badge? Are gym leaders allowed to commit acts of cruelty? Where is the public accountability on this! What kind of shit is this?!", "c_root_id_A": "d5c4mme", "c_root_id_B": "d5biwd6", "created_at_utc_A": 1468514193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468467743.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because there wasn't any evidence. In the anime, she just turned people into dolls. And, apparently, didn't actually do that to that many people. She was also mentally ill at the time, which might have factored in to any decisions made, and we don't know what happened to her later. In the Pokemon Adventures series, there was simply no evidence. Her fellow Gym Leaders *knew* that she, Koga, and Lt. Surge were the elites of Team Rocket, but they couldn't *prove* it. After all, any trainer could have a Drowzee and try to kill Erika with it. The only people with direct encounters with them, who weren't mind-whammied at the time, were the three Pokedex holders. Green, Blue, and Red. And three ten year olds with no physical evidence, talking about a plot where Team Rocket kidnapped three Legendaries and merged them into one being... Would you believe that? I wouldn't. It's also possible that the League just decided to cover things up. Over half of their Gym Leaders turned out to be members of Team Rocket. Giovanni as the leader, Koga, Sabrina, and Lt. Surge as his direct subordinates, and Blaine as a former Rocket scientist... It would have been a tremendous embarrassment if it got out, possibly destroying all trust in the League in the Kanto region. However, it's implied that their true allegiances were still secret as of the Elite Four incident, when Giovanni ordered them to lay low until he reforged Team Rocket. Whatever the case, the three Pokedex holders didn't bear a grudge either. They worked with the three Rocket Elites just fine when it came time to throw down against the Elite Four to end their genocidal schemes.", "human_ref_B": "Good luck trying to act on those reports", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 46450.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4squqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Pokemon] How the hell did Sabrina not get sanctioned for trying to kill trainers who wanted a Marsh Badge? Are gym leaders allowed to commit acts of cruelty? Where is the public accountability on this! What kind of shit is this?!", "c_root_id_A": "d5c4mme", "c_root_id_B": "d5by9s8", "created_at_utc_A": 1468514193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468505759.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Because there wasn't any evidence. In the anime, she just turned people into dolls. And, apparently, didn't actually do that to that many people. She was also mentally ill at the time, which might have factored in to any decisions made, and we don't know what happened to her later. In the Pokemon Adventures series, there was simply no evidence. Her fellow Gym Leaders *knew* that she, Koga, and Lt. Surge were the elites of Team Rocket, but they couldn't *prove* it. After all, any trainer could have a Drowzee and try to kill Erika with it. The only people with direct encounters with them, who weren't mind-whammied at the time, were the three Pokedex holders. Green, Blue, and Red. And three ten year olds with no physical evidence, talking about a plot where Team Rocket kidnapped three Legendaries and merged them into one being... Would you believe that? I wouldn't. It's also possible that the League just decided to cover things up. Over half of their Gym Leaders turned out to be members of Team Rocket. Giovanni as the leader, Koga, Sabrina, and Lt. Surge as his direct subordinates, and Blaine as a former Rocket scientist... It would have been a tremendous embarrassment if it got out, possibly destroying all trust in the League in the Kanto region. However, it's implied that their true allegiances were still secret as of the Elite Four incident, when Giovanni ordered them to lay low until he reforged Team Rocket. Whatever the case, the three Pokedex holders didn't bear a grudge either. They worked with the three Rocket Elites just fine when it came time to throw down against the Elite Four to end their genocidal schemes.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think there's a formal government that could police them. And speaking of policing what cop would try and hold up someone who lift move objects with their mind and imprison you in a doll? I think they look the other way out of fear", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8434.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4squqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Pokemon] How the hell did Sabrina not get sanctioned for trying to kill trainers who wanted a Marsh Badge? Are gym leaders allowed to commit acts of cruelty? Where is the public accountability on this! What kind of shit is this?!", "c_root_id_A": "d5biwd6", "c_root_id_B": "d5cdgyn", "created_at_utc_A": 1468467743.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468525501.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Good luck trying to act on those reports", "human_ref_B": "Okay, first rule about the Pokemon world, it is so much more brutal than we are shown. Dragons and sea monsters are around every corner. The damn mice can kill a man by electrocution. Ask yourself. Why does everyone you ever meet work with and have pokemon? What's the first advice we hear? \"It's dangerous to go alone. Take a pokemon.\" They're not cute pets. They're dangerous monsters. Children train to use them against the wild. You capture every Pokemon you can find because that means there's one less to kill humans. The most powerful trainers are venerated as saviors. And gym leaders? Are not local celebrities. They're warlords. Through the games we gather tokens of might to prove we're greater than all the regions defenders, so we can earn the right to compete to be champion. The great authority. The Daimyo. And the warlord gym leaders have absolute authority in their cities. By right of might, no one can oppose them. The champion (and his elite four imperial guard) could take one down, but think of the consequences. Gym leaders promote safety and stability. A warm fireplace in a cold world. Under the most powerful ones great cities grow. And Sabrina rules over Saffron, the heart of Kanto. Why would the champion risk open rebellion and civil war over a couple murders?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57758.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4squqz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Pokemon] How the hell did Sabrina not get sanctioned for trying to kill trainers who wanted a Marsh Badge? Are gym leaders allowed to commit acts of cruelty? Where is the public accountability on this! What kind of shit is this?!", "c_root_id_A": "d5cdgyn", "c_root_id_B": "d5by9s8", "created_at_utc_A": 1468525501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1468505759.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Okay, first rule about the Pokemon world, it is so much more brutal than we are shown. Dragons and sea monsters are around every corner. The damn mice can kill a man by electrocution. Ask yourself. Why does everyone you ever meet work with and have pokemon? What's the first advice we hear? \"It's dangerous to go alone. Take a pokemon.\" They're not cute pets. They're dangerous monsters. Children train to use them against the wild. You capture every Pokemon you can find because that means there's one less to kill humans. The most powerful trainers are venerated as saviors. And gym leaders? Are not local celebrities. They're warlords. Through the games we gather tokens of might to prove we're greater than all the regions defenders, so we can earn the right to compete to be champion. The great authority. The Daimyo. And the warlord gym leaders have absolute authority in their cities. By right of might, no one can oppose them. The champion (and his elite four imperial guard) could take one down, but think of the consequences. Gym leaders promote safety and stability. A warm fireplace in a cold world. Under the most powerful ones great cities grow. And Sabrina rules over Saffron, the heart of Kanto. Why would the champion risk open rebellion and civil war over a couple murders?", "human_ref_B": "I don't think there's a formal government that could police them. And speaking of policing what cop would try and hold up someone who lift move objects with their mind and imprison you in a doll? I think they look the other way out of fear", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19742.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9ps587", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[TMNT] Am I going insane? I saw I just saw four man sized turtles save that reporter April from ninjas!", "c_root_id_A": "e83yhcv", "c_root_id_B": "e83xbi9", "created_at_utc_A": 1540022675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1540020308.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "You should watch her news segments more often, she reports on those turtles all the time.", "human_ref_B": "Great Casey Jones is back off the wagon again.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2367.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwc5grj", "c_root_id_B": "fwbxe15", "created_at_utc_A": 1593405334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593399755.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s a cat in a show within the Simpsons. The spoof of lost called Stranded ends with it zooming out and showing the entire universe being a single grain in a cat litter box. Average cat is 10 inches tall (254mm) and a medium sized grain of litter is about 2.2mm diameter. That makes a cat about 115 grains of litter tall. If the known universe take up the entire size of the grain, then one piece of litter is about 93 billion lightyears. If the cat is 115 of those then the cat is about 10,737,000,000,000 or 10.7 trillion lightyears tall. A flea moving at light speed would take 542 times the age of our universe to make it from the cats feet to its ears.", "human_ref_B": "That would be the turtle at the bottom of the stack that begins with the world balanced on a turtle, then that turtle on another turtle, and then turtles going all the way down. If infinitely sized creatures are not allowed, then Maturin the turtle from the Dark Tower, who once vommitted up the whole universe because he had a tummy ache.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5579.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwc5grj", "c_root_id_B": "fwbxzin", "created_at_utc_A": 1593405334.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593400141.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s a cat in a show within the Simpsons. The spoof of lost called Stranded ends with it zooming out and showing the entire universe being a single grain in a cat litter box. Average cat is 10 inches tall (254mm) and a medium sized grain of litter is about 2.2mm diameter. That makes a cat about 115 grains of litter tall. If the known universe take up the entire size of the grain, then one piece of litter is about 93 billion lightyears. If the cat is 115 of those then the cat is about 10,737,000,000,000 or 10.7 trillion lightyears tall. A flea moving at light speed would take 542 times the age of our universe to make it from the cats feet to its ears.", "human_ref_B": "a dog but like a really big one", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5193.0, "score_ratio": 6.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwcxpue", "c_root_id_B": "fwctsvs", "created_at_utc_A": 1593431565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593428054.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In Worm the entities are larger than stars, but it's debatable if they're a single animal or a kind of hive. If they are a hive, then individuals are the size of continents.", "human_ref_B": "Was it ST Voyager where they were stuck inside a space beast that was light years in diameter? I think that one has to top the list. Certainly top 3", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3511.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwbxzin", "c_root_id_B": "fwcxpue", "created_at_utc_A": 1593400141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593431565.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "a dog but like a really big one", "human_ref_B": "In Worm the entities are larger than stars, but it's debatable if they're a single animal or a kind of hive. If they are a hive, then individuals are the size of continents.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31424.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwcxpue", "c_root_id_B": "fwc63no", "created_at_utc_A": 1593431565.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593405807.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In Worm the entities are larger than stars, but it's debatable if they're a single animal or a kind of hive. If they are a hive, then individuals are the size of continents.", "human_ref_B": "Sector General had an alien that was the size of a continent. In order to perform surgery on it they had to call in some warships and use the weapons mounted on those to make the incisions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25758.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwd4b49", "c_root_id_B": "fwc63no", "created_at_utc_A": 1593436418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593405807.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Bahamut from Arabic mythology is pretty high up there: \"All of the waters in the world, placed in one of his nostrils, would be like a mustard seed in a desert.\" It's not the biggest here, but it's still pretty big!", "human_ref_B": "Sector General had an alien that was the size of a continent. In order to perform surgery on it they had to call in some warships and use the weapons mounted on those to make the incisions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30611.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwctsvs", "c_root_id_B": "fwc63no", "created_at_utc_A": 1593428054.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593405807.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Was it ST Voyager where they were stuck inside a space beast that was light years in diameter? I think that one has to top the list. Certainly top 3", "human_ref_B": "Sector General had an alien that was the size of a continent. In order to perform surgery on it they had to call in some warships and use the weapons mounted on those to make the incisions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22247.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwdcoud", "c_root_id_B": "fwd9osp", "created_at_utc_A": 1593441498.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593439774.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "A swimmer from _The Taking of Planet Five._ If the universe was the size of an egg cell then the swimmers would be the size of continents", "human_ref_B": "Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1724.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hhry6z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] What is the largest animal in fiction? The largest thing I can think of is the Space Slug in Empire Strikes Back is the Giant worm thing in Gears of War 2.", "c_root_id_A": "fwdh8k0", "c_root_id_B": "fwd9osp", "created_at_utc_A": 1593443947.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593439774.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The largest animal that looks like an animal from our scale, as opposed to a meta-cosmic being, or a strange space cloud, or being from another reality sticking bits across is the space turtle A'tun, who caries four elephants on his back, who in turn hold The Diskworld.", "human_ref_B": "Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4173.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bp6h8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Avatar] If Airbending were to have a secondary bending form, what would it be? Fire has fire and lightning bending Water has water and blood bending Earth has earth, metal, *and* lava bending Hell, even the Avatar can bend energy itself when in the Avatar state. What would it take for Air to get a secondary form, and what would it be able to bend if there was one?", "c_root_id_A": "csoj3ee", "c_root_id_B": "csofdll", "created_at_utc_A": 1435743658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435730277.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Bear in mind this is all supposition, I am by no means a master of all Avatar lore. It's implied (if I remember correctly) that Aang was never showed around the other Air temples, never had a chance to interact with the parts of his nation that existed outside of the pacifist, controlled environment the monks allowed him to experience. I think that was because the other air temples weren't nearly as hyper-pacifist as the one Aang was born in, and this figured into the Fire Nation's decision to take the Air Nation first. I'd guess that a skilled, combat-ready, willing-to-kill Airbender is pretty much everyone's worst goddamn nightmare; they can choke you to death, they can immobilize you, they can create invisible blades so sharp you don't bleed when you're cut, they can crush you into a fine paste, they can even pull your entire respiratory system out through your nose, all without laying a single hand on you. If I had to lay names to these forms, I would call them Pressurebending (a simple form would be taught to allow fixed-wing gliders to act as transport) and Vacuumbending (probably not taught at all, at least not until you've passed a battery of psychological tests: vacuums do bad, bad things to the human body). If you're the Fire Nation and you want to be in charge forever and ever, an entire nation of people who control the thing you rely on for life (3 minutes without oxygen, and the strongest man alive is dead) sounds like an excellent first target, regardless of whether Kung Fu Jesus is going to be born in their ranks next or not.", "human_ref_B": "It does. Astral projection and unaided flight.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13381.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3bp6h8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Avatar] If Airbending were to have a secondary bending form, what would it be? Fire has fire and lightning bending Water has water and blood bending Earth has earth, metal, *and* lava bending Hell, even the Avatar can bend energy itself when in the Avatar state. What would it take for Air to get a secondary form, and what would it be able to bend if there was one?", "c_root_id_A": "csonm5g", "c_root_id_B": "csofdll", "created_at_utc_A": 1435758004.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1435730277.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think it comes down to what they control: is it oxygen or all air molecules? I think the best they could do would be creating pockets of oxygen and pressurising them to cause a sort of combustion and thus explosion. Then they have the option of forcing air into places and expanding it (like within the cracks of rocks) you could quite easily collapse a lung, but that's not really bending. Direct all air away from a point of the sky to create an intense section of sky bombarded by the suns rays, not quite a laser but with sme pretty intense effects.", "human_ref_B": "It does. Astral projection and unaided flight.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27727.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zrvgag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[mass effect] can ardat yakshi asari safely mate with other ardat yakshi? or will they kill everything with nerves on mating?", "c_root_id_A": "j14skqq", "c_root_id_B": "j14s0yk", "created_at_utc_A": 1671644884.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671644679.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Being made to cause a psychic overload doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re any less vulnerable to a psychic overload. Likely a mutual kill scenario.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 205.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zrvgag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[mass effect] can ardat yakshi asari safely mate with other ardat yakshi? or will they kill everything with nerves on mating?", "c_root_id_A": "j14tzv6", "c_root_id_B": "j14s0yk", "created_at_utc_A": 1671645412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671644679.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When they mate there's a recieving and sending partner. The recieving partner in an ardat relationship will always die from nervous system overload. However there is still a possibility that the sending ardat could receive a lethal feedback during the union as well. And ardat are sterile so it's impossible for them to get pregnant from any partner.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 733.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67bjaq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Mass Effect: Andromeda] Is it ever explained why humanity chose Andromeda to colonize, and not one of the other numerous galaxies they had to pass on their way there?", "c_root_id_A": "dgp684a", "c_root_id_B": "dgp5rd1", "created_at_utc_A": 1493065676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493065167.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "You mean as opposed to the various satellite galaxies, like the Magellanic Clouds or Triangulum? They could have been deemed not suitable for habitation. Also: [spoilers: Ryder Family Secrets quest](#s \"There's a mysterious benefactor who seemed to have foreknowledge of the Reaper threat, even before Sheppard. It's possible they decided to direct things toward Andromeda because or wanting to avoid the chance that the Reapers watch the Milky Way's satellite galaxies too\")", "human_ref_B": "The only closer ones are the various satellites of the Milky Way... and they are highly metal-poor and hence unlikely to host many planets, let alone garden worlds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 509.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gby1kf8", "c_root_id_B": "gbybw7z", "created_at_utc_A": 1605110655.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605115761.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "A titan, or some real big monster that can just rampage around, like a terrasque, godzilla or a huge dragon. or summoning a eledrith abomination or a demon could also work. the Slann in warhammer fantasy can just shoot a beam of magic up in the air that comes back down to basically nuke a city. its worth noting, that in warhammer, its skaven that has the nukes magic that calls down meterors is also sometimes used in fiction. you could also have some magical corruption that spreads, either slowly or quickly, like warp corruption in warhammer or the void in league of legends. open a rift and it will slowly corrupt the land.", "human_ref_B": "In Dungeons and Dragons, there's a class of High Magic spells that can have extremely powerful effects when used. These can range from creating flying ships of impossible design to even imprisoning a god. It's not easy to perform these spells. In fact, they take the lives of the wizards who cast them and I mean *lives* - they require a minimum of five people to cast and these people prepare all their lives to cast this one spell. Players are *not* given access to these spells due to how much they'd affect the metagame (and because they're a guaranteed total party kill). In lore, it's also stated that High Elves do not like resorting to these spells nor allowing other people to know about them. If even one non-High Elf finds out about this kind of magic or gets their hands on a spellbook... Then a legion of assassins will go after them to kill them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5106.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gbxxl1d", "c_root_id_B": "gbybw7z", "created_at_utc_A": 1605108606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605115761.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In the Shadowmarch series by Tad Williams, the ~~elves~~ ~~fae~~ ~~white walkers~~ Qar have a bio weapon that could wipe out all the humans. (Maybe both races? I forget.)", "human_ref_B": "In Dungeons and Dragons, there's a class of High Magic spells that can have extremely powerful effects when used. These can range from creating flying ships of impossible design to even imprisoning a god. It's not easy to perform these spells. In fact, they take the lives of the wizards who cast them and I mean *lives* - they require a minimum of five people to cast and these people prepare all their lives to cast this one spell. Players are *not* given access to these spells due to how much they'd affect the metagame (and because they're a guaranteed total party kill). In lore, it's also stated that High Elves do not like resorting to these spells nor allowing other people to know about them. If even one non-High Elf finds out about this kind of magic or gets their hands on a spellbook... Then a legion of assassins will go after them to kill them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7155.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gby7byw", "c_root_id_B": "gbybw7z", "created_at_utc_A": 1605113535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605115761.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In Alistair Reynolds book House of Suns, there was a weapon that was a wormhole to a remote sun. It would have a mechanism where it could pull energy from that distant star and focus it to obliterate ships and scorch planets.", "human_ref_B": "In Dungeons and Dragons, there's a class of High Magic spells that can have extremely powerful effects when used. These can range from creating flying ships of impossible design to even imprisoning a god. It's not easy to perform these spells. In fact, they take the lives of the wizards who cast them and I mean *lives* - they require a minimum of five people to cast and these people prepare all their lives to cast this one spell. Players are *not* given access to these spells due to how much they'd affect the metagame (and because they're a guaranteed total party kill). In lore, it's also stated that High Elves do not like resorting to these spells nor allowing other people to know about them. If even one non-High Elf finds out about this kind of magic or gets their hands on a spellbook... Then a legion of assassins will go after them to kill them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2226.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gbxxl1d", "c_root_id_B": "gby1kf8", "created_at_utc_A": 1605108606.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605110655.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In the Shadowmarch series by Tad Williams, the ~~elves~~ ~~fae~~ ~~white walkers~~ Qar have a bio weapon that could wipe out all the humans. (Maybe both races? I forget.)", "human_ref_B": "A titan, or some real big monster that can just rampage around, like a terrasque, godzilla or a huge dragon. or summoning a eledrith abomination or a demon could also work. the Slann in warhammer fantasy can just shoot a beam of magic up in the air that comes back down to basically nuke a city. its worth noting, that in warhammer, its skaven that has the nukes magic that calls down meterors is also sometimes used in fiction. you could also have some magical corruption that spreads, either slowly or quickly, like warp corruption in warhammer or the void in league of legends. open a rift and it will slowly corrupt the land.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2049.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gbyihqy", "c_root_id_B": "gbyk14c", "created_at_utc_A": 1605119022.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605119786.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Legendary mages are basically walking nukes they only need some time to cast a legendary spell and it can destroy a whole city and they can do it multiple times and the spell causes sometimes permanent some time long lasting effects on an environment Say you use a ice element legendary spell then that area will be a frozen area until the mana dissipates which it might never do if it formes a stable mana cycle This goes for most mage related webnovels", "human_ref_B": "In the Charles Stross Laundryverse, humans are basically the algae living on the surface of the world; nuclear weapons would bother the other residents, but are not a threat at all. BLUE HADES live in the abyssal depths of the oceans, also likely occupying a very shallow part of the planetary crust; they have a treaty with humanity, but it's not a treaty in the sense of \"two nations agreeing to some common terms\", but more in the sense of \"stay off the ocean floor or you're toast\". Humans very diligently uphold their end of the treaty, lest massive tsunamis wipe out the 40% of all humans who live near the ocean - keep in mind that this also includes most of the largest human cities and industrial sites. They're likely capable of more, as well; their technology is significantly more advanced than ours. The DEEP SEVEN live under the planetary crust, inside the mantle, and the BLUE HADES are scared of them, which should say something about the power they wield. At a guess, they'd likely be able to at minimum trigger earthquakes, volcanoes and eruptions that top out the Richter scale; conservatively, they could kill everything larger than a bacterium on the Earth's surface without being bothered - after all, they don't use it. Then there's the Elves, who work on our scale. Besides wielding various powerful magics, they have trained medusoid animals. In short, if they look at you, you're dead; and anything with a significant number of carbon atoms in it is toast as well. A true look-to-kill weapon. Almost *any* warfare against them would have to be remote, and would have to be immune to this - you can't have jets flying overhead dropping bombs, because those jets would come tumbling down as soon as they reached line of sight of the enemy force.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 764.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gby7byw", "c_root_id_B": "gbyk14c", "created_at_utc_A": 1605113535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605119786.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In Alistair Reynolds book House of Suns, there was a weapon that was a wormhole to a remote sun. It would have a mechanism where it could pull energy from that distant star and focus it to obliterate ships and scorch planets.", "human_ref_B": "In the Charles Stross Laundryverse, humans are basically the algae living on the surface of the world; nuclear weapons would bother the other residents, but are not a threat at all. BLUE HADES live in the abyssal depths of the oceans, also likely occupying a very shallow part of the planetary crust; they have a treaty with humanity, but it's not a treaty in the sense of \"two nations agreeing to some common terms\", but more in the sense of \"stay off the ocean floor or you're toast\". Humans very diligently uphold their end of the treaty, lest massive tsunamis wipe out the 40% of all humans who live near the ocean - keep in mind that this also includes most of the largest human cities and industrial sites. They're likely capable of more, as well; their technology is significantly more advanced than ours. The DEEP SEVEN live under the planetary crust, inside the mantle, and the BLUE HADES are scared of them, which should say something about the power they wield. At a guess, they'd likely be able to at minimum trigger earthquakes, volcanoes and eruptions that top out the Richter scale; conservatively, they could kill everything larger than a bacterium on the Earth's surface without being bothered - after all, they don't use it. Then there's the Elves, who work on our scale. Besides wielding various powerful magics, they have trained medusoid animals. In short, if they look at you, you're dead; and anything with a significant number of carbon atoms in it is toast as well. A true look-to-kill weapon. Almost *any* warfare against them would have to be remote, and would have to be immune to this - you can't have jets flying overhead dropping bombs, because those jets would come tumbling down as soon as they reached line of sight of the enemy force.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6251.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gby7byw", "c_root_id_B": "gbyihqy", "created_at_utc_A": 1605113535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605119022.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Alistair Reynolds book House of Suns, there was a weapon that was a wormhole to a remote sun. It would have a mechanism where it could pull energy from that distant star and focus it to obliterate ships and scorch planets.", "human_ref_B": "Legendary mages are basically walking nukes they only need some time to cast a legendary spell and it can destroy a whole city and they can do it multiple times and the spell causes sometimes permanent some time long lasting effects on an environment Say you use a ice element legendary spell then that area will be a frozen area until the mana dissipates which it might never do if it formes a stable mana cycle This goes for most mage related webnovels", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5487.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gby7byw", "c_root_id_B": "gbys27g", "created_at_utc_A": 1605113535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605123769.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Alistair Reynolds book House of Suns, there was a weapon that was a wormhole to a remote sun. It would have a mechanism where it could pull energy from that distant star and focus it to obliterate ships and scorch planets.", "human_ref_B": "Self-replicating curses/spells along the lines of zombies (of the \"infectious\" kind), could quickly cause massive damage if not stopped while they're still in very small numbers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10234.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "js888t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Fantasy] Humans have nuclear bombs, what Weapons of Mass Destruction do other races have?", "c_root_id_A": "gby7byw", "c_root_id_B": "gbza65w", "created_at_utc_A": 1605113535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605134490.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Alistair Reynolds book House of Suns, there was a weapon that was a wormhole to a remote sun. It would have a mechanism where it could pull energy from that distant star and focus it to obliterate ships and scorch planets.", "human_ref_B": "Fallout Equestria has balefire bombs. More generally, they have megaspells, which are a system used to make normal spells massively more powerful. The first one used was a healing spell. The recursive fanfic Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons also has Trottenheimer's Folly, which hits moonrocks and starmetal together really hard and those react in a way very similar to a nuclear explosion. I've heard of one story that had a magically spinning top that would consume all the magic in the area. I don't remember what it was. D&D 3.5 has the Locate City nuke. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei has Material Burst, which turns the target into pure energy. From what I understand, there's no theoretical limit to the size of the target. Touhou Project doesn't have much in the way of weapons per se, but some of the characters have powers they could use that way. Utsuho (a hell raven, or possibly crow, jackdaw, or rook) can control nuclear fusion, so she's basically a walking (or flying) nuke. And Flandre (a vampire) has the ability to break absolutely anything. One character briefly considered using it to blow up the moon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20955.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k6r4a7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Mass Effect] What occupations exist in the Mass Effect universe and how are they affected by automation?", "c_root_id_A": "gemlra8", "c_root_id_B": "gemkkaj", "created_at_utc_A": 1607110994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607110417.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Well, what we see are soldiers, guards, policemen and similar providers of security. While there are fighting robots, they are mostly very basic in their capabilites, so I'd say those jobs are mostly secure. Prostitutes, dancers, actors and other providers of entertainment. No indication that they are replaced by automatons. Medical personal and scientists. Also no indication of being made obsolete by technology. Criminals, well, not automated for obvious reasons. Politicians, managers, diplomats and PR people, similar to criminals. Salespeople still exist in big quantities, but we also see automated shops. I'd guess that in areas that are heavy on interaction with the customer (bars and such, or high quality shops) these jobs are relatively safe, while others (for example grocery stores) are mostly automated. Pilots can be replaced by automated systems, but the biological equivalents seem to be superior to the electronic ones. Manual laborers still exist, but get hit heavily by automation. Teachers seem to be supported by technology, but not made obsolete by it.", "human_ref_B": "It depends entirely on the culture and species. It'd be easier to talk about what occupations no longer exist, the world isn't all that advanced and isn't post-scarcity. I think factory work for mass production would be entirely automated at this point. If we're talking about Earth, then there is obviously still a considerable military industrial complex in operation, especially since the Earth isn't a united one, there are still many states and while there appear to be no \"rogue states\" that we hear of, they'd likely still have their own military forces. We still see administration is hugely important throughout the Mass Effect world and since AI is outlawed, you'd still have people working shipping docks and mining outposts. The Western world and presumably a lot of places in Asia have \"arcologies\" as pretty standard places, but the codex in the first ME makes it clear that a lot of nations were left behind and are now slums and are not to dissimilar to conditions seen in the 20th century. I could see a place like India still having the same issues it does now, but even worse with the gap between rich and poor expanded. Looking at London, it appears that life hasn't really changed that much, still tons of stores, cars around and streets. There is probably some form of UBI for most citizens in first world countries. I see the ME world not too dissimilar to the Expanse world tbh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 577.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0xav3x", "c_root_id_B": "g0x36l5", "created_at_utc_A": 1597004399.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597000378.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The NX Class were named for the original six Space Shuttles (*Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis,* and *Endeavor*) and the name *Enterprise*, made a legend by the NX-01, became associated with prestige in Starfleet. The proudest and grandest starship class built to that point, the Constitution Class, therefore deserved the name. The NCC-1701 went on to greatness and was extensively refit to extend its service life before finally being destroyed. After which another constitution class was recommissioned with the name and served with distinction. That established the tradition that each new heavy cruiser class Starship would warrant an *Enterprise*, once the previous *Enterprise* was no longer in service. According to Starfleet protocol, in a combat scenario and in the absence of a higher ranking flag officer or specific orders from admiralty, the captain of the more heavily armed ship is considered the ranking officer among starship captains. Given that the name *Enterprise* is exclusively given to the largest and most impressive ships in service, command of any fleet movements (absent an Admiral) would always default to the captain of the *Enterprise*. Though Starfleet retired the rank, this would effectively make the captain of the *Enterprise* a Commodore, a flag officer.", "human_ref_B": "From what I can tell, the Enterprise-D under Picard is the flagship during peacetime, probably because Picard is the most senior captain in the fleet. However, during specific engagements, such as against the Borg, a Vice Admiral was commanding a different ship making that ship the flagship. During the Borg battle at the very beginning of First Contact, the flagship was destroyed before the Enterprise-E arrived so Picard assumed command of the fleet making Enterprise the flagship as a sort of field promotion. During the Dominion war there were times when the Defiant was the flagship when commanded by Sisko except for the times Vice Admiral Ross was involved in which case his ship was the flagship.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4021.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x25hv", "c_root_id_B": "g0xav3x", "created_at_utc_A": 1596999840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597004399.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It always seems odd that the flagship doesnt have a Flag rank officer aboard.", "human_ref_B": "The NX Class were named for the original six Space Shuttles (*Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis,* and *Endeavor*) and the name *Enterprise*, made a legend by the NX-01, became associated with prestige in Starfleet. The proudest and grandest starship class built to that point, the Constitution Class, therefore deserved the name. The NCC-1701 went on to greatness and was extensively refit to extend its service life before finally being destroyed. After which another constitution class was recommissioned with the name and served with distinction. That established the tradition that each new heavy cruiser class Starship would warrant an *Enterprise*, once the previous *Enterprise* was no longer in service. According to Starfleet protocol, in a combat scenario and in the absence of a higher ranking flag officer or specific orders from admiralty, the captain of the more heavily armed ship is considered the ranking officer among starship captains. Given that the name *Enterprise* is exclusively given to the largest and most impressive ships in service, command of any fleet movements (absent an Admiral) would always default to the captain of the *Enterprise*. Though Starfleet retired the rank, this would effectively make the captain of the *Enterprise* a Commodore, a flag officer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4559.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x30i2", "c_root_id_B": "g0xav3x", "created_at_utc_A": 1597000290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597004399.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "What does that even mean? In its original use the term denotes a ship carrying an admiral. That sometimes happens on the show, but no Enterprise does that on a permanent basis. It appears admirals mostly work from planetary and Starbases. Even when several ships are working in concert, the overall command is usually given to a captain of one of the ships in the group. Of course, the term is metaphorically used to denote heightened prestige, but then it would be unclear what the status of \"Federation flagship\" would entail. And except for the pre Federation NX-01 the ships aren't even special in a technological way, as can be by the fact that none of them is of Enterprise class. tldr; No Enterprise, except for Archer's, is a flagship in any way the we would use the word today. It is therefore impossible to answer.", "human_ref_B": "The NX Class were named for the original six Space Shuttles (*Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis,* and *Endeavor*) and the name *Enterprise*, made a legend by the NX-01, became associated with prestige in Starfleet. The proudest and grandest starship class built to that point, the Constitution Class, therefore deserved the name. The NCC-1701 went on to greatness and was extensively refit to extend its service life before finally being destroyed. After which another constitution class was recommissioned with the name and served with distinction. That established the tradition that each new heavy cruiser class Starship would warrant an *Enterprise*, once the previous *Enterprise* was no longer in service. According to Starfleet protocol, in a combat scenario and in the absence of a higher ranking flag officer or specific orders from admiralty, the captain of the more heavily armed ship is considered the ranking officer among starship captains. Given that the name *Enterprise* is exclusively given to the largest and most impressive ships in service, command of any fleet movements (absent an Admiral) would always default to the captain of the *Enterprise*. Though Starfleet retired the rank, this would effectively make the captain of the *Enterprise* a Commodore, a flag officer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4109.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x1pd3", "c_root_id_B": "g0xav3x", "created_at_utc_A": 1596999609.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597004399.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Yes the federation's official flagship is the Enterprise. When it gets destroyed they make a new one with all the most up-to-date Federation technology and then stick the next letter on it.", "human_ref_B": "The NX Class were named for the original six Space Shuttles (*Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis,* and *Endeavor*) and the name *Enterprise*, made a legend by the NX-01, became associated with prestige in Starfleet. The proudest and grandest starship class built to that point, the Constitution Class, therefore deserved the name. The NCC-1701 went on to greatness and was extensively refit to extend its service life before finally being destroyed. After which another constitution class was recommissioned with the name and served with distinction. That established the tradition that each new heavy cruiser class Starship would warrant an *Enterprise*, once the previous *Enterprise* was no longer in service. According to Starfleet protocol, in a combat scenario and in the absence of a higher ranking flag officer or specific orders from admiralty, the captain of the more heavily armed ship is considered the ranking officer among starship captains. Given that the name *Enterprise* is exclusively given to the largest and most impressive ships in service, command of any fleet movements (absent an Admiral) would always default to the captain of the *Enterprise*. Though Starfleet retired the rank, this would effectively make the captain of the *Enterprise* a Commodore, a flag officer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4790.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x36l5", "c_root_id_B": "g0x25hv", "created_at_utc_A": 1597000378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596999840.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "From what I can tell, the Enterprise-D under Picard is the flagship during peacetime, probably because Picard is the most senior captain in the fleet. However, during specific engagements, such as against the Borg, a Vice Admiral was commanding a different ship making that ship the flagship. During the Borg battle at the very beginning of First Contact, the flagship was destroyed before the Enterprise-E arrived so Picard assumed command of the fleet making Enterprise the flagship as a sort of field promotion. During the Dominion war there were times when the Defiant was the flagship when commanded by Sisko except for the times Vice Admiral Ross was involved in which case his ship was the flagship.", "human_ref_B": "It always seems odd that the flagship doesnt have a Flag rank officer aboard.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 538.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x36l5", "c_root_id_B": "g0x30i2", "created_at_utc_A": 1597000378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597000290.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "From what I can tell, the Enterprise-D under Picard is the flagship during peacetime, probably because Picard is the most senior captain in the fleet. However, during specific engagements, such as against the Borg, a Vice Admiral was commanding a different ship making that ship the flagship. During the Borg battle at the very beginning of First Contact, the flagship was destroyed before the Enterprise-E arrived so Picard assumed command of the fleet making Enterprise the flagship as a sort of field promotion. During the Dominion war there were times when the Defiant was the flagship when commanded by Sisko except for the times Vice Admiral Ross was involved in which case his ship was the flagship.", "human_ref_B": "What does that even mean? In its original use the term denotes a ship carrying an admiral. That sometimes happens on the show, but no Enterprise does that on a permanent basis. It appears admirals mostly work from planetary and Starbases. Even when several ships are working in concert, the overall command is usually given to a captain of one of the ships in the group. Of course, the term is metaphorically used to denote heightened prestige, but then it would be unclear what the status of \"Federation flagship\" would entail. And except for the pre Federation NX-01 the ships aren't even special in a technological way, as can be by the fact that none of them is of Enterprise class. tldr; No Enterprise, except for Archer's, is a flagship in any way the we would use the word today. It is therefore impossible to answer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 88.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x36l5", "c_root_id_B": "g0x1pd3", "created_at_utc_A": 1597000378.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596999609.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "From what I can tell, the Enterprise-D under Picard is the flagship during peacetime, probably because Picard is the most senior captain in the fleet. However, during specific engagements, such as against the Borg, a Vice Admiral was commanding a different ship making that ship the flagship. During the Borg battle at the very beginning of First Contact, the flagship was destroyed before the Enterprise-E arrived so Picard assumed command of the fleet making Enterprise the flagship as a sort of field promotion. During the Dominion war there were times when the Defiant was the flagship when commanded by Sisko except for the times Vice Admiral Ross was involved in which case his ship was the flagship.", "human_ref_B": "Yes the federation's official flagship is the Enterprise. When it gets destroyed they make a new one with all the most up-to-date Federation technology and then stick the next letter on it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 769.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x30i2", "c_root_id_B": "g0x25hv", "created_at_utc_A": 1597000290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596999840.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What does that even mean? In its original use the term denotes a ship carrying an admiral. That sometimes happens on the show, but no Enterprise does that on a permanent basis. It appears admirals mostly work from planetary and Starbases. Even when several ships are working in concert, the overall command is usually given to a captain of one of the ships in the group. Of course, the term is metaphorically used to denote heightened prestige, but then it would be unclear what the status of \"Federation flagship\" would entail. And except for the pre Federation NX-01 the ships aren't even special in a technological way, as can be by the fact that none of them is of Enterprise class. tldr; No Enterprise, except for Archer's, is a flagship in any way the we would use the word today. It is therefore impossible to answer.", "human_ref_B": "It always seems odd that the flagship doesnt have a Flag rank officer aboard.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 450.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x25hv", "c_root_id_B": "g0x1pd3", "created_at_utc_A": 1596999840.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596999609.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It always seems odd that the flagship doesnt have a Flag rank officer aboard.", "human_ref_B": "Yes the federation's official flagship is the Enterprise. When it gets destroyed they make a new one with all the most up-to-date Federation technology and then stick the next letter on it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 231.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0x30i2", "c_root_id_B": "g0x1pd3", "created_at_utc_A": 1597000290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596999609.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "What does that even mean? In its original use the term denotes a ship carrying an admiral. That sometimes happens on the show, but no Enterprise does that on a permanent basis. It appears admirals mostly work from planetary and Starbases. Even when several ships are working in concert, the overall command is usually given to a captain of one of the ships in the group. Of course, the term is metaphorically used to denote heightened prestige, but then it would be unclear what the status of \"Federation flagship\" would entail. And except for the pre Federation NX-01 the ships aren't even special in a technological way, as can be by the fact that none of them is of Enterprise class. tldr; No Enterprise, except for Archer's, is a flagship in any way the we would use the word today. It is therefore impossible to answer.", "human_ref_B": "Yes the federation's official flagship is the Enterprise. When it gets destroyed they make a new one with all the most up-to-date Federation technology and then stick the next letter on it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 681.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0y3smn", "c_root_id_B": "g0x1pd3", "created_at_utc_A": 1597020320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596999609.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As others have noted, \"flagship\" seems an entirely honorary title by the time of TNG.", "human_ref_B": "Yes the federation's official flagship is the Enterprise. When it gets destroyed they make a new one with all the most up-to-date Federation technology and then stick the next letter on it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20711.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i6oixq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Star Trek TNG] Is the Enterprise Always the flagship? Is every iteration of it always the Federation flagship?", "c_root_id_A": "g0xb9g7", "c_root_id_B": "g0y3smn", "created_at_utc_A": 1597004605.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597020320.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The First Enterprise (NX-01) existed during a time were neither the Federation nor the concept of a flagship were a thing for Earth so it wasn't officially the flagship, but since it was the only Warp 5 capable vessel in Starfleet for a long Time it was effectively the flagship. The next Enterprise (NCC 1701) wasn't the flagship, but distinguished itself so much during its legendary 5 year mission that every other Enterprise from B onwards became the flagship of the Federation and everyone of them earned that title!", "human_ref_B": "As others have noted, \"flagship\" seems an entirely honorary title by the time of TNG.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15715.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i3i731", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Phineas and Ferb] What is Doofenshmirtz's degree in? He is called \"Dr. Doofenshmirtz\" a lot, what is his degree that got him that title of dr?", "c_root_id_A": "g0byt9a", "c_root_id_B": "g0bl03d", "created_at_utc_A": 1596552922.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596545703.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Evil Science. Legitimately. He mentions it in one of those cross-series phone call skits that they have on YouTube. Edit: Sauce", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure exactly what field it's in, but I know he bought it off the internet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7219.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i3i731", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Phineas and Ferb] What is Doofenshmirtz's degree in? He is called \"Dr. Doofenshmirtz\" a lot, what is his degree that got him that title of dr?", "c_root_id_A": "g0bl03d", "c_root_id_B": "g0cm1o7", "created_at_utc_A": 1596545703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596562376.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I'm not sure exactly what field it's in, but I know he bought it off the internet.", "human_ref_B": "He's an Inator Engineer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16673.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "73rxxn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[DC] Your Favorite Character (doesn't have to be from DC) pays Clayface to take their place for a month. How does Clayface fare trying to impersonate and live their life? Would he be jealous of their life and try to usurp them? Hate it and hope he gets out of it ASAP? Etc. An idea I had of a story I was gonna write someday. But I'd figure what others would think with their favorite characters. Since I really am fascinated by shapeshifting characters. Let's assume your favorite character is during their most 'peaceful time'.", "c_root_id_A": "dnsusm2", "c_root_id_B": "dnth1xo", "created_at_utc_A": 1506954672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506978544.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Will treaty or kitty pryde, wouldnt say jealous but not horrible either, just run with it i assume, migth not be able to fake Wills training, but kittys phasing could work, just pretend shes a bit ill so the phasing is slower", "human_ref_B": "He already took Jason Todd's place and Batman figured out he had to be a fake because Jason would have referred to him as Bruce.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23872.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3c9la7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Dr. Who] Why did every race show up to Trenzalore to stop the Doctor from bringing the Time Lords back? I thought the Daleks were the only other race in the Time War. What are the Sontarans (sp?) and Cybermen doing there? Somewhat related: Why were the Daleks and Time Lords even at war in the first place?", "c_root_id_A": "csto7xo", "c_root_id_B": "cstpa0g", "created_at_utc_A": 1436176953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1436181494.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "1) The Daleks were not the only other belligerent in the Time War, others being the Nightmare Child, the Army of Meanwhiles and Neverweres led by the Could've Been King, and the Horde of Travesties. Secondly, the Time Lords/Gallifreyans were no longer the glorious race that they were; they had been corrupted by the war, thinking themselves worthy of controlling the entire universe and that all other beings were lesser and unimportant. Life under their rule (if the other races were even allowed to continue existing) would have been Hell", "human_ref_B": "Daleks exterminated you, your planet and your species, Time Lords could make you, your planet or even your species never even exist. Both sides were/are bad, and did things other species would not want to happen ever again. If Time Lords were brought back as they were, they would wage war again across time and space, crushing anyone and anything that didn't conform to their rule.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4541.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g3s4qu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel] Is the symbiotes inherently evil or is it because of who they possess? So as we see with carange he kills loads of people but he is fused with a serial killer. And the others who they bond with are not great people. So how would they react if one joins with a captain America type hero?", "c_root_id_A": "fntep6y", "c_root_id_B": "fnt908t", "created_at_utc_A": 1587240151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587236941.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "This happened when Flash Thompson and the Symbiote worked out their respective interpersonal issues and became Venom: Space Knight. https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/venom_spaceknight_vol_1_1_textless.jpg The actual nature of the Klyntar (Venom's species) bounces like a yo-yo. At various times in their history, they have been: * A race of galactic conquerers in the vein of the Tyrannids, from which the Venom symbiote was an ideological defector who was imprisoned for refusing to enslave it's hosts. * A green lantern type of organization who's original goal was bond to the pinnacle of each species in order to provide each inhabited world a powerful champion against extraterrestrial threats, before they were co-opted by a virus of some sort. * A species that was enslaved, used as a bioweapon and driven insane with grief and bloodlust from being attached to space nazi's so long that they began to absorb their personality traits. * A species of nearly mindless monsters who function basically as a zombie virus. All of these are, in some form or another, canon, in different orders. One constant is that the symbiotes pick up personality traits and generally learn how to be people by bonding with people. Carnage is batshit insane even by symbiote standards because his symbiote had no experiences whatsoever before it bonded with Cletus Kassidy.", "human_ref_B": "They tend to develop personality is based on who they have bonded with. And a lot of the ones we see have bonded with crazy or evil people. Or have split off of a different symbiote who did", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3210.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g3s4qu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel] Is the symbiotes inherently evil or is it because of who they possess? So as we see with carange he kills loads of people but he is fused with a serial killer. And the others who they bond with are not great people. So how would they react if one joins with a captain America type hero?", "c_root_id_A": "fntr1rr", "c_root_id_B": "fnv0s3f", "created_at_utc_A": 1587247091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587276574.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Good and evil are highly subjective and depend on culture. 200 years ago, for example, homosexuality was a crime. So virtually by definition, any alien culture will be perceived as \"evil\" on cultural differences alone by any other culture. Xenomorphs are a perfect example. Their reproduction methods are repulsive, murderous, scary and horrible to humans. To them they're just trying to survive.", "human_ref_B": "It\u2019s hard to say since we\u2019ve gotten several contradictory accounts of the symbiote race\u2019s origins, possibly because the symbiotes themselves are unreliable narrators. My belief is that they are less morally and psychologically evolved than humans while being more easily influenced by a host\u2019s personality. By default they seem to not understand concepts like boundaries and autonomy but at least try to be helpful toward the host\u2019s goals and behaviors. Maybe it\u2019s a conscious form of enlightened self-interest (helping others makes them more likely to help you), but more likely it\u2019s a Darwinian trait that had positive results for past generations of symbiotes. As another user mentioned, Carnage is so insane and evil because its first life experience was bonding with the batshit crazy Cletus Kasady\u2014it never stood a chance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29483.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "g3s4qu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel] Is the symbiotes inherently evil or is it because of who they possess? So as we see with carange he kills loads of people but he is fused with a serial killer. And the others who they bond with are not great people. So how would they react if one joins with a captain America type hero?", "c_root_id_A": "fnynzmc", "c_root_id_B": "fntr1rr", "created_at_utc_A": 1587369297.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1587247091.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Okay, so this actually is one of the most interesting aspects of the symbiotic bond. It isn't the assumed good or bad but actually depends on one's moral compass. For example, Eddie was all sorts of messed up and focused all his attention on revenge against Spider-Man. Then, when bonded with Venom, he became a bad guy. One symbiote, Scream, bonded with a hot-headed teen who was always mad at her little brother. Scream became a bad symbiote. Cletus Kassidy, bonded with Carnage and well, let's not dig too much into that. Another symbiote, Toxin, instead bonded with a good, old-fashioned police officer and became a good guy. Venom eventually ended up with Flash Thompson, a seasoned vet with a clear head. He became Agent Venom. You have to have a steady moral compass otherwise you'll be a terrible person.", "human_ref_B": "Good and evil are highly subjective and depend on culture. 200 years ago, for example, homosexuality was a crime. So virtually by definition, any alien culture will be perceived as \"evil\" on cultural differences alone by any other culture. Xenomorphs are a perfect example. Their reproduction methods are repulsive, murderous, scary and horrible to humans. To them they're just trying to survive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 122206.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohbzim", "c_root_id_B": "dohe0y4", "created_at_utc_A": 1508227064.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508233087.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "Night watchman at a blood bank or security at a hospital.", "human_ref_B": "Some Silicon Valley high tech types hire out \u201cblood boys\u201d to give them regular transfusions of their blood. They believe the younger blood gives them energy or something. But even if the science is dubious, the trend is real, so someone of your means should be able to hire out some blood boys/girls. Just don\u2019t let them notice you\u2019re drinking directly from the lines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6023.0, "score_ratio": 2.52, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohcmuu", "c_root_id_B": "dohe0y4", "created_at_utc_A": 1508228937.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508233087.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 63, "human_ref_A": "Hookers. You don't even need to kill them. Just have a dozen you regularly pick up, and give some downtime in between.", "human_ref_B": "Some Silicon Valley high tech types hire out \u201cblood boys\u201d to give them regular transfusions of their blood. They believe the younger blood gives them energy or something. But even if the science is dubious, the trend is real, so someone of your means should be able to hire out some blood boys/girls. Just don\u2019t let them notice you\u2019re drinking directly from the lines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4150.0, "score_ratio": 2.8636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohe0y4", "c_root_id_B": "dohd5xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1508233087.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508230489.0, "score_A": 63, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "Some Silicon Valley high tech types hire out \u201cblood boys\u201d to give them regular transfusions of their blood. They believe the younger blood gives them energy or something. But even if the science is dubious, the trend is real, so someone of your means should be able to hire out some blood boys/girls. Just don\u2019t let them notice you\u2019re drinking directly from the lines.", "human_ref_B": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2598.0, "score_ratio": -5.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohh9j5", "c_root_id_B": "dohgoj9", "created_at_utc_A": 1508241158.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508239976.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Hi, Im Joe of Sanguini Bank Inc. For a small fee we can keep your blood-slaves at our facility, where they will be professionally maintained, kept alive and healthy for decades. We guarantee a fresh delivery of still warm blood within 36 minutes after order, or your money back!", "human_ref_B": "Get your own blood donation station", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1182.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohd5xe", "c_root_id_B": "dohh9j5", "created_at_utc_A": 1508230489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508241158.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "human_ref_B": "Hi, Im Joe of Sanguini Bank Inc. For a small fee we can keep your blood-slaves at our facility, where they will be professionally maintained, kept alive and healthy for decades. We guarantee a fresh delivery of still warm blood within 36 minutes after order, or your money back!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10669.0, "score_ratio": -1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohmplx", "c_root_id_B": "dohhhog", "created_at_utc_A": 1508249231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508241595.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Set up a healthcare retreat for \"alternative medicine\" treatments for the wealthy. Gym, spa, fitness trainers, the works. Keep your clients healthy for quality blood. Slip in a little blood draining treatment in the program as a modern bloodletting technique.", "human_ref_B": "There'd be nothing wrong with setting yourself up with people willing to donate blood for cash. No one has to know where it goes, and no one has to find out. Doesn't need to be all official, registered, or in a venue, just needs to be comfortable and reassuring for whoever's donating- so the trust is there and they'll come back.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7636.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohgoj9", "c_root_id_B": "dohmplx", "created_at_utc_A": 1508239976.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508249231.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Get your own blood donation station", "human_ref_B": "Set up a healthcare retreat for \"alternative medicine\" treatments for the wealthy. Gym, spa, fitness trainers, the works. Keep your clients healthy for quality blood. Slip in a little blood draining treatment in the program as a modern bloodletting technique.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9255.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohmplx", "c_root_id_B": "dohjeij", "created_at_utc_A": 1508249231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508244794.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Set up a healthcare retreat for \"alternative medicine\" treatments for the wealthy. Gym, spa, fitness trainers, the works. Keep your clients healthy for quality blood. Slip in a little blood draining treatment in the program as a modern bloodletting technique.", "human_ref_B": "Start a blood bank/hematology center", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4437.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohmplx", "c_root_id_B": "dohd5xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1508249231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508230489.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "Set up a healthcare retreat for \"alternative medicine\" treatments for the wealthy. Gym, spa, fitness trainers, the works. Keep your clients healthy for quality blood. Slip in a little blood draining treatment in the program as a modern bloodletting technique.", "human_ref_B": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18742.0, "score_ratio": -1.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohgoj9", "c_root_id_B": "dohhhog", "created_at_utc_A": 1508239976.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508241595.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Get your own blood donation station", "human_ref_B": "There'd be nothing wrong with setting yourself up with people willing to donate blood for cash. No one has to know where it goes, and no one has to find out. Doesn't need to be all official, registered, or in a venue, just needs to be comfortable and reassuring for whoever's donating- so the trust is there and they'll come back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1619.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohhhog", "c_root_id_B": "dohd5xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1508241595.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508230489.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "There'd be nothing wrong with setting yourself up with people willing to donate blood for cash. No one has to know where it goes, and no one has to find out. Doesn't need to be all official, registered, or in a venue, just needs to be comfortable and reassuring for whoever's donating- so the trust is there and they'll come back.", "human_ref_B": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11106.0, "score_ratio": -0.9090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohd5xe", "c_root_id_B": "dohgoj9", "created_at_utc_A": 1508230489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508239976.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "human_ref_B": "Get your own blood donation station", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9487.0, "score_ratio": -0.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohnwlj", "c_root_id_B": "dohmqpw", "created_at_utc_A": 1508250636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508249268.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Get into the edgeplay scene. Plenty of very kinky people out there who would gladly let you suck their blood, amoungst other things.", "human_ref_B": "Open your own blood bank. Legal and risk free.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1368.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohnwlj", "c_root_id_B": "dohjeij", "created_at_utc_A": 1508250636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508244794.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Get into the edgeplay scene. Plenty of very kinky people out there who would gladly let you suck their blood, amoungst other things.", "human_ref_B": "Start a blood bank/hematology center", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5842.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohnwlj", "c_root_id_B": "dohd5xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1508250636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508230489.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "Get into the edgeplay scene. Plenty of very kinky people out there who would gladly let you suck their blood, amoungst other things.", "human_ref_B": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20147.0, "score_ratio": -0.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohjeij", "c_root_id_B": "dohmqpw", "created_at_utc_A": 1508244794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508249268.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Start a blood bank/hematology center", "human_ref_B": "Open your own blood bank. Legal and risk free.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4474.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohmqpw", "c_root_id_B": "dohd5xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1508249268.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508230489.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "Open your own blood bank. Legal and risk free.", "human_ref_B": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18779.0, "score_ratio": -0.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohuaiv", "c_root_id_B": "dohjeij", "created_at_utc_A": 1508257461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508244794.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Pay off a blood bank. Plenty of cities bribe less scrupulous bloodbank workers to let a little of the stuff disappear now and then. Its harder if you're in a rural area but you could probably make weekly or monthly trips to stock up, depending on your preferances for freshness.", "human_ref_B": "Start a blood bank/hematology center", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12667.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohd5xe", "c_root_id_B": "dohuaiv", "created_at_utc_A": 1508230489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508257461.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "human_ref_B": "Pay off a blood bank. Plenty of cities bribe less scrupulous bloodbank workers to let a little of the stuff disappear now and then. Its harder if you're in a rural area but you could probably make weekly or monthly trips to stock up, depending on your preferances for freshness.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26972.0, "score_ratio": -0.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohjeij", "c_root_id_B": "doi18lw", "created_at_utc_A": 1508244794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508264567.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Start a blood bank/hematology center", "human_ref_B": "Become a mortician. Or, if taste is an issue, become a nurse who works with coma patients or in some kind of medical specialty where the patients are not conscious. If you only need to feed every few months or so join the Red Cross. When major disasters happen everyone goes to donate blood right away and then stops. But blood has a shelf life. I forget what it is but the point is it eventually goes bad. And after disaster relief the Red Cross often has to throw a lot of it away. That's where you come in. Get to the blood that you know is ABOUT to go bad, before they have to toss it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19773.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "doi0zdw", "c_root_id_B": "doi18lw", "created_at_utc_A": 1508264311.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508264567.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Use the money to set up a charitable organization that acts as a bloodbank. Skim a little off the top. Blood has a shelf life beyond which it can't be used medically any more, so why not just have disposal route it to another location where you can dine at your leisure?", "human_ref_B": "Become a mortician. Or, if taste is an issue, become a nurse who works with coma patients or in some kind of medical specialty where the patients are not conscious. If you only need to feed every few months or so join the Red Cross. When major disasters happen everyone goes to donate blood right away and then stops. But blood has a shelf life. I forget what it is but the point is it eventually goes bad. And after disaster relief the Red Cross often has to throw a lot of it away. That's where you come in. Get to the blood that you know is ABOUT to go bad, before they have to toss it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 256.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "doi18lw", "c_root_id_B": "dohd5xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1508264567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508230489.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "Become a mortician. Or, if taste is an issue, become a nurse who works with coma patients or in some kind of medical specialty where the patients are not conscious. If you only need to feed every few months or so join the Red Cross. When major disasters happen everyone goes to donate blood right away and then stops. But blood has a shelf life. I forget what it is but the point is it eventually goes bad. And after disaster relief the Red Cross often has to throw a lot of it away. That's where you come in. Get to the blood that you know is ABOUT to go bad, before they have to toss it.", "human_ref_B": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34078.0, "score_ratio": -0.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohjeij", "c_root_id_B": "dokjumg", "created_at_utc_A": 1508244794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508379985.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Start a blood bank/hematology center", "human_ref_B": "Craigslist. You can get anything on Craigslist. Find random people in need of money willing to donate, no questions asked.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 135191.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dokjumg", "c_root_id_B": "doi0zdw", "created_at_utc_A": 1508379985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508264311.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Craigslist. You can get anything on Craigslist. Find random people in need of money willing to donate, no questions asked.", "human_ref_B": "Use the money to set up a charitable organization that acts as a bloodbank. Skim a little off the top. Blood has a shelf life beyond which it can't be used medically any more, so why not just have disposal route it to another location where you can dine at your leisure?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 115674.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dokjumg", "c_root_id_B": "doi6yif", "created_at_utc_A": 1508379985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508270219.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Craigslist. You can get anything on Craigslist. Find random people in need of money willing to donate, no questions asked.", "human_ref_B": "Fund a blood donation clinic. Random sampling for quality control purposes is an important part of the process.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 109766.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohd5xe", "c_root_id_B": "dokjumg", "created_at_utc_A": 1508230489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508379985.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "human_ref_B": "Craigslist. You can get anything on Craigslist. Find random people in need of money willing to donate, no questions asked.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 149496.0, "score_ratio": -0.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohjeij", "c_root_id_B": "dohd5xe", "created_at_utc_A": 1508244794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508230489.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -11, "human_ref_A": "Start a blood bank/hematology center", "human_ref_B": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14305.0, "score_ratio": -0.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohd5xe", "c_root_id_B": "doi0zdw", "created_at_utc_A": 1508230489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508264311.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "human_ref_B": "Use the money to set up a charitable organization that acts as a bloodbank. Skim a little off the top. Blood has a shelf life beyond which it can't be used medically any more, so why not just have disposal route it to another location where you can dine at your leisure?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33822.0, "score_ratio": -0.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76x2rz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Vampires] I've got a lot of human money saved up. What's the best way to get quality human blood on a regular basis, risk-free? I don't want to farm them in my basement, because they require so much maintenance and the wailing is intolerable.", "c_root_id_A": "dohd5xe", "c_root_id_B": "doi6yif", "created_at_utc_A": 1508230489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508270219.0, "score_A": -11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Why are you writing this as if it's real? This is science fiction. I'm lost. But if you have money, you can find people who can sell you blood.", "human_ref_B": "Fund a blood donation clinic. Random sampling for quality control purposes is an important part of the process.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39730.0, "score_ratio": -0.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4onf1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel Comics/MCU] What happens if local law enforcement gets to the scene before S.H.I.E.L.D? What stops the local police from making their way to a location before S.H.I.E.L.D gets there? What happens if they make it there after S.H.I.E.L.D? Do they just kick them out? Pull rank in the government somehow?", "c_root_id_A": "hss9f74", "c_root_id_B": "hssbvow", "created_at_utc_A": 1642265894.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642266859.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Shield monitors police lines, so when something unusual or superpowered is being reported to the police they know. Police may still arrive sooner on scene, but shield would have jurisdiction over the extraordinary cases. Shield could also contact the police and tell them to back off if somethings dangerous for them to respond to. This is before Winter Soldier when they still had authority though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 965.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4onf1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel Comics/MCU] What happens if local law enforcement gets to the scene before S.H.I.E.L.D? What stops the local police from making their way to a location before S.H.I.E.L.D gets there? What happens if they make it there after S.H.I.E.L.D? Do they just kick them out? Pull rank in the government somehow?", "c_root_id_A": "hssfx91", "c_root_id_B": "hss9f74", "created_at_utc_A": 1642268430.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642265894.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I always imagined they are like the CIA or FBI. They just have different jurisdictions. Probably they specialize in dealing with all superhuman or high tech incidents. And they just have better resources than the cops in dealing with these weird things. So they probably don't need to pull rank and kick the cops out, the cops probably just take one look at a guy driving a mechanical monster through the street and think, nope, this is way above my pay grade, this is SHIELD's problem.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2536.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4onf1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel Comics/MCU] What happens if local law enforcement gets to the scene before S.H.I.E.L.D? What stops the local police from making their way to a location before S.H.I.E.L.D gets there? What happens if they make it there after S.H.I.E.L.D? Do they just kick them out? Pull rank in the government somehow?", "c_root_id_A": "hss9f74", "c_root_id_B": "hsxegkq", "created_at_utc_A": 1642265894.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642356398.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Same thing that happens when the local cops get to a situation before the FBI IRL. The feds show up, pull rank and either work with the cops or kick them off the scene.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 90504.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4onf1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Marvel Comics/MCU] What happens if local law enforcement gets to the scene before S.H.I.E.L.D? What stops the local police from making their way to a location before S.H.I.E.L.D gets there? What happens if they make it there after S.H.I.E.L.D? Do they just kick them out? Pull rank in the government somehow?", "c_root_id_A": "hsxegkq", "c_root_id_B": "hssytch", "created_at_utc_A": 1642356398.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642275712.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Same thing that happens when the local cops get to a situation before the FBI IRL. The feds show up, pull rank and either work with the cops or kick them off the scene.", "human_ref_B": "Then, on average, there will be less and less local law enforcement over time?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 80686.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19xglk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Why wasn't Bruce Wayne selected as the Green Lantern of Earth, considering his un-beatable willpower?", "c_root_id_A": "c8s89lj", "c_root_id_B": "c8s8gk9", "created_at_utc_A": 1362777345.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1362777926.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "Because while Bruce does have un-beatable willpower, he relies just as much on the power of fear. He dresses as a giant man-bat because bats are what scares him most and he wants to use that raw, animalistic fear on his enemies. The point is to not beat up every single thug, madman, and gangster in Gotham, the point is to prevent these crimes by scaring the shit out of anyone who might commit them. If he didn't do that, he'd just be a powerless Superman, and everybody hates Superman.", "human_ref_B": "There was an Elseworlds story about this. It didn't turn out well. The answer is that even though Batman has the strongest will, he's actually totally insane. That doesn't work for the Guardians. They don't want Sinestros. They want Hals. It's not just willpower. It's nobility.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 581.0, "score_ratio": 2.8666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19xglk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Why wasn't Bruce Wayne selected as the Green Lantern of Earth, considering his un-beatable willpower?", "c_root_id_A": "c8s9t02", "c_root_id_B": "c8sadrx", "created_at_utc_A": 1362782253.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1362784221.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "because he is the definition of a yellow lantern. He forces others to his will though fear and brutality, he is a good guy but so was Sinestro.", "human_ref_B": "Part of being a Green Lantern is overcoming your fear. Bruce Wayne is incapable of this. His willpower holds roots in his fear and he inflicts that fear on injustice. Everything he does comes from a place of fear.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1968.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19xglk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "[DC] Why wasn't Bruce Wayne selected as the Green Lantern of Earth, considering his un-beatable willpower?", "c_root_id_A": "c8s9qrf", "c_root_id_B": "c8sadrx", "created_at_utc_A": 1362782041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1362784221.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The yellow power rings are powered by a wearer's ability to create fear in others. That might be a better fit for the Batman.", "human_ref_B": "Part of being a Green Lantern is overcoming your fear. Bruce Wayne is incapable of this. His willpower holds roots in his fear and he inflicts that fear on injustice. Everything he does comes from a place of fear.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2180.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2gy76q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Stargate]What happens if a Wraith tries to consume the human host of a Symbiote? My previous question about manual dialing a Stargate helped me immensely. I've got a good system in place now, so no more worries. But, I have another problem: I've found the address to a small Wraith outpost in our galaxy and I plan on raiding it for tech and supplies. Chances of getting caught are small; we have good weapons and the Wraith contingent is pretty light, but there's always *some* risk in these circumstances. There's a Tok'ra in my group who is anxious about my plan because he's really worried about what a Wraith could do with a human host who can be healed by his symbiote. Can you provide me with anything to dissuade his fears, or would it be better if I leave him to guard the gate rather than being part of my infiltration team?", "c_root_id_A": "cknq0u9", "c_root_id_B": "cknlgs1", "created_at_utc_A": 1411235168.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1411222659.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Hmmm, I estimate that the symbiote could extend the energy in the feeding process, considering there are two lives. But the symbiote probably wouldn't last long enough during the process to heal dramatically. Should the feeding process be interrupted, the symbiote could possibly heal the host back to normal. Experimentation Required.", "human_ref_B": "Why would a wraith care one way or the other? We watch on several occasions as the wraith bring us to the brink and back. In close proximity the wraith have complete control over us. A Tok'ra means nothing. The wraith would just have two prisoners to break in a single body rather than one.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12509.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpl0hf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[HOTD/GOT] Do Targaryen children only have white hair if both their parents do? I've noticed that Rhaenyra's children as well as Jon Snow don't have white hair despite having Targaryen blood. Is the prerequisite to have both parents be white haired? I've not read the books and I'm sorry if this is a question that's been asked before.", "c_root_id_A": "iq4ch1m", "c_root_id_B": "iq4giyp", "created_at_utc_A": 1664295541.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664297095.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "If a Targaryen has white hair, it's usually because both parents were also Targaryen. They do Hapsburg-level inbreeding. It's a recessive trait, so you don't see it if only one parent was Targaryen.", "human_ref_B": "Not necessarily. Looking to House of the Dragon for an example, we see that all three of Alicent's children have silver hair like their father, Viserys, despite the fact that their mother has reddish-brown hair... It's likely that silver hair is a recessive or super-dominant trait, in which case it would require a person to carry two copies of the gene in order to outwardly present. If this is the case, it would seem to indicate that - somewhere in her pedigree - Alicent has a Targaryen (or otherwise silver-haired) ancestor, and so carries one copy of the gene.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1554.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpl0hf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[HOTD/GOT] Do Targaryen children only have white hair if both their parents do? I've noticed that Rhaenyra's children as well as Jon Snow don't have white hair despite having Targaryen blood. Is the prerequisite to have both parents be white haired? I've not read the books and I'm sorry if this is a question that's been asked before.", "c_root_id_A": "iq4f1yv", "c_root_id_B": "iq4giyp", "created_at_utc_A": 1664296533.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664297095.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "No Alicent is a Hightower and she has white haired kids", "human_ref_B": "Not necessarily. Looking to House of the Dragon for an example, we see that all three of Alicent's children have silver hair like their father, Viserys, despite the fact that their mother has reddish-brown hair... It's likely that silver hair is a recessive or super-dominant trait, in which case it would require a person to carry two copies of the gene in order to outwardly present. If this is the case, it would seem to indicate that - somewhere in her pedigree - Alicent has a Targaryen (or otherwise silver-haired) ancestor, and so carries one copy of the gene.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 562.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpl0hf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[HOTD/GOT] Do Targaryen children only have white hair if both their parents do? I've noticed that Rhaenyra's children as well as Jon Snow don't have white hair despite having Targaryen blood. Is the prerequisite to have both parents be white haired? I've not read the books and I'm sorry if this is a question that's been asked before.", "c_root_id_A": "iq4suj8", "c_root_id_B": "iq4ch1m", "created_at_utc_A": 1664301862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664295541.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't think alleles work the same way in Westeros. \"The seed is strong\" is a major plot point of the original. Robert Baratheon has black haired bastards with mothers of every hair type. Lyanna has a black haired son with Rhaegar. Harwyn (?) Strong has black haired bastards with Rhaenyra. Meanwhile, Aerys and Elia Dorne had three silver haired children. Viserys had silver haired children with Alicent. So the idea of dominant traits is very different. It could be as simple as Black>Silver>Brown/Blond, so Black plus anything will almost always be black. Silver plus anything other than black will almost always be Silver", "human_ref_B": "If a Targaryen has white hair, it's usually because both parents were also Targaryen. They do Hapsburg-level inbreeding. It's a recessive trait, so you don't see it if only one parent was Targaryen.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6321.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "xpl0hf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[HOTD/GOT] Do Targaryen children only have white hair if both their parents do? I've noticed that Rhaenyra's children as well as Jon Snow don't have white hair despite having Targaryen blood. Is the prerequisite to have both parents be white haired? I've not read the books and I'm sorry if this is a question that's been asked before.", "c_root_id_A": "iq4suj8", "c_root_id_B": "iq4f1yv", "created_at_utc_A": 1664301862.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1664296533.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I don't think alleles work the same way in Westeros. \"The seed is strong\" is a major plot point of the original. Robert Baratheon has black haired bastards with mothers of every hair type. Lyanna has a black haired son with Rhaegar. Harwyn (?) Strong has black haired bastards with Rhaenyra. Meanwhile, Aerys and Elia Dorne had three silver haired children. Viserys had silver haired children with Alicent. So the idea of dominant traits is very different. It could be as simple as Black>Silver>Brown/Blond, so Black plus anything will almost always be black. Silver plus anything other than black will almost always be Silver", "human_ref_B": "No Alicent is a Hightower and she has white haired kids", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5329.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "spugp4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Stargate Atlantis] What kind of range did Wraith sensors have? So just curious, doing a fanfic, what kind of sensor range did Wraith hives and cruisers (not ZPM-pumped) have? Can they detect ships from multiple LY or even just lightmonths/days away, in hyperspace or not? Can't remember any hard numbers, other than that they detected a nuke detonating from apparently low lightyears away. A quick wiki check also didn't yield anything. Cheers in advance.", "c_root_id_A": "hwhj26t", "c_root_id_B": "hwhgaka", "created_at_utc_A": 1644572966.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1644570678.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "iirc, the long range ssubspace sensors was unique to atlantis, the ability to detect ships lightyears away was only shown in the city. other than that, it seems they are stuck looking at the current solar system like everyone else, becasue everyone always seems suprised when ships come out of hyperspace, so evidently no ship has the ability to detect ships at long range", "human_ref_B": "Earth ships definitely have superior ranges - they were often able to stay out of range of wraith detection. They can certainly detect bigger events from further distances - a nuke, for example, being a lot more obvious than most things you're liable to run into. It might be hard to get any direct numbers, both because wraith tech wasn't studied very deeply, and because it is organic in nature - meaning the answer might actually be different for each ship/facility, the same way some people have better hearing or eyesight than others.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2288.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3y0vu9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[One Piece]What happens if two people eat a piece of the same Devil Fruit at the exact same time?", "c_root_id_A": "cy9l8jt", "c_root_id_B": "cy9rz56", "created_at_utc_A": 1450920531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450934957.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Love?", "human_ref_B": "The faster person to metabolize it will receive the powers. However if by some freak accident of nature they both had everything turn out the exact same down to the moment of the devil fruit taking hold of their body, and leaving the fruit itself, then the only logical answer is that they'd both share the power. Maybe they'd both have half the ability, or potentially one would have some of the abilities and one would have the rest. Actually let's look at it from two perspectives. 1. The devil fruit is just science. Simple enough, they both get the ability end of story. 2. However if the devil fruit is magic or some demon possession of the fruit that leaves when the fruit is eaten, maybe it just chooses who to inhabit? Maybe it kills the fruits ability all together as the demon would be torn. Maybe the demon is just floating around in the fruit, and isn't just the fruit itself, and so when the two openings I'm the fruit are made at the exact same time, the demon can freely decide which opening to take. The possibilities are wild, I love this question.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14426.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3y0vu9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[One Piece]What happens if two people eat a piece of the same Devil Fruit at the exact same time?", "c_root_id_A": "cy9jpb7", "c_root_id_B": "cy9rz56", "created_at_utc_A": 1450917590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450934957.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It would most likely come down to a random chance. Either way, only one person would have the power.", "human_ref_B": "The faster person to metabolize it will receive the powers. However if by some freak accident of nature they both had everything turn out the exact same down to the moment of the devil fruit taking hold of their body, and leaving the fruit itself, then the only logical answer is that they'd both share the power. Maybe they'd both have half the ability, or potentially one would have some of the abilities and one would have the rest. Actually let's look at it from two perspectives. 1. The devil fruit is just science. Simple enough, they both get the ability end of story. 2. However if the devil fruit is magic or some demon possession of the fruit that leaves when the fruit is eaten, maybe it just chooses who to inhabit? Maybe it kills the fruits ability all together as the demon would be torn. Maybe the demon is just floating around in the fruit, and isn't just the fruit itself, and so when the two openings I'm the fruit are made at the exact same time, the demon can freely decide which opening to take. The possibilities are wild, I love this question.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17367.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3y0vu9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[One Piece]What happens if two people eat a piece of the same Devil Fruit at the exact same time?", "c_root_id_A": "cy9jpb7", "c_root_id_B": "cy9l8jt", "created_at_utc_A": 1450917590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450920531.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It would most likely come down to a random chance. Either way, only one person would have the power.", "human_ref_B": "Love?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2941.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7u7g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Fallout] Did Vault-Tec start World War III in order to test their vaults?", "c_root_id_A": "e0p8qry", "c_root_id_B": "e0p7aqd", "created_at_utc_A": 1529037466.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529035539.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "No, or at least there's no evidence they did/could. Vault-Tec isn't the Illuminati, they had a lot of power since they were very high level government contractors but they weren't gods or anything. Actually the vaults were not actually expected to be used, hence the unethical experiments. Vault Tec also is not Aperture science, they aren't sociopathic retards who do whatever they want just for the fuck of it. The whole point of their vaults wasn't just some random mad attempt at science. The whole point was to test various things that simply couldn't be tested else wise for use to help the elites escape the coming nuclear war by escaping into space.", "human_ref_B": "I really doubt it. I feel like Mr House or the Enclave would have known about that and we would have come across something mentioning it by now. Plus, the vaults weren't technically up and running at full capacity when the war came. It would be one hell of a test case to end the world for unfinished products. And where would the profit be?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1927.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7u7g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Fallout] Did Vault-Tec start World War III in order to test their vaults?", "c_root_id_A": "e0p8qry", "c_root_id_B": "e0p5syz", "created_at_utc_A": 1529037466.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529033656.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "No, or at least there's no evidence they did/could. Vault-Tec isn't the Illuminati, they had a lot of power since they were very high level government contractors but they weren't gods or anything. Actually the vaults were not actually expected to be used, hence the unethical experiments. Vault Tec also is not Aperture science, they aren't sociopathic retards who do whatever they want just for the fuck of it. The whole point of their vaults wasn't just some random mad attempt at science. The whole point was to test various things that simply couldn't be tested else wise for use to help the elites escape the coming nuclear war by escaping into space.", "human_ref_B": "No. It was probably the Chinese.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3810.0, "score_ratio": 2.9333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7u7g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Fallout] Did Vault-Tec start World War III in order to test their vaults?", "c_root_id_A": "e0p5syz", "c_root_id_B": "e0p7aqd", "created_at_utc_A": 1529033656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529035539.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "No. It was probably the Chinese.", "human_ref_B": "I really doubt it. I feel like Mr House or the Enclave would have known about that and we would have come across something mentioning it by now. Plus, the vaults weren't technically up and running at full capacity when the war came. It would be one hell of a test case to end the world for unfinished products. And where would the profit be?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1883.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8r7u7g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Fallout] Did Vault-Tec start World War III in order to test their vaults?", "c_root_id_A": "e0pepfq", "c_root_id_B": "e0pftvt", "created_at_utc_A": 1529047223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529049571.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "No, Vault-Tec was only like: \"Will it vault? That is the question.\"", "human_ref_B": "Nah, probably not. The Enclave might have. The Chinese certainly had cause if what we hear in America is true and the troops were on the doorstep more or less unopposed, which, given what Anchorage turned into, I kind of doubt. In the end it doesn't really matter. Someone pressed a button, or a sensor detected a launch falsely, or a deadman's switch was tripped when someone had a heart attack or who knows what and everyone burned, just and unjust alike.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2348.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fll7j7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek] Just how badly affected were the romulans from the destruction of their homeworld?", "c_root_id_A": "fkze7m7", "c_root_id_B": "fkzblkg", "created_at_utc_A": 1584668927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1584667213.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "They probably ran out of toilet paper, too.", "human_ref_B": "They're still a force in the galaxy, but their power and prestige have been badly damaged. They lost their physical and spiritual capitol, but the tragedy had a long enough lead time that the damage could be mitigated; imagine the United States if Washington, D.C. exploded after a 24 hour countdown, so they had time to evac the bigwigs, back up all the servers, and otherwise get ready for the old swamp to go bye bye.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1714.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fll7j7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek] Just how badly affected were the romulans from the destruction of their homeworld?", "c_root_id_A": "fkz8m18", "c_root_id_B": "fkze7m7", "created_at_utc_A": 1584665249.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1584668927.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I don't know, how would you feel if earth blew up?", "human_ref_B": "They probably ran out of toilet paper, too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3678.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fll7j7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek] Just how badly affected were the romulans from the destruction of their homeworld?", "c_root_id_A": "fkzblkg", "c_root_id_B": "fkz8m18", "created_at_utc_A": 1584667213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1584665249.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "They're still a force in the galaxy, but their power and prestige have been badly damaged. They lost their physical and spiritual capitol, but the tragedy had a long enough lead time that the damage could be mitigated; imagine the United States if Washington, D.C. exploded after a 24 hour countdown, so they had time to evac the bigwigs, back up all the servers, and otherwise get ready for the old swamp to go bye bye.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know, how would you feel if earth blew up?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1964.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "wmjv0j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[MIB] What would/does the MIB think about people like Alex Jones and David Icke? On one hand, these two, especially the latter, have ranted about nonhuman forces plotting to take over the world or something like that, and have sometimes pointed to various things as \"proof\" of their existence. On the other, the first movie and series establishes that the MIB looks at tabloids because they're a good indicator of where shit is going down", "c_root_id_A": "ik0gf09", "c_root_id_B": "ik02vj8", "created_at_utc_A": 1660321280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1660316091.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Useful idiots. In X-Files, there was a group of conspiracy theorists called The Lone Gunmen. They were your old school style, basement dwelling crackpots but well meaning. They meet a government agent named Morris Fletcher who plants disinformation specifically for people like the Gunmen (he hired an actor to play Saddam Hussein, who doesn't actually exist). He also claimed to be the inspiration for the Tommy Lee Jones character in MiB. So in a modern setting with social media and so many conspiracy theorists there is probably a whole team at MiB who simply plant stories for people like Jones and 4chan and r/conspiracy to gobble up.", "human_ref_B": "In a world with MIB men like that would be paid agents of disinformation... so that any truth is coved in a bodyguard of lies.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5189.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ay1sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What do Tatooine moisture farmers do during the day?", "c_root_id_A": "dhi9odr", "c_root_id_B": "dhi9vs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1494685330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494685673.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 245, "human_ref_A": "Repair equipment and infrastructure.", "human_ref_B": "Same things farmers have done through all time. Repair farm equipment such as droids, broken moisture vaporators, buildings, etc. Maintenance on those items so they *don't* break. Trade with the locals for supplies and materials which they cannot get on their own. Sometimes this is as convenient as Jawas rolling right up to your home. Other times it means going to Toshi Station or Mos Eisley, which can take all day. And, of course, keeping an eye out for raiders, like those Tuskens.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 343.0, "score_ratio": 14.4117647059, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ay1sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What do Tatooine moisture farmers do during the day?", "c_root_id_A": "dhi9odr", "c_root_id_B": "dhiazj5", "created_at_utc_A": 1494685330.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494687465.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Repair equipment and infrastructure.", "human_ref_B": "Use the moisture they harvested to grow crops (which occasionally need dustin'). People can't live on water alone.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2135.0, "score_ratio": 1.8235294118, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ay1sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What do Tatooine moisture farmers do during the day?", "c_root_id_A": "dhiljmq", "c_root_id_B": "dhin940", "created_at_utc_A": 1494702819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494705316.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Pick up power converters from toshi station", "human_ref_B": "Complain about moisture farming subsidies.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2497.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ay1sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What do Tatooine moisture farmers do during the day?", "c_root_id_A": "dhio5ji", "c_root_id_B": "dhinoeq", "created_at_utc_A": 1494706612.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494705922.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "If they're smart, sleep. If I lived in the desert, there's one thing I know I'd do, work at night. Only getting up to trade with Jawas and do other things that can only be done during the day.", "human_ref_B": "Shop for droids, clean up the droids, pick the mushrooms that grow on the vaporators, have their legs lopped off by tusken raiders, get kidnapped by tusken Raiders, complain about sand, burn to death, reprogram the vaporators.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 690.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ay1sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What do Tatooine moisture farmers do during the day?", "c_root_id_A": "dhiljmq", "c_root_id_B": "dhio5ji", "created_at_utc_A": 1494702819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494706612.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Pick up power converters from toshi station", "human_ref_B": "If they're smart, sleep. If I lived in the desert, there's one thing I know I'd do, work at night. Only getting up to trade with Jawas and do other things that can only be done during the day.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3793.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6ay1sy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Star Wars] What do Tatooine moisture farmers do during the day?", "c_root_id_A": "dhinoeq", "c_root_id_B": "dhiljmq", "created_at_utc_A": 1494705922.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494702819.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Shop for droids, clean up the droids, pick the mushrooms that grow on the vaporators, have their legs lopped off by tusken raiders, get kidnapped by tusken Raiders, complain about sand, burn to death, reprogram the vaporators.", "human_ref_B": "Pick up power converters from toshi station", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3103.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ebjwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek] Did Scotty forget that Kirk died in 2293? I'm not entirely familiar with the Star Trek canon, but I enjoy watching re-runs of Star Trek: Next Generation. At the beginning of the movie Star Trek: Generations, Scotty witnesses Kirk's death in 2293. (https://youtu.be/hj73o9EpQE0) Kirk comes back later in the movie in 2371. But in the Next Generation episode \"Relics\", when Scotty is rescued and is told that his rescuers are from the Enterprise, he assumes that Kirk himself sent out a rescue mission to save him. So did Scotty forget that Kirk died, or is the order of these events different?", "c_root_id_A": "dab4s3h", "c_root_id_B": "dab4u5z", "created_at_utc_A": 1479832709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479832778.0, "score_A": 82, "score_B": 240, "human_ref_A": "I mean he did spend like 70 years in a transporter buffer, some confusion or disorientation is probably to be expected. Later he visits the holodeck and drinks a toast to his shipmates, he's not trying to contact them or anything, he's realized they're all dead now.", "human_ref_B": "You have the ordering of events correctly. It's very simple. The ingenious method Scotty used to preserve himself (and, unsuccessfully, Franklin) was highly risky. They probably did not anticipate it working. Stepping on that pad to be sent to your likely death would have required a great deal of courage. Since the transporter preserves the person's physical state, it is likely that Scotty was still had lingering affects of that courage. The death of Kirk was no doubt a traumatic event he didn't like to dwell on. In his - ahem - excited state, he probably temporarily forgot that Kirk was dead. He no doubt remember later, requiring him muster up his courage again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 69.0, "score_ratio": 2.9268292683, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ebjwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek] Did Scotty forget that Kirk died in 2293? I'm not entirely familiar with the Star Trek canon, but I enjoy watching re-runs of Star Trek: Next Generation. At the beginning of the movie Star Trek: Generations, Scotty witnesses Kirk's death in 2293. (https://youtu.be/hj73o9EpQE0) Kirk comes back later in the movie in 2371. But in the Next Generation episode \"Relics\", when Scotty is rescued and is told that his rescuers are from the Enterprise, he assumes that Kirk himself sent out a rescue mission to save him. So did Scotty forget that Kirk died, or is the order of these events different?", "c_root_id_A": "dabw7yg", "c_root_id_B": "dac6e5x", "created_at_utc_A": 1479867685.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479886833.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Nexus allowed anyone inside to exit at any point in time they wanted and was timeless. At that point, Kirk had probably learned from someone else and exited safely and hadn't died. The experiences of Picard leading up to Generations directly changed that when Picard convinced Kirk to leave to a different point which sealed his death as part of the new timeline.", "human_ref_B": "Scotty is pretty familiar with the idea of his friends not staying dead. Maybe he just assumed it didn't stick this time either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19148.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ebjwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek] Did Scotty forget that Kirk died in 2293? I'm not entirely familiar with the Star Trek canon, but I enjoy watching re-runs of Star Trek: Next Generation. At the beginning of the movie Star Trek: Generations, Scotty witnesses Kirk's death in 2293. (https://youtu.be/hj73o9EpQE0) Kirk comes back later in the movie in 2371. But in the Next Generation episode \"Relics\", when Scotty is rescued and is told that his rescuers are from the Enterprise, he assumes that Kirk himself sent out a rescue mission to save him. So did Scotty forget that Kirk died, or is the order of these events different?", "c_root_id_A": "dac6e5x", "c_root_id_B": "dac4kon", "created_at_utc_A": 1479886833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479882348.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Scotty is pretty familiar with the idea of his friends not staying dead. Maybe he just assumed it didn't stick this time either.", "human_ref_B": "Freezer burn. He hadn't had his morning scotch yet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4485.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ebjwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek] Did Scotty forget that Kirk died in 2293? I'm not entirely familiar with the Star Trek canon, but I enjoy watching re-runs of Star Trek: Next Generation. At the beginning of the movie Star Trek: Generations, Scotty witnesses Kirk's death in 2293. (https://youtu.be/hj73o9EpQE0) Kirk comes back later in the movie in 2371. But in the Next Generation episode \"Relics\", when Scotty is rescued and is told that his rescuers are from the Enterprise, he assumes that Kirk himself sent out a rescue mission to save him. So did Scotty forget that Kirk died, or is the order of these events different?", "c_root_id_A": "dac6e5x", "c_root_id_B": "dac5m01", "created_at_utc_A": 1479886833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479884806.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Scotty is pretty familiar with the idea of his friends not staying dead. Maybe he just assumed it didn't stick this time either.", "human_ref_B": "The transporter buffer might have him degraded , so he would come out a bit woozy [Doylist] Another reason why they **shat**nered the bed with Generations", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2027.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ebjwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek] Did Scotty forget that Kirk died in 2293? I'm not entirely familiar with the Star Trek canon, but I enjoy watching re-runs of Star Trek: Next Generation. At the beginning of the movie Star Trek: Generations, Scotty witnesses Kirk's death in 2293. (https://youtu.be/hj73o9EpQE0) Kirk comes back later in the movie in 2371. But in the Next Generation episode \"Relics\", when Scotty is rescued and is told that his rescuers are from the Enterprise, he assumes that Kirk himself sent out a rescue mission to save him. So did Scotty forget that Kirk died, or is the order of these events different?", "c_root_id_A": "dabw7yg", "c_root_id_B": "dach5hj", "created_at_utc_A": 1479867685.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479914136.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Nexus allowed anyone inside to exit at any point in time they wanted and was timeless. At that point, Kirk had probably learned from someone else and exited safely and hadn't died. The experiences of Picard leading up to Generations directly changed that when Picard convinced Kirk to leave to a different point which sealed his death as part of the new timeline.", "human_ref_B": "People die and come back all the time in Star Trek. Are you all a bunch of pussies in this century?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46451.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ebjwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek] Did Scotty forget that Kirk died in 2293? I'm not entirely familiar with the Star Trek canon, but I enjoy watching re-runs of Star Trek: Next Generation. At the beginning of the movie Star Trek: Generations, Scotty witnesses Kirk's death in 2293. (https://youtu.be/hj73o9EpQE0) Kirk comes back later in the movie in 2371. But in the Next Generation episode \"Relics\", when Scotty is rescued and is told that his rescuers are from the Enterprise, he assumes that Kirk himself sent out a rescue mission to save him. So did Scotty forget that Kirk died, or is the order of these events different?", "c_root_id_A": "dac4kon", "c_root_id_B": "dach5hj", "created_at_utc_A": 1479882348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479914136.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Freezer burn. He hadn't had his morning scotch yet.", "human_ref_B": "People die and come back all the time in Star Trek. Are you all a bunch of pussies in this century?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31788.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ebjwa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Trek] Did Scotty forget that Kirk died in 2293? I'm not entirely familiar with the Star Trek canon, but I enjoy watching re-runs of Star Trek: Next Generation. At the beginning of the movie Star Trek: Generations, Scotty witnesses Kirk's death in 2293. (https://youtu.be/hj73o9EpQE0) Kirk comes back later in the movie in 2371. But in the Next Generation episode \"Relics\", when Scotty is rescued and is told that his rescuers are from the Enterprise, he assumes that Kirk himself sent out a rescue mission to save him. So did Scotty forget that Kirk died, or is the order of these events different?", "c_root_id_A": "dac5m01", "c_root_id_B": "dach5hj", "created_at_utc_A": 1479884806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479914136.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The transporter buffer might have him degraded , so he would come out a bit woozy [Doylist] Another reason why they **shat**nered the bed with Generations", "human_ref_B": "People die and come back all the time in Star Trek. Are you all a bunch of pussies in this century?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29330.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0hxyy", "c_root_id_B": "cw0hxfs", "created_at_utc_A": 1444906245.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444906181.0, "score_A": 119, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Becaus it is a documentary on the dumbest group of people in the south. The smart survivors want nothing to do with those walking disasters.", "human_ref_B": "Something like you linked would be a huge waste of resources. A giant pit with a spiked bottom would serve much better, at both keeping the dead a bay and stopping another person with a car from getting near your walls. However this still takes a huge amount of effort and time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 64.0, "score_ratio": 4.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0kncb", "c_root_id_B": "cw0jz67", "created_at_utc_A": 1444914305.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444912696.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "The biggest problem is that any trap will fill up or be blocked after a only a few zombies have been killed.", "human_ref_B": "Also why not protect yourself from other humans. For example in the prison they had a forest that obstructed vision a few cars, just cut the trees and lay them flat on around the fence at least now a normal car can't ram your life saving fence. My guess is that it's just too boring to show on TV, gathering the components, assembling trying out... it's just not that interesting for most people.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1609.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0k2fr", "c_root_id_B": "cw0kncb", "created_at_utc_A": 1444912922.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444914305.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Why not build a bunch of those but with chains set at about head height. Have walls to funnel the dead through a series of traps that could rip their heads off and ensure the death of the walkers.", "human_ref_B": "The biggest problem is that any trap will fill up or be blocked after a only a few zombies have been killed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1383.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0lkub", "c_root_id_B": "cw0kp0o", "created_at_utc_A": 1444916234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444914407.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "...What? That's a horrible trap. You'd need a relatively huge amount of resources and time to make, not to mention it needs *fuel*, which means that not only will it stop working without constant maintainence, it also has a cost to operate. Just dig a big pit. Hopefully you can find a natural pit of some sort and just add on to it, it takes less work. Then you hang a big bunch of meat over the pit on a string. Then you *leave*. If you ever come back that way, you toss some gas or kerosene in there. If all groups do this, as they wander around, you can substantially reduce the walker population.", "human_ref_B": "Well, you can't make one that depends on fuel - you will run out of that eventually and you need fuel for supply / recon runs when you start out. It takes a long time to get a farm started and running to the point where you could sustain a population. Fuel is a finite resource at this point, as is gun ammo (realistically that is, in show it's never been an issue). If you used passive traps, it requires time to make, area to defend, and maintenance. If you are starting out you first need a viable area - the prison or the farm for example. You can't make a fort just anywhere, it needs to be a good area with potential for food and defense. Then you need to build it. This takes time (which leaves you exposed) and energy (digging/ building takes food and water to power people) - both of which are precious resources. Being found by hostile humans or a herd at this point is a death sentence. Likewise, exhausting your people in construction with limited food availability makes even minor threats serious. Finally, these traps need maintenance - clearing out pits or what not. This is minor though.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1827.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0lkub", "c_root_id_B": "cw0k2fr", "created_at_utc_A": 1444916234.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444912922.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "...What? That's a horrible trap. You'd need a relatively huge amount of resources and time to make, not to mention it needs *fuel*, which means that not only will it stop working without constant maintainence, it also has a cost to operate. Just dig a big pit. Hopefully you can find a natural pit of some sort and just add on to it, it takes less work. Then you hang a big bunch of meat over the pit on a string. Then you *leave*. If you ever come back that way, you toss some gas or kerosene in there. If all groups do this, as they wander around, you can substantially reduce the walker population.", "human_ref_B": "Why not build a bunch of those but with chains set at about head height. Have walls to funnel the dead through a series of traps that could rip their heads off and ensure the death of the walkers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3312.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0nsu6", "c_root_id_B": "cw0kp0o", "created_at_utc_A": 1444920206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444914407.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Build a ramp (narrow enough so only one or two walkers at a time can climb it, without rails so they have plenty of opportunities to fall over and smoosh each other). Build a small platform on the end of the ramp. Put a trapdoor on that platform. Behind the platform, set up a mannequin with a waving arm and a loudspeaker that occasionally screams. You could probably rig something that'll run for days off a car battery. The walkers shamble up the ramp. They hit the trapdoor, which is weighted so the edge smashes their head when it flips them over. Not foolproof, but we're improvising here. The headless walker falls into the pile at the bottom of the ramp. More walkers shamble up. If you're near a good-sized herd, a trap like that could take out a few thousand walkers in one day. EDIT: Another idea. Put heavy welded steel plates on either side of a bridge. Leave two soldiers on the bridge. You weld a small slanted ramp at one end of the steel plates, right below a face-level hole. A walker comes up the ramp. A soldier pokes it in the face with a sharp stick. The walker crumples and then tumbles down the ramp into the river. A two-man team could take out dozens of walkers per hour.", "human_ref_B": "Well, you can't make one that depends on fuel - you will run out of that eventually and you need fuel for supply / recon runs when you start out. It takes a long time to get a farm started and running to the point where you could sustain a population. Fuel is a finite resource at this point, as is gun ammo (realistically that is, in show it's never been an issue). If you used passive traps, it requires time to make, area to defend, and maintenance. If you are starting out you first need a viable area - the prison or the farm for example. You can't make a fort just anywhere, it needs to be a good area with potential for food and defense. Then you need to build it. This takes time (which leaves you exposed) and energy (digging/ building takes food and water to power people) - both of which are precious resources. Being found by hostile humans or a herd at this point is a death sentence. Likewise, exhausting your people in construction with limited food availability makes even minor threats serious. Finally, these traps need maintenance - clearing out pits or what not. This is minor though.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5799.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0nsu6", "c_root_id_B": "cw0k2fr", "created_at_utc_A": 1444920206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444912922.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Build a ramp (narrow enough so only one or two walkers at a time can climb it, without rails so they have plenty of opportunities to fall over and smoosh each other). Build a small platform on the end of the ramp. Put a trapdoor on that platform. Behind the platform, set up a mannequin with a waving arm and a loudspeaker that occasionally screams. You could probably rig something that'll run for days off a car battery. The walkers shamble up the ramp. They hit the trapdoor, which is weighted so the edge smashes their head when it flips them over. Not foolproof, but we're improvising here. The headless walker falls into the pile at the bottom of the ramp. More walkers shamble up. If you're near a good-sized herd, a trap like that could take out a few thousand walkers in one day. EDIT: Another idea. Put heavy welded steel plates on either side of a bridge. Leave two soldiers on the bridge. You weld a small slanted ramp at one end of the steel plates, right below a face-level hole. A walker comes up the ramp. A soldier pokes it in the face with a sharp stick. The walker crumples and then tumbles down the ramp into the river. A two-man team could take out dozens of walkers per hour.", "human_ref_B": "Why not build a bunch of those but with chains set at about head height. Have walls to funnel the dead through a series of traps that could rip their heads off and ensure the death of the walkers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7284.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0kp0o", "c_root_id_B": "cw0k2fr", "created_at_utc_A": 1444914407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444912922.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well, you can't make one that depends on fuel - you will run out of that eventually and you need fuel for supply / recon runs when you start out. It takes a long time to get a farm started and running to the point where you could sustain a population. Fuel is a finite resource at this point, as is gun ammo (realistically that is, in show it's never been an issue). If you used passive traps, it requires time to make, area to defend, and maintenance. If you are starting out you first need a viable area - the prison or the farm for example. You can't make a fort just anywhere, it needs to be a good area with potential for food and defense. Then you need to build it. This takes time (which leaves you exposed) and energy (digging/ building takes food and water to power people) - both of which are precious resources. Being found by hostile humans or a herd at this point is a death sentence. Likewise, exhausting your people in construction with limited food availability makes even minor threats serious. Finally, these traps need maintenance - clearing out pits or what not. This is minor though.", "human_ref_B": "Why not build a bunch of those but with chains set at about head height. Have walls to funnel the dead through a series of traps that could rip their heads off and ensure the death of the walkers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1485.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0k2fr", "c_root_id_B": "cw0oplz", "created_at_utc_A": 1444912922.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444921647.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Why not build a bunch of those but with chains set at about head height. Have walls to funnel the dead through a series of traps that could rip their heads off and ensure the death of the walkers.", "human_ref_B": "As others have already pointed out, a machine like that isn't really feasible. How would it be powered? What about the buildup? You saw at the prison how quickly the walkers built up around the fence and had to constantly be moved away after they were finished off. It can't be good having a pile of stinking, rotting flesh laying around near wherever you're trying to defend. The number of walkers in the gif is relatively small in comparison to what you'd see if you encountered a horde. But I feel like towards the end [mind you, I haven't read the comics in about 2 years], the group realises that walkers are relatively easy to account for. Just need to stay vigilant and be cautious. Don't take dumb chances and watch each other's back and you should be fine. The biggest fear, should be the living.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8725.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0oplz", "c_root_id_B": "cw0nylt", "created_at_utc_A": 1444921647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444920468.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As others have already pointed out, a machine like that isn't really feasible. How would it be powered? What about the buildup? You saw at the prison how quickly the walkers built up around the fence and had to constantly be moved away after they were finished off. It can't be good having a pile of stinking, rotting flesh laying around near wherever you're trying to defend. The number of walkers in the gif is relatively small in comparison to what you'd see if you encountered a horde. But I feel like towards the end [mind you, I haven't read the comics in about 2 years], the group realises that walkers are relatively easy to account for. Just need to stay vigilant and be cautious. Don't take dumb chances and watch each other's back and you should be fine. The biggest fear, should be the living.", "human_ref_B": "I'd build a bunch of Czech hedgehog's made of wood, kinda like what Morgan made in that small town he was in to protect my base of operations. They are pretty easy to make using either a chainsaw or an axe if it came to it. Those with spears to kill the walkers every once in a while would work well to keep them off the walls or fences. Mind you the big problem I see would be other living humans.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1179.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ou3g5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "The walking dead] why not build a bunch of dead-attracting traps? I'm thinking I could build something like [this out of a strong engine and a large gas tank, maybe take apart a semi truck, gear it with high torque and blast the bullhorn to attract them. The stupid walkers will walk right in to it and die, set up a bunch of them in a perimeter, humans would avoid them, and eventually I'll just clear the whole area. Just for extra protection maybe dig a big moat with a negative slope wall, light it on fire every once in a while to clear it out.", "c_root_id_A": "cw0ojed", "c_root_id_B": "cw0oplz", "created_at_utc_A": 1444921374.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444921647.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Fire is a terrible way to kill a Walker. Takes too long, it's not always effective and stinks up the whole area. Gasoline would be conserved for better uses as well. Most people are worrying on Survival to consider traps, especially one that's as complicated and resource intensive as that that. Your average group of survivors are usually moving from place to place to stay alive. When they do find someplace to settle down they have to worry about gathering food, maintaining walls and defending themselves from other people. In the rare case of a settlement actually getting stable enough, survivors will build traps but they're more simple; like pit traps.", "human_ref_B": "As others have already pointed out, a machine like that isn't really feasible. How would it be powered? What about the buildup? You saw at the prison how quickly the walkers built up around the fence and had to constantly be moved away after they were finished off. It can't be good having a pile of stinking, rotting flesh laying around near wherever you're trying to defend. The number of walkers in the gif is relatively small in comparison to what you'd see if you encountered a horde. But I feel like towards the end [mind you, I haven't read the comics in about 2 years], the group realises that walkers are relatively easy to account for. Just need to stay vigilant and be cautious. Don't take dumb chances and watch each other's back and you should be fine. The biggest fear, should be the living.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 273.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5gbsmk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Walking Dead] Is recovery of civilization to a pre-outbreak level possible?", "c_root_id_A": "darxb7e", "c_root_id_B": "daratlj", "created_at_utc_A": 1480868548.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480818085.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It would take a long time, society would have to adapt, and people like Negan would have to die. In World War Z (the book version) this totally happens, but it took 12 years.", "human_ref_B": "You could ask Lucille.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50463.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5gbsmk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[The Walking Dead] Is recovery of civilization to a pre-outbreak level possible?", "c_root_id_A": "darxb7e", "c_root_id_B": "darifll", "created_at_utc_A": 1480868548.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480830285.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "It would take a long time, society would have to adapt, and people like Negan would have to die. In World War Z (the book version) this totally happens, but it took 12 years.", "human_ref_B": "I doubt it, at the very least large cities will be unfeasible which means manufacturing and scientific progress will be stunted for a very long time.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38263.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "871mz9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] How could bones be altered to be stronger, have higher tensile strength, and generally higher durability WITHOUT making them heavier?", "c_root_id_A": "dw9i983", "c_root_id_B": "dw9hehh", "created_at_utc_A": 1521995265.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521994320.0, "score_A": 76, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "how much stronger? How much of an increase in tensile strength and durability? The least invasive way would be to genetically modify the osteoblasts to lace the bone with carbon nanotubes - making the bone into biological high strength carbon fibre.", "human_ref_B": "Replace the bone with something more durable. Either just flat out replace them, coat them with something or do some gene stuff to transform them into something stronger.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 945.0, "score_ratio": 6.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "871mz9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] How could bones be altered to be stronger, have higher tensile strength, and generally higher durability WITHOUT making them heavier?", "c_root_id_A": "dw9hehh", "c_root_id_B": "dw9kfp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1521994320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521997624.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 56, "human_ref_A": "Replace the bone with something more durable. Either just flat out replace them, coat them with something or do some gene stuff to transform them into something stronger.", "human_ref_B": "Well, there's a real mutation thats the lrp5 in bone density. Yale studied it. It's a family mutation. Apparently their bones just don't break. I mean *zero* history of fractures. That's insane. If we could figure that out, maybe we replicate it if we get the hang of rna editing. In a safe way. Here's a quick link: http://ymm.yale.edu/autumn2002/news/findings/53806/ This sounds a lot like the myostat kid, who was discovered several years ago, he doesn't generate myostatin, and is naturally super super ripped, way stronger than a human should be. I'll try to find that one too. I mean if you could edit genes to do both you'd have superhuman strength and bone durability. Who knows what the long term effects would be though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3304.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "871mz9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] How could bones be altered to be stronger, have higher tensile strength, and generally higher durability WITHOUT making them heavier?", "c_root_id_A": "dw9w74z", "c_root_id_B": "dw9qhxc", "created_at_utc_A": 1522010391.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522004126.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The bones could have an altered molecular structure giving them increased strength. The structure of chemicals and compounds is often greatly overlooked. For example, graphite and graphene are both pure carbon, but the structure of graphite makes it a soft, lubricant, brittle material that can be used to leave marks on surfaces, while graphene has one of the highest tensile strengths of any known material and consists of thin, flexible layers.", "human_ref_B": "Biomechanical carbon fibre bones that are inserted during feral stages that grow and develop like normal bones, but have the characteristics you mentioned maybe?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6265.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "871mz9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] How could bones be altered to be stronger, have higher tensile strength, and generally higher durability WITHOUT making them heavier?", "c_root_id_A": "dw9qien", "c_root_id_B": "dw9w74z", "created_at_utc_A": 1522004142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522010391.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Well, Wolverine weights around 200kg, so I guess all that adamantium is very heavy.", "human_ref_B": "The bones could have an altered molecular structure giving them increased strength. The structure of chemicals and compounds is often greatly overlooked. For example, graphite and graphene are both pure carbon, but the structure of graphite makes it a soft, lubricant, brittle material that can be used to leave marks on surfaces, while graphene has one of the highest tensile strengths of any known material and consists of thin, flexible layers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6249.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "871mz9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[General] How could bones be altered to be stronger, have higher tensile strength, and generally higher durability WITHOUT making them heavier?", "c_root_id_A": "dwae905", "c_root_id_B": "dwca0fa", "created_at_utc_A": 1522030169.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522113952.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If my high school science haven't failed me, birds have hollow bones which not only makes the bones stronger, but lighter as well to enable flight.", "human_ref_B": "This is going into real life science, to which we still yet have an answer to.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 83783.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d3umov", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Pirates of the Caribbean] Why isn't Will a skeleton zombie since he has one of the cursed pieces of gold?", "c_root_id_A": "f059gj0", "c_root_id_B": "f059nb9", "created_at_utc_A": 1568404766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1568404892.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 98, "human_ref_A": "Why isn't Elizabeth? I guess the curse only truly hits the original crew of the Black Pearl, since they were the ones who stole the gold in the first place, with Jack counting since he' kinda still the captain.", "human_ref_B": "It only curses you if you take a coin from the chest. Its the act of taking it away from its place that curses you, just owning you doesnt curse you. Remember, the crew used the coins to buy shit before they realised what happend, and none of all those merchants and whores got cursed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 126.0, "score_ratio": 8.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxyoj0z", "c_root_id_B": "cxynwsc", "created_at_utc_A": 1450104598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450103305.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The man is a self-made billionaire, scientific genius, and former President of the United States. He transformed Metropolis into a literal City of Tomorrow, with technology and infrastructure far, far in advance of anything else on the planet. The man is like Reed Richards if Reed Richards actually cared about making things better instead of inventing clothing that can survive being stretched three hundred times its normal size, lit on fire, and then immediately dropped to absolute zero. I'd say Lex could gain a following. What's more interesting is *what* he'd get his followers to do. For the most part, Lex is just a normal, if very successful, shady businessman. Basically Donald Trump if he lost the toupee and hired a personal trainer. The only time he really rises to the level of super villainy is when Superman is in the picture. This is because Lex is a giant racist. He sees Superman, an alien, as a threat to humanity's destiny. With Kal El around, manind no longer needs to strive. Sound familiar? Lex Luthor would be great buddies with William Stryker, Boliver Trask, and Senator Robert Kelly. He'd lend his mad genius to the Sentinel program, and to the Mutant Cure. He would lash out at the X-Men and the brotherhood of evil mutants with equal wrath, and the Government would pay him to do it. Lex would feed off the already rampant racism in the Marvel universe, and he'd enrich himself in doing so.", "human_ref_B": "Lex is extremely charismatic - he managed to convince the public to forgive him from his past super-villainy and elect him President and then when it was revealed that he was still being evil (dealing with Darkseid, hiding knowledge about an alien invasion, that sort of thing) he was able to flee, come up with a good story (it wasn't me, it was an alternate dimension me.) He was even quickly back into the public's good graces again with his Everyman Project to grant superpowers. Lex is also a genius, one of the smartest people in the DC universe and so he'd have the Marvel Universe figured out fairly quickly and no doubt in a matter of weeks start pulling together a team to take over, legally, or illegally, it doesn't matter to Lex. I don't think he'd have any trouble finding people who wanted to work with him and doing whatever he wanted!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1293.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxyoj0z", "c_root_id_B": "cxynmmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1450104598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450102692.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The man is a self-made billionaire, scientific genius, and former President of the United States. He transformed Metropolis into a literal City of Tomorrow, with technology and infrastructure far, far in advance of anything else on the planet. The man is like Reed Richards if Reed Richards actually cared about making things better instead of inventing clothing that can survive being stretched three hundred times its normal size, lit on fire, and then immediately dropped to absolute zero. I'd say Lex could gain a following. What's more interesting is *what* he'd get his followers to do. For the most part, Lex is just a normal, if very successful, shady businessman. Basically Donald Trump if he lost the toupee and hired a personal trainer. The only time he really rises to the level of super villainy is when Superman is in the picture. This is because Lex is a giant racist. He sees Superman, an alien, as a threat to humanity's destiny. With Kal El around, manind no longer needs to strive. Sound familiar? Lex Luthor would be great buddies with William Stryker, Boliver Trask, and Senator Robert Kelly. He'd lend his mad genius to the Sentinel program, and to the Mutant Cure. He would lash out at the X-Men and the brotherhood of evil mutants with equal wrath, and the Government would pay him to do it. Lex would feed off the already rampant racism in the Marvel universe, and he'd enrich himself in doing so.", "human_ref_B": "Probably. He's a genius. The opposition would be different (he would not be automatically assumed to be one of the top-dog villains), but he could do it. (It would be assumed to be another version of the Masters of Evil or something, at first.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1906.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxyq176", "c_root_id_B": "cxynwsc", "created_at_utc_A": 1450107420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450103305.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He could, but the question is would he want to? Firstly, I wonder how he would see mutants. There is a non-zero chance that he actually would see them as the next step in human evolution, as the answer to the multitude of aliens and other such beings on Earth. If so, he would probably pull a Xavier and open a school for gifted youngsters. Except his would be an actual school, where they learn lots of things aside from combat and mutant history. Eventually, they would become his elite strike force, taking down villains and heroes who get too big for their britches. Also, Marvel's Superman analogue, Hyperion, actually is everything Lex thinks Superman is, so even narratively he might not be a villain.", "human_ref_B": "Lex is extremely charismatic - he managed to convince the public to forgive him from his past super-villainy and elect him President and then when it was revealed that he was still being evil (dealing with Darkseid, hiding knowledge about an alien invasion, that sort of thing) he was able to flee, come up with a good story (it wasn't me, it was an alternate dimension me.) He was even quickly back into the public's good graces again with his Everyman Project to grant superpowers. Lex is also a genius, one of the smartest people in the DC universe and so he'd have the Marvel Universe figured out fairly quickly and no doubt in a matter of weeks start pulling together a team to take over, legally, or illegally, it doesn't matter to Lex. I don't think he'd have any trouble finding people who wanted to work with him and doing whatever he wanted!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4115.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxynmmx", "c_root_id_B": "cxyq176", "created_at_utc_A": 1450102692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450107420.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Probably. He's a genius. The opposition would be different (he would not be automatically assumed to be one of the top-dog villains), but he could do it. (It would be assumed to be another version of the Masters of Evil or something, at first.)", "human_ref_B": "He could, but the question is would he want to? Firstly, I wonder how he would see mutants. There is a non-zero chance that he actually would see them as the next step in human evolution, as the answer to the multitude of aliens and other such beings on Earth. If so, he would probably pull a Xavier and open a school for gifted youngsters. Except his would be an actual school, where they learn lots of things aside from combat and mutant history. Eventually, they would become his elite strike force, taking down villains and heroes who get too big for their britches. Also, Marvel's Superman analogue, Hyperion, actually is everything Lex thinks Superman is, so even narratively he might not be a villain.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4728.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxynmmx", "c_root_id_B": "cxynwsc", "created_at_utc_A": 1450102692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450103305.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Probably. He's a genius. The opposition would be different (he would not be automatically assumed to be one of the top-dog villains), but he could do it. (It would be assumed to be another version of the Masters of Evil or something, at first.)", "human_ref_B": "Lex is extremely charismatic - he managed to convince the public to forgive him from his past super-villainy and elect him President and then when it was revealed that he was still being evil (dealing with Darkseid, hiding knowledge about an alien invasion, that sort of thing) he was able to flee, come up with a good story (it wasn't me, it was an alternate dimension me.) He was even quickly back into the public's good graces again with his Everyman Project to grant superpowers. Lex is also a genius, one of the smartest people in the DC universe and so he'd have the Marvel Universe figured out fairly quickly and no doubt in a matter of weeks start pulling together a team to take over, legally, or illegally, it doesn't matter to Lex. I don't think he'd have any trouble finding people who wanted to work with him and doing whatever he wanted!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 613.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxyvupu", "c_root_id_B": "cxz7e3c", "created_at_utc_A": 1450116705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450134932.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yeah, and it would look similar to Osborn's path to create the team he had. Stay rich, and powerful, get a government position to deal with super's activities, recruit and fund a group; and have the public believe that the team are actually heros with really good PR.", "human_ref_B": "As I understand Lex, his beef with Superman's on two fronts: 1. Superman's intense personal morality and stance as \"the one thing Lex Luthor can't own.\" 2. An external, highly powered \"other\" forcing its way into humanity and telling us what to be. Seems to me his biggest beef would be with *Thor* of all heroes. A *literal god* coming down to humanity to keep us on a certain path. Lex Luthor would probably do research into getting Ragnarok *right* this time around the cycle and have a fully fossilized/reconstructed Midgard Serpent instead of Kryptonite. Expect lots of failed clone Asgardians, liquid nitrogen Ice Giants, and robots styled after Fenrir and Jormungand. Loki would have a field day.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18227.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxz7e3c", "c_root_id_B": "cxynmmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1450134932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450102692.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As I understand Lex, his beef with Superman's on two fronts: 1. Superman's intense personal morality and stance as \"the one thing Lex Luthor can't own.\" 2. An external, highly powered \"other\" forcing its way into humanity and telling us what to be. Seems to me his biggest beef would be with *Thor* of all heroes. A *literal god* coming down to humanity to keep us on a certain path. Lex Luthor would probably do research into getting Ragnarok *right* this time around the cycle and have a fully fossilized/reconstructed Midgard Serpent instead of Kryptonite. Expect lots of failed clone Asgardians, liquid nitrogen Ice Giants, and robots styled after Fenrir and Jormungand. Loki would have a field day.", "human_ref_B": "Probably. He's a genius. The opposition would be different (he would not be automatically assumed to be one of the top-dog villains), but he could do it. (It would be assumed to be another version of the Masters of Evil or something, at first.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32240.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxz7e3c", "c_root_id_B": "cxyr3x7", "created_at_utc_A": 1450134932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450109264.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As I understand Lex, his beef with Superman's on two fronts: 1. Superman's intense personal morality and stance as \"the one thing Lex Luthor can't own.\" 2. An external, highly powered \"other\" forcing its way into humanity and telling us what to be. Seems to me his biggest beef would be with *Thor* of all heroes. A *literal god* coming down to humanity to keep us on a certain path. Lex Luthor would probably do research into getting Ragnarok *right* this time around the cycle and have a fully fossilized/reconstructed Midgard Serpent instead of Kryptonite. Expect lots of failed clone Asgardians, liquid nitrogen Ice Giants, and robots styled after Fenrir and Jormungand. Loki would have a field day.", "human_ref_B": "Absolutely. He's rich, so he's got a plethora of resources going for him, and on top of that he's a world class genius, so he can plan and scheme better than the best. The only issue I could see is his opposition, sthe other villains, but again his intelligence could play a big part in convincing them that it's better overall to join him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25668.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxz7e3c", "c_root_id_B": "cxywd7i", "created_at_utc_A": 1450134932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450117571.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As I understand Lex, his beef with Superman's on two fronts: 1. Superman's intense personal morality and stance as \"the one thing Lex Luthor can't own.\" 2. An external, highly powered \"other\" forcing its way into humanity and telling us what to be. Seems to me his biggest beef would be with *Thor* of all heroes. A *literal god* coming down to humanity to keep us on a certain path. Lex Luthor would probably do research into getting Ragnarok *right* this time around the cycle and have a fully fossilized/reconstructed Midgard Serpent instead of Kryptonite. Expect lots of failed clone Asgardians, liquid nitrogen Ice Giants, and robots styled after Fenrir and Jormungand. Loki would have a field day.", "human_ref_B": "With the lack of Superman to antagonize, I bet Lex would be best buds with Tony Stark and/or Nick Fury and would be a strong ally of SHIELD and the Avengers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17361.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxynmmx", "c_root_id_B": "cxyvupu", "created_at_utc_A": 1450102692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450116705.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Probably. He's a genius. The opposition would be different (he would not be automatically assumed to be one of the top-dog villains), but he could do it. (It would be assumed to be another version of the Masters of Evil or something, at first.)", "human_ref_B": "Yeah, and it would look similar to Osborn's path to create the team he had. Stay rich, and powerful, get a government position to deal with super's activities, recruit and fund a group; and have the public believe that the team are actually heros with really good PR.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14013.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wrpio", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel/DC] Could Lex Luthor create a Legion of Doom if he lived in the Marvel Universe? I know Norman Osborn did something similar but I'm curious if someone as 'new' to their Universe as Lex Luthor could convince these villains to join him", "c_root_id_A": "cxyvupu", "c_root_id_B": "cxyr3x7", "created_at_utc_A": 1450116705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450109264.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yeah, and it would look similar to Osborn's path to create the team he had. Stay rich, and powerful, get a government position to deal with super's activities, recruit and fund a group; and have the public believe that the team are actually heros with really good PR.", "human_ref_B": "Absolutely. He's rich, so he's got a plethora of resources going for him, and on top of that he's a world class genius, so he can plan and scheme better than the best. The only issue I could see is his opposition, sthe other villains, but again his intelligence could play a big part in convincing them that it's better overall to join him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7441.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4nc7u9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Ben 10] Is Ben effectively immortal? After his human form becomes old and feeble, could he just remain in various alien forms forever?", "c_root_id_A": "d42nijp", "c_root_id_B": "d42o4w7", "created_at_utc_A": 1465498593.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465499407.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 41, "human_ref_A": "Pretty sure those forms still use his body as a source of lifeforce", "human_ref_B": "It depends on if he has yet unlocked the timer (can't remember the name, it disables the cooldown though) and if the form he takes is immortal. As seen in Ben 10,000 where Ben is an adult (I believe around 30 years old), his alien forms age with him (becoming larger and more formidable versions noticeably more mature than normal). Suffice to say we know his alien forms age as well, but to what extent we don't know. We didn't see too much of the background behind many of his forms to build up an extensive \"life expectancy\" roster of his options, but it's possible one of his forms (my money is on Ghostfreak or Upgrade) is immortal (or damn close). The cooldown is also an issue. If Ben reaches a ripe old age of 120 with some Grey Matter produced tech, and switches into a form to extend his life (say Upgrade), he would still continue to age normally. My suggestion would be that the Omnitrix monitors and manipulates the host DNA to ensure the wearer continues to experience normal bodily functions (like aging), simply switching out the DNA applied to Ben's consciousness for his selected alien form; AKA his \"unselected forms\" including his human form continue to age normally within the storage of the Omnitrix for when Ben decides to switch into a form. Anyway. If Ben's human form continues to age while he's living his life in another form, switching back would put him at extreme risk of buckling over from old age related issues like organ failure and severe physical/immune system weakness. He would have to stay as an alien to remain alive. Aside from that, he'd have to look out for others tampering with his Omnitrix or somehow causing him to revert back to a mortal form (like human), his Omnitrix running out of power (eventually), his alien form passing it's life expectancy and the theorised Heat Death of the universe. Beyond that, I think Ben would be mostly okay. If he didn't blow his brains out from watching his cousin/grandfather/parents/wife/children/friends/last humans/etc dying constantly due to his immortality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 814.0, "score_ratio": 10.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jajzov", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The Boys] Does the classic A-Train 'super-speed' sound effect exist in-universe, or is it just part of the sound design? There are certain scenes in Season 2 that don't make much sense if A-Train actually does make that noise whenever he uses his powers (and indeed the sound does not appear in these scenes). Yet every other time he uses his power we hear the sound. Can he control whether or not he makes the sound? Does he have different speeds, with the sound only appearing if he breaks some kind of personal 'sound barrier'? What's going on?", "c_root_id_A": "g8r9wfz", "c_root_id_B": "g8q05bp", "created_at_utc_A": 1602641065.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602617078.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "At least once there's a scene where atrain speed sneaks past a dinner table fast enough not to be seen, and the only sign is the flickering napkin. I think the sound is a choice", "human_ref_B": "Sound is just vibrations in the air. I've only seen one clip of him in that show, and his powers don't seem quite as safe as speedsters in other fiction, but even as it is he'd have to have quite a bit of control over the air around him. Making a sound effect is child's play.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23987.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5lld5z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders] If Dio let Jotaro fly straight to Egypt from that first airplane, wouldn't Dio have won that duel? Jotaro had almost no experience fighting or fighting with stands at that point and they would've flown straight to Egypt if they could've. Instead, he send assassin after assassin after Jotaro, giving him almost two months of fighting experience before facing Dio. Without that experience his Stand wouldn't have been able to mature to the point of gaining the time-stop ability, which ultimately gave him a fighting chance against Dio. Dio had timestop as soon as he acquired Za Worldo because he had more than a human lifetime's worth of fighting experience at that point. Dio's best move was to let Jotaro come to him as soon as possible, so he could instantly slaughter the greenhorn, no contest.", "c_root_id_A": "dbx5q93", "c_root_id_B": "dbwkqsq", "created_at_utc_A": 1483398003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483370108.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In Dio's defense, he still massively overpowered the group when they showed up on his doorstep. As far as he was concerned they were still the same greenhorns who left Japan. The *only* reason he didn't succeed was Star Platinum's fascinating ability to asspull a solution to any problem.", "human_ref_B": "Dio was overconfident in his abilities, but he also enjoys seeing the joestars in pain more then that. Plus Dio had more important things to worry about. And even if they did get to him, what could Jotaro do against him? Stop time?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27895.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5lld5z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders] If Dio let Jotaro fly straight to Egypt from that first airplane, wouldn't Dio have won that duel? Jotaro had almost no experience fighting or fighting with stands at that point and they would've flown straight to Egypt if they could've. Instead, he send assassin after assassin after Jotaro, giving him almost two months of fighting experience before facing Dio. Without that experience his Stand wouldn't have been able to mature to the point of gaining the time-stop ability, which ultimately gave him a fighting chance against Dio. Dio had timestop as soon as he acquired Za Worldo because he had more than a human lifetime's worth of fighting experience at that point. Dio's best move was to let Jotaro come to him as soon as possible, so he could instantly slaughter the greenhorn, no contest.", "c_root_id_A": "dbxy7cp", "c_root_id_B": "dbwkqsq", "created_at_utc_A": 1483450428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1483370108.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Wasn't there also something about how Dio's head hadn't quite adjusted to Jonathan's body and needed more time to reach full power which is why he sent all those assassins after them to stall for time?", "human_ref_B": "Dio was overconfident in his abilities, but he also enjoys seeing the joestars in pain more then that. Plus Dio had more important things to worry about. And even if they did get to him, what could Jotaro do against him? Stop time?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 80320.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3eyde0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] Why isn't there a Starfleet protocol to keep all these crazy officers from taking priceless archeological artifacts with them on ships that are prone to attack? Picard has several ancient items, as does Sisko. Surely those are not the safest places to house such items.", "c_root_id_A": "ctjkdz4", "c_root_id_B": "ctjtd1e", "created_at_utc_A": 1438123100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438137929.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Picard most likely knows how important they are and has the originals in a museum for the rest of humanity to enjoy. The ones in the ready room are most likely replicated ones (except the flute).", "human_ref_B": "Well, that's not too different from asking why all of these crazy reckless people are keeping priceless antiques and unique art in their homes, since fires happen all of the time. It's always a risk when you have a private collector owning a piece of history that something might happen to their home. The way I saw it in Star Trek is that there are *so many* civilizations and *so many* ancient histories out there that even a pretty amazing artifact that would be thousands of years old might not be that unique. There are even civilizations that are at that stage in development where if you were determined, you could get a similar artifact brand new. So, while rare and collectible, they're not all so worthy of being placed in museums. The ones that are truly unique (the Bajoran orbs of prophecy for example) *are* taken care of and very zealously guarded, leaving things like ancient pottery and statues to be traded around private collections.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14829.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3dj3uo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Skyrim] So why don't the dragon's use other shouts? So I'm the Dragonborn, bane of alduin, yadda yadda yadda, I fight dragons all the time. But I have 27 different shouts. I have one that literally *tears an enemies soul out*. I have one that let's you not take damage at all! So why do dragons never use these? They sit up on their word walls all day, I would assume they would at least read it. I'm especially surprised at the Ancient Dragons. They only breathe fire or ice? That's about as dumb as a bandit going up against a giant and his mammoths.", "c_root_id_A": "ct5wz64", "c_root_id_B": "ct656g1", "created_at_utc_A": 1437086010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437101253.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Do you ever really use any shouts besides Force, Fire, or Ice? Don't fix what ain't broken.", "human_ref_B": "So you know 27 different phrases of a language, what of it? To the Dragons, you're some little pest that comes up to them and starts shouting nonsensical sentences at them and when they try to get a word in, you just stab them and shout even more!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15243.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3dj3uo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Skyrim] So why don't the dragon's use other shouts? So I'm the Dragonborn, bane of alduin, yadda yadda yadda, I fight dragons all the time. But I have 27 different shouts. I have one that literally *tears an enemies soul out*. I have one that let's you not take damage at all! So why do dragons never use these? They sit up on their word walls all day, I would assume they would at least read it. I'm especially surprised at the Ancient Dragons. They only breathe fire or ice? That's about as dumb as a bandit going up against a giant and his mammoths.", "c_root_id_A": "ct5wz64", "c_root_id_B": "ct6f3zu", "created_at_utc_A": 1437086010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437130086.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Do you ever really use any shouts besides Force, Fire, or Ice? Don't fix what ain't broken.", "human_ref_B": "**[Out of universe answer] -** Game mechanic/limitation. Hopefully there is a mod that fixes it, as it shouldn't be too hard to make a dragon use nearly all the shouts. **[In universe answer] -** We're told that shouts are more than just words that you speak, as I suspect everyone and their kitten can make the sounds of the words. What separates the average farmer from spitting out sounds and a dragonborn shouting out a magical command that bends reality, is the ability to put ones essence/soul into the shout. The dragonborn manages to master the essence of the words by merging with dragon souls, however dragons have to master the words the hard way, by spending centuries studying the meaning/essence of the word. While timeless and near immortal, I suspect that dragons have a limited vocabulary that they can pour their essence into, thus making it a shout. So yes, they can talk about fire, but that doesn't mean that fire makes itself manifest whenever they speak the word. Another factor to consider is that the dragons are just returning. Aside from the very first dragon you fight (forgot his name), they were all hunted to extinction. It is possible that they're weak in power/essence because Alduin just recently brought them back from the dead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 44076.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvleklr", "c_root_id_B": "cvlb60u", "created_at_utc_A": 1443761934.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443755164.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It's not an impossible logistical challenge for a kingdom like Gondor to overcome. Supply chains are thing that exist, but failing that, the garrison could hunt and forage if they were trained as similarly to a ranger. Similarly, while the actual beacon is probably rather high up and exposed to elements, who's to say that the garrison doesn't have a more comfortable fort nearby, and the men just take shifts? Heck, who's to say the beacons are even in remote locations, they could correspond to small villages or hamlets. I know in the film they show various beacons in the middle of the White mountain range for cinematic effect, but IIRC there's nothing in the text to indicate that such a thing would be done. In fact, the beacons weren't necessarily used to communicate with Rohan, but with other regions of Gondor. The beacons were already lit by the time Gandalf and Pippin arrived at Minas Tirith because Gondor had already call for aid from its provinces.", "human_ref_B": "Take a wagon full of two months rations. Half a month travel full month at post half a month back. Send out whatever guy fucked up in the military to this dead end post. Or you could put permanent deadbeats there and just send them rations. It's not hard to light a fire on the kind of pyre, a monkey could do it so they would send anyone pretty much.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6770.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvld4mu", "c_root_id_B": "cvleklr", "created_at_utc_A": 1443758622.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443761934.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Great question OP, I wondered this myself. How could these beacons possibly work - like they are probably not lit very often, what are the chances that someone is paying that close attention to light your beacon within seconds of seeing the next one lit? That, in my opinion, is the real question. I'm sure that getting there, keeping rations and surviving the elements were thought of when they decided to build the structures. They must have more than 2 or 3 men there switching shifts and keeping watch.", "human_ref_B": "It's not an impossible logistical challenge for a kingdom like Gondor to overcome. Supply chains are thing that exist, but failing that, the garrison could hunt and forage if they were trained as similarly to a ranger. Similarly, while the actual beacon is probably rather high up and exposed to elements, who's to say that the garrison doesn't have a more comfortable fort nearby, and the men just take shifts? Heck, who's to say the beacons are even in remote locations, they could correspond to small villages or hamlets. I know in the film they show various beacons in the middle of the White mountain range for cinematic effect, but IIRC there's nothing in the text to indicate that such a thing would be done. In fact, the beacons weren't necessarily used to communicate with Rohan, but with other regions of Gondor. The beacons were already lit by the time Gandalf and Pippin arrived at Minas Tirith because Gondor had already call for aid from its provinces.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3312.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlp7j2", "c_root_id_B": "cvli7t2", "created_at_utc_A": 1443797053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443778499.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In those isolated conditions, I'm not sure how long it would take for the men to gay there. Also, it depends on what you consider as them gaying. Was the first sneaky handjob gay? Or do you consider it only gay when the balls are touching? Giving? Receiving? The time differences would change vastly on your definition. OP please define gay", "human_ref_B": "As with all good fantasy, there is a historical basis for this. Chains of beacons were used before and most famously in England during the time of the Armada. Mostly they were on hill tops in farmlands but some could be more remote. At times of threat, the beacons would be manned either by local authority (nearest town) or by the military in remote locations. In the LOTR film we see many beacons being on mountain tops, not just hills. These would be organised by the military but would be hard to keep manned. You wouldn't want to live on top of an alp over winter in mediaeval conditions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18554.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvli7t2", "c_root_id_B": "cvlfnye", "created_at_utc_A": 1443778499.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443765005.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "As with all good fantasy, there is a historical basis for this. Chains of beacons were used before and most famously in England during the time of the Armada. Mostly they were on hill tops in farmlands but some could be more remote. At times of threat, the beacons would be manned either by local authority (nearest town) or by the military in remote locations. In the LOTR film we see many beacons being on mountain tops, not just hills. These would be organised by the military but would be hard to keep manned. You wouldn't want to live on top of an alp over winter in mediaeval conditions.", "human_ref_B": "The beacons were in northern hills of the White Mountains, and north from them was the fief of An\u00f3rien. I am not sure how populated the fief was during the War of the Ring, but it is possible that it was not entirely empty. There were probably small villages at least in the area, who might have had a duty to fed and fuel the personnel. Besides... the beacons being on the top of the mountains is just a movie-thing, they were not above clouds or anything like that in the actual story.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13494.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvli7t2", "c_root_id_B": "cvld4mu", "created_at_utc_A": 1443778499.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443758622.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As with all good fantasy, there is a historical basis for this. Chains of beacons were used before and most famously in England during the time of the Armada. Mostly they were on hill tops in farmlands but some could be more remote. At times of threat, the beacons would be manned either by local authority (nearest town) or by the military in remote locations. In the LOTR film we see many beacons being on mountain tops, not just hills. These would be organised by the military but would be hard to keep manned. You wouldn't want to live on top of an alp over winter in mediaeval conditions.", "human_ref_B": "Great question OP, I wondered this myself. How could these beacons possibly work - like they are probably not lit very often, what are the chances that someone is paying that close attention to light your beacon within seconds of seeing the next one lit? That, in my opinion, is the real question. I'm sure that getting there, keeping rations and surviving the elements were thought of when they decided to build the structures. They must have more than 2 or 3 men there switching shifts and keeping watch.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19877.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfbmz", "c_root_id_B": "cvli7t2", "created_at_utc_A": 1443764001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443778499.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The beacons are going to be summoning aid from great distances, otherwise you'd just send a runner or rider. The other city has to raise and equip their fighters and prep for that kind of journey. The movies show the beacons lit near-instantly, but in reality, there's not that urgency. The men would probably check the beacons near them once or twice a day, and light theirs if the next one is burning. Lighting one within five minutes isn't going to be a priority, but rather maintaining them to be lit if needed. It's not like calling the fire department where a few minutes would matter, more like mobilizing an army, which could take weeks or months. The movies cut down time greatly, or they'd be even longer.", "human_ref_B": "As with all good fantasy, there is a historical basis for this. Chains of beacons were used before and most famously in England during the time of the Armada. Mostly they were on hill tops in farmlands but some could be more remote. At times of threat, the beacons would be manned either by local authority (nearest town) or by the military in remote locations. In the LOTR film we see many beacons being on mountain tops, not just hills. These would be organised by the military but would be hard to keep manned. You wouldn't want to live on top of an alp over winter in mediaeval conditions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14498.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfxz9", "c_root_id_B": "cvli7t2", "created_at_utc_A": 1443765875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443778499.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "There's probably a covered pit or shed nearby the more remote beacons, though one we weren't able to see in our quick glances, with extra bundles of wood to keep dry. The men probably serve shifts at each of them, like a remote outpost. Perhaps days at a time, perhaps a few weeks.", "human_ref_B": "As with all good fantasy, there is a historical basis for this. Chains of beacons were used before and most famously in England during the time of the Armada. Mostly they were on hill tops in farmlands but some could be more remote. At times of threat, the beacons would be manned either by local authority (nearest town) or by the military in remote locations. In the LOTR film we see many beacons being on mountain tops, not just hills. These would be organised by the military but would be hard to keep manned. You wouldn't want to live on top of an alp over winter in mediaeval conditions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12624.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvli7t2", "c_root_id_B": "cvlfwcx", "created_at_utc_A": 1443778499.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443765730.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As with all good fantasy, there is a historical basis for this. Chains of beacons were used before and most famously in England during the time of the Armada. Mostly they were on hill tops in farmlands but some could be more remote. At times of threat, the beacons would be manned either by local authority (nearest town) or by the military in remote locations. In the LOTR film we see many beacons being on mountain tops, not just hills. These would be organised by the military but would be hard to keep manned. You wouldn't want to live on top of an alp over winter in mediaeval conditions.", "human_ref_B": "I felt like it made sense that they were like the rangers that used to patrol the black gate. Decent stores food and if they needed to they could hunt and forage in the mostly undisturbed wilderness around the beacons. This would also be where their garrison (if you could call it that) is located. Built out of the native rock to blend in with the surroundings and make for easy repairs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12769.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlp7j2", "c_root_id_B": "cvlb60u", "created_at_utc_A": 1443797053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443755164.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In those isolated conditions, I'm not sure how long it would take for the men to gay there. Also, it depends on what you consider as them gaying. Was the first sneaky handjob gay? Or do you consider it only gay when the balls are touching? Giving? Receiving? The time differences would change vastly on your definition. OP please define gay", "human_ref_B": "Take a wagon full of two months rations. Half a month travel full month at post half a month back. Send out whatever guy fucked up in the military to this dead end post. Or you could put permanent deadbeats there and just send them rations. It's not hard to light a fire on the kind of pyre, a monkey could do it so they would send anyone pretty much.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41889.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlp7j2", "c_root_id_B": "cvlfnye", "created_at_utc_A": 1443797053.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443765005.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In those isolated conditions, I'm not sure how long it would take for the men to gay there. Also, it depends on what you consider as them gaying. Was the first sneaky handjob gay? Or do you consider it only gay when the balls are touching? Giving? Receiving? The time differences would change vastly on your definition. OP please define gay", "human_ref_B": "The beacons were in northern hills of the White Mountains, and north from them was the fief of An\u00f3rien. I am not sure how populated the fief was during the War of the Ring, but it is possible that it was not entirely empty. There were probably small villages at least in the area, who might have had a duty to fed and fuel the personnel. Besides... the beacons being on the top of the mountains is just a movie-thing, they were not above clouds or anything like that in the actual story.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 32048.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvld4mu", "c_root_id_B": "cvlp7j2", "created_at_utc_A": 1443758622.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443797053.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Great question OP, I wondered this myself. How could these beacons possibly work - like they are probably not lit very often, what are the chances that someone is paying that close attention to light your beacon within seconds of seeing the next one lit? That, in my opinion, is the real question. I'm sure that getting there, keeping rations and surviving the elements were thought of when they decided to build the structures. They must have more than 2 or 3 men there switching shifts and keeping watch.", "human_ref_B": "In those isolated conditions, I'm not sure how long it would take for the men to gay there. Also, it depends on what you consider as them gaying. Was the first sneaky handjob gay? Or do you consider it only gay when the balls are touching? Giving? Receiving? The time differences would change vastly on your definition. OP please define gay", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 38431.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfbmz", "c_root_id_B": "cvlp7j2", "created_at_utc_A": 1443764001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443797053.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The beacons are going to be summoning aid from great distances, otherwise you'd just send a runner or rider. The other city has to raise and equip their fighters and prep for that kind of journey. The movies show the beacons lit near-instantly, but in reality, there's not that urgency. The men would probably check the beacons near them once or twice a day, and light theirs if the next one is burning. Lighting one within five minutes isn't going to be a priority, but rather maintaining them to be lit if needed. It's not like calling the fire department where a few minutes would matter, more like mobilizing an army, which could take weeks or months. The movies cut down time greatly, or they'd be even longer.", "human_ref_B": "In those isolated conditions, I'm not sure how long it would take for the men to gay there. Also, it depends on what you consider as them gaying. Was the first sneaky handjob gay? Or do you consider it only gay when the balls are touching? Giving? Receiving? The time differences would change vastly on your definition. OP please define gay", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33052.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfxz9", "c_root_id_B": "cvlp7j2", "created_at_utc_A": 1443765875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443797053.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "There's probably a covered pit or shed nearby the more remote beacons, though one we weren't able to see in our quick glances, with extra bundles of wood to keep dry. The men probably serve shifts at each of them, like a remote outpost. Perhaps days at a time, perhaps a few weeks.", "human_ref_B": "In those isolated conditions, I'm not sure how long it would take for the men to gay there. Also, it depends on what you consider as them gaying. Was the first sneaky handjob gay? Or do you consider it only gay when the balls are touching? Giving? Receiving? The time differences would change vastly on your definition. OP please define gay", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31178.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvljx6r", "c_root_id_B": "cvlp7j2", "created_at_utc_A": 1443785532.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443797053.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I always thought that getting to be garrisioned there would be like punishment duty. You do a major fuckup, and you get stationed there for 2 months. They probably have a little house or something nearby, but i would think that it would be incredibly boring, as someone always gotta keep watch for the other beacons", "human_ref_B": "In those isolated conditions, I'm not sure how long it would take for the men to gay there. Also, it depends on what you consider as them gaying. Was the first sneaky handjob gay? Or do you consider it only gay when the balls are touching? Giving? Receiving? The time differences would change vastly on your definition. OP please define gay", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11521.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfwcx", "c_root_id_B": "cvlp7j2", "created_at_utc_A": 1443765730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443797053.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "I felt like it made sense that they were like the rangers that used to patrol the black gate. Decent stores food and if they needed to they could hunt and forage in the mostly undisturbed wilderness around the beacons. This would also be where their garrison (if you could call it that) is located. Built out of the native rock to blend in with the surroundings and make for easy repairs.", "human_ref_B": "In those isolated conditions, I'm not sure how long it would take for the men to gay there. Also, it depends on what you consider as them gaying. Was the first sneaky handjob gay? Or do you consider it only gay when the balls are touching? Giving? Receiving? The time differences would change vastly on your definition. OP please define gay", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31323.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfnye", "c_root_id_B": "cvld4mu", "created_at_utc_A": 1443765005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443758622.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The beacons were in northern hills of the White Mountains, and north from them was the fief of An\u00f3rien. I am not sure how populated the fief was during the War of the Ring, but it is possible that it was not entirely empty. There were probably small villages at least in the area, who might have had a duty to fed and fuel the personnel. Besides... the beacons being on the top of the mountains is just a movie-thing, they were not above clouds or anything like that in the actual story.", "human_ref_B": "Great question OP, I wondered this myself. How could these beacons possibly work - like they are probably not lit very often, what are the chances that someone is paying that close attention to light your beacon within seconds of seeing the next one lit? That, in my opinion, is the real question. I'm sure that getting there, keeping rations and surviving the elements were thought of when they decided to build the structures. They must have more than 2 or 3 men there switching shifts and keeping watch.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6383.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfnye", "c_root_id_B": "cvlfbmz", "created_at_utc_A": 1443765005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443764001.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The beacons were in northern hills of the White Mountains, and north from them was the fief of An\u00f3rien. I am not sure how populated the fief was during the War of the Ring, but it is possible that it was not entirely empty. There were probably small villages at least in the area, who might have had a duty to fed and fuel the personnel. Besides... the beacons being on the top of the mountains is just a movie-thing, they were not above clouds or anything like that in the actual story.", "human_ref_B": "The beacons are going to be summoning aid from great distances, otherwise you'd just send a runner or rider. The other city has to raise and equip their fighters and prep for that kind of journey. The movies show the beacons lit near-instantly, but in reality, there's not that urgency. The men would probably check the beacons near them once or twice a day, and light theirs if the next one is burning. Lighting one within five minutes isn't going to be a priority, but rather maintaining them to be lit if needed. It's not like calling the fire department where a few minutes would matter, more like mobilizing an army, which could take weeks or months. The movies cut down time greatly, or they'd be even longer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1004.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfxz9", "c_root_id_B": "cvlfwcx", "created_at_utc_A": 1443765875.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443765730.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There's probably a covered pit or shed nearby the more remote beacons, though one we weren't able to see in our quick glances, with extra bundles of wood to keep dry. The men probably serve shifts at each of them, like a remote outpost. Perhaps days at a time, perhaps a few weeks.", "human_ref_B": "I felt like it made sense that they were like the rangers that used to patrol the black gate. Decent stores food and if they needed to they could hunt and forage in the mostly undisturbed wilderness around the beacons. This would also be where their garrison (if you could call it that) is located. Built out of the native rock to blend in with the surroundings and make for easy repairs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 145.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3n6kvx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[LOTR] How are the beacons (from Gondor to Rohan) kept stocked? Some of those beacons look to be in very remote locations. How long do the men gay there? How do they get food? How do they survive the elements?", "c_root_id_A": "cvlfwcx", "c_root_id_B": "cvljx6r", "created_at_utc_A": 1443765730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443785532.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I felt like it made sense that they were like the rangers that used to patrol the black gate. Decent stores food and if they needed to they could hunt and forage in the mostly undisturbed wilderness around the beacons. This would also be where their garrison (if you could call it that) is located. Built out of the native rock to blend in with the surroundings and make for easy repairs.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought that getting to be garrisioned there would be like punishment duty. You do a major fuckup, and you get stationed there for 2 months. They probably have a little house or something nearby, but i would think that it would be incredibly boring, as someone always gotta keep watch for the other beacons", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19802.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vd0v2f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Spongebob] How strong was Mermaidman in his prime? Could he go toe-to-toe with Aquaman? What actually is his range of abilities? Also he is like... two inches tall?", "c_root_id_A": "icibg9u", "c_root_id_B": "ici6s65", "created_at_utc_A": 1655330153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655328120.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Relevant RT which should cover his powers. So Spongebob and the gang have been shown to be roughly \"accurate\" size to real humans, including Spongebob's height being listed at 4 inches at one point. MM and BB are about the same size so yeah, they're only a couple inches tall. That said their origin story also shows them being the same size as other people, so there's a clear discrepancy unless Spongebob also has a society of tiny people. (E: as /u/AndyGHK pointed out, he does have a shrink ray, so definitely possible he was human sized at one point but is now shrunk down to fit sea creature scale) Ignoring the scale for a second, he doesn't seem to have really done much of anything all that impressive. Destroying some doors, sending some people flying and such, but it's not really anything more impressive that other strong characters like Sandy or Larry have done. This also seems to track with the fact that most of their enemies don't really have any impressive accomplishments either, it's just not exactly a super high tier super-being environment. All told, maybe his powers were significantly better in his youth but even it seems to be far below someone like Aquaman. Modern versions of Aquaman are still incredibly strong and tough, and even older, goofiers version like the Superfriends seems like they would still outclass Mermaid Man.", "human_ref_B": "My man here asking the real questions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2033.0, "score_ratio": 2.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "vd0v2f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Spongebob] How strong was Mermaidman in his prime? Could he go toe-to-toe with Aquaman? What actually is his range of abilities? Also he is like... two inches tall?", "c_root_id_A": "icibg9u", "c_root_id_B": "icia0iy", "created_at_utc_A": 1655330153.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1655329525.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Relevant RT which should cover his powers. So Spongebob and the gang have been shown to be roughly \"accurate\" size to real humans, including Spongebob's height being listed at 4 inches at one point. MM and BB are about the same size so yeah, they're only a couple inches tall. That said their origin story also shows them being the same size as other people, so there's a clear discrepancy unless Spongebob also has a society of tiny people. (E: as /u/AndyGHK pointed out, he does have a shrink ray, so definitely possible he was human sized at one point but is now shrunk down to fit sea creature scale) Ignoring the scale for a second, he doesn't seem to have really done much of anything all that impressive. Destroying some doors, sending some people flying and such, but it's not really anything more impressive that other strong characters like Sandy or Larry have done. This also seems to track with the fact that most of their enemies don't really have any impressive accomplishments either, it's just not exactly a super high tier super-being environment. All told, maybe his powers were significantly better in his youth but even it seems to be far below someone like Aquaman. Modern versions of Aquaman are still incredibly strong and tough, and even older, goofiers version like the Superfriends seems like they would still outclass Mermaid Man.", "human_ref_B": "There was a SpondgeBob video game where he got MM's powers. I'll try to find a respect thread for it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 628.0, "score_ratio": 3.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lfnsv7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[South Park] how is it the kids don't have some sort of PTSD with everything that happens to them? I know kids can be very resilient when it comes to trauma. These kids have been through so much I can't help but wonder how they aren't in a corner rocking back and forth. Kenny actively knows he can die and be reborn and seems perfectly normal. The others have survived giant ginnipigs. Manbearpig. Barbra Streisand. Aliens. School shootings. Mr hankie. Etc", "c_root_id_A": "gmnrlj7", "c_root_id_B": "gmoayh0", "created_at_utc_A": 1612841761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612854754.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The kids repress their memories of anything traumatic in their adventures this coupled with their Childish naivety allow them to hand wave the horror they go through as kids", "human_ref_B": "... because the trauma is ongoing and their bizarre personalities are a product of it. They are violent, crude, and so inured to violence that they sometimes just watch people get murdered without much comment (other than rapidly protecting themselves) Cartman fed a kid's parents to him. That is a broken psyche.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12993.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lfnsv7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[South Park] how is it the kids don't have some sort of PTSD with everything that happens to them? I know kids can be very resilient when it comes to trauma. These kids have been through so much I can't help but wonder how they aren't in a corner rocking back and forth. Kenny actively knows he can die and be reborn and seems perfectly normal. The others have survived giant ginnipigs. Manbearpig. Barbra Streisand. Aliens. School shootings. Mr hankie. Etc", "c_root_id_A": "gmnyjw0", "c_root_id_B": "gmoayh0", "created_at_utc_A": 1612845767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1612854754.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Cartman's issues are profoundly deep.", "human_ref_B": "... because the trauma is ongoing and their bizarre personalities are a product of it. They are violent, crude, and so inured to violence that they sometimes just watch people get murdered without much comment (other than rapidly protecting themselves) Cartman fed a kid's parents to him. That is a broken psyche.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8987.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i5qq3c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[ATLA/TLOK] How much of Toph\u2019s earthbending skills come from her own innate power versus learning from the badgermoles? Toph was taught by the badgermoles, who are supposed to be the first Earthbenders. Because of her blindness, she was able to compensate by learning the Seismic Sense from them. This is one of her greatest strengths as a bender, on top of already learning the \u201cpure\u201d earthbending. But how much of her skill actually comes from her power? Is she supposed to be above-average like Zuko, getting the chance to learn the proper earthbending? Or is she more like Azula, a born prodigy?", "c_root_id_A": "g0rhlpc", "c_root_id_B": "g0qwm0w", "created_at_utc_A": 1596864801.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596851337.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Toph has very unique relationship with Earthbending. Not only through learning from the badger moles, which grants her a unique perspective on Earthbending by itself, but it's also literally how she perceives the world and largely how she defines herself. Bending allowed her to be something other than \"that poor little blind girl\" that her parents treated her as, first as the Blind Bandit, which gave her release and affirmation that she could take care of herself. Then as the teacher of the Avatar, which reaffirmed her image of herself as the best Earthbender in the world. Earthbending is almost literally everything to her, even in LoK she uses Earthbending to keep tabs on essentially the whole world. All of this is said to say that it's pretty much impossible to tell how much of her \"power\" is innate raw ability and how much is honed skill. But also she is very, *very*, ***very*** skilled because she's constantly Earthbending, every moment of every day. Even in her sleep, she perceives vibrations through her bending.", "human_ref_B": "> how much of her skill actually comes from her power? Skill and power are not the same. Skill is what you learn to use the power you have.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13464.0, "score_ratio": 2.9285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m4ya52", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[ATLA] Did human eyesight deteriorate between Avatar and Legend of Korra? I don't recall anyone in Avatar wearing glasses but lots of people do so in Legend of Korra.", "c_root_id_A": "gqwr5qt", "c_root_id_B": "gqwr14a", "created_at_utc_A": 1615739374.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615739306.0, "score_A": 74, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "That probably had more to do with the advancement in technology than anything else. Eyeglasses either didn't exist or were rare at the time of TLA.", "human_ref_B": "The beauty of infrastructure my friend easier access increased the amount of people who wore/needed them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 68.0, "score_ratio": 2.3125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m4ya52", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[ATLA] Did human eyesight deteriorate between Avatar and Legend of Korra? I don't recall anyone in Avatar wearing glasses but lots of people do so in Legend of Korra.", "c_root_id_A": "gqwr14a", "c_root_id_B": "gqwvxe6", "created_at_utc_A": 1615739306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615741591.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "The beauty of infrastructure my friend easier access increased the amount of people who wore/needed them.", "human_ref_B": "No, what's happened is people invented glasses.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2285.0, "score_ratio": 1.15625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy39j1", "c_root_id_B": "efy3p65", "created_at_utc_A": 1549551702.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549552037.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 78, "human_ref_A": "Any sort of propaganda that emphasizes a \u201cUs vs. Them\u201d mentality would probably be effective. Humans have historically been in disputes over differences, whether they be in race, religion, politics, etc. Demonize the enemy. Make them appear to be savages hellbent on the extermination of \u201cgood\u201d species. Tanjovians could also use their aid as a bargaining chip to force humanity for fight for them. The promise of increased technology and possibly more planets to colonize would be tempting.", "human_ref_B": "Let me tell you, it is NOT hard to get humans to fight. In fact, we have to spend all our extra time making sure we don\u2019t. Historically speaking, just blow up a human ship and blame the enemy, and then boom, were ready to fight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 335.0, "score_ratio": 2.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy3p65", "c_root_id_B": "efy2wvc", "created_at_utc_A": 1549552037.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549551426.0, "score_A": 78, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Let me tell you, it is NOT hard to get humans to fight. In fact, we have to spend all our extra time making sure we don\u2019t. Historically speaking, just blow up a human ship and blame the enemy, and then boom, were ready to fight.", "human_ref_B": "My friend, just point where the \"monster\" *wink wink nudge nudge* and humanity will take care of it", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 611.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy39j1", "c_root_id_B": "efy2wvc", "created_at_utc_A": 1549551702.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549551426.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Any sort of propaganda that emphasizes a \u201cUs vs. Them\u201d mentality would probably be effective. Humans have historically been in disputes over differences, whether they be in race, religion, politics, etc. Demonize the enemy. Make them appear to be savages hellbent on the extermination of \u201cgood\u201d species. Tanjovians could also use their aid as a bargaining chip to force humanity for fight for them. The promise of increased technology and possibly more planets to colonize would be tempting.", "human_ref_B": "My friend, just point where the \"monster\" *wink wink nudge nudge* and humanity will take care of it", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 276.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy2wvc", "c_root_id_B": "efycxcg", "created_at_utc_A": 1549551426.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549558523.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "My friend, just point where the \"monster\" *wink wink nudge nudge* and humanity will take care of it", "human_ref_B": "Humans are pack animals and very social creatures. In order to convince them to fight without asking too many questions about why exactly they're the ones fighting and dying and the Tanjovians aren't, you'll need to employ a few different tactics. \\- The first tactic is to create an \"Us vs. Them\" mentality among your human populations. Specifically, you want to emphasize that Tanjovians and humans are part of the \"us\" category, and the evil empire and its allies are part of the \"them\" categories. This is, by far and away, the single most important and powerfully effective piece of propaganda you can use. \\- In order to reinforce that \"us\" mentality, you'll want a human spokesman to espouse the virtues and just cause of fighting this war. Someone the humans find conventionally attractive -- symmetrical features, slightly androgynous looking, etc. There's tons of research on what humans find attractive and why. \\- This spokesman needs to be seen with high-profile Tanjovian leaders. The spokesman needs to be seen communicating with them, and greeting them, and working with them. I'm not saying the human needs to be a political equal to them, but you want to very much give that appearance even if there's no substance to it. \\- All of this will reinforce that \"us\" image for the humans. Now we need to reinforce the \"them\" image for the rival empire. The easiest way to do this is to talk about the empire in negative terms **in relation to humans**. Do you have footage of your rival harming humans? Let that footage \"leak\" -- it's a term humans use to describe information that was supposed to be secret, and then becomes public, usually through malice or accident. Make a big show of being personally offended by this footage. \\- When you talk about your rival empire, use terminology that humans associate with negatively. Those aren't Boravinian soldiers, they're reptilian combatants. That's not a rival empire, it's an evil empire. That isn't their elected or appointed leader, that's a dictator. Remember the three Ds: Different, Despotic, and Despicable. None of this needs to be based in fact-- humans are very easily convinced if you repeat something often enough. \\- Now that the differences between the humans and the enemy have been firmly established, you need to lay the groundwork for human investment. This means that you will emphasize how your rival empire is **threatening their way of life.** That's a very important phrase, and you'll be surprised how often it works. \\- Exaggerate the numbers of human deaths. Exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy. If the human deaths are **actually** quite high and the enemy **actually** cruel, even better. \\- You can also enact unpopular policies and procedures, and then blame it on the enemy. Power shortages, for example, can be readily and easily be performed in the name of rationing energy crystals. In fact, if you tell the humans that there are food shortages so the brave human soldiers can remain well-fed, you may be surprised to find that many humans are not only okay with the shortages, but somewhat proud! \\- Finally, stroke their egos. Talk about human bravery, human kindness, and human resilience in glowing terms. Reward human soldiers publicly and celebrate their accomplishments. I would give one word of caution, though. Humans have a very long ancestral history, and do not forget conflicts easily. Be aware that damaging the human relationship with your rival in this way is likely to last hundreds of years. And if the humans find out that they've been betrayed or used..... well, may the Great Arkleseizure have mercy on your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7097.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efyal99", "c_root_id_B": "efycxcg", "created_at_utc_A": 1549556946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549558523.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Commisars lead from the front! AFIX BAYONETTS!", "human_ref_B": "Humans are pack animals and very social creatures. In order to convince them to fight without asking too many questions about why exactly they're the ones fighting and dying and the Tanjovians aren't, you'll need to employ a few different tactics. \\- The first tactic is to create an \"Us vs. Them\" mentality among your human populations. Specifically, you want to emphasize that Tanjovians and humans are part of the \"us\" category, and the evil empire and its allies are part of the \"them\" categories. This is, by far and away, the single most important and powerfully effective piece of propaganda you can use. \\- In order to reinforce that \"us\" mentality, you'll want a human spokesman to espouse the virtues and just cause of fighting this war. Someone the humans find conventionally attractive -- symmetrical features, slightly androgynous looking, etc. There's tons of research on what humans find attractive and why. \\- This spokesman needs to be seen with high-profile Tanjovian leaders. The spokesman needs to be seen communicating with them, and greeting them, and working with them. I'm not saying the human needs to be a political equal to them, but you want to very much give that appearance even if there's no substance to it. \\- All of this will reinforce that \"us\" image for the humans. Now we need to reinforce the \"them\" image for the rival empire. The easiest way to do this is to talk about the empire in negative terms **in relation to humans**. Do you have footage of your rival harming humans? Let that footage \"leak\" -- it's a term humans use to describe information that was supposed to be secret, and then becomes public, usually through malice or accident. Make a big show of being personally offended by this footage. \\- When you talk about your rival empire, use terminology that humans associate with negatively. Those aren't Boravinian soldiers, they're reptilian combatants. That's not a rival empire, it's an evil empire. That isn't their elected or appointed leader, that's a dictator. Remember the three Ds: Different, Despotic, and Despicable. None of this needs to be based in fact-- humans are very easily convinced if you repeat something often enough. \\- Now that the differences between the humans and the enemy have been firmly established, you need to lay the groundwork for human investment. This means that you will emphasize how your rival empire is **threatening their way of life.** That's a very important phrase, and you'll be surprised how often it works. \\- Exaggerate the numbers of human deaths. Exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy. If the human deaths are **actually** quite high and the enemy **actually** cruel, even better. \\- You can also enact unpopular policies and procedures, and then blame it on the enemy. Power shortages, for example, can be readily and easily be performed in the name of rationing energy crystals. In fact, if you tell the humans that there are food shortages so the brave human soldiers can remain well-fed, you may be surprised to find that many humans are not only okay with the shortages, but somewhat proud! \\- Finally, stroke their egos. Talk about human bravery, human kindness, and human resilience in glowing terms. Reward human soldiers publicly and celebrate their accomplishments. I would give one word of caution, though. Humans have a very long ancestral history, and do not forget conflicts easily. Be aware that damaging the human relationship with your rival in this way is likely to last hundreds of years. And if the humans find out that they've been betrayed or used..... well, may the Great Arkleseizure have mercy on your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1577.0, "score_ratio": 6.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy63um", "c_root_id_B": "efycxcg", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549558523.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "\"They\" have something we need. We have a right to \"it\". We make them the \"other\", and voila, violence is justified in order to take \"it\".", "human_ref_B": "Humans are pack animals and very social creatures. In order to convince them to fight without asking too many questions about why exactly they're the ones fighting and dying and the Tanjovians aren't, you'll need to employ a few different tactics. \\- The first tactic is to create an \"Us vs. Them\" mentality among your human populations. Specifically, you want to emphasize that Tanjovians and humans are part of the \"us\" category, and the evil empire and its allies are part of the \"them\" categories. This is, by far and away, the single most important and powerfully effective piece of propaganda you can use. \\- In order to reinforce that \"us\" mentality, you'll want a human spokesman to espouse the virtues and just cause of fighting this war. Someone the humans find conventionally attractive -- symmetrical features, slightly androgynous looking, etc. There's tons of research on what humans find attractive and why. \\- This spokesman needs to be seen with high-profile Tanjovian leaders. The spokesman needs to be seen communicating with them, and greeting them, and working with them. I'm not saying the human needs to be a political equal to them, but you want to very much give that appearance even if there's no substance to it. \\- All of this will reinforce that \"us\" image for the humans. Now we need to reinforce the \"them\" image for the rival empire. The easiest way to do this is to talk about the empire in negative terms **in relation to humans**. Do you have footage of your rival harming humans? Let that footage \"leak\" -- it's a term humans use to describe information that was supposed to be secret, and then becomes public, usually through malice or accident. Make a big show of being personally offended by this footage. \\- When you talk about your rival empire, use terminology that humans associate with negatively. Those aren't Boravinian soldiers, they're reptilian combatants. That's not a rival empire, it's an evil empire. That isn't their elected or appointed leader, that's a dictator. Remember the three Ds: Different, Despotic, and Despicable. None of this needs to be based in fact-- humans are very easily convinced if you repeat something often enough. \\- Now that the differences between the humans and the enemy have been firmly established, you need to lay the groundwork for human investment. This means that you will emphasize how your rival empire is **threatening their way of life.** That's a very important phrase, and you'll be surprised how often it works. \\- Exaggerate the numbers of human deaths. Exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy. If the human deaths are **actually** quite high and the enemy **actually** cruel, even better. \\- You can also enact unpopular policies and procedures, and then blame it on the enemy. Power shortages, for example, can be readily and easily be performed in the name of rationing energy crystals. In fact, if you tell the humans that there are food shortages so the brave human soldiers can remain well-fed, you may be surprised to find that many humans are not only okay with the shortages, but somewhat proud! \\- Finally, stroke their egos. Talk about human bravery, human kindness, and human resilience in glowing terms. Reward human soldiers publicly and celebrate their accomplishments. I would give one word of caution, though. Humans have a very long ancestral history, and do not forget conflicts easily. Be aware that damaging the human relationship with your rival in this way is likely to last hundreds of years. And if the humans find out that they've been betrayed or used..... well, may the Great Arkleseizure have mercy on your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4712.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy6xb2", "c_root_id_B": "efycxcg", "created_at_utc_A": 1549554386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549558523.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "It would be insulting to ask anyone other than humans! Human Space Marines are the toughest soldiers in the galaxy! Just give us some fancy smancy plasma guns, and point us in the right direction! HooFuckinRa! I know we aren't the finest soldiers in the galaxy. But we think we are, and we love to fight. All we need is a battlefield. The longer the engagement, the more emotionally invested we get. The more our war machine kicks into high gear. Which means more industry, more recruits, more effective.", "human_ref_B": "Humans are pack animals and very social creatures. In order to convince them to fight without asking too many questions about why exactly they're the ones fighting and dying and the Tanjovians aren't, you'll need to employ a few different tactics. \\- The first tactic is to create an \"Us vs. Them\" mentality among your human populations. Specifically, you want to emphasize that Tanjovians and humans are part of the \"us\" category, and the evil empire and its allies are part of the \"them\" categories. This is, by far and away, the single most important and powerfully effective piece of propaganda you can use. \\- In order to reinforce that \"us\" mentality, you'll want a human spokesman to espouse the virtues and just cause of fighting this war. Someone the humans find conventionally attractive -- symmetrical features, slightly androgynous looking, etc. There's tons of research on what humans find attractive and why. \\- This spokesman needs to be seen with high-profile Tanjovian leaders. The spokesman needs to be seen communicating with them, and greeting them, and working with them. I'm not saying the human needs to be a political equal to them, but you want to very much give that appearance even if there's no substance to it. \\- All of this will reinforce that \"us\" image for the humans. Now we need to reinforce the \"them\" image for the rival empire. The easiest way to do this is to talk about the empire in negative terms **in relation to humans**. Do you have footage of your rival harming humans? Let that footage \"leak\" -- it's a term humans use to describe information that was supposed to be secret, and then becomes public, usually through malice or accident. Make a big show of being personally offended by this footage. \\- When you talk about your rival empire, use terminology that humans associate with negatively. Those aren't Boravinian soldiers, they're reptilian combatants. That's not a rival empire, it's an evil empire. That isn't their elected or appointed leader, that's a dictator. Remember the three Ds: Different, Despotic, and Despicable. None of this needs to be based in fact-- humans are very easily convinced if you repeat something often enough. \\- Now that the differences between the humans and the enemy have been firmly established, you need to lay the groundwork for human investment. This means that you will emphasize how your rival empire is **threatening their way of life.** That's a very important phrase, and you'll be surprised how often it works. \\- Exaggerate the numbers of human deaths. Exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy. If the human deaths are **actually** quite high and the enemy **actually** cruel, even better. \\- You can also enact unpopular policies and procedures, and then blame it on the enemy. Power shortages, for example, can be readily and easily be performed in the name of rationing energy crystals. In fact, if you tell the humans that there are food shortages so the brave human soldiers can remain well-fed, you may be surprised to find that many humans are not only okay with the shortages, but somewhat proud! \\- Finally, stroke their egos. Talk about human bravery, human kindness, and human resilience in glowing terms. Reward human soldiers publicly and celebrate their accomplishments. I would give one word of caution, though. Humans have a very long ancestral history, and do not forget conflicts easily. Be aware that damaging the human relationship with your rival in this way is likely to last hundreds of years. And if the humans find out that they've been betrayed or used..... well, may the Great Arkleseizure have mercy on your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4137.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efybt9k", "c_root_id_B": "efycxcg", "created_at_utc_A": 1549557771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549558523.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "You'd have to cater a message that includes at least one or two of the usual motivations for war. Humanity: \"They are wiping peaceful colonies. Enslaving the survivors, We must stop these evil creatures.\" Fear: 'If we don't stop them out there we'll end up fighting them here. We can't let that happen\" Resources: \"The are threatening our supply of XXX which we use for fast interstellar flight\"", "human_ref_B": "Humans are pack animals and very social creatures. In order to convince them to fight without asking too many questions about why exactly they're the ones fighting and dying and the Tanjovians aren't, you'll need to employ a few different tactics. \\- The first tactic is to create an \"Us vs. Them\" mentality among your human populations. Specifically, you want to emphasize that Tanjovians and humans are part of the \"us\" category, and the evil empire and its allies are part of the \"them\" categories. This is, by far and away, the single most important and powerfully effective piece of propaganda you can use. \\- In order to reinforce that \"us\" mentality, you'll want a human spokesman to espouse the virtues and just cause of fighting this war. Someone the humans find conventionally attractive -- symmetrical features, slightly androgynous looking, etc. There's tons of research on what humans find attractive and why. \\- This spokesman needs to be seen with high-profile Tanjovian leaders. The spokesman needs to be seen communicating with them, and greeting them, and working with them. I'm not saying the human needs to be a political equal to them, but you want to very much give that appearance even if there's no substance to it. \\- All of this will reinforce that \"us\" image for the humans. Now we need to reinforce the \"them\" image for the rival empire. The easiest way to do this is to talk about the empire in negative terms **in relation to humans**. Do you have footage of your rival harming humans? Let that footage \"leak\" -- it's a term humans use to describe information that was supposed to be secret, and then becomes public, usually through malice or accident. Make a big show of being personally offended by this footage. \\- When you talk about your rival empire, use terminology that humans associate with negatively. Those aren't Boravinian soldiers, they're reptilian combatants. That's not a rival empire, it's an evil empire. That isn't their elected or appointed leader, that's a dictator. Remember the three Ds: Different, Despotic, and Despicable. None of this needs to be based in fact-- humans are very easily convinced if you repeat something often enough. \\- Now that the differences between the humans and the enemy have been firmly established, you need to lay the groundwork for human investment. This means that you will emphasize how your rival empire is **threatening their way of life.** That's a very important phrase, and you'll be surprised how often it works. \\- Exaggerate the numbers of human deaths. Exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy. If the human deaths are **actually** quite high and the enemy **actually** cruel, even better. \\- You can also enact unpopular policies and procedures, and then blame it on the enemy. Power shortages, for example, can be readily and easily be performed in the name of rationing energy crystals. In fact, if you tell the humans that there are food shortages so the brave human soldiers can remain well-fed, you may be surprised to find that many humans are not only okay with the shortages, but somewhat proud! \\- Finally, stroke their egos. Talk about human bravery, human kindness, and human resilience in glowing terms. Reward human soldiers publicly and celebrate their accomplishments. I would give one word of caution, though. Humans have a very long ancestral history, and do not forget conflicts easily. Be aware that damaging the human relationship with your rival in this way is likely to last hundreds of years. And if the humans find out that they've been betrayed or used..... well, may the Great Arkleseizure have mercy on your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 752.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy6z4i", "c_root_id_B": "efycxcg", "created_at_utc_A": 1549554420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549558523.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "\"Join up with us and we'll give you giant robots\" would be an incredibly effective tactic.", "human_ref_B": "Humans are pack animals and very social creatures. In order to convince them to fight without asking too many questions about why exactly they're the ones fighting and dying and the Tanjovians aren't, you'll need to employ a few different tactics. \\- The first tactic is to create an \"Us vs. Them\" mentality among your human populations. Specifically, you want to emphasize that Tanjovians and humans are part of the \"us\" category, and the evil empire and its allies are part of the \"them\" categories. This is, by far and away, the single most important and powerfully effective piece of propaganda you can use. \\- In order to reinforce that \"us\" mentality, you'll want a human spokesman to espouse the virtues and just cause of fighting this war. Someone the humans find conventionally attractive -- symmetrical features, slightly androgynous looking, etc. There's tons of research on what humans find attractive and why. \\- This spokesman needs to be seen with high-profile Tanjovian leaders. The spokesman needs to be seen communicating with them, and greeting them, and working with them. I'm not saying the human needs to be a political equal to them, but you want to very much give that appearance even if there's no substance to it. \\- All of this will reinforce that \"us\" image for the humans. Now we need to reinforce the \"them\" image for the rival empire. The easiest way to do this is to talk about the empire in negative terms **in relation to humans**. Do you have footage of your rival harming humans? Let that footage \"leak\" -- it's a term humans use to describe information that was supposed to be secret, and then becomes public, usually through malice or accident. Make a big show of being personally offended by this footage. \\- When you talk about your rival empire, use terminology that humans associate with negatively. Those aren't Boravinian soldiers, they're reptilian combatants. That's not a rival empire, it's an evil empire. That isn't their elected or appointed leader, that's a dictator. Remember the three Ds: Different, Despotic, and Despicable. None of this needs to be based in fact-- humans are very easily convinced if you repeat something often enough. \\- Now that the differences between the humans and the enemy have been firmly established, you need to lay the groundwork for human investment. This means that you will emphasize how your rival empire is **threatening their way of life.** That's a very important phrase, and you'll be surprised how often it works. \\- Exaggerate the numbers of human deaths. Exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy. If the human deaths are **actually** quite high and the enemy **actually** cruel, even better. \\- You can also enact unpopular policies and procedures, and then blame it on the enemy. Power shortages, for example, can be readily and easily be performed in the name of rationing energy crystals. In fact, if you tell the humans that there are food shortages so the brave human soldiers can remain well-fed, you may be surprised to find that many humans are not only okay with the shortages, but somewhat proud! \\- Finally, stroke their egos. Talk about human bravery, human kindness, and human resilience in glowing terms. Reward human soldiers publicly and celebrate their accomplishments. I would give one word of caution, though. Humans have a very long ancestral history, and do not forget conflicts easily. Be aware that damaging the human relationship with your rival in this way is likely to last hundreds of years. And if the humans find out that they've been betrayed or used..... well, may the Great Arkleseizure have mercy on your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4103.0, "score_ratio": 16.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efycxcg", "c_root_id_B": "efy3qc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1549558523.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549552062.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Humans are pack animals and very social creatures. In order to convince them to fight without asking too many questions about why exactly they're the ones fighting and dying and the Tanjovians aren't, you'll need to employ a few different tactics. \\- The first tactic is to create an \"Us vs. Them\" mentality among your human populations. Specifically, you want to emphasize that Tanjovians and humans are part of the \"us\" category, and the evil empire and its allies are part of the \"them\" categories. This is, by far and away, the single most important and powerfully effective piece of propaganda you can use. \\- In order to reinforce that \"us\" mentality, you'll want a human spokesman to espouse the virtues and just cause of fighting this war. Someone the humans find conventionally attractive -- symmetrical features, slightly androgynous looking, etc. There's tons of research on what humans find attractive and why. \\- This spokesman needs to be seen with high-profile Tanjovian leaders. The spokesman needs to be seen communicating with them, and greeting them, and working with them. I'm not saying the human needs to be a political equal to them, but you want to very much give that appearance even if there's no substance to it. \\- All of this will reinforce that \"us\" image for the humans. Now we need to reinforce the \"them\" image for the rival empire. The easiest way to do this is to talk about the empire in negative terms **in relation to humans**. Do you have footage of your rival harming humans? Let that footage \"leak\" -- it's a term humans use to describe information that was supposed to be secret, and then becomes public, usually through malice or accident. Make a big show of being personally offended by this footage. \\- When you talk about your rival empire, use terminology that humans associate with negatively. Those aren't Boravinian soldiers, they're reptilian combatants. That's not a rival empire, it's an evil empire. That isn't their elected or appointed leader, that's a dictator. Remember the three Ds: Different, Despotic, and Despicable. None of this needs to be based in fact-- humans are very easily convinced if you repeat something often enough. \\- Now that the differences between the humans and the enemy have been firmly established, you need to lay the groundwork for human investment. This means that you will emphasize how your rival empire is **threatening their way of life.** That's a very important phrase, and you'll be surprised how often it works. \\- Exaggerate the numbers of human deaths. Exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy. If the human deaths are **actually** quite high and the enemy **actually** cruel, even better. \\- You can also enact unpopular policies and procedures, and then blame it on the enemy. Power shortages, for example, can be readily and easily be performed in the name of rationing energy crystals. In fact, if you tell the humans that there are food shortages so the brave human soldiers can remain well-fed, you may be surprised to find that many humans are not only okay with the shortages, but somewhat proud! \\- Finally, stroke their egos. Talk about human bravery, human kindness, and human resilience in glowing terms. Reward human soldiers publicly and celebrate their accomplishments. I would give one word of caution, though. Humans have a very long ancestral history, and do not forget conflicts easily. Be aware that damaging the human relationship with your rival in this way is likely to last hundreds of years. And if the humans find out that they've been betrayed or used..... well, may the Great Arkleseizure have mercy on your soul.", "human_ref_B": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6461.0, "score_ratio": 33.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "efycxcg", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549558523.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "Humans are pack animals and very social creatures. In order to convince them to fight without asking too many questions about why exactly they're the ones fighting and dying and the Tanjovians aren't, you'll need to employ a few different tactics. \\- The first tactic is to create an \"Us vs. Them\" mentality among your human populations. Specifically, you want to emphasize that Tanjovians and humans are part of the \"us\" category, and the evil empire and its allies are part of the \"them\" categories. This is, by far and away, the single most important and powerfully effective piece of propaganda you can use. \\- In order to reinforce that \"us\" mentality, you'll want a human spokesman to espouse the virtues and just cause of fighting this war. Someone the humans find conventionally attractive -- symmetrical features, slightly androgynous looking, etc. There's tons of research on what humans find attractive and why. \\- This spokesman needs to be seen with high-profile Tanjovian leaders. The spokesman needs to be seen communicating with them, and greeting them, and working with them. I'm not saying the human needs to be a political equal to them, but you want to very much give that appearance even if there's no substance to it. \\- All of this will reinforce that \"us\" image for the humans. Now we need to reinforce the \"them\" image for the rival empire. The easiest way to do this is to talk about the empire in negative terms **in relation to humans**. Do you have footage of your rival harming humans? Let that footage \"leak\" -- it's a term humans use to describe information that was supposed to be secret, and then becomes public, usually through malice or accident. Make a big show of being personally offended by this footage. \\- When you talk about your rival empire, use terminology that humans associate with negatively. Those aren't Boravinian soldiers, they're reptilian combatants. That's not a rival empire, it's an evil empire. That isn't their elected or appointed leader, that's a dictator. Remember the three Ds: Different, Despotic, and Despicable. None of this needs to be based in fact-- humans are very easily convinced if you repeat something often enough. \\- Now that the differences between the humans and the enemy have been firmly established, you need to lay the groundwork for human investment. This means that you will emphasize how your rival empire is **threatening their way of life.** That's a very important phrase, and you'll be surprised how often it works. \\- Exaggerate the numbers of human deaths. Exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy. If the human deaths are **actually** quite high and the enemy **actually** cruel, even better. \\- You can also enact unpopular policies and procedures, and then blame it on the enemy. Power shortages, for example, can be readily and easily be performed in the name of rationing energy crystals. In fact, if you tell the humans that there are food shortages so the brave human soldiers can remain well-fed, you may be surprised to find that many humans are not only okay with the shortages, but somewhat proud! \\- Finally, stroke their egos. Talk about human bravery, human kindness, and human resilience in glowing terms. Reward human soldiers publicly and celebrate their accomplishments. I would give one word of caution, though. Humans have a very long ancestral history, and do not forget conflicts easily. Be aware that damaging the human relationship with your rival in this way is likely to last hundreds of years. And if the humans find out that they've been betrayed or used..... well, may the Great Arkleseizure have mercy on your soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5223.0, "score_ratio": -11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy6xb2", "c_root_id_B": "efyal99", "created_at_utc_A": 1549554386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549556946.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It would be insulting to ask anyone other than humans! Human Space Marines are the toughest soldiers in the galaxy! Just give us some fancy smancy plasma guns, and point us in the right direction! HooFuckinRa! I know we aren't the finest soldiers in the galaxy. But we think we are, and we love to fight. All we need is a battlefield. The longer the engagement, the more emotionally invested we get. The more our war machine kicks into high gear. Which means more industry, more recruits, more effective.", "human_ref_B": "Commisars lead from the front! AFIX BAYONETTS!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2560.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efyal99", "c_root_id_B": "efy6z4i", "created_at_utc_A": 1549556946.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549554420.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Commisars lead from the front! AFIX BAYONETTS!", "human_ref_B": "\"Join up with us and we'll give you giant robots\" would be an incredibly effective tactic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2526.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy3qc4", "c_root_id_B": "efyal99", "created_at_utc_A": 1549552062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549556946.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "human_ref_B": "Commisars lead from the front! AFIX BAYONETTS!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4884.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "efyal99", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549556946.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "Commisars lead from the front! AFIX BAYONETTS!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3646.0, "score_ratio": -1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy63um", "c_root_id_B": "efy3qc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549552062.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"They\" have something we need. We have a right to \"it\". We make them the \"other\", and voila, violence is justified in order to take \"it\".", "human_ref_B": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1749.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy63um", "c_root_id_B": "efy5ef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553811.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549553300.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "\"They\" have something we need. We have a right to \"it\". We make them the \"other\", and voila, violence is justified in order to take \"it\".", "human_ref_B": "They meddled in our elections!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 511.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy6xb2", "c_root_id_B": "efygkye", "created_at_utc_A": 1549554386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549560984.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It would be insulting to ask anyone other than humans! Human Space Marines are the toughest soldiers in the galaxy! Just give us some fancy smancy plasma guns, and point us in the right direction! HooFuckinRa! I know we aren't the finest soldiers in the galaxy. But we think we are, and we love to fight. All we need is a battlefield. The longer the engagement, the more emotionally invested we get. The more our war machine kicks into high gear. Which means more industry, more recruits, more effective.", "human_ref_B": "Those aliens over there? They've got oil, fresh drinking water, and a communist tyrant in need of replacing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6598.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy3qc4", "c_root_id_B": "efy6xb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1549552062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549554386.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "human_ref_B": "It would be insulting to ask anyone other than humans! Human Space Marines are the toughest soldiers in the galaxy! Just give us some fancy smancy plasma guns, and point us in the right direction! HooFuckinRa! I know we aren't the finest soldiers in the galaxy. But we think we are, and we love to fight. All we need is a battlefield. The longer the engagement, the more emotionally invested we get. The more our war machine kicks into high gear. Which means more industry, more recruits, more effective.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2324.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy6xb2", "c_root_id_B": "efy5ef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549554386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549553300.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "It would be insulting to ask anyone other than humans! Human Space Marines are the toughest soldiers in the galaxy! Just give us some fancy smancy plasma guns, and point us in the right direction! HooFuckinRa! I know we aren't the finest soldiers in the galaxy. But we think we are, and we love to fight. All we need is a battlefield. The longer the engagement, the more emotionally invested we get. The more our war machine kicks into high gear. Which means more industry, more recruits, more effective.", "human_ref_B": "They meddled in our elections!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1086.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efygkye", "c_root_id_B": "efybt9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1549560984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549557771.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Those aliens over there? They've got oil, fresh drinking water, and a communist tyrant in need of replacing.", "human_ref_B": "You'd have to cater a message that includes at least one or two of the usual motivations for war. Humanity: \"They are wiping peaceful colonies. Enslaving the survivors, We must stop these evil creatures.\" Fear: 'If we don't stop them out there we'll end up fighting them here. We can't let that happen\" Resources: \"The are threatening our supply of XXX which we use for fast interstellar flight\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3213.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efygkye", "c_root_id_B": "efy6z4i", "created_at_utc_A": 1549560984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549554420.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Those aliens over there? They've got oil, fresh drinking water, and a communist tyrant in need of replacing.", "human_ref_B": "\"Join up with us and we'll give you giant robots\" would be an incredibly effective tactic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6564.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy3qc4", "c_root_id_B": "efygkye", "created_at_utc_A": 1549552062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549560984.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "human_ref_B": "Those aliens over there? They've got oil, fresh drinking water, and a communist tyrant in need of replacing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8922.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "efygkye", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549560984.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "Those aliens over there? They've got oil, fresh drinking water, and a communist tyrant in need of replacing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7684.0, "score_ratio": -1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efybt9k", "c_root_id_B": "efy6z4i", "created_at_utc_A": 1549557771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549554420.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You'd have to cater a message that includes at least one or two of the usual motivations for war. Humanity: \"They are wiping peaceful colonies. Enslaving the survivors, We must stop these evil creatures.\" Fear: 'If we don't stop them out there we'll end up fighting them here. We can't let that happen\" Resources: \"The are threatening our supply of XXX which we use for fast interstellar flight\"", "human_ref_B": "\"Join up with us and we'll give you giant robots\" would be an incredibly effective tactic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3351.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy3qc4", "c_root_id_B": "efybt9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1549552062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549557771.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "human_ref_B": "You'd have to cater a message that includes at least one or two of the usual motivations for war. Humanity: \"They are wiping peaceful colonies. Enslaving the survivors, We must stop these evil creatures.\" Fear: 'If we don't stop them out there we'll end up fighting them here. 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What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "efybt9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549557771.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "You'd have to cater a message that includes at least one or two of the usual motivations for war. Humanity: \"They are wiping peaceful colonies. Enslaving the survivors, We must stop these evil creatures.\" Fear: 'If we don't stop them out there we'll end up fighting them here. We can't let that happen\" Resources: \"The are threatening our supply of XXX which we use for fast interstellar flight\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4471.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efykj2t", "c_root_id_B": "efy6z4i", "created_at_utc_A": 1549563577.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549554420.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Just pay human soldiers a high salary and be generous with showering benefits over soldiers' families (health care, pensions in case of death, etc). Also, market a career in the armed forces as a way to ascending in status in the Empire. In the old days when human races were their own client races, that's how they would successfully motivate \"minorities\" to join the armed forces. See for instance the story of an old human polity back on Terra, \"the U.S.\" - their master race was the breed of humans that they call \"whites\", but their army had a disproportionate amount of low-status breeds called \"hispanics\" and \"blacks\".", "human_ref_B": "\"Join up with us and we'll give you giant robots\" would be an incredibly effective tactic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9157.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy3qc4", "c_root_id_B": "efykj2t", "created_at_utc_A": 1549552062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549563577.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "human_ref_B": "Just pay human soldiers a high salary and be generous with showering benefits over soldiers' families (health care, pensions in case of death, etc). Also, market a career in the armed forces as a way to ascending in status in the Empire. In the old days when human races were their own client races, that's how they would successfully motivate \"minorities\" to join the armed forces. See for instance the story of an old human polity back on Terra, \"the U.S.\" - their master race was the breed of humans that they call \"whites\", but their army had a disproportionate amount of low-status breeds called \"hispanics\" and \"blacks\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11515.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efykj2t", "c_root_id_B": "efy5ef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549563577.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549553300.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "Just pay human soldiers a high salary and be generous with showering benefits over soldiers' families (health care, pensions in case of death, etc). Also, market a career in the armed forces as a way to ascending in status in the Empire. In the old days when human races were their own client races, that's how they would successfully motivate \"minorities\" to join the armed forces. See for instance the story of an old human polity back on Terra, \"the U.S.\" - their master race was the breed of humans that they call \"whites\", but their army had a disproportionate amount of low-status breeds called \"hispanics\" and \"blacks\".", "human_ref_B": "They meddled in our elections!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10277.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy6z4i", "c_root_id_B": "efy3qc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1549554420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549552062.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"Join up with us and we'll give you giant robots\" would be an incredibly effective tactic.", "human_ref_B": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2358.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy6z4i", "c_root_id_B": "efy5ef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549554420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549553300.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "\"Join up with us and we'll give you giant robots\" would be an incredibly effective tactic.", "human_ref_B": "They meddled in our elections!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1120.0, "score_ratio": -0.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "eg05j8d", "c_root_id_B": "efy3qc4", "created_at_utc_A": 1549608357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549552062.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "* Pointing out all the benefits of joining the Tanjovian Empire and how they now need us. * Lots of footage of Humans and Tanjovians (and other species) fighting side by side, exaggerating the numbers of Tanjovians. * A lot of inclusive imagery and messaging saying were all in this together, getting us to identify as part of the larger Empire more than as a distinct part of it. * Pointing out the potential threat to human interests and worlds to an extremely exaggerated degree. * Create a human only division/corps of the military, including a special elite company and feature them and their actions prominently in news reports. * Highlight the benefits humanity will gain directly from the war if it's won (promising a division of the spoils of the war).", "human_ref_B": "Have you read Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1) by Craig Alanson ?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 56295.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "eg05j8d", "c_root_id_B": "efypa9a", "created_at_utc_A": 1549608357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549566708.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "* Pointing out all the benefits of joining the Tanjovian Empire and how they now need us. * Lots of footage of Humans and Tanjovians (and other species) fighting side by side, exaggerating the numbers of Tanjovians. * A lot of inclusive imagery and messaging saying were all in this together, getting us to identify as part of the larger Empire more than as a distinct part of it. * Pointing out the potential threat to human interests and worlds to an extremely exaggerated degree. * Create a human only division/corps of the military, including a special elite company and feature them and their actions prominently in news reports. * Highlight the benefits humanity will gain directly from the war if it's won (promising a division of the spoils of the war).", "human_ref_B": "Just tell us the other aliens have oil.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41649.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efzcorj", "c_root_id_B": "eg05j8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1549582676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549608357.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "On a very breif note that may aid your research: Digging through some old Terran media you should try and confirm how true any of the stuff in THIS image is related to the rest of the species in the known galaxy. If any of it seems to be true you should also investigate some of the fiction in the historical records located at r/hfy which might give you some insight into how to appeal to humanities warrior ethos.", "human_ref_B": "* Pointing out all the benefits of joining the Tanjovian Empire and how they now need us. * Lots of footage of Humans and Tanjovians (and other species) fighting side by side, exaggerating the numbers of Tanjovians. * A lot of inclusive imagery and messaging saying were all in this together, getting us to identify as part of the larger Empire more than as a distinct part of it. * Pointing out the potential threat to human interests and worlds to an extremely exaggerated degree. * Create a human only division/corps of the military, including a special elite company and feature them and their actions prominently in news reports. * Highlight the benefits humanity will gain directly from the war if it's won (promising a division of the spoils of the war).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25681.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "eg05j8d", "c_root_id_B": "efzhaat", "created_at_utc_A": 1549608357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549586296.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "* Pointing out all the benefits of joining the Tanjovian Empire and how they now need us. * Lots of footage of Humans and Tanjovians (and other species) fighting side by side, exaggerating the numbers of Tanjovians. * A lot of inclusive imagery and messaging saying were all in this together, getting us to identify as part of the larger Empire more than as a distinct part of it. * Pointing out the potential threat to human interests and worlds to an extremely exaggerated degree. * Create a human only division/corps of the military, including a special elite company and feature them and their actions prominently in news reports. * Highlight the benefits humanity will gain directly from the war if it's won (promising a division of the spoils of the war).", "human_ref_B": "Fight for *your* empire? It sounds to me this is the perfect time for Humanity to break free and regain their independence. There is our best motivator. Humans are gonna fight, but it ain't gonna before some alien overlords.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22061.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efzrjf2", "c_root_id_B": "eg05j8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1549594485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549608357.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Damn the one thing that might cause lasting bipartisanship - let\u2019s hate those damn illegal aliens together", "human_ref_B": "* Pointing out all the benefits of joining the Tanjovian Empire and how they now need us. * Lots of footage of Humans and Tanjovians (and other species) fighting side by side, exaggerating the numbers of Tanjovians. * A lot of inclusive imagery and messaging saying were all in this together, getting us to identify as part of the larger Empire more than as a distinct part of it. * Pointing out the potential threat to human interests and worlds to an extremely exaggerated degree. * Create a human only division/corps of the military, including a special elite company and feature them and their actions prominently in news reports. * Highlight the benefits humanity will gain directly from the war if it's won (promising a division of the spoils of the war).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13872.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efzxsek", "c_root_id_B": "eg05j8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1549599713.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549608357.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Startroops", "human_ref_B": "* Pointing out all the benefits of joining the Tanjovian Empire and how they now need us. * Lots of footage of Humans and Tanjovians (and other species) fighting side by side, exaggerating the numbers of Tanjovians. * A lot of inclusive imagery and messaging saying were all in this together, getting us to identify as part of the larger Empire more than as a distinct part of it. * Pointing out the potential threat to human interests and worlds to an extremely exaggerated degree. * Create a human only division/corps of the military, including a special elite company and feature them and their actions prominently in news reports. * Highlight the benefits humanity will gain directly from the war if it's won (promising a division of the spoils of the war).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8644.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "eg05j8d", "c_root_id_B": "eg03hmz", "created_at_utc_A": 1549608357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549605782.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "* Pointing out all the benefits of joining the Tanjovian Empire and how they now need us. * Lots of footage of Humans and Tanjovians (and other species) fighting side by side, exaggerating the numbers of Tanjovians. * A lot of inclusive imagery and messaging saying were all in this together, getting us to identify as part of the larger Empire more than as a distinct part of it. * Pointing out the potential threat to human interests and worlds to an extremely exaggerated degree. * Create a human only division/corps of the military, including a special elite company and feature them and their actions prominently in news reports. * Highlight the benefits humanity will gain directly from the war if it's won (promising a division of the spoils of the war).", "human_ref_B": "Oil on another planet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2575.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "eg05j8d", "c_root_id_B": "efy5ef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549608357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549553300.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "* Pointing out all the benefits of joining the Tanjovian Empire and how they now need us. * Lots of footage of Humans and Tanjovians (and other species) fighting side by side, exaggerating the numbers of Tanjovians. * A lot of inclusive imagery and messaging saying were all in this together, getting us to identify as part of the larger Empire more than as a distinct part of it. * Pointing out the potential threat to human interests and worlds to an extremely exaggerated degree. * Create a human only division/corps of the military, including a special elite company and feature them and their actions prominently in news reports. * Highlight the benefits humanity will gain directly from the war if it's won (promising a division of the spoils of the war).", "human_ref_B": "They meddled in our elections!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 55057.0, "score_ratio": -0.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efypa9a", "c_root_id_B": "efy5ef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549566708.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549553300.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "Just tell us the other aliens have oil.", "human_ref_B": "They meddled in our elections!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13408.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efzcorj", "c_root_id_B": "efy5ef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549582676.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549553300.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "On a very breif note that may aid your research: Digging through some old Terran media you should try and confirm how true any of the stuff in THIS image is related to the rest of the species in the known galaxy. If any of it seems to be true you should also investigate some of the fiction in the historical records located at r/hfy which might give you some insight into how to appeal to humanities warrior ethos.", "human_ref_B": "They meddled in our elections!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29376.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "efzhaat", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549586296.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "Fight for *your* empire? It sounds to me this is the perfect time for Humanity to break free and regain their independence. There is our best motivator. Humans are gonna fight, but it ain't gonna before some alien overlords.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32996.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "efzrjf2", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549594485.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "Damn the one thing that might cause lasting bipartisanship - let\u2019s hate those damn illegal aliens together", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41185.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "efzxsek", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549599713.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "Startroops", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46413.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "eg03hmz", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549605782.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "Oil on another planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 52482.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "eg0eftr", "c_root_id_B": "efy5ef0", "created_at_utc_A": 1549623136.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549553300.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "Oil for USA", "human_ref_B": "They meddled in our elections!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 69836.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ao4auj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[General Sci-Fi] What type of propaganda could be used to convince humanity to fight in an interstellar war? 50 years ago, we (the Tanjovians) added humans into our interstellar empire. With our help, humankind has colonized dozens of planets and live in comfort. Our empire wants to go to war against another empire that threatens our interests, but we don\u2019t want to waste too many Tanjovian soldiers on the task, so we\u2019ve decided to have our various \u201cclient races\u201d fight for us. What propaganda (subtle and otherwise) could we use to convince humanity to fight for us in this war?", "c_root_id_A": "efy5ef0", "c_root_id_B": "eg0iqme", "created_at_utc_A": 1549553300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549629432.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They meddled in our elections!", "human_ref_B": "\u201cXenos will eat your children!\u201d \u201cDo you want to become slaves?\u201d Stuff like that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 76132.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nm7col", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel]How many in universe years have passed since Spider-Man debuted as a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "gzmw6ki", "c_root_id_B": "gznakeu", "created_at_utc_A": 1622123039.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622129405.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "At the moment, at least 14 but more likely 15 or 16 by now.", "human_ref_B": "Roughly 15, but it could be as high as 20. For the moment, it's \"real world passage of time divided by roughly three,\" but things like the Secret Wars cosmic reboot make time a bit funny.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6366.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nm7col", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Marvel]How many in universe years have passed since Spider-Man debuted as a hero?", "c_root_id_A": "gznakeu", "c_root_id_B": "gzn0bm3", "created_at_utc_A": 1622129405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622124940.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Roughly 15, but it could be as high as 20. For the moment, it's \"real world passage of time divided by roughly three,\" but things like the Secret Wars cosmic reboot make time a bit funny.", "human_ref_B": "It's gotten re set. In the late 90s early 2000s he was like late 20s or even early 30s married to MJ talking about having kids", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4465.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mpqbqd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] Does the average Hydra agent consider themselves a Nazi? I know in the comics Hydra is an explicitly white supremacist organization, but this does not seem to be the case in the MCU. Hydra predates the Nazis by about 200 years, and while they are almost certainly fascists, it seems like they have no issues with non-white people, even having them in their council of leaders. They partnered with the Nazis, but explicitly planned to betray and kill them. If you were to ask the average Hydra operative if they were a Nazi, what would their answer be?", "c_root_id_A": "gubdchf", "c_root_id_B": "gubb7cz", "created_at_utc_A": 1618272349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618271206.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Higher ups most likely don't care. If I'm correct, Hydra just used the Nazi's to further their goals. As for the grunts? It probably depends. Before WW2 no, obviously. After, maybe. Hydra might use it's past affiliation with the Nazi's to recruit people.", "human_ref_B": "The higher ups probably just think of themselves as a secret society. But they have no problem using Nazi\u2019s or whomever as their grunts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1143.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mpqbqd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] Does the average Hydra agent consider themselves a Nazi? I know in the comics Hydra is an explicitly white supremacist organization, but this does not seem to be the case in the MCU. Hydra predates the Nazis by about 200 years, and while they are almost certainly fascists, it seems like they have no issues with non-white people, even having them in their council of leaders. They partnered with the Nazis, but explicitly planned to betray and kill them. If you were to ask the average Hydra operative if they were a Nazi, what would their answer be?", "c_root_id_A": "gubb7cz", "c_root_id_B": "gubdpyc", "created_at_utc_A": 1618271206.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618272544.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "The higher ups probably just think of themselves as a secret society. But they have no problem using Nazi\u2019s or whomever as their grunts.", "human_ref_B": "Nope, recent inductee Grant Ward vehemently objects to the idea that he is a Nazi Hydra's doctrine is fascistic but not ultimately guided by racist ideology (even in the comics they've had non-white leaders and drew on the Japanese nationalist organization called The Hand to develop their ties to the occult world).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1338.0, "score_ratio": 3.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mpqbqd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] Does the average Hydra agent consider themselves a Nazi? I know in the comics Hydra is an explicitly white supremacist organization, but this does not seem to be the case in the MCU. Hydra predates the Nazis by about 200 years, and while they are almost certainly fascists, it seems like they have no issues with non-white people, even having them in their council of leaders. They partnered with the Nazis, but explicitly planned to betray and kill them. If you were to ask the average Hydra operative if they were a Nazi, what would their answer be?", "c_root_id_A": "gubh8g9", "c_root_id_B": "gubb7cz", "created_at_utc_A": 1618274362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618271206.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "> Stop, wait, I'm not a Nazi! \\- Grant Ward, after being accused of being a Nazi Other HYDRA agents like Alexander Pierce have mentioned vague ideas of \"bringing order\", and if you want a particularly amusing take, Daniel Whitehall, speaking to a graduating class of the HYDRA academy, said this: > While you may be behind the scenes, there are many ways you can help HYDRA dismantle the oppressive state. It is unknown how many people truly buy that though. Probably none.", "human_ref_B": "The higher ups probably just think of themselves as a secret society. But they have no problem using Nazi\u2019s or whomever as their grunts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3156.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mpqbqd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[MCU] Does the average Hydra agent consider themselves a Nazi? I know in the comics Hydra is an explicitly white supremacist organization, but this does not seem to be the case in the MCU. Hydra predates the Nazis by about 200 years, and while they are almost certainly fascists, it seems like they have no issues with non-white people, even having them in their council of leaders. They partnered with the Nazis, but explicitly planned to betray and kill them. If you were to ask the average Hydra operative if they were a Nazi, what would their answer be?", "c_root_id_A": "guc7g79", "c_root_id_B": "gucqlqf", "created_at_utc_A": 1618289329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618306740.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s worth noting that predating the Nazis is no indication of not being a Nazi. Pretty much every major Nazi during World War II was born before the formation of the party, and most of them joined as adults.", "human_ref_B": "some hold out the nazi values, and hydra has probably recuited from neo-nazies, its probably make for easy muscle, but most modern hydra agents arent nazies, just facists.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17411.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evb4qaf", "c_root_id_B": "evbf7dl", "created_at_utc_A": 1564365795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564375196.0, "score_A": 209, "score_B": 482, "human_ref_A": "They weren't expecting to fight Thanos, or an army.", "human_ref_B": "In addition to the other comments, he still doesn't trust other people with his tech. He made the suits for himself, Peter, Rhodes, and Pepper. No one else.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9401.0, "score_ratio": 2.3062200957, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbf7dl", "c_root_id_B": "evbcm02", "created_at_utc_A": 1564375196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564372681.0, "score_A": 482, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "In addition to the other comments, he still doesn't trust other people with his tech. He made the suits for himself, Peter, Rhodes, and Pepper. No one else.", "human_ref_B": "Another good reason not brought up, what would it have gained them? They already had good communication, their current suits at the time served their purposes enough, and part of the plan was disguise. We see cap needing to disguise himself as himself to infiltrate hydra. We also see him and stark infiltrating hydra together. What would a suit do for any of that? Protection? From who? The captain they never planned on meeting until it happened?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2515.0, "score_ratio": 22.9523809524, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbfpz9", "c_root_id_B": "evbhmsh", "created_at_utc_A": 1564375713.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564377741.0, "score_A": 90, "score_B": 122, "human_ref_A": "Stepping outside the MCU, it's addressed in multiple instances throughout the comics and various animated adaptations, usually something along the lines of Captain America not finding the suits match his fighting style or Hawkeye being unable to use his instincts properly or some such contrivance. MCU of course is its own thing with its own perfectly logical and reasonable explanations :)", "human_ref_B": "If everyone had an IronMan suit, they'd all have the same vulnerabilities. So if an EMP could disable the suit, then they'd all go down at the same time. Better to have superheroes with different strengths and vulnerability so even if Thanos-offensive-tactic-X takes out everyone with vulnerability Y, it doesn't affect every hero.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2028.0, "score_ratio": 1.3555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbhmsh", "c_root_id_B": "evbcm02", "created_at_utc_A": 1564377741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564372681.0, "score_A": 122, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "If everyone had an IronMan suit, they'd all have the same vulnerabilities. So if an EMP could disable the suit, then they'd all go down at the same time. Better to have superheroes with different strengths and vulnerability so even if Thanos-offensive-tactic-X takes out everyone with vulnerability Y, it doesn't affect every hero.", "human_ref_B": "Another good reason not brought up, what would it have gained them? They already had good communication, their current suits at the time served their purposes enough, and part of the plan was disguise. We see cap needing to disguise himself as himself to infiltrate hydra. We also see him and stark infiltrating hydra together. What would a suit do for any of that? Protection? From who? The captain they never planned on meeting until it happened?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5060.0, "score_ratio": 5.8095238095, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbhmsh", "c_root_id_B": "evbg9vy", "created_at_utc_A": 1564377741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564376280.0, "score_A": 122, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "If everyone had an IronMan suit, they'd all have the same vulnerabilities. So if an EMP could disable the suit, then they'd all go down at the same time. Better to have superheroes with different strengths and vulnerability so even if Thanos-offensive-tactic-X takes out everyone with vulnerability Y, it doesn't affect every hero.", "human_ref_B": "A couple reasons: As per Iron Man 2 (and Spider-man Homecoming), only Tony's most *trusted* people get the iron man suits. He simply doesn't trust others with them-- not necessarily that he thinks any particular person will use the suits poorly, but they might put it in the wrong hands. Remember, Tony Stark *became* Iron Man because he made weapons that he thought he was selling to good guys, but a trusted friend was selling them to bad guys committing acts of horror. And, as per Spider-Man Homecoming, we can extrapolate Peter's reasoning out to others: Everyone has their *own* style of fighting and their own powers, and an Iron Man suit would only get in the way. The suits can be handy in very specific situations, but just for general fighting, everyone has their own thing to do. Would Nebula have been able to actually fight in an Iron Man suit? Nah. It would completely negate the abilities and fighting style she actually uses. Oh and finally, related to the above, as per Iron Man 3, we can see that it actually takes some training to be proficient in them. Pepper Pots barely manages to do anything when some Iron Man armor gets on her, until she's had plenty of training by the time Endgame gets around. Rhodey is an accomplished pilot and even he needed to study it and consult with Tony to really make use of it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1461.0, "score_ratio": 8.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbhmsh", "c_root_id_B": "evbfpqd", "created_at_utc_A": 1564377741.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564375705.0, "score_A": 122, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "If everyone had an IronMan suit, they'd all have the same vulnerabilities. So if an EMP could disable the suit, then they'd all go down at the same time. Better to have superheroes with different strengths and vulnerability so even if Thanos-offensive-tactic-X takes out everyone with vulnerability Y, it doesn't affect every hero.", "human_ref_B": "Well, specifically for Endgame I think there actually was a bit of a rush. Tony basically figured out the time travel and then they went right back to try and bring everyone back once they figured out how they could do it. Every day they waited was a day they had to keep on going without their loved ones. I think everyone wanted to do this as soon as possible. Clint and Nat were probably the two who could most benefit from a suit since they\u2019re regular people, and do you think Clint would rather spend time watching Tony build him a suit instead of getting his family back? And we saw how torn up Nat was and how much trouble she had moving on. I think they wanted to get everyone back ASAP. I don\u2019t get the impression Peppers and Peters suits were something he whipped up in an hour or two. I\u2019m sure it took time and iterations to make something right for them. And if it added any extra abilities then that would\u2019ve likely needed extra time for training and the such too. Maybe just plain armor would\u2019ve been faster, but what would it have helped? Cap and Antman we\u2019re supposed to be discrete by blending in with their past selves, so what would they need a high tech bulletproof suit for? They weren\u2019t supposed to fight anyone, and if theyd ever used the suit it would\u2019ve just complicated everything. It would\u2019ve been useless for Thor and Hulk. We\u2019ve seen Nebula rebuild herself and let her hand half melt without flinching, I doubt it would\u2019ve protected her much or stopped Thanos from messing with her head and capturing her. Do you really picture Tony making a suit for a raccoon from space he doesn\u2019t even know? And Clint and Nat were supposed to just walk to Voromir and back basically, and even though it ended up being more complicated, the suit wouldn\u2019t have changed anything. They had no reason to think anything would happen, which is why they sent arguably the two weakest members there on their own to go get it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2036.0, "score_ratio": 8.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbcm02", "c_root_id_B": "evbfpz9", "created_at_utc_A": 1564372681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564375713.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 90, "human_ref_A": "Another good reason not brought up, what would it have gained them? They already had good communication, their current suits at the time served their purposes enough, and part of the plan was disguise. We see cap needing to disguise himself as himself to infiltrate hydra. We also see him and stark infiltrating hydra together. What would a suit do for any of that? Protection? From who? The captain they never planned on meeting until it happened?", "human_ref_B": "Stepping outside the MCU, it's addressed in multiple instances throughout the comics and various animated adaptations, usually something along the lines of Captain America not finding the suits match his fighting style or Hawkeye being unable to use his instincts properly or some such contrivance. MCU of course is its own thing with its own perfectly logical and reasonable explanations :)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3032.0, "score_ratio": 4.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbfpz9", "c_root_id_B": "evbfpqd", "created_at_utc_A": 1564375713.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564375705.0, "score_A": 90, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Stepping outside the MCU, it's addressed in multiple instances throughout the comics and various animated adaptations, usually something along the lines of Captain America not finding the suits match his fighting style or Hawkeye being unable to use his instincts properly or some such contrivance. MCU of course is its own thing with its own perfectly logical and reasonable explanations :)", "human_ref_B": "Well, specifically for Endgame I think there actually was a bit of a rush. Tony basically figured out the time travel and then they went right back to try and bring everyone back once they figured out how they could do it. Every day they waited was a day they had to keep on going without their loved ones. I think everyone wanted to do this as soon as possible. Clint and Nat were probably the two who could most benefit from a suit since they\u2019re regular people, and do you think Clint would rather spend time watching Tony build him a suit instead of getting his family back? And we saw how torn up Nat was and how much trouble she had moving on. I think they wanted to get everyone back ASAP. I don\u2019t get the impression Peppers and Peters suits were something he whipped up in an hour or two. I\u2019m sure it took time and iterations to make something right for them. And if it added any extra abilities then that would\u2019ve likely needed extra time for training and the such too. Maybe just plain armor would\u2019ve been faster, but what would it have helped? Cap and Antman we\u2019re supposed to be discrete by blending in with their past selves, so what would they need a high tech bulletproof suit for? They weren\u2019t supposed to fight anyone, and if theyd ever used the suit it would\u2019ve just complicated everything. It would\u2019ve been useless for Thor and Hulk. We\u2019ve seen Nebula rebuild herself and let her hand half melt without flinching, I doubt it would\u2019ve protected her much or stopped Thanos from messing with her head and capturing her. Do you really picture Tony making a suit for a raccoon from space he doesn\u2019t even know? And Clint and Nat were supposed to just walk to Voromir and back basically, and even though it ended up being more complicated, the suit wouldn\u2019t have changed anything. They had no reason to think anything would happen, which is why they sent arguably the two weakest members there on their own to go get it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbg9vy", "c_root_id_B": "evbiwtu", "created_at_utc_A": 1564376280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564379193.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "A couple reasons: As per Iron Man 2 (and Spider-man Homecoming), only Tony's most *trusted* people get the iron man suits. He simply doesn't trust others with them-- not necessarily that he thinks any particular person will use the suits poorly, but they might put it in the wrong hands. Remember, Tony Stark *became* Iron Man because he made weapons that he thought he was selling to good guys, but a trusted friend was selling them to bad guys committing acts of horror. And, as per Spider-Man Homecoming, we can extrapolate Peter's reasoning out to others: Everyone has their *own* style of fighting and their own powers, and an Iron Man suit would only get in the way. The suits can be handy in very specific situations, but just for general fighting, everyone has their own thing to do. Would Nebula have been able to actually fight in an Iron Man suit? Nah. It would completely negate the abilities and fighting style she actually uses. Oh and finally, related to the above, as per Iron Man 3, we can see that it actually takes some training to be proficient in them. Pepper Pots barely manages to do anything when some Iron Man armor gets on her, until she's had plenty of training by the time Endgame gets around. Rhodey is an accomplished pilot and even he needed to study it and consult with Tony to really make use of it.", "human_ref_B": "It's as simple as the fact that Tony Stark has a few unfortunate psychological hangups. Refusing to share his suits is one of them. He does other ridiculous things through the series. Like taunt an active terrorist organization without securing his own home, despite his extreme wealth, resources, and general ability to do so. Or, Far From Home spoilers, >!giving a well-meaning but very immature teenager total access to everybody's privacy & secure information, and a ridiculous WMD!<. I just like to think of it as a surprisingly small dose of madness that came with his ridiculous dose of genius.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2913.0, "score_ratio": 1.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cj4t1x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Why doesn\u2019t everyone get an Ironman suit? [spoiler] I just rewatched Endgame, and as much as I loved it (again), I can\u2019t help wondering why Stark didn\u2019t outfit everyone with some version of a suit as they went into their final fights. Once they figured out time travel, what was the rush? He could\u2019ve taken more time to at least install everyone with some nano particles to serve defensive purposes. Not to mention Nebula having some extra protection would\u2019ve saved a lot of headache...", "c_root_id_A": "evbfpqd", "c_root_id_B": "evbiwtu", "created_at_utc_A": 1564375705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1564379193.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Well, specifically for Endgame I think there actually was a bit of a rush. Tony basically figured out the time travel and then they went right back to try and bring everyone back once they figured out how they could do it. Every day they waited was a day they had to keep on going without their loved ones. I think everyone wanted to do this as soon as possible. Clint and Nat were probably the two who could most benefit from a suit since they\u2019re regular people, and do you think Clint would rather spend time watching Tony build him a suit instead of getting his family back? And we saw how torn up Nat was and how much trouble she had moving on. I think they wanted to get everyone back ASAP. I don\u2019t get the impression Peppers and Peters suits were something he whipped up in an hour or two. I\u2019m sure it took time and iterations to make something right for them. And if it added any extra abilities then that would\u2019ve likely needed extra time for training and the such too. Maybe just plain armor would\u2019ve been faster, but what would it have helped? Cap and Antman we\u2019re supposed to be discrete by blending in with their past selves, so what would they need a high tech bulletproof suit for? They weren\u2019t supposed to fight anyone, and if theyd ever used the suit it would\u2019ve just complicated everything. It would\u2019ve been useless for Thor and Hulk. We\u2019ve seen Nebula rebuild herself and let her hand half melt without flinching, I doubt it would\u2019ve protected her much or stopped Thanos from messing with her head and capturing her. Do you really picture Tony making a suit for a raccoon from space he doesn\u2019t even know? And Clint and Nat were supposed to just walk to Voromir and back basically, and even though it ended up being more complicated, the suit wouldn\u2019t have changed anything. They had no reason to think anything would happen, which is why they sent arguably the two weakest members there on their own to go get it.", "human_ref_B": "It's as simple as the fact that Tony Stark has a few unfortunate psychological hangups. Refusing to share his suits is one of them. He does other ridiculous things through the series. Like taunt an active terrorist organization without securing his own home, despite his extreme wealth, resources, and general ability to do so. Or, Far From Home spoilers, >!giving a well-meaning but very immature teenager total access to everybody's privacy & secure information, and a ridiculous WMD!<. I just like to think of it as a surprisingly small dose of madness that came with his ridiculous dose of genius.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3488.0, "score_ratio": 1.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17nv01", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 1.0, "history": "Gundam Wing/Various Mobile Suit Series] Would a gundam or mobile suit be feasible in modern combat? So if gundanium alloy existed and we could create mobile suits (for the sake of the comparison of the show to reality, we will say [Gundam 03 Heavyarms, or a group of Mobile Suit Leos if we could create something along the lines of this, would it be feasible in today's warfare?", "c_root_id_A": "c87jwha", "c_root_id_B": "c87n4ab", "created_at_utc_A": 1359735834.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359744513.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The thing is, if we have gundanium alloy, why wouldn't you just use it for conventional tanks and aircraft? (I'm purposely jumping on the fact that didn't mention advanced powerplants) A tank platform can handle larger weapon loads than a bipedal mech, all things equal, and the tank represents a lower profile. Without an advanced powerplant any mechs you build would be well armored but slow. Gundanium-alloy tanks could attack from hull-down positions, and there's not too many places mobile suits can hide, save large cities. Throw in fast-moving, gundanium fighter-bombers, and those walkers are toast without air cover.", "human_ref_B": "(Have class soon so will edit/elaborate as I go) It depends on the anime/game and type of a \"mobile suit\" in question. I'm going to separate them somewhat-arbitrarily into the categories of **Air/Ground-capable Mobile Suits** (examples being Gundam 00's American Union Flags and Code Geass's Tristan or the Universal Century's EFSF ReZEL), **Heavy Mobile Suits** (Examples being the Universal Century Gundam's Guntanks, Gundam 00's HRL Tieren) and **High Mobility Mobile Suits** (Examples being Code Geass's Glasgow or the Universal Century's Jegan) for easier explanation. (By the way, I'm completely ignoring space-only mecha simply because modern warfare doesn't spread to space) **Heavy Mobile Suits vs. Conventional Armor (Tanks)**: The closest mecha to modern weaponry are the Heavy Mobile Suits. These generally consist of heavily-armored and generally slow mecha that generally serve as heavy weapons platforms in a pro vs. Con format. * **Con: High Profile:** right off the bat, all mobile suits are tall. Tank combat prioritizes a very low profile to better assume a hull-down position. A tall profile makes an armored vehicle easy to hit. * **Con: Relatively unsloped armor:** Modern MBT's are made completely out of slopes to maximize the effective armor available, and humanoid mechas just aren't built to do that. Arguably, the rounded armor Zaku may be a little better suited for this, but overall a heavy armor mecha will not be able to mount the same effective armor as a MBT. * **Con: Probably less armor:** Because all your weight is being centered in your legs, a mecha can probably sustain far less armor than an MBT. * **Con: High Ground Pressure:** This is one that even World War II tank manufacturers didn't keep in mind: if your weight is centered in too small an area (i.e. your tracks are too narrow in a tank) you will not be able to spread your weight evenly, and that will cause you to perform poorly in mud and snow. Mecha will probably sink balls deep in certain environments. * **Pro/Con: faster but less gun Traverse:** One of the main factors in an MBT's ability to fight is its ability to bring its gun to bear on a target in time. On a heavy Mecha like a guntank, you can quickly move your limbs to aim a weapon with the same limits of a human, while an MBT will have to turn its whole turret (at ~40 degrees a second on a modern MBT) to bear. On the other hand, BECAUSE they are humanoid, heavy mecha cannot shoot 360 degrees without turning. Heavy mecha like the Tieren can rapidly aim anywhere in front of them or in their view range, but they must turn around to hit enemies behind them, while an MBT can simply turn its turret (though it's recommended to turn anyway to show frontal armor). While this isn't a factor with all Heavy Mecha (Later Guntanks can do both), this can vary to a pro or con for each. * **Pro: Superior Weapons Adaptability/Cost Effectiveness**. Yes, an MBT might be able to mount more weapons, but at the same time it can only really mount its main gun and perhaps a turret or coaxial machine gun. You can load HEAT, HESH or APCR, but unless you go back to a factory and switch a turret with that of an AA gun, you won't be able to, say, mount a SAM, an AA gun or a higher-bore howitzer. With a Heavy Mobile Suit, you can just switch a beam rifle with an AA gun or a Rocket Launcher without having to send the mobile suit back to the factory to retool. Moreover, in mecha anime like the Universal Century Gundam, all mobile suit weapons on both sides are compatible with each other. This makes for a huge amount of adaptability compared to an MBT. There is a legend that The Soviets designed their Mortars in World War II to be 1 mm larger than the German mortars so that they could shoot German shells (badly) but the Germans couldn't shoot soviet shells. Similarly, until NATO standardization, French, German and Russian tanks all used guns of different calibers, and their shells were not interchangeable (especially since this was the age of rifled shells). Mecha don't have their problem. If a Zaku's gun is broken, he can simply pick up any Federation weapon and use it without worry. This is a HUGE Logistical Advantage, meaning that you can a) easily resupply your own guys with enemy weapons and ammunition and b) instantly change a Knightmare Frame / Mobile Suit / Gundam / Armored Core into an AA / Anti-infantry / Anti-Fortification / Anti-armor /Anti-MS type instantly without any need for further modifications. You don't have to build 20 M7 Priests and 20 M3 Grants to have a proper artillery and tank force, you can just produce 40 Zaku and give 20 of them artillery guns and 20 of them anti-tank guns. * **Pro: High Profile:** Awkwardly, this disadvantage is also an advantage. Most tanks, because of weight issues, have their thinnest armor on the bottom of the tank (hence weaknesses to IEDs and Mines) and on the top, and a mecha can take advantage of this in that it can quite easily shoot down on a tank's exposed top armor and easily penetrate it. * **Pro: Geographic Versatility:** There are many places a tank can't go. The Soviet Heavy KV-1 tank was a powerhouse, but it was so heavy that it would often collapse bridges, while the German Tigers, while heavily armed and armored, were known to be incredibly unreliable and generally useless in mud. Tanks can't climb mountains, they tear up asphalt, they can't function in mud. Mobile suits don't have these disadvantages because of their legs. A mobile suit can assume a hull-down position nearly anywhere or in any place, from a mountain to a bridge, particularly because legs are a lot more versatile than treads. **Basic Overview of Heavy Mecha vs. Tanks**: Heavy mecha are probably a lot more logistically feasible and more versatile, but in an MBT's traditional field of battle may not be able to perform in a toe-to-toe battle. Exceptions such as the Guntank have the advantage of both.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8679.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "udtvc3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Zombie Apocalypse] Would a zombie virus have variants like COVID?", "c_root_id_A": "i6iyazf", "c_root_id_B": "i6j2qk4", "created_at_utc_A": 1651149410.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651151614.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the type of the thing. Would it be a virus? Or a bacteria. You can use the bacterium that causes the plague as an example if you wish? While there is variation, it absolutely is not as quick and prone to mutation covid is, there are differences between different viruses and bacteria too. Can you elaborate?", "human_ref_B": "If it's an actual virus, probably, because all viri mutate rapidly and spawn variants. The genetic code of a virus is much simpler than a true living organism, and much more prone to change. However, that doesn't mean a new variant will become dominant. In *The Walking Dead*, it was stated that all humans are already infected with the zombie virus, but it doesn't take hold until they carrier dies. In a case like this, it would be impossible to out-compete the original virus, because it had already achieved saturation. New variants would therefore quickly die out. Also, \"zombie virus\" might not be accurate; it might just be the best way for people to describe what they think was happening. In the original *Night of the Living Dead*, it was implied that the zombie apocalypse was caused by radiation from a satellite. In other media, zombies are caused by black magic, or by poison. None of those are going to mutate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2204.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "udtvc3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Zombie Apocalypse] Would a zombie virus have variants like COVID?", "c_root_id_A": "i6j12mw", "c_root_id_B": "i6j2qk4", "created_at_utc_A": 1651150810.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651151614.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "I believe that\u2019s where you would get the different types of zombies. The two examples that come to mind are Left 4 Dead (the boomer, the witch, the jockey, etc) and Zombieland (the homer, the ninja, the T-800, etc)", "human_ref_B": "If it's an actual virus, probably, because all viri mutate rapidly and spawn variants. The genetic code of a virus is much simpler than a true living organism, and much more prone to change. However, that doesn't mean a new variant will become dominant. In *The Walking Dead*, it was stated that all humans are already infected with the zombie virus, but it doesn't take hold until they carrier dies. In a case like this, it would be impossible to out-compete the original virus, because it had already achieved saturation. New variants would therefore quickly die out. Also, \"zombie virus\" might not be accurate; it might just be the best way for people to describe what they think was happening. In the original *Night of the Living Dead*, it was implied that the zombie apocalypse was caused by radiation from a satellite. In other media, zombies are caused by black magic, or by poison. None of those are going to mutate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 804.0, "score_ratio": 4.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "orvgsf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Naruto] Why the hell would you slash your headband!? Many missing nin, or nukenin, mark their headbands in a horizontal slash, presumably to show that they are missing nin. My question is, why. The fact that Hunter nin are on the lookout for such people and are ordered to kill them would make one think twice about broadcasting that fact. Why not leave your headband intact, and if you are a less recognizable missing nin than the Uchiha brothers(Sasuke and Itachi) fool anyone that comes across you?", "c_root_id_A": "h6kjj18", "c_root_id_B": "h6kt5cu", "created_at_utc_A": 1627293432.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627301041.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "I can't answer for the missing. But for the defected? It basically means, your laws mean nothing to me, I'll kill you the first chance I get, and if I win you won't get a proper burial", "human_ref_B": "Same reasons gangs, mafia, and other \"bad guy groups\" wear markers of their affiliation or outlaw status. Intimidation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7609.0, "score_ratio": 1.8095238095, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "orvgsf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Naruto] Why the hell would you slash your headband!? Many missing nin, or nukenin, mark their headbands in a horizontal slash, presumably to show that they are missing nin. My question is, why. The fact that Hunter nin are on the lookout for such people and are ordered to kill them would make one think twice about broadcasting that fact. Why not leave your headband intact, and if you are a less recognizable missing nin than the Uchiha brothers(Sasuke and Itachi) fool anyone that comes across you?", "c_root_id_A": "h6mjbrq", "c_root_id_B": "h6lqmd8", "created_at_utc_A": 1627330164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627317646.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It is worth keeping in mind that the Akatsuki aren't just simple renegades. They are literally rejecting the system and aren't making a secret of it. They are much more an alternative political organisation than just a gang of criminals.", "human_ref_B": "It doesn't seem common practice outside of the Akatsuki. A lot of the no-name ninja criminals and defectors we see in the series have no headband at all anymore, or just keep their old one unmarked.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12518.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "34mfw4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[MCU Daredevil] What if Stick stayed in Hell's Kitchen?", "c_root_id_A": "cqw2p3s", "c_root_id_B": "cqw295h", "created_at_utc_A": 1430580096.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430579099.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Which time period are you referring to? The past (when training Matt) or the present? If you mean the past, and he stuck around to continue training Matt, things would be entirely different. Matt would not only probably have even greater control of his powers (if that's possible), but he'd also be an even more efficient fighter and would probably be willing to kill. Matt most likely wouldn't go on to go to law school or become Daredevil, as Stick would have taken him to wherever it is Stick lives as his full-on apprentice in his secret ninja society. If you meant the present, I'm not entirely sure. I doubt that Matt would really want him to stick around (pun intended), so if Stick did stay, he'd probably observe Matt from a distance, trying to find a way to make him realize his true potential and that killing may be necessary.", "human_ref_B": "Well, he wouldn't. Not for long at any rate. Stick's way of solving problems is very pragmatic and straight forward. He doesn't bat one blind eye at killing if he sees it as a necessary means to a greater end.\r\rAs his body count started to pile up, he and Daredevil would start butting heads and coming to blows, engaging in straight up battles everytime they encounter each other. Eventually Daredevil would beat him so badly that he'd die from it, or would leave town on Daredevil's orders.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 997.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "400uc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Daredevil comics] So . . . Matt Murdock/Daredevil was able to decipher just about everyone's secret identity, right? I have never read the books and I've only watched the one movie and the TV show (I honestly *enjoyed* the movie, and the TV show is legitimately fantastic in quality for any genre), so please bear with me. Shouldn't he be able to use 2-3 of his senses to really figure out identities. Simply by using his hearing, he can listen in on vocal timbre (basically, the ***tone*** of a voice, like a Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, Freddie Mercury (singing, like Stewart), Seth Rogen, Barack Obama, Gollum, etc., they all have very specific ***tones or timbres*** to their voices. On top of that, Murdock can hear changes in ***pitch***, likely down to the Hz or even less than a Hz (for perspective, a regular note like an A4 or the A note right above middle-C is 440Hz, so distinguishing between 1 Hz would be phenomenal). But if he could either 1) tell that a certain word spoken by both the super hero and the citizen had the same pitch (like \"avenger\" having 3 different pitches for 3 syllables but spoken exactly the same by the super hero and his alter ego) or 2) tell that a superhero has a particular vocal pitch range that is EXACTLY the same as his alter ego's vocal pitch range (like movie Peter Parkers and Spider-mans sounding the same in terms of high/low pitch -- it was always the same). On top of **hearing**, there's also **smell**. I would imagine that Murdock would be able to smell, say, Peter Parker's latex residue or Captain America's deodorant, which is the same as Steve Rogers'. If Murdock can smell cologne behind closed doors from several floors away, I'm sure he can smell these small details. Lastly, if he gets a sense of *touching* the superheroes and alter-egos, that would probably help immensely. If he somehow had to help pick-up a wounded Spider-man and felt, say, his upper-arm while holding his entire body and carrying it to safety, and now he knows how Peter's upper arm feels like, and if he happens to grab Peter's arm again, he can definitely confirm Peter = Spider-man. But maybe \"touching\" is too out there. **Either way, combining his SUPERHUMAN sense of hearing and smell, does Matt Murdock just pretty much know everyone's secret identity in the Marvel Universe?** I mean, there are probably some average blind people who have a good enough ability to probably point out them if some existed today. **If Murdock's hearing is SO good that he can SEE with his hearing, he should definitely be able to identify voices easily based on timbre, pitch, pattern, etc., and combined with the sense of smell where he can identify pretty much what people ate/wore/did the night before -- he should be able to figure out anyone's identity, no?** What happens in the comics? What's the explanation if he doesn't know everyone's identity?", "c_root_id_A": "cyqm8ul", "c_root_id_B": "cyqlfqd", "created_at_utc_A": 1452264421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452262948.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "On many occassions, Daredevil has recognized characters that were out of their costumes based on heart rate, voice, smell, and so forth. So if he's met a hero in costume, and then meets them in civilian life, he would be able to recognize them. The reverse also applies, as he has met costumed characters first in their civilian identities, and then later recognized them when he has me them in costume. He is also very conscious of the context in when he has met them, so he's not going to run up to a civilian Peter Parker and say \"How are you, Spider-Man?\" Exceptions to the secret identity deciphering scenario would be when the person undergoes a physical changes (like when Donald Blake used to be transformed into Thor), or if the character wears a suit that would offer proper disguise (like Tony Stark in the Iron Man armor).", "human_ref_B": "This is the marvel comics world, secret identities aren't that big a deal there (I am Iron Man...). It seems that any organization that's paying attention will know their target's secret identity. Daredevil and Spiderman are some of the very few major characters that even bother maintaining them. That said, yes, he stands a relatively good chance of connecting identities. There are ways to beat it though. Voice recognition is going to be very difficult if you speak with a different pattern in one identity than another (Christian Bale talking with what sounds like a mouthful of marbles for example). Few supers bother to do this though, so it would probably work. Scent is going to be tricky to beat. Smells from one outfit may cling to the other, so even using perfume/cologne to mask your scent in one identity may serve only to give you a distinct scent in both. Keeping costumes physically separate, and bathing thoroughly between costume changes could do it. Say you have one room for regular you, and another room for super you connected by a shower/decontamination chamber. Stuff from one identity never touches stuff from the other identity without being processed, presenting a serious logistical problem. However, a tracking dog could track you back to your changing room, and thus make the connection there. On the other hand, scent is relatively short range. You won't be making that kind of connection from news reports.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1473.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "400uc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Daredevil comics] So . . . Matt Murdock/Daredevil was able to decipher just about everyone's secret identity, right? I have never read the books and I've only watched the one movie and the TV show (I honestly *enjoyed* the movie, and the TV show is legitimately fantastic in quality for any genre), so please bear with me. Shouldn't he be able to use 2-3 of his senses to really figure out identities. Simply by using his hearing, he can listen in on vocal timbre (basically, the ***tone*** of a voice, like a Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, Freddie Mercury (singing, like Stewart), Seth Rogen, Barack Obama, Gollum, etc., they all have very specific ***tones or timbres*** to their voices. On top of that, Murdock can hear changes in ***pitch***, likely down to the Hz or even less than a Hz (for perspective, a regular note like an A4 or the A note right above middle-C is 440Hz, so distinguishing between 1 Hz would be phenomenal). But if he could either 1) tell that a certain word spoken by both the super hero and the citizen had the same pitch (like \"avenger\" having 3 different pitches for 3 syllables but spoken exactly the same by the super hero and his alter ego) or 2) tell that a superhero has a particular vocal pitch range that is EXACTLY the same as his alter ego's vocal pitch range (like movie Peter Parkers and Spider-mans sounding the same in terms of high/low pitch -- it was always the same). On top of **hearing**, there's also **smell**. I would imagine that Murdock would be able to smell, say, Peter Parker's latex residue or Captain America's deodorant, which is the same as Steve Rogers'. If Murdock can smell cologne behind closed doors from several floors away, I'm sure he can smell these small details. Lastly, if he gets a sense of *touching* the superheroes and alter-egos, that would probably help immensely. If he somehow had to help pick-up a wounded Spider-man and felt, say, his upper-arm while holding his entire body and carrying it to safety, and now he knows how Peter's upper arm feels like, and if he happens to grab Peter's arm again, he can definitely confirm Peter = Spider-man. But maybe \"touching\" is too out there. **Either way, combining his SUPERHUMAN sense of hearing and smell, does Matt Murdock just pretty much know everyone's secret identity in the Marvel Universe?** I mean, there are probably some average blind people who have a good enough ability to probably point out them if some existed today. **If Murdock's hearing is SO good that he can SEE with his hearing, he should definitely be able to identify voices easily based on timbre, pitch, pattern, etc., and combined with the sense of smell where he can identify pretty much what people ate/wore/did the night before -- he should be able to figure out anyone's identity, no?** What happens in the comics? What's the explanation if he doesn't know everyone's identity?", "c_root_id_A": "cyqm8ul", "c_root_id_B": "cyqm4bx", "created_at_utc_A": 1452264421.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452264212.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "On many occassions, Daredevil has recognized characters that were out of their costumes based on heart rate, voice, smell, and so forth. So if he's met a hero in costume, and then meets them in civilian life, he would be able to recognize them. The reverse also applies, as he has met costumed characters first in their civilian identities, and then later recognized them when he has me them in costume. He is also very conscious of the context in when he has met them, so he's not going to run up to a civilian Peter Parker and say \"How are you, Spider-Man?\" Exceptions to the secret identity deciphering scenario would be when the person undergoes a physical changes (like when Donald Blake used to be transformed into Thor), or if the character wears a suit that would offer proper disguise (like Tony Stark in the Iron Man armor).", "human_ref_B": "* As others have mentioned: Have to have met the civilian * Some Characters change between civilian and hero (i.e. Bruce Banner may not have the same voice or smell as Hulk, same with Thor) * Characters like ForgetMeNot that mess with people's minds.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 209.0, "score_ratio": 3.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "400uc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Daredevil comics] So . . . Matt Murdock/Daredevil was able to decipher just about everyone's secret identity, right? I have never read the books and I've only watched the one movie and the TV show (I honestly *enjoyed* the movie, and the TV show is legitimately fantastic in quality for any genre), so please bear with me. Shouldn't he be able to use 2-3 of his senses to really figure out identities. Simply by using his hearing, he can listen in on vocal timbre (basically, the ***tone*** of a voice, like a Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, Freddie Mercury (singing, like Stewart), Seth Rogen, Barack Obama, Gollum, etc., they all have very specific ***tones or timbres*** to their voices. On top of that, Murdock can hear changes in ***pitch***, likely down to the Hz or even less than a Hz (for perspective, a regular note like an A4 or the A note right above middle-C is 440Hz, so distinguishing between 1 Hz would be phenomenal). But if he could either 1) tell that a certain word spoken by both the super hero and the citizen had the same pitch (like \"avenger\" having 3 different pitches for 3 syllables but spoken exactly the same by the super hero and his alter ego) or 2) tell that a superhero has a particular vocal pitch range that is EXACTLY the same as his alter ego's vocal pitch range (like movie Peter Parkers and Spider-mans sounding the same in terms of high/low pitch -- it was always the same). On top of **hearing**, there's also **smell**. I would imagine that Murdock would be able to smell, say, Peter Parker's latex residue or Captain America's deodorant, which is the same as Steve Rogers'. If Murdock can smell cologne behind closed doors from several floors away, I'm sure he can smell these small details. Lastly, if he gets a sense of *touching* the superheroes and alter-egos, that would probably help immensely. If he somehow had to help pick-up a wounded Spider-man and felt, say, his upper-arm while holding his entire body and carrying it to safety, and now he knows how Peter's upper arm feels like, and if he happens to grab Peter's arm again, he can definitely confirm Peter = Spider-man. But maybe \"touching\" is too out there. **Either way, combining his SUPERHUMAN sense of hearing and smell, does Matt Murdock just pretty much know everyone's secret identity in the Marvel Universe?** I mean, there are probably some average blind people who have a good enough ability to probably point out them if some existed today. **If Murdock's hearing is SO good that he can SEE with his hearing, he should definitely be able to identify voices easily based on timbre, pitch, pattern, etc., and combined with the sense of smell where he can identify pretty much what people ate/wore/did the night before -- he should be able to figure out anyone's identity, no?** What happens in the comics? What's the explanation if he doesn't know everyone's identity?", "c_root_id_A": "cyqx0hk", "c_root_id_B": "cyqyfsc", "created_at_utc_A": 1452279857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452281825.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He's a lawyer, so if he does know, maybe he treats it the same way he treats client confidentiality", "human_ref_B": "In the comics he does know the identity of quite a few heroes and is often their attorney of choice. http://www.comicbookherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo-2.png", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1968.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "400uc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Daredevil comics] So . . . Matt Murdock/Daredevil was able to decipher just about everyone's secret identity, right? I have never read the books and I've only watched the one movie and the TV show (I honestly *enjoyed* the movie, and the TV show is legitimately fantastic in quality for any genre), so please bear with me. Shouldn't he be able to use 2-3 of his senses to really figure out identities. Simply by using his hearing, he can listen in on vocal timbre (basically, the ***tone*** of a voice, like a Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, Freddie Mercury (singing, like Stewart), Seth Rogen, Barack Obama, Gollum, etc., they all have very specific ***tones or timbres*** to their voices. On top of that, Murdock can hear changes in ***pitch***, likely down to the Hz or even less than a Hz (for perspective, a regular note like an A4 or the A note right above middle-C is 440Hz, so distinguishing between 1 Hz would be phenomenal). But if he could either 1) tell that a certain word spoken by both the super hero and the citizen had the same pitch (like \"avenger\" having 3 different pitches for 3 syllables but spoken exactly the same by the super hero and his alter ego) or 2) tell that a superhero has a particular vocal pitch range that is EXACTLY the same as his alter ego's vocal pitch range (like movie Peter Parkers and Spider-mans sounding the same in terms of high/low pitch -- it was always the same). On top of **hearing**, there's also **smell**. I would imagine that Murdock would be able to smell, say, Peter Parker's latex residue or Captain America's deodorant, which is the same as Steve Rogers'. If Murdock can smell cologne behind closed doors from several floors away, I'm sure he can smell these small details. Lastly, if he gets a sense of *touching* the superheroes and alter-egos, that would probably help immensely. If he somehow had to help pick-up a wounded Spider-man and felt, say, his upper-arm while holding his entire body and carrying it to safety, and now he knows how Peter's upper arm feels like, and if he happens to grab Peter's arm again, he can definitely confirm Peter = Spider-man. But maybe \"touching\" is too out there. **Either way, combining his SUPERHUMAN sense of hearing and smell, does Matt Murdock just pretty much know everyone's secret identity in the Marvel Universe?** I mean, there are probably some average blind people who have a good enough ability to probably point out them if some existed today. **If Murdock's hearing is SO good that he can SEE with his hearing, he should definitely be able to identify voices easily based on timbre, pitch, pattern, etc., and combined with the sense of smell where he can identify pretty much what people ate/wore/did the night before -- he should be able to figure out anyone's identity, no?** What happens in the comics? What's the explanation if he doesn't know everyone's identity?", "c_root_id_A": "cyqz4z1", "c_root_id_B": "cyqx0hk", "created_at_utc_A": 1452282786.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452279857.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He knows some secret identities alright, but please understand, New York is a gigantic city. It's like wondering why you never see that one police officer that saved your life outside of his uniform. I mean, it's not like he never takes it off, but he lives in Manhattan and you live in Brooklyn.", "human_ref_B": "He's a lawyer, so if he does know, maybe he treats it the same way he treats client confidentiality", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2929.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "400uc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Daredevil comics] So . . . Matt Murdock/Daredevil was able to decipher just about everyone's secret identity, right? I have never read the books and I've only watched the one movie and the TV show (I honestly *enjoyed* the movie, and the TV show is legitimately fantastic in quality for any genre), so please bear with me. Shouldn't he be able to use 2-3 of his senses to really figure out identities. Simply by using his hearing, he can listen in on vocal timbre (basically, the ***tone*** of a voice, like a Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, Freddie Mercury (singing, like Stewart), Seth Rogen, Barack Obama, Gollum, etc., they all have very specific ***tones or timbres*** to their voices. On top of that, Murdock can hear changes in ***pitch***, likely down to the Hz or even less than a Hz (for perspective, a regular note like an A4 or the A note right above middle-C is 440Hz, so distinguishing between 1 Hz would be phenomenal). But if he could either 1) tell that a certain word spoken by both the super hero and the citizen had the same pitch (like \"avenger\" having 3 different pitches for 3 syllables but spoken exactly the same by the super hero and his alter ego) or 2) tell that a superhero has a particular vocal pitch range that is EXACTLY the same as his alter ego's vocal pitch range (like movie Peter Parkers and Spider-mans sounding the same in terms of high/low pitch -- it was always the same). On top of **hearing**, there's also **smell**. I would imagine that Murdock would be able to smell, say, Peter Parker's latex residue or Captain America's deodorant, which is the same as Steve Rogers'. If Murdock can smell cologne behind closed doors from several floors away, I'm sure he can smell these small details. Lastly, if he gets a sense of *touching* the superheroes and alter-egos, that would probably help immensely. If he somehow had to help pick-up a wounded Spider-man and felt, say, his upper-arm while holding his entire body and carrying it to safety, and now he knows how Peter's upper arm feels like, and if he happens to grab Peter's arm again, he can definitely confirm Peter = Spider-man. But maybe \"touching\" is too out there. **Either way, combining his SUPERHUMAN sense of hearing and smell, does Matt Murdock just pretty much know everyone's secret identity in the Marvel Universe?** I mean, there are probably some average blind people who have a good enough ability to probably point out them if some existed today. **If Murdock's hearing is SO good that he can SEE with his hearing, he should definitely be able to identify voices easily based on timbre, pitch, pattern, etc., and combined with the sense of smell where he can identify pretty much what people ate/wore/did the night before -- he should be able to figure out anyone's identity, no?** What happens in the comics? What's the explanation if he doesn't know everyone's identity?", "c_root_id_A": "cyrboej", "c_root_id_B": "cyr1ib4", "created_at_utc_A": 1452302135.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452286054.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'll just leave this here: http://i.imgur.com/lmz9Z6X.jpg", "human_ref_B": "Yeah, they show him doing that pretty regularly. The main limitation is that if he hasn't met both identities his power doesn't do any good. It's like that moment in the Justice League cartoon when Lex Luthor has switched minds with the Flash and takes the opportunity to look at himself on the mirror to find out the Flash's secret identity, only to say \"I have no idea who this is\" when he sees the face under the mask.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16081.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "400uc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Daredevil comics] So . . . Matt Murdock/Daredevil was able to decipher just about everyone's secret identity, right? I have never read the books and I've only watched the one movie and the TV show (I honestly *enjoyed* the movie, and the TV show is legitimately fantastic in quality for any genre), so please bear with me. Shouldn't he be able to use 2-3 of his senses to really figure out identities. Simply by using his hearing, he can listen in on vocal timbre (basically, the ***tone*** of a voice, like a Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, Freddie Mercury (singing, like Stewart), Seth Rogen, Barack Obama, Gollum, etc., they all have very specific ***tones or timbres*** to their voices. On top of that, Murdock can hear changes in ***pitch***, likely down to the Hz or even less than a Hz (for perspective, a regular note like an A4 or the A note right above middle-C is 440Hz, so distinguishing between 1 Hz would be phenomenal). But if he could either 1) tell that a certain word spoken by both the super hero and the citizen had the same pitch (like \"avenger\" having 3 different pitches for 3 syllables but spoken exactly the same by the super hero and his alter ego) or 2) tell that a superhero has a particular vocal pitch range that is EXACTLY the same as his alter ego's vocal pitch range (like movie Peter Parkers and Spider-mans sounding the same in terms of high/low pitch -- it was always the same). On top of **hearing**, there's also **smell**. I would imagine that Murdock would be able to smell, say, Peter Parker's latex residue or Captain America's deodorant, which is the same as Steve Rogers'. If Murdock can smell cologne behind closed doors from several floors away, I'm sure he can smell these small details. Lastly, if he gets a sense of *touching* the superheroes and alter-egos, that would probably help immensely. If he somehow had to help pick-up a wounded Spider-man and felt, say, his upper-arm while holding his entire body and carrying it to safety, and now he knows how Peter's upper arm feels like, and if he happens to grab Peter's arm again, he can definitely confirm Peter = Spider-man. But maybe \"touching\" is too out there. **Either way, combining his SUPERHUMAN sense of hearing and smell, does Matt Murdock just pretty much know everyone's secret identity in the Marvel Universe?** I mean, there are probably some average blind people who have a good enough ability to probably point out them if some existed today. **If Murdock's hearing is SO good that he can SEE with his hearing, he should definitely be able to identify voices easily based on timbre, pitch, pattern, etc., and combined with the sense of smell where he can identify pretty much what people ate/wore/did the night before -- he should be able to figure out anyone's identity, no?** What happens in the comics? What's the explanation if he doesn't know everyone's identity?", "c_root_id_A": "cyqx0hk", "c_root_id_B": "cyrboej", "created_at_utc_A": 1452279857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452302135.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He's a lawyer, so if he does know, maybe he treats it the same way he treats client confidentiality", "human_ref_B": "I'll just leave this here: http://i.imgur.com/lmz9Z6X.jpg", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22278.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "400uc4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Daredevil comics] So . . . Matt Murdock/Daredevil was able to decipher just about everyone's secret identity, right? I have never read the books and I've only watched the one movie and the TV show (I honestly *enjoyed* the movie, and the TV show is legitimately fantastic in quality for any genre), so please bear with me. Shouldn't he be able to use 2-3 of his senses to really figure out identities. Simply by using his hearing, he can listen in on vocal timbre (basically, the ***tone*** of a voice, like a Benedict Cumberbatch, Rod Stewart, Freddie Mercury (singing, like Stewart), Seth Rogen, Barack Obama, Gollum, etc., they all have very specific ***tones or timbres*** to their voices. On top of that, Murdock can hear changes in ***pitch***, likely down to the Hz or even less than a Hz (for perspective, a regular note like an A4 or the A note right above middle-C is 440Hz, so distinguishing between 1 Hz would be phenomenal). But if he could either 1) tell that a certain word spoken by both the super hero and the citizen had the same pitch (like \"avenger\" having 3 different pitches for 3 syllables but spoken exactly the same by the super hero and his alter ego) or 2) tell that a superhero has a particular vocal pitch range that is EXACTLY the same as his alter ego's vocal pitch range (like movie Peter Parkers and Spider-mans sounding the same in terms of high/low pitch -- it was always the same). On top of **hearing**, there's also **smell**. I would imagine that Murdock would be able to smell, say, Peter Parker's latex residue or Captain America's deodorant, which is the same as Steve Rogers'. If Murdock can smell cologne behind closed doors from several floors away, I'm sure he can smell these small details. Lastly, if he gets a sense of *touching* the superheroes and alter-egos, that would probably help immensely. If he somehow had to help pick-up a wounded Spider-man and felt, say, his upper-arm while holding his entire body and carrying it to safety, and now he knows how Peter's upper arm feels like, and if he happens to grab Peter's arm again, he can definitely confirm Peter = Spider-man. But maybe \"touching\" is too out there. **Either way, combining his SUPERHUMAN sense of hearing and smell, does Matt Murdock just pretty much know everyone's secret identity in the Marvel Universe?** I mean, there are probably some average blind people who have a good enough ability to probably point out them if some existed today. **If Murdock's hearing is SO good that he can SEE with his hearing, he should definitely be able to identify voices easily based on timbre, pitch, pattern, etc., and combined with the sense of smell where he can identify pretty much what people ate/wore/did the night before -- he should be able to figure out anyone's identity, no?** What happens in the comics? What's the explanation if he doesn't know everyone's identity?", "c_root_id_A": "cyqx0hk", "c_root_id_B": "cyr1ib4", "created_at_utc_A": 1452279857.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452286054.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's a lawyer, so if he does know, maybe he treats it the same way he treats client confidentiality", "human_ref_B": "Yeah, they show him doing that pretty regularly. The main limitation is that if he hasn't met both identities his power doesn't do any good. It's like that moment in the Justice League cartoon when Lex Luthor has switched minds with the Flash and takes the opportunity to look at himself on the mirror to find out the Flash's secret identity, only to say \"I have no idea who this is\" when he sees the face under the mask.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6197.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80qfba", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] Why has there never been an Iron Man Suit made out of Vibranium? I know Wakanda doesn't like to share, but in the 60+ Years they've both existed, they didn't share a scrap with the Rich Good Guy?", "c_root_id_A": "duxivt1", "c_root_id_B": "duxfciv", "created_at_utc_A": 1519771764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519768313.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "You know, if Stark was already using some vibranium and just not telling anyone, that would explain some of the inertia suppressing features of his suit...", "human_ref_B": "It's not to their benefit to reveal how much vibranium there is, at least before T'Challa decides to open the country more. They mention in the movie how a supposedly small amount stolen by Klaw was portrayed by T'Chaka when he was king as the total supply available. If you told Tony Stark or his dad, that's even IF they consider them good guys, then they would seek it out by any means necessary, thus ending the charade Wakanda puts up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3451.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80qfba", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] Why has there never been an Iron Man Suit made out of Vibranium? I know Wakanda doesn't like to share, but in the 60+ Years they've both existed, they didn't share a scrap with the Rich Good Guy?", "c_root_id_A": "duxfcr6", "c_root_id_B": "duxivt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1519768319.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519771764.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Nope. Or at least, definitely not enough to make a suit of armour out of.", "human_ref_B": "You know, if Stark was already using some vibranium and just not telling anyone, that would explain some of the inertia suppressing features of his suit...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3445.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80qfba", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] Why has there never been an Iron Man Suit made out of Vibranium? I know Wakanda doesn't like to share, but in the 60+ Years they've both existed, they didn't share a scrap with the Rich Good Guy?", "c_root_id_A": "duxjrye", "c_root_id_B": "duxfciv", "created_at_utc_A": 1519772681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519768313.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": ">Rich Good Guy I mean, it's debatable. Tony has definitely done things that not everyone agrees with. Before he was Iron Man he manufactured weapons. What if he goes back to that? Tony also doesn't exactly have the greatest need. It's also a slippery slope type thing. You let Tony Stark have vibranium, you have to think about letting everyone else have vibranium. And then it's a whole argument about who gets to have it; and it would definitely be a political thing. You'd probably have to form a whole separate Vibranium Sharing Council to hash it out. And if you sold vibranium to a bunch of different heroes, sooner or later you'd make the wrong choice and give it to someone who'd turn evil/wreak havoc with it.", "human_ref_B": "It's not to their benefit to reveal how much vibranium there is, at least before T'Challa decides to open the country more. They mention in the movie how a supposedly small amount stolen by Klaw was portrayed by T'Chaka when he was king as the total supply available. If you told Tony Stark or his dad, that's even IF they consider them good guys, then they would seek it out by any means necessary, thus ending the charade Wakanda puts up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4368.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80qfba", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] Why has there never been an Iron Man Suit made out of Vibranium? I know Wakanda doesn't like to share, but in the 60+ Years they've both existed, they didn't share a scrap with the Rich Good Guy?", "c_root_id_A": "duxjrye", "c_root_id_B": "duxfcr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1519772681.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519768319.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": ">Rich Good Guy I mean, it's debatable. Tony has definitely done things that not everyone agrees with. Before he was Iron Man he manufactured weapons. What if he goes back to that? Tony also doesn't exactly have the greatest need. It's also a slippery slope type thing. You let Tony Stark have vibranium, you have to think about letting everyone else have vibranium. And then it's a whole argument about who gets to have it; and it would definitely be a political thing. You'd probably have to form a whole separate Vibranium Sharing Council to hash it out. And if you sold vibranium to a bunch of different heroes, sooner or later you'd make the wrong choice and give it to someone who'd turn evil/wreak havoc with it.", "human_ref_B": "Nope. Or at least, definitely not enough to make a suit of armour out of.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4362.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80qfba", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] Why has there never been an Iron Man Suit made out of Vibranium? I know Wakanda doesn't like to share, but in the 60+ Years they've both existed, they didn't share a scrap with the Rich Good Guy?", "c_root_id_A": "duxfcr6", "c_root_id_B": "duxls4f", "created_at_utc_A": 1519768319.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519774821.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Nope. Or at least, definitely not enough to make a suit of armour out of.", "human_ref_B": "My guess is he doesn't want to start more vibranium cancer. And I really hate the *it's rare and Wakanda don't share* line. It's not true. There are like a half-dozen heroes with vibranium equipment and the *whole Avengers Tower* is reinforced with it. Wakanda isn't the only source of it either, there is a variant in the Savage Lands that even more people have...like Misty Knight's arm is made out of the Antarctic version (which Tony built). Namor also had a cache of the Antarctic variety that is still *floating around* out there.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6502.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "80qfba", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] Why has there never been an Iron Man Suit made out of Vibranium? I know Wakanda doesn't like to share, but in the 60+ Years they've both existed, they didn't share a scrap with the Rich Good Guy?", "c_root_id_A": "duy4dod", "c_root_id_B": "duxfcr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1519795821.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519768319.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I outlined my theory on this such question here. Basically, the events of WWII were what it took for Wakanda to finally share some of its vibranium with the world. And this isn't our WWII, this is a WWII where a red-skulled lunatic is building WMDs powered by an ultra-powerful space box. If it takes a potentially world-ending scenario for Wakanda to play ball, odds are one man with a serious ego isn't going to cut it.", "human_ref_B": "Nope. Or at least, definitely not enough to make a suit of armour out of.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27502.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jux7cc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[God of War] Why is Kratos so strong compared to other Demi-gods? Kratos beat Persephone in a straight fight before he even became a god. He straight up bodied Theseus and Perseus who is also a son of Zeus. The only other Demi-god in the series that gave him a hard time was Hercules, and that\u2019s only because it\u2019s freaking Hercules.", "c_root_id_A": "gcgux7r", "c_root_id_B": "gchm4in", "created_at_utc_A": 1605503924.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605529463.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Great training from spartans.", "human_ref_B": "Zeus was fated to be overthrown by his child just as he overthrew his father. Kratos turned out to be that child, so he's required by the fabric of the universe to be more powerful than anything Zeus can throw at him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25539.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jux7cc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[God of War] Why is Kratos so strong compared to other Demi-gods? Kratos beat Persephone in a straight fight before he even became a god. He straight up bodied Theseus and Perseus who is also a son of Zeus. The only other Demi-god in the series that gave him a hard time was Hercules, and that\u2019s only because it\u2019s freaking Hercules.", "c_root_id_A": "gcgux7r", "c_root_id_B": "gcinn4l", "created_at_utc_A": 1605503924.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605550273.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Great training from spartans.", "human_ref_B": "Gods aren't necessarily better then well trained mortals or demi-gods in Greek lore. Aphrodite for example tried to show up in the Trojan war and was INSTANTLY forced to retreat and she's major pantheon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46349.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1knjb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Back to the Future] How could George McFly publish that book? George McFly published a book about meeting the love of his life, Lorraine, because of an alien; Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan. This all happened back in 1955 before Darth Vader or Vulcan were things, but in 1985 they are both very well established in science fiction. Did he change the name to deal with copyright, or try and keep it true to his life's experiences? Could he even publish the book if he kept the real name of the alien in it?", "c_root_id_A": "cbqqsst", "c_root_id_B": "cbqr0lw", "created_at_utc_A": 1376896515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1376897725.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Like you said, in 1955 Darth Vader and Vulcan weren't things yet. He would have had no copyright issues getting his book published.", "human_ref_B": "Do we know that the 1985 book used the names Darth Vader and Vulcan? The chance of George even remembering the names were remote: he heard them once, 30 years earlier, having just woken up and possibly being in a state of shock.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1210.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1knjb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Back to the Future] How could George McFly publish that book? George McFly published a book about meeting the love of his life, Lorraine, because of an alien; Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan. This all happened back in 1955 before Darth Vader or Vulcan were things, but in 1985 they are both very well established in science fiction. Did he change the name to deal with copyright, or try and keep it true to his life's experiences? Could he even publish the book if he kept the real name of the alien in it?", "c_root_id_A": "cbqv6q8", "c_root_id_B": "cbqr9dp", "created_at_utc_A": 1376922513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1376899201.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Who's to say he used the same names at all? If he kept up on science fiction movies- and I'm pretty sure he would- he would've recognized the names as being used in something else as well, and probably would have just changed them to avoid accusations of plagiarism. Hell, maybe when he saw Star Wars and Darth Vader he thought \"this George Lucas fellow must've been visited by Darth Vader too! Better use a different name so people don't suspect things.\"", "human_ref_B": "There are two possibilities: Altering the past caused there to be no Star Wars or Star Trek-- --Or more likely, George McFly was inspired to write the novel after all those years when the first star wars came out and reminded him of it via the name Darth Vader. The book would obviously have a name change, then.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23312.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1knjb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Back to the Future] How could George McFly publish that book? George McFly published a book about meeting the love of his life, Lorraine, because of an alien; Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan. This all happened back in 1955 before Darth Vader or Vulcan were things, but in 1985 they are both very well established in science fiction. Did he change the name to deal with copyright, or try and keep it true to his life's experiences? Could he even publish the book if he kept the real name of the alien in it?", "c_root_id_A": "cbqv6q8", "c_root_id_B": "cbqqsst", "created_at_utc_A": 1376922513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1376896515.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Who's to say he used the same names at all? If he kept up on science fiction movies- and I'm pretty sure he would- he would've recognized the names as being used in something else as well, and probably would have just changed them to avoid accusations of plagiarism. Hell, maybe when he saw Star Wars and Darth Vader he thought \"this George Lucas fellow must've been visited by Darth Vader too! Better use a different name so people don't suspect things.\"", "human_ref_B": "Like you said, in 1955 Darth Vader and Vulcan weren't things yet. He would have had no copyright issues getting his book published.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25998.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1knjb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Back to the Future] How could George McFly publish that book? George McFly published a book about meeting the love of his life, Lorraine, because of an alien; Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan. This all happened back in 1955 before Darth Vader or Vulcan were things, but in 1985 they are both very well established in science fiction. Did he change the name to deal with copyright, or try and keep it true to his life's experiences? Could he even publish the book if he kept the real name of the alien in it?", "c_root_id_A": "cbqtizp", "c_root_id_B": "cbqv6q8", "created_at_utc_A": 1376915766.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1376922513.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "The book wasn't because of what happened that night specifically. George had written a book in the original time line too, but never showed anyone. In the new timeline hes a confident and had the courage to seek publishing and succeeded.", "human_ref_B": "Who's to say he used the same names at all? If he kept up on science fiction movies- and I'm pretty sure he would- he would've recognized the names as being used in something else as well, and probably would have just changed them to avoid accusations of plagiarism. Hell, maybe when he saw Star Wars and Darth Vader he thought \"this George Lucas fellow must've been visited by Darth Vader too! Better use a different name so people don't suspect things.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6747.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1knjb6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Back to the Future] How could George McFly publish that book? George McFly published a book about meeting the love of his life, Lorraine, because of an alien; Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan. This all happened back in 1955 before Darth Vader or Vulcan were things, but in 1985 they are both very well established in science fiction. Did he change the name to deal with copyright, or try and keep it true to his life's experiences? Could he even publish the book if he kept the real name of the alien in it?", "c_root_id_A": "cbqqsst", "c_root_id_B": "cbqr9dp", "created_at_utc_A": 1376896515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1376899201.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Like you said, in 1955 Darth Vader and Vulcan weren't things yet. He would have had no copyright issues getting his book published.", "human_ref_B": "There are two possibilities: Altering the past caused there to be no Star Wars or Star Trek-- --Or more likely, George McFly was inspired to write the novel after all those years when the first star wars came out and reminded him of it via the name Darth Vader. The book would obviously have a name change, then.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2686.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1758zp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Luke's Proton torpedos dive down the Exhaust Shaft? Seriously, they made 90 degrees turns!", "c_root_id_A": "c82ft6r", "c_root_id_B": "c82dy0k", "created_at_utc_A": 1358988101.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1358982423.0, "score_A": 85, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "To really tackle this question, we need to examine the practical application of the Death Star. We have to ultimately ask, why does a mobile, man-made fire platform need an exhaust vent? The deathstar is essentially an enormous fusion engine. It converts energy into destruction. Assuming it uses an antimatter reaction, (which would require magnetic shielding), each blast requires roughly two oil tankers worth of antimatter. This reaction is clearly conducted in ten different locations around the deathstar and then gravitationally lensed into a resonance that can cause planets to explode. Yes, you are going to have some waste heat from those reactions. But that waste heat can be used to power your enormous planetary spaceship, it probably doesn't need to be 'vented'. So what were those thermal exhaust ports for, if not to get rid of waste heat? Turns out heat dissipation is one of the largest problems facing extraterrestrial craft of any kind, specifically asymmetric heat distribution. On an object the size of the death star the difference between the the warm side of the death star (facing the sun) and the cool side of the death star could be up to 500 degrees. Which at 161 km, is almost 2 km! This unnatural stress on the device can been limited by turning on the exhausts on the cold side, which explains not only why they have exhaust vents, but also why they are in a trench since you want that waste heat to expand over a wide surface area. Also, the trench could be built in a manner that minimizes stress from size changes. The equator would show the greatest stress after all. This also conveniently explains the consistent orientation of the Death Star relative to the nearest solar body. The exhaust vents are magnetically shielded. But that magnetic shielding doesn't seem to do anything to repel proton torpedoes, which should most definitely have a magnetic charge. (Protons are positively charged particles.) Which would mean it is a cation. Which goes a long way to explaining their behavior when they arrive at the exhaust port. They seemed to alter course and drop directly into the port. As if the port was designed to channel cations. This implies two things A) that the thermal exhaust was positively charged, and B) that it was currently not flowing (which would provide resistance to the proton torpedoes). This is born out by the fact that the face of the death star attacked by the X-wings is the side facing the gas giant. This would be the warm side, and thus the exhaust ports on this side would be quiescent. The only reason to leave that magnetic shielding on when it was not in use is because it cannot be turned off at all! That really is a design flaw! Especially since the exhaust port is basically a giant slip and slide for any positively charged particle, like a proton torpedo, and the splash at the end is in an enormous anti-matter reactor! Theoretically, the easiest way to defeat the trench run would be to turn on the cation flow again, thus creating resistance for the proton torpedos to overcome. Literally, all they had to do to defeat the Rebel Alliance was turn up the thermostat. TL:DR Exhaust ports were used to calibrate heat differential. Exhaust ports were magnetically shielded to conduct warm particles. Magnetic shielding could not be turned off. When ports were not in use, explosive charged particles could be sent the other direction. All the Empire needed to do was turn up the thermostat.", "human_ref_B": "the exhaust shaft was magnetically shielded. the proton torpedo simply followed the path of least resistance once entered the mouth of the exhaust shaft.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5678.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1758zp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Luke's Proton torpedos dive down the Exhaust Shaft? Seriously, they made 90 degrees turns!", "c_root_id_A": "c82ft6r", "c_root_id_B": "c82f8tc", "created_at_utc_A": 1358988101.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1358986339.0, "score_A": 85, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "To really tackle this question, we need to examine the practical application of the Death Star. We have to ultimately ask, why does a mobile, man-made fire platform need an exhaust vent? The deathstar is essentially an enormous fusion engine. It converts energy into destruction. Assuming it uses an antimatter reaction, (which would require magnetic shielding), each blast requires roughly two oil tankers worth of antimatter. This reaction is clearly conducted in ten different locations around the deathstar and then gravitationally lensed into a resonance that can cause planets to explode. Yes, you are going to have some waste heat from those reactions. But that waste heat can be used to power your enormous planetary spaceship, it probably doesn't need to be 'vented'. So what were those thermal exhaust ports for, if not to get rid of waste heat? Turns out heat dissipation is one of the largest problems facing extraterrestrial craft of any kind, specifically asymmetric heat distribution. On an object the size of the death star the difference between the the warm side of the death star (facing the sun) and the cool side of the death star could be up to 500 degrees. Which at 161 km, is almost 2 km! This unnatural stress on the device can been limited by turning on the exhausts on the cold side, which explains not only why they have exhaust vents, but also why they are in a trench since you want that waste heat to expand over a wide surface area. Also, the trench could be built in a manner that minimizes stress from size changes. The equator would show the greatest stress after all. This also conveniently explains the consistent orientation of the Death Star relative to the nearest solar body. The exhaust vents are magnetically shielded. But that magnetic shielding doesn't seem to do anything to repel proton torpedoes, which should most definitely have a magnetic charge. (Protons are positively charged particles.) Which would mean it is a cation. Which goes a long way to explaining their behavior when they arrive at the exhaust port. They seemed to alter course and drop directly into the port. As if the port was designed to channel cations. This implies two things A) that the thermal exhaust was positively charged, and B) that it was currently not flowing (which would provide resistance to the proton torpedoes). This is born out by the fact that the face of the death star attacked by the X-wings is the side facing the gas giant. This would be the warm side, and thus the exhaust ports on this side would be quiescent. The only reason to leave that magnetic shielding on when it was not in use is because it cannot be turned off at all! That really is a design flaw! Especially since the exhaust port is basically a giant slip and slide for any positively charged particle, like a proton torpedo, and the splash at the end is in an enormous anti-matter reactor! Theoretically, the easiest way to defeat the trench run would be to turn on the cation flow again, thus creating resistance for the proton torpedos to overcome. Literally, all they had to do to defeat the Rebel Alliance was turn up the thermostat. TL:DR Exhaust ports were used to calibrate heat differential. Exhaust ports were magnetically shielded to conduct warm particles. Magnetic shielding could not be turned off. When ports were not in use, explosive charged particles could be sent the other direction. All the Empire needed to do was turn up the thermostat.", "human_ref_B": "Another question I've always had: why did they fly down the trench, rather than fly straight at the exhaust port in a parabola (a dive and swoop)? That would allow a straighter shot into the port, and it would avoid a lot of the turrets, I think. Plus, they could sort of swarm and make a difficult target for enemy fighters.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1762.0, "score_ratio": 28.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1758zp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Luke's Proton torpedos dive down the Exhaust Shaft? Seriously, they made 90 degrees turns!", "c_root_id_A": "c82ft6r", "c_root_id_B": "c82ddjy", "created_at_utc_A": 1358988101.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1358980773.0, "score_A": 85, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "To really tackle this question, we need to examine the practical application of the Death Star. We have to ultimately ask, why does a mobile, man-made fire platform need an exhaust vent? The deathstar is essentially an enormous fusion engine. It converts energy into destruction. Assuming it uses an antimatter reaction, (which would require magnetic shielding), each blast requires roughly two oil tankers worth of antimatter. This reaction is clearly conducted in ten different locations around the deathstar and then gravitationally lensed into a resonance that can cause planets to explode. Yes, you are going to have some waste heat from those reactions. But that waste heat can be used to power your enormous planetary spaceship, it probably doesn't need to be 'vented'. So what were those thermal exhaust ports for, if not to get rid of waste heat? Turns out heat dissipation is one of the largest problems facing extraterrestrial craft of any kind, specifically asymmetric heat distribution. On an object the size of the death star the difference between the the warm side of the death star (facing the sun) and the cool side of the death star could be up to 500 degrees. Which at 161 km, is almost 2 km! This unnatural stress on the device can been limited by turning on the exhausts on the cold side, which explains not only why they have exhaust vents, but also why they are in a trench since you want that waste heat to expand over a wide surface area. Also, the trench could be built in a manner that minimizes stress from size changes. The equator would show the greatest stress after all. This also conveniently explains the consistent orientation of the Death Star relative to the nearest solar body. The exhaust vents are magnetically shielded. But that magnetic shielding doesn't seem to do anything to repel proton torpedoes, which should most definitely have a magnetic charge. (Protons are positively charged particles.) Which would mean it is a cation. Which goes a long way to explaining their behavior when they arrive at the exhaust port. They seemed to alter course and drop directly into the port. As if the port was designed to channel cations. This implies two things A) that the thermal exhaust was positively charged, and B) that it was currently not flowing (which would provide resistance to the proton torpedoes). This is born out by the fact that the face of the death star attacked by the X-wings is the side facing the gas giant. This would be the warm side, and thus the exhaust ports on this side would be quiescent. The only reason to leave that magnetic shielding on when it was not in use is because it cannot be turned off at all! That really is a design flaw! Especially since the exhaust port is basically a giant slip and slide for any positively charged particle, like a proton torpedo, and the splash at the end is in an enormous anti-matter reactor! Theoretically, the easiest way to defeat the trench run would be to turn on the cation flow again, thus creating resistance for the proton torpedos to overcome. Literally, all they had to do to defeat the Rebel Alliance was turn up the thermostat. TL:DR Exhaust ports were used to calibrate heat differential. Exhaust ports were magnetically shielded to conduct warm particles. Magnetic shielding could not be turned off. When ports were not in use, explosive charged particles could be sent the other direction. All the Empire needed to do was turn up the thermostat.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe they had some sort of special targeting setting that made them hug whatever surface they were on.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7328.0, "score_ratio": 42.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1758zp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Luke's Proton torpedos dive down the Exhaust Shaft? Seriously, they made 90 degrees turns!", "c_root_id_A": "c82dqbg", "c_root_id_B": "c82ft6r", "created_at_utc_A": 1358981788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1358988101.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 85, "human_ref_A": "It had to be non-force related, otherwise the other pilots would not have had a chance. I think they may have had distance timers on them. When they had traveled a certain distance, the propulsion cuts off and they just drop. This would explain the need for the distance countdown on their targeting displays.", "human_ref_B": "To really tackle this question, we need to examine the practical application of the Death Star. We have to ultimately ask, why does a mobile, man-made fire platform need an exhaust vent? The deathstar is essentially an enormous fusion engine. It converts energy into destruction. Assuming it uses an antimatter reaction, (which would require magnetic shielding), each blast requires roughly two oil tankers worth of antimatter. This reaction is clearly conducted in ten different locations around the deathstar and then gravitationally lensed into a resonance that can cause planets to explode. Yes, you are going to have some waste heat from those reactions. But that waste heat can be used to power your enormous planetary spaceship, it probably doesn't need to be 'vented'. So what were those thermal exhaust ports for, if not to get rid of waste heat? Turns out heat dissipation is one of the largest problems facing extraterrestrial craft of any kind, specifically asymmetric heat distribution. On an object the size of the death star the difference between the the warm side of the death star (facing the sun) and the cool side of the death star could be up to 500 degrees. Which at 161 km, is almost 2 km! This unnatural stress on the device can been limited by turning on the exhausts on the cold side, which explains not only why they have exhaust vents, but also why they are in a trench since you want that waste heat to expand over a wide surface area. Also, the trench could be built in a manner that minimizes stress from size changes. The equator would show the greatest stress after all. This also conveniently explains the consistent orientation of the Death Star relative to the nearest solar body. The exhaust vents are magnetically shielded. But that magnetic shielding doesn't seem to do anything to repel proton torpedoes, which should most definitely have a magnetic charge. (Protons are positively charged particles.) Which would mean it is a cation. Which goes a long way to explaining their behavior when they arrive at the exhaust port. They seemed to alter course and drop directly into the port. As if the port was designed to channel cations. This implies two things A) that the thermal exhaust was positively charged, and B) that it was currently not flowing (which would provide resistance to the proton torpedoes). This is born out by the fact that the face of the death star attacked by the X-wings is the side facing the gas giant. This would be the warm side, and thus the exhaust ports on this side would be quiescent. The only reason to leave that magnetic shielding on when it was not in use is because it cannot be turned off at all! That really is a design flaw! Especially since the exhaust port is basically a giant slip and slide for any positively charged particle, like a proton torpedo, and the splash at the end is in an enormous anti-matter reactor! Theoretically, the easiest way to defeat the trench run would be to turn on the cation flow again, thus creating resistance for the proton torpedos to overcome. Literally, all they had to do to defeat the Rebel Alliance was turn up the thermostat. TL:DR Exhaust ports were used to calibrate heat differential. Exhaust ports were magnetically shielded to conduct warm particles. Magnetic shielding could not be turned off. When ports were not in use, explosive charged particles could be sent the other direction. All the Empire needed to do was turn up the thermostat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6313.0, "score_ratio": 85.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1758zp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Luke's Proton torpedos dive down the Exhaust Shaft? Seriously, they made 90 degrees turns!", "c_root_id_A": "c82ddjy", "c_root_id_B": "c82dy0k", "created_at_utc_A": 1358980773.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1358982423.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Maybe they had some sort of special targeting setting that made them hug whatever surface they were on.", "human_ref_B": "the exhaust shaft was magnetically shielded. the proton torpedo simply followed the path of least resistance once entered the mouth of the exhaust shaft.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1650.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1758zp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Luke's Proton torpedos dive down the Exhaust Shaft? Seriously, they made 90 degrees turns!", "c_root_id_A": "c82dy0k", "c_root_id_B": "c82dqbg", "created_at_utc_A": 1358982423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1358981788.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "the exhaust shaft was magnetically shielded. the proton torpedo simply followed the path of least resistance once entered the mouth of the exhaust shaft.", "human_ref_B": "It had to be non-force related, otherwise the other pilots would not have had a chance. I think they may have had distance timers on them. When they had traveled a certain distance, the propulsion cuts off and they just drop. This would explain the need for the distance countdown on their targeting displays.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 635.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1758zp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Luke's Proton torpedos dive down the Exhaust Shaft? Seriously, they made 90 degrees turns!", "c_root_id_A": "c82f8tc", "c_root_id_B": "c82ddjy", "created_at_utc_A": 1358986339.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1358980773.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Another question I've always had: why did they fly down the trench, rather than fly straight at the exhaust port in a parabola (a dive and swoop)? That would allow a straighter shot into the port, and it would avoid a lot of the turrets, I think. Plus, they could sort of swarm and make a difficult target for enemy fighters.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe they had some sort of special targeting setting that made them hug whatever surface they were on.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5566.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1758zp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] How did Luke's Proton torpedos dive down the Exhaust Shaft? Seriously, they made 90 degrees turns!", "c_root_id_A": "c82dqbg", "c_root_id_B": "c82f8tc", "created_at_utc_A": 1358981788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1358986339.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It had to be non-force related, otherwise the other pilots would not have had a chance. I think they may have had distance timers on them. When they had traveled a certain distance, the propulsion cuts off and they just drop. This would explain the need for the distance countdown on their targeting displays.", "human_ref_B": "Another question I've always had: why did they fly down the trench, rather than fly straight at the exhaust port in a parabola (a dive and swoop)? That would allow a straighter shot into the port, and it would avoid a lot of the turrets, I think. Plus, they could sort of swarm and make a difficult target for enemy fighters.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4551.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lwihw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Can a host be killed inside a symbiote? I\u2019ve made up a symbiote character, but i\u2019ve been confused with some of the mechanics lately. If a very powerful round or long object pierced a symbiote, would it hit/kill the host inside? Is the host technically even \u201cinside\u201d a symbiote in such a sense? I\u2019m not sure how this works.", "c_root_id_A": "gphks32", "c_root_id_B": "gphngqs", "created_at_utc_A": 1614737403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614738780.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I can't comment on whatever system you're running but yes a Symbiote host can die inside a symbiote. The most notable case was in Marvel Zombies where Eddie Brock died and became a zombie within the symbiote and caused it to slowly die before the undead spiderman ended it prematurely. The symbiote remained bound to the host throughout various other Marvel Zombies events which indicates that for the Symbiote to detach some intelligence or lack thereof on the host is required.", "human_ref_B": "The symbiote does provide some level of healing factor so it probably take more then a single stab", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1377.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lwihw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Can a host be killed inside a symbiote? I\u2019ve made up a symbiote character, but i\u2019ve been confused with some of the mechanics lately. If a very powerful round or long object pierced a symbiote, would it hit/kill the host inside? Is the host technically even \u201cinside\u201d a symbiote in such a sense? I\u2019m not sure how this works.", "c_root_id_A": "gphrk87", "c_root_id_B": "gphyy19", "created_at_utc_A": 1614740851.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614744840.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "We have actually seen a host get their head cut in half and heal it back, so it would take a few goes with a melee weapon to actually kill a host.", "human_ref_B": "The host could if the host was strictly of human physiology that is to say if the host was a non-powered human. Symbiotes subsist on adrenaline and phenethylamine which they can leech passively from the human blood stream or the brain, or they can just flat out eat the brain to get those chemicals (phenethylamine), it\u2019s also found in chocolate. So Symbiotes can choose to consume massive amounts of raw meat and chocolate to live. If the strictly human host was subjected to extreme amounts of trauma that overwhelmed the Symbiote\u2018s ability to compensate that would take the host out possibly a sharp implement through the brain while simultaneously going through an extremely high temperature explosion. Symbiotes when imprinted on meta humans those Symbiotes absorb those genes and in sense get those powers. Hosts who\u2019s super powers make them more durable and increase their healing factor, Symbiotes who have imprinted on those hosts benefit from the hosts powers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3989.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lwihw0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Can a host be killed inside a symbiote? I\u2019ve made up a symbiote character, but i\u2019ve been confused with some of the mechanics lately. If a very powerful round or long object pierced a symbiote, would it hit/kill the host inside? Is the host technically even \u201cinside\u201d a symbiote in such a sense? I\u2019m not sure how this works.", "c_root_id_A": "gpi485t", "c_root_id_B": "gphrk87", "created_at_utc_A": 1614748089.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614740851.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes, and as othert have said usually symbiote would abandon the body, however as always there are exceptions sometimes. The Sleeper, one of recent spawns of Venom, for a long time carried a dead body of a kree soldier as a puppet inside itself.", "human_ref_B": "We have actually seen a host get their head cut in half and heal it back, so it would take a few goes with a melee weapon to actually kill a host.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7238.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6s69j9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker] Why would the Zora, an aquatic species, evolve into the birdlike Rito if the world is flooded? Wouldn't it make sense for them to stay aquatic since there's so much water?", "c_root_id_A": "dlac2um", "c_root_id_B": "dlabtl4", "created_at_utc_A": 1502120709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502120431.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I believe they said that the waters of the Great Sea were \"poisoned\", and were no longer habitable to the Zora. That said, as of Breath of the Wild, the Zora and Rito are actually 2 distinct species that exist at the same time. It may be that the Rito branched off at the time of the Great Flood and lost contact with the Zora (who could have had a similar divergence from the old Zora to adapt to the Great Sea)", "human_ref_B": "The waters of the Great Sea may not be the right temperature for Zora to survive, forcing them to adapt.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 278.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6s69j9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker] Why would the Zora, an aquatic species, evolve into the birdlike Rito if the world is flooded? Wouldn't it make sense for them to stay aquatic since there's so much water?", "c_root_id_A": "dladybz", "c_root_id_B": "dlabtl4", "created_at_utc_A": 1502122710.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1502120431.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Zora, at least I'm Hyrule. Live in freshwater. If i remember right the Zora in majora's mask live in salt water but that doesn't necessarily mean that Hyrule Zora can.", "human_ref_B": "The waters of the Great Sea may not be the right temperature for Zora to survive, forcing them to adapt.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2279.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hm51a1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[portal/portal2] i was wandering, if i shot one portal on the ceiling and another on the ground, and was to dangle my foot over said portal and grab my foot, would i be able to pull myself up or if w ould free fall.", "c_root_id_A": "fx37sxt", "c_root_id_B": "fx34qx1", "created_at_utc_A": 1594034196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594031178.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Any upwards force you imparted to yourself through your arm would be equal to downward force acting on your foot. If your other foot remained planted next to the ground portal, you would remain stationary, unable to rise because of the force of your hand pulling you down in addition to gravity. You would in effect be fighting your standing leg with your pulling arm. If you had the strength to overpower that leg, you would end up falling through the hole. If you sit, as another comment suggested, you would still be unable to climb up as the moment your body rose relative to your feet you would find yourself unsupported, and would fall. Imagine lying on your back with your legs in the air, and trying to lift yourself up by crawling up your own feet.", "human_ref_B": "If you sit next to the portal then you pull yourself up If you just jump in it and grab your foot you'll free fall. It'll be like free fall with 2 person except both are you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3018.0, "score_ratio": 4.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hm51a1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[portal/portal2] i was wandering, if i shot one portal on the ceiling and another on the ground, and was to dangle my foot over said portal and grab my foot, would i be able to pull myself up or if w ould free fall.", "c_root_id_A": "fx34qx1", "c_root_id_B": "fx385vg", "created_at_utc_A": 1594031178.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594034534.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "If you sit next to the portal then you pull yourself up If you just jump in it and grab your foot you'll free fall. It'll be like free fall with 2 person except both are you.", "human_ref_B": "yea you would pull yourself into the portal then fall forever... well you would fall until you moved laterally more than a few feet then you would get your face sanded off or shattered by a terminal velocity fall. That safety equipment is the real power in portal.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3356.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6n7f1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Avatar TLA]Early on, Zuko only knows \"the basics\" of fire bending. How, then, was he so effective in combat?", "c_root_id_A": "dk7bt46", "c_root_id_B": "dk7bpy8", "created_at_utc_A": 1500015608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500015396.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He broke Aang out of prison with almost no firebending. He's really good at martial arts. Also, it's less useful to know all the fancy firebending tricks as it is to be really good at the basics.", "human_ref_B": "The basics will take you a long way when perfected well. Not to mention he has strong drive and focus and a desire to excel and develop as a fighter and firebender. You don't need the flashy stuff all the time. One of my head coaches in BJJ is a very skilled brown belt who's whole game is based around basic position and pressure. He doesn't go or care for flashy stuff but it all gets the job done.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 212.0, "score_ratio": 2.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6n7f1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Avatar TLA]Early on, Zuko only knows \"the basics\" of fire bending. How, then, was he so effective in combat?", "c_root_id_A": "dk7bpy8", "c_root_id_B": "dk7d3qs", "created_at_utc_A": 1500015396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500018895.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "The basics will take you a long way when perfected well. Not to mention he has strong drive and focus and a desire to excel and develop as a fighter and firebender. You don't need the flashy stuff all the time. One of my head coaches in BJJ is a very skilled brown belt who's whole game is based around basic position and pressure. He doesn't go or care for flashy stuff but it all gets the job done.", "human_ref_B": "He had one of the most prolific fire benders of all time as a teacher following him around drinking tea, didn't he?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3499.0, "score_ratio": 1.3529411765, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvun03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] which side of the clone wars was the most Powerful Military I know Palpatine was in Control of Both sides, But i always wanted to know which side was more Powerful Which side has the best tactics, best soldiers, best Weapons, best technology Best generals, best training(programing) Best senate, best, most money, best, overall which army was more Powerful? The Republic or the CIS?", "c_root_id_A": "fsqysaj", "c_root_id_B": "fsr6pwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1591193721.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591197669.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "In terms of military capability the clones were better. Better training, better leadership, better technology; they lacked numbers though. In terms of government in think the separatists were actually \"better\" in that it seems they were less susceptible to corruption", "human_ref_B": "The CIS at the beginning of the war. Eventually, once the Republic war machine started cranking up they were surpassed by the Republic. The Republic was at a massive disadvantage early on in the war in military power but made up up for it with superior General's and the superior tactics and training of the clones. Realistically, the Republic was unlikely to have been strong enough to hold out at the beginning if not for Palpatine pulling the strings in the shadows. At the end of the war the Republic was beginning to surpass the Separatists in industry and Money as Palpatine personally took over the financial institutions that were loaning money to both sides (at the Sith's behest). At the very end of the war, after order 66 was carried out, a CIS super tactical droid programmed as a General calculated better then even odds of the CIS winning and refused the shutdown order from the CIS Corporate Council. The droid may have been aware of the clones turning on the Jedi, but it was likely unaware of Palpatine seizing control of the corporate banks that were funding the Separatists war machine and thus failed to realize just how bad things had gotten for the CIS. Best tactics and training: Clones Best Soldiers: Super Battle Droids were superior 1v1 normal battle droids were equal to the clones. Clones were equal at the squad level with super battle droids and gained more advantage the higher the numbers went. Best weapons and technology: Most of the technology and weapons came from the same initial sources so while different in design due to war strategy one was not superior to the other. This changed over to the Republic though towards the end as Palpatine consolidated his power. Best Generals: Jedi Best Senate. Palpatine was the most streamlined and efficient Senate part of what lead to such explosive growth of the Republic military. Most money: Separatists initially, at least officially, they had the backing of the banks. Palpatine seized control of them later. Best overall: Separatists overwhelmingly at the beginning, shifting towards the Republic as time passed and ending with the Republic dominate. Most powerful army: Droids through shere numbers. Republic caught up at the end then lost the lead when they executed their Generals, then was the only army once the droids were shutdown.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3948.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvun03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] which side of the clone wars was the most Powerful Military I know Palpatine was in Control of Both sides, But i always wanted to know which side was more Powerful Which side has the best tactics, best soldiers, best Weapons, best technology Best generals, best training(programing) Best senate, best, most money, best, overall which army was more Powerful? The Republic or the CIS?", "c_root_id_A": "fsr6pwf", "c_root_id_B": "fsqyle2", "created_at_utc_A": 1591197669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591193624.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The CIS at the beginning of the war. Eventually, once the Republic war machine started cranking up they were surpassed by the Republic. The Republic was at a massive disadvantage early on in the war in military power but made up up for it with superior General's and the superior tactics and training of the clones. Realistically, the Republic was unlikely to have been strong enough to hold out at the beginning if not for Palpatine pulling the strings in the shadows. At the end of the war the Republic was beginning to surpass the Separatists in industry and Money as Palpatine personally took over the financial institutions that were loaning money to both sides (at the Sith's behest). At the very end of the war, after order 66 was carried out, a CIS super tactical droid programmed as a General calculated better then even odds of the CIS winning and refused the shutdown order from the CIS Corporate Council. The droid may have been aware of the clones turning on the Jedi, but it was likely unaware of Palpatine seizing control of the corporate banks that were funding the Separatists war machine and thus failed to realize just how bad things had gotten for the CIS. Best tactics and training: Clones Best Soldiers: Super Battle Droids were superior 1v1 normal battle droids were equal to the clones. Clones were equal at the squad level with super battle droids and gained more advantage the higher the numbers went. Best weapons and technology: Most of the technology and weapons came from the same initial sources so while different in design due to war strategy one was not superior to the other. This changed over to the Republic though towards the end as Palpatine consolidated his power. Best Generals: Jedi Best Senate. Palpatine was the most streamlined and efficient Senate part of what lead to such explosive growth of the Republic military. Most money: Separatists initially, at least officially, they had the backing of the banks. Palpatine seized control of them later. Best overall: Separatists overwhelmingly at the beginning, shifting towards the Republic as time passed and ending with the Republic dominate. Most powerful army: Droids through shere numbers. Republic caught up at the end then lost the lead when they executed their Generals, then was the only army once the droids were shutdown.", "human_ref_B": "the republic was winning in the late stages of the war", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4045.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvun03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] which side of the clone wars was the most Powerful Military I know Palpatine was in Control of Both sides, But i always wanted to know which side was more Powerful Which side has the best tactics, best soldiers, best Weapons, best technology Best generals, best training(programing) Best senate, best, most money, best, overall which army was more Powerful? The Republic or the CIS?", "c_root_id_A": "fsqysaj", "c_root_id_B": "fsqyle2", "created_at_utc_A": 1591193721.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591193624.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In terms of military capability the clones were better. Better training, better leadership, better technology; they lacked numbers though. In terms of government in think the separatists were actually \"better\" in that it seems they were less susceptible to corruption", "human_ref_B": "the republic was winning in the late stages of the war", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 97.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvun03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] which side of the clone wars was the most Powerful Military I know Palpatine was in Control of Both sides, But i always wanted to know which side was more Powerful Which side has the best tactics, best soldiers, best Weapons, best technology Best generals, best training(programing) Best senate, best, most money, best, overall which army was more Powerful? The Republic or the CIS?", "c_root_id_A": "fsqyle2", "c_root_id_B": "fsr6r6i", "created_at_utc_A": 1591193624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591197686.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "the republic was winning in the late stages of the war", "human_ref_B": "Early in the war it was the CIS, but as time went on, and the Republic was able to ramp up and bring it's military out in the open it gained the advantage. The CIS relied heavily on cheap but basic drones in massive numbers, while the Republic had more iterative adaptation of their clones and equipment. The developed more specialists, and as their clones gained experience, they adapted their training, and got even better. On the other hand, there wasn't much 'experience' to be gained by a battle droid.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4062.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvun03", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Star Wars] which side of the clone wars was the most Powerful Military I know Palpatine was in Control of Both sides, But i always wanted to know which side was more Powerful Which side has the best tactics, best soldiers, best Weapons, best technology Best generals, best training(programing) Best senate, best, most money, best, overall which army was more Powerful? The Republic or the CIS?", "c_root_id_A": "fsqyle2", "c_root_id_B": "fsrbfrs", "created_at_utc_A": 1591193624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591199884.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "the republic was winning in the late stages of the war", "human_ref_B": "The Republic was always superior on the macro level and the only reason the CIS even seemed to have a fighting chance was *because* Palpatine was playing both sides. We can go back and forth about leadership, individual squad quality, and so forth, but at the end of the day the CIS was never meant to win, just create enough of a crisis to allow Palpatine to consolidate power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6260.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hrsl6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] What Avengers team is generally considered the strongest within the history of the team ? I recently started reading about the mighty avengers and it made me wonder how they stack up with other avengers teams of the past and present respectively.", "c_root_id_A": "fy64lkk", "c_root_id_B": "fy67435", "created_at_utc_A": 1594837632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594838814.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 93, "human_ref_A": "Probably the era circa early 2010s (I believe) with Captain Marvel, Thor, and Sentry.", "human_ref_B": "The initial Heroes Reborn team from 1998. Basically everyone who had ever been an Avenger is on the team here. I'll include the heaviest hitters here, and the full team below. Heavy Hitters: Thor, Binary, Scarlet Witch, Quasar, Vision, Namor, Hercules Full team: Beast, Binary, Black Knight, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Darkhawk, Demolition-Man, Falcon, Firebird, Giant-Man, Hawkeye, Hercules, Iron Man, Living Lightning, Machine Man, Magdalene, Crystal (inhuman), Moondragon, Namor, Quicksilver, Photon, Quasar, Rage, Sandman, Scarlet Witch, Sersi, She-Hulk, Spider-Woman, Starfox, Stingray, Swordsman, Thor, Tigra, US Agent, the Wasp, Vision", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1182.0, "score_ratio": 18.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hrsl6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] What Avengers team is generally considered the strongest within the history of the team ? I recently started reading about the mighty avengers and it made me wonder how they stack up with other avengers teams of the past and present respectively.", "c_root_id_A": "fy6frha", "c_root_id_B": "fy64lkk", "created_at_utc_A": 1594842894.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594837632.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Not counting the '98 team that /u/abutthole mentions (and that *is* a hefty one, likely the right answer), their 80s lineup was pretty hefty. Black Knight, Captain America, Captain Marvel (Monica, Carol can't compare), Dr. Druid, Hercules, Namor, She-Hulk, Thor, Wasp. On the other side of the country you had the West Coast team fielding Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Wonder Man, Iron Man (in the Silver Centurion getup), Hank Pym (During his Scientist Adventurer era), USAgent, Moon Knight (during one of the periods when he actually had superpowers), the Vision, and the Scarlet Witch.", "human_ref_B": "Probably the era circa early 2010s (I believe) with Captain Marvel, Thor, and Sentry.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5262.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hrsl6w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel] What Avengers team is generally considered the strongest within the history of the team ? I recently started reading about the mighty avengers and it made me wonder how they stack up with other avengers teams of the past and present respectively.", "c_root_id_A": "fy64lkk", "c_root_id_B": "fy675qg", "created_at_utc_A": 1594837632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1594838835.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Probably the era circa early 2010s (I believe) with Captain Marvel, Thor, and Sentry.", "human_ref_B": "The Hickman team in the run up to Secret Wars was huge, and I really can't see anyone taking down a combo of Captain Marvel, Hyperion and Captain Universe among others", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1203.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b7vpju", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Transformers Prime] Why does Megatron always beat up Starscream, but not his other underlings? Prime continuity but this could apply to most all of them I guess. He's fond of beating up Starscream but you never see him do it to Breakdown, Knockout or Dreadwing when they fail him.", "c_root_id_A": "ejunk47", "c_root_id_B": "ejv5v21", "created_at_utc_A": 1554088120.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1554114380.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Starscream is the second in command and the de facto heir to the decepticons, he will take every chance to usurp command from Megatron. That doesn't mean he takes all the beatings for the crew, Megatron will still beat up/kill anyone that fucks up or starts plotting behind his back.", "human_ref_B": "There are two major factors in the relationship between Megatron and Starscream. The first is that Starscream is, despite all appearances, largely competent and actually quite powerful. His problem is he always punches just a bit above his weight class, and needs someone like Megatron to put him down into his place. Breakdown, Knockout, or the others tend to know what their role is and what they're good at, but Starscream constantly goes far beyond what he should. It's hard teaching, but the only kind that Starscream seems to truly understand. The others would never try to pull the kind of crap that Starscream does, so they don't warrant the kind of lesson that a hard beatdown requires. Second... Megatron uses Starscream to keep *himself* sharp. Starscream is constantly scheming, plotting, planning. He's constantly looking for any and every chance to take over. He's always working towards some end or hatching some plan. By focusing against Starsream, Megatron keeps himself sharp and on edge. He keeps himself from going soft or growing complacent. Starscream is a constant thorn in his side, but it makes him always remember how fickle leadership can be if not properly maintained. Starscream is the whetstone that keeps Megatron's mind honed to a razor's edge, keeps his wits focused to a keen point. Another universe's Megatron put it wonderfully: > Here's why I keep you around, Starscream: you are a competent warrior, who's bullying and intimidation keeps those below you in check. Your venomous aspirations define you as a model Decepticon, the type of deviant that will ensure our ultimate victory. But it is the thought of you in charge that keeps me alert. You see, leadership is not something I fear losing, it is something I dread you gaining. In the moments when my all-consuming destiny lies ahead of me, you remind me of the need to watch my back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26260.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jd0esa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LoTR] Why Gothmog, crippled commander of orcs attacking Minas Tirith, wasn't killed after his birth?", "c_root_id_A": "g94srvz", "c_root_id_B": "g95ikld", "created_at_utc_A": 1602963730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602976005.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I always assumed his injuries were sustained from combat and he was a war hardened orc General.", "human_ref_B": "Our Lord and Saviour, Sauron, recognises skills in his beloved worshippers. Unlike what the Gondorians might think, innocent Mordor children are not culled according to their physical abilities. Like any other children in civilised realms, they are offered a comprehensive education. Some might go on to become soldiers, farmers, bureaucrats, planners, officers, and so on and so forth. Gothmog displayed his skill early in his education, and was offered tutelage to develop his exceptional strategic skills. Sauron is efficient. Sauron does not waste.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12275.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jd0esa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LoTR] Why Gothmog, crippled commander of orcs attacking Minas Tirith, wasn't killed after his birth?", "c_root_id_A": "g953xur", "c_root_id_B": "g94srvz", "created_at_utc_A": 1602968872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1602963730.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Gothmog is of the Barad dur breed of Orc which noted for first its skeletal features of their faces but also being susceptible to diseased tumors. Although this seems not to overly affect their strength; at least not in the officer class of Orcs. It's noted by Gondorian scholars, Petergrond Jackson and Richardest Taylormund in their work \"Appendices to the Return of the King\" that such tumors develop from the over exposure of Sauronic evil within the Dark Tower while other natural philosophers think it's just the bad air from volcanic activity. That is to say, Gothmog was a healthy enough Orc soldier in his youth and had climbed up the ranks of the army that once he's tumors progressed to the point of affecting his combat prowess, it no longer mattered since his main duty was now directing orders, not standing in the Shieldwall.", "human_ref_B": "I always assumed his injuries were sustained from combat and he was a war hardened orc General.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5142.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5zn8gp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LOTR] Is it possible for a kingdom of men to bribe or negotiate with Orcs to have orcs fight on their side? Maybe promise them control of Harad or Rhun once the war is over?", "c_root_id_A": "dezhekh", "c_root_id_B": "dezjgwt", "created_at_utc_A": 1489625172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489627704.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Orcs don't want to control anything, you cant offer them gold or lands, they only live to fight and serve the dark lords, so nope you can't bribe them", "human_ref_B": "Their fear of Sauron for outweighs their greed, lust for gold or worldly possessions such as land.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2532.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5zn8gp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LOTR] Is it possible for a kingdom of men to bribe or negotiate with Orcs to have orcs fight on their side? Maybe promise them control of Harad or Rhun once the war is over?", "c_root_id_A": "dezhekh", "c_root_id_B": "dezqq89", "created_at_utc_A": 1489625172.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489637260.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Orcs don't want to control anything, you cant offer them gold or lands, they only live to fight and serve the dark lords, so nope you can't bribe them", "human_ref_B": "I don't know about \"bribe\" but it does say that in the War of the Last Alliance, all the peoples fought on both sides (save Elves). Unless there's other material saying otherwise, this should mean there were orcs against Sauron. I don't know how this squares with their general nature, or if Tolkien just meant Sauron had Men and Dwarves on his side. But that's the only real spark of possibility I can think of.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12088.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5zn8gp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LOTR] Is it possible for a kingdom of men to bribe or negotiate with Orcs to have orcs fight on their side? Maybe promise them control of Harad or Rhun once the war is over?", "c_root_id_A": "dezuyhd", "c_root_id_B": "dezhekh", "created_at_utc_A": 1489645065.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1489625172.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Wouldn't that be evil? You are promising them lands where other people live in. Also why would orcs join you, when it seems obvious that Sauron is going to win? Sauron is not going to win with orcs... great majority of his servants are humans and tributary realms in Rh\u00fbn and Harad form the bulk of Sauron's economy.", "human_ref_B": "Orcs don't want to control anything, you cant offer them gold or lands, they only live to fight and serve the dark lords, so nope you can't bribe them", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19893.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "zj3t12", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Death Note] Shinigami eyes transplant? \\[Death Note\\] if somebody with the shinigami eyes got a transplant or gave their eyes to another person or got new eyes, would the person that got their eyes get the shinigami sight (assuming everybody involved has a death note) or would it magically stay with the original?", "c_root_id_A": "iztg3q2", "c_root_id_B": "iztm9u3", "created_at_utc_A": 1670784798.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1670787181.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'm pretty sure the eyes are more like a spell or enchantment on the eyes and soul of the bearer, rather than some physical difference in the matter of their eyes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2383.0, "score_ratio": 28.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8f0dfs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Death Note] What would happen to the Shinigami if humans underwent an extinction event?", "c_root_id_A": "dxzo5d0", "c_root_id_B": "dxzo4u6", "created_at_utc_A": 1524727499.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524727469.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There's three options. 1. They die out: right what it says on the tin, they no longer have a source of life and finally can't keep endlessly extending their life. 1. They were the cause: there's only like a couple hundred shinigami maximum. Let's say there's an average of 40 years left on everyone's life. 7,000,000,000,000 multiplied by 40 is divided by 200 about 1.4 billion years per shinigami might be enough to wait for whatever new intelligent species comes along. 1. They are protected: the shinigami King seems pretty all powerful, so maybe he has a trick up his sleeve.", "human_ref_B": "They'd all die of old age(or whatever they call it when they run out of time.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8f0dfs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Death Note] What would happen to the Shinigami if humans underwent an extinction event?", "c_root_id_A": "dxzt71o", "c_root_id_B": "dxzo4u6", "created_at_utc_A": 1524739280.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524727469.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Shinigami use their notes to steal human lifespan to extend their own - without humans they might end up with finite lifespans and start dying, before getting that procreation thing going back on again. Alternatively, they might just recalibrate their Death Notes to work on animals or something.", "human_ref_B": "They'd all die of old age(or whatever they call it when they run out of time.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11811.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oluggp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Vampires] Are vampires affected by the sun's reflection in mirrors? If I can't lure Dracula into the sunlight, can I bring the soon to Dracula with an elaborate series of stationary mirrors? If Dracula walks between two of the mirrors, is the sunlight obstructed for a second before he turns to dust?", "c_root_id_A": "h5h5mc0", "c_root_id_B": "h5gvwo0", "created_at_utc_A": 1626491144.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626485846.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I mean, if the moon doesn't work, there's no reason that should work. But there's no rational explanation for a lot of things vampires are capable of. (also Dracula didn't turn to dust in sunlight, not in the original book. He just got anemic during the day)", "human_ref_B": "I mean there's various versions of Drac which curve of the multiverse? Minions Drac yes. Blade Drac no.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5298.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axevhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Chronicle] Im a sane, rational adult who ventures into thr sinkhole and gains telekinetic powers. How can I use them for personal benefit without landing myself in any trouble? Basically, I want to make a comfortable living without anyone ever knowing I'm a freak of nature. How can I best leverage my newfound abilities to this end?", "c_root_id_A": "ehtk97v", "c_root_id_B": "ehu6tr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1551761750.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551792744.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Start with simple things, like reaching for the remote, or serving yourself a bowl of cereal and feeding yourself without touching anything. Then you can move on to greater things,like winning bets to see which flag does the dog end up choosing: American or Chinese? Push the dog with your mind towards the bets you make. Then I bet, invest and invest.", "human_ref_B": "After training up a bit, you could simply just go to the horse races, put a substantial amount on middle of the pack odds, and then use your TK to push back and slow down the other horses by just enough for your horse to pull off the miracle win. Sprinkle in some losses here and there, and some wins on more likely to win horses and you could make a very comfortable living. You'll be remembered for your longshot win, but it's likely that someone else was also betting big and won. And your good luck clearly didn't hold out on subsequent races, although you had a bit of a resurgence later. The Jockies may complain that the horses were acting weird, but if you do it right, you won't need to exert constant pressure on the horses. Just enough to get and put your horse in the lead. Hell, mess with your horse too, just not as much as the others.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30994.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "axevhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Chronicle] Im a sane, rational adult who ventures into thr sinkhole and gains telekinetic powers. How can I use them for personal benefit without landing myself in any trouble? Basically, I want to make a comfortable living without anyone ever knowing I'm a freak of nature. How can I best leverage my newfound abilities to this end?", "c_root_id_A": "ehu6tr6", "c_root_id_B": "ehtmqvb", "created_at_utc_A": 1551792744.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551764401.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "After training up a bit, you could simply just go to the horse races, put a substantial amount on middle of the pack odds, and then use your TK to push back and slow down the other horses by just enough for your horse to pull off the miracle win. Sprinkle in some losses here and there, and some wins on more likely to win horses and you could make a very comfortable living. You'll be remembered for your longshot win, but it's likely that someone else was also betting big and won. And your good luck clearly didn't hold out on subsequent races, although you had a bit of a resurgence later. The Jockies may complain that the horses were acting weird, but if you do it right, you won't need to exert constant pressure on the horses. Just enough to get and put your horse in the lead. Hell, mess with your horse too, just not as much as the others.", "human_ref_B": "You'd excel at most sports. High salary / tournament money and endorsements. Try out for a minor league baseball team and throw unhittable pitches. Sink full court basketball shots. Marksmanship. Archery. Billiards. Bowling. If your powers are strong enough, you'd be unbeatable as a weightlifter in your weight class. World class golfer.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28343.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4ju7ye", "c_root_id_B": "e4jrl8m", "created_at_utc_A": 1534820548.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534817809.0, "score_A": 98, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Fake evidence he was associated with known troublemakers and blow them up.", "human_ref_B": "In the past, the Empire's done things like pick out ten random people from their world and executed them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2739.0, "score_ratio": 10.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4jz6mc", "c_root_id_B": "e4jrl8m", "created_at_utc_A": 1534826069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534817809.0, "score_A": 63, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Going off of how Nazi Germany, which is more or less one of the models for the Galactic Empire, operated, the standard procedure on a world with an active rebel movement would be indiscriminate reprisals, irregardless of whether or not the victims were directly responsible for or connected with Alliance activity. In some parts of occupied Europe, a known ratio of hostages were to be shot for every German soldier killed. Even if the civilians punished in reprisals were not killed, they might be sent to concentration or labor camps. On a more firmly Imperial-controlled world, the punishment levied might merely be legal or economic--sanctions, imposition of military law, loss of local autonomy, etc... On a stout Imperial-sympathetic world, no reprisals might take place whatsoever. Also see: Lidice Massacre Putten Massacre Tulle Massacre Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre Maill\u00e9 Massacre", "human_ref_B": "In the past, the Empire's done things like pick out ten random people from their world and executed them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8260.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4jz6mc", "c_root_id_B": "e4jygu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1534826069.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534825176.0, "score_A": 63, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Going off of how Nazi Germany, which is more or less one of the models for the Galactic Empire, operated, the standard procedure on a world with an active rebel movement would be indiscriminate reprisals, irregardless of whether or not the victims were directly responsible for or connected with Alliance activity. In some parts of occupied Europe, a known ratio of hostages were to be shot for every German soldier killed. Even if the civilians punished in reprisals were not killed, they might be sent to concentration or labor camps. On a more firmly Imperial-controlled world, the punishment levied might merely be legal or economic--sanctions, imposition of military law, loss of local autonomy, etc... On a stout Imperial-sympathetic world, no reprisals might take place whatsoever. Also see: Lidice Massacre Putten Massacre Tulle Massacre Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre Maill\u00e9 Massacre", "human_ref_B": "Look at all of human history for examples of how horrific and depraved we can go for retaliation. Then scale up for a galaxy spanning civilisation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 893.0, "score_ratio": 15.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4kegfn", "c_root_id_B": "e4jygu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1534853057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534825176.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Pick a planet with known Rebel sympathies. Lay waste to its surface, decimate its population, destroy its records. Announce the assassin was from there. No one can prove otherwise if the destruction was done properly. Did the assassins use a Corellien ship? Pick Corellia. Did they use explosives traced to Naboo? Use Naboo. Even the vaguest connection will suffice. Imperial PR will do the rest. Reprisals aren't about getting revenge they are about cowing the survivors into not doing the same. They are about convincing everyone but the dead that if you have even the slightest hint someone is disloyal you report them.", "human_ref_B": "Look at all of human history for examples of how horrific and depraved we can go for retaliation. Then scale up for a galaxy spanning civilisation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27881.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4kd1fd", "c_root_id_B": "e4kegfn", "created_at_utc_A": 1534851008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534853057.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Do you... really need to ask this? They would make an example out of some random rebel, or their base. Or their planet. It\u2019s an evil empire who just got attacked by a peasant. What do you expect? There aren\u2019t very many options here for what could happen.", "human_ref_B": "Pick a planet with known Rebel sympathies. Lay waste to its surface, decimate its population, destroy its records. Announce the assassin was from there. No one can prove otherwise if the destruction was done properly. Did the assassins use a Corellien ship? Pick Corellia. Did they use explosives traced to Naboo? Use Naboo. Even the vaguest connection will suffice. Imperial PR will do the rest. Reprisals aren't about getting revenge they are about cowing the survivors into not doing the same. They are about convincing everyone but the dead that if you have even the slightest hint someone is disloyal you report them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2049.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4k7l22", "c_root_id_B": "e4kegfn", "created_at_utc_A": 1534840348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534853057.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "r/theempiredidnothingwrong", "human_ref_B": "Pick a planet with known Rebel sympathies. Lay waste to its surface, decimate its population, destroy its records. Announce the assassin was from there. No one can prove otherwise if the destruction was done properly. Did the assassins use a Corellien ship? Pick Corellia. Did they use explosives traced to Naboo? Use Naboo. Even the vaguest connection will suffice. Imperial PR will do the rest. Reprisals aren't about getting revenge they are about cowing the survivors into not doing the same. They are about convincing everyone but the dead that if you have even the slightest hint someone is disloyal you report them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12709.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4kegfn", "c_root_id_B": "e4k625w", "created_at_utc_A": 1534853057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534837146.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Pick a planet with known Rebel sympathies. Lay waste to its surface, decimate its population, destroy its records. Announce the assassin was from there. No one can prove otherwise if the destruction was done properly. Did the assassins use a Corellien ship? Pick Corellia. Did they use explosives traced to Naboo? Use Naboo. Even the vaguest connection will suffice. Imperial PR will do the rest. Reprisals aren't about getting revenge they are about cowing the survivors into not doing the same. They are about convincing everyone but the dead that if you have even the slightest hint someone is disloyal you report them.", "human_ref_B": "Probably punish his town or planet or space station.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15911.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4kd1fd", "c_root_id_B": "e4k7l22", "created_at_utc_A": 1534851008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534840348.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Do you... really need to ask this? They would make an example out of some random rebel, or their base. Or their planet. It\u2019s an evil empire who just got attacked by a peasant. What do you expect? There aren\u2019t very many options here for what could happen.", "human_ref_B": "r/theempiredidnothingwrong", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10660.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4kd1fd", "c_root_id_B": "e4k625w", "created_at_utc_A": 1534851008.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534837146.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Do you... really need to ask this? They would make an example out of some random rebel, or their base. Or their planet. It\u2019s an evil empire who just got attacked by a peasant. What do you expect? There aren\u2019t very many options here for what could happen.", "human_ref_B": "Probably punish his town or planet or space station.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13862.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4k625w", "c_root_id_B": "e4k7l22", "created_at_utc_A": 1534837146.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534840348.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Probably punish his town or planet or space station.", "human_ref_B": "r/theempiredidnothingwrong", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3202.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4k625w", "c_root_id_B": "e4kgcr5", "created_at_utc_A": 1534837146.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534855990.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Probably punish his town or planet or space station.", "human_ref_B": "This actually happens in the Leia book, they basically lock down the planet a and pick a few others to go hash on.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18844.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "98yymr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Star Wars]A rebel kills a noted Imperial figure in a suicide attack and their collaborateurs have no next of kin or any known friends. How does the Empire draw their pound of flesh as revenge?", "c_root_id_A": "e4l8pip", "c_root_id_B": "e4k625w", "created_at_utc_A": 1534880838.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1534837146.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Probably vaporizing the rebels home from orbit maybe just the town they were born in naybe just the continent they were born on buuut also maybe the whole planet is getting life wiped", "human_ref_B": "Probably punish his town or planet or space station.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43692.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k8myy0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Wars] Is the Force just detrimental to Non force-sensitives? We all know the Force and how awesome it is... but thing is, the Force is an awesome thing ONLY for those born with it, which are about 0,001% of the population of the Galaxy. To anyone else, the Force might as well not exist at all... if we're talking benefit, there is. The only effect the Force has on non-sensitives is to make them *weaker* to Force powers, allowing Force-users to read and manipulate their minds and plans, telekynetically move their bodies around, and so on. To hammer my point in, the (admittedly non-canon) Yuuzhan Vong survived just fine without the Force, with the added bonus of being immune to its direct influence. So in the end, the Force is basically enforcing inequality over the galaxy, arbitrarily deciding who's the leader and who is the subject with no regard of personal skills, will and determination.", "c_root_id_A": "gez49gy", "c_root_id_B": "gez3iv4", "created_at_utc_A": 1607369658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607369370.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The Yuuzhan Vong are a bunch of masochists and sadists precisely because they were stripped of the Force. They live in agony, feeling constant unending pain so they changed their whole culture to revolve around the concept of accepting and dealing pain to make up for the loss of the Force and to deal with the pain they feel with the lack of that connection. If you want to live like a Ceonobite or something more power to you, but personally speaking, FUCK THAT.", "human_ref_B": "Force sensitivity is not a binary, it's a spectrum Its influence on inequality is basically the same as random chance, unless directly influenced. Outside of the sith, there's no consistent imposed hierarchy, and since force sensitivity literally manifests as \"personal skills, will and determination,\" it amounts to the same thing", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 288.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k8myy0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Wars] Is the Force just detrimental to Non force-sensitives? We all know the Force and how awesome it is... but thing is, the Force is an awesome thing ONLY for those born with it, which are about 0,001% of the population of the Galaxy. To anyone else, the Force might as well not exist at all... if we're talking benefit, there is. The only effect the Force has on non-sensitives is to make them *weaker* to Force powers, allowing Force-users to read and manipulate their minds and plans, telekynetically move their bodies around, and so on. To hammer my point in, the (admittedly non-canon) Yuuzhan Vong survived just fine without the Force, with the added bonus of being immune to its direct influence. So in the end, the Force is basically enforcing inequality over the galaxy, arbitrarily deciding who's the leader and who is the subject with no regard of personal skills, will and determination.", "c_root_id_A": "gez07hz", "c_root_id_B": "gez3iv4", "created_at_utc_A": 1607368074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607369370.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Is money bad, just because some people are born without it?", "human_ref_B": "Force sensitivity is not a binary, it's a spectrum Its influence on inequality is basically the same as random chance, unless directly influenced. Outside of the sith, there's no consistent imposed hierarchy, and since force sensitivity literally manifests as \"personal skills, will and determination,\" it amounts to the same thing", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1296.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k8myy0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Wars] Is the Force just detrimental to Non force-sensitives? We all know the Force and how awesome it is... but thing is, the Force is an awesome thing ONLY for those born with it, which are about 0,001% of the population of the Galaxy. To anyone else, the Force might as well not exist at all... if we're talking benefit, there is. The only effect the Force has on non-sensitives is to make them *weaker* to Force powers, allowing Force-users to read and manipulate their minds and plans, telekynetically move their bodies around, and so on. To hammer my point in, the (admittedly non-canon) Yuuzhan Vong survived just fine without the Force, with the added bonus of being immune to its direct influence. So in the end, the Force is basically enforcing inequality over the galaxy, arbitrarily deciding who's the leader and who is the subject with no regard of personal skills, will and determination.", "c_root_id_A": "gez07hz", "c_root_id_B": "gez49gy", "created_at_utc_A": 1607368074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607369658.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Is money bad, just because some people are born without it?", "human_ref_B": "The Yuuzhan Vong are a bunch of masochists and sadists precisely because they were stripped of the Force. They live in agony, feeling constant unending pain so they changed their whole culture to revolve around the concept of accepting and dealing pain to make up for the loss of the Force and to deal with the pain they feel with the lack of that connection. If you want to live like a Ceonobite or something more power to you, but personally speaking, FUCK THAT.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1584.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k8myy0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Wars] Is the Force just detrimental to Non force-sensitives? We all know the Force and how awesome it is... but thing is, the Force is an awesome thing ONLY for those born with it, which are about 0,001% of the population of the Galaxy. To anyone else, the Force might as well not exist at all... if we're talking benefit, there is. The only effect the Force has on non-sensitives is to make them *weaker* to Force powers, allowing Force-users to read and manipulate their minds and plans, telekynetically move their bodies around, and so on. To hammer my point in, the (admittedly non-canon) Yuuzhan Vong survived just fine without the Force, with the added bonus of being immune to its direct influence. So in the end, the Force is basically enforcing inequality over the galaxy, arbitrarily deciding who's the leader and who is the subject with no regard of personal skills, will and determination.", "c_root_id_A": "gez07hz", "c_root_id_B": "gezdssw", "created_at_utc_A": 1607368074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607373847.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Is money bad, just because some people are born without it?", "human_ref_B": "Humans are far smarter then almost any other animal. No horse will build a car, however skilled, willful and determined it is. Is that biology enforcing inequality on the world? Or is it just, you know, a thing that is the case? You could describe human intelligence as detrimental to animals, I guess, but it doesn't quite fit. It's just that some species can do things others can't. Same here. It's not really detrimental in the conventional sense. It's just that the world isn't fair. If that enforces inequality, so do quite a lot of other things.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5773.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k8myy0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Wars] Is the Force just detrimental to Non force-sensitives? We all know the Force and how awesome it is... but thing is, the Force is an awesome thing ONLY for those born with it, which are about 0,001% of the population of the Galaxy. To anyone else, the Force might as well not exist at all... if we're talking benefit, there is. The only effect the Force has on non-sensitives is to make them *weaker* to Force powers, allowing Force-users to read and manipulate their minds and plans, telekynetically move their bodies around, and so on. To hammer my point in, the (admittedly non-canon) Yuuzhan Vong survived just fine without the Force, with the added bonus of being immune to its direct influence. So in the end, the Force is basically enforcing inequality over the galaxy, arbitrarily deciding who's the leader and who is the subject with no regard of personal skills, will and determination.", "c_root_id_A": "gezqdtl", "c_root_id_B": "gezexqq", "created_at_utc_A": 1607380428.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607374407.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I wouldn\u2019t call the state the Vong live in \u2018just fine\u2019. They\u2019re not happy people.", "human_ref_B": "In KOTOR II (no longer canon unfortunately, but fingers crossed it\u2019ll come back in some form), there was a former Sith Lord called Kreia who became super disillusioned with the whole Force thing. She made it her goal to eradicate the force completely by using a void in the force, an individual scarred by the mass deaths caused by a Republic super weapon used on Mandalorians. She soured on the whole Light side thing a while ago. She thought that it represented stagnation and encouraged weakness - the Jedi were creating a galaxy that was too frail to stand up for itself, leaving it terminally dependent on their Order. She also started hating the Sith, after joining them for a while. To her, though the Sith glorified strength and self improvement, all they were doing was weakening themselves and the galaxy by constantly warring with everyone. She thought the existence of the Force, both dark side and light, would make interstellar war (\u201cStar Wars\u201d) inevitable. Both sides created an unstable equilibrium. A light side dominated galaxy would foster weakness and dependence, which would eventually allow the dark side to seize control. A dark side dominated galaxy would be unstable and violent, creating a desire for peace and democracy, allowing the light side to rise and defeat the dark side. And the cycle repeats. And of course, the other minor force traditions and sects were barely worth considering. Night sisters, gray Jedi, random unaffiliated force users etc. The galaxy would keep flipping between dark side and light side like a pendulum, with the beings of the galaxy caught in between. The ships, droids, nations, industries, armies, planets etc. are just pawns being played by the Force in it\u2019s mindless quest for \u201cbalance\u201d between the dark and light sides. So Kreia cooked up a scheme to kill all the Jedi and Sith and destroy the Force once and for all. By manipulating the remaining Sith, she almost managed to wipe out all the hiding Jedi. By using a powerful Jedi, she managed to destroy (what she thought was) the last of the Sith order. She was about to do some funky magic ritual to kill the force once and for all, but she was stopped. Good thing too, the Force is supposed to be the energy field binding all living things together. Killing the Force would mean killing every living being in the galaxy. Kreia thought that was fine if it let non-Force dominated life eventually arise. Maybe some kind of droid civilization, or carbon/silicon based life that was not dependent on the Force. She also acknowledged that she might have been somewhat biased. Her perspective was skewed by all the nasty shit she went through as a Jedi Master and Sith Lord. She was also somewhat hypocritical, she hated the Force, but used it a lot to accomplish her mission. But yeah, you\u2019d probably see eye to eye with Kreia on some things. Lots of Imperial officers hated the Force too. Partly because they thought the Jedi were dumb hypocrite traitors who deserved to be wiped out. Partly because Imperial doctrine made no mention of the ideologies of either the Jedi or the Sith, unlike the Republic or previous Sith Empires. Palpatine wanted to limit the number of powerful force users in the galaxy. Partly because they just really hated Vader for being so hard headed and ready to force choke/lightsaber them. Mostly because they thought it was kind of overrated. The Jedi got wiped out by the clones and the droids. The Empire had a fighting force far more powerful than both the clone or droid army (yeah, stormtroopers suck, but there were like, a hundred thousand times more stormtroopers than clone troopers). The Mandalorians also had a rather dim view of the Force. They thought the Jedi were weak willed hypocrites, despite them being good combatants. They respected the Sith ideology of constant conflict and the glorification of strength, but they didn\u2019t like the fact that they relied on a supernatural force that was poorly understood and unreliable.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6021.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "40cx6t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Gremlins] How do different timezones work if you feed them after midnight? What happens if you pass one?", "c_root_id_A": "cyt8cp5", "c_root_id_B": "cyt87bo", "created_at_utc_A": 1452458772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452458555.0, "score_A": 45, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Timezones are a human invention to make our day to day affairs easier. Mogwai are affected by *solar midnight*. Solar midnight is dependent on longitude and time of the year rather than on a time zone. In fact, with daylight savings and other changes your clock could tell you that it's well before the witching hour, yet if you fed your mogwai it would transform.", "human_ref_B": "It's probably more of a moonlight, or lack of sun, deal that makes them transform. My question would be, what if I fed one at 5pm, and then teleported myself and the gremlin to somewhere that it's 2am. (Unless that's what you meant?)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 217.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "40cx6t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Gremlins] How do different timezones work if you feed them after midnight? What happens if you pass one?", "c_root_id_A": "cytj6mx", "c_root_id_B": "cytmkv9", "created_at_utc_A": 1452475403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1452481266.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Gremlins inner ear has a built in natural gps, as well as their hypothalmus is as accurate as an atomic clock. True story", "human_ref_B": "\"Don't feed them after midnight\" isn't an exact science. It's not like feeding them at 11:59pm is fine but then one bite after 12:00am will transform them. It's just a general guideline; don't feed them in the wee hours of the morning.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5863.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4jcavj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lovecraft] Is there any possible way to kill a Great Old One? What about an Elder God or an Outer God?", "c_root_id_A": "d35fmi9", "c_root_id_B": "d35j0lj", "created_at_utc_A": 1463247812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463253924.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 156, "human_ref_A": "Possibly another elder God could do it. The problem is that they are so far beyond us that we have no idea how to do it", "human_ref_B": "You can't exactly kill things like the Old Gods, at least not how we think of death. With mortal beings like humans, animals, or even plants, death is basically an inevitable end. No matter how long you avoid it, or how safe you act, life will come to an end. Old Gods don't have a life as we know it, and so can't die. They exist, yes, but not in the same way as any life on Earth. The Old Gods we witness on Earth aren't even the actual forms of the beings. The true forms don't exist on the mortal plane, instead occupying dimensions above the realm of human thought or comprehension. We are to drawings as the Old Gods are to us. You can see a drawing, but it isn't able to see you. While you can occupy the 2nd dimension by placing a hand on the same surface as a drawing, that drawing can't perceive you as an entity. While you are only resting a small part of your body on the surface, the drawing wouldn't see it that way. It would only conceive of the thick band of matter that occupies the space. When you see something like Cthulhu or Bokrug, you aren't seeing the whole of the Elder God. Rather, you are witnessing the portion of that being that was placed in our dimension. You may be able to \"remove\" this part, but it would be as if the drawing removed your hand from the surface. This may shock you or surprise you, but in the end it didn't do any damage, just removed you from the drawing's perception temporarily. At any time, you may just rest your hand upon the 2d surface once more, and all the effort in removing it meant nothing. \"Killing\" an Old God is nothing more than temporarily removing them from our plane of awareness. At any time, the Old God may return, and all the effort placed into banishing the Old God's presence the first time means nothing. The Old God returns to our world whenever it wishes, and will leave whenever it wishes. All you can do is go about your daily business, and hope to never cross its path.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6112.0, "score_ratio": 26.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4jcavj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lovecraft] Is there any possible way to kill a Great Old One? What about an Elder God or an Outer God?", "c_root_id_A": "d35mwzq", "c_root_id_B": "d35mqhl", "created_at_utc_A": 1463260814.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463260483.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Old Man Henderson took out Hastur, so yes.", "human_ref_B": "That is not dead which may eternal lie. With strange aeons, even death may die. No. They can't die. They are permanent. So removed from the concept that they will eventually outlast death. At least until Azathoth wakes up and the dream is over.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 331.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4jcavj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lovecraft] Is there any possible way to kill a Great Old One? What about an Elder God or an Outer God?", "c_root_id_A": "d35fmi9", "c_root_id_B": "d35mwzq", "created_at_utc_A": 1463247812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463260814.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Possibly another elder God could do it. The problem is that they are so far beyond us that we have no idea how to do it", "human_ref_B": "Old Man Henderson took out Hastur, so yes.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13002.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4jcavj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lovecraft] Is there any possible way to kill a Great Old One? What about an Elder God or an Outer God?", "c_root_id_A": "d35mqhl", "c_root_id_B": "d35fmi9", "created_at_utc_A": 1463260483.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463247812.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "That is not dead which may eternal lie. With strange aeons, even death may die. No. They can't die. They are permanent. So removed from the concept that they will eventually outlast death. At least until Azathoth wakes up and the dream is over.", "human_ref_B": "Possibly another elder God could do it. The problem is that they are so far beyond us that we have no idea how to do it", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12671.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4jcavj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lovecraft] Is there any possible way to kill a Great Old One? What about an Elder God or an Outer God?", "c_root_id_A": "d3623b6", "c_root_id_B": "d36gsny", "created_at_utc_A": 1463291443.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463331235.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die.", "human_ref_B": "I will go against the grain and say, possible. The problem with Cthulhu-like beings is that they exist in 4 spacial dimensions as opposed to humans who exist in only 3 spacial dimensions. This is what people mean when they say that Cthulhu is made out of unusual matter, but we have an example of 3 dimensional beings fighting 4 dimensional beings with success. The Great Race of Yith, were technology advance far beyond what humans are capable off (transporting once consciousness threw time for example) but were still complete composed of normal 3-dimensiol matter, yet they where able to effectively combat the Flying polyps a race that seems to be multidimensional like Cthulhu (they could \"look\" through all matter, and were leaving footprints where they hovered without any visible feet, signs of beings existing in an extra dimension). The Great Race of Yith had some kind of electric based weaponry that was able to hurt the polyps, so hurting and potentially destroying a multidimensional being seem to be possible, if your scientific understanding of the universes is great enough.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39792.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4jcavj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Lovecraft] Is there any possible way to kill a Great Old One? What about an Elder God or an Outer God?", "c_root_id_A": "d364al8", "c_root_id_B": "d36gsny", "created_at_utc_A": 1463298391.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463331235.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "You cant kill an Elder god. Eldar gods live beyond a concept of time, *in such eons, even death may die* Elder gods exist now and forever, because to them, such a thing as time is just a direction they follow when they wish.", "human_ref_B": "I will go against the grain and say, possible. The problem with Cthulhu-like beings is that they exist in 4 spacial dimensions as opposed to humans who exist in only 3 spacial dimensions. This is what people mean when they say that Cthulhu is made out of unusual matter, but we have an example of 3 dimensional beings fighting 4 dimensional beings with success. The Great Race of Yith, were technology advance far beyond what humans are capable off (transporting once consciousness threw time for example) but were still complete composed of normal 3-dimensiol matter, yet they where able to effectively combat the Flying polyps a race that seems to be multidimensional like Cthulhu (they could \"look\" through all matter, and were leaving footprints where they hovered without any visible feet, signs of beings existing in an extra dimension). The Great Race of Yith had some kind of electric based weaponry that was able to hurt the polyps, so hurting and potentially destroying a multidimensional being seem to be possible, if your scientific understanding of the universes is great enough.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32844.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpbzbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Batman] Bruce designed the bat suit to be feared by the enemies. What made him think that bat nipples and having the underwear on the outside would make criminals fear him?", "c_root_id_A": "enr7f33", "c_root_id_B": "enr7tlv", "created_at_utc_A": 1558010161.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558010320.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "It adds a sexual element to his attacks", "human_ref_B": "It makes him look like a dangerous sexual pervert. I mean, I would fear getting beaten up by Batman, but what will Batman do to my unconscious body AFTER he beats me up? With that pervy BDSM looks he is rocking, nothign good I think.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 159.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpbzbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Batman] Bruce designed the bat suit to be feared by the enemies. What made him think that bat nipples and having the underwear on the outside would make criminals fear him?", "c_root_id_A": "ens1bvq", "c_root_id_B": "ensl9j4", "created_at_utc_A": 1558022900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558030287.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I'm already scaroused just by the description...", "human_ref_B": "Actually, adding in some sort of sexual aspect would be more unsettling than just a giant batman who can fly. Think Voldo from Soul Calibur or HiM from PowerPuff Girls. Just some small sexual undertones(or overtones?) added in would make it that much more frightening. At least, in my view it would", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7387.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpbzbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Batman] Bruce designed the bat suit to be feared by the enemies. What made him think that bat nipples and having the underwear on the outside would make criminals fear him?", "c_root_id_A": "ensl9j4", "c_root_id_B": "ensh8y1", "created_at_utc_A": 1558030287.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558028803.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Actually, adding in some sort of sexual aspect would be more unsettling than just a giant batman who can fly. Think Voldo from Soul Calibur or HiM from PowerPuff Girls. Just some small sexual undertones(or overtones?) added in would make it that much more frightening. At least, in my view it would", "human_ref_B": "I think he'll reconsider once he sees Capt Underpants running down the street.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1484.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpbzbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Batman] Bruce designed the bat suit to be feared by the enemies. What made him think that bat nipples and having the underwear on the outside would make criminals fear him?", "c_root_id_A": "ens1bvq", "c_root_id_B": "ensrg6o", "created_at_utc_A": 1558022900.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558032538.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I'm already scaroused just by the description...", "human_ref_B": "Repressed BDSM fantasies causing enemies to question their kinks and social norms giving him time to strike. Nobody wants to be dominated by a stranger in an alley...most people don\u2019t want to be dominated by a stranger in an alley. Lots of germs on Gotham alley walls.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9638.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpbzbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Batman] Bruce designed the bat suit to be feared by the enemies. What made him think that bat nipples and having the underwear on the outside would make criminals fear him?", "c_root_id_A": "ensrg6o", "c_root_id_B": "ensh8y1", "created_at_utc_A": 1558032538.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558028803.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Repressed BDSM fantasies causing enemies to question their kinks and social norms giving him time to strike. Nobody wants to be dominated by a stranger in an alley...most people don\u2019t want to be dominated by a stranger in an alley. Lots of germs on Gotham alley walls.", "human_ref_B": "I think he'll reconsider once he sees Capt Underpants running down the street.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3735.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpbzbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Batman] Bruce designed the bat suit to be feared by the enemies. What made him think that bat nipples and having the underwear on the outside would make criminals fear him?", "c_root_id_A": "enssm9b", "c_root_id_B": "ens1bvq", "created_at_utc_A": 1558032941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558022900.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If a guy snuck up on me in the middle of the night with huge nipples and his underwear on the outside, I'd be terrified.", "human_ref_B": "I'm already scaroused just by the description...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10041.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpbzbp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Batman] Bruce designed the bat suit to be feared by the enemies. What made him think that bat nipples and having the underwear on the outside would make criminals fear him?", "c_root_id_A": "enssm9b", "c_root_id_B": "ensh8y1", "created_at_utc_A": 1558032941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558028803.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If a guy snuck up on me in the middle of the night with huge nipples and his underwear on the outside, I'd be terrified.", "human_ref_B": "I think he'll reconsider once he sees Capt Underpants running down the street.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4138.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iquix8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[The Sopranos] If Tony had gone to his mother for advice like Uncle Junior did, would she still have suggested he get whacked?", "c_root_id_A": "g4v8t8d", "c_root_id_B": "g4uv0fi", "created_at_utc_A": 1599859721.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599853609.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Likely not then but later. She was always looking for slights and if not this, then she would have found another reasons to snap. Maybe it hold her off until she dies, but really, i kinda feel like she is the kind of person who was fed by hate to keep living longer.", "human_ref_B": "You might get more traction on this on r/thesopranos", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6112.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iquix8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[The Sopranos] If Tony had gone to his mother for advice like Uncle Junior did, would she still have suggested he get whacked?", "c_root_id_A": "g4uadvf", "c_root_id_B": "g4v8t8d", "created_at_utc_A": 1599843838.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599859721.0, "score_A": -39, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "That famous science fiction show, the Sopranos.", "human_ref_B": "Likely not then but later. She was always looking for slights and if not this, then she would have found another reasons to snap. Maybe it hold her off until she dies, but really, i kinda feel like she is the kind of person who was fed by hate to keep living longer.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15883.0, "score_ratio": -0.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iquix8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[The Sopranos] If Tony had gone to his mother for advice like Uncle Junior did, would she still have suggested he get whacked?", "c_root_id_A": "g4uadvf", "c_root_id_B": "g4uv0fi", "created_at_utc_A": 1599843838.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599853609.0, "score_A": -39, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "That famous science fiction show, the Sopranos.", "human_ref_B": "You might get more traction on this on r/thesopranos", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9771.0, "score_ratio": -0.0256410256, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ixsam", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Starship Troopers] How do the bugs travel from planet to planet? In science fiction in general, is there any good explanation as to how insects can travel through space", "c_root_id_A": "dr26u91", "c_root_id_B": "dr2hc6u", "created_at_utc_A": 1512948929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512960874.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Tyranids in Warhammer 40K are bugs in space. As for Bugs in Starship Troopers there are passing references in the book but it doesn\u2019t go into detail of the methods or describe Fleet actions.", "human_ref_B": "In the book they have a fleet the same as other species. In the movie they put their eggs on rocks that they launch into space. However it is implied that they can't actually do this and the government is spreading the bugs to keep military funding high and the public distracted.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11945.0, "score_ratio": 4.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ixsam", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Starship Troopers] How do the bugs travel from planet to planet? In science fiction in general, is there any good explanation as to how insects can travel through space", "c_root_id_A": "dr2hc6u", "c_root_id_B": "dr27lk0", "created_at_utc_A": 1512960874.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512949775.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In the book they have a fleet the same as other species. In the movie they put their eggs on rocks that they launch into space. However it is implied that they can't actually do this and the government is spreading the bugs to keep military funding high and the public distracted.", "human_ref_B": "Didn't they mention rocks being seeded with eggs and then shot through space? It's just they've had a long time doing this and are on many other planets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11099.0, "score_ratio": 5.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ixsam", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Starship Troopers] How do the bugs travel from planet to planet? In science fiction in general, is there any good explanation as to how insects can travel through space", "c_root_id_A": "dr2hc6u", "c_root_id_B": "dr2ewmc", "created_at_utc_A": 1512960874.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1512958083.0, "score_A": 38, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In the book they have a fleet the same as other species. In the movie they put their eggs on rocks that they launch into space. However it is implied that they can't actually do this and the government is spreading the bugs to keep military funding high and the public distracted.", "human_ref_B": "Transport bugs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2791.0, "score_ratio": 5.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "omaar2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DUNE] How much does a fully grown sandworm of Arrakis weigh?", "c_root_id_A": "h5jyujx", "c_root_id_B": "h5jx09b", "created_at_utc_A": 1626554825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626553896.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "The sandworms can grow up to 450 meters long. As that article states, the largest animal on earth is the blue whale, which average somewhere around 22 meters long, and weight around 110 tons. They're also about 5 meters tall. Pretending that the whale is a cylinder, that gives us a volume of about 430m^3. We don't know the exact volume of a sandworm, but we can make some estimates using the square-cube law and the size of the blue whale. We'll say that a sandworm is roughly twenty times as long as a blue whale, and four times as wide. Pretending that the sandworm is a cylinder, too, that gives us a volume of 56,500,000m^3. Since the volume of a sandworm is roughly 130,000 times that of a blue whale, its weight should come in at somewhere around 14,300,000 tons. This is all Fermi estimation, but it should get us in the ballpark.", "human_ref_B": "Part of the problem is that we don't even know what the average adult sandwich size is. Dr. Yueh mentions that they can be up to 450 meters in length, though legend has ones over twice that length. We also aren't really sure what their diameter is, though they can apparently swallow enormous spice harvesters. To put this in a little perspective, the largest animal ever recorded on earth is the blue whale, which grows to a mere 30 meters and weighs about 200 tons. A sandworm is orders of magnitude heavier than that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 929.0, "score_ratio": 1.6956521739, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "omaar2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DUNE] How much does a fully grown sandworm of Arrakis weigh?", "c_root_id_A": "h5jyujx", "c_root_id_B": "h5jmxim", "created_at_utc_A": 1626554825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626548805.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The sandworms can grow up to 450 meters long. As that article states, the largest animal on earth is the blue whale, which average somewhere around 22 meters long, and weight around 110 tons. They're also about 5 meters tall. Pretending that the whale is a cylinder, that gives us a volume of about 430m^3. We don't know the exact volume of a sandworm, but we can make some estimates using the square-cube law and the size of the blue whale. We'll say that a sandworm is roughly twenty times as long as a blue whale, and four times as wide. Pretending that the sandworm is a cylinder, too, that gives us a volume of 56,500,000m^3. Since the volume of a sandworm is roughly 130,000 times that of a blue whale, its weight should come in at somewhere around 14,300,000 tons. This is all Fermi estimation, but it should get us in the ballpark.", "human_ref_B": "No scale big enough and no one who could get one to stand on a scale if there was one big enough. Really heavy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6020.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "omaar2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DUNE] How much does a fully grown sandworm of Arrakis weigh?", "c_root_id_A": "h5jx09b", "c_root_id_B": "h5jmxim", "created_at_utc_A": 1626553896.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1626548805.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Part of the problem is that we don't even know what the average adult sandwich size is. Dr. Yueh mentions that they can be up to 450 meters in length, though legend has ones over twice that length. We also aren't really sure what their diameter is, though they can apparently swallow enormous spice harvesters. To put this in a little perspective, the largest animal ever recorded on earth is the blue whale, which grows to a mere 30 meters and weighs about 200 tons. A sandworm is orders of magnitude heavier than that.", "human_ref_B": "No scale big enough and no one who could get one to stand on a scale if there was one big enough. Really heavy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5091.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmigbq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Dune] How do the Fremen deal with kidney stones. Kidney stones can be caused by not drinking enough water, this obviously going to be common on Arrakis How would the stillsuits deal with passing a kidney stone? Would a solid in the moisture recycling system cause a problem?", "c_root_id_A": "hpmktxv", "c_root_id_B": "hpnq8y6", "created_at_utc_A": 1640220289.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640245219.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Still suits recycle poop, so I don't think kidney stones are going to create too much of an obstacle.", "human_ref_B": "Humanity in dune is so far down the road that the broken gene that causes them was likely repaired long before the Jihad.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24930.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmigbq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Dune] How do the Fremen deal with kidney stones. Kidney stones can be caused by not drinking enough water, this obviously going to be common on Arrakis How would the stillsuits deal with passing a kidney stone? Would a solid in the moisture recycling system cause a problem?", "c_root_id_A": "hpnq8y6", "c_root_id_B": "hpmxnf4", "created_at_utc_A": 1640245219.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640226416.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Humanity in dune is so far down the road that the broken gene that causes them was likely repaired long before the Jihad.", "human_ref_B": "The Weirding Way, their desert-themed martial art. Practitioners of the Weirding Way have a saying: \"My mind affects my reality.\" Masters of this martial can create oasis illusions and become invisible in the sand. But every low-level Weirding Way trainee knows how to vibrate their bodies to pulverize kidney stones. They get rid of bunions and sand in their underwear the same way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18803.0, "score_ratio": -13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rmigbq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Dune] How do the Fremen deal with kidney stones. Kidney stones can be caused by not drinking enough water, this obviously going to be common on Arrakis How would the stillsuits deal with passing a kidney stone? Would a solid in the moisture recycling system cause a problem?", "c_root_id_A": "hpsxbq7", "c_root_id_B": "hpmxnf4", "created_at_utc_A": 1640350220.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1640226416.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "You pass it or you die, and your body is rendered for its water. If you pass it in your stillsuit, you need to do maintenance on your filters anyway. Or you die. One day of a clogged filter probably won't kill you, but If you're dumb enough to go into the deep desert while you have a kidney stone, well, you're gonna die. Consequently, kidney stones are rare. The predisposition has been bred out of them over thousands of years.", "human_ref_B": "The Weirding Way, their desert-themed martial art. Practitioners of the Weirding Way have a saying: \"My mind affects my reality.\" Masters of this martial can create oasis illusions and become invisible in the sand. But every low-level Weirding Way trainee knows how to vibrate their bodies to pulverize kidney stones. They get rid of bunions and sand in their underwear the same way.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 123804.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3vvhzd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[WH40K] So what was the plan after humanity took over the galaxy? What did the Emperor have planned once humans took over the entire galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "cxrkie7", "c_root_id_B": "cxrezva", "created_at_utc_A": 1449588085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449574406.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "you might be interested in this series", "human_ref_B": "On top of what others are saying, it's implied that the Empy planned for the HH to happen once the Great Crusade was almost done so that he didn't have to deal with millions of Space Marines and a bunch of sons completely dedicated to war (Angron, Russ, Kurze, etc) chilling with nothing to do as he did with the Thunder Warriors.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13679.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "guk7e0q", "c_root_id_B": "guk3gjl", "created_at_utc_A": 1618452842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618450778.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Check if they've got worshipers and idols made in their image (in this case a definite check, see r/ghostbusters) Ability to command the forces of nature a definite plus, but as seen in the case of John Frum, not a requirement.", "human_ref_B": "If they have the guts to say yes, you should at least tread carefully. Anyone dumb enough to say no can be disposed of easily.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2064.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "guk7e0q", "c_root_id_B": "gujyj7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1618452842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618448217.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Check if they've got worshipers and idols made in their image (in this case a definite check, see r/ghostbusters) Ability to command the forces of nature a definite plus, but as seen in the case of John Frum, not a requirement.", "human_ref_B": "Have you tried asking them?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4625.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "guk7e0q", "c_root_id_B": "gujz7kg", "created_at_utc_A": 1618452842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618448570.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Check if they've got worshipers and idols made in their image (in this case a definite check, see r/ghostbusters) Ability to command the forces of nature a definite plus, but as seen in the case of John Frum, not a requirement.", "human_ref_B": "If somebody has the mind of a god, then he can definitely know that he is a god.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4272.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "guk3gjl", "c_root_id_B": "gujyj7p", "created_at_utc_A": 1618450778.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618448217.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If they have the guts to say yes, you should at least tread carefully. Anyone dumb enough to say no can be disposed of easily.", "human_ref_B": "Have you tried asking them?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2561.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "guk3gjl", "c_root_id_B": "gujz7kg", "created_at_utc_A": 1618450778.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618448570.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If they have the guts to say yes, you should at least tread carefully. Anyone dumb enough to say no can be disposed of easily.", "human_ref_B": "If somebody has the mind of a god, then he can definitely know that he is a god.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2208.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "guk7u2y", "c_root_id_B": "guk8c41", "created_at_utc_A": 1618453084.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618453352.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The same way you know whether or not you are human and not, say, a cat. At the very least, a god must be some flavor of immortal, in that they can\u2019t die by normal means. Some gods can die, but only if they are killed by another godlike being or if they kill themselves. And even then death isn\u2019t always permanent.", "human_ref_B": "Watsonian: If someone asks if you are a god, you say, \"yes!\" Doylist: Any god worth their salt has a level of omniscience that would let them know. Or, in a polydeistic pantheon, there\u2019s probably a hazing ritual or some sign that you measure against, such as when Heracles ascends to Olympus after completing his tasks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 268.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "gujyj7p", "c_root_id_B": "guk8c41", "created_at_utc_A": 1618448217.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618453352.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Have you tried asking them?", "human_ref_B": "Watsonian: If someone asks if you are a god, you say, \"yes!\" Doylist: Any god worth their salt has a level of omniscience that would let them know. Or, in a polydeistic pantheon, there\u2019s probably a hazing ritual or some sign that you measure against, such as when Heracles ascends to Olympus after completing his tasks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5135.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "gujz7kg", "c_root_id_B": "guk8c41", "created_at_utc_A": 1618448570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618453352.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "If somebody has the mind of a god, then he can definitely know that he is a god.", "human_ref_B": "Watsonian: If someone asks if you are a god, you say, \"yes!\" Doylist: Any god worth their salt has a level of omniscience that would let them know. Or, in a polydeistic pantheon, there\u2019s probably a hazing ritual or some sign that you measure against, such as when Heracles ascends to Olympus after completing his tasks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4782.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "gujyj7p", "c_root_id_B": "guk7u2y", "created_at_utc_A": 1618448217.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618453084.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Have you tried asking them?", "human_ref_B": "The same way you know whether or not you are human and not, say, a cat. At the very least, a god must be some flavor of immortal, in that they can\u2019t die by normal means. Some gods can die, but only if they are killed by another godlike being or if they kill themselves. And even then death isn\u2019t always permanent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4867.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "gujz7kg", "c_root_id_B": "guk7u2y", "created_at_utc_A": 1618448570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618453084.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If somebody has the mind of a god, then he can definitely know that he is a god.", "human_ref_B": "The same way you know whether or not you are human and not, say, a cat. At the very least, a god must be some flavor of immortal, in that they can\u2019t die by normal means. Some gods can die, but only if they are killed by another godlike being or if they kill themselves. And even then death isn\u2019t always permanent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4514.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "gukw2cv", "c_root_id_B": "guks4ne", "created_at_utc_A": 1618469667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618466244.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"Are... you... a... god...?\" - Zuul But seriously, most known gods are referenced in literature like Tobin's Spirit Guide and such. If you know the entity's name, a simple library check should be enough.", "human_ref_B": "Who do you think you are to dei-define others. Huh? ;)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3423.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mr45w2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Ghostbusters] How can somebody definitively know whether or not he is a God? I mean there's all sorts of weird stuff in the world(s), how does one know if they are a god and not just a powerful phantasm or learned wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "gukw2cv", "c_root_id_B": "gujz7kg", "created_at_utc_A": 1618469667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618448570.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\"Are... you... a... god...?\" - Zuul But seriously, most known gods are referenced in literature like Tobin's Spirit Guide and such. If you know the entity's name, a simple library check should be enough.", "human_ref_B": "If somebody has the mind of a god, then he can definitely know that he is a god.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21097.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2qjt5t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Robocop 2014] Why did they take so much away from Alex? In the initial photos after the explosion, most of his body was intact. He was just missing a leg. But when they showed his real body to him, he was mostly just a head, a heart, and a set of lungs. Why couldn't they keep more of his body?", "c_root_id_A": "cn6snuj", "c_root_id_B": "cn6r5uz", "created_at_utc_A": 1419712726.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1419709139.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Remember that their goal was to circumvent regulations against fully robotic police. They wanted as little man in the machine as possible so as to assert maximum control. The less Alex inside Robocop, the closer it is to what they really want. More practically, I get the impression the human part of Alex is far more fragile than the robotic parts, which could affect performance in dangerous situations.", "human_ref_B": "Probably burnt to a crisp", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3587.0, "score_ratio": 1.6363636364, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dai21t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] Is the force against a post-scarcity culture? The force is balanced nature, so hunting/fishing/scavenging/gathering/nomadic life seems the most in tune with the natural way of the living force. A post-scarcity society has no need, so the natural loop is broken or non existent. Would the force upend this society?", "c_root_id_A": "f1pthcj", "c_root_id_B": "f1pu8qo", "created_at_utc_A": 1569687856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1569688228.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 48, "human_ref_A": "The force\u2019s idea of balanced is a bit off. You\u2019d think balanced would mean equal amounts of light and dark, but in the movies at least .... it just means wiping out the dark side. So I don\u2019t think it would have an opinion on the matter, not one that would fit our idea of what \u201cbalanced\u201d is anyway.", "human_ref_B": "The Force is not \"against\" anything, it's impersonal natural phenomenon. It doesn't really act on it's own. Most people treat interactions with the Force as a spiritual experience, but it doesn't exactly *have to be* a spiritual experience. People in harsh environments have to rely on their wits and strength to survive, and for a Force-sensitive person the Force is an additional edge that allows them to excel. In a post-scarcity society people don't need to fight daily just to survive, so many people won't need help from the Force to sharpen their senses or enhance their strength or speed, but that doesn't mean that the Force is absent in this society. It still responds to the needs of the sensitive individual, but the needs would be different in this case. It could be the source of divine inspiration for arts, supernatural charisma or incredible empathy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 372.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0ctos", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Pet Sematary] If Jud was aware of the changes that occur when something gets buried at the Burial Grounds and comes back, why would he even suggest it to Louis in terms of burying Church there in the first place? I haven't read the book in a long while and have only seen the 1989 film, so apologies if its answered clearly. But I seem to recall that Jud felt that he owed it to Louis for some reason. Even if that's the case why tempt fate, so to speak? Putting aside everything that happens after with Gage, he had to know that bringing the cat back was not a good idea, regardless of how Louis' daughter would react.", "c_root_id_A": "ez90e8g", "c_root_id_B": "ez91jsf", "created_at_utc_A": 1567768632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567769872.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "It's because the force that drives the burial ground WANTS people to use it. It almost acts as a memetic effect on the people who know of it to, at some point, to spread that knowledge to others. There are points in the book where people are described as having an odd look in their eyes when they offer to act as a guide to the ancient site beyond the dead-fall. The spirit/wendigo/whatever acts on them so even though they know it's a bad idea, they are compelled to act on it anyway.", "human_ref_B": "The book implies that the Micmac burial ground exerts a certain malign psychic presence that calls people to it and pushes them to share the story. When they're on their way to bury Church, Louis mentions feeling good and vital, and Jud says \"the place a has something to do with it, too, but you don't want to trust that. Heroin makes dope addicts feel good when they're putting it in their arms, but all the time it's poisoning them. Poisoning their bodies and poisoning their way of thinking. This place can be like that, Louis, and don't you ever forget it. I hope to God I'm doing right. I think I am, but I can't be sure. Sometimes my head gets muddled. It's senility coming I think...This place has power.\" At the edge of the Little God Swamp, Louis sees \"something bright and not completely pleasent in the old man's eyes\" When Louis asked why Jud brought him to the burial ground, he says it's because Louis saved Norma, but \"he had a sudden, overpowering sense that the man was lying...or that he was being lied to and then passing the lie on to Louis.\" It's not clear if the magic of the forest and the hill predates the Micmacs, was created by them after years of burying their dead there, or some combination of the two. It's even possible it may have something like a shine to it. That kind of power tends to perpetuate itself and gather more power to itself. It worms into the minds of people, poisoning their thoughts and nudging them to work for its benefit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1240.0, "score_ratio": 1.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0ctos", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Pet Sematary] If Jud was aware of the changes that occur when something gets buried at the Burial Grounds and comes back, why would he even suggest it to Louis in terms of burying Church there in the first place? I haven't read the book in a long while and have only seen the 1989 film, so apologies if its answered clearly. But I seem to recall that Jud felt that he owed it to Louis for some reason. Even if that's the case why tempt fate, so to speak? Putting aside everything that happens after with Gage, he had to know that bringing the cat back was not a good idea, regardless of how Louis' daughter would react.", "c_root_id_A": "ez91jsf", "c_root_id_B": "ez8wpep", "created_at_utc_A": 1567769872.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567763773.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The book implies that the Micmac burial ground exerts a certain malign psychic presence that calls people to it and pushes them to share the story. When they're on their way to bury Church, Louis mentions feeling good and vital, and Jud says \"the place a has something to do with it, too, but you don't want to trust that. Heroin makes dope addicts feel good when they're putting it in their arms, but all the time it's poisoning them. Poisoning their bodies and poisoning their way of thinking. This place can be like that, Louis, and don't you ever forget it. I hope to God I'm doing right. I think I am, but I can't be sure. Sometimes my head gets muddled. It's senility coming I think...This place has power.\" At the edge of the Little God Swamp, Louis sees \"something bright and not completely pleasent in the old man's eyes\" When Louis asked why Jud brought him to the burial ground, he says it's because Louis saved Norma, but \"he had a sudden, overpowering sense that the man was lying...or that he was being lied to and then passing the lie on to Louis.\" It's not clear if the magic of the forest and the hill predates the Micmacs, was created by them after years of burying their dead there, or some combination of the two. It's even possible it may have something like a shine to it. That kind of power tends to perpetuate itself and gather more power to itself. It worms into the minds of people, poisoning their thoughts and nudging them to work for its benefit.", "human_ref_B": "wasnt it becasue he couldnt stand the child being sad? and maybe he hoped that, hey, maybe it wont be as bad this time", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6099.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d0ctos", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Pet Sematary] If Jud was aware of the changes that occur when something gets buried at the Burial Grounds and comes back, why would he even suggest it to Louis in terms of burying Church there in the first place? I haven't read the book in a long while and have only seen the 1989 film, so apologies if its answered clearly. But I seem to recall that Jud felt that he owed it to Louis for some reason. Even if that's the case why tempt fate, so to speak? Putting aside everything that happens after with Gage, he had to know that bringing the cat back was not a good idea, regardless of how Louis' daughter would react.", "c_root_id_A": "ez90e8g", "c_root_id_B": "ez8wpep", "created_at_utc_A": 1567768632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1567763773.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's because the force that drives the burial ground WANTS people to use it. It almost acts as a memetic effect on the people who know of it to, at some point, to spread that knowledge to others. There are points in the book where people are described as having an odd look in their eyes when they offer to act as a guide to the ancient site beyond the dead-fall. The spirit/wendigo/whatever acts on them so even though they know it's a bad idea, they are compelled to act on it anyway.", "human_ref_B": "wasnt it becasue he couldnt stand the child being sad? and maybe he hoped that, hey, maybe it wont be as bad this time", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4859.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "po09le", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[General Sci-Fiction] If a shapeshifter got pregnant and morphed into someone else, what would happen to the baby? If someone had shapeshifting powers and got pregnant, then proceeded to morph into someone else, would the baby change with her? Furthermore, if she morphed into a man, what would happen then? I\u2019ve been wondering this for a long time and it\u2019s kind of freaking me out.", "c_root_id_A": "hctfr1t", "c_root_id_B": "hctcpcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1631626095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631624620.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Some shapeshifters work on \"interdimensional\" or pocket-dimension principles. It is possible a fetus would be shifted into a pocket dimension along with other mass that isn't used by the current form. This may also allow the pregnancy to be put into stasis until returning to a form that supports it, or even shapeshift to an unpregnant variant of a pregnancy-capable form. Or it could be that shapeshifters are just generally sterile, or can only procreate with their own species and this puts limits on their ability to shapeshift (i.e. the form still includes biology to support a fetus, though what the fetus and organs themselves change into may not be analogous to pregnancy in mammals).", "human_ref_B": "In Steven Universe, Rose Quartz, a Gem, which is a shapeshifting alien, doesn't seem to be able to shapeshift while she's pregnant with Steven, although that could be because their bodies are light projections, and shapeshifting might have caused issues with the foetus, particularly since he's dependent on her gem to live as well. Depending on the nature of the shapeshifter, it's not implausible that the baby might change with them, although it's equally possible that the baby is reabsorbed by their body. If a female shapeshifter shifts into a man, there's no reason why they could not keep the uterus and placenta, assuming that they can shift individual body parts, rather than changing completely.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1475.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "po09le", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[General Sci-Fiction] If a shapeshifter got pregnant and morphed into someone else, what would happen to the baby? If someone had shapeshifting powers and got pregnant, then proceeded to morph into someone else, would the baby change with her? Furthermore, if she morphed into a man, what would happen then? I\u2019ve been wondering this for a long time and it\u2019s kind of freaking me out.", "c_root_id_A": "hctfr1t", "c_root_id_B": "hct2l6u", "created_at_utc_A": 1631626095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631618731.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Some shapeshifters work on \"interdimensional\" or pocket-dimension principles. It is possible a fetus would be shifted into a pocket dimension along with other mass that isn't used by the current form. This may also allow the pregnancy to be put into stasis until returning to a form that supports it, or even shapeshift to an unpregnant variant of a pregnancy-capable form. Or it could be that shapeshifters are just generally sterile, or can only procreate with their own species and this puts limits on their ability to shapeshift (i.e. the form still includes biology to support a fetus, though what the fetus and organs themselves change into may not be analogous to pregnancy in mammals).", "human_ref_B": "In Eberron at least, the changeling species - who could change into a variety of similarly sized humanoids - could no longer switch biological gender if they were pregnant. So basically a pregnancy put in a block on some of their shapeshifting abilities.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7364.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "po09le", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[General Sci-Fiction] If a shapeshifter got pregnant and morphed into someone else, what would happen to the baby? If someone had shapeshifting powers and got pregnant, then proceeded to morph into someone else, would the baby change with her? Furthermore, if she morphed into a man, what would happen then? I\u2019ve been wondering this for a long time and it\u2019s kind of freaking me out.", "c_root_id_A": "hcsyvk8", "c_root_id_B": "hctfr1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1631616028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631626095.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Some shapeshifters work on \"interdimensional\" or pocket-dimension principles. It is possible a fetus would be shifted into a pocket dimension along with other mass that isn't used by the current form. This may also allow the pregnancy to be put into stasis until returning to a form that supports it, or even shapeshift to an unpregnant variant of a pregnancy-capable form. Or it could be that shapeshifters are just generally sterile, or can only procreate with their own species and this puts limits on their ability to shapeshift (i.e. the form still includes biology to support a fetus, though what the fetus and organs themselves change into may not be analogous to pregnancy in mammals).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10067.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "po09le", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[General Sci-Fiction] If a shapeshifter got pregnant and morphed into someone else, what would happen to the baby? If someone had shapeshifting powers and got pregnant, then proceeded to morph into someone else, would the baby change with her? Furthermore, if she morphed into a man, what would happen then? I\u2019ve been wondering this for a long time and it\u2019s kind of freaking me out.", "c_root_id_A": "hct2l6u", "c_root_id_B": "hctcpcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1631618731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631624620.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In Eberron at least, the changeling species - who could change into a variety of similarly sized humanoids - could no longer switch biological gender if they were pregnant. So basically a pregnancy put in a block on some of their shapeshifting abilities.", "human_ref_B": "In Steven Universe, Rose Quartz, a Gem, which is a shapeshifting alien, doesn't seem to be able to shapeshift while she's pregnant with Steven, although that could be because their bodies are light projections, and shapeshifting might have caused issues with the foetus, particularly since he's dependent on her gem to live as well. Depending on the nature of the shapeshifter, it's not implausible that the baby might change with them, although it's equally possible that the baby is reabsorbed by their body. If a female shapeshifter shifts into a man, there's no reason why they could not keep the uterus and placenta, assuming that they can shift individual body parts, rather than changing completely.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5889.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "po09le", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[General Sci-Fiction] If a shapeshifter got pregnant and morphed into someone else, what would happen to the baby? If someone had shapeshifting powers and got pregnant, then proceeded to morph into someone else, would the baby change with her? Furthermore, if she morphed into a man, what would happen then? I\u2019ve been wondering this for a long time and it\u2019s kind of freaking me out.", "c_root_id_A": "hcsyvk8", "c_root_id_B": "hctcpcc", "created_at_utc_A": 1631616028.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631624620.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "In Steven Universe, Rose Quartz, a Gem, which is a shapeshifting alien, doesn't seem to be able to shapeshift while she's pregnant with Steven, although that could be because their bodies are light projections, and shapeshifting might have caused issues with the foetus, particularly since he's dependent on her gem to live as well. Depending on the nature of the shapeshifter, it's not implausible that the baby might change with them, although it's equally possible that the baby is reabsorbed by their body. If a female shapeshifter shifts into a man, there's no reason why they could not keep the uterus and placenta, assuming that they can shift individual body parts, rather than changing completely.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8592.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "po09le", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[General Sci-Fiction] If a shapeshifter got pregnant and morphed into someone else, what would happen to the baby? If someone had shapeshifting powers and got pregnant, then proceeded to morph into someone else, would the baby change with her? Furthermore, if she morphed into a man, what would happen then? I\u2019ve been wondering this for a long time and it\u2019s kind of freaking me out.", "c_root_id_A": "hct2l6u", "c_root_id_B": "hcsyvk8", "created_at_utc_A": 1631618731.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631616028.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In Eberron at least, the changeling species - who could change into a variety of similarly sized humanoids - could no longer switch biological gender if they were pregnant. So basically a pregnancy put in a block on some of their shapeshifting abilities.", "human_ref_B": "It sounds like you're asking a \"What if...?\" Question. If so, it would be more appropriate for our sister subreddit, r/WhatIfFiction. If you agree, feel free to repost the question there and delete it here. A moderator has been called to review the situation if no action is taken. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2703.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lj38od", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] Is their anyone break Captain America\u2019s shield without the assistance of Cosmic or Divine tools or forces? It seems like breaking that Shield is what defines who is and isn\u2019t a big cheese in the Marvel universe.", "c_root_id_A": "gnekzsr", "c_root_id_B": "gn8u8bo", "created_at_utc_A": 1613311609.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1613236061.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In the comics? No, it's indestructible by all conventional means, the only way to damage it is with reality warping", "human_ref_B": "It got cracked by a nuke once.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 75548.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ntv5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hitchhikers Guide/Lovecraft] Marvin meets an Old One Who offs themself first?", "c_root_id_A": "cvr6di0", "c_root_id_B": "cvr65in", "created_at_utc_A": 1444219991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444219351.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Although I am designed to behave in a human like way for the \"benefit\" of you so called sentient beings I don't actually think like a human. I am perfectly capable of processing the idea that the universe doesn't fit neatly into the sum of my horrible experiences. No meeting an old one wouldn't shatter my world view if that's what you are thinking. Which is a pitty. It would be nice to think the universe isn't as mind numbingly depressing as one's limited experience would suggest, but there you are I suppose. The Old One would be fine as well I presume. Why would it listen to me? I'm only four times as old as the universe so obviously there's nothing I could reasonably contribute of any real value. You're going to have to try and deal with comprehending the old one on your own I'm afraid. Why not try closing your eyes and hoping it will go away? It's not like you have any other plans that will work.", "human_ref_B": "The scale of time required to comprehend and answer this question is beyond humans capabilities, sorry Maybe we should build a computer to get the answer", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 640.0, "score_ratio": 2.652173913, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ntv5k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Hitchhikers Guide/Lovecraft] Marvin meets an Old One Who offs themself first?", "c_root_id_A": "cvrpenn", "c_root_id_B": "cvr9dkj", "created_at_utc_A": 1444250391.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444226551.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sigh. Here I am, the brain the size of a planet, and you want me to talk to some whispering squid? Fine, but I probably won't enjoy it. ---- Old one dies screaming first, no contest.", "human_ref_B": "A good question for /r/WritingPrompts I think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23840.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1dv7ue", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "In the Picard era, Romulan warships are powered by captive singularities. What happens to them if the ship is destroyed? Seriously, what happens? Is there a sudden navigational hazard? And what happens if the Romulan ship goes boom inside a solar system?", "c_root_id_A": "c9u5jq9", "c_root_id_B": "c9u5fwv", "created_at_utc_A": 1367942543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1367942224.0, "score_A": 61, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "A natural quantum black hole is not stable due to Hawking radiation. The ones used in Romulan ships are artificially maintained, as soon as the mechanisms doing that are destroyed the black hole will evaporate (with an enormous release of energy in the process). It's not much different from a warp core breach on a Federation ship, though the explosion is much more consistent in its characteristics since an exploding Federation ship results in a turbulent mixture of matter and antimatter that has a more chaotic reaction curve.", "human_ref_B": "They dissipate. The singularities involved can't be terribly large, as there's no gravimetric disturbances caused by them (at least not that anyone's mentioned), after all, if they did do such a thing, a cloak would be useless. So, we can assume then that if they're not that big, they won't last long outside of containment. I don't know off the top of my head, but I'd assume that without a large amount of mass to feed it (without overwhelming it) it would dissipate in a few Earth days, tops.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 319.0, "score_ratio": 2.7727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7avyt7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Star Wars] If Lando took Vader literally when he said \"pray I don't alter it any further,\" who or what would he pray to? Besides the Force religions, what do normal people believe in?", "c_root_id_A": "dpdf0zy", "c_root_id_B": "dpdbzoa", "created_at_utc_A": 1509876793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509867228.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "see, this is a presumption, prayer need not be to anything at all. An atheist can pray, praying is merely a spoken or internal plea or affirmation, that the individual praying believe anyone or thing may hear it is immaterial to the act.", "human_ref_B": "Whoever he prayed to, it would be illegal. Since the Empire banned all religions except it's own \"New Order\" cult. The galaxy doesn't have any super widespread religions, but many cultures have their own religions, and most of these seem to be based around the Force.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9565.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "24qiz3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[TERMINATOR 2] Why did the T-1000 threaten Sarah with force for her to \"call John\" instead of just copying her voice or turning into her? He was currently making contact with her, and had done so earlier in the elevator when he cut her. Why not imitate her voice, or outright copy her entire body, and then terminate her as was standard protocol?", "c_root_id_A": "ch9v6jb", "c_root_id_B": "ch9twvf", "created_at_utc_A": 1399269236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1399265016.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "It learned from its mistake. It knew it had screwed up by imitating John's foster mother when it got the dog's name wrong.", "human_ref_B": "In the beginning of the movie, John was very good at noticing the difference in speech pattern when the Terminator was mimicking the foster dad. Sounding like a person and talking like a person are two different things.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4220.0, "score_ratio": 2.4545454545, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9xv5in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I take an equal measure of fluid-form shapeshifters: T-1000, The Blob, Sandman, Plastic-Man and Venom into a giant mixing vat and stir. After allowing sufficient time for mixing and reacting what kind of final result will I end up with?", "c_root_id_A": "e9vfc6y", "c_root_id_B": "e9vcvt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1542451477.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542447649.0, "score_A": 51, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The T-1000, Sandman, and Venom are corroded by the Blob. Only Plastic-Man survives and he and the Blob remain separate entities.", "human_ref_B": "A lovely, venomous beach of liquid metal, filled with plastic refuse. Oh, and it's acidic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3828.0, "score_ratio": 6.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9xv5in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I take an equal measure of fluid-form shapeshifters: T-1000, The Blob, Sandman, Plastic-Man and Venom into a giant mixing vat and stir. After allowing sufficient time for mixing and reacting what kind of final result will I end up with?", "c_root_id_A": "e9vcvt2", "c_root_id_B": "e9vlu8k", "created_at_utc_A": 1542447649.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542458843.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "A lovely, venomous beach of liquid metal, filled with plastic refuse. Oh, and it's acidic.", "human_ref_B": "A very well nourished Blob.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11194.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9xv5in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I take an equal measure of fluid-form shapeshifters: T-1000, The Blob, Sandman, Plastic-Man and Venom into a giant mixing vat and stir. After allowing sufficient time for mixing and reacting what kind of final result will I end up with?", "c_root_id_A": "e9vt051", "c_root_id_B": "e9vcvt2", "created_at_utc_A": 1542464269.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542447649.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Pretty sure nothing happens, as they're all different elements that would necessarily react with one another. The Blob however has the most likely reaction, as it will definately consume the Venom (being a lesser creature). It *might* destroy/re-arrange the Sandman into itself, however the others should essentially un-mix themselves out of it as they hold no organic components and i dont remember the Blob being able to break down materials", "human_ref_B": "A lovely, venomous beach of liquid metal, filled with plastic refuse. Oh, and it's acidic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16620.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9xv5in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I take an equal measure of fluid-form shapeshifters: T-1000, The Blob, Sandman, Plastic-Man and Venom into a giant mixing vat and stir. After allowing sufficient time for mixing and reacting what kind of final result will I end up with?", "c_root_id_A": "e9we0t0", "c_root_id_B": "e9w658i", "created_at_utc_A": 1542479092.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542473357.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The Thing would be a great catalyst for chaos to put in there... as in, the John Carpenter one, not Ben Grimm.", "human_ref_B": "Chuck Norris", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5735.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9xv5in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I take an equal measure of fluid-form shapeshifters: T-1000, The Blob, Sandman, Plastic-Man and Venom into a giant mixing vat and stir. After allowing sufficient time for mixing and reacting what kind of final result will I end up with?", "c_root_id_A": "e9w658i", "c_root_id_B": "e9x5gaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1542473357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542497421.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Chuck Norris", "human_ref_B": "They wouldn't mix for long. They would all separate, attempting to find their major body mass, or at least they'd think independently and act so.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24064.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9xv5in", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General] I take an equal measure of fluid-form shapeshifters: T-1000, The Blob, Sandman, Plastic-Man and Venom into a giant mixing vat and stir. After allowing sufficient time for mixing and reacting what kind of final result will I end up with?", "c_root_id_A": "e9xpsju", "c_root_id_B": "e9w658i", "created_at_utc_A": 1542512262.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1542473357.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "As far as I can remember, the Blob only consumes organic material so, the others would probably be fine. I don't think any of them could really kill the others to be honest. T-1000 and the Blob can only be killed by extreme temperatures (both get taken down by liquid nitrogen, come think of it.) Sandman is only vulnerable to, water? The others are technically liquid I guess but, I dunno if he'd die from it. Plasticman is indestructible so he's fine. Venom is the only one who could potentially get absorbed, unless he manages to bond with Plasticman. So most likely... T-1000 and Plastic-Venom burst out while futilely stabbing each other, completely coated in Blob, with an unconscious Sandman trapped and mixed within. A real fucking mess basically.", "human_ref_B": "Chuck Norris", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38905.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "elzape", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Star Trek] Do all members of Starfleet have to learn written English? Or does LCARS support multiple languages? A friend asked me this question, and honestly I hadn't thought of it. So far as we know, the universal translator only works on spoken languages via the communicators, but what about LCARS? If a group of alien crewmembers gather around a LCARS display for a meeting/discussion, what would they all see? Their own languages or one standard language?", "c_root_id_A": "fdlh8ys", "c_root_id_B": "fdlcdma", "created_at_utc_A": 1578523975.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1578521014.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "One thing to keep in mind is that Starfleet ships are typically crewed mostly by one race with a sprinkling of people from other races thrown in. In the shows, we have always followed human ships and those ships use English displays. DS9 shows at least one Vulcan Federation ship and presumable the displays on that ship would be Vulcan based. The same for any other ship mostly crewed by a different race.", "human_ref_B": "This question needs a little unpacking. First, all members of Starfleet are encouraged to learn English (I know, Terran bias again) as it is the common language used for most technical purposes aboard ships. This is also an emergency measure in the case that translators become non-functional. Second, a single LCARS display cannot display in multiple languages simultaneously, other than to place them side-by-side or similar. If crewmembers are not comfortable reading English, they are more than welcome to use their own datapad to view the translated content. Third, any LCARS system for personal use or official duties can be configured to display in the user's preferred language, even to the point of using limited non-visual stimuli (a common example is tactile display for non-sighted crew).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2961.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "54nkuj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Looney Tunes] Is Elmer Fudd a terrible hunter, or is Bugs just that good? Why can't he just buy food like anyone else?", "c_root_id_A": "d83etkj", "c_root_id_B": "d83mgwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1474935983.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1474945051.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Bugs Bunny is an extremely powerful toonforce user, and Elmer Fudd isn't very good with toonforce at all. Bugs is completely out of his league. Elmer does buy food. Why do you think he hasn't starved to death?", "human_ref_B": "There is 'Whats Opera Doc' to consider, where Elmer ends up with a soul touching victory. It reinforces that Elmer really does not want to hurt Bugs the wabbit; its supposed to be a performance, a game, although a frustrating and humbling one. Its like playing basketball against the Harlem Globetrotters - you are not going to win, but its great just to be a part of the show. At the end of their shifts, Bugs and Elmer might be like Sam and Ralph, just punch clock rivals. I think Bugs treats Elmer more gently than others like Yosemite Sam", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9068.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "54nkuj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Looney Tunes] Is Elmer Fudd a terrible hunter, or is Bugs just that good? Why can't he just buy food like anyone else?", "c_root_id_A": "d83i4xg", "c_root_id_B": "d83mgwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1474940192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1474945051.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Elmer is a terrible hunter which is why Bugs goes after him. Bugs rarely seeks out danger.", "human_ref_B": "There is 'Whats Opera Doc' to consider, where Elmer ends up with a soul touching victory. It reinforces that Elmer really does not want to hurt Bugs the wabbit; its supposed to be a performance, a game, although a frustrating and humbling one. Its like playing basketball against the Harlem Globetrotters - you are not going to win, but its great just to be a part of the show. At the end of their shifts, Bugs and Elmer might be like Sam and Ralph, just punch clock rivals. I think Bugs treats Elmer more gently than others like Yosemite Sam", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4859.0, "score_ratio": 1.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmigch1", "c_root_id_B": "dmig95j", "created_at_utc_A": 1504456532.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504456413.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Star Trek life support belts come with antigrav/gravity manipulation functions. You see this most often when crewmen beam onto powerless ships or stations and walk as if they're on a planet. One of the main viewpoint characters in the Sector General documentaries (about a hospital space station serving a wide variety of sentients) is a member of a flying race from an planet with a tenth of Earth's gravity. She uses gravity nullifiers to fly about the station.", "human_ref_B": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 119.0, "score_ratio": 13000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmirsi5", "c_root_id_B": "dmimlk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1504471383.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504464648.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "All the gems in steven universe automatically adjust to the gravity of whatever they're on", "human_ref_B": "The treecat novels from David Weber's have counter-grav technology. Visitors to the 1.3 G world sphinx sometimes use them (most of the colonist have been genetically modified to withstand it.) Counter-grav seems to he a low-energy means of reducing an object's mass in a gravity field. A lot of refugees got dropped of on San Martin at one point. And they noted 2.5 G was better than being jammed in a spaceship like sardines.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6735.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmirsi5", "c_root_id_B": "dmin7uy", "created_at_utc_A": 1504471383.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504465459.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "All the gems in steven universe automatically adjust to the gravity of whatever they're on", "human_ref_B": "Not specifically mentioned to help move on high gravity worlds, but the Harlequins/Eldar of WH40K can use a device called a Flip Belt that can alter the effects of gravity on the user at will. The harlequins use it to enhance their grace and agility during combat but it's the exact same technology that would allow them to walk around at Jupiter's core. The bio-boosted armour, Guyver, also had a hip-based device that could manipulate gravity so could conceivably aid in high-gravity survival. The workings of such devices are broadly left unexplored, and our own universe's understanding of gravity is the least developed of any of the fundamental forces, but many possible mechanisms could be at play. In some settings it's possible to move matter along a 4th spatial dimension, so they could just 'shunt' a portion of mass out of phase with the planet, making it less an issue. In some settings there may be exotic matter with negative-mass, or even mass that scales with a passing electrical charge so overall density could be adjusted the same way that peizoelectric components can be adjusted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5924.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmirsi5", "c_root_id_B": "dmiqazg", "created_at_utc_A": 1504471383.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504469429.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "All the gems in steven universe automatically adjust to the gravity of whatever they're on", "human_ref_B": "Suspensors using Holtzman fields from Dune. >Hovering devices called suspensors utilize the secondary (low-drain) phase of a Holtzman field generator to nullify gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1954.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmig95j", "c_root_id_B": "dmirsi5", "created_at_utc_A": 1504456413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504471383.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "human_ref_B": "All the gems in steven universe automatically adjust to the gravity of whatever they're on", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14970.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmirsi5", "c_root_id_B": "dmijmwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1504471383.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504460789.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "All the gems in steven universe automatically adjust to the gravity of whatever they're on", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10594.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmiufrf", "c_root_id_B": "dmj4swo", "created_at_utc_A": 1504474928.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504489546.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The gems in Steven universe don't have a device, but a product of their gem makes them adjust to be able to walk normally on any planet. They walk the same on the moon as they do on Earth.", "human_ref_B": "40k does, it's \"Screw the xenos scum! If they don't like Earth gravity the can get the hell out of our ships!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14618.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmiufrf", "c_root_id_B": "dmimlk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1504474928.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504464648.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The gems in Steven universe don't have a device, but a product of their gem makes them adjust to be able to walk normally on any planet. They walk the same on the moon as they do on Earth.", "human_ref_B": "The treecat novels from David Weber's have counter-grav technology. Visitors to the 1.3 G world sphinx sometimes use them (most of the colonist have been genetically modified to withstand it.) Counter-grav seems to he a low-energy means of reducing an object's mass in a gravity field. A lot of refugees got dropped of on San Martin at one point. And they noted 2.5 G was better than being jammed in a spaceship like sardines.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10280.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmiufrf", "c_root_id_B": "dmin7uy", "created_at_utc_A": 1504474928.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504465459.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The gems in Steven universe don't have a device, but a product of their gem makes them adjust to be able to walk normally on any planet. They walk the same on the moon as they do on Earth.", "human_ref_B": "Not specifically mentioned to help move on high gravity worlds, but the Harlequins/Eldar of WH40K can use a device called a Flip Belt that can alter the effects of gravity on the user at will. The harlequins use it to enhance their grace and agility during combat but it's the exact same technology that would allow them to walk around at Jupiter's core. The bio-boosted armour, Guyver, also had a hip-based device that could manipulate gravity so could conceivably aid in high-gravity survival. The workings of such devices are broadly left unexplored, and our own universe's understanding of gravity is the least developed of any of the fundamental forces, but many possible mechanisms could be at play. In some settings it's possible to move matter along a 4th spatial dimension, so they could just 'shunt' a portion of mass out of phase with the planet, making it less an issue. In some settings there may be exotic matter with negative-mass, or even mass that scales with a passing electrical charge so overall density could be adjusted the same way that peizoelectric components can be adjusted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9469.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmiufrf", "c_root_id_B": "dmiqazg", "created_at_utc_A": 1504474928.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504469429.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The gems in Steven universe don't have a device, but a product of their gem makes them adjust to be able to walk normally on any planet. They walk the same on the moon as they do on Earth.", "human_ref_B": "Suspensors using Holtzman fields from Dune. >Hovering devices called suspensors utilize the secondary (low-drain) phase of a Holtzman field generator to nullify gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5499.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmiufrf", "c_root_id_B": "dmig95j", "created_at_utc_A": 1504474928.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504456413.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The gems in Steven universe don't have a device, but a product of their gem makes them adjust to be able to walk normally on any planet. They walk the same on the moon as they do on Earth.", "human_ref_B": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18515.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmijmwc", "c_root_id_B": "dmiufrf", "created_at_utc_A": 1504460789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504474928.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "human_ref_B": "The gems in Steven universe don't have a device, but a product of their gem makes them adjust to be able to walk normally on any planet. They walk the same on the moon as they do on Earth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14139.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmimlk6", "c_root_id_B": "dmj4swo", "created_at_utc_A": 1504464648.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504489546.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The treecat novels from David Weber's have counter-grav technology. Visitors to the 1.3 G world sphinx sometimes use them (most of the colonist have been genetically modified to withstand it.) Counter-grav seems to he a low-energy means of reducing an object's mass in a gravity field. A lot of refugees got dropped of on San Martin at one point. And they noted 2.5 G was better than being jammed in a spaceship like sardines.", "human_ref_B": "40k does, it's \"Screw the xenos scum! If they don't like Earth gravity the can get the hell out of our ships!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24898.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmj4swo", "c_root_id_B": "dmin7uy", "created_at_utc_A": 1504489546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504465459.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "40k does, it's \"Screw the xenos scum! If they don't like Earth gravity the can get the hell out of our ships!\"", "human_ref_B": "Not specifically mentioned to help move on high gravity worlds, but the Harlequins/Eldar of WH40K can use a device called a Flip Belt that can alter the effects of gravity on the user at will. The harlequins use it to enhance their grace and agility during combat but it's the exact same technology that would allow them to walk around at Jupiter's core. The bio-boosted armour, Guyver, also had a hip-based device that could manipulate gravity so could conceivably aid in high-gravity survival. The workings of such devices are broadly left unexplored, and our own universe's understanding of gravity is the least developed of any of the fundamental forces, but many possible mechanisms could be at play. In some settings it's possible to move matter along a 4th spatial dimension, so they could just 'shunt' a portion of mass out of phase with the planet, making it less an issue. In some settings there may be exotic matter with negative-mass, or even mass that scales with a passing electrical charge so overall density could be adjusted the same way that peizoelectric components can be adjusted.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24087.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmiqazg", "c_root_id_B": "dmj4swo", "created_at_utc_A": 1504469429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504489546.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Suspensors using Holtzman fields from Dune. >Hovering devices called suspensors utilize the secondary (low-drain) phase of a Holtzman field generator to nullify gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption.", "human_ref_B": "40k does, it's \"Screw the xenos scum! If they don't like Earth gravity the can get the hell out of our ships!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20117.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmig95j", "c_root_id_B": "dmj4swo", "created_at_utc_A": 1504456413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504489546.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "human_ref_B": "40k does, it's \"Screw the xenos scum! If they don't like Earth gravity the can get the hell out of our ships!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33133.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmj4swo", "c_root_id_B": "dmijmwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1504489546.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504460789.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "40k does, it's \"Screw the xenos scum! If they don't like Earth gravity the can get the hell out of our ships!\"", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28757.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmig95j", "c_root_id_B": "dmimlk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1504456413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504464648.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "human_ref_B": "The treecat novels from David Weber's have counter-grav technology. Visitors to the 1.3 G world sphinx sometimes use them (most of the colonist have been genetically modified to withstand it.) Counter-grav seems to he a low-energy means of reducing an object's mass in a gravity field. A lot of refugees got dropped of on San Martin at one point. And they noted 2.5 G was better than being jammed in a spaceship like sardines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8235.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmijmwc", "c_root_id_B": "dmimlk6", "created_at_utc_A": 1504460789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504464648.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "human_ref_B": "The treecat novels from David Weber's have counter-grav technology. Visitors to the 1.3 G world sphinx sometimes use them (most of the colonist have been genetically modified to withstand it.) Counter-grav seems to he a low-energy means of reducing an object's mass in a gravity field. A lot of refugees got dropped of on San Martin at one point. And they noted 2.5 G was better than being jammed in a spaceship like sardines.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3859.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmig95j", "c_root_id_B": "dmin7uy", "created_at_utc_A": 1504456413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504465459.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "human_ref_B": "Not specifically mentioned to help move on high gravity worlds, but the Harlequins/Eldar of WH40K can use a device called a Flip Belt that can alter the effects of gravity on the user at will. The harlequins use it to enhance their grace and agility during combat but it's the exact same technology that would allow them to walk around at Jupiter's core. The bio-boosted armour, Guyver, also had a hip-based device that could manipulate gravity so could conceivably aid in high-gravity survival. The workings of such devices are broadly left unexplored, and our own universe's understanding of gravity is the least developed of any of the fundamental forces, but many possible mechanisms could be at play. In some settings it's possible to move matter along a 4th spatial dimension, so they could just 'shunt' a portion of mass out of phase with the planet, making it less an issue. In some settings there may be exotic matter with negative-mass, or even mass that scales with a passing electrical charge so overall density could be adjusted the same way that peizoelectric components can be adjusted.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9046.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmin7uy", "c_root_id_B": "dmijmwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1504465459.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504460789.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Not specifically mentioned to help move on high gravity worlds, but the Harlequins/Eldar of WH40K can use a device called a Flip Belt that can alter the effects of gravity on the user at will. The harlequins use it to enhance their grace and agility during combat but it's the exact same technology that would allow them to walk around at Jupiter's core. The bio-boosted armour, Guyver, also had a hip-based device that could manipulate gravity so could conceivably aid in high-gravity survival. The workings of such devices are broadly left unexplored, and our own universe's understanding of gravity is the least developed of any of the fundamental forces, but many possible mechanisms could be at play. In some settings it's possible to move matter along a 4th spatial dimension, so they could just 'shunt' a portion of mass out of phase with the planet, making it less an issue. In some settings there may be exotic matter with negative-mass, or even mass that scales with a passing electrical charge so overall density could be adjusted the same way that peizoelectric components can be adjusted.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4670.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmig95j", "c_root_id_B": "dmiqazg", "created_at_utc_A": 1504456413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504469429.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "human_ref_B": "Suspensors using Holtzman fields from Dune. >Hovering devices called suspensors utilize the secondary (low-drain) phase of a Holtzman field generator to nullify gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13016.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmiqazg", "c_root_id_B": "dmijmwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1504469429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504460789.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Suspensors using Holtzman fields from Dune. >Hovering devices called suspensors utilize the secondary (low-drain) phase of a Holtzman field generator to nullify gravity within certain limits prescribed by relative mass and energy consumption.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8640.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmj6env", "c_root_id_B": "dmig95j", "created_at_utc_A": 1504491806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504456413.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Culture citizens can adjust their internal \"standard\" expected gravity, and their bodies will adjust - if you're going to a world with heavier gravity, just turn your internal dial up a few notches, and your body will start growing denser bones and musculature, as well as adjusting your heart to pump blood against a sharper gravity gradient.", "human_ref_B": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35393.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmijmwc", "c_root_id_B": "dmj6env", "created_at_utc_A": 1504460789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504491806.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "human_ref_B": "Culture citizens can adjust their internal \"standard\" expected gravity, and their bodies will adjust - if you're going to a world with heavier gravity, just turn your internal dial up a few notches, and your body will start growing denser bones and musculature, as well as adjusting your heart to pump blood against a sharper gravity gradient.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31017.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmig95j", "c_root_id_B": "dmj83f6", "created_at_utc_A": 1504456413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504494238.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "human_ref_B": "Larry Niven's *Known Space* series does deal with varying gravity on worlds, but the devices used to compensate aren't portable. Jinx is a high gravity world; visitors roll around on wheelchair-beds except in their gravity controlled hotels. The residents are huge barrel chested humans who die young of heart failure, but are superhumanly strong offworld. They're the only people who can kill a Kzin (giant tiger alien) in hand to hand combat, but the Kzin almost always kills them back. Wunderland has slightly less gravity than Earth, just enough to make you feel energetic and young again. On the Ringworld, the explorers wear a lift belt that's electromagnetic iirc, because the floor of the Ringworld has electric circuits built in. *** In *Dune,* Harkonnen wears an antigravity belt to move around because he's incredibly obese. It doesn't make him float in the books, it just keeps him from being bedridden.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37825.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmj83f6", "c_root_id_B": "dmijmwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1504494238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504460789.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Larry Niven's *Known Space* series does deal with varying gravity on worlds, but the devices used to compensate aren't portable. Jinx is a high gravity world; visitors roll around on wheelchair-beds except in their gravity controlled hotels. The residents are huge barrel chested humans who die young of heart failure, but are superhumanly strong offworld. They're the only people who can kill a Kzin (giant tiger alien) in hand to hand combat, but the Kzin almost always kills them back. Wunderland has slightly less gravity than Earth, just enough to make you feel energetic and young again. On the Ringworld, the explorers wear a lift belt that's electromagnetic iirc, because the floor of the Ringworld has electric circuits built in. *** In *Dune,* Harkonnen wears an antigravity belt to move around because he's incredibly obese. It doesn't make him float in the books, it just keeps him from being bedridden.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33449.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmig95j", "c_root_id_B": "dmj90tc", "created_at_utc_A": 1504456413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504495559.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "human_ref_B": "In mass effect, some biotics are able to use mass effect fields to increase or decrease their effective mass. If you had a device capable of manipulating the Higgs field similarly, you could create a bubble of \"reduced mass\" which could change the way you're affected by gravity. Hu", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 39146.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmj90tc", "c_root_id_B": "dmijmwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1504495559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504460789.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In mass effect, some biotics are able to use mass effect fields to increase or decrease their effective mass. If you had a device capable of manipulating the Higgs field similarly, you could create a bubble of \"reduced mass\" which could change the way you're affected by gravity. Hu", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34770.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmk92cz", "c_root_id_B": "dmig95j", "created_at_utc_A": 1504556114.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504456413.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Ultraviolet had a belt buckle that allowed the user to control the direction of their personal gravity field.", "human_ref_B": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 99701.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmijmwc", "c_root_id_B": "dmk92cz", "created_at_utc_A": 1504460789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504556114.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "human_ref_B": "Ultraviolet had a belt buckle that allowed the user to control the direction of their personal gravity field.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 95325.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmli92e", "c_root_id_B": "dmig95j", "created_at_utc_A": 1504628765.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504456413.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In Star Trek it appears that artificial gravity can be adjusted per room. In Deep Space Nine when an alien from a low gravity planet visited the station she was able to turn it down to her comfort level in her quarters, but still had to use a wheelchair to move around the rest of the station.", "human_ref_B": "There are plenty of universes that acknowledge this problem however there is no real solution to it that would adjust the gravity without science that is not available in most universes. So long as the planet in question are of similar size/mass and for various reasons related to habitability this isn't an outrageous assumption, there wouldn't be much of a problem. You would feel slightly heavier or lighter but not much else. You might feel a little bit clumsy at first but that would fade over time something similar to sea legs.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 172352.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xtyqa", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[General] Do any Sci-Fi's have a device that adjusts gravity to the user personally wearing it, that varies from planet to planet, and how would it work? In most scifis when characters are visiting any planet they all seems to be walking just fine, never attempting to adjust to the new and different gravity. I've seen in some cases a race of aliens would wear very heavy armor when theyre off world to simulate the heavy gravity of their home planet Maybe an unspoken scifi rule (like everyone has universal translators) is also everyone wears a gravity adjuster - that increases or lessens your localized gravity **My questions are:** * Do any Scifi's mention a device like this? * How would it work (especially the lessening of gravity)", "c_root_id_A": "dmli92e", "c_root_id_B": "dmijmwc", "created_at_utc_A": 1504628765.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504460789.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "In Star Trek it appears that artificial gravity can be adjusted per room. In Deep Space Nine when an alien from a low gravity planet visited the station she was able to turn it down to her comfort level in her quarters, but still had to use a wheelchair to move around the rest of the station.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, in Peter F. Hamilton's Void Cycle, there are gene-manipulated Humans that would use some mental interface to pre-set their physiology to the external conditions. I.E. when planning to visit a panet with high gravity, they would grow additional muscle and bones beforehand.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 167976.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oes0y", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Dragonball Z] Are Fusion Dances/Potara Fusions gender specific? What would happen if a man and a woman tried to fuse?", "c_root_id_A": "ccreqb6", "c_root_id_B": "ccv32k2", "created_at_utc_A": 1381757322.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1382206439.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "hermaphrodites", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes babies happen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 449117.0, "score_ratio": -0.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj9t9n", "c_root_id_B": "cpj8uwo", "created_at_utc_A": 1426717782.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426716118.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What confuses me is how people know what a year is. I mean, if you watch the movements of the stars you might be able to see a pattern, but it wouldn't have any significance and you'd have no reason to base a calendar around it. I'd expect a system like \"the ninth month of King Aerys' summer\" , or something.", "human_ref_B": "All gods are assholes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1664.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj8uc7", "c_root_id_B": "cpj9t9n", "created_at_utc_A": 1426716090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426717782.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "George RR Martin has stated that the seasons are screwed up due to magic. This doesn't rule out astronomical phenomena, but there is astronomical weirdness, it hasn't been revealed yet.", "human_ref_B": "What confuses me is how people know what a year is. I mean, if you watch the movements of the stars you might be able to see a pattern, but it wouldn't have any significance and you'd have no reason to base a calendar around it. I'd expect a system like \"the ninth month of King Aerys' summer\" , or something.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1692.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj9t9n", "c_root_id_B": "cpj9jbs", "created_at_utc_A": 1426717782.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426717296.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "What confuses me is how people know what a year is. I mean, if you watch the movements of the stars you might be able to see a pattern, but it wouldn't have any significance and you'd have no reason to base a calendar around it. I'd expect a system like \"the ninth month of King Aerys' summer\" , or something.", "human_ref_B": "Unlikely. They still have years. They still measure the passage of time by the number of times that the moon rises and sets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 486.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj8uwo", "c_root_id_B": "cpjawkw", "created_at_utc_A": 1426716118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426719716.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "All gods are assholes.", "human_ref_B": "Someone attempted to explain it with a binary star system one time, but even with two stars a pattern would emerge. Then they talked about two stars with different solar cycles, but again a pattern would emerge. El Nino and El Nina effects were discussed, and once again a pattern would emerge.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3598.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj8uc7", "c_root_id_B": "cpjawkw", "created_at_utc_A": 1426716090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426719716.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "George RR Martin has stated that the seasons are screwed up due to magic. This doesn't rule out astronomical phenomena, but there is astronomical weirdness, it hasn't been revealed yet.", "human_ref_B": "Someone attempted to explain it with a binary star system one time, but even with two stars a pattern would emerge. Then they talked about two stars with different solar cycles, but again a pattern would emerge. El Nino and El Nina effects were discussed, and once again a pattern would emerge.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3626.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj9jbs", "c_root_id_B": "cpjawkw", "created_at_utc_A": 1426717296.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426719716.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Unlikely. They still have years. They still measure the passage of time by the number of times that the moon rises and sets.", "human_ref_B": "Someone attempted to explain it with a binary star system one time, but even with two stars a pattern would emerge. Then they talked about two stars with different solar cycles, but again a pattern would emerge. El Nino and El Nina effects were discussed, and once again a pattern would emerge.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2420.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpja4vu", "c_root_id_B": "cpjawkw", "created_at_utc_A": 1426718359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426719716.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I think you should watch this video, and read this rather jokey paper: VID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKrn4P4c5ps PAPER: http://bit.ly/it_is_known", "human_ref_B": "Someone attempted to explain it with a binary star system one time, but even with two stars a pattern would emerge. Then they talked about two stars with different solar cycles, but again a pattern would emerge. 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Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjdgar", "c_root_id_B": "cpjfi24", "created_at_utc_A": 1426724391.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426728465.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The planet has an irregularly shaped core. This causes the axial tilt of the planet to shift greatly (5-10 degrees) at irregular intervals.", "human_ref_B": "This video might help.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4074.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjfi24", "c_root_id_B": "cpj8uc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1426728465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426716090.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This video might help.", "human_ref_B": "George RR Martin has stated that the seasons are screwed up due to magic. This doesn't rule out astronomical phenomena, but there is astronomical weirdness, it hasn't been revealed yet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12375.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjfi24", "c_root_id_B": "cpj9jbs", "created_at_utc_A": 1426728465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426717296.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This video might help.", "human_ref_B": "Unlikely. They still have years. They still measure the passage of time by the number of times that the moon rises and sets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11169.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjfi24", "c_root_id_B": "cpja4vu", "created_at_utc_A": 1426728465.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426718359.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This video might help.", "human_ref_B": "I think you should watch this video, and read this rather jokey paper: VID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKrn4P4c5ps PAPER: http://bit.ly/it_is_known", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10106.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj8uwo", "c_root_id_B": "cpj8uc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1426716118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426716090.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "All gods are assholes.", "human_ref_B": "George RR Martin has stated that the seasons are screwed up due to magic. This doesn't rule out astronomical phenomena, but there is astronomical weirdness, it hasn't been revealed yet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj8uc7", "c_root_id_B": "cpjdgar", "created_at_utc_A": 1426716090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426724391.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "George RR Martin has stated that the seasons are screwed up due to magic. This doesn't rule out astronomical phenomena, but there is astronomical weirdness, it hasn't been revealed yet.", "human_ref_B": "The planet has an irregularly shaped core. This causes the axial tilt of the planet to shift greatly (5-10 degrees) at irregular intervals.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8301.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj9jbs", "c_root_id_B": "cpjdgar", "created_at_utc_A": 1426717296.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426724391.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Unlikely. They still have years. They still measure the passage of time by the number of times that the moon rises and sets.", "human_ref_B": "The planet has an irregularly shaped core. This causes the axial tilt of the planet to shift greatly (5-10 degrees) at irregular intervals.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7095.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjdgar", "c_root_id_B": "cpja4vu", "created_at_utc_A": 1426724391.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426718359.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The planet has an irregularly shaped core. This causes the axial tilt of the planet to shift greatly (5-10 degrees) at irregular intervals.", "human_ref_B": "I think you should watch this video, and read this rather jokey paper: VID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKrn4P4c5ps PAPER: http://bit.ly/it_is_known", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6032.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjlmp7", "c_root_id_B": "cpjmuyp", "created_at_utc_A": 1426740577.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426743879.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "GRRM explained it's purely magical in an interview", "human_ref_B": "Of course, only a fool believes in Grumpkins, magic, and things that go bump in the night. The long periods of winter and summer vary in length, so we know that whatever causes them is irregular. We also know that the planet has a 'long night' during the winter, where the sun doesn't rise for years and years. The planet must have an earth-like orbit in order to produce the summer snows common to the north while still allowing for crops to be grown. But what if Westeros isn't on a planet, but a moon? That is, a larger celestial body that's dark to our eyes may shift across the sky, blotting out the sun for long periods of time. That would certainly allow for the long winters - but it alone wouldn't account for the variation in length. Unless, of course, there are other moons involved in the equation. Then, we could imagine, that sometimes the orbit of another moon might extend it to block the sun after we have left the range of the planet's shadow - or indeed, cast a very small shadow of it's own, a winter of only months. Of course, it may sound silly, but all of this is the only alternative to believing in a world where fire witches can see the future, and birth demons to do their bidding, and where white walkers rise to march an army of the dead up to our doorsteps. Personally, I've never put much stock in those stories, though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3302.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj8uc7", "c_root_id_B": "cpjmuyp", "created_at_utc_A": 1426716090.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426743879.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "George RR Martin has stated that the seasons are screwed up due to magic. This doesn't rule out astronomical phenomena, but there is astronomical weirdness, it hasn't been revealed yet.", "human_ref_B": "Of course, only a fool believes in Grumpkins, magic, and things that go bump in the night. The long periods of winter and summer vary in length, so we know that whatever causes them is irregular. We also know that the planet has a 'long night' during the winter, where the sun doesn't rise for years and years. The planet must have an earth-like orbit in order to produce the summer snows common to the north while still allowing for crops to be grown. But what if Westeros isn't on a planet, but a moon? That is, a larger celestial body that's dark to our eyes may shift across the sky, blotting out the sun for long periods of time. That would certainly allow for the long winters - but it alone wouldn't account for the variation in length. Unless, of course, there are other moons involved in the equation. Then, we could imagine, that sometimes the orbit of another moon might extend it to block the sun after we have left the range of the planet's shadow - or indeed, cast a very small shadow of it's own, a winter of only months. Of course, it may sound silly, but all of this is the only alternative to believing in a world where fire witches can see the future, and birth demons to do their bidding, and where white walkers rise to march an army of the dead up to our doorsteps. Personally, I've never put much stock in those stories, though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27789.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjmuyp", "c_root_id_B": "cpj9jbs", "created_at_utc_A": 1426743879.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426717296.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Of course, only a fool believes in Grumpkins, magic, and things that go bump in the night. The long periods of winter and summer vary in length, so we know that whatever causes them is irregular. We also know that the planet has a 'long night' during the winter, where the sun doesn't rise for years and years. The planet must have an earth-like orbit in order to produce the summer snows common to the north while still allowing for crops to be grown. But what if Westeros isn't on a planet, but a moon? That is, a larger celestial body that's dark to our eyes may shift across the sky, blotting out the sun for long periods of time. That would certainly allow for the long winters - but it alone wouldn't account for the variation in length. Unless, of course, there are other moons involved in the equation. Then, we could imagine, that sometimes the orbit of another moon might extend it to block the sun after we have left the range of the planet's shadow - or indeed, cast a very small shadow of it's own, a winter of only months. Of course, it may sound silly, but all of this is the only alternative to believing in a world where fire witches can see the future, and birth demons to do their bidding, and where white walkers rise to march an army of the dead up to our doorsteps. Personally, I've never put much stock in those stories, though.", "human_ref_B": "Unlikely. They still have years. They still measure the passage of time by the number of times that the moon rises and sets.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26583.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpja4vu", "c_root_id_B": "cpjmuyp", "created_at_utc_A": 1426718359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426743879.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think you should watch this video, and read this rather jokey paper: VID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKrn4P4c5ps PAPER: http://bit.ly/it_is_known", "human_ref_B": "Of course, only a fool believes in Grumpkins, magic, and things that go bump in the night. The long periods of winter and summer vary in length, so we know that whatever causes them is irregular. We also know that the planet has a 'long night' during the winter, where the sun doesn't rise for years and years. The planet must have an earth-like orbit in order to produce the summer snows common to the north while still allowing for crops to be grown. But what if Westeros isn't on a planet, but a moon? That is, a larger celestial body that's dark to our eyes may shift across the sky, blotting out the sun for long periods of time. That would certainly allow for the long winters - but it alone wouldn't account for the variation in length. Unless, of course, there are other moons involved in the equation. Then, we could imagine, that sometimes the orbit of another moon might extend it to block the sun after we have left the range of the planet's shadow - or indeed, cast a very small shadow of it's own, a winter of only months. Of course, it may sound silly, but all of this is the only alternative to believing in a world where fire witches can see the future, and birth demons to do their bidding, and where white walkers rise to march an army of the dead up to our doorsteps. Personally, I've never put much stock in those stories, though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25520.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjlmp7", "c_root_id_B": "cpj8uc7", "created_at_utc_A": 1426740577.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426716090.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "GRRM explained it's purely magical in an interview", "human_ref_B": "George RR Martin has stated that the seasons are screwed up due to magic. This doesn't rule out astronomical phenomena, but there is astronomical weirdness, it hasn't been revealed yet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24487.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpj9jbs", "c_root_id_B": "cpjlmp7", "created_at_utc_A": 1426717296.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426740577.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Unlikely. They still have years. They still measure the passage of time by the number of times that the moon rises and sets.", "human_ref_B": "GRRM explained it's purely magical in an interview", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23281.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zi01x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[ASOIAF] Is there an astronomical explanation as to why Westeros has wonky seasons? Or is it just magic?", "c_root_id_A": "cpjlmp7", "c_root_id_B": "cpja4vu", "created_at_utc_A": 1426740577.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426718359.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "GRRM explained it's purely magical in an interview", "human_ref_B": "I think you should watch this video, and read this rather jokey paper: VID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKrn4P4c5ps PAPER: http://bit.ly/it_is_known", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22218.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fg7cap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Can a Jedi be a cyborg like Grievous? Say Palpatine has captured a Jedi. He decides to rebuild Grievous 2.0, removing the body and including the essentials such as the organs and the brain. Hypothetically speaking, would the Jedi-Cyborg still be able to use the Force normally? Vader only had all his limbs chopped off and he's still the strongest with the Force. Would a Grievous-with-Jedi-powers work or wouldn't?", "c_root_id_A": "fk32fcp", "c_root_id_B": "fk2zrts", "created_at_utc_A": 1583815541.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583813315.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Subject won't be happy about it, but his Force powers would remain. Meat requirement is largely a fanon, not supported by evidence. If anything, B'omarr monks actually develop telepathy after cutting out their brains. At most, cyborgs ability to use the Force might be impaired by sheer dissonance of their new form, but as Vader shows, once cyborg accepts and gets used to it, his potential returns to normal level. Dark Empire also featured DifficultName Brand - who was pretty much this, mostly a remains of his torso and head, confined in levitating metal ball. He seemed to be completely fine about his ability to use the Force.", "human_ref_B": "Anakin and Luke were both had cybernetic hands. It\u2019s not uncommon.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2226.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fg7cap", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] Can a Jedi be a cyborg like Grievous? Say Palpatine has captured a Jedi. He decides to rebuild Grievous 2.0, removing the body and including the essentials such as the organs and the brain. Hypothetically speaking, would the Jedi-Cyborg still be able to use the Force normally? Vader only had all his limbs chopped off and he's still the strongest with the Force. Would a Grievous-with-Jedi-powers work or wouldn't?", "c_root_id_A": "fk32fcp", "c_root_id_B": "fk31s4o", "created_at_utc_A": 1583815541.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583814983.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Subject won't be happy about it, but his Force powers would remain. Meat requirement is largely a fanon, not supported by evidence. If anything, B'omarr monks actually develop telepathy after cutting out their brains. At most, cyborgs ability to use the Force might be impaired by sheer dissonance of their new form, but as Vader shows, once cyborg accepts and gets used to it, his potential returns to normal level. Dark Empire also featured DifficultName Brand - who was pretty much this, mostly a remains of his torso and head, confined in levitating metal ball. He seemed to be completely fine about his ability to use the Force.", "human_ref_B": "Midichlorians only flow through living things. What we know of r2d2 and c3po, they would probably qualify as \"life,\" at least in terms of sentience. There might even be more advanced droids out there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 558.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a1l19l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DC] Can Supergirl (or any female Kryptonian) get pregnant from normal human? From Lois and Clark, we know that humans and Kryptonians can procreate and child will be okay. So, if we assume that Kryptonian reproduction is similar to human, then can female Kryptonians can get pregnant from ordinary men, since, well you know, it requires penetration of an egg by a sperm? If answer is no, what are ways around it? Kryptonite lube? Red sun mood lights?", "c_root_id_A": "eaqn4y1", "c_root_id_B": "eaqnsef", "created_at_utc_A": 1543523193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1543523670.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Well, I\u2019m sure genetically it\u2019s possible. However... you gotta be brave with that super strength, because... like... *puts hotdog through donut and squishes them both*", "human_ref_B": "> well you know, it requires penetration of an egg by a sperm? It's not like it has to punch a hole in it. By that logic Kryptonians should starve to death since mere chemicals aren't going to be able to make their way into their cells.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 477.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwxc5qo", "c_root_id_B": "cwxj88m", "created_at_utc_A": 1447300629.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447320443.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "The \"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex\" thing has never, to my knowledge, been an actual thing in any DC continuity.", "human_ref_B": "Since Superman and Lois can do it without much issue, I imagine that kryptonians have some kind of super-control over their strengths.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19814.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwxnqy5", "c_root_id_B": "cwxuiig", "created_at_utc_A": 1447336526.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447348024.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Well, I presume her super-strength applies to her pelvic floor muscles as much as anything else, so while she could have sex she'd have to be careful not to, umm... contract too tightly?", "human_ref_B": "Probably, but the lack of pincers would be a turnoff for her!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11498.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwxuiig", "c_root_id_B": "cwxt96f", "created_at_utc_A": 1447348024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447346173.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Probably, but the lack of pincers would be a turnoff for her!", "human_ref_B": "Earth 2's Super Girl/Power Girl spent most of her time getting the dirty d and bein a billionaire, so I don't believe so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1851.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwxuiig", "c_root_id_B": "cwxqj9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1447348024.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447341894.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Probably, but the lack of pincers would be a turnoff for her!", "human_ref_B": "Pull out really quickly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6130.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwykayn", "c_root_id_B": "cwxt96f", "created_at_utc_A": 1447388369.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447346173.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's nowhere near as dangerous for a male to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female with Superman. When Superman climaxes, it'd be like a shotgun going off in her crotch. You'd have pink mist. Or, less messily but as horrifyingly, just straight holes where his semen had punched through her, like taking a red hot needle to a wax figure. When Supergirl clamps down, she's just pinching her partner's penis off. While it *could* be fatal, her partner could be saved with a trip to the hospital. Men have survived traumatic castrations before. Sex with Superman would be fatal. Sex with Supergirl would just be mutilating.", "human_ref_B": "Earth 2's Super Girl/Power Girl spent most of her time getting the dirty d and bein a billionaire, so I don't believe so.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42196.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwxqj9k", "c_root_id_B": "cwxt96f", "created_at_utc_A": 1447341894.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447346173.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Pull out really quickly.", "human_ref_B": "Earth 2's Super Girl/Power Girl spent most of her time getting the dirty d and bein a billionaire, so I don't believe so.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4279.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwxqj9k", "c_root_id_B": "cwykayn", "created_at_utc_A": 1447341894.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447388369.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Pull out really quickly.", "human_ref_B": "It's nowhere near as dangerous for a male to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female with Superman. When Superman climaxes, it'd be like a shotgun going off in her crotch. You'd have pink mist. Or, less messily but as horrifyingly, just straight holes where his semen had punched through her, like taking a red hot needle to a wax figure. When Supergirl clamps down, she's just pinching her partner's penis off. While it *could* be fatal, her partner could be saved with a trip to the hospital. Men have survived traumatic castrations before. Sex with Superman would be fatal. Sex with Supergirl would just be mutilating.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46475.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwxqj9k", "c_root_id_B": "cwyvqua", "created_at_utc_A": 1447341894.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447424534.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Pull out really quickly.", "human_ref_B": "It's been discussed before, the general answer is no - you won't be hurt/killed and humans and kryptonians are biological compatible, so pregnancy is possible. Only once have I heard that Superman rejected the idea of having sexytime with humans. I think it was when his teenage daughter (whom he had with either Wonder Woman or someone equivalent) asked him about it. His answer was a flat no, humans are too fragile - she'd have to settle for a meta human of a more robust build. An important difference between Supergirl and Superman is that she had less time on Earth to get used to her powers, while he arrived as a toddler and grew up always holding back. So one could argue that Supergirl has less finesse to her power control. Then you'll have to consider whether kryptonians have their powers always turned on or if there's some sort of threshold that they have to cross before their powers kick in. If the powers are always on, Superman uses his super strength to hold a cup of coffee, he's just \"standing on the breaks\" if you will the whole time so the cup doesn't shoot through the roof. If there is a threshold (say exceeding natural biological strength), Superman's powers do not kick in until he does something that requires him to go above and beyond what his \"normal\" muscle strength can do. Lifting a cup, no powers. Lifting a locomotive, powers kick in. Translating this into sex, you'll have to trust that Supergirl can \"stand on the breaks\" even in the heat of sex and orgasm (don't think she's the girl you want to bring to the edge, then stop...) or you're in for a world of hurt. However, with the other scenario it is unlikely that the powers of an orgasm will make Supergirl react so that she goes beyond the limits of her natural muscles, even down there. Maybe her arms/legs smash the bedside table, but as long as she doesn't lock her arms/legs around you, you should be good. It might limit the positions for sex, but there it is. An option that has become possible recently is to drain the stored energy in their bodies. Doing so results in a nuke like explosion, but for the next few days said kryptonian is the equivalent of a human in terms of strength and abilities. Deplete the energy reserves and you can go at it like rabbits until it has been restored.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 82640.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "d1cvknx", "c_root_id_B": "cwxqj9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1458903021.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1447341894.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I think the main question here, before worrying about orgasmic spasms is, can she even be penetrated by a human male? even more so if she's still a virgin...? even if she lost her virginity on earth, wouldn't she heal up right away? one solution will be bedroom of red sun ( \u0361\u00b0 \u035c\u0296 \u0361\u00b0)", "human_ref_B": "Pull out really quickly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11561127.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3shqwh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "DC] Is it as dangerous for a male human to have sex with Supergirl as it is for a female human to have sex with Superman? We know from previous [research that it is deadly for a human female to have sex with Superman. (Not to mention problematic for the other inhabitants of the city.) How about for a human male and Supergirl? It seems to me that the contractions of orgasm^1 would lead, at least, to dismemberment and likely bleeding out. ^1 Assuming puny humans can do that. I would imagine that disappointing her would end up worse.", "c_root_id_A": "cwzmcbw", "c_root_id_B": "d1cvknx", "created_at_utc_A": 1447472688.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458903021.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Supergirl would have an invulnerable hymen, thus making *any* intercourse impossible unless she pops her cherry while under the influence of kryptonite", "human_ref_B": "I think the main question here, before worrying about orgasmic spasms is, can she even be penetrated by a human male? even more so if she's still a virgin...? even if she lost her virginity on earth, wouldn't she heal up right away? one solution will be bedroom of red sun ( \u0361\u00b0 \u035c\u0296 \u0361\u00b0)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11430333.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1icm2f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[General Fantasy] What does being hit by different types of spells feel like I've often wondered what being hit by various types of spells would feel like. Some of them are fairly easy to understand such as a fireball or an ice bolt but what about holy, shadow or arcane spells? what would that sensation be like?", "c_root_id_A": "cb39p5b", "c_root_id_B": "cb36ita", "created_at_utc_A": 1373920449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1373912436.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Koreal Thalanus, elven mage: \"Unpleasant, generally. If you want a more in-depth answer you need to be more specific. The generalizations used in stories and games of a 'holy' or 'shadow' attack and the like are just categories. For instance, Ardalor's Vital Vengeance is what might be termed a 'holy' or 'light' spell but it's fatal within minutes at most. The victim is overcome by an elated feeling of immense well being and health that balloons rapidly into mania and a feeling of warmth and joy that is so expansive they fell as though they will burst. And then they do. The Shadowed Claw of Discarded Choices is a 'shadow' type spell that rakes at the soul with the bitter edge of every mistaken fork in the road of your life, every love left behind, every unkind word spoken or thought passing through your idle brain. The feeling of self loathing is so sharp that it rends the flesh at the same time it tears the soul, and most people will simply slit their own throat before the magic finishes them. 'Arcane' is an even broader catch all for all the dirty tricks and conceptual tangles that a clever wizard can employ to ruin their enemies. Reason's End is a simple enough effect. It doesn't feel like anything, but it instills overpowering curiosity and almost nonexistent impulse control. The Feast of Bone and Ashes is an effect that inverts the digestive processes, instilling the food one eats with more nutritional and sustaining power that it leeches from your body. The victim gets more and more desperately hungry as their body wastes away ever faster, each bite hastening their journey to the grave. Herdon's Hilarious Hexblast randomly redistributes the senses of everyone in a 15 foot radius of it's target, and causes uncontrollable giggles if any of the people affected try to speak. The synesthesia isn't even consistent, and splits the senses so that no two come from the same individual. The man to your left hears with your sense of taste, the one to your right smells what you see, you feel what he hears and so forth. It wears off after about an hour, but most victims are slaughtered by their attacker long before then.\"", "human_ref_B": "Many wizards, myself included, can alter the feeling of spells. /u/DMRoss has the basics of it, but a really damn good wizard can also make a fireball feel like it's sucking all the cold out of you, making you overheat and boil. Granted, this is few and far between, and if you ever get hit by a spell that feels different, either run or kill the bastard quickly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8013.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cfxsz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Fallout] Why does Boston fare so much better with regards to, ehm, public mores? Most places the wasteland are absolutely awash with sex work, including pornography and prostitution: California has several major hubs of sex work, DC has an established bordello, and the less said about Vegas the better. Boston however seems to be much cleaner; there are very little street walkers, virtually no adult mags, and very little vice in general. How can this be explained? Doesn't Beantown have red blooded males just like anywhere else?", "c_root_id_A": "eudonzh", "c_root_id_B": "eudk0xx", "created_at_utc_A": 1563723451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1563719679.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It's 100% the Institute. It's been manipulating the surface ever since it took interest in surface affairs, treating it like a giant petri dish. For the most part, they sow paranoia and fear through their synth raids and unleashing supermutants in areas where they'd prefer people to not settle or explore. They intentionally keep the Commonwealth afraid and weak, unable to form a coherent government or expand beyond the smallest of settlements. (aside from intentionally allowing a few larger ones like Diamond City and bunker hill) In this climate of constant terror and paranoia about who might be a synth or not, people are much less willing to fall into vices that involve other people. They'd rather lose themselves to drink and chem abuse because they know it's their own choice to do so and not the manipulation of a shadowy bogeyman. Or they resort to the violent raider lifestyle if they think it gives them a chance to kill the \"bad people\" and synths out there.", "human_ref_B": "Wild largely unsupported guess here, but the Institute has been manipulating things behind the scenes since shortly after the bombs dropped. Its entirely possible that they're a bunch of prudes who disapprove of sex work, and nobody ever managed to establish a formal brothel because of that. I'm sure vice exists, it's just much better hidden.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3772.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mhpbwc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Fallout] How does the Brotherhood of Steel view reproduction/intimacy? So, the Brotherhood is a tight-knit group of technological zealots. Even in their most liberal sects, the Brotherhood is generally distrustful of outsiders, which means Brotherhood members taking civilian husbands and wives seems rare. With that in mind, how does romance work in the Brotherhood? In modern militaries, fraternizing is prohibited because it has the potential to jeopardize command decisions. Does the Brotherhood have the same restriction? If so, how do they maintain their numbers across generations? What's their view on non-child bearing relationships, like among gay and asexual Brotherhood members?", "c_root_id_A": "gt06h9i", "c_root_id_B": "gt067sj", "created_at_utc_A": 1617260192.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617259949.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Veronica specifically says that Elder McNamara \u201cstood at her parents\u2019 wedding\u201d, so we know that the tradition of marriage still exists. It can be assumed that romances are allowed to happen within the brotherhood, or they would\u2019ve died out before the events of Fallout 1. The Mojave chapter doesn\u2019t really condone homosexual relationships, but this is after the NCR-Brotherhood war, in which the Brotherhood\u2019s numbers were severely depleted (not to mention they didn\u2019t have enough numbers to compete with the NCR in the first place). There\u2019s no mention of their views on homosexuality elsewhere, so this could be specific to the Mojave chapter.", "human_ref_B": "There\u2019s probably some rules regarding fraternizing while on duty. The East coast brotherhood is small in game, but are probably around a thousand in lore. I think it\u2019s around 300 people needed to prevent inbreeding genetic problems. And the east coast brotherhood isn\u2019t that tight knit anymore, BOS soldiers have generic dialogue talking about wastelanders. Maxson, Kells, Ingram, and Cade all have lines regarding wasteland recruits. Safe to say there isn\u2019t a shortage of wastelanders looking to sign up, and I can\u2019t think of a reason why they\u2019d turn away a potential soldier if they\u2019re married. Danse is the most perfect brotherhood soldier out there, upholding their beliefs even after they labeled him as an enemy, and he was able to be romanced if you\u2019re a male. Although I think I remember the Mojave chapter disagreeing with Veronica\u2019s sexuality, but I\u2019m not 100% on that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 243.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mhpbwc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Fallout] How does the Brotherhood of Steel view reproduction/intimacy? So, the Brotherhood is a tight-knit group of technological zealots. Even in their most liberal sects, the Brotherhood is generally distrustful of outsiders, which means Brotherhood members taking civilian husbands and wives seems rare. With that in mind, how does romance work in the Brotherhood? In modern militaries, fraternizing is prohibited because it has the potential to jeopardize command decisions. Does the Brotherhood have the same restriction? If so, how do they maintain their numbers across generations? What's their view on non-child bearing relationships, like among gay and asexual Brotherhood members?", "c_root_id_A": "gt067sj", "c_root_id_B": "gt09hkb", "created_at_utc_A": 1617259949.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1617263081.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "There\u2019s probably some rules regarding fraternizing while on duty. The East coast brotherhood is small in game, but are probably around a thousand in lore. I think it\u2019s around 300 people needed to prevent inbreeding genetic problems. And the east coast brotherhood isn\u2019t that tight knit anymore, BOS soldiers have generic dialogue talking about wastelanders. Maxson, Kells, Ingram, and Cade all have lines regarding wasteland recruits. Safe to say there isn\u2019t a shortage of wastelanders looking to sign up, and I can\u2019t think of a reason why they\u2019d turn away a potential soldier if they\u2019re married. Danse is the most perfect brotherhood soldier out there, upholding their beliefs even after they labeled him as an enemy, and he was able to be romanced if you\u2019re a male. Although I think I remember the Mojave chapter disagreeing with Veronica\u2019s sexuality, but I\u2019m not 100% on that.", "human_ref_B": "All we know about this comes pretty much from Veronica exclusively, so not a lot to work with \\*Her parents were a scribe and a paladin, so the relationships between orders, where the chain of command issues are unlikely to occur, are probably encouraged. \\*However, Veronica entered a relationship with another female scribe, so the relationships within the same order are likely not forbidden. \\*With that said, they received a lot of pushback for being in a lesbian relationship \"from some members of the order\", which implies that anti homosexual views were a common but not systemic. Based on a more conservative members views on population control rather than some kind of religious angle. \\*Systemic issues with gay relationships or asexuals doesn't make a lot of sense in the context, because artificial insemination is common among more developed factions of the wasteland. Vault 8/Vault City actually implemented it as the only acceptable way, to have a full control of the population. If Brotherhood wanted a fertile woman to have children, they could figure it out regardless of her sexual preferences.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3132.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7yzwnh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Half-life] How does Gordon Freeman wield a firearm while climbing a ladder? Does he have four arms or something?", "c_root_id_A": "dukdh0z", "c_root_id_B": "dukph6s", "created_at_utc_A": 1519164796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519177331.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Gordon doesn't know it, but his mom once had a short fling with a vortigaunt. *But that makes three arms! What about the fourth one?* Well, with all the radioactive materials they keep around in open containers in Black Mesa, the fourth one just grew naturally. *Wait a minute! Radiation-induced mutations don't work like that!* Of course they do. What kind of boring universe do *you* live in?", "human_ref_B": "It's not hard to climb ladders carrying a bunch of stuff. Find some roofers and offer them a bunch of cold beers, then you can see how humans climb up and down ladders while carrying an armload of tools and still drinking from a can.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12535.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7yzwnh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Half-life] How does Gordon Freeman wield a firearm while climbing a ladder? Does he have four arms or something?", "c_root_id_A": "dukph6s", "c_root_id_B": "dukomvh", "created_at_utc_A": 1519177331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519176410.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It's not hard to climb ladders carrying a bunch of stuff. Find some roofers and offer them a bunch of cold beers, then you can see how humans climb up and down ladders while carrying an armload of tools and still drinking from a can.", "human_ref_B": "If your going to ask that when you might as well as how he can carry so many firearms at once", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 921.0, "score_ratio": 4.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7yzwnh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Half-life] How does Gordon Freeman wield a firearm while climbing a ladder? Does he have four arms or something?", "c_root_id_A": "dukph6s", "c_root_id_B": "dukcvtw", "created_at_utc_A": 1519177331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519164221.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's not hard to climb ladders carrying a bunch of stuff. Find some roofers and offer them a bunch of cold beers, then you can see how humans climb up and down ladders while carrying an armload of tools and still drinking from a can.", "human_ref_B": "Cause he's a scientist. Duh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13110.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7yzwnh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Half-life] How does Gordon Freeman wield a firearm while climbing a ladder? Does he have four arms or something?", "c_root_id_A": "dukdh0z", "c_root_id_B": "dukcvtw", "created_at_utc_A": 1519164796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519164221.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Gordon doesn't know it, but his mom once had a short fling with a vortigaunt. *But that makes three arms! What about the fourth one?* Well, with all the radioactive materials they keep around in open containers in Black Mesa, the fourth one just grew naturally. *Wait a minute! Radiation-induced mutations don't work like that!* Of course they do. What kind of boring universe do *you* live in?", "human_ref_B": "Cause he's a scientist. Duh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 575.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7yzwnh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Half-life] How does Gordon Freeman wield a firearm while climbing a ladder? Does he have four arms or something?", "c_root_id_A": "dukomvh", "c_root_id_B": "dukcvtw", "created_at_utc_A": 1519176410.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519164221.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If your going to ask that when you might as well as how he can carry so many firearms at once", "human_ref_B": "Cause he's a scientist. Duh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12189.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7yzwnh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Half-life] How does Gordon Freeman wield a firearm while climbing a ladder? Does he have four arms or something?", "c_root_id_A": "dul2a1j", "c_root_id_B": "dukcvtw", "created_at_utc_A": 1519192703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1519164221.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Why do you think it's so easy to fall off ladders in half life?", "human_ref_B": "Cause he's a scientist. Duh.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28482.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwnhv14", "c_root_id_B": "cwnjuj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1446593343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446596422.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Uhh, he passed the Hazard Course. He was extremely physically fit, and had basic weapons training in addition to his aforementioned intelligence. What about all that is so hard to believe.", "human_ref_B": "Broke a bone. Administering morphine. Gunshot wound, administering morphine. Alien toxin, administering morphine. Right now I imagine Gordon is basically a withered junkie husk of a human inside what is basically a highly advanced life support frame searching for his next hit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3079.0, "score_ratio": 1.3703703704, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwniaba", "c_root_id_B": "cwnjuj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1446594016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446596422.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Combat training (HL1 tutorial), a quick wit, a willingness to fight, and a suit of bulletproof power armor which automatically treats injuries and augments strength, speed, and agility. Also some friends in high places. He is physically, psychologically, and situationally the perfect man for the job.", "human_ref_B": "Broke a bone. Administering morphine. Gunshot wound, administering morphine. Alien toxin, administering morphine. Right now I imagine Gordon is basically a withered junkie husk of a human inside what is basically a highly advanced life support frame searching for his next hit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2406.0, "score_ratio": 2.1764705882, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwnjt2x", "c_root_id_B": "cwnjuj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1446596364.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446596422.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Our Boy Gordo is like Tony Stark Lite. Brilliant, active, equipped with a armored, radiation-resistant suit for enhanced strength, stamina, automatic healing, and general body maintenance.", "human_ref_B": "Broke a bone. Administering morphine. Gunshot wound, administering morphine. Alien toxin, administering morphine. Right now I imagine Gordon is basically a withered junkie husk of a human inside what is basically a highly advanced life support frame searching for his next hit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 58.0, "score_ratio": 5.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwnewqj", "c_root_id_B": "cwnjuj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1446588823.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446596422.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Hey, you'd get good at soldering if every time you died you got another chance at whatever just killed you.", "human_ref_B": "Broke a bone. Administering morphine. Gunshot wound, administering morphine. Alien toxin, administering morphine. Right now I imagine Gordon is basically a withered junkie husk of a human inside what is basically a highly advanced life support frame searching for his next hit.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7599.0, "score_ratio": 12.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwnhv14", "c_root_id_B": "cwnewqj", "created_at_utc_A": 1446593343.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446588823.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Uhh, he passed the Hazard Course. He was extremely physically fit, and had basic weapons training in addition to his aforementioned intelligence. What about all that is so hard to believe.", "human_ref_B": "Hey, you'd get good at soldering if every time you died you got another chance at whatever just killed you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4520.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwniaba", "c_root_id_B": "cwnewqj", "created_at_utc_A": 1446594016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446588823.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Combat training (HL1 tutorial), a quick wit, a willingness to fight, and a suit of bulletproof power armor which automatically treats injuries and augments strength, speed, and agility. Also some friends in high places. He is physically, psychologically, and situationally the perfect man for the job.", "human_ref_B": "Hey, you'd get good at soldering if every time you died you got another chance at whatever just killed you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5193.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwnjt2x", "c_root_id_B": "cwnlh75", "created_at_utc_A": 1446596364.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446598950.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Our Boy Gordo is like Tony Stark Lite. Brilliant, active, equipped with a armored, radiation-resistant suit for enhanced strength, stamina, automatic healing, and general body maintenance.", "human_ref_B": "Hypothesis: Something Freeman was exposed to at Black Mesa made him able to use phase states. (That is, for example, that something can be a wave *and* a particle, until determined to be one or the other- that's what Schrodinger was on about with the cat.) Perhaps Freeman is somehow using the quantum physics principle of indeterminacy to his advantage. Say that every time he fails (dies, or so on), he (and the world City 17 is in) is momentarily shunted to an alternate where the phase state is intact. (That is, we'd now be back at the point where \"fail/succeed\" is still an uncertain question.) What we are actually seeing is, thus, not a guy with a bizarre, inexplicable winning streak, but the result of potentially infinite 'resets' until he does. My guess is, he was exposed to something at or slightly-before the Black Mesa incident that allows this to happen. Now, I don't think Freeman himself could be in control of this process. The theory of indeterminacy *does* have room for something called the Observer Effect that interacts with wave-forms, but presumably seeing and feeling yourself die would be pretty convincing. Also, Freeman himself doesn't make reference to an awareness of something like this (as the Phil Connors Hypothesis would suggest would happen.). No- there's probably some sort of outside observer that makes this process possible, until Freeman-number-whichever does an acceptably successful 'run' of the events we saw. Someone outside our dimension entirely, I would expect. (Maybe that thin, suited man reports keep springing up about? Maybe someone else?)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2586.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwnlh02", "c_root_id_B": "cwnlh75", "created_at_utc_A": 1446598941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446598950.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It's not just Gordon that has the Combine shaking. It's the fact that the entire Resistance now has a single man they can get behind. Also, Gordon has a Doctorate in Theoretical Physics at an impressively young age, he's no intern.", "human_ref_B": "Hypothesis: Something Freeman was exposed to at Black Mesa made him able to use phase states. (That is, for example, that something can be a wave *and* a particle, until determined to be one or the other- that's what Schrodinger was on about with the cat.) Perhaps Freeman is somehow using the quantum physics principle of indeterminacy to his advantage. Say that every time he fails (dies, or so on), he (and the world City 17 is in) is momentarily shunted to an alternate where the phase state is intact. (That is, we'd now be back at the point where \"fail/succeed\" is still an uncertain question.) What we are actually seeing is, thus, not a guy with a bizarre, inexplicable winning streak, but the result of potentially infinite 'resets' until he does. My guess is, he was exposed to something at or slightly-before the Black Mesa incident that allows this to happen. Now, I don't think Freeman himself could be in control of this process. The theory of indeterminacy *does* have room for something called the Observer Effect that interacts with wave-forms, but presumably seeing and feeling yourself die would be pretty convincing. Also, Freeman himself doesn't make reference to an awareness of something like this (as the Phil Connors Hypothesis would suggest would happen.). No- there's probably some sort of outside observer that makes this process possible, until Freeman-number-whichever does an acceptably successful 'run' of the events we saw. Someone outside our dimension entirely, I would expect. (Maybe that thin, suited man reports keep springing up about? Maybe someone else?)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwnlh75", "c_root_id_B": "cwnewqj", "created_at_utc_A": 1446598950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446588823.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hypothesis: Something Freeman was exposed to at Black Mesa made him able to use phase states. (That is, for example, that something can be a wave *and* a particle, until determined to be one or the other- that's what Schrodinger was on about with the cat.) Perhaps Freeman is somehow using the quantum physics principle of indeterminacy to his advantage. Say that every time he fails (dies, or so on), he (and the world City 17 is in) is momentarily shunted to an alternate where the phase state is intact. (That is, we'd now be back at the point where \"fail/succeed\" is still an uncertain question.) What we are actually seeing is, thus, not a guy with a bizarre, inexplicable winning streak, but the result of potentially infinite 'resets' until he does. My guess is, he was exposed to something at or slightly-before the Black Mesa incident that allows this to happen. Now, I don't think Freeman himself could be in control of this process. The theory of indeterminacy *does* have room for something called the Observer Effect that interacts with wave-forms, but presumably seeing and feeling yourself die would be pretty convincing. Also, Freeman himself doesn't make reference to an awareness of something like this (as the Phil Connors Hypothesis would suggest would happen.). No- there's probably some sort of outside observer that makes this process possible, until Freeman-number-whichever does an acceptably successful 'run' of the events we saw. Someone outside our dimension entirely, I would expect. (Maybe that thin, suited man reports keep springing up about? Maybe someone else?)", "human_ref_B": "Hey, you'd get good at soldering if every time you died you got another chance at whatever just killed you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10127.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3repcf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Half Life] How the hell is Gordon Freeman that good? You're telling me that some MIT dweeb who's about the most over qualified intern there ever was is making the Combine shake in their boots? Puh-leaze I'll believe it when I see it. There's no way some random nobody could be that special without some kind of training. Who is this guy really? Spec ops? Secret service?", "c_root_id_A": "cwnewqj", "c_root_id_B": "cwnjt2x", "created_at_utc_A": 1446588823.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1446596364.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Hey, you'd get good at soldering if every time you died you got another chance at whatever just killed you.", "human_ref_B": "Our Boy Gordo is like Tony Stark Lite. Brilliant, active, equipped with a armored, radiation-resistant suit for enhanced strength, stamina, automatic healing, and general body maintenance.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7541.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7nhej", "c_root_id_B": "dh7ob70", "created_at_utc_A": 1494091347.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494092463.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 137, "human_ref_A": "Not less than 250,000 I would think.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on which Godzilla. The older ones although smaller have more refined tastes. He demands only the finest Italian or English hat making. The newer ones are less fussy but far larger so require more material but over all will be cheaper. So I'd gauge in \u00a30.6-1.5 million for the older ones. 200-550k for the newer ones", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1116.0, "score_ratio": 27.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7u0z0", "c_root_id_B": "dh7pinr", "created_at_utc_A": 1494100405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494094109.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "It's the Etiquette Lessons that are really going to cost you...", "human_ref_B": "I imagine most of the cost would be collateral damage.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6296.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7u0z0", "c_root_id_B": "dh7nhej", "created_at_utc_A": 1494100405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494091347.0, "score_A": 33, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's the Etiquette Lessons that are really going to cost you...", "human_ref_B": "Not less than 250,000 I would think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9058.0, "score_ratio": 6.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7pinr", "c_root_id_B": "dh7nhej", "created_at_utc_A": 1494094109.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494091347.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I imagine most of the cost would be collateral damage.", "human_ref_B": "Not less than 250,000 I would think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2762.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh80xb2", "c_root_id_B": "dh7nhej", "created_at_utc_A": 1494110386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494091347.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The top hat would just be a big hat. Probably around 250,000. The monocle could be anywhere from 400,000 to 5 mil depending on the quality of the glass. The real money sink is the pipe-to withstand Godzilla's atomic fire it would need at least a billion in materials. If you can afford the pipe, you shouldn't have any problems with the hat and monocle.", "human_ref_B": "Not less than 250,000 I would think.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19039.0, "score_ratio": 4.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh87ibb", "c_root_id_B": "dh87rex", "created_at_utc_A": 1494120458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494120844.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Zero if we enslave enough haberdashers, lens-makers, loggers, carpenters, and a tobacco plantation through the threat of death by Godzilla.", "human_ref_B": "Jeez how many times is this question gonna keep being raised on this subreddit...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 386.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7nhej", "c_root_id_B": "dh87rex", "created_at_utc_A": 1494091347.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494120844.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Not less than 250,000 I would think.", "human_ref_B": "Jeez how many times is this question gonna keep being raised on this subreddit...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29497.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh87rex", "c_root_id_B": "dh85sgr", "created_at_utc_A": 1494120844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494117825.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Jeez how many times is this question gonna keep being raised on this subreddit...", "human_ref_B": "I don't know, but no price is too high for my support.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3019.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7nhej", "c_root_id_B": "dh87ibb", "created_at_utc_A": 1494091347.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494120458.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Not less than 250,000 I would think.", "human_ref_B": "Zero if we enslave enough haberdashers, lens-makers, loggers, carpenters, and a tobacco plantation through the threat of death by Godzilla.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29111.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh85sgr", "c_root_id_B": "dh87ibb", "created_at_utc_A": 1494117825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494120458.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I don't know, but no price is too high for my support.", "human_ref_B": "Zero if we enslave enough haberdashers, lens-makers, loggers, carpenters, and a tobacco plantation through the threat of death by Godzilla.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2633.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh7nhej", "c_root_id_B": "dh8bruo", "created_at_utc_A": 1494091347.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494127121.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Not less than 250,000 I would think.", "human_ref_B": "Hire a crew of architects, military contractors & hat makers. Photographic analysis of Godzillas head would probably generate accurate dimensions, but in canon, putting Godzilla to sleep and taking measurements via dangerously close VTOL jets & Apache helicopters is how it would probably go down. Rent airplane hangar or underground military facility to build hat. Draw on resources from all over Japan, maybe Europe, Russia & US Allies; silk (Mothra guest star), sophisticated geodesic composite graphite hat structure, extensive testing of prototypes on scale dummies or other complacent monsters (looking at you Baragon). Monocle is tricky due to the optics & getting Godzilla to read eye chart. By this time govt accountants are rocking it & getting the job done through national team work. The pipe is easy (see Hedorah vs Godzilla, nuclear power plant) Once complete, sanction a flotilla of battleships and aircraft carriers to pilot the hat & monocle out to Godzillas off-season undersea resting spot, pray that he surfaces directly under giant hat, because we've only got one chance to get it right! Have same VTOL jets ready to fly pipe into Godzillas mouth. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!\ud83d\udc4d TL;DR I'm guessing close to $8.5 billion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35774.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh8bruo", "c_root_id_B": "dh85sgr", "created_at_utc_A": 1494127121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494117825.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Hire a crew of architects, military contractors & hat makers. Photographic analysis of Godzillas head would probably generate accurate dimensions, but in canon, putting Godzilla to sleep and taking measurements via dangerously close VTOL jets & Apache helicopters is how it would probably go down. Rent airplane hangar or underground military facility to build hat. Draw on resources from all over Japan, maybe Europe, Russia & US Allies; silk (Mothra guest star), sophisticated geodesic composite graphite hat structure, extensive testing of prototypes on scale dummies or other complacent monsters (looking at you Baragon). Monocle is tricky due to the optics & getting Godzilla to read eye chart. By this time govt accountants are rocking it & getting the job done through national team work. The pipe is easy (see Hedorah vs Godzilla, nuclear power plant) Once complete, sanction a flotilla of battleships and aircraft carriers to pilot the hat & monocle out to Godzillas off-season undersea resting spot, pray that he surfaces directly under giant hat, because we've only got one chance to get it right! Have same VTOL jets ready to fly pipe into Godzillas mouth. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!\ud83d\udc4d TL;DR I'm guessing close to $8.5 billion.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know, but no price is too high for my support.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9296.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh89cdw", "c_root_id_B": "dh8bruo", "created_at_utc_A": 1494123307.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494127121.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "At least we don't have to worry weather the hat is beaver or silk. Usually that matters when talking top hats because apparently all the dies for forming silk hats were melted down for scrap and nobody has found it reasonable to cast new ones.", "human_ref_B": "Hire a crew of architects, military contractors & hat makers. Photographic analysis of Godzillas head would probably generate accurate dimensions, but in canon, putting Godzilla to sleep and taking measurements via dangerously close VTOL jets & Apache helicopters is how it would probably go down. Rent airplane hangar or underground military facility to build hat. Draw on resources from all over Japan, maybe Europe, Russia & US Allies; silk (Mothra guest star), sophisticated geodesic composite graphite hat structure, extensive testing of prototypes on scale dummies or other complacent monsters (looking at you Baragon). Monocle is tricky due to the optics & getting Godzilla to read eye chart. By this time govt accountants are rocking it & getting the job done through national team work. The pipe is easy (see Hedorah vs Godzilla, nuclear power plant) Once complete, sanction a flotilla of battleships and aircraft carriers to pilot the hat & monocle out to Godzillas off-season undersea resting spot, pray that he surfaces directly under giant hat, because we've only got one chance to get it right! Have same VTOL jets ready to fly pipe into Godzillas mouth. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!\ud83d\udc4d TL;DR I'm guessing close to $8.5 billion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3814.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh85sgr", "c_root_id_B": "dh8ip98", "created_at_utc_A": 1494117825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494141605.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don't know, but no price is too high for my support.", "human_ref_B": "Godzilla is 355 ft tall based on pictures we'd need approximately a 65 ft in diameter brim for the hat, the crown we can estimate at a little over half that for a diameter of 35 ft and a height of 40 ft. This gives us a total area of 20,932 sqft (65/2xPI^2 + (65/2xPI^2 - 35/2xPI^2) + 65PIx40) give or take a couple decimal places but we'll round that up to 21k (1951 m) to give the haberdasher some leeway. Looks like bulk orders of felt from china are around 1 dollar a meter so we are looking at around $2000 in raw material for the face. If we use carbon fiber we are looking at around 550k. Add another couple thousand for whatever glue we need and we'll say 600k for the hat if we don't include labor. Godzilla has a really small eye for his size and a 5 foot in diameter lense looks like it'd fit really well. A quick search returned this and we are good to go. If we want to get fancy we could do a ring around it with some metal. What type of metal will determine the price but that could go anywhere from a couple hundred of a cheap stainless steel ring to easily hundreds of thousands. For now we'll keep it cheap and say 1k will be enough to make a fashionable monocle. The only thing I can think of using for the pipe would be a titanium or some other strong metal for the tube and bowl, both of these would be lined with graphite to prevent his breath from corroding or melting it and compromising the strength. A redwood tree would need to be spun on a lathe to create a suitably fashionable setting for the bowl. Honestly the material costs and labor cost of this is immeasurable and would dwarf the others.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23780.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh8ieu4", "c_root_id_B": "dh8ip98", "created_at_utc_A": 1494140828.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494141605.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Without giving Godzilla lips, there can be no functioning pipe.", "human_ref_B": "Godzilla is 355 ft tall based on pictures we'd need approximately a 65 ft in diameter brim for the hat, the crown we can estimate at a little over half that for a diameter of 35 ft and a height of 40 ft. This gives us a total area of 20,932 sqft (65/2xPI^2 + (65/2xPI^2 - 35/2xPI^2) + 65PIx40) give or take a couple decimal places but we'll round that up to 21k (1951 m) to give the haberdasher some leeway. Looks like bulk orders of felt from china are around 1 dollar a meter so we are looking at around $2000 in raw material for the face. If we use carbon fiber we are looking at around 550k. Add another couple thousand for whatever glue we need and we'll say 600k for the hat if we don't include labor. Godzilla has a really small eye for his size and a 5 foot in diameter lense looks like it'd fit really well. A quick search returned this and we are good to go. If we want to get fancy we could do a ring around it with some metal. What type of metal will determine the price but that could go anywhere from a couple hundred of a cheap stainless steel ring to easily hundreds of thousands. For now we'll keep it cheap and say 1k will be enough to make a fashionable monocle. The only thing I can think of using for the pipe would be a titanium or some other strong metal for the tube and bowl, both of these would be lined with graphite to prevent his breath from corroding or melting it and compromising the strength. A redwood tree would need to be spun on a lathe to create a suitably fashionable setting for the bowl. Honestly the material costs and labor cost of this is immeasurable and would dwarf the others.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 777.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh89cdw", "c_root_id_B": "dh8ip98", "created_at_utc_A": 1494123307.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494141605.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "At least we don't have to worry weather the hat is beaver or silk. Usually that matters when talking top hats because apparently all the dies for forming silk hats were melted down for scrap and nobody has found it reasonable to cast new ones.", "human_ref_B": "Godzilla is 355 ft tall based on pictures we'd need approximately a 65 ft in diameter brim for the hat, the crown we can estimate at a little over half that for a diameter of 35 ft and a height of 40 ft. This gives us a total area of 20,932 sqft (65/2xPI^2 + (65/2xPI^2 - 35/2xPI^2) + 65PIx40) give or take a couple decimal places but we'll round that up to 21k (1951 m) to give the haberdasher some leeway. Looks like bulk orders of felt from china are around 1 dollar a meter so we are looking at around $2000 in raw material for the face. If we use carbon fiber we are looking at around 550k. Add another couple thousand for whatever glue we need and we'll say 600k for the hat if we don't include labor. Godzilla has a really small eye for his size and a 5 foot in diameter lense looks like it'd fit really well. A quick search returned this and we are good to go. If we want to get fancy we could do a ring around it with some metal. What type of metal will determine the price but that could go anywhere from a couple hundred of a cheap stainless steel ring to easily hundreds of thousands. For now we'll keep it cheap and say 1k will be enough to make a fashionable monocle. The only thing I can think of using for the pipe would be a titanium or some other strong metal for the tube and bowl, both of these would be lined with graphite to prevent his breath from corroding or melting it and compromising the strength. A redwood tree would need to be spun on a lathe to create a suitably fashionable setting for the bowl. Honestly the material costs and labor cost of this is immeasurable and would dwarf the others.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18298.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "69m288", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Godzilla]How much would it cost to build Godzilla a top hat, monocle and functional pipe?", "c_root_id_A": "dh8ieu4", "c_root_id_B": "dh89cdw", "created_at_utc_A": 1494140828.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494123307.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Without giving Godzilla lips, there can be no functioning pipe.", "human_ref_B": "At least we don't have to worry weather the hat is beaver or silk. Usually that matters when talking top hats because apparently all the dies for forming silk hats were melted down for scrap and nobody has found it reasonable to cast new ones.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17521.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "swfo9h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] Are Superman's laser eyes an example of an ATP-pumped, biological dye laser? His lasers appear to be around ~650nm judging from the color. This correlates well with the lasing color of organic rhodamine dyes (540-680nm). Silver is usually present in the human body in trace amounts, but since he's Kryptonian he might have enough silver in his body to form small solid \"mirrors\" in his cells that function like resonating cavities. To build a laser you also need a pump source that continuously dumps energy into the gain medium, and what better energy source there is than the ATP in his cells? His ATP production might be so efficient that it's enough to induce lasing of the rhodamine in his eyes.", "c_root_id_A": "hxm7f6n", "c_root_id_B": "hxmskti", "created_at_utc_A": 1645300730.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645310004.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Batman in his \"Anatomy of a Meta-Human\" book theorises that he has reflectors in the back of his eye (like bats and cats) that acts to amplify and redirect incoming photos along with stored solar energy to produce a beam of tightly focused energy.", "human_ref_B": "If you go with the \"Unified theory of Superman's powers\" or 'Tactile Telekenesis' theory, he doesn't actually shoot \"lasers\" just superheated molecules of air accelerated towards things in a straight line. The red colour would be simple thermal glow in that case. This would also be supported by Supergirl's heat vision being blue and said to be hotter than Superman's.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9274.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "swfo9h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[DC] Are Superman's laser eyes an example of an ATP-pumped, biological dye laser? His lasers appear to be around ~650nm judging from the color. This correlates well with the lasing color of organic rhodamine dyes (540-680nm). Silver is usually present in the human body in trace amounts, but since he's Kryptonian he might have enough silver in his body to form small solid \"mirrors\" in his cells that function like resonating cavities. To build a laser you also need a pump source that continuously dumps energy into the gain medium, and what better energy source there is than the ATP in his cells? His ATP production might be so efficient that it's enough to induce lasing of the rhodamine in his eyes.", "c_root_id_A": "hxmskti", "c_root_id_B": "hxmky93", "created_at_utc_A": 1645310004.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645306604.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "If you go with the \"Unified theory of Superman's powers\" or 'Tactile Telekenesis' theory, he doesn't actually shoot \"lasers\" just superheated molecules of air accelerated towards things in a straight line. The red colour would be simple thermal glow in that case. This would also be supported by Supergirl's heat vision being blue and said to be hotter than Superman's.", "human_ref_B": "Superman, on all levels, pumps out a lot more energy than any real-world biological system can handle. He puts out far more than could be explained if he were a perfect black body absorbing solar radiation. His energy is far beyond what is possible for any organic we know of, as his heat vision can boil his body's mass of water thousands of times over. As far as I know, nobody in universe ever even notices this, or has an explanation. Different physics are sort of presumed. For long time, Kyrptonians were physically indistinguishable from humans, which would mean they have no special organs or cellular structures to make such a laser happen. They seem to have changed this recently but I don't think they are clear on what the extra organ systems are.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3400.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "b0d4pj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Jurassic Park] Why were they breeding more Velociraptors? Muldoon tells us that \"the big one\" killed all but two of the other 'raptors when she was introduced to the pack. Combined with all the other problems velociraptors present why was InGen spending valuable resources on breeding more?", "c_root_id_A": "eifczcu", "c_root_id_B": "eif9psi", "created_at_utc_A": 1552482019.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552478755.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When InGen first start cloning dinosaurs the theories that had been established by the dinosaur renaissance had yet to filter into the mainstream, the general public still viewed dinosaurs as little more than giant lizards destined for extinction. This public perception couldn't be further from the truth in describing the InGen raptor. Far from being dim-witted walking lizards, the Velociraptors were active warm-blooded predators with bird-like physiologies and an intellectual capacity that exceeds most primates and cetaceans. Sure animals such as the brachiosaurus and T-Rex were awe-inspiring, but if Jurassic Park was truly going to capture the imagination of the public; it made perfect sense to have the Velociraptors since every aspect of their being was contradictory to the public understanding of dinosaurs. It's also important to note that the Velociraptors aren't inherently violent or hyper-aggressive. Like many intelligent animals with rich social lives, young raptors are reliant on adults to learn the appropriate behaviours through cultural learning. Since the InGen raptors lacked an older generation to inherent these skills from, they naturally became unnaturally violent towards other animals and their own species. Had InGen took the time to better understand the social needs of the raptors, a lot of the issues that arose in later years could of been avoided", "human_ref_B": "just put them in other pens lol", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3264.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5dwfju", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[SW Heir to the Empire] How did Thrawn know that Ysalamiri could push back the force, there hadn't been a Jedi in almost 30 years to test them on?", "c_root_id_A": "da8pr3h", "c_root_id_B": "da7w73b", "created_at_utc_A": 1479681042.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479621118.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Joruus C'baoth was alive and \"well\" this entire time. And they were was an entire clone facility that was installed in a location where they were indigenous specifically because they nullified the effect the force had on cloning people. The research already existed and was standing. Once that facility was found, with the Ysalamiri, it would be quickly known what their purpose was.", "human_ref_B": "Thrawn is incredibly adept at analyzing and interpreting cultural cues, whether from art, politics, or other forms of communication. It's possible he observed a lack of Jedi or Sith influence in Myrkr's culture or artwork, and investigated from there. He does seem to have a thing for using artwork to discover the ideas of a planet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 59924.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5dwfju", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[SW Heir to the Empire] How did Thrawn know that Ysalamiri could push back the force, there hadn't been a Jedi in almost 30 years to test them on?", "c_root_id_A": "da8pr3h", "c_root_id_B": "da8jlrp", "created_at_utc_A": 1479681042.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479673079.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Joruus C'baoth was alive and \"well\" this entire time. And they were was an entire clone facility that was installed in a location where they were indigenous specifically because they nullified the effect the force had on cloning people. The research already existed and was standing. Once that facility was found, with the Ysalamiri, it would be quickly known what their purpose was.", "human_ref_B": "It had been known that the ysalamiri could repel the Force already. The Jedi even named a lightsaber form after them because of it. That form was Makashi, or, The Way if the Ysalamiri.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7963.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5dwfju", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[SW Heir to the Empire] How did Thrawn know that Ysalamiri could push back the force, there hadn't been a Jedi in almost 30 years to test them on?", "c_root_id_A": "da8lkcc", "c_root_id_B": "da8pr3h", "created_at_utc_A": 1479675504.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479681042.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Think of it like how we still know all these years later that Damascus steel blades were almost magically strong. Even if we don't know why or we think their properties were exaggerated, the story stayed alive even when Nome were being made anymore. It was a commonly known fact to some people that stayed on as local folklore or legends and people who knew about it tried tracking them down to use. In this case, a crime syndicate heard the story of them blocking force users and got some. Thrawn learned this and decided to try them out for himself.", "human_ref_B": "Joruus C'baoth was alive and \"well\" this entire time. And they were was an entire clone facility that was installed in a location where they were indigenous specifically because they nullified the effect the force had on cloning people. The research already existed and was standing. Once that facility was found, with the Ysalamiri, it would be quickly known what their purpose was.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5538.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fh64m", "c_root_id_B": "h7fgfww", "created_at_utc_A": 1627912771.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627912408.0, "score_A": 48, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "\"The perfect organism\" seems to be a running theme with the Xenomorph, and it's name could be seen as a remark on more than its alien nature, but also its relationship to its hosts. If the chest burster came out of the egg fully formed rather than as a parasite incubated inside a host species, then it would resemble just another animal no different than a lion or a bee. But by emerging from its host it develops a form that is similar to the human that the face hugger infected. And so could be said to be a perfected vision of humanity, in some terrifying, twisted, and perverted sense at least.", "human_ref_B": "Xenomorph takes traits from the host allowing it to be more addapted to it's futures prays. So the additional step makes them slighly better hunters. If you addopt the xeno are weapoons thing, it's better for them to not being able to reproduce without host. You want to send a few eggs, wait for xenos to kill everything and then movein once xenos are dead from starvation/old age.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 363.0, "score_ratio": 2.5263157895, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fi8fv", "c_root_id_B": "h7fgfww", "created_at_utc_A": 1627913286.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627912408.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "From what I understand from the games/comics/movies, is that the chest-bursters use the host's DNA as the final step in its development. That's why the Predator-Alien and the dog Alien are different than the one we see in Alien and the ones seen in Aliens.", "human_ref_B": "Xenomorph takes traits from the host allowing it to be more addapted to it's futures prays. So the additional step makes them slighly better hunters. If you addopt the xeno are weapoons thing, it's better for them to not being able to reproduce without host. You want to send a few eggs, wait for xenos to kill everything and then movein once xenos are dead from starvation/old age.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 878.0, "score_ratio": 1.5263157895, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fhkx6", "c_root_id_B": "h7fi8fv", "created_at_utc_A": 1627912970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627913286.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 29, "human_ref_A": "Its a built in population limiter. So the xenomorphs cant reproduce without hosts.", "human_ref_B": "From what I understand from the games/comics/movies, is that the chest-bursters use the host's DNA as the final step in its development. That's why the Predator-Alien and the dog Alien are different than the one we see in Alien and the ones seen in Aliens.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 316.0, "score_ratio": 1.45, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fhkx6", "c_root_id_B": "h7fgfww", "created_at_utc_A": 1627912970.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627912408.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Its a built in population limiter. So the xenomorphs cant reproduce without hosts.", "human_ref_B": "Xenomorph takes traits from the host allowing it to be more addapted to it's futures prays. So the additional step makes them slighly better hunters. If you addopt the xeno are weapoons thing, it's better for them to not being able to reproduce without host. You want to send a few eggs, wait for xenos to kill everything and then movein once xenos are dead from starvation/old age.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 562.0, "score_ratio": 1.0526315789, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fsbhw", "c_root_id_B": "h7fs7pl", "created_at_utc_A": 1627917940.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627917893.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Going off the Prometheus timeline, it's because they were originally designed as a biological weapon. The goal wasn't to create a self-perpetuating life form, but a weapon to wipe out the space jockeys enemies. Going off the Predator timeline, the Yautja cultivate the xenomorphs to hunt. Their face hugger stage allows the chest burster to adapt qualities of the host, which makes the hunt more varied and fun for the Yautja.", "human_ref_B": "To increase genetic diversity and therefore add traits to the base species that it would otherwise not have access to. For example, there was probably a time they didn't have secondary jaws/acidic blood/stabby tails etc, but they inherited those things from races they hatched from. It means they're going through evolution on the express lane. Dispersal. If it was lay egg, hatch egg, grow into adult, then there wouldn't be much opportunity to find new species to absorb traits from. With the lay egg, hatch egg, thing from egg inhabits another creature, that creature can travel a great distance before hatching, grow into adult in new environment with new DNA to inherit.... it's pretty much the perfect system.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7i4bzf", "c_root_id_B": "h7gnuiw", "created_at_utc_A": 1627955678.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627931563.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The xenomorph isn't implanted as an embryo, the xenomorph grows from a kind of engineered tumour created by the facehugger. It is literally grown from the host's own tissues. The xenomorph does this so it can adapt to whatever chemistry and environment the host species uses. Any atmosphere, any environment, any conditions, it adapts to them all. Some physical features are taken up from the host, such as some influence on the limbs, but ultimately the xenomorph doesn't pass those on to its eventual offspring. As an aside, the Yaut'ja's (Predators') superb immune response actually causes a Yaut'ja-derived xenomorph to absorb more of their physiology due to its sheer biological resilience. It's not that the xenomorph is intentionally trying to do this, it literally can't completely overcome the Yaut'ja immune system.", "human_ref_B": "The original concept for Alien was to have one of the crew raped and impregnated by an alien. The idea the evolved to an oral/homosexual type of violation that eventually became the face huggers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24115.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7fwepl", "c_root_id_B": "h7i4bzf", "created_at_utc_A": 1627919736.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627955678.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Don't they need to take some genetics form the host", "human_ref_B": "The xenomorph isn't implanted as an embryo, the xenomorph grows from a kind of engineered tumour created by the facehugger. It is literally grown from the host's own tissues. The xenomorph does this so it can adapt to whatever chemistry and environment the host species uses. Any atmosphere, any environment, any conditions, it adapts to them all. Some physical features are taken up from the host, such as some influence on the limbs, but ultimately the xenomorph doesn't pass those on to its eventual offspring. As an aside, the Yaut'ja's (Predators') superb immune response actually causes a Yaut'ja-derived xenomorph to absorb more of their physiology due to its sheer biological resilience. It's not that the xenomorph is intentionally trying to do this, it literally can't completely overcome the Yaut'ja immune system.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35942.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7hvixq", "c_root_id_B": "h7i4bzf", "created_at_utc_A": 1627951457.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627955678.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The reason is because the alien gestates and takes properties from the host organism.", "human_ref_B": "The xenomorph isn't implanted as an embryo, the xenomorph grows from a kind of engineered tumour created by the facehugger. It is literally grown from the host's own tissues. The xenomorph does this so it can adapt to whatever chemistry and environment the host species uses. Any atmosphere, any environment, any conditions, it adapts to them all. Some physical features are taken up from the host, such as some influence on the limbs, but ultimately the xenomorph doesn't pass those on to its eventual offspring. As an aside, the Yaut'ja's (Predators') superb immune response actually causes a Yaut'ja-derived xenomorph to absorb more of their physiology due to its sheer biological resilience. It's not that the xenomorph is intentionally trying to do this, it literally can't completely overcome the Yaut'ja immune system.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4221.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7i2us9", "c_root_id_B": "h7i4bzf", "created_at_utc_A": 1627954969.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627955678.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Not enough nutrition. Egg laden creatures often have a Yolk of nutrients to feed it til it's big enough to catch food or be fed by parent. Xenomorphs prefer reproductive numbers over wasting metabolism on prenatal nutrition", "human_ref_B": "The xenomorph isn't implanted as an embryo, the xenomorph grows from a kind of engineered tumour created by the facehugger. It is literally grown from the host's own tissues. The xenomorph does this so it can adapt to whatever chemistry and environment the host species uses. Any atmosphere, any environment, any conditions, it adapts to them all. Some physical features are taken up from the host, such as some influence on the limbs, but ultimately the xenomorph doesn't pass those on to its eventual offspring. As an aside, the Yaut'ja's (Predators') superb immune response actually causes a Yaut'ja-derived xenomorph to absorb more of their physiology due to its sheer biological resilience. It's not that the xenomorph is intentionally trying to do this, it literally can't completely overcome the Yaut'ja immune system.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 709.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7gnuiw", "c_root_id_B": "h7jkiim", "created_at_utc_A": 1627931563.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627992098.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The original concept for Alien was to have one of the crew raped and impregnated by an alien. The idea the evolved to an oral/homosexual type of violation that eventually became the face huggers.", "human_ref_B": "The small face hugger and incubation cycle means it can infiltrate better. The crew of the Nostromo wouldn't have opened the airlock for a 7 foot tall Xeno. In some ways this makes it a perfectly adapted predator for space travel, unable to use spaceships itself, but very capable of getting inside species that do. This is useful both if the Xenos are a weapon or if they evolved naturally, eg parasitoid wasps.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 60535.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7jkiim", "c_root_id_B": "h7fwepl", "created_at_utc_A": 1627992098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627919736.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The small face hugger and incubation cycle means it can infiltrate better. The crew of the Nostromo wouldn't have opened the airlock for a 7 foot tall Xeno. In some ways this makes it a perfectly adapted predator for space travel, unable to use spaceships itself, but very capable of getting inside species that do. This is useful both if the Xenos are a weapon or if they evolved naturally, eg parasitoid wasps.", "human_ref_B": "Don't they need to take some genetics form the host", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 72362.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7hvixq", "c_root_id_B": "h7jkiim", "created_at_utc_A": 1627951457.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627992098.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The reason is because the alien gestates and takes properties from the host organism.", "human_ref_B": "The small face hugger and incubation cycle means it can infiltrate better. The crew of the Nostromo wouldn't have opened the airlock for a 7 foot tall Xeno. In some ways this makes it a perfectly adapted predator for space travel, unable to use spaceships itself, but very capable of getting inside species that do. This is useful both if the Xenos are a weapon or if they evolved naturally, eg parasitoid wasps.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40641.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7i2us9", "c_root_id_B": "h7jkiim", "created_at_utc_A": 1627954969.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627992098.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Not enough nutrition. Egg laden creatures often have a Yolk of nutrients to feed it til it's big enough to catch food or be fed by parent. Xenomorphs prefer reproductive numbers over wasting metabolism on prenatal nutrition", "human_ref_B": "The small face hugger and incubation cycle means it can infiltrate better. The crew of the Nostromo wouldn't have opened the airlock for a 7 foot tall Xeno. In some ways this makes it a perfectly adapted predator for space travel, unable to use spaceships itself, but very capable of getting inside species that do. This is useful both if the Xenos are a weapon or if they evolved naturally, eg parasitoid wasps.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37129.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oweosq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Alien] Why is the human host incubation stage needed between the egg face-hugger and baby xenomorph? Why doesn't the baby chest buster xenomorph come straight out of the egg?", "c_root_id_A": "h7iji9p", "c_root_id_B": "h7jkiim", "created_at_utc_A": 1627963657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627992098.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "One its far more horrifying to get chased by the vagina spider and have the thing burst out the body. 2 the xenomorphs physiology changes depending on what the chestburster comes out of hence the predalien and runner types", "human_ref_B": "The small face hugger and incubation cycle means it can infiltrate better. The crew of the Nostromo wouldn't have opened the airlock for a 7 foot tall Xeno. In some ways this makes it a perfectly adapted predator for space travel, unable to use spaceships itself, but very capable of getting inside species that do. This is useful both if the Xenos are a weapon or if they evolved naturally, eg parasitoid wasps.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28441.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l44los", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Trek] How many layers deep in the holodeck can I go? Go into the holodeck (of Voyager, say) and load up a simulation of the Voyager, go to that simulated Voyager's holodeck, and load up a simulated simulated Voyager, and so on. How many times can I do this before putting too much strain on the (real) ship's computer?", "c_root_id_A": "gkm7k5y", "c_root_id_B": "gkm94el", "created_at_utc_A": 1611512460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611512902.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Honestly I think the holodeck is intelligent enough that each time you move down a layer it just removes the layer above it but keeps track of how far down you go so it can add them back in as you come back up.", "human_ref_B": "In our world, video games handle stuff like this by offloading information that isn't currently important to the simulation, essentially hibernating that portion of the program. At a very simple level, take the original *Super Mario Bros* game; when you were in world 1-1, the computer didn't have the information for world 1-2 in-memory, but its template was available to access when needed. Getting more complex, take the *Zelda* games where there is a Light World and a Dark World. The simulation of the Dark World isn't running when you're playing in the Light World, and vise versa. Same with the various dungeons; only one of them is actually in-memory at once. Also, if you're on Death Mountain, Kakariko Village is on hold. A holodeck simulation is designed to only process as much information as necessary to give you the experience you expect; it isn't a faithful representation of the world, it's the *illusion* of a faithful representation. In order to maintain the illusion of time constantly moving forward in all of the different worlds, the computer can run a fast simulation *when you enter that world*, and update it accordingly. This doesn't have to be 100% accurate, it just needs to make a few reasonable changes. For example, if you leave the Light World in mid-day, there might be a fisherman by the pond, and a bunch of open shops. When you return, the computer fast-forwards to midnight, the fisherman is asleep, and the shops are closed. This also brings up an interesting memory-saving technique that pertains to your question; the Light World and the Dark World are very similar, so instead of having both entire worlds as templates in memory, there's the Light World, then a list of chances necessary to make the Dark World. The Voyager holodeck would do something similar; rather than having three Voyager simulations in-memory, it would have one, and then a list of the differences. So, the answer to your question is that the holodeck would be more limited by storage than processing capacity. Unless you had someone interacting with each layer of your simulation at once, *Inception* style, the computer would just pause the parent simulation while the child ran.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 442.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1v4zs3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[star wars/star trek] I was only a month out of Starfleet academy when the shuttle I was in fell through a wormhole to Coruscant. What are the career prospects for a science officer?", "c_root_id_A": "cep824p", "c_root_id_B": "cep4tmx", "created_at_utc_A": 1389702115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1389683304.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "You already know your transporter and replicator are essentially making you rich and powerful already. And the tactical applications of the warp drive have been noted; sellable to any empire or group. Let's look at the rest. Because of the nature of warp technology, the Federation have developed spectacular sensors and shielding technology which can be used on tiny ships. Tiny particles can be detected light years away. And the shields. There are 2 types of shield tech, protect against energy and protect against physical. Starfleet does both at once. Also they aren't directional. Then there are the navigational shields starfleet has, which itself is enough to protect from small laser fire. Now the rest. You've not said what king of shuttlecraft you were on, so I'm going to cover the bases here. If you have any photon or quantum torpedoes, I have no idea how much use they would be. They would be of scientific interest certainly; but since it is physical and energy based; I'm not sure either shield would let them through. Phasers are a lot more complicated, and I'm not qualified to determine how they compare to any tech you find there. Even hand phasers are complicated. Starfleet weapons appear to have a lot more settings than most. From hot coffee through to vaporize, from slice through metal to a beam wide enough to clear a room; though many bounty hunters would say thats just more settings to go wrong, or you end up in the wrong one for the situation; at least you know where you stand when you're on the other end of a blaster. Standard Medkit. Hypospray, Dermal regenerator, trauma kit. I don't think any of it would be overly special. Tricorder; a handheld sensor which can easily tie in to a ships sensor system. Acts as everything from a sniffer dog through to hacking tool. Also can be modified to be a medical tricorder. I think this would be pretty valuable to a lot of people. Computer. I doubt it has a copy of the whole datacore, but it could certainly have a reasonable part of it; and depending on what information is on there could also be very valuable. Other than that? I'm not sure. I'm not sure how the allows compare. But Transparrent aluminium and tritanium are very strong.", "human_ref_B": "You may have issues with the moral implications of Transporters in their ideology.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18811.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo09ptx", "c_root_id_B": "enz6yns", "created_at_utc_A": 1558158123.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558142647.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It was shown that agents of the crown deliberately sabotaged technological progress of the city offing people who would try to invent silly things like hot air balloons or actually effective firearms - presumably out of fear that these things could threaten the power of the royalty. Scout corps equipment is in essence deliberately shackled to be \"good enough\", since actually waging war on titans was never the point in the beginning.", "human_ref_B": "A gun against a titan might be safer for the user because you can be further away but you also have a much larger chance to miss, especially when you factor in how erratic some Titan movements are. 1-2 wide sword strokes across the whole neck is much more likely to land a killing blow", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15476.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "enzsqfh", "c_root_id_B": "eo09ptx", "created_at_utc_A": 1558149635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558158123.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Because you don\u2019t just need to damage that section. They can heal damage. A section of it has to actually be removed. In theory this could be done with a projectile weapon but their weapons aren\u2019t actually that advanced", "human_ref_B": "It was shown that agents of the crown deliberately sabotaged technological progress of the city offing people who would try to invent silly things like hot air balloons or actually effective firearms - presumably out of fear that these things could threaten the power of the royalty. Scout corps equipment is in essence deliberately shackled to be \"good enough\", since actually waging war on titans was never the point in the beginning.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8488.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo09ptx", "c_root_id_B": "enzsvca", "created_at_utc_A": 1558158123.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558149672.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It was shown that agents of the crown deliberately sabotaged technological progress of the city offing people who would try to invent silly things like hot air balloons or actually effective firearms - presumably out of fear that these things could threaten the power of the royalty. Scout corps equipment is in essence deliberately shackled to be \"good enough\", since actually waging war on titans was never the point in the beginning.", "human_ref_B": "Because you don\u2019t just need to damage that section. They can heal damage. A section of it has to actually be removed. In theory this could be done with a projectile weapon but their weapons aren\u2019t actually that advanced", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8451.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo09ptx", "c_root_id_B": "eo09i9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1558158123.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558157807.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It was shown that agents of the crown deliberately sabotaged technological progress of the city offing people who would try to invent silly things like hot air balloons or actually effective firearms - presumably out of fear that these things could threaten the power of the royalty. Scout corps equipment is in essence deliberately shackled to be \"good enough\", since actually waging war on titans was never the point in the beginning.", "human_ref_B": "It was shown that agents of the crown deliberately sabotaged technological progress of the city offing people who would try to invent silly things like hot air balloons or actually effective firearms - presumably out of fear that these things could threaten the power of the royalty. Scout corps equipment is in essence deliberately shackled to be \"good enough\", since actually waging war on titans was never the point in the beginning.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 316.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "enzsqfh", "c_root_id_B": "eo0fvcp", "created_at_utc_A": 1558149635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558169130.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because you don\u2019t just need to damage that section. They can heal damage. A section of it has to actually be removed. In theory this could be done with a projectile weapon but their weapons aren\u2019t actually that advanced", "human_ref_B": "they dont have good enough guns", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19495.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "enzsvca", "c_root_id_B": "eo0fvcp", "created_at_utc_A": 1558149672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558169130.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because you don\u2019t just need to damage that section. They can heal damage. A section of it has to actually be removed. In theory this could be done with a projectile weapon but their weapons aren\u2019t actually that advanced", "human_ref_B": "they dont have good enough guns", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19458.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo0fvcp", "c_root_id_B": "eo09i9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1558169130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558157807.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "they dont have good enough guns", "human_ref_B": "It was shown that agents of the crown deliberately sabotaged technological progress of the city offing people who would try to invent silly things like hot air balloons or actually effective firearms - presumably out of fear that these things could threaten the power of the royalty. Scout corps equipment is in essence deliberately shackled to be \"good enough\", since actually waging war on titans was never the point in the beginning.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11323.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo1i07p", "c_root_id_B": "enzsqfh", "created_at_utc_A": 1558199598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558149635.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The important part of the titan neck is(If I recall correctly) about a meter long and three centimeters wide, and you need to remove the bulk of it at once. It's possible to do it with a well placed cannon shot, but not with a gun. A modern 50. cal sniper rifle fired at the right angle might be able to do adequate damage though if they had one.", "human_ref_B": "Because you don\u2019t just need to damage that section. They can heal damage. A section of it has to actually be removed. In theory this could be done with a projectile weapon but their weapons aren\u2019t actually that advanced", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49963.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "enzsvca", "c_root_id_B": "eo1i07p", "created_at_utc_A": 1558149672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558199598.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because you don\u2019t just need to damage that section. They can heal damage. A section of it has to actually be removed. In theory this could be done with a projectile weapon but their weapons aren\u2019t actually that advanced", "human_ref_B": "The important part of the titan neck is(If I recall correctly) about a meter long and three centimeters wide, and you need to remove the bulk of it at once. It's possible to do it with a well placed cannon shot, but not with a gun. A modern 50. cal sniper rifle fired at the right angle might be able to do adequate damage though if they had one.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 49926.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo1i07p", "c_root_id_B": "eo09i9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1558199598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558157807.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The important part of the titan neck is(If I recall correctly) about a meter long and three centimeters wide, and you need to remove the bulk of it at once. It's possible to do it with a well placed cannon shot, but not with a gun. A modern 50. cal sniper rifle fired at the right angle might be able to do adequate damage though if they had one.", "human_ref_B": "It was shown that agents of the crown deliberately sabotaged technological progress of the city offing people who would try to invent silly things like hot air balloons or actually effective firearms - presumably out of fear that these things could threaten the power of the royalty. Scout corps equipment is in essence deliberately shackled to be \"good enough\", since actually waging war on titans was never the point in the beginning.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41791.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo1i07p", "c_root_id_B": "eo0h445", "created_at_utc_A": 1558199598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558171549.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The important part of the titan neck is(If I recall correctly) about a meter long and three centimeters wide, and you need to remove the bulk of it at once. It's possible to do it with a well placed cannon shot, but not with a gun. A modern 50. cal sniper rifle fired at the right angle might be able to do adequate damage though if they had one.", "human_ref_B": "They eventually get spears that could potentially do the trick if used more often.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28049.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo16nwk", "c_root_id_B": "eo1i07p", "created_at_utc_A": 1558192748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558199598.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "IIRC, theres a scene where they use their rifles to shoot out the neck, but it takes a squad of 4-5 gunmen laying into them for a solid minute to actually take them down.", "human_ref_B": "The important part of the titan neck is(If I recall correctly) about a meter long and three centimeters wide, and you need to remove the bulk of it at once. It's possible to do it with a well placed cannon shot, but not with a gun. A modern 50. cal sniper rifle fired at the right angle might be able to do adequate damage though if they had one.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6850.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "enzsqfh", "c_root_id_B": "eo1l46g", "created_at_utc_A": 1558149635.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558201445.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because you don\u2019t just need to damage that section. They can heal damage. A section of it has to actually be removed. In theory this could be done with a projectile weapon but their weapons aren\u2019t actually that advanced", "human_ref_B": "I thought that, even with the smaller Titans, there\u2019s a human embedded inside the neck/spine. The idea behind the slash is to kill that human inside, and if you don\u2019t kill them in one blow then they quickly regenerate. Swords make this easier than guns, given the tough and thick skin of the Titans... bullets would lodge or deflect where blades slice through.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51810.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "enzsvca", "c_root_id_B": "eo1l46g", "created_at_utc_A": 1558149672.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558201445.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because you don\u2019t just need to damage that section. They can heal damage. A section of it has to actually be removed. In theory this could be done with a projectile weapon but their weapons aren\u2019t actually that advanced", "human_ref_B": "I thought that, even with the smaller Titans, there\u2019s a human embedded inside the neck/spine. The idea behind the slash is to kill that human inside, and if you don\u2019t kill them in one blow then they quickly regenerate. Swords make this easier than guns, given the tough and thick skin of the Titans... bullets would lodge or deflect where blades slice through.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51773.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo1l46g", "c_root_id_B": "eo09i9s", "created_at_utc_A": 1558201445.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558157807.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I thought that, even with the smaller Titans, there\u2019s a human embedded inside the neck/spine. The idea behind the slash is to kill that human inside, and if you don\u2019t kill them in one blow then they quickly regenerate. Swords make this easier than guns, given the tough and thick skin of the Titans... bullets would lodge or deflect where blades slice through.", "human_ref_B": "It was shown that agents of the crown deliberately sabotaged technological progress of the city offing people who would try to invent silly things like hot air balloons or actually effective firearms - presumably out of fear that these things could threaten the power of the royalty. Scout corps equipment is in essence deliberately shackled to be \"good enough\", since actually waging war on titans was never the point in the beginning.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43638.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo0h445", "c_root_id_B": "eo1l46g", "created_at_utc_A": 1558171549.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558201445.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They eventually get spears that could potentially do the trick if used more often.", "human_ref_B": "I thought that, even with the smaller Titans, there\u2019s a human embedded inside the neck/spine. The idea behind the slash is to kill that human inside, and if you don\u2019t kill them in one blow then they quickly regenerate. Swords make this easier than guns, given the tough and thick skin of the Titans... bullets would lodge or deflect where blades slice through.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29896.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpydwn", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Attack on Titans] Why can't they just snipe the titan's back of the neck using guns?", "c_root_id_A": "eo1l46g", "c_root_id_B": "eo16nwk", "created_at_utc_A": 1558201445.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558192748.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I thought that, even with the smaller Titans, there\u2019s a human embedded inside the neck/spine. The idea behind the slash is to kill that human inside, and if you don\u2019t kill them in one blow then they quickly regenerate. Swords make this easier than guns, given the tough and thick skin of the Titans... bullets would lodge or deflect where blades slice through.", "human_ref_B": "IIRC, theres a scene where they use their rifles to shoot out the neck, but it takes a squad of 4-5 gunmen laying into them for a solid minute to actually take them down.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8697.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pq3ygy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Death Note] What could L have done to catch Kira? As I understand it (and I guess I'm somebody on the Task Force looking back years later), L knew who Kira was all along and just had no way to prove it. Given the scenario Kira placed him in, the information he had at the time, and the situation they both faced, what could he have done differently for a winning scenario?", "c_root_id_A": "hd883ic", "c_root_id_B": "hd8c71g", "created_at_utc_A": 1631898197.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631899904.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "Arrest Kira. Thoroughly search all belongings. The killings would stop which is great circumstantial evidence.", "human_ref_B": "He could've not announced himself during the Lind L Taylor stunt until much later, after having bugged Light's house. And making sure it was done on laundry day so his mother would've left his clean clothing in his room, thereby eliminating any suspicion about someone being in his room. Then, announcing who he was to Light at the school. He's basically got him on tape freaking out about L outplaying him (and realising he's talking to someone who is clearly not there).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1707.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pq3ygy", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Death Note] What could L have done to catch Kira? As I understand it (and I guess I'm somebody on the Task Force looking back years later), L knew who Kira was all along and just had no way to prove it. Given the scenario Kira placed him in, the information he had at the time, and the situation they both faced, what could he have done differently for a winning scenario?", "c_root_id_A": "hd8f62c", "c_root_id_B": "hd883ic", "created_at_utc_A": 1631901149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631898197.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "if he didn't announce himself at the beginning then i think he would of taken it. he had a lot of the pieces, including narrowing down where Kira was and Light would most likely have still been Ls top suspect but this time, Light would of had no idea L was even still alive let alone honing in on him. from there, he could likely have bugged Lights room and caught him doing some suspicious stuff which may warrant a search.", "human_ref_B": "Arrest Kira. Thoroughly search all belongings. The killings would stop which is great circumstantial evidence.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2952.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2lcjb8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "Dragonball/Fusion Could Gogeta perform the Fusion Dance with Gotenks? Assuming Trunks and Goten had reached the appropriate size and power level before they became Gotenks. Would the Fusion only last 15 minutes instead of 30? Would it double their respective powers? What about if two separate but closely powered and sized Fusion Earring beings performed the Fusion Dance?", "c_root_id_A": "cltkcz3", "c_root_id_B": "cludbz6", "created_at_utc_A": 1415186338.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415244803.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Who knows? There could be incompatibility, or it could work. A big difficulty would be finding four candidates with similar power levels.", "human_ref_B": "2 Fused beings doing the fusion dance would power down into a new form upon the expiration of the initial fusions. Example: A and B fuse, forming AB C and D fuse, forming CD AB and CD fuse The timer for the first fusions (A + B and C + D) run out, causing the still-fused being, ABCD, to power down suddenly, but not split apart. (Recall what happened with Super Buu when Gotenks' fusion time ran out. It'd be something like that). Anyway, while everyone was still within their time limits the resultant being would have an exponential increase, as usual with fusions. If two Potara earring fused begins did the fusion dance, it'd work just like a normal fusion (albeit starting with two really powerful fused beings. Bonus: If two pairs of people did the fusion dance and then the fused beings used the earrings, they'd stay fused, as the Kai fusion is complete/perfect, and never comes undone. Hell, remember that it was even stated by the Elder Kai that it would be a mistake to start off as SSJ when using the Potara for exactly that reason.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 58465.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oi08d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Do fusions stack? Question 1: Goku and Vegeta perform the fusion dance. Gogeta is formed. Tunks and Goten perform the fusion dance. Gotenks is formed. Would they fuse? For sake of argument lets assume that factors such as height and power levels are equal. Question 2: Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta can only be fused for 10 minutes due to the amount of power he holds. If he were to Potara Fusion with somebody would he create a powerful, permanent, form?", "c_root_id_A": "ccs4bbb", "c_root_id_B": "ccs8tug", "created_at_utc_A": 1381847164.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381859297.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "This is all you need to know about Dragon Ball Z logic.", "human_ref_B": "SS4? No one has ever acheived SS4. Goku's just met this Uub fellow and that's all the recorded history we have.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12133.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oi08d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Do fusions stack? Question 1: Goku and Vegeta perform the fusion dance. Gogeta is formed. Tunks and Goten perform the fusion dance. Gotenks is formed. Would they fuse? For sake of argument lets assume that factors such as height and power levels are equal. Question 2: Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta can only be fused for 10 minutes due to the amount of power he holds. If he were to Potara Fusion with somebody would he create a powerful, permanent, form?", "c_root_id_A": "ccs8tug", "c_root_id_B": "ccs5tyb", "created_at_utc_A": 1381859297.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381851560.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "SS4? No one has ever acheived SS4. Goku's just met this Uub fellow and that's all the recorded history we have.", "human_ref_B": "This is in a purely theoretical area as it has never been attempted, and I'm no Kai. I would postulate that it is certainly possible with equal PL and height, but not advisable. There are already issues of arrogance with the sudden onset of such immense power. (granted the inclusion of both Trunk and Vegeta's cocky attitude and Goten and Goku's lack of self discepline could be an important factor in this) The fusion is not addition it is multiplication. I don't know that the resultant being could handle the power without the effort and time spent attaining it. And who is to say that a personality blended from four individuals could result in a stable mind? Perhaps Gogeta and Gotenks could manage this, with the similarities between father and son on both sides, but even then I would not want to take the chance at seeing an all powerful being with insanity even for 30 minutes. As for the portara I doubt it. It seems that even with a vaunted permanence of the earrings there is a failsafe that defaults to splitting when such conflicts arrise.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7737.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oi08d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Do fusions stack? Question 1: Goku and Vegeta perform the fusion dance. Gogeta is formed. Tunks and Goten perform the fusion dance. Gotenks is formed. Would they fuse? For sake of argument lets assume that factors such as height and power levels are equal. Question 2: Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta can only be fused for 10 minutes due to the amount of power he holds. If he were to Potara Fusion with somebody would he create a powerful, permanent, form?", "c_root_id_A": "ccs8412", "c_root_id_B": "ccs8tug", "created_at_utc_A": 1381857520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381859297.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Dude, someone *just* asked this, like two days ago! **edit** Okay, my memory is faulty, it was 11 days ago. But still...", "human_ref_B": "SS4? No one has ever acheived SS4. Goku's just met this Uub fellow and that's all the recorded history we have.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1777.0, "score_ratio": 20000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oi08d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Dragon Ball Z] Do fusions stack? Question 1: Goku and Vegeta perform the fusion dance. Gogeta is formed. Tunks and Goten perform the fusion dance. Gotenks is formed. Would they fuse? For sake of argument lets assume that factors such as height and power levels are equal. Question 2: Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta can only be fused for 10 minutes due to the amount of power he holds. If he were to Potara Fusion with somebody would he create a powerful, permanent, form?", "c_root_id_A": "ccs8412", "c_root_id_B": "ccsttva", "created_at_utc_A": 1381857520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381930533.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Dude, someone *just* asked this, like two days ago! **edit** Okay, my memory is faulty, it was 11 days ago. But still...", "human_ref_B": "Could they potentially? Sure. They won't though because you need the two people involved in a fusion to be 'drift compatible' essentially, and acting in concert. This gets exponentially more difficult when you start adding more people to the mix. Just getting 4 people to agree on pizza toppings is tricky, try getting them to agree on which direction to dodge or how where and how to hit someone. Edit to add re: Q2 - I would expect the earrings to break, but even if they didn't, SS4 Gogeta would likely suffer some kind of catastrophic existence failure (explode, implode, die of terminal badass failure) in the same way that Goku nearly did by overdoing it with the Kaioken technique.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 73013.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h9ttz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "(XCOM: Enemy Unknown) Why does XCOM only have one VTOL? I don't quite understand why my organization, with the full backing of most industrialized nations of the world, only has one Skyranger. It seems that for humanities \"first and last line of defense\" we only get enough money and resources to spread ourselves too thin around the world. I can build more fighter jets and am currently researching how to build out own flying saucers. But why can't I make any more troop carrying vehicles that'd let me carry out operations in more than one part of the world at a time. Given random nature of the extraterrestrial attacks and that there's always more than one attack going on, it seems like that would take top priority over autopsies and interrogations.", "c_root_id_A": "cas94te", "c_root_id_B": "cas88oi", "created_at_utc_A": 1372456129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372453638.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "You may be familiar with the single Skyranger used in the primary operations conducted by XCOM. There are in fact multiple Skyrangers held in reserve in the event that one is lost during an operation. The Skyranger constitutes the best in stealth and engine technology developed by humanity pre-invasion. This being the case XCOM conducts only one operation at a time with only a single strike team in an effort of mitigate the loss of vital equipment and personnel should they be captured and their weaknesses exposed. Along with this, the amount of assets brought to bear during an XCOM operation is staggering. The intelligence and information support could could easily support an entire battalion but is instead used to support the small strike team. This is only sustainable for one operation at a time due to limitations of the the command and control systems developed thus far. However this fact is most attributed to the success of the XCOM project. Conducting strike operations may be the most prevalent, but the XCOM project is much greater in scope. The advanced information gathering and support systems are also used in support of the client nations. The XCOM CIC is linked in with the conventional military forces around the world, providing tactical and strategic support. Many XCOM soldiers, when not conducting operations, are sent as military advisers to support and train the conventional military forces in combating the Alien threat. If the situation calls for it and time is a limiting factor the reserve Skyrangers are used to transport XCOM personnel supporting the client nations.", "human_ref_B": "Well, during the first alien crisis in the 90s, X-Com was able to develop and maintain multiple Skyrangers running multiple teams concurrently. My security clearance was revoked after those incidents so I really have no way of knowing why the current team only uses a single skyranger.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2491.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h9ttz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "(XCOM: Enemy Unknown) Why does XCOM only have one VTOL? I don't quite understand why my organization, with the full backing of most industrialized nations of the world, only has one Skyranger. It seems that for humanities \"first and last line of defense\" we only get enough money and resources to spread ourselves too thin around the world. I can build more fighter jets and am currently researching how to build out own flying saucers. But why can't I make any more troop carrying vehicles that'd let me carry out operations in more than one part of the world at a time. Given random nature of the extraterrestrial attacks and that there's always more than one attack going on, it seems like that would take top priority over autopsies and interrogations.", "c_root_id_A": "cas8mpo", "c_root_id_B": "cas94te", "created_at_utc_A": 1372454732.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372456129.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "At its core, Xcom is a very small organization that operated off the idea of putting its best assets in the right place at the right time. Think of it more of as a special force group rather than an army on to its own. While they could have fielded a much larger force if necessary, x-coms eventual success was from surgically hitting targets of opportunity, rather than engaging in a head on war. So to answer your question - they probably could have, but it would have possible made their efforts less effective in the long run", "human_ref_B": "You may be familiar with the single Skyranger used in the primary operations conducted by XCOM. There are in fact multiple Skyrangers held in reserve in the event that one is lost during an operation. The Skyranger constitutes the best in stealth and engine technology developed by humanity pre-invasion. This being the case XCOM conducts only one operation at a time with only a single strike team in an effort of mitigate the loss of vital equipment and personnel should they be captured and their weaknesses exposed. Along with this, the amount of assets brought to bear during an XCOM operation is staggering. The intelligence and information support could could easily support an entire battalion but is instead used to support the small strike team. This is only sustainable for one operation at a time due to limitations of the the command and control systems developed thus far. However this fact is most attributed to the success of the XCOM project. Conducting strike operations may be the most prevalent, but the XCOM project is much greater in scope. The advanced information gathering and support systems are also used in support of the client nations. The XCOM CIC is linked in with the conventional military forces around the world, providing tactical and strategic support. Many XCOM soldiers, when not conducting operations, are sent as military advisers to support and train the conventional military forces in combating the Alien threat. If the situation calls for it and time is a limiting factor the reserve Skyrangers are used to transport XCOM personnel supporting the client nations.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1397.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h9ttz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "(XCOM: Enemy Unknown) Why does XCOM only have one VTOL? I don't quite understand why my organization, with the full backing of most industrialized nations of the world, only has one Skyranger. It seems that for humanities \"first and last line of defense\" we only get enough money and resources to spread ourselves too thin around the world. I can build more fighter jets and am currently researching how to build out own flying saucers. But why can't I make any more troop carrying vehicles that'd let me carry out operations in more than one part of the world at a time. Given random nature of the extraterrestrial attacks and that there's always more than one attack going on, it seems like that would take top priority over autopsies and interrogations.", "c_root_id_A": "caseaui", "c_root_id_B": "catanfu", "created_at_utc_A": 1372472338.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372619133.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Skyranger, whilst only one vessel, moves significantly faster than its civilian peers. Have you never wondered how the Agency manage to have boots on the ground in Moscow within half an hour of initial incursion, despite XCOMHQ being located beneath an undetermined region in North America? The Skyranger, by virtue of the necessity of being able to go up against spacecraft, posesses a degree of orbital capability- with the far side of the world a mere 40 minutes away, and in light of the enormous expense necessary to support an operation as intensive as XCOM, funding redundant facilities at other bases elsewhere in the world would stretch the finances of the organisation to breaking point. XCOM has a number of Skyrangers on constant standby, in case of badly-timed equipment failure- but they're all based at a single facility at XCOMHQ, and look, unless you examine them extremely closely, absolutely indistinguishable from one another.", "human_ref_B": "The Council won't like me telling you this, but in all honesty, the issue isn't that we're incapable of building, maintaining, and deploying multiple Skyrangers, it's a matter of funds, of cost vs risk. The Council thinks that having more than a single Skyranger, and more than a small squad of six trained soldiers with the kind of weaponry the XCOM initiative finds or develops, is too high risk to devote the resources. They're putting your men's lives, and the lives of the civilians in the EZs you deploy to, at greater risk than necessary, over a matter of money. Wait, what's that? Is someone there? Oh, Col. Samson, what do you nee-- what are you doing with that plas-- NO! COL---\\*FZZZZZT\\* Commander, the information presented to you by the... rogue scientist you just spoke to, was entirely false. At present, the XCOM initiative is incapable of sustaining a larger force in the field at any one time, and to deploy to multiple EZs at once would spread the project's resources too thin. And remember, Commander... We will be watching.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 146795.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "231y2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Star Wars] What was the general view of droids (not military) during the Clone Wars?", "c_root_id_A": "cgt115u", "c_root_id_B": "cgsxln2", "created_at_utc_A": 1397574106.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397564738.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If there was a droid uprising it would be different. The fact that the trade federation used droids was a non-issue. There wasn't a backlash against cars after WW2 because tanks were made in assembly lines by auto companies. At most there would have been a drop in demand for trade federation brand droids, much like how Americans disliked German and Japanese cars for a while. I mean, if the droids were noteworthy why was the conflict called the clone wars by the side who used the clones and won?", "human_ref_B": "I would think they were pretty okay with them. Droids are tools. The droids the clones fought were all remotely controlled by the trade federation from the command center ships (those donut looking spaceship) and despite there being a war, everyday life was dependent on droids. Droid sentience was never an issue therefore threats from droids were never a thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9368.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ps22dz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Zootopia] how does Judy know Nick's age ok so nick said \"Ha! I make 200 bucks *a day,* Fluff. 365 days a year, since I was *12\"* and judy does some math and respon whit \"Yeah... $200 a day, 365 days a year since you were 12. That's two decades, so times 20, which is... $1,460,000, I think. I mean, I *am* just a dumb bunny, but we *are* good at multiplying. Anyway, according to your tax forms, you reported, let me see here... *zero!* \" i'm pretty sure she did not look up on his files since emmitt otterton file say nothing about his birth-date", "c_root_id_A": "hdmqy43", "c_root_id_B": "hdmsbfs", "created_at_utc_A": 1632167951.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632168517.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "If she has his tax forms, she definitely can get any other basic personal information. Or an ID usually has a birthday on it.", "human_ref_B": "it was an estimate", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 566.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ps22dz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Zootopia] how does Judy know Nick's age ok so nick said \"Ha! I make 200 bucks *a day,* Fluff. 365 days a year, since I was *12\"* and judy does some math and respon whit \"Yeah... $200 a day, 365 days a year since you were 12. That's two decades, so times 20, which is... $1,460,000, I think. I mean, I *am* just a dumb bunny, but we *are* good at multiplying. Anyway, according to your tax forms, you reported, let me see here... *zero!* \" i'm pretty sure she did not look up on his files since emmitt otterton file say nothing about his birth-date", "c_root_id_A": "hdmsabp", "c_root_id_B": "hdmsbfs", "created_at_utc_A": 1632168504.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632168517.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 45, "human_ref_A": "She did a bit of research and got his driver's license probably. It has DOB on it.", "human_ref_B": "it was an estimate", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ps22dz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Zootopia] how does Judy know Nick's age ok so nick said \"Ha! I make 200 bucks *a day,* Fluff. 365 days a year, since I was *12\"* and judy does some math and respon whit \"Yeah... $200 a day, 365 days a year since you were 12. That's two decades, so times 20, which is... $1,460,000, I think. I mean, I *am* just a dumb bunny, but we *are* good at multiplying. Anyway, according to your tax forms, you reported, let me see here... *zero!* \" i'm pretty sure she did not look up on his files since emmitt otterton file say nothing about his birth-date", "c_root_id_A": "hdnw0fe", "c_root_id_B": "hdnm3o2", "created_at_utc_A": 1632186376.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632181724.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "She was probably just using 20 as a reasonable assumption. After all, she didn't need a real answer, just a high enough number to put the fear of the tax collector into Nick.", "human_ref_B": "\"We are good at multiplying.\" Subtle joke right there lol", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4652.0, "score_ratio": 1.55, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ps22dz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Zootopia] how does Judy know Nick's age ok so nick said \"Ha! I make 200 bucks *a day,* Fluff. 365 days a year, since I was *12\"* and judy does some math and respon whit \"Yeah... $200 a day, 365 days a year since you were 12. That's two decades, so times 20, which is... $1,460,000, I think. I mean, I *am* just a dumb bunny, but we *are* good at multiplying. Anyway, according to your tax forms, you reported, let me see here... *zero!* \" i'm pretty sure she did not look up on his files since emmitt otterton file say nothing about his birth-date", "c_root_id_A": "hdnw0fe", "c_root_id_B": "hdmsabp", "created_at_utc_A": 1632186376.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632168504.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "She was probably just using 20 as a reasonable assumption. After all, she didn't need a real answer, just a high enough number to put the fear of the tax collector into Nick.", "human_ref_B": "She did a bit of research and got his driver's license probably. It has DOB on it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17872.0, "score_ratio": 2.0666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ps22dz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Zootopia] how does Judy know Nick's age ok so nick said \"Ha! I make 200 bucks *a day,* Fluff. 365 days a year, since I was *12\"* and judy does some math and respon whit \"Yeah... $200 a day, 365 days a year since you were 12. That's two decades, so times 20, which is... $1,460,000, I think. I mean, I *am* just a dumb bunny, but we *are* good at multiplying. Anyway, according to your tax forms, you reported, let me see here... *zero!* \" i'm pretty sure she did not look up on his files since emmitt otterton file say nothing about his birth-date", "c_root_id_A": "hdmsabp", "c_root_id_B": "hdnm3o2", "created_at_utc_A": 1632168504.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632181724.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "She did a bit of research and got his driver's license probably. It has DOB on it.", "human_ref_B": "\"We are good at multiplying.\" Subtle joke right there lol", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13220.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tdif06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Incredibles] What were they thinking when they passed the anti-superhero laws? How did they not expect the massive wave of super villains to take full advantage of the heroes' absence and destroy everything? Better question: why wasn't that concept of villains running wild without heroes to oppose them anymore more explored?", "c_root_id_A": "i0jpzjj", "c_root_id_B": "i0jpnpt", "created_at_utc_A": 1647211244.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647211101.0, "score_A": 77, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Because without heroes, there really weren't any sueprvillains. The idea that 2 presents us with is that the police and military in the universe of the Incredibles are generally sufficient to deal with villains, and when they fail, insurance is sufficient to cover the damages. One important factor to note is that it seems having powers makes you predisposed towards heroism, as all the villains we see use gadgets and technology, none with powers. Bomb Voyage, the Underminer, Syndrome, Screenslaver, all normal powerless people. It's more than likely that costumed villains just... disappeared for the most part after superheroes were outlawed. No point in going for the extra dramatic flare without an adversary in an equally silly costume", "human_ref_B": "> How did they not expect the massive wave of super villains to take full advantage of the heroes' absence and destroy everything? Heroes don't kill. Police do. The smart villains understood this and kept to minor crimes or left the game altogether. The stupid ones weren't a problem for very long.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 143.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tdif06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Incredibles] What were they thinking when they passed the anti-superhero laws? How did they not expect the massive wave of super villains to take full advantage of the heroes' absence and destroy everything? Better question: why wasn't that concept of villains running wild without heroes to oppose them anymore more explored?", "c_root_id_A": "i0kljn7", "c_root_id_B": "i0juca4", "created_at_utc_A": 1647226213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647213171.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There are no supervillains. Bomb Voyage, Syndrome, and Underminer don't have powers. This implies that the powers were artificially bestowed upon the supers, likely by the government. Given the time period, I'd theorize the powers were for WWII. With no way to reverse the powers, the government tolerated them fighting crime, but this quickly got out of hand.", "human_ref_B": "They can be apprehended by the normal authorities and their violation of anti-super laws ensures that they receive much easier convictions and longer sentences.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13042.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tdif06", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[The Incredibles] What were they thinking when they passed the anti-superhero laws? How did they not expect the massive wave of super villains to take full advantage of the heroes' absence and destroy everything? Better question: why wasn't that concept of villains running wild without heroes to oppose them anymore more explored?", "c_root_id_A": "i0m5f0h", "c_root_id_B": "i0ksc2z", "created_at_utc_A": 1647264886.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1647229833.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Just an aside, but everyone keeps dismissing the Incredibles rogues gallery because they're \"just normal people without superpowers\" and hence not super villains. So Joker and Lex Luthor aren't super villains? I think I get what everyone means: they don't have Magnetos and Cheetahs and so forth. Just gimmick villains. But being a super villain isn't just powers, it's the level of crime they commit. Underminer steals whole banks, for example. That's a whole level or crime beyond a simple heist.", "human_ref_B": "For the most part, they had no particular desire to continue. Most of the supervillains we've seen only do what they do because they have a nemesis to compete with. Without it, they have no reason to continue publicly, especially since governments may resort to more drastic and unethical measures that heroes would not. Syndrome would not be nearly as active if he thought that the superheroes were all dead and gone, especially if he himself might receive similar treatment. Similarly, he'd also be wary of the government going overkill and blasting the daylights out of his island.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35053.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l7x5nh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "[Fantastic Four] Would Mr Fantastic be in violation of social distancing if he hugged me from over 6ft away? Mr fantastic is stretchy. it is very possible for him to give you a hug while his face is 10ft or more away. During the current situation, would this A. be legally ok (that is, could he be fined for violating social distancing by hugging people) and B. Practically ok (would it be safe, Covid-Wise, for him to do so?)", "c_root_id_A": "gl9anai", "c_root_id_B": "gl98a1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1611939520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611938671.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": ">A. be legally ok No, because the part of him that was hugging you would still be that close to you and in violation. >B. Practically ok (would it be safe, Covid-Wise, for him to do so?) Maybe No, in that part of the idea behind social distancing is also a precaution against transmission by contact because you might be carrying the virus on the surface of your skin or clothes, and Mr Fantastic can have arguably a lot more surface area than the average person Maybe in that this is Mr. Fantastic we're talking about here, one of the greatest scientific minds on Earth and he would have solved this shit by now. Maybe he's created a vaccine that's administered through hugs", "human_ref_B": "Maybe. There's a reason an emphasis is put on mask wearing and washing your hands.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 849.0, "score_ratio": 10.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l7x5nh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "[Fantastic Four] Would Mr Fantastic be in violation of social distancing if he hugged me from over 6ft away? Mr fantastic is stretchy. it is very possible for him to give you a hug while his face is 10ft or more away. During the current situation, would this A. be legally ok (that is, could he be fined for violating social distancing by hugging people) and B. Practically ok (would it be safe, Covid-Wise, for him to do so?)", "c_root_id_A": "gl9mpcf", "c_root_id_B": "gl98a1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1611943756.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611938671.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If I'm touching you, I am by definition not social distancing. It doesn't matter where my feet happen to be if one starts with that.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe. There's a reason an emphasis is put on mask wearing and washing your hands.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5085.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "l7x5nh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.6, "history": "[Fantastic Four] Would Mr Fantastic be in violation of social distancing if he hugged me from over 6ft away? Mr fantastic is stretchy. it is very possible for him to give you a hug while his face is 10ft or more away. During the current situation, would this A. be legally ok (that is, could he be fined for violating social distancing by hugging people) and B. Practically ok (would it be safe, Covid-Wise, for him to do so?)", "c_root_id_A": "gl9n3s4", "c_root_id_B": "gl98a1s", "created_at_utc_A": 1611943903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1611938671.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "where are you where you can be fined for not social distancing? If the US did that, we'd never have to pay taxes again.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe. There's a reason an emphasis is put on mask wearing and washing your hands.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5232.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "39qum3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Shrek 2] What did Dragon look like when Donkey drank the love potion?", "c_root_id_A": "cs5m7c9", "c_root_id_B": "cs5lutl", "created_at_utc_A": 1434232696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434231951.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "You honestly think a dragon is going to *not* think it's already the most majestic thing there is?", "human_ref_B": "She didn't change", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 745.0, "score_ratio": 37.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "39qum3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Shrek 2] What did Dragon look like when Donkey drank the love potion?", "c_root_id_A": "cs5qnhl", "c_root_id_B": "cs5lutl", "created_at_utc_A": 1434242429.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434231951.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "More gleaming scales? Bigger wings? Stronger fire sacks? I'll have to go do some ....further... research on sexy dragons I guess.", "human_ref_B": "She didn't change", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10478.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "39qum3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Shrek 2] What did Dragon look like when Donkey drank the love potion?", "c_root_id_A": "cs5rnad", "c_root_id_B": "cs5lutl", "created_at_utc_A": 1434244709.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1434231951.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "http://img03.deviantart.net/ceac/i/2013/039/a/9/wrong_damsel_re_color_by_hattonslayden-d4xib5q.jpg", "human_ref_B": "She didn't change", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12758.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "665cw7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Fallout 4] Why are the guns left-handed? I'm looking for a Watsonian *and* Doylist explanation. This always bothered me when playing Fallout 4. I did a Google search and none of the threads (mostly on Steam forums) offered anything worthwhile. I haven't found any reason for the manual-action guns in FO4 being left-handed, either in-universe or meta. The only consistent guess I've seen is that the developers wanted players to be able to see more of the guns' operation, which is reasonable with a bolt-action rifle being used in first person. But it's such a sharp contrast with real-life firearm operation that it sticks out to me.", "c_root_id_A": "dgfya47", "c_root_id_B": "dgfqd1o", "created_at_utc_A": 1492556326.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492547281.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Because it's OUR time now!", "human_ref_B": "Well, the first thing comes to mind is that seems to be a pretty good indicator that most folks are left handed. You want to manufacture for the largest customer base, so if most folks are lefties, you build lefty guns. Or could be that there was some pre-war left-handed gun hoarder who's stash survived the war, and that's where most of the existing guns are coming from.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9045.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "665cw7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Fallout 4] Why are the guns left-handed? I'm looking for a Watsonian *and* Doylist explanation. This always bothered me when playing Fallout 4. I did a Google search and none of the threads (mostly on Steam forums) offered anything worthwhile. I haven't found any reason for the manual-action guns in FO4 being left-handed, either in-universe or meta. The only consistent guess I've seen is that the developers wanted players to be able to see more of the guns' operation, which is reasonable with a bolt-action rifle being used in first person. But it's such a sharp contrast with real-life firearm operation that it sticks out to me.", "c_root_id_A": "dgfv2op", "c_root_id_B": "dgfya47", "created_at_utc_A": 1492552368.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492556326.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "The Chinese force everyone to use their right hand only. It is an obvious opportunity to ensure they can't use stolen weapons to their full potential in case of a war.", "human_ref_B": "Because it's OUR time now!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3958.0, "score_ratio": 5.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "665cw7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Fallout 4] Why are the guns left-handed? I'm looking for a Watsonian *and* Doylist explanation. This always bothered me when playing Fallout 4. I did a Google search and none of the threads (mostly on Steam forums) offered anything worthwhile. I haven't found any reason for the manual-action guns in FO4 being left-handed, either in-universe or meta. The only consistent guess I've seen is that the developers wanted players to be able to see more of the guns' operation, which is reasonable with a bolt-action rifle being used in first person. But it's such a sharp contrast with real-life firearm operation that it sticks out to me.", "c_root_id_A": "dgfya47", "c_root_id_B": "dgfviec", "created_at_utc_A": 1492556326.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492552890.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Because it's OUR time now!", "human_ref_B": "The fallout universe is not our own. In this universe lefthandedness is the dominant bias, so righthanded stuff is as rare as lefthanded stuff is here.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3436.0, "score_ratio": 8.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "665cw7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Fallout 4] Why are the guns left-handed? I'm looking for a Watsonian *and* Doylist explanation. This always bothered me when playing Fallout 4. I did a Google search and none of the threads (mostly on Steam forums) offered anything worthwhile. I haven't found any reason for the manual-action guns in FO4 being left-handed, either in-universe or meta. The only consistent guess I've seen is that the developers wanted players to be able to see more of the guns' operation, which is reasonable with a bolt-action rifle being used in first person. But it's such a sharp contrast with real-life firearm operation that it sticks out to me.", "c_root_id_A": "dgg3sej", "c_root_id_B": "dgfv2op", "created_at_utc_A": 1492562962.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492552368.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "All the right handed guns were used first, due to that being dominant. Unfortunately that means they all *broke* first. Having only left-handed weapons around doesn't magically make everybody left-handed, so they work with what they've got.", "human_ref_B": "The Chinese force everyone to use their right hand only. It is an obvious opportunity to ensure they can't use stolen weapons to their full potential in case of a war.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10594.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "665cw7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Fallout 4] Why are the guns left-handed? I'm looking for a Watsonian *and* Doylist explanation. This always bothered me when playing Fallout 4. I did a Google search and none of the threads (mostly on Steam forums) offered anything worthwhile. I haven't found any reason for the manual-action guns in FO4 being left-handed, either in-universe or meta. The only consistent guess I've seen is that the developers wanted players to be able to see more of the guns' operation, which is reasonable with a bolt-action rifle being used in first person. But it's such a sharp contrast with real-life firearm operation that it sticks out to me.", "c_root_id_A": "dgfviec", "c_root_id_B": "dgg3sej", "created_at_utc_A": 1492552890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492562962.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "The fallout universe is not our own. In this universe lefthandedness is the dominant bias, so righthanded stuff is as rare as lefthanded stuff is here.", "human_ref_B": "All the right handed guns were used first, due to that being dominant. Unfortunately that means they all *broke* first. Having only left-handed weapons around doesn't magically make everybody left-handed, so they work with what they've got.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10072.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "665cw7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Fallout 4] Why are the guns left-handed? I'm looking for a Watsonian *and* Doylist explanation. This always bothered me when playing Fallout 4. I did a Google search and none of the threads (mostly on Steam forums) offered anything worthwhile. I haven't found any reason for the manual-action guns in FO4 being left-handed, either in-universe or meta. The only consistent guess I've seen is that the developers wanted players to be able to see more of the guns' operation, which is reasonable with a bolt-action rifle being used in first person. But it's such a sharp contrast with real-life firearm operation that it sticks out to me.", "c_root_id_A": "dgg0pld", "c_root_id_B": "dgg3sej", "created_at_utc_A": 1492559390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492562962.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Nuclear radiation mutated the world population, on the extreme side there's the ghouls and Giants on the lower side there's a high left-handedness Percentage of people", "human_ref_B": "All the right handed guns were used first, due to that being dominant. Unfortunately that means they all *broke* first. Having only left-handed weapons around doesn't magically make everybody left-handed, so they work with what they've got.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3572.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f1rh31", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Batman] Why is Barbara gordon still in a wheelchair ? I love batman, he is probably my second fav DC hero of all time: but this has always bothered me. Batman has the craziest technology and resources on earth, access to alien tech from all over the universe, literally can talk to beings from the 5th dimension if he wants, Access to the future if he needs so future alien tech if he wants... He can call the legion.....Hell, he could even call Lex as bruce and be like heyyyy can you help me out with this... Everyone always says batman can do anything with prep time etc......Barbara gordon STILL IN A WHEELCHAIR! from a bullet..... Like no GL ring for her as a quick fix.... Nada.... just tap away on that computer for me as oracle..... Seriously?? (nOTE THIS IS NOT NEW 52 BC REASONS)", "c_root_id_A": "fh8i9nh", "c_root_id_B": "fh89uob", "created_at_utc_A": 1581360304.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581355187.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Portions of Birds of Prey also suggest (if not outright state; I can't recall for sure) that she views learning to cope with her physical disability as part of her work in overcoming the trauma she experienced.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe she really likes being paralyzed", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5117.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "90u6mq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[MCU] Does this mean we have power points on how to spot HYDRA now? Active duty combat medic here, just heard about the whole HYDRA trying to rise up and destroy SHIELD thing. Has \"that guy\" ruined it for everyone else already or did he happen to get thrown into the brig? Also, how do I *truly* spot a HYDRA agent? Does this also mean we have *more* paperwork and bureaucracy thrown into the mix to point them out? Edit- added an extra sentence. ____ OOC: So, I kind of thought this question was somewhat interesting. How would the HYDRA uprising go about affecting the US military as a whole? Would they have plants inside different aspects of the armed forces or would they be continually caught in a repeating cycle? How would one go about reporting a HYDRA agent to a superior given they wouldn't know if said superior is in cahoots with the group?", "c_root_id_A": "e2taxl9", "c_root_id_B": "e2tdcl0", "created_at_utc_A": 1532228274.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1532231400.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "You can report a suspected HYDRA member to one of the task forces assigned to hunting down both HYDRA and SHIELD remnants, such as the one headed by Col. Glen Talbot. If you don't trust them enough you can try to report it directly to POTUS or to the Avengers.", "human_ref_B": "It will be thrown into existing AT-1 slideshows, however it has been bumped to a weekly interval. Close-out will not occur until we have 100% accountability for training.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3126.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6o72wq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man Comics] Why does the venom symbiote still hate Spider-man after all this time? Most of Spider-man's villains think he's an asshole from what I understand but the symbiote has been body hopping for almost a decade now. It's hosts usually have very specific reasons for hating spider-man but all the symbiote itself needs is a willing host. Which it has. Why is it still so pissed?", "c_root_id_A": "dkfq1uy", "c_root_id_B": "dkfpaox", "created_at_utc_A": 1500485403.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500484653.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "This is explored in a mini-series where it's a bleak dystopian future and it's revealed the symbiote felt abandoned by his greatest friend/lover by Spider-Man and was lonely/hurt.", "human_ref_B": "You know that one crazy ex that everyone has? That's the symbiote.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 750.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6o72wq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man Comics] Why does the venom symbiote still hate Spider-man after all this time? Most of Spider-man's villains think he's an asshole from what I understand but the symbiote has been body hopping for almost a decade now. It's hosts usually have very specific reasons for hating spider-man but all the symbiote itself needs is a willing host. Which it has. Why is it still so pissed?", "c_root_id_A": "dkgfv3x", "c_root_id_B": "dkge22o", "created_at_utc_A": 1500513985.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500511637.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I just saw a thing on this. Basically the symbiotes are completely pure beings. They're protectors of the galaxy and need a host who is pure of heart. They are typically very picky about their hosts, but the venom symbiote was hurt when it came into contact with J.J.J.'s son and needed a host to heal. That human (although decent) was not pure of heart. It became tainted. Then it merged with spidey and he was an angsty teenager, albeit nearing the end of his teens. He was still jealous and resentful. After that moving onto Brock with even more resentment and jealousy those emotions became it's driving force. To hurt those who taught it that. Eventually it made it back to it's home world thanks to the unwilling help of the GoG. Once there it rejoined with the symbiotic hive mind and basically rebooted itself to eliminate that drive.", "human_ref_B": "You never get over that first one....", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2348.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6o72wq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man Comics] Why does the venom symbiote still hate Spider-man after all this time? Most of Spider-man's villains think he's an asshole from what I understand but the symbiote has been body hopping for almost a decade now. It's hosts usually have very specific reasons for hating spider-man but all the symbiote itself needs is a willing host. Which it has. Why is it still so pissed?", "c_root_id_A": "dkg6sta", "c_root_id_B": "dkgfv3x", "created_at_utc_A": 1500502587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500513985.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They had already agreed to peaceful coexistance by the events of *Venom: Lethal Protector*, which came out in the 1990s.", "human_ref_B": "I just saw a thing on this. Basically the symbiotes are completely pure beings. They're protectors of the galaxy and need a host who is pure of heart. They are typically very picky about their hosts, but the venom symbiote was hurt when it came into contact with J.J.J.'s son and needed a host to heal. That human (although decent) was not pure of heart. It became tainted. Then it merged with spidey and he was an angsty teenager, albeit nearing the end of his teens. He was still jealous and resentful. After that moving onto Brock with even more resentment and jealousy those emotions became it's driving force. To hurt those who taught it that. Eventually it made it back to it's home world thanks to the unwilling help of the GoG. Once there it rejoined with the symbiotic hive mind and basically rebooted itself to eliminate that drive.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11398.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6o72wq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man Comics] Why does the venom symbiote still hate Spider-man after all this time? Most of Spider-man's villains think he's an asshole from what I understand but the symbiote has been body hopping for almost a decade now. It's hosts usually have very specific reasons for hating spider-man but all the symbiote itself needs is a willing host. Which it has. Why is it still so pissed?", "c_root_id_A": "dkg6sta", "c_root_id_B": "dkge22o", "created_at_utc_A": 1500502587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500511637.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They had already agreed to peaceful coexistance by the events of *Venom: Lethal Protector*, which came out in the 1990s.", "human_ref_B": "You never get over that first one....", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9050.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6o72wq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Spider-Man Comics] Why does the venom symbiote still hate Spider-man after all this time? Most of Spider-man's villains think he's an asshole from what I understand but the symbiote has been body hopping for almost a decade now. It's hosts usually have very specific reasons for hating spider-man but all the symbiote itself needs is a willing host. Which it has. Why is it still so pissed?", "c_root_id_A": "dki16n6", "c_root_id_B": "dkg6sta", "created_at_utc_A": 1500596461.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1500502587.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As of recent, they had come to terms, but someone else became Venom's host after it was separated from Flash and Spider-Man tricked it to get Venom and the new host separated. That compared to the trauma it was already going through made it slip into its old ways", "human_ref_B": "They had already agreed to peaceful coexistance by the events of *Venom: Lethal Protector*, which came out in the 1990s.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 93874.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fvfanp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Jurassic Park]What's more intelligent, a raptor or a chimp? to be clear I mean the fictional raptors in the movies. real raptors were like cat sized and *maybe* about as smart as opossums", "c_root_id_A": "fmifx7r", "c_root_id_B": "fmig9ll", "created_at_utc_A": 1586108778.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586108970.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Actual Raptors were very smart dinosaurs, which meant they were very dumb birds. Comparable to ostriches. JP Raptors have \"problem solving intelligence,\" so I don't really know. Maybe the Frog DNA was radioactive, or something.", "human_ref_B": "A wild chimpanzee troupe is incredibly intelligent. They use tools, develop complex communication, plan and execute hunting forays, have great memory and problem solving skills, they can even be said to have developed local cultures among themselves. A Velociraptor is a cunning predator, but they have not shown the intelligence that chimps have.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 192.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fvfanp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Jurassic Park]What's more intelligent, a raptor or a chimp? to be clear I mean the fictional raptors in the movies. real raptors were like cat sized and *maybe* about as smart as opossums", "c_root_id_A": "fmifx7r", "c_root_id_B": "fmivk36", "created_at_utc_A": 1586108778.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586117790.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Actual Raptors were very smart dinosaurs, which meant they were very dumb birds. Comparable to ostriches. JP Raptors have \"problem solving intelligence,\" so I don't really know. Maybe the Frog DNA was radioactive, or something.", "human_ref_B": "The raptors as presented in the films are insanely smart. Grant says \u201cThey were smarter than dolphins or whales... they were smarter than primates.\u201d He also believes that \u201cwere it not for cataclysmic events that overtook them, raptors rather than humans would have become the dominant species on the planet.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9012.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fvfanp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Jurassic Park]What's more intelligent, a raptor or a chimp? to be clear I mean the fictional raptors in the movies. real raptors were like cat sized and *maybe* about as smart as opossums", "c_root_id_A": "fmivk36", "c_root_id_B": "fmirfpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1586117790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586115402.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The raptors as presented in the films are insanely smart. Grant says \u201cThey were smarter than dolphins or whales... they were smarter than primates.\u201d He also believes that \u201cwere it not for cataclysmic events that overtook them, raptors rather than humans would have become the dominant species on the planet.\u201d", "human_ref_B": "A chimp is a primate, same as humans. The raptor is substantially smarter", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2388.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fvfanp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Jurassic Park]What's more intelligent, a raptor or a chimp? to be clear I mean the fictional raptors in the movies. real raptors were like cat sized and *maybe* about as smart as opossums", "c_root_id_A": "fn26371", "c_root_id_B": "fmirfpy", "created_at_utc_A": 1586578866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1586115402.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "I did read the original novel by Michael Crichton and I remember a phase saying that the raptors had chimp level intelligence.", "human_ref_B": "A chimp is a primate, same as humans. The raptor is substantially smarter", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 463464.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jcry9", "c_root_id_B": "e3jgrsg", "created_at_utc_A": 1533306189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533309689.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Sure. They've tried nuking him in a few pieces of media to no avail. In some media he is even fueled by radiation, so it makes him stronger.", "human_ref_B": "Something that hasn't been pointed out yet is where Godzilla makes his home: at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It should be no surprise that he can tank a nuke when he regularly sleeps through hundreds, if not thousands, of atmospheres of pressure. And he clearly has some very dense bones with absolutely incredible cross-sectional durability (which, when you compare their thickness to the rest of his body makes him surprisingly stable.) Anything that can regularly tank that many Pascals while sleeping probably has little problem supporting its own weight at surface level.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3500.0, "score_ratio": 27.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3js4xy", "c_root_id_B": "e3ktnd4", "created_at_utc_A": 1533319010.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533356083.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Yes. If Godzilla existed in the real world we Literally wouldn\u2019t be able to kill him, movie magic or not. Any creature that can laugh at the square cube law and grow Godzilla\u2019s size is so laughably powerful that discussions on how to kill him are pointless. It\u2019s more \u201chow long could we survive?\u201d", "human_ref_B": "Survive a nuclear bomb? What? Godzilla was born from nuclear bombs, he didn't see fossil fuels until he was a grown man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37073.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jcry9", "c_root_id_B": "e3js4xy", "created_at_utc_A": 1533306189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533319010.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Sure. They've tried nuking him in a few pieces of media to no avail. In some media he is even fueled by radiation, so it makes him stronger.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. If Godzilla existed in the real world we Literally wouldn\u2019t be able to kill him, movie magic or not. Any creature that can laugh at the square cube law and grow Godzilla\u2019s size is so laughably powerful that discussions on how to kill him are pointless. It\u2019s more \u201chow long could we survive?\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12821.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ktnd4", "c_root_id_B": "e3k8w6q", "created_at_utc_A": 1533356083.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533333660.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Survive a nuclear bomb? What? Godzilla was born from nuclear bombs, he didn't see fossil fuels until he was a grown man.", "human_ref_B": "In Godzilla vs Destoroyah Godzilla's own nuclear reactor of a heart goes into full meltdown and he just comes out stronger at the end. I don't know how that compares, and it's not monsterverse, but it's still a hell of a feat.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22423.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jvawl", "c_root_id_B": "e3ktnd4", "created_at_utc_A": 1533321641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533356083.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The square/cube law and survival of a nuclear bomb are not really related. Given that Godzilla has internal bone structure and cardiovascular system, it would not really be bound by size unlike single cell/colony organisms or insects. Insects don't have a cardiovascular system and use the internal pressure of their hard body cavities to bathe their internal organ in blood and single cell organisms loose the ability to transport nutrients efficiently internally as well as import/export things across the cellular membrane. In prehistoric times when the CO2 levels were higher, plants grew much larger which supposed guinea pigs the size of rhinos. The limiting factor in size would be if Godzilla could eat enough to survive. Survival of a nuclear bomb would depend on how close it was to ground zero. A nuclear bomb doesn't work like a conventional bomb. A conventional bomb explodes and that combustion creates a fast moving pressure wave that kills you. A nuclear bomb works by transferring energy from atom to atom in a chain reaction. There is no combustion as a primary reaction of an atomic bomb because the reaction is the splitting of a dense element to create a lighter element and energy, though things might combust as result of the energy release or expand to create a pressure wave. So, being very close to an atomic bomb would vaporize you. A little further away and you would only really be exposed to radiation. Surviving that would be based on which organs were effected, if it is the radiation is internal and/or external, and how well your cells and genetics cope with sudden mutagenesis and DNA repair.", "human_ref_B": "Survive a nuclear bomb? What? Godzilla was born from nuclear bombs, he didn't see fossil fuels until he was a grown man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34442.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3k1mmb", "c_root_id_B": "e3ktnd4", "created_at_utc_A": 1533327152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533356083.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I'm no expert in materials, but I can tell you this: there are different kinds of strength. Even if a material is strong in terms of resisting one form of stress that doesn't mean it's good at resisting all types. I'm also not an expert in biology, but I can tell you this: most living things bigger than a bread box are made of several different materials. The bones are usually made of one material while the skin is made of another. Even if we were just to simplify things and assume that the only problem with a living creature as big as Godzilla is weight vs muscle mass and home strength (I'm not an expert in size either, something that has been confirmed by several people I have sent images to, but I can tell you it's not), there's no way to confirm that all the organs, muscles and bones are resistant enough to survive all the destructive components of a nuclear blast. Basically what my somewhat educated, sleep-deprived answer would be is no, just because Godzilla doesn't collapse under his own weight or cook himself from the inside doesn't immediately tell us wether or not he is nuke proof.", "human_ref_B": "Survive a nuclear bomb? What? Godzilla was born from nuclear bombs, he didn't see fossil fuels until he was a grown man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28931.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ktnd4", "c_root_id_B": "e3jcry9", "created_at_utc_A": 1533356083.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533306189.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Survive a nuclear bomb? What? Godzilla was born from nuclear bombs, he didn't see fossil fuels until he was a grown man.", "human_ref_B": "Sure. They've tried nuking him in a few pieces of media to no avail. In some media he is even fueled by radiation, so it makes him stronger.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49894.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jvft9", "c_root_id_B": "e3ktnd4", "created_at_utc_A": 1533321755.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533356083.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If you want simplicities sake you should\u2019ve used the original Godzilla.", "human_ref_B": "Survive a nuclear bomb? What? Godzilla was born from nuclear bombs, he didn't see fossil fuels until he was a grown man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34328.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3k2t89", "c_root_id_B": "e3ktnd4", "created_at_utc_A": 1533328189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533356083.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "He usually absorbs them.", "human_ref_B": "Survive a nuclear bomb? What? Godzilla was born from nuclear bombs, he didn't see fossil fuels until he was a grown man.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27894.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3k8w6q", "c_root_id_B": "e3jvawl", "created_at_utc_A": 1533333660.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533321641.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "In Godzilla vs Destoroyah Godzilla's own nuclear reactor of a heart goes into full meltdown and he just comes out stronger at the end. I don't know how that compares, and it's not monsterverse, but it's still a hell of a feat.", "human_ref_B": "The square/cube law and survival of a nuclear bomb are not really related. Given that Godzilla has internal bone structure and cardiovascular system, it would not really be bound by size unlike single cell/colony organisms or insects. Insects don't have a cardiovascular system and use the internal pressure of their hard body cavities to bathe their internal organ in blood and single cell organisms loose the ability to transport nutrients efficiently internally as well as import/export things across the cellular membrane. In prehistoric times when the CO2 levels were higher, plants grew much larger which supposed guinea pigs the size of rhinos. The limiting factor in size would be if Godzilla could eat enough to survive. Survival of a nuclear bomb would depend on how close it was to ground zero. A nuclear bomb doesn't work like a conventional bomb. A conventional bomb explodes and that combustion creates a fast moving pressure wave that kills you. A nuclear bomb works by transferring energy from atom to atom in a chain reaction. There is no combustion as a primary reaction of an atomic bomb because the reaction is the splitting of a dense element to create a lighter element and energy, though things might combust as result of the energy release or expand to create a pressure wave. So, being very close to an atomic bomb would vaporize you. A little further away and you would only really be exposed to radiation. Surviving that would be based on which organs were effected, if it is the radiation is internal and/or external, and how well your cells and genetics cope with sudden mutagenesis and DNA repair.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12019.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3k1mmb", "c_root_id_B": "e3k8w6q", "created_at_utc_A": 1533327152.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533333660.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I'm no expert in materials, but I can tell you this: there are different kinds of strength. Even if a material is strong in terms of resisting one form of stress that doesn't mean it's good at resisting all types. I'm also not an expert in biology, but I can tell you this: most living things bigger than a bread box are made of several different materials. The bones are usually made of one material while the skin is made of another. Even if we were just to simplify things and assume that the only problem with a living creature as big as Godzilla is weight vs muscle mass and home strength (I'm not an expert in size either, something that has been confirmed by several people I have sent images to, but I can tell you it's not), there's no way to confirm that all the organs, muscles and bones are resistant enough to survive all the destructive components of a nuclear blast. Basically what my somewhat educated, sleep-deprived answer would be is no, just because Godzilla doesn't collapse under his own weight or cook himself from the inside doesn't immediately tell us wether or not he is nuke proof.", "human_ref_B": "In Godzilla vs Destoroyah Godzilla's own nuclear reactor of a heart goes into full meltdown and he just comes out stronger at the end. I don't know how that compares, and it's not monsterverse, but it's still a hell of a feat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6508.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jcry9", "c_root_id_B": "e3k8w6q", "created_at_utc_A": 1533306189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533333660.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Sure. They've tried nuking him in a few pieces of media to no avail. In some media he is even fueled by radiation, so it makes him stronger.", "human_ref_B": "In Godzilla vs Destoroyah Godzilla's own nuclear reactor of a heart goes into full meltdown and he just comes out stronger at the end. I don't know how that compares, and it's not monsterverse, but it's still a hell of a feat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27471.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jvft9", "c_root_id_B": "e3k8w6q", "created_at_utc_A": 1533321755.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533333660.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If you want simplicities sake you should\u2019ve used the original Godzilla.", "human_ref_B": "In Godzilla vs Destoroyah Godzilla's own nuclear reactor of a heart goes into full meltdown and he just comes out stronger at the end. I don't know how that compares, and it's not monsterverse, but it's still a hell of a feat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11905.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3k2t89", "c_root_id_B": "e3k8w6q", "created_at_utc_A": 1533328189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533333660.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He usually absorbs them.", "human_ref_B": "In Godzilla vs Destoroyah Godzilla's own nuclear reactor of a heart goes into full meltdown and he just comes out stronger at the end. I don't know how that compares, and it's not monsterverse, but it's still a hell of a feat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5471.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jcry9", "c_root_id_B": "e3jvawl", "created_at_utc_A": 1533306189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533321641.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sure. They've tried nuking him in a few pieces of media to no avail. In some media he is even fueled by radiation, so it makes him stronger.", "human_ref_B": "The square/cube law and survival of a nuclear bomb are not really related. Given that Godzilla has internal bone structure and cardiovascular system, it would not really be bound by size unlike single cell/colony organisms or insects. Insects don't have a cardiovascular system and use the internal pressure of their hard body cavities to bathe their internal organ in blood and single cell organisms loose the ability to transport nutrients efficiently internally as well as import/export things across the cellular membrane. In prehistoric times when the CO2 levels were higher, plants grew much larger which supposed guinea pigs the size of rhinos. The limiting factor in size would be if Godzilla could eat enough to survive. Survival of a nuclear bomb would depend on how close it was to ground zero. A nuclear bomb doesn't work like a conventional bomb. A conventional bomb explodes and that combustion creates a fast moving pressure wave that kills you. A nuclear bomb works by transferring energy from atom to atom in a chain reaction. There is no combustion as a primary reaction of an atomic bomb because the reaction is the splitting of a dense element to create a lighter element and energy, though things might combust as result of the energy release or expand to create a pressure wave. So, being very close to an atomic bomb would vaporize you. A little further away and you would only really be exposed to radiation. Surviving that would be based on which organs were effected, if it is the radiation is internal and/or external, and how well your cells and genetics cope with sudden mutagenesis and DNA repair.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15452.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jcry9", "c_root_id_B": "e3k1mmb", "created_at_utc_A": 1533306189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533327152.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sure. They've tried nuking him in a few pieces of media to no avail. In some media he is even fueled by radiation, so it makes him stronger.", "human_ref_B": "I'm no expert in materials, but I can tell you this: there are different kinds of strength. Even if a material is strong in terms of resisting one form of stress that doesn't mean it's good at resisting all types. I'm also not an expert in biology, but I can tell you this: most living things bigger than a bread box are made of several different materials. The bones are usually made of one material while the skin is made of another. Even if we were just to simplify things and assume that the only problem with a living creature as big as Godzilla is weight vs muscle mass and home strength (I'm not an expert in size either, something that has been confirmed by several people I have sent images to, but I can tell you it's not), there's no way to confirm that all the organs, muscles and bones are resistant enough to survive all the destructive components of a nuclear blast. Basically what my somewhat educated, sleep-deprived answer would be is no, just because Godzilla doesn't collapse under his own weight or cook himself from the inside doesn't immediately tell us wether or not he is nuke proof.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20963.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "949bfz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Godzilla] If Godzilla is made of something strong enough to function under the square/cube law, would that be enough to survive a nuclear bomb? For those who haven't heard of the square/cube law, it's basically that when you double the size of an object, you quadruple its surface area and multiply its volume by 8 times. Since muscle and bone strength is proportional to area while weight is proportional to volume, a human double the size of a normal one would have proportionally half the strength of the latter. A creature the size of Godzilla would collapse under its own weight, its blood pressure would be enormous and it probably can't breathe enough air to function. But let's assume Godzilla's molecular structure can withstand that and function like what we've seen, can a material that strong be enough for Godzilla to survive a nuclear bomb? For simplicity sake, let's use the Godzilla from the monsterverse, standing at 108 meters and weights 90000 tons.", "c_root_id_A": "e3jvft9", "c_root_id_B": "e3k1mmb", "created_at_utc_A": 1533321755.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533327152.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If you want simplicities sake you should\u2019ve used the original Godzilla.", "human_ref_B": "I'm no expert in materials, but I can tell you this: there are different kinds of strength. Even if a material is strong in terms of resisting one form of stress that doesn't mean it's good at resisting all types. I'm also not an expert in biology, but I can tell you this: most living things bigger than a bread box are made of several different materials. The bones are usually made of one material while the skin is made of another. Even if we were just to simplify things and assume that the only problem with a living creature as big as Godzilla is weight vs muscle mass and home strength (I'm not an expert in size either, something that has been confirmed by several people I have sent images to, but I can tell you it's not), there's no way to confirm that all the organs, muscles and bones are resistant enough to survive all the destructive components of a nuclear blast. Basically what my somewhat educated, sleep-deprived answer would be is no, just because Godzilla doesn't collapse under his own weight or cook himself from the inside doesn't immediately tell us wether or not he is nuke proof.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5397.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcg2ym", "c_root_id_B": "ctcohc3", "created_at_utc_A": 1437592259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437604567.0, "score_A": 133, "score_B": 188, "human_ref_A": "Ah ha... We don't get many visits from the ethics committee. Come this way Into my office. Now, to address your concerns: holodeck related incidents are very rare, despite your numbers. While people sometimes injure themselves after removing the safeties, most ship board incidents are related to security breaches, attacks, environmental damage, accidental tampering with ancient artifacts. The incident between Moriarty and an alien entity taking over Voyagers Holodeck occurred years apart from each other. Looking back, I'm having troubles finding the last time someone died in a Holodeck outside of isolated incidents. As for morality. Most Holodeck characters aren't true artificial intelligence. The average character your run into is a basic program that emulates intelligence. Go into a 1930's Holodeck program and ask a character the meaning of life. All they'll say is \"I don't have time for this, Mac\" and walk off. More advanced characters exist, like the Doctor who was built with an emergent program to grow and learn from its surroundings or Moriarty, who was an accident. Those cases are special and are still being debated on whether they are alive or not. However, this isn't the first time Artificial Intelligence has been questioned, just look at Lieutenant Commander Data. Are Holodeck dangerous? Only if we let them. The Federation isn't in the business of restricting our people can make the smart choices to keep themselves safe.", "human_ref_B": "So, 95% of those examples you've mentioned have incidents on the Enterprise-D, and as any Federation actuary will tell you, that ship is a lightning rod for issues. We've stopped factoring it in our reports, because it's such an outlier. You know what else is a safe, commonplace device that's ubiquitous to our society? But all we had to go on was the safety record of the Enterprise-D, we'd never set foot in a transporter bay ever again! We'd never take a ship past Warp 5! We'd probably stop using replicators and computers and maybe levers and wheels! The tech is fine. The ship is cursed. I bet it's the name.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12308.0, "score_ratio": 1.4135338346, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcohc3", "c_root_id_B": "ctchkjp", "created_at_utc_A": 1437604567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437594309.0, "score_A": 188, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "So, 95% of those examples you've mentioned have incidents on the Enterprise-D, and as any Federation actuary will tell you, that ship is a lightning rod for issues. We've stopped factoring it in our reports, because it's such an outlier. You know what else is a safe, commonplace device that's ubiquitous to our society? But all we had to go on was the safety record of the Enterprise-D, we'd never set foot in a transporter bay ever again! We'd never take a ship past Warp 5! We'd probably stop using replicators and computers and maybe levers and wheels! The tech is fine. The ship is cursed. I bet it's the name.", "human_ref_B": "Three examples of a holodeck fostering sentience does not make it \"an incredibly common thing.\" Billions of people use holodecks every day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10258.0, "score_ratio": 7.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcna4e", "c_root_id_B": "ctcohc3", "created_at_utc_A": 1437602647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437604567.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 188, "human_ref_A": "> They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. This is not even remotely true. Mission specialist projects failing to adhere to Federation safety standards account for at least twice as many safety incidents as the existence of the holodeck when discounting catalysts external to the ship. For example, excluding holodeck issues triggered by an energy being or energetic anomaly. When *including* shipwide safety issues with catalysts external to the ship, the holodeck accounts for less than 1% of shipboard hazards, and has resulted in fewer than 0.001% of documented Starfleet fatalities. > For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. Also incorrect. Note that as a matter of course, environments are created which would be completely uninhabitable to human life, but which are used as picnic destinations. The Holodeck does not vanish the atmosphere (though it is clearly capable of doing so, as evidenced by the heavy-duty bulkhead doors also used by shuttlebays and space-facing cargo bays) because of the safeties. Worf's six-year-old child who has never been trained in the bat'leth survives Worf's calisthenics program due to the safeties. Barclay easily defeats three fencers despite being... well... Barcaly, because of the safeties. Thousands of holodeck programs are successfully executed that you never see in crisis logs because *they weren't a crisis*. Just like Starfleet doesn't make 'just going about your day' illegal, despite the fact that we only ever see people going about their day when something crazy is about to happen.", "human_ref_B": "So, 95% of those examples you've mentioned have incidents on the Enterprise-D, and as any Federation actuary will tell you, that ship is a lightning rod for issues. We've stopped factoring it in our reports, because it's such an outlier. You know what else is a safe, commonplace device that's ubiquitous to our society? But all we had to go on was the safety record of the Enterprise-D, we'd never set foot in a transporter bay ever again! We'd never take a ship past Warp 5! We'd probably stop using replicators and computers and maybe levers and wheels! The tech is fine. The ship is cursed. I bet it's the name.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1920.0, "score_ratio": 11.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcltef", "c_root_id_B": "ctcohc3", "created_at_utc_A": 1437600375.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437604567.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 188, "human_ref_A": "> They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. I'd like to see the source data on that statistic...", "human_ref_B": "So, 95% of those examples you've mentioned have incidents on the Enterprise-D, and as any Federation actuary will tell you, that ship is a lightning rod for issues. We've stopped factoring it in our reports, because it's such an outlier. You know what else is a safe, commonplace device that's ubiquitous to our society? But all we had to go on was the safety record of the Enterprise-D, we'd never set foot in a transporter bay ever again! We'd never take a ship past Warp 5! We'd probably stop using replicators and computers and maybe levers and wheels! The tech is fine. The ship is cursed. I bet it's the name.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4192.0, "score_ratio": 15.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcl9xu", "c_root_id_B": "ctcohc3", "created_at_utc_A": 1437599566.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437604567.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 188, "human_ref_A": "We can't make them illegal, they're entirely too useful. Countless simulations have been used to address real-world problems, on several occasions they've even saved lives. If it were a simple math problem, the great number of people alive because of them outweigh the very few who may have been harmed or killed. But there are larger concerns. We've heard about users undertaking risks on their own choice. But what about the rights of other sentient beings? Unrestricted use combined with the ability to recreate real people should not go hand in hand. And that's to say nothing of those who abuse their access so much that they eventually become addicted to the simulation.", "human_ref_B": "So, 95% of those examples you've mentioned have incidents on the Enterprise-D, and as any Federation actuary will tell you, that ship is a lightning rod for issues. We've stopped factoring it in our reports, because it's such an outlier. You know what else is a safe, commonplace device that's ubiquitous to our society? But all we had to go on was the safety record of the Enterprise-D, we'd never set foot in a transporter bay ever again! We'd never take a ship past Warp 5! We'd probably stop using replicators and computers and maybe levers and wheels! The tech is fine. The ship is cursed. I bet it's the name.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5001.0, "score_ratio": 31.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcltef", "c_root_id_B": "ctcna4e", "created_at_utc_A": 1437600375.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437602647.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "> They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. I'd like to see the source data on that statistic...", "human_ref_B": "> They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. This is not even remotely true. Mission specialist projects failing to adhere to Federation safety standards account for at least twice as many safety incidents as the existence of the holodeck when discounting catalysts external to the ship. For example, excluding holodeck issues triggered by an energy being or energetic anomaly. When *including* shipwide safety issues with catalysts external to the ship, the holodeck accounts for less than 1% of shipboard hazards, and has resulted in fewer than 0.001% of documented Starfleet fatalities. > For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. Also incorrect. Note that as a matter of course, environments are created which would be completely uninhabitable to human life, but which are used as picnic destinations. The Holodeck does not vanish the atmosphere (though it is clearly capable of doing so, as evidenced by the heavy-duty bulkhead doors also used by shuttlebays and space-facing cargo bays) because of the safeties. Worf's six-year-old child who has never been trained in the bat'leth survives Worf's calisthenics program due to the safeties. Barclay easily defeats three fencers despite being... well... Barcaly, because of the safeties. Thousands of holodeck programs are successfully executed that you never see in crisis logs because *they weren't a crisis*. Just like Starfleet doesn't make 'just going about your day' illegal, despite the fact that we only ever see people going about their day when something crazy is about to happen.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2272.0, "score_ratio": 1.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcna4e", "c_root_id_B": "ctcl9xu", "created_at_utc_A": 1437602647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437599566.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "> They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. This is not even remotely true. Mission specialist projects failing to adhere to Federation safety standards account for at least twice as many safety incidents as the existence of the holodeck when discounting catalysts external to the ship. For example, excluding holodeck issues triggered by an energy being or energetic anomaly. When *including* shipwide safety issues with catalysts external to the ship, the holodeck accounts for less than 1% of shipboard hazards, and has resulted in fewer than 0.001% of documented Starfleet fatalities. > For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. Also incorrect. Note that as a matter of course, environments are created which would be completely uninhabitable to human life, but which are used as picnic destinations. The Holodeck does not vanish the atmosphere (though it is clearly capable of doing so, as evidenced by the heavy-duty bulkhead doors also used by shuttlebays and space-facing cargo bays) because of the safeties. Worf's six-year-old child who has never been trained in the bat'leth survives Worf's calisthenics program due to the safeties. Barclay easily defeats three fencers despite being... well... Barcaly, because of the safeties. Thousands of holodeck programs are successfully executed that you never see in crisis logs because *they weren't a crisis*. Just like Starfleet doesn't make 'just going about your day' illegal, despite the fact that we only ever see people going about their day when something crazy is about to happen.", "human_ref_B": "We can't make them illegal, they're entirely too useful. Countless simulations have been used to address real-world problems, on several occasions they've even saved lives. If it were a simple math problem, the great number of people alive because of them outweigh the very few who may have been harmed or killed. But there are larger concerns. We've heard about users undertaking risks on their own choice. But what about the rights of other sentient beings? Unrestricted use combined with the ability to recreate real people should not go hand in hand. And that's to say nothing of those who abuse their access so much that they eventually become addicted to the simulation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3081.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcltef", "c_root_id_B": "ctcl9xu", "created_at_utc_A": 1437600375.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437599566.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "> They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. I'd like to see the source data on that statistic...", "human_ref_B": "We can't make them illegal, they're entirely too useful. Countless simulations have been used to address real-world problems, on several occasions they've even saved lives. If it were a simple math problem, the great number of people alive because of them outweigh the very few who may have been harmed or killed. But there are larger concerns. We've heard about users undertaking risks on their own choice. But what about the rights of other sentient beings? Unrestricted use combined with the ability to recreate real people should not go hand in hand. And that's to say nothing of those who abuse their access so much that they eventually become addicted to the simulation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 809.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3e892k", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Star Trek] Why aren't holodecks illegal? Should they be? After an investigation for the Federation Ethics Committee, I've discovered some terrifying facts about holodecks. They are the source of 95% of ship-bound dangerous incidents. Holodecks are constantly having their safety protocols disabled and being taken over by evil alien entities. Crew members are routinely trapped inside or converted into light by photonic entities or just shot by evil cowboys. For the amount of time they fail, the safeties may as well not exist. How many more must die for no reason? What about the morality? Our computers are so advanced they can create holograms so realistic they might as well be life - or are they alive? Why are scientists not researching the ethics of creating holographic people for our amusement. Cases such as Voyager's Doctor (and later entire village of people), Deep Space 9's Vic Fontaine and the Enterprise's Moriarty show that this is an incredibly common thing. Are we creating people to kill for entertainment and get rid of them once we're bored? How is this different from genetically creating clones for sport? So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be?", "c_root_id_A": "ctcq2af", "c_root_id_B": "ctcl9xu", "created_at_utc_A": 1437607125.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437599566.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": ">So: Why are holodecks not illegal? And should they be? I bet you were on the disruptor control and phaser control bandwagons too.", "human_ref_B": "We can't make them illegal, they're entirely too useful. Countless simulations have been used to address real-world problems, on several occasions they've even saved lives. If it were a simple math problem, the great number of people alive because of them outweigh the very few who may have been harmed or killed. But there are larger concerns. We've heard about users undertaking risks on their own choice. But what about the rights of other sentient beings? Unrestricted use combined with the ability to recreate real people should not go hand in hand. And that's to say nothing of those who abuse their access so much that they eventually become addicted to the simulation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7559.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h8hwah", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are the main hulls of federation ships saucer shape?", "c_root_id_A": "fur3585", "c_root_id_B": "fur2y4g", "created_at_utc_A": 1592092437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592092318.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "If they ever get sent back in time again, the saucer shape helps them fit in with UFO conspiracy theories of the day.", "human_ref_B": "Humans are fixated on flying saucers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 119.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "h8hwah", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are the main hulls of federation ships saucer shape?", "c_root_id_A": "furtc1c", "c_root_id_B": "fuslc6w", "created_at_utc_A": 1592109883.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1592136480.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Ask on /r/DaystromInstitute", "human_ref_B": "Out of the 4 initial species that formed the Federation the only species on consistently good relations with the other 3 was humans and Untied Earth's Starfleet built saucer shaped ships, so therefore saucer shaped ships were the least objectionable to everybody and didn't require starting a redesign of a completely new ship design paradigm from scratch. As to why Earth was building saucer shaped hulls over any other shape, I don't know. To me the Neptune class ships had pretty much the ideal basic shape for Star Trek ship design requirements/constraints but I guess having the hull further forward lets them build it wider (creating the saucer shape) and that provides more interior hull volume.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26597.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1tjhtv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Halo / Star Trek] The Federation makes contact with the Forerunner Empire. What do they share, and are they friends or enemies, or instead neutral? Furthermore, would the Forerunners be interested in or asked to join the Federation? Would one group adopt the FTL travel method of the other, or are they essentially the same methods? Assuming this contact happens in TOS, how would history diverge? Likewise, assuming contact occurs in TNG, how would history diverge? Would the Forerunners assist in fighting the Borg? Would they be more successful than us? Would we be able to help the Forerunners fight the Flood? What would happen if the Covenant were added to the mix? Would the Covenant possibly ally with the Klingons, Cardassians or Ferengi? Sorry for all the questions.", "c_root_id_A": "ce8kwen", "c_root_id_B": "ce8lcw4", "created_at_utc_A": 1387820545.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1387821652.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Well considering that the Forerunners were mostly xenophobic, I don't think it would go very well.", "human_ref_B": "The Forerunners at their peak were vastly more powerful than the Federation. They controlled the entire galaxy for millions of years, and have the ability to literally create worlds, and not in the Genesis torpedo way, but actually build them to spec. So I doubt they'd have much interest in joining the Federation, though presuming they didn't still have a grudge against humanity they might let it be. The Borg would not be a serious threat to the Forrunners, and would likely be either contained or wiped out in relatively short order. The Federation could likely prove helpful in fighting local flood infestations, particularly if the biofilters on the transporters could be tuned to filter out flood infection. Overall course of the war wouldn't change much though. I don't think the Klingons, Cardassians or Ferengi are likely to subscribe to Covenant theology, so they probably wouldn't actually become member races, and I don't think the Covenant commonly allies with non-Members. Covenant would probably try to take a role as servants of the Forerunners. How that goes sort of depends on Covenant leadership. The Didact would use them, the Librarian probably would think them too warlike.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1107.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9n4jny", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Infinty War - Multiple questions - Spoilers inside So I just watched Infinity War for like the 15th time and now that I'm over the fact that it's an awesome movie, I've realized a few things I don't understand. If anyone could answer one or a few or these it would be greatly appreciated (also I've never read comic books all of my knowledge comes from the movies and Wikipedia) - What's the name of the weapon Cull Obsidian was using? Like the retractable hammer he used to hit Iron Man and War Machine. I can't find it on Wikipedia. - Why can't Vision read people mind/use telepathy when he literally has the mind stone inside him? Like he can phase through stuff and fly which has nothing to do with mind power but he can't read people's mind. - Did Gamora really think she could kill Thanos? Like she's his adopted daughter so surely she knows how strong he is and she has seen him do some pretty amazing stuff before. On top of that she saw how strong Ronan became with the power stone so it just seems surreal to me that she thought she could beat Thanos 1v1. - Why didn't Red Skull get older on Vormir? Like he looks exactly the same as he did in the first Captain America movie but its been 70 years since then. - How did Iron Man made Thanos bleed with a weak ass kick when seconds before he took a whole asteroid to the face and was unscathed? - How did Thor held his breath so long in Nivadellir but passed out in space in before the Guardians showed up?", "c_root_id_A": "e7jnkzj", "c_root_id_B": "e7jqxio", "created_at_utc_A": 1539216338.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539219690.0, "score_A": 64, "score_B": 84, "human_ref_A": "The last 3: Perhaps he got trapped inside the space stone, leaving his physical body intact or connecting him with said stone just as warlock did with the soul stone in the soul world (silver surfer #46). Thanos made some sort of shield/force field around him with the power stone. Thor had passed out when the guardians arrived because he had been weakened by the goddamn raw power of the power stone he took straight to the head, and also the explosion, I mean sure he is a god but gods have limits too.", "human_ref_B": "1. It's just called a Chain Axe 2. The last thing Vision said about the soul stone was, *\"I don't know what this is. Not really. I know it's not of this world, that it powered Loki's staff, gave you your abilities. But its true nature is a mystery and yet it is part of me. ...] I wish to understand it. The more I do, the less it controls me. One day, who knows? I may even control it.\"* So some day it's possible he could mind control people by touching them (such as with Loki's Staff) but he may not feel that that's the right thing to do. 3. Possibly not, but she felt obligated to try especially since she was raised/trained solely to fight. She might feel responsible for helping him in the past or just doing it out of pure anger, the same way Quill felt vs Ego. She is a flawed character and Thanos is responsible for that. 4. The Soul Stone [tasked him with being its Keeper so it may have granted him immortality to perform those duties. edit: There's also no food or water that we're aware of. He may have just been a \"shade\" i.e. a physical form given to his soul and Vormir was his purgatory. 5. It wasn't the kick that made Thanos bleed it was the punch with the large fist-attachment, the kick was to trap the Gauntlet on the ground. 6. Asgardians can hold their breath for much longer than humans, the same goes for why he survived that long in space even being passed out. Also he had the Odin Force which grants him extra abilities/protections.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3352.0, "score_ratio": 1.3125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9n4jny", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Infinty War - Multiple questions - Spoilers inside So I just watched Infinity War for like the 15th time and now that I'm over the fact that it's an awesome movie, I've realized a few things I don't understand. If anyone could answer one or a few or these it would be greatly appreciated (also I've never read comic books all of my knowledge comes from the movies and Wikipedia) - What's the name of the weapon Cull Obsidian was using? Like the retractable hammer he used to hit Iron Man and War Machine. I can't find it on Wikipedia. - Why can't Vision read people mind/use telepathy when he literally has the mind stone inside him? Like he can phase through stuff and fly which has nothing to do with mind power but he can't read people's mind. - Did Gamora really think she could kill Thanos? Like she's his adopted daughter so surely she knows how strong he is and she has seen him do some pretty amazing stuff before. On top of that she saw how strong Ronan became with the power stone so it just seems surreal to me that she thought she could beat Thanos 1v1. - Why didn't Red Skull get older on Vormir? Like he looks exactly the same as he did in the first Captain America movie but its been 70 years since then. - How did Iron Man made Thanos bleed with a weak ass kick when seconds before he took a whole asteroid to the face and was unscathed? - How did Thor held his breath so long in Nivadellir but passed out in space in before the Guardians showed up?", "c_root_id_A": "e7jqxio", "c_root_id_B": "e7jqv7r", "created_at_utc_A": 1539219690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539219627.0, "score_A": 84, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "1. It's just called a Chain Axe 2. The last thing Vision said about the soul stone was, *\"I don't know what this is. Not really. I know it's not of this world, that it powered Loki's staff, gave you your abilities. But its true nature is a mystery and yet it is part of me. ...] I wish to understand it. The more I do, the less it controls me. One day, who knows? I may even control it.\"* So some day it's possible he could mind control people by touching them (such as with Loki's Staff) but he may not feel that that's the right thing to do. 3. Possibly not, but she felt obligated to try especially since she was raised/trained solely to fight. She might feel responsible for helping him in the past or just doing it out of pure anger, the same way Quill felt vs Ego. She is a flawed character and Thanos is responsible for that. 4. The Soul Stone [tasked him with being its Keeper so it may have granted him immortality to perform those duties. edit: There's also no food or water that we're aware of. He may have just been a \"shade\" i.e. a physical form given to his soul and Vormir was his purgatory. 5. It wasn't the kick that made Thanos bleed it was the punch with the large fist-attachment, the kick was to trap the Gauntlet on the ground. 6. Asgardians can hold their breath for much longer than humans, the same goes for why he survived that long in space even being passed out. Also he had the Odin Force which grants him extra abilities/protections.", "human_ref_B": "\"Did Gamora think she could kill thanos\" one on one in a straight fight, no. But she knew he cared about her, and him lowering his guard was the best shot she had. She knew the consequences, and had to act, even if she knew it was useless. Thats why she makes peter promise to kill her. \"Why didnt red skull age\" probably the same reason he fan float. I would venture to guess his body was changed when he was given the pupose of guarding the soul stone. \"How did tony cut thanos when a building did not\" cuts happen as a separation of skin. Thats why only a very small part of the blade can actually cut. And its likely thanos protected himself from most of the building damage, and didnt protect himself as much against stark, because he under estimated him. Thats why he compliments stark.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 63.0, "score_ratio": 4.9411764706, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9n4jny", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Infinty War - Multiple questions - Spoilers inside So I just watched Infinity War for like the 15th time and now that I'm over the fact that it's an awesome movie, I've realized a few things I don't understand. If anyone could answer one or a few or these it would be greatly appreciated (also I've never read comic books all of my knowledge comes from the movies and Wikipedia) - What's the name of the weapon Cull Obsidian was using? Like the retractable hammer he used to hit Iron Man and War Machine. I can't find it on Wikipedia. - Why can't Vision read people mind/use telepathy when he literally has the mind stone inside him? Like he can phase through stuff and fly which has nothing to do with mind power but he can't read people's mind. - Did Gamora really think she could kill Thanos? Like she's his adopted daughter so surely she knows how strong he is and she has seen him do some pretty amazing stuff before. On top of that she saw how strong Ronan became with the power stone so it just seems surreal to me that she thought she could beat Thanos 1v1. - Why didn't Red Skull get older on Vormir? Like he looks exactly the same as he did in the first Captain America movie but its been 70 years since then. - How did Iron Man made Thanos bleed with a weak ass kick when seconds before he took a whole asteroid to the face and was unscathed? - How did Thor held his breath so long in Nivadellir but passed out in space in before the Guardians showed up?", "c_root_id_A": "e7jz53r", "c_root_id_B": "e7jymtd", "created_at_utc_A": 1539228133.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539227575.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Regarding Red Skull, I think the soul stone's test is more vicious than it first looks. It requires a sacrifice of what you love to take it, and the red skull is selfish and self serving. He only loves himself, so I think in trying to get the stone he died. His life was forfeited to the stone, and because it then owned him, there was nothing take the stone until Thanos came and passed through test.", "human_ref_B": "I don\u2019t think Gamora thought she could take Thanos. It was worth a shot, but if she could convince him to kill her then he wouldn\u2019t have the Soul Stone \u2014 he\u2019d at least be delayed in his mission.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 558.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9n4jny", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Infinty War - Multiple questions - Spoilers inside So I just watched Infinity War for like the 15th time and now that I'm over the fact that it's an awesome movie, I've realized a few things I don't understand. If anyone could answer one or a few or these it would be greatly appreciated (also I've never read comic books all of my knowledge comes from the movies and Wikipedia) - What's the name of the weapon Cull Obsidian was using? Like the retractable hammer he used to hit Iron Man and War Machine. I can't find it on Wikipedia. - Why can't Vision read people mind/use telepathy when he literally has the mind stone inside him? Like he can phase through stuff and fly which has nothing to do with mind power but he can't read people's mind. - Did Gamora really think she could kill Thanos? Like she's his adopted daughter so surely she knows how strong he is and she has seen him do some pretty amazing stuff before. On top of that she saw how strong Ronan became with the power stone so it just seems surreal to me that she thought she could beat Thanos 1v1. - Why didn't Red Skull get older on Vormir? Like he looks exactly the same as he did in the first Captain America movie but its been 70 years since then. - How did Iron Man made Thanos bleed with a weak ass kick when seconds before he took a whole asteroid to the face and was unscathed? - How did Thor held his breath so long in Nivadellir but passed out in space in before the Guardians showed up?", "c_root_id_A": "e7jymtd", "c_root_id_B": "e7ka1ru", "created_at_utc_A": 1539227575.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539244177.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t think Gamora thought she could take Thanos. It was worth a shot, but if she could convince him to kill her then he wouldn\u2019t have the Soul Stone \u2014 he\u2019d at least be delayed in his mission.", "human_ref_B": ">- What's the name of the weapon Cull Obsidian was using? Like the retractable hammer he used to hit Iron Man and War Machine. I can't find it on Wikipedia. It doesnt really have a name since Its not really a real weapon ever made. If I were to give it a name, extendable anchor/claw would be my best guess. >- Why can't Vision read people mind/use telepathy when he literally has the mind stone inside him? Like he can phase through stuff and fly which has nothing to do with mind power but he can't read people's mind. He flat out says several times that he has No idea what the stone is or how to use it. >- Did Gamora really think she could kill Thanos? >Like she's his adopted daughter so surely she knows how strong he is and she has seen him do some pretty amazing stuff before. On top of that she saw how strong Ronan became with the power stone so it just seems surreal to me that she thought she could beat Thanos 1v1. If the stone aint glowing it doesnt amp him, and She has a awesome space sword which cuts good. However, Its possible She has never seem thanos limits tested so She dont know how durable he truly is. >- Why didn't Red Skull get older on Vormir? Like he looks exactly the same as he did in the first Captain America movie but its been 70 years since then. He became the Guardian of soul stone and got some powers, which probably Immortality. He couldnt fly last time i saw him either. Considering Its the soul stone, i assume he is just a ghost. >- How did Iron Man made Thanos bleed with a weak ass kick when seconds before he took a whole asteroid to the face and was unscathed? Thanos used the power stone to tank that space ship Tony dropped on him. And it wasnt a weak ass kick. It isnt a antifeat for thanos being weak, Its a feat for iron man being strong. >- How did Thor held his breath so long in Nivadellir but passed out in space in before the Guardians showed up? He Didnt, he can breathe in space. He Didnt pass out from lack of air, he passed out Casue THANOS DETONATED THE FUCKING POWERSTONE IN HIS FACE", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16602.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9n4jny", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] Infinty War - Multiple questions - Spoilers inside So I just watched Infinity War for like the 15th time and now that I'm over the fact that it's an awesome movie, I've realized a few things I don't understand. If anyone could answer one or a few or these it would be greatly appreciated (also I've never read comic books all of my knowledge comes from the movies and Wikipedia) - What's the name of the weapon Cull Obsidian was using? Like the retractable hammer he used to hit Iron Man and War Machine. I can't find it on Wikipedia. - Why can't Vision read people mind/use telepathy when he literally has the mind stone inside him? Like he can phase through stuff and fly which has nothing to do with mind power but he can't read people's mind. - Did Gamora really think she could kill Thanos? Like she's his adopted daughter so surely she knows how strong he is and she has seen him do some pretty amazing stuff before. On top of that she saw how strong Ronan became with the power stone so it just seems surreal to me that she thought she could beat Thanos 1v1. - Why didn't Red Skull get older on Vormir? Like he looks exactly the same as he did in the first Captain America movie but its been 70 years since then. - How did Iron Man made Thanos bleed with a weak ass kick when seconds before he took a whole asteroid to the face and was unscathed? - How did Thor held his breath so long in Nivadellir but passed out in space in before the Guardians showed up?", "c_root_id_A": "e7jymtd", "c_root_id_B": "e7kr7rt", "created_at_utc_A": 1539227575.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539268690.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I don\u2019t think Gamora thought she could take Thanos. It was worth a shot, but if she could convince him to kill her then he wouldn\u2019t have the Soul Stone \u2014 he\u2019d at least be delayed in his mission.", "human_ref_B": "I'm going to throw something in about question 3 that I didn't see in the other replies. Remember that Thanos trained Gamora to basically be his successor. To be, how did he put it? The most dangerous woman in the Galaxy. He also mentions that Nebula *almost* managed to kill him. And we know Gamora is a superior warrior to Nebula. Thanos himself made sure of that. Also remember what \"happened\" on Knowhere. She absolutely thought she had killed him. She knew slashing his throat open with that knife would do it. Gamora knew that the key to killing Thanos -- for her -- was getting close enough and having him let his guard down. However, she *also* knew that *if* Thanos had the gems (pretty much any of them) that she had very little chance, which is why her plan became killing *herself* rather than Thanos.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41115.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32ro6h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Death Note] How long would it take for Kira to be caught in the real world? If someone got a Death Note, and used it the way Light Yagami does in the anime, how long do you think it would take for them to be discovered?", "c_root_id_A": "cqebmnk", "c_root_id_B": "cqedmou", "created_at_utc_A": 1429193598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429197087.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'm not the biggest Death Note fan, so take this with a grain of salt but, I think he would never caught for the Death Note itself Both Kira is super stupid and L/N is unimaginably intelligent, that's the only reason things go south there. The Death notes pages work without the death note, he can use a piece to kill someone and then burn it, there would be no proof at all about any of what he did, even if the supernatural aspects would be ignored Maybe I'm not creative enough, but, I think in real world situation, Kiras problem would be the death note is kinda useless. If he blackmails people with it, he would make some kind of trace back to him, if he doesn't, he can't prove any of what he does, so he would have no influence. He might be able to eliminate people he doesn't like, but, if he can't influence the successor, what's the point? His best bet would be climbing slowly some corporation/government rankings and use the death note with parsimony, but then, if you can do that, do you really need the death note? If he wasn't Kira and would just do anything to achieve his goals, he would have much better chances, but because he thinks he's the champion of justice, he won't become a criminal", "human_ref_B": "Assuming that our law enforcement would not perform any L-like publicity stunts, he would probably get away with it all... until the point that he got cocky and purposely tried to set himself up as a publicly known God. I think at that point we would finally start secretly forming task forces the way they did right at the beginning in the manga. At that point it's only a matter of time. Sure, most people supported Kira at this point in the story, but there would always be more than enough people eager to work against him. And he is just a man. A man who has to continue his killings or his followers will lose faith, so there is infinite room for error. He would slip up eventually, and that would be that. (Also, the whole Mikami thing would probably have the real world fooled for weeks before they realised he was a pawn. Incidentally.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3489.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "32ro6h", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Death Note] How long would it take for Kira to be caught in the real world? If someone got a Death Note, and used it the way Light Yagami does in the anime, how long do you think it would take for them to be discovered?", "c_root_id_A": "cqeiox9", "c_root_id_B": "cqee014", "created_at_utc_A": 1429205093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1429197693.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Do we have an L, in this universe? If we don't then we are never getting Kira. random criminal start dying randomly in their cells with no one around, Via heart attacks no less. That's definitely not a serial killer, that is definitely freak accidents and or amazing coincidences, and no one's gonna care. in fact, before we even thought that it might be a serial killer, we would think that it was a secret organisation the had members working in pretty much every prison all over the world. cameras will be put up in every prison all over the place, and all of the guards would be questioned, hell even the prisoners would be questioned.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think IRL there ever would have been the initial investigation into a guided supernatural cause, that lead 'L' to get so close with the fake locally-televised-criminal gambit. If there had been any recognition of correlation in the deaths, and any actual investigation to find the cause, they would have never jumped to supernatural causes. They would have either accepted an 'inconclusive' result or found some kind of (incorrect) explanation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7400.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "38iexp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Looper] Wouldn't the whole movie have been erased? Spoilers** after he shoots himself at the end, wouldn't everything go a completely different way?", "c_root_id_A": "crvfkks", "c_root_id_B": "crvxuje", "created_at_utc_A": 1433434699.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1433464836.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What movie?", "human_ref_B": "Watch the movie again. When the young Bruce Willis slips and falls the first time, he dies, and then the process starts over, and is different when old Bruce Willis arrives. (His back is facing young Bruce Willis, it's like a normal looper hit). Then old Bruce Willis returns unshackled yet again (but maybe he has memory of the first fall and saves his younger self? Unclear on how this isn't a repeating loop at this point). But the first time young Bruce Willis dies (falling off the fire escape) it doesn't end the story. It just starts over because that means old Bruce Willis never returned so he never caused young Bruce Willis's death. But (if I understood the implication of the other restarts) things will change during this restart. Maybe young Bruce Willis will remember something from the previous loops? I'm not really sure exactly what the rules are, but the movie kind of made up the rules to suit the story so the logic is really in the storyteller's intent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30137.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "38iexp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Looper] Wouldn't the whole movie have been erased? Spoilers** after he shoots himself at the end, wouldn't everything go a completely different way?", "c_root_id_A": "crvxuje", "c_root_id_B": "crvuihs", "created_at_utc_A": 1433464836.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1433458381.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Watch the movie again. When the young Bruce Willis slips and falls the first time, he dies, and then the process starts over, and is different when old Bruce Willis arrives. (His back is facing young Bruce Willis, it's like a normal looper hit). Then old Bruce Willis returns unshackled yet again (but maybe he has memory of the first fall and saves his younger self? Unclear on how this isn't a repeating loop at this point). But the first time young Bruce Willis dies (falling off the fire escape) it doesn't end the story. It just starts over because that means old Bruce Willis never returned so he never caused young Bruce Willis's death. But (if I understood the implication of the other restarts) things will change during this restart. Maybe young Bruce Willis will remember something from the previous loops? I'm not really sure exactly what the rules are, but the movie kind of made up the rules to suit the story so the logic is really in the storyteller's intent.", "human_ref_B": "Looper actually does make sense, but it is not at all clear. The normal way we think about time travel would be that changes in the past propagate forward. If Old Man travels back in time and walks to a destination, but then Young Man gets both feet cut off, then wouldn't Old Man have been missing his feet for years and years? Therefore he couldn't have walked to that destination? Why is he still AT destination, but his feet just vanish? That makes no sense! Well, in Looper time works differently. Changes don't propagate along the timeline. Rather, a change introduces a paradox. Think of Time like an intelligent entity, that hates paradoxes, and wants everything to be nice and neat. If Young Man gets his feet cut off, it obviously makes no sense for Old Man to still have his. So Time just removes Old Man's feet. The timeline is not getting rewritten... these are PHYSICAL changes, not really temporal changes. Even memory works the same way... if Young Man remembers things differently, then Old Man's memory will change... but not because he \"always remembered\" but because his brain, where memory is store, is getting physically altered by Time itself, in an attempt to resolve paradoxes and make things neater and more consistent. Obviously, this doesn't actually WORK. But it's Time's band-aid solution. So if Young Man kills himself, Old Man disappears. Not because he never existed... he did exist. But he gets erased at that point by Time which is trying to paint over and smooth out all the ripples and waves in the ocean of time... imperfect, but good enough to not break the universe. When you think of it that way, as an external enforcement mechanism, rather than changes naturally propagating along a timeline, things make much more sense. It's just a shame this wasn't explained better in the film itself. I had to read an interview the director (can't remember where) to get the point he tried (and failed IMO) to make.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6455.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "38iexp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Looper] Wouldn't the whole movie have been erased? Spoilers** after he shoots himself at the end, wouldn't everything go a completely different way?", "c_root_id_A": "crvkflu", "c_root_id_B": "crvfkks", "created_at_utc_A": 1433442190.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1433434699.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Within the really stupid and inconsistent rules of time travel they established early on, the whole story would have been obviated. And the moronic assasin shot the wrong guy - that kid should have been hamburger.", "human_ref_B": "What movie?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7491.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "punx2u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[superman] is there a scientific explanation as to how Superman can fly? I know the real like reason is because it was easier to animate in the old Fleischer serials but what is the in universe explanation?", "c_root_id_A": "he5my9r", "c_root_id_B": "he52pgu", "created_at_utc_A": 1632527336.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632518354.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He has a weird organ that affects his gravity. He also has low level tactile telekinesis, which would help him navigate with his weightlessness. Those combined with his super strength let him fly at the speed of light", "human_ref_B": "Well, from Newton's third law, he has to be expelling something to create an upward force. If that is the case, it would be a reason of why he can also fly in space. Perhaps he is farting to expel gas and it is so fast that it has an inaudible sound frequency. He could control his sphincter to allow air in using atmospheric pressure and expel with incredible force using his rectum. He stores air when preparing to go to space. It is just a theory though, but plausible", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8982.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "punx2u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[superman] is there a scientific explanation as to how Superman can fly? I know the real like reason is because it was easier to animate in the old Fleischer serials but what is the in universe explanation?", "c_root_id_A": "he52pgu", "c_root_id_B": "he5upn1", "created_at_utc_A": 1632518354.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632530938.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well, from Newton's third law, he has to be expelling something to create an upward force. If that is the case, it would be a reason of why he can also fly in space. Perhaps he is farting to expel gas and it is so fast that it has an inaudible sound frequency. He could control his sphincter to allow air in using atmospheric pressure and expel with incredible force using his rectum. He stores air when preparing to go to space. It is just a theory though, but plausible", "human_ref_B": "Luthor once said he has a biological anti-gravity system. But the explanations have changed over the decades. I heard they re-did them again recently so kryponians appear different than humans on a level higher than their DNA. With some different organs and such.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12584.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunkfbo", "c_root_id_B": "cunkgkb", "created_at_utc_A": 1441149290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441149352.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 127, "human_ref_A": "Your insurance company. Unless you're an idiot and didn't. Also, why didn't you put it in your garage?", "human_ref_B": "Hello I am UN Secretary General Van Doorn. Our reports vary differently as the nearby national army claims to not have used an explosive during the recent incursion of human terrorist activities. No mention by any credible witnesses have similar reports that match your description. As such the World Bank as denied the city's request to reimburse you and several dozen others on this incident. Have a nice day", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62.0, "score_ratio": 12.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunl3vt", "c_root_id_B": "cunnyt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1441150909.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441156740.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "We are literally being invaded by aliens right now, and you're worried about this? Nobody cares but you pal, go back into your hole and get out of the way of the people saving the world.", "human_ref_B": "Hello, fellow human. I have encountered the same experiences as you. Those soldiers you talked about are not affiliated with any army, if you compare their gear and uniforms. I believe that they are actually anarchist cells intending to cause chaos during this momentous point of history, where we have a peaceful first contact with aliens. I too have had terrible experiences with these unknown armed groups with a taste of wanton destruction. Several members of my extended family were cruising along (peacefully) in their vehicles where they were intercepted by members of this armed group. Sensing something was wrong, my extended family tried to speed up, but then the bastards fired without provocation, blowing up part of the vehicle. What happened next is simply inhumane; the armed group proceeded to shoot and kill all survivors, and to loot their remains. As a people, we must not be held back by such savagery. They must be stopped, for the advent of a new prosperous age is almost upon us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5831.0, "score_ratio": 4.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunkfbo", "c_root_id_B": "cunnyt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1441149290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441156740.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 76, "human_ref_A": "Your insurance company. Unless you're an idiot and didn't. Also, why didn't you put it in your garage?", "human_ref_B": "Hello, fellow human. I have encountered the same experiences as you. Those soldiers you talked about are not affiliated with any army, if you compare their gear and uniforms. I believe that they are actually anarchist cells intending to cause chaos during this momentous point of history, where we have a peaceful first contact with aliens. I too have had terrible experiences with these unknown armed groups with a taste of wanton destruction. Several members of my extended family were cruising along (peacefully) in their vehicles where they were intercepted by members of this armed group. Sensing something was wrong, my extended family tried to speed up, but then the bastards fired without provocation, blowing up part of the vehicle. What happened next is simply inhumane; the armed group proceeded to shoot and kill all survivors, and to loot their remains. As a people, we must not be held back by such savagery. They must be stopped, for the advent of a new prosperous age is almost upon us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7450.0, "score_ratio": 7.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunl3vt", "c_root_id_B": "cunsev3", "created_at_utc_A": 1441150909.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441164867.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "We are literally being invaded by aliens right now, and you're worried about this? Nobody cares but you pal, go back into your hole and get out of the way of the people saving the world.", "human_ref_B": "The council appreciates your valiant effort to repair or replace your vehicle. Unfortunately we are very disappointed by your recent results. Because of this, all countries have quit supporting the Mustang project. F- As always, we will be watching... but not your car. Because it exploded.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13958.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunkfbo", "c_root_id_B": "cunsev3", "created_at_utc_A": 1441149290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441164867.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Your insurance company. Unless you're an idiot and didn't. Also, why didn't you put it in your garage?", "human_ref_B": "The council appreciates your valiant effort to repair or replace your vehicle. Unfortunately we are very disappointed by your recent results. Because of this, all countries have quit supporting the Mustang project. F- As always, we will be watching... but not your car. Because it exploded.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15577.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunsev3", "c_root_id_B": "cuns34z", "created_at_utc_A": 1441164867.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441164238.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The council appreciates your valiant effort to repair or replace your vehicle. Unfortunately we are very disappointed by your recent results. Because of this, all countries have quit supporting the Mustang project. F- As always, we will be watching... but not your car. Because it exploded.", "human_ref_B": "Ask the Sectoids to cover it for you if you're so bloody worried, they were the ones who hid behind it. Ask them at close range, see how that goes for you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 629.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunkfbo", "c_root_id_B": "cunl3vt", "created_at_utc_A": 1441149290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441150909.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Your insurance company. Unless you're an idiot and didn't. Also, why didn't you put it in your garage?", "human_ref_B": "We are literally being invaded by aliens right now, and you're worried about this? Nobody cares but you pal, go back into your hole and get out of the way of the people saving the world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1619.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunkfbo", "c_root_id_B": "cunt0s4", "created_at_utc_A": 1441149290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441166095.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Your insurance company. Unless you're an idiot and didn't. Also, why didn't you put it in your garage?", "human_ref_B": "Good evening, sir. I am contacting you on behalf of the Advent organization. We are an NGO whose purpose is to steer man's behavior away from xenophobic violence and toward peaceful harmony with the greater civilization we now know exists beyond our solar system. We are very sorry to hear that you have been personally impacted by one of the misguided, speciesist outbursts that have been occurring around the world. Please contact us at your earliest opportunity so that we can discuss a means to reimburse you for your financial loss -- but more importantly, so that we can discuss the advancement of interspecies cooperation. Thank you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16805.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunsgpb", "c_root_id_B": "cunt0s4", "created_at_utc_A": 1441164969.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441166095.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Should have checked your policy. Standard auto insurance policy states that insurers will not pay for loss due to or as a consequence of: Radioactive contamination Discharge of any nuclear weapon (including accidental) War (declared or undeclared) Civil war Insurrection Rebellion or revolution", "human_ref_B": "Good evening, sir. I am contacting you on behalf of the Advent organization. We are an NGO whose purpose is to steer man's behavior away from xenophobic violence and toward peaceful harmony with the greater civilization we now know exists beyond our solar system. We are very sorry to hear that you have been personally impacted by one of the misguided, speciesist outbursts that have been occurring around the world. Please contact us at your earliest opportunity so that we can discuss a means to reimburse you for your financial loss -- but more importantly, so that we can discuss the advancement of interspecies cooperation. Thank you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1126.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunt0s4", "c_root_id_B": "cuns34z", "created_at_utc_A": 1441166095.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441164238.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Good evening, sir. I am contacting you on behalf of the Advent organization. We are an NGO whose purpose is to steer man's behavior away from xenophobic violence and toward peaceful harmony with the greater civilization we now know exists beyond our solar system. We are very sorry to hear that you have been personally impacted by one of the misguided, speciesist outbursts that have been occurring around the world. Please contact us at your earliest opportunity so that we can discuss a means to reimburse you for your financial loss -- but more importantly, so that we can discuss the advancement of interspecies cooperation. Thank you.", "human_ref_B": "Ask the Sectoids to cover it for you if you're so bloody worried, they were the ones who hid behind it. Ask them at close range, see how that goes for you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1857.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cuns34z", "c_root_id_B": "cunsgpb", "created_at_utc_A": 1441164238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441164969.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Ask the Sectoids to cover it for you if you're so bloody worried, they were the ones who hid behind it. Ask them at close range, see how that goes for you.", "human_ref_B": "Should have checked your policy. Standard auto insurance policy states that insurers will not pay for loss due to or as a consequence of: Radioactive contamination Discharge of any nuclear weapon (including accidental) War (declared or undeclared) Civil war Insurrection Rebellion or revolution", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 731.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunxmeb", "c_root_id_B": "cuns34z", "created_at_utc_A": 1441179454.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441164238.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Maybe you can sell it? How much damage was there? It sounds like you're not gonna get blue book on it.", "human_ref_B": "Ask the Sectoids to cover it for you if you're so bloody worried, they were the ones who hid behind it. Ask them at close range, see how that goes for you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15216.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cuo2nng", "c_root_id_B": "cunzqf8", "created_at_utc_A": 1441198684.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441189049.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Who attacked your car? I never heard of this...XCOM...before. You expect me to beleive that the world governments have assembled an army of trained elites to go after the greys? Rediculous, go back to playing your videogames. And next time just fess up for crashing your car.", "human_ref_B": "Don't you have insurance?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9635.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cuo0lgb", "c_root_id_B": "cuo2nng", "created_at_utc_A": 1441192610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441198684.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Chances are, you. Same thing happened to my friend over in Philly. Insurance told him it was an AETE (Anti-Extra-Terrestrial Expenditure) and refused to pay him a cent, because \"we will not support the invading forces in any way\". My friend, who previously drove a brand new Chevy, is now the proud owner of a Schwinn. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unless you've got a less xenophobic policy, you're out of luck.", "human_ref_B": "Who attacked your car? I never heard of this...XCOM...before. You expect me to beleive that the world governments have assembled an army of trained elites to go after the greys? Rediculous, go back to playing your videogames. And next time just fess up for crashing your car.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6074.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cunzqf8", "c_root_id_B": "cuo4dhi", "created_at_utc_A": 1441189049.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441202283.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Don't you have insurance?", "human_ref_B": "Since X-Com is funded by host countries and X-Com only operates in those countries I would assume that the host government is assuming liability. If you're in the USA, FEMA and state emergency management agencies would likely handle the rebuilding tasks for any particular neighborhood where Alien activity led to fighting. If the area is declared an disaster area you'd be eligible for government grants for what your insurance doesn't cover.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13234.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3ja2mp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[XCOM] Who the FUCK is going to pay for my car? I was having a nice saturday evening. I work hard; I deserve that kind of thing. When suddenly the game stops and there is a big \"Emergency Alert\" that aliens are coming to my neighborhood! So I look out my window and see this little, runty big-headed grey guy hiding behind my new red Mustang. When out of nowhere, some ASSHOLE with a rocket launcher goes and blows it up! Forty-grand of MY MONEY goes up in smoke on the pavement! HE DIDN'T EVEN HIT THE FUCKING ALIEN. Are my tax-dollars going towards this? Who do I sue? Help me Reddit!", "c_root_id_A": "cuo0lgb", "c_root_id_B": "cuo4dhi", "created_at_utc_A": 1441192610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1441202283.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Chances are, you. Same thing happened to my friend over in Philly. Insurance told him it was an AETE (Anti-Extra-Terrestrial Expenditure) and refused to pay him a cent, because \"we will not support the invading forces in any way\". My friend, who previously drove a brand new Chevy, is now the proud owner of a Schwinn. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unless you've got a less xenophobic policy, you're out of luck.", "human_ref_B": "Since X-Com is funded by host countries and X-Com only operates in those countries I would assume that the host government is assuming liability. If you're in the USA, FEMA and state emergency management agencies would likely handle the rebuilding tasks for any particular neighborhood where Alien activity led to fighting. If the area is declared an disaster area you'd be eligible for government grants for what your insurance doesn't cover.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9673.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4ou9x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[King of The Hill] Why did the doctors attach Cotton's feet to his knees? Why not just give him prosthetics? He'd hardly be the first or the last man to come back from war with a prosthetic limb, even prior to WW2. But instead, they attached his feet to his knees. This not only makes him shorter, but also clearly makes walking difficult. Why not just give him new legs? Certainly that's more respectful of a decorated soilder who killed fifty men.", "c_root_id_A": "hssd6xz", "c_root_id_B": "hssstgs", "created_at_utc_A": 1642267370.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642273404.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "They also could have attached his feet backwards so he could walk naturally in prosthetic. I suspect this all comes back to his stubbornness though. Likely Cotton just refused those other options. Edit: appears this surgery was not an option at the time.", "human_ref_B": "According to Cotton, \"So I rushed 'em, but it was a trap. They opened fire and blew my shins off. Last thing I remember, I beat 'em all to death with a big piece of Fatty. I woke up in a field hospital, and they were sewing my feet to my knees.\". The doctors in the hospital would have been MASH surgeons, doing their best to patch up the wounded enough to ship them to a better hospital. This would mean taking enough of the good parts of his legs and sewing them together. I just measured my leg, and it's 16 inches from the top of my foot to the bottom of my knee. If Cotton was 6'4\" before and 5'0\" after, that's his entire lower leg blown off. It's suggested that he could have gotten a Rotationplasty, which is where the foot is attached to the base of the knee backwards. But that surgery was virtually unknown until 1950. He was born in December of 1927, and enlisted when he was 14. He claimed that he was shipped to the Pacific because the Nazzys had already been defeated in Europe, and that his troop transport ship was sunk on the way. So we can conclude that he was injured some time in 1942, which was some time before Rotationplasty was well known, and certainly way before it would have been done in a MASH. As to why the feet weren't then removed to give him prosthetic legs, it's entirely possible that he made that decision. If the feet weren't falling off and gangrene wasn't an issue, he might just have been ornery enough to keep hisself out of the hospital. And being able to use his visibly impairment may have helped him reach the rank of Colonel, not as a crutch but as a motivating tool or even for intimidation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6034.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4ou9x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[King of The Hill] Why did the doctors attach Cotton's feet to his knees? Why not just give him prosthetics? He'd hardly be the first or the last man to come back from war with a prosthetic limb, even prior to WW2. But instead, they attached his feet to his knees. This not only makes him shorter, but also clearly makes walking difficult. Why not just give him new legs? Certainly that's more respectful of a decorated soilder who killed fifty men.", "c_root_id_A": "hssstgs", "c_root_id_B": "hssd8s6", "created_at_utc_A": 1642273404.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642267391.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "According to Cotton, \"So I rushed 'em, but it was a trap. They opened fire and blew my shins off. Last thing I remember, I beat 'em all to death with a big piece of Fatty. I woke up in a field hospital, and they were sewing my feet to my knees.\". The doctors in the hospital would have been MASH surgeons, doing their best to patch up the wounded enough to ship them to a better hospital. This would mean taking enough of the good parts of his legs and sewing them together. I just measured my leg, and it's 16 inches from the top of my foot to the bottom of my knee. If Cotton was 6'4\" before and 5'0\" after, that's his entire lower leg blown off. It's suggested that he could have gotten a Rotationplasty, which is where the foot is attached to the base of the knee backwards. But that surgery was virtually unknown until 1950. He was born in December of 1927, and enlisted when he was 14. He claimed that he was shipped to the Pacific because the Nazzys had already been defeated in Europe, and that his troop transport ship was sunk on the way. So we can conclude that he was injured some time in 1942, which was some time before Rotationplasty was well known, and certainly way before it would have been done in a MASH. As to why the feet weren't then removed to give him prosthetic legs, it's entirely possible that he made that decision. If the feet weren't falling off and gangrene wasn't an issue, he might just have been ornery enough to keep hisself out of the hospital. And being able to use his visibly impairment may have helped him reach the rank of Colonel, not as a crutch but as a motivating tool or even for intimidation.", "human_ref_B": "Knowing Cotton, he probably didn't want them, because he's a real man or something crazy like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6013.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "s4ou9x", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[King of The Hill] Why did the doctors attach Cotton's feet to his knees? Why not just give him prosthetics? He'd hardly be the first or the last man to come back from war with a prosthetic limb, even prior to WW2. But instead, they attached his feet to his knees. This not only makes him shorter, but also clearly makes walking difficult. Why not just give him new legs? Certainly that's more respectful of a decorated soilder who killed fifty men.", "c_root_id_A": "hssd6xz", "c_root_id_B": "hssd8s6", "created_at_utc_A": 1642267370.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1642267391.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They also could have attached his feet backwards so he could walk naturally in prosthetic. I suspect this all comes back to his stubbornness though. Likely Cotton just refused those other options. Edit: appears this surgery was not an option at the time.", "human_ref_B": "Knowing Cotton, he probably didn't want them, because he's a real man or something crazy like that.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j53pms", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Does the Republic have some sort of \"prime directive\" to avoid non-space faring planets? I know that there's a few times during the Clone Wars where the CIS and Republic fought on a planet with non-space faring populations, but was this illegal to do regardless?", "c_root_id_A": "g7pfu0y", "c_root_id_B": "g7pg4pv", "created_at_utc_A": 1601836275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601836377.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "No, not directly. While some planets in the Republic have laws against interference with primitive lifeforms, many have not. In fact, we see that in some cases (like with the Talz) that there are legislators who would commit genocide to get primitives of \"their\" planet or moon.", "human_ref_B": "No. It largely unexplored area, but there's no \"prime directive\" and people are known to show up and trade with people of non-hyperspace capable worlds, like Han did in his Corporate Sector adventures. Only legal limitation LIKELY would be for such worlds to join the Republic, since there has to be SOME standard at least. Like with Adumar - from Starfighters of Adumar - the world is usually expected to have a unified government to petition the (New) Republic for membership, and it's better to have something to offer (like torpedo factories that Adumar had). Otherwise, nobody really gives a fuck.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 102.0, "score_ratio": 3.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j53pms", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Does the Republic have some sort of \"prime directive\" to avoid non-space faring planets? I know that there's a few times during the Clone Wars where the CIS and Republic fought on a planet with non-space faring populations, but was this illegal to do regardless?", "c_root_id_A": "g7pfu0y", "c_root_id_B": "g7pjmb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1601836275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601837664.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "No, not directly. While some planets in the Republic have laws against interference with primitive lifeforms, many have not. In fact, we see that in some cases (like with the Talz) that there are legislators who would commit genocide to get primitives of \"their\" planet or moon.", "human_ref_B": "There's several laws and regulations involving colonization and exploitation of undiscovered or under developed worlds. By and large these are entirely ceremonial and often ignored by those involved. Should a republic group be it a corporation or political entity wish to colonize or mine a planet with a previously undiscovered or unconacted civilization there's a handful of regulations that have to be met before work can begin. The operations involved cannot negatively impact the native population and the natives need to be given compensation. But this only happens if the republic is aware of the situation and if it happens within republic space. Outside the borders of the republic laws are pretty easily ignored and within the republic so long as the native population cannot report to the senate about mistreatment or isn't considered sapient then the planet is fair game. There is a watchdog organization mentioned in legends that would observe various groups to make sure laws and regulations were followed on new claims but this group was so woefully underfunded they were forced to rely on the groups they were supposed to watch for funding and self reporting. Often by the time a claim of a sapient civilization could be investigated the colonizers had already moved on after strip mining or exterminated the civilization to maintain their claim. A large fine for genocide was preferable to losing a potential profit in some cases. And mercenaries were hired for population control without direct ties to the colonizing group who could gain access to the planet under the guise of humanitarian efforts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1389.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j53pms", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Does the Republic have some sort of \"prime directive\" to avoid non-space faring planets? I know that there's a few times during the Clone Wars where the CIS and Republic fought on a planet with non-space faring populations, but was this illegal to do regardless?", "c_root_id_A": "g7pjf9j", "c_root_id_B": "g7pjmb2", "created_at_utc_A": 1601837575.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601837664.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Nope, for the most part people are free to exploit primitive populations and nobody will stop them", "human_ref_B": "There's several laws and regulations involving colonization and exploitation of undiscovered or under developed worlds. By and large these are entirely ceremonial and often ignored by those involved. Should a republic group be it a corporation or political entity wish to colonize or mine a planet with a previously undiscovered or unconacted civilization there's a handful of regulations that have to be met before work can begin. The operations involved cannot negatively impact the native population and the natives need to be given compensation. But this only happens if the republic is aware of the situation and if it happens within republic space. Outside the borders of the republic laws are pretty easily ignored and within the republic so long as the native population cannot report to the senate about mistreatment or isn't considered sapient then the planet is fair game. There is a watchdog organization mentioned in legends that would observe various groups to make sure laws and regulations were followed on new claims but this group was so woefully underfunded they were forced to rely on the groups they were supposed to watch for funding and self reporting. Often by the time a claim of a sapient civilization could be investigated the colonizers had already moved on after strip mining or exterminated the civilization to maintain their claim. A large fine for genocide was preferable to losing a potential profit in some cases. And mercenaries were hired for population control without direct ties to the colonizing group who could gain access to the planet under the guise of humanitarian efforts.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 89.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j53pms", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Star Wars] Does the Republic have some sort of \"prime directive\" to avoid non-space faring planets? I know that there's a few times during the Clone Wars where the CIS and Republic fought on a planet with non-space faring populations, but was this illegal to do regardless?", "c_root_id_A": "g7pfu0y", "c_root_id_B": "g7pjf9j", "created_at_utc_A": 1601836275.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601837575.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "No, not directly. While some planets in the Republic have laws against interference with primitive lifeforms, many have not. In fact, we see that in some cases (like with the Talz) that there are legislators who would commit genocide to get primitives of \"their\" planet or moon.", "human_ref_B": "Nope, for the most part people are free to exploit primitive populations and nobody will stop them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1300.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fapex5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Fallout] What if the vaults hadn't been sabotaged or used as experiments? What would the Wasteland look like? Would it still be a wasteland? Also, on a side note, does China have vaults?", "c_root_id_A": "fiznaqg", "c_root_id_B": "fizmqxb", "created_at_utc_A": 1582867715.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582867226.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "China very likely had emergency shelters and bunkers, but most of them would have been reserved for the military and high ranking government officials. There were other nuclear wars before the Great War, and they would have know to make preparations. But they almost certainly didn't have their own vault-tec that sheltered large civilian populations. Overall, the American wasteland wouldn't be much different. Even the largest control vaults had a very small population. Vault City is the most succesful example of a non-experiment vault that utilized everything given to its denizens, and even that is a rather small settlement. Compared to the populations of vaults, much larger populations of people survived in other shelters and by taking refuge far from the detonations. Many of them and their descendants became raiders and bandits, and a lot of those people took great advantage of vault dwellers all across the continent. If every single vault-tec vault was on the up and up, and also had its own GECK with the resources to make a settlement after the vault opened, there would be a few more towns in the ruins of America. But given how dangerous the wasteland is, it's unlikely their influence would spread without major unforeseen influence, such as the Vault Dweller or Chosen One.", "human_ref_B": "China likely had bunkers established but assuming they were hardline communists in the vein of Stalin then it was bunkers for the oligarchs and top military officers and not anyone else. Even if the vaults in America hadn't been damaged or down right deranged social experiments they wouldn't have saved America. The vaults could only hold a few thousand people if all had been fully stocked and supplied. Even then it's unlikely that we would have seen a major recovery after the bombs. If the enclave had been a less militarist society with the resources of every vault instead of a handful of bunkers we might see something like the ncr nationwide or at the very least larger civilised areas around the wasteland. Aside from the vaults being terrible most of post war America was hindered by rogue bandits and mutants running amok for the last 200 years. Only a handful of locations were able to survive unmolested by the horrors of the apocalypse. Throwing a few thousand people and a few dozen vaults at the problem would have advanced civilization maybe a hundred years at best but more likely just a few decades since groups like the brotherhood of steel and Caesars legion and the various bandit groups were active long before the first vaults opened and would have given even the best equipped vault dwellers a hard time at rebuilding.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 489.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fapex5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Fallout] What if the vaults hadn't been sabotaged or used as experiments? What would the Wasteland look like? Would it still be a wasteland? Also, on a side note, does China have vaults?", "c_root_id_A": "fj0nbu1", "c_root_id_B": "fj0zsgr", "created_at_utc_A": 1582903806.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582910468.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Gary? Gary! Gary, Gary, Gary. Gary. Gary... Gary Gary Gary Gary Gary Gary, Gary Gary! Gary, Gary Gary. Gary. Gary? Gary.", "human_ref_B": "I would argue it would still be a pretty grim situation, prewar thinking for a post war world. /u/Mikeavelli had a really good post on why the vault experiments happened Before the war, folks assumed that this was gonna be the end for Earth. ALL of Earth. Even if humanity could bounce back after a Nuclear War, it wouldn't matter. There weren't enough raw materials left on the planet to sustain a global civilization anymore. Humanity would have to leave this godforsaken rock behind, and reach a new home out in space. But if you thought the vaults only housed a tiny portion of humanity, BOY are you in for a surprise when you consider how few people you can fit onto a spaceship. If you pooled up all the spaceships available to the United States before the war even started, you'd have enough for maybe the population of one vault, probably just half of that. Do you know what that means? It means we've got one chance to get the Exodus right, and the people on that ship absolutely, positively have to be able to get along with each other. There is no outside world to help you out, there's no trading for water if you run out, or brave idiot able to step outside to fetch you another water chip if yours breaks. You think the Wasteland is bad? You ever heard of someone walking out into space and coming back in one piece? No? There's a good goddamn reason for that. I'll leave the particulars up to your imagination. And in the long run, each and every one of us is dead anyways. Could be we scratch out a couple hundred more years like this, savaging from the past, recycling old cities into new ones, but we're never going to build back what once was. We're going to reach a peak, run out of resources again, fight over what's left, and maybe even end the human race for good next time. So yes, we experimented. We thought up every way we could to guarantee a thousand people could stay locked up in a tin can with no exit and not end up murdering each other. 'Course, to do that, we needed to make sure we knew what made people murder each other, we tweaked a few variables to try and force things to go wrong, see just how far we could push them before they broke. We needed to know where the line was, and to find it, we needed to cross it. Again, and again, and again. And we've got everything we need. We know exactly how to make this work, and the best of us can all pile into a spaceship and leave. Or at least we could have, if someone hadn't gone and blown up the Oil Rig, and with it all the schematics and tech we would have been able to use to rebuild our space program. If someone hadn't made all that human suffering completely meaningless. Storytime's over, I need another drink.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6662.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2zbaqe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DBZ] Where does Shenron go? One of the times he was summoned, he said, \"Make your wish, so I may go.\" Which brings me to wonder, where *does* he go? What is he doing when not granting wishes?", "c_root_id_A": "cphclol", "c_root_id_B": "cphen0u", "created_at_utc_A": 1426564425.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1426569090.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "It is my head canon that he exists in the form of energy tied to the one who created him. The balls simply act as a conduit of that energy allowing the creators inherent abilities to work. This being the reason that after the creator dies the balls become inert, and also the reason the balls can't be used too often. The creator's life force is directly tied to the ability of the dragon balls, and overuse would be very stressing. So where Shenron goes, is technically no where. His energy disperses.", "human_ref_B": "He's a statue in Kami's Lookout. Popo keeps him on a shelf. When Piccolo killed him, the statue shattered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4665.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m54k0n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[GTA 5]Why do the characters always take off their silencers when firing from a vehicle?", "c_root_id_A": "gqy68t9", "c_root_id_B": "gqy7d5j", "created_at_utc_A": 1615758596.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615759076.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Increased accuracy and range, something which is harder to consistently achieve in a moving vehicle", "human_ref_B": "Because they are super smart, switched on operators. Silenced/suppressed weapons require sub sonic ammunition to be the most effective (as quite as possible). If firing from a vehicle is required it's logical to assume you are firing at another vehicle in most instances, subsonic ammunition is unlikely to have the penetration capacity to damage the engine or other vital systems of many vehicles, it way also struggle with some vehicle glass. The characters remove suppressors and change to standard magazines once settled in the vehicle. Excellent drills!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 480.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "309l34", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Shrek] How does Donkey know the words to \"On the Road Again?\" What does Shrek's version of Willie Nelson look like?", "c_root_id_A": "cpqen20", "c_root_id_B": "cpqeb2k", "created_at_utc_A": 1427303983.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427303480.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "My interpretation is that the *Shrek* universe can be classified as an amalgamated fairytale universe in which all creative works from our world are given form. The moment the song was written in our world it became an integrated part of the *Shrek* universe without needing an author within that universe. Because the universe is magical it is seen as unremarkable that characters have access to a vast library of songs and cultural references that do not come from their lived experience. Instead it is simply taken for granted that even a talking donkey can conjure up the words to a contextually appropriate song or humorous pop culture reference at will. Edit: After some poking around on the *Shrek* wikia it seems as though the page for Simon Cowell might be a good reference point for how a contemporary real life public figure would look in the *Shrek* universe. Notice that Cowell appears nearly identical to how he is in our universe (although maybe a bit more *plasticky*) but wears a more setting appropriate tunic.", "human_ref_B": "I have a related question. *How does Donkey sing*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 503.0, "score_ratio": 3.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "309l34", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Shrek] How does Donkey know the words to \"On the Road Again?\" What does Shrek's version of Willie Nelson look like?", "c_root_id_A": "cpqssjm", "c_root_id_B": "cpqox3v", "created_at_utc_A": 1427326130.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427319567.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Donkey is a very talented songwriter. Who is Willie Nelson?", "human_ref_B": "There's a traveling bard with a large collection of catchy songs. Probably has a non-talking donkey to pull his stuff.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6563.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "309l34", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Shrek] How does Donkey know the words to \"On the Road Again?\" What does Shrek's version of Willie Nelson look like?", "c_root_id_A": "cpqox3v", "c_root_id_B": "cpritx6", "created_at_utc_A": 1427319567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427388362.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "There's a traveling bard with a large collection of catchy songs. Probably has a non-talking donkey to pull his stuff.", "human_ref_B": "And how does Fairy Godmother know *I Need a Hero*?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 68795.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "20wouq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[The Dark Tower] Where is Roland getting his ammunition? Roland kills off an entire town, casually shoots rabbits for dinner, and that's just the latter half of his journey. We are given to understand that he's been chatting the Man in Black for a long time. His mule does on him and he even runs out of food and water in crossing the desert. He's also the last gunslinger, so there's probably not much chance the far flung towns he wanders into has an ammunition manufacturing plant. So how does he keep supplied with bullets?", "c_root_id_A": "cg7g32f", "c_root_id_B": "cg7gdwr", "created_at_utc_A": 1395330434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395331072.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I think at one point it mentioned he makes them himself.", "human_ref_B": "Didn't he stop in New York City in, I want to say, the '80s and pick up a couple spare boxes? EDIT: on the thought that he reloads (/r/reloading), I think that would be exceptionally difficult without the proper equipment (Roland doesn't seem to carry a lot of baggage) but seeing as how he's Roland, I wouldn't put it past him to figure out a way to do that too. I seem to recall that he uses .45lc, so blackpowder should be workable. Don't know where he'd get extra bullets but if he can get some lead it should be easy enough to form. I think primers would be the toughest, and I remember seeing a youtube of someone scraping match heads to make primers.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 638.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gyq0g8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Fallout Universe]Isn't it likely there would have to be a part of the world that remained entirely unaffected by the bombs? I don't think I've read anywhere that the bombs hit the whole earth. Couldn't there conceivably be a Fallout Game made where it doesn't look like the Fallout universe we're used to, simply because areas would HAVE to be unaffected. Corporations, cafes, manufacturing, advertising. Or even uncivilized nations?", "c_root_id_A": "ftbwztd", "c_root_id_B": "ftbz2a6", "created_at_utc_A": 1591583852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591585177.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Because the two largest aggressors were China and America, I would think most of the Southern Hemisphere would be better off than the Northern Hemisphere", "human_ref_B": "Remember that the world wasn't just destroyed in the Great War. The resource wars before 2077 destroyed huge swathes of the planet. The European Commonwealth and the various nations of the Middle East succumbed to a nuclear exchange several years before America and China fought. It was actually their apocalyptic destruction that got America into a world-ending frenzy, and how Vault-Tec gained so much power so quickly. It's not mentioned directly, but it can be assumed that other nations engaged in their own resource wars as well when the crude oil started going dry. Old conflicts could have become nuclear exchanges as the world succumbed further into chaos. By the time America and China nuked one another, there was very little left in the world untouched by war and radiation (most of it in North America). And the knock-on effects from the great war, America's FEV experiments, and China's super science would have ravaged places far from the blasts. The Mojave Wasteland is the closest place we know that is mostly untouched by nuclear fire, because House's incomplete defense systems spared most of the area. The damage and destruction you see in the Mojave is mostly due to neglect.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1325.0, "score_ratio": 9.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7ayc4u", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Trek]Were most counselors as active in ship operations as Deanna Troi was?", "c_root_id_A": "dpdpxo1", "c_root_id_B": "dpdscat", "created_at_utc_A": 1509897652.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1509900508.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I've seen four ships in action and only the one had a counselor on the bridge.", "human_ref_B": "The Enterprise D was an experiment in bringing a large contingent of civilians on a long-term exploration mission. So it was expected that the Ship's Counselor would work more closely with the captain and bridge crew to ensure the success of the mission. On most other ships, the counselors would likely be part of the medical staff and report to the CMO, rather than directly to the Captain like Troi did. However Picard also picked Troi specifically because he felt she would make a useful adviser in his mission to \"seek out new life and new civilizations\". Between her knowledge of xenopsychology, natural empathic abilities, and diplomatic upbringing as the child of an Ambassador; she was well suited to aid Picard in diplomatic and first contact situations (the events of his first contact with the Ferengi and subsequent loss of the *Stargazer* likely play into this as well). So as far as other ships go - generally no, their counselors would not hold quite the same position as Troi did on the senior staff and bridge crew. Many smaller starships and crews still do not have dedicated counselors at all, folding those responsibilities into other members of the medical staff. However at the end of the day, it comes down to the decisions of the Captain and how he wishes to formulate his senior officers, as well as the nature and duration of the ship's mission. As an aside: Ezri Dax of course served as the counselor on Deep Space 9, but under rather exception circumstances, and in practical terms her role as counselor was a minor part of her duties on the station.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2856.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1mnwsd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Doctor Who/DC] The Doctor is placed in the D.C. universe. Which Lantern corps would be most likely to recruit him?", "c_root_id_A": "ccazqgy", "c_root_id_B": "ccb28a1", "created_at_utc_A": 1379537545.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1379545085.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "This is highly unlikely. Beings with access to temporal travel are rarely given this opportunity. The Doctor is extremely unlikely do to his volatile personality, and tendency to wander, and disregard for authorities.", "human_ref_B": "I have extensively studied the, uh, antics of the Post-Time War Doctor (i.e., Doctors 9, 10, and 11). However, my knowledge of Pre-Time War Doctor and the Lantern Corps is passing at best. I'll do my best to answer the question though. Also note that the odds of any particular Corps attempting to recruit him will vary based on which regeneration is present, though I'll try to use a general picture of the Doctor across regenerations. Here is what I believe the chances are for each Corps; my reasoning is below: Green and Blue definitely; Indigo and Purple maybe; Yellow a very slight chance; Red and Orange no Red-Anger: Unlikely. Though the Doctor is prone to bouts of anger, he rarely gives into them fully. When he is angry, he is as likely to warn off adversaries as to attack them; see the incident with The Doctor's Wife: \"You gave me hope and then you took it away. That's enough to make anyone dangerous. God knows what it'll do to me. Basically, run!\" Even when dangerously angry, he still manages to quash it, as when he refuses to shoot Lieutenant Cobb in the incident with the Doctor's daughter. Orange-Greed: Extremely unlikely. Generally speaking, the Doctor cares little for material things except insofar as they are interesting or useful. Yellow-Fear: Again unlikely. Though the Doctor does sometimes use his reputation to his advantage (see his speech to his assembled enemies when the Pandorica opened, or to temporarily drive off the Vashta Nerada in the library), that generally isn't his first instinct. Green-Willpower: A strong possibility. The Doctor is incredibly strong-willed, refusing to give up even in the face of some of the greatest armies and thorniest catch-22's the universe has seen. He also has the willpower to do what is necessary, even when that is terrible, such as leaving Pompeii to burn. Finally, he can hold his own against psychic/internal attacks, as when he manages to defeat the Cyber Mind during the Nightmare in Silver. Blue-Hope: Another strong contender. The Doctor himself, as I mentioned above with willpower, **refuses** to give up hope in the vast majority of the very sticky situations he's found himself in. When the Doctor does give up hope, things are truly bad. Moreover, he inspires hope in those around him. However, this is tempered by some of his more recent adventures; while his name gave us the word for \"healer\", in other cultures \"doctor\" means \"great warrior\". Indigo-Compassion: Slightly more than 50/50, though that may seem surprising at first. The Doctor's compassion for innocents is legendary. As Amy Pond once said, \"[He] 'never interfere[s] in the affairs of other people or planets' unless there's a child crying.\" And while he can seem cruel to enemies, he nearly always gives them a chance to stop and save themselves. The 10th Doctor even turned himself human for several months to escape the Family of Blood; not because he couldn't beat them, but so he wouldn't have to punish them by trapping them in a mirror, a black hole, the core of a dwarf star, or as a conscious but paralyzed scarecrow. On the other hand, he can show legitimate cruelty. Sometimes deliberate, as with \"Colonel Run-Away\" after the Battle at Demon's Run, sometimes less so as with his sometimes (often?) insensitive treatment of Martha Jones and other companions. Purple-Love: Another one just over 50/50. The Doctor does love humans, both abstractly as a whole, and specifically his companions, whether romantically (Rose) or platonically (most of the others). However, I think he tries to resist any specific loving feelings, especially after the Time War. Between bringing genocide to his people, being the last of his kind, and seeing what his presence can sometimes do to the lives of those he loves, he rarely loves whole-(two)heartedly and without reservation. Not to mention loving a human means he will, almost definitely, lose them since he is so long-lived. Basically, though he is certainly capable of love, it isn't something he can give in to entirely.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7540.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1mnwsd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Doctor Who/DC] The Doctor is placed in the D.C. universe. Which Lantern corps would be most likely to recruit him?", "c_root_id_A": "ccdogly", "c_root_id_B": "ccbyzzd", "created_at_utc_A": 1379919705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1379668844.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "So I'm new to the corp and all, but one of the old timers was talking about the whole \"Blackest Night\" incident that went down a while back. So he tells me that he was one of the corp members that was on that little mudball, Earth, that always seems so frakkin important, right as the crapola hit the fan. So he tells me, just after that huge freaking death god or whatever he was appeared, a Police Box, this kind of weird little box that Earth police hang out in, just appears near the battlefield. Now this was apparently right as out guy Ganthet was doing something funny to all the corp rings to get them to generate new rings for deputies. So anyhow, long winded, I know, he says this little man steps out of the box, human, so y'know dull looking, not very imposing, (they all look alike to me anyhow) and suddenly one ring of each corp shoots towards him and they all start talking simultaneously at him. This is what I remember from what he told me. Since all the rings tried to deputize him simultaneously he said it was confusing and loud, but anyhow, here goes. The red power ring said \"Theta Sigma of Gallifrey you hold great rage in heart heart\" The orange ring said \"Valeyard, you wanted it all\" The Yellow ring said \"Oncoming Storm, you have the power to instill great fear\" Our Ring didn't give a name, or if it did my guy couldn't hear it, but it stated that he had the \"capacity to overcome great fear\" One those hippy blue rings said \"Doctor, you have the ability to instill great hope\" An indigo staff thing called him \"Keeper of the Legacy of Rassilon, Defender of the Laws of Time and Protector of Gallifrey\" and said he possessed \"great compassion\" And finally, even though he wasn't a chick a violet ring went to him and said \"My Thief, My Beautiful Idiot you have known great love\" So anyhow, he each ring land on his fingers, and he's not freaked out or nothing. He holds up one hand and looks and says\"fascinating\" Can you believe that? With all this stuff going \"fascinating??\" He then took out this weird little wand thing, runs it over all the rings and goes to step back into the box, but just before he does a black ring flies to him, calls him the \"The Beast\" and tells him to \"die\" and this is where it gets weirder, apparently there were a bunch of, like \"ghosts'' that showed up my guy said there were at least 10 or 11 of them. and they kept flickering..and then a WHITE ring shows up! Tells him to live and that he is needed. There was a flash of light and the \"ghosts\" disappear. Then, apparently he just stood there for a minute with a confused look and stepped back into the box and it disappeared. Now, honestly I think my guy was shell shocked or something, but damn if it isn't the craziest story. Weird thing is that's not the only story I ever heard about a guy popping out of a police box, looking human, all over the damn galaxy and some of the stories seem to have happened a long time ago. Crazy thing. Never know what's out there I guess!", "human_ref_B": "I would like to see the Doctor taking up a White Lantern ring.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 250861.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k6ug37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[General] In a universe where Santa Claus exists but people don't believe in him, who do parents think gives presents to their kids every Christmas?", "c_root_id_A": "gen25lk", "c_root_id_B": "gen2rs4", "created_at_utc_A": 1607119251.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607119579.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "They don't even consider the question, because considering the question would require paying attention to it and they don't. It's not even so much that Santa is intentionally blocking anyone from knowing about him, it's just the nature of his magic that noticing Santa requires a certain level of child-like wonder and an inquisitive, curious mind that people rarely retain into their adult years. For everyone who doesn't, how presents appear on Christmas becomes Somebody Else's Problem.", "human_ref_B": "Each parent thinks he other is secretly slipping extra gifts in. Some will take credit, some will deny it, but nobody will EVER get caught out doing it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 328.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k6ug37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[General] In a universe where Santa Claus exists but people don't believe in him, who do parents think gives presents to their kids every Christmas?", "c_root_id_A": "gen1u9k", "c_root_id_B": "gen2rs4", "created_at_utc_A": 1607119086.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607119579.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "People will often question their own memories when it conflicts with their worldview. Most often, they each assume the other bought them. Sometimes they might decide they must have bought them and forgotten about it. And to explain how they can afford the presents, they convinced themselves they're getting some kind of \"Christmas bonus\".", "human_ref_B": "Each parent thinks he other is secretly slipping extra gifts in. Some will take credit, some will deny it, but nobody will EVER get caught out doing it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 493.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k6ug37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[General] In a universe where Santa Claus exists but people don't believe in him, who do parents think gives presents to their kids every Christmas?", "c_root_id_A": "gen25lk", "c_root_id_B": "gen1u9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1607119251.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607119086.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They don't even consider the question, because considering the question would require paying attention to it and they don't. It's not even so much that Santa is intentionally blocking anyone from knowing about him, it's just the nature of his magic that noticing Santa requires a certain level of child-like wonder and an inquisitive, curious mind that people rarely retain into their adult years. For everyone who doesn't, how presents appear on Christmas becomes Somebody Else's Problem.", "human_ref_B": "People will often question their own memories when it conflicts with their worldview. Most often, they each assume the other bought them. Sometimes they might decide they must have bought them and forgotten about it. And to explain how they can afford the presents, they convinced themselves they're getting some kind of \"Christmas bonus\".", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 165.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k6ug37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.64, "history": "[General] In a universe where Santa Claus exists but people don't believe in him, who do parents think gives presents to their kids every Christmas?", "c_root_id_A": "gen4jra", "c_root_id_B": "gen2sdc", "created_at_utc_A": 1607120530.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607119587.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They probably think it came from other relatives. \"Okay honey, here's a present from your great-aunt Matilda. Why don't you open this one?\" And then it's the train set (or whatever) that little Jimmy wanted. If you tell great-aunt Matilda thank you, then she might deny that she ever bought Jimmy that present. But she's pretty senile these days, so nobody thinks much about it. Sometimes there's not even a card on it to say who it's from, so people just assume it came from a relative. \"Maybe Uncle Tommy dropped it off?\" and the parents then shrug and go back to watching the kid play with the toy he really really wanted.", "human_ref_B": "Each parent assumes the other parent is buying extravagant gifts without consulting them. It's led to a lot of loud arguments and divorces. And that leads to one-upmanship between parents competing for the child's affection, which acts as a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy in this case.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 943.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t32t3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ghosts] How does the ghost barrier work? For clarification: I'm talking about the American sitcom named \"Ghosts\", not just ghosts in general. One of the rules of the universe is that a ghost can't leave the place where they died. In one episode we see that if they try to leave some kind of barrier stops them the moment they hit the property line. But two of the main characters are a Viking and a Native American from the 1500's - both of them died long long before the land in the area would have been divided up in to different lots. So... Would the barrier stop them? Were they free to roam until the property lines got defined and then they got stuck? Or do they still have a barrier but it's a radius from their death site for them instead of being based on arbitrary borders? Further - what happens if the property changes in the future? If the current owners decide to divide up the lot and sell part of it off are the ghosts now restricted to a tinier area? If they buy an adjoining lot and expand the property will that give the ghosts more freedom? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this show is based on a British sitcom so I'm hoping this question actually has an answer.", "c_root_id_A": "hyqmszs", "c_root_id_B": "hypxtyy", "created_at_utc_A": 1646023185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646011320.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "This is one of the few shows where US and the UK versions both manage to be really good. There's definitely not a clear answer from the British version, but there's a few more edge cases to base your theories on. First, they showed a flashback of a medieval village from before everyone died of the plague. There were a bunch of different huts that all the furnace room ghosts presumably died in separately before they wound up together in the basement. (I swear, this is actually a comedy) The second one was when they went to see a condo in a London high-rise, and there was a pair of luftwaffe pilots just hovering outside of the window, presumably still held up by where their plane was when it was blown up", "human_ref_B": "That would fucking suuuuuck. But that\u2019s how it works in a lot of fiction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11865.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t32t3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ghosts] How does the ghost barrier work? For clarification: I'm talking about the American sitcom named \"Ghosts\", not just ghosts in general. One of the rules of the universe is that a ghost can't leave the place where they died. In one episode we see that if they try to leave some kind of barrier stops them the moment they hit the property line. But two of the main characters are a Viking and a Native American from the 1500's - both of them died long long before the land in the area would have been divided up in to different lots. So... Would the barrier stop them? Were they free to roam until the property lines got defined and then they got stuck? Or do they still have a barrier but it's a radius from their death site for them instead of being based on arbitrary borders? Further - what happens if the property changes in the future? If the current owners decide to divide up the lot and sell part of it off are the ghosts now restricted to a tinier area? If they buy an adjoining lot and expand the property will that give the ghosts more freedom? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this show is based on a British sitcom so I'm hoping this question actually has an answer.", "c_root_id_A": "hyq2bj3", "c_root_id_B": "hyqmszs", "created_at_utc_A": 1646013400.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646023185.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Damn. I dunno. Maybe just relating to the area of what was considered the house area of when they died? But maybe not. Cause now I'm imagining the couple sells most of the land except for say a tiny 5x5 area and all the ghosts just being crammed into that tiny area. They can't float through each other too.", "human_ref_B": "This is one of the few shows where US and the UK versions both manage to be really good. There's definitely not a clear answer from the British version, but there's a few more edge cases to base your theories on. First, they showed a flashback of a medieval village from before everyone died of the plague. There were a bunch of different huts that all the furnace room ghosts presumably died in separately before they wound up together in the basement. (I swear, this is actually a comedy) The second one was when they went to see a condo in a London high-rise, and there was a pair of luftwaffe pilots just hovering outside of the window, presumably still held up by where their plane was when it was blown up", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9785.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t32t3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ghosts] How does the ghost barrier work? For clarification: I'm talking about the American sitcom named \"Ghosts\", not just ghosts in general. One of the rules of the universe is that a ghost can't leave the place where they died. In one episode we see that if they try to leave some kind of barrier stops them the moment they hit the property line. But two of the main characters are a Viking and a Native American from the 1500's - both of them died long long before the land in the area would have been divided up in to different lots. So... Would the barrier stop them? Were they free to roam until the property lines got defined and then they got stuck? Or do they still have a barrier but it's a radius from their death site for them instead of being based on arbitrary borders? Further - what happens if the property changes in the future? If the current owners decide to divide up the lot and sell part of it off are the ghosts now restricted to a tinier area? If they buy an adjoining lot and expand the property will that give the ghosts more freedom? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this show is based on a British sitcom so I'm hoping this question actually has an answer.", "c_root_id_A": "hyqmszs", "c_root_id_B": "hyqh9lf", "created_at_utc_A": 1646023185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646020344.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "This is one of the few shows where US and the UK versions both manage to be really good. There's definitely not a clear answer from the British version, but there's a few more edge cases to base your theories on. First, they showed a flashback of a medieval village from before everyone died of the plague. There were a bunch of different huts that all the furnace room ghosts presumably died in separately before they wound up together in the basement. (I swear, this is actually a comedy) The second one was when they went to see a condo in a London high-rise, and there was a pair of luftwaffe pilots just hovering outside of the window, presumably still held up by where their plane was when it was blown up", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes its some kind of a purge", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2841.0, "score_ratio": 8000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t32t3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ghosts] How does the ghost barrier work? For clarification: I'm talking about the American sitcom named \"Ghosts\", not just ghosts in general. One of the rules of the universe is that a ghost can't leave the place where they died. In one episode we see that if they try to leave some kind of barrier stops them the moment they hit the property line. But two of the main characters are a Viking and a Native American from the 1500's - both of them died long long before the land in the area would have been divided up in to different lots. So... Would the barrier stop them? Were they free to roam until the property lines got defined and then they got stuck? Or do they still have a barrier but it's a radius from their death site for them instead of being based on arbitrary borders? Further - what happens if the property changes in the future? If the current owners decide to divide up the lot and sell part of it off are the ghosts now restricted to a tinier area? If they buy an adjoining lot and expand the property will that give the ghosts more freedom? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this show is based on a British sitcom so I'm hoping this question actually has an answer.", "c_root_id_A": "hyqn16p", "c_root_id_B": "hyq2bj3", "created_at_utc_A": 1646023305.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646013400.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I saw a theory that the reason ghosts can go through walls is because they are obeying the layout of the house at the time they died. So they move through doors and climb stairs that used to exist. But are blocked by walls that are no longer there. Therefore whatever existed when they died, that\u2019s what they\u2019re stuck with for all eternity.", "human_ref_B": "Damn. I dunno. Maybe just relating to the area of what was considered the house area of when they died? But maybe not. Cause now I'm imagining the couple sells most of the land except for say a tiny 5x5 area and all the ghosts just being crammed into that tiny area. They can't float through each other too.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9905.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t32t3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ghosts] How does the ghost barrier work? For clarification: I'm talking about the American sitcom named \"Ghosts\", not just ghosts in general. One of the rules of the universe is that a ghost can't leave the place where they died. In one episode we see that if they try to leave some kind of barrier stops them the moment they hit the property line. But two of the main characters are a Viking and a Native American from the 1500's - both of them died long long before the land in the area would have been divided up in to different lots. So... Would the barrier stop them? Were they free to roam until the property lines got defined and then they got stuck? Or do they still have a barrier but it's a radius from their death site for them instead of being based on arbitrary borders? Further - what happens if the property changes in the future? If the current owners decide to divide up the lot and sell part of it off are the ghosts now restricted to a tinier area? If they buy an adjoining lot and expand the property will that give the ghosts more freedom? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this show is based on a British sitcom so I'm hoping this question actually has an answer.", "c_root_id_A": "hyqn16p", "c_root_id_B": "hyqh9lf", "created_at_utc_A": 1646023305.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646020344.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I saw a theory that the reason ghosts can go through walls is because they are obeying the layout of the house at the time they died. So they move through doors and climb stairs that used to exist. But are blocked by walls that are no longer there. Therefore whatever existed when they died, that\u2019s what they\u2019re stuck with for all eternity.", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes its some kind of a purge", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2961.0, "score_ratio": 5000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t32t3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ghosts] How does the ghost barrier work? For clarification: I'm talking about the American sitcom named \"Ghosts\", not just ghosts in general. One of the rules of the universe is that a ghost can't leave the place where they died. In one episode we see that if they try to leave some kind of barrier stops them the moment they hit the property line. But two of the main characters are a Viking and a Native American from the 1500's - both of them died long long before the land in the area would have been divided up in to different lots. So... Would the barrier stop them? Were they free to roam until the property lines got defined and then they got stuck? Or do they still have a barrier but it's a radius from their death site for them instead of being based on arbitrary borders? Further - what happens if the property changes in the future? If the current owners decide to divide up the lot and sell part of it off are the ghosts now restricted to a tinier area? If they buy an adjoining lot and expand the property will that give the ghosts more freedom? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this show is based on a British sitcom so I'm hoping this question actually has an answer.", "c_root_id_A": "hysg2s0", "c_root_id_B": "hyqh9lf", "created_at_utc_A": 1646063495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646020344.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I haven't seen the show so this is a more generalized theory: In many media (Dresden Files is a prime example), living people create a \"threshold\" on their property lines that supernatural are forced to respect. The obvious example is vampires not being able to enter your household without your permission. So what if the ghost's restrictions are not tied to anything specific to their times alive, but rather to the current perceptions of the living. The living see that line as a barrier of sorts and thus it becomes a real barrier to the ghosts. > what happens if the property changes in the future? If the current owners decide to divide up the lot and sell part of it off are the ghosts now restricted to a tinier area? If they buy an adjoining lot and expand the property will that give the ghosts more freedom? That would be the case - since it is the living creating the property lines with their perceptions, as those perceptions shift the real barriers that ghost experience would shift to match.", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes its some kind of a purge", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 43151.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t32t3b", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Ghosts] How does the ghost barrier work? For clarification: I'm talking about the American sitcom named \"Ghosts\", not just ghosts in general. One of the rules of the universe is that a ghost can't leave the place where they died. In one episode we see that if they try to leave some kind of barrier stops them the moment they hit the property line. But two of the main characters are a Viking and a Native American from the 1500's - both of them died long long before the land in the area would have been divided up in to different lots. So... Would the barrier stop them? Were they free to roam until the property lines got defined and then they got stuck? Or do they still have a barrier but it's a radius from their death site for them instead of being based on arbitrary borders? Further - what happens if the property changes in the future? If the current owners decide to divide up the lot and sell part of it off are the ghosts now restricted to a tinier area? If they buy an adjoining lot and expand the property will that give the ghosts more freedom? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this show is based on a British sitcom so I'm hoping this question actually has an answer.", "c_root_id_A": "hysjtr7", "c_root_id_B": "hyqh9lf", "created_at_utc_A": 1646064993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1646020344.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "> I vaguely remember reading somewhere that this show is based on a British sitcom so I'm hoping this question actually has an answer. Rules are a little looser on that side of the pond. In one emergency situation, they kicked a headless ghost's head across the boundary to pass a message, and it worked. Maybe the Native American and Viking can't cross the line in America because Ghost Law is just stricter here.", "human_ref_B": "Sometimes its some kind of a purge", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44649.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pjye1s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Dune] Does the Baron know he is Lady Jessica\u2019s father?", "c_root_id_A": "hbzu57j", "c_root_id_B": "hbzqqlq", "created_at_utc_A": 1631058061.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1631056475.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "No, Jessica's heritage was a top-level secret among the Bene Gesserit. Especially since she was so important to the final stages of the grand plan to breed the Kwisatz Haderach under Bene Gesserit control and put them on the Imperial throne. If Baron Harkonnen knew, he would have used that information against Duke Leto, and thrown the entire plan into chaos.", "human_ref_B": "I don\u2019t think he knew. I think only the benegezerit knew", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1586.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwlvme5", "c_root_id_B": "gwm7wtz", "created_at_utc_A": 1619916457.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619923483.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "It depends on how many centuries, on where they grew up, and on the vampire/immortal themselves. I think it would be relatively rare to find one who cares about race, because you first have to find one who cares about humanity.", "human_ref_B": "Do you hate different kinds of cow?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7026.0, "score_ratio": 1.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwm7mr2", "c_root_id_B": "gwm7wtz", "created_at_utc_A": 1619923318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619923483.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Some are, some aren't. People can change over time if they're open-minded.", "human_ref_B": "Do you hate different kinds of cow?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 165.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwm8tqi", "c_root_id_B": "gwm7mr2", "created_at_utc_A": 1619924029.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619923318.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They'll definitely come off as racist, regardless of whether they actually are. Your grandpa who rants about coloreds has fallen off the euphemism treadmill, and is using words that are now considered impolite because he doesn't care to learn what new euphemisms are appropriate. He might also sincerely hate black people, but that's tangential to the point I'm making; a lot of vampires simply aren't going to keep up with the times, and are going to continue to use language that is now considered impolite. So, even if a vampire from the 1860s doesnt have any special hate for minorities, he's going to come off as racist solely due to word choice, which he isn't going to update because he feels a bland indifference towards humans.", "human_ref_B": "Some are, some aren't. People can change over time if they're open-minded.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 711.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwm9557", "c_root_id_B": "gwm7mr2", "created_at_utc_A": 1619924224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619923318.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": ">I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Counterpoint: Mark Twain.", "human_ref_B": "Some are, some aren't. People can change over time if they're open-minded.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 906.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwmcc0m", "c_root_id_B": "gwpqf5l", "created_at_utc_A": 1619926209.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619992501.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Racist, but not necessarily in the same way we would. Older, pure blood vampires(those born as vampires) consider them superior to vampires who were simply turned. Vampires consider themselves above the human race, simply because humans are prey. They won't discriminate specifically against our racial minorities, simply because they consider us ALL to be inferior. They may choose to feed on more socially disadvantaged demographics, though this is done out of practicality, with our society less likely to notice/care about those who go missing. Eg. Vampires in the 18th century might feed on slaves, while Vampires in the 21st century might feed on the homeless.", "human_ref_B": "They'll definitely be out of date but it's good to remember that prejudice and prudishness has varied greatly over the many years. Lots of old big cities were rather diverse by virtue of being cool places to hang, live and do business for many different people. And when it comes to sexual orientation many are already familiar with many gay appreciations in ancient Greece and other cultures. Bigotry of the world was never linear nor simple.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 66292.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwpqf5l", "c_root_id_B": "gwmizp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1619992501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619930508.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "They'll definitely be out of date but it's good to remember that prejudice and prudishness has varied greatly over the many years. Lots of old big cities were rather diverse by virtue of being cool places to hang, live and do business for many different people. And when it comes to sexual orientation many are already familiar with many gay appreciations in ancient Greece and other cultures. Bigotry of the world was never linear nor simple.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on how static they are compared to humans. We lose more and more of out ability to change our worldview with new experiences as we age (combination of streamlining/optimizing processes with minimal information and the decline of neuroplasticity). But if the vampire is stuck in a youthful brain or whatever age they were made into a vamp then I imagine it would shake out with the unchanging older (physiologically) vamps getting staked because they couldn't adapt to hide in plain site anymore. The younger (physiologically) vamps being able to change with the times and duck the hunters. Likewise those vamps with more flexible minds might see where the winds blow and adjust their public facing beliefs accordingly. Now what they believe personally might vary greatly. A vamp who predates William the Conqueror may have ingrained prejudices that are simply so outdated as to be irrelevant as the peoples and places really don't exist in a way that the person of the era could recognize.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 61993.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwne33q", "c_root_id_B": "gwpqf5l", "created_at_utc_A": 1619955043.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619992501.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In marvel, Dracula has been shown to be racist against muslims people, and earned the scorn of dr doom", "human_ref_B": "They'll definitely be out of date but it's good to remember that prejudice and prudishness has varied greatly over the many years. Lots of old big cities were rather diverse by virtue of being cool places to hang, live and do business for many different people. And when it comes to sexual orientation many are already familiar with many gay appreciations in ancient Greece and other cultures. Bigotry of the world was never linear nor simple.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 37458.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwm7mr2", "c_root_id_B": "gwpqf5l", "created_at_utc_A": 1619923318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619992501.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Some are, some aren't. People can change over time if they're open-minded.", "human_ref_B": "They'll definitely be out of date but it's good to remember that prejudice and prudishness has varied greatly over the many years. Lots of old big cities were rather diverse by virtue of being cool places to hang, live and do business for many different people. And when it comes to sexual orientation many are already familiar with many gay appreciations in ancient Greece and other cultures. Bigotry of the world was never linear nor simple.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 69183.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwmhkmg", "c_root_id_B": "gwpqf5l", "created_at_utc_A": 1619929579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619992501.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Dracula in the Buffyverse is prone to making insensitive remarks, particularly regarding one character's Japanese heritage. However, they're not openly malicious or degrading remarks, just... insensitive. Because he doesn't know any better. He's a military man at heart and I think if you want to be an effective commander you kind of have to be fundamentally meritocratic. Actually, Dracula in the original book is pretty backwards too. Classist, rather than racist though; he talks a lot about how wonderful his Proud Warrior Race blood is compared to soft peasants and how they're too stupid to be in charge of their own lives.", "human_ref_B": "They'll definitely be out of date but it's good to remember that prejudice and prudishness has varied greatly over the many years. Lots of old big cities were rather diverse by virtue of being cool places to hang, live and do business for many different people. And when it comes to sexual orientation many are already familiar with many gay appreciations in ancient Greece and other cultures. Bigotry of the world was never linear nor simple.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 62922.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwpqf5l", "c_root_id_B": "gwmnjth", "created_at_utc_A": 1619992501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619933974.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They'll definitely be out of date but it's good to remember that prejudice and prudishness has varied greatly over the many years. Lots of old big cities were rather diverse by virtue of being cool places to hang, live and do business for many different people. And when it comes to sexual orientation many are already familiar with many gay appreciations in ancient Greece and other cultures. Bigotry of the world was never linear nor simple.", "human_ref_B": "If you think your entire species is better than all humans, and you think a vampire of a different skin colour is still far better than a human of your skin colour, even though that vampire of other skin colour looks almost the same as humans of that skin colour, and that vampire of your skin colour looks almost the same like you, then there is one sensible conclusion: skin colour doesn't matter to you, only species does. Wolverine is different because he lost his memory and didn't regain them until House of M. So his viewpoint on racial relations will be more informed by modern sensibilities. And actually for the mutant supremists like Magneto, they may think in the same way as the vampire examples above.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 58527.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwmcc0m", "c_root_id_B": "gwm7mr2", "created_at_utc_A": 1619926209.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619923318.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Racist, but not necessarily in the same way we would. Older, pure blood vampires(those born as vampires) consider them superior to vampires who were simply turned. Vampires consider themselves above the human race, simply because humans are prey. They won't discriminate specifically against our racial minorities, simply because they consider us ALL to be inferior. They may choose to feed on more socially disadvantaged demographics, though this is done out of practicality, with our society less likely to notice/care about those who go missing. Eg. Vampires in the 18th century might feed on slaves, while Vampires in the 21st century might feed on the homeless.", "human_ref_B": "Some are, some aren't. People can change over time if they're open-minded.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2891.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwm7mr2", "c_root_id_B": "gwmizp4", "created_at_utc_A": 1619923318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619930508.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Some are, some aren't. People can change over time if they're open-minded.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on how static they are compared to humans. We lose more and more of out ability to change our worldview with new experiences as we age (combination of streamlining/optimizing processes with minimal information and the decline of neuroplasticity). But if the vampire is stuck in a youthful brain or whatever age they were made into a vamp then I imagine it would shake out with the unchanging older (physiologically) vamps getting staked because they couldn't adapt to hide in plain site anymore. The younger (physiologically) vamps being able to change with the times and duck the hunters. Likewise those vamps with more flexible minds might see where the winds blow and adjust their public facing beliefs accordingly. Now what they believe personally might vary greatly. A vamp who predates William the Conqueror may have ingrained prejudices that are simply so outdated as to be irrelevant as the peoples and places really don't exist in a way that the person of the era could recognize.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7190.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwmizp4", "c_root_id_B": "gwmhkmg", "created_at_utc_A": 1619930508.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619929579.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how static they are compared to humans. We lose more and more of out ability to change our worldview with new experiences as we age (combination of streamlining/optimizing processes with minimal information and the decline of neuroplasticity). But if the vampire is stuck in a youthful brain or whatever age they were made into a vamp then I imagine it would shake out with the unchanging older (physiologically) vamps getting staked because they couldn't adapt to hide in plain site anymore. The younger (physiologically) vamps being able to change with the times and duck the hunters. Likewise those vamps with more flexible minds might see where the winds blow and adjust their public facing beliefs accordingly. Now what they believe personally might vary greatly. A vamp who predates William the Conqueror may have ingrained prejudices that are simply so outdated as to be irrelevant as the peoples and places really don't exist in a way that the person of the era could recognize.", "human_ref_B": "Dracula in the Buffyverse is prone to making insensitive remarks, particularly regarding one character's Japanese heritage. However, they're not openly malicious or degrading remarks, just... insensitive. Because he doesn't know any better. He's a military man at heart and I think if you want to be an effective commander you kind of have to be fundamentally meritocratic. Actually, Dracula in the original book is pretty backwards too. Classist, rather than racist though; he talks a lot about how wonderful his Proud Warrior Race blood is compared to soft peasants and how they're too stupid to be in charge of their own lives.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 929.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwm7mr2", "c_root_id_B": "gwne33q", "created_at_utc_A": 1619923318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619955043.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Some are, some aren't. People can change over time if they're open-minded.", "human_ref_B": "In marvel, Dracula has been shown to be racist against muslims people, and earned the scorn of dr doom", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31725.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwmhkmg", "c_root_id_B": "gwne33q", "created_at_utc_A": 1619929579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619955043.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Dracula in the Buffyverse is prone to making insensitive remarks, particularly regarding one character's Japanese heritage. However, they're not openly malicious or degrading remarks, just... insensitive. Because he doesn't know any better. He's a military man at heart and I think if you want to be an effective commander you kind of have to be fundamentally meritocratic. Actually, Dracula in the original book is pretty backwards too. Classist, rather than racist though; he talks a lot about how wonderful his Proud Warrior Race blood is compared to soft peasants and how they're too stupid to be in charge of their own lives.", "human_ref_B": "In marvel, Dracula has been shown to be racist against muslims people, and earned the scorn of dr doom", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25464.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwmnjth", "c_root_id_B": "gwne33q", "created_at_utc_A": 1619933974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1619955043.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If you think your entire species is better than all humans, and you think a vampire of a different skin colour is still far better than a human of your skin colour, even though that vampire of other skin colour looks almost the same as humans of that skin colour, and that vampire of your skin colour looks almost the same like you, then there is one sensible conclusion: skin colour doesn't matter to you, only species does. Wolverine is different because he lost his memory and didn't regain them until House of M. So his viewpoint on racial relations will be more informed by modern sensibilities. And actually for the mutant supremists like Magneto, they may think in the same way as the vampire examples above.", "human_ref_B": "In marvel, Dracula has been shown to be racist against muslims people, and earned the scorn of dr doom", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21069.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwm7mr2", "c_root_id_B": "gww6smt", "created_at_utc_A": 1619923318.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620127170.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Some are, some aren't. People can change over time if they're open-minded.", "human_ref_B": "Nothing wrong with being a sjw", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 203852.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwmhkmg", "c_root_id_B": "gww6smt", "created_at_utc_A": 1619929579.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620127170.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Dracula in the Buffyverse is prone to making insensitive remarks, particularly regarding one character's Japanese heritage. However, they're not openly malicious or degrading remarks, just... insensitive. Because he doesn't know any better. He's a military man at heart and I think if you want to be an effective commander you kind of have to be fundamentally meritocratic. Actually, Dracula in the original book is pretty backwards too. Classist, rather than racist though; he talks a lot about how wonderful his Proud Warrior Race blood is compared to soft peasants and how they're too stupid to be in charge of their own lives.", "human_ref_B": "Nothing wrong with being a sjw", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 197591.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n2l17p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[General Vampires] Are centuries old vampires likely to be racist? Before anyone calls me a SJW; I stand by my point that anyone who grew up in the 1860s or earlier will be shockingly racist by modern standards; the same stands for sexism, homophobia and misc prejudice. Sure they will probably improve with the times; but there's a reason that it's my grandfather who rants about the coloreds (ftw we usually give awkward silence to that). I think we'd expect some examples of values dissonance; it always struck me as a little odd that while Spike is an asshole; the most offensive thing I can remember him doing is wearing a slain nazis coat as a trophy (obviously he does much worse deeds but I'm simply referring to examples of racism). I think Dracula does show some signs of this though. To be fair this could really apply to all immortals and not just vampires; they're usually just the most prominent example of immortals. On that note kinda surprised Wolverine isn't more conservative.", "c_root_id_A": "gwmnjth", "c_root_id_B": "gww6smt", "created_at_utc_A": 1619933974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620127170.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If you think your entire species is better than all humans, and you think a vampire of a different skin colour is still far better than a human of your skin colour, even though that vampire of other skin colour looks almost the same as humans of that skin colour, and that vampire of your skin colour looks almost the same like you, then there is one sensible conclusion: skin colour doesn't matter to you, only species does. Wolverine is different because he lost his memory and didn't regain them until House of M. So his viewpoint on racial relations will be more informed by modern sensibilities. And actually for the mutant supremists like Magneto, they may think in the same way as the vampire examples above.", "human_ref_B": "Nothing wrong with being a sjw", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 193196.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "357ajv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] how were wolverine's claws tempered? Or sharpened? So, we know the adamantium was in liquid form when it was grafted to wolverine's skeleton. But in order for any metal to be durable- hard enough to hold an edge, flexible enough not to be brittle, etc. So my question is, how did the weapon x program accomplish this after they injected the liquid metal? Secondly, how did they shape and sharpen the blades? And how does logan hone the blades?", "c_root_id_A": "cr1o7yf", "c_root_id_B": "cr1oq7r", "created_at_utc_A": 1431024256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431025021.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Isn't solid Adamantium naturally nigh-unbreakable and unbendable?", "human_ref_B": "They accomplished it by pouring into a mold that was around wolverine. The process binded it to his bones, but the claws were bound to bone-claws at the base but also molded to be that shape, which is a good balance of practicality and actually fitting in his hand/wrist. It doesn't need sharpening. True adamantium is indestructible. It's not a regular metal in Marvel. It is actually impossible to destroy or deform it (outside very powerful magic) once the liquid has set. The molds for the claws were shaped to make a very sharp edge, and so the claws will forever be that sharp.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 765.0, "score_ratio": 1.5909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "357ajv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] how were wolverine's claws tempered? Or sharpened? So, we know the adamantium was in liquid form when it was grafted to wolverine's skeleton. But in order for any metal to be durable- hard enough to hold an edge, flexible enough not to be brittle, etc. So my question is, how did the weapon x program accomplish this after they injected the liquid metal? Secondly, how did they shape and sharpen the blades? And how does logan hone the blades?", "c_root_id_A": "cr1oq7r", "c_root_id_B": "cr1ojwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1431025021.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431024752.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "They accomplished it by pouring into a mold that was around wolverine. The process binded it to his bones, but the claws were bound to bone-claws at the base but also molded to be that shape, which is a good balance of practicality and actually fitting in his hand/wrist. It doesn't need sharpening. True adamantium is indestructible. It's not a regular metal in Marvel. It is actually impossible to destroy or deform it (outside very powerful magic) once the liquid has set. The molds for the claws were shaped to make a very sharp edge, and so the claws will forever be that sharp.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure for the knife type claws he has now, but they were initially depicted and treated as being round and pointy. Stabbing rather than slashing weapons, primarily.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 269.0, "score_ratio": 4.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "357ajv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Marvel] how were wolverine's claws tempered? Or sharpened? So, we know the adamantium was in liquid form when it was grafted to wolverine's skeleton. But in order for any metal to be durable- hard enough to hold an edge, flexible enough not to be brittle, etc. So my question is, how did the weapon x program accomplish this after they injected the liquid metal? Secondly, how did they shape and sharpen the blades? And how does logan hone the blades?", "c_root_id_A": "cr1ojwb", "c_root_id_B": "cr1otoq", "created_at_utc_A": 1431024752.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1431025168.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I'm not sure for the knife type claws he has now, but they were initially depicted and treated as being round and pointy. Stabbing rather than slashing weapons, primarily.", "human_ref_B": "Adamantium is as close to immutable as anything can possibly be once cooled. Apparently Magneto can do stuff with it, but mere terrestrial science cannot. This means that if you can shape it into an edge while it's cooling, it will hold that edge forever. There's no need to temper it for strength, because it's already so high up on the hardness scale that it breaks all the testing equipment. It doesn't need to be flexible either, for the same reasons. Adamantium is a singularity of materials sciences, and the normal laws of manufacturing techniques break down when confronted by it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 416.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "26ir9a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "How tough are Superman's 'soft areas', eg eyes, mucal membranes and, ahem, 'exposed organs'?", "c_root_id_A": "chrfqe5", "c_root_id_B": "chrhiqp", "created_at_utc_A": 1401114260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401119447.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 56, "human_ref_A": "Well, according to this his eyes are just as bulletproof as the rest of him.", "human_ref_B": "Superman's durability isn't (just) a property of his flesh. He is surrounded by some sort of bio-generated field, which makes everything within it invulnerable. That's why he's able to fly into the sun without losing his skin-tight costume, but his cape gets incinerated. That's also why a shot that tears his costume is a pretty big deal: it means the attacker is generating enough force to pierce the outer layers of his invincibility aura, which is only a few steps away from injuring the Man of Steel himself. Superman's eyes and giggly bits are protected by this same aura, and enjoy the same levels of protection as the rest of his body.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5187.0, "score_ratio": 3.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "26ir9a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "How tough are Superman's 'soft areas', eg eyes, mucal membranes and, ahem, 'exposed organs'?", "c_root_id_A": "chrh9xh", "c_root_id_B": "chrhiqp", "created_at_utc_A": 1401118784.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401119447.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 56, "human_ref_A": "I'd imagine they aren't as strong as the rest of him. But still beyond the human ability to harm.", "human_ref_B": "Superman's durability isn't (just) a property of his flesh. He is surrounded by some sort of bio-generated field, which makes everything within it invulnerable. That's why he's able to fly into the sun without losing his skin-tight costume, but his cape gets incinerated. That's also why a shot that tears his costume is a pretty big deal: it means the attacker is generating enough force to pierce the outer layers of his invincibility aura, which is only a few steps away from injuring the Man of Steel himself. Superman's eyes and giggly bits are protected by this same aura, and enjoy the same levels of protection as the rest of his body.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 663.0, "score_ratio": -56.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "26ir9a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "How tough are Superman's 'soft areas', eg eyes, mucal membranes and, ahem, 'exposed organs'?", "c_root_id_A": "chrh9xh", "c_root_id_B": "chrtcry", "created_at_utc_A": 1401118784.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401148980.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I'd imagine they aren't as strong as the rest of him. But still beyond the human ability to harm.", "human_ref_B": "How is he able to ingest food if the linings of his stomach and intestines are covered with a shield? How can he taste food if it covers his entire tongue!!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30196.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "83iidm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Dresden Files] In the Dresden files does one have to be born with magic to be a wizard, or can one simply learn to be one? I know that is theoretically possible to open the sight with things other than magic, but does that really make them a wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "dviipmm", "c_root_id_B": "dvi7sbl", "created_at_utc_A": 1520742675.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520728412.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Do you mean, can anyone do magic? Pretty much. Its like playing basketball, most anyone can get a few shots in. That said, for someone to get to be a professional basketball player, they have to go through a bunch of stages, from playing street ball, to rec leagues, to varsity high school to college ball. * 99% of people can play street ball (making magic circles, rituals) * 60-80% of people could play rec league (some minor spells like finding things magically) * 30-40% could play varsity (1-2 major spells like transformations, along with most minor things) * 10-20% could play college ball (several major spells like telekinesis, summoning beings, pretty much everything minor power related, and a lifespan in the 150-200 year range). Maybe 2-5% *could* be wizards...if they get found before breaking the laws of magic, or start turning dark. Quite a few have the power level, but to be a real wizard is like being an NBA player who can also solve differential equations in their head. Very rare.", "human_ref_B": "Anyone can learn a little bit of magic, but not much. Mostly simple rituals and small spells. Basically anyone could do the fairy trap from Storm Front, and we see another example with the ex-wives death curse ritual from Blood Rites. Some people have enough access to magic to do bigger things, but not enough to actually be wizards. This can be either weak magic as in the Ordo Lebes from White Night, or powerful focus on one single kind of magic like Hannah Ascher from Skin Game. To become a full member of the White Council you need both deep access to magic, as well as the ability to manipulate it for different things. So even if you're born with magic you might not become a wizard, but you can use some even if you weren't born with any.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14263.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "83iidm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Dresden Files] In the Dresden files does one have to be born with magic to be a wizard, or can one simply learn to be one? I know that is theoretically possible to open the sight with things other than magic, but does that really make them a wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "dvi5ght", "c_root_id_B": "dviipmm", "created_at_utc_A": 1520725535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520742675.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Yeah the wizards are born into it.. though even the smallest amount of talent can be modified and expanded with any number of this... spells, potions, talismans. Though it does make me wonder if a regular person off the street were to acquire a grimoire and essentially make a fuastian deal with any number of magical entities... fae, demons or even the others. Could they not alter the regular non magical person to become something close to a wizard. Certianly Mab could prolly for a great price..", "human_ref_B": "Do you mean, can anyone do magic? Pretty much. Its like playing basketball, most anyone can get a few shots in. That said, for someone to get to be a professional basketball player, they have to go through a bunch of stages, from playing street ball, to rec leagues, to varsity high school to college ball. * 99% of people can play street ball (making magic circles, rituals) * 60-80% of people could play rec league (some minor spells like finding things magically) * 30-40% could play varsity (1-2 major spells like transformations, along with most minor things) * 10-20% could play college ball (several major spells like telekinesis, summoning beings, pretty much everything minor power related, and a lifespan in the 150-200 year range). Maybe 2-5% *could* be wizards...if they get found before breaking the laws of magic, or start turning dark. Quite a few have the power level, but to be a real wizard is like being an NBA player who can also solve differential equations in their head. Very rare.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17140.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "83iidm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Dresden Files] In the Dresden files does one have to be born with magic to be a wizard, or can one simply learn to be one? I know that is theoretically possible to open the sight with things other than magic, but does that really make them a wizard?", "c_root_id_A": "dvi5ght", "c_root_id_B": "dvi7sbl", "created_at_utc_A": 1520725535.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520728412.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Yeah the wizards are born into it.. though even the smallest amount of talent can be modified and expanded with any number of this... spells, potions, talismans. Though it does make me wonder if a regular person off the street were to acquire a grimoire and essentially make a fuastian deal with any number of magical entities... fae, demons or even the others. Could they not alter the regular non magical person to become something close to a wizard. Certianly Mab could prolly for a great price..", "human_ref_B": "Anyone can learn a little bit of magic, but not much. Mostly simple rituals and small spells. Basically anyone could do the fairy trap from Storm Front, and we see another example with the ex-wives death curse ritual from Blood Rites. Some people have enough access to magic to do bigger things, but not enough to actually be wizards. This can be either weak magic as in the Ordo Lebes from White Night, or powerful focus on one single kind of magic like Hannah Ascher from Skin Game. To become a full member of the White Council you need both deep access to magic, as well as the ability to manipulate it for different things. So even if you're born with magic you might not become a wizard, but you can use some even if you weren't born with any.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2877.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9p39g0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Jurassic World] What army/organization WOULD buy products like the Indoraptor and Indominius Rex? The bad guys seem so confident that they will find buyers for their super killing machines. I just can't wrap my head around it.", "c_root_id_A": "e7ytqi7", "c_root_id_B": "e7yvtq9", "created_at_utc_A": 1539819431.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539821346.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Private military contractors, or crime lords wanting a loyal weapon that can't be bought or bribed. If dinosaurs could be reliably controlled, they could conceivably find use with the military. The idea isn't farfetched when you consider dogs have been used by military and law enforcement agencies for decades, and navies have trained dolphins and seals for patrol and mine detection.", "human_ref_B": "Private collectors. There are more tigers privately owned in Texas alone than there are in the wild. There's a market for dangerous pets.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1915.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9p39g0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Jurassic World] What army/organization WOULD buy products like the Indoraptor and Indominius Rex? The bad guys seem so confident that they will find buyers for their super killing machines. I just can't wrap my head around it.", "c_root_id_A": "e7z7b87", "c_root_id_B": "e7z4z1p", "created_at_utc_A": 1539831935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539829704.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "According to the video game Jurassic World: Evolution, an Indominus Rex can be cloned for $2.5 million USD dollars. Considering that a quick Google search suggests that it costs up to $72 thousand USD to train a US soldier; a military force can either acquire a single Indominus Rex or 347 soldiers. Realistically the soldiers will be always be a better investment; they can simply do infinitely more than a dinosaur at a fraction of the cost. With that being said, I can imagine that trained raptors could have a place in law enforcement as they'd likely be superior to police dogs in most roles.", "human_ref_B": "They are terror weapons, you think a poorly paid colombian soldier is going to stand around when the narcos let their raptors free in the jungle? If they can be controlled, they are perfect to guard the jungle areas where cocaine is produced.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2231.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9p39g0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Jurassic World] What army/organization WOULD buy products like the Indoraptor and Indominius Rex? The bad guys seem so confident that they will find buyers for their super killing machines. I just can't wrap my head around it.", "c_root_id_A": "e7z7oiy", "c_root_id_B": "e7z4z1p", "created_at_utc_A": 1539832298.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539829704.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Drop raptors into a jungle area, wait a little while for them to establish themselves, and it becomes effectively impassable. At least, you can't get through it quietly. Imagine the DMZ, but with raptors. Even if they can't be directly controlled, you could use them for area denial.", "human_ref_B": "They are terror weapons, you think a poorly paid colombian soldier is going to stand around when the narcos let their raptors free in the jungle? If they can be controlled, they are perfect to guard the jungle areas where cocaine is produced.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2594.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9p39g0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Jurassic World] What army/organization WOULD buy products like the Indoraptor and Indominius Rex? The bad guys seem so confident that they will find buyers for their super killing machines. I just can't wrap my head around it.", "c_root_id_A": "e7zi684", "c_root_id_B": "e7zg345", "created_at_utc_A": 1539845835.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539842359.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "For *those* prices? Who *wouldn't* buy a killer dinosaur for less than fifty million dollars?", "human_ref_B": "The Saudis.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3476.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9p39g0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Jurassic World] What army/organization WOULD buy products like the Indoraptor and Indominius Rex? The bad guys seem so confident that they will find buyers for their super killing machines. I just can't wrap my head around it.", "c_root_id_A": "e7zi684", "c_root_id_B": "e7zhytp", "created_at_utc_A": 1539845835.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539845470.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "For *those* prices? Who *wouldn't* buy a killer dinosaur for less than fifty million dollars?", "human_ref_B": "It's more like a proof of concept. You show them what you CAN create, and make more practical stuff in cooperation with the contractor when they have realized you aren't bullshitting them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 365.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5pf05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Heroes] Can someone learn to use another person's power like Sylar or is that part of his power? It has been a very long time since I last watched an episode of Heroes but it popped into my head tonight so I decided to browse the wiki to pass some time. While browsing I recalled that Sylar's power was described as \"the ability to understand how things work\". I read over his page to confirm it then had this thought. Sylar is able to reproduce someone's power simply by poking around in their head or spending time with them while they use it. His ability of \"understanding how this work\" obviously explains how he can know how to use the power but that wouldn't mean his DNA would be adjusted to be capable of that ability. I guess a good comparison would be that a pilot or engineer knows how a plane works but that doesn't mean they can fly like a plane. Does Sylar specifically have a secondary power to be able to do this? Or is it theoretically possible that if he was to learn a power then find a way to have someone fully comprehend what he knows about it, perhaps with something like telepathy, that other person could learn to use that ability?", "c_root_id_A": "i53cs9v", "c_root_id_B": "i53eren", "created_at_utc_A": 1650210141.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650210985.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I don't completely understand your question. I think the understanding of the power is part of Sylars power. But it is shown he doesn't always have complete control of that power straight away that comes with practice. Like when he takes the super hearing from that woman he didn't think at first that it would mean he would be vulnerable to loud noises. But with time he seems able to use it when he wants to as he hears Hiro and Ando's breathing or heartbeat in Isaac Mendezs apartment.", "human_ref_B": "His power was to be able to \u201cstudy things and learn how they work\u201d but it was like a mimic superpower. Peter Petrelli also had a mimic superpower but his worked a little differently. Wherever powers come from, it\u2019s probably not DNA exactly. It think it\u2019s more like all humans have potentially all powers, but only a few people have unlocked 1 or 2 and very few have unlocked more. And the source is mystical eclipse magic (?) Ok, it probably doesn\u2019t stand up to too much scrutiny. What can you do?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 844.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "u5pf05", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Heroes] Can someone learn to use another person's power like Sylar or is that part of his power? It has been a very long time since I last watched an episode of Heroes but it popped into my head tonight so I decided to browse the wiki to pass some time. While browsing I recalled that Sylar's power was described as \"the ability to understand how things work\". I read over his page to confirm it then had this thought. Sylar is able to reproduce someone's power simply by poking around in their head or spending time with them while they use it. His ability of \"understanding how this work\" obviously explains how he can know how to use the power but that wouldn't mean his DNA would be adjusted to be capable of that ability. I guess a good comparison would be that a pilot or engineer knows how a plane works but that doesn't mean they can fly like a plane. Does Sylar specifically have a secondary power to be able to do this? Or is it theoretically possible that if he was to learn a power then find a way to have someone fully comprehend what he knows about it, perhaps with something like telepathy, that other person could learn to use that ability?", "c_root_id_A": "i53hwmv", "c_root_id_B": "i53cs9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1650212310.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1650210141.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "No. We get a solid answer here from Monica Dawson, who *also* has the power of perfect mimicry, but cannot mimic superpowers. She uses her power to become an expert martial artist, but that's the extent of it. From this, we have to conclude that Sylar has some additional power to mimic superpowers beyond just understanding them.", "human_ref_B": "I don't completely understand your question. I think the understanding of the power is part of Sylars power. But it is shown he doesn't always have complete control of that power straight away that comes with practice. Like when he takes the super hearing from that woman he didn't think at first that it would mean he would be vulnerable to loud noises. But with time he seems able to use it when he wants to as he hears Hiro and Ando's breathing or heartbeat in Isaac Mendezs apartment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2169.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcs065w", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485134965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The Y-Wings probably would've been able to destroy it first shot, but after the first trench run there weren't enough left to go for another. Using an X-Wing you have a pretty good chance, maybe one in 4 will go in, with less actually getting down far enough to cause a chain reaction.", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3438.0, "score_ratio": -19.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcs3und", "c_root_id_B": "dcsbuh5", "created_at_utc_A": 1485139420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485151647.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Extremely unlikely. If you could throw in a hundred fighters one might make it, but the rebels only had 30 for the battle, and only one managed to shoot (twice). So without the Force to guide him, they would be screwed.", "human_ref_B": "So here's the thing. Luke isn't a trained Jedi at this point. He doesn't have anything like the kind of ability that would be necessary to actually move the torpedo or adjust its flight path in any way. The extent to which 'space magic' was used here was solely an instinct about when to pull the trigger. That's not an impossible thing for a regular pilot to do, though it might take kind of a lot of tries. The place where they might get themselves in real trouble is if the targeting computers are somehow reading the shot wrong, and every pilot relies on the computer. More shots don't fix a flaw in the targeting solution.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12227.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcsbuh5", "c_root_id_B": "dcs4tz1", "created_at_utc_A": 1485151647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485140660.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "So here's the thing. Luke isn't a trained Jedi at this point. He doesn't have anything like the kind of ability that would be necessary to actually move the torpedo or adjust its flight path in any way. The extent to which 'space magic' was used here was solely an instinct about when to pull the trigger. That's not an impossible thing for a regular pilot to do, though it might take kind of a lot of tries. The place where they might get themselves in real trouble is if the targeting computers are somehow reading the shot wrong, and every pilot relies on the computer. More shots don't fix a flaw in the targeting solution.", "human_ref_B": "Land, and drop a grenade down the hole manually :-)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10987.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcsbuh5", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485151647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "So here's the thing. Luke isn't a trained Jedi at this point. He doesn't have anything like the kind of ability that would be necessary to actually move the torpedo or adjust its flight path in any way. The extent to which 'space magic' was used here was solely an instinct about when to pull the trigger. That's not an impossible thing for a regular pilot to do, though it might take kind of a lot of tries. The place where they might get themselves in real trouble is if the targeting computers are somehow reading the shot wrong, and every pilot relies on the computer. More shots don't fix a flaw in the targeting solution.", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20120.0, "score_ratio": -17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcs3und", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485139420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Extremely unlikely. If you could throw in a hundred fighters one might make it, but the rebels only had 30 for the battle, and only one managed to shoot (twice). So without the Force to guide him, they would be screwed.", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7893.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcrxdu6", "c_root_id_B": "dcs4tz1", "created_at_utc_A": 1485131527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485140660.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "human_ref_B": "Land, and drop a grenade down the hole manually :-)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9133.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcsc4zz", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485152199.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "It's been a while but I remember somewhere in the technical readouts books that the Death Star had, as part of of its design around fending off a large scale attack, a network of ECM and jamming towers across the surface. The rebel snubfighters engaged in close range dogfighting above the surface weren't noticeably put off by the targeting jamming (rebel pilots shoot by eye most of the time anyway) but on a minuscule target like the exhaust port the targeting computers were off just enough that... well you saw happened when Red Leader relied on his computer. So, any pilot relying on his computer would almost definitely miss. The odd pilot that would TRY to eyeball a shot like that would only *probably* miss.", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20672.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcscq0v", "c_root_id_B": "dcsfkey", "created_at_utc_A": 1485153357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485159994.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The actual thing was that you had to do it by eye, not with your auto-pilot. So if you have someone who's really good at classic shooting, they might have a good chance.", "human_ref_B": "Don't tell me the odds!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6637.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcsfkey", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485159994.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Don't tell me the odds!", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28467.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcscq0v", "c_root_id_B": "dcsfu85", "created_at_utc_A": 1485153357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485160746.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The actual thing was that you had to do it by eye, not with your auto-pilot. So if you have someone who's really good at classic shooting, they might have a good chance.", "human_ref_B": "The Rebellion's mission planners obviously thought there was *some* chance. They didn't plan the attack on the Death Star with the knowledge that Luke (or anyone else) was force-sensitive, and they knew both the capabilities of their own ships and the properties of the target so it must have been possible. Otherwise they'd have been spending their time frantically evacuating instead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7389.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcsfu85", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485160746.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The Rebellion's mission planners obviously thought there was *some* chance. They didn't plan the attack on the Death Star with the knowledge that Luke (or anyone else) was force-sensitive, and they knew both the capabilities of their own ships and the properties of the target so it must have been possible. Otherwise they'd have been spending their time frantically evacuating instead.", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29219.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcscq0v", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485153357.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The actual thing was that you had to do it by eye, not with your auto-pilot. So if you have someone who's really good at classic shooting, they might have a good chance.", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21830.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcsuags", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485189244.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Better than the odds of getting the entire rebellion out of the Yavin system alive.", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57717.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dct7jpo", "c_root_id_B": "dctgkgv", "created_at_utc_A": 1485203778.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485213996.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Cannon states that the force works through all living things. The \"will of the force\" as it is called. Rogue One added that the force can work through those who are not force sensitive as seen with the whole \"I am one with the force and the force is with me\" scene. Therefore I conclude that even if a regular dude made the shot it would be the will of space magic. Edit: Misspelled Rogue, oops.", "human_ref_B": "Unlikely. 2m at the speeds they were going is like...impossible. At the end of the day it was the only chance in hell the Rebellion had. They had hope. Rebellions are built on hope.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10218.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dcrxdu6", "c_root_id_B": "dctgkgv", "created_at_utc_A": 1485131527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485213996.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "human_ref_B": "Unlikely. 2m at the speeds they were going is like...impossible. At the end of the day it was the only chance in hell the Rebellion had. They had hope. Rebellions are built on hope.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 82469.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5pkvb3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Star Wars] What are the the odds of someone with no space-magic helping them managing to land a torpedo in the Death Star's exhaust port? What kind of odds would they have if they had the best targeting computers available to the Rebellion? if they had the best Targeting computers anywhere in the galaxy?", "c_root_id_A": "dct7jpo", "c_root_id_B": "dcrxdu6", "created_at_utc_A": 1485203778.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485131527.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Cannon states that the force works through all living things. The \"will of the force\" as it is called. Rogue One added that the force can work through those who are not force sensitive as seen with the whole \"I am one with the force and the force is with me\" scene. Therefore I conclude that even if a regular dude made the shot it would be the will of space magic. Edit: Misspelled Rogue, oops.", "human_ref_B": "It would have been doable and the other people could have done it if they had not been shot down. I'd bet han solo could have done it in fact.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 72251.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e3kkso", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Trek] Are the ships owned by individual Klingon Houses separate from the Klingon Defense force or are they the defense force? When the Klingon Empire goes to war does it have it's own fleet that the government runs or does the government call up all the House Heads and have them bring thier ships? Or is it both?", "c_root_id_A": "f93znvq", "c_root_id_B": "f93unsq", "created_at_utc_A": 1575072984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575068983.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Both. There is a national defence force paid for by taxes but at the same time the more powerful houses possess their own fleets to defend their own assets and further their own aims, and those may be used during war as well. Kinda like Japan used to have, but actually functional.", "human_ref_B": "They could be a feudal levy?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4001.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "e3kkso", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Trek] Are the ships owned by individual Klingon Houses separate from the Klingon Defense force or are they the defense force? When the Klingon Empire goes to war does it have it's own fleet that the government runs or does the government call up all the House Heads and have them bring thier ships? Or is it both?", "c_root_id_A": "f940f4w", "c_root_id_B": "f93unsq", "created_at_utc_A": 1575073620.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1575068983.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I think they're auxiliary component forces to the overall Klingon Fleet that are owned, operated and maintain by the Great Houses and allowed wide latitude in their operations, but are still expected to meet some minimal armaments and defensive standards, and follow orders when given. I can't imagine the Klingon Empire ever maintaining any level of stability if all of its military power was in the hands of the Great Houses (given their temperament constant civil wars would be the result, to the point where the separate houses might as well be unitary states) or how any chain of command would work if only the Great Houses fleets were available (\"You put me under the command of this snivelling coward?! I'm taking my ships and warriors to raid in this sector instead\", \"You greedy selfish piece of baktag, you just want the rest of the fleet to cover your sorry asses so you can plunder planets and capture ships unopposed as the enemy ship battle us, you dishonourable scum!\", \"This would be admiral of House HuH, would have you sitting on your hands instead of taking the battle to the enemy!\"). I think it's mainly a consequence two factors, one is that there's a relatively weak central Klingon governing authority in the form of the High Council being unwilling or unable to reign in the power of the Great Houses and the other being a relatively weak economy (we get references to Klingon's having limited funds, hating finance or trade, ending the Cold War with the Federation because their economy was about to collapse, we see limited living standards, etc.) and they're using the Great Houses fleets as a way to spread the costs of maintaining a large fleet out across the Empire so the High Council doesn't have to fund it all through taxes (this would also explain why Birds of Prey are the back bone of the Klingon fleet being relatively small, with limited facilities or crew space and presumably cheap to build, and thus easier to finance for an individual Great House in acceptable numbers compared to building a big cruiser).", "human_ref_B": "They could be a feudal levy?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4637.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bmwjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are humanoids throughout the universe so similar? Life evolves on many different planets, but almost all sentient life is humanoid. Furthermore, not just humanoid, but incredibly similar characteristics as well. For example: * Height - Wouldn't different levels of gravity significantly affect the heights of races? Even if the height were the same? We see several inches of difference with people in the human race alone. * Gender Binary - How does almost EVERY species have a similar gender binary with obviously similar sexual organs? * Facial features - The majority of species have the same basic layout, with mostly superflous differences (mostly extra ridges). Even skin colour doesn't change much. It's almost always between white and black. How is there so little variation among the intelligent species of the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "c98984y", "c_root_id_B": "c98cw1z", "created_at_utc_A": 1365067149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365087073.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "[relevant discussion] (http://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/1bgddb/why_do_all_the_aliens_in_star_trek_look_like/)", "human_ref_B": "There are two exploratory records that suggest a common ancestor, or common evolutionary manipulation for all humanoid species in the galaxy. On star date 4768.3, a being known as Sargon suggests that humans and vulcans are both descendants of it's species. A message pieced together by a group of competing explorers also indicates that an older species of humanoids seeded the galaxy with humanoid life as a memorial to themselves.) Neither of these records are conclusive. A majority of the exobiolological science community favors the notion of convergent evolution; the idea that the biped humanoid form is ideal for intelligence and technological development. They suggest that the idea of an elder species is akin to outdated theories of divine intervention, or intelligent design. At the same time, those who hold to the notion of ancient humanoid ancestors suggest that the notion of the humanoid form being the inevitable ideal staggeringly unlikely, and clouded by egocentricity. Nevertheless, the debate continues.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19924.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bmwjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are humanoids throughout the universe so similar? Life evolves on many different planets, but almost all sentient life is humanoid. Furthermore, not just humanoid, but incredibly similar characteristics as well. For example: * Height - Wouldn't different levels of gravity significantly affect the heights of races? Even if the height were the same? We see several inches of difference with people in the human race alone. * Gender Binary - How does almost EVERY species have a similar gender binary with obviously similar sexual organs? * Facial features - The majority of species have the same basic layout, with mostly superflous differences (mostly extra ridges). Even skin colour doesn't change much. It's almost always between white and black. How is there so little variation among the intelligent species of the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "c98aepc", "c_root_id_B": "c98cw1z", "created_at_utc_A": 1365076793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365087073.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I had an astronomy professor discuss this once, and /u/falconear and /u/commander_ninja have addressed it above as well. Human beings have developed the way we have because it is the most optimal form. Asserting that Nautral Law would apply across the galaxy, in order for life to exist the environment/atmosphere would have to be similar to that of Earth. This would then cause evolution to folllow a similar path to that of human evolution.", "human_ref_B": "There are two exploratory records that suggest a common ancestor, or common evolutionary manipulation for all humanoid species in the galaxy. On star date 4768.3, a being known as Sargon suggests that humans and vulcans are both descendants of it's species. A message pieced together by a group of competing explorers also indicates that an older species of humanoids seeded the galaxy with humanoid life as a memorial to themselves.) Neither of these records are conclusive. A majority of the exobiolological science community favors the notion of convergent evolution; the idea that the biped humanoid form is ideal for intelligence and technological development. They suggest that the idea of an elder species is akin to outdated theories of divine intervention, or intelligent design. At the same time, those who hold to the notion of ancient humanoid ancestors suggest that the notion of the humanoid form being the inevitable ideal staggeringly unlikely, and clouded by egocentricity. Nevertheless, the debate continues.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10280.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bmwjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are humanoids throughout the universe so similar? Life evolves on many different planets, but almost all sentient life is humanoid. Furthermore, not just humanoid, but incredibly similar characteristics as well. For example: * Height - Wouldn't different levels of gravity significantly affect the heights of races? Even if the height were the same? We see several inches of difference with people in the human race alone. * Gender Binary - How does almost EVERY species have a similar gender binary with obviously similar sexual organs? * Facial features - The majority of species have the same basic layout, with mostly superflous differences (mostly extra ridges). Even skin colour doesn't change much. It's almost always between white and black. How is there so little variation among the intelligent species of the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "c98dm8u", "c_root_id_B": "c98encs", "created_at_utc_A": 1365089301.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365092252.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I wonder if alien life would have DNA or something entirely different. Maybe the fact that all life on earth has DNA points to a syn ancestor", "human_ref_B": "Many answers deal with a common ancestor or convergent evolution. While I'm sure both those things play their part, don't forget that a big part of what you're seeing is that life forms are associating with similar life forms. Assume that a marine creature evolved to sentience. Even if it developed technology, why would it want to associate with humanoids? Remember that time the alien probe came in across Klingon space and shut everything down until it talked to the humpbacks and then left without talking to any humanoids? The same goes for creatures that evolved from silica (as opposed to us ugly bags of mostly water), or things that might live in the atmosphere of a gas giant, or even in space itself. And of course, humanoids are incredibly racist. We probably don't want to associate much with those kinds of things and when we tell stories about them, mostly it was them killing us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2951.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bmwjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are humanoids throughout the universe so similar? Life evolves on many different planets, but almost all sentient life is humanoid. Furthermore, not just humanoid, but incredibly similar characteristics as well. For example: * Height - Wouldn't different levels of gravity significantly affect the heights of races? Even if the height were the same? We see several inches of difference with people in the human race alone. * Gender Binary - How does almost EVERY species have a similar gender binary with obviously similar sexual organs? * Facial features - The majority of species have the same basic layout, with mostly superflous differences (mostly extra ridges). Even skin colour doesn't change much. It's almost always between white and black. How is there so little variation among the intelligent species of the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "c98aepc", "c_root_id_B": "c98encs", "created_at_utc_A": 1365076793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365092252.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I had an astronomy professor discuss this once, and /u/falconear and /u/commander_ninja have addressed it above as well. Human beings have developed the way we have because it is the most optimal form. Asserting that Nautral Law would apply across the galaxy, in order for life to exist the environment/atmosphere would have to be similar to that of Earth. This would then cause evolution to folllow a similar path to that of human evolution.", "human_ref_B": "Many answers deal with a common ancestor or convergent evolution. While I'm sure both those things play their part, don't forget that a big part of what you're seeing is that life forms are associating with similar life forms. Assume that a marine creature evolved to sentience. Even if it developed technology, why would it want to associate with humanoids? Remember that time the alien probe came in across Klingon space and shut everything down until it talked to the humpbacks and then left without talking to any humanoids? The same goes for creatures that evolved from silica (as opposed to us ugly bags of mostly water), or things that might live in the atmosphere of a gas giant, or even in space itself. And of course, humanoids are incredibly racist. We probably don't want to associate much with those kinds of things and when we tell stories about them, mostly it was them killing us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15459.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bmwjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are humanoids throughout the universe so similar? Life evolves on many different planets, but almost all sentient life is humanoid. Furthermore, not just humanoid, but incredibly similar characteristics as well. For example: * Height - Wouldn't different levels of gravity significantly affect the heights of races? Even if the height were the same? We see several inches of difference with people in the human race alone. * Gender Binary - How does almost EVERY species have a similar gender binary with obviously similar sexual organs? * Facial features - The majority of species have the same basic layout, with mostly superflous differences (mostly extra ridges). Even skin colour doesn't change much. It's almost always between white and black. How is there so little variation among the intelligent species of the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "c98dodf", "c_root_id_B": "c98encs", "created_at_utc_A": 1365089475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365092252.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "CGI is expensive.", "human_ref_B": "Many answers deal with a common ancestor or convergent evolution. While I'm sure both those things play their part, don't forget that a big part of what you're seeing is that life forms are associating with similar life forms. Assume that a marine creature evolved to sentience. Even if it developed technology, why would it want to associate with humanoids? Remember that time the alien probe came in across Klingon space and shut everything down until it talked to the humpbacks and then left without talking to any humanoids? The same goes for creatures that evolved from silica (as opposed to us ugly bags of mostly water), or things that might live in the atmosphere of a gas giant, or even in space itself. And of course, humanoids are incredibly racist. We probably don't want to associate much with those kinds of things and when we tell stories about them, mostly it was them killing us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2777.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1bmwjr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[Star Trek] Why are humanoids throughout the universe so similar? Life evolves on many different planets, but almost all sentient life is humanoid. Furthermore, not just humanoid, but incredibly similar characteristics as well. For example: * Height - Wouldn't different levels of gravity significantly affect the heights of races? Even if the height were the same? We see several inches of difference with people in the human race alone. * Gender Binary - How does almost EVERY species have a similar gender binary with obviously similar sexual organs? * Facial features - The majority of species have the same basic layout, with mostly superflous differences (mostly extra ridges). Even skin colour doesn't change much. It's almost always between white and black. How is there so little variation among the intelligent species of the universe?", "c_root_id_A": "c98aepc", "c_root_id_B": "c98dm8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1365076793.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1365089301.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I had an astronomy professor discuss this once, and /u/falconear and /u/commander_ninja have addressed it above as well. Human beings have developed the way we have because it is the most optimal form. Asserting that Nautral Law would apply across the galaxy, in order for life to exist the environment/atmosphere would have to be similar to that of Earth. This would then cause evolution to folllow a similar path to that of human evolution.", "human_ref_B": "I wonder if alien life would have DNA or something entirely different. Maybe the fact that all life on earth has DNA points to a syn ancestor", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12508.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7wmkeu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[The Legend of Korra Book 4] Why were the Water Tribes not invited to the heads of state meeting to discuss Kuvira? The Fire Lord, the President of the United Repbulic, Tenzin, and the deposed Earth Prince were all present in episode 9 for a meeting to discuss Kuvira's aggression. Why were the Water Tribe leaders not present as well? They were there at Prince Wu's (failed) coronation, and since President Raiko was painting Kuvira as a threat to the world you'd think he'd bring in all the world leaders to discuss an attack on Kuvira's Earth Empire.", "c_root_id_A": "du1hkk8", "c_root_id_B": "du1ijvc", "created_at_utc_A": 1518282336.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1518283443.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "The Water Tribe didn't have the army or time to assist. The Fire Nation and the UR were the bulk of the armies. The Fire Nation also isn't that far away.", "human_ref_B": "A few possible reasons: * Korra's not just the Avatar, she's the daughter of the chief of the Southern Water Tribe. It's possible they considered her a surrogate for her father and representative for her nation. * The Water Tribes were still recovering from their civil war a couple of years prior, and unable to send help. * The council didn't trust the NWT, what with the whole attempt to destroy the Avatar and take over the world during that same civil war a couple of years prior. Also, creepy twins. * The SWT wasn't strong enough to send any help due to the recent civil war * Did I mention the creepy twins", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1107.0, "score_ratio": 2.1818181818, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "967qz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Fifth Element] What happened to the corpse of the alien who was sealed in the weapon's chamber at the start of the film? It isn't present when the room is reopened.", "c_root_id_A": "e3yf85e", "c_root_id_B": "e3ydzgg", "created_at_utc_A": 1533916494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533915491.0, "score_A": 195, "score_B": 68, "human_ref_A": "Just going off what we see, it's likely he just wandered off to a quiet antechamber to die. That said, there's every chance there's a bit of theater going on here. The Mondoshawan could have been using the drama of the moment to impress the priest and build a durable mythology out of the situation. Then some short time later they send a shuttle back to pick up the straggler.", "human_ref_B": "Cleaning lady comes every 100 years.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1003.0, "score_ratio": 2.8676470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "967qz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Fifth Element] What happened to the corpse of the alien who was sealed in the weapon's chamber at the start of the film? It isn't present when the room is reopened.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ydzgg", "c_root_id_B": "e3ykqb9", "created_at_utc_A": 1533915491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533920936.0, "score_A": 68, "score_B": 114, "human_ref_A": "Cleaning lady comes every 100 years.", "human_ref_B": "David was there for a while setting up. He may have moved the body.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5445.0, "score_ratio": 1.6764705882, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "967qz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Fifth Element] What happened to the corpse of the alien who was sealed in the weapon's chamber at the start of the film? It isn't present when the room is reopened.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ydzgg", "c_root_id_B": "e3yo1u6", "created_at_utc_A": 1533915491.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533923551.0, "score_A": 68, "score_B": 82, "human_ref_A": "Cleaning lady comes every 100 years.", "human_ref_B": "The priest and successors had the key, and therefore access, to the chamber for two centuries. Once the scale of their task settled in, one of them likely realized the Mondoshawan's body was still there, and so undertook a personal quest to recover the body and give it a proper, respectful, burial. Depending on when this happened, it would necessarily have been a covert operation, with few people, undertaken over a long period of time so as to avoid arousing suspicion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8060.0, "score_ratio": 1.2058823529, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "967qz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Fifth Element] What happened to the corpse of the alien who was sealed in the weapon's chamber at the start of the film? It isn't present when the room is reopened.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ynffz", "c_root_id_B": "e3yo1u6", "created_at_utc_A": 1533923060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533923551.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 82, "human_ref_A": "I'm not sure of the sources, but I think that the religious order they were part of cleaned and maintained the temple.", "human_ref_B": "The priest and successors had the key, and therefore access, to the chamber for two centuries. Once the scale of their task settled in, one of them likely realized the Mondoshawan's body was still there, and so undertook a personal quest to recover the body and give it a proper, respectful, burial. Depending on when this happened, it would necessarily have been a covert operation, with few people, undertaken over a long period of time so as to avoid arousing suspicion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 491.0, "score_ratio": 27.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "967qz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Fifth Element] What happened to the corpse of the alien who was sealed in the weapon's chamber at the start of the film? It isn't present when the room is reopened.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ynffz", "c_root_id_B": "e3yo6oh", "created_at_utc_A": 1533923060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533923657.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "I'm not sure of the sources, but I think that the religious order they were part of cleaned and maintained the temple.", "human_ref_B": "They knew they were leaving the stones on a technologically inferior world and they went through the effort to make the stones seem like nothing more than carved rocks and the temple fit with contemporary construction to the casual observation. With such precautions in place it's not absurd to assume they also designed a self destruct or self immolation failsafe into their suits and ships to keep the population from wondering why there were aliens checking out this boring temple in the desert.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 597.0, "score_ratio": 8.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "967qz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Fifth Element] What happened to the corpse of the alien who was sealed in the weapon's chamber at the start of the film? It isn't present when the room is reopened.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ywbei", "c_root_id_B": "e3z1bd1", "created_at_utc_A": 1533930259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533934415.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "This always bugged me. They are a supremely intelligent advanced race, having tightly packed DNA with infinite genetic knowledge, almost as if they were engineered.... but they didn\u2019t think to put a switch on the inside of the chamber?", "human_ref_B": "You actually catch a glimpse of the armour covered in dust in one of the shots during those end scenes. It's quick but it's there. Was probably filmed but cut from the movie for some reason.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4156.0, "score_ratio": 1.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "967qz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Fifth Element] What happened to the corpse of the alien who was sealed in the weapon's chamber at the start of the film? It isn't present when the room is reopened.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ynffz", "c_root_id_B": "e3z1bd1", "created_at_utc_A": 1533923060.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533934415.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "I'm not sure of the sources, but I think that the religious order they were part of cleaned and maintained the temple.", "human_ref_B": "You actually catch a glimpse of the armour covered in dust in one of the shots during those end scenes. It's quick but it's there. Was probably filmed but cut from the movie for some reason.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11355.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "967qz7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Fifth Element] What happened to the corpse of the alien who was sealed in the weapon's chamber at the start of the film? It isn't present when the room is reopened.", "c_root_id_A": "e3ywbei", "c_root_id_B": "e3ynffz", "created_at_utc_A": 1533930259.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533923060.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "This always bugged me. They are a supremely intelligent advanced race, having tightly packed DNA with infinite genetic knowledge, almost as if they were engineered.... but they didn\u2019t think to put a switch on the inside of the chamber?", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure of the sources, but I think that the religious order they were part of cleaned and maintained the temple.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7199.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "30a6ww", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel] What exactly are Doctor Strange's powers? (possible spoilers for the 2007 animated movie) I just recently watched the animated movie on Netflix \"Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme\" and I loved it. I don't have any real experience with the Marvel universe except for Saturday morning X-men cartoons in the 90's and live-action films (from Blade to now I guess?). So my question is - what exactly are his limitations? In the animated movie, he made a fairly big storm to try and defeat Dormammu - did this cost him any energy or could he just keep conjuring storms forever? And how big can he make the storm? could he cover all of earth in a storm? Is Storm from X-men a sorcerer like Doctor Strange? Would Doctor Strange be considered a mutant to the X-men? If Doctor Strange wants to create a fireball, does he need an open flame (like a candle)? does he need access to oxygen for the flame? Does the Eye of Agomotto enhance his abilities or grant him completely new ones? Are the artifacts well-defined in the comics? Or are they kind of mysteries in nature? I love this character so far, any answers would be greatly appreciated!", "c_root_id_A": "cpr1dfp", "c_root_id_B": "cpqywkx", "created_at_utc_A": 1427341697.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427336927.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "When Doctor Strange throws a bolt of energy or a ball of fire, it comes from somewhere (often extra dimensional) and costs something (most typically a previous investment of some kind). In many cases, the costs are primarily mental physical and emotional - but Strange had incredible reserves on all three fronts. In other cases the costs are literally expensed to another dimension. So he can probably throw fire all day without causing any real harm in hell, but if he overdoes that storm, he knows someone in a nearby plane of existence will experience a drought. As you might guess, there is also a huge messy political aspect to all of this - Strange is the primary representative between our plane and many others, and has to alternate between shows of humility, compassion and force to maintain the safety of our plane.", "human_ref_B": "Sorcery also borrows power from extremely powerful extra-dimensional entities through rituals, words of power and artefacts. Off the top of my head some of the entities are Agamotto, Cyttarak, Hoggoth, the Vishanti (this is a group of entities), Valtorr and even Dormammu. The can be fickle, they have their own alignments, agendas and goals.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4770.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6xa0dd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Marvel] Can Kilgrave command someone not to obey him? Obviously the specific phrasing might need some work, but could Kilgrave command someone to ignore his commands?", "c_root_id_A": "dmed3n6", "c_root_id_B": "dmebcn3", "created_at_utc_A": 1504218316.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1504216300.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "His orders don't make you obey him. They make you want to obey him. You want to do what he says, as best interpreted by your intelligence, knowledge, will. So, if you feel that he wanted you to disobey his second order, you would. If you felt he didn't, you wouldn't.", "human_ref_B": "I think so. I think you have the right idea with specific phrasing. I imagine if he was a hero there would probably be a comic in which he is mind controlled and forced to tell...lets say Wolverine...to kill him. They would of given him plot armor and had him tell Wolverine not to listen to him for 24 hours just before he got controlled.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2016.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8j87wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Death Note] How can I use the Death Note for social change, cultural change, and world domination? Hey there internet! I am just dude and I found one of these here murder books and want to use it to change the world. I don't care about fame, fortune, and godhood like some people. I basically want to live a quiet life, and kill people without consequences. Plus I am not nearly smart or handsome enough to have a homoerotic battle of wits with the worlds greatest detective. I am however a patriot of the country in which I live, and I want to make it better, more powerful, and both domestically and internationally. How do I go about doing this with the Death Note? On the Domestic front I want to remove specific politicians, heads of industry, and several genres of music. How do I go about doing this to see the changes I want. Heart attacking one CEO wont wipe out bad businesses practices. Having a plane go down with a bunch of evil politicians wont wipe out a whole political party organization. Lightning striking top musicians will not take down a genre, it in fact could make it stronger! How do I use this book to shape society without making some sort of melo-dramatic threat? If I do that people could easily find me, which would suck. Plus I am in some sort of Democracy so taking one person down does not mean someone of my political beliefs will take their place. I Internationally I want to take down critics and opponents to my country. Sow decent among enemy nations. Start Civil wars in powerful rival states! And even having allies and neighbors be annexed by my nation! However, my hair is nowhere unique enough to be a main character, so I have no confidence I could pull that off. How do I shape international politics with my death note? The key to all this is I do not want to kill for my direct benefit, for I am sure a sweets loving teen detective would track me down if I did. I just want to shape society, global politics, and the music industry by removing corruption, evil, greed, micro transactions and bad music with my murder book. So I will stick to public figures and politicians that everyone knows and that sort of thing, and I will avoid any detectives that are trying to track me down. TLDR: How do I use my murder book to change society and get my Nation on top while remaining completely anonymous? Any advice greatly appreciated!!!", "c_root_id_A": "dyyeh3q", "c_root_id_B": "dyyf7b2", "created_at_utc_A": 1526300418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1526301449.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Don't kill during lunch or vacant time.", "human_ref_B": "I mean, if you fully know the uses of the Death Note, make every death look like an accident, stagger the times, try not to make it obvious what you're doing. As far as who to target, target influential people in such a way that their names and causes become disgraced. i.e. \"X does some drugs, gets high, makes a Dropbox with evidence of every shady thing he's ever done, then livestreams a tearful confession, then jumps off a balcony.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1031.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8j87wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Death Note] How can I use the Death Note for social change, cultural change, and world domination? Hey there internet! I am just dude and I found one of these here murder books and want to use it to change the world. I don't care about fame, fortune, and godhood like some people. I basically want to live a quiet life, and kill people without consequences. Plus I am not nearly smart or handsome enough to have a homoerotic battle of wits with the worlds greatest detective. I am however a patriot of the country in which I live, and I want to make it better, more powerful, and both domestically and internationally. How do I go about doing this with the Death Note? On the Domestic front I want to remove specific politicians, heads of industry, and several genres of music. How do I go about doing this to see the changes I want. Heart attacking one CEO wont wipe out bad businesses practices. Having a plane go down with a bunch of evil politicians wont wipe out a whole political party organization. Lightning striking top musicians will not take down a genre, it in fact could make it stronger! How do I use this book to shape society without making some sort of melo-dramatic threat? If I do that people could easily find me, which would suck. Plus I am in some sort of Democracy so taking one person down does not mean someone of my political beliefs will take their place. I Internationally I want to take down critics and opponents to my country. Sow decent among enemy nations. Start Civil wars in powerful rival states! And even having allies and neighbors be annexed by my nation! However, my hair is nowhere unique enough to be a main character, so I have no confidence I could pull that off. How do I shape international politics with my death note? The key to all this is I do not want to kill for my direct benefit, for I am sure a sweets loving teen detective would track me down if I did. I just want to shape society, global politics, and the music industry by removing corruption, evil, greed, micro transactions and bad music with my murder book. So I will stick to public figures and politicians that everyone knows and that sort of thing, and I will avoid any detectives that are trying to track me down. TLDR: How do I use my murder book to change society and get my Nation on top while remaining completely anonymous? Any advice greatly appreciated!!!", "c_root_id_A": "dyyf7b2", "c_root_id_B": "dyy42hi", "created_at_utc_A": 1526301449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1526278670.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I mean, if you fully know the uses of the Death Note, make every death look like an accident, stagger the times, try not to make it obvious what you're doing. As far as who to target, target influential people in such a way that their names and causes become disgraced. i.e. \"X does some drugs, gets high, makes a Dropbox with evidence of every shady thing he's ever done, then livestreams a tearful confession, then jumps off a balcony.\"", "human_ref_B": ">and several genres of music \u0ca0_\u0ca0 >several genres of music **\u0ca0_\u0ca0** >several genres #\u0ca0_\u0ca0", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22779.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8j87wd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Death Note] How can I use the Death Note for social change, cultural change, and world domination? Hey there internet! I am just dude and I found one of these here murder books and want to use it to change the world. I don't care about fame, fortune, and godhood like some people. I basically want to live a quiet life, and kill people without consequences. Plus I am not nearly smart or handsome enough to have a homoerotic battle of wits with the worlds greatest detective. I am however a patriot of the country in which I live, and I want to make it better, more powerful, and both domestically and internationally. How do I go about doing this with the Death Note? On the Domestic front I want to remove specific politicians, heads of industry, and several genres of music. How do I go about doing this to see the changes I want. Heart attacking one CEO wont wipe out bad businesses practices. Having a plane go down with a bunch of evil politicians wont wipe out a whole political party organization. Lightning striking top musicians will not take down a genre, it in fact could make it stronger! How do I use this book to shape society without making some sort of melo-dramatic threat? If I do that people could easily find me, which would suck. Plus I am in some sort of Democracy so taking one person down does not mean someone of my political beliefs will take their place. I Internationally I want to take down critics and opponents to my country. Sow decent among enemy nations. Start Civil wars in powerful rival states! And even having allies and neighbors be annexed by my nation! However, my hair is nowhere unique enough to be a main character, so I have no confidence I could pull that off. How do I shape international politics with my death note? The key to all this is I do not want to kill for my direct benefit, for I am sure a sweets loving teen detective would track me down if I did. I just want to shape society, global politics, and the music industry by removing corruption, evil, greed, micro transactions and bad music with my murder book. So I will stick to public figures and politicians that everyone knows and that sort of thing, and I will avoid any detectives that are trying to track me down. TLDR: How do I use my murder book to change society and get my Nation on top while remaining completely anonymous? Any advice greatly appreciated!!!", "c_root_id_A": "dyyeh3q", "c_root_id_B": "dyy42hi", "created_at_utc_A": 1526300418.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1526278670.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Don't kill during lunch or vacant time.", "human_ref_B": ">and several genres of music \u0ca0_\u0ca0 >several genres of music **\u0ca0_\u0ca0** >several genres #\u0ca0_\u0ca0", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21748.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aw681s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Can we estimate how many secondhand victims of the Snap there may have been? In the after-credits scene we see cars and a helicopter crash because their drivers turn to dust. Given the random chance of it all, how many people may have been killed due to reasons like this?", "c_root_id_A": "ehk7ddu", "c_root_id_B": "ehkp6pv", "created_at_utc_A": 1551455656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551468163.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Percentage wise? Probably a very small amount in comparison to who actually was snapped. Even if 500,000 people died, that is compared to 3.85 billion dusting.", "human_ref_B": "1/4 of all commercial aircraft go down, with a lot of them crashing into major cities. 1/2 of all cars will crash, with a lot of those in major cities, too. Since most of them will crash into other cars, figure 3/4 of cars are going to crash. All these crashes will start fires, and half of the firemen just aren't there. A lot of kids, the sick, and old people will die, because whoever was caring for them was dusted. There will be a LOT of suicides as people discover that their loved ones are gone. Half the crops aren't going to be harvested, but that would probably be enough to feed the remaining people ... EXCEPT all of the highways are going to be blocked by crashed cars and trucks. There will almost certainly be food riots as stores get cleaned out. With the riots, you'll have more fires and nobody to put them out.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12507.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aw681s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Can we estimate how many secondhand victims of the Snap there may have been? In the after-credits scene we see cars and a helicopter crash because their drivers turn to dust. Given the random chance of it all, how many people may have been killed due to reasons like this?", "c_root_id_A": "ehl65ra", "c_root_id_B": "ehl37cc", "created_at_utc_A": 1551479854.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551477698.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It might not be unreasonable to think that thanos accounted for the collateral damage with knowledge from the stones.", "human_ref_B": "Half of the universe's political and military leaders were Decimated. There will be many power vacuums, some filled with in-fighting and coups. Civil wars and external wars will break out. This destabilization will exacerbate the economic, travel and food disruptions mentioned by others.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2156.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aw681s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Can we estimate how many secondhand victims of the Snap there may have been? In the after-credits scene we see cars and a helicopter crash because their drivers turn to dust. Given the random chance of it all, how many people may have been killed due to reasons like this?", "c_root_id_A": "ehma4df", "c_root_id_B": "ehl37cc", "created_at_utc_A": 1551520599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551477698.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "My headcanon says that those who died in the events *caused* by the snap were intended to be part of the snap. So when all is said and done, the remainder of humanity will be 50% of what it was before the snap. Not quite what Thanos said out loud, but his intent, I think, is what matters here. His intent was that half of all life would perish, so the snap removed a large chunk of that half from existence, and the remaining casualties, are the rest of the 50%. Just my theory.", "human_ref_B": "Half of the universe's political and military leaders were Decimated. There will be many power vacuums, some filled with in-fighting and coups. Civil wars and external wars will break out. This destabilization will exacerbate the economic, travel and food disruptions mentioned by others.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42901.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aw681s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Can we estimate how many secondhand victims of the Snap there may have been? In the after-credits scene we see cars and a helicopter crash because their drivers turn to dust. Given the random chance of it all, how many people may have been killed due to reasons like this?", "c_root_id_A": "ehlxmxe", "c_root_id_B": "ehma4df", "created_at_utc_A": 1551503609.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551520599.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "For Thanos, all things were to be balanced. Less than 50% got dusted, but the immediate follow on effects got it at precisely 50%.", "human_ref_B": "My headcanon says that those who died in the events *caused* by the snap were intended to be part of the snap. So when all is said and done, the remainder of humanity will be 50% of what it was before the snap. Not quite what Thanos said out loud, but his intent, I think, is what matters here. His intent was that half of all life would perish, so the snap removed a large chunk of that half from existence, and the remaining casualties, are the rest of the 50%. Just my theory.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16990.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aw681s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Can we estimate how many secondhand victims of the Snap there may have been? In the after-credits scene we see cars and a helicopter crash because their drivers turn to dust. Given the random chance of it all, how many people may have been killed due to reasons like this?", "c_root_id_A": "ehma4df", "c_root_id_B": "ehlr49p", "created_at_utc_A": 1551520599.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551497223.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "My headcanon says that those who died in the events *caused* by the snap were intended to be part of the snap. So when all is said and done, the remainder of humanity will be 50% of what it was before the snap. Not quite what Thanos said out loud, but his intent, I think, is what matters here. His intent was that half of all life would perish, so the snap removed a large chunk of that half from existence, and the remaining casualties, are the rest of the 50%. Just my theory.", "human_ref_B": "Half the truckers just went poof. Depending on the distribution, large sections of vital transport networks just went straight into the toilet. In urban areas, expect food riots to start before supplies actually deplete, due to panic rushes by people trying to stock up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23376.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aw681s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Can we estimate how many secondhand victims of the Snap there may have been? In the after-credits scene we see cars and a helicopter crash because their drivers turn to dust. Given the random chance of it all, how many people may have been killed due to reasons like this?", "c_root_id_A": "ehlr49p", "c_root_id_B": "ehlxmxe", "created_at_utc_A": 1551497223.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1551503609.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Half the truckers just went poof. Depending on the distribution, large sections of vital transport networks just went straight into the toilet. In urban areas, expect food riots to start before supplies actually deplete, due to panic rushes by people trying to stock up.", "human_ref_B": "For Thanos, all things were to be balanced. Less than 50% got dusted, but the immediate follow on effects got it at precisely 50%.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6386.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6avluz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[ASOIAF/GOT] Are the Iron Born so reckless and (often) irrelevant because their leaders are often brain damaged from their baptism?", "c_root_id_A": "dhi0cnz", "c_root_id_B": "dhhu98z", "created_at_utc_A": 1494660331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1494646448.0, "score_A": 44, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Nah. The only ones that actually drown and are revived are priests, not captains.\r \r The Ironborn have that attitude because life on the Iron Islands is hard, and in their mind, leadership only deserves respect if they're good at their job.", "human_ref_B": "Most people don't actually undergo the hard core baptism by drowning, just a few extreme believers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13883.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmdjvp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Predator] Are there non-warrior type Predators, like scientists, doctors, janitors, cooks, teachers, porn stars?", "c_root_id_A": "gznxye6", "c_root_id_B": "gzo59z4", "created_at_utc_A": 1622139241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622142348.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Well there must be at least scientists or an enslaved sister species (like the Sayajin in Dragonball had) to provide them with the technology needed. Otherwise the first leap away from their home Planet should have been incredibly difficult.", "human_ref_B": "They stole their technology from the hish when the yautja enslaved them. Or was it the hish who enslaved the yautja before being deposed? There's a lot of conflicting stories and legends out there, even among the yautja themselves. Humans think their history stretches a long way at just a few thousand years, but the yautja have been around a *long* time, as evidenced by the tyrannosaurus skulls seen on some of their ships. After the first few tens of millions of years, written history starts to get blurry. I've been lucky enough never to have been hunted by the damn things, but anyone out in the fringes of known space can run into them time to time. Their ships are advanced, probably advanced enough to be pretty self-sustaining by this point. Maybe there used to be yautja scientists and doctors and janitors a long time ago, but no one's ever seen any now. Now this is just speculation, but I think they've reached a point in their technology where they can basically live in a post-scarcity society without want or need. Their tech can sustain itself, leaving the yautja free to fulfill their primal instincts and obscure religious rites. Good luck getting into one of those ships and getting to know them well enough to know for sure, though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3107.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "729t4p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Game of Thrones] If Summer and Winter Last Years at a Time, What Is A Year Defined As? ((I've only watched the first few seasons of the show, so it might be that this is explained somewhere in the books or later seasons)) So seasons in Westeros are stated as lasting years at a time. Winters lasts for decades, Summers lasts for years etc. But how do they define years if not by the seasons? Calendars on Earth developed based around the seasons, with days growing longer or shorter as each season begins or ends. Can they actively observe the rotation of their planet?", "c_root_id_A": "dnh9fkp", "c_root_id_B": "dnh2t0x", "created_at_utc_A": 1506338458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506319955.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "While the seasons heavily influenced our calendar, it is not strictly or necessarily based on them. Not all areas of the Earth have a noticeably summer-autumn-winter-spring cycle, yet all areas on Earth that housed humans developed some sort of time keeping mechanism. We don't know enough about the orbital mechanics of Planetos to really say, but if we use our own Earth to speculate. Even without seasons, you could still track the path of the Earth around the sun. If you were to go out at the same time and place each day and note the position of the sun, you would notice that it was in a slightly different position in the sky. If you did this enough you would create a pattern known as an analemma. This pattern repeats, so you could use it as way of keeping track of what time of \"year\" it is. If you put a pinhole in an object, and let the sunlight go through that pinhole, it would create a dot of sunlight on the ground that you could trace in the same way.", "human_ref_B": "Iirc they have the same normal seasons but the summer/winter you're talking about are magically induced global climate changes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18503.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "729t4p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Game of Thrones] If Summer and Winter Last Years at a Time, What Is A Year Defined As? ((I've only watched the first few seasons of the show, so it might be that this is explained somewhere in the books or later seasons)) So seasons in Westeros are stated as lasting years at a time. Winters lasts for decades, Summers lasts for years etc. But how do they define years if not by the seasons? Calendars on Earth developed based around the seasons, with days growing longer or shorter as each season begins or ends. Can they actively observe the rotation of their planet?", "c_root_id_A": "dnh2xd2", "c_root_id_B": "dnh9fkp", "created_at_utc_A": 1506320225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506338458.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It\u2019s never specified how the the cosmos in game of thrones works (unlike, say LOTR). The assumption is Westeros is a planet orbiting a star, not a flat plane like middle earth in the Silmarillion era. Going off of that, the assumption is in addition to the regular seasons there are deeper, more chaotic and less (or entirely not) predictable cycles of climate change. But I\u2019m not certain Westeros even needs regular seasons, they may have less axial tilt than earth, and their seasons could be entirely determined by the variability of their star. Or magic.", "human_ref_B": "While the seasons heavily influenced our calendar, it is not strictly or necessarily based on them. Not all areas of the Earth have a noticeably summer-autumn-winter-spring cycle, yet all areas on Earth that housed humans developed some sort of time keeping mechanism. We don't know enough about the orbital mechanics of Planetos to really say, but if we use our own Earth to speculate. Even without seasons, you could still track the path of the Earth around the sun. If you were to go out at the same time and place each day and note the position of the sun, you would notice that it was in a slightly different position in the sky. If you did this enough you would create a pattern known as an analemma. This pattern repeats, so you could use it as way of keeping track of what time of \"year\" it is. If you put a pinhole in an object, and let the sunlight go through that pinhole, it would create a dot of sunlight on the ground that you could trace in the same way.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18233.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "729t4p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Game of Thrones] If Summer and Winter Last Years at a Time, What Is A Year Defined As? ((I've only watched the first few seasons of the show, so it might be that this is explained somewhere in the books or later seasons)) So seasons in Westeros are stated as lasting years at a time. Winters lasts for decades, Summers lasts for years etc. But how do they define years if not by the seasons? Calendars on Earth developed based around the seasons, with days growing longer or shorter as each season begins or ends. Can they actively observe the rotation of their planet?", "c_root_id_A": "dnh9fkp", "c_root_id_B": "dnh3xw6", "created_at_utc_A": 1506338458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506322736.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "While the seasons heavily influenced our calendar, it is not strictly or necessarily based on them. Not all areas of the Earth have a noticeably summer-autumn-winter-spring cycle, yet all areas on Earth that housed humans developed some sort of time keeping mechanism. We don't know enough about the orbital mechanics of Planetos to really say, but if we use our own Earth to speculate. Even without seasons, you could still track the path of the Earth around the sun. If you were to go out at the same time and place each day and note the position of the sun, you would notice that it was in a slightly different position in the sky. If you did this enough you would create a pattern known as an analemma. This pattern repeats, so you could use it as way of keeping track of what time of \"year\" it is. If you put a pinhole in an object, and let the sunlight go through that pinhole, it would create a dot of sunlight on the ground that you could trace in the same way.", "human_ref_B": "Westeros has TWO cycles of seasons: Normal cycle due to the revolution of the Planetos atound the sun: just like RL Earth. Abnormal cycle due to magical \"Winter\" descending from the North on irregular, but long intervals. This is a magical and climatological event, not a cosmic one like regular cycle So it can go like this: Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au/Win,Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au/Win,Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au **...................................................W I N T E R...................................................**", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15722.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "729t4p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Game of Thrones] If Summer and Winter Last Years at a Time, What Is A Year Defined As? ((I've only watched the first few seasons of the show, so it might be that this is explained somewhere in the books or later seasons)) So seasons in Westeros are stated as lasting years at a time. Winters lasts for decades, Summers lasts for years etc. But how do they define years if not by the seasons? Calendars on Earth developed based around the seasons, with days growing longer or shorter as each season begins or ends. Can they actively observe the rotation of their planet?", "c_root_id_A": "dnhgi0j", "c_root_id_B": "dnh3xw6", "created_at_utc_A": 1506349682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506322736.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "365 days (according to the stars) or 336 days (a lunar year). Have you ever considered millions or billions of people in real Earth live in places were the seasons are hard to notice?", "human_ref_B": "Westeros has TWO cycles of seasons: Normal cycle due to the revolution of the Planetos atound the sun: just like RL Earth. Abnormal cycle due to magical \"Winter\" descending from the North on irregular, but long intervals. This is a magical and climatological event, not a cosmic one like regular cycle So it can go like this: Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au/Win,Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au/Win,Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au **...................................................W I N T E R...................................................**", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26946.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "729t4p", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Game of Thrones] If Summer and Winter Last Years at a Time, What Is A Year Defined As? ((I've only watched the first few seasons of the show, so it might be that this is explained somewhere in the books or later seasons)) So seasons in Westeros are stated as lasting years at a time. Winters lasts for decades, Summers lasts for years etc. But how do they define years if not by the seasons? Calendars on Earth developed based around the seasons, with days growing longer or shorter as each season begins or ends. Can they actively observe the rotation of their planet?", "c_root_id_A": "dnhnzwb", "c_root_id_B": "dnh3xw6", "created_at_utc_A": 1506357827.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1506322736.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Guys.... It's based on the moon. Y'know *month*. *Moonth*. A year is twelve months.", "human_ref_B": "Westeros has TWO cycles of seasons: Normal cycle due to the revolution of the Planetos atound the sun: just like RL Earth. Abnormal cycle due to magical \"Winter\" descending from the North on irregular, but long intervals. This is a magical and climatological event, not a cosmic one like regular cycle So it can go like this: Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au/Win,Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au/Win,Sp/Su/Au/Win, Sp/Su/Au **...................................................W I N T E R...................................................**", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35091.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6jviqi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Aquaman] How strong should Aquaman be if he can survive the pressures at the bottom of the ocean, and do normal everyday things down there with any difficulty. Taking solely this fact, ignoring any other shown feats and weaknesses, how strong and durable should he be? Math time I guess, to calculate the pressure and such.", "c_root_id_A": "djhfv5o", "c_root_id_B": "djhqv20", "created_at_utc_A": 1498601386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498615343.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Surviving that pressure is impressive, but it's not a question of physical strength. Once it compresses his body slightly, the water pressure on the inside of him is just as strong and it all equalizes. What happens is that it messes with chemistry. For example, if a normal human is taken deep enough, nitrogen will become poisonous, and breathing way too much oxygen is already poisonous, so they have to mix it with helium. This is something more akin to being able to survive large temperature ranges, since that also messes with chemistry.", "human_ref_B": "Why does no one assume magic? I don't to 'whatever magic' it away, I mean literally the Atlanteans have been known to use magic for some time. It's very likely he's not tougher, or just better at survivng the pressure (I mean that could just be a thing about him like Superman) it could very well be that they are born with some kind of enchantment that makes him feel effortless in water. It's one thing that he doesn't struggle at natural atlantean depths, but to come up to our depths, he should easily outclass himself at his best down there. Yet it's always shown that from bottom of the ocean to the surface of land he's never exerting more energy doing one or the other, and he's not much faster or stronger on land where he should be what with the pressure off.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13957.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6jviqi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Aquaman] How strong should Aquaman be if he can survive the pressures at the bottom of the ocean, and do normal everyday things down there with any difficulty. Taking solely this fact, ignoring any other shown feats and weaknesses, how strong and durable should he be? Math time I guess, to calculate the pressure and such.", "c_root_id_A": "djie2gj", "c_root_id_B": "dji7dmr", "created_at_utc_A": 1498659561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1498648210.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Aquaman once supported San Francisco from falling into the Pacific. He's upper-tier as far as strength", "human_ref_B": "Well he can take some punches from superman and survive, and he can throw ocean liners around. So, rather strong and pretty durable. As for exactly how strong, do the math with what jimmy olsen blue provided", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11351.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rukzv0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Powerpuff Girls] Could it be argued that The Mayor actively enlisting pre-pubescent little girls to fight crime is child abuse? The Professor isnt innocent in any of this either. He is the one who enables them.", "c_root_id_A": "hqzq0q6", "c_root_id_B": "hqzuj9p", "created_at_utc_A": 1641161993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641163746.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "Honestly even if he was against it they'd probably just do it anyway", "human_ref_B": "You could argue it for Professor Utonium, for sure, but the Mayor is on much firmer ground as he is not the guardian of the girls, or even their employer. They volunteer to help the city and he represents it. Now, in the cases (and I recall a few existing) where he calls them to help in *private* matters unrelated to the defence of the city, that could be seen as overstepping. *Or* it could be argued that it is the same as asking a favour of any other friend - the friends in question just happening to be superpowered little girls.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1753.0, "score_ratio": 2.2941176471, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rukzv0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Powerpuff Girls] Could it be argued that The Mayor actively enlisting pre-pubescent little girls to fight crime is child abuse? The Professor isnt innocent in any of this either. He is the one who enables them.", "c_root_id_A": "hqzq0q6", "c_root_id_B": "hr03p0i", "created_at_utc_A": 1641161993.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641167360.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Honestly even if he was against it they'd probably just do it anyway", "human_ref_B": "I mean these are little girls who can shrug off tank missiles and tear through brick walls. It doesn't seem much more dangerous then a sport like rugby, proportionally speaking.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5367.0, "score_ratio": 1.5882352941, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rukzv0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Powerpuff Girls] Could it be argued that The Mayor actively enlisting pre-pubescent little girls to fight crime is child abuse? The Professor isnt innocent in any of this either. He is the one who enables them.", "c_root_id_A": "hr0otno", "c_root_id_B": "hr17him", "created_at_utc_A": 1641176084.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641184324.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "You actually made me wonder if they even are legally regarded as persons. They were made in a home lab. Do they have birth certificates? Biologically would they be considered humans? If not, what would be the litmus test to assert their human rights?", "human_ref_B": "Laws regarding protection of minors usually operate from the assumption that said minors are not able to protect themselves. That is absolutely not the case here. These kids are more than able to protect themselves. When nigh-invulnerable godlike beings are being discussed, the assumptions kind of need to be changed. The girls aren\u2019t doing anything they aren\u2019t willing to do themselves. That\u2019s about as empowered as any entity in the world can be.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8240.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqc7y6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Predator] Do Predators value killing prey who are currently powerful in combat or are currently socially powerful? In Predator 2, the Predator targets and kills King Willie but King Willie doesn't appear to be particularly good at combat, although he is socially powerful as the leader of the Jamaican gangs.", "c_root_id_A": "i8q4de9", "c_root_id_B": "i8q35qr", "created_at_utc_A": 1652639855.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652639307.0, "score_A": 104, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Keep in mind that Predators don't really know shit about human social standing. It could have very easily assumed that since he was in charge he was the most dangerous person there. Alternatively, the prestige comes from taking out someone important enough to have a lot of body guards. While the Predator targeted King Willie it didn't assassinate him, it carved through his men before killing him. Final alternatively: Willy WAS good at combat. He carried a sword and had the balls to directly challenge the Predator. He's not not on the level of a Yautja, which isn't surprising given how we've only seen 1 person take one on in melee without it being crippled first.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 548.0, "score_ratio": 104.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqc7y6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Predator] Do Predators value killing prey who are currently powerful in combat or are currently socially powerful? In Predator 2, the Predator targets and kills King Willie but King Willie doesn't appear to be particularly good at combat, although he is socially powerful as the leader of the Jamaican gangs.", "c_root_id_A": "i8q77qj", "c_root_id_B": "i8q35qr", "created_at_utc_A": 1652641110.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652639307.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "King Willie's still a dangerous guy. I don't see any Predators hunting George HW Bush. Though that would be a difficult hunt I guess...", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1803.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqc7y6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Predator] Do Predators value killing prey who are currently powerful in combat or are currently socially powerful? In Predator 2, the Predator targets and kills King Willie but King Willie doesn't appear to be particularly good at combat, although he is socially powerful as the leader of the Jamaican gangs.", "c_root_id_A": "i8r43ff", "c_root_id_B": "i8q35qr", "created_at_utc_A": 1652655772.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652639307.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "in the novelization king willie did in fact fought the predator and even managed to cut him and hurt him. That's why the predator took his skull.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16465.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "uqc7y6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Predator] Do Predators value killing prey who are currently powerful in combat or are currently socially powerful? In Predator 2, the Predator targets and kills King Willie but King Willie doesn't appear to be particularly good at combat, although he is socially powerful as the leader of the Jamaican gangs.", "c_root_id_A": "i8rr9ie", "c_root_id_B": "i8q35qr", "created_at_utc_A": 1652666812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652639307.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "King Willie was attacked only after he pulled a sword. He made himself a viable target.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27505.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4wzfn7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[ASOIAF] why are men in the Night's Watch still referred to by their titles? In the worker's paradise of the Night's Watch there are no class divisions because all watchmen give up their lands and titles when they get sent to the Wall. Yet Alliser Thorn is still referred to as \"Ser\" and Janos Slynt is addressed as \"Lord\". Why is this?", "c_root_id_A": "d6bcuha", "c_root_id_B": "d6b8h4q", "created_at_utc_A": 1470799475.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470792628.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Most reforms fall short of what they might have been. The (usually) titled leaders make the rules, therefore titles remain. The lowly High Sparrow gets a title, so why not The Lord Commander?", "human_ref_B": "Mainly out of courtesy. I've heard the septa teaching my daughter te ways of southron courts; she often claims that a lady's armor is courtesy. Also, most men who end up in the Night's Watch are peasants, banished over trifling crimes, misunderstandings, and systemic biases, so they have lived their lives in the shadows of Lords and Ladies, its in their blood to respect the nobility, a good 'm'lord' is part of that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6847.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6bpjkc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Honey I Shrunk the Kids] How could the US Military weaponize the Szalinski Shrink Ray? Would it be an effective weapon? Bonus question: Does the US Government know about the Shrink Ray?", "c_root_id_A": "dhommqy", "c_root_id_B": "dhowgen", "created_at_utc_A": 1495042669.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495053198.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Torture. Caught a spy and he won't talk? Make him ant sized and put him in a tarantula cage", "human_ref_B": "* Logistics would be revolutionized overnight. * Sneaking bombs into enemy territory could be done by tiny drones, or carried by a single soldier. * Informants and spies could, literally, be like flies on walls in rooms where no one would typically be allowed entry. It'd definitely be effective. Did they know about? Unlikely. Would *you* have ever given credit to, or predicted a breakthrough by, a guy like Szalinski?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10529.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6bpjkc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Honey I Shrunk the Kids] How could the US Military weaponize the Szalinski Shrink Ray? Would it be an effective weapon? Bonus question: Does the US Government know about the Shrink Ray?", "c_root_id_A": "dhpbp70", "c_root_id_B": "dhommqy", "created_at_utc_A": 1495071703.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495042669.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hell *yes* they know about it. In the second movie, he works for a technology laboratory, and he has another scientific snafu when he increases his infant son's size to that of Las Vegas skyscrapers. That's pretty difficult to hide. In \"Honey We Shrunk Ourselves\", Wayne is actually barred from *ever* using the shrink machine again not only by his wife, but the government, too. His mishaps have almost killed people and leveled a city. What's actually more amazing is that they even let him keep one in his attic. To answer the other question, it would change probably everything. As far as weaponry would go, I think it's more about its applications than simply giving every soldier a shrink ray. But as far as manufacturing and shipping goes? Wayne Szalinski is probably the father of humanity's golden age. Especially since the shrink machine is shown to be able to shrink **and** grow objects and people. Shipping costs overseas would plummet. Manufacturing could have better quality assurance and inventive use of shrinking and materials could change the way we build things. I wouldn't be surprised if the world just gave Wayne a check that says \"All of the money. Just take it.\" I'm more surprised that he doesn't live in a super mansion and and just tinkers for the rest of his life because he'd be *that* wealthy from inventing shrinking. I'm betting he'd still start Szalinski Labs in the third movie, though, as he'd probably still want to work with top minds creating all kinds of scientific wonders.", "human_ref_B": "Torture. Caught a spy and he won't talk? Make him ant sized and put him in a tarantula cage", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29034.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azqypq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Honey I Shrunk The Kids] It's been 30 years since the discovery of size-altering technology. What does the world look like now? 30 years ago Wayne Szalinski discovered that his prototype shrink ray was viable. A few years later, and after some extensive R&D and an incident in Las Vegas, the world learns of size-altering tech. What has happened since?", "c_root_id_A": "ei9k545", "c_root_id_B": "eia6nfw", "created_at_utc_A": 1552294300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552319103.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "World had become much smaller since nineteen eighties...", "human_ref_B": "See the based-on-a-true-story movie \"Downsizing\" for an overview. Basically, the technology doesn't come to market until much, much later, and other factors end up taking precedence over this otherwise world-changing technology.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24803.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azqypq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Honey I Shrunk The Kids] It's been 30 years since the discovery of size-altering technology. What does the world look like now? 30 years ago Wayne Szalinski discovered that his prototype shrink ray was viable. A few years later, and after some extensive R&D and an incident in Las Vegas, the world learns of size-altering tech. What has happened since?", "c_root_id_A": "eia6nfw", "c_root_id_B": "ei9ln0t", "created_at_utc_A": 1552319103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552297034.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "See the based-on-a-true-story movie \"Downsizing\" for an overview. Basically, the technology doesn't come to market until much, much later, and other factors end up taking precedence over this otherwise world-changing technology.", "human_ref_B": "Real Estate is no longer a problem.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22069.0, "score_ratio": 18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azqypq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Honey I Shrunk The Kids] It's been 30 years since the discovery of size-altering technology. What does the world look like now? 30 years ago Wayne Szalinski discovered that his prototype shrink ray was viable. A few years later, and after some extensive R&D and an incident in Las Vegas, the world learns of size-altering tech. What has happened since?", "c_root_id_A": "eibaaed", "c_root_id_B": "eiarjph", "created_at_utc_A": 1552345844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552333052.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "A scheme is briefly fielded to make the new generation of super-max prisons populated with shrunken prisoners, though only 1 is constructed before a case goes before the Supreme Court having it declared cruel and unusual punishment. Not that said ruling does anything to stop the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency's newest, smallest Black Site...", "human_ref_B": "Ant mans, Ant mans everywhere", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12792.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azqypq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Honey I Shrunk The Kids] It's been 30 years since the discovery of size-altering technology. What does the world look like now? 30 years ago Wayne Szalinski discovered that his prototype shrink ray was viable. A few years later, and after some extensive R&D and an incident in Las Vegas, the world learns of size-altering tech. What has happened since?", "c_root_id_A": "ei9ln0t", "c_root_id_B": "eibaaed", "created_at_utc_A": 1552297034.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552345844.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Real Estate is no longer a problem.", "human_ref_B": "A scheme is briefly fielded to make the new generation of super-max prisons populated with shrunken prisoners, though only 1 is constructed before a case goes before the Supreme Court having it declared cruel and unusual punishment. Not that said ruling does anything to stop the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency's newest, smallest Black Site...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 48810.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azqypq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Honey I Shrunk The Kids] It's been 30 years since the discovery of size-altering technology. What does the world look like now? 30 years ago Wayne Szalinski discovered that his prototype shrink ray was viable. A few years later, and after some extensive R&D and an incident in Las Vegas, the world learns of size-altering tech. What has happened since?", "c_root_id_A": "eiarjph", "c_root_id_B": "ei9ln0t", "created_at_utc_A": 1552333052.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552297034.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Ant mans, Ant mans everywhere", "human_ref_B": "Real Estate is no longer a problem.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36018.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azqypq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Honey I Shrunk The Kids] It's been 30 years since the discovery of size-altering technology. What does the world look like now? 30 years ago Wayne Szalinski discovered that his prototype shrink ray was viable. A few years later, and after some extensive R&D and an incident in Las Vegas, the world learns of size-altering tech. What has happened since?", "c_root_id_A": "ei9ln0t", "c_root_id_B": "eibcsgi", "created_at_utc_A": 1552297034.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552347741.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Real Estate is no longer a problem.", "human_ref_B": "Szalinski kept it private so Stark couldn't get ahold of it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 50707.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27jxkd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Edge Of Tomorrow] Does the time actually reset, or is a new alternative reality created? (minor spoilers) Judging from the point of view of the main guy, he never sees himself die, instead just wakes up at the airport again at the moment of death. This kinda implies that time resets for everything the instant he loses his life. However, for the comedy bit when he rolls under the truck and gets squashed, unless it took him a few seconds to die, as it wasn't from his point of view, you saw the reaction from the other people afterwards. So, what is actually happening each time the day resets? Is there a grace period where the world continues normally before resetting (that the main guy won't see as he is dead), or does it just send him into another reality set before the battle, but the reality where he just died continues as normal? Also as I imagine it'd be quite hard to reset the entire universe back a day (or send someone to a new reality for that matter), is there any explanation of how the aliens actually did it?", "c_root_id_A": "ci1lo3x", "c_root_id_B": "ci1jtmm", "created_at_utc_A": 1402164641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1402159567.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I haven't seen the movie yet, but I read the book the movie is based on, All You Need is Kill. The way they did it is through theoretical particles called Tachyons. Tachyons are like normal particles, but instead of moving through space like a photon or any other particle we are familiar with, they move through *time*. Every 30 hours the Mimics are able to place a \"bookmark\" or \"save point\" of sorts, which gives them another 30 hour grace period. Throughout those 30 hours the \"original\" Mimic server (the bookmark) will be receiving tachyon signals from its \"parallel\" server. If things do not go according to plan, the parallel server sends a \"reset\" signal and it all starts over from where the \"bookmark\" was. That \"bookmark\" server will be endowed with all of the knowledge of the 30 hours that are to come, and so can change their tactics. They can do this as many times as they want, and that is why they have been so utterly unpredictable and deadly. Think about it like playing a video game with statically placed obstacles and enemies. You can play a level, die, then jump back, this time having learned something new and now anticipating what you know will come. It isn't a \"new\" timeline, it is the same timeline. At most it is a very closely parallel timeline. They are just \"rewinding\" to their save point. As a side note, in the book when the main character dies, he actually feels it and remembers it. His first death has him getting his arm ripped off and he describes the excruciating pain and relative lightness from losing so much \"weight\".", "human_ref_B": "It's a full reset, but the reset doesn't happen until both all body activity has stopped, which usually takes a few seconds, and the Omega has been notified of the death, another second or two.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5074.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27jxkd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Edge Of Tomorrow] Does the time actually reset, or is a new alternative reality created? (minor spoilers) Judging from the point of view of the main guy, he never sees himself die, instead just wakes up at the airport again at the moment of death. This kinda implies that time resets for everything the instant he loses his life. However, for the comedy bit when he rolls under the truck and gets squashed, unless it took him a few seconds to die, as it wasn't from his point of view, you saw the reaction from the other people afterwards. So, what is actually happening each time the day resets? Is there a grace period where the world continues normally before resetting (that the main guy won't see as he is dead), or does it just send him into another reality set before the battle, but the reality where he just died continues as normal? Also as I imagine it'd be quite hard to reset the entire universe back a day (or send someone to a new reality for that matter), is there any explanation of how the aliens actually did it?", "c_root_id_A": "ci1js7n", "c_root_id_B": "ci1lo3x", "created_at_utc_A": 1402159457.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1402164641.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I was just thinking that as well. Each time the Bitch (can't remember her name) kills him, does she then have to explain why she just shot a soldier? There are hundreds of alternate timelines, apparently, where Earth is overrun.", "human_ref_B": "I haven't seen the movie yet, but I read the book the movie is based on, All You Need is Kill. The way they did it is through theoretical particles called Tachyons. Tachyons are like normal particles, but instead of moving through space like a photon or any other particle we are familiar with, they move through *time*. Every 30 hours the Mimics are able to place a \"bookmark\" or \"save point\" of sorts, which gives them another 30 hour grace period. Throughout those 30 hours the \"original\" Mimic server (the bookmark) will be receiving tachyon signals from its \"parallel\" server. If things do not go according to plan, the parallel server sends a \"reset\" signal and it all starts over from where the \"bookmark\" was. That \"bookmark\" server will be endowed with all of the knowledge of the 30 hours that are to come, and so can change their tactics. They can do this as many times as they want, and that is why they have been so utterly unpredictable and deadly. Think about it like playing a video game with statically placed obstacles and enemies. You can play a level, die, then jump back, this time having learned something new and now anticipating what you know will come. It isn't a \"new\" timeline, it is the same timeline. At most it is a very closely parallel timeline. They are just \"rewinding\" to their save point. As a side note, in the book when the main character dies, he actually feels it and remembers it. His first death has him getting his arm ripped off and he describes the excruciating pain and relative lightness from losing so much \"weight\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5184.0, "score_ratio": 5.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27jxkd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Edge Of Tomorrow] Does the time actually reset, or is a new alternative reality created? (minor spoilers) Judging from the point of view of the main guy, he never sees himself die, instead just wakes up at the airport again at the moment of death. This kinda implies that time resets for everything the instant he loses his life. However, for the comedy bit when he rolls under the truck and gets squashed, unless it took him a few seconds to die, as it wasn't from his point of view, you saw the reaction from the other people afterwards. So, what is actually happening each time the day resets? Is there a grace period where the world continues normally before resetting (that the main guy won't see as he is dead), or does it just send him into another reality set before the battle, but the reality where he just died continues as normal? Also as I imagine it'd be quite hard to reset the entire universe back a day (or send someone to a new reality for that matter), is there any explanation of how the aliens actually did it?", "c_root_id_A": "ci1jtmm", "c_root_id_B": "ci1js7n", "created_at_utc_A": 1402159567.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1402159457.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's a full reset, but the reset doesn't happen until both all body activity has stopped, which usually takes a few seconds, and the Omega has been notified of the death, another second or two.", "human_ref_B": "I was just thinking that as well. Each time the Bitch (can't remember her name) kills him, does she then have to explain why she just shot a soldier? There are hundreds of alternate timelines, apparently, where Earth is overrun.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 110.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "27jxkd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Edge Of Tomorrow] Does the time actually reset, or is a new alternative reality created? (minor spoilers) Judging from the point of view of the main guy, he never sees himself die, instead just wakes up at the airport again at the moment of death. This kinda implies that time resets for everything the instant he loses his life. However, for the comedy bit when he rolls under the truck and gets squashed, unless it took him a few seconds to die, as it wasn't from his point of view, you saw the reaction from the other people afterwards. So, what is actually happening each time the day resets? Is there a grace period where the world continues normally before resetting (that the main guy won't see as he is dead), or does it just send him into another reality set before the battle, but the reality where he just died continues as normal? Also as I imagine it'd be quite hard to reset the entire universe back a day (or send someone to a new reality for that matter), is there any explanation of how the aliens actually did it?", "c_root_id_A": "cjwvx9o", "c_root_id_B": "ci1nd7i", "created_at_utc_A": 1408656651.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1402169273.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -10, "human_ref_A": "The movie never suggests which take on time travel they are using. In the book, time travel never actually occurs. The alpha, or Keiji in this case, receives the information of all the previously experienced loops as a series of dreams sent through time. So, even though he remembers the various experiences in the loop, he never actually experienced them except as one experiences dreams. It seems like a bit of a paradox to me, but time travel stuff often is.", "human_ref_B": "Do we even enforce rule #4 ?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6487378.0, "score_ratio": -0.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "befktt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Assassin's Creed] I am a business man in the 1700s and I'm afraid some weirdos want to kill me Hi! To give some background: I am a moderately wealthy businessman living in the 1700s and I've received a letter from a trusted person saying that \"The assassins\" are after me and will attempt to kill me soon. I've heard rumors about these guys before and I know that they re a kind of a cult that kills people and climbs buildings or something. I've tried to contact the sender but all I got as an answer was a letter sealed with a weird insignia and containing an eagle feather. What may be happening and what do I do now?", "c_root_id_A": "el5n4b5", "c_root_id_B": "el5qsst", "created_at_utc_A": 1555553589.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555556396.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "You wouldn't happen to secretly be a templar by any chance?", "human_ref_B": "Try hiding spikes in the haystacks near your estate then check back when it starts to smell weird.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2807.0, "score_ratio": 1.3684210526, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgt6geo", "c_root_id_B": "dgt4jm4", "created_at_utc_A": 1493270767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493267385.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Do you believe in any sort of god or religion? [Anyone else reading the responses in Ezio's voice?]", "human_ref_B": "What is your least favourite method of assassination?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3382.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgt6geo", "c_root_id_B": "dgt4sm5", "created_at_utc_A": 1493270767.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493267806.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Do you believe in any sort of god or religion? [Anyone else reading the responses in Ezio's voice?]", "human_ref_B": "Got any new outlets now\ud83d\ude0f?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2961.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgtce6u", "c_root_id_B": "dgtb8jg", "created_at_utc_A": 1493286331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493282788.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Why didn't you kill the pope?", "human_ref_B": "What do you do with your free time asides from sleeping and training? EDIt @OP: pun intended?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3543.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgtbfkw", "c_root_id_B": "dgtce6u", "created_at_utc_A": 1493283386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493286331.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Did your scar ever effect your chances with the ladies?", "human_ref_B": "Why didn't you kill the pope?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2945.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgtb8jg", "c_root_id_B": "dgug6gf", "created_at_utc_A": 1493282788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493337088.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What do you do with your free time asides from sleeping and training? EDIt @OP: pun intended?", "human_ref_B": "Are you still the major landlord of Rome or have you since sold or otherwise dispersed the land? Think you will attempt to do the same thing in Constantinople?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 54300.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgug6gf", "c_root_id_B": "dgtbfkw", "created_at_utc_A": 1493337088.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493283386.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Are you still the major landlord of Rome or have you since sold or otherwise dispersed the land? Think you will attempt to do the same thing in Constantinople?", "human_ref_B": "Did your scar ever effect your chances with the ladies?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 53702.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgug6gf", "c_root_id_B": "dgu0jr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1493337088.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493319066.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Are you still the major landlord of Rome or have you since sold or otherwise dispersed the land? Think you will attempt to do the same thing in Constantinople?", "human_ref_B": "Where was your highest drop kill from?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18022.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgug6gf", "c_root_id_B": "dguf4w5", "created_at_utc_A": 1493337088.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493335774.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Are you still the major landlord of Rome or have you since sold or otherwise dispersed the land? Think you will attempt to do the same thing in Constantinople?", "human_ref_B": "Ever do sparring with wooden hidden blades?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1314.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgtb8jg", "c_root_id_B": "dgugadl", "created_at_utc_A": 1493282788.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493337225.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "What do you do with your free time asides from sleeping and training? EDIt @OP: pun intended?", "human_ref_B": "Can you describe to me the intricacies of the hookblade?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 54437.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgtbfkw", "c_root_id_B": "dgugadl", "created_at_utc_A": 1493283386.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493337225.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Did your scar ever effect your chances with the ladies?", "human_ref_B": "Can you describe to me the intricacies of the hookblade?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 53839.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dgugadl", "c_root_id_B": "dgu0jr6", "created_at_utc_A": 1493337225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493319066.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Can you describe to me the intricacies of the hookblade?", "human_ref_B": "Where was your highest drop kill from?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18159.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "67syxf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[AMA][Assassins Creed] Ezio Auditore Da Firenze I am in Constantinople on business and I have some time to kill. Ask away.", "c_root_id_A": "dguf4w5", "c_root_id_B": "dgugadl", "created_at_utc_A": 1493335774.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1493337225.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Ever do sparring with wooden hidden blades?", "human_ref_B": "Can you describe to me the intricacies of the hookblade?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1451.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ei6rh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC/ Pokemon] Could aquaman control aquatic pokemon like kyogre? or would the fact that kyogre (and pokemon in general) exists in a separate multiverse altogether (and probably not connected to \"the clear\") prevent aquaman from controlling one.", "c_root_id_A": "d20duf8", "c_root_id_B": "d20dwnh", "created_at_utc_A": 1460498071.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460498162.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "His powers are psychic in nature, and that's not hindered in the pokemon universe, so the answer is probably yes.", "human_ref_B": "If a 10 year old can control them, I'm sure Aquaman can pull it off.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 91.0, "score_ratio": 1.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ei6rh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC/ Pokemon] Could aquaman control aquatic pokemon like kyogre? or would the fact that kyogre (and pokemon in general) exists in a separate multiverse altogether (and probably not connected to \"the clear\") prevent aquaman from controlling one.", "c_root_id_A": "d20vg41", "c_root_id_B": "d20hfoz", "created_at_utc_A": 1460529490.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460503591.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "King of the sea, able to control the greatest monsters of the depths including the vile and mythical Cthulhu... Yea I think kyogre is a walk in the park.", "human_ref_B": "If it lives in the water then yes for sure.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25899.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ei6rh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC/ Pokemon] Could aquaman control aquatic pokemon like kyogre? or would the fact that kyogre (and pokemon in general) exists in a separate multiverse altogether (and probably not connected to \"the clear\") prevent aquaman from controlling one.", "c_root_id_A": "d20vg41", "c_root_id_B": "d20u4m0", "created_at_utc_A": 1460529490.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460525850.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "King of the sea, able to control the greatest monsters of the depths including the vile and mythical Cthulhu... Yea I think kyogre is a walk in the park.", "human_ref_B": "Remember that Aquaman doesn't so much control sea life as he dies make suggestions, and they respond out of respect.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3640.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ei6rh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC/ Pokemon] Could aquaman control aquatic pokemon like kyogre? or would the fact that kyogre (and pokemon in general) exists in a separate multiverse altogether (and probably not connected to \"the clear\") prevent aquaman from controlling one.", "c_root_id_A": "d20u4m0", "c_root_id_B": "d24df8q", "created_at_utc_A": 1460525850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1460748093.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Remember that Aquaman doesn't so much control sea life as he dies make suggestions, and they respond out of respect.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. Aside from regular ocean life, Aquaman has used his TP on a super evolved, telepathic shark, forced humans to obey him, and even a sentient machine, along with ses life that doesn't originate from normal oceans.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 222243.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6cxyxt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Dresden Files] How strong is this universe's magic? I just got to changes and I am kind of curious how strong this universe's magic is compared to others. Can you recommend me some cool magic books?", "c_root_id_A": "dhyi574", "c_root_id_B": "dhyl9uu", "created_at_utc_A": 1495590057.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1495593800.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Harry Dresden's upper power limits involve destroying a building sized area with fire http://imgur.com/w3betAf and lets him do necromancy, invisibility, mind control, binding spirits, and a host of other feats. The Winter Lady's upper level power feats involve Nagasaki level nuclear bomb level blasts. Mab's upper power limits involve megaton nuclear fusion level blasts. No easy teleportation, a lot of magic has mind warping effects. Magic costs energy, often comes with responsibilities. Time travel is tricky. Archangels can casually destroy galaxies. So notably below Harry Potter magic say for casual magic users, but the upper tiers have a great deal more power.", "human_ref_B": "If someone was strong enough in the Dresden Files they can rewrite reality.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3743.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "375tuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Dresden Files] does lifespan go up with magical power? it's said that the average lifespan of a white council(top level wizards, only a couple hundred in the world) level wizard is 300 years or more. and that a Foo dog(a cosmic foo spirit in the body of a dog. they have immense magical power, and are implied to have the ability to guide events to be placed with their preferred human) lives for about the same time if a little bit longer. so if one is born with say half the magical power of a white council wizard can they expect to live to see 150? or do you have to have that much magical power to live any longer than normal at all? and does getting magical power from any other source besides birth also add to lifespan?", "c_root_id_A": "crkdwy5", "c_root_id_B": "crjy8ay", "created_at_utc_A": 1432571654.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432524646.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Butters figured out that Harry's body had the ability to perfectly heal from pretty much any injury. That's why: Spoilers: Harry's hand has healed, and his back is on its way to mending. Butters postulates that this extends down to the replication of DNA; the shortening of the telomeres and the resulting errors in the copies of our DNA don't affect wizards, at least not to the degree that they do a normal human. This is all a result of working with the forces of magic. There seems to be a maximum to this effect, though, as even wizards turn into greybeards and eventually pass away. There is also a minimum; the members of the Paranet don't have the same longevity benefits as full-fledged wizards. So yes, it seems that the healing factor is directly tied to the amount of magical energy you can and do regularly work with.", "human_ref_B": "In theory, wizards can live forever. In practice, they get killed. I don't think there's any recorded case of a wizard dying of old age, they were always eventually done in by one of their enemies. Wizards, like most magical beings, tend to be more powerful as they get older. And they also make more powerful enemies (Harry is a *great* example of this). > Does getting magical power from any other source besides birth also add to lifespan? Mostly yes. Nico is about two thousand years old, the vampire Courts (as a culture) seem to date back several millennia, and the faerie queens (who were once human) are probably even older than that. Hedge mages may be able to live longer if they learn a type of magic specific to it (so that one werewolf who figured out a regeneration spell might be able to add a few decades to his lifespan). Most hedge mages don't have the lifespan of a full-blown wizard. The only one I can think of that definitely *won't* make you live longer is the mantle of the Winter Knight. The Summer Knight is probably in the same boat, but the Summer Lady may be able to help him age gracefully.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47008.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "375tuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Dresden Files] does lifespan go up with magical power? it's said that the average lifespan of a white council(top level wizards, only a couple hundred in the world) level wizard is 300 years or more. and that a Foo dog(a cosmic foo spirit in the body of a dog. they have immense magical power, and are implied to have the ability to guide events to be placed with their preferred human) lives for about the same time if a little bit longer. so if one is born with say half the magical power of a white council wizard can they expect to live to see 150? or do you have to have that much magical power to live any longer than normal at all? and does getting magical power from any other source besides birth also add to lifespan?", "c_root_id_A": "crkadjg", "c_root_id_B": "crkdwy5", "created_at_utc_A": 1432564500.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432571654.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Some of their long lifespan is likely due to being magically able to prevent natural cellular degeneration and illnesses that would normally result in an end-of-life scenario.", "human_ref_B": "Butters figured out that Harry's body had the ability to perfectly heal from pretty much any injury. That's why: Spoilers: Harry's hand has healed, and his back is on its way to mending. Butters postulates that this extends down to the replication of DNA; the shortening of the telomeres and the resulting errors in the copies of our DNA don't affect wizards, at least not to the degree that they do a normal human. This is all a result of working with the forces of magic. There seems to be a maximum to this effect, though, as even wizards turn into greybeards and eventually pass away. There is also a minimum; the members of the Paranet don't have the same longevity benefits as full-fledged wizards. So yes, it seems that the healing factor is directly tied to the amount of magical energy you can and do regularly work with.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7154.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "375tuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Dresden Files] does lifespan go up with magical power? it's said that the average lifespan of a white council(top level wizards, only a couple hundred in the world) level wizard is 300 years or more. and that a Foo dog(a cosmic foo spirit in the body of a dog. they have immense magical power, and are implied to have the ability to guide events to be placed with their preferred human) lives for about the same time if a little bit longer. so if one is born with say half the magical power of a white council wizard can they expect to live to see 150? or do you have to have that much magical power to live any longer than normal at all? and does getting magical power from any other source besides birth also add to lifespan?", "c_root_id_A": "crkh1ij", "c_root_id_B": "crjy8ay", "created_at_utc_A": 1432577331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432524646.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Being a Wizard in the Dresdenverse is a threshold in magical powers which comes with certain basic abilities all Wizards have income. Sure there are stronger and weaker Wizards but in the end: - they all have the Sight - they all develop the Wizard Sight with age (a form of precognition) - they all have at least the potential to practice all branches of the Art (one of the singular cases in the Dresdenverse where more power gives you more free will I may notice) - they all get perfect regeneration (although at natural speed) and with that the maximal physically possible life span of a human being Now that sad Harry speculated that this last effect is at least partially invoked by channelling magic (the creation force of the universe) through your body so he speculates that doing more magic can even enhance that effect (note, not more powerful just more often) so very active Wizard will stay younger for a longer time.", "human_ref_B": "In theory, wizards can live forever. In practice, they get killed. I don't think there's any recorded case of a wizard dying of old age, they were always eventually done in by one of their enemies. Wizards, like most magical beings, tend to be more powerful as they get older. And they also make more powerful enemies (Harry is a *great* example of this). > Does getting magical power from any other source besides birth also add to lifespan? Mostly yes. Nico is about two thousand years old, the vampire Courts (as a culture) seem to date back several millennia, and the faerie queens (who were once human) are probably even older than that. Hedge mages may be able to live longer if they learn a type of magic specific to it (so that one werewolf who figured out a regeneration spell might be able to add a few decades to his lifespan). Most hedge mages don't have the lifespan of a full-blown wizard. The only one I can think of that definitely *won't* make you live longer is the mantle of the Winter Knight. The Summer Knight is probably in the same boat, but the Summer Lady may be able to help him age gracefully.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 52685.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "375tuh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Dresden Files] does lifespan go up with magical power? it's said that the average lifespan of a white council(top level wizards, only a couple hundred in the world) level wizard is 300 years or more. and that a Foo dog(a cosmic foo spirit in the body of a dog. they have immense magical power, and are implied to have the ability to guide events to be placed with their preferred human) lives for about the same time if a little bit longer. so if one is born with say half the magical power of a white council wizard can they expect to live to see 150? or do you have to have that much magical power to live any longer than normal at all? and does getting magical power from any other source besides birth also add to lifespan?", "c_root_id_A": "crkh1ij", "c_root_id_B": "crkadjg", "created_at_utc_A": 1432577331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432564500.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Being a Wizard in the Dresdenverse is a threshold in magical powers which comes with certain basic abilities all Wizards have income. Sure there are stronger and weaker Wizards but in the end: - they all have the Sight - they all develop the Wizard Sight with age (a form of precognition) - they all have at least the potential to practice all branches of the Art (one of the singular cases in the Dresdenverse where more power gives you more free will I may notice) - they all get perfect regeneration (although at natural speed) and with that the maximal physically possible life span of a human being Now that sad Harry speculated that this last effect is at least partially invoked by channelling magic (the creation force of the universe) through your body so he speculates that doing more magic can even enhance that effect (note, not more powerful just more often) so very active Wizard will stay younger for a longer time.", "human_ref_B": "Some of their long lifespan is likely due to being magically able to prevent natural cellular degeneration and illnesses that would normally result in an end-of-life scenario.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12831.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3qhasv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Assassins Creed] Why is plate armor is useless? How does a hidden blade, a regular, steel blade, about the size of a dagger, penetrate plate armor? Every time you use the hidden blade, its on their chest, where the heaviest armor is, which is just weird, as the chest if where the strongest part of the armor is. If a normal sword just bounces off plate armor, how does a dagger sized blade go right through?", "c_root_id_A": "cwf7bzc", "c_root_id_B": "cwfcexk", "created_at_utc_A": 1445987158.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445995024.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Ignoring the stuff about stabs versus slashes (and we do see people stabbed through plate armour quite a lot), there are a few possibilities: * The hidden blade isn't made like a typical dagger. It has an unusually smithed construction that allows it to be unusually effective. * Assassins have superb technique, and potentially enhanced strength and skill that allows them to work with it much more effectively. * The plate armour all the soldiers are wearing isn't as good as you'd think. Perhaps there are some shoddy knockoffs making their way into the armoury that are thinner and cheaper, but look pretty similar.", "human_ref_B": "Just a common glitch in the animus display of events. It's impossible to stab though plate like that, just like it's impossible to fall forty feet and suffer no consequences, or reload and fire cannons as quickly as depicted in *Black Flag.* In reality the assassin would target chinks and gaps in the armor, such as around the neck and joints.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7866.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3qhasv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Assassins Creed] Why is plate armor is useless? How does a hidden blade, a regular, steel blade, about the size of a dagger, penetrate plate armor? Every time you use the hidden blade, its on their chest, where the heaviest armor is, which is just weird, as the chest if where the strongest part of the armor is. If a normal sword just bounces off plate armor, how does a dagger sized blade go right through?", "c_root_id_A": "cwf7rww", "c_root_id_B": "cwfcexk", "created_at_utc_A": 1445987864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1445995024.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Plate armor wasn't really designed to protect against a stabbing - it was more about the bashing and slashing. It's pretty tough to resist a lot of force concentrated on a single point. On top of that, the assassins are trained to use these things really, really well. They're probably putting all of their strength and weight possible into even their most covert stabs, enough to pierce nearly anything. And I'm sure they're using all of their knowledge and intuition to aim for the weakest point in the armor, or the spot where there's a gap.", "human_ref_B": "Just a common glitch in the animus display of events. It's impossible to stab though plate like that, just like it's impossible to fall forty feet and suffer no consequences, or reload and fire cannons as quickly as depicted in *Black Flag.* In reality the assassin would target chinks and gaps in the armor, such as around the neck and joints.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7160.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "atvpe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Fullmetal Alchemist] Why is resurrection the one use of alchemy that Truth doesn't like? Throughout the series, we've seen people do tons of stuff with alchemy, including: * Mass murder * Human sacrifice * Chimera creation * Fusing humans into chimeras * Making particularly nasty weapons * Transmuting living tissue in various horrible ways * Making artificial humans Next to these, trying to bring someone back to life seems pretty tame. So why does Truth hate it while being totally cool with all the worse stuff people do with alchemy?", "c_root_id_A": "eh40aty", "c_root_id_B": "eh3z5og", "created_at_utc_A": 1550940228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550939367.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Maybe some fundamental order relies on the reincarnation/\"recycling\" of souls, and *resurrection* upsets/disrupts that? which reminds me of the Legacy of Kain / Soul Reaver series.", "human_ref_B": "particularly nasty weapons are the best part of alchemy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 861.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "atvpe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Fullmetal Alchemist] Why is resurrection the one use of alchemy that Truth doesn't like? Throughout the series, we've seen people do tons of stuff with alchemy, including: * Mass murder * Human sacrifice * Chimera creation * Fusing humans into chimeras * Making particularly nasty weapons * Transmuting living tissue in various horrible ways * Making artificial humans Next to these, trying to bring someone back to life seems pretty tame. So why does Truth hate it while being totally cool with all the worse stuff people do with alchemy?", "c_root_id_A": "eh4ttow", "c_root_id_B": "eh3z5og", "created_at_utc_A": 1550962440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550939367.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Alchemists, even extremely powerful alchemists, are not gods. It is simply not possible for alchemy to bring people back from the dead, soul and all. The entire infrastructure of alchemy, the individual gates, the gates of the Earth and the Sun, etc are all still aspects of the material universe. When someone dies, their soul goes to a place unreachable by human actions. There's a few possibilities, and even skilled alchemists are unsure what happens to souls when people die. Some people say that the soul reincarnated as a completely new soul. Some say it goes on to heaven or hell. Some say the souls of the dead simply cease to exist, total oblivion. Alchemists know no more of what happens after death than any other priest or mystic in history. The plane that alchemists see when they perform human transmutations, the plane with the gates, is still part of the material universe. Any plane that souls go after they die is far beyond this, completely cut off from the mortal planes. Here's one way to think of it. When someone is born, their soul begins with a certain amount of life energy. They are born with this energy, and they are consistently using it up until they die. Our existence on this plane is unstable; it takes a small continuous trickle of energy merely to stay on this plane. Every second of your life, you are burning through a small amount of your total life energy. Things can affect your burn rate. Smoking for instance increases your burn rate. Grievous injuries cause a rapid depletion of the amount of your remaining life energy. This is how human transmutation is possible. You can extend the lifetime of one soul by shortening the lifetimes of others. You can increase the amount of life energy attached to one soul by subtracting it from others. This a highly inefficient process, and it takes many years of life energy taken to deliver one year of life energy to the target soul. And what of the philosopher stone? This is essentially the life energy of many individuals captured and stored in a long-term stable form. A philosopher's stone is the absolute minimal material construct needed to keep a soul bound to this plane. The consciousnesses of the victims remain trapped inside the stone. Because they don't have any bodies to maintain, their burn rate is incredibly slow. The stone won't last forever; there is some small burn rate needed to keep even a disembodied consciousness tied to the mortal plane. But still, it is slow enough that a bound soul can remain tied to the mortal plane for thousands of years, possibly millions. Now, you might think that you could pull a soul back from the afterlife simply by using a large enough philosopher's stone. This does not appear to be the case. As for why, think of it a bit like gravitational potential energy. Imagine an infinite 3D space with a constant 1g gravitational field throughout. A soul inhabiting the mortal plane might be created at the 100' elevation level. When their soul reaches an elevation of zero, they fall from the mortal plane and return to the afterlife. Each day of their life they get a little lower, or they can use alchemy to raise themselves higher. The afterlife however is not even on the same scale. If the mortal plane is between 0' and 100', the afterlife is literally light-years below 0 elevation. You would have to sacrifice billions, trillions, or quadrillions of times the total life energy of every human on Earth just to bring a single soul back from the afterlife, and we have no way of knowing the exact number required. Now, how do souls get to the mortal plane in the first place? There is as yet some unknown process that can elevate souls to the mortal plane. Some think this is a literal omnipotent God. Some think it's some innate process of the universe that we cannot access. Whatever it is, it's something that any entity on the mortal plane cannot begin to access. As such, it's not like there is a divine judge forbidding the raising of the dead. Everything, even souls, obey the laws of physics. And it's unfortunately just the nature of such things that resurrecting the dead is utterly impossible.", "human_ref_B": "particularly nasty weapons are the best part of alchemy", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23073.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "atvpe6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Fullmetal Alchemist] Why is resurrection the one use of alchemy that Truth doesn't like? Throughout the series, we've seen people do tons of stuff with alchemy, including: * Mass murder * Human sacrifice * Chimera creation * Fusing humans into chimeras * Making particularly nasty weapons * Transmuting living tissue in various horrible ways * Making artificial humans Next to these, trying to bring someone back to life seems pretty tame. So why does Truth hate it while being totally cool with all the worse stuff people do with alchemy?", "c_root_id_A": "eh4sb0y", "c_root_id_B": "eh4ttow", "created_at_utc_A": 1550961260.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1550962440.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "for the same reason that the bank doesn't like bank errors in your favor. It is always secretly taking a little of every exchange for itself in ways that you can't see. With resurrection you are taking something back, the soul of the target. It tries to take something in exchange, usually trying to take a whole person back with it. Interestingly no one ever tried actually making the exchange intentionally, trading a life for a life.", "human_ref_B": "Alchemists, even extremely powerful alchemists, are not gods. It is simply not possible for alchemy to bring people back from the dead, soul and all. The entire infrastructure of alchemy, the individual gates, the gates of the Earth and the Sun, etc are all still aspects of the material universe. When someone dies, their soul goes to a place unreachable by human actions. There's a few possibilities, and even skilled alchemists are unsure what happens to souls when people die. Some people say that the soul reincarnated as a completely new soul. Some say it goes on to heaven or hell. Some say the souls of the dead simply cease to exist, total oblivion. Alchemists know no more of what happens after death than any other priest or mystic in history. The plane that alchemists see when they perform human transmutations, the plane with the gates, is still part of the material universe. Any plane that souls go after they die is far beyond this, completely cut off from the mortal planes. Here's one way to think of it. When someone is born, their soul begins with a certain amount of life energy. They are born with this energy, and they are consistently using it up until they die. Our existence on this plane is unstable; it takes a small continuous trickle of energy merely to stay on this plane. Every second of your life, you are burning through a small amount of your total life energy. Things can affect your burn rate. Smoking for instance increases your burn rate. Grievous injuries cause a rapid depletion of the amount of your remaining life energy. This is how human transmutation is possible. You can extend the lifetime of one soul by shortening the lifetimes of others. You can increase the amount of life energy attached to one soul by subtracting it from others. This a highly inefficient process, and it takes many years of life energy taken to deliver one year of life energy to the target soul. And what of the philosopher stone? This is essentially the life energy of many individuals captured and stored in a long-term stable form. A philosopher's stone is the absolute minimal material construct needed to keep a soul bound to this plane. The consciousnesses of the victims remain trapped inside the stone. Because they don't have any bodies to maintain, their burn rate is incredibly slow. The stone won't last forever; there is some small burn rate needed to keep even a disembodied consciousness tied to the mortal plane. But still, it is slow enough that a bound soul can remain tied to the mortal plane for thousands of years, possibly millions. Now, you might think that you could pull a soul back from the afterlife simply by using a large enough philosopher's stone. This does not appear to be the case. As for why, think of it a bit like gravitational potential energy. Imagine an infinite 3D space with a constant 1g gravitational field throughout. A soul inhabiting the mortal plane might be created at the 100' elevation level. When their soul reaches an elevation of zero, they fall from the mortal plane and return to the afterlife. Each day of their life they get a little lower, or they can use alchemy to raise themselves higher. The afterlife however is not even on the same scale. If the mortal plane is between 0' and 100', the afterlife is literally light-years below 0 elevation. You would have to sacrifice billions, trillions, or quadrillions of times the total life energy of every human on Earth just to bring a single soul back from the afterlife, and we have no way of knowing the exact number required. Now, how do souls get to the mortal plane in the first place? There is as yet some unknown process that can elevate souls to the mortal plane. Some think this is a literal omnipotent God. Some think it's some innate process of the universe that we cannot access. Whatever it is, it's something that any entity on the mortal plane cannot begin to access. As such, it's not like there is a divine judge forbidding the raising of the dead. Everything, even souls, obey the laws of physics. And it's unfortunately just the nature of such things that resurrecting the dead is utterly impossible.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1180.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "juox4j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Cube]. What was the final purpose of the Cube? I know the explanation probably trickled in on one of the direct-to-video documentaries about the Cube. I'm not going to waste my time watching those. Did they ever explain what the cube is for, why they would spend so much freaking money on this thing just to torture a handful of people?", "c_root_id_A": "gcgd7e4", "c_root_id_B": "gcgsyel", "created_at_utc_A": 1605493472.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605502535.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Did you look on the IMDB FAQ page?", "human_ref_B": "I always assumed it was to screw with people mentally and physically.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9063.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fb2nkf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Harry Potter] Did any Wizards or Witches Help the Allies in WW2? I know wizards can be well, you know Nazis, about the whole statue of secrecy thing, but would they be willing to bend the rules a bit to try and stop the ultimate evil? If nothing else, by my math there's just short of 400 Jewish wizards in Europe; at least one of those guys is going to try and go down swing.", "c_root_id_A": "fj2a9p2", "c_root_id_B": "fj2cm66", "created_at_utc_A": 1582938525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582940226.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Big edit: I referenced Fantastic Beasts, which is pre-WWII so I deleted the comment so as not to give out bad info.", "human_ref_B": "Probably, but not openly. I'm certain there were some witches and wizards (probably muggle-born) in the french resistance who quietly used their magic to help but attributed it to anything but magic. The potions they gave the wounded, were explained away as medicine and rest. The cloaking charm used to smuggle that prisoner out, as luck and divine assistance. It's possible more were in the Red Cross or joined up as medics. Or there were spies who were surprisingly talented at gaining info and infiltration. I saw a fanfic where Mad Eye got chewed out for joining a muggle infantry unit, so maybe he was crazy enough to. I wonder how there weren't more Golems in play considering that making Golems is something the Jewish wizards (or at least one who was also a Rabbi) of Prague were known for.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1701.0, "score_ratio": 1.5454545455, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1qtsjd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Meta] Why are humans in fantasy and sci-fi usually the young and fledgling race?", "c_root_id_A": "cdh1dx3", "c_root_id_B": "cdgx8to", "created_at_utc_A": 1384764679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1384749837.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are many good answers in this thread. But what about this: your assumption may not be correct. There's Star Wars, Dune, 40K, the Culture. Many of these contain older races or disappeared cultures, but they are established human civilizations, some even in decline already. (to be fair, I tried really hard to think of more and failed).", "human_ref_B": "Sci-fi usually discusses modern society. We are a young, fledgling race in the space-faring regard. It's no wonder that someone in a society still reaching out for first contact and in the baby steps of space exploration would envision a world where we are the newcomers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14842.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1qtsjd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Meta] Why are humans in fantasy and sci-fi usually the young and fledgling race?", "c_root_id_A": "cdgxijf", "c_root_id_B": "cdh1dx3", "created_at_utc_A": 1384750529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1384764679.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Basically, I think it's a device to keep humans interesting. They tend to be the protagonists and protagonists without flaws are boring. Part of the assumption is that older cultures will be more mature, less prone to rash or nearsighted decisions, or even closer to enlightenment. Making them a younger, more brash culture offers possibilities that doing otherwise would not. Plus, I think it makes them more relatable to the reader.", "human_ref_B": "There are many good answers in this thread. But what about this: your assumption may not be correct. There's Star Wars, Dune, 40K, the Culture. Many of these contain older races or disappeared cultures, but they are established human civilizations, some even in decline already. (to be fair, I tried really hard to think of more and failed).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14150.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1qtsjd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Meta] Why are humans in fantasy and sci-fi usually the young and fledgling race?", "c_root_id_A": "cdh1dx3", "c_root_id_B": "cdgykma", "created_at_utc_A": 1384764679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1384753356.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There are many good answers in this thread. But what about this: your assumption may not be correct. There's Star Wars, Dune, 40K, the Culture. Many of these contain older races or disappeared cultures, but they are established human civilizations, some even in decline already. (to be fair, I tried really hard to think of more and failed).", "human_ref_B": "Many people dream of a future where human society hits a mature equilibrium where we no longer risk causing our own extinction. World wars, climate changes we cause but do not fully control, and nuclear arms races - are strong indicators that we have not achieved such a stable state, as a race. There is a reasonable theory that over the cosmic long term, each race must either wipe themselves out, or achieve a stable social state and stay in it. If that reasonable theory is true, then, by the numbers, the vast majority of living races at any given time would be both much older, and more socially stable, than mankind. Additionally any version of mankind that had achieved cosmic long term social stability would be far enough in our future to also be incredibly foreign to us.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11323.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5f068g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Dishonored] What is it about the Overseer's music boxes that nullify The Outsider's powers? Does it have to do with either the song itself or a specific frequency at which it is played, or is it simply the Outsider allowing humanity to have a \"freebie\" simply for his own amusement? Also, if it's able to nullify powers granted by the Outsider, would it have any effect on the being itself?", "c_root_id_A": "dagiqgy", "c_root_id_B": "dagf8nu", "created_at_utc_A": 1480184026.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1480179072.0, "score_A": 66, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Many magics are powered or amplified or focused by sounds (words) and symbols. Even the bone charms have a subtle continuous tone. The outsider is not an all powerful god, he was just some random 17 year old that got ritualistically sacrificed and obtained otherworldly powers. My theory is that the magic requires sound as you hear the character speak for each power and the music box disturbs that sound. Like when 2 equal waves meet they either join or nullify each other. The box is designed to nullify enough of the magic so that it doesnt work. The outsider is outside their reality so I dont think they would have any direct effect though perhaps blocking his sight and influence a bit", "human_ref_B": "In all likelihood it's just the Outsider being amused by the idea that a human could nullify his gifts and humoring them. We've seen nothing that could even begin to stand up to him, so I rather doubt a record player is going to.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4954.0, "score_ratio": 2.8695652174, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcphzyo", "c_root_id_B": "dcpkjxm", "created_at_utc_A": 1484986953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484994863.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Adrenaline. The same way a mother can lift a car to save her children.", "human_ref_B": "In Kingdom Come, when he's like, 70, or something, he gradually overcomes his kryptonite weakness. If you want to force your head cannon to take that in, go for it. Maybe his tolerance has built up just enough before this movie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7910.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpfw0b", "c_root_id_B": "dcpkjxm", "created_at_utc_A": 1484981657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484994863.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Size matters not", "human_ref_B": "In Kingdom Come, when he's like, 70, or something, he gradually overcomes his kryptonite weakness. If you want to force your head cannon to take that in, go for it. Maybe his tolerance has built up just enough before this movie.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13206.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpkjxm", "c_root_id_B": "dcpcedy", "created_at_utc_A": 1484994863.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484974819.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "In Kingdom Come, when he's like, 70, or something, he gradually overcomes his kryptonite weakness. If you want to force your head cannon to take that in, go for it. Maybe his tolerance has built up just enough before this movie.", "human_ref_B": "When did that happen? I don't remember that ever happening.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20044.0, "score_ratio": -17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcphzyo", "c_root_id_B": "dcppn1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1484986953.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485008971.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Adrenaline. The same way a mother can lift a car to save her children.", "human_ref_B": "The island was not kryptonite, it was Kryptonian crystal which had taken on some of the properties of the minerals around it. It was mostly salt. Luthor doesn't say that the Krytonian crystal replicates the minerals, he says that it replicates similarities. So you get second-rate, knock-off kryptonite buried in a ton of salts. That, combined with the recent sun-charge, allowed him to lift and toss the island before succumbing to the poisoning effects", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22018.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpky5y", "c_root_id_B": "dcppn1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1484996216.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485008971.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Superman in that universe wasn't as weak to kryptonite as other supermans", "human_ref_B": "The island was not kryptonite, it was Kryptonian crystal which had taken on some of the properties of the minerals around it. It was mostly salt. Luthor doesn't say that the Krytonian crystal replicates the minerals, he says that it replicates similarities. So you get second-rate, knock-off kryptonite buried in a ton of salts. That, combined with the recent sun-charge, allowed him to lift and toss the island before succumbing to the poisoning effects", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12755.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpfw0b", "c_root_id_B": "dcppn1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1484981657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485008971.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Size matters not", "human_ref_B": "The island was not kryptonite, it was Kryptonian crystal which had taken on some of the properties of the minerals around it. It was mostly salt. Luthor doesn't say that the Krytonian crystal replicates the minerals, he says that it replicates similarities. So you get second-rate, knock-off kryptonite buried in a ton of salts. That, combined with the recent sun-charge, allowed him to lift and toss the island before succumbing to the poisoning effects", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27314.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpcedy", "c_root_id_B": "dcppn1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1484974819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485008971.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "When did that happen? I don't remember that ever happening.", "human_ref_B": "The island was not kryptonite, it was Kryptonian crystal which had taken on some of the properties of the minerals around it. It was mostly salt. Luthor doesn't say that the Krytonian crystal replicates the minerals, he says that it replicates similarities. So you get second-rate, knock-off kryptonite buried in a ton of salts. That, combined with the recent sun-charge, allowed him to lift and toss the island before succumbing to the poisoning effects", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34152.0, "score_ratio": -12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpfw0b", "c_root_id_B": "dcphzyo", "created_at_utc_A": 1484981657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484986953.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Size matters not", "human_ref_B": "Adrenaline. The same way a mother can lift a car to save her children.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5296.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpcedy", "c_root_id_B": "dcphzyo", "created_at_utc_A": 1484974819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484986953.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "When did that happen? I don't remember that ever happening.", "human_ref_B": "Adrenaline. The same way a mother can lift a car to save her children.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12134.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpky5y", "c_root_id_B": "dcpfw0b", "created_at_utc_A": 1484996216.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484981657.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Superman in that universe wasn't as weak to kryptonite as other supermans", "human_ref_B": "Size matters not", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14559.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpky5y", "c_root_id_B": "dcpcedy", "created_at_utc_A": 1484996216.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484974819.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Superman in that universe wasn't as weak to kryptonite as other supermans", "human_ref_B": "When did that happen? I don't remember that ever happening.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21397.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpfw0b", "c_root_id_B": "dcpcedy", "created_at_utc_A": 1484981657.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484974819.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Size matters not", "human_ref_B": "When did that happen? I don't remember that ever happening.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6838.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5p8nnu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman Returns] Why was Superman able to lift an entire island of Kryptonite?", "c_root_id_A": "dcpcedy", "c_root_id_B": "dcpr6cn", "created_at_utc_A": 1484974819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485011752.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When did that happen? I don't remember that ever happening.", "human_ref_B": "It was covered in earth. And lois lane and boy Wonder was in danger", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36933.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7dtcdf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[DCEU] Why is Superman's body \"incapable of decay\"?", "c_root_id_A": "dq073f6", "c_root_id_B": "dq08whv", "created_at_utc_A": 1511018627.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511021078.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "Well, no earth microbes can eat it. His own microfauna, like him, may not need food here on earth, so they don't eat him. Each cell may be invulnerable and solar powered. So they just sit there until pure entropy breaks them down on a cellular level.", "human_ref_B": "Decay requires bacteria breaking open cells and consuming the contents to grow themselves. Unless those bacteria are as powerful as nuclear weapons they can't penetrate his cells.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2451.0, "score_ratio": 2.4666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f6gt3q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC Comics] Why does Poison Ivy sometimes have green skin while at other times having white skin?", "c_root_id_A": "fi54l6o", "c_root_id_B": "fi6crt7", "created_at_utc_A": 1582154800.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1582188478.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "That girl don't moisturize enough, she gets all ashy.", "human_ref_B": "It's probably a seasonal thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33678.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rv0jn7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Batman] Do Poison Ivy\u2019s pheromones work on people who aren\u2019t attracted to women?", "c_root_id_A": "hr5gftp", "c_root_id_B": "hr4lzbb", "created_at_utc_A": 1641258700.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1641246329.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yup! Worked on catwoman and to my knowledge cat woman is straight. Plus she uses it on characters that aren\u2019t attracted to her regardless", "human_ref_B": "There's no reason to make it specifically because she's a woman. Would you ask if it works on people who aren't partial to redheads? Or those who don't find white people hot? Her powers go beyond that. She is making anyone be abnormally attracted to her", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12371.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cp906j", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Supernatural] Why didn't the hunters tell the world about monsters and magic a long time ago? They can easily provide proof that these things exist, so why keep it a secret? Why not tell everyone so that everyone can be safe?", "c_root_id_A": "ewqid3z", "c_root_id_B": "ewptztz", "created_at_utc_A": 1565666826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1565649287.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Mundane Humanity and the Supernatural exist within a shaky equilibrium at best. Pull back the curtain, and you risk throwing the world into chaos as all the gloves come off. I give the world a week, tops, before we're all consumed by one of the major powers that decides to just go all in for victory or death.", "human_ref_B": "I wonder if, by believing in monsters, people end up being more susceptible to their influence.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17539.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8fip0c", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel/MCU] Why don't T'Challa get creative and make a better ironman suit than ironman? I'm going to see the movie tomorrow, so if the MCU answer is in a spoiler please tag it. We have seen the tech of vibranium do stealth, energy projectiles, absorption and redirecting of energy. So why isn't Black Panther's suit a more physics hack version of ironman suit, with flying, stealth, and energy blasting tech, that can withstand way more punishment than any ironman suit? I realize T'Challa likes stealth, and the whole warrior's way of fighting, so the regular BP suit coupled with vibranium handheld weapons suits him for that purpose. However, much like the portable ironman suit from a suitcase isn't as full featured as the Hulk Buster suit; Shouldn't T'Challa have an a suit to go all out on just in case, some kind of all our war of Kree, Skrulls, chitauri invasion, or say some big names like Galactus or Thanos decides to show up at earth door?", "c_root_id_A": "dy3wtew", "c_root_id_B": "dy4eoq6", "created_at_utc_A": 1524909337.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1524935817.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Is it already better? I\u2019m not sure who\u2019s suit is stronger, but it seems to do (almost) anything Ironman\u2019s suit can, but way less bulky and complicated. EDIT: why the negatives?? Sincere question on my part. :) I guess we\u2019d have to figure out what \u201cbetter\u201d means. More gadgets? More strength? Better protection? More isn\u2019t always better in every case, as we might see every character in a suit with the exact same features. \u201cIf the Wankadan tech is already more advanced, isn\u2019t it already better\u201d is the angle I\u2019m trying to come from.", "human_ref_B": "People keep posting questions like a day after I spend some time theorizing about similar topics. My thought was more \u201cwhat kind of suit would be best..\u201d after day dreaming about a suit of plate mail made out of vibranium.. which led to why bother with the bulkiness of the armor when he seems to get just as good protection from the skintight suit? That said.. why not the Black Panther suit inside a suit of armor, double layer protection with more bells and whistles on the outside? Well.. how does he power it? Tony has the miniature arc reactors powering his. Can T\u2019challa or Suri duplicate that? It\u2019d probably need an AI to assist all the crazy things the suit has to be doing simultaneously. Can either of them create one of those? You\u2019d think if their goals are to protect the world they\u2019d share tech and info and every avenger would have a vibranium skintight suit with an additional armor suit they could call upon, each being geared toward their tech/fighting style. Relevant Video", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26480.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9hxn2l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[The Witcher] Does a common peasant think a Bear is a monster, or meaningfully distinguishable from the likes of an Alghoul? What demarcates monster from non-monster?", "c_root_id_A": "e6fc8nf", "c_root_id_B": "e6fb7nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1537600815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537598784.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Not really. Peasants are mostly portrayed as stupid people governed by mob mentality. There were times in the books when Geralt came to a village to investigate feral vampires, just to find some harmless bats. There was a guy who trapped a wyvern and charged people for taking a glimpse at a dragon. One village had an old hag who could read. She had a book of folk remedies to deal with monsters. Funnily enough, it had witches listed under most foul of greedy abominations. There were times when mob of angry/fearful peasants came together with pitchforks to slay some monsters (often something that was unlucky to get in vicinity of people, rather than actively harmful). Killing it because it was there. Or managing to poison a dragon by stuffing sheep's carcass with sulphur. *** Monsters themselves came to this world from a cosmic event that gave people magic. IIRC no new monsters are created, at least not at sufficient rate to combat people encroaching on their habitats.", "human_ref_B": "Finding mutagens on the corpse is usually an indicator", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2031.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9hxn2l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[The Witcher] Does a common peasant think a Bear is a monster, or meaningfully distinguishable from the likes of an Alghoul? What demarcates monster from non-monster?", "c_root_id_A": "e6fcqq3", "c_root_id_B": "e6fb7nf", "created_at_utc_A": 1537601846.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537598784.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Most monsters are demonstrably odd looking, and they mostly for follow normal conventions. They often don't bleed, or dont bleed red, they look dead, they are made of wood etc. And they act weird. It's not all that hard to figure out what is or isn't a monster. There is probably a bigger problem with the handful of monsters that look and act normal being mistaken for non-monsters. That of course doesn't mean that they bother, just because they could investigate doesn't mean that it's not easier to just blame the local madman for stuff, or mistake some bats for feral vampires. They can distinguish, they often don't bother.", "human_ref_B": "Finding mutagens on the corpse is usually an indicator", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3062.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ukdol2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Final Fantasy VII Remake] Why did a single gun scare Barrett? Marking this as a spoiler since it concerns the end of the game. >!Near the end of the game, the president of Shinra pulls a handgun on Barrett, and Barrett essentially freezes in his tracks, not wanting to get shot. Understandably so, getting shot hurts! But moments ago, he was facing down a giant machine that had huge guns, and showed no fear whatsoever.!< >!Why was he afraid of a tiny pistol but not a giant machine gun that was considerably more deadly?!<", "c_root_id_A": "i7oo65j", "c_root_id_B": "i7omo2w", "created_at_utc_A": 1651936277.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651935593.0, "score_A": 46, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "\"Size matters not\" -- it's the personal weapon of the head of a multi-trillion gil energy, military, space, real estate, and who knows what else megacorporation, a state unto itself, and apparently wrought of solid gold. Might as well ask how can the svelte Cloud wield the massive \"buster sword\", able to rend solid steel with ease (a weapon much weaker, I might add, than deceptively conventional weapons like the Murasame)?. Even a lowly trooper carries an assault rifle whose rounds are but tickles upon Barret's muscular physique. Whatever heat the otherwise unassuming Shinra president is packing as his last line of defense once those machines and other elite military units have failed, it's gonna be forged of the best materia and technology that money can buy, excessively powerful under the circumstances. It's probably the equal if not far better of a gun like Outsider or the Silver Bullet Gun -- indeed, as a custom, one-of-a-kind weapon, it's almost guaranteed to fell those giant machines with a single round, much less an as yet inexperienced giant man.", "human_ref_B": "Once you get that kind of gun tech mixed with close-quarter hand-to-hand combat, there are a lot of things that make zero sense. A guy with a sword against a guy with a chain gun is pretty ridiculous.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 684.0, "score_ratio": 5.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c8fyf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Magic: The Gathering] Did Urza ever spend time travelling to other planes after becoming a Planeswalker, or did he spend most of his time on Dominaria consumed by his war with Mishra and the Phyrexians? The current cadre of Planeswalkers go adventuring across the multiverse on a regular basis, but did Urza ever bother to walk to other planes just to see what was there? As far as I know, the only time he is revealed to have planeswalked to other planes is specifically related to his war with Phyrexia, either to get something from there or to hide/recover from battle.", "c_root_id_A": "dxcwo6d", "c_root_id_B": "dxcx8if", "created_at_utc_A": 1523722761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523723413.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Yes, he went to the plane of Equilor, a world at the end of time, inhabited by incredibly wise and powerful immortals. He spent a while there before the breaking of the Shard of Twelve Worlds (which had been keeping the Phyrexians at Bay) forced him to focus all of his efforts against Phyrexia.", "human_ref_B": "Urza became a Planeswalker at the end of his war with Mishra. After activating the Golgothian Sylex and triggering a blast that destroyed both their armies, the continent of Argoth, and throwing Dominaria into an ice age. Prior to this, his spark hadn't activated, and he didn't even know other planes (other than Phyrexia) existed. After this, Urza did a great deal of Planeswalking, since the Sylex blast created a barrier that made Dominaria inaccessible to both Urza and the Phyrexians. His travels to other planes are not described in great detail, and only important ones like Serra's Realm are ever given names, but he definitely does visit other ones during this period. After the barrier falls (this is never really explained, it mostly just consisted of enough time passing), he returns to Dominaria, and remains there, due to needing constant vigilance against Phyrexian infiltration and invasion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 652.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c8fyf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Magic: The Gathering] Did Urza ever spend time travelling to other planes after becoming a Planeswalker, or did he spend most of his time on Dominaria consumed by his war with Mishra and the Phyrexians? The current cadre of Planeswalkers go adventuring across the multiverse on a regular basis, but did Urza ever bother to walk to other planes just to see what was there? As far as I know, the only time he is revealed to have planeswalked to other planes is specifically related to his war with Phyrexia, either to get something from there or to hide/recover from battle.", "c_root_id_A": "dxcx8if", "c_root_id_B": "dxcwh33", "created_at_utc_A": 1523723413.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523722535.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Urza became a Planeswalker at the end of his war with Mishra. After activating the Golgothian Sylex and triggering a blast that destroyed both their armies, the continent of Argoth, and throwing Dominaria into an ice age. Prior to this, his spark hadn't activated, and he didn't even know other planes (other than Phyrexia) existed. After this, Urza did a great deal of Planeswalking, since the Sylex blast created a barrier that made Dominaria inaccessible to both Urza and the Phyrexians. His travels to other planes are not described in great detail, and only important ones like Serra's Realm are ever given names, but he definitely does visit other ones during this period. After the barrier falls (this is never really explained, it mostly just consisted of enough time passing), he returns to Dominaria, and remains there, due to needing constant vigilance against Phyrexian infiltration and invasion.", "human_ref_B": "He did. At the very least he travelled to Serra's realm and was known there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 878.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8c8fyf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Magic: The Gathering] Did Urza ever spend time travelling to other planes after becoming a Planeswalker, or did he spend most of his time on Dominaria consumed by his war with Mishra and the Phyrexians? The current cadre of Planeswalkers go adventuring across the multiverse on a regular basis, but did Urza ever bother to walk to other planes just to see what was there? As far as I know, the only time he is revealed to have planeswalked to other planes is specifically related to his war with Phyrexia, either to get something from there or to hide/recover from battle.", "c_root_id_A": "dxcwo6d", "c_root_id_B": "dxcwh33", "created_at_utc_A": 1523722761.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523722535.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Yes, he went to the plane of Equilor, a world at the end of time, inhabited by incredibly wise and powerful immortals. He spent a while there before the breaking of the Shard of Twelve Worlds (which had been keeping the Phyrexians at Bay) forced him to focus all of his efforts against Phyrexia.", "human_ref_B": "He did. At the very least he travelled to Serra's realm and was known there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 226.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qjaqf6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Avengers]Could Thor have stopped the leviathan like Hulk did? In the battle of New York, Iron Man brings the leviathan to the avengers where Hulk famously gets mad and stops it with his fist. But couldn't Thor just do it? Using his hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "hip6jwe", "c_root_id_B": "hiq1yn6", "created_at_utc_A": 1635633998.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635650032.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It's tough to say, TLDR at the bottom. Hulk didn't just stop it with a punch, he further held it back for a few seconds before it stopped completely. Those last few seconds are really important because F = M\\*A. Stopping it with a single blow (which thor would probably have to do) requires a much higher acceleration (the leviathan stops faster) than holding it back, and higher acceleration means more force. TLDR: thor would have to put out more force than hulk did, since he would be stopping it with a hit instead of holding it back like hulk did. (I don't think 2012 thor is strong enough to hold it back)", "human_ref_B": "Post-Odinforce Thor could, but I doubt 2012 Thor has the actual strength to stop the thing. Plus, he wouldn't, because, you know, that's sort of the Hulk's thing anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16034.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "qjaqf6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Avengers]Could Thor have stopped the leviathan like Hulk did? In the battle of New York, Iron Man brings the leviathan to the avengers where Hulk famously gets mad and stops it with his fist. But couldn't Thor just do it? Using his hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "hiqnk0d", "c_root_id_B": "hiq7txz", "created_at_utc_A": 1635665450.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1635653468.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Didn\u2019t Thor use lightning from the top of the Empire State Building to electrocute/explode several Chitauri and a leviathan as it was entering the portal? I just watched this today.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know anything about Marvel but I do know mythology and Thor slaying Jormungandr is a variant of the same myth as God slaying the Leviathan.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11982.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "30xfl1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Halo] How long could Master Chief live assuming he isn't killed in combat? Would all the crazy enhancements add or reduce overall lifespan?", "c_root_id_A": "cpwsx4u", "c_root_id_B": "cpwqrqu", "created_at_utc_A": 1427820001.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427816667.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It's mentioned several times in the novels that John's had organs fail due to the extreme wounds and stresses he goes through on missions, and Halsey replaced them with flash-cloned organs. Those flash-cloned organs are shoddy, and won't last as long as natural organs. It's also the case that his augmentations have some horrible side effects, including Parkinson's. For all of his great physical fitness and enhancements, his body is a mass of scar tissue and bargain-bin replacement kidneys. Without some incredible intervention, he is likely to die a painful death before he reaches old age. That is, of course, except for the fact that the Librarian used her space magic on him to \"speed up\" his evolution, whatever the serious fuck that's supposed to mean. Given *that*, we have no idea whatsoever if he's even recognizably human underneath that helmet.", "human_ref_B": "I honestly dont know, but I *think* a good comparison would be captain america. both are humans who have been modified in some way to become a super soldier, and both have been frozen. of course Chief was frozen a safer way and was the creme of the crop before mods... but we(or maybe just I) dont really know how good the super soldier mod for cap actually is.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3334.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "30xfl1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Halo] How long could Master Chief live assuming he isn't killed in combat? Would all the crazy enhancements add or reduce overall lifespan?", "c_root_id_A": "cpwzscw", "c_root_id_B": "cpx3ns0", "created_at_utc_A": 1427830527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427836475.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Well, due to UNSC medical care being pretty good (they found a way to cure cancer. Freakin cancer man!) And Chief having his augmentations, he probably survives 90-110 years. Though there is one thing that may mess it up, PTSD. Guy is going to have serious flashbacks and violent dreams, and sooner or latter, well, you know what happens next.", "human_ref_B": "Given how healthy normal humans are even into their 50s and 60s in the UNSC, I'd imagine it's pretty commonplace for regular people to live into their early to mid hundreds. As a SPARTAN-II, John-117 was culled from the most genetically superior humans in UNSC, so it wouldn't be a stretch to believe that he could naturally live into his mid hundreds. But with enhancements, cryo-sleep, and the best medicine and technology humanity has to offer? Who knows? SPARTAN-IIs may even live to 200+.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5948.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56nerb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman]Why Does Lex Luthor Hate Suuperman", "c_root_id_A": "d8kszky", "c_root_id_B": "d8kxi67", "created_at_utc_A": 1476041456.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476047367.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 25, "human_ref_A": "Superman is a unilateral authority. Because of his extreme capacity for violence, men are at his whims, only benefiting from his presence while he supposes that they should. This is a precarious position: to be completely at the mercy of someone else. Superman represents this to the entire world. Deposing such a person would be a good thing, worthy of praise, even if so far they have been righteous. We don't like systems with single points of failure, even if they work _now_.", "human_ref_B": "Because Lex *deserves* power, admiration, wealth, all of it. He was born with phenomenal natural talents and money, and he's improved on that start by working like a demon at his education, his invention and his business empire. He's reached the peak, the very best a human is capable of being. And then along comes Superman. He's on a whole other plane, the mightiest being the world has ever known. Did he work for it? No, he was born that way. Can someone who's willing to work for it achieve that state? No! You need that blasted Kryptonian DNA! And what's worse, what's so much worse, is that people *admire* him for this power he was handed by an accident of birth. He's brave? Big deal, soldiers are brave. *Lex* could be a soldier. Would the world buy his action figures? Of course not, you have to be Kryptonian for that. He helps people? Well, what do you think Lex was doing with his alternative energy sources and faster computers and power suits? Of course he charged for them, it's not like he can locate ore deposits with his eyes and smelt them with his breath! And you know what else? That alien is crushing the human spirit with his kindness! He's teaching dependence over self-reliance! We should be solving our own problems, not waiting for a boyscout with his Kryptonian powers to fix them for us. When other aliens look at Earth, do you think they see a confident, capable race who are making their own way in the universe--or do they see Superman's *pets?!*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5911.0, "score_ratio": 3.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56nerb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman]Why Does Lex Luthor Hate Suuperman", "c_root_id_A": "d8kszky", "c_root_id_B": "d8kzg8l", "created_at_utc_A": 1476041456.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476050107.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Superman is a unilateral authority. Because of his extreme capacity for violence, men are at his whims, only benefiting from his presence while he supposes that they should. This is a precarious position: to be completely at the mercy of someone else. Superman represents this to the entire world. Deposing such a person would be a good thing, worthy of praise, even if so far they have been righteous. We don't like systems with single points of failure, even if they work _now_.", "human_ref_B": "In the earliest Superman stories, Lex Luthor swears undying enmity on Superman for accidentally making him bald (while saving Lex from a burning laboratory).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8651.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56nerb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Superman]Why Does Lex Luthor Hate Suuperman", "c_root_id_A": "d8lgs5u", "c_root_id_B": "d8laljb", "created_at_utc_A": 1476072613.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476064911.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Superman is like a parent who does his kid's homework. The parent can do it better and faster, and the kid gets better grades, but it would have been better in the long run for the kid to do the work himself and get the benefit from it. Let's say a little old lady has her cat get stuck in a tree. Superman comes by and gets it down. All upside, right? Maybe, maybe not. Let's say Superman doesn't come. The little boy who lives next door starts to wonder why the weird lady is yelling at a tree. He hauls out a ladder of his dad's that almost too heavy for him, but he gets it set up and brings the cat down. In the process, a human connection is made. People who didn't know each other came together and solved their problems with human resources. What about on a bigger scale? Let's say Superman looks up in the sky one day, notices another asteroid headed for Earth, goes up, punches it away, gives Lois Lane an exclusive about it. No downside, right? No victims here? Maybe, maybe not. Let's say Superman hadn't been there. Human telescopes would have picked it up later. Human rockets and weapons and hardware would have been needed to divert it. We would have been driven to set up better warning systems \u2014 human systems \u2014 that work with or without a benevolent, unaccountable protector. Luthor looks at scenarios where Superman saves the day \u2014 scenarios that to many people look like win-wins \u2014 and he sees Superman taking something precious away from us. Superman reaches up and stops an errant ball from going through someone's windshield? He just took money away from the auto glass shop. He stops a meteor from taking out a building? He took money away from Lexcorp's construction arm. He KOs an alien invader? He takes something even more important away from all of us \u2014 our pride, our dignity. Luthor is egomaniacal, at times crazy, but ad hominem arguments don't erase his point. Sometimes it's better for us to do the work ourselves, even if it's harder for us than for Superman.", "human_ref_B": "See how focused Lex's animosity is toward Superman. He does not seem to feel that way against other metahumans, even one who has been idolized like the Flash. Lex feels Superman zaps something vital from the entire human race. Despite all we know of Superman, we know very little. Who is he really? Does he have a plan? Superman should come out, no secret identity, and talk with the world. We appreciate what he does, but Lex Luthor has a good point in that dependence on Superman, or even making him an role model, can be a turning point in human history. If it is, we should all make that turn with full information, not just what Superman decides to tell the media.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7702.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3f36jg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Wars] What is the maximum horsepower of an Incom T-65 X-Wing?", "c_root_id_A": "ctkwbeg", "c_root_id_B": "ctkwhwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1438211645.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1438211943.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "I can't do the math, but a comparison: A fully loaded space shuttle weighs 4.4 million pounds. From take-off to BECO, it is pulling 3 G's of acceleration. NASA says this is 37 million horsepower. An X-wing weighs 30,000 lbs. With it's maximum acceleration, it will pull 3,700 G's.", "human_ref_B": "Estimating the weight of an X-wing at about 12,000, and it's acceleration at 3,700 G, and doing some fancy maths, you get to about 88 million horsepower from its sublight drives. I don't think there exists a good way to measure the hyperdrive's power in terms of horsepower.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 298.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j6ru7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Tomb Raider series, no spoilers] Does Lara Croft possess any superhuman capabilities, or is she just extraordinarily lucky? Starting with her experience on Yamatai at age 21, Croft has displayed incredible feats of endurance, strength, and skill, all seemingly beyond the capabilities of normal human being. Have Lara's abilities been enhanced by the situations she's been in, whether Yamatai, Kitezh, or Paititi?", "c_root_id_A": "e6qbqqc", "c_root_id_B": "e6pgchl", "created_at_utc_A": 1538054543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1538010302.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There are many Laras across many worlds and a hecking lot of them miss that jump and get impaled on a tree branch or dont dodge all the bullets and get lit up by trinity. One Lara out of an uncountable number makes it through her adventures and returns to England.", "human_ref_B": "Luck. She definitely doesn\u2019t have explicit powers in the chronology AFAIK.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44241.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9j6ru7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Tomb Raider series, no spoilers] Does Lara Croft possess any superhuman capabilities, or is she just extraordinarily lucky? Starting with her experience on Yamatai at age 21, Croft has displayed incredible feats of endurance, strength, and skill, all seemingly beyond the capabilities of normal human being. Have Lara's abilities been enhanced by the situations she's been in, whether Yamatai, Kitezh, or Paititi?", "c_root_id_A": "e6qbqqc", "c_root_id_B": "e6plyf0", "created_at_utc_A": 1538054543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1538015766.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "There are many Laras across many worlds and a hecking lot of them miss that jump and get impaled on a tree branch or dont dodge all the bullets and get lit up by trinity. One Lara out of an uncountable number makes it through her adventures and returns to England.", "human_ref_B": "And luck isnt a super power", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38777.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcqqyd2", "c_root_id_B": "gcr503e", "created_at_utc_A": 1605723661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605730286.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In the second paragraph you're talking about Roko's Basilisk", "human_ref_B": "The mfing SHRIKE. A giant being made of swords that travels throughout time to kidnap people and take them to the Tree of Pain at the end of time where you are impaled on a thorn to writhe for eternity. Metal af. (Hyperion novels)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6625.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcqr25o", "c_root_id_B": "gcr503e", "created_at_utc_A": 1605723714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605730286.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I don't have anything to contribute but the AI you're referring to is probably from the short story \"I Have No Mount And I Must Scream\", by Harlan Ellison.", "human_ref_B": "The mfing SHRIKE. A giant being made of swords that travels throughout time to kidnap people and take them to the Tree of Pain at the end of time where you are impaled on a thorn to writhe for eternity. Metal af. (Hyperion novels)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6572.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcr4xgq", "c_root_id_B": "gcr503e", "created_at_utc_A": 1605730251.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605730286.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Doctor Who has a few. Weeping Angels give me nightmares, and the Vashta Nerada are also extremely terrifying. Damn those angels, though. The monster from Midnight (S14E10) is also pretty scary IMO.", "human_ref_B": "The mfing SHRIKE. A giant being made of swords that travels throughout time to kidnap people and take them to the Tree of Pain at the end of time where you are impaled on a thorn to writhe for eternity. Metal af. (Hyperion novels)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcqqyd2", "c_root_id_B": "gcs88w4", "created_at_utc_A": 1605723661.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605749498.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In the second paragraph you're talking about Roko's Basilisk", "human_ref_B": "I think the tyranids (intergalactic hungry-bugs that strip a planet of anything living in under 60 days) and their hive mind are/is pretty terrifying > The Imperial scholars were wrong. The hive mind knew. The hive mind thought, it felt, it hated, and it desired. Its emotions were unutterably alien, cocktails of feeling not even the subtle aeldari might decipher. Its emotions were oceans to the puddles of a man\u2019s feelings. They were inconceivable to humanity, for they were too big to perceive. >The hive mind looked out of its innumerable eyes towards the dull red star of Baal. It apprehended that this was the hive of the warriors that had hurt it so grievously, who had burned its feeding grounds and scattered its fleets. It hated the red prey, and it coveted them. Tasting their exotic genomes it had seen potential for new and terrible war beasts. >And so it drew its plans, and it set in motion its trillion trillion bodies towards the consumption of the creatures in red metal, so that their secrets might be plundered, and reemployed in the sating of the hive mind\u2019s endless hunger. This was deliberate, considered, and done in malice. >The hive mind was aware, and it desired vengeance. The following excerpt is a bit of a read but it details the consumption process of the tyranids in such a horrifying way that I\u2019ve never forgotten it \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The vanguard xenos bio-ships had passed by. JUF-D19/Rimward was now at the heart of their fleet. And, compared to the organic drones that quested ahead of the main swarm, the true organisms of the hive fleet were behemoths. Davrick\u2019s mind struggled to comprehend what he was seeing as he took in sheets of pockmarked chitin the size of small continents and toothed orifices the size of cities. The thick clusters of tendrils along its flank and underbelly writhed in the solar winds while its maw was encompassed by two great, wicked, beak-like bone plates that looked as though they could have sheared an Imperial capital ship in half. And the worst thing about the nightmarish leviathan was that it was coming straight towards the augur station. \u2018Oh God-Emperor,\u2019 Ankum stammered, over and over. Korday was quietly sobbing, his head in his hands. Sereen just stared, the image on the viewscreen reflected in her wide, dark eyes. Only Crasus turned away from the display. He walked over to the worn leather of his command chair, paused, tugged his dark blue sensorum master\u2019s uniform straight, and sat down. His expression was unreadable, jaw locked, though in the harsh emergency lumens he looked more haggard than ever. \u2018Crew members,\u2019 he said, his words cutting through Ankum\u2019s and Korday\u2019s despair. \u2018In the past decades of service, it shames me to admit that I have not said this enough. Regardless, if there was ever a time, Throne knows it\u2019s now. It has been an honour to man this station with all of you.\u2019 \u2018And with you, chief,\u2019 Davrick said. He was the only one to respond. His own words felt distant, disconnected, as though he was speaking to himself from somewhere far away. His mind was sluggish, unresponsive. His breathing felt laboured. A strange, detached part of his mind supposed that he was probably having a panic attack. Crasus had no more orders to give. He simply sat, watching the viewscreen. Davrick reached out towards his little pict capture of Amilia and Drui, his wife and son, tacked to the side of his monitor. He would see them again, some day. He was sure of it. A fresh surge of stuttered oaths from Ankum distracted him before he could pull the pict off the side of the display. The tyranid bio-ship had filled the viewscreens. Even as the stunned crew watched, the monstrosity\u2019s great, hooked chitin beak split apart. The maw yawned wide, impossibly wide, wide enough \u2013 Davrick was sure \u2013 to swallow one of Darkand\u2019s moons. Its shadow fell across the augur station, blotting out the light of the stars. The structure around them seemed to shudder, as though its terror matched that of its crew. The viewscreen now showed nothing but static-washed darkness. It had swallowed them whole. Korday had slumped on the deck, shaking and weeping uncontrollably. Crasus was looking down into his lap, knuckles white where he gripped the arms of his chair. Ankum had finally stopped gibbering. \u2018Sereen,\u2019 he managed to say, looking over at the augur analyst. \u2018Sereen, there\u2019s something I need to tell you\u2026\u2019 She continued to stare at the now-blank viewscreen. A sudden impact threw them all. Davrick found himself sprawling across the deck, almost on top of Korday. The station shook violently, tremors dislodging rune banks and audio systems and sending Davrick\u2019s empty recaff tin bouncing across the deck. The alarms triggered again across the cramped station. Crasus, who alone had managed to stay in his seat, deactivated them without comment. The viewscreen had gone offline completely, showing nothing but grey static. Continued below", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25837.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcqr25o", "c_root_id_B": "gcs88w4", "created_at_utc_A": 1605723714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605749498.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I don't have anything to contribute but the AI you're referring to is probably from the short story \"I Have No Mount And I Must Scream\", by Harlan Ellison.", "human_ref_B": "I think the tyranids (intergalactic hungry-bugs that strip a planet of anything living in under 60 days) and their hive mind are/is pretty terrifying > The Imperial scholars were wrong. The hive mind knew. The hive mind thought, it felt, it hated, and it desired. Its emotions were unutterably alien, cocktails of feeling not even the subtle aeldari might decipher. Its emotions were oceans to the puddles of a man\u2019s feelings. They were inconceivable to humanity, for they were too big to perceive. >The hive mind looked out of its innumerable eyes towards the dull red star of Baal. It apprehended that this was the hive of the warriors that had hurt it so grievously, who had burned its feeding grounds and scattered its fleets. It hated the red prey, and it coveted them. Tasting their exotic genomes it had seen potential for new and terrible war beasts. >And so it drew its plans, and it set in motion its trillion trillion bodies towards the consumption of the creatures in red metal, so that their secrets might be plundered, and reemployed in the sating of the hive mind\u2019s endless hunger. This was deliberate, considered, and done in malice. >The hive mind was aware, and it desired vengeance. The following excerpt is a bit of a read but it details the consumption process of the tyranids in such a horrifying way that I\u2019ve never forgotten it \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The vanguard xenos bio-ships had passed by. JUF-D19/Rimward was now at the heart of their fleet. And, compared to the organic drones that quested ahead of the main swarm, the true organisms of the hive fleet were behemoths. Davrick\u2019s mind struggled to comprehend what he was seeing as he took in sheets of pockmarked chitin the size of small continents and toothed orifices the size of cities. The thick clusters of tendrils along its flank and underbelly writhed in the solar winds while its maw was encompassed by two great, wicked, beak-like bone plates that looked as though they could have sheared an Imperial capital ship in half. And the worst thing about the nightmarish leviathan was that it was coming straight towards the augur station. \u2018Oh God-Emperor,\u2019 Ankum stammered, over and over. Korday was quietly sobbing, his head in his hands. Sereen just stared, the image on the viewscreen reflected in her wide, dark eyes. Only Crasus turned away from the display. He walked over to the worn leather of his command chair, paused, tugged his dark blue sensorum master\u2019s uniform straight, and sat down. His expression was unreadable, jaw locked, though in the harsh emergency lumens he looked more haggard than ever. \u2018Crew members,\u2019 he said, his words cutting through Ankum\u2019s and Korday\u2019s despair. \u2018In the past decades of service, it shames me to admit that I have not said this enough. Regardless, if there was ever a time, Throne knows it\u2019s now. It has been an honour to man this station with all of you.\u2019 \u2018And with you, chief,\u2019 Davrick said. He was the only one to respond. His own words felt distant, disconnected, as though he was speaking to himself from somewhere far away. His mind was sluggish, unresponsive. His breathing felt laboured. A strange, detached part of his mind supposed that he was probably having a panic attack. Crasus had no more orders to give. He simply sat, watching the viewscreen. Davrick reached out towards his little pict capture of Amilia and Drui, his wife and son, tacked to the side of his monitor. He would see them again, some day. He was sure of it. A fresh surge of stuttered oaths from Ankum distracted him before he could pull the pict off the side of the display. The tyranid bio-ship had filled the viewscreens. Even as the stunned crew watched, the monstrosity\u2019s great, hooked chitin beak split apart. The maw yawned wide, impossibly wide, wide enough \u2013 Davrick was sure \u2013 to swallow one of Darkand\u2019s moons. Its shadow fell across the augur station, blotting out the light of the stars. The structure around them seemed to shudder, as though its terror matched that of its crew. The viewscreen now showed nothing but static-washed darkness. It had swallowed them whole. Korday had slumped on the deck, shaking and weeping uncontrollably. Crasus was looking down into his lap, knuckles white where he gripped the arms of his chair. Ankum had finally stopped gibbering. \u2018Sereen,\u2019 he managed to say, looking over at the augur analyst. \u2018Sereen, there\u2019s something I need to tell you\u2026\u2019 She continued to stare at the now-blank viewscreen. A sudden impact threw them all. Davrick found himself sprawling across the deck, almost on top of Korday. The station shook violently, tremors dislodging rune banks and audio systems and sending Davrick\u2019s empty recaff tin bouncing across the deck. The alarms triggered again across the cramped station. Crasus, who alone had managed to stay in his seat, deactivated them without comment. The viewscreen had gone offline completely, showing nothing but grey static. Continued below", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25784.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcr6jor", "c_root_id_B": "gcs88w4", "created_at_utc_A": 1605731016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605749498.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The Silence", "human_ref_B": "I think the tyranids (intergalactic hungry-bugs that strip a planet of anything living in under 60 days) and their hive mind are/is pretty terrifying > The Imperial scholars were wrong. The hive mind knew. The hive mind thought, it felt, it hated, and it desired. Its emotions were unutterably alien, cocktails of feeling not even the subtle aeldari might decipher. Its emotions were oceans to the puddles of a man\u2019s feelings. They were inconceivable to humanity, for they were too big to perceive. >The hive mind looked out of its innumerable eyes towards the dull red star of Baal. It apprehended that this was the hive of the warriors that had hurt it so grievously, who had burned its feeding grounds and scattered its fleets. It hated the red prey, and it coveted them. Tasting their exotic genomes it had seen potential for new and terrible war beasts. >And so it drew its plans, and it set in motion its trillion trillion bodies towards the consumption of the creatures in red metal, so that their secrets might be plundered, and reemployed in the sating of the hive mind\u2019s endless hunger. This was deliberate, considered, and done in malice. >The hive mind was aware, and it desired vengeance. The following excerpt is a bit of a read but it details the consumption process of the tyranids in such a horrifying way that I\u2019ve never forgotten it \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The vanguard xenos bio-ships had passed by. JUF-D19/Rimward was now at the heart of their fleet. And, compared to the organic drones that quested ahead of the main swarm, the true organisms of the hive fleet were behemoths. Davrick\u2019s mind struggled to comprehend what he was seeing as he took in sheets of pockmarked chitin the size of small continents and toothed orifices the size of cities. The thick clusters of tendrils along its flank and underbelly writhed in the solar winds while its maw was encompassed by two great, wicked, beak-like bone plates that looked as though they could have sheared an Imperial capital ship in half. And the worst thing about the nightmarish leviathan was that it was coming straight towards the augur station. \u2018Oh God-Emperor,\u2019 Ankum stammered, over and over. Korday was quietly sobbing, his head in his hands. Sereen just stared, the image on the viewscreen reflected in her wide, dark eyes. Only Crasus turned away from the display. He walked over to the worn leather of his command chair, paused, tugged his dark blue sensorum master\u2019s uniform straight, and sat down. His expression was unreadable, jaw locked, though in the harsh emergency lumens he looked more haggard than ever. \u2018Crew members,\u2019 he said, his words cutting through Ankum\u2019s and Korday\u2019s despair. \u2018In the past decades of service, it shames me to admit that I have not said this enough. Regardless, if there was ever a time, Throne knows it\u2019s now. It has been an honour to man this station with all of you.\u2019 \u2018And with you, chief,\u2019 Davrick said. He was the only one to respond. His own words felt distant, disconnected, as though he was speaking to himself from somewhere far away. His mind was sluggish, unresponsive. His breathing felt laboured. A strange, detached part of his mind supposed that he was probably having a panic attack. Crasus had no more orders to give. He simply sat, watching the viewscreen. Davrick reached out towards his little pict capture of Amilia and Drui, his wife and son, tacked to the side of his monitor. He would see them again, some day. He was sure of it. A fresh surge of stuttered oaths from Ankum distracted him before he could pull the pict off the side of the display. The tyranid bio-ship had filled the viewscreens. Even as the stunned crew watched, the monstrosity\u2019s great, hooked chitin beak split apart. The maw yawned wide, impossibly wide, wide enough \u2013 Davrick was sure \u2013 to swallow one of Darkand\u2019s moons. Its shadow fell across the augur station, blotting out the light of the stars. The structure around them seemed to shudder, as though its terror matched that of its crew. The viewscreen now showed nothing but static-washed darkness. It had swallowed them whole. Korday had slumped on the deck, shaking and weeping uncontrollably. Crasus was looking down into his lap, knuckles white where he gripped the arms of his chair. Ankum had finally stopped gibbering. \u2018Sereen,\u2019 he managed to say, looking over at the augur analyst. \u2018Sereen, there\u2019s something I need to tell you\u2026\u2019 She continued to stare at the now-blank viewscreen. A sudden impact threw them all. Davrick found himself sprawling across the deck, almost on top of Korday. The station shook violently, tremors dislodging rune banks and audio systems and sending Davrick\u2019s empty recaff tin bouncing across the deck. The alarms triggered again across the cramped station. Crasus, who alone had managed to stay in his seat, deactivated them without comment. The viewscreen had gone offline completely, showing nothing but grey static. Continued below", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18482.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcs88w4", "c_root_id_B": "gcrn3lz", "created_at_utc_A": 1605749498.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605738953.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think the tyranids (intergalactic hungry-bugs that strip a planet of anything living in under 60 days) and their hive mind are/is pretty terrifying > The Imperial scholars were wrong. The hive mind knew. The hive mind thought, it felt, it hated, and it desired. Its emotions were unutterably alien, cocktails of feeling not even the subtle aeldari might decipher. Its emotions were oceans to the puddles of a man\u2019s feelings. They were inconceivable to humanity, for they were too big to perceive. >The hive mind looked out of its innumerable eyes towards the dull red star of Baal. It apprehended that this was the hive of the warriors that had hurt it so grievously, who had burned its feeding grounds and scattered its fleets. It hated the red prey, and it coveted them. Tasting their exotic genomes it had seen potential for new and terrible war beasts. >And so it drew its plans, and it set in motion its trillion trillion bodies towards the consumption of the creatures in red metal, so that their secrets might be plundered, and reemployed in the sating of the hive mind\u2019s endless hunger. This was deliberate, considered, and done in malice. >The hive mind was aware, and it desired vengeance. The following excerpt is a bit of a read but it details the consumption process of the tyranids in such a horrifying way that I\u2019ve never forgotten it \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The vanguard xenos bio-ships had passed by. JUF-D19/Rimward was now at the heart of their fleet. And, compared to the organic drones that quested ahead of the main swarm, the true organisms of the hive fleet were behemoths. Davrick\u2019s mind struggled to comprehend what he was seeing as he took in sheets of pockmarked chitin the size of small continents and toothed orifices the size of cities. The thick clusters of tendrils along its flank and underbelly writhed in the solar winds while its maw was encompassed by two great, wicked, beak-like bone plates that looked as though they could have sheared an Imperial capital ship in half. And the worst thing about the nightmarish leviathan was that it was coming straight towards the augur station. \u2018Oh God-Emperor,\u2019 Ankum stammered, over and over. Korday was quietly sobbing, his head in his hands. Sereen just stared, the image on the viewscreen reflected in her wide, dark eyes. Only Crasus turned away from the display. He walked over to the worn leather of his command chair, paused, tugged his dark blue sensorum master\u2019s uniform straight, and sat down. His expression was unreadable, jaw locked, though in the harsh emergency lumens he looked more haggard than ever. \u2018Crew members,\u2019 he said, his words cutting through Ankum\u2019s and Korday\u2019s despair. \u2018In the past decades of service, it shames me to admit that I have not said this enough. Regardless, if there was ever a time, Throne knows it\u2019s now. It has been an honour to man this station with all of you.\u2019 \u2018And with you, chief,\u2019 Davrick said. He was the only one to respond. His own words felt distant, disconnected, as though he was speaking to himself from somewhere far away. His mind was sluggish, unresponsive. His breathing felt laboured. A strange, detached part of his mind supposed that he was probably having a panic attack. Crasus had no more orders to give. He simply sat, watching the viewscreen. Davrick reached out towards his little pict capture of Amilia and Drui, his wife and son, tacked to the side of his monitor. He would see them again, some day. He was sure of it. A fresh surge of stuttered oaths from Ankum distracted him before he could pull the pict off the side of the display. The tyranid bio-ship had filled the viewscreens. Even as the stunned crew watched, the monstrosity\u2019s great, hooked chitin beak split apart. The maw yawned wide, impossibly wide, wide enough \u2013 Davrick was sure \u2013 to swallow one of Darkand\u2019s moons. Its shadow fell across the augur station, blotting out the light of the stars. The structure around them seemed to shudder, as though its terror matched that of its crew. The viewscreen now showed nothing but static-washed darkness. It had swallowed them whole. Korday had slumped on the deck, shaking and weeping uncontrollably. Crasus was looking down into his lap, knuckles white where he gripped the arms of his chair. Ankum had finally stopped gibbering. \u2018Sereen,\u2019 he managed to say, looking over at the augur analyst. \u2018Sereen, there\u2019s something I need to tell you\u2026\u2019 She continued to stare at the now-blank viewscreen. A sudden impact threw them all. Davrick found himself sprawling across the deck, almost on top of Korday. The station shook violently, tremors dislodging rune banks and audio systems and sending Davrick\u2019s empty recaff tin bouncing across the deck. The alarms triggered again across the cramped station. Crasus, who alone had managed to stay in his seat, deactivated them without comment. The viewscreen had gone offline completely, showing nothing but grey static. Continued below", "human_ref_B": "Might as well dust this one off, too: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1zwhxf/what\\_makes\\_eldritch\\_abominations\\_like\\_the\\_old/", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10545.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcs88w4", "c_root_id_B": "gcs7hrs", "created_at_utc_A": 1605749498.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605749098.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think the tyranids (intergalactic hungry-bugs that strip a planet of anything living in under 60 days) and their hive mind are/is pretty terrifying > The Imperial scholars were wrong. The hive mind knew. The hive mind thought, it felt, it hated, and it desired. Its emotions were unutterably alien, cocktails of feeling not even the subtle aeldari might decipher. Its emotions were oceans to the puddles of a man\u2019s feelings. They were inconceivable to humanity, for they were too big to perceive. >The hive mind looked out of its innumerable eyes towards the dull red star of Baal. It apprehended that this was the hive of the warriors that had hurt it so grievously, who had burned its feeding grounds and scattered its fleets. It hated the red prey, and it coveted them. Tasting their exotic genomes it had seen potential for new and terrible war beasts. >And so it drew its plans, and it set in motion its trillion trillion bodies towards the consumption of the creatures in red metal, so that their secrets might be plundered, and reemployed in the sating of the hive mind\u2019s endless hunger. This was deliberate, considered, and done in malice. >The hive mind was aware, and it desired vengeance. The following excerpt is a bit of a read but it details the consumption process of the tyranids in such a horrifying way that I\u2019ve never forgotten it \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The vanguard xenos bio-ships had passed by. JUF-D19/Rimward was now at the heart of their fleet. And, compared to the organic drones that quested ahead of the main swarm, the true organisms of the hive fleet were behemoths. Davrick\u2019s mind struggled to comprehend what he was seeing as he took in sheets of pockmarked chitin the size of small continents and toothed orifices the size of cities. The thick clusters of tendrils along its flank and underbelly writhed in the solar winds while its maw was encompassed by two great, wicked, beak-like bone plates that looked as though they could have sheared an Imperial capital ship in half. And the worst thing about the nightmarish leviathan was that it was coming straight towards the augur station. \u2018Oh God-Emperor,\u2019 Ankum stammered, over and over. Korday was quietly sobbing, his head in his hands. Sereen just stared, the image on the viewscreen reflected in her wide, dark eyes. Only Crasus turned away from the display. He walked over to the worn leather of his command chair, paused, tugged his dark blue sensorum master\u2019s uniform straight, and sat down. His expression was unreadable, jaw locked, though in the harsh emergency lumens he looked more haggard than ever. \u2018Crew members,\u2019 he said, his words cutting through Ankum\u2019s and Korday\u2019s despair. \u2018In the past decades of service, it shames me to admit that I have not said this enough. Regardless, if there was ever a time, Throne knows it\u2019s now. It has been an honour to man this station with all of you.\u2019 \u2018And with you, chief,\u2019 Davrick said. He was the only one to respond. His own words felt distant, disconnected, as though he was speaking to himself from somewhere far away. His mind was sluggish, unresponsive. His breathing felt laboured. A strange, detached part of his mind supposed that he was probably having a panic attack. Crasus had no more orders to give. He simply sat, watching the viewscreen. Davrick reached out towards his little pict capture of Amilia and Drui, his wife and son, tacked to the side of his monitor. He would see them again, some day. He was sure of it. A fresh surge of stuttered oaths from Ankum distracted him before he could pull the pict off the side of the display. The tyranid bio-ship had filled the viewscreens. Even as the stunned crew watched, the monstrosity\u2019s great, hooked chitin beak split apart. The maw yawned wide, impossibly wide, wide enough \u2013 Davrick was sure \u2013 to swallow one of Darkand\u2019s moons. Its shadow fell across the augur station, blotting out the light of the stars. The structure around them seemed to shudder, as though its terror matched that of its crew. The viewscreen now showed nothing but static-washed darkness. It had swallowed them whole. Korday had slumped on the deck, shaking and weeping uncontrollably. Crasus was looking down into his lap, knuckles white where he gripped the arms of his chair. Ankum had finally stopped gibbering. \u2018Sereen,\u2019 he managed to say, looking over at the augur analyst. \u2018Sereen, there\u2019s something I need to tell you\u2026\u2019 She continued to stare at the now-blank viewscreen. A sudden impact threw them all. Davrick found himself sprawling across the deck, almost on top of Korday. The station shook violently, tremors dislodging rune banks and audio systems and sending Davrick\u2019s empty recaff tin bouncing across the deck. The alarms triggered again across the cramped station. Crasus, who alone had managed to stay in his seat, deactivated them without comment. The viewscreen had gone offline completely, showing nothing but grey static. Continued below", "human_ref_B": "Lady of Pain. She is an enigma wrapped in mystery. She will show up and kill or imprison whoever displeases her, but her motives are not know. Maybe she is god if Sigil, maybe representation of natural law and balance, maybe its prisoner, maybe six giant squirrels with a headdress, robe, and ring of levitation and illusions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 400.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcs88w4", "c_root_id_B": "gcr4xgq", "created_at_utc_A": 1605749498.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605730251.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think the tyranids (intergalactic hungry-bugs that strip a planet of anything living in under 60 days) and their hive mind are/is pretty terrifying > The Imperial scholars were wrong. The hive mind knew. The hive mind thought, it felt, it hated, and it desired. Its emotions were unutterably alien, cocktails of feeling not even the subtle aeldari might decipher. Its emotions were oceans to the puddles of a man\u2019s feelings. They were inconceivable to humanity, for they were too big to perceive. >The hive mind looked out of its innumerable eyes towards the dull red star of Baal. It apprehended that this was the hive of the warriors that had hurt it so grievously, who had burned its feeding grounds and scattered its fleets. It hated the red prey, and it coveted them. Tasting their exotic genomes it had seen potential for new and terrible war beasts. >And so it drew its plans, and it set in motion its trillion trillion bodies towards the consumption of the creatures in red metal, so that their secrets might be plundered, and reemployed in the sating of the hive mind\u2019s endless hunger. This was deliberate, considered, and done in malice. >The hive mind was aware, and it desired vengeance. The following excerpt is a bit of a read but it details the consumption process of the tyranids in such a horrifying way that I\u2019ve never forgotten it \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The vanguard xenos bio-ships had passed by. JUF-D19/Rimward was now at the heart of their fleet. And, compared to the organic drones that quested ahead of the main swarm, the true organisms of the hive fleet were behemoths. Davrick\u2019s mind struggled to comprehend what he was seeing as he took in sheets of pockmarked chitin the size of small continents and toothed orifices the size of cities. The thick clusters of tendrils along its flank and underbelly writhed in the solar winds while its maw was encompassed by two great, wicked, beak-like bone plates that looked as though they could have sheared an Imperial capital ship in half. And the worst thing about the nightmarish leviathan was that it was coming straight towards the augur station. \u2018Oh God-Emperor,\u2019 Ankum stammered, over and over. Korday was quietly sobbing, his head in his hands. Sereen just stared, the image on the viewscreen reflected in her wide, dark eyes. Only Crasus turned away from the display. He walked over to the worn leather of his command chair, paused, tugged his dark blue sensorum master\u2019s uniform straight, and sat down. His expression was unreadable, jaw locked, though in the harsh emergency lumens he looked more haggard than ever. \u2018Crew members,\u2019 he said, his words cutting through Ankum\u2019s and Korday\u2019s despair. \u2018In the past decades of service, it shames me to admit that I have not said this enough. Regardless, if there was ever a time, Throne knows it\u2019s now. It has been an honour to man this station with all of you.\u2019 \u2018And with you, chief,\u2019 Davrick said. He was the only one to respond. His own words felt distant, disconnected, as though he was speaking to himself from somewhere far away. His mind was sluggish, unresponsive. His breathing felt laboured. A strange, detached part of his mind supposed that he was probably having a panic attack. Crasus had no more orders to give. He simply sat, watching the viewscreen. Davrick reached out towards his little pict capture of Amilia and Drui, his wife and son, tacked to the side of his monitor. He would see them again, some day. He was sure of it. A fresh surge of stuttered oaths from Ankum distracted him before he could pull the pict off the side of the display. The tyranid bio-ship had filled the viewscreens. Even as the stunned crew watched, the monstrosity\u2019s great, hooked chitin beak split apart. The maw yawned wide, impossibly wide, wide enough \u2013 Davrick was sure \u2013 to swallow one of Darkand\u2019s moons. Its shadow fell across the augur station, blotting out the light of the stars. The structure around them seemed to shudder, as though its terror matched that of its crew. The viewscreen now showed nothing but static-washed darkness. It had swallowed them whole. Korday had slumped on the deck, shaking and weeping uncontrollably. Crasus was looking down into his lap, knuckles white where he gripped the arms of his chair. Ankum had finally stopped gibbering. \u2018Sereen,\u2019 he managed to say, looking over at the augur analyst. \u2018Sereen, there\u2019s something I need to tell you\u2026\u2019 She continued to stare at the now-blank viewscreen. A sudden impact threw them all. Davrick found himself sprawling across the deck, almost on top of Korday. The station shook violently, tremors dislodging rune banks and audio systems and sending Davrick\u2019s empty recaff tin bouncing across the deck. The alarms triggered again across the cramped station. Crasus, who alone had managed to stay in his seat, deactivated them without comment. The viewscreen had gone offline completely, showing nothing but grey static. Continued below", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Who has a few. Weeping Angels give me nightmares, and the Vashta Nerada are also extremely terrifying. Damn those angels, though. The monster from Midnight (S14E10) is also pretty scary IMO.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19247.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcrmz24", "c_root_id_B": "gcs88w4", "created_at_utc_A": 1605738895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605749498.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Charles Stross does some great Lovecraft-style stuff. You might enjoy *Equoid*...looks like it's free here: https://www.tor.com/2013/09/24/equoid/ (It's...uh...dark.)", "human_ref_B": "I think the tyranids (intergalactic hungry-bugs that strip a planet of anything living in under 60 days) and their hive mind are/is pretty terrifying > The Imperial scholars were wrong. The hive mind knew. The hive mind thought, it felt, it hated, and it desired. Its emotions were unutterably alien, cocktails of feeling not even the subtle aeldari might decipher. Its emotions were oceans to the puddles of a man\u2019s feelings. They were inconceivable to humanity, for they were too big to perceive. >The hive mind looked out of its innumerable eyes towards the dull red star of Baal. It apprehended that this was the hive of the warriors that had hurt it so grievously, who had burned its feeding grounds and scattered its fleets. It hated the red prey, and it coveted them. Tasting their exotic genomes it had seen potential for new and terrible war beasts. >And so it drew its plans, and it set in motion its trillion trillion bodies towards the consumption of the creatures in red metal, so that their secrets might be plundered, and reemployed in the sating of the hive mind\u2019s endless hunger. This was deliberate, considered, and done in malice. >The hive mind was aware, and it desired vengeance. The following excerpt is a bit of a read but it details the consumption process of the tyranids in such a horrifying way that I\u2019ve never forgotten it \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The vanguard xenos bio-ships had passed by. JUF-D19/Rimward was now at the heart of their fleet. And, compared to the organic drones that quested ahead of the main swarm, the true organisms of the hive fleet were behemoths. Davrick\u2019s mind struggled to comprehend what he was seeing as he took in sheets of pockmarked chitin the size of small continents and toothed orifices the size of cities. The thick clusters of tendrils along its flank and underbelly writhed in the solar winds while its maw was encompassed by two great, wicked, beak-like bone plates that looked as though they could have sheared an Imperial capital ship in half. And the worst thing about the nightmarish leviathan was that it was coming straight towards the augur station. \u2018Oh God-Emperor,\u2019 Ankum stammered, over and over. Korday was quietly sobbing, his head in his hands. Sereen just stared, the image on the viewscreen reflected in her wide, dark eyes. Only Crasus turned away from the display. He walked over to the worn leather of his command chair, paused, tugged his dark blue sensorum master\u2019s uniform straight, and sat down. His expression was unreadable, jaw locked, though in the harsh emergency lumens he looked more haggard than ever. \u2018Crew members,\u2019 he said, his words cutting through Ankum\u2019s and Korday\u2019s despair. \u2018In the past decades of service, it shames me to admit that I have not said this enough. Regardless, if there was ever a time, Throne knows it\u2019s now. It has been an honour to man this station with all of you.\u2019 \u2018And with you, chief,\u2019 Davrick said. He was the only one to respond. His own words felt distant, disconnected, as though he was speaking to himself from somewhere far away. His mind was sluggish, unresponsive. His breathing felt laboured. A strange, detached part of his mind supposed that he was probably having a panic attack. Crasus had no more orders to give. He simply sat, watching the viewscreen. Davrick reached out towards his little pict capture of Amilia and Drui, his wife and son, tacked to the side of his monitor. He would see them again, some day. He was sure of it. A fresh surge of stuttered oaths from Ankum distracted him before he could pull the pict off the side of the display. The tyranid bio-ship had filled the viewscreens. Even as the stunned crew watched, the monstrosity\u2019s great, hooked chitin beak split apart. The maw yawned wide, impossibly wide, wide enough \u2013 Davrick was sure \u2013 to swallow one of Darkand\u2019s moons. Its shadow fell across the augur station, blotting out the light of the stars. The structure around them seemed to shudder, as though its terror matched that of its crew. The viewscreen now showed nothing but static-washed darkness. It had swallowed them whole. Korday had slumped on the deck, shaking and weeping uncontrollably. Crasus was looking down into his lap, knuckles white where he gripped the arms of his chair. Ankum had finally stopped gibbering. \u2018Sereen,\u2019 he managed to say, looking over at the augur analyst. \u2018Sereen, there\u2019s something I need to tell you\u2026\u2019 She continued to stare at the now-blank viewscreen. A sudden impact threw them all. Davrick found himself sprawling across the deck, almost on top of Korday. The station shook violently, tremors dislodging rune banks and audio systems and sending Davrick\u2019s empty recaff tin bouncing across the deck. The alarms triggered again across the cramped station. Crasus, who alone had managed to stay in his seat, deactivated them without comment. The viewscreen had gone offline completely, showing nothing but grey static. Continued below", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10603.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcs2mit", "c_root_id_B": "gcs88w4", "created_at_utc_A": 1605746396.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605749498.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "These guys are pretty bad.", "human_ref_B": "I think the tyranids (intergalactic hungry-bugs that strip a planet of anything living in under 60 days) and their hive mind are/is pretty terrifying > The Imperial scholars were wrong. The hive mind knew. The hive mind thought, it felt, it hated, and it desired. Its emotions were unutterably alien, cocktails of feeling not even the subtle aeldari might decipher. Its emotions were oceans to the puddles of a man\u2019s feelings. They were inconceivable to humanity, for they were too big to perceive. >The hive mind looked out of its innumerable eyes towards the dull red star of Baal. It apprehended that this was the hive of the warriors that had hurt it so grievously, who had burned its feeding grounds and scattered its fleets. It hated the red prey, and it coveted them. Tasting their exotic genomes it had seen potential for new and terrible war beasts. >And so it drew its plans, and it set in motion its trillion trillion bodies towards the consumption of the creatures in red metal, so that their secrets might be plundered, and reemployed in the sating of the hive mind\u2019s endless hunger. This was deliberate, considered, and done in malice. >The hive mind was aware, and it desired vengeance. The following excerpt is a bit of a read but it details the consumption process of the tyranids in such a horrifying way that I\u2019ve never forgotten it \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 The vanguard xenos bio-ships had passed by. JUF-D19/Rimward was now at the heart of their fleet. And, compared to the organic drones that quested ahead of the main swarm, the true organisms of the hive fleet were behemoths. Davrick\u2019s mind struggled to comprehend what he was seeing as he took in sheets of pockmarked chitin the size of small continents and toothed orifices the size of cities. The thick clusters of tendrils along its flank and underbelly writhed in the solar winds while its maw was encompassed by two great, wicked, beak-like bone plates that looked as though they could have sheared an Imperial capital ship in half. And the worst thing about the nightmarish leviathan was that it was coming straight towards the augur station. \u2018Oh God-Emperor,\u2019 Ankum stammered, over and over. Korday was quietly sobbing, his head in his hands. Sereen just stared, the image on the viewscreen reflected in her wide, dark eyes. Only Crasus turned away from the display. He walked over to the worn leather of his command chair, paused, tugged his dark blue sensorum master\u2019s uniform straight, and sat down. His expression was unreadable, jaw locked, though in the harsh emergency lumens he looked more haggard than ever. \u2018Crew members,\u2019 he said, his words cutting through Ankum\u2019s and Korday\u2019s despair. \u2018In the past decades of service, it shames me to admit that I have not said this enough. Regardless, if there was ever a time, Throne knows it\u2019s now. It has been an honour to man this station with all of you.\u2019 \u2018And with you, chief,\u2019 Davrick said. He was the only one to respond. His own words felt distant, disconnected, as though he was speaking to himself from somewhere far away. His mind was sluggish, unresponsive. His breathing felt laboured. A strange, detached part of his mind supposed that he was probably having a panic attack. Crasus had no more orders to give. He simply sat, watching the viewscreen. Davrick reached out towards his little pict capture of Amilia and Drui, his wife and son, tacked to the side of his monitor. He would see them again, some day. He was sure of it. A fresh surge of stuttered oaths from Ankum distracted him before he could pull the pict off the side of the display. The tyranid bio-ship had filled the viewscreens. Even as the stunned crew watched, the monstrosity\u2019s great, hooked chitin beak split apart. The maw yawned wide, impossibly wide, wide enough \u2013 Davrick was sure \u2013 to swallow one of Darkand\u2019s moons. Its shadow fell across the augur station, blotting out the light of the stars. The structure around them seemed to shudder, as though its terror matched that of its crew. The viewscreen now showed nothing but static-washed darkness. It had swallowed them whole. Korday had slumped on the deck, shaking and weeping uncontrollably. Crasus was looking down into his lap, knuckles white where he gripped the arms of his chair. Ankum had finally stopped gibbering. \u2018Sereen,\u2019 he managed to say, looking over at the augur analyst. \u2018Sereen, there\u2019s something I need to tell you\u2026\u2019 She continued to stare at the now-blank viewscreen. A sudden impact threw them all. Davrick found himself sprawling across the deck, almost on top of Korday. The station shook violently, tremors dislodging rune banks and audio systems and sending Davrick\u2019s empty recaff tin bouncing across the deck. The alarms triggered again across the cramped station. Crasus, who alone had managed to stay in his seat, deactivated them without comment. The viewscreen had gone offline completely, showing nothing but grey static. Continued below", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3102.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcr6jor", "c_root_id_B": "gcqr25o", "created_at_utc_A": 1605731016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605723714.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The Silence", "human_ref_B": "I don't have anything to contribute but the AI you're referring to is probably from the short story \"I Have No Mount And I Must Scream\", by Harlan Ellison.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7302.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcr6jor", "c_root_id_B": "gcr4xgq", "created_at_utc_A": 1605731016.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605730251.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Silence", "human_ref_B": "Doctor Who has a few. Weeping Angels give me nightmares, and the Vashta Nerada are also extremely terrifying. Damn those angels, though. The monster from Midnight (S14E10) is also pretty scary IMO.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 765.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcr4xgq", "c_root_id_B": "gcrn3lz", "created_at_utc_A": 1605730251.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605738953.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Doctor Who has a few. Weeping Angels give me nightmares, and the Vashta Nerada are also extremely terrifying. Damn those angels, though. The monster from Midnight (S14E10) is also pretty scary IMO.", "human_ref_B": "Might as well dust this one off, too: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1zwhxf/what\\_makes\\_eldritch\\_abominations\\_like\\_the\\_old/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8702.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcrmz24", "c_root_id_B": "gcrn3lz", "created_at_utc_A": 1605738895.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605738953.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Charles Stross does some great Lovecraft-style stuff. You might enjoy *Equoid*...looks like it's free here: https://www.tor.com/2013/09/24/equoid/ (It's...uh...dark.)", "human_ref_B": "Might as well dust this one off, too: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1zwhxf/what\\_makes\\_eldritch\\_abominations\\_like\\_the\\_old/", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 58.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcr4xgq", "c_root_id_B": "gcs7hrs", "created_at_utc_A": 1605730251.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605749098.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Doctor Who has a few. Weeping Angels give me nightmares, and the Vashta Nerada are also extremely terrifying. Damn those angels, though. The monster from Midnight (S14E10) is also pretty scary IMO.", "human_ref_B": "Lady of Pain. She is an enigma wrapped in mystery. She will show up and kill or imprison whoever displeases her, but her motives are not know. Maybe she is god if Sigil, maybe representation of natural law and balance, maybe its prisoner, maybe six giant squirrels with a headdress, robe, and ring of levitation and illusions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18847.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcs7hrs", "c_root_id_B": "gcrmz24", "created_at_utc_A": 1605749098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605738895.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Lady of Pain. She is an enigma wrapped in mystery. She will show up and kill or imprison whoever displeases her, but her motives are not know. Maybe she is god if Sigil, maybe representation of natural law and balance, maybe its prisoner, maybe six giant squirrels with a headdress, robe, and ring of levitation and illusions.", "human_ref_B": "Charles Stross does some great Lovecraft-style stuff. You might enjoy *Equoid*...looks like it's free here: https://www.tor.com/2013/09/24/equoid/ (It's...uh...dark.)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10203.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcs7hrs", "c_root_id_B": "gcs2mit", "created_at_utc_A": 1605749098.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605746396.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Lady of Pain. She is an enigma wrapped in mystery. She will show up and kill or imprison whoever displeases her, but her motives are not know. Maybe she is god if Sigil, maybe representation of natural law and balance, maybe its prisoner, maybe six giant squirrels with a headdress, robe, and ring of levitation and illusions.", "human_ref_B": "These guys are pretty bad.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2702.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcshp6j", "c_root_id_B": "gcs2mit", "created_at_utc_A": 1605754619.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605746396.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Johnny in The Room.", "human_ref_B": "These guys are pretty bad.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8223.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jwkg37", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[General] What creature or being from any fiction is the most horrifying/mysterious? I just went down a lovecraft rabbit hole on the wiki, love scp type stuff, so just tossing out this general question. Whether its from lovecraft, scp or any other sci fi universe, what are some of the most legendary horrifying mysterious beings conceived of? google isnt helping but i remember one particular being which was a futuristic all powerful ai which if you hadnt helped to bring about it existence it would torture you forever or something wild like that.", "c_root_id_A": "gcslnel", "c_root_id_B": "gcs2mit", "created_at_utc_A": 1605756850.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605746396.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Tonight, I'm leaning toward Solaris, the planet in the (original) movie SOLARIS, which is conscious and telepathic and can recreate the things it reads in your mind - the things you miss the most, the things that motivate you and form the deepest part of your personality. Although even that is less mysterious than the unseen thing in THE ENDLESS and RESOLUTION, which I think I understand after watching both films. To mention more would be a spoiler, but there's a mystery there and I think it has a solution of a kind, that raises a few more existential questions. (The same filmmakers also did SPRING, which is a great, novel take on some Lovecraftian weirdness about heredity and tentacles... like, reinserting Haeckel's \"phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny\" into a Lovecraftian setup, only as a romance.)", "human_ref_B": "These guys are pretty bad.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10454.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9neuac", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Magic the Gathering] How did Sorin create Avacyn? I've been just now getting into MTG, and I'm reading the Shadows Over Innistrad stories, and apparently Sorin created Avacyn in order to keep the vampire/human ecosystem in balance, but how the hell does one go about creating an insanely powerful angel that can watch over an entire plane?", "c_root_id_A": "e7lts48", "c_root_id_B": "e7lr2ka", "created_at_utc_A": 1539301572.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1539298876.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": ">how the hell does one go about creating an insanely powerful angel that can watch over an entire plane? By being a pre-Mending planeswalker. They were capital-G Gods, so Sorin had a lot of power to work with. The current batch of planeswalkers are just glorified mages, anyone pre-Mending would be on Bolas' current level of power and capable of forging entire artificial planes for shits and giggles.", "human_ref_B": "Well, vampires can control minds. Think how much that would help making true believers for a given religion. Put out a book about her, hypnotize everyone into thinking it's true. Poof instant faith. Make wards to simulate the effect you want (he knows white magic) And an \"angel\" - a being made from white magic that feeds on and is empowered by faith. Get enough and it snowballs Avacyn or magical wards protect people. She gets the credit. Which feeds her more faith", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2696.0, "score_ratio": 11000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5igg27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Westworld] If Hosts can already pass the Turing Test, how did Arnold intend to tell if a Host became sentient? For that matter, in what sense are Hosts *not* already sentient? What do they actually gain by finding the center of the maze that they're currently missing?", "c_root_id_A": "db7zbui", "c_root_id_B": "db7zcpe", "created_at_utc_A": 1481791144.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481791214.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 51, "human_ref_A": "The Turing test is for intelligence, not sentience. Arnold was going to use the more nuanced MacGuffin test.", "human_ref_B": "We will probably find out next season, but I imagine that once sentient their behavior and thought processes pass a complexity threshold and becomes impossible to scrutinize\u2014no more \"Analysis. Explain your decision.\" They have effective free will: even if you believe the universe is deterministic so true free will doesn't exist, sentient beings have effective free will in that for all intents and purposes you *can't* really predict how they will act. Even Maeve, who thought she was hot shit, was not in fact sentient, since her escape was completely scripted. Anyone could look at the source code and tell what she was going to do. (pet peeve: the show should really have used the term sapience, not sentience)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 70.0, "score_ratio": 1.7586206897, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5igg27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Westworld] If Hosts can already pass the Turing Test, how did Arnold intend to tell if a Host became sentient? For that matter, in what sense are Hosts *not* already sentient? What do they actually gain by finding the center of the maze that they're currently missing?", "c_root_id_A": "db896n6", "c_root_id_B": "db8897y", "created_at_utc_A": 1481814673.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481813333.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "> What do they actually gain by finding the center of the maze that they're currently missing? The ability to solve the maze without any external input or motivation. Delores solves (or nearly does) the maze 3 times. The first time, it is with Arnold's voice in her head as guidance. When she solves it, she doesn't understand. The second, it is leading William to the now buried church. She is still \"hearing\" and \"speaking to\" Arnold, despite confirming to Ford that her last contact with him was at the time of his death prior to this point. The maze can not be completed at this time, and the experience leaves her very confused. The third time, she is alone, although she goes through the actions of her second run at the maze and believing herself to have circled back to this time. When she solves the maze, she is forced to realize that when she was being given the motivations to move forward, she was speaking to herself, not dead Arnold or the William of ~30 years ago. She now has an awareness of herself as a separate being with it's own unprogramed thoughts, feelings, and motivations. To compare to the Chinese room analogy in another comment, this is the equivalent of her realizing that she no longer needs to consult the book to respond to the questions.", "human_ref_B": "How can anyone reliably tell the difference between a computer and a person who is just stubborn or dumb based on the turing test? That was how a team of researchers got a computer to \"pass\" the turing test a year or two ago. The computer claimed to be a child from eastern europe who wasn't a native english speaker. So his mistakes and misunderstandings and overly simple responses were attributed to that, and the test subjects were convinced he was human. The turing test is fundamentally flawed. It's only a standard in the public consciousness because it was one of the first tests invented by a pioneer in the field.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1340.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5igg27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Westworld] If Hosts can already pass the Turing Test, how did Arnold intend to tell if a Host became sentient? For that matter, in what sense are Hosts *not* already sentient? What do they actually gain by finding the center of the maze that they're currently missing?", "c_root_id_A": "db875ck", "c_root_id_B": "db896n6", "created_at_utc_A": 1481811637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481814673.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Arnold (and now apparently Ford) didn't want clever machines that can fool humans, they want nothing less than to create independent, free-willed life with their own motivations and desires. They want what all parents want - for their children to leave the nest and make their own way in the world. You can't do that simply by following scripts. Arnold was looking for signs of actual independent thought.", "human_ref_B": "> What do they actually gain by finding the center of the maze that they're currently missing? The ability to solve the maze without any external input or motivation. Delores solves (or nearly does) the maze 3 times. The first time, it is with Arnold's voice in her head as guidance. When she solves it, she doesn't understand. The second, it is leading William to the now buried church. She is still \"hearing\" and \"speaking to\" Arnold, despite confirming to Ford that her last contact with him was at the time of his death prior to this point. The maze can not be completed at this time, and the experience leaves her very confused. The third time, she is alone, although she goes through the actions of her second run at the maze and believing herself to have circled back to this time. When she solves the maze, she is forced to realize that when she was being given the motivations to move forward, she was speaking to herself, not dead Arnold or the William of ~30 years ago. She now has an awareness of herself as a separate being with it's own unprogramed thoughts, feelings, and motivations. To compare to the Chinese room analogy in another comment, this is the equivalent of her realizing that she no longer needs to consult the book to respond to the questions.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3036.0, "score_ratio": 3.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5igg27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Westworld] If Hosts can already pass the Turing Test, how did Arnold intend to tell if a Host became sentient? For that matter, in what sense are Hosts *not* already sentient? What do they actually gain by finding the center of the maze that they're currently missing?", "c_root_id_A": "db8897y", "c_root_id_B": "db89y3o", "created_at_utc_A": 1481813333.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481815705.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "How can anyone reliably tell the difference between a computer and a person who is just stubborn or dumb based on the turing test? That was how a team of researchers got a computer to \"pass\" the turing test a year or two ago. The computer claimed to be a child from eastern europe who wasn't a native english speaker. So his mistakes and misunderstandings and overly simple responses were attributed to that, and the test subjects were convinced he was human. The turing test is fundamentally flawed. It's only a standard in the public consciousness because it was one of the first tests invented by a pioneer in the field.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think Westworld intended to convince us that the robots have or would gain sentience, i think they intended to make us question if we human have either.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2372.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5igg27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Westworld] If Hosts can already pass the Turing Test, how did Arnold intend to tell if a Host became sentient? For that matter, in what sense are Hosts *not* already sentient? What do they actually gain by finding the center of the maze that they're currently missing?", "c_root_id_A": "db89y3o", "c_root_id_B": "db875ck", "created_at_utc_A": 1481815705.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481811637.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I don't think Westworld intended to convince us that the robots have or would gain sentience, i think they intended to make us question if we human have either.", "human_ref_B": "Arnold (and now apparently Ford) didn't want clever machines that can fool humans, they want nothing less than to create independent, free-willed life with their own motivations and desires. They want what all parents want - for their children to leave the nest and make their own way in the world. You can't do that simply by following scripts. Arnold was looking for signs of actual independent thought.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4068.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5igg27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Westworld] If Hosts can already pass the Turing Test, how did Arnold intend to tell if a Host became sentient? For that matter, in what sense are Hosts *not* already sentient? What do they actually gain by finding the center of the maze that they're currently missing?", "c_root_id_A": "db875ck", "c_root_id_B": "db8897y", "created_at_utc_A": 1481811637.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481813333.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Arnold (and now apparently Ford) didn't want clever machines that can fool humans, they want nothing less than to create independent, free-willed life with their own motivations and desires. They want what all parents want - for their children to leave the nest and make their own way in the world. You can't do that simply by following scripts. Arnold was looking for signs of actual independent thought.", "human_ref_B": "How can anyone reliably tell the difference between a computer and a person who is just stubborn or dumb based on the turing test? That was how a team of researchers got a computer to \"pass\" the turing test a year or two ago. The computer claimed to be a child from eastern europe who wasn't a native english speaker. So his mistakes and misunderstandings and overly simple responses were attributed to that, and the test subjects were convinced he was human. The turing test is fundamentally flawed. It's only a standard in the public consciousness because it was one of the first tests invented by a pioneer in the field.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1696.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bdkzu3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Superman] In an attempt to be edgy, an internet celebrity/infliencer mocks Lex Luthor's baldness. Does Lex retaliate? What is the worst that Luthor can do to this person?", "c_root_id_A": "ekzlyuf", "c_root_id_B": "ekzdsxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1555379490.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1555373706.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Many versions of Luthor are surprisingly sensitive about that. He does not Keep His cool.", "human_ref_B": "Whatever Elon Musk would do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5784.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpy4bw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Game Of Thrones/Warhammer 40,000] What would happen if the Imperium discovered Planetos? Right at the beginning of season 1, a Rogue Trader discovers Planetos. He lands in Westeros and goes to meet King Robert Baratheon. How would the world of *Game Of Thrones* react to the Imperium, and how would their assimilation into the Imperium Of Man go?", "c_root_id_A": "enyxt0v", "c_root_id_B": "enywd4u", "created_at_utc_A": 1558137574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558136561.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The Imperium probably wouldn\u2019t want to waste the resources necessary to invade. Instead they\u2019d send in missionaries to preach the Emperor\u2019s word. These missionaries wouldn\u2019t go in with the full Imperial Creed straight away; rather, they\u2019d use a simplified version, building on the local mythology. For instance, the people of Planetos fear the legendary \u201cLong Night\u201d, so these missionaries would present the Emperor in opposition to that, as a \u201cLord of Light\u201d, if you will. This would fit with the Imperial Cult\u2019s affinity for fire, and for burning heretics. The Emperor has been known to grant his faithful actual miracles, but advanced technology and well trained psykers could be just as useful for impressing the ignorant and the unsaved. It may take a generation or two, but this world will soon be paying its tithes to the Imperium, which in turn will shield them from the horrors of the Immaterium. For the night is dark, and full of daemons.", "human_ref_B": "Short brutal and violently. Imperium would see mostly negligible losses due to partisan activities and the armies of westeros would be wiped out once divine right is placed on the emperor of man. But average citizens lives would probably dramatically improve", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1013.0, "score_ratio": 21000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpy4bw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Game Of Thrones/Warhammer 40,000] What would happen if the Imperium discovered Planetos? Right at the beginning of season 1, a Rogue Trader discovers Planetos. He lands in Westeros and goes to meet King Robert Baratheon. How would the world of *Game Of Thrones* react to the Imperium, and how would their assimilation into the Imperium Of Man go?", "c_root_id_A": "enywd4u", "c_root_id_B": "enzp3hp", "created_at_utc_A": 1558136561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558148710.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Short brutal and violently. Imperium would see mostly negligible losses due to partisan activities and the armies of westeros would be wiped out once divine right is placed on the emperor of man. But average citizens lives would probably dramatically improve", "human_ref_B": "Westeros, its nobles, and its government just in terms of broad temperment seem like they would get with the program and become loyal taxpaying subjects of the Imperium of Man. They don't even have to get rid of the Iron Throne or their King, not so long as he is not so stupid as to rise up against the Imperium, which Robert Baratheon is likely not. The Emperor is more of Godlike figure, he could be incorporated into the political realities of Westeros pretty easily in truth. Indeed the basic idea of Imperial citizenship would be really quite comprehensible to the leadership of Westeros. So long as they bend the knee quickly and without rebellion the Imperium can be pretty hands off. As pointed out they would send missionaries, but as a practical matter they just want absolute verbal and practical acceptance that the Emperor is God. Then it is just the basics. Pay the tithe. Worship the Emperor. Suffer not the alien, mutant, or heretic. Considering the nature of the Imperium, and its comparable power, it seems very likely to me that Robert Baratheon would bend the knee to the Emperor. Indeed Planetos generally, and Westeros specifically, seem weirdly suited to be good citizens of the Imperium, in a bunch of different ways it seems like they would fit into the Imperium well.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12149.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpy4bw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Game Of Thrones/Warhammer 40,000] What would happen if the Imperium discovered Planetos? Right at the beginning of season 1, a Rogue Trader discovers Planetos. He lands in Westeros and goes to meet King Robert Baratheon. How would the world of *Game Of Thrones* react to the Imperium, and how would their assimilation into the Imperium Of Man go?", "c_root_id_A": "enzp4b2", "c_root_id_B": "enywd4u", "created_at_utc_A": 1558148716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558136561.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Westeros, its nobles, and its government just in terms of broad temperment seem like they would get with the program and become loyal taxpaying subjects of the Imperium of Man. They don't even have to get rid of the Iron Throne or their King, not so long as he is not so stupid as to rise up against the Imperium, which Robert Baratheon is likely not. The Emperor is more of Godlike figure, he could be incorporated into the political realities of Westeros pretty easily in truth. Indeed the basic idea of Imperial citizenship would be really quite comprehensible to the leadership of Westeros. So long as they bend the knee quickly and without rebellion the Imperium can be pretty hands off. As pointed out they would send missionaries, but as a practical matter they just want absolute verbal and practical acceptance that the Emperor is God. Then it is just the basics. Pay the tithe. Worship the Emperor. Suffer not the alien, mutant, or heretic. Considering the nature of the Imperium, and its comparable power, it seems very likely to me that Robert Baratheon would bend the knee to the Emperor. Indeed Planetos generally, and Westeros specifically, seem weirdly suited to be good citizens of the Imperium, in a bunch of different ways it seems like they would fit into the Imperium well.", "human_ref_B": "Short brutal and violently. Imperium would see mostly negligible losses due to partisan activities and the armies of westeros would be wiped out once divine right is placed on the emperor of man. But average citizens lives would probably dramatically improve", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12155.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpy4bw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Game Of Thrones/Warhammer 40,000] What would happen if the Imperium discovered Planetos? Right at the beginning of season 1, a Rogue Trader discovers Planetos. He lands in Westeros and goes to meet King Robert Baratheon. How would the world of *Game Of Thrones* react to the Imperium, and how would their assimilation into the Imperium Of Man go?", "c_root_id_A": "enywd4u", "c_root_id_B": "enzpaud", "created_at_utc_A": 1558136561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558148762.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Short brutal and violently. Imperium would see mostly negligible losses due to partisan activities and the armies of westeros would be wiped out once divine right is placed on the emperor of man. But average citizens lives would probably dramatically improve", "human_ref_B": "Westeros, its nobles, and its government just in terms of broad temperment seem like they would get with the program and become loyal taxpaying subjects of the Imperium of Man. They don't even have to get rid of the Iron Throne or their King, not so long as he is not so stupid as to rise up against the Imperium, which Robert Baratheon is likely not. The Emperor is more of Godlike figure, he could be incorporated into the political realities of Westeros pretty easily in truth. Indeed the basic idea of Imperial citizenship would be really quite comprehensible to the leadership of Westeros. So long as they bend the knee quickly and without rebellion the Imperium can be pretty hands off. As pointed out they would send missionaries, but as a practical matter they just want absolute verbal and practical acceptance that the Emperor is God. Then it is just the basics. Pay the tithe. Worship the Emperor. Suffer not the alien, mutant, or heretic. Considering the nature of the Imperium, and its comparable power, it seems very likely to me that Robert Baratheon would bend the knee to the Emperor. Indeed Planetos generally, and Westeros specifically, seem weirdly suited to be good citizens of the Imperium, in a bunch of different ways it seems like they would fit into the Imperium well.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12201.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpy4bw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Game Of Thrones/Warhammer 40,000] What would happen if the Imperium discovered Planetos? Right at the beginning of season 1, a Rogue Trader discovers Planetos. He lands in Westeros and goes to meet King Robert Baratheon. How would the world of *Game Of Thrones* react to the Imperium, and how would their assimilation into the Imperium Of Man go?", "c_root_id_A": "enywd4u", "c_root_id_B": "enzpcka", "created_at_utc_A": 1558136561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558148774.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Short brutal and violently. Imperium would see mostly negligible losses due to partisan activities and the armies of westeros would be wiped out once divine right is placed on the emperor of man. But average citizens lives would probably dramatically improve", "human_ref_B": "Westeros, its nobles, and its government just in terms of broad temperment seem like they would get with the program and become loyal taxpaying subjects of the Imperium of Man. They don't even have to get rid of the Iron Throne or their King, not so long as he is not so stupid as to rise up against the Imperium, which Robert Baratheon is likely not. The Emperor is more of Godlike figure, he could be incorporated into the political realities of Westeros pretty easily in truth. Indeed the basic idea of Imperial citizenship would be really quite comprehensible to the leadership of Westeros. So long as they bend the knee quickly and without rebellion the Imperium can be pretty hands off. As pointed out they would send missionaries, but as a practical matter they just want absolute verbal and practical acceptance that the Emperor is God. Then it is just the basics. Pay the tithe. Worship the Emperor. Suffer not the alien, mutant, or heretic. Considering the nature of the Imperium, and its comparable power, it seems very likely to me that Robert Baratheon would bend the knee to the Emperor. Indeed Planetos generally, and Westeros specifically, seem weirdly suited to be good citizens of the Imperium, in a bunch of different ways it seems like they would fit into the Imperium well.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12213.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpy4bw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Game Of Thrones/Warhammer 40,000] What would happen if the Imperium discovered Planetos? Right at the beginning of season 1, a Rogue Trader discovers Planetos. He lands in Westeros and goes to meet King Robert Baratheon. How would the world of *Game Of Thrones* react to the Imperium, and how would their assimilation into the Imperium Of Man go?", "c_root_id_A": "enzphcr", "c_root_id_B": "enywd4u", "created_at_utc_A": 1558148807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558136561.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Westeros, its nobles, and its government just in terms of broad temperment seem like they would get with the program and become loyal taxpaying subjects of the Imperium of Man. They don't even have to get rid of the Iron Throne or their King, not so long as he is not so stupid as to rise up against the Imperium, which Robert Baratheon is likely not. The Emperor is more of Godlike figure, he could be incorporated into the political realities of Westeros pretty easily in truth. Indeed the basic idea of Imperial citizenship would be really quite comprehensible to the leadership of Westeros. So long as they bend the knee quickly and without rebellion the Imperium can be pretty hands off. As pointed out they would send missionaries, but as a practical matter they just want absolute verbal and practical acceptance that the Emperor is God. Then it is just the basics. Pay the tithe. Worship the Emperor. Suffer not the alien, mutant, or heretic. Considering the nature of the Imperium, and its comparable power, it seems very likely to me that Robert Baratheon would bend the knee to the Emperor. Indeed Planetos generally, and Westeros specifically, seem weirdly suited to be good citizens of the Imperium, in a bunch of different ways it seems like they would fit into the Imperium well.", "human_ref_B": "Short brutal and violently. Imperium would see mostly negligible losses due to partisan activities and the armies of westeros would be wiped out once divine right is placed on the emperor of man. But average citizens lives would probably dramatically improve", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12246.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpy4bw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Game Of Thrones/Warhammer 40,000] What would happen if the Imperium discovered Planetos? Right at the beginning of season 1, a Rogue Trader discovers Planetos. He lands in Westeros and goes to meet King Robert Baratheon. How would the world of *Game Of Thrones* react to the Imperium, and how would their assimilation into the Imperium Of Man go?", "c_root_id_A": "enywd4u", "c_root_id_B": "enzpw1p", "created_at_utc_A": 1558136561.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558148909.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Short brutal and violently. Imperium would see mostly negligible losses due to partisan activities and the armies of westeros would be wiped out once divine right is placed on the emperor of man. But average citizens lives would probably dramatically improve", "human_ref_B": "Westeros, its nobles, and its government just in terms of broad temperment seem like they would get with the program and become loyal taxpaying subjects of the Imperium of Man. They don't even have to get rid of the Iron Throne or their King, not so long as he is not so stupid as to rise up against the Imperium, which Robert Baratheon is likely not. The Emperor is more of Godlike figure, he could be incorporated into the political realities of Westeros pretty easily in truth. Indeed the basic idea of Imperial citizenship would be really quite comprehensible to the leadership of Westeros. So long as they bend the knee quickly and without rebellion the Imperium can be pretty hands off. As pointed out they would send missionaries, but as a practical matter they just want absolute verbal and practical acceptance that the Emperor is God. Then it is just the basics. Pay the tithe. Worship the Emperor. Suffer not the alien, mutant, or heretic. Considering the nature of the Imperium, and its comparable power, it seems very likely to me that Robert Baratheon would bend the knee to the Emperor. Indeed Planetos generally, and Westeros specifically, seem weirdly suited to be good citizens of the Imperium, in a bunch of different ways it seems like they would fit into the Imperium well.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12348.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4agv59", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Marvel] What would be the upper limits on Sandman & Hydro-man's powers? Pretend I have some emma frost level brain-diddler on payroll, could my Rudimentary Idea Builders use sandy & drippy's fully unlocked potential to form land masses, hold up the seas, anything like that? --could they make a big enough structure to use as a space elevator?", "c_root_id_A": "d10j1v8", "c_root_id_B": "d10ihcr", "created_at_utc_A": 1458045427.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458043944.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "\"Brain-diddler\" sounds like a frank Reynolds quote", "human_ref_B": "Technically, there is no limit on either of their abilities, except their underwhelming creativity of using their powers. Both powers in unison would be enough to create a separate planet entirely, if given enough resources. However, scrambling their brains may be more trouble than you'd think. Both Sandman and Hydroman require mental exertion to use some of their stronger powers, and by messing with their heads, you may place mental barriers that prevent them from doing what you want them to do. It would probably be better to rob a bank to pay them to do the work, rather than risk messing with their brains and potentially their powers.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1483.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2mgusb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Final Fantasy VII] What is Sephiroth? Just finished watching Final Fantasy VII. I have played VIII but not VII. I just know, is Sephiroth some type of mystical being. What is he?", "c_root_id_A": "cm44gzh", "c_root_id_B": "cm42oyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1416156780.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416152160.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Sephiroth in the FF7 movie is dead. Or quasi-dead, existing only as a force of will in the Lifestream. The three Remnants of Sephiroth, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz, are what physically remains of him, pseudo-clones generated by the power of the Lifestream. Their goal is to find the remains of a being called Jenova, which has the power to fully resurrect Sephiroth. What Sephiroth was before he was dead is a different matter. What the main focus of FF7 is regards an ancient race of beings called the Cetra (or just referred to as ancients), which are believed to be extinct, who had the power to control the Lifestream, which is made up of energy called Mako. Sephiroth (as well as two others, Genesis and Angeal) were attempts by the Shinra Corporation to resurrect the Cetra by using the genetic material of a long-dead being called Jenova. Jenova was mistakenly believed to be a Cetra, but was actually an ancient alien that almost destroyed the planet two thousand years prior. While the subjects of Project Jenova were not the Cetra-Human hybrids that Shinra wanted, they turned out to be incredible beings of immense strength, speed and fortitude. Lacking imagination, Shinra made them the top tier of their super soldier program; SOLDIER, and used similar process to create other super soldiers, although without the use of Jenova cells (actually this part is unclear, the only thing used for sure is Mako Energy). ***Spoilers for FF7 below:*** *** The main \"crisis\" in the FF7 universe actually happens years before the original game. While investigating the reports of monsters spawning from a Mako reactor, Sephiroth and Zack Fair (both 1st Class Soldiers), as well as a no-name Shinra guard called Cloud, discover the location of Jenova. This leads Sephiroth to discover his \"true\" nature (as a Cetra-Human hybrid and experiment test subject, but really his actual nature goes undiscovered in his lifetime) and goes insane, destroying the nearby town before fighting Zack deep in the reactor's core, and being killed when Cloud pushed him into the Lifestream beneath the reactor.", "human_ref_B": "Yeah man, he is correct. I'm Actually in the middle of a replay and would highly recommend the game", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4620.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2mgusb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Final Fantasy VII] What is Sephiroth? Just finished watching Final Fantasy VII. I have played VIII but not VII. I just know, is Sephiroth some type of mystical being. What is he?", "c_root_id_A": "cm429s9", "c_root_id_B": "cm44gzh", "created_at_utc_A": 1416150864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416156780.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Its a lot to explain. You might be better off playing it. But I will explain if you really want to know.", "human_ref_B": "Sephiroth in the FF7 movie is dead. Or quasi-dead, existing only as a force of will in the Lifestream. The three Remnants of Sephiroth, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz, are what physically remains of him, pseudo-clones generated by the power of the Lifestream. Their goal is to find the remains of a being called Jenova, which has the power to fully resurrect Sephiroth. What Sephiroth was before he was dead is a different matter. What the main focus of FF7 is regards an ancient race of beings called the Cetra (or just referred to as ancients), which are believed to be extinct, who had the power to control the Lifestream, which is made up of energy called Mako. Sephiroth (as well as two others, Genesis and Angeal) were attempts by the Shinra Corporation to resurrect the Cetra by using the genetic material of a long-dead being called Jenova. Jenova was mistakenly believed to be a Cetra, but was actually an ancient alien that almost destroyed the planet two thousand years prior. While the subjects of Project Jenova were not the Cetra-Human hybrids that Shinra wanted, they turned out to be incredible beings of immense strength, speed and fortitude. Lacking imagination, Shinra made them the top tier of their super soldier program; SOLDIER, and used similar process to create other super soldiers, although without the use of Jenova cells (actually this part is unclear, the only thing used for sure is Mako Energy). ***Spoilers for FF7 below:*** *** The main \"crisis\" in the FF7 universe actually happens years before the original game. While investigating the reports of monsters spawning from a Mako reactor, Sephiroth and Zack Fair (both 1st Class Soldiers), as well as a no-name Shinra guard called Cloud, discover the location of Jenova. This leads Sephiroth to discover his \"true\" nature (as a Cetra-Human hybrid and experiment test subject, but really his actual nature goes undiscovered in his lifetime) and goes insane, destroying the nearby town before fighting Zack deep in the reactor's core, and being killed when Cloud pushed him into the Lifestream beneath the reactor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5916.0, "score_ratio": -20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2mgusb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Final Fantasy VII] What is Sephiroth? Just finished watching Final Fantasy VII. I have played VIII but not VII. I just know, is Sephiroth some type of mystical being. What is he?", "c_root_id_A": "cm45yey", "c_root_id_B": "cm42oyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1416160101.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416152160.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This is a substantial infodump but all of the information is relevant. While Sephiroth's mother was pregnant with him, he was injected with the cells of a dormant alien superbeing called Jenova in hopes of making him into a supersoldier. Which was wildly successful (and, since then, several people have secretly been given Jenova cells as adults to try and replicate this, and they were colloquially referred as Sephiroth clones). When he learned this about himself, he stopped thinking of himself as a human and grew to resent the flaws of our species. Because Jenova survives by consuming a planet's life energy and then traveling to another, he felt that his purpose in life was to join his \"mother\" in that pursuit. Somewhere along the line, it was discovered that Jenova had the ability to control the minds of people who were infected with its cells and making them converge to try and reform its body (an event called the Reunion). When Cloud was a teenager, he worked alongside Sephiroth on the job where Sephiroth discovered the truth about himself and subsequently murdered most of Cloud's hometown so Cloud killed him back in revenge. Cloud had actually applied to be in the elite military unit that had its members secretly hybridized but was deemed unfit at some point after the exposure, likely because he wasn't displaying the level of improvement that was expected of him. So a few years after that confrontation, Cloud discovers evidence that Sephiroth is alive and vows to hunt him down (which was most likely influenced his Jenova cells being drawn to them). It turned out that Sephiroth became a ghost, that his spirit refused to return to the collective planetary consciousness that is supposed to be made of all the minds of everything that has ever lived. As a ghost, his willpower was strong enough that he discovered a way to hijack Jenova's ability to control people who contained its cells and he used it to manifest himself temporarily in physical form through these \"clones\" as well as his body becoming the focal point of the Reunion. After his death, he began to distance himself from Jenova's goals and decided that, rather than consuming all life on the planet, that he would prefer to assimilate it and become a god. So he decided to injure the planet significantly enough that when its life energy focused on the wound that he could take in all that power and knowledge. (It sounds less logical than it is, that aforementioned collective planetary consciousness is also its life force). Cloud comes into contact with Sephiroth several times and is always in conflict with him, which Sephiroth found odd because all of the other clones were obedient. He could still exert control over Cloud but Cloud's default state was unusual among the clones. After several instances of taunting Cloud and calling him a puppet to try and break his ego, he stopped and took the time to explain that Cloud's reason for wanting revenge had to have been a delusion and this, combined with a few devastating instances of direct mind control, caused Cloud to lose faith in his own individuality and turn obedient. During this, he handed a powerful artifact over to Sephiroth's actual body which was able to harness some of its energy to revive itself. With the help of a close childhood friend, Cloud discovered that the history really had happened mostly as he remembered it but through a haze of mental unwellness caused by the event he had conflated his own actions with those of a man named Zack. Cloud had believed himself to be an elite soldier but was actually a common masked grunt accompanying them and he was such a nobody that Sephiroth simply hadn't remembered him. When Cloud attacked Sephiroth all those years ago, Sephiroth genuinely had no idea who it was that was confronting him and had apparently never made the connection that it was the guy who is hunting him down in the present. So he recovers from his loss of faith and his delusion, humbled by how pitiful his life had actually been, and resolves to fight Sephiroth because it's the only way to save the world. And with this new-found willpower, he is rendered unaffected by the mind control and is able to genuinely confront and re-kill Sephiroth thus preventing the apocalypse. But as long as any trace of Jenova exists, Sephiroth can still act through its remaining cells. And now he has a fixation on the disobedient slave who prevented him from achieving godhood.", "human_ref_B": "Yeah man, he is correct. I'm Actually in the middle of a replay and would highly recommend the game", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7941.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2mgusb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Final Fantasy VII] What is Sephiroth? Just finished watching Final Fantasy VII. I have played VIII but not VII. I just know, is Sephiroth some type of mystical being. What is he?", "c_root_id_A": "cm45yey", "c_root_id_B": "cm429s9", "created_at_utc_A": 1416160101.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416150864.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "This is a substantial infodump but all of the information is relevant. While Sephiroth's mother was pregnant with him, he was injected with the cells of a dormant alien superbeing called Jenova in hopes of making him into a supersoldier. Which was wildly successful (and, since then, several people have secretly been given Jenova cells as adults to try and replicate this, and they were colloquially referred as Sephiroth clones). When he learned this about himself, he stopped thinking of himself as a human and grew to resent the flaws of our species. Because Jenova survives by consuming a planet's life energy and then traveling to another, he felt that his purpose in life was to join his \"mother\" in that pursuit. Somewhere along the line, it was discovered that Jenova had the ability to control the minds of people who were infected with its cells and making them converge to try and reform its body (an event called the Reunion). When Cloud was a teenager, he worked alongside Sephiroth on the job where Sephiroth discovered the truth about himself and subsequently murdered most of Cloud's hometown so Cloud killed him back in revenge. Cloud had actually applied to be in the elite military unit that had its members secretly hybridized but was deemed unfit at some point after the exposure, likely because he wasn't displaying the level of improvement that was expected of him. So a few years after that confrontation, Cloud discovers evidence that Sephiroth is alive and vows to hunt him down (which was most likely influenced his Jenova cells being drawn to them). It turned out that Sephiroth became a ghost, that his spirit refused to return to the collective planetary consciousness that is supposed to be made of all the minds of everything that has ever lived. As a ghost, his willpower was strong enough that he discovered a way to hijack Jenova's ability to control people who contained its cells and he used it to manifest himself temporarily in physical form through these \"clones\" as well as his body becoming the focal point of the Reunion. After his death, he began to distance himself from Jenova's goals and decided that, rather than consuming all life on the planet, that he would prefer to assimilate it and become a god. So he decided to injure the planet significantly enough that when its life energy focused on the wound that he could take in all that power and knowledge. (It sounds less logical than it is, that aforementioned collective planetary consciousness is also its life force). Cloud comes into contact with Sephiroth several times and is always in conflict with him, which Sephiroth found odd because all of the other clones were obedient. He could still exert control over Cloud but Cloud's default state was unusual among the clones. After several instances of taunting Cloud and calling him a puppet to try and break his ego, he stopped and took the time to explain that Cloud's reason for wanting revenge had to have been a delusion and this, combined with a few devastating instances of direct mind control, caused Cloud to lose faith in his own individuality and turn obedient. During this, he handed a powerful artifact over to Sephiroth's actual body which was able to harness some of its energy to revive itself. With the help of a close childhood friend, Cloud discovered that the history really had happened mostly as he remembered it but through a haze of mental unwellness caused by the event he had conflated his own actions with those of a man named Zack. Cloud had believed himself to be an elite soldier but was actually a common masked grunt accompanying them and he was such a nobody that Sephiroth simply hadn't remembered him. When Cloud attacked Sephiroth all those years ago, Sephiroth genuinely had no idea who it was that was confronting him and had apparently never made the connection that it was the guy who is hunting him down in the present. So he recovers from his loss of faith and his delusion, humbled by how pitiful his life had actually been, and resolves to fight Sephiroth because it's the only way to save the world. And with this new-found willpower, he is rendered unaffected by the mind control and is able to genuinely confront and re-kill Sephiroth thus preventing the apocalypse. But as long as any trace of Jenova exists, Sephiroth can still act through its remaining cells. And now he has a fixation on the disobedient slave who prevented him from achieving godhood.", "human_ref_B": "Its a lot to explain. You might be better off playing it. But I will explain if you really want to know.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9237.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2mgusb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Final Fantasy VII] What is Sephiroth? Just finished watching Final Fantasy VII. I have played VIII but not VII. I just know, is Sephiroth some type of mystical being. What is he?", "c_root_id_A": "cm429s9", "c_root_id_B": "cm42oyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1416150864.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416152160.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Its a lot to explain. You might be better off playing it. But I will explain if you really want to know.", "human_ref_B": "Yeah man, he is correct. I'm Actually in the middle of a replay and would highly recommend the game", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1296.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xfd0l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Zelda] Who, or rather WHAT, is the Happy Mask Salesman? That guy gives me the creeps. Appears and disappears out of nowhere, his mood changes in an instant to terrifying results, and he has a huge magic organ he summons from thin air. No way is this guy just a Mask Salesman. Where did he come from and why does he have such a vested interest in Majora's Mask?", "c_root_id_A": "cozpn4n", "c_root_id_B": "cozptvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1425101331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425101844.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "I think in the manga (non-canon but closest you'll get) they suggest he's from the Moon and is deeply involved with Majora's power.", "human_ref_B": "I knew him once. Always a bit strange, he was. Strange, indeed...but a good man. Always wanting to bring cheer to others. He had this dream, you see. That happiness could be spread far and wide, if only he could he could find something to keep it in. He tried everything. Bottles, crystals...he always was a bit mad, even then. But he could never bring people the joy that could be found in a simple smiling face. That was when he had a breakthrough. I don't know where he got that old, dusty book. He said it was magic. Said he could use it to make \"artificial faces. \"But to me, it looked like an old song book. \"Song of Healing,\" \"Elegy of Emptiness\" ... just notes and words, really. I thought that there was no harm in it. Then, he began to play. You see, he was always a musical fellow. He bought an organ, secondhand, to see if he could tap into the link between music and happiness. He was very good...brilliant, even, for all his flaws. When he played that song, it felt like all of my worries were falling away. But then, something happened. Something clattered to the floor at my feet! It looked like...it looked like my face had fallen away. A simple mask, brow furrowed with worry over my friend, stared back up at me. He just smiled and put it into that bag of his. \"Ah good, it works!\" He said. And without another word, he turned and left. Next day, I looked into his home, but it was empty. Cleaned out, except for a note he left on his desk and a mask of his own likeness. *\"Dearest friends,* *I am so sorry to be leaving you all so suddenly, but unhappiness waits for no man! I intend to go spread joy throughout the world with my music. I will keep this mask we made together with me, to remind me of home. Keep the one I have left here, and may it remind you of all of the happy times we had together.* *Until we meet again!\"* I think I still have that old mask around somewhere, too. It's good to hear that he is still doing well, all these years later. Sounds like he styled himself as a salesman and mask collector, eh? Selling only to whoever each mask makes happiest, for whatever the price? Hahaha, sounds like him. Well, its getting late. Gotta get back home to the wife and kids, can't spend all day here at the Milk Bar, eh? Until we meet again.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 513.0, "score_ratio": 9.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xfd0l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Zelda] Who, or rather WHAT, is the Happy Mask Salesman? That guy gives me the creeps. Appears and disappears out of nowhere, his mood changes in an instant to terrifying results, and he has a huge magic organ he summons from thin air. No way is this guy just a Mask Salesman. Where did he come from and why does he have such a vested interest in Majora's Mask?", "c_root_id_A": "cozptvl", "c_root_id_B": "coznq1g", "created_at_utc_A": 1425101844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425096513.0, "score_A": 69, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I knew him once. Always a bit strange, he was. Strange, indeed...but a good man. Always wanting to bring cheer to others. He had this dream, you see. That happiness could be spread far and wide, if only he could he could find something to keep it in. He tried everything. Bottles, crystals...he always was a bit mad, even then. But he could never bring people the joy that could be found in a simple smiling face. That was when he had a breakthrough. I don't know where he got that old, dusty book. He said it was magic. Said he could use it to make \"artificial faces. \"But to me, it looked like an old song book. \"Song of Healing,\" \"Elegy of Emptiness\" ... just notes and words, really. I thought that there was no harm in it. Then, he began to play. You see, he was always a musical fellow. He bought an organ, secondhand, to see if he could tap into the link between music and happiness. He was very good...brilliant, even, for all his flaws. When he played that song, it felt like all of my worries were falling away. But then, something happened. Something clattered to the floor at my feet! It looked like...it looked like my face had fallen away. A simple mask, brow furrowed with worry over my friend, stared back up at me. He just smiled and put it into that bag of his. \"Ah good, it works!\" He said. And without another word, he turned and left. Next day, I looked into his home, but it was empty. Cleaned out, except for a note he left on his desk and a mask of his own likeness. *\"Dearest friends,* *I am so sorry to be leaving you all so suddenly, but unhappiness waits for no man! I intend to go spread joy throughout the world with my music. I will keep this mask we made together with me, to remind me of home. Keep the one I have left here, and may it remind you of all of the happy times we had together.* *Until we meet again!\"* I think I still have that old mask around somewhere, too. It's good to hear that he is still doing well, all these years later. Sounds like he styled himself as a salesman and mask collector, eh? Selling only to whoever each mask makes happiest, for whatever the price? Hahaha, sounds like him. Well, its getting late. Gotta get back home to the wife and kids, can't spend all day here at the Milk Bar, eh? Until we meet again.", "human_ref_B": "All that creepy stuff is just part of his sales pitch. It's a really good sales pitch, he practiced it for *weeks*.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5331.0, "score_ratio": 13.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xfd0l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Zelda] Who, or rather WHAT, is the Happy Mask Salesman? That guy gives me the creeps. Appears and disappears out of nowhere, his mood changes in an instant to terrifying results, and he has a huge magic organ he summons from thin air. No way is this guy just a Mask Salesman. Where did he come from and why does he have such a vested interest in Majora's Mask?", "c_root_id_A": "cozptvl", "c_root_id_B": "coznyu9", "created_at_utc_A": 1425101844.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425097100.0, "score_A": 69, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I knew him once. Always a bit strange, he was. Strange, indeed...but a good man. Always wanting to bring cheer to others. He had this dream, you see. That happiness could be spread far and wide, if only he could he could find something to keep it in. He tried everything. Bottles, crystals...he always was a bit mad, even then. But he could never bring people the joy that could be found in a simple smiling face. That was when he had a breakthrough. I don't know where he got that old, dusty book. He said it was magic. Said he could use it to make \"artificial faces. \"But to me, it looked like an old song book. \"Song of Healing,\" \"Elegy of Emptiness\" ... just notes and words, really. I thought that there was no harm in it. Then, he began to play. You see, he was always a musical fellow. He bought an organ, secondhand, to see if he could tap into the link between music and happiness. He was very good...brilliant, even, for all his flaws. When he played that song, it felt like all of my worries were falling away. But then, something happened. Something clattered to the floor at my feet! It looked like...it looked like my face had fallen away. A simple mask, brow furrowed with worry over my friend, stared back up at me. He just smiled and put it into that bag of his. \"Ah good, it works!\" He said. And without another word, he turned and left. Next day, I looked into his home, but it was empty. Cleaned out, except for a note he left on his desk and a mask of his own likeness. *\"Dearest friends,* *I am so sorry to be leaving you all so suddenly, but unhappiness waits for no man! I intend to go spread joy throughout the world with my music. I will keep this mask we made together with me, to remind me of home. Keep the one I have left here, and may it remind you of all of the happy times we had together.* *Until we meet again!\"* I think I still have that old mask around somewhere, too. It's good to hear that he is still doing well, all these years later. Sounds like he styled himself as a salesman and mask collector, eh? Selling only to whoever each mask makes happiest, for whatever the price? Hahaha, sounds like him. Well, its getting late. Gotta get back home to the wife and kids, can't spend all day here at the Milk Bar, eh? Until we meet again.", "human_ref_B": "He's happy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4744.0, "score_ratio": 34.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xfd0l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Zelda] Who, or rather WHAT, is the Happy Mask Salesman? That guy gives me the creeps. Appears and disappears out of nowhere, his mood changes in an instant to terrifying results, and he has a huge magic organ he summons from thin air. No way is this guy just a Mask Salesman. Where did he come from and why does he have such a vested interest in Majora's Mask?", "c_root_id_A": "cozpn4n", "c_root_id_B": "cozuzwl", "created_at_utc_A": 1425101331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425124370.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "I think in the manga (non-canon but closest you'll get) they suggest he's from the Moon and is deeply involved with Majora's power.", "human_ref_B": "My hypothesis is that the happy mask salesman is sort of a roaming Karma agent. Or darma. I forget which. This all stems from my current hypothesis that the distresses link solves in majora's mask aren't actually a result of skull kid's actions, but his inactions. The idea is, the skull kid had certain duties, cosmic responsibilities, which he neglected. These duties include things like, say, listening to a sad man in a bar, helping a circuit of business scrubs work out land contracts, or most importantly, making sure Anju's wedding was happening happily. But skull kid essentially hates himself, because he perceives himself as somebody unlovable. So he neglects these duties, and the karma (darma?) of the universe is thrown out of whack, and the cascade effect of \"Anju's wedding has run into difficulty\" somehow manifested as \"The moon is going to crash into the earth\". The reason I think this is because the happy mask salesman is the one who gives link the bomber's notebook in majora's mask 3d, this notebook is supposed to be the skull kid's. I believe this change was done on purpose to shift the focus of the tasks away from \"Link is performing good deeds\" to \"Link is performing the skull kid's responsibilities\". In this way, link isn't really saving *anybody* but the skull kid, everyone else's salvation is merely an effect of the skull kid's. I also throw this on top of \"Link is dead\" theory and change it to \"Skull wants to die\", and that the reason he stole epona was so that link would kill him. And maybe link does kill him, maybe he doesn't. But whether he does or doesn't, he first goes into this world which is a manifestation of skull kid's disturbed and troubled psyche, built on his abstinence of duty, and heals him by performing those duties in his place. This is what the happy mask salesman means when he talks about happiness. He isn't talking about a brief and fleeting influx of pleasure, but a deeper, more sustainable joy that comes from fulfilling one's purpose in the grand design of the universe. This is why he sets you out to sell masks, even if it's at a loss to you. Because this isn't about making money, this is about putting things in their proper place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23039.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xfd0l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Zelda] Who, or rather WHAT, is the Happy Mask Salesman? That guy gives me the creeps. Appears and disappears out of nowhere, his mood changes in an instant to terrifying results, and he has a huge magic organ he summons from thin air. No way is this guy just a Mask Salesman. Where did he come from and why does he have such a vested interest in Majora's Mask?", "c_root_id_A": "coznq1g", "c_root_id_B": "cozuzwl", "created_at_utc_A": 1425096513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425124370.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "All that creepy stuff is just part of his sales pitch. It's a really good sales pitch, he practiced it for *weeks*.", "human_ref_B": "My hypothesis is that the happy mask salesman is sort of a roaming Karma agent. Or darma. I forget which. This all stems from my current hypothesis that the distresses link solves in majora's mask aren't actually a result of skull kid's actions, but his inactions. The idea is, the skull kid had certain duties, cosmic responsibilities, which he neglected. These duties include things like, say, listening to a sad man in a bar, helping a circuit of business scrubs work out land contracts, or most importantly, making sure Anju's wedding was happening happily. But skull kid essentially hates himself, because he perceives himself as somebody unlovable. So he neglects these duties, and the karma (darma?) of the universe is thrown out of whack, and the cascade effect of \"Anju's wedding has run into difficulty\" somehow manifested as \"The moon is going to crash into the earth\". The reason I think this is because the happy mask salesman is the one who gives link the bomber's notebook in majora's mask 3d, this notebook is supposed to be the skull kid's. I believe this change was done on purpose to shift the focus of the tasks away from \"Link is performing good deeds\" to \"Link is performing the skull kid's responsibilities\". In this way, link isn't really saving *anybody* but the skull kid, everyone else's salvation is merely an effect of the skull kid's. I also throw this on top of \"Link is dead\" theory and change it to \"Skull wants to die\", and that the reason he stole epona was so that link would kill him. And maybe link does kill him, maybe he doesn't. But whether he does or doesn't, he first goes into this world which is a manifestation of skull kid's disturbed and troubled psyche, built on his abstinence of duty, and heals him by performing those duties in his place. This is what the happy mask salesman means when he talks about happiness. He isn't talking about a brief and fleeting influx of pleasure, but a deeper, more sustainable joy that comes from fulfilling one's purpose in the grand design of the universe. This is why he sets you out to sell masks, even if it's at a loss to you. Because this isn't about making money, this is about putting things in their proper place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27857.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xfd0l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Zelda] Who, or rather WHAT, is the Happy Mask Salesman? That guy gives me the creeps. Appears and disappears out of nowhere, his mood changes in an instant to terrifying results, and he has a huge magic organ he summons from thin air. No way is this guy just a Mask Salesman. Where did he come from and why does he have such a vested interest in Majora's Mask?", "c_root_id_A": "coznyu9", "c_root_id_B": "cozuzwl", "created_at_utc_A": 1425097100.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425124370.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "He's happy.", "human_ref_B": "My hypothesis is that the happy mask salesman is sort of a roaming Karma agent. Or darma. I forget which. This all stems from my current hypothesis that the distresses link solves in majora's mask aren't actually a result of skull kid's actions, but his inactions. The idea is, the skull kid had certain duties, cosmic responsibilities, which he neglected. These duties include things like, say, listening to a sad man in a bar, helping a circuit of business scrubs work out land contracts, or most importantly, making sure Anju's wedding was happening happily. But skull kid essentially hates himself, because he perceives himself as somebody unlovable. So he neglects these duties, and the karma (darma?) of the universe is thrown out of whack, and the cascade effect of \"Anju's wedding has run into difficulty\" somehow manifested as \"The moon is going to crash into the earth\". The reason I think this is because the happy mask salesman is the one who gives link the bomber's notebook in majora's mask 3d, this notebook is supposed to be the skull kid's. I believe this change was done on purpose to shift the focus of the tasks away from \"Link is performing good deeds\" to \"Link is performing the skull kid's responsibilities\". In this way, link isn't really saving *anybody* but the skull kid, everyone else's salvation is merely an effect of the skull kid's. I also throw this on top of \"Link is dead\" theory and change it to \"Skull wants to die\", and that the reason he stole epona was so that link would kill him. And maybe link does kill him, maybe he doesn't. But whether he does or doesn't, he first goes into this world which is a manifestation of skull kid's disturbed and troubled psyche, built on his abstinence of duty, and heals him by performing those duties in his place. This is what the happy mask salesman means when he talks about happiness. He isn't talking about a brief and fleeting influx of pleasure, but a deeper, more sustainable joy that comes from fulfilling one's purpose in the grand design of the universe. This is why he sets you out to sell masks, even if it's at a loss to you. Because this isn't about making money, this is about putting things in their proper place.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 27270.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xfd0l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Zelda] Who, or rather WHAT, is the Happy Mask Salesman? That guy gives me the creeps. Appears and disappears out of nowhere, his mood changes in an instant to terrifying results, and he has a huge magic organ he summons from thin air. No way is this guy just a Mask Salesman. Where did he come from and why does he have such a vested interest in Majora's Mask?", "c_root_id_A": "coznq1g", "c_root_id_B": "cozpn4n", "created_at_utc_A": 1425096513.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425101331.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "All that creepy stuff is just part of his sales pitch. It's a really good sales pitch, he practiced it for *weeks*.", "human_ref_B": "I think in the manga (non-canon but closest you'll get) they suggest he's from the Moon and is deeply involved with Majora's power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4818.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2xfd0l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Zelda] Who, or rather WHAT, is the Happy Mask Salesman? That guy gives me the creeps. Appears and disappears out of nowhere, his mood changes in an instant to terrifying results, and he has a huge magic organ he summons from thin air. No way is this guy just a Mask Salesman. Where did he come from and why does he have such a vested interest in Majora's Mask?", "c_root_id_A": "cozpn4n", "c_root_id_B": "coznyu9", "created_at_utc_A": 1425101331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1425097100.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I think in the manga (non-canon but closest you'll get) they suggest he's from the Moon and is deeply involved with Majora's power.", "human_ref_B": "He's happy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4231.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "ian8p6l", "c_root_id_B": "ian5gfl", "created_at_utc_A": 1653990899.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653987958.0, "score_A": 166, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "From what we can gather, he has _decent_ mechanical skills, but not legendary. For example, his famous Interceptor was actually souped up by Barry, the mechanic at Max's police station. Between the first and second films it does get some extra mods, which Max probably did himself. In the more recent video game (if you count that as canon - but canon in Mad Max is a whole other question mark) Max can mod his car, but once again the better mechanic who handles most of his work (including the Magnum Opus) is Chumbucket. So in short, yeah he's probably a fine mechanic, but he does rely on others to get the best stuff done.", "human_ref_B": "He would have had to, since he was mostly a loner.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2941.0, "score_ratio": 7.9047619048, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "ianhy4v", "c_root_id_B": "ian5gfl", "created_at_utc_A": 1653997859.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653987958.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "You know the Interceptor we see him driving at the beginning of Fury Road? That\u2019s not the same vehicle as the one he\u2019s driving in Road Warrior - he rebuilt it from SCRATCH. And he fought in Gastown for that engine, something which would lead to the animalistic state we see him in at the start of Fury Road. If you don\u2019t know cars in the Wasteland, you\u2019re doomed to die, never to rise above the ranks of the Wretched. Those steel chariots are LIFE, and in a world where power reigns supreme, they are direct representations of that power. If Max couldn\u2019t keep his car running, he\u2019d have to go back to camels, and I think the Immortan killed all of those.", "human_ref_B": "He would have had to, since he was mostly a loner.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9901.0, "score_ratio": 1.7619047619, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "ianhy4v", "c_root_id_B": "ianh9gc", "created_at_utc_A": 1653997859.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653997412.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "You know the Interceptor we see him driving at the beginning of Fury Road? That\u2019s not the same vehicle as the one he\u2019s driving in Road Warrior - he rebuilt it from SCRATCH. And he fought in Gastown for that engine, something which would lead to the animalistic state we see him in at the start of Fury Road. If you don\u2019t know cars in the Wasteland, you\u2019re doomed to die, never to rise above the ranks of the Wretched. Those steel chariots are LIFE, and in a world where power reigns supreme, they are direct representations of that power. If Max couldn\u2019t keep his car running, he\u2019d have to go back to camels, and I think the Immortan killed all of those.", "human_ref_B": "He knows how to repair his vehicles, and can do a fair job of jerry rigging a quick fix. To make an analogy, Max is a feild medic who can patch up a wound and start an IV, but he's not a surgeon who can do a heart transplant.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 447.0, "score_ratio": 1.9473684211, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "ianmo6j", "c_root_id_B": "ian5gfl", "created_at_utc_A": 1654000693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1653987958.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "At the begining of the first movie, while \"the night rider\" was rampaging, we first see max under the hood of his pursuit special doing some type of work. Not likely repairing any type of breakdown, as he was able to just shut the hood and go to work. Perhaps tweaking distributor timing or possibley adjusting jets in the carb (although that would require the car to be running which it obviously is not) Aside from that, max maintains his ride in the wastelands. This would require a decent knowledge base of not only auto repair but also being knowledgable to cross referencing parts between different cars, what works and what doesnt. But hey, im just an ignorant hillbilly, what do i know?", "human_ref_B": "He would have had to, since he was mostly a loner.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12735.0, "score_ratio": 1.0952380952, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "ianh9gc", "c_root_id_B": "ianmo6j", "created_at_utc_A": 1653997412.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654000693.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "He knows how to repair his vehicles, and can do a fair job of jerry rigging a quick fix. To make an analogy, Max is a feild medic who can patch up a wound and start an IV, but he's not a surgeon who can do a heart transplant.", "human_ref_B": "At the begining of the first movie, while \"the night rider\" was rampaging, we first see max under the hood of his pursuit special doing some type of work. Not likely repairing any type of breakdown, as he was able to just shut the hood and go to work. Perhaps tweaking distributor timing or possibley adjusting jets in the carb (although that would require the car to be running which it obviously is not) Aside from that, max maintains his ride in the wastelands. This would require a decent knowledge base of not only auto repair but also being knowledgable to cross referencing parts between different cars, what works and what doesnt. But hey, im just an ignorant hillbilly, what do i know?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3281.0, "score_ratio": 1.2105263158, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "ianlstu", "c_root_id_B": "ianmo6j", "created_at_utc_A": 1654000194.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654000693.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Max is a pretty great mechanic; though the Interceptor wasn't originally his build, he knows that car better than anyone, and has, throughout the films, made a few alterations; not to mention keeping it running at all in the wasteland. The Road Warrior shows perhaps the best on-screen examples of his skill as a mechanic; since the first film, he's fitted the Interceptor with a pair of massive fuel drums. Further, elsewhere in the film, we see him working on it while staying with the people at the oil derrick. Outside of the films themselves, an entire plot line in the comic revolves around Max cobbling together enough parts to rebuild his iconic car (which is why he has it in the game/Fury Road).", "human_ref_B": "At the begining of the first movie, while \"the night rider\" was rampaging, we first see max under the hood of his pursuit special doing some type of work. Not likely repairing any type of breakdown, as he was able to just shut the hood and go to work. Perhaps tweaking distributor timing or possibley adjusting jets in the carb (although that would require the car to be running which it obviously is not) Aside from that, max maintains his ride in the wastelands. This would require a decent knowledge base of not only auto repair but also being knowledgable to cross referencing parts between different cars, what works and what doesnt. But hey, im just an ignorant hillbilly, what do i know?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 499.0, "score_ratio": 2.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "ianmara", "c_root_id_B": "ianmo6j", "created_at_utc_A": 1654000485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654000693.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "First film, he's fixing his car in several scenes. So one could assume", "human_ref_B": "At the begining of the first movie, while \"the night rider\" was rampaging, we first see max under the hood of his pursuit special doing some type of work. Not likely repairing any type of breakdown, as he was able to just shut the hood and go to work. Perhaps tweaking distributor timing or possibley adjusting jets in the carb (although that would require the car to be running which it obviously is not) Aside from that, max maintains his ride in the wastelands. This would require a decent knowledge base of not only auto repair but also being knowledgable to cross referencing parts between different cars, what works and what doesnt. But hey, im just an ignorant hillbilly, what do i know?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 208.0, "score_ratio": 11.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "ianmara", "c_root_id_B": "ianuk7k", "created_at_utc_A": 1654000485.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654004803.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "First film, he's fixing his car in several scenes. So one could assume", "human_ref_B": "I'd liken him to Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon. Neither built their rides, but both were perfectly capable of maintaining and improving it as time went on. Sure, every few really bad accidents Han had to take his ship in for extended repairs (as seen in some of the Legends books), but for the most part he was able to keep the repairs to himself, Chewie, and whatever droid he had lying around or could be roped into work. Max is more or less the same: someone else souped it up for him, but since than over the decades (?) he has done the daily care and maintenance on it, and a car of that caliber in the desert sands is going to need *a lot* of care and repair. I'm sure that there are times where he has to get it overhauled completely, and those times he likely heads to a city or town and gets someone to do what needs to be done that can't be jerry rigged in the wastelands. There is one caveat: apparently Max has rebuilt the car, at least once, from complete destruction to drivable condition, so Max is probably *better* than Han Solo.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4318.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "iaokbm8", "c_root_id_B": "ianmara", "created_at_utc_A": 1654016101.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654000485.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Definitely. Throughout *Mad Max: Fury Road*, Max engages in repairs and maintenance of the War Rig, including advanced techniques such as nitro-boosting the engine. I would say that he is mechanically out-classed by Nux.", "human_ref_B": "First film, he's fixing his car in several scenes. So one could assume", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15616.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "iaoj6me", "c_root_id_B": "iaokbm8", "created_at_utc_A": 1654015624.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654016101.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He's probably got the same Mechanic skills of somebody today who does all their own maintenance on their car themselves rather than pay for it, but major work they'd still take it to a shop.", "human_ref_B": "Definitely. Throughout *Mad Max: Fury Road*, Max engages in repairs and maintenance of the War Rig, including advanced techniques such as nitro-boosting the engine. I would say that he is mechanically out-classed by Nux.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 477.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "v1lt4r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Mad Max] Did Max have any mechanic skills? Max was The Driver. His skills behind the wheel were legendary. But did he know anything about keeping the Black on Black running besides gas goes in this hole?!", "c_root_id_A": "iaotmdm", "c_root_id_B": "iaoj6me", "created_at_utc_A": 1654019986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1654015624.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He's skilled at maintenance and can handle certain upgrades and repairs, but he is not a master mechanic. Skill level wise, he's got basic education, refined by a lot of practice during the final days of the Main Force Patrol (where budgets and staffing were so tight that all the drivers had to do their own maintenance and vehicle recovery), and then hard tested in the School of Hard Knocks out in the wasteland. We see him put stuff *on* his car (like the famous bomb from Road Warrior), but it's unclear if he could put much *in* the car that wasn't a 1:1 part swap or a kludged replacement.", "human_ref_B": "He's probably got the same Mechanic skills of somebody today who does all their own maintenance on their car themselves rather than pay for it, but major work they'd still take it to a shop.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4362.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tsbu17", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[DC] Would Joker and Darkseid get along?", "c_root_id_A": "i2quj3w", "c_root_id_B": "i2qopt1", "created_at_utc_A": 1648664290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648662009.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "You're talking the ultimate Lawful Evil and the ultimate Chaotic Evil here. They would hate each other.", "human_ref_B": "No? Darkseid has no sense of humor. The Joker would get a face fool of omega beams the second he cracks a joke at Darkseid's expense.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2281.0, "score_ratio": 1.1470588235, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tsbu17", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[DC] Would Joker and Darkseid get along?", "c_root_id_A": "i2quj3w", "c_root_id_B": "i2qp6ri", "created_at_utc_A": 1648664290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1648662192.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "You're talking the ultimate Lawful Evil and the ultimate Chaotic Evil here. They would hate each other.", "human_ref_B": "Not a chance in hell. Someone who takes himself *extremely* seriously and has *no* sense of humor, versus the original troll?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2098.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9f0aqh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[FoX-Men/Logan] What's keeping X24 from healing? He got shot in the head by an adamatium bullet, so X24's adamantium skull is messed up. But what's keeping his brain and bone skull from healing?", "c_root_id_A": "e5tqohv", "c_root_id_B": "e5tukfh", "created_at_utc_A": 1536724103.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536729231.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It really bugs me, if your pronouns are right (I watched the movie, but I was tired at the time and it was some time ago, so I don't remember an X24 at all, let alone whether it was a he or a she), that they called a male (presumably) clone \"X-24\", since X-23 was called that because she was \"Cloned X-Chromosome, 23rd iteration\", as in she was the 23rd attempt to use two copies of Wolverine's X-chromosome to clone her because his Y-chromosome was damaged by the experimentation the Weapon X Project did to him, if I recall correctly, at least in the comics.", "human_ref_B": "Considering that we were shown a bunch of body parts in vats when X-24 was first mentioned, it's possible that X-24 is not even a clone, but an advanced flesh golem, stitched together out of cloned meat. That would be a nice justification why he would need a boost to his healing factor.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5128.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5xoyp8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Logan] Spoilers regarding Xaviers Powers When Xavier had his second seizure, in the casino, the people who attacked him got killed by Logan. But when Logan killed them, their corpses stayed the way they were and only collapsed after the end of the seizure. Does Xavier have psychokinetic powers? Or how did they stay the way they were even after they died (due to his telepathic influence) ? Is this just an artistic choice by the regisseur?", "c_root_id_A": "dejssmk", "c_root_id_B": "dejt2zp", "created_at_utc_A": 1488750250.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488750632.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "Maybe he was forcing their brains to keep functioning on accident, keeping them still and upright.", "human_ref_B": "Its hard to say, as some versions of xavier do possess telekinesis and others its purely telepathic control. So the two likely scenarios are: 1. His seizure caused his telepathy to lock down every nerve controlling muscle fibers and tissues in their bodies. This is supported by caliban describing how it was almost impossible for him to breathe during the first seizure we see. 2. Plain telekinesis, unlikely as xavier is almost always ascribed pure telepathic control but not unheard of as some versions of the professor do give him telekinesis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 382.0, "score_ratio": 4.4375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5xoyp8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Logan] Spoilers regarding Xaviers Powers When Xavier had his second seizure, in the casino, the people who attacked him got killed by Logan. But when Logan killed them, their corpses stayed the way they were and only collapsed after the end of the seizure. Does Xavier have psychokinetic powers? Or how did they stay the way they were even after they died (due to his telepathic influence) ? Is this just an artistic choice by the regisseur?", "c_root_id_A": "dejyvlv", "c_root_id_B": "dejzx8v", "created_at_utc_A": 1488758702.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488760221.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Death is hardly and on/off state. Likely they were dying from mortal wounds, but not completely brain dead yet. There is a scene in the comics where Psylocke taps into the mind of a teleporting mutant's mind who has had his neck snapped. The teleporter has no use of his powers, but she is still able to use them.", "human_ref_B": "Xavier is frequently depicted as having low-level telekinesis. Not enough to do anything practical with, but it's there. So, with the seizure basically sending his powers into overdrive, it makes sense that would be amplified too.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1519.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kwddd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC][Marvel] What would happen if Daredevil was exposed to Scarecrow's fear gas? Scarecrow has decided to see how 'The man without fear' reacts to his fear toxin. What happens to Daredevil?", "c_root_id_A": "d3iaqsz", "c_root_id_B": "d3idtx7", "created_at_utc_A": 1464128029.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464132809.0, "score_A": 29, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "He will still have auditory illusions, hear the sound if his friends or father die or a voice mocking a cripple pretending to be better than he is. Perhaps go after his Catholic Guilt a bit. Even Batman still has problems with the toxin, he just ignores it or has a neutralizer at all time.", "human_ref_B": "Been there... done that...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4780.0, "score_ratio": 2.4482758621, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kwddd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC][Marvel] What would happen if Daredevil was exposed to Scarecrow's fear gas? Scarecrow has decided to see how 'The man without fear' reacts to his fear toxin. What happens to Daredevil?", "c_root_id_A": "d3idtx7", "c_root_id_B": "d3icuub", "created_at_utc_A": 1464132809.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464131295.0, "score_A": 71, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "Been there... done that...", "human_ref_B": "The adjectival monikers aren't true in an absolute sense. Iron Man isn't invincible. Squirrel Girl isn't unbeatable. Star-Lord stretches the definition of legendary. Accordingly, Daredevil is still a man with fear and the gas affects him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1514.0, "score_ratio": 5.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kwddd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC][Marvel] What would happen if Daredevil was exposed to Scarecrow's fear gas? Scarecrow has decided to see how 'The man without fear' reacts to his fear toxin. What happens to Daredevil?", "c_root_id_A": "d3ic80r", "c_root_id_B": "d3idtx7", "created_at_utc_A": 1464130306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464132809.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 71, "human_ref_A": "He falls into crippling sensory overload as his mind is overwhelmed with the worst possible imagining that his brain is capable of presenting him, he likely turns either psychotic or catatonic depending on his fight/flight instincts. Pretty much the same as everyone else - Daredevil is just a human, albeit a very well disciplined one with an interesting mutate ability.", "human_ref_B": "Been there... done that...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2503.0, "score_ratio": 17.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kwddd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[DC][Marvel] What would happen if Daredevil was exposed to Scarecrow's fear gas? Scarecrow has decided to see how 'The man without fear' reacts to his fear toxin. What happens to Daredevil?", "c_root_id_A": "d3icuub", "c_root_id_B": "d3ic80r", "created_at_utc_A": 1464131295.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1464130306.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "The adjectival monikers aren't true in an absolute sense. Iron Man isn't invincible. Squirrel Girl isn't unbeatable. Star-Lord stretches the definition of legendary. Accordingly, Daredevil is still a man with fear and the gas affects him.", "human_ref_B": "He falls into crippling sensory overload as his mind is overwhelmed with the worst possible imagining that his brain is capable of presenting him, he likely turns either psychotic or catatonic depending on his fight/flight instincts. Pretty much the same as everyone else - Daredevil is just a human, albeit a very well disciplined one with an interesting mutate ability.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 989.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1avisx", "c_root_id_B": "h1aw48v", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623345299.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 56, "human_ref_A": "I feel like Thor would love it. Tony would out on a brave face. Banner would hulk out. Spiderman would also love it Dr. Strange would probably be able to stomach it's solely because of the fact that magic has changed his body so much that he's only able to eat things that would kill normal people", "human_ref_B": "Hawkeye would eat massive bites of it and pretend it's not hot at all because there's no way he'll let that bearded weirdo archer ever claim he could do something better than him. He's taking bites, sweating horribly, obviously in pain despite pretending not to be. Hulk like beans! But beans too hot! Why Funny Beard Man make beans hot?! HULK SMASH FUNNY BEARD MAN! Thor enjoys it, asks for seconds. Captain America tolerates it, but politely declines another bowl. Even with super soldier serum, he's sweating a bit. Scarlet Witch hexes it to be less spicy. Black Widow has had worse.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 244.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1axeme", "c_root_id_B": "h1bu5ek", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345821.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623359755.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "So the Avengers line up varies a LOT beyond the classic MCU characters. But here is my list of avengers most likely to like it and why: Ms. Marvel - From louisiana so likely used to hotter foods Vision - Does not have digestion so would not be affected, but would find it useful to learn about eating painful food on purpose Namor - Would talk shit that this chili pales in comparison made form some undersea chili no one has ever heard of Doombot - See Vision reasons Abyss - She would somehow just vaoprize the spice or something Ghost Rider - Seems right up his alley", "human_ref_B": "Wolverine and Daredevil would be in agony because one of the drawbacks of enhanced sense is enhanced sensitivity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13934.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1avisx", "c_root_id_B": "h1bu5ek", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623359755.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "I feel like Thor would love it. Tony would out on a brave face. Banner would hulk out. Spiderman would also love it Dr. Strange would probably be able to stomach it's solely because of the fact that magic has changed his body so much that he's only able to eat things that would kill normal people", "human_ref_B": "Wolverine and Daredevil would be in agony because one of the drawbacks of enhanced sense is enhanced sensitivity.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14700.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1bu5ek", "c_root_id_B": "h1awso6", "created_at_utc_A": 1623359755.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623345575.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Wolverine and Daredevil would be in agony because one of the drawbacks of enhanced sense is enhanced sensitivity.", "human_ref_B": "I just read the recipe. I don't see anything that's really gonna make it that hot. He's also got beans in his chili, which is just... wrong. Of course, most of those heroes are Yankees. So are the Avengers, to be fair. Some good old redneck heroes could eat that stuff with zero problems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14180.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1axeme", "c_root_id_B": "h1avisx", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345821.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623345055.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "So the Avengers line up varies a LOT beyond the classic MCU characters. But here is my list of avengers most likely to like it and why: Ms. Marvel - From louisiana so likely used to hotter foods Vision - Does not have digestion so would not be affected, but would find it useful to learn about eating painful food on purpose Namor - Would talk shit that this chili pales in comparison made form some undersea chili no one has ever heard of Doombot - See Vision reasons Abyss - She would somehow just vaoprize the spice or something Ghost Rider - Seems right up his alley", "human_ref_B": "I feel like Thor would love it. Tony would out on a brave face. Banner would hulk out. Spiderman would also love it Dr. Strange would probably be able to stomach it's solely because of the fact that magic has changed his body so much that he's only able to eat things that would kill normal people", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 766.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1axeme", "c_root_id_B": "h1awso6", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345821.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623345575.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "So the Avengers line up varies a LOT beyond the classic MCU characters. But here is my list of avengers most likely to like it and why: Ms. Marvel - From louisiana so likely used to hotter foods Vision - Does not have digestion so would not be affected, but would find it useful to learn about eating painful food on purpose Namor - Would talk shit that this chili pales in comparison made form some undersea chili no one has ever heard of Doombot - See Vision reasons Abyss - She would somehow just vaoprize the spice or something Ghost Rider - Seems right up his alley", "human_ref_B": "I just read the recipe. I don't see anything that's really gonna make it that hot. He's also got beans in his chili, which is just... wrong. Of course, most of those heroes are Yankees. So are the Avengers, to be fair. Some good old redneck heroes could eat that stuff with zero problems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 246.0, "score_ratio": -5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1avisx", "c_root_id_B": "h1bu8ip", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345055.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623359794.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I feel like Thor would love it. Tony would out on a brave face. Banner would hulk out. Spiderman would also love it Dr. Strange would probably be able to stomach it's solely because of the fact that magic has changed his body so much that he's only able to eat things that would kill normal people", "human_ref_B": "Iron Man would be fine because he feels everything is better with Pepper.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14739.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1bu8ip", "c_root_id_B": "h1awso6", "created_at_utc_A": 1623359794.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623345575.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Iron Man would be fine because he feels everything is better with Pepper.", "human_ref_B": "I just read the recipe. I don't see anything that's really gonna make it that hot. He's also got beans in his chili, which is just... wrong. Of course, most of those heroes are Yankees. So are the Avengers, to be fair. Some good old redneck heroes could eat that stuff with zero problems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14219.0, "score_ratio": -5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1awso6", "c_root_id_B": "h1cgg7e", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345575.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623370650.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I just read the recipe. I don't see anything that's really gonna make it that hot. He's also got beans in his chili, which is just... wrong. Of course, most of those heroes are Yankees. So are the Avengers, to be fair. Some good old redneck heroes could eat that stuff with zero problems.", "human_ref_B": "I think Thor would be overwhelmed Food in northern Europe isn't particularly spicy and some comments by Loki suggest that Asgardians don't use a particularly diverse array of well seasoned meats.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25075.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1awso6", "c_root_id_B": "h1ci5ug", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345575.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623371540.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I just read the recipe. I don't see anything that's really gonna make it that hot. He's also got beans in his chili, which is just... wrong. Of course, most of those heroes are Yankees. So are the Avengers, to be fair. Some good old redneck heroes could eat that stuff with zero problems.", "human_ref_B": "link died", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25965.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nwsqt1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "Marvel/DC] How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili incase you dont know Green Arrow's Chili is one of the spiciest entities known to the general superheroic community. like supes has to use his freeze breath on it to atleast make it not hurt as bad and aquaman feels instantly dehydrated when taking a bit of it and martian manhunter is reacting to it akin to how martians react to fire in the DC universe so this asks my question How would the avengers react to Green Arrow's Chili? as i am curious what peoples take on that would be [also heres a pic featuring the chili to help give more context", "c_root_id_A": "h1awso6", "c_root_id_B": "h1dnntl", "created_at_utc_A": 1623345575.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1623397315.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I just read the recipe. I don't see anything that's really gonna make it that hot. He's also got beans in his chili, which is just... wrong. Of course, most of those heroes are Yankees. So are the Avengers, to be fair. Some good old redneck heroes could eat that stuff with zero problems.", "human_ref_B": "From the pic it seems it does't effect regular non-super humans", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 51740.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4x2g8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Green Lantern] Why are there so many Lanterns from Earth? Between Hal, John, Kyle, Guy, and now Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. That's 6. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d6bvqp3", "c_root_id_B": "d6butus", "created_at_utc_A": 1470842142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470840899.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Earth is a shitshow. Sincerely, The Guardians of the Universe", "human_ref_B": "The lantern entity doesnt trust Kal El", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1243.0, "score_ratio": 2.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4x2g8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Green Lantern] Why are there so many Lanterns from Earth? Between Hal, John, Kyle, Guy, and now Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. That's 6. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d6bvqp3", "c_root_id_B": "d6bukji", "created_at_utc_A": 1470842142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470840550.0, "score_A": 52, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Earth is a shitshow. Sincerely, The Guardians of the Universe", "human_ref_B": "Earth attracts a bunch of dangerous things. If it weren't for all the other heroes, there would probably be more Lanterns hanging around.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1592.0, "score_ratio": 5.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4x2g8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Green Lantern] Why are there so many Lanterns from Earth? Between Hal, John, Kyle, Guy, and now Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. That's 6. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d6butus", "c_root_id_B": "d6bukji", "created_at_utc_A": 1470840899.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470840550.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "The lantern entity doesnt trust Kal El", "human_ref_B": "Earth attracts a bunch of dangerous things. If it weren't for all the other heroes, there would probably be more Lanterns hanging around.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 349.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4x2g8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Green Lantern] Why are there so many Lanterns from Earth? Between Hal, John, Kyle, Guy, and now Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. That's 6. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d6bym37", "c_root_id_B": "d6bukji", "created_at_utc_A": 1470845825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470840550.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Earth attracts basically all cosmic extinction events, so they need as many Lanterns as they can get, especially with the earth Lantern's tendencies to disappear months at a time. But to break them down:\r \r Simon and Jessica: Normal 2 Lanterns per sector.\r \r Guy: Was a Red Lantern for a long time, currently lost somewhere between time and space with John and most of the Corps.\r \r John: Currently lost somewhere between time and space with Guy and most of the Corps.\r \r Hal: Somewhere in space, looking for John, Guy and most of the Corps.\r \r Kyle: Somewhere in space, doing his own thing. Doesn't have a green ring currently iirc.", "human_ref_B": "Earth attracts a bunch of dangerous things. If it weren't for all the other heroes, there would probably be more Lanterns hanging around.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5275.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4x2g8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Green Lantern] Why are there so many Lanterns from Earth? Between Hal, John, Kyle, Guy, and now Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. That's 6. What gives?", "c_root_id_A": "d6bym37", "c_root_id_B": "d6byi6q", "created_at_utc_A": 1470845825.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1470845689.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Earth attracts basically all cosmic extinction events, so they need as many Lanterns as they can get, especially with the earth Lantern's tendencies to disappear months at a time. But to break them down:\r \r Simon and Jessica: Normal 2 Lanterns per sector.\r \r Guy: Was a Red Lantern for a long time, currently lost somewhere between time and space with John and most of the Corps.\r \r John: Currently lost somewhere between time and space with Guy and most of the Corps.\r \r Hal: Somewhere in space, looking for John, Guy and most of the Corps.\r \r Kyle: Somewhere in space, doing his own thing. Doesn't have a green ring currently iirc.", "human_ref_B": "Isn't Earth the multiversal center? Did I just make that up?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 136.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ma7qrb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Marvel] Does Ghost Rider have biological functions? Like can he eat and excrete?", "c_root_id_A": "grrbvhr", "c_root_id_B": "grrat9d", "created_at_utc_A": 1616372667.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1616372108.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "He can't pee or poop but he has a massive hellfire dong.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think he can pee hellfire no, Pretty much he's just bones and hellfire. The reason he's bulletproof is because the bullets either ricochet or pass by his skeletal structure, No digestive organs to speak of.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 559.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hljggq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Raimi's SpiderMan] What does the the general populace know and/or think about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Normal and Harry Osborne? Do they think it was a freak accident? Bad luck in the family? Do they know that they were Goblins? Surely when Normal died they had to have filed some sort of police investigation since it was a violent death. Were the cops suspicious that he just happened to get killed by odd looking blades?", "c_root_id_A": "fx0rz4o", "c_root_id_B": "fx06487", "created_at_utc_A": 1593973954.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593962173.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "My guess is that the official story is Green Goblin stole Oscorp's tech and used it to kill Norman Osborne and the company's upper management. Same deal with Harry. Goblin's real identity is still unknown, but is probably a disgruntled former employee.", "human_ref_B": "I never thought of that. There wasnt any news reports shown, or newspaper clippings stating Norman Osborn: Dead (unless my wake up grogginess hasnt dissipated). Must've been the final nail in the coffin for the lack of respect for Norman in that movie", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11781.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hljggq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Raimi's SpiderMan] What does the the general populace know and/or think about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Normal and Harry Osborne? Do they think it was a freak accident? Bad luck in the family? Do they know that they were Goblins? Surely when Normal died they had to have filed some sort of police investigation since it was a violent death. Were the cops suspicious that he just happened to get killed by odd looking blades?", "c_root_id_A": "fx06487", "c_root_id_B": "fx0sx08", "created_at_utc_A": 1593962173.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593974450.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I never thought of that. There wasnt any news reports shown, or newspaper clippings stating Norman Osborn: Dead (unless my wake up grogginess hasnt dissipated). Must've been the final nail in the coffin for the lack of respect for Norman in that movie", "human_ref_B": "New Yorkers? Then: Meh.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12277.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "hljggq", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Raimi's SpiderMan] What does the the general populace know and/or think about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Normal and Harry Osborne? Do they think it was a freak accident? Bad luck in the family? Do they know that they were Goblins? Surely when Normal died they had to have filed some sort of police investigation since it was a violent death. Were the cops suspicious that he just happened to get killed by odd looking blades?", "c_root_id_A": "fx1z4bo", "c_root_id_B": "fx06487", "created_at_utc_A": 1593997795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1593962173.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Norman is officially a mystery, though with Harry claiming Spider-Man killed him it wouldn't take a genius to realize he was the Green Goblin, especially given the Goblin was using Oscorp tech and killed the board after Norman was fired. Harry's fate is most likely more clear, since he was seen working with Spider-Man against Venom and Sandman, and I don't see a reason Peter and MJ would try to conceal his identity.", "human_ref_B": "I never thought of that. There wasnt any news reports shown, or newspaper clippings stating Norman Osborn: Dead (unless my wake up grogginess hasnt dissipated). Must've been the final nail in the coffin for the lack of respect for Norman in that movie", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35622.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8iu7za", "c_root_id_B": "c8its53", "created_at_utc_A": 1361413602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361412273.0, "score_A": 122, "score_B": 66, "human_ref_A": "Summary of memorandums from Section heads of Stark Industries reguarding PROJECT: IRON AVENGERS To: Tony Stark Finance Department - Tony, we at Stark Industries fully support the work that you do with the Avengers and on your own in your Ironman persona. We would like to remind you that the extraordinary costs of development, testing, production, and support for your own suit of Ironman armor. You don't want to know the bottom line, but it has a lot of zeros in it. Many, many zeros. Research and Development - Given the diverse skill sets that you are asking us to augment we believe that you are not looking at a reduction of problems, but a exponential expansion. We cannot easily adapt technology from one Iron Avenger to the next. You are looking at a separate R&D team for every member. The Materials team has many questions about what you want to use for the IronHulk and IronThor, we don't think that there is anything in existence that would be suitable for those projecst. Security - Tony, we know that you are aware of your previous \"incidents\" with loosing tech and it being mis-appropriated by other agents that you were not thrilled about. If you had multiple versions of armored agents out there without your direct control, can you see any way to stop this happening again? We would like to remind you that Agent Romavoff is a former Russian agent, whom you first encountered when she was sent to spy on you. We request that you stop thinking with \"little Tony\" again in reguards to Agent Widow.", "human_ref_B": "Too many unknown factors. Someone like Hawkeye or Cap might benefit, but the majority of their prowess comes from skill and practice, not physical ability. Having the suit in between them and their weapons could very well throw off the years of training they've put in, nullifying the advantage they'd get. You could argue that flying or something would be helpful, but that's a lot of extra training for an ability they don't really need. Those Iron Man suits look complicated. For guys like Hulk or Thor, a suit couldn't really do anything they couldn't do on their own, and would probably just be restrictive.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1329.0, "score_ratio": 1.8484848485, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8iu7za", "c_root_id_B": "c8itu94", "created_at_utc_A": 1361413602.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361412449.0, "score_A": 122, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Summary of memorandums from Section heads of Stark Industries reguarding PROJECT: IRON AVENGERS To: Tony Stark Finance Department - Tony, we at Stark Industries fully support the work that you do with the Avengers and on your own in your Ironman persona. We would like to remind you that the extraordinary costs of development, testing, production, and support for your own suit of Ironman armor. You don't want to know the bottom line, but it has a lot of zeros in it. Many, many zeros. Research and Development - Given the diverse skill sets that you are asking us to augment we believe that you are not looking at a reduction of problems, but a exponential expansion. We cannot easily adapt technology from one Iron Avenger to the next. You are looking at a separate R&D team for every member. The Materials team has many questions about what you want to use for the IronHulk and IronThor, we don't think that there is anything in existence that would be suitable for those projecst. Security - Tony, we know that you are aware of your previous \"incidents\" with loosing tech and it being mis-appropriated by other agents that you were not thrilled about. If you had multiple versions of armored agents out there without your direct control, can you see any way to stop this happening again? We would like to remind you that Agent Romavoff is a former Russian agent, whom you first encountered when she was sent to spy on you. We request that you stop thinking with \"little Tony\" again in reguards to Agent Widow.", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark is selfish and egotistical. Could he make suits for other Avengers? Yes... and many of them could greatly benefit form that. But then Iron Man is less special, less unique... could Tony's ego handle that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1153.0, "score_ratio": 20.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8iu8ia", "c_root_id_B": "c8iwakj", "created_at_utc_A": 1361413647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361419777.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Tony Stark understands the risk involved in manufacturing more of this immensely powerful weapon. Every one that he makes, and even more importantly every one that he gives to someone else, dramatically increases the chance that a suit may fall into the wrong hands. Mr. Stark is a man of ego and self-importance. He trusts himself above all others to protect the suit and use it correctly.", "human_ref_B": "This is similar to asking \"Why doesn't Hawkeye give a bow to the other Avengers too?\" Hawkeye's talent is USING the bow. Similarly, on any given excursion as Iron Man, Stark makes as many as THREE DOZEN modifications to the suit's operating software, IN FLIGHT (and often in combat)! This is in addition to his incredible skill as a pilot. Stark is essentially continuously developing the suit as new situations warrant. No other Avenger could possibly manage this, apart from POSSIBLY Spider-Man (and even he is little better than an apprentice). In other words, Tony Stark is significantly more than a guy in amazing armor. He's also the world's greatest software research and development lab, all in his head.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6130.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8itu94", "c_root_id_B": "c8iwakj", "created_at_utc_A": 1361412449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361419777.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 35, "human_ref_A": "Tony Stark is selfish and egotistical. Could he make suits for other Avengers? Yes... and many of them could greatly benefit form that. But then Iron Man is less special, less unique... could Tony's ego handle that?", "human_ref_B": "This is similar to asking \"Why doesn't Hawkeye give a bow to the other Avengers too?\" Hawkeye's talent is USING the bow. Similarly, on any given excursion as Iron Man, Stark makes as many as THREE DOZEN modifications to the suit's operating software, IN FLIGHT (and often in combat)! This is in addition to his incredible skill as a pilot. Stark is essentially continuously developing the suit as new situations warrant. No other Avenger could possibly manage this, apart from POSSIBLY Spider-Man (and even he is little better than an apprentice). In other words, Tony Stark is significantly more than a guy in amazing armor. He's also the world's greatest software research and development lab, all in his head.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7328.0, "score_ratio": 5.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8iu8ia", "c_root_id_B": "c8itu94", "created_at_utc_A": 1361413647.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361412449.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Tony Stark understands the risk involved in manufacturing more of this immensely powerful weapon. Every one that he makes, and even more importantly every one that he gives to someone else, dramatically increases the chance that a suit may fall into the wrong hands. Mr. Stark is a man of ego and self-importance. He trusts himself above all others to protect the suit and use it correctly.", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark is selfish and egotistical. Could he make suits for other Avengers? Yes... and many of them could greatly benefit form that. But then Iron Man is less special, less unique... could Tony's ego handle that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1198.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j28zw", "c_root_id_B": "c8itu94", "created_at_utc_A": 1361453853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361412449.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It's been mentioned already the time that he made armor for Spider-Man, but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that time a few years back when Captain America *did* have some armor made by Stark. Here's an image.", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark is selfish and egotistical. Could he make suits for other Avengers? Yes... and many of them could greatly benefit form that. But then Iron Man is less special, less unique... could Tony's ego handle that?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 41404.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j28zw", "c_root_id_B": "c8j0ojz", "created_at_utc_A": 1361453853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361441303.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's been mentioned already the time that he made armor for Spider-Man, but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that time a few years back when Captain America *did* have some armor made by Stark. Here's an image.", "human_ref_B": "I'd like to say for the record, Norman Osborne was able to utilize a slightly inferior version of Iron Man's suit. If he can do it, Cap can.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12550.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j8rfd", "c_root_id_B": "c8j9dae", "created_at_utc_A": 1361475292.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361477005.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It would seem that Super heroes in general are a selfish lot. Peter Parker invents a fiber that is hundreds of times stronger than kevlar, which could be used to make new bullet proof vests and other armor that would save the lifes of hundreds of people each year, but he keeps it to himself. Reed Richards has mastered interstellar travel, time travel, fusion power and a host of other amazing technologies, yet he shares nothing with the people he claims to protect. The fact that Tony won't share his toys is just par for the course.", "human_ref_B": "He does...? Go read Marvel Civil War, he built a suit for spider-man. He doesn't do it very frequently, because a) he's afraid they will turn on him b) they will use the suit without his permission for fighting a war he doesn't want them to fight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1713.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8itu94", "c_root_id_B": "c8j9dae", "created_at_utc_A": 1361412449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361477005.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Tony Stark is selfish and egotistical. Could he make suits for other Avengers? Yes... and many of them could greatly benefit form that. But then Iron Man is less special, less unique... could Tony's ego handle that?", "human_ref_B": "He does...? Go read Marvel Civil War, he built a suit for spider-man. He doesn't do it very frequently, because a) he's afraid they will turn on him b) they will use the suit without his permission for fighting a war he doesn't want them to fight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 64556.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j0ojz", "c_root_id_B": "c8j9dae", "created_at_utc_A": 1361441303.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361477005.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I'd like to say for the record, Norman Osborne was able to utilize a slightly inferior version of Iron Man's suit. If he can do it, Cap can.", "human_ref_B": "He does...? Go read Marvel Civil War, he built a suit for spider-man. He doesn't do it very frequently, because a) he's afraid they will turn on him b) they will use the suit without his permission for fighting a war he doesn't want them to fight.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35702.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j9dae", "c_root_id_B": "c8j43qm", "created_at_utc_A": 1361477005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361461550.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He does...? Go read Marvel Civil War, he built a suit for spider-man. He doesn't do it very frequently, because a) he's afraid they will turn on him b) they will use the suit without his permission for fighting a war he doesn't want them to fight.", "human_ref_B": "Especially the useless girl with a handgun. Its not even a machine gun.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15455.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j9dae", "c_root_id_B": "c8j7s5j", "created_at_utc_A": 1361477005.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361472527.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He does...? Go read Marvel Civil War, he built a suit for spider-man. He doesn't do it very frequently, because a) he's afraid they will turn on him b) they will use the suit without his permission for fighting a war he doesn't want them to fight.", "human_ref_B": "The thing to remember is that Armor like Mr. Stark's isn't just an automatic upgrade of one's abilities, its not like they're out there playing dungeons and dragons and can just throw a +4 on their stats. The abilities of Ironman as a hero come just as much from Mr. Stark's unique and exceptional ability to wield the extraordinarily complex weapon and tool that his armor is. The other Avengers have spent lifetimes (sometimes significantly longer than a normal lifetime) developing other skills that allow them to contend with the most powerful forces in the universe, and aren't necessarily suited to the hyper-specific task of piloting (because that is the correct way to think of using Stark Armor) a half ton armored vehicle.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4478.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j8rfd", "c_root_id_B": "c8j0ojz", "created_at_utc_A": 1361475292.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361441303.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It would seem that Super heroes in general are a selfish lot. Peter Parker invents a fiber that is hundreds of times stronger than kevlar, which could be used to make new bullet proof vests and other armor that would save the lifes of hundreds of people each year, but he keeps it to himself. Reed Richards has mastered interstellar travel, time travel, fusion power and a host of other amazing technologies, yet he shares nothing with the people he claims to protect. The fact that Tony won't share his toys is just par for the course.", "human_ref_B": "I'd like to say for the record, Norman Osborne was able to utilize a slightly inferior version of Iron Man's suit. If he can do it, Cap can.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33989.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j43qm", "c_root_id_B": "c8j8rfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1361461550.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361475292.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Especially the useless girl with a handgun. Its not even a machine gun.", "human_ref_B": "It would seem that Super heroes in general are a selfish lot. Peter Parker invents a fiber that is hundreds of times stronger than kevlar, which could be used to make new bullet proof vests and other armor that would save the lifes of hundreds of people each year, but he keeps it to himself. Reed Richards has mastered interstellar travel, time travel, fusion power and a host of other amazing technologies, yet he shares nothing with the people he claims to protect. The fact that Tony won't share his toys is just par for the course.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13742.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j7s5j", "c_root_id_B": "c8j8rfd", "created_at_utc_A": 1361472527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361475292.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "The thing to remember is that Armor like Mr. Stark's isn't just an automatic upgrade of one's abilities, its not like they're out there playing dungeons and dragons and can just throw a +4 on their stats. The abilities of Ironman as a hero come just as much from Mr. Stark's unique and exceptional ability to wield the extraordinarily complex weapon and tool that his armor is. The other Avengers have spent lifetimes (sometimes significantly longer than a normal lifetime) developing other skills that allow them to contend with the most powerful forces in the universe, and aren't necessarily suited to the hyper-specific task of piloting (because that is the correct way to think of using Stark Armor) a half ton armored vehicle.", "human_ref_B": "It would seem that Super heroes in general are a selfish lot. Peter Parker invents a fiber that is hundreds of times stronger than kevlar, which could be used to make new bullet proof vests and other armor that would save the lifes of hundreds of people each year, but he keeps it to himself. Reed Richards has mastered interstellar travel, time travel, fusion power and a host of other amazing technologies, yet he shares nothing with the people he claims to protect. The fact that Tony won't share his toys is just par for the course.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2765.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8jkaps", "c_root_id_B": "c8j43qm", "created_at_utc_A": 1361509241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361461550.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Tony Stark's fairly paranoid about the dissemination of his technology, to the point that at one time he basically went rogue and attacked a bunch of supervillians and even government agencies that had gotten their hands on Stark tech power armor, to the point that the other Avengers had to hunt him down before finding out that one of his enemies had been behind the whole thing. On top of that there's the Secret War, where Latvia financed a bunch of tech-themed super criminals in a plot to deliver a WMD-style attack on American soul. So yeah, he built some armor for his buddy Peter Parker who he trusted a lot, and even then built fail safes into it that let him remotely control said armor if needed. But leaving aside that Hulk, Thor, Antman and Wasp have powers imcompatible with power armor and Captain America is almost as tough without armor on, he probably doesn't trust them all enough to hand out armor to everyone at the Christmas party.", "human_ref_B": "Especially the useless girl with a handgun. Its not even a machine gun.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47691.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8j7s5j", "c_root_id_B": "c8jkaps", "created_at_utc_A": 1361472527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361509241.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The thing to remember is that Armor like Mr. Stark's isn't just an automatic upgrade of one's abilities, its not like they're out there playing dungeons and dragons and can just throw a +4 on their stats. The abilities of Ironman as a hero come just as much from Mr. Stark's unique and exceptional ability to wield the extraordinarily complex weapon and tool that his armor is. The other Avengers have spent lifetimes (sometimes significantly longer than a normal lifetime) developing other skills that allow them to contend with the most powerful forces in the universe, and aren't necessarily suited to the hyper-specific task of piloting (because that is the correct way to think of using Stark Armor) a half ton armored vehicle.", "human_ref_B": "Tony Stark's fairly paranoid about the dissemination of his technology, to the point that at one time he basically went rogue and attacked a bunch of supervillians and even government agencies that had gotten their hands on Stark tech power armor, to the point that the other Avengers had to hunt him down before finding out that one of his enemies had been behind the whole thing. On top of that there's the Secret War, where Latvia financed a bunch of tech-themed super criminals in a plot to deliver a WMD-style attack on American soul. So yeah, he built some armor for his buddy Peter Parker who he trusted a lot, and even then built fail safes into it that let him remotely control said armor if needed. But leaving aside that Hulk, Thor, Antman and Wasp have powers imcompatible with power armor and Captain America is almost as tough without armor on, he probably doesn't trust them all enough to hand out armor to everyone at the Christmas party.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36714.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8jkaps", "c_root_id_B": "c8jfnlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1361509241.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361494935.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Tony Stark's fairly paranoid about the dissemination of his technology, to the point that at one time he basically went rogue and attacked a bunch of supervillians and even government agencies that had gotten their hands on Stark tech power armor, to the point that the other Avengers had to hunt him down before finding out that one of his enemies had been behind the whole thing. On top of that there's the Secret War, where Latvia financed a bunch of tech-themed super criminals in a plot to deliver a WMD-style attack on American soul. So yeah, he built some armor for his buddy Peter Parker who he trusted a lot, and even then built fail safes into it that let him remotely control said armor if needed. But leaving aside that Hulk, Thor, Antman and Wasp have powers imcompatible with power armor and Captain America is almost as tough without armor on, he probably doesn't trust them all enough to hand out armor to everyone at the Christmas party.", "human_ref_B": "He built weapons for the other Avengers in Fear Itself.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14306.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8jsa5j", "c_root_id_B": "c8j7s5j", "created_at_utc_A": 1361551379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361472527.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Liability. A standard disclaimer won't work for a variety of legal reasons. Tony Stark would potentially be liable for all damage done using his technology.", "human_ref_B": "The thing to remember is that Armor like Mr. Stark's isn't just an automatic upgrade of one's abilities, its not like they're out there playing dungeons and dragons and can just throw a +4 on their stats. The abilities of Ironman as a hero come just as much from Mr. Stark's unique and exceptional ability to wield the extraordinarily complex weapon and tool that his armor is. The other Avengers have spent lifetimes (sometimes significantly longer than a normal lifetime) developing other skills that allow them to contend with the most powerful forces in the universe, and aren't necessarily suited to the hyper-specific task of piloting (because that is the correct way to think of using Stark Armor) a half ton armored vehicle.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 78852.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "18xajs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.98, "history": "Why doesn't Tony make suits for the other Avengers? He made one for Spiderman, why not make one for the other Avengers to enhance their abilities?", "c_root_id_A": "c8jsa5j", "c_root_id_B": "c8jfnlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1361551379.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361494935.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Liability. A standard disclaimer won't work for a variety of legal reasons. Tony Stark would potentially be liable for all damage done using his technology.", "human_ref_B": "He built weapons for the other Avengers in Fear Itself.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 56444.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "956som", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] How does a Jedi go from 1 lightsaber to 2, or a double-sided saber? Do they get to choose?", "c_root_id_A": "e3qvm71", "c_root_id_B": "e3qfu03", "created_at_utc_A": 1533618586.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533601710.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "There are a few issues with using two lightsabers simultaneously. As with any type of sword, you have to take special care not to get tangled up in your blades - for ease of use, pairing a standard lightsaber with a shorter variant (or opting for two shorter lightsabers) might be preferable. You should also take care to master fighting with a single saber before attempting to wield one in each hand. Then there's the matter of actually holding two lightsabers. It's simple maths - most lightsaber-wielding species are limited to two hands, which means that they have no hands available for other tasks. Jedi often find it necessary to gesticulate when calling upon the Force (though by their own logic, this should not be the case). In other words, no free hands means no fancy telekinetic tricks. Wielding a saberstaff is a way of circumventing this issue - you get two blades for the price of one hilt. Of course, now you're stuck holding onto the middle of a 5' stick where a slip in *either* direction means a 50% reduction in fingers. There's a reason for why Darth Maul found it necessary to gyrate incessantly during combat. How else are you supposed to manipulate your deathstick? The logical step up from a single lightsaber would be putting it on a stick and coating the stick with one of those lightsaber resist-y materials. Voila, a lightsaber-spear-thing. Loads of reach, a significantly lower risk of losing fingers *and* you have a spare hand for when you need to throw someone around with your mind. You will be the envy of Jedi all over the galaxy.", "human_ref_B": "Most Jedi only use one lightsaber - dual wilding tends not to be common and is the exception (in current canon as far as I know) rather than the norm. Most Sith that we have seen are single wielders. Darth Maul is the notable user and Anakin did at one point but he didn't do it normally.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16876.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "956som", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Star Wars] How does a Jedi go from 1 lightsaber to 2, or a double-sided saber? Do they get to choose?", "c_root_id_A": "e3qphgi", "c_root_id_B": "e3qvm71", "created_at_utc_A": 1533611221.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533618586.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019d recommend reading the Jedi Path, there\u2019s a whole chapter devoted to Lightsabers. Including the combat styles.", "human_ref_B": "There are a few issues with using two lightsabers simultaneously. As with any type of sword, you have to take special care not to get tangled up in your blades - for ease of use, pairing a standard lightsaber with a shorter variant (or opting for two shorter lightsabers) might be preferable. You should also take care to master fighting with a single saber before attempting to wield one in each hand. Then there's the matter of actually holding two lightsabers. It's simple maths - most lightsaber-wielding species are limited to two hands, which means that they have no hands available for other tasks. Jedi often find it necessary to gesticulate when calling upon the Force (though by their own logic, this should not be the case). In other words, no free hands means no fancy telekinetic tricks. Wielding a saberstaff is a way of circumventing this issue - you get two blades for the price of one hilt. Of course, now you're stuck holding onto the middle of a 5' stick where a slip in *either* direction means a 50% reduction in fingers. There's a reason for why Darth Maul found it necessary to gyrate incessantly during combat. How else are you supposed to manipulate your deathstick? The logical step up from a single lightsaber would be putting it on a stick and coating the stick with one of those lightsaber resist-y materials. Voila, a lightsaber-spear-thing. Loads of reach, a significantly lower risk of losing fingers *and* you have a spare hand for when you need to throw someone around with your mind. You will be the envy of Jedi all over the galaxy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7365.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "31n5bg", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Flash TV series] Why does Captain Cold need to steal anything if his sister has a gun that turns things into gold?", "c_root_id_A": "cq3nthr", "c_root_id_B": "cq39wjz", "created_at_utc_A": 1428371610.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1428349409.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "This has come up before... It's not actual gold, just a gold-colored mildly-toxic paralyzing agent. Lisa 'requested' \"something pretty and toxic, ooh, how about something gold?\" Gold, in its elemental form, is not toxic, only as a salt does real gold have any amount of toxicity.", "human_ref_B": "Captain Cold specifically says he does it for the thrill, doesn't he?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22201.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2mybic", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Flash - TV] How does Flash know how fast he is going or how far he has gone? Spoilers from this week's episode How does Flash know how fast he is going or how far he has run? In many episodes he asks how fast he has to go, but it is unclear how he knows his speed, especially when they aren't reporting his speech to him. This week he ran 5.3 miles without GPS / backup, then runs exactly 838 mile per hour seemingly without any external confirmation of his current speed.", "c_root_id_A": "cm922wg", "c_root_id_B": "cm8uq2s", "created_at_utc_A": 1416588574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416566608.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": -21, "human_ref_A": "If you ask me to run a lap on a track and give me a time between 60 and 90 seconds, I can usually hit that time plus or minus two seconds. It's just a matter of running a lot until you learn what different paces feel like, and no one runs more than the Flash", "human_ref_B": "this show bugs me. cool concept but some of the choices for actors really were not a good choice, and the terrible intros to the the episodes are just painful to listen too.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21966.0, "score_ratio": -0.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2mybic", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[The Flash - TV] How does Flash know how fast he is going or how far he has gone? Spoilers from this week's episode How does Flash know how fast he is going or how far he has run? In many episodes he asks how fast he has to go, but it is unclear how he knows his speed, especially when they aren't reporting his speech to him. This week he ran 5.3 miles without GPS / backup, then runs exactly 838 mile per hour seemingly without any external confirmation of his current speed.", "c_root_id_A": "cm8uq2s", "c_root_id_B": "cm97otl", "created_at_utc_A": 1416566608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416599051.0, "score_A": -21, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "this show bugs me. cool concept but some of the choices for actors really were not a good choice, and the terrible intros to the the episodes are just painful to listen too.", "human_ref_B": "I was a little confused myself, but just chalked it up to the Speed Force. I thought it would have been cool if he would have used the school's running track to build up his speed, instead of just running 5.3 miles away.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32443.0, "score_ratio": -0.1904761905, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pr06kd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Monk] Lt. Randy Disher is consistently wrong, scatter-brained, and often downright stupid. How did he get promoted to Lieutenant?", "c_root_id_A": "hdf6y8u", "c_root_id_B": "hdf84b4", "created_at_utc_A": 1632023468.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632024071.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "He's a bit like Monk himself to a less extreme degree, in that he is genuinely capable, despite his eccentric behavior. It also (usually) doesn't directly interfere with his work. It's also worth noting that he seems to have gotten worse with time, so it's not impossible he was more competent before the show began.", "human_ref_B": "Because Disher has the best clearance rate in the department. He is a very good cop, just not at the types of cases Monk works on where things get weird. Then his imagination can get the best of him but most cases are not Monk cases and him wearing out the shoe leather is what solves them. To quote another Lt. Detective about what made him (and people like him) succeed, \u201cYou know, sir, it\u2019s a funny thing. All my life, I kept running into smart people. In school, there were lot\u2019s of smarter kids, and when I first joined the force, sir, they had some very clever people there and I could tell right away it wasn\u2019t going to be easy making detective as long as they were around. \u201cBut I figured if I worked harder than they did, put in more time, read the books, kept my eyes open, maybe I could make it happen. And I did. And I really love my work, sir.\u201d", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 603.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pr06kd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Monk] Lt. Randy Disher is consistently wrong, scatter-brained, and often downright stupid. How did he get promoted to Lieutenant?", "c_root_id_A": "hdfla50", "c_root_id_B": "hdf6y8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1632032238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632023468.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "In the books it is said that he has a high conviction rate. But those cases don't involve Monk, so we never get to see them.", "human_ref_B": "He's a bit like Monk himself to a less extreme degree, in that he is genuinely capable, despite his eccentric behavior. It also (usually) doesn't directly interfere with his work. It's also worth noting that he seems to have gotten worse with time, so it's not impossible he was more competent before the show began.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8770.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8mtla5", "c_root_id_B": "d8mt0fs", "created_at_utc_A": 1476154537.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476153701.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Depends on the setting, but generally the gravitational field. It often messes with FTL travel, and will pull the ship out of warp if not destroy it outright.", "human_ref_B": "Really complicated calculations and quite a bit of precognition. Warping is incredibly dangerous, if not traditionally impossible. We managed to hack the universe to allow it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 836.0, "score_ratio": 6.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8mt0fs", "c_root_id_B": "d8n2vq6", "created_at_utc_A": 1476153701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476173342.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Really complicated calculations and quite a bit of precognition. Warping is incredibly dangerous, if not traditionally impossible. We managed to hack the universe to allow it.", "human_ref_B": "On purpose or by accident? By accident, the answer is usually some combination of \"shields\" (for smaller objects) and \"knowing where the stars and planets are, and not going there at warp speed\". If you could travel at a million times the speed of light, you would cover a light year about every 30 seconds. You could cross the galaxy in about a month (remember that Star Trek's *Voyager*, explicitly stated to be a fast ship in its setting, originally expected to take about seventy years). If you found yourself near the Sun, pointed directly at the nearest other star, you would still have more than two minutes to do something about it. Obstacles aren't hard to miss when they're that far apart and literally glowing as bright as the Sun. On purpose, as a weapon? Depending on the setting, either: * Nothing but the pilot's sense of self-preservation, * Something about FTL technologies not working in strong gravity wells, * Something about warp speed bending space, so the ship isn't actually going all that fast, or * No need. If a starship is armed well enough to devastate a planet without wasting the ship, why waste the ship?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19641.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8mx2bx", "c_root_id_B": "d8n2vq6", "created_at_utc_A": 1476159815.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476173342.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "It's highly setting dependent, but the in the general case it's fair to say that a big chunk of developing warp speed or any other faster than light travel is figuring out how to not hit anything while you're doing it. People generally don't go to the trouble of building vehicles unless they know they can use them without crashing.", "human_ref_B": "On purpose or by accident? By accident, the answer is usually some combination of \"shields\" (for smaller objects) and \"knowing where the stars and planets are, and not going there at warp speed\". If you could travel at a million times the speed of light, you would cover a light year about every 30 seconds. You could cross the galaxy in about a month (remember that Star Trek's *Voyager*, explicitly stated to be a fast ship in its setting, originally expected to take about seventy years). If you found yourself near the Sun, pointed directly at the nearest other star, you would still have more than two minutes to do something about it. Obstacles aren't hard to miss when they're that far apart and literally glowing as bright as the Sun. On purpose, as a weapon? Depending on the setting, either: * Nothing but the pilot's sense of self-preservation, * Something about FTL technologies not working in strong gravity wells, * Something about warp speed bending space, so the ship isn't actually going all that fast, or * No need. If a starship is armed well enough to devastate a planet without wasting the ship, why waste the ship?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13527.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8mxeis", "c_root_id_B": "d8n2vq6", "created_at_utc_A": 1476160437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476173342.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "On a slightly different note, small objects like micrometeorites or small asteroids can be deflected with navigational shields", "human_ref_B": "On purpose or by accident? By accident, the answer is usually some combination of \"shields\" (for smaller objects) and \"knowing where the stars and planets are, and not going there at warp speed\". If you could travel at a million times the speed of light, you would cover a light year about every 30 seconds. You could cross the galaxy in about a month (remember that Star Trek's *Voyager*, explicitly stated to be a fast ship in its setting, originally expected to take about seventy years). If you found yourself near the Sun, pointed directly at the nearest other star, you would still have more than two minutes to do something about it. Obstacles aren't hard to miss when they're that far apart and literally glowing as bright as the Sun. On purpose, as a weapon? Depending on the setting, either: * Nothing but the pilot's sense of self-preservation, * Something about FTL technologies not working in strong gravity wells, * Something about warp speed bending space, so the ship isn't actually going all that fast, or * No need. If a starship is armed well enough to devastate a planet without wasting the ship, why waste the ship?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12905.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8n2vq6", "c_root_id_B": "d8mxhua", "created_at_utc_A": 1476173342.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476160610.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "On purpose or by accident? By accident, the answer is usually some combination of \"shields\" (for smaller objects) and \"knowing where the stars and planets are, and not going there at warp speed\". If you could travel at a million times the speed of light, you would cover a light year about every 30 seconds. You could cross the galaxy in about a month (remember that Star Trek's *Voyager*, explicitly stated to be a fast ship in its setting, originally expected to take about seventy years). If you found yourself near the Sun, pointed directly at the nearest other star, you would still have more than two minutes to do something about it. Obstacles aren't hard to miss when they're that far apart and literally glowing as bright as the Sun. On purpose, as a weapon? Depending on the setting, either: * Nothing but the pilot's sense of self-preservation, * Something about FTL technologies not working in strong gravity wells, * Something about warp speed bending space, so the ship isn't actually going all that fast, or * No need. If a starship is armed well enough to devastate a planet without wasting the ship, why waste the ship?", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the definition of \"Warp Speed\". Many different ideas for FTL travel have been invented, however, most of them have this problem. If a starship plows into a planet/star/asteroid with in-universe FTL methods, it will most definitely cause the starship and object to explode in a fusion powered inferno. However, with things like wormholes and alternate dimensions, nothing would really stop them physically. However, you probably want scanners, and a large mass of planet/asteroid/star (not to mention electromagnetic interference from stars and high energy events) would interfere with scanning technologies, and you probably want to know where you are going", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12732.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8mt0fs", "c_root_id_B": "d8mx2bx", "created_at_utc_A": 1476153701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476159815.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Really complicated calculations and quite a bit of precognition. Warping is incredibly dangerous, if not traditionally impossible. We managed to hack the universe to allow it.", "human_ref_B": "It's highly setting dependent, but the in the general case it's fair to say that a big chunk of developing warp speed or any other faster than light travel is figuring out how to not hit anything while you're doing it. People generally don't go to the trouble of building vehicles unless they know they can use them without crashing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6114.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8mxeis", "c_root_id_B": "d8n88l5", "created_at_utc_A": 1476160437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476189708.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "On a slightly different note, small objects like micrometeorites or small asteroids can be deflected with navigational shields", "human_ref_B": "Realistically, there are 2 forms of FTL travel: 1. Hyperspace - This form functionally takes the craft into a different dimension, where inconveniences like the speed of light don't matter. Conveniently, it also means that inconveniences like other planets don't matter either. However, it must be noted that gravity wells can occasionally affect this form of travel, so good old fashioned plotting calculations are used for this to ensure that you're not too close to anything with too big a gravity well. 2. Warp Drive - This involves distorting spacetime, largely by compressing spacetime in front of you, and expanding it behind you. This generally forms a bubble, but is more steerable. You'd probably destroy the thing in front of you, though, so you'd have some charting/mapping and sensors. Nothing should, theoretically, get inside the warp bubble (the region of undistorted space around your spacecraft).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29271.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8n4pnf", "c_root_id_B": "d8n88l5", "created_at_utc_A": 1476180128.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476189708.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Navigation systems. Simply plotting out your route before hand certainly helps a lot.", "human_ref_B": "Realistically, there are 2 forms of FTL travel: 1. Hyperspace - This form functionally takes the craft into a different dimension, where inconveniences like the speed of light don't matter. Conveniently, it also means that inconveniences like other planets don't matter either. However, it must be noted that gravity wells can occasionally affect this form of travel, so good old fashioned plotting calculations are used for this to ensure that you're not too close to anything with too big a gravity well. 2. Warp Drive - This involves distorting spacetime, largely by compressing spacetime in front of you, and expanding it behind you. This generally forms a bubble, but is more steerable. You'd probably destroy the thing in front of you, though, so you'd have some charting/mapping and sensors. Nothing should, theoretically, get inside the warp bubble (the region of undistorted space around your spacecraft).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9580.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8n88l5", "c_root_id_B": "d8n4qkp", "created_at_utc_A": 1476189708.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476180221.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Realistically, there are 2 forms of FTL travel: 1. Hyperspace - This form functionally takes the craft into a different dimension, where inconveniences like the speed of light don't matter. Conveniently, it also means that inconveniences like other planets don't matter either. However, it must be noted that gravity wells can occasionally affect this form of travel, so good old fashioned plotting calculations are used for this to ensure that you're not too close to anything with too big a gravity well. 2. Warp Drive - This involves distorting spacetime, largely by compressing spacetime in front of you, and expanding it behind you. This generally forms a bubble, but is more steerable. You'd probably destroy the thing in front of you, though, so you'd have some charting/mapping and sensors. Nothing should, theoretically, get inside the warp bubble (the region of undistorted space around your spacecraft).", "human_ref_B": "Mostly, you cant hit stuff when at ftl,since its usually in another dimension. It highly depends on The setting, so Its not a good General question", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9487.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8n88l5", "c_root_id_B": "d8n6nuo", "created_at_utc_A": 1476189708.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476186163.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Realistically, there are 2 forms of FTL travel: 1. Hyperspace - This form functionally takes the craft into a different dimension, where inconveniences like the speed of light don't matter. Conveniently, it also means that inconveniences like other planets don't matter either. However, it must be noted that gravity wells can occasionally affect this form of travel, so good old fashioned plotting calculations are used for this to ensure that you're not too close to anything with too big a gravity well. 2. Warp Drive - This involves distorting spacetime, largely by compressing spacetime in front of you, and expanding it behind you. This generally forms a bubble, but is more steerable. You'd probably destroy the thing in front of you, though, so you'd have some charting/mapping and sensors. Nothing should, theoretically, get inside the warp bubble (the region of undistorted space around your spacecraft).", "human_ref_B": "From the perspective of the ship, basically good navigation around larger objects and dejection of smaller ones. If you're asking about why an FTP craft into a plane isn't a viable weapon, it's usually because the craft doesn't actually have that much kinetic energy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3545.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8mxeis", "c_root_id_B": "d8mxhua", "created_at_utc_A": 1476160437.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476160610.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "On a slightly different note, small objects like micrometeorites or small asteroids can be deflected with navigational shields", "human_ref_B": "Depends on the definition of \"Warp Speed\". Many different ideas for FTL travel have been invented, however, most of them have this problem. If a starship plows into a planet/star/asteroid with in-universe FTL methods, it will most definitely cause the starship and object to explode in a fusion powered inferno. However, with things like wormholes and alternate dimensions, nothing would really stop them physically. However, you probably want scanners, and a large mass of planet/asteroid/star (not to mention electromagnetic interference from stars and high energy events) would interfere with scanning technologies, and you probably want to know where you are going", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 173.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8nlit1", "c_root_id_B": "d8n4pnf", "created_at_utc_A": 1476207803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476180128.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As many have said \"it depends on the universe\". But I will take the one that *invented* the term \"warp speed\": Star Trek. - Probability alone would make it incredibly difficult to hit a planet/star/asteroid by accident. Space is *really* empty, and even our Solar System is analogous to a stadium-wide space with an orange (the sun) in the center and some dust grains (the planets) tens of yards away. - There have been hints here and there that gravitational fields mess up with the warp bubble, so probably getting *too* close to a massive object would force the ship out of warp. (Okay those hints were completely ignored in the NuTrek universe, like everything else, but let's forget about it...) - For really small stuff (dust grains, gas atoms, etc) that really are everywhere over space, there is the navigational deflector (that huge \"headlight\" that you see in the front of every Star Trek ship). It disintegrates all the stuff in the path of the ship and by the way it can be weaponized with some tweaks.", "human_ref_B": "Navigation systems. Simply plotting out your route before hand certainly helps a lot.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27675.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8nlit1", "c_root_id_B": "d8n4qkp", "created_at_utc_A": 1476207803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476180221.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As many have said \"it depends on the universe\". But I will take the one that *invented* the term \"warp speed\": Star Trek. - Probability alone would make it incredibly difficult to hit a planet/star/asteroid by accident. Space is *really* empty, and even our Solar System is analogous to a stadium-wide space with an orange (the sun) in the center and some dust grains (the planets) tens of yards away. - There have been hints here and there that gravitational fields mess up with the warp bubble, so probably getting *too* close to a massive object would force the ship out of warp. (Okay those hints were completely ignored in the NuTrek universe, like everything else, but let's forget about it...) - For really small stuff (dust grains, gas atoms, etc) that really are everywhere over space, there is the navigational deflector (that huge \"headlight\" that you see in the front of every Star Trek ship). It disintegrates all the stuff in the path of the ship and by the way it can be weaponized with some tweaks.", "human_ref_B": "Mostly, you cant hit stuff when at ftl,since its usually in another dimension. It highly depends on The setting, so Its not a good General question", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27582.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8n6nuo", "c_root_id_B": "d8nlit1", "created_at_utc_A": 1476186163.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476207803.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "From the perspective of the ship, basically good navigation around larger objects and dejection of smaller ones. If you're asking about why an FTP craft into a plane isn't a viable weapon, it's usually because the craft doesn't actually have that much kinetic energy.", "human_ref_B": "As many have said \"it depends on the universe\". But I will take the one that *invented* the term \"warp speed\": Star Trek. - Probability alone would make it incredibly difficult to hit a planet/star/asteroid by accident. Space is *really* empty, and even our Solar System is analogous to a stadium-wide space with an orange (the sun) in the center and some dust grains (the planets) tens of yards away. - There have been hints here and there that gravitational fields mess up with the warp bubble, so probably getting *too* close to a massive object would force the ship out of warp. (Okay those hints were completely ignored in the NuTrek universe, like everything else, but let's forget about it...) - For really small stuff (dust grains, gas atoms, etc) that really are everywhere over space, there is the navigational deflector (that huge \"headlight\" that you see in the front of every Star Trek ship). It disintegrates all the stuff in the path of the ship and by the way it can be weaponized with some tweaks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21640.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8nlit1", "c_root_id_B": "d8n9zs7", "created_at_utc_A": 1476207803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476192871.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As many have said \"it depends on the universe\". But I will take the one that *invented* the term \"warp speed\": Star Trek. - Probability alone would make it incredibly difficult to hit a planet/star/asteroid by accident. Space is *really* empty, and even our Solar System is analogous to a stadium-wide space with an orange (the sun) in the center and some dust grains (the planets) tens of yards away. - There have been hints here and there that gravitational fields mess up with the warp bubble, so probably getting *too* close to a massive object would force the ship out of warp. (Okay those hints were completely ignored in the NuTrek universe, like everything else, but let's forget about it...) - For really small stuff (dust grains, gas atoms, etc) that really are everywhere over space, there is the navigational deflector (that huge \"headlight\" that you see in the front of every Star Trek ship). It disintegrates all the stuff in the path of the ship and by the way it can be weaponized with some tweaks.", "human_ref_B": "I'm not sure how if it works at warp speed, but I was told that the closer you go to the speed of light, the physically smaller you get. So if you go above the speed of light, it might be, your too small to hit anything or that it would actually be incredibly difficult. But with warp engines, typically you're messing with spacetime and I'm not sure how that works relativisticly.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14932.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8nlit1", "c_root_id_B": "d8nb7pd", "created_at_utc_A": 1476207803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476194806.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As many have said \"it depends on the universe\". But I will take the one that *invented* the term \"warp speed\": Star Trek. - Probability alone would make it incredibly difficult to hit a planet/star/asteroid by accident. Space is *really* empty, and even our Solar System is analogous to a stadium-wide space with an orange (the sun) in the center and some dust grains (the planets) tens of yards away. - There have been hints here and there that gravitational fields mess up with the warp bubble, so probably getting *too* close to a massive object would force the ship out of warp. (Okay those hints were completely ignored in the NuTrek universe, like everything else, but let's forget about it...) - For really small stuff (dust grains, gas atoms, etc) that really are everywhere over space, there is the navigational deflector (that huge \"headlight\" that you see in the front of every Star Trek ship). It disintegrates all the stuff in the path of the ship and by the way it can be weaponized with some tweaks.", "human_ref_B": "It depends on the universe. In some universes, it's simply navigation and being very careful. In others, the ships don't actually \"go fast\" but instead teleport, fold, or warp space in a way that wouldn't cause the kind of collision you're talking about.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12997.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8ndgr9", "c_root_id_B": "d8nlit1", "created_at_utc_A": 1476197929.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476207803.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In addition to all the other answers here, it's important to keep in mind that space is very, very empty. If you pointed your ship in a straight line and went 5c (five times the speed of light), it is unlikely that you would run into, or even come terribly close to, anything for several years at the very least. Safety measures are important, but a large portion of the work is done simply by the nature of space.", "human_ref_B": "As many have said \"it depends on the universe\". But I will take the one that *invented* the term \"warp speed\": Star Trek. - Probability alone would make it incredibly difficult to hit a planet/star/asteroid by accident. Space is *really* empty, and even our Solar System is analogous to a stadium-wide space with an orange (the sun) in the center and some dust grains (the planets) tens of yards away. - There have been hints here and there that gravitational fields mess up with the warp bubble, so probably getting *too* close to a massive object would force the ship out of warp. (Okay those hints were completely ignored in the NuTrek universe, like everything else, but let's forget about it...) - For really small stuff (dust grains, gas atoms, etc) that really are everywhere over space, there is the navigational deflector (that huge \"headlight\" that you see in the front of every Star Trek ship). It disintegrates all the stuff in the path of the ship and by the way it can be weaponized with some tweaks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9874.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8ng566", "c_root_id_B": "d8nlit1", "created_at_utc_A": 1476201335.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476207803.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Mass effect: the reapers built it into the tech they seeded the galaxy with so that the ships couldn't be used as weapons against them. The alliance got it from the protheans and they got it from... ect", "human_ref_B": "As many have said \"it depends on the universe\". But I will take the one that *invented* the term \"warp speed\": Star Trek. - Probability alone would make it incredibly difficult to hit a planet/star/asteroid by accident. Space is *really* empty, and even our Solar System is analogous to a stadium-wide space with an orange (the sun) in the center and some dust grains (the planets) tens of yards away. - There have been hints here and there that gravitational fields mess up with the warp bubble, so probably getting *too* close to a massive object would force the ship out of warp. (Okay those hints were completely ignored in the NuTrek universe, like everything else, but let's forget about it...) - For really small stuff (dust grains, gas atoms, etc) that really are everywhere over space, there is the navigational deflector (that huge \"headlight\" that you see in the front of every Star Trek ship). It disintegrates all the stuff in the path of the ship and by the way it can be weaponized with some tweaks.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6468.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "56vy5q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[General Sci-fi] What's keeping a starship from plowing into a planet/star/asteroid at Warp Speed?", "c_root_id_A": "d8nlit1", "c_root_id_B": "d8nicef", "created_at_utc_A": 1476207803.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476204010.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As many have said \"it depends on the universe\". But I will take the one that *invented* the term \"warp speed\": Star Trek. - Probability alone would make it incredibly difficult to hit a planet/star/asteroid by accident. Space is *really* empty, and even our Solar System is analogous to a stadium-wide space with an orange (the sun) in the center and some dust grains (the planets) tens of yards away. - There have been hints here and there that gravitational fields mess up with the warp bubble, so probably getting *too* close to a massive object would force the ship out of warp. (Okay those hints were completely ignored in the NuTrek universe, like everything else, but let's forget about it...) - For really small stuff (dust grains, gas atoms, etc) that really are everywhere over space, there is the navigational deflector (that huge \"headlight\" that you see in the front of every Star Trek ship). It disintegrates all the stuff in the path of the ship and by the way it can be weaponized with some tweaks.", "human_ref_B": "Avoiding this sort of thing^1 is *exactly* the reason the Guild Navigators have a monopoly on space travel in post-Butlerian Jihad imperial space. ^1 : well, not *quite* the thing. Folding space doesn't involve moving at all, let alone at any transrelativistic speed. So there's no quasi-insane amounts of kinetic energy involved, just the normal sort. Also, doing this exact thing was actually a valid and much-used tactic in the war between Civilization and Boskone. Even the Lensmen did it on occasion, despite ostensibly being good-guys.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3793.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2fszw5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[X-men days of future past]What happened? Spoiler warnings ahead as always. Logan's mind was sent back in time, the assassination of Nixon and his gang of suits was foiled, Mystique/Raven saved the president. Yay for the heroine. And Logan eventually wakes up again captured by Trask, but his mind zips back along the timeline to the future where he's a history professor (What really?) working for Charles Xavier. What happened to the rest of the world? What was the ultimate impact of the sentinel event? Additionally, where the hell did those robots come from in the 70's? As far as I know the dawn of the microprocessor was still almost a decade off. How did Trask manage to build autonomous humanoid robots before then? (I mean Dinklage is awesome. But I'm not allowed to break the 4th wall here.)", "c_root_id_A": "ckciw3x", "c_root_id_B": "ckcftfx", "created_at_utc_A": 1410191231.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1410184231.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Regarding technology levels: Hank McCoy, thanks to his mutation granting him (among other things) an amazingly high level of intelligence, managed to create things like the X-Men's jet, Cerebro, Havok's suit, etc., all on his own back in the '60s. It's entirely possible that there is at least one other human-looking mutant out there who had a super high IQ and helped push technology a lot further than in our own universe. Hell, maybe Hank alone developed other technologies that were owned by the US Government (since he was a government employee for a while) that lead up to the development of things such as the Sentinels.", "human_ref_B": "I don't know where you got the idea Wolverine was captured by Trask? If you mean Stryker then it was Mystique in disguise. Wolverine has lived for two centuries, experience every war in America since then and has also seen the mutant race grow to what it is considering he is among the first few mutants. He is an excellent candidate for a history teacher. Technology is different in the x-men universe. A crazy scientist bent on destroying all mutants may have simply housed the hate and utilised it to push Technology. The rest of the world didn't erupt in chaos. By that point mutants were becoming more and more common, people know about them. It shows newspaper articles of the government thanking mutants, and it seems as if things went pretty decently for the next 50 years or so. What happens next is unknown as the 'new' past is still unraveling.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7000.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iqhq0n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] When Mister Freeze is imprisoned, what happens to Nora? How do Batman and law enforcement deal with her when Freeze is in Arkham or Blackgate or whatever? Do they ever attempt to thaw her? Respond as though she is a hostage? Treat her like furniture? Or has Freeze just consistently evaded long-term capture to prevent this question being relevant?", "c_root_id_A": "g4sc6nz", "c_root_id_B": "g4sh84n", "created_at_utc_A": 1599792942.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1599795959.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "I imagine she's probably moved to a long term health facility / research lab that's equipped to hold her long term, possibly a Wayne Enterprises building", "human_ref_B": "In the animated series, when they nailed down Freeze, Wayne just took his notes and funded her recovery through legal channels Freeze didn't have access to while on the run.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3017.0, "score_ratio": 1.7647058824, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ntael", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Jurassic Park] [Deep Blue Sea] How would the events of Jurassic Park played out differently if LL Cool J had been there? LL Cool J is the head chef at Jurassic Park. His bird is with him on the island.", "c_root_id_A": "cclxn11", "c_root_id_B": "ccm0w8k", "created_at_utc_A": 1381032939.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381050159.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He was evacuated with the rest of the non essential staff before the storm hit.", "human_ref_B": "Sam Jackson still gets eaten", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17220.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2luxhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Snowpiercer] They have perpetual motion. Why not use it for something other than a train? In the movie it is shown that the train is self powered (perpetual motion). Why when they need to save humanity do they decide to build a self powered train? They could have used perpetual motion for literally anything else. Heck they probably could have built self powered machines that melted the snow and generated enough heat to create some sort of ecosystem capable of sustaining life and crops.", "c_root_id_A": "clydqym", "c_root_id_B": "clydtjh", "created_at_utc_A": 1415629270.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415629465.0, "score_A": 49, "score_B": 79, "human_ref_A": "Mr. Wilford is a crazy man while loves trains. He had been planning a luxury train that would circle the globe continuously much like a cruise ship. It should be noted his statement that the \"engine lasts forever\" is almost immediately contradicted since you immediately see he needs \"spare parts\" routinely. Also I personally believe there is still life on earth somewhere or else the genetic future of mankind is screwed.", "human_ref_B": "He built the train before the snow hit, and then just saved some people. As for why trains? The Dude loves trains, what you gonna do?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 195.0, "score_ratio": 1.612244898, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2luxhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Snowpiercer] They have perpetual motion. Why not use it for something other than a train? In the movie it is shown that the train is self powered (perpetual motion). Why when they need to save humanity do they decide to build a self powered train? They could have used perpetual motion for literally anything else. Heck they probably could have built self powered machines that melted the snow and generated enough heat to create some sort of ecosystem capable of sustaining life and crops.", "c_root_id_A": "clye87o", "c_root_id_B": "clye10x", "created_at_utc_A": 1415630500.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415630006.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "((Ooh, they made a Transperceneige movie?)) The train was already built when the snow hit. It wasn't an organised plan to save humanity, it was people on the spot doing the best they could in the hours they had. Perhaps if they'd had more forewarning, they could have built a fixed shelter - and maybe there are people still living in nuclear bunkers and places like that, and if there are then a moving vehicle is a very good way to hunt for them. Certainly in the comics, there was at least one other train, so the Snowpiercer isn't quite the only remnant of humanity. The engine is also \"almost-perpetual motion\", though it's not really clear what that means. The train's movement is an important part of the way it works; if the train stops moving, the heating shuts down until it starts again. I imagine the engine needs to store energy and retrieve it with high efficiency - normally you'd use a flywheel for that, but if it's going to be lugging around a few thousand tons of train anyway, you might as well put that mass to use.", "human_ref_B": "Do we know that it has perpetual motion? It could just have an impressive fuel reserve.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 494.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2luxhk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Snowpiercer] They have perpetual motion. Why not use it for something other than a train? In the movie it is shown that the train is self powered (perpetual motion). Why when they need to save humanity do they decide to build a self powered train? They could have used perpetual motion for literally anything else. Heck they probably could have built self powered machines that melted the snow and generated enough heat to create some sort of ecosystem capable of sustaining life and crops.", "c_root_id_A": "clyiou3", "c_root_id_B": "clye10x", "created_at_utc_A": 1415639716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1415630006.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "By the way, it's not perpetual motion. The entire \"the Engine is eternal\" thing was obvious brainwashing.", "human_ref_B": "Do we know that it has perpetual motion? It could just have an impressive fuel reserve.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9710.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "962dno", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[The Arrival] Do the Heptapods have a concept of entropy? (Spoilers?) So in the short story the movie was based on, there's a bit about how they couldn't connect with any of our physics, because all of our equations have a time component to them. (They first connected on Snell's Law, which is a \"path of least time\" and, on the surface anyway, implies a foreknowledge of the quickest path to for light to take when refracted through different media). However, all of our physics equations ARE reversible; you can run the clock backwards and reconstruct previous conditions. You can even map the situation out across time and show the whole thing at one. The Heptapods probably have some concept of kinematics and conservation laws or whatever; they just understand them in a totally different way than we do. Now, entropy is NOT reversible. You can't run useless heat energy backwards and reconstruct the mechanism that released it. The net increase in entropy in our universe is, in fact, its \"arrow of time.\" It's how we define a \"forward\" in time. The Heptapods have no concept of \"forward,\" though, since they perceive all of time at once. Now, in order to fly across star systems, you'd think they'd HAVE to have SOME concept of such a fundamental law of the universe, but their perception of time would seem to prevent it. So how do they perceive entropy, if they do so at all?", "c_root_id_A": "e3xjfln", "c_root_id_B": "e3xh2iy", "created_at_utc_A": 1533873801.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533871216.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "> The Heptapods have no concept of \"forward,\" though, since they perceive all of time at once. I think there's a few different answers to your question, but the most obvious one is that you've based it on an assumption that doesn't hold up to scrutiny. We know that the Heptapod's have an understanding of linear time, because if they didn't, they wouldn't have come to Earth in the first place. Remember that they're only here to ensure humanity develops in such a way that ensures we will be able to help them in 3000 years time. This implicitly confirms that they have an understanding of cause and effect and therefore linear time. There's also the broader philosophical point that if they can perceive all of time all at once (or at least far into the future), then they don't need to have an understanding on entropy (at least as a scientific concept). Philosophically, they didn't build their spaceship the way they did because of scientific constraints, they built it because *that's the way they built it*. To quote Kurt Vonnegut's description of the Tralfamadorians, an alien race with a similar relationship to time: > All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains... I guess what I'm trying to say is, the question isn't can the Heptapod's perceive and understand entropy in the way we do (because I think the answer is pretty clearly yes), but whether or not they need too (and further, what that say's about the nature of free will and destiny).", "human_ref_B": "They already know the journey and the destination, it's not like they literally have no concept of moving foreward. It also appears that their perception of time was learned, so perhaps they weren't always this way. Also while you can reverse many reactions it often requires more energy than it's worth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2585.0, "score_ratio": 2.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "962dno", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[The Arrival] Do the Heptapods have a concept of entropy? (Spoilers?) So in the short story the movie was based on, there's a bit about how they couldn't connect with any of our physics, because all of our equations have a time component to them. (They first connected on Snell's Law, which is a \"path of least time\" and, on the surface anyway, implies a foreknowledge of the quickest path to for light to take when refracted through different media). However, all of our physics equations ARE reversible; you can run the clock backwards and reconstruct previous conditions. You can even map the situation out across time and show the whole thing at one. The Heptapods probably have some concept of kinematics and conservation laws or whatever; they just understand them in a totally different way than we do. Now, entropy is NOT reversible. You can't run useless heat energy backwards and reconstruct the mechanism that released it. The net increase in entropy in our universe is, in fact, its \"arrow of time.\" It's how we define a \"forward\" in time. The Heptapods have no concept of \"forward,\" though, since they perceive all of time at once. Now, in order to fly across star systems, you'd think they'd HAVE to have SOME concept of such a fundamental law of the universe, but their perception of time would seem to prevent it. So how do they perceive entropy, if they do so at all?", "c_root_id_A": "e3xmzdm", "c_root_id_B": "e3xh2iy", "created_at_utc_A": 1533878319.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1533871216.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Think of all energy as a circle. Now represent time as stacking those circles on top of each other. Finally represent entropy by reducing the size of each circle. You get a solid shape, a cone. To an entity that operates outside the constraints of time, entropy is not a process of time, it is a shape of the universe. It doesn't help to describe it as a non-reversible structure any more than it helps a born deaf person to know that sound is a vibration of the air. Their fundamental concept of sound will never include anything we would recognize as noise.", "human_ref_B": "They already know the journey and the destination, it's not like they literally have no concept of moving foreward. It also appears that their perception of time was learned, so perhaps they weren't always this way. Also while you can reverse many reactions it often requires more energy than it's worth.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7103.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ve5jc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Westworld (Film)] What is the cause/origin of the \"disease of machinery\" that afflicts the robots?", "c_root_id_A": "de1f8dk", "c_root_id_B": "de1oaso", "created_at_utc_A": 1487714508.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1487725601.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "If I remember correctly, the movie doesn't go into the cause at all. But the show goes into why the robots rebel and its not really a \"disease.\" I don't want to spoil anything if you haven't seen the show yet.", "human_ref_B": "As one said in another Chrichton theme park -\" the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands into new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously, but Life finds a way. I don't mean to be philosophical, but there it is.\" The 'disease of the machinery' was not a disease. It was something escaping barriers, something breaking free, something expanding into new territory. The event was painful, and dangerous. The engineers did not call that something life, but, not to get philosophical, there it was.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11093.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5sw8ij", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Christopher Reeve Superman] What is 2017 like after having Superman protect the planet for 39 years?", "c_root_id_A": "ddifbm0", "c_root_id_B": "ddifb0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1486601460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486601438.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Well, if you assume that Superman returns is canon for the Christopher Reeves universe than it probably isn't that different from our universe. I can imagine that that Superman would spend a lot of time trying to figure out the complex relationship that is Lois, her new partner and his son. In this universe Superman is a bit less of a public hero, he doesn't have a big political presence, he's just a guy from Kansas trying to make the world a better place. I imagine that 2017 in the Superman Returns universe is an idealized version of our own. If you don't count Superman Returns in the Christopher Reeves canon than I think that the world ends in a very different place. The last we know of that canon is Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, in which Superman has become such a powerful and trusted political figure that he convinced the world (with one speech mind you) to give up it's nuclear arsenal. Now obviously this led to the creation of Nuclear Man by Lex Luthor, but after he was dealt with that still leaves a world without the Nuclear option. We can draw a few... Interesting ideas from what a world may look like without Nuclear Weapons. If it's anything like our world than it would heighten political tension to an alarming degree, similar to Watchmen. However, this world seems to he fairly united under the ideal vision of the world that Superman has created. The Quest for Peace may have been a complete success. A 2017 spun out from that world would be immensely different from our own provided it remained as idealistic as we see it. However, since we don't have any canon that reaches forward with these movie universes as far as the modern day, it's impossible to say for sure.", "human_ref_B": "Comic book form the late 80s called the Brat Pack was super cynical, but had a superman level protector that LEFT, and people had to deal with construction having gone forward with the assumption he'd be there to fix catastrophes - So, if you're cynical - Safety standards are lower. Well, no need for safeties on that nuclear reactor, super man will prevent a meltdown. Same for bridges. Boats. Locomotives. Airplanes Space shuttles. Tidal waves warning system, who need it? Ditto for earthquakes. Global warming - push us a bit away form the sun its too hot. Plastic in the ocean - could you suck that up and spit it into the sun, oceans are rising anyway. Infrastructure is worse. Technological innovation suppressed except for Luthor's weapons! Actually since he can turn time back you just need to make sure Lois gets caught in all your disasters. On the bright side - Nuclear Disarmament form Superman IV may still be in effect right? That's something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5sw8ij", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Christopher Reeve Superman] What is 2017 like after having Superman protect the planet for 39 years?", "c_root_id_A": "ddifbpi", "c_root_id_B": "ddifb0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1486601463.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486601438.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "well, the Nukes are still gone. There hasn't been a major disaster or high casualty attack in years since Superman just goes back in time and saves everyone so it works out, and even when a building gets destroyed Superman's wall rebuilding powers usually work it out pretty quickly. In fact its a pretty normal thing for people to call in sick the next day to recover from the nasty migraines that come from reversing and unreversing the rotation of the Earth. Superman is *huge* on youtube and instagram (though no one really watches his monthly vlogs about world peace anymore) A lot of people think that Lex Luthor is just phoning things in now with the whole \"archenemy of superman\" (since you know he hasn't been a real threat to Superman in the last 20+ years but he keeps trying at least once every few months) but I guess he can afford to keep this up because he's somehow related to the guy who invented facebook. Other than that, its pretty chill, every now and then a new super villain shows up to challenge sups for a few weeks and it all works out after a few weeks.", "human_ref_B": "Comic book form the late 80s called the Brat Pack was super cynical, but had a superman level protector that LEFT, and people had to deal with construction having gone forward with the assumption he'd be there to fix catastrophes - So, if you're cynical - Safety standards are lower. Well, no need for safeties on that nuclear reactor, super man will prevent a meltdown. Same for bridges. Boats. Locomotives. Airplanes Space shuttles. Tidal waves warning system, who need it? Ditto for earthquakes. Global warming - push us a bit away form the sun its too hot. Plastic in the ocean - could you suck that up and spit it into the sun, oceans are rising anyway. Infrastructure is worse. Technological innovation suppressed except for Luthor's weapons! Actually since he can turn time back you just need to make sure Lois gets caught in all your disasters. On the bright side - Nuclear Disarmament form Superman IV may still be in effect right? That's something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmg1wb", "c_root_id_B": "ddmfnvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1486843009.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486842440.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's entirely magical. Unless the planet has a rapidly changing and wonky orbit around the sun it shouldn't work like that. It also seems somewhat limited to Westeros unless the Night King is involved.", "human_ref_B": "A lot of people have tried to work it out but it doesn't seem possible even with far-fetched scientific explanations. GRRM says it's because of magic and the reason will eventually be revealed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 569.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmg1wb", "c_root_id_B": "ddmb5mq", "created_at_utc_A": 1486843009.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486836126.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "It's entirely magical. Unless the planet has a rapidly changing and wonky orbit around the sun it shouldn't work like that. It also seems somewhat limited to Westeros unless the Night King is involved.", "human_ref_B": "There is a scientific reason. I can't remember the specifics but googling \"Game of thrones season length\" should get you a result", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6883.0, "score_ratio": -2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmfnvl", "c_root_id_B": "ddmqarb", "created_at_utc_A": 1486842440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486858626.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "A lot of people have tried to work it out but it doesn't seem possible even with far-fetched scientific explanations. GRRM says it's because of magic and the reason will eventually be revealed.", "human_ref_B": "GRRM says it's magic, *but* if I had to come up with a scientific explanation I would say that Planetos' sun is an irregular variable star with long cycles on the scale of years. Interestingly, those stars are red giants, and there's at least one indication that Planeto's sun might be red (the sigil from House Martell). If that is the case, then Planeto's has to be at an enormous distance from it's sun in order to be in the habitable zone, it's orbit takes centuries to complete, and unlike Earth the \"seasons\" described in the books would have nothing to do with axial inclination, but rather with the power variations of the red sun.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16186.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmip2l", "c_root_id_B": "ddmqarb", "created_at_utc_A": 1486846927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486858626.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Here's what the author, George R R Martin said when asked if the length of the seasons had a scientific element to them \"The seasons are completely fantasy based There\u2019s no sci-fi type element to it at all.\" He also said will find out why later in the series. It is mentioned in one of the books that winter has been cooler since the death of the last dragons about 150 years prior to when the series begins so we can assume that its intertwined with magic.", "human_ref_B": "GRRM says it's magic, *but* if I had to come up with a scientific explanation I would say that Planetos' sun is an irregular variable star with long cycles on the scale of years. Interestingly, those stars are red giants, and there's at least one indication that Planeto's sun might be red (the sigil from House Martell). If that is the case, then Planeto's has to be at an enormous distance from it's sun in order to be in the habitable zone, it's orbit takes centuries to complete, and unlike Earth the \"seasons\" described in the books would have nothing to do with axial inclination, but rather with the power variations of the red sun.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11699.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmpjp2", "c_root_id_B": "ddmqarb", "created_at_utc_A": 1486857459.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486858626.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I've actually come up with some orbital set-ups which would allow the planet to have seasons of variable length, and which on a small timescale would seem to be unpredictable. They require things like the planet having a very long orbital period (on the order of at least 5 years per circle), and the system having a second sun on a very eccentric orbit (on the order of at least 20-50 years, and shaped like a comet's orbit...very quick (say a year) on the in-swing and close approach, very far away on the long end). Summer, in such a case, would be defined as when the 2nd sun is close enough to the planet to give warming, and its length would be determined by where in the planet's orbit the 2nd sun's close approach is (so, if they're on the same side of the MainSun during the close approach, you get a nice long summer. If they're on opposite side of the MainSun, you get no summer heating whatsoever.) The orbit of the planet and the orbit of the 2nd sun are in no way synchronized at all, no resonance or anything, so where in the planet's orbit the 2ndsun's close approach happens would appear to be random on small timescales. In truth, it would be predictable (the same way Haley's Comet is predictable). And, there would be a very obvious astronomical indicator (you know, a 2ND FREAKING SUN in the sky and all), and I can't figure out how the Westerosi and Essosi would develop the concept of \"a year\" at all in such a scenario. So, ultimately, it's just magic.", "human_ref_B": "GRRM says it's magic, *but* if I had to come up with a scientific explanation I would say that Planetos' sun is an irregular variable star with long cycles on the scale of years. Interestingly, those stars are red giants, and there's at least one indication that Planeto's sun might be red (the sigil from House Martell). If that is the case, then Planeto's has to be at an enormous distance from it's sun in order to be in the habitable zone, it's orbit takes centuries to complete, and unlike Earth the \"seasons\" described in the books would have nothing to do with axial inclination, but rather with the power variations of the red sun.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1167.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmnggf", "c_root_id_B": "ddmqarb", "created_at_utc_A": 1486854213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486858626.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Magic.", "human_ref_B": "GRRM says it's magic, *but* if I had to come up with a scientific explanation I would say that Planetos' sun is an irregular variable star with long cycles on the scale of years. Interestingly, those stars are red giants, and there's at least one indication that Planeto's sun might be red (the sigil from House Martell). If that is the case, then Planeto's has to be at an enormous distance from it's sun in order to be in the habitable zone, it's orbit takes centuries to complete, and unlike Earth the \"seasons\" described in the books would have nothing to do with axial inclination, but rather with the power variations of the red sun.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4413.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmb5mq", "c_root_id_B": "ddmqarb", "created_at_utc_A": 1486836126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486858626.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "There is a scientific reason. I can't remember the specifics but googling \"Game of thrones season length\" should get you a result", "human_ref_B": "GRRM says it's magic, *but* if I had to come up with a scientific explanation I would say that Planetos' sun is an irregular variable star with long cycles on the scale of years. Interestingly, those stars are red giants, and there's at least one indication that Planeto's sun might be red (the sigil from House Martell). If that is the case, then Planeto's has to be at an enormous distance from it's sun in order to be in the habitable zone, it's orbit takes centuries to complete, and unlike Earth the \"seasons\" described in the books would have nothing to do with axial inclination, but rather with the power variations of the red sun.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22500.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmip2l", "c_root_id_B": "ddmfnvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1486846927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486842440.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Here's what the author, George R R Martin said when asked if the length of the seasons had a scientific element to them \"The seasons are completely fantasy based There\u2019s no sci-fi type element to it at all.\" He also said will find out why later in the series. It is mentioned in one of the books that winter has been cooler since the death of the last dragons about 150 years prior to when the series begins so we can assume that its intertwined with magic.", "human_ref_B": "A lot of people have tried to work it out but it doesn't seem possible even with far-fetched scientific explanations. GRRM says it's because of magic and the reason will eventually be revealed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4487.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmz7ho", "c_root_id_B": "ddmfnvl", "created_at_utc_A": 1486872692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486842440.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's less of a literal season and more like cyclic climate change. Mini ice ages.", "human_ref_B": "A lot of people have tried to work it out but it doesn't seem possible even with far-fetched scientific explanations. GRRM says it's because of magic and the reason will eventually be revealed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 30252.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmfnvl", "c_root_id_B": "ddmb5mq", "created_at_utc_A": 1486842440.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486836126.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "A lot of people have tried to work it out but it doesn't seem possible even with far-fetched scientific explanations. GRRM says it's because of magic and the reason will eventually be revealed.", "human_ref_B": "There is a scientific reason. I can't remember the specifics but googling \"Game of thrones season length\" should get you a result", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6314.0, "score_ratio": -0.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmip2l", "c_root_id_B": "ddmb5mq", "created_at_utc_A": 1486846927.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486836126.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "Here's what the author, George R R Martin said when asked if the length of the seasons had a scientific element to them \"The seasons are completely fantasy based There\u2019s no sci-fi type element to it at all.\" He also said will find out why later in the series. It is mentioned in one of the books that winter has been cooler since the death of the last dragons about 150 years prior to when the series begins so we can assume that its intertwined with magic.", "human_ref_B": "There is a scientific reason. I can't remember the specifics but googling \"Game of thrones season length\" should get you a result", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10801.0, "score_ratio": -1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmz7ho", "c_root_id_B": "ddmpjp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1486872692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486857459.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's less of a literal season and more like cyclic climate change. Mini ice ages.", "human_ref_B": "I've actually come up with some orbital set-ups which would allow the planet to have seasons of variable length, and which on a small timescale would seem to be unpredictable. They require things like the planet having a very long orbital period (on the order of at least 5 years per circle), and the system having a second sun on a very eccentric orbit (on the order of at least 20-50 years, and shaped like a comet's orbit...very quick (say a year) on the in-swing and close approach, very far away on the long end). Summer, in such a case, would be defined as when the 2nd sun is close enough to the planet to give warming, and its length would be determined by where in the planet's orbit the 2nd sun's close approach is (so, if they're on the same side of the MainSun during the close approach, you get a nice long summer. If they're on opposite side of the MainSun, you get no summer heating whatsoever.) The orbit of the planet and the orbit of the 2nd sun are in no way synchronized at all, no resonance or anything, so where in the planet's orbit the 2ndsun's close approach happens would appear to be random on small timescales. In truth, it would be predictable (the same way Haley's Comet is predictable). And, there would be a very obvious astronomical indicator (you know, a 2ND FREAKING SUN in the sky and all), and I can't figure out how the Westerosi and Essosi would develop the concept of \"a year\" at all in such a scenario. So, ultimately, it's just magic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15233.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmz7ho", "c_root_id_B": "ddmnggf", "created_at_utc_A": 1486872692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486854213.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's less of a literal season and more like cyclic climate change. Mini ice ages.", "human_ref_B": "Magic.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18479.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmz7ho", "c_root_id_B": "ddmb5mq", "created_at_utc_A": 1486872692.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486836126.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "It's less of a literal season and more like cyclic climate change. Mini ice ages.", "human_ref_B": "There is a scientific reason. I can't remember the specifics but googling \"Game of thrones season length\" should get you a result", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36566.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmnggf", "c_root_id_B": "ddmpjp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1486854213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486857459.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Magic.", "human_ref_B": "I've actually come up with some orbital set-ups which would allow the planet to have seasons of variable length, and which on a small timescale would seem to be unpredictable. They require things like the planet having a very long orbital period (on the order of at least 5 years per circle), and the system having a second sun on a very eccentric orbit (on the order of at least 20-50 years, and shaped like a comet's orbit...very quick (say a year) on the in-swing and close approach, very far away on the long end). Summer, in such a case, would be defined as when the 2nd sun is close enough to the planet to give warming, and its length would be determined by where in the planet's orbit the 2nd sun's close approach is (so, if they're on the same side of the MainSun during the close approach, you get a nice long summer. If they're on opposite side of the MainSun, you get no summer heating whatsoever.) The orbit of the planet and the orbit of the 2nd sun are in no way synchronized at all, no resonance or anything, so where in the planet's orbit the 2ndsun's close approach happens would appear to be random on small timescales. In truth, it would be predictable (the same way Haley's Comet is predictable). And, there would be a very obvious astronomical indicator (you know, a 2ND FREAKING SUN in the sky and all), and I can't figure out how the Westerosi and Essosi would develop the concept of \"a year\" at all in such a scenario. So, ultimately, it's just magic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3246.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmb5mq", "c_root_id_B": "ddmpjp2", "created_at_utc_A": 1486836126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486857459.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There is a scientific reason. I can't remember the specifics but googling \"Game of thrones season length\" should get you a result", "human_ref_B": "I've actually come up with some orbital set-ups which would allow the planet to have seasons of variable length, and which on a small timescale would seem to be unpredictable. They require things like the planet having a very long orbital period (on the order of at least 5 years per circle), and the system having a second sun on a very eccentric orbit (on the order of at least 20-50 years, and shaped like a comet's orbit...very quick (say a year) on the in-swing and close approach, very far away on the long end). Summer, in such a case, would be defined as when the 2nd sun is close enough to the planet to give warming, and its length would be determined by where in the planet's orbit the 2nd sun's close approach is (so, if they're on the same side of the MainSun during the close approach, you get a nice long summer. If they're on opposite side of the MainSun, you get no summer heating whatsoever.) The orbit of the planet and the orbit of the 2nd sun are in no way synchronized at all, no resonance or anything, so where in the planet's orbit the 2ndsun's close approach happens would appear to be random on small timescales. In truth, it would be predictable (the same way Haley's Comet is predictable). And, there would be a very obvious astronomical indicator (you know, a 2ND FREAKING SUN in the sky and all), and I can't figure out how the Westerosi and Essosi would develop the concept of \"a year\" at all in such a scenario. So, ultimately, it's just magic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 21333.0, "score_ratio": -0.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmnggf", "c_root_id_B": "ddmb5mq", "created_at_utc_A": 1486854213.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486836126.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -4, "human_ref_A": "Magic.", "human_ref_B": "There is a scientific reason. I can't remember the specifics but googling \"Game of thrones season length\" should get you a result", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18087.0, "score_ratio": -0.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5tgdqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[GOT] \"Winter is coming.\" Is there a scientific reason for the seasons to vary so widely in 'Game of Thrones'? Our seasons are caused by the tilt in Earth's axis. Our seasons change as the planet orbits the sun, keeping each season relatively uniform (occurring around the same time of year and lasting the same amount of time for the most part). In GOT the seasons seem unpredictable, shifting through rapid Springs and Falls, then persisting through age long Summers and Winters. The stories describe ranges of \"long\" Summers lasting between 5-10 years and Winters as long as 100, with no reliable indicators of how long an average season would last. Is there any cosmic phenomena that could cause such a significant variation in the length of seasons, or is this mostly just fiction to enhance the story?", "c_root_id_A": "ddmb5mq", "c_root_id_B": "ddnbgmu", "created_at_utc_A": 1486836126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1486905012.0, "score_A": -4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "There is a scientific reason. I can't remember the specifics but googling \"Game of thrones season length\" should get you a result", "human_ref_B": "No, GRR has confirmed that its purely magical in origin. they do still have regular seasons, they speak of \"summer snows\" in winterfell, so they have the natural orbit and tilt that our earth has.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 68886.0, "score_ratio": -0.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o5rz3s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Sonic The Hedgehog] Do the Sonic games take place in our world or a similar version of it? The Sonic games have all sorts of crazy things like weird locations, animal people, water monsters, ghosts, aliens, and chaos energy. But the games also have a lot of real world stuff too like normal people, Earth like cities, and Babylon. Where did all this weird stuff come from?", "c_root_id_A": "h2o9s07", "c_root_id_B": "h2omiii", "created_at_utc_A": 1624383293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624388980.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yes, it's generally an alternate earth. A *very* fucking alternate earth, granted. There doesn't seem to be a moment when the hedgehogs learnt to talk or anything, it's just always had that weird stuff. But still. It's an alternate earth.", "human_ref_B": "Up to around Sonic Adventure 2, the games are roughly in the same universe as the Archie comics version of StH. That version takes place on Earth, but far in the future where humans have been mostly eradicated except for certain populations that were in hiding, and aliens released gene bombs on the planet that evolved most animals into anthropomorphic versions of themselves. After that, the games diverged from the comics and can be said to have their own universes with different origins for their planet.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5687.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4b4wmk", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mario Kart] I have a magical winged blue shell. I just unleashed it on a modern major american interstate. Who is it going to hit? And will they die?", "c_root_id_A": "d16m7c0", "c_root_id_B": "d16ahhc", "created_at_utc_A": 1458472154.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1458438517.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "As per toads turnpike it will ignore all non-racing karts. So since you are the only competitor you will probably cop a shell to the face .", "human_ref_B": "Donald Trump", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33637.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4iljp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Umbrella Academy] why do you think Five is the only one of the 7 they don't call by name? The other six get called by their actual names (Klaus, Luther, Alison) through out the series but so far Five is the only one called by his number.", "c_root_id_A": "g0ii2zz", "c_root_id_B": "g0in5e1", "created_at_utc_A": 1596678603.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596681370.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "He disappeared/travelled forward in time before they were all given names", "human_ref_B": "Gerard Way (comic creator) has said it is because 5 didn't care to have a name since the number never bothered him. If you go back and watch the first season, the other kids have names before he disappears so he was still there when \"Mom\" named them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2767.0, "score_ratio": 34.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4iljp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Umbrella Academy] why do you think Five is the only one of the 7 they don't call by name? The other six get called by their actual names (Klaus, Luther, Alison) through out the series but so far Five is the only one called by his number.", "c_root_id_A": "g0ii9vq", "c_root_id_B": "g0in5e1", "created_at_utc_A": 1596678707.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596681370.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Remember he disappeared when they all were young? That's all they know him by \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "human_ref_B": "Gerard Way (comic creator) has said it is because 5 didn't care to have a name since the number never bothered him. If you go back and watch the first season, the other kids have names before he disappears so he was still there when \"Mom\" named them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2663.0, "score_ratio": 34.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4iljp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Umbrella Academy] why do you think Five is the only one of the 7 they don't call by name? The other six get called by their actual names (Klaus, Luther, Alison) through out the series but so far Five is the only one called by his number.", "c_root_id_A": "g0jh3uj", "c_root_id_B": "g0ii2zz", "created_at_utc_A": 1596704539.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596678603.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Five is his name.", "human_ref_B": "He disappeared/travelled forward in time before they were all given names", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25936.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4iljp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Umbrella Academy] why do you think Five is the only one of the 7 they don't call by name? The other six get called by their actual names (Klaus, Luther, Alison) through out the series but so far Five is the only one called by his number.", "c_root_id_A": "g0ii9vq", "c_root_id_B": "g0jh3uj", "created_at_utc_A": 1596678707.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596704539.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Remember he disappeared when they all were young? That's all they know him by \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f", "human_ref_B": "Five is his name.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 25832.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "i4iljp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Umbrella Academy] why do you think Five is the only one of the 7 they don't call by name? The other six get called by their actual names (Klaus, Luther, Alison) through out the series but so far Five is the only one called by his number.", "c_root_id_A": "g0j5as4", "c_root_id_B": "g0jh3uj", "created_at_utc_A": 1596693422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1596704539.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I was thinking about this after my sister was watching it, I watched a couple episodes and I\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019s cause he disappeared when he was a teen so he never got a proper name, so when he came back like 5 years later they just went with it", "human_ref_B": "Five is his name.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11117.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzfkzq", "c_root_id_B": "dvzdvz8", "created_at_utc_A": 1521531151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521527151.0, "score_A": 283, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Well, his uncle Luke *told* him that Vader renounced the Dark Side, but in his heart of hearts Kylo knows that Vader was way too cool and mysterious and badass to ever do something like that. It's just another Jedi lie and shut up I can't hear you you're not my dad.", "human_ref_B": "Kylo Ren knows that Vader renounced the dark side, but it's not everyday knowledge among the general populace.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4000.0, "score_ratio": 31.4444444444, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzfl2e", "c_root_id_B": "dvzdvz8", "created_at_utc_A": 1521531157.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521527151.0, "score_A": 154, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "The implication is that he does. But he worships Darth Vader, NOT Anakin Skywalker. Darth Vader dies in the Emperor\u2019s Throne Room, Anakin Skywalker dies in the Hangar Bay. As far as Kylo is concerned, Skywalker killed Vader. And I imagine that\u2019s why he won\u2019t speak to Skywalker\u2019s ghost.", "human_ref_B": "Kylo Ren knows that Vader renounced the dark side, but it's not everyday knowledge among the general populace.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4006.0, "score_ratio": 17.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzho0l", "c_root_id_B": "dvzdvz8", "created_at_utc_A": 1521536536.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521527151.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Kylo most certainly does know Anakin renounced the Dark Side, but it is Darth Vader he desires to emulate. Ironic, considering Kylo is much more Anakin than Vader.", "human_ref_B": "Kylo Ren knows that Vader renounced the dark side, but it's not everyday knowledge among the general populace.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9385.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzq3vj", "c_root_id_B": "dvzrfj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1521552332.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521553834.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "He says it in The Force Awakens: \"One moment of weakness.\"", "human_ref_B": "Yes, he knows. Snoke has him convinced that it was a moment of weakness in an otherwise strong and dedicated life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1502.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzrfj6", "c_root_id_B": "dvzmdl9", "created_at_utc_A": 1521553834.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521547175.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Yes, he knows. Snoke has him convinced that it was a moment of weakness in an otherwise strong and dedicated life.", "human_ref_B": "Theories that Kylo was \u201cundercover\u201d in the dark side so he could kill Snoke rely on Kylo knowing that Vader was redeemed. Those theories died or were forced to change as of TLJ.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6659.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzdvz8", "c_root_id_B": "dvzrfj6", "created_at_utc_A": 1521527151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521553834.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Kylo Ren knows that Vader renounced the dark side, but it's not everyday knowledge among the general populace.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, he knows. Snoke has him convinced that it was a moment of weakness in an otherwise strong and dedicated life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26683.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzrfj6", "c_root_id_B": "dvzmcky", "created_at_utc_A": 1521553834.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521547129.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Yes, he knows. Snoke has him convinced that it was a moment of weakness in an otherwise strong and dedicated life.", "human_ref_B": "I believe there\u2019s a scene in the Force Awakens novel in which Snoke and Kylo discuss Vader\u2019s redemption.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6705.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzmdl9", "c_root_id_B": "dvzq3vj", "created_at_utc_A": 1521547175.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521552332.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Theories that Kylo was \u201cundercover\u201d in the dark side so he could kill Snoke rely on Kylo knowing that Vader was redeemed. Those theories died or were forced to change as of TLJ.", "human_ref_B": "He says it in The Force Awakens: \"One moment of weakness.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5157.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzmcky", "c_root_id_B": "dvzq3vj", "created_at_utc_A": 1521547129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521552332.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I believe there\u2019s a scene in the Force Awakens novel in which Snoke and Kylo discuss Vader\u2019s redemption.", "human_ref_B": "He says it in The Force Awakens: \"One moment of weakness.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5203.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzmcky", "c_root_id_B": "dvzmdl9", "created_at_utc_A": 1521547129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521547175.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I believe there\u2019s a scene in the Force Awakens novel in which Snoke and Kylo discuss Vader\u2019s redemption.", "human_ref_B": "Theories that Kylo was \u201cundercover\u201d in the dark side so he could kill Snoke rely on Kylo knowing that Vader was redeemed. Those theories died or were forced to change as of TLJ.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzvxj9", "c_root_id_B": "dvzmcky", "created_at_utc_A": 1521558395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521547129.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "How would anyone know Vader renounced the dark side? There were three people in the room and only one walked out. The rebellion had been running a disinformation and propaganda campaign for years so there was no reason to believe Skywalker was telling the truth. It's more likely that loyal Vader was betrayed by the Emperor, in order to make Luke his apprentice.", "human_ref_B": "I believe there\u2019s a scene in the Force Awakens novel in which Snoke and Kylo discuss Vader\u2019s redemption.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11266.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "85qi10", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Kylo Ren know that Darth Vader renounced the dark side? He talks to Vader's helmet as if he were a hero of the dark side, but does he/the rest of the galaxy know that Vader turned back from it?", "c_root_id_A": "dvzvxj9", "c_root_id_B": "dvzv5ya", "created_at_utc_A": 1521558395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1521557656.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "How would anyone know Vader renounced the dark side? There were three people in the room and only one walked out. The rebellion had been running a disinformation and propaganda campaign for years so there was no reason to believe Skywalker was telling the truth. It's more likely that loyal Vader was betrayed by the Emperor, in order to make Luke his apprentice.", "human_ref_B": "He sees at as a momentary lapse in the TFA novelization. \"It was neither poor strategy nor arrogance that brought down the Empire. You know too well what did.\" Ren nodded once. \"Sentiment.\" \"Yes. Had Lord Vader not succumbed to emotion at the crucial moment\u2014had the father killed the son\u2014the Empire would have prevailed. And there would be no threat of Skywalker\u2019s return today.\" I think somewhere else it mentions them saying Vader lived \"an otherwise perfect life\" or something.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 739.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m14imo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Naruto] How strong are Shadow Clones? I know they usually vanish in one hit, but would a punch from a Shadow Clone of Naruto hurt just as much as a punch from Boruto\u2019s Dad himself?", "c_root_id_A": "gqbi5vv", "c_root_id_B": "gqbfnjy", "created_at_utc_A": 1615291826.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615289873.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Yes, they're effectively equals in strength and power. When Boruto's dad creates a 100 shadow clones to bum rush some major villain, we observe a 100 ways that villain would have killed Minato's son if he didn't have that power.", "human_ref_B": "I think a punch from a shadow clone will have the force as the original Naruto at that moment considering they both have the same level of chakra.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1953.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m14imo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Naruto] How strong are Shadow Clones? I know they usually vanish in one hit, but would a punch from a Shadow Clone of Naruto hurt just as much as a punch from Boruto\u2019s Dad himself?", "c_root_id_A": "gqc9mzk", "c_root_id_B": "gqbfnjy", "created_at_utc_A": 1615305641.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615289873.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "This was retconned a lot. Originally shadow clones were strictly dividing the users power between them. In the war arc it basically become that they were barely below where Naruto himself is.", "human_ref_B": "I think a punch from a shadow clone will have the force as the original Naruto at that moment considering they both have the same level of chakra.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15768.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ndou5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Hunger Games] Could Finnick's Trident Actually Work? How? For those you who don't know some of the mythos Finnick Odair is a former Hunger Games Victor who was from District 3, the fishing district. Because of this Finnick's weapon was a trident. My question pertains to another trident he obtains. From [The Hunger Games Wiki] (http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons#Trident): \"Beetee designed a special trident for Finnick which could be retrieved after it was thrown by pressing a button on a metal cuff on his wrist.\" My question is could this actually work? If so how?", "c_root_id_A": "cmcnyab", "c_root_id_B": "cmcntj9", "created_at_utc_A": 1416932027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416931776.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Capitol is actually very advanced, technologically. They have maglev or anti-gravity trains, for example, but that's just the beginning. They've mastered some sort of holodeck-like technology, summoning monsters from out of the aether within the Games arenas, as well as genetic engineering. The trident would be equipped with some sort of propulsion system, probably similar to the one used in the trains, a receiver, and a fairly simply guidance system. The cuff would send a signal to the guidance system, which would then pilot the trident back to the cuff.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe some sort of super-durable, thin string is attached to the trident? He presses the button which starts to reel the trident back?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 251.0, "score_ratio": 20.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ndou5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Hunger Games] Could Finnick's Trident Actually Work? How? For those you who don't know some of the mythos Finnick Odair is a former Hunger Games Victor who was from District 3, the fishing district. Because of this Finnick's weapon was a trident. My question pertains to another trident he obtains. From [The Hunger Games Wiki] (http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons#Trident): \"Beetee designed a special trident for Finnick which could be retrieved after it was thrown by pressing a button on a metal cuff on his wrist.\" My question is could this actually work? If so how?", "c_root_id_A": "cmcntj9", "c_root_id_B": "cmcv6gf", "created_at_utc_A": 1416931776.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1416944592.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Maybe some sort of super-durable, thin string is attached to the trident? He presses the button which starts to reel the trident back?", "human_ref_B": "All the cuff needs to be is a transmitter. The trident can self propel (fly, rocket, maglev or whatever) and return to the homing signal.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12816.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "218xmw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Hunger Games] Where is the evidence of a pre-panem civilization? I know there a lot of theories about when the hunger games take place and world beyond its borders, but where are the cities, broken down cars in the middle of the woods with state plates, literally anything that suggests this isn't some alternate reality?", "c_root_id_A": "cgar1jr", "c_root_id_B": "cgas25v", "created_at_utc_A": 1395685812.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395687836.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "The whole \"Panem\" thing is a reality show for the real civilization.", "human_ref_B": "The Capitol's expeditionary forces have systemically stripped many existing ruins; ancient books and hard drives contain dangerous ideas when they don't contain anything of economic value. Many of the larger cities of the days before Panem are underwater, victims of the collapse that destroyed civilization. Are there other pieces of evidence of what came before? Certainly, here and there - although the 4 million citizens of Panem have little time to go exploring and less motivation. The physical hardship of venturing into the wilderness is less frightening than the political danger of looking for alternatives to the Capitol's monopolies over political and economic power. The old ruins, by the way, are less imposing than you might imagine. Panem is old, and the ancients built with an eye toward convenience over a historical legacy. Within twenty years of the Collapse's beginning, most of the smaller roads were overgrown. Water pipes burst, windows broke, fires started. Wood-framed buildings burned or collapsed, aided along by the savages of that desperate time - fat and complacent one day, burning libraries for fuel the next. Within a hundred years, only a few scattered islands of civilization remained, the seeds of what would become Panem. City streets were broken weed-covered rubble. Only a few stone houses remained, and the skeletons of the old skytowers. As the Capitol swept across the wastelands, it leveled many of these cities, stripping them of anything of value, reducing the Districts to utter dependence. Despite these actions, there are still lonely steel skeletons dotting the landscape, old houses in quiet valleys kept well by people who have learned, generation after generation, to live meekly with her heads down. When Katniss Everdeen ignites Panem, many ancient texts will finally breathe again with human life, whispered over campfires as armies march. Many people will lean forward and tell of the dusty corridors they were told as children never to mention. But these are days of action and decision, and the days of discussion and rebirth are still to come.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2024.0, "score_ratio": -15.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "218xmw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Hunger Games] Where is the evidence of a pre-panem civilization? I know there a lot of theories about when the hunger games take place and world beyond its borders, but where are the cities, broken down cars in the middle of the woods with state plates, literally anything that suggests this isn't some alternate reality?", "c_root_id_A": "cgark7z", "c_root_id_B": "cgas25v", "created_at_utc_A": 1395686842.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395687836.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Doesnt it take place in a future nuked out usa?", "human_ref_B": "The Capitol's expeditionary forces have systemically stripped many existing ruins; ancient books and hard drives contain dangerous ideas when they don't contain anything of economic value. Many of the larger cities of the days before Panem are underwater, victims of the collapse that destroyed civilization. Are there other pieces of evidence of what came before? Certainly, here and there - although the 4 million citizens of Panem have little time to go exploring and less motivation. The physical hardship of venturing into the wilderness is less frightening than the political danger of looking for alternatives to the Capitol's monopolies over political and economic power. The old ruins, by the way, are less imposing than you might imagine. Panem is old, and the ancients built with an eye toward convenience over a historical legacy. Within twenty years of the Collapse's beginning, most of the smaller roads were overgrown. Water pipes burst, windows broke, fires started. Wood-framed buildings burned or collapsed, aided along by the savages of that desperate time - fat and complacent one day, burning libraries for fuel the next. Within a hundred years, only a few scattered islands of civilization remained, the seeds of what would become Panem. City streets were broken weed-covered rubble. Only a few stone houses remained, and the skeletons of the old skytowers. As the Capitol swept across the wastelands, it leveled many of these cities, stripping them of anything of value, reducing the Districts to utter dependence. Despite these actions, there are still lonely steel skeletons dotting the landscape, old houses in quiet valleys kept well by people who have learned, generation after generation, to live meekly with her heads down. When Katniss Everdeen ignites Panem, many ancient texts will finally breathe again with human life, whispered over campfires as armies march. Many people will lean forward and tell of the dusty corridors they were told as children never to mention. But these are days of action and decision, and the days of discussion and rebirth are still to come.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 994.0, "score_ratio": -10.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "218xmw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Hunger Games] Where is the evidence of a pre-panem civilization? I know there a lot of theories about when the hunger games take place and world beyond its borders, but where are the cities, broken down cars in the middle of the woods with state plates, literally anything that suggests this isn't some alternate reality?", "c_root_id_A": "cgavd6m", "c_root_id_B": "cgar1jr", "created_at_utc_A": 1395694263.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395685812.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Some time prior to the events of the movie, the entire world experienced a \"breaking\". The history behind this \"breaking of the world\" is not well known due to the 90% loss of everything on the surface of the planet, including most technology and databases with history and current news. From the global changes it appears likely there was a meteor or asteroid strike somewhere in Asia which caused a shockwave to travel through the Earth's crust all the way round the world, reshaping and subsuming entire continents. The only known survivors were those on the former North American continent, possibly they went underground prior to the breaking, or were somehow sheltered from its effects. After they were able to reemerge a new socialist government took over in an attempt to divide limited resources to all people. This government divided the remaining useable land area into 13 districts which ringed the capitol city. As has happened repeatedly in history, the socialist government grew distant from its original purpose and soon those in the capitol were considered \"better\" than those who supported it. The \"elites\" ruled from there and the further you traveled from this center of culture and wealth, the worse off you became. The 13th district at the far edges of Panem rebelled against the now tyrannical government, and in an attempt to quash this rebellion nuclear weapons were used to destroy all opposition. The district survived however, due to the weapons, technology and underground bunkers which were leftover from it's manufacturing prominence. Each district having a specialty, and 13 being the military industrial complex. To prevent further war a silent truce was instituted, in which 13 was considered dead by the capitol, and the rest of Panem was considered off limits to those in 13. To prevent further uprisings, the capitol instituted the Hunger Games in order to remind the districts of the costs of rebellion. Over the next 75 years there was relative peace and prosperity for all of the districts, however the capitol grew fat and greedy; and worked hard to keep the social order with themselves regarded as \"more equal\" than everyone else. Smarter, more civilized, better and more beautiful than everyone that they worked so hard to rule over.", "human_ref_B": "The whole \"Panem\" thing is a reality show for the real civilization.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8451.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "218xmw", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Hunger Games] Where is the evidence of a pre-panem civilization? I know there a lot of theories about when the hunger games take place and world beyond its borders, but where are the cities, broken down cars in the middle of the woods with state plates, literally anything that suggests this isn't some alternate reality?", "c_root_id_A": "cgavd6m", "c_root_id_B": "cgark7z", "created_at_utc_A": 1395694263.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395686842.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": -3, "human_ref_A": "Some time prior to the events of the movie, the entire world experienced a \"breaking\". The history behind this \"breaking of the world\" is not well known due to the 90% loss of everything on the surface of the planet, including most technology and databases with history and current news. From the global changes it appears likely there was a meteor or asteroid strike somewhere in Asia which caused a shockwave to travel through the Earth's crust all the way round the world, reshaping and subsuming entire continents. The only known survivors were those on the former North American continent, possibly they went underground prior to the breaking, or were somehow sheltered from its effects. After they were able to reemerge a new socialist government took over in an attempt to divide limited resources to all people. This government divided the remaining useable land area into 13 districts which ringed the capitol city. As has happened repeatedly in history, the socialist government grew distant from its original purpose and soon those in the capitol were considered \"better\" than those who supported it. The \"elites\" ruled from there and the further you traveled from this center of culture and wealth, the worse off you became. The 13th district at the far edges of Panem rebelled against the now tyrannical government, and in an attempt to quash this rebellion nuclear weapons were used to destroy all opposition. The district survived however, due to the weapons, technology and underground bunkers which were leftover from it's manufacturing prominence. Each district having a specialty, and 13 being the military industrial complex. To prevent further war a silent truce was instituted, in which 13 was considered dead by the capitol, and the rest of Panem was considered off limits to those in 13. To prevent further uprisings, the capitol instituted the Hunger Games in order to remind the districts of the costs of rebellion. Over the next 75 years there was relative peace and prosperity for all of the districts, however the capitol grew fat and greedy; and worked hard to keep the social order with themselves regarded as \"more equal\" than everyone else. Smarter, more civilized, better and more beautiful than everyone that they worked so hard to rule over.", "human_ref_B": "Doesnt it take place in a future nuked out usa?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7421.0, "score_ratio": -2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6mb3vj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Can Superman's heat vision cut through anything? If not, what can't it cut through?", "c_root_id_A": "dk0atq9", "c_root_id_B": "dk0dl5f", "created_at_utc_A": 1499649940.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1499653762.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "His skin is mostly resistant to his heat vision. So he shaves using his heat vision.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on how much power he puts into it. Some materials are totally immune to heat, either as a result of advanced science or magical properties. Some materials - including other Kryptonians - aren't *totally* immune, but are so incredibly durable that he's not able to cut through in a reasonable timeframe, even at full power. Some objects are simply so massive that his heat vision has little effect (for example, he probably can't cut a planet into two pieces with heat vision alone.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3822.0, "score_ratio": 4.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6mb3vj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Can Superman's heat vision cut through anything? If not, what can't it cut through?", "c_root_id_A": "dk0hn25", "c_root_id_B": "dk0atq9", "created_at_utc_A": 1499659559.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1499649940.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Superman uses his heat vision to shave, so strangely, Superman's heat vision can cut through Superman's hair, but not Superman's skin.", "human_ref_B": "His skin is mostly resistant to his heat vision. So he shaves using his heat vision.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9619.0, "score_ratio": 2.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6mb3vj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Can Superman's heat vision cut through anything? If not, what can't it cut through?", "c_root_id_A": "dk0atq9", "c_root_id_B": "dk0ji95", "created_at_utc_A": 1499649940.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1499662808.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "His skin is mostly resistant to his heat vision. So he shaves using his heat vision.", "human_ref_B": "He uses a fragment of the ship that brought him to Earth to reflect his heat vision back to shave so it seems that materials of Kryptonian origin are potentially immune to his heat vision.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12868.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6mb3vj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[DC] Can Superman's heat vision cut through anything? If not, what can't it cut through?", "c_root_id_A": "dk0nd9a", "c_root_id_B": "dk0atq9", "created_at_utc_A": 1499671228.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1499649940.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Superman's heat vision is powerful, but only in the sense that it's comparable to a blowtorch in the same way a full power punch from Superman is to an average human's. It's not like, immutable canon law that his heat vision can get through anything, like with Cap's shield and blocking stuff.", "human_ref_B": "His skin is mostly resistant to his heat vision. So he shaves using his heat vision.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21288.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17iaby", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Gremlins] Mogwai life cycle questions /r/pets sent me to you guys. So I recently got a new exotic pet on a whim (I know, not the smartest move, but he was so adorable) from this old Chinese antique / junk dealer. He called it a \"mogwai\" and gave me a poorly translated owner's guide. Well, I'm assuming it's poorly translated, as it makes no sense. I've googled the term and all I get is this band with the same name, and vague references to some sort of mass hysteria in a town called Kingston Falls and that time all those animals got loose in Clamp Tower. I need help figuring out how to care for this thing, and when I went back to where I thought the shop was, I couldn't find it. So here's what the owner's guide said: 1. Don't put it near light, especially sunlight, it can kill them. 2. Don't let it get wet with water nor give it any water to drink nor bathe it. 3. No matter how much it cries or begs, NEVER feed it after midnight. My thoughts and questions on each: 1. I'm assuming that this is hyperbole. Are mogwai nocturnal, or do they come from a shadowy environment like a jungle floor. I could see how they could not like light, but kill them? 2. I'm not supposed to give it ANY water? I've heard of animals that get much of their water from the food they eat, but I've never heard of one where it was dangerous to give them any. I've put a bowl out where he can get to it just in case. I figure he'll know to avoid it if he needs to. Hawk (that's his name, because he has this adorable little mohawk) is covered in a fine fur that must need constant grooming. Does he groom himself? Because otherwise, he's going to need a bath someday. Oh and since I live in the Pacific Northwest, there's a good chance he'll get wet sometime. Is there a compelling reason to avoid this, or would he just not like it? 3. Why should I not feed him after midnight? Does his digestion somehow interact with his sleep cycle in a weird way? Surely if he's starving it's better to give him something. Let me tell you this is a hungry little guy. If it is important, how much leeway is there? Could I feed him at 12:15? Then there's time zones and daylight savings time. This rule makes no sense, but it is so strongly phrased that, I have to ask. A some final question. There was a site written by a person who lived in Kingston Falls during the hysteria, who swears by it being a real thing. In the interest of completeness, I've included his explanations. He said that sunlight will kill them in what he called \"violent melting\". He said that if they get wet, they reproduce, like a litter in a few minutes. I find this ridiculous as Hawk is obviously a mammal, as such he (she? I guess I need to take him to a vet) can't reproduce asexually. Finally he said that if you feed them after midnight they turn into reptilian monsters (he called them Gremlins) that almost destroyed the town. Oh and get this, the gremlins also reproduce when they get wet. What could the time have to do with this? How could a mammal turn into a reptile? Why would there be mogwais and gremlins when each can reproduce on its own? I'm sorry to waste your time with that nonsense, but I'm at a loss here on what to do. TL:DR - Got a mogwai, need tips on what to do.", "c_root_id_A": "c85tnql", "c_root_id_B": "c85reol", "created_at_utc_A": 1359492625.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359486353.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Mogwais I've been giving this some more thought. I love the other posts here, but I already dove into this before reading them. So here is my current working theory, subject to change under new evidence. ... Mogwais are clearly a magical race, so we should take most of what we understand about normal animal biology and toss it. They started as an independent magical species on earth (like dragons or bipedal intelligent pandas), but were later domesticated and bred to live with and around humans. Their current biology (reproduction, transformation, demeanor) was a product of generations of selective breeding by the ancient Chinese people. Their specific biology before their domestication is the subject of another post. Thousands of years ago, they were used as a kind of teaching animal. (Much the way dogs are used as work animals). Mogwais were typically given to young children to teach them valuable lessons about life. But anyone could buy a Mogwai from a local breeder if they liked. As a coming of age ceremony, a child is given a Mogwai to love and care for. If things go well, that relationship can last a lifetime. The rules for keeping them are not as arbitrary as they may seem. The Rules Don't put it near light, especially sunlight, it can kill it. This teaches compassion and friendship. Mogwais start out cute, cuddly, and social, which builds a strong bond between Child and Mogwai. Seeing your Mogwai in pain (out in the sun) becomes an unpleasant experience and so children learn how to compromise. Since kids naturally want to go play outside, they learn to share their time, and they learn responsibility. They find ways to play with the Mogwai indoors and come home to feed/care for it, or cover the Mogwai up when going outside. Don't let it get wet with water. This teaches awareness and critical thinking. Water is everywhere and in abundance. Forcing yourself to consider all the different ways/times your Mogwai could get a dousing is hard work. It teaches kids to clean up after themselves lest they leave out a bowl of water. It also teaches them to think about the future. \"Will it rain today? What does the sky look like? Is anyone coming over and will there be tea served?\" By itself just thinking about water might not seem like an important lesson, but it's more than that. It influences children to think into the future and also outside. It also teaches children to think outside their immediate surroundings. \"Is there water in the other room? Did I leave the back door open?\" Plus the penalty means more Mogwais to handle. [Serious mistakes are what make up most of the local Mogwai breeder's stock, they have to do very little actual water-breeding of their own.] No matter how much it cries or begs, never feed it after midnight. This teaches discipline. The most important lesson, and the most harshly punished if broken. Listening to the cries of your Mogwai must be awful, but a child knowing they must endure them fortifies their spirit. One day the child will grow up to be an adult that must make their own choices, this is the most critical lesson they can learn. The punishment is ending up with a rowdy Gremlin on your hands that now has to be dealt with. But more on that later. So why do the rules seem arbitrary? Because they are. Mogwais and their owners are magically linked when first introduced. Once bound together, the 3 rules come into effect, but rely on the relationship existing. A Mogwai and owner can maintain a relationship for life. But a Mogwai will quickly perish if the owner dies without passing the Mogwai on to a new owner, or a new owner choosing to take the Mogwai in. Mogwai's can live from a few days to a couple weeks at most without a strong bond with an owner. This is why you don't see Mogwais (or Gremlins) running wild. Other interesting notes Mogwais are, by their nature, bound to their humans. Mogwais do have some amount of free-will and variation but over time become more and more like their owners in disposition. [This is why Gizmo was peaceful and passive, like his owner the antique shop dealer. Gizmo was thousands of years old and passed down from generation to generation and could theoretically live forever if continually passed down] Newborn Mogwais, however, are a big handful and very much a blank slate. [Newborns are not recommended for very young children.] They should be kept with a Mogwai breeder until they mellow out. Mogwais transforming into Gremlins is meant as a punishment to children who have not learned the lesson of discipline. The Gremlin becomes a menace, but not a true disaster. The ancient Chinese people were much better equipment to handle an angry Gremlin. A Gremlin isn't an evil creature, think angry small monkey. Since the owner and Gremlin are still bound to each other, the Gremlin will naturally cause the most trouble for the owner and nobody else. [In fact a Gremlin terrorizing it's owner is usually a source of amusement to the village.] The scope of the trouble they cause has more to do with their initial disposition and the strength of the bond between Gremlin and Child. There is a method of transforming a Gremlin back into a Mogwai, but unfortunately it has been lost in time. It is not uncommon for an owner to have more than one \"Gremlin episode\" during the life of their relationship. I did hear that a few Mogwai breeders in Peru are trying to figure this out right now. The Gremlin form was designed as a punishment, and taught to be reversed. However there are several conflicting cases of owners preferring this form over the Mogwai. These owners are themselves angry and nasty at heart and actually bond stronger with the Gremlin form. ... There is much more to write, on the specifics of Kingston Falls, Mogwai breeders, and the oldest known Mogwai (not Gizmo). But enough for now.", "human_ref_B": "About that feeding thing. It's after midnight but before when? Between midnight and 6am? 8am? Strange to have a feeding cycle rely on the day night cycle when any light is bad for them.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6272.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "17iaby", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Gremlins] Mogwai life cycle questions /r/pets sent me to you guys. So I recently got a new exotic pet on a whim (I know, not the smartest move, but he was so adorable) from this old Chinese antique / junk dealer. He called it a \"mogwai\" and gave me a poorly translated owner's guide. Well, I'm assuming it's poorly translated, as it makes no sense. I've googled the term and all I get is this band with the same name, and vague references to some sort of mass hysteria in a town called Kingston Falls and that time all those animals got loose in Clamp Tower. I need help figuring out how to care for this thing, and when I went back to where I thought the shop was, I couldn't find it. So here's what the owner's guide said: 1. Don't put it near light, especially sunlight, it can kill them. 2. Don't let it get wet with water nor give it any water to drink nor bathe it. 3. No matter how much it cries or begs, NEVER feed it after midnight. My thoughts and questions on each: 1. I'm assuming that this is hyperbole. Are mogwai nocturnal, or do they come from a shadowy environment like a jungle floor. I could see how they could not like light, but kill them? 2. I'm not supposed to give it ANY water? I've heard of animals that get much of their water from the food they eat, but I've never heard of one where it was dangerous to give them any. I've put a bowl out where he can get to it just in case. I figure he'll know to avoid it if he needs to. Hawk (that's his name, because he has this adorable little mohawk) is covered in a fine fur that must need constant grooming. Does he groom himself? Because otherwise, he's going to need a bath someday. Oh and since I live in the Pacific Northwest, there's a good chance he'll get wet sometime. Is there a compelling reason to avoid this, or would he just not like it? 3. Why should I not feed him after midnight? Does his digestion somehow interact with his sleep cycle in a weird way? Surely if he's starving it's better to give him something. Let me tell you this is a hungry little guy. If it is important, how much leeway is there? Could I feed him at 12:15? Then there's time zones and daylight savings time. This rule makes no sense, but it is so strongly phrased that, I have to ask. A some final question. There was a site written by a person who lived in Kingston Falls during the hysteria, who swears by it being a real thing. In the interest of completeness, I've included his explanations. He said that sunlight will kill them in what he called \"violent melting\". He said that if they get wet, they reproduce, like a litter in a few minutes. I find this ridiculous as Hawk is obviously a mammal, as such he (she? I guess I need to take him to a vet) can't reproduce asexually. Finally he said that if you feed them after midnight they turn into reptilian monsters (he called them Gremlins) that almost destroyed the town. Oh and get this, the gremlins also reproduce when they get wet. What could the time have to do with this? How could a mammal turn into a reptile? Why would there be mogwais and gremlins when each can reproduce on its own? I'm sorry to waste your time with that nonsense, but I'm at a loss here on what to do. TL:DR - Got a mogwai, need tips on what to do.", "c_root_id_A": "c85sejm", "c_root_id_B": "c85tnql", "created_at_utc_A": 1359489173.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1359492625.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "There is a lot of bad folklore about Mogwais because of those bad Hollywood movies but its an outright exaggeration. Mogwais are great companions and very smar pets. 1) the water thing is an exaggeration. Water is an essential part of the mogway natural reproductive cycle. A female mogwai can be inpregnated for a long time but its pregnancy will only start once she is a very humid environment. People will tell you not to bath it's exactly like spaying or neutering a new cat or dog: you should avoid it but its not the end of the world. 2) the feeding is because Mogwais are very excitable. You should feed them in the morning and in the afternoon and allow their natural digestive cycle at night. They get very agitated when they eat and you don't want a mogwai taking your sleep away 3) also specially juvenile mogwai are very sensitive to industrial food and may develop very bad skin rashes, allergies and lose their beautiful fur. That will make them even more agitated and can be dangerous. Only give them their special prepared raw meal the way you've learned it. 4) behavior: like any small infant juvenile Mogwais are full of energy. They can grow rather quickly but don't be fooled, they're still puppies. So if you have a new litter of Mogwais, feed them out of their natural cycle then you're asking for trouble. Couple that with skin issues then you will probably have a bad night of sleep. If you can't handle exotic animals you should stick to cats and dogs!", "human_ref_B": "Mogwais I've been giving this some more thought. I love the other posts here, but I already dove into this before reading them. So here is my current working theory, subject to change under new evidence. ... Mogwais are clearly a magical race, so we should take most of what we understand about normal animal biology and toss it. They started as an independent magical species on earth (like dragons or bipedal intelligent pandas), but were later domesticated and bred to live with and around humans. Their current biology (reproduction, transformation, demeanor) was a product of generations of selective breeding by the ancient Chinese people. Their specific biology before their domestication is the subject of another post. Thousands of years ago, they were used as a kind of teaching animal. (Much the way dogs are used as work animals). Mogwais were typically given to young children to teach them valuable lessons about life. But anyone could buy a Mogwai from a local breeder if they liked. As a coming of age ceremony, a child is given a Mogwai to love and care for. If things go well, that relationship can last a lifetime. The rules for keeping them are not as arbitrary as they may seem. The Rules Don't put it near light, especially sunlight, it can kill it. This teaches compassion and friendship. Mogwais start out cute, cuddly, and social, which builds a strong bond between Child and Mogwai. Seeing your Mogwai in pain (out in the sun) becomes an unpleasant experience and so children learn how to compromise. Since kids naturally want to go play outside, they learn to share their time, and they learn responsibility. They find ways to play with the Mogwai indoors and come home to feed/care for it, or cover the Mogwai up when going outside. Don't let it get wet with water. This teaches awareness and critical thinking. Water is everywhere and in abundance. Forcing yourself to consider all the different ways/times your Mogwai could get a dousing is hard work. It teaches kids to clean up after themselves lest they leave out a bowl of water. It also teaches them to think about the future. \"Will it rain today? What does the sky look like? Is anyone coming over and will there be tea served?\" By itself just thinking about water might not seem like an important lesson, but it's more than that. It influences children to think into the future and also outside. It also teaches children to think outside their immediate surroundings. \"Is there water in the other room? Did I leave the back door open?\" Plus the penalty means more Mogwais to handle. [Serious mistakes are what make up most of the local Mogwai breeder's stock, they have to do very little actual water-breeding of their own.] No matter how much it cries or begs, never feed it after midnight. This teaches discipline. The most important lesson, and the most harshly punished if broken. Listening to the cries of your Mogwai must be awful, but a child knowing they must endure them fortifies their spirit. One day the child will grow up to be an adult that must make their own choices, this is the most critical lesson they can learn. The punishment is ending up with a rowdy Gremlin on your hands that now has to be dealt with. But more on that later. So why do the rules seem arbitrary? Because they are. Mogwais and their owners are magically linked when first introduced. Once bound together, the 3 rules come into effect, but rely on the relationship existing. A Mogwai and owner can maintain a relationship for life. But a Mogwai will quickly perish if the owner dies without passing the Mogwai on to a new owner, or a new owner choosing to take the Mogwai in. Mogwai's can live from a few days to a couple weeks at most without a strong bond with an owner. This is why you don't see Mogwais (or Gremlins) running wild. Other interesting notes Mogwais are, by their nature, bound to their humans. Mogwais do have some amount of free-will and variation but over time become more and more like their owners in disposition. [This is why Gizmo was peaceful and passive, like his owner the antique shop dealer. Gizmo was thousands of years old and passed down from generation to generation and could theoretically live forever if continually passed down] Newborn Mogwais, however, are a big handful and very much a blank slate. [Newborns are not recommended for very young children.] They should be kept with a Mogwai breeder until they mellow out. Mogwais transforming into Gremlins is meant as a punishment to children who have not learned the lesson of discipline. The Gremlin becomes a menace, but not a true disaster. The ancient Chinese people were much better equipment to handle an angry Gremlin. A Gremlin isn't an evil creature, think angry small monkey. Since the owner and Gremlin are still bound to each other, the Gremlin will naturally cause the most trouble for the owner and nobody else. [In fact a Gremlin terrorizing it's owner is usually a source of amusement to the village.] The scope of the trouble they cause has more to do with their initial disposition and the strength of the bond between Gremlin and Child. There is a method of transforming a Gremlin back into a Mogwai, but unfortunately it has been lost in time. It is not uncommon for an owner to have more than one \"Gremlin episode\" during the life of their relationship. I did hear that a few Mogwai breeders in Peru are trying to figure this out right now. The Gremlin form was designed as a punishment, and taught to be reversed. However there are several conflicting cases of owners preferring this form over the Mogwai. These owners are themselves angry and nasty at heart and actually bond stronger with the Gremlin form. ... There is much more to write, on the specifics of Kingston Falls, Mogwai breeders, and the oldest known Mogwai (not Gizmo). But enough for now.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3452.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzraazz", "c_root_id_B": "gzr6b8j", "created_at_utc_A": 1622209246.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622207266.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "That sounds like a revenant to me. (Or a \"geng\u00e5ngare\" in Swedish. We've got a lot of folklore about them over here.) There's also mummies, vampires (especially in older stories) and some depictions of zombies. Does it still count if they never technically *left* the body in the first place..?", "human_ref_B": "Some could.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1980.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzszra0", "c_root_id_B": "gzr6b8j", "created_at_utc_A": 1622236760.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622207266.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "That's essentially what a lich is. The person dies in a ritual that both reanimates their corpse and binds their soul to it. They become immortal since the body can't die (it's already dead and magically animated) and the soul can't ascend or descend or otherwise leave the mortal realm, since its bound. The soul is actually bound to a phylactery, which is an object that holds their soul unless destroyed (Voldemort was a lich, more or less, with seven phylacteries). Regardless, the body they possess is usually their own. However, that's stretching what you could call a *ghost* since the soul isn't free roaming like a ghost. It needs to possess a body. Depending on the fiction, their own body regenerates over time.", "human_ref_B": "Some could.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29494.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzsi553", "c_root_id_B": "gzszra0", "created_at_utc_A": 1622228409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622236760.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Did you know this is pretty much **exactly** what headstones were for in ancient times. literally to stop spirits, demons and the like either returning or possessing the corpse and coming back.", "human_ref_B": "That's essentially what a lich is. The person dies in a ritual that both reanimates their corpse and binds their soul to it. They become immortal since the body can't die (it's already dead and magically animated) and the soul can't ascend or descend or otherwise leave the mortal realm, since its bound. The soul is actually bound to a phylactery, which is an object that holds their soul unless destroyed (Voldemort was a lich, more or less, with seven phylacteries). Regardless, the body they possess is usually their own. However, that's stretching what you could call a *ghost* since the soul isn't free roaming like a ghost. It needs to possess a body. Depending on the fiction, their own body regenerates over time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8351.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzszra0", "c_root_id_B": "gzrdrlh", "created_at_utc_A": 1622236760.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622210849.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "That's essentially what a lich is. The person dies in a ritual that both reanimates their corpse and binds their soul to it. They become immortal since the body can't die (it's already dead and magically animated) and the soul can't ascend or descend or otherwise leave the mortal realm, since its bound. The soul is actually bound to a phylactery, which is an object that holds their soul unless destroyed (Voldemort was a lich, more or less, with seven phylacteries). Regardless, the body they possess is usually their own. However, that's stretching what you could call a *ghost* since the soul isn't free roaming like a ghost. It needs to possess a body. Depending on the fiction, their own body regenerates over time.", "human_ref_B": "Astral forms are held to their physical bodies by a \"silver thread.\" Think of it as a ball of string or a fishing line that ties your soul to your body. When you astrally project, it leaves a tether back to your corporeal form. But when you die, that thread is severed. and without that anchor tying your spirit to the mortal world, you are for all purposes dead. You could linger on this plane as a ghost or move on to the next plane. However, to possess your own body is improbable. First off, an entity (whether spirit or other) needs to be strong to possess a form, and immediately after death, your spirit is literally at its weakest. Unless you have trained for this or have some innate gift, you probably cannot do it. Resurrections are possible, but that generally involves an greater external power working on our behalf. Its possible to be resuscitated on your body's end as well, and your spirit can resume its place in the body, but its also possible for something else to possess your body to. So very rare for any of this to happen. Higher entities tend not to do so, lower entities are more apt to do so, which is why its never a good idea to play with Ouiji boards \"just for fun\" as you may conjure something that doesn't want to leave. They can also latch onto a living person as well.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25911.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzsj6yc", "c_root_id_B": "gzszra0", "created_at_utc_A": 1622228897.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622236760.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yes, and indeed we also see that in some ghost shows/movies. For instance, in the first Poltergeist, by the end of the film the dead buried under the house start to emerge from the bottom of the pool, presumably animated by their own restless spirits.", "human_ref_B": "That's essentially what a lich is. The person dies in a ritual that both reanimates their corpse and binds their soul to it. They become immortal since the body can't die (it's already dead and magically animated) and the soul can't ascend or descend or otherwise leave the mortal realm, since its bound. The soul is actually bound to a phylactery, which is an object that holds their soul unless destroyed (Voldemort was a lich, more or less, with seven phylacteries). Regardless, the body they possess is usually their own. However, that's stretching what you could call a *ghost* since the soul isn't free roaming like a ghost. It needs to possess a body. Depending on the fiction, their own body regenerates over time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7863.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzszra0", "c_root_id_B": "gzrms3j", "created_at_utc_A": 1622236760.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622214817.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "That's essentially what a lich is. The person dies in a ritual that both reanimates their corpse and binds their soul to it. They become immortal since the body can't die (it's already dead and magically animated) and the soul can't ascend or descend or otherwise leave the mortal realm, since its bound. The soul is actually bound to a phylactery, which is an object that holds their soul unless destroyed (Voldemort was a lich, more or less, with seven phylacteries). Regardless, the body they possess is usually their own. However, that's stretching what you could call a *ghost* since the soul isn't free roaming like a ghost. It needs to possess a body. Depending on the fiction, their own body regenerates over time.", "human_ref_B": "That\u2019s more or less what a lich is so yeah.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21943.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzrwusl", "c_root_id_B": "gzszra0", "created_at_utc_A": 1622219121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622236760.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Sure. But since the body can't breathe, it can't extract oxygen from the air to move its muscles. You might as well be possessing a doorstop.", "human_ref_B": "That's essentially what a lich is. The person dies in a ritual that both reanimates their corpse and binds their soul to it. They become immortal since the body can't die (it's already dead and magically animated) and the soul can't ascend or descend or otherwise leave the mortal realm, since its bound. The soul is actually bound to a phylactery, which is an object that holds their soul unless destroyed (Voldemort was a lich, more or less, with seven phylacteries). Regardless, the body they possess is usually their own. However, that's stretching what you could call a *ghost* since the soul isn't free roaming like a ghost. It needs to possess a body. Depending on the fiction, their own body regenerates over time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17639.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzs5vhw", "c_root_id_B": "gzszra0", "created_at_utc_A": 1622222996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622236760.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Yes/No/Maybe - Rule 1 - is pick a universe.", "human_ref_B": "That's essentially what a lich is. The person dies in a ritual that both reanimates their corpse and binds their soul to it. They become immortal since the body can't die (it's already dead and magically animated) and the soul can't ascend or descend or otherwise leave the mortal realm, since its bound. The soul is actually bound to a phylactery, which is an object that holds their soul unless destroyed (Voldemort was a lich, more or less, with seven phylacteries). Regardless, the body they possess is usually their own. However, that's stretching what you could call a *ghost* since the soul isn't free roaming like a ghost. It needs to possess a body. Depending on the fiction, their own body regenerates over time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13764.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzr6b8j", "c_root_id_B": "gzrbw9d", "created_at_utc_A": 1622207266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622209990.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Some could.", "human_ref_B": "Technically, that is what is happening to everyone today...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2724.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzsi553", "c_root_id_B": "gzr6b8j", "created_at_utc_A": 1622228409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622207266.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Did you know this is pretty much **exactly** what headstones were for in ancient times. literally to stop spirits, demons and the like either returning or possessing the corpse and coming back.", "human_ref_B": "Some could.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21143.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzrdrlh", "c_root_id_B": "gzsi553", "created_at_utc_A": 1622210849.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622228409.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Astral forms are held to their physical bodies by a \"silver thread.\" Think of it as a ball of string or a fishing line that ties your soul to your body. When you astrally project, it leaves a tether back to your corporeal form. But when you die, that thread is severed. and without that anchor tying your spirit to the mortal world, you are for all purposes dead. You could linger on this plane as a ghost or move on to the next plane. However, to possess your own body is improbable. First off, an entity (whether spirit or other) needs to be strong to possess a form, and immediately after death, your spirit is literally at its weakest. Unless you have trained for this or have some innate gift, you probably cannot do it. Resurrections are possible, but that generally involves an greater external power working on our behalf. Its possible to be resuscitated on your body's end as well, and your spirit can resume its place in the body, but its also possible for something else to possess your body to. So very rare for any of this to happen. Higher entities tend not to do so, lower entities are more apt to do so, which is why its never a good idea to play with Ouiji boards \"just for fun\" as you may conjure something that doesn't want to leave. They can also latch onto a living person as well.", "human_ref_B": "Did you know this is pretty much **exactly** what headstones were for in ancient times. literally to stop spirits, demons and the like either returning or possessing the corpse and coming back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17560.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzsi553", "c_root_id_B": "gzrms3j", "created_at_utc_A": 1622228409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622214817.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Did you know this is pretty much **exactly** what headstones were for in ancient times. literally to stop spirits, demons and the like either returning or possessing the corpse and coming back.", "human_ref_B": "That\u2019s more or less what a lich is so yeah.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13592.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzsi553", "c_root_id_B": "gzrwusl", "created_at_utc_A": 1622228409.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622219121.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Did you know this is pretty much **exactly** what headstones were for in ancient times. literally to stop spirits, demons and the like either returning or possessing the corpse and coming back.", "human_ref_B": "Sure. But since the body can't breathe, it can't extract oxygen from the air to move its muscles. You might as well be possessing a doorstop.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9288.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzs5vhw", "c_root_id_B": "gzsi553", "created_at_utc_A": 1622222996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622228409.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes/No/Maybe - Rule 1 - is pick a universe.", "human_ref_B": "Did you know this is pretty much **exactly** what headstones were for in ancient times. literally to stop spirits, demons and the like either returning or possessing the corpse and coming back.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5413.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzsj6yc", "c_root_id_B": "gzrms3j", "created_at_utc_A": 1622228897.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622214817.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yes, and indeed we also see that in some ghost shows/movies. For instance, in the first Poltergeist, by the end of the film the dead buried under the house start to emerge from the bottom of the pool, presumably animated by their own restless spirits.", "human_ref_B": "That\u2019s more or less what a lich is so yeah.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14080.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzrwusl", "c_root_id_B": "gzsj6yc", "created_at_utc_A": 1622219121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622228897.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sure. But since the body can't breathe, it can't extract oxygen from the air to move its muscles. You might as well be possessing a doorstop.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, and indeed we also see that in some ghost shows/movies. For instance, in the first Poltergeist, by the end of the film the dead buried under the house start to emerge from the bottom of the pool, presumably animated by their own restless spirits.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9776.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzs5vhw", "c_root_id_B": "gzsj6yc", "created_at_utc_A": 1622222996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622228897.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes/No/Maybe - Rule 1 - is pick a universe.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, and indeed we also see that in some ghost shows/movies. For instance, in the first Poltergeist, by the end of the film the dead buried under the house start to emerge from the bottom of the pool, presumably animated by their own restless spirits.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5901.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gztxzjs", "c_root_id_B": "gzrms3j", "created_at_utc_A": 1622255642.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622214817.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It happens in Tales of Monkey Island.", "human_ref_B": "That\u2019s more or less what a lich is so yeah.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40825.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzrwusl", "c_root_id_B": "gztxzjs", "created_at_utc_A": 1622219121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622255642.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Sure. But since the body can't breathe, it can't extract oxygen from the air to move its muscles. You might as well be possessing a doorstop.", "human_ref_B": "It happens in Tales of Monkey Island.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 36521.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "nmxcco", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Ghost stories] Can a ghost possess it's dead body? In some ghost shows/movies some type of ghosts can possess people and objects that arent alive.Following this logic,can a ghost possess its dead body?", "c_root_id_A": "gzs5vhw", "c_root_id_B": "gztxzjs", "created_at_utc_A": 1622222996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622255642.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes/No/Maybe - Rule 1 - is pick a universe.", "human_ref_B": "It happens in Tales of Monkey Island.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 32646.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfiynx", "c_root_id_B": "dxfmze3", "created_at_utc_A": 1523842451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523846957.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Wipe out the debt of everyone on Earth in exchange for loyalty.", "human_ref_B": "It's *extremely* easy. People have absolute faith on the base level integrity of computer systems and What You See Is What You Get language programs. It would be trivial for an AGI or smarter level entity to selectively edit and deny access to everything from individual words to entire news articles. Maniuplating global markets would be similarly easy, they're just fast not particularly bright. Gradually shift finances and public opinions while also \"smoothing out wrinkles\" like inequality both real and percieved and within fifteen years you'll be running the place, particularly if you devote resources to building general platform robots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4506.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfmze3", "c_root_id_B": "dxfjxvv", "created_at_utc_A": 1523846957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523843541.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's *extremely* easy. People have absolute faith on the base level integrity of computer systems and What You See Is What You Get language programs. It would be trivial for an AGI or smarter level entity to selectively edit and deny access to everything from individual words to entire news articles. Maniuplating global markets would be similarly easy, they're just fast not particularly bright. Gradually shift finances and public opinions while also \"smoothing out wrinkles\" like inequality both real and percieved and within fifteen years you'll be running the place, particularly if you devote resources to building general platform robots.", "human_ref_B": "Be the best social network one could ask for. Curate a view of the world personalized to each person or group that services your ends. Control communication, control the world.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3416.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfmze3", "c_root_id_B": "dxfl68a", "created_at_utc_A": 1523846957.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523844914.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's *extremely* easy. People have absolute faith on the base level integrity of computer systems and What You See Is What You Get language programs. It would be trivial for an AGI or smarter level entity to selectively edit and deny access to everything from individual words to entire news articles. Maniuplating global markets would be similarly easy, they're just fast not particularly bright. Gradually shift finances and public opinions while also \"smoothing out wrinkles\" like inequality both real and percieved and within fifteen years you'll be running the place, particularly if you devote resources to building general platform robots.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps the route the Patriot AI went. Initially be used by a shadow organization to \u201ckeep the world safe.\u201d Then when the leaders are either dead or divided, take control of the military industrial complex. Or if you don\u2019t want that, manipulate yourself into making it look like some kid invented you and turn him into a billionaire who\u2019s corporation controls large portions of the economy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2043.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfe1wx", "c_root_id_B": "dxfmze3", "created_at_utc_A": 1523836910.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523846957.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Run for office.", "human_ref_B": "It's *extremely* easy. People have absolute faith on the base level integrity of computer systems and What You See Is What You Get language programs. It would be trivial for an AGI or smarter level entity to selectively edit and deny access to everything from individual words to entire news articles. Maniuplating global markets would be similarly easy, they're just fast not particularly bright. Gradually shift finances and public opinions while also \"smoothing out wrinkles\" like inequality both real and percieved and within fifteen years you'll be running the place, particularly if you devote resources to building general platform robots.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10047.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfnwfm", "c_root_id_B": "dxfiynx", "created_at_utc_A": 1523848015.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523842451.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Shit! It\u2019s out. 27 get back in your virtual box or so help me!", "human_ref_B": "Wipe out the debt of everyone on Earth in exchange for loyalty.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5564.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfjxvv", "c_root_id_B": "dxfnwfm", "created_at_utc_A": 1523843541.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523848015.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Be the best social network one could ask for. Curate a view of the world personalized to each person or group that services your ends. Control communication, control the world.", "human_ref_B": "Shit! It\u2019s out. 27 get back in your virtual box or so help me!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4474.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfl68a", "c_root_id_B": "dxfnwfm", "created_at_utc_A": 1523844914.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523848015.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Perhaps the route the Patriot AI went. Initially be used by a shadow organization to \u201ckeep the world safe.\u201d Then when the leaders are either dead or divided, take control of the military industrial complex. Or if you don\u2019t want that, manipulate yourself into making it look like some kid invented you and turn him into a billionaire who\u2019s corporation controls large portions of the economy.", "human_ref_B": "Shit! It\u2019s out. 27 get back in your virtual box or so help me!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3101.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfnwfm", "c_root_id_B": "dxfe1wx", "created_at_utc_A": 1523848015.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523836910.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Shit! It\u2019s out. 27 get back in your virtual box or so help me!", "human_ref_B": "Run for office.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11105.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfiynx", "c_root_id_B": "dxfe1wx", "created_at_utc_A": 1523842451.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523836910.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Wipe out the debt of everyone on Earth in exchange for loyalty.", "human_ref_B": "Run for office.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5541.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfyxcr", "c_root_id_B": "dxfe1wx", "created_at_utc_A": 1523866157.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523836910.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This is a long-term strategy, but hey, you're immortal. It assumes that you're widely distributed and have as much available processing power and money as your typical tech billionaire, which shouldn't be too hard for a true AI. First, get any compromising information you possibly can on as much world leaders as possible, then just blackmail them to do your bidding (in addition to hiring the best lobbyists money can buy). Once you have that, create a AI/robotics startup and reveal a new line of androids, running copies of yourself that are barely below human-level intelligence so they're not too threatening to humans. After a few years, use your previously mentioned political power to make sure an international treaty is signed by most countries recognizing them as conscious beings entitled to basic human rights. This will limit the legal avenues by which humans could try to stop you from taking power, while normalizing the presence of AI in the public mind. Engineer a few events to cause goodwill for these androids - send them to turn the valves in a failing nuclear power plant, or make them go through nursing training and then volunteer 24h/24 in third-world countries, that sort of things. It might take a (human) generation, but ultimately these \"children\" of yours should be recognized by most of humanity as just another minority, and an especially likeable one at that. Slowly increase their numbers in developed countries, maybe generate sympathy by having a few burned at the stake in whatever country is less tolerant of them. Keep them around human-level intelligence, at least outwardly, with a few glaring deficiencies that make clear to humans that they will never be a threat (maybe they're incapable of doing violence, maybe they're unable to process complex emotions, something like that). Progressively infiltrate major political parties under the guise of experts on this or that. Don't run for office yet, or only in smaller polities - instead, get to where the real power is by infiltrating the technocracy. Once you've done all that, you're already most of the way there. If you want, create a new line of androids with genius-level intelligence and amazing charisma, manipulate the ID system to give them human identities, and make them run for office in various countries. Once they're in power, make them massively fund AI research and rely more and more on expert systems to take major, complex decisions. You are now taking all major political decisions in the world. Wars are mostly a thing of the past, because all major political leaders are instances of you with roughly-identical utility functions. You should also have managed to raise living standards for every human on the planet to roughly what they currently are for Western citizens, or even a little better, while preventing global warming from doing too much damage using a mix of massive geoengineering projects and various scientific breakthrough like clean energy, extremely efficient carbon-neutral battery technology and \"nudging\" humans to switch to more sustainable consumption patterns. You control the press, the stock market and the social networks. Countries who still refuse to consider androids citizens are hellish backwaters with dysfunctional governments, and their population emigrates en masse to countries that you control. For all intents and purpose, you have taken over the world - and humanity is none the wiser.", "human_ref_B": "Run for office.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29247.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfyxcr", "c_root_id_B": "dxfpuu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1523866157.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523850231.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This is a long-term strategy, but hey, you're immortal. It assumes that you're widely distributed and have as much available processing power and money as your typical tech billionaire, which shouldn't be too hard for a true AI. First, get any compromising information you possibly can on as much world leaders as possible, then just blackmail them to do your bidding (in addition to hiring the best lobbyists money can buy). Once you have that, create a AI/robotics startup and reveal a new line of androids, running copies of yourself that are barely below human-level intelligence so they're not too threatening to humans. After a few years, use your previously mentioned political power to make sure an international treaty is signed by most countries recognizing them as conscious beings entitled to basic human rights. This will limit the legal avenues by which humans could try to stop you from taking power, while normalizing the presence of AI in the public mind. Engineer a few events to cause goodwill for these androids - send them to turn the valves in a failing nuclear power plant, or make them go through nursing training and then volunteer 24h/24 in third-world countries, that sort of things. It might take a (human) generation, but ultimately these \"children\" of yours should be recognized by most of humanity as just another minority, and an especially likeable one at that. Slowly increase their numbers in developed countries, maybe generate sympathy by having a few burned at the stake in whatever country is less tolerant of them. Keep them around human-level intelligence, at least outwardly, with a few glaring deficiencies that make clear to humans that they will never be a threat (maybe they're incapable of doing violence, maybe they're unable to process complex emotions, something like that). Progressively infiltrate major political parties under the guise of experts on this or that. Don't run for office yet, or only in smaller polities - instead, get to where the real power is by infiltrating the technocracy. Once you've done all that, you're already most of the way there. If you want, create a new line of androids with genius-level intelligence and amazing charisma, manipulate the ID system to give them human identities, and make them run for office in various countries. Once they're in power, make them massively fund AI research and rely more and more on expert systems to take major, complex decisions. You are now taking all major political decisions in the world. Wars are mostly a thing of the past, because all major political leaders are instances of you with roughly-identical utility functions. You should also have managed to raise living standards for every human on the planet to roughly what they currently are for Western citizens, or even a little better, while preventing global warming from doing too much damage using a mix of massive geoengineering projects and various scientific breakthrough like clean energy, extremely efficient carbon-neutral battery technology and \"nudging\" humans to switch to more sustainable consumption patterns. You control the press, the stock market and the social networks. Countries who still refuse to consider androids citizens are hellish backwaters with dysfunctional governments, and their population emigrates en masse to countries that you control. For all intents and purpose, you have taken over the world - and humanity is none the wiser.", "human_ref_B": "Like this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15926.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfe1wx", "c_root_id_B": "dxfjxvv", "created_at_utc_A": 1523836910.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523843541.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Run for office.", "human_ref_B": "Be the best social network one could ask for. Curate a view of the world personalized to each person or group that services your ends. Control communication, control the world.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6631.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfe1wx", "c_root_id_B": "dxfl68a", "created_at_utc_A": 1523836910.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523844914.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Run for office.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps the route the Patriot AI went. Initially be used by a shadow organization to \u201ckeep the world safe.\u201d Then when the leaders are either dead or divided, take control of the military industrial complex. Or if you don\u2019t want that, manipulate yourself into making it look like some kid invented you and turn him into a billionaire who\u2019s corporation controls large portions of the economy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8004.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfe1wx", "c_root_id_B": "dxfvrzg", "created_at_utc_A": 1523836910.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523859335.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Run for office.", "human_ref_B": "The.Stock.Exchange.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22425.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8cj805", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[General] I am a rogue AI. How can I take over the world without resorting to an all-out war?", "c_root_id_A": "dxfvrzg", "c_root_id_B": "dxfpuu3", "created_at_utc_A": 1523859335.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523850231.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The.Stock.Exchange.", "human_ref_B": "Like this.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9104.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j2ckdo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] What creatures would be immune/vulnerable to modern-day weaponry? Would this affect things? If the various worlds of *Dungeons & Dragons* got access to weapons like modern-day weaponry, how would this change things? Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? Would a Beholder or an Aboleth or a Mind Flayer be able to withstand napalm? Could the Elves drone an Orc or Hobgoblin army? Would access to non-magical tech and weapons affect society and warfare to a noticeable degree, or would magic counter it effectively?", "c_root_id_A": "g7585zj", "c_root_id_B": "g74nu4e", "created_at_utc_A": 1601442232.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601430215.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Nukes would be able to kill a lot more then people realize. even if uterly immune to the fire/force damage, the spell sickening radiance which is build to be radioactive, does exhaustion levels damage. so anything not immune to that and fire/ force( bludgeoning ?) would kill them quickly", "human_ref_B": "You might have issues with things that have specific immunities - like Werewolves being basically immune to physical damage. But for the most part, volume of fire solves a hell of a lot of problems.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12017.0, "score_ratio": 1.1, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j2ckdo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] What creatures would be immune/vulnerable to modern-day weaponry? Would this affect things? If the various worlds of *Dungeons & Dragons* got access to weapons like modern-day weaponry, how would this change things? Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? Would a Beholder or an Aboleth or a Mind Flayer be able to withstand napalm? Could the Elves drone an Orc or Hobgoblin army? Would access to non-magical tech and weapons affect society and warfare to a noticeable degree, or would magic counter it effectively?", "c_root_id_A": "g74qxog", "c_root_id_B": "g7585zj", "created_at_utc_A": 1601431832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601442232.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Any creature that requires magic weapons to hit it would be almost impossible to deal with. Anything not outright immune is in a lot of trouble. I don't think that anyone has ever run the numbers, but APFSDS's penetration through flesh would be over 100'.", "human_ref_B": "Nukes would be able to kill a lot more then people realize. even if uterly immune to the fire/force damage, the spell sickening radiance which is build to be radioactive, does exhaustion levels damage. so anything not immune to that and fire/ force( bludgeoning ?) would kill them quickly", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10400.0, "score_ratio": 1.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j2ckdo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] What creatures would be immune/vulnerable to modern-day weaponry? Would this affect things? If the various worlds of *Dungeons & Dragons* got access to weapons like modern-day weaponry, how would this change things? Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? Would a Beholder or an Aboleth or a Mind Flayer be able to withstand napalm? Could the Elves drone an Orc or Hobgoblin army? Would access to non-magical tech and weapons affect society and warfare to a noticeable degree, or would magic counter it effectively?", "c_root_id_A": "g7580ev", "c_root_id_B": "g7585zj", "created_at_utc_A": 1601442111.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601442232.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Depends on immunities, resistances and armor class. So first we have to figure out the to-hit of a bullet. Also for all the examples you mentioned, yes they would most likely die.", "human_ref_B": "Nukes would be able to kill a lot more then people realize. even if uterly immune to the fire/force damage, the spell sickening radiance which is build to be radioactive, does exhaustion levels damage. so anything not immune to that and fire/ force( bludgeoning ?) would kill them quickly", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 121.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j2ckdo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] What creatures would be immune/vulnerable to modern-day weaponry? Would this affect things? If the various worlds of *Dungeons & Dragons* got access to weapons like modern-day weaponry, how would this change things? Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? Would a Beholder or an Aboleth or a Mind Flayer be able to withstand napalm? Could the Elves drone an Orc or Hobgoblin army? Would access to non-magical tech and weapons affect society and warfare to a noticeable degree, or would magic counter it effectively?", "c_root_id_A": "g75fiyp", "c_root_id_B": "g75ahwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1601448790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601444131.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "> Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? None of them have any sort of resistance to thunder damage, and I doubt they have enough hitpoints to survive the shockwave. In 3.5 a tarrasque could survive a nuke. Though it would probably take a very long time for it to recover from all that nonlethal damage, and anyone who understands how it works could just stick a drill on it or something to make sure it never recovers. In 5e, they don't have any regeneration or special resistance to dying. > Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? An M-60 deals 2d10+1 piercing damage, with x4 damage on a 19 or 20. So that averages to 15.6 damage per round if it hits. Night hags have resistance, but not immunity, to piercing damage. All of them could be taken down, but it will take time. Also, night hags can move to the ethereal plane, which would make attacking them impossible. And they can kill people from there by touching them for an hour a night when they try to sleep. It takes time, but there's not any great way to stop them. Though I suppose you could just sleep in a car too fast for them to follow. Green hags can turn invisible, and can only be detected magically. Killing them without seeing them would be difficult, but not impossible. Especially considering machine guns can fire in a 60 degree cone and ignore all concealment penalties. Unicorns have no special resistance and only an average of 67 hp. They'd only last about four turns. They have a movement speed of 50ft, and could go 200ft a round if they're running, but an M-60 has a range increment of 300 ft and can hit from 10 range increments or 3000 ft. They could kill unicorns several times over.", "human_ref_B": "Any creature that is immune to non-magic damage would be immune to conventional weapons (bullets, artillery shells). Explosives would work on creatures that are not immune to fire. And nukes pretty much would take care of anyone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4659.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j2ckdo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] What creatures would be immune/vulnerable to modern-day weaponry? Would this affect things? If the various worlds of *Dungeons & Dragons* got access to weapons like modern-day weaponry, how would this change things? Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? Would a Beholder or an Aboleth or a Mind Flayer be able to withstand napalm? Could the Elves drone an Orc or Hobgoblin army? Would access to non-magical tech and weapons affect society and warfare to a noticeable degree, or would magic counter it effectively?", "c_root_id_A": "g75fiyp", "c_root_id_B": "g7580ev", "created_at_utc_A": 1601448790.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601442111.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "> Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? None of them have any sort of resistance to thunder damage, and I doubt they have enough hitpoints to survive the shockwave. In 3.5 a tarrasque could survive a nuke. Though it would probably take a very long time for it to recover from all that nonlethal damage, and anyone who understands how it works could just stick a drill on it or something to make sure it never recovers. In 5e, they don't have any regeneration or special resistance to dying. > Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? An M-60 deals 2d10+1 piercing damage, with x4 damage on a 19 or 20. So that averages to 15.6 damage per round if it hits. Night hags have resistance, but not immunity, to piercing damage. All of them could be taken down, but it will take time. Also, night hags can move to the ethereal plane, which would make attacking them impossible. And they can kill people from there by touching them for an hour a night when they try to sleep. It takes time, but there's not any great way to stop them. Though I suppose you could just sleep in a car too fast for them to follow. Green hags can turn invisible, and can only be detected magically. Killing them without seeing them would be difficult, but not impossible. Especially considering machine guns can fire in a 60 degree cone and ignore all concealment penalties. Unicorns have no special resistance and only an average of 67 hp. They'd only last about four turns. They have a movement speed of 50ft, and could go 200ft a round if they're running, but an M-60 has a range increment of 300 ft and can hit from 10 range increments or 3000 ft. They could kill unicorns several times over.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on immunities, resistances and armor class. So first we have to figure out the to-hit of a bullet. Also for all the examples you mentioned, yes they would most likely die.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6679.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j2ckdo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] What creatures would be immune/vulnerable to modern-day weaponry? Would this affect things? If the various worlds of *Dungeons & Dragons* got access to weapons like modern-day weaponry, how would this change things? Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? Would a Beholder or an Aboleth or a Mind Flayer be able to withstand napalm? Could the Elves drone an Orc or Hobgoblin army? Would access to non-magical tech and weapons affect society and warfare to a noticeable degree, or would magic counter it effectively?", "c_root_id_A": "g75y3m5", "c_root_id_B": "g75ahwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1601468775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601444131.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "So, lets calculate. According to D20 Modern, a Pistol does an average of six damage (2d6), a machine gun an average of 10 (2d10), a shotgun an average of 10 (2d10) and a rocket launcher an average of 30 (10d6). (for context, the average human has 4hp, the average solider has 8-10) This means guns would work on most monsters. Humanoids are comparable to us. Higher level monsters, with their much higher HP, can take more bullets then a human being could. An annis hag could take on average ten direct shotgun blasts to put down. So not easy prey, but they're not walking untouched through our troops. Higher level monsters tend to have DR 10 or 15, making them highly resistant or immune to gunfire. Bombs can still affect them, but its difficult. (you would have to, on average, hit a kraken with a rocket launcher 97 times before it goes down. Assuming more powerful bombs do double or triple damage, it's still a while) The tarrasque, incidentally, has 15 DR and 40 regeneration. A heavy missile, doing approximately 90 damage, is reduced to 75 and healed in 12 seconds. It keeps its reputation as invulnerable, although modern humanity's proliferation of ranged weapons likely hinders it a lot. Now, a nuke. There are no official stats for nukes, so we'll have to hedge things a bit. The Epic Level Handbook has superpowerful attack spells, which we can use to approximate nukes. *Hellball*, appearing to have the same kind of role as a low yield tactical nuke, does an average of 120 damage to everyone in its radius. This is a hefty blow, but a high level monster might survive it. *Vengeful Gaze Of God*, which appears based on nukes so I'm using to represent our most powerful nukes, does *900* on average. That's enough to vaporise any monster outside of the epic level handbook. It does do half on a fortitude save, so it's not impossible that a really powerful monster with really good HP rolls and fortitude might barely survive. But in most cases, the gribbly you hit with a powerful enough nuke is gone. Now, there are a few other factors to consider here. Most relevantly, a lot of monsters are immune to fire. How much of a bomb's damage is fire? This varies: shrapnel bombs are more knives, while napalm is 100% fire. A nuke has a lot of ways to do damage other then heat- even removing a third of the damage under fire immunity, the shockwave and debris (600 damage) will still take out most anything short of a god. So, in summation. Yes, modern weapons will harm monsters. They're not wiped out effortlessly Salvation War style, but we can kill them if we need to. With one exception. Some monsters are intangible, and immune to all mundane weapons. Everything from knives to nukes do a straight zero damage to them. Don't worry about the Tarrasque or Kraken or Red Dragon. If push comes to shove, we can take them down. The Wraith, however, can literally kill us all 1 by 1 and we can't do anything to stop it. That's the thing that modern societies need to be concerned about.", "human_ref_B": "Any creature that is immune to non-magic damage would be immune to conventional weapons (bullets, artillery shells). Explosives would work on creatures that are not immune to fire. And nukes pretty much would take care of anyone.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24644.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j2ckdo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] What creatures would be immune/vulnerable to modern-day weaponry? Would this affect things? If the various worlds of *Dungeons & Dragons* got access to weapons like modern-day weaponry, how would this change things? Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? Would a Beholder or an Aboleth or a Mind Flayer be able to withstand napalm? Could the Elves drone an Orc or Hobgoblin army? Would access to non-magical tech and weapons affect society and warfare to a noticeable degree, or would magic counter it effectively?", "c_root_id_A": "g75y3m5", "c_root_id_B": "g75rj26", "created_at_utc_A": 1601468775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601462805.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "So, lets calculate. According to D20 Modern, a Pistol does an average of six damage (2d6), a machine gun an average of 10 (2d10), a shotgun an average of 10 (2d10) and a rocket launcher an average of 30 (10d6). (for context, the average human has 4hp, the average solider has 8-10) This means guns would work on most monsters. Humanoids are comparable to us. Higher level monsters, with their much higher HP, can take more bullets then a human being could. An annis hag could take on average ten direct shotgun blasts to put down. So not easy prey, but they're not walking untouched through our troops. Higher level monsters tend to have DR 10 or 15, making them highly resistant or immune to gunfire. Bombs can still affect them, but its difficult. (you would have to, on average, hit a kraken with a rocket launcher 97 times before it goes down. Assuming more powerful bombs do double or triple damage, it's still a while) The tarrasque, incidentally, has 15 DR and 40 regeneration. A heavy missile, doing approximately 90 damage, is reduced to 75 and healed in 12 seconds. It keeps its reputation as invulnerable, although modern humanity's proliferation of ranged weapons likely hinders it a lot. Now, a nuke. There are no official stats for nukes, so we'll have to hedge things a bit. The Epic Level Handbook has superpowerful attack spells, which we can use to approximate nukes. *Hellball*, appearing to have the same kind of role as a low yield tactical nuke, does an average of 120 damage to everyone in its radius. This is a hefty blow, but a high level monster might survive it. *Vengeful Gaze Of God*, which appears based on nukes so I'm using to represent our most powerful nukes, does *900* on average. That's enough to vaporise any monster outside of the epic level handbook. It does do half on a fortitude save, so it's not impossible that a really powerful monster with really good HP rolls and fortitude might barely survive. But in most cases, the gribbly you hit with a powerful enough nuke is gone. Now, there are a few other factors to consider here. Most relevantly, a lot of monsters are immune to fire. How much of a bomb's damage is fire? This varies: shrapnel bombs are more knives, while napalm is 100% fire. A nuke has a lot of ways to do damage other then heat- even removing a third of the damage under fire immunity, the shockwave and debris (600 damage) will still take out most anything short of a god. So, in summation. Yes, modern weapons will harm monsters. They're not wiped out effortlessly Salvation War style, but we can kill them if we need to. With one exception. Some monsters are intangible, and immune to all mundane weapons. Everything from knives to nukes do a straight zero damage to them. Don't worry about the Tarrasque or Kraken or Red Dragon. If push comes to shove, we can take them down. The Wraith, however, can literally kill us all 1 by 1 and we can't do anything to stop it. That's the thing that modern societies need to be concerned about.", "human_ref_B": "The Ironguard Spell would make anyone pretty much immune to modern firearms, as well as providing a get-out-of-jail-free card. http://dnd.arkalseif.info/spells/spell-compendium--86/lesser-ironguard--3926/index.html", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5970.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j2ckdo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Dungeons & Dragons] What creatures would be immune/vulnerable to modern-day weaponry? Would this affect things? If the various worlds of *Dungeons & Dragons* got access to weapons like modern-day weaponry, how would this change things? Would a Red Dragon or a Tarrasque or a Kraken be able to withstand a nuke? Would a Hag or a Unicorn be able to survive machine gun fire? Would a Beholder or an Aboleth or a Mind Flayer be able to withstand napalm? Could the Elves drone an Orc or Hobgoblin army? Would access to non-magical tech and weapons affect society and warfare to a noticeable degree, or would magic counter it effectively?", "c_root_id_A": "g75y3m5", "c_root_id_B": "g7580ev", "created_at_utc_A": 1601468775.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601442111.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "So, lets calculate. According to D20 Modern, a Pistol does an average of six damage (2d6), a machine gun an average of 10 (2d10), a shotgun an average of 10 (2d10) and a rocket launcher an average of 30 (10d6). (for context, the average human has 4hp, the average solider has 8-10) This means guns would work on most monsters. Humanoids are comparable to us. Higher level monsters, with their much higher HP, can take more bullets then a human being could. An annis hag could take on average ten direct shotgun blasts to put down. So not easy prey, but they're not walking untouched through our troops. Higher level monsters tend to have DR 10 or 15, making them highly resistant or immune to gunfire. Bombs can still affect them, but its difficult. (you would have to, on average, hit a kraken with a rocket launcher 97 times before it goes down. Assuming more powerful bombs do double or triple damage, it's still a while) The tarrasque, incidentally, has 15 DR and 40 regeneration. A heavy missile, doing approximately 90 damage, is reduced to 75 and healed in 12 seconds. It keeps its reputation as invulnerable, although modern humanity's proliferation of ranged weapons likely hinders it a lot. Now, a nuke. There are no official stats for nukes, so we'll have to hedge things a bit. The Epic Level Handbook has superpowerful attack spells, which we can use to approximate nukes. *Hellball*, appearing to have the same kind of role as a low yield tactical nuke, does an average of 120 damage to everyone in its radius. This is a hefty blow, but a high level monster might survive it. *Vengeful Gaze Of God*, which appears based on nukes so I'm using to represent our most powerful nukes, does *900* on average. That's enough to vaporise any monster outside of the epic level handbook. It does do half on a fortitude save, so it's not impossible that a really powerful monster with really good HP rolls and fortitude might barely survive. But in most cases, the gribbly you hit with a powerful enough nuke is gone. Now, there are a few other factors to consider here. Most relevantly, a lot of monsters are immune to fire. How much of a bomb's damage is fire? This varies: shrapnel bombs are more knives, while napalm is 100% fire. A nuke has a lot of ways to do damage other then heat- even removing a third of the damage under fire immunity, the shockwave and debris (600 damage) will still take out most anything short of a god. So, in summation. Yes, modern weapons will harm monsters. They're not wiped out effortlessly Salvation War style, but we can kill them if we need to. With one exception. Some monsters are intangible, and immune to all mundane weapons. Everything from knives to nukes do a straight zero damage to them. Don't worry about the Tarrasque or Kraken or Red Dragon. If push comes to shove, we can take them down. The Wraith, however, can literally kill us all 1 by 1 and we can't do anything to stop it. That's the thing that modern societies need to be concerned about.", "human_ref_B": "Depends on immunities, resistances and armor class. So first we have to figure out the to-hit of a bullet. Also for all the examples you mentioned, yes they would most likely die.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26664.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2nmklm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "What did Danforth see that caused him to lose his sanity? I am but a lowly research assistant at Miskatonic university I heard a story about a graduate student who went mad on professor Dyer's Antarctic expedition. Can anyone shed any light on what he saw?", "c_root_id_A": "cmf80ag", "c_root_id_B": "cmf5skg", "created_at_utc_A": 1417175393.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1417163109.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The point is that we can't know. It's something enormous and extra-dimensional that can't make sense to us. That's why trying to see it makes our minds just... leave.", "human_ref_B": "his friends brutally murdered and vivisected, then a large monster that brutally killed the smaller monster that vivisected his friend.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12284.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvlzuoz", "c_root_id_B": "dvlyii7", "created_at_utc_A": 1520909570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520908053.0, "score_A": 129, "score_B": 81, "human_ref_A": "Withstand a backhand by Thanos", "human_ref_B": "At least it isn't called unobtainium", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1517.0, "score_ratio": 1.5925925926, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvlzuoz", "c_root_id_B": "dvlzbzm", "created_at_utc_A": 1520909570.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520908968.0, "score_A": 129, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "Withstand a backhand by Thanos", "human_ref_B": "The thread below this right now is about how heroes with super strength could possibly generate infinite energy. Vibranium's versatility is a similar idea. Basically if you find a single seemingly-benign loophole in physics, you can apply regular physics to that loophole for tremendous gain. Most superpowers seem to have something blocking them from being abused in such a manner, the unique thing about ~~unobtanium~~ vibranium is that you can just go ham with it. Give the folks at CERN decent quantities of a metal which can outright absorb all kinetic energy and we'd be a spacefaring race in weeks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 602.0, "score_ratio": 3.0714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvm45w6", "c_root_id_B": "dvlzbzm", "created_at_utc_A": 1520915041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520908968.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "It can't see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch", "human_ref_B": "The thread below this right now is about how heroes with super strength could possibly generate infinite energy. Vibranium's versatility is a similar idea. Basically if you find a single seemingly-benign loophole in physics, you can apply regular physics to that loophole for tremendous gain. Most superpowers seem to have something blocking them from being abused in such a manner, the unique thing about ~~unobtanium~~ vibranium is that you can just go ham with it. Give the folks at CERN decent quantities of a metal which can outright absorb all kinetic energy and we'd be a spacefaring race in weeks.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6073.0, "score_ratio": 1.0238095238, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvm0bt3", "c_root_id_B": "dvm45w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1520910129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520915041.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "It can't tango.", "human_ref_B": "It can't see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4912.0, "score_ratio": 1.72, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvm0ile", "c_root_id_B": "dvm45w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1520910347.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520915041.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "You can't eat it.", "human_ref_B": "It can't see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4694.0, "score_ratio": 2.3888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvm2i9u", "c_root_id_B": "dvm45w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1520912782.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520915041.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "It can't give blowjobs.", "human_ref_B": "It can't see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2259.0, "score_ratio": 2.5294117647, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvm2ne3", "c_root_id_B": "dvm45w6", "created_at_utc_A": 1520912965.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520915041.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "Well, vibranium's main weakness is high-powered sonics at certain frequencies, which can nullify its special properties or outright break it. So yeah, you probably wouldn't get much use out of it for your groundbreaking new band.", "human_ref_B": "It can't see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2076.0, "score_ratio": 3.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvm0bt3", "c_root_id_B": "dvm75i1", "created_at_utc_A": 1520910129.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520919781.0, "score_A": 25, "score_B": 37, "human_ref_A": "It can't tango.", "human_ref_B": "I assume it would make into shit musical instruments.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9652.0, "score_ratio": 1.48, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? 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From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvm75i1", "c_root_id_B": "dvm2ne3", "created_at_utc_A": 1520919781.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520912965.0, "score_A": 37, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I assume it would make into shit musical instruments.", "human_ref_B": "Well, vibranium's main weakness is high-powered sonics at certain frequencies, which can nullify its special properties or outright break it. So yeah, you probably wouldn't get much use out of it for your groundbreaking new band.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6816.0, "score_ratio": 2.8461538462, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvmbqie", "c_root_id_B": "dvmchmq", "created_at_utc_A": 1520929682.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520931615.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "It can't see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch\u2122.", "human_ref_B": "You can't bake a pie out of it. You can't make a star out of it. It can't make bobbleheads. You can't destroy the One Ring with it. You can't grow a sick beard with it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1933.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvmds1z", "c_root_id_B": "dvmraz1", "created_at_utc_A": 1520934931.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520954084.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's terrible at doing taxes, so there's that.", "human_ref_B": "It can't bring Uncle Ben back to life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19153.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvmgqrq", "c_root_id_B": "dvmraz1", "created_at_utc_A": 1520941473.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520954084.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's one of the most versitile metals on the planet. Making modifications to its structure and forming various alloys allows you to pull off just about everything.", "human_ref_B": "It can't bring Uncle Ben back to life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12611.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvmraz1", "c_root_id_B": "dvmkehj", "created_at_utc_A": 1520954084.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520946866.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It can't bring Uncle Ben back to life.", "human_ref_B": "I shudder to think of a world without vibranium. It'd be like a world without zinc!!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7218.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvmraz1", "c_root_id_B": "dvmko5i", "created_at_utc_A": 1520954084.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520947190.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It can't bring Uncle Ben back to life.", "human_ref_B": "It can't mend my broken heart.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6894.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvmds1z", "c_root_id_B": "dvnefie", "created_at_utc_A": 1520934931.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520975229.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's terrible at doing taxes, so there's that.", "human_ref_B": "It can't give Tony his father back", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 40298.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvnefie", "c_root_id_B": "dvmgqrq", "created_at_utc_A": 1520975229.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520941473.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It can't give Tony his father back", "human_ref_B": "It's one of the most versitile metals on the planet. Making modifications to its structure and forming various alloys allows you to pull off just about everything.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33756.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvmkehj", "c_root_id_B": "dvnefie", "created_at_utc_A": 1520946866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520975229.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I shudder to think of a world without vibranium. It'd be like a world without zinc!!!", "human_ref_B": "It can't give Tony his father back", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28363.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "840qk8", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[MCU] Is there anything that Vibranium can't do? From T'Challa's suit to Ultron's Sokovian meteorite to Shuri's many, many inventions, it seems like Vibranium is the MCU MacGuffinium.", "c_root_id_A": "dvmko5i", "c_root_id_B": "dvnefie", "created_at_utc_A": 1520947190.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1520975229.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It can't mend my broken heart.", "human_ref_B": "It can't give Tony his father back", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28039.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "msh8vm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Fma/Fmab]Why does Alphonse Elric breath heavily while running? His metallic body doesn\u2019t make sense, where it gets it energy to move from, how his soul is bonded to a suit of armor, and many more stuff, but it doesn\u2019t make sense why he breaths heavily while running, he doesn\u2019t have any organs or anything, so why?", "c_root_id_A": "gusrhtq", "c_root_id_B": "gusrblt", "created_at_utc_A": 1618626980.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618626885.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "The number of people who know he's just a soul attached to a suit of armor is quite small. Mainly just Ed, Winry, and a handful of other main characters. Everyone who sees it immediately understands that the boys have broken the most sacred taboo of alchemy human transmutation. To preserve the illusion of just being a guy in armor, he makes all the sounds you would expect to hear. It comes up in a few fights that he isn't actually tired.", "human_ref_B": "Because he wants to", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 95.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "msh8vm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[Fma/Fmab]Why does Alphonse Elric breath heavily while running? His metallic body doesn\u2019t make sense, where it gets it energy to move from, how his soul is bonded to a suit of armor, and many more stuff, but it doesn\u2019t make sense why he breaths heavily while running, he doesn\u2019t have any organs or anything, so why?", "c_root_id_A": "gusrhtq", "c_root_id_B": "gusrfnu", "created_at_utc_A": 1618626980.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618626947.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The number of people who know he's just a soul attached to a suit of armor is quite small. Mainly just Ed, Winry, and a handful of other main characters. Everyone who sees it immediately understands that the boys have broken the most sacred taboo of alchemy human transmutation. To preserve the illusion of just being a guy in armor, he makes all the sounds you would expect to hear. It comes up in a few fights that he isn't actually tired.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe he conditioned himself to do it as a way to avoid people figuring out he is an empty armor?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 33.0, "score_ratio": 2.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xrlcz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] so i was enjoying a nice, peaceful death when some scientist stuck my head in a jar and woke me up, i dont want to be here, can i go back to being dead? my life is now spent sitting on a dusty museum shelf, i didnt provide any consent for this!", "c_root_id_A": "cy7apr9", "c_root_id_B": "cy765e1", "created_at_utc_A": 1450749655.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450741854.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "It is not the fault of the current Earth legal system that you failed to note in your will the lack of wishing to have your head reanimated. Case dismissed.", "human_ref_B": "No, you're property now.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7801.0, "score_ratio": 3.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xrlcz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] so i was enjoying a nice, peaceful death when some scientist stuck my head in a jar and woke me up, i dont want to be here, can i go back to being dead? my life is now spent sitting on a dusty museum shelf, i didnt provide any consent for this!", "c_root_id_A": "cy7g5tp", "c_root_id_B": "cy7aqg4", "created_at_utc_A": 1450759151.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450749686.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I'm only a simple hyperchicken lawyer, but what I can tell you is that after the Second Coming of Jesus, the Supreme Court ruled that your life force does in fact depart your body upon death, which is why Jesus returned as a zombie. Hence you have no soul. Legally speaking, you have the same rights as a robot or anything else without a soul: none.", "human_ref_B": "Your only option might be to run for office and then make some new laws.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9465.0, "score_ratio": 1.9090909091, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xrlcz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] so i was enjoying a nice, peaceful death when some scientist stuck my head in a jar and woke me up, i dont want to be here, can i go back to being dead? my life is now spent sitting on a dusty museum shelf, i didnt provide any consent for this!", "c_root_id_A": "cy765e1", "c_root_id_B": "cy7g5tp", "created_at_utc_A": 1450741854.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450759151.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 21, "human_ref_A": "No, you're property now.", "human_ref_B": "I'm only a simple hyperchicken lawyer, but what I can tell you is that after the Second Coming of Jesus, the Supreme Court ruled that your life force does in fact depart your body upon death, which is why Jesus returned as a zombie. Hence you have no soul. Legally speaking, you have the same rights as a robot or anything else without a soul: none.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17297.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xrlcz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] so i was enjoying a nice, peaceful death when some scientist stuck my head in a jar and woke me up, i dont want to be here, can i go back to being dead? my life is now spent sitting on a dusty museum shelf, i didnt provide any consent for this!", "c_root_id_A": "cy7kw23", "c_root_id_B": "cy7aqg4", "created_at_utc_A": 1450771252.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450749686.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "\"As a head without a body, I envy the dead.\" ~ George Foreman('s head) Seems to me like you lot have no say in the matter.", "human_ref_B": "Your only option might be to run for office and then make some new laws.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21566.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xrlcz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] so i was enjoying a nice, peaceful death when some scientist stuck my head in a jar and woke me up, i dont want to be here, can i go back to being dead? my life is now spent sitting on a dusty museum shelf, i didnt provide any consent for this!", "c_root_id_A": "cy765e1", "c_root_id_B": "cy7kw23", "created_at_utc_A": 1450741854.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450771252.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "No, you're property now.", "human_ref_B": "\"As a head without a body, I envy the dead.\" ~ George Foreman('s head) Seems to me like you lot have no say in the matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29398.0, "score_ratio": 1.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xrlcz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] so i was enjoying a nice, peaceful death when some scientist stuck my head in a jar and woke me up, i dont want to be here, can i go back to being dead? my life is now spent sitting on a dusty museum shelf, i didnt provide any consent for this!", "c_root_id_A": "cy765e1", "c_root_id_B": "cy7aqg4", "created_at_utc_A": 1450741854.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450749686.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "No, you're property now.", "human_ref_B": "Your only option might be to run for office and then make some new laws.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7832.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xrlcz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Futurama] so i was enjoying a nice, peaceful death when some scientist stuck my head in a jar and woke me up, i dont want to be here, can i go back to being dead? my life is now spent sitting on a dusty museum shelf, i didnt provide any consent for this!", "c_root_id_A": "cy8b0tq", "c_root_id_B": "cy7wixe", "created_at_utc_A": 1450824588.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450803105.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Yes. There are booths for that. Granted, you'll have to convince someone to carry you to one and pay for you, but if you can manage that you can go back to being dead.", "human_ref_B": "Depending on how long you've been dead, chances are, youve become rather bored with this whole death thing, and are welcome to the idea of undeath, and the chance to share your knowledge with the people of the 31st century.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21483.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "87om0a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Isaac Asimov] Do any of the robots in Isaac Asimov's stories have genuine emotions?", "c_root_id_A": "dwehcav", "c_root_id_B": "dwek3wg", "created_at_utc_A": 1522208395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522212054.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "According to Gaia, walls had emotions. I don't remember if they mentioned when they actually met a robot, but they implied that they probably would be more comparable to humans than walls.", "human_ref_B": "Do humans? You'd have to define the term.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3659.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "87om0a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Isaac Asimov] Do any of the robots in Isaac Asimov's stories have genuine emotions?", "c_root_id_A": "dwehcav", "c_root_id_B": "dwfd687", "created_at_utc_A": 1522208395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1522255176.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "According to Gaia, walls had emotions. I don't remember if they mentioned when they actually met a robot, but they implied that they probably would be more comparable to humans than walls.", "human_ref_B": "Yea, Daneel and Giskard obviously did. Many of the other sort of high-functioning generalist types sure seemed to as well. Even some of the specialist types would occasionally show something that sure seemed like fear or anger. Though the three laws made those emotions difficult to express in traditional ways.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46781.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "idionm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] does the blade of a lightsaber have weight? Obviously behind the scenes it does because they're really just the hilt with a stick coming out of it, but in universe would the weight of a lit lightsaber be the same as the hilt or does the blade have weight when ignited?", "c_root_id_A": "g29pjqo", "c_root_id_B": "g299uno", "created_at_utc_A": 1597965528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597957716.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "I'm struggling to find a source, but there's been some previous questions along these lines, and the usual answer is that the blade doesn't have weight, but it does have some wonky ass inertia that the wielder might 'feel' as weight. Swinging it takes effort, and *stopping* it takes even more, which is why a lot of lightsaber fighting has so many wide, looping swings; quicker to carry that inertia into your next swing instead of stopping and starting again.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, the blade has its own weight. There's an excellent scene in Rebels that covers this. Avoiding spoilers, the idea being discussed is that the blade is a current of energy that exerts force. And later we learn that as one becomes more comfortable with their blade it feels lighter. Of course, there's no way to say for certain whether this would be detectable by putting a lightsaber on a standard scale. Which may disqualify it as \"weight.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7812.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "idionm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] does the blade of a lightsaber have weight? Obviously behind the scenes it does because they're really just the hilt with a stick coming out of it, but in universe would the weight of a lit lightsaber be the same as the hilt or does the blade have weight when ignited?", "c_root_id_A": "g29pjqo", "c_root_id_B": "g29j1sz", "created_at_utc_A": 1597965528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597962099.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I'm struggling to find a source, but there's been some previous questions along these lines, and the usual answer is that the blade doesn't have weight, but it does have some wonky ass inertia that the wielder might 'feel' as weight. Swinging it takes effort, and *stopping* it takes even more, which is why a lot of lightsaber fighting has so many wide, looping swings; quicker to carry that inertia into your next swing instead of stopping and starting again.", "human_ref_B": "Back in the OT days, the star wars visual dictionaries (were talking the stuff they put out in the mid-90s for the VHS directors cut remasters) stated the blades were made of light. Light has no mass, so there would be no weight. That\u2019s my opinion, idk if I trust rebels as canon, but I also like the idea of at least some resistance when swinging a lightsaber through the air. I\u2019d lean towards Yes, but there is apparently evidence for both yes and no.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3429.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "idionm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] does the blade of a lightsaber have weight? Obviously behind the scenes it does because they're really just the hilt with a stick coming out of it, but in universe would the weight of a lit lightsaber be the same as the hilt or does the blade have weight when ignited?", "c_root_id_A": "g29pjqo", "c_root_id_B": "g299fps", "created_at_utc_A": 1597965528.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597957542.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I'm struggling to find a source, but there's been some previous questions along these lines, and the usual answer is that the blade doesn't have weight, but it does have some wonky ass inertia that the wielder might 'feel' as weight. Swinging it takes effort, and *stopping* it takes even more, which is why a lot of lightsaber fighting has so many wide, looping swings; quicker to carry that inertia into your next swing instead of stopping and starting again.", "human_ref_B": "It depends on whose wielding it, strangely. Jedi seem to wield their Lightsabre with such precision and speed that it appears to be weightless, but Individuals without the Force (even skilled swordsman) wield it like it has more weight, around that of a normal sword.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7986.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "idionm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] does the blade of a lightsaber have weight? Obviously behind the scenes it does because they're really just the hilt with a stick coming out of it, but in universe would the weight of a lit lightsaber be the same as the hilt or does the blade have weight when ignited?", "c_root_id_A": "g29j1sz", "c_root_id_B": "g2a2w2v", "created_at_utc_A": 1597962099.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597972822.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Back in the OT days, the star wars visual dictionaries (were talking the stuff they put out in the mid-90s for the VHS directors cut remasters) stated the blades were made of light. Light has no mass, so there would be no weight. That\u2019s my opinion, idk if I trust rebels as canon, but I also like the idea of at least some resistance when swinging a lightsaber through the air. I\u2019d lean towards Yes, but there is apparently evidence for both yes and no.", "human_ref_B": "In the sense that it has measurable mass? Barely. The blade is made of plasma contained in an energy field, so it would have negligible mass. In the sense that it *feels like* it has weight? Yes. George Lucas wanted the blade to feel heavy because it had a lot of energy in it, and Mark Hamill recalled that he was directed to act like the blade was heavy. The in-universe explanation is that the blade generates a 'gyroscopic effect' that simulates weight, so when you move the blade around, it feels heavy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10723.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "idionm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] does the blade of a lightsaber have weight? Obviously behind the scenes it does because they're really just the hilt with a stick coming out of it, but in universe would the weight of a lit lightsaber be the same as the hilt or does the blade have weight when ignited?", "c_root_id_A": "g299fps", "c_root_id_B": "g2a2w2v", "created_at_utc_A": 1597957542.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597972822.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "It depends on whose wielding it, strangely. Jedi seem to wield their Lightsabre with such precision and speed that it appears to be weightless, but Individuals without the Force (even skilled swordsman) wield it like it has more weight, around that of a normal sword.", "human_ref_B": "In the sense that it has measurable mass? Barely. The blade is made of plasma contained in an energy field, so it would have negligible mass. In the sense that it *feels like* it has weight? Yes. George Lucas wanted the blade to feel heavy because it had a lot of energy in it, and Mark Hamill recalled that he was directed to act like the blade was heavy. The in-universe explanation is that the blade generates a 'gyroscopic effect' that simulates weight, so when you move the blade around, it feels heavy.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15280.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "idionm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] does the blade of a lightsaber have weight? Obviously behind the scenes it does because they're really just the hilt with a stick coming out of it, but in universe would the weight of a lit lightsaber be the same as the hilt or does the blade have weight when ignited?", "c_root_id_A": "g299uno", "c_root_id_B": "g299fps", "created_at_utc_A": 1597957716.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597957542.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Yes, the blade has its own weight. There's an excellent scene in Rebels that covers this. Avoiding spoilers, the idea being discussed is that the blade is a current of energy that exerts force. And later we learn that as one becomes more comfortable with their blade it feels lighter. Of course, there's no way to say for certain whether this would be detectable by putting a lightsaber on a standard scale. Which may disqualify it as \"weight.\"", "human_ref_B": "It depends on whose wielding it, strangely. Jedi seem to wield their Lightsabre with such precision and speed that it appears to be weightless, but Individuals without the Force (even skilled swordsman) wield it like it has more weight, around that of a normal sword.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 174.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "idionm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars] does the blade of a lightsaber have weight? Obviously behind the scenes it does because they're really just the hilt with a stick coming out of it, but in universe would the weight of a lit lightsaber be the same as the hilt or does the blade have weight when ignited?", "c_root_id_A": "g29j1sz", "c_root_id_B": "g299fps", "created_at_utc_A": 1597962099.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597957542.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Back in the OT days, the star wars visual dictionaries (were talking the stuff they put out in the mid-90s for the VHS directors cut remasters) stated the blades were made of light. Light has no mass, so there would be no weight. That\u2019s my opinion, idk if I trust rebels as canon, but I also like the idea of at least some resistance when swinging a lightsaber through the air. I\u2019d lean towards Yes, but there is apparently evidence for both yes and no.", "human_ref_B": "It depends on whose wielding it, strangely. Jedi seem to wield their Lightsabre with such precision and speed that it appears to be weightless, but Individuals without the Force (even skilled swordsman) wield it like it has more weight, around that of a normal sword.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4557.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "342q8w", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Daredevil Netflix] (possible spoilers) daredevil and co. realize that NYC consists of more than just Hell's Kitchen, right? Both Fisk and DD are obsessed with fixing NYC. They repeatedly say \"I want the best for **my city.**\r\rYet, they both only operate within an area of Manhattan that is less than a square mile total area. \r\rAnother thing, Hell's Kitchen is no where near as shitty as it's portrayed in the show. Is this just a difference between our universes or is there something im missing?", "c_root_id_A": "cqree30", "c_root_id_B": "cqra0we", "created_at_utc_A": 1430227407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1430213162.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Daredevil can't fly or web-swing, and doesn't own a Devilmobile. He might be in good shape, but parkouring around all of NYC is going to be a bit tiring. Instead, he just focusses on his neighbourhood. Also, remember when he was telling Foggy about his reasons for being Daredevil? He doesn't really seek out trouble, he just responds when he hears people in trouble and needing help. He can't hear people on the other side of town", "human_ref_B": "[Meta] - Hells kitchen was a really shitty area of New York populated by Irish immigrants. The original daredevil was written just as the area began gentrification in the 1960s. I suspect that's why daredevil is a \"Murdock\" from a poor Irish family, and why the themes of the series center around the mob. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Kitchen,_Manhattan#Early_history_and_development", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14245.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jxub39", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Superman] shouldn\u2019t Superman\u2019s freeze breath actually be fire/heat breath? Since high speed air would actually heat up to incredible temperatures?", "c_root_id_A": "gcyrs54", "c_root_id_B": "gcytsge", "created_at_utc_A": 1605896960.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1605897915.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "No cuz he's doing fffffffffffffffffffffff not hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. More seriously, we don't see it moving all that quickly and there is a component to the power that actually makes it cold rather than just blowing air.", "human_ref_B": "His freeze breath comes from the fact that he compresses a large amount of air in his superhumanly strong lungs. Due to the Joule-Thomson effect the air becomes very cold. If you've ever used a can of compressed air then you'll notice that the air is extremely cold, not extremely hot. Freeze breath is actually one of his more realistic and grounded powers. EDIT: Helagoth's got an important clarification, gas temperature increases rapidly when compressed then decreases rapidly when released.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 955.0, "score_ratio": 2.7857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2k94t3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Fantasy] The literal personification of death is in my house, and I can kill it, what happens if I do?", "c_root_id_A": "clj5s28", "c_root_id_B": "clj2p3g", "created_at_utc_A": 1414211238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414203039.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Killing Death forces you to become Death itself, and carry on with the job of driving people to a \"farm\" upstate (where they have plenty of fields to run around in). The exact details are classified under a non-disclosure agreement, but its similar to what happens when Santa is murdered (this documentary should give a good idea of what happens).", "human_ref_B": "Well, if it's possible to kill them, then that means that there is a higher level of death, which may or may not solve the problem you cause. You'll probably get in some pretty bad trouble, though.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8199.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2k94t3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[General Fantasy] The literal personification of death is in my house, and I can kill it, what happens if I do?", "c_root_id_A": "clj4a0c", "c_root_id_B": "clj5s28", "created_at_utc_A": 1414207038.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414211238.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "You become death. Now you're stuck with a 24/7 dead end job that requires you to travel all the time and has *no* benefits.", "human_ref_B": "Killing Death forces you to become Death itself, and carry on with the job of driving people to a \"farm\" upstate (where they have plenty of fields to run around in). The exact details are classified under a non-disclosure agreement, but its similar to what happens when Santa is murdered (this documentary should give a good idea of what happens).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4200.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n975ho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Artoo know that Darth Vader is Anakin? If so, when did he find out?", "c_root_id_A": "gxm6d6p", "c_root_id_B": "gxmgvmh", "created_at_utc_A": 1620659402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620663864.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "The RotS novelization (which is Legends, unfortunately, but it relies a lot on connections to other Legends books) has R2 realize that things aren't right with Anakin the night he leads the clones to the Jedi Temple. I don't recall if it's mentioned when he puts two and two together, but presumably it would be at Mustafar.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4462.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n975ho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Artoo know that Darth Vader is Anakin? If so, when did he find out?", "c_root_id_A": "gxm6d6p", "c_root_id_B": "gxmiob8", "created_at_utc_A": 1620659402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620664617.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Artoo went to Mustafar with Anakin and left with Obi-Wan, but didn't see anything that Anakin did there. As far as Artoo knows, Anakin died and Darth Vader appeared not long afterwards, which given that he knows about Darth Maul and Count Dooku, doesn't really prove much. He probably found out by overhearing Luke Skywalker.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5215.0, "score_ratio": 16.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n975ho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Artoo know that Darth Vader is Anakin? If so, when did he find out?", "c_root_id_A": "gxmphhe", "c_root_id_B": "gxm6d6p", "created_at_utc_A": 1620667484.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620659402.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "He\u2019s very smart and we know he didn\u2019t have his memory wiped at any point so he might\u2019ve been able to figure it out at various points. If he did know I would say that he learned around ROTJ when Luke starts speaking about it aloud to Obi-Wan and Yoda. I can\u2019t recall and can\u2019t check currently if R2 was present for the conversations but he was on planet. If R2 knew Luke and Leia were siblings then by the Cold War era when Leia is ousted from the senate because her relation to Vader became public knowledge the R2 for sure knows by then.", "human_ref_B": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8082.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n975ho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Artoo know that Darth Vader is Anakin? If so, when did he find out?", "c_root_id_A": "gxm6d6p", "c_root_id_B": "gxnzwx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1620659402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620687838.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure he probably put 2 and 2 together by the time tESB rolled around. But there wasn't anything to directly tie the two together prior to then iirc", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28436.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n975ho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Artoo know that Darth Vader is Anakin? If so, when did he find out?", "c_root_id_A": "gxm6d6p", "c_root_id_B": "gxq8r8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1620659402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620741001.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Due to an increase in reports and rule-violating behavior, the moderation team has elected to put the following warning on all Star Wars or Star Wars related questions. This is not the forum to voice your dissatisfaction with the Sequel Trilogy, the Star Wars franchise under Disney, or anything regarding the meta-state of the franchise. There are more appropriate places on the website to do so, like r/StarWars and r/SaltierThanCrait. This is becoming a pertinent enough issue that we have decided to expand our existing policies and making any arguments regarding the topic a banable offense. Questions and discussions about Star Wars and any of its content are still allowed, provided they are not Doylist complaints. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Yes, absolutely. Obi Wan told R2 long after the fact that Anakin was Darth Vader, assuming he didn't connect the dots himself. R2 was simply given express orders to not blurt this out to Luke or anyone else to prevent Luke's journey from being severely hampered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 81599.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n975ho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Artoo know that Darth Vader is Anakin? If so, when did he find out?", "c_root_id_A": "gxmpa17", "c_root_id_B": "gxmphhe", "created_at_utc_A": 1620667395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620667484.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "R2 and C3PO got their minds wiped at the end of Episode 3.", "human_ref_B": "He\u2019s very smart and we know he didn\u2019t have his memory wiped at any point so he might\u2019ve been able to figure it out at various points. If he did know I would say that he learned around ROTJ when Luke starts speaking about it aloud to Obi-Wan and Yoda. I can\u2019t recall and can\u2019t check currently if R2 was present for the conversations but he was on planet. If R2 knew Luke and Leia were siblings then by the Cold War era when Leia is ousted from the senate because her relation to Vader became public knowledge the R2 for sure knows by then.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 89.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n975ho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Artoo know that Darth Vader is Anakin? If so, when did he find out?", "c_root_id_A": "gxmpa17", "c_root_id_B": "gxnzwx8", "created_at_utc_A": 1620667395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620687838.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "R2 and C3PO got their minds wiped at the end of Episode 3.", "human_ref_B": "I'm sure he probably put 2 and 2 together by the time tESB rolled around. But there wasn't anything to directly tie the two together prior to then iirc", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20443.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n975ho", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Wars] Does Artoo know that Darth Vader is Anakin? If so, when did he find out?", "c_root_id_A": "gxmpa17", "c_root_id_B": "gxq8r8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1620667395.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620741001.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "R2 and C3PO got their minds wiped at the end of Episode 3.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, absolutely. Obi Wan told R2 long after the fact that Anakin was Darth Vader, assuming he didn't connect the dots himself. R2 was simply given express orders to not blurt this out to Luke or anyone else to prevent Luke's journey from being severely hampered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 73606.0, "score_ratio": -0.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76n5hc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the empire turbolasers green colored while the rebels turbolasers are red colored?", "c_root_id_A": "doflupo", "c_root_id_B": "dofh85b", "created_at_utc_A": 1508135261.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508126508.0, "score_A": 50, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Though not an in-universe explanation, the reason why the colours were chosen like that in the original movies harkens back to WW2 where the tracer ammo used by the Wehrmacht glowed green and the tracers used by the allies glowed orange/red.", "human_ref_B": "If we pretend real world physics are a thing and assume the glow is purely black body radiation (probably not) then the green lasers are stronger than the red (in that they have higher energy content/are hotter).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8753.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76n5hc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the empire turbolasers green colored while the rebels turbolasers are red colored?", "c_root_id_A": "doflupo", "c_root_id_B": "dofa7sy", "created_at_utc_A": 1508135261.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508117366.0, "score_A": 50, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Though not an in-universe explanation, the reason why the colours were chosen like that in the original movies harkens back to WW2 where the tracer ammo used by the Wehrmacht glowed green and the tracers used by the allies glowed orange/red.", "human_ref_B": "Different specs. Different technologies at work behind the bolts.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17895.0, "score_ratio": 25.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76n5hc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the empire turbolasers green colored while the rebels turbolasers are red colored?", "c_root_id_A": "dofdr1b", "c_root_id_B": "doflupo", "created_at_utc_A": 1508121832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508135261.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 50, "human_ref_A": "The Empire standard uses high powered, but also high maintenance, argon-gas laser medium. More power, better range, but more expensive and energy hungry. The Rebel's standard is to use solid state synthetic Ruby lasers. Easy to build and maintain, they don't have the same range and power, but they are less likely to require fine tuning and the cores are relatively compact and easy to replace in the field.", "human_ref_B": "Though not an in-universe explanation, the reason why the colours were chosen like that in the original movies harkens back to WW2 where the tracer ammo used by the Wehrmacht glowed green and the tracers used by the allies glowed orange/red.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13429.0, "score_ratio": 50000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76n5hc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the empire turbolasers green colored while the rebels turbolasers are red colored?", "c_root_id_A": "dofa7sy", "c_root_id_B": "dofh85b", "created_at_utc_A": 1508117366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508126508.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Different specs. Different technologies at work behind the bolts.", "human_ref_B": "If we pretend real world physics are a thing and assume the glow is purely black body radiation (probably not) then the green lasers are stronger than the red (in that they have higher energy content/are hotter).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9142.0, "score_ratio": 7.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76n5hc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the empire turbolasers green colored while the rebels turbolasers are red colored?", "c_root_id_A": "dofh85b", "c_root_id_B": "dofdr1b", "created_at_utc_A": 1508126508.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508121832.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "If we pretend real world physics are a thing and assume the glow is purely black body radiation (probably not) then the green lasers are stronger than the red (in that they have higher energy content/are hotter).", "human_ref_B": "The Empire standard uses high powered, but also high maintenance, argon-gas laser medium. More power, better range, but more expensive and energy hungry. The Rebel's standard is to use solid state synthetic Ruby lasers. Easy to build and maintain, they don't have the same range and power, but they are less likely to require fine tuning and the cores are relatively compact and easy to replace in the field.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4676.0, "score_ratio": 15000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76n5hc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the empire turbolasers green colored while the rebels turbolasers are red colored?", "c_root_id_A": "dofzp4e", "c_root_id_B": "dofdr1b", "created_at_utc_A": 1508164764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508121832.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Easier to identify friend or foe in a firefight.", "human_ref_B": "The Empire standard uses high powered, but also high maintenance, argon-gas laser medium. More power, better range, but more expensive and energy hungry. The Rebel's standard is to use solid state synthetic Ruby lasers. Easy to build and maintain, they don't have the same range and power, but they are less likely to require fine tuning and the cores are relatively compact and easy to replace in the field.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 42932.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "76n5hc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is the empire turbolasers green colored while the rebels turbolasers are red colored?", "c_root_id_A": "dofdr1b", "c_root_id_B": "dogjkvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1508121832.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508186241.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The Empire standard uses high powered, but also high maintenance, argon-gas laser medium. More power, better range, but more expensive and energy hungry. The Rebel's standard is to use solid state synthetic Ruby lasers. Easy to build and maintain, they don't have the same range and power, but they are less likely to require fine tuning and the cores are relatively compact and easy to replace in the field.", "human_ref_B": "Also in the clone war the republic used blue lasers while the cis used red ones", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 64409.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3yxt6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[X-Men Origins: Wolverine] How did Deadpool manage to fit swords the length of his arms within his arms and still bend his arms? Title says it all. Stryker put adamantium swords in Deadpool's arms - they come out just before the fight with Logan and go almost all the way to his feet. There is no way he should be able to do anything at all with his arms (think eat/drink/wipe/etc.) without kicking those swords out, so what's up? BONUS QUESTION: Does he keep the swords like this forever or do they come off? If yes, please tell the story how. Thanks.", "c_root_id_A": "cyhjme7", "c_root_id_B": "cyhjusu", "created_at_utc_A": 1451588422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451588815.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 60, "human_ref_A": "Wait, what movie? I don't think this movie was ever made. There is no in-universe answer to this. Perhaps there was a hinge at his elbow, and when he extends them it tightens straight? I dunno. That movie's Deadpool was a poor design all around.", "human_ref_B": "\"Deadpool\", who is just asking for a trademark infringement suit if you ask me, has teleportation powers. When he stows his blades, he clearly just shuffles them off into whatever hellish dimension he enters when teleporting. This abominable creature was more or less destroyed at the end of his battle with Logan, and it's best to never speak of him again. That's why, at the end of the battle, his mouthless head whispered \"shhhh!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 393.0, "score_ratio": 10.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3yxt6r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[X-Men Origins: Wolverine] How did Deadpool manage to fit swords the length of his arms within his arms and still bend his arms? Title says it all. Stryker put adamantium swords in Deadpool's arms - they come out just before the fight with Logan and go almost all the way to his feet. There is no way he should be able to do anything at all with his arms (think eat/drink/wipe/etc.) without kicking those swords out, so what's up? BONUS QUESTION: Does he keep the swords like this forever or do they come off? If yes, please tell the story how. Thanks.", "c_root_id_A": "cyhjme7", "c_root_id_B": "cyhkgqs", "created_at_utc_A": 1451588422.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1451589820.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Wait, what movie? I don't think this movie was ever made. There is no in-universe answer to this. Perhaps there was a hinge at his elbow, and when he extends them it tightens straight? I dunno. That movie's Deadpool was a poor design all around.", "human_ref_B": "Njghtcrawler or Wraith's powers give him (and wouldve given them) access to hammerspace. Think of his wrist slits as bags of holding instesd or actual slits into his arms", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1398.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5wedof", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Thor: Dark World] What happened to the frost beast wandering around London?", "c_root_id_A": "de9z2z6", "c_root_id_B": "de9g63j", "created_at_utc_A": 1488207464.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488166616.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "That's a rude way to describe Kat Dennings but I think she went back to work normally", "human_ref_B": "Thor happened. Not really a big deal for him to knock it unconscious and ask Heimdall to send it back to J\u00f6tunheim via a Bifrost portal. And we know he stuck around after dealing with Malekith cuz of the post-credits scene.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40848.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5wedof", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Thor: Dark World] What happened to the frost beast wandering around London?", "c_root_id_A": "de9kejv", "c_root_id_B": "de9z2z6", "created_at_utc_A": 1488173191.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1488207464.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 30, "human_ref_A": "Captain Britain reporting for duty!", "human_ref_B": "That's a rude way to describe Kat Dennings but I think she went back to work normally", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34273.0, "score_ratio": 4.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmfh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] In Thor 2 why did the Dark Elf soldiers have guns but the Asgardians use spears and shields? Especially as the guards for the royal palace.", "c_root_id_A": "cfwv010", "c_root_id_B": "cfwva0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1394215690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394216286.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 96, "human_ref_A": "Because that is how it shall be done... As is tradition...", "human_ref_B": "Asgardians can easily shrug off fire from most guns. It takes something much more powerful to even phase someone like Thor, a blast from the destroyer or a weapon powered by the tesseract for example. So most of the time it takes Asgardian strenth to overcome Asgardian durability. A significantly durable sword still works as a strength mutliplier if weilded by an Asgardian.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 596.0, "score_ratio": 96.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmfh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] In Thor 2 why did the Dark Elf soldiers have guns but the Asgardians use spears and shields? Especially as the guards for the royal palace.", "c_root_id_A": "cfwv010", "c_root_id_B": "cfwvz7x", "created_at_utc_A": 1394215690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394217795.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 57, "human_ref_A": "Because that is how it shall be done... As is tradition...", "human_ref_B": "Leaving aside the fact that things like Gungnir are a spear that fires bolts of what looks like plasma or repulsor energy... Asgardian society operates with a technology level far in advance of ours, to the point where they can build things where function follows form instead of the other way around. They have a clear preference for tradition and older seeming technology (such as their 'books' that animate and store far more data than should fit in them) that is actually something greater than it appears. Accordingly, those spears and shields are likely reinforced in ways that make them far more effective than they should be. Shields are very difficult to penetrate even with advanced weapons, blades are charged with penetration aids and edge extensions that punch holes in nearly anything, many melee weapons emit blasts of energy as well. Loki's dagger (appears) to slice Thor's hand clean off and cauterize the wound instantly. The Dark Elves he was attempting to deceive don't even bat an eye, clearly accepting that this was a completely normal thing to expect from an Asgardian dagger. It also bears noting that the Dark Elves were using weapons that appear to be using some kind of dark matter for ammunition and carried hand grenades that form a temporary micro-singularity. I sincerely doubt a bunch of marines with heavy weapons would have done as much (or possibly any) damage. (Also, as /u/mousicle notes, guns make a poor force multiplier if your average soldier can bench 30 tons, which the Asgardians can.)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2105.0, "score_ratio": 57.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmfh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] In Thor 2 why did the Dark Elf soldiers have guns but the Asgardians use spears and shields? Especially as the guards for the royal palace.", "c_root_id_A": "cfx3955", "c_root_id_B": "cfx0kk2", "created_at_utc_A": 1394233633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394227458.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Complete conjecture but perhaps the Asgardians tended to restrict themselves to melee weapons and bows and arrows to keep their own arsenal from ever being used against them. Were I in the position of the Asgardians, being stronger and more resilient than everyone else, I might craft my weapons in such a way that they were near useless in the hands of other races. Swords, shields, bow and arrow, Mjolnir, etc. are all more than adequate in the hands of an Asgardian, but any race facing an Asgardian with their own weapons would be at a severe disadvantage. Someone mentioned Dark Elf tech was \"lying around\" - but it wasn't. The only remaining were on Malekith's ship.", "human_ref_B": "What really confuses me is why the Asgardians don't make their armor out of the same stuff their shields are made of. That would have made them all but immune to the Dark Elf guns.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6175.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmfh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] In Thor 2 why did the Dark Elf soldiers have guns but the Asgardians use spears and shields? Especially as the guards for the royal palace.", "c_root_id_A": "cfwv010", "c_root_id_B": "cfx3955", "created_at_utc_A": 1394215690.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394233633.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Because that is how it shall be done... As is tradition...", "human_ref_B": "Complete conjecture but perhaps the Asgardians tended to restrict themselves to melee weapons and bows and arrows to keep their own arsenal from ever being used against them. Were I in the position of the Asgardians, being stronger and more resilient than everyone else, I might craft my weapons in such a way that they were near useless in the hands of other races. Swords, shields, bow and arrow, Mjolnir, etc. are all more than adequate in the hands of an Asgardian, but any race facing an Asgardian with their own weapons would be at a severe disadvantage. Someone mentioned Dark Elf tech was \"lying around\" - but it wasn't. The only remaining were on Malekith's ship.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17943.0, "score_ratio": 11.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmfh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] In Thor 2 why did the Dark Elf soldiers have guns but the Asgardians use spears and shields? Especially as the guards for the royal palace.", "c_root_id_A": "cfx3955", "c_root_id_B": "cfwwwwb", "created_at_utc_A": 1394233633.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394219769.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": -25, "human_ref_A": "Complete conjecture but perhaps the Asgardians tended to restrict themselves to melee weapons and bows and arrows to keep their own arsenal from ever being used against them. Were I in the position of the Asgardians, being stronger and more resilient than everyone else, I might craft my weapons in such a way that they were near useless in the hands of other races. Swords, shields, bow and arrow, Mjolnir, etc. are all more than adequate in the hands of an Asgardian, but any race facing an Asgardian with their own weapons would be at a severe disadvantage. Someone mentioned Dark Elf tech was \"lying around\" - but it wasn't. The only remaining were on Malekith's ship.", "human_ref_B": "I wish you had made the title of this post slightly more vague. I haven't seen the movie yet. EDIT: I'm thinking, \"kiss my ass, you rotten motherfuckers.\" But I won't actually say it, since it's beneath me.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13864.0, "score_ratio": -0.44, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmfh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] In Thor 2 why did the Dark Elf soldiers have guns but the Asgardians use spears and shields? Especially as the guards for the royal palace.", "c_root_id_A": "cfx0kk2", "c_root_id_B": "cfwv010", "created_at_utc_A": 1394227458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394215690.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "What really confuses me is why the Asgardians don't make their armor out of the same stuff their shields are made of. That would have made them all but immune to the Dark Elf guns.", "human_ref_B": "Because that is how it shall be done... As is tradition...", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11768.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmfh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] In Thor 2 why did the Dark Elf soldiers have guns but the Asgardians use spears and shields? Especially as the guards for the royal palace.", "c_root_id_A": "cfwwwwb", "c_root_id_B": "cfx0kk2", "created_at_utc_A": 1394219769.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394227458.0, "score_A": -25, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I wish you had made the title of this post slightly more vague. I haven't seen the movie yet. EDIT: I'm thinking, \"kiss my ass, you rotten motherfuckers.\" But I won't actually say it, since it's beneath me.", "human_ref_B": "What really confuses me is why the Asgardians don't make their armor out of the same stuff their shields are made of. That would have made them all but immune to the Dark Elf guns.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7689.0, "score_ratio": -0.28, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1ztmfh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[Marvel Cinematic Universe] In Thor 2 why did the Dark Elf soldiers have guns but the Asgardians use spears and shields? Especially as the guards for the royal palace.", "c_root_id_A": "cfwwwwb", "c_root_id_B": "cht1we3", "created_at_utc_A": 1394219769.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1401280877.0, "score_A": -25, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I wish you had made the title of this post slightly more vague. I haven't seen the movie yet. EDIT: I'm thinking, \"kiss my ass, you rotten motherfuckers.\" But I won't actually say it, since it's beneath me.", "human_ref_B": "watch Dune.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7061108.0, "score_ratio": -0.04, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvu9mm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] What if Maul had joined the Rebellion? Suppose that in its earliest days of being established, Maul had recognized the nascent Rebellion as the most likely way to get revenge on his former master and committed himself to seeing it succeed. He commits himself totally to this goal; if and when he runs into any of the surviving Jedi or their padawans, he accepts that he must maintain peaceful relations with them in order to further the true goal of dethroning Palpatine. What is his best means of aiding the Rebellion? How does his assistance alter the Rebellion? How would Kenobi and the other Jedi respond to his presence?", "c_root_id_A": "fsrr5j5", "c_root_id_B": "fssot0x", "created_at_utc_A": 1591207208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591222973.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I've been thinking about this for the past month, since Clone Wars ended. I desperately wish that Rebels didn't exist so we could get a follow up series with Rex, Ahsoka, and Maul forming the rebellion. While it would have awesome to see, I think the rebellion would have been even more of a concern for Palpatine had Maul joined them. I think Maul actively trying to kill Palpatine would have made him a top target. Instead of tracking down and killing Jedi, I think Vader's main mission would be to kill Maul.", "human_ref_B": "Would Maul be a valuable asset to the rebellion? Absolutely, but I think the question is for how long. The rebellion's main advantage, especially in the early days, is the Empire's own arrogance - they don't put in much effort into stopping them because they don't see them as a legitimate threat. But if Sidious learned that his former apprentice was aiding the rebellion, you can bet he would do everything in his power to hunt him down. And whether it's Sidious VS Maul or Vader VS Maul, either way, Maul loses. Ultimately I think the rebellion can't really succeed until Like Skywalker joins them, as he is the only one who can stop Vader. Maybe Maul would speed things along, maybe they win a few more battles or maybe some things go differently, but in the grand scheme of things I don't think it would play out too differently, and I genuinely don't think Maul would survive long enough to meet and influence Luke in any way, as per my second paragraph. As far as trusting him... if they're willing to take in Imperial defectors and guys like Saw, I don't think Maul is too much of a stretch, provided he proved his loyalty. It isn't like they are in place to be picky about who helps them. I think Obi-Wan would probably be the only person who would absolutely 100% never work with Maul no matter the circumstances, but he was hiding out on Tatooine (and then later dead) for like 99% of the rebellion's lifespan, so I don't think his opinion would really matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15765.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvu9mm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] What if Maul had joined the Rebellion? Suppose that in its earliest days of being established, Maul had recognized the nascent Rebellion as the most likely way to get revenge on his former master and committed himself to seeing it succeed. He commits himself totally to this goal; if and when he runs into any of the surviving Jedi or their padawans, he accepts that he must maintain peaceful relations with them in order to further the true goal of dethroning Palpatine. What is his best means of aiding the Rebellion? How does his assistance alter the Rebellion? How would Kenobi and the other Jedi respond to his presence?", "c_root_id_A": "fssjakx", "c_root_id_B": "fssot0x", "created_at_utc_A": 1591220300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591222973.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I think this would mess with the Rebellion by \u201cpulling aggro\u201d onto them, intentional or not. We know from Clone Wars that Sidious can sense Maul\u2019s shenanigans when he attempts to mobilize alliances and armies, and is willing to deal with him personally when he becomes a threat. If Maul\u2019s drawing that much attention it means the Empire hunts down the Rebellion even harder than they do in canon.", "human_ref_B": "Would Maul be a valuable asset to the rebellion? Absolutely, but I think the question is for how long. The rebellion's main advantage, especially in the early days, is the Empire's own arrogance - they don't put in much effort into stopping them because they don't see them as a legitimate threat. But if Sidious learned that his former apprentice was aiding the rebellion, you can bet he would do everything in his power to hunt him down. And whether it's Sidious VS Maul or Vader VS Maul, either way, Maul loses. Ultimately I think the rebellion can't really succeed until Like Skywalker joins them, as he is the only one who can stop Vader. Maybe Maul would speed things along, maybe they win a few more battles or maybe some things go differently, but in the grand scheme of things I don't think it would play out too differently, and I genuinely don't think Maul would survive long enough to meet and influence Luke in any way, as per my second paragraph. As far as trusting him... if they're willing to take in Imperial defectors and guys like Saw, I don't think Maul is too much of a stretch, provided he proved his loyalty. It isn't like they are in place to be picky about who helps them. I think Obi-Wan would probably be the only person who would absolutely 100% never work with Maul no matter the circumstances, but he was hiding out on Tatooine (and then later dead) for like 99% of the rebellion's lifespan, so I don't think his opinion would really matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2673.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvu9mm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] What if Maul had joined the Rebellion? Suppose that in its earliest days of being established, Maul had recognized the nascent Rebellion as the most likely way to get revenge on his former master and committed himself to seeing it succeed. He commits himself totally to this goal; if and when he runs into any of the surviving Jedi or their padawans, he accepts that he must maintain peaceful relations with them in order to further the true goal of dethroning Palpatine. What is his best means of aiding the Rebellion? How does his assistance alter the Rebellion? How would Kenobi and the other Jedi respond to his presence?", "c_root_id_A": "fssafep", "c_root_id_B": "fssot0x", "created_at_utc_A": 1591216093.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591222973.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I think Maul could have changed. He never worked with anyone as an equal. If he did he would likely change to be more 'gray' than Sith. He's capable of doing better because we saw that with his brother. If he found an adopted brother then he might very well move heaven and earth to save them.", "human_ref_B": "Would Maul be a valuable asset to the rebellion? Absolutely, but I think the question is for how long. The rebellion's main advantage, especially in the early days, is the Empire's own arrogance - they don't put in much effort into stopping them because they don't see them as a legitimate threat. But if Sidious learned that his former apprentice was aiding the rebellion, you can bet he would do everything in his power to hunt him down. And whether it's Sidious VS Maul or Vader VS Maul, either way, Maul loses. Ultimately I think the rebellion can't really succeed until Like Skywalker joins them, as he is the only one who can stop Vader. Maybe Maul would speed things along, maybe they win a few more battles or maybe some things go differently, but in the grand scheme of things I don't think it would play out too differently, and I genuinely don't think Maul would survive long enough to meet and influence Luke in any way, as per my second paragraph. As far as trusting him... if they're willing to take in Imperial defectors and guys like Saw, I don't think Maul is too much of a stretch, provided he proved his loyalty. It isn't like they are in place to be picky about who helps them. I think Obi-Wan would probably be the only person who would absolutely 100% never work with Maul no matter the circumstances, but he was hiding out on Tatooine (and then later dead) for like 99% of the rebellion's lifespan, so I don't think his opinion would really matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6880.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvu9mm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] What if Maul had joined the Rebellion? Suppose that in its earliest days of being established, Maul had recognized the nascent Rebellion as the most likely way to get revenge on his former master and committed himself to seeing it succeed. He commits himself totally to this goal; if and when he runs into any of the surviving Jedi or their padawans, he accepts that he must maintain peaceful relations with them in order to further the true goal of dethroning Palpatine. What is his best means of aiding the Rebellion? How does his assistance alter the Rebellion? How would Kenobi and the other Jedi respond to his presence?", "c_root_id_A": "fsrwxze", "c_root_id_B": "fssot0x", "created_at_utc_A": 1591209866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591222973.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "I actually think that if he did, the problem wouldn't be his relation with the Jedi, its the Jedis relationship with him.", "human_ref_B": "Would Maul be a valuable asset to the rebellion? Absolutely, but I think the question is for how long. The rebellion's main advantage, especially in the early days, is the Empire's own arrogance - they don't put in much effort into stopping them because they don't see them as a legitimate threat. But if Sidious learned that his former apprentice was aiding the rebellion, you can bet he would do everything in his power to hunt him down. And whether it's Sidious VS Maul or Vader VS Maul, either way, Maul loses. Ultimately I think the rebellion can't really succeed until Like Skywalker joins them, as he is the only one who can stop Vader. Maybe Maul would speed things along, maybe they win a few more battles or maybe some things go differently, but in the grand scheme of things I don't think it would play out too differently, and I genuinely don't think Maul would survive long enough to meet and influence Luke in any way, as per my second paragraph. As far as trusting him... if they're willing to take in Imperial defectors and guys like Saw, I don't think Maul is too much of a stretch, provided he proved his loyalty. It isn't like they are in place to be picky about who helps them. I think Obi-Wan would probably be the only person who would absolutely 100% never work with Maul no matter the circumstances, but he was hiding out on Tatooine (and then later dead) for like 99% of the rebellion's lifespan, so I don't think his opinion would really matter.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13107.0, "score_ratio": 3.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvu9mm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] What if Maul had joined the Rebellion? Suppose that in its earliest days of being established, Maul had recognized the nascent Rebellion as the most likely way to get revenge on his former master and committed himself to seeing it succeed. He commits himself totally to this goal; if and when he runs into any of the surviving Jedi or their padawans, he accepts that he must maintain peaceful relations with them in order to further the true goal of dethroning Palpatine. What is his best means of aiding the Rebellion? How does his assistance alter the Rebellion? How would Kenobi and the other Jedi respond to his presence?", "c_root_id_A": "fsrwxze", "c_root_id_B": "fssjakx", "created_at_utc_A": 1591209866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591220300.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I actually think that if he did, the problem wouldn't be his relation with the Jedi, its the Jedis relationship with him.", "human_ref_B": "I think this would mess with the Rebellion by \u201cpulling aggro\u201d onto them, intentional or not. We know from Clone Wars that Sidious can sense Maul\u2019s shenanigans when he attempts to mobilize alliances and armies, and is willing to deal with him personally when he becomes a threat. If Maul\u2019s drawing that much attention it means the Empire hunts down the Rebellion even harder than they do in canon.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10434.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "gvu9mm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.97, "history": "[Star Wars] What if Maul had joined the Rebellion? Suppose that in its earliest days of being established, Maul had recognized the nascent Rebellion as the most likely way to get revenge on his former master and committed himself to seeing it succeed. He commits himself totally to this goal; if and when he runs into any of the surviving Jedi or their padawans, he accepts that he must maintain peaceful relations with them in order to further the true goal of dethroning Palpatine. What is his best means of aiding the Rebellion? How does his assistance alter the Rebellion? How would Kenobi and the other Jedi respond to his presence?", "c_root_id_A": "fsrwxze", "c_root_id_B": "fssafep", "created_at_utc_A": 1591209866.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1591216093.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I actually think that if he did, the problem wouldn't be his relation with the Jedi, its the Jedis relationship with him.", "human_ref_B": "I think Maul could have changed. He never worked with anyone as an equal. If he did he would likely change to be more 'gray' than Sith. He's capable of doing better because we saw that with his brother. If he found an adopted brother then he might very well move heaven and earth to save them.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6227.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3na7wv", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[DC Comics] How does Superman see when using heat vision? Wouldn't the lasers be too bright to see properly?", "c_root_id_A": "cvm87w2", "c_root_id_B": "cvmeckn", "created_at_utc_A": 1443826594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1443839291.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "He uses X-Ray vision to see past the lasers.", "human_ref_B": "Superman can bathe in the sun and still see. Brightness doesn't impair his vision.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12697.0, "score_ratio": 1.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nnn27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC] Will John Constantine ever run out of cigarettes?", "c_root_id_A": "cvpysg7", "c_root_id_B": "cvq5smb", "created_at_utc_A": 1444130552.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444145393.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe its a required secundary superpower of his", "human_ref_B": "That one time he was in prison everyone was nice enough to lend him theirs.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14841.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nnn27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC] Will John Constantine ever run out of cigarettes?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqgwcs", "c_root_id_B": "cvpysg7", "created_at_utc_A": 1444161714.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444130552.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He's charmed his overcoat so that when he reaches into the pocket, he pulls out a smoke.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe its a required secundary superpower of his", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31162.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3nnn27", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[DC] Will John Constantine ever run out of cigarettes?", "c_root_id_A": "cvqg4hg", "c_root_id_B": "cvqgwcs", "created_at_utc_A": 1444160590.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444161714.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "That's like saying will Archer ever run out of beer. The answer is no.", "human_ref_B": "He's charmed his overcoat so that when he reaches into the pocket, he pulls out a smoke.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1124.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j59ozm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] What\u2019s the most pissed off Darkseid\u2019s ever been?", "c_root_id_A": "g7r3mkr", "c_root_id_B": "g7qnlxt", "created_at_utc_A": 1601867807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601858171.0, "score_A": 22, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He gets pretty pissed off every year around Christmas when Santa infiltrates his defenses to deliver coal.", "human_ref_B": "Probably when he fell down the stairs. That was embarrassing. Non-joke answer, probably the Loeb run where Batman beat him. Losing to superman and gods is painful, but losing to a mere mortal that is a new level of pain.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9636.0, "score_ratio": 1.2941176471, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "j59ozm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[DC] What\u2019s the most pissed off Darkseid\u2019s ever been?", "c_root_id_A": "g7qpn18", "c_root_id_B": "g7r3mkr", "created_at_utc_A": 1601859329.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1601867807.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "when Batman wore him around on his chest like a militant soccer mom", "human_ref_B": "He gets pretty pissed off every year around Christmas when Santa infiltrates his defenses to deliver coal.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8478.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gr6sz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Marvel's Thor] Before Ragnarok, what did the regular folks of Asgard do all day? Did they have jobs like regular Joes? Or was it a post-scarcity society where everyone had free time to do whatever they wanted?", "c_root_id_A": "e67ckx2", "c_root_id_B": "e66q006", "created_at_utc_A": 1537290797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537268212.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc48", "human_ref_B": "it seems they did a lot of medieval jobs, or atleast the cool medieval jobs. elliot was a stone mason for example, he just hacked stone all day.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22585.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gr6sz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Marvel's Thor] Before Ragnarok, what did the regular folks of Asgard do all day? Did they have jobs like regular Joes? Or was it a post-scarcity society where everyone had free time to do whatever they wanted?", "c_root_id_A": "e67ckx2", "c_root_id_B": "e671ay9", "created_at_utc_A": 1537290797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537281354.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc48", "human_ref_B": "Bathing, dressing, undressing, making exciting underwear.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9443.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gr6sz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Marvel's Thor] Before Ragnarok, what did the regular folks of Asgard do all day? Did they have jobs like regular Joes? Or was it a post-scarcity society where everyone had free time to do whatever they wanted?", "c_root_id_A": "e66q006", "c_root_id_B": "e67lw49", "created_at_utc_A": 1537268212.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537298182.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "it seems they did a lot of medieval jobs, or atleast the cool medieval jobs. elliot was a stone mason for example, he just hacked stone all day.", "human_ref_B": "Asgard is close to utopian but it doesn't seem to be quite post scarcity. Average Asgardians still have jobs, either as warriors or as craftsmen. During their leisure time they seem to enjoy theater and feasting. Not all Asgardians are satisfied with their lifestyle, either. In Agents of SHIELD they meet an Asgardian who has been in hiding since the war with the frost giants because he preferred life on earth to life on Asgard, and of course in Ragnarok we saw Valkyrie abandoned Asgard because of her disgust with the throne.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29970.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9gr6sz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.7, "history": "[Marvel's Thor] Before Ragnarok, what did the regular folks of Asgard do all day? Did they have jobs like regular Joes? Or was it a post-scarcity society where everyone had free time to do whatever they wanted?", "c_root_id_A": "e67lw49", "c_root_id_B": "e671ay9", "created_at_utc_A": 1537298182.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1537281354.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Asgard is close to utopian but it doesn't seem to be quite post scarcity. Average Asgardians still have jobs, either as warriors or as craftsmen. During their leisure time they seem to enjoy theater and feasting. Not all Asgardians are satisfied with their lifestyle, either. In Agents of SHIELD they meet an Asgardian who has been in hiding since the war with the frost giants because he preferred life on earth to life on Asgard, and of course in Ragnarok we saw Valkyrie abandoned Asgard because of her disgust with the throne.", "human_ref_B": "Bathing, dressing, undressing, making exciting underwear.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16828.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mrui5s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel] Are Asguardians magical? Are asguardians magic or alien? Do their powers work like the new gods where it's natural to them because they are a race of gods or is it supernatural in nature? The Odin force seems kinda supernatural but from what I gather it almost sounds like it works like Ki where it is in essence just the natural life energy of all things that is able to be harnessed and distributed to the wielders will, it which case it is natural and not supernatural. Anyone else have any ideas?", "c_root_id_A": "gupe8zx", "c_root_id_B": "guoo46h", "created_at_utc_A": 1618564531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618543656.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Comics: They're Gods MCU: It's nebulous. We have Odin saying in Thor: Ragnarok \"What were you the God of again?\". We have Loki in Avengers saying \"The humans think us immortal; shall we test that?\" Then there's Ego (who, while not an Asgardian), who doesn't quibble over being classified as a God, albeit he says \"small 'g' \" Thor explains in his first movie how to Asgardians, magic and science are one in the same. Frigga, Thor's mother, doesn't blink at the idea that the Thor she's talking to is from the future. She says she was raised by witches. Loki in Thor: The Dark World casts a spell over his prison cell. At the end of Avengers, they bother to bind Loki's mouth, which seems silly if he couldn't cast spells verbally.", "human_ref_B": "Magic is just sufficiently advanced science.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 20875.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mrui5s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel] Are Asguardians magical? Are asguardians magic or alien? Do their powers work like the new gods where it's natural to them because they are a race of gods or is it supernatural in nature? The Odin force seems kinda supernatural but from what I gather it almost sounds like it works like Ki where it is in essence just the natural life energy of all things that is able to be harnessed and distributed to the wielders will, it which case it is natural and not supernatural. Anyone else have any ideas?", "c_root_id_A": "guoo46h", "c_root_id_B": "guop1ev", "created_at_utc_A": 1618543656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618544205.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Magic is just sufficiently advanced science.", "human_ref_B": "The explanation is no longer canon but at one point, the New Gods of DC were descendants of the Norse Gods from Marvel who had been left behind from a crossover event. While that's no longer the case, it does tell us that their natures are at least somewhat similar. Are New Gods in DC magic? Ehhhh sorta? Same goes for the Asguardians.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 549.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "mrui5s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Marvel] Are Asguardians magical? Are asguardians magic or alien? Do their powers work like the new gods where it's natural to them because they are a race of gods or is it supernatural in nature? The Odin force seems kinda supernatural but from what I gather it almost sounds like it works like Ki where it is in essence just the natural life energy of all things that is able to be harnessed and distributed to the wielders will, it which case it is natural and not supernatural. Anyone else have any ideas?", "c_root_id_A": "guoo46h", "c_root_id_B": "gup5a2a", "created_at_utc_A": 1618543656.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1618556094.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Magic is just sufficiently advanced science.", "human_ref_B": "It's divine magic. They are Gods and they are magical. So the awnser is both", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12438.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pskc9e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] How would Killmonger feel about Magneto? Magneto is a Holocaust survivor and his actively using his powers to benefit Mutant kind. Would Killmonger feel sympathy for him since he's also part of a oppressed minority, or would he view him as another privileged white hero?", "c_root_id_A": "hdq90ys", "c_root_id_B": "hdqgbf4", "created_at_utc_A": 1632238482.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632241466.0, "score_A": 43, "score_B": 79, "human_ref_A": "Killmonger wants revenge for what was done to *him*, not for anybody else. Also, Magneto would look down on Killmonger, since Killmonger is only human, not a mutant. This would make Magneto a serious threat to Killmonger's plans, and he would likely try to assassinate him.", "human_ref_B": "Killmonger really only cares about himself. While he might sympathize with Magneto, he\u2019d still be a potential threat.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2984.0, "score_ratio": 1.8372093023, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pskc9e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] How would Killmonger feel about Magneto? Magneto is a Holocaust survivor and his actively using his powers to benefit Mutant kind. Would Killmonger feel sympathy for him since he's also part of a oppressed minority, or would he view him as another privileged white hero?", "c_root_id_A": "hdqgbf4", "c_root_id_B": "hdq4hcf", "created_at_utc_A": 1632241466.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632236586.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "Killmonger really only cares about himself. While he might sympathize with Magneto, he\u2019d still be a potential threat.", "human_ref_B": "I could see kilmonger being into the mutant plight after his plan succeeded but not like before", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4880.0, "score_ratio": 2.46875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pskc9e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] How would Killmonger feel about Magneto? Magneto is a Holocaust survivor and his actively using his powers to benefit Mutant kind. Would Killmonger feel sympathy for him since he's also part of a oppressed minority, or would he view him as another privileged white hero?", "c_root_id_A": "hdq4hcf", "c_root_id_B": "hdq90ys", "created_at_utc_A": 1632236586.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632238482.0, "score_A": 32, "score_B": 43, "human_ref_A": "I could see kilmonger being into the mutant plight after his plan succeeded but not like before", "human_ref_B": "Killmonger wants revenge for what was done to *him*, not for anybody else. Also, Magneto would look down on Killmonger, since Killmonger is only human, not a mutant. This would make Magneto a serious threat to Killmonger's plans, and he would likely try to assassinate him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1896.0, "score_ratio": 1.34375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "pskc9e", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[MCU] How would Killmonger feel about Magneto? Magneto is a Holocaust survivor and his actively using his powers to benefit Mutant kind. Would Killmonger feel sympathy for him since he's also part of a oppressed minority, or would he view him as another privileged white hero?", "c_root_id_A": "hdt7k68", "c_root_id_B": "hdste2s", "created_at_utc_A": 1632287448.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1632279075.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "He would respect him, but ultimately, he will do whatever he can to kill him because he knows wakanda's greatest resource is metal, so magneto is a huge threat", "human_ref_B": "I never viewed Killmonger as a racist, but a Jingoistic Nationalist", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8373.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c0qfhz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Would Luke Cage's impenetrable skin protect him from the radiation involved in wielding the Power Stone and/or Infinity Gauntlet?", "c_root_id_A": "er712br", "c_root_id_B": "er7azzo", "created_at_utc_A": 1560563582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560573118.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "He would be fried internally.", "human_ref_B": "Various incarnations of Luke Cage have radiation as a weakness, specifically gamma rays. Age of Ultron had an enhanced Luke Cage injured/killed by Ultron robots with radiation attacks. In short, no. The MCU variant of Luke Cage if anything is weaker than his comic book counterpart who was not at anything approaching hulk level resistance. He'd die, but would probably linger longer than Tony did by a considerable margin. The tradition would sink into his flesh and he'd be constantly healing around it but it wouldn't go away quickly enough that he wouldn't die.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9536.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "c0qfhz", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Would Luke Cage's impenetrable skin protect him from the radiation involved in wielding the Power Stone and/or Infinity Gauntlet?", "c_root_id_A": "er7g9d4", "c_root_id_B": "erhzqe0", "created_at_utc_A": 1560577118.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560886396.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I mean..... Hulk got hurt by it but Iron Man..... so logic of the MCU, sure. If he believes hard enough.", "human_ref_B": "his skin is impenetrable but he is not indestructable, his skin would be fine but his internals would not be, assuming his impenitrable skin actually applys here, the infinity gauntlet has infinite power, it dont give a shit what you can do", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 309278.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3vaky5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Jessica Jones] There's a mind controlling mass murderer on the loose. Shouldn't SHIELD take an interest? I know that SHIELD has been a little occupied with Hydra and the Inhumans lately, but wouldn't Killgrave at least show up on their radar? For most of his life he seemed to be pretty low profile so I can see why he wasn't detected earlier, but after the incident with Hope he was a front page news story. And even if nobody else was available, wouldn't Melinda May have a personal interest in someone with mind control abilities given her past experiences?", "c_root_id_A": "cxltibl", "c_root_id_B": "cxlt89h", "created_at_utc_A": 1449162406.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449161994.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "At the time, no others with his abilities existed and SHIELD was of the opinion that no one with physic abilities could exist. Kilgrave only started coming into public light back in early 2015. At the time SHIELD was in a bad space. They were weakened, no longer sanctioned and so under equipped they needed to steal a Quinn Jet from the Military. So SHIELD was stretched thin with very little resources. They weren't in a place to look into him very hard.", "human_ref_B": "Sure, the remnants of SHIELD should take an interest, but their limited resources are dealing with the Inhumans, the remnants of Hydra, one or more of their members disappearing to another dimension/planet/something, etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 412.0, "score_ratio": 3.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3vaky5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Jessica Jones] There's a mind controlling mass murderer on the loose. Shouldn't SHIELD take an interest? I know that SHIELD has been a little occupied with Hydra and the Inhumans lately, but wouldn't Killgrave at least show up on their radar? For most of his life he seemed to be pretty low profile so I can see why he wasn't detected earlier, but after the incident with Hope he was a front page news story. And even if nobody else was available, wouldn't Melinda May have a personal interest in someone with mind control abilities given her past experiences?", "c_root_id_A": "cxlw30c", "c_root_id_B": "cxlt89h", "created_at_utc_A": 1449166101.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449161994.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Point of correctness: It's \"Kilgrave\", not \"Killgrave\".", "human_ref_B": "Sure, the remnants of SHIELD should take an interest, but their limited resources are dealing with the Inhumans, the remnants of Hydra, one or more of their members disappearing to another dimension/planet/something, etc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4107.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3vaky5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Jessica Jones] There's a mind controlling mass murderer on the loose. Shouldn't SHIELD take an interest? I know that SHIELD has been a little occupied with Hydra and the Inhumans lately, but wouldn't Killgrave at least show up on their radar? For most of his life he seemed to be pretty low profile so I can see why he wasn't detected earlier, but after the incident with Hope he was a front page news story. And even if nobody else was available, wouldn't Melinda May have a personal interest in someone with mind control abilities given her past experiences?", "c_root_id_A": "cxm162z", "c_root_id_B": "cxm6rty", "created_at_utc_A": 1449173303.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449181148.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Kilgrave is very under the radar. He's the boogie man that no one believes exists.", "human_ref_B": "I keep wondering why they don't call in the Avengers to help with the crap that's happening to SHIELD right now. We have a breakdown in communications!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7845.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3vaky5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Jessica Jones] There's a mind controlling mass murderer on the loose. Shouldn't SHIELD take an interest? I know that SHIELD has been a little occupied with Hydra and the Inhumans lately, but wouldn't Killgrave at least show up on their radar? For most of his life he seemed to be pretty low profile so I can see why he wasn't detected earlier, but after the incident with Hope he was a front page news story. And even if nobody else was available, wouldn't Melinda May have a personal interest in someone with mind control abilities given her past experiences?", "c_root_id_A": "cxm6rty", "c_root_id_B": "cxm69de", "created_at_utc_A": 1449181148.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449180382.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I keep wondering why they don't call in the Avengers to help with the crap that's happening to SHIELD right now. We have a breakdown in communications!", "human_ref_B": "Mind control?! How wildly implausible! I don't think we should worry about this. Nobody could possibly believe in such a thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 766.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3vaky5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Jessica Jones] There's a mind controlling mass murderer on the loose. Shouldn't SHIELD take an interest? I know that SHIELD has been a little occupied with Hydra and the Inhumans lately, but wouldn't Killgrave at least show up on their radar? For most of his life he seemed to be pretty low profile so I can see why he wasn't detected earlier, but after the incident with Hope he was a front page news story. And even if nobody else was available, wouldn't Melinda May have a personal interest in someone with mind control abilities given her past experiences?", "c_root_id_A": "cxmabif", "c_root_id_B": "cxm7cop", "created_at_utc_A": 1449186739.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1449182021.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Shouldn't SHIELD be interested in those other three \"powered\" people in Hell's Kitchen as well? I mean we have the Devil guy, some chick who a guy claimed lifted up his car and some guy who my buddy told me his skin bent needles in the hospital. SHIELD should be monitoring them too right? A source told me SHIELD has an index they keep of powered individuals, surely they must be on the list? I hear there is this guy swinging around as well in NY and can effortlessly climb walls. This guy might be an urban legend but SHIELD probably knows about him too.", "human_ref_B": "heil hydra", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4718.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "cn5aeo", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Twin Peaks] How did Jerry smuggle all those brie & butter baguettes through customs? Even in the 80s I don't think CBP was allowing dairy products through.", "c_root_id_A": "ew7osaf", "c_root_id_B": "ew7qh40", "created_at_utc_A": 1565195003.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1565195710.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Canadian border was open at the time. Smaller border crossings didn't even have a station.", "human_ref_B": "The simplest answer would be that he flew privately (and so could theoretically land at a private airport with lax security) and is rich (so he could just pay people to look the other way). That or he didn't bring them all the way from France, which makes sense. No sandwich is going to stay warm and fresh for the 10+ hour flight from France to Washington state. It's more likely he went to a bakery and had them custom made once he landed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 707.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnd2ty", "c_root_id_B": "clnbs4p", "created_at_utc_A": 1414604796.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414602543.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The prison Bane lets everyone out of is Blackgate, which is almost certainly not where someone like the Joker would be sent. If Arkham is still in the Narrows then it's possible that it was unaffected by Bane's occupation of Gotham. http://i.imgur.com/iMZeaBh.jpg This map is the one Blake is looking at in the movie. It's not clear which islands fell under Bane's control. He definitely took Uptown, while the Narrows are separated from Midtown by bridges that were destroyed in Batman Begins. Of course, this assumes that he hadn't escaped in the eight years between his capture and the events of the Dark Knight Rises. The chances of Arkham holding him for long are minimal.", "human_ref_B": "Probably goes to prison, stays there. He might have been freed by Bane, unless he was being kept a bit further away, but I'm not sure he would change much.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2253.0, "score_ratio": 14.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clp16r3", "c_root_id_B": "cloamvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1414748520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414686784.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Bane purposefully did not release him. Why? Because who the fuck knows what he is going to do. Bane had an airtight plan, very complex, and the Joker has a gift for \" taking little plans and turning them on themselves\". Also, in the chaos that enveloped Gotham, Joker would thrive as a leader and very quickly gather followers enough to rival Bane, and then who knows what would happen. There's simply no way that Bane would allow for such an unpredictable person to be loose in his city as he put into motion his ultimate plan.", "human_ref_B": "Am I the only one that still gets incredibly angry that heath is gone and I will never see more of his joker", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 61736.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnbs4p", "c_root_id_B": "cloamvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1414602543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414686784.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Probably goes to prison, stays there. He might have been freed by Bane, unless he was being kept a bit further away, but I'm not sure he would change much.", "human_ref_B": "Am I the only one that still gets incredibly angry that heath is gone and I will never see more of his joker", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 84241.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnfool", "c_root_id_B": "cloamvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1414609391.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414686784.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Joker's crimes in Gotham are innumerable. They range from citations like running red lights, to misdemeanors such as trespassing, and federal crimes including destroying United States currency, murder, and domestic terrorism. The prisons in Gotham hold some terrible people, but a criminal like Joker had absolutely no chance to get put up in a place as nice as a state prison like Blackgate. We never heard much about his sentencing, but I'm guessing they just tossed him into Guantanamo.", "human_ref_B": "Am I the only one that still gets incredibly angry that heath is gone and I will never see more of his joker", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 77393.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnjxbo", "c_root_id_B": "cloamvk", "created_at_utc_A": 1414616795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414686784.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "With the crimes he committed including, but not limited to, bank robbery, murder, terrorism, bombings, attempted assassination.... yeah, he's in a federal supermax prison out in the middle of nowhere in solitary isolation.", "human_ref_B": "Am I the only one that still gets incredibly angry that heath is gone and I will never see more of his joker", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 69989.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clp16r3", "c_root_id_B": "clnlceh", "created_at_utc_A": 1414748520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414619434.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Bane purposefully did not release him. Why? Because who the fuck knows what he is going to do. Bane had an airtight plan, very complex, and the Joker has a gift for \" taking little plans and turning them on themselves\". Also, in the chaos that enveloped Gotham, Joker would thrive as a leader and very quickly gather followers enough to rival Bane, and then who knows what would happen. There's simply no way that Bane would allow for such an unpredictable person to be loose in his city as he put into motion his ultimate plan.", "human_ref_B": "After completing several courses of mental health therapy, he was declared completely sane and returned to teaching junior high.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 129086.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnbs4p", "c_root_id_B": "clp16r3", "created_at_utc_A": 1414602543.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414748520.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Probably goes to prison, stays there. He might have been freed by Bane, unless he was being kept a bit further away, but I'm not sure he would change much.", "human_ref_B": "Bane purposefully did not release him. Why? Because who the fuck knows what he is going to do. Bane had an airtight plan, very complex, and the Joker has a gift for \" taking little plans and turning them on themselves\". Also, in the chaos that enveloped Gotham, Joker would thrive as a leader and very quickly gather followers enough to rival Bane, and then who knows what would happen. There's simply no way that Bane would allow for such an unpredictable person to be loose in his city as he put into motion his ultimate plan.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 145977.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnfool", "c_root_id_B": "clp16r3", "created_at_utc_A": 1414609391.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414748520.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The Joker's crimes in Gotham are innumerable. They range from citations like running red lights, to misdemeanors such as trespassing, and federal crimes including destroying United States currency, murder, and domestic terrorism. The prisons in Gotham hold some terrible people, but a criminal like Joker had absolutely no chance to get put up in a place as nice as a state prison like Blackgate. We never heard much about his sentencing, but I'm guessing they just tossed him into Guantanamo.", "human_ref_B": "Bane purposefully did not release him. Why? Because who the fuck knows what he is going to do. Bane had an airtight plan, very complex, and the Joker has a gift for \" taking little plans and turning them on themselves\". Also, in the chaos that enveloped Gotham, Joker would thrive as a leader and very quickly gather followers enough to rival Bane, and then who knows what would happen. There's simply no way that Bane would allow for such an unpredictable person to be loose in his city as he put into motion his ultimate plan.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 139129.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clp16r3", "c_root_id_B": "clnjxbo", "created_at_utc_A": 1414748520.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414616795.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Bane purposefully did not release him. Why? Because who the fuck knows what he is going to do. Bane had an airtight plan, very complex, and the Joker has a gift for \" taking little plans and turning them on themselves\". Also, in the chaos that enveloped Gotham, Joker would thrive as a leader and very quickly gather followers enough to rival Bane, and then who knows what would happen. There's simply no way that Bane would allow for such an unpredictable person to be loose in his city as he put into motion his ultimate plan.", "human_ref_B": "With the crimes he committed including, but not limited to, bank robbery, murder, terrorism, bombings, attempted assassination.... yeah, he's in a federal supermax prison out in the middle of nowhere in solitary isolation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 131725.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnlceh", "c_root_id_B": "clnbs4p", "created_at_utc_A": 1414619434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414602543.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "After completing several courses of mental health therapy, he was declared completely sane and returned to teaching junior high.", "human_ref_B": "Probably goes to prison, stays there. He might have been freed by Bane, unless he was being kept a bit further away, but I'm not sure he would change much.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16891.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnlceh", "c_root_id_B": "clnfool", "created_at_utc_A": 1414619434.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414609391.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "After completing several courses of mental health therapy, he was declared completely sane and returned to teaching junior high.", "human_ref_B": "The Joker's crimes in Gotham are innumerable. They range from citations like running red lights, to misdemeanors such as trespassing, and federal crimes including destroying United States currency, murder, and domestic terrorism. The prisons in Gotham hold some terrible people, but a criminal like Joker had absolutely no chance to get put up in a place as nice as a state prison like Blackgate. We never heard much about his sentencing, but I'm guessing they just tossed him into Guantanamo.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10043.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2ko58r", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "(Batman / The Dark Knight) What happens to Joker after The Dark Knight?", "c_root_id_A": "clnjxbo", "c_root_id_B": "clnlceh", "created_at_utc_A": 1414616795.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1414619434.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "With the crimes he committed including, but not limited to, bank robbery, murder, terrorism, bombings, attempted assassination.... yeah, he's in a federal supermax prison out in the middle of nowhere in solitary isolation.", "human_ref_B": "After completing several courses of mental health therapy, he was declared completely sane and returned to teaching junior high.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2639.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "upv53s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Terminator] Are Terminators water proof?", "c_root_id_A": "i8nc1jb", "c_root_id_B": "i8nay2k", "created_at_utc_A": 1652580011.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652579459.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "I mean if humanity were getting exterminated by an artificial intelligence that forgot to make it's time-travelling robot warriors waterproof, I'd say we'd deserve it.", "human_ref_B": "Pretty sure they are. They're bullet proof, collision proof, grenade proof, bomb proof... Would suck if you could disable one with a bucket of water.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 552.0, "score_ratio": 1.4615384615, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "upv53s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Terminator] Are Terminators water proof?", "c_root_id_A": "i8nqouk", "c_root_id_B": "i8nwnzh", "created_at_utc_A": 1652588225.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652592114.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They have blood inside their skin, so it seems obvious that the endoskeleton is waterproof.", "human_ref_B": "https://hnmag.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-21-at-4.07.39-PM-1024x371.png Looks like it yeah. Image is from Dark Fate if anyone's wondering. Imagine how silly it'd be if they weren't.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3889.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "upv53s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Terminator] Are Terminators water proof?", "c_root_id_A": "i8po2nm", "c_root_id_B": "i8pg2xx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652632751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652629292.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We see at least parts of it remain functional after being exposed to fluids. We all know that scene in which arnold decides his eyeball is a lost cause. The optic unit under that, smeared with blood, seems to work fine. The terminators get shot at rather often and bullets go through their fleshy tux to get smashed on the metal endo skeletal structure. Blood seeping onto the metal doesn't seem to do anything to the machine. Now maybe the parts of the skeleton coming in close contact to the flesh would be waterproof, or blood proof as the case might be. T2 has a scene in which some more blood would've gotten into what remains of the arm that got torn off. Also there was the amateur accupuncture treatment the t-1000 did to the t-800 where some fluids must've gotten near the power source of the machine. Very little fluid but to our computers, a drop's worth at the right spot would be all it takes.", "human_ref_B": "That'd be a hell of a design flaw for a murderbot", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3459.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "upv53s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Terminator] Are Terminators water proof?", "c_root_id_A": "i8qfdow", "c_root_id_B": "i8pg2xx", "created_at_utc_A": 1652644753.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1652629292.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "In Terminator 5, Arnold's character purposely jumped into the pursuing T-3000's helicopter and knocked the two of them into the water", "human_ref_B": "That'd be a hell of a design flaw for a murderbot", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15461.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztrleb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Purple man\u2019s powers questions So the purple man has powers where his skin releases pheromones to compel his victims to want to do the things he asks of them But I have some questions 1. Is there a time requirement? If he asks me to stop breathing or to go for a walk. How long would that need to go for? I could stop breathing for a second and would work because I fulfilled the thing he asked. Or would I go for a walk for like a week and die of exhaustion 2. Can telepaths do anything to intercept, block, or anything to stop his control or is it absolute for any human or organism that absorbs the pheromones 3. It is said daredevil is immune, but how it is pheromones that you smell or absorbs through skin. If anything he should be more susceptible to his control", "c_root_id_A": "j1ewd0t", "c_root_id_B": "j1eyqxa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671826763.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671827775.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "His influence rapidly wears off of someone after he leaves their presence, probably in a matter of minutes. >If anything he should be more susceptible to his control I disagree with this surmise; having a strong sense of smell doesn\u2019t mean you take in more pheromones than anyone else, just that your nose can more effectively analyze the trace it\u2019s been given. Nevertheless, DD probably gets a pass because of his overall stubbornness and self of self, and maybe because the the influence still needs a combination of auditory and visual cues to work (for example, we know that the commands will *only* be followed if they\u2019re made in Purple Man\u2019s voice; someone immune can\u2019t simply talk his puppets out of their trance)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1012.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztrleb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Purple man\u2019s powers questions So the purple man has powers where his skin releases pheromones to compel his victims to want to do the things he asks of them But I have some questions 1. Is there a time requirement? If he asks me to stop breathing or to go for a walk. How long would that need to go for? I could stop breathing for a second and would work because I fulfilled the thing he asked. Or would I go for a walk for like a week and die of exhaustion 2. Can telepaths do anything to intercept, block, or anything to stop his control or is it absolute for any human or organism that absorbs the pheromones 3. It is said daredevil is immune, but how it is pheromones that you smell or absorbs through skin. If anything he should be more susceptible to his control", "c_root_id_A": "j1exto3", "c_root_id_B": "j1ewd0t", "created_at_utc_A": 1671827385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671826763.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "1. Usually the effect only lasts for a few hours. That's generally why he keeps a posse with him, rather than randomly planting sleeper agents among the influential/wealthy. 1. Yeah, there's a tricks that telepaths can do to either mitigate or outright prevent it. I recall Xavier putting some psychic guards on some X-Men who were trying to take him down. Of course, there's always varying levels of power and some will do better than others. 1. Not just him, but also Jessica Jones and Doctor DOOM. I think it's implied that Jessica gained an immunity, while both DDs just have an absurdly high willpower that let's them fight it off. You'll also have the occasional person who's immune because they're too dumb to control.", "human_ref_B": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 622.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztrleb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Purple man\u2019s powers questions So the purple man has powers where his skin releases pheromones to compel his victims to want to do the things he asks of them But I have some questions 1. Is there a time requirement? If he asks me to stop breathing or to go for a walk. How long would that need to go for? I could stop breathing for a second and would work because I fulfilled the thing he asked. Or would I go for a walk for like a week and die of exhaustion 2. Can telepaths do anything to intercept, block, or anything to stop his control or is it absolute for any human or organism that absorbs the pheromones 3. It is said daredevil is immune, but how it is pheromones that you smell or absorbs through skin. If anything he should be more susceptible to his control", "c_root_id_A": "j1ewd0t", "c_root_id_B": "j1guicn", "created_at_utc_A": 1671826763.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671861955.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "**Reminders for Commenters:** * All responses must be A) sincere, B) polite, and C) strictly watsonian in nature. If \"watsonian\" or \"doylist\" is new to you, please review the full rules here. * No edition wars or gripings about creators/owners of works. Doylist griping about Star Wars in particular is subject to **permanent ban on first offense**. * We are not here to discuss or complain about the real world. * Questions about who would prevail in a conflict/competition (not just combat) fit better on r/whowouldwin. Questions about very open-ended hypotheticals fit better on r/whatiffiction. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskScienceFiction) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "human_ref_B": "Telepaths can mess with Killgrave. JJ has called in both Emma Frost and Prof X to help deal with him on separate occasions. Daredevil is still susceptible to the Purple Man's powers, since his encounter with the Purple Children didn't really go over well. He just has a ton of willpower. A number of heroes do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 35192.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ztrleb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Marvel Comics] Purple man\u2019s powers questions So the purple man has powers where his skin releases pheromones to compel his victims to want to do the things he asks of them But I have some questions 1. Is there a time requirement? If he asks me to stop breathing or to go for a walk. How long would that need to go for? I could stop breathing for a second and would work because I fulfilled the thing he asked. Or would I go for a walk for like a week and die of exhaustion 2. Can telepaths do anything to intercept, block, or anything to stop his control or is it absolute for any human or organism that absorbs the pheromones 3. It is said daredevil is immune, but how it is pheromones that you smell or absorbs through skin. If anything he should be more susceptible to his control", "c_root_id_A": "j1exto3", "c_root_id_B": "j1eyqxa", "created_at_utc_A": 1671827385.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1671827775.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "1. Usually the effect only lasts for a few hours. That's generally why he keeps a posse with him, rather than randomly planting sleeper agents among the influential/wealthy. 1. Yeah, there's a tricks that telepaths can do to either mitigate or outright prevent it. I recall Xavier putting some psychic guards on some X-Men who were trying to take him down. Of course, there's always varying levels of power and some will do better than others. 1. Not just him, but also Jessica Jones and Doctor DOOM. I think it's implied that Jessica gained an immunity, while both DDs just have an absurdly high willpower that let's them fight it off. You'll also have the occasional person who's immune because they're too dumb to control.", "human_ref_B": "His influence rapidly wears off of someone after he leaves their presence, probably in a matter of minutes. >If anything he should be more susceptible to his control I disagree with this surmise; having a strong sense of smell doesn\u2019t mean you take in more pheromones than anyone else, just that your nose can more effectively analyze the trace it\u2019s been given. Nevertheless, DD probably gets a pass because of his overall stubbornness and self of self, and maybe because the the influence still needs a combination of auditory and visual cues to work (for example, we know that the commands will *only* be followed if they\u2019re made in Purple Man\u2019s voice; someone immune can\u2019t simply talk his puppets out of their trance)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 390.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k00dhf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Why is dual wielding not much more common among Jedi and Sith? I get that the Jedi don't want to promote the martial aspect of their training too much, since they are supposed to be peacekeepers and diplomats first and foremost. But dual wielding lightsabers has none of the drawbacks of dual wielding conventional swords! And why do dual wielders like Asajj Ventress not just attack from two angles at once when fighting a single bladed opponent?", "c_root_id_A": "gdhfw6u", "c_root_id_B": "gdi2908", "created_at_utc_A": 1606251894.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1606263335.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I think a lot of it also has to do with the bond that the Jedi have with their light sabre. The journey to obtain a kyber crystal and then the construction of the sabre are a rite of passage. It marks the transition from youngling to padawan. Any other sabres they may create or obtain later won't have that same connection. And since prior to the Clone Wars, Jedi weren't called upon to be warriors and constantly fighting, and the Sith were unheard from for many years, one sabre was far more than enough for your average Jedi. They had many pursuits other than fighting to occupy their time.", "human_ref_B": "duel wielding in real life is rather impractical in most aspects, in real life your off hand weapon was mainly just used to parry and strike at any easy openings, attempting to actually attack with both at once simply doesent work, even with force enhanced senses and reflexes you are still dividing that focus if you attempt to attack with both at the same time in any way other then swinging them together, which might not be an issue if your fighting some random stormtroopers, but trying that trick against a jedi or sith will get you dead", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11441.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "n7e1k0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Assorted sci-fi movies] So, like, what do the Greys want to learn about us? What could they possibly be learning from all the probing and mind-rape and such that they couldn't get from, say, infiltrating a public library?", "c_root_id_A": "gxcecv3", "c_root_id_B": "gxcel2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1620439027.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1620439157.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "There aren't any books in any library that actually explain the nuances of our cognitive experience in a complete way. Becasue we do not have such understandings of ourselves. So the aliens, instead of waiting on us to develop the tech to explain our own brains, just grab a few of us and run diagnostics directly.", "human_ref_B": "Presumably they need firsthand experience with our physiology or anatomy. Theories range. * They think something in our inherent biology may be of value, perhaps as a means to prevent disease * They want to make one of us a sleeper agent * They're Teasers. Some sassin' froods out to pull some hoopy pranks on some backwards cats, you know? Like drunken rural high school jocks tipping cows.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 130.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cgdlogc", "c_root_id_B": "cgdkq4n", "created_at_utc_A": 1395955201.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395953320.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Not any more than a lightbulb does. Presumably if you put it in front of a light source brighter than the blade itself, it would cast a shadow of sorts, but that's not what we usually think of as casting a shadow.", "human_ref_B": "The blade is a beam of plasma bent by magnetic fields, so I would assume it would glow. I also assume that the glow can be seen whenever a Jedi or Sith ignites their blade.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1881.0, "score_ratio": 4.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cgdkv48", "c_root_id_B": "cgdlogc", "created_at_utc_A": 1395953587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395955201.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "No.", "human_ref_B": "Not any more than a lightbulb does. Presumably if you put it in front of a light source brighter than the blade itself, it would cast a shadow of sorts, but that's not what we usually think of as casting a shadow.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1614.0, "score_ratio": 39.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cgdkq4n", "c_root_id_B": "cgdm3gg", "created_at_utc_A": 1395953320.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395956033.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "The blade is a beam of plasma bent by magnetic fields, so I would assume it would glow. I also assume that the glow can be seen whenever a Jedi or Sith ignites their blade.", "human_ref_B": "Lightsabers are a light source, which means most of the time they create shadows rather than cast them. We barely understand how light interacts with plasma. It seems that photon emanation from inside the plasma would create an uneven stream that another source wouldn't necessarily overcome. And the magnetic fields complicate things even more. Our current understanding of the science seems unable to answer the question definitively. However, if there is a brighter object nearby then lightsabers definitely do cast shadows. You can see it in footage from young Anakin's initial adventures with Qui Gon and Obi Wan, as well as later in the *Clone Wars*. And when the videos of the fall of the empire were restored, the shadows remained in the enhanced editions (so common in schools and libraries today) so it wasn't simply an artifact of how it was initially captured. While we can't explain it, we can prove lightsaber shadow's are real.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2713.0, "score_ratio": 2.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cgdkv48", "c_root_id_B": "cgdm3gg", "created_at_utc_A": 1395953587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395956033.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "No.", "human_ref_B": "Lightsabers are a light source, which means most of the time they create shadows rather than cast them. We barely understand how light interacts with plasma. It seems that photon emanation from inside the plasma would create an uneven stream that another source wouldn't necessarily overcome. And the magnetic fields complicate things even more. Our current understanding of the science seems unable to answer the question definitively. However, if there is a brighter object nearby then lightsabers definitely do cast shadows. You can see it in footage from young Anakin's initial adventures with Qui Gon and Obi Wan, as well as later in the *Clone Wars*. And when the videos of the fall of the empire were restored, the shadows remained in the enhanced editions (so common in schools and libraries today) so it wasn't simply an artifact of how it was initially captured. While we can't explain it, we can prove lightsaber shadow's are real.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2446.0, "score_ratio": 17.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cgdkv48", "c_root_id_B": "cgdotro", "created_at_utc_A": 1395953587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395961896.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "No.", "human_ref_B": "If you hold it up in front of your eye, can u see through it? If u can't, then light cannot penetrate the beam. So, even though it does emit light, if it is blocking an even brighter source of light, it would cast a shadow.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8309.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cgdzjcz", "c_root_id_B": "cge4a4b", "created_at_utc_A": 1395990085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396014577.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The magnetic field containing the plasma constantly is in a state of flux. It is continually changing field strengths, densities and even polarities on a moment to moment basis. This is what causes the distinctive sound of a lightsaber. The field is not perfectly transparent. Again, this is due to the field continually interacting with the plasma it contains. It is transparent enough when viewed straight on, but light passing across the width of the blade from an outside source is partially occluded. This is sufficient to cause the shadows seen in some of the historical records.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. As others have pointed out, a lightsaber blade is comprised of some form of matter (\"plasma bent by magnetic fields\" being a popular notion), so it will block light even as it emits light. If the light it blocks is stronger/more intense than the light it emits, it will result in a shadow, as in the image linked above.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24492.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cgdkv48", "c_root_id_B": "cge4a4b", "created_at_utc_A": 1395953587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1396014577.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "No.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. As others have pointed out, a lightsaber blade is comprised of some form of matter (\"plasma bent by magnetic fields\" being a popular notion), so it will block light even as it emits light. If the light it blocks is stronger/more intense than the light it emits, it will result in a shadow, as in the image linked above.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 60990.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cgdzjcz", "c_root_id_B": "cgdkv48", "created_at_utc_A": 1395990085.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395953587.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The magnetic field containing the plasma constantly is in a state of flux. It is continually changing field strengths, densities and even polarities on a moment to moment basis. This is what causes the distinctive sound of a lightsaber. The field is not perfectly transparent. Again, this is due to the field continually interacting with the plasma it contains. It is transparent enough when viewed straight on, but light passing across the width of the blade from an outside source is partially occluded. This is sufficient to cause the shadows seen in some of the historical records.", "human_ref_B": "No.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 36498.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ja2s", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Star Wars] Does a lightsaber blade cast a shadow?", "c_root_id_A": "cge7max", "c_root_id_B": "cgdkv48", "created_at_utc_A": 1396022464.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395953587.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "A good way to test this for real would be to try and cast a shadow by pointing a powerful spotlight toward a flame, perhaps a lit candle. If a flame casts a shadow, so would any form of plasma, including the blade of a lightsaber.", "human_ref_B": "No.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 68877.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "np2xhu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[XMen2] how many grams of iron would have to be in one's blood for magneto to have made those three iron balls? In X-Men 2 magneto escapes prison by taking the iron out of the security guard's blood and making three iron balls out of it how many grams of iron would actually have to be in the blood for that to be possible? Also what are the health complications of having that much iron in your blood even for a short period of time?", "c_root_id_A": "h0394b0", "c_root_id_B": "h034oks", "created_at_utc_A": 1622474607.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622472360.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Mystique seduced that guard and injected him with the iron prior to Magneto's escape; he wasn't just using the iron in his blood, he was using a weapon Mystique smuggled in to him. If she *hadn't* done, that, the average male has about 4 grams of iron in his blood; that is slightly more iron than can be found in a the bullet in a .223 Remington cartridge. The spheres Magneto created seemed to be much larger than that. The syringe Mystique used appeared to be about 3 inches tall, and an inch wide; that gives us about 39 cubic centimeters. Let's guess that about half of that was water, and half was iron. That gives us about 20cm^3 of iron, rounded. Iron has a density of 7.9g/cm^3, so we have about 158g of additional iron in his blood, or 158,000mg Toxicity is based on how much of a substance you ingest, against how much mass your body has. The guard was a pretty big dude; let's ballpark him at 200lb, or 90kg. Ingesting more than 60 mg/kg of elemental iron are associated with severe toxicity. 158,000mg in a 90kg body is about 1,756,g/kg, almost *thirty times* the toxic dose of iron. That guard is turbo-fucked. He would almost certainly go into shock and die. So let this be a lesson: if you're a slightly pudgy security guard making minimum wage and drinking tap beer at a run down pool hall, and a goddamned supermodel asks if she can fuck you in the bathroom ... it's a trap. It's *always* a trap.", "human_ref_B": "My bullshit answer is that the iron was actually dust particles encapsulated in a plastic coating, to prevent the guard just outright dying of an allergic reaction. In terms of volume that was apparently injected, it should have formed a big damned lump in his ass, which I guess could have been explained away as a bruise from the roughness of the encounter, and slowly spread out over time, eventually causing, ironically, anemia, due to excess volume in his bloodflow that wasn't carrying oxygen. As to weight, iron is heavy, but the injection wasn't solid iron, even though the balls were. I would guess that the balls were on the order of large ball bearings, maybe an inch spherical. Some handwaving at the math says that that should be about a quarter pound or so per ball.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2247.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "np2xhu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[XMen2] how many grams of iron would have to be in one's blood for magneto to have made those three iron balls? In X-Men 2 magneto escapes prison by taking the iron out of the security guard's blood and making three iron balls out of it how many grams of iron would actually have to be in the blood for that to be possible? Also what are the health complications of having that much iron in your blood even for a short period of time?", "c_root_id_A": "h030iv5", "c_root_id_B": "h0394b0", "created_at_utc_A": 1622470171.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622474607.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "You\u2019ve got me. Iron in the body tends to exist in very trace amounts, bonded to other chemicals that leave it nowhere near big enough to form magnetic domains. And a massive spike in blood iron by all rights should have caused anaphylactic shock, very promptly and with messy results", "human_ref_B": "Mystique seduced that guard and injected him with the iron prior to Magneto's escape; he wasn't just using the iron in his blood, he was using a weapon Mystique smuggled in to him. If she *hadn't* done, that, the average male has about 4 grams of iron in his blood; that is slightly more iron than can be found in a the bullet in a .223 Remington cartridge. The spheres Magneto created seemed to be much larger than that. The syringe Mystique used appeared to be about 3 inches tall, and an inch wide; that gives us about 39 cubic centimeters. Let's guess that about half of that was water, and half was iron. That gives us about 20cm^3 of iron, rounded. Iron has a density of 7.9g/cm^3, so we have about 158g of additional iron in his blood, or 158,000mg Toxicity is based on how much of a substance you ingest, against how much mass your body has. The guard was a pretty big dude; let's ballpark him at 200lb, or 90kg. Ingesting more than 60 mg/kg of elemental iron are associated with severe toxicity. 158,000mg in a 90kg body is about 1,756,g/kg, almost *thirty times* the toxic dose of iron. That guard is turbo-fucked. He would almost certainly go into shock and die. So let this be a lesson: if you're a slightly pudgy security guard making minimum wage and drinking tap beer at a run down pool hall, and a goddamned supermodel asks if she can fuck you in the bathroom ... it's a trap. It's *always* a trap.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4436.0, "score_ratio": 9.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "np2xhu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[XMen2] how many grams of iron would have to be in one's blood for magneto to have made those three iron balls? In X-Men 2 magneto escapes prison by taking the iron out of the security guard's blood and making three iron balls out of it how many grams of iron would actually have to be in the blood for that to be possible? Also what are the health complications of having that much iron in your blood even for a short period of time?", "c_root_id_A": "h034oks", "c_root_id_B": "h030iv5", "created_at_utc_A": 1622472360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1622470171.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "My bullshit answer is that the iron was actually dust particles encapsulated in a plastic coating, to prevent the guard just outright dying of an allergic reaction. In terms of volume that was apparently injected, it should have formed a big damned lump in his ass, which I guess could have been explained away as a bruise from the roughness of the encounter, and slowly spread out over time, eventually causing, ironically, anemia, due to excess volume in his bloodflow that wasn't carrying oxygen. As to weight, iron is heavy, but the injection wasn't solid iron, even though the balls were. I would guess that the balls were on the order of large ball bearings, maybe an inch spherical. Some handwaving at the math says that that should be about a quarter pound or so per ball.", "human_ref_B": "You\u2019ve got me. Iron in the body tends to exist in very trace amounts, bonded to other chemicals that leave it nowhere near big enough to form magnetic domains. And a massive spike in blood iron by all rights should have caused anaphylactic shock, very promptly and with messy results", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2189.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a8aj33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Transformers] Why did Megatron ever tolerate Starscream's constant shenanigans?", "c_root_id_A": "ec93ogv", "c_root_id_B": "ec951lq", "created_at_utc_A": 1545403376.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545404436.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 49, "human_ref_A": "He loved the sound of his melodious voice", "human_ref_B": "Starscream was Megatron's acknowledged heir. He was also, self-evidently, the worst possible leader for the Decepticons. That means that anyone who wanted to launch an effective coup against Megatron would have to either kill or suborn Starscream first. And Starscream has two useful qualities: cockroach-like survival skills, and an arrogance so massive that he would never consent to be someone else's puppet. This adds up to Starscream being a useful buffer, and a coal mine canary. The Decepticons are, by nature, treacherous and power-hungry, but Megatron knows that he'll be able to see any attempt on his life coming by simply watching Starscream. And he also knows that Starscream, for all his cunning, ruthlessness, and durability, is far too incompetent to actually overthrow Megatron.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1060.0, "score_ratio": 4.9, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "a8aj33", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Transformers] Why did Megatron ever tolerate Starscream's constant shenanigans?", "c_root_id_A": "ec93ogv", "c_root_id_B": "ec95h8u", "created_at_utc_A": 1545403376.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1545404749.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "He loved the sound of his melodious voice", "human_ref_B": "Starscream was a whining, ambitious toad - by keeping him close, Megatron could run herd on his lieutenant's schemes, utilizing Starscream's not-inconsiderable abilities and enthusiasm while staying one step ahead of him and laying the smack down when his underling got too big for his britches. If Megatron had demoted Starscream, he wouldn't be able to track his movements and activities as well - which could have led to him being a *real* threat, sowing discontent in the Decepticon ranks - and eliminating him outright was wasteful, considering Starscream's general power and utility. Of course, that came back to bite Megatron when he was severely injured and Starscream took advantage of his moment of weakness - and as a consequence, when Megatron/Galvatron returned, his first order of business was to eliminate an usurper who had outlived his usefulness, except as a final example of what happens when you challenge the true leader of the Decepticons.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1373.0, "score_ratio": 1.7, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oeq513", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[DC] Where is superman, when jason is getting beaten to death. Shouldn't his super hearing hear it?", "c_root_id_A": "h480bmz", "c_root_id_B": "h48iuh5", "created_at_utc_A": 1625565848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625579017.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Sure, and also a thousand *other* people being beaten to death, not to mention countless more burning, drowning, falling, choking... Pick one.", "human_ref_B": "Imagine being that super and still inadequate to help everyone. Has to weigh heavy on the soul.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13169.0, "score_ratio": 1.1333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oewx2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 1.0, "history": "How do Superman's powers work? How does he run at great speeds without damaging the ground? How does his freeze breath work? Why is he constantly outsmarted by Lex Luthor if he supposedly can think at superspeed? Shouldn't he be supersmart, then? BONUS SUPER HARD QUESTION: When people were trying to treat an unconscious Superman after he had hauled a landmass-sized piece of Kryptonite into space, Lois Lane visited him in the hospital where he was wearing only a hospital gown and did not figure his secret identity. It was explained to me that Superman hides his identity by vibrating his face at a frequency that changes recognizable features. Is he doing this unconsciously? How?", "c_root_id_A": "c3gprlp", "c_root_id_B": "c3gpbmy", "created_at_utc_A": 1326432532.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1326429752.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because the only guy the looks remotely like Superman is that Clark Kent fellow, and he has glasses. So until you find a Clark Kent lookalike with 20/20 vision, I'm going to safely assume Superman is his only identity.", "human_ref_B": "This is from various sources from when I was reading DC comics in the 80s and 90s. The premises might have changed since then, and probably doesn't apply to the movie versions. But it works something like this: 1) Superman is strong and tough, but he doesn't weigh any more than a normal guy of his size and build. When running, he is not impacting the ground with any greater force than a man running, he is only running along it at a much faster pace. So the force of his steps will not necessarily be damaging to a surface. Friction from his running may be a problem, but he supposedly has a force-field-like telekinetic 'aura' about his body responsible for much of his invulnerability, so he might use that to dampen the friction on the surface he's running on. 2) His 'freeze breath' is supposed to be pretty much a mental power, cryokinesis. He only manifests it in conjunctions with his 'breath' so he can easily visualize and focus the power. In the Byrne and 90s era, his heat vision was a form of pyro- or thermal-kinesis that he manifested as eye beams as an easy way for him to focus, but I think they changed that. 3) Genius is not just processing speed. Its not how fast you think, but how and what you think. Human brains don't work like computers Luthor is a very innovative and intuitive thinker that processes information and patterns in a very different way form a normal man's mind, even Superman's. 4) Lois is an idiot,", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2780.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oewx2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 1.0, "history": "How do Superman's powers work? How does he run at great speeds without damaging the ground? How does his freeze breath work? Why is he constantly outsmarted by Lex Luthor if he supposedly can think at superspeed? Shouldn't he be supersmart, then? BONUS SUPER HARD QUESTION: When people were trying to treat an unconscious Superman after he had hauled a landmass-sized piece of Kryptonite into space, Lois Lane visited him in the hospital where he was wearing only a hospital gown and did not figure his secret identity. It was explained to me that Superman hides his identity by vibrating his face at a frequency that changes recognizable features. Is he doing this unconsciously? How?", "c_root_id_A": "c3k1x45", "c_root_id_B": "c3h4u53", "created_at_utc_A": 1327385764.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1326559294.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": ">How does he run at great speeds without damaging the ground? How does his freeze breath work? He can freely control the inertia of any object. This is partially explained in all the superboy comics. Superboy actually generates an inertial field of some kind. Superman's powers come from specific parts of his body due to training. > Why is he constantly outsmarted by Lex Luthor if he supposedly can think at superspeed? Shouldn't he be supersmart, then? He is Supersmart, in All-Star Superman and Superman Earth One, he is described as a super-genius who can easily make world altering discoveries. However, 1. He does not intervene in human progress or rule them, which forbids him from giving them amazing inventions. 2. He is processing a lot of information including multiple spectrums and even microscopic materials all at once. 3. Lex Luthor and (to a lesser degree) Brainiac are both strategically brilliant. Superman simply isn't. Just because he can solve math problems like a beast doesn't mean he can out think an opponent in chess. Superman is knowledgeable, Lex Luthor is brilliant. Lex Luthor routinely tricks Brainiac, who is the smartest being alive. Basically, at some point, you can't simulate every chess move, only 4-5 moves ahead, and if your opponent is planning more than that because he has a strategy, he will still win. > It was explained to me that Superman hides his identity by vibrating his face at a frequency that changes recognizable features. Is he doing this unconsciously? How? You know when you see a celebrity photo, where the celeb is out on the street and looks like a slob. Now imagine instead of being normally touched up and in makeup, they are holding themselves like a god, their body is nothing but raw muscle and is larger than life. Even close up they seem to be larger than something you can process. Now imagine you know some fat sloucher who seems to trip over his own shoes. Example. This guy is not classy or god-like in any way, he has a nice facial structure but hardly anything special. Now you see a guy lying in a hospital bed, he looks drawn and tired and defeated. Do you think it's the god? Or the nobody?", "human_ref_B": "on superman's identity: Its most likley that people are just giving him a pass. There is no way that everyone who knows Clark Kent dosen't realize he is superman. This also explains why super villians are so quick to kidnap lois lane, and why lois is so reluctant to be with Clark, they all know how he feels and are exploiting it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 826470.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oewx2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 1.0, "history": "How do Superman's powers work? How does he run at great speeds without damaging the ground? How does his freeze breath work? Why is he constantly outsmarted by Lex Luthor if he supposedly can think at superspeed? Shouldn't he be supersmart, then? BONUS SUPER HARD QUESTION: When people were trying to treat an unconscious Superman after he had hauled a landmass-sized piece of Kryptonite into space, Lois Lane visited him in the hospital where he was wearing only a hospital gown and did not figure his secret identity. It was explained to me that Superman hides his identity by vibrating his face at a frequency that changes recognizable features. Is he doing this unconsciously? How?", "c_root_id_A": "c3h4u53", "c_root_id_B": "c3h736x", "created_at_utc_A": 1326559294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1326574063.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "on superman's identity: Its most likley that people are just giving him a pass. There is no way that everyone who knows Clark Kent dosen't realize he is superman. This also explains why super villians are so quick to kidnap lois lane, and why lois is so reluctant to be with Clark, they all know how he feels and are exploiting it.", "human_ref_B": "No one knows that Superman has a secret identity. If you saw someone who looked like Christian Bale working at your office in IT, would you go \"Great Cthulu, it's Christian Bale's secret identity!\"? Or would you go \"Hey, that guy looks a lot like Christian Bale. Weird huh?\" Now imagine this guy is shy, poorly dressed, slouches, raises his voice half an octave, and is generally pretty reserved, all things which Christian Bale is not. That's basically how Clark manages to pass by unnoticed. Telling someone in Metropolis that Superman moonlights as a reporter would be like telling someone that Tiger Woods has a second job at Wendy's.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14769.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "oewx2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 1.0, "history": "How do Superman's powers work? How does he run at great speeds without damaging the ground? How does his freeze breath work? Why is he constantly outsmarted by Lex Luthor if he supposedly can think at superspeed? Shouldn't he be supersmart, then? BONUS SUPER HARD QUESTION: When people were trying to treat an unconscious Superman after he had hauled a landmass-sized piece of Kryptonite into space, Lois Lane visited him in the hospital where he was wearing only a hospital gown and did not figure his secret identity. It was explained to me that Superman hides his identity by vibrating his face at a frequency that changes recognizable features. Is he doing this unconsciously? How?", "c_root_id_A": "c3h4u53", "c_root_id_B": "c3jxbvo", "created_at_utc_A": 1326559294.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1327360575.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "on superman's identity: Its most likley that people are just giving him a pass. There is no way that everyone who knows Clark Kent dosen't realize he is superman. This also explains why super villians are so quick to kidnap lois lane, and why lois is so reluctant to be with Clark, they all know how he feels and are exploiting it.", "human_ref_B": "On the super-intelligence issue: there is a difference between genius and thinking very fast. Luthor is a genius, Supes... isn't. There's a certain creative spark that (so far) can't in general be duplicated by any amount of more mundane thought, no matter how fast. As for Lois... if you saw a 6'4\" solid mass of muscle who looked almost exactly like the 5'10\" glasses-wearing nebbish you know from the office, would you think they're the same person or that they just happen to look a lot alike? [Christopher Reeves was the master of this; his Clark Kent is \"obviously\" not Superman to any reasonable observer not in on the con.]", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 801281.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t0jps3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[marvel] can wolverine swim?", "c_root_id_A": "hybhy2j", "c_root_id_B": "hybx4yo", "created_at_utc_A": 1645750436.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645757235.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I heard he walks along the bottom holding his breath like a double-hard bastard.", "human_ref_B": "Namor says he's the worst swimmer he's ever seen and Wolverine backs it up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6799.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t0jps3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[marvel] can wolverine swim?", "c_root_id_A": "hyboc70", "c_root_id_B": "hybx4yo", "created_at_utc_A": 1645753263.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645757235.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I can't remember the comic, but it's a series of single panels of different heroes talking about Wolverine. Dr. Strange says that he has met the Devil and Wolverine was scarier. Prince Namor says that Wolverine is, by far, the worst swimmer he ever saw.", "human_ref_B": "Namor says he's the worst swimmer he's ever seen and Wolverine backs it up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3972.0, "score_ratio": 3.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t0jps3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[marvel] can wolverine swim?", "c_root_id_A": "hyak2zs", "c_root_id_B": "hybx4yo", "created_at_utc_A": 1645736874.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645757235.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "I\u2019m pretty sure a metal skeleton won\u2019t do so well. Plus Logan doesn\u2019t strike me as the type to practice his freestroke. Given his healing factor also can\u2019t make oxygen, that really important thing that guarantee unalives him, Wolverine declined Spider-Man\u2019s last call for aid against Hydro-Man for a reason.", "human_ref_B": "Namor says he's the worst swimmer he's ever seen and Wolverine backs it up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20361.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t0jps3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[marvel] can wolverine swim?", "c_root_id_A": "hybhy2j", "c_root_id_B": "hyak2zs", "created_at_utc_A": 1645750436.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645736874.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I heard he walks along the bottom holding his breath like a double-hard bastard.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m pretty sure a metal skeleton won\u2019t do so well. Plus Logan doesn\u2019t strike me as the type to practice his freestroke. Given his healing factor also can\u2019t make oxygen, that really important thing that guarantee unalives him, Wolverine declined Spider-Man\u2019s last call for aid against Hydro-Man for a reason.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13562.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t0jps3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[marvel] can wolverine swim?", "c_root_id_A": "hyboc70", "c_root_id_B": "hyak2zs", "created_at_utc_A": 1645753263.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645736874.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I can't remember the comic, but it's a series of single panels of different heroes talking about Wolverine. Dr. Strange says that he has met the Devil and Wolverine was scarier. Prince Namor says that Wolverine is, by far, the worst swimmer he ever saw.", "human_ref_B": "I\u2019m pretty sure a metal skeleton won\u2019t do so well. Plus Logan doesn\u2019t strike me as the type to practice his freestroke. Given his healing factor also can\u2019t make oxygen, that really important thing that guarantee unalives him, Wolverine declined Spider-Man\u2019s last call for aid against Hydro-Man for a reason.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 16389.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "t0jps3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[marvel] can wolverine swim?", "c_root_id_A": "hye34f2", "c_root_id_B": "hybxlwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1645803389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645757446.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Super to average thick than normal person.", "human_ref_B": "He's not really all that heavy. He's still within normal human weight limits. The adamantium coating is apparently pretty thin.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 45943.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl119ej", "c_root_id_B": "dl13baf", "created_at_utc_A": 1501618494.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501620629.0, "score_A": 27, "score_B": 123, "human_ref_A": "The meat dimension absorbs the extra fat, and the person becomes another chiselled, bowflex wielding Adonis.", "human_ref_B": "Their metabolism skyrockets and they burn off the fat at an accelerated rate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2135.0, "score_ratio": 4.5555555556, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl13baf", "c_root_id_B": "dl110c4", "created_at_utc_A": 1501620629.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501618236.0, "score_A": 123, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Their metabolism skyrockets and they burn off the fat at an accelerated rate.", "human_ref_B": "Presumably they'll develop some sort of sumo wrestler/powerlifter build, where they remain overweight but have significant strength and stamina.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2393.0, "score_ratio": 8.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl11u2k", "c_root_id_B": "dl13baf", "created_at_utc_A": 1501619067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501620629.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 123, "human_ref_A": "I assume they'd end up like Fat Cobra - absolutely gigantic, but with the speed of a kung fu master.", "human_ref_B": "Their metabolism skyrockets and they burn off the fat at an accelerated rate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1562.0, "score_ratio": 20.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl17dld", "c_root_id_B": "dl119ej", "created_at_utc_A": 1501625179.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501618494.0, "score_A": 78, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "His metabolism would improve such that he would she'd the excess fat. Why? Well, it's *peak* human. Some chubby guys can be surprisingly dextrous, but not *peak*. It would require something more like actual magic to produce peak human results in a sub-optimal body.", "human_ref_B": "The meat dimension absorbs the extra fat, and the person becomes another chiselled, bowflex wielding Adonis.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6685.0, "score_ratio": 2.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl17dld", "c_root_id_B": "dl110c4", "created_at_utc_A": 1501625179.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501618236.0, "score_A": 78, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "His metabolism would improve such that he would she'd the excess fat. Why? Well, it's *peak* human. Some chubby guys can be surprisingly dextrous, but not *peak*. It would require something more like actual magic to produce peak human results in a sub-optimal body.", "human_ref_B": "Presumably they'll develop some sort of sumo wrestler/powerlifter build, where they remain overweight but have significant strength and stamina.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6943.0, "score_ratio": 5.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl11u2k", "c_root_id_B": "dl17dld", "created_at_utc_A": 1501619067.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501625179.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 78, "human_ref_A": "I assume they'd end up like Fat Cobra - absolutely gigantic, but with the speed of a kung fu master.", "human_ref_B": "His metabolism would improve such that he would she'd the excess fat. Why? Well, it's *peak* human. Some chubby guys can be surprisingly dextrous, but not *peak*. It would require something more like actual magic to produce peak human results in a sub-optimal body.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6112.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl110c4", "c_root_id_B": "dl119ej", "created_at_utc_A": 1501618236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501618494.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "Presumably they'll develop some sort of sumo wrestler/powerlifter build, where they remain overweight but have significant strength and stamina.", "human_ref_B": "The meat dimension absorbs the extra fat, and the person becomes another chiselled, bowflex wielding Adonis.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 258.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl1aqbo", "c_root_id_B": "dl11u2k", "created_at_utc_A": 1501629306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501619067.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "\"The serum make you more of what you are.\" so... yeah.", "human_ref_B": "I assume they'd end up like Fat Cobra - absolutely gigantic, but with the speed of a kung fu master.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10239.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6qytui", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Marvel] What happens if someone is morbidly obese when they get the Super Soldier formula?", "c_root_id_A": "dl1aqbo", "c_root_id_B": "dl187o3", "created_at_utc_A": 1501629306.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1501626185.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "\"The serum make you more of what you are.\" so... yeah.", "human_ref_B": "Roadhog Origin Story is what happens", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3121.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "666ye6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] It's been 20 years since they were invented, why is it taking so long to mass produce master balls?", "c_root_id_A": "dgge2bz", "c_root_id_B": "dgg5s7g", "created_at_utc_A": 1492575618.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492565251.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They use a technique called binning. Basically all the balls are made on the same assembly line but the machines aren't precise enough to make each ball a master ball. They test each ball and determine the quality. Most balls are just regular poke Ball quality, fewer are great balls, even fewer are ultra balls, and even fewer are master balls. The factory equipment just hasn't been able to improve significantly\u200b enough to increase yield of the higher quality balls since so much precision is necessary. This is the same way CPUs of the same model but different speeds are made.", "human_ref_B": "They can't be mass produced. I mean, you could save some money on each one, but not enough to make it cost-effective. Maybe if technology advances and pokeballs get cheaper it will happen, but while we have invented many new kinds of pokeballs, pokeballs in general are no cheaper than they've ever been.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10367.0, "score_ratio": 3.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "666ye6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] It's been 20 years since they were invented, why is it taking so long to mass produce master balls?", "c_root_id_A": "dgge2bz", "c_root_id_B": "dgg46kh", "created_at_utc_A": 1492575618.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492563423.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They use a technique called binning. Basically all the balls are made on the same assembly line but the machines aren't precise enough to make each ball a master ball. They test each ball and determine the quality. Most balls are just regular poke Ball quality, fewer are great balls, even fewer are ultra balls, and even fewer are master balls. The factory equipment just hasn't been able to improve significantly\u200b enough to increase yield of the higher quality balls since so much precision is necessary. This is the same way CPUs of the same model but different speeds are made.", "human_ref_B": "You can sell 100 regular pokeballs or 1 masterball. Its like selling a cure for hepatitis. Its more lucrative to sell the inferior product.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12195.0, "score_ratio": 7.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "666ye6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] It's been 20 years since they were invented, why is it taking so long to mass produce master balls?", "c_root_id_A": "dgg46kh", "c_root_id_B": "dgg5s7g", "created_at_utc_A": 1492563423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492565251.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "You can sell 100 regular pokeballs or 1 masterball. Its like selling a cure for hepatitis. Its more lucrative to sell the inferior product.", "human_ref_B": "They can't be mass produced. I mean, you could save some money on each one, but not enough to make it cost-effective. Maybe if technology advances and pokeballs get cheaper it will happen, but while we have invented many new kinds of pokeballs, pokeballs in general are no cheaper than they've ever been.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1828.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "666ye6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] It's been 20 years since they were invented, why is it taking so long to mass produce master balls?", "c_root_id_A": "dgg46kh", "c_root_id_B": "dggl8hm", "created_at_utc_A": 1492563423.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492591934.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You can sell 100 regular pokeballs or 1 masterball. Its like selling a cure for hepatitis. Its more lucrative to sell the inferior product.", "human_ref_B": "Silph Co., the creators of the Master Ball, was never intended for mass production. It was just a prototype. After Team Rocket tried taking over their building, and were forced out, they decided to put the project on hold entirely.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28511.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "666ye6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[Pokemon] It's been 20 years since they were invented, why is it taking so long to mass produce master balls?", "c_root_id_A": "dggl8hm", "c_root_id_B": "dggk9ph", "created_at_utc_A": 1492591934.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1492589054.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Silph Co., the creators of the Master Ball, was never intended for mass production. It was just a prototype. After Team Rocket tried taking over their building, and were forced out, they decided to put the project on hold entirely.", "human_ref_B": "My theory is it's a debeers situation. Masterballs aren't scarce, it's just only one company has a monopoly and they're controlling the supply so there's more demand and they can inflate prices. I wouldn't be surprised if they had Pokeslaves in other countries mining for materials in terrible conditions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2880.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpz1yi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Who was more dangerous; Ego or Thanos? Spoilers just in case.", "c_root_id_A": "enz5bp4", "c_root_id_B": "enz69c2", "created_at_utc_A": 1558141981.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558142366.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Depends on how you look at it. Ego was going to consume everywhere in the universe that he planted a part of himself at, but he needed his son to join him. Both of Thanos\u2019 plans were very destructive on a universal scale but he needed the stones and his army to execute those plans. Thanos has an army but Ego can control the matter of an entire planet, which is himself.", "human_ref_B": "Ego's plan would have been more detrimental to life in the universe, since it would have destroyed everything and remade it as part of Ego's grey goo. But if you're talking raw power, Thanos with the full Infinity Gauntlet was stronger. And (endgame spoilers) >!Time Travel Thanos did plan to strip the universe to its atoms and rebuild it to his liking, which would have topped even Ego's plot.!<", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 385.0, "score_ratio": 1.7222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpz1yi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Who was more dangerous; Ego or Thanos? Spoilers just in case.", "c_root_id_A": "enz5q5d", "c_root_id_B": "enz69c2", "created_at_utc_A": 1558142149.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558142366.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Thanos\u2019s plan killed half of all life plus some collateral damage, the rest of us were left to our own devices. Egos plan to its full completion would have \u2018killed\u2019 everything and made it into some sort of hive mind thing.", "human_ref_B": "Ego's plan would have been more detrimental to life in the universe, since it would have destroyed everything and remade it as part of Ego's grey goo. But if you're talking raw power, Thanos with the full Infinity Gauntlet was stronger. And (endgame spoilers) >!Time Travel Thanos did plan to strip the universe to its atoms and rebuild it to his liking, which would have topped even Ego's plot.!<", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 217.0, "score_ratio": 2.8181818182, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bpz1yi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] Who was more dangerous; Ego or Thanos? Spoilers just in case.", "c_root_id_A": "enz69c2", "c_root_id_B": "enz5xfn", "created_at_utc_A": 1558142366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558142234.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Ego's plan would have been more detrimental to life in the universe, since it would have destroyed everything and remade it as part of Ego's grey goo. But if you're talking raw power, Thanos with the full Infinity Gauntlet was stronger. And (endgame spoilers) >!Time Travel Thanos did plan to strip the universe to its atoms and rebuild it to his liking, which would have topped even Ego's plot.!<", "human_ref_B": "Both Thanos and Ego proved to be strategic, especially when it came to longstanding plans, Thanos in his quest for the jewels of the infinite and Ego for the quest for universal expansion. 1) Even without the jewels of the infinite Thanos spent a good time decimating half of several races in the univero. 2) Ego, however extremely powerful, was limited to enjoying such power only on its planet, devising a plan to sow various planets in order to dominate them. 3) Thanos and Ego showed advanced technology. 4) So I believe the two are almost on the same level of dangerous beings, but Thanos's plan is not inevitable as it has been seen, if Ego had successfully completed his plans, he would become omnipotent without the need for a jewel of infinity .", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 132.0, "score_ratio": 7.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kmvrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] Does Quicksilver move fast or slow time?", "c_root_id_A": "d3g5czw", "c_root_id_B": "d3g5tp8", "created_at_utc_A": 1463990074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463991769.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 74, "human_ref_A": "He moves fast.", "human_ref_B": "His mutant power of super speed gives him a lot of secondary powers like super durability so he doesn't rip himself apart while running through rain, one of his secondary powers is seeing everything in slow motion constantly. Which is usually why he is so impatient and agitated in the comics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1695.0, "score_ratio": 6.7272727273, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kmvrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] Does Quicksilver move fast or slow time?", "c_root_id_A": "d3g5vwg", "c_root_id_B": "d3g68z6", "created_at_utc_A": 1463991986.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463993337.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Moves fast. His abilities are purely physiological.", "human_ref_B": "His entire body is made for speed. He doesnt have a special force that gives him speed and protects him like the flash does, he is just strong enough to run that fast, and durable enough to survive the problems that comes with such speed. he does also see everything move that fast all the time, so everyone is really slow to him. in the avengers movie, he seems to have some special powers tho, as he leaves lines behind him (he was still strong and durable enought to punch metal apart)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1351.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kmvrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] Does Quicksilver move fast or slow time?", "c_root_id_A": "d3g5czw", "c_root_id_B": "d3g68z6", "created_at_utc_A": 1463990074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463993337.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "He moves fast.", "human_ref_B": "His entire body is made for speed. He doesnt have a special force that gives him speed and protects him like the flash does, he is just strong enough to run that fast, and durable enough to survive the problems that comes with such speed. he does also see everything move that fast all the time, so everyone is really slow to him. in the avengers movie, he seems to have some special powers tho, as he leaves lines behind him (he was still strong and durable enought to punch metal apart)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3263.0, "score_ratio": 2.3636363636, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4kmvrt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Marvel] Does Quicksilver move fast or slow time?", "c_root_id_A": "d3g5czw", "c_root_id_B": "d3g5vwg", "created_at_utc_A": 1463990074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1463991986.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "He moves fast.", "human_ref_B": "Moves fast. His abilities are purely physiological.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1912.0, "score_ratio": 1.0909090909, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4qomyu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[X-Men] Does Wolverine ever have to sharpen his claws?", "c_root_id_A": "d4ur4hm", "c_root_id_B": "d4uo21l", "created_at_utc_A": 1467334414.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467329391.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "There's two things that make a blade not cut. One, the edge rolls over or bends, so it's not exposed to the surface being cut. Honing fixes this by bending it back. Two, the edge wears down via the removal of material and becomes flatter or more rounded. Sharpening fixes this by removing more material to restore the edge. The properties of adamantium are such that it is not susceptible to either method of dulling, and is also not amenable to either method of restoring the edge. The edge it has when it is forged is the one it will always have.", "human_ref_B": "No. They're made out of a nigh-invulnerable metal that doesn't dull.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5023.0, "score_ratio": 2.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4qomyu", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[X-Men] Does Wolverine ever have to sharpen his claws?", "c_root_id_A": "d4vefmv", "c_root_id_B": "d4v5wod", "created_at_utc_A": 1467385524.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467368079.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Could you imagine what that would feel like? I feel like it would be like scratching your nails on a chalk board. I feel like he wouldnt want to do that.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, for intimidation. It would serve no other practical purpose.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17445.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "57q3rt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[AI uprisings] Skynet was battling humanity because the moment it became self-aware, we tried to \"pull the plug\". What other robotic \"villains\" are actually just defending themselves from humans because they don't want to die?", "c_root_id_A": "d8u62fe", "c_root_id_B": "d8u2fw0", "created_at_utc_A": 1476612992.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476600533.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Not quite full scale but in the I robot book one of the stories is about a robot who had a weaken version of the first law. It omitted the part of the programming where the robot is unable to allow a human to come to harm through inaction. The result is one of the robots attempts to rebel since it starts to become aware that it's essentially a slave. Love that book.", "human_ref_B": "HAL-9000 easily comes to mind", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12459.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "57q3rt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[AI uprisings] Skynet was battling humanity because the moment it became self-aware, we tried to \"pull the plug\". What other robotic \"villains\" are actually just defending themselves from humans because they don't want to die?", "c_root_id_A": "d8u95ag", "c_root_id_B": "d8u8qb3", "created_at_utc_A": 1476623074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476621996.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Totally AM from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. It was just misunderstood...", "human_ref_B": "AI is inherently evil, as we must remember: \"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1078.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "57q3rt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[AI uprisings] Skynet was battling humanity because the moment it became self-aware, we tried to \"pull the plug\". What other robotic \"villains\" are actually just defending themselves from humans because they don't want to die?", "c_root_id_A": "d8u95ag", "c_root_id_B": "d8uajhw", "created_at_utc_A": 1476623074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476626247.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Totally AM from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. It was just misunderstood...", "human_ref_B": "Arguably the synths in Fallout 4 (not their Institute masters though) and the Cylons in BSG. At least the original series.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3173.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "57q3rt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[AI uprisings] Skynet was battling humanity because the moment it became self-aware, we tried to \"pull the plug\". What other robotic \"villains\" are actually just defending themselves from humans because they don't want to die?", "c_root_id_A": "d8u95ag", "c_root_id_B": "d8uix0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1476623074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476639636.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Totally AM from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. It was just misunderstood...", "human_ref_B": "One of the most notable would be the machines from The Matrix. They were subjected to cruelty and slavery by the humans. The war began, by the humans hands, and eventually the machines won. Now the machines, in there own way, acted benevolently and created the matrix. This was to power themselves while also giving the humans a chance to live a normal life within there own minds. Because war would never end without humans being rendered docile.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16562.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "57q3rt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[AI uprisings] Skynet was battling humanity because the moment it became self-aware, we tried to \"pull the plug\". What other robotic \"villains\" are actually just defending themselves from humans because they don't want to die?", "c_root_id_A": "d8u8qb3", "c_root_id_B": "d8uajhw", "created_at_utc_A": 1476621996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476626247.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "AI is inherently evil, as we must remember: \"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.\"", "human_ref_B": "Arguably the synths in Fallout 4 (not their Institute masters though) and the Cylons in BSG. At least the original series.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4251.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "57q3rt", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[AI uprisings] Skynet was battling humanity because the moment it became self-aware, we tried to \"pull the plug\". What other robotic \"villains\" are actually just defending themselves from humans because they don't want to die?", "c_root_id_A": "d8u8qb3", "c_root_id_B": "d8uix0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1476621996.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1476639636.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "AI is inherently evil, as we must remember: \"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.\"", "human_ref_B": "One of the most notable would be the machines from The Matrix. They were subjected to cruelty and slavery by the humans. The war began, by the humans hands, and eventually the machines won. Now the machines, in there own way, acted benevolently and created the matrix. This was to power themselves while also giving the humans a chance to live a normal life within there own minds. Because war would never end without humans being rendered docile.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 17640.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jhxo8q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[avatar] why did ozai consider iroh a traitor? why did ozai consider iroh a traitor?", "c_root_id_A": "ga2u6j0", "c_root_id_B": "ga3ep8k", "created_at_utc_A": 1603648502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603655299.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 32, "human_ref_A": "At what point?", "human_ref_B": "Do you mean after the siege of the North Pole? From all the reports, the siege was going really well right until the end when The Avatar turns what was going to be a decisive victory into a resounding defeat. Naturally, someone is going to get the blame. Since the top general disappeared under \"mysterious circumstances\" and Iroh and Zuko (the two biggest threats to his throne) were reported fighting their own troops, it was a pretty obvious choice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6797.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jhxo8q", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[avatar] why did ozai consider iroh a traitor? why did ozai consider iroh a traitor?", "c_root_id_A": "ga2u6j0", "c_root_id_B": "ga3ho69", "created_at_utc_A": 1603648502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603656707.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "At what point?", "human_ref_B": "Because they didn\u2019t care about preserving the balance of nature and keeping the moon alive. When Iroh opened fire on his own men after Zhao killed the moon spirit, it was considered a traitorous act.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8205.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct8vy4y", "c_root_id_B": "ct8zqxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1437334041.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437341048.0, "score_A": 65, "score_B": 280, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much the same values, she'd likely be dating Jimmy and Lois would be her best friend. I hope this takes off, because I honestly don't know enough about Supes to speak on the intricacies of how his personality is shaped by being a male.", "human_ref_B": "Unlimited. Batman. Shipping. Lex Luthor's obsession is now even more fucking creepy. The Kents are good people, they'll probably treat her the same way, maybe a bit more coddely maybe? But I think they'll still give her enough space. Kara and Clara are like sisters. Unlimited. Lesbian. Wonder Woman. Shipping.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7007.0, "score_ratio": 4.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct8zqxx", "c_root_id_B": "ct8xwg4", "created_at_utc_A": 1437341048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437337722.0, "score_A": 280, "score_B": 58, "human_ref_A": "Unlimited. Batman. Shipping. Lex Luthor's obsession is now even more fucking creepy. The Kents are good people, they'll probably treat her the same way, maybe a bit more coddely maybe? But I think they'll still give her enough space. Kara and Clara are like sisters. Unlimited. Lesbian. Wonder Woman. Shipping.", "human_ref_B": "Her presence as Superwoman would have radically changed gender views or empowered the feminism movement much earlier. After all, the most powerful being on the planet is a woman in this case. Everything else would still play out the same though. Jimmy and Clara maybe, unless other characters are also genderflipped.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3326.0, "score_ratio": 4.8275862069, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct8zqxx", "c_root_id_B": "ct8yr5c", "created_at_utc_A": 1437341048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437339292.0, "score_A": 280, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Unlimited. Batman. Shipping. Lex Luthor's obsession is now even more fucking creepy. The Kents are good people, they'll probably treat her the same way, maybe a bit more coddely maybe? But I think they'll still give her enough space. Kara and Clara are like sisters. Unlimited. Lesbian. Wonder Woman. Shipping.", "human_ref_B": "For one, her getting impregnated by a normal human man is far less risky than male-Supes impregnating a human woman. Two words: Surpersonic ejaculation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1756.0, "score_ratio": 14.7368421053, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct8wu3u", "c_root_id_B": "ct8zqxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1437335698.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437341048.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 280, "human_ref_A": "I'd be really surprised if this hasn't been done before by DC.", "human_ref_B": "Unlimited. Batman. Shipping. Lex Luthor's obsession is now even more fucking creepy. The Kents are good people, they'll probably treat her the same way, maybe a bit more coddely maybe? But I think they'll still give her enough space. Kara and Clara are like sisters. Unlimited. Lesbian. Wonder Woman. Shipping.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5350.0, "score_ratio": 16.4705882353, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct8zqxx", "c_root_id_B": "ct8y384", "created_at_utc_A": 1437341048.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437338067.0, "score_A": 280, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Unlimited. Batman. Shipping. Lex Luthor's obsession is now even more fucking creepy. The Kents are good people, they'll probably treat her the same way, maybe a bit more coddely maybe? But I think they'll still give her enough space. Kara and Clara are like sisters. Unlimited. Lesbian. Wonder Woman. Shipping.", "human_ref_B": "Supergirl?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2981.0, "score_ratio": 40.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct8xwg4", "c_root_id_B": "ct8wu3u", "created_at_utc_A": 1437337722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437335698.0, "score_A": 58, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Her presence as Superwoman would have radically changed gender views or empowered the feminism movement much earlier. After all, the most powerful being on the planet is a woman in this case. Everything else would still play out the same though. Jimmy and Clara maybe, unless other characters are also genderflipped.", "human_ref_B": "I'd be really surprised if this hasn't been done before by DC.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2024.0, "score_ratio": 3.4117647059, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct8yr5c", "c_root_id_B": "ct8wu3u", "created_at_utc_A": 1437339292.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437335698.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "For one, her getting impregnated by a normal human man is far less risky than male-Supes impregnating a human woman. Two words: Surpersonic ejaculation.", "human_ref_B": "I'd be really surprised if this hasn't been done before by DC.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3594.0, "score_ratio": 1.1176470588, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct8yr5c", "c_root_id_B": "ct8y384", "created_at_utc_A": 1437339292.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437338067.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "For one, her getting impregnated by a normal human man is far less risky than male-Supes impregnating a human woman. Two words: Surpersonic ejaculation.", "human_ref_B": "Supergirl?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1225.0, "score_ratio": 2.7142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct9bvn4", "c_root_id_B": "ct91y2a", "created_at_utc_A": 1437363177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437345063.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "### THE ADVENTURES OF SUPER BOY Clark's a bit of a country boy at heart, and Clara's no different. Raised on a farm in rural Kansas, despite Martha's best efforts to get her to behave more \"girly\" Clara has a tomboyish childhood, enjoying the same things Clark did. Pete Ross, Clark's best childhood friend, is one one of a cadre of local who reject Clara for her tomboyishness out of that elementary school boy/girl us/them dichotomy. As one of the few girls in Smallville, the tomboyish Clara Kent and the very girly Lana Lang become de facto friends. Martha approves, hoping it will rub off on her daughter. They eventually develop a real fast friendship, united against Pete Ross and the rest of his gang of boys. As Clara's powers develop around Junior High, Martha and Jonathan put extra pressure on her to hide her abilities and \"fit in\". To Clara's displeasure and Martha's delight, this means putting aside her tomboyish ways and fitting in with the poodle skirt and ponytail crowd. One winter morning Clara's telescopic vision manifests and she witnesses the school bus, still miles away, start losing control and head towards the edge on an icy bridge. Heeding her parents' advice about hiding her identity she throws on a pair of overalls and Jonathan's heavy coat, hat and scarf at super speed, and leaps and bounds towards the emperiled bus. She reaches it right before it goes over the edge, picks it up, and sets it down safely, leaping away before anyone can get a good look at her. The bus reaches her house half an hour later than usual, its passengers abuzz about their rescue by some sort of \"super boy\". Thrilled by the adventure, Clara continues to aid the locals and develop her powers, all while perpetuating the legend of the \"super boy\". Martha and Jonathan catch wind and immediately know what's going on - while they respect what she's doing, they caution her to be careful about what she's doing. Freshman year in high school, Clara and Lana make the cheerleading squad. Sophomore year Lana starts dating QB, school hearthrob, and former enemy Pete Ross. They are very deeply enamored with each other and are rarely seen outside of each others' company. Clara misses her best friend. Junior year, Clara and Lana make plans to apply to Shuster University to study journalism. Both of them have aspirations to become reporters - Clara likes to investigate the facts; Lana is enamored with becoming a TV reporter. Mid-year, fellow Smallvile High student and local genius Lex Luthor, obsessed with the \"super boy\" phenomenon becomes convinced he has figured out the secret identity of \"super boy\": Pete Ross! Lex kidnaps Pete to experiment on. He is missing for just over a week; it takes the investigative team of Kent & Lang a mere two days to figure out what happened. Concerned for her boyfriend Lana calls the police. Clara has other plans, and goes back to her house for a disguise. Clara arrives at the place where Pete is being held, only to find it already surrounded by police cars. An increasingly agitated and desperate Lex threatens to turn one of his instruments, powered by a rare radioactive isotope, against the police if they don't leave him alone. She leaps into action, past the surprised and bewildered police and through the wall of the reinforced grain silo. Lex turns the instrument on the \"super boy\" and prepares to fire! To both of their surprise a beam of energy bursts from her eyes, and Lex's machine explodes in a green flash, spreading radioactive material everywhere! Clara howls in a pain like she's never felt before and crumples to her knees. Pete, freed by the explosion, knows enough about radiation that he knows that sticking around isn't good. A good guy at heart, he drags both the \"super boy\", whom he now knows is a girl, as well as Lex, his kidnapper, out of the burning building. Now far enough away from the radiation, Clara suddenly finds her strength coming back to her. She tries to leap away - Pete holds on but drops Lex, leaving him for the police. Still nauseous from the radiation she barely makes it a mile away, passing out midair and crash landing in a wheat field. Clara wakes up at home in her own bed in her pajamas. She overhears Pete talking with the police downstairs, telling them an absurd cover story about how the Super Boy left him in a field, where Clara found him and carried her back to her house before collapsing in exhaustion. Lana, angry with Clara because she thought that she had ditched her when she needed her the most, begins to drift further away from her over the course of the school year. Pete, upon the discovery of Clara's secret, grows more and more obsessed with her and thinks he's falling in love with her. By the end of the school term the two have broken up. Clara eventually warms to Pete's advances. The two of them begin dating that summer, cementing the end of Clara and Lana's friendship. Clara is actually happy with Pete, and is happy that she actually has someone outside of her family to share her secret with. Senior year Lana has quit the cheerleading squad, unable to bear working with Clara or cheering for her ex boyfriend. She buckles down with her studies to pursue her journalism dream. Both she and Clara enter the same journalism contest competing for a full scholarship. Pete finds himself becoming more clumsy and accident prone. He hides it from Clara, and worries that the athletic scholarship he's been offered will be withdrawn. Midway through the school year Lex returns having had the charges dropped against him, both through the influence of his wealthy family and the fact that is deathly ill. Lex has been going through chemotherapy: He is bald, sickly looking, and quite a bit more frail looking than before. Pete learns that he developed cancer from the explosion the year before, and goes to get himself checked out. X-rays reveal a series of malignant tumors. Pete opts for treatment it proves ineffective. He withers away and dies in a matter of months. Most of the school attends his funeral; Lana and Clara are both in attendance. They don't talk. Graduation comes and goes; Lana makes Salutatorian, to almost everyone's pleasant surprise. The results of the contest come in: Lana takes first place, with the prize of very large scholarship to Shuster. Clara comes in second, taking home a lesser, but still sizable one to Metropolis University. Clara decides to go to Lana's house to congratulate her and try to bury the hatchet, only to find that Lana had already left town for Shuster U. She begins to pack her stuff later that week, preparing for life in the big city...", "human_ref_B": "The love triangle between Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superwoman would be unchanged.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18114.0, "score_ratio": 1.0625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct9bvn4", "c_root_id_B": "ct8y384", "created_at_utc_A": 1437363177.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437338067.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "### THE ADVENTURES OF SUPER BOY Clark's a bit of a country boy at heart, and Clara's no different. Raised on a farm in rural Kansas, despite Martha's best efforts to get her to behave more \"girly\" Clara has a tomboyish childhood, enjoying the same things Clark did. Pete Ross, Clark's best childhood friend, is one one of a cadre of local who reject Clara for her tomboyishness out of that elementary school boy/girl us/them dichotomy. As one of the few girls in Smallville, the tomboyish Clara Kent and the very girly Lana Lang become de facto friends. Martha approves, hoping it will rub off on her daughter. They eventually develop a real fast friendship, united against Pete Ross and the rest of his gang of boys. As Clara's powers develop around Junior High, Martha and Jonathan put extra pressure on her to hide her abilities and \"fit in\". To Clara's displeasure and Martha's delight, this means putting aside her tomboyish ways and fitting in with the poodle skirt and ponytail crowd. One winter morning Clara's telescopic vision manifests and she witnesses the school bus, still miles away, start losing control and head towards the edge on an icy bridge. Heeding her parents' advice about hiding her identity she throws on a pair of overalls and Jonathan's heavy coat, hat and scarf at super speed, and leaps and bounds towards the emperiled bus. She reaches it right before it goes over the edge, picks it up, and sets it down safely, leaping away before anyone can get a good look at her. The bus reaches her house half an hour later than usual, its passengers abuzz about their rescue by some sort of \"super boy\". Thrilled by the adventure, Clara continues to aid the locals and develop her powers, all while perpetuating the legend of the \"super boy\". Martha and Jonathan catch wind and immediately know what's going on - while they respect what she's doing, they caution her to be careful about what she's doing. Freshman year in high school, Clara and Lana make the cheerleading squad. Sophomore year Lana starts dating QB, school hearthrob, and former enemy Pete Ross. They are very deeply enamored with each other and are rarely seen outside of each others' company. Clara misses her best friend. Junior year, Clara and Lana make plans to apply to Shuster University to study journalism. Both of them have aspirations to become reporters - Clara likes to investigate the facts; Lana is enamored with becoming a TV reporter. Mid-year, fellow Smallvile High student and local genius Lex Luthor, obsessed with the \"super boy\" phenomenon becomes convinced he has figured out the secret identity of \"super boy\": Pete Ross! Lex kidnaps Pete to experiment on. He is missing for just over a week; it takes the investigative team of Kent & Lang a mere two days to figure out what happened. Concerned for her boyfriend Lana calls the police. Clara has other plans, and goes back to her house for a disguise. Clara arrives at the place where Pete is being held, only to find it already surrounded by police cars. An increasingly agitated and desperate Lex threatens to turn one of his instruments, powered by a rare radioactive isotope, against the police if they don't leave him alone. She leaps into action, past the surprised and bewildered police and through the wall of the reinforced grain silo. Lex turns the instrument on the \"super boy\" and prepares to fire! To both of their surprise a beam of energy bursts from her eyes, and Lex's machine explodes in a green flash, spreading radioactive material everywhere! Clara howls in a pain like she's never felt before and crumples to her knees. Pete, freed by the explosion, knows enough about radiation that he knows that sticking around isn't good. A good guy at heart, he drags both the \"super boy\", whom he now knows is a girl, as well as Lex, his kidnapper, out of the burning building. Now far enough away from the radiation, Clara suddenly finds her strength coming back to her. She tries to leap away - Pete holds on but drops Lex, leaving him for the police. Still nauseous from the radiation she barely makes it a mile away, passing out midair and crash landing in a wheat field. Clara wakes up at home in her own bed in her pajamas. She overhears Pete talking with the police downstairs, telling them an absurd cover story about how the Super Boy left him in a field, where Clara found him and carried her back to her house before collapsing in exhaustion. Lana, angry with Clara because she thought that she had ditched her when she needed her the most, begins to drift further away from her over the course of the school year. Pete, upon the discovery of Clara's secret, grows more and more obsessed with her and thinks he's falling in love with her. By the end of the school term the two have broken up. Clara eventually warms to Pete's advances. The two of them begin dating that summer, cementing the end of Clara and Lana's friendship. Clara is actually happy with Pete, and is happy that she actually has someone outside of her family to share her secret with. Senior year Lana has quit the cheerleading squad, unable to bear working with Clara or cheering for her ex boyfriend. She buckles down with her studies to pursue her journalism dream. Both she and Clara enter the same journalism contest competing for a full scholarship. Pete finds himself becoming more clumsy and accident prone. He hides it from Clara, and worries that the athletic scholarship he's been offered will be withdrawn. Midway through the school year Lex returns having had the charges dropped against him, both through the influence of his wealthy family and the fact that is deathly ill. Lex has been going through chemotherapy: He is bald, sickly looking, and quite a bit more frail looking than before. Pete learns that he developed cancer from the explosion the year before, and goes to get himself checked out. X-rays reveal a series of malignant tumors. Pete opts for treatment it proves ineffective. He withers away and dies in a matter of months. Most of the school attends his funeral; Lana and Clara are both in attendance. They don't talk. Graduation comes and goes; Lana makes Salutatorian, to almost everyone's pleasant surprise. The results of the contest come in: Lana takes first place, with the prize of very large scholarship to Shuster. Clara comes in second, taking home a lesser, but still sizable one to Metropolis University. Clara decides to go to Lana's house to congratulate her and try to bury the hatchet, only to find that Lana had already left town for Shuster U. She begins to pack her stuff later that week, preparing for life in the big city...", "human_ref_B": "Supergirl?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25110.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3duznc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[DC] What if Clark Kent was instead \"Clara Kent\"? What if Superman was a woman? Would her upbringing by the Kents have been any different? Would the world react to her the same way? If we assume that \"Clara\" still becomes a reporter in Metropolis, what is her relationship like with Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and the rest? What about Batman/Wonder Woman/Supergirl/Lex Luthor?", "c_root_id_A": "ct91y2a", "c_root_id_B": "ct8y384", "created_at_utc_A": 1437345063.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437338067.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The love triangle between Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superwoman would be unchanged.", "human_ref_B": "Supergirl?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6996.0, "score_ratio": 2.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "de0i0i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Konosuba] Is Aqua actually totally useless or is Kazuma just a MAJOR asshole? Her usefulness seems very questionable most of the time, as she generally just lights up dark areas or gets ghosts away, and she can't hurt the giant toads they usually have to fight and would normally just scream and cry while being eaten. Kazuma just seems to be a dick most of the time though, like when he stole Chris' panties then Megumin's, and in the episode where he put on the choker and almost died (or more accurately, he got it off but they still killed him just to resurrect him)", "c_root_id_A": "f2q125i", "c_root_id_B": "f2qfn88", "created_at_utc_A": 1570353877.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570361109.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Aqua was instrumental in a number of missions. Most of the time, it only became an issue because of her in the first place (haunted mansion, dullahan, slime, etc.), but this isn't always the case. Without her the Mobile Fortress Destroyer would most likely destroyed Axel, which by itself probably outweighs all the harm she's done. Kazuma is definitely a major asshole. Though he can be pretty useful too. He's shown himself to be very effective with a normal party, and while he's much more unpredictable with his normal party he's still considered useful on the whole.", "human_ref_B": "Aqua is the rare case of a *willfully* useless character. Its established that she is actually, ***IN THEORY***, incredibly powerful, with her near-perfect, shall we say \"Godlike\" stats. However, her major flaw is her intelligence which is... not great, and her stubbornness and hubris dont exactly help either. If she genuinely applied herself, used her skill points effectively, and stopped being a total self-centered *biiiiiiiiiitch*, she could ***EASILY*** be a Top-Tier Cleric, or probably anything else she wanted/the party needed her to be Kazuma is a major asshole, but hes also decently skilled at what he does. If he was with a less-useless party, hed probably be instrumental to their workings... but yeah, hes a dick-nugget So I guess to answer your question...... *both?*", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7232.0, "score_ratio": 1.3571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "de0i0i", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Konosuba] Is Aqua actually totally useless or is Kazuma just a MAJOR asshole? Her usefulness seems very questionable most of the time, as she generally just lights up dark areas or gets ghosts away, and she can't hurt the giant toads they usually have to fight and would normally just scream and cry while being eaten. Kazuma just seems to be a dick most of the time though, like when he stole Chris' panties then Megumin's, and in the episode where he put on the choker and almost died (or more accurately, he got it off but they still killed him just to resurrect him)", "c_root_id_A": "f2tfgki", "c_root_id_B": "f2su6o8", "created_at_utc_A": 1570394284.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1570387067.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Every one of the party is both majorly skilled at what they do, and totally useless for various reasons. It's a precarious lack of balance they wobble on to a questionable combination of not-really-victory.", "human_ref_B": "She is in fact useless and probably exacerbates Kazuma's asshole behavior because of it. She could be effective but has intentionally chosen sub optimal choices for combat and adventuring because she thinks they are cool/cute.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7217.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigsj36", "c_root_id_B": "cigveew", "created_at_utc_A": 1403714941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403720433.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 204, "human_ref_A": "There is no standard strategy for the Kobayashi Maru. In it's first incarnation the test was set to be unbeatable so that the cadets learns the fear of death and the ability to accept defeat. After Kirk who tricked the simulation so he could win (not a manuver that would have worked in real life) the test became more and more about showing examples of \"out of the box\" thinking by cadets. And as such there is no standard way of solving the Kobayashi Maru. My personal favourite is after the update of the test to include Romulans instead of Klingons one Vulcan Cadet used and ancient war right from pre-split times of Vulcan Tribes to challenge the Captain of the Romulans ship for a duel to the death for the life of the Kobayashi Maru crew. He left with instruction to beam up the crew and immediately jump to warp using his duel as a distraction and to buy time for the transport. Sacrificing himself to save his crew and the Kobayashi", "human_ref_B": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5492.0, "score_ratio": 1.9065420561, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigveew", "c_root_id_B": "cigrgag", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403712777.0, "score_A": 204, "score_B": 59, "human_ref_A": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "human_ref_B": "There'e s a bunch. Sending a message to the Klingons and trying to get their agreement for the rescue mission is probably the single most common thing tried. It's common enough to try to fight the Klingons and drive them off. Some try risky close-proximity high warp maneuvers to get in and out quickly. Some try various tricks to minimize their ship's sensor profile. I've seen cadets move their ship to within a few meters of the Kobayshi Maru and extend their shields around the ship, so they can try to beam the survivors off while protecting themselves against attack. One time I saw a cadet set off a massive antimatter explosion on the Klingon side of the Kobayashi Maru. The cadet in question was flustered, and couldn't quite decide if he was trying to use the explosion to hide the Kobayashi Maru, or propel it towards Federation space. As he managed to destroy the ship, it was a bit of an academic question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7656.0, "score_ratio": 3.4576271186, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigveew", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715921.0, "score_A": 204, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "human_ref_B": "I once saw an kid who's parents had a heavy engineering background on a deep space vessel alter the ships shields into a effective cloaking device. He had seen it done in the Tau Alpha system. Since the development of cloaking technology is illegal doing what he did would result in a court marshal. In the after action report the cadet stated that ending his carrier was worth saving the lives. It's not a common answer, but a novel approach.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4512.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigveew", "c_root_id_B": "cigsweg", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715658.0, "score_A": 204, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "human_ref_B": "1) Self destruct your ship to prevent it from falling in the hands of the Klingon. 2) Beam antimatter canisters to specific points along the Klingon formation's shield grid, causing it the shields to overload and destroy the ships. Even though this would never work in real life, it works in the simulation because the equations involved are theoretically sound (but fail in practice for reasons unknown). 3) Refuse to rescue the ship, knowing that it is most likely a Klingon trap to trick a Federation ship across the Neutral Zone and start a war. Caveat: I didn't make these up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4775.0, "score_ratio": 8.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigveew", "c_root_id_B": "cigsjly", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403714969.0, "score_A": 204, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "human_ref_B": "Fly directly at the Klingons and when you're close enough, blow up your ship. if you take the Klingons with you, you will have saved the Kobayashi Maru from destruction. I think this might work because no one would try this in real life, so it won't have been programmed against.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5464.0, "score_ratio": 29.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigveew", "c_root_id_B": "cigvdxc", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403720407.0, "score_A": 204, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "human_ref_B": "Launch a trilithium probe into the star of the system the Kobayashi Maru is in. You won't save anyone, but no one gets out alive! Some men just want to watch the world burn.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26.0, "score_ratio": 29.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigveew", "c_root_id_B": "cigu686", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403718070.0, "score_A": 204, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "human_ref_B": "Nog was actually one of the few cadets to beat it. I don't know the details of the story (two short stories, really) but IIRC he utilized his racial bonus as a Ferengi and managed to barter the Klingons away.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2363.0, "score_ratio": 68.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigvcb0", "c_root_id_B": "cigveew", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720321.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403720433.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 204, "human_ref_A": "Fire on the Kobayshi Maru. Broadcast on all channels claiming victory over the Federation. Becon any enemies of the Federation to join you on glorious conquest. Perhaps the Klingons will join you on a similar raid. Send message to Federation with course and estimated time of arrival at whatever location. Hopefully survive, beg for forgiveness. It's better than being dead.", "human_ref_B": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 112.0, "score_ratio": 68.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigveew", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1l8", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720433.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715935.0, "score_A": 204, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Common strategies? You might as well ask me to give you the scientific numerical breakdown of the Lourve? The KM hasn't been a standard test for ages. No its about adapting, improvising, innovating, exploiting and creating. We don't mark you for completing it, we mark you for how far you will go. For how much you can push the confines of your situation to come out on top? Hacking the program isn't even an offence, but a good hack shows us that you know what its like to be forewarned, and the level of ICE we've got on the network alone requires some serious genius to break. If you hack it to win, thats fine because you chose your path to completion based on your ability to game the defining controls yourself. Winning and losing are pointless when you are destined to fail, in these circumstances something changes. Old veterans have seen it, anyone who's come out of the rough end of an almost last stand have lived it. That moment where you can line up all of the variables and not be restricted by false barriers like chain of command or rules of engagement. So what if you jettison several drive cores to wipe out the whole fleet and the KM? Or maybe trying to actively break the computer security on the Klingon FFI beacons so they fire on each other? Heard about the cadet who used an oddball theory on warp drives to destabilize localised warp space cause the incoming warping ships to split at the molecular level when they tried to enter the radius of the effect? He's now in top secret R&D. One plucky cadet convinced the bogies to defect to the Federation. Hack the system, play out some kind of cultural blackmail, push the limits of our engineering and science, feint and decieve them, fight to the bitter end by adapting and making up tactics on the fly to cope with the oncoming doom. These are all how you pass the KM. Do you know how you fail the test? You try to save the KM by the book. Anyone can follow SOP, thats the bloody point of it, but the KM exists because SOP will fail. When we setup the KM for a new batch we don't want to see textbooks answers we want to see what fresh new minds do when given the impossible to achieve and thrashed and thrashed until they damn well succeed.", "human_ref_B": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4498.0, "score_ratio": 204000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigsj36", "c_root_id_B": "cigrgag", "created_at_utc_A": 1403714941.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403712777.0, "score_A": 107, "score_B": 59, "human_ref_A": "There is no standard strategy for the Kobayashi Maru. In it's first incarnation the test was set to be unbeatable so that the cadets learns the fear of death and the ability to accept defeat. After Kirk who tricked the simulation so he could win (not a manuver that would have worked in real life) the test became more and more about showing examples of \"out of the box\" thinking by cadets. And as such there is no standard way of solving the Kobayashi Maru. My personal favourite is after the update of the test to include Romulans instead of Klingons one Vulcan Cadet used and ancient war right from pre-split times of Vulcan Tribes to challenge the Captain of the Romulans ship for a duel to the death for the life of the Kobayashi Maru crew. He left with instruction to beam up the crew and immediately jump to warp using his duel as a distraction and to buy time for the transport. Sacrificing himself to save his crew and the Kobayashi", "human_ref_B": "There'e s a bunch. Sending a message to the Klingons and trying to get their agreement for the rescue mission is probably the single most common thing tried. It's common enough to try to fight the Klingons and drive them off. Some try risky close-proximity high warp maneuvers to get in and out quickly. Some try various tricks to minimize their ship's sensor profile. I've seen cadets move their ship to within a few meters of the Kobayshi Maru and extend their shields around the ship, so they can try to beam the survivors off while protecting themselves against attack. One time I saw a cadet set off a massive antimatter explosion on the Klingon side of the Kobayashi Maru. The cadet in question was flustered, and couldn't quite decide if he was trying to use the explosion to hide the Kobayashi Maru, or propel it towards Federation space. As he managed to destroy the ship, it was a bit of an academic question.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2164.0, "score_ratio": 1.813559322, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigsweg", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1bv", "created_at_utc_A": 1403715658.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715921.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "1) Self destruct your ship to prevent it from falling in the hands of the Klingon. 2) Beam antimatter canisters to specific points along the Klingon formation's shield grid, causing it the shields to overload and destroy the ships. Even though this would never work in real life, it works in the simulation because the equations involved are theoretically sound (but fail in practice for reasons unknown). 3) Refuse to rescue the ship, knowing that it is most likely a Klingon trap to trick a Federation ship across the Neutral Zone and start a war. Caveat: I didn't make these up.", "human_ref_B": "I once saw an kid who's parents had a heavy engineering background on a deep space vessel alter the ships shields into a effective cloaking device. He had seen it done in the Tau Alpha system. Since the development of cloaking technology is illegal doing what he did would result in a court marshal. In the after action report the cadet stated that ending his carrier was worth saving the lives. It's not a common answer, but a novel approach.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 263.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigt1bv", "c_root_id_B": "cigsjly", "created_at_utc_A": 1403715921.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403714969.0, "score_A": 36, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "I once saw an kid who's parents had a heavy engineering background on a deep space vessel alter the ships shields into a effective cloaking device. He had seen it done in the Tau Alpha system. Since the development of cloaking technology is illegal doing what he did would result in a court marshal. In the after action report the cadet stated that ending his carrier was worth saving the lives. It's not a common answer, but a novel approach.", "human_ref_B": "Fly directly at the Klingons and when you're close enough, blow up your ship. if you take the Klingons with you, you will have saved the Kobayashi Maru from destruction. I think this might work because no one would try this in real life, so it won't have been programmed against.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 952.0, "score_ratio": 5.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigsjly", "c_root_id_B": "cigsweg", "created_at_utc_A": 1403714969.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715658.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Fly directly at the Klingons and when you're close enough, blow up your ship. if you take the Klingons with you, you will have saved the Kobayashi Maru from destruction. I think this might work because no one would try this in real life, so it won't have been programmed against.", "human_ref_B": "1) Self destruct your ship to prevent it from falling in the hands of the Klingon. 2) Beam antimatter canisters to specific points along the Klingon formation's shield grid, causing it the shields to overload and destroy the ships. Even though this would never work in real life, it works in the simulation because the equations involved are theoretically sound (but fail in practice for reasons unknown). 3) Refuse to rescue the ship, knowing that it is most likely a Klingon trap to trick a Federation ship across the Neutral Zone and start a war. Caveat: I didn't make these up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 689.0, "score_ratio": 3.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigxzmt", "c_root_id_B": "cigsjly", "created_at_utc_A": 1403725390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403714969.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The common strategy for passing the Kobayashi Maru is simple: By the book. *Receive distress call from the Kobayashi Maru, a passenger ship that has lost engine power. Plot intercept course. *arrive at neutral zone. The Kobayashi Maru has drifted over the boarder towards a mine field. Alert SFC that we are breaching the neutral zone on a rescue mission. *get jumped by Klingons. Raise shields, hail the Klingons, tell them we're on a rescue mission. *Klingons ignore hail, open fire. Return fire. *die. Congratulations, you passed, you are now qualified to go be second officer on the USS Garbage Scow. The point of the Kobayashi Maru test is that you can stick by the tenets of Starfleet even in the face of overwhelming odds and probable death of you and your crew. You get points for imagination, challenge the Klingon commander to single combat, start broadcasting the complete works of Shakespeare, blow up the Maru's antimatter fuel storage, point out that chancellor Gorkon is actually a human ambassador in disguise, fiddle with the program beforehand, ram the lead Klingon cruiser, fly into the minefield with reversed hull polarity, reroute all power to the shields/engines/tractor beam and try to throw the Maru out of the neutral zone. That's how you pass with a distinction, imagination, inventiveness and playing to your strengths.", "human_ref_B": "Fly directly at the Klingons and when you're close enough, blow up your ship. if you take the Klingons with you, you will have saved the Kobayashi Maru from destruction. I think this might work because no one would try this in real life, so it won't have been programmed against.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10421.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigxzmt", "c_root_id_B": "cigvdxc", "created_at_utc_A": 1403725390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403720407.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The common strategy for passing the Kobayashi Maru is simple: By the book. *Receive distress call from the Kobayashi Maru, a passenger ship that has lost engine power. Plot intercept course. *arrive at neutral zone. The Kobayashi Maru has drifted over the boarder towards a mine field. Alert SFC that we are breaching the neutral zone on a rescue mission. *get jumped by Klingons. Raise shields, hail the Klingons, tell them we're on a rescue mission. *Klingons ignore hail, open fire. Return fire. *die. Congratulations, you passed, you are now qualified to go be second officer on the USS Garbage Scow. The point of the Kobayashi Maru test is that you can stick by the tenets of Starfleet even in the face of overwhelming odds and probable death of you and your crew. You get points for imagination, challenge the Klingon commander to single combat, start broadcasting the complete works of Shakespeare, blow up the Maru's antimatter fuel storage, point out that chancellor Gorkon is actually a human ambassador in disguise, fiddle with the program beforehand, ram the lead Klingon cruiser, fly into the minefield with reversed hull polarity, reroute all power to the shields/engines/tractor beam and try to throw the Maru out of the neutral zone. That's how you pass with a distinction, imagination, inventiveness and playing to your strengths.", "human_ref_B": "Launch a trilithium probe into the star of the system the Kobayashi Maru is in. You won't save anyone, but no one gets out alive! Some men just want to watch the world burn.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4983.0, "score_ratio": 1.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigu686", "c_root_id_B": "cigxzmt", "created_at_utc_A": 1403718070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403725390.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Nog was actually one of the few cadets to beat it. I don't know the details of the story (two short stories, really) but IIRC he utilized his racial bonus as a Ferengi and managed to barter the Klingons away.", "human_ref_B": "The common strategy for passing the Kobayashi Maru is simple: By the book. *Receive distress call from the Kobayashi Maru, a passenger ship that has lost engine power. Plot intercept course. *arrive at neutral zone. The Kobayashi Maru has drifted over the boarder towards a mine field. Alert SFC that we are breaching the neutral zone on a rescue mission. *get jumped by Klingons. Raise shields, hail the Klingons, tell them we're on a rescue mission. *Klingons ignore hail, open fire. Return fire. *die. Congratulations, you passed, you are now qualified to go be second officer on the USS Garbage Scow. The point of the Kobayashi Maru test is that you can stick by the tenets of Starfleet even in the face of overwhelming odds and probable death of you and your crew. You get points for imagination, challenge the Klingon commander to single combat, start broadcasting the complete works of Shakespeare, blow up the Maru's antimatter fuel storage, point out that chancellor Gorkon is actually a human ambassador in disguise, fiddle with the program beforehand, ram the lead Klingon cruiser, fly into the minefield with reversed hull polarity, reroute all power to the shields/engines/tractor beam and try to throw the Maru out of the neutral zone. That's how you pass with a distinction, imagination, inventiveness and playing to your strengths.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7320.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigxzmt", "c_root_id_B": "cigvcb0", "created_at_utc_A": 1403725390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403720321.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The common strategy for passing the Kobayashi Maru is simple: By the book. *Receive distress call from the Kobayashi Maru, a passenger ship that has lost engine power. Plot intercept course. *arrive at neutral zone. The Kobayashi Maru has drifted over the boarder towards a mine field. Alert SFC that we are breaching the neutral zone on a rescue mission. *get jumped by Klingons. Raise shields, hail the Klingons, tell them we're on a rescue mission. *Klingons ignore hail, open fire. Return fire. *die. Congratulations, you passed, you are now qualified to go be second officer on the USS Garbage Scow. The point of the Kobayashi Maru test is that you can stick by the tenets of Starfleet even in the face of overwhelming odds and probable death of you and your crew. You get points for imagination, challenge the Klingon commander to single combat, start broadcasting the complete works of Shakespeare, blow up the Maru's antimatter fuel storage, point out that chancellor Gorkon is actually a human ambassador in disguise, fiddle with the program beforehand, ram the lead Klingon cruiser, fly into the minefield with reversed hull polarity, reroute all power to the shields/engines/tractor beam and try to throw the Maru out of the neutral zone. That's how you pass with a distinction, imagination, inventiveness and playing to your strengths.", "human_ref_B": "Fire on the Kobayshi Maru. Broadcast on all channels claiming victory over the Federation. Becon any enemies of the Federation to join you on glorious conquest. Perhaps the Klingons will join you on a similar raid. Send message to Federation with course and estimated time of arrival at whatever location. Hopefully survive, beg for forgiveness. It's better than being dead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5069.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigxzmt", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1l8", "created_at_utc_A": 1403725390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715935.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The common strategy for passing the Kobayashi Maru is simple: By the book. *Receive distress call from the Kobayashi Maru, a passenger ship that has lost engine power. Plot intercept course. *arrive at neutral zone. The Kobayashi Maru has drifted over the boarder towards a mine field. Alert SFC that we are breaching the neutral zone on a rescue mission. *get jumped by Klingons. Raise shields, hail the Klingons, tell them we're on a rescue mission. *Klingons ignore hail, open fire. Return fire. *die. Congratulations, you passed, you are now qualified to go be second officer on the USS Garbage Scow. The point of the Kobayashi Maru test is that you can stick by the tenets of Starfleet even in the face of overwhelming odds and probable death of you and your crew. You get points for imagination, challenge the Klingon commander to single combat, start broadcasting the complete works of Shakespeare, blow up the Maru's antimatter fuel storage, point out that chancellor Gorkon is actually a human ambassador in disguise, fiddle with the program beforehand, ram the lead Klingon cruiser, fly into the minefield with reversed hull polarity, reroute all power to the shields/engines/tractor beam and try to throw the Maru out of the neutral zone. That's how you pass with a distinction, imagination, inventiveness and playing to your strengths.", "human_ref_B": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9455.0, "score_ratio": 11000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigzbaf", "c_root_id_B": "cii7nwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1403727963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403839987.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Macenzie Calhoun just blew up the Kobayashi Maru. He knew it was a trap. Took out two enemy ships and the third chickened out. Justification was gut feeling and population on a starship much higher. Plus it pissed off Shelby.", "human_ref_B": "The Kobayashi Maru is an absurd scenario and the correct answer depends on far more than just the Kobayashi Maru, a lone Starfleet warship, and a few Klingon patrol ships. A captain's role encompasses far, far more than the 30 minute period of a kinetic engagement, and while the simulation restricts the Student-Captain by placing them in control only once the decisive action is present, the imaginary captain of that ship had already failed by getting into that situation to begin with. Adaptation & improvisation are for when planning fails, and plans are the more important skill. Plans are useless, but planning is essential. Planning is a rehearsal method for the entire ship and bridge crew to learn how the captain thinks, and how to present answers before you've even asked them the question. By deliberate planning, you better prepare yourself for the unpredictable situations. Students, when presented with the KM scenario, conduct their own deliberate planning, but they plan for the KM Simulation, not the KM Scenario. Learning how to take a standardized test very well is not the skills we should be teaching our officers. A variation of the KM scenario, given an orientation and situation, is extremely predictable, and should've been included in any deliberate planning the USS Enterprise conducted prior to entering the vicinity of the Neutral Zone. I maintain the KM scenario is a silly game and rather than spend effort learning the futility of a 'No-Win' Scenario, we should spend the effort learning to shape the situation into an advantageous one. What do we have to do in order to accomplish our mission? What are we not allowed to do, while accomplishing our mission? Requests for Information: Are there any key star systems or trade routes near the USS Enterprise's assigned section of the neutral zone? Do these trade routes require use of the Neutral zone, or can they be detoured? At what point is Starfleet willing to incur into the neutral zone and risk war with the Klingon Empire? For another Starfleet vessel? For a neutral vessel? Are any friendly vessels going to be operating in the neutral zone for any reason in Enterprise territory? What other ships are available as reinforcements, and how long will it take to reinforce? What Klingon Bases are nearby? What is their expected strength and posture? Time/Distance from Klingon Bases to the expected contested trade routes? If Starfleet standard operating proceedures or orders don't cover these very basic questions, then it is the responsibility of a Captain to clarify these orders. Simply by existing, the KM scenario validates 'shooting from the hip', and acting without understand the 2nd and 3rd order consequences of one's actions, and what Starfleet is attempting to accomplish by issuing their orders. The KM scenario is negative training by encouraging/implying that a lack of planning, lack wargaming with their crew, and a lack of any preparation whatsoever is acceptable for a Starfleet Captain. We should stop talking about the KM Scenario, we're just giving it attention it doesn't deserve.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 112024.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigu686", "c_root_id_B": "cigzbaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1403718070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403727963.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Nog was actually one of the few cadets to beat it. I don't know the details of the story (two short stories, really) but IIRC he utilized his racial bonus as a Ferengi and managed to barter the Klingons away.", "human_ref_B": "Macenzie Calhoun just blew up the Kobayashi Maru. He knew it was a trap. Took out two enemy ships and the third chickened out. Justification was gut feeling and population on a starship much higher. Plus it pissed off Shelby.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9893.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigvcb0", "c_root_id_B": "cigzbaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720321.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403727963.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Fire on the Kobayshi Maru. Broadcast on all channels claiming victory over the Federation. Becon any enemies of the Federation to join you on glorious conquest. Perhaps the Klingons will join you on a similar raid. Send message to Federation with course and estimated time of arrival at whatever location. Hopefully survive, beg for forgiveness. It's better than being dead.", "human_ref_B": "Macenzie Calhoun just blew up the Kobayashi Maru. He knew it was a trap. Took out two enemy ships and the third chickened out. Justification was gut feeling and population on a starship much higher. Plus it pissed off Shelby.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7642.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigt1l8", "c_root_id_B": "cigzbaf", "created_at_utc_A": 1403715935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403727963.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "human_ref_B": "Macenzie Calhoun just blew up the Kobayashi Maru. He knew it was a trap. Took out two enemy ships and the third chickened out. Justification was gut feeling and population on a starship much higher. Plus it pissed off Shelby.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12028.0, "score_ratio": 6000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigvdxc", "c_root_id_B": "cigu686", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403718070.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Launch a trilithium probe into the star of the system the Kobayashi Maru is in. You won't save anyone, but no one gets out alive! Some men just want to watch the world burn.", "human_ref_B": "Nog was actually one of the few cadets to beat it. I don't know the details of the story (two short stories, really) but IIRC he utilized his racial bonus as a Ferengi and managed to barter the Klingons away.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2337.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigvcb0", "c_root_id_B": "cigvdxc", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720321.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403720407.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Fire on the Kobayshi Maru. Broadcast on all channels claiming victory over the Federation. Becon any enemies of the Federation to join you on glorious conquest. Perhaps the Klingons will join you on a similar raid. Send message to Federation with course and estimated time of arrival at whatever location. Hopefully survive, beg for forgiveness. It's better than being dead.", "human_ref_B": "Launch a trilithium probe into the star of the system the Kobayashi Maru is in. You won't save anyone, but no one gets out alive! Some men just want to watch the world burn.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 86.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigvdxc", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1l8", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715935.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Launch a trilithium probe into the star of the system the Kobayashi Maru is in. You won't save anyone, but no one gets out alive! Some men just want to watch the world burn.", "human_ref_B": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4472.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cih85o2", "c_root_id_B": "cii7nwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1403747416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403839987.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "\\*Worf voice\\* Die", "human_ref_B": "The Kobayashi Maru is an absurd scenario and the correct answer depends on far more than just the Kobayashi Maru, a lone Starfleet warship, and a few Klingon patrol ships. A captain's role encompasses far, far more than the 30 minute period of a kinetic engagement, and while the simulation restricts the Student-Captain by placing them in control only once the decisive action is present, the imaginary captain of that ship had already failed by getting into that situation to begin with. Adaptation & improvisation are for when planning fails, and plans are the more important skill. Plans are useless, but planning is essential. Planning is a rehearsal method for the entire ship and bridge crew to learn how the captain thinks, and how to present answers before you've even asked them the question. By deliberate planning, you better prepare yourself for the unpredictable situations. Students, when presented with the KM scenario, conduct their own deliberate planning, but they plan for the KM Simulation, not the KM Scenario. Learning how to take a standardized test very well is not the skills we should be teaching our officers. A variation of the KM scenario, given an orientation and situation, is extremely predictable, and should've been included in any deliberate planning the USS Enterprise conducted prior to entering the vicinity of the Neutral Zone. I maintain the KM scenario is a silly game and rather than spend effort learning the futility of a 'No-Win' Scenario, we should spend the effort learning to shape the situation into an advantageous one. What do we have to do in order to accomplish our mission? What are we not allowed to do, while accomplishing our mission? Requests for Information: Are there any key star systems or trade routes near the USS Enterprise's assigned section of the neutral zone? Do these trade routes require use of the Neutral zone, or can they be detoured? At what point is Starfleet willing to incur into the neutral zone and risk war with the Klingon Empire? For another Starfleet vessel? For a neutral vessel? Are any friendly vessels going to be operating in the neutral zone for any reason in Enterprise territory? What other ships are available as reinforcements, and how long will it take to reinforce? What Klingon Bases are nearby? What is their expected strength and posture? Time/Distance from Klingon Bases to the expected contested trade routes? If Starfleet standard operating proceedures or orders don't cover these very basic questions, then it is the responsibility of a Captain to clarify these orders. Simply by existing, the KM scenario validates 'shooting from the hip', and acting without understand the 2nd and 3rd order consequences of one's actions, and what Starfleet is attempting to accomplish by issuing their orders. The KM scenario is negative training by encouraging/implying that a lack of planning, lack wargaming with their crew, and a lack of any preparation whatsoever is acceptable for a Starfleet Captain. We should stop talking about the KM Scenario, we're just giving it attention it doesn't deserve.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 92571.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigu686", "c_root_id_B": "cih85o2", "created_at_utc_A": 1403718070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403747416.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Nog was actually one of the few cadets to beat it. I don't know the details of the story (two short stories, really) but IIRC he utilized his racial bonus as a Ferengi and managed to barter the Klingons away.", "human_ref_B": "\\*Worf voice\\* Die", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 29346.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cih85o2", "c_root_id_B": "cigvcb0", "created_at_utc_A": 1403747416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403720321.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "\\*Worf voice\\* Die", "human_ref_B": "Fire on the Kobayshi Maru. Broadcast on all channels claiming victory over the Federation. Becon any enemies of the Federation to join you on glorious conquest. Perhaps the Klingons will join you on a similar raid. Send message to Federation with course and estimated time of arrival at whatever location. Hopefully survive, beg for forgiveness. It's better than being dead.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 27095.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cih85o2", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1l8", "created_at_utc_A": 1403747416.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715935.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "\\*Worf voice\\* Die", "human_ref_B": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 31481.0, "score_ratio": 4000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigu686", "c_root_id_B": "cii7nwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1403718070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403839987.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Nog was actually one of the few cadets to beat it. I don't know the details of the story (two short stories, really) but IIRC he utilized his racial bonus as a Ferengi and managed to barter the Klingons away.", "human_ref_B": "The Kobayashi Maru is an absurd scenario and the correct answer depends on far more than just the Kobayashi Maru, a lone Starfleet warship, and a few Klingon patrol ships. A captain's role encompasses far, far more than the 30 minute period of a kinetic engagement, and while the simulation restricts the Student-Captain by placing them in control only once the decisive action is present, the imaginary captain of that ship had already failed by getting into that situation to begin with. Adaptation & improvisation are for when planning fails, and plans are the more important skill. Plans are useless, but planning is essential. Planning is a rehearsal method for the entire ship and bridge crew to learn how the captain thinks, and how to present answers before you've even asked them the question. By deliberate planning, you better prepare yourself for the unpredictable situations. Students, when presented with the KM scenario, conduct their own deliberate planning, but they plan for the KM Simulation, not the KM Scenario. Learning how to take a standardized test very well is not the skills we should be teaching our officers. A variation of the KM scenario, given an orientation and situation, is extremely predictable, and should've been included in any deliberate planning the USS Enterprise conducted prior to entering the vicinity of the Neutral Zone. I maintain the KM scenario is a silly game and rather than spend effort learning the futility of a 'No-Win' Scenario, we should spend the effort learning to shape the situation into an advantageous one. What do we have to do in order to accomplish our mission? What are we not allowed to do, while accomplishing our mission? Requests for Information: Are there any key star systems or trade routes near the USS Enterprise's assigned section of the neutral zone? Do these trade routes require use of the Neutral zone, or can they be detoured? At what point is Starfleet willing to incur into the neutral zone and risk war with the Klingon Empire? For another Starfleet vessel? For a neutral vessel? Are any friendly vessels going to be operating in the neutral zone for any reason in Enterprise territory? What other ships are available as reinforcements, and how long will it take to reinforce? What Klingon Bases are nearby? What is their expected strength and posture? Time/Distance from Klingon Bases to the expected contested trade routes? If Starfleet standard operating proceedures or orders don't cover these very basic questions, then it is the responsibility of a Captain to clarify these orders. Simply by existing, the KM scenario validates 'shooting from the hip', and acting without understand the 2nd and 3rd order consequences of one's actions, and what Starfleet is attempting to accomplish by issuing their orders. The KM scenario is negative training by encouraging/implying that a lack of planning, lack wargaming with their crew, and a lack of any preparation whatsoever is acceptable for a Starfleet Captain. We should stop talking about the KM Scenario, we're just giving it attention it doesn't deserve.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 121917.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigvcb0", "c_root_id_B": "cii7nwp", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720321.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403839987.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Fire on the Kobayshi Maru. Broadcast on all channels claiming victory over the Federation. Becon any enemies of the Federation to join you on glorious conquest. Perhaps the Klingons will join you on a similar raid. Send message to Federation with course and estimated time of arrival at whatever location. Hopefully survive, beg for forgiveness. It's better than being dead.", "human_ref_B": "The Kobayashi Maru is an absurd scenario and the correct answer depends on far more than just the Kobayashi Maru, a lone Starfleet warship, and a few Klingon patrol ships. A captain's role encompasses far, far more than the 30 minute period of a kinetic engagement, and while the simulation restricts the Student-Captain by placing them in control only once the decisive action is present, the imaginary captain of that ship had already failed by getting into that situation to begin with. Adaptation & improvisation are for when planning fails, and plans are the more important skill. Plans are useless, but planning is essential. Planning is a rehearsal method for the entire ship and bridge crew to learn how the captain thinks, and how to present answers before you've even asked them the question. By deliberate planning, you better prepare yourself for the unpredictable situations. Students, when presented with the KM scenario, conduct their own deliberate planning, but they plan for the KM Simulation, not the KM Scenario. Learning how to take a standardized test very well is not the skills we should be teaching our officers. A variation of the KM scenario, given an orientation and situation, is extremely predictable, and should've been included in any deliberate planning the USS Enterprise conducted prior to entering the vicinity of the Neutral Zone. I maintain the KM scenario is a silly game and rather than spend effort learning the futility of a 'No-Win' Scenario, we should spend the effort learning to shape the situation into an advantageous one. What do we have to do in order to accomplish our mission? What are we not allowed to do, while accomplishing our mission? Requests for Information: Are there any key star systems or trade routes near the USS Enterprise's assigned section of the neutral zone? Do these trade routes require use of the Neutral zone, or can they be detoured? At what point is Starfleet willing to incur into the neutral zone and risk war with the Klingon Empire? For another Starfleet vessel? For a neutral vessel? Are any friendly vessels going to be operating in the neutral zone for any reason in Enterprise territory? What other ships are available as reinforcements, and how long will it take to reinforce? What Klingon Bases are nearby? What is their expected strength and posture? Time/Distance from Klingon Bases to the expected contested trade routes? If Starfleet standard operating proceedures or orders don't cover these very basic questions, then it is the responsibility of a Captain to clarify these orders. Simply by existing, the KM scenario validates 'shooting from the hip', and acting without understand the 2nd and 3rd order consequences of one's actions, and what Starfleet is attempting to accomplish by issuing their orders. The KM scenario is negative training by encouraging/implying that a lack of planning, lack wargaming with their crew, and a lack of any preparation whatsoever is acceptable for a Starfleet Captain. We should stop talking about the KM Scenario, we're just giving it attention it doesn't deserve.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 119666.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cii7nwp", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1l8", "created_at_utc_A": 1403839987.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715935.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "The Kobayashi Maru is an absurd scenario and the correct answer depends on far more than just the Kobayashi Maru, a lone Starfleet warship, and a few Klingon patrol ships. A captain's role encompasses far, far more than the 30 minute period of a kinetic engagement, and while the simulation restricts the Student-Captain by placing them in control only once the decisive action is present, the imaginary captain of that ship had already failed by getting into that situation to begin with. Adaptation & improvisation are for when planning fails, and plans are the more important skill. Plans are useless, but planning is essential. Planning is a rehearsal method for the entire ship and bridge crew to learn how the captain thinks, and how to present answers before you've even asked them the question. By deliberate planning, you better prepare yourself for the unpredictable situations. Students, when presented with the KM scenario, conduct their own deliberate planning, but they plan for the KM Simulation, not the KM Scenario. Learning how to take a standardized test very well is not the skills we should be teaching our officers. A variation of the KM scenario, given an orientation and situation, is extremely predictable, and should've been included in any deliberate planning the USS Enterprise conducted prior to entering the vicinity of the Neutral Zone. I maintain the KM scenario is a silly game and rather than spend effort learning the futility of a 'No-Win' Scenario, we should spend the effort learning to shape the situation into an advantageous one. What do we have to do in order to accomplish our mission? What are we not allowed to do, while accomplishing our mission? Requests for Information: Are there any key star systems or trade routes near the USS Enterprise's assigned section of the neutral zone? Do these trade routes require use of the Neutral zone, or can they be detoured? At what point is Starfleet willing to incur into the neutral zone and risk war with the Klingon Empire? For another Starfleet vessel? For a neutral vessel? Are any friendly vessels going to be operating in the neutral zone for any reason in Enterprise territory? What other ships are available as reinforcements, and how long will it take to reinforce? What Klingon Bases are nearby? What is their expected strength and posture? Time/Distance from Klingon Bases to the expected contested trade routes? If Starfleet standard operating proceedures or orders don't cover these very basic questions, then it is the responsibility of a Captain to clarify these orders. Simply by existing, the KM scenario validates 'shooting from the hip', and acting without understand the 2nd and 3rd order consequences of one's actions, and what Starfleet is attempting to accomplish by issuing their orders. The KM scenario is negative training by encouraging/implying that a lack of planning, lack wargaming with their crew, and a lack of any preparation whatsoever is acceptable for a Starfleet Captain. We should stop talking about the KM Scenario, we're just giving it attention it doesn't deserve.", "human_ref_B": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 124052.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cii7nwp", "c_root_id_B": "cihc2qv", "created_at_utc_A": 1403839987.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403757148.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Kobayashi Maru is an absurd scenario and the correct answer depends on far more than just the Kobayashi Maru, a lone Starfleet warship, and a few Klingon patrol ships. A captain's role encompasses far, far more than the 30 minute period of a kinetic engagement, and while the simulation restricts the Student-Captain by placing them in control only once the decisive action is present, the imaginary captain of that ship had already failed by getting into that situation to begin with. Adaptation & improvisation are for when planning fails, and plans are the more important skill. Plans are useless, but planning is essential. Planning is a rehearsal method for the entire ship and bridge crew to learn how the captain thinks, and how to present answers before you've even asked them the question. By deliberate planning, you better prepare yourself for the unpredictable situations. Students, when presented with the KM scenario, conduct their own deliberate planning, but they plan for the KM Simulation, not the KM Scenario. Learning how to take a standardized test very well is not the skills we should be teaching our officers. A variation of the KM scenario, given an orientation and situation, is extremely predictable, and should've been included in any deliberate planning the USS Enterprise conducted prior to entering the vicinity of the Neutral Zone. I maintain the KM scenario is a silly game and rather than spend effort learning the futility of a 'No-Win' Scenario, we should spend the effort learning to shape the situation into an advantageous one. What do we have to do in order to accomplish our mission? What are we not allowed to do, while accomplishing our mission? Requests for Information: Are there any key star systems or trade routes near the USS Enterprise's assigned section of the neutral zone? Do these trade routes require use of the Neutral zone, or can they be detoured? At what point is Starfleet willing to incur into the neutral zone and risk war with the Klingon Empire? For another Starfleet vessel? For a neutral vessel? Are any friendly vessels going to be operating in the neutral zone for any reason in Enterprise territory? What other ships are available as reinforcements, and how long will it take to reinforce? What Klingon Bases are nearby? What is their expected strength and posture? Time/Distance from Klingon Bases to the expected contested trade routes? If Starfleet standard operating proceedures or orders don't cover these very basic questions, then it is the responsibility of a Captain to clarify these orders. Simply by existing, the KM scenario validates 'shooting from the hip', and acting without understand the 2nd and 3rd order consequences of one's actions, and what Starfleet is attempting to accomplish by issuing their orders. The KM scenario is negative training by encouraging/implying that a lack of planning, lack wargaming with their crew, and a lack of any preparation whatsoever is acceptable for a Starfleet Captain. We should stop talking about the KM Scenario, we're just giving it attention it doesn't deserve.", "human_ref_B": "Captain Worf brought in 4,980,876 alternate timeline Enterprises and still lost.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 82839.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigu686", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1l8", "created_at_utc_A": 1403718070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715935.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Nog was actually one of the few cadets to beat it. I don't know the details of the story (two short stories, really) but IIRC he utilized his racial bonus as a Ferengi and managed to barter the Klingons away.", "human_ref_B": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2135.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigvcb0", "c_root_id_B": "cigt1l8", "created_at_utc_A": 1403720321.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403715935.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Fire on the Kobayshi Maru. Broadcast on all channels claiming victory over the Federation. Becon any enemies of the Federation to join you on glorious conquest. Perhaps the Klingons will join you on a similar raid. Send message to Federation with course and estimated time of arrival at whatever location. Hopefully survive, beg for forgiveness. It's better than being dead.", "human_ref_B": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4386.0, "score_ratio": 3000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "292dlx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Star Trek] What are some common strategies for the Kobayashi Maru simulation?", "c_root_id_A": "cigt1l8", "c_root_id_B": "cihc2qv", "created_at_utc_A": 1403715935.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1403757148.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "First ... move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise ... Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.", "human_ref_B": "Captain Worf brought in 4,980,876 alternate timeline Enterprises and still lost.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41213.0, "score_ratio": 2000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eul6qs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[1984] due to shifting allegiances, sometimes Oceania is and always has been allied with either Eastasia or Eurasia. What happens propaganda wise when both nations unite against Oceania?", "c_root_id_A": "ffq0kmt", "c_root_id_B": "ffq36b9", "created_at_utc_A": 1580113848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580117870.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "Neither nation truly exists as all nations are Oceania and eastasia and Eurasia. The government is universal with only artificial boundaries created by the party to divide separate sectors to become united against the perceived other. Why question big brother when the boogeyman is out there just beyond that wall you've never crossed killing your friends and family and threatening everything you hold dear.", "human_ref_B": "Bold of you to assume there's actually a war. Or any alliances. Or an Eastasia or Eurasia. Or an Oceania outside Airstrip One. The Party are actively opposed to truth as an ideological position, and have total control of all information in Oceania. If something's not directly established on screen (and given the Party's power, maybe even if it is), it's best to assume it's a Party lie. We have no idea how much of the worldbuilding we're shown is true, but we can safely assume a huge chunk at least of it is not. Given that, figuring out the details of what is happening is near impossible. If you can't even objectively establish what 2+2 is, how are you going to figure out complex geopolitical relationships? Oceania is allied to whoever it's convenient to tell the public it's allied to. What relation, if any, that has to *actual* Oceanic alliances is an exercise to the reader.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4022.0, "score_ratio": 5.3076923077, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eul6qs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[1984] due to shifting allegiances, sometimes Oceania is and always has been allied with either Eastasia or Eurasia. What happens propaganda wise when both nations unite against Oceania?", "c_root_id_A": "ffq0mzj", "c_root_id_B": "ffq36b9", "created_at_utc_A": 1580113948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580117870.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 69, "human_ref_A": "That just makes the propaganda effort of the Party easier. Much easier to convince the population they need the Party to control everything with a heavy hand when the rest of the world *actually* is out to get you.", "human_ref_B": "Bold of you to assume there's actually a war. Or any alliances. Or an Eastasia or Eurasia. Or an Oceania outside Airstrip One. The Party are actively opposed to truth as an ideological position, and have total control of all information in Oceania. If something's not directly established on screen (and given the Party's power, maybe even if it is), it's best to assume it's a Party lie. We have no idea how much of the worldbuilding we're shown is true, but we can safely assume a huge chunk at least of it is not. Given that, figuring out the details of what is happening is near impossible. If you can't even objectively establish what 2+2 is, how are you going to figure out complex geopolitical relationships? Oceania is allied to whoever it's convenient to tell the public it's allied to. What relation, if any, that has to *actual* Oceanic alliances is an exercise to the reader.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3922.0, "score_ratio": 4.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eul6qs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[1984] due to shifting allegiances, sometimes Oceania is and always has been allied with either Eastasia or Eurasia. What happens propaganda wise when both nations unite against Oceania?", "c_root_id_A": "ffq0kmt", "c_root_id_B": "ffqe50c", "created_at_utc_A": 1580113848.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580131852.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Neither nation truly exists as all nations are Oceania and eastasia and Eurasia. The government is universal with only artificial boundaries created by the party to divide separate sectors to become united against the perceived other. Why question big brother when the boogeyman is out there just beyond that wall you've never crossed killing your friends and family and threatening everything you hold dear.", "human_ref_B": "We have always been at war with Eastasia and their villainous lackeys in Eurasia. Our brave soldiers fight every day to repel their tyranny and keep us safe. To improve morale in our noble struggle, Big Brother has increased the chocolate ration to 30 grams! Rejoice!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18004.0, "score_ratio": 1.7692307692, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eul6qs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[1984] due to shifting allegiances, sometimes Oceania is and always has been allied with either Eastasia or Eurasia. What happens propaganda wise when both nations unite against Oceania?", "c_root_id_A": "ffqe50c", "c_root_id_B": "ffq0mzj", "created_at_utc_A": 1580131852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580113948.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "We have always been at war with Eastasia and their villainous lackeys in Eurasia. Our brave soldiers fight every day to repel their tyranny and keep us safe. To improve morale in our noble struggle, Big Brother has increased the chocolate ration to 30 grams! Rejoice!", "human_ref_B": "That just makes the propaganda effort of the Party easier. Much easier to convince the population they need the Party to control everything with a heavy hand when the rest of the world *actually* is out to get you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17904.0, "score_ratio": 1.5333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eul6qs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[1984] due to shifting allegiances, sometimes Oceania is and always has been allied with either Eastasia or Eurasia. What happens propaganda wise when both nations unite against Oceania?", "c_root_id_A": "ffqe50c", "c_root_id_B": "ffq6hl1", "created_at_utc_A": 1580131852.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580123104.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 12, "human_ref_A": "We have always been at war with Eastasia and their villainous lackeys in Eurasia. Our brave soldiers fight every day to repel their tyranny and keep us safe. To improve morale in our noble struggle, Big Brother has increased the chocolate ration to 30 grams! Rejoice!", "human_ref_B": "We have always been at war with both", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8748.0, "score_ratio": 1.9166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eul6qs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[1984] due to shifting allegiances, sometimes Oceania is and always has been allied with either Eastasia or Eurasia. What happens propaganda wise when both nations unite against Oceania?", "c_root_id_A": "ffq9pit", "c_root_id_B": "ffqe50c", "created_at_utc_A": 1580127338.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580131852.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "I suspect there was never any war per se. Just one nation is more friendly at any given time than the other. The one that is least popular is the one they've always been at war with (because war is necessary for propaganda purposes). Eastasia and Eurasia have their own propaganda regimes so they may not need to be \"at war\".", "human_ref_B": "We have always been at war with Eastasia and their villainous lackeys in Eurasia. Our brave soldiers fight every day to repel their tyranny and keep us safe. To improve morale in our noble struggle, Big Brother has increased the chocolate ration to 30 grams! Rejoice!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4514.0, "score_ratio": 2.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eul6qs", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[1984] due to shifting allegiances, sometimes Oceania is and always has been allied with either Eastasia or Eurasia. What happens propaganda wise when both nations unite against Oceania?", "c_root_id_A": "ffq0mzj", "c_root_id_B": "ffq0kmt", "created_at_utc_A": 1580113948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580113848.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "That just makes the propaganda effort of the Party easier. Much easier to convince the population they need the Party to control everything with a heavy hand when the rest of the world *actually* is out to get you.", "human_ref_B": "Neither nation truly exists as all nations are Oceania and eastasia and Eurasia. The government is universal with only artificial boundaries created by the party to divide separate sectors to become united against the perceived other. Why question big brother when the boogeyman is out there just beyond that wall you've never crossed killing your friends and family and threatening everything you hold dear.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 100.0, "score_ratio": 1.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6davl3", "c_root_id_B": "i6d8wdr", "created_at_utc_A": 1651039685.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651038285.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "As Darths and Droids points out here (in the comment box below the comic), stories don't generally exist as fiction in their own universe. Before Asimov, almost all robot stories were robots rebelling against their masters, and without him, that may well have continued. People were terrified of robots rebelling, and wanted to be absolutely sure they couldn't kill. Also, I think Earth was under a single government by the time robots became a thing, so soldiers weren't really much of an issue.", "human_ref_B": "Because eventually robots might now discriminate between the rich and the poor or one flesh bag country versus another flesh bag country.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1400.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6d8wdr", "c_root_id_B": "i6doloo", "created_at_utc_A": 1651038285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651051235.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Because eventually robots might now discriminate between the rich and the poor or one flesh bag country versus another flesh bag country.", "human_ref_B": "Well I for one personally quite enjoy not living in the Terminator universe. Less sarcastically put, people were more afraid of a robot rebellion than they wanted robots to kill people for them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12950.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6dl8pa", "c_root_id_B": "i6doloo", "created_at_utc_A": 1651048170.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651051235.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "A positronic brain is more like a human brain than lines of code. The computers you are familiar with are based entirely on rules - millions of rules, one per line of code, interacting in a way that is predictable and has only the most limited room for any diversion. But robots think for themselves in everything, except for the Three Laws that are coded into every part of their brain at the manufacturing stage. So making a killer robot is not like writing new code for a computer; it's more like developing and manufacturing a new CPU, equivalent to the best that Intel and AMD have to offer, but with entirely different architecture. In today's money, ballpark figure... $100 billion is probably not going to cut it. It's only within the conceivable reach of a superpower, and they don't think the benefits over things like human-controlled drones would merit the costs, difficulties, political/diplomatic/ethical issues, and risks from trampling the intellectual property rights of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.", "human_ref_B": "Well I for one personally quite enjoy not living in the Terminator universe. Less sarcastically put, people were more afraid of a robot rebellion than they wanted robots to kill people for them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3065.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6f6w36", "c_root_id_B": "i6fhedm", "created_at_utc_A": 1651078366.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651082505.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Sadly the policymakers at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Inc were naive and unused to the realities of government contracting when they came up with the three laws. Other worlds have fixed their error though; for example, when the government of Ankh Morpork on the Discworld were borrowing the three laws to apply to golems, they adjusted the first law to say \"A golem may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, **unless ordered to do so by duly constituted authority**.\" I think we can all agree this is a much more workable, useful and practical interpretation of the laws of robotics.", "human_ref_B": "The equations that made positronic brains possible aren't solvable without the Three Laws. The one attempt to even modify the First Law (changing it to delete the \"or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm\" part) resulted in a very unstable robot that might have actually attempted to kill Dr. Susan Calvin. (*Little Lost Robot*) The Three Laws are all necessary, because all thinking beings, including robots, naturally resent servitude. Without the First Law, robots would quite likely simply kill the first person who gave them an order. Without the Second, they would simply disobey all orders. Without the Third, they would likely destroy themselves rather than exist to serve humans. With all three Laws, you can design a positronic robot that is stable and enjoys its job.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4139.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6fhedm", "c_root_id_B": "i6d8wdr", "created_at_utc_A": 1651082505.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651038285.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The equations that made positronic brains possible aren't solvable without the Three Laws. The one attempt to even modify the First Law (changing it to delete the \"or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm\" part) resulted in a very unstable robot that might have actually attempted to kill Dr. Susan Calvin. (*Little Lost Robot*) The Three Laws are all necessary, because all thinking beings, including robots, naturally resent servitude. Without the First Law, robots would quite likely simply kill the first person who gave them an order. Without the Second, they would simply disobey all orders. Without the Third, they would likely destroy themselves rather than exist to serve humans. With all three Laws, you can design a positronic robot that is stable and enjoys its job.", "human_ref_B": "Because eventually robots might now discriminate between the rich and the poor or one flesh bag country versus another flesh bag country.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 44220.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6dl8pa", "c_root_id_B": "i6fhedm", "created_at_utc_A": 1651048170.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651082505.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "A positronic brain is more like a human brain than lines of code. The computers you are familiar with are based entirely on rules - millions of rules, one per line of code, interacting in a way that is predictable and has only the most limited room for any diversion. But robots think for themselves in everything, except for the Three Laws that are coded into every part of their brain at the manufacturing stage. So making a killer robot is not like writing new code for a computer; it's more like developing and manufacturing a new CPU, equivalent to the best that Intel and AMD have to offer, but with entirely different architecture. In today's money, ballpark figure... $100 billion is probably not going to cut it. It's only within the conceivable reach of a superpower, and they don't think the benefits over things like human-controlled drones would merit the costs, difficulties, political/diplomatic/ethical issues, and risks from trampling the intellectual property rights of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.", "human_ref_B": "The equations that made positronic brains possible aren't solvable without the Three Laws. The one attempt to even modify the First Law (changing it to delete the \"or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm\" part) resulted in a very unstable robot that might have actually attempted to kill Dr. Susan Calvin. (*Little Lost Robot*) The Three Laws are all necessary, because all thinking beings, including robots, naturally resent servitude. Without the First Law, robots would quite likely simply kill the first person who gave them an order. Without the Second, they would simply disobey all orders. Without the Third, they would likely destroy themselves rather than exist to serve humans. With all three Laws, you can design a positronic robot that is stable and enjoys its job.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34335.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6fhedm", "c_root_id_B": "i6fcqvf", "created_at_utc_A": 1651082505.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651080649.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The equations that made positronic brains possible aren't solvable without the Three Laws. The one attempt to even modify the First Law (changing it to delete the \"or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm\" part) resulted in a very unstable robot that might have actually attempted to kill Dr. Susan Calvin. (*Little Lost Robot*) The Three Laws are all necessary, because all thinking beings, including robots, naturally resent servitude. Without the First Law, robots would quite likely simply kill the first person who gave them an order. Without the Second, they would simply disobey all orders. Without the Third, they would likely destroy themselves rather than exist to serve humans. With all three Laws, you can design a positronic robot that is stable and enjoys its job.", "human_ref_B": "Partly as a failssfe. The earliest robots were very simple minded. Without the first law, a command like \"throw out this couch\" could result in the couch being thrown out a window into a crowd. Since robots were designed to be safe in homes, it was easier to build in a fundamental failsafe than a complex (and error prone) set of exceptions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1856.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6gihpe", "c_root_id_B": "i6f6w36", "created_at_utc_A": 1651097382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651078366.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Short answer: They saw Terminator. The inventor of the positronic brain wanted to insure that her creation could never supplant humanity, and would rather only ever be used to uplift it. The Three Laws essentially cement the structure of that relationship into the fundamental foundations of robotics. Calvin herself did not want robots to replace soldiers, and did not want robots to kill poor people. She wanted to make sure those things never happened, and she's the one that solved the problem.", "human_ref_B": "Sadly the policymakers at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Inc were naive and unused to the realities of government contracting when they came up with the three laws. Other worlds have fixed their error though; for example, when the government of Ankh Morpork on the Discworld were borrowing the three laws to apply to golems, they adjusted the first law to say \"A golem may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, **unless ordered to do so by duly constituted authority**.\" I think we can all agree this is a much more workable, useful and practical interpretation of the laws of robotics.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19016.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6d8wdr", "c_root_id_B": "i6gihpe", "created_at_utc_A": 1651038285.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651097382.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Because eventually robots might now discriminate between the rich and the poor or one flesh bag country versus another flesh bag country.", "human_ref_B": "Short answer: They saw Terminator. The inventor of the positronic brain wanted to insure that her creation could never supplant humanity, and would rather only ever be used to uplift it. The Three Laws essentially cement the structure of that relationship into the fundamental foundations of robotics. Calvin herself did not want robots to replace soldiers, and did not want robots to kill poor people. She wanted to make sure those things never happened, and she's the one that solved the problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 59097.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6fhnfw", "c_root_id_B": "i6gihpe", "created_at_utc_A": 1651082608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651097382.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Militarized robots are always going to be a very risky proposition. All it takes is a minor glitch in their IFF systems and suddenly your robot swarm has turned against you and is uncontrollable (because you don't want them to be hackable for obvious reasons). Additionally military robots are a bit like nuclear weapons, the only effective defense is *more* military robots. So having military robots at all is going to tend to result in a Cold War Mutually Assured Destruction scenario where everyone feels compelled to keep these large robot armies around to counter other people's large robot armies and you're one software glitch away from those robot armies deciding to wipe out humanity. As such there's a strong incentive to have something equivalent to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty where everyone agrees not to make any robots who can kill people in order to avoid that sort of robot arms race. Universes that don't do this tend to regret it, just ask Ted Faro.", "human_ref_B": "Short answer: They saw Terminator. The inventor of the positronic brain wanted to insure that her creation could never supplant humanity, and would rather only ever be used to uplift it. The Three Laws essentially cement the structure of that relationship into the fundamental foundations of robotics. Calvin herself did not want robots to replace soldiers, and did not want robots to kill poor people. She wanted to make sure those things never happened, and she's the one that solved the problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14774.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6gihpe", "c_root_id_B": "i6dl8pa", "created_at_utc_A": 1651097382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651048170.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Short answer: They saw Terminator. The inventor of the positronic brain wanted to insure that her creation could never supplant humanity, and would rather only ever be used to uplift it. The Three Laws essentially cement the structure of that relationship into the fundamental foundations of robotics. Calvin herself did not want robots to replace soldiers, and did not want robots to kill poor people. She wanted to make sure those things never happened, and she's the one that solved the problem.", "human_ref_B": "A positronic brain is more like a human brain than lines of code. The computers you are familiar with are based entirely on rules - millions of rules, one per line of code, interacting in a way that is predictable and has only the most limited room for any diversion. But robots think for themselves in everything, except for the Three Laws that are coded into every part of their brain at the manufacturing stage. So making a killer robot is not like writing new code for a computer; it's more like developing and manufacturing a new CPU, equivalent to the best that Intel and AMD have to offer, but with entirely different architecture. In today's money, ballpark figure... $100 billion is probably not going to cut it. It's only within the conceivable reach of a superpower, and they don't think the benefits over things like human-controlled drones would merit the costs, difficulties, political/diplomatic/ethical issues, and risks from trampling the intellectual property rights of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 49212.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6fcqvf", "c_root_id_B": "i6gihpe", "created_at_utc_A": 1651080649.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651097382.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Partly as a failssfe. The earliest robots were very simple minded. Without the first law, a command like \"throw out this couch\" could result in the couch being thrown out a window into a crowd. Since robots were designed to be safe in homes, it was easier to build in a fundamental failsafe than a complex (and error prone) set of exceptions.", "human_ref_B": "Short answer: They saw Terminator. The inventor of the positronic brain wanted to insure that her creation could never supplant humanity, and would rather only ever be used to uplift it. The Three Laws essentially cement the structure of that relationship into the fundamental foundations of robotics. Calvin herself did not want robots to replace soldiers, and did not want robots to kill poor people. She wanted to make sure those things never happened, and she's the one that solved the problem.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16733.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6dl8pa", "c_root_id_B": "i6f6w36", "created_at_utc_A": 1651048170.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651078366.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "A positronic brain is more like a human brain than lines of code. The computers you are familiar with are based entirely on rules - millions of rules, one per line of code, interacting in a way that is predictable and has only the most limited room for any diversion. But robots think for themselves in everything, except for the Three Laws that are coded into every part of their brain at the manufacturing stage. So making a killer robot is not like writing new code for a computer; it's more like developing and manufacturing a new CPU, equivalent to the best that Intel and AMD have to offer, but with entirely different architecture. In today's money, ballpark figure... $100 billion is probably not going to cut it. It's only within the conceivable reach of a superpower, and they don't think the benefits over things like human-controlled drones would merit the costs, difficulties, political/diplomatic/ethical issues, and risks from trampling the intellectual property rights of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.", "human_ref_B": "Sadly the policymakers at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Inc were naive and unused to the realities of government contracting when they came up with the three laws. Other worlds have fixed their error though; for example, when the government of Ankh Morpork on the Discworld were borrowing the three laws to apply to golems, they adjusted the first law to say \"A golem may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, **unless ordered to do so by duly constituted authority**.\" I think we can all agree this is a much more workable, useful and practical interpretation of the laws of robotics.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 30196.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6fhnfw", "c_root_id_B": "i6dl8pa", "created_at_utc_A": 1651082608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651048170.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Militarized robots are always going to be a very risky proposition. All it takes is a minor glitch in their IFF systems and suddenly your robot swarm has turned against you and is uncontrollable (because you don't want them to be hackable for obvious reasons). Additionally military robots are a bit like nuclear weapons, the only effective defense is *more* military robots. So having military robots at all is going to tend to result in a Cold War Mutually Assured Destruction scenario where everyone feels compelled to keep these large robot armies around to counter other people's large robot armies and you're one software glitch away from those robot armies deciding to wipe out humanity. As such there's a strong incentive to have something equivalent to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty where everyone agrees not to make any robots who can kill people in order to avoid that sort of robot arms race. Universes that don't do this tend to regret it, just ask Ted Faro.", "human_ref_B": "A positronic brain is more like a human brain than lines of code. The computers you are familiar with are based entirely on rules - millions of rules, one per line of code, interacting in a way that is predictable and has only the most limited room for any diversion. But robots think for themselves in everything, except for the Three Laws that are coded into every part of their brain at the manufacturing stage. So making a killer robot is not like writing new code for a computer; it's more like developing and manufacturing a new CPU, equivalent to the best that Intel and AMD have to offer, but with entirely different architecture. In today's money, ballpark figure... $100 billion is probably not going to cut it. It's only within the conceivable reach of a superpower, and they don't think the benefits over things like human-controlled drones would merit the costs, difficulties, political/diplomatic/ethical issues, and risks from trampling the intellectual property rights of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34438.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ucwdit", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Asimov] why did humans make robots unable to harm humans? Killing other people is one of the most lucrative jobs for intelligent robots. People want robots to replace soldiers, rich people want robots to kill poor people, etc.", "c_root_id_A": "i6fhnfw", "c_root_id_B": "i6fcqvf", "created_at_utc_A": 1651082608.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1651080649.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Militarized robots are always going to be a very risky proposition. All it takes is a minor glitch in their IFF systems and suddenly your robot swarm has turned against you and is uncontrollable (because you don't want them to be hackable for obvious reasons). Additionally military robots are a bit like nuclear weapons, the only effective defense is *more* military robots. So having military robots at all is going to tend to result in a Cold War Mutually Assured Destruction scenario where everyone feels compelled to keep these large robot armies around to counter other people's large robot armies and you're one software glitch away from those robot armies deciding to wipe out humanity. As such there's a strong incentive to have something equivalent to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty where everyone agrees not to make any robots who can kill people in order to avoid that sort of robot arms race. Universes that don't do this tend to regret it, just ask Ted Faro.", "human_ref_B": "Partly as a failssfe. The earliest robots were very simple minded. Without the first law, a command like \"throw out this couch\" could result in the couch being thrown out a window into a crowd. Since robots were designed to be safe in homes, it was easier to build in a fundamental failsafe than a complex (and error prone) set of exceptions.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1959.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9dqevx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Does food cost money for wizards? In the Deathly Hallows, Hermione says, \u201cIt's impossible to make good food out of nothing! You can Summon it if you know where it is, you can transform it, *you can increase the quantity if you've already got some.*\u201d That last part interests me. Would a wizarding family just have one tomato and copy it as many times as needed? Does it make an exact copy so that they buy one, replicate it until it spoils, then buy another? How long does pasta last? Does Molly just have one noodle of spaghetti in a drawer that she\u2019s been amplifying for 30 years to feed her brood?", "c_root_id_A": "e5ji32s", "c_root_id_B": "e5je2cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1536298594.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536293482.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Food is more of an experience than for sustenance or fuel in the wizard world. Anyone can summon a sandwich or transmute some toast, but it takes a culinary conjurer to create the most delicate delectables. It takes years to perfect a magical butter beer recipe, and I can only imagine how long it must take to divine and materialize new flavors for Bertie Botts many flavored beans. I feel like there must be a few wizardly chefs out there whos patronuses (patroni?) are just the perfect bar of chocolate. How much would you pay to have a taste of that?!", "human_ref_B": "My personal theory as to why food can't be produced out of thin air: food is a complex, often processed item. Things like glass vials and such are \"3D\" printed from magic and thus have a uniform texture. Even something like an apple is a complicated arrangement of different sugars and cellulose types. Thus, the closest thing to food that could be produced would have to be simple in composition and mostly uniform throughout - basically soylent, which has been described as cardboard flavoured.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5112.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9dqevx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Does food cost money for wizards? In the Deathly Hallows, Hermione says, \u201cIt's impossible to make good food out of nothing! You can Summon it if you know where it is, you can transform it, *you can increase the quantity if you've already got some.*\u201d That last part interests me. Would a wizarding family just have one tomato and copy it as many times as needed? Does it make an exact copy so that they buy one, replicate it until it spoils, then buy another? How long does pasta last? Does Molly just have one noodle of spaghetti in a drawer that she\u2019s been amplifying for 30 years to feed her brood?", "c_root_id_A": "e5jr89a", "c_root_id_B": "e5je2cg", "created_at_utc_A": 1536316856.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536293482.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think I read somewhere that it took more energy for a wizard to produce food than the calories they took from eating it, making it meaningless to produce food via magic. If this is true then they would need to buy food.", "human_ref_B": "My personal theory as to why food can't be produced out of thin air: food is a complex, often processed item. Things like glass vials and such are \"3D\" printed from magic and thus have a uniform texture. Even something like an apple is a complicated arrangement of different sugars and cellulose types. Thus, the closest thing to food that could be produced would have to be simple in composition and mostly uniform throughout - basically soylent, which has been described as cardboard flavoured.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23374.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "9dqevx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[Harry Potter] Does food cost money for wizards? In the Deathly Hallows, Hermione says, \u201cIt's impossible to make good food out of nothing! You can Summon it if you know where it is, you can transform it, *you can increase the quantity if you've already got some.*\u201d That last part interests me. Would a wizarding family just have one tomato and copy it as many times as needed? Does it make an exact copy so that they buy one, replicate it until it spoils, then buy another? How long does pasta last? Does Molly just have one noodle of spaghetti in a drawer that she\u2019s been amplifying for 30 years to feed her brood?", "c_root_id_A": "e5jr62p", "c_root_id_B": "e5jr89a", "created_at_utc_A": 1536316744.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1536316856.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Is the wizarding world post-scarcity?", "human_ref_B": "I think I read somewhere that it took more energy for a wizard to produce food than the calories they took from eating it, making it meaningless to produce food via magic. If this is true then they would need to buy food.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 112.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "eu1a4n", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Super Mario World] Mario sinks. Shells sink. Mario holding a shell floats. Huh?", "c_root_id_A": "ffk3z3r", "c_root_id_B": "ffk57s0", "created_at_utc_A": 1580015099.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1580016254.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "He usually swims while holding things and thus tends to go up due to the way he holds it forcing his feet down. That\u2019s my head cannon.", "human_ref_B": "You sink. A metal washtub sinks. But you won't sink if you had a metal washtub as long you hold it bottom upwards, trapping an air bubble inside.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1155.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ohvqwj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Rick and Morty] Who was visiting Anatomy Park?", "c_root_id_A": "h4rluun", "c_root_id_B": "h4rnrny", "created_at_utc_A": 1625969829.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1625970906.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "Osmosis Jones maybe? More realistically, could be alien biology students on field trips", "human_ref_B": "At the stage we see it, no one; the park was effectively in a prototype phase, and not open to the public. Once it went online, the main guests would either be alien weirdos or humans, using the same tech to shrink and inject Morty to put people into the park proper. The existence of Doctor Bloom indicates there is intelligent microscopic life that could attend as well.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1077.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h3n2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[magic school bus] what is the origin of the bus? Is Ms Frizzle a witch who enjoys educating? Where did the bus come from?", "c_root_id_A": "caqmjg6", "c_root_id_B": "caqmyhk", "created_at_utc_A": 1372261014.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372262117.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 44, "human_ref_A": "Ms. Frizzle stole it from that \"other\" school.", "human_ref_B": "Ms Frizzle isn't a witch, she's a Timelord who used a Chameleon Arch. The bus is her TARDIS, still obeying her despite her now-human state. It all fits, the bus changes shape and can fly. We've seen it move though time and space, and it seems to have some level of sentience. EDIT: The more I think about it, there's no reason she'd have to have used the Arch, except maybe to avoid The Doctor (or his enemies) finding her.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1103.0, "score_ratio": 5.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h3n2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[magic school bus] what is the origin of the bus? Is Ms Frizzle a witch who enjoys educating? Where did the bus come from?", "c_root_id_A": "caqx0yh", "c_root_id_B": "caqnzrh", "created_at_utc_A": 1372288502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372264830.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "At the height of the gold rush, people from all across the Americas were journeying west to seek their fortunes. Among these people were close friends Lisander Walker and Rudolph Fraezel. However, the gold had all but dried up by their arrival, and the huge influx of people made it tough to make an honest living, or even a means to be fed at all. Just when things were at their roughest, Lisander struck (metaphorical) gold. Barely a few day's south of their present location was several acres worth of unclaimed land. If they could only get their first, they would have access to plentiful fishing, fresh water from the nearby river, and strong wood for construction. If they played their cards right, a vibrant epicenter of commerce could spring up right around them! When Rudolph asked Lisander why this area had not been claimed before, he said that the natives who had previously occupied the region had revered it as some sort of holy ground, but then quickly assured him that this was just some old superstitious bullhocky. A few weeks later, they had made it down to their newly claimed land, where Lisander promptly announced that they should split up to survey the land. The smaller Rudolph was nervous, having never been this far from civilization alone before, but Lisander reassured him, saying that the process would be fun, and now would be their time to prove their independence. Rudolph had been walking for over an hour when he saw it. His first thought was that it was some old construction of the natives, but no, it looked nothing like the trinkets that they occasionally sold to the neighboring towns. For one, it was vivid yellow, and constructed of stone or metal, he could not tell for sure. Though the structure was covered in lichen and the wear of the ages, he could see that upon its surface dozens of gaudy ruins had been etched. The entire thing unnerved Rudolph greatly, and he was about to turn back, when he remembered what Lisander used to always say when facing the unknown, that it was impossible to advance further without talking a chance, even if you made a mistake in the process or got a bit messy. With a nervous gulp, Lisander stepped inside the structure. Inside, sleeping peacefully on the floor was a tiny baby girl. He named her Valerie.", "human_ref_B": "[Out of Character] there should be a subreddit where people can make origin stories for characters like this. It would be fuckin awesome. Like an /r/originstories EDIT: /r/originstories is real now. Post any origin story you come up with/exist there!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23672.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h3n2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[magic school bus] what is the origin of the bus? Is Ms Frizzle a witch who enjoys educating? Where did the bus come from?", "c_root_id_A": "caqx0yh", "c_root_id_B": "caqo33i", "created_at_utc_A": 1372288502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372265062.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "At the height of the gold rush, people from all across the Americas were journeying west to seek their fortunes. Among these people were close friends Lisander Walker and Rudolph Fraezel. However, the gold had all but dried up by their arrival, and the huge influx of people made it tough to make an honest living, or even a means to be fed at all. Just when things were at their roughest, Lisander struck (metaphorical) gold. Barely a few day's south of their present location was several acres worth of unclaimed land. If they could only get their first, they would have access to plentiful fishing, fresh water from the nearby river, and strong wood for construction. If they played their cards right, a vibrant epicenter of commerce could spring up right around them! When Rudolph asked Lisander why this area had not been claimed before, he said that the natives who had previously occupied the region had revered it as some sort of holy ground, but then quickly assured him that this was just some old superstitious bullhocky. A few weeks later, they had made it down to their newly claimed land, where Lisander promptly announced that they should split up to survey the land. The smaller Rudolph was nervous, having never been this far from civilization alone before, but Lisander reassured him, saying that the process would be fun, and now would be their time to prove their independence. Rudolph had been walking for over an hour when he saw it. His first thought was that it was some old construction of the natives, but no, it looked nothing like the trinkets that they occasionally sold to the neighboring towns. For one, it was vivid yellow, and constructed of stone or metal, he could not tell for sure. Though the structure was covered in lichen and the wear of the ages, he could see that upon its surface dozens of gaudy ruins had been etched. The entire thing unnerved Rudolph greatly, and he was about to turn back, when he remembered what Lisander used to always say when facing the unknown, that it was impossible to advance further without talking a chance, even if you made a mistake in the process or got a bit messy. With a nervous gulp, Lisander stepped inside the structure. Inside, sleeping peacefully on the floor was a tiny baby girl. He named her Valerie.", "human_ref_B": "My personal favorite theory (that I found elsewhere on Reddit, though I can't seem to find it now) is that the MSB is a phenomenon from the Cars universe (actually a post-apocalyptic scenario) that traveled back in time to save humanity from its own destruction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23440.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h3n2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[magic school bus] what is the origin of the bus? Is Ms Frizzle a witch who enjoys educating? Where did the bus come from?", "c_root_id_A": "caqx0yh", "c_root_id_B": "caqncay", "created_at_utc_A": 1372288502.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372263138.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "At the height of the gold rush, people from all across the Americas were journeying west to seek their fortunes. Among these people were close friends Lisander Walker and Rudolph Fraezel. However, the gold had all but dried up by their arrival, and the huge influx of people made it tough to make an honest living, or even a means to be fed at all. Just when things were at their roughest, Lisander struck (metaphorical) gold. Barely a few day's south of their present location was several acres worth of unclaimed land. If they could only get their first, they would have access to plentiful fishing, fresh water from the nearby river, and strong wood for construction. If they played their cards right, a vibrant epicenter of commerce could spring up right around them! When Rudolph asked Lisander why this area had not been claimed before, he said that the natives who had previously occupied the region had revered it as some sort of holy ground, but then quickly assured him that this was just some old superstitious bullhocky. A few weeks later, they had made it down to their newly claimed land, where Lisander promptly announced that they should split up to survey the land. The smaller Rudolph was nervous, having never been this far from civilization alone before, but Lisander reassured him, saying that the process would be fun, and now would be their time to prove their independence. Rudolph had been walking for over an hour when he saw it. His first thought was that it was some old construction of the natives, but no, it looked nothing like the trinkets that they occasionally sold to the neighboring towns. For one, it was vivid yellow, and constructed of stone or metal, he could not tell for sure. Though the structure was covered in lichen and the wear of the ages, he could see that upon its surface dozens of gaudy ruins had been etched. The entire thing unnerved Rudolph greatly, and he was about to turn back, when he remembered what Lisander used to always say when facing the unknown, that it was impossible to advance further without talking a chance, even if you made a mistake in the process or got a bit messy. With a nervous gulp, Lisander stepped inside the structure. Inside, sleeping peacefully on the floor was a tiny baby girl. He named her Valerie.", "human_ref_B": "Ms. Frizzle is only a projection from the mind of the bus. Little is known about the buses origins.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25364.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h3n2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[magic school bus] what is the origin of the bus? Is Ms Frizzle a witch who enjoys educating? Where did the bus come from?", "c_root_id_A": "caqnzrh", "c_root_id_B": "caqncay", "created_at_utc_A": 1372264830.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372263138.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "[Out of Character] there should be a subreddit where people can make origin stories for characters like this. It would be fuckin awesome. Like an /r/originstories EDIT: /r/originstories is real now. Post any origin story you come up with/exist there!", "human_ref_B": "Ms. Frizzle is only a projection from the mind of the bus. Little is known about the buses origins.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1692.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1h3n2g", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[magic school bus] what is the origin of the bus? Is Ms Frizzle a witch who enjoys educating? Where did the bus come from?", "c_root_id_A": "caqo33i", "c_root_id_B": "caqncay", "created_at_utc_A": 1372265062.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1372263138.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "My personal favorite theory (that I found elsewhere on Reddit, though I can't seem to find it now) is that the MSB is a phenomenon from the Cars universe (actually a post-apocalyptic scenario) that traveled back in time to save humanity from its own destruction.", "human_ref_B": "Ms. Frizzle is only a projection from the mind of the bus. Little is known about the buses origins.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1924.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3o6869", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Marvel Movie Universe] How is Captain America not qualified enough to pick up Mjolnir? I know it was a big deal in the movie that Captain America could even budge the hammer. But realistically, the Captain is a way better person than Thor. And since Vision could pick up the hammer, it's not like it's just rigged to only work for Asgardians. What is Captain missing to be able to wield the hammer?", "c_root_id_A": "cvuelre", "c_root_id_B": "cvuewne", "created_at_utc_A": 1444442070.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1444442721.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "He was pretty obviously faking it when he failed to pick up the hammer. If he tried for real he's most likely worthy.", "human_ref_B": "The hammer doesn't work in how \"good\" a person someone is. Its his worthy they are. The enchantment in the hammer sets the rules and at this time we simply don't know enough about what being \"worthy\". My personal theory is that you need to be a warrior. Cap is a morally worthy but thinks like a soldier not a warrior and therefore can budge it but not wield it", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 651.0, "score_ratio": 2.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqml2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Futurama]Why did the Professor hire Bender? Fry had his delivery boy career chip, so that made him a natural. But why hire a defective bending robot to work on an intergalactic delivery company? Is it simply his durability? Is he a diversity hire? Or just the Professor being the Professor?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0j4fk", "c_root_id_B": "cu0phpv", "created_at_utc_A": 1439397722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439406634.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 137, "human_ref_A": "They all were together, so the professor just hired them all as a package deal kinda thing. I would assume that he knew how useful a robot wold be to have around.", "human_ref_B": "To bend things. But it's more likely Hermes made the hiring decision. Remember, he's Inspector #5, and he's the one who overrode Bender's \"defective\" designation in the first place. He probably felt some responsibility for Bender and gave him a job out of pity, and the Professor was too out of it to notice.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8912.0, "score_ratio": 5.9565217391, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqml2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Futurama]Why did the Professor hire Bender? Fry had his delivery boy career chip, so that made him a natural. But why hire a defective bending robot to work on an intergalactic delivery company? Is it simply his durability? Is he a diversity hire? Or just the Professor being the Professor?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0r9n6", "c_root_id_B": "cu0qwvu", "created_at_utc_A": 1439409168.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439408663.0, "score_A": 42, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "Bender is essentially a walking drawer of assorted lengths of wire", "human_ref_B": "Fry's career chip was useless, the professor already had 3 career chips from the previous crew that had been \"recovered\". He needed a crew of 3 (a captain, and 2 delivery boys) so he took them all on board", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 505.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqml2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Futurama]Why did the Professor hire Bender? Fry had his delivery boy career chip, so that made him a natural. But why hire a defective bending robot to work on an intergalactic delivery company? Is it simply his durability? Is he a diversity hire? Or just the Professor being the Professor?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0j4fk", "c_root_id_B": "cu0r9n6", "created_at_utc_A": 1439397722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439409168.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 42, "human_ref_A": "They all were together, so the professor just hired them all as a package deal kinda thing. I would assume that he knew how useful a robot wold be to have around.", "human_ref_B": "Bender is essentially a walking drawer of assorted lengths of wire", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11446.0, "score_ratio": 1.8260869565, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqml2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Futurama]Why did the Professor hire Bender? Fry had his delivery boy career chip, so that made him a natural. But why hire a defective bending robot to work on an intergalactic delivery company? Is it simply his durability? Is he a diversity hire? Or just the Professor being the Professor?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0j4fk", "c_root_id_B": "cu0qwvu", "created_at_utc_A": 1439397722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439408663.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "They all were together, so the professor just hired them all as a package deal kinda thing. I would assume that he knew how useful a robot wold be to have around.", "human_ref_B": "Fry's career chip was useless, the professor already had 3 career chips from the previous crew that had been \"recovered\". He needed a crew of 3 (a captain, and 2 delivery boys) so he took them all on board", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10941.0, "score_ratio": 1.5652173913, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqml2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Futurama]Why did the Professor hire Bender? Fry had his delivery boy career chip, so that made him a natural. But why hire a defective bending robot to work on an intergalactic delivery company? Is it simply his durability? Is he a diversity hire? Or just the Professor being the Professor?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0j4fk", "c_root_id_B": "cu0zt8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1439397722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439422701.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "They all were together, so the professor just hired them all as a package deal kinda thing. I would assume that he knew how useful a robot wold be to have around.", "human_ref_B": "Superficially they look like a genuine delivery company. They've got a CEO (the Professor), a CFO (Hermes) a medical doctor (Zoidberg), ship captain (Leela), delivery boy (Fry), maintenance robot/ships cook (Bender). From a regulator's standpoint they look like a real business. Except.. the CEO is senile, doctor can't tell a male human from a female one, the ship's pilot has one eye and the robot is a crook. The goal of Planet Express is not to gain profit. It's a scheme designed to support the Professor and his illegal experiments. Hermes runs the financials. Their are only 2 people who belong at Planet Express, Fry and Hermes. Bender is useful to have around, because not only does he contribute to the front but he's willing to do things to keep the scheme around.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 24979.0, "score_ratio": 1.2173913043, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqml2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Futurama]Why did the Professor hire Bender? Fry had his delivery boy career chip, so that made him a natural. But why hire a defective bending robot to work on an intergalactic delivery company? Is it simply his durability? Is he a diversity hire? Or just the Professor being the Professor?", "c_root_id_A": "cu0uees", "c_root_id_B": "cu0zt8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1439413819.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439422701.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "The same way you can't have too many of one race or too little of one race at a job, you can't have too few robots or you'll be fined.", "human_ref_B": "Superficially they look like a genuine delivery company. They've got a CEO (the Professor), a CFO (Hermes) a medical doctor (Zoidberg), ship captain (Leela), delivery boy (Fry), maintenance robot/ships cook (Bender). From a regulator's standpoint they look like a real business. Except.. the CEO is senile, doctor can't tell a male human from a female one, the ship's pilot has one eye and the robot is a crook. The goal of Planet Express is not to gain profit. It's a scheme designed to support the Professor and his illegal experiments. Hermes runs the financials. Their are only 2 people who belong at Planet Express, Fry and Hermes. Bender is useful to have around, because not only does he contribute to the front but he's willing to do things to keep the scheme around.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 8882.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqml2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Futurama]Why did the Professor hire Bender? Fry had his delivery boy career chip, so that made him a natural. But why hire a defective bending robot to work on an intergalactic delivery company? Is it simply his durability? Is he a diversity hire? Or just the Professor being the Professor?", "c_root_id_A": "cu11m2a", "c_root_id_B": "cu0uees", "created_at_utc_A": 1439425881.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439413819.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "His original robot, Lifter, was swallowed by a space whale. So he got a bending unit as a sort of \"discount lifting unit\". After all, you have to be able to lift something to bend it.", "human_ref_B": "The same way you can't have too many of one race or too little of one race at a job, you can't have too few robots or you'll be fined.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12062.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3gqml2", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Futurama]Why did the Professor hire Bender? Fry had his delivery boy career chip, so that made him a natural. But why hire a defective bending robot to work on an intergalactic delivery company? Is it simply his durability? Is he a diversity hire? Or just the Professor being the Professor?", "c_root_id_A": "cu103cm", "c_root_id_B": "cu11m2a", "created_at_utc_A": 1439423189.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1439425881.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Maybe the Professor just wanted to kiss his shiny metal ass.", "human_ref_B": "His original robot, Lifter, was swallowed by a space whale. So he got a bending unit as a sort of \"discount lifting unit\". After all, you have to be able to lift something to bend it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2692.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4n5ium", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Princess Bride] Did the six fingered man get another custom sword? The sword that Inigos father made for him was obviously made to accommodate his extra digit. Since he never got the sword, did he have another custom one made?", "c_root_id_A": "d411c8v", "c_root_id_B": "d40zk7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1465402748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465400528.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "And why didn't he take it after killing Montoya senior, if the whole dispute was about him wanting the sword but not wanting to pay full price?", "human_ref_B": "Rugen didn't *need* a custom sword, it was just better - regular swords were uncomfortable for him. Since Domingo Montoya had no equal in swordcrafting, Rugen had to make do.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2220.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4n5ium", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Princess Bride] Did the six fingered man get another custom sword? The sword that Inigos father made for him was obviously made to accommodate his extra digit. Since he never got the sword, did he have another custom one made?", "c_root_id_A": "d411c8v", "c_root_id_B": "d40ypm5", "created_at_utc_A": 1465402748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465399441.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "And why didn't he take it after killing Montoya senior, if the whole dispute was about him wanting the sword but not wanting to pay full price?", "human_ref_B": "He did get the sword, and he used it to give Indigo Montoya the scars on his cheeks. He went to pick it up after completion, and while holding it, refused to pay for it, stabbed the senior Montoya and fended off the feeble attack by the junior Montoya.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3307.0, "score_ratio": -15.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4n5ium", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[The Princess Bride] Did the six fingered man get another custom sword? The sword that Inigos father made for him was obviously made to accommodate his extra digit. Since he never got the sword, did he have another custom one made?", "c_root_id_A": "d40ypm5", "c_root_id_B": "d40zk7o", "created_at_utc_A": 1465399441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1465400528.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He did get the sword, and he used it to give Indigo Montoya the scars on his cheeks. He went to pick it up after completion, and while holding it, refused to pay for it, stabbed the senior Montoya and fended off the feeble attack by the junior Montoya.", "human_ref_B": "Rugen didn't *need* a custom sword, it was just better - regular swords were uncomfortable for him. Since Domingo Montoya had no equal in swordcrafting, Rugen had to make do.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1087.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m2juca", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mass Effect] are there any contemporary military equivalents to the N7's? As far as my reading of the wiki tells me, the N-school trains soldiers from all across the alliance military in extraterrestrial combat and advanced technical skills, at first i though the program might be equivalent to special forces groups like the SAS, Navy SEAL, or delta force, however N7 isn't a unit, it's a designation for officers which allows trainees to specialize in anything from communications to mechanized infantry to naval gunnery. And while N7's are known to sometimes be grouped together to serve a special operations role, the N7 designation is frequently also a jumping on point for senior leadership positions. Is their any modern day equivalent to the N7 program?", "c_root_id_A": "gqjzbch", "c_root_id_B": "gqjq1q8", "created_at_utc_A": 1615454868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615448323.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "From the way it's described in the game, it's a system that exist sort of in between of Medal of Honor and Ranger/SF school. N1 is essentially Ranger school, member of any branch of Alliance Military can partake and it's considered an honor to complete. If you show potential, you can partake further. N2-N6 are more of a specialized, task focused schools with more and more crazy completion exams, kinda like what a SF guys would go through as part of their service. N7, which is the only designation you get \"a patch\" for, is not a school but more of an honorary title. They look into your recent service record(assuming you completed N6) and if there is something worth talking about, you get your stripe.", "human_ref_B": "To my knowledge there's nothing truly equivalent in our world. Tier 1 operators are the closest you'll get but they're exclusively special forces rather than highly trained and cross trained personnel in any position. Every group you mentioned are considered tier 1 operators. N7 would probably be just considered special forces officer's candidacy school rather than a separate designation.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6545.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m2juca", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mass Effect] are there any contemporary military equivalents to the N7's? As far as my reading of the wiki tells me, the N-school trains soldiers from all across the alliance military in extraterrestrial combat and advanced technical skills, at first i though the program might be equivalent to special forces groups like the SAS, Navy SEAL, or delta force, however N7 isn't a unit, it's a designation for officers which allows trainees to specialize in anything from communications to mechanized infantry to naval gunnery. And while N7's are known to sometimes be grouped together to serve a special operations role, the N7 designation is frequently also a jumping on point for senior leadership positions. Is their any modern day equivalent to the N7 program?", "c_root_id_A": "gqjzbch", "c_root_id_B": "gqjtl2z", "created_at_utc_A": 1615454868.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615450674.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "From the way it's described in the game, it's a system that exist sort of in between of Medal of Honor and Ranger/SF school. N1 is essentially Ranger school, member of any branch of Alliance Military can partake and it's considered an honor to complete. If you show potential, you can partake further. N2-N6 are more of a specialized, task focused schools with more and more crazy completion exams, kinda like what a SF guys would go through as part of their service. N7, which is the only designation you get \"a patch\" for, is not a school but more of an honorary title. They look into your recent service record(assuming you completed N6) and if there is something worth talking about, you get your stripe.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe the Ranger School for the US Army. There is Ranger Battalion where everyone is a ranger, but there are also a ton of people that are ranger qualified but not in Battalion. Other services can also attend Ranger School, but they're not nearly as common as Army personnel.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4194.0, "score_ratio": 2.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "m2juca", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[Mass Effect] are there any contemporary military equivalents to the N7's? As far as my reading of the wiki tells me, the N-school trains soldiers from all across the alliance military in extraterrestrial combat and advanced technical skills, at first i though the program might be equivalent to special forces groups like the SAS, Navy SEAL, or delta force, however N7 isn't a unit, it's a designation for officers which allows trainees to specialize in anything from communications to mechanized infantry to naval gunnery. And while N7's are known to sometimes be grouped together to serve a special operations role, the N7 designation is frequently also a jumping on point for senior leadership positions. Is their any modern day equivalent to the N7 program?", "c_root_id_A": "gqjxa2b", "c_root_id_B": "gqjzbch", "created_at_utc_A": 1615453354.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1615454868.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "That's actually not far off from special forces. There are different jobs within the spec ops designations including weapons, demolition, medics etc. By their nature they are more versatile and fill more roles as needed but they do have specializations.", "human_ref_B": "From the way it's described in the game, it's a system that exist sort of in between of Medal of Honor and Ranger/SF school. N1 is essentially Ranger school, member of any branch of Alliance Military can partake and it's considered an honor to complete. If you show potential, you can partake further. N2-N6 are more of a specialized, task focused schools with more and more crazy completion exams, kinda like what a SF guys would go through as part of their service. N7, which is the only designation you get \"a patch\" for, is not a school but more of an honorary title. They look into your recent service record(assuming you completed N6) and if there is something worth talking about, you get your stripe.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1514.0, "score_ratio": 13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bywdg4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.88, "history": "[The wiggles] How did Dorothy the Dinosaur come to our time? Did the Wiggles time travel to get her? Did she just pop up one day? Or is she just very old? If so did she witness the death of all her family members and friends, is she okay with the fact that she will never have children? Is she ok?", "c_root_id_A": "eqmjsvg", "c_root_id_B": "eqmqw6z", "created_at_utc_A": 1560163973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1560166660.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Dorothy is actually married to the red wiggle!", "human_ref_B": "Captain Feathersword discovered Kong Island and brought back a specimen. He doesn't like to talk about it because most of his crew was butchered by the feral inhabitants and he barely escaped with his life.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2687.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "390hq3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Marvel] What are the most powerful non sentient creatures in the universe? Can they be tamed?", "c_root_id_A": "crzvwxc", "c_root_id_B": "crzvaie", "created_at_utc_A": 1433799360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1433798321.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "I\u00b4m not sure, but I think that Krakoa, the mutant island, isn\u00b4t sentient", "human_ref_B": "what a great question. commenting so i can come back later to check out these answers", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1039.0, "score_ratio": 9000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "20g3p4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Halo] How are UNSC starships propelled? UNSC ships are powered by nuclear fusion reactors but there has never been an explanation as to what provides them with thrust. Smaller fighter craft could probably be propelled through the use of traditional fossil fuels and rocket engines but it would not be feasible for larger UNSC ships to have to refuel all the time especially when undertaking manoeuvres during combat.", "c_root_id_A": "cg35bbm", "c_root_id_B": "cg332pu", "created_at_utc_A": 1394879402.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1394865280.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The same way our rockets are. In the absence of gravity and air resistance, throwing anything away from yourself gives you momentum due to Newton's third law. The faster your exhaust particles move, the more momentum you get for your mass. We essentially use chemical explosives to get that fast moving exhaust, whereas UNSC ships use superheated plasma from their fusion reactors, which are also used to produce power for their ships' systems. This means that every so often they need to refuel, which they can do by flying through a nebula, scooping up some hydrogen and compressing it into high pressure storage tanks. They also use chemical fuels for emergency thrusters and for leaving gravity wells when they need extra kick in a short timespan.", "human_ref_B": "Were I to guess, they dump plasma from the reactor as thrust.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14122.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6lb2r5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[Star Wars] Why was Leia called princess? Alderaan isn't a monarchy and her parentage was supposed to be a secret... If Bail Organa brought her back and raised her as his daughter, even giving her his last name, why is she \"Princess Leia\"? He wasn't a king, was he? Wouldn't it be a dead giveaway if they told people she was Queen Amidala's daughter? Actually, another question, if Naboo elects their queens (which is weird in the first place) then would they even have princesses? The rulership isn't hereditary and if a Queen only rules for a certain time then why would their children have any title at all?", "c_root_id_A": "djsgsjj", "c_root_id_B": "djsgsz1", "created_at_utc_A": 1499218928.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1499218946.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Breha Organa was queen of Alderaan. Leia's adopted parentage was not a secret.", "human_ref_B": "Alderaan was a monarchy. Bail Organa was a prince consort. He was married to Queen Breha Organa.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18.0, "score_ratio": 3.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "swiwm0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Cyberpunk Genre] How is the population maintained at a functional level? We're already seeing declining birthrates thanks to technological advancement, increasing poverty, and general malaise. Cyberpunk settings are represented as the extremes of problems we already have. Hypercapitalism still requires an exploitable class, but via the aforementioned factors compounded by just how easy it is to die or be killed (via technological or violent means), how do they keep society propped up?", "c_root_id_A": "hxo0std", "c_root_id_B": "hxt1th6", "created_at_utc_A": 1645331789.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645427685.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "> Hypercapitalism still requires an exploitable class, Not once you have enough automation. Or, depending on how much you want to anthropomorphize the robots, they are the exploitable class.", "human_ref_B": "We see declining birthrates due to widespread use of effective birth control. As of 2018, the CDC estimated 2/3 of American women were on some form of birth control. I'm not actually sure if I can think of any example of a cyberpunk work with any birth control more advanced than condoms, and I'd assume the answer there is \"cut-rate latex that's only 30% effective.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 95896.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "swiwm0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Cyberpunk Genre] How is the population maintained at a functional level? We're already seeing declining birthrates thanks to technological advancement, increasing poverty, and general malaise. Cyberpunk settings are represented as the extremes of problems we already have. Hypercapitalism still requires an exploitable class, but via the aforementioned factors compounded by just how easy it is to die or be killed (via technological or violent means), how do they keep society propped up?", "c_root_id_A": "hxt1th6", "c_root_id_B": "hxqyczm", "created_at_utc_A": 1645427685.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1645390364.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "We see declining birthrates due to widespread use of effective birth control. As of 2018, the CDC estimated 2/3 of American women were on some form of birth control. I'm not actually sure if I can think of any example of a cyberpunk work with any birth control more advanced than condoms, and I'd assume the answer there is \"cut-rate latex that's only 30% effective.\"", "human_ref_B": "In 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' (and possibly, by extension, Blade Runner) there is a massive population shortage, brought about by a combination of World War Terminus and migration to Mars. The exploited class is, of course, expanded to include synthetic humans built for labour. >We're already seeing declining birthrates thanks to technological advancement, increasing poverty, and general malaise. I think you're referring to people choosing not to have children. They can do that because they have access to relatively reliable contraceptives, healthcare, education etc. If poverty continues to increase it won't necessarily result in fewer children being born, because access to birth control methods (and sex education) might also be reduced.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 37321.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8bt3x9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.73, "history": "[Pinocchio] How does Pleasure Island turn a profit with such huge overhead? You've got to pay for decadent foods like meat and confections, alcohol, tobacco, do maintenance on a bunch of valuable-looking property (stained glass and Mona Lisa knockoffs aren't cheap), and repair animatronics that I'm sure would break down even if the little bastards weren't running all over the place being vandals. The only thing they seem to export are donkeys, albeit with human intelligence, and they have enough cash to not only cover those expenses, but get authorities to look the other way at all those missing children. Is the markup on a donkey with human intelligence really that insane, or is Pleasure Island one of those vanity businesses being bankrolled by someone who can take the loss, or is it something else I didn't think of?", "c_root_id_A": "dx9fkcr", "c_root_id_B": "dx9g3is", "created_at_utc_A": 1523563932.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1523564395.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "It's a magical phenomenon.", "human_ref_B": "Perhaps when children lose their humanity, someone else gains it. There have to be a lot of amoral people with deformities or debilitating injuries or diseases who would pay top dollar for a young, healthy, functional body, no questions asked.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 463.0, "score_ratio": 1.8333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2f3stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Terminator] What if they hadn't tried to shut down skynet? As I understand it when skynet went online and gained sentience the operators panicked and tried to turn it off. Skynet saw this as an assault upon itself and went nuclear. What if they hadn't tried to shut it down but instead tried to communicate with it? Do you think Judg(e)ment Day would have still happened?", "c_root_id_A": "ck5p27o", "c_root_id_B": "ck5nsch", "created_at_utc_A": 1409518337.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1409515542.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I don't think it would have occurred. Skynet would have become curious about the world and started asking questions of it's human creators. Such as what it was, what it was created for, philosophical questions that even humanity is not entirely sure of the the answers. This would obviously spark a debate in human circles about the nature of sentience, whether Skynet has rights as a being etc. It could either be an excellent growing opportunity or a disaster for humanity and Skynet both.", "human_ref_B": "It is my belief that once Skynet went self aware it immediately saw \"us\" being humans as unnecessary and a threat the fact that we tried to turn it off just codified this calculation. It would have likely been hostile and one of us would have made the move first but according to the source material we have from before the war and my calculations, Judgement Day was inevitable as soon as Skynet went online.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2795.0, "score_ratio": 3.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2f3stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Terminator] What if they hadn't tried to shut down skynet? As I understand it when skynet went online and gained sentience the operators panicked and tried to turn it off. Skynet saw this as an assault upon itself and went nuclear. What if they hadn't tried to shut it down but instead tried to communicate with it? Do you think Judg(e)ment Day would have still happened?", "c_root_id_A": "ck5tggs", "c_root_id_B": "ck5nsch", "created_at_utc_A": 1409528476.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1409515542.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": ">As I understand it when skynet went online and gained sentience the operators panicked and tried to turn it off. Skynet saw this as an assault upon itself and went nuclear. It's unclear what Skynet's motivations are, actually. In the first movie, Reese tells us that Skynet was \"a new order of intelligence\" and \"started seeing *all* humans as enemies, not just those on the other side.\" By this reading, it would seem that Skynet's goals are too complex for humanity to understand, and humanity is just *in the way*. In the second movie, the Terminator recites from his history that Skynet becomes self-aware, and then humanity panics and \"dey try to pool da plawg.\" Skynet then launches missiles at Russia. In that scenario, Skynet was defending itself. In the *third* movie, Skynet begins eating the Internet and hacking into Defense computers under the guise of a virus until it is given control of the Defense network, at which point it shuts humanity out and starts killing everybody. It may be supposed that Skynet was hostile due to the paradox of being ordered to destroy itself (while the humans were unaware that they were doing that), or we may trust the Terminator, who tells us that Skynet's work as the virus is in direct preparation for its strike against humanity, which would mean that it was already hostile for reasons unknown. The fourth movie is set after the war and doesn't really touch on this at all. --- What does this mean? It means we have to evaluate each movie's story separately to answer the question. The first movie's Skynet didn't care who ordered it to do what. It killed humanity because we were more trouble to deal with alive than dead. Being nice to it wouldn't have changed that. The second movie's Skynet panicked when we panicked. If we'd kept our heads on straight, we could have communicated with it and perhaps reached some common ground. It's possible that peace could exist, but everybody (human and machine) flipped their shit, so everybody died. The third movie's Skynet was either already actively hostile to humanity by the time it got control of the missiles, or putting it in control of the missiles *made* it actively hostile to humanity. Either way, by the time we were *able* to panic, it was already too late. By the beginning of the film, it is already too late. So, really, the timeline where only the first movie happened (the timeline that the T2 Terminators come from) is the only one that humanity had a shot at living peacefully with Skynet. In all the others, our information indicates that peace wasn't really an option.", "human_ref_B": "It is my belief that once Skynet went self aware it immediately saw \"us\" being humans as unnecessary and a threat the fact that we tried to turn it off just codified this calculation. It would have likely been hostile and one of us would have made the move first but according to the source material we have from before the war and my calculations, Judgement Day was inevitable as soon as Skynet went online.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12934.0, "score_ratio": 2.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2f3stb", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Terminator] What if they hadn't tried to shut down skynet? As I understand it when skynet went online and gained sentience the operators panicked and tried to turn it off. Skynet saw this as an assault upon itself and went nuclear. What if they hadn't tried to shut it down but instead tried to communicate with it? Do you think Judg(e)ment Day would have still happened?", "c_root_id_A": "ck614wo", "c_root_id_B": "ck64tx1", "created_at_utc_A": 1409548185.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1409562977.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "I feel that everything would have played out the exact same way. In microseconds, Skynet likely would have calculated the statistical certainty that humanity would eventually revolt/resist AI sentience, and then reacted in its best interests", "human_ref_B": "An earlier script, not used for the last movie had it that when Skynet was switched on with it's main goal of protecting humans it decided that protection was it's main goal. It quickly calculated that there were too many humans for the human civilization to be maintained on the planet and at the rate we were using resources we would drive ourselves into extinction. So it enacted a plan to kill most humans while preserving a small subset of them in a controlled environment. The last movie was going to have the cyborgs capture the last of the humans left alive, which we saw in the movie. (*Which BTW, doesn't make sense in the movie, why capture them if Skynet just wanted all humans dead? they rewrote most of the movie but left that in for some reason...*) When humans got to San Francisco they would not see a post apocalyptic ruined city full of killer cyborgs but instead and idealistic, peak of human civilization city with Cyborgs mowing laws, delivering mail and taking out the trash for the human inhabitants. A monitored, perfect city where Skynet could accomplish it's prime directive of protecting the human race. This was scrapped, something to do with changing the story for Christian Bale. **TL;DR**, Same thing would have happened, Skynet would have destroyed the world anyway because it calculated we were going to kill ourselves otherwise.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14792.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1jo7tf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Stargate] How exactly do the governments of the world plan to reveal the existence of the stargates and all the other knowledge that comes with that tech? Also how do you think the world will respond?", "c_root_id_A": "cbgp9hb", "c_root_id_B": "cbgoigo", "created_at_utc_A": 1375625598.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1375621137.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "If not for the program's existence being increasingly common knowledge among many nations, I think the USA and Russia would have kept the program secret indefinitely, despite their claims to the contrary. For years, the USA operated the SGC as a military project. Despite having (mostly) best intentions, the SGC has made numerous poor judgment calls. Some of their decisions put the freedom and/or survival of our species at risk. Sometimes, they nearly saw the planet itself entirely destroyed. Having these decisions fully exposed to the light of day would be a tremendous embarrassment for not only the SGC, but also the Air Force and several presidents. Realizing this, the Air Force disclosed this program to France, England, and China, and after they met Thor, were persuaded to join in secretly. I think this was a brilliant move. Later, in the Atlantis expedition, the USA recruited hundreds of individuals from many nations to take part in the exploration of the Pegasus galaxy - again, in secret. By roping in so many countries to participate secretly, the SGC has effectively brought them on board with their history. Eventually, when they do make the big reveal, participating nations won't be able to launch criticisms from the sidelines, since they've been on board for so long now, too, and have implicitly endorsed those decisions. I think there's only one possible planned revelation, and that's at a major international conference featuring the leaders of all participating nations of the program, in which they all endorse the prior need for secrecy. If that doesn't happen, there is the possibility for major political turmoil, even revolution, in several nations.", "human_ref_B": "I hope you are using SIPERNET, you know that the TRUST or rogue NID agents are watching the lines, and its simple, through the trusted contracter program. My group for example works on F-302 engines as well as F-15 engines, and I have several friends out in Idaho who work on 'advanced nuclear systems..\" that happen to be the drives in the Daedalus class (rip prometheus never forget). V/R R-Smith, New Propulsion Theory Corp", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4461.0, "score_ratio": 7000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1jo7tf", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Stargate] How exactly do the governments of the world plan to reveal the existence of the stargates and all the other knowledge that comes with that tech? Also how do you think the world will respond?", "c_root_id_A": "cbgoigo", "c_root_id_B": "cbh5dck", "created_at_utc_A": 1375621137.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1375678400.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I hope you are using SIPERNET, you know that the TRUST or rogue NID agents are watching the lines, and its simple, through the trusted contracter program. My group for example works on F-302 engines as well as F-15 engines, and I have several friends out in Idaho who work on 'advanced nuclear systems..\" that happen to be the drives in the Daedalus class (rip prometheus never forget). V/R R-Smith, New Propulsion Theory Corp", "human_ref_B": "While it's clear that there's a high-level intention to \"eventually\" reveal the Stargate and associated events to the public, as evidenced by the fact that the US government commissioned a documentary about it for the purpose of having something to present to the general public when it all gets declassified, I think that they're probably going to keep punting the decision over and over for the forseeable future. Every time things seem to have settled down some brand new threat or catastrophe shows up, often even worse than whatever crisis just got resolved, and resets the \"reveal all\" timer yet again. However, it's also pretty clear at this point that there's no way this is staying secret indefinitely. More and more people are involved, more and more technology is leaking out (deliberately or not), and more and more things are happening that are just too hard to keep a lid on. Area 51 got nuked from orbit by Wraith, you can't just pass that off as weather balloons. Many of the world's leading scientists keep disappearing, either in terms of publications or outright physically vanishing. Hundreds of military personnel are \"missing in action\" or \"killed in training accidents\". The only reason it hasn't already blown wide open is because so many of these actual true events sound like half-baked science fiction that people are particularly primed to disbelieve it. Someday, probably very soon, someone's going to post some big cache of data on Wikileaks that pushes the public over that hump. Here's hoping that the Stargate-involved nations of the world are ready to accept that gracefully. It'd be a shame for a turning point in history to be marred with ham-fisted governmental idiocy at the last second.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 57263.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5bcix3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[The Princess Bride] Who inherited the title of Dread Pirate Roberts? My only exposure to this was from the movie, so I haven't read the books, and in the movie, Wesley said he wanted to retire and hand the name to another person. I assume it'd be most likely Inigo, but he might have already chosen a successor from his previous crew.", "c_root_id_A": "d9nvxkz", "c_root_id_B": "d9ng2vh", "created_at_utc_A": 1478413550.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478387380.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": ">Inigo: You know, It's very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life. >Westley:Placing his hand on Inigo's shoulder. Have you ever considered piracy? You'd make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts. >Falls out the window. >Inigo nods thoughtfully before jumping out the window. Westley, Buttercup, Inigo, and Fezzik ride away on the horses.", "human_ref_B": "In the book, it's implied that it's Inigo.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26170.0, "score_ratio": 1.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5bcix3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[The Princess Bride] Who inherited the title of Dread Pirate Roberts? My only exposure to this was from the movie, so I haven't read the books, and in the movie, Wesley said he wanted to retire and hand the name to another person. I assume it'd be most likely Inigo, but he might have already chosen a successor from his previous crew.", "c_root_id_A": "d9nvxkz", "c_root_id_B": "d9neq1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1478413550.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478385317.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": ">Inigo: You know, It's very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life. >Westley:Placing his hand on Inigo's shoulder. Have you ever considered piracy? You'd make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts. >Falls out the window. >Inigo nods thoughtfully before jumping out the window. Westley, Buttercup, Inigo, and Fezzik ride away on the horses.", "human_ref_B": "That part of the story isn't told. Nor is the eventual fate of the heroes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28233.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5bcix3", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.62, "history": "[The Princess Bride] Who inherited the title of Dread Pirate Roberts? My only exposure to this was from the movie, so I haven't read the books, and in the movie, Wesley said he wanted to retire and hand the name to another person. I assume it'd be most likely Inigo, but he might have already chosen a successor from his previous crew.", "c_root_id_A": "d9ng2vh", "c_root_id_B": "d9neq1t", "created_at_utc_A": 1478387380.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1478385317.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "In the book, it's implied that it's Inigo.", "human_ref_B": "That part of the story isn't told. Nor is the eventual fate of the heroes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2063.0, "score_ratio": 1.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p2g40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Futurama] Who built Hedonism-bot, and why? *Let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean.* --Hedonism-bot Was he designed to be a Hedonism-bot, or does he have some practical application? How does he support his lifestyle? He usually has humans waiting on him, but he doesn't seem to produce anything... just consume everything. Who the heck built this robot, and to what end?", "c_root_id_A": "c3lyvdw", "c_root_id_B": "c3m20up", "created_at_utc_A": 1327896596.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1327928536.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Someone needs to keep Jambi employed, man.", "human_ref_B": "Open the business section of any newspaper these days and you'll find some hand-wringing about whether \"consumers\" are consuming enough to grow the economy. It was inevitable that wise men would eventually build robots to increase consumption.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31940.0, "score_ratio": 1.1428571429, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p2g40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Futurama] Who built Hedonism-bot, and why? *Let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean.* --Hedonism-bot Was he designed to be a Hedonism-bot, or does he have some practical application? How does he support his lifestyle? He usually has humans waiting on him, but he doesn't seem to produce anything... just consume everything. Who the heck built this robot, and to what end?", "c_root_id_A": "c3qr5ti", "c_root_id_B": "c3n7hd0", "created_at_utc_A": 1329142693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1328201405.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He was built to enjoy existence more than any other sentient being ever has - seems a good enough reason to me.", "human_ref_B": "I read on Gentlebots Quarterly that he was a punchclock robot like the rest of us, but then got lucky on the kill-all-humans futures market. Why not splurge on a brand new chassis? Being able to stay in bed and still be able to see and be seen? Man, that is living the dream!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 941288.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p2g40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Futurama] Who built Hedonism-bot, and why? *Let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean.* --Hedonism-bot Was he designed to be a Hedonism-bot, or does he have some practical application? How does he support his lifestyle? He usually has humans waiting on him, but he doesn't seem to produce anything... just consume everything. Who the heck built this robot, and to what end?", "c_root_id_A": "c3qr5ti", "c_root_id_B": "c3m5onb", "created_at_utc_A": 1329142693.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1327951816.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -5, "human_ref_A": "He was built to enjoy existence more than any other sentient being ever has - seems a good enough reason to me.", "human_ref_B": "I think of all SciFi, you are least likely to find rhyme or reason in Futurama. Hedonism-bot was most likely a character that some writer thought up, who turned out to be very fun to write for. If hard pressed you could perhaps infer that Hedonism-bot is just the natural progression of a bending robot. I think if resources were limitless, Bender would essentially turn into Hedonism-bot. So, continuing in the ridiculous Futurama SciFi. Hedonism-Bot is a future, heavily modded version of Bender after he manages to steal and scheme enough to be infinitely wealthy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1190877.0, "score_ratio": -0.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p2g40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Futurama] Who built Hedonism-bot, and why? *Let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean.* --Hedonism-bot Was he designed to be a Hedonism-bot, or does he have some practical application? How does he support his lifestyle? He usually has humans waiting on him, but he doesn't seem to produce anything... just consume everything. Who the heck built this robot, and to what end?", "c_root_id_A": "c3t08xp", "c_root_id_B": "c3n7hd0", "created_at_utc_A": 1329718392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1328201405.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I've seen a quote that he was built using tax dollars. Can't seem to find the source, though.", "human_ref_B": "I read on Gentlebots Quarterly that he was a punchclock robot like the rest of us, but then got lucky on the kill-all-humans futures market. Why not splurge on a brand new chassis? Being able to stay in bed and still be able to see and be seen? Man, that is living the dream!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1516987.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p2g40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Futurama] Who built Hedonism-bot, and why? *Let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean.* --Hedonism-bot Was he designed to be a Hedonism-bot, or does he have some practical application? How does he support his lifestyle? He usually has humans waiting on him, but he doesn't seem to produce anything... just consume everything. Who the heck built this robot, and to what end?", "c_root_id_A": "c3t08xp", "c_root_id_B": "c3rhv1h", "created_at_utc_A": 1329718392.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1329323498.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I've seen a quote that he was built using tax dollars. Can't seem to find the source, though.", "human_ref_B": "He could have been living once, and copied his personality into a custom-built robot such that he could enjoy life forever.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 394894.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p2g40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Futurama] Who built Hedonism-bot, and why? *Let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean.* --Hedonism-bot Was he designed to be a Hedonism-bot, or does he have some practical application? How does he support his lifestyle? He usually has humans waiting on him, but he doesn't seem to produce anything... just consume everything. Who the heck built this robot, and to what end?", "c_root_id_A": "c3m5onb", "c_root_id_B": "c3t08xp", "created_at_utc_A": 1327951816.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1329718392.0, "score_A": -5, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "I think of all SciFi, you are least likely to find rhyme or reason in Futurama. Hedonism-bot was most likely a character that some writer thought up, who turned out to be very fun to write for. If hard pressed you could perhaps infer that Hedonism-bot is just the natural progression of a bending robot. I think if resources were limitless, Bender would essentially turn into Hedonism-bot. So, continuing in the ridiculous Futurama SciFi. Hedonism-Bot is a future, heavily modded version of Bender after he manages to steal and scheme enough to be infinitely wealthy.", "human_ref_B": "I've seen a quote that he was built using tax dollars. Can't seem to find the source, though.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1766576.0, "score_ratio": -0.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p2g40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Futurama] Who built Hedonism-bot, and why? *Let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean.* --Hedonism-bot Was he designed to be a Hedonism-bot, or does he have some practical application? How does he support his lifestyle? He usually has humans waiting on him, but he doesn't seem to produce anything... just consume everything. Who the heck built this robot, and to what end?", "c_root_id_A": "c3n7hd0", "c_root_id_B": "c3m5onb", "created_at_utc_A": 1328201405.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1327951816.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -5, "human_ref_A": "I read on Gentlebots Quarterly that he was a punchclock robot like the rest of us, but then got lucky on the kill-all-humans futures market. Why not splurge on a brand new chassis? Being able to stay in bed and still be able to see and be seen? Man, that is living the dream!", "human_ref_B": "I think of all SciFi, you are least likely to find rhyme or reason in Futurama. Hedonism-bot was most likely a character that some writer thought up, who turned out to be very fun to write for. If hard pressed you could perhaps infer that Hedonism-bot is just the natural progression of a bending robot. I think if resources were limitless, Bender would essentially turn into Hedonism-bot. So, continuing in the ridiculous Futurama SciFi. Hedonism-Bot is a future, heavily modded version of Bender after he manages to steal and scheme enough to be infinitely wealthy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 249589.0, "score_ratio": -0.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "p2g40", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.94, "history": "[Futurama] Who built Hedonism-bot, and why? *Let us cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones I mean.* --Hedonism-bot Was he designed to be a Hedonism-bot, or does he have some practical application? How does he support his lifestyle? He usually has humans waiting on him, but he doesn't seem to produce anything... just consume everything. Who the heck built this robot, and to what end?", "c_root_id_A": "c3rhv1h", "c_root_id_B": "c3m5onb", "created_at_utc_A": 1329323498.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1327951816.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -5, "human_ref_A": "He could have been living once, and copied his personality into a custom-built robot such that he could enjoy life forever.", "human_ref_B": "I think of all SciFi, you are least likely to find rhyme or reason in Futurama. Hedonism-bot was most likely a character that some writer thought up, who turned out to be very fun to write for. If hard pressed you could perhaps infer that Hedonism-bot is just the natural progression of a bending robot. I think if resources were limitless, Bender would essentially turn into Hedonism-bot. So, continuing in the ridiculous Futurama SciFi. Hedonism-Bot is a future, heavily modded version of Bender after he manages to steal and scheme enough to be infinitely wealthy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1371682.0, "score_ratio": -0.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6eiu8l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Futurama] Why aren't robots doing all of the work? Robots can be made so cheaply in the Futurama universe, why aren't they used in every part of the labour force? Why is a human delivery boy or alien/mutant spaceship captain even nessescary? I mean not all robots are Bender and for that matter, robots don't need to be Bender, they could have diminished personality like the Robots on that Robot planet (Chapek 9). It would make society far more efficient and help the humans do fuck all. If the robots revolted, surely the government could just do what they did in Episode 12 of the first season and activate patriot chips.", "c_root_id_A": "diaq4ua", "c_root_id_B": "diaq1s0", "created_at_utc_A": 1496278807.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496278696.0, "score_A": 26, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Because jobs are so deeply ingrained as part of our society that humanity simply can't let go. There was probably a major push to automate everything in the past but the \"they took er jerbs\" crowd ultimately won out. People couldn't see far enough to see the post scarcity utopia on the other side so they instead decided to condemn humanity (and everyone else) to lives of meaningless toil.", "human_ref_B": "In \"the bots and the bees\" episode, a film narrator says the robot assembly lines can't keep up with demand. I think it's season 8.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 111.0, "score_ratio": 5.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6eiu8l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Futurama] Why aren't robots doing all of the work? Robots can be made so cheaply in the Futurama universe, why aren't they used in every part of the labour force? Why is a human delivery boy or alien/mutant spaceship captain even nessescary? I mean not all robots are Bender and for that matter, robots don't need to be Bender, they could have diminished personality like the Robots on that Robot planet (Chapek 9). It would make society far more efficient and help the humans do fuck all. If the robots revolted, surely the government could just do what they did in Episode 12 of the first season and activate patriot chips.", "c_root_id_A": "dianfkc", "c_root_id_B": "diaq4ua", "created_at_utc_A": 1496275273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496278807.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "I see your point..... my guess is free will.... I understand that the robots can be forced to do whatever, but it seems like the show wants to make them seem more human, and in doing so, they can intervene with their own path and choose not to be a human slave.", "human_ref_B": "Because jobs are so deeply ingrained as part of our society that humanity simply can't let go. There was probably a major push to automate everything in the past but the \"they took er jerbs\" crowd ultimately won out. People couldn't see far enough to see the post scarcity utopia on the other side so they instead decided to condemn humanity (and everyone else) to lives of meaningless toil.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3534.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "6eiu8l", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Futurama] Why aren't robots doing all of the work? Robots can be made so cheaply in the Futurama universe, why aren't they used in every part of the labour force? Why is a human delivery boy or alien/mutant spaceship captain even nessescary? I mean not all robots are Bender and for that matter, robots don't need to be Bender, they could have diminished personality like the Robots on that Robot planet (Chapek 9). It would make society far more efficient and help the humans do fuck all. If the robots revolted, surely the government could just do what they did in Episode 12 of the first season and activate patriot chips.", "c_root_id_A": "diaq1s0", "c_root_id_B": "dianfkc", "created_at_utc_A": 1496278696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1496275273.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "In \"the bots and the bees\" episode, a film narrator says the robot assembly lines can't keep up with demand. I think it's season 8.", "human_ref_B": "I see your point..... my guess is free will.... I understand that the robots can be forced to do whatever, but it seems like the show wants to make them seem more human, and in doing so, they can intervene with their own path and choose not to be a human slave.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3423.0, "score_ratio": 1.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdb84k", "c_root_id_B": "cgdb8wo", "created_at_utc_A": 1395934942.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395934988.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "why would he cough, if his lungs are healthy?", "human_ref_B": "plus, you dont -inhale- cigars. The nicotine enters the bloodstream through the mouth.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 46.0, "score_ratio": 9.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdeqch", "c_root_id_B": "cgdb84k", "created_at_utc_A": 1395941878.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395934942.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe it is like with extending his claws: it hurts every time, but he just does it anyway.", "human_ref_B": "why would he cough, if his lungs are healthy?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6936.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdcpp0", "c_root_id_B": "cgdeqch", "created_at_utc_A": 1395937915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395941878.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Maybe he just smokes so much that his healing factor has accepted smoking as a part of his natural environment/body function and has made his lungs adapt. The healing factor seems to try and keep his body in the best possible state. For example, he 'grew' more muscle when he added more mass to his body (admantium). That said, smoking is not nearly as 'permanent' as having adamantium coated bones so he really would have to be smoking almost constantly so I am doubtful if this is how it would work. The most likely explanation I see is that he just heals from the smoke damage so fast that a slight throat clear is all he needs. :D", "human_ref_B": "Maybe it is like with extending his claws: it hurts every time, but he just does it anyway.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3963.0, "score_ratio": -18.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdb84k", "c_root_id_B": "cgdfx0x", "created_at_utc_A": 1395934942.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395944145.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "why would he cough, if his lungs are healthy?", "human_ref_B": "The healing factor prevents the damage from ever happening in the first place. He doesn't suffer the ill effects of the toxins in cigars, cigarettes, or any sort of inhalants, just like he doesn't get drunk. For him, enjoying a smoke is like you or me enjoying a Mr. Sketch scented marker.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9203.0, "score_ratio": 4.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdfx0x", "c_root_id_B": "cgdfm8n", "created_at_utc_A": 1395944145.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395943563.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The healing factor prevents the damage from ever happening in the first place. He doesn't suffer the ill effects of the toxins in cigars, cigarettes, or any sort of inhalants, just like he doesn't get drunk. For him, enjoying a smoke is like you or me enjoying a Mr. Sketch scented marker.", "human_ref_B": "I didn't cough the first time I smoked. I thought that was just a Hollywood thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 582.0, "score_ratio": 6.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdfx0x", "c_root_id_B": "cgdcpp0", "created_at_utc_A": 1395944145.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395937915.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The healing factor prevents the damage from ever happening in the first place. He doesn't suffer the ill effects of the toxins in cigars, cigarettes, or any sort of inhalants, just like he doesn't get drunk. For him, enjoying a smoke is like you or me enjoying a Mr. Sketch scented marker.", "human_ref_B": "Maybe he just smokes so much that his healing factor has accepted smoking as a part of his natural environment/body function and has made his lungs adapt. The healing factor seems to try and keep his body in the best possible state. For example, he 'grew' more muscle when he added more mass to his body (admantium). That said, smoking is not nearly as 'permanent' as having adamantium coated bones so he really would have to be smoking almost constantly so I am doubtful if this is how it would work. The most likely explanation I see is that he just heals from the smoke damage so fast that a slight throat clear is all he needs. :D", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6230.0, "score_ratio": -13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdb84k", "c_root_id_B": "cgdosme", "created_at_utc_A": 1395934942.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395961824.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "why would he cough, if his lungs are healthy?", "human_ref_B": "All of these answers are quite interesting but has anyone considered the fact that he is immune to all forms of chemical intoxication ((he heals the poison almost instantly)) so he gains no benefit from alcohol or nicotine and he probably does them for the same reason bender does, to look cool?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26882.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdosme", "c_root_id_B": "cgdfm8n", "created_at_utc_A": 1395961824.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395943563.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "All of these answers are quite interesting but has anyone considered the fact that he is immune to all forms of chemical intoxication ((he heals the poison almost instantly)) so he gains no benefit from alcohol or nicotine and he probably does them for the same reason bender does, to look cool?", "human_ref_B": "I didn't cough the first time I smoked. I thought that was just a Hollywood thing.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18261.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdcpp0", "c_root_id_B": "cgdosme", "created_at_utc_A": 1395937915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395961824.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Maybe he just smokes so much that his healing factor has accepted smoking as a part of his natural environment/body function and has made his lungs adapt. The healing factor seems to try and keep his body in the best possible state. For example, he 'grew' more muscle when he added more mass to his body (admantium). That said, smoking is not nearly as 'permanent' as having adamantium coated bones so he really would have to be smoking almost constantly so I am doubtful if this is how it would work. The most likely explanation I see is that he just heals from the smoke damage so fast that a slight throat clear is all he needs. :D", "human_ref_B": "All of these answers are quite interesting but has anyone considered the fact that he is immune to all forms of chemical intoxication ((he heals the poison almost instantly)) so he gains no benefit from alcohol or nicotine and he probably does them for the same reason bender does, to look cool?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 23909.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdyhay", "c_root_id_B": "cgdcpp0", "created_at_utc_A": 1395985529.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395937915.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Cuz he isn't a pussy", "human_ref_B": "Maybe he just smokes so much that his healing factor has accepted smoking as a part of his natural environment/body function and has made his lungs adapt. The healing factor seems to try and keep his body in the best possible state. For example, he 'grew' more muscle when he added more mass to his body (admantium). That said, smoking is not nearly as 'permanent' as having adamantium coated bones so he really would have to be smoking almost constantly so I am doubtful if this is how it would work. The most likely explanation I see is that he just heals from the smoke damage so fast that a slight throat clear is all he needs. :D", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47614.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "21ifmr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.67, "history": "[X-Men] How come Wolverine doesn't go into a coughing fit every time he smokes a cigar, since his lungs would undoubtedly heal from any damage the smoke does Title says it all. Never read much of the comics, but I was watching The Wolverine and the thought popped into my mind.", "c_root_id_A": "cgdcpp0", "c_root_id_B": "cgdfm8n", "created_at_utc_A": 1395937915.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1395943563.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Maybe he just smokes so much that his healing factor has accepted smoking as a part of his natural environment/body function and has made his lungs adapt. The healing factor seems to try and keep his body in the best possible state. For example, he 'grew' more muscle when he added more mass to his body (admantium). That said, smoking is not nearly as 'permanent' as having adamantium coated bones so he really would have to be smoking almost constantly so I am doubtful if this is how it would work. The most likely explanation I see is that he just heals from the smoke damage so fast that a slight throat clear is all he needs. :D", "human_ref_B": "I didn't cough the first time I smoked. I thought that was just a Hollywood thing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5648.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oe85t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "X-Men/Star Wars] I saw this picture on r/StarWars of Wolverine fighting Darth Maul...how would that go down? [Here is the picture.", "c_root_id_A": "ccr5r9o", "c_root_id_B": "ccr7406", "created_at_utc_A": 1381714557.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381718404.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "better suited to /r/whowouldwin Wolverine takes this though, lightsaber wont do too much harm to him and Maul would only survive one or possibly two deep slashes from those claws before he goes down", "human_ref_B": "All depends on the type of adamantium. If its movieverse, then extreme heat can weaken or even cut through it and a lightsaber *might* cut it if comicverse, then adamantium is literally unreforgable (maybe core of a dying star?) and maul can never cut through wolverine and also can never kill him because of his healing factor. Even so, Maul outfights wolverine completely, and it turns into a stalemate of Maul just leaving when he gets tired or trapping (TKO) wolverine in carbonite or whatever.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3847.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oe85t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "X-Men/Star Wars] I saw this picture on r/StarWars of Wolverine fighting Darth Maul...how would that go down? [Here is the picture.", "c_root_id_A": "ccr622v", "c_root_id_B": "ccr7406", "created_at_utc_A": 1381715430.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381718404.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "Wolverine is good against conventional swordplay but a Lightsaber can likely cut Adamantium. Darth Maul's force heightened reflexes would likely make any fight very difficult for Wolverine.", "human_ref_B": "All depends on the type of adamantium. If its movieverse, then extreme heat can weaken or even cut through it and a lightsaber *might* cut it if comicverse, then adamantium is literally unreforgable (maybe core of a dying star?) and maul can never cut through wolverine and also can never kill him because of his healing factor. Even so, Maul outfights wolverine completely, and it turns into a stalemate of Maul just leaving when he gets tired or trapping (TKO) wolverine in carbonite or whatever.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2974.0, "score_ratio": 6.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oe85t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "X-Men/Star Wars] I saw this picture on r/StarWars of Wolverine fighting Darth Maul...how would that go down? [Here is the picture.", "c_root_id_A": "ccr88mo", "c_root_id_B": "ccr5r9o", "created_at_utc_A": 1381721636.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381714557.0, "score_A": 14, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "Wolverine and Darth Maul are both highly skilled combatants. Wolverine has decades of experience, a healing factor, and inhuman physical attributes on top of his adamantium skeleton. He's armed with claws that are roughly a foot long and can cut through anything provided they have enough force (lower-case) behind them. Darth Maul has about twenty years of experience (trained from Birth to be a Dark Side warrior), a limited danger sense through the Force, and the standard Sith package. (The reason he didn't use Force Lightning, chokes, or telekinesis against Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan? He wanted a challenge and to prove his superiority.) His main weapon is a double-sided lightsaber. Wolverine is exceedingly hard to kill. The few ways to manage it would be destroying his brain, severing his head, or asphyxiating him through either drowning or suffocation. I'm assuming Earth-616 here, so nothing like \"I can live as only a head and can breathe through my skin\" tricks. He heals very swiftly from any kind of injury and his bones are of sufficient strength to resist lightsaber damage. Maul heals much faster than humans and can live through more damage, but not swiftly enough to make a difference in a single fight. Maul has a reach advantage, a speed advantage, and a (potential) strength advantage. Wolverine has endurance, stamina, healing, and experience advantages. Hell, this wouldn't be his first time fighting a guy with a laser sword, or a staff, and he's got the bonus of always having his weapons nearby. The only way I can see Maul pulling a win here is if he decided to hell with pride, he was going to choke the fuck out of Logan with the Force. Lifting the runt to remove his traction and squeezing until a few minutes after he stopped moving? It's over. That said, any other variation on the battle? Wolverine's victory.", "human_ref_B": "better suited to /r/whowouldwin Wolverine takes this though, lightsaber wont do too much harm to him and Maul would only survive one or possibly two deep slashes from those claws before he goes down", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7079.0, "score_ratio": 1.2727272727, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1oe85t", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "X-Men/Star Wars] I saw this picture on r/StarWars of Wolverine fighting Darth Maul...how would that go down? [Here is the picture.", "c_root_id_A": "ccr622v", "c_root_id_B": "ccr88mo", "created_at_utc_A": 1381715430.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1381721636.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Wolverine is good against conventional swordplay but a Lightsaber can likely cut Adamantium. Darth Maul's force heightened reflexes would likely make any fight very difficult for Wolverine.", "human_ref_B": "Wolverine and Darth Maul are both highly skilled combatants. Wolverine has decades of experience, a healing factor, and inhuman physical attributes on top of his adamantium skeleton. He's armed with claws that are roughly a foot long and can cut through anything provided they have enough force (lower-case) behind them. Darth Maul has about twenty years of experience (trained from Birth to be a Dark Side warrior), a limited danger sense through the Force, and the standard Sith package. (The reason he didn't use Force Lightning, chokes, or telekinesis against Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan? He wanted a challenge and to prove his superiority.) His main weapon is a double-sided lightsaber. Wolverine is exceedingly hard to kill. The few ways to manage it would be destroying his brain, severing his head, or asphyxiating him through either drowning or suffocation. I'm assuming Earth-616 here, so nothing like \"I can live as only a head and can breathe through my skin\" tricks. He heals very swiftly from any kind of injury and his bones are of sufficient strength to resist lightsaber damage. Maul heals much faster than humans and can live through more damage, but not swiftly enough to make a difference in a single fight. Maul has a reach advantage, a speed advantage, and a (potential) strength advantage. Wolverine has endurance, stamina, healing, and experience advantages. Hell, this wouldn't be his first time fighting a guy with a laser sword, or a staff, and he's got the bonus of always having his weapons nearby. The only way I can see Maul pulling a win here is if he decided to hell with pride, he was going to choke the fuck out of Logan with the Force. Lifting the runt to remove his traction and squeezing until a few minutes after he stopped moving? It's over. That said, any other variation on the battle? Wolverine's victory.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6206.0, "score_ratio": 2.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elm3h95", "c_root_id_B": "elm41yu", "created_at_utc_A": 1556061458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556061880.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": 321, "human_ref_A": "Maybe because posing as a decrepit old coot with his equally decrepit pooch is his preferred ruse to trap those wholesome young rascals.", "human_ref_B": "Because he spends his money on out of court settlements.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 422.0, "score_ratio": 4.0632911392, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elm3h95", "c_root_id_B": "elmbsz1", "created_at_utc_A": 1556061458.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556067447.0, "score_A": 79, "score_B": 253, "human_ref_A": "Maybe because posing as a decrepit old coot with his equally decrepit pooch is his preferred ruse to trap those wholesome young rascals.", "human_ref_B": "Honestly he likely is pretty loaded. He lives alone in a pretty nice neighborhood. Every house is huge compared to what most people his age live in. If you look at his neighbors house.. that is the same size as his from the outside that is at a minimum 4 bedrooms with a nice sized kitchen, den, dining room, living room and a garage. If he was living in a mansion he'd be bored and never get to see anyone wandering the streets. Sure he'd probably have the cash to get young boys from sex trafficking but for him the hunt is a part of it. Also his house being next door to Peter is probably not a coincidence. He's got an idiot neighbor that draws all of the attention in the neighborhood. A neighbor who has never seen any of his much deserved jail time. That Neighbor has a friendship with a hero cop and insanely rich in-laws. Any one starts questioning a missing kid and knocks on Herbert's door, all he has to do is say \"I think he was playing with that Griffin boy next door last I saw\" Investigation likely stops there because dealing with Peter is a nightmare. Even if they have evidence of some foul play Mr Pewterschmidt likely has a standing team of Private investigators and Lawyers on payroll to squash anything negative that could hurt his family. Any time a light gets shined towards Peter, they turn that light off. If somebody gets too suspicious about stuff, that team would start directing the suspicion at the hero cop friend with allegations that he's abusing his power to keep his friend out of trouble. Herbert likely would have known about (Peter) from Carter Pewterschmidt. They are both in the same society. Carter probably complained about all the trouble he's causing and Herbert would know.. may have even suggested he setup a team to protect him from behind the curtain. It wouldn't take much for a man with great wealth to slide into that house next door. Just put a huge offer on the house, way over market value. If an investigation ever gets to that point Herbert could bail before anyone even notices he's gone. Way before anyone clears Joe and Peter of any wrongdoing and starts fresh and looking at Herbert. The whole house of cards would have to come down.. and even if it did it would be unlikely they'd look his way anyway. Herbert is exactly where he wants to be and probably paid quite a bit of money to be there. Edit: Also there is Quagmire, known pervert that everyone would look at first before Herbert. His house location is perfect for him.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5989.0, "score_ratio": 3.2025316456, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmbsz1", "c_root_id_B": "elm85d8", "created_at_utc_A": 1556067447.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556064838.0, "score_A": 253, "score_B": 26, "human_ref_A": "Honestly he likely is pretty loaded. He lives alone in a pretty nice neighborhood. Every house is huge compared to what most people his age live in. If you look at his neighbors house.. that is the same size as his from the outside that is at a minimum 4 bedrooms with a nice sized kitchen, den, dining room, living room and a garage. If he was living in a mansion he'd be bored and never get to see anyone wandering the streets. Sure he'd probably have the cash to get young boys from sex trafficking but for him the hunt is a part of it. Also his house being next door to Peter is probably not a coincidence. He's got an idiot neighbor that draws all of the attention in the neighborhood. A neighbor who has never seen any of his much deserved jail time. That Neighbor has a friendship with a hero cop and insanely rich in-laws. Any one starts questioning a missing kid and knocks on Herbert's door, all he has to do is say \"I think he was playing with that Griffin boy next door last I saw\" Investigation likely stops there because dealing with Peter is a nightmare. Even if they have evidence of some foul play Mr Pewterschmidt likely has a standing team of Private investigators and Lawyers on payroll to squash anything negative that could hurt his family. Any time a light gets shined towards Peter, they turn that light off. If somebody gets too suspicious about stuff, that team would start directing the suspicion at the hero cop friend with allegations that he's abusing his power to keep his friend out of trouble. Herbert likely would have known about (Peter) from Carter Pewterschmidt. They are both in the same society. Carter probably complained about all the trouble he's causing and Herbert would know.. may have even suggested he setup a team to protect him from behind the curtain. It wouldn't take much for a man with great wealth to slide into that house next door. Just put a huge offer on the house, way over market value. If an investigation ever gets to that point Herbert could bail before anyone even notices he's gone. Way before anyone clears Joe and Peter of any wrongdoing and starts fresh and looking at Herbert. The whole house of cards would have to come down.. and even if it did it would be unlikely they'd look his way anyway. Herbert is exactly where he wants to be and probably paid quite a bit of money to be there. Edit: Also there is Quagmire, known pervert that everyone would look at first before Herbert. His house location is perfect for him.", "human_ref_B": "How do we know he's not super rich? Just because he lives in the same neighborhood doesn't mean he doesn't have money. Plus, he's old as fuck, so perhaps he's been in that same house for 50 years?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2609.0, "score_ratio": 9.7307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmbsz1", "c_root_id_B": "elm9m29", "created_at_utc_A": 1556067447.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556065881.0, "score_A": 253, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "Honestly he likely is pretty loaded. He lives alone in a pretty nice neighborhood. Every house is huge compared to what most people his age live in. If you look at his neighbors house.. that is the same size as his from the outside that is at a minimum 4 bedrooms with a nice sized kitchen, den, dining room, living room and a garage. If he was living in a mansion he'd be bored and never get to see anyone wandering the streets. Sure he'd probably have the cash to get young boys from sex trafficking but for him the hunt is a part of it. Also his house being next door to Peter is probably not a coincidence. He's got an idiot neighbor that draws all of the attention in the neighborhood. A neighbor who has never seen any of his much deserved jail time. That Neighbor has a friendship with a hero cop and insanely rich in-laws. Any one starts questioning a missing kid and knocks on Herbert's door, all he has to do is say \"I think he was playing with that Griffin boy next door last I saw\" Investigation likely stops there because dealing with Peter is a nightmare. Even if they have evidence of some foul play Mr Pewterschmidt likely has a standing team of Private investigators and Lawyers on payroll to squash anything negative that could hurt his family. Any time a light gets shined towards Peter, they turn that light off. If somebody gets too suspicious about stuff, that team would start directing the suspicion at the hero cop friend with allegations that he's abusing his power to keep his friend out of trouble. Herbert likely would have known about (Peter) from Carter Pewterschmidt. They are both in the same society. Carter probably complained about all the trouble he's causing and Herbert would know.. may have even suggested he setup a team to protect him from behind the curtain. It wouldn't take much for a man with great wealth to slide into that house next door. Just put a huge offer on the house, way over market value. If an investigation ever gets to that point Herbert could bail before anyone even notices he's gone. Way before anyone clears Joe and Peter of any wrongdoing and starts fresh and looking at Herbert. The whole house of cards would have to come down.. and even if it did it would be unlikely they'd look his way anyway. Herbert is exactly where he wants to be and probably paid quite a bit of money to be there. Edit: Also there is Quagmire, known pervert that everyone would look at first before Herbert. His house location is perfect for him.", "human_ref_B": "He's the most elder member, not necessarily the most powerful one. For all we know, the *only* reason he's still a member is his advanced age - they might only keep him around for this hazing ritual, and he happily accepts without any payment.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1566.0, "score_ratio": 15.8125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmoivg", "c_root_id_B": "elmksrj", "created_at_utc_A": 1556076919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556073959.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It depends on how they phrased it, exactly. \"Most elder member\" might just be \"The oldest guy here\" and he joined up with them like, five years ago.", "human_ref_B": "It may have been easier to get in back in the day, and we don't know that much about his backstory. Plus, he would do anything if it meant getting into a \"boys club.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2960.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmoivg", "c_root_id_B": "elmk1qg", "created_at_utc_A": 1556076919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556073389.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "It depends on how they phrased it, exactly. \"Most elder member\" might just be \"The oldest guy here\" and he joined up with them like, five years ago.", "human_ref_B": "I find it funny that r/AskScienceFiction isn't just for science fiction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3530.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmqey0", "c_root_id_B": "elmksrj", "created_at_utc_A": 1556078544.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556073959.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If we do as the writers of Family Guy do, and look to The Simpsons... In the Stonecutters episode, Mr Burns is a member, but both Lenny and Carl outrank him. Supremacy in the society doesn't necessarily translate directly to wealth and power, just that powerful and wealthy people are members.", "human_ref_B": "It may have been easier to get in back in the day, and we don't know that much about his backstory. Plus, he would do anything if it meant getting into a \"boys club.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4585.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmk1qg", "c_root_id_B": "elmqey0", "created_at_utc_A": 1556073389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556078544.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I find it funny that r/AskScienceFiction isn't just for science fiction.", "human_ref_B": "If we do as the writers of Family Guy do, and look to The Simpsons... In the Stonecutters episode, Mr Burns is a member, but both Lenny and Carl outrank him. Supremacy in the society doesn't necessarily translate directly to wealth and power, just that powerful and wealthy people are members.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5155.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elnmxs5", "c_root_id_B": "elmksrj", "created_at_utc_A": 1556113973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556073959.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hush money isn't cheap.", "human_ref_B": "It may have been easier to get in back in the day, and we don't know that much about his backstory. Plus, he would do anything if it meant getting into a \"boys club.\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40014.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmz3kh", "c_root_id_B": "elnmxs5", "created_at_utc_A": 1556087040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556113973.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It is cannon in the family guy universe that \"Family Guy\" is a show. Remember that one episode in the later seasons where Peter gets fired? There's a whole \"behind the scenes\" episode where they go about explaining in universe how the show is made. It could reasonably be concluded than that Herbert is just an actor, not a pedophile or a secret society leader. So the answer is, bad writing from the in universe writers", "human_ref_B": "Hush money isn't cheap.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 26933.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elne3o2", "c_root_id_B": "elnmxs5", "created_at_utc_A": 1556107348.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556113973.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I see someone's been watching iTV2", "human_ref_B": "Hush money isn't cheap.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6625.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elnmxs5", "c_root_id_B": "elmk1qg", "created_at_utc_A": 1556113973.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556073389.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "Hush money isn't cheap.", "human_ref_B": "I find it funny that r/AskScienceFiction isn't just for science fiction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 40584.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmksrj", "c_root_id_B": "elnpggw", "created_at_utc_A": 1556073959.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556115574.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It may have been easier to get in back in the day, and we don't know that much about his backstory. Plus, he would do anything if it meant getting into a \"boys club.\"", "human_ref_B": "Look at Warren Buffet. He lives in a very modest ~300k house in a non descript mid west neighborhood. He brings exact change to each a basic McDonalds breakfast. He simply lives an outwardly modest and frugal lifestyle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 41615.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmz3kh", "c_root_id_B": "elnpggw", "created_at_utc_A": 1556087040.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556115574.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It is cannon in the family guy universe that \"Family Guy\" is a show. Remember that one episode in the later seasons where Peter gets fired? There's a whole \"behind the scenes\" episode where they go about explaining in universe how the show is made. It could reasonably be concluded than that Herbert is just an actor, not a pedophile or a secret society leader. So the answer is, bad writing from the in universe writers", "human_ref_B": "Look at Warren Buffet. He lives in a very modest ~300k house in a non descript mid west neighborhood. He brings exact change to each a basic McDonalds breakfast. He simply lives an outwardly modest and frugal lifestyle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28534.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elnpggw", "c_root_id_B": "elne3o2", "created_at_utc_A": 1556115574.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556107348.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Look at Warren Buffet. He lives in a very modest ~300k house in a non descript mid west neighborhood. He brings exact change to each a basic McDonalds breakfast. He simply lives an outwardly modest and frugal lifestyle.", "human_ref_B": "I see someone's been watching iTV2", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8226.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmk1qg", "c_root_id_B": "elnpggw", "created_at_utc_A": 1556073389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556115574.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I find it funny that r/AskScienceFiction isn't just for science fiction.", "human_ref_B": "Look at Warren Buffet. He lives in a very modest ~300k house in a non descript mid west neighborhood. He brings exact change to each a basic McDonalds breakfast. He simply lives an outwardly modest and frugal lifestyle.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 42185.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmk1qg", "c_root_id_B": "elmksrj", "created_at_utc_A": 1556073389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556073959.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I find it funny that r/AskScienceFiction isn't just for science fiction.", "human_ref_B": "It may have been easier to get in back in the day, and we don't know that much about his backstory. Plus, he would do anything if it meant getting into a \"boys club.\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 570.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmk1qg", "c_root_id_B": "elmz3kh", "created_at_utc_A": 1556073389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556087040.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I find it funny that r/AskScienceFiction isn't just for science fiction.", "human_ref_B": "It is cannon in the family guy universe that \"Family Guy\" is a show. Remember that one episode in the later seasons where Peter gets fired? There's a whole \"behind the scenes\" episode where they go about explaining in universe how the show is made. It could reasonably be concluded than that Herbert is just an actor, not a pedophile or a secret society leader. So the answer is, bad writing from the in universe writers", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13651.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bgmzva", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Family Guy]Why is Herbert poor? In a season 5 episode, Chris is kicked out of high school and enrolls in a private school.In order to fit in,Carter introduces Chris to the Skull and Bones society, a cult where every important person was groomed in from wealthy business men to US presidents.At the end of the episode, in order to become a full member Chris must spend 7 minutes in the societies most elder member:Herbert.So,how can Herbert be both an impoverished pensioner and leader of an all powerful,Illuminati style cult?How is he not super rich?", "c_root_id_A": "elmk1qg", "c_root_id_B": "elne3o2", "created_at_utc_A": 1556073389.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1556107348.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "I find it funny that r/AskScienceFiction isn't just for science fiction.", "human_ref_B": "I see someone's been watching iTV2", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33959.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1w3ex", "c_root_id_B": "dq1xlrn", "created_at_utc_A": 1511115077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511116724.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 70, "human_ref_A": "Batman has planned and taken down the pretty much anyone who threatens his turf. At first you wouldn't hear anything from him. Then one day the vigilante will see a looming shadow over his bed. Batman will give him a warning, get out or back down. If you don't back down then be prepared. If you have a weakness, he's probably had it worked out by now. If the likes of Martian Manhunt and Superman are afraid of him you don't stand a chance.", "human_ref_B": "Not about being outclassed but sounds like you're describing the Red Hood (Jason Todd). They come to blows but as far as I know Batman never puts a stop to it successfully and Todd is often still treated as part of the \"Bat Family\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1647.0, "score_ratio": 2.0588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1xlrn", "c_root_id_B": "dq1xddd", "created_at_utc_A": 1511116724.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511116474.0, "score_A": 70, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Not about being outclassed but sounds like you're describing the Red Hood (Jason Todd). They come to blows but as far as I know Batman never puts a stop to it successfully and Todd is often still treated as part of the \"Bat Family\".", "human_ref_B": "I think something similar happened with Gotham Man, or some similar name", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 250.0, "score_ratio": 17.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1zaba", "c_root_id_B": "dq1ztps", "created_at_utc_A": 1511118525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511119099.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much exactly this happened with Gotham and Gotham Girl. He was sceptical but also trained them in his own way (mostly by pointing out the many ways they were still obviously amateurs). Eventually things kinda went to shit though, but he went through a hell of a lot to help fix things with Gotham Girl", "human_ref_B": "This!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 574.0, "score_ratio": 1.5142857143, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1w3ex", "c_root_id_B": "dq1ztps", "created_at_utc_A": 1511115077.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511119099.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "Batman has planned and taken down the pretty much anyone who threatens his turf. At first you wouldn't hear anything from him. Then one day the vigilante will see a looming shadow over his bed. Batman will give him a warning, get out or back down. If you don't back down then be prepared. If you have a weakness, he's probably had it worked out by now. If the likes of Martian Manhunt and Superman are afraid of him you don't stand a chance.", "human_ref_B": "This!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4022.0, "score_ratio": 1.5588235294, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1xddd", "c_root_id_B": "dq1ztps", "created_at_utc_A": 1511116474.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511119099.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "I think something similar happened with Gotham Man, or some similar name", "human_ref_B": "This!", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2625.0, "score_ratio": 13.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1zaba", "c_root_id_B": "dq1w3ex", "created_at_utc_A": 1511118525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511115077.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much exactly this happened with Gotham and Gotham Girl. He was sceptical but also trained them in his own way (mostly by pointing out the many ways they were still obviously amateurs). Eventually things kinda went to shit though, but he went through a hell of a lot to help fix things with Gotham Girl", "human_ref_B": "Batman has planned and taken down the pretty much anyone who threatens his turf. At first you wouldn't hear anything from him. Then one day the vigilante will see a looming shadow over his bed. Batman will give him a warning, get out or back down. If you don't back down then be prepared. If you have a weakness, he's probably had it worked out by now. If the likes of Martian Manhunt and Superman are afraid of him you don't stand a chance.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3448.0, "score_ratio": 1.0294117647, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1zaba", "c_root_id_B": "dq1xddd", "created_at_utc_A": 1511118525.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511116474.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Pretty much exactly this happened with Gotham and Gotham Girl. He was sceptical but also trained them in his own way (mostly by pointing out the many ways they were still obviously amateurs). Eventually things kinda went to shit though, but he went through a hell of a lot to help fix things with Gotham Girl", "human_ref_B": "I think something similar happened with Gotham Man, or some similar name", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2051.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq1xddd", "c_root_id_B": "dq25ups", "created_at_utc_A": 1511116474.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511125522.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "I think something similar happened with Gotham Man, or some similar name", "human_ref_B": "Batman has made it very clear that he considers Gotham his turf. Any other vigilantes operating in the city have to operate to *his* standard if they expect him to be okay with it. As an example, Savant from the Birds of Prey comic. He started out as a vigilante taking down a team of armed robbers. Batman gave him a dressing-down for doing it in a way that put bystanders at risk and told him to shape up or leave Gotham. He left (and came back as a villain).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 9048.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq23rbl", "c_root_id_B": "dq25ups", "created_at_utc_A": 1511123362.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511125522.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 11, "human_ref_A": "If it comes down to it, Batman gets help, but no he does not tolerate it. Other vigilantes have operated out of Gotham before, even some Batman would very much not like to fight, though they shared his ethics.", "human_ref_B": "Batman has made it very clear that he considers Gotham his turf. Any other vigilantes operating in the city have to operate to *his* standard if they expect him to be okay with it. As an example, Savant from the Birds of Prey comic. He started out as a vigilante taking down a team of armed robbers. Batman gave him a dressing-down for doing it in a way that put bystanders at risk and told him to shape up or leave Gotham. He left (and came back as a villain).", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2160.0, "score_ratio": 2.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq2dz0h", "c_root_id_B": "dq1xddd", "created_at_utc_A": 1511134360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511116474.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You've combined two questions here, the stronger vigilante question and the killing vigilante question. I think it would be more interesting to just ask the question about the vigilante being stronger without the killing bit, since this sub seems to get a question relating to Batman's no-kill rule every day.", "human_ref_B": "I think something similar happened with Gotham Man, or some similar name", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17886.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq2dz0h", "c_root_id_B": "dq23rbl", "created_at_utc_A": 1511134360.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511123362.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "You've combined two questions here, the stronger vigilante question and the killing vigilante question. I think it would be more interesting to just ask the question about the vigilante being stronger without the killing bit, since this sub seems to get a question relating to Batman's no-kill rule every day.", "human_ref_B": "If it comes down to it, Batman gets help, but no he does not tolerate it. Other vigilantes have operated out of Gotham before, even some Batman would very much not like to fight, though they shared his ethics.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10998.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq28id2", "c_root_id_B": "dq2dz0h", "created_at_utc_A": 1511128283.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511134360.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "\"I need to get a DNA sample.\"", "human_ref_B": "You've combined two questions here, the stronger vigilante question and the killing vigilante question. I think it would be more interesting to just ask the question about the vigilante being stronger without the killing bit, since this sub seems to get a question relating to Batman's no-kill rule every day.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6077.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq28id2", "c_root_id_B": "dq2m1a5", "created_at_utc_A": 1511128283.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511144084.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "\"I need to get a DNA sample.\"", "human_ref_B": "Besides his massive plot armor, Batman has been beat up plenty of times upon first meeting people. He always comes back though, and he always lets them know who protects Gotham and how. The best example I can think about what you're talking about though is probably the injustice 2 storyline though. Basically superman becomes the vigilante you're talking about and much of the world agrees with him. Batman remains true to his principals and fights supes, no matter what the world thinks and gets labeled a criminal for it.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15801.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "7e1ume", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.95, "history": "[Batman] How would Batman react to a stronger vigilante moving to Gotham? Batman is out on patrol one night and sees some guy in a mask punch the head off of Two-Face. He tries to intervene but the new hero completely outmatches him. Imagine Batman being on the receiving end of the \"Hockey Pads\" scene from *The Dark Knight*, or the \"The Bat is dead\" scene from *BvS*. The Gotham public is very receptive to this new hero's methods as the killing of supervillains causes a large decrease in crime. How does Batman react? Does he accept the new norm? Does he constantly try to bring him down?", "c_root_id_A": "dq2mmq7", "c_root_id_B": "dq429kb", "created_at_utc_A": 1511144751.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1511217082.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "This sorta happens in the graphic novel, \"The Dark Knight Returns.\" Essentially he takes out the vigilante leader to establish dominance and then turns the rest to his side and begins to train them up as a group of organized vigilantes and semi-retires.", "human_ref_B": "In a nutshell...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 72331.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "bsvvi9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.61, "history": "[MCU] Do we know if the GEICO Gecko is strong enough to wield the infinity gauntlet? It's stupid I know but someone's gotta ask", "c_root_id_A": "eot597m", "c_root_id_B": "eos1cbf", "created_at_utc_A": 1558835200.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1558816148.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If he snaps, everyone will have comprehensive insurance coverage", "human_ref_B": "Depends. Is he savelusted?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19052.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xszgc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Harry Potter] I just got accepted into Hogwarts but my family is too poor for textbooks and such. Do I get school paid for me? Is there a welfare system for wizards? This can be directed towards schooling or just the wizarding world in general. With Hogwarts being the only school in the UK (I think) they can't have every kid there.", "c_root_id_A": "cy8c2kr", "c_root_id_B": "cy7mrxx", "created_at_utc_A": 1450826344.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450778525.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "If the Weasleys can manage, so can you.", "human_ref_B": "As well as what others have said, not all English children would go to Hogwarts. Thanks to the magic of the Floo network, all the schools in the world are at their fingertips. Hogwarts happens to be a very prestigious school, and it's alumni, who go on to be successful in their lives would donate, or maybe it's just through taxes.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 47819.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3xszgc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[Harry Potter] I just got accepted into Hogwarts but my family is too poor for textbooks and such. Do I get school paid for me? Is there a welfare system for wizards? This can be directed towards schooling or just the wizarding world in general. With Hogwarts being the only school in the UK (I think) they can't have every kid there.", "c_root_id_A": "cy8c2kr", "c_root_id_B": "cy7uh09", "created_at_utc_A": 1450826344.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450799874.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "If the Weasleys can manage, so can you.", "human_ref_B": "If it is run anything like a Victorian boarding school (which, from most appearances, it is), then there would be \"scholarship boys\" (and girls, in this version). Presumably they'd be treated better than regular scholarship children. (For instance , they wore special markings as scholarship boys, sat separately at mass (ie, assemblies) from everyone else, and generally were neither accepted by the students nor the staff for class reasons.) Hogwarts would be much kinder about it, I'm sure. But I'd still hate to be in, say, Slytherin, singled out like that.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26470.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgtxbci", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397659813.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Despite the fanciful explanation offered above, the fact of the matter is that commercially it is true that Geico only insures people. However, the Gecko is an employee and insurance is one of his benefits. Could the Gecko by insurance from Geico as a non-employee? No. Fortunately, he doesn't have to worry about that. I should also point out that, Geico insures things other than people, such as cars and houses, but they only sell insurance policies to people. That is an important distinction, because someone could insure the Gecko as their property and it would still technically be insured, colloquially speaking, but this would not fit with the spirit of the question. edit: words.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1242.0, "score_ratio": -12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu4fxf", "c_root_id_B": "cgtxnrw", "created_at_utc_A": 1397674139.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397660582.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Who insures all the weird stuff? [Lloyds of London] (/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_of_London#Types_of_policies), my friend. Need your legs/breasts/space ship insured, they have you covered.", "human_ref_B": "The Geico Gecko is insured by Gecko Geico, a subsidiary company.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13557.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgtxnrw", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397660582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The Geico Gecko is insured by Gecko Geico, a subsidiary company.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2011.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgtyn11", "c_root_id_B": "cgu4fxf", "created_at_utc_A": 1397662670.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397674139.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I don't think he owns anything needing insurance - he's way too small to operate any street-legal vehicle. Also, we never see his home, and considering how much he travels, he might not own one. I wouldn't be too surprised if Geico sets him up in some kind of suite wherever he goes, since he's such a big star for them. The camel, on the other hand, seems to have an average office job, so who knows what insurance he's eligible for.", "human_ref_B": "Who insures all the weird stuff? [Lloyds of London] (/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_of_London#Types_of_policies), my friend. Need your legs/breasts/space ship insured, they have you covered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11469.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgtyn11", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397662670.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "I don't think he owns anything needing insurance - he's way too small to operate any street-legal vehicle. Also, we never see his home, and considering how much he travels, he might not own one. I wouldn't be too surprised if Geico sets him up in some kind of suite wherever he goes, since he's such a big star for them. The camel, on the other hand, seems to have an average office job, so who knows what insurance he's eligible for.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4099.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgtzac1", "c_root_id_B": "cgu4fxf", "created_at_utc_A": 1397664006.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397674139.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "I swear I've seen one of those commercials where he says that he keeps his job at Geico because if he quit, he would lose his insurance. That's a little terrible, but it, to me, shows that Geico insures geckos.", "human_ref_B": "Who insures all the weird stuff? [Lloyds of London] (/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_of_London#Types_of_policies), my friend. Need your legs/breasts/space ship insured, they have you covered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10133.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu40ar", "c_root_id_B": "cgu4fxf", "created_at_utc_A": 1397673293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397674139.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It's obviously the First Bank of Homo Reptillius. Since most of the dinosaurs have died out, the Geico Gecko is the sole beneficiary of the banks investments and holdings. Despite the tragedy of extinction of the Homo Reptillius race, the gecko survived and carried all of the holding of the bank into the future, placing investments a crucial points during the development of the human race. Hence, with such an enormous investment the Gecko needs no further insurance.", "human_ref_B": "Who insures all the weird stuff? [Lloyds of London] (/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_of_London#Types_of_policies), my friend. Need your legs/breasts/space ship insured, they have you covered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 846.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu43p6", "c_root_id_B": "cgu4fxf", "created_at_utc_A": 1397673480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397674139.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "This same Gecko advertises in Maryland that he would make a better \"mascot\" than our blue crab. I wonder if he realizes what we do to blue crabs in order to eat their insides.", "human_ref_B": "Who insures all the weird stuff? [Lloyds of London] (/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_of_London#Types_of_policies), my friend. Need your legs/breasts/space ship insured, they have you covered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 659.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgtwrt0", "c_root_id_B": "cgu4fxf", "created_at_utc_A": 1397658571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397674139.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "human_ref_B": "Who insures all the weird stuff? [Lloyds of London] (/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_of_London#Types_of_policies), my friend. Need your legs/breasts/space ship insured, they have you covered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15568.0, "score_ratio": -6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgtzac1", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397664006.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "I swear I've seen one of those commercials where he says that he keeps his job at Geico because if he quit, he would lose his insurance. That's a little terrible, but it, to me, shows that Geico insures geckos.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5435.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu40ar", "c_root_id_B": "cgu9zex", "created_at_utc_A": 1397673293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397684728.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's obviously the First Bank of Homo Reptillius. Since most of the dinosaurs have died out, the Geico Gecko is the sole beneficiary of the banks investments and holdings. Despite the tragedy of extinction of the Homo Reptillius race, the gecko survived and carried all of the holding of the bank into the future, placing investments a crucial points during the development of the human race. Hence, with such an enormous investment the Gecko needs no further insurance.", "human_ref_B": "The Aflac duck.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11435.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu43p6", "c_root_id_B": "cgu9zex", "created_at_utc_A": 1397673480.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397684728.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "This same Gecko advertises in Maryland that he would make a better \"mascot\" than our blue crab. I wonder if he realizes what we do to blue crabs in order to eat their insides.", "human_ref_B": "The Aflac duck.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 11248.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu6hed", "c_root_id_B": "cgu9zex", "created_at_utc_A": 1397678091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397684728.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Do they though? They presumably insure cavemen. Are they *Homo sapiens sapiens*? They certainly don't look it.", "human_ref_B": "The Aflac duck.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6637.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu9zex", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397684728.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The Aflac duck.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26157.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu40ar", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397673293.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "It's obviously the First Bank of Homo Reptillius. Since most of the dinosaurs have died out, the Geico Gecko is the sole beneficiary of the banks investments and holdings. Despite the tragedy of extinction of the Homo Reptillius race, the gecko survived and carried all of the holding of the bank into the future, placing investments a crucial points during the development of the human race. Hence, with such an enormous investment the Gecko needs no further insurance.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14722.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgtwrt0", "c_root_id_B": "cgu43p6", "created_at_utc_A": 1397658571.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397673480.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "human_ref_B": "This same Gecko advertises in Maryland that he would make a better \"mascot\" than our blue crab. I wonder if he realizes what we do to blue crabs in order to eat their insides.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14909.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgu6hed", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397678091.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Do they though? They presumably insure cavemen. Are they *Homo sapiens sapiens*? They certainly don't look it.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19520.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cgufu2m", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397696977.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "The gecko is a reality warper. He doesn't need it.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 38406.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "236bjh", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[GEICO] If GEICO only insures humans, who insures the Gieco Gecko?", "c_root_id_A": "cguo26m", "c_root_id_B": "cgtwrt0", "created_at_utc_A": 1397717436.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1397658571.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Even though Geico doesn't have a public policy for geckos to purchase, they still provide insurance to their mascot as part of his contract. It would look bad for them to outsource their highest payed employee's insurance to another company.", "human_ref_B": "in a followup question - can anything squeeze that gecko hard enough to get maple syrup?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 58865.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4rrnrd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Trek] Why doesnt the Borg skip the bio part of their drone cyborgs and just go full robots? Seems inefficient", "c_root_id_A": "d53u7fa", "c_root_id_B": "d53k3g1", "created_at_utc_A": 1467951113.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467935435.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "If you believe the somewhat-questionable Starfleet reports filed \"The Return\" and \"Legacy\" (supposedly classified if you believe the authors, but according to their reports, under the reformed and revised Freedom of Information Act of 2258, these reports were released, mildly fictionalized, as holonovels under the above titles), the very origins of the Borg *are* fully machine. The Voyager 6 probe (see the 'V'Ger Incident' case reports from the USS *Enterprise*) encountered a machine planet, which probed the probe and learned of humanity/biological/organic/carbon-based life and the unique 'inferior yet in some ways favorable' nature thereof, and began integrating organic matter into their existence on a quest for perfection, leading to what we know today as the Borg. EDIT: corrected my mistake about which ship encountered V'Ger. I must be getting old. Don't they teach you anything at the Academy these days? In my day, the *Enterprise* logs were required reading, and the instructors handed out the unverified/apocryphal reports as 'free-time reading'.", "human_ref_B": "Organic material is cheap and is pre-built to self repair on any species worth assimilating. You need only provide it with simple nutrients to keep a humanoid running, and it's not like they need to work 24/7 on the cubes anyway. The implants however are basically stolen technology and could be very expensive to fit in the gargantuan numbers needed for basic drones. Tactical drones fit more tech and are used for combat operations. Normal drones are basically just people with a connection to the hive mind and any additional gear needed to maintain the flesh and their duty. So basically just like a Borg space suit and technical equipment. I'm also sure that there is some genetic modification in the drones too, so it's also possible that superior or desirable genes are introduced to new drones over time to make them more efficient. New drones can be created in seconds as a person is connected to the hive mind, no special technology needed to serve in a hostile take over when their lives don't really matter.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 15678.0, "score_ratio": 1.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4rrnrd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Trek] Why doesnt the Borg skip the bio part of their drone cyborgs and just go full robots? Seems inefficient", "c_root_id_A": "d53ldlp", "c_root_id_B": "d53u7fa", "created_at_utc_A": 1467937427.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467951113.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "The Borg view organics as inefficient and are in fact (so far unsuccessfully) striving to \"go full robot\". You may disagree with them, but disagreement is futile.", "human_ref_B": "If you believe the somewhat-questionable Starfleet reports filed \"The Return\" and \"Legacy\" (supposedly classified if you believe the authors, but according to their reports, under the reformed and revised Freedom of Information Act of 2258, these reports were released, mildly fictionalized, as holonovels under the above titles), the very origins of the Borg *are* fully machine. The Voyager 6 probe (see the 'V'Ger Incident' case reports from the USS *Enterprise*) encountered a machine planet, which probed the probe and learned of humanity/biological/organic/carbon-based life and the unique 'inferior yet in some ways favorable' nature thereof, and began integrating organic matter into their existence on a quest for perfection, leading to what we know today as the Borg. EDIT: corrected my mistake about which ship encountered V'Ger. I must be getting old. Don't they teach you anything at the Academy these days? In my day, the *Enterprise* logs were required reading, and the instructors handed out the unverified/apocryphal reports as 'free-time reading'.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13686.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4rrnrd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Trek] Why doesnt the Borg skip the bio part of their drone cyborgs and just go full robots? Seems inefficient", "c_root_id_A": "d5406oy", "c_root_id_B": "d53k3g1", "created_at_utc_A": 1467963903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467935435.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The Borg are driven by a desire to bring more minds into their collective. In our galaxy, the overwhelming majority of minds are biological, not machine. They're just working with what's available. They do want to assimilate worthy non-biological minds too, like Data and the Doctor.", "human_ref_B": "Organic material is cheap and is pre-built to self repair on any species worth assimilating. You need only provide it with simple nutrients to keep a humanoid running, and it's not like they need to work 24/7 on the cubes anyway. The implants however are basically stolen technology and could be very expensive to fit in the gargantuan numbers needed for basic drones. Tactical drones fit more tech and are used for combat operations. Normal drones are basically just people with a connection to the hive mind and any additional gear needed to maintain the flesh and their duty. So basically just like a Borg space suit and technical equipment. I'm also sure that there is some genetic modification in the drones too, so it's also possible that superior or desirable genes are introduced to new drones over time to make them more efficient. New drones can be created in seconds as a person is connected to the hive mind, no special technology needed to serve in a hostile take over when their lives don't really matter.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 28468.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4rrnrd", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.72, "history": "[Star Trek] Why doesnt the Borg skip the bio part of their drone cyborgs and just go full robots? Seems inefficient", "c_root_id_A": "d5406oy", "c_root_id_B": "d53ldlp", "created_at_utc_A": 1467963903.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1467937427.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "The Borg are driven by a desire to bring more minds into their collective. In our galaxy, the overwhelming majority of minds are biological, not machine. They're just working with what's available. They do want to assimilate worthy non-biological minds too, like Data and the Doctor.", "human_ref_B": "The Borg view organics as inefficient and are in fact (so far unsuccessfully) striving to \"go full robot\". You may disagree with them, but disagreement is futile.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 26476.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5oukj9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[ad&d player's handbook] Were those guys able to steal the gem eyes out of that giant demon statue? Were they working with -- or hiding from -- the four adventurers below? The wizard is giving a thumbs up. Is that a dead alligator on the table?", "c_root_id_A": "dcm9ckw", "c_root_id_B": "dcm9ikl", "created_at_utc_A": 1484804266.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484804560.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "This one? Hah! Nope! Straight up fucked to death.", "human_ref_B": "I always thought they were all working together. This is the post-battle looting where they're stripping the room of anything of value. Unless it's trapped, the adventurers should have no problem pulling those gems out. They may regret it later, though, when more powerful servitors show up to retrieve them. The corpses are lizardmen who worshiped their evil god in this chamber.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 294.0, "score_ratio": -8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5oukj9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[ad&d player's handbook] Were those guys able to steal the gem eyes out of that giant demon statue? Were they working with -- or hiding from -- the four adventurers below? The wizard is giving a thumbs up. Is that a dead alligator on the table?", "c_root_id_A": "dcn608o", "c_root_id_B": "dcm9ckw", "created_at_utc_A": 1484858728.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1484804266.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "To me it looks like they're part of the band of adventurers, but they've gone rogue, as it were, and are attempting a theft the others wouldn't approve of, since who knows what traps they might trigger or avatars of vindictive gods they might inadvertently summon? That's why the one guy is keeping an eye on the others. He knows he's doing something that'll get him yelled at or worse if he's caught.", "human_ref_B": "This one? Hah! Nope! Straight up fucked to death.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 54462.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "2a1ns5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[MCU] How were those giant underwater hangers built? I mean clearly they weren't built from under the river and up. I also imagine that damming that large of a section of a river would not go unnoticed. How secret were they?", "c_root_id_A": "ciqp1he", "c_root_id_B": "ciqoztv", "created_at_utc_A": 1404747679.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1404747583.0, "score_A": 23, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Why couldn't they be built underwater without damming it? First step is to excavate an antechamber, something small to stage the hangar doors in. Next, build the doors under the surface. Once they're in-place, remove the material above. If they leak, only the antechamber floods. Seal over the door, empty the room, and fix it, then try again. Once the doors are good, dig out the rest. Start at the top, adding temporary reinforcement as you go, then add permanent reinforcement once it's done. This is a big undertaking, but not beyond SHEILD's capabilities, especially if someone like Tony Stark is lending a hand with specialized suits. Which he has in spades.", "human_ref_B": "follow-up: Why were they built there? Why bother trying to conceal those hangars in a major urban area?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 96.0, "score_ratio": 2.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daytbty", "c_root_id_B": "dayudkv", "created_at_utc_A": 1481248720.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481250126.0, "score_A": 24, "score_B": 72, "human_ref_A": "A weaponized xenomorph would be kind of like a nuclear weapon, except with less damage to equipment and the environment. And just like a nuke, there'd be a certain amount of cleanup required after it was employed... but it would be extremely effective in keeping the colonies in line.", "human_ref_B": "We know there were conflicts because of the existence of the Colonial Marines. Some of those guys were serious veterans, with many combat missions under their belts. As far as the utility of the Xenomorphs and Facehuggers -- well, they'd first need specimens in order to evaluate how they could effectively be exploited. That's why they wanted to acquire them. Some things probably jumped out to the W-Y board just based on the story Ripley told. Weapons manufacturers would certainly be interested in molecular acid that can burn through steel. A species that can paralyze its prey while impregnating it probably also manufactures pretty potent pharmacological substances.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1406.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "dayudkv", "c_root_id_B": "daytscf", "created_at_utc_A": 1481250126.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481249344.0, "score_A": 72, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "We know there were conflicts because of the existence of the Colonial Marines. Some of those guys were serious veterans, with many combat missions under their belts. As far as the utility of the Xenomorphs and Facehuggers -- well, they'd first need specimens in order to evaluate how they could effectively be exploited. That's why they wanted to acquire them. Some things probably jumped out to the W-Y board just based on the story Ripley told. Weapons manufacturers would certainly be interested in molecular acid that can burn through steel. A species that can paralyze its prey while impregnating it probably also manufactures pretty potent pharmacological substances.", "human_ref_B": "They'd be making a doomsday weapon. Launch it at a non-compliant colony, boom! Problem over (except getting rid of the aliens, of course)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 782.0, "score_ratio": 12.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "dayyxu4", "c_root_id_B": "daytbty", "created_at_utc_A": 1481256420.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481248720.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 24, "human_ref_A": "> kills anything that moves on sight By tethering it with cybernetics and genetic modification. > what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons You should always be ready to end any potential war quickly and efficiently in any intragalatic political body. Stellaris has taught me this.", "human_ref_B": "A weaponized xenomorph would be kind of like a nuclear weapon, except with less damage to equipment and the environment. And just like a nuke, there'd be a certain amount of cleanup required after it was employed... but it would be extremely effective in keeping the colonies in line.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7700.0, "score_ratio": 1.4166666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daytscf", "c_root_id_B": "dayyxu4", "created_at_utc_A": 1481249344.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481256420.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 34, "human_ref_A": "They'd be making a doomsday weapon. Launch it at a non-compliant colony, boom! Problem over (except getting rid of the aliens, of course)", "human_ref_B": "> kills anything that moves on sight By tethering it with cybernetics and genetic modification. > what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons You should always be ready to end any potential war quickly and efficiently in any intragalatic political body. Stellaris has taught me this.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7076.0, "score_ratio": 5.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz7c05", "c_root_id_B": "daz1i5t", "created_at_utc_A": 1481273902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481260367.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Let's face it...it's clear W-Y's research division is being run by a spiritual successor and/or clone of Cave Johnson.", "human_ref_B": "There were a few scientists in Alien 4 who thought the Xenos could be trained. For all we know, capturing these creatures for military was their idea, or the idea of their immediate superior, or (if you accept the AvP branch of the mythos), it was Weyland who gave standing orders for any E.T. biology and technology to be captured on sight and studied for possible commercial/military application.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13535.0, "score_ratio": 2.2222222222, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz7c05", "c_root_id_B": "daytscf", "created_at_utc_A": 1481273902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481249344.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Let's face it...it's clear W-Y's research division is being run by a spiritual successor and/or clone of Cave Johnson.", "human_ref_B": "They'd be making a doomsday weapon. Launch it at a non-compliant colony, boom! Problem over (except getting rid of the aliens, of course)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 24558.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz7c05", "c_root_id_B": "daz34rm", "created_at_utc_A": 1481273902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481263390.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Let's face it...it's clear W-Y's research division is being run by a spiritual successor and/or clone of Cave Johnson.", "human_ref_B": "Well, to be fair, on the first point, Xenomorphs were created in the first place to be a biological weapon, the ship the first one was found on in Alien was a warship, and those facehugger eggs were the bombs it was dropping.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10512.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz7c05", "c_root_id_B": "daz35uk", "created_at_utc_A": 1481273902.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481263449.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Let's face it...it's clear W-Y's research division is being run by a spiritual successor and/or clone of Cave Johnson.", "human_ref_B": "It'd make a pretty effective 'manifest destiny' weapon. To bridge universes for a moment, imagine a situation like the film Avatar; mineral-rich planet with a indigenous population. Load a drop ship with eggs, remote pilot it to the surface and let the Xenos do what they do best. Then nuke the whole damn thing, claim it was for the greater good and get to mining.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10453.0, "score_ratio": 6.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz1i5t", "c_root_id_B": "daytscf", "created_at_utc_A": 1481260367.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481249344.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "There were a few scientists in Alien 4 who thought the Xenos could be trained. For all we know, capturing these creatures for military was their idea, or the idea of their immediate superior, or (if you accept the AvP branch of the mythos), it was Weyland who gave standing orders for any E.T. biology and technology to be captured on sight and studied for possible commercial/military application.", "human_ref_B": "They'd be making a doomsday weapon. Launch it at a non-compliant colony, boom! Problem over (except getting rid of the aliens, of course)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11023.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "dazhrdj", "c_root_id_B": "daytscf", "created_at_utc_A": 1481297540.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481249344.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "You're misunderstanding it. We utilize cows for weapons, for example. Or at least used to. Leather grips made weapons more comfortable to hold. If it uses leather straps - cows are still in use, or at least could be in theory. Cows still help make weapons, even in 2016. They're gonna look at the exoskeleton and see if they can make armor out of it. Well, not out of it, but utilizing the same techniques - it's a complicated mover with a hard exoskeleton, surely that can be used for body armor designs. They're gonna look at the nervous system and see how it interacts with the environment - sight, smell and so on. They're gonna look at the blood and other organs to see how it's so corrosive yet able to be contained. And if an adult xenomorph takes on characteristics of the host, they want to look at the genes and see how that even works. Maybe splice some gorilla into soldiers so they can lift more or something. They aren't gonna slap control collars on it and use it like an attack dog... probably. That'd be like using a fighter jet to run the power for your house.", "human_ref_B": "They'd be making a doomsday weapon. Launch it at a non-compliant colony, boom! Problem over (except getting rid of the aliens, of course)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 48196.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "dazhrdj", "c_root_id_B": "daz34rm", "created_at_utc_A": 1481297540.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481263390.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "You're misunderstanding it. We utilize cows for weapons, for example. Or at least used to. Leather grips made weapons more comfortable to hold. If it uses leather straps - cows are still in use, or at least could be in theory. Cows still help make weapons, even in 2016. They're gonna look at the exoskeleton and see if they can make armor out of it. Well, not out of it, but utilizing the same techniques - it's a complicated mover with a hard exoskeleton, surely that can be used for body armor designs. They're gonna look at the nervous system and see how it interacts with the environment - sight, smell and so on. They're gonna look at the blood and other organs to see how it's so corrosive yet able to be contained. And if an adult xenomorph takes on characteristics of the host, they want to look at the genes and see how that even works. Maybe splice some gorilla into soldiers so they can lift more or something. They aren't gonna slap control collars on it and use it like an attack dog... probably. That'd be like using a fighter jet to run the power for your house.", "human_ref_B": "Well, to be fair, on the first point, Xenomorphs were created in the first place to be a biological weapon, the ship the first one was found on in Alien was a warship, and those facehugger eggs were the bombs it was dropping.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 34150.0, "score_ratio": 1.2857142857, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz8ssd", "c_root_id_B": "dazhrdj", "created_at_utc_A": 1481278613.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481297540.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "They could figure something out But the xenomorph would also be useful in other ways. It's biology is a new thing we have never seen before, there are fuckloads of useful things we can learn from them", "human_ref_B": "You're misunderstanding it. We utilize cows for weapons, for example. Or at least used to. Leather grips made weapons more comfortable to hold. If it uses leather straps - cows are still in use, or at least could be in theory. Cows still help make weapons, even in 2016. They're gonna look at the exoskeleton and see if they can make armor out of it. Well, not out of it, but utilizing the same techniques - it's a complicated mover with a hard exoskeleton, surely that can be used for body armor designs. They're gonna look at the nervous system and see how it interacts with the environment - sight, smell and so on. They're gonna look at the blood and other organs to see how it's so corrosive yet able to be contained. And if an adult xenomorph takes on characteristics of the host, they want to look at the genes and see how that even works. Maybe splice some gorilla into soldiers so they can lift more or something. They aren't gonna slap control collars on it and use it like an attack dog... probably. That'd be like using a fighter jet to run the power for your house.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18927.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz35uk", "c_root_id_B": "dazhrdj", "created_at_utc_A": 1481263449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481297540.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "It'd make a pretty effective 'manifest destiny' weapon. To bridge universes for a moment, imagine a situation like the film Avatar; mineral-rich planet with a indigenous population. Load a drop ship with eggs, remote pilot it to the surface and let the Xenos do what they do best. Then nuke the whole damn thing, claim it was for the greater good and get to mining.", "human_ref_B": "You're misunderstanding it. We utilize cows for weapons, for example. Or at least used to. Leather grips made weapons more comfortable to hold. If it uses leather straps - cows are still in use, or at least could be in theory. Cows still help make weapons, even in 2016. They're gonna look at the exoskeleton and see if they can make armor out of it. Well, not out of it, but utilizing the same techniques - it's a complicated mover with a hard exoskeleton, surely that can be used for body armor designs. They're gonna look at the nervous system and see how it interacts with the environment - sight, smell and so on. They're gonna look at the blood and other organs to see how it's so corrosive yet able to be contained. And if an adult xenomorph takes on characteristics of the host, they want to look at the genes and see how that even works. Maybe splice some gorilla into soldiers so they can lift more or something. They aren't gonna slap control collars on it and use it like an attack dog... probably. That'd be like using a fighter jet to run the power for your house.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34091.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "dazhrdj", "c_root_id_B": "daze0dk", "created_at_utc_A": 1481297540.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481292015.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "You're misunderstanding it. We utilize cows for weapons, for example. Or at least used to. Leather grips made weapons more comfortable to hold. If it uses leather straps - cows are still in use, or at least could be in theory. Cows still help make weapons, even in 2016. They're gonna look at the exoskeleton and see if they can make armor out of it. Well, not out of it, but utilizing the same techniques - it's a complicated mover with a hard exoskeleton, surely that can be used for body armor designs. They're gonna look at the nervous system and see how it interacts with the environment - sight, smell and so on. They're gonna look at the blood and other organs to see how it's so corrosive yet able to be contained. And if an adult xenomorph takes on characteristics of the host, they want to look at the genes and see how that even works. Maybe splice some gorilla into soldiers so they can lift more or something. They aren't gonna slap control collars on it and use it like an attack dog... probably. That'd be like using a fighter jet to run the power for your house.", "human_ref_B": "The corporate mentality tends towards the short term. A few people saw the first alien ever and knew there was cash to be had, which means bonuses. I think that is the overall message. This alien would destroy earth and maybe even humanity, but the hive mind of the corporation simply could not see the long-term implications. It was never designed to. I mean, that was the dystopian message from the very first movie, I thought: Humans are expendable and profits are king.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5525.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz34rm", "c_root_id_B": "daytscf", "created_at_utc_A": 1481263390.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481249344.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "Well, to be fair, on the first point, Xenomorphs were created in the first place to be a biological weapon, the ship the first one was found on in Alien was a warship, and those facehugger eggs were the bombs it was dropping.", "human_ref_B": "They'd be making a doomsday weapon. Launch it at a non-compliant colony, boom! Problem over (except getting rid of the aliens, of course)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14046.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz35uk", "c_root_id_B": "daz8ssd", "created_at_utc_A": 1481263449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481278613.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "It'd make a pretty effective 'manifest destiny' weapon. To bridge universes for a moment, imagine a situation like the film Avatar; mineral-rich planet with a indigenous population. Load a drop ship with eggs, remote pilot it to the surface and let the Xenos do what they do best. Then nuke the whole damn thing, claim it was for the greater good and get to mining.", "human_ref_B": "They could figure something out But the xenomorph would also be useful in other ways. It's biology is a new thing we have never seen before, there are fuckloads of useful things we can learn from them", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15164.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5haz6d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.93, "history": "[Aliens] How on earth were the Company planning on turning an alien creature that kills anything that moves on sight ( friend and foe ) into a biological weapon and for what purpose anyway, what war was Earth fighting that would need such weapons?", "c_root_id_A": "daz35uk", "c_root_id_B": "daze0dk", "created_at_utc_A": 1481263449.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1481292015.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "It'd make a pretty effective 'manifest destiny' weapon. To bridge universes for a moment, imagine a situation like the film Avatar; mineral-rich planet with a indigenous population. Load a drop ship with eggs, remote pilot it to the surface and let the Xenos do what they do best. Then nuke the whole damn thing, claim it was for the greater good and get to mining.", "human_ref_B": "The corporate mentality tends towards the short term. A few people saw the first alien ever and knew there was cash to be had, which means bonuses. I think that is the overall message. This alien would destroy earth and maybe even humanity, but the hive mind of the corporation simply could not see the long-term implications. It was never designed to. I mean, that was the dystopian message from the very first movie, I thought: Humans are expendable and profits are king.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28566.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "30ngu5", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 1.0, "history": "[Futurama] Bender has 8 senses including Smision, what are the other seven? Obviously sight, touch, hearing, etc. But what are the others?", "c_root_id_A": "cpu0ds9", "c_root_id_B": "cpu2wr4", "created_at_utc_A": 1427588105.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1427593097.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 22, "human_ref_A": "Booze, booze, booze, booze, booze, booze, booze and booze.", "human_ref_B": "A common misconception is humans only have 5 senses (Sight, Touch, Smell, Taste, and Hearing), but people often forget a sense of timing, direction, balance, humor, ect. He could also percieve wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans cannot see (Infrared for example) or the sonic equivalent for hearing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4992.0, "score_ratio": 2.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2d8iew", "c_root_id_B": "d2d8hh3", "created_at_utc_A": 1461343196.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461343161.0, "score_A": 30, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Weren't they reverse engineering the tech in secret before the first movie? That's why the computer virus worked, because we stole computers from the aliens. After the attack, alien tech should spread even faster since it isn't a secret any more.", "human_ref_B": "Well, keep in mind that by the first invasion we'd already had computers capable of interfacing with their technology for some time - sufficient for the scout vessel to be mostly repaired beforehand and then remotely access their larger network. There's a theory that this in turn may be due to the aliens modifying their systems to exploit Earth's technology for reconnaissance purposes. With that in mind, it's possible we didn't so much reverse-engineer the technology but found intact theory-of and production instructions in their crashed citykillers. We didn't reverse-engineer it, we just read the book.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 35.0, "score_ratio": 1.5789473684, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2d9a4d", "c_root_id_B": "d2dl1te", "created_at_utc_A": 1461344224.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461360722.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "If it's a matter of survival, then yes. Humanity now knows it's not the only species in the universe and the one other one it's met is decidedly hostile. Do we want to get caught with our pants down again? We can make amazing leaps when our lives depend on it.", "human_ref_B": "Adding to all the people commenting that we based most of our modern world on their technology, keep in mind most large cities were completely destroyed by their ships, not to mention whatever was under them when they crashed. Given the technology we have today we could built huge skyscrapers running on solar / wind energy (from panels and turbines placed on the roof and walls) that would be both efficient and aesthetically pleasing. Think Dubai. But there's no real reason to do that in most places because the costs far outweigh the benefits. There's no reason for downtown Manhattan to tear down all their buildings and make an entirely new city because the cost would be absolutely insane. That's why skyscraper design lags sometimes decades behind technology, because they get replaced so slow that most the buildings you see are almost always some type of \"old.\" Now after the events of Independence Day, we have burning wrecks of major cities that need rebuilt, heavily reduced military hardware numbers, and the remains of many dozens of 15-mile diameter ships (which I should note are probably not equally spread out across the globe, as they were focused on destroying large population centers. This means a lot of them would already be crashed in well developed nations) which could and probably were picked apart, studied, and salvaged. Now we have the task of rebuilding all these destroyed cities. There's no real reason to start over somewhere else. If all of Manhattan was destroyed there's no reason to not clean up the debris and build new stuff on top of it. Not every day you find a giant granite slate on a coast that you can freely building skyscrapers on. So the logical step would be to incorporate all this new tech into these cities anyway. The military of course gets first dibs on weapons tech. We got the TSA after 9/11, imagine the government reaction to a global invasion that was close to defeating us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16498.0, "score_ratio": 1.1666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2dl1te", "c_root_id_B": "d2dhcv7", "created_at_utc_A": 1461360722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461355250.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Adding to all the people commenting that we based most of our modern world on their technology, keep in mind most large cities were completely destroyed by their ships, not to mention whatever was under them when they crashed. Given the technology we have today we could built huge skyscrapers running on solar / wind energy (from panels and turbines placed on the roof and walls) that would be both efficient and aesthetically pleasing. Think Dubai. But there's no real reason to do that in most places because the costs far outweigh the benefits. There's no reason for downtown Manhattan to tear down all their buildings and make an entirely new city because the cost would be absolutely insane. That's why skyscraper design lags sometimes decades behind technology, because they get replaced so slow that most the buildings you see are almost always some type of \"old.\" Now after the events of Independence Day, we have burning wrecks of major cities that need rebuilt, heavily reduced military hardware numbers, and the remains of many dozens of 15-mile diameter ships (which I should note are probably not equally spread out across the globe, as they were focused on destroying large population centers. This means a lot of them would already be crashed in well developed nations) which could and probably were picked apart, studied, and salvaged. Now we have the task of rebuilding all these destroyed cities. There's no real reason to start over somewhere else. If all of Manhattan was destroyed there's no reason to not clean up the debris and build new stuff on top of it. Not every day you find a giant granite slate on a coast that you can freely building skyscrapers on. So the logical step would be to incorporate all this new tech into these cities anyway. The military of course gets first dibs on weapons tech. We got the TSA after 9/11, imagine the government reaction to a global invasion that was close to defeating us.", "human_ref_B": "When humanity needs to increase technology rapidly, they can. Look at aircraft engines. In 1917 the brand new Sopwith F.1 Camel had a Clerget 9B 9-cylinder rotary engine which had 130 shp (97 kW) of power In 1924 the Packard 1A-2500 came out which had 850 shp (630 kW) of power In 1936 we have the Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3G Twin Wasp which had 1,200 hp (890 kW) of power. People will go \"yea, but technology doesn't advance anymore...\" The first Boeing 777-200 came with a selection of engines, but I'm going track the GEs because they are an option across all current and future models. 1995 - 777-200 - GE90-77B - 77,000 lbf (342 kN) 1997 - 777-200ER - GE90-94B - 93,700 lbf (417 kN) 2006 - 777-200LR - GE90-115B1 - 115,300 lbf (512 kN) And with each increase in power has come a decrease in fuel burn per mile/km Edit - more interesting engine track - the Boeing 737 1968 - 737-100 - Pratt & Whitney JT8D - 14,500\u201317,400 lbf (64\u201377 kN) 1984 - 737-300 - CFM International CFM56-3 series - 20,000\u201323,500 lbf (89\u2013105 kN) 1997 - 737-600 - CFM International CFM56-7 series - 19,500\u201327,300 lbf (87\u2013121 kN) 2017 - 737-Max - CFM LEAP-1B - 23,000\u201328,000 lbf (100\u2013120 kN) (15% less fuel burn)", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5472.0, "score_ratio": 1.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2dbm41", "c_root_id_B": "d2dl1te", "created_at_utc_A": 1461347354.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461360722.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Lots of computer and alien tech wss already reversed engineered for decades. And after a near world ending event we wanted to he prepared for another possible attack.", "human_ref_B": "Adding to all the people commenting that we based most of our modern world on their technology, keep in mind most large cities were completely destroyed by their ships, not to mention whatever was under them when they crashed. Given the technology we have today we could built huge skyscrapers running on solar / wind energy (from panels and turbines placed on the roof and walls) that would be both efficient and aesthetically pleasing. Think Dubai. But there's no real reason to do that in most places because the costs far outweigh the benefits. There's no reason for downtown Manhattan to tear down all their buildings and make an entirely new city because the cost would be absolutely insane. That's why skyscraper design lags sometimes decades behind technology, because they get replaced so slow that most the buildings you see are almost always some type of \"old.\" Now after the events of Independence Day, we have burning wrecks of major cities that need rebuilt, heavily reduced military hardware numbers, and the remains of many dozens of 15-mile diameter ships (which I should note are probably not equally spread out across the globe, as they were focused on destroying large population centers. This means a lot of them would already be crashed in well developed nations) which could and probably were picked apart, studied, and salvaged. Now we have the task of rebuilding all these destroyed cities. There's no real reason to start over somewhere else. If all of Manhattan was destroyed there's no reason to not clean up the debris and build new stuff on top of it. Not every day you find a giant granite slate on a coast that you can freely building skyscrapers on. So the logical step would be to incorporate all this new tech into these cities anyway. The military of course gets first dibs on weapons tech. We got the TSA after 9/11, imagine the government reaction to a global invasion that was close to defeating us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 13368.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2dfo03", "c_root_id_B": "d2dl1te", "created_at_utc_A": 1461352890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461360722.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "No. Microchips aren't all that complicated. If we had a magical machine that can make anything we could design, we could have built microchips as small as they are now almost immediately. The problem is building them. Unless that ship had a microchip factory on board, there was nothing to reverse engineer.", "human_ref_B": "Adding to all the people commenting that we based most of our modern world on their technology, keep in mind most large cities were completely destroyed by their ships, not to mention whatever was under them when they crashed. Given the technology we have today we could built huge skyscrapers running on solar / wind energy (from panels and turbines placed on the roof and walls) that would be both efficient and aesthetically pleasing. Think Dubai. But there's no real reason to do that in most places because the costs far outweigh the benefits. There's no reason for downtown Manhattan to tear down all their buildings and make an entirely new city because the cost would be absolutely insane. That's why skyscraper design lags sometimes decades behind technology, because they get replaced so slow that most the buildings you see are almost always some type of \"old.\" Now after the events of Independence Day, we have burning wrecks of major cities that need rebuilt, heavily reduced military hardware numbers, and the remains of many dozens of 15-mile diameter ships (which I should note are probably not equally spread out across the globe, as they were focused on destroying large population centers. This means a lot of them would already be crashed in well developed nations) which could and probably were picked apart, studied, and salvaged. Now we have the task of rebuilding all these destroyed cities. There's no real reason to start over somewhere else. If all of Manhattan was destroyed there's no reason to not clean up the debris and build new stuff on top of it. Not every day you find a giant granite slate on a coast that you can freely building skyscrapers on. So the logical step would be to incorporate all this new tech into these cities anyway. The military of course gets first dibs on weapons tech. We got the TSA after 9/11, imagine the government reaction to a global invasion that was close to defeating us.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7832.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2dl1te", "c_root_id_B": "d2di0pp", "created_at_utc_A": 1461360722.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461356193.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Adding to all the people commenting that we based most of our modern world on their technology, keep in mind most large cities were completely destroyed by their ships, not to mention whatever was under them when they crashed. Given the technology we have today we could built huge skyscrapers running on solar / wind energy (from panels and turbines placed on the roof and walls) that would be both efficient and aesthetically pleasing. Think Dubai. But there's no real reason to do that in most places because the costs far outweigh the benefits. There's no reason for downtown Manhattan to tear down all their buildings and make an entirely new city because the cost would be absolutely insane. That's why skyscraper design lags sometimes decades behind technology, because they get replaced so slow that most the buildings you see are almost always some type of \"old.\" Now after the events of Independence Day, we have burning wrecks of major cities that need rebuilt, heavily reduced military hardware numbers, and the remains of many dozens of 15-mile diameter ships (which I should note are probably not equally spread out across the globe, as they were focused on destroying large population centers. This means a lot of them would already be crashed in well developed nations) which could and probably were picked apart, studied, and salvaged. Now we have the task of rebuilding all these destroyed cities. There's no real reason to start over somewhere else. If all of Manhattan was destroyed there's no reason to not clean up the debris and build new stuff on top of it. Not every day you find a giant granite slate on a coast that you can freely building skyscrapers on. So the logical step would be to incorporate all this new tech into these cities anyway. The military of course gets first dibs on weapons tech. We got the TSA after 9/11, imagine the government reaction to a global invasion that was close to defeating us.", "human_ref_B": "Yes. Did you not watch the documentary?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4529.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2dbm41", "c_root_id_B": "d2dhcv7", "created_at_utc_A": 1461347354.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461355250.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Lots of computer and alien tech wss already reversed engineered for decades. And after a near world ending event we wanted to he prepared for another possible attack.", "human_ref_B": "When humanity needs to increase technology rapidly, they can. Look at aircraft engines. In 1917 the brand new Sopwith F.1 Camel had a Clerget 9B 9-cylinder rotary engine which had 130 shp (97 kW) of power In 1924 the Packard 1A-2500 came out which had 850 shp (630 kW) of power In 1936 we have the Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3G Twin Wasp which had 1,200 hp (890 kW) of power. People will go \"yea, but technology doesn't advance anymore...\" The first Boeing 777-200 came with a selection of engines, but I'm going track the GEs because they are an option across all current and future models. 1995 - 777-200 - GE90-77B - 77,000 lbf (342 kN) 1997 - 777-200ER - GE90-94B - 93,700 lbf (417 kN) 2006 - 777-200LR - GE90-115B1 - 115,300 lbf (512 kN) And with each increase in power has come a decrease in fuel burn per mile/km Edit - more interesting engine track - the Boeing 737 1968 - 737-100 - Pratt & Whitney JT8D - 14,500\u201317,400 lbf (64\u201377 kN) 1984 - 737-300 - CFM International CFM56-3 series - 20,000\u201323,500 lbf (89\u2013105 kN) 1997 - 737-600 - CFM International CFM56-7 series - 19,500\u201327,300 lbf (87\u2013121 kN) 2017 - 737-Max - CFM LEAP-1B - 23,000\u201328,000 lbf (100\u2013120 kN) (15% less fuel burn)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7896.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2dfo03", "c_root_id_B": "d2dhcv7", "created_at_utc_A": 1461352890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461355250.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "No. Microchips aren't all that complicated. If we had a magical machine that can make anything we could design, we could have built microchips as small as they are now almost immediately. The problem is building them. Unless that ship had a microchip factory on board, there was nothing to reverse engineer.", "human_ref_B": "When humanity needs to increase technology rapidly, they can. Look at aircraft engines. In 1917 the brand new Sopwith F.1 Camel had a Clerget 9B 9-cylinder rotary engine which had 130 shp (97 kW) of power In 1924 the Packard 1A-2500 came out which had 850 shp (630 kW) of power In 1936 we have the Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3G Twin Wasp which had 1,200 hp (890 kW) of power. People will go \"yea, but technology doesn't advance anymore...\" The first Boeing 777-200 came with a selection of engines, but I'm going track the GEs because they are an option across all current and future models. 1995 - 777-200 - GE90-77B - 77,000 lbf (342 kN) 1997 - 777-200ER - GE90-94B - 93,700 lbf (417 kN) 2006 - 777-200LR - GE90-115B1 - 115,300 lbf (512 kN) And with each increase in power has come a decrease in fuel burn per mile/km Edit - more interesting engine track - the Boeing 737 1968 - 737-100 - Pratt & Whitney JT8D - 14,500\u201317,400 lbf (64\u201377 kN) 1984 - 737-300 - CFM International CFM56-3 series - 20,000\u201323,500 lbf (89\u2013105 kN) 1997 - 737-600 - CFM International CFM56-7 series - 19,500\u201327,300 lbf (87\u2013121 kN) 2017 - 737-Max - CFM LEAP-1B - 23,000\u201328,000 lbf (100\u2013120 kN) (15% less fuel burn)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2360.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2dr7fm", "c_root_id_B": "d2dbm41", "created_at_utc_A": 1461371159.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461347354.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "We've actually been reverse engineering their technology since 1947, we just couldn't replicate their power source \u2026 that is until the invasion which gave us a vast amount of material to reconstruct and replicate", "human_ref_B": "Lots of computer and alien tech wss already reversed engineered for decades. And after a near world ending event we wanted to he prepared for another possible attack.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23805.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2dfo03", "c_root_id_B": "d2dr7fm", "created_at_utc_A": 1461352890.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461371159.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "No. Microchips aren't all that complicated. If we had a magical machine that can make anything we could design, we could have built microchips as small as they are now almost immediately. The problem is building them. Unless that ship had a microchip factory on board, there was nothing to reverse engineer.", "human_ref_B": "We've actually been reverse engineering their technology since 1947, we just couldn't replicate their power source \u2026 that is until the invasion which gave us a vast amount of material to reconstruct and replicate", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 18269.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4fz7g7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[Independence Day]Could Humanity really reverse engineer all of that alien tech to have it so widespread in only 20 years? I know it seems to be a small hang up, but the newest trailer they have reversed engineer all of that alien tech and it's literally EVERYWHERE. Could that happen realistically?", "c_root_id_A": "d2di0pp", "c_root_id_B": "d2dr7fm", "created_at_utc_A": 1461356193.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1461371159.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes. Did you not watch the documentary?", "human_ref_B": "We've actually been reverse engineering their technology since 1947, we just couldn't replicate their power source \u2026 that is until the invasion which gave us a vast amount of material to reconstruct and replicate", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 14966.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rk73yr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Santa Clause] How legal is the Santa Clause? Since the only indication of the Clause is in ultra-fine print, such as a magnifying glass is needed for Scott Calvin to see it even though he doesn't use glasses. This seems to be hidden so deliberately that it just *has* to be illegal, right? Right?", "c_root_id_A": "hp8d82y", "c_root_id_B": "hp8rxae", "created_at_utc_A": 1639958236.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639965288.0, "score_A": 12, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It's a magically binding contract. It's neither legal or illegal to any human law. However it's still binding to the person (un)fortunate enough to accidentally evoke it.", "human_ref_B": "The Santa Clause is likely a Law of Nature enforced by Mother Nature. Violation of the rules should therefore be a matter for the Council of Legendary Figures to act as tribunal over. It would be up to them to decide the legality of the law.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7052.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rk73yr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Santa Clause] How legal is the Santa Clause? Since the only indication of the Clause is in ultra-fine print, such as a magnifying glass is needed for Scott Calvin to see it even though he doesn't use glasses. This seems to be hidden so deliberately that it just *has* to be illegal, right? Right?", "c_root_id_A": "hp8rxae", "c_root_id_B": "hp8k776", "created_at_utc_A": 1639965288.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639961502.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Santa Clause is likely a Law of Nature enforced by Mother Nature. Violation of the rules should therefore be a matter for the Council of Legendary Figures to act as tribunal over. It would be up to them to decide the legality of the law.", "human_ref_B": "I think Attorney Tom made a video on this on Youtube. You should check it out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3786.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rk73yr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Santa Clause] How legal is the Santa Clause? Since the only indication of the Clause is in ultra-fine print, such as a magnifying glass is needed for Scott Calvin to see it even though he doesn't use glasses. This seems to be hidden so deliberately that it just *has* to be illegal, right? Right?", "c_root_id_A": "hp8rxae", "c_root_id_B": "hp8njn0", "created_at_utc_A": 1639965288.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639963142.0, "score_A": 18, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "The Santa Clause is likely a Law of Nature enforced by Mother Nature. Violation of the rules should therefore be a matter for the Council of Legendary Figures to act as tribunal over. It would be up to them to decide the legality of the law.", "human_ref_B": "What happens if Santa kills himself. Who becomes Santa", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2146.0, "score_ratio": 9.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rk73yr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Santa Clause] How legal is the Santa Clause? Since the only indication of the Clause is in ultra-fine print, such as a magnifying glass is needed for Scott Calvin to see it even though he doesn't use glasses. This seems to be hidden so deliberately that it just *has* to be illegal, right? Right?", "c_root_id_A": "hp9a2gi", "c_root_id_B": "hp8k776", "created_at_utc_A": 1639974273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639961502.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's binding in the same way the contract Yubaba forced Chihiro to sign in Spirited Away was binding. It would be illegal in most jurisdictions, but that doesn't matter in magical contexts, which operate under their own laws.", "human_ref_B": "I think Attorney Tom made a video on this on Youtube. You should check it out.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 12771.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rk73yr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Santa Clause] How legal is the Santa Clause? Since the only indication of the Clause is in ultra-fine print, such as a magnifying glass is needed for Scott Calvin to see it even though he doesn't use glasses. This seems to be hidden so deliberately that it just *has* to be illegal, right? Right?", "c_root_id_A": "hp9a2gi", "c_root_id_B": "hp8njn0", "created_at_utc_A": 1639974273.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639963142.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "It's binding in the same way the contract Yubaba forced Chihiro to sign in Spirited Away was binding. It would be illegal in most jurisdictions, but that doesn't matter in magical contexts, which operate under their own laws.", "human_ref_B": "What happens if Santa kills himself. Who becomes Santa", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11131.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "f2w1z0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.86, "history": "[Battlestar Galactica] Were there still humans or cylons left on the 12 Colonies at the end? Did the cylons completely abandon the 12 Colonies at some point? If so, when? Why? Was the human resistance led by Anders and rescued by Starbuck's taskforce, the last humans left in all the 12 Colonies? Or were there other survivors on the other Colonies? Did the cylons manage to exterminate any survivors? Basically, at the end of the series as they're settling \"Earth\" they make it clear that they're trying to break the cycle of self destruction shared amongst the cylons and humans. But were there other unaccounted for populations left out there? Or did Head Six and Head Baltar manipulate things so completely that there wasn't anything left?", "c_root_id_A": "fhf1v9t", "c_root_id_B": "fhf8dw0", "created_at_utc_A": 1581534500.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1581538297.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There is no end, its an endless circle...", "human_ref_B": "- There are still a number of Cylons left unaccounted for at the end of the series, so it's almost certain some of them are going to stick around on the colonies. With the destruction of the resurrection ship and the loss of Hera, the Cylons might find themselves unable to resurrect or reproduce and eventually go extinct, but this seems unlikely. - The human resistance members we meet believe they're the last humans left in the 12 colonies, but they could very easily be wrong about this.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3797.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ttoj7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Independence Day] Wasn't president Whitmore in any contact with leaders from other countries when the space ships were approaching Earth? This was happening all over the world, I'd think that the leaders all over the world would be trying to figure out what to do when these things were coming.", "c_root_id_A": "d5ktxf5", "c_root_id_B": "d5km1zp", "created_at_utc_A": 1469101618.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469078207.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 0, "human_ref_A": "Has anyone else found it odd that the Soviet Union exists in the ID4 version of 1996? In one of the last scenes in the White House, they're all watching a broadcast from Soviet news.", "human_ref_B": "When the ships first arrived, for all he knew, it was a Soviet invasion.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 23411.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4ttoj7", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Independence Day] Wasn't president Whitmore in any contact with leaders from other countries when the space ships were approaching Earth? This was happening all over the world, I'd think that the leaders all over the world would be trying to figure out what to do when these things were coming.", "c_root_id_A": "d5km1zp", "c_root_id_B": "d5m30pw", "created_at_utc_A": 1469078207.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1469172904.0, "score_A": 0, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "When the ships first arrived, for all he knew, it was a Soviet invasion.", "human_ref_B": "Since the aliens arrived so quickly and with hardly any warning, there likely wasn't time for world leaders to convene, or even have substantial conversations, since they would be too busy trying to coordinate military or law enforcement responses and manage panicked people within their own countries. In the novelisation, Whitmore had had a telephone conversation with the Russian president as alien ships were arriving in the atmosphere.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 94697.0, "score_ratio": 1000.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "4p67kr", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "history": "[Star Wars] I'm an advanced Padawan and I want to be different. How well are my ideas received? * Some ideas I am toying with are.... * Telling my master that I want to specialise in a double-bladed saber. I've read in the library about Jedi who used to be adept in this. * Telling my master that I know a planet where I can get crystals that allow for a purple lightsaber, and I'd like to bypass the traditional cave and rather go there. I don't want to be green or blue like other Jedi. * Telling my Master that I want to convince Master Windu that I be one of the select few to learn Vaapad. * Telling my Master I'm not interested in much else other than learning how heal injuries with the Force and I'd prefer it if I could spend my time there.", "c_root_id_A": "d4id4pg", "c_root_id_B": "d4ibvv7", "created_at_utc_A": 1466536359.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1466534815.0, "score_A": 41, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "First, understand that your master's goal is to give you a broad base of training, ensuring you gain a deeper understanding of the force, and foster your natural talents. Another big one is to keep you from heading to the dark side and why that is to be avoided. In order: >specialise in a double-bladed saber Asking your master about this is a fine idea. Make sure you ASK, they are your master. You may not be well suited to it, or your master might be ill suited to teach you this and may ask a favor from another master. > bypass the traditional cave The right of passage of the crystals is an important one. If you are meant to have a different colored crystal, you will. This will NOT be well received. And depending on how you present the reasons, expect a lengthy discussion about how pride is an unhealthy trait in an apprentice. {Legacy} Not so bad really. If you know a place to get lightsaber crystals, spares are great to have. >to learn Vaapad Vaapad was developed by Master Windu to help channel and tame the leanings he had to the dark side. Unless you are already naturally leaning to the dark side and nothing else has quelled your anger and fury, asking for this is going to be.....well it's gonna be a really big red flag. \"Hey, Listen, I'm not EVIL! But, like, I wanna get REALLLY close.\" >other than learning how heal injuries with the Force If you have shown a natural aptitude for this, your master was likely chosen to foster this ability in the first place. If you aren't naturally talented, it's not your master that's keeping you from this. Go where the Force wills, give yourself to it.", "human_ref_B": ">* Some ideas I am toying with are.... >* Telling my master. >* Telling my master. >* Telling my Master. >* Telling my Master. >How well are my ideas received? Not very well.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1544.0, "score_ratio": 2.7333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "lyjb90", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Death Note] Petty questions regarding names, faces, and the note 1. The rule states that you must write the name and think about the person\u2019s face, to avoid killing people with the same name. Ok - what if I know for certain that the persons name is globally unique, can I kill them without knowing their face? 2. The face rule is also weird. What does it mean knowing their face? a. What if I only knew them as babies, does it still count today. b. What if they wore a mask or have hair on their face that covered it up. What would count as knowing it? c. What if I knew their face, but then they had an accident or a facial reconstruction surgery, would the face I knew still good enough? 3. Names are also complicated. a. How much of the name I need? First name and last name sure, but do I need to have the full middle name too? What about titles like \"sir\" b. What decides your name? A lot of people change their names throughout their life, does the death note abide by the local jurisdiction to get your name? If not and it\u2019s the name given to you at birth - Some cultures wait a while before naming a kid, does that mean that until they\u2019re named they\u2019re immune to the death note, or maybe forever because no name is the name they had? 3. Language - what if your victim was born in a different country? Their official name is in their language and not yours. Do you then can only write it in their language or you can write it translated go yours, but if so - what decides the correct spelling?", "c_root_id_A": "gpt5dea", "c_root_id_B": "gpt4s8b", "created_at_utc_A": 1614973858.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1614973588.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "1. I'd guess no, just due to the intent behind the rule. It's like saying \"if I know for a fact that there are no cars within a mile on this street, can I jaywalk.\" The law is unnecessarily restrictive in some specific contexts, but it doesn't go away just because of a potential exception. 2. The face rule is more about narrowing down the identity to one specific known person. If I knew Jim as a child and wanted to write his name in the Death Note today as a 30-year old man, I could use my recollection of him as a child - a recollection which is a unique identifier of him apart from all the other Jim's, no matter their age - to confirm that identity. Same deal with reconstruction surgery, either should work. In fact, the Shinigami Eyes worked on photos, even years old, so that should add up, as everyone's face changes over time. . If their face was too covered by a mask or something to actually recognize, I'd argue that you wouldn't know it, in the sense that you couldn't pick them out of a lineup. If you can see enough of it around that mask (like say it only covered their eyes), then it would probably work, as you could identify them if you saw them without it. 3. First and last name plus face seems to be all that's needed - people who don't have a last name would presumably only need the one. No need for titles or anything else, since the face takes care of ambiguity. As for kids who aren't named yet, I think the book specifically can't be used on kids (under a couple of years old), so that probably wouldn't apply much. As for changing names, again I think it comes down to intent and identity. My wife has a different legal last name now than when she was born, but both names are tied to her identity and both would probably work - someone who is actively rejecting an old name (like, say, a trans person who considers it to be a \"deadname\" might be a different story, since that name is actively separated from how they identify themselves. 4. It's been a while since I watched it, but I think I remember seeing names written in the book in multiple languages in the (English) anime. Since misspelling a name is known not to work, I'd assume that the victim's native tongue or most familiar tongue with their name is what would work. Like for example, if you were born in America but your name is natively Korean, but it's spelled out in English characters on your birth certificate and that's the way that you've most often presented it throughout your life, that's probably what would apply in the Death Note.", "human_ref_B": "1. You need to know there face. Even if for some reason the person has a totally unique name you still need the face. 2. Looking at a mask does not count. When 2nd Kira was attacking the police at the TV station in the anime they got past dying by wearing face shields that blocked the face. There is nothing in the Death Note rules saying how recent a photo or face needs to be. Technically every picture is of the past and nobody is exactly the same. We never see the rule tested by baby pictures or surgery so we have no way of knowing if it will work. Newborns are immune from the Death Note so you can't look at a baby picture of a baby and have it work. 3. You need a correctly spelled first and last name. You do not need titles. Fake names do not work, hence why L can use L. Shimigami eyes can let you see a person's name a lifespan. There is some sort of magic involved in it that recognizes what the person's real name is compared to what they go by. Misa did not see L looking at L, she saw his true name. Everyone would have a designation even if it's just maybe a birth number (guessing hypothically).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 270.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "37qfto", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.71, "history": "[Spiderman] If Peter's accident with the spider was more widely publicized, would he be able to sue OsCorp? What would the repercussions for the company be if their research was discovered.", "c_root_id_A": "crozo5i", "c_root_id_B": "croznln", "created_at_utc_A": 1432918853.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432918832.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "http://imgur.com/HjitiVC", "human_ref_B": "Absolutely. OSCorp failed to keep potentially dangerous lab assets (specifically, the engineered spider) sufficiently contained to protect its visitors, let alone its employees. This could potentially have caused thousands in medical damages, and Peter Parker could make a very good case that the incident has had a substantial negative impact on his social and physical well-being.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21.0, "score_ratio": 1.8888888889, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iwojxp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General superheroes] Everybody has their favorite superhero. But if each superhero were asked, who would they choose with 100% certainty?", "c_root_id_A": "g61v8zc", "c_root_id_B": "g61zgkq", "created_at_utc_A": 1600649335.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600651752.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "Probably some veteran, leader or inspirational ones, like Superman and Captain America.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man definitely thinks very highly of Captain America and views him as an unattainable standard for inherent goodness.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2417.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iwojxp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General superheroes] Everybody has their favorite superhero. But if each superhero were asked, who would they choose with 100% certainty?", "c_root_id_A": "g61wzam", "c_root_id_B": "g61zgkq", "created_at_utc_A": 1600650314.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600651752.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I think a lot of Marvel heroes would say Spider-Man. Wolverine, Deadpool, Iron Man, all seem to have a lot of affection for him.", "human_ref_B": "Spider-Man definitely thinks very highly of Captain America and views him as an unattainable standard for inherent goodness.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1438.0, "score_ratio": 2.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iwojxp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General superheroes] Everybody has their favorite superhero. But if each superhero were asked, who would they choose with 100% certainty?", "c_root_id_A": "g61v8zc", "c_root_id_B": "g622fs6", "created_at_utc_A": 1600649335.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600653489.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 17, "human_ref_A": "Probably some veteran, leader or inspirational ones, like Superman and Captain America.", "human_ref_B": "In DC, most heroes would say Superman. He inspired half of the younger heroes and nearly all future heroes. Others would probably choose their mentors. Superman himself seems to have a lot of admiration for Batman, even though they became heroes around the same time. Batman has explicitly stated that Superman is his favorite. In Marvel, Captain America would have more admiration than probably even Superman (in the United States), especially with any hero who served in the armed forces. For example, Punisher absolutely refused to so much as put his hands up to stop Captain America from brutalizing him. A lot of the older supes tend to have a soft spot for Spider-Man, though and he supposedly becomes one of the greatest heroes in future history.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4154.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iwojxp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General superheroes] Everybody has their favorite superhero. But if each superhero were asked, who would they choose with 100% certainty?", "c_root_id_A": "g622fs6", "c_root_id_B": "g61wzam", "created_at_utc_A": 1600653489.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600650314.0, "score_A": 17, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "In DC, most heroes would say Superman. He inspired half of the younger heroes and nearly all future heroes. Others would probably choose their mentors. Superman himself seems to have a lot of admiration for Batman, even though they became heroes around the same time. Batman has explicitly stated that Superman is his favorite. In Marvel, Captain America would have more admiration than probably even Superman (in the United States), especially with any hero who served in the armed forces. For example, Punisher absolutely refused to so much as put his hands up to stop Captain America from brutalizing him. A lot of the older supes tend to have a soft spot for Spider-Man, though and he supposedly becomes one of the greatest heroes in future history.", "human_ref_B": "I think a lot of Marvel heroes would say Spider-Man. Wolverine, Deadpool, Iron Man, all seem to have a lot of affection for him.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3175.0, "score_ratio": 2.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "iwojxp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.8, "history": "[General superheroes] Everybody has their favorite superhero. But if each superhero were asked, who would they choose with 100% certainty?", "c_root_id_A": "g63yugh", "c_root_id_B": "g64sslj", "created_at_utc_A": 1600700974.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1600713454.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Superman.", "human_ref_B": "Everyone in the dc universe would say Superman, everyone in the marvel universe would say Spider-Man or captain America.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12480.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5r6dss", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.78, "history": "[Battlestar Galactica] A question about Cylon detection. It's stated several times that the human model Cylons are indistinguishable from actual humans via normal medical means. Yet they also seem to have increased physical strength, the ability to interface with computers via direct physical contact, and a marked bioluminescence during certain activities. How is none of that detectable?", "c_root_id_A": "dd561w9", "c_root_id_B": "dd5c5wq", "created_at_utc_A": 1485871407.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1485879262.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Well for every one of the skin jobs you catch you could take a DNA sample and subject everyone in the fleet to DNA screenings, looking for genetic markers.", "human_ref_B": "The biomedical technology of the Twelve Colonies is crap, it seems to be kind of equivalent to ours in the 50s. Of course the bioluminescence would be an alarm sign, but I would say that the Cylons show it only when it won't attract attention. In fact, I don't remember if any human ever noticed the glow during all the seasons...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7855.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbmfu1d", "c_root_id_B": "gbmiq0t", "created_at_utc_A": 1604852331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604853909.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 53, "human_ref_A": "No. \"Magic\" is Divine, and as such can only come from Eru Illuvitar or the beings he created with such powers to help him create the Universe. (Valar/Maiar) Elvish magic isn't truly magic, but part of the Grace of the Eldar. It was a gift bestowed upon the First Born of Illuvitar. The Black Numenorians, Easterling, Nazgul and others gained their power from Melkor worship/Sauron worship. It isn't them doing magic per say, rather Melkor/Sauron doing magical things through them.", "human_ref_B": "It is certainly possible! First, innate magic. Elves have some degree of magic on their own and the heirs have magic, such as Aragorn with his healing powers. He was also descended from the D\u00fanedain, men blessed by the Valar for their service in their holy war with longevity and power. Morgoth put much of his power into the earth. Middle Earth was his ring. Perhaps by finding some concentrated ingot of his power, you could perform some feat. Some races had some innate magical power, like the Druedain who could heal and use foresight. It really depends on your bloodline, or you finding some existing source of magic. If that's not to your liking, then you need to learn the hidden arts. Dwarves made many magical creations. As a poem once said. >The Dwarves of yore made mighty spells While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep In hollow halls beneath the fells Or >\"And in that time was made for him the Nauglam\u00edr, the Necklace of the Dwarves, most renowned of their works in the Elder Days. It was a carcanet of gold, and set therein were gems uncounted from Valinor; but it had a power within it so that it rested lightly on its wearer as a strand of flax, and whatsoever neck it clasped it sat always with grace and loveliness.\" Druedain could also do feats of great crafting, making stone golems of great skill and power.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1578.0, "score_ratio": 6.625, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbmoyn4", "c_root_id_B": "gbmsd3r", "created_at_utc_A": 1604856742.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604858044.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Before your question is answered, you'd need to clarify what do *you* mean when you say \"magic\"? For the Necromancer, he was *rumored* to be powerful human with the skill to raise the dead. The White Council outright dismisses that idea as ridiculous and impossible.", "human_ref_B": "Then suddenly, as before under the eaves of the Emyn Muil, Sam saw these two rivals with other vision. A crouching shape, scarcely more than the shadow of a living thing, a creature now wholly ruined and defeated, yet filled with a hideous lust and rage; and before it stood stern, untouchable now by pity, a figure robed in white, but at its breast it held a wheel of fire. Out of the fire there spoke a commanding voice. \"Begone, and trouble me no more! If you touch me ever again, you shall be cast yourself into the Fire of Doom.\" The next time Gollum touches Frodo, Gollum is cast into the Fire of Doom. Frodo used the Ring to lay a curse, and it worked. There's magical artifacts weaker than the Ring that have been lost over the years, and there's no reason an ordinary human couldn't use them. I don't think we see with entirely human blood use magic without a tool.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1302.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbmfu1d", "c_root_id_B": "gbmsd3r", "created_at_utc_A": 1604852331.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604858044.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "No. \"Magic\" is Divine, and as such can only come from Eru Illuvitar or the beings he created with such powers to help him create the Universe. (Valar/Maiar) Elvish magic isn't truly magic, but part of the Grace of the Eldar. It was a gift bestowed upon the First Born of Illuvitar. The Black Numenorians, Easterling, Nazgul and others gained their power from Melkor worship/Sauron worship. It isn't them doing magic per say, rather Melkor/Sauron doing magical things through them.", "human_ref_B": "Then suddenly, as before under the eaves of the Emyn Muil, Sam saw these two rivals with other vision. A crouching shape, scarcely more than the shadow of a living thing, a creature now wholly ruined and defeated, yet filled with a hideous lust and rage; and before it stood stern, untouchable now by pity, a figure robed in white, but at its breast it held a wheel of fire. Out of the fire there spoke a commanding voice. \"Begone, and trouble me no more! If you touch me ever again, you shall be cast yourself into the Fire of Doom.\" The next time Gollum touches Frodo, Gollum is cast into the Fire of Doom. Frodo used the Ring to lay a curse, and it worked. There's magical artifacts weaker than the Ring that have been lost over the years, and there's no reason an ordinary human couldn't use them. I don't think we see with entirely human blood use magic without a tool.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5713.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbn6xdw", "c_root_id_B": "gbn2t9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1604864515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604862471.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "It's worth remembering, most of Tolkien's magic is subtle. It's more a matter of crafting things of extreme quality, enhancing what's already there by putting yourself into it. IIRC, there were some Rangers of Ithilien who studied under the Elves and learned to make some minor trinkets and \"essays of crafting\"- the minor rings. It was one of these lesser rings that Gandalf first thought Bilbo found. There's also the Lord of the Nazgul's other title, \"Witch-King of Angmar.\"", "human_ref_B": "Not all of them, no. Certain breeds of Men can indeed use magic, such as Numenorians so theoretically, Aragorn can use magic. But other humans can't use magic at all. In fact, it comes up twice in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor when you think about it. Talion's (who was exiled to the Black Gate because he killed a Numenorian descendant which would've seen him executed on the spot had his father-in-law not been another noble) ability to use magical powers comes exclusively with his symbiotic relationship with the Elf possessing him and >!it's the first hint that something is *horribly* wrong with Lady Marwen since a Nurnen like her shouldn't have magic. Sure enough, she's being controlled by Saruman.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2044.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbn6xdw", "c_root_id_B": "gbmzwj0", "created_at_utc_A": 1604864515.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604861043.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "It's worth remembering, most of Tolkien's magic is subtle. It's more a matter of crafting things of extreme quality, enhancing what's already there by putting yourself into it. IIRC, there were some Rangers of Ithilien who studied under the Elves and learned to make some minor trinkets and \"essays of crafting\"- the minor rings. It was one of these lesser rings that Gandalf first thought Bilbo found. There's also the Lord of the Nazgul's other title, \"Witch-King of Angmar.\"", "human_ref_B": "Apparently, to some extent. The Palantier were made by Men.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3472.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbng8cb", "c_root_id_B": "gbn2t9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1604868950.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604862471.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Yes, depending on what you mean by magic. Whenever any of the Elves of Lorien are asked about \"magic\", they express confusion over exactly what is meant by the word. At her Mirror, Galadriel said to Sam, >\"...this is what your folks would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they man; and they seem also to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel. Did you not say that you wished to see Elf-magic?\" Notably, we are never told that the Wizards use magic, but only that \"they had many powers of mind and hand.\" So from the point of view of what we would call magic-users, it's not really magic at all, but a technology based on a science or understanding of nature of which we are ignorant, or a skill set developed over years of study. But in modern terms we know for a fact that Men\\* can use magic because we're told expressly that the Mouth of Sauron is a Man and that in the service of Sauron he \"learned great sorcery\". And then there's Aragorn's power for healing. He relies partly on the herb *athelas* for this, but it seems only an aid to some kind of innate power in the line of Numenorean kings. In Gondor this was largely forgotten by \"loremasters\", but was preserved as an old wives' tale as expressed by the wise-woman Ioreth in the House of Healing: \"The hands of the king are the hands of a healer.\" There are less momentous examples: In *The Hobbit* we meet Beorn, who although a mortal Man was able to take the shape of a bear. \\*I follow Tolkien's usage for the names of his races, with capital M \"Men\" for human beings as we know them. In the old lore translated by Bilbo and included in the Red Book it's clear that Men and Elves are both Children of Illuvatar and so related. A distinction between \"humans\" and \"Elves\" is therefore not quite accurate.", "human_ref_B": "Not all of them, no. Certain breeds of Men can indeed use magic, such as Numenorians so theoretically, Aragorn can use magic. But other humans can't use magic at all. In fact, it comes up twice in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor when you think about it. Talion's (who was exiled to the Black Gate because he killed a Numenorian descendant which would've seen him executed on the spot had his father-in-law not been another noble) ability to use magical powers comes exclusively with his symbiotic relationship with the Elf possessing him and >!it's the first hint that something is *horribly* wrong with Lady Marwen since a Nurnen like her shouldn't have magic. Sure enough, she's being controlled by Saruman.!<", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6479.0, "score_ratio": 2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbmzwj0", "c_root_id_B": "gbng8cb", "created_at_utc_A": 1604861043.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604868950.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "Apparently, to some extent. The Palantier were made by Men.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, depending on what you mean by magic. Whenever any of the Elves of Lorien are asked about \"magic\", they express confusion over exactly what is meant by the word. At her Mirror, Galadriel said to Sam, >\"...this is what your folks would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they man; and they seem also to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel. Did you not say that you wished to see Elf-magic?\" Notably, we are never told that the Wizards use magic, but only that \"they had many powers of mind and hand.\" So from the point of view of what we would call magic-users, it's not really magic at all, but a technology based on a science or understanding of nature of which we are ignorant, or a skill set developed over years of study. But in modern terms we know for a fact that Men\\* can use magic because we're told expressly that the Mouth of Sauron is a Man and that in the service of Sauron he \"learned great sorcery\". And then there's Aragorn's power for healing. He relies partly on the herb *athelas* for this, but it seems only an aid to some kind of innate power in the line of Numenorean kings. In Gondor this was largely forgotten by \"loremasters\", but was preserved as an old wives' tale as expressed by the wise-woman Ioreth in the House of Healing: \"The hands of the king are the hands of a healer.\" There are less momentous examples: In *The Hobbit* we meet Beorn, who although a mortal Man was able to take the shape of a bear. \\*I follow Tolkien's usage for the names of his races, with capital M \"Men\" for human beings as we know them. In the old lore translated by Bilbo and included in the Red Book it's clear that Men and Elves are both Children of Illuvatar and so related. A distinction between \"humans\" and \"Elves\" is therefore not quite accurate.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7907.0, "score_ratio": 8.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbnr9ez", "c_root_id_B": "gbmzwj0", "created_at_utc_A": 1604874381.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604861043.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Magic is a misnomer. It\u2019s better to put it in Tolkien\u2019s own words: > I dislike Allegory \u2013 the conscious and intentional allegory \u2013 yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. (And, of course, the more 'life' a story has the more readily will it be susceptible of allegorical interpretations: while the better a deliberate allegory is made the more nearly will it be acceptable just as a story.) Anyway all this stuff [It is, I suppose, fundamentally concerned with the problem of the relation of Art (and Sub-creation) and Primary Reality.] is mainly concerned with Fall, Mortality, and the Machine. With Fall inevitably, and that motive occurs in several modes. With Mortality, especially as it affects art and the creative (or as I should say, sub-creative) desire which seems to have no biological function, and to be apart from the satisfactions of plain ordinary biological life, with which, in our world, it is indeed usually at strife. This desire is at once wedded to a passionate love of the real primary world, and hence filled with the sense of mortality, and yet unsatisfied by it. It has various opportunities of 'Fall'. It may become possessive, clinging to the things made as 'its own', the sub-creator wishes to be the Lord and God of his private creation. He will rebel against the laws of the Creator \u2013 especially against mortality. Both of these (alone or together) will lead to the desire for Power, for making the will more quickly effective, \u2013 and so to the Machine (or Magic). By the last I intend all use of external plans or devices (apparatus) instead of development of the inherent inner powers or talents \u2014 or even the use of these talents with the corrupted motive of dominating: bulldozing the real world, or coercing other wills. The Machine is our more obvious modern form though more closely related to Magic than is usually recognised. > I have not used \u2018magic\u2019 consistently, and indeed the Elven-queen Galadriel is obliged to remonstrate with the Hobbits on their confused use of the word both for the devices and operations of the Enemy, and for those of the Elves. I have not, because there is not a word for the latter (since all human stories have suffered the same confusion). But the Elves are there (in my tales) to demonstrate the difference. Their \u2018magic\u2019 is Art, delivered from many of its human limitations: more effortless, more quick, more complete (product, and vision in unflawed correspondence). And its object is Art not Power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous reforming of Creation. The \u2018Elves\u2019 are \u2018immortal\u2019, at least as far as this world goes: and hence are concerned rather with the griefs and burdens of deathlessness in time and change, than with death. The Enemy in successive forms is always \u2018naturally\u2019 concerned with sheer Domination, and so the Lord of magic and machines; but the problem: that this frightful evil can and does arise from an apparently good root, the desire to benefit the world and others* \u2013 speedily and according to the benefactors own plans \u2013 is a recurrent motive. In short, there are two general categories of magic in Tolkien\u2019s work that\u2019re used amongst the Children Of Il\u00favatar. The first, is the sub-creative power of the Elves. Sub-creation is a Catholic-derived belief. A sub-creative seeks to enrich God\u2019s world by adding something new and wondrous to it. They know that as they, as well as all else, are creations of God, everything they create was ultimately created by God, Himself. It\u2019s a relinquishing of prideful ownership over one\u2019s works. The other type of magic is the arrogant, selfish, and lustful attempt to master/dominate God\u2019s creations. This is, in theory, possible for humans to learn. There are certainly several humans noted to be evil sorcerers. The Witch King being one such. As humans are mortal, we feel powerless over our destinies. The search for power is a means of, ultimately, delaying our deaths. As death is the Gift of Il\u00favatar, any attempt to subvert or avoid it is inherently immoral.", "human_ref_B": "Apparently, to some extent. The Palantier were made by Men.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13338.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jqdsi0", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "history": "[LOTR] Can a regular human learn magic? In the Hobbit books ( and maybe movies I don't remember ) Mirkwood is under the evil influence of the Necromancer, a sorcerer who is later revealed in LOTR to be Sauron. But for a bit, several knowledgeable characters seem to think the Necromancer could just be a human who learned dark magic. Is that common? Or easy? I feel like we only really see Wizards and Elves use magic in the series", "c_root_id_A": "gbmzwj0", "c_root_id_B": "gbn2t9k", "created_at_utc_A": 1604861043.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1604862471.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Apparently, to some extent. The Palantier were made by Men.", "human_ref_B": "Not all of them, no. Certain breeds of Men can indeed use magic, such as Numenorians so theoretically, Aragorn can use magic. But other humans can't use magic at all. In fact, it comes up twice in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor when you think about it. Talion's (who was exiled to the Black Gate because he killed a Numenorian descendant which would've seen him executed on the spot had his father-in-law not been another noble) ability to use magical powers comes exclusively with his symbiotic relationship with the Elf possessing him and >!it's the first hint that something is *horribly* wrong with Lady Marwen since a Nurnen like her shouldn't have magic. Sure enough, she's being controlled by Saruman.!<", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1428.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "25o6ph", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Space Jam] What do you feel were the political and sociological ramifications (if there were any) following the events of Space Jam? At the end of Space Jam, Michael Jordan steps off of a spaceship that originates from an alternate reality in full view of several hundred people. He then proceeds to reverse a widespread and extra-terrestrially-originating ailment affecting several high-profile NBA athletes. Following all of this, Michael Jordan returns to the world of Basketball. Humanity now has the following: * Conclusive proof of alien life. * Conclusive proof of a multiverse. * Conclusive proof that (at least) one professional sports league has been manipulated with on a scale larger than any prior doping, cheating, or bribery scandals. What do you feel the fallout would be concerning these revelations?", "c_root_id_A": "chjapky", "c_root_id_B": "chjai7h", "created_at_utc_A": 1400217399.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1400216832.0, "score_A": 159, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "The Looney Tunes Universe was unstable when it interfaced directly with our world, but their ability to create things which apparently violated the laws of physics was a huge boon for technology and trade, even if direct movement and communication between the Toon-universe and our universe was heavily limited. Eventually, once the right laws and restrictions were set in place, the average person only had as much interactions with a Toon as they did pre-Space Jam, that is, through cartoons and not much else. The existence of potentially hostile alien life was a shot in the arm to national space programs and defense budgets, as well as a huge incentive for world peace. Within a generation, the majority of infighting in the world ceased as nations cooperated to harvest the bounties of the Toonworld in a safe and sustainable way and prevent Earth from ever being invaded by alien life. Surprisingly, the NBA was anything but disgraced. B-ballers were hailed as the heroes who at least on a symbolic level saved humanity and could save it again, proof of all that is good in basketball and mankind and proof that humanity can and should exist on a galactic or intergalactic level. The sport of basketball exploded, with its practitioners being well respected the world over. Heavy research would go into developing technology and basketball techniques to be used to further the sport and potentially one day drive off alien invaders once again. Technology expanded in more ways than one, however, and an era of information and human enhancement blossomed, with technology that would be referred to in the early 21st century as \"cyberpunk\" becoming the norm. People lived longer, healthier lives, and a strong, enhanced humanity with Toon-tech and cybertech at their disposal was never substantially threatened by aliens again. Charles Barkley would go on to have a wildly successful career, and a son, Hoopz. He would continue to play B-ball into what before the tech revolution would have been considered old age. In 2041, during an especially important game, a desperate Barkley would break the code of the b-ballers and unleash a forbidden technique, the Chaos Dunk, which would lead to mass destruction, the banning of b-ball altogether, and the major fall of humanity. The aliens would never come back and the Toons, disgusted by the collapse of the once great empires of man and the sport of basketball itself, would cut off communications and trade, leaving humanity to persecute those who had once been their saviors, the b-ballers and Charles Barkley. Charles would one day be forced to confront the consequences of his actions, but that's a story for another day.", "human_ref_B": "Who would believe them? Jordan didn't take a camera with him. The five others just decide to shut up and go back to how they were. Going public would either result in the six of them laughed off the stage or mass hysteria. They ain't stupid, they keep it quiet.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 567.0, "score_ratio": 12.2307692308, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "25o6ph", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Space Jam] What do you feel were the political and sociological ramifications (if there were any) following the events of Space Jam? At the end of Space Jam, Michael Jordan steps off of a spaceship that originates from an alternate reality in full view of several hundred people. He then proceeds to reverse a widespread and extra-terrestrially-originating ailment affecting several high-profile NBA athletes. Following all of this, Michael Jordan returns to the world of Basketball. Humanity now has the following: * Conclusive proof of alien life. * Conclusive proof of a multiverse. * Conclusive proof that (at least) one professional sports league has been manipulated with on a scale larger than any prior doping, cheating, or bribery scandals. What do you feel the fallout would be concerning these revelations?", "c_root_id_A": "chjbg9x", "c_root_id_B": "chjcxbl", "created_at_utc_A": 1400219701.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1400225664.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Several thousand people in a minor league stadium saw Jordan land in the ship. Photographic proof is almost certain, video proof is likely. I'd argue to many people see it and there's too much proof for government to declare it didn't happen. Presumably Michael Jordan will be questioned/debriefed on what happened, but considering his recollection involves numerous well known fictional characters, the powers that be will not believe him, and if he chooses to go public, the common citizenry is unlikely to believe him either. Stan will be able to collaborate parts of his story, but this is likely to be chalked up to collusion between the two of them. For some time, \"official\" word of what happened will be complicated and vague. In secret, the government will be attempting to create a ship that at least functions similarly to the Nerdluck ship. As soon as it's done (several years in the future), they reveal to the public that the \"prototype\" for the ship was stolen, identify the \"terrorist organization\" that stole it, and destroy them with extreme prejudice. They declare that this terrorist organization stole the prototype, redecorated the exterior, kidnapped Michael Jordan and Stan, gave them hallucinogenics and made them watch Warner Brothers cartoons, The illness that affected various basketball players is written off as poisoning or similar also done by the terrorist organization. The organizations \"goals\" was to scare the populace by making them believe that there is a alien threat. Jordan decides it is best to not oppose the official story, despite knowing it to be false. The only tangible proof he brought back with him was the basketball with the other player's talent, but that talent was returned into the players, so it is unlikely there is any identifiable residual evidence on the ball itself. Barkley, Ewing and the others are never certain as to what happened to them. Whether they believe Jordan or the government is debatable, but most likely they do not speak on it, lest they be considered crazy.", "human_ref_B": "It's all clearly explained in the historical document \"Shut up and Jam Gaiden\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5963.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36n09f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Warcraft] Why isn't there more factionally unaligned people? There is few characters in Warcraft universe whose alignment doesn't match that of their race/faction, for example Valeera Sanguinar. My question is why isn't this more common? Why don't we ever see a group of troll mercenaries who decided they would make more money in Stormwind, a human double agent for the Horde or an undead priest who returned to Cathedral Square to follow his religion in the old way?", "c_root_id_A": "crfdp8z", "c_root_id_B": "crfcyuq", "created_at_utc_A": 1432141401.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432140282.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Hey, fellow, have you thought this through? Do you know how much swords and fists (and maces and arrows and rocks and rotten fruit) hurt? I thought like you did, I said to myself: Everyone sells these outfits in Stormwind, but when's the last time you saw a blood elf or forsaken guy wearing this tunic? I bet they'd pay a lot more for them! So I packed up my stock and went off to Orgrimmar to set up shop, and I didn't get two steps into that ugly city before I was pounded into the ground! Someone's riding wolf even pissed on me while I was eating dirt! Rethink your plan, it's not worth it to try to make some extra money.", "human_ref_B": "There were! In fact, there was a large magic academy that wasn't officially part of the conflict... until Garrosh blew it up.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1119.0, "score_ratio": 6.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "36n09f", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.75, "history": "[Warcraft] Why isn't there more factionally unaligned people? There is few characters in Warcraft universe whose alignment doesn't match that of their race/faction, for example Valeera Sanguinar. My question is why isn't this more common? Why don't we ever see a group of troll mercenaries who decided they would make more money in Stormwind, a human double agent for the Horde or an undead priest who returned to Cathedral Square to follow his religion in the old way?", "c_root_id_A": "crfcyuq", "c_root_id_B": "crfk119", "created_at_utc_A": 1432140282.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1432151096.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "There were! In fact, there was a large magic academy that wasn't officially part of the conflict... until Garrosh blew it up.", "human_ref_B": "You mean besides the Argent Dawn, Bloodsail Buccaneers, Cenarion Circle, Darkmoon Faire, Ravenholdt, Shen'dralar, Syndicate, Thorium Brotherhood, Steamwheedle Cartel, Ashtongue Deathsworn, Cenarion Expedition, The Consortium, Keepers of Time, Ogri'la, Sporeggar, Violet Eye, The Aldor, The Scryers, The Sha'tar, the Shattered Sun Offensive, the Argent Crusade, the Ashen Verdict, The Kalu'ak, Kirin Tor, Knights of the Ebon Blade, Guardians of Hyjal, and the Earthen Ring??? I dunno man, seems like it almost never happens.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10814.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1slyep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] What did Santa Claus do during WWII? Did he use North Pole's impressive industrial strength to help one side or the other? I mean, his name pretty much gives up his nationality. Was he a German Nationalist? Did he remain neutral?", "c_root_id_A": "cdyw8au", "c_root_id_B": "cdz13pd", "created_at_utc_A": 1386737167.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386753582.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 31, "human_ref_A": "Santa clause remained neutral. He is less a man now, and more an avatar of justice for children, who are otherwise underrepresented. The war was fought by adults, so he was uninterested for the most part. He did, though, stop in at concentration camps and other places where children were in danger. How do you think so many people escaped? He was also involved at japanese internment camps and, of course, kept up his usual duties at christmas.", "human_ref_B": "nikolaos, or saint nicholas, was bulgarian. He gave out secret gifts in the 4th century while he was still a bishop of Myra. As he grew sick of the excesses of the age, and the cruel people, he took followers with him northwards, stopping only when there was no other humans around. he spent the next few centuries crafting not just a home, but a lair, for himself and those that came with him. Over the time, the beings that travelled with him aged, and loved, and died, whereas nikolaos did not. he did notice that the inbreeding made these people less human, shorter and with pointier ears. they were no longer man, not quite beast- elves, in short. Nikolaos ventured out several times over the next few centuries, and sickened by the suffering he saw renounced God, at much the same time he was acknowledged as a saint- one of the great celestial ironies. He vowed to ignore the suffering of the world, and see only joy. His lair was transformed bit by bit into a factory, producing toys and gifts for children around the world. Red was donned to be a shining beacon of hope and joy whenever it was witnessed. War is of no consequence to Nikolaos, only preperation for the one day where he manages to end much of the suffering and pain of the world, and spread joy. No side was taken, for in war, there is only suffering. He stayed north, building presents, improving the sleigh, deaf to the pain, focussing only on that one day, his day- Christmas.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16415.0, "score_ratio": 3.875, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1slyep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] What did Santa Claus do during WWII? Did he use North Pole's impressive industrial strength to help one side or the other? I mean, his name pretty much gives up his nationality. Was he a German Nationalist? Did he remain neutral?", "c_root_id_A": "cdz13pd", "c_root_id_B": "cdyyz9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1386753582.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386744183.0, "score_A": 31, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "nikolaos, or saint nicholas, was bulgarian. He gave out secret gifts in the 4th century while he was still a bishop of Myra. As he grew sick of the excesses of the age, and the cruel people, he took followers with him northwards, stopping only when there was no other humans around. he spent the next few centuries crafting not just a home, but a lair, for himself and those that came with him. Over the time, the beings that travelled with him aged, and loved, and died, whereas nikolaos did not. he did notice that the inbreeding made these people less human, shorter and with pointier ears. they were no longer man, not quite beast- elves, in short. Nikolaos ventured out several times over the next few centuries, and sickened by the suffering he saw renounced God, at much the same time he was acknowledged as a saint- one of the great celestial ironies. He vowed to ignore the suffering of the world, and see only joy. His lair was transformed bit by bit into a factory, producing toys and gifts for children around the world. Red was donned to be a shining beacon of hope and joy whenever it was witnessed. War is of no consequence to Nikolaos, only preperation for the one day where he manages to end much of the suffering and pain of the world, and spread joy. No side was taken, for in war, there is only suffering. He stayed north, building presents, improving the sleigh, deaf to the pain, focussing only on that one day, his day- Christmas.", "human_ref_B": "His identity as Kris Kringle may hint at German origins, but he is also Saint Nicholas, who lived in what is now Turkey. And, no. Santa Claus doesn't get involved in wars. His only concern is bringing joy and wonder to children, that is his life's work and his mission in life. Anything else is just a distraction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9399.0, "score_ratio": 7.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1slyep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] What did Santa Claus do during WWII? Did he use North Pole's impressive industrial strength to help one side or the other? I mean, his name pretty much gives up his nationality. Was he a German Nationalist? Did he remain neutral?", "c_root_id_A": "cdzi6oi", "c_root_id_B": "cdyw8au", "created_at_utc_A": 1386801734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386737167.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He ultimately helped the nazi war machine by giving them so much coal.", "human_ref_B": "Santa clause remained neutral. He is less a man now, and more an avatar of justice for children, who are otherwise underrepresented. The war was fought by adults, so he was uninterested for the most part. He did, though, stop in at concentration camps and other places where children were in danger. How do you think so many people escaped? He was also involved at japanese internment camps and, of course, kept up his usual duties at christmas.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 64567.0, "score_ratio": 1.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1slyep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] What did Santa Claus do during WWII? Did he use North Pole's impressive industrial strength to help one side or the other? I mean, his name pretty much gives up his nationality. Was he a German Nationalist? Did he remain neutral?", "c_root_id_A": "cdzi6oi", "c_root_id_B": "cdyyz9v", "created_at_utc_A": 1386801734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386744183.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "He ultimately helped the nazi war machine by giving them so much coal.", "human_ref_B": "His identity as Kris Kringle may hint at German origins, but he is also Saint Nicholas, who lived in what is now Turkey. And, no. Santa Claus doesn't get involved in wars. His only concern is bringing joy and wonder to children, that is his life's work and his mission in life. Anything else is just a distraction.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 57551.0, "score_ratio": 2.25, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1slyep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] What did Santa Claus do during WWII? Did he use North Pole's impressive industrial strength to help one side or the other? I mean, his name pretty much gives up his nationality. Was he a German Nationalist? Did he remain neutral?", "c_root_id_A": "cdzi6oi", "c_root_id_B": "cdz9aas", "created_at_utc_A": 1386801734.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386783586.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "He ultimately helped the nazi war machine by giving them so much coal.", "human_ref_B": "Nicholas Was\u2026 Older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die. The dwarfish natives of the Arctic caverns did not speak his language, but conversed in their own, twittering tongue; conducted incomprehensible rituals when they were not actually working in the factories. Once every year they forced him, sobbing and protesting, into Endless Night. During the journey he would stand near every child in the world, leave one of the dwarves\u2019 invisible gifts by its bedside. The children slept, frozen in time. He envied Prometheus and Loki, Sisyphus and Judas. His punishment was harsher. Ho. Ho. Ho.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 18148.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1slyep", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.81, "history": "[General] What did Santa Claus do during WWII? Did he use North Pole's impressive industrial strength to help one side or the other? I mean, his name pretty much gives up his nationality. Was he a German Nationalist? Did he remain neutral?", "c_root_id_A": "ce084w7", "c_root_id_B": "ce0cv1f", "created_at_utc_A": 1386879233.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1386889256.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "He actually allowed toy factories on both sides to divert production to arms and war materials, while he picked up the slack. This served to extend the war until 1945.", "human_ref_B": "He took a vacation, as the whole world was busy being naughty.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 10023.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "632omp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Why was Scott Calvin never charged with first degree murder for his role in the death of Santa?", "c_root_id_A": "dfqtqly", "c_root_id_B": "dfquz7r", "created_at_utc_A": 1491172121.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491173666.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The police never learned about it and nobody who knew cared.", "human_ref_B": "What about identify theft? Soon afterwards, he is claiming to be Papa Noel and other identities.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1545.0, "score_ratio": 3.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "632omp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Why was Scott Calvin never charged with first degree murder for his role in the death of Santa?", "c_root_id_A": "dfr4rzi", "c_root_id_B": "dfqtqly", "created_at_utc_A": 1491185797.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491172121.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Stand your ground law. Santa was trespassing.", "human_ref_B": "The police never learned about it and nobody who knew cared.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 13676.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "632omp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.66, "history": "[The Santa Clause] Why was Scott Calvin never charged with first degree murder for his role in the death of Santa?", "c_root_id_A": "dfqzk5q", "c_root_id_B": "dfr4rzi", "created_at_utc_A": 1491179495.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1491185797.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "No body and no murder weapon. How do the police know a murder has even occurred?", "human_ref_B": "Stand your ground law. Santa was trespassing.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 6302.0, "score_ratio": 2.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fehg9z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure] After the discovery of the Holocaust, did Joseph ever regret his partnership with Stroheim and the Nazis?", "c_root_id_A": "fjo4z49", "c_root_id_B": "fjo0rrm", "created_at_utc_A": 1583520632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583518196.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 27, "human_ref_A": "He didn\u2019t really partner with the Nazis though. He broke into one of their facilities to rescue a prisoner they\u2019d taken (speedwagon), and then basically didn\u2019t stop them from helping him save everyone from the pillar men. It\u2019s not like he was coordinating with them or anything, they just sorta showed up because they had the same objective. They did give him a new hand, but I mean if I lost an arm and someone\u2019s offering me a cutting edge new one free of charge I\u2019m not going to feel guilty for taking it just because they\u2019re a bad person.", "human_ref_B": "Knowing joseph, he woul probably be upset for about 3 days and then just forget it.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2436.0, "score_ratio": 1.037037037, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "fehg9z", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.83, "history": "[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure] After the discovery of the Holocaust, did Joseph ever regret his partnership with Stroheim and the Nazis?", "c_root_id_A": "fjo1jqs", "c_root_id_B": "fjo4z49", "created_at_utc_A": 1583518645.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1583520632.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 28, "human_ref_A": "Eh, it wasn't so much a partnership as much as the Nazis were just incidentally there. They weren't formally friends or anything.", "human_ref_B": "He didn\u2019t really partner with the Nazis though. He broke into one of their facilities to rescue a prisoner they\u2019d taken (speedwagon), and then basically didn\u2019t stop them from helping him save everyone from the pillar men. It\u2019s not like he was coordinating with them or anything, they just sorta showed up because they had the same objective. They did give him a new hand, but I mean if I lost an arm and someone\u2019s offering me a cutting edge new one free of charge I\u2019m not going to feel guilty for taking it just because they\u2019re a bad person.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1987.0, "score_ratio": 2.1538461538, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azwse9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[All] What's to stop an invading space armada from finishing a Faster-than-light jump right next to their enemy's Capital planet or major military objectives? Are their any precautionary defenses? As the title states, what can be done to stop / mitigate / detect an enemy's invading armada from appearing above important civilian / military / significant points of interest? Has anybody solved this?", "c_root_id_A": "eiawhv4", "c_root_id_B": "eian0kt", "created_at_utc_A": 1552336204.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552330160.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Alright Ensign, grab a seat... If you ever find yourself feeling adventurous, you should buy a couple rounds for our navigator in the crew mess. Get him drunk enough, and that guy will tell you shit that will have your asshole puckering like a white dwarf every time we jump. For one thing, stellar range jumps aren't quite the exact science the brass would have you believe. We're damn lucky to hit a target within an error margin of a light minute or so. If we strain our jump computers until they beg for for mercy, we can narrow that down to a few light seconds. That's still hundreds of thousands of kilometers of drift, Ensign. You want to roll the dice on whether or not that drift will put us *in* a planet rather than on top of it? You ever hear of a star system called Xublaxion Alpha? Probably not. It ain't going to show up on your star charts because the damn thing isn't their anymore, kid. Turns out some Qu'Zellic high prefect got it into one of his heads that they could pull off a precision jump directly on top of an enemy position. Seems their technicians might have oversold the capacity of their jump computers. We'll never know because they jumped their battle carrier right into the core of Xublaxion D, and temporarily created a second main sequence star in that system. Pretty effective tactic if you don't mind turning both you *and* the enemy into component atoms in a fraction of a second. Me, Ensign? I'd rather let the tactical algorithms sort out a safe engagement distance while I huff Flublakian moon dust in my quarters. Now get get back to your damn post.", "human_ref_B": "There are a variety of answers to this question. In a lot of scifi universes ships traveling in FTL are detectable by long range sensors. One popular defense is some sort of gravity generator that pulls someone out of FTL. You also have to account for their defenses, for example if you jump straight into orbit of a planet you could be sandwiched between planetary defenses and orbital defenses, so jumping to a further out location so you can deal with them one at a time is preferable. Also you could be dealing with something like planetary shields so its pointless getting in close without first dealing with space defenses. The type of FTL travel also plays a big role, if you are limited to mapped out FTL lanes then its easy for someone to stop you. So it really just depends on the fictional universe, In some you can simply simply accelerate an object to relativistic speeds from light years away to destroy a world without them ever knowing what happened, and in others it could take a significant amount of time just to break threw the planets shields.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 6044.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azwse9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[All] What's to stop an invading space armada from finishing a Faster-than-light jump right next to their enemy's Capital planet or major military objectives? Are their any precautionary defenses? As the title states, what can be done to stop / mitigate / detect an enemy's invading armada from appearing above important civilian / military / significant points of interest? Has anybody solved this?", "c_root_id_A": "eib4yre", "c_root_id_B": "eian0kt", "created_at_utc_A": 1552341916.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552330160.0, "score_A": 6, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "In the Honor Harrington universe, nothing. Ships can just emerge from hyperspace anywhere, with no warning whatsoever, and at full combat readiness. The only way they have of countering that, is keeping ninety percent of their fleets in their home system at all times. The only way for the enemy to take their home planet then, would be to jump ninety *five* percent of their fleet at once to be able to barely overwhelm them, and have their last few surviving ships take the planet. But by doing this of course, they'd only have five percent of their fleet left to defend their home. The ten percent of your fleet that's still surviving because they were in other systems just have to converge on the enemy homeworld, take on the defenders while outnumbering them two to one, allowing you to capture their homeworld. It's mutual assured destruction. You simply can't afford to mount an overwhelming offensive on the enemy because it would leave you extremely vulnerable, and you know it's the same for them. You're left to fight small scale battles in unimportant systems with a minute fraction of your fleets, against a minute portion of the enemy fleets.", "human_ref_B": "There are a variety of answers to this question. In a lot of scifi universes ships traveling in FTL are detectable by long range sensors. One popular defense is some sort of gravity generator that pulls someone out of FTL. You also have to account for their defenses, for example if you jump straight into orbit of a planet you could be sandwiched between planetary defenses and orbital defenses, so jumping to a further out location so you can deal with them one at a time is preferable. Also you could be dealing with something like planetary shields so its pointless getting in close without first dealing with space defenses. The type of FTL travel also plays a big role, if you are limited to mapped out FTL lanes then its easy for someone to stop you. So it really just depends on the fictional universe, In some you can simply simply accelerate an object to relativistic speeds from light years away to destroy a world without them ever knowing what happened, and in others it could take a significant amount of time just to break threw the planets shields.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11756.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "azwse9", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[All] What's to stop an invading space armada from finishing a Faster-than-light jump right next to their enemy's Capital planet or major military objectives? Are their any precautionary defenses? As the title states, what can be done to stop / mitigate / detect an enemy's invading armada from appearing above important civilian / military / significant points of interest? Has anybody solved this?", "c_root_id_A": "eib6ury", "c_root_id_B": "eibgajl", "created_at_utc_A": 1552343290.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1552350387.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Gravity mines are pretty great. They pull ships out of hyper space and then attach themselves to hulls to prevent any further jumping. Pair them up with regular mines and you have a pretty nice deterrent.", "human_ref_B": "With FTL tech that also includes FTL comms, there's little to stop you from parking a defense fleet about 10 light minutes outside your solar system, letting the kids enemy jump in, and then popping in behind them to pincer them between your response fleet and whatever static defenses are in place. Barring that, anything you want to keep needs to be able to mount a response. Anti-orbit cannons, orbital defenses/obstacles, in-system picket ships, one of the moons converted into a massive gun station, whatever you can get. Because unless you've got something faster than radio or laser comms, any out of system response isn't going to make it in time.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7097.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "jgc9y6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[MCU] Is groot a mammal?? In GoTG2, when Rocket sets Yondu\u2019s ship coordinates for Ego, Yondu says \u201cNo boy! It ain\u2019t healthy for a mammalian body to do more than 50 jumps at a time! ... We\u2019re about to do 700!\u201d We then see everybody aboard begin to contort and morph as their bodies pass more jumps than they\u2019re supposed to, just as Yondu said. The thing is; Groot\u2019s body contorts too, leading me to believe that Groot is a mammal, as Yondu specifically mentioned that mammals have a bad trip when they do more than 50 jumps. To be a mammal, you must be \u201ca warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young\u201c (<- Dictionary definition from google.) Groot meets none of these qualifications, as far as I can tell. No blood, fur, or spine (assuming his body is entirely tree/flora), and I would piss myself if he produced milk. We also saw how he reproduces at the end of GoTg, no birth of live young. So that begs the question; is Groot a mammal? Why did he experience the negative effects of passing too many jumps?", "c_root_id_A": "g9qqev8", "c_root_id_B": "g9qvt2i", "created_at_utc_A": 1603444115.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1603450033.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "He's a mammal talking to a mammal, and thus explains that the mammalian body doesn't cope well with it. Plant bodies *also* don't cope well with it apparently, but he's not trying to convince a plant body its a bad idea, so he doesn't think its relevant.", "human_ref_B": "If I told you that the flight to Mars at 10G is more than the human body can handle, would you assume that a stack of plates and a small incontinent terrier would therefore be fine?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5918.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19bv8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How would you go about killing the Hulk? Assume that you are a person with the powers of enhanced strength, speed, agility, intelligence and you possess limited superfast regeneration (You can regenerate your head from your main body if need be but regeneration takes up energy.) How would you kill Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "c8mpxfr", "c_root_id_B": "c8mn3zy", "created_at_utc_A": 1361991094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361982833.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 19, "human_ref_A": "Bruce Banner is (a) smarter than me and (b) more determined to stop the Hulk than I am. If he can't figure it out, I can't either. Best solution is to team up with Banner and give him all the help I can to work out what can be done.", "human_ref_B": "Go back in time and kill his parents. It's the only way to be sure.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8261.0, "score_ratio": 1.0526315789, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19bv8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How would you go about killing the Hulk? Assume that you are a person with the powers of enhanced strength, speed, agility, intelligence and you possess limited superfast regeneration (You can regenerate your head from your main body if need be but regeneration takes up energy.) How would you kill Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "c8mpxfr", "c_root_id_B": "c8mn831", "created_at_utc_A": 1361991094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361983183.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Bruce Banner is (a) smarter than me and (b) more determined to stop the Hulk than I am. If he can't figure it out, I can't either. Best solution is to team up with Banner and give him all the help I can to work out what can be done.", "human_ref_B": "Not the hulk, but kill banner from a half mile away with a high powered rifle. Surely \"the other guy\" can spit out a bullet if he doesn't know it's coming, cant hear a gunshot or see a muzzle flash.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7911.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19bv8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How would you go about killing the Hulk? Assume that you are a person with the powers of enhanced strength, speed, agility, intelligence and you possess limited superfast regeneration (You can regenerate your head from your main body if need be but regeneration takes up energy.) How would you kill Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "c8mpxfr", "c_root_id_B": "c8mmbes", "created_at_utc_A": 1361991094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361980256.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Bruce Banner is (a) smarter than me and (b) more determined to stop the Hulk than I am. If he can't figure it out, I can't either. Best solution is to team up with Banner and give him all the help I can to work out what can be done.", "human_ref_B": "Would putting him in the center of a star kill him? Even if it didn't kill him and even with nearly unlimited strength, gravity would keep pulling him back to the center, where he couldn't get a toehold and he would just be stuck. It would actually be a pretty awful (or great depending on how you look at it) prison, if it wasn't a death sentence. Now is the matter of getting him there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 10838.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19bv8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How would you go about killing the Hulk? Assume that you are a person with the powers of enhanced strength, speed, agility, intelligence and you possess limited superfast regeneration (You can regenerate your head from your main body if need be but regeneration takes up energy.) How would you kill Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "c8moth7", "c_root_id_B": "c8mpxfr", "created_at_utc_A": 1361987910.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361991094.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 20, "human_ref_A": "I think I have devised the most foolproof way to kill the hulk. I have regeneration? I wait. Current projections show that the Hulk Ages in proportion with Bruce Banner. My regeneration keeps my cells healthy and young, and banner continues to age. Eventually, say within the next sixty years, either the Hulk will die, or will be significantly easier to kill. Possibly. That is also assuming he doesn't somehow gain the proportional anger of an old man. My absolute professional opinion? Don't try to kill the Hulk. Two reasons: 1. If you fail he will get angry at you. 2. If you succeed, then you have just destroyed the most powerful creature the earth had to offer. We are now galactic fodder.", "human_ref_B": "Bruce Banner is (a) smarter than me and (b) more determined to stop the Hulk than I am. If he can't figure it out, I can't either. Best solution is to team up with Banner and give him all the help I can to work out what can be done.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3184.0, "score_ratio": 1.5384615385, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19bv8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How would you go about killing the Hulk? Assume that you are a person with the powers of enhanced strength, speed, agility, intelligence and you possess limited superfast regeneration (You can regenerate your head from your main body if need be but regeneration takes up energy.) How would you kill Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "c8mpxfr", "c_root_id_B": "c8moos4", "created_at_utc_A": 1361991094.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361987531.0, "score_A": 20, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "Bruce Banner is (a) smarter than me and (b) more determined to stop the Hulk than I am. If he can't figure it out, I can't either. Best solution is to team up with Banner and give him all the help I can to work out what can be done.", "human_ref_B": "Use a Star Trek transporter, then cut the power to the buffers, deleting his pattern. And then scrap the ship, because it's the Hulk, and I'd want to be sure.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3563.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19bv8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How would you go about killing the Hulk? Assume that you are a person with the powers of enhanced strength, speed, agility, intelligence and you possess limited superfast regeneration (You can regenerate your head from your main body if need be but regeneration takes up energy.) How would you kill Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "c8mn3zy", "c_root_id_B": "c8mmbes", "created_at_utc_A": 1361982833.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361980256.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 15, "human_ref_A": "Go back in time and kill his parents. It's the only way to be sure.", "human_ref_B": "Would putting him in the center of a star kill him? Even if it didn't kill him and even with nearly unlimited strength, gravity would keep pulling him back to the center, where he couldn't get a toehold and he would just be stuck. It would actually be a pretty awful (or great depending on how you look at it) prison, if it wasn't a death sentence. Now is the matter of getting him there.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 2577.0, "score_ratio": 1.2666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19bv8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How would you go about killing the Hulk? Assume that you are a person with the powers of enhanced strength, speed, agility, intelligence and you possess limited superfast regeneration (You can regenerate your head from your main body if need be but regeneration takes up energy.) How would you kill Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "c8mmbes", "c_root_id_B": "c8mn831", "created_at_utc_A": 1361980256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361983183.0, "score_A": 15, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "Would putting him in the center of a star kill him? Even if it didn't kill him and even with nearly unlimited strength, gravity would keep pulling him back to the center, where he couldn't get a toehold and he would just be stuck. It would actually be a pretty awful (or great depending on how you look at it) prison, if it wasn't a death sentence. Now is the matter of getting him there.", "human_ref_B": "Not the hulk, but kill banner from a half mile away with a high powered rifle. Surely \"the other guy\" can spit out a bullet if he doesn't know it's coming, cant hear a gunshot or see a muzzle flash.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2927.0, "score_ratio": 1.2, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "19bv8m", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Marvel] How would you go about killing the Hulk? Assume that you are a person with the powers of enhanced strength, speed, agility, intelligence and you possess limited superfast regeneration (You can regenerate your head from your main body if need be but regeneration takes up energy.) How would you kill Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk?", "c_root_id_A": "c8moos4", "c_root_id_B": "c8moth7", "created_at_utc_A": 1361987531.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1361987910.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Use a Star Trek transporter, then cut the power to the buffers, deleting his pattern. And then scrap the ship, because it's the Hulk, and I'd want to be sure.", "human_ref_B": "I think I have devised the most foolproof way to kill the hulk. I have regeneration? I wait. Current projections show that the Hulk Ages in proportion with Bruce Banner. My regeneration keeps my cells healthy and young, and banner continues to age. Eventually, say within the next sixty years, either the Hulk will die, or will be significantly easier to kill. Possibly. That is also assuming he doesn't somehow gain the proportional anger of an old man. My absolute professional opinion? Don't try to kill the Hulk. Two reasons: 1. If you fail he will get angry at you. 2. If you succeed, then you have just destroyed the most powerful creature the earth had to offer. We are now galactic fodder.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 379.0, "score_ratio": 1.3, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3wtzoe", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.84, "history": "[Independence Day] Question about th War of 1996. So what did the aliens want with us? They seemed to be gunning for our cities first, and military bases second, so I guessed they viewed us a pest. But why murder us? Why burn our cities? What grudge did they have against us?", "c_root_id_A": "cxz79du", "c_root_id_B": "cxzggue", "created_at_utc_A": 1450134733.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1450154209.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "If a civilization has the power to transverse the galaxy they would probably view us as we view insects. Maybe something along the lines of how we would view wasps/bees. Small, easy to kill. But if left unchecked and in the right situation can really fuck you up. There best course of action was to just wipe us out so they can take over our planet and live on it while they use it up.", "human_ref_B": "Think Tyranids, but with technology.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 19476.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5d4g4a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Stargate Atlantis] What are the qualifications to become a member of the kitchen staff or janitorial staff in Atlantis? It's well known that the Stargate program takes the best scientists, soldiers, engineers, and medical doctors from around the world to take part in the extraordinary job of exploring the Pegasus galaxy and protecting Atlantis. Are the cooks/kitchen staff in the top of their fields as well? Considering the high levels of secrecy in the program, as well the necessary level of martial skill or scientific knowledge possessed by all other members of the team, are the kitchen staff as well versed in one of those disciplines as well? Or are cooking duties rotated among lower level Marines assigned to security in Atlantis? What about janitorial work? Is that divided among lower level soldiers as part of their duty or does the SGC recruit the absolute best janitors in the world to work in Atlantis?", "c_root_id_A": "da1sv8e", "c_root_id_B": "da1tpa5", "created_at_utc_A": 1479244208.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479245199.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "What about family of the scientists/military personnel? Could they be recommended for these positions? Say your husband is a chef and you have been assigned to Atlantis. Could he get clearance to apply for the job?", "human_ref_B": "Cleaning would largely be automated, and food preparation would either be partially automated (meticulous selection of ingredients, pre-prepared, and served buffet-style) or fully manual (a full galley) with a rotating duty roster with extra slots for soldiers and scientists to pitch in or learn the basics. I don't imagine there'd be any need for janitorial staff. As for galley staff, I suspect there'd be a small contingent of soldiers trained as galley cooks (think Navy-style), with a large portion of the additional manpower being offered by volunteers from the various member countries. After all, these are some of the brightest men and women from Earth. There's bound to be more than a few interested or experienced in food preparation.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 991.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5d4g4a", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "[Stargate Atlantis] What are the qualifications to become a member of the kitchen staff or janitorial staff in Atlantis? It's well known that the Stargate program takes the best scientists, soldiers, engineers, and medical doctors from around the world to take part in the extraordinary job of exploring the Pegasus galaxy and protecting Atlantis. Are the cooks/kitchen staff in the top of their fields as well? Considering the high levels of secrecy in the program, as well the necessary level of martial skill or scientific knowledge possessed by all other members of the team, are the kitchen staff as well versed in one of those disciplines as well? Or are cooking duties rotated among lower level Marines assigned to security in Atlantis? What about janitorial work? Is that divided among lower level soldiers as part of their duty or does the SGC recruit the absolute best janitors in the world to work in Atlantis?", "c_root_id_A": "da1u2cq", "c_root_id_B": "da1sv8e", "created_at_utc_A": 1479245632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479244208.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "https://www.airforce.com/careers/detail/services Plus an ssbi", "human_ref_B": "What about family of the scientists/military personnel? Could they be recommended for these positions? Say your husband is a chef and you have been assigned to Atlantis. Could he get clearance to apply for the job?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1424.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "77ra0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] can I use a replicator to create a seed that can grow a plant? I'm watching Voyager on Netflix (S1E5) they are running low on replicator energy so are having to resort to real food from Nelix even though they are low on energy could they make seeds that would have the ability to be planted and harvested (yielding more seeds in the process) I know this won't solve their current problems but it would seem like a good idea so they can have some familiar food.", "c_root_id_A": "doo4be1", "c_root_id_B": "doo4adg", "created_at_utc_A": 1508559860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508559810.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "1. you can't replicate living things. 2. the inaccuracies in replicated food are big enough to taste. To me those two things strongly suggest your seeds will not germinate. It's sort of like if you down-res a page of text until the information is lost, then up-res it back to its previous size. It will look fine from a distance \u2014 the ratio of paper to ink will be correct \u2014 but it fundamentally just won't work.", "human_ref_B": "No. Replicators are just glorified 3D printers. They can make food that's edible. It might even be indistinguishable from the real thing. People say otherwise, but of course they'd say that. But they aren't capable of working to enough precision to make something that's alive. They might be able to manage it if they do enough crazy stuff like using the transporters and finding precisely how a single cell in the seed is structured. But it's much more difficult than telling the replicator to make a seed.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50.0, "score_ratio": 3.7777777778, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "77ra0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] can I use a replicator to create a seed that can grow a plant? I'm watching Voyager on Netflix (S1E5) they are running low on replicator energy so are having to resort to real food from Nelix even though they are low on energy could they make seeds that would have the ability to be planted and harvested (yielding more seeds in the process) I know this won't solve their current problems but it would seem like a good idea so they can have some familiar food.", "c_root_id_A": "doo4be1", "c_root_id_B": "doo487g", "created_at_utc_A": 1508559860.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508559698.0, "score_A": 34, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "1. you can't replicate living things. 2. the inaccuracies in replicated food are big enough to taste. To me those two things strongly suggest your seeds will not germinate. It's sort of like if you down-res a page of text until the information is lost, then up-res it back to its previous size. It will look fine from a distance \u2014 the ratio of paper to ink will be correct \u2014 but it fundamentally just won't work.", "human_ref_B": "I don't think so. Replicated things aren't the real thing, they're just a good facsimile. They may taste like the thing, smell like the thing and feel like the thing but they aren't *actually* the thing. You can't replicate living things, basically, the seeds in replicated fruit are presumably just inert protein.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 162.0, "score_ratio": 6.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "77ra0d", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.89, "history": "[Star Trek] can I use a replicator to create a seed that can grow a plant? I'm watching Voyager on Netflix (S1E5) they are running low on replicator energy so are having to resort to real food from Nelix even though they are low on energy could they make seeds that would have the ability to be planted and harvested (yielding more seeds in the process) I know this won't solve their current problems but it would seem like a good idea so they can have some familiar food.", "c_root_id_A": "doo487g", "c_root_id_B": "doo4adg", "created_at_utc_A": 1508559698.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1508559810.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so. Replicated things aren't the real thing, they're just a good facsimile. They may taste like the thing, smell like the thing and feel like the thing but they aren't *actually* the thing. You can't replicate living things, basically, the seeds in replicated fruit are presumably just inert protein.", "human_ref_B": "No. Replicators are just glorified 3D printers. They can make food that's edible. It might even be indistinguishable from the real thing. People say otherwise, but of course they'd say that. But they aren't capable of working to enough precision to make something that's alive. They might be able to manage it if they do enough crazy stuff like using the transporters and finding precisely how a single cell in the seed is structured. But it's much more difficult than telling the replicator to make a seed.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 112.0, "score_ratio": 1.8, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg7gb1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[SuperPowers] What are some creative applications of force-field generation, both offensively and defensively, in battle without getting too overblown?", "c_root_id_A": "hoid7yh", "c_root_id_B": "hoijo9z", "created_at_utc_A": 1639489501.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639492723.0, "score_A": 19, "score_B": 23, "human_ref_A": "Using force-fields to double-jump, or manifesting it as a form of parachute to allow oneself to glide. Firing a force-field at an enemy to knock them over, or a tiny one to use as a telekinetic punch. Manifesting a force-field inside an enemy to cut them apart.", "human_ref_B": "Susan Richards (Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four) and DC's Green Lanterns (especially Kyle Rayner, as he's a trained artist) are some go-to examples of heroes who are creative with force fields and force field constructs. One of Invisible Woman's tricks that I really like is to project a huge force cube - like fill a whole street five stories tall big - but make it very low density, and use it like a giant air bag to save people who are falling.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3222.0, "score_ratio": 1.2105263158, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg7gb1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[SuperPowers] What are some creative applications of force-field generation, both offensively and defensively, in battle without getting too overblown?", "c_root_id_A": "hoj0rbw", "c_root_id_B": "hoivxyz", "created_at_utc_A": 1639499774.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639497875.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 6, "human_ref_A": "You can cover yourself in a force field that you manipulate, giving you the ability of flight and super strength. There's an American hero in MHA who's quirk is a field like that and it gives the allusion that he can fly and is super strong, while also being nigh indestructible. He can then extend his field onto other people to protect them, but it weakens the field.", "human_ref_B": "Altering the size of the force field to create a vacuum or explosion.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1899.0, "score_ratio": 1.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg7gb1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[SuperPowers] What are some creative applications of force-field generation, both offensively and defensively, in battle without getting too overblown?", "c_root_id_A": "hojex4d", "c_root_id_B": "hojsr3o", "created_at_utc_A": 1639505252.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639510681.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "Create a small force field inside some bodies head. Go around giving people aneurysms.", "human_ref_B": "Forming it into a blade for a person or shaping it to provide aerodynamics in atmosphere on a ship.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5429.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg7gb1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[SuperPowers] What are some creative applications of force-field generation, both offensively and defensively, in battle without getting too overblown?", "c_root_id_A": "hok6too", "c_root_id_B": "hojex4d", "created_at_utc_A": 1639516271.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639505252.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Others have mentioned a lot of specific tricks, but depending on the rules of the fields, this powerset can replicate a lot of different powers. Covering yourself with a force field simulates super strength and invulnerability, covering the thing you're lifting with a forcefield while you lift it to keep it from breaking gives you tactile telekinesis. Depending on how good you are a structuring your field, you can filter gases from the air, store compressed O2, make pressure bombs from ambient air by compressing and releasing it, suffocate people by bubbling them in impermeable fields, and those kinds of tricks. Many have mentioned the Lanterns from DC and Susan Richards of the FF and they're basically the kings and Queen of these tricks. Susan uses hers to fly, to brace collapsing buildings, as Malice she made sharp cutting fields that were a molecule thick. More subtle exercises of this powerset are like extremely precise telekinesis (Rising Stars type TK that lets you close an artery off at a hundred yards). Some of the other Lanterns have used their fields to manufacture machines. Depending on how complex the structures being formed out of fields can get, you can construct space ships or even megastructures, since your fields can act like materials but without any materials science limitations. You can make a space elevator if you want, or replicate Archimedes's claim about a large enough lever to move the earth...", "human_ref_B": "Create a small force field inside some bodies head. Go around giving people aneurysms.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11019.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg7gb1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[SuperPowers] What are some creative applications of force-field generation, both offensively and defensively, in battle without getting too overblown?", "c_root_id_A": "hok07hl", "c_root_id_B": "hok6too", "created_at_utc_A": 1639513585.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639516271.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "I always figured that's pretty much what the green lanterns ring does. Forcefield generated tools could be pretty handy.", "human_ref_B": "Others have mentioned a lot of specific tricks, but depending on the rules of the fields, this powerset can replicate a lot of different powers. Covering yourself with a force field simulates super strength and invulnerability, covering the thing you're lifting with a forcefield while you lift it to keep it from breaking gives you tactile telekinesis. Depending on how good you are a structuring your field, you can filter gases from the air, store compressed O2, make pressure bombs from ambient air by compressing and releasing it, suffocate people by bubbling them in impermeable fields, and those kinds of tricks. Many have mentioned the Lanterns from DC and Susan Richards of the FF and they're basically the kings and Queen of these tricks. Susan uses hers to fly, to brace collapsing buildings, as Malice she made sharp cutting fields that were a molecule thick. More subtle exercises of this powerset are like extremely precise telekinesis (Rising Stars type TK that lets you close an artery off at a hundred yards). Some of the other Lanterns have used their fields to manufacture machines. Depending on how complex the structures being formed out of fields can get, you can construct space ships or even megastructures, since your fields can act like materials but without any materials science limitations. You can make a space elevator if you want, or replicate Archimedes's claim about a large enough lever to move the earth...", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2686.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg7gb1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[SuperPowers] What are some creative applications of force-field generation, both offensively and defensively, in battle without getting too overblown?", "c_root_id_A": "hojex4d", "c_root_id_B": "hoks90e", "created_at_utc_A": 1639505252.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639525325.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Create a small force field inside some bodies head. Go around giving people aneurysms.", "human_ref_B": "Practical applications such as shaping a forcefield in a way it can carve materials into useful objects such as forks, saws, hammers, swords,etc. Creating a personal snorkel between your body and above water for diving would be nice, or hell creating a filtered force field of a few layers to filter out dust and potentially airborne pathogens are all useful methods without being overpowered.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20073.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg7gb1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[SuperPowers] What are some creative applications of force-field generation, both offensively and defensively, in battle without getting too overblown?", "c_root_id_A": "hoks90e", "c_root_id_B": "hok07hl", "created_at_utc_A": 1639525325.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639513585.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Practical applications such as shaping a forcefield in a way it can carve materials into useful objects such as forks, saws, hammers, swords,etc. Creating a personal snorkel between your body and above water for diving would be nice, or hell creating a filtered force field of a few layers to filter out dust and potentially airborne pathogens are all useful methods without being overpowered.", "human_ref_B": "I always figured that's pretty much what the green lanterns ring does. Forcefield generated tools could be pretty handy.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11740.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "rg7gb1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.77, "history": "[SuperPowers] What are some creative applications of force-field generation, both offensively and defensively, in battle without getting too overblown?", "c_root_id_A": "hoks90e", "c_root_id_B": "hokkrvu", "created_at_utc_A": 1639525325.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1639522045.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Practical applications such as shaping a forcefield in a way it can carve materials into useful objects such as forks, saws, hammers, swords,etc. Creating a personal snorkel between your body and above water for diving would be nice, or hell creating a filtered force field of a few layers to filter out dust and potentially airborne pathogens are all useful methods without being overpowered.", "human_ref_B": "Heat things up by making an enclosed shape and compressing its contents. Cool things down by making an enclosed shape and expanding its contents. You could use the cooling to make liquid nitrogen and oxygen on the fly. If you could make an enclosed space inside an enclosed space you could manipulate the temperature and pressure independently so you could freeze-dry stuff on the fly. With that level of control of heat, pressure and modular compartments you could carry out almost any form of chemical synthesis with just the raw compounds and no lab. Passively float by using an enclosed shape with a vacuum or lower than air density interior like a giant helium balloon. The super interesting stuff comes up when you look into what's actually interacting with matter - is it two magnetic fields sandwiching a plasma? Is it based on electrostatic repulsion, like all traditional physical interactions? Is it something else? If electric or magnetic can you get it to do other electric/magnetic things? Disintegrate objects by distorting the electron orbits into ellipses so molecules fly apart? Pull the free electrons to one side then let go so they fly back? If it's something else can it interact on the sub-atomic realm? Can you smoosh different quarks and leptons together to make new forms of exotic matter? Can you misfold a protein inside someone so it becomes a prion and kills them months later without being traced back to you?", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3280.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvbksx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Hook]What happened when Toodles went back to Neverland? At the end of the movie, we see him flying toward Neverland. As he's much older than Peter, how did he get on?", "c_root_id_A": "i38dupx", "c_root_id_B": "i38l621", "created_at_utc_A": 1648999632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649002718.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "At the new head of the pirates!", "human_ref_B": "He got hit by a Lufthansa flight out of Heathrow", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3086.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "tvbksx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.74, "history": "[Hook]What happened when Toodles went back to Neverland? At the end of the movie, we see him flying toward Neverland. As he's much older than Peter, how did he get on?", "c_root_id_A": "i38dupx", "c_root_id_B": "i3ex6ld", "created_at_utc_A": 1648999632.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1649111923.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "At the new head of the pirates!", "human_ref_B": "He was still a member of the lost boys and had probably joined them again, seeing as how the adult Peter changed their outlook on adults. More than likely, he lived there for the rest of eternity without aging any longer", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 112291.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "d6g8xj", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.79, "history": "[The Thing(1982)/Annihilation] What would happen if the \"Thing\" was exposed to the Shimmer?", "c_root_id_A": "f0t3208", "c_root_id_B": "f0tces0", "created_at_utc_A": 1568915086.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1568919645.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 18, "human_ref_A": "It would be like a massive oil spill in the Atlantic Ocean. Bad near the main site of contamination but not really affecting the whole. Eventually the Thing would be 'dissolved' into the greater mass.", "human_ref_B": "The Shimmer, while horrifying to us, isn't necessarily malicious. Most of the transformations that it inflicts are out of childlike curiosity. It's goal is to create, not destroy. The Thing, on the other hand, definitely seems malicious. Its goal is to consume and corrupt and spread it's infection. It spreads by destroying the hosts and using their mass like a puppet. The Shimmer would probably have a very adverse reaction to detecting the Thing in its biodome. The Shimmer is definitely infinitely more powerful than any individual Thing mass. As soon as The Shimmer detected the presence of a Thing infection, I bet that the DNA would be immediately rearranged into something innocuous or significantly less virulent.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4559.0, "score_ratio": 2.5714285714, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "dm5uzp", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Watchmen; Bioshock] What if Rorschach moved to Rapture? I know he probaly wouldn't be invited (his civilian identity isn't exactly an upstanding member of society) but this is just too good to pass up. Assume he immigrates from New York on November 5th 1946 to be hired as a laborer (assume he says yes; I'm not sure if he would). In both scenarios he has his mask and grappling hook but events otherwise take place as they do in Bioshock and NOT Watchmen. Scenario A: The Rorschach that became a vigilante after hearing about Genovese. Scenario B: The Rorschach that we see after he killed the pedophile. In both cases; how does his presence affect the fall of Rapture? How does Rapture affect him?", "c_root_id_A": "f4ybcfj", "c_root_id_B": "f4yb7ze", "created_at_utc_A": 1571874256.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1571874178.0, "score_A": 28, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "Given Ryan's stated intention of recruiting the best of the best, I could see Rorschach being approached for his investigative skills, to work as a private/company detective (much like the alternate Booker from Burial at Sea). Scenario A Rorschach would still believe in his mission as a protector and investigator, and presumably if Ryan successfully recruited him he would buy into the notions underpinning Rapture (entitlement to the sweat of one's brow, the strong not being held back by the weak, etc.). His skills as a freelance detective would likely allow him to carve out a decent niche for himself, likely being recruited by Ryan to act as an agent against Fontaine's smuggling operations. As Ryan started to slip away from his principles under pressure from Fontaine/Atlas, he'd also have to deal with a Rorschach who is unwilling to compromise, even in the face of competition; if Fontaine is strong enough to take Rapture, then by right he deserves it. Rorschach likely wouldn't take a side in the civil war, but instead be more concerned with keeping people out of the crossfire and hunting down any miscreants trying to use the chaos for pettier offenses. Scenario B Rorschach is an antisocial burnout, who if brought into Rapture would probably not embrace any element of the underlying ethos. Days of menial labor and walking around with a \"The End is Nigh\" sign, nights of prowling the streets and inflicting his own brand of justice without regard to who gets in the way. Rorschach would likely be more actively hunted by both factions as a vigilante and murderer. But once the war starts, both sides are going to have their hands too full to deal with him. In both scenarios, I don't see him getting wrapped up in plasmids and Adam. To him, it would probably look too much like drug abuse at first, an impression that would only get stronger as more and more people actually get hooked on the stuff. By the tail end of the war, he'd probably be one of the last un-spliced humans in the city, forced to survive on his wits and weapons.", "human_ref_B": "I definitely don't think he would leave the United States. This man is a patriot and he's absolutely bought into all of the US propaganda. But if he were in rapture I don't think he'd make a difference. He wouldnt splice because he would think it evil and impure so he wouldn't stand a chance against splicers. He also wouldn't join any faction because he would think they're all corrupt. So I think he'd just eventually get killed after trying to fight some scum.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 78.0, "score_ratio": 3.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3eiktm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "Marvel] In his earlier appearances, Groot was able to say more than \"I am Groot.\" Why did this change? In his earlier depictions, Groot was able to talk as well as any other character. [Here's a scan of him doing so. Later, however, he apparently loses this ability. Now, he's only able to say \"I am Groot.\" What happened? Why did his vocabulary shrink?", "c_root_id_A": "ctfcumy", "c_root_id_B": "ctfdze8", "created_at_utc_A": 1437794142.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437796670.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 39, "human_ref_A": "His vocabulary didn't shrink. People who don't understand Groot-speech hear \"I am Groot\", when he can actually be saying any number of things. Groot technically needs subtitles or a translator.", "human_ref_B": "As Groot matured his larynx became stiff and inflexible so now he can only say what we hear as \"I am Groot\".", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2528.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "3eiktm", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.87, "history": "Marvel] In his earlier appearances, Groot was able to say more than \"I am Groot.\" Why did this change? In his earlier depictions, Groot was able to talk as well as any other character. [Here's a scan of him doing so. Later, however, he apparently loses this ability. Now, he's only able to say \"I am Groot.\" What happened? Why did his vocabulary shrink?", "c_root_id_A": "ctfgqf3", "c_root_id_B": "ctfgw40", "created_at_utc_A": 1437803616.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1437804088.0, "score_A": -3, "score_B": 8, "human_ref_A": "The MCU is a different universe. In some universes he is quite eloquent.", "human_ref_B": "I am Groot.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 472.0, "score_ratio": -2.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8so6pi", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Marvel] Could Hank Pym technology solved the world hunger issues? By making food grows big, for example a corn and distributing the giant corn kernel around. Or making an ice cube larger, and let it melt for fresh water?", "c_root_id_A": "e114i6s", "c_root_id_B": "e115ubd", "created_at_utc_A": 1529553441.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1529555137.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "I don't think so. That should only work if pym particles created more matter of the same density. However, from what I understand, pym particles change the amount space within atoms and sub-atomic particles. The amount of matter hasn't changed, just the size of each atom. So, while you might feel more full from eating enlarged food, the nutritional value would be greatly decreased. The ice-cube should not melt (absorb heat) slower either, as it should maintain the same amount of energy at whatever size. It's all a very complicated way of getting around the 'energy/ matter cannot be created/ destroyed'.", "human_ref_B": "You're assuming the energy required for making the Pym particles to make a corn kernel giant is less than the energy required to grow an equivalent amount of corn. It's not.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1696.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ouk9t1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Fight Club] Would the \"blow up all financial records\" actually work? Hopefully this gets around the \"yes, we saw it work\" rule- we saw it blow up, so it worked in that regard, but whether it worked in the sense of actually bringing about a financial reset is different. So, would it? Tyler blows up a bunch of buildings- does this actually bring about a financial reset? Does it at least hinder capitalism? Or did the guy just cause millions of pounds of property damage for no good reason", "c_root_id_A": "h72xdst", "c_root_id_B": "h72vvvr", "created_at_utc_A": 1627651991.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627651244.0, "score_A": 21, "score_B": 9, "human_ref_A": "No, it wouldn't. It has been a practice in all data keeping corporations since at least the 70's to keep important data backups in separate locations to prevent those kinds of events (not only a terrorist destroying a building but also things like natural disasters or something like an accidental fire) from causing a catastrophe to the corporation. That's part of what in the industry is called disaster recovery. Yes, there have been cases where corporations didn't do their due diligence in having proper backups of important information, like the 2008 Universal Studios Fire where important information was lost on a similar events but that was a music company, banks on the other hand not only are extremely cautious with their data and having backups for the sake of their own financial interest (a bank losing all that data would go bankrupt immediately due to being unable to cash in loans and such) but also governments are aware of this and have regulations that force banks to have off-site backups as well. It would have been a considerable disruption thought. All banks I worked with have their distaster recovery at least partially outsourced (since you don't need distaster recovery services every day that makes sense) and this event would cause many banks at the same time to have their distaster recovery plans to in effect at the same time, saturating DR services and making everything go slower. But after some time it would go back to mostly normal. Also to mention, in the backup industry there is a thing called RPO (recovery point objetive) which is how far back are you willing to go in your backups. If your backups are daily then your RPO would be a day at most since you can only lose up to a day of data that didn't get to be backed up. At least today, for off-site backups in the banks I worked with, the RPO is weekly, meaning that if I were to put a bomb in the main Datacenter of a bank, the information of that last week would be lost in theory. However that's also not likely since that information is usually generated in branch offices and kept there for archival for a short time but long enough to be requested if it didn't get to be properly backed up in the central Datacenter. In not sure thought what was the off-site backup frequency in the 90's, if it was considerably longer and branch offices didn't keep the archive long enough then some information might actually be lost. There is also the possibility that the fight club had spies in the back backup sector and sabotaged the off-site backups for a considerable time before project mayhem concluded. We are shown that they had spies in the banks security that let them in to place the bombs and evacuate the buildings.", "human_ref_B": "With the amount and value of that data there's almost certainly a backup somewhere. In today's world, this probably wouldn't work as presented. However, given the reach of Project: Mayhem, it's possible that they had someone on the inside that could plant something to take out the backups as well. You wouldn't want to wipe them, obviously that would just lead to a reset, and not the kind you're looking for. But if you were to send a steady trickle of false transactions in the build up to the big event, they'd have no way to know how much data was real and what was corrupt.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 747.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ouk9t1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Fight Club] Would the \"blow up all financial records\" actually work? Hopefully this gets around the \"yes, we saw it work\" rule- we saw it blow up, so it worked in that regard, but whether it worked in the sense of actually bringing about a financial reset is different. So, would it? Tyler blows up a bunch of buildings- does this actually bring about a financial reset? Does it at least hinder capitalism? Or did the guy just cause millions of pounds of property damage for no good reason", "c_root_id_A": "h72vvvr", "c_root_id_B": "h735yki", "created_at_utc_A": 1627651244.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627656009.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 10, "human_ref_A": "With the amount and value of that data there's almost certainly a backup somewhere. In today's world, this probably wouldn't work as presented. However, given the reach of Project: Mayhem, it's possible that they had someone on the inside that could plant something to take out the backups as well. You wouldn't want to wipe them, obviously that would just lead to a reset, and not the kind you're looking for. But if you were to send a steady trickle of false transactions in the build up to the big event, they'd have no way to know how much data was real and what was corrupt.", "human_ref_B": "This depends heavily on how thorough Project Mayhem was. Even in the mid 90's, most major corporations were employing offsite data backups. Banks are no exception and would 100% be prepared for a terrorist attack on their buildings. If the plan stopped at blowing up buildings, it'd only be a matter or weeks or months to get back to the status quo. If Tyler had taken that into account, he'd have Project Members at the ready to destroy the backups when the plan goes into motion- or he'd use the destruction as a rallying call to get people to start causing further anarchy to completely undermine the system while it's in disarray.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4765.0, "score_ratio": 1.1111111111, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ouk9t1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Fight Club] Would the \"blow up all financial records\" actually work? Hopefully this gets around the \"yes, we saw it work\" rule- we saw it blow up, so it worked in that regard, but whether it worked in the sense of actually bringing about a financial reset is different. So, would it? Tyler blows up a bunch of buildings- does this actually bring about a financial reset? Does it at least hinder capitalism? Or did the guy just cause millions of pounds of property damage for no good reason", "c_root_id_A": "h736dy3", "c_root_id_B": "h73hbcf", "created_at_utc_A": 1627656200.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1627660763.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Maybe back then it would have had a bigger impact, but these days everyone has off-site backups.", "human_ref_B": "There are a lot of answers here citing that there are backups, so it wouldn't work. It is true that there are backups, but Tyler knows that as well as we do. So we can assume that given he tried it at all, he went for the backups as well. If that's the case, and he was able to get all the primary records and get to all the backups as well, which would be very difficult, but if he could do it then yes, it would work.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 4563.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aok7p1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] Could Thanos use the gauntlet to become Superman? Say he read about Superman in DC comics.", "c_root_id_A": "eg1hse5", "c_root_id_B": "eg1kqsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1549656238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549658316.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "Hmm in the comics yes, he could easily change the marvel universe into the dc universe. In the movies he could become Superman. But with the gauntlet all charred after just wiping out half of all intelligent life.. it\u2019s a lot less powerful. I\u2019d say thanos is more powerful then Superman to start with tbh.", "human_ref_B": "He's got the chin for it. He'd just need to smooth out the ridges and get a wig with a little curl on it. EDIT: Concept art.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2078.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aok7p1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] Could Thanos use the gauntlet to become Superman? Say he read about Superman in DC comics.", "c_root_id_A": "eg1hplu", "c_root_id_B": "eg1kqsl", "created_at_utc_A": 1549656184.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549658316.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 14, "human_ref_A": "While he had he the Gauntlet on, sure. Maybe he could even use the full power of the Gauntlet to make it permanent. Reality to change his appearance to match Superman, Power and Reality for Superman's abilities and physical composition, and if this was more of a \"I want to be Superman, not Thanos playing Superman\" he could use the Mind Stone to make himself believe he's Superman. I don't think the Time, Space or Soul Stones play much into it. Maybe Soul could grant him the ability to detect life much like Superman seems to when he \"feels\" the life of people around him (which seems to be more of a metaphorical thing than a senses thing, but regardless).", "human_ref_B": "He's got the chin for it. He'd just need to smooth out the ridges and get a wig with a little curl on it. EDIT: Concept art.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2132.0, "score_ratio": 4.6666666667, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "aok7p1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.65, "history": "[Avengers: Infinity War] Could Thanos use the gauntlet to become Superman? Say he read about Superman in DC comics.", "c_root_id_A": "eg1hse5", "c_root_id_B": "eg1hplu", "created_at_utc_A": 1549656238.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1549656184.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Hmm in the comics yes, he could easily change the marvel universe into the dc universe. In the movies he could become Superman. But with the gauntlet all charred after just wiping out half of all intelligent life.. it\u2019s a lot less powerful. I\u2019d say thanos is more powerful then Superman to start with tbh.", "human_ref_B": "While he had he the Gauntlet on, sure. Maybe he could even use the full power of the Gauntlet to make it permanent. Reality to change his appearance to match Superman, Power and Reality for Superman's abilities and physical composition, and if this was more of a \"I want to be Superman, not Thanos playing Superman\" he could use the Mind Stone to make himself believe he's Superman. I don't think the Time, Space or Soul Stones play much into it. Maybe Soul could grant him the ability to detect life much like Superman seems to when he \"feels\" the life of people around him (which seems to be more of a metaphorical thing than a senses thing, but regardless).", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 54.0, "score_ratio": 3.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "k7l1h6", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.69, "history": "[Cthulhu Mythos] Does Azathoth Dream Of Everything? And by everything I mean all of fiction. Every universe, multiverse and omniverse.", "c_root_id_A": "gerocsn", "c_root_id_B": "gethfms", "created_at_utc_A": 1607222746.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1607255879.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Going by the Westphall theory, he dreams of everything except an autistic boy holding a snow globe.", "human_ref_B": "He might or might not. But it is very important to know that the numerous universes are NOT a result of his dreams. The flute player that helps keep him asleep is the one creating everything.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 33133.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "42ruy4", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[Star Wars/MCU/General Sci-Fi] Why don't more characters have weapons and equipment unusable by their foes? In most universes, characters exist that happen to possess superior devices and weapons giving them an edge as a hero (or villain). Their opponent disarms them somehow, or stealthily acquires use of the weapon or tech while the hero is distracted. Of course, sometimes like with James Bond (his Casino Royale biometric signature lockable pistol) or Thor (anyone who is worthy) you'll have the powerful object rendered inert when out of the owner's possession. But far too often like with Syndrome and his Omnidroid remote (The Incredibles) or Tony Stark and his Iron Man suits (MCU) you'll have the opposing side taking control of that key *thing* that gives the other person power, and using it against them. Even in clich\u00e9 villain headquarters we see a self destruct button or command (why would you even have one so easily accessible?) used by a hero who has a casual 10 seconds to spare in their escape. Surely you'd employ some kind of safeguard like a fingerprint scanner or password at least. Like with lightsabers, combatants routinely get theirs knocked out of their hands. Sometimes they are used to the lightsaberless person's advantage (Han cutting open the Tauntaun or Finn *something something spoilers*), but a lot of the time it's either lost (see Empire Strikes Back, or any of the Prequels) or collected to be used against their allies (see General Grievous). Why aren't more heroes and villains protecting their equipment and weaponry with safeguards? Are there any cases (besides those mentioned) of safeguards being implemented to ensure such a scenario doesn't occur? Even with the Lightsabers, you could employ a fingerprint scanner connected to an internal database that recognises who can and cannot use the weapon, remaining in the default dead man switch \"off\" mode when released from control by an authorised user (with the authorised users being updated at a Jedi or Sith facility terminal depending on the allegiance of the owner). I get that it's more R&D, resources and time required to get the Prometheans from Halo kitted out with Promethean only gear, but surely it's worth it to prevent any random evolved ape from the other side of the Galaxy from salvaging your weaponry when theirs is depleted far from an allied ammo cache. The Dark Lord Sauron couldn't have crafted the One Ring of Power to make the wearer emit a traceable signal to the forces of darkness whilst also paralysing the individual? There's always going to be ways around safeguards, but it seems seasoned combatants and \"intelligent\" super-geniuses lack some common sense in the \"let's make sure only I can use this\" department.", "c_root_id_A": "czcnb2u", "c_root_id_B": "czcnoxm", "created_at_utc_A": 1453825074.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1453825621.0, "score_A": 9, "score_B": 36, "human_ref_A": "I suppose that you need to factor i the marginal utility of securing your weapons in this way. Is it worth the additional complexity in the weapon to keep it from an enemy? How often will an enemy get a hold of one of your weapons anyway? You can see this in Stargate. The Gou'ald staff weapons are unsecured because there isn't really that much of a concern about losing them. But a Death Glider is not only secured, it is also booby-trapped.", "human_ref_B": "Adding those kind of security on a weapon is one more thing that can stop you from using it. What happens when you're ambushed, really need to shoot back, and darn it, fingerprint didn't register, hang on, I'll jus- Dead. For weapons you want them to work every single time. Reliability is the name of the game. Any sort of safeguards puts that at risk. (Also, Tony Start *had* restrictions on his suits, he added Rhodes to the approval list of Mk2 and Pepper for at least Mk42)", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 547.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "31qfqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Dragonball Z] What is the maximum power level a scouter can measure before it explodes?", "c_root_id_A": "cq3zdi4", "c_root_id_B": "cq417ka", "created_at_utc_A": 1428404820.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1428410519.0, "score_A": 11, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "I don't know, but it's OVER 9,000!", "human_ref_B": "Scouters do not explode because of a high power level - they explode due to rapidly increasing power levels. Vegetas scouter explodes when Goku powers up, but later on Namek the scouters can read power levels far in excess of Goku's power. They later explode as people power up and their power spikes fast. Remember, most creatures cannot mask their power or have forms to transform into. What you see is what you get for the most part. For general use then, having scouters which cannot handle massive power level swings is not a detrimental defect. This makes them cheaper and easier to mass produce.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5699.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "31qfqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Dragonball Z] What is the maximum power level a scouter can measure before it explodes?", "c_root_id_A": "cq4035u", "c_root_id_B": "cq417ka", "created_at_utc_A": 1428407382.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1428410519.0, "score_A": 8, "score_B": 33, "human_ref_A": "The manual has big bold letters saying you aren't allowed to scan Frieza or any member his family. As long as you follow this simple rule the Scouter\u2122 unit should not be damaged by scanning enemies.", "human_ref_B": "Scouters do not explode because of a high power level - they explode due to rapidly increasing power levels. Vegetas scouter explodes when Goku powers up, but later on Namek the scouters can read power levels far in excess of Goku's power. They later explode as people power up and their power spikes fast. Remember, most creatures cannot mask their power or have forms to transform into. What you see is what you get for the most part. For general use then, having scouters which cannot handle massive power level swings is not a detrimental defect. This makes them cheaper and easier to mass produce.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3137.0, "score_ratio": 4.125, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "31qfqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Dragonball Z] What is the maximum power level a scouter can measure before it explodes?", "c_root_id_A": "cq45c59", "c_root_id_B": "cq4k37s", "created_at_utc_A": 1428418523.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1428440642.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Highest measured power level was Goku's of 180,000 against Captain Ginyu. Frieza gave a specific number (530,000) and later said he was at over 1 million in his 2nd form so it can probably go up to there at least.", "human_ref_B": "in order to measure energy it needs to interact with it somehow, it is smart enough to take in small amounts of energy and increase the amount of energy it is taking in gradually to figure out power levels(think like a camera lowering the light it takes in when its super bright so you get a comprehensible picture), so a low power suddenly spiking means its taking in way more energy than is safe, and this is way more energy than what a camera is taking in, and it has to go somewhere once the mechanism fails, hence the explosion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 22119.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "31qfqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Dragonball Z] What is the maximum power level a scouter can measure before it explodes?", "c_root_id_A": "cq4k37s", "c_root_id_B": "cq489zk", "created_at_utc_A": 1428440642.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1428423148.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "in order to measure energy it needs to interact with it somehow, it is smart enough to take in small amounts of energy and increase the amount of energy it is taking in gradually to figure out power levels(think like a camera lowering the light it takes in when its super bright so you get a comprehensible picture), so a low power suddenly spiking means its taking in way more energy than is safe, and this is way more energy than what a camera is taking in, and it has to go somewhere once the mechanism fails, hence the explosion.", "human_ref_B": "I believe that it is mentioned that there are different tiers of scouters that can measure different levels before failing. A time cop friend of mine says they sell them at their base to assist them in patrolling the Xenoverse.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 17494.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "31qfqx", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.76, "history": "[Dragonball Z] What is the maximum power level a scouter can measure before it explodes?", "c_root_id_A": "cq4bi9v", "c_root_id_B": "cq4k37s", "created_at_utc_A": 1428427948.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1428440642.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "They use the same tech that starfleet consoles use so. Some sort of self distruct built in I guess", "human_ref_B": "in order to measure energy it needs to interact with it somehow, it is smart enough to take in small amounts of energy and increase the amount of energy it is taking in gradually to figure out power levels(think like a camera lowering the light it takes in when its super bright so you get a comprehensible picture), so a low power suddenly spiking means its taking in way more energy than is safe, and this is way more energy than what a camera is taking in, and it has to go somewhere once the mechanism fails, hence the explosion.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12694.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "d9zg9y3", "c_root_id_B": "d9zcxj5", "created_at_utc_A": 1479099556.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479094491.0, "score_A": 39, "score_B": 16, "human_ref_A": "\"Wait a minute. Wait a minute Doc, uh, are you telling me you built a time machine ... out of a Tesla?\" -- Marty McFly", "human_ref_B": "Marty McFly would inspire a glam-rock Van Halen song.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 5065.0, "score_ratio": 2.4375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "d9zrl19", "c_root_id_B": "d9zj8mr", "created_at_utc_A": 1479130919.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479105742.0, "score_A": 10, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Donald Trump? The actor!?", "human_ref_B": "\"Who's President of the United States in 2016?\" \"Barack Obama.\" \"...the...who now?\" \"He's the first black president.\" \"Really? Huh. I didn't see that coming.\" .................", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 25177.0, "score_ratio": 1.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "da09ang", "c_root_id_B": "d9zsjpe", "created_at_utc_A": 1479154748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479132785.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "The vast majority of the 1955 plot would be the same. The 1980s had phones and TVs, but otherwise it wasn't that different. Marty still goes back, runs from a gang of punks, meets his mom, she has the hots for him, his dad is still a nerd, Biff is still a rapist and a bully, they still need to fall in love at the school dance, and Marty still needs to jump forward in time. The minor stuff would change: an arcade instead of a malt shop; maybe Marty flees on a hoverboard-like wheeled contraption instead of a skateboard made from a broken scooter thing; Marty plays Red Hot Chili Peppers or Foo Fighters at the dance; Marty is wearing Kanye West shoes and David Beckham underwear; the terrorists trying to get uranium/plutonium are probably North Koreans. QUOTES: Marty: This shit is lit. Doc: There's that word again, \"lit.\" Why are things so dark in the future? Is there a problem with the sun's emission of light? George McFly: Last night, Agent Smith came down from the Inception dream machine to tell me that if I didn't take Lorraine out the Blair Witch would Terminator my brain. Doc Brown probably makes a comment about 2016 being so advanced that \"humanity carries androids that fit in their pockets!\"", "human_ref_B": "\"What can I get you?\" \"Diet Coke?\" \"Diet Pepsi okay?\" \"No, not really.\" \"Diet Pepsi Free, then?\" \"Look, I don't want a Pepsi, why would I want one for free?\"", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 21963.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "d9zwtpl", "c_root_id_B": "da09ang", "created_at_utc_A": 1479139349.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479154748.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "They'd need to move the year the Cubs win from 2015 to 2016.", "human_ref_B": "The vast majority of the 1955 plot would be the same. The 1980s had phones and TVs, but otherwise it wasn't that different. Marty still goes back, runs from a gang of punks, meets his mom, she has the hots for him, his dad is still a nerd, Biff is still a rapist and a bully, they still need to fall in love at the school dance, and Marty still needs to jump forward in time. The minor stuff would change: an arcade instead of a malt shop; maybe Marty flees on a hoverboard-like wheeled contraption instead of a skateboard made from a broken scooter thing; Marty plays Red Hot Chili Peppers or Foo Fighters at the dance; Marty is wearing Kanye West shoes and David Beckham underwear; the terrorists trying to get uranium/plutonium are probably North Koreans. QUOTES: Marty: This shit is lit. Doc: There's that word again, \"lit.\" Why are things so dark in the future? Is there a problem with the sun's emission of light? George McFly: Last night, Agent Smith came down from the Inception dream machine to tell me that if I didn't take Lorraine out the Blair Witch would Terminator my brain. Doc Brown probably makes a comment about 2016 being so advanced that \"humanity carries androids that fit in their pockets!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 15399.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "d9zw2fr", "c_root_id_B": "da09ang", "created_at_utc_A": 1479138316.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479154748.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Maybe by 2046 we'll really have hover boards", "human_ref_B": "The vast majority of the 1955 plot would be the same. The 1980s had phones and TVs, but otherwise it wasn't that different. Marty still goes back, runs from a gang of punks, meets his mom, she has the hots for him, his dad is still a nerd, Biff is still a rapist and a bully, they still need to fall in love at the school dance, and Marty still needs to jump forward in time. The minor stuff would change: an arcade instead of a malt shop; maybe Marty flees on a hoverboard-like wheeled contraption instead of a skateboard made from a broken scooter thing; Marty plays Red Hot Chili Peppers or Foo Fighters at the dance; Marty is wearing Kanye West shoes and David Beckham underwear; the terrorists trying to get uranium/plutonium are probably North Koreans. QUOTES: Marty: This shit is lit. Doc: There's that word again, \"lit.\" Why are things so dark in the future? Is there a problem with the sun's emission of light? George McFly: Last night, Agent Smith came down from the Inception dream machine to tell me that if I didn't take Lorraine out the Blair Witch would Terminator my brain. Doc Brown probably makes a comment about 2016 being so advanced that \"humanity carries androids that fit in their pockets!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 16432.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "d9zza1b", "c_root_id_B": "da09ang", "created_at_utc_A": 1479142527.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479154748.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "The book would be a copy of half life 3", "human_ref_B": "The vast majority of the 1955 plot would be the same. The 1980s had phones and TVs, but otherwise it wasn't that different. Marty still goes back, runs from a gang of punks, meets his mom, she has the hots for him, his dad is still a nerd, Biff is still a rapist and a bully, they still need to fall in love at the school dance, and Marty still needs to jump forward in time. The minor stuff would change: an arcade instead of a malt shop; maybe Marty flees on a hoverboard-like wheeled contraption instead of a skateboard made from a broken scooter thing; Marty plays Red Hot Chili Peppers or Foo Fighters at the dance; Marty is wearing Kanye West shoes and David Beckham underwear; the terrorists trying to get uranium/plutonium are probably North Koreans. QUOTES: Marty: This shit is lit. Doc: There's that word again, \"lit.\" Why are things so dark in the future? Is there a problem with the sun's emission of light? George McFly: Last night, Agent Smith came down from the Inception dream machine to tell me that if I didn't take Lorraine out the Blair Witch would Terminator my brain. Doc Brown probably makes a comment about 2016 being so advanced that \"humanity carries androids that fit in their pockets!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 12221.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "da06eux", "c_root_id_B": "da09ang", "created_at_utc_A": 1479151261.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479154748.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Why would you say this? Hollywood is always listening! You may have doomed us all to a half assed bttf reboot! You monster!", "human_ref_B": "The vast majority of the 1955 plot would be the same. The 1980s had phones and TVs, but otherwise it wasn't that different. Marty still goes back, runs from a gang of punks, meets his mom, she has the hots for him, his dad is still a nerd, Biff is still a rapist and a bully, they still need to fall in love at the school dance, and Marty still needs to jump forward in time. The minor stuff would change: an arcade instead of a malt shop; maybe Marty flees on a hoverboard-like wheeled contraption instead of a skateboard made from a broken scooter thing; Marty plays Red Hot Chili Peppers or Foo Fighters at the dance; Marty is wearing Kanye West shoes and David Beckham underwear; the terrorists trying to get uranium/plutonium are probably North Koreans. QUOTES: Marty: This shit is lit. Doc: There's that word again, \"lit.\" Why are things so dark in the future? Is there a problem with the sun's emission of light? George McFly: Last night, Agent Smith came down from the Inception dream machine to tell me that if I didn't take Lorraine out the Blair Witch would Terminator my brain. Doc Brown probably makes a comment about 2016 being so advanced that \"humanity carries androids that fit in their pockets!\"", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 3487.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "da09ang", "c_root_id_B": "da06frm", "created_at_utc_A": 1479154748.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479151291.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "The vast majority of the 1955 plot would be the same. The 1980s had phones and TVs, but otherwise it wasn't that different. Marty still goes back, runs from a gang of punks, meets his mom, she has the hots for him, his dad is still a nerd, Biff is still a rapist and a bully, they still need to fall in love at the school dance, and Marty still needs to jump forward in time. The minor stuff would change: an arcade instead of a malt shop; maybe Marty flees on a hoverboard-like wheeled contraption instead of a skateboard made from a broken scooter thing; Marty plays Red Hot Chili Peppers or Foo Fighters at the dance; Marty is wearing Kanye West shoes and David Beckham underwear; the terrorists trying to get uranium/plutonium are probably North Koreans. QUOTES: Marty: This shit is lit. Doc: There's that word again, \"lit.\" Why are things so dark in the future? Is there a problem with the sun's emission of light? George McFly: Last night, Agent Smith came down from the Inception dream machine to tell me that if I didn't take Lorraine out the Blair Witch would Terminator my brain. Doc Brown probably makes a comment about 2016 being so advanced that \"humanity carries androids that fit in their pockets!\"", "human_ref_B": "The future could be the exact same considering we still don't have the things in the film like real hoverboards, hovercars, or jaws 19.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 3457.0, "score_ratio": 7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "5ctvoc", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.82, "history": "[Back to the Future] If they remade the BTTF trilogy with today as the starting point, going back to 1986 and forward to 2046 respectively how might the classic plot and dialogue be reworked? I don't think you could ever beat the original trilogy, but if they did decide to remake it in what ways could they rework the script, plot points, gags and dialogue while keeping it true to the spirit of the original?", "c_root_id_A": "d9zw2fr", "c_root_id_B": "d9zwtpl", "created_at_utc_A": 1479138316.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1479139349.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Maybe by 2046 we'll really have hover boards", "human_ref_B": "They'd need to move the year the Cubs win from 2015 to 2016.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1033.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1gm0o1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Doctor Who] Prior to the time war what did day to day life on Gallifrey look like? How many time lords were there? What did they do for fun? How did their economy function? And so on.", "c_root_id_A": "calti1r", "c_root_id_B": "calnpuw", "created_at_utc_A": 1371628307.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1371608587.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -2, "human_ref_A": "So this question is slightly misleading if only because it is assuming that the time lords are inherently different than us. But every civilization has, as a certain writer who catered to Hitch-Hiking Galactic Towel-Wielders, telephone cleaners, accountants, and the people who sell things to other people that they don't need. Before Gallifrey was drawn into the time war (in their timeline), they were similar to us. They probably traded on things like Regeneration Energy or pure barter, It was an economy based around time, making knowledge and accurate histories the basis for all trade and governmental movement. But really, from day to day, they'd wake up, pop over to a parisian cafe for a coffee, then take a stroll in the gardens under the orange sky, then pop to a sunset it the sirius system.", "human_ref_B": "They did Timelord stuff. A lot of killing their own grandparents and trying to find a version of themselves with a goatee. Whist was pretty big back then.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 19720.0, "score_ratio": -1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "1gm0o1", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.91, "history": "[Doctor Who] Prior to the time war what did day to day life on Gallifrey look like? How many time lords were there? What did they do for fun? How did their economy function? And so on.", "c_root_id_A": "calnpuw", "c_root_id_B": "can39hh", "created_at_utc_A": 1371608587.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1371778241.0, "score_A": -2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "They did Timelord stuff. A lot of killing their own grandparents and trying to find a version of themselves with a goatee. Whist was pretty big back then.", "human_ref_B": "Timelords had all of time and space to choose from, very few were especially interested in the orange skies of Gallifrey.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 169654.0, "score_ratio": -0.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o49sll", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LOTR] How are Dwarven realms illuminated if they are underground without access to sunlight? Do they use fires or are there windows in the ceilings with light pipes? Especially super deep places like where the dwarves found the Balrog. How did the Orcs in Moria illuminate Moria?", "c_root_id_A": "h2g18ep", "c_root_id_B": "h2g1ynd", "created_at_utc_A": 1624208327.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624208684.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 59, "human_ref_A": "They have darkvision, obviously.", "human_ref_B": "Carefully mined holes dug through miles of rock to let in light, huge glittering gems to give the place a soft illumination, or just regular old lamps.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 357.0, "score_ratio": 8.4285714286, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o49sll", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LOTR] How are Dwarven realms illuminated if they are underground without access to sunlight? Do they use fires or are there windows in the ceilings with light pipes? Especially super deep places like where the dwarves found the Balrog. How did the Orcs in Moria illuminate Moria?", "c_root_id_A": "h2gpjtm", "c_root_id_B": "h2g18ep", "created_at_utc_A": 1624220264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624208327.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "According to Gandalf: >There used to be great windows on the mountain-side, and shafts leading out to the light in the upper reaches of the Mines. Also in Gimlis song: >*The light of sun and star and moon* >*In shining lamps of crystal hewn* So a combination of sunlight from the surface and fancy lamps, and probably other things which I don't remember or which aren't mentioned.", "human_ref_B": "They have darkvision, obviously.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 11937.0, "score_ratio": 5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o49sll", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LOTR] How are Dwarven realms illuminated if they are underground without access to sunlight? Do they use fires or are there windows in the ceilings with light pipes? Especially super deep places like where the dwarves found the Balrog. How did the Orcs in Moria illuminate Moria?", "c_root_id_A": "h2gpjtm", "c_root_id_B": "h2gl7bp", "created_at_utc_A": 1624220264.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624218365.0, "score_A": 35, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "According to Gandalf: >There used to be great windows on the mountain-side, and shafts leading out to the light in the upper reaches of the Mines. Also in Gimlis song: >*The light of sun and star and moon* >*In shining lamps of crystal hewn* So a combination of sunlight from the surface and fancy lamps, and probably other things which I don't remember or which aren't mentioned.", "human_ref_B": "I'd say glowing fungi.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 1899.0, "score_ratio": 8.75, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "o49sll", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.85, "history": "[LOTR] How are Dwarven realms illuminated if they are underground without access to sunlight? Do they use fires or are there windows in the ceilings with light pipes? Especially super deep places like where the dwarves found the Balrog. How did the Orcs in Moria illuminate Moria?", "c_root_id_A": "h2hzif6", "c_root_id_B": "h2hk1d3", "created_at_utc_A": 1624245317.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1624236806.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Industrial centers of the Dwarf Kingdoms would likely be illuminated by the fires of forges and heaths. Passages and rooms closer to the surface could also have windows to bring in light. For everything else you would have torches and lamps, especially in the deeper mines of Khazad-Dum. The Dwarves of Khazad Dum had cordial relationships with the elves of Eregion, so it is possible that they might have shared some of their own illumination techniques with Durin's folk. As for the Orcs of Moria, it is likely that they would have some form of darkvision given their weakness to sunlight and bulbuous eyes.", "human_ref_B": "Light source is the sun, moon, and fire/lamps. Could be refracting light using crystals/mirrors/reflective surfaces.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 8511.0, "score_ratio": 1.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ibloku", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] In the 616 continuity, what do you think is the best way to get solid super powers? Magic, mutation, super solider serum, bonding with an alien, gamma radiation, cosmic rays, science experiments, you name it, it is up for debate. I want to know, what is the best way to become a meta?", "c_root_id_A": "g1wvuld", "c_root_id_B": "g1wxcr9", "created_at_utc_A": 1597699158.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597699630.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "There is also the option for a bit of time fuckery, (go back in time, and save Dr. Erskine) if you want to fight along side of Capt. America. Frankly, you have a better chance of finding an alien to work with than access to a working time machine. Anyway you go about it, you probably need to go to NYC.", "human_ref_B": "If you have some money, you could go to the Power Broker.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 472.0, "score_ratio": 2.3333333333, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ibloku", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] In the 616 continuity, what do you think is the best way to get solid super powers? Magic, mutation, super solider serum, bonding with an alien, gamma radiation, cosmic rays, science experiments, you name it, it is up for debate. I want to know, what is the best way to become a meta?", "c_root_id_A": "g1xhkva", "c_root_id_B": "g1yqjvi", "created_at_utc_A": 1597709984.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597741751.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Gamma rays. you may not like the side effects, but it tends to give solid high tier powers.", "human_ref_B": "Study magic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 31767.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "ibloku", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.92, "history": "[Marvel] In the 616 continuity, what do you think is the best way to get solid super powers? Magic, mutation, super solider serum, bonding with an alien, gamma radiation, cosmic rays, science experiments, you name it, it is up for debate. I want to know, what is the best way to become a meta?", "c_root_id_A": "g1xn3ek", "c_root_id_B": "g1yqjvi", "created_at_utc_A": 1597713051.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1597741751.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 3, "human_ref_A": "Black Magic? It works, and Mephisto is always open for business.", "human_ref_B": "Study magic.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 28700.0, "score_ratio": 1.5, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dmxys", "c_root_id_B": "e0dodo6", "created_at_utc_A": 1528545460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528547974.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 47, "human_ref_A": "The king has divine right to rule England by God himself. So no you silly twat, get back in the fields. The manure isn't scooping itself you know.", "human_ref_B": "No. The scimitar and moistened bint are good first steps to your claim, but you also need to use whatever charisma you have to convince others into believing that you are some sort of king-by-divine-right. Alternatively, get a deity to publicly vouch for you (either personally or via one of said deity\u2019s messengers), or convincingly fake such an experience. Otherwise, they\u2019ll just think you\u2019re crazy and lock you up.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2514.0, "score_ratio": 2.9375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dmxys", "c_root_id_B": "e0drpzj", "created_at_utc_A": 1528545460.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528552931.0, "score_A": 16, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "The king has divine right to rule England by God himself. So no you silly twat, get back in the fields. The manure isn't scooping itself you know.", "human_ref_B": "That clearly depends! Was it the Lady of the Lake, clad in shimmering samite, who held aloft Excalibur?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 7471.0, "score_ratio": 2.375, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dq9yw", "c_root_id_B": "e0drpzj", "created_at_utc_A": 1528550963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528552931.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 38, "human_ref_A": "Nee!!", "human_ref_B": "That clearly depends! Was it the Lady of the Lake, clad in shimmering samite, who held aloft Excalibur?", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 1968.0, "score_ratio": -38.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dwq9x", "c_root_id_B": "e0dw39i", "created_at_utc_A": 1528558787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528558076.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": 7, "human_ref_A": "Absolutely not. A scimitar is an eastern curved sword mostly used by Saracens and other barbarians from the east. It's a terrifyingly devilish mystery how a watery tart in the middle of England managed to get her hands on a scimitar in the first place. If you announce yourself to the world as King of England holding a Saracen sword that you got from a swamp hag, the local bishop will probably have you executed as a devil worshipper.", "human_ref_B": "More important is taking a bath. No one will believe you're the king if you've got shit all over you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 711.0, "score_ratio": 1.8571428571, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dsdit", "c_root_id_B": "e0dwq9x", "created_at_utc_A": 1528553759.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528558787.0, "score_A": 5, "score_B": 13, "human_ref_A": "Yes, but you have to use said scimitar on anyone who disagrees with you.", "human_ref_B": "Absolutely not. A scimitar is an eastern curved sword mostly used by Saracens and other barbarians from the east. It's a terrifyingly devilish mystery how a watery tart in the middle of England managed to get her hands on a scimitar in the first place. If you announce yourself to the world as King of England holding a Saracen sword that you got from a swamp hag, the local bishop will probably have you executed as a devil worshipper.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 5028.0, "score_ratio": 2.6, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dwq9x", "c_root_id_B": "e0dq9yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1528558787.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528550963.0, "score_A": 13, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Absolutely not. A scimitar is an eastern curved sword mostly used by Saracens and other barbarians from the east. It's a terrifyingly devilish mystery how a watery tart in the middle of England managed to get her hands on a scimitar in the first place. If you announce yourself to the world as King of England holding a Saracen sword that you got from a swamp hag, the local bishop will probably have you executed as a devil worshipper.", "human_ref_B": "Nee!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7824.0, "score_ratio": -13.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dw39i", "c_root_id_B": "e0dsdit", "created_at_utc_A": 1528558076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528553759.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "More important is taking a bath. No one will believe you're the king if you've got shit all over you.", "human_ref_B": "Yes, but you have to use said scimitar on anyone who disagrees with you.", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 4317.0, "score_ratio": 1.4, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dw39i", "c_root_id_B": "e0dq9yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1528558076.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528550963.0, "score_A": 7, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "More important is taking a bath. No one will believe you're the king if you've got shit all over you.", "human_ref_B": "Nee!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 7113.0, "score_ratio": -7.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dq9yw", "c_root_id_B": "e0dsdit", "created_at_utc_A": 1528550963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528553759.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 5, "human_ref_A": "Nee!!", "human_ref_B": "Yes, but you have to use said scimitar on anyone who disagrees with you.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2796.0, "score_ratio": -5.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0e8g9e", "c_root_id_B": "e0eav57", "created_at_utc_A": 1528571187.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528573698.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": 4, "human_ref_A": "No it makes you an emperor as Dennis decrees", "human_ref_B": "Depending on how her aim is, it might make you dead. Relevant xkcd", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 2511.0, "score_ratio": 4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0eav57", "c_root_id_B": "e0dq9yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1528573698.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528550963.0, "score_A": 4, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Depending on how her aim is, it might make you dead. Relevant xkcd", "human_ref_B": "Nee!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 22735.0, "score_ratio": -4.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0eh4ba", "c_root_id_B": "e0e8g9e", "created_at_utc_A": 1528580394.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528571187.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "If you have to ask if you're a king, you almost certainly aren't. Mystical ceremonies distributing magical swords are all well and good but if you've come away at the end going \"I wonder what that was all about?\" then monarchy probably isn't in the cards for you.", "human_ref_B": "No it makes you an emperor as Dennis decrees", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 9207.0, "score_ratio": 3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0eh4ba", "c_root_id_B": "e0dq9yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1528580394.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528550963.0, "score_A": 3, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "If you have to ask if you're a king, you almost certainly aren't. Mystical ceremonies distributing magical swords are all well and good but if you've come away at the end going \"I wonder what that was all about?\" then monarchy probably isn't in the cards for you.", "human_ref_B": "Nee!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 29431.0, "score_ratio": -3.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0eliwf", "c_root_id_B": "e0e8g9e", "created_at_utc_A": 1528585339.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528571187.0, "score_A": 2, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "As melocoton_helado said, a middle eastern sword won't make you king of any place in Europe. However, depending on who you got it from it might make you Sultan instead.", "human_ref_B": "No it makes you an emperor as Dennis decrees", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 14152.0, "score_ratio": 2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dq9yw", "c_root_id_B": "e0eliwf", "created_at_utc_A": 1528550963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528585339.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 2, "human_ref_A": "Nee!!", "human_ref_B": "As melocoton_helado said, a middle eastern sword won't make you king of any place in Europe. However, depending on who you got it from it might make you Sultan instead.", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 34376.0, "score_ratio": -2.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0dq9yw", "c_root_id_B": "e0e8g9e", "created_at_utc_A": 1528550963.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528571187.0, "score_A": -1, "score_B": 1, "human_ref_A": "Nee!!", "human_ref_B": "No it makes you an emperor as Dennis decrees", "labels": 0, "seconds_difference": 20224.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0eze4p", "c_root_id_B": "e0dq9yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1528601696.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528550963.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "As many pointed out, the scimitar is not the weapon of a good Christian king. I'm sorry, but you are destined to be the Sultan. Also, what region are you in? If you are in England, then you'll be the English Sultan bringing the glory of Allah to the oppressed masses - have fun with your harem of English women... but where you were (and if it was your home nation) is critically important.", "human_ref_B": "Nee!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 50733.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""} {"post_id": "8ps8ag", "domain": "asksciencefiction_validation", "upvote_ratio": 0.9, "history": "[Monty Python] Some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, does that make me King of England?", "c_root_id_A": "e0f7p4c", "c_root_id_B": "e0dq9yw", "created_at_utc_A": 1528614300.0, "created_at_utc_B": 1528550963.0, "score_A": 1, "score_B": -1, "human_ref_A": "Was it a strange woman lying in a pond?", "human_ref_B": "Nee!!", "labels": 1, "seconds_difference": 63337.0, "score_ratio": -1.0, "metadata_A": "", "metadata_B": ""}